??. .THE PTTTSBUKG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1890. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, ISIS, Vol. , X o. S. Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce, November 14, 1SS7. as second-class matter. Business Office 97 and 99 Fifth Avenue. News Rooms and Publishing: House 75, 77 ana 79 Diamond Street fattern Advertising Office, Boom 6, Tribune Building, New York. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TBX& IN TBI UNTIED STATES. DAH.T Dibpatch, One Year. 8 Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter ' Daily Dispatch, One Mouth 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, I year. JO 00 DAH.TDlBPATCH,lntluduif:Eunday,Sm'tbs. 250 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday. 1 month 90 Eujtday Dispatch, One Year 1 60 tVrrirr.Y DisrATCH, One Vear. 1 IS The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 36 cents per week, or Including bunday edition, atSOcents per week. TUi Issno of THE DISPATCH contains SO pares, made up or THREE FARTS. 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In this view the extended and elaborate account of the personnel and surroundings of the rival aspirants, which The DIS PATCH furnishes impartially this morning, "will be widely read. As for the prospects, everything points to & close, exciting, and as yet uncertain strug gle. Since Senator Quay has formally de clared that he wishes to leave the field open to the men upon their merits at least until he sees how they show their paces in the preliminary canter interest has been greatly height ened. Ot course Allegheny county, with a "very considerable following not only in the "West but also in the East, is pledged, first ot ail, to our townsman, the gallant and lisndsome Major Montooth. General flast 5 ncs. on the other hand, is a first favorite in many quarters of the State and a good sec ond in other directions. Mr. Stone has claims upon the Northwest; and finally, Delamater has the prestige of association with that element of the political workers who are in the ascendancy and who are ranged under Quay's banner. The most general opinion is that the con test will resolve itself into the "field" against Delamater, with the assurance that the "field" will stick well together to the close. ASKING FOE TOO MUCH. The flutter over the license question has begun again, and, as will be seen by a local article, a large contingent is ambitious to discharge the functions of providing legal ized facilities for assuaging the spirituous thirst of the public The question that is now agitating the liquor selling men is "whether to apply for both at once, or for only one of them. The idea is, evidently, that a man's chances of getting something are increased by asking for everything in Eight. But such a calculation may possibly overreach itselt There is a general im pression that it may be best to increase the number of licenses somewhat: but an in timation that an applicant is juggling with his applications will be likely to prove fatal for him. A good plan for anyone to adopt is to ask for what he wants, and no snore. COMBINATION AND THE COAL TRADE. The announcement is made, on the author ity of one of the leading coal operators, that the project of a combination of the river coal interests under a syndicate or pool is finally abandoned. This conclusion is a wise one, even supposing a practicable form of combination had been mooted, from the fact that all efforts to obstruct combinations are sure to inflict the worst injuries on them selves, unless they possess some means of shutting off outside competition. 27b such method was attainable for the river coal interests. Even if all the present chipping interests were combined, the unde Teloped fields of coal production were almost infinite in extent and the Ohio river is a free highway. If a combination had temporarily succeeded in raising the price of coal, there fore, its most enduring effect would have been to stimulate the production of new mines, and to increase the competition of production. The statement was made that the combination was intended to save office expenses and the incid ental costs pertaining to shipment. If any firms are now conducting business so as involve a larger ratio of expenses than would be secured by uniting their forces with other firms, the competition will be an inducement for such a combination. But that will be a combination for the purpose of competing, not one for the purpose of preventing competition. The latter object, however alluring it may be, is beyond the reach of the coal interests. It is now stated that the coal trade will be conducted on the principle of "every firm for itself." It has been conducted on that principle for many years, and while it has had its- good times and bad ones, it has at tained macnificent prosperity and created many large fortunes. "We have faith that the same policy will produce like results in the future. POBAKEB'S INSTEUCT1VE EXPERIENCE. It is a long time since a public man has had so disagreeable a part as that which ex Governor Foraker last week assigned to himself in explaining away his relations to the incident of the late Ohio campaign which has gone into history as" the "ballot "box forgery." The ex-Governor admits that he is and has been iu a state of mortification about that business. He omits to specify, however, whether this mortification is wholly from having been led to believe ill of other public men, and from having been duped into an attempt to destroy them, or simply because the charges against these men have turned out utterly false, and the propounded of the same are now the only sufferers. There is a large class of the public which will experience the utmost difficulty in perceiving wherein Mr. Foraker has at all "'improved- his cause by his testimony last -ii-i. rut. .i.,:.nnM i.:i.t.- u:.. - 3W CCA. , J.U ICBMAUVUJT MJiAUlia AUlil gtiUU- ing eagerly at a report that Campbell, his opponent in the late election, was a Con gressional jobber, urging his informant to get a document which was supposed to be compromising; paying money for expenses to his tool, as well as recommendations for office; finally, handing the supposed iu criminating paper to a journal for publica tion. All this must surely have proceeded on the part of Mr. Foraker upon the idea that nothing whatsoever was due to the man who was candidate against him for Gov ernor. The poor charity of conceiving for a moment that Campbell might be innocent, or that he might be able to set himself wholly right if the matter were privately brought to his no tice before being paraded in print, does not seem to have been entertained. Magnanimity of that sort between opponents is evidently no part of Ohio politics. The public know the result. Campbell was wholly innocent; the alleged ballot-box con tract was a bald-faced frand and forgery, which could have been detected and exposed to the complete satisfaction of ex-Governor Foraker in a few moments if he had not taken such precious good care to keep it to himself in the hope that the sudden spring ing of the mine would do the utmost dam age. When the publication did come, it was Foraker himself who was signally hoisted by his own petard. But it is not the ex-Governor's attitude toward Campbell even, which most exhibits the want of judgment, not to speak of the want of consideration for others, that char acterize his proceedings in this affair. The names of Sherman, Bntterworth and McKin- ley were also affixed to the bogus contract which Woodsgavetheex-Governor. Thatthe fate which was destined for Campbell would also befall Sherman, Bntterworth and Mc Kinley, Bepublican leaders and friends of Mr. Foraker, does not appear to have caused him any qualms or even a passing emotion of regret That might be excused if it were on principle alone Foraker was acting; but he seems to