Show A TARIFF PICTURE it is boma some days bince since we had a tariff picture bat but absence makes the heart grow fonder forider these are bright republican days and not the least encouraging cou raging feature la is that a democratic house of representatives will convene in two weeks to produce its comedy of errors tariff tinkering is heralded as one of the main feature features the following from the new york pren press will serve as an appropriate prologue to the main attraction A big surplus is a temptation temp ta extravagance the surplus must be red reduced aced 11 so said everybody every bady in 1888 well the mckinley bill cut down the revenue from customs from in the year ending 1 1690 to oca 06 96 in the year ending october 1 1891 an and d this too in spite of the fact that our total imports for eleven of these twelve months increased from in 78 1890 to in 1891 IN SA SAM X SMALLS suit for damages against t the h e atlanta saloonkeeper who smashed his specs and disarranged his incisors he will have the conspicuous nest assistance tance of sam jones as advocate theetter Itter the latter barn sam would have cut a better figure in the original brawl than hia his confrere did jonea jones might have been licked juet just as bad but be he would have done more fighting THE NEW YORK sun of the inet contains a five column write up of rexburg Rex burg 0 idaho onder under the beading heading in a mormon settlement it contains numerous illustrations among them thema a portrait of 0 president ricks rieke the article ie is in the main fair and impartial and it is certainly interesting TUB THE MINING congress at denver wasted oo 00 time in needless need lees wrangling an and d has made a record for prompt and businesslike business like endeavor in the ma matters aters in hand the resolutions ring with silver and they warm the western heart everywhere THE tim BATTLE nattle of the giants for the next national convention has begun began in earnest and each has headquarters in washington where the committee meets next week our eart is true to san francisco ANOTHER ln LITTLE alic astor hai has been ushered into this cold unfeeling world with nothing but a hundred million dollars between him and absolute poverty Y TUB THE WATER famine in new york is becoming oppressive to all except the tammany heelers they drink but little water and seldom wash As TUB full ruth of the situation dawns upon them both whiskers boffer and backless simpson are conspicuous spica ous by their vociferous silence ellenee |