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I10SEY-1IAK1SC STATESMEN ,
Some of the Shrewd Speculators in the
United States Senate.
LUCKY DEALS IN REAL ESTATE ,
Oolin Slioriimn Turns Kvrrythlttg Into
Gold .Senator JOIICH and HIM
AlitHka .HlncH CuHcy'n Farm
ninl lloiirsf'H llln Hnnuli.
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'WAsimriTON' , July a. [ Special Correspond
ence to the Hii : : . ] Tlio millionaires of the
United Stutos scnnto nro among the smartest
money makc-rs of the country. Kveryonoof
them appreciates n good speculation , and dur
ing the past six months tlio fortunes of most
of them have been growing llko Jonah's
courd. Sctifitnr Stanford before ho left for
ICnropo pave minute Instructions as to the
sale of his horses on the Palo Alto farm , mid
ho has concluded to hold his Electioneer colts
for n rise. On this stock farm Stanford has
12Tjstallions , 100 broodmares and 5230 fillies
nnd geldings , each of which is worth a for
tune nnd the poorest ot which will bring
moro at a horse auction thnn n clerk's yearly
salary. Stanford began bis horse breeding ,
ho once told me , for bis health , got Interested
In It , anil kept it up until ho made it pay. Ho
hns certain plans and theories of breeding
stock peculiar to himself , and when ho first
advanced these the other horse breeders of
tbo United States laughed at him nnd called
him "Crazy Stanford. " A few years' experi
ment nnd the excellency of his stock showed
them that bo was right , and ho now gets the
highest prices in the country. One of bis
theories was that during certain seconds
ends of every race tlio trotting horse
had nil his feet off the ground nt the snmo
time. This was sneered nt until Stanford
employed tlio photographer , Muybridgc , to
test tbo matter with a score of cameras. The
result proved that Stanford was correct and
the experiment formed the foundation of in-
Rtantiiticous photography. Stanford pub
lished a book nbout the matter which cost
him $ -10,000 , for 1,000 , copies and this is the
Costliest HOI-HO Hook Kvcr I'uhllslii'd.
Stanford's Income Is by no means confined
to horse breeding profits , llo lias miles of
vineyards and farms , railway mid steamship
stock , and ho receives every year at least
iM.OOO.OOO from his investments , lie makes a
good turn every now and then In speculation
nnd not long ago wliilo riding across the Po
tomac to Arlington ho stopped his horse at
tbo end of the Georgetown bridge nnd look
ing up and down tlio river told his private
ecrotary to buy all the laud ho could see
from that point on tlio Virginia sldo. Tlio
private secretary upon Inquiry found it
would take two years at least to perfect the
titles and get bold of the property. Senator
Stanford said nothing about the matter for
six months nnd then in another ride be wanted
to know If anything had been done. IIo was
told the trouble as to titles nnd ho then said
Ho would drop the matter ns ho had enough
on hand , and bis fortune was so largo that it
would not pay him to bother to increase it.
Had the land bicn bought ho would have
built n railroad into Virginia and have laid
out n big suburb on thu I'otomac Heights.
IIo saw there was money In it , hut ho did not
care to worry about It. It was tlio same when
lie was lu Turkey some years ago. The sul
tan wanted him to build railroads , and he re
plied that ho would have jumped at the chance
if ho had been younger and poorer. IIo is
cald to bo worth § 100,000,000 , and his first
money was iniulo
In I'uddUng IIorHcrndihh.
Senator Stewart of Nevada is at the head
of the California syndicate which is now
putting millions into Washington
suburban real estate. They have
bought tlio land by the ncro and
will sell It by the square foot. They have n
number of bills before congress authorizing
them to build railroads through it , nnd they
are asking about 500 per cent advance on the
money they paid to the farmers. Senator
Stewart rolls in money. Still lie loolcs moro
llko n farmer than a millionaire , nnd his rosy
face has none of the signs of the dissipated
llfo of tbo very rich. IIo has blue eyes , n
board of straw-colored silver , and bis bald
bead is fringed with fuzzy white hairs , IIo
has , It is said , ? ( K ) laid mvuy for every ono of
these ball's , and though ho has lost several
fortunes ho Is ngaln on top. IIo still owns
the big castle which bo built opposite
Uliilno's , and this is now rented for $10,000
a year to the Chinese legation , One of
Stewart's first investments was tbo selling of
coonskins , and he , made this pay ns a boy.
Senator Teller of Colorado makes § 10,000 n
year out of Ills law practice , and ho has lost
us many fortunes ns any limn in the senate.
Ho has numerous Investments in mines
which may Jump into millions any day , and
though ho is at present a comparatively poor
man , ho Is ono tft the inthilto possibilities. I
chatted with him last night about ills monoy-
maldiig experiences. Said ho :
"One of my first Investments after going to
Colorado was the buying of a mine for $12,500.
My profits oat of tlio sale of it were moro
than $100,000 and 'hat ' 8 < vo ruined mo. It
wns enough to ruin any man to nnko $103OOJ ,
In three days. This was thirty years ago and
now , In ISOO , T do not suppose that nil my
property under the hammer would sell for
moro than § 100,000 , The investments I have
nro unnroductlvo and mv incoino outside of
tbo semite is small. I am often classed with
tbo Denver millionaires but in these estimates
a man Is charged with having ten dollars
where ho has but ono. For Instance my Im
mense much In southern Colorado. The re
ports state truly that it takes 1-5 miles of
fence to surround Its fields und that its urea
embraces thousands of acres. This is true.
