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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. FEE. 2, 189a
A DAN GEBOTJS PASTISAN ZEAL.
Though the fight in the national House of
Representatives during the week past was
esteemed a party question by the excited
Congressmen, it is just this sort of question
which the public cannot and trill not be
persuaded to look at through partisan
glasses. The organization of legislative
bodies for working purposes is the very be
ginning of government. It has been the
rst step in every parliament since parlia
ments began; and the voice of the people in
elections can have no force or effect unless
this organization is 'airly conducted. It is
therefore not merely because the public like
fair play, and will tolerate none other, but
because, without fair play in organizing
Congress, the voice of the ballot is sooner or
later sure to be stifled by force, that a very
general protest is now heard against the po
sition which the Bepublicans have taken at
"Washington, and which the Democrats have
assumed in Ohio.
By common understanding and custom
all parliamentary bodies have a right to
make their own rules for the government of
their proceedings. The Constitution of the
United States expressly vests this power in
the House of Representatives. Yet, though
the House has now been nearly two months
in session the spectacle is presented of the
Speaker continuing not only as a law unto
himself, but also to the House. He decides
what he pleases, or rather what he thinks
will suit his party, and refuses the ordinary
privilege oi appeal. Undoubtedly there is
a period during which tne Speaker, or the
presiding officer of a newly organized legis
lative body, must be supposed to govern
under general parliamentary usage, and to
possess for his own part wide discretion.
But that period can bi no longer than is
reasonably needful for the House to prepare
and adopt its own rules. Particularly is
this true where known division of senti
ment and conflict of interests exist. The
duty of introducing rules, and the power to
do so bave rested with the Bepublican
majority in Congress. The Bepublicans
should have performed this duty long be
fore now. They should cot in the face of
the Democratic protest, have brough; on
such pronounced partisan issues as
contested elections, without having es
tablished rules for debate, and for
voting. The will of Speaker Beed
has been unduly and inexcusably
raised up into absolute domination; and that
be has chosen to violate all former prece
dents in deciding what constitutes a quo
rum is but the smallest reason for com
plaint. The great and assured danger is
that Speaker Beed is hlmsel! setting a pre
cedent of abuse of might and abuse of posi
tion which may later be used disastrously to
the public interests by less capable and
even less judicious men.
The Speaker's contention that filibuster
ing and obstruction should be ended is en
tirely correct. But he is wholly wrong in
assuming that the Speaker must end fili
bustering in place ol the House. It is
the House, by its rules regularly
adopted, which alone is capable of
deciding how legislation shall be passed.
The Speaker of the British House of
Commons is always much less of a partisan
than the Speaker of our House of Repre
sentatives; yet, when the wheels of legisla
tion were blocked for years by the National
ists at "Westminster, the British Speaker
never dared assume the arbitrary power
which Speaker Beed now claims. On the
contrary, the British Government had to
"bsjng in what was known as the Cloture
bill, a long and tedious enactment specially
made to shut off filibustering. It took a
long time to pass this; but when passed it
Tras effective.
There cannot be any party fight over this
matter outside of Washington, no matter
how high the temper rages there. Bepubli
cans as well as Democrats are interested in
maintaining fair play. Otherwise they can
not tell what is going to happen to-morrow;
but can look for frequent and serious mis
chief, commotion, fraud and danger to the
public peace.
A O00D BECOBD.
The transrer of the postoffice management
from Mr. Larkin to Mr. McKean, during
the past week, warrants a lew words con
cerning the record of the retiring postmas
ter. The four years of Mr. Larkm's in
cumbency of the office have, as was shown
by the statistics published yesterday, been a
period of remarkable expansion in the postal
business of Pittsburg; and it is because of that
gentleman's business-like method of admin
istering the place that the enlarged traffic
has been so well handled. "While Mr. Xar
kin's antecedents on assuming the office
were political, he has conducted the post
office strictly on the principle of securing
the highest efficiency, and has made a very
gatisfactory and convincing example of what
can be done with the civil service when op
erated solely to get the best work done.
This record is one of which Mr. Larkin has
a right to be proud, and which his successor
may profitably emulate.
PAEWELL'S POBEBODDm
Senator Parwell's remarks on the subject
0f patronage always contain novel and gen
erally startling political tenets. The last
interview in which he declares that Presi
dent Harrison ought to respect the will of
the people, is peculiarly Farwelliaa in its
implication that Senator Farwell is the
vox populi.
On the other hand Senator Farwell
makes a stab close to the vitals of the
question when he points out the revenge
which the President appears to be taking on
those Bepublicans who had the hardihood
to support Greiham for the Bepublican
nomination when a Bepublican Senator
makes that charge and couples it with the
prediction that this course will disrupt the
party, it is sufficient .to create a doubt
whether political wisdom and harmony are
reigning supreme in the councils of the
nation.
"With regard to the Senator's gloomy pre
diction, when the party is divided between
those who use patronage for personal re
venge and those who rebel because they can
not control it for personal advantage, the
question is likely to be asked, if it deserves
any better fate than disruption?
THBkaDBABE TBTJST PLEAS.
The series of opinions on trusts which are
published elsewhere, is principally valua
ble as showing the persistence with which
the interested advocates of those combina
tions insist on the misrepresentations with
which they have been clouding the subject
ever since it has been up for public discus
sion. It is nothing new or nothing remark
able for Messrs. Dodd, Parsons, Dos Passos
and the rest of the combination school to
indulge in the old fables about the purpose
of the trusts being to secure economic pro
duction and their effect being to cheapen
prices; but it is rather significant that they
should display such a concerted disposition
to insist on them, after every investigation
which has probed the subject has proved the
contrary.
No better proof of the falsity of these con
tentions is found than in the history of the
trusts, or in their methods. It is cot econ
mic production to make the public pay the
cost on idle plants which every successtul
trust has done; nor is the perfection of organ
ization attained by paying immense sala
ries to trustees, who when called before
legislative committees testify to their own
ignorance ot the important details of the
business under their charge. The utterly
fictitious nature of the claim that trusts
cheapen prices is shown by the fact that
whenever a trust fails to raise prices, its de
feat is acknowledged, and it eventually goes
to pieces. The chorus of the trust advo
cates, that the Standard Trust has cheapened
the price of petroleum is an old plea and
has often been answered. The price of the
crude petroleum has fallen, but the propor
tion of the price which the Standard Oil
Trust takes for refining and distributing
petroleum to consumers, has always been
larger than it would have been under com
petition. The conclusive proof of this is
found in the well-known fact that when
competing refineries have ever had any
thing like an even chance in the matter of
transportation, the independent refining
interest has been prosperous and the margin
between the price of crude and that of re
fined petroleum has fallen.
Mr. Catcegie is quite right in declaring
that the general resort to trusts is like that
to quack medicines, and where there is
freedom of competition "combinations and
trusts write the charter of their own defeat."
In that case the wrong of the trust lies only
in the disturbance of business caused by their
temporary supremacy, until competition
has defeated them. But where the effect is
successful to shut oft competition, then they
are able to create a privileged class in
commerce, and exact undue profits from the
mass of industry which must obtain its
living subject to the action of competition.
