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PITTSBURG, TUESDAY. JUNE 25, 1SSSL
TEE BREEZE IN THE BOARD.
Owing to the almost religions silence of
everyone concerned, it is not easy to get at
the merits of the question which led to the
breeze in the Board of Awards yesterday;
and if the members do not become communi
cative the public will only hare to gness what
the matter of contention was. It is hinted,
however, that Chief Bigelow, on account of
recent observations of pavements elsewhere,
wished to have the specifications altered
and new bids advertised for upon a nnmber
of streets now to be improved; and that this
met with no favor. There is no use attempt
ing to judge as to the particulars so long as
they are not folly disclosed, bnt on the face
of the situation it looks right that the Chief
of Public "Works, who is presumed to have a
special knowledge of, and to be responsible
for, operations in his department, should
have the say-so as to the specifications. If
he found, during his late visit of inspection
to Other places, that Pittsburg could get a
better and a cheaper quality of asphalt
pavement than was originally advertised
lor, he did but his simple duty in asking
for a renewal of bids upon the new basis;
and while he may have been hasty in speak-,
ing of resignation from the board, that was
doubtless but meant as a form of earnest
remonstrance.
The season is now far advanced and the
improvements are needed. People would
ordinarily rather enjoy than feel sad over a
breeze in the Board of Awards. It is ahealthy
sign to find city officials having opinions of
their own and standing by them vigorously.
But the public convenience should not wait
on these dead-locks. If Chief Bigelow says
that the manner ot pavement advertised for
is neither as good nor as cheap as some of
those he saw when East, and wants to cor
rect the mistake by asking new bids, it is
the business of the board to co-operate with
him as promptly and as cheerfullv as possi
ble. "
THE PETROLEUM FLURRY.
The oil market developed a sudden and
unexpected liveliness yesterday, jumping
up with unprecedented rapidity from the
previous level of the lower eighties to the
dollar line and falling back to about the
90-cent level. The utter absence of any
cause -for the rise in the statistics points to
the conclusion that th,e flurry was one of the
manifestations of power that are periodically
made in that market, presumably for the
sake ot inspiring a good state of discipline
into the trade. Possibly, also, the resolu
tion in favor of trading in futures had some
thing to do with it When the price of oil
can jump 10 cents in less than half an hour,
the prospects of gambling on futures will be
almost as irresistible as those of unlimited
rouge et noire.
GOVERNOR HILL'S INVENTION.
The reported discovery that Governor
Hill of Xew Xork had signed two bills
passed by the Legislature, and afterward
erased his signature bv chemicals, in order
that he might veto those measures, creates
a good deal of adverse comment in the press
of that State. This line of official action is
certainly a novel one, and its use as a
method of permitting Governors to veto
bills which they have signed, or to sign
bills which they have vetoed Is perhaps
qnestionable as a practice ot legislation.
Nevertheless it mnst be admitted that as a
political practice, the Governor's discovery
of the utility of chemicals for erasing sig
natures fills a long-felt want for the advan
tage of aspiring politicians.
The inconvenient and obnoxious habit,
which the signatures of political lights to
letters and documents have displayed, oi
turning up at inopportune junctures, has
become a feature of our political history.
The only remedy known heretofore for this
vicous tendency of the sign manual has
been crystallized into the phrase: "Burn this
letter;" but that remedy has been proved by
experience to be utterly incomplete, from
the fatal disposition which the letters have
developed of not getting burned. Sow
much more thorough the precaution would
b it the politician, instead of relying upon
the recipient of their inconvenient manu
scripts to bum tbem, should adopt Gover
nor Hill's method of applying chemicals
and erasing the signatures before the let
ters are sent Messrs. Blaine and Ingalls,
on one side of the political house, have
' been in positions to appreciate the value of
Governor Hill's discovery, and there seems
to be little doubt that the Governor's Inven
tion may have been quickened by the proof
of its necessity, in some ot his written
communications touching that New York
aqueduct matter.
Perhaps the same end might be reached by
the adoption of a vanishing ink which
would become illegible after a stated time
if there were any guarantee that the ink
would vanish soon enough; but the pre
caution is much more complete to erase the
signature before it leaves the hands of the
writer. That would make things almost as
safe as if the politician should never learn .
to write. .
SWINDLING IN THE AIR.
If a gentleman possessing the rather un
usual name of Jab wand claiming to be a
"great South American aeronaut" should
, .chance to register at one of the best hotels
in this city, we advise tradesmen and others
to be very shy about giving him credit
"When last heard of, Senor Jabw, alias
Adolph Wever, with his wife, were in a
balloon crossing the western frontier of
-Austria. For all we know he may be seek
ing a landing on these shores.
, , -xienas leu oenma mm in Vienna a su-
,perb reputation for swindling. Several
weeks ago he announced that he would
.make a descent from a. balloon under a. tiara-
v-ahtEdabout a week before the promised I
ascension occurred he commenced to buy
laces, silks and jewelry for his wife, and
clothes, cigaTs and "wines for himself. He
paid for none of these things, but promised,
to settle with the shopkeepers after the
ascension, from which he expected to reap
a fortune, he said. The Viennese tradesmen
sold him all he wanted on credit, and tried
to sell him more.
Then Senor Jabw invited the Mayor and
City Council of Vienna to see the final re
hearsal before the exhibition. The city dig
nitaries, after the wont of such exalted per
sonages, accepted the invitation to a free
show. Senor Jabw and his wife stepped
into the balloon, which was attached to the
ground by a hundred-loot rope, and the bal
loon went up. "When the balloon reached
the limit oi the rope, Senor Jabw cut the
rope. The balloon sailed away. The wind
carried it swiftly out of Austrian territory.
Then it was found by the tradesmen of
Vienna that all tbVvaluable things bought
by the aeronaut had been shipped to parts
unknown days before the balloon went up.
Their profits and principal had gone up
into the clouds.
Swindlers in this country will be dis
gusted that they cannot appropriate Senor
Jabw's ingenious scheme. Frontiers are
not so handy in the United States as they
are in Europe. And, for that matter, there
are fewer credulons fools behind the coun
ter in America than Vienna seems to be
blessed with.
PSACTICE .VERSUS LAW.
The final decision of the New Orleans
Court attainst the Cotton Seed Oil Trust ap
pears to have the usual result of equity pro
ceedings against the trust, of completely
overthrowing the trusts, according to the
decisions and of allowing their practices to
go on undisturbed. The decision adjudges
the Cotton Seed Oil Trust guilty oi usurp
ing, intruding into, and unlawfully holding
and exercising the franchises and privileges
of a corporation, and excluding it forever
from the said franchises and privileges
within the State of Louisiana; but the
officers of the trnst state that they do
not do any business in Louisiana anyhow.
