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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY, JANTTARY 13, 1890.
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PITTSBURG. MONDAY. JAN. 13. 1880.
THE HEED OF PUNISHMENT.
The evidence, so far as published, against
the gang that is accused of the murder of
airs. Budert, of Tarentum, is conclusive
enough that its members are a bad lot; but
it does not appear very specific as to the
point whether they committed that especial
crime. Of course, however, further evi
dence may be in possession of the authori
ties which is not given to the public
It is to be hoped that the crime may be
clearly traced to the perpetrators, whoever
they are, and the extreme penalty of the
law be inflicted. The crime was a wanton
one, and the public safety is involved in a
demonstration that hanging is not played
out in Allegheny county. So long as rob
bery and murder can go unpunished, as has
been too often the case, the security of life
and property is not to be relied upon.
No such protection can be assured unless
the penalty for crimes like this is swift and
sure. While the opponents of capital pun
ishment may ask the old question, whether
it deters others from murder, the reply is
evident that, whether it does or not, it ef
fectually prevents these particular murder
ers from committing any more such crimes.
BETTEE WITHOUT IT.
It is reported from New York, perhaps"
vilh a slight amount of exaggeration, that
the ravages of the grip have been so great as
to wholly exhaust the stock of anti-pyrine,
which is largely resorted to as a relief from
the pangs of that uncomfortable ailment.
Perhaps this may be a blessing in disguise ;
for while the grip is a very unpleasant
seizure, and anti-pyrine may lessen its
pangs, it is pretty clearly established that
the drug is one of the most dangerous to
meddle with. In the hands of skilled
physicians, and applied only for extreme
needs, it is doubtless a valuable anaesthetic.
25 ut for miscellaneous and inexpert use it is
like cocaine, and a good deal worse than
morphine. New York and other cities will
have better health in the end if the grip has
to be endured for its brief season, and anti
pyrine is left severely alone.
A EECOILING AEGUHENT.
The proposition which is under considera
tion by the Ways and Means Committee, of
putting sugar on the free list and giving a
bounty on sugar raised in this country, is
opposed by ex-Governor Warmoth and
Representative Peters, ai representatives of
the sugar growers, on the ground that the
bounty would not last more than two yeais,
because the people would "see through it"
and force its repeal.
This plea brings out the practical asser
tion of Messrs. Warmoth and Peters, that
they want to get a protection for the sugar
industry that the people will not see through.
But do they suppose that the popular in
sight which would see through a direct
application of the protective principle, cost
ing a million or two, is so dull as not to see
through the indirect application which costs
the people some $60,000,000 annually in
leaping an idle surplus in the Treasury,
and about $30,000,000 more for the benefit of
the Sugar Trust? If the protective princi
ple can stand the popular comprehension of
it, most certainly the direct application, by
paying a bounty to an industry which does
not furnish much over a tenth of our sugar
supply, will endnre. This should be espec
ially true, where the repeal of the duty will
rid us ot excessive revenue and cheapen the
cost of the staple.
The advocates of the sngarinterests do not
commend themselves to the friends of pro
tection by speaking of that policy as one
which the people will discard when they
"see through it"
KEAT INSPECTION AT CHICAGO.
A rather lively controversy has arisen in
Chicago out of the discovery that the State
Board of Live Stock Commissioners recent
ly shipped to that city a herd of over a hun
dred diseased cattle.- The State officials are
reported as not denying the charge, but stat
ing that they did it in order to test the effi
cacy of the Chicago inspection. To say the
.least this was a very questionable method of
procedure. Together with the fact that the
inspection at Chicago did not cover itself
with glory in the matter, it goes far toward
justifying the position assumed in Pitts
burg a year ago, that the public is not suffi-
ciently protected there against the danger
of diseased meats: This does not justify the
attempt to give the local butchers a monop
oly of the meat trade; but it does give much
force to the demand for adding a system of
national inspection to the present safe
guards. In the meantime the disclosures
nre not calculated to enhance the public de
mand for dressed meats.
WH08E FAULT IS IT!
In connection with some figures on the
subject of lynching, the Atlanta Constitu
tion frankly says that "the record is a bad
one for the North and a bad one for the
South," and does not conceal the fact that
eight-tenths of the lynchings were at the
'South. That paper goes further and remarks:
"But it reflects greater discredit on the
courts. When judges, juries and sheriffs do
their whole duty people do not think about
lynching."
But this overlooks one fact which both the
press and public in the lawless districts are
prone to forget Who is responsible when
judges, juries and sheriffs fail to do their
whole duty? The people who permit the
administration of justice to fall into weak,
inefficient or dishonest hands. If the people
in the lynching localities would give half
as much attention to seeing that the admin
istration ot tbelaws is fearless and incor
ruptible, as to getting up mob murders,
there would be no trouble about getting
crime punished by the regular authorities
rather than by additional, and generally
'worse, lawlessness.
There is a wider application of this
thought than merely to the lynching sec
tions. There are other places in tbe country
iwhere justice is weakly and corruDtlv ad-
jfrnlnistered, because the people leave the
KEoiceofj judges, prosecuting attorneys .and
uberuujjalthejhanurrof the political ma-
chines. But the lynchers who take the
trouble to usurp the functions of the law,
have no right to complain that the adminis
tration of the law is inefficient, while they
neglect the duty of making it active and
adequate.
NATIONALITY AND LAB0E.
In a local interview published elsewhere,
one of the largest employers of common
labor in this vicinity comments npon tho
fact that, while Irish or American labor
would be vastly preferable in works of exca
vation, it is becoming more snd more diffi
"cult to get, and the resort to Italian and
Hungarian labor is made as a matter of
necessity rather than choice. Many people
can probably corroborate this statement
from their own experience. The personal
knowledge of the writer -includes one case
where a reliable laborer has been wanted for
three or four months' steady work at exca
vation, and although the job has been open
for four months, the man has not yet been
found.
Of course there is a partial if not complete
reply to this, that if the Italian .laborers
were not permitted to come into this country
wages for such work would rise so as to
attract the old class of labor.. Prob
ably that would be the case to
some extent; but the fact 'that
the scarcity of the best common labor
is caused by its going into better work
indicates that the need could not wholly be
supplied without the work of the nationali
ties which appear so little assimilated.
Wages have risen for this class of work with
the increase in the demand for such labor;
and still the better class of labor finds bet
ter employment,
The fact that what was the lowest class
of labor a few years ago can now command
higher employment than digging in trenches
or on the streets, is altogether encouraging.
It shows 'that the progress of labor to better
itself is not checked, and it permits a hope
ful view even of the assimilation of the Ital
ians and Huns. The utterly foreign and un
instructed nature of these races may make
the work of assimilation slow; but they will
gradually perceive their opportunities here,
as the Germans, Swedes and Irish have
done before tbem, and as their predecessors
have become American citizens, either in
their own persons or those of their children.
If the thought is not better to every
reader that he. failed to make a bluff and lore
tell this weather and Its crip, it can only be bo
cause the weather prophet was born without
the apparatus for thinking.
At the meeting of the Indiana Board of
Agriculture the other day a strong opposition
to racing at the State Fair was developed on
moral and social grounds. But when it was
shown that half of the attendance at the fair
was for the sake of seeing the races, the oppo
sition subsided. There may be some places
where anything that might otherwise be con
sidered wrong Is not made all right by the fact
that it pays, but they are scarce, and the In
diana Board of Agriculture is not in that list
Senator Mobgan's declaration that the
.white and black races cannot assimilate carries
the inference that the considerable number of
mulattocs born in tboSouth under slavery con
stitute a mere lusus naturce.
