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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, OCT. 20, 1SS9.
TEE EXPOSITION'S ED CCESS.
The Exposition closed last night with a
crowded attendance, which made its last
week the most successful of the entire period
during which it has been open. Notwith
Etanding the unfavorable circumstances
under which it labored for the first week or
two, the results of the first exhibition have
been a gratifying and brilliant success.
The financial results of the Exposition are
stated to be a net profit of 542,000 out of
gross receipts about twice as large. These
returns, which exceed the expectations at
the opening of the Exposition, will make
the way smooth to whatever enlargement of
the buildings is needed to accommodate new
attractions, and to increase the usefulness
of the Exposition next year.
The experience of this year, too, will
doubtless enable the management to correct
mistakes and make np defects for the future.
The trip of the manager to Paris promises
striking attractions, and the exhibit of
Pittsburg industries which is to be made
next month will doubtless show the practica
bility of increasing such illustrations of
our industrial capabilities at the regular
exhibitions.
Pittsburrfhas good cause to be gratified at
the success of her Exposition and grateful
to its managers for the energy and perse
verance which have brought the enterprise
through discouragement and difficulties to
its present prosperity.
TEE NEW PENSION C0MHISSI0NEE.
The appointment of a man like Greene B.
Baum to the Pension Bureau may be taken
as a favorable example of the salutary effect
which a troublesome position may have in
indncing careful selection. However, the
responsibility for the late pension dispute
may be assigned by different persons there
can be no dispute that it bad developed a
decidedly weak point in the administration.
The appointment of General Baum seems
likely to go far toward redeeming the fail
ure. He has already, in bis official career,
earned the reputation of an energetic and
capable chief of burean, and in the .Internal
Revenue Bureau especially, which he beld
for seven years, just after the exposure of
the whisky ring scandals, he made a rec
ord beyond reproach. It is to be hoped that
his administration may satisfactorily adjust
the rather difficult pension problem.
a question op authority.
The action of the Department of Public
Safety in arresting the proprietors of what
are known as "fake" museums and in re
voking their licenses, brings up an interest
ing and somewhat doubtful qnestion as to
the authority, under the charter, whose
province it is to issue and revoke such
licenses.
We understand that the Chief of the De
partment of Public Safety claims this
authority under the general grant to his de
partment of police powers by the charter. It
is presumable from the fact that the licenses
in question were issued by the Mayor, that
the contrary is claimed by that official. The
consequence is a very pretty legal dispute
which the courts will possibly be called
upon to adjudicate.
"While the question of legal authority may
be open to dispute, there can hardly be
much question about the desirability of
suppressing the grotesque and disagreeable
exhibitions which these concerns impose on
the public who have to pass their places on
the street. More power to the Department
of Public Safety in that salutary work!
CEICAGO'S CHIEF CUBIOSITTES.
If Chicago should secure the "World's Fair
in 1892, she ought to reserve space for a
citizen of hers, by the name of Haines. He
ought to be exhibited as a first-class brute
and coward. We believe that men of Haines'
type are very rare on this continent Then
next to Haines there should be another booth
reserved for Police Justice La Buy, of
Chicago, who, as the Chicago IVtouneprop
yerly says, seems to have ice water instead of
blood in his veins. We believe that a po
lice justice as lost to all proper sense of
manliness, humanity and justice as La Buy
"is not often met with, although we admit
that police justices are not always remark
able for these good qualities.
Let us see how this young man Haines
and Justice La Buy achieved fame a day or
two ago in Chicago. Haines was brought
before the latter to answer to a charge of
beating bis wife. The Chicago Tribune re
ports Haines' statement in defense as fol
lows: I returned at 7 o'clock, and she was there and
had sapper ready. She said: "Fred, this isn't
5 or 0 o'clock." I said: "There, that will do; I
don't want to bear another word." Finally I
cot angry and cuffed her a few times overtbe
bead. I was so exasperated I couldn'rofep,
anal cuffed ber a few more times. SheVill
down out of spite and I kicked her once. She
says I kicked hex two or three times, but I
didn't Then she Etartod out of the door with
the baby, but I pulled her back and bad her
wash the blood from her face. Then sbe
went out and I kicked her once and locked the
door.
"Justice La Buy then fined Haines ten
dollars. If such a thing were possible we
should say that Justice La Buy never had a
mother, and certainly cannot have wife,
sisters, daughters or female kith and kin
whom he. loves. Simply the pair are
Chicago's chief curiosities. The city ought
to keep an eye on them now that they have
become famous. If by any means both of
them could be locked up somewhere, say in
the penitentiary, for the rest of their lives,
the world would be debtor to Chicago.
PEESIDENT E0BEETS' SPEECH.
The remarkable speech which President
Roberts, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is
reported to have made at a dinner given to
him by some of the leading business men of
this city, is certainly one of the unexpected
things. To find the President of the Penn
sylvania Railroad declaring that the build
ing of competing railroads to the leading
cities is one of their rights, and making a
special application of it to the case of Pitts
burg; and to hear him following that posi
tion up with a declaration that he does not
believe in trusts, pools or syndicates to con
trol the railroad business of the country,
but that he thinks the entire business should
be left open to competition, is calculated to
awaken a surprise not inferior to that
caused by the discovery of Saul among the
prophets.
The first impression which such a speech
from such a source is likely to produce is
that of incredulity; and the comment is
obvious, that if these are President Roberts'
sentiments, it is a pity that he did not put
them into practice before the South Penn
project was illegally strangled by Pennsyl
vania Railroad influences. But it is more
gracious and is also preferable to take his
declarations as a sincere statement of his
personal beliefs, and to explain the former
departures from those principles by Mr.
Roberts' own testimony in the South Penn
case, that he was personally opposed to the
deal which was included with the "Vander
bilt interest; but was compelled to act by
the majority of the Pennsylvania Railroad
board of directors.
This is the more plausible, because the
principles which Mr. Roberts stated, are not
only correct from a public point of mind,
but, if established, will most subserve the
sound prosperity of legitimate railway en
terprises. The system of pools, exclusive
privileges and the suppression of competi
tion carries with it the results of stock wat
ering, manipulation and deals which have
wrought the greatest demoralization in the
railway interest The Pennsylvania Rail
road Company from its position ran well
afford to base its prosperity on the action of
legitimate competition; and the manner in
which it can gain from that competition is
illustrated right here in Pittsburg. The
growth of traffic here by reason of railroad
competition, since the construction of the
Pittsbnrg and Lake Erie and the Pittsburg
and Western, has been such that the greatest
individual gainer from it has been the
Pennsylvania Railroad, which was the bit
ter opponent of these projects in their in
ception. We hope that President Roberts' remarks
may be taken as tbe inauguration of a new
departure in the policy of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The development of competing
lines cannot injure the legitimate interests
of that corporation, and it can piodncean
infinite expansion of the industrial interests
of the State.
TNDESLBABLE SEAL ESTATE.
It is sincerely to be hoped that there is
nothing in the report which some energetic,
if not imaginative, correspondents are send
ing out from Washington, to the effect that
the State Department is making arrange
ments for a wholesale purchase of islands,
including the Hawaiian group in the
Pacific, and the whole batch of ,"West India
islands in the Gulf of Mexico. If there is
any foundation for the story a halt should be
called in the negotiations.