have considered expediency to the extent of suppressing the Bepublican names so that the whole force of the publica tion shonld fall on the Democrat alone, and thus affect the then pending campaign. It must be presumed that it never entered Mr. Foraker's mind that Sherman, McKinley and Butterworth might not be jobbers, selling their votes for money; or else that he was so eager to be lieve ill of them that he conld -not entertain the thought of their innocence. That is where the bitterest sting of the forgery and publication now comes; and that is the phase of the bnsiness which will probably forever preclude ex-Governor Foraker's luture pre ferment in Ohio, so long as the Bepublican leaders named have an efficient influence there. The lesson of the matter is that generous, thoughtful and lair-minded consideration and respect for opponents in politics is not only a good thing in itself, but that it is freauently highly advantageous to those who possess that sort ot feeling. Such a sentiment would have spared Foraker all of the mortification which now besets him. THE CAE STOVE'S RAVAGES The railway accident near Cincinnati, night before last, cannot fail to attract at tention irom the fact that it gave a new il lustration of the destructive character of the deadly car stov.. While the loss of life in this casualty was less wholesale than in some calamities of the past, it was sufficient to emphasize anew the fact that, with heated car stoves on railway trains, the horror of burning to death is aluost certain to be added to the dangers of a railway accident. This has been demonstrated frequently enongh in the past, but there have been in dications that the railways think the pro tests against the car stove to have spent their force. A year ago the leading trunk lines declared their readiness to adopt some form of heating which would do away with the danger, and gave a more or less direct promise to abolish the stoves by the present winter. Yet on the majority, if not all, the trains leaving Pittsburg yesterday the heated car store was to be found, and if one of them is smashed up during the passage the chances are decidedly in favor of the car stove adding its victims to the list ot casualties. In many States the law requires the adoption of steam heat; but it might be a fruitful subject of inqniry whether the railroads do not ignore the law in those States as much as they do the necessity which evokes the law, in others. This is not a course which is creditable to the corporations. Of conrse it must be recognized that the difficulties of making the change are considerable and that some of them are not yet surmounted. But when this sacrifice of life is constantly recurring, the abandonment of a reform, simply be cause of the difficulties, cannot be approved. The railroads will not do their duty to the traveling public until they put into general use some innocuous substitute for the dan gerous car stove. THE FEMININE W0BLD-BACE. The race between the two female globe circlers is getting interesting. While the idea of two observing and bright young women hurrying around the world, withont stopping, simply to see how fast they can do it, is mere sensationalism, and is rather a de scent from the much better work which both Nellie Bly and Miss Bisland have done, it has reached a point where the curiosity of the public is aroused, and the interest will not be allayed until the race is settled. Our pushing Pittsburg girl is out on the Pacific Ocean somewhere exactly where cannot be known until her steamer arrives at the Golden Gate. Miss Bisland reached Paris yesterday, hoping to catch the steamer Champagne from Havre; but failing in that will have to content herself with a slower vessel from Liverpool. The proba bility is that Nellie Bly will reach San Francisco while Miss Bisland is on the At lantic; bnt as to which will reach the start ing point of the 25,000-mile circuit first is still so uncertain as to make it anybody's race. After the excitement is over it is to be hoped that both young ladies will have the sense to settle down to work, such as they were doing before, of the class which has some effect on society. WAS WITH SMALL CALIBERS. The Washington specials and the editori als of the Chicago papers have alike teemed for the past two days with intimations that Senators Farwell and Cnllom are about to rival the case of Senators Conkling and Piatt in 1881, by opening a war on the Pres ident. Undeterred by the inglorious out come of the former strnggle, they have, it is intimated, oast their voices for open war in behalf of the great principle of getting a share of the spoils. If the Illinois Senators were to wage this war in behalf of any principle of legisla tion, or in defense of any interest of the' people, their attitude, no matter how mis taken, would command respect But when it is simply a vulgar strife for getting a share of the patronage, and the declaration is, practically, that u they cannot get what they want the "same shall not on, they descend into the depths of selfish and greedy politics. Not even the great abilities and commanding reputation of Conkling could lend dignity to such a greedy contention. In the case of Farwell it is not surprising; for he has already shown himself to have no perception of anything in politics but the pap; but that Cnllom, who has evinced some ability to deal with measures of broad national legislation, should follow him .into such an ignoble contest, for the usurpation of the appoint ing power, is an unpleasant indication of the first place that is given to the patronage even in the leading minds. At the same time, it must be said that the administration's position in this matter is far from a lofty one. Other Senators find no difficulty in getting what appointments they want, our own Matthew Stanley among the number. But it is pretty clearly inti mated that the Illinois Senators are being punished for their mortal sin in supporting Judge Gresham for the nomination of 1888. ONE of the amusing things about that London scandal, which would be shocking if it were not so funny, is the apparent agreement of aristocracy, court and jury that it was an innocent and commendable thing for a noble man to accept an invitation to see "poses plastiques." . The devices of hynotism are various. A salt in Sweden brought by a victim of a pro fessional bypnotizer was characterized by strange actions on the part of the plaintiffs witness, and after the suit had been lost it was discovered that they had themselves been hypnotized by the defendant. Nothing ex actly similar has been known in this country; but some recent celebrated cases are calculated to create suspicions that the juries were hypnotized. The Portuguese may get even with En gland by stopping the purchase of English goods. A shrinkage of the market for Brum magem wares would bring England down from its lotty and peremptory position sooner than anything else. The statement that the detectives have succeeded in entrapping an employment agent in the act of taking money from seekers alter employment and sending them out of town after bogus positions, warrants the hope that, if the facts are as stated, the severest punish ment allowed by the law will be inflicted. Those who pervert the business of securing employ ment to that ot fleecing the poor and ignorant should be prosecuted as the worst class of swindlers. That compromise of the Stewart will case seems to be drawn on the lines of Bis marck's principle, Seati potsidentcs. Judge Hilton holds on to everything he has grabbed, and the heirs have concluded to be satisfied with the rest. A Fbekch physician, practicing in Cal cutta, believes that he has discovered a remedy for the cholera. The cure is the pleasant little one of injecting into the patient a solution of the poison of the cobra, the most poisonous soak's in nature. The remedy might