All the sophistry of the trust advocates is
intended to conceal the one pivotal fact.
The purpose of tbe trusts is to prevent com
petition and thus enhance the profits of
transfering products from the producer to
the consumer. If they succeed in this they
oppress the public by means which have
been denounced by the law, ever since the
law took account of the popular welfare.
A CIVILIZED SYSTEM.
The question of convict labor on the
public roads is considered in a special ar
ticle elsewhere. The review etf the systems
which are in vogue in other States furnishes
much light on the subject, although the re
sults of the different plans, as regards the
improvement of highways and the effect on
the prisoners, are not fully made clear.
It is not only clear that the idea of put
ting convict chain-gangs on the highways,
wonld be repugnant to the civilization of
Pennsylvania, but it is quite doubtful
whether as much improvement of the high
ways could be got from such labor as from
well paid free labor. But the question
which intelligent study wishes answered, is
whether tbe labor on the roads cannot be
made so much more attractive than labor in
prison walls, as to make it a reward and
stimulus to good conduct.
The example of Kansas affords a strong
indication of what might be done. "With
work on the roads, in the open air, made an
advance from the confinement of the prison,
and paid for at a rate which would induce
faithful service, the convict might be bene
fited by such a system. In addition to that
the improvement of the highways would
certainly make the experiment worth
trying.
It should be understood that the inquiry
into this question is cot in the direction of
reviving barbarism. But if it can be made
to benefit the convicts and tho public, the
fact that the system was abused in former
times ought not to be permitted to prejudice
public opinion against it
PUBLIC AND PBITATE BUSINESS.
It is a significant and remarkable fact
that the entire squabble in the House for the
past few days could have been entirely
avoided, except for the vice of absenteeism.
If all the Democrats had been in their seats
during the past three days they would have
had a majority, and could have adopted fair
rules for the government of business. If all
tbe Bepublicans had been present they
would have had a quorum and could have
gone on with their business, without getting
into a fightover the quorum question. But,
as neither party could command its full
force, the light has gone on, and the business
of the country has stood still. Partisan
control is ol such importance as to cause the
neglect of public business ; but it does not
weigh enough to induce all the members to
neglect their private business for the duties
which they have undertaken.
THE CHICASAW IDEA.
The Chicasaw Nation, one of the tribes in
the Indian Territory that has progressed to
the point of framing its own legislation, is
determined to show that it can keep step
with the most advanced measures of civili
zation. It may have lagged behind the age
heretofore, but they have put themselves in
rank with tbe white man by a law which
taxes every white farmer and mechanic who
comes into tbe Chicasaw territory a per
capita tax of five dollars.
This may not seem to be very wise legisla-
tion for the whites who are subject to it, but
is it not exactly what the statesmen of the
United States have perfected as the acme of
political wisdom? It is proposed that we
shall levy a per capita tax on the laborers
who come to us from abroad. "Why should
not the Chickasaws protect themselves in like
manner from the competition of the pauper
Anglo-Saxon immigrants who ponr into
their territory from the effete and over
crowded East?
The aboriginal method of demonstrating
its idea that what is sauce for the Caucasian
goose is sauce for the Chickasaw gander,
has the merit of being a forcible illustration
at least. .
Afteb Mr. Farwell has declared that
President Harrison "seems to regard the offices
as personal perquisites," it is reassuring to be
informed that there is no quarrel betwoen the
President and the Illinois Senator. The as
surance is needed to correct misapprehension.
The decision of Mr. Beed that, "accord
ing to the rules now governing tbe House,"
Mr. O'Ferral could not read from the record
in the contested election case, beats tne prac
tice of the King of Hearts in "Alice in Won
derland." The King of Hearts took the trou
ble to write down his rules when he manufac
tured tbem for the occasion. It was said in Mr.
Reed's favor, when he was elected Speaker,
that he would not lose his head; but such de
cisions as this indicate tbe falsity of the expec
tation. It is a suggestive contrast to tbe loudness
of the other partisan squabbles that is furnished
by those Ohio legislators who took ThomaB'
money, tben sold out to Brice, and are keeping
as quiet as mice about tbe charges at present
It is rather amusing, after the Demo
cratic organs bare been arraigning tbe Bepub
lican party because they do not give colored
people enough of the offices, to find them
pitching into tbe administration for giving
ex-Senator Bruce so good an office as the re
cordership of tne District of Columbia. Your
partisan organ is consistent in just one respect;
and that is in abusing its opponents whether
they do one thing or another.
Does the science of politics consist solely
In squabbling over the spoils and fighting for
partisan controlT It seems possible that it
might be broadened so as to occasionally take
in a few measures for tbe public welfare.
The statement appears that the Roths
childs have squelched the Czar's project of a
railway across Siberia by refusing to float a
loan of 220,000,000 on tbe line of 4,600 miles. As
this Is only about $50,000 per mile, tho world is
left In doubt as to whether tbe Rothschilds do
not consider It sufficiently watered, or whether
they have adopted the platform of the Ameri
can money kings ana determined to stop this
pernicious practice of building new railroads.
The news from Zanesville, O., that the
adoption of standard time is tbe 'all-absorbing
topic there, reveals the not unsuspected fact
that Zanesville is some years behind the time.
The creditors of the Allegheny Valley
Railroad who think that after the road has
been in a receiver's hands tor six years, some
thing snonld be done with It, are not altogether
unreasonable; but tbey should remember tbat
the wild haste which would settle up a railroad
bankruptcy in six years' time is not at all ac
cording to the precedents of railroad litigation.
Now let the groundhoe turn in and see
whether he can come any nearer hitting the
weather than tbe preceding failures in tho
weather prophet business have done.
"The anthracite mines are idle," says
tho Philadelphia Press, "becauBO bituminous
coal is cheaper." And the reason why bitu
minous coal is cheaper Is tbat no combinations
or pools nave ever yet been able to control the
trade In order to make It yield profits on such
a vast amount of water as is contained in the
total of tbe anthracite coal stocks.
A bio gas well at Washington, Pa., gives
another contradiction to the Cassandras of the
press who have been arguing tbe exhaustion of
the gas supply.
The Chicago newspapers regard it as
rather remarkable that Mr. S. W. Allerton
should be considered a poor man in New York
when he enters politics with only a few mil
lions. But it is even more striking to find him
represented as an anti-monopolist, after having
obtained these few millions directly from the
source ot railway favoritism.
The announcement that "Waco, Tex., is
to bave a water carnival, suggests a novel and
unique form of enjoyment. Are the Texans
going to try the delights of washing themselvesT
The claim is made that the famous Con
necticut goose-bone has been more successful
than any one else in predicting the weather of
this remarkable season. This permits the hope
tbat Hicks and the rest of the prophetic tribe
may finally be of some value as weather proph
etsafter they have become skeletons.
The report that the Sugar Trust is water
ing Its stock is evidently a fabrication of tbe
enemy. It Is impossible to spoil decayed eggs.
