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gr -f g ITTBBtJRQ. THURSDAY. JAK. 2. 1890.
THE DAKGES AT HOME.
The assurance of oar local electricians
that the electrio light wires of this annum
nity were so perfectly insulated at to guard
against all dangers, received a rude shock
by the killing of a street car horse yesterday,
through contact with a loose telephone wire
that had fallen across an electric light wire.
Jibe public will not be slow to leap to the
conclusion that what kills a horse may till
ft man, and to inquire what safeguard thwe
is against the repetition or this casualty with
the loss of human Hie.
Th evidpnt is inrarninfr that it will not
do to rely too confidently on the assertions
of interested experts, that their wires are
perfectly safe. It is not accessary to accuse
those who ear ao of bad faith, when we say
that such assurances are not sufficient pro
tection for the pubtio. safety. Men whose
interests and predisposition induce them to
believe that their wires are safe, may truly
"believe so; and ,yet the event may come
which proves the possibility of fatal danger
in the arrangements that have been certified
to a beyond the possibility of danger.
The assertion of Mr. Bieelow that the
-wires must go underground points out the
only adequate remedy. Mr. "Westinghouse
las announced the discovery of a practicable
underground system of electric lighting;
and no time should be lost in securing for
IPitUburg the benefit of it
PATOES 6UIT0CATI0H.
The calamity in England, by which 26
of the boys in a pauper school were suffo
cated in the burning of the institution,
jiroves that calamities of that sort are not
confined to this country. Heretofore it has
"been the general idea that the wholesale loss
of life produced by fires in publie institu
tions, which originate in carelessness and
are aggravated by faulty construction, were
peculiar to this nation. But the English
case indicates the presence of those causes
of destruction in an aggravated form.
"Whether the English law will show iUelf
more vigorous than ours, in punishing those
who are responsible for such a loss of life,
remains to be seen. If not, it may be taken
as a natural result that such calamities will
multiply there, as they have done here.
will money wrm
The Senatorial question in Ohio is stead
ily approaching the day of settlement It
is a singular feature of this contest that
while the respectable Democrats of the
State are earnestly protesting against the
' choice of men whose sole recommendation
is their big bank accounts, the general
tenor of the reports is that the election lies
only between the millionaires, with the
chances strongly in favor of the success of
Slice's overpowering barrel.
Hardly any stronger way of putting the
objections to the candidates whose only
qualification is their wealth could be im
agined than that taken by the protest of
the Cleveland Democrats. It is timely to
protest against making the recent Demo
cratic victory "the means of reiniorcing the
already powerful array of railroad magnates
and money kings in the United States Sen
ate." It is true to say that from such a be
trayal may be expected the "well-deserved
vengeance that will remit the party to de
feat for an indefinite period to come."
If, in the teeth of such a protest, the only
tnen who have any strength with the Demo
cratic Legislators, are the millionaires, will
" it not be a fresh demonstration that among
the professional politicians on the Demo
cratic as well as on the Bepublican side, the
only argument that is recognized as effect
ive is that which brings to bear, in one
form or another, the power of money.
2HTSBTTBQ AITS THE EIGHT H0TTE SAY.
The local interviews, published elsewhere,
indicate a general acceptance of the belief
that the effort to establish the eight hour
feystem will be first made in the build
ing trades of Pittsburg. If it is practicable
to shorten the hours of labor, all disinter
ested persons will be glad to see it done; but
it seems reasonable for Pittsburg to offer a
xalld protest against being made the battle
ground for that straggle. It might be
urged as a question of justice whether the
city where labor is best paid should be made
to endure the friction, and possible inter
ruption to industry, from such a contest;
and, beyond that, it is not clear that a fav
orable issue to the mm here would be de
cisive as to other cities. That the question
xanst be decided, sooner or later, is evident;
but it is worth while to raise the qnestion
both as to the justice and policy of making
Pittsburg bear the first brunt of it
TIPPOO TIE USD STAHIET.
The steps which have been taken in Zan
; aibir prove that Stanley has his eyes fully
opened to what has been long suspected,
that Tippoo Tib, in his stronghold above
Stanley Palls, on the Congo, has been any
thing but the friend and ally of the Congo
Iree State he was supposed to be. The
public condemnation of his course has evi-
dently been held in abeyance till it could be
declared without peril to the expedition
from the Congo to the Nyanras; but it has
evidently been in reserve for some time.
The singular feature is that any other re
call could have been looked for. Tippoo
Tib ba the same motives for unfriendliness
'i to the strengthening of civilisation in Cen--.
tral Africa that the slave traders of the same
race on the Upper Kile had for rising
against civilization there. "While Stanley
-was merely a mad explorer, from
. the Arab point of view, interfering
,. in no respect with the preservation
& of the ivory and slave trade, and the
fi Maborametan adventurer ruled the Upper
( Congo there was no need for collision; but
" when civilization established an outpost at
I t .Stanley Falls, it wu inevitable that a poten
y "" laW whose power, religion and wealth all
Vtofavorea the uninterrupted slave trade,
Niftnouia biuck it ana anve away inose who
irnnli fnterfera with his traffic in Imrr it1
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unman nesn. ao sucsiuize sucn a man ana
place him in control at Stanley Palls may
tare been a temporary expedient to par-
eh&Be peace; but to expect good faith and
hearty support from suoh a source was to
look for a reversal of the order of nature.
It is to be hoped that the preception of
Tippoo Tib's treachery may lead to his over
throw. This would be an Important result
from the fact that the true path to Central
Africa lies along the, Congo. With steam
ers plying above the Stanley Falls, as well
as below, the access to the central lakes can
be made easy and secure, belore the
European powers have settled their quarrels
as to their respective possessions on the East
coast
THE UEW YEAB CHESTHUT.
It is rather a miserable thing that even
such a benevolent phrase as "X wish yon a
Happy New Tear," grows tiresome and
even irritating, alter it has been dinned in
one's ears, say, eight hundred and seventy
times which upon calculation we find to
be the average man's allotment of season
able salutations. The first two or tnree
compliments of this sort have a cheery and
novel ring about them. A man does not
complain if he is wished a year's happiness
by his butcher or his baker, or the patient
milkman especially if he be in debt to
these gentlemen during the early hours of
the day. After noon the sonnd of the salu
tation begins to stale. It loses its original
favor as the day wanes save, when the
well-wisher is a friend or a beloved aunt,
with a bank account, and a will to be made.
"When night comes to check the chorus of
chestnuts, it is a saintly man indeed, who
does not rejoice that New Year's Day is
over.
Perhaps this is misanthropy. It is not onr
fault if it is. Did only those who really
wish you well break the bottle of sentiment
over your bows, "A happy New Year to
you" would be an echo of the heavenly mes
sage of the Christmas angels. But the real
meaning ol the phrase is seldom thought of.
Those who really wish you at the bottom of
the Ohio pronounce the words just as cor
rectly as the friend whose heart, hand and
purse are at your disposal. And yon again
are none the less indiscriminating in your
greetings. It would be a lovely state of
things if everybody wished everybody else
to be happy for a year or eternity, but every
body is not built that way yet
MISPLACED INDIGNATION.