make it certain that tb. person treated will not die ot cholera; but the vast majority of mankind will preler to take their chancer with tho epidemic. A fine of 5500 and a year and nine months in the penitentiary for turning a court of justice into a machine for extortion is a rather inadequate pulshment But, unfortun ately, it Is z 11 the law allows. "The Governor of West Virginia has declared in favor of ballot reform," as we learn from the Philadelphia Record. The informa tion would be more valuable if the esteemed Record had been able to inform tts who is the Governor of West Virginia. That 8tate has been trying for more than a year to get an answer to that question, and basbeen prevented from doing so by rank partisanship. The careful investigation of that ballot box forgery business in Ohio will develop more than was well known before, namely, that it is a risky business for politicians to fool with boomerangs. Mb. FABWEiiL is reported to have re ceived assurances from his Senatorial col leagues that they will stand by him in a flcht against the President until the infernal regions are able to yield a supply of ice. The faith of the Senate in a change from the present mild weather indicates that one-quarter still exists where the Signal Service's reports of cold waves meet with some credence. With President Harrison shooting pork ers in Virginia and the women of Dakota de stroying "blind pigs" in the West, the various species of the American hog are having a hard time of it. Ax Eastern editor incautiously signed his name to a typewriter testimonial, in which he says: "Your typewriter is a splendid companion for busy editor." Before his wife saw the testimonial he thought it all nonsense to make such a fuss about the words which shall distin guish between the instrument and the person who operates it; but he is convinced now. London justice is making its record as a device to cover up the misdeeds of the aristoc racy, and to punish the exceptional newspaper man who tries to expose them. It is interesting to be informed by the esteemed Providence Journal that Secretary Bayard's foreign policy was characterized by "impulsive energy." This makes two important disclosures: first, that Secretary Bayard has a foreign policy, and next, that it had anything resembling energy about it. The Bisland-Bly race at present bids fair to go to the swift representative of Pittsburg. The report that Wm. Whistler and Oscar Wilde are calling each liars and dudes, is a distressing indication that the aesthetes are men of like passions with ourselves. At the same time there is the compensatory thought that it indicates the accuracy of their knowl edge of each other. PEOPLE OP PE0MIKENCB. t """" The total number of letters and telegrams received by William E. Gladstone on bis 80th birthday was 3,000. Monday will be a holiday iu Georgia, by proclamation of the Governor, being the anni versary of General Robert E. Lee's birth. T. Bailey Aldricii, who is a recent victim of tbe grip, compares the sensation to that of "a misfit skull, that is too tight across the fore head and that pinches behind the ears." The Bev. Dr. William A. Harris, who died the other day at Washington, D. C, came from the family that founded Harrisburg, Pa. He was one of the oldest Masons in Washington, and was a conspicuous, member of the fratern ity. It has been discovered that there was a Count Bismarck 60 years ago in Wurtemberg, who be came a Lieutenant General, was a life member of the local House of Lords, received great honors and decorations, and finally died highly respected in bis 60th year. There was also a Von Moltke in Wurtemberg at the same time who became a Major General. Mb. ANAGN03, superintendent of the Per. kins Institution, Boston, writes in good spirits from Athens, He bad the pleasure of meeting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howe, of Boston, daring the holidays, and of introducing them to King George, who tendered them a reception in honor of the late Dr. Howe, who had interested himself so deeply in the cause of Grecian liDerty. Alokbnon Chabi.es Swinbubke Is the Hannibal Hamlin of Edgland. Says one who recently saw 'him at Wimbledon! "He never wears an overcoat, and the only change in hia apparel which I have noticed during the winter months is that the color qf -his clothe is now all black, even to hia necktie, and'that he has begun jo wear n. pair of thick, gloves, whereas in summer tho poet evidently despises such luxuries." THE TOPICAL TALKER. Senator-Elect Brlce Find a New Use lor the Violin Special Trains for fpeclnl Favors Zoln'a New .Novel From Hate to Cablra A Tenor In Disguise Gone. Tf nobody can prove that Mr. Rainbow Brice used golden palm oil to grease the ways in launching himself in Senatorial waters, even his bosom friends, or one of his many brothers-in-law, wilt admit that the hustling Senator elect employed some extraordinary means to sway the minds of Ohio's representative states men. A gentleman 'Who staved at the Neil House in Columbus all the time the Senatorial fight was blazing and booming in the hotel room and lobbies, tells me that he never saw such an amusing canvass, for all its earnestness. All Brice's relatives that bad any turn for active politics were on band. A brother-in-law of Mr. Brice's, named Meily, bad charge of the bureau at the Neil House. Mr. Meily is a big hearty fellow, with very little of the ideal poli tician's reticence or suavity. But be hustled the country members all the same. One of Mr. Meily's favorite methods was to take his victim upstairs to a room where be had a very clever violinist caged. The effect of music npon the savage breast is well known, and relying upon it, Mr. Meily would hold his man while the artist fiddled for twenty min utes. It speaks well of Mr. Brice's humanity thatthe musician played the violin very well. He was kept hard at work playing to order. How many conversions followed these visits to the music chamber my Informant conld not say. The Representatives who went with Mr. Meily to that place, however, always seemed in better humor on their return.- Henceforth, I presume, no man will attempt to run a campaign without his private violinist. It will add a picturesque and aesthetic feature to politics. The brass band is only the same feature expanded and intensified for general use. . QN Wednesday, the day before the caucus, my friend was talking to a Representative who favored Thomas, in the lobby of the Neil House, and as the statesman was. explaining that be meant to go home to celebrate St, Jack son's Bay, and was somewhat anxious about making connections so as to reach Columbus again in time, Mr. Meily, the aforementioned brother-in-law and bottle-washer of Mr. Brice, came up. He joined in the conversation, and when the Thomas man repeated his fears con cerning the close connections he wonld be forced to make, Meily said: "Now, if you will vote for Brice you can set yonr mind at rest at once. We'll send a special train for you yes, I swear I will." No special train was required eventually to corral that Representative's vote for the suc cessful candidate. v V GONE. It was a very tlnr hand That safety sought In mine, A little golden head that planned. Whene'er the day was fine. To wander down the shady lane, The lane that ran away Among the woods, and all In vain To nowhere yoa woald say. That little hand In mine, we went Through streets of silent trees, Where fairies meet In parliament; And only birds and bees Bane to ns there; yoa knew them all And freely told to me The meaning of the bine bird's call, And such philosophy Aa why the bine bells were sob lne God dipped them in the sky A sunbeam came, yoa told me too. To make the daisy's eye! Ton knew the games the rabbits play, There in the woodland wild Yon were my mentor all the day, And I the little child. Gone! tender touch of tiny hand! Pure little