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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. AUG. IS, 18891
1
THE CHAMPION'S DIBAETEB.
The pride of the prize ring and the cham
pion of pugilism in the United States sen
1 fenced to a year in the Mississippi Peniten
tiary! After this Jersey justice will have
to surrender the palm for tartness to Mis
sissippi law.
Naturally the pugilistic fraternity stands
aghast and Mr. Kilrain ejaculates in
dismay at this intimation of the fate to
vhich he has incautiously surrendered
limself. The idea that the law is stronger
than the sluggers, and that the men who
vere the heroes of the public a few weeks
ago can be thrown into prison and taught
an honest trade, penetrates the short haired
(crania of the fistic heroes like an electrir
s,Dolt and arouses the question whether this
is a land of liberty or a blasted despotism.
As for the rest of the public it will find
Interest and satisfaction iu this demonstra
tion that, on the subject of prize fighting at
"east, Mississippi law means something.
JUSTICE TO COLUKB0S.
An indignant citizen writes to the papers
proposing that the 12th of October, 1892,
shall be made the occasion for rectifying
the injustice done to Christopher Columbus
by calling the hemisphere which he discov
ered after the comparatively obscure ex
plorer, and suggesting that Congress shall
enact that after that date this Government
shall be known as the United States of
'Columbia. There is no doubt that Colum
bia has had hard measure in the matter.
In addition to having his two continents
stolen from him by Amcricus Vespucius, he
has had the still harder fate of having his
name attached only to third class towns
like Columbus, O., and obscure villages,
such as Columbus, Ga. But, beyond the
fact that the Constitution makes this coun
try the United States of America, it is evi
dent that a rectification of the wrong, which
only attached-to this part of the Western
Hemisphere, would be insufficient, The
reformers should point out to Secretary
Blaine that an opportunity for such mental
as well as vigorous diplomacy presents
itself, if he will make this an issue before
the coming Congress of American or
Columbian republics.
PLTJHDEBIHG THE POLITICIANS.
The exploits of the thief who robbed the
yacht Manatee, on which Mr. Disston, of
Philadelphia, was entertaining a party of
political friends, and chief among them
our Matthew Stanley Quay, has a signifi
cance which is nnperceived by some of the
political organs which are commenting upon
the affair. This is the more remarkable at
the obvious deduction from the exploit of
the thief in relieving the junior Senator
from Pennsylvania of pocket money to the
extent of forty dollars, is one which our
political coteinporarics would be very glad
to draw.
It is obvious that the thief was not a Re
publican politician. Ko Republican of
any ardor, however devoted he might be to
the burglarious profession, would rob the
man who carried the Republican cause to
rictory in the last Presidental campaign.
On the other hand, no Democratic thief,
after the experience which his party had of
Matthew Stanley Quay's sharpness in
spoiling Democratic schemes to steal either
elections or less valuable portable property,
would dare to meddle with Senator Quay's
pockets. The inference, therefore, by the
logical process of exclusion, is that the thief
"was a Mugwump; and it hardly speaks well
for the discernment of our cotemporaries,
the organs, that they have failed to make
this discovery and enlarge upon it to the
discredit of the hated Independents.
"With this important significance to the
affair, it Is somewhat remarkable that our
esteemed and brilliant cotemporary, the
2f e York Sun, should travel off upon the
insignificant side issue that, inasmuch as
Senator Quay had only fort dollars, which
fell to the thief, and Senator Passett, of
New York, had three hundred dollars,
which escaped the tbiefs notice, it demon
strates the superior sharpness and ability of
the .New York State Senator at the diver
sion which probably occupied the states
men during the preceding evening. That
the New York Senator may have preceded
the thief in getting hold of Senator Quay's
money is possible, but we will venture the
assertion that if it is so Senator Quay only
lent it to him.
In the meantime we regret to observe
that the success, either of the thief or of
Senator Fassett, broke up the yachting
party. If those two worthies had obtained
all the money of the party, could not an
assemblage of such political characters have
made the hours interesting, witn wagers of
political value and consideration, of which
each has such a store, in the shape of offices
and nominations?
CONSCIENTIOUS, FOBSO0IH!
There be strange mortals in Boston City.
Just now some of our Boston cotemporaries
are congratulating their bailiwick on pos
sessing ct least one conscientious man. It
Is a gret boast. The rarity at the 'Hub is
a city merchant who applied for and ob
tained a commission as Justice of the
Peace. After taking the oath as Justice to
obey all the lawsof the Commonwealth it oc
curred to him that there were some things he
would have to give up if he obeyed his
conscience. He disliked giving up poker
playing and several other small vices and he
finally concluded that he couldn't live up
to his oath, so he sent in his resignation.
"Whereat a Boston paper holds np its little
hands and exclaims: "If all our Justices of
the Peace were as conscientious as this gen
tleman, how many of them would retain
their commissions?"
But was he conscientious? "Was he not
rather conscienceless? If he had possessed
a conscience of auy fine fiber would it not
have told him to give np his vices, petty
though they might be, and serve his Com
monwealth? We think this "Boston mer
chant a very common type in modern so
ciety, a man not to be troubled with any
twinges of conscience when his pleasures
were involved. It is pitiful indeed that
Boston has come to such a pass as to pride
herself on possessing an easy-going citizen
who has not enough will-power and sense
of decency to set the public weal before his
personal indulgence.
WILLIAM THAWS DEATH.
The sudden death of William Thaw, Esq.,
at Paris, yesterday, removes one of the most
prominent figures among Pittsburg capi
talists, whose leadership among-Pittsburg
business men extends back to the previous
generation, and whose great wealth and
powerful influence upon Pittsburg's mater
ial influence was not more marked than his
broad generosity, his free-handed private
charity and his promptness and leadership
in all means of social and moral elevation.
Mr. Thaw's prominence in Pittsburg
business affairs belong to the ante-railroad
era. When the Pittsburg railroad system
was in its infancy he was among the first
to recognize its magnificent possibilities and
to identify himself and his fortunes with
that work. As a result of his foresight
and energy, he attained a rank in wealth
that is rivaled by only one or two of the
great fortunes of this locality. While some
others may have approximated Mr. Thaw's
position in the ownership of millions no one
equaled him in the constant and liberal
flow of private or public benefactions.
There is hardly an institution serving pub
lic or beneficial purposes that has not been
the recipient of Mr. Thaw's liberality; and we
do not believe that there is a single organi
zation doing work of relief or succor among
the poor that has not known that his wealth
could be relied on for the means needed to
do good.
Mr. Thaw's 'position as a railroad man
often identified him with railroad policy
which was necessarily the object ot criti
cism by the public and press. But the
sharpest critics of corporate policy which
has been deemed to be injurious, recognized
the high personal character and the un
bounded charity which were his character
istic qualities. Every one saw in him an
exceptional and striking example of the too
rare class possessing great wealth and using
it constantly and freely in whatever chan
nels promise a return of private benefaction
or public good.
