.T IEEE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SATURDAY, :FEBRTJARY 33, 1889; KS- t f The Sunday OF The Diepatch Will contain the last installment of Joaquin Miller's striking serial, THE BURIED RIYER. This will be followed by The Lily nf Rnctinn, An exciting Romance of Old Days in the Bay St. Louis, BY Maurice Thompson. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 184a Vol. , No, 16. Entered ai rittsbnrg l'ost- ofiice, November M, 1SS7, as second-class matter. Business Office 97 and 99 Fifth Avenue. News Booms and PablishinsHause 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street This paper having inoro than Double tho tii-culntion of any olhcr In the fctalo outside of Philadelphia, lt advantages as an ndver lUIng medium will be apparent. TEEMS OF THE D1SPATCIL rOSTACE TT5EZ IX THE ITnTEO STATES. Daily Dispatch One Year. I BOO Daily DisrATCn, l'er Quarter Spa J) aii.t UtsrATcn, OncMonth ,u Daily DisrATcn, including oanday, one Tear. 1000 Daily Dispatch, including bandar, per Quarter. ISO Jiaily DisrATCii, including bunday. on month K Eokcay DisrATCH. oneyear. ISO Weekly Dispatch, one year -.. 1 15 The Daily dispatcu l delivered by carriers at 'jr. cents per -week, or including thesunday edition, at 3) cents per week. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY. FEB. 23. 18S9. A GREAT DAY FOR PARADES. Never was "Washington's Birthday so brilliantly celebrated in Pittsburg as yester day. Not only did the Catholic societies and the Junior Order of American Me chanics surprise themselves and the public by the numbers and the enthusiasm of their respective displays, but what was most for tunate, old Sol graciously assumed im partial command as chief marshal of both parades. The weather was simply marvelous for a mid-winter holiday; nothing like it was be fore secu in these parts. It was a very pleasant sight to note so much and such undoubtedly earnest de votion to the Stars and Stripes. So long as like testimony is given of popular senti ment, there is some excuse for. a holiday, even if business men do grumble at what they consider a useless waste of time. Some people have affected to sec a lesser political significance in the parades, not unconnected with recent semi-sectarian disputes; but the wisest and best disposed citizens will not choose to consider the matter in any such light 'When it comes to appreciation of the honor and duties of American citizen ship the religious opinions of one or of another do not and must not interfere. That should be the true import of both parades j-esterdayand, without doubt, iu the event of any test whatsoever, affecting the country, all would be -found as cheerily marching to the same, musicand nnder the same banners. WILIS' CONSTmJTIOKAL IDEAS. The genius of Mr. Roger Q. Mills for put ting himself carefully in the wrong, was never more strikingly displayed than by the attempt yesterday to insist on his reso lution declaring the Senate substitute to the tariff bill unconstitutional. To assert that the Senate cannot amend a House revenue bill, so as to change its scope from that of a tariff reduction bill to a revenue reduction bill, is equivalent to asserting that it cannot amend it at all. Any amendment that did not suit Mr. Mills would be declared to change the scope of the measure. If Mr. Mills should secure the passage by the House of a duty on raw sugars and the Senate should add thereto a duty on refined sugars, it would be as easy to call that a change of scope as the one he complains of. It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Mills can seriously urge this view in the teeth of the constitutional reservation to the Senate of the right ot amendment, as against the ex clusive right of inception in the House; but than, perhaps, Mr. Mills regards that part of the Constitution as unconstitutional. THE CAUSE OF THE CHANGE. The President's signature yesterday com pleted the legislation necessary to secure the admission ot four new States to ihc Union. North and.South Dakota, Montana and Washington will extend the belt of full fledged States along the Northern line clear to the Pacific, if they choose to avail them Eclves ot this legislation; and there is no room for doubt on that point This action at the close of the Cleveland administration is a decided change from the course to which the Democrats have held for four years on this point. On one rxcuse or another the House has put off the subject, but back of its excuses it was clear enough that while there was a hope of their remain ing in power, they would not admit new States with Republican majorities unless they could get a compensatory reinforce ment of new Democratic States. It is possible that the passage of this bill, and its approval by the President are in tended to atone for the rather discreditable refusal to admit Territories well qualified for statehood. That is certainly the most charitable view to be taken of their action. If these States are qualified for admission now, they were qualified last year and the year before; and to exclude them for the sake of hanging on to power was rank in justice Perhaps this concession is intended as compensation. Still, in view of the fact that this bill adds five members to the Republican majority in the House and presumably thirteen to the Republican vote in the next electoral col leges, wc are inclined to credit the change in Democratic policy to the conviction of our Democratic friends that they might as well let the tail go with the hide. TAKE THE GEEAT OFFENDERS FIRST. The reported steps, taken in the Legisla ture toward the forfeiture of the charter of the Schuylkill Eastside Railroad, in Phila delphia, would be very commendable, if they were not so manifestly jug-handled. If any corporations have violated their char ter limitations they should undergo the penalty; but the policy of attacking a small corporation for a minor offense is in this case so manifestly in the interest of a great er and more defiant offender against both the Constitution and the courts, that if the legislature "were to take such a course it would be a most unblushing display of the , corporation collar. If the policy were to be adopted of seeking out all corporate offend ers against charter obligations and Constl- ffe BippI4 tutional limits, it is a very serious question which among them would escape unhanged. If such a course is to be undertaken, let it commence with tb,o greatest and most pow erful offenders instead of attacking the lit tle offenders for the benefit of the big. ones. TEE TOBY BBEAK-DOWN. What a commentary upon the parade of the letters in "Parnellism'and Crime," and the months of piling up evidence of the Irish disorders is furnished by the fact that as soon as the question of genuineness of tho Parncll letters is reached, the man who sold them to the JVmesand who is solely responsi ble for them, admits a previous written con fession that they arc not genuine, and at tempts to get money from tho Irish party for proving their spurious character! The claim that the Egan letters are not yet proved to be frauds is an almost pitiable confession of the utter break-down of the important part of the case. Mr. Egan has been a hard fighter for Ireland for many years, and. although nothing of the sort is proved, it would not be surprising if he had nt times contemplated and counselled the resort to force. But Mr. Parnell is the responsible head of the Na tional movement He was the person charged by thR Times VfitU having encour aged outrages, while preserving the veil of constitutional agitation. It was to determine the foundation for these charges that the Commission was Impanelled, and after months of dawdling, twisting and tergiver sation by the Timet' lawyers, the only man on whom the Times depended as the author ity for these letters, breaks down and ex poses his utter unreliability. If this result