The statement that, at Senator Black
burn's "informal reception," after his re-election
by the Kentucky Legislature, "there were
no speeches but plenty of liquid good cheer,"
Indicates that while Blackourn could emulate
one-half of ex-Senator Thurman's remark that
his election cost him neither a cent of money
nor a drink of whisky.he will hava to stop short
of the second half. Elections without a drink
of whisky do not go in Kentucky.
The announcement that Senator Wilson's
re-election by the Maryland legislature is a
f oregoue conclusion, recalls to the nubile mind
the fact that there is a Senator Wilson of
Maryland.
Intimations are given that the large
additions to the attractive residences of Pitts
burg which have been made in the past two
years will be swelled In tbe coming season by
thw erection of fine houses -in blocks. The
more the better, both for people who build and
those who rent or buy. But builders should be
careful not to let the cost of building get so
high as to kill the goose that lays the golden
eggs.
Twelve British men-of-war concentrated
at Zanzibar indicate that something is in
danger ot being gobbled in that part of the
world.
Guesses at the population of the United
States by tho coming census are now in order.
The figure usually named is 65,000,000, or a SO
per cent increase on 1SS0. Bnt it World's Fair
statistics, as presented by the various contest
ants, are added together, this country must
have about 600,000,000 people in it
Not to fall into slang, it is sufficient to
remark that for this season at least the un
rated districts of Pittsburg are in the mud.
A decision by the Canadian Customs
Minister holds that a cyclorama is not a work ot
art. This point can well be held to turn on the
character of the cyclorama Itself. We will all be
ready to believe that the cyclorama which goes
to Canada is decidedly inartistic
A snowstorm in Iowa and a cyclone
near St. Louts indicate that the West may still
haro some lively weather in store for us.
A CARLOAD of 4,000,000 postal cards,
which started from Birmingham, Conn., for
Philadelphia on December 31, is reported as
lost. This is the most gigantic case of misdi
rected mall matter on record.
PEOPLE OP PR0MINENC&
Beiva A. Lockwood has announced
that
she will again run for President in 1882.
Boston is already reckoning on having the
President attend the Grand Army ot the Re
public rennlon there in August.
Altiionse Dattdet contemplates a trip to
this country. Daudet has a large clientele in
this country and would be warmly welcomed.
Senator Hawlet, of Connecticut expects
to be a candidate for Vice President in 1S92 it
the Republican Presidental nomination goes
West.
Richard von Volkkan, the great surgeon
whose death was recently announced, was the
first to Introduce Listerism into .practice in
Germany.
Jieissonier, the famous artist has lost his
ambition since his recent marriage. He paints
only at intervals and spends a great deal of
time smoking, reading and musing.
Archdeacon Fabbab. when delivering the
prizes to tbe successful boys of the United
Westminster Endowed Schools, referred to the
teaching of tbe life of Robert Browning, whom
he bad the honor of knowing. Browning, he
said, believed in the soul, and was very sure of
God. The most remarkable lesson his life
taugbt was that ever in life's deepest tragedies
and apparent failures he believed iqhopc.
Four Pages of Texas History.
Ikqersoll, Tex., January 12. People of
this place have a prolific subject for gossip in
an occurrence "that took place at the residence
of E. L. Page, a prominent citizen here, this
afternoon. Mrs, Page gave birth to four perfectly-formed
and healthy girl babies. All are
alive and expected to live.
SllMlonnrlea Needed.
From the Kew York Tribune, (
The macadamizing of a piece1 of a road In
Ohio Increased the valuo ot theadjoiningfarms
H 60 an acre, while the iost'was less than Si an
acre. Some one oaght Jto go through, the conn"
I try preaching the gospel of good roads, d
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A GAKDEN OP THOUGHT.
That is What Yesterday's 20-PaBoDlsputcu
Undoubtedly Wns.
To the average toiler in tbe world's great
mill, the verdant fields of literature, with all
their wealth of lovoly flowers, and luscious
fruit, are as a veritable Garden of the Hesper
ides, longed for and looked at from a distance,
but guarded by the sleepless dragon of money,
and closed against the poor man's face. But
i-the entrance to this rapturous Eden, which
mighty souls have planted and tended with lov
ing care, lies not through (the great golden
gates alone. We wot full well where stands a
little postern door, through which the thought
hungry, foil-weary wayfarer may find a ready
entrance. No hideous dragon guards that
portal,- If you drop a nickel in the slot it will
open of itself. Does the Great Public catch
on? The parable is easy of solution. Tho little
postern which admits us to the Garden of Lit
erature Is Tbe dispatch. And surely yester
day's magnificent 20-page issue ot The Dis
patch was a luxuriant slice of that garden!
Lilt up tho latch and enter among the flowers
yourself.
I.
The baby King ot Spain was reported still
living. His death is expected to precipitate a
political crisis in Spain. A touching example
of fidelity is shown by tho Brazilian Minister in
London, who sent his resignation to his rightful"
ruler, Dora Pedro, Instead of to the usurping
Government. Lord Huntington is said to be
seriously sick. The late Empress Dowager of
Germany was interred with great ceremony.
That Irish-Austrian. Count Taaffe, is trying
hard to settle the Czech question: but up to
the present, has failed. Half tbe English army
has got the grip; but the terrible scourge is
said now to be on the wane.' The old scare that
tbe English House of Lords is to be destroyed.
Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler are
quarrelling bitterly. The Czar Is subject to
epilepsy.
A meeting of Democratic leaders took place
at Philadelphia. Chairman Klsner was, it is
said, selected to sneceed himself, and ex-Sena-tr
Wallace will probably be run for Governor.
Ex43ecretary ot the Land league Thomas
Brennan has revealed tbe machinations of the
London Timet in trying to lndnce P. T. Sheri
dan to give evidence against ParnelL
The Tarentum inquest closed, with a verdict
of murder by Conroy, Griffen andEillain. A
meeting of the Johnstown Flood Commission,
to be held in Philadelphia, was announced.
Brice appealed to A. G. Thurman to help him
in the Senatorial fight General Greely denies
that our climate is changing, or tho Gulf
Stream either; bnt there is eminent scientific au
thority to contradict him.
JJ.
The local Exposition Society will boom the
concert idea. One ot the attractions ot the
Scbenley Park will probably be a maze, after
tho Hampton Court pattern. The Randall
Club prepared to go to Columbus, O., en,masse,
A new scale was presented to cote operators.
The sporting page, with Pringle's review, is. as
usual, highly Interesting. The musical, dram
atic, secret society and G. A. B note; are
copious and entertaining.
xn.
"Washington's Rich Girls" Is tho subject ot
an article by "Miss Grundy, Jr." The Decline
of the Bed Man is graphically pictured
by Woods. H. Rider Haggard's splendid
story, "Beatrice," is continued. Clara Belle
writes about many New York topics with great
verve. Bev. George Hodges enlarges upon the
Old Testament Hon. Henry Hall describes
the royal parade in honor of the Shah, as wit
nessed by him in London. An old reporter's
reminiscences are continued by James C.
Purdy. Bambalo Is readable in his article on
the Parks of tbe World. Bill Nye dives into
his Canadian mine of Information and digs us
out a huge chunk ot bright ore. B. P. Shil
laber describes Mrs. Partington's "Life on tbe
Ocean Wave."
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' really remarkable
Bible novel, "Come Forth." begins. Other con
tributors are "Lorna Doone," "Bed Bird,"
Michael Donovan, Shirley Dare, "Paysle," F.
L. Bassett Olive Tborne Miller, Willis Hen
yon, Bessie Bramble, eta The Science De
partment and the Wit and Humor pages are
replete with entertainment grave and gay.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
A Strong Plea for Retaining Chief Jones In
, Allegheny.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The property owners in several of the wards
in Allegheny are becoming somewhat dis
gusted with the means and methods employed
by the ward workers in their attempt to boom
the opposition to the present Fire Chief Jones,
who is a candidate for re-election in April.
