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FE& 16. 1S83. DELAYING THE INEVITABLE. Mr. Mills is like the President, In that he refuses to learn anything about the tariff from the returns of November. Yesterday the Texas member went to the trouble of discovering that the Republican tariff pro posals do not amount to anything because their bill "originated in the Senate," which is contrary to the Constitution. Inasmuch as the Senate put its plan in the shape of an amendment to a House bill, and not as an original bill of its own the point is not yet quite clear that Mr. Mills' objection is con cl alive. It is not, however, any fear that the cons titutionality of the Senate amendment would be questioned by the country which moves Chairman Mills. Opposition to the Republican way of reducing the snrplus, and adhesion to the Democratio ideas of tariff reduction is the sole motive for conten tion. As the Republican policy is bound to be tried anyhow, for all practical pur poses the present House might as well af firm the Senate measure as leave it to the succeeding House to do. The tariff is rightly no more a partisan question than it is a local issue. It is a matter of business expediency, upon which the country has just passed in a most un mistakable manner; and what leading Democrats have to gain for their party by continuing to antagonize the verdict of No vember is in no degree clear. "WHAT FEAKCE NEEDS. Unless some man with strong right arm, stout heart and balanced brain, who will put his country above himself, her interests above his own, shall arise within her coun cils, France, the Republic, will fall before many more months have flown. Whether France will fali a victim to Bou anger's ambition or merely crumble into ruin amid the wars of partisans, is a question time alone can answer. It is certain, however, that France's need for a patriot strong enough to be her savior has never been greater than it is to-day. It is very hard to understand how the Floquet Ministry came so suddenly upon defeat yesterday. The assertion that M. Floquet himself expected to be beaten on the question of a revision of the constitution, and saw in such a defeat a safe way out of his embarrassment, must be taken with a grain of salt niter the event. Probably M. Floquet was as much surprised as his oppo nents were, and that the latter did not ex pect a victory is plainly shown by their failure to follow it up. It was hardly intended to fulfil such a purpose, but at present it seems as if the ex position at Paris might prove the salvation of the Republic till the summer at least is over. Every Frenchman wants to see the exposition succeed, and to effect this result a sort of armed truce between the enemies of the Republic and its friends may be tacitly agreed upon. A QUESTION OF METHODS. A band of pickpockets in Chicago is re ported to hare devoted its exclusive atten tion to relieving ladies returning from shop ping of their purses. Commenting tin this the Boston Glole remarks that Chicago la dies must be very different from Boston ladies, the latter seldom having any money in their purses when they return from shopping. Perhaps after all the difference may lie in the methods -of the shopkeepers. , In Chicago, possibly, the storekeepers in stead of cleaning out the customers' pockets in the conventional way, have organized the band of depredators in question to se cure any stray driblets of cash which their salesmen have failed to extract. In such matters as these we shall always expect to see Chicago ahead of Boston, as regards originality and boldness of plan. v OVERDOING THEIETASK. If the investigation into the inner work ings of the Home Rule party of Ireland were not already the most remarkable pro ceedings in modern political history, the quality of the evidence now brought for ward to damn Parnell and his associates would certainly entitle the affair to that unique distinction. Obviously, to any mind not completely occupied by prejudice, the proper proceed ing from the first in regard to Parnell and his companions was to indict them, if the Government believed it had testimony to connect them with crime. That this was not feasible was clear from the failure of the Government to take that step. Who doubts that Balfour, who imprisons the Irish: members for venal offenses, would be glad enough to lay his hands on Parnell and his lieutenants for greater trangres sions, and would have taken the risk of proceeding long ago, if there was a gleam of hope for success? But though trials and convictions of other persons for offenses have been plenty asblackberries, and though the Tories have had the whole machinery ot the Government at their disposal, they never found a pretext for calling Pajnefl into court as an inspirer or accomplice in crimes of violence. Failing in this, they set up the Special Commission as a fishing inquiry with full power to go into details of everything done by everybody claiming to act as a member of the Home Rule party. Paid spies and informers were then plentifully introduced to couple in some way or another Parnell's name with plots and conspiracies. The slightest incident was not too little to serve as a basis for this business. The preseuce of men in meetings at which Parnell spoke; the fact of his giving his autograph to one fellow, or shaking hands upon introduction to another anything was good enough to make him an accomplice as to dynamite, arson and assassination. Nothing could bo worse than the logic of this poor pretense of proof, unlets indeed it were the character -of the witnesses by whom il was offered. Bat there is probably an end to the string now. The chief accuser of Parnell, the man whff furnished , the letters, now de nounces Labouchere' also, claiming that the eminent English Liberal tried to bribe him with 1,000 into false testimony. There must be some point at which even the Tories will cease to credit such confessed, rascals as have been their mainstay so far in these proceedings. "We judge ft is reached when these charges are made -against a man of such note and reputation for integrity as Labouchere is. After a few more distin guished Englishmen are slandered by the suborned witnesses against the Home Bute party, all England will feel disposed to cry, "hold, enough." THE REVOLT AGAINST BOODLE. One of the questions of public interest, which is at present being discussed more or less by various State Legislatures, is that of reforming ihe ballot. That there is a grow ing popular sentiment against what Is known as the boodle method in politics can not be gainsaid. That the evil for which a remedy is sought is widespread none eit cept the willfully blind or corrupt will deny. No section of the country is alto gether free from its contaminating