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' PITTSBURG. MONDAY. NOV. 2a, 1SS9.
THE FUEL OF THE FDTUEE.
'; Impregnably fortified as Pittsburg is in
the command of three staples of fuel twoof
tbem. coal and oil, easily within reach and
practically in xhaustible there is still an
extensive and most immediate interest in the
duration of the natural gas, which is the
cleanest and most deliehtlnl of all sorts of
fuel. The observations and conclusions of
the patient investigator whom The Dis
Tatcu sent out into the fields are, there
fore, timely. To a certain extent they are
reassuring. Even allowing for the most
pessimistic views, the opinion is formed that
there is a practical certainty of three to four
years supply from fields already in sight,
and that, by employing larger pipes and
proper economy in the use of the gas, it may
be available for domestic consumption for
much longer.
That fields are- gradually exhausted is so
well established that it would be idle to
ignore that fact But that their life and
utility may be so greatly prolonged by the
improved methods of handling the gas
which experience teaches, it is vital to
know. These devices, which are only now
becoming fully appreciated, will conserve
the visible supply much beyond what would
Lave been possible under the cruder methods
'first in use. There is, besides, always the
possible element of new fields. We have
seen how curious and unexpected has been
the distribution of oil. After the geolo
gists had set the limits, and fortunes had
been spent in working oil fields, one of the
latest and most promising oil reservoirs is
lound adjacent to the cities.
But, while feeling well over the period of
reasonably assured enjoyment of the gas,
which is yet ahead, and in a mood to grate
fully accept all further extension of fortune's
favors, it is also timely to look ahead to the
most economical and desirable methods of
using coal and oil, when circumstances
shall inevitably again dictate a resort to the
latter. Is it not, for instance, possible to do
away with the waste and the smoke and the
soot which characterized the eld methods of
using coal? Have not the comfort, the
cleanliness and the economies discovered in
using fuel in gas form made it a problem
worthy of every consideration and effort to
secure a continuance of the fnel in that
.form by manufacture, alter the supply from
- the fields shall have ceased? The use of oil
for fuel is also an important qnestion. The
results of the experiments at Chicago in this
direction should greatly interest Pittsburg,
which is nearer the source of supply.
These are questions upon which inventors
and practical men are already engaged.
They are nowhere worthier of attention than
in Pittsburg, which, with its magnificent,
inexhaustible treasures of fuel in the raw
coal state, has, further, the stimulating ex
perience of the superior cleanliness and
economy of the fuel in gaseous iorm. And
it has. besides, the reasonable assurance of
at least three or four years yet and possibly
amuch longer term to workout satisfactory
Eolations of the problem.
PLENTY OF NEWS.
The intelligence that is published in this
1 country concerning the course of the new
Government in Brazil is calculated to create
the impression that two different factories
are engaged in turning out the news withT
out regard to advices from the new Eepub
lic One day we learn tiat universal
suffrage has been proclaimed; but hardly
cave the American press got through com
menting on that feature of democratic rule
before they are called upon to do the same
' with regard to a reported edict, that no man
. can rote who cannot read his ballot before
he deposits it in the box. This might be a
a good rule, but when we find another
esteemed cotemporary saying that it is
established "under the new constitution"
we are moved to greater wonder at the
spectacle of a provisional Government
-which enacts a new constitution in less
than a week, without ever taking the trouble
to establish a representative body to adopt
. the constitution. The Brazilians would
jprobably be also a good deal surprised if
this news should ever reach them.
P - .. OTTE SOOTHERS RIVALS.
The statistics pnblished by Iron are con
strued as showing that pig iron production
is being transferred from Pennsylvania to
Alabama. This is, to a certain extent, cor
rect, as it shows the increase in furnace ca
pacity to have been wonderfully large in
both States for the past two years. Never
theless, when Pennsylvania discovers that,
taking into account furnaces now building,
the increase in Pennsylvania furnace ca
pacity is 1,049,000 tons and in Alabama fur
nace capacity is 1,059,000 tons, it will not be
an unreasonable conclusion that the ratio of
growth in Alabama has been unpleasantly
the largest It certainly permits the deduc
tion that the extra charges ontransportation
which increase the cost of our product should
be lowered by every known means. Give
Pittsburg water transportation for ore from
the lakes and for coal back again, and she
need not fear the transfer of her industries
' to any locality.
EPECTJIATIOS' AND BANKBTOTCT.
The statement that a large share of the
business insolvency of this country is
caused by speculation receives a decided
corroboration irom the last report ot the
.English Begistrar in Bankruptcy, who says
that "almost every report contains a state
ment that the debtor has experienced large
losses on .speculation, which have nothing
whatever to do with his legitimate busi
- ness." The same thing can be learned Irom
a study of the leading business failures in
'this country of late years. Nothing has yet
jbeen beard -of speculation in connection:
with the Lawrence Bank Insolvency; but
all the causes of that disaster are not yet
thoroughly explored. If it is found upon
full investigation to be wholly clear of con
nection with speculation, it will be the re
markable and fortunate exception to the
general rule.
This fact onght to be impressively instruc
tive. The public mind is often dazzled and
allured by the stories of immense gains in
speculation; but the stories do not bring
out the fact that every dollar thus won
must have been lost by someone else. Iiit
tle is said of these losses, except when some
grand smash forces attention to them. But
the testimony of those who study the causes
of bankruptcy can furnish an onset to the
big fortnnes gained in speculation in the
fact that the totals of bankruptcy are fur
nished by the corresponding losses. The
successful speculators are lully balanced by
the bankrupts; and the fact is also beneath
the surfaces that the money won by tho
manipulators from their victims is generally
won with stacked cards.
A lesson which this generation needs to
learn, and yet which is apparent in every
financial event of the day, is that the only
honorable and useful way of making money
is to give value received for every dollar
that is gained.
DUTY OF THE BANK OFFICEBS.
One of the most disquieting features of
the Lawrence Bank failure, namely, the
disappearance of the cashier, is removed by
the authoritative statement that Mr. Hoerr
is in Butler, sick from prostration over the
unfortunate termination of the institution.
It is not singular that the 'officers of the
bank should be very much affected by its
suspension; and if the liquidation of .the
concern shows that their state of mind is
produced solely by sorrow at the misfortune,
their sensitiveness will be set down to their
credit But it is none the less their dnty to
be on the scene of action and show how the
assets csn be best realized upon to meet the
demands of the creditors. By so doing, and
in addition making it clear what caused the
suspension, they will gain more considera
tion than by absenting themselves.
As to the cause of the failure, beyond the
allegation of a run, it is not yet made clear.
If the capital and assets of the institution
have been impaired, it is safe to say that
the money was not lost in banking. That
is, the banking business conducted on sound
lines has been so reliable and certain of con
servative profits for the past Jew years that
the idea of losing money in it must be re
jected. Money may be lost by improper
loans, by speculation, or a bank may, by an
unjustifiable run, be forced to close , its
doors; bnt that during the past half dozen
years any considerable loss could hare oc
curred in a conservative banking business
must be set down as out of the question.
It is for the officers to show which of these
causes produced the failure, and how the
liabilities can be discharged. If they can
do this satisfactorily, they will earn more
sympathy than blame.
TEE DIV0ECE QUESTION.
The sermon on the divorce qnestion by
Bey. Dr. McAllister, reported elsewhere, is
an earnest attack on the growine tendency
toward loosening the marriage tie. The
statistical statement that the increase of
divorce in this country is in more than twice
as great ratio as the increase in population,
certainly warrants an earnest protest and a
vigorous endeavor to ascertain the cause.