The essential character of our institutions
requires that all the people of the United
States should share in its Government To
obtain large acquisitions of territory and to
keep the people thus brought under our
rule subject to us without representation
would be not only at variance with our
theories of government but would be sure to
produce misrule and scandal in the admin
istration of those countries. The scandals
might not.be greater than in the present
government ot those islands, but they
would be scandals lor which the United
States and Republican Government wonld
have to bear the odium.
But, when we recognize the necessity of
admitting the "West Indians and Hawaiians
to citizenship, we are also forced to perceive
that in both countries the people are utterly
incapable of the proper discharge of those
duties. The United States has no such
need of new territory that it must also ac
cept with it an immense addition to the total
of ignorance and vice in its citizenship.
It should be made plain that this country
does not wish to incorporate within its own
limits the productive centers of yellow fever
in one case, of leprosy in the other, and of
utter incapability for self-government in
both.
TEE SUGAB TBUST'S DECLINE.
It is gratifying to observe that there are
some decided indications that the Sugar
Trust has, as the natural result of its opera
tions, got itself into a tight place. Besides
the intimation that a decision against it is
about to appear from the higher courts the
fact is pretty plainly established that the
recent tumble in Sugar Trust certificates
was dne to the fact that it had got to pre
pare itself for an encounter with competition-
which it was devised to prevent, and
that the day of monopoly profits is very
nearly ended.
This belief is supported by some very
cogent statements. The trust went into
operation controlling twenty refineries,
with only three independent refineries in
operation. The policy of shutting down
and limiting production in order to sustain
prices, has been carried ou by the trust
until it now has three refineries in opera
tion while five Independent concerns
are doing a prosperous business; and Clans
Spreckels' big concern is about ready to
start This has brought down prices until
sugars are within a cent of tbe average
prices for 1886. In other words, the compe
tition that exists, and the anticipation of
the competition that is coming with the
opening of Spreckels' new refinery, is bring
ing prices down; and the trust having to
compete with the load of a score of old
refineries on its hands, will find itself at a
decided disadvantage before long.
This affords a new demonstration of what
The Dispatch has so often said heretofore,
that nnless a trust has some means of chok
ing off outside competition it will inevitably
punish itself by calling new capital into the
trade; The Standard was able to squeeze
out competitors by means of railroad and
pipe-line favoritism. The Sugar Trust can
not do so, and the consequence is that if it
has not got its back to the wall now, it will
have within the next year.
Of course the big profits it has made by its
monopoly during two years, have been
bagged; and the losers by the collapse of
the combination, when it comes, will proba
bly be tbe speculators on whom the engi
neers of the trust have been industriously
unloading. But it is, nevertheless, satis
factory to observe that if the laws against
combining and forestalling cannot stop this
sort of thing, the laws of trade are sure to
work out their revenge.
The Sultan is said to be preparing some
magnificent presents for the visit of the
German Emperor. He probably expects
that when the visit is paid, it will improve
his credit so much that he can borrow the
money to pay for the presents.
"The anthracite blast-furnaces three
years ago were making 27 per cent of the
week's out-put; to-day they are only turn
ing out 20 per cent. Six years ago they
were making twice this proportion, and six
years hence 10 per cent may be all their
share." Tbis declaration of very cogent
statistics by the Philadelphia Press ought
to be very important when the fact is
studied with a view to discovering its
cause. Perhaps eastern Pennsylvania's
opinion may find new forms of expression
when it places this result alongside of the
steady and persistent corporate combination
of the past decade or more, having for its
purpose that of making anthracite coal dear.
Chili's action in putting machinery,
agricultural implements, tools, manufac
tured copper and iron on the free list shows
that the Yankees of South America are
willing to take our products if we can sell
them there the cheapest.
It is noticeable that numerous esteemed
cotemporanes are fond of comparing politi
cal leaders to Boulanger. Mahone is
alleged to be the Boulanger of Virginia,
Blanch K. Bruce and Chalmers have both
been pointed out as the Boulanger of Mis
sissippi and sundry expressions are heard
to the effect that James G. Blaine is the
Boulanger of the United States. The com
parison is inaccurate; for it wholly fails to
take notice of the factthat while there may
have been some humbug in the careers of
these American politicians, none of them
have yet fallen to the rank of fizzled
humbugs.
The Pennsylvania Senators still cherish
the hope that after Russell Harrison's
friends have been provided for, their friends
may have a chance for the remaining crumbs.
Hope has an inveterate habit of springing
eternal in the human breast
The excitement over the Cronin business
at Chicago is not unnaturally such that a
story of a plot to attack the court and set the
defendants free finds credit "We hardly
think that any considerable number, even of
Irish revolutionists, are ready to undertake
the task of forcibly breaking up the admin
istration of justice in this country. They
should have the intelligence to perceive that
such an attempt would break up the Irish
revolutionists more than anything else.
The Berlin poor who bad $75,000 distri
buted among them by the Czar have reason
to be pleased with the Imperial visit; but
the views of the Russian poor who contri.
buted the money, have not found any means
of expression.
New Jeesey Republicans attack Leon
Abbett with the assertion that he was born
in Pennsylvania and Hew Jersey Democrats
assert that Grubb has been a citizen of this
State. New Jersey politics are far gone
when they make it a campaign charge
against a candidate that he has belonged to
the United States, before expatriating him
self to Jersey, t
A steono flow of natural gas is reported
to have been found in South Dakota. Per
haps, however, on investigation it will be
found to originate in the vicinity of the
Pierre real estate boomers.
It may be truo that Grover Cleveland is
out of politics, but from the way in which
D. B. Hill and the Republican organs are
uniting in making the most out of that
enclyclopedia skit of Hill's, it looks as if
both parties to the partnership have a com
mon fear that the ex-President may get
back into politics once more.
' .
The electric light wire furnished a de
monstration over in Allegheny yesterday
that even in this favored locality it is not to
be relegated'to the ranks of entire innocu
ousness. The report that the Democratic course is
cleared for William A. Wallaoe to walk
over it as a gubernatorial candidate, may be
true; but we deem it more than probable
that Mr. Wallace's backers will find that
they are connting without their Chnnncy
P. Black.
The Exposition winds up with a blaze of
glory which promises even a bigger reful
gency next year.
President Robeets declaration in
favor of competing railroads is somewhat
novel; bnt it will not be well to come
rashly to the conclusion that the Ethiopian
is going to change his skin and invite Pitts
bnrg to construct the South Penn once
PEOPLE OP PE0MINENCB.
Cabl ScrrCBZ is said to live In dally terror
of being some day knocked out by a robber
with a sandbag.
Ms. Kendal, the famous English actor,
carries a typical English bathtub with him on
his travels. It is rubber, and is strapped to his
trunk while en route.
Chatjncet M. Defew says he meant what
be said when be asserted that Grover Cleveland
would be renominated in 1892. Governor Hill
he considers practically out of the race.
Edward W. Bok, who receives $10,000 a
year as editor of tbe Ladies' Some Journal, is
only 25 years of age, but be has already won a
wide reputation as an author. He drifted into
literature at the age ot 19. and later established
tbe well-known Bok syndicate, which furnishes
articles to the press of America and Europe.
Wait Whitman, the good, gray poet, bas a
boy about 12 years of age to drive him around.
