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Voluntary contributors should keep copies of articles. Jf compensation is desired the price expected mutt be named. The courtesy of re turning rejected manuscripts will be extended tchen stamps for that purpose are enclosed, but the Editor of Taz Dispatch tri underno circumstances be responsible for the care of un solicited manuscripts. POSTAGE All persons -who mail tbe Sunday Issue of The Dispatch to friends should bear in mind the fact that the post age thereon is Two (2) Cents. All double end triple number copies ot The Dispatch require a 2-cent stamp to insure prompt delirery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. FEB. 9. 189a H0K0BS TO HASXIHQS. Johnstown feted General Eastings last night in a way to leave no doubt of tbe ap preciation by the people for tbe earnest and active efforts made by that gentleman last gammer for the relief of tbe wrecked and ruined city. The hearty and universal participation of that city in the reception conveys a clear expression of the recognition of, and grati tude for, the General's work. It was not an occasion for the introduction of politics, and therefore nothing was said on the sub ject. Yet the contrast remains which serTes to call attention to that peculiarity of Penn sylvania politics by which popnlar senti ment in behalf of pnblic men connts for little in the actual operation of onr political machinery. General Hastings has a right to be grati fied and proud over this recognition of dis interested work for Johnstown. Few men have tbe fortune to have such an opportu nity, to improve it so well, and to receive so unstinted pnblic approbation. TJNI0K, K0T C0KS0LIDATI0H. The latest repori with regard to the dis cussion on coal rate i isthat the united effort will result in a consolidation of the operators on the thin rein, lik? that attempted by the river coal interests. That combined action may be necessary for these operators to secure a fair consideration of their claims with regard to freight rates is quite proba ble, hnt that any further consolidation is impracticable is evident on the face of the case. The attempt of the river interests was to secure a consolidation' that would control the price in especial markets. The very statement of this case shows thai the oper ators who are reported to be combining could not control prices or rule tbe market against their competitors, who, by the com plaint, are shown to have the advantage. "United action for proper freights is the ob vious course of this interest. Any farther consolidation is out of the question. SHALL "WE HAVE STJHHEB CONCERTS! It will be necessary for the music lovers of Pittsburg to decide within a short time whether onr city shall enjoy the attraction of popnlar summer concerts at the Exposi tion buildings, next June. Tbe necessary engagements of first-class musical organiza tions must be made far in advance; and if the matter is not soon settled the opportunity will be lost, The decision has been left by tbe Exposi tion Board with the people. At present they do not deem it proper for the Exposi tion society to go into the concert business. But if the music lovers of the citv will raise iW a guarantee fund of less than half the ex penses, me .Boston ju.us.ic J3.au orchestra can be obtained, and the pleasure of cheap and first-class concerts at a season or the year when other amusements are lacking, will be extended to the Pittsburg public Or any responsible people who wish to undertake the enterprise for the speculation in it, can undoubtedly make arrangements with the Exposition society for the use of tbe buildings, on the most advantageous terms. It certainly seems that the taste for music in Pittsburg ought to. be active enough to insure the success of a project holding out such undoubted attractions. GOOD IN THE ABSTRACT. The theory is developed by a special con tributor, on the subject of taxation, else t where, that city taxes should be levied with a view to encouraging the improvement and beautincation of the city. Thus, if a prop erty holder permits valuable ground to be idle for speculative purposes, or to be cov ered with tumble-down buildings, this theory would tax him more heavily than his neigh bor who puts an ornamental and useful building on his property. The theory is good in the abstract, and if it were faithfully carried out would be productive cf much more justice and public benefit than the present system of taxing the more enterpris ing property owner the greater amount But tbe difficulty undoubtedly lies In the application. Open the door to arbitrary variations of taxation and you are likely to open the door to the utmost possibilities of favoritism and injustice. If a 'system can be devised for the honest enforcement of this principle it is a good one. NEW YORK'S UKITERSAL SEED. It is one of the singular and characteris tic features of the New Yorker, that he can sot enjoy his dancing without drinks. Some things the New Yorker is satisfied, to go without, such as World's Pairs, Grant monuments, and clean politics. But when it 'comes to dancing -without drinks, New Yorkers invariably decline tne sad and un festive separation. You may pipe unto them, but they will-not dance without the accom paniment of red liquor. This unalterable, and we may say, pas- . sionate devotion to the union of Bacchus and Terpsichore, includes ,oll classes iof society; the aristocrat as well as the hood lum; the millionaire as well as .the tenement louse roysterer. The first declaration dur ' ing.the coming season, of the necessity of t;-- enlivening and .supporting the .labors of P dancing with the stimulus of drink, was affordei by McAllister's aristocratic 1200. It was fervently declared, that the cream Of. society could not enjoy its festive occasion, without the privilege of unlimited drink up to the latest hours Of the sight; and the obvious necessity In that case, led to the expansion of the law, s as to permit the dancers their much desired stimulus, until the labors of the ball were over. Next came other assemblages, ostensibly for purposes of dancing. In each case, it was found, that the dancing could not go On, unless the drinks were there to support it The result has been, that an enterprising and democra tic member of the Legislature, has intro duced a bill amending the excise act, so as to permit tbe New York dancers to enjoy their drinks up to 3 o'clock in the morning; by which means it is hoped, that the danc ing may be kept going successfully. There is, in this phenomenon, food for the reflection of the social philosopher. Ii dancing in New York so heavy and griev ous a burden, that it can only be borne with the assistance and stimulus of the cup which both cheers and inebriates? Or is the New York temperament of that dull and phleg matic character, that it cannot shine forth in its complete social brilliancy until it has braced itself up with half a dozen drinks, and unless it can "keep it self in that jovial condition de scribed in the polite circles of tbe Metropo lis as "having half a jag on?" The specta cle of a society unable to keep its wheels going without the lubrication of liquor, is certainly such as to call for the investiga tion of social experts. In this respect New York clasps hands with the wild and woolly West The cow boy of the plains and the gilded youth of the metropolis agree in adapting the words of Agelastes, the Philosopher, to the declar ation, that the divorce of drinks and danc ing, wonld be equal to the divorce of soul from body. THE RESULTS OF HIGH LICENSE. Since the License court last met, the peo ple of the State have recorded their verdict that it is not prohibition they want; and so the Brooks law, which commended itself from the start to those who wished an ex periment on the middle ground, has Out lived, in practical usefulness at least, the doctrines of those extremists who could see no merit in it Becent criticism and fault finding with high license