m WWrip LV -.JN 'THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, 1 THURSDAY; .AUGUST 29, v 1889. jsf & r jje sqpftg. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 18K. Vol.44. N0.2B. Entered at Flttsburg I'ostofflce, ovemberl4, 1SST, as second-class matter. Business Offlce97 andOQ Fifth Avenue. News Booms andPtibliBhing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Eastern Advertising Office, ttoom. 40, Tribune Building. IewYork. Average net circulation of the dally edition of The Dispatch for six months ending July 31, 1SSD, as sworn to before City Controller, .29,914 Copies per Issue. Average net circulation orthe Sunday edition of Tbk DISPATCU for three months ending July 11, 1S39, 54,897 Copies per Issue. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TREE IN THE OOTID STATES. DaSlt Dispatch, One Year f 8 CO Dailt Dispatch, lcr Quarter 1 00 Daily Dispatch. OneMonth 70 Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch. Including Sunday, Jm'ths. 2 SO Dailt DisrATcn,lncludlngbunday,l month SO bCXDAT Dispatch, One Year 2 M VXIXLT DISPATCH, One Year 1 S5 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carrlersat U cents per -week, or Including Sunday edition, at 0 cents per week. PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. AUG. 29. I8S9. THE COKE PBRCHABES. The acquisition of the Schoonmaker plants in the coke regions by the Frick Coke Company, making an aggregate ownership by the latter of over 8,000 ont of 13,000 ovens, is another step in the remark able movement that has lately come to the surface. It is hardly possible to overlook the in dications that the extension of the Prick Company, till it now owns nearly two thirds of the Connellsvilie industry, is a revival of the policy of a single control. The indications that such an operation has been going on furnish an adequate explana tion of the prolonged and phenomenal re tention of the price of coke at an unre tnnnerative basis. "Whether the purchases -will be extended to take in the entire in-' dustry, or the remaining plants will act in common with their mammoth neighbor, re mains to be seen. But it by no means follows that the maintenance of high prices for coke will be practicable. Besides the possible competi tion of the 5,000 ovens not owned by the Frick company, new and competing fields are developed on both sides of the Connells vilie district. This development has taken place under the stimulation of recent prices ior coke. If the prices are advanced, there is no doubt that the process of putting up new plants will be indefinitely multiplied. Nevertheless, the new movement is sig nificant of changed conditions in the coke industry. The development of its results will be watched with keen interest. A HEAVY DRAWBACK. The claim made in a civil suit against a city Alderman, that Aldermen are subject to a penalty of 50 for each item of costs in excess of the legal allowance will, if sus tained, establish a decided check: on the practice of extortionate charges by the lower courts. In this case, oi course, we have no means of judging of the truth of the charges; but it is evident that if they are sustained, and the claim of $Ffor each ex cessive charge is granted, the Alderman in question will be out $1,900 for having tried to collect an excessive cost bill of 16 20. If it turns out to be the fact that the little eccentricities of Aldermen in swelling the co:t bills are subject to such heavy draw backs it will be likely to inspire very close adherence to the legal schedules. The game and candle ate out of all proportion. A BESUXT OF TEUSTS. The organization of a large sugar refinery at Baltimore, with a capacity sufficient to supply about one-thirtieth of the con sumption of the United States, is an evi dence of what we have oiten pointed out as the inevitable result of artificially enhanced prices. There is refinery capacity enough in the United States already to supply the consumption and some of it is already idle. But the artificial enhancement of the price is certain to bring new capital into the business unless the trust has the means of excluding it, The operations of the Sugar Trust have already stimulated the erection of Spreckels' refinery at Philadelphia and the new one at Baltimore. Of course the exactions which the trust have imposed on the people before the new competition gets into operation demands the enforcement of the law; but it is satisfactory to notice that this legitimate and inevitable penalty is also getting in its work. HAT FEVER AHD XOBALITY. At the meeting of the United States Hay Fever Association in New York, the day before yesterday, a certain Dr. Townsend, oi Philadelphia, defended the proposition that hay fever is a moral disease, or rather that it effects moral men 'only. Criminals and New York Aldermen and Anarchists never have bay fever, Dr. Townsend said. Another speaker, Mr. F. W. Devoe, added the information that 200,000 people in the United States have hay fever. Presuming that these statements are correct, we have the satistaction of knowing that there are at least 200,000 people of irreproachable morals in this country. But is it not dangerous to the cause of morality that such a statement as this should be given to the public? It seems to us that it surely tends to encourage the masses to be wicked in order to escape one of the most distressing diseases to which human flesh is heir. Confronted plainly with the choice we fear that the majority of men would prefer to be a little bit wicked, just to stray a short way from the straight path of virtue, if by so doing it were cer tain that they could avoid the catarrhal calamity. It is rather chilly comfort to tell a man whose eyes and nose are splitting, whose hearing is impaired, whose tonsils are swelled, and to whom every passing air is an invitation to sneeze, that he ought to be happy and content because hay fever has him in its royal clutches, although it con clusively shows that he was a highly moral man. It is not certain, however, that hay fever is so particular about the company which it ' keeps. Like the rain it is apt to fall alike upon the just and unjust. There may not any degree of certainty that New York Aldermen and Anarchists are liable to the disease, but we have kuown a great many men whose suffering from hay fever will not be stopped till their sins land them in the hot and dry climate of another world. Perhaps some of these men became wicked after catching the hay lever. Indeed, it is reasonable to believe that this is so, for the disease would try the patience and moral courage of a saint; but a goodly percentage remains of those who sinned first and took the fever afterward. , On the whole, then Dr. Townsend' pro position is hardly tenable. But if the sufferers from bay fever derive any conso lation from the doctrine that they are tor tured in the body because their sonls are stout, they may entertain it privately. If they publish it to the world they run the risk of being scoffed atby the ungodly non sneezers. ITKTTSTBE SUPPRESSED. The reports that come from Chicago, of attacks upon and attempts to kill witnesses in the Cronin murder case, with the infer ence that they arc intended to terrorize witnesses and prevent convictions, may be largely the outcome of the excitement pro duced by 'that case. Nevertheless the as saults made on two witnesses warrantsaplain declaration that the laws of this country must be supreme, and that any attempt to substitute for them the rule of thuggism will be suppressed by the united power of the American people. Nothing Is plainer than that the laws call for the punishment of murderers. The jdea that any organization, and much less ore that imports to this country the pretense of prosecuting a foreign quarrel, can nullify our laws, and not only deal out sentences of life and -death, but bring