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. The Cuban Itevolt. Cuba li agalu gravely dlsturbod. A 1 . . .1 J.. au iiinurruuiiiiu, m ono respect mure Motive tlmu the liiHt proooding revolt waion coutiuuoti irom 1803 to 1878. now exists iu a large psrt of the ext ern Interior of the island, menacing even Home population on tho ooust, be- Bides deranging the commercial ex changes of the isluud, of which oar country takes che predominant share. thin flagrant ooudition of hostilities, by arousing sentimental sympathy and in citing adventurous support among our people, nas untuned euruust eflort on the part of this government to enforce obedience to our neutrality laws, aud to prevent the torritory of the United oiaies irom Doing abused as a vantage grouuu irom wnion to am those boar ing arms against Spanish sovereignty. Whatever may be tho traditional sympathy of our countrymen, as indi viduals, with a poople who seem to be struggling for larger autonomy and greater freedom, and as such sympathy uBturuu.Y muni ue in Dtinall 01 Our neighbors, yet the plain duty of their government is to obHorve in good faith tne recognized obligations of interna tional relationships. The performance of this duty should not be made more difficult by a disregard on the part of our citizens of the obligations growing out oi tneir allegiance to their country, Ll.L ..1 II ; . wuiuu Biiuuiu restrain mem irom vio lating as individuals, tho neutrality LtL ..1 .1 i . which we nation or wnion they are members is bound to observe in its re Lti')u to friendly sovereign states. Though neither the warmth of our peo ple's sympathy with the Cuban insur gents, nor our loss aud material dam age, consequent upon the futile en u ear org inns iar mauo to restore peaoe and order, nor any shock our humane responsibility may have received from the cruelties, whioh appear to especial ly characterize this sanguinary and fiercely conducted war, have in the least shaken the determination of the government to honestly fulfill every in ternatioual obligation, yet it is to be earnestly hoped, on every ground, that the devastation of armed oonfliot may speedily be stayed, and order and quiet restored to the distracted island, bring ing in their train the activity and ihrirt or peaceful pursuits. Guatemala and Mexico. The boundary dispute which lately threatened to embroil Guatemala and Mexioo, has happily yiolded to paoiflc counsel, aud its determination has, by the joint agreement of the parties, been submitted to the sole arbitration of the United States minister to Mexico. The commission appointed under the con vention of Februray 18, 1889, to set new monuments along the boundary between the United States and Mexioo, has completed its task. American MWalonarlei In Turkey. Ooourrenoes in Turkey have con tinned to exoite alarm oonoeruing the reported massaore of Christians in Ar inenia, and the development there and in other districts of a spirit of fanatic hostility to Christian influences nat nrslly excited apprehension for the safety of the devoted men and women who, as dependents of the foreign mis sionary societies in the United States, reside in Turkey nnder the guarantee of law and usage, and in the legiti mate performance of their educational and religious mission. No efforts have been spared in their behalf and their protetcion in person and property has been earnestly and vigorously enforced by every means within our power. I regret, however, that an attempt on our part to obtain-better inform a tion concerning the true condition of affairs in the disturbed quarters of the Ottoman empire, by sending thither the United States consul at Sivas, to make an investigation and report, was thwarted by the objections of the Turk ish government. This movement on our part was in no sense meant as a gratuitous entanglement of the United States in the so-called . Eastern ques tion, nor as an officious interference with the right and duty which belong, by treaty, to certain great European powers, and whioh called for their in tervention in politioal matters affect ing the good government and religious freedom of the non-Mussulman sub jects of the sultan, but it arose solely from or desire to have an accurate knowledge of the conditions, and our efforts to care for those entitled to our protection. The presence of our naval vessels, which are now in the vicinity of the disturbed localities, affords opportuni ties in a measure of familiarity with the condition of affairs, and will enable ns to take suitable steps for the protec tion of any interests of our oountrymen within reach of our ships, which might be fonnd imperiled. The Ottoman government has lately issued an imperial irade, exempting forever from taxation any American college for girls at Scutari. Repeated assurances have also been obtained, by