JSP- fV r THE FXTTSBimG- IDISPATCH. JFEIDAT, ' JANUARY 10, 1890. 5 m k ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1518, Vol.44. 2o-SS7. Enteredati'Utsbnrgrnstoace. 2Joveinber 14, 1837. as second-class matter. Business Office 87 and 99 Fifth Avenue. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 70 Diamond Street. Eastern Advertising Office, Koom 5, Tribune Ualldlnc, ewYork. TERMS. OB" THE DISPATCH. ro?TAGi rnzx in the tottxd statxs. DAtM Dispatch. One "Tear. - t00 J) silt Dispatch, lerQuarter 2 CO DAXI.Y DISPATCH, One Month 70 1U1LT DISPATCH, lncludint; Sunday, lyear. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, IneludinftSnnday.Sm'ths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, lnciudins-Suuday.inionth so 61TKDAT Dispatch, one Year .... I SO "Wxtklt Dispatch. One Year 1 TBS DiXLT Dispatch is delivered by carriers at Ascents per -week, or Including bnnday edition, at 50 cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. JAN. 10. 1890. THE HON. W- D. XELLET. Pennsylvania lose a statesman, the Re publican party a leader, and the Republic a braTe and patriotic citizen by the death of the Hon. "W. D. Kelley. His death yester day had been foreseen for weeks, the public Lad long been prepared for his departure from the scene of his faithful labors in be half of his country and his country's indus trial prosperity. Judge Kelley was one of the last of the generation of Bepublican statesmen to whom the United States owe a large debt or gratitude for service in the most perilous epoch of their existence. As a man of great brain-power and sledge hammer will Pennsylvania will find it diffi cult to fill his place. The biographical sketch which will be fonnd in another column of this issue, will remind our readers or an essentially self made in the best sense Judge Kelley was. He was born with grit and brains in him, and the lowly circumstances of his child hood proved no bar to hit advancement. In the formation of friendships he was for tunate from the first. Tne earliest friends of his manhood were men of positive char acter, and by contact with them his natural moral strength was increased. Thus when the time for action came, in the support of his afflicted country he was ready. As lawyer, judge, Con gressman, and broadly as a ktbinker, orator and writer the impress of his person ality upon the people was large and benefi cial. To this he owed the happy distinction of having a seat in Congress continually for a long term of years at his disposal. He used his opportunities in Congress largely fpr the furtherance of the protective policy, and for years has been one of its leading apostles. In this regard alone Judge Kelley has been a power for good to the nation. Taking his life all in all we see a great deal to admire and nothing to regret It is the life of a representativi American citizen and statesman that challenges the approval of the world. UHHTHQ THE RESPONSIBILITY. Attorney General Miller yesterday made answer to the Senate on the Dudley letter resolutions. He expressly denied that any communication passed between the Depart ment at Washington and the United States Attorney Chambers at Indianapolis on the subject. This meets squarely the charge of Mr. Voorhees that the prosecution of Dud ley was prevented by orders from Washing ton. Yet it is not the most desirable answer thai could have been made. In view of all circumstances, it would have been much better if the department were able to show a communication to Chambers instructing him to proceed with the prosecution. Then the facts would have come out, in place of leaving the issue for the contentious specu lation of partisans in the Senate. If the "blocks of five" letter were a for gery in whole or in part, as Senator Ed munds intimated dnring the debate of Wednesday, Mr. Dudley could have heaped confusion on the heads of his Democratic as sailants. Such a service might have enti tled him to rewards and recognition which the administration has since withheld. If no bribery was meant by the "blocks of five" epistle, but only legitimate campaign work, the Bepublican leaders would have been glad to have the correct construction established by Colonel Dudley from the wit ness stand, instead of having to meet the damaging interpretation which Senator Voor hees and a good many others put upon that interesting epistle. But the answer of the Attorney General and the prompt denial of Senator Quay, for lis part, of bringing any pressure to bear for the suspension of proceedings against Dudley are, at least, efficient in disposing of Senator Voorhees' attempt to fasten the responsibility of the Indianapolis United States Attorney's action and utterances upon the President or the Chairman of the Re publican National Committee. BEIGE'S RAINBOWS FAINT. So the golden pippin has fallen into the lap of Mr. Brice. The late trafficker in rainbows has the regular Democratic nom ination for the Ohio Senatorship. It looks as if the pippin might yet prove sour. There are reasons for be lieving that the hostility to Mr. Brice, and we trust to the methods by which it is alleged his nomination has been secured, will crystalize later on in a very sturdy bolt." So the head that Is so near the crown lies still uneasy. It is remarkable how close to the actual figures of the balloting in caucus The Dis TATCH's predictions were. The figures are satisfactory enough to Mr. Brice, if he does sot have to start ficuring afresh when his enemies spring their new scheme. The situation iu Ohio is still full of fun and fight, PROBABLY THE LAST OF THEM. At a time when the influenza is prostrat ing far stronger and more important public people in Europe and in this country, the ni ws that the little King of Spain, aged not quite four years, is at death's door is hardly in the nature of a surprise; yet upon that frail life hang serious issues. 2?o problem has been more beset by intrigue and un certainty Jthan the provision of a Govern ment for Spain, dnring the last half century. The monarchical succession has been a boo of contention among unfit claimants for that period, with little or no regard to any possible feeling or interests of the common people. Ultimately, in 1S70, the dispute over it led to the awful Franco Frussian War which deluged Europe with "blood and itaposedjiarajsing burdens upon two nations from which neither has yet nil y escaped. Then there was an interval of attempted Bepublican rule, that like wise ended in failure. The Spanish people, under succession of unworthy monarchs, had not reached the stats of intelligence and public spirit which has made possible a Bepublic in France. Should the little King die there will im mediately ensue a brisk season of fresh in tricoe nnd perhaps -violence among the va rious pretenders whose unction -in life la J the assertion of an hereditary and divinely sanctioned right to set themselves up in the "King" business whenever they jjet a chance. By the latest reports from Madrid it would appear that the air around the sick cradle is already disturbed by the om inous-flight of the vultures in the near po litical horizon. But the world has moved everlsince the last abortive attempt to establish a Bepub lic in Spain. The people of that country have seen, across the Pyrenees, France grow prosperous and contented under re publican rule. They have witnessed the Brazilians throw off even the nominal yoke of one of the most enlightened and liberal of monarchs. To those to.whom the ulti mate and early republicanizing of all Eu rope seems inevitable, it will be no surprise if the youngest and least objectionable ot the Spanish Kings, who now lies danger ously ill, will also be the last to wield the scepter in that land. HE. BBASHEAE OH THE LIBRARY. The spirit in which Mr. John A. Brashear takes up the Carnegie library question we commend for