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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. JAN. 2L 1890.
THS METHODS OF POLITICS.
The evidence of the various people en
gaged in that ballotrbox forgery business is
a precious exhibit of the methods of the
lower order of politicians. The sum total of
its disclosures appears to be that there is no
method too mean, or no deception too gross,
to be resorted to for the purpose of damaging
political opponents.
It is not necessary to sift the disputed
points in the evidence of the forgers and cir
culators of forgeries, which were involved
in. the testimony of those worthies yesterday.
It is beyond question that some of them
were ready to commit forgery upon the shal
lowest pretexts, while others, in the most
charitable view, were ready to use the bogus
documents without the slightest pains to
prove their authenticity. This is extremely
damaging to the Republicans connected
with it; but it is to be remembered that ex
actly the same thing on a national scale was
perpetrated by the Democrats in 1880.
The first eflect of such things is to disgust
decent men with politics; but it ought rather
to inspire decent men to enter more actively
into political work, with the resolution to
Bend this stripe of politicians into obscurity.
THE SAILBOAT) DECISION.
The decision of the Supreme Court re
versing that of the Allegheny County
Courts, against the practice of the
Pennsylvania Railway to collect au
excess of fare from passengers without
tickets, and to give them a check
on which they can have the money refunded
at the ticket office, is one that affects a large
number of people. The decision of the Su
preme Court establishes the legality of this
practice, but in view of the division of
opinion between the local and the appellate
tribunals, the lay public is at liberty to
hold its own views regarding the justice of
the ruling. The general opinion is likely
to be that it is singular law which permits a
corporation, limited by its charter to cer
tain rates, to collect a material excess above
those rates, with a proviso that if the pas
senger complies with certain conditions
and takes a certain degree of trouble, he
can have the excess refunded. The import
ance of each individual case of this sort
might be rather slight; but the principle is
somewhat mixed.
MORE THAN A LIFE'S LABOR.
Nobody can deny that the "Life of Lin
coln," now appearing in the Century Mag
azine, is a big undertaking. Its size has
alarmed the readers of the Century more
than once. "We are indebted to the
"Wabhiugton correspondent of the Phila
delphia Record, however, for further in
formation on this subject. "We now learn
that Colonels Nicolay and Hay received
50,000 from the Century for the right to
publication in serial form. This sounds
like a good big sum. But the Record says
that Colonel Hay figured out that it merely
Save each of the authors a little over a dol
lar a day for the time and labor they had
spent upon the work. This is a shocking and
alarming statement, as a minute's consider
ation will show.
Supposing Colonels Hay and Nicolay to
have divided the work equally, and making
so allowance for Sundays and holidays,
each of them has devoted about 25,000 days
to it. Twenty-five thousand days amount
to sixty-eight years and two hundred and
eighty days. It has been more than
a life's labor to them both, for
Mr. Nicolay is 58 while Mr. Hay
is 52. They must have started in to com
plete Mr. Lincoln's biography before they
were born and barely after their subject had
attained his majority. "We consider the
sum of 50,000 absolutely inadequate for
such a task.
If they did not divide the labor equally
one of them must have begun writing before
Mr. Lincoln was born. But if they did not
begin till they were born, and of course after
Mr. Lincoln's birth, the fears of the Centu
ry's readers heretofore expressed concerning
the interminable extent of the "Life" mnst
"be revived for neither author can get in
his whole sum of days' work for many years
yet.
"We are afraid Colonel Hay has made an
error in his calculation. It is charitable
to hope so.
WINTER POSSIBILITIES.
The reports of wintry weather on the other
side of the Rocky mountains, where rail
roads are blockaded, telegraph wires down,
and, in some cases, people in danger of star
vation by being cut off from supplies, makes
a remarkable contrast to the persistent
mildness and moisture that is being experi
enced in this part of the country. The cold
er weather which set in last night, and the
cold wave predicted by the Signal Service,
may be the advance gnard of this storm;
but there have been so many expectations of
this sort which were disappointed by the
realization of only one-horse cold waves, as
it were, that the people will not permit
themselves to look for real winter until it
strikes them. It would not be unlike the idi
osyncrasies of this climate to jump suddenly
from the present soft weather to the temper
ature of zero. "While a reasonable degree of
winter would be grateful, it would be rather
lard to have it given to us with such
abruptness as is indicated by the difference
beeween the "West and the East.
( FTTUBE OF PETE0LETJH PRODUCTION".
The relation of the petroleum supply to
the demand for it, and the probability of
the exhaustion of the field, continue to oc
cupy attention. The Oil City Derrick by a
careful review of the statistics of produc
tion and consumption comes to the conclu
sion that at the present rate of production
and consumption the surplus will be ex
hausted in 17 months. The conclusion is
accurate enough it the premises are granted,
but as it is largely founded on the idea that
the limits of production are clearly fixed,
and that the Pennsylvania field, if not
doomed to gradual exhaustion, is at least
incapable of increasing its production, cal
culations based on the fulfilment of that
prediction cannot be regarded as reliable.
It has been the amusement of a certain-
class of scientific and. expert opinion to in
dulge at different periods in predicting the
exhaustion of Pennsylvania's petroleum
supply. But so far, the amusement has
finally rested on the side of those who laugh
at such prophesies after they have been ex
ploded by the event The fact is- that np to
this time the production of petroleum has
varied in accordance with the law of supply
and demand. When the market was over
stocked and production unprofitable the ac
tivity in development lessened; when
the demand caused a rise in prices
developments were stimulated and
production enhanced. The present is
certainly not a favorable time to talk of the
future of the Pennsylvania fields, when the
production for last year shows a gain of
5,000,000 barrels over 1888; when three new
districts, whose possibilities are yet unde
fined, have been developed; and when the ex
tension of the producing fields lo the south
ward has transferred the center of petroleum
production to Pittsburg.
There is no douot that the superiority of
Pennsylvania petroleum over either the
Ohio or Russian product will insnre a de
mand for it that is likely to inspire activity
in developments for the near future. If
producers can secure a permanent and open
competition in the business of refining and
producing their product, their future is
reasonably secure.
AN EXPERT THEORY EXPLODED.
That fatal accident at Newburg, N. Y.,
yesterday, by which a horse, coming in
contact with an electric light wire, was
prostrated, and a laborer who came to the
relief of the horse was killed, disDoses ef
fectually of one of" the favorite excuses of
those, who either for sordid considerations or
through ignorance, have been telling the
public that the killing of horses by the
electric current need not frighten men. The
argument advanced was that horses are more
nervous than men and peculiarlv suscepti
ble to the electric shock. Therefore, when
ever a horse was killed by contact with an
electric wire it was, forsooth, no argument
of danger to human beings. Such an ac
cident should not, in fine, weigh at all in
demonstrating the urgency for getting the
wires underground. Such has been the
drift of expert protestation.
At Newburg yesterday morning a citizen
tied his horse to an electrically charged
awning post The horse dropped on its
knees. Thomas Dawson, a laborer, ran to
help the animal, grasped the headgear and
fell instantly dead. Another man, vainly
attempting Dawson's rescue, was paralyzed
for a time by the electricity. The horse got
up scarcely injured.
This electric business is aserious problem.
