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PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 27, 18S&
THAT PEHITENTIARY MATTER.
Mr. Deardcn's remarks on the allegation
of crookedness in the management of the
Wrstern Penitentiary yesterday at once
served the purpose of disclosing the source
whence the allegation proceeded and showed
that the person who had made them was not
prepared to hack them up. The letter of B.
C. Christy, Esq,, which gives his reasons
for not supporting the charges which he had
privately made, forms a rather striking feat
ure of yesterday's legislative proceedings.
"Without enlarging upon Mr. Christy's
unique reasons for abandoning the grave as
sertion of corrupt administration in an im
portant public institution, it isjnecessary to
remark that charges of that sort should not
be made unless the person making them is
prepared to hack them up. If there has
been any crookedness in the penitentiary it
is a matter of course that it should be in
vestigated. But the characters of men in
charge of public trusts should not be as
sailed either in public or private, without
substantial grounds, which can be made
manifest when called for by competent
authority.
The state which the matter has now
reached permits it to be dismissed, as the
House did, with the hope that charges will
not again be made and abandoned on account
of pressure in the license business or the
prolonged absence of an unnamed witness.
A KEW PAVEMENT.
The manufacture of asphalt blocks fer
paving is a new industry which is reported
as likely to be added to Pittsburg's inter
ests. The local article elsewhere on this
subject presents two points of interest in
connection with the project. One is the
utilization of the islands down the Ohio as
sites for establishments requiring a larger
area than can be economically obtained in
the city, and the other the introduction of a
very valuable paving material in a new
form. After a long digression in the way
of experimenting on other kinds of pave
ment, Pittsburg is beginning to approach
the conclusion that asphalt, though most
expensive at first, is the best pavement in
the long run; and this conclusion is crystal
lizing in the use of that pavement on the
Center avenue improvement and several of
the downtown alleys. The advantage of
asphalt blocks remains to be demonstrated
by experience, but its progress both as a
local industry and a new paving material
will be watched with interest.
IK THE LOTS OF EEFOEM.
The action of the Postomce Department
in restoring to office those division superin
tendents of the railway mail service that
were removed under the Cleveland admin
istration will earn the approval of most peo
ple. The action is in the line of the most
intelligent administration, in putting an
important and complicated part of the Gov
ernment machinery in the hands best fitted
tu operate it.
The Postoffice Department under Cleve
land was most active in reducing his civil
service professions to a nullity, and that
work was nowhere more evident than in the
removals in this branch of the service. The
railway mail service calls for thorough ex
perience in order to perform its work under
the peculiar conditions which its nature es
tablishes. The displacing of men who were
thoroughly" acquainted with this work, In
order to make room for Democrats, inevita
bly damaged the efficiency of the service,
and was a distinct affirmation of the theory
that the interests of the party must be placed
above the interests of the public
The new administration has restored the
eld men. It its actions in other respects are
in the same line, it will make a good
record. .
WHY THIS EESTEICnOKT
The project of a bridge across the Alle
gheny river, constructed so as to accommo
modate a traction road to connect with the
Jforth'sTde, is stated to have assumed definite
shape. In default of the perfection of elec
tric motors for street purposes, so as to be
equal in practical service to the cable, this
was to be expected. Some of the bridges,
like the Smithfield street and Seventh street
structures, might be capable of adaptation
to the cable system; but the construction of
a new bridge for that purpose will unques
tionably afford accommodations that would
be otherwise lacking. But what is the rea
son that such a structure should refuse all
other business, such as that of foot passen
gers, which can easily be provided for? Has
the courtesy among corporations reached a
degtee that restrains a new bridge company
from cutting into the fat profits of the older
companies?
A WOLFS LAW FOE LAMBS.
The Marquis of Queensberry, in a recently
published article, attempted to knock out
the institution of marriage, but though he
fought under his own rules, it cannot be
said that he covered himself with glory. He
has had some experience in matrimonial
matters, too. In the course of his argument
against the monogamous marriage system
he says that precious few men are satisfied
with one wife, and the noble marquis might
have added that he himself had not been
satisfied. So very numerous indeed were
the Marquis of Queensberry's matrimonial
alliances that the House of Lords, which
rarely takes cognizance of any crime a lord
mar commit, expelled him.
But, as we have said, with all his tech
nical knowledge of matrimony and pseudo
polygamy, his 3,000. words of Herald type
would convincejmy sane man that the noble
Marquis is unhealthy in his morals and wo
fully impudent into the bargain. Hismorali-
ty,and his scheme for making divorce for mere
convenience or indulgence of animal at
tributes, if applied in practice to the world,
would reduce men to a mere horde of sav
age sensualists, and women to a level of
slavery such as only the Hottentots or the
Zulus have favored. Luckily the nonsense
in his lordship's harangue is so conspicu
ously nonsense, and the reasons for his con
demnation of marriage as it stands to-day
so plainly personal, that nobody is likely to
imbibe the Queensberry mixture to his
hurt.
"When the world wants some one to re
model and readjust such an important insti
tution as marriage it will not look in the
prize ring or the House of Lords for the
reformer,
LEGISLATIVE ECCENTRICITIES.
The present Legislature seems to be try
ing to make up for the failures of its pre
decessor in one respect at least The former
body was unable to get a bill sent over in
proper shape after it had been formally
passed. The latter beats that record' by
sending over Mr. "Wherry's resolution to
the Senate and cetting it referred when it
had not been passed by the House.
The unique feature of the blunder was
the stew in which it put Senator Cooper.
The golden-haired angel of reconciliation
was rather more red-headed, but not quite
so hopeful as usual, on finding that he had
got a resolution pitching into the Sinking
Fund Commissioners before the Senate
under circumstances which made him tech
nically responsible for the measure; and
when he got the resolution safely on the
table he was fitted to hang up a votive
tablet commemorating his gratitude for an
escape from deep waters.
Between the introduction of bills which
the introducers have not read, and the send
ing over of resolutions from one branch to
the other which neither branch has passed,
tbe conclusion is perfectly allowable that
the legislative methods of our statesmen at
Harrisburg are fashioned on a fearful and
wonderful model.
A QUEER CONFESSION.
It is somewhat amusing and withal in
structive, to be confronted anew with that
old report that the railway freight men are
remodeling their classification to conform
with the amendments to the inter-State
commerce law. There was an immense fuss
made two years ago about the reconstruction
of classifications required by tbe original
law, and the habit seems to have survived.
It happens to be the fact that the amended
law contains no requirements as to classifi
cation that were not in theoriginal measure.
All that either enacted on the subject was
to forbid any undue preference or advantage
to any class or interest, or undue disad
vantage to any. The fuss over classification
made by the railway men two years ago,
was therefore a practical avowal that their
old classifications did contain unjust dis
criminations, and the allegation of a neces
sity of change now is equivalent to a con
fession that the classification established
with such a flourish of trumpets, as in con
formity with the law, did not do what it
pretended, but actually violated the law!
There may be more truth than poetry in
that avowal; but it is legitimate to snppose
that a moderate degree of discretion would
keep the freight men from making the
charge against themselves.
ANEEE0NE0US JUDGMENT.
The statement that Captain Ericsson de
stroyed the diaries in which he had kept tbe
private records of his life, on account of Mr.
