HT, f? THE PITTSBUHQ 'DISPATCH, TUESDAY, JANTJARIT '" 28; 1890. :r Wk Mi$mli ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, IMS, VoL 41, o. S55. Entered at Pittsburg I'ostodce. JCovember 14, 1SS7. as second-class matter. Business Offlce97and99FinhAvenue. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street Eastern Advertising Office, Koom 45, Tribune Building. New York. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGI FREE IN THE UNITED 6TATEE. DAILY DISPATCH, One Year. I 8 00 DAILY Dispatch, PerQuarter 2 00 Daily Dispatch, One Mouth 70 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, Sm'tns. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, IncludlngSunday.lmonth 90 SOB AY DISPATCH, One Year 2 50 TVeekly Dispatch, One Year 125 The Daily Di6fatch is delivered by carriers at 35 cents per week, or Including bunday edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. JAN. 2S. 189a REMAKKABLE EKLIEF. The principle of distributing the portion of the Johnstown relief fund, sent to the Tillage of South Fork, produces some re markable results. The principle was that of distributing in proportion to losses sus tsined,and the results were that of the $5,000 sent to relieve the homeless and destitute, sundry suffering coal mining companies, store lirms and wealthy individuals got $4,000, while the actual poor got the remain ing thousand. One person who may fairly be presumed to be destitute got his destitu tion relieved to the munificent extent of five dollars. It may be said in extenuation for the South Fork distributors, that the idea of distributing relief funds in proportion to loss is one that is very apt to suggest itself especially when the distributors are among the largest losers. That plan is said to have been adopted in Pittsburg alter the fire of 1845; and it is still reported that some of the wealthy property owners, who were wealthy after the fire, took their liberal ratio of the relief fund, with entire resignation. But a more striking illustration of the en tire falsity of that method of distribution seed not be asked lor than the statement of the South Fork distribution. The accuracy with which those who needed relief the least got the most money, is so beautiful that it beggars comment. THE CAE STOVE AT "WT0EK. Another railroad train went off a trestle in Indiana yesterday with the loss of seven lives and a number of severe injuries in ad dition. The car stove assumed its usual and fatal prominence in the affair. Host of the deaths were the Horrible one by burning, and the details, so far as reported, indicate that the majority of the victims might have been saved but for that destructive heating arrangement. How many more losses of that kind will be necessary before the rail roads set to work in earnest to abolish the stoves and substitute a system of safe heat ing it is hard to say. If the report that a railroad president was in the list had proved correct it might, have furnished a stimulant to the reform. But the rule held good in this case, which Makes such calami ties very infrequent when the railroad pres idents are on board. A LOST PUEPOSE. Concerning Mr. Springer's bill on the election of President, abolishing the Elec toral College, while providing minority rep sentation in the electoral vote of each State, an Eastern cotemporary says, "the Electoral College, while a nondescript institution, has admirably served the purposes intended, and will not be changed until some better one is proposed than has yet been men tioned. But this represents the Electoral Colleges as doing exactly what they have not done. Nothing is plainer in the Constitution and the original expositions of it, than that the purpose for which the Electoral College was established was to keep the people from voting directly for President The Executive was to removed from the in fluence of popular elections by having the choice made by a select body, and as that body the Electoral College was founded. The purpose was defeated. The election of Electors is the election of a President, and the only effect of the Electoral College is to complicate and sometimes confuse the vote of the people. "When an electoral institution neither serves the purpose for which it was created nor any other discernible purpose, there is the best reason for either abolishing or amending it, as Mr. Springer's bill pro poses. DEPEW ON THE CIVIL SEEVICE, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew comes out on the side of civil service reform in an inter view which presents arguments that are already familiar, but which derive addi tional force from Mr. Depew's position and apt way of putting things. Mr. Depew points out what everyone who stops to think of it will recognize as true, that the dissat isfaction with Harrison's administration is simply due to the inability of the adminis tration to parcel out the offices so as to satisfy everyone. He shows that the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads attain the highest degree of efficiency by permanence of positions, and a basis of pro motion on ability, fidelity and industry shown in the service of the company. Mr. Depew naturally thinks that it would be well for the Government to secure efficiency in its service by a like method as well as to rid our politics of the present perennial squabble for spoils. If the brilliant Depew keeps on that way, he will eventually de Yelop into a hated mugwump. GOVEBHMEHT AND BANKING. Mr. George S. Coe, of New York, is quoted as saying that the banking opera tions of the country would get along 3 great deal better without Governmental interfer ence. On the face of it this indicates a preference for the abolition of the national banking system, and the return of the bank ing business to the absence of supervision and regulation, which was the case before the enactment of the national banking act, As Mr. Coe is the President of a leading national bank, and is understood to be a warm supporter of the national banking system, it is difficult to believe that he has intended anything of the sort But whether Mr. Coe said it or pot, it is untrue in the form as stated. Interference with the details of the banking business may be injurious; but the super vision which forbids hazardous bank ing and protects the depositors from being deluded by empty banks, has made banking operations far more satisfactory than they ever were without such regula tion. The stability of the national banks has been the salvation of business in many cases since their establishment; and while some of them may have been bankrupted by fraudulent or reckless management, their general solvency has been the sheet anchor of commerce in many a crisis. Pittsburg has had the best opportunity to observe this fact Since 1872 many a private bank has fallen into rains, while not a single national bank of this city has yet failed to rneet its liabilities on demand. The public gain of the national banking system has well repaid the privilege of issu ing notes given in exchange for iU restric tions. Now that the Government bond basis for bank circulation is disappearing, it will be good public policy to seek some form of security of stable and universal value, which will form the basis for circulation and maintain the advantages of the system. A PEETINENX SUGGESTION. It is to be hoped that the statement which Colonel Adrews will make to the Secretary of the Treasury, concerning the possibility of completing the new postoffice next fall, will open that official's eyes to the manner in which the Government building business is carried on, and will lead to steps for ex pediting work here. The statement which Colonel Andrews will make is that he will give a bond to have the building completed by November, or that he will find other contractors who will undertake to finish it by October. The principle thus introduced would be that of pecuniary responsibility by contractors who are interested in the prompt comple tion of the task. How that principle worked in the case of the Court House is well known to the people of this city. How the other principle, that of work done by the Government, operates, is