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Average net circulation of the dally edition of THE DISPATCH for six months ending June 1, 1SS9, &7,824 Copies per Issue. Average net circulation of the Sunday edition of Ths Dispatch for iiay, isSs, 47,468 Copies per issue. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOETAGE FBEE IN TUB UNITED STATES. Daily Dispatch, One Tear t 8 00 Daily dispatch, l'cr Quarter 1 00 Daily Dispatch, One Month "u DAILY DISPATCH, including Sunday, lyear. 10 00 daily DiSFATCH-includlng Sunday.Jm'tbs. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, l month SO fcexDAY Dispatch, One Year 2 SO "Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1 25 The Dailt DI6CATCH is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or Including bunday edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. JUNE 29, 1889. WHAT THE DECISION DECIDES. The -brewers, bottlers and wholesale liquor dealers won a victory over Judge "White in the Supreme Court at Philadelphia yester day. Judge Paxson's opinion is that the privileges of restraint and regulation vested by the Brooks law in the Court of Quarter Sessions in respect to tbe retail trade do not extend to the wholesalers; that the latter are entitled to license under the terms oi a previous act, which required only that they should be "citizens of the United States, of temperate habits and of good character," and that in failing to assign any one of these causes as a reason for refusal, the Court in Allegheny county left itself open to a reversal of its judgment. This means new hearings for all appealed cases. That will doubtless include such, also, as were refused wholesale license but did not appeal. If in the course of these hearings citizenship, character and temper ate habits are proved the granting of licenses is made compulsory; and the supreme tri bunal further asserts its rig'ht to review the testimony if appeal be taken from the Quar ter Sessions. Of course the point remains that so long as conditions exist and remonstrances are filed against special applicants on any of the three grounds cited, the Quarter Sessions' Judge will still have authority to act ac cording to the evidence. "What Judge Par son decides is simply the point ably argued in a communication to The Dispatch same months ago by S. A. McClung, Esq., that the discretion vested in the Quarter Sessions is not arbitrary but judicial, and subject to review. As to the retailers, however, who take license exclusively under the Brooks law, this limitation is not even hinted at by the opinion. The drift of examination during the license hearings on wholesalers' applications was not toward serious objections to any of them on the score of citizenship, character or habits. Only one point was noticeably raised that might be construed an that light, viz., as to their selling to parties who in turn retailed without license. This was met by the general answer that it was not the business of wholesalers to know or forecast the actions of their customers. It looks as though it might be held by the Supreme Court on review to be a sufficient answer, excepting in cases where there was positive knowledge that customers were engaged in unlicensed sales. Bnt the interest of the entire liquor ttade, wholesale and retail, is now to maintain good order. In practice, therefore, it is to be expected that they will co-operate with, rather than antagonize, the spirit of existing laws. That is their sub stantial interest at any rate. "While jubilant that they have won their case over the Quarter Sessions, it is not likely that the sense of victory will lead the wholesalers to ignore existing regulations of the reta.il trade, or to leave themselves liable to remonstrance on any of the stated grounds when they next apply. THE SCALE SETTLEMENT. The close approach to the 1st of July without any signatures to the iron scale is not a matter to produce any uneasiness. It is customary to leave the matter until the last day, and as mills that are not crowded with orders are apt to shut down on July 1, for a few jdays, it would not be strange if some of them should leave the scale un signed for a week or two yet, without any intention of a struggle. The fact is that the , employers and employed are nearer together than in almost any preceding year, the men being satisfied with about the old scale, and what few objections are made on the part of the employers being far less strenuous than usuaL The only quarter where there is any threat of a serious difference is at Home stead; and all will unite in the hope that an agreement may be reached there as easily as ht the other works. THE ENGLISHMEN TB0UBLE. The withdrawal of the Royal Yacht Squadron, of its challenge for the Amer ica's cup, is based upon the objection of the Englishmen to the new deed of gift, under which that cup is to be competed for. As the deed of gilt provides that the fastest vessel bliall take the cup, irrespective of style or architecture, keel or center-board, -the objection of the Englishmen might be open to criticism, if there was good reason for believing that to be the real cause of .. their action. But the fact is that the chal lenge' was issued after the deed of gift fire 9M. had been framed, and it is withdrawn after rthe discovery that the Valkyrie, the yacht which was intended to sail for "the cap, is not nearly so fastas she has been supposed to be. The trouble is more with the Valky rie than with the deed of gift; and when the English get a yacht which they thinly will win the cup, the deed of gift will not prove an insuperable obstacle to a contest SETTLING TIP THE SHTJT-BOWN. The statements is made by the authorityof one of the Standard's organs, that the great concern has purchased the stock of crude petroleum which the producers hare been carrying for the last yeai and a half. This is the wind-up of the amous shut-clown movement. The price which is paid for the oil is naturally the important element in deter mining how the producers have got out on the deal; but that remains a profound secret. Previous agreements, however, point to the conclusion that the producers re cover the very liberal storage rates which they have paid to the Standard and prob ably a few cents profit, for their loss in shutting down production, just when the Standard wanted it. -. The producers can now figure up the profit on the shut-down deal. While the unknown factors may surround the pro ducers gains with agood deal of uncertainty, they are likely to discover that the Standard has not lost any m6ney. A DEPOSIT OF DEATH AND TBEASUBE. The interesting facts set forth in an article