It contains 10,000 , acres but wo paid only $1.K
an ncro for it and the original purchase did
not amount to moro than f0,000. Wo paid
$7,000 , more for some additional lands which
connect it with the river mid gave us water ,
but at present nothing but grass will grow on
the ranch nnd it is worth prac
tically nothing until it Is Irri-
Bated. It will cost ? T > 0,000 to make
tlio right kln.-l of n ditch to Irrigate it , and
when tills ditch Is made it may bo worth
something. Then my mining properties maybe
bo worth n great deal and may bo worth
nothing. All thttt 1 know is that they
bring in
No Income to Hponk Of
nt present. As to farm lands , I hnvo 12,000
acres hi Illinois. 1 was offered § T5 an ncro
f or MX ) ncres of It wine years ago , but I do
rot think It would bring $ .10 an ncro under
the hammer today , and the whole farm
would not sell tit auction at $ 10 an acre. I
bought i. largo part of this farm for my
father and paid a good price for it. Some of
it I have owned for n generation , and I keep
it because I bought it with some of tbo first
money I ever nmdo. Then I have n hotel nnd
bank nt Cent nil City , Col. 1 own tlio furni
ture of tlio hotel , unit every year or so ono of
the tenants gets two or tlux-o thousand dollars
lars behind and leaves , It then costs mo a
couple of thousand dollars to refurnish it ,
and the result Is that the taxes , tbo furnlturo
and the repairs eat up the Income from U , "
"Yes , " continued the senator In response
to my question , "I linvo had n number of
Chances to make money by Investments , but
ns I told you about the tfW.OOO I lost by not
going into a mining speculation , I have lost
others equally us good , I do not suppose that
there Is a man lu tbo seualo who coiiuot siiy
the same thing. 1 bnve had one principle ,
however , which has perhaps nldcd In keeping
mo comparatively poor. I have never allowed
m.v name of senator to boused a * a director
of any Institution In which I was not flnan-
cinlly Interested nnd to the supi > ort of which
1 did not pay ns largo n proportion ns any
other member of the corporation. I once lost
a couple of hundred thousand dollars by not
being In Denver ono day. A man whom I
know wanted to soil his ntinltur property , IIo
wns a friend of mine and ho eamo Into my
oniceand told my partner that be would give
mo tbo option on it for thirty days for $1-5-
000 and that I could have nil that I made over
In the sale. Und I been in 1 would have
] umi cd nt the chance for I know that tbo
property was worth a great deal moro
than the amount stated. I was
up in the country , however , nnd the
man being In n hurry handed it over to someone
ono clso. It was sold iiisiclo of three weeks
for S.)7ii,000 ) to Jcromo 13. ChalTeo. Mr.
ChalTco afterwards told mo that ho was sorry
1 had not gotten the sale , and ho compli
mented mo by anylng tlr.it ho would rather
have given mo the oxtr.i ? i.VJ,009 than the
other fellow. This is nothing , however , nnU
lucky chances corno to all men. "
In this connection perhaps no man has
taken moro advantage of his chances in a
legitimate way than Senator John Sherman.
Sherman wns sitting yesterday afternoon
Just next to Senator Teller. He was dressed
In a pepper nnd salt suit , and ns I looked nt
him ho did not seem a day older than when I
came to Washington seven years ago. It was
nt this time that ho made his big spscnlation
In Suburban Itenl Kstnto
hero , out of which gossips say ho made n
clear $200,000. Ho has been Investing in other
properties since then nnd everything ho
touches seems to turn Into gold. He does not
allow his money to Ho idle , and as senator
Palmer once said of him , ho likes to make n
good speculation as much now as lie ever did.
It would bo Impossible for a man like
Sherman to remain poor. Ho is cautious
and conservative , and though not stingy , hois
economical. Ho knows a good thing when ho
sees it and is not afraid to take hold of it.
His property at Mansilcld , 0. , has been in
creasing in value right along and ho lately
gave a part of It to the city as a park and this
materially increased the value of that which
remained. IIo has a number of good renting
houses in Washington , hns bank stocks scat
tered hero and there over the country nnd
wns for a time one of the directors of the
Pittsburg , Fort \Vayno & Chicago railroad.
IIo is , however , moro of nn Investor than a
Bpeculator. Ho commenced llfo by making it
a principle to save WOO a year. This was
shortly after ho was married and his progress
since then has been steady. Ho Is a man of
extraordinary Intellectual ability and ho has
added to his Intellectual capital by the same
methods that ho has increased his money pile.
He lias been a student all his life nnd never
wasted much time In loafing or novel reading
and though bo is well posted in English lit
erature ho has little time for trash. IIo has
undoubtedly an incoino of n thousand dollars
or so a month outside of his salary and though
lie never talks about his money ho lias long
been classed with the millionaires.
The tips : uid Downs ol' Senator Tones.
bciintor Jones of Nevada is perhaps the
most nctlvo speculator of the Millionaires'
club. He lias had a score of ups and downs
and when ho was elected to the senate in 1872
bo was worth $ . " ,000,000 , a large part of which
cnmo out of the Comstoclc Lode , wiilch made
the fortune of Flood , O'Brien , Mnokay and
Fair. Shortly after this ho went into a spec
ulation with Senator Stewart and lost nearly
all ho had. IIo startqd a watering place near
Los Angeles , Gala. , which never paid and ho
built a Turkish bath in Sim Francisco which
further depleted his fortune. IIo then put
all ho had left in the Sierra Nevada mine.
the shares of which nt once dropped down to
nothing , anda few months biter began to
rise and got up to Uto. The bubble then
burst , and Jones who had held on to his
stock was again worth nothing. After nu
merous other adventures in which ho made
nnd lost ho became interested in tlio Alaska
mines near Sltka , out of which he is now get
ting immense profits. I do not know just
how many thousand dollars a month these
uro turning out but tboy yield the senator
several hundred thousand dollars every year
nnd ho is again a millionaire. . Llko tlio most
of tbo western millionaires be has a largo es
tate In California and tils grazing nnd farm
ing lauds nt Santo Monica embraces 3',000
acres. He is a very simple nnn in his habits
nnd lives very quietly at Washington in a
house facing Scott Circle which he recently
bought from Stllson Hutcliins , the old editor
of tbo Washington Post.
Senator George Hearst hns an income
amounting to hundreds of dollars n day , nnd
like Jones , lias ono of the biggest farms In the
west. There are -10,000 acres In Ills estate at
San Luis Obispo , and the senator has some
flue stock upon It. IIo has
MincH all Over the Country ,
from coal mines In West Virginia to silver
mines in Mexico. He is the chief owner of
the San Andreas gold mine of Mexico , which
Is quoted nt $5,000,000 in the London market ,
and bo is said to lie ono of the best Judges of
mines In the country. Ho has at times em
ployed more than two thousand men in work-
lug Ids mines , nnd lie Is one of the few men
who continuously make and seldom lose. Ills
son own the San Francisco Examiner , ' nnd his
wife is one of tlio accomplished women of
Washington society. As for the senator , bo
prefers a retired life , and would rather bo ono
of a quiet party at the eard-tablo than attend
a white lioiiso dinner. The new house into
which bo has just moved is worth at least
$100,000 and it must have cost a fortune to put
it into shape and change it from the great
square brick which it was when Secretary
Fall-child occupied it , into the modern archi
tectural structure which it is now.
Senator Sawyer is another big farmer of
the millionaires' club. It takes something
UUo seventy-live miles of wire fence to sur
round his Texas ranch , and ho has plno lands
nnd lumber mills all over Michigan. Within
the last two years ho has been devoting him
self to trying to dig gold.out of the Potomac
rocks , and strange to say be is having consid
erable success. Ho has bought-100 acres of
land up nbovu Washington nnd hns n stamp-
mill ut work there. The vein contains a good
grndo of .ore , and ono nugget was fouiul
weighing twenty-threo pennyweights , Some
of the rock yields -ft ) a ton , nnd if It holds
out the mine will certainly pay. Sawyer is
worth four or llvo millions , and ho has been
getting away with a part of Ids largo Incoino
this winter in entertaining. IIo has built a
bouse for bis daughter which has cost some
thing HkuiXHX | ) ( ) , and the interior of this Is
furnished like the palace of Mouto Cristo.