the administration of justice to naught by terrorizing wit nesses, is something that calls for a very sharp practical disproof, by the arrest and punishment of all who are engaged in such plots. It is to be hoped that if any such con spiracies are afloat in Chicago, themachinery of justice will prove energetic enough to administer a swift and severe suppression. Persons engaged in such defiance of the law, should reflect that even if thuggism can override American jnstice by secret murders, it can only result in provoking the wholesale and indiscriminate retribution of lynch law. is the on, oonroi Figures from the geological authorities are published in our local columns showing the decline in petroleum production. As a deduction from these statistics, Prof. Ash burner points ont the probability of a steady diminution ot the Pennsylvania field until it shall become a minor factor in the petroleum market. We have had occasion to notice predic tions of this sort, based, if we remember correctly, on the authority of a State Geologist, in past years. "While the news of declining production from the high water mark of 30,000,000 barrelsseveral years ago, have been measnrably fulfilled, it is worth while to remember that the alleged moribund oil field has shown the ability to develop new sources of production at unex pected junctures. A rise in price has gen erally not only brought new fields into ex istence, but has also shown the ability of older fields to increase their output from small wells which do not repay operation at low prices. We do not think that it is yet time to give up Pennsylvania's supremacy in the pro duction of illuminating oil. If free com petition can be re-established in the trade, Pennsylvania may continue to light the world with profit for a good many years to come. TOWARD THDERGROUUD WIRES. While Pittsburg is permitting the indus trious multiplication of the unsightly,incon venient, and sometimes dangerous overhead electric wires, it is instructive by way of contrast to observe what is being done by other cities in the way of effecting a reform of that evil. Our city was among the first to try the experiment of burying the wires;' but in the practical application of the re form for the purpose of relieving the street from the mass and net work or overhead lines, we have fallen for in the rear. Chicago is apparently entitled to claim theleadership in that direction. She has already cleared mostof the overhead electric wires out of her streets, and is pnshing the good work to completion. Six thousand miles of buried wire are under her streets; and on a large share of that amount the test of time and experience in a climate that ought to make the experiment conclusive, demonstrates both the practicability of the reform and the cost of maintaining. The rep resentations of the electric companies that the wires cannot be buriedsuccessfully, without damage to the service, is met by the statement of the city electricians of Chicago that the underground wires can be kept in repair at only one-fiftieth of the expense of those overhead. This-tnay be a somewhat sanguine estimate; but in connection with the fact that none of the predictions of ruin and bankruptcy that were made in con nection with the forced burials of wires in New York and Chicago have been realized, and that on the contrary the stock of the electric companies has steadily gone up, a Lgood reason is furnished for regarding all such assertions as the interested and ex-parte testimony of those who do not wish to take the trouble and expense of putting their wires underground. Pittsburg is apt to follow, at a long dis tance, after other cities with regard to im provements that only conduce to the public convenience. After" Chicago, New York and all the other leading cities of the conn try have successfully cleared their streets of overhead wires, we may hope that Pittsburg will do something in earnest toward the same end. The Prohibitionists' determination to keep up the fight is an earnest of their in tention to maintain -the doctrine of the per severance of the saints. The Ohio Democracy declares trusts to be the outcome ot the tariff, and calls for the repeal of the duties which maintain them. It looks as if the Ohio Democracy never had any acquaintance with the Standard Oil Trust; although past political events have created a decidedly different im pression. But it is significant that the con vention does not propose any measures to suppress the great combine which has in times past put up the money to elect aDem ocratic Senator from Ohio. The potters' combination may find, if it proposes to put up prices, that outside com petition may make 'the combination as breakable as its output. The St. Louis Globe Democrat remarks in a rather disappointed tone that it has not "heard of any Democrats claiming Iowa." Something of that sort was legitimately called for to balance the Globe Democrat's recent feat in claiming Missouri for the Re publicans. A Democratic State Convention with out a contest in the Allegheny county dele gation would be like the play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet left out. The Payne-McLean wing of the Ohio Democracy turns out to have its usual strong grip on the throttle of the machine. This fact is sufficient to explain why the platform of that party confines its denuncia tion to tbo trusts that are supported bythe tariff." The Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad puts itself in the line of progress by declaring that the deadly car stove must go. Better late than never. The respective arguments of New York and Chicago, showing that neither is the proper site for the Worlds Fair, are con vincing. They drive the unprejudiced part of the country to the conclusion that the exposition must be located at Washington. . London's great strike continues to swell to dimensions which are uncomfortable alike to the English employers and the American free-traders: If the policy of attacking witnesses whose testimony is expected to secure the conviction of the Cronin murderers is con tinued at Chicago, it may jcsnlt in an in definite enlargement of the list of people who are eligible for the gallows. Another gobble by the Frick company looks as if that corporation will soon own about all that there is in sight in the coke region. . General Alger is stated to be sure of the election of Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. B. It is to be hoped that this election is a more economical one than the canvass of the same ambitious millionaire for the Presidency last year. The German and Russian royalties do not wish to have uncertainty about the fact that they are biting their thumbs at each other. The announcement that the bathers of the city are going to talk up -union-made cigars to their customers while shaving them, looks like a dark and deep scheme to prejudice the customers of the barber shops against unior cigars. The West Virginia Democrats appar ently do not-care who casts the votes of the people so long aa they can do the counting out. We are pleased to observe that the rivalry of Minneapolis and St. Paul is to be fought out in the baseball field. By that means the supremacy of the Northwest may be expected to be settled, even if it kills an umpire. Those 160 Belgian glass blowers are now rising to vex the souls of the anti-imported labor officials. These are very strong indications that if Wall street is hard up, Wall.street can get money by taking off" a point or two from the very steep premium that it wishes the Government to pay for its bonds. PEOPLE Of PRuMEiENCE. Theodore Roosevelt's handwriting Is nearly as bad as that of the late Horace Gree ley. , The British Museum has paid 87,000 marks for the prayer book which the late Louis of Bavaria ordered from Franz Fleschutz. It is adorned with the