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Show but his greatest work in that body is nut forgotten. He believes that the problem of irrigating the arid lands can be settled by means of dynamite, the explosion of which from balloon will, be thinks, deduce the gentle raiu from heaven, lie got congress to appropriate appropri-ate iJ00( for rain balloons and balloon raiu, and ho is going into the arid lauds next week with some scientific persons from Washington to see the appropriation appropri-ation spent, lie will take his mackintosh mackin-tosh and galnahes, aud confidently expects ex-pects a wet June. A h'uriiy lirltl.ti.r. Miiin-Hpoll" Tr bune. Sir Kd ward Clarke is a Iiritisher of tho sturdy, fearless type you read about iu ancient books, lie ne.orod his royal highness, the prince of Wales, in open court yesterday to the no. uot exactly to the queen's "taste, but iu a manner that made the titled lluukeys. who thronged the court room, gasp and turn pale. 'Sir Kd ward mast henceforth be on his guard; some member of the prince's set is liablu to strike hiui with his umbwella. Canada Should Try H.li.llloo. PbllaOeiiihU Heroid. English statesmen proceed on their courso in regard to tho seal question without the slightest regard to Canadian interests or opinion, its a way the Knglish have with colonial toadies. Une Hash of ri hellion would be worth more to tne Canadians iu securing consideration con-sideration from the mother country than would a thousand protestations of loyalty. Katisvs City Times. A good many people seem to be mixed up with the llardsley defalcation at Philadelphia, who would not like to be looked upon as being privy to anything any-thing so shabby as a case of embezzlement. embezzle-ment. The scandal suggests the observation obser-vation of the old lady, who, in hinting at her suspicions in a certain matter said: "Sometimes I think, and then again I don't know." A Chang. In Euglaad. New York World. When George III. was king no English Eng-lish barrister would have dared make the speech that Sir Kdward Clarke uttered ut-tered yesterday in the baccarat case. To denounce the princo of Wales as possibly guilty of so shameful an act that be ought to be dropped from the army list would have been constructive treason, the punishment for which was banging. Tha World' ralr Offl.ca, Chicago Hruld. It ought to be easy enough to find competent heads for world's fair bureaus without precipitating the enterprise into in-to a sea of squabble. There is no sound reason for sacrificing the outlook of the fair for the personal aggrandizement of any individual. The directors are not j uuder obligation to make place for can-dates. can-dates. Tha On. llii. PUUburg Dispatch. The one man designated by the present pres-ent situation as a candidate for lis'jSis the secretary of state, whose broad views and statesmanlike policy have furnished the features which rescued the presout administration froia almost complete insiguilicancu. , SPiRIT OF THE phess. More Light In Delaware. Not York I'rot-a. Tha election of a republican mayor of Wilmington by a majority of 422, and of ether republicans es officials by majorities ranging up to 032, giving republicans re-publicans absolute control of that pivotal piv-otal city in the little state of Delaware, is a gieam of light as grateful to republicans repub-licans as when Authony Higgins was elected United States senator. Deie-ware Deie-ware casts between 20,000 and iiO.OOO votes, of which nearly one-half are deposited de-posited in Newcastle county. As the county seat of Newcastle and tho metropolis me-tropolis of the state. Wilmington is the key of the whole political' situation. With its local government in republican republi-can hands Senator Higgins may be able to telegraph on election niaht next yer.r that tho solid south has been broken iu Delaware. nciitti.,1 iiiuit.l'. New York Sun. ! Our jolly old friend, the Utica Observer, Obser-ver, accuses us of an "uullagging, but impotent effort to belittle Cleveland.'' We respectfully decline. We never undertook un-dertook to belittle such a fat man. We only advised him that bis Safety and happiness required him to set about a serious effort to belittle himself. IU took our advice, employed a competent specialist of this city, worked hard on the mountain climber, aud sweated like a huil. In that way he belittled himself him-self so that wo s ti pnose his weight must be tifty pounds less now than it was in the election of ISM. Let the Observer consider and apologize. Ilallooains; for Ilaia. Now York Sun. The Hon. Charles IJ. Karwell of Chl-Mg-j is uo loagcr a senator in congress. |