our envoy at Constantinople, that simi lar instituions maintained and admin istered by our oountrymen shall be se cured in the enjoyment of all rights, and that our citizens throughout the empire shall be protected. The gov ernment, however, in view of existing circumstances, is far from relying upon sach assurances as the limit of its duty. In conclusion, I specially entreat the people's representatives in congress, who are charged with the responsibil ity of inaugurating measures for the safety and prosperity of our common country, to promptly and effectively consider the ills of our critical plight I have suggested a remedy which my judgment approves. I desire, however, to assure congress that I am pre pared to co-operate with them in per fecting any other measure promising thorough and practical relief, and that I will gladly labor with them in every patriotic endeavor to further the inter ests and guard the welfare of our coun trymen, whom, in our respective places of duty, we have undertaken to serve. Gboves CuviliM). MADE PLAIN ENOUGH MANNER OF ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. neinneralilp Divided Into Three Clauea, vacancle In Coniudttvn The Bcpub. llcan lining the Dominant Party Mint Auuuie the Itraponallillity. The exact character of what is known is "the organization" of the Unite (States HPimto is not gminrullv under Itocid, ami in viow of the close division of parties in that body at this time nu explanation of the organization will be or Interest. Die common understanding is that, being a continuous body, the wiitite is always fully organized and prepared to transact any business thut may bo brought boforo it. This is true only to u limited degree. The senate is supplied with u codu of rules, a presid lug officer, clothed with full unthority to net, and with a secretary, sergeant nt-aruis and a full force of clerical nnd other officials necessary to its orderly assembly und conduct, but at the begin uing of every new congress, ho fur us the performance of any important legislu. tivo act is concerned, the Semite is al most its uuprepurod for business ns I the house of representatives prior to the election of a speaker mid other officers, The membership of the senute is di v.dcd into three elusses. ono of which enters with evory congress. The class which enters with the Fifty-fourth con gross consists of 110, to all of whom the out b of office must be administered by the presiding officer before they can be come fully qualified to perform any ofH cinl act. At the present time, therefore, the legal membership of tho 'senate, is limited to 08, and its first act will of necessity bo the immediate induction vt the SO senators elect, or us ninny of them ns present themselves. Of these senators elect 13 ure men who wore not members of the preceding senate. Politically they stand 1!) Republicans, including Dn Pont of Deluwure ; 9 Democrats und 2 Popu lists. Under tho rules business mnst be con sidcrcd and reported by a committee of tho body before it run be acted npon by tho senate. Notwithstanding the fact thut 1 7 of the senators elect were mem bers of tho preceding senate, their for jner official rolutions with that body are as completely cut off ns though they hud never existed. According to custom, they have been considered as continuing members. Lave been curried on the list of committees, accorded all the privi leges and awarded nil the "courtesies' thut attach to a full fledged senator. Yet the cx officio senators among the senators elect mnst enter by the same door and go through the same forms to secure admission and rehabilitation as their newly chosen associates and will stand before the bur of the senate upon the same footing us the latter. As the 17 ex officio senators can have no official connection with the senate prior to formal induction, it follows thut they now have uo legal connection with its committees. As the senate now stands many of the committees ure merely skeletons, some of them not hav ing sufficient membership to constitute a quotum. The vacancies can be filled only after the newly elected members are duly admitted to the senate. No one would even suggest thut legislative busi ness should bo proceeded with until the committers ure reorganized. True it is that prior to the reorganization, business has been transacted by the senate, but tliis has been done by unanimous con sent and bus never involved any con tested questions. It therefore follows that nt the very outset the senate will be confronted with the question of organization, and thut the two greut parties will have to determinb upon the construction of the committees before legislation can be proceeded with. The construction of the committees is not u merely perfuncto'y act, limited to (he assignment of the new senators. That work