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THE BEST WIFE OF ALL. Three travelers met In the Brander Pass , By the bubbling Brander Spring ; They showed their cake and their venison , And talked of many a thing Of books and songs , and foreign lands , Of etrango and wandering lives , And by and by , In softer tone , They spoke of their homes and wives. "I married the Lady o' Logan Brae , " Said one with a lofty air ; * 'There is na In a' the north countrce A house wl' a better share Of gold and gear , and hill ind lock. Of bouses and farms to rent ; There's many a man has envied me , And I'm malr'than weel content. " "Dream of a woman as bright as day , " The second traveler said ; "Dream of a form of perfect grace , Of a noble face and head , Of eyes that are blue as heaven , Of flowing nut-brown hair ; This is my wife and though not rich , Oh ! she Is wondrous fair. " The third one said : ( 'I have a wife , She is neither rich nor fair ; She has not gold , nor gear , nor land , Nor a wealth of nut-brown hair , But oh I she loves me ! and her love Has stood through every test ; Beauty and gold are good , but , friends , We know that love is best. " They filled their cups in the spring again , And they said right heartily ; "Here's to the Loving , Faithful Wife ! Wherever her homo may be , " And soon they took their different ways , One thought In each man's breast : 'Beauty is good , and gold is good , But a True Lovfe is the best. " Lillle E. Barr. A JERICHO ROSE. The Russian Jews must go. Such was the verdict ; and a fair one , too , Tiowever hard it might appear -to the wretched emigrants who had "been hustled hither and thither , with very , little question as to their own wishes on the subject. How little Peter Mos- chelles came to be left neither himself nor any one else knew ; but a forlorn little creature stood in .Battery Park watching the big ship grow smaller and smaller as it sailed past Quarantine landing , away through the Narrows , And out into the great ocean. Little Peter had neither father nor mother , sister nor brother , on board the ship- ; and that fact , together with the memory of his recent voyage , en abled him to bear the disappearance of the vessel with much stoicism. It was true he had neither relative nor friends in this part of the world either , being a poor little human waif , without any excuse for existence , and just as the other. Having watched the ship out of sight , Peter turned his back on the water -view , and proceeded along Whitehall street and up Broadway. " Of course , he didn't know where he was , and had 310. object in-taking that direction. But looking ahead as far as he could see , and.as well as the moving masses of the vehiclbs and human beings would permit , the way seemed long , and cal culated to afford him , as he pursued it , am le opportunity for reflection on his iuture movements. After a time he became aware that he was hungry , but the sensation was not a novel one , and caused him no surprise. Besides , he was comforted to remember that he had a good sized piece of bread in the pocket of Ms funny little jacket. He was even more thirsty than he was .hungry , and , as he had now been walking a long time , he soon spied a drinking fountain at no great distance. ' He has'tened toward it and took a long and refreshing draught. As he drop ped the tin cup he drew from the toreast of his jacket an object which you would have been sure to throw away as a dry , unsightly , uncanny piece of old wood that is , unless you had previously known what it was , and .had been instructed as to its special properties. Little Peter reverently raised it to his lips and kissed it. "Ah ! " he softly sighed , "will it ever bloom for me ? Alas ! I have no means of knowing , and I dare not put it in this water cup. They would not let me stay to watch the miracle. " As Peter Mpschelles. turned toward the street again he found himself sur rounded by a pack of New York Arabs , who all began speaking to him at once. Although he couldn't understand them he soon guessed their meaning , as each one pointed to the strange piece of wood which he held in his hand. He answered in two words , sufficiently mear English for them to comprehend "Jericho Rosen. " "What's he say ? Tell us , Jewey , what is'-t ? Say , fellers , tell yer it's a kinder heathen god. Let's have it. Ketch him ! Dod't le's lose it. " With these and other remarks , un intelligible to the little Russian , they made a run at him , but found them selves outwitted. For though Peter did uoii understand them , their looks and tones told him that his precious Jericho rose was hi danger * He thrust it into the. breast of his jacket , and with both hands placed over it , faced them with blazing eyes , as if about to do battle with the crowd for its posses sion. This attitude was so entirely un expected that for one moment his per secutors were taken by surprise. That one moment was enough for Peter. They