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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. MAR. 21, 1SS8L
FUGACIOUS LIQUOR SELLERS.
The action of the Court of Quarter
Sessions yesterday in ordering that the list
of indictments be withheld front publica
tion, because a large share ot those indicted
for illegal liquor selling make a hurried
departure before they can be held to bail,
discloses a rather unique condition of af
fairs. Apart from the question as to the pro
priety of limiting that publicity which is a
very fundamental condition of all criminal
proceedings, one or two points suggest them
selves in connection with this order. It
seems to be taken as impossible to accelerate
the leisurely movements of the officers of the
law, or the 15 hours which generally elapse
between the report of findings by the grand
jury and their publication might be utilized
in arresting these fugacious liquor sellers.
Next, the net result being to get rid of the
illicit venders, by their own flight, it might
be profitable to consider whether that is not
a more satisfactory disposition of theircases
than to have the large proportion of them
acquitted that is generally secured by the
efforts of the professional juror.
. Finally, does the court suppose that the
illicit liquor seller who has things fixed for
levanting waits to be notified by the news
papers of his indictment, before he skips
out? Itrnight be well to inquire if people
of that stripe have not means of learning
whether they are indicted within a few
hours after the indictment is returned.
" OVEEEuXHTG THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
"With regard to that plea of the Chicago
suitor for the hand of Chief Justice Fuller's
daughter, although the highest judicial au
thority in the land gave an adverse de
cision, the plucky young man took an ap
peal to a Milwaukee justice of the peace
and won his case. This is the first instance
on record of overruling the United States
Supreme Court. In the causes under the
jurisdiction of Cupid the rank of the ic
spective courts gets terribly mixed up at
times. As the Chief Justice has been
reversed, be will nave to submit gracefully
to the treatment which he himself adminis
ters to many lower courfs, and commence
the remanded proceedings denoro by calling
the young people before him and giving
them his judicial and paternal blessing.
"With his large family of daughters, the
Chief Justice ought to be able to iorgive
the first young man who carried off one of
them.
LIBELING PHILADELPHIA.
No actress on 'the stage to-day can com
mand more general sympathy among her
compatriots than Mary Anderson, and if it
is a comfort to her she can undoubtedly
assure herself that there is widespread sor
row to-day that she should be suffering in
health. It is to be hoped that Miss Ander
$on's family will do all that in them lies to
restore her to her public station at an early
day.
"We notice, however, with some misgiv
ings, that Miss Anderson's brother a few
days .ago made an announcement which
painfully shakes the confidence we had
reposed in him. Miss Anderson at present
is in Philadelphia, and her brother is
reported to have said: "Philadelphia is too
nervous for her ; she needs some restful in
fluences." This statement reveals either a
singular lack of information on his part, or
else that he is maliciously trying to rob
Philadelphia of her well-earned reputation.
If Miss Anderson cannot get repose and
absolute quiet in the placid atmosphere or
the City of Brotherly Love, we should like
to be informed where on earth she can.
If Philadelphia is to be robbed of her one
claim to fame leaving out Mr. "Wanamaker
and the marble doorsteps it shall not be
accomplished without a,hearty protest from
Pittsburg.
COLONEL BRANTS BERTH.
The nominations sent to the Senate yes
terday provided for Colonel Frederick D.
Grant, by putting down his name as Min
ister to Austria. On the postulate that the
son of his father has got to be supported at
the public expense, this action shows a
careful and wise discretion on the part of
the President Colonel Grant was urged
for the Chinese mission; but, as has already
been pointed out, that place requires
a diplomatist of the highest abilities and
keenest judgment, which, it is hardly neces
sary to say, Colonel-Grant is not. On the
other band, the Austrian mission is notori
ously a position in which the duties of the
incumbent are confined to submitting
periodical reports on nothing in particular,
and sampling the famous Vienna beer.
Colonel Grant is as well qualified to dis
charge these duties as any man in the coun
try? and the salary of 512,500 a year at
tached to them, should be able to keep him
out of difficulties during this administra
tion. But we note with pain that Colotfel
Elliott F. Shepard's chances are daily
dwindlingaway.
ACTORS aKD BALL PLAYERS.
Helen Dauvray, the actress who is mar
ried to John "Ward, the great baseball
player, has written an article .comparing
actors with ball players, to the general dis
advantage" of the,former. This is not her
purpose, perhaps, so much as to scarify the
managers aud proprietors of the ball clubs.
Helen Dauvray succeeds in showing, with
tolerable clearness, that the baseball mana
gers make a great deal more money with
infinitely less work and risk than the thea
ter managers, and that the actor obtains
greater rewards, including.liberty of action;
than ihe ball player for his labor.
The excuse for this chivalrous, albeit
amusing, plea for the ball player, is that
some writers have been claiming that the
fortunate wielder of the willow is pampered,
petted and fabulously paid, while the poor
intelligent actor has double the work.many
privations and ranch lets remuneration.
"In reality," says Helen Dauvray, "if
the comparison must be made, the advant
ages are on the side of the actors." To this
end Helen Dauvray produces a really
awful array of statistics that seem to prove
that her contention is correct. But the fact
of the matter is that there is no sense' at all
in comparing the conditions of a ball
player's life with those of an actor's. The
actor, who is worthy of the name, succeeds
by virtue of his brains, the baseball artist
by virtue of his physical powers.
"Whether or not the player in the diamond
is improperly paid and unduly fettered by
his employer, is a question which the
players ought to be able to solve themselves.
A body of men which is so limited in num
bers, as is the contingent of first-class ball
players, should not find it difficult to obtain
its just rights and compensation. Perhaps
Mr. "Ward will have something to say on
this subject when he gets back from Europe.
Beyond this, Mrs. Dauvray-Ward's claim
that a baseball player Is not a free man
is one of the severest possible characteriza
tions of the alleged profession. There is no
law compelling professional baseball players
to sell their liberty. A large number of
useful and honorable occupations, from
bookkeeping and writing in the newspapers
down to working on a farm or railroad, are
open to the baseball player who does not
willingly sacrifice his liberty of contract
for a cash consideration.
THE SOUTH AND PITTSBURG.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie's letter on the
Southern iron industry is the latest contri
bution to the rather extended literature
which has been produced on that subject.
Mr. Carnegie bears testimony to the im
portance of the Southern developments, the
cheapness at .which they can produce
foundry iron, and the prospect which they
have of eventually converting pig into
steel by means of the Bessemet and basic
processes. All of these points are already
well established; but Mr. Carnegie's cor
roboration of-them is especially valuable to
Pittsburg.
Mr. Carnegie's opinion is of weight, but
it is nevertheless permissible to question his
declaration that the South will be in the
future Pennsylvania's most formidable
enemy in the iron and steel trade. The
most cogent reason for doubting this is the
fact that as the South develops its manufac
turing industries to the finished forms it
will create its own markets rather than take
ours away. The South may become a rival
of Pittsburg, although it has not yet done
so. That it can become an enemy we hardly
deem credible.
