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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, APR. 21, 1SS9.
BTTTAITS EEMABKABLE TALE.
Senator Rutan's lemarkably outspoken
expressions of opinion concerning the man
agement of affairs at Harrisburg, as they
appear in another column, are rather start
ling. It is one of the fatalities which seem
to preside over disclosures of unique
methods at the State Capitol that they come
from leaders who either by ill-health or the
exigencies of adverse elections hare been
retired from active work in politics.
It would have been much more to the
.point in stopping this sort of thing if Sena
tor Butan had, while occupying his seat in
the Senate, risen to make the charge that
the State was being defrauded by stationery
and furnishing contracts or had called for a
joint investigation of the loss of the revenue
bill, with men like "Wherry and Boss on the
committee. Indeed there may be some in
quiry as to the reason why the Senator did
not take these steps when he was in the
possession of health and in a position to
effectively use his undoubted knowledge of
the inside workings of State politics.
Itis evident that the Senator has reached
tnat mental state when he does not care a
snap what he says. This may be deemed in
some quarters to discredit his allegations,
but nevertheless they make what tbe late
Horace Greeley used to call "mighty in--terestin
readin'."
peaeeoits Franc record.
' The death of Henry G. Pearson removes
an official who has been prominent by
reason of his -personal representation of civU
service reform practice. He was the person
chosen to take charge of the most important
postoffice of the country, a selection
made solely with a view to business ability.
Thos, Xu James being made Postmaster
General on the same basis, Mr. Pearson was
raised from the second place to the first;
, and the good results of that principle of se
lection were so marked that President
Cleveland continued him in office
throughout his entire term. It is
not to the credit of the present ad
ministration that it returned to the politi
cal foundation for making appointments in
the choice of Mr. Pearson's successor. Mr.
Pearson's public services, however, present
a good illustration of the advantages to be
gained by taking the patronage out of poli-
tics.
WHAT FOECES IT!
A sample of the interesting explanations
in opposition to the story that the Standard
i ntends to embark in the refining of Lima
oil, (is given by the esteemed Bradford Era.
This journal states that the Standard has
been buying oil properties in the Lima
fields because it is cheaper to leave the oil
in the ground than to build tanks for it
after it islirought forth by the producers.
This implies a public duty upon the part
of the Standard to furnish tankage for all
the oil produced in the Lima fields. We
' have never heard of any law requiring the
Standard tq perform this duty. It could re
fuse ,to supply j tankage if it chose, and
the refusal would injure no one. A
large number of people were ready to enter
into the business ot tanking oil and trans-
. porting it, if the Standard would permit.
But the extraordinary jealousy of that cor
poration in excluding all people from the
business of transporting, storing or refining
the oil has been jnst as marked in the Ohio
i as in the Pennsylvania field.
In the meantime, the best commentary on
i the denials is furnished by the fact that the
J-Standard keeps right on purchasing oil re
fineries in the Lima field.
PEESEVEBANCE IK OLD ABUSES.
A very singular illustration of the sur
vival of old abuses is found in the assertion
that a fourteen-year-old boy is now im
prisoned in Moyamensing prison, in Phila
delphia, because he cannot satisfy a verdict
for 5500 given against him. In other words,
tbe old abuse of imprisonment for debt, is
virtually re-established in the chief city in
this State. It was asserted with regard to
the New Tork laws once that they did not
allow imprisonment for debt, but they al
lowed imprisonment for contempt of court,
and when a court had ordered a debtor to
pay his claim and he refused or neglected to
pay it, he could be imprisoned for con
tempt. Something of this sort seems to
fhave been done in this case. The law of
'Pennsylvania does not allow imprisonment
in suits on contract, but it allows imprison
ments in suits for "torts," and this Is dis-
jitorted in some way so as to create imprison
ment ior debtors. The Judges of Philadel
iBhiajGwhile applying the law, have declared
fialontspoken terms that it is an abuse, and
the State should second their declaration by
promptly abolishing tbe abuse.
duties op crnzEirsHip.
A very interesting example of the per
formance of a duty of manhood by a busy
man, was furnished recently by Mr. Austin
Corbin, President of the Beading Bailroad.
On his way to his office, the other morning,
he saw a big ruffian insulting some ladies.
His time wai precious, 'but he spent an hour
in summoning a policeman, in going before
the police magistrate and making the com
plaint necessary to secure the punishment of
the scoundrel.
This is good citizenship, and Mr. Corbin
has been justly praised by the New York
press for his active interference in behalf of
righjt and law. Every man should realize
that it is the duty of a citizen of the republic
to interfere in upholding the laws and pun
ishing scoundrels whether they are high or
low. A great many people, both on account
of the value of their time and a rather weak
indisposition to engage in an unpleasant
quarrel, are prone either to shirk such a duty
or to get out of it with as little trouble as
possible. But, while praising Mr. Corbin
for his act, it is worth while to note that if
the rule of attacking all infringements upon
public rights were universal, it might work
out some results to which Mr. Corbin would
object If the American citizen should make
it a practice of appealing en masse to the
laws when a corporate combination seeks to
advance the price of coal, Mr. Corbin would
charge them with interfering with his busi
ness; and when political leaders in this State
assert that the Constitution of Pennsylvania
should be made supreme over its corporation,
men of Mr. Corbin's class are apt to assert
that the politicians are getting up a howl for
political capital.
This is only an illustration of the way in
which we "compound the sins we are in
clined to, by damning those we have no
mind to." It is right that everybody
should unite and support the enforcement
of the law; and Mr. Corbin's example in
bringing a vulgar ruffian to justice should
be an encouragement to all the people, not
only for the restraint of the lower criminals,
but for making the highest and most power
ful corporations obey the law. The hood
lum who insults women on the street and
the combination of capital that lays illegal
burdens upon the cost of life should alike
be punished. It should be the effort of
every citizen to see that it is done in both
cases.
Let us make the laws supreme, and let
every man unite in claiming that every
man who violates them shall be punished,
whether he be low and feeble or rich and
powerful.
EXTRAVAGANT HERO WORSHIP.
The extravagances committed in the pur
suit of hero worship receive an illustration
in the announcement that a biographer and
admirer of Edgar A Poe has purchased a
cottage at Pordham, New York, which Poe
once occupied, and proposes to reproduce
there the condition of the house in which
Poe lived. This cottage, restored to the
style of Poc's time, is to be maintained for
ever, as a monument to that gifted and re
markable poet The man who could repro
duce Poe's unique literary style and the
originality of h's thought would score a
great achievement But it may be ques
tioned whether anything is to be gained
either for the fame of Poe or for the good of
the present generation, by reproducing the
details of Poe's life. What might be done
in that line in this house presents some very
remarkable possibilities. He who would go
to the bitter end in making the cottage tell
just how Poe lived, might have to adorn the
mantel-piece with an overwhelming variety
of bottles and cause a horde of imaginary
snakes to appear irom the legs of old boots.
