THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , MARCH 7,19 < )2. )
The JSiottf oik fi
Now 1C March dootm't doolilo to KO out
lllio ft lion it mny KO lil < o a Inmb.
The historic Delaware is out of U *
t&tikn , to tha Inconvenience and appro *
Jtennlon of these living in Its near viola *
ity.
All sections of the country Imvo now
been treated allko by the fltonn king.
The gulf Rtatos uro receiving tholr dose
along with thin section of the country.
Tillman IH the sort of n man who
should bo kept at homo , but perhaps
South Carolina was only too glad of an
opportunity to got him away from the
btato , even for a nhort timo.
I'rinco Ilonry pluntod a tree at Wash-
ington'H tomb an aot which should on-
tloar him to the Amorlcan people nw
nothing else could , Anyone who plantH
IrooH bo ho niitivo or foreigner is all
right and the people Bhould follow his
oxnmplo and plant trocn.
The inomburB of the Iowa house wore
not ns anxious that their wives , mothers ,
sisters , and Bwoothoarta should enter
the political turmoil of the state as was
the Bonato nnd as a consequence the
proposed nmoiidiuont was temporarily
retired.
Tillumu IH probably now thoroughly
convinced that the ago of imperialism is
nt liand. When u gentleman of his
quality is not permitted to resent what
ho considers an insult by flstio argument
it IH a sign that the liberty of the people
IH being sadly curtailed.
The Filipinos who accepted a govern
ment under America are -perhaps now
eorry , as that wonderfully elevating
sport , cook lighting , has boon suppressed ,
Those still in the field and the antis of
this country should inako that a strong
point against this government.
The people of Now York's capital city
Lave boon enjoying n realistic carnival
of Venice without the carnival part-
that is they have had the water and
"boat riding through the streets as the
result of an overflow of the rHndsou.
The experience has boon far from agree-
nblo.
Perhaps Prince Henry did not care to
discover that the United States was so
much larger than Germany and there
fore confined his itinerary to points east
of the Mississippi. If ho will study the
map ho will find that ho scarcely covered
a third of the magnificent distances of
which this country boasts.
The declination of Hon. John 11.
Hays of this city to again inako the
race for congress in the Third district
has brought out many expressions of
genuine regret on the part ot the repub
lican prebs of the district. Ho can cer
tainly bo proud of the friends ho ruiulo
during his previous canvass.
Miss Stone has received an offer of
$35,000 for blx articles giving her exper
ience in the hands of the Bulgarian brig
ands by a leading mnga/.ine. That ab
duction business could bo made very
profitable to all parties concerned if they
ohose to put it to the best use from a
niouoy-uinklug standpoint.
Senator Dietrich had the privilege of
addressing Prince Henry. The senator
is 0110 member of congress who could
have conversed with the prince in his
mother tongue had ho so desired.
Dodge county is the latest to discover
" vein of coal" in
u "paying Nebraska.
The denizens of the commonwealth are
particularly anxious to have some of
thorn pay and until they do they have
some occasion to be skeptical of these
valuable coal finds.
And now an army surgeon announces
B sure euro for consumption that has
boon successfully tested. Absolute rest
niid outdoor Hfo are main features of the
treatment. It will undoubtedly bo but
a few years until the dread disease will
bo successfully treated and overcome.
An Iowa farmer whoso
3-years-old son
refused to take medicine proscribed for
scarlet fever took a chisel and proceeded
to cut out the baby's teeth , drove the
tool in the roof of his mouth and broke
the little fellow's jaw. The proper pun
ishment for such a father would bo to
chisel out what little brains he has.
It if said that Miss Roosevelt practiced
euthufciabtically in order that she might
bo successful in casting that bottle at
the christening of the kaiser's yacht.
There is something to be learned from
this aud that is that a woman can bo
quite Accurate when it comes to throw
ing a mibsilo provided she has had sufil-
cieut practice.
The youths of Germany who aspire tea
a journalistic career are to receive in *
tractions in a school that will give in
structions concerning that which it is
necessary to know. Judging from a
number of foreign papers that have
couio under observation it would not bp
u bad idea to instruct some of them in
th < j artistic features of the art preserva-
.tive.
After hearing Tillman intimate that
-the pther members of that body were DO
gentlemen , Senetor Dietrich objected to
having the Insult expunged from the
rcconlH , and ho was right * If the pitch *
fork senator wants to continue tb Kpcak
without making common nno of hli
brains hoforo wagging his tongue ho
should not bo permitted to retract at
loatmro aud have that puna as an apology.
