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ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1848.
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P1TTSBDRG, MONDAY. APR. 8, 1883.
THE DYNAMITE SPECTER.
The confession of a dynamite plot to blow
tip a brewery in New York, on account of its
resistance to a strike, has been elicited by de
tective work, which, if the dispatches given
elsewhere are accurate, seems to have fully
unearthed and exposed the conspiracy.
The public is disposed to look with some
suspicion on detective stories of dynamite
plots among labor organizations. Some of
the alleged discoveries have turned out to
be mare's nests. But when the evidence is
clearly developed it is necessary to recognize
the fact that among a certain labor element,
composed largely of the foreign and revolu
tionary class, the resort to such incendiary
methods is possible.
Of course the ignorant fools who drift into
arson as a means for remedying the wrongs
of labor do not know that they are the worst
enemies of labor. But the majority of
American workingroen know it; and they
will be forward in sternly suppressing an
archistic outrages. The vast bulk of the
laborers of the United States are educated
to the theory of a free government by law
as the best defense of labor; and plots to de
stroy the law will be as actively opposed by
them as by any other interest.
But in the presence of an ignorant class
which is incited by strides to the use of dy
namite, are not capital and labor alike in
terested in seeking a reform of the condi
tions of labor which shall insure both the
education of the ignorant and the abolition
of strikes?
THE DEM0KSTEATT0H" OF EXPERIENCE.
The large loss by the burning of Hubbard
& Co.'s factory in Lawrenceville yesterday,
seems to emphasize the need of reinforcing
the ordinary fire department by the river fire
"boat Why the facilities for checking a fire
by the land methods arc not more adequate
in that important manufacturing district,
does not appear very clearly; but the testi
mony is practically unanimous that if a
river fire boat had been on hand, the greater
part of the 5500,000 loss would have been
averted. A fraction of the extra loss would
more than balance the cost of the boat; so
that, in view of future possibilities in the
way of fires among the millions of dollars
worth of property along the river banks, the
economy of that expenditure is fully dem
onstrated. In its absence on this occasion,
however, the amount of the loss lends
'cogency to the inquiry why the regular
facilities were not more adequate.
MAT2IK0NY AS A REMEDY.
It is rather interesting to observe that, in
connection with Miss Mary Anderson's,
failure of health and, at least temporary, re
tirement from the stage, the New York Sun
infers "that celibacy and the pursuit of an
arduous, intellectual and brain-exhaustisg
profession do not go well together." The
fair deduction from this opinion is that the
Sun would recommend marriage as a
specific in Miss Anderson's case; and it
would probably undertake to furnish a
- bridegroom, solely, of course, in the public
interest.
There is a possible corroboration for this
view in the fact that large numbers of Hiss
Anderson's profession have apparently de
veloped in practice a similar theory. In
contrast to the extreme presented by Miss
Anderson of being wedded only to her art,
others of the profession have attracted at
tention by the extremely numerous and
varied degree to which they are married.
The Sun's suggestion explains this phen
omenon. They are taking precautions
against the dangers which celibacy shows of
mental exhaustion and breaking down
through overwork. It is certainly the case
that between heroic doses of the remedy and
absence of the mental characteristics that
result in breakdown, some of them are fully
protected against any such disaster.
If the Sun succeeds in inducing Miss
Anderson to try matrimony as a tonic, the
happy man who is selected will no doubt
be grateful to that brilliant journal.
THE STEREOTYPED ADVICE.
This is the time of the year when our es
teemed cotemporaries abound with warnings
, against laying aside wraps and undercloth
ing during the warm days. This the public
is variously instructed is the surest way to
contract colds, with visionsof pneumonia and
consumption hovering in the background.
The instructors on these points hardly ever
stop to reflect that an equally sure way is to
wear so much clothing as to become over
heated and then, by suddenly cooling off,
contract the ills which are supposed to be
guarded against by the plenitude of rai
ment. They are also, as a general rule, un
able to credit the public with a sufficient
amount of common sense to follow the rule
that every one ought to know by heart.
That is to dress neither too warmly, so as to
perspire with exercise, nortooccolly.so as to
be chilled when quiet; but to have on hand
extra clothing in the shape of overcoats and
wraps so as to be ready for the variations of
temperature which constitute a character
istic feature of our climate at this season.
SPECULATION AND BUSINESS.
The Honorable Deacon S. V. "White has
been giving the people of Plymouth Church
instruction on the subject of "Wall street.
No one is better qualified to instruct the
congregation on the ins and outs of that lo
cality sacred to Mammon than the Congres
sional deacon, if he gave- them plain un
varnished facts. But the points which he
is reported to have brought out indicate an
attempt on his part to smooth things over
lor which ''varnish" may be altogether-too
polished a word, and "whitewash" more
accurately descriptive.
Mr. "White evinces the usual inability of
m
the speculator to distinguish between
gambling on fluctuations of commercial and
financial values and the legitimate opera
tions of commerce. An importer, for in
stance, buys a million dollars' worth of for
eign goods, and hopes that when they arrive
the market will be ripe for a profit on them.
Precisely this, says Mr. "White, is the creed
of a "Wall street bull. But he fails to per
ceive a very vital distinction. The importer,
in the case he specifies,adds value to thegoods
by bringing them from the place where they
are produced to the place where they are in
demand. That is the equivalent of the
functions of the broker or banker who takes
an issue of bonds to a city where such an in
vestment is in demand, and sells them there
to actual investors which, though super
ficially like, is in reality widely different
from the operations of the "Wall street spec
ulator. If Mr. "White had instanced an importer
who made an agreement'with another, that
on a transaction pretending to involve a
million dollars' worth of a certain kind of
goods, if the market went up 5 per cent the
buyer was to be paid $50,000, and if it went
down the seller was to receive a similar pay
ment, the goods being left in the custom
house, or having only an imaginary exist
ence, that would be the equivalent of "Wall
street speculation. It would simply be a form
of betting on th'e fluctuations of the market
The distinction appears every day in the
wheat, petroleum and cotton markets. The
men who speculate in those staples add
nothing to the wealth of the country; the
men who actually gather up and transport
the staples from the producers to the con
sumers perform an actual service, and ex
hibit the beneficial functions of com
merce. There is another illustration which is
provoked by Mr. "White's comparison. If
tho importer who brings in a million dollars'
worth of drygoods and sells them at a fixed
price, should afterward go to the buyer, and
telling him that they were deteriorated in
quality and damaged by handling, and buy
them back for 25 per cent less than he sold
them for, the loser would" not unjustly think
there was something rotten in that kind of
trade. Yet that sort of thing, almost in
finitely varied, is a favorite method of pil
ing up great fortunes by "Wall street
speculation.
One criterion is infallible in distinguish
ing between speculation and legitimate
trade. In legitimate commerce both buyers
and sellers secure a benefit from the trans
action; while i speculation the gain of
one man must always be a dead loss to the
othen
pittsbubg waking up.
The letters on the subject of railway dis
criminations against Pittsburg, which ap
pear in The Dispatch this morning, show
that our business men have become aroused
to the vital importance of the issue. "With
public sentiment awakened as it is begin
ning to be, the railroad men will, if they
exercise their usual intelligence, soon be
brought to recognize the fact that their
welfare, as well as that of the public, can
best be secured by giving our industries as
favorable freight rates as those of any other
city.
