.;; ' THJ5 ' PITTSBURG-1' ' " DISPATCH; SUKDATZ NOVEMBER- ,8' J -1892.', i-r. v 'xmrarii ..' . .j,- - ' . riurvn Wlje MfaMt 2TAHI.IMIE1I FEBRUARY 8. . ISIS. Vol. 74. No SS-Enterer. at Pittsburg rostofflce 3ncn.ber, 1ES.7, as tccond-class matter. EITSTNESS OFFICE, Cor.Smlthdeld nnd Diamond Streets. Ifews Rooms and Publishing House, 78 and 80 Diamond Street, New Dispatch Building. XASTERN ADYFRTISIXG OFFICR, ROOM 7. TRIBUNF. BUILDING. NEW YOKK, where complete flics or THE DlsrATCH can atways bo found. THE DISPATrn Iton saleat LF.ADIXO HOTELS throughout the United states, anil at Brentano's, 5 Union Snar, New York, and 17 Avenue de 1" Opera, Paris, France. TiiltMs OF THIS DISPATCH. rosTAGE free ix the united states. X'An.T Dts patch. OneTetr. 1 g CO Daily Di;rATcn. Three Months 2 00 DAH.T DierATCil. One Month 70 DAILTIUsrATCir. Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Dailt D ErATCn. Including Sunday, I m'ths. ! Daily 1)1 srATCn. Including Sunday, 1 month W ECKDAT Disrx CII. 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The Presideiital campaign of 1892 will close to-morrow evening, and on Tuesday the popular verdict to which the efforts of both parties for the past two months have appealed will be cast. The arguments and appeals intended to affect the action of voters, so far as they are able to do it, have probably done their work by this t'me. The expenditure of campaign am munition is certainly nearly over; but one sugcestion to voters without reference to party lines is pertinent at this time. The election of Tuesday will decide the economic policy of the nation for the next fouryrars at least. Upon such clearly defined and important issues as are at htic every voter should take the oppor tunity o cssSfiis vote in accordance with his hones1 convictions. The franchisa is the greatest and most powerful posses sion of American cit:zenhip. It should always be exercised intelligently and faithfully. There may be an excuse for neglecting to vote in elections vt here noth ing seems to be involved save the pos session of the offices by one set of poli ticians or the other. But no such excuse is to be found for a failure to vote this week. The man who stays away from the polls will simply exhibit a neglect of the duty of an American citizen which proves his unworthiness to possess its privileges. In an election where the issues are so poitive and clear as at present every man Intelligent enough ought to have his con victions and express them by his vote. We aic not here urging men to vote for one set cf convictions or the other. Our belief as to which side is right is well known, and the work of putting our opinions before the public has been done. The present exhortation is that every man shall per form his duty by going to the polls on Tuesday and voting exactly as his honest convictions tell him. If he believes in free trade let him vote the Democratic ticket; If he believes in protection he must vote the Republican ticket; if in prohibition, the Prohibition ticket. Whatever his convictions let him honestly give them ex pression by his vote and, above all, not fail In the universal duty of casting his ballot unactuated by either fear or self-interest This is the most important point of all, no matter how important the issues to be settled by the election. If all voters ex ercise the franchise intelligently and faithfully, the country will be governed . bjiibe-doiltTerete and honest will of the people, no matter whether tariffs are kept up or thrown down. THE IAMS YEBDICT. The verdict in the lams prosecution may have been reached by processes which were calculated to produce doubt and confusion; but there is no doubt that the result reflects the general opinion of in telligent, unbiased minds. There is left the liberty of judgment whether both the original offense of lams and his charge against his officers were not subjects for the jurisdiction of a court-martial; hut public opinion will agree with the Court tbt no conviction was called for. It is inevitable that the character of the iffense which produced the discipline complained of should weigh against the severe and doubtful nature of the punish ment It is necessary that a man who, when in the service of the State, for the maintenance of .law and order, applauds assassination and cheers for the assassin should have a very insecure footing in quibbling for the exact legality of the dis cipline which' Jiis insubordination draws upon him. Suclrmen may, although they declare sympathy for those who try to overthrow the law, be entitled to their un disputed rights before the courts; but on questions as doubtful as the' authority of an officer commanding troops in actual Fcrvice, their claim to tho benefit ot the doubt is not likely to be received with favor by a thoughtful jury. Beyond this, It is indisputable, as brought out in the case, that officers must have the power to preserve discipline and punish insiiborcination if the State military organ ization is to be moro than a plaything. Beyond that, officers must be able to vary Abe severity of the punishment by the character of the offense. If such a pun ishment as that complained of should be inflicted orra goldleffor a trivial offense there is no doubt that redress could be obtained. But when the nature of the offense for which lams underwent mili tary punishment is considered the verdict reflects tho belief that it waj greatly in vited. AN EXAMPLE OF REFORM POLITICS. It is ono of the. Impressive moral les sons of the day to find the New York Tost attacking the RenuWIcim city candi dates for exposing the. crookedness of Tammany rial!. It is unablo to impeach the truth of the attack, as that would be pnnivalent to saving that it was libelous in its past attacks. Consequently it deems it a sufficient answer .tojnu'-nlpusly assert that the .Itepubiicar" ed the anti- Tammany Democratic candidates In one or two past municipal elections. It would be juit as accurate to say that the independent Democrats defeated the Republican candidates in tho3o elections; but it would not suit tlio Post as well. Since it has temporarily bowed the kneo to Tammany for the sake of the anti-protection candidate, it is high treason for anyone else to object to the Tammany regime; and as a consequence everything that such people have done in the past falls under suspicion. The species of reform party which brings the Post into subjection to Tam many needs no further characterization. arUIXIFICATION'S THIRD EDITION. Perhaps, siuce the Democracy have adopted nullification in their platform, they are consistent in trying the same' policy in New York State. But experi ence should teach them that the Job of setting a.side and defying the United States is more than likely to be an expen sive and losing game. A certain portion of the Democracy un der a leader whose ideas now dominate Democratic declarations on the tariff tried nullification over half a century ago. The effort happened to run against a Democrat in the Presidental chair whose sterling loyalty and vigor crushed It in its inception. Thirty years later the attempt was renewed under the name of secession. This time the Democrat occupying the Presidency lacked ths backboue of Jack son, and the attempt went to a length which cost four years of war. But the ruin inflicted on the section which under took the task of setting at naught the Federal Government, and the damage to the Democracy for the twenty years sub sequent, vt ere incalculable. Do the Democrats of New York think that the third and reduced edition of nulli fication simply for the sake of letting their heelers fix up the election to suit them