Mr. JOnes has been in the department for
about 19 years, and during a good portion of
this time was assistant chief under the late
Chief Crow. Among tbose'who knew the late
chief, is there one man in Allegheny who will
suppose for ono moment that he would have
kept Robert Jones in the position ot a first
lieutenant 21 hours if be had not known
that he was a good and efficient fireman? We
think not.
Chief Jones' only offense against the ward
politicians seems to have been that he positive
ly refuses to place any man on tbe Fire De
partment who Is not a sober and reliable man.
Against the opponents of Mr. Jones there is
nothing to say more than that they have not
had the experience that he has bad, conse
quently the property owners of tbe city do
niana mat tneir representatives in uouncu re
elect Chief Jones, after which every citizen and
bis family can again retire at night and sleep
soundly, feeling that in case of fire during the
long night the department will be ably handled.
Chables V. Lewis.
Fifth Ward, Allegheny, January 1L
Lost In Battle.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
In the battle of Gravelotte bow many men
were killed r What was the loss of life during
the Franco-Prussian War and during the War
of the Rebellion! K.:
Allegheny, January 11.
The loss of the victorious Germans was
nearly 20,000 killed and wounded;thoFrenchlost
about 13,000. Tbe Germans lost during the war.
killed or died soon after being wounded, 17,670;
died eventually of wounds, 10,707. The French
losses were larger; the "magazines of facts,"
however, carefully avoid saying what they
were. The 3Torth lost dnring the Civil War, in
battle, 61.363; died of wounds, 84,727; died of
disease, 1S3.2S7. The South lost, killed, died of
wounds and died of disease, 183,221; ibut this
statement is not complete.)
Blockaded Sidewalks.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Is there no one to enforce an ordinance to
keep sidewalks clean of boxes, etc.?- One
would suppose our police should make it a part
of their business to see to this matter. Or are
they supposed to draw their salaries for simply
pulling tbe patrol boxes whenever' they find a'
drunken man on the street 7
A certain drygoods dealer persistently keeps
bis pavement blockaded with empty boxes,
which are an eyesore as well as a decided
nuisance.
.More than one dress has suffered from this
violated ordinance, and mine has been one of
tbe many. My patience is exhausted, and I am
one of the many working girls who are com
pelled to pass these boxes daily. Beseech the
proper authorities to have this nuisance
abated. A SUFFERER.
PrrrSBOBO, January U.
A Question of Relationship.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
What 'relationship is there between two
men who marry sisters? A. B.
Pittsbubo, January 1L
No actual relationship, but they are called
brothers-in-law.
A FIRST-CLASS JODKRAL
Tho Dispatch Pronounced a Model
Well
Worthy or Imitation.
From tho Wllkesbarre Becord. j
While Philadelphia Is celebrated for the ex
cellence of its newspapers. Western Pennsyl
vania is likewise favored, though by a less
numerous list. The Pittsbubo Dispatch
lacks no feature of a first-class journal. It is a
model well worthy of imitation by some of the
flashy would-be great papers further East, for it
covers every department ol news. Its tele
graph department is superb, and Its market
reports unequaled. In the -line of local news
gatherer it is remarkably successful, every
colnmn showing tbe work ot first-class talent.
In office and printing department it leaves
nothing unproviocd, and its wdrk is good in
proportion.
. Its Sunday edition is over 50,000, and contains
as crnice a collection of interesting -matter as
can be found in any similar publication. All
'Pennsylvania may., well take -prldo in TnB
dispatch, as jnw,;wqrjnyf.renroaeniaHTe
ox'WB men ciruisauvu uaiuut..b.vvvus Bwtje.
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THE CRITIC'S REVIEW.
Blaine and Gladstone's Argument for Pro
tection and Free Trade The Negro.
Question ia Justice and Jurisprudence
The Curse of Marriage, White Marie
and Other Carrent Works.
A little too late for our last week's comment
on the magazines comes the Worth American
Review, with Its much-heralded "duel" be
tweenMr. Gladstone and Mr. Blaine on the
merits of protection and free trade. The battle
is a well-contested one. with smart blows on
either side but neither of tbe contestants will
convince the other. There is no casting, up of a
Eponge at the end of this fight To all free
traders Mr. Gladstone's paper will appear the
very essence of right reason and commercial
common sense. To all protectionists Mr.
Blaine's arguments will' seem to establish be
yond dispute that the good of the country de
pends upon the preservation of protection and
the power of the Republican 'party. Tho
articles are exceedingly valuable, as being a
compact statement of the main points on each
side.
Of the three un-English names which
appear in the table of contents, Eodolpho
Lanciani, author of "Ancient Homo in the
Light of Recent Discovery," writes on "A
Romance of Old Rome," telling about the
pretty dolls which the Roman girls used to be
fond of when tho world was a good many
hundreds of years yonnger than it is now;
Camllle Flamarioh takes us into his confidence
in his bright and chatty recounting of how he
became an astronomer; there is a French
plea for international copyright from tbe
pen- of Com to Emila do Keratry. The
title of the article on the "Border
Land of Science," suggests a dis
quisition on spiritualism or esoteric Buddhism,
at the least, but anybody who skips it under
the leading of such a supposition will make a
mistake, for it is a straightforward, wholly
sano and sensiblo look into the scien
tific future. The author u Prof.
Thurston, of Cornell University. There is
a paper by tbe late Jefferson Davis
on Robert E. Lee, and a bundle of reminis
cences, with some delightful anecdote in it by
Charles K. Tuckerman, whose subject is "By'
Gone Days in Boston." The Divorce Question
is still under discussion in the Hevtew, the con
tributors this month being women.
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Another question which is waiting for the
right answer, and the right answering of which
is a matter of universal consequence to our
national future, is the Negro Question. This
is discussed at considerable length in Justice
and Jurisprudence ( J. B. Llppincott iCajJ.
R. Weldln fc Co.). This dignified and hand
some book is an Inquiry coccerning tbe consti
tutional limitations of the Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments. There is
no author's name on tho title page, but the
"Brotherhood of Liberty" stands sponsor for
it This is the statement of the freedman's
case, as the Brotherhood of Liberty, men of
African descent having for their purpose the
uplifting of their native race, desire to have it
presented to the American people. It purports
to bo the argument of their "counsel" in tho
great case wherein the authoritative judicial
interpretation of the Constitution is called in
question, with the whole nation. In the jury
box. Briefly, the scheme of the book is this:
The meaning of certain constitutional amend
ments is first laid down, and it is shown that
their evident Intention is to secure equal civil
rights to every American citizen; then cases
are cited in which tbe rights of colored men
are involved, in which the courts, it is claimed,
have decided in such a way as to nullify these
constitutional provisions. The case on which
most emphasis is laid Is that of Hall versus
DeCulr, which is described as the first in a
series of blows against equality of civil rights,
Mrs. DeCnir, an American citizen of African
descent was refused accommodation in the
cabin of a Mississippi steamboat
Five books in paper covers ask attention this
week. Tbe first bears a remarkable title, which
an advertlsementlnforms us, does not by any
means indicate the real character of the book.
The Curse of Marriage, we are told. Is not half
so bad a book as "That name might imply."
This work is described in a sub-title as being
"a true story of domestiollfe," and the pub
lishers, the American News Company, assure
us in a preface that it "not only possesses the
power to please, but to also hold the undivided
attention of the reader to tbe end." The Critic
opens the book at random and reads: "Sarah
Watson's bright black eyes seemed both
ablaze, as jumping from her chair, she clutched
his arm, and whispered, 'Heaven and Earth I I
know the murderer!' " Anybody who will ven
ture fnrther, may.