All their business is done through the
American Cotton Oil Company of Louis
iana, which is a creature or branch of the
trnst; and the trust will continue to carry
on its Louisiana traffic through the cor
poration, and claim thereby to respect the.
decision of the Louisiana Court. The de
cision of Judge Barrett in the case of a
corporation controlled by the Sugar Trust
might seem to have some bearing on that
case; but it does not bother the trust
people much. In both cases while the law
is plainly defied the operations of the trnst
go on undisturbed. The deduction is plain,
that until the people are able to make great
masses of capital respect the laws, the
exactions of the trusts and the lawlessness
of aggregated wealth will continue ruling
the markets. ,
WIDEN THE STREETS!
The ordinance for the widening of Dia
mond street passed one branch of Councils
yesterday, and its support by favorable re
ports from the City Attorney and Board of
Viewers make a good prospect that the
measure will soon become a fixed fact
This step is certainly a wise one; and as
investors have been buying up property on
that street at a marked advance on former
prices in order to get the benefit of the
widening, it does not seem that there will
beany good gronnd for claiming general
damages. Indeed, the study of the
down-town streets shows that property
generally could be much improved by fol
lowing the measure about to be adopted
with retard to Diamond. First, Second,
Third and Fourth avenues, Market, Ferry
and Boss streets, if not Grant, could all be
doubled in availability, by adding ten feet
in width on both sides. As nin'eteen-twen-tieths
of the buildings on those streets will
have to be rebuilt before they come up to
modem requirements, ordinances setting
back the lines when new buildings are put
up ought to reduce damages to a minimum.
It is to be hoped that the Diamond street
policy may be so successful as to expand
into a general policy of widening all our
down-town streets to something more than
eighteenth century width.
ENCOURAGING FOR LITERATURE.
In response to a somewhat disrespectful
expression of encouragement over the report
that Hiss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is not
writing any books at present, which was
made by the New York World, the Albany
Journal takes up the cudgel in behalf of
Miss Cleveland, and expresses its utter dis
approval of such flippancy. ' The latter
journal declares "that Miss Cleveland is re
lated to a man who for a long time occupied
positions of trnst and honor is not a fault,"
and further avers that it is "both her privi
lege and her right to earn her living with
the pen."
This is true as far as it goes; but there is
a little more to be said on the subject of
Miss Cleveland's literary fame. It is not
her fault if she was related to the President
of the United States; but when she uses
that relation, and the notoriety which at
taches to it, as a method of procuring the
sale of writings which before that had no
place in the market, the matter is a subject
of public comment When the public in
spection of those writings reveals the fact
that their chief literary quality is a highly
ornate and involved style of setting forth
the philosophy of nothing, the matter be
comes a fair subject for the flings of flippant
sarcasm. These are the distinctive features
of Miss Cleveland's literary career, however
estimable and worthy she may have been in
private life; and such features are a fair
target for that portion of the press which
considers literary humbug a worthy subject
of notice.
It certainly is encouraging that Miss
Cleveland is not trying to write any more
books. It shows her appreciation of the
fact that a market can no longer be created
for literary platitudes on the strength of
political connections.
NEW YORK'S HUMIDITY.
The popular impression that the care
worn and nervous expression of countenance
shown by the New Yorkers in the street and
on the elevated railroad trains is due to con
stant and harassing plnnges into the whirl
of speculations in Wall street, is repelled
with vigor and enthusiasm by the New
York Tribune. That journal asserts that it
is not speculation which worries the New
Yorkers, but the enduring and generally in
soluble doubt whether the weather requires
them to take out their umbrellas or not
The troubles which arise by taking out the
umbrella when it does not rain and by leav
ing the umbrella at home when it does ram
are, according to this authority, dragging
down the New Yorkers "from higher and
nobler things."
This may be very trne, and yet the rest of
the country may not perceive in the state
ment any reason for absolving Wall street
from the responsibility of it What is it
thai makes the umbrella and weather ques
tion so much more difficult in New York I
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than elsewhere? The Boston man solves it
without disturbing his superiority to the
rest of mankind, Philadelphia does no
allow either umbrellas or weather to npset
its placidity. But in New York the uncer
tainties attending the precipitation of water
appear to be so great as to make life a bur
den. Can this peculiar condition of New York.
life be ascribed to any other cause except
vast quantities of water which are per
meated and suspended, as it were, through
out the atmosphere of Wall street?
The diffusion of water in Wall street cer
tainly justifies anxiety on the part of the
New Yorkers, but it may well be held to
solve the umbrella question. The New
Yorkers should always carry umbrellas,
both material and moral, as a precaution
against an impending water burst from the
humidity which surcharges the clouds of
Wall street
A somewhat misplaced care for the fu
ture of an erring young man was displayed
by the Ohio Democratic Committee the
other day in deciding not to expel Garrison
A. Gateson, the Secretary of the Democratic
Executive Committee, for sundry acts of
personal independence which were consid
ered prejudicial to the ideas of Democratic
discipline. It was decided not to "blight
his life." It would be very sad to blight
the young man's life; but a thorough care
against such a catastrophe should have led
the committee to take action which would
permanently sever the young man from con
nection with the machinery of Ohio politics
of the Democratic boodle variety.
The deleterious effect upon the health of
Mr. Albert Fink of his labors in trying to
keep the trunk lines in the pool, is so great
as to make it obvious that he. can not be ex
pected to continue in that position except
on an increase of some $10,000 a year in his
salary and a vacation whenever the rail
roads fall to squabbling.
A statistical report of the New York
Board of Health gives an interesting indi
cation of the effect of the New York law
punishing attempts at suicide. The num
ber of suicides it is asserted has not in
creased in the eight years since 1881, al
though there has been a decided growth of
population. This is held to support the
dea that the New Yorkers are illogically
bnt usefully restrained from the practice of
killing themselves by the fear that they
may be put into the penitentiary for it
Boulangeb is reported to contemplate a
visit to this country. The General's resolu
tion is somewhat tardy. If he had made
his arrangements for a trip before he became
a back number in French politics he could
have made a fortune as an attraction on the
lecture stage or in any dime museum.
TnsCronin case seems to be remarkably
productive of liars, or worse. The yonng
man named Brooks, who claims to have
been out riding and seen-Dr. Cronin's body
dumped into the catch-basin, bnt was afraid
to say anything about it before, demon
strates himself to be either an inspired liar
or a phenomenal and peculiar coward. In
deed, a natural inference from his state
ment is that he is both.
The Washington lawyer who refused the
prize medal to a young lady who wrote the
best essay on Whittier because she omitted
to mention the day of Whittier's death,
shows a genius for blundering that almost
qualifies him to be a candidate for Governor
of Pennsylvania.
The statement that the defaulting book
keeper in the Marine' National Bank had
been buying lottery tickets, is calculated
to create a wonder why the young man did
not try the amusement of carrying the
bank's money down to the Monongahela
river and throwing it off the bridge. That
would have been less trouble as a method
of getting rid of the funds.
The removal of the Zoological Garden
which Allegheny is to have, to the hill dis
trict will permit the monkeys and the par
rots to enjoy their customary diversions
without disturbing the peace of more re
fined society.
