Show TUK house committee which lias bacun investigating violations of alie immigration laa 5 lias about concluded its work the committee has completed a bill as fur as its general lines are concerned but romo points of detail remain to bo determined upon the bill while permitting the landing of sound able bodied men or women of good character will prohibit the entrance of convicts haupers paupers pau pers idiots insane persons single women about to become mothers anarchists ts persons without visible means of support and liable to become 1 public charge and vicious and lawless characters generally the bill takes the supervision er inspection of immigrants entirely out of state control and places it in the hands of the federal government intending immigrants are obliged to give notice of their departure to the nearest american consul and will not ho allowed to lind without producing a consular certificate failure to produce such certificates will compel the steamship companion to return the immigrants to the ports of embarkation at their expense immigrants from canada ami mexico are to be inspected in the same way as those arriving at the ports and they will be required to have consular certificates SOME are praying for harrisons advent so as to stop the pension vetoes but could the expect harrisson to sign two such as cleveland vetoed last week one was for a soldier who bad repeatedly deserted the other was for the benefit of on old woman whose son was recently drowned by the capsizing of a boat what could president harrison conscientiously do but declare that these two cases are bot legally entitled to a and that be sto wine them would be an injustice to hundreds and thousands of other veterans THE people of kansas as a rule are a wideawake wide awake bustling people instance J H vogt u methodist evangelist alio was conducting a big revival in iaia hyatha eloped the other day while the meeting was at its height with miss jda deiser the daughter of the minister in whose house the revival was bein conducted that is aliat might bo expected of a state that can up a larger republican majority than any state in the vibon in proportion to inhabitants wore for the prize offered by an english journal for the longest twelve word telegram and the winner put in the following whish was accepted by the telegraph of leeis for transmission for six pince the regular rate administrator gen arala counterrevolutionary counter revolutionary intercom bermaster generals characteristically contradicting dished unconstitutional ishi sensibilities the year 1888 over thirty five millions of people died this may seem astounding hut it ia estimated that there are over twelve hundred millious of n d globe avory thirty three hejra these pass away thia civo i about thirty live millions a over sixty a minute in the hour just passed ner n er thirty six hundred souls ha 0 goue into eternity the calculation la a one and should lead every one to think seriously aad often on ahe subject ir at samoa are as stated in the latest advises advices from that island the united states will be compelled to take some definite action to protect the honor of the american flag abo firing upon conr flag and the arresting of american by german sailors in a neutral country cannot be passed over quietly and should be met with an energetic protest and a demand for an apology is a decided movement in west virginia in favor of changing the name of that state its promoters bay that every state should have 1 distinct name of its own BO ar removed from tho cl any other state that no coffus sion of namaah can arise west virginia is EO near like virginia that the people do not enjoy it curious eatough they all agres that kanawha is the name dortho state ofle islands are a group in the southern pacific including upolu and Tu tulla with an area of 1076 square milea and inhabitants abia apia ia the center of trade which is mainly in cheha ids of german firms the imports 1887 were valued at and the exports at people who write on the address eide of postal cards in haste or other words unconnected with their delivery will undoubtedly be surprised to learn that they arc held as and will account for alie fact that their correspondence never reaches ita destination A MUSIC teacher applying for a situation wrote as follows dear sir I 1 notice your advertisement for a teacher of vocal and instrumental music male or female having been both for several years I 1 solicit the appointment he got and is giving great satisfaction CARL bonuz in speaking of the necessity oi reduction said recently 1 I predict almost with certainty that unless an essential reduction of the tariff takes place during president harrisons administration a sweeping reaction will come at its end people of anneas take great in in educational matters they c recently had a bloody battle with shot guna over the location of n school site ELECT has had cabinets mado up for him but t seems to be the matter ia beo annot jaako up on bimson mun 11 ans effect an advertisement has upon aha reader is very well illustrated by the following A wealthy man who owns a country residence recently became dissatisfied with it and determined to have another so he instructed a real estate agent famous for hia descriptive powers to advertise it in the papers for private sale but to conceal the location telling to apply at his office in a few days the gentleman happened to see the advertisement wag pleased with the account of the place showed it to his wife and the two concluded it wag just the place they wanted and that they would secure it at once so he went to tha office of the agent and told him that the place he had advertised was such a one as he desired and he would purchase it the agent burst into a laugh and told him that that was a description of his own house where he was then liv ingae read the advertisement aga stated over the grassy slopes beautiful vistad smooth lawns etc and broke out Is it possible well make out my bill for advertising advertis inc and expanses george I 1 sell the place now for three times cost me trie one boast of people which is supposed to quiet all protest and discontent is that the majority rules but there are exception 1 to this some of them very notable the last presidential election is one there were more democratic than republican votes cast ami yet the latter are given tho presidency by our electoral system the verdict has been formally made up and will be announced in the united states senate on the second wednesday in february the ath ELECTORAL VOTE harrison and morton cleveland and thurman f POPULAR VOTE cleveland and thurman harrison and morion of the whito vote in the the democracy are in the majority by more than and tho republicans owe their success in ew york and indiana to the colored vote ane count of stamps in alie vaulta oi the internal revenue bureau show thai the business of last year stamps representing was conducted without an 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