is of the high est personal importance to all the sena tors and is of greut concern to the peo ple, for tho reason that the character of legislation is determined by these sub ordinate bodies. In the preceding congress the more important of thesenuteeommitteeswere dominated by the Democrats und for the simple reason that their party -was in majority. The numerical strength of that party in the approaching congress will be less than thut of the Republic ans, and the latter do not number a ma jority of tho senate. There lias been considerable tulk ubout permitting the present "organization" to continue, but thut is impracticable except so far as the organization .affects the officers of the senate. The organization of the committees is vastly more important than the selec tion of officers, and, boing essential to legislation, cannot be long postponed. Reorganization being imperative and the Republican being the dominant par ty, nlthongb lackiug three of a majori ty, the Republicans will be impelled to meet this question and to insist that they sholl be recognized us the domi nant party and given control of the leud iug committees, notwithstanding the fact that they are a few units below the nurber that constitutes a quorum. It is perhaps trne that the Republicans, uot controlling a majority, would prefer not to ussume the resousihility for leg islation, but they cannot evade or shrink from it. They will have 42 senators, exclud ing Dn Pont of Delaware, and npon the admission of Utah in January will gain two more, giving them 44 of 89 members who will then constitute the senate, as suming the Du Pont case is undetermin ed. The Democrats have been cnt down to 88 and cannot be expected. toconfinne in domination. It therefore follows that whatever arrangement is mode, whether it be between the Republicans and tne Democrats or ie Republicans and Pop ulists, the Republicans will be obliged to insist that their superior ncmnrr shall be recognized, and the leading cemmitteea be placed in iheir charge. J. M. Carson in Philadelphia Ledger. LIGHTNING, A Frolic That Was nenntlful If Terrify. lug and Hurt No One. "Snoukinir of liuhtuimt rods," said an nrmv officer, "when 1 was ut West Point, old Hunk Kondrick, our profess or of cheuiistrv. eluotrioitv and so forth, used to uive us mi expurimcu with lightning rods, which is the only thing I recollect in connection witn them. He had a bnttery rigged np to furnish the lightning. Then be hud bouse of blocks, a nice two story house nuintud white, with irroou shutters Un this house wus a lightning rod, a miniu ture affair, mudo like the ordinury light ning rod of commerce. He would make few remurks on the necessity of hnv ing the rod properly connected with tjie ground, expluining thut wet earth or water connecting directly with the earth was the very best. Then he would make a ground connection of this kind and proceed to fire a few big electric sparks, or lightning flushes, through the rod. Thev would no through all right not doiim the slightest injury to tho house. Then he wonld muke a few more remarks, this time to the effect that a little learning is a dangeron thine, und tell ubont a cood minister in the neighborhood who wanted to pro toct his house by a lightning rod and who had heard that water wus a good thing for the rod to end in. So he set np the rod und hud it end in his cis tern, where, us it wus car?fully cement ed, there was always c.uiiu to le wa ter. The old professor wonld then put the end of tho rod in a glass of water, to represent the cistern, and turn on his lightning. The big spark would leup ucrosB to the rod and down would come the house, a heap of blocks." Oneof the mist beautiful and at the same tiuio ono of the most ternrying sights I ever saw," suid another mem ber of the group, a veteran of the war, "was down in Arkansas iu 1802. I was drilling my regiment one summer after uoou, when a sudden thunder shower came up. J.he mou hud bayonets nxeu and as we started for camp were curry ing their muskets at a right shoulder shift. Suddenly there began at tho tips of those bayonots the most marvelous electrical display I had ever seen. The lightning pluved about them, dancing rolling, flashing, leupinx from one to another, as if it hugely enjoyed the fro! io. For an instant I thought the whole company would be struck down, and the men thomselves were badly fright ened. No ono wus hurt or even shocked by the brilliant display. New York aun. She Had to Qo. "If yoa loll a lie, you must stick to it." This is old und to some extent true, as a woman of my acquaintance proved recently. She is stopping at a hotel here aud intends to return shortly to her home, in Utica. While out shopping the other day she met a mother aud daughter from her own town whom sueaucsnt Know so very well or like so very much. But