spirit flowo The Sowers and trees are desert sand And I am left alone 1 The identity oftheDunlap who is the finan cial support of the Cable News Company which is supplying The Disfatch and other leading papers with exclusive matter of indis putable interest from Europe does not appear to be generally known. When you next answer that insolent query: ''Where did you get that hatt" you are very likely to name the gentle man who has appreciated tbe fact that there Is gossipy news to be found in Europe after the big news agencies have been over the field. Nobody who knows Mr. Dunlap will be sur prised to find him in such an enterprise. He is fond of trying experiments, and has made much money and lost a little thereby. At one (tlme he used to be fond of putting his super fluous cash into theatrical ventures, but I fancy be has grown tired of that very risky business by this time. . yov would never suspect the musical clown of Herrmann's ridiculously named com panywhat on earth induced the magician to take snch a clumsy title as "Vaudevilles Trans Atlantlqne?" of possessing a fine tenor voice. A Pittsburger who crossed the Atlantic on the ship which brought Herrmann's company here says that he saw Herr Tholen, tbe musi cal clown whose electric fixtures are far ahead of bis accomplishments, several times on deck, and took bim for an elderly man of retiring dis positiona German scientist, or something of that sort. He wore spectacles with double glasses all the time. But when the usual con cert was given tbe Pittsburger was astonnded to see 'Herr Tholen step forward and sing a German song in an excellent tenor voice. HE CAN DO rr. 'TIs said that Monsieur Zola will Desert the sewer for the stage. And with a newly sharpened quill Transplant the theater to his pare The ballet Is bis special prey. He aims to hit the agile hopper; Prepare, Improper coryphee. To tee yourself made more Improper! Hepbubn Johns. THE HOAOfiS AT YALE. A Number of Students From This Locality Tnko High Rank. New Haven, Conn., January 18. The junior appointment list of Yale was issued to-day. Among tbe appointments are these; Philosophical Orations WilliamN. Thatcher, Pueblo, Col.; orations, C. M, Brown, Pittsburg, Pa.;H.W. Cashing, Cleveland, O.; R. G. Me Clung, Knoxville. Tenn. Dissertations W. a Gllman, St Paul, Minn. First Deputies S. W. Chllds, Plttshurg, Pa,; John F. MoBean, Chicago, 111.; W.F.Poole, Jr., Bvanston, 111.: C. G. Bmitb, Joanna. Pa.: John S. Clear. Branch, Tenn.; G. a Walton, Salem, O. First Coloquics J. F. Barnett, Grand Rapids, Mien.; Paul F. Greer, Chicago; Glenn Wright, Cincinnati. Second Coloqules J. M. Brenner, Dayton, Q-; R. K. Forsyth. Allegheny, Pa.; P. W. Harvey, Cleveland, O.; J. R, Herod, Indianapolis, Ini; W. McCllntockand a W. Black. Pittsburg.Pa. Mr. Morrison Remembered. Mr. W. W. Morrison, the retiring foreman of the South Penn Oil Company of Brush Creek, was the recipient of a handsome testimonial of esteem yesterday afternoon, A valuable gold watch was presented to him by tbe employes of tbe company. The presentation was made in a very neat speech by Mr. C, G. Bowers, the bookkeeper of the company. Messrs. H. D. Carrie and D. W. Hubly also indulged in brief speeches, Nobody Disputes Ir. From Svenska Verkobladet, McKeesport Detstora behofvet i nastan hvarje landtllg del 1 Forenta Staterna, tyckes vara battre landtvager, det storsta besvaret bland nastan alia farmare samballen ar att fa Etna, produkter till marknaden da de pasta, prlsen are gallande. DEATHS OF A DAY, Judge Nlcbolqe Lonsworth. CINCUOJATI, January W, Hon. Nicholas Long worth died this morning at his residence, on Grandln road, of pneumonia. He attended the Inauguration of Governor Campbell, on Monday last, at Columbus, serving as a member of Gov ernor Foraker's staff. While there he became ill, and the illness developea Into pneumonia. Mr. Lsngworth was a son of the late Joseph Long worth, of this city, a member of one or the oldest and wealthiest families Iu Cincinnati. He was a lawyer by profession. He served for a time as Judare of the Common Fleas of Hamilton Uoanty, and later was one of the dodges of the Huprems Court of Ohio. He was universally nopular. He leaves a wife, one son and three daughter?. IU, MnrUnl. Boira, January W.ii Marjant,. the French Ambassador to this countryrdled to-day from pneumonia,, . .- -i , lJVfc A BARON IN P0TEETT. A Brave German Soldier Wbo Lately Served na a Steamship Steward. rSPICIAL TXLXQBAH TO Tmt DISTATCB.1 New Yobk, January 18. Under a pillow In a cot in Division 2, of Ward 25, at Bellevue Hospital, is a tiny iron cross attached to a gold chain. It belongs to the occupant of the cot, Baron Robert Von Puttkaraer. The cross, tbe highest decoration for valor in the gift of the German Empire, was given him for conspicuous bravery on tbe bloody field of Gravelotte, where he was ensign under Von Pape in the Prussian Grenadier Guards. Von Puttkamer came to New York as steward of the ship Ivy. from San Francisco, but a few years ago. As the son of Herr Von Puttkamer, Vice Presi dent of the Prussian Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior, who was deposed In June, 18SS, he was a dashing young officer with ample means and a future. He will not say bow he became estranged from his family. Wednesday night an ambulance took bim to the hospital from 315 Hudson street, and when be thought be was dvmg from a hemorrhage of the lungs he revealed his identity. He is a man of Herculean mold and built in propor tion, with strikingly stern and noble features. ills conversation stamps him as a man of educa tion, while bis horny hands, deformed by hard work In the voyage round the Horn, tell of toll and privation. After the Franco-Prussian war the Baron went to Chili as Lieutenant Colonel of the Legion Etrangere, was shot through the chest at the battle of Las Cas de los Reis, and when, after months of nursing, he was able to leave his bed, ho found that.hls career as a soldier of fortune was over, and at San Francisco he was glad of an opportunity to work bis way East as steward of tbe Ivy. The doctors say that if he is not worried and escapes bronchitis or pneu monia he may recover. WALKER BLAINE'S EUNERAL. His Remains Interred nt Washington After Impressive Ceremonies. Washington, January 18. The funeral of Walker Blaine took place this morning. The day was bright and the air cool. A large num ber of the friends of the Blaine family, mem bers of the Diplomatic Corps and people in official life attended tbe funeral. A private f nneral ceremony was held at tbe home ot Secretary Blaine on Lafayette Square, at 1030 A. M. The President and Mrs. Harrison, all the members of the Cabinet, E. W. Halford, sev eral members ot the Diplomatic Corps and some intimate friends ot the family attended the cervices, which were condncted by Rev. Dr. Hamlin, pastor of tbe Church of the Cove nant. At the conclusion of the private ser vices the remains were taken to the Church of the Covenant, followed by the family and friends in carriages. The funeral cortege reached tbe church at 11:15. Dr. Hamlin read tbe funeral service, conclud ing with a prayer fn which he referred to the loss the family had sustained and prayed God to comfort them in their sorrow. They had, he said, lost the "light of their eyes," life, "so beautiful, so pare, so exalted, bad gone out." At tbe conclusion of the prayer the Lord's Prayer was recited, the congregation joining with the minister. Benediction was then pro nounced, and tbe remains were again placed in the hearse and the funeral procession then pro ceeded to Oak Hill Cemetery, where tbe inter ment took place. The State Department was closed during tbe time ot the funeral, and the officials ana clerks attended in a body. Tbe Department of Justice, adjoining the Blaine residence, was also closed from 10 A. ir. until 1 P.M. THE WOODS FULL OP WOLVES. Canadian Beasts of Prey