influ ences, while in some cities and towns, and even in wholo States, it is charged, if not proven, that boodle is king, controlling ap pointments, appropriations, legislation and the administration ot the laws. There Is a class of politicians who are not troubled by consciences, who look upon bribery, forged returns and stolen offices as excellent jokes, providing these practices succeed without bringing the originators into unpleasant prominence. It is to this class, as well as to the bribe takers and bribe, givers, that legislators should turn their attention, if they would frame laws that are to be effective. la other words, the punishment should be made to fit the crime, and there should be left no loophole through which the actual criminal can escape, while his ignorant hirelings pay the full pen alty. In all States there are laws which make bribery a crime, punishable either by fine, imprisonment or disfran chisement; but the infrequenoy with which convictions ore made under these laws shows that they are cither defective or else the officers charged with their enforcement are neglectful of their duties. In many cases both conditions probably exist. To deal with the subject successfully is exceed ingly difficult, and the highest degree of legislative wisdom is necessary to frame laws that will be an improvemcnt.on those now in force. But the evil exists and must be cured, or the degrading of rthe ballot, now confined chiefly to thickly populated districts, will become general. "We do not believe that complete reform can be brought about by a change in the laws legislative cure-alls are the hobbies of cranks and quacks; but some thing may be accomplished by intelligent effort in this direction, and vastly more by an awakened public conscience. That there is a revolt against political corruption and boodle politics in general is proven by the public interest aroused Jjy the present discussion of the question in many parts of the country. Let us hope that good may result COURTING HISS CANADA. It is said that a nice little party of four hundred there seems to, be a i pell about that number of Canadian grandees has been invited to come across the border and see what sort of a place the United States is. Some generous gentlemen among us have, in fact, bade the whole Canadian parliament -make a tour of the Middle, Southern and Eastern States at their ex pense. The party will invade the United States about May 1, in Pullman cars, armed with the latest brands of cigars and any amount of champagne. To expound the mysteries and point out the lions of our great cities, and to help get rid of the wine and cigars, members of the two houses of Congress will be in attendance. Pittsburg has a personal interest in this Canadian tourist party, for this city is naturally included in the list of places to be visited. Her Chamber of Commerce and her manufacturers will be asked to exhibit Pittsburg's resources and exceptional gifts to our Northern neighbors. What the pre cise object of giving the Canadian legis lators such a delightful junket is has not been yet explained. It is, however, sup posed to have been conceived as a means whereby Canadians may be made to see how desirable it would be for them to ask Uncle Sam to take them to his bosom. It can hardly be that Canada is to be supplicated to annex us. Perhaps the tour will give pleasure and rest to the Canadian legislators and our own fatigued Congressmen, but that de pends in some measure upon the quality of the cigars and the quantity of thewine. That it is a dignified or useful action on the part of American citizens, and one to be indorsed by Congress, we take the liberty of doubting. The United States is pot so terribly anxious to acquire Canada and her casket of debts, after all. If the Canucks do not know or cannot see what a gain it would be to them far greater than to us to have all the barriers commercial and political, between us removed, it is hardly likely that a free junket through the States will clear their brains and open their eyes. We can wait until they are ready to dis cuss the question; and in return would it not be well to allow them to wait in like manner? SNUBS BADLi CLASSIFIED. A gentleman vaguely described as an attache of one of the foreign legations has been telling a Hew York Sun reporter about the brainless youths he has met at receptions and balls in Gotham, and inci dentally he remarks that "One can afford to be snubbed by a duke, but nobody will swallow an insult from a man who has not social position, wealth or wit- to reepmmend him." In this confession may be observed one of the essential differences between a repub lican and a man brought up amid the snob bish notions of monarchical court life. An American would resent a snub from a duke with as much heartiness, wc may be sure, as he would tho sneer of a snob in Xcw Xork City. It reminds us of the story of the man who boasted that the King had spoken to him, and who, when asked to re peat the substance of this regal condescen sion, replied: "He told me to get out of his way!" A PBOGRESSIVE PEOPLE. Eor a long time the Japanese (govern ment has been sending to this country each year a number of its brighiest young men to be eduoated. Theso students have been quick to conform to our ways, and many of them have given evidence of scholarship of a high order. It would bciinpossibletodeter mine how far thn study of our political insti tutions has been instrumental in bringing about the change in the form of government lately adopted in Japau; but that it has had its effect will scarcely be. questioned. The ,Tnpaaese,' whatever -erroneous options may be current to 'the contrary, are really a people of quick intelligence, and far mere progressive than most Asiatic nations. Within the last 25 years they havo ad vanced rapidly, modeling' their civilization aff$r thai of Europe-And America, Kpw,' after 25 ceaturies of nearly absolute .monarchical ruleV Japan has provlded.for a constitutional government, a parliament similar to that of Great Britain, and an ex tension of the right of suffrage to all men 25 years of age and over who pay a tax of not less than $25 yer year. Moreover, the coun try has a postal system, public schools, an army and a navy, modeled after those of America. Its commerce with the rest of the world is growing.rapidlv, arid railroads are being constructed which will surely aid In developing the internal resources of the em pire. For a heathen nation this is not so slow. ' Oil is just moving up and also down enough to make the tender lamb sigh for the fields of his former fleecing. And the brokers sigh, too, because the lambs are neither so numerous' nor so ingenuous as they were in the sweet long ago. A cotempoeabY suggests that a