The best monument to i genius like Poe
is in his published literary works; and the
less done in the way of reproducing or pre
serving the details of this actual life, the
better for all concerned.
TEE GRAB F0ECIBLE.
The usual spirit of grabbing and holding
by force of arms, which is generally mani
fested where something is to be obtained by
it, is showing itself in Oklahoma. A party
made a break for the coveted lands this
week in order to get ahead of other settlers.
Being pursued by deputy marshals, the
grabbers indulged in a small civil war and
earned the distinction of getting several of
their number shot and being finally ejected.
It is a singular illustration of the intel
lectual density which pervades such at
tempts that these men sought to get a title
to lands from the Government by violating
tbe Government's regulations; and having
been caught in the act are so far from per
ceiving any trangression on their part as to
threaten to "get even" with the people who
prevented the success of their lawless grab.
This is generally credited to the lack of
law in the wild Western sections. But it is
worth while to remember that very much of
the same sort of thing is done in the East,
and is most often practiced by those who, of
all others, Bhould be most interested in
maintaining respect for law. There is a dis
pute about an oil lease, and the opposing
parties make haste to grab the territory vi
et armis. Two railroad corporations get at
loggerheads over a right of way or a cross
ing, and they proceed to wage war against
each other on a small scale. When the
great leaders' of capital and enterprise prefer
the strength of force to the justice of law in
the settled East, can we afford to turn up our
noses at the Western settlers who try the
same game?
UNCLE JEHU'S EXPERIENCE.
There are whole volumes of moral instruc
tion on the transitory nature of human
greatness in the information which comes
from Washington that Uncle Jehu Baker
is experiencing the frigid position of a man
who is wholly left on the chilly outside in
the distribution of patronage.
Uncle Jehu, it will be remembered,
leaped into sudden and dazzling glory by
beating Horizontal Bill Morrison in the
Congressional election of 1886. But the
brilliancy of that achievement which
marked him as a coming star of statesman
ship was made transitory by the contrary
course of events, which resulted in letting
another Democrat, lay out Uncle
Jehu in the last Congressional election.
Consequently Uncle Jehu's power is depart
ed from him.
Now mark how cruel fortune makes sport
of fallen greatness. The unfortunate acci
dent of having an administration in power
while the conqueror of Morrison was in
Congress prevented him from tasting the
tweet pleasures of ladling out the offices to
his adherents; and now that Republicanism
is on the inside, Uncle Jehu is on the out
side. He goes to the Secretary of the In
terior with a rotter of the appointments he
wants filled and is told to get Senator Cul
lom's indorsement of the application. Turn
ing in anger to the PostoEcs Department to
order a job lot of postoffices tor his friends,
he ornaments the outer room of Mr. Wana-
maker's office for two hours only to be told
that Mr. Wanamakerhas gone home.Express
ing himself withregard to his treatment in a
manner to bankrupt the stock of expletives
in the English language, he is unkindly
told to hoard his supply of vigorous Anglo
Saxon until the next batch of diplomatic
appointments comes out and some other
man is named for the Venezuelan mission,
which Uncle Jehu wants for himself.
Timon of Athens and Lear rolled into
one are matched by the grief and wrath of
Uncle Jehu Baker. Did he beat Bill Mor
rison only to be fed on cold shoulder by a
Protectionist administration? This is a
wicked and ungrateful world.
Is is announced that Africa will' soon
cease to be the Dark Continent, from the
fact that the engineer of the Congo Company
has just submitted his report of the survey
for a railway around the Livingstone Palls.
Submitting engineers' reports and building
railroads are two very different things, as
can be testified to by the experience of those
connected with De Lesseps' Panama Canal
and our own defunct South Penn enterprise
The large number of those who claim to
belong to the Washington family, suggest
the necessity of a test. It is proposed that
only those shall be allowed to make good
their claim who never told a lie. This
would reduce the large number to the most
select few.
The decision of the British House of
Lords that it is libel to publish the charge
of a Judge, unless he reviews the testimony
on both sides, establishes a dangerous
precedent for that body. When the judge
in the case of civilization versus the House
of Lords, reviews the testimony on both
sides, it will be discovered that the House
of Lords is a libel upon the name of Govern
ment. The report that the Hon, Mr. Bed Cloud
visited the 'administration at Washington
for the purpose of giving the practical poli
tician instructions in the art of taking
scalps is understood to be the fabrication of
offensive partisanship.
The United States is not going to annex
Cuba right off after all. A note from the
State "Department to the Madrid govern
ment is credited with asserting that tbe
United States entertains no thought of pur
chasing Cuba, but is only desirous of estab
lishing better commercial relations with
that Island. This is all right, but what has
become of that famous, vigorous foreign
policy?
Admiral Kimbeklt recommends some
recognition of the services of the Samoans
in rescuing our wrecked sailors. A very
good testimonial of our gratitude might be
made by preserving the Samoan independ
ence.
It is the allegation that there is a great
increase in the method of terminating life,
described by the line, "What Cato did and
Addison approved," seems to be well
founded. At all events a new method of
suicide is demonstrated by the large num
ber of people who are going to take up land
claims in Oklahoma.
Mil James Campbell's resignation of
the Presidency of the Glassworker's Union
occasions a good deal of comment and some
surmises. None of them, however, appear
to perceive that the real object of Mr.
Campbell's resignation was to show other
office holders that such a thing can be done.
A bill in the Ohio Legislature, making
it a penitentiary offense for any member of
that body to accept a railroad pass, received
just fotir votes. The membersof the Ohio
Legislature unite with their Pennsylvania
brethren in their appreciation of the impro
priety of making the laws for a State from
the cells of the State prison.
Is Judge Thtjbman's recent remark
about John Wanamaker as a "pious cuss"
to be taken as expressing the Old Boman'a
thorough conviction that piety and politics
will not mix?
The Czar of Bussia's announcement that
he will attend the Paris Exposition occa
sions some surprise. It seems to intimate
a discovery on the part of the autocrat
that the most revolutionary city in the
world may be a safer place for him than the
country governed by the most arbitrary rule
now existing.
And now the news comes once more that
Boulanger is going to overthrow the Prench
Bepublic by changing his base to the
vicinity of London.
The energetic M. L. Malone has got back
to his old post of Superintendent of the Gov
ernment building, in time to preside over
its completion. Bumor indicates that he
stole a march on some one in getting the
place. It would be a colder spring than
this when Malone did not keep up with the
procession.
The additional news about the lost Den
mark leaves the friends of the passengers
and crew the sole liberty of hoping against
hope.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Congressman Roswell P. Floweb Is in
Colorado investigating tbe methods of reclaim
ins arid lands by irrigation, which is to be con
sidered by bis committee in Congress.
It is an interesting fact that the Governor of
North Carolina and tbe Governor of South
Carolina will lodge in the same hotel in New
York during the centennial celebration.
Mks. Lieutenant Paekeb, Mrs. Hani
son's'hiece, is described as a lovely woman of
the blonde type, tall and graceful. Her beau,
tiful golden bair is one of her principal charms.
