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PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. NOV. 28, 1889.
THANKSGIVING JUSTIFIED.
" The skies are weeping, but we may smile;
there is a good deal of water under foot, bat
! there are a great many homes in this coun
ty which to-day plow with a cheery warmth,
and the slaughter of the turkeys has been
great. If prosperity, contentment and
peace were to be manifested for the nonce in
. name, to-night wonld see a wondrous blaze
of light over all the United States. In
Pittsburg there would be a veritable con
llacration beside which the glare of ten
thousand mighty wells of natural cas wonld
, be no more than a rushlight. And the
blessed part of all this is that the prosperity
is general, the happiness is diffused, and
nobody is forced to put up with the picked
bones of the turkey. There is enough white
meat to go around.
An author of wondrous wisdom once
labored long and heavily upon a book. On
the last pase of manuscript he sent to the
printers he wrote in place of the wordjints:
"Thank Heaven, the book is done!" The
printers probably echoed the words with
earnestness, for the great author wrote a
diabolical scrawl. Some Thanksgivings have
been like the great author's. We have
thanked Heaven that the work of a year
-was done; that we still lived, and had a
little hope left in the larder. But there is
no reason for halfheartedness in our thanks
giving to-day. There have been black
pages in the book we now close. Not yet
Las the shadow of the dread calamity at
Johnstown altogether passed away. As a
nation, as parts of a great community, and
as individuals we have had our afflictions
as well as our joys. But who shall weigh
the one with the other and say that the bless
ings do not tip the beam?
The Dispatch hopes that everyone of
its readers will have the cut of the turkey
bis or her heart desires; that gaunt indiges
tion will hold aloof, and that Pittsburg will
continue her unrivaled march in prosperity
and peace for years and years to come.
THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW.
The decision of the Illinois Supreme
P! Court, in the case of the Chicago Gas Trust,
adds another to the frequent judicial dec
larations against the legality of corpora
tions or combinations devised to engross or
monopolize any branch of business. In this
case the Gas Trust was a regularly incorpo
rated concern which served the usual pur
pose of combining all the gas companies
under a single control.
With regard to such a combination it is
nothing new, but it is none the less refresh
ing, to read the assertions or the court that a
corporation organized for such a purpose
"was. not organized for a lawful purpose,
and all acts done by it toward the accom
plishment of such object are illegal and
void. Whatever tends to prevent competi
tion between those engaged in a public em
ployment or business, impressed with a pub
lic character, is opposed to public policy
and therefore unlawful. Whatever tends to
create a monopoly is unlawful, being con
Atrary to public policy."
This is the law, as it has formed the foun
dation of our Government for generations.
It is to be hoped that the men who manage
our corporations will in time learn their
duty to respect the law.
OVERHEAD WIBES MUST GO.
Cleveland has become excited by the
demonstration on ber streets that the over-
. bead electric wire can kill a horse. Our
neighboring city is possessed of several elec
trical experts who are able to demonstrate
to their own satisfaction that the wires are
'perleetly safe; but somehow the Cleveland
people tail to be satisfied by this demonstra
tion, and are proceeding to deal with the mat
ter by the very summary method of chop
ping down the poles and wires. A rather
singular feature of this radical reform is that
the telephone poles and wires which are
harmless unless charged with the strong
currents by the electric light or electric
railway wires, are suffering the most; while
the responsibility really lies with the over
head electric railway wires. Still the fact
that PIpvMjitiH is lining KnTYiatTiin. tn v.M
f . : r . ""
xect me on ner streets marcs tbe vital diner
fence between her course and that of Pitts
burg. FOE SALE-A THBOHE.
Tbe throne of Hawaii is for sale, upset
price one million dollars. King Kalakaua
lias good reasons for selling, which he will
readily state to intending purchasers. The
throne is in good repair, and an energetic
man will find no difficulty in collecting the
revenues. The native population is being
rapidly civilized out of existence. The na
tives are well educated, and imported dis
eases may be relied upon to keep them in
check. On the other hand, tbe mixed races,
compounded of Chinese, Europeans and
Hawaiians, are rapidly increasing, and
'afford support to several newspapers and
other luxuries, without which an American
would be ill content to occupy even a
throne. JLife in Hawaii is quiet as a rule;
the local volcahos affording the principal
diversion. The language is peculiarly at
tractive to stump speakers, as it abounds in
Towels, and the fact that it contains no verb
whatever to express either being, existence,
possession or duty, ought not to prove em
barrassing to intending purchasers of a
throne, as a King need not acknowledge the
existence of anybody but himself, has
possession of all he needs, and knows no
, duty but that of his subjects to pay taxes.-
" This isnn PTiAllnt. ftnnnrtnnitr fnr titla.
gloving Americans to get a crown dirt cheap.
j-uc u,t quuiauon sets me mar&et price OI
the title of "Eoyal Highness" in Europe at
itwo 'millions of dollars, and. Prince Hatz
ifeidt was not a first-class article. The
majesty of royalty, theretore, is marvelously
cheap at a million dollars. Moreover the
purchaser of the Hawaiian crown will be
able to create princes, dukes, earls, mar
quises and so on ad infinitum. It is in the
power of a patriotic American to break the
price of titles indefinitely and bring them
within the reach of the humblest citizen.
Europe will no longer be able to charge our
American heiresses and their parents lamine
prices for royal and noble husbands, when
an able Yankee sits upon the Hawaiian
throne. Particulars will be lurnished on
application to King Kalakaua, Honolulu,
Hawaii. Now is the time to get a throne at
a sacrifice. No postal cards.
AN H0N0E WELL DESERVED.
Among the many festivities of the day,
there will be none of truer significance or
representing more worthy sentiments than
the dedication of the monument -which has
been erected by the united efforts of the
labor organizations of the .city, to the
memory of Thomas A. Armstrong.
Indeed the whole community might be
included in the demonstration, in the sense
that every true American is a workingman.
While Mr. Armstrong's journalistic easier
was marked by his true and intelligent
advocacy of labor interests, he was a labor
advocate on the broad ground that the
interests of the working people are the
interests oi the whole people. His unswerv
ing work for the advancement of organ
ized labor was never marred by appeals to
special and selfish interests. His conserv
atism, and his intelligent counsels for
moderation enhanced his value as a wise
counsellor and far-sighted advocate of the
labor cause.
Honors to the memory of such a man are
honorable no less to the laboring masses by
whom they are paid. The workers of Pitts
burg prove to-day that they are not un
grateful to the memory of their steadfast
advocate and friend.
TEE BANE PE0SECUTI0NS.
That the policy of silence and the delay in
making an official statement does not suit
the depositors of the Lawrence Bank maybe
inferred from the prosecutions begun yester
day against the President and Cashier. It
is not extraordinary that the people who
had their money in the institution should be
anxious to know as soon as possible how
much they might expect from it. That was
a very reasonable feeling. Now, if delay
was inevitable in preparing the statement,
would it have been too much to make a
formal announcement giving the reasons
and telling when the desired information
would be forthcoming?
Taking the sequence of events up to date
it is clear that the business has been handled
with as little success and tact since the sus
pension as before. What must particularly
impress this view upon the public is the re
iterated unofficial assurances from directors
and other officers of the bank and parties in
interest that .dollar for dollar, or some
thing like it, will be paid the depositors.
How gratifying even a general averment of
this would have been if issued over the sig
nature of the Board of Directors. Yet, if
the assurance really exists that the situation
is no worse, it would have required but a
few words officially from the bank directors
and officers to allay the suspense and grow
ing irritation of depositors nntil a specific
statement could be made.
Provided the bank's affairs are in as good
shape as has been constantly claimed, it can
only be said that the manner ot suspension
and the incidents since have been singularly
distinguished by want ot tact and foresight.
