Not Re-elected

A. western gressman is said to have been defeated by railroad aflicials who had taken offeuce at profuse shipments of public documenta. He had shipped document8 over the road addressed to bimself and accompanied by his big frank and the words, "Congressional documents Free." During the firet session he sent seventeen tons of this class of matter over the road, and as soon as he reached home he sent it back again. His big boxes of "pub. does." soon became notorious on the road, and the face and figure of the Oongressrnan were also pretty well Jtnown. Wherever he stopped he was sure to ask some of the freight agents if they had seen any of "my free freight lately." He always made himself knowi), and was sure to add, "You must handle those boxes geutly. They contain the speechts of some of the greatest men of the Nation. If you damage any of them 111 sue the road for the f uil value." On electlon day the railway officials worked hard to keep him at home. When it waa known that he was defeated nearly every freight and baggageman on the line got drunk, and for a couple of days the road was utterly demoralized. 80 the story goes, but Nevada stories, though good.are not always true. There is such a thing as overdoing a matter. Queen Victoria sends three poundsto every mother of tri plets in her dominions. But when the worthy wife of one Thomas Collyer applied a second time for this gratuity she was refused, being informed, by order of the queen, that once was enough, and tlmt it was not the intention of her majesty to encourage a habit in that respect. A Quincy man offered his wife a purse of $1000 if she would join the cliurch. With a hesitating expression on her faca she exclaimed: "Almost thou purse suadest me to be a christian ;" aüd then he got mad, and said that he hated puna and wouldn't give her a nickel to save her f rom Chicago.