The arguments which have appeared in
detense of the railroad policy generally turn
on one point, namely, that the advantages
of Pittsburg from fuel gas are so great that
the railroads have a right to share in them.
This is true so long as the sharing is done
on the same basis as that of other business
interests. Merchants, manufacturers and
newspapers supplying this market share in
its prosperity by increased traffic. If a
a merchant should try to get 25 or 50 per
cent higher prices for drygoods than the
same goods cost in other cities, there would
be a decided objection to the theory that he
is entitled to share in the prosperity of
natural gas, on such a plan. If Mr. Car
negie should try to make the Pittsburg
railroads pay him $35 per ton for steel rails,
while he is selling to roads in other parts
of the country at 27 or $28, they would
promptly convince him of the fallacy of the
claim that that was the way to share in the
advantages of natural gas by buying their
steel rails elsewhere.
But this is exactly the claim that is set
up on behalf of the railroads; and the sting
of it is that the power to enforce that claim
is held by them through grants of sovereign
power by the State. That is the. vital dif
ference between the railroad business and
the status of ordinary trade. A merchant
who made a claim of this sort would simply
"be laughed at Merchants have no power
to discriminate so as to injure a locality.
Railroads have got the power from the
State, and that fact establishes at once the
right and necessity to regulate that power.
One other argument has been introduced
in this matter by communications which
attack Mr, Carnegie personally. It is
worth while to remember that, at the out
set, The Dispatch made the personal
criticism which would naturally suggest
itself in connection with this matter, and
Mr. Carnegie met it with an outspoken
denial. As he has done this over his own
signature, and as he bears the onut of his
criticisms of the Pennsylvania Railroad
openly and above-board, it is pertinent for
his critics to remember that attacks made
upon his personal course anonymously, or
behind the disguise of nom de plume, only
serve to emphasize the contrast between his
responsibility and their irresponsibility.
The example of Tarrytown in the matter
of monuments should be instructive to
larger cities. That village having failed to
raise the funds necessary to build a sub
stantial and handsome soldiers' monument,
some one set up a zinc statue of a soldier;
and the people got so worked up over it that
the necessary funds for a good monument
arenow raised. Itmightbeagood experiment
to try on this village's big neighbor, which
in the matter of monuments might be appro
priately Tarryopolis, to see if setting up a
zinc monument to TJ. S. Grant would not
work its millionaires up to a fruitful condi
tion of wrath.
The Empress of Austria is reported by a
current paragraph to make her own soup;
but CoL Fred Grant goes to that court in
calm reliance on the fact that the ingredi
ents of that compound have no relation to
his official career.
It is calculated to create apprehension
when we see in the list of newly chartered
corporations in Illinois the following stun
ning title: "The "United States Vogel-Kazo-phone-and-Electrical
Micophone-Trumpet-Aucastic-Electromoter-
Power-Musical-Car-Distance-Loud-Speaking-
Transfer -Instrument
Company; capital, 565,000,000." It is
plain that a company needs a great deal of
capital to carry all those names; but, on the
other hand, it can also be urged that with
all that inflation in the title, it might be
content without an equal inflation of the
millions of stock which it is to carry.
Although "Ward McAllister has retired
from his leadership of the New York Cen
tennial Entertainment Committee, he will
take a leading part at the banquet. The
THE
soup and its ingredients invariably open the
entertainment
The suggestion is made in the Illinois'
Legislature that that State shall smash he
Binding Twine Trust by setting its con
victs at work turning out twine at cost
But inasmuch as the combination has cor
nered the raw material for this twine, ttie
proposition fails to offer much prospec for
squeezing the combination. -It might be a
picnic for the cornerers to take the contract
of supplying the penitentiary, with mater
ials of course at monopoly prices.
Life has its compensations, Ex-President
Cleveland's success in landing aninety
four tarpon in Florida last week may be a
slight mitigation of his failure to haul in
the much bigger fish for which he baited his
hook last year.
A calculation is afloat to .the effect
that the new lands opened up in Oklahoma
will make only a little over 11,000 home
steads at 160 acres each; and as there are 30,
000 "would-be settlers, the inference is that
some one will be left Necessarily this will
accentuate the demand to take some more
Indian reservations while unearned railway
land grants are still held with the usual
tight grip of the corporations.
The usual rule seems to have prevailed
in that National bank defalcation out in
Minnesota. After the 5100,000 horse had
been stolen, the directors were very much
on the qui vive in the matter of locking
stable doors.
The Chicago Tribune notes sarcastically
that "Nebraska is setting up a bowl because
she does not get all the offices she wants."
The Tribune should not blame Nebraska
for that She only tries to follow the fash
ions of the older States; and it is especially
natural in view of the tendency of the Ne
braska press to model itself on the example
of the Chicago newspapers.
A member of the Illinois Legislature is
trying to pass a law prohibiting the killing
of coons in summer; but his success is
doubtful. The yellow-dog interest is ar
rayed solidly against the measure,
It is with disapproval that we note the
suggestion of the reckless Chicago Mail that
Boulanger should come to this country and
start a new career as mascot for a baseball
club. There is already an overstock of
Boulangerism in the politics of this country.
PEOPLE OP PE01ILNENCE.
Freddie Gebhaed smokes a package of
cigarettes every day.
George Bancroft is the oldest living grad
uate of Harvard College, He was in the class
of 1817.
After his 40 years' lectureship at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Dr. D. Hayes Agnew
on Saturday delivered his farewell address.
The Rt Rev. J. F. Duhamel, Bishop or
Ottawa, arrived at New York from Liverpool
on the Umbria yesterday, and lett for Canada
last evening.
De. and Mrs. Harvey Lindsey, Mr. Cleve
land's Oak View tenants, will celebrate there
some time this summer the sixtieth anniversary
of their wedding day.
Theme is division of labor at the White
House. Mrs. Harrison bosses the laundresses,
cooks and chambermaids. Mrs. McKee looks
after the waiters and crockery, while Mrs. Rus
sell Harrison sees to buying the victuals and
drink.
The last President when be bad signed the
Statehood bill, gave the quill to William M.
Springer, of Illinois, Chairman of the House
Committee on Territories. He prizes it as a
memento just as if he had had anything to do
with the admission of the new States.
Senator Edmunds has remained cold and
distant so far as the administration is con
cerned. He has asked no favors of Mr. Harri
son, has indorsed no office seeker's papers, and
has studiously avoided all comment on the
course of the new regime. The fact is that
Senator Edmunds grows more and more re
served and unsympathetic as his years in
crease. Affbehension is felt over the condition of
ex-Governor Porter, recently appointed Minis
tor to Italy. Three days ago, upon returning
from a walk, his feet were so badly swollen
that be could hardly remove his shoes, and the
next day the skin began to peel off, and there
was continuous pain. His physician is unable
to make a satisfactory diagnosis, and bis con
dition continues not materially improved.
THE trustees of the Kilmarnock Museum
have decided to print a verbatim copy of the
holograph manuscripts of Bums' first poems,
which were acquired by them last year. The
alterations made by the poet will thus be
shown, as well as many other peculiarities of
bis work. It was at Kilmarnock that the first
edition of Burns was issued, copies of which
are among the rarest that are offered for sale.
One rarely bears the name of tbe great
leader of tbe Irish party in Great Britain, Mr.