imitation to all who may feel called upon to speak upon the subject Dis cussed in this spirit the question at once loses the indelicate and offensive character istics it has sometimes assumed. Mr. Brashear, as will be seen by his letter in an other column, is prepared to concede rather more to the Allegheny Councils than some people consider their deserts, and all of his appeals to them are couched in the language of common sense and courtesy. Practically the request he makes of that body is that it will ap proach the matter of the government of the Carnegie Library with a proper sense of the grave responsibilities involved in its dis position. If temperate logical argument can bring the city fathers of Allegheny to a realization of their duty in the premises. Mr. Brashear's appeal will not be in vain. We trust they and the tens of thousands who are primarily interested in the removal of the Carnegie Library from any possible contact with civic politics will read all Mr. Brashear says with care. The array of opinions and precedents, all from the finest and highest sources-in the history of public libraries, which Mr. Brashear marshals, is evidence enough of the close and sympathetic study he has de voted to the subject We do not see how the accuracy of his deductions in the main can be impugned. The necessity for the maintenance of the library above and beyond the reach of ward politicians has been plainly indicated by The Dispatch. The Board of Com mission which controls it should be made up of responsible men of personal qualifica tions for the work, and any plan which keeps these two points well in view will de serve the public's approval as it will re ceive ours. The suggestions of Mr. Brashear are very valuable. AH DXPOBTAHT APPOIHTMEHT. There are some nominations for official duties so palpably and peculiarly fit that they should have universal approval, re gardless of party or factional differences. A conspicuous instance of this class is the sug gestion of the name of George T. Oliver, Esq., for Supervisor of the Census iu the Ninth District, comprising Allegheny and adjacent counties. The function is a brief one, but important Mr. Oliver's consent to take charge of the work is equivalent to a guarantee to the public that in case he is appointed, it will be well and thoroughly done. As the census reports are in part the basis for future economic legislation which. may greatly affect the interests of Western Pennsylvania, it is surely greatly to be desired that the collection and classification of them shall be done with a full sense of their importance. It would be difficult to find a man who could bring to the task such qualifications as "Mr. Oliver; and, in con senting to assume it, if appointed, he would be rendering a substantial service to all the communities iu interest It seems to us that tht manufacturers and workingmen of this great industrial- section have a direct con cern in seeing that its interests and affairs are adequately set out in the census reports, and that for such reasons the appointment of one who is conspicuously identified with these interests, and who is capable and energetic, is an excellent idea. Whatever differences exist as to matters of leadership or as to the distribution of mere patronage by Senators and Con gressmen, here is an instance in which they could ell afford to gracefully nnite in an .appointment whose sole purpose and result would be to secure for the vast and varied interests of our home district a representation befitting its impor tance on the pages of the forthcoming Gov ernment reports. The intelligence that Mr. Porter superintendent of the Census, Intends, recommending "Mr. Oliver's name will meet with general approval. . HISS PHELPS OH MARRIAGE. As most women do, who write upon the subject, Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has contrived to get herself into a tangle in dis cussing matrimony and divorce iu the Nbrt h American Review. She has a good many things to complain of, and she is certainly justified in most of her complaints. But ber chief regret is that there is no law, not even an unwritten law," that prevents a man and woman who do not love each other supremely, unselfishly, permanently, and we might almost say divinely, from daring to. take upon themselves the sacred marriage vows." How such a law could be mao'e operative Miss Phelps does not say. If she stopped to consider what it is she asks for she would see that no such law-could be enforced by human means. The idea is ridiculous. The law In itself is absurd. For one thing, hour are mortals to know whether their love Is permanent, one of the qualifications for mar riage, as Miss Phelps designs them? The permanence of love cannot be determined until death comes to part the lovers. As to loving "divinely" it is not within the scope of human nature to be divine. If Miss Phelps could iostitute her law and enforce it marriages would be all made in heaven, none on earth; and this planet would either become a shocking abode of vice or anunin-, habited desert Instead of speculating wildly in the realm of fancy, or ef recommending patent and impracticable nostrums for the prevention of marital infelicity and divorce, we think Miss Phelps, who is, we believe, a Kew En gland matron well qualified to speak of marriage in its domestic aspects, would be better employed in lending her influence to thesensiblemovement for theharaonizingof divorce laws allovertbeUnited States. Here is real remedy for a palpable evil. LEGITIMATE TICKET ECALPIH Q. The recommendation of the Inter-State Commerce Commission for the abolition of the sale of railroad tickets by scalpers is in dorsed by a Philadelphia eotemporary with the rather eldargumeat that "these scalpers are used by railre4e is ttfM U rate wars to toed the country wish cheap tickets, aul the scalpers often dispose of. worthless ones to ignorant persons." The argument that the people are deluged with too cheap raijway tickets by the scalp ers is a rather unique tne to arouse popular feeling against the brokers. The other branch of the argument is neither quite per tinent cor quite honest. Ticket scalpers who resort to fraudulent methods are al-' ready punishable by the law; and they would be just as likely to violate the inter State commerce law as any other .law against fraud. But the fact is that the responsible and honest ticket brokers perform a legiti mate function in thesaleof tickets where the railway practices impose a hardship upon ticket holders or localities: Thus, at times when the railroads have charged as much for tickets from New York to Pittsburg as from New York to Chicago, the ticket scalpers permitted thePittsburger returning from New York, to buy a ticket to Chicago and realize something on the unused portion of the ticket It is the knowledge of this fact in mitigating the injustice of such dis criminations that has made it impossible to secure convictions under the Pennsylvania law. The railroads can stop the ticket scalping business when they choose, by putting passenger rates on a uniform basis and pro viding for the equitable redemption of un used tickets. It is cot the business of the law to interfere with the legitimate business of buying and selling negotiable contracts of passage. 