The colleges of this country are shower
ing LL. D.'s on the President with great
profusion. If the President was that sort
of man, he might use those initials with
dashes interspersed for the purpose of re
pelling office seekers. That way of utilizing
them might be a little profane, but it would
be rather more available than any other use
of which they are capable.
Fibe at Johnstown furnishes an exam
ple ef the determination of one element to
finish whatever portion of the work of de
struction the first element had left unde-
stroyed.
burn.
But, there was not much left to
Mb. Henbt C. Bowes is now gathering
in celebrities as .usual for his Fourth of
July festivities at Woodstock. Having
bagged President Harrison, Mr. Bowen is
confident that he can secure anyone else
whom he may want for that occasion. The
presence of the dispenser of patronage is a
very strong drawing card.
The" proposal) to place a menagerie on
Monument Hill came near producing the
unexpected, and yet, not altogether unnat
ural, result of a circus among the residents
on the parks.
AJ1I6TEKI0US SPEAK-EASY.
How Johnstown Tipplers Have Been Taking
Drinks In tbo Dark.
trnosi A STAFF COHBESFOXDEXT.
Johnstown, June 21 Borne of Colonel
Perchment's men discovered this afternoon
that a "speak-easy" was located in one of the
abandoned mines on the hillside. They fol
lowed up a light that receded before going into
the mine, and fonnd an arrangement by which
the money was fastened to a string and taken
in, and the liquor was passed without the faces
of Jhe sellers being seen. The men were un
armed and afraid to proceed further in the
darkness. They brought back with them sev
eral barrels of whisky, partially emptied. The
Colonel sent out tho squad with their guns to
capture the guilty persons.
Captain Jim acts as police judge In the
Fourth ward. He dispenses justice summarily
and with dispatch. He compelled a colored
man, convicted of stealing chickens, to walk a
beat for lour hours with the heads of the
chickens pinned on nis back. The other'
offenders lis puts to work cleaning up around
the camp.
THE MIDGE AT W0EX
Tho Enemy of Ibe Wheat Fields Heard
From In Michigan.
Constanttne. Mich., Jane 21 Hon.
Franklin Wells, Chairman of the State Board
of Agriculture, says that further investigation
shows the wheat fields to be afflicted with the
midge. An examination Saturday showed a
flutter state of development, some having
turned a Teddish color with a shell like a
potato beetle, and some having long gauzy
wings. Mr. wells says it is impossible to know
what the resnlt will be, but It would seem that
such an immense draft upon the life of the
plant will have a tendency to shrink the
Kcruci.
THE TOPICAL TALKBK.
Xioxr Tide nt the Thciuen Tho Film-Flam
Game Again A NeV Thins; In Tomb
stones A Poem In Dialect.
,Tiieatrical affairs in this city are at low
tide. For a couple of months they will remain
so. It is better so. There is no money to be
made lb Pittsburg outot summer snaps, as they
are called cheaply equipped opera companies
and concerfvariety shows. The past has shown
that pretty plainly.' The main difficulty in the
way of success for a summer opera company, for
Instance, is that none of our theaters are cool or
well ventilated. The ventilation of every
theater, without a single exception, is very bad.
One is very little better than another in this
regard.
If ever a theater on really first-class modern
lines shall be built in Pittsburg, there may be a
chance for a summer season of light opera and
other frothy stuff suited to the weather. Not
till then.
V
The return to sound health of Mr. J. A
Shedden is a good thing for more than the pro
prietors of the Bijou Theater. It Is always
lucky for the public to have a gentlemen to
deal with in a theater. Mr. Shedden does not
appear to be much the worse for his long seclu
sion in a sick room, though his face is pale yet
of course. A tonr with lots of bracing sea air
in it will put him in good shape for work at the
Bijou next season.
BETTEB LATE THAN NEVER.
Bummer, you're a little latel
Nearly every rose is fled;
Many a maiden has her mate.
To the altar safely led.
Hearts or moneybags to wed.
Though we've had so long to jvalt.
You can paint the country red
E'er your season all is sped.
V
"Mr experience with young Flamm, who is
charged with stealing from the Marine Bank,"
said a son of a wealthy Pittsburger yesterday,
"several years ago, coupled with rumors that
have reached me lately, convinced me months
ago that be was off the Tight track again."
"What was th experience you speak of?" 1
asked.
"Oh, he merely went down to Home's store
and claiming to be a younger brother of iniiie
got credit for enough fine shirts, ties, 8ns
ponclers, underwear and in fact everything
that he could wear to last him a couplo of
years. His father paid that bill."
.
THE OLD STOBT.
The tale doesn't come f rOm the sounding sea,
Though its odor's marine all the same
And It shows bow many the suckers be
Who are fleeced by the flim-flam game.
V
These are curious things to be seen in every
cemetery. From time immemorial it has been
the lot of half of the world to laugh at the in
scriptions on the tombs of the other half.
But I do not propose to cite some queer epi
taphs. Merely, the other day in a stroll
through a cemetery I noticed a handsome
tombstone, such as you often see over the
graves of a husband and wife who have lain
down for their last long sleep together. It was
a doable tombstone, and on one halt was the
name of a woman who rested beneath it, but
the other half was absolutely blank. .It was
reserved for tho commemoration of the
woman's husband, when be shall die and be
buried there. He Is still in the flesh. He is
enjoying the rare privilege of seeing his own
tombstone whenever he goes to the cemetery.
The weather is growing hot, but we must
have room on our shelves for new summer
goods. So here goes with
TILDA'S PROPOSAL.
Long Jim an' 1 was standin' thar,
Ail slick like an' jess so, '
When Tilda, in her hunklesthat,
Come up, an' 'lowed she'd go
With him as showed her far an' squar
He loved her best as beau.
To 'Squire Urchard's dance that night,
Twelve mile across the snow.
Now, both on us wur kinder sweet
On Tilda, that's a fact;
But we wus pirds, an' alius wurked
. Upon the self-same tract;
And me an' Jim we 'greed as how
Our eyes warn't better blacked,
An' fightln' fur a slick gal's band
Warn't like what it was cracked.
An' so to fight fur her sweet smile -i
Bight thar we did object;
An' Tilda, she blew off alone,
Her f eellnes suthin' wrecked.
Fur this the reader should give thanks
He will I do exDect
For it's tougher far to read than write
A poem in dialect I
v H. J.
PROMINENT PEOPLE PARAGRAPHED.
Me. Henby Geoeqe ii to visit Australia in
November next
. Justice and Mes. Horace Gray will re
main at their Boston homo until their depart
ure for Europe, early next month.
Whittier, it is said, falls asleep in his chair
when visitors begin to praise his poetry. Earth
ly honors grow less valuable to him as the years
wane.
AT M. Cernnschi'a great fancy ball the other
evening, M. Zola appeafed as a friar, with his
handsome wife as a Norman peasant; M. Mun
kacsy was a slxteenth-centurv German; M.
