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THE PITTSBUBG DISPATCH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1890.
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PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. JAN. 9. 1S90.
A EE0.TJF.SrFJ) OPINION.
The Dispatch has received from Mr.
Boss, District Master "Workman of tho
Knights of Labor, a circular addressed to'
the press of Pittsburg, asking an editorial
expression of opinion in connection with the
itrifce on the Pittsburg Traction road,
whether it is right to discharge men simply
because they belong to a labor organization.
If The Dispatch has omitted an ex
pression on this point in connection with
the cable road trouble it is only because its
position is so well known and has been so
often stated that repetition seemed unnec
essary. It does not think it justifiable to
discharge men for belonging to a labor or
ganization, and regards such an act as aa
unwarranted attempt to dictate their per
sonal action. At the same time it is neces
sary to say, in the same connection, that
this paper has, in the best interests ot labor,
always expressed its earnest opposition to
ill-considered strikes, and has never con
sidered the strike a justifiable resort, unless
fall attempts have been made to settle the
difficulty by compromise or arbitration, and
not even then except when there is a cood
chance for success. A retreat is better than
a hat tie which is sure to be lost
These views have been so often expressed
in these columns, as for the Best interests of
labor, that elaboration of them now would be
mere repetition.
VENTILATING THE SYNDICATE.
Some very interesting and striking in
side history, in regard to the Soldiers
Orphans' School syndicate is likely to be
disclosed by the pending litigation at
Mercer, reported by special dispatch else
where. The unsavory subject has been
probed by two investigations, each time with
the most unsatisfactory results, and
now it is promised that the quar
rels of the inside parties will throw
more light on the snbjeet than all the
State's investigation. It is taken for granted
in the reports, that the State's charity was
made the subject of speculation and exorbi
tant profits. If that is proved the disclos
ures cannot be too sweeping, or the parties
to it made too widely the subject of repro
bation. The late syndicate is in a fair way
to get a mnch needed ventilation.
THE LAW AND THE LIBEAEY.
The bringing forward of the law of 1887 to
justify the control of the Carnegis Library
in Allegheny by the City Property Commit
tee, reveais a decided anxiety to find legal
basis for that action. The claim that this
law places the control of the library in the
City Property Committee is, however, avery
singular effort of logic
The law simply makes library property,
donated or created by taxation, the property
of the city, and authorizes Councils to levy
taxes for its support The parks and fire
department are also the property of the city,
and taxes are levied by Councils, and it
wonld be just as logical to claim the control
or these departments by the heretofore rather
unimportant body which has suddenly as
sumed such prominence.
Of course there is room for interminable
and discreditable fighting over the matter;
hut we have faith that the majority of
Allegheny Councils will see that they can
not afford to make any disposition of this
public institution which does not place it
above the mutations and squabbles of
municipal politics.
KB. BBADLAUOH'S NEW HOLE.
It is neither surprising nor especially re-j-retable
that the young man known nn
popularly as "Collars and Cuffs," and
officially as Prince Albert Victor of Wales,
has been received by the subjects of his
grandmother in India with scowls and jeers.
It is somewhat astonishing that Mr. Brad
laugh should have been welcomed with
effusive enthusiasm by those same Hindoos.
Bat this is the latest news from England,
and the people who know everything ex
plain the warmth of Mr. Bradlaugh's recep
tion by attributing to the natives a sympathy
with the English M. P. 's proclaimed host ill
ty to royalty and the upper'classes in En
gland. This sounds very plausible until one
remembers how entirely ignorant the aver
age Hindoo is of English politic, and how
"very personal and local Mr. Bradlaugh's
campaigns have been.
Bnt supposing for the moment that the
Hindoo population has been reading up on
Mr. Bradlaugh, and has had the tendency
nd motive of his political career explained
to them by friendly evangelists is it likely
that the extremely radical and original
moral ideas and social schemes of the infidel
reformer would insure for him the admira
tion and respect of such a religious and con
servative thinker as the Hindoo? All the
descriptions of the Hindoo, his way of life,
his ambitions, his social habits and mode of
thought we have ever read, stamp such an
event as most improbable if not impossible.
The Hindoo may be unwilling to honor a
libertine son of a libertine Prince, and the
rule of England is undoubtedly far from
popular in mtny quarters of Hindoostan,
but that Mr. Bradlaugh is the sort of man
to play prophet in that land, we do not be
lieve. Y00BHEES ON TEE DUDLEY LETTES.
Senator Voorhees yesterday poured all the
Vials of denunciation and invective on the
famous "blocks of five" letter, and upon the
Interference of the United States District
Attorney at Indianapolis, through which
Dudley, the author, escaped prosecution.
That document is certainly one to mortity
the Republican leaders. Whatever chance
there might have been to reconcile its in
structions with the notion that only legiti
mate campaign expenses were in view was
dissipated by Dudley's evasion of a legal
inquiry. The matter, therefore, makes
stinging campaign material bearing upon
the corrupt use of money in politics. It is
one upon which opinions cannot divide by
party lines. The security of the ballot from
bribery must always bo as sacred to the
honest men of one party as to those of an
another. jln act, while the speech of Senator Voor-
tyiiees vm neip to arouse pu uuu sentiment on
this question, it it not at all probable that it
will work the slightest advantage to his own
party. In attempting to fasten upon Presi
dent Harrison personal knowledge of Dud
ley's letter, or of his operations in the cam
paign, Voorhees overshoots the mark. There
is no evidence to support the assumption.
What evidence there is runs the other way.
President Harrison had been a long time in
political life before tho campaign of '88, and
there was nothing in his record or charac
ter to warrant Mr. Voorhees' conclusion.
Further, the treatment of Dudley since the
administration began treatment distin
guished for coldness and avoidance shows
that Dndley has not had the President un
der any of the sense of obligation which
such a confederacy as the Senator presumes
gratuitously would Imply.
Another reason why at this time the
speech will work no partisan advantage is
that the whole country is now witnessing at
the capital of Ohio the spectacle of a Sena
torial canvass among the Democrats, in
which the influence of money is a con
trolling factor. One of the best results of
the Senator's ringing utterances would be
the conversion of the Democratic Legisla
ture of Ohio from the purpose of sending a
millionaire non-resident to the United States
Senate, to the exclusion of more capable
but poorer candidates. With, that pro
gramme on the carpet the denunciation of
the Dudley letter, fit and pertinent though
it is of itself, will lose much, it not all, of
the partisan effect it otherwise would have.
The bribpry by which Payne was elected,
and the undisguised fact that Brice's money
has been his strength in the present Sena
torial contest, when shown up alongside the
Dudley letter furnish simply a picturesque
case of "pot and kettle."
NOT COMMENDABLE FEATTJBE8.
While there may be, and doubtless are,
two sides to the pending dispute over the
House rules, it will be hard for the outside
public to see, in two features that are re
parted to be part of the Bepublican pro
gramme, anything that is consistent with
legitimate purpose's of legislation. Those
features are the permission to engraft new
legislation on appropriation bills, and the
reduction of the requirement for a quorum
to the total of 100 members.
The engrafting of new legislation on ap
propriation bills has been proved by long
experience to be an abuse; and the prohibi
tion of it by the rules of the House was a
step in the direction of reform. Its verv
nature made it the usual resort for securing
the passage of riders that could not stand
examination on their own merits. What
class of legislation the Bepublican leaders
hope to secure Dy this step in retrograde is
not apparent; but it is clear enough that
measures of legislation which cannot stand
the regular methods should not be per
mitted to fasten themselves like barnacles
On the appropriation bills, and secure pass
age by the votes that are given for entirely
different purposes. 'Whatever the intention
of this provision its result can hardly fail to
be the facilitation of the rankest jobbery.