docs not shake the Tory party's power in England and leave the poor old J7jimdcrerj reputation for truth fulness in tatters, then party passions in England will rise utterly superior to facts. A POOR BUSINESS PROPOSITION. It is a piece of absurdity, which can only be accounted for on the theory of want of reflection, that anyone in Pennsylvania should want to tax manufacturers in any shape, corporate or otherwise. The pros perity oi this State, more than that of any other, denends on manufacturing. It is not merely the mill owner or the factory worker, having homes and interests in the Common wealth, who are concerned in Seeing our in dustries flourish, but also, of course, the farmer and the merchant All this ground was gone over fully in exposing the fallacy of William L. Scott's assaults in Congress upon the Braddock's steel industry. It is lamentable tbat it should be necessary to preach, now and again, these plainest princi ples of every day business experience to Pennsylvania high officials. In The Dispatch yesterday, side by side with the account of the sensible argu ments of Mr. Oliver to the Ways andIeans Committee at Harrisburg, appeared a three column advertisement from the gas belt of Indiana, setting forth what a great manu facturing center that was, and inviting capital there. Everyone knows what the Pindlay and other districts have done by way of special inducements to manufactur ers to settle in their midst Here in Penn sylvania, alone, we hear proposals to tax them when tbey appear in corporate shape. Surely Ihe State officials and the members who take such a view must know that the great bulk of heavy manufactures now re quire to be. conducted in corporate form. Oneor two men seldom have the means to undertake enterprises solelyVon their own accoqnt, giving employment to thousands of hands; or, if they have the money, they do not want to incur in Pennsylvania the risk of losing all they have by partnership ar rangements when in New Jersey or New York they go into the same business in com pany form and limit their losses to the money they willingly put in at the start It is true the tax proposed is not prohibitory. But it is stupidly discouraging to a line of business upon which the interests of the State depends. We agree entirety with Mr. Harry Oliver even though he be a directly interested party that, if revenue has to be raised by taxing corporations, it should come exclu sively from those which enjoy grants from the public. The railroads which have prac tically a monopoly of transportation and the right of eminent domain; the electric light companies which make immense profits on original investment; the street railways whose franchises have proved to be of such known worth; the bridge and the ferry com panies, the gas companies, in short all which have practically an exclusive market these are the corporations which should con tribute. We trust that on this occasion, for the last time, will be heard in Pennsylvania a pro posal so foreign to its interests as the tax ation of manufactures. The premium which nature so generously offers of fuel, ore and water transportation should not be offset by sucn official and public dullness. THE NEED OF UNTFOEIHTY. The interesting special article on the sub ject of marriage and divorce, which appears in this Issue, shows,the need of uniformity of legislation on this subject, and points out the only means by which such uni formity can be obtained a Constitutional amendment, giving Congress the power to legislate on the matter. This is the view The Dispatch has held for some time, and to which public opinion is gradually tending. It is notnecessary to agree with our cor respondent iu all respects, in order to unite with him on his main proposition. Thus it may be questioned whether the fact that South Carolina has never granted a divorce is much more to its credit than the looseness with which the marriage tie is dissolved in other States is to them. Probably that State has had cases in which offenses against the bond of marriage were so flagrant as to justify its dissolution in law, as had already been done in fact"But the hideous contradictions furnished by our different State systems form the vital part of this question. The fact that a lawfully married couple in one State may be unmarried in anotber;"and tbat the wife who is freed from a brutal husband, or the husband who has been emancipated from the bond that joins him to an' unfaith ful wife, may still be bound in another State, is a travesty npon civilized social organization. It is upon the need of abol ishing these shameful incongruities that the demand for uniform marriage and divorce laws is based; and it could hardly have a better foundation. "Isn't it about time the Legislature gave Philadelphia a decent building inspection law?" pertinently inquires the Philadelphia Press, apropos of the last tinder-box fire in that city. It is high time that there should be such a law for the whole State; and it would also be pertinent for the esteemed Press to inquire if it is 'not about time for municipal officials to give an energetic en forcement to the measure of law which we now have. Il is a very, striking contrast between two great republics that while one of 'them has;! oeen confronted for the last week by the difficulty of getting men to go into the Cab inet, the other has been still longer agitated by the difficulty ot keeping them out. A pabagbaph is going the rounds of the press to the effect that no improvements have been made in umbrellas for the last three hundred years. Considering that itTs about 150 years since Jonas Hanway adapted the Oriental protection against the sun to keeping off English rains, the inference is that the invention of the umbrella was not an improvement Perhaps it was not to the public honesty. When the Catholics and American Me chanics vie with each ojher in honoring the memory of "Washington, they both show more readiness to cultivate the spirit of patriotism, than they do when they get to quarreling over sectarian differences. It is exclaimed by the Baltimore Sun, as indicative of tho persistent depravity of the Republican leaders, that "the outrage mill is to be eet agoing!" "We were uuder the impression that the outrage mill 'was "set agoing" when they killed a Republican Congressional candidate in Arkansas, for trying to investigate the stealing of ballot boxes, by which an election was also stolen. The ill success of the local interests in forming a combination is cast into deeper shade by the 'success with which the Wash ington people have organized a window glass trust, which will make it cost from $20 to 5150 to see the inaugural parade. The taxpayers of Buffalo are aroused by double-leaded editorials in the Express, of that city, to contemplate the fact that the municipal salary list has been increased during the past two years by the sum of 50,000, Pittsburg on being informed of the fact, will philosophically wonder if Buffalo is going to get into a stew oyer a flea-bite of that description. Shebman and Plumb are reported to have used improperly emphatic language touching the Cabinet question. Thomas C. Piatt remains faithful to his old role by declaring: "Me, tool" ''Chaieman Cbisp's opportunity to cheat ballot-boxes will not be as great in the next House as it has Deen in this one," re marks the New York Tribune. No, if will not, owing to the fortunes of war. It is not yet disclosed who will undertake the exer cise of Mr. Crisp's function in that respect, for the Republican majority in the next Congress. Every fresh imprisonment of Irish lead ers for fighting Ireland's cause, is another notification to the lovers of liberty in the old country that they must unite against Tory absolutism. The statement tbat there are 75 white families on the Montana reservation, whence the Indian troubles are reported, carries with with it a