Senator Dietrich IB to bo commended for
that objection.
Mrfl. Huntlngton is too honest to bo
rich , at least that is the opinion of a
good many poor hut honest folks who
think they oonld have boon rich , but for
that sterling quality in tholr inako up.
A man or woman , however , who will
coiiHoiontiously pay all they justly ewe a
government custom house in hardly any
lower than the angels. In doing this
Bho broke a record , however , which IB
BOinothing worth striving for. Bho paid
the largest amount of custom tax over
paid by a returning European traveler.
The Missouri river is likely to bo bet
tered for navigation , having boon in the
river and harbor bill for an appropria
tion of $50,000. If the bill passcH and
the money IB judiciously expended it
will mean much to the progress and de
velopment of the west. Anything that
will develop and oulargo transportation
facilities will aid in the advancement of
tha country tributary and the people of
the weat will bo glad to learn that the
Missouri will bo recognized to some ex
tent in the river aud harbor appropria
tions.
The sounto has voted to censure the
South Carolina senators and permit
them to again participate in the deliber
ations of that body. Tillman inter
rupted the procoi dings long enough to
remark "among gentlemen an apology
for an olTonso committed in the heat of
blood was Biiflloiont. " In the light of
what is passed it would seem that the
senator of pitchfork fame should
not bo an authority as to the definition
of a gentleman. After that remark the
Bonato should have boon twice as Bovoro
in dealing with him.
Printers may bo considered a tough
lot and a printing office n tough place ,
but this is not necessarily true , says the
Stautou Picket. In fact it is far from
the rulo. Of the 8890 prisoners in the
Texas penitentiary not one of them is a
printer or newspaper man , while there
are ministers , lawyers , doctors , teachers
photographers , muslo teachers , barbers ,
bar tenders , farmers , bankers aiid'uumor-
OUB other professions tUcro roprosouted.
Wo are informed that the same is true
of the Nebraska penitentiary. Just
why this is wo are unable to state.uu-
loss it is duo to the fact that the printer
seldom gets what is duo him.
It is assorted that eastern congressmen
are allowing their interest in irrigation
to wane aud that some of them will op
pose the measure , alleging many neces
sary expenditures for other purposes.
The east cannot afford to antagonize
this proposed aid to the west. If it does
they may not only engender sectional
fooling but western representatives will
seek to punish them by opposing meas
ures urged in favor of the oast. Each
session of congress has appropriated
thousands of dollars to eastern Improve
ments whore the west has received scout
recognition or none at all. The improve
ment of the west will help the east and
there should bo no question about the
outcome of the question.
The newspaper war on the deadly
oigaret is gradually being felt , a tobacco
publication having recently published a
statement showing a great decrease in
the sale of the little paper rolls during
the last few years. Perhaps there is no
habit of the American people that can
bo bettor dispensed with than that of
cigaret smoking aud the people in gen
eral will bo pleased to witness its do-
olino. It is beiug conclusively shown
that the use of clgarets by boys Is highly
injurious , these attending school being
especially subject to the evil influence
of the weed in that form. It is hoped
that the better sense of these using the
cigaret will prevail until it will bo an
unknown habit.
When this insult business begins there
is no telling whore it will let up. No
sooner did Major Jenkins hoar that Pitch
fork Tillmau's brother had requested
President Rosevelt to withdraw his ac
ceptance to present that officer a sword
than the officer wrote declining to ac
cept such a testomouial to his gallantry
should it be offered. If the lieutenant
governor thought to humiliate the presi
dent it is probable that his humiliation
was much keener than that of the presi
dent. Then the board of directors of
the Charleston exposition and the city
council of tha exposition hurried to pass
resolutions renewing the invitation tp
President Rp/.sevelt to visit Charleston
and also desriaimiug any responsibility
or sympathy for Lieutenant Governor
Tillinan'd action in regard to the sword
presentation.
Theodore H. Price of Now York in
the Commercial predicts a rise in the
price of this year's cotton crop that will
be a record breaker and is of the opin
ion that the demand and the results
therefrom will borderon the sensational.
Ho estimates that the total crop will bo
but 0,500,000 bales , which will be 1,811-
207 bales short of requirements , The
demand for raw material on the port of
cotton manufacturers la large and in *
creasing while now markets and now
factories in foreign countries will in *
oroaso the demand for raw material ,
If the raw material Incrcasca in price
there IH certain to bo a corrcKpotullug
Increase in the prlco of the finished
product and cotton growers , mauufac *
turorn and merchants will probably profit
ns never before , if Mr , Price's calcula
tions are correct aud they prepare to
improve by his prediction.