Everybody wants the convenience and aid
of electricity; but nobody wants a silent,
invisible executioner lying in wait in the
crowded streets ot a city. There is a great
future before the companies which are sup
plying electricity; but in the end they will
consult their own interests as well as the
public safety by recognizing squarely the
dangers, and by adopting device.) to guard
against them, iu place of setting up mis
leading theories about the relative risks of
men and horses.
NOT SO EASY.
In commenting on the allegations against
the method of Brice's election, the New
York Sun says: "And yet distinct proof
of bribery in the case of one Legislator
would be enough to keep Colonel Brice out
of his seat in the United States Senate."
There is no proof of bribery in the elec
tion of Brice, as The Dispatch has here
tofore said; but is not the esteemed Sun
rather sweeping in its assertion of the ease
with which the purchase of seats in the
Senate can be exposed and punished?
It we remember correctly a very cogent
offer was made of proof ot bribery on behalf
of Mr. Brice's predecessor, if the Senate
would but use its authority to get it But
very good care was taken that no such
proof should get before the Senate.
Millionaire and corporation politics has
had too mnch experience with State Legis
latures to be caught so easily as the bril
liant Sun alleges.
A SURPRISING COMPROMISE.
That settlement of the Stewart will case
in New York, which was announced last
week, appears upon examination to have
been a remarkable termination to a still
more remarkable case. The testimony
brought out in the progress of the suit
showed some of the most unique pro
ceedings on the part of Judge Hilton, ever
committed in modern times, at least, by a
man holding a great fiduciary position. It
was testified to, that Judge Hilton per
suaded Mrs. Stewart to deed property to
him for which he never paid, and that he
made the estate pay for improvements on
property after it was transferred to him. It
was brought out in evidence that he actually
charged the owner ot all that wealth interest
on money which he pretended that he lent
her, which was really her own money. By
a steady pursuit of this policy, it was
claimed that he succeeded in absorbing a
portion of the Stewart estate, variously
stated at from ?6, 000,000 to 525,000,000.
It is not difficult for an ordinary man to
perceive that such charges, if true, mean a
breach of trust which ought to consign the
perpetrator to the penitentiary. It is also
plain that if such charges are made against
an innocent man, his reputation requires a
full test of them, in open conrt But what
surpasses the average comprehension is how
any compromise of a case like that is possi
ble in accordance with personal honor and
public justice. Either Judge Hilton should
have been convicted, or his accusers should
have been exposed as slanderers. The fact
that, after these points had been brought in
evidence, he was able to make a compro
mise by which a great share of the Stewart
fortune remains in his possession, indicates
a remarkable example ot the power of over
weaning wealth to defeat impartial and
open justice.
Mb. Fobakeb yesterday was engaged in
setting up the plea before the Congressional
Investigating Committee thatitwas the wicked
Democrats who got Wood to go to him with
the ballot box forgery. If they did this it was
very unkind of them, to say the least They
should hare had more regard for the ex-Governor's
feelings than to impose bogus ammuni
tion upon him when he wanted to kill off their
candidate Campbell and to sacrifice also his own
friends Bherman, Butterworth and McKlnley.
There was In the transaction, if the Democrats
were the parties' who really led Mr. Faraker
into the trap, a signal want of that fine cour
tesy and consideration which Foraker's own at
titude at the time so handsomely illustrated.
The Senate has done well in passing a
resolution to postpone the letting ot the Alaska
seal contract till February 20; and the House
should lose no time in concurring. Congress
may yet arouse itself to a perception of the fact
that the seal business may be carried on without
a monopoly.
The plans for the Scotch-Irish Congress,
which is to be held in this city next spring,
promise that Pittsburg will have the honor of
entertaining the representatives of two sturdy
and active nationalities. The names given
elsewhere show that these races navaf urnlshed:
many otualcading-.and. brilliant minds ottfce-
conntry. Even more valuable is the gift which
they have-made-to this natton.of the millions
of the independent .and Intelligent citizens.
Pittsburg as the center of a section which was
largely built up by the Scotch-Irish, nationali
ties, will be glad to entertain a congress of
those races.
MajorWixmam Hancock Clakk, the
Southerner who selected the New York streets
for pistol practice, has been indicted by
a New York Jury. The North will now hold its
breath while the fiery Southern press proceeds
to denounce this manifestation ot sectional
prejudice.
Representative Payktee, of Ken
tucky, is one of the unfortunates who lost by
the Silcott steal, but who voted against the ap
propriation to reimburse himself and others.
He does this on the very proper ground thattbe
Court of Claims is the tribunal which ought to
decide the liability of the Government instead
of settling it by the votes of the interested mem
bers in Congress. He prososes to bring suit in
the Court of Claims, aud his manly course will
almost create a public wish that he may be suc
cessful. The South shows progress in the right
direction by an increase in its cereal products
during ten years of over 220,000,000 bushels.
The South is taking the advice of Bragg to
raise "more corn and less cotton; more hogs
and less h ."
The allegation is published that it costs
from $8,000 to $14,000 to run for Mayor in this
city. As the cost of printing literature for a
campaign of that sort is comparatively small,
and other legitimate expenses cannot amount
to a quarter of that sum, the allegation is an
indirect one that the man who wishes to be
Mayor must distribute bis money where it will
do the most good in the way of purchasing
political support It is to be hoped that the
figures have grown in the telling.
The sudden and private meeting of the
Democratic Committee to-day indicates that
the Democratic leaders have begun to absorb
the idea that Pattlson may be a possibility be
yond the limitations of the slates.
"WHILE.Republican newspapers are de
nouncing the new Government of Brazil as a
military dictatorship their attention may be
called to the fact that there is no Empire in
Brazil and no throne there." IUaalso neces
sary for democratic newspapers to notice that
Brazil has no representative government, nor
any elections as yet to base the present rule on
the will of the people. When it has supplied
these features.it will be time to recognize it as
a republic
School ceilings which fall down and
strike the pupils during school hours, with the
added liability of creating a panic, are very
pertinent subjects for earnest reform work en
the part of school directors.
It is reported that the boomers are get
ting ready to make a descent on the Sioux
reservation, similar to that made when Okla
homa vas opened up. If the boomers wait
until the lands are formally and legally opened
for settlement the rapid and orderly occupa
tion of the territory will be a satisfactory
feature of American progress. But the boom
ers must keep off the lands until they are made
public property.
The effort to collate the largest possible
aggregate of mortality reports and credit them
all to the grip is calculated to create a fear of
the grip without doing any good to anyone.
The statement that the Government has
determined to suspend the purchase of 4 per
cents because the available surplus has been
reduced to about $20,000,000 is based on the
large recent purchases of those securities.
Nevertheless thero is plenty of money in the
Treasury which cannot be better invested than
in the Government's own bonds provided the
holders of the bonds will sell them cheaply
enough.
It is easy to see that Portugal is entirely
in the wrong in its dispute with England. A
small kingdom is always in the wrong to quarrel
with a power that has so many iron-clads.
The location of a Boston tube manufact
uring company's works at Washington, Pa.,
shows that town to be reaping the benefit of its
fa el supplies and the advantage of two railroads.
The industrial growth of Washington adds to
the interests of Western Pennsylvania and con
sequently to the business of Pittsburg.
"With a snow blockade throughout the
far West the question for this latitude is
whether the winter will get here or not
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Chief Justice Fuller's old tin sign is
still tacked to the staircase leading to his old
office in Chicago.
According to Sir Edwin Arnold Edgar A.
Poe and Joaquin Miller are- the two American
poets who are sure to live forever.