pro cession of the "original Harrison men" be made a feature of the inauguration day ceremonies. This might be interesting, but it wouldn't be fair. The original "Harrison men are so numerous that if all of them should attempt to parade at once there would be no room for anybody else in the procession. They have had glory enough and ought to be willing to stand back and give the soldiers a chance. A New York weekly called Lies will henceforth be known as To-day, As it is devoted to society news and club gossip principally the change will not be noticed by the readers. The lies of yesterday and to-day are very much alike. TnE essential difference between Mr. Mills and the late Mr. Christopher Colum bus is chiefly to be found in the fact that the latter's discovery of America was a benefit to tho world, while the gentleman from Texas discovered a mare's nest, which will not oven beflefit himself. Why docs not Mills discover his proper vocation in life? The half-breed Indians in Bartlett Lcounty, Dakota, are evidently highly civil ized. They are objecting very strongly to paying taxes, and use language to the Sheriff worthy of alien landowners in Alle gheny county. Edison said in a recent interview that he believed the phonograph might be success fully used to sing babies to sleep. Un doubtedly he has brought the phonograph very near perfection, but we doubt whether he has yet made a machine that will wake up and sing every time a baby cries during the night. It is a pity that the Rev. Mr. Silence, of Chicago, who is'said to be fraternizing with Socialists and. Anarchists, does not adopt his own name for a motto and keep his opinions to himself. Beadstbebt's report, printed in this is sue, shows the country's trade to be in a fairly prosperous and promising condition. The outlook for iron has not improved, but the healthy state of other markets may have some -encouraging influence upon Pitts burg's great industry. TiiEHEisa very appropriate location as signed to the artificial Ice works, which a cotemporary tells us will be built here in the near future. Ex-Peesident RniHEBPOED B. Hates told a reporter yesterday that the way the prohibition question impressed him was that yesterday might be considered a fine day. There are a great many people who would echo Mr. Hayes bold- views if they were asked to declare them. A white crow or a happy Mugwump are not harder to find in these days than a civil conductor on a cable car. Feom all sides come reports that St. Val entine's Day was not honored last Thursday as it used to be. Various causes are av signed. It may be that fools are fewer; or that they have taken to marrying of late, or their foolishness has found some other outlet. PERSONAL FACTS AND TAKCIES. The Cuke of Cumberland Is exerting himself to bring about a reconciliation between Prince Alexander of Battenberg and the Emperor of rtussla. Onb of the squaws of the late Colorow. Chief of the Colorado Utes, is soon to visit General Harrison at Indianapolis. Her mission is to present the Indian side of the troubles on the Colorado border. Ndta Vau Zakdt, the Chicago Anarchist who is now in trouble oyer tho vicious deeds of one of her three doss, has an enormous number of pets. Dogs, cats, birds, mice, lizards and rabbits make up her menagerie. She devotes most of her time to caring for these animals. The oldest member of the Pennsylvania Leg islature is Representative John H. Rfaey.of Cambria, who is in his sevcnty.flrst year. He held his present position 40 "years ago. The youngest member of the House is Representa tive A. F. Sands, of Scranton, who Is, 27 years of age. M. Jacqves, who waj beaten by General Boulanger in the recent election in Paris, has been suffering from nervous prostration. He was very confident of victory, and his disap pointment was overwhelming whto he heard the result of tho balloting. The fact that he was mobbed after the returns wero in added to his depression, and a fever resulted from which ho is slowly recovering. Mn. Hoijlan Hukt, the religious painter, is, despite bis idealism, a seeker for actualitv. To become better conversant with his subject be, a few years back, built a house and studio on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The Hill of Calvary can be seen,from his studio windows. His history is a strange one. He was In his early years a clerk in an autioneer's office. As he sketched and drew all day long, he proved but an indifferent clerk. Mb. Spuegeoit, telegraphing to his congre gation from Mentone about his accident, sug gested as a text of special applicability, Matthew v. 84, which roads: "Take therefore no thonght for the morrow, fox the morrow shall take thonght for the things of Itself. Sufficient unib tho day Is the evil thereof." Rut the telegraphists changed "sixth" for fifth chapter, and consequently the elect of tho Tabernacle received the admonition, "Swear not at all," which, as Sir. Soureeon said, is "a superfluity to say no more." The Emperor of Austria is a great worker. He enjoys excellent health, and nothing seems to fatigue nim. After a heavy night's work he will lie down on a sofa and sleep for a couple of hours, rising as refreshed physically and Intel lectually as If he had enjoyed a good night's rest When obliged to travel he makes it a point to go the longest stages of his journey at night, and, seated at the table of bis saloon car riage, with the window .open at all seasons, he gets through his ordinary routine of work. He rarely puts his signature to any paper of im portance without being mado thoroughly acquainted with the subject It refers to, Blnne'a Bnttoaboles. From tho Chicago Xews.J Mr. Blaine was seen on the streets of Wash ington tho other da? with a rent in his over: coat. As the buttonholes wero still Intact everybody at the capital is .wondering why the office-seekers are not attending more strictly to business. -. ,..,., THE TOPICAL TALKl'R, More Cable Car Incivility Odd Paces From n, Notebook of To-Day's Filling. Is there any reason why tho conductor of a ' caniocarsnouiuuot ue as civil as any otaer like official in his dealings with the public? Two serious comDlaints of cross Incivility on tho part' of the cable car Conductors have reached The Dispatch office. In one case a dapper young conductor, with' a light mus taoho, was asked to stop the car it was on the Citizens' traction line at Penn avenuo and Eleventh street. It was about 11 o'clock on Thursday night and the car was crowded with people going from the Bijou Theater. The conductor heard the request, bnt before the people who wished to get out and reach the Union depot could uako their way through the crowd In the aisle tho conductor started the car. The gentleman of tho party.again asked the conductor to stop, and he replied:' "I