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V PARTY LINES BROKEN Finance Committee Defeated on Three Votes. COTTON BAGGING ON FREE LLS1 AUo Cotton Ties-Duty on While Fln , Cut In Two-The Rill li Nearly Completed. Washington, July 8. Tlie fliianct .committee suffered eeveral unexpected reverses during the progress of the tar iff bill debate today, being defeated on three important votes. Cotton bugging wag placed on the free lint. DO to 25 .and cotton ties also, by a vote of 2? to 23. The duty on white pine lumber was reduced from $2 to $1 per 1,000 by a vote of 83 to 81. The amendment on pine occasioned the greatest surprise, and led to general breaking up of party lines on both sides -of the chamber. During the early stages of the debate, the duty on lum ber, including pine, was plaoed at after a protracted contest. Today, Tel ler returned to the contest, and moved to place white pine lumber on the free list. The amendment was defeated by .a close vote of 83 to 83, four Itepubli cans Baker, Carter, Huiiabrough and Quay joining with the Democrats, Populists and silver Republicans in the affirmative, while three Democrats Baoon, McEnery and Martin voted with the Republicans in the negative. . Following up this close vote, Mantle moved to reduce the rate on white pine from $3 to $1, and it was oarried by a majority of one. Two Republicans Baker and Carter voted with the Democrats in the affirmative, and three Democrats Bacon, McEnery and Mar tin with the Republicans in the nega tive. The bill is now completed, with the exception of the reciprocity section and some comparatively minor paragraphs. Much progress was made today in clearing up detached paragraphs hereto fore passed over. Only three of these coal tar, potash and tea remain, so that these items, the reciprocity section .and the brief internal revenue and ad ministration provisions are all that re main of the bill to be disposed of before the final vote is taken. Tariff Bill In the Home. Washington, July 8. When the tar iff bill reaches the house after it has passed the senate, it is not probable that there will be an attempt to oppose the motion which will be either direct ed by Chairman Dingley, or by the op eration of a special order, to disagree to the senate amendments and send the bill to conference. The Republican leaders will avoid debate. Mr. Bailey, the leader of the minority, said today he would not oppose a motion to get the blil into oonferenoe, provided the Republicans would agree to a reasona He time for debate when the bill is re- ported back to the house. He thought that three or four days for discussion at ' that time would be sufficient. The number of conferees to be appointed on behalf of the house nas not yet been de cided, nor the political division, but the conferees, as usual, will be the ranking members of the committee from each side. It is believed possibly that there will be seven conferees. The po litical division may be five and two, or four and three. The Republicans of the house committee, in their ranking order, are Dingley, chairman, Payne, Dalzell, Hopkins, Grosvenor. Russell, Dolliver, Steele, Johnson, Evans and Tanney, and the Demorats, Bailey, Mo Millin, Wheeler, Robertson and Swan on. . ARMY OF DELEGATES. Westward Movement of the Christian Endeavorera. Denver, July 8. Sinoe early morn ing special trains loaded with delegates . to the Christian Endeavor convention have been rolling into the union depot of this city. The Qulf road began dis patching trains around the famous "loop" in the mountains at 6 A. M.t and thousands of excursionists made this delightful trip. Twenty special trains were sent west over the Denver ft Rio Qrande railroad today, and to morrow 60 trains will be dispatched on that line. The Colorado Midland will also handle a large number of extra trains. Railroad men estimate that 10,000 people arrived in Denver from the East today, and most of them are en route West tonight The Traflle Through Nevada. Reno, Nev., July 8. Superintendent Wright, of this division, is here mak ing arrangements for Christian En deavor traffic, expected next week. Colonel Wright said it would take 50 trains of 10 cars each to carry them. Tbey will run about 45 minutes apart, and to avoid accident, trains will run form station to station, that is a train leaving Reno would not be followed by another section until the preceding one had passed Verdi. All freights will be abandoned. It is expected trains will begin passing Reno some time Monday afternoon. Fifty big mountain engines and 60 crews will be sent from Sacra mento to Wadsworth Sunday. Tin-Plate Work! Close. Anderson, Ind., July 3. All the tin plate works in the gas belt, particularly at Anderson, EI wood, Atlanta, Gas City and Montpelier, closed this morn ing in all the districts governed by the wage scale. Japanese Minister May Be Recalled. Chicago, July 8. A Times-Herald tpecial from Washington says that Tom Hospi, the Japanese minister, is likely