8PIEIT AHD PRACTICE. A recent church discussion in New Jer sey brought out the declaration of two emi nent divines .that, it in the coming century the Protestant Church did not become more spiritual, it would become extinct On the other hand, Eev. J. O. 8. Huntington, in a recent address at Chicago, declared, that the Church is losing its power because it is not practical enough in bringing its religion to bear on the social wrongs of the day; and be cause it is often silent for fear of losing the patronage of the wealth which owes its existence to some of the most powerful abuses. These opinions are quoted by the New York Sun as involving a radical disagreement. To say so involves a misconception of the terms spiritual and practical as applied to religion. It implies the idea" that the spirit of religion cannot have any connection with the practical affairs of the world. If spiritual religion means giving an exclusive attention to creeds and attitudes of mind, that may be true. But if religion means anything at all, It means that the spirit which it teaches shall find expression in practical works; and that is exactly what the Bev. Mr. Huntington de clared' On the other hand, the practical view in a mere worldly sense may call for the conciliation of wealth, no matter how gained or sustained; but that is not the practical religion which its advocate con templates. It may not be wprth while to dispute about terms in such a matter; but it ia safe to say as covering the whole subject that the church will live which applies to every day life in honest and earnest good faith the principles taught by the Founder of Chris tianity; while the church which does not may prosper financially, but will speedily become extinct as a moral force. The Portuguese are weighing Serpa Pinto against war and have already discovered that tbegentleman with the picturesque name is an unreliable person, terribly given to lying. Poor Pinto! The logic of heavier guns is against you. TiTEllejislatork of Illinois who visited the Western Penitentiary yesterday were en chanted with the place. Nothing is too good for oar visitors, not even the penitentiary. It was not much of a blizzard after alL But we have learned this winter to be thankful for small mercies. A sharp touch ot frost con tinned fo& a week would clear out malarial fever and its twin brother, influenza. The fact that Miss Mary Anderson ias denied the report ot her marriage engagement again, indicates that she is engaged to appear upon the stage pretty soon. It is promised that it will be a long time between drinks in City Hall In future. This assault upon the liberties of the department clerks is calculated to make the neighboring saloon keepers weep. As England's fleet approaches its ren dezvous on the Portuguese coast Lord Salis bury's grievances against Portugal multiply. The Bepublican party in New York is having lots of fan watching Hill and Cleveland tear open the Democratic tiger. A tew more public dinners and the-New York Democracy will be in the soup.1 Influenza is" an enemy to good Bepub Ucans here, bat it may help to found a Repub lic in Spain. ' Now Mr. Brice will enter upon his easy and pleasing task self-appointed of making Ohio eternally Democratic A State Is a bigger thing to buy than a Democratic convention, by the way. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. It is reported that the Queen of England will spend a month at Homburg in the spring. Hon. B. Milton Speeb is seriously ill at his home In Huntingdon, Pa. His recovery Is doubtful. Vice President and Mrs. Morton gave a dinner last evening in honor Pf President and Mrs. Harrison. Hiss ilABY AUDEKSOi?, who is now staying a Nice, emphatically denies the report that she is engaged to be married. At the inauguration at Governor Brackett, of Massachusetts, the other, day, there were ten ex-Governors of that State present at the ceremonies. Sib Julian Patocefqte. the British Min ister at Washington, is studying American lit erature. Until he left England he paid little at tention to pur men ot Jetters-bunow be is go. Inp aver the ground thoroughly. Tax entire 8t Louis Fair delegation called at the "White House yesterday morning and paid tbeir respects to tbe President Tbey were received iutbe library, and were individually presented by ex-Governor Stannard. Gkokoe W. Chilm has lately added 820 clocks to the number he had on hand, and he is now the possessor ot over 1,100 tick-taek time pieces, wbich he keeps in a room set aside for the purpose. While Bonner runs to horse, Child banks bis all on clock. Thk oldest 'living graduate of tbe Medical College of the University ot Pennsylvania is Dr. Isaac Z. Coffman, of Phcenlxvllle. Pa. He was E5 years of age ton Ne w Year's Day. He was graduated in 1S29 and has beenln active practice ever since. He does not look over 60. Dn, Oliver Weitocll Holmes and John G.Whlttierareoptlmistlcoldmen. Tbefenner tn prose and tbe latter Jn poetry nave recently ctven voice. to their Ideas regarding old age. Tbelrcbeerfulneasiaarebnke to eged Euro peans of note who seem to grow, crabbed, as they approach the enU of life, k A Queer Htnto'ot Things, from, the Washington Post.) There are fears ef a water f amino in be Upper Mississippi Valley because ot the low stand, of water in the river, and fears ot an Ice famine 1p the Hudson Valley because tbe water there won't frees. Wlta no water to drink in tlMi"Wcrt and ao ke to cool the water In tbe gat. It may beeeeie aiaoisery to abolish-1 the?lWtytakaftsia,"".';' ,; n. 1 THE TOPICAL TALKER. That Carious Will Cute What Lawyers Say at It Cesslst Aheat Class, ad the Dnqnesno In Particular '"The opinion of tbe (Supreme Court in the case x ot the will of tbe late Harriet Btatabus Knox has he en tbe subject of no little comment In legal circles. Lawyers naturally are not so much concern edahoutthe equity of the decision as about its legal points. According to more than one lawyer of standing the decision is a reversal of what has been accepted as the law In such cases in this State. Though, the opinion, of Justice Mitchell is a long one, It is considered somewhat singular that no allusion is made to the numerous precedents, said to be contrary to this ruling, wbich may he found In the records ot this State's courts. To the layman this feature is not regrettable, but the lawyer is likely to regard It, in a case creating such an important precedent as pecu liar and disappointing. The disposition of the numerous references to similar cases decided in tbe past with a wave of hand and "we find nothing in the law to defeat Its validity for that purpose" is tbe thing which worries the law yers, who dispute the accuracy of the decision. ryr course, in this reflection of several criti clsms, it is not my intent, or that of tbe legal critics, I infer, to dispute the equity, or In plainer words, tbe justice of the decision as it affects the litigants. The fact to he noticed Is tbat no recent decision of the Supreme Court has had such extensive discussion by tho mem bers of the county bar. Perhaps Mr. Robert Wilson, the attorney who appealed the case, may profit by his .defeat, as sometimes happens in tho singular arena of the law. It Is some thing to extract an opinion of several thou sand words from tbe court ot last resort in Pennsylvania in these days of brevity and hurry, ""The provision of such a clubhonse as the new one of the Iluquesne," said a club man yesterday, 'Is calculated to breed more clubs of the best class. Pittsburg has never cared much for club life hitherto, but It is evi dent already tbat tbe prodigious amount of comfort and convenience the Duquesne Club now offers to its members has made converts ot many men who have not sought refuge in clubs. I understand that there would be no difficulty in doubling the membership of the Duquesne in a year if it were deemed desirable to do so. "But the point I mean to emphasize is that the Duquesne is a pioneer of the kind of clubs which have made club life such an Important feature ot the society ot New York, Boston and one or two other American cities, and even more notably in London. The result I predict will be that the next five years will see other clubs arise to rank with the Duquesne in Pitts burg." " . pAXKiso of the utility of clubs in Flttsbnrg. an iron manufacturer ot tbe first rank said to me before the Duquesne's new home was finished: "L for one. need