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WAR AND POLITICS
Patriotism InRepublican newspapers
must have sunk to a low ebb when war
against Spain is urged as a means o
winning the fall elections for the Re
publican party Democratic patriotism
is made of a different material If war
with Spain is necessary to preserve the
honor of this nation Democrats will
Welcome war irrespective of its results
-on party elections
It is but just to say that the demand
for war as a means of saving the for
tunes of the Republican party and of
securing offices for Republican politi
cians is not genera II advocated by the
Republican press But it is a
cant fact that a newspaper popularly
supposed to represent the personal j
ions of President McKinley has urgeu
Avar witli Spain as a means of killing
free silver In discussing this narrow
view of the question now before the
American people the Atlanta Constitu
tion says
The most ignorant pot house politi
cian could not invent a narrower plat
form Let us intervene at the cost of
war f necessary not because ir is an
act oi highest humanity to put an end
to a struggle that is hopeless for Spain
and ruinous to Cuba not because the
republic is consecrated to the high
cause of human liberty but because it
is t lie only way we can prevent half
the- voting population of our country
from dishonoring the nation
In the first place it is entirely gratu
itous to assume that a Democratic suc
crss at the polls would dishonor the na
tion The Democrats have not endeav
ored to make political capital out of the
Cuban situation It would be honora
ble and patriotic for the Republicans ro
follow ibis good example
More Dingley Deficit
There was a sound of revelry in the
Republican camp over the fact that for
the month of February Uie business of
the t ountry showed a surplus in the
treasury of about SlOOOOO There
was nothing said about the deficit of
about 30000000 which has been
caued by the operations of the Ding
ley tariff but the fact that for the first
time iiuee the bill went into effect a
surphis was shown in the monthly re
port was trumpeted far and wide
March has not given much encour
agement hat the experience of Febru
ary will be repeated The showing for
the first week is as follows
Expenditures ll0S2G0
Rvviiuios 5920730
Deficiency 2101254
The showing for the fiscal year from
July 1 to March 7 is as follows
Expenditures 2S2rG0S2r
Revenues 231479844
Deficiency ni0S9S44
With a deficit of over 31000000 the
prospect of catching up with expenses
is extremely doubtful Even if the tariff
could do as well each month as it did
lasi February it would take more than
four years to balance the books A
McKinley has but three more years to
serve it loofe as though his adminis
tration would have the deficit perma
nent associated with it
If the Republicans could be taugut
any tiling they would begin to learn
that a protective tariff cannot produce
revenue And if the experiences of the
cotton mill owners teach anything tiiey
Toaeh that the Dingley bill is a failure
even a a protective measure So far
as can be determined by the workings
of the Dingley law up to date it is the
most monumental example of Republi
can that has ever been given to
the people of this country And yet
the Republicans claim that they belong
to the party of reform
Weak Stats Department
It is unfortunate that just at this im
portant crisis in the history of this Gov
ernment the office of Secretary of State
should be practically vacant Seere
rar Sherman who holds the title and
draws the salary as chief of the State
Department is not capable of perform
ing the highly important duties of his
ofiice Assistant Secretary Day lias
liad no experience in national and Inter
national affairs being simply a country
lawyer Shrewd diplomats in Europe
men who have been schooled in inter
national strategy are ready to take ad
vantage of thelamentable condition of
stfiairs in the American Department of
State With Sherman incapacitated
by age and ill health and Day pos
sessed of no capacity whatever it looks
ii s thousrh the nation would have to
trust to luck
Xee Was Needed Ionr Ajro
1 1 is probable that if the United States
had been represented in Madrid by
Fitxhugh Lee in 1S73 when the Yir
ginius affair occurred it is almost a
-certainty that it would not now be nec
essary to appropriate 30000000 for
hurried preparations for war with the
-decrepit dons That Yirginius affair
gave the dons an impression that the
United States would submit to any
thing rather than run the risk of engag
ing in Avar Omaha World Herald
Blacks and Corrupt Politics
The negroes in the South ought ti
take the advice of one of their preacn
crs Rev Richard Carroll who says 1
see no good for you in politics but 1 see
plenty of harm The colored popula
tion get excited every four years and
many leave the farm to sit around and
wait for an ofiice Some have not
worked since McKinley was made Pres
ident and their families are approach-
- - fit- Zii fir ffl 3ZjixZjgl
Ing starvation Politics has ruinefl us
and put us back many years Yet the
Republican politicians like Mr Ilanna
are also responsible They corrupt the
