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FITTSBOF, SATURDAY. FEB. L 189a
PE0IECTI0H0F THE WATES SUPPLY.
The opinion of the City Attorn y with re
gard to the pollution of water by the schin
dery at Beck's Itun shows that the city has
an undoubted remedy, if the pollution can
be proved. The penalty may not tie ade
quate to the offense, as that official states;
out there is little doubt that proceedings of
the character indicated, if kept up vigor
ously and persistently, would cause a com
plete abatement of the nuisance.
Such being the case the promptest meas
ures should be taken by the city. Indeed,
n proper appreciation of the importance of
the subject would have called for action
days ago. Every day that impure water is
permitted to be served throngh the pipes
constitutes a wanton violation of the public
welfare. Every day, after complaint has
been made, before the complaint is investi
gated, amounts to a neglect of the city's duty.
The preservation of a pure water supply is
eo plainly a part of the city's contract with
its citizens whom it taxes for that purpose,
that to neglect the duty is a clear repudia
tion of its obligations.
The city should now direct the investiga
tion to take place at once, as to whether it
is the schinderv that causes the pollution of
the water on the Southside. If so, the
nuisance should at once be abated. If not,
the city should at once proceed to furnish
pure water from its mains on this side of the
liver.
A SHOWING OF GROWTH.
The figures which are published in our
local columns, on the expansion of the postal
business of Pittsburg, cive a remarkable
evidence of the gain in population and
traffic that has taken place in this city
within the past five years. An increase of
about 140 per cent in the total of letters and
postal cards delivered is an astonishing
growth ; while the increase of gross receipts
by the ratio of 54 per cent is, perhaps, a
more reliable indication of the actual ex
pansion of population and traffic during the
past four and a half years. These statistics
warrant the expectation of a remarkable ex
hibit of growth when the census is taken
this year. In addition they emphasize the
necessity for hurrying up the new postoffice
and lurnishing adequate quarters Jor the
transaction of this rapidly expanding postal
business.
PSOGHESSrVE SAPID TBANSIT.
The extended review of the operation of
the cable roads, published elsewhere,
apropos of te opening of the Central
Traction line, contains interesting data
about a system of transit which has become
B leading feature of our city.
The details of the operation of the cable
Toads and the factors which give it the cer
tainty and adequacy of performance, that
are its best characteristics, are not alone in
teresting of themselves. They permit Thh
Dispatch to indulge in a mild expression
to the effect that it told the public so.
Seven years ago, when the cable roads were
just coming into vogue east of the Rocky
Mountains, The Dispatch pointed out
that this system was exactly adapted to the
tills of Pittsburg. The prediction was
made then that the construction of cable
Toads in Pittsburg would yield a rich har
vest to the capitalists who introduced the
system and an immense expansion of Pitts
burg's growth. It is gratifying to note how
completely experience has verified the pre
diction which was made repeatedlv for
years before capital was induced to put the
work in operation.
Transit by cable roads in Pittsburg is a
prominent fact; but it should not be con
cluded that it is perfection. The possibili
ties of electricity as a motor are yet to be
developed. If that system can rival the
cable roads iu economy of, operation, with
the additional gains of independent opera
tion for each car, the advance in the future
may be as great as it has been in the past
One lesson has, however, been learned.
The greatest gains, both for the public and
lor the enterprises themselves, are to be ob
tained by the highest attainment in our sys
tem of local transit. With that lesson
taught by experience, we may be sure thai
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the competition of capital will secure to the
public the cheapest and most rapid transit
that science and enterprise can produce.
PAETISAK SQUABBLIHG.
The politicians continue to fignt solely for
partisan advantage, and each loudly de
nounces the usurpation of the other in doing
at one place exactly what it is doing itself
in another. Ifthissortof thing is kept up
the public will be disposed to give enough
credence to party leaders on both sides to
believe that all are prepared to go to the
length of usurpation, where it can be suc
cessfully employed to secure partisan advan
tage. In Congress the Republican majority are
using the absence of all rules and the arbi
tiary decisions of the Speaker, to secure
the seating of Republican contest
ants, without fair or adequate investi
gation of the testimony as to who
was honestly elected. In the Ohio
Senate, the same method is employed bv the
Democrats to unseat the Republican Lieu
tenant Governor. In "West Virginia it is
intimated that the Democrats are prepared
to vote their man into the Governorship
solely on partisan lines, though they have
had the respect for appearances involved
in permitting the case to be fully argued.
Everywhere, where there has been a close
election, the party effort has been, not to
make an honest decision, but for each party
to vote in its own man, irrespective of the
abstract question of honest elections.
While all this squabbling goes on, which
could be wholly avoided, if both parties
were governed by a decent respect for re
publican principles, the public business is
at a standstill. It ought not to take the
people long, whose real interests are neglected
for the sake of party supremacy, to get tired
of this sort of thing.
TO INSUBK BUMMES C0NCEBTS.
The Directors of the Exposition Society
are thoroughly impressed with the desira
bility of giving the public a series of popu
lar summer concerts. Mr. Johnson has
ascertained what the expense would be, and
is in readiness to secure an orchestra of great
repute, with which he has been in negotia
tion. The scheme would be well under way
but for one thing. The Directors of the
Exposition Society do not feel justified in
assuming all the risk in the enterprise. Ihe
full liability is not a large sum, not more
than twelve thousand dollars, and we under
stand that the directors would be willing to
go ahead if some public-spirited men would
pledge themselves to pay the deficit, if any
should occur, up to five or six thousand
dollars. We do not think that a deficit of
anything like that size could possibly be the
result of a well-managed series of concerts
extending over three weeks in June. The
Directors of the Exposition are right to take
no undue chances, and their modest request
for a guarantee fund we commend most
heartily to our readers. Probably the guar
antors would never be called upon to pay a
cent, and they wonld have the satisfaction
of enabling their fellow citizens, rich and
poor alike, to enjoy an elevating form of
recreation that comes at the time of year
when Pittsburg is desperately dull.
The benefit of the proposed concerts we
believe would not stop at the audiences, but
would extend to the Exposition as an institu
tion at the time, and later on. The concerts
would attract our neighbors to this city,
would accustom our citizens to finding in
the Exposition building refined amusements,
and would swell the number oi music lovers
here. All these results are good in the
highest sense, Merely four or five, or a
dozen of our many wealthy men can assure
this pleasant event for next June. They
should do it, and The Dispatch hopes
they will.
THE FOBTY-MILE BADITJB.