selves will be any more successful? If so, and they foolishly persist in their recent attitude, they will oe likely to appreciate their mistake by tho middle of the week. NOT BAD PATERNALISM. The constitutional restriction of the amount of debt which may bs contracted by a municipality is termed by the Phila delphia Ledger "paternal legislation," which it asserts "in practice Is not only a great inconvenience but may be a menace to health." In support of the last state ment it cites the cases of Philadelphia and Coatesville, both of which are In need of new water supply, but are prevented by the constitutional restriction from issuing bonds to pay the expense. This way of putting the case presents two questions. One is whether it is pa ternal legislation for the State to place a limitation on the ability of a municipality to plunge Into debt If it is paternal leg islation it Is of the sort which received the support of some of tho best minds the State has ever possessed, In the Conven tion of 1873. and has been indorsed by an overwhelming majority of the people. But it is to the point to say that it is no more paternal than for the Constitution or the Legislature to prescribe any other rules for municipal government The Ledger's argument that "thu municipality being quite as wise as the legislature might be trusted to manage its own affairs," would apply just as cogently to any other par ticular. It would be just as convincing to establish the claim that tho Legislature should grant charters permitting Councils to prescribe the entire form of govern ment; to levy taxes when and how they choose; to say what officers shall be chosan by themselves and what "elected by the people. It it is paternal for a government to limit the debt-floating power of cities, it is paternal to lay down any rules or conditions whatever in the granting of charters. As to the statement that the provision becomes a menace to public health in the two cases named, the circumstances per mit it to be presented in another light If a city goes into debt to the full limit for various purposes more or less neces sary, and then finds Itself unablo to bor row money for something absolutely vital, is it the Constitution or the city that Is to blame? The question is likely to have a cogent bearing for Pittsburg. If we should exhaust our borrowing power now, and then a few years hence find ourselves unable to issue bonds for an absolute. y necessary water extension, we would have hard work to blame anything but our reckless policy. BUSINESS MOTIVES ONLY. It is difficult to say what basis of actual capital there is behind the mooted project to start a new steel works at Homestead, to be run by the workmen who were pre vious to the scale dispute employed at the Carnegie works. Whether there is much or little capital ready to be put into such an enterprise whether the project Is imagination or has substance it is one that could be given entire indorsement, pro vided it were put upon the proper basis to give a fair assurance of successful man agement The idea of a co-operative concern in which the workingmen shall be partners is one well worth cherishing. The Phila delphia Press in noticing the report refers to the fact that co-operative and profit sharing plans have not always worked smoothly, basing its unfavorable opinion of such plans upon two cases in which tho men were dissatisfied with the share of the profits allotted to them, or with the actual profit or lack of it, in an unfavora ble year. If any organization of human design ever worked with out jars or differences of opinion we did not know it. But while every effort to make workingmen partners in the con cern for which they labor will be subject to such friction, the fact remains that such plans more closely identify the inter ests of employers and employed; that they increase the reward for good and faithful work, and that they stimulate busmess-like habits by making the work ingman a capitalist on a small scale. If the locked-out men at Homestead can start works of their own it will be a step in which they should receive encour agement Indeed, it is so plainly the wisest course for labor, that if the men have shown an ability to get along without wages for some months tho conclusion is. that they would have done better to have worked for those months and put their wages into the new Investment. But to give a hope of success the enterprise should be started solely because a careful review of the field shows that the union of money and skill that can be com manded for it can turn out tho manu factured product so as to make fair profits. Every such co-operative enterprise should beware of the motive of revenge on some other concern with which tho new establishment" will compete. It should abjure any approach to that motive in the present case for double reasons. First, the idea that a new concern can iu flict any serious injury on tho Carnegie interests is absurd. There is room for new steel works in the country; but it is self evident that no now establishment could start a competition that wou'd injure the" Carnegie mills, without injuriug itself equally. The other reason is for. the sake of the success of co-operation. Revenge is not'a business motivcf andto be success ful co-operation should be based exclu sively on business aims. Wo wish to see co-operative concerns, profit-sharing concerns and small concerns In whlcnthe partners do-much if not all of the work. Such enterprises will furnish the most Democratic condition of Indus tries as well as promise a solution of the labor problem. But all such concerns must be based solely on the desire, to manufacture and sell goods at a profit; and must know no other motive or senti ment whatever. THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE LIARS. The Baker ballot law roorback appears o be as persistent this year as our more familiar friend, the Presidental campaign roorback. Down in Montgomery county a couple of specimens of the class have been circulated, which are peculiarly salient examples of the policy of lying about the law. One of them is the circu lation among the Mennonites and kindred sects with religions scruples against tak ing an oath that if a citizen does not know how to prepare his ballot "he is obliged to swear that he cannot do it in order to get help." The other is an equally high-colored assertion for tho benefit of the illiterate, that if a man makes an error in marking his ballot he will be arrested. Tho consequent conclu sion is that the people to whom these stories are addressed have either got to do violence to their conscience by taking an oath or suffer imprisonment for conscience sake. The motive in circulating these fabrica tions about the law is something more than the ordinary politician's desire to bring the law into contempt The Mont gomery county Democrats place the re sponsibility for the law on the Repub licans, and by circulating these lies hope to defeat the Republican legislative ticket in that county. It is not likely that their roorback campaign will be a success in that particular. It illustrates, however, the perservanctof the liars in politics. THE TIME FOR BAIN-MAKtNO. It seems to have been characteristic of our friends the artificial rain-maker i that during the two months of clear skies just ended they had little or nothing to say for themselves. While there was no prospect of rain anywhere, neither the artillerists who bombard the heavens for rain nor tho conjurors who grind it out of a mysterious machine were heard from. No matter how much Iheir boasted ability to produco rain was needed they kept out of the