negro promise him offices for delegates
and whet his appetite for office seeicing
when he should be working at the
bench or in the fields raising his race
by simple industry Springfield Mass
Republican
Railroad Xaw
The Nebraska freight rate suit in
volving the power of injunction by the
Federal courts as controlling the legis
lative executive and judicial authority
of a State is one of the most important
innovations upon State rights that has
occurred in our history Its importance
is emphasized by the fact that the Dem
ocratic candidate for President at the
last election lion William T Bryan
was counsed for the State of Nebraska
a year ago when the case was argued
before the bench
This decision was rendered by seven
judges of the nine namely Harlan
Gray Brown Shims White Feckham
and Brewer It holds that though the
Federal court could not have enter
tained a suit to enjoin a State it can
enjoin and forbid a Suite law and that
it does not need to have any statute to
grant it that power but can exercise
it at its own discretion in order to es
tablish what it considers to be equity
That a State in chartering a railroad
corporation cannot reserve the author
ity to fix railroad rates and charges
And that the Federal court can and
will intervene to see that a railroad
corporation makes a profit on its cap
ital The decision is said to benefit
every railroad and to tax every mer
chant trader farmer and traveler who
uses railroad facilities iu the State of
Nebraska and it will of course be util
ized and acted upon by every rallnxtd
in every other State
Any State which favors incorpora
tion and consolidation of capital in cor
porations may learn from these decis
ions that its control of its own cor
porations ends with the signing or tlieu
charter New York News
Ilannas Bold Game
There is one thing about Senator
Ilanna which will have to be conceded
He didnt beat about the bush mucn
when he was asked for his opinion
about a war with Spain lie came right
out and said there would be no war
He didnt hesitate to express his con
viction that the disaster to the Maine
was an accident Of course intelligent
people understood from that the action
and even the wishes of the administra
tion depend on what the New York
financiers want He defies the peo
ple and it would not be surprising to
see him out openly for the Cuban bond
si home The troublesome thing for
Mr Ilanna will be though to set a
popular indorsement of his perform
ance at the coming elections Cincin
nati Enquirer
Senator Mils Kefrement
In announcing his withdrawal from
the Senatorial race in Texas Senator
Mills has served notice on the country
of the contemplated retirement to pi
vate life of one of the sturdiest Demo
era exponents of the time The tariff
barons have had no more detenu ned
foe than the upright and resourceful
Texan It is hoped that he will find
that repose and comfort in private life
which his long and conspicuous publi
career merits St Louis Republic
Not the Man or the Place
If war comes the country will need a
man of judgment in Algers place and
this visionary and foolish person will
soon have to go What might be ex
pected of him in great things is seen
on a small scale in his locomotive sled
and reindeer expedition schemes for
Alaska which every person of judg
ment saw from the first were irrational
Fortlaud Oregonian
One Mystery Still Uncleared
And yet the question remains unan
swered by judge or jury If the march
ing miners at Lattimer were fired upon
because they made fierce onslaught on
the Sheriff and his deputies how did it
happen that so many of the paraders
were shot in the back Boston Globe
Poor Reasons Better than None
Republicans are asked to vote the
Republican ticket because it Is a
straight Republican ticket on a straight
Republican platform including indorse
ments of the administration and poli
cies of President McKinley and Lesiie
M Shaw Des Moines Register
If you want to see an admirable il
lustration of American patriotism note
how loyally the Democrats in Congress
are supporting a Republican adminis
tration in the existing crisis St Louis
Republic
Night blindness is a rare condition in
which a person toward evening finds
that objects are becoming less and less
distinct and at last he is totally blind
This may occur without previous warn
ing and cause great alarm and next
morning he finds that his sight is re
stored This is repeated every night
but at last the eyes become weak dur
ing the day also and suffer paralysis
of the optic nerve This strange affec
tion may in some cases become epi
demic It has attacked bodies of troops
exposed to great fatigue and the glare
of the suns rays If there are no symp
toms of disease within the brain recov
ery generally results by protection of
the eyes from the light and entire re
pose It is frequent among the natives
of some parts of India who attribute it
to sleexing exposed to the moonbeams
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HOW THE SULTAN DINFS
He Spends More Money on His Table
than Any Other Man in the World
Sultan Abdul Ilamids table expenses
are o000 a day For the 303 days last