Ex-Senator Allen has become somewhat -
what iconoclastic since retiring from
public life. Not only has ho sought to
question Thomas Jefferson's authorship
of the declaration of independence but
iu last week's IBBUO of the Mall ho takes
the position that a quotation popularly
attributed to Abraham Lincoln was not
original with the great emancipator.
What benefit IB to bo derived from en
tering a denial against thosu popular
beliefs IB not known , even though the
editor's position is correct. Certainly
the people have not boon injured nor
have the works of these men by the
opinion that has been commonly hold.
Perhaps the iconoclast of future genera
tions wiU embarrass the senator's do-
soondonts by seeking to show that it
was not really ho who made that 1-1-
honr speech in the seuato , but thojworld
will not bo bettered even though the
showing is conclusively accepted by the
people of that ago.
The fact that the business mon of Nor *
folk have organized and propose to
roach out has occasioned considerable
apprehension on the part of the business
men of surrounding towns and they are
planning to bnckflro to prevent the mer
chants of this city from onroaohiug on
their territory. It is not believed that
the Norfolk merchants have designs on
the trade of the merchants of surround
ing towns , but they realize that there is
n certain class of trade that is bent on
trading away from homo and preferably -
ably > t a city , and if they can draw and
keep the trade of this territory hero
rather than permit it to go to Omaha
Lincoln or [ Sioux City , it will moon a
great deal to the development of this
section of the Btato. The Norfolk merchants
chants wish it understood that they have
choicely selected stocks and at prices
that afford no advantage to the merchants
chants of the cities named. Such a
movement will bo to the mutual advantage
tago of this and surrounding towns and
iu the meantime of course it is to bo desired
sired that the merchants of other towns
shall do their share towards promoting
the interests of their various localitie
aud keep their local trade under gooc
control.
The city campaign will soon bo wide
open , although little has been heard o
it thus far. The democrats moot iu
mass convention at the city hall tonigh
at 8 o'clock for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the city convention , whicl
will bo hold Wednesday night , and the
primaries tomorrow in the several poll
places , The republicans will meet a
week from tomorrow night and from
then until the day of election there wil
be more or IOFB of the exoituientincideu
to the city campaigns in Norfolk. There
is little question but that D. J. Koonig
stein will bo reuoniinated by the dome
orats for mayor and while there is no
doubt but that ho has made a number o
enemies during his present admlnistra
tion and that ho will lese some of th
support given him a year ago , lie ha
unquestionably won now friends by hi
administration of the city's affairs com
ing under his jurisdiction , and the re
publicans will find that they must pu
up a strong candidate to accomplish hi
defeat. Whether such a candidate i
available should bo determined bofor
the convention meets and afterward
will need the solid backing of the party
Outside of mayor it is probable that th
greatest interest will settle in the conn
cllmanio fight and it is essential tha
good mon bo named for such positions
there being one to elect from each ward
The Manufacturers' Record of Balti
more , Md. , bos issued a 20th anniversary
sary number , giving "Two Decades o
Southern Progress. " It contains 0
pages of interesting matter concerning
the industries of the south , its contribu
tors being men who have been promi
nently concerned in the progress of tha
section. Other contributions are from
captains of industry in the north. The
following statistics showing the growtl
aud development of the south during th
past 20 years are given : Population 1880
10,300,000 ; 1000 , 23,500,000 ; increase 4-
per cent. Value of manufactured pro
ducts 1880 , $157,000,000 ; 1000 , 31,406 ,
000,000 ; increase 220 per cent. Value
of mineral products 1880 , 117,000,000
1900 , $115,000,000 ; increase 570 percent
Value of agricultural products 1880
$571,000,000 ; 1000 , ? 1,200,000,000 ; in
crease 110 per cent. Total valno of al
products 1880 , $1,045,000,000 ; 1000 , $2 ,
781,000,000 ; increase 100percent. Wage
earners iu manufactories 1880 , 805,000
1900 , 793,000 ; increase 100 per cent
Total productivity per capita of popnlo
tion , I860 , $01 ; 1900 , $118 ; increase 8
per cent. Productivity in mannfaot
urea per capita of wage earners 1800
$1,498 ; 1000 , $1,848 ; increase 23 pe
cent. This is a showing of wonderfn
growth for two decades , and it is gen
erally believed that the progress of th
south is but juet begun and that the en
j suing 20 years will show a more re
. mark&ble development ,
Oarrio Nation IB to looturo iu No *
for a whole month. Nebraska
ms hcraflllctiouB as well as other state ? .