The proposition to permit a quorum in
committee of the whole to consist ot 100
members is hardly less objectionable, from
the popular standpoint It is practically a
proposition to leave one of the important
stages of legislation to a mere fraction of the
people's representatives. If Congressmen
cannot be induced to attend to the business
for which they are elected, it is much better
to let legislation come to a dead stop until
the people have become aroused to the work
of letting their representatives understand
that they must discharge their duties or re
tire to private life. Most certainly the cen
tral idea of our Government, that of legisla
tion by a majority of the popular representa
tion, ought not to be cast aside to permit the
most important measures to be framed by
the vote of a mere sixth of the members of
the House.
It will be good party policy, as well as
good public public policy, for the Repub
licans to keep their rnles in harmony with
honest legislation and the principles of
democratic government
AN UNFOUNDED APPREHENSION.
' Apropos of the Vandcrbilt ball a finan
cial writer in New York delivers himself of
the old attempt at the justification of so
cial extravagance, in the threadbare plea of
the employment of labor to supply the ma
terials for the display. In the course of his
argument, which entirely ignores the fact
that periods of extravagant expenditure
have always preceded erasof commercial dis
aster, the writer attempts to answer the ar
gument that if the money was not spent in
extravagance it Would have to be spent in
productive industry, as follows:
How lone would it take to cram the country
fall of wheat and corn and pork and cotton
and to build houses enough to put a roof over
the heads of all its inhabitants? And when
this was accomplished, suppose that wo went
on producing more wheat, more corn, more
pork, more cotton, and more honsesT
This dread lest the supply or the staples
of life might become so over-abundant as to
make them altogether too easily obtained,
and make life quite too comfortable for the
common people, appears to be a general
frame of mind in New York financial cir
cles, to jndge from the deliverances of the
financial writers ana the monetary policy of
restricting production. But as it never has yet
been the case that the common population
was bothered with too much food to eat, too
abundant a supply of clothes to weir, and
altogether too many good houses lo live in,
it is hardly necessary for the millionaires of
N ew York to spend their wealth in extrava
gance as a matter of duty.
One fact at least shows that no such stern
duty imposes itself on them at present At
the time that this social manifestation of
luxury was pending, a social manifestation
of another sort was going on in the same
country. It was that of 100,000 anthracite
miners in Pennsylvania, held in enforced
idleness to swell the dividends of some of
these rich people, sconring the roads like
cattle in search of forage, and some of them
confronting actual starvation in their homes.
In the face of such a spectacle the ex
treme anxiety of the New York millionaire
circle lest there should be an actually ex
cessive plenty in the homes of labor, might
be temporarily at least, lulled into quiet
EZ-FBESIDENTS' DIGESTIONS.
If, as i; is alleged, Mr. Cleveland will not
eat at the same table with Governor Hill, of
New York, there is reason to congratulate
Mr. Cleveland. We do not mean any dis
respect to the Hon. David B. Hill, bnt
simply to remark the advantages likely to
accrue to Mr. Cleveland from his-abstention
from pnblic banquets. Mr. Carnegie's re
mark that ex-Presidents could well be
utilized as guests at big dinners, repre
sented the popular interest From the
ex-Presidents' point of view in a
physical sense such use might
not seem so beneficial. Nothing under the
sun will play havoc with the interior de
partment of any man, be he ex-President or
private secretary, than -a regular course of
big banquets. Physicians indorse this view
everywhere. So Mr. Cleveland will do
wisely to abstain from unlimited banquet-
ing. And this not only considering his
present happiness, but his political possi
bilities also. For a man with a ruined
digestion is not likely to win in the race for
the Presidency. If he win he cannot enjoy
the sweets of success. The doctors veto the
sweets at onoe.
Still Mr. Cleveland probably dislikes Mr.
Hill's presence at the table. It is not
strange either.
The reduction of immigration last year
by about 100,600 Is regarded bj the Philadelphia
-Press as an acrerse sign on the prosperity ot
bu'iress. Still the present activity of com
mercial Interests will tend to console the busi
ness of the country for the idea suggested by
the press that immigrants from other countries
do not think favorably ot it
It is announced with more pr less au
thority that Hon. W. L. Scott has retired from
Pennsylvania polities. That event is explained
by the fact that Mr. Scott has received
assurances that Cleveland's Interests will not
be antagonized by the Pennsylvania Democ
racy. Bat the real fact Is that Mr. Scott re
tired from politics when he wrote that
letter declaring himself to be acting for
tho same corporate interests as Mr. Chaun
ceyM. Depew on the Republican side. Al
though Mr. Scott did not And it out till the
publication of the letter, that document ren
dered it for the best interests ot Mr. Cleveland
that Mr. Scott should eschew active advocacy
of Mr. Cleveland's interests.
Among the disastrous results of the pres
ent remarkable winter is the complete ruin of
the prophetic reputation of the goosebone, De
Voe and others who unwarily committed them
selves to the platform of an early winter and a
severe December.
The brilliant New York, Sun intimates
that the. Hon. M. Halstead whose able denun
ciations of ice-water have earned him scientific
fame, will be well pleased with the scarcity of
ice that threatens to result if tho present open
winter continues. Mr. Halstead maybe pleased
with the compulsory disuse of ice-water: but it
Js not understood that he frowns upon ice in
other connections, or that it is a part of his
principles to take all his beveraees at a tepid
temperature. There is reason to believe that
the Field Marshal views with toleration the
employment of ica in sherry-cobblers, and
will even give his indorsement to its virtues in
connection with claret punch.
It is reported that the insurrection at San
Salvador has been suppressed. The populace
rose as one man and the Government put the
one man in jaiL
The Kepublicans of Ohio are very much
agitated by the report that the Democrats
propose to gerrymander the Congressional
District of the State so as to secure the ma
jority of the seats on an even vote. The Dem
ocrats reply by indignation over the Republican
apportionment on which the Democrats net 12
out of 17 districts on a vote la which the Demo
crats have a slight majority. The pnblic duty
ot districting the State solely with regard to
the continuity and convenience ot the districts,
and without any thought of partisan effect, is
equally foreign to the ideas ot either party.
Has the cold wave taken an unfair ad
vantage of the Signal Service and slipped in on
the only day for which tho Bureau omitted to
predict itt
The decision of the Judges confining
the fire engine test to the SUsby and Amoskeag
engines Is a mistake. The testis one under
taken for the public benefit, namely, to deter
mine what engine of all makes can give the
best service; and it was understood at Its in
ception that it would be open to all com
petitors. No doubt the contest between the
Amoskeag and SUsby engines will be an inter
esting and important one; but, in confining it
to those engines, the judges have reduced the
value of tho test 0 per cent
The "green yule" appears to be justify
ing its proverbial character in ihe"New York
mortality .statistics whateverlt may be doing
elsewhere.
"St. Jackson's Day" passed off with
less than the usual display of oratory by our
.Democratic friends. With the Democratic1
party on the outside of the,nattoual adminis
tration, and the Ohio Democrats sticking
closely to the increment from millionaire can
didates the conditions for glorifying the Jack
sonlan principles cannot have appeared very
opportune to most of the faithful.
