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fcK5 PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. JAN. 8, 1890.
DIKINISHIKG THEDAHGEB.
?ijfhe active agitation of the electric wire
.question -which has started'in this ciryean
Iriot possibly fail to do good. If all the tele-
Ig'raph and light wires harbor no peril to the
Public, as the interested parties assert, in-
lfjrmine the people of the facts must be
I'fl&iieSeial to evervbod v. On the other hand.
svSf there is certainly a present danger,
a is alleged by Superintendent Morris
leade and other competent persons, in the
Liauundance of dead wires, it is the duty of
"Hne owners of these wires to remove them at
jfnonce.
Jff.1' flM- t.?. .....t -.Y.S.U ma.. ,11 a
Ahorse is not the sort of thing with which
Tinmnn heincft. not even the officers of
1 electrical corporations, wish to be
'brought in contact Whatever the pre
cise origin oi the current wnicn
executed the quadruped on a city
jsireet, the (act remains that there is great
-dancer to human life in the multiplication
of 'all sorts of wires containing the deadly
current The Dispatch has no desire to
harass the, companies concerned, bat the
suggestion must again be made that a policy
looking to the early burial of the wires
would be a profitable one for them to adopt
Perhaps for the time, as a temporary ex
pedient merely, the cable system as out
lined in our news columns to-day, would be
worth considering. Mr. Meade states that
it is entirely possible to string the electric
light wires in cables overhead, and he adds
' that the New York companies using the
cable system are supplied by a Pittsburg
manufacturer. It is reassuring, anyhow, to
'hear that the City Government is going to
have the dead wires removed at once. "When
the lives of our citizens are imperiled there
isn'o excuse for delav.
TEE EXPOSITION'S APPBOACHES.
"ISow that it is virtually settled that we
are to have a series of popula concerts in
the .Exposition building this spring that is
during the period called spring in the
calendar it will do no harm to pat the
approaches to ,the Exposition into
decent shape. At present the pave
menu of the streets by which access
is had to the Exposition building are in a
poor state of repair, and the Department of
Public. 'Works beset by a never-ceasing flood
of claims from parts of the city more
. ...traversed than the sheets near the Point
very possibly and naturally is inclined to
postpone the renewals we refer to until the
regular opening of the exposition in the
yiaU.
But the concerts in the spring call for an
earlier start in this desirable work, Not
only will our own citizens attend the concerts
in great numbers, but thousands of visitors
from neighboring towns may be expected,
and good streets will be very much in de
mand. We have no doubt that Mr. Bige
low, with his customary foresight, will at
tend to this by no means unimportant aid to
the success of the Exposition concerts.
IT IS THE EUSSIAK BEAB.
Bo we are compelled to take influenza
seriously. It is- not to be frowned down or
laughed out of court There is a new
disease among us; apparently the same as
that which has tweaked royal noses and
.harassed whole nations in Europe. Evi
dence of its presence in Pittsburg is accumu
lating, and in another column will be found
an authoritative confirmation of the much
asserted presence of Bussian influenza, la
grippe or what you may please to call it, in
America. Dr. George P. Shrady, the editor
of the .ifedicaJ Record, and a doctor whose
professional services to the late President
Garfield gave him a national reputation,
comes forward to introduce the American
people in full form to the unwelcome, vis
itor. Dr. Shraay identifies the disease as
the counterpart of the European epidemic.
But be does not argue in an alarmist strain.
He asserts that not a death has directly re
sulted from influenza in America as yet
The disease is disagreeable, but only dan
gerous to .the aged or feeble. Its symptoms
are not unlike, judging from Dr. Shrady's
statement thereof, those of a bad cold.
Pains in the head, back and extremities,
with febrile rather than catarrhal condi
tions, are the principal phenomena of the
mj disease. Dr. Shrady particularly empha
sizes the fact that pneumonia and bronchitis
do not at all necessarily result from influ
enza. The usual remedies for a severe cold
seem also to be the best for the newly-named
' disease.
As The Dispatch has done from the
first, Dr. Sbradv deprecates exaggeration
of the epidemic It is infectious appar
ently, but not contagious, and it is the re
sult probably of the extraordinary climatic
conditions. The disease can be avoided or
its attack deprived of all dancer if people
-will avoid over-fatigue and exposure and
take sufficient food and sleep. That is, keep
the human furnace burning properly and
influenza can only enter it to be destroyed.
Tinally we are rejoiced to hear that Dr.
'Bhrady predicts the early disappearance of
influenza altogether.
' DIBCUEEIHG TEE OHIO SEKATOBSHD?.
As the case well warrants, there is.wide
.discussion of the approaching election of a
United States Senator from Ohio. 'Notwith
standing all that has been said on the sub-
'-. jwt, itis clear that if not one millionaire,
. then another, is sure to be chosen. There are
thousands of competent poor men in the
f State, and as many again who are in merely
moderate circumstances; men whose stand
ing as Democrats cannot be doubted; but
rwhen the Ohio Legislature comes to con
sider the appointment, the prestige of
Vie. money is felt Candidates who do not
possess it are scarcely mentioned.
various attempts have been made during
fat Vhe past few weeks to Justify the situation.
f -Une ot tne most piausime is irom Hoc
Kl Charles Foster, the well-known Bepublican,
:,iwho expects for.. his own part a compli-
w"vtinen.tary vote from the Bepublican mem-
; ' bers. lie says mat u is mere aemagogism
t?V Ito oppose the election of Bride because he is
A 'millionaire, urn auuiiiuu&iro buuuiu nave
9,ihe same opportunity to go to the Senate as
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equal. The public will admit that the man
ci millions should have the same chance,
but no greater. As a matter of faot, how
ever, considering the scarcity of the million-aires-they
do not grow on every bush and
the numerousness of the other class, it ap
pears that the former have a singularly
large proportionate representation in the
United States Senate; and when the Ohio
canvass is seen to lie entirely between two
very rich men on the Democratic side, with
Mr. Poster, a third, presenting his own
claims to the Benublicans, it is irony to ask
for the millionaires merely the "same
chance" as the poor or moderately well off,
seeing that the latter are excluded from the
canvass.
Demagogism in the sense of trying to
mafcex capital by appealing to popular
prejudices unjustly is contemptible in the
extreme. Bntitis quite another thing to
set the people to inquiring fairly bow far
the power and prestige of money should con
trol in politics. If it were possible to treat
the choice of Mr. Brice or Mr. Thomas for
the Senate from Ohio, coming after that of
Mr. Payne, as a mere coincidence, the
public would' gladly look at it in that way.
But the charges of bribery' arising out of
the Payne election, and the renewed talk of
the undue use of money in Ohio politics
now, compel serious attention to the sub
ject As for Mr. Brice, he is probably a
more capable man than some of his critics
assert; so, doubtless, is Mr. -Thomas but
whichever may be selected the impression
will undoubtedly remain that it is not be
cause of exceptional intellectual fitness, but
because ot the influence of wealth that they
were taken up while hundreds of citizens of
as good, and many of better capacity, were
passed over.
EUBB7 ALONG THE EXPOSITION.
The figures 1690 which have just come
into popular use onght to wake up every
body to the need for prompt action in the
matter of the World's Pair, to be held in
1892. The time is only two years away.
How quickly a year can slide into the past
the people who finally make ready the
great Exposition will be the first to find out
Two years is all too short a term for such
gigantic labors as will be- needed to make
the Exposition worthy of comparison 'with
that which recently made Paris the center
of the world. Por the Paris Exposition men
were scheming, imagining, working in
council chamber, studio and shop ten years
before the event
Nothing can be done until Congress de
cides where the Exposition is to be held.