tolerably pertinent suggestion that it is worth while to enforce the laws keeping the whites of the reservations until both whites and redskins are a little more civil ized than they are at present On the subject of rents, the highest yet noted are those in the ceiling of the New York Assembly Chamber, and the biggest are those in the reputation of the Assembly jobbers. The news that the Pittsburg butchers pro pose to start a co-operative slaughter house in Chicago naturally attracts a good deal of attention. It is a wise thing to do, and affords the most complete refutation to the recent claim of this interest, that meat could not be depended upon that was not slaugh tered within this State. Pigott as a witness was produced by the Times for the benefit of the other side of the case. The House seems to have made up its mind to repeal the tobacco tax. It has been talking about reducing taxation 'for two years now; and, like the man who wanted the hat passed ronnd when the boat was sinking, it is certain that something must be done in that line. PERSONAL FACTS AND FANCIES. The Empress of Austria has a lady doctor in her suite. A young lady who aspired to fame as a musi cian went onodayto Rubinstein for advice. She played for him, then asked; "What shall I do?" "Get married." was the reply. Captain Lemon has charge of the sale of tickets for the inaugural bin. Lemon says be Is being squeezed very hard to make the limit ed number of tickets satisfy tho demand. Queen Pia, of Portugal, is very anxious to come to this country. A Lisbon newspaper re cently asserted that sho had become interested in "tho natural bridge ovet the Aliegbenios." M. Caknot, President of the French Repub lic, is a whist player of whist players. It is the one relaxation he allows himself from tho du ties ot his office, barring an occasional visit to the theater or the opera. Japanese Minister Matsu was a prisoner for nearly five hours in his native land for his progressive ideas. Tho adoption by Japan of a new Constitution ho looks npon as a personal triumph. "This culmination of his early day dreams," says a friend, "has crowned his life with solemn joy." The President and Mrs. Cleveland attended the centonnial celebration of Georgetown Uni versity, yesterday afternoon. They were" re ceived with the usual honor, and were given prominent seats on tho platform. Atthe con clusion of the regular programme the Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland had a reception in the university hall. Gekeeal Boulangbr lacks discretion. The other evening at a bonse in fashionable Paris ho actually had the unwisdom or was it audacity; to ask the beautiful Madame dc Fredem to sine the music-bally "En Rercnent do la Revue," Of course she was mortally wounded. Imagine Adelina Patti's indigna tion if she were asked to sing "Champagne unariie." One night last week James G. Blame at tended an exhibition by Herrmann, the presti dlgitateur. in Washington. He sat near the stage and seemed to take great interest in the performance knowing a thing or two about tricks, as he docs. After a time Herrmann brought ont the spirit hand. It rapped out an swers to several questions. Finally Herrmann asked: "Will James G. Blaino be the next Secretary of State I" "Yes," rapped the hand, and the audience applauded warmly. Mr. Blaine smiled, but gave no farther indication of emotion. It is one of the unwritten laws that every in. coming President of the United States shall bo sworn on a new Bible. Clerk McEenney, of the United States Supreme Court, supplies the Bible. After the inaugural ceremony the vol ume is presented to some one of the President's family. The custom was set aside in the case of Mr. Cleveland, who took the oath on a Bible once owned by his mother, a though Mr.'Mc Kenney bad purchased a book for the occa sion. It is understood that General Harrison will return to the old custom and kiss a Bible furnished by Clerk McKenney. A Suitable Exhibit. From the ChlcaEO Herald. Tbe American branch of the Universal Peace Society Is to have an exhibit at the Paris Exposition. We might send over our large assortment of peaceable and narmless; prizefighters. THE TIP OP THE TONGUE, it Is the Most Dnnccrpu Part of That ' Unruly Members-Things Better Left Up. said Advantages or Having it Under Control-Laying la a, Stock of Good Thins. From the London Globe. "Tut-tut-tut! Pva got it on the very tip of my tongue!" How often one bears that sometimes comic, sometimes pathetic exclamation! The victim has something which be would like to say. and which be seems in the very act of say ing; but try what he will, it eludes him, and often he gives up the search for It in despair. AVe do not say that such references to the tip of the tongue, and what is on it, are Invariably sin cere. Occasionally tbey are mendacious. Now and 'then we assume the virtue ot a memory vben we have it not Our 'Tut-tut-tut!" is now and then only his triouic put on for effect, and to extenuate the misdemeanor of non-recollection. Its ob ject is but to give us time; while someone else hastens to fill up tho blank we have created. In comedy, these moments of hesitation are de liberately devised, and are found productive of much comic capital. What one man says is on the tip of his tongue, other furnishes, and the hit is made v Some Painful Instances. But, in general, when we profess to be at a loss for a word or an idea which is nevertheless apparently within our grasp, we mean it. The thing is really where we say it is, but we can not capture it great and sometimes palnfnl as uiu cuuiig tilt;, muih, vm m. vij. -...v.,,.. wv..- slon, repeated the word "necessity" two or three times, and yet conld not recover the re mainder of the sentence of which it had been intended to be the beginning thus giving point to Peel's chaffing interjection that nece sity is "not always the mother of invention." So. again, the witty Lord Rnchoster opened a speech with, "My lords, I divide' ray dis course into four branches"; but there he stuck, the only thing which came to the tip of his tongue being the remark which piefaced his re sumption ot his seat "My lords, if ever I rise airain in this House, I give you leave to cut me off, root and branch, forever." It is a singular problem in mental physiology, this inability to get off the tongua wliat we havo on the tip of it where is the thought to which we desire to give public utterance? In what "odd corner ot the brain" is it secreted? We hurriedly rack our intellects, bat to no purpose. Such matter can be got at only-by careful association of ideas. They must be followed up as a detective follows up a cine. One thing suggests another, snd, at last, tbat wbloh was at the portal of our lips got past them safely into space. i Strngglo of Truth Agninst the Will. That, of course, is one side of the shield. There is another. How often words not only come to the tip of the tongue but get over it before we havo time to stay their progress! It is a dangerous spot, that tip more dangerous, perhaps, than all the rest of the tongue put to gether. It retains that which it ought to re lease, and releases tbat which it ought to re tain. And of the two, certainly, the latter evil Js the worse. Tho former may cause some keen annoyance, but the latter often brings us shame. How numerous the unlucky things which arrive at the tip of topgue and leave it immediately! Tbey fnclude tbat vast body of malapropos remarks which wo "would rather have left unsaid" which tell the truth against our will, and consequently alienate our friends and delight our enemies. Happy he who can prevent these misfortunes from getting further than the aforesaid tip I How glad of such self-control would bavo been the after-dinner orator who, before anybody had thought of a Channel tun nel, observed that "England Is an island." add ing, in his hurry and his nervousness, "and long may she remain