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FlTTBBtJBG. TUESDAY. JAN. It, 1S90.
TEE "WILD WIHDS.
The high" winds which roared' about Pitts
burg all day yesterday and spent their
strength in uprooting a few trees and gener
ally wrecking the telegraph wires were the
remnants of a cyclone which exerted its
most destructive energy in the plain about
tie junction of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. The greatest fury appears from the
reports to have been concentrated in the
tuburbs' of t Louis and Clinton, Ken
tucky, where nearly a score of lives are
already reported lost In other localities
the loss of life has been less appalling, but
the destruction of property must have been
beyond estimate.
Snch terrible displays of the power of the
elements are among the unforeseen and un-
avertable perils to which life is subject No
human vigilance can guard against them,
although it may be an open question
whether a more stanch aud enduring class
of popular architecture might not lessen the.
damage which they can work upon life and
property. "While theories concerning their
cause are clearly defined, no way has yet
been discovered of telling where the advanc
ing wind storm will develop into a cyclone,
or at what point it will expend its fury.
.' The story of snch ravages by the forced
nature, as are reported in our telegraphic
columns, can only arouse an active sym
pathy for the unfortunate people who are
thus rendered homeless at the inception of
the cold wave, and our gratitude that the
.force of the winds in this vicinity was only
such as to cause comparatively trivial dam
ages. A PBAIEEWOETHY EFFOBT.
The determination of the miners in the
coke region to establish a technical school,
at Connellsville, is an extremely creditable
one. The efforts to obtain -State aid for
such an institution have failed from the
neglect of the politicians, and the miners
are now taking it in hand to show that they
can establish an institution to increase tech
nical knowledge among the workers of their
industry, on an independent basis. Too
much praise and too much active sympathy
cannot be extended to such work. "While
the institution may be more cramped in its
finances than if it were supported by the
State, whatever it does accomplish will be
worth ten times more, as the independent
and spontaneous work of the miners them
selves. The effort of a hard-working and
by no means profusely-paid laboring in
terest to show that it can maintain and ad
vance educational interests in its own .line,
deserves the highest success.
GO EAST, TOTKG KAK1
It is time that Greeley's advice to young
men should be varied, and the benevolent
Cotlis P. Huntington generously comes to
the rescue with the free tip to the youth ot
ew York to "go to Africa," Mr. Hunt
ington goes further than this, he tells the
young man what to take besides the tip.
It'Js not much, a mere bagatelle, ten thou
sand dollars! The ambitious youth is to
put his little bundle of boodle in his inside
pocket, and bur a ticket for TJpoto, on the
.Congo. Should be arrive there, avoiding
fevers, cannibals and Stanley hunters ont-(jf-TCork,
the $10,000 must be at once in
vested in India rubber, which is sold there
at a penny a pound. Mr. Huntington adds
that "a young man might pay even five
pence a pound for it, and quickly make a
fortune."
This is Mr. Huntington's tip, gratis. It
bears a family likeness to the private tips
which Mr. Jay Gould, Bussell Sage and
other warm-blooded philanthropists' distri
bute among their friends from time to time.
Going "West may not be what it was in
Greeley's day but it is certainly better than
going East by direction of -Mr. Huntington.
Still the puff for the rubber industry of
TTpoto, in which we presume Mr. Hunting
ton has a controlling interest, 1b not liable
to hurt anybody, for the young man who
has $10,000 will find a way to invest it
nearer home and the man who desires to go
to Africa is seldom endowed with ten
cents.
15 HOC 8IGK0V.
' The fail of a sign on Federal street, in
Allegheny, yesterday, revealed the presence
of a danger which was formerly recognized,
"but was supposed to be thoroughly removed
by the energetic administration of Chief of
Police Brann namely dangerously hung
or insecurely fastened signs. The re-appearance
of the danger may be explained by
the saying that all signs fail in such sea
sons as this; but when the result is to send
the mammoth blazonry down into the
streets, with narrow escapes to men and
beasts, it is a sure sign that a little of the
aggressive attention to the safety of the
streets from signs that was given a few
years ago, is now needed. It was made
clear enough yesterday that the conjunction
of high winds and weak signs are incom
patible with the public safety. As no way
has yet been discovered of abolishing high
winds, it is necessary that strict attention
he given to the fastenings of the big signs.
. A BABBEE0 US OBDEB.
, The .Beading Bailroad Company has is
sued an order requiring the brakemen and
"baggage masters of its passenger service to
"report for duty with clean-shaven faces. No
reason is assigned for the order." It may be
that President Corbin bases his action on
personal taste, though If we are not mis
taken he has considerable hair about his
face. There is greater probability in the
theory that the Beading road, having shaved
its stockholders and scalped its creditors, is
forced to keep its hand in upon its employes.
, Ihc shaving of brakemen and baggagemen is
not likely to prove as profitable to the bar
bers of the Beading management as some
other tonsorial transactions of theirs have
proved.
Looking at the matter from an esthetic
standpoint we are somewhat in doubt as to
the propriety of Ibis shaving ukase. Some
men are undoubtedly improved by wearing
beard,- aud to most men according to
Dodern ideas, of beauty, the mnstache is
becoming. ; Yonthf ulbrakcmcn will notibe
damaged by being shorn of what Suckling
calls "A little wool, as mnch as an unripe
peach doth wear," and which merely shows
they are nearing manhood. But the stal
wart baggagemaster "bearded" like 'the
pard" who is accustomed to swear by his
beard, will feel the sacrifice. Ther really
seems no solid sesthetio ground for the order.
It is barberons.
"We have never heard it seriously ad
vanced that a man's ability to open and
shut doors, feed the voracious car stove, or
announce the names of stations, is increased J
or decreased by the hirsute adornment of
his face. The platform of a passenger car
is & windy place, to be sure, bnt a brake
man's whiskers ought to stand ventilation
as well as any man's. It is not fair either
that a man after he has labored hard for
a month in the raising of a beard should be
forced to cut it off. To raza a beard is one
thing, to raise one is decidedly another.
The Beading Bailroad Company should re
member iU own experience in raising divi
dends. Z
AK UNEVEN HATCH.
Except for the sympathy which the pub
lic gives to the smaller, and therefore the
under dog, in the fight, the people of this
country will have little disposition to take
side'j in the quarrel between England and
Portugal oyer their respective African pos
sessions. So far as the course of the two powers in
Africa is concerned, there is little to choose
between them. England has adopted a
course of steady and unremitting annexation
of territory, commencing with the Cape
Colony nd steadily working up toward
Central Africa, till the Orange Free State,
and Zululand among the, latest of its acqui
sitions, were gobbled. Portugal, on the
other hand, wherever it has held African
colonies, has been a bar to the opening of
trade and civilization. It would probably
be better for Africa and for trade to have
England open up the Lake TJyassa route;
while so far as the respective titles are con
cerned, Portugal's probably has a little
priority of the two, which are both founded
on the law of force.
i It is hardly possible to avoid noticing the
fact that Lord Salisbury's Government
adopted a very much more peremptory and
warlike tone in dealing with the conflicting
claims of a small kingdom like Portugal
than it would have done if its antagonist
had been one of the great military powers.
It is not very long since a similar difference
of opinion arose between Germany and En
gland with regard to their interests on the
Zanzibar coast In that case the Salisbury
Government took a decidedly conciliatory
and conservative course, and was very care
ful not to go the length of threatening a
withdrawal of the British Minister at Ber
lin. It is when dealing with a small power
which has no navy and no army worth men
tioning that the Tory lion is extremely
pugnacious.