The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, in
his speech yesterday, bid for a new title as a
terror to blocks of five politicians.
The renewed statements that the tele
phone, the nickel in the slot and other alleged
modern inventions existed in the time of the
.Pharaohs is a favorite effort of Imagination:
bnt no daring mind has yet gone to the lengths
of asserting that the ancient Egyptians
mastered the art of issuing hundreds of
millions of water in the stocks based on the
ancient inventions.
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
United States Treasurer Huston, who
has been suffering with a' severe cold for sev
eral days, was compelled to take to his bed
yesterday.
CybdS'W. Field is now three score and ten
years old, but still in active business life. His
first employment was as errand boy for A. T.
Stewart at S2 a week. His"dutles required him
to open and sweep out tbe store,
George du Maurier, tha refined social
satirist of Punch, will probably visit the United
States this year. He joined tbe staff of Punch
25 years ago, shortly after the death of John
Leecb, tbe original Illustrator of the funny
paper. Du Manner is always spirited In his
work, but never coarse or vulgar
Miss Blanche Willis Howard, whose
bright clever story, "One Summer," was so
marked a success, is 88 years old, but her face
is still full of the freshness ot yonth. She
dresses with exquisite taste,, and tbe arrange
ment of her hair is particularly attractive. She
.has lived abroad for 13 years, chiefly in France
and Germany.
Mbs. Ellen Olney Kirk, author of the
"Story of Margaret Kent," has a most be
witching, quaint and picturesque face. She
dresses with a ladylike grace; and refinement
and her manners are sweet and cordiaL Her
home at Germantown, Fa., is a gem of beauty,
and the company one meets there is distin
guished for wit and Culture.
' Oliver Wendell Holmes, like Tennyson
and Gladstone, Is 80 years old. Ha is a small,
slender man with a bright face, dresses with
taste and talks with ease. His first verses
were written at college and published in tbe
college paper. "Old Ironsides" was originally
published in the Boston AdverUier, in 1830,
when be was 21 years old. Ot his poem, he
himself prizes 'The Chambered Nautilus."
A NW York manager has offered Henry M.
Stanley 81,000 a lecture for SMectttres to be de
livered in America during next winter, and tbe
great explorer has not ret signified whether he
will accept the offer or not. This is probably
tbe biggest offer ever made for a series of lec
tures in this country. It would take somi won
derful calculation to figure out a profit for any
manager who makes such a generous offer as
that
John W. Mackay, whose wealth hat not
made him so famous as his wife's extravagance
In spending It Is 55 years old. He has a bard
face, whose features have not a single redeem
ing virtue. Mrs. Mackay, who nas known much
poverty in her life, has a strongly developed
genius for spending money in a loud and lux
urious way. Mr. Mackay lives xtaree-fourtha of
the year in California, where be enjoys a free
dom from restraint and etiquette which makes
his elegant residence In London a bore.
Tho Pension Claims on File.
Washington, Januaty "8. A count just
completed shows, that there are now 160,516 nn
adjudicated and pending claims on fllo in tbe
Pension Office. Of these cases 35,310 have been
placed upon the list of "completed files" for
Immediate consideration, and the entire ad
judicating force of tbe bureau will devote five
days in each week' to the consideration of these
completed cases nntil tho entire list Is disposed
of.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Overlooked a Little Point Hull Glorious
Blizzard A Pullman Car Porter's Sur
prise A Derivation.
T"he other day Mr. B 's hired man came to
him and said he wanted to leave.
"What's the matter, John?"
"Faith, nothin's the matter," replied the
man, rubbing his red bead, "but it is a fine
offer I have been made this day, air. The
acent at Winkle's dairy'H give me thirty dol
lars a month and me board, all for milkin' half
a dozen cows, an' quit work four o'clock in the
afternoon, with notbin' else to do,"
""That sounds good, John but what time do
you ko to work?"
'An sure I forgot to ax him, sir."
'Well. I'll tell you John, it's four o'clock in
the morning!"
(Thereupon John concluded to stay where
he was.
BLOW, BLIZZARD BLOW!
Hall, angry blizzard, western snorter, hall!
Thy blows are welcome, heat and break the
chain
Of mugglness and slush, and fling thy Ball
On tardy summer's shoulders or we're slain.
We sigh for snow; crisp snow, and lota of It:
With nipping airs to make onr faces, glow:
lee on the ponds, for small boys' benefit;
Let's know old Winter by his frost and snow.
Go balmy winds and bids yourselves till Junel
Proud mercury, prepare to take a fall!
And dandelions, diel you bloomed too soon.
For wmter'a here to temper summer's gall.
Blow, western blizzard) blow! O, blow away
The need for blowing noses all the day l
.
Jt Is very hard to surprise a Pullman car
porter. He Is hardened. All sorts and con
ditions of men are the same to him. Grain
ripe unto the harvest
But the other day, on a Pennsylvania train,
an African autocrat had a surprise party.
There were two young men in his sleeper.
Quietly dressed, orderly young men. They
both had upper berths; which early in the
evening they asked his royal highness to make
up.
"Berths boat ready, gemmen," be announced
presently, adding, "shall I get der ladder,
sahr
"What?" said both young men abruptly, and
before the porter to explain they were
seated in their berths smiling at blm. How
they did it so quickly a spectator who saw It
done could not tail me. He says the two young
men made a simultaneous soring, each caught
the rail of tbeberth and drew himself in In less
time by ten seconds than it takes to write this
sentence.
"Learnt that mountln' Texas ponies," one
of them told the porter, who stared at them in
vague alarm.
They were cowboys.
V
AiitowiEDOE of languages may not always
assist the student of etymology.
At a private school In this county at the ex
amination before the Christmas vacation a
boy was asked to give the derivation of carbon.
The boy learnt French as a child in the nursery
and speaks fair France's language as well as he
does English. To his French be went for the
derivation. After a minute's thought he said:
"Carbon is derived from the French. Car
meaning because of and ban good."
"How do you arrive at that?" asked the pro
fessor restraining a smile. "
"Oh, because carbon is a good thing," was
the ready answer.
OLEOMARGARINE LIKE WINE.
A Decision That Neither Can bo Lugged
Oat of n Restaurant.
Philadelphia, January 8. a case has just
been decided by tbe Supreme Court in which
several questions are discussed which are of
practical interest to all persons who buy food
or drink at hotels or restaurants. Chief Justice
Paxson lends some spice to the discussion by a
vigorous dissenting opinion. The questions arose
in a proceeding which was Instituted against a
man named Miller, who keeps a restaurant In
Pittsburg, to recover the penalty of $100 jm-
Iiosed by the third section of tho act of May 21,
883, for tbe sale of oleomargarine. Two men
went into Miller's place and among tho articles
of food furnished to them was a small dish con
taining oleomargarine. They carried it away
with them.
The question arose ot whether this was. In
the legal sense of tho word, a sale of oleomar
garine. The majority sentiment of the Su
preme Court Is voiced by Justice Clark, who
says 'It was the use of oleomargarine as food
and the fraud perpetrated upon tho public in
its sale wblcb was the mischief to be reme
died." Chief Justice Faxson, In his dissenting
opinion, said thatttbe guests bad a right to
satisfy their appetite, but after filling their
stomachs they should not also fill their pockets
and carry away the food they could not oat.