decorations of the famous so called "great church treasure." When the Austrian Emperor saw the re view at Spandau he learned for the first time that the smokeless" powder which was used with such good effect bad been Invented by an Austrian apothecary and offered to the Aus trian Government, but had been declined. Twenty years ago Arthur Sulliraa began a grand opera entitled "The Sapphire Neck lace," but abandoned it, and has used it up In other compositions. He is again about to at tempt an opera on a serious subject, intended for D'Oyly Carte's new theater now building on Shaftesbury avenue. Julian Hturgls will write the libretto. Secretary WrNTJOit bajTleasedfor a term of years 'a handsome new brownstone resi dence, recently elected by George E. Lemon, on Massachusetts avenue, near Fifteenth street, and adjoining the residence lately pur chased by Mr. Jnstice Lamar, ot the United States Supreme Court. The neighborhood selected by Secretary Windom is one of the finest In Washington. The Archduke Albrecht, Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian army, Is the wealthiest man in Austria-Hungary. The other day, wnile on a tour of inspection In Hungary, he spent 48 hours In a small provincial town. The bill presented to him amounted to 153 12a. It was paid, without a murmur, but the next day the officers of the garrison received strict orders not to set foot in the hotel in question, and for the next 12 months no military band will be allowed to play In the town. That will prob ably make the innkeeper's extortion the dear est transaction he ever attempted. Rev. Ellis Howell, of Marshall, III., who is now in his 85th year, has just married his one thousandth couple. He is a native of Wales, and came to ..this country in 1844, preaching one year at Paddy's Run, O., and the next 13 years at Riley, Jackson county, O., which last position was secured for him by Dr. Scott, President Harrison's father-in-law, then a professor in Little Miami University, at Oxford, O. Ho went to Clark county, la. In 1S57. He .Is still a hall and hearty old man. He is already engaged to marry his one thou sand and first couple arTuscola some time next month. DONNING THE SISTERS HABIT. Thirty-Five Tonus Ladle inono the Garb oT Holiness nt Glen Riddle. rSPXCIAL TZXXOBAX TO TUX DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, August 28. At St. Fran cis' Convent, Glen Riddle, the mother house of the Sisters of St Vincent In this country, 85 young ladies to-day took the religious habit and 21 others made their professslon. This number 4s the largest that has ever entered a convent at one time In this part of the country. The early trains from this city were crowded with clergy and relatives of the candidates. The ceremonies, which were most solemn and impressive, began at 8 o'clock and lasted .until 1 in 'the afternoon. Toe church was decorated with the choicest flowers and the five altars were brilliantly illuminated with hundreds of candles. At 9 o'clock the long procession of candidates, dressed as young brides, wearing wreaths and carrying lighted tapers in their hands, formed in front of the convent and slowly walked toward the church. They were met by a pro cession of priests, wearing cassocks and sur plices. As the priests and young ladies took their places in the church, a choir of 20 Sisters sang the "Venl Creator." The habits, cards, crosses and rosaries were then blessed, after which solemn high mass was began, the celebrant being Rev. Bernard A. LItz, C. 8s. R, pastor of St. Bonlfacins, with Rev. Bernard Dornbege, pastor of St. Elizabeth's, as deacon; Rev. F. Fariss, C.Bs.R., of New York, as sub-deacon, and Rev. J. C. Frederick as master of ceremonies. .Rev. Father Litz preached the sermon. REMARKABLY GOOD SHOOTING. Recorda Made by Cavalrymen Not Idkelr to be Surpassed. rSriCIAL TXLIOEAM TO TUX DIgPlTCB.1 Fort Wlngate, N. M, August 23. The second day of known distance firing In the de partments of Arizona and California Cavalry competition opened to-day under favorable auspices. The weather was well adapted to shooting. The scores made this morning are hardly credible with a carbine, and so far ex ceed any shooting ever made at .this post by cither cavalry or lnfantry.Jthat they probably will not be beaten in the army. The officers and men are quite elated over the success of the cavalry branch ot the ser vice. Forty-five and 48 points were common occurrences at all range, while, at the 600-yard range. Lieutenant W. F. Littlebrant, oi the cavalry, made 48 points out of a possible SOL A Waste of Good Barrels. From the Providence Journal.) A fool and a barrel have made the trip through the Niagara rapids, and neither were materially injured, as tbo barrel was on the outside and took all the hard knocks. The only danger attending these experiments Is that the barrel Is sometimes lost. - Canada's) Hard Lack. ' From the Montreal Qasette. 3 J1- Politicians abound, but la.tesmim are fowl ' THE TOPICAL TALKER. The Ohio at Its L west This Year An Act ress Prayed for Note of tbo Floral Harvesr. Fob the first time this year the Ohio river has dwindled down to a shallow stream that wanders between broad flats ot shelving rock and sand over which but a few weeks ago it hurried savagely. The 'river is still falling, and It promises to be as' phenomenally low as it has been high so often in this year of floods and freshets. Since the river has receded the changes in Its main channel have become very apparent Ot course only the river men can accurately describe these mutations, but even the un learned landsman can see where the impetuous hands of the floods have cut out anew course f or Its passage through the valley. Since the United States dredging boats spent several days digging out the channel which had be come dangerously narrow at Agnew they have not been seen near Pittsburg, but there is work for them to do in plenty all along the river. Nearlt every person in Pittsburg has seen or beard of Lizzie Evans, who will be seen at the Bijou Theater next week. Lizzie hu a beautiful little blue-eyed cousin about 6 years old, of whom she tells the following story: "Sometime ago I had a chance and paid Katie's mother a visit The child's father was absent at the time, and she bad been taught to close her evening prayer with the words, "and please watch over my papa. It sounded very sweet but you can Imagine my surprise when one evening she added, "and I guess you had better keep an eye on my cousin Lizzie, too."' V There are some odd things about the growth of flowers this season. As far as I can speak from personal observation there is seldom such a general failure of anyone particular flower as there has been of the dahlia this year. All the dahlias I've seen have had puny, unhealthy. looking blossoms, and a tendency to super abundance in foliage. Some plants have failed to bear flowers at all. This is a pity, for the dahlia brings a welcome flash of color into the garden when the glory of the latter is fading out , June abounded in roses, though the continu ous downpour of rain had the effect of blighting ana rotting many a tree's wealth of blossoms. Geraniums have suffered from too much rain also rupning to stalk and leaf immediately but as a general thing most of the common plants used for bedding have done well In this part of the world. . Mr. Charles A. Dana, if his expressed ad miration of the sunflower be sincere, would enjoy driving through the western suburbs of Pittsburg, for almost every garden boasts some of the tall worshipers of the sun. A very beautiful sight to my mind, is a solid row of sunflowers in full bloom. The double sun flowerIt has another name I cannot recall is to be found in a great many gardens near Pitts burg. In color and the mass of color It is richer than its single relation, but the plain, old fashioned flower has the best