The widow of Schuyler Colfax lives very
quietly at South Bend, Ind., with a son, Schuy
ler, Jr.. a manly young fellow, who absolutely
idolizes her.
The President's brother. Carter B. Harrison,
was yesterday confirmed by the Senate as
United States Marshal for the middle district
of Tennessee.
Heney Watebs, of Salem. Mass who has
made a personal search among original records,
says he found that George Washington was
descended from Lawrence Washington, parson
of-Ferley, Bucks county, England, in 1635.
Loud Lonsdale has at Lowther Castle, En
gland, a fine collection made during his recent
break for the North Pole. It consists of 18
head of moose, 12 of cariboo, 1 musk ox, a
Rocky Mountain goat, a bison,.a bear, together
with 150 birds of various sizes and species. But
this collection sinks into insignificance com
pared with Lonsdale's tales of adventure.
The most noted father of the House and
Senate of the past was a man altogether for
gotten now. His name was Nathaniel Macon,
and Jefferson called him "the last of the Ro
mans." He was a Democrat from North Caro
lina, and be had a political career of more than
ot years, xlb resigneu iroxu me raeuate waen
he was SO years old, and. died at 89. He was
for 40 years in Congress, and during the whale
of bis career he never recommended a relative
to office.
Bishop Cbowtheb, of Africa, who is at
present In London, has had a remarkable his
tory. When a lad on the Benue river, he was
torn from his mother's side by slaves, and,
after months of misery on the coast, was
shipped in a slave ship for America. One of
the most romantic incidnts of his life was
, when, a quarter of a century after his capture.
an old woman rushed from a crowd of natives
to whom be was preaching, threw her arms
around his neck, and he found she was his
mother.
A EElDtitt SILL PASSED.
The West Virginia Lesislntnre nt Last Ac
eompllabea Bomethlnc.
fSPECIAL TZXXGRA1I TO THE DISPATC1T.I
Chableston, W.Va., January 20. The first
bill of the session was passed to-day. It is de
signed to regulate the bridging of the Ohio,
Kanawha, Big Sandy and one or two other
rivers in the State. It provides, among other
things, that no. bridge shall-be erected with a
channel span ot less than 400 feet in length,
and that snch span shall have a clear height of
at least 75 feet above low water mark.
An attempt was made to rnsh the election
bill through the Senate to-day, but it failed.
Senator Van Pelt, after having the first read
ing dispensed with, attemntcd to. have the
measure passed to it3 second reading without
reference to a committee. There was a big
kick at once, which enaed in the bill going to
the Judiciary Committee.
CALLAGHAN'S CANDIDACY.
The Man Who Had Powderly Arrested Nam
inates Hlinaelf for Governor.
ISPXCIU. TXXXGBAU TO Till DIBPATCTM
SCOTTDALE. January 20. Hon. Ed. Calla
ghan, who has had Powderly, Byrne and, "Wise
arrested for conspiracy, has declared himself a I
candidate for Governor on the Democratic
ticket He is now engaged making an active can
vass for the position, and says he has secured
the undivided support of several large Demo
cratic and independent enntingents.
i says ne will receive-a larco-vote from the"
laboriBgeseu's-represefrtatrves.
THE T0PIPAL TALKER.
Florida a Haven to Many Noriheners Tired
of Oar Weather Some Private Theatri
cals Mnch Sickness Abroad.
Tn spite of the mild winter, and possibly in a
measure because of its miserable character,
St Augustine and other Florida resorts are un
usually thronged just now.
A Pittsburger who has been, for some weeks
in Florida writes ma that the gaiety of St
Augustine now reminds her of Newport in the
season. The hotels even the Ponce doLeon and
the other palaces have tar more guests than
usual at this time of the year,f or the season in St
Augustine does not properly begin till March.
The young fashionables of New York and the
East generally are already there in great force
and a fair sprinkling of Pittsburgers are en
joying the sunshine and cheeriness of that fav
ored coast Naples, the newly-christened re
sort on the gulf, is also blessed with plenty of
patronage. This promises to be the gayest
season Florida has ever seen. Last year the
shadow of Yellow Jack kept a good many regu
lar sojourners away from the orange groves.
This year there is no such grim sentinel at the
gates and the consequence is a harvest for the
hotel beepers.
V
"pHE Sewickley Valley Club has not had
smooth sailing by any means in its prepa
ration for the presentation of 'The Tyrolean
Queen" at their theater in Sewickley. The
trip has been paying attentions to several
members of the cast doubly serious since it is
an opera that is to be given. Mr. Chaplin, the
indefatigable manager, is stillunable to assist,
owing to his severe illness, and, though all the
singers will be in their places, more than one
runs some risk in so doing.
There is every reason to believe that "The
Tyrolean Queen," which is the work of a Bos
ton musician and has neverbeen played before,
will be a great success to-night Mrs. Sharpe
McDonald has worked very hard with the com
pany, and a great deal of credit is due to her.
One ot the features of the performance will be
some new scenery, specially painted for this
production.
V
Qn Tuesday next the Tuesday Night Club
will visit Sewickley, and give in the Valley
ClUb's Theater the comediettas "Barbara" and
"Love Letters." Then in a pleasant spirit of
exchange the Valley Club will repeat their
capital presentation of "Esmerelda" at the
Pittsburg Club Theater during the second
week in February.
TirriH all these theatrical and other festivi
ties, to say nothing of a wedding or two, it
is a long while since Sewickley and the neigh
boring villages have been enveloped in such a
shadow ot sorrow. Death has visited many
households, and there is someone sick in almost
every house you may enter. There is not more
sickness there than in town, but it is more no
ticeable. It is an undoubted face that the doc
tors are being kept very busy indeed all over
Allegheny county just now. There was not
room to write a name on a doctor's slate I saw
a day or two ago. A good many doctors are
themselves in need of their own ministrations;
but most doctors, I find, are slow to acknowl
edge they are ill, keeping up till forced to go
down. And this is lucky for laymen.
A LOST BROTHER I0UND.
A Family Surprised by Visit From One
Blonrned as Dead.
rSPECIAL TILXORAJC TO TH DISrATCK.
Uniontown, January 20. James W. Mor
row, formerly of Scottdale, who escaped from
the insane department of the Westmoreland
County Home on January 5, 1889, and has since
been mourned for dead by his relatives, turned
up in Uniontown on Saturday. In the spring
of 1887 he becams insane from some physical
ailment and was taken to Dixmont. He was
afterward removed to the County Home, from
which institution- he escaped three times, but
was always captured and taken back. He is
now with his brother, P. S. Morrow, Esq.. of
this place, and appears to be perfectly sane.
He talks rationally and relates stories of his
travels and experiences during the past year
very entettainingly. He says that when he es
caped the last time he was determined not to
be captured.
At the time of his departure the weather was
biting cold, and he suif ered greatly from ex
posure, as bis wearing apparel consisted of
very thin clothing, a pair of slippers and tbm
cotton socks. He came direet to Uniontown
on foot, but not being able to find his brother,
with whom he is now, he struck out for the
mountains and tramped his way to South Caro
lina. He kept in the mountains all the way for
fear of being detected and taken back to the
insane asylum, of which he had a horror. He
has been working in a mining camp there ever
since, and has plenty of money. Mr. Morrow
will remain here with his brother for the
present
CUTTING DOWN THE SURPLUS.