did stop once you're too blamed slow." On another car of the same hue a few mln 'utes later the conductor did not stop at Eleventh street as requested, and a lady was carried two blocks beyond, -and missed her train at the Union depot. The conductormade an insolent remark to her also. I have the names and addressos ot all the complainants in these cases, and the Citizens' Traction Company ought to attend to the mat ter at once. It would bo well for the aggrieved parties to note the number of the car on which they have received 111 treatment, .for then the punishment of the, offenders, can easily bo ef fected. . Often tho huestlons asked by small chil dren are tho hardest of all to answer. An East Endxorrcspondcnt of mine tells me that'a small daughter ot his named Amy was taken by her grandmother to see the house her (Amy's) father lived In when he was a small boy When they came homo Amy asked her father: "Papa, when you wero a little boy, who was my papa ?' A . Wnv is it most people hereabouts alder from the rest of the world in their pronunciation of the feminine namo Ada 7 It is almost always mado Adda here, bnt in the East and in En glandnot to mention the dictionaries it is invariably pronounced as it Is" spelled, Ada, the first a being made to sound like the vowel in lay. . The way of the rich man's son, is made easy from tho first, but a school boy of this town tells mo that one of the boys who attends the same rather fashionable school In Allegheny has a regular tariff of his own for smoothing out the difficulties of tho ascent to knowledge. This youngster, who will some flay bo a mil lionaire, obtains the assistance of his school mates in all his tasks in exchange for what his well-lined pOcketbook can procure. In summer time it is soda water to which be treats those who furnish htm with translations and the like, in winter candy and other things dear to the urchin's soul. How that small millionaire will weep when he comes to man's estate and finds what knowl edge is reauy worth! V There was a curlons cloud phantom in the heavens last night. About 7 o'clock while the full moon flooded city and field with Its won drous light there slowly rose in the south western sky some long filmy fingers of white cloud. Venus shone brightly in this quarter of sky, though a halo hung about her. The long ringers ot white cloud, through which the pale wintry blue of the firmament beyond could plainly be seen, rose steadily-till near the zenith. At this point they seemed to converge toward the horizon until they formed an exact image of a gigantic hand, spread open, with thumb and fingers in proper propor tion. This strange semblance stayed intact for ten minutes or more. A few hundred years ago such a 'thing would have brought to the be holder prophetic warning of some stirring shift of fortune. Even at this late day the heart of man cannot but feel a touch of the ominous when the clouds above him take such graphic shapes. SEVERAL SOCIAL HYDNTS. Pleasant Little Parties In a Number of Homes on Friday. Among tho pleasant social events incident to Friday evening a day of tbeweek when so ciety may be said, ordinarily, to be as much at rest as on Sunday were those noted below: Progressive euchre parties were given by Mrs. Frank Torrcns, or Torrens station, and by Mrs. J. Howard Speer, of Hazelwood. In each case a small company of guests passed a de lightful evening. Miss Smith, of Ellsworth arenne, gave an "at home." at which many of her legion of friends paid their respects. The ladies of the Central Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, gave a supper in the lecture room. DANCING DEMOCRATS. The County Organization Enjoys Itself in Its Annual Receplion. Thn County Democracy gave a pleasant even ing reception at Imperial Hall, tnew Grant street, last evening. A large number were present, including some of the best known pol iticians of the city. About 250 couples were in the grand march, which was led by the members of the club. The Original Royals andMcMicbaels furnished tho music for dancing. CATHOLIC 0HDECI1 NEWS. Only Two Cardinals Receive Their Hats, Owine to Illness ol the Rest. New 'Yoke, February 15. The Catholic Newt, of this city, to-day received the follqw ing cablegram from Rome: Yestorday only two Cardinals received their hats, Dusmet and Macchi d'Annible being too sick to attend the ceremony. The preciozatlon of the following Bishops took place: John S. Foley, to Betroit; John J. Hennessey, to Wichita; Thomas Hes Hn, to Natchez; T. J. Dowlinjr was translated fromS Petcrboro, Canada, to Hamilton, Can ada, and the Dean of Connor was named for the latter See. Bishop John J. Keane, Hector of the Ameri can Catholic University, was named to the Titular See of Ajasso, and in the Consistory Mgr. O'Connell, Rector of the American Col lege in Rome, asked for and received the .Pallium for Archbishop Jaunsen, of New Or leans. SENATOR FOR A SHORT TIME. Sketch ot the Gemloraun Who Will Succeed Chnndlcr for a Few Months. Exetek, N. H., February 15. General Gil man Marston has boen tendered and accepted the appointment of United States Senator by Governor Sawyer, from the 1th of March until tho Legislature In June provides for the next six years' torm. His political career began In IStawhen he was chosen to the legislature. and was three times re-elected. In ISjO lie was a member of the Constitutional convention; In 1859 he was elected to Congress, serving two years. At the outbreak of tho rebellion he ivas ap pointed Colonel of tho Second New Hampshire Regiment and wag promoted quickly to Briga dier General. In 18K5 ho was again elected to Congress. Since 1S72 his services in the Legis lature have been almost continuous, and he has been a leader on the Republican side. DEATHS OP A DAY. Bishop IHcTjelre, NASHVILLE, February 15. Holland N. Mc Tyelre, Senior Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died this m'prn)n?nta o'clock at bis residence on the Vanderbllt University campas. Bishop McTyclre hat been stek since list summer. lie was taken with chronic malarial poison, which resulted In prostration of the nerve centers and digestive organs, Mot long ago his liver showed signs of disease; be was better for the last three days, but last night hemorrhage of the stomsch set In, rapidly prostrating htm. Ue -was born In Barnwell county, South Carolina, July 2S, 1821. lie joined the church in 1837, at Cokcsburr school. South Carolina. Helicon to preach in 1S4S, when he joined the Virginia conference. In May, IS), the first general con ference pf the church South was held In l'eters btfrg. and MoTylere was sent to Mobile, He was elected Bishop in 1S66. It was owing to lllshop McTriere that Commodore Vanderbllt made the Srlncely girts ol fl. 000,000 and William II. Van erblltfmoooand Cornelius Vanderbllt SaHOCO to VanderbVtVJnlversIty. of which Bishop HcTylere was made frcldent for life. The funeral will probably be from Vanderbllt University Chapel on Sunday, and the bodv will be Interred on tbe university campus. 