The boy is clever. He recently said: "I think
a great deal of W. W. i keep a notebook, and
I pnt down all he says into the notebook, and
after he's dead I'm going round lecturing
about him."
Abciideacon Fakrab's son, now at Le
high University, Is quite a wit While in Phil
adelphia be lionized a good deal. One eveniDg
at dinner a rather fresh young lady turned to
him and said: Tour father Is one, of the big
guns of England, is he not. Mr. Farrar?" "He
was at one time," replied tbe young man, po
litely. "He was a canon, you know."
The Pennsylvania Senators called on Presi
dent Harrison on Thursday. A well-known
Washlngtonian.rnshed into Chamberlain's and
surprised a jovial crowd by tbe remark: "Say,
friends, do you know Harrison is devoting him
self to erotic literature?" ''What do you
meant" chorused tbe crowd. "Why, he's just
Spent an hour with the CD. Cameron." Cham
pagne was ordered at once.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
What Is a Busy Man? The Pop Corn
Question A Cheap Picture.
A remark of a young man about town tbe
other day set me thinking of what really con
stituted a busy man. Said the flamboyant dar
ling of the town: "Don't tell mo that B s a
busy man. Whenever I drop In on him he has
time to give me a pleasant word."
Tbe mistake my friend made is a very com
mon one. He has the vulgar notion of busy
ness as a state. It must be a bustling, devour
ing, uncivil, noisy and generally ugly condition.
Lots of men get tbe reputation of being pro
digious workers by running upstairs three
steps at a time, slamming doors and perspiring
freely. Bnt tbe real busy man, as I have found
him, is not of this kidney. He works hard, but
without any pronunciamentos from the house
top, and he always has time to be agreeable.
Below I have attempted to indicate the charac
teristics of a xery busy Iriend of mine.
to g. a J.
He writes a novel now and then,
Bay three a year they hardly pay
In editorials his pen
Reviews events from day to day.
He docs what other work be can
And still he's not a busy man.
He takes tbe theater in his track.
And writes or players and ot plays.
The critic's whip he likes to crack.
Bat seldom flouts, and never flays
Fair pleasure Is not in his plan
And yet he's not a busy man.
How can he busy be and find '
The time to always aid a friend r
Or labor with a heart so kind
Another's unkind lot to msnd?
3no, no, the world won't, never can
Call yon, my Iriend, a bnsy man.
They were going upstairs from the ground
floor of the Exposition to the Art Gallery. A
great many others were mounting tbe same
narrow way. He stopped on the landing half
way up and remarked somewhat severely and
with an annoyed air; "Bo you smell tbe atmos
phere of popcorn?"
"YesF'she replied with immense but inappro
priate enthusiasm, "and isn't it good?" -'
Both remarks were heard Dy the crowd
hustling upward, and the latter created a roar
of laughter and applause.
In justice to the gentleman with a soul
above popcorn It must be said that the lady
who thought popcorn so good accumulated
three globes of that seductive sweetmeat be
fore she left the building.
.
In the catalogue of the picture gallery at the
Exposition the nnmbers of the pictures are put
before their titles and the price on the op
posite side of the page.
A couple of comfortable looking Germans did
not qnite comprehend tbis arrangement Tbny
stopped before Dellenbaugh's clever picture
representing two blacksmiths discussing "The
Labor Question" at the forge, and the old lady
said to her husband in German: "How cheap
that picture isi Look, my dear, the catalogue
says its for sale at one dollar twenty-sevenl"
It was not tbe price but the number of the
picture 127 that the good lady had read.
Hepbueh Johns.
AMERICAN TBADE WITH CHILI.
Secretary Bntchellor Says We Must Have a
Merchant Marine.
WAsniNOTON.October 19. Assistant Secre
tary Batchellor said to-day that the action of
Chili in placing imported machinery, agricult
ural implements, tools, copper, iron and other
things on the free list was a most friendly act
"It opens up," he added, "a fine market for
our products, and it we are prompt to avail
ourselves ot the opportunity it will be of im
mense value to us. Of course, there is some
selfish motive in all tbese things, and Chili's
motive is to encourage progress and develop
ment but I have no doubt sbe was inspired
also by a friendly feeling toward us. We need
such a market and should avail ourselves of
it The trouble is in the transportation. We
can do nothing without some means of
sending tbese things to their market At pres
ent tbe German and British steamers aro the
only ones that sail into Chilian ports. They
are not going to carry our products to this mar
ket We must have our own transportation in
order to avail ourselves of tbe opportunity.
This action of Chili will Inspire commercial
activity, but in order to accomplish anything
Congress must be prompt to pass measures
granting aid to American steamers so as to
build up American lines of transportation. It
is a matter of transportation. It we have no
transportation, all this Congress and all tbe
concessions that may be made to us, such as
this of Chill, are of no avail. The Chilians are
the Yankees of the South. They are an ener
getic, intelligent and progressive people, and
trade with them is of great value."
1TAK1XG flIS J0DENEI HAPPI.
The Sixty-Fifth Birthday of Joseph Frlnglo
Pleasantly Remembered.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Pringle, at No. 50 Watson street was the scene
of a very happy Anniversary and reunion of
friends last night
Mr. Pringle passed the sixty-fifth milestone
in his life's journey yesterday, and his sons and
daughters, together with the family relatives,
gathered at the hearthstone to add their tribute
to tbe happiness of his declining years. With
the recalling of earlier days, when Mr. Pringle
was a prominent tradesman of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
congratulations, etc, the time was
happily passed.
Before the guests departed Mr. Pringle was
made tbe recipient of several appropriate pres
ents and scores of wishes that bis peaceful days
might be prolonged for many years 'to come
were also left behind.
In a Social way.
Era A Bobd Council, No. 961, of tbe Koyal
Arcanum, at their last meeting, held on Friday
evening, entertained representatives from sev
eral sister councils who came in response to in
vitations.' A bountiful lunch, cigars and
speeches made the evening a very pleasant one.
A Bazaas will be held In St. 'James Cburch,
at Wilkinsburg, three evenings of the coming
week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
The proceeds will be devoted to the ohurcb.
Just Iilke the Yankee.
From the Detroit Free Press.l
An American attended a circus In Brazil,
paid half a dollar extra for a seat alongside the
Emperor, and the latter had scarcelygot seated
when tbe Yankee offered him a cigar and
asked him it he didn't think the United States
was a thousand years ahead of Brazil.
An Extraordinary Combination,
From. the Philadelphia Times.
The Postmaster General has established a
new postomce in Unlta county, Wyoming, and
called it Grover. Tbe postmaster's name is
Thurman. Grover and Thurman go together
gracefully, but it is regarded as an extraordi
nary combination for Mr. Wanamaker to set up.
A European Joke.
From tbe Philadelphia lnqulrer.1
The prize joke in European diplomatic circles
just now is -the fear manifested by Prince
Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, that somebody will
steal him if be goes out alone. Just as It any
body would know what to do with him after be
was stolen.
Others In the Same Fix.
From the PubllcXedger.l
Many a man will read, sympathetically, that
"Charleston is being seriously Inconvenienced
by a scarcity of small bills," and feel like mur
muring "shake."
DEATHS OP A DAT.
John Crerar.