In speaking recently of his career as surgeon
and poet, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes said that
he could not tell whether he had taken more
pleasure in removing limbs than in construct
ing feet.
The spot where General Albert Sidney John
ston fell at tho battle ot Shiloh is now marked
only by a small cedar bush, the tree by which
be died having been carried away, root and
branch, by relic seekers.
The Bev. Dr. J. S. B. Hodges, of St Paul's
Church, Baltimore, who is well known in this
country and in England as a composer of church
music, is preparing to publish a collection of
his works of tho past 25 years.
The family of the late George L. Harrison
has offered $200,000 to the Board of Trustees of
the Protestant Episcopal Hospital, Philadel
phia, with which to found and endow a build
ing for incurables. The board will accept the
offer. Mrs. Harrison joins with her tour sons
in making tbe gift.
William H. Vandebbilt win build, near
AshoviUe. N. C, the most magnificent private
residence in the South. It is to be 300 feet in
length, with gorgeous parlors and reception
rooms, observatories, ball-rooms, fountains and
conservatories in short, all the comforts and
appointments to be had by the expenditure of
millions of dollars, the amount decided upon.
A Terr Lucky Editor.
from the Chester Evening- News.l
What ails the spring poetT We have not re
ceived a couplet on tho season that generally
Inspires the muse. No ethereal mildness, no
babbling brooks, no feathered songsters, no
vernal skies not a line concerning either.
A Cordial Invitation.
from the Philadelphia Times.
Here is the card tbe Keystone SUto
Got from the festive Gothamltes:
Come on and help us celebrate;
But please don't bring your appetites."
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
The Dawn of Easter Tho Mar Festival
Cliorns Jingles In Prone and Terse.
Notwithstanding the suggestions of ap
proaching rain yesterday, there is still soma
chance of a fair Easter Day, Bo much of tho
meaning of Easter is enforced and exemplified
by a sunshiny spring day, with all the attend
ant glamour of trees snowy with blossoms, of
floers in the garden and at the altar, of birds
Joyous and eager to make tbe air tremble with
melody, of pioneer butterflies hovering here
and there, and oven of human beings express
ing their feelings of release from tho rigors of
winter in gay raiment that it will be very
happy indeed if Easter dawn comes to us
smiling and balmy this morning.
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EASTER MOBN.
Without the city walls the night is dark,
And Golgotha Is still, nought moveth there,
Save in the vale grim giants of the mist
Float and fall hugely In the heavy air.
On the hill's brow stands out against tbe sky
The monument of Love at Calvary.
A twittering of birds, the branches stir
Under the kiss, the timid, soft caress,
Of the cool breeze that ushers in the dawn;
The valley mists grow pale and downward press.
And as the glimmering light spreads o'er the sky,
Ihe first beams gild the cross on Calvary.
Mark thou the lily's beauty on this day 1
Behold the dawn Its crimson barriers breakl
Hear the glad birds amid the blossoms,slng
To all the earth "Awale, 'tis day, awake I"
And thou sbalt see the Lord in majesty
Arise to crown the cross at Calvary.
...
Br a stupid error of mlno yesterday an injus
tice was done to Mr. Carl Better and the May
Festival chorus. In discussing tbe rehearsals of
the chorus I said that tbe number of members
had originally been 450, but would probably at'
the festival be not more than 250. Instead of
this the fact is that the chorus, as originally en
rolled numbered 620 voices, and by tbe time tbe
festival comes around nearly 500 singers will
certainly be ready for the great work before
them.
The advertisement of the May Festival will
be strictly lived up to. and it will not be shorn
of any of its great features. Just at present
Mr. Locke Is very busy making tbe necessary
contracts for the building of the temporary
auditorium in the Exposition building and
casting about for the 5,000 chairs required to
seat the audience and singers., The latter job
is not particularly easy, for the chairs will have
to be brought from some distance. Still, Mr.
Locke is so thoroughly accustomed to work of
this kind that he will have the seats ready long
before they are required.
" Indeed, the fact is that the careful and sjs
tematlc way in which this great festival of
song is being prepared for is something quite
new to Pittsburg. To make a musical event
of this magnitude a success the business
methods ot the managers must be first-class or
a big failure will be tbe result. The manage
ment of the May Festival so far has been very
wise.
...
"When I was a very little girl," said a friend
of mine the other day, "I happened one time
to travel in the same car with Buffalo Bill and
all his troupe. He seemed delightfully ro
mantio to me, and I remember that the lady
cowboys, or whatever they were, particularly
won my interest and admiration because they
all wore brats heels on their shoes. French
high heels were just coming in then, and I
thought they were too lovely for anything.
"I had a way when 1 was on a railroad jour
ney of running continually from my mother
and getting water at the cooler. My thirst in
those days on the cars always astonishes me
when I think of it. In those journeyings to and
fro Buffalo Bill invited me several times to ex
change a kfes for a large stock of stories about
Indians, bears, princesses and all sorts of lovely
things. But I was shy, and though I was dying
to hear the lovely man with the great hat and
mustache tell stories of adventure I would not
make tbe bargain with him."
"What would you do If the chance to make
Buch a deal were to occur again ?" I asked.
"Why, Pd kiss, him of course!" she replied
with a laugh.
.
Geoeoe Welshons Is a coiner of aphor
isms. The other day, in speaking of a young
man who runs' more toward the ornamental
than the useful, he said: "He was designed by
nature to sit on a family Bible and press
autumn leaves!" ''
Air alleoobt upside down.
The winter came wooing to fair 'elgbty-nlne;
Bis collar was stiff with a frosty starch,
He wore for a stud an Icicle fine, tTSZl
But the maiden was cold and simply saidt
"March 1"
And away and away and away and away
Poor Winter marched sadly by night and by
day.
Then April came wooing to fair 'eighty-nine
And he didn't forget a bouquet to bring,
And he vowed that he loved ber and whispered
"Be mine!"
And all that she answered was one word:
"Spring!'!
And merry was the song that the robins sung
As tbe lover so gay to his lady sprung.
Hepbubn Johns
A Rnra Avis, Indeed.
Sabanac Lake, N. Y., April 20. A few
days ago Prof. R. F. Smith, formerly of Am
herst College, who has been spending the
winter here, found and succeeded in capturing
a red blue Jay. The professor has had a cage
made for the bird, and Podmore's barber shop,
where the cage has been hung. Is continually
besieged by parties desirous of seeing this re
markable curiosity.
We Feel the Disgrace Deeply.
From tbe St. Faul Pioneer Press.
An esteemed cotemporary inquires: "Have
we an American aristocracy?" Alas, yes.
Four hundred dudes and dudines in New
York. But please don't twit us with the hu
miliating fact.
Time Doesn't Satisfy Them.
From the 6lobe-Democrat.
