Show AN head an article what fsr dead and the beautiful rest applies to the late greenback party do ANT one want to act as our substitute for a day or so the beginning of next month sage is coming about that time apply early STANDS in the same relation to the presidency of the nicaragua canal does to the presidency of the united states he will take it if he can get it and wont take it if he cant get it TUB INCIDENTS of the fire in new york chronicled in our dispatches this morning are too painful and at the same time too revolting to dwell apon fortunately such occurrences curren ces are not frequent n a compensating good that most of us never discern or appreciate in nearly all our troubles for instance we are perhaps on the eve of a long and severe win ter bu I when our mind reverts to the fly season through which vo have just passed wo feel tempted to say the longer and more severe the better ir THOSE who eat up in various parts of the country until nm friday morning looking for a shower of meteors and looked in vain will only wait twenty years longer and then sit up and watch they will have an excellent prospect of being fooled again the shower is positively predicted for 1899 but it may not come il the same derrick tell man out west who sued a newspaper for libel because it said he killed a man the newspaper wants tc compromise and advises him to make L the report true by killing somebody lie has accepted the advice end is hunting around for the editor we have have heard of a man who once hunted for an editor and found him he bunt any more u boom is about the and substantial one in the country that gentleman could carry new york because tammany would not bolt his nomination and because new Yorkers jike his financial ideas he could sweep new jer sey connecticut california acdore gon but would probably alienate indiana which might be spared in addition to all this he is pure up right and incorruptible statesman to whom the title le charal er applies as appropriately to his prototype of france to tilden we know of none more worthy and since the defrauded new yorkers chances seem to have waned we hope all eyes will be turned in the direction of little delawarek Dela wares big bayard till n what the english papers call an item of new the prince of walea has been picnicking in devonshire england and making himself agreeable to humble people on one occasion while picnicking with aristocratic hosts it was found that the cream bad been left behind the prince eeling in he distance di stanco another picnicking party rushed off and explained to the ladice the melancholy condition party the ladies gave him plenty of cream not knowing to whom they were giving it and soon the was ean walking along bearing ft jug full of cream without spilling it one must bo a prince to make such an act remarkable and one must be an everlasting lick spittle to see any of the elements of an item in it tins is what the service cost our beloved samuel the cur rent fiscal year compensation of post masters clerke in letter carrier railroad transportation star service e by borso and ordinary vehicles steamboat service foreign mail tion an offet off et to this neat little bill we find that aho total receipts from stamps stamped envelope and post wae t and fron box rant the net revenue from the money order business was the grow revenue at the eighty eight free delivery poet office was about and their gross expenses including pay of bellor carriers etc amounted to little more than AT A banquet in honor af pf grant in chicago on thursday mark twain tho bout speech in response to the toast the bubie the tele graph thus report him ae long as you aro in your right reind dont you ever pray for twine twine aro a permanent not and there aint any real between triplet and an insurrection called forth houte of laughter in eion ha alluded to the future argonauts and presidents who now lying in cradles and aid in trifle cradle somewhere under the flag the future illustrious corn mander in chief of the american armies is eo little burdened with hi approaching grandeury gran deuri and responsibilities bili ties aa to be giving hi whole strategic mind arving to find how to cot li big toe ato his mouth an dali io isaich meaning no dig the illustrious guest of line evening turned hi attention to fifty six years eco and if the child in but a copy of tho man tharo are mighty few who will doubt that he succeed d and applause |