Some of the points in this sermon will
doubtless afford ground for dissent Thus,
the assertion that the looseness of the mar
riage tie is due to the drama and the most
modern forms of light literature may be
questioned, as an accurate assignment of
causes. That statement is likely to call
forth two objections. The first is that mul
titude of divorces has not followed but
rather preceded the deterioration in litera
ture, and has been at least concurrent with
the introduction of the looser drama. The
next is that the countries where that class
both of the drama and literature most
abounds are those selected by the clergyman
for commendation as holding the marriage
tie most indissoluble. It is more reasonable
to take all these changes as indications of a
general loosening of morals, for which
perhaps we must loosr deeper than either
literature or legislation to find the cause.
But whatever the cause, there is no ques
tion that the multiplicity, looseness and
often the scandalous injustice of our divorce
laws calls for uniform national legislation
on the subject On that point all who
study the subject will soon be agreed.
THE EIGHT HOUR QUESTION.
The movement in favor of the eight-hour
system of labor received an illustration at
the meeting of German laboring men yes
terday. The eight-hour project was sup
ported by the regular argument, which can
be generalized- as making two assertions:
First, that more and better work can be
done in eight hours than in ten; second,
that if workingmen labor only eight hours,
the limitation of their work will afford labor
to the unemployed.
The men who present these arguments to
gether fail to see that they contradict each
other. If a workman can produce a greater
amount, measured in value, by eight hours'
work, the result would be a greater produc
tion, instead of a less; and if the system
would limit the labor of the employed so as
to give work to the unemployed, the result
must be that each individual would produce
less. The fact is that in some branches of
labor the first argument has some force; al
though how far it extends is a question for
discussion. As to the idea that the condi
tion of the working classes can be.improved
by limiting production, that is founded
wholly on error.
The eight hour system has enough ground
for consideration to warrant candid dis
cussion and conservative experiment As
to the project of establishing it by a whole
sale and universal movement, that is the
way which is least likely to make it suc
cessful. The defeat of the French Government the
other day on the proposition to establish a
match monopoly, shows that the French Lecis
latnre has a clear head on that point It Is
pleasant to observe one case where the tendency
toward monopolies has met its match.;
Me. "William Waldoef Astob's sar
castic reference to Chicago as a city of houses
"where the front door is opened by the house
maid" permits the inference that Mr. Astor is
in favor of the old-fashioned Astor method of
going to the front door yourself. At least that
is the most charitable inference, the only other
alternative being that that Mr. Astor belongs
to the class of egreclous snobs who think it
smart to turn up their nSses at people who do
not hire lackeys to open their doors.
New Xoek's sandbaggers are making a
more successful record in getting the money of
other people toan New York's millionaires are
in potting up their-own for the benefit of the
World's Fair.
The postal savings bank scheme forms
the subject of an article elsewhere. When the
functions of the Postal Department, in addi
tion to carrying the mail and furnishing money
orders, includes savings banks, express and
telegraph business, it will be prepared to ask it
there are any mors worlds to conquer. . .
The barbed wire trait is building up its
fences and putting fresh barbs on them. But
the members of the trust may yet find that they
Instead of others may have to sit down on the
barbs.
Tub fact that Messrs. Bidgway and
Powers, the new United States appointees at
Philadelphia, are declared by the Democratic
Philadelphia Timet to be above criticism, is
pretty sood evidence that, so far at least, the
administration has succeeded iu finding pretty
good men for its Pennsylvania offices.
' Be-bated pension clerks who have to
surrender the monej that was paid them are
beginning to discover that there may bo a
superfluity of back pay.
"Whex the official returns show a majority
of 60,000 against Mahone in Virginia, and we
recall the fact that only about time months
ago the Republican managers were expecting
to carry the State, then a new force is given to
the old proverb that there are greater pleasures
in anticipation than in realisation.
If the weather adheres to its emtio and
unreliable ways, we may feel called upon to
give thanks next Thursday that we are, not all
drowned in the mud.
Democrats and Republicans are now
studying with equal application who shall gain
the advantage at the opening of Congress. If
they should study instead which party shall do
the most to advance the public business, the
advantage might not be any the less in the
long run. t
It begins to look as it we would get news
from Stanley direct befere the telegraph gives
us reliable intelligence from Brazil.
Jersey justice has practically reversed
Itielt by a decision of the Supreme Court,
which maintains the gambling houses at Long
Branch. The vested interest of fleecing lamb
like seaside sojourners .is altogether too im
portant in New Jersey to be meddled with by
the law,
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
The'iUv. Dr. Bartol, of Boston, is going to
California for the winter.
The late David Berry, of Coolangatta, one
of the oldest Australian colonists, left 5500,000
to St. Andrew's University.
Geneeax MA.no jte's eldest daughter, who
has just reached this country after several
years spent in Paris, has a -sweet and highly
cultivated voice- She will spend the winter in
Washington.
Sib Julian Patw ckfotk is devoting a good
deal of time to the study ot American litera
ture. He says that he had no realization of
the richness and variety of tho work of our
men of letters.
Amelie RrvES-CnANLEB has grown fond
of Paris. She writes to a friend in New York:
"There is so much going on continuously that
lite has an ever-changing interest Each even
ing finds us amid some new enjoyment, and
what with keeping our eyes, ears, hands and
months ever busy with all sorts of good things
this is an ideal life we are leading."
John D. Gill, of Victoria, Vancouver's
Land, possesses one of the largest and finest
collection of old and rare coins in the world.
His name is known among numismatists in
every country on the earth, and his collection,
which he has spent a lifetime in perfecting, is
'visited by thousands. He is a quiet, modest
gentleman, with a mustache and goatee. He
is now making a tour of this country.
In the basement of the White House Mrs.
Harrison lias found two old mahogany cabinets
which were used iu the Executive Mansion
when it was first built The cabinets are of
Dutch manufacture and were imported from
England. Mrs. Harrison, who is a lover ot
antique furniture, is delighted with her discov
ery, and will restore the cabinets to their
former place in the White House parlors.
The reports of Mrs. Stowe's mental weak
ness are said to be exaggerated. Mrs. Stowe is
76 years of age. and, like all persons of ex
tremely nervous temperament when they reach
such an age, is more or less broken down,
physically and mentally. But to say that she is
demented is to say what is not true. She is not
at all times in the possession of ber mental
powers to the extent of being able to write
vigorously upon any topic, but some of the let
ters s"he has written within the past few months
show a strength not to be despised. She' de
lights in strolling abont the neighborhood
when the weather is fine, and she frequents
the greenhouse of Mr. Clemen's, who lives but a
few doors away, where she will pass hours
looking at the flowers and Singing, but any
word will immediately bring her back to com
plete self-possession.
MILLIONS OP DEVILS. .
Ono Hundred Imps to Every Person, Ac
cording to Mormon Doctrine
From the Sew York Times.:
If the children of Utah believe the teachings
of Wilford Woodruff, the successor of Brig,
ham Yonng and John Taylor in the Presidency
of the Mormon Church, life must present a
gloomy outlook to their youthful eyes,
with small hope of salvation at the
end; for it is the deliberate calculation
of this aged teacher that each person
now upon the earth is individually beset by 100
derils,whose mission it is to betray bim into tor
ment It is a matter of simple arithmetic;
100,000,000,000 devils fell to the earth with
Lucifer; there are 1,000.000,000 people upon the
earth, which gives 100 imps to every man,
woman and child.
"Now, I want all our boys and girls," said
President Woodruff recently to the Mormon
children, "to reflect upon this and to see what
danger they are in and the warfare they have
to pass through."
