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THE BEST SUNDAY PAPER
IS THE
PITTSBURE DISPATCH.
TO-MORROWS
GRAND TRIPLE NUMBER
Will contain BRET HARTETS latest ana best
novel, written especially for The
Dispatch, entitled
THE CHAmAINE OF BURNT RIDGE.
A ROMANCE OF A HUSKING BEE. by
Laurel, is a pleasant description of rural life in
Vermont.
THE POSTOFFICE CORRIDORS and the
people who frequent them, forms the theme
of an Interesting article by Wales.
Joseph Hatton, the eminent novelist, de
scribes LIFE'S GREAT PLAY,
As seen in the heart of London.
These are but a few of the many striking
features ot this Issue, which will, as usual, con
tain all the sews, including a full account of
the
Speakership Contest.
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PITTSBURG. SATURDAY, NOV. SO, 1889.
TEE CLOSING EVIDENCE.
The evidence in the Cronin murder trial
at Chicago closes with proof, like a bolt of
lightning, that leaves little of the defense in
the case of one prisoner. The finding upon
the person of Coughlin of two knives, which J
were identified as the property o! the mur
dered man, will leave little doubt in the
general mind as to his guilt.
It is impossible to avoid reflections as to
- the light which this throws on the conrss
pursued by the defense in this case. There
has alroij. been reason to suspect hard
swearigin theVffijrt to establish an alibi;
while the means takeP to "fix" the jury
indicated a determined effort to -override
justics, by foul metrjs.1 This last disclosure,
showing that a frietf rf the prisoner on the
police force conceal. most important evi
dence against him, till it was fortuitously
brought out at tie last moment, confirms
the belief in a widespread and unscrupulous
conspiracy to override and defeat justice,
and maintain' the right of the conspirators
to commit murder with impunity.
It remains to be seen whether the law in
Chicago is sufficient to defeat and punish
such a conspiracy. In the interest of Gov
ernment, by law, and the protection of
American citizenship, it isto be hoped that
it will prove so.
PITTSBURG AND SOUTHERN IEOK.
The statement that the firm of Carnegie,
Phipps & Co., have ordered an invoice of
Southern Bessemer pig iron and will test
its qualities at their Homestead, works, gives
an indication of the correctness of the posi
tion which The Dispatch has always
maintained concerning the relation of Pitts
burg to the Southern iron industry. That
was that when the Southern furnaces demon
strated their ability to make the kind of
iron that Pittsburg wants, and to deliver it
here as cheaply as furnaces in other regions,
Pittsburg will buy the iron. While this
city produces an immense amount of pig
metal, its position in the iron market is as
a consumer of pig metal rather than as a
producer.
The Southern region is connected with
Pittsburg by water transportation, and if it
can add to the supplies of metal which this
market commands it will be a gam to Pitts
burg rather than a detraction from her
supremacy. The value of the iron is yet to
be tested in actual operation; but Pittsburg
need not fear to have it succeed.
SAFETY AGAINST CONFLAGRATIONS.
Both the Boston and Lynn fires are re
ported to have been aggravated in the total
of their destructiveness by the narrow streets
on which the fires were raging, and prob
ably in the larger city, by the height of the
bnsiness blocks which made it difficult for
the fire department to work. The reflection
is very strongly suggested that a large share
of Pittsburg's streets have the vice of nar
rowness while the needs of modern com
merce are forcing the reconstruction of our
buildings on as lofty a scale as prevails in
other cities.
Many of the streets adjacent" to the bnsi
ness center, which are now of second rate
standing by reason of the inferior character
of their buildings, and which therefore must
undergo reconstruction in the future, are
susceptible of being widened. The cost of
a policy which on such streets as First,
Second and Third avenues, on Fourth ave
nue above Smithfield, and -on Market and
the streets below it, would set back, the
building line, and require all new structures
to build to it, would be comparatively
slight The value of the streets would be
unmeasurably enhanced thereby, and the
danger illustrated by the last Boston fire
would be very nearly removed.
On the other hand it is pertinent to notice
that while a fire, once started, may be made
worse by narrow streets, that does not ac
count for the origin of fires. These con
flagrations at the inception of cold weather'
are due undoubtedly to carelessness in the
starling of fires; and it is reassuring to note
that Pittsburg's peculiar fuel has resulted
in comparative freedom from them. While
natural gas has its dangers from ignorant
and careless use, there is little doubt that
with proper appliances it gives a greater
safety against fire than any other fuel1
known. This applies equally in the case of
manuiacturea iuei gas. - ane vaiue oi mat
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Ije mfomi.
time comes, for considering tbe question
whether we shall return, trt.the use ofcoal
or adopt fuel gas. ,,'
Safety against conflagrations Is one of the
most important considerations in large
cities, and nothing which bears upon that
point can be without value in the adaptation
of Pittsburg to its enlarged business and
population.
A SEVERS LESSON.
The severe sentences in Court yesterday
upon those officials and their accomplices
who used the law as a weapon of extortion
will teach a lesson which should last for a
long time. Nothing is more to be con
demned than that the machinery of justice
should be set in motion and operated for
private purposes. Where it is used for
blackmailing, as was clearly. shown to have
been the case in the operations of the men
yesterday sentenced, the Commonwealth
cannot too quickly or too sternly assert its
dignity and punish the imposture.
As for those offenders who, by reason of
their own infractions of the law, put them
selves at the mercy of bogus detectives or
dishonest magistrates, they are not entitled
to sympathy. But the eelected or appointed
officers of the people, who are vested with
the power and duty of preserving order and
seeing that'statutes are enforced.are authori
ties for that purpose; and between prosecu
tions entered with a view to preserving the
peace and those which are started with a
view to being settled for a consideration,
there is such a difference that the public are
not liable to mistake the one clsss for the
other. -
The lesson of yesterday is one that can
hardly fail of a salutary influence.
NATURAL OBSTACLES TO COMBINATION.
The report that the Federal Steel Com
pany, under which it was proposed to com
bine the barbed wire manufactories of the
country, has failed to reach the success that
was- intended, may not be absolutely cer
tain. But the grounds on which the report
is founded not only exhibit reasons why it
would sot succeed, but show the require,
ments which are necessary to the success of
schemes of that sort.
It is'stated that the combination will not
be effected because three or four firms, out of
the eleven that are engaged in the business,
cannot be relied upon to come into it; and
further, the control of the patents under
which the process of manufacture is most
successfully operated is not yet assured to
the combination. This statement puts the
whole scheme in the light of one to suppress
competition and raise prices to a higher
level than would be maintained under
normal influences. The talk of economy of
operation and concentration of management
usually heard in connectien with the com
binations, is shown by the statement to be
mere wind. It is recognized that the object
is to prevent the natural and legitimate
competition to which the great mass of the
people are subjected, and thus to obtain es
pecial advantages for the members of the
scheme.