as administered maybe classed under two heads: (1) the objection that a too rigid application of the discretion ot the court, as in Allegheny county last year, leaves too few saloons to accommodate the bibulous, and (2) that to supply the deficiency the "speak-easy" has sprnng up and multiplied, to the disad vantage of public order. Whatever there may be in these sugges tions and that they have bees elaborated for all there is in them is evident the fact is that high license has worked well enough to justify the expectations of those Who fa vored the Brooks law. It is eruite possible that a greater number of licenses might be safely granted, and that in some districts it may promote convenience and even lessen the liability to disorder to allow such an in crease; but, on the whole, the supervision of the business Tested in the courts has been of distinct value in reducing former num bers and in impressing upon persons taking out license their obligation to conduct the traffic with a Btrict eye to good order and to the prescribed legal limitations. Under the old plan of low license and so judicial supervision, the pities of the State were over-run with taverns. Is a large proportion of which there was ao in centive to do other than make the most money out of their customers. The strict examination by the courts has changed all that; and if the high license' system has not yet reached the point at which it pleases everybody, it is at least the most satisfactory system that Pennsylvania has yet had. There is no delect that can arise in its local application which time and experience will not enable to be fully corrected. The coming session of the Allegheny County Court will find the applications greatly increased. There will probably be some increase in the number of licenses granted; but it is quite unlikely that the pendulum will swing at once to the other extreme, from issuing too few to issuing too many; so that there are surs to be more dis appointed than successful applicants. A BRISK WEEK. PROMISED. This week will be a red letter one in the history of Allegheny City. The opening of the Carnegie Library and of the Art Loan Exhibition, cannot - fail to make a stir. Though Allegheny, while casting an eye on suburban boroughs and townships for its own future growth, is coldly persist ent in refusing territorial annexation with Pittsburg, the city on thiB side of the river will nevertheless share fully in the week's programme. It is only in name and in gov ernment that there is any division., In this special matter of inaugurating the Carnegie Library with a boom, Pittsburg is specially and seasonably sympathetic because of the announcement during the week past of the immense gift which Mr. Carnegie proposes for itself. . Notwithstanding the doubt expressed in our Washington specials, we can .hope that the President will be here. The occasion will serve to remind the pub lic that it is a good many years sinoe a President of the United States has come on a formal and express visit to this place. President Harrison will see much to sur prise him. AMERICAS AND ENGLISH FUEL. The important question alluded to in these columns a few days ago, with repaid to that prime factor in the relative industrial im portance of England and America, namely, the price of fuel, is supplemented by a very interesting comparison made by ourco tem porary, the American Manvfacturer,fil the quotations for coal and coke in the manufac turing districts of England and in Pittsburg, respectively. Prom these -figures it appears that coke in Birmingham is quoted at from S3 75 to $10 per ton; while even the rumored advance of furnace coke in the Connellsville district would only make the price at Pitts burg $2 80 per ton. Coal, for forge pur poses in England, is quoted at $3 to $3 12 and slack from $1 87 to $2. Local quota tions make the price of -wholesale coal in the river fl 47. Slack coal here is so cheap a commodity that it does not appear in the market reports, and its price maybe guessed at as in the vicinity of $L These are most vital figures. So long as Pittsburg can retain such an advantage over England in the price of the fuel which is the foundation of all manufactures, and espec ially of the iron, industry, neither the cheaper labor nor the start which England may have in the markets of the world, can overcome the progress ot our city. The xomparison does not take into account the superior convenience and saving of natural .gas, 'which may be considered an uncertain factor. Simply upon the price. of fuel alone, upon the coil.and coke -which, is eeeeary 'to convert ihro ore into 'a tSalsned form, the advantage df the American coal district is v THE sufficient to take possession of the markets of the world, where England has held so long Almost undisputed sway' It is Pittsburg's duty to thoroughly com prehend and correctly estimate this point. If we have this permanent advantage over England, we should lose so time-in making our Expositions inform the world of the fact, and in seeking the markets where aa almost infinite extension of our business can he secured. THtiParnell Commission is expected to present an abstract of tne testimony, and let the public form Its own judgment, But If tbe testimony had been the other way what a de cided expression of opinion the Commission would have found necessary to relieve itielt of. Coxcebning the weak effort to secure the repeal of the Interstate Commerce act the Philadelphia JPrws says: "Amendment and not repeal is what It needs." And It needs en forcement more thin either. The reported book trust, founded on the alleged ruinous prices for republications of standard authors, is not worth troubling our selves about. The best evidence that such books can bo turned out In large quantities at the present prices is that tbe publishers are all doing it No one compels them to sell their boots at less than cost, and they are not likely to carry on the business for the sake of spread ing gtneral Information. If they should com bine and put up prices, it would simply leave the field open for someone else to step In and talcs the business they are doing. A say on the petroleum market which was absolutely without transactions. Is about the most convincing evidence that can be afforded to the effect that frequent fleeclnc the lambs has turned all who survived the opera tion Into wise old sheep. Whex highwaymen get to attacking people In carriages, on tbe streets of New York city, the Western train robbers feel as if their occupation is reduced to the level of tame and commonplace Industry, We are informed that the Executive Com mittee of the Pennsylvania State Editorial As sociation has under consideration the sugges tion of Mr. R. T. Wiley, of the Elizabeth Seratd, to make Pittsburg Its place of meeting for the summer jaunt this year. Tne sugges tion Is a good one. Pittsburg will welcome the brains of the State press If they will agree to unite here, and show them routes for some very Interesting summer jaunts within the city limits, that will give them broad ideas both as to what our city Is and what it will be. The reappearance of that disrepntable back number of monarchy, Milan, ex-King of Berrif. In the act of losing 300,000 francs at Monaco raises the publio inquiry, who was fool enough to stake Milan to the extent of sixty thousand dollars? Fiyb hundred more applications for license this year than last Is likely to be re garded In some quarters as an example of the perseverance ot the sinners rather than of the saints. It is stated by the Philadelphia Press that tbe clause of the proposed new House rules, permitting legislative riders upon appro priation bills, was stricken out by the Repub lican caucus. It is to be hoped that this as sertion Is correct, although the press reports have not made It clear. One Republican party cannot afford to shoulder the discredit of giv ing such a lever to Jobbery. The motive for re porting such a clause from the committee is, to