Chicago. October 19. Mr, John Crerar, senior
member ot the great railroad supply firm of Cre
rar, Adams & Co., died here shortly after noon
to-day. Mr. Crerar died at the residence or his
attorney, Mr. Norman 'Williams. He bad been
for a long time a sufferer from heart disease.
There were present at bis bedside Colonel John J.
Drake. Colonel Huntington, V. Jackson. Mr. J.
SlacGregor, his partner, and other friends. Mr.
Crerar was a bachelor, and made his home at the
Grand Pacific Hotel. He has no heirs except two
maiden tocsins. He was a native of Scotland,
and began his business career at New York at tbe
axe of 17. Subsequently he came to this city a"ud
rounded the house of which be was the head. His
estate is valued at 3.000,000. He was Vice Presi
dent of the Chicago and Alton road.
Edward Fayson Darling.
WrtKEsnABBB, October 19. Edward Payson
Darling, the most prominent attorney In this sec
tion ofthe State, died at noon to-day. Mr. Dar
ling was born in Bobson township, Berks county.
In 1831. and was admitted to tbe bar.ln that county
In 18W. and soon after became prominent as an
attorney-at-law. He was executor and trustee of
many large estates and was connected with sev
eral banking Institutions here. "e.av'walarge
estate. .,
THEI AEB HOT QUITE PREFECT.
Admiral DeConlston Finds Fault With a
Fart of tho New Navy.
.SPECIAL TXLEQKAM TO TUB DISFATCTM
Philadelphia, October 19. Admiral De
Conlston, In company with the field officers of
the Arethuse, visited Cramp's shipyard to-day
and inspected the dynamite ship Vesuvius and
the new steel cruiser Baltimore. Tbe Admiral
was inclined to be somewhat skeptical of the
superior efficiency of the Vesuvius over other
war craft He intimated that it was hardly an
improvement on the modern torpedo boat in
its actual value as an aggressive factor.
"Tbe pneumatic guns are wonderful Inven
tions," be said, "but their value is undeter
mined. Their destructiveness is unquestiona
ble it the boat can reach within throwing' dis
tance of the boat to be attacked. Here is
where the tronble comes in. An ironclad can
completely destroy It with its long-range guns,
before It is able to get in range with it Tbe
Vesuvius has a wide field ahead with its pneumatic-guns
and dynamite shells, but there are
many offsetting difficulties which may or may
not destroy its absolute efficiency. It is a won
derful boat however, and 1 have enjoyed the
inspection of her."
The party proceeded to tbe new cruiser Bal
timore atter the inspection of tbe Vesuvius.
Tbe Admiral criticised tbe unprotected upper
gun decks. "Men will not stand to the guns,"
be said, "without more, substantial protection
in front ot them. I have tried it" He praised
tbe efficiency of the machinery; but severely
criticisedhe accommodations of the Admiral's
quarters. '"Why, they are like a prison," be
said. "They are unnecessarily small. Here Is
a shaft whicb could be easily placed 20 feet
further forward, and give double tbe room.
The room is on tho. gun deck. It ought to be
where the Captain is, where he can see the
working of the ship. As It Is now, be Is off the
eartb. Here you have It so arranged that the
Admiral eats by himself, and so the Captain.
I eat with my field officers."
AHEEOWHOWASflDNG.
A Statue to be Erected to Bis Memory In
New York.
New Yoke, October 19. The Society of the
Sons of the Revolution, at a meeting last night
at the Down Town Club, in Pine' street for
mally accepted the design of Frederick Mac
Monnies for a bronze statue of Nathan Hale, to
be erected in the City Hall Park. The society
bas had the project of erecting this statue in
mind since 1883.
Nathan Hale was a Connecticut boy, horn in
Coventry, and graduated from Yale College in
1773. He was destined for the ministry, and
taught school in East Haddam and New Lon
don. He joined the Continental army, and in
1776, when only 21 years old, planned the suc
cessful capture of a British supply sloop from
under tbe guns of a frigate. After tbe army
retreated from Long Island be volunteered to
go into the British Tines as a spy, upon a call
from General Washington.' He disguised him
self as a school teacher, and accomplished his
mission, taking his notes in Latin. He was
captured upon attempting to reach tbe Ameri
can lines, and brought before General Howe.
His Bible was taken from him, bis letters were
destroyed, and he was treated with great hard
ship. He was condemned and banged upon a
scaffold not far from the spot where his statue
will be placed. Just before tbe rope, was put
around his neck he exclaimed:
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose
for my country."
Tbe statue which Mr. MacMonnles has de
signed represents Hale as he made this excla
mation. He stands erect upon the scaffold
with feet bonnd together and arms bound be
hind his back. His shoulders are thrown back
and bis bead is erect while his face wears an
expression of heroic sacrifice. He is dressed
in the Continental uniform, with knickerbock
ers, woolen stockings and heavy snoes. His
shirt is torn open, baring his throat and chest
The figure is that of a young and active man.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN A FIX.
Not Enough Money to Entertain ibe Inter
national Marine Conference.
WASHINGTON, October 19. Tbe Department
of State finds itself somewhat hampered in
taking care pf the International Marine Con
ference because of the restricted appropriation
made for meeting the expenditures in connec
tion therewith. Tbe amount at the disposal of
the department Is but $20,000, and at the out
set tbe officials are confronted by the
probable necessity of devoting almost half
that sum to the preparation of a report of the
proceedings by a French stenographer and in
terpreter. ' Tbat this is expensive work the de
partment was already aware,.having had occa
sion to employ a French stenographer to report
the proceedings of a smaller conference held
here some time ago, but the statement that the
bill would be so large was a shock to the
officials. No permanent arrangement has yet
been made with anyone for 'the work, but it
will have been done by the time the conference
resumes its sittings on Monday.
Official courtesies to tbe delegates must
necessarily be meager because of tbe limited
appropriation. An invitation to a trip down
the Potomac, including a visit to Mount Ver
non with lunch on the Dispatch, will probably
be extended to the conference in a few days.
Tbe members of the conference have been in
vited by Commodore Meade to visit the navy
yard and inspect tbe work in progress there.
A number of the delegates called upon the
Secretary ot the Navy and were shown through
the state, war and navy buildings.
WAENEE MILLER YET EDNNING.
He Admits He Is tbe Republican Candidate
for Governor la Two Years.
SPECIAL TZLXOnAM TO THIS DISPATCH. 1
New York, October 19. The Business Men's
Republican Association got Warner Miller In
side their breastworks to-day. They met in the
rooms of their downtown club, and first they
adopted resolutions commending President
Harrison and "recognising his fidelity to all the
best interests of the nation," praising up Platt'a
State ticket pitching into Governor Hill, and
congratulating Secretary Blaine on tbe opening
of the Pan-American Congress. President
Whitney introduced Warner Miller as "the
standard bearer ofthe Republican party In this
State and our next Governor." Mr. Miller was
cheered. He said:
"I congratulate the business monof the city
of New York on the interest they take in this
campaign. They have lost none of the Interest
they displayed in the political campaign of
last year. It seems to me as though tbe last
campaign has scarcely closed, and seeing these
banners on tbe walls ot yonrj clubrooms make
me think that we have only taken a rest for a
few days, and are again In the contest The
business men of the city and State of New
York gave a large portion of their time to that
election, and I have no doubt many of them
feel like having a rest but thev must remem
ber tbat eternal vigilance is tbe price of liberty,
as also is It the price of party power."