becoming no less famous. It may not generally be understood that, in addition to the inconveniences caused by delay, there is a direct pecuniary loss in the idleness of the money put into con struction during a protracted period. The loss of in terest on the 1,500,000, cost ot the postoffice, during the time in excess of that taken for the construction of the Court House is not less than $300,000. All of that sum might have been saved by pushing the work on one building as it was pushed on the other. It is to be Hoped that Colonel Andrews' suggestion will bear fruit, and that steps will be taken to have the new postoffice completed next fall. BOOMS IN DANGER. The mild weather has been tying Iowa into complex knots. At Keokuk the ice has started in the river and yesterday ground np the new Government boom. In Lee county the fruit buds have been dangerously developed, and the peach crop is given up for lost So what with wrecked booms and blasted peach trees Iowa, or a considerable part of it, is in a bad way. Pennsylvania has been luckier, we be lieve. As to the peach trees, while we shall be very careful not to deny that a peach tree here and there has suffered, we have not yet given up all hope of the peach crop. There is more doubt about the booms; nota bly some of political growth. That the mildness of the winter can be blamed for the prominence and multiplicity of booms here abouts is not clear. The cause probably is to be found so far back as last March when Mr. Harrison entered the "White House. Booms have cropped up everywhere and flourished, some like green bay trees, some after the fashion of century plants. There have been booms which, like that at Keo kuk, have been gronnd to pieces in the ice floes of hard lck. Other booms there are, and we may say that the chief of them ari Gubernatorial, which will have many storms to weather as the year grows. Mr. Delamater may think to-day, as he says he does, thathe "will win hands down;" General Hastings and Secretary Stone may hopefully remember their Scottish ancestrv, and Major Montooth may keep on saying nothing after his eloquent fashion, but who shall say which boom is accumulating the essential marrow of success? It is mild weather now, but a treacherous time for political booms. PEOOF OP PE0SPEBIIY. The annual statement of the Pennsyl vania Railway, although not yet published in detail, exhibits a most gratifying pros perity for the year. Notwithstanding the interruption of business, caused by the floods ot the end of May, the net earnings of the system have increased more than 53,000,000 over the moderately prosperous year of 188S. "Without the floods the gain would probably have bien over 54,000,000. Such a remarkable growth of business and profits is not only satisfactory to the stock holding interest in the Pennsylvania Bail way, but is a pleasant indication of the activity which has pervaded Pennsylvania interests from which the greater share, if not all, of these profits was drawn. The corpo ration which enjoys such prosperity should perceive that it can be made most per manent by preserving the prosperity of the interests which furnish it with business. The work of repairing and extension which is laid ont for the old postoffice contains a discomforting intimation that the new one is not likely to be occupied in the near future. Nevertheless, the improvements that arosaid to be on foot in the postal service of the city will console the public for a possible delay in the opening of tho new buildlns, the consola tion being tempered by a hope that the new brooms will continue to sweep as clean as they begin by doing. The Signal Service reports that the period of lowest mean temperature has been passed. This might be encouraging, if it were not for the experience of the public during the present season to the effect that the lowest temperature is not the meanest temperature. Mb. "Walker, the head of the electrical bureau of Philadelphia, comes out strongly on the underground side ot the wire Issue. "Had I the power," he writes, "I would not permit an electric light wire to be erected above cround in the thickly-built up portion of the city." The testimony of all experts who are not prejudiced by the Interests with which they are connected, leaves no doubt that the over head wires must go. A CASE of "accidental suicide" is re ported by the New York Herald, which will probably push its enterprise in the next murder case to the length of showing it to be a case of unintentional premeditation. The proposition for endowed newspapers is evoking considerable discussion, most of which is unfavorable to the proposition. Every one will agree, however, to any plan for endow ing newspapers with brains and enterprise. The best way to do that is to preserve the com petitive system, under which the newspaper that has the biggest endowment of that sort is tolerably sure of the largest financial success. Deae friends of both cities who have un dertaken to run the fire engine test, a great publio will applaud your course, if you deeply and decidedly resolve to do less talking and more testing. Oxe of the most striking features of the way in which the news is received that Hutch inson, of Chicago, had been robbed of a few thousand dollars by one of his clerks, is the cheerful fortitude with which the public is able to bear it. The man who makes a fortune by taking the money of others without a fair return for it, gets little sympathy to sweeten a dose of his own medicine. Prance ii at present publishing predic tions of small grape crops this year. Thus the French industry keeps abreast of this conn- try's luxuries in the shape of short peach and Ice crops. Ix is gratifying to learn from Maine that the Ice crop "is ten to fifteen days ahead of 1839 and the ice is of better quality." This is comfort for the consumers that are supplied With ice from Maine. But this is a large country: and otherportions are in danger of be ing left more than ten or fifteen days behind Maine on the ice question. The way in which the Sbannopin and Chartiers fields are turning out gushers is the most practical answer to the talk about the exhaustion of the Pennsylvania petroleum sup ply. " The "Whisky Trust will organize a cor poration in place of the trust. This will draw the teeth of whatever approximation to a monopoly was effected by the trust But It is safe to predict that if the whisky turned out by the new corporation is as much watered as its stock, tne old topers will organize a boycott against it. The 5 cent fare to East Liberty is the summary of the achievement of the traction roads. Now let the electric lines take hold, and see if they cannot make it a 3 cent fare. Canada is agitating the question of ex cluding American dressed meat from her bor ders. It seems that the Northern nation has representatives who, like the exceptional legis lators of this country, are harassed by fears lest the people shall bo able to bny their meat too cheaply. The policy writers who are lodged In the lockup will now, we hope, profit by their leis ure to reflect on the tact that honesty is a better policy than their kind. The miners' convention at Columbus indorsed and pledged support to a number of efforts in behalf of labor. Including the aboli tion of tolls on the Monongahela In the list The miners have clear heads on matters that will act favorably for their Interests. