Miimesota Democracy.. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. THE VENTRILOQUIST. So recklessly has this been done that the London life. Laughs and shouts Abont Bed Noses. -i state is now confronted with the appropriations greeted us on all sides from the pubBe exceeding the revenues, so the public Avery common error is the belief houses, and the bar-rooms of the institutions are now being run upon Their Lively Conyention at St. Paul that a red nose or chin, and pimple* credit. Tuesday, August 14. Down at the famous Strand tavern, neighborhood. Kesults in a Doran Yictory and the or "blossoms" about that part Oil Inspection—It has ignored that principleof "I determined* to push the adventure SENATE.—Mr. Reagen introduced a bill to the Coalholej in London, we were 1 domination of Eugene Wilson for legislation which, when possible, leaves define trusts and to provide for the punishment to its end, the more so as the face, are the result of hard drink^ gatheredtogether one evening, laughing the execution of laws to the self-interest oi of persons connected with them or carrying fgs Governor. my companion now turned to me ing, and are always indicative oj men, and has created an oil inspector, whose them on, and moved its teference to over the amusing scenes of ventriloquism fees are paid by the consumer and amount to and said, in his cracked, faltering the committee on judiciary. he Mi that vice. Wi^h many persons thi» «?¥'£." eeotan democratic State ConTen- $20,000 per year, and the legislature at its with which that clever a a Mr. Reagan also introduced a bill, which tones: l$&ik as wss anticipated, last session refused to take any action though is the case. The acceleration'of thef was referred to the committee on commerce, JC ». a stormy and exciting time followed. The comedian Toole had just been edifying 'Here is my home gentlemen!' He requested. squiring the officers and at least three-quarters movement ot the heart, the rapid attemptto depose slipped through the half-open door We particularly arraign the present executive us. of the crew of every United States merchant Doran and Kelly of the state for he has persistently refused whaling or fishing vessel to be either of a dilapidated building and started heathing of the body and the slowweakening was a failure, and A journalist present complimented to interpose his veto for the protection native born or naturalized citizens of the up a rickety staircase with the agility they were masters of the blood, three of the of the public treasury against the extravagant United States, mm him somewhat ironically on what he of the situation I had before remarked. I had difficulty legislature. We commend to his consideration chief results of the use of alcohol upf from the first HOUSE—On motion of Mr. Hovey, of Indiana, called his "little society talents." the example of Grover Cleveland as in following him in*the nauseating the regular Ramsey the senate amendment was concurred on the system, too often find expres% evidence the wholesome influence upon vicious obscurity. The smart tap of his "These same 'little talents,' said county delegates into the house bill for the erection of a marine legislation -which an intelligent executive sion in the unsightly symptoms* crutches sounded on the steps and were allowed hospital at Evansville, Ind. can exercise by a judicious Toole in a grave tone, "have sometimes to take The senate bill to regulate commerce served as my guide. and resolute exercises of the veto power. He mentioned, as well as others moret a great utility in life do not their seats, but carried on by telegraph was referred to the has debased the civil service of th# state by "At the third story the old beggar serious. **$ they were humiliated committee on commerce removing officers of mature experience in order despise them. An infinitely small stopped I heard him feeling about in and mortified "Mr. Sayres ot Texas moved that the to pay the debts and discharge the obligations These symptoms, says the Analyst,! at their position talent may save a world of trouble house go into committee of the whole for the the dark, then came the sound of a of a political campaign. Under him Dr. Ames consideration of appropriation bills. Mr. often arise from other and very the judiciary of this state for the first time key turning in a lock'One nothing is unproductive here below. and the Hennepin Townshend, championing the military committee's in our history has been prostituted for the different causes. In some instance* moment, my good gentleman,' county delegates opposition to the fortifications bill, Let me giveyou a simpleillustration: purposes of factional partisanship, and men exposure to the sunlight will produceresults were de-* said the trembling voice 'I will stated that he wished that the deficiency bill of knowledge incompetency have been clothed "Some years ago I was passing one feated and disgusted. could be considered, the subject oi fortifications hardly distinguishable from with the judge's ermine as a compensation light a candle.' being conference on the army appropriation evening through Drury lane on my for their political services in the caucus and "Some seconds passed