use the mildest term, very questionable. The young Duke of Orleans, who would as a soldier go, will probably find the five years' seclusion ot a prison a poor recompense for either military or monarchical glory. The path of ambition In the direction -of a throne is a rooky one la France. With 1889 special pension hills intro duced op to date Congress proudly points to its record as a reply to insinuations that It is wasting its time In partisan squabbles. The Nebraska State Board of Transporta tion has responded to the call for reduced rates on corn by obtaining from the railroads a reduc tion of 10 per cent As this effects an average lowering of freight charges of about 2 cents per hundred, It Is principally important as a leading example ot throwing a tub to the whale. The price of corn in the far West is unfortunately too low to bear transportation this season, but perhaps If the farmers have patience to lay it aside and turn it into hogs and horses they may eventually get their money out of it Both sides in that fire engine test are more active in accusing each other of trying to hack out than In doing their best to nave the test coma off. It is claimed by the Chicago liquor in terest that the 6,000 saloons of that city pay S2, 000,000, employ 80,000 people, and support 125, 000. How they manage to do that without making the people who patronize the saloons pay for it and a good deal with it, the state ment fails'to make clear. Johhstowk people gave General Hast ngshls reception last evening. As the next best thing to giving him their delegates In the State Convention. It was all that city can do under the peculiar circumstances. Fob his services in wrecking the New York World's Fair project, Chicago Is about ready to erect a monument to Thomas B. Piatt The adoption by one branch of the North Dakota Legislature, of the idea of raising pub lic revenue by selling a lottery privilege at 175,000 a year, is evidently designed to correct tbe idea that North Dakota was settled by rep resentatives of the intelligence and morality of the older States. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. ms Ex-Chikt Jcstick Johw Welch, of Athens, O., is dangerously ill. His recovery Is doubtful as he is 83 years old, Pser. Bwxif O had a very swingy style of de livery. He says: My words fell over them selves, and I often got ahead too rapidly. I cured myself of this by potting up signboards la my manuscript, such as "Slow Up Here," in large letters. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes decided after the death of his wife that he wonld do no more literary work. He has changed bis mind, however, and now finds in the monthly letters to tho Atlantic a source of pleasure that he did not expect to again experience. Pbince FEEDiNAirD, of Bulgaria, has given np some of his foolish habits. He no longer wears corsets, and only paints his face on occa sions ot state. He is still very particular about his dress, and.migbt be considered a dude in this city, but he is gradually conforming his attire to tbe usages of good society. U3E3fiKjLL. Isaac S. Catun says there is no probability whatever that Secretary of the Navy Tracy will retire to private life. At a time like this the occupation of the mind will be his salvation. General CatUn Is a brother of tbe late Mrs. Tracy and a prominent lawyer andpollticlan of Brooklyn. Cirmos BcoixAED.the poet, Is Professor of English Literature at Hamilton College. He has a Tery pleasant position. His lectures are so arranged this year that he can spend the next few weeks in Florida. Mr. 8collard Is a young mas, rather handsome, and extremely genial. His success as a poet Is unquestion able. ' Ex-Sbkatob Whaiah A Wallace was t the latest advices to have sailed from Liver pool in time to be In Pennsylvania by tbe. middle of February, but he still lingers in London. The explanation given of hi delay Is that he will not leave the British capital until be la assured that the negotiations In which be Is concerned for the placing of foreign (capital in California tolas, are far on their way coward execution. .PITTSBTJEG DISPATCH, . , . THE TOPICAL TALKER. What Did Washington Get to Hie Birthday? A Jnrenlle Mimic at Work-Delta Tan Deltn 10 tho Fore Not a Larcenous Orator Extremes MeetA Straw for Pittsburg's Great Growth. TT is only two wes to Washington's Blrth- 1 day, apd If that Isn't near enough to make a story of the day apropos, I beg pardon for telling It. There is a young 6-year-old boy who Is the light, joy and ruler ot an Alle gheny household. He was fulfilling the same functions last year, and his mother, who very properly wishes her son to imbibe patriotism at as eatly an age as possi hie, spent a good part of February 22 telling Bob about George Washington. Bob, for his part, asked all sorts of questions about the peerless man who was first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens as the original phrase has it. His mother answered all his questions in some fashion, until the little fellow was ready to tnmble into bed. Just as she had kissed him "good night," he sat up again and asked: "What did George get for his blrthdayT" This is one ot the points that history Is silent upon. Some children are as imitative M monkeys. The other dar a gentleman of my acquaint ance was rummaging among a lot of old books stowed away .fa trunks in the attic, when he came across an old Bol Fa singing book. As be was looking at its familiar pages his wife and his son, a pretty boy ot i, came in. "Jane," said he, Tve found a musio book from which my mother used to sing. Ton re member the old book, don't you, and this carol which I was so fond of years ago?" and he be gan to sing a verse ot a Christmas carol. Later in the day, when the paterfamilias had gone to town, and the- foregoing episode had been forgottea by his wife, she chanced to visit the attio again. She found there her young hopeful devoting his 4-year-old energy to an in vestigation of the books in the trunks. When he saw his mother he caught up a book and said with comical seriousness) "Jane, here's my mamma's musio book, you 'member It, don't youf and the carol I need to sing like dls: and the little scamp began to sing "Where Sid You Get That Hatr" Bnt the imitation of his venerable par ent was simply immense, lam told. He could not manage the carol, so he substituted for it the only song he knew. . A banquet which will take place at the Sev enth Avenue Hotel next Saturday will have no little interest to college men here abouts. It is to be given by and for the mem bers of the Delta Tau Delta College Fraternity. The last was held in Pittsburg some ten years ago. The banquet would not be in sight if Br. E. W. Day had not on his return from Vienna re cently felt a desire to see some of his college mates. He spoke of the matter to other mem bers of the D. T. C who liked it. Attorney Jack Watson has been sending about informal little billets inviting the boys to meet at the festive board next week. He has received a, good many replies. Among the Fraternity's members in this city are Dr. R. S. Sutton, of Washington and Jefferson College; C. C. Mon tootb, Esq., and John F. Cox, Esq. Two or three dozen D. T. D.'s will probably put their legs under a Seventh Avenue Hotel table next Saturday. A New Yoke society paper falls into a funny error about an episode of the Press Club banquet. It tells with a straight face how Mr. George Weishons pnrloined Mr. Henry Watter son's speech before the banquet and trans planted its substance into his own oration, which had precedence of Mr. Watterson's. Then it describes the painful effect Mr. Wei sbon's speech had upon Mr. Watterson, and how the latter, deprived of his prepared ammu nition, made a poor attempt at an Impromptu speech. The story reminds me of. an incident InMaxAdlers "Out of the Hurly Burly." A man diligently prepares a fund of anecdotes to be tellingly discharged at suitable points In his maiden political speech. He Is last on the list