Daudet was a lawyer; M.Petit a Zulu chief, and
Mme. Bernadeki bad an Eiffel tower on her
head", a yard high, set with diamonds.
One of the most curious among all the curi
ous presents which the Emperor of Germany
has recently received as products of his Afri
can possessions is a transparent walking-stick
made of rhinoceros skin. It appears that
"Reichscommissaer Hanptmann Wissmann"
sent a large piece of skin over to a friend at
Hamburg, who gave it into tne hands of a clev
er turner to be made into walking-sticks. By
means of Home novel process the turner has
rendered the skin transparent and ot a beauti
ful amber color, which has been done before,
but never without changing color in a very
short time, while in the present case the yel
low is steady and unchanging.
Speaking ot aids to oratory, Sir Morrell
Mackenzie has a fling alike at Mr. Gladstone's
egg and sherry and the Iron Chancellor's
brandy and seltzer. "The supposed miracu
lous virtues ot the mysterious possets and
draughts on which some orators pin their faith
exist," he says, "mainly in the imagination of
those who use them; at best they do nothing
more than lubricate the joints of the vocal ma.
chine so as to make it work more smoothly.
This is just as well done-by means of a glass ot
plain water. In France water sweetened with
sugar is the grand vocal elixir of political ora
tors. As Mme. de Girardin said, somewhat
unkindly: 'Many things can be dispensed with
in the tribune. Talent, wit, conviction, ideas,
even memory, can be dispensed with, but not
eau sucree."- Stimulants may give a sort of
'Butch courage' to the orator, and may carry
him successfully through a vocal 'effort in
which Indisposition or nervousness might oth
erwise have cansed him to fail, but the imme
diate good which they do is dearly purchased
by the thickening and roughening of the Mu
cous surface of the throat to which they ulti
mately give rise."
The Northwestern Stengorbnnd.
Minneapolis, June 21 The biennial meet'
ing of the Northwestern Samgerbund was held
here yesterday afternoon. Milwaukee was the
city selected or the next f est, There was no
opposition to the Cream City, as Chicago hid
decided to withdraw from the contest. Max
Hlrschfleld. of this city, was elected President
by acclamation, and W. H. Wagner, of Free
port, IIL, Vice President. The selection of a
Secretary and Treasurer was referred to the
Milwaukee societies.
Uncle Sam' Cavalry to Shoot.
Washington, June 21 The cavalry forces
in the departments of Dakota, the Platte and?
the Columbia have been ordered to hold their
annual rifle competitions at Bellevue, Nob.,
August 22, under the direction of Major G. V.
Henry, Ninth Cavalry.
A Warning to Ice Dealers.
from the Boston Globe.l
Tho ice dealers had better go easy on their
prices till the numerous Icebergs reported off
the coast are out of the way, otherwise some
enterprising Yankee may hit upon the idea of
hooking on to one and towing it into port
Geter C. Shldlo'a Successor.
Mr. James H. Brown, of Howe, Brown & Co.,
has been appointed District Deputy Grand
Master of Masons,, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death ot the late Geter C. Bhldle;
WHISKY THE TR0DBLE.
Captain Slouch's Report on nn Indian Out
breakMost)? Talk So Far.
Washington, June 21 Captain Btouch.
Third Infantry, has reported to the War De
partment the following results of the investiga
tions of Captain Hanney, Third Infantry, into
the recently reported Indian outbreak at the
Mille Lacs reservation, Minnesota:
"The shooting of the white man was the re
sult of drunkenness. Three families who left
the neighborhood of the Indian camp were new
arrivals. Swedes, ana were frightened off by
drunken Indians. They went about six miles
off. The Iudians will deliver up the one who
did the shooting, Wadelai, as soon'.as the
Sheriff comes for him. He will not leave his
present whereabouts. The shooting took place
in tho Mille Lacs country. There seems to he
some apprehension on the part of the whites
and some ill will on the part of the Indians,
mostly becanse ot the accidental killing of one
of their nnmber last winter by a white man,
and partly because they still think they have
some title to the land hereabouts: bnt there Is
no danger of an outbreak. When drunk they
may have made threats, bnt there is little in
them. The whisky and alcohol trade is the
worst feature of the matter.1!.
A HOMEOPATHIC GATHERING.
The National Institute's First Meet In the
West Pleasures Ahead.
Minneapolis, Minn., June 21 The Forty
third National Institute of Homeopathy met
atMInnetonka to-night and will be in session
the remainder of the week. Something like
400 of the representative homeopathlsts of the
United States will be present, as well as dele
gates from England and the Continent Hith
erto the Institute has been accustomed to
gather at Saratoga, Niagara Falls, or some
other Eastern watering place: but this year
they did Minnesota the honor of visiting her
favorite watering place. The session onened
to-night at the Hotel Lafayette and will con
clude Friday night After the institute closes
the doctors will take an excursion to the Yel
lowstone Park. Thursday evening tnereisto
be a banquet and ball
PROPORTIONAL TARIFFS.
Tbo Inter-State Commerce Commission
Can't Bale Them Legal.
Chicago, June 21 Chairman Blanchard, of
the Central Traffic Association, to-day received
a reply to a request that the Inter-Stats Com
merce Commission make a ruling as to the le
gality of .proportional tariffs. Chairman Cooley
answered that the point was doubtful and that
the commission did not see its way to a ruling
that such tariffs could be made ' under
the law. He holds that joint through
tariffs may beSmade in which the pro
portion accruing to each road is less than the
local rate for the same distance, but questions
the legality of one road making a proportional
tariff where there is no agreed through rate.
Ynlo Class Exercises.
New Haven, June 21 The annual class
day exercises of the senior class of Yale oc
curred this afternoon and were attended by
2.000 people. The class historians were Charles
H. Sherrill, of Washington; Howard W.
Vetnon, Brooklyn. N. Y.x Joseph S. McMahon,
Dayton, O.; Robert T. Piatt Milford. Conn.;
Bonald McLean Barstow, of Flushing, L. L
After the histories were read the class ivy was
planted near one of the wails of the new recita
tion building, during which an ode was sung.
The ivy planted was a slip taken from an ivy
which covers a famous castle in France.
A Nice Chance for a Fight.
New Yobk. Juno 21 Captain Glan. of tho
steamer Delta from Port de Palx, June 16. re
ports that General Hippolyte has arrived at
Cape Haytien with his staff and was preparing
to rejoin his troops before Port-au-Prince.
General Legitime refuses to capitulate and
there is considerable excitement in Port-au-Prince
and fears are entertained of an Insur
rection, Attacked by Her Own Dos;.
Detroit, June 21 Mrs. George H. Maxwell,
who keeps a large bound in her room during
the absence of her bnsband, awoke yesterday
morning to find the animal on her bed. She
ordered him down. The dog jumped at her,
biting her several times in the face. Her nose
was half bitten off and one side of the face was
badly torn.