President Woodruff has an abiding belief
that these agents of Satan have an actual form
and can appear in the body before the eyes of
men. for he has seen tbem and battled with
tbem more than once during his eventful
career. When in Liverpool, in 1840, en
gaged in missionary work for the
Mormon Church, he was called upon
to labor over a woman who was in a ter
rible rage, tearing her clothes and requiring
the strength of three men to hold b.er in lier
bed. He laid bands upon ber and commanded
the devil to depart, which it did, and the wom
an fell into a sleep and awoke restored. Bnt
the devil who had lost bis lodging remained
abont the neighborhood and soon took up his
quarters in the body of a little child. The
missionary wa again appealed to.
"I found it," he relates, "in great distress,
writhing In its mother's arms, laid hands upon
it, and cast the devil one of it and the evil
spirits had no power over the household after
ward." BILL AND JIK.
Nye nud Riley Will Lecture for tho Press
CInb on December 5.
Bill Nye and James Whltcomb Riley will be
at Lafayette Hall, December 5, under the au
spices of the Press Club. The only William
and the Hoosier poet will do something in the
pathetic and witty line calculated to prodnco
many facial wrinkles and a few tears. Last
year the hall was crowded to hear this fnnny
team. At that time Bill lectured and Jim re
cited poetry alternately, and everybody enjoyed
the variety. This year they have adopted a
different plan, bnt their reputation is sach that
what they originate is exceptionally good.
Bald-headed Bill is a favorite in Pittsburg, and
bis Hoosier coadjutor can be as polished as
Chauncey De pew and as funny as Riley only
can be.
Sunday Entertainment.
St Thomas Branch E. B. A., of the Twenty
fourth ward, entertained a select audience with
a musical and literary entertainment at Odd
Fellows' Hall. Southside, yesterday afternoon.
International President Samuel A Gilson pre
sided. Among those participating were: John
C. KllgaUen. John F. Miller.Willlam A Golden,
William A Carnoy, Miss Sadie Mason. David
Donovan, Edward Crawley, Miss Maggie End,
Mrs. Patrick Holmes, D. J. Conley, John and
William Harris, Cornelias Donovan and John
P. Hurley.
A Coming Attraction.
The sale of seats for the Levy concert next
Saturday will begih at 10 o'clock this morning
at Hays fc Co.'s store, 75 Fifth avenue.
Urr Next Enterprise. ,
From tie Philadelphia Press. '
St. Louis has opened World's Fair headquar
ters in Washington. , Her next step will prob
ably be to open a jack-pot .
THE ORITIO'S REVIEW.
Bclreihlng Pen sod Pencil PIctnrcs of
Florida Itossettl Admirably Done Up
roar Books for Boys Slanc and Fnlse
Idens Edward Gnrrett's Good Work
The Garden of Armldn, A Knight or tho
Fnllh, Etc.
M)rida Dayt, written by Margaret Deland,
illustrated by Louis K. Harlow, pnblished by
Little, Brown & Co., and for sale in Pittsburg
by H. Watts & Co is pleasing alike to the
band, to the eye, and to the mind. If it had
been badly printed and pasted into paper
covers, it would still hare been worth reading.
If It had been foolishly written, still the pict
ures wonld hare made it worth owning. Even
with pictures of no consequence rnd text of no
value, this handsome volume, with its heavy
paper, its broad margins, and its tasteful
covers, would have been an adornment to a
bookshelf. But author, and artist and printer
have dons their work well, and the result Is a
charming book, fitly bound, and worthily illus
trated. St. Augustine Is the town, and along the St
John's river lies the country in which these
Florida days are fruitfully spent The lights
and colors of sky and sea. the flowers ot the
"land of flowers," old bouses and headstones,
lire oaks and cypress trees and lily ponds are in
the background, upon which pirates and
missionaries, nuns and natives, darkies and
"crackers" aro sketched for our enjoyment
with pen and pencil.
"The Western sky throbs with an impalpable
dust of gold when the sun has set and the blue
and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket
of jewels upon the violet rim of the sea, and
shuts out the light The crystal dusk grows
cool and fresh before the stars come out" At
the old fort tho coat-of-arms over the gate calls
np vision of tho sentry who used to pace the
wall above It; tho fortunes of old wars come
pleasantly to mind in the quiet; the sergeant
drones bis legends and stories pf tho past;
Ponce de Leon comes looking for an elixir not
to be expected, as to-day's fashion is, in a med
icine bottle; De Ayllon sails merrily away with
bis ill-starred cargo of frightened souls in en
slaved bodies; Pamphilo de Narvaez, "full
of zeal for his own gain and for the
salvation of souls," summons the na
tives to the blessings of the church
Catholic having a sword in one hand and the
sacrament in the other; again the brave Sir
Francis, from the tall tree in Panama, beholds
both oceans. So the pages pass. The towers
of the old gateway, with the glow of the sun
set behind them, make a fitting entrance into
the pleasant-ways of this charming, leisurely,
delightful jonrney,
V
' Pictures and poems both entered into the
work of that man of genius at whom we get
glimpses in Dante Gabriel Sossetlt as designer
and writer (Cassell & Co.; J. It Weldln & Co.).
This modest little biography Is written by his
brother. It does not even venture to claim a
place among biographies, but presents itself
simply as a bundle of notes. That is what it
is, so far as form goes. It is, indeed, to be re
gretted that more was, not attempted by one so
fitted to do it welL Kossettilefta good many
memoranda and letters, and out of them his
brother has given us whatever concerns his de
signs and his writings.
There was much that was quite out of the
common in this Englishman with the Italian
name. At the age of fifteen he is writing a
romance whose interesting hero is no less a
personage than the devil himself. He has pre
pared himself for this literary venture by a
singular course of reading. Peter Schlemihl,
the Bottle Imp, the Devil Stork, Melmoth the
Wanderer, and Manfred, he has summoned to
aid him in conjnring the Prince of Darkness.
Presently he begins to write poetry, "The
Blessed Damozel," which Kenyon Cox lllus
strated so strikingly several years ago, was
written in his nineteenth year, for a little family
paper which circulated in manuscript around
the evening lamp. The poetry was pre
Baphaelistic, some of it rather remarkably so.
We have a shorter word for that to-day. We
say "realistic" Rossetti Is responsible for a
considerable measure of that peculiar strain in
poetry and fiction which is still a matter of
curreut.critical debate.
When Bossetti's wife died he took all the
poetry which he bad over written and had it
buried in her coffin. After several years he
took heart again, changed bis mind about the
disposition of his songs and sonnets, had tbem
dug up and taken to a printer. That is some
thing to think of as one reads! Criticism,
chloral and insomnia shortened Bossetti's life;
Buchanan's Contemporary Review article on
"The Fleshly School of Poetry" he took very
hard. The brother's notes extend from 1813 to
1882. A prose paraphrase of "The House of
Life" s added, and a picture of Bossetti is pre
fixed. In tasteful binding and good type comes
George Bands' Consuels. (Dodd, Mead it Co.
J. B. Weldin & Co.) This fine set of four
handsome volumes gives us this notable and
famous novel in befitting dress.
Four books which lie this week upon The
Critic's table are meant for-boys. There are
few books of more importance than those
which are intended for that sort of constitu
ency. Boys' books onght to be stirring, manly,
helpful stories.
If the world could but go on in real life as it
does in the romances of Horatio Alger, Jr.,
what a fine World it would be to live inl Luke
Walton (Porter ACoates, H. Watts & Co.l.ts a
Chicago newsboy. One day a kind gentleman,
attracted by his honest face, buys a two-penny
newspaper and pays him $5, saying that he can
come around to his office the next day and give
him his 1 93 of change. This kind gentleman
who gets bis change, of course, the next
morning does not, unfortunately, figure any
further in the story. Mrs. Merton, however,
whom Luke drags out from before a'dangerous
cable car, makes him her errand boy, attendant
and confidential friend. And as she is worth
about $500,000, he is quite a useful friend.
