5T . THE HTTSBURG DISPATCH, SATUEDAT, JANUARY 18, 1890. .a. imir-vel -IN THE- LITERARY LINE -WILL BE- MORROFS 20-PAGE DIME Every Lire Toole now before the people will be handled by Able "Writers, and the whole world scanned for ATjXi XJECE ITEWS. FACT, ADVENTURE, FICTION, TRAVEL, MUSIC. DRAMA, MIRTH. SCIENCE, INDUSTRY. RELIGION. The Gubernatorial Race, With Handsome Illustrations of the Republi can Candidates, their Homes and Wires, as well as their Records and Charac teristics, is a prominent feat ure of to-morrow's 20 page number. Some of the other pood things are: THE FREAKS OF CONGRESS, By Frank G. Carpenter. HOW RICH MEN TRAVEL, By H. L. Stoddard. A LADIES' DEPARTMENT. By Mrs. Frank Leslie et al TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA By Fannie B. "Ward. MRS. PARTINGTON'S SEA VOYAGE, ByB-P.ShiUaber. COME FORTH (A Biblical Story). By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. THE BUTTERFLY QUEEN, A Fairy Tale by Paysle. DELIGHTS OF HASHEESH, By a New Contributor. "WOMEN AND BEAUTY, By Shirley Dare. THE MARRIAGE QUESTION, By Bessie Bramble. PUBLIC ROADS OLD AND NEW, By Bumbalo, WHEN GIRLS SHOULD MARRY. By Miss Grundy, Jr. BOSTON'S MUSICAL LADIES, By Arlo Bates. TOTS AS ATHLETES. By George Brosius. QUAINT OLD CHESTER, By Hon. Henry Hall. And Many Other Literary Offerings. Bill Nye. B. P. Shlllaber. Frank G. Carpenter, Shirley Dare. Rev. George Hodges and oth ers equally well known write exclusively for THE DISPATCH. HAGGARD'S GREAT STORY, BEATRICE, Grows in Interest Every Week. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S46, Vol. . No. 345. -Entered at Pittsburg Tostoffice. November 14, 1&7. as second-class matter. Business Office 97 and 99 Fifth Avenue. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Zastern Advertising Office, Koom -46, Trlbnne Building. New York. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE rEE IN THE UNITED STATES. DAILT Dispatch, One Year. $8 00 Vuit DISF.&TCH, l'er Quarter 2 00 XUilt Dispatch, One Mouth To Uailt Dispatch, Including bunday, lyear. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch, including6unday,3m'ths. 250 Daily DisrATCH, including Sunday.lmonth 90 Eckday Dispatch, one "i ear SS0 "Weekly Dispatch, One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 35 cents Der week, or Including bunday edition, at 2) cents per week. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY. JAN. IS, 189a ANOTHER PARE IN EIGHT. Mr. Bigelow seems bound to make a record for his administration in the matter of parks, which by itself will be sufficient to mark it with success. If the frnits that are foreshadowed elsewhere, from his visit to Washington on behalf of the Arsenal Park project, are realized, Mr. Bigelow will have established two tangible and enduring me mentoes of his activity and public spirit in the form of Scbenley Park on one side of the city and Arsenal Park on the other side. Of course it is not well to count this project assured before the gift is granted; and as Congress has to pass on the matter, as we understand it, it is yet some distance oil But the approval of the Secretary of "War is such a powerful support to the project that it is permissible to congratulate Mr. Bigelow on the success of his efforts in that quarter, and to estimate the great value which such a park will have to the public Open spaces iu the city are of most value where the surrounding territory is most closely built up. It is the fact that this park is located right in a thickly populated district, and will afford the tired workers of that section an easily accessible relief from the heat of their work or the monotony of their brick walls, that would make it an especially precious accession. Twenty-one acres of park there will be of as great value to the working people, who need parks most, as two hundred in the remote quarters of the rural wards. Let us hope that Mr. Bigelow will suc ceed in adding this to his list of achieve ments. If he keeps on iu this way, he will leave a record such as no other Pittsburg official ever rivaled. TH0E0UQH SUPERVISION. The summary of the provisions of the fac tory act, and of the forms for certificates and reports under it, as given in our local col umns, indicate the probability of a thor ough enforcement of that measure. While some parts of the measure may look like governmental interference in the details of business, there is no doubt that most of them, and especially those affecting the em ployment of men and women and children, under sixteen, are for tbe best. If the en tire scheme of the law is faithfully observed, even down to a supervision of the hours allowed women and children for meals, and the provision of seats for women, the proba bility is that labor will be better off and both tbe quality and quantity of production will be improved. Every impartial person will hope for success to the factory law and to the inspector in enforcing it COINCIDENCES. There is a vein of superstition in almost every man's nature. It is often, visible in the presence of death. Warnings of death are frequently noticed, as a rule, after the event. Hindsight is so much clearer in man than foresight Congressman Eilgore stands sponsor for a story which purports to show that the late Henry "W. Grady, of Atlanta, was advised of his approaching demise before he started for Boston. It appears that a young mem "ber of the Atlanta Comtitution staff told Mr, Grady on the eve of his departure for ,theEasl that he had dreamed thatsome- Hie mvm body in tbe audience at tbe Boston dinner shot him (Mr, Grady) with a noiseless pis tol and killed him. Mr. Grady told the story laughingly, adding that the dream had recurred to him a dozen times since he bad left home. Mr. ICilgore regards the dream and the subsequent death as a strange coincidence. Most people will agree with him, because of that irrational superstition of which we have spoken. The only test which would be satisfactory cannot be applied. Mr. Grady is dead and he cannot tell us how many forebodings of misfortune or death he himself had ex perienced, 'nor how often friends had whispered such warnings In his ears all of which did not bear fruit in coincidences. Everyone has been conscious of intangible disquiet at times, regarding what the day shall bring forth. It may be that these are psychic whisperings, for which there is no accounting, or their origin may lie In a dis ordered liver or a tired brain. Now and then, as in Mr. Grady's case, the event verifies tbe foreboding, and we are prone to hail it as a supernatural event It reminds one of the weather prophets who make such a to-do when a prediction of theirs comes trne, but preserve a discreet silence when nature spurns their revelations. INVENTION AND ICE. It is pleasant to observe that the old proverb about necessity being the mother of invention has not lost its force, and that the threat of a total absence of our natural supply of ice is met by the demonstration that modern science will be able to make the lack good, if the obstinate winter weather persists in its refusal to put in an appearance where it will do the most good. The uniqne situation which may be de veloped is indicated by an offer of a concern in New Orleans or Galveston, where nat ural ice in really solid form is an unknown article, to furnish New York next year with artificial ice, as clear and hard as the best ice that was ever turned out by the severest winter on our Northern lakes. For New Orleans to ship ice (o New York would be a greater trade paradox than the shipment of coal to Newcastle. Yet the ability to do it successfully has been demonstrated; and, in the case of failure of nature to make ice, the only reason why it will not be done, will be that it may be cheaper to set up the appli ances and make ice in the North than to