It is a common saying that the places ol
prominent men are generally filled after their
death; but Pittsburg will be fortunate, if
the future develops a successor to William
Thaw possessing a moiety of his remarka
ble combination of energy, desire and abil
ity to use great wealth for the welfare of
his fellow men.
THE MARCH OP IMPROVEMENT.
The extension of the rapid transit system
is now taking in the reorganization and re
construction of our bridges. Yesterday the
addition to the Smithfield street bridge by
which the Southside Traction line is to
reach the city was noticed in The Dis
patch. Next comes the purchase of the
Ninth street bridge by the Pleasant Valley
line, and the authoritative announcement
that it will be replaced by a fine iron bridge,
accommodating the new electric road, ve
hicles and foot passengers.
The Hand street bridge is one of the old
landmarks and one that can be dispensed
with to the best public advantage. Its
darkness and general antediluvian charac
ter have been impressed upon all who had
to take that route from Pittsburg to Alle
gheny. To replace that structure by a
bridge of modern design and make it the
connecting link with Pittsburg, of an elec
tric system reaching out to the hill district,
will be a sharp change from the dark ages to
the most modern ideas.
The next step should be the bnilding of
the new Fifth street bridge and the connec
tion of all the bridges, with the upper part
of Allegheny by elevated ways passing
above the railroad tracks. There is no
doubt that these cities are thoroughly im
bued with the spirit of improvement.
INSTRUCTIVE RAILWAY PIGURES.
The introduction to Poors Manual, giv
ing the statistics of the railroads of the
United States for 1SS8, which has just been
received by The Dispatch, from the pub
lishers, whose names have become synony
mous with the business of railway statis
tics, contains several interesting and impor
tant points.
The first, of course, is the magnitude of
the totals presented by a complete statistical
' review of the railroads. The total mileage of
railroads now within the United States is
156,082, whilethe mileage of lines making
returns is 164,276 against 147,999 for 1887,
the increase being 4.24 per cent. With this
increase of mileage,the gross earnings of the
railroads last year was the largest on record,
being 5960,256,270. The net earnings, on
the other hand, show a decrease ot nearly 10
per cent from those of 1887, and both the
grots and net earnings per mile' are consid
erably below those of the preceding year.
The total tonnage of freight transported is
also the largest on record, having been 589,
298,317 tons against 552,074,763 tons in 1887.
Against these figures the increase of cap
ital and indebtedness by the railroads reveals
the steady growth of the weak point of the
entire railroad system. 'While the increase
of mileage for the year is about 4yi per
cent, the increase of the already heavily
watered share capital is nearly G per cent,
and the increase of the funded debt amounts
to 9i per cent. Consequently the stock
and indebtedness per mile of all the roads
in the country amounts to $60,732, against
?58,603 for 1887.. Upon Mr. Poors' own
statement, some years ago, that the average
cost of railroad construction is about $30,000
per mile, this shows the capitalization more
than double the actual value of the prop
erty. This fact puts a very different show
ing upon the meager percentage of gross
and net earnings and dividends. Upon the
nominal capitalization the gross earnings
are bnt a little over 10 per cent; and the net
earnings slightly below S per cent; and
the total amount paid in inte'rest and divi
dends only 3 per cent of the total capital.
But supposing the roads to be capitalized at
their actual cost, the gross earnings would
show a percentage of 20 per cent, the set
earnings G per cent, and the total pay
ment of interest and dividends, 6 per cent.
The past year has not been an especially
prosperous oneTor the railroad interest, but
the above figures show that if the prevailing
railway vice of watering capital were thor
oughly squeezed ouf of the railway "busi
ness, it would have surpassed the average
of business enterprises in the amount of its
returns.
LECTRICAL"KILLINQ.
It is somewhat surprising to learn from
our esteemed and brilliant cotemporary, the
New York S$n, that the professional elec
tricians who appear to think that their only
function Is to endeavor to produce a light
which shall rival the effulgence of our co
temporary luminary and its planetary
namesake, "are outraged that the agency
which they use should be employed for a
purpose so Horrible as execution." If this
is so it is necessary to remark that it exhi
bits a remarkable and somewhat misplaced
susceptibility on the part of the electricians.
The punishment of criminals is one of
the highest duties of sovereignty; and
when that punishment reaches a capital de
gree it is an exertion cf the sovereign
power In Its gravest and most solemn as
pect. If electricity is called upon to aid
the Government in the discharge ot this most
grave and weighty duty, it certainly has no
more reason to consider itself disgraced
than when it is nsed to impel the common
street car, or to diffuse its light for the bene
fit of drinking saloons and gambling resorts.
If electricity is going to be to high-toned
in the choice of the purpose for which it is
employed, the profits of the electrical com
panies will receive a shook amounting to
'several thousand volts.
This alleged theory of the electricians
implies an opinion that the dignity of the
electrical profession requires Its killing to
be confined to the unwary pedestrians upon
the streets, who come in contact with dere
lict electric light wires.
Last week was a pretty lively one for
killings. On Tuesday a man named Glen
dennin shot and seriously wounded Judge
Pierce, of the Superior Court, at San Diego,
Cal.; on Wednesday Marshal Nagle shot
and killed Judge Terry; at Covington.
Herbert shot and fatally wounded Haines;
on the same day a mob at Arlington, Tex.,
hanged and shot Jim Brooks, an escaped
negro convict; a band of negroes shot and
fatally wounded the Chief of Police at
Jackson, in Tennessee; and on the same
day the rival branches of the Clan-na-Gael
held their picnics in Chicago.
The capabilities of the human mind for
fault-finding are illustrated by the fact that
numerous of our esteemed cotemporaries,
who were criticising the recklessness of hav
ing an ocean race between the transatlantic
steamers, are now finding fault with the af
fair because the race was a slow proceeding.
It is impossible to satisfy some people.'
The accident on the West Penn Bail
road is another example of the necessity of
constant vigilance in keeping the roadbed
and rolling stock of railroads in the best
condition. The exact responsibility for
the fatality has not been clearly located by
the reports; but it seems tolerably plain
that there waa a weak spot in the track.
A greater degree of watchfulness might
have discovered it in some other way than
by an accident which may cost a half
dozen useful and honorable lives.
The argument is presented against the
Henry George theory, that some enter
prising proprietors of theaters are giving
away town lots with theater tickets. The
town lots are not worth anything, but the
probability is that each one is worth more
than the argument and the theater tickets
put together.
A Chicago merchant. visiting New York
the other day was taken in by bunko
stcerers, and of course the press of the two
L cities necessarily make the incident signifi
cant as bearing upon their respective claims
for the international exhibition. They are
foolish to do so. They do not perceive the
obvious fact that it shows Chicago to be too
confiding and New York to be too thievish
to permit either of them to take the job of
running a show on which the reputation of
the country depends.
The Georgia duel was ridiculous enough
already, and the assertion of some of our co
temporaries that it was entirely fought out
with blank cartridges is adding an extrava
gant and superfluous element of absurdity to
it People should not gild refined gold, or
paint the lily, even with regard to bur
lesque duels.