Fronde's injudicious use of Carlyle's papers,
is generally represented as a demonstration
of the wrong-doing of biographers who make
too free use of private records. If the sub
ject is considered careiully, however, it may
show something quite different.
In the first place it is likely to impeach
the judiciousness of Captain Ericsson's own
action. On the postulate that the diaries of
the late inventor contained a great mass of
useful material, it was by no means neces
sary for him to burn them at all. In fact it
may be questioned, if the matter of duty
entered into the subject, whether he ought
not to have gone over the papers, erased
and destroyed what he did not wish made
known after his death, and preserved that
which was of public value. He is repre
sented as concluding it to be his duty to
destroy the valuable material together with
that which he did not wish published; but a
L clear view of duty, supposing that he had
records of value to posterity, would pre
scribe a different course.
Beyond that it is worth while to protest
against the mawkishness of the idea that
records showing the weaknesses and vices of
the leaders in a past generation must be
suppressed. This is simply a theory of falsi
fying history. It is not necessary that all the
petty scandals should be preserved; but his
torical honesty reqnircs that we shall have
the chance to judge of the achievements of
past leaders in tbe light of their frailties as
well as of their strength. Froude's course
in giving the world a full view of Carlyle,
as he really was, permitted a better judg
ment of the man, and a truer estimate of his
works than could otherwise be obtained; and
the general outcry against it is altogether
ill-founded.
Let us have the truth in history, and not
an idealized and altogether misleading por
trayel of the men who have made great
names, as persons without either weak
nesses or vices.
That story of a plot among Mexican
bandits to capture Robert Garrett sounds
rather fishy; but, after his experience of tbe
way in which his telegraph lines can be
captured, Mr. Garrett is justified in con
cluding that he does not wish to take any
chances.
It it suggested by the esteemed Phila
delphia Times, that "If the late adminis
tration should come back from Cuba with
a scheme of annexation it would put the
present administration to its trumps."
There is room for a difference of opinion on
this question. So far there has been a fail
ure on the part of the American people to
make an imperative demand for the ac
quisition of the source of supply of yellow
fever, bandits and sugar.
One hundred and seven applicants for
license, put through the mill in a single
day, promises more for tbe dispatch of the
public business than it does for satisfying
the ambition of the applicants to dispense
alcoholic refreshment to the public.
It being authoritatively announced that
Governor Hill is to marry a young and beau
tiful lady, let us express the hope that she
is going to marry the Governor for himself
alone. If she has a Presidental bee in her
new spring bonnet, a more impolite
insect may be added y the suggestion that
the contract to marry shall specify that it
is not to take place except at the Governor's
residence in the "White House.
It is instructive to observe the Mlnneap
lis Miller, the organ of thV attempted mill
ers' -combination, pitching into the alleged-
Twine Trust It makes all the difference in
the world to some people whether they get a
share of the pork or not.
Hippoltte's navy was done for before
it got a fair start in the world. TheHay
tian insurgent may be exonerated for the
disaster that resulted from his attempt to
get a representative of his cause on the high
seas; but the people in New York who have
been concerned in sending out unseaworthy
vessels should have a practical demonstra
tion of the rule that such things do not pay.
The announcement that the crowds at
"Washington are falling off comes with sig
nificant promptness after the beginning of
the season at which the roads dry up and
the walking becomes practicable.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission
notifies the Grand Trunk Bail way to come
to time, as it is certainly authorized to do.
But there is room for the question why the
commission has never adopted this mode of
procedure before, either as regards the
Grand Trunk or "United States roads, during
the two years that it has been supposed to
be trying to enforce the law?
"When the Senate confirms Fred Grant
and shuts out Eucene Schuyler it affords
evidence that its theories as to the qualifica
tions for diplomatic services are constructed
on a fearful and wonderful plan.
Colonel- Elliott F. Shepaed's call
upon the Secretary of the Interior to make
the Senate meet at noon so that the after
noon papers may get the reports, indicates
the mistake which tbe pious son-in-law
made in picking out the office he wants.
He is qualified by nature and his own tastes
to be the editor of the Congressional Record.
Mr. Paljieb the new Minister to Spain
can talk 'Spanish. Information as to
whether Mr.Belmontcan do so is lacklng,but
it is unnecessary in view of his demonstra
ted ability to walk it.
Me. John L. Sullivan has delivered
himself on the subject of a vigorous foreign
policy. He enriches the subject with the
apothegm that "any man who goes to war
is a big chump." "We are glad to note that
Mr. Sullivan is consistent with hisprinciples.
He has for many years abstained from fight
ing any other way than with his mouth.
The House of Lords has refused to ex
clude its black sheep. It remains for the
people of England to take hold of th'e ques
tion of making them go altogether.
Me. Thomas C Platt has expressed a
desire that the President shall "charge Co
lonel F. D. Grant's appointment to the
whole nation." As the nation will have to
pay for it, this may be the correct system
of bookkeeping; but there are objections to
putting that responsibility on everybody.
The honors paid to Fireman Snyder for
his bravery will not make other firemen
slack and dilatory when life is in peril.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PARAGRAPHED.
Me. McKee is a close student ot German
literature.
Victorien Sabdotj contemplates a visit to
this country.
Me. and Mks. Gladstone are preparing
for tbe celebration of their golden wedding.
"When the Emperor of Germany dines with
Bis jiarck the menu is said to be in French, but
when Bismarck dines with the Emperor the
menu is in German. Why this is no one
knows.
Joaquin MIllek has been' appointed by
Governor Waterman a member of the Califor
nia Forestry Commission. The poet has taken
great interest in the preservation of California's
forests.
Secretaries Blaine and Noble were boys
together in tbe ancient town qf Lancaster, O.
Here Mr. Noble was born, and Mr. Blaine went
there when quite young and lived some ears
in the family of Thomas Ewing, once Secretary
of the Treasury. Ewing was the father of
General Sherman's wife. Blaine and Noble
remember each other well, and the latter says
that in those days he had a great admiration
for the lean, rather domineering lad who is now
his superior in Harrison's Cabinet. Noble
playfully remarks that Blaine would never have
been a famous man had he not lived in Ohio for
a time.
The Glasgo wJfafl says: At the St James' sHall
meeting: jlr. Pnrnell appeared with his arm in a
sling; he had hurt his hand testing gold found
on his own estate in Wlcklow, as if the old land
itself wished to offer him a testimonial. Those
who think of Mr. Parnell only as a politician
would be surprised t6 meet him when engaged
as he really is, daily with scientists and city
men in discussing the development of the min
eral resources of Ireland. We firmly believe
that if at such a time Lord Salisbury himself
walked in, bringing Mr. Balfour with him, bnt
also bringing, as tho Premier could, a valuable
opinion on the subject for the -First Minister
is a keen student of science himself the Irish
chieftain would gladly welcome both, and lay
ingjaside home rule for the hour talk of Irish
mines as if he had never taken off his, historic
coat to inaugurate the Land League.
A TIMELI EELIC DISCOVERED.
One of George Washington' Interesting
Letters Found by a Itlnino Sinn.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Lewiston, Me., March 28. An old-time
Federalist in Thomaston has been rummaging
among tbe papers of General Knox. He found
this letter, which, in view of the coming in
auguration centennial, is very interesting:
JIT. VEBSOX, March 2, 1788.