elsewhere, concerning, the necessity of dredg ing to the bottom of the river below the gorge which was formed at the Johnstown bridge, contains a great many singular de tails. The possibility that in the bed of the river there is a deposit of the treasure that was washed away by the flood gives the work a new and entirely unprecedented phase of treasure-hunting. The probability of recovering any very large amount of gold and silver from that place is hardly great enough to warrant making it a leading incentive. If any treasure is found, it should be returned to the owners so far as identification is possible. h The rest may be turned into the relief fund. But the real incentive to the work should be the removal and sepulture of the dead bodies which are still remaining in the river at that point This is a duty not only to the dead, but to the living. The bare statement that a river furnishing a considerable share of the water supply of the towns of Western Penn sylvania is passing through a pool where it is so impregnated with the decomposition of bodies that its disturbance causes an almost unbearable stench, is sufficient to show the necessity of the work. Until that pool is thoroughly purified the use -pf river water requires the greatest precautions. Th deposit of treasure may be a singular feature of that terrible gorge, but its de posit of death is the characteristic that calls for energetic and persistent work. THE W0ELD MOVES. A feature of the McDow murder trial in Charleston. South Carolina, furnishes in disputable evidence that the world does move. One of the leading citizens of Charleston is on trial for killing another of the most popular and influential class. The jury selected to try him consists ot five white men and seven negroes. So far from regarding the presence of negroes among those who will determine the fate of a lead ing white citizen, as an insult and danger to the man on trial, rit is stated, that the attorney for the defense actually, in several cases, indicated his preference for negroes who were under examination after, as to their eligibility, on account of his belief in their impartiality. This shows an utter revolution of public opinion in Charleston. Thirty years ago the man who would have ventured to sup port -the idea that negroes could sit on a jury for the trial of white men would prob ably have been taken out and hanged to a lamppost Twenty years ago the incorpo ration of that provision in the law was de nounced there as a dire insult, in the shape of subjecting white men to negro domina tion. While there are still irreconcilables like Davis, Early and Bosser, who keep up the old outcry against negro domination, this case shows that the twenty years ot ex periment of equal rights for all people, with out regard to color, has, although obstructed by prejudice, and delayed by the survival of old issues, gradually convinced the public that the old prejudice was a delusion, and that the new principle of equal rights can be safely left to work out its perfect work. This evidence of progress also vindicates those of the NortS who through doubt and discouragement have steadily held to the belief that time would convince the South erners of the practicability of the Republi can system, in which even the poor and un educated may be brought up' to a level of intelligence where they can safely be trusted with the discbarge of the duties of citizen ship. Ax esteemed Bepublican cotemporary, the Philadelphia Inquirer, indorses the Democratic Memphis Avalanche for assert ing that Justice Lamar, of the United States Supreme Court, has no business meddling in the politics of Mississippi and dictating the nomination for Governor. The prin ciple is correct enough; but is it any less correct when applied to other officers of the Federal Government? Will not the esteemed Inquirer also declare that the President and Postmaster General, for instance, have no bnsiness to interfere with the politics of Pennsylvania, or to use their patronage to control the next nomination for Governor? The oil brokers who say that they do not understand dealing in futures should be in formed that it consists oi letting the public play the game which ever way it chooses and charging twice as much for the option as is necessary to cover all contingencies. A SAECastic Eastern cotemporary ex claims, "Imagine Brice rattling around in a position once filled by Allen G. Thur man." It would be hard for Brice to fill Thurman's position; but people should re member that the position has had time to shrink a good deal during the time in which it was filled by Henry "B. Payne, on account of the utter loss of voice which struck the Standard Oil statesman about the time than it was necessary to call for an investigation of the charges that bis seat was purchased. Ktjssell Harrison is now on the high seas, and the opinion is freely heard that the effect of the ocean upon him is such as to make him ready to throw up everything except the offices that he has secured for his friends. t The imperviousness which the Commis sioner of Pensions shows to the flood, of abuse nnd attack concerning his official de liverances, appears Co invest a remark of Shakespeare's grave-digger with'' an almost prophetic significance, "A Tanner, will last you nine years," said Ihe grave-digger in Hamlet; and our Tannefseesw abls to THE PlfrTSBUBQ- withstand the storm much longer than that, if the powers will give him a chance. That Cronin case seems to grow more prolific of roorbacks as it grows older. If there is Any foundation for the idea, that Cronin is alive, the question still remains, who was the man that was murdered? Mb. ChaunceyM. DErEw.inhis address before the Vale Law School, asserted that 'the lawyer who would succeed at the bar must decline office. Mr. Depew is a lawyer, but he is also, a corporation magnate; and the force of his example warrants the con clusion that the rule, in the case of a cor poration man, may be modified so that the lawyer who is both need not decline office until the office has declined him. ' The skies have cleared up more rapidly after that storm in the Department of Awards, than they do in the natural firma ment The street improvements will now go on as the weather permits. If the Spanish Government keeps on pro testing that it never, never will, under any circumstances or for any price, sell the Island of Cuba, people may begin to think that it wants to provoke the United States into making it a big offer. Spain is laying itself open to the comments of Hamlet's mother concerning the player Queen: "Me thinks the lady doth protest too much," The horn of the brewers