of It in form. The flame-like points of the single sunflower are much more striking than the serrated edge of the donble blossom's petals. A BUNCO STEERER BLUFFED. Interesting; Conversation With HU tbe Preacher Cnt Short. Boston Courier.! A pleasant tale Is told of an eminent divine who upon the occasion of a visit to New York was accosted by one of those delnsive individ uals potmlarly known as bunco steerers. Tbe clergyman was walking in the neighborhood of Brooklyn bridge, and there was an air about him or bis attire which to the experienced eye ot the confidence man proclaimed him a dweller in tbe outer darkness which envelops all the world that is so maltreated by Provi dence as to be put outside of the limits of Gotham, when suddenly he was accosted by a J well dressed stranger who seemed to be over joyed to see him. "How do you doT" the stranger demanded; "I am charmed to see you. How are all the folks at Buffalo?" "You have made a mistake," the clergyman i answered "I am not from Buffalo.'' "On. excuse me," the other responded, laughing at his own mistake; "I should have saldTroy.' . "Are yon acquainted in TroyT" asked the divine, who by this time understood perfectly well what sort of a customer he had to deal with. "Oh. very well, indeed. I know almost every body in Troy," was the reply of the bunco steerer. "ReallyT" said tbe clerical gentleman, "Do youf Then of course you are acquainted with Helen of TroyT" And the well dressed stranger was imme diately reminded of an important engagement elsewhere which unfortunately prevented his continuing a conversation that was just begin ning to be really interesting. A HOLE IN THE SURPLUS. The Treasury Department Has Boasht Any Quantity of Bonds. Washington, August 28. Again to-day the bonds purchased by the Treasury were large in amount $3,888,900. This makes the total amonnt purchased in the last three days nearly 811,000,000. For these bonds the Gov ernment paid about 114,000,000, by the addition of premiums. The effect upon the surplus of the recent heavy purchase Is notable. It was $70,000,000 ten days ago, but has now decreased to about $43,000,000. Representations have been made to Acting Secretary Batcheller that it would be well for the Government to advance its buying prices in tbe face of large offerings, as otherwise a sudden reaction would be felt which would result in a refusal of bondholders to offer to sell. Mr. Batcheller, however, takes the ground that ai the bonds coming into the debarment are offered by firms of the highest financial reputation and under circumstances which make it manifest that they are not pinched and obliged to sell, they must bave reached the conclusion that it is the best thing to do. Therefore he Is rather more Inclined to lower than to advance the prices, and believes that after a few days business on the scale of to-day and yesterday no harm would follow If the pre dicted rise in thn market rates occurred, as the department would be ready for a, breathing spell. AN INSANE HAN'S TRANSACTION! Ho Purchases 30 Houses and Defrauds a Number of People. tSPXCTAX. TXLXQBXK TO TUX DISPATCrt.l Medford, Mass., August 28. Charles Lovenngwas arrested this morning by Chief of Police Holmes for insanity. Lovering, who is a jeweler by trade, a few months ago secured apatent'ona diamond setting that was worth several thousand dollars, but it is alleged a New York firm, fn whose favor the patent was granted by Lovering, deprived him ot tbe pro ceeds of the patent This is said to bave made him partly insanerand during the past week he secured S30O worth ot diamonds and jewelry from the Boston Ian Company, which be pawned and obtained money. He has also pur chased SO houses durlnc the past week in vari ous parts of Medford. promising to pay th e cash when deeds were obtained, and those from whom be purchased never suspected that ho was not all right until they brongbtthe deeds to him. He stated that he bad $50,000 deposited in a Boston bank. He has also purchased sev eral horses and carriages and other goods. He will be taken to the Danvers asylum to-day. Bet They Won't Whistle. From the Chicago Hews.! The pretty girls of Milwaukee whom Undo Teoumseh Sherman Is preparing to kiss can scare away the gallant old gentleman If they like by whistling "MarchingThrough Georgia" every time he approaches. A Fortnnnte Homorist. From the Et Paul Pioneer Fress. ChaunceyMDepew's annual income is $123, 000. If a man can't be tunny on $125,000 a year there's no humor in him. Wnlt nnd See. From the Alta California. 1 "Figures will not lieP'jutt wait till the cities of tbo West give In their census returns. One Trust Smashed. From the Philadelphia Times.: The Crockery Trust Is broken. It ran up against the Servant Girl Trust DEATHS OP A DAT. Walter A. Lsjtgrtr. Mrw aUVIN, Conn., At gust IS.-Walter A. Lesjrett a Hew Haven lawyer, who was taken to the hospital here on Banda critically 111 with ty phoid pneirtRoulavdled lastf night -WrLecjrert was at one time a member onhe flew ork Coun ty Kepttbliwn Committee. I TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS. Some Critics Intimate That Harrison Una Paid HI Deer Park Rent Washington; Augustas. An appointment fas representatives of the United States in the' Congress of the three Americas, which is soon to assemble in this city, has been offered o Hon. Henry G. Davit, of .West Virginia, ajd Mr. Charles R. Flint of New York. The 'at. ter is a wealthy manufacturer, exporter and importer of rubber goods and rubber, ani has been greatly interested in the South American trade. He was recommended by business men generally of New Yorlr. Kx-Senator Davis has also shown a deep interest In the reciproci ty and closer commercial relations ot the Americas and will, it Is thought make an ex cellent representative. His formal recom mendation came from Senator Gorman, ot Maryland, and many other prominent politic ians and business men of Maryland and Vir ginia, and also Mr. Emmons Blaine, a son of Secretary Blaine, who is a Vice President of the West Virginia Central Railroad, of which ex-Senator Davis is President It is jocularly said that the Deer Park circle, taking advant age of President Harrison's presence, and being thankful for the benefit accruing to the place from the patronace and expenditures ot Mr. Davis; managed tbe appointment Others who are Impressed with a conviction that Mr. Harrison is very considerate in his expenditures and who profess to have learned that no question of rent has ever been raised between Mr.Daus and Mr. Harrison for the occupation by thn latter of the splendid cot tage ui inexormerat Aieer rare, are quick to report that the compliment of the appointment of Mr. Davis will certainly put It out of his power to accept so trivial a matter as S50O or $000 for two or three months' use of the cot tage. This is cited merely to Illustrate the readiness of a portion of the public to attribute thrifty motives to the President in their ap pointment probably on acconnt of a really general impression that the management of the White House under tbo present adminis tration has been economical to an extreme never attained before. DIAMONDS WILL GO UP. A Trust Formed to Control the Mines and Restrict the Ontpnt. NtW YORK, August 28. A big Diamond Trust is reported from South Africa, and an enormous rise in the price ofthe stones is pre dicted in the near future. This information was given yesterday by Carl H. Kregor, of the Orange Free State, South Africa, who arrived at this port on the Umbria last Sunday. He states that the "combine," which consists of five immensely wealthy diamond diggers, is buying up all the various diamond mining com panies around Kimberley, Cape Colony, the center of the trade. It is the Intention of the trust when everything is under its control, to so reduce the mlnlngihat the output of stones will