Under these circumstances it is not sur
prising that the populace of Lisbon are
very much exasperated over the surrender
of the isstn to the British Government
But cooler thought will teach them that it
may be better to surrender r savage district
in Africa than to surrender the Portuguese
capital to a British fleet
TEE AST SOCIETY'S SEASON.
The approach of the season of receptions
by the Pittsburg Art Society promises ad
ditional attractions for those who have en- 4
joyed the delightful reunions of that organi
zation in previous seasons. Besides the
attractions of music and the exhibitions ot
artistic work which have given the Art
Society's receptions their characteristic
coloring heretofore, it is stated that the re
ceptions at the Pittsburg Club Theater this
year will include lectures upon art which
will furnish interest and instruction upon
the topics within the field of the society.
The Art Society has long been ono of the
pleasantest features ot Pittsburg's intel
lectual and (Esthetic life, and it is satisfac
tory to observe thafit is determined to main
tain its record of progress.
A PBACTICAL BEH0KBTBATI0N.
The mischief which the windstorms of
the past .twenty-four hours have worked
with electrio wires throughout the country
tarnishes a .strong and, in connection with
the other considerations, a conclusive argu
ment in favor of- underground wires.
It is worth while, in. this connection, to
reflect on the frequency with which tele
graphic connection .has been wholly de
stroyed by great storms. The great rain
storm of last summer, it will be remem
bered, broke down all the wires in the
flooded district The great blizzard of
March, 1888, was another period of whole
sale destmction of electric communication.
The winds of yesterday resemble these
occasions in widespread havoc, if not in
completeness of destruction; while nearly
every ordinary thunderstorm,' sleet or snow
storm, or high wind, does more or
less of it It may be questioned whether
the sum actually expended in repairing
wires broken down by such storms would
not pay the interest on the construction of
underground conduits all over the country,
and prevent the interruption of business
which follows each of these meteorological
disturbances.
In the cities where the wires are concen
trated, and where the confusion and danger
from crossing and grounding is multiplied
by a high factor, there does not seem to be
any room for doubt True economy to the
companies, as well as the safety and conven
ience of the public, would put the wires
underground ont of danger of damage to
'them and out of danger of death to the
public.
Cobbik's voting trust in the Beading
stock seems to hold good; while the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie trast was dissolved long ago
when tbe Vanderbilts wanted it done. It seems
to make a practical difference whether the
trusts favor tbe corporate combines or not
The lack of winter weather - so far has
brought bitter disappointment to ice companies
and prophets of a bard winter; but nono of
them could more completely find themselves
thrown all out of gear In their" calculations
than the members ot the Snow-Shoo Club of
New York, who bad made elaborate prepara
tions for Enow shoeing: in Central Park, in
these days when tbe Government is expected
to provide everything that cannot otherwise
be obtained, it may be expected that the en
thusiastic snow-sboers will apply to Congress
to provide'them with an adequate supply of
snow.
As a compromise of 'the fight over the
rules In the House why not adopt the Marquis
of Queensberry'a mannair
Since it is "becoming the rule to dispose
of United States Senatorships in secret caucus
to the corporation kings, an Eastern cotem
porary proposes a reform in the shape of put
ting them up at public auction and selling
them to the highest bidder. There might bo
an inducement in this .plan, as lessening State
taxes and filling tbe public treasury. If It were
not for the certainty that monetiry magnates
would get up a combine to keep down the
prices of Senatorships.
t,
. Extbavasauce is best met br ridicule.
It was certainly an extravagant wia.ef-.Cok-
crewman Amos Cumsalngs to introduce In the
House yesterday a resolution calling for a
monument to Tilden tn Statuary Hall, with the
Inscription upon it, "ThaNiaeteenth President
of the United Statev" And It was assuredly
effective ridicule whenanew.Kepabllcan mem
ber from Iowa, Sweeney by name, wanted to
know ifthe Inscription was to be In cipher."
Ajjundbed thousand dollars for a pic
ture' and a hundred thousand dollars for a
trotting horse seem to bo the fashionable figures
for millionaire expenditnre,nowadays. Still
the money is Detter spent that way than In
buying Legislatures,
Among signed editorials which an East
ern cotemporary makes a feature ot Its Sunday
Issue, is one by an alleged society lady on "How
to Get Into Socioty." The .article states cer
tain qualifications and. methods for pushing
into the select circles, but 'falls to state the
broad and universal rule that the way to get
into good society is not to try to get into so
ciety at all, .,
Yestebday with the electrio wires, tele
phone wires and telegraph wires mixed at
places by a wild Jumble byjtho howling winds,
the dangers of electricity were by no means a
pleasant subject of contemplation to dwellers
in cities.
Tub difference is marked between the
prices which people ask for their property when
they want to sell it, and what they say it' is
worth when it is assessed for taxation; but that
example with regard to tha. engine house lot
brought up In Councils, yesterday, is certainly
of such extreme character as to warrant the at
tention of the city Assessors.
It is one of the features of politics that
with the inauguration of a Democratic Gov.
ornorof Ohio that bolt from the Democratic
caucus nomination for Senator sinks into the
unfathomable depths of oblivion.
TBS German Emperor is supposed to
hare taken a new step by ordering that none
of the ultra-conservative papers be taken at
any of the royal palaces. This is, however, no
more than the ineffectual resort which has
been in vogue in this country for a long time,
of expressing disapproval by ordering the ed
itor to "stop my paperl"
"With the Democratic Governor- of Ohio
supporting tha Australian ballot system and
the Democratic Governor of New York fight
ing it. it becomes apparent that there are Dem
ocrats and Democrats.
The need of additional police protection
for the portions of tbo city where one officer
has to watch over a square mile ot territory,
was unanimously recognized in Councils, yes
terday. The people will gladly pay the taxes
necessary for the 25 extra policemen author
ized, U it secures full protection against bur
glaries and thieves.
Suoexaoes of county officials should
most assuredly be collected, Let us hone that
the suit reported elsewhere will yield a larger
percentage than tbe rather famous one of some
years ago.
It is to be hoped that the party leaders on
both sides in the Honse will be able to effect a
compromise on tbe rules that will protect pub
lic interests, and let the House get down to
business. Giving up time to partisan squabbles
has gone on for so long that it would be a re
freshing novelty to see a legislative body run on
business principles.
Bex Butleb's unflinching declaration
that he has left politics is no more than a Just
retaliation for the fact that politics left him
some years ago.
The news that a cold wave is following
on tbe heels of tha wind storm will be verified
or tbe opposite by tbe time that this
reaches tbe readers of Thje Dispatch; but
the failure of all signs in a wet winter leaves
it necessary to await the event be'fore deciding
whether it will .be enough ot a blizzard to
swear by.
Some arrangements evidently must be
made by which we can have either more se
curely fastened signs or less wind.
The remarkable piece of subserviency
exhibited by the English Judge who ordered
that the men of title who were implicated in
tbe London scandals be indicted as Lord C. and
Lord L, might be forgiven if there was any
assurance that the aristocratic scoundrels
wonld be railroaded to the penitentiary P.
D. Q,
Anotheb gusher in tbe Chartiers field
indicates that Pennsylvania oil has no intention
of going out for the present
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
The only Territorial delegate in Congress
who was born In his own Territory is Antonio
r Joseph, of New Mexico.
Queen Yiotobia'b rheumatism grows
worse. She has a great deal of trouble with
her own joints and her daughters! jointures.