Parnell, pronounced correctly; it seems much
easier to pronounce it in the usual American
way, with an emphatic accent on the last sylla
ble, and without any regard to the peculiar de
mands or methods of English as it is pro
nounced by Englishmen. Tbe correct punctu
ation, however, places the- accent on the first
syllable as if the word were written 'Parma."
A M05KEY-AND-PABR0T TIME.
Trouble In tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Fam
ily Over Its Bnslneaa Policy.
Prom the Philadelphia Record J
There is trouble in the Pennsylvania railroad
family, and the railroad company's hostility to
Philadelphia's commercial growth is the cause.
The story is that President Roberts and his
following in tbe Board of Directors have waxed
angry lately at tbe movement for a belt rail
road in this city and the outcry against a de
cline in Philadelphia commerce, and that thesej
officials have found unexpected enemies in
their midst Peter Wright's Sons, it has
leaked out have found their interests' opposed
to those of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad ints at
tack on Philadelphia's commerce, and have be
come a little too independent
This is responsible for a part of the falling
out hut the trouble is heightened by
tbe recent defanlt on the interest of
Girard Point Storage Company's bonds.
Since tho railroad, by its diversion of
grain, is responsible for this default there is
considerable feeling about the matter. The
late Thomas A. Scott was an extensive holder
of elevator company bonds, and his executors
are determined to endure no trifling f rom.the
railroad officials, but to stand out for their
rights. A number of those closely connected
with the big corporation are beginning to find
fault a little with its policy. As a prominent
broker said yeterday: "Some men are for tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad, ngbt or wrongj'others
think that some regard should be bad to the
interests of Philadelphia."
And between these two parties no love Is
lost just now.
A Herculean Task.
Pram the Chicago Inter-Ocean.;
It should be noted that not Mr. Cleveland
but a lady companion in the bojt hooked the
94-pound tarpon. Mr. Cleveland gallantly
manned tho line, however, and saved tbe fish.
Now will Mr. Cleveland help Sister Hill land
the tarpon of the Democratic nomination ln'82?
All Ears Are Listening.
Prom the Chlcaco .News.J
If any person were to be so thoughtless as to
let a pin drop In the streets of Washington
these days Tie would be attested for disturbing
the peace.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
JameH KIcTishe.
Mr. James McTlghe, an old and well-known
resident of Pittsburg, died last evening at his
residence, No. 502 Fifth avenue, aged 59 years.
Mr. McTight came to this city from Ireland when
13 years old, and has been a resident of the Sixth
ward for over 20 years, and was eiigsged for many
years In the general produce business In the Dia
mond marcet. Mr. JlcTlghe leaTcs a widow, six
sons and Are daughters, all of whom were with
him when he breathed his last.
lPETTSBUlSa - DISPATCH,
PENH'S HOME FARM.
The Legislature Wilting to But It A His.
toric Spot In Bucki County for. a State
Park and Museum A faint for Carnegie
Sneeeju After Many Trials.
IFEOJl X STXTT CORBIRrONDIKT.l
Harkisbubo, April 7. Tbe old Fenn farm,
in Bucks county the home farm," as It is
known, for tne reason that the manor house
was located on It will become the property of
the State, if Governor Beaver is willing. The
Senate bas passed a bill for its purchase. Twenty-five
Pennsylvania members of Congress pe
titioned for it and the two United States Sena
tors indorsed the project The House Appro
priations Committee, in its zeal to cut down ex
penditures, negatived the measure to the same
effect that originally came before Jt but by
tbe time the Senate bill was messaged to the
House a change bad come over. the spirit of tbe
committee's dream to such an extent that the
bill was reported favorably. The House will
pass it Chairman Aldrewsis In favor of hav
ing it go through, and when Chairman An
drews throws bis weight Into any matter he
throws considerably more than the pounds
avoirdupois of his physical development
tr
A Pennsylvania Museum.
When Mr. Hindenacb, member from Bucks,
was asked what is expected after the farm bad
become the property of the State, be replied
that it ought to be turned into a park, and that
a museum of antiquities, handed down from
colonial days, might be established therein
honor of tbe memory of the founder of the
Commonwealth. This Penn farm, Bucks conn
ty people believe, ought to be to Pennsylvania
people what Mt. Vernon is to the nation. Penn
relics of colonial times, they believe, should be
treasured up here for this and future genera
tions to look on and admire.
A Oneo Royal Domain.
Appealed to for information concerning the
old manor, Mr. Hindenach furnished a little
tract that has been distributed among the
Legislature. The information it gives is brief
and to the point Penn's favorite manor of
Pennsbury, Falls township, Bucks county,
which lay along theDelaware for several mile's,
contained over 8.000 acres of rich land. It is
now divided into nearly a hundred different
tracts, in size from a small lot to a large
farm. It was once a royal domain, called Se
pessin, and was purchased of an old Indian
king, tbe reputed owner. The name is the
same that Lindstrom, on his map of 1615, gives
to the small stream in Falls that Fenn after,
ward named "Welcome" creek, after the ves
sel be came In. This tract was granted at dif
ferent times to others, before it came into the
possession of Penn. In 1661, Sir Thomas Carre,
the English commander on tbe Delaware,
granted it to Thomas Hyde and Thomas Mor
ley, and it was then called the Manor of Grim
stead. In 1672 it was granted to Matthias
Nlcholls. and three years afterward he con
veyed it to John Barry & Company. But noth
ing came of these grants, and it was included
In the tract Sir Edmund Andros located for the
Duke of York, in 1675. It appears that Andros
granted this same tract to one Arnoutdela
Grange, of New York. As the conditions of
none of these conveyances bad been carried
out by the grantees, William Fenn succeeded
to all the rights of the crown.
A Quaker's Palace.
This tract was purchased by Penn soon after
his arrival in 1682; he ordered a dwelling to be
erected tbereon, and determined to make it his
country home. Tbe house was a stately resi
dence, begun 1682-83; was several years in build
ing, and cost him 5,000 to 7.000. It stood on a
gentle eminence, 150 yards from the Delaware.
Welcome creek wound its gentle waters closely
about It; and it was surrounded by gardens,
and fruit trees planted by Penn's band. He
resided there during his second visit, with his
family, 1699-1701; met bis council there; made
several treaties with the Indians on the lawn
in front of the houe and enter
tained much distinguished Colonial
company. In 1684, the manor con
tained 8,431 acres, but in the next 20 years. 1.888
acres were sold, and some added to it In 1703,
Penn, by a deed of trust settled the mansion
bouse, which he calls a "palace," with the land
attached to it on the elder branch of tbe
family. In 1733, tbe manor contained but 5,842
acres, and the quantity afterward varied. In
1792 the manor house and 300 acres were sold,
by the heirs of Fenn, to Robert Crozier. The
deed recites "all that capital message, or manor
house, erected by William Penn, Esquire, first
proprietor and Governor in Chief of the
Province of Pennsylvania," etc., etc The
Crozier mansion was erected where tbe manor
house bad stood. The tract was afterward
divided between tbe two sons of RoDert Crozier,
Robert and Thomas, the former getting the
part belonging to the mansion. The property
remained In the Crozier family until within
recent years.
"
A Chance for a Sensation.