be very small, when a corner will be pro duced and the prices go bounding upward in consequence. There is said to be practically no limit to the resources of the members of the new trust and they can carry all before them. There are only two independent companies now at work at Kimberley, all the others having been pur chased by tbe trust and shut down. These two are said to be already nearly under the control of the trust and will probably soon be entirely secured. Thousands ox workmen will be thrown out of employment try the shutting down of the mines, but the trust will reap a golden harvest BTILL WAITING ON LION. The Department Ha Sent No Agent to In vestlgaie the Jennnette Case. SPECIAL TXLIOnAK TO THX DISPATCR.I Washington, August 23. The small rem nant of responsible officials at the Treasury De partment are kept awake these days answer ing questions raised by misrepresentations of the conduct of the department in regard to the Jeannette glassblowers' case. Several pa pars have had it that District Attorney Lyon had recommended that Chambers fc McKee be fined 51,000 in each case of the 25 glassblowers, and that the department had reversed his de cision. The latest canard is that a special agent of the Treasury bad been sent on to in vestigate the case. This came from a remark of Assistant Secretary Batcheller to a cor respondent that a speclalgent bad been sent But Mr. Batcheller referred to Mr. Robert D. Layton and not to any special agent sent from this city. Up to the present time there has been no thought of sending other investigators than those on tbe ground, who are deemed per fectly competent for the work. Information asked of District Attorney Lyon is expected within a few days and thed the department will soon set the matter at rest A FIGHT WITH-A BIG BIRD. Desperate Straggle Between a Philadelphia Oarsman and a Hage Crane. Philadelphia, August 28. A desperate fight took place on the Schuylkill river near the Glrard avenue bridge yesterday afternoon between a memberpf xthe Iona Boat Club, who was out for an evening pull, and a crane. About I b o'clock, wben the members of the different clubs began to go out on the river, a large bird was seen to drop into the water near the Glrard avenue bridge. One of the members of the Iona Boat Club started to capture the bird, but wben within a boat's length the crane shewed fight When near enough tbe oarsman reached for the bird, but It made an attack with its wings and bill, clipping the flesh from the young man's hand and beating him about the head. The boatman tried1 to beat it down with tbe oar, bnt the crane would not give up and fought desperately, tearing the oarsman's clothes and biting tbe flesh oft his hands. Tbe fight was watched with Intense Interest by many people who had gathered on the shore. Finally after a severe struggle the crane was captnred and got into tbe boat and bound with a cord. The bird was sent to the Zoological Garden, with a reqnest that it be named "Sullivan." IRON FREIGHTS ADVANCED. Flltsbnrg Affected by the Central Truffle Association's Work. ' Chicago, August 23. The Iron Committee of the Central Traffic Association met to-day and agreed that taking effect September 15, rates on articles ot iron and steel between points in the territory of the Association shall be on a basis of fifth class In less than car loads and sixth class in car loads. This is an advance of abont 25 per cent, and makes tbe rates between Buffalo and Cnlcago 17 cents a hundred pounds on less than carload ship ments, and 15 cents when shipped in car load lots. It was also agreed that the rates on pig iron shall be advanced to the basis of $2 60 a ton Pittsbnrg to Chicago, and $2 20 from tba Mahoning Valley to Chicago, with correspond ing advances from other points. Grapo Seeds Killed Him. Moeristown, Ind., Ausust 28. Rush Wag oner, aged 14, a son ot Riley Wagoner, a farmer living cast of here, died from the effects of swallowing grape seeds.vwhich are supposed to have lodged in the intestines and caused in flammation. Crossed the Ocean at 96. SHAMOKiNt August 28. Mrs. Jamei Clark has just arrived in Shamokin from England. She is likely one of the oldest persons that ever crossed the ocean, being bom in 1793. She was ;be object oi great interest during tne voyage. NEXT WEEK'S PLAIS. Evans, a clever little comedienne andtt favorite with Pittsbnrg theatergoers, openkatthe Bilou next Monday night in her latestfcomedy success' entitled "Fine Feathers." This pVy made a decided bit In Boston last week ad is very favorably noticed bythe press of that cVy. "Fine Feathers" is a story of English njral life, turning upon the scheme of a rascallyattorney tryingtopalm off a farmer's daughter ashe heiress of a large estate The dialogue Is sid to be bright and breezy, and a number ot muvical specialties are Introduced by Miss Evans Sod her comedian. "Tbe Buck eye," the comedyv purchased by Miss Evans from Denman Thompson last summer, will be presented the latter part of tbe engagement Pete Baker, with ills happy smile, comes to Harris' Theater next woek, commencing Mon day. September 2. with, The Emigrant" Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; and "Chris and Lena,'?. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. These' well-known and successful musical comedies have both been reconstructed, and with all the old-time favorite soigs, many new ones, with elegant costumes andmacniflcent scenery. "The World Against HVr" is draw ing well at this house the present weak. Mack's combination ot VaudevillVstars is flniinrTTarrr Williams' Academy of Music at .each performance 'this week. Next weekW. M. Davene's Allied Attractions, a strong com pany, will be seen. There will be In audition to the usual matinees, a performance on Labor Day, Monday afternoon,, at which night prices will rule. j Fred Wards, the sterling tragedian, will present a repertoire of legitimate dramas next week at the Grand --Opera House. "The MoUtebank'J will "be the opening attraction, and Will afford Pittsbureers a chance to see ,Mr. Wards in a sew character. MABRIAGE AND DIY0ECE. Seme Refiectlona Prompted by State Mat rlmonlal Erenta In England Extraordi nary Causjea lor Severing tbe Nuptial Knot. ICQBSKSrONBENCX OP TUB DISPATCD.I London, August 20. As for the Grand Old Mn, Who at any time during the last 50 years has been ready to answer any question on things human or divine, there can be no mis take about his opinion on the blessedness of marriage. After halt a century of wedded bliss, he has just celebrated his golden wed ding with all tbe "enthusiasm of lusty youth. "No words," he joyfully exclaims, "would ever suffice to express the debt I owe to her for all she has done on my behalf and of those nearest and dearest to us, during these last happy 50 years." His words were received by hundreds of hearers as a golden saying, and applauded to. the echo. Doubtless they sounded like words of good cheer to the Earl of Fife, who on the very next day took to wife a royal Princess, who, if she had a plain face, yet brought to him a goodly dowry. If dollars alone could insnre-itand the joys of matri mony are not too much for him, he may live to celebrate bis fiftieth weddlng'day anniversary as gallantly as the old hero of Hawardon. Or. in three years' time, be may incline to tbe fatal doctrines of lion a and shriek for divorce. All depends on the good sense, the give and take spirit of wife and husband; their own wisdom, or their own perverseness. Providence will no more interfere on their behalf than on behalf ot toose romantio young idiots, nee xompkin ses, who last week. In a mad paroxysm of love at first sight rushed off to be made one for ever, and in less than six months will be gnash ing their teeth that they can't be two. Johnson oa Matrimony. "Would you advise me to marry T" once said a young noodle of a dandy to the mighty sage of Bolt Court Samuel Johnson. 