a good club very badly at times. My home is in the suburbs and not very accessible. That Is one reason I find it undesirable to take business visitors to my house for dinner. Another reason is that I da not care about mixing up my business with my domestic affairs. I do not see tbe necessity, you know, for bothering my wife with tbe entertainment of business associates and allies of mine. Sometimes it is very dis agreeable to ber, I know. "To take such men to a hotel for dinner has many objections tbat are apparent enougb. So tbe club If it be well equipped in every way comes to my rescue. My wife looks for ward to the completion of the Dnquesne with as much pleasure as L" V 'Fss ballroom, in the Duquesne Club is ad mirable in many ways. Tbe brass work of the immense center chandelier seems to me to extremely handsome, and the general effect of the decorations Is rich. One adverse criticism I have heard. It comes from a lady who saw the ballroom on the night of the reception. Said she: "Tbe predominance of yellow In the walls, and tbe effect of the lighting, will make the room very trying to women's com plexions." This maybe true the judgment of tbe fair critic in such matters is excellent but it seems to me that while tbe blondes may suffer the brunettes will not. Tbe disposition ot the orchestra In tbe gallery, and, iu fact, the room in general, seems to meet jrith general and hearty approval., WHAT THE! ABB PATENTING. Many 'Hevr Device Tbat Men of Three Htolo Are Banking- On. List ot patents issued to Western Pennsyl vania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia in ventors, on Tuesday, January 7, 1890, fur nished by O, D, Levis, patent attorney, 131 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg: miaa W. Alexander, Letart Falls, a, barrel-bead fastener; Daniel B. Baker, lilalug Bun, O., hams fastenlnx; Uarcos B. part lctt, .Newbnrg, O., automatic welt;blnir scales; John F. Bradford, Leetonia, steam liquid beater; Joseph and I1. Brmnwasser. Pittsburg, flytrap: Uanlel 1). Bncklas. James town. O , horse collar pad: John A. Hurley, Erie, flue cleaner: Bonald A..McFecly. Plttsburjr, valve gear for enjtraes: Will Ism J. McFeelr, Mount Vernon, O., combination tool; Thomas Juedford, Huntington, W. Vs., Hy paper bolder for win dows; Jacob Miller, Canton, O., harvesting and binding machine; Jacob Miller. Canton, O.. grain binder; Lewis Miller, Akron, O., grain binder; Thomas S. Ulnnlss. Meadrllle, combined head nstand cane: QobertMunroe and W.M. Hamilton, Allegheny, Fa., flanging machine; Horace A. Palmer, trie. t'., sewer trap: Alexander Parks, Jr., Martlnsbnrg. W. Va..llquld separator; Will lam Borers, P Ittsbnrg, Pa., device for sealing the Joints of g-asplnes; Theodore M. Shearer and J. tv". McK.ee, Batler, Pa., reversing lever for steam engines; Warren 8. Smith, Stone C'burch, 1-a.. wagon brake; Arthur M. Tucker and u. W. bmlth. Klnsey, O., bundle tie; Frank A. Wells, Allegheny, combined supply, overflow, etc., for bathtubs, DEATH OP DOLTilB BUTTON. Tbe Famous Mlrteet Breathes Her Lust In ' nn Insane Asylum. ISrSCIAt, TZLXGBAU TO THE SISPATCS. Makuboro. Mass., January 9. Little Dolllo Dutton, as she was known the country over, is dead, and the once famous midget has been in terred privately in tbe family lot at Hudson. Mrs. Alice M- Swain was her married name, and she was a native of Sudbury. She" lived for some' time In the famous wayside inn lu the neighborhood of that town. It was some 21 years ago tbat sbe retired from tbe public gaze, after having been exhibited in nearly all the States of the union, For 11 years Dollie Dutton has been an inmate ot the Worcester Insane Asylum, and at that institution she died on Monday last, Her; weight was 15 pounds, and her height 29 inches. Bhe leaves a mother and brother, who reside in Hudson. MISS ALDEICH AS AN ACTEESS. Senator Hie wart's Niece Ittukei Her First Appearance ea tbo Htnge. WASHtNOTQ. January P. Miss LeVtia Aldrich, nieoe of Senator Stewart, of Nevada, made her debut at the National Theater this afternoon, In the presence of a large and fash ionable audience, In Miss M. F. Sevell's. play, "Maid Marian." Miss Aldrich made a good Impression before a critical assemblage, and was called out several times to receive a num ber of handsome floral tributes. Tbe play, though short, is a clever and ad mirable take-off on New York society. Miss Keweil, tbe well-known authoress, received many congratulations at tbe enthusiastic recep tion of ber first dramatic effort. (What It Mean. From the Bt.XcuIs Blobe-Democrat,! Tbe Demoeratia caueus tar tbe nomination of a candidate for Senator from Ohio will be held on Thursday evening. That is to say. Colonel Price's checks for tbe votes of Democratic leg. Wlators will be dated January fl. DEATB80PA DAY. Gardner Falpps. CiXCCTHATi, January fc-Grdiir Phlpps had an attack ot apoplexy while on 'Change to-day. He was at once taken home, where heWed shortly afterward. Mr. Fhlppiwas a member of tbo well known firm of (lardner t'hlnps A Co., capitalists and prevision dealers, at 31.2PT Broadway. Tbls finals a very old one, , Tttonaa M. Hollls, Thomas M. Hollls, brother ot A.-J. Hollls, re porter on the Plttsbnrg Sews Agency, died at his home on Mt. Washington yesterday afternoon, after suffering for stx days from a stroke of paralysis. Tho deceased was , glauiorker, and wis SS years of age. Lady HaasUe. ; VlCTOMVB. 'O-i January t. -Lady Pffglass, relict of Sir, Jtmes Detflees, am HaterBor of BrltlhColaWtl4lVlsjH4T, Thf decaK4lefttbnkchUlreaS', . X "T LOTS OP BED TAPS NECE38AET. Mack Time and Boose Btnttonerr Needed to liar Oist 8ae Cent. rrcton a stait coniwrogpgsT. Washington,. January 8. An intereaUas evidence of the evolution necessary before the Government can pay out even tbe smallest amount of money is contained In the history of tbe recent purchase ofra public, building site at Lowell, Mass. There were two sites offered, each owned by a different syndicate. Each syndicate was interested in adjoining property which would greatly increase In value if the public building should he erected nearby. Ac cordingly, there was great rivalry between the two concerns, and each underbid tbe other until at last one syndicate offared a piece of land worth tttXOOO for 11, and the other, notto be outdone, offered an equally valuable tract for 1 cent. Tbe Government cannot accept cnbllc building sites as a gift, and consequently tbe bargain was concluded and the land pur chased for a copper. How, before that cent can be paid out of thei Treasury, tho Supervising Architect will have to approve the expenditure, the requisition for the money will then be transferred to the First Auditor's office, the First Auditor must issue a warrant for the amount, and after tbat haa been approved, by Assistant Secretary Batchel lor. the Treasurer of the United States will be autbonzed to transfer the sum of one red cent to the Lowell syndicate. In the process proba bly 25 cents worth of paper will be used, and about one day's labor at Government rates divided among about 16 clerks, but even then the site will be cheap enough. A ItAEYEL IN JOUENALIBH. No Better or More Complete Newapopcr Than Tbe Dispatch. From the Westmoreland Democrat, Qreenaborg. Pennsylvania has no better or more complete newspaper than The Pittsbueo Dispatch. Its columns embrace all tbe news of tbe world, gatbered by the regular press service and by a host of special correspondents. Every event of interest will be recorded in its columns, occupy ing much or little space, according to its im portance. THXDlspATCHalwayacantalnsfuU and reliable market and commercial reports. Tbe Sunday edition of The- Dispatch Is a wonder In modern journalism. In audition to its admirable news features, each addition con tains an amount of healthy, instructive and en tertaining literary matter; equal to a magazine, from the pens of tbe most famous writers of the age In this can readily be found an ex planation of tbe great popularity of The. Buk dat Dispatch, wbich has reached a circula tion of over 50,000 copies. 