It seems pertinent to remark that the "in
dignation" which is reported from Topeka,
because the police notified the managers of
that banquet to Judge Brewer that they
would not permit the serving of liquors, is
rather misplaced. It amounts to a practical
claim that those who occupy high positions
in the administration of the law need not
take the trouble to respect statutory enact
ments. The law in Kansas forbids the sale of in
toxicating liquors in any form. It is not
necessary to indorse the wisdom of prohib
itory enactments in order to recognize the
fact that men of high position, and espe
cially those doing honor to one who has just
been chosen to the loftiest position of the
country in the construction and administra
tion of justice, should pay scrupulous obedi
ence to thelaws in force, wherever they may be.
The duties of the police of Kansas include
the enforcement of this law; and to have
served intoxicating liquors would have
been a violation of it To warn the man
agers, of the banquet against violating the
law was showing them more consideration
than would have been if a violation had
been waited for, and arrests had been made;
and the reports particularly agree that the
warning was not unnecessary.
.To have permitted the admirers of Justice
Brewer to violate and ignore the law of
Kansas would have been a practical avowal
that men of high position can disobey statu
tory enactments whenever they choose, and
that laws are something which are intended
only to restrain the common and vnlgar
herd. To show indignation at this action
of the police on the part of the banqueters
is to make the same claim of privilege for
themselves, and is, to use the mildest ex
pression, a remarkable indiscretion.
Justices of the Supreme Court and their
friends should obey the laws just like any
one else; and if they forget that salutary
rule the authorities who .remind them of it
are doing no more than their duty.
GliEMAirrS BUBDEH.
Sometimes in a moment of patriotic alarm
Americans fall to comparing the small
army, which Uncle Sam deem sufficient for
his needs in time of peace, with the gigantic
forces which the European powers are
forced to maintain, and sometimes Amer
icans are moved to urge an increase of our
national forces.
An article which is likely to excite con
siderable remark everywhere upon "The
Armed Strength of Germany," has just
been published in an English review.
Major Murray of the English army is the
author of the paper. Major Murray gives
us a full account of the organization of the
German army, which he declares can within
twenty days after the declaration of war,
place "seven mobile armies in the field, the
aggregate strength of which would be,
1,400,057 men, supported by ample
troops for the lines of communication, and
for replacing casualties" that is, 100,000
more than the French would have ready;
but, of course, that does not prove that on
the scene of actual fighting the numbers
would be unequal. This would depend on
railway organization, in which Major Mur
ray thinks the Germans would be superior,
and on commissariat, about which neither
he nor anybody else ever tells us anything.
How would Germany, or France either, feed
and water such masses of men wanting
meals at least three times a day? That is a
question which nobody seems able or will
ing to tell us, although we presume the
wonderful German staff has mastered this
detail as it has all others in military
science.
Bui the point that should attract onr at
tention most in this statement of Germany's
war resources is the burden that the main
tenance of sach an army must be upon the
German nation. How lucky the United
States is to be free from such a burden.
The condition of affairs in the Philadel
phia Mayor's office is considered by the Ledger
as making Shakespeare's lines about man
"dressed in a little brief authority" playing
such fantastic tricks "as make the angels
weep" with a prophetic character. Bat if
Shakespeare could have foreseen the pranks of
the Philadelphia Mayor ha would not have con
sidered them as liable to make the angels weep
unless with langhter. If the lives were pro
phetic they would bare shown the result pro
duced to be that of horse-laughter.
The story that the President shot a hog
on his Virginia hunting trip together with its
dental, are of vital Interest to the office-seekers
in Washington. Such an act would be alto
gether too ominous of disaster to the gentle
men who are anxious to get with forefeet into
the public trough.
That blizzard which started out from the
Northwest a few dajs ago must have been con
verted Into a warm wave by its contact with
the red iot icntlment-of Chicago on the
World's Fair Issue.
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Takes all in all, it wasa very quiet
New Year's Day. The feature was a novel and
commendable one. It Is not calculated to add
to" the enjoyment of a year to open It up
with an attempt to color the whole city red.
Those who commence1 the year In that way
Severalty find It difficult to live up to the
standard for the whole of the, succeeding twelve
months.
England's way of solving the pauper
problem, by smothering the boys In a pauper
school. Is summary but effectual. It may be
'taken as certain tbat 23 youth who were dis
posed of In this manner yesterday moraine
will not bother the British poor boards in the
future,
This description of the new organ, in the
Carnegie Library and Music HaU,of Allegheny
shows another of the many line features of
that beautiful and striking gift
The burning of th palate near Brussels
on the same day with the pauper school in the
suburb, of London, proves .that fire Js like
death which invades Jirith equal force the
palaces of tbe'great land the cabins of the
humble. Bat the reports do not show that any
of the princely inhabitants of the palace were
suffocated to death.
When the Tory party has added O'Bhea
to Pigott, in its list of champions against Par
nell it has demonstrated its desperate straits.
IfO'Shea does nbt finish the -work of killing
the Tory cause which Pigott .began, the usual
course of events will be reversed.
If the1 Zanzibar people are determined to
pnnish Tippoo Tib's treachery folly they should
invite him to a banquet and walk him o& a
second-story balcony.
Kunming Indian schools in a way to kill
off the civilized Indians is a rather remarkable
development of philanthropy. The Indian
schools should be transferred to the agencies,
nnlpss there is an objectlor- to educating the
Indians so as to place them on an equality
with the whites inability to take care of them
selves. The proposition to exempt the sons of
soldiers from civil service examination made
by Senator Ingalls, warrants the comment that
the soldiers of the nation did not fight for the
Union in order to establish any system of
hereditary privilege.
The work of the city hospitals for the
past year, as shown by an article elsewhere, has
been such as to justify the public appreciation
of these institutions.
These was a little revolution in Mexico
the other day, bat the Government sat down
on it so promptly that not much has been heard
of it. Revolutions in Mexico may not have lost
their strength, for they never had much to
speak of ; but the Government seems to have
more confidence in itself.
The attempt to make a political outcry
over the fact that some of the American naval
officers were present at the coronation of the
King of Portugal is a rigorous effort to make
the most that is possible oat of a mare's nest
The spread of the "grippe" may be
chiefly credited to the crip which the subject
has taken upon the public imagination.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
The oldest living alumnus of .frlnceton Is
John Berkeley GrimbalL of Charleston, S. O.
He took his bachelor's degree in 1819.
Mb. French, the sonlptor.is making abnst of
Bronson Alcott for the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts and a statue of Starr King for San Fran
cisco, Agnes Repplteb, who Is rapidly winning a
literary reputation, is of French descent, bat a
native of Philadelphia. She is S5 years old and
of exceedingly plain appearance.
THEBev. Dr. George Dana iJoardman has
just finished his famous series of lectures on
the Bible, which he began in 1866. There have
been twenty three annual courses of them, of
forty lectures each.
Amelie RrvES-CnANLEB is said to be set
ting the fashions in Parts. It is said that the
Princess of Wales has ordered five dresses to
be made like those worn by the eccentric
author of "The Quick or the liead." Mrs.
Chanler is rather pleased at the attention she is
attracting.
The JKorth American Review pald.Mr.Blaine
and Mr. Gladstone each $1,200 for the articles
that appear in the current number, which is at
the rate of $120 a page. The ordinary writer
receives $3, $10 or $12 SO a page from this maga
zine, according to the value and character of
his contribution.