'Sir." replied the sage, "1 should advise no man to marry who cannot propogate understanding." Ex cellent advice, and potent enough to stay the banns cf marriage in a million or two of dally cases; but unfortunately nobody acts' on it Bnter Cupid, exit common sense. Even that rugged, old, gnarled philosopher and historian, Thomas Carlyle, who worshiped Sam Johnson next to God, refused to listen to their dictum of his idoL "No, no," says Carlyle, "better marry badly than not at all. Without marriage life is imperfect" And with it says Mona Calrd, woman's life is insufferable bondage. It was with tms torch that she set London on fire last autumn, and the flames threaten to break out again in this blazing summer of 1889, when the royal marriage set us all agog once more about Hymen,. and tbat unanswerable of all questions, "Is marriage a failure?" To that ?;uery no answer has. or ever will come: and or tbe simplest and best of reasons we bave all eaten of the insane root'; all been caught in the same net; tbe happy ones exult in their bondage, the wretched bide their misery, or confessing it deny their share in the folly or guilt tbat caused it: while the noodles, and the cold-blooded, tbe crafty, the worthless, and those who are without hope, resign themselves dismally to their fate. The Question of Divorce. No chance of escape? The only one. at pres ent. Is divorce, about which, say mostof the women, "we have neyer been consulted; we. upon whom the bitter woes of matrimonial dis cord chiefly fall. Tbe laws of divorce in En gland are entirely framed tor tbe comfort of men to make their escape easy and ours Impos sible." Putting aside as must be done in this column all the religious aspects of the ques tion, the issue is simply this: Ought society to have tbe power to force two people to liver to gether tor life, who both wish to be apart? Or, being -once separated, to be able to forbid either of them to rush into marriage again, if they are mad enough to wish or dare it? These two, to quote Artenius, arc "really good-sized questions"- to be enormous before the mil lenium comes to giro us a clean sheet But whatever the inequalities of the English laws of aivorce may he. whether in favor of Samson or Delilah,Pendl ta or Lovelace, beyond all question It is she luxury of tbe rich, and of the rich only. The cost cannot be less than three figures it may be four, fire, or even six. No poor man or poor woman can hope to taste of it in this country, even If tbe condition of tbe married couple be one of intolerable mis ery, unless enough gold can be got to fill the maw of sharks, ecclesiastical and civil, and the guilt of tbe accused party fall strictly under one of the few beads of legal guilt Elsewhere, Indeed, It would seem that tbe process of escape is far easier than in this Incomparable land of John Bull. In rrance, so statistics say, 4 marriages in every 1,000 are dissolved In , tbe civil courts; in some few of tbe United States as many as 1 in 60. But everybody knows what statistics are worth; you tan be lieve everything in them but what they prove. What Statistician Say. Some of the causes for divorce recorded as, sufficient in the eye of certain law courts: Case I. She wouldn't sew on his buttons. 2. She pulled him out of bed by his whiskers. 3. She wouldn't walk out with him on Sundays, and threw a teapot at him rather than go. 4. She refused to eat pretending to be sick: threw dishes out of tbe window and, why? Simply because he, the monster, would sow grass seed In August! 6. She gave .him a heavy blow with her bustle. Some Male Monsters Beyond this. It is hardly needed to quote more cases ot deliberate, feminine cruelty, and vone turns with infinite relief to the atrocities of the male sex. Case 1. He never washed himself. 2. Hb cut off (another monster) tne whole of the water supply! Not only from himself, buthis entire household. 3. He made her and ber child sit up all night without a fire in tbe room. 4. He threw her favorite dog Into tbe fire. 5. He never cut his toenailabut sharpened them. The record, from which these cases are quoted. Is strictly authentic; and if. in this benighted land of Britain, di vorce is only to be had after months or years of litigation, and even then only after proof of many atrocities of a deeper dye than the whole of the above, en masse, let Mona Calrd com fort ber soul with the thought that other nations are more enlightened than her own, and that to them she can fly for help. After all, surveying tbe whole of this amaz ing problem. I am Inclined to think that Punch' "advice to all persons about to marry" has never been excelled. Strion. A LITTLE BUNDLE IN A RAG. It Contained Nearly 8100 Which Was Thrown Into the Fire. Fextn, III., Augnst 28. To-day while Mrs. Fred Stafford was cleaning up her bouse she found a llttlo bundle tied up in a rag. and thinking it was trash threw it Into the fire. It turned out to be a roll of $385 In greenbacks rolled about a $10 gold-piece. The latter was all that was saved. Seaaibto Boston Girls. From the Inter Ocean.l The Boston girls are not emigrating to Wash ington Territory and Idaho to find husbands. Tbcy propose to marry In the old way after an old-fashioned courtship or not marry at au. Tbe Boston girls are sensible. The girl that jumps into a crab-bag to find a husband doesn't discover ber mistake until the string is drawn and she made fast to a life of misery. Habit Easily Acquired. From tho Chicago Tribune. Practice is not always necessary to mako perfect A big black bass knows exactly bow to worry a fisherman the first time it takes tho book. Tbe fisherman, moreover, can tell as big a lie about bis exploits tbe first time he tries as he learns to do by years of practice. i- TIIE ROCKING CHAIR. My grandmotber satin this old rocking chair; But she was not my grandmother then, A nd her sweetjittle face was bewltchingly fair. As it laughed a defiance to men. Ber sun-bonnet flattered like bird on Its string, ner tresses trailed free on the breeze: And gaily I ween did my grandmother sing, Underneath the old gnarled apple trees. My grandiather rode through the white orchard gate And tethered bis steed to a tree; Be bad curls growing thick o'er his silly young pate. And high Hesslantboots to bis knee. From tbe pink apple blossoms tbat over him hung He brnsbed off tbe dew with his hat Till he came to the spot where the rocking chair swung And my merry young grandmother sat The klngcnp and cowslip bloomed 'round far and wide. The bees from their sweetness did sip; But my grandfather blusbed-and my grandfather sighed. As he flicked off their heads with his whip. Then my grandmother Hummed her a cunning old v song "Faint heart never won lady fair:' 80 he sighed and he sued, and before very long ere sat two In this old rocking chair. JOHN UXBALD BSINAN. 