they fell upon her neck. "Oh, Mrs, J ," cried the elder, "if this isn't just glorious! To think of our meeting yon here. Wo don't know a soul in New York, and I know yoti'll take ns round aud show us the sights. Well, my friend just made np her mind that she'd djn nothing of tho sort. She wanted whut little time she had for herself. So she replied it was wrong of course "I m nwfully sorry, but I'm living at New Rochelle, and have just run in for some shopping. I'm going out again this afternoon. u Oh, isn't that too bad? What train do you take?" "The 8 o'clock." "Well, we'll go up and see you off." Here was a nice state' of affairs, but there was uo way out "of it that my friend con Id think of without being ab solutely rudo. So np they all went to the depot, nnd that unfortunate woman bought a ticket to New Rochelle, und actually had to go there, ns her friends upon the platform gave her no opportunity of escaping from the train. New York Herald. Kalner Wllhelm as Stage Manager. Some amusing anecdotes are related in tho press with respect to the kaiser and the new Berlin Opera House. His majesty may often be Been in the morn ing, in civil dress, wearing a white cloak and smoking a cigarette, crossing on foot from the palace to the Opera House. There arrived, he takes his po sition on the stage or follows the re hearsals from his box. Many comical encounters have occurred in the semi darkness botween kaiser and scene shifters, ignorant of the visitor's iden tity. The emperor, indeed, leaves the discovery of his presence to chance, but this is often betrayed by un objection from a coulisse which unexpectedly breaks in during the progress of a re- arsal. This fortunate gift of observa- ij.-ii is usually so wen employed in riticism of tho arrangements which uve been muds thut the general man ager, stage manager and director of the ballot are unable to better achieve suc cess than by following his suggestions. The kaiser, it is related, once forgot to throw away his cigarette on entering the Opera House. The inspector there upon respectfully called attention to the fact, and his majesty replied, "The regulations for the preservation of or der in this house naturally hold good also for me." Westminster Gazette. What Constituted the liurnlt. " re these the photographs I order ed?" asked the customer. "Yes, sir," replied the photographer. "They're paid for, I believe?" "Yes, sir." "All right. Wrapthemnp. Thanks! Good mor say, do you think I look like the photographs?" "Oh. yes, the likeness is excellent!" "Say, will you do me the favor to come out with me into the alley? I d like the privilege of building a face on joa like that!'' Chicago Tribune. LINCOLN'S ELOQUENCE. - t . DU Early ItMitMlon a a Debater aud Slory 'jleller. , One man in Gentry villo, Ind., a Mr. Jones, the storekeeper, took a Louisville paper, und here Lincoln went regularly to read und discns.i its contents. All tho men und boys of the neighborhood gath ered there, and i rei'.r thing which the paper related win subjected to their keen, shrewd common s-n,,". It was not long before young Lincoln became tho fuvorite member of the gioup and the one listened to most tragedy. Politics was warmly discussed by these Gontry ville citizens, und it may ho that sitting on the counter of .lonei' procory Lin coln even discussed sluTcry, It certainly Was one of the live quest ion of Indiana Kt that dato. Young Lincoln wus not t.uly winning in these days iu tho Jones' grocery store a reputution us a debater aud story toll er, bnt he wus becoming known as a kind of backwoods orator, He could repent with effect all tho poems- and speeches in his various school reuders, he could imitate to perfection the wandering preachers who came to Gontryville, and ho could make a political speech so stir ring that he drew a crowd about hint every time he mounted a stump. The appluuse he won was sweet, and fre quently he indulged" his gifts wheu he ought to havo been at work so thought his employers and Thomas, his father, It was trying, no donbt, to the hard pushed farmers to see tho men who ought to huve been cutting grass or chopping wood throw down their sic kles or axes to group around a boy wheu ever he mounted a stump to develop a pot theory or repeat with variations yesterday's sermon. In his fondness for speechmukiug be utteuded all the trials of the neighborhood und frequently walked 15 miles to Boouevillo to uttend court. He wroto as well as made f peeches, and some of. his productions were even printed tlirongh the influence of his ad miring neighbors; thus a local Baptist preacher was so struck -with one of Abraham's essays on temperance thut he sent it to Ohio, where it appeared in somo local paper. Another article, on "National Politics," so pleased a law yer of the vicinity thut ho declared the "world