Mr Dear Sib -I beg you to accept my acknowl
edgement of, and thanks for, your obliging favors
of the 12th, 16th and 19tb of last month, particular
ly for the trouble you hare had in procnrlng and
forwarding for mc a suit of the Hartford manu
facture. It has come safe, and exceeds my
expectations. I will take an early oppor
tunity of paying tho cost of it. The result of
the late elections will not soon he known, but the
effects of them will soon be discovered. Of tbe
nine Representatives (announced) for this State
six arc decided Federalists, and the tenth (not
yet known), from Kentucky, it is pre
sumed from tho best accounts which hare
been received from thence, will be lp uni
son with them. To hear that the votes
have run in favor of Mr. Adams (for Vice
President) gives me pleasure. The severe weather
and uncommonly bad condition of the roads in
tills quarter will prevent the members from this
Stale giving their attendance in time. One of
them went from here this morning onlv. and two
Yesterday. I hope this will find you perfectly re
covered from our late painful disorder, and Mrs.
Knox and tbe rest of the family in good health.
Our affectionate compliments are offered to them,
with sentiments of sincerest friendship.
1 am ever yours.
GEOBGE WASHINGTON.
To General Knox.
FELL IN L0TE WITH A PHOTO.
Scqncl to n Most Romantic Courtship, Con
ducted by DInll.
Philadelphia. March 26. Her. H. C. Kis
paugb, of Blairstown, N. J., has just returned
from London with a wife whom he courted by
letter, having fallen instantly in love with her
picture, which was shown to Bim some years
ago by a classmate at college. He went to
London, and found the idol of his heart all
that he had hoped for. They will at once take
up their home fn Michigan.
Competing Conntry Cousins.
From the Oil City Derrick.!
Titusville Is taking much credit to herself
because she has a young man who can imitate
the notes of a bird. Oil City has a youtb who
can imitate tbe notes of a man, signature and
all, and get money on it.
Strange Coincidence in Denlh.
Paris, Kt March 28. The child o f Lafayette
Endicott died to-day. Ho set out to inform his
brother John, when he met the latter exactly
on the same mission. The children had -died
about tbe -same hour. They were IS months
old, and were born on the same day.
THE PETTSBiniG- DISPATCH, '
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Baseball and Artillerists A Theatrical
Bonanza It Must be New Dental Love.
It is very doubtful If any theater In the
country is paying its proprietors better than
tbe Bijou in this city. Mr. Gullet showed me
on Monday night how the first SO weeks of this
season bad panned out at the Bijou, and though
I have not the permission to print the figures,
there can be no harm In saying 'that a man
might as well be owner of the Bijou as Presi
dent of the United States, as far as the financial
side of the returns is concerned.
Said an artillery officer to me recently: "I
think the popular craze for baseball is likely to
show good results In case this country should
be involved in war again. I don't refer to tho
production ot physical giants by the came
itself, though ot course that in its way is good
lor the race, but to tbe wonderful training the
eyes of not only players of baseball
but of the spectators ot the game also are re
ceiving. In a baseball game all the eyes of the
multitude assembled and in the two nines are
constantly watching the course of the ball.
The players particularly learn to calculate with
infinite nicety the elevation and striking point
of the sphere. The artilleryman at his piece is
required to do work of much the same sort as
this with his eyes. Bo when the artillery arm
of the army has to be recruited, in case of war,
I have no doubt that the baseball player, and
even the crankiest crank from the bleaching
boards, will show special aptitude and eye-training
for the service of artillery."
There are a good many men, preachers,
actors, doctors, authors and newspaper writers,
who find that the American public, like that of
Athens in days of yore, is continually talking
of the thing that is new; that the craving for
novelty surpasses all other desires, and to those
who have to furnish the public with new things
that they may put bread in their mouths tho
insatiable desires beoomes a horrible monster.
MUST BE NEW.
This is the cue: Something new!
That is what Is wanted of you.
Black as night, or of morning hue,
.Red, or ypllo w, or brown, or blue,
False as Koran, as lilble true.
All the same in the public's view
If it be new yes, it will do!
If it be old, the day you'll roe,
Down you'll go, into the stew.
There to stay for a day or two.
So if you'd sit in the primal pew.
And wear, as 't were, a mandarin's cue,
Mark till you reach the fun'ral yew
That this is the cue: Something newl
That is what iswantedofyoul
.
A couple of weeks ago the managers of the
Amherst College Glee Club informed me that
that excellent organization proposed paying
Pittsburg a visit next month. Unhappily this
plan depended upon the completion of arrange
ments for a concert in Cleveland, and as that
could not be effected, we shall not hear one
of tbe best college clubs in the country.
The club has a banjo and guitar appendix of
eight members, and there is no doubt that
Pittsburg has missed a veritable treat.
V
This is the season of the year when Cupid is
supposed to get in his best licks. The eccen
tricities ot tbe beautiful disease of love are
probably more prominent just now than in
summer, fall or winter.
This may account for the singular behavior
of a young woman of by no means low degree,
who may live here and may lire a thousand
miles from here. As to her identity in fact
I'm not clear. But the story is true.
This maiden has good looks in plenty and, it
was presumed till recently, some sense. She
fell in lore with a young dentist. The young
dentist did not return the affection at first
any way. But the maiden bad no faint heart
an d paid the dentist visits with great regularity,
alleging various dental trouble!. After every
suspicious tooth had been drawn, the maiden
was put to it to find an excuse for still pursuing
the dentist. She found it In the allegation that
theremoralof so many teeth made her face
recede in places, and to remedy this he bad all
the teeth remaining to her pulled. To prolong
her seeing her beloved, she then had a false set
of teeth put in. The dentist succumbed at this
point. Tho maiden's sacrifice and her fees,
touched his heart.
A LOT OP LAND WANTED.
Suit to Be Brought by the Government to
Recover 200,000 Acres in Iowa.
Washington, March 28. The Commissioner
of the General land Office to-day recommend
ed to the Secretary of the Interior that suit be
instituted in tho name ot the United States to
recover about 200,000 acres of land, situated be
tween the Raccoon Fort, of the Des Moines
river, in Iowa, and the north boundary of the
State, and known as tbe Des Moines rirer
lands. Under the authority of the Land De
partment a large number ot settlers, between
the years 1S55 and I860, made entry of these
lands, but of which tho Des Moines Valley
Railroad Company, acting under authority of
the State courts, has been for some time active
ly engaged in dispossessing them.
A bill having for its object the restoration of
these lands passed tbe Forty-ninth and Fiftieth
Congresses, out it did not receive the approval
of the President It is said that tbe Iowa dele
gation In Congress is unanimously in favor of
the course recommended by tbe commissioner.
Maritime Mntters to be Discussed.
"Washington, March 28. The United
States delegates to tho approaching maritime
conference met at tbe Department of State
to-day for the purpose of consultation and
arranging a programme for the conduct of the
conference. A number of subjects were re
ferred to sub-committees, and an adjournment
was then taken till Saturday.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
BInry CInrko Dnwaon.
Mary Clarke Dawson, one of the oldest residents
of Western Pennsylvania and the widow of John
L. Dawson, member of Congress and one of the
best known men In the State in his time, died yes
terday morning at tbe residence of her son-in-law,
Charles . Speer, Craft avenue, Oakland.