Henvy Parcbaasea of Bonds Have Reduced
It to About 820,000,000.
Washington , January 2a The bond offer,
ings to-day were $2,128,350. Acceptances, $878,
330, at current rates. The heavy purchase of
bonds during- the past week, amounting to
nearly $9,000,000. has resulted in a reduction of
the available Treasury surplus to about $20,000,
000. The Secretary of the Treasury has there
fore decided to suspend the purchase of 4 per
cent bonds until further notice. The purchase
of 4 per cent bonds will, bowever, be con
tinned as heretofore. The purchase of 4 per
cents will be resumed shortly, as It is estimated
that the surplus will be increased to $40,000,000
by the 1st ot April.
The Secretary of the Treasury has under
consideration the question or the further pur
chase of this class of bonds in the reduction of
the amount of public funds held hy National
Banks, and the issuance of another call on the
banks for an additional surrender is delayed
accordingly. The matter will be settled, how
ever, in a few days, probably this week.
NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE.
A Railroad From Lower California East
ward Just Projected.
ISPXCIAL TBXEOBAJI TO Till DISPATCH.!
SAN Jose, January 20. A Congress extraor
dinary has been called, and is in session for the
purpose of considering the granting of aeon
cession to the Messrs. Smith &. Cooper for a
railroad from Puntarenas on the Pacific to
Alajuela, 12 miles from this capital. There is
at present a branch from Puntarenas inland to
Esparta, some 20 miles, but the rest of the way
up to Alajuela is as yet rather a tedious two
days' journey in the saddle.
From Alajuela to San Jose there is the rail
road built by English capitalists. Of this sys
tem the new branch between Cartago and a
point considerably below Carillo is nearing
completion.
If Messrs. Smith & Cooper are successful in
building the line they desire on the Pacific
slope we shall have before long an inter-ocean
railroad. The fact of the special calling of a
congress points the probable success of the en
terprise. K0 BIGS OP MARY'S MARRIAGE.
Young De Navarro Writes Home, bat Al
ludes to No Encasement.
tSrrCXAI, TELEOKAlTTO TOT DISPATCH.!
Hew Yore, January 2a Mr. Jose De Navar
ro received letters to-day from bis son, An
tonio, from San Remo. They contain no refer-once-whatever
to any engagement of marriage
between young Mr. De Navarro and Miss Mary
Anderson. Mr. De Navarro and Miss Ander
son are both in San Bemo. aud both have been
there for some months. They have been per
sonal friends for years, and have naturally seen
much of each other.
The young, man's father said to-day that,
judging from his son's letters,, he did not think
there was any engagement of marriage.
A Yankee Bnby Show.
From the Lewlston Journal.
Some folks would consider the advent of
three babies at one time Into a household as
something that would greatly increase ex.
pensesj but this is because they don't know how
to plan. The Belfast household, thus enriched
lately, has adopted the plan of asking an ad
mission fe to all who come to see the inno
cents, and are making money out of it
DEATHS OP A DAY.
John Sliownller.
Gbexksbueq, JannaryS0.-JohnShowalter, ex
postmaster and a widely known businessman of
Latrobe, died at his home this morning of la
eripDe, after an illness of three days. Mr.
Bbowaiter wa3 married to a Uonuellsvllle lady
about a year ago.
John DlcCormnc.
John McCormac aged SO years, died yesterday
athlshome, 57 North Diamond street, Allegheny.
Mr. McCormac was among the oldest residents In
the county. He was bom tn county Monaclian,
Ireland, and came here 6Q years ago. He was em
ployed by the,Fr. Wayne Railroad Company for
42 tears, and worked ior the Allegheny Gas Com
pany fur 17 rears, yld age cauted his death,
FOR THE BURNS BANQUET.
A Feast, Poetry and" Oratory Mapped Out
on the Programme.
Although the official programme is not out
for the Bams banquet" next Friday evening
at Hotel Schlosser, a general Idea of the even
ing's entertainment has been obtained. After
the banquet the guests will retire to the ordi
nary, which will be provided with a stage and
seating capacity for the number present, and
will listen to musical and recitative numbers of
poetry and songs dear to the Scottish heart
Addresses will be delivered by Rev". Dr. W.J.
Reed and by Rev. McCarther,. s witty clergy
man from Washington. -The musical quar
tet which delighted the same gathering last
year will be in attendance again, ft is" com
posed of the Misses Corey, of WilkinsbUTg,
and Messrs. Thompson and Hardy, of Alle
gheny. Mr. and Mrs;'McCutcheon. (the latter nee
Miss Belle Tomer) will render one or more
numbers, Mr. A. Brockie and his daughters,
the Misses Brockie, will also sing, and Misses
Margaret Frazier and Marguerette Wilson, of
the East End, will render some delightful
numbers.
HONORING A FORMER PASTOR.
Rev. Father (iebaailaa Pleasantly Enter
tained Last Night.
Egv. Father Sebastian, of West Hoboken,
who has been visiting on the Southsidefor
some time, was tendered a supper and recep
tion at St Michael's parochial residence last
night The supper was a private affair at
which none but the Passlonist Fathers of St
Michael's Church were present After the
supper the party went to the schoolhouse on
Pius street, where the W. if. A. Lang Dramatic
Company gave an entertainment The affair
was a pleasant one throughout and was much
enjoyed by Father Sebastian, in whose honor it
was given.
rather Sebastian was formerly pastor of St
Michael's congregation, and is enjoying his
regular annual visit to his old parish.
A CAMP-FIRE.
The Iron City Fishing Club Obeyed Its Com
mlaaary Last Might.
An order from the Commissary of the Iron
City Fishing Club was received by some of the
members of the club recently, and was obeyed
with very pleasant results last evening. The
order was in writing, and on dainty, small
sized note paper of heavy texture, and read as
follows:
"There will be a camp-fire at the commissary
tent on Monday evening, January 2a at which
we would like to have you join. By request of
the Commissary, whose orders are always
obeyed."" 8igned, C. M. Slack, No, 18 Marion
avenue, Allegheny.
They Played Progressive.
The Lotus Club, of the Bouthside, held an
enjoyable session last evening. The time was
spent in playing progressive euchre and other
games. The Lotus is adding many new feat
ures to the club to attract the members.
Social Chatter.
A dance was enjoyed last evening in Cyclo
rama Hall by the Allegheny German Club.
Mbs. Axex J. Habdy, of Fifth avenue. East
End, will give a euchre party on Thursday
afternoon.
The Tourists' Club pursued their journey
last evening at the residence of- Miss Kounta,
Arch street, Allegheny,
The third cotillon of The Monday Evening
Dancing Club was enjoyed last evening at the
assembly room of the Pittsburg Club House.
The Woman's Club will meet this afternoon,
as usual, and will discuss the changes made in
their constitution by the official ladies last
week.
Almost a card reception is that aftheMc
Kelvey residence. East End, this evening. The
invitations sent out included besides the names
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McKelvey. the cards of
Miss Chrissle, their daughter, Mrs. D. Moore
and Miss Barnes.
A theater party to attend "The Brigands"
is booked for this evening. The party is in
honor of Mr. J. JC Murray, a member of the
Casino Company, formerly a Pittsburger and a
resident of the East End. Mr. H. A. Rogers is
the host of the party.
MAI0B FITLER FOR SENATOR.