Invading Blaine Forests In Droves. Banqob, Me., January 18. The Maine sports men, lumbermen and dwellers on the northern frontier of the State, who have scoffed at the reports that wolves had again made their way into the Maine forest, now know it is a fact. They admitted that game was being driven into the southern part of the State, but be lieved that it was due to the invasion of its hitherto undisturbed retreats by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Gray wolves have been seen in Maine this week in good numbers and the farmers in the thinly settled regions in the north are already terrified, while tbe sportsmen believe that their hunting days are over, claim ing that the wolves will clear the Etate of game quicker than Are. James Randall, a lumberman, started from his camps on Beaver brook Monday to go to Washburn, 20 miles away. When some miles from camp be saw an enormous gray wolf. Tbe animal was as much surprised as tbe man, and made no movement, but looked intently at the Intruder. Every moment Mr. Randall ex pected that he would set up' a howl and bring the pack down upon him. He had no weapons, but seizing a dead tree limb he threw at the wolf, which slunk into tbe woods with a yelp of surprise. The lumberman returned to camp. 1 CUNNING OLD SEAB. $100 Reward For His Capture, Vet Hnnt ers Fall to Find Him. rSPECIXL TELEOEAM TO THI DISPATCH.! Jebset CTrr, January 18. The inhabitants of Lower Jersey are in a state of great excite ment over the antics of a genuine cinnamon bear which is at large in that section of tbe State. Tbe animal was seen a few days since rolling in the sandy road along the margin .of the woods, but took to the timber whenever any one tried to approach to get a shot at it. The half-eaten carcass of a Iamb was found near the haunt of the bear in the early part of the week. and this stimulated the farmers to arm them selves for the animal's destruction. The bear has cunningly evaded the hunters, although trailed for miles. It is believed that this is thebeartbatescaped from Doris cirens at Camden, several years ago, and for the capture of which there is a standing reward of 8100. The animal created consternation In the vicinity of Bear Swamp, near Trenton, last summer, and was finally driven away by a bunting party. IN THE OLD MAN'S- CARRIAGE. An Aged Lover Left in (be Lurch and His Betrothed Carried Away. Biemingiiam, January 18. Flora Mays was to have been married at her father's residence, near Randolph, Ala., at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, to William Merriweather, a rich farmer. Merriwcather is 45 and a widower. Miss Mays is 19. The match was arranged by the girl's parents, much against her will. She was In love with a young man named George Church. Merriweatber had arrived at the Mays residence, and the guests were all assembled in the parlor awaiting tbe appear ance of tbe bride, when Church. arrived. Miss Mays saw him coming, and in her bridal dress ran to the gate to meet him. The young lovers leaped Into Merriweather's carriage, which was standing at the gate, drove to Centerville and were married. They were hotly pursued, but Merriweather's horses were the fastest in that section, and the young lovers were man and wife half an hour before the pursuing party arrived at Centerville. AN ENGLISH SPARROW LYNCHED. Hanged by His Fellows to the Corsica of An Indiana Hotel. CBAWFoansvii,i,E, tan., January 18. Sus pended from the cornice over tbe main entrance of the Nutt House' is an English sparrow. One end of a piece of twine ten inches long is tied securely about tbe bird's neck, and the other Is fastened to a nest. The sparrow was hanged by its fellows, and the execution was witnessed by the guests of the hotel. It fluttered at tbe end of the string for ten TOlHULca vvivia Alt UJgu.hua vbuvr Bparruwo pitt ing apd pulling at it all the time, aqd keeping up a great chatter. A Banquet for Comedian Toole. (BT CAULK TO TBE DISFATCn.l London, January 18. Copyright The Garrlck Club to-night entertained J. L. Toole, the comedian, to a farewell dinner, prior to his departure for Australia. Henry Irving was in the chair, and bis speech dealt with the earliest triumphs of Toole as a Shakespearian comedian. An attempt has been made to get Toole to re turn from Australia via America, but thus far without success. A Gubernatorial Trust. From the Chicago News. Tbe West Virginia Legislature has met in Special session to pick ont a Governor, If it should fall the various claimant; might form a joint stock company or else a triumvirate after the ancient Roman fashion. Tbe Trouble With tbe Czar. fiom the Minneapolis Tribune. It la reported that the Czar is insane. Con Itantfearofassasslnatiocoupledwithlagrlppe and" the sad news concerning lcGlnty proved too great a strain upon his nervous system. A Pointer for Pons cat. from the Philadelphia Inquirer. ir Portugal wishes to scare John Bull Into a state of abject terror Jet her get permission f romFrance to dig a tunnel under'the English ; channel, 'That will paralyze hlsiu .'-, JH.' " THE SHRIHE OP KICOTIKA. Pltlsborgers Who Worship There Are Largely la the Majority The Fragrant Weed Popular With Clergy and Judici ary, Edacators and Politicians, Police men and Newsies. Tt is a pleasure to sit and smoke 'In the wee sma' hours," before a roaring fire; and to watch tbe blue smoke wreatbs, leaping and turning, from pipe bowl or cigar tip, like genit In the sweet lore of onr childhood. With a good friend by our side an "ancient, trusty, drouthy crony" to sit and mingle smoke with smoke, and memory with memory, the pleasure be comes greater and more alluring still. Ohl ye alnmnl of the great universities Harvard, Ox ford, rale or Dublin know ye not this to be the trnth T Those nights by the fireside, with pine In mouth and winecup on table were they not noctes ambrosiansB indeed T Answer all, ye peccant bachelors, lawyers, physicians, news paper men, et hoc genus omne; all ye who dwell upon third floors and are prond of yonr dwelling place; do ve not treasure the recollection of those nights devoted to the worship of the great goddess Nicotlna? And staid, sober citizens likewise: men wbo aim to rule men, and to look well in their neighbors' eyes; I will warrant tbey have smoked on the hearthrug themselves, and talked over old times with boon companions in an atmosphere of fragrant tobacco. gtrr it is not in the warm,lamplit room, among our lares and penates, that tobacco , is alone agreeable. In the free, open air, under the slanting sunbeams, man loves it, too. Can tering across far-western prairies; brushing the dew from Scottish heather; in Norwegian fiord, or Irish moon you can catch the scent of pipe or cigar, swept down tbe keen breezes of tbe morning, or floating lazily through tbe breathless gloaming. In tbe din of the roaring, strngelin?. striving streets. the delicious odor of tbe Virginia weed may oftentimes be revelled ini but alas and alack! there be smokers wbo poison tbe air with what is not tobacco ! Tbe tear-evoking onion is all very well in its place; tbe succulent cabbage Is a vegetable which we sincerely respect; but he who smoketh the onion or the cabbage, an athema sit 1 plTTSBUKO has lost its old pseudonym of r "Smoky City" ever since old King Coal crackled his last in fire-grate and furnace. But niethinks tbe name might be revived in an other sense. Pittsburg is still a "smoky city" a city ot tobacco smoke. With a few noteworthy exceptions, all our prom inent citizens puff and puff away; and, sooth to tell, tbey do not seem a whit tbe worse for this indulgence. From tbe clergyman in his nulpit, to the newsie" in his tatters; from the Judge on tbe bench to the lounger at the bar; they all smoke pipe, cigar, or ignoble toby. Spite of tbe rantings of envious dyspeptics, the fact that a clergyman smokes, does not leave him less digulfled, or less sanctified. It does