ship the products of the Southern factories already established. That is what has already been announced to be done in this city. It is interesting to be told, as those who have investigated the subject affirm, that the ice produced by artificial process is really better and colder than that produced by nature, at least in these latitudes. This is for the reason that the degree of cold which is attained in the artificial process can be made far lower than that of our winters, and thus the ice be man ufactured with a degree of hardness and solidity that leaves the genuine article en tirely in the shade. This conveys the pleasant assurance that mint claret punch will not be tepid next summer or ice tea an unattainable luxury. Nevertheless, tbe public will not be sorry to see naturi go into its annual occupation of manufacturing ice. For while the tem perature of the artificial product may be lower than that of the natural, that ad vantage will probably be overbalaneed by the more than proportionate elevation of the price that will be charged for it DEVICES FOR HONESTY. The discussion of ballot reform continues with much interest in the Eastern States. The latest example of the proposed reforms is a bill introduced in the New Jersey Legis lature, as reported in The Dispatch the other day. The New Jersey measure com bines the essential features of the Australian method, in official ballots, printed at the public expense, a secret place for the voter to make his ballot and the marking of bal lots for illiterate voters by tbe official in spector. These features of the reform are those which its advocates most earnestly insist upon and which its opponents most warmly criticise. To the average student of the question the strongest argument in favor of the reform is th. division of ire advocates and opponents. A measure which is op posed by the political machi es and the lower grade of politicians, it is fair to infer, must have some features about it that would interfere with their power. That considera tion alone will be enough to throw the sup port of many on the side of the reform. Nevertheless it is noticeable that all such measures give the inspectors of election more knowledge and power in handling the ballot of the illiterate voter, than anyone now has. Inasmuch as it has often ap peared that the gravest abuses can be in flicted by the inspectors, it is doubtful whether this would not leave a loophole that would offset the gain in other respects. The practical value of the change could, of course, be determined not by a single ex periment, but by years of trial. It is well to give the reform full consider ation; but it will be no less wise to recog nize the truth that honest politics cannot be secured by mechanical devices. We must go deeper than methods, and secure bonest election officers and honest poli ticians. UNION AMONG THE HINERS. Another movement to unite the labor or ganizations in the mining industry, or at least to secure co-operation among them is reported to be on foot Hardly any step in the organization of labor is more needed than this one, in the mining industry, where the rivalry of the Knights of Labor and the Federation has developed especial, and in some cases, almost vital, weakness on the side of labor. Such rivalries are worse than no labor organization at all, for they call for all the cost and sacrifices on the part of the men that are attendant upon their sup port with little or none of the gains. While the reported movement in the form of giving one of the rivals the entire control of the field, does not bold out any very great promise of success, it is certain that some form of co-operation should be found which will give the miners the benefit of united action in tbe settlement of wages questions. PARTIES Iff ENGLAND. The present Parliament of Great Britain has still two or three years to live, if Lord Salisbury determines to test the patience of the voters to utmost legal limit The En glish papers are now discussing the chances of a dissolution. Most of them think those chances remote. As the fiery Labouchere recently said the Tories have a thorough ap preciation of the joys of office, and are not likely to put tbe Spoils in jeopardy until they are forced to. The St. Jama Gazette, a Tory sheet, states that the question of a dissolution of Parliament has been dis cussed by the ministry, but it leaves us to infer by its silence that Lord Salisbury's known aversion to an appeal to the country at this juncture is shared by his .colleagues. Candidly there if no particular reason why the Tories should desire to try their fortunes at a sew election, unless they are, K-W III B f IMffll I !' I IS II llHlllfclM llil STlSl alarmed at Mr, Gladstone's assertion that tbe Liberal gains are increasing as time goes on. Mr. Gladstone shows that the bye-elections have strengthened his follow ing no little, and he argues that the cause he advocates is winning new adherents right along. Tbis might suggest to the Tories that a dissolution now, would be bet ter than waiting for tbis Parliament's natu ral death. On the other hand the Tories have nothing tangible to make a party cry of, but the favorable condition of the budget; which could easily be shown to be in a great measure the result of the country's prosperity rather than grand financiering on the Tories part The contemptible scandal created about Mr. Jfarnell by his enemies might also be taken as ammunition by the Tories driven to desperate straits. On the whole, however, we think Lord Salisbnry will prefer to trust to some lucky chance to pull his party out of the hole be fore tbe inevitable crisis of 1893 comes. MB. MOESE'S TROUBLE. Hon. Elijah A. Morse yesterday relieved himself of what must have been a long stored accumulation of bile against the inter-State commerce law, in which all the old and exploded fabrications against that enactment were repeated, with the enrich ment of some new ones. One or two specimens of Mr. Morse's logic are sufficient to characterize his argument He starts ont with the assertion that the law has caused a shrinkage of two hundred mill ions in railroad property, and in course of time drifts into the declaration that it has actually raised railroad rates. As the statistics show that tonnage on the railroads have undergone an immense expansion, Mr. Morse puts himself in the position of assert ing that a shrinkage has taken place on ac count of the undue profits of the railroads. Again, Mr. Morse demands that the law be made applicable to the Canadian roads, which, as has been shown time and again in these columns, it was from the start All of which trouble on Mr. Morse's mind can be explained in a few words. That gentleman was in the elass of favored ship pers before the law was passed, and his enmity to it is a comfortable evidence that it has shut off the favors. The statement is made in Philadelphia that tbe only profit which the Cramps made ont of bulldmjr the ship of war, Baltimore, was from the premium allowed for extra power. This statement certainly, as the Inquirer says, shows honest workmanship; bnt it hardly has any legitimate connection with tbe deduction of the same journal that the limit as to prices fixed by Congress "deprives the country of the services of its best shipbuilders." The Cramps secured the contract for the Baltimore at figures fixed by themselves in open competi tion. Where the limit set by Congress prevents bidding it is a fair deduction that the prices are too low. That was the case with some re cent contracts, and the false policy has been adop ted of lowering the requirements for the contract, instead of raising the limit of price. But it was not the case with the Baltimore, Portuguese mobs may rage, but English opinion maintains its nsual calm confidence in the possession of