The committee to which the selection of the
site has been left has done nothing yet It
will not move an inch until after Congress
reconvenes next week. But it must set to
work in earnest then, or upon it a grave re
sponsibility will be cast A fair hearing
should be given to the representatives of
the great cities who aspire to the honor of
having the Exposition within their limits,
but there is no reason why such .a hearing
should be allowed to consume more than a
few days. In fact, we presum? that the ad
vantages which Washington will be able to
show over its rivals will lead to a speedy
decision in its favor. To which ever city
the Exposition is to go, let the choice be
made without more delay. Otherwise the
Exposition of 1892 will never get beyond
the wind overture to which the nation has
been treated by the discordant orchestras of
New York, Chicago, St Louis and Wash
ington. DAIHTY CAKHIBAIS.
A Norwegian savant has Just published
an interesting account of his travels among
the savages of Australia. That continent (as
large as the United States) contains as yet a
population only as large as that of the
American colonies when George HI. was
king. The whole interior is one vast terra
incognita of appalling savagery. Into this
hitherto unexplored region Mr. Lumholtz
penetrated.
He says that in Northern Queensland he
lived among a people whose culture, if
indeed they can be said to have any culture
whatever, mnstbe characterized as the low
est to be found among the whole genus homo
tapiens. Not only are many of the Austra
lians aborigines cannibals, but most of the
tribes have not yet emerged from the Stone
Age in the history of their development
Everything the author tells of these people
shows them to be more ignorant, vile and
inhuman than our worse prairie Indians;
wife beating and wife killing are matters of
every day life. Wives are often obtained
in old time fashion with a club.
Wars are incessant, but only to get ad
ditional wives and fill the larder with human
flesh. The natives never eat the flesh of
whites, however; they find it nauseating.
The daintiest food, to their palate, is a black
woman, bu she must be old. They eat
their own dead, however. Cannibalism
among them is not a religions rite or a eas
tern of war. Mr. Lumholtz' says: "My
people never made any secret of this, and in
the evenings it was the leading topic of
their conversation. The greatest delicacy
known to the Australian native is human
flesh. The "very thought of it makes his
eyes sparkle." They prefer bodies which
have been nourished on vegetables, so a de
funct Chinaman is always a prize. Yet
these cannibals have some good points; for
instance, they never eat pork.
Bbowxikq has found a congenial resting
place in Westminster Abbey. The Poets Cor
ner holds few braver, truer poets than its last
pilgrim.
The latest report about Mary Anderson
is to the eSect that she has a nunnery and not
matrimony in view. It really looks as if Mary
had given up the stage, or she would have a
clever press agent to concoct stories about her
movements and Intentions. Amateurs seem to
be doing the lying for her now.
There was an abundance of "swearing
oft" this New Year's before the city Aldermen.
But the oaths are marked "Glass with care."
Toe a benevolent, liberal, monarch jew
els valued at a million and a half of dollars seem
a tolerably large allowance. Dom Pedro left
them behind in Brazil. The Republic is going
to wear them now.
Electeio wires are playing havoc every
where. St' Louis was overwhelmed witn an
electrical catastrophe yesterday.
Me. P. P. Cobhak, of Warren, is the
gentleman who has invented a way of 'photo
graphing the bottom of a welt It is not said
whether Mcuinty assisted him in getting at the
bottom of things.
Some good resolutions were broken yes
terday it is safe to say. The holidays break
resolutions as well as purses.
The New York World asks if the activity
of the grip has discouraged the striking grip
men. It is their Inactivity that is more likely,
to discourage them.
, Fallow the FaikiUn.
from the Xorristows Herald.)'
The new State "of North Dakota, complains
that she hasn't enough money to carry on busi
ness at the new stand. She shouldn't be eo
enntric. Let her imitate her sister States, and
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ME8. KEHKIDI'8 XEOEPTIOH.
A Fiestaut Event in Honor ot MIi LIzzlo
TIndte, Her Ward.
A dellghtf nl dancing reception was tendered
last evening by Mrs. John M. Kennedy at her
lorely home- on Wilkins avenue.
The various rooms, all of which were at the
disposal ot the guests, were handsomely
dneor&teA bv A. &L and J. H. Mnrdnck with
fare productions' from tie sunny climes and
hour and mistletoe in the regular O Id England
style. The supper table was bountifully sup
plied with white and pink carnations,and under
the superintendence of Knhn tempted the
appetite as well as dazzled the sight
The event was In honorof Miss lizzie Tindle,
the charming heiress for whom Mr. Kennedy Is
guardian. Miss Mary Boss, a niece of the
hostess, and a very attractive young lady from
Philadelphia, also graced the occasion with her
presence. A great many guests responded to
the invitations sent out. and the aggregation of
youth and beauty, for it was the younger circle
of society that was represented, found it dim
cult to obey the mandate of .Father Time and
leave the scene of so much pleasure.
MRS. C. L. MAGEE'S DIMER.
Ap Event of Social Mnenltnde at the
Dnoneine Hotel Yesterday.
A charming 1 o'clock dinner was given by
Mrs. C. L. Magee at her apartments at the
Duquesno yesterday. The table wasmostar
tistically arranged In the shape of an elongated
maltese cross, a handsome plate class center
piece was prettily fringed with the cool smilax
and pink roses and carnations in graceful clus
ters surmounted it and were placed elsewhere
on tne taoie were iney were most eneenre
both as to fragrance and beauty. ' An exquisite
corsage bouquet, corresponding in color to the
toilet worn, was presented to each guest. The
ladies who enjoyed the society of the talented
hostess on this occasion were: Mrs. W. A. Ma
gee, Mrs. McCandless, Mrs. Praetor. Miss
Rhodes, Miss Annie Rhodes, the Misses White,
Miss Uonaway, Miss Mary Magee, the Misses
Keating, Miss McCallam, Miss Haymond, Miss
Connor and Miss Margaret Magee.
THE TUESDAY SIGHT CLUB.
Two Comedietta! Presented at the Theater
IdMt Evening With Eclat.
The cards sent out some days ago,announclng
that the Tuesday Night Club would give a per
formance In the Pittsburg Club House, were of
sufficient Import to fill the theater ot that
building with a highly cultured and fashion
able audience last evening.
No event of the season has been honored with
a larger attendance or handsomer toilets than
were to be seen there last evening: The cast
of character for the two plays presented was
unusually weH adapted to the different charac
ters represented, and the audience evidenced
its appreciation by alternate moments of per
fect quiet and warm applause.
Banqueting Their Agents.
The Peoples' Mutual Accident Association, a
home concern, gave a banquet to their agents
last evening at the .Hotel Duquesno. A pleas
ant time was spent
Social Chatter.
Mrs. B. F. Raffebty, of Fifth avenue, was
hostess last evening to one of those delightful
dinners for which her home is so .famous.
Thom-US J. Bbadt, the well-known
prompter, left last evening for- New York to
visit his mother, nho is quite ill.
Mb& Jakes 8. Htjhbied, of Fifth avenue,
entertained six couple at a 6-o'clock dinner last
evening.
HE COULDNT TAKE STOCK.
An Interesting Decision Covering Subscrip
tions for Shares.