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Be cretART Proctor has decided to pur chase the sword of the late General Shields for 810,000. United States Minister Palmer is down with the Dengue fever, now prevailing in Spain. The first cash John D. Rockefeller ever had was a quarter, which he I laid to have earned working for a farmer to get money to go to the circus. He was then a poor boy, living near Owego, N. Y. General R. A. Alger, Commander in Chief of the G. A. R., arrived at New Bedford, Mass., yesterday, and was received by the local posts. At the City Hall a reception was ten dered General Alger. Robert P. Porter, the Superintendent of the census, has appointed Miss Phcobe Cousins, of St. Louis, special agent of the eleventh census, for the collection of statistics of re corded indebtedness for the city of 8t Louis. George Gotjld has purchased of the Hon. Thomas Cornell, of Kingston,. N.Y., a stream of water in the Catskills known as Furlough Lake. It is well stocked with trout and de lightfully situated. The purchase price was $6,000. The site consists of about 600 acres, of which the lake occupies 55. In Georgetown, D. C, in an humble cottage which rents for fcO a month, lives the only sur viving grandchild of Thomas Jefferson. Her name is Mrs. Septimla Randolph Meikleham, widow of David S. Meikleham, long since dead. She is now in her 76th year, a cultured, amia ble, venerable old lady, with two daughters and one son in her household. The old brick house at 10 Washlneton place. New York, where Commodore Vanderbilt lived and died, was sold to a fur dealer a few days ago at a price exceeding 210,000, and next year it will be torn down. The property belonged to Cornelius and "William K. Vanderbilt, and bad been leased annually to the mother and brother of the Commodore's second wife, who bad lived there since the death of the Wall Street King. The vacancy in the Solicitor Generalship, caused by the death of Judge Chapman, has revived tne efforts of a number of very compe tent aspirants for the office. Pennsylvania has again come to the front with Jndpe Harry White, of Indiana county, as a candidate for the place. One of the last acts of Senator Quay before his departure for Florida was to call the attention of the Attorney General to General White's papers on file at the depart ment, and desired to renew his recommenda tion in his behalf. HIS FIRST OPINIONS. Judge Brewer Announces Several Decisions of the Supreme Conn. "Washington, January 27. Justice Brewer to-day rendered his first opinions as a member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In the case of the United States, appellant, vs. John Hancock et al, Justice Brewer, in his opinion, affirms the judgment of the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District ot California. This is a bill to set aside a patent granted in 1S72 to an old Mexican land grant, on the ground of misconduct on the part of Henry Hancock, who made the survey of the grant. The Justice finds no reason to set aside the patent Justice Brewer also rendered the opinion of the Conrt affirming the judgment of the Cir cuit Court for the District of Kansas in the case of the Board of State Commissioners of the Countv of Comanche, Kan., plaintiff in error, vs. Charles Edward Lewis. The county is held liable for bonds Issued in 1873 and 1 874. Other minor opinions were also rendered. OUR TRADE WITH MEXICO. Secretary Rusk's Views on the Exportation of Live Slock. Washington, January 27. Secretary Rusk was to-day Interviewed in relation to the recent quarantine restrictions placed by the Mexican Government upon hogs shipped from this coun try. He said that the trade was a large and in creasing one, and that the inspection lees would practically destroy it if they were con tinued. He had laid the matter before the State Department, and he thought that an amicable solution would De reached, since it had been shown that the Mexican Government had acted on Incorrect information. When asked if he intended retaliating by placing restrictions on the Mexican cattle trade, the Secretary was non-committal, but stated that the Department of Agriculture had zrequently been forced to place a three-months' quarantine on all cattle imported from Mexico, and in ordor to avoid disease, he thought a reg ulation of this character would be justifiable on sanltarry grounds. Wanted, an Odorous Gas. From the Detroit Free Press. One of the things which make natural gas a dangerous enemy is the fact that it has no odor, and a citizen may have a barnful of it lying around loose without suspecting its presence. If the companies who furnish it could give it a sort of polecat twist the public would not be half as scared over It, Confessor Woodruff's Mother Dead. Chicago, January 27. Frank Black, alias Woodruff, confined in the county jail awaiting trial on indictments for horse stealing and com plicity in the Cronln case received a dispatch to-day from San Jose, Cal., announcing the death ot his mother. She had been more or less of an invalid for some time, but especially so since visiting her son here in prison. no Careful of Yonr Gas Pipes. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The only moral of the Columbus disaster is that is rather more dangerous to carry natural gas in leaky pipes than the manufactured article, because of Its greater pressure. Per haps it would be better lor the publio health if artificial gas had to be as closely watched as the natural product Glad to Got Rid of It, From the Philadelphia Press. The country is more prosperous than ever be fore, but the mortality reports show that it Is fast losing its grip. Without Special Trains. From the Philadelphia Beooru.J A postal card sent around the world makes the circuit in about 70 days, without any nolle or pretension. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Host the North American Review Obtained a Scoop A FetvNoles on Electric Travel nnd Other Things. A curious little story is concealed behind the Protection versus Free Trade papers con tributed by Mr. Elaine and Mr. Gladstone to the North American Jteview. When Mr. Russell B. Harrison went to Eu rope last summer in the interest of Frank Leslie's Weekly one of bis objects was to ob tain Mr. Gladstone's promise to write a paper on Free Trade for Leslie's to be published sim ultaneously with a paper from Mr. Blaine on Protection. This plan sprang from the brain of Mr. John Arkell, of Judge, who took young Mr. Harrison into the publishing business. Well, the President's son saw the Grand Old Man and made the proposal to him. Mr. Glad stone seemed perfectly willing to accede to it, and though no contract was signed, Mr. Harri son left Mr. Gladstone's presence under the impression that the article on "Free Trade" was as good as secured. Young Mr. Harrison told the Arkells, his partners, when he re turned to this country that they could rely upon Mr. Gladstone. There was nothing to prevent their getting Mr. Blaine to write on the other side of the question, and thb Arkells were pre paring to make definite arrangements with both statesmen when it came to their ears that the North American iteview had obtained from Messrs. Gladstone and Blalno the now famous papers. How this happened is only conjecture. It was probably one of those accidents that will occur in the best regulated of families and publishing houses. Naturally, the enterprising Arkells, and they are gentlemen who rise betimes -and make things hum in their great castle on Fifth avenue. New fork were disap pointed bitterly. So was Mr. Russell B. Har rison; and he was surprised. V 'The sparkling electric system which has ousted the precious mules from the Pleasant Valley street car line. Is giving a vast deal of amusement, touched with alarm, to the travel ing public. Let us all cheerfully admit that, fireworks and all, the new system beats the old mule and hearse procession out of sight Only a regular rider on the road can speak with full justice of the accommodations. It strikes me after casual experiments that the principal defect just now is tho lack of cars. It is said by a man who ought to know that the Pleasant Valley Company has only twelve cars on the road. The company's full com pletement is to bo eighteen cars. More than eighteen will be needed, for in the busy hours of the day now the cars are carrying twice as many passengers as they ought to. A corres pondent of mine counted sixty-three people on one car last week, and last night a car which left the postoffice shortly after 6 o'clock had passengers hanging on by tho rails of the plat form in a very dangerous way. The thunder and lightning accompaniment lends a trip to Allegheny anything but a soporific effect. C; V Tns monotony of existence may be sensibly broken in ways other than electric There is the Press Club banquet to-morrow night, which promises to be as snccessfnl as us ual. The