Edwakd Egoleston became a novelist by
accident He was a Methodist preacher, and
growing tired of riding the circuit in the West,
he went to New York, where he edited Hearth
and Some. Upon one occasion a contributor
failed to supply a certain amount of fiction for
the number of the journal, and the editor, at
the last moment wrote a story suggested by his
experience as a circuit rider in Indiana.' The
story struck a popular vein, and the public
asked for more of the same sort He wrote
"The Hoosier Schoolmaster," "Roxy," etc. His
reputation is now so well established that he
receives from 5,000 to $7,000 for any novel he
writss.
LOOKS LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
A Pen Portrait of Clana SprecUela, the Sonar
Kins-.
From the New Torfc World.;
"Claus Sprectels." said a friend of bryyester
day, "looks so much like the conventional idea
of Santa Clans, the Christmas saint, that no
one onght to be surprised at his being named
Claus.' The old snear king has a full white
beard, rosy cheeks and luxuriant snowy hair.
He is even as bentvolent in a quiet way as his
Christmas namesake is on a large scale, and his
family and employes are devoted to him. Mr.
Spreckels knows the sugar business from the
cane field to the refined product When the
refinery was being built near the foot of Reed
street in Philadelphia, at a cost of more than
$1,000,000. a quantity of the most expensive ma
chinery In the plant was pat in wrong, and
when Mr. Spreckels saw it he recognized the
error at a glance.
"As a practical machinist he leaned into the
excavation, bad the whole mass ot iron and
steel yanked out and personally superintended
its proper erection. Few millionaire operators
In any business know its ins and outs so thor
oughly as he."
A BEATE LITTLE TEATELEE.
EmeJaeobion, Aged 5, Comes From Ham
burg to New York Alon.
New York. January L Little Erne Jacob
son has beaten the record as ayoothful traveler.
She is a flaxen-haired, bright-eyed mite of 5
years. Yesterday morning she stepped ashore
at Castle Harden from the Danfa, of the Ham
burg Line. Around ber neck was a crimson
ribbon. On it ber name glistened in white let
ters, and tbat of her father, F. F. Jacobson, of
No. 774 Lincoln avenue, Chicago. She said
she had come from Hamburg, and was on her
way to her father. Little Eme has no mamma,
for death canio together with life.
Her pockets were filled with silver coins be
fore she bad spent two hours in the Garden.
She picked Mr. blmpson's on her own account
and the Commissioners each presented ber
with a half a dollar. Commissioner Stephen
son did not object to her landing.
It Mast be a Trae Story
From the Detroit Free Press.1
Cuban papers are always very careful what
they say. and very precise in their language.
That's the reason we put faith In a statement
In a Havana dally that a shark measuring 47
feet and S inches was seen in that harbor the
other day, and that he had a month large
enongh to swallow a horse. The "bead editor"
no doubt measured the fish himself.
Ohio to the Front,
From the Baltimore American.
Ohio, as usual, steps briskly to the front
Hvr latest products are babies born with teeth.
Before long we shall probably hear of a, few
born with registration certificates and applica
tions for office, all ready to be pnt on file.
EllpUat Kimball,
NEW YOBK, January 1. Eliphat Kimball a
veteran of the Texan army of independence,
died hero this morning in the COtb year of his are.
For the past decade he has been dependent on
Hartford charity, Texas granting peuMons only
to veterans aciuaur reuuuiK iu me ciaic.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
The Gjcndollers In Good Hands A 6!s
ealnrCaseof Modesty The War Rec
ord! for Drarantlsts.
rrsK anticipations ot American theatrical
people regarding "The Gondoliers,'' Gilbert
and Sullivan's new opera, are that It will be a
success here after the fashion of "Pinafore"
and "The Mikado." One ot the consequences
is that the people will have a chance to see the
opera sooner than usual and with much better
casts than ever graced "The Yeomen ot the
Guard" and "Rnddlgore."
A piece of news was given to me on the
subject of the opera yesterday, Francis Wil
son is to drop "The Oolah" andplay "The Gon
doliers" for a run in Philadelphia in the spring.
Wilson will not take the opera out of Phila
delphia this season, but next year will. If it
proves a success, play it through the country.
He well adapted tor the Gilbert and Sullivan
style of opera, and with his right bower Marie
Jansen. he ought to make money and fame out
of "The Gondoliers." .
Probably "The Gondoliers" will not be seen
in Pittsburg this season.
.
Tr some scientist would invent a mechanism
to assist the digestion on snch holidays as
Christmas and New Year's, it would fill a long
felt want It would make the inventor's for
tune also.
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Usuaucy a man is not willing to let his light
be hid nnder a bushel, and the majority,
the large majority of men, are quite willing to
let fame find them and hold them up to the
world for admiration. But an Englishman
who died recently was content after stirring up
his countrymen with a series of unsigned letters
in the London Times, which attracted immense
attention at the time they were written, to (lip
back to obscurity without revealing his iden.
tity. The letters were published in the Times
in a series which began on December 20, 1831.
They were directed against Napoleon Hi, and
it was the extraordinary literary vigor of their
invective which gave them their success.
Good critics pronounced the writer superior
to Junius," and they were attributed to all
manner of statesmen of the highest preten
sions. They were originally published by the
Times in Ignorance of their writer's name, but
it was subsequently, it would appear, ascer
tained that they were written by Mr. H.J.
Woltenden Johnttone, a surgeon, who lived in
France from ISIS to 1850. He diedrecently at
Ramsgate, aged 81. He appears to have re
malnedsilentever after, and it is pleasant to
think that in our day of self-advertisement a
man could live from middle life to old age in
possession of so powerful a weapon as Mr.
Johnstone wielded, yet use it only when moved
out of himself by moral indignation.
Tm conversation with a group of friends in the
Hotel Anderson yesterday Alf Hayman, who
is here preparing for the production of Bron
son Howard's war play "dbenandoah" at the
Bijou Theater, alluded to the lact that drama
tists can find plenty of the best kind ot material
in actual incidents of the rebellion. "For in
stance, just consider this " he said. "While
Howard was outlining "Shenandoah" he heard
of a story in which Mr. J. B. McCulIogb. now
the editor of the St Louis Globe-Democrat
figured. McCullogh bad been a war corres
pondent between 1S61 and 1665. Long after the
declaration ot peace be was approached at St
Louis by a man who extended his hand and
asked him if he knew him. McCullogh replied
tbat be did, and the stranger asked bim if he re
membered the circumstances under which they
had met Mr. McCullogh promptly went over
the whole narrative. The last time I saw yon,'
he said, 'was in 1863, in the pilot house ot a
gunboat in the river before Fort Donelson.
You and another pilot and myself were there.
A shell strnck the pilot house, killed one man
ana wo unded another. I was the third and es
caped unhurt Now, if it was Morrison who
was killed by that shell your name is Reilly,
and if it was Reilly who was killed your name
is Morrison.'
"McCullogh was right, and It was Reilly who
stood before him. Here was a good enough
suggestion for such an incident as Howard has
Introduced in his play, when General Haver
hill fails to recognize the son who has often
fought near him and who dies under his eyes
after receiving a mortal wound, on the battle
field. The war can furnish text for a lot more
of good plays, but you most have dramatists
of the Howard kind to work them np properly.'