Chicago, January 2. The Appellate Court
handed down an opinion to-day reversing the
decision of the Circuit Court in the case of the
Western Union Telegraph Company against
W. H. Bnsh. The latter was one of the numer
ous stockholders of the company who have
been ned on their subscriptions to the capital
stock. In the Circuit Court Bush's defense
was that there can be but one original- sub
scription to the whole capital stock of a cor
poration, and as he subscribed after the whole
had been taken, he couldn't be held liable as an
original subscriber. The .Appellate Court said
that this might have been a successful defense
II Bnsh had stuck to it r
In 1868 be subscribed to the stock of the com
pany, and within a year paid 6 per cent of the
subscription. Twelve years later he paid 34 per
cent more. It was wrong, the upper court held,
to instruct the jury which tried the case to find
for Bush, If they believed the whole capital
stock had been taken before he subscribed, be
cause It was contrary to the decision ot the
Supreme Court in the case of Terwillieer, an
other stockholder of the company. The Su
preme Court held that the new subscribers, of
whom Bush was one, were the bona fide stock
holders. The court sustained the Circuit Court in the
case of Eugene C. Bates against the corpora
tion. Bates, with 84 other stockholders, entered
a bill in the Circuit Court to set aside an inter
locutory aecree el vlng the receiver of the com
pany leave to collect unpaid subscriptions. The
bill was dismissed, and the stockholders ap
pealed, but the action of the lower court was
affirmed.
A YERDICI. FOE $2,204,100
Won by a Delaware Woman In a Suit
Against n Railroad.
WrxamrQTOiT, Dm, January 2. In the
Superior Court this afternoon the jury in the
case of Elizabeth B. McCombs versus the
Southern Railroad Association, rendered a ver
dict in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount
claimed, $2,204,100, being tbeheaviest ever given
in a Delaware court The plaintiff is the widow
of the late Colonel Henry S. (McComb, who was
a heavy stockholder In the Mississippi Central
Railroad, which was absorbed by the Southern
Railroad Association, and the verdict is for 900
Mississippi Central coupon bonds of 81,000 each,
bearing Interest at 7 per cent from date of issue,
December 15. 1873.
The verdict does little more than establish i
the validity of plaintiff's claim, since the assets
will fall far below satisfying the judgment
HARi ANDERSON A NUN.
The Celebrated Tragedienne Thought Likely
to Enter a Convent. .
New Yobk, January 2. The report cabled
from Nice that Mary Anderson was engaged to
Antonio Navarro, of this city, is denied by the
fetter's father, Mr. Jose F. Navarro.
"Miss Anderson and my son are old friends,
but nothing more," Mr. Navarro says. "I think
Miss Anderson is more likely to entera convent
than to get married. She is very devout and
almost as much attached to the church as to
the stage. Recently in London she scrubbed
the floors in one of the hospitals as an act of
humility. She is a very noble, beautiful
woman, as modest as she Is unpretending and
as pure as she is good. He would be a lucky
man who could get her for a wife, but I think
ber inclinations are the other way."
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Speaker Bees has been travelingincognito.
He refused to register recently at a Philadel
phia hotel.
B. J. Beswek, Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court, left Leavenworth yesterday for
Washington. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Brewer and his second daughter, Miss Etta.
Henry A. Bbajtd, of Lor don, England, an
ex-member ot Parliament, is visiting this conn
try. It is rumored that he will write a book
about us. It is to'be hoped that this Brand will
be plucked from the burning. This country
has no desire to be branded.
It Is understood that the Prince and Princess
HatzfeldtwlU live in New York City in the
great house wbtoh Mr. C. P. Huntington is. to
build on Fifth avenue. It -was stipulated by
Miss Huntington that she should live with her
parents, and that the new house is being con
structed accordingly. ,
It is stated that Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.. is
still in a precarious condition, and' that she
will probably soon leave New York forachange
of climate. Her physician will have to decide
whether she can renew ber original contract
with the manager ot the Lyceum or must give
up her stage aspirations as hopeless. The lat
est gossjp buts that her sister, Miss Kevins, Is
contemplating a theatrical career.
It is said that there is a skeleton in every
house, but It is perhaps not generally known
that there was one literally in Bobert Brown
ing's apartment in theJasa Guida in Florence
some SO years ago. It was kept there in' a cup
board, and was intended as amodel for anatomi
cal drawing. One night, however, at a time
whenHome, the Spiritualist, was In Florence,
and a constant -visitor at the Casa. Qulda for
both Browning and his wife we're firm believers
in Home at this time, though the husband's
belief faded in the face of .the disclosures ot
after years the skeleton fell from Its resting
v place ana znentenea a laoy visitor into a nt -
JHSBtmO DISPATOS
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
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Why She Bought Six. Palra of Gloves-
Strang Effects of Nervosa Shock A
Powder Explosion.
A oubiouSi result 'of nervous m shock was
brought to my.notice yesterday.
A young woman, who has an evenly balanced
mind, although of a high-strung temperament,
was shopping down town the other day. Cross
ing Liberty street at the dangerous point
where Sixth and Market streets converge, she
narrowly escaped being run down by a cable
car. By so little did she avoid pretty sure
death that the car hit her umbrella and whirled
it Into the street She was scared naturally,
but Bhe is not of the fainting kind, and she re
sumed her errand. She had made all her pur
chases but one she wanted apalr of kid gloves.
A few minutes later she entered her favorite
store. Bhe was still feeling slightly tremulous,
as she expresses it after her interview with the
cable car. She looked at some gloves and
picked'out some of a certain color and make.
But, Instead of buying one pair, she bought' six
pairs. She paid for them and went home at
once.
Not untn she showed the results' of her shop
ping to her mother did she realize, so she avers,
that she had bought five pairs of gloves more
than she bad any use for. In this case It wonld
be impertinent to say that there is nothing pe
culiar in this, becanse young women habitually
buy lots of things they do not need. She seri
ously attributes it to the shock to her nerves
immediately preceding the purchase of the
gloves. To strengthen her position It mnst be"
added that five pairs of gloves were returned
to the store.
V
A keck of bad news has been known to over-,
turn the intellect of many a man. A cu
rious case, which fell short of tragedy, recurs
to my mind.
A worthy old man named Roberts, who lived
in a small town in the Cumberland Valley, was
looking for the return of, his wife and daugh
ters from a distant place where they had been
visiting. It was Christmas time and the old
man was naturally impatient He went down
to the depot half a dozen times. hours before
the train was due to In quire about it The last
time be .visited the station he round a small
crowd around the telegraph operator, who was
reading a dispatch aloud. The old man pushed
his way through the crowd and asked the op
erator what was the matter. The operator
handed him this dispatch:
No. S wrecked half mile south of Bhlppensbnrg.
Send surseons. Six killed.
Old Roberts said nothing. He went straight
back to the bouse. There were ten rooms in it
He lit the gas in every one. Then he sat down
in the parlor and read the family Bible. About
midnight his wife and daughters found him
still sitting, in the same chair, with the Bible
open on his knees, but his eyes were( shut
When they waked him and asked him after
an Interval of embraces what the illumination
of the house meant, he replied that be did not
'know why he bad lit the gas, though he remem
bered doing It well enough.
There seems to have been some connection
between the old man's strange act and his fear
that all his loved ones wonld be bronght home
dead. That is how one of his grandsons ex
plains it
"My grandfather," said he, "intended to have
plenty ot light for the laying out of the
corpses."
.
'This really occurred three days ago in this
A city.
A lady from Chicago was visiting the family,
and it so happened, owing to a chapter of acci
dents, that the lady of the house met her guest
for the first time at the dinner table. The
hostess is partial to powder, and in the evening
increases her natural pallor with its assistance.