The uashing signature of Sam B. Harrison
adorns the title page of Front, or ten years with
the traveling men (American News Company).
Mr. Harrison says that an examination of sev
eral pages of a hotel recister, at which he was
one of the judges, resulted in givingthe reward
of merit for good penmanship to Pittsburg.
The hotel which furnished this excellent regis
ter was the McLure House in Wheeling, where
the author began his service as clerk in 1878.
Mr. Harrison has written a pleasant, unpreten
tious, sketchy little railroad book. 'He touches
upon all manner of topics, from trunks to kick
ers. The little book is readable, and the writer
Is evidently a good, genial and companionable
fellow.
The Lost Inca (Cassell $. Co.; J. R. Weldin &
Co.) is a journey into Eldorado. The -last of
the line of the ancient Incas of Peru was
Inca-Manco. He fled into the fortresses of
his native mountains, and resisted all the
attacks of Fizarro and ,bis Spaniards. It was
.currently reported that tbe brave Inca was
killed. As to the fact however, the historian,
Prcscott, tells us, "it is Impossible to deter
mine, since no one present has recorded lt'
In the year 18S3. two men in a balloon discover
this ancient imperial hiding place. It is a
deep-valley with a wall of cliffs about It, and it
is inhabited by a population having all the
modern discoveries in a full state of develop,
ment and more added. What follows is like
tho old stories in which the magic door opens
in tho hillside, and we go through into the land
of the fairies. This is the way in which justice
is administered to the false witness in that in
teresting country.
".My lord, it is all lies," the prisoner cried.
Tbe Inca continued : "When life is the for
feit under human law, it is right' to have a last
appeal to the mighty Tulip, our Divine an
cestor. Approach; therefore," he said to the
prisoner, "and touch your tongue upon the sa
cred disk if that member Is. vile. We shall
soon know it. If you are unjustly accused,
.Numen shall protect the innocent No barm
can touch you ; come forward.
"The woman hesitated. She'becamo paler
than ivory, and trembled but tried to stagger
forward. Tbe matron, who had been her
guard, now approached and whispered some
words that seemed to strengthen her, for she
took tho one step necessary to reach tho altar,
and seizing it with both bands, bending for
ward touched her tongue upon tne burnished
steel. Instantly, In tbe midst of explosions and
the savage flash of lightnings, she fell a shape
less, smoking heap upon tbe mat, which parted
in the midst, and her body tumbled into an,
abyss from whjcb came up to us toe biss and
roar of a rushing torrent of waters." When
we get to the time when we can try, as well as
execute, criminals by electricity, wo will have
gained a good deal.
While Marie (Cassell A Co.; J. R. Weldln &
Co.), Is a story of Georgian plantation life by
Will N. Harben. It is one of those tragic
stories whlch,are made posslblo by such a con
dition of things as caste. White Marie has a
drop of black blood In her veins, at J east it
seems so, until a "Lady-Clara-Vere-de-Vere
scene toward tbe end. When .the truth comes
out at tbe last ltonly makes a black pictnre
blacker than ever. It is a true story, the author
says. It is assuredly a desperately pathetio
story.
Two little volumes, with tho name of Lee &
Sbepard on tbe covers, and each of them-Dear-ingon
the outside the picture of a gesturing
orator, are meant to provide material
and suggestion for the speakers of "pieces."
Speaking Pieces, by Ellen O. Peck, is
,mado up of original dialogues and
recitations. There are verses and "addresses for
all sorts ot occasions, from an alumni meeting
to a golden wedding. There are plenty of In
genious charades and a number of school "ex
ercises." George M. Baker's Favorite Speaker
is a well-selected collection of prose and verse
for declamation and public reading. -The table
of contents begins tbe alphabet with Chandler's
"Amnesty to Jefferson Davis," and ends with,
tho "Yarn nf the Nancy Bell."
Another practical scuool book HxXiaArtof
Conversation, by Mrs. H. E. Monroe. Hts.
MtinrueiS an experienced tcachcrand anoint.
lar lecturer. ..She has lectured before somo of 1
nately named, as only a small part, and that not
the best is devoted to this subject. "Essay
Writing Made Easy" is the first matter which
is dealt with; chapel talks on the "Development
of Character" follow; and we are told "How
and What to Read" before we get to' the "con
versation" part. Teachers will find help and
suggestion in this sensible little manual. A. 8.
Barnes 4 Co., tho publishers, have colored the
edges with a tinge of very pronounced orange
red.
.
The moral of Oi&orne of Arrochar (Lee &
Shepard; J. it Weldin & Co.) is never talk
behind a door, unless you know who is on the
other side. That is .a suggestion in the art
of conversation which Mrs. Monroe omitted
mention of, but it is a pretty good general rule.
When you talk about people always imagine
them Jnst behind the door. Osborne of Arro
char failed to observe this rule, and made some
quite uncomplimentary remarks about Miss
Clyde's family, which Miss Clyde, on the other
side of tbe door, "heard with emphatic disap
probation. And, by-and-by, when Mr. Osborne
of Arrochar came to ask a very important ques
tion of Miss Clyde, that young woman,
rememoerlng that unlucky criticism, returned
such an answer as made the unfortunate young
gentleman wish for a moment that his tongue
could touch tho fatal dish of the supreme court
of the Incas, or that some other equally dread,
fnl fate could befall it However, after much
interesting trouble in the sbape of separation,
jealousy, shipwreck and varions complications,
everything comes out all right when Amanda
M. Douglas' story arrives at its happy con
clusion,
V
Joan of Arc, with an expanse of very yellow
hair floating in tbe breeze, bestriding a brown
horse with a black tail aria brandishing a dan.
gcrous looking sword, has a halo formed about
her head by the big O of the title The Maid of
Orleans. (J. B. Llppincott A Co.; J, R. Weldin
& Co.) In addition to this picture on
the cover, there aro others inside the house
atDomremy, the face of Charles VH with a
very demure expression upon it several battle
scenes, and a dramatic representation of tbe
heroine's death at the stake. W. A. Davenport
Adams has written an interesting account of
the life, achievements and misfortunes of poor
Jeanne d'Arc. The story of that Mf o will never
want for readers. The voices of tbe angels and
the voices ot the war-trumpets, saints and
scoundrels, soldiers, priests and politicians
mingle most curiously In it. It is history and
romance together. Mr. Adams is an exnert in
the art of making small books' out of largo
ones, and he has brought together here from
many sources mucn mat wiu instruct ana at
tract the reader.
' V
"Of all my books this ia undoubtedly the one
Which cost me the greatest trouble to put into
living form; the one that germinated longest
in me, nursed m my brain." That is what
Alphonse Daudet said of this pathetic story,
Kings in Eltle, which Band, McNally & Co.
send us, in Virginia Champlin's translation
made ten years ago. Daudet has given us a
description of the study in which he made this
touching romance, bait Action, half history,
part fact and all truth; it was "in tha depths ot
a great courtyard where patches of green
grass cut up into squares, tbe unequal pave
ment, in ft little pavilion invaded by the sheen
of a Virginian creeper, a forgotten bit of tbe
Hotel Richelieu." It was a melancholy sitting
for the story, as he confesses, but tbe study
and the story fitted perfectly. Poor royalty,
what an awkward, ont-of-vlace, undignified,
pathetic figure it is, without any throne to sit
on.
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMME.
Some of tbe Chief Subjects to be Discussed
This Week.