Finally the villain of the story, who has robbed
Luke's father and grown so rich and prosper
ous on the proceeds that bo ventures at last to
run for Mayor of Milwaukee, is successfully
unmasked, and Luke gets the fortune which is
rightfully hK The name "Merton" in the book
reminds one of "Sandford and Merton." Nor
is the name the only reminder!
V
The trouble with books like "Luke Walton"
is not that they lack interest The plot is in
deed quite thrilling! Nor is it that there is any
bad teaching. -The moral is quite unexception
able. The trouble is that they present ideas of
life which are altogether false. If a credulous
reader were to Imagine that there is such a
world within his reach as Luke Walton lived
in, be would find himself unpleasantly mis
taken. Such people as Mrs. Merton are as unlikely
npon this planet as the conventional dialect of
the California miner upon the lips of real men.
Kirk Monroe, in Golden Dayt of 'la (Dodd,
Mead &CO. J. B. Weldin & Co.) pushes the
slang bnsiness to the very edge. Buck Fan
shawe would have "weakened" to use the local
phrase in the presence of Thirsty Thurston.
"Golden Days" has a particularly gorgeous
cover, and the name of Kirk Monroe is one
which we see on the title page of a boy's book
with the expectation of something good within.
In this case the expectation meets disappoint
ment .
Storm Mountain (Porter & Coatcs, H. Watts
& Co.)is another book for boys. Edward a Ellis
is the author, xno time is tne oays or the wars
with the Iroquois Indians. Talbot Frost, the
hero, leads a little band ot fighters to the relief
of a threatened settlement They have plenty
of wonderful adventures and hair-breadth es
capes, and finally, of course, vanquish the red
skins. General Washington appears in the
background.
One more boys book In this week's book
bundle. True to Bit Colon (Porter & Coates,
H. Watts & Co.) Is a story of the war of the
rebellion. The scene is a military institute.
The time is 1861. Partof the boys side with the
Sontb, part with tho North, and the result is a
series of interesting complications. Harry
Castlemon is the author.
Life's Long Battle Won (Dodd, Mead 4 Co.,
J. E. Weldon & Co.) is one of Edward Garrett's
good books. The story, begins in Scotland and
ends in London. The hero is Lewis Crawford,
whose mother was a lady of Tahiti and his
father one of the Bethnnes of Bethune Towers,
His father dies on a journey from Tahiti y
England, leaving no proof of his marriage, and
when Lewis presents himself at.tho home of
his ancestors he gets sharp treatment.! Then
Miss Clementina Kerr comes in. Hhe is tho
fairy god-mother of the book. Through' her
Lewis is helped out of poverty! meets Mary 01-
rig, to whom Miss Kerr is also fairy sod-mother, J
and at last gets his position acknowledged.
The lives of Bob Bethune and Lesley Baird do
) not go on so smoothly. There is a letter which
slips down through a bole In a pocket ana
makes no end of trouble.
"Life's Long Battlf Won" is thoughtfully
written, reminding one at times of Macdocald.
The people are pleasant people to know. The
plot is well constructed and holds our atten
tion throughont It Is not at all a great novel;
there is too much preaching in it to satisfy the
canons of literary art. Bnt It is a good, whole
some, helpful book, and worth reading.
V
"Life's lung battle" Is lost rather than won in
The Garden of Armida (Cassell A Co. H.
Watts & Co., 60 cents). Mrs, Starr, a very nice
little widow, has found out by one experiment
that marriage is a failure. She is willing, how
ever, to give the matter a fair test and to try
the experiment over again. For this purpose
she crosses the ocean to meet Eugene Merriam,
to whom she Is betrothed. Mr. Merriam Is a
rather fast young journalist to whom we are
introduced, a .little the worse for wine, at a
snppcr at Delmonico's. Mrs. Starr lingers by
tne way ana meets tne Marquis ill Lona, a nne
fellow, worth 200 Merriams. In the meantime
Merriam wanders Into "Armida's Garden."
The old story of Tannhausor and the Venus
bill, of Ulysses and Calypso is acted over again.
Finally ill Loria visits Merriam, asking for a
severing of the engagement The Interview is
very well told. The author of the "Garden ot
Armida" is Anne Sheldon Coombs.
A stout fellow In mediaeval armor holds up a
banner of extraordinary size upon the cover of
A Knight of Faith. (J. 8. Ogilvie.) The real
knight of the book, however, is a lady. Miss
Boland, of Potucket, onght to have been a pro
fessor of dogmatic theology in a German Uni
versity. She is learned enough. And her
learning gets into her conversation in an
alarming way. The learning was not at all
alarming, however, to young Dr. Eric Emor, a
skeptical physician who comes to the light un
der Miss Roland's guiding. Miss Lydia H.
Farmer, who wrote this book, had excellent in
tentions. She wanted to provide an antidote
for "Robert Eismere." She gathered together
a great lot of pretty good material, and in a
mistaken moment thought it might go further
if a little balloon were tied to it in the form of
a plot. The theology, unfortunately, outweighs
the fiction. There is too much ballast in this
balloon. Eismere was bad enough, but this is
unconscionably bad. "Our casual Intuition
thus making self-evident the impossibility that
our conscious life could have been begotten by
dead non-consciousness; our will by fate; our
conscience by nescience: our identity by nonen
tity," etc., eta This is too much. This knight
has too much armor on. The theo
logical lovers are happily married. They were
riding together in Central Park; When she
"flashed on him a look which sent the
blood tingling to bis heart; and strong man as
he was, his brain for an instant grew dizzy in a
transport of overwhelming emotion. Ah, this
was a marriage of souls!" This sort of thing
goes on all tne time. At last they join the Mc
All Mission in Paris. One day they are return
ing from a visit to "one of the towns of
France, where for 200 years the Gospel of
Christ had not been preached till this Knight
of Faith planted there the banner of the
cross," (!) when down goes a bridge and the
train with it and that is the end of the hero.
In the next chapter an ocean steamer founders
and that is the end of the heroine.
A quite different discussion of theological
matter is 'published by the editors of a new
magazine, The Arena, The programme for
December is an attractive one. Savage, Froth
ingham, Bartol and other well-known Unitarian
teachers are the contributors. Mary A Liver
more has something to say about woman
suffrage, and Helen Campbell sets down "Cer
tain Convictions as tp Poverty," Babbi Solo
mon Schlndler discusses "History in the Public
Schoois."
A SPECDLATOE'S GKEAT NERTE.
How Norman B. Beam Polled Himself Oat
of a Bad Financial Hole.
"You see that rather sleepy-looking tall man
going by," said a man sitting in a broker's office
to a Chicago Journal reporter. The latter saw
a man 6 feet 2 inches Rill, rather large hands
and feet, square slightly stooping shoulders, no
whiskers, but a brown, partly cropped mus
tache, rather small eyes pretty well hidden by
a large derby bat worn low in front He had a
long, swinging gait, but did not walk as if in
any hurry.
"Let mo tell you about a little nerve he dis
played once." said a gentleman. "He was
among other speculators attending the 'call' in
the provision market In bidding for 250 bar
rels of pork for a certain month he accidentally
bid $1 per barrel over the market The offer
ings came freely, of course, and ho kept on
taking the pork until he had bonght abont
5,000 barrels.
Just then a friend rushed to his ear and sur
prised bim by telling him he was paying $1
over the market The rest of the trade was
amazed. He did not get excited. He saw he
was in a bole, but be did not let any one else
know it He at once began bidding for still
larger amounts, and even pnt the price np a
little higher.
Then the trade went wild. They thought his
friend had given him a tip on a piece of great
bull news. He kept on buying at his own
price. Presently others began buying. Other
iutures advanced. The traders climbed over
each other to get this particular futnre be
cause this tall man was taking it.