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REUNITED AFTJSK 36 JEAES.
A Connecticut Man Advertises and Finds a
XaODK-Lost Brother.
Bibhikobau, Conn.,, January 1. James
Thompson, of Mt Sterling, Wis., and John
Thompson, ot Perry Hill, a suburb of Bttelton,
brother, S3 years ago were residents of Scot
land. James, the younger, emigrated to this
country, and eventually found his way to Wis
consin, where be located a farm about 82 miles
from Prairie da Chler, and he is now the owner
of BOO acres of the best land in the State. John
remained at home, and after a time news came
to James in his Western home that John was
dead, killed in a mill in his native town. He
accordingly coasea nis corresponueace wim
home,
John afterward removed to this country, and
after living in New Jersey awhile, came to
Steelton, where he is employed in one of the
factories. He married, children were born to
him, and he prospered. Some months ago a
longing came over him for his younger brother,
Jaimie, and be inserted an advertisement in a
Scotch newspaper. This in time reached James
in bis prairie home, and Christinas night a
stranger knocked at the door of John's home in
Steelton. It did not take long tor that gentle
man to recognize his brother, and it was the
merriest Christmas night the two brothers and
John's family ever remembered spending,
ODD ITEMS FJ10M A6E0AD.
The crowning of the Czar as King of Poland
is talked of in St Petersburg.
GEjfBBAL Cluseret has introduced a bill
in the French Chambers to stop duelling.
A bax.Ii in the "underground" apartments at
Welbeck Abbey, the Puke of Portland's, was a
grand affair.
M. he Bbazha, the African explorer, will
marry Madam Byamour when he gets back
from his last expedition.
Eabii Bpenceb'b library at Altborp is to be
dispersed. It comprises one of the finest col
lections of rare and curious books ni England,
numbering over 60,000 volumes.
A bittxb feud is said to have broken out re
cently between "an ancient and powerful ducal
family and the royal circle" of snch a nature
that had it happened centuries ago there would
have been a touch of civil war.
The last return of English naval courts mar
tial shows that an ordinary seaman was sen
tenced to eight years' penal servitude for
striking an officer and two others condemned
to five years' penal servitude for a similar
oflense.
The French civil service costs more now
than it did 20 years ago. In the Budget of 1S71
the amount demanded nnder this head was
10,120.000. In the Budget of 1890 the same
estimate figures for within a trifle ot 17,000,000.
And there is said to be nothing whatever to
Bhow for the increased expenditure.
A dressed-beef question has arisen be
tween Prance and Germany. The butchers
employed in slaughtering sheep at the great
shambles of La Villette have held an indigna
tion meeting to protest against the importation
of slaughtered sheep from Germany to their
detriment They favor the importation of live
animals, but are against imported dressed beef,
IN WINTEtV.
Oh. to go back to the days of Jnne,
Just to be young and alive again,
Hearken again to the mad sweet tune
Birds were singing with might and malnl
South they flew at the summer's wane,
Leaving their nests for storms to harry,
Bince time was coning tor wind and rain
Under the wintry skies to marry.
Wearily wander by dale and dune
Footsteps fettered with clanking chain.
Free they were in the days of Jnne;
Free they never can be again.
Fetters of age, and fetters of pain,
Joys that fly and sorrows tbat tarry;
Youth Is over and hope were vain
Under the wintry skies to marry.
Now we chant but a desolate rune
"Ob, to he young and alive again!"
Bat never December turns to June,
And length of living Is length of pain.
Winds in the nestless trees complain;
Snows of winter about Us tarry:
And never the btt ds come bek a'galn
Under the wintry sales to marry.
ENTQI.
Youths and maidens, blithesome and rain,
Time makes thrusts that you cannot parry;
Mate in season, ror who is rain f
, Under the wintry skies to marry? "ij
V - -Louise CAondler'Jfottlfon.
inthefeontrank:
A Sepresentatlve Newspaper and an Ex.
ample of Jaornnllulo Enterprise
From the Armstrong Bepublican.
As an example of journalistic enterprise and
grpwthtwe beg to .call the attention ot our
readers to the merits of The Pixtsbubg Dis
patch as a representative newspaper. With
out Invidious distinction it may justly be as
signed the place it claims, of being the best
newspaper in Western Pennsylvania, and in
the able conduct of every department of its
management stands in the front rank of met
ropolitan dailies. With a far-reaching ma
chinery of news gathering facilities it grasps
the prominent features of news in every part
of the country and in its fearless and inde
pendent discussion of the polities of the
country has obtained a national reputation for
courage and straightforward statement re
gardless of party influence or partisan dicta
tion. The Sunday edition ot The Dispatch.
has obtained a circulation of over 60,000 eooie
and is without challenge a model family news
paper. Its literary columns are filled with the
most brilliant contributions of writers of the
highest merit and distinction, ranging through
rich and interesting fields of literary discus
sion, and each number is a monster magazine
ot the best pen productions of the most dis
tinguished journalists and writers of the age.
The careful supervision tbat is exercised over
itSMnoral tone and tendency, assure as In com.
mending this newspaper not only to the people
at large, but especially to the home circle.
With the new year incoming many new feat
ures will be added that will make it to the In
terest of the subscribers to commence with the
initial number of the New Year.
HOT DIAMONDS BUT SAD SAGES.
A Now Yorker Tuya S700Daty on a Box of
Bologna.
New Yoke, January L A funny story about
a queer package of wedding presents has been
made public It is said that John De Witt
Warner, lawyer, at No. 2 William street, was
authorized by some Americans In Pans to re
ceive and pay the duty on a box, which he was
advised would contain an ormolu olook, a dia
mond brooch and several pieces of silver, des
tined for William McNeill Rodewald and his
wife, a newly-married couple, whose wedding
at St Thomas' Church was one of the fashion
able "events" of the month of November. The
bride's maiden name was Eleanor Louisa Hoff
man, and she is the daughter ot the Rev. Dr.
Charles F. Hoffman, of .No. 51 West Fifty-third
street Mr. Warner duly received notice from
the Custom House that a package consigned to
him had arrived from Paris.
The bill for the doty charged, whioh was sent
to Mr. Warner, was surprisingly small, as the
value of the goods which he expected was
about $700. Bat when he opened the package
he was astonished to find that It contained, not
clocks, diamonds and silver, but canned meats
and bologna sausage. "Wasn't that a dainty
dish to set before a bride!" Whether the
Arabian wizard who changed the golden coin
of one of the garrulous Oarber's unfortunate
brothers into withered leaves is at work on the
Atlantic, or whether some one has been guilty
of a practical joke, or whether there has been
some '"sharp practice" at Paris, or dlsbonesty
in the Custom House here, it is impossible to
say. It cannot even be said with confidence
tbat there Is a word of truth in the story.
GEN. JOE JOHNSON'S BLUER.
A Jefferson County Soldier Raid to Have
Shot the Fnraaas Fighter.