The conclusion is correct, that this advan
tage cannot be secured unless all tlje pres
ent competitors come into the combination
ana, in addition to that, unless, by control
of the patents or other extraneous influences,
therise of new competition can be prevented,
For which obstacle to the general growth of
trusts and monopolies, the public at large
have reason to be duly thankful.
EUROPEAN SUSPICIONS.
The death of a half-civilized ruler in the
remote regions of Afghanistan is again
causing the powers Of Europe to
look askance at each other, with the expec
tation that the war cloud will burst, over
the question as to who will be his successor.
A few years ago the Afghan question
came close to precipitating a conflict be
tween England" and Russia, and while the
dispute was compromised each power has
kept zealous watch on that debateable
ground. Both have extended their military
railroads close to the Afghan border, and
tbe expectation of Europe seems to be that
when one tries to seat its representative in
Afghanistan the other will march its troops
over the border.
The state ot international suspicion
which sets every power to overhauling its
war material upon the death of the chief of
a far-off and uncivilized nation, is the most
remarkable evidence of tbe false basis upon
which European affairs rest. Rather than
let it continue, the impartial observation of
the United States would advise Europe to
fight it out and have done with it.
PARTY AND PUBLIC.
The Speakership contest is alleged to be
settled in favor of Beed. Although new
combinations may be made and broken be
fore the House organizes next Monday,- that
part of the slate seems to be so clearly
written down as to warrant a hope that Mr.
Reed's jocoseness may soften the asperities
of partisan contentions. The hope is les
sened, however, by the general understand
ing that Beed is put there to force partisan
measures through the House, regardless of
the rights of the minority. While the mem
bers are fixing up the slate for the Clerkship
and the other choice bits of patronage, it
may be well tor them to consider that to
secure partisan ends by means of the gag
rule is not the true way to strengthen the
standing of the party before the people.
Perhaps if the party leaders wonld consider
party less and the public interests more, in
their public policy, it might not be worse
for their party in the long run.
Cincinnati has at last worked itself up
to the point o( adopting standard time as the
authorized time for that city. Pittsburg did
so years ago, and while there were some people
who anticipated dire results from setting the
arbitrary and conventional measure of time
20 minutes forward, everybody Is satisfied
now. It is pleasant to learn that Cincinnati
has become able to see tfle advantages of tho
change; and it Is also not unpleasant to the
local amour propre to learn that there is one
city which is slower in adopting new Ideas than
Pittsburg is.
SenatobFabwei.Ii declares the civil
service law to be .a fraud and a sham. The
Senator's attitude recalls the tendency of some
intoxicated persons to accuse everyone else but
themselves of having looked too long upon the
wine when it is red.
ANEwOBLEANSgrand jury has found
Major Bnrke's "shortage" as State Treasurer
to be $420,000. It will take only one per cent of
that fabulous wealth which Burke Is reported
to hare developed in South America to pay
this amount; bnt on the other hand the usual
outcome of snch cases will warrant Louisiana
in considering herself fortunate if she gets
back one per cent of the 'shortage from that
source.
Some millions of dollars lost by fire in
Boston as the result of a crossed electric light
wire, constitute another object-lesson on tbe
necessity of putting tho electric light wires in
snch a place that they will not be a threat to
life and property.
The fact that Miss Sanger, the President's
typewriter, is the custodian of tbe President's
message, is referred to as'a refutation of the
UttaMb .B I
dea u, no ni,, ad; keei.ecrefci ;Butlt
to determine whether there was any secret in
it which the feminine mind would regard' as
worth telling.
Ax last the coke industry appears to be
caring a fairly decent chance of getting the"
cars necessary to fill a fair share of its orders.
With this long-looked-for consummation come
at last, the coke Industry ought to do some
booming.
The report that an English syndicate
wants to buy the mineral springs of the United .
States for $25,000,000 wlU probably evoke the
general response that the Englishmen can have
the springs. The American public can, for a
consideration of that size, content itself by
slaking its thirst with plain water, straight or
mixed. .
The authorities of Cleveland have made
the useful discovery that the one sure way to
get the dangerous overhead wires down is to
chop them down.
The Spring Valley Coal Company,
which refused employment to those who dis
tributed food, clothing and medicine to the
sick and destitute during the recent strike
there, emphasize tbe rule in corporate ethics
that starvation is one of the'decrees of Provi
dence which must not be interfered with.
AiX sorts of rumors are afloat cencernicg
the condition of the Lawrence Bank, but that
authoritative statement still fails to appear.
AXTHOUGn the cold wave may not be
comfortable for all of us, it has emancipated
the greater part of the two cities from tho
reign of mud. It Is well thai the Weather oc
casionally proves efficient in that respect, as no
other agencies seemed immediately likely to
produce that result.
tip rs Canada, they hang people who
kill others. Canada still has some old-fashioned
ways.
Fotjbteeit years in aggregate work
houses sentences distributed among the various
offenders, amounts to an impressive warning
against using Aldermen's courts to bleed
ignorant people who do not know or are unable
to maintain their rights.
PEOPLE OP PE0MIHENCE.
Mb. Joseph Chamberlain; M. P., accom
panied by Mrs. Chamberlain, nee Endicott, bis
two daughters, and Mr. Jesse Colllngs, M. P.,
have left England for Egypt, and will spend
Christmas at Luxor, on the Kile.
Bbonson Howard is one of the best-informed
men in the country on our late Civil
War. In writing "Shenandoah" he was obliged
to make historical researches which have fitted
him to become a historian. He is a great ad
mirer of Grant and Sherman.
Senator Inqalls is bothered by pub
lishers who want his forthcoming novel. Even
a London house has mad? him offers. By
nearly every mail he receives letters on this
subject He has determined, however, to
bring ont the book himself, as he is desirous of
obtaining a fair return for his labor.
'Citizen Geokoe Fbancis Train when in
Boston recently, was surrounded by a crowd in
a hotel corridor when he offered to bet that he
was the biggest fool in America. Nobody ac
cepted the wager at first, but finally a man
came forward and said, "I'll take your bet,
stranger, provided yon are not George Francis
Train."
DE.MoCosn has been invited by the Minis
ters' Association, of Philadelphia, to read a
paper before that body on December 16, on
The Puritan and the Presbyterian: John
Witberspoon, tbe Presbyterian."' The occasion
for the address is the removal of the statue of
Witherspoon in Fairmount Park to a more
eligible situation.
Mrs. Maby-H. Hunt, tho well-known tem
perance advocate, says: "The recent unsuc
cessful prohibitory temperance campaigns
have been attempts to focalize into law against
alcohol a popular sentiment that does not
exist. If we will seek first the temperance edu
cation of the people, all other temperance
blessings will, in due time, be added unto us."