THE GHOST WALKS NO MOBE.
A Specter That- Terrified a Jersey Tillage
Only a Harmless Maniac.
Newaek, N. J., October 19. For some weeks
past the more timorous of the residents of
Centerville, N. J., have not cared after dark to
shorten the journey from one part of the
village to another by going through Evergreen
cemetery, because, according to tbe testimony
of several responsible witnesses, a ghoststalked
night after night above the graves. It was
said to be a tall attenuated specter with a
batcbet face, and it uttered sepulchral groans
as it walked.
A few evenings since a stout-hearted work
man, returning alone to his borne, passed
through the cemetery, and. seeing the shade,
undauntedly seized it by the back of the neck,
and, turning its face toward him, recognized a
harmless lunatic whose features are familiar to
most of the people of Centerville. He will prob
ably be sent to the county asylum.
The Ex-President In Prlvato Lire.
From the New York Sun.
Mr. Cleveland is becoming quite a figure
about town. His house on Madison avenue is
centrally located, and bis constantly increasing
weight makes exercise a necessity. He makes
a -virtue of necessity and walks where other
people climb into carriages or cabs. He moves
at a slow and ponderous gait and seldom
smiles. Even at the theater the expression of
bis lace is habitually solemn and morose,
though the play may be sbrieklngly funny.
More Light Wanted.
Prom the New York "World. 1
The American Gaslight Association is In ses
sion at Baltimore, Md. Will it tbrow light
upon tbe question as to why tho average meter
registers more for Augusthan for January?
Sled While Laughing.
San Fhancisco, October 18. George M.
Chapin, a railroad employe, was telling a story
while eating in a restaurant at Oakland yester
day. He laughed heartily, and when he threw
back his head as It to laugh again he fell dead.
Tbere n Lesson In This.
From the Atlanta Constitution.!
The money spent in this city for lottery tick
ets since the war would start a big bank, The
money drawn by these 'tickets would not make
even one man moderately rich, "" -
W.OKK' BEFORE CONGRESS. !
A Talk with Senators and Representatives
on Questions to Be Brought Up During
tbe Coming Session Tbe Tarlfl Issue
Need of a General Election Law.
;WCIAL TILIOEAJI TO Till DISPATCH.1
Washikotoit, October 19.-r-Tbe great ques
tions of the day will be brought up early in tbe
session of the Fifty-first Congress. A s'most ot
them will be presented as party measures, tbe
contests, both in tbe senate and tbe House,
will be bard fought Talks with Senators and
Representatives now in Washington afford a
good idea of what may be expected.
To The Dispatch correspondent Senator.
Joseph N. Dolpb, of Oregon, said:
"Fifteen thuusand bills, more or less, will be
Introduced In the two branches of Congress.
They will embrace all the subjects within tbe.
scope of Congressional legislation and many
outside of it and tbe great mass ot them will,
as usual, get no further than a reference to a
committee. Among the important subjects
Congress will be called upon to consider is tbat
of the coast defenses. Tbe story of tbe de
fenseless condition of our extensive sea coast is
getting to be an old one. Aside from making
provision for tbe construction of a few modern
guns for coast .defenses, Congress has practi
cally done nothing in this matter. Adequate
coast defenses are demanded by the public sen
timent ot the country, and tbe condition of tbe
Federal Treasury warrants the necessary ex
penditure to provide for them. What is needed
& tbe adoption of a general plan and an appro
priation at one time of a sufficient sum, to. be
available from year, to year as required, for the
completion of the work, so tbat when once com
menced it will not be discontinued lor tbe
want of funds, with tbe consequent loss which
would necessarily ensue."
Pension Office Investigation.
"Will an investigation of the affairs ot the
Pension Office and Civil Service Commission be
ordered by CongressT"
"It is more than likely that one or both
Houses of Congress win order such investiga
tions. The rule appears to be to investigate
.the transactions of the departments and
bureaus whenever an investigation i3 called
for by a member. I have observed tbat It has
been charged that the civil service methods
have not been observed In tbe conduct of tbe
affairs of the commission, and the statements
which have appeared in tbe public press con
cerning the methods pursued in the Pension
Office under the present and preceding admin
istrations will undoubtedly induce some mem
ber of tbe Senate or House to propose an in
vestigation." "Will there be any legislation on the subject
of trusts?"
"It is possible that some bill upon tbat sub
ject will be passed. The subjects of trusts
must be dealt with in the main by States . The
power of Congress over tbis subject is so
limited as to render of little value any law
which it may pass to prevent or control trusts
in the States. It is customary to charge most
of the evils in the country to tbe legislation or
want of legislation by Congress. The qnestion
of trusts Is charged by free traders to the tariff,
bnt anyone having general information upon
the subject knows tbat trusts exist to control
and supply a demand for articles of purely
domestic production as well as articles of
domestic production which come in competi
tion with imported articles, and tbat tbe tariff
has nothing or comparatively nothing to do
with the existence of trusts. Tbe people should
look for legislation upon this subject to the
Legislatures of tbe States which have plenary
power to deal with it and are not limited in
their power to legislate by expressed grants of
power clearly implied from such expressed
grants as Congress is."
Tbe Speakership and the Tariff.
Congressman Outhwaite, of Ohio, wnen
asked whom he regarded as the coming Speak
er, said:
"Tbe Speakership will lie between Mr. Reed
and Mr. McKfnley, with about equal chances.
If the administration should attempt to throw
Its Influence quietly In favor of either of these
candidates, that fortunate one will probably
win. But I have seen no indication of such an
intention on tbe part of the administration. I
have been here about ten days, and for this
season of the year have met quite a number of
members of Congress."
"What should be expected regarding new
legislation?"
"The majority will attempt to revise the tariff
but they will find greater difficulty In framing
a bill than the Democrats did in the last Con'
gress, in my judgment The Senate bill could
never have mustered two-tbirds of the Republi
can votes in the House in tbe last session, and
from the public expressions of some of tbe most
prominent Republicans In their- speeches, I
think I see signs of a revolt against the idea of
such a general Increase ar was proposed by tbe
Senate bill. They now begin to talk about
their action being to carry out a system, and
their work a matter of political economy, and
not a question of schedules; but to my mind
tbat Is an Indication that they don't like to
consider the disposition they made in their
Senate bill of the schedules."
"What article will they attempt to cut
"For.polltlcal purposes only they will prob
ably attempt to cut the tariff on sugar and
rice. Southern productions, and to repeal a
large portion of the Internal revenue tax on
tobacco and alcohol to be nsed In the arts."
The Outlook In Ohio.
"Will any Congressional action result from
the meeting of the Congress of the Three
Americas?"
"It may be that reciprocal arrangements,
either through treaties or tariff legislation, will
be attempted and some action secured, but I
hjtve very little expectation 6f any valuable re
sult being obtained."
"Will it be possible to pass a bill to subsidize
steamship lines in order to encourage Amer
ican shipping enterprises?"
"I don't believe" any steamship line will be
subsidized. The Democrats will oppose that
character of legislation, as they have hereto
fore. In a general way we may expect quite an
animated Congress next winter."