way. Nosooner, however, was there the report from the far West of barometric depres sions, rains and the other phenomena that denote a change of weather, than the rain making crowd sprang Into prominence. One corps made itself very audible with explosions in the vicinity of Washing ton; and another was advertised as starting for Texas. The news that rain was coming, and that the wind was set In a quarter that made the end of the drought a foregone conclusion; seems to have brought the rain-making frater nity into a condition of tho most active in dustry. All of which is extremely suggestive to tho effect that success in rain-miking de pends on judgment in timing the rain making experiments just before the rain is coming. After all, it is hardly surprising that a party unwise enough to pre Tor Calhoun to Washington, Hamilton, Madison, Jackson, Jeirorson or Webster ns an interpreter of the Constitution, should be so fatuous ns to threaten and advise opposition to tho exer cise of incontestiblo Federal authority at the polls. A party that would endanger American prosperity by relinquishing tho national system of currency and returning to the eviis of wildcat banking and fluctu ating money, cannot bo expected to pay much attention to snch a detail as obeying the country's laws for the sake or public policy. And an organization erratic onouih 'to pledge lt-elf to upset American industry by inviting European competition little cares how much social uproar may arise from an attempt to revive dead issues and arouso the defunct spirit of sectionalism. Tuesday will bring boyish braggarts to their senses, and destroy many election il lusions beautiful enough to be a joy forever in the eyes of those whose guesswork forms their airy unsubstantial fabric. Now that the eve of the election has ar rived, there is no longer tho least doubt as to the deep interest taken in its outcome. But when will Americans learn that to secure a government ana administration they must pay perpetual attention to politics? If the amount of time wasted on puerile parades and idle speculation during a Presiden'nl campaign, were distributed over tho inter vening four years and devoted to a close study or public affairs, this nation would save enormons expense, minimise corrup tion and obtain servants of maximum ef ficiency. As a general thing political predictions are quite Shakespearian, being about an equal combination of As You Like It, Lovo's Labor Lost, A Comedy of Errors, and Much Ado About Nothing. ' TrrAT the Democratic party will be the greatest sufferer from its assumption of an attitude opposed to law is certain. But the fact that the country will be n gainer by Democratic loss at this time is not sufficient to outweigh the noxious effect that an ex ample of organized opposition to the na tion's instruments must have both at home and abroad. The America of to-day is a united nation and, while any assertions to the contrary are discreditable chiefly to the makers theicof, tho people as u whole haro to bear a sliaro of the leflection. There is a regular epidemic of confidence In political elides. Even tho Third party- poopie nave a severe attacic, ana the Prohi bitionists alone seom fice from tho infec tion. Presumably the people on Pittsburg streets last night who failed to enjoy thu enthusiastic trumpetlngs were few and far between. Tho majority of tho throng evi dently delighted "in the discoidant har mony, or an urgent pica might have -been made fur Protection against Instead of by tho American tin horn. Piety can hardly banish politics on this Sunday, and the country would be the gainer If politics would give more thought to piety on week days than Is customary. Fusions are as plentiful as blackberries in mid-season so tar as reports go. But the proof of the fusion is in the Totinsr, and re ports are quite frequently no moro than a loud noise caused by tho explosion or Im palpable gases and doing little execution. Indian summer may be expected just as soon as folk have accustomed themselves to now and frost. Weather and variety aro very nearly synonymous terms. And now the lanterns, uniforms and such like trumpery may be relegated to tho real children lor another Tour years, though the tin horn will no doubt have one.more horri ble reign of tea-or on Tuesday nlulit. WnAT a grand thing it will be for Chi cago saloons, baseball games, theaters and other purely secular, money-gamblta; "at tractions," if the absolute Sunday closing of the World's Fair be persisted tnl EACH HOUSE A P0STQFFICE. CORBZSrOSDIXCB OF THE DISPATCB.1 Washihotoic, Nov. 8. Two thousand letter-boxes a day will be turned out by a fact ory at Norrlstown, Pa., which begins De ceuibor 1 to manufacture those articles for the private use of householders all over, tho anion.. They are designed, as already an nounced In The Dispatch; for attachment to the doors of dwellings and other Duildings, being of the patterns selected, by the Tost offlco Department from 1,600 models offered. To produce these models cost the Inventors of this country not less than $2SO,000. The company controlling the patents which were successful in tho competition will have. practically a monopoly ot the business, be cause people will prefer to buy the boxes appioved by tho Uovcrnment, Half-a-dozen styles were picked ont ns best by Mr. Wana maker, and the Inventor of one of them has bought out the others, so that all the rights are now vested In a concern which calls it self the Postal ImprovetnentCouipany. The contrivances are to be Introduced in all places where there Is froe delivery. Ac cording to the latest census, there aro 2,618,207 residences In all the towns of the United States whloli have more than 10, CO) inhabitants. The froo delivery system extends to all com munities having over i.OM individuals. Tims it will appear that the company has a pospect or selling Its devices to a vast num ber of purchasers, with proflts correspond ingly large. The Inducements for Using. It was recognized from the beginning that, In order to get householders to em ploy such contrivances, soma bettermduce ment must bo offered them tlinn the piivl leue ot having their mail dropped In a re ceptacle at their doors. Citizens xenentlly a ill not even lake the trouble to have slits in their front doors through which letters may be put. They do not feel interested In saving the postal service time. But the in ducement required is supplied in these de vices by the Introduction or an arrangement which enables every person liavinir a prl vnto box to mall his own lottery newi.pa- Sers and packages without going out of his welling. At the same time ho can pnr chaso stamps and stamped envelopes in any quantities he desires without leaving lilt house. Let it be supposed that Mr. A, who owns a box, has n ritten a letter at his hume. Hav ing no stamp be diopsltwlth 2 cents Into the collection compartment of the box on tho inside ot his front door. The act ot lift ing the lid of this compartment to pnt in the missive nutomatic.illv raises into view a target on the outside of the dooci which bears the word Mail" in big letters. Presently the postman comes along, sees the target displayed, unlocks the compartment trom the oiutlde and takes ont the letter and tho money. Very likely ho has letters to deliver, in which caso he unlocks a lower compartment. Intended for tho reception of mall, and drops them in. Nothing appears on the outside of the door but a slot and two keyholes. The ooenpant of tho duelling has his own keys lor opening the compart ments iroru within. How to Get a Supply of Stamps. If he wants to procure stamps or stamped envelopes, he incloses tho money lor