had formed a'ring about him , but iis quick eye had seen a weak place. He made a break for it , burst through , and in the next instant was on the other side of Broadway , and then flying up town with the speed of the wind. His persecutors hastened to follow , but it was too late. A merciful diversion in his' favor was caused by an officer of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Poor little Peter was not the animal in question , but it served to shield him equally well , for iis pursuers paused at the prospect oi better sport. An inhuman driver had heateh a poor horse until the dumb creature had fallen insensible on the street , and the officer was now taking the man in custody. Long before his struggles had been overcome , the little Russian had so far outrun his perse cutors that he felt safe and calm again ; for persecution was an old story , and only terrified him while it was immi nent. He broke his piece of bread in two , and lunched on one-half while he pursued his way. The Jericho Rose had been given to Peter on the ship by an old Jewish wo man from the far oft land by the shores of the Red Sea. She had told him the quaint legends pertaining to the mys terious plant that , if placed in the water the day before Easter , it would , if the possessor should be destined to good fortune in the future , bloom and put forth all its beauty before morning. Being a little Jew , you may wonder why Peter was pinning his faith to a legend of the day secred to all Chris tians. But Peter knew very well that the Christians' Easter corresponded to the Jewish Passover , and in the matter of this legend the two were one in his mind. It seemed to him a beautiful and wonderful story. He had brooded over it and dreamed over it till he had come to feel that his life would only truly begin on the day when his Jericho Rose should bloom. This day when he walked up Broadway , his mind filled with all sorts of wild and pretty fan cies , was Saturday , and the next day would be Easter Sunday ; he had heard it several times ; for of the few English words he had yet picked up , these two were so familiar that he recognized them instantly. Day was waning and night was com ing on ; but still little Peter kept on , for he feared the dreadful policeman and dared not stop for a moment. Though so weary that his little frame was rack ed with pain , he still kept walking on and on and on , a pocket edition of the Wandering Jew. The street lamps were lighted and the electric lights shone with a pale , moon-like radiance ; and then Peter bethought him that the night would be gone and his oppor tunity for testing his good fortunelost till another year. Worn , weary , sleepy and hunger that thought still super seded all others. Might he dare to beg for shelter at some house , and leave to put his sacred rose in a cup of water ? Fearing and trembling at the thought , he stood still a moment and looked about him. He had been walking since morning. And he was now far beyond the Central Park. A short distance further stood a fine large mansion , and a little way from it what seemed a smaller but still handsome building , which he could approach preach by means of a gate that stood partly open. With a wildly beating heart , Peter entered by this gate and went toward the small building ; he could not bring his courage to the point of approaching the large one. The small-sized building turned out to bo a stable , as he found on entering , in his search for some one to ask help of in his extremity. Being there , and a pile of fresh straw in a corner just in front of him , the temptation to rest just for a moment was not to be resist ed. Poor little fellow ! he had not known till then how tired he was ; and after having tumbled down among the fresh , clean straw , he felt as if he never could get up again. He would rest just for a few minutes , he thought , and then , refreshed and emboldened , would go on to the large house , and beg for a cup of water and leave to lie all night in the stable. At least he would try , and , notwithstanding his queer Eng lish , he hoped to make himself under stood. Then he felt for his Jericho rose , and found it safe. How deliciously - ly soft and warm the straw was ! What a luxurious bed it made ! Unconscious ly his little body stretched itself out ; then all was delightful unconsciousness , and little Russian Peter slept as if he had taken a contract to do the whole Seven Sleepers in his own small per son. son.Hours must have passed. To Peter it seemed but a minute , though he thought it was the morning sun that shone in his eyes. With a mean of de spair hestartedup ; "for this , " thought he , "is the morning of Easter Sunday. " But the glare was brighter and stronger than sunrise , and there was a loud crackling and terrible smell of smoke. Peter rushed to the door , which still stood open , and there he saw that the wing of the great mansion was in flames. He understood in an