When Andrew Carnegie faces the Legisla
ture to-morrow night to denounce the Penn
sylvania Railroad he might make quite a hit
by asking the members to tear up their Penn
sylvania Railroad passes, merely as a guar
antee of good faith. This would produce more
of a sensation among tbe statesmen than the
bard things Mr. Carnegie will -say concerning
the railroad's policy toward Pittsburg and
Pennsylvania industries. The members, how
ever, do not all carry passes. Senator Rev
burn doesn't, and he once gave a constituent
quite a shock when the latter asked bim to
use his influence with the Pennsylvania Rail
road to get him a pass .borne. The Senator,
who was traveling in tbe same direction as his
friend, simply walked over to the ticket office,
bought two tickets, and handed the other gen
tleman one. Passes, however, come without
tbe asking, and the average legislator is too
courteous to refuse them. Besides, it Js a car
dinal principle of American life to take any
thing that can bo got for nothing.
Success at Last.
There is one representative who offers a
great many amendments and presents resolu
tions beyond number, but If any of them were
ever adopted no one found it out One evening
recently, however, he approached a friend in
great glee, just after adjournment, and ex
claimed: "Well, old fellow, I got one motion through
at last Did you see mo do it?"
"Great Cajsar ! You don't mean it I
"Yes, and it was carried unanimously."
"How in the world did that happen? What
was it?'l
"Why, I offered the motion to adjourn."
' Sntpsos.
Tbe Way They Look at It.
From the New York Evening Snn.l
Once upon a time when Pennsylvania had a
centennial, New York, like tbe rest of tbe
States, poured its thousands upon thousands of
dollars into her open lap. It is a poor return
for her to dump her whole militia upon us and
require us to pay the bill.
'
No Rose Without a Thorn.
From the St. P-ul Globe. -.
Russell Harrison is in New York consulting
attorneys regarding a libel suit Thus is the
sweet of being a President's son in Washing
ton tinctured with the bitter of being an editor
in the wild and woolly West
OFFICE BEEEERS' WOES.
Denver Times: Men who are left behind by
the procession naturally drift Into the ranks of
the soreheads.
Omaha Herald: Chorus or waiting Repub
licans at Washington: "And the office that we
longed for never came."
Providence Journal; The question whether
Mr. John Wanamaker or Mr. M. S. Quay will
appoint the postmaster at Philadelphia is still
unsettled,
Albany Argus: Halstead is contracting for
a 16-mch dynamite gun, warranted to throw
shells from Cincinnati to Washington. It must
be ready by tbe next session of the Senate.
Locisvn.L'B Courier-Journal: Secretary
Noble will have to seat himself frequently on
Corporal Tanner. So unanimous a person as
the Corporal may do the party in power a great
deal of harm.
Chicago Times: Bob Lincoln will do. Any
man who has the nerve to ask an Illinois Sen
ator to accompany him to the White House
can be relied upon to twist the lion's tall when
ever the occasion comes up.
San Antonio Express: It lsawoful fact
that removal by Cleveland does not entitle a
Republican to pie at Harrison's table. In the
language of a brilliant Northwestern cotem
porary, the best way to get an office Is to rent
one.
Chicago Herald: His Weary Return
"When did you get back from Washington,
Sammy?" "Last week." "Comeback on the
limited?" "No. That was the state of my
finances. I wonted, my way back on the
lrelghts."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: When somebody
told tbe late Senator Conkllng that one of his
enemies was about to be appointed to a foreign
mission he replied, "I am glaa of it: the for
eigner tho better." Perhaps some of tbe Re-'
publican Senators didn't think Germany for
eign enough for Mr. Halstead.
LEEHi, 8
i
SflBEING THEM Tfe.
Hott Mr. Carnegie's Sharp Letter Are
Attracting Attention.
From the Philadelphia Becord.i
The enemies of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad's
oppressive policy toward tbe industries of this
State are rising up at last to fight the monopoly
that has become rather a deadly octopus than
a servant of its creator. Andrew Carnegir, the
Pittsburg steel manpfacturer, has joined the
opposition, and will not give up until some
thinglike justice shall be given at the great
corporation's hands.
Since the Fjttsburg millionaire- called the
Pennsylvania manufacturers' attention through
The Dispatch to the high tolls that "their
railroads force from them a number of tbe
trade journals, including the Iron Age and the
Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Asso
ciation, have sent letters to the iron men of
Eastern Pennsylvania inquiring the tolls they
pay on raw material. The answers are uni
formly confirmatory of Mr. Carnegie's position.
'From the figures gleaned it would appear that
as compared with the railroads of the South
the railroads of Pennsylvania charge almost
three times as much on the raw materials of
iron manufacture ana the Pennsylvania Rail
road itself is in the reckoning.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt of New York, in a recent
interview in the South, showed his apprecia
tion of the true state of affairs, which tbe rail
roads are responsible for in this section. Evi
dently manufacturers generally are awakening
to their pcnl, and the time may be near when
the Pennsylvania Railroad will answer for its
treachery to State interests.
PB0PEETY EIGHTS Iff DANGEE.
The Widespread Sensation Caused by a
Judicial Decision In Maryland.
Baltimore, April 7. Real estate dealers,
conveyancers and property owners in Baltimore
are very much exercised over the effect of a re
cent decision of the Court of Appeals, which
virtually clouds the title of nearly one-third of
the property in Maryland. The decision re
ferred to Is one in regard to the holding of
property by married women, and the transfer
to them of titles, and was rendered by Judge
Robinson. It virtually makes all property held
by a married woman, no matter how acquired,
responsible for the debts of the husband. The
decision of tbe Court laid down a general prin
ciple applicable to one-third the real estate In
the State, and which threw such a doubt upon
the legality of certain titles as to seriously agi
tate tbe real estate maiket The sentence re
ferred to was: "It can hardly be necessary to
say where a conveyance is made to a married
woman the burden of proof is on the wife to
show that the property was purchased and paid
for out of the money belonging to her, and that
in tbe absence of such proof tbe presumption
ib that the husband furnished the means of pay
ment" By the clause of the decision referred to it is
claimed that a wife's property, no matter bow
acquired, whether it was' lett her by her father
or other relatives or was earned by herself, is
responsible In the absence of this proof for the
debts of tbe husband. The wife holding prop
erty in her own name and wishing to mortgage
or sell it must furnish proof that it was not
purchased with money furnished by her bus
band. It is said tbat applications for mort
Sages are rejected every day because of this
j be carried before the Court of Appeals to cover
una luiuu
AN UNWELCOME INKOYATIOff.
Saturday Afternoon Inspection Requested
to Replace That of Sunday.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Washington, April 6. A proposed army
order abolishing Sunday morning inspection Is
now in the bands of President Harrison,
and the advocates of the reform expect him to
sign the order early next week. If he
doesit will be in tho face ot mncb opposition
from the real soldiers of the army. Tbe idea
embodied In this proposed order from the Sun
day school brigade, as it is called by the sol.
diers, is tbat tire usual weekly inspection shall
take place on Saturday afternoon instead of
Sunday morning. It is well known tbat nearly
all the veterans of tbe army are opposed to any
change, and although tbe offices of Secretary
Proctor and General Scbofield have been en
listed in behalf of the "Sabbath-testers," as
they are denominated in tbe army, it is not be
lieved General Harrison will issue the order.
General Sherman is most violently opposed to
any change, and In his forcible way has so ex
pressed himself to the War Department offi
cials. On this point he sajs: "Every well regu
lated family provides its children with a bath, a
change of clothing, and a general polishing up
on Sunday morning; the soldiers, being chil
dren of the Government, should be treated in
the same way."