The question of the forty-mile radius on
coal freights, which was up before a meeting
of railroad officials in New York yesterday,
is a somewhat complex one. On the face of
it, the arrangement which charges a coal
mine 40 miles west of Pittsburg, the same
rate for transporting coal 100 miles, as is
charged one 40 miles east of Pittsburg for
hauling it 180 Biles, does not seem to be
based exactly on the equities of the case. But
there are a great many other factors in the
matter.someof themmportant from the pub
lic standpoint, and others for the corporate
convenience, which make the arrangement
at least a convenient one. It is evident that
there must be districts from which the rate
shall be uniform, and it is possible that the
division of the Pittsburg coal field into
smaller districts with a variation of the
rates from each, might not, under existing
railway conditions, prove especially advan
tageous to those west of Pittsburg that are
not reached by competing lines. It may be
taken for granted that the decision of the
New York body will be ruled more by the
railroad convenience than the interests of
the coal trade.
A P ARABLE FOB KB. GE0BGE .
Henry George is no believer in half meas
ures; he is a radical of the radicals. As a
humorist he has not acquired fame yet, but
his proposal to settle the liquor question out
of hand ought to establish his reputation in
the field of fun. He thinks the rum power
in politics is a double-distilied evil, and he
wishes to destroy it. He has a little plan
for its destruction, the joke of which will be
appreciated best by the saloon keepers them
selves. The plan is to take of! all restric
tions of tax and license that fetter the rum
seller. Then, having nothing more to gain
in politics, Mr. George is sure the rum
seller will abandon political activity.
Could anything be more humorous? Any
thing more insane?
A tiger once resided in a convenient
jungle above a little village in Central In
dia. The tiger was a good-natured beast,
and never took more than three cows a week
from his subjects the villagers. But
the pious Hindoos ungratefully grudged
this trifling tribute, and held a suggestion
meeting to find a way to avoid its payment.
A certain middle-aged Brahmin was present
at the meeting and he surprised his hearers
by saying: "Fellow citizens, the tiger is a
corrupt and cruel tyrant and ought to be
destroyed. An heroic remedy is needed, i
advise you to leave open your cattle pens,
and the doors of your bouses placing the
children and women in accessible positions
that the tyrant of the tawny stripes may
have all he wants. He will be sickened by
the surfeit, of course, and you will have no
further trouble with him."
The pious Brahmin's advice was taken
and iu a short time the inhabitants of the
village, with their flocks and their herds
were at rest inside the tiger. Mr. George,
like the pious Brahmin, when he starts out
to solve a knotty question does not think of
the final result of his argument He mounts
a hobby, or persuades others to mount it,
and cares not if it takes him or them to
destruction.
PB0SPEB1TY AOT) THE FOREIGN TBADE.
Mr. George B. Roberts, President of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, in a recent inter
view on the business outlook, says that,
while a year ago, he would have declared
!pjg?TSBuf
thai the outlook for business was quite dis
couraging, he now takes an opposite view,
and thinks that the business of the country
is bound to activity. This has a slight
aroma of being prophetic alter the event.
To see the change before it takes place is of
much more value than to see it after; and the
disposition to expect the condition of things
for the time being to continue indefinitely,
is not marked by foresight. Indeed, as Mr.
Roberts prophecy of bad times a year ago,
was followed by the development of excep
tional prosperity, the thought is possible
that the event may continue to reverse his
predictions as remorselessly as the weather
does those of the weather prophets, and turn
his prediction of continued activity into the
uncomfortable reality of reaction.
But Mr, Roberts gives more cogent rea
sons for the faith that is in him, by stating
that he thinks the industry of the country
has reached a point where the foreign trade
can begin to expand. One of the factors
which is sufficient to create a strong tend
ency in that direction was noticed in The
Dispatch the other day. If it should be
true that our industries can command the
foreign markets, that would be the strongest
guarantee of the steadiness and permanence
of our present commercial and industrial
activity. If railroad and industrial policy
is framed for that purpose, there is little
doubt that its attainment will be facilitated.
With that end in view. Mr. Roberts' de
claration is especially valuable from the
fact that one of the most powerful factors
in giving our industries the command of
foreign markets would be the establishment
of cheap freight charges.
We are pained to observe that an old
vice of the artists when they tackle the milking
business breaks out in a very pertinent article
or the Philadelphia Record on the evils of un
healthy milk. Under the head, "Death at the
Milking Stool." a picture illustrates the bony
figure ot Death milking the cow from his seat
on the wrong side of the . animal. Death may
be more successful in such an undertakingthan
the ordinary mortal: but it is sate to say that
even if Death should undertake to milk any
self-respecting cow from her left side, he would
promptly find reason to repent of the under
taking. It may be subject to differences of opin
ion; but it looks as if Mr. Crisp's way of finally
accepting the Democratlo defeat over that con
tested election squabble in tho House, may
count lor tho biggest victory in the long run.
The declaration of Lampson, the Repub
lican claimant for Lieutenant Governor of
Ohio, who has just been bonnced by tbe Sen
ate, that he will continue to perform the duties
oftheofflce.foreshadowsaninterestingperiodof
leisure for Mr. Lampson. The Lieutenant Gov
ernor having no duties to perform except to
preside over the body which refuses to be pre
sided over by him, it is evident that Mr. Lamp
son is determined to take his dignity cum olio.
It is stated that the request of ex-President
Hayes for an office for a nephew of his,
has been coldly ignored. It seems that the Ad
ministration is not disposed to show favor to
the idea of giving offices to mere nephews.
The promise of the three-mill county tax
rate this year will be a very satisfactory one to
taxpayers and will reflect to a marked degree
the careful and successful management which
has been characteristic of the county officials.
If the city government can follow the ex
ample, if only to the extent of keeping the rate
down to last year's levy, the present genera
tion of taxpayers will rise up and call it blessed.
Since they have successfully injected
politics into the World's Fair project the best
thing that can bo done with it is to abandon it
That fs about what looks like the result or the
New York end of tho scheme at least
The stories that John Wanamaker will
be the slated candidate Tor the next Senatorship
are abundant. But they need not be considered
ot much importance as yet. When Mr. Wana
maker's candidacy gets dangerous the slogan
of the clan Cameron will be heard on tho
mountains and tho Winnebago tomahawk will
bo disinterred on the banks of the Susque
hanna. New Yoek is introducing a variety on
the position ot bank cashiers skipping to
Canada, This time the President disappears
and tbe cashier makes him do so by complain
ing of his crookedness.
"Isn't it a step toward free trade when
we enter into a convention with John Bull to
exchange rascals?" remarks the Philadelphia
Accord apropos of the extradition. Not at all
dear free trade cotemporary. The advocates of
American industry have never stood up for the
protection to criminals which this treaty will
takeaway.
The decision of the court is regarded as
settling tho baseoall dispute by most people;
but they should remember that Anson, of Chi
cago, has not yet made Ms kick.
Cashier Silcott declares that the day
will come when he will not appear as black as
he is painted. Let us hope so, as his own
statement however, shows that he has $22,000
in his possession, which belongs to other people,
it is pertinent to suggest that tho quickest way
to get some of the black off is to return the
stolen money.