1'ho. State Senate to-day adopted resolutions of sorrow at the death of Bishop McTylere, Lewis Barker. WAsnwaiOS. Pa., February 15.-Iw!s Bar ker, one of the heaviest stockholders In tbe First National Bank of this place and for many years a director In that Institution, died at his home to day, aged 79 years. J. IF. Uolllngsworth. Special Telegram to the Dispatch. " , YquxgstowkT Febrnary 15.-J. V, Holllngsr worth, aged M. the oldest business man In Youngs town, died suddenly this morning. . , -.' NOT IHF1LLIBLE. Attorney-General Klrkpatrick Say the Supreme Court Is Inconsistent. Special Telegram to The Disputed. llARitisiinno,;Kobruary 15. The biennial re port of Attorney General Kirkpatrkk is ready tor submission to the Legislature. It shows that in the years 1SOT and 1883 the 'Auditor Gen eral placed in his hands for collection' 121 claims, involving an indebtedness to tho State of 5300,803 42, of which he collected and paid into the State Treasury $113,036 42. In addi tion to these claims, collections were made in tho years Indicated on other previously certified Claims, aggregating $182,623 61, making the total amounts recovered $3C5,68o 08 In 1S87 and 18S9. On these claims the Attorney General Is entitled to 5 per cont commission, not exceed ing $7,000 a year, which netted him, in addition to his salary, 314,000 for two years. In deciding cases involving the taxation of gross receipts, the Attorney General intimates that tho SuDrema Conrt of the United States has Deen guilt; r of InconststenoT. as he alleles that in a case decided in 1ST2 that tribunal held that tho tax on gross receipts for transporta- tion of goods or passengers from other States Into or through Pennsylvania, or from Penn sylvania into other States, was not in conflict wun tno Federal constitution, while since the Conrt has rendered decisions that taxation by States of grots receipts of transportation or telegraph companion, so far as they arise from inter-State business, Is a regulation of commerce and prohibited by the National Constitution. In view of the failure or tho Commonwealth to collect this tax the past few years, the account ing departments now confines the tax on gross receipts to business done within the State. The largest amount collected was from the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, charged with a tax on gross receipts of $175,. 900 35, of which 3100,000 was obtained on a com promise made by the Board of Accounts. The next in amount was the claim against ex-Treasurer Bally and his securities, amounting to $70,000 80. This money has been deposited In a bank which suspended while it bad the money on deposit. Other claims collected ran from $1 63 to 513.410 46, tho latter having been paid by the Western Union Telegraph Com pany. Nearly SOO appeals were pending at the cloee of last year, amounting to about $2,000, 000. NEW YORK'S GOSSIP BUDGET. Manager CSallck'a Honeymoon. INEW TOr.K BUtfEAtr SrXCIALS.I NewYork, February 13. ThoeveningTTorld has tho following: "Isn't this touching? There's a Pittsburg manager In this city surreptitiously honeymooning. It Is R. M. Guliok, the success ful proprietor of the Pittsburg Bijou. Re stole away from his managerial post last Saturday, after marrying a charming young Pittsburg lady." Regret Her Ilord-lleartedncss. Jacob Waldcr, 23 years old, tell in love with a young woman of Union Hill, N. J., and asked her to marry him. She refused Last night she gave him a second and final refusal. Wild er walked the streets all night, and early this morning bought a revolver. He locked himself In his room, wrote a note to the effect that he died for love, and then shot himself in tho head. He isn't dead yet. The young woman whom he loves has been at his bedside all day and promises to marry hhn if he recover. A Warning- for Whisky Drinkers. Thomas Walters, 60 years old, called tor whisky at the bar of a Broadway saloon late last night As he reached for the bottle, he staggered back and then fell to the floor dead. Just Aching to See the White Caps. Staten Island has been struck by the Whito Cap mania. The young men who sit on barrels in Clifton's corner grocery nighlly.wcre warned yesterday to stay at home evenings or take 20 lashes each. The letters of warning contained bloodthirsty illustrations of skulls and cross- bones, pierced hearts and silt ears, and were signed "White Caps." This morning a second batch of letters arrived. Every young man who has received such a warning has bought a re volver and invited the White Caps to ma terialize. New York's Oldest Voter Dead. Moses S. Bauer died ot old age yesterday. Ho was 101 years and 10 'months old. He was born at Bchoffen, in the grandduchy of Darmstadt Germany, and came to America in 1856. Until recently, Mr. Bauer was bright and well. He read tho newspapers, walked several blocks every afternoon, and talked politics. He was the oldest voter in the city at the last election, and cast his ballot for Harrison. He retired from business ten years ago. Whiskers Drive Him Mad. Louis Marx, 2S years old, now InBellevue Hospital, excites a great deal of attention among the physicians. He was admitted a year ago, suffering from chronic lead poison ing. He did not improve under the regular treatment, and at present shows symptoms of catalepsy and hydrophobia. When a man with whiskers approaches him he goes into par oxysms of rage and snaps like a dog. QUICK WESTERN DIT0ECES. A New York Jndgo Thinks Thex Should Not bo Recognized. fSrZCIJLL TILXQIUlil TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, February 15. Cora DeHadley, a pretty brunette, was arraigned In the Adams Street Police Conrt in Brooklyn to-day, ac cused of bigamy, having, as alleged, married Gilbert M. Atwood with the knowledge that he had another wlfo living. The fact that Miss DeHadley had been married to Atwood on January 1 by tbe Rev. S. B. Halliday was not disputed, but the point was raised in her de fense that she thought Atwood had obtained divorce. She told how sho had become ac quainted with Atwood two years ago, while they wero fellow clerks In a Fulton street dry goods store, and of calls which she mads on his wife at their house. She knew of the trou ble between Atwood and his wife, which re sulted In his trip to the West and of his re turn with some papers, which be declared con tained a judgment of divorce obtained in Colo rado. She made no secret whatever of her marriage and was careful to have a notice inserted in the papers. She would not hare thought of marrying