of six speakers, and while he sits trembling on the platform ha hears to his horror his anec dotes told by the orators ahead of him. His despair was like what Watterson's wonld have been if the society journal's story had the smallest foundation of fact. It seems to show that Mr. Welshan's excel lent jest fell upon just one little cranium-full of barren bone. ' V 'TALKING of the Press Club banquet, an inci dent, hitherto unnoted, which occurred after that memorable feast, was related to me yesterday. About 2 o'clock ot the morning succeeding the banquet two large and distinguished citi zens might have been observed on the upper side of Bmlthfleld street in the shadow ot the Hotel Dnquesne engaged in eager conversa tion. One was Christopher L. Magee, not un known as a pillar of Protection, and the other Henri Watterson, the knightly defender of tbe Star-Eyed Goddess of Reform, alias Free Trade. My informant approached, and finally joined the pair ot statesmen. He found that they were in perfect sobriety, discussing the tariff question and agreelngabout It. First Mr. Watterson would say: "As you put It, Mr. Magee, there's no denying you are right? ' and then after Mi? Watterson had fired a broadside Mr, Magee would assent: "Quite so. I think so, too." It was a beautiful and a wonderful sight. The North and the South, the Democratic tiger and the Republican ele phant might yet come together in peace and loving kindness, my' Informant observed as he cut short the debate and peremptorily moved an adjournment. Qdd proofs of Pittsburg's great growth are always coming to light. Yesterday, in the course of a conversation with Manazer Harry Williams, I remarked that we did not properly realize how the popu lation of Pittsburg was increasing. "Pittsburg is growing as no other city in the United States is growing," rejoined Mr. Wil liams. 'We see it here at the box office of the Academy. The number of people these days who come to the Academy and show that they have not been here long by their inquiries about the seats, prices, etc., is astonishingly great. I do not see any reason why Pittsburg should not continue to grow as it has grown during the last six years, either." Merely a straw, of course, but It points, like the others, to a great Pittsburg not afar off. Hbpbubjt JoHzrd. A Wnaer on a Mustache. NEW Miuord, n. J., February a A well known society young lady recently made a wager with a young man ot her acquaintance that he could not raise a respectable mustache within four months. Tbe stake Is a box of Huyler's best, and the young man is now hard at work with the razor ana seems bound to win, notwithstanding the fact that the coveted hirsute growth is as yet very limited. Mean while, tbe maiden of sportive tendencies is bid ing her time, in joyful anticipation of the com ing feast of sweetmeats. Fantastic Mature. From the Ban Francisco Alta.l There is a snow blockade In the mountains, hut In the San Francisco markets there are ripe strawberries, green peas, string beans and fine fresh cucumbers, pie Plant and all other sorts of fresh vegetables and salads. A Thought That Harden Sleep. from the Baltimore American. A dream ot Fair men to get even with Piatt. DEATHS OP A DAY. Cardinal PeccL KOMI, February s. Cardinal Fseei, brother of the Pope, who had been 111 for several days with pneumonia, died this afternoon. Cardinal Unlsepse Pecel was the second son of the family, and the Pope's senior by three years. He was horn at Carpineto In 1B07, entered the Boclety of Jesus ana filled the chair of philosophy In the Ro man College until 18S1, distinguishing himself as a writer upon philosophical subjects as well as a teacher. He finally left the Jesuits on account of his unwillingness to conform to the vlsws they desired him to advocate concerning the philoso phy of lit. Thomas Aquinas, Mgr. Feed insisting on the traditionary interpretations and deauo tlons. X Wi Neighbor. Pmars, . Y., February 8.-J. W. Neighbor, for over 29 years a newspaper publisher, died here last night, aged ST years. At one time he pub lished the .Horns Jfaii. a soldiers paper. Ha was a Lieutenant in Company V, One Hundred and Forty-elKhth Beglraenl ew York Volunteers. He was a man of sterling fidelity to his friends, and enemies, if he had any, and his eharaetw was Clean of any spot. OTTDAYj !$IEBK(JB&'' ' i in WASHINGTON'S PACE ON BlLYEE. John Oorbettf M. P.( Present Harvard College With a Sferaento. CAininiiiaE, February & A picture that may prove an interesting addition to the col lection of Washington portraits has recently been given to Harvard College. John Corbett, M. P., for Mid-Worcestershire, has placed in the hands of Miss Annie Wakeman.a corre spondent of tho Boston Herald, to be for warded to this country, a miniature painted on ellver, which it is thought may have been exe cuted during the life of our first President. Miss Wakeman, who la making a short visit to this country, has sent the picture to President Elliott, with tbe accompanying letter. Ihtsbt, DnorrwiCH, October 28, 1SJ9. DBAS Miss Wakiman When I paid a visit to the United States or America some years ago I had the great pleasure of a charming interview with your talented and distinguished country man, the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and promised to send him for presentation to Harvard College a miniature on silver or Uencral Wash ington, purchased at tbe sale or a celebrated col lection or pictures, curiosities and articles or Term in London. But shortly after my return to England 1 saw with deep regret In the Times the death of America's great poet. I now have the pleasure of consigning to your care a small relic of the first President or the great American Re public to be forwarded by you to Harvard Col lege, not so much for its intrinsic value as a memento or the great man of whom all Americans must be proud. iJelleve me faithfully yours. John Cobbstt. AN ALARMING STATE OP THINGS. A Large Percentage of Indiana School - Buildings In a Sorry Condition. IwsiAirAtOLfs,Febrnary8. The State Board of Health has completed the extensive and novel sanitary survey of the school houses in Indiana in which it bad been at work for many weeks. Reports have been received from 3.186 schools. The results of tbe survey are alarm ing and demand attention from the authorities. In the schools reporting are 12,833 near-sighted pupils. Eighteen per cent of the grounds need drainage; 71 per cent of the houses are not properly ventilated; 2B percent are not prop erly heated; SI per cent have blackboards be tween the windows; 80 per cent have bad water supply; 45 per cent have dangerous nuisances near them; 6 per cent require pupils to be in vaccinated, and in 63 per cent pupils coming from families in which contagious diseases are prevailing are not excluded from school. The "dangerous nuisances" referred to are cemeteries, ponds, etc. Tho dangerous evils are shown to be poor ventilation and bad water supply. In many Instances the arrangements of outbuildings are as bad as possible. NELLIE BLI'S LECTURE. Tho First One Will be Given In New Tork To-Nlght. New Yoke, February & Nellie Bly will tell a very Interesting' story at the Union Square Theater to-morrow night It will bo the first of her series ot three Sunday night lectures in this city. She is to deliver in all 43 lectures during tbe coming five weeks, visiting the principal cities of the United States. She is in capable bands, having chosen for her manager J. M. Hill, proprietor of the Union Square Theater, who has booked her entire lecture course, and gives a good financial guarantee to the lecturer. Miss Bly In her talks will not only describe the manner of making her extraordinary tour of the world, bnt will Introduce interesting lu; cldental material that could not be nearly so well presented in the columns ot a newspaper. The sale of seats for to-morrow night has been large, and the Union Square Theater's first Nellie Bly audience will be the biggest the bouse has ever