The depositors started in with the kindliest
and most generous expressions of continued
confidence, even in the face ot the suspen
sion. That some of them are pretty mad
now, and with reason, is sufficiently evi
denced in the litigation which is already
started, not to speak of what is threatened.
What the outcome will be is not clear, bnt
it is apparent that the courts are about to
have their innings.
THEORY AHD PRACTICE,
The report comes from Brazil that the
leaders of the new Republic have announced
their intention of forming the Government
on the model of the United States. There
could hardly be a better pattern lor a new
Republic to organize itself by. The prin
ciple of home rule for the different States,
with specific powers granted to the General
Government and the fundamental rule that
all the powers of government must be exer
cised for the benefit of the whole people and
by their consent, furnish the best foundation
for republican government
It may certainly be hoped that the Bra
zilians wili adopt this model for their new
Government and adhere to it faithfully. It
is also to be hoped that tbey will profit by
the example of the United States in avoid
ing the mistake of adopting the principles
of our Constitution in the abstract, and
nullifying some of the most im
portant in actual practice. For in
stance, having adopted a Constitution
which makes it the duty of the representa
tive bodies to consider and pass legislation
and of the executive to appoint officers to
carry out the laws, it is to be hoped that
Brazil will not permit a system of politics
to crow up in which the legislators claim
the executive power of appointment and
neglect their legislative duties in order to
attend to it Or having lounded their Gov
ernment on the principle that all its powers
must be exerted for the benefit, of the peo
ple, the Brazilians should avoid the creation
by legislative powers of corporate powers
which possess special privileges in the ac
quisition of wealth, and concentrate great
fortunes in the hands of a few at the cost of
the many.
These are a few of the many examples
which show the necessity of adhering to the
principles of the Constitution in practice as
well as in theory. Since we learn that other
countries are looking to us as a model, might
it not be well for the people of the United
States to insist on the faithful observance of
the theory of the Constitution in our actual
political practice.
MILD OB OPEN WOTTEE!
Signs as to the kind of winter we are
going to have are numerous. Each person
who produces a sign it certain of its relia
bility; but unfortunately the settlement of
the question is postponed by a total lack of'
agreement among the signs. JThe goose
bone and corn husk signs gave their testi
mony the other day, and agreed very de
cidedly that the -winter was going to be
more open and warmer than the last mild
and muddy season. This was satisfactory
to people who wish to economize on their
coal andas bills. But down in Connecti
cut tbey have a hermit -who foretells tbe
winter temperature by the date on which
he dons shoes. Also the eels coming up the
Housatdhie river and burying themselves
in the mud give "a sure sign. Both hermit
and eels agree that it is to be a cold
winter.
With the goose bone and corn husks con
tradicting the hermit and' eels, the weight
of authority is pretty .eTjnly. balanced, . la
titat case a puzzled nation can hardly do
better than to call in a casting vote; and the
Bev. Irl. S. Hicks, of St. Louis, comes for
ward to tell ns all about Mr. Hicks prob
ably knows as much about it as the hermit,
if not as the goose bone. As .Mr. .Hicks
schedules a fine assortment of snow storms,
cold snaps and blizzards for December, we
may take the matter as settled. It is safe
to reverse Mr. Hicks and prepare for an
open winter.
The use of militia in guarding the ruins
of disaster-smitten towns, like Lynn or Johns
town, Is unpleasant evidence of tho existence
in all parts of the country of that class which Is
mean enough to steal from the dead.
The remark is made concerning the late
George H. Pendleton by the New York Mbunet
lie was too good for the Democratic party."
There may be a good deal of truth in this, but
it is not remembered that the. Tribune made any
such admission while Mr. Pendleton was en
gaged in active leadership of the Democracy.
The inability of the political organ to recog
nize anything good in a leader of the opposition
until he is retired or dead, is one of the fea
tures of politics that is susceptible of amend
ment. The theory for accounting for the rain
and fogs of the present year that is most amply
satisfactory is the fact that It occurred alter
the British syndicates got hold of things in this
country.
It is formally certified by the State De
partment over the signature of W. E. Curtis,
its special agent, that the wines drunk by the
Pan-American excursionists during their recent
tonr around the country were entirely of the
California vintage. This is in the nature of
Important and interesting information. The
public was laboring nnder the mistaken im
pression that a large amount of the beverage
consumed was of the well-known Jersey vintage
styled champagne.
A coLOBADO advertisement announces "a
grand sacred dog fight" for the next Sunday.
This is supposed to be the fullest development
of the grand sacred Wagnerian entertainment.
Mb. John H. Thomas, one of the mil
lionaire candidates for the Ohio Senatorship,
declares that "if I could hare the last vote nec
essary to insure my success for 25 cents, I would
not pay the 25 cents." This is an excellent and
commendable platform; nevertheless, it is
liable to provoke the old and doubting inquiry:
"You say you would not; but wouldn't you?"
The Shannopin and Sewickley field are
bringing in new wells, with an evident intent to
convert the late boom in the petroleum market,
Into a boomerang.
One criminal suit was begun, yesterday,
against the officers of the Lawrence Bank for
receiving deposits just before the failure; and
another was begun against another man for not
depositing money there, which was given Urn
for that purpose. The meat of one prosecutor
was the poison of the other.
If the blizzard comes to-day, it is to be
hoped that the gas companies will permit us to
give thanks for a plentiful supply of gas.
Sib Henet JaIibs seems to have adopted
the tactics of the Cronln defense in his speech
before the Parnell -Commission. Instead of
leaving the London Times in the ranks of Ire
land's enemies, be tries to transfer it to the
position of Ireland's warmest and most disin
terested friend.
If the weather to-day abates the mud we
can all give thanks whether our turkey is lean
or fat.
Heeb Keupp denies that he ever
thought of starting a branch of his gun works
in this vicinity. But now that Pittsburg has
thonght of it for him, will he not do the idea
the justice to recognize what a good thing it
would be for him andPittsburgf
PEOPLE OP PEOMIKENCE.
Me. Theodore D. Weld, the anti-slavery
veteran, has just celebrated his 86th birthday
anniversary.
A DraNEE in honor of Br. Amelia B.
Edwards will be given by the New England
Woman's Press Association, at Boston, on Fri
day. Thomas j. Powees, the new naval officer at
Philadelphia, Is said to look so much like
Thomas B. Reed that ho was repeatedly mis
taken for the Maine Congressman in Washing
ton the other day.
Colonel Robebt G. Ingeesoll has ac
cepted the invitation of the New York State Bar
"Association to deliver the annual address be
fore the association In tbe Assembly chamber
ot the Capitol on Jannary 13. His subject will
be "The Imperfections of the Common Law."
The late Lewis C. Cassidy, of Philadelphia,
as Chairman of the Committee on Platform in
the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention of
1S71, drafted and secured the adoption of that
famous "ninth resolution," recognizing the
binding obligation of the Constitutional amend
ments, and accepting the results of tbe war as
final.
Colonel d. B. Henderson has cause for
grievance against several newspapers. They
have been printing pictures of General John B.
Henderson, of St. Louis, who is a member of
the Pan-American Congress, and labeling them
"Colonel D. B. Henderson." General John B.
Henderson is not a bad-looking man, bnt he is
25 years older than his Iowa namesake, and the
latter naturally does not like to be made an old
man.
There is a big fight on respecting the ap
pointment of postmaster of St Louis. R. D.
Kerens, the friend of Secretaries Blaine and
Windom, who has gotten nearly all tbe patron
age in Missouri up to date, has a candidate tor
the postmastershlp in the person of F. W.
Schuarte, who was a postofflce inspector eight
or ten years ago. A good deal of opposition to
Schuarte's appointment is developing and half
a dozen other candidates are in the field.