them in an envelope with an order indicating the number and denominations required. He drops this envolope Into the collection com partment, addressed to the carrier, who takes it to the postofflce, where tho order is filled. On his next trip he delivers the stamps.two 2-cent stamps being retained and canceled for the service. This system is profitable) to the Fostofllce Department as well as to citizens. Lack of stamps and dis inclination to make a trip to the nearest stamp agency or corner box, whether the cause be inclement weather or a too oom- fortable dinner, rou the trovornmenc ot an enormous amount annually, which might be gained if a complete postofflce wero at every man's door. Kecent trials of these house-boxes In cities having proved gicatly successful in the saving ot time, similar experiments are to be made at once on the ruiul routes selected for lost purposes one a village route, and the othera larming distt let 10 miles square with mounted postmen. This is in line with Mr. Wunnmaker's plans lor extending the freo delivery svstem. Two years ago Con gicssxavo to the 1'ostmastcr General 10,000, which was expended in trying the merits of lrce delivery in 46 villages of few or than 500 inhabitants; some of them wore as low as SU0. Carriers were put on In' those couimunltlei, and the result was that in one year 43,000 was earned by the venture over and above all expenses. Ir the appropriation made by Congress for the purpose had been $l,'COO,0Ou, Mr. Wanamakcr believe that Uncle tarn would have made $3G0,O00 by the speculation. Incidentally, owing to Increased sale- of stamps In those 46 villages, the aggregate salaries of their postmasters, which are paid bv a nercentase on the sale of stamps, wero Increased $1,900. Wherever the delivery sys tem is introduced it is found profitable lor the Government, and the Postmaster Gen eral is convinced that the revenues of his department would be largely augmented by extending It to the lurming districts. The Company's Flan of Campaign. To have the boxes put in, two-thirds of tho householders on a route must agree to buy them, selecting their own patterns. The Postal Improvement Company will em ploy agents in every big city, who will send descriptive circulars to every house describ ing the boxes and their advantages. People will bo invited to call ut the postoffice and inspect the uoxes, or, If they desire, the ugents will bring samples to their dwellings. It is expected that hen a lew citizeus on a route havo made up their minds that thoy deslro boxe, they w ill voluntarily canvass their neighbors in order to secure the lequlslte two-thirds of them as subscribers. Postmasters all over the country have al leadybeen instructed by Mr. Wanam.nker to lend all reasonable aid to secure the adop tion of tho boxc. Another point in favor of the house-bnx system is that it will practically do away with the robbing of letter boxes. Patterns ol the boxes will be made with two horizon tal sills in the door plate above and below the mall slot. By this device a person's name and number can he put on his plate in a lew moments, each metal letter having a double flange on tne back of it like a patent paper fastener, which is thrust throuch tho silt and spread behind the plate so as to se cure the letter. The owner's uamo is quickly spelled oat with letters attached equidistant along the slit. With numbers it is the same way. It has beeu suggested that luminous targets shall be used to catch the postman's eye after dark. Many build ers are already introducing provision for lcttor boxes into their specifications for dwellings and business offices to he erected. It is anticipated that beiorelong they will be a leature of the construction of houses generally. If desired they can he built Into ilie wall. Some day the Postofflce Depart ment may furnish boxes free, but ut present it has no fund for that purpose. It may be asked, where inrutal districts does the house lotter box come in? Why, on the fencepost by the public thorough (are, where it is easily accessible to tho fam ily and to tho mountod letter carrier. The Postal Telegraph Scheme. These letter holes constitute an important feature in Mr. Wanamaker's postal tele gtuph scheme, by which every residence, laotory and offlco in the nation will be brought, as he believes, into electrical com munication with every other residence, factory and office. His idea is that tele grams should bo conveyed to and from tho boxer oy the legular letter carriers. For example, Mr. B. lives In San Francisco, and his wife1 is visiting her mother in Now York. Ho wishes to know by what train she will return. Instead of going to a telegraph offlco several blocks distant and sending a messtgo at the cost of a dollar or two, he writes a postal telegraph letter and drops it into a uox an ins own nouse. not having a stamp, ho deposits with tne letter 2 cents for postage and a sufficient additional sum to cover the cost or telegraphing, low rates having boon established by the Govern ment of which he is informed by a slmplo tKriff-sheet pasted inside of his letter-box lid. Tho postman collects the letter and do livers it to the operator at the postofflce, who telegraphs it to the New York, post office, whence it is delivered by the first currier to the box on Mrs. B.'s mother's door. Mrs. it. wiites a postal tolegram In reply and deposits in her mother's box. Be ing a woman she Is a trifle more anxious to make sure of speedy delivery at the other end, so she puts 10 cents additional in the dox, which insures special delivery as under the present system. On the same day Mr. B. in San Francisco finds the answer to hit letter in his box and blesses the Postofflce Department, having saved incidentally per haps $1. The Inventor of tho letter-box whloli was moat highly approved Is Allred D. Cashing. He and his financial backers having bought up the oilier accepted devices, constitute, the Postal Improvement Company. Among other ingenious patontod contrivances of which ho is the originator is a self-feeding tack hummer, which Is advertised to drive tacks four times as fast as they can be driven by the old-fashioned method. Only one band being required, tho manipulator is In no danger ot.punlidlnj his or her thumb. AlSHE UAOOX. WHEBE COKPEITIIOH WAS SQTJM.0HKD. An Important Hearing in the Salt of the State Against the Reading. Habrisbuiio. Nov. 6. In the Common wealth's suit against the Beading combluo, an Important hearing was had this after noon be.'ore Examiners Borgner and Mc Almey, in which a large amount of evi dence, documentary and .otherwise, .was submitted, showing the location and physical relation of the .Lehigh Valley, Jer sey Central and Philadelphia and Reading Railroads to each other, and the points at which they are alleged to compete lor busi ness, together with statements as. to the coal rates from the various anthracite regions before and alter the lease of the Lehigh Vat ley and Jersey Central Railroads. Attorney General Hersel undGaorireNauman. 01 Lan caster, appeared fortho Commonwealth, and M. E. Olsteadforthe defendants. There wei e al.