then the those of alcoholic indulgence, and bill. Mr. Sayres'motion wasthen carried, The battle opened in a fight for the temporary upon the stump. We submit that the time way to the Gaiety theater, where I dismal glimmer of a tallow candle lit more especially with those with im-f but the fight was resumed committee. chairmanship. Mr. Doran and his has-come for the decisive overthrow of the was at that time playing a role. The afternoon was consumed in an ineffectual up a room which struck me as tolerably pure blood, or whose habits haveB friends running H. W. Lamberton, of Winona, politicians who have so long directed the affairs "My attention was suddenly attracted effort to secure and hold a quorum. and the anti-Doranites, Daniel Buck, of of our state. We insist upon a thorough spacious. not been marked by the regularity Mankato. Mr. Lamberton was elected—the revision of the existing methods of by apathetic voiceimploring The beggar had slipped behind me, %rf^ demanded by health. Tight lacing Wednesday, Aug. 15,^ J"* Tote being 192, against 165 cast for Buck state government, to the end that taxation charity. I stopped and looked around and now I heard the sharp click of or even the merewearing of stays, no pj may be radically and permanently reduced NOMINATION FOB GOVEENOR. SENATE.—After passing a few unimportant me. The voice proceeded from a mishappen that no more money shall be taken from the key in the lock. After hours of quarreling, matter how loosely these may fit, or bills which were not objected to, the senate being, apparently a cripple, the people than is absolutely necessary the convention resumed the discussion of the fisheries treaty, "I had expected to find a sordid, how soft and flexible the material for the economical administration of the crouched in the corner of an archway finally got to a with Mr. Morgan speaking in favor of his miserable hole, fitted out with a from which they are made, frequently legitimate affairs of the state that superfluous vote for a candidate motion to postpone further consideration leading into one of those winding broken stool, and a bundle of straw offices shall be abolished and necessary for governor. E. M. exercise the same effect in every regard. until December. alleys so numerous in this popular offices consolidated, the expense of maintaining in the corner for a bed instead of got Wilson 223 votfs Many a temperate woman quarter. His white hair and beard the same reduced and the efficiency increased HOUSE.—The lack of a quorum in the house outof359,givmg him which the room was furnished with a was made immediately apparent this morning and abstinent maid has acquired the that appropriations shall be rescricked and hie cracked voice indicated clearly a majority of 87. certain degree of luxury, and the when Mr. Outhwaite, of Ohio, called up to objects of general public benefit that reputation of being a hard drinker that the beggar was an old man. his motion to reconsider the vote by which THE PLATFORM. our railroad and warehouse legislation shall floor was covered with a rich carpet. from the appearanceof her face, whenr 'A few pense for a poor old man, the senate Columbus exposition bill was be so framed as to afford just facilities to our KesolutionB were 'What does this mean?' I asked in amended by provision for expositions at as a matter of fact, her onlyfault has people for the sale and transportation of sir," said the tremulous voice: 'I am adopted as follows: stupor. 'You have deceived me!' Richmond, Va., Atlanta and Augusta, Ga., their products without unfair discrimination been the desire to look attractive and The Democrats of cold and hungry—oh, so hungry! I and Kansas City Mo. Not more than 100 "I turned toward the door. The in favor of individuals or localities that the Minnesota congratulate its foolish expression in the compression have eaten nothing since yesterday.' members voted on the question, and Mr. rates of transportation of freight and passengers old man had vanished a man in the the taxpayers Outhwaithe let the matter drop for the present. of her waist and abdomen. on such roads be reduced to the lowest "The sight of a young man, however of this state and the vigor of life, a white wig in his hand, point consistent with a fair remuneration to Gluttony is another common cause the nation upon miserable he might have been, his face covered with penciled 'wrinkles, the railroads for the service rendered Thehouse then went into committee of the unanimous nomma- »—-1, of a red noseand cutaneous disordersof would not havemoved me. Old cockneys by them that the transfer of freight whole on the fortification appropriation bill. looked up at me andlaughed. tion and the as- £7^* the face. And in this regard from one road to another on reasonable like me are too well posted on 'You look surprised,' he said, in Thursday August 16. sured election of Grover Cleveland as president, terms and the adjustment of rates, so that gluttony does not mean the eating all these borrowing schemes which and of Allen G. Thurman as vice president a mocking tone. "There are miracles no more shall be charged for short than for SENATE.