According to the story of the One Hundred
and Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, published
in the Punxsutawney Spirit? it was Thomas
Neel, of Gaskill township, Jefferson county, a
m ember of tbat regiment, who Shot General
Joe Johnson, thereby causing the promotion of
General Lee to be commander of the Army of
Northern Virginia. His account of the affair
is as fbllows;
"On the second day of the battle of Fair
Oaks, while our regiment was concealed behind
a slashing, Colonel Craig, who was keeping bis
ej es open, suddenly stepped forward and said:
" 'Is there a man hero who can shoot that offi.
cer at this distance?'
"The boys looked, and saw two men riding
out from the rebel ranks.
" Tom Neel can do it' yelled half a dozen of
the boys. 'He's an old deer hunter, and a dead
shot'
"Tom thereupon stepped to the front leveled
his musket at the officer, and fired. He threw
up his hands and tell forward on his horse.
''Shortly afterwards we learned that General
Johnson had been severely wounded while rid
ing ont with a colonel of the Eighth Louisiana,
and tbat Robert E. Lee bad been placed In
command. We knew from the time and the
circumstances of the case that it was N eel's
bullet tbat did the work, for there was no
other firing going on at the time,"
P0WDEELI FOE BALLOT BEFOEIT.
The Labor Lender Earnestly Favors the
Anitrnllan System of Voting.
Bceakton, January L New Year's Day is
the golden milestone from which many a salu
tary reform starts anew. Prominent among
the movements tbat are likely to make bead
way in tbe year of grace 1890 is ballot reform.
It has taken a firm hold on tbe minds of the
people, and the most intelligent wonder why
some snch system as the Australian ballot law
was not devised and adopted in tbe United
States long since.
General Master Workman Powderly, who is
an earnest advocate of the Australian ballot
system, thinks this a good time to dlreot the
attention of tbe working people of the country
to its benefits, and he has written an article on
tbe subject which is published here, in which
he discusses this great Question very thor
oughly and makes clear its advantages over the 1
present system, xne popular ieeung in lavor
ot the proposed ballot reform is growing
stronger every day.
SOCIAL CHATTER.
Mbs. J. M. Kennedy, of Wilkinsbnrg, will
give a reception this evening, in honor of her
young friend and her husband's ward, Miss
Lucy Tindle. M
The young ladies of the Ladies' Matinee
Musical will be entertained at tbe home of
Miss Katie Courtney, Flavel street, East End,
this afternoon.
AVEET elegant reception and dance was
given by Mr. and Mrs. James B. Oliver, of
Shield's station, yesterday afternoon and last
evening. Miss Amelia, tbe eldest daughter, as
sisted in receiving the guests.
The congregation of the East Liberty Pres
byterian Church celebrated tbe advent ot the
New Year'in a charming manner. The spacious
home of their pastor. Rev. J. P. Kumler, on
South Hiland avenue, was the scene of the
gaiety, and a church reception occupied the
hours from 6 until 10 last evening.
The reception and entertainment for railroad
folks, by railroad folks. In the rooms of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Department, Young
Men's Christian Association, to-day from 12 to
10 promises to be a delightful affair,
The programme says the ladies will serve re
freshments of a good wholesome character In
the reading room from 12 o'clock noon until 7
p. M., when the literary entertainment will
commence. The performers are all people con
nected in some way with the railroad traffic,
and all railroad employes and their families are
invited to the rooms on Twenty-eighth street
COMING THEATRICAL EVENTS.
The presentation of Bronson Howard's
greatest triumph, "Shenandoah," at the Bijou
Theater for six nights and two matinees, com
mencing next Monday evening, Is being awaited
with great interest by the theater-goers, judg
lng from the many Inquiries already received
for seats and boxes, Every possible thing will
be done to have tbe production of the play
here as complete as that given in New York
City, where for the past six months it has been
presented to crowded houses. A representa
tive of tbe play is to arrive here this morning to
rehearse the 100 supernumeraries needed in tbe
play. "Shenando?b" is described as a military
comedy, and Is jsald to exhibit the best charac
teristics of any ot Mr, Howard's previous
works. Its prime merit Is said to be In Us per
fect illusion ot war without recourse to the
demonstrative and sensational artifices which
mark tbe conventional melodramatic ex
ploitation of tbat subject
Pbdibose A West's mammoth minstrels,
come to the Grand Opera House next week.
It is larger, better and stronger than ever this
year, and with Barney Fagan and Bob Slavln,
the. "Big Four" furnish a feast of fun such as
is rarely listened to. In fact, it's tbe only
minstrelsy of any importance that will visit
here this season.
The advertising force of the Bijou Theater
was hauaeomeiy rememoerea yesieraay oy
Manager B,M.GuHck-
THE STROLLER'S STORIES,
Odd Opinions and Quaint Observations From
Curb and Corridor.
rTia3 hotels were yesterday more barren ot
guests than they were oq Christmas Day.
Only a few traveling men were in town, pre
pared not to miss a day in the new year. While
the sidewalk were thronged with people, the
hotel corridors were nearly deserted. Atone
of the first-class hotels there had been only one
registry down to 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
"the newsboys bad great sport yesterday on
Flftn avenue. Fewpeoplehadanldeathat
there were so many newsboys in Pittsburg un
til they si w that great bost of them, fining the
street oritho Fifth avenue hill. During the
melee in he afternoon there were many inci
dents. O e of the most laughable happened
to Clark Gibbs, the actor. He wore a silk hat,
and was tniioua to get to the front in the
crowd, to tee all the fun. A newsboy grabbed
from the ditch a double handful of mad, and
hurled it at an Italian. The aim was bad, and
the mod struck Mr. Gibbs broadside. Half of it
spread over bis face, and nl,ed his left eye with
the muddiest mud that a Pittsburg gutter can
produce. The other half covered that silk bat
The yells ef laughter which arose from the
crowd found no response from Mr. Gibbs.
People thought there was a traction row. and
ran to the spot from curiosity. As soon as able
to move from laughter the crowd dispersed,
TVTessrs, Anpebson and Woog gave up pos-
' ....l..Vftl..lln...Mt..l Unn.A CTnAS
day evening, and Attorney Florence C. Miller
is now in charge of the property. Tho work of
repairing wll begin in a few days, and will go
mucber farther than a simple reparation of the
injury done by the fire. Mr. W. S. Anderson
and his son, Harry, are stopping temporarily at
the Hotel Anderson. It is probable that they
will go into the hotel business in some Eastern
oity. Mr. Woog expects to remove to New
York, but neither be nor bis partner have posi
tively decided what they will undertake.
A few days ago a doctor out Perm avenue
sent a note to the Twelfth ward police sta
tion, saying that a boy bad died at a certain
house under rather strange circumstance?, and
asking that word be conveyed to the Coroner.
The physician's writinc must have been hor
ribly wretched. The desk Sergeant worried
over it for half an hour. Finally, be sent the
"fall wagon" to the number given. The driyer
pulled up at the house, descended from his seat
pulled the door bell where the crepe huug, and
asked where the cow was which had died.