After the conventional embrace, the lady from
Chicago said: "You must have had a very
tiring day, Mrs. Blank."
"Yes, indeed, I hare, dear, and I feel very
fatigued."
"Yes I never saw you look so pale before."
'Oh, that's powder," broke in the ftyear-old
enfant terrible. Miss Nellie, who had not been
a spectator in her mother's boudoir for noth
ing. Gunpowder could not have exploded with
greater force.
A PRETTI PHILADELPHIA WEDDING.
Pension Commissioner Baira'i Son Marries
Miss Annie Sogers.
IgrCCUX. TXLXOBA1I TO THX DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, January 2. One of the
prettiest weddings of the season was that this
evening of Miss Annie Iredell Rogers, daughter
of the late William W. Rogers, to Green B.
Raum, Jr., son of Commissioner of Pensions
Raum, at the Protestant Episcopal Church of
St James. The Rev. Dr. Nichols, pastor of the
church, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Morton, pastor
emeritus of the church, performed 'the cere
mony. The best man was Henry Stewart, of
Washington. The maid of honor was Miss
Mary Rogers. The four bridemalds were Miss'
Frances Raum, Miss Emma Coryell, Miss Flag
ler and Miss Mary Coryell, the ushers being
John Rafnm, Oscar Foote, Charles Gault and
Frederick Jf arks, all of Washington. The bride
wore a gown of white armure silk and tulle,
trimmed with ostrich feathers, and carried a
bouquet of white lilacs. The maid of honor
wore a gown of white tulle, and the bride
maids wore striped tulle andmnslin de sole.
Immediately after the ceremony a reception
was held at the house of the bride's mother,
1713 Arch street Mr. and Mrs. Raum will
make an extended wedding tour through the
South, returning to Washington, where they
will make their home in about a month. Pen
sion Commissioner Raum came from Washing
ton to attend the wedding of his son.
EDISON'S TALKING DOLLS.
'Cute Little Plaything That Have Been Sent
to European Princesses.
rSFECIAL TXLXOIIAK TO THX DISPATCH. 1
New York, January 1 A cable dispatch
from Vienna says that Thomas A. Edison has
presented Princess Elizabeth, granddaughter
of Emperor- Francis Joseph, with a talking
doll, 'the first ever made. Mr. Edison is now in
Akron, O., but John Ott, superintendent in his
laboratory at Llewellyn, said six talking dolls
had Just been sent to Europe as presentvand
one ot these had been presented to (hePrincess.
They are from 16 to 18 inches long. The head is
made of china, like ordinary dolls, and the arms
of papier mache. The peculiar part is the body,
which Is maae of tin, to allow room for the min
iature phonograph. The doll may repeat every
thing that may be recorded by a phonograph.
For several weeks tbey had Orange children at
the laboratory, talking, laughing, crying and
singing, in all sorts of ways, to the phonograph,
in order that their chatter might be reproduced
by the dolls.
Another novelty which Mr. Edison will soon
bring outis a clock to talk tho time. Mr. Edi
son thinks that he has now nearly perfected
the phonograph, and his improved instrument
will gradually be substituted for all the old
ones.
LAWBENOE BARRETT lilPKOYING.
TheDangerPoUt Past, the Actor Is Slowly
Resnlnlng Hla Health.
rSPECUL TSI.IQRA1I TO TBS DISPATCH. 1 ,
New Yoke, January 2. Lawrence Rarrett is
still an inmate of the Louisburg Square Hospi
tal in Boston, where he will remain for some
time, notwithstanding that he Is gradually
mending. The comforts that come of wealth are
his to command, and he is assured ot gentle
nursing, for the hospital is select and quiet
Now that the operation on the glands of Mr.
Barrett's throat ts likely to prove in every way
satisfactory, andtb at the patient has passed
the danger point, the doctors are free to admit
that the actor took even chances with death
when he decided to undergo the cutting.
Of course there is no likelihood that Mr. Bar-,
rett will be seen again on our stare this season.
He will sail for Europe at the first sate moment,-
to make a long foreign visit'
1 DEATHS OP A DAY. v
Hon. George H. Boker.
POTLAMxrinA, 'January 2. -Hon. George H.
Boker, eX-Mlnlster to Turkey and Russia, died
at his residence here this mornlnr. Mr.
Boker published, in 1847, his first book, "Tne
Lessons or Life, and Other Poems." Hit first
decided success was "Calsynos," a tragedy on a
Spanish theme. Issued the next year, itls was
better appreciated, In England than in his own
country. It was played la, various American
cities by various actors or distinction. Two later
tragedies, "The Betrothal)' and "Franceses da
Blmlnl, ' ' met with a similar success.,
Connt H. Ton Wedell.
Cheyettne, WYO.,.Jannaryi-Count H. von
Wedell, of Konlfsberg, Germany; died In this
city yesterday after a brief Illness. Count von
Wedell wasaneaxtelattveof the German 'Consul
at Chicago.
- Captain Philip L. Lee.'
WABnntQTOir.Januaryl The War Department
has announced the'aeath atBt. Lonls. December
rxda. SAmf&Ri: '
KKEPS PACE WITH PSOGSESS.
War a CotesaporaiT Unhesitatingly Call The
Dispatch "A nnperlor Newspaper."
Trom the Jranklln (Pa. ) Evening News.
Its large list of readers in this city and vicini
ty will sanction out; application of this term to
Thb PrrrsBtmo Dispatch. If leads the
newspapers In' that important section of which
Pittsburgis the industrial center.and it is among
the foremost ablest, most influential papers in
the country. The growth of The Dispatch
has been even more phenomenal than that of
Pittsburg's other industries. Under judicious
management Its circulation and popularity
hare kept pace with its enterprise' and increas
ing facilities. With its vast newsgathermg
machinery, its reliable market reports, its full
sporting record, its clean and choice miscellany,
its (progressive and independent policy, THE
Dispatch has become a great present power
in Journalism, with the promise of a greater
future.
We have spoken of the cleanness of this
paper. This is a specially commendable feat
ure of the Sunday edition, which has now
reached a circulation of over 60,000. This edi
tion, with its 20 pages, made up of news and a
vast magazine of choice contributions from the
ablest minds of the day, differs from the mass
of Snnday pape'rs in the fact that it contains
nothing to debase or corrupt the mind, but Is a
worthy and Instructive visitor in the home cir
cle: Being published so near at hand. The
Dispatch is naturally in high and growing
favor in this part of the country.
YEEI PLEASANT FOR PATTI.
The Diva Does Chicago's Conservatory Un
der Nice Auspices.
Chicago, January 2. One of the pleasant
episodes of Madam Patti NIcolini's stay In
Chicago was a reception given her this after
noon by the pupils of the Chicago Conserva
tory of Music and Dramatic Art, which is lo
cated at the Auditorium. Mr. Samuel Kays'er,
the director, had only p. few hours' notice of
the diva's intention of visiting the school, bat
the entertainment he prepared for ber was all
the betterfor being an impromptu affair. Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Abbey were present and many
prominent Chicago people who take a pride In
the institution.
The exercises showed the practical workings
of the different departments' of Delsartean
culture, dramatic expression, vocal training,
etc A band of girls in graceful Greek gowns
went through, to the accompaniment of music,
exercises that displayed their control over the
figure. Two notable soprano voices were tried,
and Madam Patti was pleased to compliment
the possessors. The most attractive number,
however, was a comedietta called "Fast
Friends." Madam Patti was afterward shown
through the entire range of rooms of the Con
servatory at the Auditorium.