Thje oldest Democratio member of the
House of Representatives is General Francis
B. Spinola, of New York. He is 68 years ot
age. '
United (States District ATrosxr Lyon,
of the Western district of Pennsylvania, was In
Washington yesterday adjusting his accounts
with tbe Treasury Department,
The two confirmed bachelors of the Diplo
matic Corps at Washington are the French
Minister, M. Theodore Roustah, and the Chev
alier von Tavera, tbe Austrian Minister. M.
Boustan is fond of society, bnt von Tavera is a
recluse.
The Prince ot Waleshaaceen forced greatly
to abate his smoking, tor tbe gastritis with
which be has been threatened was doubtless
partly due to the excessive use ot cigarettes
and also of those immense cigars in which he
used to delight, and which are as full-flavored
as they are large. That he should cease
smoking altogether is tbe desire ot bis medical
advisers, and, doubtless, it will cometotbat
eventually; but Albert Edward conld not bring
himself to drop tbe habit altogether and at
once, so he Is weaning himself from it by de
grees. Kino Humbert has a great predilection for
going out in wet weather. As soon as the rain
appears be orders bis horse and off be sets with
one of Ais aides de camp. The other day there
was a perfect deluge, so the Queen, thinking
to do a kind action, sent a close carriage to
meether'hnsband, but the King, as soon as be
perceived the carriage, gave a disdainful look
and spurred his horse on totbeQuiriual, to tbe
astonishment ot tbe poor grooms, who had
opened theN:arzlage ready for tbe King. The
public who witnessed this scene, cheered King
Humbert.heartlly. "
The Bev. John Jasper, ot Richmond, Va.,.
has delivered bis celebrated sermon, "De Sun
Do Move," 17S times. Mr. Jasper was born a
slave in Virginia. In 1840 be began to preach.
He soon-become famous, and bis master re
ceived a day from those who engaged Jasper
as a preacher. At'thoend of tbe war Jasper
owned 73 cents, and was tn debt Jii He Is now
worth several thousand dollars. In 1867 be orr
ganlzed his present chproh in a little wooden
shanty in Richmond. The congregation con
sisted of nine eolored men, two women and a
small boy. Tbe church now has a membership
of 2.000 aud a fine building.
EPISCOPALIANS AT OANONSBURG.
Blsbop Whitehead to Give License far Kej
nlar Sunday Service There.
trrzciAi. Tnxohjjt to tub siirATCn.i
Cakonsbueo, PA.. January 13. Rt Rev.
Dr. Whitehead. jtSishop ot Pittsburg, win bold
divine service in the Coliseum on Friday even
ing; He will be assisted in the service by sev
eral clergymen from Pittsburg and Wash
ington. ft is understood regular Sunday services, con
ducted by clergy of the Episcopal ohurch.
under license from the Bishop, will beheld
here shortly.
What tho Country Weald Like.
From tbe St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ,
The country would like to have a short ses
sion of Congress, bnt It is not. so anxious for
this as it is for a businesssesslon. The two or
three latest s sealant yrsts neither" tho" 'ons.Bor.
tba'oWfs;:-'
THE TOPICAL TAIKER.
What an Old TJhIob Couoty Farmer Had to
Say on Mechanical Legs, Farming aid
Morale Suspicion's Use-Twe Cowboy
Fqaelched.
AN old farmer, a real old-fashioned hayseed,
deposited himself beside ma the other
day in tbe narrow seat of a railroad car. The
train was crowded, and as a long journey was
before me, it seemed like luck to get tho old
man as a neighbor. There was a sweet odor of
hay about him and he did not chew tobacco,
He had some difficulty in getting into the seat
one of his members, a left leg to be precise,
seemed unruly. He lost no tlmo in explaining
this.
Said he: "Been to Pittsburg to. get a new leg
boned the old un last November, audits pow
erful mean goin' 'round like a unicorn!"
He seemed to think that fabulous animal had
but one leg.
"Reaper took oft my leg in the first placo,"
he continued. "Don't seem to be no use for
reapers 'bout Pittsburg, Ground's so steep.
Guess they have to. carry stepladdera about
with 'em and pull the wheat 'stead er reapin',
don't theyl"-
I told him things were not qnite so bad as
that, though Congressman Bill Scott had
painted a pitiful picture ot tbe Braddock
farmer.
"Scott of Erie's lost his head sevetfal times to
my certain knowledge," said the old man. "I'd
rather lose a leg than a head any day. Mighty
expensive, though, losin' a leg, I can tell you.
Coat me W00 in cash already. Doctors charged
me $50 for cutting It off; then, I paid 990 tor
mechanical leg layin' up and more doctors'
bills tlEO, ana) this here lee, tbe best made, 112a
Pretty tougb on an old man with only a bare
thousand acres of land worth $50 an acre in
Union county."
I sympathised as best I could.
.
TITHEW the train reached Oberlin a party of
students standing on the platform wel
comed a young man of wide trousers ana a nar
row head with a college yell. This started my
old farmer again.
Oberlln's a fine place for boys," be said; T
knew a widder who had one- son a bright boy.
She sent him to Oberlin to be educated. No
whisky in the town. Lots of religion and that
sorter thing. Boy came home; bad a farm
worth $9,000; la less than ten years bad a mort
gage on the farm drinking whisky an' playing
cards."
This touching tale was told in tones loud
enough to Include everybody In the car in tbe
audience. Two drummers, one in oils, other
In shirts, who had been betting five dol
lars a clip all the way on every possible and
impossible contingency, were deeply affected
and retired to tbe water cooler, where they
shook a bottle containing red liquor.
Tt is sometimes advantageous to be regarded
with suspicion. You've beard the story Of
the commercial .traveler who got his choice of
seats on a Pullman car by confiding to a fellow
passenger that he bad the smallpox. "Well,
during the holidays just past I saw some Ital
ians profit, not designedly on their part, by
similar circumstances.
Tbe men's waiting room at the Federal street
station of the Fort Wayne Railroad was very
crowded that night and when a gang of ten
Italian pipe layers came in; they conld find no
seats. They were evidently very tired: one ot
them went to sleep standing up against tbe
wall It was still halt an hour to train time.,
Suddenly the incandescent electrio lights
went out Before tbe last red glow had fled
from the carbon filaments there was a general
movement towards tbe door. Something
seamed to suggest to everyone, thatitwaspleas
anter out of doors, though a light rain was
falling.
In a minute or two an energetic official came
around to light np tbe gas lamps which are
held in reserve. As the darkness was dispelled
the crowd came back. Not a few of tbem wero
somewhat surprised and disgusted to see that
the gentlemen from Italy were comfortably
resting on the seats. Tbe pipe layers had taken
full advantage of the situation.
V .
Tt was during tbe same era of festivity that
two cowboys, who had been displaying their
long hair and their prowess at a neighboring
museum, approached the gateman at the Fort
Wayne depot. The cowboy with the largest
sombrero was naturally the leader, and he said
to the gateman: "Say, pard, open that gato.V '
Tbe gateman explained that tbe rule 'was to
open the gate ten mlnuteSbefore the departure
of a train. It wanted half an hour to train
time.
"Don't matter 'bout that." chipped in the
cowboy with the smaller sombrero, "but the
dirtier face. "You open that gate we're goin'
west"
Yes," said his companion, "we're goin' west,
you can bet yer lifer'
"How far wsitr" asked the railroad man
calmly.
"Oh, we're goin west, thunder an' snakes)
an' nobody '11 stop us."
"How far west!"
"Jack's Run," said both cowboys from the
Point in a whisper.