The richest of satins cover the walls , tlio
ceilings nro painted and the flncst of wood
work beautifully carved has n piano-box fin
ish In which you can see your face as you go
through the doors. Senator Sawyer made
tlio most of Ids money in Wisconsin lumber
Ho started west wtcn ho was thlrtj will
$ . . ' , ' -00 in his pocket and began to farm some
place near Oshkosb , nnd from farming ho
turned to logging , bought n saw-mill whlcl
had ruined Its owners , nnd by good , cnrofu
business management made It a succcs. Ho
traveled over Wisconsin and
IMokod Out tlin Kine Pine li.'imls
and bought some of the best of them. IIo i
still engaged In the lumber business am
when ho Is ut borne it Is said that by takes off
his coat and some times goes down Into the
mills and superintend ) matters for himself
Notwithstanding his gorgeous house his owi
llfo hero at Washington Is very quiet. II
does not speak often in thosonato but ho doe
n deal of work in committees nnd ho get
moro private pension bills through than an )
h.in any ether millionaire In the body. Sen
ator Sawyer always make mo think of a
blacksmith and Ids father wns n blacksmith
and farmer , lie lived In N'ew York and llko
nest JJow i'crk farmers sixty venrs ago ho
) dlcvcd in having bis children work for him
until they were twenty-otic. When Phlletus
VIM seventeen ho bought bis time of his
'other nnd made money out of tbo specula-
ion. Ho married early but the sum of his
avlngs for the first thirteen years of his llfo
vcro just about $ .3,000 , or less than half of
vhat is monthly income probably is now.
I once chatted with Senator Thomn * Vf ,
'aimer , now minister to Spain , about riches ,
md be told me that when n man bad $1(1,000 (
i year It did not make much dlffcrenco
vhcthcr holiadnny moro or not. I under-
teed that Don Cameron not long ngo said
hat his Income was $ 'JO,000 a year , but $7,000
n month will not buy Don
A Good .Stum ich ,
nnd be has moro dyspepsia than though ho
vcro working nt a dollar n day. IIo inherited
riargo nmount from ills father , but Simon
Cameron used to say that Don was n much
letter monoy-mnker than ho wns , mid Sena-
or Cameron's investments nro In railroad
stocks , mines nnd lands. IIo owns n great
amount of property In Washington , both sub
urban and city property. IIo rarely buys n
quaro foot of land that docs not double In
alue before ho sells it. lie got ? 00,000 for
its homo on Scott Circle , mid
10 paid $07,000 for that in
vhich ho now lives near the while house. IIo
owns lands at Harrisburg and is president of
a bank ntMlddleton , Pa , IIo makes a lucky
urn every now and then which increases Ids
ilto , nnd the natural nccumulutlons of his
brtuno are very great. Ho is , however ,
ntnoug the senators who have lost big chances
luring life , and his biggest mistake was per-
nips that connected with tbo Bell telephone ,
shortly after Hell had made the invention ho
cnmo to Washington nnd the stock was
lawkcd nbout hero for 10 cents on tbo dollar.
Vmong others Senator Cameron wns called
ipou and Bell offered him n controlling In-
crest in the company for $0,000 and Cam
eron , though ho said ho wns sure the thing
vould pay to some extent , had no idea that
t would bring la
SoinotlihtK Mko $ ' _ > , OOOO ( > 0 n Year
and refused to take it. The result was that
Jell left his house very much disappointed ,
and it took him lots of time and trouble to
jet tlio money elsewhere. Cameron in speak-
ng- about the matter said some time ago that
10 believed tbo Invention was a good one ,
but that his money was so tied up that ho
lid not llko to risk the amount on it.
None of the new senators nro restricted to
heir salaries for their living expenses.
Squire eamo to Washington in a special car ,
md I am told that his investments in Si-nttlo
and elsewhere yield him $ "iO,000 a year. IIo
jot his first start as n manager of the Hein-
ugton Gun works and married n daughter of
one of the firm. IIo was for n time purchas-
ngngcntfor the Remingtons nud went to
Europe for them. At this time ho mndo a
; oed speculation in selling old guns to Persia ,
Turkey nnd other countries of the far east
and ho invested his money as ho made it. He
ms now valuable properties in Seattle and
ils money Is breeding ns fast as Australian
nbblts. IIo appreciates the value of a dollar
md is a clear , careful business man.
Allen , the other Washington senator , has
saved something from his law practice and he
vas making ? 10,000 a year before ho eamo to
Washington. Sanders hns nn income of $ 5- ,
000 from his property In Montana. He owns
mines and mining interests nnd it is hard to
011 Just what these amount to. Some of
hem pan out well nnd some poorly. In nddl-
lon to this ho hns a largo legal practice nnd
lis time during the recesses of the senate will
> o fully occupied. Senator Power has per-
inpsS.iO.OOO a year outside of his salary. Ho
s a close , conservative investor and ho will
lot spend a gecat deal of money in Washing
ton. Ills money is invested in stock ranches
and real estate in a number of the Montana
cities. He is also engaged in business and bo
works on close margin.
Moody of Dakota is said to make $10,000 a
year nt his practice and ho has a number of
jood mining investments. Ho eamo to tbo
state poor and is now nch.
Casey of North Dakota
is easily worth half a million and Gill Pierce
is probably the only man among the new
senators who gets his chief support from his
salary. All told thcro are not a dozen of the
United States senators who hnvo to keep
within the $5,000 a year -which the govern
ment pays them , The same is largely true of
the members of the house and In a future let
ter I will tell you of other senators for whom
tbo giantjintercstworks day nnd night nnd of
a number of our representatives who have
outside investments which bring them in
from fifty to ono hundred and moro dollars n
day whether they wake or sleep , spout buncombe -
combo or go off on committee jaunts at the
expense of Uncle Sam.
FUANK G. CAItl-CXTRIl.
The Actor As n Manager.
I have often wondered bow actors have
ever been nblo to retain , as managers , the
popularity which they may have won ns art
ists , or why , experiencing the troubles of
management , they have ever continued to
hold the reins , writes , Henry Irving In tbo
Nineteenth Century. In the exercise of their
art they are in some ways desperately hand- !
cipi > cd , for a largo portion of the time and
labor which would almost insure artistic suc
cess is required by the needs of the- purely
business aspect of the undertaking.