The indignant objection of the members
of the Whisky Trust, to the effect tbat tbey
have thrown up the sponge, is well founded. It
is decidedly unkind to use, in such close con
nection with their organization, a term which
expresses the idea of a large capacity for hold
ing water.
PEOPLE OP PK01IIKENCE.
Dr. McGlynn is critically ill in Chicago,
and was unable to fulfill bis engagement to
lectnre Friday evening.
Mb. James Btuaet, member of Parliament
and professor of mechanism and applied
mathematics in tbe University of Cambridge,
has resigned his professorship.
Jules Febry has returned to Paris from the
south of .France very much changed for the
worse. His whiskers are snow white, and his
face Is marked by lines of age and care.
Fbank M. Wallace, cashier of the Bank
of Claremont, S. Dak., is visiting his friends in
Allegheny. He is very enthusiastic over the
prospects of tbe Dakotas, and emphatically
denies tbe reports of distress and starvation, as
printed in many Eastern papers.
Bill Nye and James Whltcomb Biley, the
famous combination of wit and dialect poetry,
have separated, and will appear in public
together no more. The cause assigned is
Biley's love for the bottle, his appetite for
strong drink, it is said, having completely mas
tered.him. The Queen Begent ot Spain shows the re
sults of her recent excitement at the bedside
of her sick son. Her pale complexion is whiter
than ever. The Queen Regent Is a very intel
lectual woman. She can converse in Spanish,
French, German and English. She is very fond
of music and literature.
It is said that the memoirs of M. Hyrvolx,
the chief of the private police of Napoleon ILL,
will soon be published, unless his executors are
prevailed upon by members of the Bonaparte
family not to reveal the Inner life of theTuiler-
ies during the lifetime of several of the people
referred to in the memoirs.
GeneBal Botjlanqeb Is slowly recovering
on tho Isle of Jersey from tbe Injury his head
recently rccelvod from contact with a chan
delier. His skull was not fractured, but an
ugly scalp wound resulted, and he was much
prostrated by tbe sight of his own blood. The
bray' General is very sensitive as regards
gore.
THX Czarowitz has been appointed com
mander of a squadron ot the Imperial Guard,
tbe Grand Duke Paul, brother of the Czar, to
command of a regiment of hussars, and tbe
Grand Duke Nicholas NIcolaevitch, cousin of
tbe Czar, to tbe command of a brigade of ar
tillery. Manager J. M. Hill has concluded an
arrangement with Nellie Bly for a series of
lectures on her recent record-breaking tour
round tbe world. She will give three lectures
In New York, and will then be heard In Boston,
Philadelphia. Chicago, St. Loch and other
large cities. She wants to lecture in Pittsburg,
and will probably arrange to do so.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A Society Girl's Impertinence KebuUed
Tbe Use of Force Tho Habit ofBorrow.
Ids Is Not Only the Poor Man's A Joke
With Mary Anderson.
T t Is the fashion of some women to keep visitors
waiting an Unconscionable time for ab
solutely no reasou at all but to gratify a caprice
or fad of theirs. Heaven knows where they
got tbe idea, but some of tbe dear creatures
imagine that it is a canon of high-bred etiquette
to let a caller cool his or her heels in the parlor
for half an hour or so after the servant brings
up the card. This churlish impertinence is
most often offered by women to women.
A Buperb young woman who bad high birth
and abundance of money, saucily told a girl in
her set recently, that she always kept callers
waiting 20 minutes before she appeared. The
girl who received this valuable piece of news
called upon tbe golden calf a few days after
ward. She sent up her card and the footman
returned with the message that Miss
would be down in a few minutes. The caller
took out herher watchand when seven minutes
bad expired wrote upon one of her cards: "I
have been cone just 13 minutes."
Loavine this card on the table, the young
lady took her departure.
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FORCE.
They said he was a man of force
Tbe handsome new cashier
Some fellows doubted it, of course;
Tbey grant It now. I hear.
The new cashier, so well Indorsed,
Was quick to take his cue:
And so his balances be forced
And eke a safe or two.
And then by marches forced he fled
To Canada, and there
His forceful nat urc aforesaid
Was welcome everywhere.
ho member of tbe Force restrains
His dinners or his dances;
"I'm exiled, ladles," be explains,
'J5y force of circumstances."
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Tde great army of borrowers is not made up
entirely of those "who walk, by blazes" the
gentry "who ride in chaises" are sometimes as
great adepts In negotiating loans as the Celtic
gentlewoman who asks her neighbor to lend her
the loan of a gridiron.
Once it was my fortune to live In a little vil
lage near New York City and still nearer the
romantic neighborhood which the glorious
Hudson and tbe beautiful memories of Wash
ington Irving make one of the loveliest spots
on this earth. We occupied one of a croup of
half a dozen villas and our next door neighbor
was an old soldier; a jolly old fellow, brave as a
Hon I doubt not, a splendid story teller, but an
incorrigible borrower. He bad an income
ample for all his needs, but he was always bor
rowing. His wife, an angular lady, who wore
girls' hat", had much sweetness of manner and
a temper and tongue easily equal to any emer
gency. She was also a borrower from 'way
back.
One summer night as we were all enjoying
the cool air from the river on tbe porch a mes
senger from our friend the Major appeared
with a request tbat we would lend him several
packs of cards, as some people from tbe city
had drooped in upon him unexpectedly. The
cards were sent over. In five minutes tbe mes
senger returned with a request for a card table.
The table was lent. At regular intervals of
about 15 minutes for two hours that messenger,
a small housemaid, returned, each time with a
new request. Teaspoons, cake, candles wero
asked for in turn. Tben tbe emissary announced
that tbe visitors bad decided to stay all night,
and Mrs. Major D would be bo much obliged
if we would lend her some bedclothes and two
pillows. Tbe lady who presided over our house
bold was a most good-natured soul. She lent
everything that was wanted.
About midnight she came upon her husband
reading in the library. "Why don't you go to
bed, Charles?" she said.
"I can't go to bed; Major D may want to
borrow my bed, and I don't want to have to get
up and dress."
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TT was this same military hero, or rather his
wife, who sent over one morning before
breakfast to borrow a griddle greaser. Do you
know what a griddle greaser is? It is a piece of
fat skin from a bam, used for greasing tho
griddle on which the buckwheat cakes are to
be baked. The cook remitted tbe griddle
greaser, saying to the colored boy who brought
tbe request: "Tell your missus that it's a gift,
not a loan."
Another housekeeper of my acquaintance,
lent an apple butter stirrer a weapon greatly
in request in the fall to a woman worth a
million dollars at least. The latter not only
failed to return the stirrer, but when the owner
asked for it the lollowing year only consented
to loan it to her.