Mrs, Dawson was born at Brownsville January
25, 1814. In 1838 she married John L. Dawson, and
as a result of the union four children, only two of
whom are now living, were born. They were
George Dawson, who died in 1860: Mrs. Henry W.
Patterson, who died in 1875: Mrs. Charles E.
Speer, of this city, and Mrs. Ohaunccy F. Black,
wife of the ex-Lieutenant Governor. Her
husband, who was a State politician, died in 1870
alter a bright and useiul career. He was a Demo
cratic leader and was Identified with everything
that tended to tho promotion of the state. He
died at the old homestead on the Albert Ulllltan
farm at Geneva, where his widow has lived the
'greater part of her life.
Tbe funeral services will be held this afternoon
at tbe residence of Mr. Speer, at 4 o'clock. Tbe
body will be conveyed to Brownsville, where it
will be Interred alongside the grave of her hus
band, whom she has gone to meet. At the time of
her death she was surrounded byhertwochlldren.
her grand children and her great-grand children.
Mrs. II. F. Benedict.
Special Telegram to Tbe Dispatch.
CHAEI.ISTON, 8. C, March 26. The yacht
Oneida, from New York, steamed into Charleston
harbor to-day with her colors at half mast. Mr. H.
M. Flagler and other members of his family
bad arrived hero from St. Augnstlne on MnnCsy
to await her arrival, expecting his daughter and
other members or tbe family. As soon as the yacht
was signalled Mr. Flagler engaged a launch, and
boarded her as soon as she came across tbe bar to
find the dead body or his daughter, Mrs. H. F.
Benedict, lvlng In the cabin. Mrs. Benedict died
about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon Just as the yacht
had sighted Morris Island lighthouse. There were
on board her husband, and brother. Dr. bbolton.a
New York homeopathic physician, and three
trained nurses, all from New York. Mr. Benedict
is the son of . G. Benedict, a well-known &ew
York banker. Mrs. Benedict w very 111 when
she left New York, and the sea voyage had been
recommended at a last resort.
C. F. Theodore Stelnway.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
NewYobk, March 28:Mr. "William Stelnway,
or tho Arm of Stelnway Sons, piano manufactur
ers, received a cablegram early this morning from
Brunswick, Germany, announcing the sudden
death from apoplexy it that place of his brother,
O. K. ThcoJore Stelnway. Mr. Steinwav's health
had been railing for the past few months. His
only sister. Mrs. Jacob Zlerier, who was at Stutt
gart with her son. Henry Zlcgler, a member of the
firm, hastened to her brother's bedside. On Mon
day evening Theodore Stelnway cabled to his
brother here thathe was much Improved and was
preparing to go to Italy. The ncw5 thal cam
this morning or his death during the night was
consequently unexpected by tbe members of the
lamily here.
Hon. John It. Nenl.
CnATTANOOOA, March 28. Hon. John ETNeaL
member of Congress from the Third Tennessee
District in the Fiftieth Congress, died to-day at
his home at Kyo Sprlnzs, Tenn., after an Illness of
two montns' or consumption of the bowels.
P. IS- Klsiom.
NEW YonK, March 28.-P.B. Kissaro, a member
of the New York Stock Exchange 'since July 22,
18si, lted this morning. He was a brother-la-law
of tiie late Y llliam U. Vanderbllt.
'3M
WEDNESDAY; ' MAKOH "27,
GREAT BUITAIN'S COAL FIELDS.
The Close of tho Next Century Will See
England Dependent Upon Foreigners.
From time to time geologists and statisti
cians turn attention to the probable duration
of the coal field of the United Kingdom, says,
the Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle, and alarm coal
consumers by fixing an approximately near
future as the period when this useful mineral
will become exhausted. Tbe extent of the coal
field of this country Is known now with toler
ably certainty, and the annual consumption
being also known, the period of exhaustion is
simply a matter of calculation.
Mr. B. Price-Williams, a well-known engi
neer, in a paper on the coal question read re
cently before the members of the Royal Statis
tical Society, fixed 102 years as tbe limit for tbe
duration of England's coal supply. Northum
berland and Durham, though stilt pre-eminent
as coal producing counties, do not produce so
much coal as formerly, in consequence ot other
sources of supply having been opened up.
Basing his calculations on tbe average rate of
increase in consumption, Mr. Price-Williams
finds that the coal mines in the east division of
South Wales will be worked out in 46 years,
those of Warwickshire in 3 years, South
Wales 79, Yorkshire 80, Scotland 92, Northum
berland and Durham 94, while Denbigshlreand
Flintshire have enongh at their present rate of
outpnt to last for 250 years.
The adoption of other articles of fuel and
other methods of raising steam may lead to a
great economy in the use ot coal, but If we
continue to consume it at the present rate of
increase, the close of the next century will see
Great Britain, which has hitherto supplied
other countries with this valuable commodity,
dependent herself upon foreigners.
ERIE GAS FIELD.
The
Territory In That District to be Onco
More Tested.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Erie, March 28. The scheme to test the gas
territory of this section of the State Is being
agitated again. Several months ago a number
of gentlemen of this city made up a fund of
$12000, and made a contract for a test gas well
4,000 feet deep. When at a depth ot 2,251 feet
the drill struck a small vein of gas. Tbe drill
was driven the depth of 4,500 feet, and then a
set of tools were lost and a set" of fishing tools
on top of them. A shot of glycerine was put
in at th'e depth of the gas vein, which bad been
struck midway and was discharged. Tbe agi
tation did but little good as it brought an in
creased flow of gas but lor a short time. Tho
well was sealed up for threo weeks and was then
found to have gained pressure of COO pounds.
The local committee are now at the Suburban
No. 4, and opine that a big reservoir of gas
exists under thi3 vicinity somewhere, and that
this gas-bearing sand was tapped at its thinnest
point by the gas well and that it must connect
and be a part of a thicker and more favorable
sand at no great distance away.
One of tbe company which put the test well
down will put a well down on his own property
in the vicinity of the test well, recently put
down, and will drive it to a depth of 2.250 feet.
Others will also put wells down to this same
depth In different directions and it is believed
that they will be able to trace the sand from
which this 300 pounds pressure of gas comes,
and tbat they will then be enabled to get the
much desired supply of gas fuel which tbe in
dustries of the city crave. A prolific gas Bold
bas been found at Wesley ville at bOO feet.
ATTENTIONS APPRECIATED.
Klndlr Offices of British Nnvnl Offlcera at
Admiral Chandler's Fnnernl.
Washington, March 26. The officers at
tached to the Navy Department are highly
gratified at the information which has reached
them of the participation of the British au
thorities and forces in the funeral ceremonies
of Bear Admiral Chandler, who died in Hong
Kong, the 10th of February. More than 700
Highlanders marched in the procession, and
they were followed by 1,000 sailors attached to
English men-of-war, each having a crape band
on his sleeve. A company of the Northampton
shire Regiment, marines, artillery and marine
artillery, preceded the Governor and staff, tbe
heads of tbe Government departments, the
consuls and a number of residents bringing up
the rear. The services at the grave were very
impressive and were conducted amid the
booming ot minute guns from tho ships in the
barbor.