Mr. Atwood if she thonght his first -wifo had any claim upon him. Justice Walsh severely commented on the failure of Miss DeHadley to consult Mrs. Atwood about a matter of so much importance to each. "Every one," he said,."knew with what easo a divorce is procured in the West A man jumps off a train, sees a lawyer, pays his fee and gets aboard again with his divorce papers In his pockets. Such divorces should not be recog nized." He decided to bold the defendant to await the action of tbe grand jury, and she was released on furnishing $500 bail. Atwood, who was out on bail, has been rearrested, hav ing been surrendered by his bondsmen. Tbe First Sccreinry of Agriculture. Washington, February 15. Mr. Norman J. Colman, the newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture, received his commission from the President this afternoon, and took the oath of office, which was administered by Mr. O. D. La Dow, his private secretary. A PACK OF CARDS. You took up a spade. (This was quite long ago) And hope with firm will made all labor aglow AVIth triumphs to come and fortunes well earned. The struggle was bard. You were quite uncon cerned As to who fell by tbe way In the ebb and the flow Or tho river oflife, always deep, never slow. Unwilling to pause, love and friendship you spurned. You tout up a spade. You toqk una club. You determined to light And always to crush, whether wrongful or right, All others against you, who tried to succeed In grasping the wealth and tbe power to lead. For this you have bartered all else In your sight. Forgetting, Ignoring, In tho strength of your might That Mammon and Heaven are never agreed. You took up a club. You took np a diamond, for np to ths sun Yon had climbed. Tbe world at your feet, Its prizes won. What mattered to yon those behind In the race AH crippled, disabled yon laugh In their face And triumphantly point to what you have done. The obstacles vanquished, the webs you had pnn For those who bad dared to compete with your pace. Yon took np a diamond, Now you take np a heart -' lis the last of the cams. Yon have thonght until now that love only re tards The real business of Ilfo-io get riches and rule Over men. You have said you were not such a fool Tobellercln affection, of which sing the bards And credulous persons. .Now you want the re gards, Indeed, more, all her heart. Hardened and cruel, .. Turn down the bcart Jantt Cottar, in the Vkieago Av. TIOTMONICS; la Ihe Art ol Forgettlns Stare Valnah'le Than That' of Remembering? When it Would bo tJseYoI Worry Would be a Thing of tbo Past Sufferers Might Pass Their Dismal Hours In Dllrth and Hevelrx. From the London Globe.1 That tueful and indispensable machine, the memory, is noted for the difficulties which it causes to those who try to manage It It in sists on having lta own way as to what it, will forget or remember, and there is no knowing at what moment a freak may not seize it, and make It Incurably obstinate. In view of this, certain sanguine and enthusiastic persons are forever trying to invent artificial ways of re membering things. There Is an art of memory which has its professors and Its students, though whether it confers degrees, and how far it has yet fallen into the vice of examinations, are matters on which tbe public has no certain in formation. But why, we may reasonably ask, do the pro fessors who offer to teach us to remember (on payment of a reasonable fee) never turn their attention to what would be an equally useful object the. art of forgetting? Many people wonld be glad to pay a large sum' to be able to forget things at will. To remem ber the dates of the kings of England-It Is this sort of things to which the professors of memory help us is a chaste and noble pleasure, and the pedigrees in the Bible, recited by aid ot a memoria technics, may afford refreshment in the intervals of business. But what, after all, are these intel lectual enjoyments compared with the delight of forgetting .what you do not wish td remem ber? It is quite true that ordinary f orgotf ul ness often involves great Inconveniences. But tbe professors of memory do not greatly hclpns to get over these. They do not assist us when wo have forgotten tbe name of a person wbom we are Introducing or the number of the house at which we are going to call. They cannot re mind tie nervous customer of bis own initials, or bring back to the tipsy wayfarer the recol lection of his address. Indeed, many of these things may be managed by the simple expedient of writing tbem down; and even the humble assistance of the knotted pocket-bankerchief may in small matters supersede the lectures of the professor. Bow Hard It Is to Forget. But the art of forgetting Is far more difficult, and worthier of the attention of science. To make a list of things to be forgotten, or append to tbem in your diary a mark to that effect, is of little moro value than the rival process of pot putting them down at all. Neither of these is found to Insure forgetfulness. And thongh cudgeling tbe memory often has the same ef fect as cudgeling that serviceable animal So largely employed by costermongers, and makes it stop altogether, it cannot be used, in a re verse process, to make it forget at will. It would, therefore, be valuable if some ingenious person conld hit upon an antlmemoria technica and enable the human mind to get rid, with a little ordinary care, of its disagreeable recollec tions. This might well seem impossible, if it were not for facts constantly occurring in every one's experience. Far from this art being im practicable, there appear to bo persons who have secretly mastered it and are constantly using it The art of forgetting already exists, but those who practice it conceal its rales, and do not allow the public to benefit by them. Though perhaps we cannot expect them to re veal the mystery, it is an encouragement to the investigator to know that such there Is. If there were not, bow can we acconnt for tho regularity nnd precision with which some per sons forget things obviously not agreeable to tbem? ft is simply unscientific to put this down to chance; it Is far better to stva them credit for the skill which they undoubtedly display. Anti-Mnemonics Applied to Dills. Watch one of these artists in contact with that unostentatious, but yet somehow not altogether welcome little composition which occasionally crops up in the letter-box, and is familiarly called a bill. Everything may seem to be against bis success, and yet a skilled practitioner may do wonders even with a rather memorable bill. Memory depends a good deal. on vivid impressions; and to see a distasteful envelope larking amid tbe innocent and pleas ing objects of tho breakfast table, is a likely way to gain a vivid impression of the envelope. Tho