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
A Book Agent's Shrewd Scheme to Dinks
Himself Popular.
Ansonia, Conn, November 29. A book
agent called at a livery stable in MIddletown
one day this week to sella book. It was a valu
able work, and the liveryman and several of
his friends who were present thought of taking
one each. During the conversation the book
agent gave Waterbury as his place of resi
dence, whereupon tbe liveryman said that he
formerly lived in that city ana was a financial
sufferer through dealings with some of its citi
zens. He mentioned one name, that of a church
deacon, who had owed him a bill, and be had
never been able to collect it. The book agent
inquired as to the amount ot the bill and what
it was for, and on being informed took out his
pocketbook and counted out the money with
tbe remark:
"I am that man; here's your money: give me
a receipt. Now, then, can't I sell you a copy of
this great work, which, as I previously re
marked, has had the endorsement of eminent
divines, learned scholars, prominent teachers,
distinguished editors,, celebrated "-
"I'll take four copies," said the liveryman,
and signed his name to the book.
The cost was 24, while the old bill which the
the book agent paid was SIS, just the amount
of his commissions. It was a sharp trice and
well played, and has made that book agent
many irienas in jmaaieiown.
MODJESKA GOT A, BIEE,
Tbe Countess'' Request, Which the Mana
ger Was Lonlh to Grant.
From the St. Louis Republic!
"On one occasion, when Modjeska was play
ing at the Globe," said a late resident of Bos
ton, "she required a bier to lie upon in one of
her scenes, and, it not having been provided,
the Polish Countess sent to Stetson, stating
that the wanted a bier.
" 'Wants a beer, does she, said Stetson, -well,
she can want and be blowed. I ain't providing
beer for these outlandish players. Tell her she
can't have it' The messanger returned to
Modjeska with Stetson's message. The
Countess was furious. 'Go to Mr. Stetson,' she
said, 'and tell him unless I have abler Dwill not
go on in the next act'
"The messenger dnly repeated the message.
"She won't won't she,' screamed Stetson;
"well, weVl see if she won't That's the way
with these furriners; they always want beer,
beer, beer.' Then, as if relenting, he took 60
cents from his pocket and said with a deep
sigh, 'I suppose I'll have to let her have it.
Here, go and get her a gallon.' It is needless
to say the Countess got her bier."
A SNAKE PIGIITS A TIGER.
Sportsmen End the Combnt by Shooting
Both Animals.
On the 8th of August, not far fromTanjong
Prlok, near Batavia, says a letter from India,
a tiger was shot under peculiar circumstances.
The sportsmen out in the jungle there heard a
fearful rumpus going on a good way off. On
reaching the scene of the uproar, they
suddenly found themselves face to face
with a tiger In the coils of a big snake,
which, with Its mouth, was endeavoring to
gcthold of the tiger's neck. The tiger on the
other hand was doing its best to reach the neck
of the snake. After being momentarily terror-stricken
b7the sight, the two sportsmen
did not allow either animal time to perceive or
attack them, but forthwith took aim the one
at the head of the tiger, the other at that of
tbe snake. ., , .
The tiger was hit behind the ear, and the
snake in tbe middle of the bead. The distance
at which the shots were fired was hardly 15
paces. The head of the former proved to be
that of a royal tiger.
.SEVERAL P0RTDNATE GENTLEMEN
Who Will Represent This Country as Con
suls in Foreign Land.
WAsmsciTOW, November 29. President
Harrison this afternoon appointed the follow
ing United States Consuls: Beckford Mackey,
of South Carolina, to San Jose, Costa Rica.
He was transferred from Paso Del Norte, Mex
ico. Hiram J. Danlap, of Illinois, to Breslau,
Germany. Mr. Dunlap is oditor of the Cham
paign Gazelle. .William E. Gardner, of Wis
consin, to Rotterdam. Mr. Gardner bas been
for several years connected with the Evening
WUeomin at Milwaukee. Deloss H. Smith, to
Nogales, Mexico. John B. Osborne, of Penn
STlvania, to Ghent, where a vacancy exists.
Mr. Osborne is a son of the Congressman from
WUkesbarrd. William Monaghan, ot Onlo, to
Hamilton. Ont Mr, Monaghan was appointed
Commercial Agent at Chatham, .Ont, last.
TIP-BITS OF GOSSIP.
queen's English That Dociu'r Go on This
Continent Thanksgiving After- Thought!
A Bohemian Clnb and a Kcportert'
Labor Union.
Someone should get up an American glossa.
ry. to be appended to our guido books, for the
.benefit of English visitors. A few hints, at
least, as to words having different meanings in
the New and Old World dialects might be
really useful. For Instance, it would prevent
our transatlantic cousins from asking for "a
pair of boots" when they want what we call "a
pair of shoes." I heard a -worthy gentleman,
all tbe way from Lancashire, mako that mis
take in, a downtown shoestore the other day.
Boots were produced Indeed, but not tho sort
of boots the Britisher had expected. It was
some time before tho truth came out, that
patent leather shoes were the objects of his
desire.
The same gentleman roundly asserted that
England was "a great corn country;" but It
turned ont that he meant oats, wheat and bar
ley, when he spoke of "com."
Captain A , a young Irishman, "doing
America, dontcherknow,'' strolled out of tho
Union depot last July, and requested a loung
ing employe to get him a "car." Of course the
gay dragoon imagined himself back in the land
of 'jaunting cars" again; but the employe
thought it was a cruel J est on Pittsburg, and
angrily inquired if the gentleman wouldn't
"want an engine, too."
It is to be hoped that everybody ate, drank
and waxed merry over Thanksgiving. Cer
tainly tho very spirit of happiness seemed to be
abroad in Pittsburg streets on Thursday.
A walk down Fifth avenue meant a regular
collegiate course in the study of joviality; One
matriculated amid the giggles of bread-and-
nutter cinnood; and graduated in the guffaws
of mighty-wasted city men. Yes! everybody was
happy even the newspaperman, that usually
joyless creature, managed to snatch a little
pleasure from the great pile. I know of one
cosy paper-stainers' dinner, somewhere over
Allegheny way, at which half a dozen of the
craft were very merry indeed. And what a
dinner it was! it is tro e there were no
Sauce ragouts, an sic like thrashtrle.
That's naethlng else but do wnright wastrie.
But there was a turkey, and a noble one at
that; together with other eatables and drink
ables galore. I am sure those newspaper men
had a good time before they went back to in
terview Mrs. Jones about the losrof her elop
ing girl servant, or to write an editorial on tbe
publio spirit ot the Hon. John Smith.