As an illustration of tbe-precedlng argument,
the Judire adds a sentence which nves nutrnnt.
intimation of what the decision of tbe court!
would be upon a case where wine or other;
liquor was "thrown in" with a meal. He saysjl
"If an unlicensed keeper of a restaurant max
set before his guests a bottle of wine or other
intoxi eating liquor, cbargingaregularnricefdr
tbe same with other articles of food furnished,
with liberty to take much or little of the liquor
as tbe guest may choose, or, failing to dnnkit
wiiu nis meat, permit nim to taice it away with
blm, then tbe liquor laws of the Commonwealth
are of no avail and the license to sell Uquoc is
wuuuj unnecessary.
SLATE MARRIAGES LEGAL.
Georgia Decides That a Will ThroughSuch
n Channel Goes,
From the Atlanta Journal. 1
There was an interesting case In Judge Mar.
snail j. uiarK'B court yesterday afternoon, m
which tbe legality of a slave marriage was one
of the points at issue. Perry Keitn, colored,
was suing for the recovery of some property.
Austin Keith, a well-known negro Jn Atlanta,
died about 10 or 12 years ago and left no will.
Ho owned considerable real estat$j and made
some verbal wishes as to what should be done
with It. A part of it went to Petty Keith, a
son by a slave marriage, and Abe rest to a
second wire, also marriod in slavery. This
second wife deeded ber property to Jane Jones
and her children. 7
Perry recently brought suit) to recover the
property owned by the Joneses', on tbe ground
that his father's marriage td the second wife
was not a marriage by lawbut they simply
lived together as slaves frejuentlydld. This
morning the jury brought i a verdict for the
defendants, which decision (established the va
lidity of tbe so-called slave inarriage.
ALL M'KEESPORTAIOYES OUT
And Makes WnshlnctoM Its ncndqnnrters
for a PostofQco Fleht.
ISrZCIAI. TILXOOAJI TO THE DlBPATOn.I
McKeespobt, January 8. All of the post
office candidates are represented at Washing
ton, and are constantly wiring for more citizens
to go there. Dr. White and a delegation of cit
izens went there toAnight in tbe interest of
Captain Stone. Tbejlghtisattts warmest pitch.
W. E. Harrison Is tnere, and reports state that
General Manager E. C. Converse, of the .Na
tional Tube Works Oompany. and W. Dewees
Wood, of tbe W. 3)ewees Wood Company, are
with blm. Posttuastcr Sbalo is there, and is
in the interest of Stone,
It is thought Uy many that a compromise will
be mado by thejeelectlon of a candidato who is
not in tne trianjguiar ugm uetween Thompson,
xiarnsou auu choqc.
Let the Eagle Roust nigh
From the Chbbsgo Jew.
If the eagYjs on the cactus which adorns the
Mexican dojflar will take the advice of a friend
it wilt seek ta higher perch before the Pattt en
gagement Begins at tbe ancient seat of the Az
tecs. At present it is in great danger of being
expatriated.
Ohio Wentber Indications.
From tbe jbblcsgo Tribune.
About tjhis time look out for extremely cold
weather in those parts ot Ohio where all the
Senatorial candidates reside whose names are
not Bricef.
Fan for Hoes If Mot for farmers.
Captalp J. L. Anderson, one of tho Georgia
fertilizer inspectors, reports that the warm
weatheris playing havoc with the farmers of
South deorgla. Thoy cannot kill their hogs
and find it very expensive to feed them.
Confirmed by the Senate.
Washington, January 8, The Senate has
conflrmeld John B. Delllle, of Texas, Consul at
ttrUtnl- '
DEATHS OP A DAY.
, Rev. D. 8. Kinney.
The Kev. VD. S. Kinney, of the Wcslcyan Meth
odist Churcm, died yesterday morning at bis resl
dincelnfeylraeuse. N. Y. lie was an old aboli
tionist, and; was born in Ashtabula county, v..
about 83 ye Ars ago.
Willlnm Radford.
WASHING': 'ON, Januarys. Bear Admiral Will
iam .Badon ,.U. B. X., retired Jlet at his resi
dence in th Is city, this evening, after a brief
illness,
BENEFITS OP ADYERTISING.
A Dispatch. Display Attracts Thousand of
People to a Store.
Headers of The Dispatch could not have
failed to notice the display advertisement of
Horoe Ward, which appeared in Its issues of
Monday and Wednesday mornings, and will
also appear to-morrow morning; balling atten
tion to tbe January opening sales in the ladies'
muslin underwear department, and calling at
tention also by the display cuts and descrip
tion of garments to the large extentand variety
of their stock.
The effectiveness of advertising can only
be known to merchants who adver
tise in the right way, and a mem'
ber of the firm of Home & Ward, when
interviewed, yesterday, by a Dispatch repre
sentative, stated that be was more than sur
prised by the result ot this special advertising.
Crowds of ladies blockaded the sidewalk on
Fifth avenue in front of their show windows
yesterday, and after viewing the goods dis
played in Home & Ward's window, entered
their establishment, -and during the entire day
throngs of purchasers kept the army of clerks
bnsy.
It is the province of the newspaper to bring
the customers to a store, and once inside the
bouse it is the business ot the merchant to sell
his goods.
This it Is evident Messrs. Home A. Ward suc
ceed In doing, by following np their extensive
advertising from year to year, and thus from
year to year increasing the volume of their
sales.
Horne & Ward have devoted to the sale of
ihose goods which they have been advertising
so thoroughly a large section of the center of
their store, takine in all about 80 feet of coun
ter room, besides tbe goods which are stored"
on tbesholres. j
In referring to tbe articles advertised by cuts
It may be Interesting to others to know thajt
hundreds of these cuts bavo been presented tjo
tbe clerks by people both In tbe city and out of
it who have seen in them just what thAy
wanted, and by this have secured it without a
moment's delay.
It would certainly be to tho interest of 'ladies
to call upon Horne fc Ward and see the very
superior make of underwear" which Abeyare
selling, the quality, make and finish of the
garments being such that they cannot fail to
please persons of the most fastidljus and re
fined taste. I
MERIT0EI0US ALL THE; TIME.
The Lancaster Era" Tells lis Readers Why
The DIspRtcb Is Popular.
From the Lancaster (Pa. )New lira.
Among all the exchanges frbich make their
dally visits to the New Era .office,
none is more welcome' or more eager
ly scanned than The, Pittsbcro Dis
patch. While it is extremely mod-
est in contrast with the eastern metropolitan
journals, in expatiating on its own merits, the
merits are there all thfe time. In fact it is not
excelled in news, enttf rprise and editorial ability
by the best ot theny While many of tbe big
dallies are filled oil the principle of the dump
cart. The Dispas-ch is always edited with
great care, due ragaid being given to the con
densation of matters of minor importance,
while the special topics of local or general in
terest In wblcb it is never distanced by its co
temporaries. Are given in detail
, The Dispatch has been a marvelous suc
cess, and the! secret of Its success has been its
uniform nerlt and its independent policy,
which has tamed for it a national reputation.
Its large circulation has rendered another of
Hoe's meat perfecting presses a necessity, which
will soon be added to its already excellent
plant
A COLORED ANARCHIST'S SPEECH,
Ha
Advises Bis
Southern Brethren to Use
tba Torch and Knife.
ISPXCIAL TELEORAM TO 'THEJMSrATCH.:
Jersey City' N. J., January 8. A mass
meetihg of tbe colored citizens of Hudson
counter was held in the Zlon African Methodist
Church under tbe direction of the Afro
American League to-night Tbe object was
to talk over recent outrages on the colored
raca in tbe South, and to consider propositions
that would tend to benefit tbe race in America.