attendance of newspaper men will be larger than ever, it is said. To-night the Sewickley Valley Club's pretty theater in Sewickley will bo packed to the doors, no donbr, for the Tuesday Night Club is to re veal Its dramatic strength in a double bill. JOHN KNOX EULOGIZED. A Learned Discourse From Dr. Macintosh to Scotch-Irish Americans A Tribute Paid to Pittsburg Tho Right Kind of Independence. The First Presbyterian Church was comfort ably filled last evening with a representa tive audience to listen to the Rev. John S. Macintosh, D. D of Philadelphia, who ad dressed them upon "John Knox in Independ ence Hall." The gentleman was briefly introduced by Colonel J. M. Echols, who referred to him as "the only specimen of the kind in the United States." Rev. Macintosh prefaced his remarks on the historical gentleman by saying he was delighted to meet a Pittsburg audience com posed of the Scotch-Irish clement of the city and vicinity. He said he was proud to address them. He felt a personal re sponsibility regarding the second annual Scotch-Irish Congress that is to be held m the city the last of next May, as he was the first and the most enthusiastic advocate of Pitts burg as the place to hold the reunion. Know ing the vast number of earnest, industrious Scotch-Irish men and the sweet religious women that abounded in Pittsburg, he thought it just the place to reunite In the second an nual congress of tho Scotch-Irish. He said he hoped that as long as Pittsburg had been honored as the selected site for the reunion, it would rise up in its might and make the event one to go down in the annals of Scotch-Irish history. He said It was no alien association, but a grand national, or rather international congress, and interest and enthu siasm should increase from this time on to the time of celebration, which ought to go on record as one of the most enjoyable and .S. Mnv...... ' .. i ?$&2&3SSZ auspicious gaiuenngs 01 me century, in his manner more admirably blended. John Knox. under God, he said, made the Scotch and Scotch-Irish and their characteristics, "un yielding grit, granite hardness, close-mouthed self-repression, clear, firm speech when the trnth is to be told. God-fearing honestv, loyalty to friendship, defiant of death, conscience and knee-bending only to God." He said: "Before Knox wrought and enstamped him self, our race had abilities. After him, we have achievements. Before him we have powers; now performances; before him strugglings; now success. In lone years of close historic reading and interested study of national de partures and racial trends, I have found many a marked and self-impressing leader who. for some time, has made a nation wax ana molded It at will; but then new fires came and a new stamp. But I have not found one sncli other case in history where a single leader has so deeply, pervasively and permanently en stamped himself on a people who, of all folks, stand foremost among the self-asserting races. He was, indeed, the earliest hand that penned anything I can call a declaration ot independ ence. He boldly taught broad and stirring Scot land these Iessona,and pnt the generative words into clear writ The authority of kings and princes was originally derived from the peo ple; that the former are not superior to the latter collectively considered; that if rulers become tyrannical or employ their power for the destruction of their subjects, they maybe lawfully controlled, and proving incorrigible may be deposed by the community as the superior power. Tyrants may bo judicially pro ceeded against even to a capital punishment." During the entire lecture, in which tho Scotch-Irish as a class and John Knox, in par ticular, were treated tho predominating char acteristics with which the gentleman invested tne snbject of his lecture, were-impersonated in his own appearance,words and manner ot de livery. 0 . Plenty of Room for Others. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The proprietors of the Tyler Tube Works, who have removed from Boston to Washing ton in this State, have set an example for all the few dozen Iron mills of New England whose owners are complaining that they can not compete with Pennsylvania iron manu facturers. Of course they can't, and the thing for them to do is for the mouse to come to the mountains of coal and iron as the Tyler Tube Works has done. Deport the IHIsclilcf-Mnkcrs. From the Philadelphia Becord. J There are perhaps about 10,000 white ruffians. mischief-makers and blatherskites among the millions of white people In the South whose deportation to Central Africa would bring per manent tranquility to that region. DEATHS OP A DAY. J. Frank Mlnnick. tSFXCIAI. TSLXOBAM TO TEH DISPATCH. 1 BEDFORD, January 27. The town was shocked here to-day on hearing or the death of J. Franx Mlnnick, a young member of the bar. The de ceased took the grip a lew days ago and but few persons were aware of his illness. Els death has cast a gloom over the town. Mr. Mlnnick was In his 36th year, and has always taken an active in terest in county politics, lie was the Republican canuiuaie several years ago lor i-roinonotar hnt was defeated br a small malorltv. At ti TV hut was defeated by a small majority. Al the death of Treasurer Henderson he was appointed by the County Commissioners to fill the unexpired term. Lonls Held, rCFXCIAT. TELXQBAM TO TBI DISPATCn.l McKkespobt, Pa., January S7. At 6 o'clock this morning Mr. Louis Held, a pioneer business man of this place, breathed his last. Mr. Held came here In 1853, and by close attention to busi ness leaves a handsome fortune. His funeral will take place on Wednesday. General Lester B. Faulkner. CAHAsxbaoa, N. Y., January 27. General T.ctnr TO TPanllrner died ktRKflftlrfnV this .. Ilng. The funeral will take place at Dausvllle on Thursday, " AS" AN ART EDUCATOR. The Great Local Loan Exhibition Promises to be a Success. Messrs. Woodwell, Beatty, Hetzel, Frew, Macbeth and the Wall brothers, the committee having in charge the art loan exhibition in con junction with the opening of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny, are having even better success than was anticipated in secur ing promises of valuable and rare works for the occasion. Already they can count upon having in the exhibits about 100 of the best canvasses tn Pittsburg, some of which are worth not less than 3,000 and $10,000 apiece. Tho idea is to make it purely and strictly a loan exhibition, in which there shall appear not a single picture that is for sale or likely to be fcrsale. Thus the projectors hope to make not only Tuesday and Wednesday of next week genuine art educational days at the Carnegie Library; but it is the desire of all thabest friends of the onterorise that it shall continne open to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well. Such an extension of the time of this free and rare exhibit would surely not incon venience the generous lenders nor endanger their art treasures (since the latter are fully insured); and the additional value of the exhi bition to the public, from an educational standpoint, could hardly be estimated in ad vance. The following list of those who have already promised to loan their paintings will indicate now really splendid the patronage of the exhi bition is to be: Messrs. J. J. Vandergrift, W. L. Frew, J. M. Schoonmaker, H. DuPuy, A. M. Byers, D. T. Watson, R. C. Schmertz, R. Shea, B. F. Jones, Charles Lockhart, W. Dewees Wood, H. C. Frlck, Joseph Home, H.K Col lins, John Caldwell, Charles J. Clarke and John B. Jackson; Mrs. H. K. Porter and Mrs. W. M. Carr. IN THB PITTSBURG CLUB. Mrs. Carnegie Gives a Germnn for Her Daughter, Miss Rettn. Hardly has the Pittsburg Club House been shorn of the floral decorations that adorn it for one social event before it is again transformed, and the coming and going of florists and their property keeps the little bachelor abode in a constant state of commotion, to say nothing of the events for which the preparations are in order. Ono of the prettiest germans ever given in Pittsburg was danced there last evening. Mrs. T. M. Carnegie was the charming hostess, and the german was given for her daughter. Miss