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STARBEAMS.

Buffalo Bill feels on friendly terms with the queen. She respect him highly.

Tom Ochiltree claims to be a Scotchman. Grean men like to take their rise there.

The Princess of Battenberg is the elder of the two sisters and said to be the better.

England has a woman pilot. She directs the ways of the Water Lily, her husband's little boat.

J. P. Pomeroy, of Kansas, is something of a coal king. He owns over sixty thousand acres.

Fishermen all stand by their stories. The man who will tell one lie is always read to support it by telling another one.

President Cleveland and Attorney General Garland take off their coats these hot days and work justl ike other perspiring mortals.

It is said Valentine Bake Pasha drinks only brand. Considering the country Valentine lives in, he has chosen a pretty hot drink.

Mrs. Cleveland plays the paino and plays it well. A great many other American ladies do the same thing. It is an agreeable accomplishment.

John Tyndall is an Irishman with acquired English feelings. A man who crowds out his natural feelings and lets in foreign ones never does look well.

It is said in some places in the south to be considered prudish for a young lady to refuse a cigarette after dinner. The south ought to be full of prudish girls.

Another "rich beggar" has been discovered. This time he lived at Decatur, Ind. His wealth was not enormous, but it was found that he was worth about five thousand dollars.

The man who fired the last shot at Fort Sumter is one of the prominent guests at Satatoga. His name is General S. W. Carpenter. The old reminiscences make him a conspicuous figure.

Mark Twain doesn't care much for his literary fame. His ambition is to found a wealthy family He should be warned by the fate of Sir Walter Scott, who had the same ambition.

The empress of Russia is a tremendous eater, and has greatly impair her health by gluttony. Give it a chance, and the stomach will tyrannize over royalty just the same as it does of mediocrity.

Judge Hilton is a Saratoga. He keeps all the paraphernalia of style, but never puts it on. For instance, he keeps tweny-six horses and yet he does the most of his moving about on foot. The person who can put on style and don't do it is one in ten thousand.

In a recent article Mrs. Dinah Mulock Craik says women ough to leave bad husbands for the sake of the children, but she saves nothing about husbands leaving bad vices. Does the distinguished novelist have a moral philosophy that doesn't work both ways?

George Alfred Townsend is in Scotland and praises the energy of the people. He says "At this moment the Scotch are wresting from England and Ireland and Walce large portions of their commerce." It may also be observed that Scotland furnishes the people on these sister islands with a good deal of whiskey The Scotch are traders, workers and thinkers.

Sylvanus Cobb, jr., wrote one hundred and eighty long stories which were published in the New York Ledger. It is certain that not one of the whole lot will be remembered. Who can recall the name of one of the now' He wrote for the lower mass and the mass received him. The lower mass does not make a literature that endures. A lasting book must have the endorsement of the best minds.