That story about the King of Greece
thrashing a knave who was beating a little boy
indicates that the royal flush on that occasion
must have been in the club suit
The iron market is easy with a moderate
activity which shows that the policy of keeping
prices on a conservative basis is the best one
for the future. Certainly the policy or crowd
ing prices to the highest notch on everything
In the iron trade, is not the one to yield tho
richest returns.
Aftek some weeks of backing and filling
tho Allegheny officials are now daring the
Pittsburgers to knock the fire engine test chip
off their shoulders.
The Signal Service's stock of cold wave
predictions is not yet exhausted, one being
scheduled for to-day or to-morrow. Let us hope
that service may be more successful than usual
in giving us a cold wave that has soma back
bone to it
PEOPLE OP PKOMNENCB.
Miss Gertrude Magill, daughter or the
President of Swarthmore College, is about to
enter tbe Christian ministry.
THE Hon. Warner Miller will address the
Lincoln Club or New Hampshire at its annual
dinner on February 14 at Concord.
Chief Justice Corliss, of North Dakota,
is only 31 years of age. He is a tall, angnlar,
black-haired man. His salary is $1,000 a year.
- The Hon. John D. Long, of Boston, and Mr.
Ellery M. Brayton, of Columbia, S. C, are re
ceiving contributions to the fund for the relief
or tbe families of tbe negroes who were mur
dered at Barnwell a month ago.
Lewis Klopsch, the well-known journalist
who, with his wire, has been traveling with Dr.
Talmage on his roreign tour, is a passenger on
tbe Cunard steamer Aurania, due at New York
next Tuesday. Mr. Klopsch while in London
bought control or the American edition or the
Christian Herald. He promptly made arrange
ments with Dr. Talmage for tbe editing or tho
paper, of which the great Brooklyn preacher
will assume editorial charge immediately upon
his return to America.
Judge William H. Taft. of Ohio, who
was yesterday nominated as Solicitor General
or the United States, vice Judge Chapman, de
ceased, is a son ot Judge Aphonso Taft, who
was Attorney 'General under Presidont Grant
He is a graduate of Yale College, and at pres
ent holds the office of Judge or the Superior
Court or Cincinnati. He is about 35 yearn old,
and bears an excellent reputation as a lawyer.
He was not an applicant for the office of So
licitor General, The salary of the offico is $7,
000 a year.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
X Toy nee on the Wild Ohio Commemorated
Uncle Tom In England Sir. Mansfield
Attain n Hnmpbnclf.
T1THEN May put a nico clean dress on nature
last year, a party of Pittsburg ladles, 1
believe there was one more than two dozen of
them, took passage on the steamer Scotia and
sailed away down the Ohio. Their destination
was Cincinnati, and they came back to .Pitts
burg on the Scotia's return trip. They had a
variegated and halcyon time though no gen
tlemen were of the party. Such a remarkable
success in touring suggested that some souv-enic-of
the first voyage or tho "Scotians" as
they called ihemselveB, should be manufac
tured. Tnis souvenir was ready for distribu
tion at the beginning of the "year, and one lies
before me now.
It is a merrily written journal of the voyage
got up by Mrs. Rosa Shater, with an appendix
or poems by Mrs. Shafer and Mrs. J. R. Dar
ragh. Printed handsomely on single sheets of
thick paper, and encased in covers painted in
watec-color floral designs tho work of Miss
Mary D. Watson and Mrs. 15. C. Godfrey tho
souvenir is a mighty pretty thing. Other voy
ages are likely to be made by the same fair
band this spring.
JH. Rowe, the veteran actor, has been re-
minded of a trip he made to England with
Jarrett 4 Palmer's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" com
pany, by the presence of Miss Marie Bates in
"The White Slave" at the Bijou Theater.
Said be yesterday: "There is a lady at tho
Bijou this week in the White Slave' who went
to Europe with the same company I belonged
to Marie Bates, she was the Topsy ot our
cast, in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' under Jarrett fc
Palmer's management in 1S78. By tho way, the
first Friday night in London the Prince and
Princess or Wales were in a box; also the King
and Queen or Denmark and the young prince.
During the plantation scene in the fifth act
Albert Edward got up on his feet and clapping
his hands kept time with the 180 colored people
who were singing jubilees, and dancing break
downs. After the act was over His Royal High
ness came back on the stage and had a chat
with Martha Washington, the leading colored
shouter ol the opera. In fact he made himself
agreeable to all the colored people but gave tbe
white trash a wide berth. Pony Moore, the
Christy minstrel man, hobnobbed with Horace
Weston, our banjo player, and made
him a present or a beautiful
knife. There's no getting out of it the colored
people were the attraction. One of the London
papers called our show 'A white kite with a
black tail,' and that was about the way of it.
The colored artists felt It, too, for they put on
lots of airs. But, oh, what a fall! Two years
afterward I met a lot ol them on a Coney Island
boat doing the free and easy business, and pass
ing around the hat!"
A ster playing Richard III. and others of
the highest legitimate roles, it is something
of a descent for Mr. Mansfield to appear in a
play by those arch sinners in the dried-and-dead
melodrama line, Messrs. George R. Simms and
Henry Pettit But a New York correspondent
writes me:
" 'Master and Man,' a drama in four acts by
G. R. Simms and Henry Pettit, which is owned
for this country by T. Henry French, will bo
produced by Richard Mansfield at Palmer's
Theater next Monday night Tho scenes of
the new play are laid in a manufacturing town
in Lancashire, England, and the story relates
to tbe loves and trials of Jack Walton, a young
engineer, and Hester Thornbury, a village
school mistress. Mr. Mansfield will be seen as
Humpy Logan, a humpback, a strong charac
ter part that will afford him many opportuni
ties to display his ability. Manager French is
having entirely new scenery painted for the
production, and one scene, representing an
iron foundry in full blast, will be decidedly
realistic"
One thing Is clear, Mr. Mansfield's experience
as Richard III. has set him in love with hump
backs. COMMODORE PEERY'S FLAGSHIP.
A Proposition to Raise It and Exhibit It nt
tbo World's Fair.
tSFECIAI. TKLEOItAM TO THB mSPATCJT.l
Washington, January 3L II a World's
Fair bill be passed, a Dill will soon alter be in
troduced, providing for tbe raising and restora
tion of Commodore Perry's flagship, the
Niagara, its exhibition at tbe fair, and its dis
position so that It will be preserved as a
valued relic of the famous victory or Lako
Erie. The Niagara is now completely sub
merged in the water of Misery Bay, not far
from Erie. Prior to 1876 its twin ship, the Law
rence, also rested there, but some time in 1875
was raised and transported to the Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia.
Alter the close or the fair it encumbered
private property, and was sold at Sheriff 's sale.
The purchaser made it into canes and relics or
one kind and another, and it is now scattered
everywhere. It is proposed to preserve the
Niagara not only as a relic, but as an illustra
tion of the progress made in three-quarters of
a century in tbo art of building war ships.
TO G0YERN OKLAHOMA.