'For the new year The Dispatch promises to- be still better than ever, if such a thing be possible. JAT GOULD'S HOTflEB-lN-LAW DEAD. She Passe Avar np a Ripe Old Ae, ef Heart Failure. tSFZCIAIi TELXOBAM TO TBI DISrATCB.1 New Yobs; January 0. Mrs. Ann Kip Miller, widow of David S. Miller and mother of the late Mrs. Jay Gould, died this morning at her residence, 513 Fifth avenue, ot heart failure. Bhe was 81 years old, and she had longbeen in falling health. She had not been able to go out of the house a halt-dozen times In as many years. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of John E. Bailer, a prominent merchant of the earlier half of tbe century. She was closely related to the Kips, another family of Knickerbocker fame. She was born in Broad street. When 20 years old she married. Three ttauehters and two suns survive her !Ir William D. Harris, Mrs. Emily Noyes. Mrs. F. Z. Dickinson, Daniel L. Dickinson and John Bailey MlBer. So infirm bad Mrs. Miller been of late that she was unable to atf end the funeral of her daughter, Mrs. Gould, nearly a year since. The funeral will bo on Monday morning from the house and the interment will be atwoodlawn. WANT THE LAW ENFORCED. Iowa FrohlbltUnlste Demand FartberLegli Utlon In That State. Des Moimes, January a The Prohibition State Convention met here to-day and adopted a lengthy set of resolutions. Tbey demand from the Legislature, which is about to meet, the enactment of laws which shall compel the absolute enforcement ot the prohibitory law in every county, city and town In the State. Lo cal option and high license are mere subter fuges and apologies for tbo toleration ot crimes, and the convention unalterably opposes mem. legislators are uouuea wac - oux coo. finance and support can only be retained by trntbf ul maintenance and enforcement ot the prohibitory law.' Congress la asked to amend the inter-State commerce law so as to- prohibit tbe importa tion of liquors Into prohibition States, except in conformity with State regulations; and amend the internal revenue law so as to pro hibit tbe sale of revenue stamps to liquor dealers in prohibition States, except to per sons authorized by the law of such States to sell liquors, A PECULIAR OIL FIELD. Six Different Kind of Petroleum Found la Oue Township. fSrlCXU. TK.KQKAM TO TBS niSPATOB.1 On. ClTT, January 9. The different oil fields of Pennsylvania have their own peculiarities. Sugar Creek township, this county, comes to the front with a claim of baying the most varied assortment of the greasy stu S. It is not generally known or credited, hut it is a tact that six different grades of oil are found within tht borders of tbat township. There ia quite a production of what is known as Frankt lin heavy oU, which sells at $3 65 per barrel. There is a alizhtly inferior erade. known as front" oil, wbich commands S3 83 per barrel). also Mm a more inienor quality wmvn sous lor only U 26 per barrel. Tnese three grades of heavy oil are all pro duced from the first sand. Tben in different parts of the township tbere is a number of second and third sand wells, and a few which pump oil from the gray sand. THE FINEST OP THEM ALL ' General Gobia Says tbe Pennsylvania Na tional Gnnrd Can't he Hear. rsrxciAL rztvxosAU to th dispatch. 1 HABKuiBUBO, January 9. In his report to Adjutant General Hastings, General Gobin, of jhe Third Brigade, condemns tbe alleged in struction of sentinels while on duty, which is claimed to bo a positive interference withkls orders. General Gobin says tbe fact that there are two resriments of marksmen in tbe biigade is unparalleled. The artillery branch of tbe guard Is condemned. The movement looking to tbe erection of a monument to the memory of General Hartranf t is approved. Tbe National Guard, Genera! Gobin says, is, as a whole, superior to that of any similar or. ganizatlon in the nation, BABSSTORUEBS COMB HIGH. An Actress Wbo Wants 85,009 for Havlag Ber Face Slapped, ISrSCIAX. TZUtQUAM. TO TUB. nisrAToa.1 Nxw Yonic January O.WIlliam Barry, actor, is the defendant in a suit in Breeklyn for t5.00Q damages for alleged assault, and Agnes Hillock Burk is thq plaintiff, ' In her complaint MisaBuck alleges that when, sbe was playing in Chicago in January a year ago, as the lead, Ing lady in the Barry and Fay CompapT, Mr, Hwry accused bee of Interfering with tbe stage, and when sbe objected to tut language he struck her in the face. Mr. Barry says be called Ills Buck a barn stormer, and that In waving her aside his hand may hare come in contact with ber face, PAUKCEFOTB AND BLAINH CONFER The Minister Consul) tb Secretary Re garding on Englishman's. Complaint, WAamKciTQW, January 9,-Bir Julian Pauncefote, tbe British Minister, was In con ference with Secretary Blaine at the State Pe partment for seme time tbls af tersoor. and it is understood that one of the subjects consid ered was tbe case of Ber. Mr, Joiner, the English clergyman who says he suffered per sonal violence at the hands of a mob at Holly Springs. N. IX. because be insisted on giving religious instruction to the colored people, The case will probably be referred to the At torney General for investigation. "'' ii " ' """ i Competition fer Tpwer Beslgns. Lqwdqit, January 9,-Two hundred and forty-eight architects aud enqineeri, 15 of whom are Americans and Canadians, and 18 Frenchmen and Germans, are engaged in de signing plan for the tower proposed by Sir Edward Watkin to be erected on tbe banks of tbe Thames. Many novelties are produced in the designs. ' . i I. , Just as Dangerons, From the Pb iladelphls. Press. 1 A failing wire will cow set Dodtstrlans into a. condition of panio as quickly as a falling wall The wire ikoeW be barfed, rMmmcfeTreWK.) - TMsjaeetlOBlla Ohlet How muchf .. ,- THE STROLIER'S STORIES. Od4 0Bteleae and euabH Ofeaemtlew Frosa Carta ond Corridor. A iarox, bread-sboBldered old gentleman, with a kindly face and a white beard, who was at tee Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday, was James Mix, ot Kankakee, BL He is an ice dealer, engaged in shipping that cool com modity to the New Orleans market. He was askeftwhathe expected to do for ice this win ter. He replied: 'Trust In Providence." Mr. Mix, however, is looking around for ice-making machines, experience having taught him that Providence sometimes fails him. Ha has been iu the toe trade over 20 years, and says that there have been tbree or four years when there was no ice crop. He said: "We got none last year. There was ice, but it was ot poor quality ana not fit for shipment. We used oursarptus stock, hut this winter we have ' no sur plus. It is possible that I may be compelled to make artificial Ice. If I am I win make tbe ice at New Orleans, and thus save freight. An Ice machine-will cost from 175.000 to $100,060. according to its ca pacity. Tbere has been a grer.t improvement in recent years, and a machine will make good ice.ll inches thick and 23 Inches square. The machines are madam Chicago and New York. I have been la consultation here to-day with a gentleman who claims tbat lie can build us a machine cheaper than anybody else. We can not make ice as cheaply by the artificial pro cess as we can get it naturally, but we must get it somehow." Mr. Mix believes that a gradual change of climate is going on in this country, tbe winters becoming milder. He 'attributes the cbaDce to the increasing temperature or the Gnlf stream, and other ocean currents, and thinks that the Gulf stream, from, some unknown cause, has come nearer to tbe coast of the United States. Mr. Mix acknowledged that he had examined several goose bones, but they did not give him any