and wholesale liquor dealers is exalted; and pel-nap's its contents may induce an even greater exalta tion on those who partake of it The decision of the Supreme Court in the wholesale liquor case?seems to corroborate the view taken by The Dispatch at the date of their issue. It also vindicates the opinion expressed by The Dispatch at that time, that it was much better to appeal to the Supreme Court through the regular channels than to take it out in abusing Judge White. , Any streets that are not occupied by rail ways on paper, should send in their names to Harrishurg, in order to have the omission' rectified. Charters are cheap. The investigation of the reports of desti tution among the Braidwood, Illinois, miners is stated to show that while some of them are destitute, none are actually starv ing. It is also asserted that none of the members of the combination which con trols that mining district are suffering from lack of supplies. Ik tackling Portugal, England seems to have judiciously selected a safe antagonist. The reappearance of Joseph H. Manley, in his old stamping ground of the Augusta, Maine, postoffice, indicates that while Mr. Blaine may not be running this administra tion, he is occasionally, and after some de lay, enabled to get in a little work for the benefit of his old supporters. PROMINENT PEOPLE PaEAGEAPHED. President and Mrs. Harrison will guests of Secretary and Mrs. Blaine be the at Bar Harbor during the last week of July. The Rev. Charles Spurgeon, son of the dis tinguished preacher. Is described as a tall man with thoroughly English sidewhiskers, a full face and an accent that smacked strongly of London. Dumno his recent visit to Paris the Prince feui Traies was irotmeniiy seen at me race rtracks. The Jockey Club fitted up a box for him In elegant style, but It remained unten anted, the Prince preferring to mingle with the crowds and bet on the horses like an ordinary mortal. D. K. Peabsok, the Chicago millionaire, has adopted the seusible plan of disposing of his great fortune before his death. During the last few years he has given away nearly 800,000 to educational institutions in the West. Mr. Pearson lives with his wife in a beautiful home in a Chicago suburb. He has no children. A FENE-LOOKINQ Boston girl dressed in a Dlrectoire gown, the waistcoat of which was made of untanned leather to match her shoes and gloves, attracted general attention on Tremont street boulevard in that city one re cent afternoon. Everybody enjoyed the sight, aV)d the brave lass was probably acting on the maxim that the thing which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers is the proper thing to do. Florence Nightingale has written the following letter to a "Band of Hope" connected with a church in Edinburgh, Scotland: "Don't think you can do anything worth doing in a "Bt of enthusiasm, but train yourself carefully to any work you are called on to do, and think nothing too small to do carefully, or to train carefully for, that is good for your fellow creatures. For" Instance, good or bad cooking, may make or mar the lives of thousands, and those, too, who are trying to do great things for our race. God sends us real and lasting en thusiasmthat is, the spirit of love and of power, and of a sound mind to carry us through our training and our-discrpline." At the University of Vienna, five busts of celebrated professors were recently unveiled. One of them represents Prof. Hyrtl, the cele brated anatomist, who has contributed so much to rendering the Vienna School of Medicine famous. Though bent by 87 winters, he at tended the ceremony. The numerous students present broke into enthusiastic cheers at the sight of him, and unharnessing his horses drew his carriage over theRlngstrasse, The professor thanked them in a clear voice in Latin, and en couraged every student present to give his heart and soul, and even his life, to the noble science. It was only the fear of hnrting the weak old man that prevented the students fromcarrying him down the great marble stair case on their shoulders. He Must Want tbo Eartb. From the Hew York World.J There is an intimation of the size of this country in the fact that a citizen of New York has jnst entered suit in California for the re covery of $300,000,000 worth of real estate. Fennsylvnnians Inconsistent. From the Chicago News, j J Fennsylvanians are sadly inconsistent. Last week they jnmped on a prohibition law with both feet, and this week they hanged a red nosed man. ODD ITEMS'FEOM FOBEIGIf SH0EES. Theee is a very pretty crusado afoot in Glasgow. The authorities are taking enefgetie steps to suppress betting, and tbe betting men, are taking equally energetic steps to avoid be ing suppressed. On 'Whit Monday there were no lees than 333,776 visitors at tbe Paris Exhibition, in ad dition to about 40,000 free admissions. It Is estimated that nearly 8,000 francs damage was done to the trees and grass plots. Tirw hanlrft of th TTnlfrflrt TTInrMntn nnTrthn. 1Dg 380, have deposited with them 900,000,000 belonging to their customers, and it is calcu' lated that a considerable portion (perhaps a fifth) of this vast amount will never be claimed. Numbers of persons deposit money without any intimation of the fact to their friends, and then disappear from the scene. A large revenue is derived from notes burned, lost at sea or otherwise destroyed. The novel scheme of a railway library lias been introduced by an-English company, called the -Globus, on the Austro-Hungarian railways. Branch libraries, with a total collection of 40, 000 volumes of German, Hungarian, English, French, Czechish and Polish literature, have been established at all the principal railway stations iu Austria-Hungary, and on the pay ment of It) kteutzurs (or 4 cents), and tho de posit of 1 florin, passengers may obtain any single volume. This may be kept for several weeks, and be glven-up-at any station when tho deposit will be returned. DISPATCH, SATUBDAT; THE TOPICAL TALKER. x A Plea far the Call nnd a ;Dlg for the Pug Dog A Juvenile Plea nnd Answer Making Fast Time ra tbo Iron Way. Perhaps it is time that a little Justice were done cats in general in the matter of midnight musicals and vocal calisthenics on the back and front fence. "They are, Messieurs et Mes dames the cats, heldln the public estimation to be the chief breakers of the night's silence, the champion sleep preventers and nocturnal nuisances in all respects. They are intensely disagreeable in their free perambulations at night, and full many a time have I tried to make them as uncomfortable as they havo made mc. But In the interests of-simpie justice allow me iu say mat one small pug