Retta. About 75 of tho younger set were present, and each guest re ceived as a souvenir a handsome HttTe basket of choice flowers. The baskets were of all colors and shapes, hardly any two resem bling each other, and they were filled witn the choicest flowers that Robert C. Patterson could procure. Besides the lovely floral tributes, the favors were ot silver and Dresden china. A de licious supper was served in the dining room. andToerge Brothers officiated in their usual capacity. Tho stage upon which the musicians were seated was most admirably screened with tow ering tropical productions, heavily banked at the base with numerous bright flowers. The costumes of the youthful dancers were charm ine, and mirth and gayety reigned until a late hour. THE GRAND ORGAN RECITAL. Programmes Were Issued to Scottish Rites members Yesterday. The programmes were issued yesterday for the grand organ recital in the Freemasons' Hall, Fifth avenue, Thursday night, when the rooms will be open to the Scottish Rites mem bers and their ladies. The invitations have been limited to these bodies because their mem bership is so large that it would be impossible to accommodate the number who will be attracted by tho recital, were it not for the limitation. The organ is located in the room of the Scot tish Rites body, and is the property of this body. The order for full evening dress for gentlemen will probably be faithfully observed, and the recital promises In every way to be a notable affair. The Scottish Rites bodies com prise many of the first citizens of Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania. USING UP THE MONET. An Extrn Dance Will be Given to Get Rid of a Snrplns. The deceased Pittsburg Cotillon Clnb, it Is understood, left upon its death quite a snug little sum in the treasury without any written directions In the shape of a will as to what use the money should be put The Monday Evening Dancing Club, which was heir apparent to the throne and cash, have been in a quandary as to how to relieve the treasury of the surplus. They have finally decided that an extra dance thrown in at the clnb house on February 10 will be both a proper and pleasant manner in which to accomplish the desired result. Accordingly the cotillon will be given, and although it is really a left over one from last season, it is safe to predict there will not be a stale flavor about it A CHINESE FEAST. Tho Mongolians Will Eat a First-Class American Dinner. The Celestials of the city are not to be out done in a social way, and next Monday, at 7:30 p. ST., they will entertain their friends with a banquet of elaborate proportions, served in the Central U. P. Church. There will be no chopsticks and rice about it, but one of the cnopsncKS auu rice auoui 11, out one 01 tne flnelt suppers of the season will be served by Hagan. There aro about 30 Celestials who will officiate as hosts on the auspicious occa sion, ind cards have been issued to 215 guests,. GRAND ARMY PAIR POST 41. A Large Attendance nnd Great Success Music and Dancing. The G. A. R. fair of Post 41, at Citizens' Hall, is proving a great success under the man agement of Colonel R. B. Elliott. The displays at the various bazaars are very pretty, notably those of Mrs. Krapp at No. 1, and Mrs. Will iamson's "crystal circle." The ample hall was filled with dancers last night, who merrily tripped it away to the well timed music of tho Great Eastern Italian Orchestra, under the leadership of Cot Phillips. Social Chatter. At 7 o'clock to-night Miss Annie C. Marks will be married to Mr. Charles B. Strohm, of Wellington, Kan. The ceremony will be per formed at the bride's home, 250 Allegheny avenue, Allegheny, and Rev. Dr. J. R. Suther land, of the Second Presbyterian Church, will officiate. A DELionTFUL evening is insured by all who hear NellaF. Brown at University Hall to night. A most Interesting programme will be rendered, and the lady, besides being very pre possessing, is an unusually fine elocutionist OK February 6 Colonel A. 8. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan, of the United States Arsenal, will entertain friends for their daughter, Miss Morgan. A. German weddingtbat will interest a great manypeople is that of Miss Sophia Struntz to Justice Mulert, which will take place February 13. Mrs. H. Sellers McKee, at her lovely home on February 7, will between the hours of 8 and 11 receive a large numoer of friends. The postponed dinner dance will bo given to day. The german to bo danced at Mrs. Mark Watson's home. A reception will be given at the Dr. Thomas residence, Thirteenth street,SoutbsIde, on January 30. AT THE HEAD OP THE LIST, Progress and Enterprise the Characteristics of The Dispatch. From the Lewisburg (Pa.) Chronicle. Among the long list of exchanges, big and little, Republican, Democratic, religious, Mug wump and all the various shades of each de scription, none can get ahead of The Pitts burg Dispatch for solid progress and Irre pressible enterprise. Every year adds to these features, and, for 1890, there will be no let-up, but a determination to eclipse all former efforts. The Dispatch maintains its place at tho bead of the great procession formed by the most progressive papers of all the large cities in the Union; contains all the news, and as much perhaps more miscellaneous matter; markets of all kinds, stories, sermons, scien tific matter, sporting news, cable news from all around the globe, portraits of papminent peo ple, edltoiials refreshingly Independent and if there are any other features essential for a real live daily, it has them too. The daily Is fur nished at 88 per year, and tho weekly at f 1 25. The Editor and the K'ckers. From the Elizabeth Herald. In an experience of 15 years in the newspaper business, with close observation, wo have found that nineteen-twentletbs of all the growling and carping criticism indulged In against a news paper is by people who never contribute a cent toward its support But they all read it, TO BUILD FOR THE SOUTH. A Woll-Known PIttsburger Who Helped En glish Capitalists Investing la- AInbnma Gossip oa the TJnloulovrn Postoffice Cau test John SI. Ward and Ills Accom plished Wife. COItBESFONPXKCS 01 THE DISPATCH.' Jew Yore, January 26. With a distin guished air and a handsome presence. Colonel J. P. WItherow, of Pittsburg, graced the corridors of the Hoffman House late last week. His business over here was in the nature of iron and furnace interests, having made arrangements to meet some English capitalists who are investing millions in the South, and Colonel Witherow will build their furnaces for them. Two of the party I talked to regarding their proposed venture and they told me the English people of means had no fertile fields of invest ment over on the other side; hence they sought the inviting openings which America offered to place their plethora of wealth. These two gentlemen Watts by name are not much past their majority, and being left fatherless have determined to come over here and go into the iron and furnace business in Alabama. Tbey have just returned from a tour of the Southern cities, not forgetting to stop off at Pittsburg, where they were pleased and edified by the mammoth mills and other manu facturing interests. If there is anyone in Pittsburg who is an ideal bon vivant It is Colonel Witherow.and he is at the highest pinnacle of pleasure when a coterie of friends are his guests around the festal board. Notwithstanding an occasional touch of the gout, be cannot retrain from satis fying his epicurean tastes in New York by giv ing an informal dinner to a party ot five ,or six gentlemen. It was in the capacity of host that I saw him a night or so ago in the Hoffman Cafe. The guests sat down at 4:30 p. H. and arose in time for the theater at 8:15. I heard afterward what the figures were on the check. and the price of the best suit of clothes would not exceed them. J- K. Beeson, a prominent merchant of Uniontown, was at the Grand Central yester day. He had run over from Washington City, where he and a number of citizens of his own hustling town were in consultation with Post master General Wanamaker regarding the appointment