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IT sounds queer to hear of anyone playing
practical jokes on staid Mary Anderson,
but J. H. Bowe, the actor of this city, says that
he did and tbat she liked a joke herself years
ago. Said Mr. Bowe: "Mary Anderson, in the
summer of 1876, her first season on tho stage,
came to Baltimore, Md under John T. Ford's
management, and played a three weeks' en
gagement between Baltimore, Washington and
Cumberland. Miss Anderson used to be very
fond of 'guying' and candy. In 'Borneo and
Juliet,' in the scene with Friar Lawrence,
which I bad to play, she would deliDerately
walk down the stage with her back to the
audience and make faces at me during the
Friar's long speeches. This was all done in
good humor, but it is no small task to wrestle
with tbe Friar's very bard lines and bave Juliet
make faces at you. So I was bound to have
revenge. I was very fond of spring onions,
Mary Anderson was not at least she did not
like their odor, and I knew it
"So one night in Cumberland we were playing
'Bvadne.' My scones as Ludovico wero
mostly with her, so I took an extra share of on
ions that day, and smoked a dressing room pipe
to back it up. and gave her the full benefit of it
when I could. It is hardly necessary to say it
was too much lor her. She said nothing to me,
but the next day her stepfather. Dr. Griffin,
came to me and asked me if I wouldn't stop. I
said I would, conditionally if she would let up
making faces and chewing candy.
"John W. Morton, who was in the company
at the time, was heartless enougn to christen
her 'Long Mary,' but I doubt if she ever knew
where the name came from."
A reputable citizen of Pittsburg tells me
that when he was in New York a week or
two ago he saw on Broadway a man who hob
bled along on two wooden legs, while with his
left hand his right was gone he turned the
crank of a barrel organ. The sight touched
my friend's heart, and he gave the man a
quarter, asking at the same time: "How's busi
ness?" The mendicant looked at the quarter, and
tben at bis two wooden stumps before he re
plied: "I can't kick, sirl"
Hepburn Johns.
CHARMIXG WIDOW DUO
Again Forms a Matrimonial Alliance, Wed
ding Her First Husband.
Sr. Loins, February L A romance was ap
propriately ended to-day In tbe marriage of
Captain James Corbett, of Gardiner, Me., and
Mrs. Nora Dunn, of St. Louis. Mrs. Dunn Is
CO years of age and Captain Corbett is 7a In
1814 Mrs. Dunn was Nora Benton, of Gardiner,
Me. Captain Corbett was master of a trading
vessel. The couple were married and Corbett
sailed away on a vovagetoSouth America. He
was not beard of for ten years and tben Mrs.
Dunn, giving bim up as lost, married Thomas
B. Dunn aud moved to this city. This was in
1857. Corbett returned the same year and
learning of his wife's action, secured a divorce
and married another woman.
Mrs. Dunn became a widow a few years ago,
and on visiting her early home discovered that
Corbett had lost his second wife. She returned
to St. Louis, and two weeks ago Corbett ar
rived. Tbey were married over again yes
terday, and as both are wealthy they are pre
sumably happy.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Stratford Ncwmarch.
NEW YORK, February 1. Stratford Newmarob,
tbe well-known artlst,dledonThursdayafternoon
at St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn. He was one ot
the lounders of the Brooklyn Art Clnb, and the
last works from bis brush are on exhibition at the
club's annual exhibit In the Association galleries.
One of Mr. Newmarch's best-known pictures is
' Tne Home of William Cullen iiryant.'He leaves
a mother, aged 92 years.
George E. Dame.
Newport, N.H.,Februaryl. George E. Dame,
Superintendent of the New England Division
Railway Mall Service under President Cleveland's
administration, died at bis home here early this
morning of softening of tbe brain, lie was 43
jcaia viu.
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A I0DTHFDL PICTDEE-MAKBK.
A 6-Year Old Boy Possessed of Wonderful
Skill as nn ArtUt.
Portsmouth, O., February L This city has
a young artist whose natural talent amounts to
a phenomenon. Little Freddie McAleer, the 6-year-old
son ot Mr. and Mrs, E. K. McAleer,
produces without apparent effort work which
would be a credit to artists of maturer years.
When asked for the reproduction of a picture,
however difficult, the little fellow seizes the
crayon in bis left band, follows intently with
bis eye tbe lines ot his copy, and the hand,
without any attention, reproduces them ex
actly. Tbe writer tested the little fellow thoroughly
on animal pictures, landscapes, eta, which
seem to delight him most. Tbe results were
rapid and true to nature. But we expected to
discomfit tbe curly-bead when we offered
bim a map of tbe United States. Not
the least disconcerted he went at it as
a matter of course, and in a short
time had tho map complete, wonder
fully accurate in outline and detail, every
river and State in proper position. He was
tben given a map of tbe State of Ohio. This
was executed with equal promptness and ex
cellence, with counties, rivers and cities cor
rect y located, and even the names, which he
could not read, were reproduced without an
error. But Freddie is not simply a mechanical
copyist. He will produce a bouquet or other
intricate design, filling in the colors with exact
truth to nature. All this is tbe more remarka
ble since be has never had the least attention
or instruction in drawing, and bis knowledge
seems to be intuitive. Tbe little fellow is mod
est, and objects to an exhibition of his marvel
ous powers. If he discovers anyone watching
bim down goes the crayon or brush, and no
amount of coaxing can induce bim to proceed.
Freddie McAleer is a wonder, and those who
know him and have seen his work do not be
lieve bis equal can be found elsewhere. He
revels in pictures, and every new card or
chromo tbat comes into tbe house is eagerly
seized and copied at once. He has made a few
efforts at portraits, copied from photographs,
and, while his work in this line is good, being
generally recognizable, the fine work of facial
expression seems a little too difficult for his
baby band.
WASHINGTON'S WORLD'S FAIR BILL.
An Appropriation of $15,000,000 to be
Asked for tbe Capital City.
Washington. February 1. The special
House Committee on tbe World's Fair held a
meeting to-day, and spent two hours in going
over the draft of the bill prepared by the sub
committee, correcting the phraseology and
making slight amendments. When tbe point
of adjournment was reached, the committee
had gotten as far as section 10 in the bill. The
Chicago men were not satisfied at the
rato of progress, and endeavored to
procure another meeting of the com
mittee this afternoon, but failed. There
was the usual exchange of sarcastio
remarks between tbe representatives of com
peting cities. When Mr. Hitt pressed speedy
aotion Mr. Hatch, the St. Louis representative,
insisted tbat tbe bill should bave the most ma
ture consideration, and when Mr. Hitt pointed
out tbat delay in the committee endangered
tbe success of the bill, Mr. Hatch was opposed
to having any bill presented to the House
during the present state of affairs. Mr. Hitt
said that be might be willing to allow the St.
Louis bill to foe reported, but Mr. Hatcb re
plied that he would not make an exception,
even in tbe case of a report favorable to St.
Louis.
Mr. Wilson presented the draft of tbe bill
prepared by tbe local Washington committee,
and cave notice tbat it would be presented to
tbe House as a substitute for the special com
mittee's bill. This measure proposes an appro
priation by the Government of $15,000,000 to de
fray the expenses of holding the fair in Wash
ington. NATIONAL GUARD DECISION.
GenernI Hastings' Ruling In the Case of
Lleutennnt Snyder.
Adjutant General Hastings has ren
dered a decision which not only necessarily
changes the general plan of National Guard
elections as now carried on in this
city and throughout the State, but is of
vast interest in many other respects.
It was brought out by a requisition for
tbe discharge in orders of Lieutenant Chris.