Verdi's new opera, "Otello," was produced
for the first time in America this evening at
the Auditorium. The stage setting was mag
nificent to a degree rarely equaled this side of
the Atlantic It was expected that the largest
audience of the season would be present but
uncertainty as to tbe appearance of Tomagno,
who was to essay the title role, reduced the at
tendance to comfortable proportions. The
great tenor, however, was on hand, having
finally triumphed in his struggle with la
SIppe. Tomagno' divided the honors with
mo. Albanl, the Detdemona.
THE BRAZILIAN CROWN JEWELS,
Not Confiscated, But Snlelr Deposited,
Awaiting tbe Late Emperor's Orders.
WAsmNQTOW, January 2. Mr. Valente, tlie
Brazilian Minister, has received Rio Janeiro
papers of December 8, In which are
given the details of the inventory re
cently taken of the imperial pro
perty. The crown Jewels, as well as those be
longing to the Emperor, Empress, and tbeotber
members of tbe Imperial household, were de
posited in tbe Treasury vaults BUbject to orders
of the Emperor. t
Mr. Valente expressed surprise that some
ot the American paners seem to be still under
the impression 'that the provisional
Government had confiscated tbe prop
erty of tbe Emperor. Tbe Government
he said, had never contemplated snch
action, but on tbe contrary bad taken every
precaution to preserve its object to his orders.
It was apparent that the .Emperor left more
property than bad been generally believed,
WEDDEP 15 WASHINGTON.
Roswoll Flower's Daughter Marries a Rela
tive and Namesake of Bayard Taylor.
rrEOM A STATT COBBXSFOXPEXT.
WASHHTOTOir, 3 anuary 2. The first brilliant
wedding of the fashionable season in political
life occurred this afternoon when Miss Emma
Gertrude Flower, daughter of Hon. Roswell
P. Flower, of New York, member of Congress'
and Presidental candidate, was married to
Mr. John Bayard Taylor, a relative of the great
poet and journalist and a resident of .Water
town, N. Y. -The elegant residence, ot Mr.
Flower, near Senator Quay's, in tne most fash
ionable part of I street,: was decorated with a
wilderness of flowers and palms. The ceremony
was performed by Dr. Douglass, rector of St
John's.
Quite an assembly of the political and per
sonal friends of Mr. Flower were present, and
it was voted one ot the most pleasing matri
monial occasions seen at the Capital for a long
time, I
AN ENTEEPftSING 0ELAH0HAN
Goes Abroad and 'Gets n Wife for Himself
and Two for His Partners.
Kansas Cmr, January 2. At the Union
depot this morning there were Mr. and Mrs.
Schoenzenbeck, Katrina Frennd and Hannah
Krltzler, on their way to Oklahoma City, L T.,
where the tw6 unmarried women will marry
two friends of Schoenzenbeck. Some time
since Scboenzenbeok and his two partners, who
conduct a general store in Oklahoma City,
came to the conclusion that single blessedness
was a' failure.
Therefore it was decided that Schoenzenbeck
should go to Wurtemburg, Germany, for the
purpose of procuring wives-elect for all three.
This he did and married his own before start
ing back. When the party arrives at Oklahoma
City the marriages of the two German maidens
will be celebrated.
SOUTHSIDE WORKING GIRLS.
Splendid Progress of the Association Re
cently Formed by Themi
The newly-organized Working Girls' Club, of
the Soutbside, held its second weekly meeting
last night in the Palace Parlors, corner of
Bcuth Fifteenth and Carson streets. Through
the energetic efforts of Mrs. Hammett and Mrs.
Jones, together with the spreading of tbe
clnb's Ideas by the girls themselves, interest In
tbo project is growing to the satisfaction of
everyone connected with the club. Over a
score of new members were received last even
ing. T
JAXDARI GRASSHOPPERS
Are Seen Near Wellsbnrg, W. Va by a
Citizen of Unimpeachable Veracity.
Wellsbcbo, W. Va., January 2. The long
continued spell of warm weather has been the
cause of other towns boasting of the budding
apple, blooming peach and dandelion. Wells
burg does not boast of these, but she has a citi
zen of unimpeachable veracity who actually
gaw. while crossing a field near town a few days
ago, grasshoppers, as lively and contented as in
harvest.
Generally It Isn't Kept
From the Oil City Blizzard. J
Keeping a diary is like keeping a good resolu
tion. NEW IBAR'8 RESOLUTIONS. .
Baltimore Herald: Now make your good
resolutions and stick'to them.
Milwaukee Wisconsin: In the language''
the greatest of American poets, every man
should so live that ''each to-morrow finds us'
farther than to-day."
Boston Globe: It you have been unable to '
prepare a good set of resolutions for 1S90 take
the Ten Commandments and resolve tba yon
will keep them.- Tney cover the ground about
as.near as yon can get at It
Chicago Timesi Keep all your intentions to
yourself. Don't tell your wife .or sweetheart a
word about the great' things you are going to
do. Then yon won't have anything to weep
over when yottall to deliver the goods.
Ladies' Some .Journal: Numerous lives of
honor and achievement can be traced to Some
determination of purpose made upon an occa
sion such as the first day of the year affords for
a fresh start In the journey of life. We-all'de--stro
success; tho problem of life is Its winning;
juvery person cwnes in nis or ner own nana
the key that uhldckseithet, the door of success
teij&..j:M&&.,si&$K&
mo.
THE 'STROLLER'S STORIES,
Odd Opinions and Qaaut Observations From
Carb and .Corridor.
Qwe of the odd things of this summer holiday
time was a picnic held at Ross Grove, up
the Allegheny Tiver, on New Year's Day. It
was giveni by a social club, the members and
guests nearly all going to the grounds "in car
riages. About 250 ladles and gentlemen at
tended, and the afternoon and early! evening
were spent in dancing. A better day for an
outdoor ball could not have been found. Those
who bad the privilege ot taking part in this
New Year frolic in the woods will long remem
ber their experience. The only approach to
anything of the'sort in recent years was a pic
nic given in Scbuetzen Park, near the Alle
gheny Cemetery, on Christmas 'Day, 1879. There
was some talk of a picnic at the same place
during the last Christmas, but the affair was
not carried out
A mono the guests at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel yesterday was a little, bustling man
of somewhat beyond middle age, who wore a
full beard trimmed rather close. It was Mr.
James McMillen, manager of the Cambria Iron
Works at Johnstown. It was largely under his
active direction that the great damage done to
those woiks was repaired in such a marvelous
ly short 'time. Now the Cambria mills are
turning out more and better products than ever
before. Mr. McMillen is the gentleman who
was reported in all the papers to have lost his
life in the flood. The story was Insisted on for
several days, until he himself came around and
entered a most emphatic denial.
ILTb. R. A. Pabkeb, the representative of a
large lumber firm of Cleveland, is at the
Hotel Anderson. Mr. Parker says that the lum
ber trade is enjoying a bey-day ot prosperity, al
though just at this time of the year matters
are dull. Cleveland, he says, has been coming
wonderfully to the front recently In building
matters, and Is revealing the evidences of a
permanent growth. The finest bnilding of the
past year is the great arcade structure, running
from Euclid avenue to Superior street v
Qne of the most genial outside business men
occasionally visiting Pittsburg is Colonel
Stirling Glover, of Buffalo, who is now at the
Hotel Anderson. He was formerly a resident
of Montreal, but has made wealth and fame in
York State. Colonel Glover has a new scheme
on band, and Is here as the managing director
of the Wedge-Lock Bottle" Stopper Company,
of New York. He has a new bottle stopper
which he believes will carry tbe country by
storm, and he expects to secure its adoption by
every bottler in this city. It is a glass stopper,
and a decided oddity in the cork line.