instant. Fire was spelled the same to all eyes , Russian or English , when the devour ing element used its own printing press. Peter flew toward the house ; but there was no sign of life about it , and all the world around seemed asleep , save him self. He rushed to the front door and seized the bell-pull , and with all the might of his two wiry little hands dragged at it till the sound of its loud summons cpuld be heard out in the street. But no one answered. Oh , how hard it was to awaken happy , sleeping , , comfortable people ! Peter tried again. Clang , clang , clang , went the bell. Then , with one tremendous effort he gave an extra pull. The wire broke , and the handle tumbled out of his hands. At the same moment an enraged servant 'tore open the door , dragged Peter into the hall and bcxed his ears , but in the next instant gave him a good Irish hug and a kiss , in forming him that he was "a blessed jewel of an angel. " The glare of the fire could be seen now through the open door , and the woman soon com prehended the situation. Then all was confusion. An alarm was sounded from the nearest station. Peter felt himself borne hither and thither ; scorched by flames and satu rated with water ; choked with smoke and deafened with shouts. But as long as he retained his senses his willing little feet flew in every direction , ana his willing little hands carried to some place of safety all that was placed in them. Thanks to Peter's prompt alarm the fire was soon checked , and only that side of the house where it originated was injured. When Peter was next aware of what was going on around him he was safe in bed , his blis tered hands carefully dressed , his schorched hair nicely trimmed , and the great object of his existence still possi ble , for it was only midnight. Not withstanding the pain it gave him , he put one hand in the breast of his jacket and drew forth the rose , safe and un harmed. Then with the funniest mix ture of Russian , French and English words , he tried to make known his wishes. "O , mamma , I understand him , " cried the little daughter of the family whose lives he had nelped to save ; "It is a Jericho rose. Don't you know we saw them at Munich when wo were abroad last year. He wants to know if he'll bo lucky all this year , and I guess ho just will , if we can help. " As she spoke the bright little girl bi ought a small basin of water toward the bed , and Peter placed in it his cherished plant. He would have staid awake all night to watch it had not sleep overpowered him ; but in the morning , lo ! the Jericho rose had ex panded every twig and bud and blos som , till its out-reaching branches hid the basin of water wherein it grew. [ Elizabeth C. Winter in Baldwin's Monthly. _ CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. The Workings nnd Kesults of the System-- An Ex tract From Dr. Gregory's Address. Lincoln Journal. On account of the heavy rain last night the most of the large number of our citizens who would nave liked to listen to Hon. John M. Gregory's lec ture on the civil service were unable to attend. Notwithstanding the small au dience Dr. Gregory delivered a very instructive lecture. The speaker opened his remarks by giving some statistics. The entire civil service list embraces 110,000 positions. Of these 48,440 are postmasters , and 4,000 more are in the railway mail ser vice. The whole number engaged in the postal service is 75,000 to 80,000. The remaining positions are in the de partments and in the various custom districts. Ever since Marcy invented the odious phrase , "To the victors belong the spoils , " the civil service has been shamelessly prostituted to political ends. It has been used in two ways : First , the , positions have been used as patronage ; and second , contributions have been levied upon those in such positions for political campaign funds. When civil service reformers speak of the political rottenness that existed in the civil service before this reform movement , they do not wish to be un derstood as claiming that all the men in the service were put there because of the dirty work they have done. It is impossible that this should be the case. Any man of sense who goes through the departments and sees the vast amount of work done will know that there is somebody who works hard works earnestly and conscientiously. There are many men who do such effi cient work that they render themselves necessary to the department. Thus many have been in the service twenty , thirty and forty years , and there is one man who has been in fifty years. But while there are very many good men , there are many who have been put in at the bidding of political chiefs , and who do scarcely any work. Garfield - field said in one of his speeches that 30 per cent , of the clerks did the whole of the work , and one of the chief clerks affirms that one-third of the force does two-thirds of the work. The places in the civil service have been as counters