A Nerrro’s Retort.
Among the employes of the bureau of
engraving and printing is a negro who
has been in the bureau for many years
and who is noted for good humor and a
certain degree of wit. A few days ago au
Irishman, also employed in the bureau,
j iCr having encountered the negro “in
debate, remarked: “Jim, vou must be an
Irishman.’’
“Oh, go ’long,” replied Jim. “It is bad
nough to be a nigger.”—Philadelphia
Ledger,
Self-made men generally act as though
they were proud of their job.—N. i'.
Times.
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Peruvian Legation Makes Counter
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Washington, May 9.—In view of the
statement made by the Brazilian lega
tion defining Brazil’s position in the
boundary dispute with Peru, the Pe
ruvian legation Sunday made a couu
terstatement to the following effect:
"Peru has never admitted in Brazil
any right whatsoever to the territory
actually in dispute.
"The treaty of 1851 contains no rec
ognition in Brazil’s rights a» alleged by
the Brazilian legation. The treaty is
one of amity and commerce, and made
no reference as to the territory now in
dispute.
"The Peruvian legation does not
know of any instance that can be cited
in which Peru admitted any of Brazil's
pretended rights. On the other hand,
recent statements of Brazil's foreign
office admit that the government at
Lima has asserted its claims and main
tained its title over the region in dis
pute.
"According to late reports, it would
seem that the government of Brazil, in
stead of framing its policy in accord
ance with the provision of its consti
tution, which provides for th-e settle
ment of internationad disputes by ar
bitration, has assumed a hostile atti
tude, and taken st°ps by no means con
ducive to the pacific solution it lias
pledged itself to seek.
"The Brazilian legation’s statemert
that Peru took advantage of Brazil’s
trouble with Bolivia to send military
forces to headquarters of the Rivers
Yurau and Purus is unwarranted, as
Peruvian population always has ex
isted there, as well as small garrisons
to preserve order. According to press
reports, one of these garrisons not long
ago was assaulted by 200 Brazilian
troops, with the recult that some of
the Peruvians were massacred, and
some made prisioners and taken to
Manaos, where *he Brazilian officials
set them free, stating that neither the
central nor local government were re
sponsible for such assault. Such would
not have been the attitude of Brazil'an
officials towards the Peruvian soldiers,
had they thought for a moment they
had invaded Brazilian territory. Peru
to-day is desirous of resorting to ar
bitration, without demanding previous
conditions, unnecessary to governments
really wishing to reach a prompt, just
and pacific settlement of their differ
ences. This she can offer as the best
proof of her good faith and fraternal
sentiments towards her sister repub
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ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED,
Eutombr-cl Miners itt Shaiiiokin, I’n.
I u.loulit eilly Dead itn Knult of
r ire in the Mine.
Shamokin, Pa.. May 9.—Rescuing
parties are still at work In the Loeusl
Gap colliery, where five men are en
tombed as a result of the fire in ore
of the stopes. The miners have been in
the mine since Thursday night, and al!
hope of finding them alive has beer
abandoned. The fire is burning as
fiercely as ever, making it impossible
to penetrate the workings. James E
Roderick, chief of the state bureau ol
mines, was here Sunday conferring
with officials of the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal & Iron Co. He expressed
himself as being satisfied that every
thing possible is being done to extin
guish the fire and determine the fate
of the missing men.
Six thousand persons from the sur
rounding country visited the scene
Sunday.
MAY BE DECIDED SOON.
fct. Louis Hoodie Cases to Come I fi
Before* the Missouri Sit*
premt* Court.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 9.—Divisioi
No. 2—the criminal branch of the Mis
souri state supreme court—will con
vene Tuesday mornfng to pass upor
motions and hand down opinions. 1
may be that among the opinions ren
dered will be those in the bribery ant
boodle cases of Robert M. Snyder, the
Kansas City banker, convicted in St
Louis and sentenced to serve five
years, in the penitentiary, and also the
perjury case of Julius Lehman, the St
Louisan, who is under penitentiarj
sentence. The point upon which the
Snyder case hinges is as to whethei
or not he was a resident of this state
at the time his alleged offense was
committed, involving his right to the
benefits of the statute of limitations.
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them because we hate them.—Colton.
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An optimist is a person who, if he were
falling oft' a ten-story building, would be
happy because it Wasn’t 20. N. V. 1’rcss.
In answer to .Japan’s challenge Russia
sends two more of the royal family to the
front. Put up your dukes!—Indianapolis
Journal.
The slow approach of spring is particu
larly regretted by the man who is looking
for a good excuse for that persistent tired
feeling.—Boston Globe.
The growing popularity of American
“iiuiek lunch” in England should shoot a
gleam of joy over old Kruger's declining
days.—M ilwaukee Sentinel.
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The importunate lover had just pro
posed. “Let your answer be a vowel, with
a consonant on either side of it,” he gent
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“Very well,” she said. ‘■Git!”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer. __
‘‘Why do men never gossip?” asked the
woman who regards tier husband as a
great and good man. “Because,” answered
Miss Cayenne, “they are too indolent.
They insist on sending their wives out to
get the news for them.”—Washington
Star.
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Prof. Brooks, of Hobart college, has dis
| covered in all 25 comets. From an astro
! noinieal point of view this is regarded as
success, but the average business man
j would probably ask sneeringly: “How
much did he get for them?”—Boston
Globe. _ _
King Edward’s wife thinks that the
fourpenee halfpenny meals served to the
I workmen in a London factory are fit for
a queen. She ate one recently, and said
that she was delighted with it. The pie
containing four and twenty blackbirds, of
which a famous poet once sang, was not a
part of the banquet, but all the waiters
said, as they tilled her plate: “There is a
dainty dish to set betore the queen.”—
i Youth’s Companion.
When a man begins asking if lif# U
worth living it isn’t.—Houston Post.
A man must leave many things behind
to win the things to come.—Ram’s Horn.
Half Time in Bed.
Mount Hor, Ky., May 9.—The records
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Mrs. Jacobs tells the particulars of her
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