the most cogent arguments in the quarrel. To quote tbe exquisite logic of the jingo song, they've got the ships and they've got the money, too. Chicago may have been beaten by a combination of New York, Washington and St Louis in the preliminary votes yesterday; but if it is so the strength shown by the adherents of that city is enough to make her influence a controlling factor. At tbe present outlook, however, the prospects are favorable for such a prolonged fight over the 'fair as to delay the decision for so long that the fair will not be worth having. If the British syndicate can establish permanent and active competition with tbe Standard Oil Trust In tbe transportation and refining of petroleum it will go far toward con vincing tbe oil producers at least that good can come out of Nazareth. "Every time a lie is told In Congress does somebody call attention to it?" earnestly asks the Philadelphia Inquirer, true to its name. Perhaps so; and tbe importance of the query is revealed by tbe fact that if it is so, it furnishes an adequate explanation of tbe fact that Congress does not succeed in doing any real business. The statement is made in a coiemporary that we want better weather reports tban we had last year. A very general wish could also be stated by omitting the word "reports" from the above statement Kow it is learned tbatthe Southern straw berry crop is to com into market two months ahead of its regular time. If the cold weather does not check its unseasonableness, we shall presently be called upon to contemplate the admixture of the agonies of the green apple season with tbe horrors of the grip. Men who are born great and men who have greatness thrust upon them are not of that self-made class who achieve greatness by buying it with political contributions. The Southside people are getting aroused, and not only want the drawbacks of poor water, paid bridges and schinderies re moved, but want tho attractions of theaters and libraries. Some of these days the South siders will bo describing Pittsburg as across the river from the Southsid. The opening of tbe Prussian Diet by Em peror William Is a rather delayed sequence of bis radical action in discharging his French cooks. If it were understood that tbe re-election of Austin Corbie to th Reading Presidency involved the enforcement of that order that all tbe Reading trainmen must shave their beards off, perhaps the courts might have deemed that tbe interests involved were great enough to warrant an injunction. A South Dakota temperature of 28 below zero indicates a probability (hat we may be freezing yet The compliment which the Cincinnati Enquirer pays to Foster is no more tban a fair exchange for the pleasure which C. P. Hunt ington expressed over tbe election of Brice. Reciprocity is the necessary accompaniment of successful politico-corporate trade. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. William S. Gilbert, the librettist says that he never reads criticisms of bis own works. Galdos, the Spanish novelist, is a dark, slender man, 41 years of age, The worst thing against blm is that he smokes cigarettes. Jones Ordway, a prominent lumberman and millionaire, of Glen Falls, N. Y., has given a check to tbe Young Men's Christian Associa tion there for 30,000. A letted same to the postofuce of the Senate recently postmarked New York, Janu ary 16, and addressed to the Hon. Graham N. Fitcb, United States Senate. Washington, D. C. Mr. Fitch was a Senator from Indiana, whose term expired on March i, 1S6L In a sketch of the new Ohio Senator pub lished in the current number of Harper' Weekly It is mentioned that Mr. Brice lives in New York in the winter, his home being at No. 693 Fifth avenue, while in tbe summer he goes with his family to a cottage at Newport It is an interesting fact that the portrait of Queen Victoria in widow's weeds is still used on the S-oent and S-cent postage stamps of New foundland. The 1-cent stamp of the same country shows tbe Prince of Wales' portrait as a boy. A stamp ot the Colony of Victoria bears a representation of the Queen sitting -on her throne... THE TOPICAL TALKER, Even Homer Nods Now and Then -How Thackeray, Lever and Even William Denn Howells Slipped In Describing Amerlcnn Localities. A u observing novel reader, one of the rarest of rare birds, let me say, remarked to me yesterday that he had recently caught three big novelists tripping In description of localities at long range. The first blunder was discovered in Charles Lever's "Con Creeau," In which bespeaks of admiring the tall mountains of Vermont as he sailed np the St Lawrence river. The mount ains of Vermont, it need hardly be remarked, are not visible from the St Lawrence, and they would not be called tall, except by a Vermont man perhaps. William Dean Howells is tho next culprit. In his novel. "The Modern Instance," it will be remembered that Bartley J. Hubbard, the hero, drifts ont West and leaves his wife in ignorance of his whereabouts. The first thing her friends hear of tbe missing man is an announcement in an Indianapolis paper that Bartley J. Hnbbard is suing tor divorce. The wife's people start at once, knowing that their arrival on the scene in Indianapolis at tbe earliest possible moment can alone save her. Mr. Howells indulges in one of his graphic pieces of descriDtion of tbe journey, dwelling on the murkiness and dirt of Pittsburg before natural gas' advent, and tbe startling contrast the subsequent afternoon's rido down tbe Ohio Valley afforded. Bnt it is this excursion down the Ohio which Mr. How ells trips on. He goes by way of Columbus, and over the Panhandle route the view of the Ohio onds at Cork's Run, ten minutes out from Pitts burg. Mr. Howells' description of tho Ohio Valley scenery is delightful, but his travelors could not have seen it on the routo he chooses for them. . The third error Is found in a work of a greater novelist still, to wit Thackeray. In his story of "The Virginians," he relates how George Warrington escapes from Fort Duquesnewlth the assistance of a guide, and makes his way along a level plain for 10 or 12 miles to Braddock's Field on the associations of which historic spot the guide expatiates. Tbe "level plain" 10 or 12 miles long between the Point and Braddocks cannot be found to day. In "Tbe Virginians" also Thackeray makes a funny blunder about a national phenomenon. He speaks of meeting parties of settlers in tbe Allegheny Mountains, whirn he describes as covered with woods just in the first flush of tbe autumn glory, engaged in tapping the maple trees for sugar. The settlers of tbose days may have been lacking in latter-day polish, bnt tbey certainly knew enough to look for the sweet sap of tbe maple in tho spring, when it rises. V Cucn mistakes can be fonnd In the works of tbe greatest masters of fiction. They are of small moment, of course. Bat a lady to whom my friend pointed ont the above errors in "The Virginians" was terribly affected. "I can never read Thackeray again," she said. I hope none of my readers will take these mlcroscoplo criticisms to heart so seriously. They are merely meant to show Homer nods now and then. A SPLENDID NEWSPAPER. How The Dispatch Is Regarded by a Titus Tills Cotemporory. From tbe American Citizen, Tltusville, Fa. The Pittsburg Dispatch is the largest and most comprehensive newspaper on our Pennsylvania exchange list The improvement and growth of this publication for the past few years is one of tbe marvels of modern journal ism thi acblevementof liberal and progressive management and honest and independent edi torial policy. The Dispatch is a daily com pendium of the events of the world, clearly and reliably told. Its news gathering facilities are unlimited, including in its equipment leased wires to all the principal points, with bureaus in the chief