aog or we com mon caliber can make more noise, disturb a larger section of the country or town, and re sist all repressive measures more successfully than any seven cats of various sizes and per suasions. You can silence a howling cat if you can see it plainly enough to hit it with some bard sub stance. Even a loud and angry shout will scare all but the most determined torn cats from the premises. But a stupid, meaningless pug dog will sit on his haunches and howl or stand on his four feet and bark no matter how often your projectiles descend upon him. He doesn't "bark and growl for company, or because he is mad, or because another dog is barking, or because his bark hurts his inside and he must get it out, but he murders the sleep of every body within hearing just out of merepuglog cussedncss and ignorance. If you speak to tho little taffy-colored brute he barks all the louder. If you shut down the window and refuse to think of the yowls out side ho goes an octave higher and splits tho wooden shutters with the sound. There is no evading it. The pug dog in the night time is an issue like that of the tariff It will not down. Don't talk to me of the harmless neces sary cat that a Bwear word or a boot-jack will dispose ot I've had an all-night seance with a pug dog, and the biscuit goes to him. There ought to be poison in the biscuit, too. V One or two readers of some remarks that were made in this column the other day about a projected dictionary of poets are minor the impression that no such work is being com piled, and that the circular, etc, mentioned were inventions of the writer. Not at all. The circular and pamphlets came to the office of this p.per in the regular way, and the work they sought to advertise is, as far as I know, to be published in due time by a firm of Chicago publishers. It is unkind to say so, but it looks as if the book would find one or two purchasers in Alle gheny county. A slip of a girl went up to the parlor window the other day while a heavy storm was raging, and, peering up at the battling clouds through the streaming panes, she said beseechingly: "Uh, uod, please stop the rain." Then she waited and watched the steady downpour continue unchecked for a good while. When she next spoke she assumed as deep a tone as her baby voice could and said plainly in answer to her own request: "Bimeby!" Her face lighted and seemed quite satisfied that she had divined the will of the Master of the storm. Making up time is 'always rather a pre carious business on a railroad. I had rather be late an hour than knowthat the engineer was sending his iron steed faster over the rough places add around the curves than his sober senses told him was safe. Yet it Is often done. The fastest ride I ever experienced was on the Now York express bound Bast over the Lake Erie and Western, nearlv ten years aeo. The train had been late all the way down from Buffalo, and in the last 150 miles the engineer made a desperate effort to save 10 minutes on the run. He succeeded. Butthere were several carloads of passengers behind him who were badly scared as well as shaken and bruised for the Erie road was very rough then when the train got into the depot. Talking of fast traveling, I remember a cheerful habit Mr. Baldwin had when he was manager of the Fort Wayne Railroad. He used often to travel In the coach nearest the, engine on tho very speedy Beaver Falls ex press in the afternoon to his home at Shields, and whenever ha found himself next a girl or man or woman he took to be nervous be would be careful to point out as the train swung on to the curve below Emsworth the exact place1 in the Ohio river where the locomotive would light if It should chance to leave the rails.- THE FUNERAL OP MES. HAYES. Simple but Impressive Services at the Grave of the Noble Woman. Fbesiont, June 28. The body of Mrs. Hayes was embalmed after death. This moraine at 10 o'clock it was arrayed for tbe grave and placed in the casket, which is of red cedar, tho corners relieved by red pilasters. It is covered with heavy black broadcloth, with massive oxi dized silver extension handles, full length. The one on each side attached to the shell by four silver arms, ornamented in harmony with the fluted pilasters. The plate bears the simple inscription: "Lucy Webb Hayes, June 25, 1SS9." The funeral services were simple and unos tentatious, preserving the character of a privato rather than a public occasion. They were opened with "the reading of the twenty third psalm bv Mrs. Hayes' pastor. Rev. J. M. Mills, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. This was followed by the hymn: "My Jesus, as thou wilt, Ohmaylhywlll be mine, Into Thy hands of love - 1 would my all resign. " . which was read by tbe Rev, C. E. Barnes, pas tor of the Presbyterian Church. The singing was by a quartet cTioir, led by Prof. Arthur, of Cleveland, who was the leader of the regi mental band of the Twenty-third Ohio, of ity-t oloi which General Hayes was Colonel. Rev. L. D- McCabe, LL. .. wh performed the marriage Teremony for Mr; Hayes and wife, then delivered a brief funeral address. It was the desire of tbe lamilv that there should be no sermon. Rev. M. Long, of the Evangelical Lutheran Cburcb, then repeated the Lord'sprayer.closlngthestmple andimpres sive services, which had been so arranged as to bring into requisition the i services of all the evangelical ministers of the city. An opportu nity was then given to the throngs of sympa thizing visitors from abroad to view the body, tbe Fremont Light Guard Band, which was stationed some distance from the house, play ing a nnmber of suitable selections meanwhile. Tbe funeral cortege then took up its line -of march to OakwoodJemetery, where the inter ment took place. DEATHS OP A DAY. Dllas fllnrln Mitchell. LYUN, MASS., Jnno 23. Maria Mitchell, the noted astronomer, died at 9;S0 this mornlnattbe residence ftCJJrs. Benjamin H. Currier, In this city. Tue name of Maria Mitchell has been a household treasnre In this country for over 20 years. With Harriet JJeecher Htowe, she will be remembered as one of the great American women. Her fame was world-wide aS a mathematician and astronomer. As Professor of Astronomy at Vas tar College from IS03 to 18SS, she became person ally known to thousands of American women who were never tired of referring to her as proof of what a woman might be and do. She was born in Nantucket, Mass., the home of many famous men and women, August 1, 1818, so that at tbe time of bcr death she was nearly 71 years old. When Miss Mitchell was only 11 years old sne assisted her father in bis astronomical work. At the age Vf 18 she became librarian of the