Twa cheeky crowd of rounders who went
into a restaurant, near the Federal street
depot, and ordered three oyster stews. The
dishes were brought on bread, batter, pickles,
crackers and slaw. The men fell to and ate
everything in sight, making a hearty meal. The
stews did not come. The man looked at the
clock. Finally they arose and went to the coun
ter. "We have only one minute left to catch
our train," the leader said, "and we can't watt
for the Stews." They rushed ont ot the door
without paying a cent and when they reached
the center of the Sixth Street bridge they
stopped to laugh,
the working girls of the Southside have
formed a commendable organization. They
are uniting in what they call the Working
Girls' Club, and meetings are Being temporarily
held at the corner ot Carson and South
Fifteenth street The third weekly meeting
will be held this evening. The club will take
in all girls who work for wages, girls in stores,
factories and mills. The chief aim of the club
is to give its members the Incentive and the
opportunity to Improve themselves mentally.
Many girls nave been compelled to begin work
for a living be fore they were able to complete
their schooling, and they feel the need, in this
lively age, of a better literary culture. It is the
design o( the club to rent a suite of rooms and
to furnish them for club quarters. The chief
feature of the quarters will be a library of
standard works. The magazines and leading
daily journals will be taken. The club has al
ready a membership of nearly 200. . -
THE qOEEANS IN WASHINGTON.
Tribulations of the Legation and Their
Fondness for Society,
Washington, January L The members of
the Chinese, Japanese and Coreau Legations
have a great liking for society. Tbp three
members of the Corean, Mr. Ye Wan Yong,
Mr, Ye Cha Yan and Mr. Kang Sing, are
especially fond ot going out When they
came here last winter they called every day
in the week, and went to every luncheon, tea
and reception. Unwilling this year to wait
until the formal beginning of the season,
they have already begun their rounds. Only
tbe secretary, Mr. Ye Cha Yan, can talk Eng
lish, but they are all pleasantly received bv
everyone except tbe servants. They called in
a body at tbe house of a Supreme Court justice
on Monday, Wheutbey entered, the butler,
who chanced to be new, eyed their cards with
disfavor. As they were about to enter the
drawing room door, be planted himself squarely
before them and said:
"No gemmen are 'lowed in de parlor with dey
hats on."
The hostess rescued tbe poor foreigners and
their treasured hats from the incensed butler.
Great visitors as theOorean men are, their
wives are even greater. When they are not
calling they sit at the windows of the legation
and watch every street incident with the great
est interest One of them was taken ill with a
ooid a short time ago, ard when a neighbor
asked for her, her husband gravely replied;
"My wife, she sit at window to watch proces
sion go by. She catch the cold, it is woman
like to sit at window," he added, chuckling.
The good-hearted neighbor was interested in
the little Corean woman, und a few days after
sbe met a Corean who she thought was the
husband, and said:
"1 hope your wife is better to-day."
"Yes. she bettor," he replied; "sh e dead. Me
a widow."
Sho had mistaken the widower of the corpse
for the husband, as theCoreanato American
eyes are as like as two peas,
Banquet at tbe California, Pn., formal.
The progressive and enthusiastic way in
which Dr. Noss baa managed tbe California
Normal School met with a hearty recognition
recently at the quiet Normal. The senior
class and faculty made New Year's evening the
occasion for furnishing a sumptuous banquet
in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Noes. Of course the
gaily decorated chapel was brilliant with
toasts, flowers, fruits and pretty dresses.
POLITICS IN GENERAL.
Atlanta Conttiiulion: Secret sessions of
the Senate in a land not presided over by a Czar
are absurd.
St. Louis Qldbe Democrat: The only persons
who are dissatisfied with Speaker Reed's com
mittees are lbs Washington lobbyists, and that
is a class which the Republicans have paver
taken any special palps to please.
Deteoit iVee -PreMi With India reaching
for home rule, Canada ripening for nationalism,
and tbe Anclo-Australaslans beginning to feel
tbe quickening impulse toward independence,
It seems that the British colonial S7stem Is far
from secure. The nineteenth century Is not
suited to the maintenance of extraneous con
trol over civilized people,
St. Louis Hqpublic; The New York Sun,
which is fond of comparisons, stys that "since
Mr. Tilden, there has beep noNew York Demo
crat whuse political size has been ascertained
with such positlva accuracy as that of Governor
Hill." This may be accurate, but the contrast
is violent. To place Ossa against the wart Is (o
commit tbe rhetorical crime of bathos.
Wasbihotoh i'ori; It is high time for Gov
ernor Hill to stop and indulge in a little serious
reflection. Hon. Eugene Higgins has bqen in
terviewed and says he does pot think New
York's Governor will do for 1892, as he Is mak
ing too much of an offensive partisan of him
self. Mr. Higgins is of the opinion that tbe
next Democratic nominee will come from the
"West
New York Sun: The assertion of Mr. Cleve
land in his Boston speequ tbat oar elections at
this period .are distinguished for corruption
was entirely without justification. They are
pure and honest and the votes counted record
tbe actual political convictions of the citizens.
The cry that tbe fast election for President was
carried by bribery was the merest rubbish. Mr.
Harrison was elected because the people pre
ferred him to Mr. Cleveland,
Washington Star; The civil service law
does no't, It is true, Becure stable tenure pf
office f fir efficient clerk by f orbjddlng their re
moval. But it tends to prevent thoir removal
merely on political grounds by providing' a
different Btaudard from that of political service
for filling the vacancies which would be caused
by their removal. If the vacancy may not be
treated as political spoilt, after it Is secured the
temptation to make the vacancy for political
reasons Is largely removed. ;,'
1 0US MAIL i" ODCfl.
Private Soldiers and Preferences.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In reply to the communication of Mack
Mackeral, wbicb appeared in your issue of tbe
31st ult, I wish to say that in my poor opinion,
tbe soldier who manifests such a pessinilstio
disposition as Mack, and who is Inclined to dis
parage his comrades who arose to rank and
distinction in the military service. Should deal
in facts, and not in tbe myths of the more
ignorant rank and file.
Ita general, a colonel or captain holds a
civil office to-day, we think he reached it much
on the same principle that he attained bis
military rankbecause of a general public
recognition ofuls claims and bis fitness and
ability for the discharge of tbe duties it im
poses. And the mllitarymen who "hold office
in Allegheny county" were not elected on ac
count of their rank, but because of their
service to their country, their qualifications
for tbe positions and their personal popularity.
There are to-day many mere privates, now oc
cupying all grades ot official position both by
appointment and election, inclnding county.
Slate and national othces; and one private we
could name is one of onr United States Circuit
CoartfJudues.
The -promise" of 160 acres of land is a myth
too silly for any Intelligent man to mention. A
man who knows enough to distinguish the
muzzle from the butt ot a raosket,sboald know
that a Government cannot make a promise,
nor can any onu do so for it A soldier can get
180 acres of laud only as he got his pay by
Congress passing a Uw authorizing it just as
solalers get pensions not oq a promise, pnt by
authority of law. -
Mack again exhibits bis ignorance, when be
says tbe big pensions, with few exceptions, are
granted to those who wore shoulder straps, A
colonel's pension, for example, is S"iO per month,
hut thousands of privates are to-day drawing
from $30 to $72 per month. We fear Mack has
a grievance.
Beayeb FAiis, January L Veteeaw-
An Intricate Social Problem.
Dear Dispatch I
I have received an invitation to an afternoon
reception. I can't possibly go, on account of
cold blisters on my face. I know I will have to
send my regrets. Now bow do I do It? Dot
write a note, or jnst send my card, with regrets
written over my same, or bowl And another
question I want answered. A lady fives a re
ception in honor ot her husband's cousin, a
bride. Is It the duty of tbe invited guests to
call on tbe bride as well as on their hostess
When they make their party call T Tbe bride's
address was given with tbe hostess' card. Please
answer, and oblige ona who is not "an fait" on
tbe etiquette of the city, Yours,
Countet.