Before the call was over be had unloaded
most of his purchases and came out with little
loss. He had no news. He had blundered in
palng SI a barrel too much. His only way out
was by a big bluff. He frightened the trade
intu.taking the pork at the advanced figure. It
was a clear case of nerve.
"Who is heT That is Norman B. Beam, of
the Board of Trade. He is now a millionaire,"
and not a little of his wealth is due to the same
nerve."
MUCH LIKE A MIKACLE.
An Invalid Whom Doctors nnd Given Up
Suddenly Restored to- Ilenlth.
LoTnsvn.i.E, November 24. Although the
days of miracles are said to be over, still a cir
cumstance has just taken place in the East
End which, if it is not a miracle, Is- the next
thing to it The story is as follows: Thirteen
vean ago Miss Minnie Seelbach, who now lives
with her parents at 457 East Green street, was
taken sick with a tumor, and after fonr
years of suffering finally had it re
moved, and for nine months she was
able to sit up, when she was again taken ill
and ber hands and feet were paralyzed. Far
nine years she has not been able to move any
part of ber body except her head. Abont a
year ago her condition wa3 discovered by Miss
Jennie Cassidy, who put her in charge of the
Flower Mission, and during the last year
several ladies of that organization have visited
her daily, supplying all her wants. Abont
three weeks ago she was taken very ill. and her
visiting physician gave her up. Father Bax,
her priest, then began an eight days' prayer
with her.
The second day, while he was praying at her
bedside, she returned to consciousness and sat
np in bed. When the prayer was finished she
extended ber arm and shook hands with the
priest something she bad not done before lor
nine years. The next day she walked across
the room, and now alio goes about the house as
well an anyone. This story seems a little
strange, but can be vouched for by Mrs. War
ner, Mrs. Tbebold and many other p rominent
ladies of the mission. Dunns her illness she
nas been examined by many prnminentdoctors,
among whom were Drs. Bodine and Irvine, all
of tnem pronouncing ner caso one oi mo worst
on record, which makes her recovery all the
more remarkable.
flE SITS SIDEW1SE SOW.
Little Willie Brice Cntcbci n Spanking
Instead of n Woodcbnek.
"Middmbtown, CouN.,-Noveniber 24. Little
Willie Brlggs, of Portland, as he sits on one
side of himself to eat his meals, is ruminating
contritely now on the text Behold what an in
fernal rumpus a little fire kindleth. Willam is
sore in mind and sorer in that part of the body
where a shingle in old Mr. Brlggs' hand smote
him. The lad hunted woodcbnckslastSatnr.
day, with companions, in the Connecticut River
Valley, just below Portland, and they chased a
woodcbnek into a fine, open-faced bole in the
bank of the river. Willie wanted the wood
chuck very much, and, after trying water,
pouring bucketfuls of it into tbe burrow nn
avallingly, the .boys tried flro next They got
together a greafquantity of leaves and dried
wood, and1, stuffing tbe fuel far down the hole,
they touched it off with a match.
It burned finely, but tbe woodcbnek wouldn't
come nut: on the other band, tbe woods took
fire. From Saturday afternoon until Monday
evening the dwellers in the valley were fighting
fire, but hid had no better luck in getting It
out than was Willie's lnck with tbe ground
hog. A good many acres have been burned
over, hundreds of cords of valuable timber have
been destroyed, and the only tangible, fruit from
tbe affair Is a lesson on a Scriptural text to
Willie Briggs, who sits sideways at his meals.
Signs oTn nnrd Winter.
(FronOhe Philadelphia Eccord. i
Tbe beavers at tbe Zoological Garden have
just finished building a double-deck house
with a cellar and. nay window, and have made
application to Superintendent Brown for a tod
of coal. On the strength of this action-tbe
weatherman has laid in a stock of cold-ware
flags. .
' ' "
Tbe Presrnt Binae sitae Game
From the .Detroit Free Press.), ,
BUDScnoer: as tne game aow ibms warn
tfee Ictt Fc&o is.low;-:,,
PSsV' .'- - .vX-''r'.-PHswiKeTertra-Mi.vJiggi ,
MAJ.-MKINEEY'S FAR2&
Ho Does Not Propose to bo KedhKrleled
Oat of Concress Brlce's Bright Sena
torial Prospects Other Ohio Fojttleal
Notes.
Cleveland. Novomber St The result of
the recent election in Ohio is liable to be felt
In anumber'of ways which were not &t first
anticipated. The subject agitating voters ia
the Eighteenth Congressional district Major
McKinley's is that of.redistrictlng. It is com
posed ot the three solid Republican counties
of Carroll, Columbiana and Mahoning, and the
close Democratic county of Stark. A rear
rangement U expected, so that the Major's re
turn to Congress cannot be considered a fore
gone conclusion. Republican and Democratic
counties stand massed against each other in
that region as in battle array, and the rear
rangement of districts in relation to the Eigh
teenth is an interesting one.
When McKinley first ran in 1876 he had a
plurality of 3,301 against Levi L. Lamborn, of
Alliance. In 1878 the district became the Sev
enteenth, with Ashland, Portage, Stark and
Wayne In it and the Major won by 1,234 against
General Wiley, ot Woostcr. This was a cam
paign when a tremendous amount of money
was used. In 1880 the Seventeenth was com
posed of Carroll, Columbiana. Mahoning and
Stark, as at present, and McKinley's plurality
was 3,571. In lESpwing to an extensive-bolt,Mc-Kinley
was beaten by a few votes by Major
Jonathan H, Wallace. In 1884 the combination
was changed to Summit Medina, Wayne and
Stark, and local causes served to give McKin
ley 2,029 plurality. In ISSS it was back to the
present form as the Eighteenth.
More Recent Contests.
The Major's competitor in this election was
Wallace H. Phelps, of Alliance, who, made an
aggressive campaign, but was defeated by about
1,500 votes. There was also a labor candidate
In the field in this contest who received some
support In 1888 the Democrats did not make
any very determined effort to prevent McKin
ley's election, and he was successful by the
largest majority he ever received. His own
county of Stark, however, gave a small plural
ity for the opposition candidate.
Republicans who are on the inside do not
seem to be worried over McKinley's chances by
any arrangement which can be made of the two
groups of Republican and Democratic coun
ties. There has been talk of running him in, a
district not containing his residence, but there
is nothing in that according to the best in
formation. If a redisricting throws Stark in
with its companion Democratic counties, the
Major will change his residence and go in Co
lumbiana county, one of tbe -Republican croup.
It is not generally known, but the Major owns
a very nice farm over there on which be has
spent a great deal of time lately, and in case of
political need he wilf bid goodby to Stark and
move to his farm. Columbiana would be put in
with Carroll, Mahoning and Medina, making a
district with about 8,500 plurality and the Re
publican nominee would be solid.
Not Worrying Abost It,
There are excellent reasons why McKinley
would accept this plan with satisfaction. It
would take him out of a Democratic county,
which appears to be gaining in sentiment
against him. In his first campaign his plurality
in Stark was 352. In 1878, the money campaign,
it was 904. Since then the pluralities have gone
down to zero, and are now climbing the other
side like this: 1880, 194 for McKinley; 188Z, 837
for Wallace: 1884, 183 for Paige; 1888, 288 for
Phelps. It is a source of mortification to Mc
Kinley that bis own city and county always go
against bim, and as tho Democratic majority is
steadily growing, it is less satisfactory each,
year. Consequently he is ready to move into a
connty which always has done somnch for bim,
mo report wnicn comes imm rj amnion mat
Mr. Bacon.a close friend of ex-President Cleve
land, has been in consultation with Governor
elect Campbell, has attracted attention to
Cleveland among close observers of political
events. A gentleman who is well acquainted,
with Mr. Brice, and is well informed on State
politics in general, said yesterday: "I do not
know how much truth there is in the state
ments made about the conference to the effect
that there is to be a Cleveland-Campbell-Brice
combination, Dnt I do know that Mr. Clevel md
desires the election of Brice to the Senate.