Tile church was crowded. T. Thomas Fortune,
of this city, explained the object of tbe Afro-
merlcan League, of which he is tbe head.
Mr. Fortune spoke for two hours. He was
onserratiTe. and his sneeeb was well received.
e was followed by Price Williams, i small
an with kluky hair and a red mustache. He
artft an Incnndlarr flneeenj
i "There is not enough fight In the colored
rjaan." Mr. Williams said. Ho admired tbe
civilization of the Italians and the Indians.
A'When tbe colored man learns the value
'of the torch as a weapon," be said,
"when he learns to kill in cold blood, when
he learns to plunge the knife into tbe heart
of tbe white man, then there will be no ques
tion about the rights ot the colored
man. The white man will say, 'Mr.
Colored Man,' then. .With the torch and
the knife as the colored man's Cbristianlty.and
with tbe civilization of the Italians, the race
question would be settled." There was some
applause at Mr. Williams' remarks.
SOME M0NEX LEFT.
Tbe Flood Commission Still Ilns a Few Hun
dred Thousand.
Another meeting of the Johnstown Flood
Commission will be held on tho 16th to learn
the result of the distribution of the last $1,600,-
LO00. The Commission is rapidly reaching tbe
point where lts.anairs will be wound up.
Mr. James B. Scott said yesterday that when
tbe present distribution will have been made
there will still remain several hundred thou
sand dollars, and the Commission has not de
cided what disposition they will make of It.
Mr. Scott stated that applications had been
made by some of tho afflicted towns for some
of the money to do ceitain things. Johnstown
In particular has not applied, and it is possible
tbe funds remaining will be scattered in tbe
flooded districts at places where it will do the
most good.
W0EEING ON CHARLESTON NEGROES.
Western Emigration Aeents Spreading
Tbelr Net for Colored Men,
rSFXCIAI, TELEGRAM TO TBE DISPATCH.!
Charleston, S. C, January 8. Tbe West
ern emigration agents have reached Charles
ton, and a movement of negroes toward the
West is imminent A circular signed by W. L.
Eagleson. Topeka, made its appearance here
to-day. It was addressed to tho clergymen of
most of the negro churches and announces
that Oklahoma is now open for settlement
Emigrants are told that they can for IM secure
160 acres of rich farming land.
A MEMORIAL SERY1CE
Held In Honor of Two Dead Salesmen by
Tbelr Campnnlont.
H. J. Heinz, tbe pickle manufacturer, list
erosing held bis annual convention of his trav
eling men in the Moorhead building. During
evening a memorial service, under tbe auspices
of Moorhead Union, of the W. C. T. U., was
held for those who have .died during the past
year. In tbat time twq of tbe salesmen have
passed away. Mrs. R. H. Jones presided over
the services, and Mrs. Sarah Hammett spoke.
Mrs. L. M. Duffy conducted tbe singing.
Postofllces on .Mull Steamers.
Washinpton, January 8. Sir Julian
Pauncfote, the British Minister, was in con
sultation with Postmaster General Wanamaker
to-day. It is understood the subject of the con
ference was tbe question of the establishment
of postoffices on mail steamers plying between
Great Britain and the United States.
THEATRICAL NOTES.'
Pbot. Herrmann's Trang-Atlantique
Vaudevilles, direct Irom their recent success
in New York City nd Philadelphia, will oc
cupy the stage ot the Bijou all next week.
Tbe company have been playing to crowded
houses in all the largo cities, and no doubt will
continue their success here. Among the great
hits of ttio programme maybe mentioned the
great Trewey juggler, balancer and shadow
grapbist the funny and popular comedian, Gns
Williams, Les Fr;res Tacchi, the Parisian won
ders; Harry Pepper, popular tenor and author;
Le Petit Freddy, the child phenomenon, from
the"FolIeBergeres,"TarIs; Here TboIen,the
electric clown and his singing dog; Pas de
Quatre, four Gaiety danseuses excentriques,
the marvelous Finauds, fantastic pantomlm
ists; dainty Katie Seymour, the1 original skirt
dancer; tho Athols from tbo Empire Theater,
Lo'ndon, known as the "Spider and Flyj" Eu
nice Vance, tbe original "Dotty Cough Drops;"
and others. Sale of seats begins to-day. ,
THE old spectacular favorite Hanlons' "Fan
tasma"is billed for tbe Grand Opera House
next week. J ,
" THE "Felix. Esters,"with "A Royal Hand,"
play a rubber th Harris' Theater next week.
THE STROLLER'S STORIES.
Odd OplnloBS and Qualm Obstrvatloas From
Corband Corridor.
"THE month of Ddcembcr, usually a decidedly
dull month for! hotels, was not such a bad
month after all foa the hotel) of Pittsburg.
One of tbe indications of tho present remark
able growth of this city is tbo increase, during
the past two yearst in the patronage given to
tbe excellent hotels of the Gas City. 'All the
bouses here are making money, and deserve
to make it Traveling men say that, after they
leave Philadelphia, they find no really good
hotels short of Chicago except those ot Pitta
burg. This ciftr has become a farorite resting
place for druinmers during Sunday, notwith
standing thef operation of tho Brooks law.
During lastDecember the Seventh Avenue
Hotel entertained 365 guests. Tbe clerks
there dally fount up their registries. That is
not; dona at the Anderson, and the total regis
tration there cannot be given, but it was very
large. Pads after page was filled with names
during eaab successive 21 hours. The largest
registry during one day at the Seventh Avenue,
since tbeuouse was opened, covered 19 paces..
As there are 22 names to tbo page, tbere must
nave beren about 420 guests tbat day.
The
hotel Wen now doing business look without the
slightest apprehension on the opening of the
Hotel Scblosser and the early re-openlng of tbe
Mpnongahela House. One of tbe oldest hotel
managers in the city said: "I am glad to see
this city acquiring a reputation for excellent
hotels. The more first-class houses wo have
'.fl.wll1.tl.. MflHl.lt.. .Ill ...... n,..
wuw ntuci vum. tGiJ-uitihivu Mil, UC1 U1UC iUO
result will be that a greater number of people
will come to us. Tbo increase of good hotels
Increases the business of all. Not only that,
but It aids materially in promoting tbebuslness
interests of the city. A city noted for Its ten.
L class hotels is certain to attract men of wealth
and to bring capital to tbe town."
QrTrE3 along the lakes, Toledo, Cleveland and
Buffalo, complain of a recent influx of
spurious nickels. The street car companies are
special victims of the false coin, where tbe
cars contain boxes in which the passenger de
posits his fare without tbe Intervention of a
conductor. Inquiry of bank officials and street
railway employes show that the counterfeit 6
cent pieces have not been brought to this city.
Hardly any come to the banks, and street rail
way men say that although a few base coins
are now and then found In their cash boxes,
there has been no recent increase in tbat sort
ef currency.
A clerk at one of the principal hotels said:
"We get no counterfeit nickels, but now
and then a bad dollar is offered to us. 1 can
tell one almost as soon as I feel It It used to
be that the counterfeits had a soft, creasy feel
ing, and did not have th right ring. Recently
the dollars have been made much better, and
one not accustomed to tbe bandlingof coin can
hardly tell them from tbe genuine stuff. They
are bard and dry, and have a good ring to them.