so I" It is such slips as inese mat give anguisu id lau bum. uu iub stage, where fright is so apt to bring to the tip of the tongue the very thing tho performer would most desire to keep from it, lapses like these are often truly distressing as in tho case of the actor who once said to a lady, "Well, my dear, how old were you when your mother was born?" . Saying the Right Thing. However, we must not be too nncompliment aiy to that portion of the tongue on which we are discoursing. Some of us find it very use ful, after all. and are glad when we can keep it well supplied. Look atthe good it can do, when well disposed: look at the scrapes it can keep nsoutof; look at the triumphs it can seenre! To have always whatever we want at the tip of the tongue has made the fortune of thousands: it is in effect the secret of success. As Hamlet tells us though he applies the phrase differ ently "the readiness is all." It is tho ready man who conquers all along the line. One re remembers now Samuel Phillips, of the Timet, one day met Douglas Jerrold, and told him he had just seen Payne Collier, looking wonderfully well "and quite an evergreen." "He may be an ever green," said Jtrrold, "but he's never read". a remark which soma one who heard of It de scribed as "ready wit," Take, again, the story or the Judge and the barrister, the former of whom was looking on at a ball while the latter danced. "Ab, my friend!" said the not-too-wise occupant of the bench, "you are a bad waltzer!" "Ah," was the reply, "but yon are a bad Judge!" Was that not a delightful bit of repartee to have ready on the tip ot one's tongue? In tho department of compliment too, of what enormous valne is this spontaneity. The chief merit of a "pretty speech" is that it comes, not premeditateuiy, out -trippingly on thA tnnfMlM " the tongue.' t Keep a Stock of Bon Dials. No doubt this facility of thought and expression is usually a gift. Tho power of always saying the right thing at the right moment is genorally born with us, and not acquired. But it can be acquired, in many cases, by 'tho judicious expenditure of the midnight oil, and by dint, moreover, of constant practice in tne art. A. man can jay in a stock of "good things," and,if ho be but fairly quick in apprehension, these will all become available when wanted. Few of the bon mots of the world, wo may be sure, were struck off wholly at the moment- The idea of them had occurred to their authors some time before, bad been soized, and pat away for future use. Tne happy phrases are coined in solitude, and given oq.t in company. This may detract a littlo from the fame of conversationalists, but it does not interfcro with their effects. It Is of no consequence whether a jeu d'esprit is really spontaneous or not; all that is wanted is that it snail seem so that it shall have the appear ance, at any rate, of having been "on the tip of .the tongue." DNIQDE DOUBLE WEDDING. i Mother and Daughter Marry a Father and Son The Yoncsters Lead OS Boston. February 22. A uniquedouble wed ding took place this afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crccsy, in Beverly. A mother and daughter married afatberand son. The older couple are 46 and 43 years of age re spectively, and the younger conplo 21 years each. Tho latter were first to stand before the officiating clergyman. The bride was Miss Eva Louisa Crecsr, and the groom Mr. Roland P. Woodbury. When they had been united, Mrs. Eveline Creesy and Mr. Horace P. Woodbury took their places, and wore in turn joined for better or worse. The Same clergymen and the same ushers officiated in 'each case, and there was a large company.of spectators. There was a brief reception, after which the elder conple left for a bridal tour to Washington and the younger for their new home at Beverly Cove. The gifts were plenty and costly. The Chinese Must Go. From the Chicago News. J A member of the Michigan Legislature is trying to secure tho passage of a bill prohibit ing' the transportation of Head Chinamen or dead Chinamen's bones over tbe territory of tbat State. The object of coarse. Is to prevent live Chinamen from entering Michigan by the fear of being caught dead there and having no chance of receiving orthodox burial in Chinese soil. If such a law were passed by all tbe States tho Chinese wonld have to go before they wcredead. Nowthoy waituntll afterthey have been dead a year or two before they go. Unfinished Business. From the New York Bun.1 President Cleveland will leave some unfin ished business for settlement by the next ad ministration. For example, as regards our for eign policy. Look at tho Samoan question, and at the Huytlan question, and at the Zanzi bar question. If it be true tbat James G. Blaine is to be Secretary of State nnder Presi dent Harrison, be will be troubled with several items of business as soon as he takes office next month. DEATHS OP A DAY. James 8. Negley. Jr. James S. Negley, Jr., son of General Negley, died on the 20tn instant at Boise City, Idaho. The deceased was a member of the Allegheny county bar and was connected with a number'of railroads here as solicitor. He went to Idaho several years sco and was elected 'to the Legislature. While attending the sesilon he was stricken with ty phoid fever and died. liUDoay will be broogDl bere for interment. " DE, TANNER'S LATEST PBEAK. Ho Will Oo Into a Trance State and Allow ninuslt to be Burlod. From the Chicago Trlbnne.l "I propose," said Dr. Tanner, the faster, "to so discipline my body and mind that I can take upon myself at volition a trance state, and while in this condition bo buried, I shall re main in the grave fonr weeks, then be disin terred, and, I believe, rcsuscitatod. Impossi ble? No! The East Indian priosts have suc cessfully demonstrated for centuries that it can be done. The study I have given this sub ject bas revealed much to me. Many of the secrets of this performance have revealed themselves to me. Ona of the principal acts is to throw the tonguo bsok into the gullet and cause a change of the circulation of the blood, so that it resuinrs the condition of the pre natal state. "In that state there is no respiration; tne body thus bocomes airtight: it Is as if hermetic ally sealed, and tho valves of tie heart aro changed to a condition similar to the position occupied in tho unborn child. This is but one of the secrets I have learned; but to ascertain them I bavo studied every book upon the sub ject, although none contained many rays of light I have killed scores of raccoons, opos sums, bears and'-other hibernating animals when in their winter sleep and dissected them to learn ibo changes of tho organs while in this lethargic state. For "years I have dieted to gain all the strength possible for this great achievement. I am now prepared to say that but a comparatively short time will elapse be fore I will announce that I am ready for the un dertaking." THE NEW ELDOEADO. Old Miners Well Pleased With the Indian Territory find, Gainesville, Ten,, February 12. Men from Purcell, Ind. T., this morning brought with them numerous specimens of gold taken from tho recently discovered placer mines in the southwest corner of the Oklahoma country, along the Sonth Canadian river and about two miles cast of Pui cell, which is In the Chickasaw Nation. An investigation made this weok by an old miner convinced him that these mines are exceedingly rich in valuable mineral de posits, with a probability that they will provo to be as rich as some of the noted mines in Col orado. One of the boomers, who had taken up a claim where these mines are. while sinking a well a few days ago, found a quantity of matter at various depths which attracted attention and caused an investigation which resulted in the discovery of numerous particles of gold and other valuablo minerals. Upon prospect ing further, a number of placers were found where mining had been carried on in early