Washington. January 1Z The most im
portant as well as the most perceptible progress
in the work of legislation in Congress is still
shown in the committee stage. Senator Morgan's
bill for the disposal of public mineral lands In
Alabama is the onlymeasureupon tbe calendar
of unfinished business, before the Senate, and
it awaits tbe Senator's return to be called
up for final action. According to
notice, Senator Plumb will address
tbe Senate to-morrow upon the resolution
introduced by him last week, requesting the
Secretary of the Treasury to postpone the re
leasing of the Alaska seal fisheries until
further relief by Congress, or until the latest
period made necessary by existing law. Sena
tor Butler has indicated his intention to
speak this week on his bill providing
for the emigration of negroes from the
.South, at public expense, under tbe
direction of the Quartermaster General of the
army. Should be address the Senate on this
subject Sonator Ingalls and other Republican
Senators will reply. Tbe credentials of the,
four Senators elected by the rival Legislatures
of Montana is expected to be laid before tbe
Senate this .Week, Objection will be made to
seating either the Republican or Democratic
contestants pending an investigation ana a re
port upon their claims by tbe Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
The Committee on Territories to-morrow
morning will bear the representatives of Idaho
Mormons, who oppose tbe bill to admit that
Territory as a State because tbe proposed con
stitutlon excludes Mormons from citizenship.
Delegate Dubol, of Idaho, will appear before
the committee and answer, the Mormons' com
plaints. If the committee decides that the ob
jections of tbe Mormons are not well founded,
tbe bills for tbe admission ot Idaho and Wyo
ming will be reported favorably at once.
The regular House committees have gener
ally completed their organization, but none of
tbem have so far progressed In their work as to
be able to present any legislative jrork for the
action of the House this week. Tbe special
committee on the Slicott defalcation, however,
has completed its labors, and expects to present
its report and a bill to the House to-morrow.
Within a day or two thereafter Chairman
Adams will call for tbe consideration of the bill
and report and a long debate is likely to fol
low. Tbe Committee on Ways and Means will hold
the laBt of the public hearings on tbe tariff bill
Tuesday, Dut Chairman McKinley says the
committee expects to have before it, in private
session from time to time, until the bill is com.
pie ted, persons who are desirous of influencing
the judgment of members upon the several
schedules included in the measure.
MINISTER PALMER'S AMBITION.
Ho Wants to Leave s-pala and Eater the
Michigan Gubernatorial Race.
I -FECIAL TELEOIUM TO THB DISFATCB.
Washington, January 12. It has been
reported that Thomas W. Palmer, our Min
ster to Spain, will probably resign his mis
sion in July, but his reason "for doing so
"has not been given. I am told by a Michigan
Congressman that he proposes to make a cam
paign for the Governorship of Michigan. Said
he: "Senator Palmer would like to have bis
name go down into history as tbe first native
Governor of his State. He prides himself on
his Michigan birth, and he owns the same land
now which his grandfather took out not long
after tbe end of tbe Revolution. Palmer made
his first reputation as a speaker as a .candidate
for the Governorship. This was a number of
years ago. There were four gubernatorial can
didates, and among tbem were Stockbridge,
now in the United States Senate; Thomas W.
Palmer and Governor Jerome. Tbe contest in
the convention was very close1, but Jerome was
finally nominated. The defeated candidates
had then to go to tbe platform and make
speeches supporting tbe nomination. Palmer
made tbe best speech of the trio. He said it was
hardly fair to ask t man to speak at his own
funeral, bnt that Ma situation was the same to
day as was that ot Bonaparte's soldier,
who, Wounded well nigh unto death, had fallen
In the ranks, and had been left by the roadside
on that famous retreat from Moscow. He lay
thore dying, and as Napoleon rode by be raised
his hand and shouted, 'Vive rEmp'ereur.' 'Itls
the same with me,' said Senator Palmer. 'I
have fought hard; I aid wounded nigh unto
death, but as long as I exist I will shout,
Vive la Republican party, and long live our
candidate, Mr. Jerome.' "
The speech was, in fact, an eloquent one. It
ivas copied throughout the State, and extracts
from it found a place in many of inn leading
newspapers of tho country. It put Palmer to
tbe front as one of tbe great speakers of Michi
gan, and it had something to do with making
him Senator a few years later. At tbe time of
his election to tbe Senate, ex-Senator Ferry and
Jay Hubbell were candidates. The contest was
close, and Palmer came-ln as a compromise.
LOVE AND RAIN.
"Xegnat Cvpt(f,-OvUi, Art AmorU.
Tbe rain was beating a rataplan.
Drop drop in the street;
And all the way sot a woman or man,
Or even a '-copper" on beat!
But he and In a lrlendly door,
Were having a friendly chat;
We never had met in our lives before,
But little we recked of tbatl
Tbo rain swept down like a lancers' charge.
Swish swish la the mire;
Then was water enough to float a barge,
And never a cab to hire!
But be was excessively kind, you know,
And civilly tried t explain.
How the wind or something would come and
blow
The rain to the clouds again.
The rain was soundings slow recall,
llrlp-drlp In the flood;
When be muffled me up In my fleecy shawl,
And guided melhrOUjtU the mud.
.
That sriow'r has blown Gy, formauy a day,
lint In fancy It drenches mere't;
And Jntt for tlic.sake of old times, we say,
-.That i iur.w'eddiris dav;' too, .shall bo wet."
,:VrnSBpspi Janhary Ef 1830.'? zmferiU
PIGTURESOFTHE PAST.
A Visit to No Man' Land la the Heart of
Plttsbarsr and -the Visions It Call Up
Trinity Charcbyard Tombs A Pilgrim's
Reverie.
Bat yesterday in Pittsburg's crowded streets
there was one who went forth upon a pilgrim
age. Neither cockle, hat nor staff ot sturdy
oak did he carry; no patriarchal beard fell
over his rugged bosom ; no sandal graced his
way-worn feet And yet upon a. pilgrimage
was he bound, ad a pilgrimage, too, to "No
Man's- Land." Who can tell where "No Man's
Land" lies f Not in hissing, hammering Pitts
burg of a surety. Not amid tbe roar of the
engine and tbe ceaseless tramp of feet. It is
impossibleso say you, my friend;, ono and all ;
and so saying, one and all, you are wrong:
"No Man's Land'' is fa Pitttburg-one No
Man's Land, at least It lies in tbe heart of
the great city where you pass upon your busi
ness or your pleasure day by day, and week by
week, and year by year.
There is a No Man's Land in your very midst;
and you. too, I make no doubt have often been
a pilgrim thither.
To this land was my pilgrim bound when I
met him in tbe crowds of Fifth avenue, and
nis journey was neither very difficult nor very
long. He came to the great iron gates and
passed up the granite steps, while high over bis
head towered old Trinity Church, and around
on every side lofty buildings looked down on
the little patch of sward toward which he was
hastening.
w w w
'The reader bas discovered No Man's Land!
It lies between Trinity and the First Pres
byterian Churches, and it is nothing more than
an old graveyard.
A stretch of level green, bounded ;by sad
hued walls; encroaching far in this direction,
abruptly curtailed in that A few trees grow
ing here and there, some old, some young, all
bare, and leafless, all funereal looking In the
dnll winter light. Fallen Jeaves scattered
everywhere; over tbe memorial stones about
tbe short grass, at tbe feet of the trees. All
around windows staring down upon the small
Inclosure, which had refused to be citified.
Such was this No Man's Land to tbe eyes ot tbo
pilgrim, when first he turned aside into its soli
tude.
No, not solitude! There was a sparrow sitting
on an upright tomb near tbe small chapel, and
twittering pleasantly. It is a favorite sojourn
ing place of the sparrow tribe, this green oasis
in a desert of pavements. Is it the grass they
love'; or do they come hither to brood over their
sins their innumerable thefts their many
other shortcomings?