held. APPARENTLY ABRANG3D. A Thompson Delegation Return Satisfied They Have Won, rSVZCIAX. TILIQEAU TO TUB DISPATCH.! McKeespobt, February 8. The committee of McEeesport gentlemen, friends of Captain W. E. Thompson, who were in Washington, D. CX, yesterday, arrived home to-day. The delegation was received by the Postmaster General at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He listened to the statements of tbe delegation, and was much pleased to learn of the feeling that had been evidenced in favor of Captain Thompson since the tatter's nomination has gone before the Senate. He was non-com-mital.howover, and the result of the conference is entirely presumptive. Those who are best acquainted with the facts predict that the additional indorsements and evidence brought by the delegation yesterday will result in Captain Thompson's confirmation within the next week. THE UNWARI RESPOND. A Chicago Sharp TIetlmizea Wemea all Over the Country. Chicago, JTebruary 8. George W. Rich, alias W. H. Marshall, alias J. H. Barr, alias C H. Reed, a young man, was arrested to-day .charged wltn using the United States mans for fraudulent purposes. The scheme of tbe prisoner was to advertise for young women to address circulars at S3 B0 per 1000, before securing employmenthowever.tbey were to forward SI 0 to pay for the expressage of the blank circulars to their homes. In this manner the young man, whose real name is George W. Rich, and whose home Is in Ohio, gathered in many dollars, postage stamps and postal notes. He has been at tbe trick for six weeks, and pleads that he was compelled to resort to the swindle to avoid starvation. There was 850 In his mail this morning. ALL CONTENTIONS IGNORED. "" The New and Novel System Isaagnrated by Beading Voters. Reading, February a The citizens of Cen tre township, in this county, will this month elect township officers without any nomina tions being made by political conventions. Any one who has aspirations for any township office is expected to go to "the polling place a certain number of days before the election, deposit 10 cents with tbe proprietor of the house, and write his name in the list of candi dates. M The aggregate amount received as entrance fees will bo expended for tbe printing of tickets, which will contain the names of all tbe candidates. On election day tbe voter will In dicate with a lead pencil his choice of candi dates. . A PHONOGRAPH SLOT MACHINE. A Company with 81.000,000 Capital Stock to Blanafactnro a Novelty. ' rsTXCtAI.TSI.IOBAK to tub dispatch.! ALBAirr, February & The latest slot ma chine device consists of a phonograph. The Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company was Incorporated to-day with a capital of 31,000, 000. to make andselldot machines to reproduce Bounds recorded upon cylinders. The trustees for tbe new company are: Felix Gottschalk. Willard Ix Candee, Thomas T. Eckert, Jr., Richard W. Stevenson, Victor E. Burke, John C. Prague and Joseph Molinari. CAYE DWELLERS IN CHICAGO. A Party of Sierra Mountain Indians Taken There by Schtvatka. CHICAOO, February 8. A party of Mexican Indians, cave dwellers of the Sierras, arrived In this city this morning. They were brought from their mountain homes by Lieutenant Schwatka, the explorer, for the purpose of ex hibition. There were 11 Indians in the party, 3 of them women. The men in the party wore no clothing, with the exception of a breech cloth and sandals, and a blanket wrapped abont their shoulders. Draws tbe Line at Taxes. From tbe Chicago News. Explorer Btanley denies that he is either an Englishman or an American, and asserts that he is a cosmopolitan. As a citizen of the world, however, he does not claim the privilege of paying taxes In every county on the planet. THE OLD TANITHEE. flrUhGoodwlfe. ITT BITTEN FOB TBX PISPATCH.1 Faddy avlo' 'tis a very long time Three-score years, come Beltlnna night; Bince we were married, an' strong In our prime, Danc'd in the ring o the bonfire light 1 Bummer 'twas then over garry an kyle, Down in the glen tho leaves were green; Home we came by the old gray stile. Hand in band through the long boreeni Paddy agra, yon were tall as a tree, Now you've a crultt in your elbow chair; Look at the shadow that's east by me, Bent as a bow on tne white wall there! . Bake the red turf In tbe grate with, your stick, Burnin' 'tis, togreeshoek away; Enure there's fire enough left, avlc,. Just to last till the end o' day. Faddy aehorra, the frosts In the glen We're two shred leaves under the. snows; Warm and true are our hearts within Only without the cold winds blows! Over the ocean, tho chlldher are gone, Wealth Is theirs wherever they roaa-w Paddy avlo for all that they won. We were happier, poor, at home) JohhG, Bhutan, PIITSBUBO, February 8, use. 9, 1890. "" . IRON IS ALLAH. A Correspondent Takes a Bold StaueV , Against Stono Pikes On Mack and -Meteorology Sarcnstlo Flings at Modern Men With Aaclont Ideas Tbe Feature of tho Coming Country Road. iwsrrrxx yon Tim dispatch. 'Theue is something pathetic, and yet, at the same time, almost ludicrous. In this annual cry for better roads. Through tbe long, drying aays of the glowing summer and the hazy, shimmering, slumbrous autumn, when tne country road lies hard and compact on tbe land scape, not a whisper on the subject can be heard. Not much thought is then given to the changing conditions that every one knows are bound to come. The winter may be a close and cold one. and If so there are only a few weeks of tribulation before closing up in the fall, or after the break up in the spring; so the chances are taken and a hope Is sandwiched between Providence and the weather. But when a phenomenally mild winter occurs, preceded by a damp and cloudy autumn, when, for from four to six months, country roads are almost Impassable, then it is that the wall as sumes its highest pitch. Then discussions are in order; the road topic becomes prominent at farmers' institutes, resolutions are passed, the dally and weekly press joins in the chorus and this turmoil continues until tbe hot May-day sun bakes the mud into a few months of compactness, when the past, with all its woes, is forgotten. When the corn is planted, a few days of so called road-mending is grudgingly indulged in, which mending is probably done under tbe supervision of some aspiring local political genius who understands probably as much of scientific road construction, as he does of the precession of the equinoxes. With a pathetic tenderness that is touching to the beholder, the muck that the rains had washed from the roadway, is now carefully re turned, again to harrow the soul and provoke tbe profanity, when next there is a harmonious relationship between muck and meteorology. One would think that a centuty were ample time In which to impress a lesson, but it isn't. On this road lesson three centuries have failed most signally. A Melancholy Fact-'Po-DAT there are men who hold out the idea to their fellow men, that they have grappled with natural physics and have wrested from nature some of her Innermost mysteries men too, who hold high clrlo positions, and who stand up in learned solemnity and advocate that on this road matter, we must do as the Romans did some thousands of years ago. It is a melancholy f act,and one that Is mourn ful In its consequences, that many men have the mental peculiarities of blind rams, each of which must butt his own Individual head against the wall: to be assnred that there is a wall In the vicinity. On what other hypothesis can it be accounted for, that, during the last 0 years, the State of Pennsylvania has ex pended over $200,000,000 on publio roads, and to day has barely a decent, serviceable State or county road in the Commonwealth? And what Is true of Pennsylvania is measurably true of all the other States. And If the same process be continued through millenniums, there will be the same monotonous butting against tbe same dreary wall by successive generations of the same kind of heads, and