in the political game. A man who wanted a position went through his district and promised to one man one position and to another another position for their influence in securing a delegation for him. Many men who wquld not use their influence corruptly delight in using their power in having so many appointments at their command. Dr. Gregory said he had been in Washington taking observations and doing some literary work for four years before he became a member of the com mission. He gave several illustrations of the manner in which civil service ap pointments depended upon political in fluence , incidents which had come un der his own observation. The great evil from the old system , apart from the appointment of incom petent persons was .the absorption of the time of members of congress , of heads of departments and of all officers who had any appointments at their disposal , in listening to ap plicants and using their influence in their behalf. The appointments , too , were by this system oE giv ing the memb'ers of congress the right to select them , thrown into the hands of the legislative branch of the gov ernment , instead of the executive branch the appointments were made by the same body that must impeach them in , case of any official misde meanor. Civil service reform was a change from a system of patronage to one of competitive examination. Since the 16th day of July last no one has been appointed to a position in the civil ser vice who has not passed an examina tion. The working of this system brings 15,000 positions out of patron age , and since the 16th of July not one of these positions has been filled at the request of a member of congress. The speaker then gave a brief history of the civil service reform earthquake , showing that no member of congress would dare to violate it in the face of the strong public sentiment in its fa vor , and preceded to outline the work ings of the system. A Six-Foot Mother-in-law. Milwaukee Sentinel. The advertisement for a woman six feet high to personate the character of the "Mother in-law , " in Robson & Crane's comedy of that name , was the magnet that drew a number of large- limbed Junes to the stage of the opera house at Milwaukee. Most of the wo men , however , were several inches be low the required height , although at first glance they appeared fully six feet tall. There was one of the applicants who , according to the statement of Manager Marsh , "loomed up like a light house. " She was fully two inches over the required height , and the engagement was awarded to her on sight. Most of the applicants were Germans , but the successful candidate was an American. The engagement is for one night only. The task of select ing a suitable woman for the part oc curs every time the piece is produced. The stage manager has , therefore , seen a large number of tall women in the various places the company has visited , but he awarded the palm to the Mil- wankeean for height and symmetrical proportions. WITH THE TIDE. "We rowed one day along the rippling river , Fast quiet fields and meadows low and green ; We watched the sunlight on the water qulrer , Till both were dazzled with its glowing sheen. We left the oity'rf busy bum behind us , And , where pule willows drooped on ( either side , We , smiling , said that care could never find us , While down the stream we floated with the tide. The litilo birds sang softly in the wiUows , The fragrance of the Illy flouted up ; We rocked the boat and sent out tluy bil lows To wake the fairies sleeping In Its cup. Who thought that life could never more be dreary , The summer sunshine smiled so warmly down , That we forgot how human hearts grow weary And die beneath the winter's chilling frown. To-day once more I rowed along the river , The same pale willows drooped on either side , The birds' low music made my sad heart quiver , As there alone I flnatp < l with the tide. FLYING MACHINES. BUI Nye Olanceg Critically at These Me- cliuntcul Itirtls. A long and exhaustive examination jf the history of flying machines ena bles me to give briefly some of the main points of a few for the benefit of those who may be interested in this science. I give what I do in order to prepare the public to take advantage af the different methods , and be ready at once to fly as soon as the weather jets pleasant. A Frenchman invented a flying ma chine , or dofunny as we scientists would term it , in 1600 and something , whereby he could sail down from the woodshed and not break his neck. He could not rise from the ground like the lark and trill a few notes as he skim med through the sky , but he could fall off an ordinary hay stack like a setting ben , with the aid of his wings. His name was Besnier. One hundred and twenty-five years after that a prisoner at Vienna named Jacob Dagen told the jailer that he cuuld fly. The jailer seemed incredu lous , and so Jake constructed a pair of double barrel umbrellas , that worked by hand , and fluttered with this ma chine into the air fifty feet. He came down in a direct line and in doing so ran one of the umbrellas through his thorax. I am glad it is not the cus tom now to wear an .umbrella in the thorax. In England during the present cen tury seyeral inventors produced flying machines , but in an evil hour agreed to rise on them themselves , and so they died from their injuries. Some came down on top of the machines , while others preceded their inventions by a few feet , but the result was the same. The invention of flying machines has always been handicapped , as it were , by this fact. Men invent a flying ma chine and then try to ride it and show it off , and thus they are prevented by death from perfecting their rolling stock and securing their right of way. In 1842 Mr. William Henderson got out a "two-propeller" machine , and tried to incorporate a company to util ize it for the purpose of carrying let ters , running errands , driving home the cows , lighting the northern lights and skimming the cream off the milky way , but it didn't seem to compete very successfully with other modes of travel , and so Mr. Henderson wrapped it up in an old tent and put it away in the haymow. In 1853 Mr. J. H. Johnson patented a balloon and paraehute dingus which worked on the principle of a duck's foot in the mud. I use scientific terms because I am unable to express myself in the common language of the vulgar herd. This machine had a tail which , under great excitement , it would throw over the dash-board as it bounded through the air. Probably the biggest thing in its way under this head was the revival of fly ing under the presidency of the Duke of Argyle , the society being called the Great Britain jeronautical society. This society made some valuable calcula tions , adding much to our scientific knowledge and filling London with cripples. In 1869 Mr. Joseph T. Kaufman in vented and turned loose upon the people ple of Glasgow an infernal machine in tended to soar considerably in a quiet kind of a way and to be propelled by steam. It looked like the bird known in ornithology as the "flyupthecrick , " and had an air-brake , patent coupler , buffer and platform. It was intended to hold two men on ice and a rosewood casket with silver handles. It was mounted on wheels , and as it did not seem to skim through the air very much , the people of Glasgow hitched a clothes-line to it and used it for a band wagon. Rufus Porter invented an a ) rial dew- dad ten years ago in Connecticut , where so many crimes have been com mitted since Mark Twain moved there. This was called the "scroport , " and looked like a seed ward floating through space. This engine was worked by springs connected with propellers. A saloon was suspended beneath it , I pre sume on the principl" that when a man is intoxicated he wefehs a pound less. This machine floated around the rotun da of the Merchants exchange , in New York city , eleven times , like a hen with her head cut off , but has not been on the wing much since then. Other flying machines have been in- venied , but the air is not peopled with them as I write. Most ot thum have folded their pinions and sought the seclusion of the hen-house. It is to be hoped that very soon some such ma chine will be perfected whereby a man may flit from the fifth story window of the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago to Montreal before breakfast , leaving nothing in his room but the furniture and his kind regards. Such an invention would be hailed with much joy , and the sale would bo enormous. Now , however , the matter is still in its infancy. The mechanical birds invented for the purpose of skim ming through the ether blue , have not skum. The machines wore built with high hopes and a throbbing heart , but the aforesaid ether remains unskum as wo go to press. The milky-way is in the same condition , awaiting the ar rival of the fearless skimmer. Will man ever bo permitted to pierce the utmost details of the sky and ramble around among the stars with a gum overcoat on ? Sometimes I trow ho will and then again I ween not. BILL NYE. Beunited by the Baby. Philadelphia Time * . Katie Andress , a sixteen-year-old wife , with a six-months-old baby in her arms , charged Spencer C. Andress , her twenty-year-old husband , in the de sertion court yesterday , with failing to support her and her baby. "What is the cause of this trouble ? " asked Judge Allison. "It is this , sir , " answered the little wife , tearfully. "He ho wanted nio to go live with his parents , and I I wouldn't do it. " "And she wanted mo to go live with her " the hus- parents , interposed boy - bana , "and I wouldn't do it. " "Sly dear children , " said the good judge , "go settle this little difference between you , and wherever you live , live together. You love each other too much , I am sure , to care to separate. Be mutually forbearing and I am sure you will be happy. " Katie looked at