PERSONAL. 
Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the Washington 
millionaire philanthropist, was in splendid 
condition on his eighty-ninth birthday last 
Tuesday. 
John G. Whittier, the venerable poet, 
dear to all, was four score years on December 
17. Tokens of esteem and affection poured in 
on him from all parts of the country and 
every class. He is still bale and hearty—for 
a man of his years. 
James Whitcomb Riley, the rising popu¬ 
lar poet, who has charmed the world with lots 
of attractive work, hails from Indianapolis, 
Ind. He began his career as a sign painter 
and traveled for some time with a patent 
medicine man—for the sake of the uuique 
experience, people say now; though it was 
probably for the sake of cash then. He has 
seen 35 years: is of medium hight, with thin, 
sandy hair, blue eyes and beardless face. 
A Telegram from California tells us that 
M. D. Babcock, inventor of the fire extin¬ 
guishing apparatus bearing his name, died at 
San Francisco Almshouse on Saturday, aged 
70 years. At one time he was in receipt of 
§10,000 a month for royalty on his machines, 
but after selliug the patent rights his money 
was soon spent, and for some years he wan¬ 
dered about the State in a destitute condition. 
About six years ago he was admitted to the 
Almshouse. 
Baron Vorwarts has, near Stavenhagen, 
in Mecklenburgh. an estate of 5,000 acres, 
worked by its owner in the form of co-opera¬ 
tion. He pays small wages in money, but each 
laborer is provided with a bouse, a supply of 
grain, a piece of graziug ground and the means 
of educating his children. The Baron is con¬ 
tent with four per cent, interest on his invest¬ 
ment as his own share. Once in 10 years he 
divides the remainder of the profits in equita¬ 
ble proportions among his tenants. At the 
last distribution the amounts assigned to each 
ranged from §200 to §250. The Baron lives 
among his people and has so completely iden¬ 
tified himself with their well being that the 
peasants do not say “the baron’s horses,” etc., 
but “our horses.” He harmonizes capital and 
labor. 
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THE POST OFFICE CLUB. 
The school-master dropped into the store 
the other evening, and while he was there the 
minister came for a pound of coffee. While 
they were warming their hands at the stove 
they got into a discussion. The school-master 
bad read an article on evolution. Being a 
pretty smart young man, he wanted the min¬ 
ister to know he was up to the times in his 
reading. The usual members of the club had 
nothing to say in the discussion. Evolution is 
a trifle out of their line. Most of them object 
to progress in anything. It was not until 
after the disputants had gone to finish the dis¬ 
cussion at the minister’s house that Uncle 
Jacob gave his opinion. “Der brincibles of 
dis effolushun seems to be so mixed out dot I 
do not see dere is much use in a man’s neglect¬ 
ing his vork to study dem brincibals. Shust 
as far as I understands dem brincibles, effolu- 
sion was a kind off somdings dot keeps stick¬ 
ing out all along mit a man’s life. It vas 
somdings like it vas pefore und yet it vas 
shanged. Now, den, we vas all come down 
from a barbarous raze off beeble. I haf no 
doubt dot my grade-gran’fader, multi- 
blied by 10, vas a safage man dot got 
some off his best Measure mit knocking 
beeble on der head mit a glub. All der 
folks pet ween dot olt feller uud myself haf 
peen imprufed until now der raze is wort’ 
someding. Dot is what I calls effolushun. 
Blace me peside dot olt feller und what diver- 
ence dere would be, und yet I haf no doubt I 
haf all der brincibles off der oder man. Dem 
brinciples haf peen imprufed to geep up mit 
der times, und yet dey vas dere. I reads how 
it vas der gustom mit dem olt safage dribes to 
get rid mit der olt folks when dey got past 
dere uzefulness. When dem olt folks got so 
dey vas a purden, de young fellers shust led 
dem out off der blace und knocked dem on der 
head. Now den, beeble do not do dot in dese 
days, but dot oldbrincible vas come out when- 
efer an olt man vas foolish enough to gif up 
all his broperty mit his poys und oxpect dem 
to dreat him shust like dey done pefore. Ac¬ 
cording to der brinciples of effolushun dey 
should rememper dot he vas dere fader, und 
dot he had worked hard und safed dot broper¬ 
ty. But der brincibles off der olt safage vas 
too strong, und when dem boys vas see dot olt 
man blace himself in a bosition where der 
law cannot cofer him out, der same feeling 
dot brompts der young safage to take his fader 
out und knock him mit der head vas greep in¬ 
to dere hearts, uud whisper dot dere fader 
vas in dere power. Pefore dey knows it dey 
are saying und doing tings more gruel dan 
dot olt safage efer dreamed off mit his fader. 
So dis effolushun vas mosdly mid der surface. 
It vas nefer go down mit deep brincibles. 
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