This sparrow sat very composedly above the
Ormsby tombs, and presently hopped down
upon the pioneer's tombstone and whispered a
little there bofore it flew away. To the old.
tomb stepped the pilgrim. Half bidden in
blown leaves, it is tbe first of seven such tombs;
seven brother flagstones, some broken across,
some chipped and cracked, somo almost wholly
defaced by time and thoughtless feet Under
tho first we are told, lies the bones of John
Ormsby and Jane, bis wife.of whom John died
in 1803, aged 85, and Jane in 1799, aged 82. No
tinsel panegyric covers the tombstone of this
worthy couple. Simple and straightforward Is
the history given of old John's life. It reads:
He migrated to Fort Du Quone about the time
that the British took possession thereof, at which
time he was Commissary of Provisions and Pay
master of Dlspursements (sic) for the erection of
fort Pitt. Subsequently he entered laudably Into
the Indian trade, and in tho year 17(3 was plund
ered of all his property, his people murdered and
himself shut up in Fort Pitt during the siege.
TJJHA.T a field for the novelist, the lives of
. this old citizen, and bis family opens upl
The long, low room, with its walls roughly
plastered; the broad table, sparkling with
glasses, and set around with the jovial red faces
of the British officers and their friends. Here
sits Commissary John Ormsby, smiling merrily.
Then comes the flask that Mynheer Van Dunck
brought all the way from Holland; ana tbe
company chuckle as the generous liquor gushes
from its stope prison, to mingle with the other
ingredients of the mighty brew. Then every
body rises to his feet while ''The I?ing God
bless html" is toasted with enthusiasm, and
cheered till the rafters in tbe roof re-echo the
sounds. Perchance, up in the woods along
Mount Washington, tbe lurking savages bear
those shoots, and peer down upon tbe little
settlement to see what the white man is about
But stay! Is all th,ls fine picture devolved
from a simple, unpretentious grave in the silent
"God's Acre" by Trinity Church? How know
we whether John Ormsby was such a man as
this? How know we that the little garrison of
Fort Pitt thus reveled in the olden timet Well,
one'of that garrison was Captain John Blanch
ville. and he left a diary behind him, which tne
writer has seen. He was an Irishman, and he
chronicles those old days 'with a good deal of
raclness. In these memoirs John Ormsby not
unfrequently crops up, and tbe Captain de
clares that John was a "a good fellow, and
conld drink bis 1& tumblers moreover, a, very
pleasant man, and .full of jest." From which
it would Seem that our picture was no unlikely
one.
t e
xALAS, poor Yorickf" Alas, poor John
Ormsby! This: "fellow of infinite jest"
lies under sod and stone, very far away from
the last resting place ot his friend, the Cap
tain. Captain Blanchville sleeps on a green
hillside, under a ruined church tower, in a cer
tain fair spot ot his native Ireland. His
quondam boon companion is buried in tbe
shade ot Trinity Cburcb, not so many stone
casts from the spot where he once drank "his
16 tumblers."
John's son Oliver, a prominent citizen of
early Pittsburg, and many of bis relatives, lie
buried beside the "patriarch of Western Penn
sylvania. A little to the east another pioneer lies an
earlier pioneer, perhaps, than even John
Ormsby, for "Patrick Murphy, of Pittsburg,"
died in 1797, "at an advanced age."
Northward a great lineot box tombs cover
the bones of several families. Under the first
two aro buried John Wrenshall and Anne, his
wife. Mr. Wrenshall was, if I mistake not a
noted Methodist preacher In his time, and
hailed from Yorkshire. He probably came
subsequent to the gay times down at the Fort
when the settlement had beeome more sedate.
T3ETWEEN the two old flagstones of , the Reed
and Montooth families, in the. direction ot
Sixth avenue, a young chestnut treo has
SDrouted. This new life rising from the tomb
has broken the prisoning stones across, and
forced its way out Into the light and the sun
shine. What a pity it is to see these old tombs
so badly kept! Tho decayed leaves have covered
i them, layer upon layer, and it is almost impos
sible to decipher the histories of the dead en
graven upon their answept surfaces. Young
trees are growing everywhere. In the summer
this old churchyard is a pleasant place, and
children and birds are fond of lingering beneath
.the bending branches. When tho milk-white
blossoms are out upon the chestnut trees, and
tbe green mantle is cast over the naked bongos,
then tbe old graveyard becomes quite .another
place, and even the walls of the surrounding
churches become gay with dancing sunbeams.
'There is 3 tomb in the graveyard which a!
ways makes one sad. It is simple, and the
epitaph short enough, for this is all It tells:
' EMKLIA.
Touch not this little monnd of earth.
Beneath It lies a grain of immortality.
Who was EmellaT Was she a dearly loved
daughter, or sister, or wtfeT Manykuow.no
doubt but I know not. Yet that tombstone
touches the heart and impresses- Itself UDon
the mind, and wo cannot help painting Amelia
as each one imagines her to bare been, in her
happy or sorrowful life. Bbexah.
A GOLDEN WDDls'(j.
Sr. and Mrs. James Cunningham Held a
FamUy.Rsanlon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, of Liver
more, Westmoreland county, parents of Mrs.
Dr. Fife, of Lawrencerille, celebrated their
golden wedding last Friday. Tbero was a re
union o( the family at tbe home of the old peo
ple. Children and grandchildren crowded tbe
house. The old people received many costly
and ussfu) presents Irom the residents of Liver
more. Mr. Cunningham was one of tbe pioneers
of the town, and ho is held In esteem by all
who know him. He ovned quite a number of
packets and :frelght boats, which piled on the
Pennsylvania canal.
Prrpnred for on Emergency.
From the Oil City Derrick.!
When a resident ventures out 1c tho morning
be'ehonld bo prepared for any sudden emer
gency tho weather might present. Ho is advised
to liayo an overcoat a linen duster, a palm leaf
fan; -.an .umbrella,, a pair' of 'goloshes and a
change of underclothing.
LA GRIPPE -A CENTTJET AGO.
The Malady Ragd In tha United States
Jast the Same as Now.
From the New York Times.
Just a hundred years ago the United States
had a severe attack ot "la grippe'' very much
as now. Dr. Benjamin Bosh, ono of tha signers
of tbe Declaration of. Independence and 'so
eminent in tho practice of medicine as to
bo styled tbe Sydenham of America, was in
spired to write a particular account of the epi
demic as it came under his observation in
Philadelphia, As bis works are now anti
quated and rarely disturbed in the dust of our
libraries, nome of his remarks may hare the
freshness of novelty.
Dr. Rush sirs the woather was cold and with
out rain from tbe end of August until Octo
ber, 1789, when many members of tho First
Congress, that bad met in New York, com
plained on arriving in Philadelphia of colds,
which they attributed to traveling by night in
public stages. But tbe malady spread so widely
and rapidly that it was soon recognized as tbe
influenza. The symptoms were hoarseness, sore
throat chills, fever, a sense of weariness, head
aches, universal sneezing (often "not less than
50 times in a day"), pains in the breast sides
and limbs, and, a distressing cough. The fever
seldom lasted more than three or four days, but
tho cough and other troublesome symptoms
sometimos persisted two or three weeKS. The
disease affected both sexes alike, but old peo
ple and children most frequently escaped it.
Of Jbc five and thirty maniacs in tha Penn
sylvania Hospital only three fell sick. Per
sons working in tbe open air, as sailors and
'longshoremen, had the malady much worse
than the tradesman who worked within doors.