In Thomas B. Reed's reception room at the
Shoreham are two bits of pottery that are ter
ribly fascinating in their hideousness. They
are cats by design, and Mr. Reed may have
them for tbe purpose of chewing up pre-election
promises In the Speakership contest. He keeps
a watchful eye upon them, whenever a caller
swings his arms anywhere near their resting
place on the mantel. He calls them his pets,
and says that tbey came from the Zuni Indians.
In his drollest drawl he adds: "I keep them on
exhibition there because Mrs. Reed dislikes
them so much. It is a way I have of asserting
myself."
PATENTS AND PATENTEES.
Ingenious and Useful Inventions Blade by
Pittsbnraers and Others.
List of patents issued to Western Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and West Virginia inventors,
Tuesday, November 26, furnished by O. D,
Levis, patent attorney, 131 Fifth avenue, Pitts
burg: Alfred N, Karon, Tiffin, O., lantern; Thomas
8. Bishop, (deceased), B. A. Bishop, adminis
tratrix, valve; J. K. Blickmore, assignor ol one
half to S, 3. AValnwrJght, 1'lttsburg, car axle;
l'anl J, Chsssague, Akron, incandescent lamp
socket; William H. Grove, assignor of one-hslf to
C K Unsbach, CircleTille, O., duplex force
pomp: Levi Bill, lluncy. Fa., lire engine;
George M. Irwin, I'lttsbure, gla mold; 'Wilbert
B. Jacobs, Grove City, Pa., donbla acting pamp;
Francis P. Langfett, Pittsburg, movable needle
shell; Walter A. Lattlmore, Mahoning City, fa.,
lantern bolder; F. R. Merrell, Vercailles, O.,
carrlsgetop; K. W. Mcnshall, Marietta, O., pro
cess and apparatas for distilling hydro carbon
oil; Thomas Munnell. Carthage. U cash register:
A. O, Seville. Laiearvllle,W; Va., glass furnace;
J. L. Painter. Bellevue. o.. tool: J. O. Patrldee.
Wellston, O., car wheel; Edgar Penny. Waynes
boro, Pa., compressor pump: Uustsve heir?,
Easton. Pa., rallwav signal; William Blehards,
Maybnrg, Pa., drilling apparatus; Ueorge
Kelsack, Allegheny, wash maehine: W. H.
Thomas, JenUutown. Pa., latchfor sliding doors;
v. H. Thomas, Jenkintown, Pa., window screen;
J. M. Watbers, Flndlay, O., air and gas burner;
K. W. Weber, Boatsburg. Pa., bag holder; J. K.
Wilson, Ureensburg, brake; Joseph Wybaum,
Brussels. Belgium, assignor to Fuel Gas and
Jaectrlc Engineering Company, Pittsburg.
A Compromise Candidate.
From the Phi) adelpbla Record. 1
The Republicans might mako, a happy com-
promise op tne speakership or. the .House by Hw-wMj-Hjua m.oniaorn,4?enaj
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electing. spetier-brigbt Ben Jntte
tne aavocate ot reciprocity witn uanaoa. ,-'i bytery. ' . w r. - , ,- , "i
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Few Fnr From Serious Thoughts) and
Remarks Suggested by tho Day We
Celebrate.
A small acquaintance, sweetheart, I might
say, of mine, was In tears yesterday because
a pet canary had given up its tiny ghost, and
lay feet upward in its gilded cage. No song
sounded in the house, and, small as the canary
was, its decease made a big hole In the happi
ness of its owner.
"Louise," said L "you mustn't cry any more.
To-morrow's Thanksgiving Day, and you are
to have lots of fun. Candies by the pound,
and who knows but a new canary will perch in
your cage.1'
"Oh, I dessay," said the little mourner, "but
I sha'n't give thanks till I hear that new can
ary sing."
BE GRATEFUL,
Not be alone who has a stack
Of gold la many solid banks;
Not he whose purse must be a sack
Has greatest cause to render thanks.
For fate 'sa passing fllghtyjide;
N o man she spares, but freely spanks
The high and mighty. They upbraid
While lowly men are glT ing thanks.
The man who has a happy home '
You'll And him mostly In the ranks
A loving wife, no wish to roam.
Has reason most forglTlng thanks.
n. j.
"AM you going to have a Jolly thanksgiving?"
said the young man with the sandy hair to his best
girl last night between acts two and three ot
"Othello," at the Grand Opera House.
Yes, Augustus," the sweet girl replied, "but
if that dear Mr. Salvini would talk English the
rest of tbe evening, I'd have a special thanksgiv
ing service at home. "
.
THINGS CAN AXWAYS BE TVOKSE,
The beggar was a cheerful man
Although his eyes were bllnd.
He loved the dog who held the can
While he walked on behind.
"And why so cheerful?" some one cried,
"How could you ever find
A harder fate?" Tho wretchreplled:
"My dog," sir, might be blind!"
' H. j.
"Couldn't you let up on me for to-day, it's
Thanksgiving, you knowr" pleaded tbe relig
ions reporter of the city editor.
"Yes, Nicodemus," said the magnate as he
ran his finger over his list of assignments, "you
can take a jaunt to Kuoxville and look after
that dog fight this afternoon," and the relic
Ions reporter went on his way, laughing hyster
ically. ...
QUITE BIGHT.
He wanted a kiss, but his soul was afraid,
And be hinted life wasn't worth living
Without one embrace. "Oh. yes!" Bald tbe maid,
"It is right to encourage Thanksgiving!"
A EECEPTION FOB GENERAL GORDON.
Chicago Will Heap Honors Upon the Dis
tinguished Southern Citizen.
Chicago, November 27. The arrangements
ror tbe reception of ex-Governor Gordon, of
Georgia, have been almost completed.
The party will arrive by limited train over
Michigan Central at 9.50 o'clock Saturday
morning, and will be met at Whiting by a com
mittee of prominent citizens, including Mayor
Creiger and ex-Mayor Harrison. Returning
tbe party will leave the train at Twenty-second
street, under the escort of the First Regiment,
L N. G., where carnages will be taken.
The carriage in which Governor Gordon, ac
companied by Mayor Creiger, will ride, will be
drawn by four roan horses and will occupy a
position near the center of the procession.
Saturday evening Governor Gordon will de
liver a lecture in Central Music Hall on '.The
Influences of the Late Civil War on the Future
of the American Republic"
EEUPP ISN'T COMING.
The
Great Gunmaker Won't Remove
His
Works to America.
tErZCIAZ, TELEGBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.)
- Richmond, November 27. Mr. R. A. Dun
lap, Secretary of tbe Richmond Chamber of
Commerce, received the following autograph
letter from Krnpp, the great German gunma
ker, to-day. He writes under date of Novem
ber 12 last, and says:
In answer to yourfavorof October 31, 1 am much
obliged for yonr information, bat I beg to say that
there Is no truth whatever in the news concerning
the transier of my establishment to tbe United,
btates. lours trnly,
Fbixo Krufp.
Governor Lee received a similar letter from
Krupp some days ago.
BUNTING A WILD MAN.
Oblo
People Excitedly Chasing; a Strange
Human Creature.
Bellefontaine, O., November 27. A wild
man has been living in the dense woods near
the Miami river below the Lewiston reservoir.
all summer. He has benn frequently seen,
scantily dressed, With unkempt hair and beard
of great length.
He was chased by a party of hunters to-day,
but fled With great swiftness into a dense
swamp and was lost People in the vicinity
are greatly excited over the affair.
THEIR TENTH ANNIYJERSAEY.
Dr. and Sirs. Long, of SIcKeesporr, Cele
brate Tbeir Wedding Day.