not prevent tbe judge from dealing Justice, or the statesman from governing well. To enumerate the Pittsburg churchmen wbo are enrolled In tne gentle fellow ship of tobacco, might be, perchance, to do those gentlemen an injustice. There are shoals of silly people still in the world wbo rival his witch-killing Majesty, King James I, the wisest ass in Christendom," as Sully so aptly called bim, in condemning the "noxious weed Nicotlna," Wherefore, it were better not ta shock tbe sensibilities of these mistaken folks by showing their pastors to be partial to Habanas. gtrr as the lawyer is popularly supposed to be a most unholy individual, it will not sur prise the smoke-loathers to hear that our Pitts burg lawyers are nearly all great smokers. Look at the bench of Allegheny countyl Judges Stowe, Collier, Slagle, Ober, White and Magee are one and all tobacco lovers. Jndge Ewing alone is said to regard the weed with some disfavor. Tradition hath it that the learned Judge was once upon a time prevailed upon to smoke, and that the consequences were disastrous. He remained under a cloud, as it were, for days afterward. Among the court officials there is hardly one heretic who denies tbe creed advanced byono of their num ber, Mr. MoGonigie. This famous creed is said to rup, "I believe in the 'Henry Clay, when I can get him, bnt on every other occasion 1 put my faith iu tbe Wheeling toby." Tbe amount ot tobacco dally consumed by these myrmidons oi tne law would make tne great puuiic stare. Cigars, pipes, tobies or cigarettes are never ab sent from their mouths, or their pockets. A mono our civio authorities there is some little diversity of opinion anent smoking. To begin with, there is bad example at head quarters. Mayor McCaUin does not smoke; neitber does Chief J. O. Brown. On tbe otber hand. Sheriff McCandless will smoke anything from a toby to a J. L. Sullivan cigar. Treas. nrer Joseph F. Dennison is a constant but ex clusive smoker; he only uses superfine cigars, does not enjoy tobies, and utterly despises cigarettes, collector Morrow likewise smokes, and, although a XT. P. deacon, candidly admits that he smokes on Sunday. He is just as fond of tobies as he is of cigars, and it is understood that he likes a pipe, if the tobacco is good. Major William Morcland is the most captions smoker in tbe city. He will not purchase or accept of any cigar but a "Henry Clay" or a Rema Victoria," and as for tobies 1 George Sheppard and Frank B. Chase are big smokers and are not over particular as to the materials used In tbe operation. Another City Hall celebrity, Morris H. Mead, stands ont in bold relief as a non-smoker. Perhaps, though, be does smoke a little on the sly when Chief Brown is not looking. A mono the "bold gendarmes," stern guardi ans of law and order, there are very few who do not indulge in the comfort proceeding from the weed. Inspector McAleese, Captain Dan Sllvis, Detective Sol Coulsan, P. Fitzger ald and Captain Unterbanm, are all devotees at Nicotlna's shrine. To many a lonely rounds man, tramping through Penn avenue sand in the mid-watches of tbe night, tbe cigar or pipe is a consolation of consolations. Indeed Roger O'Mara would appear to be the only policeman who does not smoke. Roger was in bis young days apprenticed to a toby-maker, which may in some degree account for hia detestation of the weed. 'The pedagogio world the male portion at least is much addicted to smoking. Super intendent Luckey is a worshiper ot the Wheel ing toby in its most virulent form. He smokes the vilest Wheeling toby ever rolled, and en. joys it. Secretary Reisfar owns to a moderate loyo for tobacco, and is partial to good cigars. Nearlvall the school principals are smokers. Principals Fisher and Burgoyne being among the strongest "cloud-compellers." Tn tbe political arena the gladiators are di vided among themselves on the smoking ques tion. William Flinn and Pat Foley exchange the grip of brotherhood, as stanch smokers, while (3. L. Magee. Esa.. and William Brennan. Esq., are both "fornlnst" the weed. The two candidates for tbe Mayoralty, Jndge Bailey and H. I. Gaurley, are both smokers, while, as has been already stated, tbe present Mayor Is an enemy of tobacco. Samuel Warmcastle, Tim O'Leary, Chris Trautman and Chill Haz zard are all smokers, without regard to their diversity in political opinion. Major Ewing, (who by the way is a near relative of James G. Blame), loves a cigar, and smokes all be con veniently can. Postmaster Larkln Is a great smoker and a connoisseur in cigars, while his successor-to-be, Mr. McKean, does not smoke at all. 'Thus we find a non-smoking Mayor, and a smoking postmaster, giving way to a smok ing Mayor and a non-smoking postmaster. Major Montooth is nearly as groat a smoker as Senator Quay, who is just now luxuriating in a box of cigars given him by Senatpr Butler, of South Carolina, Senator tTpnerman. Coroner McDowell, District Attorney Johnston are all smokers. Iu fact the majority is enormously In favor of the weed-lovers their opponents are nowhere in thd contest "Floreat Tobacco" therefore; great is Nicotlna of tbaPittabnrgers. Bbenan. Queer Tblnffs In a Prohibition State, From the Chicago Inter Ocean.) A Kansas scientist has f oupd fossils of an prnlthocbrius umbrosug. a liodon dispelor and a partheus malossus. They would furnish goad subjects for discussion in Boston sewing Societies. - MY QDEEN. No master, lord or King I own. I bow before no earthly throne, I kneel to one, and oqe alone, My Queen, 'Tls love that binds and fetters me; 'TIs love that rules my destiny, And love shall keep me, bound to thee, My Queen, Thy emnlre is my throbbing heart, Therein thy throne, tbe world apart,' Oh, rest content and ne'er depart. My Queen. When night steals softly o'er tbe hill And sleep my drowsy eyelids fill. In ylslons bright I see thee still, My Queen. Soft eyes look lovingly in mine, Red lips for whose caress I pine, A face and form, to me, divine, My Queea. Oh, gently use thy wondrous power, And pour oa me the blessed dower - Of HIT inch, love," my star, my flower, . My Queen.--, ,.?p,f ,; 4 -W'F..Fe"tlifo(m 'QV, , BOLLS IN A 8CH00LH0DSB. A Quarrel in si Country District Prodaeea Home Ridiculous Results. Rome.'N. Y January 18. A school district about fire miles east of this city entered into a quarrel, which has been In progress off and ou since last fall, between two factions of tbe residents of the so-called Carpenter neighbor hood. Tbe trouble originated over the selec tion of a school teacher for the district school. The taxpayers wanted Miss Anna Goodman, a charming young lady of tbe district but to their sorrow Chauncey Carpenter, son of David Carpenter, a wealthy farmer of the district, was given the position. Carpenter Is a young man and Is not well liked. His father bad sent him to many schools and had spent a large amount of money endeavoring to have his son receive an education, with but little success. He was of no use on the farm and Mr, Carpenter sought the opportunity to place his son in the district school as teacher. It is said that by some underhanded deal Mr. Car penter secured the position for his son through Trustee Bernard McLougblin. The friends of theyonnglady were displeased at this action and would not allow their chil dren to attend school. Last Wednesday morn ing when the teacher arrived at the school house he discovered two bulls tied to his desk. He left the place and hunted up the owner of the cattle, whom he threatened be would trou ble if he did not take them from the school and repair the damage they bad done. Being frightened, the owner drove them home- They bad not been taken from bis premises with hia knowledge or consent. When the teacher en tered the scboolboose the following morning be lonnd thatthe school register, a chart and several books were not to be found. In order to take tbe proper steps for the pun ishment of tbe