Spencer and Spencer looked at Katie , then both looked at the baby lying smiling in Katie's arms. "Katie , " said Spencer , as he took the baby up and kissed it , "the judge has a level head. Let us go. " He gave the baby back into her care , but as they were going out the baby turned round and laughed a merry lit tle laugh right in its papa's face. Papa thought that was so funny that he took hold of the baby's fat and dimpled hands and held them while he tickled the baby's nose with the nice soft down on his upper lip. The baby's laugh grew louder and merrier and the half- score of elder wives and elder mothers waiting in the court room to tell their dismal stories forgot their woes long enough to smile on the refreshing spec tacle and to dream again the dreams of the bygone years , when faith and hope in them were more powerful than the sting of new wounds. "See how the baby links them together , " said appar ently the eldest and saddest looking of these. "Oh , my ! oh , my ! the dear little baby ! May the bond never be broken. " The World's Great Bells. Russia is in the lead in the line of bells , some of her manufacture being the most famous of the world. It is said that in Moscow , before the fire , there were no fewer than 1,706 bells. One called the Giant , which was cast in the sixteenth century and broken by falling from its support , and recast in 1854 , was so large" that it required twenty-four men to rins : it ; its weight was estimated at 288,000 pounds. It was suspended from an immense beam at the the foot of the bell tower , but it a ° : ain fell during the fire of June 19 , 1706 , and was a second time broken to fragments , which were used with ad ditional materials in 1732 in casting the king of bells , still to be seen in Moscow Some falling timbers in the fire of 1337 broke a piece from its side , which has never been replaced. This bell is estimated to weigh 443,782 pounds. It is nineteen feet three inch es high , and measures around the mar gin sixty feet nine inches. Its value in metal alone is estimated to amount to upward of $300,000. St. Ivan's , also in Moscow , is forty feet nine inches in circumference , sixteen and one-half inches thick , and weighs 127,830 pounds. The bells of China stand next to those of Russia in size. In Pekin there are seven bell , each of which , according to Father Le Compt , weighs 120,000 pounds. The weight of the leading great bells of the world may be seen in the following : King of Bells ( Moscow ) 443,732 Sc. Ivan's ( Moscow ) 127,831) ) Pekin 120,000 Vienna 40,200 Olmutz ( Bohemia ) 40,000 llouen ( France ) 40,000 St. Paul's : J8,470 "BigBen" ( Westminister ) 3i,350 Montreal 23i > GO St. Peter's ( Rome ) . . . . 18,600 Energy and Contentment. Philadelphia Call. There are curious problems in hu man nature. Of ten contradictory qual ities appear in the same person. There are individuals parsimonious along given lines and liberal in others. There are others who can spread sun shine or gloom , as one mood or the other controls. It has been ques tioned , however , whether qualities that reach down into the character can beef of contradictory nature. Yet there are such instances. As a rule , a perfectly contented spirit is allied to a negative , or at least unenergetic character. En ergy , on the contrary , is usually re garded as restless and pushing. Thus it is supposed to be discontented , as to push alter more is to evidence discon tent with what we have. Yet this does not follow. There are many instances where per sons are entirely cheerful , and in this sense contented , who nevertheless en ergetically urge the plans of life. Nor is this inconsistent. Present satisfac tion does not militate against the seek ing after larger benefits in the future. Nor does energy in itself imply discon tent. Healthful energy is simply force put into the duties of life , and repre sents a restless activity that finds pleasure in work. An energetic man is usually possessed of ideas. He is ready to grasp a problem or to com pass a result , and is restless to reach it. All intervening toil is nothing compared with the desire to reach the end. And this result may only be the gratification of a sentiment , or the real ization of an ideal. The inventor rare ly thinks as much of the financial out come of his invention as of the achieve ment of a result in mechanics. And thus energy is consistent with content ment. How They Hani ; on the Border * ot Large Clttei. Chicago Times. It is not alone in the far west , upon the broken plain , that "squatter sov ereignty" reigns supreme. Although in the wilds of the great west the unau thorized occupant of land may be more of a monarch than ho who squats upon ground within the boundaries of civili zation , the latter is regarded as s troublesome customer in comparison n with the former , asserts his rights wither more vehemence if not more delicate language , and is a more pestiferous ob ject to the landlord of acre