But with an opinion like this, it is cer
tainly important for Pittsburg to strengthen
its position for the fnture, by seeking con
nection with all the fields of production for
raw material within onr reach. In that
connection it is particularly cogent that
Pittsburg manufacturers and business men
should not have permitted an enterprise
like the South Penn to have been strangled
at the dictate of the trunk lines. That en
terprise would have brought into closer
connection with Pittsburg important dis
tricts, and would have strengthened our po
sition immensely if it had been preserved.
Neither the South, nor any other section,
can overthrow Pittsburg's supremacy in
the iron trade if Pittsburg's own manufac
turers and' "business men are true to her
A DISASTROUS PLATFORM.
It is a practically open secret that the
real cause for the withdrawal of Mr. Eugene
Schuyler's nomination as Assistant Secre
tary of State was because it was known that
he would'not be confirmed. The Senatorial
reasons for refusing confirmation are that
Mr. Schuyler has, in his published writings,
criticised certain important politicians, his
gravest offense being some remarks on E. B.
Washburne's course during his brief stay
at the State Department twenty years ago.
The virtual notice that the man who is so
indiscreet as to 'indulge in criticism of
politicians, no matter .how well-fitted he
may be for a given place, can never hope
for a confirmation at the hands of the
Senate, places that body in a most unfortu
nate position. Criticism of public offi
cials is one of the fundamental privileges of
our political system. Yet this attitude
practically puts the Senate in the position
of saying that indiscretions, like writing
damnatory letters on the political affiliations
of land grant corporations can be forgiven,
while the indiscretion of pointing out the evil
effects on the diplomatic service, of a clean
sweep twenty years ago, is the unpardon
able sin.
It is worth while to notice where this rule
of the Senate will land that honorablebody.
Others beside Mr. Schuyler have written
criticisms and published them. Mr. "White
law Beid, whose name is now before the
Senate for the French mission, indulged in
some verv savage criticisms of General
Grant and his friends 16 years ago. Mr.
Murat Halstead, who is supposed to have
similar aspirations, joined in that crusade.
If the Senatorial rnle is .carried ont these
gentlemen's goose is overdone. Nay, it
may be well to remember that Hon. John J.
Ingalls has indulged in some indiscreet
writings, which were published involun
tarily, so far as he was concerned. Ought
not the Senate to call for his retirement
from the Presidency pro tern, in order to be
true to its principles?
If the 'Senate chooses to enforce the
rule that every man who has played
the critic or written indiscreetly is
henceforth to be tabooed for public position,
it can bring Republican politics to a stand
still. "Whether it does or not, to begin by
shutting ont a man who used only legiti
mate criticism on a public question is mak
ing a very unfortunate start.
THE CONSTITUTION SETTLES IT.
A very interesting antl satisfactory de
claration of the Administration," concerning
its duty in regard to appointments, took
shape in a conflict with Congressman Fun
ston, of Kansas. That gentleman asked
Postmaster General "Wanamaker for the
appointment of a certain man to one of the
principal postoffices in his district. ,Mr.
Wanamaker asked who the other candi
dates were, and the Kansas Congressman
proceeded to instruct him that the rule was
for the Congressman to recommend the ap
pointment, and that it was none of the
Postmaster General's business who the
other candidates were. Mr. "Wanamaker
took issue with him, and declared that all
the applications must be considered by the
Department The President upheld Mr.
"Wanamaker, and the'result is stated to be
"a good deal of excitement among Con
gressmen." Hon ever mnch the Congressmen may be
excited, it so happens that there is very
decided authority to show that the Presi
dent andPostmaster General are right and
the Congressmen wrongV Tbat(authority is
the Constitution of the United Statrs.whjch
THE
places the authority and responsibility of
executive appointments in the President
and his' constitutional advisors. The Con
gressmen are frequently prone to exhibit
scant respect for the Constitution in their
practical operations; but in none of them do
they show more ignorance of that instru
ment than in their claim ofa right to name
the appointments of their own districts.
If the Constitution deemed the Congress
men the best qualified to make the appoint
ments, that power would have been vested
in them. At present the responsibility
lies with the executive, and the attempts of
Congressmen to usurp the power by threats
of "fighting the administration," such as
Mr. Funston, of Kansas, is reported to have
. made, should be recognized as attacks on
the Constitution no less than on the admin
istration. " Conceening Senator Chace's declaration
that he cannot afford to remain in the Senate
any longer, the pertinent suggestion is
made, in view of the approaching close of
his term, that the expense which he cannot
afford is the expense of being re-elected.
Other Senators might give cogent testimony
as to the point whether they could not live
on their salaries verv comfortably, if they
let the office seek them instead of seeking it
so vigorously.
The Legislative committees still con
tinue to show their affection for the Con
stitution by reporting against bills to en
force that instrument The Legislative
idea as to whether they must consult the
Constitution or the corporations is very
clearly defined in those negative recom
mendations. The basis of accurate information on
which the esteemed Courier-Journal, of
Louisville, bases its free trade fulminations
is to be perceived in its allegations that in
this city "some of the puddlers are paid
$5 50 per ton, while others get but $3 75."
If the Courier-Journal can come and locate
the mills in this city that are getting pud
dling done at $3 75, it can make a decided
sensation in industrial circles.
The mildness of the German officials in
connection with the Samoan question will
make it difficult for Mr. Blaine to demon
strate the vigor of his foreign policy in con
nection with that dispute. But, possibly,
Mr. Blaine is not anxious to launch any de
cided thunder against the man of blood and
iron.
That centennial quadrille to take place
at New York seems to, be having the benefi
cial effect of making the Fifth avenue noodles
pay more for pedigrees showing their de
scent from Revolutionary leaders than
they have been doing for those which con
nected them with the English aristocracy.
This awakening of patriotism is a very de
cided improvement on the lately fashion
able Anglomania.
The organization of the boiler manufactur
ers with the professed object of securing to
buyers" that they shall get good boilers, but
with the incidental fixing of "a minimum
price," is calculated to provoke a general
smile at the benevolence of the boiler men.
CoircEPJTmo the unwelcome report that
Mrs. "W. J. Florence will retire from the
stage at the close of this season,an Eastern
exchange says that "she will be missed."
Paradoxical as it may seem, Mrs. Florence
is occasionally "missed" on the stage; but
in such cases it is always a much more at
tractive miss than the void which she would
leave if she" should retire from it
Henby Geoeoe's star seems to be in the
ascendant in England. The man who se
cures the boom for his doctrines,of being de
nounced by the London Times, is in extraor
dinarily good luck.
POSTMASTEE GEN EBAL, "WAN AMAKEB
is cultivating .the habit of reaching his
office and starting work at eight o'clock in the
morning, instead of ten, as his predecessors
were accustomed to do. If he make a similar
requirement of the department clerks, thoy
will be reviving the late administration's
charge of pernicious activity against him.
The visit of the ex-members of the ad
ministration to Cuba seems in accordance
with the general fitness of things. They
were taught how to walk Spanish last fall.