By the way, the Committee an Arrangements
for the Armstrong monument celebration
made one prodigious mistaxe. They selected
for their unveiling that very portion of the day
which Pittsburg middle classes regarded as
dinner hour. That accounted for a noticeable
stampede of thanksgivers during the middle of
tbe ceremony. How could the Committee on
Arrangements have forgotten that turkey
spoils by over-cooking?
.
Pittsburg, it Dame Rumor speaks aright, is
soon to witness an addition to her already nu
merous list of clubs. It is questionable, how
ever, whether this staid qjd city will welcome
the new-comer very enthusiastically. A little
bird whispers that the next candidate for the
honors of clubland citizenship is to be appall
ingly Bohemian and not a "press clnb," either.
Real Rohemlamsm, mind you the Bohemian
ism of the Quartler Latin, with jnst enough re
finement and restraint to keep the club above
water. There are two such institutions in
New York, and others in various Eastern cities.
The patron saints of the club will, no doubt, be
Victor Hugo, iThackeray and Tom Moore,
three dead lions of Bohemtanism. it is said
that all species of the genus dude are to be left
sternly outside the portals.
There is. nothing radically wrong with this
idea of a really free-and-easy club, unterror
ized by House Committees.
Speaking of embryo clubs reminds me of an
other local scheme, also in embryo, which, I
presume, must be public property by this time.
I allude to the "Pittsburg Journalists' Brother
hood," as suggested by two well-known mem
bers of the reportorial force. The idea appears
to be that journalists need immediate organiza
tion; and these gentlemen want to have a try
at organizing: them. They suggest that a
'Journalists' 'Brotherhood't be formed and
afnliatedwitnthetJInterna'tional.Typographical
Union. The idea is not a new one, locally.
A primary meeting of newspaper men was
held a few days ago to discuss the "Brother
hood." Opinion was very much divided on the
subject, and until a general meeting, appointed
for next Sunday, comes off, nothing can be
said about the future of this suggestion.
Brenan.
A New Idea la Warfare.
From the Chjcago News. J
All the military experts in the country are
still hard at work.lnventing plans for the im
provement ot the army. They have found that
noble band of heroes perfect In nothing save in
tbe science ofpoker playing. It might be well
to abolish the barbarous custom of fighting
battles with gunpowder and lead and to let the
warriors decide all grave misunderstandings
with other nations by a series of masterly jack
pots. DEATHS OP A DAY.
Prof. Robert Patterson.
Prof. Kobert Patterson, one ofthe editors ofthe
PretbyUrtan Banner, who bad been ill for sereral
daTS with paralysis, died yesterday mornlnjr at 4
o'clock at his home In Seirlckley. Tbe funeral
will take place lrom tbe KlrstPresbyterlan Church
on Wood street at l:30o'cloek Monday aiternoon.
Dr. Passvrant, pastor or the English Lutheran
Church, and Dr. Campbell, of Eewlckler, two of
the late editor's most Intimate friends, will
officiate. The remains will be interred in the
Allegheny Cemetery.
Prof. Patterson was one of the most thoroughly
educated men In the country, and an author of
some note. He was born In Pittsburg on October
17, 1S21, and received his education at Canonsburg
Academy and Jefferson College, graduating In
1841. He studied law, was admitted, but never
practiced. He devoted himself to mathematics,
and held chairs in that branch in Jefferson College,
In Oakland College, Miss., and Center College.
Danville. Ky. In ISS4 he became one ot the edi
tors of the PrttbyUHan Banner, which position
ne neio. umu nis aeain
As a writer he was thoughtful, serious andpar
leularlr brilliant. He was alwaTS a most bitter
opponent of Mormonlsm and all its doctrines.
Home five years aro he wrote a sketch. "The Hon
of Mormons," which appears in a history of
Washington county, in which he treated particu
larly or the ridiculousness of tbe Inspiration of
tbe Mormon creed, and showing that the boot-was
written by Solomon Spalding. The paper has
since become an authority on the Mormon ques
tion. He wrote also the -'History of the Log Col
lege, " which was said to have been the first clas
sical school west of tbe Allegheny Mountains.
He took the ground that the first classical school
was his alma mater, Jefferson College, and so suc
cessfully did ho bear out his statements that all
further arguments were squelched.
At the time of his death be was engaged In writ
ing a history of the Class of 18W, Jefferson Col
lege, or which he was a member. He leaves
beside his widow a son Thomas, a member of the
Allegheny county bar, and two daughters.
Martin Farquhar Topper.
London, November 29.-MartIn Farquhar Tap
per, the well-known poet and prose writer, it
dead. He was the son oi a surgeon, descended
from an ancient Guernsey family, and born in
London in 1810. He was educated at Charterhouse
and Christ Church, Oxford, where be took the de
grees of V. A., M. A., and D. C L. Re was
called to tbe bar, bnt never practiced. Mr. Tapper
was best known as the author of "Proverbial
Philosophy." which was published In 1S33. "(Jcr
aldlne and Other Poems," appeared the year pre.
tIous, Tbe titles and dates of bis other works are
these: "Modern Pyramid, " 1833; "An Author's
Mind" and 'The Twins." 1841; "Crock of Uold,"
1814: "Hactenus: a Budget of Lyrics. "1848: "Sur
rey; a Ka
Places."
apia lieview or its principal rersons and
Places,"1843; "King Alfred's Poems .in English
Meter, "J850; "Parley Heath; Kecord of Its Re
mains," and "Hymn for All Nations, In Thirty
Languages. 1831; llallads for the Times," ISSU
"Heart, a Tale," 18M; "Probabilities: an Aid to
Faith," 1854: "Stephen Langton. or the Days of
King John," 1858; "Three Hundred Bonnets,"
I8W: "Ktdes'andKevericsof Air. .Eson Smith,"
1861: "Cttbara, Lyrics." 1863. Beside these he
wrote a variety of fugitive pieces in prose and
verse.
jRraei Kelly.
James Kelly, or Conners & Kelly, variety per
formers, died in Mew York yesterday. Mr. Kelly
was well known in Pittsburg, and was a general
favorite at Harry Williams Academy. He went
to New York from Denver about six months ago.
At one time Mr. Kelly was connected with Pitts
burg papers.
Edwin R. Meade.
Nrw YOBK. November 29. Edwin B. Meade.
who represented the City Congressional district,
navt fcnonrn as the Kl-rth. In Coneress' about 15
years ago, died in the City Insane'Asylnm to-diy, 4
Ate naa occa m lorauoui turee nau.
MmJhIb. Slntf.nAtr.
R-rr 1I7TTRT!, "M. "V. Knvimfcr 71. Pnsrmatr I'
Modestus .HbibrookfOf. Bremerton, dropped dead
rKo..JEBVm
lnnitosace yestcraay afternoon
METfiOPOLITAI? MELANGE.