Secretary Noble Urges tho Necessity for
Speedy Congressional Action.
Washington, January 31. Secretary Noble
was at the Capitol to-day, and had a conference
with Senator Piatt, Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Territories, in regard to the bill
to establish a territorial form ot government
in Oklahoma, and also upon the Oklahoma
town site bill. The Secretary urged upon the
Senator the necessity of securing soeedy ac
tion by Congress upon both bills.
He regards tbe situation in Oklahoma as
grave, and is fearfnl that unless Congress pro
vides a temporary form of government and
takes early measures for the adjudication of
land disputes, there will be considerable
fighting and bloodshed between rival land
claimants and their friends.
TRANSFER OF OLD OFFICERS.
A Bill to Fat All Over 60 Years Old on the
Retired List.
YlraTTTVpn3 .TflnitaM?91 ThnTTniie.Pnm.
.. Ak u.u.., .-....... j ..uwuoa .sum-
mittee on Military Affairs has ordered a favor ll
able report on a bill to authorize the transfer
of officers over CO years of age from the limited
to tbe unlimited retired list of the army.
The bill proposes tho transfer of about
GO such officers, and the filling of the vacancies
on the limited list thus created Dy the addition
of disabled officers now awaiting retirement.
Representative Boothman addressed the com
mittee briefly this morning in favor of a bill to
mark tbe historical spots in the Miami Valley.
A Congressional Paradox.
From the Cbicago Mall.
It is a sarcastic comment on tho befogging
methods in voeue in legislative bodies that a
number of centlemen stood up in tho House of
Representatives in propria persona and denied
that they were present Perhaps that which
the Speaker took to bo their physical pelves
was only tbeir astral bodies! But they didn't
explain that.
A Dishonest Dollar.
From tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A system which calls 75 cents worth of coined
silver 100 cents, as ours does, offers a big temp
tation for counterfeiters. Some sort or a re
form in our present scheme in this respect is
urgently needed.
A Bis Bleieor Explodes.
Hamburg, Pa., January 31. A large fiery
ball was seen in the heavens by the citizens of
Pine Dale. It illuminated the surrounding
country, and exploded with a loud noise.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Miss Bessie Hoflmnff.
Miss Bessie Hoffman, the accomplished daughter
of Judge Hoffman, of Cumberland, died Thursday
morning of typhoid fever. The young lady first
bad an attack or the grip, which developed Into
the deadly fever.
Miss Bessie Hoffman was her father's favorite
child, and the happy possessor of a most lovable
disposition. She was highly respected by every
body who knew tier, and much sought after In
social circles. She was well known in Pittsburg,
and frequently visited Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Smith,
at their home In Ingram, At hnnie her loss will
be felt very keenly. Judge Hoffman has a num
ber of friend J IU this neighborhood, and they sym
pathize with him most sincerely in his sad
bereavement.
Miss Bessie was the social leader in Cumberland,
and her pleasant conversation and lively spirits
made her exceedingly popular. Her presence
will be greatly missed at the social gatherings.
Snmael P. Ilililrctb.
WnEELlKQ, January 31.-Samuel P. Hildrelh,
Cashier of the Commercial National Bank, and an
old and very prominent cltlzan, having been en
gaged in the mercantile and banking business for
a generation or more, was stricken with heart dt-w
ease at 5:0) tills afternoon while In the office of DIs
nephew, Dr. .Eugene Hlldretu, aud died in a few
minutes.
A DIKING ROOM FOR LADIES.
be DaqaesneCIob Extends a Privilege to
toe !enurr se.
A peep in the ladies' restaurant of the Du
qnesne Clnb House yesterday afternoon re
vealed everything in perfect readiness for the
bevy of gay shoppers and the trim waiters that
will people it next Monday. On that day the
initial lunch will be served, and the ladies who
are fortunate enough to be wives, sisters or
mothers of members or tbe club, or friend of
some wife, sister or mother of a mem
ber, can be seated in the most ele
gant little public dining hall in tbe
city, and on tbe pretty, snowy-covered tables
ot white oak. in delicate china, be served with
all tbe dainties aud substantials of the season.
Mr. James Riley, the new steward or tbe
club. Bays the ladies' restaurant will be con
ducted in tbe most approved style, and will be
open from 10 A. H. to 12 o'clock in tbe evening
for the accommodation or patrons who attend
the 'theater and for theater
parties. Mr. Riley was connected
with tbe Algonquin Club in Boston,
and for the past two seasons has taken
charge or their country house the Cohassett.
The gentleman is In person pleasant and pre
possessing and filled with enthusiasm and am
bition in bis specialty. He has bad considera
ble experience in his line, having been con
nected with and served his apprenticeship in
some of the best clubs of London, anions them
the Naval and Military and the United Univer
sity before his arrival in this country some five
years ago.
A NEW SOCIAL CLUB.
A 'Consolidation of Three Organizations
With Some Business Men Admitted.
A new social clnb is soon to be a feature or
Pittsburg. It is to be formed by a consolida
tion of tbe Allegheny Cotillon Club, tbe Mo
nongahela Cotillon Clnb, and the German
Club, together with a number or prominent
young business men, who have not been mem
bers or either of tbe three named clubs. The
prelimary meeting was held last Wednesday
with a cood attendance, and 43 charter mem
bers was tbe result.
Although the club will be composed of young
men, mainly, they are certain of solid financial
backing. They have not decided yet whether
they will build or rent property for a club
house, but tbe intention is to have one very
complete In every repect, with cafe, billiard
room, poolroom, reading room and ballroom.
Tbe directors that have been elected are J.
G. Ihmsen. F. S. Stewart. W. H. Graff, H. C.
Meyer, J. R. McCreery, Reed B. Coyle, C M.
Corbltt, A. B. Beymer, H. C. King.
A FRENCH BANQUET.
The First Feast of the French Circle of
Friendship on tbe Southside.
Tbe first banquet of the French Circle of
Friendship will be held at Odd Fellows' Hall,
Southside, this evening. The membership is
principally of Belgium glassblowers, and the
menu is probably the first essentially French
bill of fare ever shown to a Pittsburg publio by
the grace of the compositors aud proofreaders.
Tbe organization is solely for social purposes,
and the feast of reason and flow of soul will be
altogether in the French language.
Tbe addresses will relate to the material ad
vancement of Pittsbnrgin latter years, and em
brace every subject, rrom "Pittsburg Prosper
ity" to ''The Ladies." none of whom, however,
will be present. The attendance is limited to
those invited by tbe committee, and will in
clude a large number ot Southside residents
well known in business circles.
TWO CLEVER PIANISTS.
A Good Crowd Listen to ftlessrs. Doerner
and Andres at Old City Hall.