to be recalled at an early date. CLOSE CALL FOR JACK TARS. Thirty Men Nfaldeil on Hoard of the Monitor Puritan. Now York, July 8. Thirty men nar rowly escaped death in the boiler-room of the monitor Puritan. That they were not scalded to death is due to the presence of mind of one of the crew. The Puritan is moored at the foot of the main street of the Brooklyn navy-yard, and has been ondegoing re pairs to her boilers. The repairs had been completed and the meu were only putting on the finishing touches at the time of the explosion. Orders had been given to start the Are under the boilers, and get up steam, so that both engines and boilers could be given a thorough test, as the vessel had been ordered to sea for target practice. .Engineers were in the engine-room, giving instructions to firemen. There was suddenly a Blight hissing sound of escaping steam in the room, but the men continued to work. Then a sharp report and a flood of hot water and steam from one of the boilers started them to their feet. In an instant the room was tilled with steam that was so dense the men could hardly see. When the burst of steam came from the boiler August Wilson, the boiler maker, in charge, ordered the men to gut out ot the room. Wilson was the lust to get out, and while he was trying to find the entrance to the engine rooms Chief Engineer Cowie, of the Puirtan, who heard the report of the explosion, rushed into the room. Cowie made several attempts to get to the valves, but was held back by Wilson. When the steam was nearly exhausted the valves were closed, but not until Cowie had been burned about the head and neck. The injured were attended by the ship's surgeon. The cause of the accident was the blowing out of the crown sheet in one of the boilers. It was a miracle, the i officers say, that none of the men were killed or greater damage done to the vessel. As it is, the monitor will have to remain at the yard for some time, so the boilers can be put in trim. BAD FORRKINGCLASSES. A Serious Labor Problem Now Con front Chile. New York, July 6. A special to the Herald from Valparaiso, Chile, says: If the government does not soon take steps to better the condition of the working classes throughout Chile, there will be a dark, despairing outlook in store for them. The Heraldo here says the closure of the engineering estab lishments will cause others to follow and leave more than 1,000 working men's families exposed to hunger. It adds that this may cause the paralyza tionof several nitrate establishments in Tarapaca province, throwing 1,800 men 1 in the streets and causing the stoppage I of all building work throughout Chile, j Workingmen are preparing to hold a monster meeting next Sunday to pro- I test against the delay of congress in discussing the reform customs tariff i law, which has been submitted to that I body. The workingmen will also pro- test against the idle political disous- sion in congress on tlie resolution ci the government railway directors to order five locomotives from the United States after having promised to protect the national industries. Could Not Live Apart. G nay mas, Sonora, July 6. A sensa tional double suicide has oourred here. Senor C lodomiro Maytorena, a widely known and popular young man, had A . V.,l l.n,a. nt : equally aristocratic family. Another suitor found more favor in the eyes of her stepmother than did young Mayto rena, and the latter was notified to cease paying Ins visits. This led to clandestine meetings, and when a mutual friend attempted to in terfere, a personal encounter resulted. For this the young man was about to be arrested when he took two pistols, one in each hand, pressed each to his temples and fired two balls, both enter ing the brain. When the shocking news was conveyed to the young lady she took poison, and is reported to have since died. A Collection of Ivories. San Francisco, July 6. John L. Bardwell. of this city, has presented to Golden Gate park museum one of the largest collections of delicately carved ivories that can be found in the Unit ed States. There are TOO pieces in all, ranging in value from (25 to $1,000 each. They represent every conceiv able kind of animal and vegetable life, with protecting gods and goddesses. Will Not Give Vp Thessaly. London, July 5. A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople dated Wednesday says: Tewfik Pasha will announce to the ambassadors of the powers toinororw that the cabinet maintains the indefensible right of T..u..- . ...: ti.d.,i v ;... t I conquest. The Effort Failed. Washington, July 6. The Republi can managers of tlie tariff bill have been making an effort on the floor of the senate to secure a unanimous agree ment to take a vote on the tariff bill tomorrow. The opposition declines to agree upon any date until the proposed amendments are in. The Democrats say they hesitate out of caution to pro vide against a possible surprise. Will Not Han. Colfax, Wash,. July 6. John Leon ard the murderer of Jacob Malqnist, will not be hanged today, his case hav ing been appealed to the United States supreme court. Leonard was taken Spokane, the officers fearing mob vio lence. The fear teems to have been groundless. On a globe 30 miles in circumference it would tak'et he strongest microscope to find a man were be redued propor- tionaAdy. ' WEYLER WANTS MORE MEN. Will Demand Rlxty Thousand Addl. , tlonaf Troops. Now York, July 6. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Ha vana says: General Woylor will require at least 00,000 more troops to conquer the east ern' provinces and hold them for Spain. Colonel Garainondi, a member of Wey ler's general staff, and private secre tary to the commander in chief, will go to Madrid this week, the beurer of confidential dispatches to Premier Can ovas and the Spanish war department, in which the demand is made for 60, 000 additional recruits. All regular troops that oan be spared from Pinar del Rio, the 'western tro cha, Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara districts, are being concentrated at Sancti Spiritus, where Weyler has directed the immediate organization of 14 columns, at the head of which he will try to drive Gomez across the new rocha and invade Puerto Principe province, where Calixto Garoia'a forces are said to be massing. Weyler expects a great pitched bat tle when he meets Garcia, the result of which may be the turning point in the war. Should Weyler's army meet with defeat, Spain will then be ready to listen to President MoKinley's offers of intervention. If Spain wins, and Garcia is routed, Weyler will assume a magnanimous tole, proclaim general amnesty, and offer the Cubans complete autonomy and full personal and polit ical guarantees under the Spanish flag. Should these overtures be refused, it is predicted that the war of extermination will be waged to the bitter end. El Commercio warns the government that agents of the Am'erican sugar trust are now in Cuba buying up all the best plantations, and urges Weyler to prevent by special decree foreigners from buying or holding real estate here in future. A syndioate of New York men is said to have repersentatives in Pinai del Rio, purchasing tobacco estates with a view to controlling the leaf mar ket. Acting on the British consul's ad' vice, Miss Wilberforoe, the English! Red Cross representative, has aban doned her original intention and de cided not to attempt to reaoh the Cu ban lines. She will confine her work to the government hospitals in the cities and towns. A Manzanillo dispatch reports that the Cuban chief, Jesus Rabi, is dead, THE FOREST RESERVE. Rules and Regulation! Prepared Commissioner Hermann. Washington, July 6. Muoh atten tion has been paid recently by the gen' eral land offioe to the preparation of rules and regulations applicable to the government of the various forest re serves,, and Commissioner Hermann has now formulated these for the approval of the secretary of the interior. Prospecting, locating and developing mineral resources and forest reserves are permitted. Lands for sohoolhousea and churches are provided and water for domestic, mining, milling and jrri nation purposes are also allowed. Con struction of wagon roads is authorized and the right of way across reserves for irrigating canals, ditches, flumes and reservoirs is permitted. Minearl lands 01 the forest reserves are subject to location and entry under mining laws in the usual manner. Makers of mining locations are author ized to fell and remove from their lllK uai" nmuci gliding :'"' " i-f upon their particular claim, free use of timber'is allowed to bona fide set tlers, miners, residents and prospectors for minerals, for firewood, fencing, buildings, eta The New .Treasurer. Washington, July 5. Seoretary Gage has appointed a commission to examine the books of the present treasurer, D. L. Morgan and to count the money in the vaults. This is an enormous un dertaking and will employ about 100 persons, including expert counters and their assistants, for about three months. Most of this time will be taken up counting the vast stores of silver. . Mr. Morgan's bondsmen will not be relieved until the count is concluded and all the money in his charge have been fully accounted for. Though Mr. Morgan received from his predecessor about $700,000,000, he will deliver to Mr. Roberts about $60, 000,000 more than that sum. Bad Accident at Chicago. Chicago, July 6. Five men were in jured this morning by the explosion of the engine of an incoming suburban train on the Chicago & Northern Paci fic railway,' while tlie train was going at full speed between Morgan Park and One Hundred and Thirteenth street Stations. The injured are: John Fogg," engin eer, terribly bruised and scalded; prob ably fatally; John Latshaw, fireman, crushed and scalded; will die. Three men, 'names unknown, residing at Blue Island, bruised; will recover. The train was the suburban express, consisting of five coaches filled with passengers. The explosion was heard for miles. The engineer and fireman ! were thrown 60 feet. The cause of the explosion is unknown. i.enderson, Ky., July 6. When an old trunk was opened in the home of Joseph Melton, in Union county, the father found his two little girls lying in it, smothered to death, Laura, 7, and Jennie, 5. While their parents were absent the oblidren had been playing "hide and seek," with three other tots. While searching for a good hiding P,aoe the two "dently thought of an old trnnk in th cellar rwled jnto nd eUMed the hd' A ,Pr,D lock "wd Jt "n "Might tomb. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth Ind Enterprise. , ITEMS OP GENERAL INTEREST from All the Cities and Towns of tUe Thrlvln Sister States Oregon. Mayville's new church is said to be the handtomest one in Gilliam county Ben Ross, of Gordon Creek, recently turned oat 65 railroad ties in 10 hours. There is quite a demand for home steads in Lane county by intending set tlers. The Sinslaw agricultural society has decided to hold a fair at Lorane hall, on October 16 and 16. The Western Union has received in Astoria 126 miles of wire for the new line to be constructed between Astoria and Portland. A rock-drilling contest for $250 a side has been arranged to tuke place at Sumpter between men of the Bonanza and Raohael mines. Joseph, in Wallowa county, has long been without a saloon, but the council at its latest meetng voted in favor of granting a license. It is laid that grouse and sage hens will be plentiful in Grant county this year. The season has been favorable for their hatching and rearing. The Dalles has the firemen's tourna ment this fall, and the enterprising school board is talking of delaying the opening of school a week on that ac count. The steel cells and all necessary ma terial for making the interior of Grant county's jail secure have arrived in Canyon City and are being put to gether. FiveTJriitod States fish onmmission ers will soon visit Pelican bay and Har ney lake, to make an examination of those waters and see what the chance is for putting in fish. There were- shipped by the O. R. St N. Company during the past shipping season 18,800 orates of strawberries an .increase over last year of 8,300 orates. One-third of the shipments were made to Montana markets. An Astoria paper says the fact that the British ship Duchalburn was una ble to secure but about 1,600 coses of salmon for England when she expected to have had 10,0000 cases is good evi dence that the price of salmon is on the rise. ' ,. In 1891 the state of Oregon brought suit against Baker county for back taxes amounting to about $14,000. Af toi" flva Ann nf lificrutinn RoforpA B IF. Bonhena, appointed by the supreme court, hi rendered his findings to the BlTiWt thfli FuliAr rnnntv must nnv all but about $3,000, barred by the statute of limitations. ' i Washington. The Ferndale cheese factory has be gut) operations. Coamopolis shipped 49 cars of lumber East within one week. Mange is prevalent among the range horses in Garfield county. 'j. he JMiensnurg cheese factory is making between 600 and 600 pounds of cheeso a day. A circis is gladdening the hearts of the small boys throughout the Big Bend country. LeRol Mining Company, of Spokane, declared its fifteenth dividend. 'The dividend is $26,000. lerry Ulancey, section foreman near Buckley, was struck by a freight train and probably fatally injured. A number of the offlicals and in mates of the state penitentiary are sick with tonsilitis, but the epidemic is not feared. judge Kicnardson, of the superior court, for Spokane, has decided that person cannot be incarcerated to be held as a witness in a trial. The receiver of the Central Wash ington estimates that that road will haul at least 1,600,000 bushels of wheat from the Big Bend this fall. Senator Wilson has telegraphed to friends on Gray's harbor that the amount of the appropriation for the Gray's harbor jetties is $350,000, and not $300,000, nor $400,000, as has been published. State Grain Inspector Wright is con sidering the advisability of making provisions for inspecting corn importa tions from Eastern states. During the last year large shipments of corn have come in, because the low -price of that cereal compared with oats, which was not subject to inspection. 