The United States naval officers aro able
to very pertinently answer the criticisms for
putting one man as a prize crew on board
the "Black Diamond," instead of putting
enough of the crew on to navigate the ves
sel to Sitka. It was more important to keep
the United States vessel than to maintain
the captured one; and if they had put three
or four men on the Canadian bark, what
would they have done with the revenue
vessel?
The vigor with which several leaders of
the political world find it necessary to deny
the existence of that deal may be generally
taken as evidence that there is some fire
nnder all that smoke.
The energy with which our esteemed co
temporary, the New York Sun, is calling
upon General Harrison to remove Postmas
ter General Wanamaker, in order to save
the administration from failure, creates the
impression that Mr. Wanamaker's delay in
abolishing the sickly green postage stamp
has been fatal to him. '
Whether the new elixir is able to give
the human race long life or not, there is1
foundation for the hope that it is very rap
idly nearing the point where it can give us
a rest.
Mrs. Sarah: Althea Hill-Shaeok-Tebbt
is stated to be an attractive young
widow; but in view of the history of her
previous husbands, either alleged or ac
knowledged, the man who would contem
plate a matrimonial alliance with her may
be set down as deciding that this life no
longer has any charms for him.
Texas is evidently taking ud the reputa
tion which South Carolina has cast aside
for the survival of that soit of barbarism
known as race conflicts.
Thousands of acres of wheat fields are
reported to be destroyed by the prairie fires
in Northern Dakota. The farmers consid
ered it a great misfortune until they read
the report that the two railroads of that
section had formed an elevator trnit, which
puts the destruction of "the grain crop in the
light of a blessing in disguise.
(irertlnfihe Geyser.
From the Alta California. 1"
Sunset Cox Is In Yellowstone Park. When
he met the great geyser be shook bands, saying,
r"rm something on a guy, sir, myself,"
THE TOBIOAL TALKER.
Fleecing Americans ,ln Paris Tony Pastor's
Epigram A Bnsjrv Place Mrs. Blaine In
Comedy Mr. Thaw's Charities A. Bal
lad to a Signature.
A good many Pittsburgers and others who
have been to Paris this summer have expressed
to me unmeasured dissatisfaction with the
great Exposition now being held there. Bald
one Pittsburger, who has just returned from
Paris: "Paris, I am coming to think, is a delu
sion, and its Exposition a snare to Americans.
It seems to mo that all the Parisians are
banded together for the express purpose ot
fleecing Americans. I suppose they are not
above robbing visitors of other nationalities in
cidentally, but their victims by choice and de
sign are Americans. Most of the latter fall an
easr prey to the designing Gauls. They grum
ble at the outrageous prices charged for every
thing, from hotel bills to hack hire, but they
pay all the same. Everywhere I went about
Paris I met Americans, not singly, nor by twos
and threes, bat by hundreds. The Exposition
literally swarmed with my fellow countrymen
and women.
"As for the Exposition itself, I must confess
I was disappointed in almost everything but
the Eiffel tower. The American exhibit is
ridiculous; it would have moved me to tears if
It had not compelled me to laughter."
.
TontPastor cannot be said to be an au
thority on much beside variety performances,
but he seems to have hit the truth wittily when
be asserted, as he is said to have done, that
tne American exhibit In the Paris Exposition
consists of some typewriters and folding beds
illuminated by incandescent lights.
.
"How does it come that Blankville contains
over a thousand inhabitants? "What do they all
dor
"What do they do? Ob, they mind other poo
pie's business and it keeps them busy, 1 tell
you," was the unkind reply.
News about Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., is
doled out to the public rather grudgingly. Pro
bably her managers realize that they overdid
the press work at the start, and are determined
to atone for it by steady reticence now.
It has leaked out, however, that the young
debutante is to challenge the approval of the
American world In comedy instead of emotional
drama She is to try to win laughter instead
of tears. This decision seems wise.
Who can begin to tell the number of the late
Mr. Thaw's charities? The extent and variety
of his largesses were extraordinary. Stories
of his benevolence might be told by the score
and yet hut a faint idea ofMr. Thaw's gener
osity would be given. There was a bench in
the ante-room without his office which was
tilled with applicants for charity everyday and
the greater part ot the day when he was at
home. He saw everyone that called to seek
his help, and gave freely where he thought dis
tress was real. Probably many conscienceless
frauds imposed upon him.
The School of Design will miss his hand and
heart. With Mr. Charles Clark he has been the
mainstay of that excell ent institution. At one
time I heard of his sending a party of art stu
dents to Europe at his expense, that they
might obtain the advantages their 'wealthier
sisters commanded; at another time it was he
who bought at a high figure, set by himself, a
picture of a girl who was in need of money,
although he had no use for the painting.
Truly, Pittsburg has lost a great friend in
Mr. Thaw.
V
A BALLAD TO A SIGNATURE.
We've quarreled I know it Annette
But only as true lovers may
Tou'U forgive, dear, aa well as forget,
Let anger be done with the day.
In fancy I'm hearing yon say,
Ypu never my equal have met
for naughtiness well, dear, you may
yon, only my little Annette.
Perhaps, dear, I was In a pet
To see you to cruelly gay
"With Charlle-the flirt or our set
When you thought yonr own knight was away.
I'm made of no wonderful clay
I was hasty and bitter, and yet
"Well I love you, that's all I can say
Too, only my little Annette.
Dear lady, I'm still in your debt.
And shall be whatever 1 pay
Let lore all my fallings o'erset
And send me a comforting ray.
Forgive me 'tis all that I pray.
Nor say like a proofreader "stetl"
I don't wanl to stay for a day
Away from my little Annette.
nrvoi.
So write me a letter to-day,
Any kind, dear, so long as von let
Tour sweetest of signatures stay
I'm ever your little Annette."
HsPBonx Johns.
PEOPLE 01? PEUiUNENCE.
Jay Gould has aged considerably in appear
ance since last year. 'His beard, which was
formerly black and glossy, is now quite gray.
Down Piatt, who is nothingif not eccentric,
says the ordinary member of Congress cares
nothing for boots that be never had a book,
if he he had he would not be a member; there
fore, when any bill to assist what a prominent
Senator called "them literary fellows," is
brought before Congress It is promptly voted
down.
William D. Howells believes with An
thony Trollope that a novelist should no more
wait for inspiration in his work than a shoemak
er or a tallow chandler. They both act upon the
principle that writing novels is purely mechani
cal work, like writing lawyer's briefs, for in
stance, or bookkeeping.
The bronze monument of Robert E. Lee at
Richmond, Va., will be unveiled in November
next. The pedestal is being built of New Eng
land granite, to the disgust of General Jubal
Earlyand numerous other "lost cause" irrecon
cilables, who think it pollution to bring any
Yankee thing upon the sacred soil of the Old
Dominion.
The largest price offered for a Newport
"cottage" was made by Mr. Letter, of Washing
ton, who will give $310,000 for the Gardner
Brewer place on Bellevuo Avenue. The estate
contains 13 acres, and has a fine water
front, but the "cottage" is an old one, and a
very modest one compared to those more re
cently built in Newport.