couldnt beat it." Ida M. Iar bell in McCluro's Magazine. ENGLISH STREET DOCTORS. They Make a Good Living Peddling Their All Curing Fllla. " Yes, guv'nor, some on ns mnke lot o' money at street doctorin, au some on ns don't," said a medical pructition er, as lie styled himself, to a newspaper man who w.o passing along the White- cbauel road. The street doctor iu ques tion was one of those who could afford a horse and trap, decorated with gor geous colors nnd elaborate lamps, and an assistant, who holped to pull out teeth and baud pills and medicine to purchasers. "In my case, I am giud to say 1 make something out of the business. But you can't do anything with it unless you've plenty of cheek. It s cheek as does it, and uo mistake. I guess I makes on an average dnrin tne summer season, in Whitechnnel au at country lairs, at least 6 a week. Sometimes I makes much more. At Oldhum I once drew 8 a day. I was sellin a compound pill, warranted to cure anything, except bro ken limbs. But I know a man who did even better than this. He once had a week durin tho summer of 1894 when he made 10 each day. " Wet weuthor is a bud time for us, as then nobody ventures out to buy. I've sometimes only drawn threepence in a day, an all this time hud the expense of a man an trup to stand. 1 remem ber once mukiu only three an six for two weeks runuin. 'Of course there is a lot o' profit in the business. My pills men 't dear, nu as I sell them at a penny each; or a sliil in a box, yon can see there's plenty o' money to be mudo in the business. London Correspondent. Tho Bill Wm Paid. McRad and his wife were going over their business ledger one evening, con templating the overdue accounts which its pases revealed, and reluctantly ac knowledging that many of them would have to be written off as bad. "Wbat'llye daoaboot this ane?" said McRad mournfully. "Here's twa puud aucht shillings for a coat aud vest been owin by Elder Doolittlo since Martin mas last. I'm fearin we'll no get the money. "Weel, I'm no sae sure," replied his wife. "Leave me to try onyhoo. Accordingly, the next Sabbath morn ing, wheu the collection was taueu up, Mrs McRad dropped the elder's "little bill," neutly folded np, into tho plate, and before the week was over the amount was paid. Kirsty, woman," suid JVlcMud joy fully, "murriage may be a lottery, but m thinkin I ve drawn a prize. Pearson's Weekly. Human Lire Always Swill IU LeTel. Human life, which is fluid and not? fixed, is like other fluids in seeking a level. It has always done this in times past and has uot rested till it has found the level of equality iu some pluee or other. It once found this iu classes, and these became confluent with tho gradu al effect of time on their borders and flowed into orders, larger and vaster. At last the larger expanses have begun to burst their bounds aud to meet in the immeasurable level of equality of so ciety. From "Equality as the Basis of Good Society," by W. D. Howells, in Century. In all the affairs of life let it be your great care not to hurt your mind or of fend yur judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deport ment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings. Epictetus. Over 2,000 patents have been issued in the United States for the manufac ture of inks. A MTTLK OF HOUSES. FIERCE FIGHT BETWEEN ARMY STEEDS AND WILD ANIMALS.' Equine I'aaaloue That Ilecama Flendlau When Fully A rouned ISIderleei Caret ry Bteeda That Showed the IteeulU of Tbolr Military Treluln-r. Just at sundown, and while we wore at supper, a drove of wild horses num bering 88 suddenly emerged from Thatcher's pass and deployed on the1 lev el ground of the valley. They had made use of tho pass to cross from Cli max valley, whore grass aud water might havo failed them or horse hunt ers had appeared to give thorn a fright They emerged from the pass in single fllo, led by a spotted stallion whosu niuue reached almost to his knees and whose tail touched the ground whon he was at rest. Ho wasn't as handsome as some of the drove loaders to be mot with in the days of the wild horse, but bo was yet a king among horses. Of, the remainder .of the herd about-30 were fine animals. i The others would hardly be worth the cutchuig. . Three or four were reooguied as-.cavalry horses abuudoued on the march, and twice that nnnilier had collar ' marks to prove that they had stampeded from some im migrant tra'ii. When clear of the pass, they formod in line and advanced upon us to within a quarter of a mile. We hud 70 horses at the lariat pins, and for half an hour we hud all we could do to prevent a stam pede. Tho wild horses were finally driven down tho valley by two mounted mon, but they did not seem to have much fear of us. On the contrary, the leuder of the drovo exhibited snch tem per thut the men feared they would have to