year he spent 1902000
No human being of modern times is
accredited with spending one fifth of
this enormous amount It does not in
clude grand state dinners or other elab
orate functions It is simply for His
Majestys regular every day meals
A strange feature of the Sultans din
ing is that no one enjoys the food with
him He eats alone Never upon any
pretext whatever does he have a com
panion at his meals He does not even
have a dining room or a dining hall
but takes his dinner wherever he may
happen to be The menials at the din
ner hour search out His Majesty and
then in a long procession bring the ban
quet to him table trays dishes and
all
He may be in the palace or in the
garden or any part of his great private
park It makes no difference he takes
his meal right on the spot All the
morning the large corps of imperial
cooks prepare the dinner As the noon
hour arrives slaves are sent in various
directions to discover the whereabouts
of His Majesty Having done this
they report his exact location to the
Sultans Chief Chamberlain who then
calculates the time required to trans
port the numerous dishes to him with
out their getting cooled
The chamberlain then stands beside
the chief server and supervises the
transferring of the different kinds of
food from the kettles into the silver
tureens These vessels are elaborate
They consist of many shapes sizes and
designs and are beautifully chased and
engraved They are so constructed that
they can be entirely sealed up leav
ing no chance for any one to drop any
thing into the food
As fast as each vessel is filled the
chamberlain seals it and puts on it his
official stamp This is a guarantee of
its inspection and that it contains no
poisonous substances Over each tu
reen a bell shaped felt cover is clapped
down tightly to retain the warmth
Over these felt covers magnificent vel
vet covers embroidered with gold and
silver threads and pearl coral or tur
quoise heads are spread
The dinner procession consisting of
over a hundred persons is then formed
First come ten slaves bearing the great
table It is of silver and perhaps the
most exquisite table that has ever been
made The legs and sides are richly
chased and the top is so highly polish
ed that It looks like a mirror Then
come a long line of jublakiars or first
assistants of the chief cook each bear
ing on his head a tray upon which
rests one of the silver vessels These
jublakiars are so perfectly trained in
the art of head balancing that no acci
dentsnot even the jarring of a dish
has ever been known Following come
more slaves bearing on their heads an
other course and after them come still
other detachments with other courses
In therear follow the slaves who are to
wait on nis Majesty
The procession moves up to where the
Sultan is standing Two slaves run
forward with a silken rug which is
spread upon the iioor or ground as the
case may be On this divan is placed
and the Sultan reclines The table is
placed in front of him and the tureens
are brought up As each is set down
the Chamberlain steps forward and
breaks the seal On each side of him
stands an imperial taster The Cham
berlain hands a ladleful from each ves
sel first to one taster and then to the
other After it has been swallowed the
Chamberlain then takes a spoonful
himself the Sultan meanwhile watch
ing the operation Everything being
satisfactory the kettles one after the
other are arranged before His Majesty
who runs his eye over the many viands
Then ho picks and chooses eating a
piece here and a piece there a mouthful
of meat a spoonful of water ice a
sweet cake and a tiny fish ball The
Sultan never uses a plate He takes
all his food directly from the little sil
ver kettles that are arranged in a cir
cle around him rarely ever using a
knife or fork but a spoon his bread
and his fingers which are constantly
wiped by an attendant New York
Journal
Reunited
Stephen Mallory White is a Senator
from California and Stephen Russell
Mallory is a Senator from Florida says
the Washington Post There is more
than a mere coincidence in the similar
ity of names The men are cousins
Senator Mallorys father and Senator
Whites mother were brother and sis
ter It is a little curious that the two
Senators should represent States as far
apart as it is possible for them to be
one on the Atlantic and the other on
the Pacific coast The grandfather of
the two Senators was one of the earli
est settlers of Florida while their
grandmother was a Spanish woman of
fine stock considerable beanty and re
markable constitution retaining until
her old age all her faculties Much of
Senator Whites sturdiu ess comes from
his grandmother He was not born in
Florida for his father and mother
crossed the plains in 1S30 attracted to
California by the reports of newly dis
covered gold The Senator was born in
San Francisco in 1S33 The Maliorys
on the other hand remained in Florida
and now the whirligig of time and the
strange happenings of politics unite
the families in the Senate
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Quick Compliance
Of course sir I need scarcely say
in giving you my daughter that I ex