A large audience In Old City Hall last even
ing greeted the pianists, Armin W. Doerner
and Henry G. Andres. The gentlemen in their
duo numbers of the programme received fre
quent and vigorous applause. The programme
wa as follows:
"Theme and Variations, op. 15," Hollaender;
"Sonate in F." Mozart-Grieg; "Ligeuner
Polka," Conradl-Liszt; "Andante and Varia
tions, v op. 46." Schumann; "Gavotte and
Musette, op. 200." Raff; "Romanze, op. 48,"
Thorn; "Tarantelle, op. 6," Salnt-Saens.
Social Chatter.
Thb little folks in step one of the Bedford
school, were invited to a doll party yesterday
afternoon by tbe principal, Prof. John Golden,
and Miss diary Blaney, tbeir teacher. Tbe tiny
guests were all accompanied by their mammas,
and after the exercises, which consisted of
recitations, singings and calisthenics, each little
mortal received a doll as a present
A theater party at the Opera House last
evenintr was given by Miss Maud M. Byers, and
tbe guest of honor was Miss Baldwin, of De
troit After tho performance the company
wero served with an elaborate supper at the
Byers' residence in Allegheny.
Mrs. Murray Vebnee gave a delightful
german las: night at her home on Penn avenue.
Several hundred guests paid their compliments
to tbe hostess and danced away the hours.
A musical and literary entertainment was
given last evening at the Fourth Ward School
Hall by Mrs. Lizzie Pershing-Anderson and her
pupils.
Me. C. A. Ohipley, of Penn avenue, enter
tained 25 gentlemen at his home in the East
End last evening to a 6 o'clock dinner.
A fiano recital will be given this evening at
tho rooms of Mr. Basil Brennan by his ad
vanced pupils.
The Merry Matrimonials were entertained
by Mr. Jobn G. A. Leishman, of Bidwell street,
last evening.
A card party enjoyed the evening at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dravo last
night.
Good and Faithful Servants.
From tbe Chicago Herald.
A correspondent at Washington says that al
though temperance principles prevail in every
department wbich limit tbe clerks to nothing
stronger than tea and milk they will not resign.
Noble patriots! The country is safe when office
holders would rather go without whisky than
to desert their posts.
Trying to Rival Georgia.
From the Akron Republican.
Van Wert county to tho front again. A
three-legged tree toad has been captured in
tbe woods. In seeking to hop away the animal
tried to go three ways at once, and, in conse
quence, did not move at all.
A Few of Tbein on the List.
Krom the Freeport (Pa.) Journal.!
A Mercer man wants a hundred live skunks.
We know where he can find two or three of
them. They read the Journal tor several
years and then took a sneak without paying
for it.
FROM EASTERN EXCHANGES.
New York World: The danger or an Ice
famine has parsed, but tbe peach crop per
sistently maintains its intention of being a
failure.
Philadelphia Times: Seventeen hundred
and sixty-two private pension bills were intro
duced Into the House at the close of last week.
No wonder Congressmen are clamoring to be
allowed a clerk eacb.
Philadephia Press: The coolness which
bas arisen between Bismarck and the German
Emporor may make things warm for the latter.
In case of trouble the Iron Chancellor maybe
come the Red Hot Iron Chancellor.
New York Star: Burglars entered the
house of President Harrison in Indianapolis on
Wednesday night and stole clothing and jew
elry valued at S1.000. The burglars do not have
anymore respect lor General Harrison than the
Republican Senators.
New York Sun: Canada paid?l,003 last
year for 432 damask napkins for the use of tho
Governor General in Rideau Hall. It seems
rather tough on Canada to have to pay 50,000
a year for a Governor General and then bay
432 damask napkins for him to bnry his talents
in.
New York Press: The Press has long con
tended that Governor David B. Hill was too
tbin to spread out over the whole country, and
now bas full confirmation of Its judgment In
the refusal of the Democrats In Congress to
accept him as an authority on parliamentary
law. 0
New York Tribune: There can b no ob
jection to Major Serpa Pinto coming to America
for the benefit of his health, or for any other
good aud sufficient reason, so long as be doesn't
undertake to establish a Portuguese protector
ate anywhere on this continent. America isn't
Africa.
New York Times: The patriotic scheme of
a World's Fair in 1892 to celebrate tbe four
hundredth anniversary of the discovery of
America, is trembling in the balance in conse
quence of tbe contemptibly narrow partisan
spirit of Tom Piatt's, puppets in the Senate of
'the Empire State,
OUR MAIL POUCH. ' '"
Alleged. Injustice In the Distribution of
Johnstown Belief Money.
To tbe Editor of the Dispatch. J
I was very mnch interested in your account
ottbe Sontb Fork flood relief row in a recent
number or Thb Dispatch, and am in hopes
that it will extend to Johnstown. There are
some or us who would like to have the modus
operandi of tbe committee in charge here ven
tilated. I am in thorough sympathy with the
sentiments expressed by the party who was
corresponding with J. P. Wilson, ot South
Fork, viz; that tbe money was contributed to
succor tbe homeless and needy, and not to
compensate people for losses sustained. In the
distribution of relief money sent here, these
sentiments were entirely lost sight of.
I do not mean to say that the homeless and
needy did not receive any of tbe fund, bnt I do
mean to say that individuals who were not in
needy circumstances received the largest
amounts, and in several cases individuals re
ceived as mnch as was sent to the town of
Sonth Fork. Some or those who received tbe
largest amounts were worth from S5.0UO to S20 -000.
One case I have in mind is that ol a middle-aged
man, in the prime of life, who bad real
estate to tbe value or S10,000, wbo received
SidOO. Another, a neighbor of the above, is a
man of 74, wbo was in about tbe same circum
stances and wbo lost about tbe same amount,
received' 800. In my estimation neither or
the above parties were entitled to a cent or the
relief money. The people who contributed so
liberally to tbe fund lor the sufferers had no
idea or It finding its wa into the pockets or
men worth Jo. 000 or more.
To see the truth of what I say take it home
to one's self, and pnt your band in your pocket
ana taKe out a nonar and ask yourseit mis
question: Will I give this dollar to a man
worth 310,000? It would not matter how much
he had lost, yon would, in all probability, put
tbe dollar back in your pocket, with the re
mark that he was not in dire distress, and with
that amount was not apt to come to want very
soon.
I have no ax to grind. I received more than I
expected, not being on the inside or even a rela
tive of any that were. I simply would like to
see an itemized account ol tbe relief money
distributed here. It would be much more in
teresting than South Fork's account.
Johnstown, January 3L Justice.
General E. C Dram.
To the Editor of Tbe DIsDatcb:
Please give me what facts you have regard
ing General R. U. Drum, late Adjutant Gen
eral. M.
Beaver Faixs, January SL
R. C. Drum was born iu Pennsylvania in
1825; entered the army as a private in the Mex
ican War and was brevetted a First Lieutenant
for bravery at Chapultapec After tbe war he
was transferred to tbe artillery. He was in
Kansas during the troubles of 1856, and from
1S56 to 1858 was acting Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral, Department of the West, and subse
quently Adjutant in the artillery school. At
the beginning of tbe Rebellion he was ap
pointed Assistant Adjutant General of the
United States Army, and afterward promoted
to Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel.