President Harrison says he gives 14 hours a
day of his time to the office seekers; and so far
as the most of them are'eoncerned, he does not
give them anything else.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
Postmaster Pearson,
New York, April 20. Ex-Postmaster General
Thomas L. James brought the news of Postmaster
Pearson's death to the postoffice, early this morn
ing, and then entered upon the duties of his son-in-law,
pursuant to the action recently taken by
Mr. Pearson's bondsmen, delegating the powers
of the office to him. His first act was to send a
telegram to Postmaster General Wanamaker. ap-
S rising him or the death. At the bedside of the
eceased were Mrs. and Miss James, Mrs. Chul
bock. Charles D. Freeman, of Henrv Clews & Co.,
and Thomas L. James. Mr. Pearson's death was
from hemorrhage, caused by cancer of tbe
stomach. He had been tn a comatose state from
11 o'clock yesterday morning until he died. He
was 45 years of age. His death ocenrredon the
thirteenth anniversary of his wedding. He leaves
a widow, but no children.
Dr. W. F. Wilson.
DENVER, April 10. Dr. "W. F. "Wilson, who was
considered one of the most talented oculists in
the country, and certainly without a peer in the
Rocky Mountain regions, died late last night from
an overdose of morphine. Dr. Wilson had been
suffering for some time from Insomnia and took
this drug to secure sleep. He evidently miscalcu
lated the amount. Several eminent physicians
were summoned when his condition was discov
ered, and worked him three hours wltbont avail.
He was only 29 years old. and was a pupil of Dr.
Knapp, or New York. His Income in this
city was estimated at S3Q, 000 annually. He leaves
a widow here and a mother at Charlton, Iowa.
William Henry Rnwle.
Philadelphia, April 20. William Henry
Kawle, the eminent jurist, died at his residence
in this city last night, after a long illness. In the
death of Mr.Kairle the Philadelphia barloses one of
Its oldest members and most brilliant orators. Not
only was he a distinguished lawyer, but an author
of distinction, his treatises on law subjects being
used as authorities all orer the country. He was
born in Phlladelnhla In August, 1823, and came
from one of tbe oldest and most distinguished
families In Pennsylvania.
H. D. Alexander.
WASHINQTON, April 20. -Captain Farquhar In
a dispatch dated on the Trenton, at sea, January
IS (while on ber way to Samoa), reports the death of
Clerk, H. D. Alexander, of that vessel, from yel
low fever, on the night of January 15. His disease
was contracted in the line of duty, from necessary
exposure on shore at Panama, while receiving
stores from New York at tbe railway station. Car
tain Farquhar says of him: "He was an honorable
gentleman, much beloved by all on board."
Airxnnder Henrlques.
NEW YORK, April 20. Alexander Henrlques,
Tice Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange,
died early this morning. He bad been -ill for two
weeks. Mr. Henrlques was very popular with
his fellow members and his list birthday was the
occasion ora formal celebration on tbe floor of the
Exchange.
NOT THE QUEEN'S DAUGHTER.
Facta Which Moke Mrs. Kent's Claim Ap
pear Highly Improbable.
New York, April 0. A Mrs. Sophia Adel
aide Kent, who is In New York claiming to be
the legitimate daughter of Queen Victoria,
looks so much like England's female ruler that
not a few people have espoused ber cause.
Her claim is that a strong-minded foster
mother changed her for a foster sister in baby
hood, and that her foster sister became the ac
knowledged scion of royalty. Some doubt has
been thrown on her assertions by the fact that
Georgo Francis Train has taken ber up.
Another more serious damper is .found in the
statement made to-day by an eminent literary
woman, who resided for a number of years
abroad, and whose mind' was directed some
years ago in England to the operations of a
family named Kent, living in SoutbamDton.
The father had two daughters by his first wife,
who developed much eccentricity. When they
were 11 and 13 years of age respectively, they
ran away from home and sought engagement
in boys' clothing as cabin boys at Liverpool.
This was 30 years ago. In 1S61 an in
.fant child of their father by his second wife
was found murdered in its cradle. It was im
possible to locate the crime, although a nurse
maid was arrested charged with it. Sometime
later one of tbe sisters waned in health and
went into a convent, where she confessed that
she was the murderess. She had committed
the crime to spite her stepmother. Tbe Mother
Superior reported her to the authorities, and
she was tried for the crime and s.cnt to Mill
bank prison.
The father, Mr. Kent, was the son, and these
girls were the grandchildren Of Edward, Duke
of Kent. The daughters were, therefore,
nieces of Queen Victoria, and if the Mrs. Kent
now in New York should bo the surviving
daughter her striking resemblance to the
Queen and hec possession of nil the Guelph
characteristics would bo readily explained. It
could also be understood that she might be
Just tho kind of a person to come over to
America and make the claim now put forward
by Mrs. Sophia Adelaide Kent:
HE W0EE A WOMAN'S DEESS.
An Episode That May Prevent a Southern
Man Getting an Office.
ATLANTA, April 20. When tho late war
broke out Charles W. Arnold, now a physician
living in Albany. Ga., was a young man. His
father was a Union man, and not desiring to
serve the South young Arnold tried several
ways to escape from service. Finally, how
ever, he found himself cornered at Albany,
and feeling confident that he would soon wear
the giay unless he mado a bold attempt to give
the officers the slip, he disguised himself in
woman's dress. They caught bim, however,
and ho was sent to Columbus and made to en
list. Then Arnold, through the press, an
nounced that 'he felt as bitter toward the
Yanks as any other Southerner. Perhaps he
has almost forgotten all this now, and will soon
wish everybody else had, for this little story 13
to be used against him now that he is a candi
date for the revenue collectorship of Georgia.
As soon as it became known that Arnold was
a candidate for the place, and that he was re
ally slated for tho position, the friends ot other
candidates began to look up his record. The
news of Arnold's candidacy came to the ears of
State Senator Richard Whitney, of Colorado,
formerly a Republican Congressman from the
Second district of Georgia. He remembered
about Arnold's little plan to escape service in
the Confederate army, and to-day he sent a
dispatch here saying that he was coming on
with certain evidence which he declares will
run Arnold out of the field. R. R. Thralcott
has made an affidavit that be saw Arnold ar
rayed in a black silk dress marching through
the streets of Columbus. Other men swear to
tbe same, and it looks as if these gentlemen
regarded tbe offense as heinous. Whether
they have enough influence to knock Arnold
out is not known.
EEADI POE ANT EMEEGENCI.
A Sailor on a Naval Teasel Several Times
Proves His Bravery.
Washington, April 2a In a dispatch from
the late Commander Schoonmaker, dated on
board tbe Vandalia, March 8, that officer calls
the attention of the department to the meri
torious conduct of William Fooye, seaman, on
the 22d of February. A man felr overboard
from tbe cathead, and Fooye jnmped over
board and brought him to a rope, enabling htm
to get on board again.
On tbe 7th of March, after a heavy blow with
much swell in the roadstead, it was discovered
that a rope was foul of the screw, thus dis
abling the ship, then in an unsafe place. Fooye
went under tbe counter in the heavy swell, and
succeeded in clearing tbe line.