times, perhaps by tho Spaniards moro than 100 years ago. As an evidence tbat these mines were worked by the Spaniards in tho early his tory of this country, severalminlnp; tools al most eaten up by rnst have been taken out of these mines this week and they agree with the kind of tools known to have been used by the Spaniards In 'their mining operations during their first visit to Mexico. BEN HAD BETTER BEHATE. Mrs. Harrison to bo Presented With a Re markably Elaborate Broomstick. Huhdoldt, Kan., February J2. Mrs. Ben jamin Harrison is soon to become tbe recipient of a present at once beautiful and unique a broom gotten up in the mbst beautiful style possible. The broom is of regulation size, tbe brush is made of the finest straw which Kansas can prodnce, and tbe handle is made of the best of wood, highly polished. Commencing at tho top shoulder of tbe broom, at intervals to tbe top of the handle, straw and sliver wire are interwoven so as to represent the following different designs: (1) Raised maple leaves; (2) raised crown; (3) raised diamonds and maple leaves; (4) matted diamond and raised leaves; (6) matted spears, both ways; (6) raised double matted crown; (7) hand-plate of solid silver, upon which, surrounded by beautiful scrollwork, is the name of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison; (S) pyra mid, and half maple leaves and matted dia monds; (9) matted crosses; (10) matted dia monds and maplo leaves; (11) four flags, beau tifully painted in oil colors, red, white and bine; between the flags are matted diamonds; (12) raised pyramids; (13) silk fringe: (11) solid silver cap on end of handle, with engravings and scrollwork. At intervals for the entiro length of the hanale are narrow strips of red, white and bluo silk velvet. The broom will bo sent to Washington in a case made expressly for it having a glass front ALLEN AND HIS CAMERA. Bow n. Congressman Keeps His Fellow Members In a State of Anxiety. Washington, February 22. Congressman Allen, of Massachusetts, is one of the few who are turning to some account the monotonous moments in the proceedings of the Souse. Armed with bis pocket camera, be saunters idly to and fro, watching the while with a keen eye for a subject and when this presents itself he is quick to catch the situation. In this way ho is getting qnite a collection of the. more promi nent members in attitudes wbich they will cordially repudiate. To-day ho followed for a long time tbe only Tom Reed, and at last caught a view of the back of bis head as the member from Maine was sitting beside Oregon's lone representative. There is much curiosity as to the ultimate purpose bo bas in view in making this collection, and sev eral are inwardlytrembllng lest they find copies of his work circulating in their districts. As be never warns his intended victims to "look in telligent," and tho absolute truthfulness of the views could not be moro satisfactorily ex plalnca away, there will be an Intense feeling of relief when the littlo leather box disappears from his desk. In the meantime he is the re cipient of a courtesy from his fellow members which is as agreeable as its object is obvious, , SEEKING ENGLISH GOLD. A New Organization of Jonnens Heirs Formed in New Jersry. PnrLADELPnrA, February 22. An opposi tion Jennens Heirs' Association, to push tbe claims of Hector Jennens. of "Sandusky, O., to tbe undtstnrbed millions in England, w.13 or ganized in Camden yesterday, and the 23 hope ful men and women who attended the meeting listened attentively to an address from Mr. Follett, a London solicitor; Tho new organization is a stock concern, and anybodv willing to subscribe can get a pro rata sbaro of the vast estate when it is distributed. Mr. Follett told how easily ho could provo that 4,OGO,000 belonged to tbe American heirs. Those present showed their confidence in his remarks by passing a resolution declaring their faith iu Hector Jenncn's claims, and request ing Jir. a ouett to prosecute tne case in tne En glish courts. SAVED BY A SHEPHEED DOG. An Intelligent Cnnuie Gives a Timely Alarm of Fire. SHELHYVILI.E, Ky., Februarys Mr. P. C. Kinsman, of this place, was awakened on Tues day night by his dog'barMng and scratching at the door. Ho scolded tho animal, driving him away.'but in a few moments the dog returned and began a more vigorous barking and plung ing against the door. Mr. Kinsman then got out ot bed to drivo him away, but when tho door was opened tbe dog rushou inside and ran into an adjoining room. Mr. Kinsman fol lowed and found tho room on fire. A large hole had been burned in the floor. In a little while the flames would have been beyond control, but as It was,Mr, Kinsman did not have much troublo in putting out the fire. The dog, which had evidently seen the flames from tbe outside through a window, is ot tbe shepherd breed. BEN'S NEW HAT. An Elabornte Head Piece Grows Ont of a Wager. New Yoke; February 22, The most elab orate opera hat that was ever made in this country is one that Is now being prepared .for Benjamin Harrison, tbe President-elect, by a New York hatter. - Tho nead piece is the resnlt of a wager between President Harrison and Mr. W. J. Arkell. of Judge, The Piesldent elect bet tint Indiana would go Republican and Mr. Arkell wagered that it wonld not. The tilo will be of ribbed silk, and will be lined with hand painted satin panels, which are tho work of such artists as Messrs. Gillam, Hamil ton Smith and Flohrl. President Harrison will carry tbe bat in bis band at tho inaugura tion ball on March 4. Epigrammatic. From the Boston Herald. A new sententious saying was telegraphed from abroad yesterday. Tbe Pester Lloyd ot Pesth is credited with the apothegm: "We shall be seen neither with tbo enemies of our friends nor tbe friends of our enemies." It may not bo new; it certainly is not in spirit; but we do not remember to bave seen the senti ment put in quite so pointed a phrase. It may bo engrafted bere. Spring Bonnets Lower. From tbe Baltimore American, j Spring bonnets are said to be lower. This, of course, refers to tbo crown and not to the price. Whatever ithe 'size of tbe' bonnet, tbe bill re- uuu iu majuauc proportions. . GOT, BEAYER Iff WASHINGTON. He Drop Down to View tuoRouto for the "Inaugural Procesilon-jTho Territorial Bill Signed Other' Cnpltnl Notes. Special Telegram to The Dispatch. Washington, February 22. Governor Beaver. Adjutant General Hastings, and As sistant Adjutant General Krnmbhaar dropped down from Harrisburg to. day, and after a hasty luncheon, drove directly to'tbe headqnartersof the Inaugural Committee, where they took carriages and drovo over the route of tho pro cession, viewed tbe streets on which the di visions wonld rest prior to the starting of the procession, and thus partly completed the in definite and final arrangements for tbe monster pageant The gentlemen are stopping to-night at tho Iliggs House, and many prominent citi zens aro calling to pay their rpspects to tho one-legged Governor and his distinguished as sociates. The Governor will return to Harris burg to-morrow. Adjntant General Hastings will remain hero till after tho last horn of the inauguration is blown. , Four New States, Sure Enough. Therowas great satisfaction expressed on both sldos of the House of Representatives to day, when it was generally known that the President had signed tho Territorial bill. The news was telegraphed to the Capitol by tbe Associated Press, and was received with every manifestation of approval. Shortly after the House met. a special niessenger from tbe White House brought the following autograph letter Jo Mr. Springer, Chairman of the Com mittee on Territories: Hon. William JU bprlnrer: Mr IIeausik-I signed the bill for the admis sion of the new Stales at II o'clock this morning, Yours, very truly, UKOVEB CXEVELAXn. Another Centennial Is Over. The exercises of the centennial celebration of Georgetown