Fully 250 guests assembled at Dr. J. L.
White's residence, McKeesoort, last evening,
to tender their congratulations to the doctor
and Mrs. White on tho tenth anniversary ot
their marriage. Among the visitors were many
Pittsburgers. A choice supper, supplied by a
Pittsburg caterer, was served, and a very en
joyable dance wound up the evening.
Why He Is so Industrious,
From the Wheeling Intelligencer.;
The train robberis strengthening bis financial
condition in view of the approachinc holiday
season. His girl may give him a pair of
slippers and he will have to have them made
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THEATRICAL NOTES.
The character of Othello is probably the
most suited to Salvini in his repertoire. In it
the fiery spirit of the actor is most often in
harmony with tbe majestic conception of
Bhakespeare. He played Othello last night be
fore a cultured audience, and succeeded in cre
ating a very strong impression. Whether this
impression was agreeable or the reverse de
pended entirely upon the benolder's interpreta
tion of Shakespeare. Those who take Othello
to have been a passionate man to brutality it
self, to have been a coarse soldier of fortune
and nothing more could not but admire Salvi
a's rendering of the character. But all do not
read "Othello" thus. There Is no doubt, how
ever, but that Salvini was Immensely powerful
In the most violent passages of the
play, and the horror of the murder of
JJewfmono was never brought out with greater
vividness than by Salvini's remarkable
genius. In the softer passages, in lord's
dalliance and pathos, Salvini was not so sat
isfying. Miss Brookyn was lor the most part
a very satisfactory Dademona, and, of course,
the -Emilia of Mrs. D. P. Bowers was excel
lent. The rest of tbe cast was unlyfalr. The
scenery was very good, indeed.
"Bluebeard, Jr.; or, Fatima and the
Fairy," which comes to the Grand Opera
House next Monday night, promises, according
to the critics ot Chicago, Philadelphia and
New YorK, a number of features of a new and
novel character. Chief among them is tho
divertisement, by some 80 little ones, entitled
The Children's Heroes"and 'The Old Woman
Who Lived In a Shoe" with ber children.
This takes place in 'The Ballets of Birds and
Insects." In this is introduced the heroes ot
juvenile, fiction. After a procession, a gavotte
is danced, and an enormous shoe appears Upon
the stage. From a door In the side of the shoe
Issue a troop of "Little Kate Greenaways,"
with tbe famous old woman; after a merry
romp and some very cuie "business,'' tho
children grow weary, they undress and are led
off to bed, the chorus meanwhile singing a
pretty lullaby. "Bluebeard, Jr.," Is the suc
cessor of 'Tbe Crystal Slipper," seen In this
city least season.
Hallex nd Hart's farce comedy, "Later
On," is the coming attraction at the Bijou
where Emmet is now packing the house at all
performances.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Rev. Dr Murray,
IRTECLlfc TSXXOBiM TO THS EIsriTCn .
CARLISLE, tfavember I7,-Ifeyf Pr.'Mnrrsy, n
THE WOOB-M'KEE HUPTIALS.
A Tery Fashionable Throng at Calvary
Church Last Evening A Notable Wed.
dins In All Respects.
A creme do la creme wedding was solemnized
in Calvary Episcopal Church, East End, at 8
o'clock last evening that eclipsed anything
and everything in the nuptial line that has been
attempted thus far this season.
The contracting parties were Miss Nellie
Wood, daughter of Mr. W. DeweesWood.a
most beautiful and accomplished girl, and Mr.
Thomas M. McKce, the son of Mr. H. Sellers
McKee. and. a very promising young man.
The surpllced choir of Emmanuel P. E. Church,
Allegheny, with Mr. Carl Better at the organ,
furnished some very excellent incidental
music including the "Bridal Chorus," from
Lohengrin, and several other choruses
adapted to the ceremony. Mr. Rotter's instru
mental contributions to the enjoyment of the
audience were, as usual, unexceptional.
Six ushers, Messrs. Denniston Lyon, James
Wood. W. W. Lawrence, McClurg Hays, Otis
Childs and Will Patton, announced the ap
proach of the bridal party, consisting of two
little misses, Rosalind Smith and Louise Wood,
nieces of the bride, dressed in dainty white
mull frocks, carrying pink roses, and the bride
leaning upon me arm OI ner lamer. At me
foot of tbe chancel the groom and his best man,
Mr. Hart McKee, were awaiting them, and the
betrothal was read by Rev. Dr. Hodges, rector
of tbe church. Proceeding to tbe altar ratlins:,
tbe ceremony was concluded by Bishop White
head. The bride was charming in a decollete gown
of white satin brocade, gracefully draped and
trimmed with point lace. Orange blossoms
were worn, and an exquisite veil of white silk
tulle, with a bouquet of orchids and lilies of
the valley, completed the bewitching toilet.
The decorations of tbe chnrcb were all pink
and white roses, and the same effect was car
ried out in the palatial residence of the bride's
parents, where a reception was tendered the
guests Immediately after the church Services.
A novelty in the way of decorating was shown
therein handsome four-leaf clovers, made of
the fragrant roses In the prevailing colors.
The four-leaf clover, bv tbe way, is the
emblem of this wedding. The groom when he
tendered bis ushers a dinner at tbe Duquesne
Club last Saturday evening presented each
with a souvenir fashioned like a four-leaf
clover, and composed of four. moonstones set
with diamonds.
With the exception of the lucky design there
was no attempt made at set decoration, but
flowers were everywhere, in clusters and in
masses. They banked the mantels and reposed
on stand, table, buffet and window seats, while
rare tropical plants filled corners and halls.
About 800 guests resnonded to invitations
sent out, and after witnessing the marriage
were conveyed to the home, fragrant with
Toses.
The supper as choice in its appointments as
the other features of tbe event bad been in
theirs was served by Schlosser. The presents
were a small fortune iu themselves, the groom's
to the bride a magnificent diamond necklace.
An elegant home on Ridge avenue and a
solid silver dining service were included in the
list.
An extended Northern trip will occupy tbe
time and attention of Mr. and Mrs. McKee for
some weeks, and then Allegheny will bo their
future abiding place.
A PLEASANT TEA PARTI.
The St. James Chnrcb, or the West End) In
daises la aa Evening of Feasting.
The annual tea party at St. James' R. C.
Church, West End, last evening was a great big
success, both socially andfinancially. The sup
per which was served in Foley's Hall was one
of the most gorgeous eve; enjoyed in the West
End. The five long tables were glittering with
silver and cut glass and burdened with good
things. Tbe following named ladies were in
charge of them: Mrs. P. Foley, Mrs. O'Toole,
Miss Jennie Carlin, Mrs. John Carr, Mrs.
Agnes Dugan, Mrs. Thomas Marshall. Mrs.
Campbell, Mrs. Burns, Mrs- D. Moloney, Mrs.
McBride, Mrs. Kellcher and Mrs. Rvan.
Tbe aids were: The Misses Alice Hart. Mary
Cavanaugb. Hannah Foley, Ella and Maggie
Slaven, Mollie Keenan, Ella Mogan, Mary L.
Danahey, Maggie Finley. Kate Monahan, Clara
and Mamie Sloan, Emma Barr, Sadie McCor
mack, Kate and B. Lane, Emma McGInnia,
Kate Brlslin. Mary Crow, Kate Mnrray, Annie
xarr, iuaggie uonweii, jiia f&yan, jmuo uaiey,
Annie O'Donnell, Lizzie Misclow. Sadie
O'Brien, Mary Farrell and Mary Quinn.
Tbe lemonade and flower booth was dls
tractingly pretty and so were the -young kitties
who sold the dainty blossoms Tmi tho cooling
drink. Tliey were Misses Lizzie Foley, Maggie
Kelleber, Sadie Autb, Mamie Kennedy, Lizzie
Gartlty, Lnlu Minick, Mame Maloney, Maggie
Clark and Kate Murray.