Stephen Peuns Will Found.
inewtobxtbobxat; spictaxs.i
New York, November 28. The will of
Stephen Pettut, the rich Brooklyn financier
who was shot dead in the street by Mrs. Hanna
Southwqrth, was found among his private pa
pers last night It was drawn in 1881, long be
fore he knew Mrs. Bouthworth or Rosa Lloyd,
and he gives his whole estate, valued at 600,000,
to his wife. Mrs. Southworth passes the day
and night quietly in her cell at tne Tombs.
The assurances of her counsel that she will not
be punished for killing her betrayer have re
lieved her hysterics and brought back her ap
petite. Soon to Die br Electricity.
The Warden of Sing Sing prison is complet
ing arrangements to execute Charles McB
value, of Brooklyn, with electricity during the
tho week succeeding December 9. The dy-
namo, which was sent to Baltimore to be tested.
was returned 10 mo piiaua w approreu couui
tion last evening. Tblsmorningworkmen began
to erect in tbe prison yard a small, close brick
bnilding, in which the execution will take
place. Mcllvalne was sentenced to death for
murdering Grocer Luca, of Brooklyn. His
plea at his trial was' insanity. His guilt and re
sponsibility were fully proven, and the motion
of his connsel tor a new trial was summarily
denlod.
Going- Home With Their Money.
- The Anchor Line steamship Calif ornla will
leave to-morrow for Italy, calling at the Azores
and Gibraltar, and will hare as passengers 700
or 800 Italians, who, having earned a small com
petency, are returning to their native, homes.
The Italians, more than any other immigrants
who come to .America, return home periodi
cally, and more especially has this been the
case since the Anchor Line has arranged to
land them on their native shores. The Califor
nia will also bave a number of Portuguese
passengers returning to the Azores,and several
first-class passengers bound to the islands in
search of health and to spend the winter.
CATCHING LOBSTERS BI STEAM.
A New Method of Fishing Revolutionizing
the Industry.
New HAven, November 2a A new de
parture in the lobster fishery In the Race and in
FlsherJs Island Sound, Plnm Gut and off
Montauk Point is being taken by the Noank
fishermen. They are Invoking the aid ofthe
mighty arm of steam. Heretofore the business
has been mainly conducted by sailboats of
different sizes. The first deviation from this
course was instituted by Captain F. P. Ashby,
of Noank, who constructed the steamer Eva, a
vessel of about eight tons, and thus became the
pioneer steamer lotuterman. His venture was
watched with interest by his brother lobster
men, and as success has crowned his efforts,
other steamers are to be introduced into the
business next season.
The great difficulty hitherto met in the Lose
Island Sound fishery has been the hauling of
lobster pots by hand in the rushing tides. This
work has to be prosecuted over so great depths
that it is possible to pull the pots only at slack
water. Consequently there has been much lost
time for the fisherman, and his gear has been
frequently swept away by the tides, because if
be weighted it heavily enough to hold it in po
sition it would be almost impossible for him to
haul It
As may be judged, fishing for lobsters by
steam is attended by much leas' hard work than
is required by the old way, as nearly all the
labor is performed by steam. Many more pots
can bo hauled at a tide, and indications now
point to a total revolution in the manner ot
transacting the business.
- MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
Bostoniona Thought Tbelr Fine New Balld
Idks Absolutely Fireproof.
On tbe very morning that the Boston fire
broke out the Herald of that city published
the followine editorial:
While it will not do to speak too confidently
concerning the future, one is none the less
Justified In believing that a great sweeping Con
flagration Is altogether impossible in the newly
constructed business district of Boston, and this,
too, fn spite of the fact that tbe buildings are, as a
rule, higher and larger than those which occupied
these sites prior to our treat fire. .There are parts
of our city which have not been thus improved,
where the buildings are similar in many respects
to those which 17 years ago dissolved In a heap of
ruins almost as spon as tbe great mas, of nam
struck, them. Bnt as fast as the requirements of
trade or the results of age cause these old
structures to be torn down and replaced by new
ones, the effect of our building laws comes into
play, and tbe new edifices, it not fireproof, are. at
least, so far nre-reslsting as to make their speedy
destruction by an interior lire lmproboble, and
tbelr quick consumption by a sweeping con
flagration impossible.
THE MIQQTT GULF STREAM.
Its Easterly Current Suspends Operations
for a While.
From the New York Times. J
The Gulf Stream has again demonstrated the
fact that it cannot always be depended upon.
Captain Thomas Macknight, of the steamship
Claribel, which arrived yesterday from the
West Indies, states that on Tuesday last be
caught the Stream napping. Although he was
in the Stream from 10:45 Tuesday morning un
til 5 A. M. on Wednesday, there was no signs
ox an easterly current where the Stream was'
supposed to neaa in an easterly direction, it
there was any current whatever there it was
setting to the westward. The Captain says
that he could not hare been mistaken as to his
bearings.
Captain Macknight attributes the lack ot
current in tbe Gulf Stream to tbe easterly
winds which bad prevailed for some days.
These probably caused the waters in the sur
face of tbe stream to become lumped to such
an extent thartbe current was checked, if not
actually set back. The Captain does not think
that this effect extended below the surface cur
rent
INBPECTI0N ON THE HOOP
Again Declared to be a Violation of Iater
Stato Commerce.
Topeea, KAN., November 29. Judge Brewer
to-day rendered a decision that that part of
the Topeka Meat Inspection' ordinance which
prescribes inspection of the animal before
slaughter within a mile of the city limits is an
obstruction of inter-State commerce and there
fore void.
This opens Topeka to tbe product of 'the
packing nouses oi n ansan wjiy ana unicago.
Something of a Hostler Himself.
From tho Detroit Free Press.1
A Michigan man buried bis wife, put up a
headstone, repainted his house, married a sec
ond wife and dng Ave acres of potatoes within
17 days, and yet be says he can't begin to hustle
as his father used to.
TBI-STATE TRIFLES.
George Muixen, of Eddington, Pa., as
sisted bis neighbor, John Vansant, to drive the
ruts from his barn. With gun and dog a
bushel of them were killed, bnt the pext day
Mullen found that tbe rodonts bad been driven
in hundreds from his neighbor's to his own
barn, where they attacked a new-born calf and
maimed It so badly that it had to be killed.
A pheasant escaoing from a hunter flew
through a window of a Joanna Heights man
sion and fell dead in the parlor.
When a Pensburg divine handed his wife
tbe envelope which contained the customary
present from a groom, sbe found it only con.
talnedScents. Tbe clergyman had been called
out of bed to perform the ceremony.
The Fottstown bear, wearied nearly to death
by tbe hunters, lay down exhausted. B. F.