Is not the declaration of the Department
of Public Safety, that the entire refusal of
licenses in a certain district will prevent
crime, an undisgnised adoption of the am
munition of the Prohibitionists? Saul
among the prophets was a fool to this ap
pearance of our police officials in the pro
hibition ranks.
PERSONAL FACTS AKD FANCIES.
" Cxn Point Comfoet expects Mrs. Harrison
to com there soon.
Home Rule papers in England declare that
Mr. W. H. Gladstone's recent illness was alto
gether caused by the "ferocious and atrocious"
comments of too Tory press upon his Hawar
den evictions.
Mb. Laurence OLrpHANT'.s widow has
started for Hisfa, at the foot of Mount Car
mel, where her 'husband lived close to the
monkish colony for many years, and where she
will write a history of his life. T
Mb. Batchelxeb, the new Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury, has at Saratoga what is
called "the house with a patent on It." It is of
a queer, rambling design, and the plans are
copyrighted and the arrangement patented, so
that no one can build another like it.'
Sib Jaiies Hannen is said to have given
privately some very amusing accounts of the
impression which Mr. Labouchere's appear
ance in the box made on him. "He made an
excellent witness," said Sir James smilingly,
"but what I did not quite like was he was so
very confidential. He spoke to us as If he were
telling us something which was interesting to
'us to know, and which (as between friends) he
did not at all mind disclosing. We did not
relish this, but somehow we could not inter
rupt him."
COUNT JIoltke appears in public only when
the Reichstag is sitting, and nntil quite lately
he was one of the most regular members of the
House, where he takes a front seat on the Con
servative benches. If a speech is made in
which he is particularly interested, he gets up,
approaches the speaker, and holds his hand to
his ear, in order to catch every word. He him
self speaks very rarely, and the last time he
said a few words was last year, when he moved
a vote of thanks to the President at the con
clusion of the session.
BEENIKE'S HABD LUCK.
After Losing n Wife and d Fortune He is
Sent to Jail.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Chicago, March 20. Herman Bernlke ap
peared before Judge Woodman this morning
for the theft of a box of carpenters' tools.
When he was called to the bar Bernlke told a
strange story. He said that 13 years ago he
went to Australia as a ranchman. Two years
later three of his children died from fever and
then his wife escaped with a man whom he had
trusted as hts friend. Bernlke was then worth
250,000. He sold Ills ranch and set out to over
take his wife and her companion.
The chase has been kept up ever since.
Bernlke said be had traced them from Van
couver to Boise City, and .from there to St
Paul. Here he lost the trail. Bernlke thinks
that hiS-wif e is now In St Louis. Ha was sent
to the Bridewell for SO days. V
PITTSBURG DISPATpH,
TEE TOPICAL TALKEE.
In "Winter's Woods Still The Fan of Poli
tics Lambs Aro Extinct Ink and Tine
Bar a Beverages. '
The motion to return thanks for the beauti
ful weather of the last ten days has been re
ferred to a committee for further considera
tion, 'lis spring) the birds err, the" Ieave&,venture out,
The bonnet and bill for it, blossom and blow.
But tbe hard-hearted citizen harbors a doubt
As he watches (he mercury down again gol
.
While the politicians little and big are talk
ing of nothing bnt the probable division ot the
spoils, of Senator Quay's supremacy and the
monopoly of Messrs. Delamater, Andrews A.
Co. in the matter of political prospects, one
may observe in the courts or at his comfortable
office, on Grant street, a gentleman who looks
as handsome and care-free as ever. And it is
an agreeable fact that Major E. AMontooth
will lose none of those personal characteristics
which have made him so many friends, whether
or not he succeeds General Beaver in the
Gubernatorial chair.
It is always one of tbe things that make
politics a fascinating study to the man on the
outside, that changes of tbe largest size and
most sweeping character are liable to occur
unannounced at any moment As Charles A
Dana is never tired of tilling us; "There is al
ways fun in politics."
V
Have you ever noticed among the barbaric
embellishments of the street front of the Petro
leum Exchange the emblematic heads of a bull,
a bear and a lambt The lamb, of coarse, is
placed between the bull and the bear. The
lamb is of stone and it has survived, so far, tbe
sitnation. To the brokers it must be a tan
talizing object; for it is really a plump, toothsome-looking
lamb.
It is not hard to imagine some poetic broker,
and why should not a broker be poetic nowa
days? saying to himself as he comes ont with
his last HO from tbe Dollar Savings Bank:
Some bulls and bears still linger late
Though why we hardly know
But as to lambs, in tears we ate
The last one long ago!
"Walking down the crowded part of Fifth
avenue yesterday afternoon with a friend, I
noticed a man whoso face was as white as the
paper The Dispatch is printed upon. Ire
marked that we had just passed a man whose
next moving day would land him in a ceme
tery. "Guess not," remarked my companion, "that
man in all probability Is, suffering from nothing
worse than the vinegar habit Drinks vinegar
as a German does lager or an Irishman the
'rale old stuff.' There are not many who do
this, but recently when I was in New York 1
saw a coachman, who drives for a fashionable
family there and regularly swigs a pint of vine
gar every day. He never explained to anyone
why he drinks vinegar, but he drinks it to the
knowledge of his employers regularly. As a
consequence he is a ghastly color, absolutely
snow white, which his black hair Tenders the
more remarkable."
Theee was a schoolmate of mine who had
an extraordinary appetite for Ink, or pretended
he had. It used to be said, I remember, that
this phenomenal boy kept a supply ot ink for
his private consumption. For a very small
consideration he could be Induced to empty
five or six inkwells from the school desks.
Whether he liked ink or wanted to add to his
pocket money by the exhibition of this, to
schoolboys' enviable accomplishment, I don't
know.
FORTUNATE FURSCfl-lTADI.
The Noted Singer Recovers 311,000 In a
Fult Against an Opera School.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
New Yoek, March 2a Pretty faces lighted
up the courtroom in which Presiding Justice
"Van Brnnt sat yesterday to try the suit of
Madame Furscb-Madi Verle against the
American School of Opera, or, as it is other
wise known, the National Conservatory of
Music of America. The pretty faces weie those
ot Madaroo Frusch-Madi's pupils, who were
called to testify for her. The suit was brought
to recover $10,000 with Interest $11,100 in all
alleged to bo due on a contract running from
October 1, 1888, to May 31, 1887.
Madame Fursch-Madl said nothing had been,
paid her.' In his answer, as President of tbe
company, Parke Goodwin said that instead of
devoting herself entirely to the school, Madame
Furscb-Madi looked out for herself, and in
duced several pupils eight or more to violate
their contracts and Icavo the school before
their time" expired. Tbe jury found a verdiot
for tbe singer for $11,100.
THE PITTSBURG STAGE.
An excellent programme at the Academy
next week the "Big Four" favorites.
"Beacon Lights," a most popular melo
drama, will be the attraction at Harris' next
week.
Paul Boyton's wonderful sea serpent will
be added to the Casino list of curiosities next
week. '
Last night Mr. Florence was at his best as
Captain Cuttle In "Dombey and Son." To-night
he appears again In "The Mighty Dollar."