On February 14 Commander Dyer, accom-
Earned oy Lieutenant Commander west and
lieutenant Wadhanis, called on the Governor,
Sir G. William Desveaux; Vice Admiral
Salmon, General Cameron, Bear Admiral Max
well and Colonels Craster and,' Roberts, and
thanked them in person- for the marked and
spontaneous tribute of respect paid by those
officers at the funeral of Admiral Chandler,
assuring them that their considerate action
was deeply appreciated bv the American resi
dents in tbe East and highly esteemed by the
Government at Washington.
BERTHS THAT ARE COVETED.
All
tho Naval Offlcera Want to Secure
Plnces on the New Yorktown.
Washington, March 2a A good deal of
pressure is being brought to bear by naval of
ficers to secure assignments to the new gun
boat Yorktown, which is soon to go into com
mission. While this is generally the case upon
the completion of a new vessel, the Yorktown
holds out superior inducements because of her
fine officers' quarters'and generally good qual
ities. It is the present understanding that tbe
Yorktown will be commanded by Commander
Chadwick, now attached to tbe American Lega
tion in London.
A FACTOM GOING SOUTH.
One of the Titirae Philadelphia Cotton Mills
Removing to Alabama.
Philadelphia, March 26. The looms and
other machinery of J. P. Jones' Calcutta Mills,
of Frankf ord, are being removed as fast as they
can be made ready for shipment to Birming
ham. Ala. Cheaper labor is the reason given by
Mr. Jones for his removal from Frankf ord. The
Calcutta Mills until recently employed from
200 to 300 hands in the manufacture of cotton
goods.
A Dcndlock In Rhode Island.
Providence, R. I., March 20. The two
branches of the Legislature cast their respect
ive votes for United States Seuator to-day to
succeed Jonathan Chace. resigned. The vote
resulted in no election, and both branches ad
journed till to-morrow, when balloting will be
resumed.
Signs of Spring.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The delightful weather yesterday brought
out the first street corner crocuses in large
numbers. They all smoked cigarettes.
T-HE P1TTSBDRG STAGE.
Admiring throngs aro gazing at the sea
serpent at the Casino.
"TnE Boy Hero," a realistic melodrama,
will be tbe attraction at Harris' next week.
Harry Williams' Academy has an excel
lent attraction this week, and is crowded at
each performance.
Miss Nellie MoHenry and a strong com
pany, presenting "Three of a Kind," will be at
the Opera Honse next week. Tho comedy de
scribes the adventures of some city people at a
country boarding house, which is run for reve
nue only; and the laughable adventures and
complications are abundant. Miss McHcnry
appears as DolUe Dashwood, which is said to
be the best role sbo bas ever played.
A TEATURE of "The Crystal Slipper." the
spectacular extravaganza which begins a
week's engagement at the Bijou Theatre Mon
day evening, that has attracted much atten
tion, is "The Halls of Time" a superb allegori
cal transformation, which concludes the per
formance of the piece. It is in three scenes
and a tableau. "The Realms 6f the Revolving
Hours" is described as the striking part of tbe
very novel and artistic idea. A huge clock oc
cupies tbe centre of tbe stage. Perched high
above the dial stands a beautiful girl lb classic
robes. In her hand she holds a golden pendu
lum. Around the dial revolves, In flying pos
tnre, twelve figurantes, representing the hours
of the day and night. In fact, all the characters
of the piece are picturesquely grouped. The.
sale of seats begins to-morrow morning.
MOTHER AND CHILD.
One night s tiny dew-drop fell
Into tbe bosom of a rose;
Dear little one. Hove the well
Be ever here thy sweet repose!"
Ecclnghe rose with love bcdlght,
The envious sky frowned dark, and then
Sent forth a messenger of light
And caught the dew-drop up again.
"Ohj
give me back my heavenly child
M
love!" the rose in anguish cried;
the sky triumphant smiled.
Al
d so the flower, heartbroken, died.
i,ugene twla in the Chicago Sews,
1 A
Ob-fi
1889;
THE FESTIVE GAT0R. '
Dancer of the Extinction of the Mammoth
Reptile An Unpopular Pet With a. Pen
chant for Babies Its Economic Yalne
When Dead.
No very poignant regret will, we fancy, be
felt at the announcement that the alligator is
in some danger of extinction. Indeed, so far
from deploring the disappearance of this un
attractive reptile, a great many people in
America and elsewhere would feel that the
pleasures ot life bal appreciably increased,
were it to share the fate that they hope will
ultimately befall the mosquito and the rattle
snake. Civilization bas proved pitiless in its
dealings with the wild, animals of the New
World. The buffalo, the moose, and the wapiti
are daily dwindling away; until before the boys
now at school are middle-aged men the sight of
one will have become as rare as that of a Labra
dor duck on the Newfoundl and coast, or a great
bustard on the Wiltshire downs. The polar
bear is getting scarce in Greenland;and though
possibly tbe outlying settler, especially if he
had forgotten to bring bis gnn, might bear with
the deprivation, all those who have been enter
tained or inspired by the early literature of thtf
Great West will deplore the fact that the
grizzly is beginning to follow the pronghorn,
the mountain goat, and the once-teeming herds
of bison. But it is hard to imagine any one, ex
cept the tourist on the Kissimmee, or tbe skin
hunter of the St. John's, who will bewail the
doom of the alligator.
Its Extinction a Matter of Time.
However, though there cannot be any doubt
of its rapid decrease, we venture to question
whether the close of its career is even yet
within measurable distance. The spread of
settlement, the systematic hunting of the brute
for the sake of its hide, teeth, oil and musK,
the slaughter of it by the powder-burning visi
tor to Florida, and the extensive winter tour
ist trade in little alligators as choice gifts to
Northern friends, have all tended to thin the
southern swamps in an appreciaDie aegree.
But in the lagoons and backwaters of the Mis
sissippi, the '"gator," as he is familiarly
termed, is not likely to be a rarity for a great
many years to come, and there are swamps and
pools, dank and slimy, concealed among groves
of trees bung with the funereal-looking Spanish,
moss, as far north as the Red river mouth,
and the Neuse in North Carolina, where
this warmth loving reptile will findaretuge
long after it ha3 been slain in more
accesslDle places. It swarms off the tourist
routes in the Flondlan everglades, and beyond
the bounds of the United States, tbe Mexicans
of tbe Uuif a ates and the dusky Republicans
of Central America could desire nothing bet
ter than SI for everv hnere "Lacarto" between
Tehnantepec and the Chagres river. They are
far too plentiful in the Lake of Nicaragua.
Their log-like bodies bask on every sunny spit
oi tne san Juan between San uanos ana urey
town, and even the canal diggers have not
driven them out of the marshy jungle north
of Colon. As for South America, tbe Cayman,
a near ally of the more Northern formsis. In
that still lone land of vast rivers and swampy
lakes, scarcely disturbed. Tbe Indians slay it.
But, as the brute lays a couple of hundred
eggs, tne cnances are ail lniavoroi tneiresn
brood far exceeding the yearly slaughter.
An Unpopular Pet.