No ono can know , except by personal ex
perience , the worries to which a nnrvous or
excitable manager can be subject ; and when
o this Is added the fact'tliat frequently actors
have sacrificed In the vortex of iniimiL'imiont ,
whatever fortune they may have achieved In
the practice of their art , the surprise is not
diminished.
Tlio small competence with which some of
our greatest actors have retired was generally -
ally made after they bad relinquished man
age iieut. Thus , regretfully as Macready re-
retired from the direction uf Drurv Lane
and his regret wns almost equal to that of the
public , whom ho had so well and faithfully
served lie was compelled to piny en
gagements throughout the country In
order to realize some provisions for Ins Inter
veal's. Such also is the record of Charles
Kean , Charles Matuows , Webster Uucltstone ,
1'holps and other. It would certainly have
been hotter lor them if they had resisted the
blandishments of management and relied for
their fortunes on their individual powers as
actors. That the publio would have been tbo
losers I believe , for none know better than
actors the value of n well-cast plnv , or nro
moro willing to give the public the full excel
lence which they can command.
The charge of jealousy ninong actors is
nothing they simply share tills quality with
the rest of mankind. A somewhat similar
allegation is equally made against lay direc
tors , who nro now nnd again accused of
favoritism.
It will bo asked why actors should desire
nt nil to bo managers if the bvnciitnf such
labor Is not mainly to themselves. The an
swer may bo given that thcro nro sometimes
other and higher alms than the mere accumu
lation of money. Fortune max' follow enter
prise , but every artist docs not make It the
chief end or nlm of his effort. Ho loves bis
work. What pleasure , for Instance , can bo
greater than Unit of guiding the talent o
younger people I Any effort In this dirocttoi
is a public good.
In a comtry where there Is no academy the
only professors of acting nro the actors , am
the only true school for acting is a well con
ducted playhouse. For the first thrca years
of my early stage llfo I bad engagements a
theaters then under the management of act
ors. I then spent some years in another then
ter under the management of a proprietor no
an actor. .During thu whole ot these latter
year * I missed grievously the sympathy am
advice of my old nctor managers , and I had to
grope my way at well as I could withou
counsellor or frlrnd.
I speak from an experience of over thirty
years , and of this country only , nnd I cansaj
without hesitation , that the managements
which have benclltted and advanced our call
Ing nnd added vastly to the industrial rcerca
tiou of the people have bccu those of actors.
THE PURlTinflF THE BALLOT
"Views of Some Eminent Men en ft
"Vital [ Qnestion ,
PRISON BARS EOR VOTE BUYERS ,
l o\vdci'ly TakcHinn llmplintlc Stnml
A. CollcKO ProNlilctit Advocates
1'iircrMulliuilrf nail 1'iircr Men
The proper work of practical politics Is to
secure , by fnlr methods , the ends of good
government. Good government is the object
of thostuto. Tills Is Bivureil by such meth
ods for obtaining order niul administering
ustieo us develop nt once the Individual and
that social llfo of which the Individual is an
organic part. That politics may secure ( rood
jovernmont thny must ho fair lu methods
Miiployed nnil practicable , that is , adapted to
: lie development of the social nnil the Indi
vidual llfo of the governed. To make politics
nero nearly correspond to such a standard as
this Indicates would bo to "purify politics. "
In order that politics may liccoino purer wo
must have in politics both purer methods and
purer men. Neither good men with bad
ncthods nor Rood methods with b.ul inoa can
secure the desired end. The danger of the
unpractical moralist is that ho will emphaslzo
so exclusively the value of peed Intentions
and nn upright character that Ids followers
will bo inclined to say , "Qivo us good men in
lolitlcs and that will ho enough.11 But oven
: ho besjb men , with the best intentions , are
lowerlcss for good ifl practical politics whcro
.hero is n lack of wise laws , of honorable
uctbods enforced by law and by publto oplu-
on. On the. other hand , men who nro en
grossed in some particular reform are Inclined
o say , "Give us this desired law , and Impure
) olitics will bo done away with. " Hut no
aws can bo framed which will bo stringent
enough to prevent impure men and rascals
from working out rascality and impurity in
splto of those law's ,
What wo must have , then , Is better meth
ods and better men in politics. Hotter meth
ods , secured by certain reformatory laws ,
will open the way for better men to make
hemsolves felt for good in politics. Ilcnco
ho great importance of ballot reform of no-
counting for election expenses of civil ser
vice reform. Not that any law can compel
nen to bo virtuous ; but good laws make
crime moro illflleult , more clearly fix guilt
upon the criminal , nnd furnish nn over-pres
ent standard with which public opinion may
demand conformity.
The man who hopes Hint sufllclently strin
gent laws can bo passed and siiftleleiitly pure
ncthods adopted In politics to leave Ameri
can citizens free from all euro about the
government , to put the political machlno
where it "will run itself" In tbe Interest of
I'irtuo and justice , is optimistically foolish.
Dn the other hand , tbo man is unwlso who
lopes for better government withoutaehnngo
in the vicious methods now In use in politics
( none more utterly vidoas than the npplicn-
.lon of the devil's own innxiniVo : must
: lght the uevll witlrllro" a contest In which
: hi ! devil always pets the best of It , being an
nucpt in the use of his own weapons ) . Pure
ind honorable men cannot do puroand hon
orable work in politics without changing
many of the methods now in vopuo. "To
steal the livery ot the court of Heaven to
servo the devil in. " Is tt well known piece of
Lnctics ; butlt is impossible for the children
of light to steal the livery of the devil to do
3od's work in. By the very attempt they
forfeit their character.
Wo need not feel discouraged because the
purification of politics involves constant
watchfulness on the part of good citizens , and
strenuous and persistent effort. It is by this
very fixing of the attention upon the objects
to bo attained by good government , it is by
these very efforts necessary for the attain
ment of these ends , that the individual and
society secure by their own activity that har
monious development of their own powers
which it is the object of good government to
bring about. The ideal government is not
the perfectly wise and good autocrat ruling
an acquiescent , passive people by tlio most
perfect code imaginable ; but an active , intel
ligent , upward-striving people , ruling them
selves at the cost of occasional failures ami
with a conscious effort that strengthens and
develops these who put Into it thought and
effort. This is the American ideal. May
purer men and purer methods in politics
hasten its realization.
Alr.itun.1. EnwAiiDS GATES ,
Class Government Feared.
Thcro is now on this continent no slave and
no king. Monarchy has ceased to bo a possi
ble American remedy for anarchy. Wo have
no landed or titled aristocracy. If democracy
falls to protect life and property there will bean
an attempt here to institute in its place some
Hind of class Government. But class govern
ment in America , does not seem likely to
found Itself upon the hereditary principle.