On tbe same morning J. H. Humphries, a
seaman of tbe Vandalia. while working the
anchors, fell overboard. He could not swim,
and wonld have undoubtedly drowned bnt for
the courage and presence of mind of Fooye,
who jnmped overboard from the forecastle,
swam to him with a rope, and succeeded in
getting bim on board.
Commander Schoonmaker, in his report;
says: "In view of these acts of efficiency and
humanity, 1 feel myself in duty bound to fall
them to the attention of tbe department, and
to ask that it will give such reward to William
Fooye, seaman, as in its wisdom will be right."
, 1IUEAT HALSTEAD YERY ILL
Hie Family Have Been Summoned to Re
turn From Their European Trip.
ST. Louis, April 20. Mrs. H. E Van Name,
of this city, who is a sister of Mrs. Mnrat Hal
stead, wlfo of the editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial-Gazette, received a dispatch from
Cincinnati last evening, stating that Mr. Hal
stead is dangerously ill. He has been suffering
from a severe attack of rheumatism, but was
not thought to be in danger. Tbe dispatch
stated, however, that his heart was affected,
and that a cablegram had been sent to Mrs.
Haistead, who Is in Germany with four chil
dren, bidding ber return home at once.
Two of Mr. Halstead's daughters were at
tending school in Berlin, and Mrs. Haistead,
with two sons, joined them there some months
ago. Mrs. Van Name left for Cincinnati this
morning.
DESEEYE M0EE THAN MEEE THANKS.
Admiral Kimberly SatrceaU That tbe Samo
ans be Properly Rewarded.
Washington, April 20. The morning's
mail delivered at the Navy. Department to-day
brought two letters from Admiral Kimberly
referring to tbe wrecking of the American
fleet at Apia. The first letter 13 dated Apia,
March 19, and contains a hearty recommenda
tion of Mataafa Malieto for the thanks of the
Government for helping to save property at
Apia during the awful storm, and suggssting
that some recognition be made the natives who
did so much to aid the American fleet while in
trouble.
The particulars of the wrecking of the fleet
are given in detail, but do not vary from tbe
lengthy Associated Press account, published in
full a few days ago.
Tbe Growth of Revcnno Collections.
Washington, April 20. The collections of
internal revenue during the first nine months
of the present fiscal year were $03,439,416, being
an increase of $3,605,489, as compared with tbe
collections dnring the corresponding period of
the last fiscal year.
A melancholy Trnth.
From the Washington Post.
It is observable with the naked eye that
when tbe office sets out to seek the man it has
to go with a body guard to keep from being
kidnaped on the way.
The FIrat Permanent Settlement.
From the Louisville Times. 1
The tirst permanent settlement In Oklahoma
Is a graveyard. A plant has been secured and
a six-foot section is allotted to each land
grabber that grabs some other fellow's claim.
REMEMBERED IN PRAYERS.
"When curtains of night are pinned back by stars.
And tbe beautiful moon shows in the skies.
And the dew drops of heaven are kissing the rose,
It's then that my memory files,
As If on the wings of a beautiful dove.
In haste with the message It bears
To bring you a kiss of affection, and say,
I'll remember you, love, in my prayers.
I know not the future, be it false or friend,
If one line on your memory wears.
1 know that I love you whenever you roam,
And remember you, love, in my prayers.
Go where you will, on land or on sea,
I'll share all your sorrow and cares,
And at night when I kneel by my cot to pray,
I'll remember you, love, in my prayers.
I have'loved yon too fondly ever to forget
The love yon have spoken for me,
And that kiss, still warm onrayllpt,
When yon told me how true yon would be.
When the heavenly angels are guarding the good,
As God bas ordained them to do.
In answer to prayers, I have ottered to him,
I know there is one watching you.
And may its bright spirit he with you
In life and guide you ud heaven's bright stairs
To meet with tbe one that has loved you
Bo true, and remembers you, lore, in her prayers.
W. J. B. in Xeu Orleans Plcayunt.
STATE CAPITAL TALK.
The Republican State Committee Meeting
Bayer's Hare Thing Mattes and Dela
mntcr New York's Hospitality The
Fato of the Fool Bill Items of Legis
lation. trnoif a staff cormisroNDEST.I
HATtElSBDKG, April 20. When the Legisla
ture has adjourned and the prohibition election
is over the Republican State Committee will
meet. The date for tbe meeting bas pot yet
been decided on, but it will probably be very
loon after the election within a day or two,
perhaps. The State Convention will occur in
August. There will be little or no excitement
at the latter, and tho former seldom yields a
sensation. There is but one office to be filled
this fall, and it is generally conceded that
Henry K. Boyer is as good as nominated for
tbe place on the Republican ticket. The con
vention will come together merely as a matter
of form to satisfy what is now to all intents
and purposes an accomplished fact. Mr. Boyer
and his friends are convinced that Mr. Magee
is friendly to him, and look for no opposition
from the Pittsburg leader. Nevertheless, there
is a rnmor that he is already at work in some
quarters setting up delegates. If tbis is the
case there is room to doubt that he Intends to.
do more than have it known be is still more or
less alive. Ex-Senator Huff bas received some
mention for the State Treasurership, but as yet
there has been no organized effort on his be
half. Where No Love is Lost.
If anything political is left of Mr. Magee a
year from next fall he will be heard from with
all the vim and vigor he can muster. But Sen
ator Delamater and those who most closely fol
low his lead consider that there is nothing in
particular to fear from that quarter. Tbey
have Mr. Magee down, and their way of look
ing at it is that all that is now necessary is to
keep bim down, by denying patronage and
legislation to him and bis friends. They are
doing this zealously and painstakingly. A
fourth-class postofflce of the smallest propor
tions will, in a little while, look big to a Magee
man. All this doesn't increase Mr. Mazee's
love for the Crawford Senator, and he doesn't
always lock himself in a burglar proof vault
before expressing his feelings on the subject.
When Senator Delamater comes before the
State Convention of 1S90 it is Mr. Magee's in
tention to be there with something up his
sleeve. In the meantime the Federal offices in
Allegheny county will have been changed, and
If the Quay office holders can't send Quay men
to the State Convention from Allegheny
county, tbe efficacy of Federal patronage as a
harmonizer of tbe kind that harmonizes with
an ax will have effectually disappeared.
Hospitality and Money.
Adjutant General Hastings again asserts
that there is not the slightest necessity for the
expenditure ot any money for the maintenance
of the State troops at the centennial celebra
tion in New York. His trip to New York this
week would have convinced him, if the letters
he had previously received had not already
done so, that the invitation from the U ew York
Centennial Committee was cordial and hearty.
"They are treating us." he said, 'lust as they
I are treating the troops from ail other States.
n e can asK. no more ana tney wui give no jess.
I expect to return every cent of the appropria
tion to the treasury."