'The inno vation is proposed both for purposes of revenue and to ascertain the amount of grain thus consumed. Because of the cloudburst on Mill creek, in Walla Walla county, the fish are dying by hundreds. They come to the surface of the muddy water, appar ently suffocating, and in a few minutes leave the water entirely to die by the hundreds, on the rocks, too exhausted, evidently, to return to the stream a foot or two away. The dead fish are thick. They are fine ones, too, many of them being 13 and 14 inches long. B. W. Hollo way, a Friday Harbor jewelera man of 28, dropped dead in his office. The physicians found on exam ination, that an artery had been rup tured. Six weeks ago he took out a life Insurance policy for $2,000. Judge Hanford has issued a deroee permitting the treasurer of Okanogan county to turn taxes into the ralary fund. Previous to this the county offi cials had received no pay since last Jan- nary, the sheriff even being compelled to board and care for the prisoners at bis ova risk. ATONED FOR HIS CRIME. L. W, Melion, the Murderer, Executed at Urania I'ass. Grant's Pass, July 5. Lemuel W. Melson was executed here today. He abandoned all hope yesterday, and was taken into the Episcopal church and baptized by Rev.1 Isaac 'Dawson. He S) ent the day in reading and in writing lettors, and was more calm than any one else about the jaiL He slept well last night and ate a hearty breakfast this morning. He refused to discuss the crime or his position, saying only when asked that he was innocent. Ho was very muoh affected by the church ceremonies and the sieging, and wept quietly. There was a great many people in town to witness the hanging. Sheriff iliatt issued 100 invitations, and be sides those in the enclosed space the court-house yard is well filled. The board fence around the scaffold is so constructed that a good view of the pro ceedings can be had from the main yard and street. About 600 people wit nessed the execution. Rev. Dawson went 'into the jail at 8:45 this morning. Melson made a full confession of (the crime. Sheriff Hiatt had the death warrant at 9:40, and at 10:03 Rev. Dawson prayed his laBt prayer . At 10:01 Sheriff Hiatt and his depu ties, with Melson, ascended the scaf fold. When asked if he had anything to say, Melson said: "I am guilty of killing Perry, and am sorry for it. May God have mercy on ray guilty soul." Melson was perfectly composed and calm. He bid the sheriff good-bye, and at 10:13 the drop was sprung. Mel son's neck was broken and death was instantaneous. At 10:23 he was pro nounced dead by the physicians and cut down. He will be buried in the pau per graveyard at the expense of the county. He wrote a long letter to his wife yesterday. Story of Melson'i Crime. Grant's Pass, July 5. In IMaroh, 1896, Charles Perry disappeared from the Waldo copper mine, near Waldo, Or., where he was employed and was known to have had considerable money with him at the time. Inquiry by his friends for several months failed to dis close his wherabouts, and fearing that he had met with foul play, a search ing party was organized on August 36, and after two days' travel in the Sis kyou mountains, the party found the body of Perry in an old well near a de serted mining claim. There was a bul let wound in the right side, and on the ground near by was shell from a 41 caliber Colt's revolver, which the bul let taken from the wound fitted. With this evidence the party returned to Crescent City, Cal. It was learned that while at the cop per mine Perry had often been told by L. W. Melson, his friend, of a fine mining proBpeot between there and the coast in the Siskiyou mountains, and that Melson left the copper mine on the day of Perry's disappearance. He re' turned next day and went to Crescent City Cal., saying that Perry had gone to v alclo. Melson began spending money freely, though previous to that time he was known to have been possessed of very limited means. It was also learned that Melson had sold a revolver which proved to be the one from which the bullet found in Perry's body had been fired. In his possession was also found a watch which proved to be Perry's. Melson was plaoed under arrest at Crescent City, but it was ascertained that the murder was committed in Ore gon, and the prisoner was brought to Grant's Puss, Or., for trial. He was convicted and sentenced to death May 14, 1897. The evidence throughout the trial was conclusive Lof Melson'i guilt. Melson was about 43 years old, and oauie to the Pacifio coast from Ken tucky 13 rears ago, locating in Clatsop county, Or. He went to Del Norte county, Cal., about four years ago, where he was married, and where he leaves a wife and two children. Melson's wife did not visit him dur ing li is incarceration, and expressed no desire to see him, but wrote to him fre quently, saying that she was not sur prised at the verdict of tue jury. She expressed very little sympathy for him, but requested him, if guilty, to never confess his crime on account of the children. Charles Perry, the victim, was 60 years of age, and came to the Paoiflo coast two years ago from Connecticut, where his wife and seven children now reside. He was considered a sober and industrious man. Indians Drank Painkiller. Brainerd, Minn., July 5. Five In dians, including Chief Wee Bug, are dead at Malone's Point, on Mille Lacs lake, and several others are expected to die, as the result of drinking painkiller, hair oil and other preparations contain ing alcohol. Indian payment has been going on there, and the redskins gorged themselves with this stuff, which was bought from Malone's trading post. The Indian riders are scouring every part of the reservation