'SBVBa, August V, ' MWS OF THE METROPOLIS, JNIW TORK BUREAU SPICTUI.S.l A Reception to Depew. Nxw York, August 28. The friends of Dr. Chauncey Mitchell Depew propose to grre him a grand reception upon his arrival borne from Europe about tbe middle of next month. The leader ot the movement in favor of a great political Depew demonstration Is A. R. Whit ney, Depews doppelganger. Usually the wel coiners of Depew on his returns from bis yearly European trips have been chiefly officers and employes of tbe New York Central Bailroad. Last September A. R. Whitney tried to get up a demonstration which would equal that which greeted James G. Blaine last August Just as Mr. Whitney and his friends were In the height of preparations for a grand naval and land parade, Mr. Depew cabled from Lon don that a demonstration would be distasteful to him. He was afraid that the demonstration would be regarded as a consolation for his de feat in the Chicago convention. His friends think now, however, that his welcome can be made an enthusiastic greeting to apolitical leader who has a great future before him, and unless be objects he will bare a big boat to meet him in the bay, a big political dinner, and a big boom for tbe Presldental nomination inim I Prince Rnaselt With Judgef Some weeks ago Judge published a cartoon in which President Harrison was represented as a God with all the big Republicans in abject positions before him. Ugly comments were passed upon the cartoon as being a rather re markable production for a paper with which the President's son was connected. Mr. Arkell published an explanatory card to the effect that Russell B. Harrison was not connected In any way with Judge. This afternoon this noti fication was received at several newspaper offices in the city: DXAB Sra: Mr. Bnssell B. Harrison Is returning from Europe on the City of Paris, due here Wednesday next and a number of his co-laborers on Judge and .Frank Leslie! Illustrated JCnes yaper Intend going down to Quarantine on the steamer Laura M. Starln to meet him. We shall be very glad to have you, or If It Is Impossible for ybuto go personally, a representative of your paper, accompanynsonthe trip. Very trnly yours, (Signed) W. J. Arkell. An afternoon paper suggests that it may tax Mr. Arkell's ingenuity to harmonize the state ments of the cards in question. Battle Between Father and Sen. Jeremiah Callahan Is 52 years of age, six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. His son James, 25 years of age, is still heavier and taller. Last night young Callahan went home drunk and struck his father across the forehead with a boot Callahan, Sr., knocked him down with a stool, fracturing his skull. Tbe father and son then clinched and fought and bled all over the -rooms of the Callahan family. They were ar rested. Old Callahan Is in jail. Young Callahan is in a hospital, and his recovery is doubtful. Charged With Wife Murder. Miss Minnie Huhn called at police bead quarters to-day and told a pitiful story of tbe aeath of her sister, Mrs. Emma Spinnella. The dead woman was only 17 years of age, and Mrs. Huhn says she was beaten to death by ber hus band Michael. The death certificate gives tbe cause of death as puerperal f ever.and her baby was three months old and died on the same day with its mother. The husband was not at the funeral of bis wife and child and has not sines been seen, He is in hiding. The police are in vestigating the case. A Wine Importer Snlelde. Martin Arnemann. a wealthy wine importer, shot himself dead In the cellar under his wine room last night His body was found by one of his employes this morning. Beside it were a box full of cartridges and a revolver, which Mr. Arnemann bonght this afternoon. The motive of the suicide Is a mystery. Mr. Arne mann was prosperous In business, in fine health and lived happily with his wife and four children. He was a prominent member of the Arion Society, tbe Goethe lodge ot Free masons and some 15 other organizations. Killed Himself for Love. Adolph Neumann, a Hungarian clgarmaker. 18 years old, shot himself tbrongh the bead on top of a lumber pile, near tbe East river, this morning. His -body wa discovered by a pedes trian wbo saw an arm. streaked with blood, dangling over the edge of tbe pile, and climbed up to learn to whom tbe arm belonged. Neu mann killed himself because a girl jilted him and he was Out Of money and work. Aldrlch'a Spite Against Mansfield. Louis Aldriob, tbe actor. Intends to prevent the admission at tbe Custom House of the im ported costumes of Richard Mansfield. These costumes arrived here to-day. Mr. Mansfield proposes to use them in "Richard HI." Usually a foreign theatrical manager when he Imports costumes gives a bond at the Custom House, and therein agrees to return the costumes event ually to the country from which they came. Mr. Aldrich will try to prevent tbe acceptance of such a bond from Mr. Mansfield. Panic on a Ferryboat. As the Coney Island annex boat Charles Sill, was leaving her pier in Jersey City about 3 f. u. to-day, a cloud of black smoke rushed up from the hold through the engine room. There were about a dozen passengers, all but two of whom were women. Wben they saw tbe smoke they screamed and ran to the guard rails, as if to jump overboard, but tbe deck hands persuaded tbem to be quiet Tbe engineer backed the boat down to tbe AdamsExpress pier. Meanwhile, passengers on the ferry boats lying in the slips had heard thn women scream, and added to the excitement by screaming fire. Several tugs with 'lire hose steamed to the boat a few minntes afterward and tbe flro was extinguished. The passengers went to shore safely. One woman fainted. The fire was extinguished before $100 damage had been done. It was caused by a pile of waste under the engine room coming In contact with the firebox; Syrian Not Object of Charity. The 53 Syrians wbo came here on the steam ships Suevia, La Gascugne and Veendam will not be returned to their country, as ordered by the Collector, just yet They employed a law yer the other day, aJd to-day he obtained a writ ot habeas corpus in their case, returnable at 11 o'clock to-morrow before Judge Laconibe, of the United States Court Said Juredlm andother Syrians wbo live here made affi davit tbat their feilow-countrymen are not likely to become a charge on the conntry, as they are all able-bodied and can find work immediately In the brickyards at Flshkill .Lauding, where Juredlm and his friends de clare 100 laborers are wanted. The Suevia and Veendam, on which 33 of tbe Syrians were to , go back, will sail to-morrow morning without tbem. It will be a month at least before these ships sail hence again, so we will hare the 38 that long, anyhow, even it they do not succeed fn the court'. TEI-STATB TRIFLES. 8heriit Burkholder at Lancaster pre sented to Judge Livingston, on behalf of Abe Buzzard, a handsome gavel, made by Buzzard, as a token of his regard for the Jndge for hav ing sentenced him to the Eastern Penitentiary, where be has learned a useful trade, A PittstoN cat found a mackerel can in an alley, inserted ber head to lick up the crumbs, got fast and was only disencumbered by a plumber. At Bethleham a day or two since, as a North Pennsylvania baggage car was crossing the bridge over the Lehigh, a trunk fell out of it hit a boat on the river and was knocked to pieces. Tbe boat was not damaged. A ruLis-GROWN watermelon with an encased horse shoe may be seen at H. B. Campbell's hardware stofe In Middletown, near-Harris-burg. Ms. Cottjtan, of Phconixville, Pa, who while lending a hand to lift a bar of iron on a former occaaiod had au end nipped off a finger, which was sewed on again, has bad the same end nipped offi,agaIn by a similar mishap, and hopes to save it, as usual. JIibaii Josr.PHS, ot Mahoning county, 0 caughtanswlln his barn recently that was nearly as large as' a full-grown turkey. TwoJVest Virgin! youths, aged IS and S. years respectively, nave started for Texas oa foot.. CDEIODS COSDENSATIOBS. There are 170,000 Mormons in Utah, Territory. Maine has,aJasebaU club called the. Pennessswassee. A Maine man has raised a blue pig, which he will exhibit at the State Fair. A prominent capitalist of Oakland, CaL, married his fifth wife last Tuesday. The oldest public house in, 'England Is "The Seven Stars," at Manchester. It dates back to the time of Edward HL A Mohammedan mosque has been built in Woking, England. anda Buddhist templo has been opened In Paris. There are about 300 Buddhists in Paris. -rA, Callfbrnian named John Fesaler has a quartz mine that has paid him $30,000 in two years. He does bis own work, and bis only mill Is a hand mortar. One of the objects of curiosity at Kenr nebunkport Me.. Is tbe stone house Rev. IS. L. Clarke, of New Yorlr, built ot rocks hauled ont of tbe sea at low tide by oxen Rev. Mr. Clarke put on his overalls and steered the steers part of the time himself. An old bachelor, who- has Just died at Earishofen, left to his servant 2 shillings a day, to bis dog 1 shilling: to bis cat sixpence, and to some ot his nearest relatives 5 shillings. 