Rambo came upon it, .lassoed the beast and
dragged ft to town, assisted by a triumphant
crowd.
A white swallow was batched in a nest In tbe
barn of Amos D Hunt in South Gibson, Pa.,
in 1588 and it visited the place regularly during
tho next two summers. . Tula jegr the bird aid
not return.
A Springfield, O., man requires a No. 9 shoe
for his right foot and a No. 6 for his left
A Parkersburg genius is at work on a flying,
machine, which ne believes will be a success.
Reuben SeideL employed in a Reading brick
yard, went to tbe clay pit on Thanksgiving Day
and .there. discovered a black bear that showed
fight The man returned to the kiln where
some other men were, who ruined to thepK,
whereupon tho bear ed aerate the EhfiadeU
-phia.and;RsdtaiRllred, ' nests
JS
VERY NICE TABLEAUX
The TaHey Club Gives a Very ArtlaelB Eater
talntaeat Before a Large AwHence.
The second entertainment given this season
by the Bewlckley Valley Clnb was something of
a departure fsora the beaten track, and alt the
more enjoyable for that reason. It was given
last night at Choral Hall, Bewlckley, every seat
in which was filled. For many weeks Miss
Diekson; Miss Whiting and Messrs. Carpenter;
Chaplin, F.E. Richardson ana L. Miller have
been planning and preparing the exquisite
series of tableaux which were shown
Jast night The ladies ot the
committee are naturally entitled to
the largest share of the credit, and, as usual.
Mr. Chaplin's assistance in the scenic and
stage arrangements told heavily, Tbe tableaux
were nine in number, as follows: No. L "Tak
ing the Carmelite Veil," represented a young
candidate, Mrs. Calvert Townley, tor holy
vows at the altar. The Carmelite nuns, in
4-tbeir cheerless garb, attended her. and she was
received by a bishop, Mr. Richard Swaztz-
welder, and a. priest, Mr. Robert Macrum.
Relatives of the novice filled up the picture,
which was very impressive. No. 2. ''Fleeting
Time," was after tbe splendid piece ot statuary
by J). Barcagllo, in which a young girl is repre
sented as trying to stay the flight of time. Tbe
grace and power of tbe scnipture were ad.
miraoiy preserved ny miss Aiatue lerniug anu
Mr. E. 8. Carpenter.
No. 3. "The Endot the Game" was a very
dramatic tableau in three scenes, representing
the progress of a quarrel at cards, to a bloody
endingin a duel. It was well done by Messrs.
F. E. Bichardson, Robert Franks, D.H., War
den ana J. a. iiooin.
No. 4. Statuary on a revol vinr nlatform an
of Mrs. Miller's, which seemed to exhibit to ad
vantage the charms of thefullowing young la
dies: Misses Mattie Fleming, Mand -Miller, Lou
Osburn, Bessie Waters and Jane Black.
No. 6. A group of vestal virgins at the sacri
fice. Miss Dravo was the celebrant at the al
tar, and ber companions were the Misses Nellie
Carpenter, Elizabeth Blair, Mama Nerin, Maud
Ogden and Jane Black.
No. 6, "1Amour et Psyche." Caaova's great
work somewhat toned down. ,Mr. E. S. Car-
? enter and Miss Bessie Carpenter were beauti
ally posed, and the presence of drapery was
not a drawback. NaT, a group of Amasons
from a Greek frieze, was also well executed.
No. 8 was perhaps the Drettlest tableau of all.
It represented a group ot bisque figures, and
the bright colors and bizarre costumes and fair
faces made ft brilliant show. The revolting
platform was again used to' advantage here.
The ladles included the Misses Jane Black,
Louise Jones. Bessie Waters, Mattie Fleming,
and Miss Detweiler.
No. 8. In this tableau all the characters in
ancient garb, who bad appeared before, took
part in a "Festival of the Vintage," in the
presence ot the Roman Emperor, Dick Swartx
welder. This as had been In the-preceding
tableaux was heartily applauded.
Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald and Messrs. K. J.
Cunningham and W. W. Whiteaell contributed
several tonga well rendered to the musical part
of the programme. Gernert's Orchestra was la
attendance. The next entertainment will take
place on December 20.
BOCIETI DRAMATICS.
A Presentation of The Palace of Trath at the
Peun Ba44Hsg Room of the School or
Design.
Society people turned out in full force last
evening to witness the presentation of Gilbert's
comedy, "The Palace of Truth," by tbe young
ladies of the Pittsburg School ot Design, as
sisted by several popular young gentlemen.
The rooms of the society were fairly packed
and seldom is as much enthusiasm, displayed
over an amateur dramatic presentation as was
shown last evening. The cast of characters was
as follows:
King manor. Mr. A. M. Sehoyer
Prince Phllamier Mr. A. K. Wilson
Chrysal Mr. H. 8. Stevenson
Zoran ....A,.. Mr. W. K. Bledle
Arlstaens Mr. K. W. Smith
Oelanor Mr. T. K. Gray
Queen Altemlre Mist Frances McCreary
.Princess Zeollde..... ....Miss SalUe Keenan
MlrxA. j, ...,. Hiss Cora itlchart
Palmls Miss Mary Cecil Bhlnehart
Azema ......Miss Hon. lllckson
The curtain separated on a full court scene
in King Phanor's country house where the
usual homage was paid the King ana Uueen by
all tha nisViiAa nd lariA nif4 fha MnOnmnw '
kuiuwkui.ii j m.g tutu ttiu vujtvuimj
compliments ana pretty sayings were dis -
trlbuted freely.
With the consent of an, a visit to the King's?01 the uat captured a large number. The
Palace of Truth was arranged, oslytwo ofthe jwrtgomtoit the earfeners employedfathe
company, however, being aware of the fart
tu iu, yiv7 na 3.iF w nuw,v&
l... .k ...I..... .. . m ..,, a .. jiA ..4 .,1 ...,...
entered its mystic portaw were competieato
speakiheplalDi Tinvarnbhed tmth. The two
possessing the secret were the King and tbe
Qnen, the King very wisely securing tor him
self a talisman whereby he alone was exempt
from the enchantment.
Miiza, thVlovely ethereal character, over
bearing a conversation between tbe King and
Gelanor, the attendant ofthe castle, retarding
the necessity of the talisman, "by a clever trick
confiscated it for her 'own use aad tbe King
upon arriving at the castle, was much surprised
to find that he; too, launder' the enchantment
and much to his dismay is confessing his
numerous flirtations and peccadillos,
Mirza, alone, bears tbe test and is, apparently,
just what she always appeared. Tbe confusion
that resulted from unvarnished statements
made to and about each other was Intensely in
teresting. Prince' Phllamier who, for reasons
of his own, had been protesting' tbe most vio
lent love to his betrothed. Princess Zeollde,
contested in the most startling manner that be
had never loved her, bnt that be loved Mirza,
while the Princess, who had received his pro
testations with the greatest composure,- was
forced to admit in burning language her Insane
passion for her sweetheart
- Chrysal. the affianced ot Palmls. freely de
clared to his lady lore that he had professed
his admiration and affection for her for politi
cal reasons, ana tnatne not omy nan no lore1
for her, but positively disliked her. Azema. a
most artfully artless coquette by the enchant
ment, was. unable to resist tho impulse to ex
plain her actions and methods by which she'
attracted the attention of the gentlemen.