pect her to be surrounded with all the
luxuries to which she has been accus
tomed
Certainly sir If I had any prefer
ence for a home of our own I would feel
constrained to yield it Your wish sir
is law with me Detroit Journal
AKJpOT
Sir Hercules Langrishe was a wonder
even in the days of four bottle men
On being found alone with half a dozen
empty claret bottles he was asked
l What surely you have not got through
them without assistance
Oh no
he replied cheerfully I had the as
sistance of a bottle of Madeira
The Medical Record tells of a man
who was cured of blindness by a sur
geon remarkable for his unprepossess
ing appearance When vision was fully
restored the patient looked at his bene
factor and said Lucky for you young
man I did not see you before you op
erated or I would never have given my
consent
The Georgia voter bids fair to be as
early a bird as the candidate if Ave
may believe a story told in the Atlanta
Constitution Recently an old negro
mot a former employer and approached
him in this way You lookin mighty
well Mars Tom Yes Im feeling
pretty good I thought you wuz
You know what you look like Mars
Tom No what do I look like
You looks like you had a dollar in yo
pocket en wuz gwine ter run fer guv
ner
Lord George Bentinck did not like a
debtor When dining once in his club
he noticed a man whom he knew as a
defaulter also dining there The latter
called for his bill As the waiter Avas
bringing it Lord George interposed
and in his commanding incisiAe tones
said Waiter bring that bill to me
Coolly casting his eye over its items
Lord George said iu a voice heard all
over the room and Avith a severity of
tone which made his unfortunate vic
tim wince Before Captain orders
such expensive dinners he should pay
his debts of honor
They tell a good story of Sir Walter
Scott about Edinburgh It seems that
he was far from being a brilliant schol
ar and at school he usually was at the
head of the other end of his class After
he became famous he one day dropped
Into his early school to pay a visit to
the scene of his former woes The
teacher was anxious to make a good
impression on the famous Avriter and
put the pupils through their paces to
bring out their best points But which
is the dunce You have one surely
Show him to me after a time Scott
said The teacher called out a poor
fellow avIio looked the picture of Avoe as
he came bashfully toward the distin
guished visitor And are you the
dunce said Scott Yes sir said
the boy Well my good fellow said
Scott here is a crown for you for
keeping my place Avarm
Lord Falmouth who bred horses
knew all about them and had for
trainer that paragon John Scott never
bet but once He had a promising filly
Queen Bertha and she was the favorite
for the Oaks in 1S02 She had appar
ently fallen off in condition and her
owner put no confidence in her Fal
mouth Avas inclined to scratch her
Avhen Mrs Scott John Scotts Avife
spoke up for her favorite Ill lay
your lordship sixpence she wins said
Mrs Scott laughing For once Lord
Falmouth broke his rule never to bet
and exclaimed Done Mrs Scott
So Queen Bertha Avith Tom Aldcroft
up appeared at the post and thanks
to the brilliant riding of her jockey
beat Marigold by a short head for the
first place Lord Falmouth paid his
bet to Mrs Scott in noble fashion He
procured a brand new sixpence from
the bank had it set round with dia
monds and mounted as a brooch and in
that form presented it to the comely
mistress of Whitewall
Dear Farrar in his Reminiscences
says that the first proofs of Dean Stan
leys Sinai and Palestine informed
the reader that from the monastery
of Sinai was Aisible the horn of the
burning beast This Avas a fearfully
apocalyptic nightmare of the printers
devil for the horizon of the burning
bush The original proofsheets also
stated that on turning the shoulder of
Mount Olivet in the Avalk from Beth
any there suddenly burst upon the
spectator a magnificent view of Jones
In this startling sentence Jones Avas
a transmogrification of Jems the
deans abbreviated way of writing Je
rusalem When the dean answered an
imitation to dinner his hostess has
been known to write back and inquire
whether his note was an acceptance or
a refusul and Avhen he most kindly re
plied to the question of some Avorking
men the recipient of his letter thanked
him but ventured to request that the
tenor of the answer might be written
out by some one else as he Avas not
familiar with the handwriting of the
aristocracy
A young man Avas tried for murder
having killed a member of a rival fac
tion in a faction fight Avrites Aubrey
de Yere in his Recollections The
judge reluctant to sentence him to
death on account of his youth turned
to him and said Is there any one in
court Avho could speak as to your char-
I acter The youth looked around the
court and then said sadly There is no
man here my lord that I know At
that my grandfather chanced to walk
I into the grand jury gallery He saw at
I once how matters stood He called out
i You are a queer boy that dont know
U L11VUU 1IU1X UU fLC Ullil XliC UJJ
Avas quick witted he answered Oh
then it it myself that is proud to see
your honor here this day Well