The gentle hen has given a bearish
ondonoy to the egg market and the
'fruit" IB again getting within reach of
ho common peoplo.
Marconi's wireless infant is developing
now attributes every few days and each
lovolopment further menaces existing
onus of rapid long distauco commun-
cation ,
Holders of revenue stamps must pro-
Bout them for payment within two years
after the date purchased according to an
amended bill which passed the senate
Monday ,
Ono might think that the American
people wore willing to erect a throne
and place Prince Houry upon it from the
way they have acted during his visit to
this country but they are not.
The Minneapolis Times gives Ne
braska credit for having a wido-awako
and peppery press and says : "wo look
for sonio amusing developments if Gov
ernor Savage perseveres in his detorrni-
ation to muzzle it. "
Some men deserve to got rich either
by their industry or porsevoronco. A
Baltimore man is a fitting example of
the latter class. Ho has been attempt
ing for 20 years to collect an overcharge
of $4.50 from the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road and at last his efforts have boon
crowuod with success.
The numerous accounts of robberies ,
assaults and other outrages with the an
nual spring influx of the tramp nnisanco
is a warning to people to oxeroiso moro
than ordinary caution to protect thorn-
solves against these unscrupulous tour
ists who dislike to work and evade all
opportunities to inako an honest liveli
hood.
The millers of the Pacific coast have
combined to control the flour trade of
the orient and hwe effected ono of the
largest industrial combinations ever at
tempted in the northwest. With trusts
to the east and trusts to the west the
center of the country should do some
thing in the line of combination as a
measure of self protection.
It is said that Vermont has a law that
will keep a drunk in jail for life unless
ho tells where ho secured the liquor that
accomplished his overthrow , or nt leas
until the law is repealed. Vermont has
some wonderfully freakish laws and per
haps the next ono will compe
guzzlers to wear a beer or whisky sign
with the dealers iiamo prominently dis
played.
The Wayne Herald would like to see
Senator W. W. Young of Stauton
named for congressman by the repub
licans of the Third district. It says
"No man in the district is better equipped
pod in every particular to make a win
ning campaign , and no ono can better
stump the district than ho , and it's time
for the Third district to get down to
business. "
The legislators of York state propose
to prohibit trap shooting of live pigeons
as an unnecessary , cruel and barbaron
sport. There is but little difference between
tweon the live birds and the clay pigeons
as far OB the sport is concerned aud there
is quite a difference to the targets. I
is not unlikely that the trap shooters o
other states might be brought to the
New York idea of sport.
I
The Fremont Tribune acknowledges
that it has been approached by a frienc
who had been urged by Bartley to inter
pose to prevent that paper from coutin
uiiig its opposition to Governor Savage'
nomination. The Tribune regards i
as "an act of consnmate 'nerve' and un
repentant audacity on the part of this
convict to bo applying to reputable men
to throttle this newspaper , or any other. '
Friends of irrigation are in a position
to jubilate , the senate having passed the
bill. The house committee has agreec
on a favorable report on the same measure
ure and as it has many friends in tha
body It is not unlikely that it will pass
If it once gets to the president there
is no fear whatever but that the meas
nro will become a law and the west wil
have another substantial aid towan
reaching its destiny.
It is said thet Paul Morton , son of J
Sterling Morton , has been offered the
position of secretary of the new department
mont of commerce and labor , which wil
bo established as soon us the bill now
before the house is passed. Mr. Morton
is certainly capable of undertaking the
duties of that position and his friend
throughout Nebraska would bo highly
gratified should it bo offered him and i
he accepts.
A former Lincoln man tolls the Sioux
City Tribune that Mr. Bryan is a victim
of the peanut habit ; that while ho talks
politics , religion or any other subject ho
invariably munches peanuts and the interviewed
terviowed estimates that ho consumes 8 (
cents worth daily. If this be true i
cannot possibly bo used to indicate wha
the paramount issno of democracy wil
be in 1901 and therefore the information
is of comparatively small moment to
the common peoplo.
Bryan has thrown down the gnuntlo
o Hill and states emphatically that ho
would fight him should ho bo uomi *
mtod iu 1001. The twice defeated can
didate thus Hhows that ho would uO
nero submit to the majority rule of his
mrty Bhonld it decide against him than
iavo old line democrats who have not
avorod Brvanism in other words that
10 would bo one of these despised
raltors to the party that ho has so glow-
ugly described should its action not
meet with his approval.