He was brevetted Colonel in 1864 and Brigadier
General in 1865. He continued in the Adjutant
General'sdepartment, being promoted Colonel
in I860, and in 1880 succeeded General Town
send as Adjutant General with the rank of
Brigadier General. We have not the date of
bis retirement. e '
American Stcnmshlp Lines.
To the Editor of The Dispatch.
Is there an American line or steamers plying
between thiscountryandEurope? W. H. W.
Pittsburg, January 31.
Americans are interested in several or the
lines, but we know ot none controlled entirely
by United States capitalists.
Let tho Cadets Answer.
To the Editor of The Dispatch.
Would you please publish in your paper some
information regarding tbe organization known
as the 1 atlonal Cadets, U. S. A.; also the ad
dress of the Secretarv or Company C, of Pitts
burg, and oblige, Youno Soldier.
McKeesport, January 3L
As to RallWHV Mall Service.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
In reply to "A. B.'s" Inquiry in to-day's Dis
patch, I wonld inform him that if he will ad
dress the Secretary of the Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. C, he will receive the
information he desires. M.
Pittsburg, January 29.
A President's Power.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
Please answer in your paper if the President
of an organization has the authority to post
pone a regular meeting. R. S. M.
Pittsbcro, January 3L
Not unless some provision of tbe constitu
tion or by-laws authorizes him to do so.
Stndy History and Find Oat.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please tell a schoolboy who tbe zonaves were;
also the filibusters and blockade-runners.
H.B.H.
Newry, Pa., January 31.
COFFEE BEANS OF PASTE.
Jersey's Food Commission Discovers a Most
Remarkable Adulteration.
New York, Jannary 31. Specimen beans of
some fraudulent coffee tbat has lately been put
upon the market were sent to Chemist Martin's
office at sanitary headquarters to-day. They
are ot the size and general appearance or
mocha beans, but would not deceive experts.
Lots of the genuine beans and of the fraudu
lent were put side by side. The trouble is that
they are mixed, and it is thus that the spuri
ous bean passes muster. Dr. Martin Is having
It analyzed to find out just what it is made of.
He does not believe it contains any harmful in
gredients. The fraud probably goes no further
than the substitution of flour paste, with allt
tla coloring matter, for the coffee. If so, the
health authorities cannot interfere.
Dr. Martin says that he received tbe beans a
week or so aeo from Dr. Newton, tbe State
Food Commissioner of New Jersey, who had
just seized a couple of tons of the spurious
beans in Trenton. These beans proved to havo
come from Philadelphia.
Seems to Worry Mr. Dana.
From the New York Bun.l
It's lucky that Justice is blind. We suppose
that she bas been invited to the celebration of
the centennial of the organization of the Su
preme Court of the United States. If she were
able to see Chief Justice Fuller's mustache
waving in the winds of eloquence at the cele
bration she would stop the proceedings while
she beat her sword into a razor.
Out Early This Year.
From tbe Chicajro Times. 1
Tbe sea serpent made bis first appearance
"over the bar" In New York harbor yesterday.
He was fully up to the regulation size and weight
and a successful season is predicted for him.
Tbe Ground IIox's Dilemma.
From the New York Press.
Here we are almost up to ground hog day
and no signs of cold weather yet. It will be a
puzzler for tbe ground hoc whether or not to
come out and look at bis shadow.
TIIE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE.
Somebody's baby was burled to-day.
The empty white hearse from the grave rumbled
back,
And the morning, somehow, seemed less smiling
and gay.
Ail paused on the walk while It crossed on Its
way.
And a shadow seemed drawn o'er the sun's
golden track.
Somebody's baby was laid out to rest.
hlte as a snow-drop and fair to behold,
And the sort little hands were crossed over the
breast.
And the hands and the lips and the eyelids were
pressed
With kisses as hot as tbe eyelids were cold.
Somebody saw it jo out of her sight
Under the coffin lid, out of tbe door.
Somebody finds only darkness and blight
All thro' the glory of summer sunlight
Someone whose baby will watt en no more.
Somebody's sorrow Is malting me weep,
I know not her name, but I echo her cry
For tbe dearly bought baby she longed so to keep.
The baby that rode to Its Ions: lasting sleep
In the little wblte h'earsc tbat went ram
bling by.
I know not her name, but her sorrow I know
While l passed on tbe crossing I lived It once
more,
And back to heart surged that river of woe
That bat in the breast of a mother can flow,
For the little white hearse has been, too, at my
door,
-illla Wheeler hilcox, in Demorest't Maga-zini.
. AETEE LIGHTNING BUGS,
An Expedition to Cuba In Quest of Novel
Ornaments.
Philadelphia, Jannary 31 Society will
soon have a new chance to adorn itself with an
ornament tbat has the attraction or being novel
and unlqne. Philip G. Martinez will soon go to
Cnba, where be will spend a few nights In gath
erlngligbtningbugs, which be will bring back
to this city, to be worn in beauty's hair or
corsage as the Cuban ladles wear tbem. These
bugs are the exact counterpart of those tbat
swarm aronnd here in the warm evenings or
April and May, except that they belong to tbe
unabridged variety, measuring as tbey do from
one-hair to three-fourths ot an inch in breadth.
They have luminous spots on eacb side or the
head eyes they are called as large as a small
pea, which glow with a constant mellow light
These bugs are worn by Cuban belles in tbe
coiffure, on the corsage, anywbereytbat orna
ments can ba worn. The means of securing tbe
unique gem is simply to pnsb a fine hairpin
down over tbe bug's neck and there it stays. In
its patient struggles to escape the wings are
constantly lifted, letting out the full glow.
Alter the ball is over the bng is released, put
under a class jar with a bit of sugar cane, and
is happy once more. Tbe bugs with this treat
ment will live about two montbs and retain
tbeir luminous quality, wbich is so great that
half a dozen in a dark room will enable one to
read quite easily.
These unique little animals are very numer
ous in the West Indies at this season of tbe
year. Mr. Martinez, wbo is a native Caban,
expects to have about 10,000 bugs in tbe United
States within the next month. The steamer
which he takes sails from New York, where he
will sell part of his importation and bring tbe
rest to this city. He expects frem the tone of
Mr. Blaine's reply to his query in regard to the
tariff to bring them in free of duty. The bugs
will be placed in a peculiar hollow gourd, that
grows in Cuba, lor the voyage, or in fine wire
caees with a piece or sngar cane Inside.
There is a tradition in Cuba lnregard to these
bugs, that they will tell the age ot the owner.
II tbe bug is placed on its back repeatedly it
will spring up till the age is marked by the
number of jumps.
A FAST OF TWENTI-0NE DAIS.
An Aired Alan Who, Cut His Throat Slowly
Star-res to Death.