It has been the custom prevailing in the army
for the past 50 years, and it is thought to be un
likely that it will be changed now, in the face
of protests from the very best men in the
army.
THE PALATABLE PEANUT.
Some Facta Abont tbe Industry Fornlahed
by an Expert.
Baihmoke, April 7. Speaking of the ad
vocacy of the peanut as a remedy for insomnia
by tbe Rev. T. B. Lyman, Episcopal Bishop of
North Carolina, an expert on tbe peanut said
yesterday:
"The peanut singly is a light and airy trifle,
but in numbers it is a vast resource of agricul
ture and commerce. Its food properties are
great, and a ricb, precious oil is in every kernel.
Tbe consumption of peanuts is 3,200,000 bushels
a season, and the highest production is but
70U,W0 bushels more. All these peanuts are
raised in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes
see, but the Tennessee production Is compara
tively small. During the peanut harvest tho
people, the picanlnnies, the dogs, pigs, and
nearly everything that eats get fat in the land
of the peanut
Peanuts are planted at corn-planting time,
each kernel produces a running vine like crab
grass, and each root develops about 20 pods.
When ripe the plough is run through the loamy
soil on a dry day just before frost. Tbe nuts
are dried and shocked up like corn to keep dry
before housing. When marketed they go to a
cleaner, where they are put through steam
power machinery and polished, after which
tbey are graded according to size and variety.
The Virginia nut is the largest and finest"
0NLT THEMSELVES TO BLAME.
Senators Who Complain Without First Hav
ing Suggested Anything.
Special Telegram to The Dlspatcn.
Washington, April 7. An interview with
Senator Farwell, of Illinois, telegraphed here
from Chicago, makes the Senator complain
grievously because Mr. Wanamaker's new su
perintendent of the railway mail service, Mr.
Bell, of Philadelphia, did not consult him in
regard to tbe appointment of Mr. Montgomery,
superintendent of mails for Chicago. Mr. Bell
could not be found tbls evening, but another
high official of the Postoffice Department says
neither of tbe Illinois Senators was consulted
because tbey did not ask to be. They never
expressed a preference for anyone, or any in
terest in the matter. A superintendent was
needed, Mr. Montgomery was known to be a
first-class man for the place, which Senator
Farrell admits, and he was appointed.
"Some Senators are queer creatures," con
cluded tbe official. "They curse office seekers
for annoying them, and profess a desire to be
relieved of the whole business but if an office
is filled in their State without consulting them,
they get awful mad about it"
x Tbe Men Who Are Happy.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Blessed arc tboy who expect nothingl Tbey
do not spend time and money monkeying
around Washington worrying the President
for something he-woulcTrather give to better
men.
It Seems n Trifle Odd.
From the Public Ledger.
It is surprising bow many of those "men-,
tioned" for prominent offices are men shunned
also by the appointing powers.
MA-RGUEKITE.
Oh, tangled tresses or tawny light
So wayward and wildly Ibrlorn.
Framing In with thy golden strands
A face like the Easter morn!
Dlvlnest eyes of translucent bine,
A gift that the angels have sent
Gazing out on this lovely world
In Innocent wonderment.
A starling bright from Its trackless space.
That came to our wandering band;
Earthward borne In Its eager flight
To wander in fairy land.
Oh, not more fair is the snnw-whlte flower,
We christened for thee, oh, my sweet;
Pure as pearl, with Us heart of gold,
The radiant Marguerite I
Oh, Marguerltel may thy days be all
As bright as thy beautirul youth
Ever shine from thine eyes so blue,
The radiant soul of truth.
San Francisco Call,
?MOND&Y,
1889:
OUR MAIL MUCH.
Railroad Freight Discrimination Affalnat
Pittibnrg Mr. Carnegie Defended.
To the Editor of The Dissatcn:
A mest remarkable article appeared in your
Issue of Saturday morning, devoted mostly to
Mr. Carnegie and his observations on "Freight
Discriminations Against Pittsburg and Its
Manufacturing Industries." That there is
ample cause for a severe arraignment of tbe
railroads on this score is certainly apparent to
anyone who takes the trouble to Investigate
never so little the subject And tbe endeavor
to make It appear that tbe railroad Is making
an effort, assisted by the inter-State commerce
law, to reform its former abuses, seems rather
ridiculous, to say the least
The writer of the article referred to, and who,
for a layman, seems to be remarkably well
posted In railroad matters, and who is inspired,
we are to suppose, by no other motive than to
see the railroad justly dealt by, seems to us to
he endeavoring to cover the sins (?) of the rail
road. company with Mr. C's coat and reminds
that gentleman that "people who live in glass
houses ought not to throw stones." Iftw, Mr.
C. may not be a "saint" as we Christians
"reckon it" but he is at least entitled to be
heard as a gentleman, and so far as he tells the
truth and stands for right and justice, be Is
entitled, not only to a hearing, but to the grati
tude of every right thinking man.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is not
only not a benevolent institution, but if Mr.
Carnegie's cbarges are true (and they are not
denied), it is a vast concern that is engaged in
a business that so far as tbe community at
large is concerned, is unjust and In its methods
dishonorable.
The argument of tbe writer is not that Mr.
C's charges are not true, but tbat the fact
that his great works are enabled to use It for
carrying on their extensive business and are
compelled to Rive tbe Pennsylvania Railroad a
large amount of hauling to do, is a sufficient
reason why he should not complain, when
therein lies the very reason for bis complaint
True, he could not do business without using
the facilities furnished by the railroad com
pany, but tbat Is no reason why they should
treat him unjustly;
Mr. Carnegie has large wealth, made "ngbt
here," as tbe writer affirms made out of the
coal and gas and Iron combined, that gives
Pittsburg and her surrounding territory great
facilities and advantages, and he is succeeding
in his business in spite of the injustice done
him. His mills are running, and be manages
to add year by year, to his vast fortune. All
this is true, as affirmed. But, has Mr. Carnegie
no rights as a man and an American citizen
that are to be respected, just because he bas
succeeded where many others have failed?
Now I am not defending Mr. C, nor champion
ing his cause because he is Mr. C. (for I do not
so mnch as know him personally); but such
argument as that, and such public and cor
porate morals as that ought not to go unre
buked. Andrew Carnegie is right, and when
bais right he needs no defense from me or any
one else. But the writerof this article, instead
of a personal attack should answer his argu
ment, show that he is wrong, or approve his
course.
The arguments "Layman" is that the rail
road company ought to be a participator in the
profits of gas and coal. That if the manufac
turers of Pittsburg, through providential cir
cumstances, are favored in tbe matter of fuel
they ought to be charged higher rates for trans
portation than other localities where-such
Drovidential combinations are not found. Tbe
railroad company thereby reaps a double
profit: First, by the increased tonnage it re
ceives from the greatly increased production
of the favored locality; and, secondly, by over
charging on this increased production. It
really trebles its profits. And yet this writer
saysit Is justified. The only basis on which it
is done is because there is no competing com
pany by wblcb it can be held to equitable busi
ness principles, and there is no competing
line because, by a palpable violation of law
the railroad company has prevented tbe build
ing of such a line. Does any man argue that
because a man's farm produces more wheat to
tho acre than his neighbor's farm, that there
fore he ought to pay a higher rate for sending
his produce to the mill or the market? Or be
cause one man, by reason of bis business suc
cesses, has attained greater wealth than an
other tbat therefore he ought to pay more for
his dinner or for his railroad fare than his
neighbor? The fact is the injustice done to
Pittsburg is so palpable that all the country is
talking of it Men wonder that the people
.have not risen in their might and made such a
demand as is never disregarded by even the
most powerful corporate combinations.