Mr. Outhwaito will go to Ohio during the
first part of tbe coming week to take part in
tbe Gubernatorial campaign, returning to this
city early in November.
The election in Ohio will not be a walk-over
for anybody," said he. "It will be very close,
and I think Campbell stands an excellent
rhinM for rletorv. He Is certainly very
strong. I will take the stump until the cam
paign is over. The fight has been made very
largely upon charges of mismanagement by
both Democrats and Republicans. Each party
claims that while tbe other was in power gross
mismanagement was practiced, but I want to
say very decidedly, for the credit of the State,
that I do not believe there has been any con
siderable mismanagement by either party. I
know there bas been none on the part of the
Democrats, and the Republicans have done
very well."
The Race Question.
"There Is a very general idea tbat tbe Repub
licans will undertake to pass some sort of elec
tion law," said Congressman T. C. Catcblngs, of
Vlcksburg. Miss., when Interrogated respecting
the nrobable legislation of the next Congress.
"I have noticed that several of the conventions.
have approved tbe idea of tbe passage of snen
a law, but I am very certain it will not accom
plish what its friends expect The effect of
such a law will not be to give a single Southern
State to the Republican party that it does not
now have. There Is a general misunderstand
ing in the North regarding the race question.
If they think tbey can settle it by simply pro
viding some machine which will Insure the ab
solute vote of all the negroes of the Booth for
the Republican party tbey are very mncb mis
taken. That Is not the race question. Tbe race
question is very much deeper and more Im
portant than that It makes me tired to listen
to the talk of Republicans who claim to want to
settle the race question by determining how tbe
negro shall vote for President and members of
Congress. The people of the South care nothing
for each offices except so far as It is necessary
for them to stand together, and as it enables
them to deal with the great race question of
tbe 8ontb."
"Do you favor the migration of the negroes
of tbe South to other parts of the country?"
"I would not advocate their removal to any
Elace. They are settled in their homes and
ave a rightto live where theyplease. I would
not favor their forcible removal, though I
would not throw the least obstacle in their way
if thev want to go. But no legislation can
settle tbe great social problems tbat are pre
sented in the negro question."
Intimidation In tbe South.
On the question of a general election law
Congress T. M. Browne, of Indiana, said:
"The Congress ot the United States un
doubxdlv has power to supervise Congressional
elections. They are" thoroughly national and,
perhaps, tho only national election known to
the Constitution. The question as to what
snail be done In tbis connection Is full of diffi
culties. Tbe laws have to be enforced by State
tribunals, and tbe witnesses and everybody
else concerned In the cases are taken out of the
community which is in sympathy with tbe vio
lation of the law, and it will be almost utterly
impossible to seenre a conviction for tbat
reason. A statute cannot' be enforced
when it Is obnoxious to pnb.Ho opinion.
But the United States Government
should do everything t can under the Consti
tution to enforce the law to seenre to the col
ored man tbe actual right to vote, and it that
cannot bo done Congress should deprive the
States in which they reside or representation
In Congress to an extent based upon tbe num
ber of colored men thus, debarred from their
rights as citizens. - ..
I know of no better way to meet tbis propo-,
.m. hn fnrtha.ttmlnritvtot&vtothoseaia-
trlcw where there. jjhjeyidB ofjraadorw
timUrfttka tteat they must skew that tfce elec
tion was fair ad that all voters had aa oppor
tunity to exercke the rights of their oiuien
ship. The' eight Congressional districts of
Georgia do not give a total vote equal to tbat
of my own district or to tbat of many of the
Northern districts. They explain, that they
have no larger vote because there to no opposi
tion. But tbe fact follows from tbe intimida
tion they have practiced In the past"
METROPOLITAN MELANGE.
A Swede Felzed With Saakes.
tHrWTOSK nUBXAtr SFX&AL8.J
New Yobk, October 19. A big yellow-haired
Swede in a workingman'stclotbes leaped from
a saloon door into tbe passing crowd' at the
corner of Ninth street and Sixth avenue at 10
o'clock tbis morning. With a yell be caught
little Charley Findley from his mother's side,
threw him in a beap against a bootblack's
chair, and tumbled Mrs. Findley over on top
of him. He tossed the Italian owner of tbe
cbalr out into the gutter, upset two newsboys
and a shopgirl, and. was just catching up a
little girl when a policeman seized him. In a
second tbe policeman was flat on his back, with
the- big yellow-haired man on top of him.
William K. S. Foles, a well-known athlete and
clubman, then took a hand In the fight He
dragged tbe officer's assailant out in the street,
and with tbe aid of several truckmen bound
bim fast with ropes. A doctor said tbe Swede
bad delirium tremens, and sent bim. to a hos
pital. During the confusion caused by the
crazy Swede's onslaught Ernest Delancey Pier
son, the novelist had his pocket picked, two
messenger boys were knocked down, and Mrs.
Augusta Schmidt lost her shawl, umbrella and
back hair.
Torn From Her Gardener Lover.
Hiss Mary Le Hunt who eloped from her
home.in Wexford, Ireland, with her father's
gardener, John Burns, and arrived at Castle
Garden a few days ago, sailed with her brother
for Southampton to-day on tbe steamship.
Ems. She travels in the first cabin. Her
lover, however, was packed away as a pauper
in the steerage of the steamship Anrania, which
brought bim over. Miss Le Hunt's brother re
fused to let her kiss Burns goodby.
Dying With Hydrophobia.
John Muldoon, of Astoria, was bitten in the
Wist by a little spitz dog last April: The
wound healed within a week. Last Monday
Mr. Muldoon' began to feel Ilk On Tuesday be
was taken with spasms. To-day he is foaming
at tbe month, raving and snapping at every-'
thing within reach. His. death is hourly ex--pected.
r y
A Reward for a Rich Cuban Plaster.
Jose Antonio Gonzalez, of Malaga, Spain,
offers 8S0O reward, in to-day's paper, for Infor
mation concerning his uncle, Francisco Gran
des, once a wealthy sugar planter In the district
of Santa Clara, Cuba. Grandes sailed from
Cuba for New York on the steamship Roanoke,
September 29, IS6M. Among his fellow passen
gers was a party" of jovial gentlemen who
passed for merchants. At 13 o'clock on the
first night ont the other passeSgers were or
dered np on deck, where they found the jovial
gentlemen heavily armed. They told the pas
sengers to hold up their hands, and also that
the ship was a prize of the Confederate Govern
ment The carpenter and engineer, who re
sisted tbe capture of the ship, were killed in
the forward part ofthe vessel. Tbe Confeder
ates seized a large amount of bullion, which
was in the ship's safe, and transferred the
passengers, and .the money to a ship
flying the English colors. The Roanoke
was set on fire and abandoned. The
passengers were afterward sent aboard the
English steamship Albatross, which landed
them at Halifax; There they found that
Grandes had been missing since the midnight
affray. A waiter tbat stood next to him re
members tbat Grandes was in a state of ex
treme terror, and, after losing sight of him for
a moment he found that the planter had dis
appeared altogether. He probably leaped
overboard In bis terror, but this is not certahv
as rumors of his presence in Brazil, and also in'
Mexico, in a, half demented condition have
been heard from time to time. In consequence
of this uncertainty tbe Grandes heirs have
never been able to get hold of the 1560,000 es
tate ofthe old Santa Clara planter. They are
now making a final effort, through Senor Gon
zales, to discover just what has become of their,
rich relative, with a view toward getting pos
session of his bis property.