A Renewal ot the Talk That He May Suc
ceed J. D. Cameron.
Philadelphia, January 2a Charles A.
Porter's positive announcement of his candi
dacy to succeed" John E. Reybum in the State
Senate, if Mr. Reyburn should be sent to Con
gress, as seems probable, has caused a revival
of talk about Mayor Fitter as a candidate to
succeed J. Donald Cameron in the United
States Senate. Mr. Cameron's successor will
be chosen by the Legislature whose members
are to be elected next November. Mr. Porter,
who is one of the closest and the most Influen
tial friends that Mayor Fitler has, expects to be
one of those members.
Mr. Fitter has done some great favors for
Mr. Porter, and it is therefore presumed that
if the Mayor should continue to be a candidate
until Mr. Porter became Senator, the latter
will do all he can to make the Mayor Mr.
Cameron's successor. Some of the present
members of the State Senate and a consider
able number of members of the Lower House
are under political obligations to the Mayor.
That the administration will work for their re
election and the election of others favoring the
Mayor's candidacy for United States Senator
seems to be generally believed tn political
circles.
RET. DR. FLOOD ON HIS EAR.
He Thinks Arthur Bates a Meddlesome,
Inexperienced Young Man.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCB.1
MeAdville, January 2a Rev. Dr. T. L.
Flood, who was announced by Lawyer Arthur
L. Bates, of this city, as having retired from
the Congressional contest for this district, is
highly indignant He says: "I have never an-,
nounced myself as a candidate for Congress,
nor have I announced that I would not bo a
candidate for Congress. I find that a young
lawyer from this town went down to Washing
ton and permitted himself to be interviewed
about my business, and said that I had with
drawn from the Congressional field. This man
is not authorized to speak, for me. I never ap
pointed him to do that thing, nor did he have
any information from me on that subject: on
the contrary.he reminds me of a man of whom I
once heard. 'He is too easily tapped, and runs
too freely when he is tapped.'
"When the proper time comes and I decide to
be a candidate for Congress, I shall make my
announcement in the regular way: if I decide
not to be a candidate, I will not go by way of
the City Solicitor's office to employ an indis
creet young man to make the announcement
for me."
A NEW ROUTE TO MEXICO
To be Opened In Connection With a Texas
Steamship L!ne
ST. Eotria, January 2a A letter from a
wealthy and Influential business" man of Corpus
Chrlsti, Tex., gives the following information
regarding a new and important transportation
project: "New Orleans can do what it likes, but
we are going to put in a steamship, and will
bring the trade down the Mississippi from St
Louts and Cincinnati, and New Orleans had
better get in the swim: or she wilt ger left We
win run from here to Port Eads, touching at
Galveston. We win connect with all the
Mississippi and Ohio river trade, and we have
a prospectus now in press which wo hope win
wake up the mercantile interests of the Missis
sippi Valley to the importance of the all-water
connection which we shall thus' open up.
"It will also enable them to reach the heart
of Mexico by the shortest railroad line, the
Mexican National, and as soon as our road is
completed they will bave a still shorter one to
Mexico, Central and South America. We are
offered a ship, now lying at Mobile, suited for
this trade at a very low price."
A METEOR IN CHESTER.
Story of How Its Fragments Struck Paved
Streets noil Disappeared.
SPECIAL TXLKOBAH TO TILE DISPATCH'
Chesteb, Pa., January 2a The residents of
the southwestern section of the city were
treated to a rare sight about 8 o'clock this even
ing. A meteor was seen to shoot through the
clouds' and descend rapidly toward the earth.
It looked like amass of fire the size of a cannon
ball, and left a stream of fire behind it.
When within about 100 feet of the ground it
burst into apparently 1,000 pieces, the shooting
fragments appearing to the awe-struck wit
nesses like the bursting of a mammoth rocket,
The sound of the shrieking pieces upon the
paved streets were heard, but no traces of the
falling meteor could be found.
Economy la Advisable.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The King of Spain has a salary of $1,000,000;
He ought to be saving sow, for when he- is a
man he'll bave lost hi3 present fob and may
Have to peddle cigars" or" ran a Eesnukstaiutfur
a IiYing.
AT THE THEATERS.
Kanon at the BIJon A Brass Monkey and
Other Plays.
uTanon" is such a bright, amusing and
wonderfully tuneful opera that it is al
ways welcome. The waltz song, which 13 the
predominating musical motive and no small
vehicle in the plot, is one of those melodies
that one never tires of. Last night
the Carleton Opera Company played
"Nanon" once more at the Bijou.
The leading male role, the Marquis VAu
bigne, has long been the property of Mr.
Carleton, ana as far as voice goes he still con
veys the character in very acceptable style.
Mr. Carleton shows signs ot wear and tear in
everything but his voice. He is perceptibly
thinner, but his voice and his methods of using
ir. some of which are peculiar, show no change.
He sang with great spirit last night. Miss
Clara Lane has taken the shoes of Miss Fanny
Rice, the plump and vivacious in the title role.
She Is not Fanny Rice it is unfair to expect
that she should be but somehow or other we
have come to think of Jfanon as a brunette,
with flashing dark eyes, a form somewhat sug
gestive in its contour ot a pouter pigeon's, and
a voice of wheedling, please-kiss-me-but-be-ready-for-a-box-on-the-ear
kind. In brief, we
have got Nanon and Fanny Rice so mixed to
gether that the surprise of a blonde waitross,
slender of form and bloe-eyed we think Miss
Lane has blue eyes at the sign of the Golden
Lamb strikes us as something like sacrilege.
But Miss Lane has a voice ef not a little power
and sweetness, and is a vivacious- little actress
with plenty of original charm.
There is very little for Mr. J. K. Murray to
do as the Abbe but one opportunity occurs
for him to show bis metal, in fact This chance
the singing of the Waltz song In a minor key,
with organ accompaniment be made full use
of. Mr. Murray sang this admirably the
mock sanctity of the expression he gave it was
delicious. His rich, well-trained voice counted
for a great deal whenever it was heard.
So far praise can be fairly awarded, but no
further. The opera as a whole was badlv sung,
and in part badly acted. Compared with
former renderings by the Carleton company
there was a great descent in last night's per
formance. The choruses were not given with
anything like the fire and finish which were
their characteristics of yore. Some of the
ensembles were painfully ragged and out of
tune, and the finale ot the second act, in
which the repetition of the refrain of
Hector's pitiful plaint 'Tn the hip!" has always
been so strongly humorous, failed ot its effect
because the company did not appear to
know the music The truth is that Mr.
Carleton'g company is not as good as
it has been, or as it should be. Perhaps in any
opera but "Nanon," which has been played
here so well in the past, the deficiencies of the
company would not be so glaring. To-night's
performance of The Brigands" will prove
whether the company is so absolutely weak as
it is comparatively. It is but just to add that
Miss Alice I. Carle made a very charming
Ninon deL' Lnclos and Mr. Charles A. Bige
low a fairly funny Marquis de ilarsellac
To-night Mr. J. K. Murray will play the cap
tain of the band in "The Brigands." in which
character he is said to be, and we can easily be
lieve it extremely well suited. Mr. Carleton
stands out of the cast in order to allow Pitts
burgers to see their fellow citizen to the best
advantage. In other ways the Carleton com
pany is said to be strong in "The Brigands,"
the scenery and costumes being attractive
points.
Grand Opera House.