University closed this after noon. Tba honorary decrees were conferred by President Cleveland. Several addresses were delivered, after which degrees were con ferred as follows: Doctor of Laws: Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State; Hon. HonorcMercier, Prime Minister of Quebec; Hon. Angnttos H. Garland. Attorney-General; Hon. Emilio de Muruaga, E. K. and M. P. of Knfilii" TTmi .loll,, Tn ('.rfrtl TInn "MflthaTi Goff, General W. S. Rosecrans. Hon. Zachariah Montgomery, John Gilmary fehca. LL. D.; John T. Doyle, California! George F. Hamilton; Alexander H. Laughborongh, California; John R.Hamilton, 11. D.: Thomas Dwigbt; John Boyle Q'Reilly; Maurice F. Egan. Three gold medals were struck in honor of the centennial celebration, which were awarded as follows: One to John Gilmarv Shea, LL. D., the his torian of the Catholic Chnrch in America, for his work. '"The Life and Times of Archbishop Carroll;" a gold medal, struck by tho Alumni Cardinal Gibbons, for the archieplseopal see ot 1 imnmore, ana agoia meaai, luce tne precea ing, to the President, Groer Cleveland, for tbe Government of the United States. Tho Money on Hand. Senator Stanford to-day Introduced a pro posed amendment to the army appropriation bill, authorizing the Secretary of War to pur, chase fonr pneumatlo dynamitetguns of 15-inch caliber, and the necessary machinery to firo and handle the same, together with tbe neces sary ammnnition and cartridges, to be located at such points in the harbor of San Francisco as may bo designated by the Secretary. The cost is not to exceed 250,000, In a letter to the Senator, Secretary Endicott approves of the lo cation of these guns in tho harbor of San Fran cisco, and says tbat there is a present appropri ation available for tho purpose. 4 Arrangements for the Next Centennial. The consideration of tbe sundry civil bill was resumed in the Senate to-day, the question be ing on Mr. Hiscock's amendment offered yes terday. appropriating $300,000 for- expenses of the celebration of the centennial of tho con stitution. Mr. Hoar offered a substitute for the amendment and It was agreed to without discussion or division. It declares Tuesday, April SO, 1889 (the anniversary of the inaugura tion of the first President of the United States. George Washington), a national holiday throughout the United States; provides for the assembling of both Houses in tho hall of the House ot Representatives on the second Wednesday of December, 1889, when, under an arrangement by a joint committee, suitable ceremonies are to bo had in further commemo ration of tbat historic event; authorizes the joint committee to sit during the recess, and to invite the officers of the United States and of the respective States, and. through tho Secre tary of State, representatives of foreign Gov ernments to attend, and also to invite tbe Chief Justice to'dellvera suitable address ou the oc casion, and it "appropriates $500,000 to defray the expenses of the joint committee and of carrying out its arrangements. A PECULIAR MANIA. A Yonng Ladr Spends Her Tlmo Ordering Funerals for Her Ulster. New Yoke, February 22. The Greenpolnt undertakers aro in quest of a young woman who describes herself as Miss Carroll, of 21 Greenpoint avenue. She is in tbo habit of visiting them and reporting tbat her 6-year-old sister has been run over and killed by a car. and their services are required. Sbe cries when narrating her story, and adds: ''She was in sured, and tbe money will be all right." On Wednesday night she bad all the undertakers in tbo place at the, bouse named. Nobody there knew anything about her. From the Sisters of !jt. Joseph she ordered a shroud, and the Sisters made tho garmont. The police re gard her as Insane. She is described as well dressed and of very ladylike manners. MAUD MARSTON'S WILL. She Devises nor Estate to Her Actor-Husband, TJnlcxs lie Remarries. New Yoke, February 22. The will of Maud Marston, executed on the day of her death, February 12. 1889, was filed with Probato Clerk Bernard J. Tinney yesterday. She describes herself as "Cornelia Maud Marsh, usually "known as Maud Marston, wife of Richard Edward William Marsh, usually known by his theatrical name ot Richard Marston." She makes ber husband her sole legatee and ex ecutor. If ho should die or marry herproperty lstobe?iven in trust to Edward EUtncs. of 9 Queen Victoria street, London, England, for the benefit of her three sinters. Mrs. Ilarsh's body will bs taken to England. How Foolish nc Was. From the Chicago .News..! A Russian prince has been arrested in New York for grand larcony. It seems that this booby of a prince stole a valuablo sealskin sacque and pawned It. It he bad tho least par ticle of sense be wonld have stolen the heart of some American heiress instead. Why should a prince steal a sealskin sacque when bo' could have had a garment of that kind with an heiress In it merely for the asking? Go West. Professional Peds. From tho New York World.t San Francisco is afflicted with a six-days' walking match. It Is to be hoped that west ward for all time professional pedestrianism has taken-its tan-harked way. TO HIS DOG. Well, well, old doggie? You wag your talland If you could only talk, You'd lay with your tongue what you say with your eyes- tbat yon want to go out for a walk. You knoir not (how could you?) the hand that you loved, that you warmed with your soft,' moist breath Will never caress you as once It did, for It's quiet and cold In death. You can't make out why I don't respond as you climb upon to my bed. And don't stretch out my band to stroke you, and pat j our woolly head. There's a world or sympathy, dog-like and mote. ,. mat snmes irom your purple eyes, Eat you don't understand (how can you, doggie ?) that anyone ever dies. You'll want for a time to goto her house (you 9 could dnd your way alone). And wag your tall and whine to her, and alt her to give you a bone. Uut that's all over, those days will never come back for you and for me. Those days that we spent all together, boy, la tbe summer time by tbe sea. You surely remember those days, old dog, how she scolded yon when you leapt To greet" her each morn with yonr muddy feet, from her door-mat where you slept? How she lay in her hammock with you under neath, never lonely and knew no fear When I was away, for you guarded her well, snd let not a soul come near. Bat you and I have tbe memory, boy, of the love tbat to ns she gave, t And we shall prize it more dearly now thatthey've laid her In her grave. Yon didn't see her, but I did, doggie, she laid so marvelous fair. With lilies strewn on her hands and feet snd framing her gold-brown hair. Yon didn't see when she went away, obi so far away, and alack I She's gone where perhaps we may follow her, doggie, but she will never come back. ' . '- To-Day. ODD, BDT J0ILI FELLOWS. V, HL Ren Encampment Gives a Pleasant West End Reception. " Odd fellows are ofttimes pleasant fellows. LAt least, the Odd Fellows roferred to are as jolly a lotas can be found, aud they made it pleasant for their many friends in the West End Thursday evening. The F. M. ilea Encampment No- US, I. O. O. F,, gave their first annual recep tion at the West End rink. A largo number of guests were in attendance. The hall was festooned with flags and other decorations were prominent. Mr. G. A. Hermann, Chair maaot the Committee of Arrangements,callcd tho assemblage to order. Gernert and Guen tner's orchestra played a favorite overture in their .usual pleasing manner. A quartet, conji posed of tbe Misses Appleton ana Moore and Messrs. Moore and Jennings, sang a solection. Misees Cronmlller and lieacom plaved a piano duet, and were warmly applauded. Tho or chestra rendered a second selection, and Mr. David Moore sang a solo. Chairman Hermann introduced Grand Chap lain Rev. J, J. Mclllyar. of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. He spoke npon the aims