Axphon e Daudet bad determined to re
main a bachelor, because he was afraid should
he make a wrong step in matrimony he might
dull his imagination; but meetlngMademolsello
Julie Allard, who was a charming writer as
well as a lovely woman, all his fears were re
moved. His marriage has been a. very happy
one. His wife his been the light of his hearth,
the regulator of his work, and the discreet
counselor of his inspiration. There is not a
page that she has not revised, retouched and
enllveend.
JOHN H. B. Latrobe Is the oldest lawyer in
the United States, practicing his profession,
no is 86 years old; graduated at West
Point in 1623 at the head of his class; soon re
tired from the army and studied law; was ad
mitted to the bar 65 years ago, and has
been in active practice every since. He is one
of the few survivors of the band of gentlemen
who took part in the splendid military and
C1T1C aupilj la Qatuwui c iu uuuur Ul 1j3 J?ay-
ette In 1821. This summer Mr. Latrobehas
gone on bis annual trip to West Point. He is
tho father of Ferdinand C Latrobe, the present
Mayor of Baltimore, who has been six times
Major of that city.
Mrs. if ACKAY was a youner, pretty, dashing
widow when she attracted the attention of J.
W. Mackay, who was at the trme a miner work
ing for $4 a day. She married him, and when
Flood, O'Brien and Mackay struck the Bonanza
mine and became millionaires ten times over,
Mrs. Mackay went to Paris and soon began to
flourish as the most brilliant and most extrava
gant American woman that has ever bloomed
in the gay capital of Republican France. Her
costumes, were so rich and expensive that even
Paris was dazzled and astonished. Diamonds
that an Empress might have envied were worn
in profusion by this splendid American, and
her banquets were so luxurious that even the
fastidious Lncnllas might have been satisfied.
Disarming English Critics
From the Philadelphia Times.:
In advance of any enlightened British criti
cism upon Deputy Sheriff Nagle'a defense of
Jndge Field, let us take occasion to say that it
is none of the enlightened Briton's funeral.
Bound to be Ilenrd From.
From the Colambus (O.) News.j
Shouts and Holler, the Republican candidates
for Representative in Licking county, are cer
tain to masefa noise In the campaign,
A FEMALE EAILE0AD PRESIDENT.
Her Wonderful Success as Manager of a
Street Eullwny Line.
BOSTOJT. August 17. The little city of Dover,
In New Hampshire, has a street railway, and it
has been run by a woman one of the shrewd
est of women, too. Mrs. Mary Edna Hill Gray
Dow is her name. As President of the horse
railroad she has been talked about all over the
land, and nothing more than the way in which
she turned a dead failure into a substantial
success was needed to give her fame.
A lot of shrewd speculators were haggling
about the purchase of the property, when Mrs.
Dow stepped in and quietly acquired a majority
of the stock. Then she ousted the old Board of
Directors, was elected president and general
manager, and had her venerable and now fee
ble husband elected treasurer. She cut down
expenses by purchasing supplies at rock bottom
prices on the bargain counters of trade, and at
the end of her first year of management she
declared a 6 percent dividend, besides lay
ing before the stockholders a sheet which
showed that the debt of the road had been paid
off. Ever since that time this business woman
has run the road to the satisfaction of the com
munity and stockholders, winning a good deal
of fame in the bargain. Dr. Dow, the husband,
is living his last days, and his wife a few weeks
ago dutifully decided to give him her constant
care. But she was bound at the same time to
make a financial strike. Accordingly she set
abont looking for a purchaser for her stock in
the road. She had boueht this at very low
figures and now it was worth much more than
par and earning H per cent dividends.
Mrs. Dow had only begun negotiating with
M. E. P. Shaw, of Newburyport, Mass., when
a syndicate of Dover people, said to have been
backed by the Thomson-Houston Electric Com
pany, went to the Legislature with a petition
for a charter for an electric railway company.
H:re was the crisis of Mrs. Dow's business
life. Dover conld not support two roads that
was plain. Ergo, tho new enterprise must be
squelched. So the plucky womau went to Con
cord and began to try the temper of the famous
New Hampshire lobby, and before she left
Concord the Legislature had tacked the syndi
cate's bill on to her charter as an amendment.
Then she returned victorious to Dover, sold
Mr. Shaw her interest in the road, and this
week sbo retired to private life, not only wiser
but much wealthier than she was before.
THE LATEST ENGLISH YESTDEE.
A Syndicate Wants to Control the Book
Publishing Business.
rsrxxtAi, f sxiobaii to tot DisrATcn.!
New Youk, August 17. There is to be a
Book Trust. English capitalists are once more
willing to invest their pounds sterling in
American enterprises. The next venture is
said to be to secure control of the business of
the publishing of cheap literature in the
United States. Such a scheme would involve
the floating of at least 110,000,000. and it is as
serted by no less an authority than Mr. Samuel
Untermeyer, of the firnv of Guggenheimer &
Untermeyer, that the syndicate is ready to put
up the requisite (15,000,000. While the syndi
cate has not been completed it has assumed
tangible shape, and is the subject of universal
discussion amoug the JN ewTork publish ers.
The plan as already mapped out is that the
English syndicate shall buy outright the busi
ness of tbe leading publishers of cheap novels
An this citv and in Chicago. The list includes
ueorge Munro Co., who have placed their
price at ti2,uuu; tne Jonn w. Loveu company,
which concern would not sell out for less than
half a million; M.J. IversA Co., Hurst or Co.,
W. L. Allison, Norman Munro, J. B. Alden and
John 8. Ogilvie. all ot this city, and Rand,
McNally t Co., and Bedford, Clark & Co., of
Chicago. Representatives of most of these
concerns have already been approached and
their figures obtained. JohnS. Ogilvie talked
freely about the proposed enterprise. He
frankly acknowledged he had been approached
by a representative of the English syndicate,
and bad been asked to name bis price. He did
so and placed his figures at the modest sum of
$300,000.
"I do not understand that the scheme is to
form a Book Trust, though." said Mr. Ogilvie.
As I understand it, the scheme la. to form a
corporation to buy out all the publishers of
cheap publications, and x think it will succeed,
for the simple reason that a majority of the
publishers in our line are willing to sell out.
The scheme. In my opinion, Is practicable, and
while I don't pretend to have an immensely
long head, I "would feel perfectly satisfied in
guaranteeing a IS per cent dividend to the in
vestors the first year, if tbe scheme is put in
operation as suggested, and 1 see no reason
why it should not be."
BOYCOTTING THE B0IS.
Indignant Kentucky Belles lssne a Mani
festo Against Their Nljrsnrilly Beaux.