It would be vain to claim for the alligator
even tho smallest modicum of popularity. Idle
folks, it is true, affect to make a pet of him.
and try to persuade their friends in New York
that be only requires to be better known to be
at least tolerated. But this extremely qualified
affection extends only to tho "gator" when
very young. The perverse lover of paradox
bas never bad much to say in favor of the
adult reptile, and it is noticed that the theorist
who affirms that the brute is harmless (unless
in exceptional circumstances), is invariably
anxious, when one is seen waddling out of the
water, either to put a bullet in its eye or to
make sure tbat there is a comfortable distance
between himself and the unappreciative theme
of his eulogy. Nevertheless, the traveler who
feels that his labors have been in vain unless
he can prove all of his predecessors to have
been simpletons, or something worse, has tried
to make out a case for the alligator. His
logic, it must be admitted, is somewhat de
fective. Many reputable voyagers Raleigh
and Herrara, and Velasquez and Bartram, to
mention only the historical names have wit
nessed and described its ferocity. But tbe
latter-day visitor to New Orleans or to Tampa
Bay, by producing a score of people who never
saw the alligator eat anybody, considers him
self justified in scoffing at the veracity of those
who did.
A Ferocious Saurian.
More than 300 years ago the huge reptiles
which haunted tbe vicinity of Porto Sello
would drag away and devour a man whom they
surprised asleep, though they were so timorous
that they fled when attacked. In the "River of
Lagartaros," so called from their enormous
abundance in its waters, Raleigh narrates how
a negro, "a very proper young fellow." was de
voured by one when swimming at the mouth of
the river; and at Panama, so Herrara relates
In J516, "an alligator has been known to take a
man from the stern of a boat." All the old
voyagers aro in evidence to tbe same effect,and
Bartram, a most respectable botanist, who
visited Florida less than a century.ago, is most
circumstantial in his description of the de
termined manner in which tbe alligator
stormed his skiff add tried to snatch him out
of it.
Still more recently, about 30 years ago, a
woman washing clothes on tbe banks of tbe
Nicaragua Lake, at Virgin Bay, was seized
and killed by one, just as the Nilotic crocodile
snatches up incautious bathers. Many similar
instances have been put on record, one of tbe
most painful being, perhaps, tbat of a well
known mining engineer. who in crossing a
stream in Nicaragua, slipped from the fallen
tree which served as a bridge, and. before bis
comrades could help him, was torn to pieces by
the reptiles lurking in the thickets along the
river banks. There are even more blood
curdling tales told, though, as "'gator stories,"
like those relating to bears and snakes, must
be received with caution, it is better not to pin
one's faith to tbat horrible legend of a huge
reptile ascending through the clay floor of a
Mississippi woodchopper's hut and escaping
with a baby before the terrified mother could
seize the family ax. At the same time no one
pretends to affirm that in tbe water an alligator
is harmless, though, as a rule, a negro baby
seems to be more affected by it than any other
prey perhaps, for tbe simple reason tbat in
tropical regions black people are more nu
merous than white ones, and dusky children
more left to themselves than those of the dom
inant race.
Degenerating in SIzo and Spirit.
It Is, however, open to discussion whether
the alligator bas not decreased both in bulk
and ferocity since it made the acquaintance of
tbe white man and his killing ways. It is sel
dom that one is shot nowadays of tbe size
which the early visitors to the Mississippi de
scribed as quite common. The hunter always
selects tbe biggest prey, with the result tbat
tho average length diminishes. Again, tho
constant attacks to which it has been sub
jected during the last three or four centuries
must have, made it timorons. while its slug
gishness, even in the water, which is its true
hunting ground, is naturally in an inverse ratio
to the abundance of food obtainable. In winter,
when it passes most of its timo in a half-dormant
condition, in holes in the river bank, it is
the delight of the negro to drag it out, tail
first. At that period the beast is less active
than in summer, or in spring, when its grunt
may be beard in every direction. Fish and
files form its proper dietary, and cows, horses,
and mankind are titbits entirely exceptional.
At bon it Is not a reptile calculated to inspire
confidence. It is not pretty, and its bead-like
eyo is undeniable cruel and cunning, while the
great tail and tbe peg-like teeth are too sug
gestive for admiration. There )s a possibility
that, before long, we shall havo an Alligator
Protection Society, though whelher the sub
scribers will be many may be doubted.
lis Economic Vnlne.
At present its main interest lies in its habits
and Its hide. Tbe natural history of tbe crea
ture is, curiously enough, still far from being
accurately known, as the disputes over its re
ported ferocity prove. It is not imnrobable
that, just as there aro certain sharks and
crocodiles notoriously addicted to human
flesh, so ther aro man-eating alligators
"races," as the zoologist terms such peculiar
breeds of a particular species. However, it is
clear that, as a good bide brings Sfrom the
tanner, the Carman is not likely to trouble the
settled districts of tbe South for many more
generations. The teeth are extensively manu
factured into ornaments, and among tbe other
staple industries of Florida, the extraction of
alligator oil. and of the inferior musk which
is generated by glands in its lower jaw, de
serve a prominent place. It is, to a certain
extent, a satisfaction to know that such a rep
tile has some economic valne. The mosquito
has been shown to form the intermediary
through which tbe hapless Chinaman is Infect
ed with the curious bloodworm of which he
alone is the viotira. But this Is poor consola
tion to tne white man tortured w.th its bite.
And tbe selfish lord of creation who Imagines
that tbe world was created for bis behests
alone is apt to doubt the ways of Providence
when he'escapes tbe snap of an alligator's
jaws in tbe creek, only to trainplq on a rattle
snake's tail on the bank, London Standard.
W
BEW I0EK HEWS BOTES.
Old Bonen Put to a Good Use.
rsiW TOBK BtmiAff SPECIALS. 1
New York, March 26. The steamship Win
gates, which came so near being lost off Long
Island last week, brought a queer cargo to this
port when she finally reached it. The vessel
was from Alexandria, and her cargo consisted
of 700 tons of bones gathered In th sands of
the Sahara and Arabian deserts. The bones
were of both man and beast, and were the col
lection of centuries, If not of thousands of
years. They are to be used for the refining of
sugar, manufacture of paper, fertilizing the
ground, and for knife handles, etc It was a
German who thought of putting the bones of
the desert where they would do the most good.
Killed for Not Buying Something.
Morris Mulinski, a "pulier-in" for Harris
Cohen's clothing shop, at Baxter street and
Park Row, plied the part of his profession
which gives it Its name once too often to-day.
When Charles Adams, a passerby, took no
notice of his request to buy something,
Mulinski seized him and tried to pull him into
the shop. Adams' attempts to get away were
replied to by Mulinski with a blow which
knocked the unf ortunato man down. His head
struck the pavement, and be is now dying in
tbe Chambers Street Hospital from a fractured
skull. Mulinski tried to escape, out he was
arrested and was committed without baft.
Dropped Their Money on a Saro Thing.
There was a ten-mile foot race for $1,000 and
the gate receipts, which proted to be 750, in
New Brunswick last night. The contestants
were Robert Pendergast, the local amateur
champion, and James Anderson, who said ho
was the amateur champion of Burlington. N.
J. The New Brunswick ers backed their repre
sentative heavily, and several thousand dollars
were staked. Anderson won the race with
ease, and when the battle was lost and won it
was discovered that be is a professional.
The Tax Collector Hard to Meet.