It .is claimed that a South Dakota
man has patented a now steamboat pro
filer that will revolutionize river traillo
in this country , nnd nu experimental
steamboat with the now appliance is
now building. With this invention
steamboats are expected to outstrip a
train of freight cars at an average speed.
The invention is said to bo very simple
aud it is considered a wonder that it has
not been thought of before this. * Results
of a test will bo eagerly awaited by
thoBO interested in lake and river traffic.
The Up-to-Dato Burial association
filed incorporation papers in St. Louis ,
Mo. , Tuesday. It is a co-operativo
scheme , tha members beingassessed * 13
cents when ono of their number dies to
pay his funeral expenses. A respectable
burial for IS 'cents is cheap enough , but
there are probably few who will wish to
anticipate their end by the payment of
oven that sum. The schema might bo
worked in connection with a beneficiary
organization but as a proposition to
stand alouo it would seem a doubtful
plan if not unpopular.
It is President Roosevelt's opinion
that federal office holders can best servo
the party by caring for the duties entrusted -
trusted to them in their respective posi
tions. This is not likely to bo a pop
ular definition with the party bosses
who gave out the patronage , as they
usually expect returns in kind , never
theless the president appears to know
why the appointments and is right in
demanding a fulfillment of the duties
He would probably not object to them
employing their spare time in working
for the party's success but he evidently
objects to having any regular duties
neglected in order to do so.
Mrs. Nation says republicans and the
devil belong to the same party ; that al !
reporters are liars ; that the republican
administration in Kansas is worse than
the ralo of anarchists and that demo
crats , pops aud republicans are all the
samo. After this interpretation the
question seems pertinent as to who
Carrie expects to support her cause , ant
it would be interesting to have her opin
ion as to who the really good people are
The prohibitionists are the oiily ones
not scored by the gentle lady and they
are so few that her cause is really dis
couraging with no hope of inc casing its
support , as after this opinion , it can
scarcely bo believed that republicans ,
democrats or pops would be welcome
recruits.
In welcoming Andrew Carnegie at the
Author's Club reception the other night
Professor Calvin Thomas was particu
larly happy when he said : "I think that
Mr. Carnegie's future literary fame will
not rest on his major literary efforts.bnt
rather on certain minor writings of his
that properly may bo called opnsonlar.
I refer to certain small rectangular
manuscripts , written , according to rule
only on one side of the paper and with
wide margin , and containing nothing
original but the signature. In the pro
duction of those works he has shown
an amazing prodigality. In placing
them , he has aroused the envy of every
member of the craft. " These Carnegie
opuscules are really the greatest literary
works of the ago. They have produced
millions of books iu scores of libraries
but they are still steel products , at least ,
the products of a steel pen. New York
Commercial.
Governor Taft says that the na
tives of the southern Moro islands
have a queer notion regarding slavery
and that when ho tried to find how
many there were , all natives pretended
to bo slaves and appeared to consider it
no disgrace. It is therefore evident that
in order to abolish slavery from the
Philippine arohipelego it will be neces
sary to first educated the natives as to the
difference between freedom and slavery
and some progress has already been
made iu that direction , but as long as
they don't know the difference they are
propably not as loud in their demands
for liberty as the anti-administrationists
would wish the American people to bo-
hove. It is something hard to inaugu
rate reforms when the people needing
reform know the difference between
right and wrong , but when it becomes
necessary to educate beforehand some
of Uncle Sam's difficulties in the Philip
pines can bo imagined. The democrats
find ready ears among the intelligent
people of the United States to believe
that slavery should bo abolished in the
archipelego but the government has an
entirely different situation to deal with
over there. When a people are unable
to designate between slavery and liberty
it becomes necessary to raise the quality
of liberty , to begin with , so that it will
become something worth attaining and
readily recognized. This cannot bo done
in a year , perhaps not in a generation ,
and the faultfinders at home should ex
ercise a considerable degree of patience.