Caxhotw, Kt., August 17. For some time
the greatest indignation has prevailed among
the fair young ladies ol this town. Tho young
gentlemen recently have not been" as attentive
as Kentucky gallantry warranted. There have
been no picnics, no ice cream parties, no lawn
festivals, no boat rides. In fact, whenever and
wherever money was to be spent the beaux
were absent, bnt if no funds were required
they appeared in numbers. This may not have
been due to stinginess, but to a temporary pov
erty which they could not prevent: but. In tbe
'judgment of tbe girls, that did not suffice for
an excuse. Accordingly the indignant belles
held a meeting and adopted the following
resolutions, which were printed in this week's
issue of the local paper, the Constitution:
Whekeas. We, the undersigned, believing as
we do, that we have not received the treatment
from the young men of this town that we merited,
have, with a view to self-protection, mutual bene
fit, and future welfare, organized ourselves Into a
body: ana, -
Kesolved, 1. That we will allow no young man
to "catch on" and accompany ns from church,
prayer meetings. Ice cream suppers, entertain
ments, etc., who has not been our escort to such
places.
Kesolved, 2. That If we cannot be 4tableelotn"
we will not be "dlshrag;" In otherwordswewlll
not accept a card, if we find or know that the
sender has sent one to some other young lady pre
viously to sending to us tbe same evening.
Kesolved, 3. That we think the young men of
this town display unbounded audacity and
temerity when tber accompany us to places
where no cash Is necessary, but are conspicuously
absent when something takes place which would
necessitate going Into tnelr pockctbooks.
Resolved. 4. That every member of this organi
zation be furnished with a copy of the resolutions.
Miss , Secretary.
As a result of this bold manifesto the boys
have managed to rake up somo cash, and are
spending it quite liberally, in order to regain
the good graces of tbe Calhoun young ladies,
who are as handsome as any in Kentucky.
COLLECTING MAIL IN TDBES.
A Novel Scheme for Gathering Up Letters
About to be Tested.
Fnu.ASEi.PHlA, Angust 17. A commotion
has been caused among the letter carriers In
tbe Philadelphia Postofflce over a rnmor that
the pneumatic tube system for- tbe collection
of mail matter will probably be introduced in
this city. It is said that the experiment will
first be tried in the business section ot the city,
and if found to be successful there the pipes
will be extended to all parts of tbe city. The
Postmaster General has been investigating
this scheme, and is said to be favorably im
pressed with Its feasibility. In private busi
ness he has found that by a generous use of
wind dollars can be made to roll from the four
points of the compass into one big money box,
and he sees 'no reason why the same agency
cannot be made to serve Uncle Sam and bring
mail dropped Into the letter boxes In all parts
of the city into the central office.
The plans for the new system have not yet
been thorongniy aigesteu, uut tne general idea
is to lay a system of pneumatic tubes in all the
main streets of the city and connect tbem with
tbe letter boxes located on those streets. The
connection would be by means ol a pipe run
ning underground and up the inside of a lamp
post where it would be fitted to a box of peculiar
construction. This would place all parts of the
city in direct communication with tbe general
postofflce.
A NEGRO'S MAGIC TOUCH.
He Claims to Care Chronic Diseases by Lay
ing on of Ilands.
BmsrrNonAM, Ala., August 17. Frederick
Stern, a colored doctor of Bcotsboro, has made
a sensation among the people of his own race
by the cures which he professes to have made
by the laying on of hands. He rubs tbe ailing
portion of the patient's body, and the patient
has a tingling sensation like that produced by a
mild current of electricity. The otter doctors
and tbe newspapers of Bcotsboro denounce
Stem as a fraud.
Several persons afflicted for years with
enronic diseases sky they have been enred by
Stem in a few hours without the aid of medi
cines. Tho negroes almost worship Stern, and
are firm in the belief that he possesses super
natural powers.
Tho Happiest Man.
From the St. Louis Bepublle.1
The Marquis of Lome has written a volume
of poems entitled "Who Is the Happiestt"
When his answer comes along it will probably
be, The man who has not "married Into the
Royal family.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
Congressman James Laird.
OKAHA. NEB.,, August 17. Congressman James
LalrK.oft'ie Second Nebraska district, died at his
home at Hastings at 10:30 o'clock this morning, of
a complication of diseases. Anttperatloa wa per--)
roriaeu last n eaoesoay, irom woicn no xaiiea to
rally, llo was unconscious for 21 hours before
UUJ , .
THEY DO NOT COME BACK.
One Dose of the New Elixir Is Enough to
Satisfy Anybody The Physicians Have
All Dropped tbe Experiments.
rsrxciAi, itnonAM to tot dispatch. 1
New Yobk, Augustl7. The Brown-Sequard
elixir foundry in East Twenty-sixth street has
shut down for an indefinite period. This Is
done not on account of poor business, for the
stream of patients to the Loomie laboratory
was Increasing every day. The trouble was
that none of tbe old ones came back. They are
at home nursing pains in the back and the ear
ache and various other, disagreeable maladies,
which they think were brought on by too much
elixir. All the local experiments of this char
acter to date have been conducted by Dr. Harry
P. Loomis, or under his direction, and be now
announces that be will make no further tests.
He Is through with it, he says, and will now
devote all the time he has to sparo to tbe
theory of the distinguished French-American
to collating the results ot his experiments and
preparing them for publication. Dr. Loomis
won't anticipate the publication of his article
by expressing any opinion of tbe value of the
mixture at present. As none of the tests
which he conducted produced any beneficial
results, and as his opinion will, of course, be
based on these tests, it Is not very difficult,
though, to figure out what his opinion will be.
Any Amount of Interest.
Th&Doctor says that since the newspapers
have been mentioning'his name In connection
withhe tests and the Brown-Sequard business
generally, he has been overrun with letters rfnd
inquiries relating to the subject, and life has
been a burden to him. Now that he has
dropped the thing be hopes for a little peace.
As far as he knows none of the people who
submitted themselves to the tests have felt any
bad effects. When he was asked if any of
them had felt any good effects, he declined to
answer, but smiled a smile that did not augur
well for his faith in the "youth restorer."
Now that Dr. Loomis and the other reputable
physicians have, dropped the craze the quacks
will probably pitch in and coin money by pro
viding all applicants with doses of "youth
restorer" or something else just as good or
Justus bad. It Is said one Sixth avenne quack
has already gone into tbe business on tbe
wholesale plan.
Call It an Epidemic.
The Medical Hecord of this week gives
Brown-Sequard and his mixture another shot,
putting it In thiswise: The Brown-Sequard
trouble has struck America and soems to have
at once attained the proportions of an epidenflc.
Tbe daily papers are filled with reports of trials
practiced all over the country and on old per
sons in all stages of decrepitude. The result;
lu each case. If the dispatches are to be be
lieved, are a little short of miraculous. One of
our German exchanges. In commenting upon
the rejuvenator, remarks that it furnishes ad
ditional proof of the wisdom of retiring pro
fessors at the age ot 70. Brown-Sequard is 72
years of age.
A dispatch from Washington says: Tbe re
ports of blood poisoning from the use of the
Brown-Sequard injection are having a marked
effect in this city. Some leading physicians
here had arranged for experiments this morn
ing and tho sheep and patients were ready.