JlTessbS. AUDEESOir AHD WooO, recently
the proprietors of the Monoogahela
House, will hare their office headquarters
for some time at tne store of Mr. Thomas E.
Pollard, on Penn avenue, at Eleventh street
The gentlemen have left npon their hands a
large stock of fine liquors and wines, which
they will store for a few weeks and take with
them to their new location, wherever that may
be. The stock includes a large amount of
clarets, among them being some old and choice
samples.
A OENTXEMAK of this city, who enjoys com
fortable riches and is somewhat of a con
noisenrln good eating and good drinking, had
the pleasure, on New Year's Day, of presenting
to a few of his friends, a half dozen bottles of
sherry wine a quarter of a century old. It was
made In the Island of Sicily and brongbt to the
United States in a cask in 1865. It was'bottled
in New York, being put Into smalllrish whis
ky flasks! One gentleman who received a
bottle ot it said yesterday to tbe Stroller, "I
tasted just half a wine glass fall of it It was
like nectar, and I concluded that it was too
. good to drink up-" '
JAMES GAlxrsGER, a large glass manufac
turer of Philadelphia, Is at the Hotel Ander
son, looking after his interests In this city. He
maintains an agent in Pittsburg.
pxBSOHS who five in Allegheny and are com
pelted to go to work in the morning at 8 or
630 o'clock, are complaining that tbe electric
lights in the parks and on the Streets of Alle
gheny are, as a rule, extinguished an hour or
more before daylight and that they mnst plod
the streets in the darkness. Just before dawn
begins Is about tbe darkest hour, and especially
at this damp, misty time of the year. It is just
(hen that the lights wink out
MB- C. W. Leohexs, a Republican lawyer of
Erie county, has been interviewed down
in New York on the reported withdrawal ef
Mr. C. L. Magee from politics. He said: "The
statement is inspired by the Q nay faction, and
the wish is father to the thought The opposi
tion to Mr. Quay was never so strong and well
organized as at tbe present Within the last
month Magee and McManes have come to a
complete understanding. The candidacy of
General E.S. Osborne, of Wilkesbarre, for
Governor, is a Magee movement"
""The members of the Retail Grocers' Protect
lve Association have begun a discussion
among themselves looking to a farther reduc
tion of tbe hours for keeping open, their stores.
Groceries used to be open until 9 o'clock and
later if there were any customers. Now tbe
closing hpur Is 7 all over the city. The new
proposition is to close at 6: Those who favor It
say that all business can easily be done between
8 In tbe morning and 6 in the evening, and that
the earlier closing Will be a benefit both to pro
prietors and employes. The Stbolleb.
AN EXTRAORDINARY HAT.
v
It Belongs to Joe Bldekbnrn, Who I Goyed
for Wearing Ir.
Washington Letter In Chicago News.
The Hon. Joseph Grindenwold Blackburn, of
Kentucky, has a new hat. It Is attracting con
siderable attention and causes remarks. Ir
reverent youth, who do not suspect that the
warer is a United "States Senator and the suc
cessor to the'seat once occupied by Henry Clay,
cry out as he passes: "Hi, mister, where did
you get that hatt" and Blackburn looks around
indignantly and wishes that he could whistle
out the bears to eat them, as Elijah, the
prophet, did. But it is f rom his collcaguesrin
the Senate that he has to endure the most guy
ihir. Blackburn says the hat was made for him by
one of his constituents, and loves to dilate upon
its virtues and advantages, which are not all
visible to the naked eye. it Is of the color of
abalf-ripe pumpkin, and the pattern suggests
a cross breed between a Mexican sombrero and
the bungalow of an East Indian raj an.
1 LITTLE TRESS.
The following verses, written for the Public
Ledger by the venerable Archdeacon Farrar,
who is as widely Known here as In England for
bis learning and piety, describes an incident
that occurred at the bust of Longfellow, in
Westminster Abbey
JVliere sunbeams from each painted pane
Poured through the aisles their glorious flood,
Within the royal Mlnster-fane
The strangers gazing stood ;
From that "far region of the West
Of England's kin beyond the sea
At home where our great fathers rest ;
At home among the free.
Bat lingering near each cavern tomb '
Of King and Queen and warrior brave, ft
Amid the glory and the gloom,
Wlthmemorles glad and urave,
They'fondllest turn their earnest gate
On statued form and laureled urn
Or thosewho sang their deathless lays
In words that breathe and burn.
And 'mid thoe places of the dead,
Where He the noblest sons of fame, 1
They saw a wellJoved face,, they read
A dear familiar name
Tbe came of him, the bard beloved
Of life and home, ofhop'es and rears,
Whose' sweet pathetic songs haye moved
A thousand hearts totears.
His bust young Ellen pried. Is white;
White was his life as Alpine snows;
And here Hay, with finger light, . , ,
My girt-tbis crimson rose. - .
They turned, but where is Mabel? See,
On tip-toe by the bust she stands,
And here she places, lovingly,
Ber gift, with trembling hands.
And what was Mabel's gift? A tress, .
A tiny tress of golden hair .
Shorn from the sunny loveliness
W htch wreathed her lorehead fair
Bhe blushed, thb little Western girl,
Her childish eyes with tears were dun;
.Inad,-1' sheerled, ''But one poor curl, -
And n.Pt,'rose ton him." " ; f
Yes I there, 'mid banner, nrn'and tomb, '
On that white marble's glittering 'fold '
They He that rOie or summer bloom;-..
That tress of childhood's gold I
Dear Poet, tell us gazlhg.down, . ,
, Xov'stthoa nojpipre In; realms above, .
Auau, icicics vi 9m icuvwu, ; jb
i jatwtv smw t wwisswva'B nij
aasu.w.'Siw iiv 'n't. '"' ..fc.saSaJi
OUS SAIL POUCH.
An Alarm Bell Gone Wrong.
To the Editor otlhe Dispatch!
What lathe matter with the Twenty-sixth
wardalarm bell? la Chief Brown putting it,
too, into his "downtown alarmt" A general
expression on all sides is, that, since fires are
mainly to be expected In manufacturing es-,
tablishments, it is not wise that employes who,
know tbe-premises (as firemen do not), should
not be on hand to assist It Is a fact that work
men hare always rendered mnch timely as
sistance on snch occasions, and it Is important
that tbey should have the alarm as early and
directly as possible.
Further, what is the matter with the time
service heretofore given tbe citizens on the
same bell? Its "three." "six," "nine," etc,
have grown to be a positive necessity. 1 tbe
apparatus out of order, or is it an abolition in
the way of a "reformf If the latter, if is one
backward. SouxnerpE.
Pittsbubo, January 2.
The Name Bospfaoras.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
. 1 have heard that tbe Bosphorus was named
after a cow. Is such the fact? Lleweiotn.
BurLEK. January 2.
ThewordBospboTns,or,as some maintain,
Bosporus is Greek, signifying a narrow sea,
which. It is supposed, a bullock may swim over.
Why it was first applied to the Strait of Con
stantinople is not well known. It is said that,
tbe Phrygians, desirous of passing the.Thracian
strait built a vessel on whose prow was the flgu re
of a bullock. According to mythological tradi
tion it derives Its name from the passage of lo
over one of tbe straits, so called when she was
turned into a cow. Tbe Bosphorus, as thus ex
plained, literally signifies "the passage of the
cow." That's where the cow comes In.