trespasser the recorder of this city has been consulted, and arrests will soon follow. One of the taxpayers ot tbe district was seen this afternoon by a reporter, and said that if they could not compel the teacher to resign, he knew of a gang that wonld organize, don the "White Cap" costume, and horsewhip him. AN EGYPTIAN NEWSPAPER, A Curious and Interesting Publication Tha Comes From Alexandria, From the St- Louis Post Dispatch. Kbalil Haraui- is a native of Alexandria Egypt, but he lives herein St. Louis at 163i Morgan street. He receives daily one of tbe most interesting and curious, newspapers that is published anywhere in tbe world. It is the Alexandrian daily paper called M-Ahram, or The Pyramid. It is a strange looking paper ot four pages, filled witb characters which re mind one of the shorthand hieroglyphics, bnt they are more compact and smaller. You read from right ta left, and begin at what would bo the back of an American newspaper. The character of the paper is very surprising to one unacquainted with the people ot the country where it is printed. It is not at all tbe foolish. Stupid sheet that one would expect to find tbe easy-going sons of Esrypt publishing, but a live, wide-awake paper that manifests a good deal of enterprise. Mr. Hamui went over one copy of It, and told the substance of tbe different ar ticles that were printed in it There were tele graphic dispatches from Austria, Tunis, Ser via. Turkey and Vienna on tha state of politics in those places, then there were telegraphic re ports from the different States of Egypt, just as American papers get them from tbe States of the Union. The paper of December 3 contained a column synopsis of President Harrison's message to Congress, received Dy cauls and printed in Arabic Tbe market reports are very fall, par ticularly the cotton and wheat reports. Two adrettisementscontaln cuts of steam engines made in London, and tbey are excellent cuts, too. Another Is a hair-restorer Illustration, so even the Egyptians are not free from this dis guised blessing. The steam engines advertised operate pumps, and tbe advertisement is of a machine lor pumping water from tbe Nile In tbe dry season to irrigate tbe land. A steam pump at work on the bank or the Nile would strike one as a curious sight The cost of TAe Pyramid is 4 cents a copy or S3 60 a year. AN UNEXCELLED NEWSPAPER. How The Dispatch Is Regarded by an Indiana Cotemporarr. From the Indiana (Pa.) Slessenger. We always admire a newspaper that i3 a vig orous champion of the vicintey where it is pub lished aud fights for the interests of its con stituency wbile not neglecting it3 duties as a public journal. Such a paper is The Pitts bueq Dispatch. It is a great newspaper, but more than that, it U a Pennsylvania newspaper. in that it is an outspoken champion of our State and its industries, and particularly of Western Pennsylvania, Therefore it should be popular with all its citizens, and we cheerfully commend it to all our readers who wish to sub scribe for the dally or weekly editions ot a great city paper. Its news features are not excelled by any other paper that we know of. We are glad to notice that The Dispatch is increasing In circulation so rapidly that it has to order new presses. C0FJ7EE BEANS OP CLAT, A Jersey Invention That Beats Connecticut's Wooden Nutmegs. Tbenton, January 18. The latest invention of the Trenton potters fs the manufacture of clay coffee beans, which, when mixed with genuine Java or mocha. In a day or two became so like the real bean In color and smell that they cannot be told apart except by taste and weight Health Inspector McGnire has sent samples of tbe beans gathered from halt a dozen stores, same of them kept by reputable dealers, to Prof. Cornwall, of Princeton, for analysis. The grocers say that they are simply real beans which have become spoilt and that in any event, they are not to blame for the adulteration, aa they -buy their coffee ready roasted from the wholesalers. The wholesalers bny their coffee green, and are supposed to be able to tell bow the clav beans get mixed up with the real ones in the process of roasting. Coming Over to Arrange matters. (BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCU.1 London, January 18. Copyright Mr, and Mrs. D'Oyly Carte sailed Thursday on the Saale to readjust The Gondoliers" in New York. Nora Phyllis, who has played the part of Grannetta at the Savoy Theater during Geraldine Ulmer's illness, went with them to play Casilda in the American company. Tackled (be Wrong Customer. From the Chicago Tribune,! A week or two ago a rash peddler called on Ben Butler and tried to sell him a bottle of hair restorative. He is now wandering in a dazed condition through New Hampshire and claim. ing to be a victim of tbe late cyuione. A New Argument. From the Baltimore American. It is rather bard for anyone not favored with tbe brilliancy of the native Gotham intellect to see how an international charactercan be given a World's Fair by ignoring the nation's capital to locate it in a county seat. THE EIILE OP THE NEGRO. Boston Globe Tho only way to treat tha matter is as a huge joke which nobody has the slightest idea of converting into a practical one. ST. Louis Olobe Democrat; Tha example of the North is not perfect, but if the South will lire up to It, the negro's eondition need no longer be a source of national reproach. Philadelphia Inquirer: What will It profit us to expef six or eight million negroes, perfectly adapted to working under the South ern sun, and fill their places with Huns and Italians? Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle: Hon. James phelan, of Tennessee, says that tbe proposed scheme for the deportation ot the negroes from Jhis country is not worthy of serious consider ation, ana lion, james rueiau is rijut. Nbw Yobk Commercial Advertiser: When (he negro demands to be released from Ms position as a citizens of the United States, and returned to the land of hia origin, then it will be time to bring np laws to aid bim in his de parture, Until that time, legislation such as that proposed by Bonator Bmler will he useless and impertinent Philadelphia Press; A better way to solve tbe negro problem is for the whites of the Squtb. and of the North, also, to surrender the. prejudice tbey have against tbe black man, and give bim the rights which belong to him, if the leading men of the Squtb will bend their energies to tbe accomplishment of this end they will do more to settle the negro question than any number of chimerical schemes can. Savannah Neva: The Republican press wants the blacks to remainwhere tbey are, and It proposes to solve tho race problem in the South in a waythatlfcqqld ngtba solved n tbe Harth, If there were a large black popular tion there. Tha blacks, are In tbe South to stay, and the South must deal wjta the r question, wjth the nadjst(ia4iug tha.t tbsj are, and that the North is disposed, to Increase the difficulties of OMUiBg mm it, . CUB10US C0NDEKSAT10BS. t Bnby Valley, CaL, boasts of snowdrifts 40 feet deep, An Irwin paper tells of a Sewickley township man who says he has corn growing on his place six inches high. A one-legged tramp who jumps on and off trains with the agility of a circus actor." Is known to the tram hands of every railroad in the State. The first tarpon canehtthis season, with rod and reel, was captured Tuesday at St James-on-the-Gnlf, Fla., by Dr. Dusk. Tha fish weighed!2S pounds. Thirteen hundred working girls held s reunion and a ball in New York the other even ing. All of them were dressed in cheese cloth of various colors. Thr.e wasn't a man present. Perine O. WhitJey and Miss Josephine Ward, the latter deaf and dumb, are to bo married at West Haven, Conn., in a few days. The groom is 6i and the bride 10 years younger. One day last week a laboring man was digging a ditch in G street San Bernardino, CaL, when he unearthed an oyster can fall of money. He kept his find secret and left town next morning. Martin Costin, a well-to-do and highly respected farmer near Martinsville, IncL, is tha father of 21 children by his present wife, s though he is but 60 years of age. Nearly all the children are living. A writer in an Eastern journal, talking about church choirs, says they have become the training school for tbe comic opera stage. 