Nantucket High School, and declared that she there laid tbe foundation of her attainments In mathematics and astronomy. She held this place for 20 years, and spent night after night In the study oi me stars, iicr earner wors was lor ine purpose of determining local time. Then she began searching for comets, -and In October, 1887, discov ered what she thought was a new comet. Her father's examination confirmed her discovery. Prof. Bond, of Harvard University, to whom was communicated tbe knowledge of the discovery, advised Miss Mitchell to claim the prize offered by the King oi Denmark to the astronomer who should first discover a new comet. Through Pres ident Edward Everett, of Harvard, Miss Mitchell advanced her claim. The new comet was also claimed by, many distinguished Europein savants. A ontfoversr over the matter re sulted finally In definite proof of Miss JUl'chcU's claim, and she received tbe King of Denmark's gold medal, also a copper medal struck by tbe republic of ban Marino, Italy. Tbere are seven other comets which Miss Mitchell dis covered, being In advance of other watchers in some cases"-by a few dats, in other by a few hours. After 1S47 Miss Mitchell's fame as an astronomer was assured. She was employed after this on tbe American Nautical Al manac until her appointment to the Vassar pro fessorship. In 1858 she visited Europe and In England was the guest of Sir John Herschel nnd orSlrlleorgcH. Airy, then Astronomer Royal at Greenwich. When she returned the women of America presented her with a largo telescope. Slio was the first woman to oe elected tu'iho American Academy ot Arts and Sciences. Slio was made a LL. 1). by Hanover and Columbia. Colleges and by the Rutgers female College. She accepted the Vassar professorship ou condition that her father might accompany berthcrn. Mr. Mitchell died, at the age of 76, a few years'ago. Miss Mitchell resigned her professorship on Christmas Day, 1887. t JTOE 29, ,1889. A LUCKY SUPERSTITION. How a Gambler's Strange Belle f Helped Senntor Reyburn to Defeat tho Scheme of His Political Enemies Ho Had One Majority and field It. - John E. Reyburn is a Gubernatorial possi bility and a strong man, considered from every point of the human compass. Be is of medium height, squarely built, with a strong compact figure. He is dark complexioned, with black hair and mustache and a countenance that 'indicates firmness and decision of character. His every act is a confirmation of.this readme of bis personality. He is a man of culture and education and as a lawyer hasii high reputa tion. In politics he is no man's man. A gentleman oonnected with one of the Republi can factions of the State, said of him: "As Governor of Pennsylvania he would be Gov ernor in fact as well as in name. He would bef 1 dictated to neither by our people nor by the other side. If he considered a course light and proper that is the course he would pursue. and if he didn't think it the right thing jthero f is no power ou eann mac coma move nun. For that reason I don't think he can be Governor. He couldu't be nominated. Helping an Unfortunate Friend. A good story is told in connection with Sen ator Reyburn's first nomination and election to the Senate. It was a narrow majority of one by which he had the convention, an d but for an act of friendship in years before Jbalf forgotten by him, that majority wonld have been lost to him and he would have been numbered with the defeated. One day, many years agd, he was walking along one of Philadelphia's business streets, vihenhemetayoun'g' man who bad been one of his schoolmates. "Ned," saw the latter (Senator Reyburn's middle name is Edgar, and many of his friends know him familiarly as Ned) "Ned, I'm in hard luck. I'm actually on my uppers. Look at that 'shoe" and he held up his foot. "I'm actually walking barefooted. Can't you help me for the sake of old times?" "Yes, Charley, I.can," said Reyburn. "You know what I've been doing," said the other. N ' "Yes," replied Reyburn, "you've been gam bling and going to seed." "That's It," was the reply; 'but if you'll let me have So0 I'll try to do some good for my self." "Meet mo' here in half an hour, and it's yours." At the appointed time the-two former school mates met and Reyburn transferred a 50 bill to the needy one, who was profuse in his thanks. A Gambler's Superstition. Six weeks later Mr. Reyburn, entering tbe Continental Hotel, met the borrower, whose faded and threadbare raiment had given place to elegant attire. "Hello, Ned," he exclaimed, delightedly, "I have some business with you. Come over this way," and he led him to a retired corner. "I want to return that S50." So saying, he drew from his pocket a big roll of bills, in which large numbers predominated. Mr. Reyburn was surprised. "Where did you get aI that money so soon, Charley ? You've been gambling again." "Yes," returned Charley, selecting a $30 bill from the roll, "I have." "Well, just keep tbe money," said Reyburn, "I don't want any money made from gambling. The first time you get $-50 that you've earned by honest work bring it to me." "All right, Ned," pleasantly returned the other: "you're deuced particular, but if I ever earn SoO that way you shall have it Pm 10, 000 ahead of tho game now and I don't propose to go broke again." "Ten thousand, eh;" said Reyburn in sur prise. "How did you do it?,' "irs just tms way. i naa a superstition tnat if I could get a SoO bill from a man who never gambled 1 Pd be sure to win with it, I,ve done it and I don't propose to cet in the hole acaln. Goid-by. old man. If 1 ever earn that 30 at good honest work I'll bring it to you, Warned In Good Season, Several years had passed before ths school mates met again. Then Reyburn was a candi date for the Republican Senatorial nomination in his district The delegates had been chosen afterahardcontestandhehadamajontyofone. One day as be walked along Chestnut street the man he bad assisted came rushing toward him. "Ned," he said, "I've been looking for you. I heard you were at Cape May and came pretty near going there. I'm deuced glad I met you; wouian't nave misseu you lor tne wona. You're a candidate for the Senate!" "Yes T" Inquiringly. "Well, you won't get there unless you look sharp." . "Why, what do you know about it r I have a majority of the delegates." "Perhaps I know more about it tban you think. I'm keeping a clubhouse at Atlantic City, and some of the Philadelphia bosses drop in there occasionally. They don't know any thing in particular about mc, and don't know that I know you. I've beard them talk, and I've just been on pins and needles to see you. They're going to rough you out of the conven tion. A