It is likely to placate the people by the use of
the political forms of free government , and to
dominate the people by a really corrupt use
of their forms.
The bovcrcignity of caste in some portions
of the southern states and of the liquor traflio
in some cities of the northern states is main-
tallied by a corrupt use of the ballot. But
free government ia the only available Ameri
can road to pure government , and safe frco
government is possible only on four condi
tions : „
1. The diffusion of liberty.
2. The diffusion of education ,
a. The diffusion of property.
4. The diffusion of conscientiousness.
American politics can bo purified thorough
ly and permanently , not by any one. but only
by all four of these remedies. Civil service
reform , the Australian ballot system , com
pulsory voting , such as David Dudley Field
advocates , nro nil no doubt cfileient remedies
for poUMual corruption ; but without the dif
fusion of education , property nnd conscient
iousness , they will bo found to bofasufliclent.
A state must bo reformed , as nn individual
must be , by securing the supremacy of con
science. As Do Tocquovillosaid : "A people
ple never so much needs to bo theocratic as
when it is the most democratic. " The puri
fication of American politics will ho secured
only by the activity of the schools nnd the
churches. With n glorious American com
mon school system and a glorious American
church , there can bo a glorious American
republic ; otherwise not. Joairn : COOK.
Some Thing * to He Done.
I liavo your letter asking for my views on
the subject of "Tiui Purification of American
Politics. " The evil is so great that it is im
possible to remedy it by words. There uro
many things to do-anil , among thorn I should
enumerate the follfowlng : (1) ( ) Legislation
for ballot reform ; ( li ) the practical extension
of civil service reform ; GO abolition of secret
sessions in the senate , which Is the strong
hold of the spoils system1) ; ( ) sharper criti
cism of senators nnd representatives for their
support of the spoils' ' ! system ; ( fi ) local agita
tion by civil service reformers in the interest
of good administration ; ( U ) local lectures on
American politics , liistory and social science
for the Instruction of communities in food
citizenship ; (7) ( ) tho' introduction of educa
tional methods into the labor unions and
worklngmen's club * ; ( S ) the formation of
church nnd neighborhood guilds for the edu
cational Improvement of members ; ( ! l ) the In
troduction of civic * and economics Into our
publio school * ; (10) ( ) the clear presentation of
political pedagogics to teachers' institutes
nnd associations ! (11) ( ) the further develop
ment of summer school ? and the study of history -
tory and politics In such connections ; ( lli )
university extension und the popularization
of higher educational methods ainonir tin
people by local lectures , homo reading circles
and the dissemination of good literature.
II. IJ. ADAMS.
Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Md
Only Ncf.'ONNnry to ( ! o Kin-ward.
The first stej ) toward the purification of our
Itolltlcs lias been taken already iij a some
what hesitant and extierimonUil fashion j it is
only ncct'ssury that the nation nut its foot
down firmly in the path on which It has on
torcd , and bo ready to go forward In it will
unflinching trend. The movement to
which I refer is the reform of the
civil service. I have taken some
mlns to find out exactly what has
been accomplished by the civil service leglslu
lion , and what is the true Inwardness of tno
opposition to it , any such a careful invcstiga
tlon will convince and candid man that the
merit system hns already accomplished moro
than Its wisest advocates could have nntlel-
| tntcd In the purification of polltlees. Un
happily It Is not always administered by Its
Friends , but oven In tlio hands of Its enemies
Its rcstralnta have not been completely over
ridden , and its principle has been abundantly
lustllled.
No better reason can bo found for support
ing this measure than that which is drawn
from the character of the men who are clam
oring lor lts repeal. One wno lives at any of
the centers of iiolltlcs , and who carefully ob
serves the political conduct of that class of
iiolltli'liins to whom this reform Is particu
larly obnoxious , will bo fully convinced that
the law deserves our love for the cnomlos It
lias tnitdo. The men whoso instincts und In
terests nro nil opposed to the purification of
our politics nro unanimous In their
denunciations of civil service re-
Form. Uood citizens are perfectly safe
in pushing with all their might
any measure that these men are united In op
posing , And there wits novel' greater need
: if united , resolute , relentless advocacy of
tills particular reform than in this second
year of the admkilstratioii of Benjamin Hiir-
ri&oii ,
'J. The next step In the purification of pol
itics should bo the adoption of the Austra
lian system of balloting. As a provontlvo of
intlmldatlo , ns n check to brllmry , tills
measure promises Important results. The
publication of an ofllcinl ballot removes 0110
) t the main excuses for tlio contribution of
Funds by reputable men to bo corruptly used
by disreputable men. With no need of ticket
printing or of ticket peddling , tlio necessary
expenses of nn election would bo reduced to
i minimum , and pious partisans who now In
nocently ( I ) pour out their money for the
corruption of voters would bo obliged to do
it with their eyes wide open.
! . A moro Important measure still is n hw
requiring every candidate and every political
committee to publish a sworn ami itemi/ed
statement of nil moneys collected and ex-
ncndcd for election purposes. The debauch
ery of our voters by money In every election
is assuming such frightful proportions that
stern measures must bo taken. To say that
we cannot enforce n law like this is to say
that the foundations of our government are
already undermined ,
4. The bestowmcnt of favors or gratuities
upon publio officials by parties in Interest beFore -
Fore them , and tlio acceptance of the same by
such olllcials are acts already Illegal in most
if not all tlio states ; but in spite of the law
tills scandal is constantly perpetrated. The
icceptnneo of a railway pass by a state legislator
later is an indecent and infamous act. No
lioncst legislation can bo looked for from men
who will take such favors. It would bo
wholesome if voters would always interrogate
candidates for tlio legislature upon this sub-
[ oct , requiring of them express declarations
) f their purposes. The invasion Of our legis-
.atures by the money power is ono of tlio
great sources of political corruption ; and
voters are bound to keep vigilant , eyes upon
their representatives , and to exact a strict
account from them.
WASHINGTON GI.AUUUX.
Columbus , 0.
It Must bo Accomplished.
The purification of politics is not only wlth-
the but it must be -
u possibilities , ill-coin-
ilished. Senators who purchasa seats in the
ippsr house at Washington may sneer at the
ucaof purifying our political atmosphere ,
but these who contemplate such a result do
not regard tbo undertaking as nn "iridescent
dream" by any means.
The much desired result can bo nccom-
pllslicd by passing laws in all tbo states to
protect the voters tit the polling places. Such
a law as the Australian election statute
should bo engrafted on the books of every
stato. SIde by sldo with that law should be
another to make education , of old as well as
young , compulsory.