10 shillings, or 1 a legacies. Tbe rest of hlslor tune becomes th property of the parish. Frank Galart was, fishing for bass-in Vineyard Sound, off East Chop. Mass., wben his boat capsized, instantly filled, and sank. For two hours and a half hekept himself afloat without anything to assist him, and then was rescued by a passing boat mile from the spot where the boat went down. William Hood killed a large bear on the Upper Coquille river. Ore., last week. It welched dressed 6KJ pounds, and is known to have destroyed 3,000 worth of tock. Atone time he slaughtered 300 sheep that belonged to Mr. Hood. Since settling in that country tbat gentleman has killed 43 bears and no end of wildcats and panthers. A. design for a new postage stamp has been prepared by a St Louis printing bouse and sent broadcast over the conntry for ap proval. It is a green stamp, two inches square and contains the portrait oCJobn L. Sullivan, the slugger. On the top are the words: "U. S. Our Country's Champion," and on the bottom! "Too Big to be Licked." Seventy-three years ago Mrs. Sally B. Weeks Bucknanl, then a blushing bride, went to housekeeping in a snug farmhouse on tho west slope of Mount Prospect, N. H. The other day In this same house, where she has lived ever since, she celebrated her 100th birth day, and was strong enough to receive not only; ber children, grandchildren and creat-grand-children, but also alarge number ot herfriends and acquaintances. El well Chick, of San Francisco.a white headed, wrinkled old "forty-niner," by occupa tion a carpenter, is a strong believer In dreams and presentiment So strong. Indeed, that ho has constructed aa elegant coffin, which he firmly thinks he will be called upon to nil on October 24 next He also has had the insert p tlon."Elwell Chick, aged 79 years." placed upon it, although he lacks over a month of three score and nineteen. A farmer near Dalton, Ga., was aroused one night not long since by the squalling of a ben on ber roost in a cluster of vines near tne house. Going out, the hen was apparently transfixed with fright and helpless In ber movements. A large snake was found nearby, , with eyes evidently set upon bis prey. Tbe hen continued ber squalls without moving, as Ulna nightmare. till the snake was killed, wben she fell from her percb. recovering and flying away, but has since been In a droop. The tribe of Cree Indians bave just concluded their great sun dance three miles from Glasgow, Mont The barbarous method of making braves was a feature. Two In cisions are made in the breast and a sharp stick thrust through them, to which a rope d attached and tbe ends tied to a high post Tbe Indian then dances and sings until the flesh tears ont and he is declared a brave. If he flinches during the ordeal he is declared a squaw man, and dresses and works thereafter like a squaw. An English trader at Ngoye, on the southwest coast of Africa, has had for some time a young female gorilla whose docility is described as most remarkable. Jgannie, as the baby gorilla has been named, sleeps with her master and tries to follow nim wherever hy goes, weeping like a child if left behind. Shp recently accompanied him on j jo' "ney'of 20 miles or. more, walking all the way. -.one haa acquired many civilized tastes and Bautts. and will drink tea, etc.. out of a cup or glass, dis playing the ttmost carefulness not to break the vessel. A London shoemaker has invented a boot to make small people appear tall. The Inven tion is an old and Ingenious one. Instead of tacking six inches on to a person's heel, a pair of entirely false feet made of cork, is put into tbe shoes. Wben tbe wearer gets into them, he or she is raised according tov the inches of cork. Of course, in this invention the original foot is made to combine with the cork one nnder the leather in such a manner tbat tbe line of demarcation Is not perceptible. The size of the foot is sacrificed, it Is true, and a larger boot is necessary with tbe cork "ele vator" than would be the case naturally. Frank '. Kirby & Bro., contractors, while engaged in removing a large hollow stump on the farm of J. Roger Woolen, on the Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, were surprised at tbe appearance of a monster black snake; which at once proceeded to coil himself about the forelegs of a mule standing near. In a very short time the mule team was in a very mixed condition. The snake was promptly attacked by a very large bull-terrier, who caught him about six inches from the head and held on tbrouglLall the struggles of the mule. The men In the meantime were en-1 gaged in killing snakes, tbe stump appearing I to be full of tbem and very vicious, showing ? fight on tbeir exit from tbe bole. Men armed" with shovels killed in all 47. The one that attacked tbe mule measured six feet seven Inches and eight Inches in circumference. The smallest one was three feet two Inches long. The tree .has long been known as a refuge for snakes; FUNNY MEN'S FANCIES. There is nothing loud abont the flannel shirt On the contrary, it Is modest and shrink ing. Wcuhington Capital. McCrackle What is the "Order of the King's Daughters?" McCorkle Icecream, usually. Lift. Be lore he married her he said she was a dream. Afterward he Intimated very strongly that she was a nightmare. Washington. Capital, If all the wishes that we keep repeating Were granted, still for something else we'd sigh; Wot even pie would be but leathery eating If we had nothing else bnt pie. -OH at Sliixard. Perdita What a cheerlul way you must hav orrefuslng a man. You seem to send them away supremely happy. Beatrice I tell them that tbe report that I am a great heiress Is a mistake. Life. s Manufacturer (to applicant for position as designer) Have yon erer had anything to do with tbe production ot valuable pieces?" Appll-cant-"It Isn't three weeks since 1 helped make a 11,300 Jack pot." Jevxler't Weekly. A. proposal Mr. Drygoods I desire to obtain your permission to marry your daughter. Farent Which one? Which one? I really haven't made up my mind. "Which one wonld you recommend? You know tbem belter than I do. Oerma Jote. HIS CHOICE. "Where do you think," said she, The World's Fair ought to be?" Be drew her to his side. And hogging ber replied, 'I'm eatlsfled, my dear. To hold the fair right here. ' Lift. A new social game has been introduced In the West One or the girls In tbe room takes a bite of onion and a young man must discover the fair biter by kissing all the young ladles present Tbe young man enjoys It lmmenselyuntll he strikes tbe gtrUhat bit the onion, and then he looks around for his hat and says he proialsed'to be home at 9 JO o'clock. Sorrtt town UtraU. Standing Up for His Rights. Conductor That oj can't be less than 5 -years old. 1 shall hav to charge you hall fare for him. Mr. Sklnnphllnt (nervously looking at his watch) No, you won't It's now 7 o'clock. Tbat boy won't be S years old till exactly 7:30, and we expect to get off this train at exactly 7:3s. If you charge me anything for that boy I'll report you. Chicago Tribune. His Kind of Dance. "May I dance the third dance with you?" asked Mr. Auk Ward of ills Mazurka. T ,So sorry," replied MUs Mazurka, who pad some painful terpslcDoreaa experience wun mm, "but I'm down for the rest or tbe nine aaaee." "Then r must dance at-tea-dance," said Mr. Ward, he tripped his Ught fantastlo toe over ber train and tore away two breadths.-Setrtit Journal. ",- jftCc.' . h ' I . l X' " A i si5-vi ff . b . , , Jksid&z.-ia ,'a .- jw 1 ' l- - --- y " 3JL..-ag-jfciJHBte wajmM3mK&nKW1mXiMm&
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