—Mr. Reagan took the floor to flourish in our town, but this decrepit of large quantities of food, but merely of the United States. The long public long hauls, shall be rigidly enforced and still in our days, you see. My speak on the president's annual message. record of these nominees, the rare courage I old age and horrible deformity filled of more than the system requires. that the entire railroad system of the state Mr. Allison, desiiing action on the conference good legs have come back to me, and and ability shown by each of them the shall b'e so regulated as to discharg the report on the army appropriation bill, me with compassion. To and a half pounds of nutriment* my crutches—look there!' $ discharge of the official duties repeatedly entrusted duties of common carriers with out discrimination, represented the necessity for disposing of the 'What misery!' I exclaimed, gazing per diem may be gluttonyfor a youngman to them, their indomitable antagonism "He pointed toward the corner upon reasonable terms and with appropriation bills in preference to other to corrupt schemes of corporatemonoply at the old man. 'Is it possible or young woman who takes equal benefit to all the people of the whole matters for which there was no immediate near the door. and partisan plunder, their conscientious state that competency and*trustworthiness pressure. that you are condemned to begging little or no exercise, and passes the 'Well, what do you want of me?' adherence to the principle that "public oflice shall be the only tests appointments to the Mr. Blair complained that the extract at your age? Have you no sons or day reading light literature, or idly is a public trust," and their stalwart honesty I asked resolutely enough. civil service and, finally, that the legislation read by Mr. Reagan was not a full report of daughters? and fearless devotion to sound political conversing, where five pounds would and administration of public affairs shall be Mr. Blaine"s remarks on the subject of trusts, "'I want you to lend me your principles, in spite of popular clamor and wholly and only such as will conduce to the and he sent to the clerk's desk and had read 'AlasI yes,gentleman,'replied the be abstemiousness to a young collegian watch,' impudently asked the man. regardlpss of personal popularity, are the prosperity of all our people and the development the report from the New York Tribune. beggar in a smothered tone, as if playingball and rowing twelve best guarantees that the executive administration 'Mine happens to be at the jeweler's of the entire state. The conference report on the army appropriation ashamed to acknowledge the truth, of this government can be safely committed hours out of the twenty-four. J^any just now, and yours looks like a tolerably bill was then taken up. The perpetuity of Democratic institutions to their care. The national Democracy 'but they have abandoned me.' -, diseases, and more particularly the, good one. I'll warrant it keeps depends on the purity of elections, and that invites the country to no experiment HOUSE.—The fortification appropriation 'It is infamous!" Padded. can best be secured by a really secret ballot. good time." affections of the erysipelas class, tend I with untried men it offers the tested fidelity bill was passed without division. We, therefore, favor a reform of our methods "And I drew from my purse a half and statesmanship ot its candidates as the Mr. Morrill gave a resume of the various "After all it was but one man, and to express themselves in and upore of voting, based upon the principles of the beBt argument for their election. No suspicion crown. measures of a general character, which had a struggle man to man demands but the nose and face, not onlyin all their Australian system, thus making impossible of jobbery, timidity or official dereliction been reported from the committee on invalid "As I handed it toward the beggar the coercion or purchase of voters. an ordinary courage. forms and stages, but even after the taints the administration of Grover pensions, and urged the necessity of fixing a my customary suspicions seized me. Cleveland. To him we owe it that the great time for their consideration. "But my pseudo gray beard drew have been nominally cured, leave'oV SECOND DAY'S WORK. Perhaps after all it was a made-up question of the abolition of a superfluous The roll call showed the presence of 174 Eugene M. Wilson appeared in the convention, a revolver from his pocket. imprint a tendency upon the system revenue by a reduction of the excessive members, and the morning hour having expired cripple. We actors are not the only in response to official notification and 'No,' said he, holding the muzzle to the same unsightly and disgusting taxes upon necessaries is made the the resolution went over. made a good speech amid much applause ones who know how to disguisethemselves to my face, 'the watch and the purse prominent issue of this campaign. This Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, from the systoms. However serious or deepseated and enthusiasm. His remarks were of a in London. issue, as declared in the national Democratic committee on piinting, reported back adversely first.' peaceful and soothing nature and did much the cause, it is alwayspossibly platform, meets our unqualified approval. the resolution directing that committee to 'I prefer to assist you more effectively,' to restore some degree of harmony, which "I drew back. Indignation and easy to cure and prevent the At the same time we reiterate the more advanced investigate the assertion that the public had been absent hitherto. I remarked, after an instant's and anger at letting myself principles set forth in the platform printer buys felt for printing purposes effects. Whether the original source But when it came to nominating a candidate pause. 