Dr. Bashford Elected President.
Cleveland, June 21 Rev. Dr. B. W. Bash-
ford, of the Delaware Avenue M. E. church,
Buffalo, N. Y., was to-day unaplmously elected
President of the Ohio Wesleyan University at
Delaware, Ohio. He will be Inaugurated on
Wednesday. -
The Preacher Flayed Fnro.
New Yobk, June 21 George B. Dean, the
"Lightning Calculator," was to-day convicted
of grand larceny in the first degree. He ob-
tIna1 CI QfVl twim (haffav fZnnrrra TT rTiinnall
.a Methodist minister, in a game of faro.
Barnard Finds a Faint Comet.
Bochestkb; June 21 A telegram was re
ceived in this city to-day announcing the dis
covery by Prof. Barnard, of the Lick Observa
tory, ot a new comet located in Andromeda.
It is very faint
Washington County's Chairman.
Washington, Pa., June 21 J. B. Finley,
of Monongahela City, was to-day elected Chair
man of the Republican County Committee.
A Big Stone va a Mad Stone.
from the Boston Globe. 1
The mad dog is on the rampage at an alarm
ing rate this summer. Whatever may he the
virtues of the madstone, tho virtues of a good
big stone hurled at the on-coming brute's head
should be tried first
He Makes Them Sick.
Jfrom the Chlcazo Tribune.
The Sick Man of Europe maybe said in a
general way to be the, European monarch who
entertains the Shah of Persia.
TRT-STATE TRIFLES.
A ChAhbebsbubg, Pa., restaurant keeper
who is an expert on frogs says: "The number
caught will diminish from this time until the
dark of the moon, after which the season will
practically be ended, as the animals then dis
appear in the mud and are hard to catch. It is
only on cloudy nights now that they can Te
caught for when tho moon is full- tbey spy
their would-be captors in time to escape."
A BESTDZNT of Lawistown, Pa., was driving
across the mountain during the flood, when a
box of one oi the buggy wheels, got hot and
would not revolve. He had no axle grease,
and did not care to pass a night on the moun
tain. Luckily he had some bologna sausage in
the vehicle. He used It as. a lubricant and it
got him safely home.
-
John K. Lilly, of East FaHowfleld, Pa.,
bought a fine horse in Phcenixvllle, and on tho
way home stopped at West Chester, where the
animal caught a peculiar disease from Western
horses. His throat swelled to an enormous
size and then burst, the blood issuing with the
hissing sound of a fountain. It was heard afar
off.'
Marion Stubleb, wno lives near Cincin
nati, O., when he went to clean bis teeth the
other night, picked up a bottle filled with some
kind of acid, thinking it was a tooth wash, and
since thenbas been going around townwlth'a
set of beautiful green teeth.
Thojias H. Beret, one of Chester's Conn
cilmen, was recently robbed of a pair of gold
spectacles by a man who borrowed them to
write a letter to his mother. The fellow had
also begged the paper, envelope and stamp
lrom"Mr. Berry.
During a fight a few days ago at Morton,
Pa., John McMahon, a track walker, received
a blow In the face which drove tho stem of a
pipe he was smoking into the root ot his
mouth. '
A LancAstee cigar firm yesterday pur
chased $1,400 worth of stamps in one batch, the
largest sale over made at one time by the reve
nue office of that city.
Chables H. Long, agealS years, living in
Berks county, Pa., near the Lehigh county
line, has been held for trial for horsestealing.
Sixty pairs of russet leather shoes passed a
given point on Chestnut street, Philadelphia,
In one minute the other day.
Courting a girl on a coaljbox In front of a
grocery store Is the down town style of love
making in Philadelphia.
William Lincoln, who lives near Grafton,
W.Va., has a cat that plays with rata but Is
death to makes. '
AN OLD CASE 'PROGRESSES.
-After the Present DecUIon It Will be Taken
Up Higher.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
McEeespobt, Pa., Juno 21 The famous
McCleafy-McClure suit for damages, which has
been in progress for about 15 years, promises to
reach an ending very shortly. After testimony
was taken before & master in the case, he ren
dered a decision about three months since In
favor of Mr. McCIeary for 800,000. The case
was then argued by the' counsel of the litigants
before the Court last week. W. S. Patterson,
having completed his argument to-day for the
defense, the papeis were taken by the Court at
the close of the argument, and a verdict is ex
pected In a week.
ine outlook ror McCIeary to win the suit Is
said to be good, and in case he does, the oppo
site side say they will appeal the case to the
Supreme Court The case In brief Is as fol
lows: McClure and McCIeary composed a firm do
ing an immense planing milL boat building and
river business in years gone by, their principal
interests being at and above McKeesport, on
the Monongahela river. The partnership was
discontinued, and Mr. McCIeary, a resident of
McKeesport aned for settlement through his
assignee, O. R. Stuckslager.
HOSTILE COLORS MINGLED.
The Bine nnd.tbe Gray Will Fraternize in
Chattanooga In September.
Washington, June 21 Gen. Kosecrans,
the President of the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland, has received from the com
mittee of arrangements at Chattanooga the
programme of the next annual meeting of the
society in that city in September. Strong local
committees have been organized. Including the
most prominent citizens and many of the vet
erans of each army. The preparations now in
progress are on-a great scale. Very large rep
resentations of Confederate soldiers will be
participants. The incorporators of the Chick
amauga Memorial Association will also meet
at the same tim for organization.
IT IS DISCRIMINATION.
Knights Templar Mustn't Go Cheaper Than
Other Excursionists.
Chicago, June 21 Last week some of the
Southern roads filed a complaint with Chair
man Walker, 'ot the Inter-State Commerce
Railroad Association, alleging that the Bock
Island had, by offering inducements, secured
contracts for the transportation of bodies of
Knights Templatfrom Kansas points to Wash
ington, D. C, on the occasion of their biennial
conclave next October. The Executive Board
decided to-day that the offering of such extra
inducements was discrimination between per
sons participating in the same excursion and
recommended that the BocK' Island procure
the cancellation of its contracts.
Ohio Water for Mansfield.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Mansfield, Pa., June 21 A company of
Pittsburg capitalists have just presented propo
sitions to the Town Council of Mansfield and
Chartiers boroughs asking the rljlit to lay
water pipes within the city limits of the twin
boroughs. The Mansfield Council was offered
five water plugs free, and asked to take the
ten more at fcoO a 'year. The project Is to pump
waterfrom the Ohio river, and have a reservoir
built on one of the highest hills there. The
plan meets with general approval, and it will
likely be accepted by the Council at their next
meeting.
A Republican Love Feast.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
Clabion, June 21 The annual Republican
County Convention was held here to-day.
There was a f nil attendance and the best of
harmony prevailed. Major James J. Frazier,
of Clarion, and Howard K. Porterfleld, of Fox
burg, were elected delegates to the State Con
vention without opposition and Instructed for
Boyer and Andrews. A, Livery, of Clarion,
was unanimously elected County Chairman.