The Mnssnlman.
To tbe Editor of Tbe Dlsnatch:
Why are the followers of Mohammed called
Mussulmans? H.
Latrobe. January 2.
The origin of the .term Mussulman is sup
posed to be derived from the Arabic word,
"musalam." meaning preserved. According to
Martlnlus the Mohammedans, establishing
their religionby fire and sword, massacred all
those who would not embrace It and granted
life to all that did, calling them Mussulmans,
or persons snatched out of danger, whence the
word, in course of time, became'the distin
guished title of all of that sect who have affixed
to it the signification of True Believer. I
- THE DINGERS OF COCAINE.
Some of. the Serlons Effects Resulting From
the Use of the Drag.
The use of cocaine In substitution of ether
and chloroform, says an English paper, is notj
unattended with a certain amount of danger.
An Oxford professor a short while ago nearly
died from its effects. Suffering from acute
toothache, he bad some cocaine Injected into
his jaw, and immediately became unconscious.
Artificial respiration was resorted to, and after
six hours consciousness returned. The pro
fessor says that though lifeless and unable to
speak or move, be beard all that was going oh
around him. In the Archives de Medicine Drf
Baratoux relates the case of a druggist who.
under tbe impression that he was attacked by
diphtheria, sprayed his throat with a solution
of cocaine. Tbe result was very serious. For.
seven hours he passed from one synecope to
another until he finally succumbed, in the
same periodical. Dr. Abadie mentions tbe case
of a woman, 71 years of age, who, under
going an ontical operation, received an injec
tion of four centigrammes in her lower eyelid.
At the close of the .operation she fainted, and
her face became as purple as In asphyxia. In
spite of tbe fact that artificial respiration was
resorted to, and that bypodermif Injections of
ether and caffeine were made, the unfortunate
woman died within five hours. Although this
drug Is so dangerous wben injected, it is, at
least so Mr. St Clair Buxton, of tho Western
Ophthalmic Hospital asserts, perfectly safe
when merely applied to the surface.
An American physician. Dr. Hammond, of
New York,1iavlng got it into, his head that co
caine aided the mental and moral tone, as op
posed to ins innnence oi aiconoi, wougnt nc to
experiment upon himself. He found that three
trains nroduced a preat disnosittan to tallr.
with vivid imagination. Writing was accomp-
iisneo. wuu ease, ana wonaeriui progress was
made with a medical work which ho was pre
paring. On the following morning, however,
he found his overnight's wort to be sheer non
sense, nothing but a mass of incoherent sent
ences and disconnected ideas. His oplonion of
the elevating power of cocaine have in conse
quence undergone a decided change.
CARNEGIE AIDS THE SCOTS.
He Will Help Perthshire People to Get a
Free Library.
From the Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle.
Mr. Carnegie has again proved himself to be
a friend In need, and, therefore, a friend In
deed.; Some of the good people of Blairgowrie,
in Perthshire, were desirous of having a free
library, but lacking the wherewithal, tbey ap
pealed to tbe American millionaire, asking
whether be wonld assist' them if tbey adopted
tbe free libraries act "Yes," replied Mr. Car
negie, "it is always a pleasure and a privilege
to help those who help themselves."
In this same Scottish burg of Blairgowrie it
was, the late Earl Russell, in 1863, uttered his
famous saying that the time bad arrived wben
in tbe matter of reform, the country should
"rest and be thankful." Many reforms hare
been affected since then.
THE WRETCHED JDRI STSTEK.
Oae Dissenting Juror in Chicago Can Keep
n. Maa In aa Asylnm.
Chicago, January 2. Frank Andrews, the
son of Prof. Loen Andrews.of Kenyon College,
Gambler. O., whose actions at tbe Palmer House
lately led to his 'arrest as a bad man,
was examined in the Insane Court to-day. To
all appearances Andrews was as sane as any
one In court, and this fact was so evident that
tbe jury, all but one, voted for bis release.
On account of the disagreement tbe case was
continued for one week by the Court In1 the
meantime the patient will be sent to a private
institution tor treatment
THEIR TRA5CES RUDELY BROKEN.
A Heavy Shower of Stones Quickly Scatters
the Pentecost Band.
Tuscola, III., January Z About 60 men
attacked the Temple of the Pentecost Band
here, to-day, and smashed its windows with
stones. Fifteen men and women, members
ot the .band, were in so-called trances
at the altar at time of attack. The noise of
tbe breaking ot glass and stones burling
tbrongh windows speedily aroused them, and
tbey fled from tbe temple panic stricken.
The band refused to leave Tuscola, and more
trouble is feared.
A REYOLfER IN HER TfiOSSEAU.
A Buckeye Bride Fools With Firearms on
Her Wedding Night.
Cleyelasd, January a As Miss Maggie
Layman was dressing for ber wedding at Bran
don, O., last night, she picked up a revolver
and was about to place it in her dresser drawer,
when the weapon was discharged. The ball
entered her thigh, producing a dangerous
wound. -The wedding was postponed.
A Quiet Wedding In Bedford.
tSrxCIAL TXLXOKAM fO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Bedford, January 2, The parlors of the
Hotel Arlington were the scene of a quiet wed.
ding this evening, in which Miss Martha Jessie
Coleman, and Thomas J. Higgs were the con
tracting parties, both ot whom reside in Cum
berland, Md. An elegant supper was served,
after which the. parties took the train for the
South. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
M. H. Valentine.
A Carious Fact About 1S90.
Trom the Boston Globe.
Add, subtract and divide the three digits of
1890 as.you will and It is impossible to get rid of
fca nrifrlnal riteHta Accent In the one casa of
subtracting the 1 from the 8. There is a terrible
omen in these facts mat snouia maze policy,
players tremble.
The Formers' DlMculty.
From the Cheater Sews.,
Bon'tsell your farms," saysCollectOT Cooper
in his American. Good advice that, but a
glance at his paper shows that the Sheriff is
saving farmers that trouble. How to prevent
the Sheriff' from going so largely Into tse.rsal
estate business .is the vital question.
Bachelors Gfvo a. Baaejttet,
' DebrY, January 1 The Bachelor Cle est
Berry held its aaaual banquet, to-night at Mm
Hotri Fisher. The. Mtendaace desftte the
weather being so very'dleagTeeaWe WMtatga,
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CURIOUS CONDEHSATIOHS;
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n-A cat set a Greentbnrg house on fire I
pulling from a table the cover and with it 3;
llgntedlamp. ' ' ':'4Jm
A. set of false teeth exploded in ft' JSew
port dentist's office the other day, smashing;
things' la the office. n.
A San Francisco family used a phono- T
graph to cheer the mother's illness, and also, to
preserve tbe tones ot her voice after death.
During the past year 315 divorce's were
obtained in Pniladelnhla. It is said the crreater
number of them resulted from Camden mar- t'A
nages.
Anumber of London medical men have '
united to form a hypnotic society, the purpose
of which will be to prevent by law public exhi
bitions of mesmerism and hypnotism. Another
object will be to study privately and in a scien
tific manner the' phenomena of those morbid
states.
A wily old fox gave about 200 hunts
men one of the best chases over enjoyed in
Delaware county, Yx Wednesday, and when
satisfied with bis run sly old Reynard crept into
a hole and laughed at his pursuers. It was the
occasion of the annual meeting of the Tipper
aryClub. Allentown has a girl to be proud o A
few nights ago she ate 14 fried oysters, two
pieces of bread, three pickles, two pieces of red
beets, two oranges, two apples, three bananas,
two pieces of chocolate cake, a piece of fruit
cake, a lot ot grapes, a piece of cocoanutcake
and some candy.