Tbe form of the bill which appropriates the
money for the trip was considerably modified
In the Appropriations Committee. In its orig
inal form it would have compelled the troops
to go at their own expense, and In that form
it was rightly deemed as'in a considerable de
gree a retaliatory measure a sort of slap in
the face to the State of New York. As it is
now framed it simply makes tbe appropriation
available, and places the troops on an inde
pendent, bnt not offensive, footing. This is
considered tbe more dignified way, and the
change is due as much to the well-known senti
ments of the Governor and Adjutant General
as to any other contidei ation.
How It Wonld Affect the Western.
In the giving of special orders and the grant
ing of unanimous consent on Friday for the
advancement of bills on the calendir the
House, as usual, drew tbe line at Mr. Brooks,
whose frequent objections to similar requests
of other members has won him the unenviable
distinction of being the only member of tbe
House who cannot get a favor o the kind.
Nevertheless, Mr. Brooks, it is understood, will
make another attempt on Monday afternoon or
evening. Tbe bill he desires advanced on the
calendar is the one regulating imprisonment in
penal and reformatory institutions. One part
of it provides that no one shall bo employed m
sunn an institution at a trade at which less
than 600 persons aro engaged in tbe Common.,
wealth outside penitentiaries and reforma
torias. Superintendent Warner, of the Poor
Farm, writes to Dr. McCullough that this pro
vision would put an end to the manufacture of
cocoa matting at the Western Penitentiary, aa
no matting is made in the State by anyone out
side the penitentiary. He opposes it, there
tore, because tbe effect would be to make
every man in the penitentiary idle. The bill
bas many friends in the House. Hon. Henry
Hail says the reason cocoa matting Is not man
ufactured outside tho penitentiary Is simply
because It can't be done in competition with
convict labor.
Money la the Wrong: Place.
The pool bill was all but killed last week.
The chances are that It will be killed this week.
The zeal of some of its friends was greatly In
excess of their discretion, and their attacks on
church fairs undoubtedly lost them a number
of votes. Money was also thrown into the bal
ance against the bill In a queer way. Several
Philadelphia members, it is reported, heard
that boodle was being used in favor of the bill,
and though they were In favor of it they kept
ontof the House wnen tbe vote was being
taken because they had not been "seen." Such
is the tale that is told.
The Manual Training BUI.
Colonel Bean, of Montgomery, expects to
call up his manual training bill during tbe
present week. Opposition having developed
when the bill was up before, he had it tempor
arily postponed, and has since been busy ascer
taining objections to it with a view to modify
ing it to meet them. He hopes to have it go
through, but tbe time Is short. The coming
wees: is really the last one left to either House
to work on its own bills. After that comes the
New York trip and reports of conference com
mittees. Simpson.
HE MADE THE BEAE DANCE.
A New York Farmer Proposes Thnt His
Wife Shall See the Show.
Special Telegram to Tbe Dispatch.
Kingston, April 20. As a farmer from
West Hurley was driving with his wife on the
outskirts of this city to-day he came upon a
Turk leading a tame bear, The farmer wish
ing to have his wife see the bear dance said he
would give 5 cents to the master of the bear
if be would make him dance. After the dirty
Turk got the money he told tho farmer the
terpsichorean performance would not begin
until another S cents was placed in his hand.
This made the farmer angry, and he said:
"If you don't make that bear dance I'll make
you dance and the bear too."
Tbe owner of the brute mads no move until
the farmer cot off bis wagon to carry bis
threat Into execution, when be put his band to
his pocket as iCto draw a revolver. Then the
farmer "let out with his right" and sent tbe
bear owner sprawling in the gutter. As soon
as tbe Turk could get up he took the muzzle
off tbe bear, and in an unknown tongue told
bruin to "go for" the farmer. The bear thus
encouraged '-went for" the farmer, who soon
made bis fingers almost meet around the
bear's wind-pipe. When the farmer saw fit to
let go the bear sneaked up to its master
coughing and spitting Mood, and its master be
gan to make tracks from the spot. "
All this time tbe farmer's wife sat still In
the wagon simply saying: "James, I wish you
would not be so foolish."
"I can't help it, Marier," said the farmer; "I
was not brought up in the woods to be scart by
owls."
THE OLDEST HAIL CARRIER.
At the Ago of 02 He Rldea a Routs at All
Seasons.
RALEIGH, N. C.,April 20. Inquiry was made
some time ago with a view of ascertaining the
age of the oldest resident of this State. Tbe
oldest person, so far reported, is aged 111 years.
Henry Staton, of Cashers Valley, Li 92 years
old. He has been a mail carrier 40 years and
rides a difficult route at all seasons. He has
living over 100 children, grandchildren, peat
grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
He does not appear to be a day over 60, and Is
very active. He has the honor of being the
oldest mail rider in the world.
A Base Libel.
From tbe Birmingham Age.l
The Kansas maidens who are going into
Oklahoma will have an unfair advantage. Each
can effectually pre-empt a quarter section by
standing upon it.
A Truth Many Forget.
From the Wheeling Intelligencer.
Because you don't get an office, dear brother,
It doesn't follow that the administration is
it Q
alrea
ready aa assured failure with a large, fran
tic x.
HATTERS METROPOLITAN.
Had to Tell How He Died.
fniW TOBX BUTtXAU- srxciAts.
New Yobx, April 20.- The Jurymen in the
somewhat famous case of Henry E. Lincoln's
widow against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Insurance Company tried In vain to agree, from
5, o'clock last evening until 11 o'clock this
morning. They were discharged. Henry E.
Lincoln was found dead in Odd Fellows' Hall,
Brockton, Mass.. two years ago, with a bullet
wound in his bead. Mrs. Lincoln thought he
had been murdered. The Reserve Fund Life
Insurance Company, in which Mr. Lincoln had
a $10,000 policy, thought he had committed
suicide, and refused to pay tbe Insurance. Mrs.
Lincoln brought suit. Nine of tbe jnrymen
who were discharged to-day held that Mr. Lin
coln was murdered
Governor Hill Tunaht Something.
Governor Hill came down from Albany to
day to learn something of the part he Is to take
in the centennial exercises. He and Mayor
Grant called Elbndge T. Gerry into the May
or's office to tet them just what tbey must do
during the big celebration and how tbey must
dolt. After listening to" Mr. Gerry for some
two hours the Governor started back to Albany
with a head full of centennial etiquette.
Arrlvni of the Kearsage.
The man-of-war Kearsage. Commander A.
D. Brown, which left Hampton's Roads last
Thursday, steamed up tbe bay this morning,
with her home pennant flying from the main
topmast head. She received the national sa
lute from Fort William as she passed Gover
nor's Island. The Kearsags will be superfi
cially overhauled, cleaned, polished, and
dressed in red, white and blue, in preparation
for the naval display at the Centennial.
Wliltelaw Reld's Alleged Cesiguntion.