"Train for Jack's Run in half an hour," was
the chilling reply of tbe gateman, as he
wheeled on his heel.
PBAISE FB0H THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
The San Frnnelaco Call Speaks Highly of
tbe Merita of Tbo Dlipateb,
From the Ban Francisco Call,
Tbe State ot Pennsylvania has a number of
daily newspapers that rank among the best In
the United States, but' there Is. none that has
in tbe past year made more progress than The
Pittbbubo Dispatch. This journal, which
has all the elements of a live newspaper with
out being sensational, presents its news In tbe
most acceptable form, and its special articles,
which are reserved for the Sunday edition, are
all first-class.
A Crew of Samonn Sarvivora.
Philadelphia, January 13. The United
States cruiser Baltimore left' Cramp's shipyard
here this morning tor Baltimore. Tbe crew is
composed of picked sailors from tbe different
vessels of the navy, many of tbem being sur
vivors of the ill-fated Trenton, which was lost
at Samoa.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Bin. F. D. Wbllfleld.
Tbe death is announced of Mrs. T. D. Whit
field, mother of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, ln New
York on Sunday last at the family residence. Mrs.
Whitfield bad been la failing health for several
months, and suddenly succumbed to her ailment.
She was a most estimable woman, dearly beloved
by a large circle of friends.
tH. T. SblE
BALTdiobx, January 13. M. T. Skiff, advance
aftent of tbePattl Bosa Comedy Company, died at
Guy's Hotel, to-day, of a complication of diseases
superinduced by rheumatism. Tbe remains wUl
be taken to Providence, K. I., to-night for inter
ment. Mr. Skiff was H years old, and bad been a
theatrical man for SO years.
J, M. Bryant.
rsraciAi, txxsgbam TornxDisrATon.?
Xntx, January 13. J. M. Bryant a prominent
citizen of Erie", died to-day af tbe age of 71 years.
Tbe deceased was a native of if ranklln county, N,
Y.. but baa been la ibis city for more than 40 yean.
He was a Knight Templar and Odd lrellow, and
was at one time City Water Commissioner.
Mrs. Annie D. Wangb.
rsrxciAi. telegram to tbs dispatch, i
GBJaamtXE, January 13-Mrs. Annie D.
Waugh, wife of Judge William Waugh, died yes
terday. Mrs, Waugtt was well known through
out the State on account of her noble Christian
Ufa and many act of charity, -
Hon. Warren Bristol.
SANTA Fx, N. M., January 13,-Ex-Jndge War
ren Bristol, for 12 years Associate Justice, of the
Territorial Supreme Court died at his home in
Uemlnc yesterday, aged M. He was appointed
from Minnesota.
' Philip Dillon.
SAVANNAH, OA., January 13.-Fhl!lp Dillon,
President of the Brass Holders' Union of the'
United states, and a prominent Inventor, died
suddenly last night in a physician's ooce, from
heart disease.
George BUteabonaer.,
rsrxctAt. tbixobam to mm cisrATcitt
OnxxNVILLX, January IS. Georg Blttenbon-
ner, one ot tbe best known citizens of tbls place.
died yesterday. He bad been in feeble health for
a number ofyears.
Miner Tnars.
Chicago, January It Miner Taars, the well,
known mine owner and operator, died to-day at
his residence of 11 right's disease.
William MUsocr. , .
rsritciAi,TXLiaRAM to tki ntsrATCK.'
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iT THE THEATEES. ..
.Variety at tha 9Ub and Mere erXeaa Kite.
' ' where. i
jAirjear'a sacCMefel experiBMt of Intro
ducing variety performance upon the stage
of the Bijou Theater' was:' repeated last night
before an audience that was simply Immense.
The. company was Herrmann's Trans-At-lantiqua
VaudevillM-a curious aggregation of
artists, principally drawp from the continent
of Europe. Tbe popular verdict was emphat
ically favorable; nearly every performer being
repcatedlv encored. It most be said that the
whole performance was void of offense, though
a touch or two of sheer vulgarity happily al
most unintelligible to an American audience
were noticeable. In other respects it was sim
ply a first-lass variety show, with tbe Irish
dialogues, the dreadful Batch hnm6rist, and
The programme la too long for itemized criti
cism, even if that were' called for. Tbe most
ttovel and most effective work was done by1
Trewey, who really has no equal as an equili
brlit and Bhadowgrapolst The latter term
needs an explanation, Trewey with his two
hands, and hardly anything else, throw?, pict
ures of birds, beasts and men in shadow upon-a
screen. The combinations andllfe-llfee sketches
he thus forms with bis two band! are astonish
ing. He should omit however, a vulgar nasal
episode whioh haanotbing but its ugly truth to .
recommend it A talented little fellow of but
7 years Is Le Petit Freddy; he sIpes in half a
dozen languages, directs an orchestra with the
air of a Thomas, and dances with a skill quite
his own.
The prettiest possibilities of the popular skirt
dancing were shown by Miss Katie Seymour.
The grace and daintiness of Miss Seymour are
rather rare, unluckily, for this is an age of
athletic prancing and high kicking. In the lat
ter regard tn rour uaiety danseuses toucheda
high mark, and still their dancing had no little
gracefulness to recommend it Gus Williams
enchanted the audience with his songs, especial
ly with a plaintive ballad about a Mr. Gncken
beimer, who weat in'tbe opposite direction to
the late lamented MeQfnty; and the majority
seemed to see tremendous humor in Mr. Will
lams' playing of several airs out of tune
on the piano. Another jewel which
was thrown away upon us was the
singing of Miss Eunice Vance. Bbe is a pretty
English girl, and she singa a -London comic
song according to the style annroved in the
Canterbury or the Oxford music halls of tbat-
cuy, But tne song, tbe style, the allusions to
"Peckbara Rye." "shrimps and tea," were lost
on tbe audience. So tbe Conghdrop Is too
English also. The fooling, music and panto
mime element were capitally furnished by Mr.
Ross and MIssFentamLes Freres Tacchiand
tbe Pecauds.
It is agood variety show, all In all; that and
nothing more. But that will bo enough to.tlll
tbe Bijou, no doubt
Grand Opera House,
A n unusually large Monday night audience
greeted Hanlou'a new "FantMma"- last
evening, the "gallery gods" almost causing a
small riot Jn .their eagerness to secure seats.
Tbe curtain rose on a witch's den, with a weird
dauce ot the goblins, and from that time until
the last transformation scene the changes were
rung In quick and bewildering succession. Tbe
skeleton prize-fight and tbe mysteries of tbe
deep were the features that attracted attention
in the first act while the decapitation invented
by William Hanlon elicited many exclamations
of wonder in the second. The dormitory pan
tomime seems to be a necessity with all spec
tacular entertainments. The most generous
anplause, however, was called forth by tbe
specialties of A.O. Orcott Mons. Louis Pit
zarell and Little Tootsey. Tbe latter, in partic
ular, was forced to respond- to any number of
encores. Miss Emily Northrop and Royal
Pocke, as Fantcuma and Zamaliel, managed
the affairs of their respective realms, light and
darkness, with force and energy, while JVirmer
CToje" misfortunes were sustained oy Mr.
Hanlon himself. -The revolving tableaux were
very brilliant indeed. By tbe way, when a per.
formance is announced to begin at 8:15, it
causes considerable annoyance and confusion
to commence proceedings ten minutes before
that time.