cities. Its market reports are a most valuable feature, both for completeness and accuracy. Politically The Dispatch is independent fearless and outspoken. It is not an organ, and has been a stanch friend of tbe people in this boss-cursed and trust-ridden age. For this, and many other brilliant and com mendable features, it bas our unqualified in dorsement Tbe Sunday edition of this splendid news paper is a magnificent publication. In the breadth of tbe field covered, the variety of sub jects treated, and the eminent talent employed, it is not surpassed, and seldom equaled, by any newspaper publishers in the country. Its con tributors are leader of thought well, to the front in tbe ranks of statesmanship, politics, religion, literature and science. Every topio treated bears the stamp of authority and tbe badge of merit Special cable letters, and sporting and business reviews, are among the attractive features every Sunday, and tbe same attention is given to news as in the daily edition. Indeed, there is no brighter and pmerormore attractive family journal than The Sunday Dispatch. With tho new year will come new features and further improvements, in accordance with the progressive policy that has won success for the paper. Another marvelous double-perfecting press is being built by Hoe & Co. to accom modate the rapidly increasing circulation of both the daily and Sunday issues. In Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio especially The Dispatch ought to be in every business place' and home. Easy Sledding for Them. Trom the St Paul Pioneer-Frees. J In the cabin of the Rappahannock, recently launched at Bath, Me., was hung a costly por trait of Benjamin Harrison, and a dispatch in forms us that tbe ship "slid down the ways just as easy as not" Many an officeseeker at Wash ington has looked for a moment at the original of this picture and also "slid down the ways justaseasy as not" , Afraid of tho Sting. From the Columbus Dispatch. The members of Congress who lost soma salary by Silcott's grab, want It back awfully bad, and yet, like a boy who sees a bunch of grapes with a bee in full possession, they are afraid to take it Senatorial Coarteiy. from tho Chicago Tribune. By the exercise of what is known as Sena torial courtesy Mr. Brice, of New York, will be known and designated as the Senator from Ohio. DEATHS OP A DAY. Hon. It. Billion Speer. 'SPECIAL TKLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Huntingdon. PA., January 17. Hon. E, Milton Speer, of this city, died in "N'w York City at noon to-day. For more than a year Mr. Speer had been suffering from a strange nervous malady, which baffled tbe skill of all local physicians. Last week this resulted in a partial stroke ot paralysis, which affected his entire left side, and be was taken to New York for treatment. Subsequent investiga tion shows tbat Mr. Speer's affliction was the re sult oflead poisoning due to his drinking of water which stood In lead pipes. Dora Septembers. 1833. at Uassvllle, this county, he wa admitted to the bar at the age of 21 years. After filling sev eral minor outers he was elected on the Demo cratic ticket to Con cress in 1870 and re-elected In 1872. He served as delegate-at-Iarge to the Balti more Convention which nominated Horace Gree ley for President In 1872. and also In the same ca pacity to tbe National Democratic Convention which nominated Ueneral Hancock for President in 1(80. For 20 years Sir. fcpeer was the recognized leader of tho Democratic party In this county and the foremost member of the Huntingdon bar. Hli death Is deeply deplored among all classes In this section. Mr. Speer's remains will be brought here to-morrow, and tbe Interment will take place on Monday afternoon. John E. Warden. The death or John E. Warden, of Bewtckley, which occurred yesterday, has cast gloom over that beautiful and popular suburban village. Ho young man was more environed by pleasant surroundings than was Mr. Warden. Married to a lovely young wife but a short time ago, who is now left a widow before her majority is reached. Endowed with splendid mental gifts, with a keen business sagacity, tbe future looked to him bright, and the mantle oi success even at his early death was bis. Mr. Warden, who wis 26 years old. was the son of M-s. Katharine Warden and the late John A. Warden, of Oxnard Warden. Christopher Talbot, RT. P. London, January 17. Mr. Christopher Bice Mantel Talbot Liberal Member of the -House of Commons for the Middle Division of (ilafflbrgan shire, is dead. In point or service Mr. Tal not was tbe oldest member or the House of Commons, having sat for tbe county uninterruptedly CO years. Jay Westlnsbooae. Bcbexxot ACT, January 17. Jay Westlnghouse. President of the Westlnghouse Agricultural Works and brother of George Westlnghouse, in ventor, died at'hls residence In tula city this !; B2? , J.'"iaarfVv A BRILLIANT MARRIAGE. Bliss Gertrnde Torrenco Weds Dlr. A. C. Overboil, of scottdale. ' In the presence of a large number of friends and in a church beautifully decorated with ferns and flowers, Miss Gertrude Torrenco, of New Haven, was married on Thursday evening to Mr. A. C Overholt President of the Na tional Pipe Foundry of Scot tdale. It was the social event of the season, and a most joyous occasion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. L. Taylor, tbe bride's pastor. Promptly at S o'clock in tho evening, to the air of Lohen grin's wedding march, tbs bridal party filed down tbe aisle of the church, and appeared before tbe altar where tbe groom and best man awaited tho beautiful bride. Theyoung lady was given away by her f ather.Mr. George A. Torrence, and tbe solemn service of tbe Episcopal faith was soon per formed. Tbe bride was most tastefully dressed in cream-colored faille with brocade front and the customary veil. She wore a oostly diamond necklace, the gift of the groom. She was as sisted by Miss Louiso Torrence, a sister, who was tbe maid ot honor, and four handsome young ladies Miss Eleanor Hogg, of New Haven: Miss Martha Roday, of Uniontown: Miss Nettle Reynolds, of Connellsvllle, and Miss Josephine Torrence. of Baltimore, who acted as bridemalds. The bridemaids were nicely dressed in pretty costumes. Mr. George Miles, of Pittsburg, was tbe best man, and John Rodgers, Dr. R. R. Torrence, Robert F. Witmer, of Philadelphia, a college chum of tbe groom, and Mr. Percy F. Beatty, of Pittsburg, were tbe ushers. The gentlemen were attired in tbe usual full dress evening costume. After the marriage a reception was given at the home ot the bride. An excellent lunch was furnished by Kennedv. The nresents re- ceived by the young couple were numerous and elaborate. Mr. and Mrs. OVerbolt took a very late train on tbe Baltimore and Oblo, for an extended trip to Florida. Among those present from a distance were Mrs. A. Overholt Miss Maria Overholt and Mrs. Dr. Smith, of Cleveland: Miss Katharine Torrence, of Baltimore; Mr. H. C. Ovurbolt and wife, of Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Nat Miles, of Scottdale: Miss May Tinstman, Mr. John Stauffer, of Kansas; Miss Fannie Stauffer, of Scottdale; Mr. Andrew Keiser, of Pittsbnrg; Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Overholt of Scottdale; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. JUiw, of Pittsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Caton, of Boston, and others. When the couple return from their bridal tour a reception will bo given in their honor by Mr. and Mrs. Miles at Scottdale. A SEYEN O'CLOCK DINNER. Miss Agnes Watson Entertains a Very PIcniant Company. The 7 o'clock dinner given by Miss Agnes Watson, of Locnst street Allegheny, last even ing, was one of the most charmingly unique of tho season. The guest of honor was Miss May Lapsley, of Washington, Pa., who is visiting relatives in