Ad Eaglo Boarded tbe Ship.
The British bark Ontario, Captain Hunter,
from Barbadoes, bound for Boston, put into
this port yesterday, to repair damage received
in a gale on the 13th Inst. Tbe captain. In
speaking of his experience, said that the trip
was one of the roughest-he had ever made.
On the 13th, tbe wind was blowing at hurri
cane rate, and several of tbe sailors were sent
aloft to cut away some of the canvas. At the
time tbe bark was 160 miles south of Bandy
Hook. While the sailors were aloft tbe cap
tain says, that a large black eagle, borne on
the wind, fell oa the deck. "One of 'the sailors
secured it On measurement it was found to
be four feet from wing to wing. The wings
were clipped, ana when the vessel arrived here
Captain Hunter presented the eagle to Health
Officer Smith.
TIE POET'S PAEEWELI.
Sir Edwin Arnold Bids Goodby to America,
In Graceful Lines.
From the Hew York Herald. 3
It was characteristic of Sir Edwin to turn his
face toward the East when standing by the
Golden Gate and bid his hosts of friends good
night pn the following lines, which he has sent
to the Berald for publication:
A. TASZTWXLXs
America! at this thy Golden Gate,
New-traveled from thy green Atlantlo coves.
Parting Imakemyrevereacei Itbebooves
"With backward steps to quit a queen In state.
Land 1 or all lands most fair and free and great
nronntIess kindred Una. wBerefrom I heard
Sweet speech of Shakespeare keep It consecrate
Pn.tinhl.du.t l.anil nrlTrMlrf Ama bird.
Fearless and proud! Bo let him soar, that stirred
Uv.n.mni1iv. all mm m lara oftfieA
A larger lite: and Europe, undeterred
By ancient wrecks, dare also to be free
Body and soul seeing thine eaaie gaze ,
TJnaazzled upon freedom's sun. fall-biaza!
DWIKAB50U1.
BaxFjlutcibco, October 17, 1S39.
A Knllrond Up the Alps.
PAM3, October 19. M. Koechlin, the en
gineer of the Eiffel Tower, has applied to the
Swiss Bundesrath for a concession for the con
struction of a railway to the summit of the
Jungf ran Mountain in the Swiss Alps.
TEI-STATE TRIFLES.
H02r. Johw B. RoBrasojr, Republican
nominee for State Senator, hasengaged to lec
ture on the subject "K the Soup," and O. B.
Dickinson, a Democratic leader, on the subject
"Tbe Under Dog," before the Young Men's
Christian Association of Chester 'this fall.
fhOadetphia JRecord.
Thx sour mucilage used by a Bethlehem
clerk who had been tampering with hla em
ployer's mail matter led to the discovery of hfa
crime.
A FBAiTBXts woman means business. She
advertises in a paper that If any one attempts
to break into her house, bis brains, If he. has
any, will be blown out.
TnutTEKS cords of wood were sawed from
a single tree In Coleraln township, Lancaster
county.
At Portsmouth, O., the wedding of Uncle
Aaron Noel, a Clay township farmer, aged 88,
to Mrs. Lizzie Dawson, a widow ct Lueasville,
was stopped by the groom's son, A. N. Noel, he
taking tbe marriage license from him.
James H. Mizxeb, of Qauley Bridge, W.
Va.,,is probably-the oldest postmaster In tbe
State. .He was appointed uuder WUllamHesry
Harrison's administration in lEfl, and has been
a postmaster.ever since, almost half a century.
Mr. Miller, is over 80 years old, but Is remark
ably active for one of hla age.
Hknkt Redden, of Table Rock.W. Va.,
caught in a trap a black bear which weighed
something near 600 pounds, and oh Saturday of
last week Robert and Che. Warden bid bo
more than completed a bear-pen untntheya
evidence tbat old Main bad accepted their fees
pltallty and was enjoying. the comfort, a4
quietude of th'etrpen. ' So they summoned alt
their neighbors, WM&' made haste, with (ts
ropes,. etc, far the game. Reaching the yes
they lassoed the bear with little olOesHyassd
ledhlmtoRoWt .Warelea's stable, vtmit
was laeuresfated W Taesdar, WfcM '
usee,'
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CD1I0U5 COfMKSATiOIS.'j
A pallbearer at a'faneral in Do;
Vt., dropped dead while standing at the en'
Female pallbearers were a feature of tie
funeral of a colored roan at Augusta, Ga Bat
one man was present at the funeral the sextos
of tbe cemetery. "
Emperor "William, has- suggested tha$
every njgb school la Germany should be
equipped with a phonograph, as a sort of vocal
mirror, in which the speakea can pereelve
um uwu vuvai imperxecuoas.
Great catches of eels are reported from -Connecticut
A. story comes from Norwich,
tbat flsbermewat the Greenville dam caught
3,790 pounds' weight in two nights last week.
The Norwich paper estimates that 10 tees of
eels are yearly sent to tbe New York market
A. M. Bisbee, who is the Chinese dele
gate to tbe maritime conference at Washing
ton, is an adventurous Yankee, born and bred
on Cape Cod. In his travels he drifted across
the continent and over tbe Pacific, and he Is
now Coast Inspeeter of tbe Imperial Maritime
Customs Berrlee of China.
A poplar tree of unusual size wag
felled on the farm of Dr. D. H. Coabs,ra TJtica
township, Clark county, IntL, and as it struck
tbe ground a large limb broke off, is the heart
of which was found the antlers of a deer, a
cow's.horn and a number of curious sfceDs.
The mystery Is how tfcey got there.
What is knows as "distillers' step" hit
heretofore been sold in Chicago at 8 cents a
bushel; but the Distillers, and Cattle Feeders'
Trust has just resolved, owing to the immense
new crop of corn, to reduce it to 8 cents ia Chi
cago for cattle feeding: One dJerlaMat
city says be has made 4,iaa single year
selling slop tor this purpose.
TheHbppes Manufacturing Cespasy,
of Springfield. O- have last coasletee: and
'shipped an exhaust steam feed-water beater, v Ss-
x Met wag, oo incses mgn ana as lncnes wiae,..-
and it bas a total lime-catching and. heaWqs; ?
surface of 67S square feet. It was espeesaWyjS
designed iad built to remove tbe mad frem the p
boiler feed-water at the plant of tbe Southern --jg
Cotton Oil Company, at Gretna, La.
A farmer at Scott Hill, Conn., who
thought the boys were stealing his) melons,
watched for them at night with a loaded gun.
About midnight he says be saw his big black
cat steal along among tho vises and select a
big melon, into which she sank her teeth. Then '
sbe began to claw tbe melon open and In a few
minutes bad finished all bnt the rind. 'He did
not shoot the cat and bas slsee learned that
she eats apples, pears and other fruit ,
William Walsh, a yosag eeeper, is
lying at the San Francisco HaspHaJ suffering
from a fractured skull, the resatt of the ex
plosion of vaporized aleesot 1b as. eJdwme
cask: Walsh was reoooperiag old wfee and
alcohol barrels yesterday. He parayaued cs
barrel with boiling water and began te shake
it wben there was a deaf esJac exBtesfea,' the,
barrel was blown to fragments and Walsa was
f ouna lying as II dead la a cloud of steam."