satisfactory information. He departed last evening for Washington. Aiaxahdxb Db Lawo. President and F. Williams, superintendent of the Detroit Steel and Spring; Works, are at tbe Hotel Anderson. They will remain in this city-two or three days. They intend to enlarge their plant, and recognizing the fact tbat Pitts burg has become tbe headquarters for the best mill machinery and general equipment in the country, tbey have come here to buy what tbey need. Their purchase may be a large one. They were accompanied to the city by H. L. Jenness,a glass buyer, and B.P. Van Court, the Detroit representative of Park Brothers, of tho Black Diamond Steel Company, wbo are also at tbe Anderson. J-J ehbert G. D, Ckawtobd. representing Philadelphia capital, baa been for two days In the city, trying to buy lots on which to erect co-operative flats of extensive design. He said, berore his departure yesterday for Cleve land and Chicago, that be had found the prices ot real estate here to be exorbitant and had decided to try elsewhere. The principal man behind the scheme is Josephs. Hancock, of Philadelphia. JTABvni Hdohitt, of Chicago, President of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, passed through the city yesterday morning on hlj journey to Washington. At the Capital he will lend his influence to the effort to secure the World's Fair for Chicago. Mr. Hughitt spoke with gratification of the im mense freight traffic being done by all railroads. The immediate result, he said, was Increased earnings, and tbe ultimate result would be im provement of the railway lines and the exten sion of feeders, woman who was intoxicated was ma over by a butcher's wagon, at tho corner of Ross street and Second avenue, at about noon yesterday. Sbo lay still after the wheels had passed over her. She was picked up and car ried to the sidewalk, where a large crowd gathered and looked at her efforts to recover her breath. After at least five minutes, a man said: M'U go and telephone for the patrol." At the word "patrol" the woman opened her eyes, scrambled to her feet and staggered away. The effect was like that of a bucketful of cold water, XT D, Moeoan. a sugar producer of Lonlsl- ana, is at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Ha says that U th tariff is made high, enough, all tbe1 sugar consumed In the United States can be made in this country. At present tbe heme pro duction is about one-eighth of the consump tion, Mr. Morgan does not want a bounty. The people would not stand anything of tbat sort,he thinks. He does not hare much faith in beet sugar, and does not fear that it will ever crowd cane sugar out of the market; Jakt of the users of telephones, during these days ot electric accidents, are a little nervous about handling the instrument, fear ing a shock whlleholdlngthereeelvar to the ear. There la not the slightest danger it the band grasps the rubber receiver close to tbe ear funnel, and does not touch the metal screws at the other end. The receiver Is made of bard rubber, which la the most effective non-conduo. tor known to man. A current cannot go through it, no matter how strong it may be. Joseph BKrmAp, Jn"James Brittlan and J H, O. Hineman, of Butler, and A. P, Kirk' land, ot ElairivUle, gentlemen Interested in the natural gas business, were In Pittsburg yesterday. They were tbe guests, at the Sev enth Avenue Hotel, of James W. Drape, the real estate dealer, and Joseph Fainter, of the Novelty Steel Wheel Company. JJ ayob Romsow, of Monongahela Ctty, was in town yesterday. In speaking of tbe con test for tbe post mastership of his city, he said tbat he' would not predict wbich one of the many candidates would receive the prise. He expects that the appointment will be made next week, and is also looking, for the settle, meat of the MeKeesport offlee within a few days, The commissions ef tbe postmasters at both offlcea expire dnring the second week in February. Taa Btbollbb, QDAI'8 HANd'NOT IN IT. Tbe Senator Will Let Cortkressman Kay Name tbe MoKeespert Posimnster. isntcui. TEtEOfun to ins duvatc, j MoKzespobt, January 8. The MeKeesport postofflco appointment will be made within ten days, and it will be made by congressman ay, as reports from Washington received here to night state, Mr, Quay was teen by the cstndi dates and their friends yesterday and stated that he would have nothing to say in reference to the MoKeespart appointment) tbat the ap pointee would be. the man recommended by Mr. Ray, and that it would be made within tbe next ten days. Messrs, Stone, Harrison. Cart mtbers, Dr. White and others are still there, W, Debtees Wood bs returned, It is thought by i nends ot some ef the pp!1. cant that it the TbomMQp.atone-HarrHon fight is continued, tbat tbere will beaobance for Bmiiy and Patterson, who are keeping ex tremely quiet. Magea is for Thompson, and trill secure bis appointment, he It pqHible, B ports from Washington state that the fight is entMsjely war. CQRSIOAN LULLABY. I-OLE 80N0.1 Bambino la bit cradle slept, And by his side his grandson jriw Bent down and smiled apon the child. And sung this lullaby to him This "ulnuandannlnla": "When thou artolder, thou i halt mind To traverse oopntrles txf and wide, And then shait go where reset blow And balmy waters sin cine glide Be alnna and aanlnie t "And thou 'bait wear, trtanned as In points, A famoui Jacket edged. U red, And, more than that, a peaked bat, All decked In told, upon thy bead Ah! ninnaand annlnlal "Then shall then carry sua and kalfe. Nor shall the soldiers bully tbee Perchance, lw.ei bywrongprdefet, A mlgutr bnHf than ihslt pel Bo nlnpa and annlnla. 4 'Ho woman yet or our nrend nee Lived to her fourteenth year unwed; The brazen churl tbst eyed, a rl Bonshthtrtbo ringorpsidhiehwd" go nluna and annlnlal "Bqt once eame spies (I knew th thieves I) And brought disaster to oar meet Cod beard us when our fifteen iqen Were banged within the market plse But, nlnna and annlnlal "flood uwn tbey were, my babe, andtrue-. - Kht worthy relloirs all, and sfspBf live thou and be tor thee) and, nje Avenger or that deadly - t lr 8ta M Mttahl'U- , -ufMMWifeMefrW, -U2 IAlu tWCJL - sssssssssi Ttast Bfaek.Tongve BCery. To the Editor of Tbe l&nateb: Dispatches hare been sent out from here to certain Pittsburg papers, stating that 'in epi demic of diphtheria and black tongue is raging in this couBty," and tbat the "county officials have erected a large hospital and detailed a corps ot physicians to care for the stricken people." Editors wbo employ irresponsible re porters should hare enoufh respect for them selves, if not for this community, not to seek the services of the famous "West Virginia liar," who conjures up stories tbat would cause the father of lies to abdicate-bis throne and drown his sorrows ia tbe slop barrel. Three children of one family, who reside seven miles from here, died several weeks since of diphtheria. The County Court had erected a house of one room, containine two doors and windows, furnished it with a bed stead and cooking stove, and requested the family to move into it: but they refused to do so, as allot them had recovered. There is at E resent one case ot diphtheria In town; nroba ly there aro five or six in the county. The ac counts of the "horrible ravages by tbe epi demic," as contained ia tbe dispatches, Uiave been extensively copied by papers throughout tbls State nd Pennsylvania and are doing great injury to this community. Pittsburg oil men will not risk bringing their families here, and people throughout the State give tbe place a wide berth. Scventy-fivo per cent ot the merchan dise used in this section Is bought in Pittsburg, and the people look unon It as an outrage for enyof her papers to persist In publishing tbe uauuunations ox monomaniacs on uiwwo, deatb, diphtheria, black tongue, hospitals, etc. Eight or ten people In town have la grippe (?) because it is tne latest fad; but tbere has not been a genuine case reported by tbe physicians. Tbuth. MoboastowwW. Va,, January 9, 1880. A Correction ef Rates. To tbe Editor of The pispatehi in your issue of January 7 there appeared an article that claimed to state tbe "facts, in the case" regarding the situation of the B.4P. C. &LCo and their employes, which was very erroneous and misleading. The last reduction made or tbought of was nude June L, 1888. after calling their men together and stating the facts. Tbey accepted the reduction. Since that time 40 cents per net ton has been paid, except at No. 3 mine at Roalston and for a few months at No. 2 mine at Adrian 33 cents was paid. In September, IES3, an ad ranee was granted after two weeks' strike, giving 45 cents per net ton In all mines; check weighman allowed on all tip- Elea: money collected tbrongb tbe office. In lecember notice was given 'the company tbat 42 different grievances should be adjusted, and the miners gave 14 days' notice. It they were not granted, a strike would follow. On tbe 13th of December Mr. J. A. Haskell received a letter from Miners' Agent White, stating if the demands were not compiled with, tbat tbe men would strike on the 16tb. Tbe company tben posted a notice tbat the agree ment maae in oeptemoer was at an ena. -a ne advance asked by tbe men in soma instances W fCllS Aanta now r1w fia UriwAH ni4 n Ql was 87 cents per day for drivers anda9K- hour day. Tbe drivers are paid as high as ii per day at present. Hon. Tbeo. Wilson rendered a decision yes terday refusing to stay tbe writs of ejectment. Sheriff Sutter will go to Punxy to-day, and business will commence. The company bare not made any effort to resume, despite reports to tbe contrary. Th average wages of miners for tne year 1889 at Adrian mines, for every day tbe mines run, were H 85 per day for every per son employed digging coal, over 14 .years of age. These are tacts, -and can be swornto.lt necessary. A. M. A. FuirxsuTAWWBY, January 8, 18W. Two Gentle Growls. To tbe Editor or XhetHspatcb: The most polite police in the world is the quality we Flttsburgers pay for. Instance: On Thursday at noon tbe cornerman at a certain prominent corner kindly suspended traffic (which included two traction cars) in order to let a parading minstrel trou'pa, pass in review. Strange tbat tbe marchers did not so much as raise their white hats in acknowledgment of this superstretch of stupid beg pardon cour tesy. The most kindly people in the world are the citizens ot Pittsburg for they pay HO per front foot for Trinidad asphalt pavement, and within a twelve-month see it ripped up by nat ural gas. companies, without so much as a move in bebalt of a mitigation of the law which permits said companies to do just as they please with the streets. Instance: Philadelphia Company gangs have for a month been digginc out. innumerable checkers about three feet square In tbe new Fifth avenue pavement. I What encouragement ia tbere for residents on unpaved streets to petition for first-class pavement, or any outer Class pavement, wnen neither tbey nor the city, authorities may pro tect tbe same reasonably! The gas. companies f but they "want It all," and they have got it aU, do sm a we streets are coucerneu. GxaitXB BxxotrgTBAST. Somewhat Complicated. To tbe Editor ofTbe Dlspateb: Wonld yen! please answer the following ques tions, and oblige: Firsv-What State does not raise food enough for its own people, and why? Second How is tbe postage on newspapers and other periodical publications now paidr APOZXO. PA January 9,1890, WlSDOW. Many States don't raise enough of some kinds of food to feed their own people, Penn sylvania doesn't raise enough oranges; Florida is short on apples; and so the comparisons might be carried on into other food lines. Yon ought to be definite If you fool with newspa pers. Publishers pay their own postage I cent a pound. Certainly H. Harrison at Present. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch; Will you Please inform me wbo is Command-erin-Ohiet otthe United States army? A. Beam e, Lxschbubo, January 9, 1800, MB, WakaMAKEaVS DOUBLE Doesn't IJka to be HUtokea far the Post master General, trnoji A STAIT CQRiusrWDWT.J WASHlsaTOjf, January 9. A pretty good story oomes from the FostofiteeDepfcrtment to day. Congressman Stone, the oie-legged Repre sentative from Kentucky, called on Mr. Wane maker this afternoon, and in oune of conver sation referred to bis felloV-countryman, Mr. Gondnigbt, wbo Is pepularleupposcd to beara striking resemblaneo to the postmaster Gen eral, "By the way, Mr. Winamaker," said Mr. Stone, smiling, "be told ma que day tbat he felt much hurt, and rather inclined tnbe indignant at the resemblance imputed to bim. When, I askod him why that wasand if he did not con sider yon a pretty good-looking man, he replied; 'Ob, Wanamaksr's good enougb, hut if people take me for bim I shall never have any fellow offer to take me out to drink.' 1 Mr. Wanamaker enioved tbe joke, and told Mr. Stone to bring Sir. Goodnight up to his office, and they would crack a bottle at appoi Unaris together. Litigation That tasted 470 Years, Btjpa Piain, January 8.-6peell.l-.A, enrj. ona will ease has just been decided here, wbich has been going on in the courts for 470 years, whereby tbe property left by a former bishop of Newtra, is divided among 2,000 heirs. ABOUT T1JJ3 PBES1DENT. PhuvabbipHIA fitneii A Chicago eotempo rary says, in tones.of respect, tbat Benjamin Harrison i a man wbn nsTcrforKets. That may be, but what does he remember? Njbw Yob fU eTomi A Chicago newip v per asserts that Benjamin Harrison Is a man who never fqrgats. Then how much he will nave (a ruminate over in the year succeeding 18921 Chicago HeraM: The theory that th grip PHI a special weakness r great men dees not appear to hold coqd in the United States. It has appeared at Washington, bit it bM pet yet molestedBenjamIn Harrison, StPatjk Globe President Harrison's one redeeming quality is that the politicians bote blmi Tbe country at large Is net badly satis fled with President whom, the politicians curse, even if be la Inclined to tbe aweiibead, CusYKLAirn Time! Thehenesiyof Fresl. dent Harrison is ciearly shown In bis refusal tq interfere In the case of Scans, the Cincinnati bank president, who is a distant relative of the President, and even after the discharge of Means, ha has nothingto say, BOqTOS Ofooe: The refusal ef onr Govern ment to recognize the Brazilian Republic is a mtanntw which aheuld make every American citisen ashamed- We believe that Mr. Blaine and President Harrison grossly misrepresent the tolling of Unpeople, In this matter. Let this, great Republic HkeAuwwly stand an coMiAllyreeogutaetbegfeallifpqblla of Ifa sill Boston Herald'. It appears to be the nnani mqns opinion pt those who seeempamed Presi dent Harrison on bis recent hunting expedition dawn ia Virginia that be la a crack shot. And yet tbo gamabrasgat ftfWH by him was neither choice norapaadaat, aeeeftfBg ta aU aeeoasts. The tfwht jm jyl.M "ft.- WlW Www M WM wm J jIb1 ItMrftJt M tRM W aJTTf Hnn Hot. n loU maMmMm mm PVS ) mt ivaa SBIsrw ssssssjibsbji JB jsa. CUEIOUS COSDfiBSATIOKS - There have been 165 foxes caught and killed this season in and around South Ac worth, N.H. " ' 4T Iu the Cape de la Hogne lighthouse in France a windmill is nsed to drive two dyna- ' zoos, the current being stored in accumu lators. There were $100,000,000 worth of jew els worn at tbe. New York New Year's ball, but not one was stolen, which says much for tho honesty of the 1,40a, The Albany, H. Y., School Board has contracted with a local liveryman for convey ances to carry children living In the outskirts to the nearest school. A tenor singer named Eichorn, in Co logne, was obliged to undergo a throat opera- ' tion, and, while It was successful. It was found upon his recovery that bis voice had changed to a baritone. A man who recently died in "Wilming ton. Deb. gave JGO to bis attending priest to he returned to tbe Farmers' Bank ot tbat city, wbich amount he surreptitiously secured fn September, 1379, from the Institution. While the total wealth of Great Britain and Ireland Is set down at 150. 