Immigrants should bo required to learn the
English language inside of live years after
landing , nnd should htudy tlio Declaration of
Independence and constitution of the United
States well before admission to citizenship.
Every question of a public character should
bo discussed in the public schools of tiio na
tion during a brief period set apart for that
purpose.
The elective franchise should bo conferred
on women ; they cannot make a worse job of
politics than we have.
Laws should ha passed fixing the deatli
penalty ( in cases of conviction ) whcro the
ballot box is tampered with. Wo would shoot
the man who weald "haul down the Hag , "
but that which the Hair but rcnrcsonts the
ballot box is not only hauled down but
walked on at every election. The penitentiary
doors should close on every one who offers or
takes ubribo in elections , tliero should bo
no fines , for wealthy rascals think nothing of
paying $1,000 erse out of millions acquired
by slmrp practice.
Make it us dangerous , or morose , to tamper
with the ballot as to take a human life.
These are a few of the things that I would
do if I had the power. Truly yours.
. Scranton , Pa. T. V. POWUCHLY.
Pnrty ami Policy. r
Without doubt American politics can bo
purified , but never will begin to bo yleaii
until a great number of voters bw-omo
thoughtful and honest enough to distinguish
between policy and party and prepare their
ballots accordingly. Tlio stream can not rise
higher than its source. Not ono public oftlce
in a hundred requires of its incumbent the ap
plication of political convictions of any kind ;
nearly all olllcials are hampered in tlio dis
charge of their duties , by party affiliations
and demands , yet the great majority of voters
continue to act out the Ho that men for posi
tions of trust should bo selected according to
party standards. It is this general Ho , and
the equally general disinclination to confess
and disown it that cause our political circles
to bo overrun with tricksters and tlduves. An
old proverb tells ns "Tho liar makes business
for the tlilof , " n saying which explains tlio
prevalence of theft in American politics.
JOHN HAIIIIKIITON' .
New Uochellc , N. Y
Tlio Inntillty of Grammar.
Dawson News : In n locality near Dawson
there recently existed n flourishing school ,
taught by a lady. The teacher , wishing ono
of her pupils to study grammar , told the
child to get one , whereupon the mother sent
the following note to the teacher :
" 1 do not 'desire for Lulu shall ingago In
grammar as i prefer her ingago in yusoful
studies nnd can learn her ho\v to spoku and
write properly my.sclf. I have went through
two grammars and can't say as they did mo
no good. I prefer her ingago in gemma and
drawing and vocal music on the piano. "
JWUV.lTlVX.ll ! .
West Point military academy graduated
fifty-four students this year ,
The school teachers of Cincinnati have not
been paid their salaries since April.
A sensation has been produced in Hcidel-
borg by the rumor Unit the government may
close tlio university.
At the eighteenth commencement of
Swnthmoro , the Quakercollego , the audience ,
of two thousand or moro Is described as a
fashionable one , though thorn were a few of
the older friends in broad-brimmed hats and
plain bonnets ,
Hoston university graduated , at its recent
commencement. thirty llvo students , of these
twenty-five will teach a while , thrco will
study for the ministry , three will outer jour
nalism , while business , science , medicine and
lecturing claim ono each.
The university of Berlin with Its 0,000 stu
dents and scores of famous professors , has a
capital of $7.VJiK ( ) ) . Its largest en
dowment , that of the Countess Koso Is only
? ir > ( ) ,000. Nevertheless It is the sent of the
highest Gorman learning and clnlms to have
the ablest corps of iustuctors of all the
\v orld's schools ,
In Freiburg , in Baden , n student named
Solomon was recently shot dead in a duel.
Ills opponent has been condemned to two
years' Imprisonment and the members of the
' 'court of honor , " who had Judged a duel to
bo the proper tiling lu this case , will accom
pany him tor six months.
The old saving that the world moves was
foreibly Illustrated recently when the J ow
Hampshire Historical society for the first
time conferred upon two women the dis
tinguished honor of a corresponding member
ship. It will bo some time probably before
women will bo granted thu full pcrogntlvcs
of the association ,
Tlio Harvard college overseers have voted
not to allow women admission to tlio uni
versity divinity school. The matter eamo up
on tlio rocoptlon of a petition to that effect.
The committee on petitions recommended that
the petitioners have leave to withdraw their
document ! ) , and the overseers acquiesced.
The University of Montpellcr. the govern
ment seat of tlio department of Hcruult , In
France , will soon rolcbrato Its six hundredth
anniversary of lu establishment. It was
founded by Pope N'lcholas IV , , In ISsU , nnd
the celebration has been postponed one year
on account of the Paris exposition. The fes
tivities will occupy n whole veok In August ,
and Invitations hnvo been scut to other uni
versities , also to American , to participate.
Kt. John's college at Annapolis , tlio third
oldest In the country , being antedated only
by Harvard nnd William and Mnrvhaelvcn
the degree of LUU. Vo Mr. James Wilton
Hrooks , n son of the Into Krnstus UrooUs.
Dr. Urooks was graduated at Ynlo In T5 , hns
been a member of the state legislature , was
recently elected n fellow of the society of
Sclonco , Letter and Art. of London and Is
probably the youngest doctor of laws in the
country , being not more then thirty-six years
old.
The tallest schoolgirl In the world lives nt
Klcdnaun , near Btorzmg. She Is In lier elev
enth year , and is about six feet high.
Tlio qunlU nro so numerous nnd tame In tlio
vicinity of Onus L'lho , WIs , . that they fly
ute the village In flocks and sit around on the
lawns llko robblns.
Mrs. II. O. Abr.ims , of Franklin. , O.i. , has
a monstrosity In tlio shape of a chicken. A
peculiarly shaped egg did not hutch , and
was broken , it contained a chicken with
four well formed legs and tlireo wings.
A child was horn to Mrs. George lluckley
of Limn , O. , with six tees on euh foot" .
r'ho | peculiarity is In tlio doubling of each
little too. The little fellow Is healthy nud
lively. The mother has six toes , anil her
mother had tlio sumo peculiarity ,
A female pikowelghlngtwcnty-nltio pounds
has been found in the lake nt E'whur.st Park ,
Haslngntoko.tho sc.it of Lord Alexander Uus-
sell. It had apparently met its death in the
vain attempt to swallow ono of Its own
species weighing nine pounds. The two fish ,
In tlio position in which they were found , are
being stuffed nt Winchester.
The child of Mrs. Hugh Glcncross of
Astorio Ore. , born on Sunday , May > : , , which
weighed barely eighteen ounces when twenty-
four hours old , died Thursday , having lived
eighteen days , At the time of death the
miget measured thirteen inches in length
and weighed Just two pounds. It was -i bov
ami wns christened George Washington.