ISP
EAELT every seat at the Opera" House was
occupied last night and nearly every per
son squeezed in at least 150 laughs in about as
many minutes. The author frankly announces
that "A Brasss Monkey" is a somewhat de
sultory reference to a variety of subjects hav
ing no particular relation to whatever plot
there may be in the play, and then proceeds to
string together a series of absurd in
cidents which keep the audience in
one continuous roar. While there is plenty
of action throughout and some of it is exceed
ingly lively, still there is a wide difference
from the ordinary knock-about performance.
Bat it was the musical features, which were de
cidedly numerous, that elicited the most
hearty applause, and made a dounle encore a
regular part of the proceedings.
Jonah, a victim of superstition and about
everything else, in the hands of George Marion
Is quite a contrast to many attempts in that
line. While the chancier is essentially a
ludicrous one. there are one or two mock pa
thetic incidents which might be really so were
it ot for the breaks which immediately fol
lowed them. Mr. Marlon's vocal accomplish
ments, as displayed in "They Done Me Up"
and similar selections, met with an enthusiastic
reception. The most nproarious demonstra
tions, however, were resarved for Messrs.
Murphy, Horan and Harlem a3 that interesting
trio. Dodge Work, Mr. Barnes of New York,
and Mr. Potter of Texas. The artistic counte
nances of these gentlemen were alone sufficient
to break down every barrier to complete suc
cess. Baggage, Jonah's daughter, and Birdie, his
wife, as portrayed respectively by Miss Flora
Walsh and Mrs. Alice Walsh, were two promi
nent features of a very unique family. Miss
Walsh though evidently suffering from a cold,
sang'several times In a very acceptable manner.
Of the Grocer, Hope, in the bands of Miss
Lottie Nart, was particularly attractive, her
singing being encored until the management
was forced to continue with the programme,
despite the vigorous protests of the audience.
Tne human actors had a valuable accessory
in The Mascot, a canine of a vigorous and de
termined species, who looked savage enough to
make the disasters which apparently befell the
Royal Bengal Tiger a vivid reality. The auc
tion room scene, in which the second and third,
acts transpire, is well constructed and has a
very natural appearance.
Harris Theater.
iiTThe Fugitive" was seen at the Bijou last
season, at which time its merits were
fully discussed m these columns. It is one of
TomCraven's good melodramas,if not one of his
best Mr. Mason Mitchell and a company far
above the average are this week entertaining
the patrons of Harris' Theater with a rendition
of the play that is better in many respects than
last season's was. Mr. Mitchell as John
Leavitt is a manly, heroic sort of fellow, and
the Crackles of Harry Rogers, who, by the
way, has not forgotten bow to sing and dance,
is a clever bit of character acting, albeit at
times a trifle overdone. Still tbe large audi
ences at yesterday's performances were greatly
pleased with him. Fannie Beanc. as Jennie
Ktdger, is given an opportunity to dance, which
she embraces, and shows how well she can
shake her tiny feet Lois Arnold is "real
cute," the ladies think, as Corley Corduroy,
and William N. Griffiths is good as Jaspi-r
Raleigh, while Henry Napier is such a con
summate villain as 'Squire Blollery that the
audience is highly delighted when he was mur
dered, and only wished that Jasper could kUl
him over again. Annie L ckbart is beautiful
as the heroine, Hester Malyone. The scenery
is good. "Standing room only" was the sign
displayed twice yesterday.
Harry Williams' Academy.
gEN Leavttt's Rentz-Santley Novelty and
Burlesque Company has returned to this
house for another week, with tbe same first
class burlesque and variety performance seen
some time age The programme begins with
"La Tosca's Reception," which affords a score
of comely and beautifully attirod young women
an opportunity of posing, marching, singing
and being admired. In the olio there are Miss
Maudo Bavsrly, Bookar and Leigh, Frank
Lester, tbe eccentric. Miss Panline Batchellor,
a great favorite, and tbe only Le Clair and
Russell. The spectacular burlesque, "Antony
and Cleopatra," which closes the entertain
ment is as funny as It could be, and Is ele
gantly costumed.
Theatrical Notes.
At the World's Museum, in Allegheny, the
engagement of the most ambitious show of tbe
Season; Leopold & Keating'S American Vaude
villo combination, opened very auspiciously.
The Arcaris knife throwers sent cold chills
through everybody, the Indian baby was a
howling success and the following variety per
formers gave a general exhibitf on worth more
than 10 cents: T. S Leander, one-armed vio
linist: Miramba Bands, the Paper ICing, Leo
pold and Keating, the Sheerans, Thompson and
McCarthy, GeoTge E. Austin, Hughs and Kran
ner, Edwards and Adama, William Wells,
Harry Rickets an f others,
"The White Slave," the most popular of
Bartley Campbell's plays; will be seen at tbe
Bijou Theater next week. The melodrama has
a great hold on Pittsburg's affections; for years
it has played to great business here, and al
ready the demand for seats has begun, although
the advance sale does not begin till Thursday
next
Mk. Hott, the author of "A Brass Monkey,"
is in town.. Mrs. Hoyt (Miss Walsh) Is the chief
charm of the "Brass Monkey."
So Much the Better.
From the Chicago MalLl
There is talk ot a duel between Senators Call,
of Florida, and Plumb, of Kansas. All gaiE
There isn't in the United States Senate a man
who would stand np before an opponent on the
duelling field on any account The days of
personal bravery are gone lang syne.
Plnced on the Retired List.
RIO JANEIRO. January 20. Baron Cananema,
the foster-brother of the ex-Emperor. Dom
Pednv who held tho post of Director General
o .Telegraphs, has been placedon tu rtit t
list
0U2 MAIL MUCH.
.Faith Versus Reason.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
In your issue of January 14 a correspondent
from Boston generously undertakes to make
plain to th people ot Pittsburg the views of
Unitarians, and in view of a Unitarian society
about to be formed in Pittsburg, he gives a
broad invitation to any in our busy city of
many churches, who have no religious borne, to
come into this refuge where there is freedom
of thought, where everyone has the right to
bis own opinion, where he can accept or.reject
what part of God's word it pleases him.
Theists, because they lova God, with no reason
for doing so; Christian, because they lore man
in the person of Jesus Christ the greatest re
ligious leader the world has ever known. What
they ask us Is not to beUeve anything, but to
deny that that holy thing born of a virgin was
divine. Are our young men of Pittsburg ready
to givo up their faith in a triune God, and in
the efficacy of the atoning blood of the Christ
of God, and accept the theory that salvation
depends upon a power within themselves which
they can use for itf Ahl how happy satan
would be to have us believe this. Unitarian
ism the denial of tbe divinity of the Son of
God Is the great head of Antichrist, around
which, in a day that is coming, "all the world
will wonder;" and it Is, as the time draws
nearer, when the power of satan is to be de
stroyed, that he aims his venomous attacks
against the person of tbe Son of God.
They are but the microbes of the p3Stilence of
Infidelity, floating through space since man's
fall, nurtured and cared for by the prince of
tbe power of tbe air, now in tbe closing days of
this century of error, to be sent to the vital
spot of a young man's faitb.