The persons invited to be present were as
sembled, but the announcement was made that
in view of the alarming reports of the effect of
tbe elixir tbe physicians had decided not to
make tbe experiments.
Will Sac for Damages.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says; The doc
tors have decided that tbe man Steele, named
in recent telegrams, has blood poison. He will
sue for $5,000 damages. Felden Weir, tbe first
man experimented on here, and whose wonder
ful cure was telegraphed broadcast, Is in bed
again. Great, hard lumps appear where the
incisions were made, and he is delirious. Dr.
Longfellow, who made the first experiments. In
a published statement last night said he has
lost faith in the elixir, and that a local paper
paid all the expenses ot his experiments for the
first news.
Dr. Langinbeck, the chemist who prepares
nine-tenths of all tbe elixir nsed here, says it is
dangerous if used after an hour and rank
poison after two hours. This case amounts to a
craze. There are reports that the workhouse
physioions have experimented indiscriminately
with frightful results. '
THE'SOPPLI OP CATIAEE.
Pat Up In This Country It is Sent to Earopo
and Returned.
Delaware Crrr, August 17. The great In
dustry here is the catching of sturgeon and the
making of "Russian caviare." There are three
firms engaged in the work, and during the
spring thero were 4,700 sturgeons caught, tbe
aggregate weight beingl about 376,000 pounds.
They were valued at 122.560, Of the total catch
2,820 were roe fish, which netted 720 kegs of
caviare of 140 pounds each, valued at 819.410.
This caviare was nearly all shipped to Ger
many, but some of It will return to this country
in small tin cans and be greatly increased in
value on account of the duties and foreign
reputation.
The sturgeons are put in large nets, and the
roe must be removed while the fish is still
alive, or It is of no nie. The roe is in large dark
flakes. It Is carefully rubbed through sieves to
separate tbe ezgs, about the size of duck shot,
from the film or membrane that holds them
together. Great care is taken to prevent the
crashing of the eggs. They are salted and
packed in kegs.
There is nothing wasted of the stargeon.
Tbe meat is cut into steaks and kept cold, later
in the season being shipped to New York and
Philadelphia, where it sells from 12 to 23 cents
a pound. The hides are used, and the refuse is
sent to New Jersey, where it is converted into
oil and compost.
THE MODERN ADVERTISEMENT.
It Is Made tho Subject ot a Very Interesting
Pamphlet.
Messrs. John Manning &Co.,ot Philadelphia,
have published a pamphlet entitled "Tho
Modern Advertisement; Its Resources and
Curiosities," by John Manning and Arthur H.
MacOwen. In 40 pages some very interesting
facts are told about newspaper advertising.
Many suggestions are made which, if acted
upon, will assure Better results to business men
who resort to the use of printers' ink. One of
tbese relates to originality In matter and in
dividuality of style In getting up the "ad."
Soma curious samples are given in the book.
The next thing recommended is to select a
newspaper the circulation of which guarantees
to tbe advertiser that he may expect a profit
on his investment. To this branch of the sub
ject tbe pamphlet devotes considerable atten
tion, pointing out very clearly bow much Influ
ence the methods of a publisher may have on
the advertiser, and giving a list of newspapers
in the United States and Canada, amons which
is, of course. The Dispatch, as examples ot
public journals that are pre-eminently of value
to business men. On the whole. Manning 4
Ca's little book is well worth reading.
THE LAEGEST ETEE CAUGHT.
A Rochester Fisherman Captures n Brown
Trout Weighing Over Six Founds.
Rochesteb. N. Y.. August 17. The largest
brown trout ever caught on this continent was
landed last evening at Spring Creek, Mumford.
The fish weighs 6 pounds 2 ounces, and its pro
portion and compllctlon are perfect. This is
one of the species of brown trout, the spawn of
which was -imported from Germany, and re
ceived at the New York State hatchery on
February 18,' 18S4, so that Its age cannot be
more than between S and 6 years. Tbe largest
ever caught previously weighed a trifle over S
pounds.
THEN AND NOW.
A pair of laughing, loving eyes.
That memory might well treasure,
A look of welcome, and surprise.
Of friendship, fun and pleasure.
A look as warm, a look as bright
As bloom of sunlit heather,
"Where youth and Innocence unite
With beauty all together.
You were a little girl In pmk,
So well can I remember,
'Twaa late In Angus,!, as I think,
Or earliest September.
The sea that day was calm and blue
(In every mood I live It),
The sun shone bright on it and you
From the blue sky above It.
We spoke some words of light Import,
Talked of the summer weather:
Fatted, and smiled, and Utile thought
Our fates were linked together.
And low let wild waru rest or roar.
Skies smile, or frown with thunder,
"We twain on life's mysterious shore
Ko more shall part asunder. "
. Gterg Fortster,
ONE DAY IN HEW YORK.
A aiyaterlsn'a Battle.
.NEW TOEK qpsXAU SrECLU.S.1
New. Yobk. Augustl7. Early this morning
a big, well-dressed man, fighting drunk, entered
a house on Thirty -second street. In a minute
he had turned everything upside down. He
upset a bund negro at the piano, knocked down
the mistress of the house and drew a bowie
knife on a young lady. According to the story
told by the women, their screams brought
another big, well-dressed man to the rescue.
This man claimed to be a detective. He tried
to throw tbe rioter into the street. A terrific
struggle between the two men followed. Both
fought with knives. For over ten minutes in
the corridor, on tho steps and In the street they
slashed and stabbed each other. The drunken
man plunged his knife vertically Into his an
tagonist's neck just inside of the collarbone
and got a return stroke which severed alt the
muscles and tendlons of his wrist. A police
man who founa tbem both faint from the loss
of blood a few minutes later, took them to a
hospital. Both men gave names that proved on
investigation to be bogus. Tbe one who began
the disturbance in the bouse tried to escape
from the hospital this morning, but was caught
aud detained. The other man is too near death
to be interviewed. The whole mysterious affair
will be investigated as soon as the principals
recover sufficiently to appear in court.
Farewell for Fourteen Years.
Eben 8. Allen, the ex-President of the
Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry
Railway Company, was taken to Sing Sing this
morning to begin serving llyears at hard labor
for having fraudulently overissued stock in the
company over which be presided. He wept
while packing his knick-knacks and memen
toes preparatory to the journey. No one was
at the station to bid him goodby. Allen's
health i already broken. Few of his friends
believe he will survive more than a few years'
imprisonment:
A Big Contract.
Al Daggett's contract to furnish the Govern
ment with 2,000,000,000 postal cards for abont
800,000 has astonished men who know most
about making postal cards. Ex-Postmaster
Genera James hopes that Mr. Daggett will
make money out of the contract, but regards it
as impossible. Warner Miller, who is regarded
is one of the most competent and experienced
m or. iu the paper buslness,expressed great sur
prise tcjs morning when he heard what the fig
urea In Mr. Daggett's bid were. He did not hes
itate to say that at these figures somebody
would lose considerable money. Mr. Miller also
said that at those figures he did not see how it
wa s possible for Mr. Daggett to secure bonds
men for the faithful performance of the con
tract. Mr. Daggett's friends say his annual
profit from the contract will be from 325,000 to
$50,000. The Commercial Advertiser this after
noon published an article to the effect that Mr.