The general impression is that Whitelaw
Reid's resignation from the Tribune was made
in a Pickwickian sense only. No one has vet
been appointed to succeed him. Everyone in
the Tribune office expects D. F. Nicholson, for
many years managing editor under Mr. Reid,
will act a3 editor-in-chief during Mr. Reld's ab
sence. The editorial direction of the Tribune,
however, will probably devolve upon William
EMcElroy, who, with Charles E. Smith, for
many years conducted the Albany Journal, and
Whose writings have appeared In the Atlantic
Monthly and other magazines for years, under
the name of "Richard Scudder." Mr. Reid
will sail for Paris via Liverpool on Wednesday
next.
All Her Fat In the Fire.
The case of Madame Roquelin against Cesar
W. Beckman fizzled dramatically In court this
morning. The black-eyed little French woman
walked into the court room with a determined
look on her face, as if she were just aching to
give a big dose of American law to the Ioter
who brought ber away from her husband in
Marseilles, France, and then stole her 2,500
francs. She got on the stand, said a word or
two to the interpreter, and broke down. She
sobbed violently, declared she wouldn't put
Beckman In prison for all the world, and
wound up by telling him he could keep the
money if he would only love her still. Her
lawyer and the Police Justice tried to stoo her,
but she would have none of it. While they
were talking with her, Beckman was released.
The madame followed him, begging him to
marry her. He told her he could not think of
it. Then she tried to have the police arrest
him again, bnt they wouldn't do it.
Tho Art Business Not a Success.
The Duke De Durcal, who has made much
less money than he expected by selling "old
masters," sailed for home this morning on the
steamship La Champagne. He took a few of
his finest pictures with him. The remainder
he left in charge of his father-in-law, Colonel
Madan.
Carried Away to Sea.
Edmund Kline is the proprietor of a board
ing house at 62 Cannon street, this city. Ed
ward Dick boarded at tbe house and ran np a
bill of $60 for board. He left the house on Fri
day without paying It. Kline heard he would
sail for Amsterdam on the Netherlands Amer
ican steamship from Jersey City. He went to
Jersey City early, and got a warrant for Dick's
arrest from Justice Weed. Constable Wood
bury went with him to the steamship pier, and
tbey got on board together. Kline went below
to find Dick, while Woodbury- stayed on deck.
Before Kline returned to the deck the ropes
were cast off, and tbe big steamer started on
her voyage to Rotterdam. Woodbury Jumped
ashore. If Mr. Kline does not show up at his
boarding bouse to-morrow it will be because he
couldn't make connection with a pilot-boat at
Sandy Hook, and is now taking an Involuntary
trip to Holland. It is not known whether Dick
was on the vessel or not.
GOLD Ar A DISCOUNT.
Lightweight Coin Paid by a Railroad Com
pany to Employes.
DANVnXE, III., April 20. Great dissatis
faction exists among the employes of the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois Railroad at this
place on account of having been paid off in
lightweight gold. Thirty thousand dollars was
paid out by the railroad company at this place,
a large portion of which was gold stamped "L"
by the Government. Such' currency was un
known in this vicinity and It was received by
the men and circulated readily until it reached
the banks, when it was discounted 23 and GO
cents a coin.
The stuff was distributed with great Impar
tiality among trainmen, section hands, shop
men and clerks. The railroad company is In
vestigating tbe affair and at present it is not
known whether the job was put np In the Pay
master's department of tbe railroad or whether
a Chicago bank unloaded on the company.
A Shower of Snails.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Trr-FIN, O., April 20. A remarkable meteor
ological phenomena occurred here last night.
A heavy rain prevailed, and during the shower.
which was accompanied by thunder, thousands
of snails fell, making a noise like hall. Roofs
and walks lay full of them, and in the High
lands addition this morning tbe ground was
covered with them. Many of the snails were
notlarger than a pinhead, while others were of
good size. No explanation can be ' given for
the remarkable occurrence.
A Dnc of Gold In a Well.
Philadelphia, April 20. While John Mc
Gncken, a contractor, and fire workmen were
cleaning out an old well at South wark McGuck
en found a beavy canvas bag. tied with a
strong cord. In it were $940 in to, $10 and $20
gold coins. He divided $500 among the men,
gave $100' to his mother and kept the rest him
self. A Law Likely to be Tiolnted.
From the Chicago Mews.J
By consulting the United States gams laws
boomers and others will discover that It will
be unlawful to shoot a man in Oklahoma on
and after April 22.
THAT LOYELI EASTEE BONNET.
Et some queer hocus-pocus,
v 1th cowslip and crocus.
Those firstlings of spring and sweet subjects of
sonnets.
There bloom, in defiance
Of botanical science.
Bed roses ol June on the new Easter bonnets i
Boston a lobe.
Madam, mankind salntes your Easter bonnet
and falls down before Its high pinnacle. Whetting
Intelligencer,
Bus had a flower face
And a lovely Easter bonnet.
And ber eyes were Just as blue
As the violets upon It. Puck,
What's this T A sweet face turned my way,
A gently welcoming look; dear eytrf!
Ah, now. Indeed, my prayer I'll say.
And now the preacher's words seem wise.
To think my lore I did not know.
Her Easter bonnet changed her so. Judgi,
THE APK AND THE FBTNCESS.
Whats that ? The Princess of Sagan
By a mad monkey bitten I
Mourn, all ye Paris bonnet shops
O'er which her name is written!
And if each one of them shall mourn.
And mourn each Sagan bonnet.
Foil half the Easter headgear will
Be seen with crape upon lti
Oh millinery princess I conld '
Not even you escape
Tbe bite of Fashion's arbiter ,
The universal "ape?" Xew Jon World.
CURI0DS C0NDE5SATIQ5S7;
Some oi the Prohibitionists of Erie
county say they will not plant any barley or rys
this spring.
Near Jasper, Ind., Miss Ellen Cunning
ham, a miss in her teens, was recently married
to Jesse Crecllins, of Eckley, who is TO years of
age.
, Down in Texas they havs- a super"
stition that an tg laid on Good Friday wil
never spoil. The same belief is held in New
Orleani.
Charles Sampsel'spet bear at Williams
port swallowed a silver box full ot finetnt the
otherday. and has been spitting tobacco juice,
with a saddened visage, ever since.
Mysterious footfalls and door-slams at
night have driven a freshly wedded pair from
a house at Cedar Hill, Berks county, and even
the dogs quit tbe premises at sundown.
A thief entered the house of Bev. Mr.
Coissart, of Tilden. Neb., and stole $10. The
curious part of the transaction was that the
roll of money from which he took the bill con
tained $100.
Superintendent Ireland says that while
some of the vicious dogs In the Philadelphia
Kennel Club show were ugly when men at
tempted to pat them, the touch of a woman's
hand was welcomed by tbe most savage brute.
William H. Harrison, a Haddonfield.N.
J.,grocer,dreamed a night or two ago that money
was concealed in an ancient house near his
store. He Investigated and found $1 SO in Con
tinental currency back of an old mantel piece.