Norristown. January 31. Perry Relchel
derfer, of Trappe, who cut his throat on Janu
ary 8 with suicidal intent, died at 8 o'clock this
morning, after a remarkable gtrngzle, living 21
days without food or water. Reichelderfer,
who was 71 years of age, was for many years a
sufferer from Brigbt's disease. Lately his con
dition became worse, and, losing patience, be
cut bis throat with a razor, hoping to terminate
bis misery in death. He severed the larynx
and SBsophagns, but did not cut the jugular
vein. The wonnds, though, were of such a na
ture that no tube could be inserted for the
transmission of food and water, and it was ap
parent from tbe first tbat his injuries must
prove fatal.
From day to day ever since the injuries were
inflicted tbe attending physician has predicted
tbat death roust ensue within 24 hours. Reich
elderfer breathed through the wound in bis
throat, but bas not taken a particle of nourish
ment or water since tbe day he used the razor
with such ghastly effect
CHICAGO TO BE DESTROYED.
The Alarming Prediction Made by a Cali
fornia Revivallsr.
San Francisco, January 3L An Oakland
revivalist named Ericson is predicting that San
Francisco, Oakland, Alameda and Chicago will
all be destroyed 80 days from date. The three
Western cities will have a big earthquake fol
lowed by a tidal wave, which will destroy all
the property and people except the elect who
flee to the mountains. Chicaco will be sub
merged by a huge wave from Lake Michigan.
The prophet says the Lord give him a vision of
the destroyed citie, and also of the end of the
world in 1S96. Chicago will not be rebuilt, he
says, but towns will be started on opposite
sides of tbe river, one of which will be called
-Lake Michigan Destroyed." Neither will have
more than 25,000 people.
Before the end of the world comes he pre
dicts wars in Europe that will last till the
crash takes place. He is an ignorant fanatic,
but many deluded Oakland people are already
arranging their affairs and buying tents for
the heglrato the mountains.
THE PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER.
The Advanced Position in Journalism Held
by tbe Dispatch.
From the Jlercer Dispatch and ltepubllcan.
As an example In journalistic circles, and
tbat seemingly with a view to please and edify
tbe whole family, we can justly refer to the ad
vanced position taken by Tne Pittsbueo
DiSPATcn. The dally issue, with its reliable
market reports, full quota of news and its earn
est, progressive and independent policy, has
earned for it a foremost place in Western Penn
sylvania. Tbe Sunday edition, with a circulation of 50,
000, is a newspaper for tbe people and the home
circle. Its literary colnmns are supplied by
contributors of the highest merit and reputa
tion. Each number is a magazine of 20 pages,
filled with choicest pen productions, as well as
an accurate chronicle of current news. With
the new year additional facilities are enjoyed
for producing the progressive newspaper of the
century.
F0RTI LIYEI SNAKES
Discovered and Killed by a Conplo of West
Chester Laborers.
West Chester, January 3L Just outside
of the borough in West Gosben township, the
supervisors are building a new culvert. Will
iam O'Brien and Jacob Lightcap. who were do
ing the work, had occasion to dig away a por
tion ot a bank on Chester creek, and in doing
so made entrance Into a bole about six inches
in diameter. They were startled to see a large
snake come out of the hole. This tbey killed,
whereupon another and then another came
crawling out
Tbe men came to the conclusion tbat they
were at tbe entrance of a snake den, and pre
pared themselves tor snake killing. One of the
men dug while the other watched, and In a few
minutes the end of the den was reached, and
with a club and spade tbe men killed 40 more
snakes, ranging in size from eight inches
to nearly three feet in length.
EEED AND THE BDMPDS.
New York Star (Dem.): There is as little of
excuse as there is of precedent for Mr. Reed's
usurpation.
Chicago News (Dem.): Common sense is on
the side of Speaker Reed, wbo 13 supported by
bis party with practical unanimity. Filibuster
ing is likely to become extinct If the Repub
licans remain united.
PniLADELPniA Times (Dem.): The Demo
cratic members did not exaggerate when tbqy
declared this ruling revolutionary. The idea is
not new, but it bas been uniformly condemned
by every party as in violation of the letter and
the spirit of the Constitution.
St. Louis aiobe-Democrat (Rep.): Tbe abuse
which the Bourbons are heaping on Speaker
Reed won't hurt him. Every American states
man living within tho past third of a century
whom the country delights to honor, from
Sumner, Seward, Lincoln and Grant onward,
was abused and traduced by the Democratic
party.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.): With the Con
stitution, common sense and common right on
his side Speaker Red should be able to main
tain tbe stand he bas taken, in spite of tbe
tumultuous opposition or tbe Democrats, and
he will maintain it if all tbe Republicans have
spirit enough to stand with him to the end and
stand firm;
Baltimorb American (Rep.): If Speaker
Reed's resolute course results in reformingthe
ridiculous abuses of parliamentary law which
have prevailed so frequently in many parts of
the country be will have a greater claim on
tbe public than the immediate service, of rescu
ing the Fifty-first Congress from the toils of a
partisan minority.
New York Telegram (Dem.): Democrats
can afford to keep cool until this Csesar sobers
up. A nation which fought seven years to es
tablish popular government and four years to
preserve the unity of the States, need not trem
ble at the spectacle of Thomas B. Reed bearing
down on tho legislative precedents of a cent
ury. Let tho Democrats be present every day
and enjoy the drama ot Reed committing hari
kari. Boston Qtobe (Dem.): Never in the history
of national legislation in this country have
there been such arbitrary rulings and revolu
tionary assumptions of power. At the present
rate of Mr. Reed's autocratic development It
will not take him more than a year or two to
buckle on spars, abolish Congress, Invade the
White House, tip out the misfit President and
pet himself crowned King, Emperor, Sultan,
Czar or something of that sort
CDKI0U3 COSDMSATKffiS.
The seven hundredth female' physician
in Russia bas just passed her examination.
Henry Cunningham, of Clark county,
BJ., has just sold a hog that weighs 935 pounds.
Eight horses and three calves were
killed in one night recently, near Banning, Cah,
by mountain lions.
A strong gust of wind blew a Connecti
cut man off a load of bay into the river, and
he barely escaped being drowned.
A Butler countr man, whose entire
property is assessed at JS5, is the owner of fire
dogs, on which he will have to pay 3 50 tax.
His property tax Is ?2 75.
A Kansas City family consists of six
brothers whose names are as follows: Jack
Frost. Winter Frost, White Frost, Cold Frost,
Early Frost and Snow Frost.
Two young ladies have been dismissed
from the SUte Normal School, at Bndgewater,
Mas.. because tbey retused to give up tri
cycle riding at tbe command of the principal.
There were five Hungarian weddings in
one house. In East Bridgeport, Conn., on Sun
day. Tbey were each celebrated in costume
and according to tbe custom of the Hungari
ans. A man named Brown, who died in the
Salem, Mass.. almshouse this week, bad been
an inmate or the institution for over half a
century. He was of weak mind and had been
a cripple from blrtb.