The party, the President, Quay, Boyer, State
Chairman Andrews and County Chairman
Booth were heartily commended;
Lnst Year's Record Beaten.
Chicago, June 21 The shipments of flonrf
grain and provisions from Chicago to the At
lantic seaboard by the lines in the Central
Traffic Association last week aggregated 15,929
tons, against 16,095 for the week previous, a
decrease of 163 tons, and against .12,248 lor
the corresponding week last year, an Increase
of 3,683 tons. The Vandarbllt lines carried 49.4
per cent of tho business the Pennsylvania
lines 17.2 percent, the Chicago and Grand
Trunk 22.7 per cent, and the Baltimore and
Ohio 10.7.
Forest Fires In Montana.
Helena, Mont., June 21 Advices just re
ceived state that disastrous timber fires are
raging west of here on the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Clark's Fork bridge on the Northern
Pacifia Railroad. COO feet long, burned this
morning. Much delay and damage is
occasioned by the fires.
A New Play at Harris'.
For the first time in this city N. S. Wood is
giving this week the melodrama, "Adrift in
New York." (Mr. Wood appears as the heroic
newsboy, Dan, n ho has saved .30 persons from
drowning. The plot of the play is formed from
facts in New York daily life, and there is
enough adventure, romance and fun in it for
half a dozen plays. The company supporting
Mr. Wood is equal to all demands upon It Miss
Ida Lewis being a charming Julia Wcrthtngton,
and F. K. Wallace a complete success as Loth
iter Mcltullm. The other characters are well
places).
ODD ITEMS FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
Jean se Heszxx, the tenor, has been suffer
ing from blood poisoning for some time, in
consequence of a bite from a favorite cat '
The petroleum pipe line in the Caucasus is
just about to surmount the Suram Pass. It
will reach a height of 6,200 feet above the sea.
TnuKDKn storms have never been so fre
quent In Paris as since the Eiffel tower has
been there, and it Is becomlngrrecognlzed as
the cause.
A census of horses Is being taken in Paris in
order to give the authorities some idea of the
animals available for military purposes should
need arise. At the last census Paris contained
93.0S0 horses and 83 mules.
The Salvation Army and evangelists of
other sorts who hare concentrated in Paris to
take advantage of the crowds collected for the
exhibition have been joined by 12 Buddhist
bonzes from Anam, on the same quest
The old rule that no divorced woman could
be presented at the English court has been re
scinded. Any divorced wdman with whom no
fault rested is admitted by special permission
from the Queen, after Her Majesty has satis
fled herself that the'appllcant was free from
blame.
Recent experiments at the Ear Hospital in
London indicate that stammering is not a nerv
ous defect only. In operations for deafness in
several cases the patients were cured of stam
mering also, and the result is the opinion that
stammering comes from some defect in the
hearing.
Neably seven-eighths of the population ot
Zanzibar are slaves. Homeowners have 1,000.
A negro b'oy costs about $20, a strong workman
about SrpO or $120, a pretty young negress from
$50 to $100, Abyslnnian women from $200 to $300,
while the women from Jeddab, in Arabia,
bring fancy prices. Surias for tho hiring come
higher yet
Pbtnce Dolgobovky, Governor of Moscow,
has issa ed an edict which is intended to bring
suspected Nihilists under closer surveillance.
In future all houses in Moscow wherein lodg
ings are let are to exhibit on the street door a
black plate bearing indications as to the num
ber of apartments occupied, with the full
names and professions of the lodgers.
A camel coach Is to be tried in the Darling
River district, New South Wales. The sultry
climate tries horses so sereroly that the mana
ger of a line of mail coaches thinks that a.
team of camels will answer far better; owing
to their capacity for enduring heat and
drought Much curiosity is felt as to the re
sult of this novel venture in coaching, consid
ering the hasty temper ot "the ship of the
desert"
At the annual meeting of the Epidemiolog
ical Society the subject of leprosy was consid
ered, with a tendency to the conclusion that it
is increasing. Mayor Pringle, who read a
paper on the increase of leprosy in India, was
of the opinion that unless Boine stringent
means were taken dt would .spread to. Great
Britain and all countries that deal with India.
The 'increase in that country was set at from
7,000 to 9.090 lepers every year; and it 1 said
there are no less than 20 cases la .England at
the present te.
THE GRAVE AND GAY OP GOTHAM.
Society's Juliet to Debut.
CKXW TORE BUBXAV SrZCULS.
New Yonr, June 21 Brooklyn society is
just now busy discussing the report that Mrs.
Alice Chapin Ferris Will make her debut on'
the professional stage In London, England, next
Friday evening. Mrs. Ferris la the sister of
MayofAlired C. Chapin, of Brooklyn. Some
15 years ago she had a great reputation in
Brooklyn as an amateur actress. She then
played tho star roles In all dramatic entertain
ments ot the Atheneum society, an association
of artists, students and lawyers of local fame.
Dr. Edward Beecher, Miss Catharine Beecher,
Eugene Beecher, Bob HUllard and Henry C.
DeMille, the playwright, were members of the
same organization. Miss Chapin was a young
woman of magnificent physical proportions,
finely educated and brilliant in conversation,
Harvey Ferris, who often played Homeo to her
Juliet, loved her, married ber and after a few
years was divorced from her. For the last few
years Mrs, Ferris lived in London. She has
appeared in nearly every prominent play ever
written, always assumingtheleadlngrole. Mrs.
Ferris, it is reported from London, has greatly
improved in her personal appearance and in
bur delivery, and it is not doubted that she will
make areater success on the s'tage than either
of ourother so-called society actresses. Mayor
Chapin professes to know nothing of his sister's
prospective debut
Sentenced Bat Happy.
Charles I DeBaun, the defaulting assistant
cbashicr ot the Park National Bank, was
sentenced to-day to fire years and six months
imprisonment for forgery in the third degree.
Commutation for good behavior will reduce
this term to three years. In sentencing De
Baun, Judge Martin attributed bis clemency to
the intercession of both the prosecution and
the defense on the forger's behalf. DeBaun
was about the happiest looking man in court
His face was full and round and his cheeks
were rosy. His eyes were as clear as could be
and not a muscle of bis face moved while tha
Judge passed sentence upon him. He occa
sionally nodded his head in acquiescence of the
judges remarks, but that was all. DeBaun'a
forgeries to the amount of $95,000 were dis
covered last falL, He fled to Canada but was
brought back by means of extradition papers.
Gambling and fast living were tha prime
causes of bis ruin. Two more Indictments may
be passed against him upon his release from
prison.
Working For a Mothcr-In-Low.
A great deal of small diplomacy has been re
quited to consummate arrangements for tha
marriage of young Sidney Drew and Miss Dido
Rankin, daughter of McKee Rankin. Mr.