A great deal of credit is due the Committee
of Arrangements. Messrs. John Collins. M. B.
fRodcers, Dennis Ryan, Peter Carlin, Stephen
Maaaen, j. t. MimcK, uonraa Autn ana :
Foley, also Rev. Father Cosgrave, who has
taken a great interest in tbe event.
Dancing was indulged in by the younger por
tion of the company in the Young Men's Gym
nasium hall, which has just been completed.
The Leader Italian orchestra was in attend
ance, Social Chatter.
Gilbert's comedy, "Palace of Truth," by
tbe young ladles of the School of Design," will
open their annual bazaar this evening, which
will be continued to-morrow, from 2 to 10 P. M.
and Saturday lrom 2 to 6 p. M. The commend
able manner In which the School ot Design
pupils do everything they undertake bespeaks
for them a very successful bazaar. Tbe pro
ceeds will benefit the library of tbe Amateur
Art Association.
Mb. W. J- Jones, a popular young man well
known in musical circles, led to tbe altar in the
South Bide Presbyterian Church, last evening.
Miss Annie Harris. Tbe bride Is a member of
the Mozart Club, and a sister of Miss Edith
Harris, the charming young contralto singer.
The music, which was unusually fine, was un
der the directorship ot Prof. John Pritcbard.
Mb. John Anqlix and Miss Annie Creank
were married in St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral, by
Rt. Rev. Bishop Phelan, yesterday. Mr.
Anglinis a resident of Sharpsburg, where he
served as a member of Council. And he is
also an employe in the Star Mill, of Lindsay
and McCutcbeon. Their future home will be
in Allegheny.
William P. Bbown, cashier in the freight
department of the West Fenn road, iu Alle
gheny, and Sarah McClain Borland, a well
known belle of the Nortbside, will be married
in the Second Presbyterian Church, Allegheny,
Thursday evening, December 6.
THE marriage ot Miss Annie K. Biedlo, a
sister of the well known tenor singer of the
Haydn quartet, was married yesterday at 9
o'clock A. M., in St. Paul's Cathedral, to Mr. J.
Mealey.
The wedding of Mr. John Mealey to Miss
Annie K. Biedlo. was solemnized at BL Paul's
Cathedral yesterday morning at V o'clock.
Mb. and Mas. "B. s. Pinkebton, of Fifth
avenue, have invited a few friends to eat
Thanksgiving turkey with -them to-day.
Mb. James Foster, of the National Tube
Works office, of McKeesport, will wed. Miss
Laura Gilchrist to-day.
At 6 o'clock last evening, in Perrysville, Miss
Eleanor Percy was married to Mr. David M.
Alston, of Allegheny.
Mrs. Gutlliaem Aebtsen, of Latrobe,
will entertain a few friends at dinner to-day
TUB Monongaheia Club held a reception last
evening, at the East End Hotel.
Miss Agnes Vooel sang" at the Concordia
Club, last evening.
Evening Pleasures.
A select tea party will be given to-nieht in
Turner's Hall, Allentown. for the benefit of
St. George's Roman Catholic schools. Musical
and literary features wjll be included in tbe
programme for the evening, and Rojbledefa
orchestra will be jn attendance.
The First Primitive Methodist Church of
the Eighteenth ward will bold their fifth an
nual tea party this evening. Instrumental and
vocal music, dialogues, and recitations will
grace the occasion. Jt will be repeated to-morrow
evening-
The Homewood Musical Club will, at the
Homewood avenue M. E. Chnrcb, this evening,
unuer me airecuon or. mr. u, .tt. uroauoerry,
give tneir nrst concert. An eiaoorate pro
gramme is shown with some quite pretentious
choruses.
This Ladles' Missionary Society of the Fourth
IT. P. Church on Penn avenue will have a must
cat and literary entertainment this evening.
Messrs. Dermit, Hamilton, and Mrs. Fricke,
Miss Forster and many others will takepart.
The Butler Street BL E, Church will hold a
ThankSKiyind festival this evening. The sanc
tuary will be gaily trimmed for tbe occasion,
and music and readings will contribute to the
evening's pleasure.
The dinner and bazaar to bagiven this even
ing at Lafayette Hall for tbe benefit of tbe
Aged Colored Woman's Home promises to be a
very interesting as welL'as a. very commendable
one. -, ., r
Thb German M. B. Church: Ohloaha Usiaa
avenue, AUegheny.wilHhave a coneerfaad.
stereoptlcoaentertalabiflnttG-Bight.,,; hAM&ffli&P&j . " 2SCB,l?JlnHr'ti'
A BARNYARD IDYL.
How a Queen of Tsrkeydora Lived, Died
and Was Raerlflced A Poaltrrman
Plays BattereaB.
Said turkey was born out near Johns town,and
in spite of the well established fact that tur
keys do not thrive In wet localities, it throve,
apaee.
At the time of the'floodlt was too young to
till of the great danger it had escaped, but
later on it "could a tail unfold" of real hand
some turt.ey feathers, of approved and custom
arv shades.
Its proxy mother, a real kind old chicken
ben, perfectly innocent of the fact that a cruel
Imposition had:been practiced upon her and
believing thoroughly in the ancestry of ber
Jour pairs of unlets and an odd one for luck,
was very caret uTot 'hem all, and trained them
up in the sylvan wa.rs- tbey should go. The
beauty of the family, however, was tbe one
whoso biography is no-r being impaled, by im
perishable type. It dereloped into a magnifi
cent bird, in fact, was . real "hummer" (which
is what gentlemen (T) call a young lady who is
stylish, pretty and artractive) and in walking
around the barnyard it cultivated tbe prom
enade step and clucked mellifluously and
looked askance at bfids of humbler origin.
A Barnyard Belle.
The beauty of this fotfl became so pro
nounced that not only did the poultfyman
make covetous remarks about it and its price
per pound, and give it an extra bandtul of corn,
but all the gobblers in the yard vied with each
other In paying homage to the young queen
that lorded it over them in such a high and
mighty fashion. In her queendom she .dis
played rare tact and wonderful judgment for
one so young and tender, and ruled entirely by
the charms of bropze and feathers. Many and
many were.the suitors for her claw and favor,
but being a young turkey of pronounced ideas
she declined them all. preferring to complete
her education and look around ner awhile be
fore taking the a.ll.imnnrbint Ktnn-
Just in the height of youthfnl exuberance,
when she had reached the age of 4 months, she
heard tbe poultryman say to a friend who bad
been admiring her, "She's bespoke for Me
Smitherse's table on Thanksgiving." poor
turkey! Little did she realize that to be "be
spoke" often means to have your head cut off,
and it surely meant that in her case. Bnt per
fectly unconscious of the dire fate in store for
her she roamed arnund with her very latest
feathers on, and enjoyed the sensation she
created among tbe gobblers and less favored
turkeys. Of course she bad a great many un
pleasant things to contend with in the barn
yard. Often when somelovesickgohblerwould
present her with an especially fine fat worm, a
number of her younger sisters and brothers and
aunts and uncles and cousins would clamor for
a Small Portion of it and aairintfmi nnn hnlHnr
than the rest would deftly appropriate the en
tire worm, but on the whole the youthfnl
turkey was quite happy and contented until
another month bad passed away while the
toothsome fat was gathering upon her pretty
sides.
Tne Tale of Woe,
Then, in company with a large number of
promiscuous turkeys, some of them ot ques
tionable age, she was deprived of her liberty
cooped In fact. To one long accustomed to un
trammeled freedom, worms galore and the
homage of the free, this was a severe blow, and
the added suspense was terrible as to what the
ultimate outcome would be.