The sensational melodrama ' The' Stow
away," one of the greatest successes of the
season, will be the attraction at the Bijou next
week. It is an English play, abounding In
thrilling scenes. It will be elaborately staged
and presented by a company of well known
people. A genuine safe robbery, performed by
two actual burglars, is only one of the many
original features. The advance sale of seats
begins to-day, and a successful business is
almost a certainty.
Donizetti's charming opera, "Lucia, Bride
of Lammermoor," was rendered at the Bijou
Theater last evening before a large and appre
ciative audience. -Emma Abbott in the role
of Lucia, won great applause. Her voice was
in excellent condition, and she was repeatedly
called before' tbe curtain. Signer Michelena
as Edgardo sang in the Italian language.
William Pruette as Henry Athton andBrod
erick as Raymondo were excellent The
"Chimes of Normandy" was given at the mat
inee, Nina Bcrtini and Lizzio Annadale sing
ing leading parts.
At the Grand Opera House next week Miss
Rosina Vokes and her talented associates will
present a repertoire of comedies, none of
which have ever before been seen here. Three
separate and distinct pieces will be given at
each performance. The following have been
selected from an extensive repertoire: Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings,
"A Game of Cards," "My Milliner's Bill" and
"The Rongh Diamond:'' Thursday and Friday
evenings and Saturday matinee, "In Honor
Bound," "The Circus Rider" and "A Panto
mime Rehearsal." In "My Milliner's BUI"
Miss Vokes will sing her famous song, "His
Art Was True to Poll." The sale of seats
opens this morning.
New York's Building Material.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Paper as building material" engages the at
tention of a New York paper. There is no ma
terial cheaper or more widely used. Witness
the Grant monument
DEATHS OP A DAI.
Charles G. MInnlck.
ELLSWORTH, Kan., March 20. Charles a. MIn
nlck died at Lincoln, Kan., yesterday. In his Slst
year. He was horn and raised in Baltimore, and
was in the volunteer service of the United States
during the war of 1812 with Great Britain, and
took part In the battle of Baltimore In 1814. in
1878 he attended the old defenders1 reunion at
Baltimore, where only 13 were left to march In
the parade, and also in 1887, when only two were
there to take part In the celebration.
Sirs. John "Wills,
The wife of Officer John Wills, one or the best
known members of the police department In this
section, died at her home on East Diamond street
Allegheny, yesteMay. Captain Wills was one of
the first Chiefs of Police on the Nortbstde, and
has held the position or policeman and detective
for rally years. His wife was Co years or ace
and was a member of Lysle Circle, Ladles of the
G. A. B. ,
I -
George Smith.
8HABON, PA., March SO. George Smith, a prom
inent resident of this city, proprietor of the
White House, died this morning at Noblestown,
at the home of relatives, aired 47 years. Mr. Smith
was -well-known In Plttsbnrs-. and Imm th
trade or heater years ago at the Sharptbnrg mills. I
juc iuuhm Tim u-v ".wj iiiiuj iu mis city.
Sir Thomas Gladstone.
, LONDON, March ao.-Slr Thomas Gladstone,
Bart, Is dead. Sir Thomas, who was the only
surviving brother oflhe Blsbt Hon. Willi m fl
Gladstone, was horn July 13, 1804. ' t
THURSDAY, MAROH 21;
DE. TOWNSBND'S NEW THEOLOGY.
"What It Is and Wherein It Differs From tbe
Old Theology. '
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Jamestown, JS.Y., March 20. The Lakeside
School of the New Theology will be reopened
this summer by Tte,T. JVG, Townsend, who for
sook Methodism to establish a new.theology.
The headquarters will be at Bemus Point, on
Chautauqua lake. He has made public the
attitude, ifleld, belief and purpose of the new
movement He disclaims that it is an attack
on the old theology. It believes in the world,
God, Christ revelation, atonement new birth,
immortality, heaven and hades. It seeks to
break away the accretions which have grown
aronnd'tbeso truths, and enlarge them with
contributions from modern science, scholar
ship and devotion. The basis of the old the
ology is the authority of the written word.
That of the new is knowledge, or the authority
ot the unwritten word, tbe still small voice of
the souL It believes the truths of religion are
founded on ascertainable knowledge, and to
discover this knowledge is tbe legitimate task
of the human reason. Its purpose is the
spiritual education ot men, to develop in th
man character, and while the New Theology
believes In the marvelous power of education,
science, the ministry of art, the ministry or
work, it believes that righteousness, a wise and
pure manhood, comee more enduringly through
prayer.
The New Theology has no desire to weaken
the foundations ot belief or dispossess any one
of his faith. Its mission is found with that
large class of men and women who are no
longer fed at the table ot the churches, many
of whom, however, are reverent aspiring, be
lievers in prayer and the moral ourpose of all
our life. The Lakeside school grew out of the
movement In Westein New York known as the
Now Theology movement It is a platform of
lectures on the great religious problems of our
times. On its rostrum have appeared Baptists,
Christians, Congregatjonalists, Independents,
Universallsts and Unitarians.
Dr. Townsend is preparing to wage a vigor
ous campaign. The speakers engaged for this
season include Rev. Dr. Sunderland, of Ann
Arbor; Rev. M. L. Willlston and Rev. Jenkyn
Lloyd Jones, of Chicago; Prof. Barber and Dr.
Livermore, of the Meadvllle Theological
School, and Rev. Dr. Hosmer, of Cleveland.
WOMEN AS WARD WORKERS.
The Ladles of New Jersey at tho Polls for
the First Time.
Bublington, N. J., March 20. Women
voted for the first time In New Jersey yester
day, and in many towns in the State females
were candidates for school directors and
trustees. Tbe polls were surrounded by fe
males in many plages, and they electioneered
with a will tor their -friends. In Bnrllngton
their ticket was in opposition to the old Board
of Trustees, who were candidates for re
election. So vigorous was the work of the
women thatf or a time defeat stared the men
in tbe face. The women bad no ticket printed,
but about GO of them surrounded the voting
places plentifully supplied wltb stickers, and
the men who voted bad to press through a
bevy of bustles and bonnets.
With the shrewdness of experienced ward
workers tbe women succeeded in capturing a
large quantity of tbe regular tickets and
affixed their stickers, and the men soon found
that they were out of tickets while tbe women
had plenty. A largo number of women came
to tbe polls and voted, many of them being
wives of leading citizens. Late in the after
noon when tbe public school sessions had
closed, the female teachers who were loyal to
the old Board of Trustees heard of the success
of the female politicians. Tbey, too, found
their way to the polls. Tbe female candidates
were defeated and the old Board of Trustees
re-elected. In Moorestown the ladies were
more successful. Mrs. Wilson, a prominent
member of the W. C. T. U., was chosen a
trustee,
A PR0FESS0U'8 IRE AROUSED.
His Grandfathers Statue Thrown la the
Mad by Mischievous Students.
Special Telegram to Tbe DlsDatch.