A common linger ring was ealsly slipped
over the child's arm up to the shoulder.
Major E. M. Tiitweller of llirminghnm ,
Ala. , a poultry fancier , recently s.iw n young
chicken being drugged into a hole. Upon in
vestigation ho found that an immense and
savage looking spider hud clutched the chick
en by the log und was dragging it Into the
hole. After great difficulty the chicken was
released and tlio snider caught and caged
alive. In tlio nest were found the bones of
many young chickens. The spi'iler Is nn enor
mous monster , at least throe and a half inches
across the back. Ho resembles a South
American tarantula.
O'Ncil ' Pulton a cattle man of Deaf Smith
county , Texas , bus an excrescence on
his left hand which is a per
fect resemblance of n rabbit. The
eyes , ears , head , mouth , nose , feet and
body are pertectly outlined. Patton visited
Chicago last spring with some cattle , and
the proprietor of the hotel where ho stopped
brought n showman around , who olTercd i'at-
ton S'J,5X ( ) per annum if ho would exhibit Ills
hand. I'nttou very positively declined the
offer of the showman. * Ho is known among
cattlemen as "Knbbit" Patton , und is called
"Hub , " for short ,
l\T IHUU'S.
The latest tiling out a bachelor's night-
hoy.
hoy."Hoard
"Hoard wanted , " said the chap who fell
overboard.
Ono Is company nnd two is a crowd in"a
summer hammock.
The college graduate is now looking nbout
him for a Job. It is the saddest period of his
life.
life.It
It seems quite natural that the threads of
conversation should sometimes produce a long
yarn.
A lady in Hartford who owns a cat that
scratches a great deal has given it tlio de
scriptive name of "Clawed. "
Wo bellovo that many ministers would ven
tilate their themes to better advantage if they
preached in ventilated churches.
She What a strong face he lias. He-
Yes ; that comes from exorcise. Ho has
been traveling on it for many years.
Lightening seems to bo exceptionally de
structive to life ( tins far this year , but wo observe -
servo that it hasn't struck ICemmlcr vet.
Smytho You look unhappy. What's the
matter ! Koberts hnvo hud a row with
my uncle. Smytho Did you loss the
ticket ?
Mother ( of spoiled child ) I am greatly
obliged to you for bringing m.v little boy buck.
Organ Grinder I fraideho teaehamonkbada
tricks.
"Is your husband in , madam } " "Is'o , ho
was just hero a minute ugo arguing \\\l\i \ me.
You will probably find him down at the
doctor's. "
"Do you know why that fellow at the oppo
site table keeps hU paper all the time so before -
fore ills face ( " "Why , of course. The man
ut this table is his tailor. "
Cholly They say that excessive coffee
drinking induces softening of the brain. Miss
Snyder I suppose that yon regret now Unit
you have been such n slave to tlio habit.
"Now pray for Stisio Hates , " said Mrs.
Simer.il to six-year-old Klossio , who was say
ing her prayers. "Suslo is quite sick. "
"Why , mamma , " said Flo ie , " 1 can't pray
for. She doesn't belong to our crowd. "
Took tlio IJablt'H Home.
An incident occurred two or three weeks
ago which shows the largo and liberal heart
with which HIclmrd Mansfield is gifted. It
is a true story and can speak for itself. On a
certain Sunday Mr. Mansfield and Ills man
ager , Mr. Hnitz , took a drive in the park
says Eddy's Weekly Squib. In the ovenln
they returned the carriage to the stables , and
ns the weather was delightful , the actor pro
posed that they walk homo. They were
strolling down Fifty-ninth street , toward
Fifth avenuewhen they noticed a llttlccrowd
of children standing round n buby-caVrlai-u
containing a twelvc-inonth-old baby
and all crying. Mr. Mansfield
stopped and suggested that they see
what was the trouble. Ho found that the
little party , consisting of a nurse only ten
years old and throe little tots all unilcr six ,
were lost. The children crit-d pitifully and
were evidently much frightened. Mr. Mans
field managed to calm the little one , and soon
learned from the biggest child that thuy lived
on Second nviiuo and ho proposed that they
see thu wandeicrs homo. "Go ahead , " said
Mr. Hart/ , and it was a sight tosco the ele
gant and fastidious IJuau JJrummcl care for
the children. Ho helped to carry tlio buggy
over the gutters , guided it across tlio streets
and acted moro like the father of a big fam
ily than the stylish young bachelor which ho
really is. The manager was inclined to place
the party in u street cur or in a carriage ; but
no , the actor would not permit the baby car
riage to be left behind , so on they nil marched
with the little ones by their side. On arriv
ing nt their homo , after a long walk , Mr.
Mansfield told the mother In pretty plain
words that in future tin older nurse should
take her babies out for an airing , and after
giving the children enough money to buy
sweetmeats for many days to come , tlio nctor
disappeared. Mr. Mansfield did not tell of
the incident and probably never would , but
some gentlemen who saw apart of the scene
and beard moro of it thought it imlto too good
to keep to themselves.
Should Swallow Only Small Change.
Now York Timus : A boy with tears
courslne down Ills cheeks was led by an excited -
cited woman into the olllco ot an cast sldo
physician a few days ago. , . , " ,
"Can yon nave him , doctorl" demanded
tlio woman in a trembling vileo.
"What's the matter with ttie boy , inadami"
responded the doctor.
"Ho'H swallowed some money. "
"How much I"
"A cent. "
"Old style or now J"
"Now. "
The doctor gave n sigh of relief and then ,
smiling upon the woman , ho said i "Don't ' tie
ulunm.'d , madam. AVlpo tlio little fellow's
cyos nnd take him home. He'll not diu this
time. IJut let me give you a bit of ndvlco.
madam. Make that boy of yours understand
that if ho must out money ho is to stick all
tlio while to tlio lowest denomination , nnd
tlio newest fuHhion of that. I couldn't do
anything Jor your l > oy , nmdntn , If , for exam
ple , lie Hhould swallow a silver dollar or a
double eagle. "
The Kvplaiuitlon.
Plttfilmrg Bulletin i City Friend Jack ,
why in thunder do you push that dreadful
machlno over the grass , when ypu coma homo
tlivd out )
Suburbanite It Is not because I love my
leisure less , but my lawti mower.
SOME HAPPY LITTLE HITS ,
Stray Shafts Prom tbo Bows of tbo Pro *
fossiounl Humorists.
BREEZY BITS FOR SUMMER TIME ,
The Training of 'JTIicatrlunl Stnrs-
KcspcetcU llln Kill or Ice niuj
Hun km ploy A Xewhboy's Can
dor No Dividends Declared ,
VolcoHol'lho Yrar.