Snyder, of Company F. Southslde. Mr. Sny
der, while Second Lieutenant of his company
had been elected First Lieutenant, but an ex
amination by tbe Brigade Board last fall bad
been adversely reported. As the military code
distinctly states tbat when an officer accepts
tbe result of an election which has promoted
him, he vacates the position he bad previously
held, it was of course presumed that Mr.
Bnyder had been relegated to private life by
the report of the board. General Hastings has
decided, however, tbat the failure to pass the
examination for tbe first lieutenancy did not
deprive bim of his commission as second lieu
tenant, and consequently he is still an officer
In Company F. Mr. Kaercher, who was elected
second lieutenant the same evening to fill tbe
presumed vacancy caused by Snyder's promo
tion, bas since been promoted to tbe first lieu
tenancy, ana oi course win noia mat position
If passed by the board. Mr. Letzkus, however,
who is now supposed to be second lieutenant of
the company,accordingto General Hastings' de
cision, is still an enlisted man. Mr. Snyder hold
ing that Junior commission. The decision
mixes up the affairs of the company very badly,
and no doubt many other companies in the
State will be affected in the same manner.
THE 8ILYER MEN OF ENGLAND
Holding Numerous Heelings to Advance the
Cause of BI-9Ielalllsm.
BY CABLE TO TUB TJI8PATCH.1
London, February 1. Copyright. The ap
proaching opening of Parliament has given a
stimulus to the silver men. Meetings in favor
of a bi-metallio standard are held dally all
over the country, and the columns of the news
papers, from the Times downward, are full of
aisenssions on the same subject. Monday week,
the day before tbe opening of Parliament, a
convention will be held at Westminster to de
cide upon a line of action to be followed during
the session and to elect a Parliamentary leader
In the place of Mr. Chaplin, who, having be
come a member ot the Government, can no
longer lead.
The private party gathering will be notable,
many Peers, Members ot tbe House of Com
mons, ex-Governors of the Bank of England,
financiers and merchants having promised to
attend.
WORKED BETTER THAN MEDICINE.
A Child Thnt Doctors Had Given Up Cared
by Fnlllnc DoWustnim.
Williamsport, February L A 3-year-old
son of S. Charles Emerson, an Insurance agent
of this city, swallowed a toy whistle two months
ago, and, after hovering between life and death
for several weeks, apparently recovered. Tbe
physicians resorted to every known remedy to
remove tbe obstruction, but without success.
Last evening tbe child fell downstairs, and,
after complaining of pain In the stomach, was
attacked with vomiting. To the surprise and
joy of tbe mother tbe long-missing whistle
came to the surface, and the child bids fair to
become as healthy as ever.
Whose Fault Is It?
From tbe Punxsutawney bpIrlt-1
The voters of this country are constantly
complaining about tbe large number of dis
honest and incompetent men who are elected
to office simply becanse they happen to bave
money. There is certainly a good deal of
ground for such complaints, but it might be
pertinent to inquire in this connection who
elects men to office in this country.
Jnst Like Ordlnnry Mortals.
from the Springfield Republic-Times.
Human nature breaks out in tbe National
House of Representatives just as It docs any
where else. To stand in the center of the bear
pit at the so-called popular ond of the capital,
and strain the larynx and make a holy show of
himself in the sight and hearing of a great
audience, is a temptation that more than one
of the statesmen can't resist.
Progress In tbe Contests.
Washington, February 1. The House Com
mittee on Elections to-day heard the final argu
ments In the Alabama contested election case
of Treel versus Clarke. Next week the com
mittee will hear argument In tbe case of Posey
versus Parrett, First Indiana district, and
Bowen versus Buchanan, Ninth Virginia dis
trict. .
A Party of Patience.
From the Pioneer Press.
"It Is a long time till 1892," observes Mr.
Cleveland. True, but no camel on tbe desert of
Sahara is more patient than tbe Democratic
party. It waited 25 years once upon a time.
Euongli for One State.
From tho Chicago Tribune.
We protest against Senator Brice consider
ing himself a candidate for the Presidency.
New York has two candidates already.
A Modern Wonder.
From the Philadelphia Times.;
To see a kite flying with banks for bobs
would bave interested Sir Isaac Newton.
A BUSINESS MYSTERY.
Besnlt or a Visit to the Oil Exchange-A
Puzzle to the Uninitiated How Prison
en In tbs Steel Sing Are Punished A
Remarkable Oulburtt With No Apparent
Cause Great Interest Aroused by a Boy,
a Piece of Chalk, and a Blackboard.
rWRITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH.
J-Juen-Lono, of Pittsburg, to the Most
Worthy Mandarin, Bing-Lo, Becretary of
State to His Imperial Transparency, Greet
ing: According to your esteemed commands I
have gone forth into the busy places of this
city, and noting accurately what I bave seen,
am prepared to transmit the same unto Your
Highness. One of the first spots that I
visited was that called the Oil Exchange.
Oil, most worthy sir, or more correctly
speaking, petroleum, is produced in this part
of our monarch's realms in great quantities,
and it Is in tbe Oil Exchange of Pittsburg tbat
tbe most Important business, in connection
with this petroleum, is transacted. Learning
this from your Ignorant slave, Wah-Jung, the
catalambaniser, in whose reeking hovel I am
sojourning, I hastily donned certaic European
garments lately purchased by me, and hastened
in the direction of the Exchange. An im
pertinent minion stopped me as I passed up the
stairway leading to tbe Exchange: but remem
bering tbe advice that Mr. Hop Sing, of Wash
ington, gave me, I promptly said that I was a
newspaper reporter. Instantly bis domineer
ing expression changed to one of hnmble
apology and I was allowed to pass on my way.
Hence, ob Sing-Lo, be wary lest any news
paper reporters ever enter our master's em
pire. Tbey will become a haughty pampered
class, and make afraid even the Brother of the
Sun himself.
The Charmed Circle.
p uksuing my way up the stairs, I reached tbe
portals of a large and lofty hall, in which
there resounded an uproar as of many men
shouting and stirring, the one against the
other. In the center 9! this hall was a ring
formed by a rail of burnished steel, and around
this ran a narrow platform raised somewhat
above the level of tbe floor. Within the ring
sat an Individual, evidently a political prisoner.
His back was turned toward me, and I could
not observe in what manner he was bound. It
was tbe first time 1 had seen in America our
enlightened mode of public punishment.
Standing on tbe platform were several men,
evidently upbraiding him for his crimes, as tbe
loungers are accustomed to do in the streets of
Pekin. His bowed bead showed tbe humilia
tion which he suffered. Even from tbe limits
of tbe ball some persons joined In tbe attack,
and in words wbich my limited knowledge of
the language prevented me from understand
ing, showered abuse upon tbe culprit.
I had expected to find this Exchange a place
of business like our great marts, where buying
and selling would go on and money pass from
band to hand. But In this I was disappointed. I
could see no signs whatsoever of anything ap
proaching to what we call commerce. As I
bave said, tbe hall was spacious and lofty. Its
walls and ceiling were finely decorated, and a
gallery, reached by a spiral staircase, stood over
the upper extremity. At one side of the ball
there was an office, from which issued tbe
sounds of tbe telegraph needle. I observed
that boys bore yellow papers from- this office
and gave them into the hands of many of those
present.