'You have a refuge somewhere? adopted by the last Democratic state convention England. Accompanying the resolution was into such an absurb trap almost for Lieutenant governor, the row broke of the trouble lies in constitutional A home? Where do you live?' asc an explicit statement of that a letter from the public printer denying the suffocated me but what could out again, and an hour was spent in quarreling diseases, depraved condition of tiesystem, policy of rovenue reform which we believe truth of the assertion. The resolution was "I expected now to be enlightened over the selection of a man. The same I do against this man armed? should be adopted gradually, but as rapidly laid upon the table. hard drinking, overeating,, trouble occurred with the other candidates, as to the genuiness of my beggar as practicable until the entire system of taxing "All at once an idea occurred to Mr. Springer, of Illinois, attempted to secure and it took some hours to agree upon the sunburn or tight lacing, it cannot?, the slightest hesitation on his part the many for the subsidizing of the few consideration of the Oklahoma bill, but me. following ticket. produce the blemishes described until shall be forever abandoned. We hope that the point of no quorum was raised against would have put me on my guard at Lieutenant Governor—Daniel Buck, of Blue 'Imp of Satan! I'll catch you the slight reduction of 4% per cent in the him and he was forced to abandon the attempt after the blood has been surcharged Earth, once. yet!" called out a gruff voice from existing 47 per cent tariff as proposed by Secretary of State—W. C.Brandenhagen, qf with humors and the vital organs "'Not over a quarter of a mile the so-called Mills bill, will, when put into behind the beggar. Carver. have become weakened in tone $» Friday August 17. from here,' replied the cripple. I will practical operation, fully satisfy the people State Treasurer—Hans Nelson, of Otter "Instinctively he turned around. that a greater and more thorough reduction in take you to my lodging, sir, if you activity. These are in every install Tail. SENATE.—The senate spent the early part I seized the opportunity to rush upon the same system oftaxation can safely bemade like.' the immediate cause of the trouble. Attorney General—Charles D'Autremont, of of the afternoon mdebatin'ga resolution requiring with peimanent benefit to our industrial interests, him and snatch the revolver from St. Louis. the removal of all electric light and If they be stopped before they reachu "The earnestness with which he responded to the worklngmen employed therein, his hands. Chief Justice—Seagrave Smith, of Hennepin. motor wires which are strung above ground. and to all the people of our whole country. occurred to me after the adventure their full development, no skin disease Associate Justice—Geo. N. Batcheider, of The resolution was finally referred to the "'My turn now," said I, holding But it is not alone the field of national politics was over at the time I laid will break out. If they be properly Rice. committee on the District of Columbia with the revolver under his nose. 'Open that demands the attentionpf the voters instructions to report favorably. no stress upon it. treated after that point, the disease PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. of Minnesota. The same influences that have that door this instant or I will blow The bill amendatory of the act of the 18th At large—J. S. O'Brien, of Washington W. 'Yery well! go ahead I will follow, soon disappears and the sufferer created extravagance, profligacy and corruption out your brains!' of June, 1886, relating to postal crimes, was F. Kelso, of Kittson. in the national Republican party have I answered. speedily regains his beauty and' then taken up and, after being amended so "The robber looked at me with a -,.worked out their inevitable results in the administration First district—Andrew Nelson, Olmsted "The beggar started off on. his as to reduce the penalties, it was passed. health. stupid air. He was a resolute fellow by that party of the affairs of Geo. Schwarts, Wabasha alternate. crutches, dragging after him two this state. For years last past the Republican Second district—H. B. Constance, Blue HOUSE.