Xtto 1017. JfrivM.
Hark to the fiendish yell ,
Hark to thu umpire's shout ,
"All ready , now , piny ball !
"Unit
"Unit"Man'M
"Man'M
"Outl"
A Critical Opinion.
Xew Yurie Weekly : .links That young
ladv may be a line pianist , ns you say , but
th oiv Is no warmth to her touch.
Ullnhs-I gui-ss you didn't hear her piny
the Moonlight Symphony.
Jinks N'o ; but 1 squce/.ed her hand ,
Drumming Up ItaslnroM.
YonUors Statesman i Yeast Thcro Is
something about Mr. Hrief that 1 cannot
understand.
Crlmsoiibenk And what Is that ?
"IIo always speaks so encouragingly of
matrimony and yet ho remains n single nrnu
himself. "
" 0 , don't you understand ) Hois a divorce
lawyer. " _
All A rei * with Him.
Washington Post : "I think , " said the poof ,
as ho dropped his feet on the editor's desk
and puffed a .stream of sinoko chnndcllcrwiml ,
"that I will never bo really happy until I am
dead. "
"Yes , " snld the editor , "thero are n good
many of us who fool the same way. Thcro's
a good tlcal depending on you. "
The Way of the World.
Munsey's Weekly : Crltieus-1 contend
that poets are born , not made.
Clergyman Ah , yes I That is always tbo
way with you men of the world. You try to
put the blame for everything on the Lora.
Pointed Koiimi'kH.
J'/illiiilrfji/ihi / I'icss ,
It gives the moralist distress
Instead of satisfaction
That men of drains do not express
Thi-lr sentiments by action.
But it would cause a wondrous change
In orthodox .sensation
I f talk went on by kicks nnd raps.
And wo got thumps from angry chaps
ly ) way of explanation.
The Mode.
liiifrfcdii (7ji/ccr.
"Oh , father , may I an actress be , "
"Yes " said her
, doting pater ;
"You must marry , of cour.se ,
And get a divorce ,
But never go near a tlio-n-ter. "
"Whore ISovi'rcnco Wns Duo.
Jester : Old Gentleman Walter , I bcllevo
it Is wrong to speak disrespectfully of one's
clilcrs , is it not (
Waiter Yes , sir ; I've always heard so.
Olit Gentleman Well , then. I'll not sny
what I think of this spring chicken , but take
it away and bring in soiuo liver and bacou.
Professional I'niotlco.
Buillngton Free Press ; She - What do
baseball players do nil winter long *
Ho-Oh , they practice thuir profession by
going on a bat.
Too ( iru
Epoch : "Is your husband a very generous
nianf"
"Indeed ho is. You remember those nice
cigars I gave him for a birthday present ?
Well lie smoked only one , and gave all the
others away to his friends. "
"Would Ilnnkriipt. Mini.
Jester : Ho Hero is a letter from the
architect , Kthel , and although his estimates
for a country house as wo want , are reasona
ble enough , I am afraid to trust him with thn
work , as I fear his ideas are too recklessly
extravagant.
She What leads you to think that , dear ?
Ho Well , the plans include the drawings
and estimates for an ice house.
A Seaside Idj'l.
J\cit \ > Vuifc Jfitni Cm ; Journal.
These summer days ,
Dcsidti the sea ,
Slim miildens gnzo
Most enviously
At each plump maid
Who's not nfraid
To Jump right in
And show her shin
A summer daze.
How They Spunk In
At a hotel in a busy quarter of Paris the
following notice appears : "Jci on parle An
glais , Kspagnol , Itallen , Alloinand , etc. " An
Englishman recently entered the boutse and
asktd in Hriti.sh French for an interpreter
The waiter replied that there was iiuno
'Who , then , " the Hritlshcr asked , "speaks
nil these languages ! " The waiter with an
Innocent smile replied , "Tho customers. "
Knew It All.
Drake's Magazine : An old gentleman ,
speaking to a young lady and commenting up
on her frcslinojs and good looks , remarked :
"Ah , my dear , may you long retain thorn.
Yours is a happy period of life. You know
nothing yet of the Jealousies , the heart
burnings , the contentions , tbo rivalries that
beset the pathway of existence. "
"Don't I thought" .she Interrupted. "I
want vou to understand that 1 belong to u
church choir. " _
A I'lirtiiurHlilp A Itt 1 1 r.
New York Times : A crying newsboy at
tracted the attention of a tender-hearted
young woman near the elevated railroad sta
tion nt Sixth nvcnuo and Fourteenth street
the other night. In response to her solicitous
Inquiry the lad told her tlio moss covered
story about being "stuck" with a lot of even
ing papers and afraid logo homo. In an in
stant the lady's poekcthook was opon'-'d and
the prh'oof the i ) ipors was laid in the boy's
dirty palm. "Now , my poor boy , you can go
right homo and got some supper , " said the
benefactress. "Naw , I can't , " answi-ml the
little rascal with reckless candor , "I've getter
ter wait fer mo bruddcr. He's working tua
biime racket. "
A Call H ii' Illood.
Tcrro Haute Express : Society Editor
Who set up that Horn about Miss Oilstorki ,
who Is to marry Count tjcliwelnlleisch next
week I
Foreman Slug ! W.
Society Editor Well , you toll him to get
outnf town in quirk as ho can. Her old imrtT
In looking for him with n shot gun. I wrote
that she had "acquired quite a notlccnbla
German Idiom" In bur residence abroad , aud
that fool printer set it up "German Idiot. "
HH | li ) ( Jnvii Him Away.
Boston Times : "Is that nn intelligent dogl
Looks like one. " The response was quick and
angry : "No , slrl That dog Is seventeen
kinds of a fool I'm unpaged , yon know , to
Miss A. Sho's profoundly Jealous of Ml.ss U ,
to whom I formerly paid attention.
"Well , the other evening the ilog was wllhf
mo when I happened to meet Miss U. A
walked homo with her and stood for a mo
ment at the door. *
"While wo chatted the young woman I belong -
long to passed by on the other side of the
struct , without noticing us , and then tha
beast waked out of a sound sleep , gave a tro-
mentions bark , rushed ovur to Miss A nnd
then back nud forth between us. until nn
electric light couldn't have mndo things any
clearor.
"Suv , would you drown him or poison
him ? " _ .
1409
DOUGLASS-STREET.
On iiarour.t of our largo v.
iintl inorMiHituf 1'rac-Uco ,
wolmvoKiaMOVHU to
moro npnuIoiiH and con
vunlunt ollicetf.
Drs. Eotts 85 Betts ,
1400 Douglas St. Omaha ,