A company of surveyors in the eastern woods
of Pennsylvania buffered severely. The In
dians around Niagara were affected with pe
culiar force, and they ascribed their irritating
cough to witchcraft
Tbe epidemic was most fatal on the seashore
of the United States. Thousands ot people
suffered in Philadelphia without being con
fined to tbeir houses, and Dr. Rash relates that
"a perpetual coughingwas heard in every street
ot the city. Buying and selling were rendered
tedious by the coughing of the farmer and tbo
citizen who met in market places. It even ren
dered divine service scarcely intelligible in the
churches."
SPOOKS THAT THROW ST0NK8.
Extraordinary Ghostly Manifestations
In
- Virginia Iloase.
Bkakdt Station, Va., January 1Z The
people of the plantation of JohnW. Brooks,
near Culpepper Court House, hare been
thrown into a state of terror by phenomenal
occurrences In a house on the place which was
until quite recently occupied by the family of
Richard Moten. Moten and hiS neigh
bors allege that hot stones have been
thrown into tbe house through closed windows
without breaking the glass, and that the lurni
ture could not be kept in any particular place
by reason ot some invisible influence that
caused it to move about tbe rooms, and even to
travel up and down stairs. This peculiar state
of things was developed last September, and
bas continued uninterruptedly since. The
effect ot sudden showers of hot stones and un
expected encoanters with perambulating
chairs and beds on Mrs. Moten's nervous sys
tem bas been such that to save her life her
husband considered it necessary to move from
tbo neighborhood. Tbe family came to Brandy
Station, and a correspondent had an interview
with tbe husband on the subject of .the
phenomena. ,j.
While Drof esslnp entire disbelief in the naver
of disembodied spirits to return to earth and
assert their presence by Impish pranks. Mr.
Moten is unable to account for the strange oc
currences at his former home. He contends
that they cannot truly be accounted for on
psychological grounds, and rather inclines to a
belief that they are due to mineral magnetism,
but in just what manner he is at a loss to ex
plain. Be continued to reside In tbe bouse, de
spite tbe protests of his wife, in tbe vain hope
t discovering the source of the disturbances,
ana his investigations were condncted in such
a manner, he says, as to leave no doubt in bis
mind that they were brought about, not by su
pernatural, but by other than human forces.
KEEPING TAB ON BEARS.
A Pike County Man's Report on the Great
Haunt of Brain.
MrxvoBD, Pa, January 12. After many
months of patient toil and untiring research
Ell F. Sweet a queer old character who lives a
hermit's Ufa in the woods on the upper part of
Shohola creek, has completed his forthcoming
work on "Bears and Bear Hunting in Piko
County, Pa." Mr. Sweet has gathered together
an Immense amount of statistical information,
a study of which snows some startling facts.
Mr. Sweet has been for years collecting all tha
bear stories which" havd 'appeared about Pike
connty, and has carefully kept a record of all
tbe hunters' tales which he has heard. Basing
his calculations upon tbe information thus ac
quired, Mr. Sweet estimates that a little more
than seven-eighths or a bear bas been. killed to
each acre in the' county, or a total of 369,696
bears to the 122,400 acres in the county. Mr.
Sweet says with pride that he believes that
these figures will show that Pike county, Pa
is tbe banner bear county of the country, bar
none.
Of tbe 369,696 bears killed within the past de
cade, Mr. Sweet says that not more than 423
have been willing to die without doing some
thing sufficiently remarkable to make their de
mise worthy of a special dispatch to the wide
awake newspapers of the country. Over 80,000
of tbem have only been killed after a paw-to-hand
conflict with their slayers. Nearly 98,000
or, to be exact, 97,425 have received their
mortal wounds from bowie knives, after having
been shot from 1 to 34 times. Over 33,000 have
been killed by small boys, armed only with
axes; 1S.7.J2 have bitten the dust in trying to
steal little girls away from their mothers, tbs
mothers having slain tbem. A great many
have been killed by faithful dogs in defense of
sleeping babies, over whose cradles the faithful
dogs wero keeping vigil.
LIGHT IN COLONIAL TIMES.
Facts Regarding iho Origin of the Modern
Street Lamp.
Prom the lev England Slagaitne.I
By a law of William and Mary, passed in 1690,
every householder who resided in certain par
ishes, or in the city of Westminster, whose
house adjoined Or was near the street, "Irom
Michaelmas unto our Lady's Day yearly, shall
every uight set or hang out candles or lights in
Ianthorns on tbe outside of the house next the
street to enlighten the same for the convent
ency of passengers, from time to time, as it
shall grow dark, until twelve of the clock in the
night, upon tbe pain to forfeit the sum of two
shillings for every default." Arrangements
mIgbt,however,be made with two or more
Justices of the Peace for the establishment of
lamps in the street at certain interval.
This law seems to have prompted similar leg
islation in the town of New York, in 1697. in an
order requiring every seventh house to bang
out a lamp upon a pole.. New fork thus ante
dates all other American towns in this respect
by nearly 60 years.
Tbe next town In order ot time, and the first
in New Kngland, is IS ewport. Here, however,
street lamps were bung out ot shop windows
and house', and this was due to private enter
prise. In 1751 the town petitioned tbe General
Assnmtilr of Rhodo Island to pars a law for the
protection of these lamps, as willful and mali
cious persons wouju oneu un. uieiu.
ODD ITEMS FROM ABROAD.
Dr. Ohofeoft, now in London, is a mind
reader of ability superior to any that has been
exhibited before him. He reads minds with,
cut contact with the person.
. The prices of camphor and gum promise to
rise. The German Government is making gi
gantic purchases of these articles for the manu
facture of smokeless powder.
The "Beethoven House Society" of Bonn
has coma into possession of Beethoven's last
piano. It was made by Conrad Graft, of Vi
enna. Because of Beethoven's deafness it had
four strings to each key instead of three.
A FLOBEjrrnnt millionaire, the Marquis
Carlo Gulgneonl, bas just purchased the far
famed island of Monte Crista Ho bas started
to build a castle there, with villa on the sea
shore and a bermitago In one ot tbe most re
tired spots.
The Petal submarine boat was tried again in
Cadiz Bay on December 26 with great success.
She cruise tor four hours with nothing but tbe
turret visible, then dived to a depth of 20 feet
and reappeared 3 miles away. Her speed all
the time wns six knots.
A yotJNQ i.AiT'ia the town of Minsk, Russia,
purchased a pair ot gloves a la Sara Bern
hardt. Immediately after putting tbem on her
bands bepan to Itch. Tho next day her arms
were covered. with sores, and a week later she
died of blood poisoning. The doctors suppose
that tbe skin belonged to an animal that bad
some contagious malady.
Ik the wine Cellar under the Hotei'de Vine,
Bremen, there are 13 cases of holy wine, each
case inscribed with the name ot one of the
Apostles. It was deposited In its present rest
ing placd 265 years ago. Ono case ot this wine
cost SCO rix dollars, in 1C2L Including the ex.
pen-c ot keeping up the cellar. Interest, on tho
original outlay, and upon interest, oneof Tthose
AThnftt wnnld Cnlfltf -aaa RSK fifif rtiOfv .IaI !,"'.
or about ROWW a bottle. ' . . V
CUKIOUS COUDfiHSATMS. . s
, A New York policeman is charged with
stealing a thermometer. , .
At a rat hunt held in School district,
No. 5, of Bethlehem township, Coshocton coun
ty, rocently, 2,066 rats were killed.
William Greer, who is engaged In tbe
cattle business on the Canadian river, Deer'
Fork district, Tex., shot and killed a white deer
a few mornings ago.
Six bushels of Christmas and Kew Year
articles that failed of being forwarded on ac
count of lack of address and care In direction,
are piled up in the New York PostofQce.
The owner of a toboggan slide ia Ohio
promised at the beginning of December to give
10 per cent of his gross earnings this winter to
the missionary cause. In despair he has now
raised bis offer to 25 per cent, and still the snow
doesn't come.