Allegheny, and who is a very bril liant versatile conversationalist and a charm ing young lady. The table was decorated entirely with green, pretty, delicate ferns, and the ever graceful smilax, while over it all the soft ened light of wax candles of the same hue gave a very picturesque effect After thu dinner, at which merry repartee and joyous laughter ticked off tbe happy mo ments, the company retired to the drawing room, where a progressive conversazione was indulged in. Five minutes was allowed for eacb topic, and tbe programme included such subjects as "Probabilities' Works," "Looking Backward Not by Edward Bellamy," which de veloped into retrospective views of Lot's wife. "Railroad Refreshments" was allowed 20 min utes, and choice confectionery was amply dis cussed and devoured in that time. "Hygiene vs. La Grippe" and "Is Marriage a Failure, by the Uninitiated." Miss Watson was daintily attired in an ashes of roses soft silk combined with old rose fashioned in the prevailing Greek style. Miss Lapsley was gowned in a sweetly pretty whito crepe du chene creation, and wore eiffel red Swede slipper and long gloves of tbe same color. Those who enjoyed the hospitality of Miss Watson and discussed the weighty sub jects previously named were besides Miss Lapsley, Misses Ada Hill.Margaret Armstrong, May Monroe, Edna Berengen, May Rutter, Nan Snodgrass, Caroline Lapsley and Messrs. Otto Fel.x, E. G. Hartle, Alfred Sergeant, Charles Shoemaker, W. B. Denny, Edward B. Patterson, A. Young, James Cook, Edward Roberts, Scott White and J. R. Wheeler. HEPTASOfH ENTERTAINMENT. Friendship Conclave Enlivens One of Its Regular Meeting. Friendship Conclave No. 3, Improved Order of Heotasophs, held Its regular meeting last night at Union Veteran Legion Hall, Sixth avenue. The oroceedings were enlivened with an entertainment consisting of recitations, eta, furnished by volunteers from Curry In stitute. Mr. Frank Reynolds gave "The Diva" and other selections, and Miss Millie Gardner recited "Where is Annette?" among other pieces. Prof. Garber, with bis banjo, furnished some pleasing music it is tbe intention of the Entertainment Com mittee of tbe Conclave to furnish similar enter tainments at each regular meeting, and the at tendance of all the members is desired. The committee is composed of Dr. J. H. Phillips, Archon of the Conclave; Deputy C. E. Corne lius and Mr. J. H. McRoberts. A DELIGHTFUL GEEMAN Given by Sir. and Sir. Painter In Honor of Three Yonnu "Ladlea. One of the most enjoyable germans chron icled this winter was danced last evening at the Fainter residence on Western avenue, Al legheny. It was given Dy Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Painter, and was limited to 2S couples, all young people. The event waB in honor of three young ladies, Miss Kennedy, Miss Sharp and Miss Lane, cousins of the hostess. Mr. Den ison Lyon lead tbe dance with Miss Kennedy, tbe guest of the household. The lavors were all Japanese little kites, lanterns, dolls, candlesticks, pictures and paper knives. The decorations were in the most ex quisite taste. A dainty supper was served, and Toerge Bros, furnished the music. A Professor Surprised. Last night a surprise party visited the resi dence of Prof. Poncianus S. Herman, on Penn avenue. The party was originated by tne Pro fessor's pupils, and was a great success in every respect. A pleasant evening was spent, and the entertainment concluded with a musi cal treat of a high order. Social Cfantter. THE elocutionary and musical entertainment given under the auspices ot tbe Woodslde Missionary Association last evening was a great success. It was given in the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Allegheny. Mrs. Monroe, for 15 years connected with tbe Atchison Training School, will lecture be fore tbe Teachers' Academy this afternoon on "Americanizing the Foreign Element In tbe Public Schools." Rev. Dr. B. F. Woodbubn will deliver the second lectnre on "A Trip Through Europe" for tho Society of Christian Endeavor, in the Sandusky Street Baptist Church, Friday even ing, January 24. The third free entertainment at the Fonrth Avenue Baptist Church by tbe Willing Work ers was very interesting, and occupied some two hours of last evening. Mrs. W. P. Price, of Beech street, gave a fancywork party yesterday afternoon, A Queer Winter Years Ago. From the Greensburg Argus.3 Speaking of the present remarkable winter, Daniel Snyder, Esq., of East Huntingdon town ship, informs us that between the holidays In the winter of 1S43 or 1844, he gathered enough apples in the orchard to make a barrel of cider, tbero being no frost up to that time sufficient to freeze the fruit. J3ut on the first of January a heavy snow fell, lasting to the 25th of March, on which day the sun came out strongly, caus ing the snow to disappear suddenly, followed by an early spring. One Way ta Settto It. From the "Washington Post. The West Virginia Legislature Is In special session to determine who was elected Governor a year ago last November. The Legislature is as near a see-saw as possible, and this modern edition of Jarndyce versus Jarndyce will prob ably continue to harass the souls of men until it Is time to elect another Governor. Why -Wouldn't It be a good plan to let It go over and try it before the people of West Virginia? They Want Irs Now. From th; Detroit Free Press. There are farmers within ten miles of Detroit who have not been able to get into tbe city with a vehicle In the last six weeks, and they are demanding better .roads. There Is hardly a farmer within 40 miles of Detroit who will be willing next summer, when the roads are good, to spenopne extra noar xuiing.up. a mna-flole. PEOGEESS OP THE NEW SOUTH, Letters From a Number of Eminent States. men Upon That Section. Baltimore, January 17. In this week's Issue ot the JJanuacturert' Record special letters are published from Vice President Morton, Messrs. Blaine, Windom,Wanainaker, Noble and Rusk, of the Cabinet, and Senators Morrill, Sherman, Hawley, Vest and Reagan. These letters were written In response to an invitation from tbe editor to express their views upon the Booth's progress. Vice Presi dent Morton writes that the rapid development of the South in all lines of commercial enter prise, as shown by the record of the last decade, Droves that it is not solely an agricultural section, but tbe home of a great diversity of industries. Tbe fact brings the Bouthln line with all sections of the country, and the result is sure to be beneficial. Secretary Wlndom says that on almost every pass there is to be found evidence of the pro gress of material affairs which have been made in the South, and indications are plentiful of still greater development of tbose resources which go far toward making a people prosper ous and contented. Ihis remarkable growth in the commercial and industrial life of the Southern States is exceedingly gratifying and is a splendid illustration of tbe beneficent re sults of the American principle of protection wblch bas stood guard against the menacing and destructive influences of the Old World, while factories and mines are being success fully operated in the New. Secretary Noble writes: "My attention bas been called to tbe vast growth of all tbe ma terlal interests of the South and this depart ment contains within it much that is benefited by this advancement The exhibitions which you make connected with the advance in education and intelligence give assurance of an early and rapid develop ment of all tbe great resources of tbe South. it would take more time than I now have at command to speak in detail of the great landed interests that the department has under its control, and which are rapidly being disposed of iu tbe Southern States; but tbe constant and continuous Increase in tho demand for homes under