HnrrU' Theater,
s a -vehicle to carry the St, Felix sisters
through an entertainment and alio w them to
display their specialties of song and dance "A
Royal Hand" Is a success, despite the fact that
as a farce comedy it is a mixture of the veriest
nonsense. These three young ladles sing very
sweetly and dance very gracefully, but their
company is none of the strongest Henry P.
Clark's brogue is about as poor as is generally
heard on the variety stage. In some respects it
is painful to listen to him. In the last act he
somewhat atones for It, however, in the manner
in which he sings his lullaby, fn which, by the
way, be la ably assisted by a Jlttie-tot of a gJrL
who Is a sweet little-prodigy, and who received
yesterday the heartiest applause of any of the
Performers. Ned Hanson's voice' is much better
ban his acting, and bis mandolin accompani
ment is well worth hearing. Tbe comedy is in
terspersed with a great number of popular songs
and medleys which are rendered in a very ac
ceptable manner. Two large audiences greeted
the opening ot the week's engagement yes
terday. Harry Williams' Academy.
A nothee great bill is presented at this bouse
this week. Pwr Rice's Vaudeville Syndi
cate is composed of a number of excellent artists.
First comes N.B.Kayne In a wonderful bamboo
pole balancing act Then Mamie Goodrich and
Harry McBride, with song and dance, entertain
quite pleasantly. Oeyer and Goodwin as "The
Two Kids" are amusing. Winifred Johnson's
banjo playing is excellent Baker, Manning,
Jones and Davis in "Silver Bells" brought down
the house, and Miss Lottie Gibson's singing was
highly appreciated. Prof. Newman's ventrilo
quist powers are well known bere. Ross and
Fenton and Hawkins and Collins are features ot
the performance, and Prof. W. R. Kayne's
"Spider" act Is marvelous. The audience last
evening completely filled the house.
Theatrical Notes.
The first appearance here Ot the great violin
ist, Sarasate, and the equally great pianist
EngenH' Albert, Saturday night at old City
Hall, is an extraordinary event It goes with
out saying that the mere announcement of two
suoh great artists will draw together a repre
sentative audience, and it can be promised be
forehand that tbe public will hear a musical
combination known all over the world as the
finest extant But not satisfied with present
ing two artists of their caliber, Mr. Abbey has
added another pianist to-give completeness to
the programme, In the person of Madam
Bertbe Marx, an admirable artist, who plays
with Sarasate. and the combination taken alto
gether is as complete as it is certainly great
Tbe sale'of seats opens tb!a'(Tuesday morning
at Kleber's, and as a great number ot inquiries
have already been received it is likely enough
there will be a lively demand.
After an absence of. three years Mr. W. "T.
Carleton and bls.operatio forces will visit us
again next week and perform a limited engage
meat in two of the most successful New York
successes. "The Brigands" and "Nanon." Be.
side Mr. Carleton, who Is a host himself, the
company includes Mr. J. K. Murray, -who hails
from our city, Missel Clara Lane, Alice Carle,
Clara Wisdom, Marion Langdon, Charles A.
Bigelow and many others.
- A DAKGKE0US EXPAMBIOS.
Sach Is the View, Expressed by Clews, of
Qrent Britain' Loam.
New Tome, January: 18, The Henry Clews
weekly financial circular to-day sonnds the fol
lowing cautionary signal, giving the causes for
a predicted great reaction In the money mar
ket: "Easier money bere relieved tbe Lon
don market somewhat; though tbe Bank of
England gained about 300,000 gold during the
week. The London money market, however, Is
likely to continue on tho basis ot high rates,
tbe expectation being that gold will shortly go
to South America.
Tbe Bank of France Is tbe only foreign Insti
tution holding an important surplus of' gold.
Tbo high rates for money have Induced some
selling of American stocks in London, increas
ing the difficulties of any bull movement on this
side. At the moment, London is the west spot
ln.the financial world, speculation jn new enter
prises there for.tbe.last two years having gone
on at a rapid and even reckless rate. Tbe ag
gregate amounts of capital subscribed to loans
and companies of all kinds in Great Britain
dnring tbe last few years have been as follows!
1881 SM5.000.CO0;lSSi $300,000,000; 1838, $505,000,
OOUi 1 1S37, $480,000,000 1383, JSOUjlxJ.OOO; 1SS3, $800,
000,000. ...
"Such expansion as that ot tbo last two years
Is oat of all proportion to tbe growth, ot legiti
mate trade. Reaction, of course, must fol
low. It does uot appear to be near atband just
now, and there are influences at work which
will tend to counteract and delay its force;
still these are facta not to be overlooked. At
homo we are still oq the, high road of pros
perity; railroad earnings; clearing bouse re
tarns, the demand for money and other indi
cations all showing that the majority of our
industries are in satisfactory .shape.
Why Ran Like lb
Ifroa the New York World.
-Mr. nuWr RlvwCbaalerksxadlflgafew
week k the Riviera. Mm fladsthat part U MM
wrMiiweraguoaMyweBJa.- ,-ss
TIESASWIOeiSANOflSrXG.
Hew the Hantaan New Inttraneat Witt
bo Exhibited (a the Fraternity.
The Masonic organ .recital that was an
nounced ip theee columns recently, to be given
the latter part of the month, has developed
into a series of recitals that are to bo really
T"d, , ,
Tbe first will be given on tue S0t of be
month; and owing to the very large member
ship ot tbeMasonlcbody.it has been thought
best to divide the order into tbe different de
grees for the different recitals, Tbe members
of the Scottish Rite and their ladies will be
entertained tbe first evening, and the Knights
Templar and ladies will come in for tbe next
evening's pleasure, after which, respectively,
tbe Royal Arch Masons and ladles and tbe Blue
Lodge and ladies will be entertained. The pro
gramme has not been fully arranged yet bnt
some of tbe best local talent has been secured,
and no efforts will be spared to make the re
citals notable successes.
ABT SOCIETY BECEPTIOHS,
Announcement! Blade of Some "Forthcoming
and Notable Events.
The Directors of the Pittsburg Art Socioty
announce receptions to be held at thedlub
Theater an January 18, February 6, February
37, Maroh 20, April 10 and May L In addition
to tberegular features, muslcandthe exhibition
of paintings, several lectures upon art topics
will be delivered.
Altogether the remaining part of tbe season
promises to be a brilliant on for this sterling
society, and those who hold, membeisblp cards
as wen as those who are so fortunate as to re
ceive invitations are to be congratulated upon
the prospect
The Carroll Clob'i Reception.
Tbe Carroll Club, of this city, will be at home
to their friends Thursday evening next at Or
pheus Hall, East End. The Committee ot Ar
rangements is composed o"f tbe following
named gentlemen: W. A. Kane, W. Potts, F.
J. Brady, J. McNally, Henry Scbnelbaob, Jr.,
J. B. Nugent, Thomas Latigan, J. Jackson, W,
Qnlon, P. O. Reilly and Thomas M, Hughes.
The Art Muslcnl Reception.
The "Art Musical" gave its first reception
for tbe season last evening at the residence of
Mrs. M. R. Scott, on Western avenue, Alle
gheny. Tb e club is composed of the best musi
cal people of the city, and their evenings are
always delightful. The musical numbers are
always Impromptu, Inasmuch as no regular
programme is formed or adhered to.
A Beaver Fall Wedding.
Beaver Falls society is preparing to turn out
to tbe wedding of Miss Bryde D. Morrison to
Wilbur L. Wright The event will take place
at tbe residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and -f
Mrs. Alexander Morrison, on .igntn avenue.
Wednesday evening, the 22nd inst, atSo'dock.
A. number ot people from this city will attend.
AN UNKNOWN USD.