apparition is hardly less striking when tbe enemy enters abruptly on a salver, altera rather irritable ring of the street bell, or when It is poked into the band out of doors by an in sinuating person In shabby clothes. But the trne artist can overcomo all these ob stacles. In spite of them all. he can, by tho marvelous control of memory which be possesses, succeed in entirely forgetting that bill. If he is a genius, and has complete self-confidence, he may even, in spite, of tbe awful risk of receiving too deep an Impression from the process, give the envelope and its contents the personal care and attention of tearing them up into small bits over tho fire, and so bestowing upon tbem the final honors of cremation, and yet come out so triumphantly successful as to completely forget tho circum stance. Tradesmen, who may venture to refer again to this person in regard to their so highly honored communications, get tbe authority of his own word for the fact that every trace of it has been obliterated from bis memory. This is surely a very Important in stance in favor of the possibility of an art of forgetting. Tho Masterly Skill of Some People. There are other examples of this practice, not affecting public business, which are equally encouraging. Promises and. engagements of a private nature, which become onerous to the person who has made them, are often found to havo been forgotten, when those who have forgotten them are persons otherwise of good memory and business-like habits. Something of the same sort brings on the fate to which borrowed books are notoriously liable. Statements, again. Indi cating a point of view from which the speaker bas subsequently departed, are fonnd to be forgotten with unfailing accuracy by the memory. Science cannot afford to pass over these things. At tbe bottom of them all Ilea the unmistakable craality ot masterly skill. Such persons can never, perhaps, be got to formulate and publish the methods by which such training and control of the recording fac ulties of the mind have been laboriously at tained. But their results are an adequate ground for science to advance from, in the construction of an art of forgetting. Yonr Trouble. Tbe value of this is so obvious to tbe least re flection, 'that it is perhaps scarcely necessary to enlarge 'upon it Business people, from Job downward, have been recommended by philo sophical friends, when complaining of the re verses which keep their thoughts employed, and themselves awake on the pillow, to take courage, and forget their trouble. But Job, and the succeeding very long family of suf ferers, have, in the absence of an art of for gettlug, invariably found this an im possible task. What a triumph on the appearance of the worry, . to confront it at once with the resources ot the art, and utterly suppress it If this succeeded, sufferers might go on to further victories. Shakespeare re marks that no philosopher could ever bear tbo toothache patiently. Modern science would improve on philosophy If it could teach us to foriret toothache. Aided by the professor of I anti-mnemonics, tbo sufferer might pass the dismal hours of that disease in mirth and revelry. All doctors, inuceu, might get ac customed to find tbelr patients sitting in easy chairs, convulsed with laughter over works of wit and humor, with a memorandum jotted down In readiness for the medical arrival, re minding the sufferer that be was the victim of toothache, gout, angina pectoris, and so on ailments which (for convenience and ease) he bad decided, to forget until the doctor should eome. Baseball In tbe Eternal City. From the New York World.1 On Sunday, February 21, the wandering knights ot the American Baseball diamond are to play a game In the Eternal City. O Rome, Rome! if you, are not made to howl at that time the testimony ot the past does yon grave injustice. Not since the walls of the Coliseum echoed the cries of an excited populace enjoy ing tbe contests of men and animals has the city of the Cassars bad so lively a time In pros pect Would that; we could all see tbe face of the noblest Roman of 'em all as he first be gins to comprehend tbe beauties of curved pitching, base-stealing and foul catches, A Goad Man to Have About. From the New York World. An'undettaker occupies a seat In tbe Penn sylvania Senate. He has a very crave manner, and be is fond of seeing that bills are burled with due solemnity. It is too bad tbat there are not more of bis calling in the New York Legislature. There are a great many meas ures there which shonldbe interred with skill and dispatch. Why Go From Heme to Dig f From the New York M'orld.l Near Meriden, Conn., tho remains of a fossil trie ot a genus said by Herodotns to havo be come extinct several hundred years before the Christian era have been found. And yet our scientists set out every littlewhile to make ex cavations at Babylon or Tlmbuctoo or some other remote spot, .A little digging here at home might win a rich reward. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Last year 20,000. persimmon trees were exported from Japan to tho United States. Men at work on the Eiffel tower in Paris begin at OA.Jf.. and have sunlight Ions: before it reaches the city. An orange grower at Lake Coma, Fix, exhibits a navel orange tbat weighs 25 ounces, and says there are several moro of the same size on his trees. John C. Kope., the lecturer of Cam bridge, possesses tho finest portrait of Napol eon now in existence. It represents the Em peror at the battle ot Areola. A giant ice making machine was ship ped Friday from Cincinnati to Denver, Col. It weighed about 200,000 pounds, and 13 cars wero required to carry it It cost $36,000. A shrewd citizen of Montezuma, Ga'., swapped horses ten times in one day and made $125, and galloped home tbat night possessor of the same horse to Impart the news to bis family. The richest man in Berlin rejoices in an annual Income of 2,700,000 marks ($1,190,000). There are, beside this Croesus, 162 millionaires In thalers (at 3 marks) and 928 millionaires in marks. Fernandina, Pla., was visited by a good freeze Wednesday night, icicles f nlly an Inch in length forming in the most exposed places. Thursday nlgbt the weather was still cold, covering housetops, trees and ground with a snow-white frost A lady residing in Elberton has a pet hen that laid 29 eggs during the month of Janu ary. She has kept a strict count of the eggs, and la sure tbat they were all laid by one hen. She confidently expects to get as large or larger number of egg3 during this month., The rats have become so numerous and mischievous at the residence of W. B. Mitchell, of Americus. Ga.. that they go into the bureau drawers, get the money that i3 stored away in them and carry it off. It is known tbat they nave