Studying Balls nnd Bears.
at the lower end of tbe hall was a railed-off
space, in wbich were chairs and benches.
I took my seat and watched tbe movements of
the throng. Around the walls were rows of
chairs, and in these sat gentlemen not engaged
in reviling the criminal. Mustering up the
best English at my command I asked a person
sitting near me what was the crime of the man
who sat with downcast looks within the steel
ring. But tbe man whom I addressed either
did not understand my question or did not de
sire to answer it, for be shook his bead and
gradually shifted himself away from me. Sub
sequently I noticed him talking to anotber
gentleman near where the prisoner sat. He
was pointing in my direction and tapping his
forehead. 1 am altogether at a loss to divine
bis meaning. My national pride prevented me
from repeatmg the question, and I contented
myself with watching the scene before me.
After a while the gentlemen surrounding the
ring ceased to upbraid the prisoner, and
descended from the platform. Then a boy
began to make in chalk various marks upon a
blacHBoard close to the entrance. As be wrote
he uttered certain words, of wbich I did not
catch the meaning. Great interest was mani
fested in his work by many of those present,
and quite a little crowd collected round tbe
board. The coming and going of boys with
papers from the telegraph office became more
lrequent. The boy first shouted out a name,
and on the gentleman so named making a sign,
carried tbe paper to him. A little by-play went
on in some seats close to the railing behind
which I sat. A few gentlemen there were play
fully struggling over a newspaper and ad
ministering sundry good humored blows and
buffetings in tbe process. Meanwhile the
prisoner within his ring was enjoying compara
tive peace. Some few would occasionally lean
over tbe bar and taunt him, but the crowd for tbe
moment had tired of tormenting him. If we
had been in China, we would have fired him
In a cage and fettered him hand and foot, but
here tbey are contended with placing bim In a
public position and leaving him to the scorn of
tbe mob.
A Tamull, But No Business.
Ail this time I had been on the lookout for
business, but had failed to discoveranythlng
approaching thereto. The messages from the
telegraph room indeed I might have considered
as such, save for tbe carelessness with which
gentlemen thrustthem into their pockets after
perusal. Just as I was about to leave tbe ball,
some further detail of the prisoner's crime
must have arrived, for some twenty persons
rushed madly towards the center of the hall
and began to roar furiously at bim. I was. actu
ally terrified by tbe vebemence of these gentle
men. Their faces flushed, their eyes gleamed,
a few even shook their fists, to such a pitch
of Indignation bad tbey been raised. Their
bodies swayed to and fro, till I feared tbey
would topple over and fall from the narrow
platform. It was fortunate for tbe prisoner
that tbe bar protected him from their on.
slaught, I could not understand wby they did
not pelt him, as Chinese mobs do, with every
available missile. Perhaps tbe very eccentric
laws of tbe land prohibit such a course.
As soon as tbey had quite spent their force
they again left the platform and adjourned in
groups to their seats. Were they merely re
tiring in order to gather force for a new attack
on the writhing culprit within the ring? I was
very desirous of ascertaining how much tbey
are paid by tbe Government for this regular
abuse of prisoners, but remembering tbe
former rebuff I bad received, I desisted. After
waiting a little while and seeing no further
storm of words. I arose and left tbe so-called
Exchange. My visit had left me ignorant of
what I desired to learn tbe methods of tsnde
here but it gave me a deeper insight into the
manner of punishing offenders. Brenan.
Compelled to Confess It.
From the Boston Herald.
It looks as if tbe 400th anniversary of tbe dis
covery of America by Columbus would be cele
brated by a confession on the part of the
American people that politics takes precedence
of patriotism in this conntry. It is a rather
humiliating situation, but we sball probably
have to own up to it and go without a fair.
An Unparalleled Record.
From tbe Washington Star.)
New York is not only ahead as a monument
builder, but leads all American cities as a bank
wrecker. Three banks at one time beat tbe
record. It is well that the new extradition
treaty with Great Britain is so nearly a law of
two lands.
Preventing n Surplus.
Fiomthe Minneapolis Tribune.l
Mr. Clark, one of the quartet of Senators
from Montana, owns a number of gold and sil
ver mines, several stamp mills, a bank and a
newspaper. Ho purchased tho newspaper to
prevent the accumulation of a troublesome
surplus.
AULD LANG SYNE.
It singeth low In every heart,
We hear it each and all.
A song of those who answer not,
However wc may call:
They throng the silence of the breast,
We see tbem as of yore,
The kind, the brave, the true, tbe sweet,
Who walk with us no more.
Tls bard to take the bnrden up,
When these have laid It down;
They brightened all the Joy of life.
They softened every frown;
But ob, 'tis good to think of them,
When we are troubled sore;
Thanks be to Uod that such bave been.
Though tbey are here no more !
More homelike seems tho vast unknown,
Since they have entered there.
To follow them were not so hard
Wherever they may fare;
They cannot be where God Is not.
On any sea or shore;
Whate'er betides, Thy love abides.
Our Ood, for evermore.
-John W. ChadKtck,
SOKE MORE HIGHLY JTALUBD.
The Dispatch Among tbe Best of tbs Lead
ing American Newspapers.
From the York Dally.
Among all our exchange, and we receive
many good ones, there is none that we value
more highly than The Pittsburg Dispatch.
It is attractive in make-up, its news Is clothed
in chaste language and written in attractive
style. Tbe daily edition for 1890 will continue
to offer tbe best things going In the news line.
Its reliable market reports, vast news-getting
machinery (including leased wires to all tbe
principal points, with bureaus in tho chief
cities), and its earnest, progressive and inde
pendent policy, has earned for it a national
reputation and made it a household word in
Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
With the newyear the already large facilities
enjoyed by The Dispatch for producing a
progressive nineteenth century newspaper will
be added to. The rapidly growing circulation
of both tbe daily and Sunday issues bas neces
sitated tbe building of another marvelous
double perfecting press for its already well
equipped pressroom. Hoe fc Co. will soon
place this wonderful machine alongside tbe
other swift presses, thereby giving The Dis
patch puplishing facilities only enjoyed by a
few of the metropolitan plants. The improve
ments in other departments will be on a scale
in keeping with this extraordinary addition to
the advantages enjoyed by The Dispatch.
The Sunday edition has attained a wonderful
growth and popularity, its bona fide circulation
reaching considerably over 50,000. The matter
selected for tbe literary columns of the mam
moth 20-page Sunday issue Is supplied by scores
of contributors of the highest merit and repu
tion. Each number is a monster magazine ot
choicest pen productions, as well as an accu
rate and exhaustive chronicle of current news.
The special cable letters and tbe sporting and
business reviews are also attractive features ot
the Sunday issue. It is a newspaper for the
people and tbe borne circle. With the new
year come new features.
A HOODOO DOCTOR'S POWER.