The writer says: "Pittsburg may claim that
the discrimination enables Chicago to shut it out
from markets beyond Chicago, to which she is
entitled. Is that true? Is it not more true that
if Pittsburg intrudes upon trade areas which
naturally belong to Chicago, she must take
her chances of getting kicked out"
In answer to this we say: First, that there
are no trade areas which belong naturally to
Chicago or any other place. That is a fallacy
fatal to all principles of justice. The wrong is
not inflicted upon Pittsburg alone, or upon any,
other city or community against whom dls-'
criminations are made, but upon all those who
use the products of such localities. The con
sumer is a greater sufferer really than tbe pro
ducer in such a case. A railroad company is a
common carrier, and. doing a legitimate and
honorable business, makes a reasonable profit
in its business. It is its duty to deal justly and
equitably by all its patrons, and if there is any
benefit to be derived from natural or acquired
facilities by localities or individuals, the whole
body politic is or ought to be the beneficiary.
Any other principle of business is wrong
wrong in principle and wrong in practice. Tbe
corporate powers granted to these "common
carriers" contemplates nothing moie than the
furnishing of just and equal rights to all, and
the primary idea is the greatest good to tbe
greatest number.
The real secret of this great system of in
justice lies in the fact tbat tbe great corpora
tions, through their endeavors to make their
business pay large dividends on largely watered
stocks, have to resort to dishonorable and ille
gal means to accomplish it There are so
many "wheels within wheels" tbat the poor
"stockholders" in whose interests these things
have to be done (?) get but a small pittance out
of the enormous profits, and the balance goes
to fatten those who are in a position to have
the "run of the crib." Only when great cor
porations shall be compelled to "do justly." by
great and small, will the country be freed from
a great peril tbat now threatens us with civil
and political destruction. And only when men
like Mr. Carnegie, who have the courage of
their convictions and the financial ability and
infloence to make themselves felt move to the
front in an earnest endeavor to secure justice,
may we hope to see a better and safer condition
of things take place. Let Mr. Carnegie con-"
tinue to speak, and let the country have the
facts, and "The truth shall make us free.
Pittsburg, April 6. Veteran.
'To Prevent Discrimination.
To the Editor ofThe Dlspatcn:
I have carefully read Mr. Carnegie's letters
published In your paper bearing upon the ques
tion of discrimination against Pittsburg manu
facturers and shippers, and am satisfied tbat it
will bear good fruit in the future, as it brings
to the notice of the public tbe manner in which
railroad companies discriminateagainstus, and
that bis action will set tbe thinking portion of
our people to consider the best means to over
come this crying evil. It may not bring bene
fits immediately, or in the near future, but it
will before many more terms of our legislative
bodies shall have met and adjourned, requiring
them to modify and change the laws so that all
shippers will be placed upon an equal footing.
Mr. Carnegie is probably not aware of the
fact that tbere is now standing upon our books
a law tbat will help his cause very much. I re
fer to the act of Assembly approved June 4,
1883. The first and second sections read as fol
lows: Section 1 That any undue or unreasonable dis
crimination by any railroad company or other
common carrier, or any oulcer, superintendent
manager or agent ttiereor, In charges for or In
racllltlcsforthe transportation or freight within
thlsbtate, or coming from or going to any other
SUte. Is hereby declared to be unlawful. .
3ttCt!on2 2to railroad company or other com
mon carrier engaged in the transportation of
property shall charge, demand, or receive from
any person, company or corporation, for the
transportation of property, or for any other ser
i Ice, a grcatereum than It shall charge or receive
from any other person, company or corporation
for a like service, from the same place,
upon like conditions, and under similar
circumstances; and all concessions in rates and
drawbacks shall be allowed to all Dcrsons. com
panies, or corporations alike, for such transporta
tions and senlce, upon like conditions, under
similar circumstances, ana aunnginesamo periou
of time. Ivor shall any such railroad company
or common carrier make any uudue or unreason
able discrimination between Individuals, or be
tween individuals and transportation companies,
or the furnishing of facilities for transportation.
Any violation or this provlson shall make the of
fending company or common carrier liable to the
partv Injured for damages treble the amount of
injury suffered."
What this act needs to make it complete, is
an amendment tacked on to it, requiring the
Court iu which suit has been brought to place
the same at the head of the next succeeding
trial list for trial. This will give K prompt
trial, for it is the speedy bringing to trial of
evildoers that creates consternation rather
than the ponalty attached to the crime.
If Mr. Carnegie desires to havo bis tldeas
made effectual, all he needs is to get this
amendment passed, as this act has been held.
Constitutional. Then a speedy trial will com
pel the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, or
any other road, to carry bis freight for the same
rate it does that of other parties. Tbe great
delay in the Interstate Commerce Commission
in making prompt and speedy decisions, is what
makes their conclusions of llttlo weight
Pittsburg, April e. Junius.
THREE PAPEE8 IN ONE.
A Feast for Literary Epicures Is the 20
Page Dispatch of Testerday.
A literary feast, was given to the tens of
thousands of Dispatch readers yesterday
An expenditure of 5 cents secured for them an
amount of choice reading matter which would
have cost several dollars in book form. Aside
from the complete news of the day political,
personal, commercial, industrial and miscel
laneousgathered abroad and at home and
brought by telegraph and cable from all civil
ized lands, all arranged In its most attractive
form, there were many broad pages filled with
tbe best thoughts of some of the best American
writers novelists, humorists, essayists,
scientists, clergymen and poets. As most
of tbe matter appears exclusively in
these columns, there Is but one way
in which the lover of good literature can
possess himself of a supply such as was laid
before our readers yesterday, and that Is "by
adding his name to the list of subscribers of the
Sunday edition ot The Dispatch, now num
bering nearly 50,000. Hundreds, hitherto
strangers, are adopting this course every week,
and tbe first case of disappointment or dissat
isfaction bas yet to be reported.
The most interesting piece of foreign news
was the announcement that Great Britain has
become interested in the workings of prohibi
tory laws in this country. Threats are made of
shutting up, Bunday saloons over tbere, and the
Liberty League Is much alarmed. Another di
vorce scandal In high life is causing a sensa
tion. Baron Beaumont wants separation from
his millionaire wife. England is ready to give
succor to Boulanger if he 13 driven from Bel
gium. The Duchess of Cambridge is dead at
tbe age of 92. The Boulanglsts, on trial at
Paris, were let off with 20 fines. The young
German Emperor bad a narrow escape from
drowning. He is still strengthening his army
and navy. Predictions are made that tbe Sa
moan conference will not be able to settle the
dispute.
A Belief onte (Pa.) veteran has just returned
to his native place after an absence of 27 years.
His name is Joseph W. Whitten. and he says
that during the war be was captured by the
Confederates and sold into slavery in Cuba,
where he was treated most cruelly. John G.