certain man is to walk in at a certain stage of tbe proceedings, and that will be a signal for a fight. They will have a crowd tbere to do business; several of your men will be thrown ont; mat win give tne otner side a ma jority, and you will be cheated out of tbe nom ination." i'That's the scheme, is it f" said Reyburn. "I'm greatly obliged to you. I can beat it, now that I know about it. I wouldn't have done it, though, if you hadn't told me this." m How Reybnm Got Tbere. On the day of the Senatorial Convention Rey burn was at the hall early. He had hiredit him self, and had taken pains to also secure both ante-rooms. The hour for the convention to assemble was 10 o'clock. Reyburn was standing in front of the halL The mau whose entry was to be the signaffor the row appeared. "Hello, Narrower! Tiow do you dop' said Reyburn tbouirh the irentieman's name wasn'tNarrower. and that really wasn't the name by which he was addressed. "How are you, Reyburnf ' was the response. "What's the best wordT" "If I were in your place," said Reyburn, "I wouldn't go upstairs." "What's the matterr' "Nothing much. Only your appearance in the hall is the sign for tho row to begin that's: to beat me. Now, I'm prepared for that. I've got 50 good men up there with locust clubs, and each man is instructed, jnst as soon as you ap pear, to give you at least one good blow. I don't believe you would stand it, and if I were you I wouldn't go up. I've got a majority of one in that convention, and I propose to keep it. Those men are up thero to keep order, and they'll do it. I don't think under the circum stances you ought to go up." The gentleman didn't go up, and Mr. Rey burn was nominated. He was later elected, and bas been returned regularly ever since. A friend of his tells the story, and vouches for its general accuracy. Simpson. f Ker to Collese Lingo. ,From the New York Tribune, j When a college student asks this question: "If you took a snap course under a soft marker, cut bim dead and did no grinding In term, do you think by a little swiping, a tutor and a trot, you could rag a B at the series, or would you flunk?" this is what he means in English: Do you think if you elected an easy course under a' careless and good-natured professor, and didn't attend lectures in term time, that, by coaching with a tutor and toadying to tho pro fessor and using a translation, you would fail in your examination, or get a high mark? By Fair or Foul Menus., From the Chicago Tribune.; A man in Brooklyn claims the title ot ac cordion champion of the United States, and is ready to defend the claim against all comers. Brooklyn is welcome to him. The more accor dion players she hasthe further she will fall behind Chicago in the census of next year. A Nnmo Suggested. From the .NorrlstownUeraldO "A company has been formed in New York to manufacture sandwiches by the thousand." The name of the organization is not given, but it is supposed to be some kind of an Everlast ing Pavement Company. JUST BLOOMED. Come, Marie, take your feathered bat, And shoulder-cape, and plqnant muff, Some repartees, a langli, a glance. And in our sleeve a sly rebuff, Come, Marie, comet Come dancing down the stairs, and call Borne trite remark that sounds divine; Be sancy at yonr mother's care About your wrapsi my aid decline Abont your glove. - I I know not why a foolish girl; Should seem so wise to be so sweet; Nor why, without a glimpse or soul, You are a creature quite complete, And somewhat-rare. " Let me but gaze upon your cheek, And catch the fervor of your eye,"1 And note the dimple at yonr Up When I declare that I shall die Without your love I" Tht Century, -. METB0P0LITAN MOEHUES. NTwo Stdes of the Question. tHSWYOBKBritEAD" SPECIALS. ' New Yobk, June 28. Cbauncey M. Depew is just discovering that his speeches for pro tection last fall were loaded at both ends. Some months ago Mr; Depew imported from Paris Leon Bonnat'S portrait of Cornelius Vander "bilt: At the Custom House he paid a duty of SO per cent ad valorem. Two weeks later the picture was returned to Bonnat to be re touched. When tho portrait was reshipped to New York, Mr. Bepew applied for the free entry of it on the' ground that he bad paid the full duty at the time of tbe first importation. Tho-collector sent Mr, Bepew's application to tbe Secretary) of the Treasury, who bas jusi; re fused to grant it. Mr. Bepew must again pay the SO per cent dnty. The portrait is valued at $10,000. "An Artist In Trouble. A breach of promise suit was brought against Augustus P. Friedlander, the artist, to-day, by Miss Gallagher, of Newport. Miss Gallagher claims that Mr. Friedlander made love to ber in ber mother's boarding honse at Newport last summer, and finally promised to marry her. Immediately after his return to his home in New York he told her she must look out for another man, as he had Ceased to love her. Mr.-IJrledlander Is an artist of considerable local fame, and a prominent member of the Palette Club. Last season he exhibited at the Academy of Design a picturoof Veres t Chagin, tbe Russian painter, which was considered something of a masterpiece. He makes a gen eral 'denial of the truth of Miss Gallagher's story, A Suit About a ClgnrelleTPictnre. Miss Gracie Wade, of Brooklyn, an actress, has just asked the Court to award her 10,000 damages In ber suit against William Duke & Co., cigarette manufacturer. Miss Wade thinks thattbe cigarette manufacturers libeled her by "wrongfully and Immodestly attaching a picturoof her head and face, reduced in size, to a.ridlculous figure dressed in tights, exhibit ing tbe lower limbs and tending to show that the plaintiff was a person of "immoral charac ter." ,These pictures were circulated through out the country with Dnkefc Ca's cigarettes. The counsel for Duke 4 Co. to-day applied for a bill of particulars on the ground that Miss Wade's complaint described anyono of 100 cigarette pictures published by his clients. The judge denied the application on the ground that tbe name, "Miss Oracle' Wade," sufficed fdr the identification of the picture. The case will be tried next week. An Excert of Harmony. Since his return from Washington last night Chauncey Depew has told everyone he bas seen how harmonious President Harrison and bis Cabinet are. "The President and Mr. Blaine," he said to-day, "are in perfect accord as between themselves and both are in full ac cord with the other members of the Cabinet. Tbe rumors about the President's ill health are equally unfounded and nonsensical. He is in perfect health and undisturbed by recent criticisms of his actions. Be knows he has been elected President; he knows what is ex pected of