Strange
Testimony Brought Oat Daring a
Trial at West Chester.
rSFXCIAL TZLXQBAK TO TUB PISrATCB.)
West Chester, February L "Doctor" or
Professor Alfred Browne, colored, of Wilming
ton, Del., charged witn practicing medicine
without a diploma by resorting to incantations,
by which he Imposed upon bis patients, was
tried here and convicted. Tbe plaintiffs in the
case were John W. Burnite, a white farmer, re
siaing in Franklin township and his daughter,
a comely married woman about 40 years, Mrs.
Annie Smith. Brown, who was called to visit
Burnite, "worked a spell" on the daughter,
Mrs. Smith, who complained of having a needle
iu her foot. The evidence of the father and
daughter showed that the doctor bad extracted
S17 from tbem, and also some chickens and
eggs, and that he had obliged tbe father to re
tire from the room while he anointed bis
daughter withjsome bad-smelling oil, after she
had first removed her clothing at his bidding.
He remained there all mgbt and prayed while
going upstairs backward.
He claimed be was capable of sending all tbe
devils in tbe neighborhood to Bhode Island,
where they had a home, and to Mrs. Smith he
proposed switching her husband back to ber.
but this she prayed him not to do, as she did not
want bim. Tbe woman testified that she was
hopelessly in his power, that he had exerted an
influence over her which she could not resist,
and all his biddings she was forced to obey
without hesitation.
A COUNTERFEIT PROPOSAL.
The Heartless Joke Played oa a Young
Lady of Pottstovrn.
Pottstown, February L Annie Estrlcher,
a rather prepossessing young lady of this place,
has been made the victim of a cruel joke. A
few months ago she received a letter from
Scranton, Pa., signed by Jacob Berkowitch, a
former acquaintance of tbe Estrlcher family,
containing an avowal of love for the fair
Annie, and begging for ber heart and hand.
The maiden was surprised, but not dis
pleased on reading the contents of the
letter, and soon an epistle was on Its
way to Scranton freighted with tbe
assurance tbat bis suit was favorably received.
Tben came a formal request to the father of
me young iaay ior tne uaugnter s nana in mar
riage, and this, too, was answered in the affirm
ative. Letters flew thick and fast, tben. be
tween Scranton and Pottstown from the lover
to the sweetheart, full of endearing terms and
expressions of love.
The ardent lover was invited to pay a visit to
Pottstown, and accepted tbe invitation, but
postponed the coming from time to time. Mean
while the wedding preparations were going on
In the Estrlcher home, and when tbey had
neared completion, it was learned that the girl
bad been corresponding with Maurice Berko
witch. who baa been using his brother's name
as a joke. The girl's father threatens to bring
suit against the heartless joker.
AGED PAUPERS MARRIED.
Two Old People Elope From a Poorbouse
nnd Are Made One.
Teot, N. Y., February 1. Mrs. Ann Duffy,
67 years old. was sent to tbe county house bere
about three years ago. About the same timo
Peter Bateman was sent there. As time passed
Mrs. Duffy and Bateman became fast friends.
Bateman is about the same age as the woman.
Tbe poorhouse keepers little thought Cupid
was shooting nis fiery shafts into their aged
hearts, but such was the fact. A few days ago
Mrs. Duffy's son sent her some cloth for a new
dress, and Keeper Dunham's wife bad tbe gar
ment made. Mrs. Duffy left the institution
yesterday and said she was going to a store near
by. Bateman disappeared about the same
time.
These aged lovers met on tbe street and
eloped from the poorhouse. They hastened to
tbe minister's and were married. They had no
money to pay tbe minister bis fee. but tbat
made no difference. Wbere tbey are spending
their boupymoon no one knows. It is surmised
they are walking toward the Capital City.
Cfalcngo Becoming Civilized.
From the Washington Post.
A Chicago man took a Turkish bath Saturday
and his funeral took place on Sunday. Still
Chicago is an enterprising city and will not al
low a little thing like tbat to prevent the intro
duction of tue latest fad out there. The Turk
ish bath is no doubt destined to obtain a solid
footing In Chicago.
1 Brazil Officially Recognized.
Washington, February L Mr. Valent, the
Brazilian Minister in this city, to-day receivod
an official communication from the Mexican
Minister, stating tbat the Mexican Govern
ment had formally recognized the Republic of
Brazil.
THAT CONGRESSIONAL CIRCUS.
Washington Star: Secret sessions in the
House at this time would redound greatly to
its credit.
Cincinnati Enquirer: The Bepublicans of
the National House are now all ready to turn
out 18 elected Democrats. No rules.
Philadelphia Record: What good would
It bo if the House bad rules. A Speaker like
Beed would be a higher law unto himself "as a
matter of leglslatlveiecesslty."
NewYosk World: Speaker Beed is neither
a Cromwell nor a Bismarck. He is simply a
preposterously inflated and unprincipled poli
tician who is digging with bis gavel the grave
of his party.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: Bully for
Reedl He is tbe sort of usurper we rejoice in.
His tyranny delights us. His despotism fills us
with joyful emotions. It was a prona day for
the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representa
tives when Beed adopted his 8th of January
ruling.
Philadelphia Times: When Speaker Beed
refused recognition to a member of the body
when he rose to a question of the highest privi
lege tbat of correcting tbe Journal as to his
own public action he was guilty of tbe most
insolent abuse of tbe privileges of the Chair
ever witnessed in any reputable deliberate
body.
Philadelphia Press: Tbe Speaker of the
House of Commons has counted the members
to find if there is a quorum present for two
centuries. It is nonsense to suppose tbat there
can be any risk in intrusting the right to count
members to a Speaker acting under the watch
of tbe minority and before tbe eyes of the
country.
Chicago Mail: a. great outcry has been
made about the outrageousness of overturning
a precedent a century old. Tbe point Is point
less. If a precedent is founded on error it
ought to be reversed, and the fact tbat no
Speaker has bad tbe courage to do so Is a re
flection on the Speakers of the past, not on the
present one.
COBIOUS C05DEHSATIOK8.7
Michigan has 78 furniture factories,
half of which are in Grand Bapids.
A flock of wild swans was seen in a
Pickaway county, (O.) swamp the other day.
A six-year-old ox that weighed 2,235
pounds was sold in Parkersburg the other day
A number of medical students at Har
vard are about to take a course of lessons at the
Boston Cooking School.
An enterprisirg fisherman of Glouces
ter, Mass., intends making a trip to Norway iu
search of cod. which are said to abound there.
Two years ago it cost the Boston and
Maine Railroad 1100,000 to keep its tracks dear.
This winter the snow-plow has not made a
single trip.
A statistician calculates that the total
tonnage of the world, steam and sail, is, in
round numbers, 21,000,000 tons, ot which 60 per
cent is British.
A Beaver Falls woman was knocked
down by the explosion of a bottle of ketchup.
It burst in her hands as she was bringing it up
from the cellar.
The last run of shad will soon cease to
be a figure of speech in Massachusetts: the hah
commissioners find a decrease of SO per cent in
the catch since 1373.
Iu the Barow collection, soon to be sold,
there is a plan for a greenhouse at Mount
Vernon, drawn by Washington, with instruc
tions in his handwriting.