Thompson, a Columbus mall clerk, has disap
peared. He is charged with stealing: People
up tbe Allegheny and in Northern Pennsyl
vania bad great sport with wild ducks, which
were never before known to be so numerous.
A St. Louis manlhinks he ha3 a motor that
will run forever, with occasional repairing. A
Cleveland gas and coke company has been ab
sorbed by the Standard Oil Company.
Diss Debar, the priestess of Spiritualism, is at
tracting attention again, by her courtship of a
Spanish student Savannah bad a 31,500,000
fire.
n.
It is proposed to celebrate tbe beginning of
improvement of tbe Allegheny at Hcrr'3
Island by a great public demonstration. The
milk boycott Is expected to begin to-day, and
farmers say tbey will make but 'small ship
ments. Tbe Millvale mill starts to-day, and it
is reported that new non-union men are to be
employed. The hearing of applicants for retail
liquor licenses is nearly finished. An old South
sider told a Dispatch reporter why cannon,
balls so much abound in Skunk hollow. They
were used in testing guns there, away back lit
the thirties. The Monougahela House is to
undergo 50,000 worth of improvements.
The Alleghenles won their second game.
Score, Alleghenles, 8; Kansas Cltys, 4. Spald
ing's team arrived at New York, all well. Tbe
sporting review was as full and as newsy as
usual.
III.
Parts H. and 11X, embracing pages 9 to 20,
inclusive, were devoted chiefly to literary mat
ter and the weekly review of theatrical, social,
military and secret society events, art notes,
etc Rev. Edward Everett Hale's story of
Eastern and Western life 1C0 years ago was be
gun, and promises to be deeply interesting.
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, Rev. Theodore L.
Cuyler and Rev. Howard Crosby discussed the
immoral influences of the stage. Bill Nye
told of 'the strange discoveries he made in In
diana. George A. Madden gave a pleasing and
graphically written account of a voyage to the
Bermudas and return, together with much
curious and entertaining lore regarding those
famous islands. Beverly Crump drew pict
ures of curious things in Cuba. Gail
Hamilton again attacked tbe agnostics,
and Faith Templeton replied to Miss Hamil
ton's paper on miracles. W. P. Fond told bow
diamond tnleres manage their trade. Another
installment of the history of remakable oc
currences brought to light through the investi
gations of tbe American Society for Psychical
Research, was full of interest EHakim East
man contributed a quaint sketch of New En
gland village life. Ernest H. Heinrichs re
sumed his tales of fancy and fairyland, con
tributing a story that will charm the little
ones. Frank Carpenter noted the curious cus
toms of the people of Siam. Other contribu
tors were Bessie Bramble, Bolivar, Bart E. W.
Lightner, Captain King, Edgar L. Wakeman,
JU. Al., Key. Ueorgo Hodges and several
anonymous- writers.' A column devoted to
scientific topics was replete with useful" infor
matiuo. A BE0WN PAPEB PAECEL
Elevated Train Men Pelted Each Other
With ir, Not Knowing Ita Contents.
Prom the Hew York Sun. J
Elevated train guards not infrequently find
things in their cars, but finds of money are
rare. Some of them have been kicking them
selves for months over an Incident tbat occurred
one morning as a number of them were en
route to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street to
go on duty. As usual, tbey were seated In a
group in the last car. indulging in chaff. One
of their number spied a broWn paper parcel on
an adjoining seat It was greasy, and looked
about as ordinary as such a parcel can look.
"Hello!" cried this penetrating guard, "here's
some Evetalian's Inneh," and with tbat be
hurled the brown paper mass at the head of
tbe man opposite him. In like manner tbe
parcel was passed back again and the fun
was kept up until the end of tbe trip, when it
was suggested that It be presented to tbe start
er, with the men's compliments. The starter
took the matter seriously, opened the parcel
carefully, and then thankeu tbe men gravely
for giving it to him. There was 1,600 In tbe
greasy brown paner. but the starter said he felt
obliged to hold on to it until the owner called
for it which he did the next day. Trainmen
now invariably inspect brown paper parcels
with particularity.
What Disturb Canojoharle.
Prom the Kew York Telegram.
Canojobarie is excited over subterranean
rumblings and shakings that awaken people
from their sleep. If the late Wamer Miller is
anywhere around there kicking himself for the
wasted work of last fall's campaign, he will
please give three knocks.
A Test for Truthfulness.
Prom the Pioneer Press.
President Harrison's probity is about to un
dergo a very severe test Heis going on a fish
ing trip.
THOSE FE0LICS0ME PIGS.
Sam. Allen and C. D. Higby have each suc
ceeded in penning (he pigs in exactly eight sec
onds. Warren (Pfl.) Mirror.
President Harrison may not be able to get
airthe pigs in the clover, and he probably will not
feel very bad If he doesn't Kew lork World.
"You arc remarkably stupid over that little
pnzile, it seems to me, Laura."
Oh, it's easy enough for you, probably : the
heiress ofa hog butcher ought to know all about
pigs." Chicago Herald.
Tbe Clover Club, of Philadelphia, want- it
understood that they are not the original of that
puzzle, "Pigs In Clover." Anyone who has at
tended one of their dinners would never accuse
them of such a thing, although their feasts are a
puzzle and a delight to many. Hal'.imore Ameri
can. Tbe convicts at Sing Sing and Auburn are
reported to be going crazy from1 their enforced
idleness. Why not send a supply of "Pigs In
Clover" or some other enigma to the penal Insti
tutions? Wbea all were tired of the puzzles there
might be a grand exchange among the convicts..
Sew Xork Telegram.
At the Sunday School "And now, children,"
said the Superintendent benlgnantly, "are there
any questions you would like to ask before we
leave this lesson?"
' 'How long did It take you to get all the pigs (n
the pen the flrst time you tried?" inquired the
sweet little girl on the front seat Chicago Tri
bune. Mrs. Brlggs You can't get 'em in the pen,
can your
Mr, Briggs-Mo. Tbe pesky little things. Tbere
they go again. , .
"Those pigs remind me of you, John."
"Wby?"
"Because they'd rather run round everywhere
else than go home." Chicago Herald,
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. ,f
The 117th birthday of Bridget Doody, of
Mineral .Point Wis., according to a certified
copy of tbe baptism record of the old lady ob
tained from a Catholic cbnreb in her native
town of Knockmahon-In-Strubally. County
Waterford, Ireland, occurred April 5, she
having been born In 1772.
The consideration for. which Bombay
Hook, near Wilmington, Del., was transferred
by its original owner, an Indian chief, was two
barrels of rum, two shotguns and four handfuls
of powder. The land is worth now about 300,
000. Quite appropriately, tbe sign manual of
the Indian cnief was a goose.
Surrogate O'Neil, of Jersey City, re
ceived a 10 bank note as a fee, on the edge of
which was written in India Ink: "Anybody
ha zing this in his or her pocket will never be
busted. Hang onto it as long as you can, for it
is the last of my S5.000. Vm busted. This Is
better in your pocket than $100 on a running
horse."
A century ago the law of Maine obliged
a husband trf pay all the debts of his bride in
case she brought him any property. As outer
clothing was legal property which, could be
taken for debt, an unfortunate couple who
were deeply in love resorted to the experiment
of marryfngwhile the bride was clad only in her
night clothes.
