Timely Topics

TIMELY TOPICS.

The Russian idea of an "open door" is believed to be a trapdoor.--New York Mail and Express.

If polypus of the throat should become epidemic in Washington, we might reasonably expect a short session of congress.--Richmond Dispatch.

When the water in Wall street seeks its own level, as an operator says it is doing now, there are apt to be many drowning casualties.--New York World.

The new English ambassador told the New York reporters that his appointment to Washington filled the cup of his ambition to the brim. There is no doubt that he is diplomatic.--Philadelphia Record.