the country roads will be no better after the expenditure of bil lions of dollars on them than they were a cen tury ago. Now, an improvement in this direction must be a feasible, practical matter, and must be practical, comprehensive, common-sense in Its application. Mere philosophizing, theoriz ing and idealizing are ot no account; some thing more substantial is called for. The labor thrown away on the old methods of mnck ma nipulation is a minor item compared with tbe appalling loss sustained by the country In tbe vast aggregate of unperformed labor and tbe added cost to transportation by reason ot Ineffi cient roadway. Why Macadamizing la Objected To. Tt is proposed to macadamize the roads ot the country, but this method, when practically considered, presents Insurmountable diffi culties. It Is true, a road of this kind can be made and may be made, when the combination of conditions Is favorable. But It can never become a general road and, as will be shown; it ought never to become the road of the future. There are States in which all the available stone would not pike the one-tenth part of their common roads. It is a question if tbe general piking of all the roads of the country would not require all the stone that could be got at. In the United States, and if, all things considered, such roads would not reach an av erage cost of anywhere from 17,000 to 110,000 per mile. This may seem like an extravagant estimate, and yet it is probably Inside of the actual facts. There are tens of thousands of miles of com mon road, yes, hundreds of thousands of them, that wonld require the building of railroads to them on which to trans port the tremendous tonnage of mate rial requred In their construction. It seems incredible that any one conversant with the physics of the ease and capable of either analytically or synthetically grasping the situ ation, should soberly advocate such a prepos terous proposition. This Is all the more remarkable when it is considered that this is an age of iron, when buildings and bridges are ot Iron, when the vessels that cleave the oceans are of Iron, when onr country has already 150.000 miles of iron railways, when horse cars, cable cars, electric and all other cars are run on Iron tracks, and yet men stand np in tbe face of all this, then turn their backs to the fight, so as to look along the lines of their shadows and' virtually ex claim: Iron is great, it will float, it will bridge, it wttl build, it will fence. It will talk, it will make all other kinds of roads and ao all things else, but wo must pike the farmer! Iron Is Allah, bnt an antiquated, dilapidated, rattling stone pike Is his prophetl" And yet by every suggestion of analogy and analysis, by every principle of evolution and every law of progressive gravitation, it Is as sure as the day follows the night, that the great metallic king will be the feature ot the road of tbe future. The Coming Caramon Read. flEAKKn-srotDED men will take a hint from V the tracks for wheels seen on every hand, and will come to the logical conclusion that tbe coming common road will be a combina tion road a sort of compromise between earth and Iron.' the former yielding to the hoof, the latter unyielding to tbe load. It la the continuous cutting action of tbe wheel that makes the channel that invites the water, that softens the rut, that renders each successive cutting mora and more vicious. Every hoof-tread is a tramp, and its nature is to pack and solidify, it attention be paid to securing common-sense conditions. No re quirement of any kind, either mechanical or from the standpoint of comparative anatomy, demands that thedorse should travel on stone, asphalt or plank. Tbe principles involved in his movement are entirely dissimilar to those involved in tbe rotary motion of a wheel as it passes over any surface, and it requires but a small amount of logical, mental effort to see this. Once the wheels are attended to, once provided with a smooth and absolutely unyield ing surface, the solution of the entire problem comes in sight. Now, without going into any wearisome de tail lot us conceive of two lines of plank laid down, end to end. where wheels usually track. Then let us further conceive ot layinga suit able iron bar on these line,s of plank. This bar Is to be as wide as the plank say six or eight Inches flat on the tide to the plank and slightly concave on the upper surface. That is. It may bo one-fourth ot an inch at the cen ter increasing to one-haltto the edges. The ends of the bars put together, as near as may be, midway between the ends ot the planks, thussecuring lateral stiffness. Tbe problem ot how to bold these lines to their places is a re markably simple one and meets with no diffi culty whatever. Now, when the track is thus provided, even with, or a little below, the gen eral outside surface, drive onto it with your conveyance and whether loaded or light, with your team on a surface that Is necessary to the boot and your wheels on unyielding iron go I Objections Explained Away. Awt one that has ever drawn a common vehicle on a street car track will know something o'f tbe evenness of moving over such a road, A little further on the plank maybe dispensed with, as a bar flanged on tho under side secures all the strength and stiffness necessary. As to the meeting of teams on this road, getting off and on, passing each other, etc, the matter is hardly as complicated as on the common dirt road when in a beastly con dition. It Is expected that a ton of hay or CO bushels of wheat maybe moved along at nearly the aamerate of speed as tbe same team would travel to a buggy. On much of the road, tbe load wonld travel by gravity alone, and in no case would there be much more than simple gravity to overcome. In going down grades that are too steep, the dirt side can be taken. These are matters of mere detail that have all be carefully considered, and there Is not a single point that Is not amply provided for. Bach a road becomes k most powerful factor in its own construction, and one load of mate rial will make more road than 40 loads of mate rial for a pike, while as to cost, it would gener ally tail short Of one-half the cost or a good macadamised road. This road is bo staple la tte constractlon that any men ot common intelli renaa aan build it. aid on much traveled hlh- ways weald prefeably pay as well as almost say- thing else as a toll road. Its construction need not involve S per cent of the time necessary in laying a stone pike, and repairs can be made without any interruption to traffic. A stone road during its construction is about as un pleasant a surface to drive on as can be Imag ined, and the idea, from first to last, is old, crude, clumsy and barbarous, and is out of rhythm with the progressive spirit of the close of the nineteenth century. In conclusion the writer desires to state that the ideas he has advanced are only put forth as a kind of skirmish line, with a view of drawing any opposing fire there may be when something in the nature of a charge may he In order. He hopes to bear from gentlemen ot opposing faiths, and promises then to contribute some interesting and entertaining features to the discussion. H. Netdio, M. E. WAKPtrar, Pa, February & EACE HATRED IN EUROPE. Neighbors Whose Dislike for Each Other! Constantly Manifested. From the London Spectator.! We know of few drcumstanses in modern Europe more disheartening than the depth of tho distaste felt by its different races for one another. Their growth in civilization, which certainly goes on, though it is very slow, seems only to deepen their dislike, which, again. Is Increased by their propinquity. These Ger mans and Czechs of Bohemia cannot tolerate each other, though they are not only inter mixed but know that, whatever happens, they must remain intermixed to the end of time. The Spaniards and Portuguese are lodged side by side in the same peninsula, under circum stances which would make fusion enormously advantageous to