Show EVENTS AND COMMENTS I A MISSOURI cow died from hewing = hew-ing tobapco She thought she cud but ke Cttdnt J t HOF ALL J okepations in life I take me pick said the Irishman as he stepped down into the ditch IT 16 a peculiar fnctTthat every time a Judy enters the Stock Exchange there is a bustle in Wall Street SEQL18IXTE AX jyiioaco was shaken by an earthquake but so far as we can larn Seqaiseventoen pot off THE CHICAGO InterOcean has discharged dis-charged Eli Perkins for lying Truly the era of reform has begun t THOSE WHO use our goods are very much attached to them is what por ousplaster company advertises A LOUISIANA convict ate soup to make himself sick He not only make himself him-self sick but he even went so far as to A CUCUMBER has been raised in Iowa Which measures four feet in length It is warranted tp produce 4150 miles ol l Olio EXSEKATOS THUEMAK of Ohio has retired from politics Come now colonel that dodge wont work Look s t Blaine 2ie tried it I WE HAVE heard a good deal lately about sweeping reforms but we are I t sorry to say our officeboy has not been I steack bi any of them yet THE NEW YOBK Tribune has discovered dis-covered some democratic atrocities in Olio < < That is a better idea than revamping re-vamping old yarns about the south I I tlI THiKK the country is in a better condition than at any previous time in ray memory remarks Rev Dr Tal masc Then the Rev Dr has a very short memory I FKAKCIS A WALKER chief of the census cen-sus of 1880 and boss statistician of the country estimates that the population of the United States in 1900 will not fall A short of 80000000 t I 1 THE REESE River CaL Reville thinks I L tbat the alleged demand for the coinage J or halfcent pieces comes from Newt New-t York millionaires whowih to sabscrioe for the Grant monument and other like I r objects J j r THE LABOR organizationsof New York however they may disagree as to other 1 matters are coming to the support of I Mr Henry George for Mayot with a t 1 degree of acquiescence approaching l I I unanimity I I TIlE PLATFORM of the Wisconsin labor I party makes a centre shot at truth when it says that the 116e of violence in any form to settle disputes is utterly un jastifiable in a civilized community The ballot is the thing SINCE THE Prince of Wales forgot hiV J hi-V gloves at a reception it is stylish for masculine society idiots to go without 1 I gloves And now just think what might have happened if the prince had I I forgotten his unmentionables IT is not unlikely that some ol art ar-t e Republican statesmen will move in the t Fiftieth Congress for a pension to I Geronimo In the hurry and excite ment oi the closing hours of the Forty I ninth Geronimo was overlooked I II e I AT TERRE HAUTE Indiana the I cyclone the other day blew down a 1 circus tent just before the performance II jt t began As a rule we cannot commend the wisdom of cyclones but hJ a J one that knew just when to blow down 1 I a circus tent e f T 1 > > i f i > J i THE WISCONSIN Democrats deserve f j commendation for courage enough to 1 lio I I adopt a platform which sayl3SpmiChinK J sc In these days of masterly j sfii al Sit I > 1 is refreshing to see a convention lay r down some sort of a doctrine whether 1 j we agree with it or not I II I THE STORY is told by a Boston newspaper 0 > news-paper of acountry parson who with i that tact that distinguishes some parsons l I par-sons said to the local tailor to When I want a good coat I go to Boston Thats 5 ty the place By the way do you ever go J > v to church uOh yes Where i J Well when I want to hear a good I 1 i sermon I igo to Boston Thats the t l J i place 1 i THE PEKSIOK Olnce recently needed a copy of The Medcal and Surgical his 1 I La4 f tory of the Warof the Rebellion the A volumes of which are out of pr nc A i < < tM copy was at last found in a junk shop 4 J it on Pennsylvania Avenue inscribed with iW the words U R B Hayes 14thAugust I 1 1880 in the handwriting of that gentleman t i gentle-man The question now is how much i l M 1 he got for t1 t f i i l 1 J f 4 t > i 1 i |