QueenAltemlre bore the test exceedingly wen
for one without a talisman. Aristaeus In
everyday life noted, for his bluntness and
illhumor was completely transformed when
obliged to be truthful, and confessed bis surli
ness was affected with a view to eccentricity.
Zoran made himself generally useful in trying
to win the love of Palmls and provoking quar
rels with everyone by his compelled candor.
Duels and broken hearts, were promiscuous,
but at the.opportuae moment, the King re-
lined the talisman, and with its help proved
Imself a most exemplary husband worthy of
so faithful a queen.
FMlamier was disenchanted with Mirza when
she appeared in ber true' colors, and appre
ciated the purity and sweetness of Zeollde.
Eventually out ot chaos was happiness and
peace restored. Too much cannot be said in
praise of the performance aad the skill and
tact with which each and every character was
represented. The costumes worn were all of
them elegant and la the fashion of the early
part of the fifteenth century.
It is to be hoped that the young people will
be prevailed upon to repeat the performance
at an early date.
A BELLE'cV PLEA8ANT BaBDT.
Hit Margaret PhUUpa' Successful StHree
late Pittsburg Circlet.
Mrs. Bakewell Phillips, of Hazelwood, gave
a reception yesterday afternoon at tbe house of
her mother.Mrs. Ormsby Phillips, Na8Rlde
avenue, for Miss Margaret Phillips, a grada
ate of Wells College, who is entering society
this winter , , . , . .-,.
Mrs. Phillips was assisted in receiving her
friends, ot whoa there were .many, as the
weather was fine,. by" Mits BakewelL . HJeg
Anne Phillips. Mist Bnrgwln, Mrs. Cllftoa
Phillips, Mrs. will Watson, Mrs.CbarIesI.yon,
the Misses Bakewell, Miss Leavitt and Miss
Clara Hustey. A pleasant novelty was the
mandolin music furnished .by musicians ea
tlrely concealed by pUnts and tall f eras.
A MUSICAL-SOCIAL 1YEST.
Pleatast Concert at, the Arch Street M. E.
Church Last Evening. s
Tbe organ recital iatho Arch Street M.E.
Church last evening was of sufficient attraction
to throng the pretty new sanctuary with music
lovlBg people. The programme, with Carl
Retter as organist, was under the direction of
Mr. E. F; Austin, assisted by Mr. E.H.Der
mitt,Mrs. Honkler and Miss Irene Semple,
soloists.
The ushers were MrGeorge H-Hnderhrand,
Jr.. Mr. Charles Brown, Mr. J. Edward, Eeim
and Mr.' W. H. Hllderbrand. The proceeds,
were for. the benefit ot the new church.
geetal Chatter.
A dsxjghttui recedes, .wWeh tcrstlaateeV
la a geraen, was tendered by Mr. aad Mrs.
Jamet -Howard Par, et Ffcftfc avenae, last
evesiamv Mi DootJdeen, of PhiteWphla, aa4
MkaOnK,ofNewTocK, were the ffaests ot
honor.
TMSewtottey-Valrty Oak gave the teec
of Its aeries oteatertalaaaesta laet evening is
thSeickIey Opera Hoam. -As usual, a thor
oughly delighted audteoee was the TeeuK of
their efforts.
Xm Cbsack. r " .Haa itf KwsntarV
it
wt sawrt Liftf ataa jtjfl m aeiateg
Bat eka Jaaaaaa) 4aaMto flaawh anM
cunous coxmumm
. . .' rfy. r
The production of Brazilian 'coffee has
been doubled within the last ten years.
Mrs. Taylor, of Green Cove,',Fli., has a
two weeks' old baby that bas four teeth.
It is proposed to light up horses' head
with electric light during fogs la London.
In a little town of Schleswlg-Holsteisi
there' is a tax exemption for dogs "that sleep
with their masters and mistresses, and so pre?
serve them from gout, rheumatism, aMfls
pains. ;. .
Jimmle MePhansteel, a 4-year-oli son.
of R.C. McPbaosteel. a prominent merchant
and manufacturer of furniture of GreenviHi
T.t'J?H tU??,n5 ccllen tally bit his tongue,
from which be bled to death. " .
-Terrell county, Ga., reports a rat&K
snake 14 feet 7 inches long. 11 inches arouaaV -'
with 89 rattles and a button. The skin hat beast
stuffed, and will be sent to the Nations '
Museum or to the Smithsonian InsatuteVT"
Ayounghusbandin Chicago basbreaghi
suit against two newspapers for publishlB the
fact that he applied for a marriage licens an
7a.m.Jr!eL A?3 nKEed a lawyer who"
holds that such things are not public news. a4 .
that the press has no business with thesu . ,-
The dead letter office continues to afattl
astonishing proof of the carelessness of rtbi
American-people. Letters containing stamps,
photographs and drafts are dropped into the
slot unsealed, and a number of Chicago people '
have been so Intent on securing (be World
Fair for their city that they have mailed letter
with no stamp,but World's Fair stackers.
A Borneo in Palatka, Fla., one Bight
last week went to serenade his best girl, choos-i
ing a selection from "Pinafore" a an oMnin .
.piece. In a voice trembling with emotldn. and
tenaency to spirt on the light notes, he began!
"Farewell, my love: light of me ,' whenV
four-pound brick, wafted through the midnight '
air from the old man's bedroom windowjodged '
in the very vitals of the guitar, and the concert
stood adjourned.
An IlioB, K. Y., man has Invented a
pancake machine which threatens to revolu
tionize the present way of making that article
of diet The batter is placed in what maybe
termed a hooper on the top of the small ma
chine, -which is placed on the breakfast table.
When cakes are wanted the machine, which
works by a spring; Is set in motion,, and the
batter passes between two very highly polished
rollers, heated very hot by a Spirit lamp.- The
cakes are thus rolled off and cut in the re.
3 ulred shape by a sharp knife and thrown upon
ie plate which is held ready to receive them.