New Haven, March 20. The first thing
which Prof. E. S. Dana saw when he left the
Pattell chapel after prayers this morning was
the statue of his illustrious grandfather, Ben
jamin Silliman, lying in the mud at the base, of
the pedestal on which it had stood for the last
two years. He stopped, looked at it for a mo
ment and is said to bave wept Some of the
students had during tbe night overthrown the
statue. Great indignation Is felt among the
faculty. Before beginning bis recitation Prof.
Sumner thus addressed his division:
It is tbe most dlscraceful and Idiotic action ever
known since I have been connected with the col
lege. It is qalte evident that there are some men
in college who have no bnslness to be here. It
was a gross Indignity to tbe memory or Pror. Sil
liman, whs did so much for Yale, and any person
who knows or tbe ereat services rendered to Yale
by Pror: SlUlman cannot help being shocked at so
flagrant an offense.
Prof. Ladd and others also spoke very disap
provingly of the overthrow of the statue. Tbe
faculty are bending every effort to find out the
perpetrators of the mischief. If found they
will be summarily expelled from the university.
EIND WORDS FOR MR. KING.
He Is Again Second Vice President of tho
Baltimore nnd Ohio.
Baltimobe, March 20. The regular monthly
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company took place
to-day. President Mayer in tbe chair. The
President, in complimentary terms, nominated
to the board for Second Vice President Mr.
Thomas M. King. This position was formerly
occupied by Mr. King, and bad remained un
filled since he resigned, in December, 1S87.
Mr. Keym, on seconding the nomination,
alluded to the successful manner in which Mr.
King bad, while formerly connected with the
road as Vice President, in the face of great
difficulties managed the affairs of the company
in connection with its line east of Baltimore.
The nomination was unanimously confirmed.
LIYING IN LILLIPUTIA.
A Man Who- Sees Everything Through a
Telescope's Smnll End.
Philadelphia, March 2tt Edward Con
nelly, a New Jersey metal worker, recently
committed to the Blockley Asylum, has sin
gularly defective vision. To him nothing ap
pears as big as it ought to be. He seems to be
gazing through an inverted telescope, and all
that he beholds assumes pigmy proportions.
His trousers seem to bave been made for a
stripling's small clothes, and his boots to bave
shrunk to the size of those of a dear little
maid from school.
When be looks at a house he sees only a dog
kennel. When he receives bis board bill it is
so diminished In appearance that It seems to
him to be so in fact Connelly's trouble arises
from mental disorder.
We Draw the Line nt Counts.
from the Minneapolis Tribune.
An Italian newspaper warns Italians against
immigrating to this country, saying that Amer
icans have no respect for them. Our Italian
cotemporary is mistaken. We can respect any
of them except an Italian count We are
obliged to draw the line there.
Hospitals for Animals.
Jfrom the Detroit Free Press.!
The cats, dogs and pollparrots of England
having been properly provided for. a hospital
for fish has now been established. Fish are
much exposed to dampness, and pulmonary
diseases would naturally be most common..
To Theater Goers.
from the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Gentlemen visiting the theater and not at
tended by any Incumbrance can see over the
latest style of bonnets by purchasing tickets in
the second gallery.
CAUGHT ON THE GRIP LINE.
When Easter Sunday comes, mamma,
I fear some dreadrnl thing,
W1U happen to me, dear mamma,
. That to you will sadness bring.
I will not lose an arm, mamma;
I will not lose a leg;
But I am going to die, mamma;
Am going to dye my egg.
Vandy I see Grover Cleveland has gone to
Cuba.
Zandy Yes; I suppose he has gone to cool off.
Vandy To cool oS. Why It's as hotjas "blazes
there.
Zandy That may be: but still he will find It
much cooler than the soup.
"Extremes meet" Sunday comes right after
Saturday, yet five days intervene.
Small boy My pap is richer than yours.
Little boy He may bave more money now, but
my pap got a license.
Chief Justice Fuller's daughter elopes Love
laughs at law(k) smiths. ,
An adage says:; "It might have been, ,j
Are me Huucii irorus ui unique or pen, '
Bnt vthat'sthe matter with "In the soup;",
liniure they're sadder to some men. , O.
S.'Oi'
1889.
TEE HEW SOUTH.
Andrew Carnegie Writes a Letter Prophesy
tng a Prosperous Future It Will be
Pennsylvania's Chief Klval In the In
dustrial Field.
Baltimore, March 20. Andrew Carnegie
has written a letter giving hts views upon tbe
iron interests of the South based upon his re
cent investigating tour. Mr. Carnegie states
that the first feature which impressed him was
tbe general excellence of the planU in the
South. The modern blast furnace Is the prod
uct of evolution. The pioneers in the business
had to build and rebuild these.
Our Southern brethren hare reaped the ad
vantage, and bave become possessed all at
once of the modern type. This remark applies
also to the machinery in tbe mines ana mode of
opening, handling, facilities, etc All is of
the latest pattern. The character of the coal,
iron ore and limestone, and the ease and cost
of mining it are all better, he. says, than hd had
expected to find.
Cost of Production.
Upon tbe much disputed question of the cost
of pig iron production in Alabama, Mr. Car
negie says that $10 a ton for foundry iron,
which Is tho highest grade, Js a liberal esti
mate. With good,management and for a series
of years, some of the best located and best
managed'furnaces may be ableto do even bet
ter than this figure.
The ability to manufacture at this price must
give tbe Southern manufacturers a large mar
ket for their pig. When tbe next stage comes
and they seek to manufacture tbe pig into
more advanced forms, I believe it will be done
by converting Dig Into steel by means of Besse
mer and open hearth basic processes, and I ad
vised our Southern friends when there to make
some experiments looking to this desirable end.
As was to have been expected speculation
has entered more or less into this Southern
field. Some ill-advised enterprises have been
undertaken and considerable reaction may take
place. But this is only the troth upon a wave
of solid wealth, and legitimate manufacturing,
prudently carried on in tbe Alabama and other
districts, will meet its due reward.
Pennsylvania's Rival.
In concluding this letter Mr. Carnegie says
that he regards tbe South as Pennsylvania's
most formidable industrial enemy in the
future. In referring to tbe industrial activity
throughout the South and investments that
Northern capitalists are now making in that
section it says:
Never was the union of Northern and South
ern resources in the development of this sec
tion better illustrated than in the tact that New
England men are to build a great city at Shel
by, Ala., where 1,200 people are now living, hav
ing as a nucleus the Shelby furnaces, railroad
shops, eta, because it was from Shelby ore that
Shelby's furnaces made iron for tbe plates that
covered the Confederate gunboat Tennessee,
whose armorsldes stood the incessant cannon
ading of Farragut's fleet at Mobile Bay during
the memorable naval engagement of August 5,
1881, as few iron gunboats nave ever done. In
this same town New England capital, backed
by New England brains. Is to build a great in
dustrial city North and South no longer fight
ing against each other, but uniting to develop
the wonderful resources of this country.
BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
The Case of Plerpont Slorgan Against
Thomas Strainers to be Heard.