A Portion of This Country Never Trodden by
White Men.
Washington has her great nnknownland, like
tbe interior of Africa, says the Seattle frett.
The country shut in by tbe Olympic Mountains,
which includes an area of about 2,500 miles
square, has never, to the positive knowledge of
old residents of the Territory, been trodden by
the foot of man, white or Indian. These mount-,
ains rise from the level country, within 10 or 13
miles of tbe straits of San Juan de Fuca. In the
north, the Facifio Ocean in the west Hood's
Canal in the east and the basin of Qulnault
Lake In tbe south, and, rising to the height of
8,000 to 8,000 feet, shut In a vast unexplored
area.
The Indians have never penetrated It, for
their traditions say that it is inhabited by a
fierce tribe which none of the coast tribes dared
molest Though it is improbable that such a
tribe could have existed in this mountain coun
try without their presence becoming known to
the white men, no man has ever ascertained
that it did not exist White men, too, have
only vague accounts of any white man having
ever passed-through this country, for investiga
tion of all tbe claims at travelers has Invariably
proved that they have only traversed its outer
edges.
The most generally accepted theory In regard
to this country is that it consisted of great val
leys, stretching from the Inward slopes of tbe
mountains to a great central basin. This theory
is supported by the fact that although the
country around has abundant rain and clouds
constantly bang over the mountain tops, all the
streams flowing toward tbe four solute are in
significant and rise only on tbe outward slopes J
or me range, nono appearing to arain tne great
lakes sbut In by the mountains. This fact ap
pears to (upport tbe theory that streams flow
ing from tbe inner slopes of tbe mountains feed
a great interior lake. But wbat drains tbis
lake? It must bave an outlet somewhere; and,
as all the streams pouring from tbe mountains
rise in their outward slopes. It must have a
subterranean outlet to the ocean, the straits or
tbe sound. There are great discoveries in store
for some of Washington's explorers.
, MILLIONAIRES' SHABBY CLOTHES.
A Han and a Woman ot Great Wealth Who
Dress Tory Badly.
from the New" York Worli.1
Mrs. Hetty Green has enjoyed tbe reputa
tion for a long time of being the most shab
bily dressed millionaire who wanders within
the precincts of Wall street and any one
who has seen ber and made a comparison
mentally with the appearance of a mechan
ic's wife going to market Saturday night
is convinced that her reputation is well de
served. Russell Sage wears inexpensive
clothes, but they are not only neat but usually
have the appearance of being recently pur
chased. The only millionaire rival Mrs.
Green has in point of saabblness is old Joe
Robinson, wbo was one ot the contractors
engaged in the construction of the Union
Pacific Railroad, and is said to be worth $4,000,
000. He was down in Wall street yesterday
progressing along the thoroughfare with tbe
assistance of bis crutches, as the genial old f el
lowlsUme, dressed in an old suit of gray
clothes and without an overcoat He doesn't
wear any overcoat because it represents an ex
penditure of money he is not willing to make.
His whole outfit, including bat and boots,
would not command $2 60 at any well-regulated
pawnshop.
He is ona ot the few stingy millionaires who
are perfectly good, natured in their stinginess.
He is not cross or crabbed, but greets every
body he knows with tbe utmost geniality. He
and Sidney Dillon are very good friends, but
neither the arguments of Mr. Dillon nor of
anyone else can spur him on to invest money
in a wardrobe, Tbo story la. told, ot his see
ing a friend on the street not long ago in
conversation with a gentleman whom ha did
not know. He went up to the two men and
was about to speak, when tbe man who was a
stranger to him turned and said he was very
sorry but he had no small change. Tbe friend
explained the .situation, although be was
somewhat embarrassed, and tbe stranger ex
tended profuse apologies to tho millionaire
whom he had mistaken for a beggar.
WHERE DRUNKEN.NE8S IS UNKNOWN.
Natlvea of Alaska Wbo Are Blissfully Ig
norant of Etronc Drink.
Jnneau Letter In New York Times. J
As I have already stated, all the native people
of the Kntkoqulm Valley are Esquimaux; and
from tha statements of the Moravian mission
aries on that river, and those just now made to
me, I am prepared to say that those natives
are wholly free from the viae of drunkenness.
Thy are an exceedingly good-natured people,
and in those villages where polygamy is still
practiced, with other natiro barbario customs.
tbey have none ot tbe savage and cruel dispo
sition which still adheres to tbe Thinglat clans,
with whom I am quite familiar, on the coast
and among tbe islands of Southeastern Alaska.
TDK STOVE IN TBE VILLAGE STORE.
When the twilight bad deepened to dartntM
They gathered from far and near,
Old farmers wnoplodded the distance
As pilgrims their shrines to revere;
At the shabby old store at tbe "corners"
They met and tbey entered the door,
For the Mecca of all these old cronies
Was the stove In tbe old villas e store.
It was guiltless of beauty or polish.
And Its door was nnskillfully bnng.
But tbey made a dad circle around It
And the genial warmth loosened eaen toagua;
And they talked of the crops and the weather
Twin subjects to gossip most dear.
And th smoke fro nr their pipes as It blended
Gavo a tinge to the whole atmosphere.
Kail many the tales they related.
And wondrous the yarns they spun.
And doubtful the facts that they stated,
And harmless tbs wit and the run;
But If ever discussion grew, beated
It was all without tumult or din,
And they gave thelrrespectful attention
When a customer chanced io come In.
When the evening was spent and the hour
For the time of their parting had come.
They rapped from their pipes the warm ashes,
4pd reluctantly started for home;
Agreeing to raeetoa tbe morrow
-Wheh tte day, with Its labor, was o'er.
;rlbSlecof alltteol4crBl .;
iWm see stove la ISM eW vWage M era. xK -
Kkftfiit - Wft , "J-aTffKj TfUsWrMMrVfl (
A CR EDLES8 RELIGION. -
Tbe Beef rise rUakarianlwa How It W
Un Frta ether Beltefa-Caflstlaa The
ltat-Afrfmt Abdbb- Cktrck Mem
ber Ket KralItc.
To the Editor OfThe Dispatch:
Tsa copy of yoar paper which came to my
notice a'stfcrt time ago, I saw.tbat a move
ment was on foot to form a Unitarian Society
in Pittsburg, and I inferred from the tone ot
the article that Uhitarlanisra is a new thing in
that city. With us in Boston, on the other band
it is so familiar, that we hardly realize till we
step to think about it, bow very different It is
from most other religious beliefs. Perhaps
some of your readers may be interested to know
what its peculiar characteristics are, and why
TJnitarianlsm aslu a bearing and believes that
it has something to say, even In a place so well
provided with churches as your city already is.