him; and he bag perfect confidence in his ability to fill the bill." Mr. Depew also said that Colonel Shcpard's name was not mentioned in the White House while he was there nor was anything said about tbe Russian mission. Mr. and Mrs. Depew will sail for Liverpool next Wednesday. Teachers Will Tnke'nn Outing. , Four hunured teachers from all parts of the United States will sail for Europe to-morrow I on tbe steamship Sertria. The boat will carry no other passengers. One hundred of tho teachers will land at Southampton, visit Lon don and two weeks later will go to France to see the Exposition and to meet tbe rest of the party, which in the meantime will have, traveled from Hamburg to Paris via Ber lin and Frankfort, Many of the teachers will remain abroad till next spring. A Curious Venture of tho Contract Law. William Prentiss, Ernest Spauswock, Charles Lansdown and Ernest Greenfield, contract laborers, who arrived here two months ago on tbe steamship Obdem and were sent back, were brought into this port again last night by tbe Obdam. They say they have no contracts now and wish to get ashore to shift for themselves. Collector Erhardt, who doubts tho tinth of their story, has telegraphed to Washington for instructions. Dniilevy and His Diamonds. W. M. Dunlevy, the local dramatic critic who lent his diamond pin to Mary Gates, a pretty chorus girl who sings at tbe Casino under the name of Lillian Tyson, and then had her ar rested because she was out when he called at the room, has his bauble back. He has also the advertisement of having kept a lady whom be once used to ask out to supper after the play In a police court cell all night. Miss Ty son was a brigand again to-night and the Ca sino seemed packed with her friends. Confusing Signboards. From the New YOrk,Trlbune.l Yes, traveling in the fair State of Alabama must have its drawbacks. A correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution reports that "the first mile-post you come to after leaving Gadsden said '30 miles to Guntersville,' the next said 'Guntersrilfe 43 miles,' and the next 'Gunters ville S3 miles.' They make a lot of signboards and send a man ont to put tbem up. He scat ters them along the road as it suits bis con venience." It is a pity that the "convenience" 8t thl3 distributor of signboards should be so erratic The stranger in Alabama is liable to get dreadfully mixed. Biff Lord Fnnntleroy. From the New York Tribune.J A Western playwright thinks ol writing a play to be entitled "Big Lord Fauntleroy," the design of which will be to show what a gen erally undesirable person Little Lord Faunt leroy became when be grew to bo a man. Tbere are a great many interesting possibilities In this idea. Why the Dawn Wears Gray Tints. From the Baltimore American.! Tbe dawn wears its gray tints because the day has just at that time gone into half-morning. . TKI-STATB TEIFIiES. A SWABX of bees, attracted by tbe voice of an auctioneer in Scranton, Pa., settled in front of his auction rooms the other day and broke up bis vendue by dispersing bis auditors. Much to bis relief, a Veteran on bees, came along and brushed the swarm Into a hand-basket. A cheese which bad been placed on a pine box in tbe grocery store of James E. Kich mond, In Mcadville,Pa., was discovered to be burning briskly. The box was also charred. How the cheese was fired is not known. Mns. Isaac Batcheloe, of Slckia-svllle, N, J., daughter of Samuel Ramalck, bas found in Reading, Pa., her father, sister and broth ers, from whom she had been separated for 19 years. The reflection of tbe electric lights at Har rlsburg. Pa., is found to scare the fish, and bobbing for eels at night is less effective than it used to beS One of the dlrinltles of comic opera, in Philadelphla,who is noted for pearly teeth uses nd dentnfice but table salt. The most popular way of carrying a water melon home in Philadelphia is to insert a cork screw in one end and bear It as a pendant by theside, A tabmeb in Columbiana county, Ohio, uses team of cows to plough bis field. He says ho is too poor to buy horses, and by work ing the cows in the field be makes them do double work and so increases his income, Robebt Goss, who lives near Wheeling, W. Va., has a process of compressing bran which he thinks will make him rich. He claims that a block a trifle smaller than an ordlnary'biick will last a cow or horse for two -days when soaked. A farmer could have these ."bran bricks" packed away and thus save a great deal of space as well as keep his barn clean. tyHEi? A. Mercer, of Garrett county, W. Va., opened his1 safe tho other morning au English sparrow flew out. It Is supposed that the spar. row had flown into the safe during tbe day and did not have time to get out before Mr, Mercer closed ltun in the evening.' . ' i. . I CUBI0DS C0NDENSATI0BS. - UiU Astoria, L. X, bas several Chinese farmers. There are 1,600,000 miichcows in. New York, kept on nearly 200,000 farms. There are now over 33,000 telephone subscribers in Qeraany, it Is stated. A Baltimore woman dreamed oi finding a pot of gold In the cellar, and next day she went down and nosed around and found a jug of rum which her old man was keeping shy. Six deaf people have been killed" on one of the 'railroods running ont of Chicago, within a distance of half a mile of each other, and with only 13 days between the first and the last. A South Carolina convict who made a break and knew that the dogs would take his trail used two pounds of strong snuff to sprinkle in his tracks, and the dogs let go and returned in disgust. Of 50 men in Boston who studied al gebra and were proficient in mathematics not one became a surveyor or engineer, and not five have ever had any use for anything beyond the plain tables of arithmetic. The SheribTof San Miguel county, New Mexico, bas alone and unaided arrested six horse thieves and recovered 830 horses since January 1. He has been wounded three times and killed two men in his work. Four young men who were sailing la" thS North Shrewsbury from Red Bank, N. X; were chased by the sea serpent. The young men are teetotalers, but had aboard a number of pies, of which they had freely partaken. Italian barbers are crowding out their German rivals In New York City- Their prices are extremely low, 5 cents for a shave and IS cents for hair cut. Some of them are expert operators, having learned their trade In Italy. A tramp entered a boarding bouse in .Exeter, N.H., on Sunday, and attempted to carry oS some clothing. The servant girl knocked him down with-a broomstick, and then chased him from tbe bouse with a re volver. He was afterward arrested. Officer Smith, of Macon, Ga., arrested Eugene