Drew and Miss Rankin loved each other at first
sight a few months ago. As soon as Mr. Drew
discovered that Miss Rankin would marry him,
he asked for Mr. Ranklns' consent Mr. Rankin
objected that his daughter was only 19 years
old, immature and liable to ruin ber fine dra
matic prospects by marriage. By continued
importunity however, Mr. Drew squeezed a
reluctant "yes" from him. Mrs. Rankin, how
ever, who lives in Yonkers, apart from Mr.
Kankin, refused flatly to think of the match.
After Mr. Drew had made several fruitless
pilgrimages to Yonkers, to persuade Mrs.
Rankin to become his mother-in-law, Miis
Rankin sent him to the rearand tried her hand
at changing her mother's mind. She failed.
Then Mrs. Drew went up to Yonkers. Two
days after her arrival there, Mrs. Rankin
agreed to have Mr. Drew for a son-in-law. And
so Miss Rankin and Mr. Drew will be married
on next August IS,
Punishment Fitted to the Parse.
Richard Forrestbal, a lineman, acknowledged
in court this morning that be strung wires con
trary to the law to-day at the instance of the
Western Union. The Judge said: "Then since
the company ordered you to violate the law it
will pay yonr fine. I'll bare to shape the fine
to their means. The ordinary fine is $50, but
in this case I will have to double it and makolt
$100," Tha $100 was promptly furnished and
the lineman discharged.
A Loud Time at a Silver Wedding.
At the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. L
Henscellast evening Rabbi Wise made the
congratulatory speech. After he had talked 25
minutes he said he would like to tell at length
his opinions about marriage. Some one
Shouted "Shut up!" A general rough and
tumble fight immediately took places Chairs,
bottles, cakes and plates from the banquet
table were the weapons. Mrs. Hammerschlay
was hit in the head with a pIcKla caster and
Mrs. Charles Sabbath was knocked down with
awaterjng. Mr. Sabbath broke his arm in
trying to punish the man who struckher. After
half an hour of Continuous fighting, the wed
ding guests got tired and went bonie.
The. Pope and the Clon-Na-Gael.
The dispatch printed in to-day's papers from
Romero the London Standard, saying that the
Popo had given Archbishop Keehan, of
Chicago, power to take whatever measures, he
might deem opportune to declare the Clan-na-Gael
in opposition to the Church was the sub
ject of a good deal of talk to-day. Few Clan,
na Gael men believed the statement to be true
for the reason that it was not the habit of the
Church of Rome to make the first announce
ment of its intentions public through the
columns of a newspaper. But it was thought
not at all unlikely that the statement was the
forerunner of a step that was likely to be taken
by the Pope eventually as the result of the
Cronin murder, since the policy ot the Church
has always been more or less opposed to secret
societies. The question what effect the Papal
interdict would hava upon the Clan-na-Gael
was one which Clan-na-Gael men sought to
evade to-day. Michael Breslln said the Pope
could issue all the bolls and bears and cowg
and horses he chose and It would not stir the
Clan-na-Gael a bit "It is true'r said he, "that
there are few men in the Clan-na-Gael who
travel under any other religious standard than
Catholicism. But the Pope could do what
he pleased even to excommunicating those
who refused to desert the Clan-na-Gael, but he
could not exterminate tho society or even
scarcely affect it I doubt the truth ot the
Standard? s telegram."
' Stolen Wool Brought This Way.
Washington, Pa., June 21 Forty-seven
fleeces of fine delaine wool were stolen Sunday
night from the barn of James McClelland, of
North Strabane township, Washington county.
The wagon in which they were carried off was
tracked quite a distance in the direction of
Pittsburg.
The Sevrlckley Company Bays.
Buboettstown, June 21 The Sewickley
Gas Company nas purchased the gas well on
the Proudfoot farm, one mile east orhere; also
all the leases held by Colonel Frederick Crock
er in the vicinity of Burgettstown, and will be
Sin operations at once to fully develop this see
on. A Song In His Memory.
ThePaul Revere ot the Johnstown flood has
been remembered by a song entitled "Dan Pey
ton's Bide." The words and music are by
Allen Norton Leete, of the Philadelphia In
quirer, and the piece Is from the press of W. H.
Boner & Ca
DEATHS 'OP A DAT.
Mrs. Teeters.
Mrs. Teeters, whose death at Johnstown on Fri
day from injuries received In the flood has already
been chronicled, bad many friends la Lawrence
Tllle of this city, bbe had spent much of her time
with relatives here. So sweetwas ber disposition,
to motherly her ways, that all who ever came la
contact with her loved her. Her devotion to re
ligion and the church was beautiful to behold.
This faithfulness brought ber many acquaintances
In the Dntler Street 11. JO. Church, and many were
the inquiries for her. welfare after the disaster.
She suffered Intensely from her injuries.
Sirs. I. M. Blehards, wife ot the Fourth avenue
oil broker. wa the daughter of Mrs. Teeters. She
was with her at the time of her death atJohns
town. Mr. Richards himself went to the ruined
city themnrnlngafter the flood and finding Mrs,
Teeter's terrible plight aided in making her com
fortable as possible. The old lady's hands were
terribly mangled, one having been torn off. She
was Itt years of age.
Ulcbard Fitzgerald.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch. . s
new Yobk; June 21-Blchsrd Fitzgerald, a
variety manager and agent who was known In
every land where the vaudeville or music hall ex
isted, died at his rooms, 10 Union square, this
morning, after a brief illness, of hemorrhage of
the stomach. Everybody In the theatrical busi
ness knew "Diet" Fitzgerald. He bad bandied
lie was
W.Va,.
UD in tnls Htate. la tfie gnritir
of ISttS he began Ms professional career by becom
ing joint proprietor of Parker's Opera House aad
Virginia Halt, at Alexandria. Va. He was suc
cessfully engaged Is managing the Caajtrewy, at
WtehsBoad: Agamy or.Xaife- &KW"irlMBt:
ieteairs Clrcas, St. JCouU: Olyapk. PJttsbsu;
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'"CMIOUJJ COSDKNSAT10KS.
A Chicago enthusiast talks of erectii
a tower in that city 2,083 feet in height
William B. Sloa'f, of Peekskill, N. Y
has received a pension on a claim that was fill
13 years ago-
Three, sparrows nests have been bui
this year la tfee coat-tails of the Outra
statue on the Thames embankment
A Cardiffgentleman, it is reported, di
covered in an oyster ho was preparing
swallow, at a saloon, flra good-sized pearls.
J. F. Palmer, of Duke. Ga., reports
chicken with one bead, one bill, one eye, foi
legs, two bodies and four wtegs. out his way.
Sunflower seeds are said to ba an irre
slstible bait for rats. Traps baited at nigl
with these seeds will be ImsA. crowded wit
rats in the morning.
Boston humanitarians are jirotestin,
against the Droposed slaughter of blue lays!
order that their plumage jaay be used for tt
decoration of women's bonnets.