Passing over the claim which Unitarians
make, that their belief is as old as the Chris
tian era, ana that it has never been without
adherents from that time to this, if we look at
the Unitariantsra of to-day we find that It may
y defined simply as a Christian theism, which
maintains that man has the power to grow in
wisdom and tn goodness, and that bis salvation
(in any sense of the word) depends on his
wing mat power. Unitarians are theists, be
cause tbey believe in God, whom they love and
trust, and in whom they 'live and move and
have their being;" and they are Christian, Be
cause they reverence Jesus Christ as the
greatest religious leader the world baa aver
known; and believing thus In God and in
Christ, they base their religion on the two
great commandments which declare love to
God and lore to man to be the essentials of life
and character. Hence they lay no stress on
articles ot theological belief, and here lies tbe
marked difference between them and other
Christians,
They not only see no harm In disagreeing in
opinion with their preachers, their leaders,
eacb other, and even with their former selves,
bnt they think that eucb disagreement la ine
vitable and desirable among human beings wbo
think sincerely and independently, and who
are therefore open at all times to more light
'J'nis fundamental characteristic, tbe belief in
the right and duty of individual opinion, is
unfortunately not expressed in the word Unl
tarianism, which of itself only defines another
article ot belief common to the. sect; that,
namely, in the Unity of God. as distinguished
from the Trinity of-the "Godhead." The name
began to be used here in New England
about the beginning of this century
't denote those preachers who maintained
that as no father and son can possibly
be the same person, Jeses could not be the
same as God, while on the other hand, tbe
Holy Spiritwas identical with God, and there
fore not the "third person" of a Trinity. The
majority of the congregations in many of the
places, followed tbe lead of the preachers;
those who could not do so left the churches
and formed societies ot their own as different
Trinitarian sects, and Unltarianism continued
as an independent existence.
This idea of the unity of God, was to be sure,
no new one, and perhaps it wonld have become
no more prominent at this time than it had
been before. If its advocates Just then bad not
been men of great zeal and ability, wbo in ad
dition to this point ot the unity, which gave
tbem their name, proclaimed tbe right of pri
vate judgment, aud tbe dignity of human
nature. This spirit of independence leading
tbem to question tho grounds of all their for
mer articles -of belief, soon asked how the
loving Father could doom His children to
everlasting punishment, and the answer was
the rejection of the commonly accepted idea ot
Hell. Tbis same spirit has gone on question
ing from that day to this, and most Unitarians
undoubtedly now hold opinions differing in
many respects from those held by the leaders
In those earl'yyears.
Tt is then plain to see wbat Is meant by the
statementthatUnltariansnavenocreed. By
the very conditions of their existence tbey can
have no fixed creed; no creed that they can re
quire others to subscribe to, or that they can
subscribe to themselves, as the ultimatum of
their beliet Yet this does not mean that they
bare no belief, no faith. On the contrary.
they claims that tbey hold their beliefs the
more fervently because they are so sincerely
their owal .But tho v lav mora stress on char.
i.Vn J!Afa SA'1& Vl.. m J.M..
ttWl tUOU UU UUVkisUCf VU UAO Ja,u U M1 'Jf.HI-Ta
And their firm beliet in the right of. private
judgment is founded on their conviction that
man bas thejiower to become wiser and better,
and that his salvation depends on his using
that power. Unitarians may differ about many
theological points; indeed they do not pretend
to agree; but this is tbe peculiarity that dis
tinguishes them from other sects.
And it may well be that in your great and
busy city there are not a few who have at pres
ent no religions home wbo will gladly join these
seekers for truth, who in f redom, as well as
reverence, meet from week to week to gain
more strength and more light
J. M. Knox.
Bosto?. January U.
BROKERAGE IN BEAUTIES.
Titled" European! Swindled Wbilo Trying-to
Get Rleb American Wives.
rgraeiAi. ixxroBAjt to tan risrATtnM '
Sas Fbawcisco, January 13. Bankrupt no
blemen of Europe have been very cleverly
taken in by a swindler, who has made San
Francisco the scene of bis operations. Victims
are not one or two in nnmber, but set far as
known, over 200 have been trapped, and all by
tbe following advertisement which bas ap
peared in several European papers, notably
those of Germany:
Uentlemen of position, noblemen, cavaliers
and officers of high standing (military or civil),
who wish to marry very rich educated American
ladles, may set themselves In communication with
the undersigned. Ladles with property to 123, Cod, -000
are on our list. -The greatest discretion guar
anteed. Photos and detailed reports win be fur
nished. Address tbe International Bureau for
Private Transactions, or ban rraneiscow Cat.,
America. . . . .
The way hungry princes, dates, barons and
counts. wbo fell upon tbls alluring bait must
nave stagsereu me iaeuiuu wmguiBi ut- ao
enterprise. By the very first return post they
began sending in, orders and giving specifica
tions as to tha kind of American heiresses
tbey wanted. The letters containing orders lu
cteasad with, each mail, till now tbey are fairly
pouring in, Yesterday 40 ordinary letters ar
rived, beside half a dozen registered letters
containing tbe advance fees of those eager and
anxious to be first on books in order to bave
tbe pick of the assorted $20,000,000 beauties.
Newspaper clippings describing oor local heir
esses, with a short pen sketob.. minutely por
trayed their qualifications, together with their
well-known photographs, were sent by the noble
subscriber! to the International Bureau.
The man who called at the postoJSeegava his
name at Ludwig von Rnmayer. The second
time be applied for mall 127 letter from the
larger does of Northern and Central Kurope
were handed him. He was refused a bunch of
registered letters containing money till he was
properly Identified bysomerespecabla bus Inesa
SAW HIS BEIDK IN THB GLASS.
A Btory Told Abont One of Eaglaad'a An.
cleat- Astronomers.
From tbe Bt Louis Globe-Democrat. J
Hodges professed to bave frequent inter
views with the Angel Gabriel, Raphael and
Aries, and bis only regret was that he could
not predict many victories for the Royalists,
With whom he very heartily sympathized. One
John Scott, In the employ of Lilly, once spent
a few days with Hodges. The latter pro
duced his favorite glass, and Scott, looking
Into it, said:
1 see a ruqdy-complexioned wench In a red
waistcoat drawing a can ot beer."
'She will be your wife," cried Hodges.
"You are mistaken, sir," rejoined Ocott "So
soon as I come to London 1 am engaged to
marry a tall gentlewoman in the Old Bailey."
You' will marry the red woman," replied
Hodges, with an air of imperturbable assur
ance, which subsequent event amply justified.
When Scott arrived at the Old Bailer he found
tbat tbe tall gentlewoman bad taken to herself
another husband. Two years, later he was
traveling in Kent and called at a'waystd hos
telry for light retrsehsBeBt. The yoanglady
wbo brought in his crust of bread and piece of
cheese and tbe tankard of homo-brewed ale
was conspiouous tor haying red hair atad a
red waistcoat and was the original ot the pic
ture be had seen In the glass. The sequel may
be Imagined. t
FHuWcera la New York.
.rsriCiAEfTkiJsORAM TO THx marATnn.t
New York, Jaaaary 13. Wllsou McCand
lese, Jr.,U. C Cefeteee, X. F, Sarene and B.
F. Ban roan treat
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- CUBIODS C0NDB5SAT10S&,
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'-It is reported that over 1,500 letters
were mailed,' from Vassar College in ona day,
recently.
A clapboard wai exhibited in Knox
ville, Tenu., which was made by William Mc
Nlsb. of Jefferson county, aged 100 years. He
cat the tree and uwed and split the boards
with bis own bands. He is a native of North
Carolina, but has lived in Tennessee a reason
able life-time. He la as vigorous as a man -ot0.
-Physicians appear to conform quits
generally to the familiar injunction to heal '
themselves save where the complaint Isold -aic.
The average age of the decedent! of the
Massachusetts Medical Society during: the year
1889 reached the high figure of 68 years, which
comes very close to tbe span of life allotted to
man by tbe psalmist
A. man in Bangor proposes to make pro
hibition prohibit there. He recently "went
aronnd to mnj saloon and drugstore in tha
city, with tbe exception ot one drugstore, and
bought liquor, which has been labelled with the
name of the seller, the place from wbieh it
came, etc. These will be presented to the grand
jury at tbe next term of court"
A Scfanton mas who gives hit attention
to raising pigeons says that the only bigamist
be has ever seen among pigeons is a male now
owned by him. During the breeding season
the bigamist maintained two separate wives
and households, devoting jnst about as much
attention to one as to tbe other. Ho helped
raise the broods of each female, and his affec
tion for each was equal. Tbe doable duty kept
him very busy, but ho seemed to take pride m
baring so mnch responsibility.