000,000,000. that of the United States is computed at J10,000,0C0,00O. But while England pays in taxes 20 per bead of population, the United States pays only 12 50. -The city of Borne seems to be an almost inexhaustible depository of interesting relics. Archaeologists and students generaUywiHbe interested in tbe latest find, which is claimed to be nothing less than the pavement of the ancient temple of Jupiter. Nellie and Hattie Cook, aged 14 and 16 years respectively, daughters of Lyman Cook; of Smith county, Kan husked L00O bushels of corn for tbeir father last fall, for which he paid SV?1 ,Weed to ray them ZK cents a bushel for aU they would husk. Conductor Kelly, who operates an elec tric car at Scranton, was encaged in making some repairs to the brushes a few days ago, when a bystander saw a ball ot fire hovering over Kenya head. Kelly was so stunned tbat he was unable,to work any longer. Otis H. Brown, an eccentric old wid ower, wbo lived a hermit's Ufa In the village ot Otseo, Minn committed suicide on Monday. He wrota a funeral sermon several months ago, wbich be left In tbe hands of a neighbor, with instructions to have it preached over his remains. Joseph H. Craig, of Kentucky, weighs 600 pounds and is tall in proportion. He is an Odd Fallow and carries a gold medal given to him by bis associates in commemoration of tbe fact tbat be was nrobsblv the heaviest Fel. I low who had ever succeeded in going through An tone Fratus, of Provincetown, Mass., selected bis pillow as a safe place for keeping money and there deposited 300 in an envelope. His 3-year-old child found tbe envelope and shoved it through an open grate into the fire. There was C90 In bills, which were destroyed, and a $10 gold piece was found in tbe ashes. Paul White, a prosperous Colorado ranchman, about a month ago advertised for a wife, giving an accurate description of himself and his surroundings, etc His mail has beeu so heavy ever since that it has been necessary to put it in barrels at the postofBce, and Mr. White was compelled to bring bis farm wagon to town to haul it home. He nas not yet made a selection. One woman has made the silk gowns of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court for the past 40 years, and she gets f 100 for each one ot them. They are all made alike, the only difference being In tbe material, the Chief Justice wearing black Chinese satin, while bis associates are robed in black silk. The Chief Justice always wears a new gown When he swears In a President. Anti-pyrine is a standard prescription in cases of influenza. Bince the appearance of the grip in Chicago tbe demand for this remedy has been so great tbat tbe stock on hand is about exhausted. This is ail the more unfortu nate because there is little bope tbat druggists will be able to replenish tbeir stocks, because the snpplyin New York and other Eastern cities, not to mention Europe, is at an equally low ebb. Rev. Henry Preble, wbo resides near WatervBle, is one of the oldest ministers In Maine, and it is thought that his horse has carried him over more miles of Maine roads than have been similarly traveled by any other preacher in the State. He has driven his own rig over w, iw miles' la tne 45 years which be spent in active service of tbe Lord. He used to travel from 10 to 80 miles to attend meetings, and be has never failed to keep an engagement, The ticket agents on the New York elevated railways occasionally turn a snug little penny by keeping a sharp lookout for the old and rare coins which they may receive and selling these to the old coin collectors. Many of tbe coin collectors have certain agents whom tbey regularly visit and inquire eagerly for "any finds?' Most of the, money passed in to the ticket agents, of course, i3smau change, and some very rare coins have been picked up in this wa. . The people in the vicinity of White Sulphur, near Georgetown Ky., are alarmed at tbe presence of a wild animal of some descrip tion in tbe neighborhoods It has only been seen at night, and no one knows what it is. Some negroes, who claimto have seen it, say it is a hyena, some a tiger, 'and others a wildcat. The dogs in the neighborhood are afraid to venture from the houseat night, a number of them having been attacked and torn to pieces. One night last week the straoge animal bit a number ot fat bogs belonging to Mr. Robert Bratton.-who Uvea just below the Sulphur, which died from the effects of the bites, show ing all the signs ot hydrophobia. Massachusetts farmers are filled with alarm over tbe reported ravages of a newly found insect pest, Which an Amherst College "bug sharp" says may become widespread through the country, and may cause more bavoo than the celebrated Colorado potato beetle. This is the gipsy math known to en. toniologtsts as the Oonerla dlspar. At present it la confined to the neighborhood of Medford, where it caused f o much damage tbst Governor -Brackett In bis message the otaer day saw fit to call the attention of agriculturists to the pest, and recommended its speedy extermina tion. Tbe moth was introduced 2U years sgo by Dr. L. Trowelot, who saw the eegs at the Paris Exposition, and put a few in bis vest pocket. One day the little bunch of eges was blown out of his window In Medford, ana never heard from until last fall, wben millions of the glpsr moths attacked shade and fruit trees and. shrubbery, leaving nothing save twigs and stalks behind. The area thus devastated was an ellipse a mile and a half long and bait a mile wide. Prof. Feraald, of the Amherst Agricultural College, says the moth is a terri ble pet, FANCIES OP FUSSY JUKlf, "When the subways are completed, it will be time to tear tbe streets np for an underzrouad' road,-Pw:. j.., No wonder Queen Victoria isrloh.VSha' bas "(tot on to" all the specie of the British Em pire since ISiT.-'Vuek. TEUE IS CAIXXD. McQinty belug safely downed and kili't, let's wrap bim in ObU vlon's downy aunt. -Pvek, Easily Caoght. Mrs, Fangle-Thls Rus sian ipflaenza Is very contagions, Is it not! Fangle-Yes; even a detective could catch lb Lift. His Sheflf de Over. ,rWhat-ls your fa vorite Shakespearean play, Mrs, Lakeside?" '"Well, I dunao as I know. 1 think 'Droalo Land Jollet hu tome very fine passengers in It." Life. Getting Her Poem Ready. He I sup pose youareyerybasynowadayspreparinxyottr poem for commencement. She-Oh, yes. Indeed. I've tried tbe waist on twice already. -Judgi. Took Him Literally Tired Esther I, alibi just as well talk to tbe wlad as talk to voo; Inillffwent Son-Well, yen always were fend ofj airing jgor views.-PAaasipn w iiww-. THEWABT. Na'er strive your inmost thoughts to write, Vn1ll flnrflt'ibnttowoorrlff: And this Is why each wretched wl)ht , J- Has ne'er turned o'er a new leaf. r v, Judge. Tea Mneb f"r Hr- f- Penn Dpn'ti J zaake inch empusno siawm VnirJ that what von say is l? Mri Penn-How qo j x.now an jwjnsr v Mrs- Penn-l" oa've ot m there.-PAodipAfa fnqtircr. The widow had Just said No. fl,lfo Isa jranje," said M&fUpsoa Downes, re2 fleeUrely. "1 thought it draw, and 1 drtwjt fnraqneen: but It seems to be euchre for raevj' JK I. -in mat case, saia me xaqy, consolingly, vyou v "fas, and what's wane. "taM Mr. Dowses. '!: -1 t.V. mwn..fna1a MMtn 1, -P. I always knew yon were a horrid marseaarvi thins, M rawafked the widew,"aa shsreot out of J tne room, enoien sir. uownes to shuae sadly t jus MiiMvsae ify, -io. Wr c s ,, y "', t T t !&.& . . v . m Ski irj r sa "t , BiSaTi'im.jr-i. S- j?a
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