In the base prosecution of the iniquitous de
signs of the man whose atrocious grammar bad
jarred upon every well-regulated turkey's ear,
these pent-up fowls, and the queenly one
among them, were given everything to eat that
the most epicurean of tbe race could express a
desire for. Try as she might to look heavy
hearted and pensive, this fair bird grew sleek:
and fat, and continued to grow in such a man
ner that the oraer would rub his bands with
glee as each fresh beauty was developed.
Crossing the Styx Drumsticks.
In this fashion the time rolled along. The
R. months came and tbe oysters who were to
decorate the internal economy of the birds of
thanks, laughed with glee and showed their
pearly teeth, and the unsuspecting birds as
sisted the fell designs of their captor by inno
cently becoming riotously corpulent. Tbs
queen of the tribe had become acclimated to
coop-life and used to the change in ber mode of
life, when alast on last Tuesday evening the
final farewell to the world she did say, and In
uio icu um priauuve styie too; wunout a par
ticle of romahce that should have character
ized the demise of so fascinating a young fowj.
j-iiiageu were an its pretty learners ana super
fluous hair, and in the latter operation it was
not given the benefit of modern Improvement,
such as the electrical needle, but the old bar
baric practice of singeing was resorted to. Then
it was given aTurk-ish bath and placed rudely
in tbe ice chest, with a multitude of others.
Later on in tbe mgbt they were all crated to
gether, and started on their journey' to Pitts
burg, the choice one having been previously
tagged with the name of the man whose palate
it was to delight on Thursday.
What more ignoble end could be imagined!
In tbe heyday of youth to be stricken to gratify
the selfish appetites of the race man. If Hux
ley's theory that the animal and ornithological
kingdoms have souls' be correct, it would be
easy to imagine that when the victim of Mo
generous an indulgence in turkey rolled fret
fully upon bis pillow, the wild flapping ot tur
key wings and the angry gobble of tbe termin
ated turkeys were the disturbing influences
which interfered with the customary visit of
the drowsy god, or the fond embrace of Mor
pheus' arms.
WhosetFarkey Is Toot
But the above is a digression. Renewing the
biography now bet ome an obituary In com
pany with turkeys after they were impacted
the poultry dealer gazed with envy and rapture
upon tbe one designed to graceUhe table of the
prominent politician, and not being quite vig
orous enough in commanding Satan to get be
hind him, yielded to temptation, and, as some
times bapoens in novels, in the case of infants,
put tbe one article at dress, namely, the tag.
that tbe turkey boasted on to a far less pre
possessing specimen, and placed tbe pretty,
plump, golden-skin ed bird out ot sight. Imi
tating the famous bum-boat woman, he mixed
those turkeys up.
Ere long the gentleman having been instruct
ed by his country friend to call at the dealer's
and receive, with bis compliments, the finest
turkey grown on. his place during the season,
meandered up to claim his property.
He was given the spurious bird with many
smiles and congratulations, and ho tried to
think as be surveyed its rather cadaverous pro
portions that he was a lucky man, but he was
not entirely successful.
However, he sent a pretty telegram thanking
his friends, and bad the turkey transferred to
his home, where he informed his wife that;
while "it wasn't much as regards beautr. it was
good eating, because his old friend said it was
the finest one be had raised this year."
With many misgivings did tbe good wife look
at the turkey, but accepting her husband's
hopeful view, she bad it placed in tbe ice chest,
and this morning it will receive tbe finest kind
of dressing, and at 2 o'clock, done to a brown,
will be enjoyed (with the aid of imagination),
if this sketch does not attract the eye of the
grossly deceived man. In case it does, coffee
and pistols for two will doubtless settte the
score. What has become of the promising
young fowl no one but the poultry dealer
knows, and he won't tell But the injured
friend has a clear case of Xalse pretenses
against the iniqitous poultry man. who, with
out any manner of doubt, eorced himself to
repletion, , Thorne Branch.
BOKdfiS FOE D01T PEDE0.
Tbe Exiled Emperor to be Received; With all
Dae Respect.
Lisbon, November 27. The day after Bom
Pedro sailed from Rio Janeiro the provisional
government of Brazil telegraphed to the Bra
zilian Minister- here direotihg him uponthe
Emperor's arrival tq tender him a genial re
ception. The Brazilian colony iere regard this
action as Indicated by a delicate consideration
on tbe part of the provisional government to
ward Dpra Pedro, .
Several of tbe Brazilian Ministers at Euro,
pean courts are coming to take part in the re
ception of tbe dethroned Emperor.
THANKSGIVING PDMPKIN PIK. '
Some poets to raptures delightfully drift
And hnrry young lovers tomatlng.
While others to measures exquisitely swiff
Xxtol tbe cadences of statins;
But I will Indite with my faltering- quill
My praise to the pie that U jrold;enr
The circular disk or the square, as you will
The boss of all pies of tbe olden.
There's something surrounding- the mating of pies
In a farm kitchen wondertnl reaching
To the Inner delights ot a man's paradise.
Whose appeasure requires no teaching.
The maid with herarms tuatsre dimpled and white
Plumped up to her elbows In Hour:
The scout of the simmering spices delight
Or, is it tbe maid gives the power?
The table is spread and the dishes are laid,
Tbe napkins and other things needful
Surrounding the king of the feast all arrayed
Tbe turkey, the centerpiece heedful
Then grace it Is said, and the farmer his chair
Pushes back and commences the carving;
The feast then begins, and a satiaHed air
Itelgns aboTo those who lately were sfcirving;
The pic witftlta coat lhat U creamy and, sweet,
That condiment of the raid's cooking,
Isbrougutfrotntbcdepthsof tbe kitchen's retreat '
Td greet every 'senseloni a-bootlgir.
Eat the best pleecof, pie is'tbe evening slice,
fcten there la ta( litit that it aseHssr. .
WlseB yoB-bW tlw.wiBesafcwiWssw saslstn as'
L si nice w &. .a - . ,.,
fwiw ii tMt ran. Wi
34, t'
KIW T01OEWS HD&6STS.
, Escaped Frosa tbs Black Maris.
Ix&n TOBat BUBXaU EFXCIALS.1
N-ffwYoBjE, November 27-It leaked out to
day that "Spotted Jim" Furman, a notorious
all-around colored blackleg, escaped, to-day
from the Black Maria on the way from court to
tbe Raymond street jail in Brooklyn. Furman
bad just been sentenced to a year In the peni
tentiary and jo pay a fine of $500 for general
depravity and the too free use of a revolver.
When the sentence was, pronounced Furman
swore he would never serve his term and would
shoot on sight the men who testified against
him. The minute the prison van started for
the jail with htm and his ten fellow prisoners
he began to cut a hole In tho floor. With a
jackknife and a little circular saw which he
had concealed in the back of his coat be re
moved a big piece ot the thick h emlock plank
ing, and just as the van came within a block of
tbe jail, dropped through to tha street. The
police have found no trace of him. Furman;
though only 38 years old, has spent 23 years' in
the State prison at Auburn and Sing Sing IS
years for burglary and S years for shooting a
colored man in a row in Chicago row.Brooklyn.
Pianos and Players Arretted'.
Dozens of Italians applied to the Mayor to
day for licenses to play hand organs, in accord
ance with the new rules laid down by the City
Council to-day. All of them went away sor
rowful, after learning that official red tape
would render it Impossible to issue permits
within tbe next two- weeks. Three mechanical
pianos oa wheels, whose owners did net know
It took three weeks to repeal a city ordinance,
were trundled out on Patk row to-day. They
wire welcomed everywhere by clustering
crowds of carious men, women and children,
and pennies rolled in as easily as oats run out
of a box. The pianos were decorated with
American flags and bunting. The celebration
was short-lived, however, for two policemen
arrested all three Italians right iff the act of
playing "Down Went McGInty to the Bottom
of the Bay." and legged them and their pianos
off tothe station house. Later in the day the
Italians pleaded that they only wished to ser
enade the New York Sun, which had cham
pioned their cause. They "were let go with, a
warning to sin no more.