Napoleon the Great's favorite writin
table, from Malmaison. has just been sold I
Paris. It is rather an unwieldy piece of mi
hogany, with choice copper ornaments.
A Nuremburg manufacturer bas in
vested pencils in blue, black and brown fa
writing on the human skin. They are for us
In anatomical and chemical demonstrations.
At the top of the Eiffel Tower, for a f
special! yprepared note paper, dated from th
summit of the tower, is provided, and th
writer can have the letter posted on the spot
The scepter of an Egyptian King hi
been examined chemically by Professo
Berthelot, and proves to be nearly pure cop
per. with only traces of lead. It is supposed
be about 6,000 years old.
William O. Cosman, of Middlehope, N
Y heard a cow bellowing in the field the otba
day. When bo approached he found a suappim
turtle with its laws fastened to the cow's nose
The turtle's head bad to be cut off before th;
cow could be relieved.
A Hghtningflashdidfreakyfhingsatthi
house of W. P. Graham, in Juniata, Pa durint
the last storm. Passing a basket full of egg;
ready to be sent to the store, it accomplishes
the almost incredible feat of breaking ever;
shell without spilling the contents of a Singh
eeg. The house has twice been struck hj
lightning within five years.
Members of the female sex are pnsbinc.
into journalistic work in New York almost ai
rapidly as they recently seized typewriting anf
stenography. Every paper in New York nott
has a number of regular female writers, anc
the female contributors of special articles arc
becoming legion. Some of them write, too,
with almost masculine virility.
Here is the way in which a Georgia
paper tells a fish story: "Yes, sir: I caught 1(
fish on one book at the'same time." The crowd
fell back. "I did; I did," he protested. H
was a Brunswick man, and explained: "I
caught a huge bonnetta, which, as soon as it
was landed, began to dislodge fish from its
throat until 13 lay upon deck." He went free.
No flowers or wreaths.
A lamp filled with oil refined from tha
Lima product was lit at the Exchange in Oil
City a day or two since, and its luster was
much admired. Presently It shed a most atro
cious scent Subsequent investigations showed
that some one had evidently come to the con
clusion that Lima oil that won't smell onght to
be made to smell, and bad dropped a piece of
asafetida into the lamp on the sly.
It is said thai there is but one cry from.
the Americans who are in Paris extortion!
They are bled at every step; klsd mercilessly.
Strawberries are J2 60 a plate, and you can't
get a nde in a cab unless you buy the coach,
man a new suit of clothes and another horse.
Hotel bills are stupendous: everything is just
five times as much as In ordinary times, and
the result is American visitors are not spend
ing a cent more than they are absolutely
obliged to.
The idea of a telephonic church is being
carried out at Tunbrldge Wells, England,wbers
the pulpit of a Congregational Church is con
nected with IS subscribers. We are told that
"these included doctors and apothecaries,
clerks working in various parts of the town, an
invalid lady who has been obtaining consolation
from the telephone for several months, and
some lazy club men, who. went into the thing
presumably more from a spirit of experiment
than devotion."
A negro, fishing in the Savannah run,
be says, booked a huge cat-fish, which ran
down stream at a rapid rate, the boat and dar
key following, the cat not stopping till ex
hausted. It was then captured, bat placed In
Water. The next day the negro tied a rope to
it, attached the line to his boat and turned the
fish In the river. Down stream the boat went
faster than oars could carry it or wind propel
it The fish is fed and petted with care. A set
of harness has been made for it The negro is
now trying to educate it to go up stream.
The German Empire does not pay its
high employes on an extravagant scale.
Prince Bismarck receives 700 a year and a
residence. The Foreign Secretary gets 21500,
including free Quarters; the State Secretary,
1,800, including free quarters; the State Secre
tary of the Imperial Court of Justice, 1200
and a bouse; the State Secretary of the Imper
ial Treasury. 1,000 and a house; the State
Postmaster General. 1,200 and a house; tha
Minister of War. 1800. with a house, fuel and
rations for eight horses; the Chief of the Ad
miralty, L8U0. with a house; the Chief of tba
General Huff. 1500, & bouse, and rations for
six horses. Fourteen commanding Generals
get 1,500 each, with free furnished quarters
and rations for eight horses. With regard to
ambassadors, those in London and St Peters,
burg are paid 7.600 each: in Vienna, Constan
tlneple and Paris, 0;X)0 each. Of Ministers,
2,400 is paid at Brussels, 2,250 at
Bucharest, 2,400 at the Hague, 2,700 at Mad
rid. 3,000 at Pekin, 2,400 at Rio Janeiro,
3,150 at Washington, 2.000 at Stockholm,
2.500 at Teheran, and 250 at Yeddo. Com
pared with the English scale, these figures are
very meagre.
WHAT WILD WITS ARE SAYING.
A Constant Celebration. Ned Are yon;
go Ing to have any fireworks Fourth of July, Ar
thur r
Arthur Well, no; that Is, no special display.
You know, Ned. 1 married Miss Vixen two years
ago. We bare fireworks over at our house pretty
much all the time. Somervllte Journal.
Physician (to his wife) It beats all how
unfortunate I am wltk Judge Blacxstone. When
I went there on a professional visit he had gone
out, to-day I made a social call and he was at
home, San FrancUco Warp.
Two "Ways. He (sentimentally) How
shall I ever leave thee, love!
She (practically) Well, if you go now, you may
get out or the door. But I bear father coming,
and if you don't go now, you may go out at the
window. Somertill Journal.
It "Would be All Eight Then. Dolly I
shouldn't think that yoa would want to marry
such a forgetful man.
Mollle Oh, but he says the reason he forgets
things Is because be is thinking so constantly of
me that be cannot remember anything else.
Dolly-Ob, I see. You don't expect to have any
trouble after you are married. SomtnUlt Jour
nol
Friend How do you like your new clerk;
Hassle?
Great Merchant-He is all right in every respect,
except that be U so punctual. lam afraid Iwil
haTetodls:hargehlmforthatonefault. ;
Yousurpriseme; do yoa consider punctual
ity a fault?".
"Yes, you 'see he Is punctually one hour lata
every morning."
An Awful Bequest De Smythe There
was only one thing 1 ever asked of De Jones
that he refused.
Merrltt-1'm. surprised to hear that, for he's
very generous. It must have been something un
reasonable. De Smythe I asked him for some money he had
borrowed. XAt i'poeA.
THBEE STAGBS. '
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Sighing like a furnace.
Over ears In love.
Blind In adoration
Of his lady's glove.
Thinks no girl was ever
Quite so sweet as the.
Tell you she's aa angel,
Exnccts you to agree,
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Moptng and repining.
Ulooray and morose.
Asks the price ofpolsoa,
Thinks he'll take a dose.
Wonen are to fickle,
Love Is all a sham,
MarrlsgeUa&Uure,
like a broken dam.
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Always bright ana gay. .
IMaetag', singing, laughing,
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