'The good deacons may not believe it possible, but a glance at the history of tbe most popular soubrettes and prima donnas shows that they graduated from church choirs." A Texas mule belonging to William Drew, of the Seventh district of Thomas county. Ga., fell into a well 85 feet deep ono day the latter part of last week. Although ha remained in the well three hours before he was taken out. he was found to be uninjured, and is now at work as usual. So far as is known the first railroad in the country to receive a contribution of a "con science fund" is the New York Central. Tbe management of that road was much astonished a few days ago at the receipt of a letter con taining a round sum of money from a corre spondent wbo said that he bad defrauded tha company some years ago. A Montreal man has been condemned to pay the sum of $1 as damages for having called upon a person in a factory with a view to collecting a debt The Court held that tha domicile of tbe debtor Is the proper place at which to demand money that is owing. It far ther declared that to ask aq tbe street for money that Is due constitutes an assault At Vincennes. Ind.. the otber dav. Policeman Gus Robertson's wife presented him with a pair of line boys. Five years ago to the very day Mrs. Robertson became tbe mother of twin girls. It Is a rather remarkable coinci dence that both of these double births should have occurred on the same day of different years, making the birthday ot four members of the same family fall on tbe same day ot the year. James Robinson, a farmer living near Jeffersonrille, O., is the owner of a carnivorous horse which wants nothing better for a good, square meal than a fat pig. Whenever tha horse sees a pig that it can get at it grabs it by tbe back of the neck and shakes it to death, much as a dog would shake a rat The horse then devours the pig with great relish. Mr. Robinson is very careful to keep his pigs away from this horse as far as possible. John Smith, living on Crooked river, Florida, while proceeding to town in a small boat, was attacked by a sawfish, which he judges to have been about ten feet long. It was at close quarters, and tbe big fish making a rush at tbe bow end passed by. only splinter log the end slightly, but striking it a blow with its head that brought tbe boat to a standstill and probably stunned the fish, for he darted off and did not return to tbe attack for several minutes. His second visit was no better than his first A curious legal question has arisen in the German courts in connection with a find of old letters. While removing various docu ments from the old law courts to tbe new Palace of Justice at Frankfart-on-the-Main, a bag was f onnd containing 173 letters, dating from the year 1585. They were of Italian origin, and many of them were directed to per sons who lived in the Netherlands. Tha cor respondence Is not damaged in any way, and as several ot the letters contain large sums of money, the question now arises as to whether tha descendants of tbe persons to whom they were addressed can claim them. ' A somewhat singular inquiry has re cently bean sent to tbe Secretary of the Treas ury. It refers to the question of whether an importation of lightning bugs would hare to pay duty. It seems that in Cuba these bugs ara large and very luminous, and it is intended to bring them here for the purposa of ornamenting ladies' dreises. Assistant Secretary Tichenor'a reply is rather amusing. He says that the dutiable character of insects does not seem to have been considered by the department, tha provision in the tariff act prescribing a duty ot 20 per cent ad valorem on live animals has at various times been held to be applicable to bees, birds and live fish respectively. The original postoffice box used in tha town of Pomfret, Conn., 100 years ago is now owned in that town, being the property of Ben jamin Grosvenor, one of whose ancestors, Lem uel Grosvenor, was thefirstpostmasterappolnt ed between Hartford aDd Boston. Hereceived bis appointment from President Washington, and held tbe office until tbe election of Martin Van Bnren, when tbe infirmities of age de manded his relinquishment of office. Tbe box itself is 4jfeet In height and i feet in length. There are two apartments at tbe top. with five drawers underneath, making a curious telle of the earliest postal days and service in Con necticut At a little dinner at a New York restaurant one of the members of the party fished out from his pocket an ingenious con trivance, which he said considerably lessened the miseries of life for mnstached men. Tha affair bad a steel shank about three Inches long, which fastened by a spring to the handle of his soup spoon. The otber end of tbe shank supported a silver guard, which lifted his long, heavy mustache and held it out of the way while the contents of the spoon were emptied into bis mouth. A touch of bis finger on tbe handle end ot tbe shank lifted tbe whole affair to an upright position, if be wished, so that tho guard was not "in the soup" at all. When in place it was not connected with tbe bowl of tho Spoon, but was held by tbe shank about an Inch from tbe edge. The Sergeant Dunn of Austria is an old man named Peter Lechner. He lives, year In and year ont, in a round tower on the top of the Sonnblick Mountain in the Austrian Alps .-the highest meteorological station In Europe, and perhaps In the world. Throughout tha long Alpine winter ha sees no living soul, save for an hour or two on Christmas Day, when a party cuts Its way to him from the valley below laden with presents subscribed for In Vienna. His business In bis eyrie between earth and heaven is to take, three times a day, the read ings of various instruments, and to telegraph or telephone them to tbe clerk of the weather (n Vienna. For months his only chance of bearing a human voice is through the tele phone. And all this Peter Lechner Is willing to do for E00 a year! FLIPPANT AND FANCIFUL. The lawyers in a case are like a pair of shears. They never cat themselves, bat what is between. Lawrence American. ''Yes, I felt sura I wonld get stage struck," moaned the new actor as an aged egg Itruek bun aide of thehead. Xiamen h'nttrprisa. Brice is nqw O. K but his barrel is M. T. r-Pf tt our a Dispatch, , ., K. U. sure! He Is fertile In X P. D. S. 3 C.'. Chicago Tribune. '. Tommy Paw, what is a "Senatorial court esy?" Mr. Flgg-lt means that no Senator Is hO peetedtaask another one what he paid for his J seat Terr Haul. Mxpress. ' 3 E. 1 wonder what makes Dudely say that neckties are going ont of rashlonf - r. Idon'tknowt Dungue" u u ", diamond collar button ont or pawn. em. ov- fl, ... . JT3SJ O. Taking it altogether, this has beca li.-Not to me. It has been tha Boldest wintwW have ever experienced. I'D piumoev.-4. I Wn$, THX VJNKNPINO JUM V WT, Time swings his scythe, and night and dayj He reaps his Tltumi ny mo . lwth still nnrsnes his gory wsy. 1 .i win tm Time shall he no mower. ,HKiAgu acrMi,K - Village Landlord-As tha proprletorof., WIS OOUSW A JUli. .u."- -- - . .. BtranKer-Uell this ahouse? Nice bouse this lsl A When the est sits on the roofhertali drags oathet. .. . .. w ,-. .,.., frAtf aruMI TMITK iMIIIAtu'R v ground,- Texas SlftiMS. THS fBOQ J-ffa t svauuw. xt This truth should everywhere b kue2M one swallow caij'ta summer hrlnji ' Hut vt it en he clearly shown That Just one frog can mare a spring. -i 1 V4WiJ0J ,r.i. :ii lf - -t, KJ-jC . mm ta.
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