8169,688 Pnld for a Hatband.
A curious wedding took place at the City
-Hall to-day. Carl Schulenburg; of Detroit, 61
years old, was married to Heiene Helling, of
East Saginaw, 51 years old, at 2:55 P. X. by
Alderman Walker, During the ceremony Mr.
Schulenburg rattled the Alderman by shout
ing: 'Hurry up; cut It short," The Instant
the Alderman pronounced tbe couple man and
wife each fell on tbe other's neck and bugged
and kissed with might and main. Miss Helling
transferred all her real estate, valued at INXV
060; to Mr, Schulenburg at 2:30 P. Jr., previous
to her marriage, before Bernard J. Kelly, Com
missioner for the State of Michigan. Mr.
Kelly accompanied then to the City Hall and
acted as' a witness. Mrs. Schulenburg claims
to be a lineal descendant of Martin Luther.
Mr. Schulenburg is a manufacturer of billiard
tables. The eccentric couple left for Detroit
late to-night. '
The Papal Benediction Bestowed.
This morning 2,560 persons crowded into St
Anthony's Roman Catholic Church hi Brook
lyn to receive the flrstr japal benediction ever
dispensed at a marriage ceremony in the city.
The direct rcipienU of the blessing were
Michael AIoysius'Larkin, ot Philadelphia, and
Hiss Rosemary Sniplce Goodwin, of Brooklyn,
After Miss Goodwin had become Mrs. Larkin,
her uncle, the Rev. Father P. F. O'Hara, cele
brated a nuptial mass and gave the benediction
which he received from the Pope in Rome sev
eral months ago.
A GHOST IDENTIFIED.
Tho SsBpesed Specter a Toang Lady of
SoraaamhaHttle, Habits,.
Asbcbt Pabk, November 271 The identity
of the Key East ghost that has been disturbing'
this vicinity for the past two years has at last
been ascertained. It proves to be Miss Fkfebe
van Dewater, who Is at present residing with
her uncle, Mr. Lee, at Key East Daring the
past two years people -traveling- on thf road
from Key East to Asbttry Park have, front
time to time, sees an object clad la white on a
fence, staring a,t them, Xatt Friday night, as a
Sarty of yoarig men were' weudiog their way
omeward, they beheld the object and became
so frightened that tbey at opce took to their
heels. Soon tbey halted and hurriedly agreed
to" return and ascertain the cause of the fright,
but when wrtbln a few feet of tbe object it ad
vanced toward them and they again fled. An
other party returning on the same road were
met by the-"ghost," aad being negroes they
scattered into tbe woods and bid themselves.
On one occasion Hiss "Van Dewater arose
from her slumbers, clad in her night robes, and
walked to tbe bam, which is some distance
from the bonce, crawled up in tbe hay mow and
finally climbed upon the roof. She descended
safely after awhilo and returned borne. When
spoken to about tbe occurrences sbe said she
bad no recollection ot bee somnambulistic
stroll, aad she asked her relatives to shackle)
her in bed to force her to discontinue them.
AS STASL1I MATHEWS'- SCCOESSQK.
Toledo Lawyers Brais Feraker's ApBetet.
TOLEDO, November 27. A letter warf pre
pared in this el ty to-day by several prominent
members of the Toledo bar aad sent to Gov
ernor Foraker, akln if he would consent to
tbe uiie of his name ae a candidate for the Bu
preaaBeacB to succeed the late Justice Stanley
Matthews. One of tne promoters states that if
the Governor will give his sanction to the move
Ills friends over tbe State will go in with a will
to secure him the place.
Tbe gentleman takes it f orjrranted that there
win be no diflicnlty with President Harrison, as
heconclndesr "If ae accepts, it will, think
cause universal TejoioiBe; among Ohio lawyers,
and without party prejudice all will join in
asking tbe Governor to take the seat aa Asso
ciate Justice or the United States." Nothing
further will be dose until Governor Foraker
replies.
Ah Increase h RnHread Earalaas.
Philadelphia, November 27, The state
ment of the business of all Uses of (be Penn
sylvania Railroad Company east of Pittsburg
and Erie for October. M88, as compared with
the same month In 1888, shows aa increase in
netearninesof S8M.99& All lines west of Pitts
burg asd Erie f o- the tea months of 1888 show
a eata as compared wits tbe same period ot
1S86 of 8771,61
A Salt Agnlest the Standard.
Louisvtllk, November 27. Nicholas Funk
to-day sued the Standard OH Company, the;
Chess Carley Company and F. D. Carley, of
this city, for a share in $30,000 undivided profits
ot tbe Chess Cat ley Company, of which ha was
a member, aad which was merged Into tha
Staadare) Oil Company. He says there baa
never bees a settlement.
WI-STAM T1IFLXS,
A flUKR eircumsUqcB has just been, broagst
toUeatiatks Marviaville, 0 postoSee. A
lane rat was- discovered by the postmaster
i which was iu the bablt of 'making one meal a
ay out of the adhesive portion of postaee
stamps and another bat of peetaloard. After
betaeOeerlTea of tbie. diet theaaisBat seen
died, ' ! -
Statistics shew that Ohio has 31,380 more
beys than girls.
Dubctq (he heavy add unceasing ralaa a
lees In Its aerial flight-over the village of M&r-
ti&rturg, Vtu, left He ksaa la the clouds and
descended to terra, ftrma, and after wandering
about all. day was captured a? alghtfall by
Eiie Bugler,
Joax Hobjt, ef Orrvllle. O., islt feet t Inches
high, 'weigh 386 pouad aad Is 22 years of age.
i As exchange chronicle the fact that- Mrs,
Sophia Bennlcgton, of Xenla, C aged 0, has
gives birth to her tweaty-fifMs eW4
THbate& of dough set oa th hearth to raise
by aa Erie eoauty fcoasewlfa ssissflso effective
ly that' wwmd.tBe faafly,a tbe dls which
had bees placed oyer iril4 te Seer. The
lady; i order to save "e," got; un la the
MMdleef tkeatghtaDd bsshN as baked, her
teal,
JCBSKPasttwrsa, of PatttiH.Ka, Mepeed,of
orvr v ertmin! antes i sm mmmj stuswes ea
B&BWJp yE9wf HH- M,
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Iters,
CUEIOUS (MDESSATIONST;-
Natural gas will be on tap la TJeireit in.
about ten days.
A proud mother in Merced1, CaL, owns a
fdur-months-old baby that weighs 28 pounds
and has cut four teeth.
Only 26,663 squirrels were killed in Saa
Luis Obisno county last month, for which the
county paid a bounty of J1.063 72.
A colored woman who said her age was
101 years wasarrested and put m the ,J$f rming
ham. AUt, lockup the other day. She had been
quarreling;
E, A, Taylor, who lives about three
miles from Smithville. Ga., caught In a trap in
SliI i 5S?"e cPe1 Son-lay and Sunday
oUver$&,Wfli--' aecatmnweizhei
f If you would gaze on an example of
superb disgust, find the, Maine hunter who
t0-nSSthe ?" the shining orbs cf ' feroc
L-f Jliii"! and afterward discovered that he
bad filled a tomato can with shotholes.