I can discern a difference in color, however.
tbe spurious coin having a sort ot bluish
tinge."
Qne of the odd things, connected with tbe
present agitation concerning electric wires
is the curiosity, even anxiety, with which peo
ple on the streets watch linemen when they are
at work. Let a climber ascend a pole, or a carbon-setter
go up a ladder. In any part of tbe
city, and tbe pedestrians will stop In crowds
and watch bim, expecting momentarily to see
blm come tumbling to the streetwlth tbe effect
of 600 volts concealed about his person. The
crowd is not atall conducive to tbe'ease of the
hard-working man up tbe pole
B. Thou as M. Kino. Second Vice Presi
dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, passed through the city yesterday,
going to Cleveland by the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie road. Mr. King used to be a resident of
this city. He expressed himself as being very
well pleased with tbe present condition of af
fairs in bis company, generally and locally. Tbe
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company,
be said, bad done a good stroke of business in
buying the Pittsburg, McKeesport and Belle
vernon line. He declined to say whether the
Baltimore and Ohio had been trying to pur
chase that new road or not.
A newspaper man of this city was very
nearly selected as an American corres
pondent to accompany tbe German exploring
expedition in Africa under the command of
Major Wissman. Arrangements had been just
about completed, in 1SS8, when, for political
reasons, tbe expedition was postponed for eight
months. During that time the Pittsburg man
made new arrangements. In his correspond
ence with Major Wlssmann. then in Berlin, be
began with German, using tbe best Hoch
Dentscb he could command. He received a
reply in excellent English, and added to tbe
note was a postscrip, saying, "Do not distress
yourself any more with German." Our local
friend docs not believe the reports which come
from Europe thatMajor Wissman Is committing
great atrocities in Africa. Tbey come from
English sources, he says, and are inspired by
jealousy.
psiHBOSE and West, whose company is this
week at the Grand Opera House, on Tues
day concluded, by correspondence, a contract
with tbe celebrated minstrel, Lew Dockstader,
who Is now in Philadelphia. He will join tbe
company next week at Cincinnati. Lew bad
his own company1 on the road last season, and
has been engaged at a very high salary.
QNEof Pennsylvania's contributions to the
Chicago League Club for the coming
season, Bert Garvin, of New Castle, is in the
city visiting friends. He is a young and well
educated gentlemon, and has been playing
shortstop, field and catcher for various
amateur and professional clubs for five years.
Last season he played in tho field for the
Columbus club, in the Tn-Stare League, and
has been engaged by Mr. Spalding as a short
stop. He will report for duty March I, and bas
high anticipations of the training he will re
ceive under Old Anse. The Stroller.
A DOT PRESIDENTAL CAMPAIGN.
Peruvian Politics Lively, With Two Popular
'Candidates la the Field.
Lima, via Galveston. January a The
various political parties continue active in pre-.
paring for the coming elections. Appoals
signed by numerous citizens in allpirtsof the
country favoring the two foremost Presldental
candidates, Colonel Morales Bermudes and Dr.
Rosas, are published dally. ColonelBermude",
who Is the official nominee, represents the mili
tary spirit of tbe country. He is generally re
spected on account of his honorable career and
ral.or dorine the lato international and civil
wars. Dr. Rosas Is the choice of the civilian
party. He was the favorite Minister of the
lata President Prado. and subsequently Presi
dent ot the Senate.
General Canevaro's narty Is still united, not
withstanding his withdrawal from the contest.
which, m view of bis chances of success, has J
Deen cnaracionzea puouciy uj vjco.rres.uens
Denegtl as proof ot the bigbest patriotism and
self-denial. His popularity is due principally
to tne record made during his present and two
preceding administrations as Mayor of. Lima.
He also took an active part in the great war.
devotrne his fortune to its prosecution. SI
Pais, the orcan of tbe Democrats, is sangnine
as to the success of its party, which, it is ex-
Sectcd, will shortly place in nomination ex.
lictator Pierola, who is the party's recognized
head.
The Exnct Situation.
Flora the Minneapolis Tribune.
Just at this stage ot tbe game Montana ap
pears to be Ions on Senators and short ou cre
dentials tor them.
STORY OF THE BAREFOOT BOY.
On Haverhill's pleasant hills there played,
Home seventy years ago.
In turned-up trousers, battered hat
Patches and freckles, and all that,
Tbe Barefoot Boy we know.
Be roamed his berry fields content.
But while, from bush and brier
The nimble feet got many a scratch.
His wit, beneath its homely thatch,
Aspired to something higher.
Over his dojr-eared spelling book,
Or schoolboy composition.
Fouling- his head with some hard lam,
Uolng for nuts, or gathering gum,
He cherished his ambition.
Kind nature smiled on that wise child.
Nor could her love deny blm ,
The large fulfillment or his plan;
Since he who lifts his brother man
In turn Is lilted by blm.
He reach ho starry heights of peace
Before his head was hoary;
And now at fourscore years again
The blessings of his fellow-men
Waft him a crown of glory.
-V. T. TroxciTUgi.
MUST ECONOMIZE IN GA&
Tbe AIlrg-lieBTeatlDc Company" iHsti a
Circular to Knphnslza the Heeds of lbs
SltaatlOB Aa Intonrlew Upon Gas Bnp.
plr.
Tbe Allegheny Heating Oompany bas just
issued a circular to their patrons on tbe neces
sity of economizing in the use of natural gas.
Tbe circular contains much valuable Informa
tion for those using the gas by meter, and is u
follows. It is dated December 80.
Tbat natural gas, as a domestic luel. Is one of
the greatest luxuries ot the age Is admitted by alt
who use It. Hitherto. Its supply bas been to
abundant the cost 0 low, and tbe method of sell
ing It such as to encourage tbe utmost exfraTa-
gance and waste In Its use. It Is now being real
ized that to secure a continued supply of this val
uable fuel, proper care and economy in it use is a
necessity. More Intelligence must be brought to
bear on tbe appliances lor using the gas and util
izing to tbe utmost the heat produced by its com
bustion. Appliances can now be procured tbat
will utilize from CO to 80 per cent of tbe beat pro
duced, instead of only 10 to 25 per cent utilized by
the majority of appliances now In use. In the
sense of being costly, natural gas si present can
barrilybe'ealleda luxury! but the enormous ex-
r Pen'e entailed on the companies to maintain the
must of necessity result In Increased rates to tbe
consumer.
In order to check as much as possible tbe waste
of our precious fuel andto encourage tbe consum
er In adopting economical appliances and exer
cising some care In its use, the companies are will
ing to go to the very great expense of providing a
meter for ecry consumer. That this policy Is to
the Interest of tbe consumer a moment's reflection
will show. It will tend to conserve, the supply of
gas. By reducing the waste It reduces tbe cost of
producing and maintaining the supply, and will
thus tend to keep down tho price to tbe consumer.
It places every consumer on an equality each
pays only for what Is used. Tbe careful and eco
nomical get their reward In small bills. Tbe
wasteful and extravagant have no escape from tbe
consequences or their carelessness. When burn
ing gas by meter the consumer makes bis own
bill. When burning by contract the iras company
makes the bill, which, or necessity. Is not calcu
lated on tbe bails of carefulness and economy,
but on the bails Of the greatest extravagance.