The populists are preparing to demand
the nominee for governor and all but
ono or two of the other nominees of the
'union combination. It is very nice to
lay thcfio protconvoution plans , always
providing that they couio to fruition ,
jut in this instance there nro two parties
with two particularly different opinions
on this point and there is much done
that is distasteful to both for the sake of
"harmony. " The real good fusloulst is
the ono who has no plans or ideas not
liatchcd , adopted and promulgated by
the fusion convention. It is really es
sential for the sake of fusion and har
mony that the fnsionists should bo
largely automatons , with but QUO or two
bosses capable of originating and direct
ing then harmony and perhaps victory
would bo the result. But unfortunately
for fusion success , it is developing that
there are too many persons in both
parties with original ideas and having
the scarcely warranted opinion that
they somehow have sonio party princi- ' \
pies remaining , and these will make T
trouble as long us there is fusion. Both
parties are about equally blessed err
for the sake of harmonious action
cursed , in this particular , and when the
ono is moro successful than the other
there is certain to bo dissatisfaction and
disappointment in the other. While
this condition confronts the fnsionists ,
who must wait for boss and harmony
before they are ready to enter upon a
campaign , the republicans can go ahead
and urge their candidates , always as
sured of the principles that will govern
aud with nothing moro serious to inter
fere with the action of the convention
than the possible harmonizing of minor
factious. Meanwhile , all the fuslonlsts
can do is to object to what the majority
party has done nnd dolefully prognosti
cate its future action. With such a sit
uation confronting them the republicans
should approach the year's campaign
with confidence as to its outcome and
faith in the party principles and its pol
icies.
TALKING TO ONESELF.
SolllaqnicB Are Ilnre Bccnnno "Wo
Fear They Sloan 9Ia < lnea .
Talking to oneself has this obvious
advantage over any other form of oratory -
tory or gossip : Ono Is assured of a
sympathetic audience. But It has also
this peculiar drawback : It Is supposed
to be ono of the early symptoms of In-
ennlty. Wrongly so perhaps. A mad
doctor might rule the habit out of his
diagnosis. Nevertheless the popular
belief is flrmly rooted , and it Is for
fear of this belief doubtless that wo
talk to ourselves even as wo dress our
hair with straws so rarely.
It may bo said that we never do ad
dress ourselves nt any length except In
the delirium of a fever. In moments
of ordinary excitement of course wo
utter to the wind some sort of appro
priate ejaculation. Delight wrings
from us a cry of "Hurrah ! " or "Thank
heaven ! " even though there bo none byte
to echo us. Similarly In any disgust
wo emit one of these sounds whoso
rather poor equivalents In print are
"Ugh ! " and "Faugh ! " and "Tut ! " Mucn
further than this wo do not go. "Why ,
what an ass am I ! " cries Hamlet in
ono of his soliloquies. Omltttng the
first word and transposing the last
two , the ordinary modern man does
often soliloquize to that extent. But
ho could no moro soliloquize to Ham-
let's extent than ho could speak In
decasyllabics.
Nor Is there any reason to suppose
that that class of the community with
which , contemptuous of his own fluen
cy , Hamlet compared himself Is or
ever was more prone to soliloquize
than any other. In the matter of solil
oquies we cannot accept Hamlet as an
unbiased authority. Wo merely find in
him the possible origin of the belief
that talking to oneself Is a bad sign.
Saturday Review.
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The 1'liiipernel. >
The common pimpernel , "poor man's
weather glass , " has the disadvantage
of being a native plant and baa been
almost completely expelled from out ;
flower gardens In favor of exotics
which are rarer but lack much of be
ing ns pretty. The pimpernel is a
charming little flower , which opens
about 8 in the morning nnd closes late
In the afternoon , but has the remark
able peculiarity of Indicating a coming -
ing shower by shutting up Its petals.
Select. '
Once when passing through a ceme
tery in Lenox Eliot Gregory was sur
prised to see that the members of ono
old New England family had been bur
ied In a circle , with their feet toward
its center. He asked the reason for
this arrangement , and a wit of that
day , daughter of Mrs. Stowe , replied ,
"So that when they rise at the last day
only members of their own family may
face them ! "
Wore the Dine.
The great writer of military songs
was looking for inspiration.
"And you say that sir of your sons
wore the blue ? " he interrogated us he
halted at the door of a shanty , "Were
they cavalry or Infantry ? "
"Nayther , ser , " responded the proud
mother. "They wor polucemlu.Chl-
cage News.
_ _ . _ _ _ ?
En nil- Granted , '
Tommy-Mo , can I have two pieces
of pie this noon ? "
-Certainly , Tommy. Cut tlio
Piece you have In two. Somc'rvllle
Journal.
EnterprUlnsr.
" your trovellng "i"1' enterpris-
"Enterprlslng ? That man could sell
a carved ivory cardcrise to an ele
phant ! "