Special Telegram to Tbe Dispatch.
Washington. March 20. It Is probable that
a case of considerable interest to parties in
Western Pennsylvania will be urged before the
Supreme Court of tbe United States on Fri
day. The plaintiff is J. Plerpont Morgan, of
New York, and the defendant Thomas Strath
ers, of Warren, Fa, It is on an action growing
out of an agreement on a purchase of stock
which was nit carried out by the defendant
Tbe case was argued in tbe Circuit Court at
Pittsburg, before Judges McKennan and Acb
eson, and a verdict rendered for the defendant
This was following a decision of the Supreme
Court of New York in an exactly similar case
against tbe same defendant
Since tbe trial at Pittsburg an appeal was
taken in the New York case, and the Court of
Appeals ot that State reversed the verdict of
the Supreme Court and now the Pittsburg
case comes before the Supreme Court of the
United States. Hon. John Dalzell will appear
for the plaintiff, Mr. Morgan, and George
Shiran, of Pittsburg, and Judge Brown and
William Lindsay, of Warren, for Mr. Struth-
CALLED TO ACCOUNT BI COURT.
A Lebanon Insurance Society Asked to Ex
plain Its Business Methods.
Special Telesram to The Dispatch.
Habbisbubg, March 2a The United Breth
ren Mutual Aid Society, of Lebanon, which
has been prosecuting the assessment insurance
business for over 20 years, has been called to
account by proceedings instituted before the
Attorney General, who to-day secured an order
from the Dauphin county court requiring it to
show cause why its officers should not be re
moved or its business closed.
In the petition to the Court it is declared that
the society has failed to carry ont the provis
ions of its charter, that it has never been legally
organized, that the by-laws have been estab
lished in contradiction to tbe charter of tbe so
ciety, through wbich tho officers have consti
tuted themselves a sel '-perpetuating body, and
have denied to members the right to partici
pate in the administration of tbe affairs of the
society, and also contracted with themselves,
and paid to themselves out of the company's
funds salaries amounting in tbe last ten years
to $123,000. The society did a large business in
this State for many years, but owing to large
assessments its financial condition has greatly
suffered recently.
THEIR' S1LTER WEDDING.
A Delightful Recognition of Sir. and Mrs. E.
DcRoj's Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Einanuel DcRoy, of Sheffield
street Allegheny, were surrounded yesterday
evening by a large gathering of relatives and
friends. It was the. occasion of the twenty
fifth anniversary of their wedding-day, and the
silvery festivity of the evening fully antici
pated all expectations. Fonr generations were
represented, ranging from grandfather to
grandson, and a large collection of costly pres
ents attested the warmth of feeling of those
present One noteworthy object was an old
"grandfather's clock," a family heirloom.
The house was tastefully decorated byBader,
the florist and Toerge's Orchestra furnished
the dancing mnsic A supper was served in
first-class style by Goettmann at 1050, and nu
merous toasts were drunk to the welfare of the
chief celebrants.
Among the company, which numbered about
33 couples, there were Mr. and Mrs. Julius
Koch, of New York; Mr. and Mrs.L.DeRoy
from Columbus, O., and Mr. and Mrs. E. Van
Baylem, of Detroit
MET HIS FATE LATE IN LIFE.
Justice Gray, of tho U. S. Supreme Court
Announces His Engagement.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
"Washington, March 2a Justice Gray, of
the Supreme Court, who has been considered
one'of the most confirmed bachelors in Wash
ington, has surprised his associates by announc
ing his engagement to Miss Jenpie Matthews,
I Justice Gray is about 61 years of age, and is a
nian oi massive pnysique, oiacic eyes ana nair.
and clean-shaven face with the exception of
small sidewhiskers. Miss Matthews is a young
lady ot rare accomplishments and is very pop
ular in Washington society.
Owing to tbe illness of Justice Matthews, the
day for the wedding has not been set but it is
understood that if be continues to improve the
event will not be Iong delayed.
ORKNEY LULLABY.
A moonbeam floateth from tbe skies,
"Whispering: ''Helgho. my dearie;
I wonld spin a web before your eyes
A beautiful web or silver light
W herein Is many a wondrous sight
or a radiant garden leagues away.
Where tho softly tinkling lilies sway
And the snow-white lambkins are at play
Helgho, my dearie I"
A brownie stealeth from the vine.
Singing: "Helgho, my dearie;
And will you hear thlssongormlne
A song of the land of murk and mist
"Where bldeth tbe bud the dew hath kissed?
Then let the moonbeam's web of light
Be spnn before thee silvery white.
And I shall sing tbe livelong night
Helgho, mydearlel"
The night wind speedeth from theses.
Murmuring: "Helgho, my dearie;
I bring amarlner's prayer for thee;
Bo let the moonbeam veil thine eyes.
And the brownie sing thee laUables
( BaI shall rock thee to and fro,
" Kissing the brow he loveth so, -,,, ,
' And the prayer shall guard thy bed, I trow-v
,")HeUhOvnlydearleI', , ft "js
-An(fEHBfKW ' ' VHHMyv 4'w.
ONE DAI IN GOTHAM.
An Expensive mistake of a Coachman.
fNXW TOBK BtraiAU SHCIALS.
' NewYobk, March 2a-Henry Villard. the
well-known railroad man,and his wife wept out
to dine with a -friend in West Forty-seventh
street on Thursday evening of last week. By
mistake the coachman drove to a house of the
same number in East Forty-seventh street, and
his mistake was not discovered until he had
driven away and it was too late to recall him.
Mr. and Mrs. Villard were, accordlngly.obliged
to walk tbe distance tb at still separated them
fromtheii friends' house. During that walk
Mrs. Villard lost a bracelet composed ot 25 dia
monds and valued at several thoasands of dol
lars. The police have thus far failed to find
any trace of the missing bracelet and a reward
of $230 is offered for it
Sequel to a Ghost Story.
A Brooklyn paper printed yesterday a har
rowing tale of a beautiful young woman being
imprisoned by inhuman relatives in a house
in Berkley place, in that city, and so cruelly
treated that the neighborhood rang with het
piteous shrieks for mercy. The cblef authority
for tbe story was tbe divorced wife of Jimmy
McLaughlin, the iockev. who lives next door.
Each of the other neighbors, however, had a
more or less thrilling version of the horrible
occurrences in the dreadful house. So many
heartrending stories wero told thatbef ore any
publication a police captain visited the house
to una out what direfur tragedy was being
daily and nightly enacted therein, but only got
well snubbed for his pains by the owner, a Mrs.
Pitcher. A relative of the tatter's explained
the mystery to-day. There Is a girl who shrieks
In Mrs. Pitcher's house. She Is Mrs. Pitcher's
daughter, and she shrieks, not from ill treat
ment, but because she has acute hysteria. Her
mother keeps her at borne rather than sendher
to an asylum. Tbe exaggerated stories about
ner probably originated from a neighbor who
wants Mrs. Pitcher's bouse for a boarding
nouse.
Fearful Fate of a Young Baker.