of a postmaster at that place.. Mr. Beeson said the fight bad been waxing warm, with f our aspirants in the field, but now the strnggle had simmered down to O. J. Sturgis and Robert J. Patterson. Mr. Beeson Is in favor of the latter. Sturgis has the Ewlng faction as his champions In the cause, while Mr. Patterson is a very popular worker of the younger element in the Republican ranks of Fayette county. At present it is thought Sturgis has the better chance for the appoint ment, as General Wanamaker informed Mr. Patterson's spokesmen that Quay had recom mended him; that Congressman Ray seconded it, and that Chairman Fuller bad written him tnat he did not object to Sturgis. My Informant tells me that some of tho peo ple mentioned above promised to support Sturgis, while if he is not appointed there will result a disastrous split In the party, which has been rejuvenated through the telling efforts of the young Republicans. Senator Quay prom ised the Patterson people that the appointment would not be made until after his return from Florida, during which Interim some very alti tudinous hustling may ba looked for in the ef fort to offset Sturgis' apparent victory. Probably no young man has been placed so prominently before the publio during the past half year as John Montgomery Ward, the President of the Brotherhood. He is now out In Pittsburg, where, as he has every place he goes, he has a legion of friends. His indomita ble pluck, coupled with a progressive spirit and backed by a head full of very healthy brains, all go to make bim one of the deserving kind of men who command the respect and honor of his people and admirers. He was a poor country boy 12 or 15 years ago up in Center county. Pa., bat had enough ambition to attend the Penn sylvania State College, where he acquired a good sound basis for future accomplishments in the educational, as well as in the athletic world. He stood high in his classes, and espe cially did he excel In oratory, which will aid him very materially when he lays aside the ball and bat for the law. His arguments are always convincing, and it is said that if Mr. Ward could have talked personally with every man who was against the Brotherhood movement the League would not to-day have a supporter, aside from those financially interested. Mr. Ward, as is well-known, married Helen auvray, the actress, who is a baseball enthu siast, possessed of practical ideas concerning the game as well. While Mr. Ward is absent, his versatile wife attends to his correspondence in every detail. Tn a certain drugstore in Printing House Square recently came a well-dressed, weazen faced man while I was standing awaiting my change for a purchase. Since the influenza epidemio struck the country there has been a vast call for quinine and antipyrine. This man asked for a half dozen quinine pills, which the gentleman clerk placed, neatly wrapped up, be fore him., "How much?" asked the purchaser. "Eight cents, please." "Why, how's that? They're only 15 cents a dozen, and 1 paid 8 cents for the last half dozen J. got." "Well, we always charge the odd cent when a half dozen are purchased." said the clerk. "Well now, if I'd known that I should have paid you 15 cents in the first place," said the put-out purchaser, as he threw the eighth cent down in a very ugly manner and glared at the clerk as be rushed out. He should make appli cation for the WhirlcCs swopper column prize, if he succeeds In making deals as close as that. A t the hotels I see the following named Pitts burgers: J. C. Grogan (the jeweler), J. E. Umbstraetter and Charles A. Terry at the St. James; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Kuhn (the oil oper ator), John F. Atcheson and W. L. Dixon at the Albemarle; Max K. Moorbead, wife and maid. George T. Oliver, George G. McMurtry and wife at the Fifth avenue, and M. J. Mul len at the Hoffman. Lyman Kaine. WINDOM'S BILL DOESN'T SUIT HIM. Nothing Bat Free Coinage of Silver Will Satisfy Seaator Teller. Washington, January 27. Senator Teller, of Colorado, made an argument to-day before the House Committo, on coining of silver coin age. He expressed his disapprobation of the Windom silver bill, regarding it as hostile to the silver producing interests of the country. He looked upon the silver question a3 one of the most important before Congress. It was not a local question, but one general in its nature, and the depression in business circles all over the world was largely due to the treat ment of silver by the United States Govern ment since 1873. The Windom bill, he declared, was illogical and was a Wall street measure. It had been prepared by men who had not studied the silver Question, by bankers, when bankers were not thorough students of financial ques tions from a broad standpoint. It was very likeiy, he said, that the price of silver wonld be increased if the bill should be enacted into a law, but he would not support it on that account. Mr. Teller thought that the United States was capable of controlling the silver question, by adopting a policy of free coinage, and this, he said, was the only legitimate method of treating the question, althoug h he was in doubt whether a bill of that sort could escape a veto by the President. It silver is denied access to the mint3 the prices of gold will in crease in the same relation as corn increases in price if no wheat is milled. Dr. Talmage's New Pulpit. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. , Dr. Talmage is to have in his new Brooklyn Tabernacle a pulpit carved from a rock found on Mars Hill. Well, there Is no preacher of tho present day who can more appropriately be compared to Paul in the boldness with which he denounces sin in high and low places alike, in the church and out of it, than Dr. Talmage. and no preacher has a better right to a pulpit carved from the solid rock of Mars Hill. THOTJ'RT EVERYWHERE. When I gaze upon the Illy, Growing In s garuen fair, Or upon the lonely rose that Lifts up its head in beauty rare, 1 but think how far more stately Thou art with thy queenly air, When I gaze npon the Illy, Growing In a garden fair. When I gaze upon the heavens' Lofty dome or azure blue. Or npon the rgttless ocean, WUh Its molten sapphire bne, I but see thy wondrous eyes. That thrill my being through and through, When I gaze upon the heavens' Lofty dome of azure blue. For ol everything In nature Tbou'rt the type, my lady fair: There's a spell, lave, lu thy beauty, That pursues me everywhere; Mot my heart tbe silent flowers Or the heavens can ensnare There's a spell, love, In thy beauty That pursues me everywhere. r-Pvgtnt Oudin, in Dttrott ires Press, AT THE THEATERS. Fascination at the Grnnd White Stave and Oilier Plays. What The Dispatch said about "Fascina tion" last year can be repeated; it is an interest ing play, well acted and admirably staged. The performance of right must be termed artistic. But what made "Fascination" a welcome visitor once more to the Grand Opera House last night was the very charming, graceful woman that It reveals.' Miss Cora Tanner plays Lady Madge Biathlon and Charles Marlowe with much simple power and excellent taste. The double character is natu rally difficult, Dut it could very easily become dangerous. Miss Tanner carries herself In an atmosphere of refinement; tomboy though Lady Madge mav be Miss Tanner never makes her a hoyden. The exquisite Greek gown ot pure white she wears In the last act Is a touch of sympathetic coloring. The Lord Isley of Mr. Harold Russell was well enough; It had a manly ring. Bat wouldn't be be cashiered in England if his nniform, a guardsman's uniform, fitted him no better than that revealed to ns in Act I. The clever, but exaggerated humor of Mr. Coote. the curate who likes everything "so much!" and the still more exaggerated char acterization of villainy by Mr. Anderson pleased the audience greatly. Mr. Lionel Bland has made a wonderfully amusing pictnre of an Imbecile duke. Mr. Cook deserves hearty praise for honest work. As we have said the play Is splendidly set, and the dresses of the women are miracles. ftljon Theater. "The White Slave," the lustiest of the late Bartley Campbell's