tbe general laws of the United States i a cheering indication of the future of that por tion of our common country. With intelli gence. Industry and the resources for develop ment there found, the greatest assurance may be felt that the career on which the "New South" bas entered will be maintained and per petuated if justice is administered to all alike, and tbe rtoht of each man ta his own nriwervpd- These are the foundations at last of all pros perity, and I am confident that they will not fail the Southern people. DEC0EATED WITH D00B KNOBS. The Sard of a Rending- Homo Filled With Novel Ornaments. Reading, January 17. A few miles south of this city stands the two-story frame house of Richard K. Cole, carpenter. The house is sur rounded Dy a yard of ordinary size, and the or naments the yard contains are composed en tirely of door knobsl The front of the stone foundation Is completely filled with door knobs. Tho mortar contains small nails driven in, and upon these nails are hungthedoorknobs,brown and white. In the yard are a dozen or more odd-shaped pedestals and urns made of wood. They are painted drab, and are filled with nails, upon which are hung door knobs in endless va riety, but with great regularity. Some of tho pedestals contain all white door knobs, and others brown. Then there are stars, crosses, shields, triangles, and other designs in wood stuck into the ground, and all bung with door knobs. On tbe tops of tbe palings of tbe front fence are several strings of door knobs on wires. Extending along tbe front sides ot tbe house are raised flower beds with borders made of these same brown and white door knobs. One of Mr. Cole's boys says there are just 5,326 door knobs all told, but that they could use a few more if they had them to finish the decorations. Mr. Cole smiled at tbe interest taken in the new Btyle of ornamentation. "Where in the world did you get so many door knobs?" he was asked. "Well," he answered, "that question has been asked hundred of times. People driving ast here look, langb and then stop and won er about these knobs. You see, I worked several years In tbe city and walked home every day. Jnst outside of the town I discov ered, dumped in a clay hole, several wagon loads of those door knobs. They are slightly cracked and damaged. I found out that they bad been dumped there by the Reading Hard ware Company, and I asked whether I could have them, as I thought the children could play with them. The company said I could have them of course, so every evening on my way home I stopped at the clay hole and filled my dinner basket with door knobs. My basket held about 40 knobs. It took me about 133 days to carry homo tbose door knobs. The first ones x urougnt some were lor the children, but afterward I saw they could bo hung up on nails by the holes in them, and I thought we could trim our front yard as vou see. They look odd and, I think, pretty. The brown ones are made of clay aDd come -from East Liver- Sool, O., and the white ones are made out of int and come from Troy, N. Y." EMBAKEASSINQ FOR THE EDITOR. By Mistake He Introduces a Colored Man as His Brotber-Io-Lnw. ICOBBXSrOXDKNCE OT THE DISFATCII.1 Lima. January 17. Yesterday at Delphos, 14 miles west of here, W. S. Knox, editor of the Minerva Newt, was the victim of a horrid joke. Knox was visiting his brother-in-law, Mr. Cnlp, Civil Engineer of the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad, and on coming to tbe depot to leave, in company with Mr. Cnlp, he was met by the celebrated elocutionist Mr. Davenport and wife, who had just arrived. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport formerly lived in Minerva, and after the usual greeting and surprise ex pressed at thus meeting so unexpectedly, Mr. Knox said: "Mrs. Davenport allow me to in troduce you to my brother-in-law, Mr. Culp, of Delphos, O. Mrs. Davenport turned red in the face, and the bystanders all seemed to be looking for holes in tho platform through which they might drop. Knox looked about and saw Culp standing fully 30 feet away, and in his stead was the negro porter from the Rose Hotel, awaiting tbe opportunity to escort Mr. and Mrs. Davenport to the boose. Br this time the train was iu motion, and Knox, hastily excus ing himself, rode out of town. A PET BEAR'S COSTLY CAPER. His Owner Pays S4U0 Became a Young Man Was Hogged. Tohonto, January 17. John McCreary, a West End butcher, kept a pet bear. After see ing his girl home from church on Sunday night John Shaw met tbe bear wandering about tbe street in a suburb of tbe city. He had never seen the bear before, but tbe animal insisted upon hngging him. After giving him several squeezes with its powerful paws, it put him on tbe ground and bit and jumped upon him. Presently, when Shaw was pretty well used up, some men happened along. They stood on neutral ground for some time, apparently not carlug to interfere. Shaw was confined to bed for some time by bis injuries, and sued Mc Creary for $2,000. Shaw's father also sued the owner of the bear for 300 for nursing Shaw during his Illness. Witnesses for tbe defense added insult to injury by saying the bear was a playful creature, who was not dealt with prop erly by Shaw. Tbs jury awarded 5200 damages to each of tbe Shaws. An Unfortunate Snbserlber. The record of a deatb, published in one of tbe religious papers, says ot tbe departed brother: "For two years preceding bis death ha was a constant reader of the . he was a great sufferer, but grace sustained him." The Con oregationalM exclaims: "How sad that he did not take to the reading of tome other newspa per in time." Remembered by tfae'Old Folks. rrom tbe Chicago Inter Ocean.". Skating and sleigh-riding are reminiscences of other years, before the north pole was tarn pered with. THE BIRTH OF MUSIC. When man first saw with eager eyes Tbe wondrous beauty of the skies, Tbe glowing sun tbat makes day bright, Tbe pretty moon and stars at night. The earth arrayed In flowers and trees, Majestic mountains, mighty seas; Baw luscious fruity heard sweetest notes. Trilled from a thousand feathered throats, Pray tell, could he do otherwise. Than think this world a paradise? But soon a spirit of unrest (An attribute of hnmin breast) Sprang up and caused his heart to pint For something he could not define. When lot an angel from above Came down with messages ol love, Then vanishing in mystic air Left in bis place a woman fair. -With Love and Earth and Firmament, Iiow surely must he be content. AlasI another passion came. He knew its forces, not its name, A craving, if but for an hour, To see ana feel his Maker's power. And straightway came an angel throng With sounding harps and Joyous song-, Who blended joy and melody In one grand chord of harmony. - Twm then that musle had Its birth, . 4' .Tbtgentlest, greatest power.on carta., 0U2 MAIL MUCH. Sick or III? To the Editor of TheDlipatchi Are the words '"sick" and "ill" synonymous? If they differ in meaning please explain how. Kittannino, January 17. Etaen. Nowadays "sick" means "affected with nausea, inclined to vomit," while "ill" means "suffering from some aliment" Bnt this dis tinction is comparatively modern; in tbe Bible we read that "Peter's wife's mother lay sick of a fever;" in Shakespeare, Imogen in "Cymbe Hne," says: "lam very sick," meaning that she is not well, for latter she says, "I am HI;" evi dently the two words meaning the same thing: Then we have "To think so brainsiekly of things." Ill originally meant evil, bad; in "Macbeth,"!., 5, lino 2L "Ul-ness" Is used, one of tbe earliest instances of its nse to mean un wellness. Sickness Is tbe better word of the two, in all cases. ' Tbe Iron Industry. To tbe Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Whieh has the mora capital invested In this country, tbe iron orthe leather industry? SUBSCRIBER. Wheeling, January 17, According to tbe census of 1880 the iron and steel industries represent about $231,000,000 of capital, and the combined boot and shoe and leather interests only about 566,000,000. Wby Not Ask Them, Lady? To tbe Editor or Tbe Dispatch: Please tell tbrough the Mail Pouch of Tnu Dispatch the names of tbe conductors who take out the accommodation trains which leave Ft Wayne station at 11 A. M. and 13 M., city time, and also whether married or single. C. w AliEOHENY, January 17. He Did Not. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Did Roscoe Conkllng offer J. Q. Blaine his assistance in stumping for him during the Blaine and Cleveland campaign. Homestead. Hox estzab, January 17. In Dfelloa's Bank Building. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Seeing some reference to tbe Unitarians ot Pittsbnrg in the columns of The Dispatch, I desire to ask -where is their place of meeting? Mt. Washington, January 17. D. J. In 1S70. To the Editor of The Dispatch: When was the paid Fire Department of Pitts burg organized? M.M.B. Cleveland, January 17. B1TALS ALADDIN'S CATB. A Story That Kansas Has a Vast Valley of Pearls. From the Chicago Tribune. Ephralm Baker, one ot tbe oldest residents ot Kansas, and for a quarter of a century a citi zen of Topeka, reports a discovery which sur passes the fables ot ancient and stories of mod ern wealth. When Cleopatra won fame by dlSj solving a pearl for Marc Antony to drink she little thought that a few centuries later a plain. Western miner and prospector woald gather from the shores of an antediluvian river such countless numbers of these gems as to rival the stores in Aladdin's cave and make the wealth of Crcesus and of Monte Cristo pale to insignifi cance. Ho lives in a comfortable home here in Topeka during the winter, and as soon as spring breaks dons a rough suit and with a prospect or's outfit moves out across the plains toward the sunset, to be seen no more until the snow flies. To-day Mr. Baker displayed to a few friends a bottle filled with pearls of various colors, shapes and sizes. Some are pure white, others a delicate shade of green, some have a tint of blue, and others are of the rarest variety of all black. The forms are perfectly round, oblong, elliptical, etc. They vary from the size of a pinhead to that of a hazel nut. The most astonishing part of Mr. Baker's story, how ever, relates to tbe quantity of these gems, which almost surpasses belief. He says he found them on the western slopes of what was once a great river or sea rolling over the plains of Kansas. As the foothills of the Kocky Mountains ex tend down to Ellsworth and Belleville In Kan sas, a roucb en ess at the location of thesa ancient pearl fisheries would be just beyond the Smoky Hill and tbe Arkansas Valleys. Somewhere In that treeless region Mr. Baker says there is MX) miles of old riverbed whose sands are literally filled with pearls. Turn np a spadeful of soil where you will, and there rolls from It a stream of tiny globules which would enrich the collection of the Shah of Persia. Whether Mr. Baker will ever con clude to reveal the site of the "valley of pearls" he does not now know, but be will visit it again this spring. A SEW ADTERTISING 1IEDIH1T. Samples of Wonnmaker's Goods Displayed In tbe Senate. Washington Letter In New zork Sun. A United States Senator this afternoon walked Into tbe stationery room of tbe Senate, and while making a few purchases picked np a small Russian leather case. On tbe outside in gilt letters was tbe inscription: "Extracts from the pen of ." On opening the case the Sen ator found that the inside was a penwiper, and attached to one of tbe chamois skin leaves was a card, upon which was printed in big block letters tbe following: John Wanamaker, Philadelphia. Item No. 87; sample No. 790; article Penwiper. Price, 3 20 per doz. The Senator put tbe little book in bis pocket with the remark: "Well, I wonder If John has now fallen on the United States Senate as an advertising me dium." BRIEF AND SIMPLE SERVICES. Arrangement Completed for the Funeral of Walker Blaine. Washington, January 17. Tho arrange ments for tho funeral of Walker Blaine were completed to-day. There will be no ser vices at tbe bouse except a prayer by the Rev. Dr. Hamllne, and only the intimate friends of tbe family and the President and members of the Cabinet are expected. Tbe services at the Church of the Covenant will also be brief and very simple. The pall-bearers selected are: Hon. William F. Wharton. Assistant Secre tary of State; Judge John Davis, Sevellon A. Brown, MarCellns Bailey, M. L. Ruth, A. R. Jenks, F. B. Lorlng and William Haywood. Tbe Attorney General bas ordered that the Department of Justice be closed from 10 A. if. to-morrow until 1 o'clock P. 31. on account of the funeral of Mr. Blaine. Plltabure's Companion la Misery. From the Dotrolt Free Press. "Detroit will occupy ber new $3,000,000 post office next week," says a Montreal paper. This is another reason wby tbat country should be annexed so that it may keep posted on Detroit matters. If that postofflca is opened 20 years hence It will strike Detroiters as rapid work. CLIPPED PROM COUNTRY PAPERS. PmrxstrrAWNET Spirit: Tbe man who Is too hopelessly helpless and dismally dumb to do anything else in this world, has one resource left. He can turn critic. AbhstronO Jlepuoli'canr The New York Anarchists boldly declare that they want no laws. They forget that it is just such cranks and loafers as themselves that make laws neces sary. Elizabeth Berald: A poem on the "Hor rible Mud," some school reports and other matter prepared for this issue bad to stand over for a week, owing to the pressure of other matter. Forest Republican: The "oldest inhab itant" is in the sonp; anyway he is saying Tery little about tbe winter of so-so-so, way back when be was a boy, beating tbe record thus far this year. Penjteid Sentinel: Who, next to a Metho dist preacher, would not like to be an editor, even if he does have to go to bed early to get his pants patched? This time a present of an other nice mess of excellent fresh sausage from Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Buoy. Thanks. Cambria Berald: Law in this Common wealth Is very severe against all lotterlevpro viding that any person who buys or sells a ticket involving the element of chance may be heavily fined and imprisoned for & year. Yet it is constantly violated by organisations and individuals, doubtless in ignorance rather than out of intention. Obeensburo Argut: The senior editor Is slightly indisposed this week; that is, with bis bead buzzing like a bee-hive, and aching at every joint in bis system, he's Indisposed to use tbe scissors as vigorously as Is bis custom, as will be apparent by observing the Improved character of .the editorial and local columns of the present Imuq of the Argut. CDBI0DS CONDENSATIONS. A mullein plant, 3 feet high and ready to blossom has been ruthlessly plucked In La peer county, Mich. A flock of crows battling with a black snake was witnessed by a farmer In a field just outside of Lock Haven. One firm in Chicago last 7ear killed 600,000 cattle and managed to make ends meat on a business of JCO, 000,000. Ladies of fashion in BojIod, one of the local papers relates, now wear at their after noan teas Egyptian costumes. The nine street car lines of Seattle, Wash., completed or In course of construction, are all cable or electric roads. A farmer residing near the Carlisle Sulphur Springs a few days ago captured SI rats at one haul in a large wire trap. The cranberry crop is a failure In New Jersey. A dealer says the price will be 54 bushel before the middle of next month. A London paper tells of a dog which, having run away from its new master, traveled 0 miles over an unknown country to its old