said the judge Sir Yere since you
know that boy will you tell us what
you know of him UI will my lord
said my grandfather and what I can
tell you is this that from the very first
day that ever I saw him to this min
ute I never knew anything of him that
Avas not good The old tenant ended
his tale by striking his hands together
and exclaiming And he never to hne
clapped his eye en the boy till that min
ute The boy escaped being hanged
Snake in IV a Hair
The author of the recollections enti
tled How Marcus Whitman Saved
Oregon has one or tAVo thrilling snake
stories to tell He says that when he
Avas journejing across the plains ho
used to keep the snakes from his bed
by laying a lariat made from the hair
of a buffalos neck entirely round the
couch Snakes Avill not usually cravrl
over such a rope Either they suspect
danger when pricked by the sharp
bristles or they avoid the discomfort
of them
But on one night of horror never tc
be forgotten I did not use my Indian
lariat Who among my readers erci
had a rattlesnake attempt to make a
nest in his hair I will tell the story
just as it happened
I was dozing off Avith rattlesnakes
and all the snaky horrors of the past
day running through my mind Avher
suddenly I was awakened by some
thing pulling and working in my long
bushy hair I suppose 1 suffered only a
feAv minutes of suspense but it seemed
hours before I became Avide aAvake and
reached th conclusion that I had poued
my head near the log Avhere his snake
ship Avas sleeping and the evening be
ing cool h was trying to secure warm
er quarters
It Avould not do to move I quietlv
slipped my right arm from the blanket
and sloAvly raised my hand to Avithir
six inches of my head I felt the rak
ing of a harder material it seemed like
a fang scraping the scalp This made
me frantic I grasped the offender i 5
the head seizing my OAvn hair Avith
him jumped to my feet and yelled sc
that every man in the camp sprang uj
and seized his gun ready for attacking
Indians
It Avas forty five years ago and the
sensations of that night are vivid at
this moment it does not eAen matter j
that the offender was not a rattler but
only a little honest cold footed tree
toad trying to get warm
When Gen Howard Went Hungry
Gen O O Howard said Gen Da
vid S Stanley to the Boston Herald
was ever a religious conscientious
man with a deep seated impulse to
raise up and beneiit the colored man I
Avell remember a story about him il
lustrating his Avant of knowledge of
the negro character as it emerged from
serfdom After the war Gen Howard
was the head of the freedmens bureau
and Avent to Richmond accompanied
by a United States Senator avIio was
also interested in the great work the
bureau had been designed to prepare
At dinner they were taken into the
dining room of the man in charge and
the colored Ava iters were called up and
introduced
Boys said the man in charge this
Is Gen HoAvard avIio is doing so much
for the colored men of the South See
that he gets a good dinner quickly
Take care of him
Oh yes they replied Gen How
ard We all knows bout him Hes
our Moses Hes takin care of us
The other tables were occupied by
unimportant young officers avIio not
knowing Gen Howard or not standing
in awe of his strong religious views be
gan to curse the waiters violently and
abused them for not Avaiting on them
more prompt
The outcome of it all was that the
unimportant joung officers Avere Avaited
upon and got their dinners at once
Gen Howard did not fare avoII at all
and after Avaiting a full hour left the
dining room as hungry as when lie en
tered it
In great indignation the United
States Senator avIio accompanied the
General strode up to a group of wait
ers and thundered
What do you mean by treating
Gen HoAvard so
Why boss was the reply dem
other gemmens give us a dollar apiece
before dinner commenced
An Impromptu Wedding
Dean Swift AA as walking on the Phoe
nix road Dublin Avhen a thunder
storm suddenly came on and he took
shelter under a tree where a party
were sheltering also two young avo
men and two young men One of the
girls looked very sad till as the rain
feil her tears began to Aoav says the
San Francisco Wave The dean in
quired the cause and learned that it
AA as her Avedding day They were on
their Avay to church and now her Avhite
clothes were wet and she could not go
Never mind Ill marry you said
the dean and he took out his prayer
book and then and there married them
their witnesses being present and to
make the thing complete he tore a leaf
from his pocketbook and Avith his pen
cil Avrote and signed a certificate
which he handed to the bride
The certificate was worded as fol
lows
Under a tree in stormy Aveather I
married this man and woman together
let none but Him who rules the thunder
sever this man and woman asunder
Jonathan Swift Dean of St Pat
ricks
Longest Night
During Dr Nansens Arctic journey
his ship the Frain remained for five
and one half months from Oct 1 1SS3
until March 21 1S9G out of sight of the
sun This Dr H R Mill the emi
nent geographer remarks was the
longest and darkest night ever expe
rienced by man
Norwegian Weddinjj Presents
Every guest at a Norwegian wedding