cameu away several silver quarters. Old Boxem Brown, of New Mexico, is a coffin peddler. He travels with a big wagon, a team of mules and about 20 assorted coffins. He says he knows 10U men who already have their coffins in their houses. Boxem well knows tbe tendency of tbe frontier West to i die with its boots on. Rev. Eobert Collier has presented Cor neU College with an old factory bell which bas an interesting history. It was tbe bell that rang him to work everr morning in his young days and fixed the time tho day's toil was over. Tbe bell will be used at Cornell for summoning the students to their classes. A 14-year-old girl who lives in High land, a town near Harrisburg. was converted lately at a religious revival. Soon afterward she fell Into a trance, and much of the time since she has been in that state. The trances last from fire minutes to half an hour, and don'r leave her In the least exhausted. The apple market has somo queer phases Up In Maine this winter. Recently a man started from Kent's Hill with a load of dried apples to sell. At ML Vernon he was offered 5 cents a pound; several miles further along he could have got 4 cents, but when he reached Augusta nobody wonld give blmover 3 cents. The apples went back. A remarkably cool-headed man is James Purlcss, of Sacramento, Cal. Last week, by the breaking of scaffolding aronnd a building he was tearing down, he was thrown Into the cel lar. Soveral of his bones were broken and pro truded from the flesh, but notwithstanding he continued smoking, and quietly directed the men in their work of clearing away the rubbish which held him a prisoner. The Mexicans have a queer way of bury ing the dead. The corpse is tightly wrapped in century plant matting and placed in a coffin, rented for about 23 cents. One or two natives, as the case may be. place the coffin on their heads and go in a trot to the grave, where the body is Interred, and the coffin is then returned. Tbo wealthy class use tbe street cars as hearses, and the friends follow beside the car on foot A Paris correspondent says fpat it has generally been supposed that the highest fall of water used for industrial purposes was tbe one ntilized for generating electric power at the Nevada mines, in the United States, which ba3 a fall of about SOO meters; but it appears that water power is employed near Qreenole, with a fall of SOO meters, which serves to drivo a tur bine developing 1,500 horse power. The diam eter of the turbine is three meters, and the Bregnet firm bad to construct a manometer for it Indicating a pressure of 60 atmospheres tbat is, to say, over 735 pounds to the square Inch. Delegate Carey, of Wyoming Territory, bas received a letter from Cheyenne, stating tbat a herd ot native American buffalo have es caped the advancing march of civilization and are roaming the wilds of Wyoming. It bas been generally believed tbat the buffalo in tbeir free stato had practically become ex tinct except in the Yellowstone Park; where the National Government bas taken steps for their preservation; but this seems to have been an error. Tbe herd numbers 23 finely devel oped animals four bulls and 22 cows. At Mr. Carey's request the Indian Bureau has issned orders which, it is hoped, will save the animals. Captain James Meredith, of Clearwater, Fla., came near losing his life at DeSotoafew nights since, under circumstances tbe like of which has perhaps never been recorded. He was shot for a jack-'o-lantem. The other night just after dark, Captain Meredith fixed a bunt ing lantern on his head and came ashore to shoot raccoons, alligators, or any such game as be might find along tne beach. His light was seen from a nearby house, and was construed to be something unaccountable, no one being able to account for the peculiar light which would be suddenly very brilliant and then as suddenly gone, the result of Meredith turning his head in different directions. One of the occupants aetermined to capture that jack-'o-lantern, set out with a 32-caliber revolver. He hastened along the beach In the direction it bad been last seen, hoping to be in its neigh borhood when it should again show itself. It appears tbat Meredith bad seen him coming, but he didn't see him. When he walked up within about IS feet Meredith turned his face toward, him, when the lantern startled blm by blazing in his eyes. He had seen nothing, and this sudden flash so excited blm, tbat be fore Meredith bad time to speak Ham fired at thegb08t The ball entered the cheek an inch orso below the eye, and now lies buried about three inches deep in Meredith's bead. A doc tor was sent for. but could not get the bullet "but the patient Is on the road to a rapid re covery. Of course, great regret is felt over tbe affair, but Meredith appears to be the most cheerful ana least concerned. DIEANT TO BE FUNNY. Feeling His "Way. Hennepekke (who has rang the bell or Ms own house)-Is my mothr In-law in or oat Bridget? Bridget-Out, sir. lie enters. A Desperate Extremity. "What the deneo makes Uldbore continually talk to him self?" "Can't get anyone else to listen to htm, I sup pose." At the Clnb. Bylk Funny what queer dreams a fellow bas, Isn't It? Sukker Why, have you dreamt that you paid me what you owed me!" Bylk No, dreamt you lent me more. A Searching Investigation. Snypes Seems to ine these advanced school doctors carry things a little too far, dun't you know. Pypes Why so, dear boy? Snypes Why, there's Doctor Jones, now. He made me swallow a glass eye yesterday, to see what the matter was with my liver. Young but Gifted. Lie I. Timell'A.M. Mother Now mind, Johnnie, there's a ghost In' that dark closet guarding the jam! Johnnie trembles violently and commences to water at the mouth. Lie II. Time In. jr. Johnnle-Ob, mammal The ghost has eaten half of tbe jam! How He Won Them. On the rolling prairies. A band of cowboys have captured av horsethlef. - Cowboys (In gleeful ehorns)-We've. got' yon now, you villain, and you are going to swing-;-," They prepare the rope and select a convenient treo. .. - - The Villain Hold on, boys. I'll' bet yon tha drinks you don't stretch my neck. - Cowboys Oh! won't we, just? '' ''"- TUey pinion his arms. '.-- j- The VUlaln-I can put you up to some valuable secrets. They tie his feet together. 'V 4 The VUlaln-I know where 460,000 la gold'tt bnrled. - " . ,,s They adjust the noose to his neck. "."" ' "- TheVlllaln-Icanputyouon to anew sliver mine. -"' They commence to hoist hhnnp. " TbeVilialn-And I've got six new tricks' fat cards. , Chorus of voices (excltedly)-Hold on! Let blm down! He Is let down, released and pardoned.- ' Mt from LUt. BT IMTUITIOJf. Little baby cannot tell -,' S When he's sick or when he'. wn. . j. But he knows when papa steep, 9 For then's the time ho starts to feHS i.,-t,s;