home, arrived there the day after starting. There was not a particle ol ice in the Hudson on Wednesday, and numerons sailing vessels went np and down the river something most remarkable for the middle of January. " Profiting by its former experience a fox released for the third time to be hunted at Lancaster, seized a chicken and secreted itself in a wood-pile before the hounds had been re leased. Stonington, Conn., the other day had a snow storm and morning glories in bloom in the bouse yards along tho main borough street, and A. P. Squires picked applo blossoms, pansies and dandelions. Prince Wright, of Litchfield, Conn., killed a 7-foot blacksnake near Bristol swamp tbe other day. Mrs. Van Horn, of Meriden, didn't do quite so well, but she bagged a snake that was 3 feet long. Referring to the return from their honeymoon of a couple living in the vicinity, a West Grove, Pa., paper says they were given a serenade tbat was "hilarious if not unbecom ing. Mnch cider was drunk and damage done." Unseasonable freaks are plentifully re ported in Connecticut. Mrs. Avis Ross, of Danielsonville, opened the front door of her house after church service on Sunday, and a big blacksnake tied Itself Into kots for her edi fication. She got a club and killed It. Verdict of a coroner's jury in Delaware county, N. Y.: "The jury finds that diseased came to his Death tbrough the inftuance of Liquor and carlessness on bis part and while liing on West bounded track, and killed by train No. 1 exonerating the Company from blame." An officer went all the -way from Cass county, Mich., to Williamston, In that State, the other day, to arrest B. D, York, the Will iamston lawyer, for burglary, and would have done It, too, if they hadn't convinced blm that the bat left behind by tbe burglar, which con tained Mr. York's name, was given to a tramp by Mrs. York last summer. The work of making a public park ont of General Putnam's revolutionary headquar ters at Redding, Conn., carried on at tbe ex Eense ana by the direction of the Connecticut egislature. bas been finished. A thicket sur rounds the park, and the Putnam monument faces tbe entrance. There are a mile and a halt of driveways, seven springs of water, apple trees a century old and many log houses. Bosworth Smith, in a report on the Kolar gold field, in Southern India, records some finds of old mining implements, old tim bering, fragments of bones, an old oil lamp and broken pieces of earthenware, including a crucible, the remains of ancient mining opera tions. He expressed astonishment at the fact that the old miners were able to reach depths of 200 or 300 feet tbrongb hard rock, with tho simple appliances at their command. A curious and amusing incident oc curred in connection with the postofflca fight at Uniontown this week. Last Saturday a prominent business man received a letter from a Pittsburg man inquiring tbe address of tbs 'District Congressman," stating that he under stood there were no applicants for the Union town postofflce, and that he wanted the gentle man to do all he could to assist him in securing the position. A son of tbe Pittsburg man called upon the gentleman to whom tbe father had addressed the letter on Monday, and was surprised to learn tbat Uniontown had several hungry applicants for the position of postmas ter herself. Tbe reception of 400 poor Parisian school children by President and Mme. Carnot on Christmas was a very grand and successful affair. The children were carried in omnibuses to the FJysee, where the festival was held. They were first entertained with a play and farco by Darthenay's marionettes. Then tbey were fed all tbe chocolate and bread and butter they could hold and were led Into a big salon containing ten Christmas trees. Major Cbamom was Santa Clans. From him every child pres ent received a savings bank book with a de posit of 10 francs, a volume of the "Btblio tneque d'Education Maternelle," a half pound of chocolate, and a basket to carry tbe pres ents home in. In addition to these presents, every boy got an overcoat and little musket, and every girl a doll and a wrap. A Baltimore fish dealer says that the weather has pushed the fish season ahead of time just six weeks. "We do not look into the air." said he. "for flying birds to tell us that summer is coming, bnt look to the water f orthe first shad or other warm weather fish as tbo harbinger of spring. Among the summer fish we are already handling are spots, Spanish mackerel and front. This month we have had trout that were caught in the Rappahannock river. They usually come about April. Yes terday we got shad from the Chesapeake bay tbat are at least six weeks ahead of time. Wo got some from North Carolina that should, in the regular conrse of things, have come next and since last Friday we have had 6.000 shad from Florida. At this time of the year wo ought to be selling lake nh from the West, bnt we are not, as the others are taking their place." White river, at Hazelton, Ind., makes a regular horseshoe bend of some fire or six miles embracing several hundred acres of low bottom land, tbrough which runs the Erans vllle and Terre Haute Railroad on a high em bankment, this being the only land visible for miles. During tbe recent flood it was tbe refuge of myriads or quail, pheasants, wild turkeys, squirrek, foxes, deer, raccoon", opossums and rabbits. Altogether over 10,000 of the fowls and animals mentioned were slain or captured dead or alive by hunters. Among them was a large catamount or wild cat, which was cap tured alive after a bard fight. It nearly ate up half a dozen dogs before it was overcome. Be side tbose killed by hunters several were killed by tbe cars as the train went steaming through the living mass of fowls and animals on this long narrow strip of earth where they had taken refuge from the flood. COMIC CULLIXGS. "When I drink much I can't work, and solletitalone." "The drinking?" "Ho, tho working, "ilugtnde Blatter. The Proper Penalty. Contributor How much ought I to get for that poem? Editor You ought to get about IS years. Lift. Irate Housewife You're always breaking something. Servant Sure but I ain't tried It on your record for fault finding. Rome Sentinel. ' Bronson See here, Cadley. did you tell Smlthers that I was the meanest white man that ever lived? Cadley-Ko, I didn't draw the color line. Sew Jork Sun. The poet says that '"Tis love which makes . the world go round.' It also makes the yonng. man "go round" quite frequently Sunday nights. Toledo Commercial. V Lady (in furniture store, to new clerk) ,--Where are those handsome sideboards that yon had last week? Clerk (embarrassed)-Oh. I-er-I shaved them oft" day afore yesterday, ma'am. Life. How He Filled It Wife Where are you-' going, John? John Down street to fill an engagement. , Two minutes later John was standing at the bar, filling a large sized schooner. Kearney Enter prUe. "' Mated Minds. "lean tell you one thing," said Mr. Flzzglg, with emphasis; "when I marry. It won't oe any 'higher education' girl. My wlr won'tknow Latlnl" 'Jjo, " said Edgely, looking at him attentively; "nor beans. Puct. ' Miss; Poorbody Leftby It's a wonder Miss McOIIder can be so light-hearted after play lng sueh a mean trick on Mr. Snowden last nlghL when he asked for ter hand. v jaPf, Mr. Olfam-Dld she refuse him? rJUL, i Miss Poorbody .Leftby .No; she accepted hfcnj-,. pue. q; Father I hope yon are doing well in the financial world, mr son. i j Son Yes, rather; I made ft, 000 last year, hutlfl have good luck this year I shall make a cool 150.000. 'J Father Yon have great business ability. Jack, ' Is It legitimate speculation? , fiar Bon oh. yes: Miss Hendricks Is going to aasvex me;to-nlgut.-vtaa, ' EWwBSL' tStM$M&2M ssSsffiStts: M&ZZZMHi ;ii-iv v ....-asBagsfmasi V
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