An old resident of Germantown who
plants potatoes and cuts his hair according to
certain phases of the moon, says we can judge
of the general character of the weather that
his been prepared for us for tbe coming three
months by that sent us on Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday of last week.
A Franklin editor liappened to mention
to a friend on Christmas Day that among other
things he really wanted, was an extra pair of
suspenders. Before the day was over half the
stores in town had sold all tbe suspenders they
had, and enough of those articles to last him
for ISO years were In tbe possession of the
editor.
Stanley sees fine prospects for railway
in Africa. According to his estimates, 800
miles could be lafd down for 117,000,000. This
mileage would open to commerce four great
river basins, with a total area of 2.370. 000 square
miles, and a total population of 80,960,000. Of
the resources of the region he speaks in tbe
highest terms.
A bridge across the English Channel is
not among the improbabilities of the near fu
ture. The project is pronounced feasible by
competent engineers, and a late number of the
Scientific American contains tbe plans and esti
mates for such a structure, which were dis-
cussed at a meeting of the Iron and Steel In
stitute at Paris during the present year.
Last week, at Beach City, O., a funeral
sermon was preached over the remains of a re
markable lady. The deceased was Mrs. Cath
erine Brown, a widow. Her aee was 83 rears 9
I months and 28 days. She made ber burial
rones, anit nerseii a pair oi linen stocKings ior
the occasion, gave full details for her burial
and calmly awaited the messenger.
When the Atlantic and West Point
train pulled into the Union depot at Atlanta,
Gi., a day or two apo, a large white and blue
speckled hound was discovered perched In front
of the locomotive. He was sitting upon nis
haunches Immediately under the headlight
and looked like the figurehead ot a ship. Ha
could not be coaxed from his perch, and bad to
be forcibly pulled from tbe engine. Nobody
knew how or when the dog got there. He had
a lame leg and a bleeding ear. and the supposi
tion is that he was struck by the engine and
jumped or was thrown up under the headlight
A very nsefnl invention, tending to,
lessen tbe possibility of accidents in factories.
Is now being extensively adopted in England.
The breaking of a glass, which is adjusted
against the wall of every room in the mill, will
at once stop the engine.-an electric current be
ing established between ' the room and the
throttle valve of tbe engine, shutting off the
steam in an Instant By this means the englno
was stopped at one of the mills recently in a
few seconds, and a yonng girl, whose clothes
had become .entangled in an upright shaft, was
released uninjured.
When Lewis Grissel, a resident of Pal
myra, S. J-. got on a train in the Camden
depot to ride to his home a few weeks ago he
undertook to take his usual soft seat Ashe
sat down he came In violent and sadden con
tact with a bole where the cushion ought to
be. The suddenness of his stopping save Mr.
Grissel such a shaking up that he found it
difficult to reach bis borne. He has now
brought suit In the New Jersey Supreme Court
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
claiming S1Q,000 damages for his Injuries. He
says the car lights were so dim that be did not
notice the absence ot the cushion.
"Prof." P. E. Howland, of Boston, is
an English cobbler who has won a reputation
at the Hob as a prophet He. claims to havs
been educated in the art of reading coming
events by the leading clairvoyants of Europe.
He has been interviewed In regard to the out
lookf or the comingyear. Some of his prophe
cies regarding pnblio men are interesting; He
says: "Blaine will die. So will General Butler
and Samuel J.Randall. Ex-President Hayes
has a black mark before his life. I cannot say
it is death. Cleveland is all right SoisThur
man and Reed and Jay Gould and Harrison
and Hill and Depew. Gladstone and Queen
Victoria will live, bat the Czar will commit
suicide."
One of the most interesting specimens on
exhibition at the Smithsonian "Zoo," in Wash
ington, is a monkey-faced owl, born and bred in
the District jail. Truly be la a gennlne jail bird.
He first saw the light of night in the eaves of
tbe big old building, but was arrested for dis
turbing the quiet of the establishment and now
ekes out a miserable existence in a cage. His
face Is almost an exact counterpart ot a mon
key's, so much so, in fact that were tbe rest of
his body covered it would be difficult to dis
tinguish the difference. The bird has a cage all
to hiiriself, and is tbe only one of the kind on
exhibition. He sits all day quiet and unblink
ing; but at night so the reporter was informed,
be has a high old time, and makes the bnilding
resound with his piercing shrieks.
Isaao Hoffman, of Caenarvon, Pat,
whose only means of locomotion is upon his
bands and knees, is one of the famous hunters
of that region. He has never been able to
walk. He can operate a mower, reaper or
horse rake equal to anyone. Asa loader of hay
and grain he is hard to excel. He has often
driven one and two horses, and has no fears of
their getting away. He assists in most of the
work about his father's farm, and as a chopper
of wood none but those who nave witnessed nis
wielding the ax would believe the amount be
can cut In a short time. During the lastdozen
years of bis life bis chief enjoyment is to travel
over the hills with his gun and dog, and as a
marksmafl he is pretty hard to excel. In com
in? down a flight of stairs he always descends
headforemost When he comes to a stream of :
water not more than 4 to 5 feet wide he actually
springs over like a cat alighting upon bis knees j
or nips.
WISDOM OF THE WITS.
"This cat purrs like a house a-fire.,.i''v
Well, shut the damper. " Puefc "v ?","- -
Will someone tell us if McGinty.fa;do1ra ,
with theinfluenza? Kearney Enterprise. '. ' .
"Jay Gould," says an inaccurate financial -
editor, "is on record as having made 5,000,000 la ' -A
as many years. "-Pue. ft
The best way to carry out the "famUy N
Idea" In accepting candidates for office Is to re
member we are all children of Adam. Puct.
We begin to hear of many disastrous ei
plosions about this time of year. The wintry
blast is already hlowlnenp tbe valleys. Pact.
"You say that both duelists fell dead?" -"Yes."
"Great heavens! yrttx were the
weapons used?" "The American toy plstei." -
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A Sufficient Beason. Mabel Hal, Aexr,
what makes you always call me your little lamb?
Hal Because you always return to tbo fold, and
be opened his arms with an expectant and satl.
fled look upon his smiling face. Ktat ey Xnter
vrise.
A gentleman said to ft large crowd of peo- a
pie that was pouring out of a puouo nautu
Wnit'S going on msiaei" "A. nnmoroas
lecture," was the reply. Is It over already: It s
Only 9 O'clock." "SO,""inouieuuiu WUHII, -urn
only about half over.-poeA. ' ,
Bishop Gullem I believe it is a Wiscoi-; -!
conila clergyman who has finally succeeded, la,
converting water into fuel. 1
Miss Penelope Peachblow-Thtt's very well fbt : -this
world, but for the next It might add. to our;"'
comfort if the clernr could devise some mens of. '
converting ruei into waier.-x.v.
A Eeminiscence. Anxious Mother I'm
afraid there's sometning wrong wua nuiiaou, -
Ue'S Onv law Tcry uiguhuuT. ( '.
lather-He's all right You'll probably bear of -his
engagement shortly.
Mother-1 thlnkhe would have told me if ibj.
was the reason. -.,. :
jTather-r-Tbat's nothing, uon't yourrememser .
von didn't want me to tell, because you said myM
Bother would blab It aU over wwaU less thai Ji
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