Brice lSone of the brightest men I ever knew.
He can comprehend a new subject in all
mlnutis with remarkable rapidity. He sees at
a glance the method of procednre by which a(
result is attained, and then acts without falter
ing. He has untiring energy and can accom
plish a given amount of work in half the time
that an ordinary man wonld do it It is an in
teresting study to see bow his brain works."'
It Will Help Brice.
If the report that Cleveland desires the elec
tion ot Mr. Briae is confirmed, the tendency
will no doubt be to summon to his support
many enthusiastic Democrats who desire to see
Cleveland renominated, and it will assist Mr.
Brice in the hope that he in return will do all
in his power to secure Mr. Cleveland's nomina
tion in 1892.
Messrs. Williams and LeBlond expect to file
the mandamus petition in the biennial election
test case in tho supreme Court early this week.
The petition will simply recite the facts npon
which there is no dispute, and pray that the
Governor be compelled to issue a proclamation
declaring tbe amendment adopted. Tbe at
torney representing the State will file a de
murrer, admitting tne tacts as stated, dui asc
ingthat the petition be dismissed for the reason
that upon such a statement of facts, the
prayer ought not to be granted. The case will
then be argued and decided on the demurrer.
An early decision is hoped for. Tbe resnlt will
bo anticipated with keen interest and tbe feel
ing Is general that a decision ought to be bad
upon the question whether a majority of all the'
voters who voted on election day or merely a
majority of those who voted on the constitu
tional amendment is necessary in order to carry
an amendment The Supreme Court of Ohio
has never decided the question, and. the ac
cepted theory has been that a majority otall
who voted is necessary to adopt an amendment
Other States have followed the Ohio Constitu
tion in this paragraph, bnt have generally made
the wording more explicit
A Tory Important Feint.
The important point is, that if it is decided
that the amendment was carried it will bold tbe
Democratic Governor and Legislature in three
years, or one year longer than tbe usual term.
Mr. Arnold Green has given some thought to
the question. He.said: "When I first thought
ot the matter my impression was that the
biennial election amendment was defeated, but
after looking Into It i nave cnangea my mtna
and now think that the amendment was car
ried. Tbe Constitution provides that If a
majority of tbe electors voting at such election
shall adopt such amendment the same shall be
come a part of the Constitution.' In theory
tnere IS on ejection uay ui cicvuuu ivs uhi
ernor, an election for Lieutenant Governor and
a separate election for each part of the ticket
An election is an expression of opinion by
the people on some particular subject and on
every election day the people express their
opinions upon numerous subjects. So it seems
to me there is a separate election on each
amendment and the majority rotinc at that
separate election determine the fate of an
amendment There is no provision in the
statute whereby the Secretary of State can
ascertain the number of men who went to the
polls on election day. It would not do to take
tbe total vote on Governor, or any other officer
voted for. because some electors might vote
for only one or two names on tbe ticket and
the total vote cast for Governor on tbe various
tickets would not represent the actual nnmher
of voters who went to tbe polls. The only wy
that the Secretary of State could determine
the total number of voters would be a plan not
provided lor by law that is, he wonld have to
ascertain the total number of names on all the
poU books of the State."
It Wouldn't be Surprising.
Krom the Washington Post;
Brazil does things in so sly and unaccount
able manner we shall not be surprised to wake
up some morning and find that she has torn up
the equator in tbe night and flung U away.
AS TBDE AS DEATH.
lwuunra ron thi dispatch.
"Asthrneas Death!" is what she said.
And careless smUed her lips the while;
Her dark, foil tresses crowned her head;
Ber blue eyes softened to beguile.
"As tbrne as Deathl", she uttered this,
Hor snnddered lest the specter rise?
'Twas bnt to screen a stolen kiss,
Or to alarm a woman's lies. I
As true as Death-ln Idle talks
This phrase Is nsed by idle lips,
When unbelief the story balks
That from tbe gates of gossip slips-
As true as Death and Death Is true,
Troe to tbe hour, and to tbe deed;
One cannot be alone hut two.
For Death will follow where we lead.
, Our lives pass through a canyon deep,
Between clllTf overhangins: high,
Jrora whose loose verge Death's boulders slip,
And find us at the time to die.
Each one moves on his destined course,
llefore, behind, the ruin drops!
On cither hand the fated force
Our comrades' wsj-forever stops.
And each one must receive the doom,
I first, perhaps, fair maid, and ros;
The somber ellffs above ns loea.
And true Dsk; sum, Dehi tel
H.Tra,Xx0. -
NffJIrlE UTIKlTfBI.'
t4e BsshHs Matter ta Al
YeMr4ay 36-Page Bfsyeteb.
Miss Nellie BIy gees round the world ad sees
many nations, and many people. But tbe hard
ships and worry which poor Nellie has to en
dure on her travels more than counterbalance
the pleasurable novelty of the trip. Now, read
en of Thb Dispatch can go roaad the world
just as well and five times s comfortably m
Miss Bly, and yet need never quit their own
parlors. The Dispatch describes every phase
of human existence, from the denizens of the
metropolis to the dwellers by the- Ganges.
YeeterdayTsJO-page edition was a splendid type
pf a splendid class of literature. True literature
should be eminently cosmopolitan. Tbe great
republic' ot letters embraces the whole world.
Yesterday's Dispatch was filled with the best
and most attractive of popular literature, con
tributed by scores of great writers.
I.
The Speakership contest grows more interest
ing daily. An appeal to wool men all over the
country has been issued, nrglng them to use
their influence to defeat Reed. At Rochester.
N. Y., a court trial developed the fact that a
convict bad signed two notes being under the
impression that he was signing a petition for
his pardon- The Pan-American delegates
visited tbe Chester shipyards. President Har
rison has disappointed the Illinois Senators by
telling them he bis no time to fill offices at
presrnt An aeronaut named Van Tassel
descended into tbe water at Honolulu and.was
eaten up by sharks. A fire in the Anaconda
mines In Montana is supposed to have suffocated
nine men. The Montana Legislature attempted
to organize; there was a split and two Houses
were formed. A quorum: was also prevented
in the Senate. It is said that Foraker would
like to have Allen O. Myers chosen United
States Senator.
English politicians are excited over tho Bra
zilian revolution and tho growth of Republi
can sentiment in Canada. An impression pre
vails that Portugal will follow the example of
Brazil. Miss Fitzgerald, of Connecticut has
captured a title and is now the bride of Lord
Edmund Fltzmaurice. Mataafa andMalietoa
are still struggling for supremacy In Samoa.
Germany will not make baste to recognize the
Republic of Brazil, and may even take hostile
steps against the new Government
n.
DIstrfct Master Workman Ross returned
from Atlanta and talked with a DISPATCH
reporter regarding the work of theK. of L.
-General Assembly. A cut and a description of
the new Washington monument for Allegheny
Parks were published. Prominent citizens told
what Pittsburg has to be thankful for next
Thursday. Colonel Roberts discussed the Erie
canal project Another chapter of later de
velopments regarding the Lawrence bank was
presented.
The latest gossip and news in sporting circles
were fully given.
m.
Parts second and third contained the usual
quantity of. choice literary contributions.