plays, was given its usual enthnsiastic greeting last night by a large audience at the Bijou Theater. The scenery is the principal new feature of this popular play on this occasion, and it is extremely effective. The play was acted very well by the following well-balanced company: Lisa, the Whrfe Slave Silas Mary Newman Nance, a quadroon, honseKeeper at lllgBend Miss Jennie Carroll Darhne, au octoroon from La Fourcbe Mrs. JamesJ.liKhe Mrs. Lee. from Virginia. ...Mrs. I. B. VanDeren Le ltic Lee. her daughter Miss Jennie lirlzht .Martha, abetter half. Miss Marie Bates Clay Brltton. aKentucR.ian....Mr. Milton Koblee Vim. Lacy, "deals In niggers and horses,". Sir. James. Tighe Judge Harden Mr. Griffith Gaunt Joe. a negro preaener Mr. Charles T. White F. H. Stitch, a lawyer Mr. Frank: Drew Clem, a field hand Mr. Charles Wehster Jack Hazelton, In love with Letty. Air. Harry C. Vetterleln Bancroft, an overseer Mr. Thomas McCartney Captain Stryker, of the Belle Creole Sir. Itlchsrd Lewis Natchez Jim, a gambler Mr. James Keckwlth Jamison, clerk of the Belle Creole.Mr. G. M. Hill Count Abstain, a beat Mr. Harry Redmond Little Jim, Daphne's child Master Willie Harris' Theater. Miss Lisle Leigh is a young actress who should have a bright future. Her work in "Alone in London" indicates that she is equal to far bet ter things. She is so far superior to the play, its requirements, and to the company supporting her, that one wishes she could be given a better opportunity to display her talents. Her voice is sweet, yet powerful, and her manner so modest that one but can remark it. Ot the play there is little to say. It has been so often seen that it is an old friend to most theater goers, and needs no Introduction. Several members of the com pany presenting it this season are clever noth ing more. The audiences yesterday were as large as any at this house this season. Standing room was worth a premium in the afternoon and evening. Hnrry Williams' Academy. In the Howard Big Burlesque Company Manager Williams has one of the strongest cards of the season. It is headed by Miss May Howard, who is about the finest-looking bur lesque star of the day. The company gathered about her by Messrs. Miaco and Morris contain some pretty faces and neat figures, and the cos tumes, what there is of them, aro costly and elegant. The programme begins with a neatly set "lace scene," representing "Social Pleas ures." The olio contains some Hrst-class Vaude ville performances, and the entertainment con cludes with a funny skit entitled, "The O Home-m-Stead." Not a bit of standing room could be had at 8 o'clock last evening. Theatrical Notes. The idea of a military story for comic opera is certainly an excellent one and very much better than the regulation political plots, so common with German operas. In "The Drum Major." we are promised a delightful military story filled with romance and love, presenting many clever situations for the comedy element, which is so essential in opera comique nowa days. The production of "The Drum Major" following thai of "Hadjy" at the Grand Opera House next week, by Manager Aronson's Company, gives promise of Deing one of more than ordinary interest. The music being from the pen of Jacques Offenbach is a guarantee of its being above the ordinary, while the staging of the opera, coming from the American home of comic opera, is sure to be in keeping with the many famous presentations given by tho Casino manage ment.: Manager Aronson is confident that "The Drum Major" will prove a most worthy suc cessor to "The Brigands," which achieved such a success here last falL It is a new farce comedy that comes to the Bijou next week. They caU it "The Fakir," and give it a big name for laughter, pretty women and dancing. The freaks and variety performers at the World's Museum, Allegheny, drew large au diences yesterday. A big bill is offered. A CASTAWAI'S STEANGE STOEI. For Nine Tears the Sole Inhabitant of a Pesert Island. SPECIAL TELXGBAX TO THE DISPATCH. New Yore, January 27. News received by steamer from San Jose, the Capital of Costa Rica, says that in a recent return cruise from the coast of Patagonia to the port of Santa Cruz, the Argentine revenue cutter San Juan sighted and came to anchor off an island hitherto unknown, fifty miles from shore. A man was asleep on the ground close by the beach, who was perfectly devoid of clothing, but his snow white beard and balr reached nearly to his knees. When first awakened he attempted to escape and acted like a wild man, but being captured soon recovered his speech. He was a native of Spain. 48 years old, and gave his name as Mariano Rodriguez. He said he bad shipped from Montevideo in 1S80. in an American schooner from New York, bound around the Horn. A violent storm had cast the vessel upon the rocks, and he alone of all the crew bad succeeded in gaining the shore in safety. No other ship had been sighted since the day he landed until the SnnJuan came. He had lived on raw shell fish and birds' eeg, which were obtainable in abundance; but his suffer ings from exposure at times, and bitter cold had been terrible, and almost unbearable. Con gress will be asked at its coming session to vote a gold medal to the Captain of the San Juan, for having discovered the island and rescued its solitary shipwrecked inhabitant. PKINCIPALIiI POLITICAL. Cincinnati Enquirer: If the National House of Representatives cannot agree upon any rules of their own, they might try Bob Schenck's. St. Louis Olobe Democrat: It Mr. Cleveland will consult tbe records he will find that no man has ever gained the Presidency by writing letters to the tailors of the country on political issues of great pith and moment. Philadelphia I'ress: Canada is now care fully considering the expediency of annexing tbe United States. It is much as if a potato bug were to climb up on a fence rail ana consider whether he would swallow an ox or a bale of hay for lunch. New York Herald: Dom Pedro's heart still warms at each recollection of bis beloved Brazil. He says that he would like to return, even as a private citizen, to die among his peo ple. A simple enough request from one who de serves well at the hands of tbe world's youngest Republic New York World: It occurs to us to remark that Mr. John H. Thomas has been doing enough talking out In Ohio to justify the friends of Mr. Brice in the Ohio Legislature in asking for a little Investigation. Of course, Mr. Brice, who is now at home In New York, has beard what Mr. Thomas has said. Cincinnati Commercial Gazelle: There is a general belief in Washington, in circles com petent to form an opinion ot value, that Mr. McKlnley Is doing great work on the tariff bill, and will save protection and eliminate the an tiquities and absurdities, and the horizontal and Texas statesmanship. Then, perhaps, we may have peace on the tariff. Philadelphia Mecvd: One class of states men In this country wants to dnve the negroes out,and another class wants to keep whites from coming in. Tbe former proposes laws to assist negro emigration, and tbe latter to prohibit white Immigration. Providence made a mis take in not creating a small planet especially adapted to the 'notions of these two classes; but it wouia not nave been nt for anybody else to live in. CUBIOUS C0NDEKSA1WS. ; - An Indianapolis girl, while suffering from la grippe, sneezed almost steadily for 48 hours. , "What are supposed to be the first play ing cards used were recently found In the Pom peiian excavations, and are now in the posses sion of a collector in Philadelphia. The cards are perfectly square. It pays to be a subsidized enthusiast in France. M. Fournier. the chief claquer at the Opera and sundry other Parisian theaters, has just passed away, after bequeathing to his heirs upward of 8200,000. A well-dressed young man asked at a Detroit theater box office fortwo tickets. Upon Deing informed that there was "nothing left except standing room," he replied: "All right; gimme two together." The Windham county, Conn., Conrt House ls'owned by a Chicago man, who In herited tbe building and site. His ancestors bequeathed the property to the town of Brook lyn oa