The first quarter since tbe general introduc
tion of meters was ended on the 1st ult For
purpose ot ascertaining If there was any In
crease m the bills o( consumers over tbe same
quarter of 1689. a Disfatch reporter called at
tbe offices of tbe Philadelphia Company yes
terday. At the cashier's office tbero was a long
string of persons coming in all day to pay their
bills. One of the execntive officers, when
asked if any of the consumers objected to the
size ot their bills, said:
"It is Interesting to stand in tbe cashier's
office and listen to the complaints of persons
who think the meters have increased their
bills. These are only a handful when we con
sider tbo large number of meters in use. Tbere
are probably 8,000 consnmers taking our gas
who are using meters. This Is about one-third
of the whole number. "We have explained to
the people who are burning by meter tbat if
tbey economized In tbe use of tbeir gas tbelr
bills would be much less than they were for the
same period.
"It is impossibleat the present time to furnish
figures showing tbe advantage in favor of tbe
consumer who burns by meter. When we first
agitated tbe idea of putting in tbe meters there
was a big bowl from those who bad tried It It
was an indisputable fact tbat the bills were
higher after tbe meters were put in. Tbe reason
for this is as plain as the nose on one's face.
When tbe meters were placed in the houses of
consumers tae latter continued to bum tbe gas
in the same manner that they did while burn
ing by contract Tbey never thought of econo
mizing In tbe use of the fuel. When tbe gas
was turned on full force In every fire-place, the
bills, as a natural consequence, were higher
than they bad been before.
wo nave loona in every case where tne mils
were higher by tbe use ot meters, tbat the con
sumers did not have their burning appliances
in proper sbape and were wasting tbe
gas. Suppose you take a common
illuminating gas burner. It has a tip on it tbat
will enable not more than five or ten feet of
gas to be burned per hour. Take the tip off
and you will have a flame of gas a foot nigh.
Without tbe tlpyoucet&o times tbesamegas but
very little better light This principle applies
to tbe use of fuel gas as well. If you use a pipe
punched full of boles for a burner you get alot
of gas. If you put a proper burner In the fire
place yon get almost as much heat with one fif
tieth the amount of gas. When consumers use
tbe meter and burn tbe gas the same as tbey
would liluminatlDtr gas they will find their bills
to be much less. They also have a much more
comfortable house and better results are ob
tained In every wav. The house Is more com
fortable and there is less danger of taking ones
death of cold.
"The present price of tbe gas 10 cents ner
1,000 feet I tbink is an equitable charge. This
is not unreasonable in any way, and if proper
economy is used tbere will be no complaints
about exorbitant rates. I know one young
roan who Informed me this morning tbat he
bad saved S24 tbe last year by tbe use of tbe
meter. He did not hare every Are on blazing;
full tilt and as a result be finds by tbe new
scheme he is saving -money. We are after tbe
people who waste tbe gas. They have either got
to economize or pay for their extravagance."
ALD. POETER DISSATISFIED.
Ho Slates That tbe Jury Wronged Hlra by
the Yerdlet.
Alderman Porter Is anxiously waiting tor tbe
result of his appeal for a new trial, which will
be known on Saturday. Jf the court decides to
abide by the verdict as given by the jury, then
it Is the intention of tbe Alderman to ask tbe
Supreme Court to reverse the judgment of the
lower court Tbe Alderman stated to a re
porter that he tbongbt tbe verdict was grossly
nntalr against all tbe defendants.
"A verdict was founded on tbe evidence,"
said the Alderman, "of the most abandoned
and disreputable witnesses. Even the evidence
of my late constable, Daley, was highly colored
with prejudice."
Tbe Alderman states that he will not enter
tbe political arena again, and even if he gets
out of this troublo he will not be a candidate
for Alderman again.
THE LADIES ISYITED
By tbe Masons to Their Coming Grand
Orgnn Recital.
Atrrandorgan recital will be given In the
Vnew Masonic Temple tba latter part of this"
month, to which the ladies of the members
will be invited. Much curiosity bas always ex
isted among tho fair sex regarding tbe building
where the gentlemen are supposed to spend so
many evenings, and they will In alb proba
bility take advantage of tbe opportunity to In
spect the various lodgi rooms, which will be
thrown open for their benefit
The goat's horns will be guarded with brass
knobs on this occasion to prevent accidents,
and the committee In charge signify their
willingness to cage tho animal if necessary.
Great prcnantlona aro being; made for tbe
event and an elaborato programme is in pro
cess of composition.
8ocIaI Chatter.
The third of tbe dinner dance series will be
given Friday nlgbt The german will be
danced at tho residence of Mrs. Harry Oliver,
and tho dinners will be given by Mrs. A EL W.
Painter. Mrs. John Bickctson, Mrs. Mark Wat
sou and Mrs. B. F. Jones.
The Columbus Club will open a series of
lectures on January 20. The first one will bo
by Daniel Dougherty, tbo "silver-tongued ora
tor," who will speak on "The Stare." The fore
most orators will bo secured for the remainder
of tbe series,
THE teachers belonging to the Butler Street
M. E. Sunday school will be entertained to-day
by M. S. Hamilton. Various subjects relating
to Sunday school work will be discussed, and
refreshments will be served consisting of Ice
cream and cake.
A OELiOHTrci. tea drinking was in progress
at Mrs. J. H. Cbilds borne, on Fifth avenue,
yesterday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock.
Avery pleasant euchre party was enjoyed
at the residence of Mrs. E. Stotler Ruhr, on
Collins arenne, Tuesday evening.
Miss Fannie Wilson, of Frankstown, was
married yesterday to Mr. William Pritchett, of
Philadelphia.
OVERHEAD WIRES SOT KNOCKED OUT.
The District of Colombia Appropriation Bill
Cat and Passed.
Washington. January 8. Shortly after tbe
House convened to-day, it went Into committee
of the whole, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair, on the District of Columbia anproprja.
Hon bill. On a point of order by Mr. Atkinson,
of Pennsylvania, tho clause was struck from
the bill wblcb requires private electric light
ing wires tabs placed under ground.
On a point of order by Mr. Mason, of Illinois,
tbe clause was staackiiut which authorizes the
commissioners of the District to Impose a li
cense fee of 125 a year against any person or
corporation for each telegraph or telephone
pole maintained. The committee rose and the
bill was passed.
A Tobacco Trade Mark Association.
WASHlNGTONrJanuary S. Representatives
of many ot the leading cut tobacco manufac
turers of tbe country met here to-day, and
organized a trademark, association, baring for
jta object the protection of Its members In the
use of legitimate trademarks, OBceis were
elected
CUKIOUS CUHDEKi5ATlH.&
A calf without the sign of a tail dis
ports in the fields at Flamlngton.
A rattlesnake shaking 14 rattles was
killed" la a swamp near Allegan, Mictu the
other day.
John Thompson, of Williamspori, suf-
fered from an attack of hiccoughs which lasted
for a week. Z.
The fashion nf nnailirinp' lh hair is reVK
establishing Itself with the Paris beaux, and is
expected to show itself again in London. j
riuie aigging in nis ear wnn a pin,
Charles Mowers, of Shipnensburg. did himself o
tui injury wjiico nas resujica in locKjaw.
An eagle sitting on tbe cornice of ths';
Southern Hotel was a sight that astonished
the people of St. Louis tbe other evening.
It is said of a Hudsondale, Carbon
county. Pa., man that he has worn tbe same
hat for 23 years, and be says that it bas coma ,.
into style vt times.
Antrim, N. H., with a population of -is?
about 1.3CO, boasts of 1 nonogenarlans and 25
octogenarians. Twenty-one of these 29 old
people are women.