both, Spain gaining her nat ural capital and trading river, and Portugal gaining the force to keep and to utilize her colonies: Yet tbe keenest observers report that fusion Is' impossible, because Spaniards despise Portuguese and Portuguese at once dread and detest Spaniards. The Germans and Blavs in the east of Europe can hardly be com pelled to keep the peace, while the German loathing for a. Dane Is as Intense, and, we may add," as unintelligible, as the loathing of a Dutchman for the Germans. The Italians and the French, though their frontiers touch, de spise each other heartily, and when, as In Mar seilles, tbeyare forced Into Industrial compe tition, they can hardly keep from blows. Th Slavs and the Greeks living in the same Turkish provinces, though they have the bond of a common servitude, confess to a repulsion they cannot conquer; and the Poles and the Germans of Prussia, subjects of the same crown and invested with the same rights, re gard one another, age after age. with the same angry suspicion. It tbe distaste were dying away, we might say, as so many say about Ire land, that it wa -produced by historio causes only; but we see no evidence that It Is dying away. On the contrary. It appears to deepen as the superincumbent pressure becomes less, until. In a free and enlightened city like Ber lin, there is a positive danger lest, if authority were paralyzed for a few days, the "educated" German population would spring at the throats of all Hebrews, and bid all Poles depart. And all this while the difference between the races is often less than the difference between fami lies or Individuals of the same race, and is man- liestea in action mainly as a dinrerence in tem perament and ideals. THE ERA OF DEAD-LOCKS. Several States Shaw Evidence of Decay la Parliamentary Ethic. Oath, In Cincinnati Enquirer. We see Indeed a certain decay of the parlia mentary system at least In its ethics, both in the States of our Union and in the 'nations of the globe. France, for example, has been handling the Boulangists In the legislative body without gloves, and purging her Parlia ment somewhat like Cromwell ot old, who first sent Colonel Pride to pick out and expel mem bers who would not concur with the majority, and afterward old Cromwell went In and turned the whole Parliament out, and Charles Dickens, who may be considered to represent tbe popular Impulse of the day as well as any body, said In one of his stones that the most admirable picture ot Parliament was Cromwell locking the building up and putting the key in his pocket. We do. Indeed, turn to personal cower aa a relief from the silllnesa. timH wast. ing dead-locks and procrastination of these his uougresses. Several States of the American Union are now in a dead-lock condition, Ohio nearly so. and Indiana was lately in a condition of semi anarchy through her legislative collision. Montana has lust been admitted to the Onion, and has signalized her coming by a scrimmage which has resulted In four Senators appearing here. Prior to 'the last civil war these long dead-locks were the unseemly harbingers of tbe final long and deadly conflict. A good many are still living who remember how long it took to elect General Hanks Speaker, and how Sher man was defeated for Speaker, and a Whig Instead of a Republican elected, who answered tbe same purpose under another name. ancient -manuscript. Quaint and Cartons Volumes Ben lor Good Round Saras. New Yobk; February 8. The last of tbe famous Barlow collection of books and manu scripts was disposed of this afternoon. Tbe sales aggregated 82-J.EOO. and for tbe six days 155,500. .Two-copies of Vesnuelus' New World went to-day to Dodd, Mead A Co. for 1370 and $825 respectively. They were published from lSXt to 1608, and a third to Brayton Ives tor The Massachusetts Colony records, the only copy known to exist reached tbe highest price of the sale, (8,600. The Boston Publio Library was the purchaser. , The Spaas Completely .Filled. From the Washington Post. It is no longer in order to complain of the Capitol bring too small .for the needs of the country. Both tbe United States Senate and Mr. Halstead were in session in the building at the same time yesterday. Violence to the Conscience. From tbe Detroit Free Press. A "Btrict party vote" was never cast in any deliberative body which did not Involve the violation of at least the spirit of somebody's oath and a very tnua wrench to some one's political conscience. An Accomplished Undertaker. From the Washington Post-I As a political undertaker R. G. Wood, the Ohio ballot-box forger, seems to have out-distanced all competition. PROBLEMS IN POLITICS. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep.): If the Democrats make an issue. In tbe Congressional canvass, on the quorum question the Repub licans Will be delighted. Tne republicans are not afraid ot their record oh this or any other question. Chicaoo Inter Ocean (Rep.): In Ohio and West Virginia, where the Democrats bars sr aajorlty in the Legislature, they have bo com plaint to make against bulldozing In seating men by party vote. They do it without ever hearing the evidence In the case. Nasuvtxxe American (Dem.) : Forager says Ohio might do worse than send a solid delega tion to tbe National convention for Reed. Yes; in the lower deeps are still lower depths. There is Reed, of Maine, but beneath Is For aker, of Ohio. Tea, Ohio might do worse, and maybe she will. Bostos Herald (Dem.): The deadlock in the Iowa Legislature continues. The Democrats are disposed to compromise by taking the turkey and giving the Republicans the buzzard, or they will give the Republicans tbe buzzard and take the turkey. It Is due to the Repub licans to say that they are in an equally accom modating frame of mind.. CrKcziro ah Enquirer Xem.):H Christopher Columbus Is In a present condition to critically examine the various features of the proposed legislation for the World's Fair, he will mourn fully conclude that there Is little likelihood of any especial celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the year in which hs stuck in tbe Bahama Islands and tailed to reach the American continent. CisciiWATI Commercial Gazette (Rep.): The Mormons may observe the law against polyg amy, and yet enjoy the advantages afforded them by their colonization and accumulation ot property. Let them agree to Join the other 60,000.000 law-abiding citizens of the United States, and promptly renounce a system which is generally recognized as a crime. This Is sot asking much of them. If they are not willing to agree to that, let these emigrate. CHICAGO Mail: North Dakota is stirring up a great sensation with Its lottery license blil. It has already passed the Senate and wU, go through, the House, but the Governor will veto it. Then the egert will be made to pass it over his reto, wberevpon the goed ftefte ot the State will come ancteamp around the Wse House and raise "a wild and wrathful clamor aoaiatthemirghtoSAOve. Fwm.tfctie. dittos of things it will be b a (tap tt & fffat, oU-tiBte Dakota ffcetiea. " ' CUEIOUS COBDEHSATIOM. The peanut, shelled, has been Intro duced at dinner parties Instead of roasted almonds. Mrs. Catherine Smitley, of Salt Creek township, Muskingum county, O, is hale and hearty at the age of 103. February 4 Is a fatal day for the Trout family of Pottstown. Three members of it have died on that day of different years. Aunt Mary Plareity, of Jonesboro, Me., aged 81. has solved the servant girl problem. She refuses to have help and does her own work. A Fremont, Mich., man owns a hen which lays at night, a proceeding which he claims is as phenomenal as though she Jate bay like a horse. In Maine spruce gum now brings to the men who gather it from $150 to $180 a barrel, according to quality. A barrel weighs about 170 pounds. A practical joker at Slatinzton, Pa-, circulated the report that a young man .of the place contemplating matrimony wanted a piano and his life was made miserable by piano agents, who swarmed