Those people who have wondered where
A- Blizzard originally came from are Informed
that be has been editor of the Geneva, Ala.,
Record, and bas just retired.
A Nebraska farmer says that when his
bogs lose their appetites he takes them out
riding in a lumber wagon and jolts them over
the roughest places he can find.
A business man of Painesville, O., is
afflicted with paralysis or a very singular kind.
His leg are powerless from dark to daylight,
when he recovers the use of them.
A Frankford man is training his hens
to lay their eggs in tbe kitchen, where he has
placed a cradle for their accommodation. This
saves the labor of hunting the eggs.
A student of Dickinson Seminary was
so nervous since the preaching of his first
sermon tbat he got into tbe wrong church and
entered the pulpit before discovering bis mis
take. It is said that almost all ot the postal
clerks and carriers who become thieves begin
by stealing letters addressed to lottery agents,
which they know are almost sure to contain
money.
A sensation has been created among
New York gastronomers over the alleged dis
covery that they bave been eating black squir
rel bash, done in old sherry, at diamond-back
terrapin prices.
Poultry fanciers will be interested to
learn that a breeding pen of eight white Lang
sban fowls arrived at New York on Tuesday
afternoon from London on the steamship
Lydlan Monarch. The eggs of such fowls are
scarce at SI apiece.
An English religious paper publishes
the following advertisement: "A lady wishes
to hear of a good school for girlj. wbere tha
birch rod, now coming into fashion again, is
used in the old way. Also of one for boys.
Mrs. Griffiths, Church Times office."
Amish weddings, to a certain extent,
rival Polish christening parties. Among tho
pranks at one of them a few days ago in upper
Berks county was tbe throwing of tbe groom
over the fence, the placing of his best man in a
bakeoven and some like familiarities with the
bride.
Leonide Apostoloff, a Cossack engineer,
is at work on a new boat, which he says will
make 80 knots an hour on the surface of
the sea and 123 knots at f nil speed nnder water.
His idea is to nse tbe motive power of the
screw to tbe fullest extent. The boat 13 shaped
like a spindle.
During the warm weather of a few days
ago grasshoppers made their appearance in
vast numbers in Southern Indiana. Tbey did
great damage to wheat, and had the warm
weather continued the crop would hare been
badly injured. A great many persons think
tbey will renew the attack If tbe warm weather
returns.
B. G. Sanford, of Five Mile creek,
Wasco county, Ore., while digging a well,
started a blast with a two-foot fuse. The ex
plosion took place when he was within 18 feet
of the surface, and the conenssion raised him
about six feet and let bim fall very suddenly.
He was badly scared when hauled out, and as
pale as a ghost.
In the stomach of a cow which was
butchered at Washington C H.. O.. the follow
ing articles were found: Several nails, 2 and 3
Inches long; screws. bras nails, carpet tacks
and a number of small stones. Tbere was fully
a quart of these articles in tbe animal's stom
ach. The cow was apparently in good health
before being butchered.
A gentleman arrived at Palatka Tues
day having in his possession a tooth weighing
over six pounds, which was taken from tbe bed
of Peace creek, in South Florida. It looked
aged and its enamel was nearly gone from tha
wear of tbe water. Four weeks ago a similar
tooth was discovered and sent to tbe Smith
sonian Institute. It weighed 2G pounds, and the
scientists at tbe institute pronounced it to be
an extinct species of tbe elephant.
At the second annual meeting of the
Morris Befuge Association for homeless and
suffering animals, Philadelphia, a report was
presented showing a large increase in the num
ber of animals. There were 11,189 cats, 3.003
dogs, 18 birds and other small animals, swelling
the total to 17,371 received at tbe refuge. 1224
Lombard street. A temponry borne for dogs
was also established at (126 South Twelfth
street. Tbe receipts for the year were 53,007 08,
and the expenses $2,869 43.
J. S. Manly is a newcomer at Flint,
MIcb and the following story Is told of him:
A year ago Manly, then a resident of Sr. Louis,
was dying ot consumption. One day tbe fam
ily dog, a valuable greyhound, made his way to
the sick man's bed and licked his face and
hands. Manly was too weak to drive bim off.
and it's mighty lucky that he was, for, con
trary to the predictions of the doctors. Manly
began to improve. Tbe poor dog, however, bad
absorbed tbe disease, and tbe animal is now in
the last stages of consumption, while Manly is
as well and strong as ha was In early manhood.
Photographs of the dog before and after taking
tbe consumption wonld dd to the vividness of
this story; but Manly vouches for it word for
word. ,
A few weeks ago T. W. . Martin, of
Elizabeth. Pa., lost a plain gold ring which he
valued highly, and for wbich he made most
diligent search. Some notices were posted,
and a sharp lookout was kept for the ring
wherever it was thought likely to be f onnd.
But it was not found until this week, and then
it was in a most unexpected place. One of his
horses became lame, and in examining its foot
Mr. Martin was surprised and pleased to find
bis lost ring snugly fitted around one of tbe
calks of tbe horse's shoe, where apparently it
bad been wearing it for some time. Itjwas
worked off with a little difficulty, and was not
much the worse for its unusual experience.
Mr. Martin supposes tbat the ring dropped
from his finger in the stable, and tbat the horse
set his foot down on it so as to drive It firmly on
in the manner found.
HUMORODS HIT:-.
Many an actor begins with big bill boards
and ends with big board bills. Lift.
Discouraging. Miss Chicago And you
are the artist who painted that beautiful picture?
Mr. Boston (proudly)- Yes, miss, I did It.
"Now, do tell me what It Is." Time.
Down in Kentucky. Minnie Oh,
Charley, wouldn't it be delightfully wicked to run
away and get married?
Charley (who Is up to snuff) Splendid! We'll do
It. Did the old folks fix any xlmtl Texas Sif tings.
""What's this I hear about Johnson's hav
ing a relapse? Bow did it come about?
'Ob, he met an acquaintance on the street, and
stood so long talking about bis wonderfully rapid
recovery that he took cold." Ttmt.
Tit for Tat. Disgruntled Boarder (to
landlady) If I were In your place Mrs. Taflern,
I'd discbarge tbat cook.
Landlady (with splrl)-lf I were In your place,
Mr. Owen, I'd discharge that board bill, Time.
His Precedent The Peacemaker Don'tf
youknowlt Is very wrong to fight, little boy?'
What does the good book saj?
Tommy (who has Just polished off the class bully)
ldunno. I ain't read it no further than David
and Oerllre. PueK.
Mr. Bnsset Spatts That's a queer look
log dog of yours. Miss Unbbelle. Isn't It what
tbe Enjcllih call a "turnspit?"
Miss Auburn Hubbelle (severely) -I don't know
what the English may call It, ilr. Spatts, but I
call It "a rotatory expectorator." Pack.
A Lie Out Somewhere. A Jones wife)
has had no education whatever. She can't even
read.
JJ Sbecan'tt Why.be told me that when, be
came borne late tbe other night she readhlnva
lecture that made his eyes bulge out. Ttsat
SVtings,
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