tracts than ho of the wilderness. In the vicinity of < Chicago there are to bo found numbers of these "squatters , " who have drop ped down upon the landed estates of , , resident and non-resident owners , have \jp gained a footing by the erection of "shacks , " and are there to stay until forced to "move on" at the eiia of a troublesome lawsuit. They represent every nationality , and they seem to be well posted in regard to their "rights , " which they assume to bo superior to the right of eminent domain. When they are discovered , and apprised of the fact that they are trespassers , they affect an air of indifference that would cause the owner to think that he was the wrongdoer , and to wonder if he may ( not have set foot upon the wrong acre. , When invited to remove from the "squat , " they insist that they are caring J for the premises and prevent others from committing depredations. If they are ordered off , they stand upon their rights , and point to the courts as the only means of affecting a removal. ALL SORTS. It is astonishing how long it takes a hired girl to scrub a front window. [ Kentucky State Journal. A young man asks : "When is the best time to move ? " When is his rent due ? [ New York Graphic. An actress is like a little girl in one respect When she gets mad she won't play. [ New York Dial. "I tolled you so , " said the sexton to the bell that cracked and refused to peal any more. [ Boston Times. Although Rome had eight circuses , neither of them had a calcimined sacred elephant. [ Oil City Derrick. "A baby is the oasis of married life. " [ N. Y. Journal. O ! a sis , is it ? Thought it was a boy. [ Philadelphia Call. "Another expedition to the pole , " said the man , as he wended his way to his barber shop. [ Cincinnati Saturday Night. In the social circles of the chicken yard the lines are very distinctly drawn , lor each hen has her own set. Mer chant Traveler. There is one thing about a house which seldom falls , but never hurts the occupant when it does. That is the rent. [ Texas Siftings. Two mules used in Salt Lake street cars rejoice in pet names Sin and Mis ery because it is a misery to drive them and a sin to whip them. A bright reporter on the Buffalo Express , after seeing a delegation of Latter Day Saints , remarked that "Raphael never painted such saints. " Most married women think bachelors ought to be taxed. Most bachelors who go into society at all are taxed pretty heavily. [ New York Graphic. If some tenor voices could be pre served in cans , the public would gain by it. The souvenir tenor is a sad af fliction. New Orleans Picayune. Tin Ore in the Black Hills. Lincoln Journal. Professor G. E. Bailey , late of the chair of analytical chemistry in the University of Nebraska , has made a personal inspection of the extent of the deposits of tin ore in the Black Hills. In an interview with a correspondent of the New York Herald he confirms the reports of the richness of these metallic deposits. The ore is found in the granite rocks of Harney' * Peak , favoi- ably situated for surface mining. Great quantities of the ore have been de tached by the action of the elements , and are found in the beds of the streams. The professor says : "The stream tin alone is so abundant that all the companies that can possibly work ic could go on for twenty years without exhausting it. Yet this is but the waste , you might say , of the main deposit the mere scraps that water and frost have de tached , a little bit at a time , from the great mass and source of the ore , which is Harney Peak itself , more than a mile high , and the surrounding tin-bearing rock , which , as I have al ready said , extends for miles. It is impossible to imagine this great body of ore ever being exhausted. As to profit , the richness of the ore , com pared with that of any other tin-bear ing district of the world , settles that question conclusively. I have seen , I i think , most of the specimens of tin ore f in prominent American cabinets of minerals , but none were as rich as much of the rock I saw in the Harney Peak region. " When it is considered that we import 24,000,000 pounds of block tin yearly at a cost of § 6,000,000 and 500,000,001) ) pounds of tin plate , worth $20,000,000 more , it is easily seen that there is a large home demand for tin. Provided that the metal can be obtained at as small cost in our o-yn as in European countries , the tin pro duct of the Black Hills may be made to equal or surpass in value the present yield of either gold or silver. "The leek is the emblem of the S Welsh , " says the Detroit Free Press. The leak should be the emblem of our navy. [ New York Graphic. The heartiest , gladdest singing in this world is in Christian lands , in hearts to which Christ has brought peace and hope. Beer is injurious to the system only when drinking it becomes too systema tical. [ Philadelphia Call. The long trainis de rigueur for din ner toilets , except for young girls and brides.