The development of Texas has but just
begun, yet there are 2,106 postonlces in tne
State, the receipts are more than a million ot
dollars annually, and the length or the mail
routes Is more than 22,000 miles.
In 1864 a Maine man was charged with
stealing !60O rrom an express company. The
company failed to make out its case and had
to pay him (1,000 damages, but only a week ago,
after patiently watching for all these years,
they got the drop on him and he will now go to
prison.
Here is a unique specimen of a medical
certificate of death. It was tendered by a na
tive apothecary at a recent inquest in India:
I think she died or lost her lite for want of
food or on account or starvation, and perhaps
for other things or her comfortables, and most
probably the died by drowning.
A man who went hunting near Holland,
Mich., tbe other day got so mad at the stupidity
of his dog that be threw his gun at him. threby
showing tbat he didn't know an alarming sight
more than tbe dog. The gun struck tbeground
with a thump, was discharged and 30 bird shot
went into the hunter's legs.
There was a man over in New Jersey
who took out an accident insurance policy for
5,000. One day while paring his corn he cut
deeper than he intended to. blood poisoningset
in and he died. Now his widow is snlng tbe
company for tbe amonnt of the policy on tne
ground that his death resulted from an acci
dent. A Pet.ilama, Cal., merchant found in
his papers recently a note of hand given him in
Jannary, I860. The face of it called for 200
with 3 per cent a month interest compounded
monthly if not paid. He got a number of
sharp accountants to figure up the present
value ot tbe note with interest The result was
startling: 18,997,337 90.
Alfred Praser, who left New Albany,
Ind., nearly eight years ago tor the West as
tonished the natives of his old home the other
day by riding throngh the streets, on a shagzy
broncho. He was rigged out in the tvpical
cowboy stvle. with long hair and the usual pro
fusion of firearms. He rode from the ranch
in New Mexico, on the border of old Mexico
and Arizona, a distance or 2,500 miles, on
horseback, and was five montl.s making the
trip.
An undertaker in Burlington, Vt., has
just completed a remarkable contract wbich
he began about two years ago. A man who
resided near there had a large oak tree on his
place cut down and transformed into lumber.
An arrangement was then entered into with
an undertaker to manufacture a casket out of
the lumber and inclose it in an outer case in
readiness for tbe dissolution of the owner.
His death did not occur until a few days ago.
when tbe oaken casket was finished and
trimmed and the deceased buried in it.
J. N. Winn, of Darien, Gs,, has in
vented what he calls a railroad Indicator. The
method of its working is briefly in this way: In
each coach of a passenger train there is seen
within easy slebt of every passenger an orna
mented frame having a class front. As a tram
leaves a station, Atlanta, for instance, the
engineer, by a simple and ready motion of bis
hand, sends an infiuence along the whole train,
and a gong sonnds that arrests tbe attention of
every passenger, while simultaneously tbe
name of the next station, say Marietta appears.
A Franklin township man sent 3
Waynesburg editor several live grasshoppers
caueht in the open fields in January; a Center
township frlendgave him a twig from a peach
tree where red buds had formed and the col
ored blossoms were just prepared to burst into
bloom, showing up clear and red when cut
open: a Morris township farmer handed him a
dozen or more fully matured dandelion
blossoms, topped out white and ready to be
carried off by tbe breeze; and then a Wayne
township citizen sent a wee bit of a turtle,
wbich Justus Phillips discovered, along with
some of its companions, and wbich bad just
been batched by the warm sunshine of
January.
A cork core floating rope has been in
vented. The inventor claims that his floating
rope of one-inch thickness will stand a strain
of more than 1,000 pounds. Tbe rope consists
of a core of small round corks, about three-quarters-
of an inch long, placed end to end.
aronnd which Is braided a network of cotton
twine. This is surrounded by another layer of
strong cotton twine, braided in heavy strands,
wbich is about a quarter of an inch thick. Tbe
rope is very soft and pliable, and even after
being lied In a small knot will retnrnto its
original shape. It can be used in life lines, on
life rafts, and as a heaving line to tie heavy
hawsers to. At a life saving station such a
rope would bo very valuable.
A one-armed printer is as much of a
curiosity as the armless man who dexterously
handles a knife and fork with his toes. There
came to Cincinnati recently such a wonder, and
he is now working as a "sub" in the Enquirer
office. His name is Henry Penrod; he Is 27
years old, and halls from Washington, where
ho learned the trade. Six years aeo he went
out West and there lost bis left arm in a rail
road accident. Only a short stump, extending
but a few inches from the shoulder, remains.
Nothing disheartened by a misfortune that
would have rendered most men helpless. Pen
rod set to work to manage the intricaciesvof his
crart with one hand, and he succeeded so well
that he now sets as ble a "string" as the best
printer, and be justifies his own matter and
does It well. In "setting" type Penrod places
tbe "stick" on the case in front ot him and
then nimbly shoots the type into place, work
ing very rapidly, and apparently with as mnch
ease as a man with two hands.
FOLLY AS IT FLIES.
Men are like drums the one with the big
head mates the most noise. Yonkert Statesman.
My sin, don't advertise your griefs. If
you hare crooked legs do not wear striped panta
loons. Boston Transcript.
"What's the matter with that man over
there? He looks down In the month."
"He ought to. He's a throat specialist"
Clothier and furnisher.
"Papa, don't you think I'm a little
hoarse?" asked Johnny Cumso.
You have named the wrong animal. Johnny."
replied papa. "You are a little monkey." Sew
York Sun.
A fashion writer says: "Some women
look well In anything." Gness he or she never
saw a woman in a hired bathing suit. And no
woman looks well in-toxlcated. BinghamtonKt
publican. Clevertou I am going away on a little
trip and may have to draw on you. How much
notice would you want?
Dashaway About two years. Clothier and -Furnisher.
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Customer You advertise these gloves; "
former price 75 cents per pair, now one-half oft
and yet you are charging 7. cents per pair. How. -is
that? X-
Polite Bhopkeeper-They were Zl cents eat V,
now they are 27 cents. That's one-half off as ad- -vertlsed.
Clothier and Furnisher.
PRESUMPTION REVERSED.
"A lass, a lass, you cruel maid!" -
The stricken plumber said,
"I'm a solder but a wiser man,
I find your heart's but lead I"
The grocer's daughter scornful glanced,
That which a wife her mate owes .
I never could bestow on such
Inflnltcslmally small potatoes 1"
American Grocer.
Courting in the Suburbs. Alfred Please
don't put me off any longer, Katie. Will you
marry me?
ivatie Alfred, why will vou be so persistent?
I hardly know whether I love you well enough or "
not. Beside
Alfred (looking at his watch) Katle,the'lat
train Is due In lust three minutes. Yes or S?
Katie Yaa, Alfredl-CAicayo Tribune, " "
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