ALT.EOHENT, December 13, 18X9.
You should write a short note, somewhat
after this model: "Miss X. presents her compli
ments and regrets her inability to aocept Mrs.
Z.'t kind invitation for Thursday next" If
you wish yon may add the cause ot your inabil
ity; but you will pardon the observation tbat
such over-candor is not customary among the
fair sex. A good fictitious excuse and a fash
ionable one to boot, is tbe influenza. Of coarse,
if yoa are on very intimate terms with the in
vlter yoa may dispense with formality, and
write ber a longer note. As to tbe second part
of tbe qnestion; Tbe reception was probably
given to introduce tbe bride to yoa and other
ladies. If yoa wish to keep ap your acquaint
ance with her you may call at her residence;
but this is not Obligatory by any means. It was
not good form on tbe hostess' part to print
eitber the name or address of the bride on ber
cards. Sach a course is wrong, except in the
case where the reception is tendered to a public
man, or prominent citizen. J
Prof. Orion's Gas Theory.
To the Editor of The DUpatlh:
If Prof. Orton'a theory about the origin of
rock pressure be true, we would like to have
the following questions answered: Is not a
theory in any science that is contradicted by
phenomena to which it refers althonzh it
may appear to, explain many quickly dis
carded T If hydrostatic influence explains the
rock pressure in the Trenton root, what would
explain the pressure in gas sands where there
ig no salt water T And that there are such an
operator of but short experience can testify.
Has there ever been a field found from which
gas has been aken for several years where tho
rock pressure remained the same f This ought
to happen, at least in some gas field', if rock
pressure was due to the hydrostatic influence
of salt water. Wells in the same fields that get
their gas at the same horizon differ in rock
pressure. Uodertbo same hydrostatic influence
could this ever happen 7
It seems evident that salt water is an enemy
of gas and oil in their production in many
fields, and especially In the Trenton rock, and
operators in that section have more to fear
from salt water than tbe people ot Pennsylva
nia have. If it appears that the gas and oil
will soon be drowned out in Ohio and Indiana,
it is no argument that tbe same thin? may hap
pen to tbe fields In Pennsylvania. But the con
trary seems to be tbe case hsre. for many fields
have been drained of their rock pressure, com.
parattrcly sneaking, and are not endangered by
salt water, thus insuring a longer life to the gas
fields in general of Pennsylvania.
HexLooz.
Mabjoxttwe, December 31.
.A Sufficient Supply of Ice.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I noticed a statement in your Monday's issue,
made by Mr. Robert Woodtde, of the Chatau
qna Lake Ice Company, In which I think he
has made a alight mistake. No doubt as he
states, tha price of lee will be advanced, but as
to the amount of ice now on hand for the sup
ply of Pittsburg for the coming season is the
point on which I beg to differ with him. He
states tbat there will be no ice for this city ex
cept what Is purchased from their company.
This I can safely say is not the ease.
The Conneant Lake Ice Company have now
stored and ready for shipment over ou,uw tons
in their bouses at Canonsbnrg. Then tbere is
the Chartlers Lake Ice Company, who repre
sent in this city Mr. E. E. Upp, of Bandusky,
O., who has doubtless enough ice stored away
to supply a good portion of Pittsburg. Be
sides, there are numerous other dealers who
have a cood sized stock left over. So the peo
ple ot Pittsburg can rest assured that there
will bo plenty of ice for tbem. but tbe price will
be a Httle higher. WjlAIAU L. SlNOEB,
PlTTSBUEQ, January t
WbT They Culled It Sterliuff.
To the .Editor of The Dispatch!
Why Is tbe English pound designated as a
"pound sterling r T. P. D.
SEWiCKLir, January L
fin England money Is characterized by the
word "sterling" because In the time of Rich
ard Cceur de Lion money coined in the east
part of Germany became, on account of its
purity. In especial request in England, and was
called Easterltug money, as all the Inhabitants
of that part of Germany were called East
erlinzs. Soon after that time some of those
people, who were skilled in coining, were sent
for, and went to London to bring the coin to
perfection. That was tbe foundation of the
practice ot designating English amounts "gter
ling."J Tbe Nnllon's Products.
To the Editor of Th? Dispatch:
What Is the value of the to til annual pro,
ductlon of the United States? Whereand how
can I get statistics bearing on the matter?
Fbanklix, January 1. C. A. S.
In what line of industry do you mean? The
census returns furnish the most reliable data
regarding manufactures, agriculture, com
merce, etc. But even these are not absolutely
complete, and beside, they are published only
once in ten years.
Norses Training School.
i o the Editor of The Dispatch:
What Is the address of the training school for
nurses InPhiladelphla? Can a poor girl enter?
Pittsburg, January 1. A L.
Probably an inquiry addressed to the mana
ger ot the Training School for Hospital Nurses,
Philadelphia, would bring the desired informa
tion. A Dangerous Playthlcs:.
To the Editor ofTae Dispatch!
If something I nt e f suppress tho "air
rifle." how so numerous In the hands pf the
boys, thf rail be a larger .crop of oneywl men
in the next decade. J.MiK.
Pittssubg, January t
THE QLDEST KNIGHT OP PITHLAS
Dies al the Age of 81 at HU West Virginia
Home,
Middle-way, W. Ya., January t The
funeral of Captain John. F. Smith, tbe oldest
Knight of Pythias In the United States, took
place bore yesterday. His age was 81 For
20 consccqtlve. years he held the office of Grand
3Iasier of the Exchequer of the Grand Lodge
of West Vireinla. He was also a Knight
Templar, an Odd Fellow, and In 18M was Grand
Sachem ot tbe Red Men of the United States.
He was also a member of the convention at
Richmond in 1861. which passed the ordinance;
ot secession,, bat he- Toted agateM tfe ordi
nance. :, "
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CUHI0U8 CONDENSATIONS.
The women of Miiiord, Me., have "pre
sented to the town a ball which they paldjfor
themselves by giving entertainments andj&lr.
AJad named Simon Is the. pride fof
Santa Cruz county, Cat He is 17 years oldV .
stands 6 feet finches higb ana weigns mi
pounds.
It is estimated that Santa Barbara
county, CaL, contains SO bea farms, with 350
hives. The output of honor this year was ft
C0O pounds.
There is a queerly matched couple In
Atlanta. The husband weighs 130 pounds and
tbe wife 300 pound. When they were married
the man weighed 130 and tha woman Z20.
A Meadvilie paper estimates tbat dogs
destroy annually m Crawford county sheep to
the valaa ot about ifXO, Atttls ratatbey
would kill in the State about 200,000 worth of
sheep per year.
Sioux City, Is., has given brick pave-,
ment a fair trial for nine years, with the result
of making the pavement very popular, -Bloom-ington.IU.,
has also- found brick pavement
cheap and durable.