A Seattle- contractor tried to get 35 me
to work one dav last week, A police .officer
took him to a saloon where over 40 idle men
were lounging about. Out ol the eutlreuuin
ber only four expressed a waiinguess to labon
Eight cotton factories, 16 Banks and
various other enterprises have been started is
South Carolina within a year. Corporations)
chartered between October. 1888,- andXtetober,
wiwjoow? Wi"1 an 8ssresa,e catal
A large tract of swamp land on the lino
of the Jacksonville Southeastern Railroad,
near Manito. BL, has been recently drained.
The result of the tiling has ben peculiar. In
some places tbe roadbed of the Southeastern
sunk four feet, and the road was compelled to
spend a large amount of money m making nec-
A gentleman from Hartford, Conn., ofi
fered the Springfield, Mass., Water Com
missioners on Saturday to furnish the city with
5,000,000 gallons of pure water per diem, agree
ing not to charge a cent for his plant, machin
ery, etcL, until be bad satisfactorily accom
plished this and his plan proved a thorough
success. Bo proposed to do this with a number
of .driven wells.
The tramp steamship Marlborough,
from the Philippine Island?, vessel of many
misfortunes, was seized by United States Dep
uty Marshal Myers at Philadelphia on a claim
fnr 3,0B0 preferred, by Ira Bursley, of. New
York. Icisclairqed that the master of tbe
Marlborough was negligent in not having; suf
ficlent fuel on board, necessitating tbe burning
of a part of the cargo of sugar.
With a team composed of a black and a
roan, and a top buggy, P. Moyett. a resident of
San Francisco, left that city last September ea
route for New York. One hundred and twenty
days of steady travel, at an average of 30 rones
a day, brought him. to St. Louis. From that
place he went on slower, taking more time at
each stopping: place. Mri Moyett win winter in
Poughkeepsie, and come to New York early
next sprint
The other day at Jackson, Mlch.j a doj
chased a moose, and. the frightened little ant .
mal ran up a telegraph pole, and then started
out on a wire for the next pole, 160 feet distant.
The wire swung gaily In the breeze, but the
trembling traveler hung on and reached the
next statun in about an hour. He descended
the pole, and when he reached the base he was
so tired that he allowed himself to be picked up
by a spectator.
Tne Secretary of the Bath, Me., Board
of Trade, Mr, E. Greenleaf, gives, In a compre
hensive way. an idea of tbe extent of tbe ship
building industry in his city for over 100 years,
and also the estimate for the present year.
From 1781 to 1B89 there were built In Bath 31328
vessels of all kinds, with a total tonnage of
L76i,483 so. This listembraces 83 steamers, 890
ships, 253 barks, 673 brigs. 1,262 schooner. 155
sloops and 7 barges. Tbe estimate for 1889 is 2
shipv 2 steamers. 1 bark, 2S schooners. 1 barge
and 4 stoops 33 in all, with an. aggregate toa-
Signs are multiplying of a coming cold
winter, but Ridgefleld, Conn, has one of its
own, which is worth noting in the person of
George Washington Gilbert, a genuine hermit,
who lives on tho outskirts of the town. Gilbert,
though well off, never wore shoes except In tha
coldest weather, and bis feet have become so
sensitive that be claims to be able to foretell
tho weather three months ahead. AH Ridge'
field is watching intently his pedal Implements
from the end of September every year. If ha
dons bis sfeoes on or about October 1 tfcay ksow
thatthe wJBterwMbaewivajstl mm Ir.a ..
goes barefooted uatU JfovotttwU, Was isisktfjM
""if W Sl5St .
Moreover, the Stratford fishermen say that the
eels were coming up the Hooaatonic river as
far up as Birmmgbam, which is a never, failing
sign of some stinging cold weather.
A Bostonian, -who has a very accom
plished p arret, was lately presented with aa
owL The parrot has a habit of asking. "Do
you want to fightf tad propounded this
question as soon as he saw the intruder. Poll
wanted to fight certainly. He was chained and
could not get near enough to the owl to do any
dama ge, only being able to touch his enemy by
pushing out one claw as far as possible. Every
time tbe claw touched the owl it would cry out
in that husky tone peculiar to those birds. Tha
spectacle attracted a large crowd, as a matter
of coarse. Finally Poll cava a vicious jab wits
bis foot and-screeched on tr "Do von want to
fight!" at the top of bm voice, to which the owl
redied with a loud "Who-i " "Do von want to
4ghtf" screeched Poll, aain jabblne Mr. Owl
mui uia loot, asossr. uwi respenaea wna
another hoarse "Whoo." By this time the
people who had assembled were in roars of
laughter. The parrot at last drew himself up
on the nerch. and. stretefetaf -oat his neck.
screeched' "WboT Wkotr WbeTn" in Imita
tion of the owl. and followed it np with, "Why,
you, you wall-eyed old blockhead."
The (nsect house at the LosdVa Zoologi
cal Gardens contains aa tatcrssfcnsr Utile bird
which might be easily pasted over hvMte visitor
on account of Its resemblance to a ordbsary
pigeon. This reseeblanea U istaawayslaeap
tlve, forltte a pigeon which baa acaalrsd-a
certain amount of fame.or ratfcernateriety, ea
account of iu near relaUeasMp to Us Bd.
This kinship-pas not, however, been, admitted
by recent authorities, and aa tha name DMan
cuius haa been got by false pretenses, although
the alliance claimed for the bird is by no means
a noble one. But tils little pigeon is Interest
Ing for tbe ingenious way la wMek it bat de
feated the machinations ol that enemy of tha
bird tribe, tbe cat. Dlduncalns Uvea ia Samoa,
where there were orlftwDy, of coarse, no cats.
These were introduced, aad made short work
with the Manumea, aa the natives call the bird,
killing not only the adult; bat tbe chicks in tha
nest. Owiag to its habit of nesting upon the
ground the bird nearly became extinct; sud
denly, however, it took tofceHdingits nest upon
the tree tons, where it conld brtnz- nn its vonnf
. ones in peace, and since that time the bird haa
again oecome lairiy plena tub
- LOOK PLEASANT.
A German Count Kos, nvei, dreif-
Ztf.
Coins to Work With a Will Contesting;
lt.-Lifi.
If Kentucky is such a military State,
how does It happen that the major part of her.
population are all cola nelsT iiaUimars Anurica. -
She Patti'a next tour of the Unite
States Is really to be a farewell one. -
He Of coarse ill. She fares weUonanhsct
anal tours. Life,
BKXATBX JEEXLT.
lyet-so gfoem overshadow
TtHSBatrJat'sralnaV
For the country Is safe
JUla Kelly has slcnedl
CMcaga Triiune,
Old Neighbac Ky goodness, Mr. Arden,
you back, artecall .these. Tears Donr'tyon,know
your wife has married sgslnJ'
Mr. Arden Yea, f heard of It afore i started.
Guess I k-ba' lire here la peace now. .Vew Sort
WteKty,
Cincinnati friend (to a Chicago bride)
Did you enjoy tee Journey;; CUtar '
Chicago brde-Ob. yes. Indeed,
Cincinnati friend to the scenery beantinul' r "-
Cblcaf a brlde-rl didn't notice the scenery verr
much, bat these ntunnets are a perfect dreaia.-J.J-Jiutg.
f
a. jeeBMK. eetwae at a sweu uiuuor
la St. Louis.
Hostess James, do the melts look as If
bad bad enonuhV
Walter-Yeamautheydo.
Hostess Yerr well then you mr ve
toote."-tff.
" Tww ever thus from childhood's boss, ft
I've seeamyfohdest hopes decay," i
I never held an ace or bower, . . tJSt. -
lis some one would tne "joaer- piay.
Ineverdrewa bobtail flash,
Tkweof aklud, orktngsfBUrhljbj
Wrt' tosteaae hurriedly would "rusk"
Fewsess, wssks cestlesitiB.
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