and advantages of the order. In his remarks he explained to the audience tbe many DenefiU derived from joining the Odd Fellows, and gave a few statistics of the amount paid out to persons who were in need of support. Siuging by the quartet and music by tbe orchestra concluded this part of the pro gramme. Dancing was tbe chief amusement until 2 o'clock in the morning. Supper was served at midnignt. AT 'OLD CITY HALL. The Day NurserrEntertalnmenc la a Success in Every Way. The entertainment given yesterday at Old City Hall by the patrons of tbo Day Nursery on North avenne, Allegheny, for the benefit of tbat institution was a great success in every way. The attendance was very large at both tho afternoon and evening sessions. In tho center of the hall had been erected a large fancy table booth. Its decorations were of yellow $nd white, and with the many nretty articles on display It made a beautiful sight. Near it stood the flower booth decorated with evergreen and ribbons. The ice cream booth was in the form of a room. Its exterior deco rations wero or cotton, over which had been BDrinitieu some substance which ret rays of light as brilliantly as frost. Tholem- onado and candy booth were nicely decorated. There were 11 dining tables In all, and these were constantly filled. Nine hundred guests sat down to dinner, and it is estimated that as many moro ate supper at the halt A chocolataira drill by 16 youne ladies and the concert by Prof. Zitbterbart's orchestra were tho features of the evening entertain ment. The yonng ladies looked pretty in their costumes and were well drilled. The nursery will realize a neat sum by the entertainment. A N0RTHS1DE RECEPTION, Followed by a Delightful Dance, With 130 Evening; Dancers. Mrs. W. R. Thompson, of Lincoln avenue, Allegheny, well knows how to entertain. That is what her friends said yesterday afternoon, and they certainly bad opportunity to pass in telligent judgment. Florist Elliott had exerted his powers on tbe rooms, and tbe guests were greeted by tho sight of flowers and plants in lavish profusion. Tbe afternoon reception began at 3 and ended at 6. At that hour the gentlemen began to drop in, and soon there were ISO persons pres ent. CatSror Higgins was in attendance and Toerge's orchestra furnished music Tor the dance, whlcb ended at 10 o'clock in the even ing, when the guests departed, having spent a most pleasant evening. THB Y. M. C. A. ENTERTAINMENT. Tbs Meigs Sisters end Mr. Charles Under bill Please a Large Audience. The Meigs Sisters' vocal quartet 'and Mr. Charles F. Underbill, of New York, reader gave a pleasant entertainment at the Second Presbyterian Church last evening, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation. The programme was opened with tbe "Concert Waltz" by the Meigs sisters. Mr. Underbill's recitations were excellent. They included both the grave and tbe gay, and it would be a difficult matter to determine in wblch bo excelled. The singing of tbe Meigs sisters was very good, and they won golden opinions from the audience. The church was well filled. THE MENDELSSOHN CONCERT At Gymnasium Hall, East End, Last Klght, a Pleasing Success. The Mendelssohn Club gave the first concert this season at the East End Gymnasium Hall lastnlgbt A large audience was present. Among the soloists wero Mrs. Adah S. Thomas. Mrs. L. E. Palmer, Mrs. J. Rowland Speer, and Messrs. R. R. Smith. Crawford, German, McConnell, Wilson, Swope, Simpson, Bearl and Wagner. Miss Mamie Reuclc also gave two violin numbers. YE GREAT CONCERT. The Ladles of the W. C. T. V. No. 9 Give a Pleasant sfntertainnient. Thfladies of the W. C. T. U. No. 2 gave an old folks concert at University Hall last even ing. The selections included the songs which were popular many years ago. The programme was entertaining, and included a large number of performers, who were attired in appropriate costumes. The attendance was not very large. The Sweet Whistler To-Day. Mrs. Alice J. Shaw, the charming whistler, who has delighted peoplo of the best tastes on two continents, will give her first concert in Pittsburg at Lafavette Hall this afternoon, and the second this evening, nnder the auspices of the Press Club. There will be more of tbe concert than Mrs. Shaw's sweet whistling, for sbe has an excellent concert company with ber. But this feature of her own will be the most en tertaining of all. undoubtedly, owing to its novelty. Seats can be roserved for either per formance as late as 1 p. ir. at Kleber's. I An 8. Y. Sapper. A Martha Washington tea party was given last evening at Hamilton's Music Hall. Fifth avenue, by tho Ladies' Aid Socioty of Davis Camp No.'l S. V. There were seven tables be sides an Ice cream and candy booth. A large number of guests were present and enjoyed the hospitality of tbe ladies. A Delightful Sewlcklry Reception. Miss Josle Coleman, of Willlamsport with a friend from the same place, is tbe guest of her aunt Mrs. A. B. Starr, of Sewiokley. Mrs. Starr last evening gave a reception and dance in their honor, and, although tbe number of tboso invited was not large, it was a delightful affair in all respects. FACTS AND FIGURES. FmSBUBG bas tbe largest ax factory in the world; It turns out 3,000 axes per day. The imports of iron and steel, not including iron ore into the United States in 18SS were were J12,SO0,377, as against $50,420,607 in 1SS7. The carpet manufacturers of Philadelphia have 7.S0O looms in use, employ 17,800 hands, manufacture annually 7,600,000 yards of carpet at a value of 544,970.000. TiiEltEwerer manufactured in the United States, last year, in round dumbers, 14,000,000 pounds of tobacco.. 400,000 pounds of snuff, 4,000,000,000 cigars and 1.500,000,000 cigarettes. The United States exported in 1883. $2,062. 033 worth of sewing machines, as against 2.307, 337 in 1887; and 57,028,390 worth of steam engines and other machinery in 1S88, as against !a,6SS, 700 In 1887. The total exports, by tbe United States, of petroleum, and its 'various products, for tbe year ending December 31, 1883. were 518,725,075 gallons, valued at $45,969,000, as against 81,021,. 829 gallons and S4o,231,9SS for the previous year. THE nitrate industry of Chili is rapidly de veloping large- wealth. .An English company organized in 18S3, bas returned S128 for every 8100, paid in. Since tbat dato ten new com panies have been organized, with an aggregate capital of 410,650,000. The 7,200 miles of new railroads built in ltJSS, called about 36,000 new men into the service, reckoning five employes to the mile, including officers and men in all capacities. The present railway system of tho United States has an army of 785.000 men. Socthbiudoe, Mass., has the largest spec tacle factory in the world. More than three fourths of the gold spectacles and eye-glasses made in this country are made in Sonthbridge. one company alone in tbat town having turned ont 1,500,000 pairs last year. About nine-tenths of all tbe clay pipes manufactured in the United States are made in Brooklyn, N. Y.. where three factories are located that turn out 15,000 gross annually. The clay comes from Woodbridge, N. J., and costs at the factory, $5 per ton. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. r A prisorfer in a Cincinnati station house attempted suicide with an ordinary brass pin by opening arteries in his wrist. A celluloid penholder exploded in the pocket or a Portsmouth, N. II., man, Durnlpfc a bole in bis coat and shirt, and tearing out the pocket. A devil fish, 20 feet in length, attacked a boat's crew off Victoria. B. C, tbe other day, and almost succeeded la thro win? the men into the water. King George III. of England had a watch not larger than a 5-cent piece, which had 120 parts, the whole not weighing quite so much asalO-centpiece. Wedding rings were used by the an cionta and put upon the third flnger, because of a supposed connection ot a vein in that mem ber with tbe heart. Anglomaniacs ought to be very bapP7r They can now import a London tandem cart free of duty, provided the cart has not Deen used over one year. In the great museum at London 'is a small watch, 100 years old or more, in the shape of an apple. The golden outsido is adorned with grams of pearl. A big Brahma hen belonging to a Bal timore man has distinguished herself by laying an egg tbat was almost the size of a cherry and weighed only 71 grains. There is a man in Los Angeles, Cal., Whose business it is to travel East with tbs corpses of people who go to Southern Califor nia to find health, and wbo die Instead. A New Haven, Conn., justice has just had an unnsual suit brought before him. Miles AVbitcomb, of Hamden, sues bis uncle, Herman Skit?, to recover S100 for attending the funeral of the tatter's wife. By the itemized account Whltcomb's claim covers railroad fares, ser vices rendered in selecting a coffin and arrang ing for tbe funeral, and also for the time lost. Monsieur Joly, of Paris, has recently published a pamphlet In wbich he describes a famous black Hamburg grapevine wbich grows on the estate of the Marquis of Breadal banc, in England, and is believed to have been planted in 1S32. Its stem, at una foot from the ground, measures two feet in circumference, while its branchc cover an area of some 4,275 feet, and during tbe year 18S3 yielded about 3,000 bnnches of grapes, Speaking of strongmen, New Limerick, Me., has one, Mr. Alex. Willette, who downs them all. Last week while chopping trees, one of the crew felled a fir 40 feet in length and 6 inches at tbo top, and a wager was made with Mf, Willette tbat be couldn't lift and carry It a certain distance. At tbe first attempt, howev er, he picked it np and walked off with it. The combined strength of two other men was not sufficient to rats? it from tbe snow. Tbe insidious character of "the danger larking in electric light wires in the street was further exemplified tbeother dayin Baltimore. Two individuals conversing close by an iron awning post were observed to fall suddenly to tbe ground. A broken telephone wire bad established communication between the elec tric light wire and tbe framework of tbe awn ing. The strength of the current was doubtless divided, and tbe victims eventually recovered their senses. The exact number of persons who cross London bridge in a day on foot has been ascer tained. In order to decide a guessing competi tion, in which 36.000 persons participated, the editors of the London Answers made arrange ments with tbe Commissionaire Corps, and a large staff of men was drafted on to tbe bridge for tbe whole 24 bours of the23dult. 1 be re sult proved tbat HL873foot passengera were checked, and that in addition 45,000 vehicles, containlnganaverageof 3personseacb,crossed. In one of the great canons ont West there is an icicle 1,000 feet long. A local paper thus describes it: A volume of water unusual ly large for this season of the year Is falling over the perpendicular wall at the bead of this canon, about an even thousand feet In height. The falls are encased in a great tube of ice, wblch, when the sun strikes it, looks like a gigantic column of crystal standing upright against the precipice. Within the torrent fames and bolls with a deafening roar akin to thnnder. A half-breed Sioux boy at the Hampton Institute philosophizes thus: "When I do any thing white man don' bke he call ma 'Injun;1 when I do anything Injun don' like he call mo white man.' Then." he went on. "they say Injun don' know so mnch as white man; not so mnch sense. White boy be go to school, six, seven, maybe ten years: be know good deal. Injun go to school three years; everybody think be ought to know as much as white boy. What that mean? That mean. I think, Injun great deal smarter than white boy!" Many years ago, when the red men roamed over the forests of Georgia, there was in tbe plney woods above Tazewell a silver mine. The location of this mine was known only to the Indians. They worked it for some time and brought the silver to Buena Vista to sell to a man who was In the mercantile busi ness, but whose name has been forgotten. After a time tbey ceased to bring it, and the merchant, upon Inquiry, learned that the water bad inundated the mine in such a way as to prevent further work. He furnished them with pumps of some kind, when they again brought him silver. After the Indians left this country for the West, tbe merchant offered f 1,000 to any one who would discover tbe mine. After many fruitless attempts, the search wag given up by all except one man, who discovered the location of the mine several years after ward by tho dirt work and the old pieces or pump. The gentleman, from some cause or other, was unable to purchase tbe property at tbe time, and it is owned by an estate, tbe heirs of wblch have moved away and lett the prop erty uncared for, nor do they know anything of there having been silver found on the place. The location is known to a fowpersons. It also corroborates everything that has been said about it. THE WIT OF TO-DAtf. At the Club. Guzzler I say, old man, give me a good idea for a disguise at the Arlon ball. Fuzzier Chalk your nose and go sober. The Favored Brute. Feeding time at the Zoo. The cagekecper gives the lion S3 pounds of raw beet. Drunken Tramp Great gunst Iwishlwsrea wild feast. A New Vintage. Old Soaker (at the club, dreamily) I say, waiter. That's the best wine I've had for ages. Bring another bottle. Waiter You hive bad no wine, sir. What you drank was tbe Worcestershire sauce. An Optical Illusion. Fibbster (at the optician's) I wants pair of strong glasses. Optician For yourself, sir? Fibbster (sarcastically) No, of course not For my cat. Tbe beast Is so near-slgntea it can't catch a moose. At tho Punster's Club. First Villain Cxsar was a wonder. Second Mlscreant-!arle Scott was a Tudor. Third Malefactor Welt for a marvel, my steak at the boarding bouse this morning was tandsr. They comranne with the bartender. THE BIIXS. (Without the slightest apology to Edgar Allan Poe). At a Boston Seance. Medium The spirit of vourbusband salutes you, madam. Spinster (ssat 63) My husband? (Giggling). He.be! Why I was never married. Medium On, yes, yon were. You and your af finity were Joined In spirit marriage. Spinster (seriously) What a loss of felicity! Would we bad met before he died. The Ghost (solos) What a happy thing It was for me tbat I died so young. An Ineffectual Disguise. Scene: A Bos ton bookstore. A man enters cautiously. He has a long wig on, a green patch over his eyes and a handkerchief over bis mouth. The man (In a sepulchral whisper) Give me a copy of the "Three Musketeers" (gazes anxiously around), the "Pickwick Papers" (trembles) and Vanity Fair" (shudders and shrinks back). Clerk-Yea, Mr. Uowells! A? Gleam of Sunshine. Beggar IFor pity's sake, good gentleman, give me a little something! I was once a rich man on Wall strett, but 1 was a friend of Jay Gould's and now I am starving. ' Pedestrian Poor fool! Well, here ls,a couple ot dollars for you. Beggar God bless you, slrl May your shadow never grow less, and may you Uv4 to eat the spring chicken tbat scratches over yonr grave. I can now get some terrapin stew, and a bite of canvass-back. I haven't had any for years, and I almost forget the flavor. See the tradesmen with their bills, "Little bills!" Wbat a world of wretchedness their very look dis tills Tbey are ringing, ringing, ringing, As long as tbere Is light. And the s errant enters bringing Me tbe last one, always grinning With a horrible delight, Wring 'Tin. tin, tin," With a loud triumphant din, - - To the awful tribulation tbat my mind saoftaa nils. . At tbe bins, bills, bins, bills, bills, Atthenumberandlncreaslngof the bills. (Tbe remainder to the tribulated reader's special experience and taste). -AUlromxHBag. t r-
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