William Hammond, of Wilkesbarra
Heights, aged 79, has worked continuously In
coal mines for over 70 yeanubaving commenced
with his father, in Wales, when he was a year
old. He is bale yet
Four months ago Christian Kreamer
disappeared mysteriously from a wedding-re-
ception atPottsviJle, and no trace was found of
him until Tuesday, when he returned from a
visit to a brother In Germanny.
They' had a big banquet np at Spokane
Falls the other night The reporter who at
tended it concluded with tbe candid admission
that "It is not distinctly remembered by any--body
present who made the last speech,''
T. J, Munson, living in la Crosse
county, Wis., should be credited with one of
the shortest courtships on record. Last week
he went to see the ilchts of Black River Falls,
and while eating dinner at one of the restau
rants was smitten with the waiter girl, whom
he engaged in conversation. In a few minutes
they were friends, in an hour lovers, and be
fore sundown were man and wife, he returning
Saturday night wltb his bride, having been
gone from home but three days.
The queerest house ever built in Ban
gor, Me., is the magnificent stone structure
just completed in that city by Isaiah K. Stet
son. Estimated cost u 130,000, and no other
house in Bangor bad an equal amount of work
laid out upon it m proportion to its size. The
first story of tbe main house la built of stones
of every conceivable size, shape, texture and
color, which were given tbe owner by bis many
friends. They come from all points of the com
pass, many of them from long distances; and
some are very valuable. Tbe effect is novel,
bat tbe stones are so arranged in regard to
color tbat It is very artistic. The house baa
been discussed so much tbat Mr. Stetson has
often been weary ot giving information about
An almost indescribable color Is thai of
the sealskin before it is dyed. It is silvery gray,'
furry brown and two or three other things, all
at the same time. But it is strikingly pretty,"
and here in the East is so seldom seen that
those girls wearing tbe nndyed skins may feel
pride at having something unusual and individ
ual, A young Californiap who came to New
York only a short time ago received on Christ,
mas from a friend on the Pacific coast -a. caps
and mail of the skin inits natural color, and
had great fan listening to acquaintances guess
ing what the animal was. By actual count
eight women and one man each made a differ
ent gqess, and, strange enough, tbe man was
the only one to name the skin the first time.
But be had bunted seals in his earlier days and
he ought to have known.
Rathapnra, the city of gems, in Ceylon,
is the center of a district 20 or 80 miles square,
in almost all of which a stratum of gravels
feet to 20 feet nnder the surface exists.
Throughout this area gem pits are to be seen
near the villages, some being worked now,
others being abandoned. The natives work
tbere in companies of six or eight and pay a
rupee per man per month for the privilege of
working a certain allotment where they begin
by marking off a square of about ten feet
After removing about three feet of soil, the
sounding rod, a piece of iron about half an inch
in diameter and six feet long, is used to sound
for tbe gravel. If successful, the digging is
begun in earnest Hardly a Dasketfnl of earth
is taken oJt that does not contain something
valuable, though, of course, the most precious
gems are comparatively tew in number,
That a oat will suck a baby's breath' is
a belief of many people, and an incident that
would seem to verify the belief too place in
Beverly, Mass., recently. Mrs, Albert Whitney
had given her uttia aaugnur, a cnua oi year?,
a drink of milk and laid ber on the lounge to
sleep. A half hour lator Mrs. Whitney chanced
into the room and wa alarmed to seealarga
cat belonging to the family crouched on tbe
little girl's breast with Its bead close to her
moutn. lua momer screameu la terror mu
the cat ran away. The child was insensible,
and its face was purple. A physician was
called, and the little one was restored to con
scIonspesA. The medical man was skeptical as
to the breath-sucking theory, and thought it
more probable that tbe cat leaped upon tho
child's breast to lap the milk from her lips, and
that its weight suffocated tho little one.
On Little river, near Osceola, La.,
Robert Warren, a lumberman, lost his way in
the woods. He thought bo beard a human
voice, and hallooed to attract attention. His
shout was answered, and the cries came nearer
and nearer. Then he discovered that it was a
panther that bad been yelling. Being un
armed, he climbed a tree and remained in it
for an hour. The panther finally left When
he thought tbe coast was clear, Warren de
scended and pursued bis way, and when he
again hallooed to attraot attention, the pan
ther retnrnea, this time accuiupamcu j uj
mate. Up a sapling he again went armed
with a stout Club and determined to sell his
lite as dearly as possible. In tbe meantime
tbe boys in camp bad become alarmed at his
absence and bad started out to search for him.
Tbev had reached a point within a quarter of
a mile of where he was treed, when they caught
the sound of bis call for help, and, as an an
swering signal, fired off a gun, which had the
effect of frightening off the panthers.
CLEVER CLIPPINGS.
Family Pride, Little Elsie Endercoit,?j
JOl COStOBJ Wi Hue - v. j- -..- 4
won't yoa oe an .w-oercuni hku --
HOW LA GBrP-fE CAKE.
Yon murmur, "How cane it?"
In sad cadenza. ;
Why. the door was left open,
And influenza.
Ohieaao Herald.
Righteously Indignant Barber (sugges
tlvely.-Your hair Is very dry and harsh, sir.", -t
..-. -..hr'in- And fine nf vnnr Hifi fa .
a good deal bigger than the other, but you don'tji
like to have people mmut jvu vi , uv jvm-
Vnieago inou.
A BEAT. DISTINCTION,
The glutton differs greatly from
The tramp who hungers in the street;
The tonner always csii too un7,
Th. l.ttpi -iIwsts lonrs to eat.
Chicana Rei
t A.A;irA I'm rinnnii in tne nlftMsTM.
golqg to by hands of iron, and to th? puwlljenr
by my tics. &W
Baggage Car-Where thou goest I wiUigofor
I'm uulted to thee by "tendern attaehmenta,--Metntt
Journal. '
"My dearest Laura, what is th? matter?
Here you are bathed in tears and only fpurweeks
after your wedding?"
"oh, Clara, my husband I candidate for Mayor,
and I have just found put by this morning's paper
that he Is a paragon of all the vicej.'WWufl''"'
HUuttir.
The Way to Get There. Jack Sprinter ,
I am doad in earnest Mr, IJownes. The fact Uv I
k..i. .... k.n.1 1. I... nk .nn.rfiiiirhter. t
am iiccta mc- uv- . ,. "- - -- i
Mark powntj-WeU, you atn!etf sosm to hava,
the queerest notions. What's the la tara
lag amatory lomersauitsr jbw-" " ,-
daughter that way, do you think yep can, as It
were, ounupriagimuiu ...-.- -.. .
He Looked TJp the Address. "Can I sea
Santa Clans J" asked the small hoy, entering'
r oeg's toy store. . ......
'ae'sno, pern, sunt.. :"Z"ZZ m , h.'
kindly, ''Why do you look for him In myr:
....... . . n.M An tha wsffiit he sent
mtvandlthoughtlmlgW get Wo to trade ..for,
a pair Of kte "" y M
THE DrWWUSJTCS.
A woman's bureau drawer will bold half
ton of clothes, "SE,
ApraOI, u -- - - vCSm
knows .-., ,fl'S?j
How many scores oi oiner uunga VVfiSJ
may store, 7V ci
And yet there's always lots of room for twice ajj
many more.
Bat give a man that self-same drawer and ine
AH undershirt, tome dirty caffs aq empty tjolbl
box; 'V Fk
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