Richard Thomas, a man who died in ,
West Haven, Conm, recently, at the age of 71
years, was born and always lived in the bonse
wnerehedied. The boose is believed to raver
stood IS) years. In the rear part of the house
are bullet boles made by the British troops
when they landed at West Haven during tbe
Revolution. A family tradition handed down
by Mr-Thomas, is that the invading troops
entered tbis bouse, ate all the food that was
there, and attempted to carry away soma per
sonal property.
Aitch is the name of a postofflce in
Huntingdon county. The origin of its name is
of a somewhat curious nature. However, it
arises from civilized sources. There were lira
prosperous farmers in that portion of tha
country where the postofflce is now, "and their
names were Anderson, Isenberg, Taylor, Cram
and Henderson. Eacb ot them wisbsd the
office to be named after himself. Bnt they
could not come to an agreement, and finally, as
a compromise, tbe first letter from eacb name
was taken and placed together and thereby
originated-AItch.
A remarkable gummy liquid formed
upon and dropping from the foliage of the pins
trees In the vicinity of Danville, Va., for two
weeks past is attracting- a great deal of atten
tion. It gathers on and drops from the pins
tags like a heavy dew, and a great deal of it has
been caught and preserved in bottles. It bas
muob the appearance ot corn whisky, but bas a
taste somewhat like that of wild honey, I;
leaves tbe pine tags sticky and gives them the
appearance of having been varnished. One
theory is that it is produced by the remarkabla
weather.
Mrs, Sarah J. I. Meyrick came all the
way from Cape Town, Africa, to Chicago to
get a divorce from David Meyrick, a scenic
artist She is an opera, singer, and formerly
was connected with tbe Pike Opera Company.
Tbe recent years of her life have been spent in
South Africa. Mr. Meyrick was employed at a
Caps Town Theater. Many a time, Mrs. Mey
rick said, be was discharged the theater for his
habits, but was often taken back; Finally bs
was let go for good, and Mrs. Meyrick came to
America with her two children because she
could put up with bis treatment of her no
longer. She hasn't got the decree yet
A musical gas machine is an English
invention, and it is called the pyrophone. Its
compass is three octaves, with a keyboard, and
it will be played in tbe same manner as an
organ. It bas 37 glass tubes, in which a Ilka
number of gas jets burn. These jets, placed
in a circle, contract and expand. When the
small burners separate, the sound is produced;
when thev close together, the sound ceases.
The tone depends upon tbe number of burners
and the size of the tubes In which they burn,
so that by a careful arrangement and selection
all tbe notes of the musical scale may be pro
duced in several octaves. Some of the elaai
tabes la which tbe jets burn are nearly U feet
long.
Thomas Fiinimmons, a young man 23
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I ' ago. ana n in ox annmoia mine
laborer, wbo- lives at Co jk Lane, a) subarb'of
Pittaton-, Fa., Is the Inventor and builder of a
wonderful clock, which Is now nearly com
plete. This wonderful piece of mechanism
stands 12 feet high, is seven feet wide and three
deep. It has eight dials. No. 1 shows tha or
dinary clock face, with minute band; No. X a
series of figures, which tell the number of
minutes, and No. 8. the number ot minutes
which bava passed since the opening of the
year. No. i tells the number of days which,
have passed in tbe year: No. 5 is a split secon d
dial; No. 6 gives the tlms-of the meridian
forenoon or afternoon and also the hour ot
the day by the 24-conr system: No. 7 tells the
number of days which have passed in a month,
and No. 8 tha day of tbs week. It also bas a
complicated automatic railway system, an ar
rangement which shows the seasons of the year,
and a representation of 12 periods in the life of
man. xne nuuaer or tnu great mechanical
work has never had an opportunity
ot studying the) business of clock mak
ing, and has not even had the advantages to bo
gained by an education. Hehaa spent four
ysars at the work.
Mrs. Henrietta McPherson, of Herkimer,
N. Y., has, a tame crow that has no end of sport
playing with the cat It will take a spool of
thread and pick the end of the thread loose and
fly to the top of the chair with it, leaving the
spool where the cat can see it As it unwinds
tbe thread the cat is commonly incited to
plunge about after the rolling spool, while the
crow laughs aloud as a child might do. If it
would keep still Mrs. McPherson would have
a deal more thread to wind up. Sometimes the
cat is lazy. The crow rolls tbs spool across its
noss in vain. It tries It again and again, making
an odd noise meantime, something like the
clucking ot a ban, until after a time, losing all
patience, it pounces on the lazy brute with a
scream tbat sends the cat flying about tbs
room with Its tall fur on end. Tbs crow's
abilities as a fighter are not appreciated a
they should be. Nearly everyone wbo bas
visited or lived in the country knows that a
flock of crows will put a hawk to flight bnt
tbat proves nothing; for a coople of king birds
can chass a crow out of three townships. But
nnii domesticated crow and an able-bodied
' tomcat together, where they hava even a mod
erate incentive to ngns, ana tae crow wm dus
the far flr instanter. There Is not a do? in tha
neighborhood that will stand before Mrs. Mo
Pherson's tame crow.
BITS OF BRIGHTNESS.
'"What's in a name?" A good deal, when
it's stuck on'to tbe southeast corner of a check.
Philadelphia lrupilTtr.
There is only one cure for a swelled head,
and that is to bave tbe patient's 4-year-old boy
strike a questioning streak. PMladitgkta In
quirer. A "Wearisome Bide. "I don'i see how
yon left by rail there are no railroads there."
Uo, but there art plenty of ran." A'eid Hark
Sun.
Faithful to the Present ""Which do you,
prefer, Mr. Yonngblood, brunettes or blondesr'
asked a reigning belle, and be replied:
'It depends altogstber on which I'm with."
Somcrrilta Journal.
THX bsasox war.
There ia so doubt, the while you woo,
. You find that love Is blind.
That's why she finds good points la you
That no one else can find.
Sew Xork Evening Sun,
A f! nt rTvflitr "How's VOUT busi-,(
nets-looking up?" asked the grocer of the thJ.
grocer, who bad failed. . iW
"yes,"rpuea rae oiner yircw t.j. .kt
so far down ltcan't look any other way. " anjur'
In Chicago, of Course.-Visitor-Ah, ypi&r
havsalamllyalbnm,Isee. ? -
Lady-Well, yes, I suppose you might call It a f -family
album. It contains tbe photographs of ayi
deceased husbands. That large volume ea-tha
other table 1 my divorces, bound la morocco j .
Xsxo Sifting t. '"
A Dreadful Rumor. A I hear that. ,
Congress U to be done away with.
B. Nonsense!
A.-No nonsense about it A reliable- gentls-V ...
man told m that hereafter Congressmen woald,
be obliged to pass an examination by a civil ser
vice commission, la English Krammer and spell-,,
lng before tbey would be allowed to take thelr, "
seats. Ttxat Sfltngs. 'A
A Pertinent Qaestion. A Texas clergyjfc
man, wbo at a former period of his llie hsj gam"-1 -bled
a tittle, was absorbed la tboazht Just beforeV-
divine services began. He was approached by" .';
the organist who whispered, referring' to jaiejt
opening hymn! . V tS
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