to bring the band together, and serious trouble may result, as the redskins think Malone is to blame for the deaths. lb lion ixrcii tAJiupuieu vuat uciwmu 86,000,000 and 37,000,000 babies arrive iuh Voar. T. I 1 I . Ed hem Pasha Reslg-n. . London, July 6. A Standard dis patch from Constantinople says that Edhem Pasha, commander of the Turk ish forces in Thessaly, has tendered s resignation of command to the sul tan on the ground that under the pro posed peace condition he will be unable to guarantee the discipline of the army. All the human beings that ever lived could find standing room in Pennsylva nia. ANT HOUSES IN AUSTRALIA. Monnda In Which Million of the Xa aects Live In Perfect Amity- One mound In particular, a groined: columnar structure, was eighteen feet high. This was not far from Tort Darwin. The discoverer believes that originally the mound was conical la shape. The sides were smooth. It has evidently been In use for many years; and the columnar effect noticeable, be believed, Is due to the fact that the ants iucesaantly traveling the path ways up and down the mound produc ed the grooves that are seen and re sulted In giving the effect of a colum nar fornitttlu. The entrance to the mound, examination showed, had var ied In location, for there waa distinct evidence that apertures of this sort lmd been walled up In several in stance. The interior of the mound referred to showed as much a anything the re markable Instinct of the ants. It was divided up very much after the fash ion of the tall buildings which are now Iwoinlng so common, with an lmmenau court within the structure Itself that Is, there were hundreds of tiny cells built In from galleries which were ter raced one above the other. The gal leries were connected by paths or stair ways, each of these being constructed with architectural exactness. The cells were almost uniform In size, and reminded one, the explorer said, of the cell of a mouk. The earth In each In stance was as bard and smooth as marble aud bore evidence of long-con-tluued usage. A portion of the ground floor, or basement, of the mound had been divided up Into storerooms, and here it was evident the anta had care fully packed away the provender which they had secured from various points about. While naturalists and students of th Intelligence of Insects and animate have long been Inclined to believe that the ant exceeded in at least keenness of Instinct all other creatures of Its kind, it has never been conclusively shown until demonstrated by the just made announcement of Mr. Savllle Kent San Francisco Call. JEAN OF THE MASONIC ORDER. Daniel Slckele, the Oldest Degree) Mason in the United Btatea. Perhaps the most interesting figure at the session of the Masonic Grand Lodge was Daniel Sltkels, or "Uncle Dan," as he Is f&mllhwly known. Ha Is now In his eighty-third year and re sides lm Brooklyn. He Is the dean of tlie Masonic fraternity, being the oldest thirty-third degree Mason In the Uni ted States. Tall and dignified In bear ing, with snowy hair and beard, be U held In the deepest reverence by hla brother Masons. "Uncle Dan" received his first light m Masonry May 4, 1848. In Lebanon lodge,' and In the following year was elected master. In the Ann cient Accepted Rite on May 15, 1840, he was created a sovereign grand Inspec tor general, the thirty-third and hut grade of this beautiful rite, and was made grand secretary general of the holy empire. He was tlie creator of tlie present United Supreme Council of ths DANIEL. SICKELS. Northern Jurisdiction, and was Its grand secretory general for eighteen years. He was the founder and first president of the Masonic Veterans of the State of New York, and Is tlie author of several text-books. New York World. Mistaken Pride. Phil May, the artist and caricaturist. tells of a funny experience he bad on his return from a tour for the Graphic: When I came back to London I has tened to the office, and Imagine my gratification when I saw everywhere) scrlptlon In large letters, "Welcome to May." 'This Is indeed fame," I thought; ami when I got to the Graphic ollloe there was another Inscription, with flowers and all the rest of It: "Wel- ccme to M. aud G." The G. worried me a bit, but then the name of the man who went out with me commenced with G. I told the editor of my gratification. "Why you egotistical Idiot,' he re marked politely, "It's nothing to do with you! It's the marriage of Prince George and Princess May." A Convenient Theory. "I must say, dearest," said the young man. In a tentative way, "tnat you ah er make love rather um scien tifically for a girl who never kissed an other man.". "I suppose," said the young lady In the rase, "thAt I must have had some practice In a previous Incarnation. Don't you think so?" Cincinnati En quirer. HUtorlc "I hear Miss Kvangat's new play la buitoric one." "Wbr not? She's getting somewhat historic herself." Cincinnati Enquirer. It If pretty hard to decide) n tu meanest man you ever knew. t