Ward McAllister's name leads a list of at
least 400 delinquent taxpayers which has been
issued by the Controller. Part of the property
for which be is derelict is at U and 19 West
street. The amount due on it is $240 for taxes
and J15 for water rates. This is an accumula
tion of five years. McAllister is not alone in
his glory as a delinquent taxpayer. Among
the other members ot the 400 fashionable folk
who are also in the list are William Rhine
lander, Peter Goelet, W. H. Aspinwall, J. Ker
nochan and John Stuart. Unless Mr. McAllis
ter pays np by June 10 tbe property will be
sold under the hammer. The same fate is re
served for a building he owns at Battery Place
and Morris street, on which 3230 is due arrears
since 1S3L
A Pretty Chorus Girl's Fate.
Bertha Errington, one of the prettiest chorus
girls of tbe London Gaiety Burlesque Com
pany, was buried from a Brooklyn undertaker's
shop this morning. She lost her health soon
after her arrival in this country, but continued
to sing in the chorus until a week ago, when
she was obliged to take to her bed. Saturday
she was removed to tbe Long Island College
Hospital, where she died Sunday of an affec
tion ot the kidney complicated with typhoid
fever, at about the time the Gaiety Company
started for Chicago. Tbe mourners at to-day's
funeral were her sister, who is a member of the
Gaiety Company, her husband and an aunt.
On tbe coffin, which stood in tbe middle of tbe
shop, were several wreaths, one of which was
sent by Nellie Farren. The chorus girls sent
the others. Rev. Warren Hnbbard read the
burial service. The interment Was in Wood-lawn.
CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
A Canadian Railroad Ordered to Square
Itself With the Inter-Stnto Law.
Washington, March 20, The following
order was to-day made by tho Inter-State Com
merce Commission:
WnznEAB, Information has been lodged with
tho Inter-State Commerce Commission to the effect
that the Grand Trunk Hallway, of Canada, a cor
poration incorporated under and by virtue of the
laws of the Dominion of Canada, and also of the
laws of several States of tbe American Union, a
common carrier of persons and property to and
from various, points in tbe United States to and
from various points in the Dominion of Canada,
and as to such traffic subject to the act to rcgnlate
commerce, has violated and is still violating said
statutes In divers particulars by granting rebates
on traffic, taken and carried by it from points in
tbe United Stales to points in the Dominion of
umaaa, ana nycnarging less man its puuusneu
tariff of rates on traffic taken by it from points in
the United States to points in the.Domlnlon of
Canada,
It is therefore ordered by tbe Inter-State Com
merce Commission tbat the said Grand Trunk
Hallway, of Canada, be and the same is hereby
notified to appear before tbe Inter-State Com
merce Commission, at its office In the city of
Washington, on the 4th day of April, In the year
1889, at lu o'clock A.M. of said day, then and there
to answer the aforesaid commission concemlngall
the matters aforesaid, and then and tbere to sub
mit to such investigation as may be made thereof
by tbe said commission.
It was also ordered tbat a copy of this order be
sent to tbe officials of the Grand Trunk Company,
and to II. B. Ledyard, President of the iUculgan
Central Railroad Company.
EMPEROR WILLIAM'S GIFT.
Ho Sends $130 to a Charitable Institution
of Baltimore.
Baltuioee, March 26. Sister Benedicta,
Superior of the new city hospital being erected
at Calvert and Saratoga stieets, to-day re
ceived a check for $150. forwarded by Emperor
William, of Germany, for the benefit ot the in
stitution. A letter accompanied the gift from
Mr. Emll Heydennch, Acting Imperial Ger
man Consul, explaining the object for which
His Majesty had transmitted the money. It is
understood that the gift is a result of a report
made by Consul Heydenrich to the foreign
office at Berlin at tbe request of the latter to
name some institntlon in Baltimore where a
donation from the Emperor of Germany would
be acceptable.
The money will be used to furnish a room in
the new building when completed, which will
be named in honor of the donor.
The Fruit of Electric Plants.
From the Boston Globe.1
The young lady who asked ber professor of
botany where electric plants grew, and what
they had to do with the expense of light
ing a city, does not yet know tbat $70,000,000 of
capital were invested last year In raising light
ning. An Explanation.
From the Philadelphia Times.".
The Emperor -William's hesitation about call
ing on his grandmother is understood to be
due to his reluctance to adopt tho low-necked
corsage.
SOME CHOICE ADS.
Wanted, in office of business man, a boy
about 17. No young gentlemen need apply.
' Waltek Have given Tiger stuff you sent
Poor dear papa has gout in toe. Shall beat
home this evening. Claba.
If Mrs. Brown, who left her poor, sorrowing
husband a few days since, don't soon return
there will be another Mrs. Brown.
Wanted to hire for about six months.a good
sound rhinoceros hide of not more than two
inches in thickness. Address Baseball Um
pire, A Yocso man suffering intensely from bald
ness of the upper lip offers bis entire week's
salary, amounting to S7, for a sure remedy.
Have tried several infallible cures.
A poor widow woman is desirous of ap
prenticing ber only son to some bloated cap
italist or monopolist, Would pay a small
premium if he could be taught the business
within two years.
Lost, a pocketbook containing $10,000 in gold
and greenbacks. Should the person fortunate
enough to find it return it to tiie owner, who is
a poor man, he will bo owed a very heavy debt
of gratitude tho rest of his life.
A FtTBLlc philanthropist, renowned far and
wide for tbe extent of his benefactions, who
bnt a year ago gave a boy a nickel for merely
finding bis pocketbook, begs to remind bis
fellow citizens of the disgraceful fact that no
marble statue has thus far been erected to hU
honor. R, 8.
A vile rumor having been set afloat among'
the select circle in which I move to the effect
that my father acquired the immense wealth
I Inherited, as a gentleman's tailor and oat
fitter, I do herewith declare said rumor to be
utterly lalse.and brand the low-born wretch
whom I susnect of putting it into circulation
as a liar and scoundrel. Tne old gentleman
made his pile as a contractor of army supplies
during the late war.
AtBEET Edwasd Van Stuyvssant dk
, Noodle. -
New York Evening Bun?-
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flJKIOUS !QBMfflSATIOX&tf
-St. Petersburg is to have a $7,000,000
theater. j
A 1,000-pound manatee (sef ow) was
captured near Juptler. Pla., last week.
Five of the seven members of the Ver
mont Supreme Court wero born in 1S35.
The late Melbourne Exposition was not'
much of a success. The accounts showed a
deficit of S1jO,000.
-Henry C. Hunter, in jail at Crawfords
ville. Ind.. for bigamy, had the cbeokto i send to
both his wives andask them to goon his bail
bond.
Carriage manufacturers are predicting
that in the not distant future wooden wheels
will be done away with, and steel wheelsi snbsti;.
tnted, on account of the increaslngcarclty or
lumber for wheels.
Continental swindlers are palming off
upon British agriculturists great bargains in
cloverseed that has been feated with sulphur
fumes to give it a bright and new look, but that
really is old and worthless.
Frenchmen of science haye produced
artificial emeralds by fusing silica, alumina and
glucina with traces of oxide of chromium, with
acid raolyudate of lithia, at a temperature) 01
from 600 to 700 for 15 days.
Joseph Matthews, of Talbotton, Ga.,,
says tbat a chicken was batched at his home
few days since that Had four legs, four wings16
and a bead like a mouse. He has preserved'
this wonderful chicken in alcohol.