conditions that have not been lived np to. But tbe Chlcagoan doesn't propose to be mean and take the building away from the town of which he was a native. There are ijjjpny curious customs ob served by the Brazilians. Funerals are nota ble in that for a young unmarried lady coffin, hearse, and the livery of the driver mnit be bright scarlet, tbe four white horses drawing the hearse must be covered with scarlet nets, and scarlet plumes must deck the horses' heads, ho women go to the cemeteries. The in puWl wtdow.xaust not exhibit her grief Judge Thomas T. Bouldin, of Charlotte county. Va., owns the plantation on which his grandfather and great grandfather are buried, and which has been in the familv 118 years, and although he is 77 years of age, ha sleeps in the wK r05mvhe was orn ln ana nP" tho same bedstead he was born on. Judge Bouldin showed tho correspondent the spot where stood ... iu nujju uis ancestress, who came from Maryland, had erected in 17M, and the tradiUon is that she wept Because she found no place for her gold lace hat. The height of an olive tree 13 usually 20 feet, but it is sometimes as high as 50 feet, and it reaches an almost fabulous age. One lately destroyed at Beaulieu had a recorded age of five centuries, and was 36 feet in circumfer ence. The olive tree is exceedingly proline under cultivation; the fruit yields about 70 per cent or its weight (exclusive of kernel) in oiL itZ,si'. to Produce 33 000,000 and France 7,000.000 gallons of oil annually. The tree does not vegetato readily beyond 2,000 feet altitude. or 4o degrees of latitude. A Missouri farmer with a turn for sta tistics has furnished a communication to his county paper on the subject of official salaries in which he states that au official who receives $1,000 per year salary absorbs the price ot 28,668 b?fhls,f, c.ra at K cents per bushel, or of &,,ra3nel3 of wheat at 60 cents per bushel, or 33,333 bushels of oats at 12 cents, or the price of 60 good farm horses. He also estimates that a farm hand at J13 per month would have to work the year ronnd for a quarter of a century to earn the same amount, and adds that In 1866-7-68. about 5,U to 8.000 bushels of corn would have footed the bill, or 3,000 bushels of wheat Jacob Horn, aged 67 years, a farmer of Lowrytown, Pa., left his home Wednesday morning to cut bark for his distillery. He failed to return at night and a searching party found his body two miles away In the wotos. He had often told his friends that in the event of his death an autopsy should be made. This was done Thursday by a Weatherly physician and the examination developed tbe astonishing fact that the heart had been abnormally devel oped, having become four times its normal size and that it had become a hard, cartilagenous like body, which attached itself to the sur rounding walls. The altitude of the Stevens mine on Mount McClellan (Cal.) Is 2,500 feet. At the depth of from 60 to 200 feet tho crevice matter, consisting of silica, calcite and ore. together with the surrounding wall rock, is a solid frozen mass. McClellan Is one of the highest eastern spurs of the snowy range. It has the form of a horseshoe, with a boldescarpmentof feidspario rock nearly 2,000 feet high, which in some places is nearly perpendicular. In descending into tne mine nothing unusual occurs until a depth of B0 or 90 feet is reached, when the frozen ter ritory begins and continues for over 200 feet. There are no indications of a thaw summer or winter. It is said that Canadians are stealing billions of feet of American lumber from the great pine timber belt in Northern Minnesota. The lumbermen of the region centering about the little British post of Hungry Hall a num ber of years ago discovered a way of piling up immense fortunes. The United States gov ernment exacts 10 to 20 per cent tariff tax from the consumer on each 1,000 feet of lumber cut or manufactured In Canada, while it allows the Canadian lumbermen of that section of the Dominion bordering on the Lake of the Woods to cut and cany off from the unsurveyed tim ber lands of Northern Minnesota millions upon millions of feet of pine timber each year prac tically unmolested. From 150,000,000 to 200,000, 000 feet of timber and logs, every foot of which has been cut In Minnesota, go past this post and down the Lake of tho Woods every John Jlylchreest, of Jliddletown.Conn., is a queer chap, and as adroit in some ways as be is defective physically. John Is 13 years old and hal no arms: he never had any. He makes his feet do the chores ordinarily intrusted to the hands by other folks, and he does some feats that would be notable If done by persons who have hands as well as feet. For instance, being fond of horses, he has learned to drive them expertly, and he manipulates the reins entirely with his toes. He lolls back on tbe wagon seat, gathers np the lines deftly with his toes, sings out, "G'langP'and rattles away, cracking his whip and having a grand time. Tbe reins he holds in the flexible toes of his left loot, the wblom the cluster of right foot toes, and he piles the lash If necessary, and saws the lines if the steeds cut up, and goes through town at a rattling gait with the skill of an accomplished and two-banded whip. Frank A. Paddock, a prominent lawyer of Glens Falls. N. Y., died on Wednesday last, aged 62 years. His death was the result of a singular hallucination. Three years ago, while Mr. Paddock was at his country seat in Delhi, Delawaro county, he one day read Rider Hag gard's romance "Allan Quatermain." The in cidents narrated in the book made such a vivid impression upon his imagination that that night be dreamed that he was in the sea swim ming away from reptiles. He thought he saw bis brother standing on a rock, stretching out his arms to save him, and imagined that he had to dive to save himself from some approaching monster. So real was tbe dream that he rose to bis feet and dived out of bed. striking his head on the floor with snch force as to cause severe injury. Paralysis subsequently set in as the result of it and although he returned to the practice of the law later, he never fully re covered from the nervous shock occasioned by his dream, and to which his death is directly traceable. COMIC CULL1NGS. From the fruit preserver we get our jams and from the distiller our jlm-Jamt. Boston Courier. John Fiske has written a book on civil government, which his publishers say Is "for use In families.' That Is where civil government Is most reaulred. Somerville Journal. His Qualifications. "If John goes to col lege, be will prove a great success." "How so?" "He Is such a kicker he will lead them all In football." Cnicago Lgre. Infallible Test Maud Harry. I am afraid yon don't love me as much as you used tof Harry Why so, dearest? Mand The these chocolate er creams are m machine made! i.Soo3.)-CMcago Tribune. AN HONEST CONCESSION. Her hand is soft and lily-white, But It almost raised a blister Upon my cheek the other night When I grew bold and kissed her. SomerviUe Journal. All That Could be Expected. English man (visiting Western town) That was hawful peal of thunder you ad 'ere last nlgnt. Beal Estate Man (with conscious pride Yes. wo think it ls't bad, considering that our town's only two years old, and has but 1, 800 inhabitants; Chicago Lyre. Cjerks You knowold Sample, the biggest liar In the northwest? Welt he's going Into busi ness. , ': BJerks-What's he going Into? ..., Cjerks He hasn't made up his mind whether to'. be a weather prophet or a crop statistician. Minneapolis Journal. An Imaginary Episode. His Ludship Now that I have decided to accept your daughter, I hope you will be liberal, T'know. , - Seir-Kespectlng Millionaire (deliberately) Ah, that's It, Is It? Welt I'll be liberal, my Lord. I'll . allow you Just fire minutes In which to enter your carriage. Chicago byre. "How is yonr mother-in-law getting on Spriggs?" said Biggs. "I heard that you said the, other day that you were afraid that she wonld not recover." "Jfo," said Spriggs, dejectedly. "Somebody misunderstood me. I said that I was afraid she I would. "Somerville Journal. v
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