At i o'clock this .morning Herman Lenck,
agea 17, ana three other journeymen were ply
ing their trade in a bakery in the cellar at 2153
Third avenue. Lenck, who was frying
doughnuts, spilled a lot of fat in the fire, and
in an instant the basement was in a blaze. The
four bakers ran out of doors without waiting
to put on their outer garments. Lenck felt
cold when be reached the street having noth
ing on but his trousers, shirt and paper bat so
be went back, despite the remonstrances of his
companions, lor his coat and regular headgear.
He managed to make his way through tbe
smoke to the rear of the basement where they
were, but only to a door, which, when be tried
to open it came off its hinges from the effects
of the heat and fell on him. His dead body
was found under the door when tbe fire was
over. Death was due to suffocation.
An Ocean Race Clearly Begun.
The City of New York, tbe Aller and the Brit
annic, all three fast boats, started for Europe at
nearly tbe same hour this morning. The City
of New York left her dock at 7a0 and sailed
down the North river with the Britannic close
behind, while the Aller brought np the rear.
The three vessels kept this order nntil they
were beyond Quarantine, when the Britannic
passed the City of New York. The Britannic
passed Sandy Hook and out into tbe onean at
9.30, the City of New York at 9.35 and the Aller
at 9.45. The question now asked by per
sons of sporting proclivities who are
interested in steam navigation Is, in
what order will the racers reach the
other side of the ocean T Such think that an
ocean race has been begun, and that the Aller
will try to reach Southampton before, making
allowance for the extra distance, the others
reach Qneenstown, while the Britaunlo will
try to get to Queenstown before the City of
New York.
A Corpse Embalmed for 50 Cents.
A Chicago man got permission to embalm an
unclaimed dead body in the morgue on Mon
day by what he called the Egyptian process.
The body was placed In a zlnc-Ilned box, and
some powder that looked like clay was set on
fire and put inside. The cover was screwed on
and not taken off for about six hours. When
it was removed the body appeared to be per
fectly embalmed. The Chicago man said the
cost of the process was but 60 cents. Tbe ex
periment Is of especial Interest to Chinamen,
who send their dead to tbe Flowery Kingdom
for interment when they can afford it, and
often when they can't
One Event Caused by the Other.
"When the managers of the Manhattan Club
meet to-morrow night tbey will act upon the
resignation of ex-Mayor Hewitt as well as
upon tbe admission of cx-Presldcnt Cleveland
as an honorary member. Tbe prospect of the
latter event taking place, coupled with tbe
failure oftbe club last year to elect him Vice
President is evidently the cause of Mr. Hew
itt's retirement Ferry Belmont is among tho
new members to be elected to-morrow night
The club has now a memoership of 950, or
within 60 of tbe limit fixed by the constitution.
Truthful, If Not Honest.
Henry Kniss, a musician from Arizona,
stayed at Bade's Hotel, InHoboken, last night
He intended to go to Germany by the North
German Lloyd steamship this morning. He
wanted to see Hoboken, and before leaving tbe
hotel he asked Carl Becker, tbe clerk, whether
there were any thieves in the city. Beckertold
him thieves were thicker than flies in summer,
and advised him to leave any valuables he
might have-in the hotel safe. Kniss gave him
$671. This morning Becker did not appear at
the hotel, and an examination of the safa did
not disclose the $671. The police were notified,
audit was discovered that Becker bad de
camped with the money. It was all that Kniss
bad, and he will not go to Germany now He
says Becker was truthful, if he was not honest
CLEVELAND A TAMMANY BRATE.
The Ex-President add Mr. Vitas Elected
Members of the Colombian Order.
New Yobk, March 20. Ex-President Grover
Cleveland has been elected a member of Tam
many Hall, and will 'ride tbe goat" at the first
meeting in April. Mr. Cleveland will be sup
ported on the occasion of his initiation by bis
ex-Secretary of State. Thomas F. Bayard, and
ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney, both old
members of tbe Columbian Order; and at the
same meeting his ex-Secretary of the In
terior. William F. Vilas, will be made a Tam
many brave.
Is Onr Climate Changing?
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Is the American climate changing? If not
how is it that a Missiasipplan is accused of
stealing two overcoats at this time of year?
A Mnch Needed Man.
from the Detroit Free Press.1
A Pennsylvania man claims to have-rediscovered
tbe art of copper welding. Perhaps
be can make tbe great trust bang together.
SOME CHOICE ADS.
"Wanted, a man with a strong, rich imagina
tion to write anecdotes of President Harrison's
boyhood.
Fob sale, one of William Shakespeare's
chairs, nearly new; also a typewriter, formerly
tbe property of George Washington.
Waiters wanted in large hotels. Only those
willing to. subscribe half their salary every
week for testimonial to head waiter need ap
ply. Intending shortly to visit Central Africa
for the purpose of losing myself there, I wish
to arrange beforehand for a series of lectures I
design to deliver upon py return.
A young man with whom manual labor
fails to agree wishes to join some labor organi
zation whose members are on strike. Will
strike and continue striking for very moderate
wages.
A young, intensely patriotic gentloman.con
verted soon after the last Presldental election
to tbe principles of the Republican party, in
spired now with an honorable ambition to
serve his country, appeals to every influential
statesman in the country to help him satisfy
this ambition at about $75 a week.
A settees gentleman connected for some
years with tbe pastoral branch of the railroad
business, and who by bard work and strict in
tegrity has managed to save enough out of
his meager earnings to enable him to pass the
few remaining years of his life In modest com
fort, desires to apprentice bis younger son to
some honest Wall street farmer, where by
learning how to water stock and shear the fa.
nocent Iambs, he may be enabled to keep the
wolf from the door as his honored parsat'dW
before bis. . '
CUXIOUS C0SBINSATM&f
It costs 17 to protest a note la Lot
Angeles against SI 38 is. the East
R is said that at a sale of farm stock ia
"Womelsdorf, Pa 5,080 pesoa were fed.
German cavalry officers hereafter will
have to include fteeplechaslng in their studies.
A cat 19 years old is to bo seen in the
family of N. R Shaw, Area, Greene county,
New York.
Owing to cut rates a' man recently rode
from Dayton, Wyo. T., to St Louis; 2,000
miles, for. $L
Fourteen lawyers have been President
of the United States. Mr. Cleveland was the
unlucky thirteenth man.
It is, estimated that there are 365 col
leges in the United States, 4&5S Institutions of
learning and 65,718 students in them.
The State of Michigan laakerU Iffl
posslble f or a poor man to aspire to tho Gov
ernorship by putting the salary at $3,000 ft
Tear' ,''.
Samuel Cummings, of Boston, while
leaning against a rail in his grain mfll. "began
sneezing, and sneezed so hard he dislocated his
shoulder."
Female physicians are allowed to prac
tice hi Turkestan, but there Is so little demand
1(?r th.llr serrices that they pay patients to em
ploy them. ,
The English Treasury Department U
contemplating tbe issue of 1 notes asareme
dy for the depreciation of the gold currency Uy
constant use. ?