The strike of the Scottish sefcoetbeys.
which began in Hawick has spread te Gtaseew,
Goran, Greenock, Port Glasgow, asd other'
places In the west of 8eotland.ad also liter
Ayrshire and about Aberdeen. The beys have,
formed regular labor-like parades, wrtei Banners
and cries for "shorter hoars." The attHto has
also spread into England. The other da? MS
malcontents paraded the streets of Bamet, de
manding "abolition ofthe cane, less hews la
school, less parsing; and so home lessons."
The family at 3oseeC, Pinisterre, of ",
which five generations are llviag, are named
Tanguy, asd this is the list: Marie le Mat, 1
month old; tbe mother, Marie l'Hestea, 28 years;
Sandmotbers Jeanne MtroBBOtffi yearsauid
arte Mena,50 years; great-grasd&others Hen
rietta Guyadre, 74 years, Annette Guyadre, 73
years; great-great-grandmother Ehrie Tanguy,
US years. ' Tbe whole crowd were present at the
baptism of tbe baby Marie la tbe church of
Roscoff.
A schoolboy ia Eaglrad. hit upea a
novel method ot obtaining the answer to aa
arithmetical problem. He dropped iato a gro
cer's shop on his way te sehooi, asd said he
wanted certain commodities at eertate prices.
Atter exbaBstiBg bis list he said: "Now, if I
give you half a sovereign, wkt change shall I
getbacky Tbe grocer told him, whereupon
be thanked the shopman aad turned to ga.
"Walt for the tW&gs.?' called the groeertaad
' his disgust can be Imagined whe&the iBgeaioas
urehln told him be was lata for seaeel asd, as
he hadn't learned his arttea&etie lessen, he had.
adopted that method of getttag the asm,
worked for bim,
The principal method oa tie Delaware
river of catching sturgeon is called, "j Ming." '
An Immense set from 9S0 to 188 fee Wag is i;
stretefeed aeroM the deeaert part e she rireK.
A system , of .floats atosdealiwn lasjanrf -the
top of theneatthhetoa9s)sladr.
the surface. The lower side draawoaftehet-r t
torn. StBTgeoae, it Is wen known, swsss r
the bed ota river. The meshes of the set ae
eight inches square. Near Hah. watereae ef
these nets is paM out. over toe stera ef aheat.
As the tide rises the Bet drif U ap stw am. Ate
huge ctargeone, faillBg to appreciate the e
struettoa. "awim right into it Tbe impoins
carries -their gills thrsagha mesh, bat share'
they stick. Their breast flus will aSew their
bodies to go no further. At slaek water the
Sshermeo, hauling la the sets from oee ead te
the other, find the monsters tangled te the Bet
A deft dipping of the beat a stmnMnaseasi
jerk of a hand, hook aaa tbe HikhtiMt-ka
native element forever. Sometime fear at'
sturgeons are caught at oee haul. Thee awakes'....
a boatload. The staneeoas oauekt in tse --.'
aware average in rough weight from' te'ttti
pounds. Tbey afford, however; be "Vie MS 1
pounds of solid meat The roe ef eaea:sar- t&
caviare. S
The resWeats ef Qarendsi, Oat, are
greatly exeited overthedetegsof what they
believe is a suBeraateralbaaa; wsieft xerseme
days has bean op erasing, tn the household of,
George Page, a promiaont maaof thetewB.
Mr. Dagjc reeeasly esesssarsjed a yeeag'ied
named .Dean, aad the latter vowed vengesnee
upon the family, Invoktogsbe aid of the spirits.
A few nights after Dean's departure thewm
dows la Page's aease eemmeaeed to rattle aad
nearly every painot glass .was broken. The,
bouse has twiee bees set oa are, aad one sight
all the bedroom zeraitare was removed te sae
parlor, that treat tbe parlor betac takes ae-
siairs. Jr. sJfK "J " jwv nwmi
part of the business was the , dieeovsry m aa,
outhouse ot aamk-bottle wbiek. kadbeease-.
carely looked tea- eapeeerd. rt'wasrwasad'
to the cupboard, and, aJtboagh' taejeMefwetT
sstSsT saffSB)ul aVsHsVVrvtm
thn nntbnlldla.- Deaa waaauBSUd. a
"V "?
T-7 J fr - .. .. ,. . r.
aaa eosaaitea tae ansa e rna
Hollow," ia whom the aeajbeefs have great
faith, he was released, tbe oMsaaraavteg in
formed Dags that the maaifestattoas were the
work of sv woman and her two ehlMren, tsresgh
tho medium ot 'Mack art" and that H would
not cease aata November. The' aease of the
Dagg taatayBas heeesae a Defeat of Brack
curiosity aad mystery.
CVKBXXT Hcves.
The Vqaer questies k M absorbiag
theme. Washington CapUaL. ,, .
AmaakBOt always popular simply be
cause ha plays cards In a win sum way. Jfercosat
TraveUr. .-
Tip your hat to a lady aad yea give her a
straight tip oa tbe qasllty of yourmaaer.Jft
Orltant Picayune.
Italy refuses to receive Washes Bated!,
whom the Forte has named as Tarktsa Ambassa
dor. She want It oadenteod teat she Isn't
reduced to taklag to Wsihsn, f MtafcfrAta
Ledger.
"Exease aae, nafas'wid a smart -young
man to a lady who aaeet Juvenility te bead dress,
Sit,nABaeUta elldAVtt 1t L.
Thank) you," was the re?ty: "pesstttya
have observed the same tset la eenneestea
your aastaehe. ' WaiMngten; cayttst. f
Miss aiyame How do yoa like bj
raws, ileuf '" '
Miss FfcHBpe-yeH. K toa'.t se bad. Bet M hat
aratheroaa-teeklegagareinit Italaiu
About M mteates later. .-..-
Miss iHymme I weeeer If tha t hetssW tesag was
referring to met 3fcse goods are perseetty plain.
Tern Hants lift us.
HSeTH. ' t "
In courtship's days I. aseel ia lalfit ,
Her sweetest of all misses,
And that ber darHag lttMe meeta .
Xpl6MSy ZxtscEeevS Ws sUsyaWBa
Bet after marriage I seearaead
TtTsksaaa- ASanvseaMJlAaUtXt stshssaWfsLsr
-Her meatk was tanned fee semetelng else;
TowM, sr vigereas seetdtog.
Jtetton Transcript.
"JBoyf'ealleiasaaB aaie ran ap
totaeaBte-roem ef aa eatee oalGriswold streets;
..--.- ,mii m- -nia-v ftfct there U a wi
jmtiai! .to ... ... mm--
alarm and I tetak it is his beese."
I eaa't" eaim)r repbed tae boy.
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JBatwhyt" .
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spekea
to him yet. I've got te wait and seehowwssaea
tatags. JtetraK rrt rress,
. ''YowMastyt,,iMd am interviewer
tbeCiar, "what was year eJVSuwSiiTv
saetT boxes te Prlaee Btemarek and Bis soar
1 ea," Netted llisjesiy."
ef tae left eptte. aaeet sen nswi---
lea te get car teesa amusa -aew
Jekes aaeet aassteoay being 'ap
mmt sai bmi amMaaat at.'"
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