Your correspondent is willing to lay aside the
claim to age, but we grant its antiquity, even
back to the time when satan met the first
woman with a doubt of God's word. "Yea,
hath God saldr "Ye shall be as gods." Sure
ly tbe age of reason had hoary hairs before the
preachers of the New England school, these
"men of great zeal and ability," proclaimed the
right of private judgment and brought man
on his knees before his reason. Like tbe old
Egyptian seekers after God and truth, they set
God aside, and. putting self in the place, their
foolish heart was darkened. Young men of
Pittsburg, we would invite you, not into an un
safe refuge, but Into the ark Christ Jesus, God's
well-beloved son an ark strong and sure
enough to bear you above the deluge of judg
ment soon to engulf this world with all its
boasted progress. Into this ark alone would we
ask yop, to come intojiothing else.
Oh, it is better to be sure than to doubt
Surely better to be firmly anchored to the rock
Christ Jesus than to float about on the shoals ot
man's reason and opinion. Better far to hold
now to that name, before which soon every
knee shaU bow, in heaven and In earth, and
under the earth, and every tongue the proud
infidel and the doubting reasoner every
tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. O.
PlTTSBUBG, January 20.
A Citizen's Cause of Complaint.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
About 6 o'clock on this (Sunday) evening,
while returning to my home on Grant street a
man ran after me, begging for money. It was
only a few yards from my own door, and I re
fused to give him alms. Immediately he
launched out at me with some heavy weapon,
and struck me severely across the face. We
struggled, aud some burly fellows came run
ning up. In another moment I was knocked
down and rolled into the gutter. My clothes
were utterly spoilt and my bat so battered in
that it is no longer wearable. The man who
first struck me bad lost one hand. He was
very young looking, and I would recognize him
in an instant No policeman could be found, as
usual. Yours, etc..
alphojjse Fehb.
Pittsbubg, January 19. 1890.
The Owl'a Picture.
To the Editor of Tbe Dlspatcht
What is tbe significance of the picture of
the owl, sometimes printed on the title page of
books?
Bennett, January 20. L.
The owl. among the Romans and Greeks,
was dedicated to Minerva, who person
ified and defied the idea of high intel
ligence and wisdom. Tbe Greeks ascribed
to this goddess the invention of many arts and
sciences, which had great influence on their
civilization. She is usually represented as
wearing a helmet ornamented with the figure
of an owl. From this it was an easy transition
to figure forth wisdom under the symbol of an
owL
Tho Sknnk Raising Industry.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In your issue of to-day John Uelin, of Mer
cer, Pa., asks for the address of some one who
raises skunks as a business. 1 am pleased to
be able to give him the address of President
Day and John M. Ward, of New York baseball
lame, who are raising quite a stench through
out the country just at present
E. W. VABSET, Je.
East Liverpool, January 17.
A PLACE IN THE FRONT RANK.
The Position of The Dispatch Among Amer
ican Newspapers.
From tbe Washington (Pa.) Reporter.:
The United States is universally recognized
as the home of newspaper enterprise. The
editors of prosy publications which bave ob
tained high standing in other countries stand
aghast at the wonderful energy displayed by
our large American dailies. The PrrrsnrJEG
DISPATCH has attained and maintained a posi
tion in the front ranks of journalism. It gives
the news of county, State and Nation regard
less of expense, and its foreign dispatches are
not excelled by any newspaper. It has been
found necessary to secure an additional fast
press, which will soon be in position, turning
out each hour thousands of copies of The Dis
patch. The market reports of The Dispatch
are a special feature.
The 20-page Sunday Dispatch has become
famous throughout Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia, its circulation having
reached bO.000.' Its special features are fur
nished by the best known authors of the day.
Each number is a magazine of choice litera
ture, which cannot fail to please the apprecia
tive reader.
HIS HOUSE WAS STOLEN.
A Queer Robbery that Took Place Dnrisg
n Chicago Man's Absence.
From the Philadelphia Press.:
"I never in my life saw such a place as Chi
cago." said L. F. Thomas, of Springfield, who
recently arrived from the Windy City. "I am
used to New York," he added, "and don't ob
ject to having my socks stole off my feet pro
vided the street thieves leave my feet on my
ankles. But Chicago, wbewr and he leaned
back in a Colonade arm-chair. "Let me tell you
what happened to a cousin of mine out there,"
said M r. Thomas, feeling for a match. "It was
about fire years ago that I shut up his house in
Chicago, and went abroad. He was rone for
n,.r t,rn tmt. Jnst before returning he wrote
to have the bouse painted. Tbe house-painting
firm to whom be wrote replied In abont a
month, stating that they would like to do the
work if thev could find tbe honse. My cousin
hustled home to Chicago and skipped up to the
lot
'The lot was there, but the house was gone.
Somebody bad actually moved away the entire
building and all that it contained. The neigh
bors made no remonstrance, of course, sup
posing that tbe owner had ordered its re
moval." COMMENT AUD CRITICISM.
Boston Herald: Senator Plumb, of Kansas
is getting quite tart so to speak.
Atlanta Constitution: Keep your eyes on
the political reformer. He is a tough citizen.
Baltimore Herald: Portugal, as we are all
aware, is a very small country. John Bull
knows whom to tackle.
Chicago Journal: The secret is out at last
The mild weather is the direct effect of Senator
Ingalls' red-hot speeches.
Oil Citt Blizzard: It isn't always the man
who talks loudest and longest that knows tbe
most Thump an empty barrel and it makes a
loud sound.
WARBEN Mail'. The announcement of the
withdrawal from politics of Hon. William L.
Bcott sounds a little fishy. Who ever heard ot
Mr. Scott giving up a fight until be had tot
St. LOOJS albbe-Democrat: The congratu
lations which tbe Democrats are pouring in
upon Calviu S. Brice are premature. Condo
lence may be more in order after the Senate
gets through with his case,
St. Paul Pioneer Press: To Congress
Please let us know about the final location of
tbe World's Fair by U30 P. M. December U,
1892: Some of us may want to drop in a few
minutes on the entertainment.
Washington Gazette: There seems to be
a great probability that tbe House will rule
Speaker Reed's proposed new rules out of
order. This is sad, for Speaker Reed belongs
to.thornling party. Will ha. get unruly over
the matter!
CDUIOUS C0BDE5STI0KS.,. :
Two-tbirds of all the children born in
Connecticut in I&S9 were boys.
J. A. Sleinmetz, while visiting near
Downingtown. Pa, went gunning, and abot the
four legs off a rabbit
A Philadelphia shoemaker's dog died s
day or two ago from swallowing a piece of sole
leather in mistake for beefsteak.
At Keyport, N. J., the other day, a
brother and sister met for the first time since
their parting, in Germany, 23 years ago.
Levi "Williamson, of Ansonia. Conn.,
has a hog that is seven feet long and weighs
1,000 pounds. It is so fat that it is unable to get
np.
A Chinese laundryman at Bristol, Pa.,
rents all the places in the city available for
laundries, so that he can enjoy a monopoly of
tbe trade.
Joseph Bussell, of Lndlow, Ky
jumped 210 feet sheer down into the Tennessee
river at Edgewood, Ky., the other day, for a
purse of 200.
Mits Edwards, teacher of the school at
Granlterille, Nevada county, CaL, went to
North Bloomfield, 14 miles, on snow shoes the
other day. She made tbe trip in four hours.
Henry Schmucker, a farmer at Howhill,
near Allentown, attempted to shoot a wild
turkey, when the cap missed fire, but he ex
ploded tbe fowling piece with a match and
killed the bird.