—On motion of Mr. Forney, of Alabama, without a doubt but the revolver du party has held undisputed control of all Earth R. T. Hammond, Watonwan, alternate. stumps of legs, and with a hundred the senate amendments to the sundry and the mysterious voice together branches of the state government, rebiilting civil appropriation bill were non-concurred protestations of gratitude made in The Suicidal Mania. were too much for him. Growling in the rapid development in its legislation of Third district—0. M. Hall, Goodhue in and a conference ordered. a warm and fervent tone, he manauvered the Republican conception of government as Frank Nicolin, of Scott alternate. savagely, like a bull-dog, he opened Pnvate business having been dispensed That Californian who shot his head* rapidly along the muddy the surest fountain of easily-acquired Fourth districtr—J. F. Stone, ot Pine D. M. with, the house, in the consideration morning the door and slammed it violently off by tying a handkerchief from thef wealth. The complaints of the people Woodbury, of Chisago alternate. hour, resumed the consideration of the resolution and slippery sidewalk of Drury lane. after me. have been either unheeded or, under Fifth district—Henry Keller, of Stearns assigning certain days for general "It was a dismal London winter toes of his foot to the triggers of at' "Feeling my way along, I found the pretense of giving relief, have been met Geo M. Giltinnan, of Stevens alternate. pension legislation, the pending question being evening. A thick, humid fog hung with remedial laws which, through ignorance double-barreled shotgun and ^he fir*^ on the demand for the previous question. the stair-case, and with some difficulty THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. or design, have but aggravated the evils heavily over the macadamized pavement. The vote resulted, yeas 119, nays 5—no gained the street. I directed eertafmy1 After a long and severe struggle, the central ing both barrels at onee, -Wr! complained of, while the legislature, dominated quorum, and a call of the house was ordered. By the dull, yellow light of committee was based upon judicial districts, my steps at once toward the Strand. by the party, has departed from the c! adopted an ingenious method of get-, A conference report on the bill granting a the members from which selected their the street lamps the passers-by look legitimate functions of a state and has perverted I arrived a half-hour late at my theater, right of way to" the Utah & Northern Railroad own committeeman as follows. ting out of 'the world. Here is a* on the aspect of phantoms. its powers to unusual and unwise purposes. company through the Ft. Hall reservation where reigned the greatest inquietude 1. E. C. Stringer, Dakota. I"1 of Idaho, was agreed to. "From the doorsteps and the pointer for those who are anxious to* at my non-appearance. 2. Win. Hamm, St. Paul. Grain Inspection—The farmers of the state windows of the miserable houses in gain notoriety by jumping from 3. ~H. C. Shepard, Winona. Saturday, August 18. "I kept the revolver as a 'tribute complained that they were suffering from the the alleys and courts through which 4. C. M. Foote, Hennepin. extortions of the elevators that these, by a of war.' "And you see," concluded bridges or going through Niagara'srapids SENATE:—Representative Lind will appear 5 Stephen J. Crcoker, Rice. we passed, gaunt, pallid faces gazed perversion of the powers and duties of the Toole, "how my 'little talent' of ventriloquism before the senate committee on public lands in barrels. They can rid theworld 6. A. R. Pfau, Blue Earth. railroads, were, though built and owned by out upon us, and cut-throat countenances 7. Martin Shea, Otter Tail. Monday to explain his bill which Representative that night helped me out the roads, given into the exclusive control of of their presence more expeditiously, with wolfish eyes glared out I, 8. W. T. Bonniwell McLeod. MacDonald introduced and which passed individuals, who operated them in their own of an ugly scrape."—London Mail. 9. M. Mullane, Brown. the house, forfeiting lands granted to the into the night. and at the same time leave interests, thuB creating a monopoly of 10. W. H. Harries, Houston. Hastings & Dakota railroad. This bill, it is grain buying with the usual concomitants "In spite of my familiarity with the Missions Nearer Home. behind a reputation for nerve and! 11. R. N. Marble, St. Louis. believed, will be reported and pass the of such power in dockage of weight dark sides of London life, I could not 12. A. E, Arness, Chippewa. senate, and, if it does, will be the only forfeiture and systematic undergrading of grain daring, by using this method of selfdestruction. The largernumber of church members 13. A. M. Becker, Nobles. bill which will pass both houses. repress a thrill of inquietude, and I and that for this there was no relief aside who take only an apathetic interest There are fashions im 14. Wm. Anglim, Polk. from the power of the state of which they appeal, said to myself it would not be pleasant HOUSE.—Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, from 15. A. G. Brooker, Wadena. in foreign missions will derive ignoring, either through ignorance or suicide, just as in everythingelse, and? to cross this quarter of London the committee on foreign affairs, reported 16. P. H. O'Hara, Big Stone. desire, the simple remedy of compelling roads much encouragementfrom the speech for immediate consideration the senate bill Three more will be selected by the candidate in the dead of night. it is not improbable that the California to resume and perform their properfunctions to prevent the coming of Chinese laborers of a Boston clergyman at the convention for governor. as carriers of grain, and in their exercise to Not but that we must acknowledge device may supplant, to a considerable into the United States with an amendment of Christian Endeavor operate the elevators for the shippers of our police force is admirably organized, repealing the acts of May 6, 1882 and July extent, the rope, the pistol, grain as they operate their yards and warehouses Societies at Chicago. "What is the Point of Honor. 5, 1884, the appeal to take effect on the ratification for, considering the widespread for the shippers of other commodities. of the pending treaty. use," asked this gentleman, "of discussing the explosive oil can, and even that? The only remedy a Republican legislature offered misery and degradation in London, From the London Truth. Mr. Morrow, of California, declared that foreign missions when there was the present cumbrous and inefficient popular agent of death known as it is only astonishing that crimes are A private letter, it is said, should the passage of the bill was necessary in order grain inspector act, whieh, if are 10,000 foreign infidels and idol to protect the people of this country from not twenty times as numerous as Bough on Bats. never be produced, and as a proof oi honest is stupid, and if not is worshipers landing on our shores the evils of Chinese immigration. While the they are. But, despite this energy malevolent. They answered th« appeal for The alarming increase in the nunr-^ this the conduct of Sir Robert Peel pending bill was favored by the people of the every month. There is ample room relief from a grinding monopoly by continuing of the police, how many a black deed ber of suicides is one of the strangesfet% toward Mr. Disraeli is cited. Mr. Pacific coast, because they believe it to be a the monopoly for an open market for foreign missionary labor right in rests hidden, buried forever in the phases of modern times. Those who|% Disraeli had commenced a series oi step advance of any previous statutory by one sealed by competition and they armed the United States. Boston, with law neither the treaty nor the bill met with slums of our great town! have been constant readers of ,the?*®it the farmer against the undergrading of hid venomous personal attacks against 600,000 people, has no more than their entire approval, because they believed grain by the remarkable provision for its inspection "During these reflections, little reassuring daily press for the last few months' Sir Kobertin the House of Commons. that the government should reserve to itself 25,000 members of Protestant at a point hundreds of miles from as they were, I gazed after cannot have failed to notice that* the right to legislate whenever occasion requires Sir Robert hinted that their cause and at a time days after the time he had churches New York with its 2,000,000 it, against any foreign immigration my guide. Decidedly it was a poor the mania for suicide appears to be sold it to the local buyer. This masterpiece was to'be found in his having refused people, has less than 90,000 which might be inimical to the interests of devil that I no longer doubted. I spreading like an epidemic. Reports of legislative stupidity or deceit, not only to give him office. Mr. Disraeliindignantly the United States. It ought notto be obliged Protestants, and Chicago, with 800,000 injures the class it assumes to proteet, but commonly close with the words "Nocause was on the point of stopping him and to go to China for a treaty whenever it wished replied that he had never adds another to the usual uncertainties of people, has fewer than 100,000 is known," and wherever a reason to prohibit the immigration of Chinese, but sending him on his way with a few the market against which the local buyer asked for office, and challenged Sir Protestants. There are 2,860,000 should be able to prohibit it by statutory enactment^,^ is assigned it usually appears so* shillings. I was almost ashamed of can only guard by diminishing the price. But Robert to produce one single proof people in these three cities who do it takes annually from the treasury about trivial that a man of sound intellectcan my suspicions. But with a skill undoubtedly that he had. Sir Robert had at the not attend our churches. Why then $€0,000 to feed the officers it creates. onlywonder how any sane beingcould acquired by long years of time a letter from Mr. Disraeli asking should we go to India or China, or have found in it a motive for House File 157—While under arbitrary exercise the beggar advanced very A young man having taken a girl out riding him for office, but neither produced Germany or Italy, to preach the laws the state enforces the payment taking his own life. at Winona, Minn., attempted to assault rapidly, turning from time to time of the last cent of tax levied upon the it nor alluded to it, because his high Gospel? If the Bible is true,those who her after crossing the bridge on the south to make sure that I was following. Generally it will be found that the property of the humblest citizen, a Republican sense