Frank 'H. 'Wade, M. D., wrote of Thanksgiv
ing D.ay observance; Willis Kenyan, of swnrd
swallowers, and Brenan ot early morning
scenes in Pitttburg. A number of famous
actors and actresses discussed religion and
gave their own Views and belief s regarding a
future state. ThellatindudedHelen Dauvray,
W. H. Crane,, Stuart Robson, William J. Flor
ence, Mrs. Langtry, SaliinL Fanny Davenport
and others. Marie Xane sketched life in tbe
Chinese quarter of San Francisco, and'Edgar
L. Wakeman, the customs of the people of the
Azpres. Mrs. Harrison and the ladies of the
Cabinet contribute Thanksgiving Day recipes
and menus. "Cremation in Asia," by Frank
G. Carpenter; 'A Double Miracle," by Ber.
George Hodges; "Rabies." by M. Louis Pas
teur; and "Breach of Promise," by Mrs. Alex
ander; were other notable contributions.
There were also special articles from the. pens
of Henry Haynle, N. A Jennings, Bumbalo,
S. Latimer, Clara Belle, Bessie Bramble and.
others. A pretty Thanksgiving story, by Rev.
Dr.Talmage and Marian White, was entitled
"Conslns at Madawaska." Prof.Georee Ebers'
"Joshua" was continued and Ernest Heinrlcha
furnished an original fairy tale. The regular
departments and miscellaneous contributions
completed a most excellent number of" a great
paper.
i DUCHESS W1TK A F0KTDNI.
A Relative of the Feet KeJae ta, Bees
New Orleans, Koveaeer St A, rabttiy of
the lady in question states that the Dschees ot
Richelieu, who has abost of friends la New
Orleans, having visited the first Ex
position here. Is about to become
the Princess of Monaco. Although bow a
Catholic, she will be tbe'trst ladyof Hebraic
origin who hae been married ta a reigning
Prince. Marguerite Alice Heine, tbe futnre
Princess of the little Mediterranean principal
ity, is tbe daughter of Michel Heine, cousin
german of Heinricli Heine; the peet Tbe
father of M. Michel Heine was the brotherof
the celebrated Hamburg banker, SeloBtes'
Heine, who lef tm,0f at his death.
Michel Heine and his brother Araasd.
amassed large fortnnes in New Orleans,,whence
they returned to Paris where they ire now
residing. Tbey have stfil a large amount of
valuable property ia this city, from which they
realize a handsome dividend annually. On
Canal street thev own. with other good paying
property, the Pickwick CInb Building; All tbe
ladies of the Heine larallr have now become
either Catholics or Protestants, with the excep
tion of Mme. Fnrtado Heine and the sister of
the poet, who stilt Urea In Hamburg.
A Seasonable SMesttos.
From the New York Tribane.l
It Is not too early, anditlecerttJaly'not too
late, for the goodi people te decide what they
will do to make next Thursday a genuige
Thanksgiving Day to others. Ha must be in a
desperate strait who can't do something.
Tee Mack efsa Under laklee.
From the Chicago Ncws.I
'The, enterprising New York journal which
tried to print a list ot rich New Yorkers who
did not subscribe to the World's Fair fund has
given up tbe job.. It cannot afford to print a
86-page paper on week days.
A Lesson Tfrem tbe Lowly.
From the Minneapolis Journal.!
Old hunters say It is Impossible to catch a
raccoon in a tras. If Mr.. Halstead hadoaly
taken a few lessees from the lowly; riagtailed
'coon, ' '
More Bftsstea. Work Needed.
From the Ks&sw Cy Star. I
A Hannibal man picked up a K bill which a
poor widow had dropped, and kept it They
bad better keep ea with their revivals at Han
nibal. TKI-STATB TRIFLES.
It is doubtful if there are many fimnies.la
the country that can show an army record
equal to the family of Gersbam Davis, or the
town of Welles, near Towanda, Pa. Davie and
his eight sons enlisted ia the Union army early
in the war. The father and four of tie sons
served until tho war was over and returned
-home. The four other sons were killed ria
-battle.
A Btbothmsubo Settee clnb bah bee or.
ganized with a view of buying tbe famous Por
ter's Lake, ia Pike coBBty,conUteiBg over
2,090 acre..
The old pupils ot Buttermilk Seminary, at
West Cbeeter.held a reunion recently. Tbe
school was closed 83 years ago oa account of
the death of one of tbe scholars, and, was sever
reopened.
' Z, T, Devobe, a Parkershnrg merchant,
owns a deg of superior intelligence. Tbe dog
goes to the store with the mail every moraing,
and from it takes the mall addressed to the
private residence- to Mr. Derore's home.
Nothing can divert bim while attending to his
duties as mail carrier and he never makes a
mistake in taking the letters, to their proper
direction. Wery evening be ss to It that the
eveniag papers are'taken into the house, and
if by caancethe papers should be missing,
either by being blowa away by the wind or
carried o by the boys, the eg sMket a raid
Into soBse fteistkbor's yard and hyeetheoatos a
paaer, whiek he carries a. a seas.
A JfwmiAs trade wa aside at Woeeeerv Or
the other day. The arttoles aebaaf4 were
red-hot tevf, and they were amd. watte fall
Of fiery coals. The oity siprisssBS agreed to
swip the stove In their ocefor'one in the'
office of Z. Harsh, nearly half a bleek away.
TtfM,w accepted, and both stoves were
sseved vWi red-hot. TJst transfer attsMtt
tHMberel iatareMed
w vtaisftsftM Wtt
5SsBsik?if?v'r, c
cuiious cossffi&kvri'ff.v
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An Ionia, Mich., man who bonght a
mustang Indiscreetly turned bus oat to pasture)
on the river bottoms and haa bees try4aF fori
couple of weeks to teach him again. r '
A Kew Bedford clergyman. who, ha
been in service a long time advertises .7Wer
mens for sale, covering all subjecan4ip
J".8, t anylocallty. He only wants JTapIeee
for the lot, if taken in a lump, "whichJU one
half off reitiUr price and a decided baiHa lor
tie money." . ''Wtftf. &
An old maid in Connecticut adopted
boy and called him "Moses David -.-AbsalOB-Daniel
Mark.White." Tbe other day.wheahe
lor hitching all these names in front of hfisSM
"eV'cJnt W tt0 Jur Te g
The Ohio papers were nof long'sfneel
commenting on the uniqueness of a.maxriagey
ceremony performed by a woman. iWithlnaJ
few days Joseph Gansn nA in. ritAMt
w.tt nnl.art f,..m 4. i.... . -. . 3H
"-" -hpwm uunuKom oiuton. xno-. uy tee
groom's mother, she Tjeiug a minister- of V
Society -of Friends. fc " ,-&
A Philadelphia man who ha- woraitie
same green overcoat for 20 years, l5!jitl
brought the article out again. Tia.c!otws5f
woven for him. and cost 112 peryardVSOnlse?
21st birthday it will be sconred wdfcloa4
i. Jiftr"" y. no us owner bopee !
it will then be fitted for a life of nsefnlnessCy ?
The oldest horse iu Maine diepflBS2 r
gor on November 22. ThUwasthemarTKa'te.K."
owned by J. JU. Craig, and she lacked but a'f eKt
months of being 42 years old. She was never 1
sick, and on the day beforB her death was dob!
her work as usual, appearing as smartfS "$.
4-year-old. When they went to hltcli ber tun1
on the following morning, however, she wsV-ts i
found dead in her stall. ' S& i
The farmers of the
neighborhood's L:$
Hiawatha. Kan, are burning ecru for fuef,'
h'.
'"S " tucajrcr iuu coal. UOmUSOIdOS f-i
tflA fsM 4f1 MAaaeW Aa MAt --. - P 41
.uo ui u a. v nuu jsr uiuuu wane tne aver- ,
age price of coal delivered at the farm rangesiT
from 21 to 23 cents per 'bushel. The Farmers' f
Alliance brought the attention of tbe fanners
to tbe relative prices of the two commodities
and advised that half the corn crop be nsed as
fuel, thus advancing the price of the other half
and saving monayin their fuel bills. The farm
ers have begun to act on this advice.