There is a yellow-haired tailless cat that
haunts the White House corridors. They call
it Dan, and many regard it as the President's
mascot There was a yellow dog that used to
follow General Garfield wherever he went out
of gratitude for a bone that the President once
threw him when he was on the"ver2e of starva
tion in the street
Barnum's snake charmer, Madame
Janata, celebrated Sunday by performing an
interesting dental operation on two of ber pet
boa constrictors. She extracted a couple of
ulcerated fangs from each snake. It was
Suickly done. She grasped the snake by the
eadwith her left hand. Inserted a pencil be
tween its jaws to keep them distended, and
with a pair of tweezers yanked out the decayed
fangs. It didn't worry the snakes a bit
Sunday last was the annual "Show
Yee" or memorial day among the Chinese.
Pilgrimages were made to the various ceme-..
teries by devout Chinamen, who carried delica
cies. Including roast pig, boiled chicken, rice
and other refreshments, to the deceased
friends. Tbe refreshments were laid upon the
graves. Joss paper burnt and some ceremonies
of a memorial natnre performed. Then the
food was taken home again and subsequently
eaten by the mourners.
An amusing story comes from Japan of
a native doctor who bad so far assimilated his
practice to European methods that an English
resident, being 111, sent for him in tbe absence
of the only European doctor of the district
The Englishman baying elaborately described
his symptoms, the Jap doctor in his turn made
a long and very vague statement from which
it was impossible to gather anything really defi
nite. "But come, doctor." exclaimed the pa
tient at last naturally anxious to know the na
ture of his complaint "you have not tola me
what it is?" "Ant you ask what it is?" returned
tbe native medico, in what he intended to be
bis best European manner, "well, I will tell
you, sar, it is 5 shillings!"
A man by the name of Klinkingbeard
says he was once hunting in the Virginia moun
tains. He got lost traveled around all day
until, tired out, be sat down on a log to rest
After sitting tbere awhile he thought the log
moved and jumped up and examined. He
found to his unspeakable amazement tbat it
was a large snake. He ran off about SO jards
and fired at it, but the bail glanced off without
hurting the snake. The monstrous reptile
raised its head up about 60 feet, bat Mr. Klink
lngbeard soon bad another load in bis gun, and
this time be aimed at tbe smooth place around
its neck where there seemed to be no scales.
This made the snake awfully sick and it spewed
up a canoe and nine Indians.
A Brooklyn Coroner, while examining
some papers, unearthed a receipt for valuables
that were found on the person of a man who
dropped dead near the bridge. Among tbe
things acknowledged by it were almost 1,000 in
currency, several large books, some jewelry
and papers. Tbe widow of tbe man was known,
and the officer, to save ber tbe trouble of going
to his office, sent the effects to her residence.
There were a score of articles in all, and tbey
made a pretty bulky Dnndle. When 'the mes
senger delivered them to the widow she care
fully went over each. Upon concluding ber
examination, instead of thanking tbe messen
ger, she startled him by saying: "There was a
pair of scissors! Where are they?"
The lost man-of-war Trenton, which
was wrecked at Samoa, was always considered
to be an unlucky vessel by the sailors who
sailed in her. Tbe first attempt to launch ber
was December 30. 1875; but after two hours'
work the effort was abandoned. Soon after
being launched she was put into dock and
coppered, and wben she was taken out she was
found to-leak so badly that she had to be re
docked. It was then found that two or three
boles near the sternpost bad been carelessly or
maliciously bored and. left without plugging.
A few weeks later a large piece of the ma
chinery fell from tbe crane when being hoisted
on board, and caused considerable damage as
it went plunging through the decks to tbe .
bottom of tbe vessel.
The consumption of peanuts is 3,200,000
bushe's a season, and the highest production
Is but 700,000 bushels more. All these peanuts
are raised in Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee, but the Tennessee production Is
comparatively small. During the peanut har
vest the people, the picanlnnies, the dogs, pigs
and nearly everything that eats gets fat in the
land of tbe peanut Peanuts are planted at
corn planting time; each kernel produces a
running vine like crab grass, and each root de
velops about 20 pods, when ripe the plow is run
through tbe loamy soil, on a dry dav. just be
fore frost Tbe nuts are dried and shocked up
like corn to keep dry before housing. Wben
marketed tbey go to a cleaner, where they are
put through steam power machines and
SolIshedVafter which they are graded accord
ig to size and variety, .
The oldest bank notes are the "flying
money," or "convenient money," first issued in
China, 2697 B. C. Originally these notes were
issued by the treasury, but experience dictated
a change to the banks under Government in
spection and control. A writer in a provincial
paper says that the ear'y Chinese ''greenbacks"
were in all essentials similar to the modern
bank notes, bearing the name of tbe bank, date
of Issue, tbe number of the note, the signature
of tbe official issning it indications of its value
in figures, in works, and in the pictorial repre
sentation in coins or.beaps of coins equal In
amount to Its face value, and a notice of the
pains and penalties of counterfeiting. Over
and above all was a laconic exhortation of in
dustry and thrift "Produce all you can; spend
with economy." The notes were printed in
blue ink on paper made from tbe fibre of tbe
mulberry tree. One issuea in 1339 B. C, is still
carefully preserved in the Asiatic Museum at
St Petersburg.
LITTLE PLEASANTRIES.
Optimist Pleasant weather overhead.
Pessimist Ya-a-s. Trouble Is so few people go
that way. Rem lork Herald.
Venus has no moon. How in the world
do the farmers there know when to plant encum
bers, or "kill pork?" Or bow can a storm ever
"clear off?" Lowell Courier.
A Kentucky man while digging a rabbit
out ofa hole came across a keg of whisky 100 years
old. This Incident will enormously stimulate
rabbit hunting In Kentucky. Sew York Tribune.
Natural Selection l)ude--Mlss Lu, Bif
you'll bounce that pet poodle of year's I'll marry
you. 1'vetlO.OOOayear.
, Lu Much obliged. I'll make my own choice of
puppies.
TeacherWhat was there remarkable
abont tbe battle of Lookout?
Little Dick (at the foot of the class) It caused
bangs on tbe brow of a mountain. iinghamton
Republican.
Lion in New York menagerie (sniffing at -.
Gotham newspaper reporter who bas Just entered
tbe cage) Shall we eat him?
Lioness Eat him? Faugh! Can'tyousee he's'
cigarette smoker? Chicago Tribune. '
Of all the dirty families
f
In this big world of sin,
Tbe dirtiest has Jnst moved out "t
Of the house you've Just moved In.
Dansville BreeseJi
The Best is Hard to Get Mr. Wabash:
"You seem to value your bntler very highly?"
Mrs. Van Knickerbocker: "Yes; IneversawhU
equal at handling a tray."
Mr. Wabash (sadly); "I saw a man; bold four
treys once." ew York Sim.
Tohcher It seems you are never able to
answer any of my questions. How is this, my
little boy?
Little Johnnle-lfl knew the things you asked'
me, ma'am, dad wouldn't go to the trouble of
sending me hac-Uarper't Bazar.
Curio Cookery New Boarder: "It strikes
mo these biscuits are tough. ' . ,
Mrs. Basoo (the Undlady)-"Young'man,' I
made those biscuits, and I've made them .before
you were born." "
New Boarder (unabashed) "I don't doubt It
ma'am; but why don't you keep them Intthe curio
cabinet? Aren't jou'afrald somebody might break
themf"-JJraktU Magazine.
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