of honor would not allow him side of the lake. The dwellers in that part do not believe on the Lord Jesus have legislature by that measure, notorious "At length we crossed Covent Garden suicide is a man who is puffed up heard her screams but considered them to make use of a private letter, the nothing before them but eternal as "House File No. 157," remitted to a railroad market and Long Acre and entered nothing serious. She sprang from the carriage with too great ideas of his own importance. company, enriched by a- grant of the production of which would have destruction. About 80,000 die and and fled toward the city, but was that hideousquarter which you He persuades himself tbafc publie domain, the taxes upon its land evaded crushed his opponent. Had he not finally prevailed upon to again get into the go to perdition every year." all know—Seven Dials. The adventure the world neglects to pay propertribute by it for years, and amounted to about carriage. As she placed her foot on the taken this view there would in all $1,000,000, under the specious pretense of commenced to only half-way to his genius and worth, and^. step he struck the horses and she was thrown probability have been no Lord Beaconsfield, "an act to relieve settlers" on these lands. &&> & The Ruling Passion. down the embankment into the mnd and please me. to get even, he removes himself to We offer this as a monumental example of no Primrose League, no water. Assistance having arrived, she was 'Are we far from your room still?' Having been a postmaster myself, the bourne from which no travelerreturns. "the kind of "protection" modern Republicanism aided in getting in proper condition to return "peace with honor," and no many affords to a tax-burdened people. I asked, catching up with the beggar. I naturally hover around the general Poor fool! He forgets that to the city. She at present with olds other equally objectionable things. Multiplicity ofoffices—successive Republican the name of her assailant from the public. 'I haven't much time to spare.' delivery yet and love the flavor of a suicide is a cowardly way of acknowledging legislatures have busied themselves in the discovery postage stamp as well as I ever did. his insignificance forgets "As I spoke I drew out my watch, of places in the civil service ofthe state While a man living several miles below The stolen glance at a postal card that his act will cause a oneday's an excellent chronometer of Dent's, in which officers could be planted and cultured. Black River Falls, Wis, was digging post holes 'MMtilL Bad Country For Yermin. Commission haB followed commission, and addressed to some one else sends a sensation and he will be little he made a valuable "find" in a jug of whisky of considerable value. Looking suddenly bureaus with large salaries appended have The mouse pest in Australia is that was thirty-two years old. In the thrill the entire length of my spine, missed thereafter, and he loses sight, up I surprised an ugly, covetous been created, and each successive legislature fall of 1856 a barrel of whisky much worse than the rabbit pest. and to be able to make change with of the fact that even when the greatest glance beneath the beggar's taxed its ingenuity to find place for heedy was taken from a boat load of supplies that The climate is so soft that they have one hand, jerk a canceling stamp men die the busy, bustling world Eepublican artisans until the charge lies against the were being poled up to tbiB place. The liquor bushy eyebrows. thrived enormously, and there is said party, which a century ago our with the other, and at the same time moves on as before, and their names was taken to a logging camp, and two young 'Oh, ho!' I said to myself, 'that's forefathers laid against their king: "He to be hardly a residence or store that men, who were to leave the camp a few days, converse with a glorious being soon sink into oblivion. There would a mighty young eye for an old man.' has erected a multitude of new officers, and filled a two gallon jug and buried it, but is not pestered by the plague. In through the window while drawing a be fewer suicides if men were taught "My suspicions returned with triple sent hither a swarm of officers to harass owing to a snow storm during their absence, some places they are so thick that, salary I regard as a pinnacle ot sueby to realize their own insignifieance, our people and rat out their substance." they could never find the "grave." The force but often our paltry pride Extravagance It has greatly increased in order to get the stock properly which any American boy and made to understand now thoroughly liquor is pronounced by experts as far ahead overrules our betterjudgment. More- cess by which any the amount of taxes imposed upon our of anything they get now. A bottle full of indifferent the world is to tha fed, men have to watch while thej over, with the Seven Dials quarter maynot be ashamedto perspire.—Bill people, and with lavish hands it has wantonly it was sent to one of the men who buried it, affaire of individuals. are eating their provender. squandered the funds thus collected. had returned the bustle and noi*e of JXye. who is now in Texas, the other being dead.