Daggett has neither the plant nor the money
to execute his part of tbe contract, and that in
bidding he acted merely as a go-between for
bona fide manufacturers of postal cards. Tbe
article claims that Mr. Daggett, before making
his bid, got inside Information as to the bids of
his competitors.
Distinguished Voyagers.
Commander Ballington Booth, of the Salva
tion Army, and Mrs. Booth, Thomas N.Waller,
Charles B. Trail, United States Consul to Mar
seilles: Senator William M. Evarts, his daugh
ter, niece and his son, Allen W. Evarts, sailed
for Europe to-day. Senator Evarts' trip is
ostensibly for the purpose of having his eyes
operated upon. For the past year his eyes have
been failing, until now he Is nearly blind. Mr.
Evarts has left two very Important lucrative
vocancles in the Federal service to be filled.
To him has been left the appointments of a
United States Marshal of this district and a
United States District Attorney. President
Harrison placed this power in the hands of the
two Senators from this State, Evarts and His
cock. Senator Hiscock turned over his right
to Senator Evarts. The many candidates for
the offices in question are exceedingly dis
gruntled by Senator Evarts' failure to make
the appointments before leaving.
Ladr Tourists Robbed.
Miss Fanny Losey, of LaCrosse, Wis., a
passenger on the steamer Werra, was robbed
this morning of jewelry worth tvOO
and a' purse containing 8100. While she
was bidding farewell to some friends
her stateroom was entered and her trunk
broken open. An excitable French woman
to-day in the Pennsylvania Railroad depot
across the river complained to the officer that
she had lost a satchel containing money, dia
monds and a first-class ticket to France. She
gave her name as Mrs. De La Vere. of Chicago.
She said that she had two trunks and the
satchel checked by Dodds Express. When
she got to the New York sidatbe trunks were
there, but the satchel was missing. It con
tained 530 in money, diamonds valued at 1400
and her steamer ticket.
A FLOATING EDM SHOP.
Novel Scheme to Evade the Liquor Laws la
a Dry Ohio Town.
Geltjta, O., August 17. Shane's Crossing at
a local option election a few months ago went
dry. One .of the saloons promptly moved
across the river, which forms the corporation
line, and, taking possession of an island, fitted
up a beer garden. Tho proprietors ngged up a
dummy elevator with which to supply farmers
passing over the bridge who had not time to go
DfllOW
Last Saturday the township also voted on tho
question, thu result being "dry." but the pro
prietors of the saloon have discovered that the
St. Mary's river, which flows at the foot of the
street and was formerly used by flat boats to
transport supplies from St. Mary's to Ft
Wayne, Is still a navigable stream. So they are
building a flat-boat for their liquor traffic and
will run It every day. making regular turns,
from a half-mile above the town to a half-mile
below, anchoring at the foot of Main street
every night.
A BEAB MAKES A MISTAKE.
Thinking He Is Pursuing Another Animal He
Chnses Himself.
From the Alt California.!
California bear stories are again rife In tbe
East. Wehavoseenno publication of the ex
ploit of that big grizzly who started to walk
around a pine tree and caught up with his own
hind-quarter. Thinking they belonged to an
other bear, be opened war on bis own rear with
tooth and toe-nail. When he felt himself claw
ing blmself he thought. Of course, that it was
the other bear, and chawed tbe harder.
He never discovered bis mistake until be bad
swallowed blmself clear down to bis ears, and
then It was too late to retreat. This story haa
tbe merit of being true. We have seen tbe man
who told It.
TKI-STATE TE1FLES.
AFBAHKXiJf man. whose, cup ot happiness
seemed to be filled to the brim and whose de
meanor was one of great joy, was observed at
the depot this afternoon. He had a rattlesnake
in a glass-covered box and was drunk. Oil City
Blizzard.
PebbT Pethtel, of Green county, Pennsyl
vania, a few days since killed a very large
snake. It was surrounded with 114 other snakes
of the same species, each about nine inches in
length. Mr. Pethtel succeeded In killing tbe
whole batch. They were of the garter-head
variety.
Miss ThekxaStetjber, of Philadelphia, is
a hustler. She testifies that on August 3 a
certain man promised to marry her. On Aug.
ust 13 she sued him for breach of promise.
B xsroBO is tbe home of one of the oldes
Masons in Pennsylvania. Daniel Minnichwat
84 years old on tho 21st of June and has been ag
member of the Masonic order 63 years,
AXAltOE retriever dog owned by Dr. Beaver,
of Conshohocken, walked Into the residence of
Mr. Robert Stewart a few days since, retrieved
a cold roast ot veal from the dining-room tablo
while no one was around, and took it home to
the Beaver family.
LrnTwa the sick Is a knack. After a bag
gage smasher, employed at the Broad street
station, had vainly tried to lift his Invalid
father, a petite girl, a graduate of the Nurses'
Training School of, Philadelphia Hospital, came
silently floating Into the room, like a bit ot
sepbyr, and gave the burly sick man just the
turn be needed.
A Wklmbubo, (W Va..) dog jumped
into the water and rescued a half-drowned
chicken.
Air Ohiogirl, 18 year of age, his become
balunoaoett. '
CURIOUS C0NDENSATI0N&
D.J. Charbonneau, of Willlamstown,
Ky.,hasanen that is 14 years old She has
laid no eggs for four or five years. buMs sound
and hearty.
A Cadmus, Mich., farmer fed a flock
of swine several gallons of elder which was not
soft. The hogs went on a glorious old drunk
for three days, and a few of them passed peace
fully away, never realizing what had touched
them.
An umpire for a ball game at IAnse,
Mich., paralyzed a crowd of people bv appear
ing on the field armed with a cutlas. a big
musket, an ax and a spyglass. On bis back
was painted a big sign. "You will please side
with me."
Joseph Brooker, his wife and two
children, arrived in Titusville the other day
having walked all the way from Kansas. They
had been unfortunate there, and were on their
way back to Elmira,N. Y where ;they for
merly lived.
Officer Schroeder, of Cincinnati, found
a pretty little animal about the size of a kitten
on a street in the suburbs. He picked it up
and was about to carry It home, when he sud
denly became aware of the "nature of tbe
beast." It was a skunk. I
A queer freak of lightning occurred av
Klrkwood, Ga., a f e w days ago. A young man
named Gay was struck by lightning and the
shock was so great that it tore tbe eyelets out
of his shoes. Strange to say, Mr. Gay was not
injured beyond the shock of the stroke, and
Is as well as ever.
A peculiar accident occurred at a gas
well near Anderson. Ind. The well Is a phe
nomenal one. and has so far defied all attempts
to pack It. Henry Loffner. one of the drillers,
while passing tbe well extended his arm some
two or three feet from its mouth, but directly
over it, when the force of the gas blew his arm
to a perpendicular position with such violence
as to dislocate It at the shoulder.