A Michigan lumberman has adopted
the use of pine roots as fuel for his hobby. Ha
has the roots cut np Into IS-inch lengths, and
uses them In grates instead of soft coal, to
which, he declares, they are superior. r
Woodmen say that three-fourths of ther
moss on trees grows on thenorthern side, that
the heaviest bongbs on spruce trees are always ,
on the south side, and that tbe topmost twig of
every hemlock tips naturally to tbe east.
A boy living near Abilene, Tex., was
recently bitten by a snake, and was soon taken
with convulsions. An old Mexican scraped out
tbe bowl of a briar pipe, applied the scrapings
to the child's wounds, and the next day tbe boy
was well.
An English electrician has invented a
material thathe calls alterlon," for the pre
vention of corrosion in boilers. Tbe interior
of tbe boiler is coated with tbe material, and
from time to time electrical currents are sent'
through It. .
' French engineers are utilizing the
poppy to strengthen railroid embankments.
The roots of the plants form a network that
cannot be exterminated without great diffi
culty, and are therefore admirable for the pur
pose named.
A Taunton (Mass.) preacher has sued
his church for salary. He was to receive 50 per
cent of all collections, but the fund has only
amounted to 77 cents, and he claims he did not
get his share of that. He is tbe Rev. Thomas
Harris, colored.
Russian officials have tested and re
ported favorably upon a Russian invention for
applying tbe revolver principle to the barrels
ot Berdan rifles. It is said tbat by this arrange
ment a machine gun is obtained which will fira
480 shots a minute.
William Verm, of Centerville, had
both legs cut off Friday night in a singular
manner at Ellzabethport, N. J. While stand
ing in an empty coal car the bottom suddenly
opened, dropping bim under the train, tha
wheels of which passed over his legs.
T. H. Gray, a photographer of Lynn,
Mass., while working in his shop one day last
week, happened to overthrow some shelves in
the room' on which were 20,000 negatives. Tha
whole weight fell upon him, pinning him to tha
ground, and his rescue was accomplished with
groat difficulty.
At the American Express Company's
sale of unclaimed baggage, which took place
in Buffalo on Tuesday last, a toy trnnkwas
sold for 60 cents. On opening it the purchaser
discovered a number of letters, and among
them notes aggregating $800 in value. Two of
the notes had been outlawed just three davs
one for a small amount, and tbe other for 323.
Tbe others are pronounced good, and amount
to something over $100.
One small boy, who ran away from his
home In Camden, Me., and was captured in
Boston, explained to tbe police that he wanted
to have somo fun, and the manner in which he
intended to get it can be imagined from tbe
list of the articles he had with him: Two trav
eling bags, fire revolvers, a lot of comfortable
clothing, novels of the biood-and-th under sort
some cigarettes, fire large rusty knives, several
boxes of caps and, a bag of powder.
Owing to tha limited opportunities for,
solemnizing marriages in Blaine county, Ne
braska, the Story goes, there is great competi
tion among the ministers and justices of the
neace there when there is a prospect of a wed
ding. "It became kaown the other day that
one of tbe best citizen farmers living near
Brewster was dally expecting tbe arrival of his
bride-to-be from the Empire State, and tha
whole judicial and clerical force in the county
bas camped on his farm awaiting her arrival.
Miss A. A. Crisp, a professional nurse,
who had served in South Africa, Egypt and
Turkey, and who had received the decoration
of the Royal Red Cross from Queen Victoria,
went to New Zealand fire years ago to taka
charge of a hospital. She has just been mar
ried to one of the doctors there, and her wed
ding gown was the costume of ber profession,
while the bridemaids were 19 nurses, all in
uniform. The crowd at the church was so
great tbat a way had to be forced through for
tbe bride to reach the altar.
John "Wingfield, of Washington, Ga.,
has a two-headed water-moccasin. He captured
the snake last summer, near a wash-bole.' Tha
reptile is 10 incbes long, and as large arqund as
a pen staff. The snake bas two distinct heads,
two mouths, and four eyes. When stirred up
at the wash-hole one bead started for a small
boy, but the other head moved to reconsider,
and went back after another boy. After a
short scrimmage the snake was captured and
given a dose of alcohol. He is now in a bottle
of alcohol, upon which he subsists altogether
CLIPPED BITS OF WIT.
Merchant's wife (suddenly appearing in
her husband's office) Hahl I thought you said
your typewriter girl was an old maid. Merchant
(much confused) Umer, yes. m dear, of course.
ofconrse;butsbelssick to-day, and she sent her
little granddaughter as a substitute. Philadel
phia llteord.
Wibble Don't tell me that advertising
amounts to anything. I advertised three consec
utive days for an old woman to act as housekeeper
and never got a single answer. Wabble It wa3
your own fault that you didn't. You should have
advertised for a middle-aged woman. Terre
Haute Express.
Sure Signs. Bridget Shall I lave the
hall lamp burnln, ' ma'am?
Mistress No. I am pretty sure Mr. Jones won't
be home until daylight. Be kissed me three times
before he left, and gave me $3) for a new spring
bonnet. Terre Haute Express.
Ceased Taking it Straight Mrs. A. My
husband is beginning to reform.
Mrs. D. Indeed; 1 saw him going into a bar
room to-day.
Mrs. A. Yes, I know. Be went in fora glass of
whisky, hut he takes water with it now.-TAe
Epoch.
A Ghastly Joke. Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Notwithstanding the fact that they are botn made
np of little things, there is a great difference be
tween life and a newspaper.
Mr. Yeast-Explain, please.
"When a man gets tired of a newspaper he
stops taking It; but when ho sets tired of life be
takes lt."-ronter Statesman.
OUS OLD RESIDENTEBS.
Still come the yarns by wire and mail,
Of men a century old.
Whose sight has not begun to fall,
'Whose step Is light and bold: :
Who take their ten-mile morning walks.
Then nimbly dance a Jig,
And snllt a cord of hlr.knrr blocks
While the wind blows through their wig. .'
-Oil City Blizzara-
A Bracing Climate. Native (in Dakota)j.
Ah, yes. you'll find this a glorious climate, glo
rious; the air is so bracing. Don't you notice?
Makes the nerves and muscles like steel. ..
8trangcr-(stuiubllng over a frozen man in, the
snow) My goodness! What's tho matter with)
himJ c fell
"Um-cr-he was outdoors too long, probabiy.andT
got braced a little too much. Yon see he's quite
stiff; more like cast iron than steel."-PAftodeg
phla Record. ' J
Fall Eight Into It George Eh! Ton.
got engaged last nlghti (Jus, my dear friendtjm
me how you did it. '-IS
Uus-Eeally I hardly know myseir. -Coulda?
help It. Jnst like falling downstair. I was oaf
the edge of a proposal, she gave me apusb, and
tbere I was engaged.
"Well, I haven't had any such experience.
Every time I try to start my knees knock together
and my teeth chatter and my tongue cleaves to the
roofof my mouth. I've tried a dozen, tlioes. to
pop tbe question to Miss Del'lnk, and slumped
every tunc." . -j5t
"And did she let you slump?" .-. r
"Yes." .. Iff Vfit
i "You are courting the wrong glrUU .VciailTor i
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