brings the bride a present In many
parts a keg of butter is the usual gift
and if the marriage takes place in win
ter salted or frozen meat is offered
u
pg
London Truth suggests that as Aus
trian princes are called archdukes Ger
man princes should henceforth style
themselves archangels to emphasize
the gospel of his sacred majestys per
son
Mrs Annie Hurd Dyer Is translating
into Japanese the two novels by James
Lane Allen entitled A Kentucky CarJ
dinal and Aftermath Both books
display so fine a feeling for nature and
so delicate a sense of beauty that It is
thought they will appeal peculiarly to
the Japanese mind
Under the title of The ReAolutionary
ricturesa collection has been made ofj
the original paintings and drawings
illustrating Senator Lodges Story of
the Revolution noAV appearing In
Scribners Magazine This collection
of pictures forms an Impressive gallery
of revolutionary art worth many thou j
sands of dollars They are noAV being
exhibited in various cities throughout
the country under the auspices of the
local patriotic societies
Jerome K Jerome avIio has relin
quished the editorship of both the Idler
and To Day has a short humorous
ready for publication early in the
year Literature says that all Mr Ic
romes books have been translated into
Norwegian and in Germany France
Russia and Scandinavia he Is one o
the very few English Avriters at all Avell
known
Having successfully carried his new
Aolume of poems through the press Ed
mund Clarence Stedman proposes to
devote some labor to another anthology
similar in scope to that in Avhlch he
traversed the poetry of the Ylctorinn
era but dealing Avith American Aerse
Like its predecessor the new collection
Avill serve as a companion to the edi
tors critical writings on the subject
In Great Britain 0214 new books and
10S2 new editions Avere published dur
ing 1S97 according to the Publishers
Circular The A arious classes into
which these books are divided main
tain their relative proportions to the
Avliole Avith two exceptions books on
hiAv have decreased in number notice
ably Avliile the proportion of books on
political and economical subjects has
increased even more noticeably
The speech by Avhlch Gabrielle d
Annuuzio obtained the suffrages of the
Roman rustics contained not one single
allusion to any of those Aital questions
Avhich make up the essence of modern
Italian politics The fact that this
in electioneering oratory should
Ikiac gained its end and that the author
of The Triumph of Death sits to day
in the Representative Chamber at
Rome has caused much chagrin to his
enemies avIio have seriously contem
plated lodging a petition against
DAnuunzios return
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A GenerouH Duchess ji
It is generally agreed that the dom
inant note of the character of the late
Duchess of Teck Avas her amiability
but that term does inadequate justice
to the heart from Avhich it sprung She
was charity itself and a Avonderful or
ganizer of charitable relief On a large
scale
It is said that she gave out of her own
pocket a good fifth of the annual
amount granted to her bj Parliament
and a story vouched for by the St
James Budget shows that she knew
how to give on a small scale to be gen
erous in mind as Avell as Avith money
There Avere to be some festivities at
White Lodge the Richmond residence
of the duchess and an invitation AA as
sent to the secretary of a charity in
which the duchess Avas interested By
a later post the young lady received a
letter from a friend asking her to a
tennis partA Avhich Avas to be held the
same day
Next morning both invitations AA ere
acknowledged but the replies were
carelessly put in the wrong envelopes
The duchess opened the letter in which
the Avriter declared to her friend that
siie was very sorry she could not come
to tennis because Stout Marj had
asked her to White Lodge and she
was bound to go
The day duly arrived and the frank
young lady Avas warinly Avelcomed by
the duchess AAho afterward took hec
aside and laughing said
My dear girl I know I am stout but
I cannot help it You should be more
careful in posting your letters and
never forget that you do not know who
Avill read what you write Dont apolo
gize I have forgiven you
Christy Minstrels
The Toronto Saturday Night tells the
folloAving story of Dean Yaughan He
had been preparing some colored cler
gymen for mission work and had
them to dine with him in the
Temple
On that day Mrs Yaughan waited an
hour in the drawing room for her
guests but none came At last she
mentioned to the butler that it Avas odd
that the invited guests did not appear
Yes inaaoi he replied and Avhats
odder still IAe done nothing all the
evening but turn Christy Minstrels
away from the door
Thunderstorms in Jamaica
At port Royal Ramaica for six
months in the year thunderstorms are
almost of daily occurrence and guests
to picnics and garden parties are usual
ly inAited to assemble after the thun
derstorm
When actors quarrel they can resort
to the make up box
Matrimony often turns loves sweet
dream into a horrid nightmare
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