A discovery was made publio in Saa
Diego recently which is destined to add an
other valuable product to the already long list
of California resources. This is a soap mine.
A deposit containing thousands of tons of a
fine quality of natural soap exists within a
dozen miles ot the city. Families In the vicin
ity of the soap deposit have recently tested it
in the crude state with most satisfactory re
sults, and specimens shown fin this city to-day
would indicate that it will require little extra
treatment in its preparation for market.
The champion absent-minded man lives
in Kingston, N. Y. The other evening he was
desirous to see a man on business who resides
not far from his own home. Hestarted out on
this errand and walked around several blocks
Immersed in profound thought. By the merest
accident In his wanderings he came to his own
residence. ie paused in front or nis own bouse
and rang the door bell. He had evidently still
retained the original purpose in starting out.
for, when his son answered the ring, he calmly
Inquired of the lad whether hli father was at
home.
At the Anthropological Congress, sit
ting at Vienna, the question whether Bchlie
mann discovered Troy came np with great
earnestness. A letter was received from Cap
tain Bottlcher, of Munich, the well-known op
ponent of Dr. Schliemann. in which he renews
his violent attacks upon the renowned archaeol
ogist concerning Hlssarlik (Troy). Herr Bot
tlcher contends that the Inscriptions show that
this was not Troy, but a Necropolis used for
burning tbe ashes of the dead. Prof. Virchow
called this theory of Dr. Schliemann's oppo
nent "ridiculous nonsense."
In one of the twin lakes hear Lakeville,
Conn., is a rock known as Moving Kock. It is
close in shore, in about four feet of water, and
rushes grow up all around it. Fifteen years
ago, it is related, this rock was far out in the
lake, and in size was nearly ten times what it
is to-day. It was observed to move each spring
from 10 to 15 feet, leaving a deep furrow in the
yellow clay at the bottom of the lake. The
general opinion among tbe natives is that tho
ice, when It breaks up each spring, is piled In
tons upon the rock by tbe north winds, which
have a clean sweep over tbe lake, and thus the
rock is driven closer and closer in toward the
bank.
The ingenuity of a Boston rat is well
worthy of reward. Indeed, he captures tho
doughnut. He has taken up his quarters in
the kitchen of the Metropolitan Hotel, and
the following remarkable story is told of him
by one of the waiters: "A few evenings ago."
said the waiter, "I had occasion to go down,
into the kitchen. It was dusk when I arrived
and as soon as my eyes became used to the (
light I saw a large rat walk deliberately up to
a dish of doughnuts and take tbem out one by
one and string them on his tail, as yon would
string beads. When he had put on fire and
loaded his tall all up he turned around, tnfJr
the end of his tail between bis teeth,-"and fee
fully walked off."
A tramp of heavy feet in the East
Thirty-fifth street police station. New York,
the other evening, and a rap on the desk caused
the sergeant in charge to grab his pen and turn
around in his chair with a weary "Drunk!"
There was no answer, and he looked up to meet
the gaze of a horse looking at him over the rail.
The two eyed each other in silence for a full
minute, then the big beast turned to go into
tho prison. In doing so he backed up against
the Captain's door. The Captain yelled "Come
inl" and when no one came he onened the door
to encounter tbe horse making for his lounge.
The Captain yelled, and tbe sergeant rang for
the reserves. The house-duty man caught the
horse by tbe nose just as it was going iuto the
cellar. An excited German truckman claimed
the animal. It had run away from him on
Third avenue and made straight for the police
station.
St. Paul is one broad grin over the dis
covery by an evening paper that the Minne
apolis directory is padded with'the names of
dogs. A reporter found the following on page
223 of the Minneapolis directory just Issued:
"Carl Baxter, colored, watchman. Crescent
Club." Having been given a tip that some
thing was wrong about this entry, the reporter
called at the Crescent Club and accosted w. II.
Baxter, steward of the club, whose name ap
pears just beneath that of "Carl Baxter," with
tbe request to be Introduced to the latter.
"Certainly," said Mr. Baxter with a smile, and
with a low whistle called up a splendid brown
dog. "Thero, my boy," he said, 'Is Mr. Carl
Baxter. 1 have bad that dog six years, aud he
is brighter than half the men in this city. He
is a 'treasure, and I baya had bis name put In
tbe directory. He is entered aa Carl Baxter,
colored, watchman-' He is colored all Jlpht, a
brown, and If he cannot watch 1 want to know
who can." It Is said that several other dogs
were given places in the directory, thus help
ing to bring the total "population" up to
23&i00a
LITTLE PLEASANTRIES.
Some poor, foolish men, who have no use
for such a burden, seem to want the earth. All
the earth axis something to turn on. Haa Orleans
Picayune.
A Sad Situation. "He owes everything
he has to me."
"That's bad. He owes a great deal more than
he has to me." harper1 Bazar.
"Miss Pasee only just had her eighteenth
birthday? Kldlrnlous"."
"It's true. You know she was born on the Sth
of February." Jiarptr's Bazar.
Ted Why are yon so sure Miss Lonely
hasn't a beau?
Ned I. called on her the other evening, and
therewasn't an armchair in We parlor. A'pocA.
Very Much So. "I never could under
stand Smith. There is something far away about
him."
'Bo I bear, lie's In Egypt, Isn't he?"-J!for-per's
Bazar,
Bodkins I am convinced that mygro
ceryiran would make a first class highwayman; J
lilsby What put such an idea into your head? t
Bodkins He knows how to lie in weight, any
how. Kearney Enterprise.
It is seriously stated that it takes a fly a
two billionth part of a second to wink. If aman's
wink was as sudden as a fly's he would never get
anything but plain sodaat the fountain In a drug
store. Iforristoim Uerdld.
"I'm feeling miserable," replied Jimp
kins. In response to an inquiry after his health.
"No wonder, after playing poker all night."
"Yes; I lost mv white and red cblpaind all that
remains Is a stack of blues.' Washington Capi
tal. THE AOTTCAX, BISK:
The lover is lucky l
"Who gets through the summer
"Without having his ducky
Elope with a drnmmer.
y. X. Evening Sun.
A Terrible Burden. Clara What a ter
rible noise that wagon makes.
George "Yes; It's dreadful, isn't It?
"What makes it groan so, George?"
"Why, It 1 filled with green apples. " XonUn
Statesman.
HUi Pedigree. Englishman (to stran
ger) Kxcuse me. (lr, but aren't you a foreigner?
Stranger foreigner? No, sir, I'm an Ameri
can purs and simple.
Englishman Ah I and what tribe do you belong
to, please? Harper' t Bazar.
Nearly a Stranger. Mr. Clubman My
private tecretary, young NIcefeilow, says he Is an
acquaintance of yours.'
illss Cltybelle What Impudence! I never meet
him except at the seaside, and last summer I even
refused to become engaged to him again, Sv)
lorii Weekly.
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