Here ia another chance for the surplus
New England scfaoolma'am. The recent Greek
census shows the Greek population in strong
contrast to that of almost any other'Eurepean
country, inasmuch as the number of males ex
ceeds that of females. ;The proportion of males
is 107.8 to 10 females. It U well known that
tbe females considerably exceed the males in
almost every other European country. At the
last English census in 1831 the sex proportion
was lOaS females to 100 males,, and in thls'co&B
trytbs same' rule holds good everywhere outs,
side the Northeastern group of Stitts. vs.W-
A peculiar case was filed the other,day".
in the Circuit Court of. Birmingham, AUt$,'
Thomas S. Davis, 28 years of age, brings sal: t
for 50.000 against the Georgia Pacific Railroad' T
Company, and alleges that through' the care- A
lessness of the officers of that corporation. his-,,,
iiean was xnocxea i wm tne lert siae . oi me
body to the right side, much to his physical and
brakeman for the company a fewmonths sraee.'v
u was iojure-i in a wreca. no alleges mat
his Intestines were completely turned around
by tbe injuries he received, and his 'hsart
afterward changed in sympathy with them.: "";
The Orient express train, runninebe
tween Paris and Vienna, seldom has an appit
cant on Fridays for the thirteenth compart
ment of the ladies' Pullman sleeping car. -The
cars are always reserved beforehand, but the
numbered tickets are only distributed at the
last moment In spite of this precaution, how
ever. No. 13 of tha ladles' tickets on that day
of tbe week is almost invariably returned; and,
the train, although Otherwise crowded,-has
to travel with one berth empty. Ladies have
got so far tbat they will dare No. 13 alone or
Friday alone, but the two together they can
not swallow. -.
At the Academy of Sciencrs in Faai '
U., At .AM .... f... MH.1 ..!..i.f.,. VJA -
Mojave desert were exhibited recently. The"--;;."
venomous creatures are yellow, like the- Mad ;.'.
they live In, and have over each eye asealy
horn. They never move straight forward, bur
with a sinuous side motion, so that it Is impos
sible to ten m which direction they intend to'
strike. In Palestine and in tbe Sahara desert
there Is a horned riper which in many charac
teristics resembles the horned rattleeaake of
tee Mojave. Tbe use for the horns is net
knows. They am not to shield tfce eyes.&ess
tne son o mm mb, oecaase owr sassMijia
ut oeasrt save an nora. xae tw
,a pit hem Mr. frf&a, ec Mojf: ,
Dueling Hill soanshes-li
Cotlaeatl;Erope, a&et tne HunniMsis-
pear te gather in tho largest crops iatBi
of honor. Tbe biggest contract on reoerdia
this business was recently undertakes la Pasta
by Count Victor Orstitch. He challenged ').
genttaesen and nobles' to aortal combat Be
cause they criticised rather severely some'
statements of bis made in a club room. One
of his invited victims was Count Francois
Esterhasr, a gentleman with no less than 7S )3
uueisaauiux, ueau uieu upon ui j tuusgiouuc .
He positively refused t be counted among the -
proposed cadavers, and gave no reason for tbe V .
reiosai. AtujKir to suypvsv uiab xtosasro-
tired f row the field.
E. W. ToHrttelloU, of "Webster, Mass.',
is strangely beset with partridges, which eltberj. p
saay nave a spite against mm or are so iona or.
mm tney nunt nun np to go siamoangmto nisj t !
face. Three times this fall partridges loadedV
with blgolt pressure have gone humming
tarouga wisuoks who a great ciasier oi giaes'j,
and dropped at his feet Is two of thaia-'-
stasces tne wild Intruders plunged on. hist;
through a window in his bouee oa School: -J
street One of the birds' is coals to him not - j
only smashed ana took along the entire upper ,
sash of the window, but Brake the curtain fix- - -ture
and tor it from its yojl, aadthenMr. ...
T&artelloU, after his heart ted stopfed ,
'thumping. Unrolled tbe cartala, which was & a- ; "
lump in the middle of the roosa,aad. took; oat a re
fine cock partridge that weisketl a vessad,
dd. '&?--
Mr. J. -ST. ted, of laapasss, TsatfltH
in bis possession a rifle and powder bent wMstr ,
were used during the Revolutionary WazSgDiil.
powder horn is a very remarkable svecisseaf 7
eighteenth century workmanship. It'was ssaste
by -William Keed, uncle of the graadfatksroC
toe present owner, in 1772, This Mr. Reed ws
a resident of Georgia, and wllkewa?af 'a
hunter. lie made the powder norm oatiof' an
ordinary cowhom- The head, was wfcietleel out"
of a piece of laurel root, d ftttedoavery ,.
nicely. The horn is covered by raeH engrav
ings, representlBgau India brave,! a squaw,
a tomahawk and pipe, several Mssenle ea- ;
blems, ot which order Willi Reed wasa .
member, and tbe name of tbe soaker, the date f-. ;
of bis birth, and the date of ale enlistment In., a.
tbe American army 1772. Tale rie was origin-?' re
ally a flintlock sun, aed the ries" in it bars' ; j
been bored out several times beeaase they had .,-; '
either been worn or rusted out ' "
VAXCIBS 89- FDSNY VMS.
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xne papers an say mat oianiey is
Hpwapwa., Mwe ssre miladmof olt Oil Citjdfy
JSlwara. r.
Teaelwr Do yom derive ranch benefit froa ,
the big Mlel ave.yra last sanosy r
Te-miny Mo, but Uter does; she has got it jam
full of aatuaa leaves. Ttxa Btfttngt.
Jagf Baggi had a ba-ag np tine'.vMtrV;?
day. - ;
BS-Howr .
Jaw-He disintegrated a cake, of dynamite.
PMtadttplHaliupitrer.
Coal Dealer I, a vs. investigated your.
eoaipuint aaaaeayoaitHyoarrauMn ot ceu?
That's the way it 1. &-
Customer-A re yoa really sore that there are a
two weighs about M-fTeaat-avttngt.
A V.MV..tn... nlw.a...ll,al tlt.M IM
... MA.W..1h ill .,.- 1I-.I.. t. 4.. lA mWm ft?i?
This is evidently slip. The latenjlon. no donb'tt
was to say that there were 48, est families llrlnr la'
two houses. This would lve them more room.
JXtroit free Prttt. CH"
d uoge x.effiessir, yea are sworn vj vcu,
the troth, the wbeie Jretfc ssrf nothing bat tney
Witness (from CTlef07Jaage, 1'ra a stranger.
to your wars, bnitt you'll exBJaiawhatyouaie
I'll do my best,-rUlatHlpMa Ituprtrer. . '&
Miss Walnut Obi Claire, George nd.ls
are to be married aext Month. All taeamage-y
meats have been completed,, and ,
Miss Chestant (who has bad deilzns onGm
henein lam L- dear-, and I do so wish t&st'
you wUl e bafy. How ood of Georxe M ijsjrj
"Tf,milt.-PkUaaitptaj2uTtr. -gsa
ExplvVOs-Mrl,A.-Iee tnjL
city aatfceritte see solng to Investigate these mm
way ekstesteas. It to believed that they aj
at IWaan.AnBhto.flt. ThCrSlt tWM
ex4Ion la tUs house when 1 ask myhBitssjtj
Use bmsmt is y Mm e btll.-r" WtH &
"Haw- slid you. like me as a HrtiS
stetmIaskeaMn- Schmldtof her husaaVj
tsjelrretora from a entertalneat at. TMssjU
M IfMea s islesowy.
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