Californlans are beginning to think'the
dandelion a nuisance. A few years ago it was
introduced from the East and now it tnreateas
to crowd out everything else.
It has just been discovered that out of.
25,000 native Kanakas in tbelsland of Noumea,
4000 are afflicted with leprosy of the worst sort.
Efforts to stop the scourge are under way.
One Dr. Terc, in England, is advocat
ing the sting of bees as a remedy for rheuma
tism. He declares that he has treated with
success 173 cases and has given In all 39,1100
stings.
Scotland has a gold fever, the discovery
of a bit of gold in the gizzard of a duck re
cently killed on a farm in Forfarshire having
been followed by tbe finding of gold-bearing
quartz in the same neighborhood.
As affording some idea of the amount of
light gold now in circulation inLondon.it Is
stated that recently a financier accepted 1,000,
largely made up of half-sovereigns, and. on the
amount being weighed at tbe bankers, it was
found to he short by 19.
Two postal cards sent from a German
town to the German consulate at Yokohama,
one by Canada and the other by Brlndlsi, and
there remailed to the sender, each by tbe route)
opposite to that n which it had come, have ar
rived In the German town again, having been
around the globe in a little less than three
months.
The Baldwin pony that has been com
ing down from the ton of a London circus tent
every night apparently by means of a para
chute, recently fell suddenly when tbe descent
had just begun and was badlv injured. Tha
wire by which the lowering had really been ac
complished had broken. The act is now omit
ted from tbe programme.
The commander of the French National
Military School at St Cyr has issued an order
forbidding card playing. He defends the order
by asserting that playing for money was so
common in the school that young men of no
fortune had frequently mortgaged their pay
for five, six, and even ten years after leaving
the college to pay gambling debts.
A story comes from Georgia to the
effect that an immense wild cat entered a far
mer's house at Good Hope, snatched an Infant
from tbe cradle and ran off. A short, time after
ward tbe child was found beside a high fence
on the farm. The cat was one that had been
prowling around the neighborhood for some
days, and had been seen halt a dozen times or
mgre by farmers.
Tne ladies of Texas are making a huge
map, drawn on canvas, with all the 264 counties
of tbe State laid off. One county. Tom Green,
is larger than the entire States of Massa
chusetts and Connecticut combined. Tho
name of each county will be worked with soma
beautiful product made in the county. The
map will be exhibited in the Texas Spring
Palace to be built at Fort Worth.
Two Texan women are the largest in
dividual sheep and stock owners in the world.
One of these, the Widow Callahan, owns .50. COO '
sheep, and whelTJPlong train of wagons starts
out each spring and fall for market loaded
down with the wool of her sheep, it is a sight
worth seeing. The other is Mrs. Rogers, the
great herd owner of Southwestern Texas, who
Is worth about 51.000,X). Mrs. Rogers owns no
carriage, preferring to ride on horseback in the
free and easy style of the cowboy.
Some time ago two German girls landed
Jn New York, bound .for Chicago, and were
told by a runner, one of their own countrymen,
that tbey could get tickets S3 cheaper outside
tbe Garden. They went with the runner, and
each paid him $20. He took them up to tbe ele
vated railroad station, gave them two 5-cent
tickets, and bade them goodby for Chicago.
Neither girl could speak a word of Englisb.and
when they eot to Harlem It was some time De
fore they could be made to understand that
they had been swindled.
Electric refining has been brought into
snch bad odor by the fraud connected with the
electric sugar scheme, that people will natur
ally be disposed to look askance at all state
ments on the application of electricity for snch,
Eurposes. Yet, if the Chronique IndmlrieUe
i to be relied upon, the method of M. Moebius,
for refining silver cy electricity, is likely to bo
brought Into extensive use. It is especially
suitable for tbe treatment of auriferous stiver,
containing about II per cent of gold. In an
ordinary electrolytic bath, composed of a weak
solution of nitric acid at 1 per cent. Mr. Moeb
ius employs anodes of argentiferous matter,
and a thin plate of pure silver as cathode. The
anodes, which are about 12 millimetres in
thickness, are placed In muslin baes, which re
tain tbe gold, platinum, peroxide of lead, and
other foreign bodies contained in the matter.
Tbe current employed is of 150 amperes, with a
difference of potential between tbe plates of
one vole During the whole operation brushes
pass and repass over the surface of the cath
ode, and cause the silver deposited to fall to
the bottom. If the matter contains copper, it
dissolves in the nitric acid, tut it Is not de
posited on the cathodes.
THE FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE.
Better to be a loan than in bad company'
was not written of our umbrella.
Tom Spendall, whose extravagance was
checked by his father, says there Is a big differ
ence between a check and a cheqne.
Reason Enough. She How conceitedly
that man talks. Is he an actor?
lie "Worse than that! lie Is an amateur actor.
"Little pitchers have big ears," which is,
doubtless, for the purpose or better enabling: them
to hearthe umpire's decisions on balls and strikes.
Good point:
Miss Penelope Peachblow I am sorry
you were qnlte so Jolly, as it Is considered bad
form now for girls to drink much champagne.
Miss Dolly Flicker It may be bad rorm, bat It's
good taste.
A MABCH ODE.
The devil makes the strong March wind
That lifts the skirts too high:
But angels send the whirling dust
That blows In the bad man's eye.
Does Death End All? A young physician
was showing a friend a recent purchase that he
had made In tbe way of a skeleton. "Very Inter
esting, commented his friend. "One of your
patients, doctor?"
Better Than "Nothing. Minister (to hotel
clerk) Do you have special rates for ministers of
the Gospel?
Clerk Yes, we have. We make no money re
duction, bnt we give their names as "Prominent
Arrivals" to the reporters, ' 5
A Mercurial Belle. Young Mr. Jackson
(at a Thompson street soiree) Does yo' "dance
mnch, Jllsa Birdie?
Miss Birdie (a rasclnatlng bnt very stout young
lady) Sometimes 1 does, Atr. Jackson, andisome
tlmes 1 doesn't. It all depen's on dethermometab.
A Pussle Solved. Paperwaite"WhtI
eawn' t undawstand abont It Is that Bylker should
come and pay mo back thai Ave dollawsbe bor
rowed fwom me without awaking raw It JS
lambreqnln remaps oe muwu ,u oorrowjen.
Paperwaite-B Jovel He made It twentylfe
Coming Awav. His Lordship IMwas
Jolly enough hnt-er-bnt what a beastly crowd.
The senm or Europe I should say. 1H1S.
Mrs. r. The scum or tnropei ITieyjareltha ;
elite or ew York! taKh
His Lordship-What's the difference ITo7onry
go back a little? a ."
Table d'Hote On the Lake of Coo.
"Don't you, then, ever wash here?" .
"Oh, dear nol I only scratch and rnbl'.V t
MlssToraklns, overhearing, leaves the table ab
ruptly much disgusted. She afterward bears they
are members of the Koyal British Water Color So
ciety who were discussing the tcbalqof their
praftHlon. .i-. JSvfi s
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