-o filed to-day supplemental answers of the Port Heading Railroad Com pany, Central Railroad Company, of New Jersey, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com-t pany and Philadelphia and Reading Rail road Company to the Attorney General's bill of complaint. The -answers show that the lease of the Jersey CcntTal Railroad has been surrendered. AW IHTEE2SIING KHU. Remains of Indians Unearthed In a Mound at East Buffalo. Buffalo Newt. A pile or human skulls and bones were bron-rhtto the morgue yesterday by order of Coroner Ransom.' They were a part of tho remains of 16 persons, there being that many skulls. They were dug up from a mound of earth near Buffalo CrecK and Clinton streer,wherea new street is being opened. They are thought to be tho bones of Indians who belonged to a tribe known ns tho Kah-Kwnhs, which became extinct about 200 years ago. Th? bones neie found in a single spot. A custom of the Kali-Kwahs was to gather their dead at certain times and bury them all together In n single mound. A lot of cookimr utensils of copper and other metal, withontbottoms, weio found in the same heap. The skulls are pretty well preset ved, and Coroner Ransom will turn them over to tho Historical Society He made a second trip to tho scene of the odd find yesterday. He reports that there is possibly a wagon load more of the re mains yet to De gathered Irom this place. FOTJETEEN SIUDENT8 EXPELLED. They Belonged to a Secret Order In Spite of the College Rales. Jacksox. Miss., Nov.. 5. General Stephen D. Lee, Presidont of tho State Agricultural College at Sturkvllle, is In town to-day and brings news of the expulsion of 14 students at that institution on Tuesday because of their connection with a secret order, tho Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Eight of tho yoang men were seniors, two j nniors and four sophomores. All are mem bers of the Lee Guards, one of the crack military organizations of the State. It appears that, though strictly azainst the rules of tho college, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon had been in existence five 'or six years. It was only made known this week through an anonymous letter to President Leo. Ho offered the students the alternative of dis bandment and tho surrenderor their charter or expulsion. During the investigation "President Lee found that lour members of his faculty, in addition to tho 14 students, wero members of the society. Tho tutors renounced allogi anco, nowover, and retain their places. GOLDEN WEDDIHO IN A P00BHOUSE. Tho Inmates Did "What They Conld to Make tho Occasion Joyful. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 0. Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Bogward celebrated thoir golden wedding yosterday in the poorhouso. They were married in Altenhagon, Germany. Ten years lator they camo to America, but pros perity deserted them In their old age and now, bowed and feeblo nnd gray, without kindred or near friends, they are passing their last days in tho poorhouse. The door of the little cell-like room, which is all the old couple can call home, was gayly decked with evergreens, wreaths and stars or gold paper. There was a roast duck, a bottle of wine and a big basket of grapes at the wedding dinner. The inmates and the Superintend ent's family gave such gifts as they could. The old man was made happy with a fine new pipe, a big package of tobacco and agny silk bandanna, while the .little old woman rejoiced over two line whi(o aprons and a red silk handkerchief, TLOPLE OP PRpSIINENCE. The Emperor of Germany has ordered that a bronze medal bo struck to commem orate tho Wittenberg Festival. Louis Xavier, the Parisian sculptor, has boon telling a St. Louis reporter that the feet of American women are too smalt Miss Anna Haydn Webster, the ad vocate or Greek art in modern dress and manner, will go abroad this month to spend a year in Greece. Key. Dr. Morgan Dix has an income from Trinity Parish (N. Y.) estimated to be tully as large as that paid to tho President or the United States. Edwin Booth has returned from Lake wood to New York and will make his homo with his daughter, Mrs. Grossman, instead of at the Players' Club, as heretofore. Mayroyeni Bey, Turkish Minister at Washington, a particular social favorite at the Capital, is very fond of getting up thea ter parties. He is a Greek by birth, and un married. Colonel Henry Watterson has shaved off his luxuriant mustacho and intends to depend upon flowery whiskers us facial adornments through which the sweet South winds can whisper its Ideal messages. SI. Onanoff, recently deceased in Po land, was icgardedasone of the most prom ising savants of the day by M. Charcot, whom be assisted at the Satpotriere in Paris, where his experiments on locomotor ataxy at tracted profound attention. Tsui Kwo Yin, who for more than four years past has been Chinese Minister to tho United States, is preparins to roturn 'to China in a row days. It is customary with the Chinese Government to change its rep resentatlves abroad every four yerrs. .Frederick Sion, the brave tailor who planted the first French flag upon the soil.of, Algeria on the 14 th of June, 1830. died recent ly at tho ago of 85 years. Tho French Gov ernment rewarded and cared for the old man, and ho was loaded with decorations. There Is Philadelphia, HI., Ind., Miss, and Mo. Philadelphia Inquirer.; Some oi the Pittsburg papers data thotr Philadelphia dispatches "Philadelphia, Pa." Philadelphia advertisers' sometimes date their advertisements In the same way. In Paris and London it is well enough known whero Philadelphia is. It may bo different in Pittsburg. Don't "Waste the Gas. Brooklyn Standard-Union. By deep boring another supply of natural gns for Pittsburg has been struck. It is possible there will not bo as great tronble taken to wasto this as to dispose of the first supply. t Having a Good Time. Washington Pott. ' Hon. David Martin is still having a regular Tammany of a time in Now York politics. LIFE'S AFTERMATH. f . When 1 wai young. The Muse, ami other glrli more sweet! Were coy and shv. with dlltunt feet, Many's the girl I have not klued; No song I ung, . When I was young: Cupid's shafts then rue always missed. Now I am gray. Some girls and she are they too bold, . Or do they only think me-old? - They smile, caress, alt on my knee: This Is their war, Now I am grar, Some girls why, they my nieces be. That hussy shy, - ' Rrato, that Love's lyre doth lioM. Now becks ani rhymes: Old. Bold, Uola, Sold, Am If We'll see: a bait I've slang; She shall tell why. ' . That liussTlslr. , - " " Bhe laughed at me when t was young. Hi . BaHtr, in tow England Hagatin, THE DEATH OP MBS. HARBISON. G. Wilfred Pearce, a prominent artist and electrician 'of New Brunswick, N. J., had charge of the Introduction of electric fixtures into the White Hoaso two years ago. While at this work he had the opportunity of becoming fully acquainted with the White House structure. He writes Tax DisPATCn as follows: It Is a fact well known by intimate friends of the late Mrs. Benjamin Harrison that she had a vivid premonition that she would con tract a disease in the "White House which would carry her off. Sho detested the mis erable, shabDy rattle trap which this wealthy nation considers good enough for the residence of its Chief Executive and his family, and she spared no effort to induce the Government to build a new mansion, or else pnt np the old house in habitable condi tion ana add an L containing a few living rooms for tho family. Congress heard the appeal and voted a few miserable hundreds of dollars to keop the ceilings from lulling down and stop up the rat holes, but turned a deafeartothe project of .building a new.honso or adding additions to the old ono. The writer has. seen Mrs. Harrison writing on cold .days without file in the draughty broad hall on the second floor of the Whtto House, which was the only "room" except bedrooms on the floor nsed by the family. She had no other place to go for the purpose of sewing or writing except that wretched hall in which the draught circulated as in a barn. The Bad Taste of the Public. The downstairs rooms are thronged every day with crowds of