shoot him. It wus au hour be fore our cavalry horses ciilnied down iu the slightest. Evory animal seemed en raged at the sight of the free herd, and the captain's Kentucky stallion acted as if possessed by a fiend. He had been doubly fastened nt the beginning of the excitement, and later on this proved a fortunate tiling. Ho made the most tre mendous efforts to get free, and when at length he realized the futility of fur ther efforts iu that direction he uttered Bhrill screams of rage uud lushed out with his heels till no one dared approach him. All night long he stood ou his feet pawing and snorting, aud the camp sen tinels reported the wild horses as bung ing about within half a mile of us. Daylight hud come, and the sentinels of the night were coming into camp, wheu the wild horses rushed into view a mile below ns. Ou the instant we discovered them, nndVhile four-fifths of tho nlen wore yet under their blank ets tho captain's horse' uttered a scream which must have been tuken as a sig nuL He reared up, shook his head like an angry lion and freed himself of bis halter. Iu the same instant every other horse in the command secured his lib erty. Some pulled up the pins, somo worked their heads clear of the straps, and away went the whole drove down the valley, It was not a stampede, as we naturally feared. Even had our ani mals desired to join the ranks of the free they would hove been rebuffed. Our horses were bunched, and in a sol id bunch they drove right through tho lines of the wild horses uud left four of them lying crippled on the grass as they passed. Tho prairie drove retreated up the valley half a mile aud then wheel ed about in a single line. When our drove halted aud tnrnod, there was a distance of three-quarters of a mile be tween the combntuuts. Wo were Ordered to full in, with a vioW of advancing up on the wild horses and driving thorn off, but before we had gotten iuto line it was too lute. ' The sight was a wonderful one. The two leaders advanced us if they meant to -deuido the issne by a fight botween them, but when within 40 yards of each other they wheeled aud retnrncd to their ' respective lines. 'Then Wo wit nessed something which only a cavalry man will credit. Our horses fell into a double line and dressed to '' the right as perfectly as 'if a trooper had occupied.' each saddle, aud while we looked tho. lines sudduniy moved lorwurd on a. charge. When they swept past us, the aligninout wus absolutely perfect, with the cuptuin's horse on the right and leading by ubout 20 feet. The Hue of wild horses bent aud wavered, but did not break until struck. It was like strik ing a drumhead with a sledgo hammer. I believe that fully 40 horses wont down under the shock, but all except fonr were speedily on their feet again. From this on it was a melee, the whole drove circling aronnd, aud each horse biting and kicking and displaying such ferocity us to astonish us. The mob fought pust us down the valley and buck, und right in froutof the camp the climax came. The battle had been rag ing half un hour, when the spotted stal lion hobbled out of it on three legs und bleeding from half a dozen wounds, and that seemed to take tho plnck out of his followers. Some ran np tho val ley und some down, but of the 88 only 67 gat away. When the hottest of it was over, we dashed in and secured a horse bore and there, und in this man ner we finally got hold of the lust one, which was the cuptuin's. Of tho 7.") only 0 hud escaped scot free. Every one of tho others had been bitten and kicked, and 12 of them were so crippled as to be worthless. In al most every instance our horses bad kick ed off both hind shoes, und in some ases the front ones were gone as welL There were 7 dead uud 30 crippled horses on thut battlefield when hostili ties ceased, and of the S7 wild horses which made their escape many were limping badly. Before breaking camp we turned to and put nu end to the suf ferings of the cripples, and we were not yet in the saddle when a hundred buzzards and a dozen wolves were feast ing on the bodies. Detroit Free Press. A tongh or freshly killed fowl may be made tender by burying in the ground for some hours. How Wall Taper la Made. It is very interesting to go through a wall paper factory and follow the proc esses of manufacture. The designs are the flint things observed. Formerly thcro wus a scurcity of these, but now there is a flood, and a manufacturer must exercisn much artistio taste anil business ability iu making selections. OiiD was submittod to a New England manufacturer recently by a wouiuu, who stuted thut it was dictated by spir its. The least that can be said of it is that it wus not desirable. Various designers have different spe cialties some tlowurs, others architec tural ideas, etc. and of recent years architects huve devoted many of