Johnson, a negro lad. for throwing rocks. His mother interfered. Then the father stepped up, and then an uncle and aunt stepped in to help the prisoner. The officer arrested the entire against all of them. party ana loagea cnargei John "W. Butler, of -Atlanta, had his foot amputated the other day,and bad it buried in his family lot in the cemetery. In this ceme tery there have been three such interments be side that of Mr. Butler's: Dr. Wilson. A- a Hammond and Will Wilson. All go around with one foot or a leg In the grave. The steamer J. B. Schuyler marie her first trip of the season from New York to the Cholera Banks the other day, with a good num ber of passengers, and large quantities of fish were caught. A passenger caught a ling weigh ing four pounds, and on cleaning bim discov ered an American flag in bis intestines. John Aitken, of Falkirk, claims to have succeeded in counting the dust motes In the air. He says that he has detected 30,000 such particles in the thousandth of a cubic inch qf the air of a room. In the outside atmosphere in dry weather the same measurement yielded 2.119; after a heavy rainfall the number was only 521. The whales are reported unusually numerous along the Maine shore. A Boston steamer captain says that on a late trip it looked as if the boat were running into a bed of rocks over which tbe sea was breaking. The rocks were whales, and tbe monsters were resting on the water apparently unconscious of the nearness of the boat A lightning flash did freaky things at the house of W. P. Graham, in Juniata, Fa., during the last storm. Passing a basket full of eggs ready to be sent to the store, It accom plished the almost incredible feat of breaking every shell without spilling tbe contents of a single egg. The bouse has twice been struck by lightning within five years. David H. Houston, of Middletown, N. Y., by his attorney, has filed suit against the city and county of San Francisco, by which he asks for 300,000,000 the value of the Alu California grant, which plaintiff claims was deeded to Ferdinand Macbina by Governor Micheltorena of Alto California in 1843. The land in question includes many acres thickly covered with buildings. . A curious exhibition of portraits, more f than 2,000 years old, has just been opened la Paris. These are paintings which once orna mented Egyptian burial places, and which have been admirably preserved by the) dry sand. They date from tho Greek epoch in Egypt, Tbere are more than 1U0 ot these portraits, wnieb give an accurate idea of all tbe types, the costumes, hair drcssiug,.otc of the time. " An interesting experiment is about to be made by Miss Sellers, a lady who has been well known as a teacher and lecturer in classics and French for the last few years in London. She is going to start a day school for girls on Campden Hill on university lines, and with ex aminations to be held by outside examiners of high university standing. Among tbe features of the system Is the intention to use tbe public buildings, galleries and mnseums of London systematically for educational purposes. En glish history and literature being illustrated by lessons at Westminster Abbev, the Tower, etc., ancient history and art at the National Gal lery and British Museum, natural science at the Natural History Museum, and so on. A Hartford lady tells 'a story of an an cestor of hers, a direct descendant'of John Eliot, tbe great missionary. The ancestor was a woman, the head of a family in New Haven, and about tbo year 1765,,she ordered a lot of nails from Boston. The kegs came in due time, and when they were opened one of tbem was found to be filled with Spanish dollars. She wrote to tbe Boron merchant telling him of the contents of one of the kegs. He answered that be bad bought it for nails and had, no fur ther responsibility itf the matter. Tbe monev j- was kept among the family treasures untouched ana unclaimed unui ine a earn oi me neaa or tbe house, who. In her will, ordered that the dollars be melted and cast into a communion set for the New Haven church. This was done. WHAT WILD WITS ARE SAYING. i - If we could use our own good advice, how happy we would be. MchUon Blobe. Apollo was a stickler for 'the code of honor. It was he who first struck 'the lyre.--Merchant Traveler. Quite naturally, it is the man of seasoned Intellect and ripe experience who does not seem fresh. Btnghamton Republican. Mother Ella, you cannot m3rry him. He has no money. Ela Why, mother, I saw him give 13 to a beggar T Mother Probably an aeconf yllct. Bottom Herald. The fly in the champagne punch must not be held responsible. He is in liquor, and accord ing to the rules or, good society should be excused for bis acts. Sew Orleans Picayune. Madam Do up my hair, Felice, while -I am down to breakfast. '' I ellce Yes, madam;. which color ? c Madam The black, please-I am going to a funeraL Btngtuimton Beviibtican. "I love you well," the stamp exclaimed, "Dear envelope so true; j. In fact it's evident to all ,pr That I am stuck on you." i Mr. Snajsby Tour friend Miss Rapid bas been treating me very 111. She called me an old fool Just now. ' 'i Miss SharpBow silly of you to notice It when you know you are not 30 yet. BcrionerU Is It Coming to This? Old policeman (hurriedly) Hide your star I New policeman (Innocently) What fori t Old policeman-Here eomesagambler, yon. thun dering fool. He'll take it away from you if he sees It? Chicago Tribune. 'This is a Mechanical Age. Mrs. 'Brown (at Mrs. Smith's tea),-Ob, dear, that dreadful Miss Smith Is singing again. I wonder what started her? Tom Brown (age 7) I dropped a nickel down ber back when she wasn't looking. Muniey't Weekly. , Scene, inn. Prince Hal (angrily) QoofF, Pistol I go off! Pistol-Thanks, your Highness. I'm glad to be discharged. (Claps cap on his head.) Prince Off with your cap, rogue. Where's your manners? Falstaff Pardon, most merry Prince, but how can a pistol go off without a cap 1 (Prince Hal faints; ristol explodes B. U. E.) Curtain; 8lowmuslc.PAUatfeipnta.PreH. He Could Use It "I think we shall have to Vysjaln," remaned the photographer, as' Be, criticallyexamlned the negative. The expression V a few ikiu iuu iwr umuiug. - "anat negative is all rlgav; said toe cnjwa"". TiIcklnsrunhiiriaL 'Ainyred was a portrait to send to my wife's aunfr f 'She's thlnktegof Vl lung us this snmmer.vCAtaijo xrtount, ths -WATjct qtrv xsrr. Old Fossil got upon a stite Unifsald, "I'll just sltheTO and smile, Ana fortune will embrace me. lint vhnii thn'A.ui. ti,u.(l nYlhS S& ' Old fellow, go and bag yonr head; .Idoa'tllkelstuesthataredead; M . Jwap dowafcota ttoe aaa failgM Atwaigfig-rwsl.r. 3iv I.Vi&3 JfkjBp- I