sightseers, who go everywhere cutting pieces from hangings or furniture, scratching names on the win dows or piano, eating luncheons on stairs or in the parlor, and If It be a busy day and the guards are not watching, the curiosity seokers go upstairs and invade the private rooms of the family. The President, so long ago as when he was Inaugurated, endeav ored to mako arrangemonts to reside in the Shorehaui Hotel, but thu laws of our country compelled him to reside in a house which would be conuemnnd as a nuisance, danger ous to life and health In Pittsburg or New YorK. Not only Is the homo poorly furnished with cheap and tawdry lurniture, but It lacks the conveniences which are found in tho tenement houses of modern cities. In the time of General Grant and President Garfield, their lamllies used to bathe nt the homes. of friends and eat at restaurants. There was little improvement in the house, until Mrs. Harrison worked to have new bathtubs, etc., put In, and these toilet and bathrooms were put in with utter disregard ot sanitary Ideas, so that their presence was n standing Invitation to typhoid fever. Even tho State apartments are so vulgar that architects and others have time and again offered to make plans without cost, in order to prevent the Jibes and Jeers which visiting foreigners level at a house which is as vulcar in its furniture and ornaments as a concert saloon In Montana. The Dining Room Like a Barber Shop. One of the horrors which the unfortu nate diplomats of Washington are compelled to undergo Is the so-called State dinners in the State dining room, which looks like a 6 cent barber Miop over in Allegheny. Owing to tho niggardly sums doled out by the Gov ernment a good dinner cannot be served, and it is doubtful whether the wretched kitchen could be used by tho chef at Del inoulco's to get np a proper dinner. So tho President and the guests tako care to eat be fore tho State dinner comes, off, and then go to the function, where they drink one or two glasses of wine, make a pretenso of eating some of the sodden and cold food, someone proposes a health, and tbon the dinner is over in time to permit the diplomats to say uncomplimentary things of our Govern ment. I speak from an expetience of 14 years' personal acquaintance with the ablest architects in Washington, when I say the death of Mrs. Harrison may be wholly at tributed to tho rod tapeism and false notions of economy whloli prevail in that white structure which we cull the national resi dence. When ongaged In putting in the electric fixtures two years I told Mrs. Har rison that I had seen almhouses In the city of Charleston, S. C, which were better built nnd contained more modern sanitary and domestic arrangements than tho White Hauso. Time and time again a bill has been prepared by patriotic citizens who wero willing to eo down In their poaisets and pay for a creditable Executive Mansion. The matter has been repeatedly before Congress, which has referred it to pigeon holes, never to come forth again. Democrats and Re- puDllcans divide the honors of staying the path of progress toward a now rosidence, and meantime the old house is tumbling to decay. , The First Lady Might Be LIvlns. If Sirs. Harrison had lived during her resldenco in Washington in a modern house, the chances are that she would be living to day, but In order that this Government may point with prido to the fact that it keeps its President at a cheaper rate than it keeps Government criminals, and permits loafers from all over the country to invade the Ex ecutive Mansion and drive the family of tho Chlof Magistrate to seek the seclusion of bedrooms and halls to escape the stare of the mob; because of these things a noble. Chris tian woman is dead, and our excellent Presi dent is prostrated with grief over the death or the wife to whom he has been a most de voted husband from the day when she plighted her troth to him in the cool, acade mic groves or the collogo, where tliey were trained under the same roor tree to go out into the world add set forth an example of what constitutes a model family In our country. The worus which I have written are truo and based on facts which cannot be con troverted by nny apologist for this Govern ment's business methods of dealing with affairs connected with tho President's mansion. I could, if 1 chose, add some in teresting facts which would puzzlo soma statesmen of both parties to account for. I will say that one bad feature of the house is its close proximity to the malarial swamps of tne Potomac But this is not the worst, and, moreover, these swamps are now being filled in. J. Wiltiied Peaxic. New Brunswick, N.J., November 4. TAMIIANI TIGER TYRANNY. Tnis is going to bo a fair election, or thero will ho trouble for those who make it other wise. New York Tribune. We scarcely think that even Tammany will go to tho length of defying the Govern mont of the United States. Baltimore Ameri can. Billv SnEEHAS wants blood, ne can find it Tuesday in the slaughter house through which Grover Cleveland will march to- the grave. Toledo Blade. Mb. Sheeuas should be requested by the United States Marshal tq, withdraw his proc lamation, or he should be placed under ar rest. Rochester Democrat. The howl of the Domocracy against Fed eral supervisors sounds very much as if it icalized that its rands could not bo worked this year. Buffalo Expiess. The Democratic leaders in Now York will blow and bluster, but they will not daro to go the length of resisting United States of ficers in tho discharge of their duty. Indian apolis Journal. It is quite likely that a serious conflict may occur, but It is to bo hoped that the au thority of the National Government will have undisputed sway and secure an hon est election. Cleveland Zea-ter. Tammahv's attempt to prove horsolf big ger that the United States comes a little late. Thero was a man named Calhoun who tried that once, and alter him there wero several others. The last round showed tho United States very largely on top. Philadel phia Inquirer. Tub appointment of a hordoor sheriff's deputies to compel United States marshals to abandon their duties wonld be to call npon the heads of tho local offenders the penalties of the national laws, anil those laws are not good buzz-saws to monkey with. Elmira Advertiser. The authority or the UnitedStatesii being exerted to protect tho suffrage in Now York against tto gigantic fraud, and every loyal citizen is bohind'the authority of tho United States. It is useless lor Cleveland-Tammany rascals to talk of evading or defying it. Let tho criminals beware! New York Pre-s. Short Skirts at Ann Arbor. Asjf Arbor, Mluh., Nov. 5.-During tho prevalent latny weather dozens of the col lege girls hero hnve appeared on the streets in the Jenncss-MIHer "rainy-day dress." Tho skirt ls'plain and tight-fitting, but the striking feutnro is that it readies only about half way rom tho knee to the ankle. To make up for this gap the college girls wear long gaiters, and can now splash through the mud as well as the boy. Tuey have been threatening to adopt this smt ovor since Mrs. Jenncss-Mlller leotured here last semester. 4-'Ti . . -j.ll!sVjsiibKAi & . tie i."" w-'i "li . ' .a iL&. iiii!U,-X.!i?siKS5ii&St- r .a&dii sjithtB. 'CSto. FAILED A SECOND HUE. WHIIam Gerlach, a Philadelphia Stock Broker, Goes to the Wall. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. William Gerlach, a stock broker, trading as Gerlach & Harjes, in the Drexel building, bus been declared insolvent by the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He has until next Monday at 2 r. v.. In which to make settlement. This action was taken to-day in consequence of the failure of Mr. Gerlach to meet recently negotiated contracts. Just before the close or the market yesterday 800 shares of New England held by Mr. Gerlacn wero soia -unuor cue nammer." The Arm lulled abont two years ago, bat through a friendly Intercession were ena bled to resume. Since then they have been doing business on a very slender footing, and this has finally given wav.cansing the second break. Nearly all tho firm's accounts are small. Mr. Gerlach Is completely prostrated by this second loss, and Is unable to leave his home. BED XXAG3 OS NONE AT ALL. Chicago Anarchists Preparing to Lay the Corner Stono of Their Monument. Chicago, Nov. 5. It is announced this evening that the procession to the corner atone laying of the Anarchist monument at Waldhoim, Cemetery will start from Hay market Square. The beginning of the line of march, therefore, will be on the Identical spot where the riot occurred In 1S86. If debarred by the police from carrying the red flair, the parade will be made with out flags of any sort. It is proposed to un veil the monument next June during the World's Fair. GRESHA1I THK GR0V7LEE. Judge Gp.eshax wouldn't havo written that letter had Harrison appointed him to the Supreme bench. Toledo Blade. Judqk Grxshax writes that he thinks it posslblo for a man to vote for Mr. Cleveland without becoming a Democrat. Bat what shall he be called a Demolican or a Repub ocratr Columbus Dispatch, Now that Judge Grosham has given reas ons, ho Is down to tho level of MacVeogh, who got along fairly as a Cleveland man un til, in an hour of weakness and vanity, he tried to teU why. Brooklyn Standard Union. Ir Jndge Grcsbam don't like the Republi can way of doing things, ho might return the commission of Circuit Judge tendered him by a Republican administration. But he will do nothing of tho kind. Ohio State Journal. The action of Judge Gresham will not in fluence a dozen votes, so completely has his doabtfnl course, and his attitude with refer ence to the People's party nomination for President, weakened his influence. Evening Wisconsin. It Is Judge Gresham's opinion that "a man can vote for Mr. Cleveland without Joining the Democratic party." Onr own view is that a man possibly may do such a thing, but that he will have a. rough time explain ing the matter to his conscience. 2vet York Ihress. Judge Greshah's unwillingness to be classified as a Democrat strengthens tho suspicion that he votes for Cleveland not so much because he differs with the Republi can party as because he personally dislikes his old Indiana rival on the Republican ticket. Philadelphia Bulletin. Judge Geesham evidently thinks that the Democrats have not made enough of him and his defection from his party. His let ter announcing his intention of voting for Mr. Cleveland Is & mere request to have the tom-toms beaten over again In his h onor. New York Advertiser. Beer "Won't Born. Washington Post.; Will some one please explain wny tho Milwaukee Are skipped all tho breweries and licked np the cliurchos? A Clear Case of Repeating. Chicago Inter Ocean. How pleasant it is tbatthe Kansas Daltons aro not living to vote as they shot. They would voto all day. A "Worthy Substitute. Philadelphia Record. The fifteen puzzle is hardly missed since' the more ingenious (new ballot law -came along. Too Much Brag and Bluster. Chicago Tribune. J Wisconsin Democrats do not seem to love' General Bragg for tho speeches ho has made. DEATHS IIERE AND ELSEWDERE. Rev. "William SlacMIllan, Cincinnati. Rev. William MacMillau, a widely known Presbyterian divine, died Friday at Cin cinnati, aged 63 years. Ills remains will be brought to this city and burled in the Allegheny Cemetery. Mr. MacMllIan was born In Pittsburg about 1877. on the present site of the Yost building on Fourth avenue. For ome years be attended the ramous school of "Old John Kelly," fjn.Vlr Sradnatlng at old Duquesne College. Shortly af irward he entered the ministry of the Presby terian Churrh and has been In active service since. In 1832 he married Eleanor Gray, daughter of tne late Hon. John Morrison, of Allegheny. By her he bad two children. O. M. MacMllIan and Mrs. W. D. Bell. Ills first wife died In 18SI and In 1S51 he married Miss Wade, a daughter of Judge Wade, of Cincinnati- Two children survive this union. Dr. Wade 3IacMUlan and 311ss Marr L. MacMllIan. For the past year he was pastor of the church at Lancaster. O. Mme. Morel, Prima Donna. While Slorel, the well-known prima donna, was singing on the stage at Bocrakarta, Java, before a distinguished audience, among whom were the Javanese prince and the Dutch president and Just when she was bowing aud smiling her acitnowledgements of a bouquet of flowers, her face turned livid, and with a cry of agony sne fell to the stage. The audience rose In consternation and the members of the troupe rushed to the assistance of the stricken woman. When they attempted to removehershe seemed to suffer so much that it was thought best to wait awhile. In a few minutes, notwithstanding prompt medical attention, the prima donna died In full view of the audience. All were greatly shocked and some of the women Tainted from distress. The cause of death was found to lie a sudden and vio lent attack or Asiatic cholera. Colonel Van H. Manning. Ifon. Van H. Mannine, aped 53 years, is dead at Washington. Mr. Manning was a Colonel in the Confederate army, lie r-presented the Second Mississippi district In Congress for three terms. Slnoe his retirement from Congress, abont a decade ago. he has practiced law In Washing ton, lie leaves a wife and eight children. Florlmond Ronger-Herve, Dramatist. Sr. Elorimond Honjer-Hervc, the well known dramatic artist and French composer, died in Paris Friday night. It Is said his dtath was caused bv the passion aroused while reaalnan un favorable criticism n his last worlc. Ills anarer brought on an attack of asthma, which killed him. Obituary Notes. M. Massicault, resident General of France la Tunis, died yesterday. MAnqcis de Saint Dents, the distinguished French arlcnt&llst. Is dead. M. Edouakd Valert Goessiek, the distin guished French statesman, is dead. Judge John Collier, or Atlanta, is dead. He was one of the pioneer citizens of the place. IIox. Mr. Macbaiw,. President of the Legis lative Council of Victoria. Australia, died Friday. N. Goudox Bigilow. Queen's connscl. a mem ber of the Ontario Legislature, and one of the best criminal lawyers In Toronto, died there Friday mornlog. Dollt 15. Ward, daughter of James Ward, the wealthy iron man of New Castle, formerly of Nlles. O.. died al the family residence in that city Friday, aged 14 years. Howard Lockwood, of the firm of noward. Lockwood & Co.. printers and publishers, and founders of the Viper Trad Jimrml, died at his residence In New York City Friday. William If. Wilet. a prominent manufacturer of Hartford for a quarter or a century, died Fri day. He was the originator of orergalter manu facturing In M ew England and filled Lirge Govern ment and btate contracts. Miss Pahmilia Wright died In Benton Har bor. Mich., Friday night, aged 1C2 years. She re tained her mental faculties to tho last. Miss Wright was born near Fairfax Court House. Virginia, and otteninet General George Washington. Thomas Jefferson and other noted men of that time. Judge John K. Cravens, one ot the leading lawyers and most widely known Jurists of Mis souri, died In Kansas City Weduesdiy night of malarial fever, aged 54.. He had practiced law In Wisconsin nnd Missouri for over i) years. He was a leading Republican and had held many Important olllces. Lizzie B. Ward, daughter of James Ward, the wealthy iron man of New Castle, formerly