Separation from bis wife is sought for
by a Chester man, and be backs bis claim for it
by the statement that she danced for joy when
he chopped bis fingers off.
A hed at Cbambersburg began the new
year by laying an egg weighing four and a half
ounces, with a sort of a bay-window attach
ment on either side.
Captain Elisha Oakes, of Vinalhaven,
Me., has 90,000 live lobsters in bis pond, from
which h is sblpplng'from Boston. Two or
three men like Mr. Oakes would be able to get
up quite a corner on the salad market
A Bellalre, Mich., tailor has made a
pair of pants out of 300 different kinds of cloth
for a fortune-hunting youth, who wants to
create the impression that he is tbe most
economical man on eartb. "The pants cost
1100.
It is claimed that phosphate is found in
only three places throughout tbe United States
South Carolina, New Mexico, and Florida.
In New Mexico It Is about exhausted, while in
Florida it is more extensive than In South Car
olina, and assays 23 per cent more.
In his speech at the opening of the
Legislature of the Province of Quebec the
Lieutenant Governor announced, among other
things, that during its session, the Legislature
will be asked to pass an act granting 100 acres
otland to the father and mother of every
family of 12 or more living children, born in
lawful wedlock,
Jerry Givens, a young man of Martins
ville. Ind.. while bunting on Islands formed by
tbe swollen river, came upon a large ball of
snakes, wbicb had been driven from their
winter quarters by tbe water and the pleasant
weather. He killed all at a single shot, ana on
disengaging them, found monster blacksnakes
and nve gartersnakes.
It is related of a Traverse City, Micb.,
girl tbat sbe bas made her best fellow promise
to come around at noon for an answer to bis
proposal ot marriage. The girl says she has
seen him several times, but always in tbe even
ing; and she will marry no man unless sbe
knows bow he looks by daylight
A Northfield, O., farmer named Aimer
Greenleaf, having a premonition that the sum
mer weather would extend far into th winter,
tried a little experiment He planted & num
ber of bills of potatoes late in September. Tne
tubers throve well, and on Christmas Day the
farmer's table was supplied with new potatoes
uuu uu own Karueu.
The incessant barking of his dog in
duced Jobn Brown, of Lorimer. Pa., to Investi
gate, and as he emerged from the kitchen door
and passed into tbe yard he was seized by a big
bear with which he bad a tussle. Ha
finally escaped from the animal's clutches. As
Bruin wore a muzzle. It Is thought ha escaped
from traveling Italians,
Since tbe establishment of the Vienna
free kitchens the number of drunkards is said
to have greatly diminished. Tbe medical pro
fession testify to enormous improvement in the
health ot tbe lower classes. Derangements of
the stomach, formerly tbe most frequent cases
in Vienna hospitals, btre decreased to one
third of the number ot ten years ago.
As an illustration of the queer blunders
sometimes made by compositors the following
is noted: A country correspondent in giving
an account of a certain pastor's able address to a
Meadville paper, wroto that ho was "full of fire
and vigor." Wnen tbe proof came Jn it gave
tbe somewhat startling Information the minis
ter was "f nil of pie and vinegar."
Tbe oldest living criminal in the United
States is John Mount uf Covington, Ky, He
was a good one in bis days. He is now nearly
90 years of age ana SS years of his life have
been spent in various penitentiaries In the
United States, tie has committed almot
every crime except that of murder. He Is llv.
ing a very secluded life at present and seldom
goes on the streets.
A Spiritualist proceeding out of the or
dinary run took place at the. Metropolitan
Temple in San Frincisco the other evening, in
wblch A. S. Cleveland and Mrs. Louise Beatty
were married, as tbe medium said, by the
spirit of Thomas Starr King. Two thousand i
people gathered to witness the ceremony, and
Hstene d attentively to Mrs. J. J. Whitney, who.
arrayed in a costly costume decked witb dia
monds, proclaimed herself a minister invested
with ail necessary authority to tie a binding
matrimonial knot Sbe claimed to speak only
as Starr King's spirit dictated, and. after re
peating the usual Unitarian service, pro
nounced (be couple man and wife.
At Saint-Gal!, Switzerland, an old
Colonel named Martignonl bas just died at the
age of 80. He 'bad abundant opportunity for
acquiring a practical knowledge of men and
manners. No romance writer would dare to
give to his hero a career so varied as that ot
old Martignonl. He began life as a lawyer.
Then he turned a soldier, and fought in the
war of the Sonderbund. At tbo close of that
strussle. be rose to the bench and served as a
Judge. Then fortune deserted bim, and he
went down bill until be became a street sweep
er In New York, and afterward a waiter baa
coffeo and cake saloon. Soon afterward he
managed to get to California, where he became
a miner. Having been cured of the gold fever,
be went to England, joined tbe army, and
served nnder the English colors in the Crimean
war. At tbe end of tbat difficulty he went to
tbe Argentine Republic. Tbere again fortune
deserted blm. and in a few years be returned to
Europe. Ho labored as a railroad conductor, a
policeman and a town clerk, and at last settled
down to a quiet life in bis native country. His
final request was original and easily granted.
It was that nobody, except the undertaker and
bis assistants, sbould attend his funeral.
AS BRIGHT AS GOLD.
The New Ee'brmation. Sullivan is a
Vresbyterlan, Isn't he?
Yes, a sort of John Knocks." Aio York Evtn
ing Sua.
First Man (excitedly) Our boarding
house Is a-flre'." Second Man (calmly) Come,
then, hurry up, and perhaps wa may be able to
get something hot. Jiay.
"That man's a genius. He started a
pistol factory and Invented a new cannon."
That's nothing. I know a man who started a
bucket shop and made a barrel." Uunirj't
Weikly.
"Tommy Maw, are animals stylish, jest
the same as real people?
Ma I guess not. Tommy: why?
Tommy Nuthln'. only Iwasjestreadln' about
a cow belt Ktarnlg hnterprU.
No Demand for It You must practice a
trade when tu Jail and ws generally let the pris
oners do what they can do best What Is your
best line of work.
"Bunco." -.yo Xork Evening Sun.
Wickwire Now, there's Figg, for in
stance. He has no Idea of tbe value of money,
WabSley-Why, I thought Flgg was little close.
If anything. Wickwlre-Yes. that's lust whatl
said. A nickel looks as big to blm as a cart wheel.
Terrs ifaut Bjcprtts.
The widow of a New York man lately de-;
i-.t u trintni-oil-trrom a celebrated phy
sician f t,M for her husband's brain, which Is now,
In the doctor's eaoinei. mom " -.u.otu.
brains among New York men are exceedingly
rare, Chicago Stwi, 't
Getting srt His Eecord. Bank President
I like young Stylo and I wonld like to make hla j
cashier, but bis character
Dlrector-Notbad,Ibonr -
... -t..Alt.l riAthtn v&Tvint It n-m-jvftv A ?f
the other."
'Couldn't you persuade him to run for some rl
petty political otace?" -rime.
Benney Mr. Sloat will yon give your
daughter to me In marrlago
Mr. SSloat-Well, well, I see tbat yon don't knows
my daughter as yet.
iJenney(astonlshed)-Wb-wnat do youmearg
slrf ' JS
Mr. Blast-lf you had been thoroughly aeS
qualnted with ber, you wouldhave said: Willi
you give me to your daughter In marriage. rwf
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