The most remarkable case of insomnia
on record is reported from that land of remark
able products, Georgia. Charles Harden, a
negro of Athens, in that State, is said to bare
lived four years without sleeping at all.
Ardon 6. Case of "Wratogue, in the
town of Simsbury, is the cbampion hunter of
Connecticut this season. Mr. Case has cap
tured by gun and trap, from October to Janu
ary. 23 foxes, 20 mink, 83 muskrats, 13 skunks
and 2 coons. One fox was a handsome silver
gray. The result of this success is many hard
dollars, the fox, mink and muskrat skins being
quite valuable.
It is learned that Dr. Justin Canastoga
U about to institute a series of experiments
with a dynamite shell which he claims can be
discharged by powder from an ordinary ord
nance piece and made to explode at a dis
tance, the same as a powder shell. In order
to lurtber his experiments the inventor has
obtained an English Blakely gun used during
the war on the defenses of Charleston, S. C.
The principal sea fish that serve as
nonrisbment to tbe human race are tbe skate
or ray, tbe Shark family, the sturgeon, the
tunny, the mackerel, the codfish, the herring,
the sardine, tbe anchovy, the salmon and the
eel. Some readers may be surprised to see the
shark included, but it is a numerous family
and all are not man-eaters. The shark fishery
is a regularly established industry in some
parts of the world.
At Eockville, Conn., last summer W.
A. Crandall lost his valuable gold watch, astern
winder, Swiss movement, while iu tbe bay
field, and he saw it no more until one morning
last week he heard something jingle as he
pitched a "lock of hay" into the manger before
hisAlderney cow. It was bis stem winder,
Swiss movement that jingled, and it was
matted into the wad of hay which the cow bad
first taken into her jaws. The dangling chain
was the clue whereby Mr. CrandaU was enabled
to save his property.
The huge "Winter Palace at St Peters
burg, with the exception of the Vatican and
Versailles, is the largest palace in the world in
en ded for a residence, and though tasteless
and rococo, has a certain grandeur from its im
mensity. Like all tbe Russian palaces, the
Winter Palace is a mixture of splendor and
shabbiness, luxury and discomfort In going
over it visitors see everything gorgeously
adapted for state ceremonials, but wonder
bow and where the imperial family can live.
Tbe whole of the splendid interior was con
sumed by fire la 1837, but speedily restored.
It is said that not less than 6,1X0 persons
have frequently had a habitation In the winter
Palace.
As an illustration of the ludicrous
results produced by bill stickers pasting one
bill over another, Mr. C. Spurgeon, son of the
Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, mentioned in a lecture
that on one occasion in London, when he and
another gentleman were announced to preach
special sermons, he was astonished to read the
following announcement : "10 Reward. Lost
Two Fat Heifers. Mr. J. J. Knight and Mr. C.
Spurgeon." Another md as follows: "Pigs
fattened in six weeks on The Englishman,
edited by Dr. Kennedy. Price 2d weekly, and
kills fleas, beetles, insects and all kinds ot ver
min. Perry Davis' Painkiller cares smoky
chimneys, and notice to mothers, feed your in
fants on Bond's marking ink, 6d per bottl !."
Charles Breslin, of Springfield. 0., has
a curious displacement of his vital organs.
His heart is on tho right side of the chest
Breslin is a healthy young man of 26. and is a
draughtsman and engineer of marked abilities.
He experiences no ill effects from the unique
displacement, and is actively engaged daily in
his profession. The beating of the heart can
be plainly felt on the right side. His circula
tion is regular and his pulse normal. Mr. Bres
lin says when he was a little boy be was ttrown
from a heavy farm wagon, and two wheels
passed obliquely across his chest He was ill
for some time from the injury, and believes
that the heart was shoved over to its present
position by the wheels, and that bis circulation
and vital organ finally accommodated them
selves to the change.
There is a species of acacia which is
commonly called tbe angry tree. It reaches
the height of SO fee: after a rapid growth and
somewhat resembles the century plant One
of these curious plants was brought from
Australia and set out at Virginia. Nev where
it has been seen by many persons. When the
sun sets the leaves fold no and the tender twigs
coil tightly, like a little pig's tall. If the shoots
are handled the leaves rustle and move un
easily for a time. If this queer plant is re
moved from one Dot to anothe. it seems angry.
and tbe leaves stand oat in all directions like
quills on a porcupine. A most pungent and
sickening odor, said to resemble that given off
by rattlesnakes when annojed, fills the air, and
it is only after an hour or so that the leaves
fold In the natural way.
Osgood Plummer, of "Worcester, Mass.,
had a great longing to shoot a moose, and said
he would give 5100 for the chance. This winter
be was notified by hunters to come to Eastis.
He did so, and the party started for Kibby
stream camp, 20 miles distant in the wilder
ness. On their arrival tbe guides struck out
in quest of that moose, and, rinding tracks, fol
lowed them until they had located the prize,
when tbey notified Mr. Plummer. who joined
in the chase. After a run they came in sight
of a large and fine specimen of tbe bull moose.
Mr. Plummer, who came prepared for the oc
casion, took from his pocket a small camera,
and took the picture of the animal as be stood,
and then shot him. The game weighed over
1.CC0 pounds, and as a trophy of his successful
trip Mr. Plummer has one of tbe finest set ot
moose antlers ever taken from the Maine forest
CUPPED BITS OF WIT.
The man who obeys orders seldom has
trouble with his wife. Somereille Journal.
An economist is often a man who can tell
everybody else how to economize without being
able to do It hlmteii.iexas nvnngs.
A young man should not feel flattered
because a pretty girl keeps his photograph stack
In the frame of her mirror. When she Is la front
of the mirror she Is pretty sure to be looking at
something else. SomtrviUs Journal.
He I am thinking of embracing a liter
ary life.
She I do notdonbt that the life will be 'a very
happy one If you If you should treat It tbe way
you spoke of." Terrs Haute Express.
J. Cass I believe miners are more de
serving of pity than any other class of workers.
Bab Oon How so?
"They are 'most always 'down In the month:
an' the rest of the time they are ont of their
mines." Time.
She Have yon read "Looking Side
ways?" He Yes, I see It's another plagiarism.
She-How is that?
He-Every word of it is In Webster's Un
abridged. Time.
Exasperated "Wife I want you to have
that dog of ours shot. He annoys people with his
growling.
Husband That's no good reason for shooting
him. If It wis yon wouldn't stand much show for
your life. Texas Siftingt.
"Farewell, dearest," she sighed as she lay
against the lanel of his double-breasted coat;
"and, George, you may tlss me once on my fore
head ere yon go." "Thanks. Angelina, "thought
fully murmured the young man, "but the last
time I kissed a girl on tbe forehead I got a bang In
themoath." Atnoment later he left tbe hoose,
looking as If be had been eating marsh-mallows.
Harvard Lampoon. .. v
His Part of It They wnr a big man en"
a little man agoIn 'long the pike together.' TheV
big man, he didn't say mnch, bat the little feller,
hejls'kep'a-talkln. ;- ', ,
By'm-by the little nan np an says: jr
"Did you know, pardner. thet me en' yoal'
know'd everything in the world?" savs be. -'SFS
"Yeeslr." says the big man, right qnlck;'"I
docs. You know ercrythlngln tbe world but thet
you're a aetn gabbllh"' little fool, ea' I know
thet, "-vPrtrort ires Urtst. - .."