of Nlles, O.. died at the family ris'rtence In New Castle Friday, aged 14 years. The funeral will take place bunday morning, and a special tram will conrev the body and the family to Pittsburg, where the burial will take place . CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Germany has automatic bootblacks. A dozen different beers are mads ia Borneo. Hermetically sealed wine flas ka hay, been fonndln Pompeii. When tea was first brought to England the leaves were eaten. A signal passes throuch the Atlantic cable in 31-100 of a second. A full-grown elephant is capable of carrying a load of two tons. A colony of abont 1,000 Japanese is to be established in SInaloa, Mexico. Tragedy was first represented on a wagon by Thespls, at Athens, B. C. 536. In the reign of Louis XVX the hats of the ladles were two feet high and four wide. A number of the finest coaching teams in and about Paris belong to American ama teurs. It takes 100 gallons of oil a year to keep a large-sized locomotive in running order. In the early day of Henry TIL gen tleman's hats bore plumes sometimes Haifa a yard long. The great Cedros Hacienda in Zacate cas, Mexico, comprising 1,200,000 acres, has been sold for $5,000,000. The State of Washington has 176,005 horses, mules and asses, 224,733 cattle, 248,. 3X sheep and 49,163 hogs. The cemeteries of London cover an aggregate area of 2,000 acres, the value) of which Is not less than $10,000,000. St Augustine, Fla., New York and Salem, Mass.) are the only three cities in the) United States that are older than Boston. A New England college numbers among Its students scholars from Kioto, Japan, Tbessalonica, European Turkey and Ice land. The nearest approach yet to perpetual motion is tbe discovery of a European clockmaker who has invented a clock that will run for ten years without winding. It is said that the most precious collec tion of German wines in the world is that stored in the cellars ot the Grand Dnke of Luxemburg. Some of the vintages date back to 1706. Jerusalem bos been enjoying a boom since the completion of the railroad that connects It with Jaffa. Over 800 houses, hotels, stores and residences have been erected. The Chinese value an old pair of boots which have beon worn by an upright mag istrate, and the custom of wishing a friend a "happy foot" is still observed all through Europe. 6 In India and Sonth America there is said to be a small tree, known as the "sor rowful tree," which bears sweet scented flowers that "bloom only in the night time and fall off at the break of day." Charles D. Young aged, 12 yean, of Denver, Col., has built what his friends claim to be the smallest coal-burning loco motive in the world. The engine la said to be Ave feet long, and weighs 235 pounds. The cholera has not left everybody ia Hamburg stranded. A 'merchant of that city baa presented a waitress In a Mantoa oafe with a check for 15,000 marks to show his appreciation of her attentive ser vice. If you put a halfpenny in your money box, and add thereto by doubling the amount every week after the first, for 53 weeks, at the end of the year the money box (If large enough!) wiU contain 9.382,499,223. 683 10s. 7KJ. A departure in the way of- driving a compound punch and sheaTs for iron has re cently been made in a Delaware mill. The machine is driven by electricity, and owing to Its light weight can be moved to any de sired position. France possesses a capital in which it is said more murders take placo in six months than occur in London, Berlin-and Vienna to gether in twice that length of time, but alto gether more murders take place in the United States than any other country. A peculiar incident 13 reported from Brienz, in tho Bernese Oberland. One of tho names drawn from the Jury box was that of Uhlrich Amacher. Amacher was assassin ated in January lost and tbe jury which was oeing mauo up was to try nis m uracror. We learn now that the famous jubilee a hot fired from a twenty-two-ton gun in lueen Victoria's Jubilee year, to ascertain... how far a shot could be carried, remained la ' the air 69 aeconds, and. the highest point reached lit its flight of 12 miles was 17,000 feet. Photographs of growing plants show some marvellous results, especially amoog the climbers. Tho young stems are said to move in a succession of irregular circular or ellipitlcal curves, which vary in every direc tion. These movements are due to tho Irregular growth in various parts of the stem. The subiects of great Britain are the most tremendous patent medicine swallow ers on tho globe. During the past year the revenue derived from tbe three-halfpenny stamp npon patent medicines amounted to $1,200,000. Licenses for tbe sale of patent medicines have increased 1,340 in England and HI in Scotland. Both the Kurds and the Cossacks be lieve that Ararat is guarded by an unearthly being and that no man can ascend tbe peak and live. They have a somewhat contrary opinion, however, as to what kind or spirits are on guard, tho former claiming that the devil is guard supreme, the latter that an gels are on watch. Handkerchiefs, which used to be frowned npon by the British military au thorities, have now Deon sanctioned, and a military handkerchief has been patented on which shall be printed all sorts of Informa tion concerning the use and construction of the rifle, the flag alphabet, buglo calls and general rules lor the soldier. A convict in a Hungarian prison has patented a device for shaving whereby it requires but 25 seconds for tho operation. He has been permitted to try the thing on the ISO inmates of the prison, and the exper iment is said to have been conducted to the complete satisfaction of the governor of the prison. Between 3,000 and 4,000 litres of wina are made every year from grapes grown in tho gardens of tbe Vatican. This wine is used almost exclusively in administering the sacraments at mass. The Pope always assists at the harvesting, and this is ono of nnnnal occupations to whioh he looks for ward with great pleasure. The new tax upon bicycles in France will be $2. As there araaboiit 225,000 cyclists therevenne wilt be about $450,000. Cycles used for business, such as those employed by street messongers, pay half dnty. Those in the army and tho Government service will be exempt. The cyclists, at a. rule, do not object to the tax. for the reason that they expect some special legislation ia re turn. ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE. COJSE3T. "If I would ask you to be mine Would yon say yes or no?" Neither, ' she sala. and hung her head. How could she treat love so. "Then you don't love me. do yon dearj" He asked the'pretty miss; She shook her head first op. then down. And gave to him a kiss. Then, darling, when you neither said. Pray, tell me what you roeantr She said. "My dear, I'd silent ba And alienee gives consent." A GOOD IDEA. 'I'm going to have that last painting of mine framed." said young Danb. the artist. Don't yon think It would be a good Idea to have a glass put over it?" "Yes, " replied Stringer, -a smoked one." ARE TOU WITS Btrt "Are you a militiaman?" "Yes. at prrsent." ' "What regiment?" "Universal. Colonel B. E. Morse, command ing." GOOD EVIDENCE. "3Iy boy," said the good man, as he met the little boy who was coasting down the hill, don't yon know It Is very, very wicked to sle.1 rlde oo'the Sabbath. I fear you are on the roaa to the bad place." I don't think so. Mister." replied the little boy. "or else my runners need greasing, for I don't go a bit rut." t Cmcx, JTJTstifitl'aaf M'l'tmW nlBSBBCflaHIVanHaaav aWi74t VflMManUMHnK Jg5p6ilR"0aaawwwaavawiiw"
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