In the town of Bessbrook, Ireland,
where John G. Richardson employs 3,000 people
in the manufacture of Irish linen, no liquor has
been sold for 40 years; and as a result there is
neither policeman, prison, pawnshop nor pauper
in the town
A. 15-inch trout took two falls out of
Dr. E. H. Baker, a Williamsport angler, who
was standing on a mossy and rather slippery
stone. The first fall snapped his suspenders,
and the second laid him flat upon his back.
But he got the trout.
Some 250 residents of the city of Somer
ville, Mass., are petitioning the Railroad Com.
mlssioners to have the blowing of locomotive
whistles at various crossings stopped. The
railroad is willing, but under the law has no au
thority to take the initiative.
It is told of a Boston man that he ad
mired a fine painting of a house and grounds
skirted by a pretty river, but that he would not
buy it until the artist removed the house to a
hill to be especially painted for that purpose,
because be did not think ic would be healthy to
live in a house so near a river.
A Fort Huron barber has found great
profit in the pigs in clover puzzle, as it helps
him hold customers who claim they can't
await their turn. "Just try that," he says,
soothingly, thrusting the puzzle into their
hands, and when he gets ready to shave 'em
they're in the shop yet you bet.
A few days ago George Saxton, a mes
senger boy of one of the Western Union Tele
graph offices In Philadelphia made a wager
that he could walk from Broad and Chestnut
streets to Bristol. Pa., and back in one day.
Ho accomplished the feat in 10 hours and 40
minutes. The distance traveled was 40 miles.
The State fish hatchery people at Green's
Point, on the north side of Chautauqua, have
been drawing a seine. Wednesday the catch
of bullheads Is said to have reached two tons at
one haul. Two fine muscalonge were taken
and kept tor spawning purposes. There was
also an enormons quantity of bass. All were
returned to tbe lake.
M. H. Kulp, of Shamokin, was one of a
party of fishermen who went up into Center
county for trout. Tbey bad good luck and got
over 400 flsh. While on the mountain they were
chased by a bear and compelled to take to the
trees. The bear followed Kulp up a tree, but
he is a good shot and put several balls from a
revolver through the animal and killed it. The
bear weighed 200 ponnds. A young cub was
captured alive.
Lowndes county,Georgia, produces a little
cow which Is indeed a curiosity. It Is the same
distance in height, length and width and is
supported by legs not more tban 12 inches in
length. It bears the name of the guinea cow.
Tbe first were brought from Spain by an old
Spaniard who came to this country before the
war. Tbe cow is very small and chunky, but it
keeps rolling fat on almost nothing, and is a
splendid milker, the average giving from three
to three and a half gallons of milk per day.
These animals sell at $100 each, and the people
prefer them to Jerseys.
Some weeks ago Bussell Bice, a farmer
at Scottsburg, Ind., fonnd a nest of five young
squirrels in th woods and took tbem home
and placed them in care of the family cat.
Tbe cat at once adopted tbe squirrels and
raised them in the same manner as she wonld
have done her own young. Tbe squirrels are
now half -grown and deeply attached to their
foster-mother, and when separated from her
the other day and placed in the court-yard
park, they acted almost like kittens, but are
now fast learning to climb the trees in the
manner of their nature.
Amzira Elkins began housekeeping at
Seymour, Ind., 51 years ago with a young and
handsome bride, with whom he lived happily
for a time. Fourteen years later, at a church
meetinif, he and his wife, Hannah, quarreled,
whereupon he deserted her and his children and
went to Iowa. He has lived there since without
communicating with his wife or friends. Sev
eral weeks ago he returned suddenly and be
gan proceedings in court for a divorce, which
was denied him. He is 73 years old, hearty,
rich and well preserved. His wife Is past 73
and is totally blind. They have grandchildren
married.
A novel sight was witnessed in Colum
bus recently. There is a colony of gray squir
rels In a tree lnthe State House yard, and In a
neighboring tree on Broad street are a num
ber of fox squirrels. A motherly graysquirrel,
concluding her frisky neighbors are not the
right sort of associates for the young, removed
her children to another tree further away.
The removal was effected with none of the
modern improvements in travel. She simply
took the little fellows by the nape of the neck
with her mouth and carried them from one end
of the lawn to the other. It was tiresome bust
ness. She would travel about 50 feet with one
of the half-grown fellows in her month and
then stop to-rest. Finally, arriving at tho
favorite tree, she would painfully climb it until
she arrived at tbe box in the fork. Then she
would stick the babies' heads in the bole and
give them a pusb. This was keptnp until
three "shy things" bad been transferred to their
new home, and the mother then considered her
self entitled to a little vacation on the lawn.
She therefore frisked around awhile and gath
ered up some of the grass which tbe lawn
mower of the day before had shaved off tbe
turf.
FTJKNY MEN'S FANCIES.
The Easter egg is a chic affair. Balti
more American.
Good women are the salt of the earth,
when tbey ate not too fresh. Next Orisons Flea
yuns. The President has not had his photograph,
taken lately, but several applicants for office have
taken negatives of him. lexas Sittings.
If it be true that the farmers 'are not in a
cord with the twine trust, it is not likely that any
of them will be roped into iuBlnghamton Re
publican. A Chicago girl visiting Washington with
her father, an office seeker, st last shook the dust
of the city from her feet, and tbe city street
cleaner immediately asked for a bonus on his cou
tract. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Sarah Bernhardt has at last struck the
role she has been growing up for. She has made
a hit as Lena in tbe French adaptation of "-As in
a Looking Glass." A Lena actress than Sarah
does not exist. Washington Critic.
Love's Disappointment. Yon don't seem
very happy, Gertie, for a girl Jnst engaged.
Gertie I'm not happy. I expected to knoek
Flora Blanchard sllly,nd her engagement ring
Is worth at least three of mine. Chicago Herald.-
"What is that collar button of yours
made of, John!" asked Mrs. Crtmsonbeak of hef(
husband the other morning. f
"Boiled gold." ejaeulated John, as he climbed;
under the bed lnx search of the pesky thing..
Xontert Statesman.
Mrs. Newhobbie My husband discov
ered me practising my new physiesl-colture ex
ercise yesterday.
Mi: Delsarte He did? What did he say
Mrs. Newhobole-He said: "Great heavens!
Epilepsyl" Chicago Journal.
A Blow at Chicago-Mrs. Spratt Tha
CarterdlvoreecssewillpesbadtMng forChica-
Mrs. Sprlggs TVhy tot
"Why, it will take a month, and what if tha lm
presston should get out that it takes a month W;
get a divorce in Cb!cagor"-CMcoaro iferoW.r,
THE EEGTJLAE THISO. - 1
In the spring the average honsewlfe f ?
Tears the househo'd upside down.
While she scolds and bangs and huitlcv - -"
Wearing all the while a frown.
And tbe poor, dejected husband.
Filled with terror and dismay,
Fearing to approach tbe front door, zr-.
Sneaks around the other way. v , ;
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