their spuro moments to originating wnll pa per designs. A complete design consists of threo pieces sido wall, border and ceiling! The general width of patterns of the sido wull and ceiling, us used iu the trade and manufactured by Amoricuu machinery, is 18 inches, and the length of tho repeat iu tho pattern is either 1 1 or 1 4 or 1 7 inches, us suggested by the character of the design, tho shorter repeats being the most satisfactory to tho trade in general. Muny of the best effects are produced in papers containing only fonr to sis colors, but as many as 20 or 25 are sometimes used Each color and shade in a design meuus a separate roller to the manufacturer. Philudelphiu Times. A Traveled Check. A merchant ut Ionia, Mich., puid a dobt duo a Detroit merchant with a check on the First National bauk of Io nia. The Detroit merchant deposited the check iu his Detroit bunk, which hap pened to havo no Ionia correspondouc The Detroit bunk stmt it to its Chicago correspondent. Why? Probably because thoir Chicago balance was low aud they would collect it at par. The Chicago bauk sent it to a Muskegon bauk, its nearest correspondent to louiu. The Muskegon bank sent it to its Grand Rapids correspondent. Tho Grand Rap ids bonk hud no Ionia correspondent, but euw that its Detroit correspondent was the correspondent of the First National bank of Ionia, on which the chock was drawn, so it sent it again to Detroit. The Detroit bunk then forwarded it to Ionia, its destination for payment 1 Uuci this check passed through six banks, being iu transit 11 days und traveled 830 miles. Taking into consideration tho postage paid 13 times by the differ ent bunks, tho stationery used and the time occupied by clerks iu doing tho business, it would seem thut if a abort' cut for the collection of checks can be. dovised it would pay to adopt it Chi- cugo News. Napoleou'a Slight to Finn VII. In due time the venerable traveler' readied Fontuinoblenu. As the pope had come to Paris uud the emperor had not as of old gone to Rome so by another reversal the prodigal son had this time come out to uioct his spiritual father. He wus in hunting costume, and seemed by accident to meet the pope's carriage as it traversed the forest. Against his loud protestations the successor of St. Peter alighted with satin shoes and rubes of state uiKin tho muddy ground. But tho emiwror, though a prodigal, was not repontuiit, for after bis first effusive greeting little acts of contemptuous dis courtesy snch, for example, as himself tuking the seat of honor in the carriage which they entered together showed that this Iuto successor of Charles the Greut wus uo second Houry IV, Who thought u crown well worth a mass, but an Otto or a Henry III, determined to assert tho secular supremacy against any assumption recalling the pretensions of Gregory VII. Professor V. M. Sloane's "Life of Napoleon" in Century. Literature and Harmony. Mrs. Ktrephon (Phillis us was) met iior liusbuud ut the door us ho came home one evening recently. She looked tired, but trinmphunt. "I've 'arranged all .your books for you," she said. "Such a piece of work it was," and she lod her husband to the bookcase, where he kept most of bis ref erence books. "There," suid she. "You hud books of all sizes uud colon in thut case it wus horriblo to look at. I have put all of the same color together and arranged them ull by their sizes. You won't find a single tiny book in between two greut big ugly things of another color. Now yon will try to keep the bookcase neat, won't yon, dear I've spent so much time over it?" So Strephon kissed Phillis and prom ised. New York Sun. Hardening Steel. In hardening, bright steel should not be oxposed nuked to a fire or flame. It may with udvantuge be plucod iu a cov ered box containing bone dust or animal charcoal in some other form, or another plan is to smear soap all over the article to bo hardened. Water or oil is the me dium generally selected for plunging the article in to cool it. Petroleum is recom mended if extra hardness is desired. Either mercury or salt water will give great hardness, but the steel is rendered brittle. Oil is the best medium for hard ening steel if toughness is required. Jewelers' Circular. An ImproTement. ' Old Pompous (opposed to women wheeling) Just see whut the cycling fad has done for woman. She is found Dow in the middle of the road riding With the horses. Mrs. Uptoduto Well, at least there's he comfort about thut It is better than (talking on the sidewalk with donkeys. Be not too presumptuously sure in any business, for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that if it were in man's hands to set Mu table still he wonld not be certain to win the game. Herbert. It is remarkable how easy it ia to re strain your wrath when the other fellow is ever so much bigger than you.