from all directions. Mr. John LunceTalbott, of North Mid d letown, Ky, aged lid, Is very ill with the pre. vailing disease, la gnppe. Owing to his ex treme age his friends are very anxious about him. but It Is thought he will pull through. There is an increasing agitation in Cali fornia for a division of the State on the line of tbe Sierra Nevada Mountains. Division would mean one Democratic and one Republican State In place ot a State now Democratic In State elections and Republican on national Issues. Dr. Edward Goertz, a Bomerville, K. Y., dentist, was operating a few days ago upon the teeth ot a girl when she was suddenly seized with an epileptic fit and shut her teeth down on the dentist's fingers so firmly that the doctor was compelled to forcibly extricate tbe Imprisoned members, lacerating them In a most painful manner. At the French cooks' ball in New Tork on Thursday evening the work of art was the representation of a temple of commerce. It was made of 13,000 pieces of gum paste and sugar, and stood several feet high. The archi tectural beauties were well shown, and the coloring was especially clever. It was tbo work Of C. Ranhofer, tne chef of Delmonlco's. The oil industry will soon be fully and extensively organized in 'Barren county, Ky. A refinery has been erected four miles from the town of Glasgow, and will be completed in . a short time. Fifteen wells have been sunk In two years and are all producing. The whole county seems to be fertile in oil resources, and tbe product Is pronounced equal to that of Warren county. Pa. An eccentric and romantic marriage took place near Hanly, Ey. Tho high contract ing parties were Mr. Franklin Baker, a success ful farmer, and the charming Miss Catherine Foley, daughter of Colonel John Foley; Tbe ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. B. Scott In the open air on the banks ot the Ken tucky river In the presence of an enthusiastic; crowd. They were determined and in a hurry. They have been forgiven by an angry father. Mrs-T. W. Bnrritt, wife of the assistant superintendent of the Belle City Street Rail way Company, of Racine, Wis., has been ailing with dyspepsia for fire years. She adopted a heroic mode ot treatment at the suggestion of her physician. She commenced a fast of 21 days, and Friday was the seventh day since she had taken a morsel of solid food. For the first four days Mrs. Burritt reports a great discom fort, owing to her fast, but is getting used to the ordeal, and has hopes of holding out the 21 - days. The case is being watched by physicians with considerable Interest. There is a lesson in perseverance to be learned from a woodpecker that makes an an nual visit to a certain church steeple in North St. Joseph every spring. Although this chureh steeple is completely covered with tin, be puts In his appearance in the early morning, and pecks and pecks throughout the entire day. Last year was his third Season, and up to that time he had not succeeded in making a dent In thetia; however, he was good natured as ever, and seemed well pleased with the results. Tbe people of that vicinity expect his advent soon again, and when be comes it is certain that bis maneuvers will be watched with more Interest than ever before. Winter and early autumn joined hands when Philip Shook, aged S9, residing near the city, wedded Sarah A. Ware, aged 65, at her home In Royalton, N. Y. The bride was given away Dy Judge Arnold, while' two ministers were required to perform the ceremony, both contracting parties having their preferences. Mr. Shook is as bale and hearty as a boy of 20. and his actions are more like one. The brtds mustered np a blush when the clergyman kissed beratthe earnest solicitation of tbe groom. The couple have come to the city to reside, and are going in for a whirl of social gayety. Both have plenty of money. Some exciting times may be expected at no distant day in tbe Hamilton Club, of Brook lyn. It is said that at the next meeting the question to be discussed is "How Shall We Train Our Wives V Tho gentlemen will have their say all to themselves, and women will not be permitted to expostulate or controvert any thing that is stated either as facts or fancies. The ladies of the club have announced their in tention to have a luncheon, at which tbey will discuss the subject, -How Shall We Educate Our Husbands Bo That They Can Train Their Wlvesr ' The ladies' session will be further en livened by reports on the men's meeting by wives who may be successful In obtaining its secrets from' their husbands. This is a time-honored belief, which haa been shattered a number of times, but cer tainly on no occasion more effectively than by this Story, from a HopklnsTille, Ey, paper: 'Talking of quail. Colonel S. M. Starling, of this vicinity, now In his eighty-fourth year, has broken tho ancient and hoary superstition that to eat quail, however daintily cooked, for thirty days successively will produce nausea worse than sea sickness into countless fragments. On the first day of last October, being In rather delicate health, he began to diet on quail flesh exclusively, eating one bird and sometimes two everyday. He has not missed a bird for one hundred and twenty-fire days, and has not the slightest Inclination to change bis diet, which rather improves m flavor." BensIerB. Dayton, of Speonk, L. L, Is Interested in chickens, asd recently had a hen setting, which, through perversity, or other cause, did not hatch out the eggs which were put under her. as a dutiful hen should. Be lieving that the eggs had been brought far along towaruaconutuuu nuou tuvj uiu, wo expected to hatch, this young man taxed bis brain to produce something which wonld take tbe place of tbe ben, and after a series of ex periments be succeeded. Taking an ordinary tin pan, be put the eggs In it, and then placed r! in unnther nan containing water. Then the two paos, one inside the other, and covered with aa old quilt, were placed in a standard or fnnia which snsoended them over a kerosena lamp, tbe chimney coming within abont an inca of the bottom of the pan. The lamp heated the water in the pan, and thus the eggs were warmed. A thermometer was placed in the pan with the eggs, and in this way the the heat was regulated until this primitive hatcher had dona its work, and out of 3 eggs all but one had produced a chicken. MIRTH.PROVOK.lXa MATTER. Profound Observer Bread is a thing that all of us need. Honest Baker-Yes, and some of us kaesd it badly Bn Xork Lsdatr. Bagley Ob, yes; I had the borrowing habit a ysar aeo, but I'm cured now. Bailey Who cured youf Bailey My friends. Judgs. Lady (horses running away) Dear, dear, dear, what will become of mef Mew Coachman (grimly) Madam, it depends on your past life. I'm all right. New lori ledger. At Political Headquarters. First Poli. tldsn-Jlmny, that's the bloke I glv fiver to for his vote. Second Polltldan-Sh 1 Don't say a word. Thafsthe. Secretary of the Ballot Beform Club. Jtxa Bifttngs. "1 have this evening been preaching to a congregation Of Idiots,' said conceited young parson. Then what was the reason you always call them 'beloved brethren " replied a strong. minded lady feu Xort Ltdger. "Papa, what do you intend to give me for a birthday present?" asked a young girl of her. father, a well-known K ew York magistrate. tlrre you," said the magistrate, whose mind was evidently on. something eue-"give yonf I'll- ' gtvsyoa six, months." Stv Tor Lsdjer. An Upper Cut. Miss Weeden Do you kaow'that you remind me so much of the. Prince onvaieir Cunningham (flattered Into an unwise question) How so? Miss Weeden Re's a "waiter," you know. Judge, The Teeth Knocked Out of an Old Saw. Fhasaysnaa I saw Oidboy on the train to-day with hi young wire. Be didn't seem .to feet very wall and was resting on her shoulder. Friend-Well, what of that? FhuaBymaa-Ob, it proved that there Is ao truth JatfceddssTlBgUiaXyouaa't nat.obt h! ' Tnanf shoulders" - T rv 5 S r . i T,
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