A common, every-day office cat, the
property ot Postmaster Harp, ot Jaclaon, Ga
was noticed to be cutting some very extra
ordinary antics, while running' around the post
office, as If in search of something, one day last
week. Finally it struck the object of its search
and began mutilating the stamps and bitfcc os
a small pasteboard box. Into which, it finally,
gained an entrance, and commenced to chew,
on the contents. The box was found to eontaia
capnip, and was addressed to some point la
Florida. After getting hold of soae of- the .
plant the cat seemed perfectly satMed-aaaU
began rolling on the floor and otherwise trnjof-x
ing herself. V , .
Travelers in India sometimes have
strange bedfellows. A first-claw paseenger.'by
a slow passenger train mnnirg between How
rah aad Assensole, was) disagreeably surprised
to find' on waking from a sound sleep that
something cold had come In contact wlth his
hand. On looking at the hand, what was 'his
horror to find that underneath it was a cobra.
As the snake was asleep, and bad not coiled
Itself around the hand, the gentleman sprang
up and managed to evade Us bite. ,How it got
Into the carriage Is one of those mysteries no
one can unravel. It may have effected, an
entrance while the carriage was in the siding at
Howrah. and quietly ensconcedj Itself behind
the cushions of the carriage seat,
The fact that large numbers of birds
are drawn to their death by the electric light
on1 the Liberty statue has often been com
mented on. It appears that the Eiffel Tower
is responsible for similar destruction. X few
nights since a large flock of larks, which was
passing over Paris, attracted by the electrlo
light in the phare of the Eiffel Tower, threw
itself in a compact mass on the windows of M.
Eiffel's anartmenta. With their well-known
okstinacy the poor birds struck -themselves
l furiously against the glasses of the phare and
I fell stueefied all around. The man in charge
rn?i Si.X-SJirt.viJlZ - -
I '
i -"I.-.. 9 2 '- .. --- slH'l
ciaityof GaJesburg; DL Semefisnaaim&gJ
ported to be honey-combed with their aflieCV
The general direction of the araay isto the '",
South, and caa"be traced by their burrows.
Occasionally there occurs a rat-kflllng bee.
which f urn&hea rare sport for men and dogs.
Mr. S. R. Swanson attended such an event; last . I
wees. Aiesays uu in a crio waa torn oown,
the boards, meanwhile being made into a tight
board fence completely encircling the crib.
Tbe floor was then removed and the fun began.
The ground was alive with rats, and 1,080 were
reported killed. A similar experience was had
by Mr.CooIedge, a farmer living west of the
city. Hundreds of the rodents were killed.'
At Oneida three car loadft, of broomcorn were
riddled. Where the rasa all come frosatha
grangers deem a mystery.
One of the most marvelous freaks; of
AMinaikn1!si 'atai tmnvn tfi TtranlwfoV' llc - -?
occurred, laet week; The participant in thel
sezai-eonsclOBS nlcht nerambulatlon was a '
negro named Sieve Franklin, and the course of 'i
his stroll wa from Brunswick to the new doeaa '
and return, Fraakllaisaday laborer at -the
new docks and asaaKS in loading vessels with
cotton. He usually returns to the city about 8
o'clock In the evening and spends tbe night.
In order to' reach his work la due time next
morning, he leaves Brunswick at i o'clock. One
night last week about 10 o'clock he arose from
his bed. dressed himself and struck out for the
scene of labor. On arriving he discovered that
he bad forgotten his dinner an at once re
versed hlsaself aad returned to SnacwKk. He
was just entering the city when he suddenly
awoke. It was several minutes before he cenld
take in the situation, aad. then he waa aetaedly
frightened as to almost go into omWnat..
-Jack Blrdaall, of Dutch Tlatt, Pfcf.iael
a queer experience while fishing fer-treat la
the bead water of Taaknasaeek eeaaCfA
muskrat dived into the stream a few feet la
front of BirdsaU and seared all the troat away.
It soon came to the surface with a anftbas rent
of some kino, crawled spoa the crotch et a
limb that hung in tbe.water,-aatf saaacheeVtha
root Then it dived agalnt aad DlrdsaU flipped
his book over to the crutch aad let It lie there.'
The maekrat returned to the ereeeh to eat the
second root and tbe fisherman gave his rod a
twitcn, settled me aeetc into me musxravs up,
and yanked the little animal into, the water.
After ha had slaved tbe maakrat no and down
heralrteraventlaalaatat.th little aniaul. ,
maaagnrt to get -a foothold near, tbe bant. -'
Onee oat of the water' the muskrat had the -': I
advantage, for Blrdaall eouldnt jerk himr";
around qaite so well on dryland, and there- .-a-1
-- ki - - -- hiahnll.i
ateanC for hi hut.-!
eaaaaed Birdcall's smell oS. and took It andtae. ,-
keek aleac with hiss.
C4MUO CUUJKCfrsv
Mrs. Sevtsi Church, of Beetea Did asfy-'
' one eaU. Jam? 'ii
.James (a recent acqelatttoB. bat determined tot
emulate emrawj zee, mwi jars, ucm.
ad the Xlttet aleallJe.-Acta Xort Sun.
A Dangerous Symptesr. She I am fi
iBg very bad. Soaethisg aicxert before tay
all the time. j
He-Grtt Oarietflahet Ottaabas, the Is atai
Jar another (tkaioad r4aw.-Te 8rVtingi
TaJlar(csWaeeketer) HereisthMMUj
or S t A bvb sshn ea yonnaii a, uoseu i
about, aad tela la my laet vltH. tlrl
Ooctor-That'trtthttir. Ieaarzetaavlelf
we'll now caUJIt ffM.CieiMn-pnil JVnAry
Like Many Lawyari.--Ssaith (a ph;
elan)-l tell yoav dot Iota are a tensity,, hat 1
von ara SOU. ' !
wrlfs Tser are aetf Sew in'rit'-mtlin i
oatf - fc 'r. I t-Kl
"Beeaase aeeesatty asewt sowi;'--via .
Hi . .(. p.
JJU - .. . jfaft
When Fortune ire wns on raveae i
No Matter what the HlgM be. . ,& ".
We theuM be grateful that sea's art ,
AitiinvsAthastlfhtbe. '.
-PMlaMMmrA
Sew Troubles. "If tea be,
81o4fett are moving out of the i
Isn't ltJ"
"Sea had! Wbylofctwaa.tenlei
vtthhlacavaet."
Tea, bet now that hettleavlag tieal
geea." Tim.
Baxter f who has, beem oat all i
natat WrV-Hart. James, go aroaadtoaw.aa
aad as ay wMsfor a clean ealrofewflk.
hear later) WeH. why ' t yoa get aetata,;
atafHrwlSasavt '.. 'jii
itaui naa aata mm rrro yg iii.n.i,a)
yea oaate hoaie.-CtoftMtr swg.ia Jfflng.-
Ciaae Te've '
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June. ' - .
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