Mrs. Albert Evans, of British Colum
bia, is said to be the one woman in that region
who can successfully fight tbe tiger. 6he
fights with lead and not with gold, however,
and tbe winning so far bas been on her side.
The last tiger that she fought weighed 150
pounds.
Ten thousand men and bop are idle
along the Hudson riTor who depend on their
work in tbe ice harvesting at this season of tho
year for their living. Tbe weather is warm and
spring-like, and not a pound of ice is visible in
the river; not even on the flats or in the coves
or inlets.
W. M. Nordyke, of Parsons, Kan., fell
on a happy manner of collecting a bill of an
Iowa man the other day. He wrapped up a 50
cent ping of tobacco and forwarded it C. O. D.
510 5a The debtor paid the amount and found
inside the receipted bill ot long standing and,
the tobacco.
A farmer living in the southern part of
Douglas county, Kan., has discovered a vein of
marble and granite about 30 feet in thickness
and about 25 feet below the surface. Rhiwm.
slve strata developed different colors, begln-
nuiswiusmoiuRi grayanu running tnrongn
a bluish, pink, blue, red and clear white.
Owing to the almost unparalleled mild-
.ness of the present winter the strawberry sea
son in Southern Alabama will open this year at
an earlier period than ever before known. The
vines are loaded with fruit and shipping will
commence next week. A large portion of the
immense crop raised in this section goes to St.
Louis.
Charley Sprouse, who lives in West
Fork, near Parkersburg, caught a big pike,
which weighed 29 pounds, in a strange manner
a day or two ago. The rise in tbe Kanawha
overflowed the picket fence around Spronie's
garden. When the water fell tbe pike, which
had gat in while it was up, could'nt get out and
was captured.
Nearly 30 years ago a locomotive on tha
Erie Railway exploded her "boiler near tbe
depot at Almond, Allegany connty, N.Y., kill
ing two men and injuring another quite severe
ly. Last week a mill race at that place wag
cleaned out and in it was found the bell be
longing to the unfortunate locomotive, which
must have been hurled a distance of 40 rods.
Tbe destruction of human life by our
railways is attaining truly alarming propor
tions. According to the estimate of tbe Inter
state Commerce Commissioners, the mortality
from this cause in a single year is' as high as
5,693, while for the same period tbe number of
persons mjared in railroad accidents reaches
27,898. Of course a great proportion in both
classes ia made up of railway employes.
Jay Van Vranken, a Schenectady mer
chant, has in his possession a curious old Dutch
Bible, which was published in tbe year 1637.
Tbs volume ia bound in thick slabs of black
oak. covered with calfskin. About 40 years ago
the book mysteriously disappeared trom among
the family relics, but some months ago Mr.
Van Vrankin got track of it, and to-day tbe
old curio is once more In the proper hands.
Some one who pretends to know whereof
he speaks tells how a railway passenger can
ascertain the speed ot tbe train upon which ho
is traveling. Every time the wheels pass over
a rail-joint there is a distinct click. Count tha
number of these clicks in 20 seconds and you,
have the number of miles per hour the train is
making. This information may not be of vital
importance, but will serve as. an amusement
now and then during an otherwise weary hour
ot travel.
There was an amming incident the
other day In Justice Feibleman'a Court at In
dianapolis. A case was on trial, and one of
the attorneys called: "Bring out McGisty."
"Here, that will do." wx the response of the)
Court, as, the Justice reached for an inkstand.
"I don't want any of those old jokes in this
courtroom." "But McUinty is a witness in
this case." persisted the attorney, and then
Michael McGinty stepped to the front and
was sworn to testify.
The Germans have been the pioneers in
scientific forestry, as in so many other lines of
progress. With a total forest area of only 34.316.
000 acres,(of which 11234,000 belong to the State,
the German Empire now has no less than nine
schools of forestry, and during the three years
ending with 1888 it published 177 books on tbe
various branches of tbe subject Thero are also
ten periodicals devoted to forestry, and a gen
eral association of foresters, with annual meet
ings, and ten local societies.
John Cline, a Harrisburg bricklayer,
has portions of a brick and mortar, picked up
in the ruins of tbe palace of tbe Caesar's Pala
tine Hall, at Borne, Italy, by a son of tbe lata
Dr. O'Connor, who has just returned from a
tour of Europe. The material of the brick is
similar to that of which American Are brick is
made, but this ancient brick is only an inch
thick and it and the mortar are 1,800 years old.
Mr. Cline prizes the relics of 18 centuries as
only an old bricklayer could such curiosities.
Alansoa Haslam, of Waltham, Me..
was going to his work recently when he saw a
deer. He fired at it and brought It down. On
going up to it Mr. Haslam found he had dropped
a 3-year-old buck. He laid aside his gun and
procured his knile, when the deer immediately
began to geton tools feet Mr. Haslam seized
bim by the horn and after stabbing him several
times succeeded in bitting a vital spot. An ex
amination showed that tbe bullet had struck
his horn near tha head and cut it off, at tho
same time knocking bim, down.
Andrew Houston, a prominent ranchero
of tbe Upper Platte Valley, Wyo., has issued
an odd challenge to the betting fraternity of
the universe. Hn will wager his place and
stock against 810,000 that in any stated
hunting season within three years he will, un
aided, kill 0 grizzly bears in tbe Elk Mountain
and Medicine Bow ranges. Houston bas al
ways been a mighty hunter, but bas lately
sprung some Bear-slaying yarns, which were
doubted, hence bis offer to lay this big wager.
He has caused copies of the challenge to bo
posted la the rooms of several London clubs.
GENUINE HDMOB.
Culture does not make a gentleman. A
rejrular beet may be a cultivated thing. Sea Or
leant PicaywM. . ."
Writing poetry is recommended as a
mental exercise. Yon can get physical exercise
by attempting to read It to the editor. Tfrrs MauU
Exprttt.
Tipler Do ypn know the reason why I
have never met with success in life?" Plain
Speaker res: there have been too many bars In
your -wif. Boston OazttU.
Hamlet Have you seen, the new work
called the "Actors' Railway Guide?"- Glmlet-I ,
have not. What Is It? Hamlet Jut the ordinary
teiegrapn poies. aasion ueraia.
She (laughingly) Why ara yon looking
so intently Into my eyes? Are you looklngfor the
mote!" He (seriously) No; for the, beam."
Then she beamed. Lawnnce American.
Young Mr. Harvard Your friend, Miss
Helen, is awfully nice; we got on famously to
gether. Miss Mabel I never saw another Ilia
her. She can get on with anybody.. Vw Tor
un.
Susie You must be awfully weak, Mr.
Collier? Mr. Collier (who prices hlmielt on nls
musele)-Sot so very, I guess;, what makes yon
think so? Sasie-Iwas lust reading that knowl-
edice Is power, and I knew but ha had fled.
Kearney Enterprise.
WEGI ADAM WAS A BOT.
The jromen didn't wear high haU
When Adaufwas a boy.
Nor babies weren't allowed ta flats
When Adam was a boy.
The cable very, seldom broke.
Dudes didq'sclfarettes then smoke,
The papers didn't print a jole
When Adam was a boy.
Tnere were no pateat cnre-ill ads
When Adam was a'boy. . i
The youngsters didn't "sau" their dads
When Adam was a boy.
Tha mothers-in-law were kind and good.
And loved their sons u now they should;
They bunt the ares and sawed the wood'
When Adam was a boy.
Bat things have slipped a cog or two
Since Adam was a boy.
Life wasn't such a chrpalo 'Woe"
Whendaiawssaboy. ' s
And In the past when we were tried,' '
Wc'ye often thought and wildly cried,
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