the prrTSBtm& dispatch, Tuesday, ' February' 11, " isoo. Uje Bippfelj. ESTA11USHCD FEBRUARY 8. 1818. Vol.45, o. 4 Entered at Pittsburg 1'ostoEScc November 14, issr. at second-class matter. Eusmess Offlce97 and. 8G Fifth Avenue. News Rooms and Publishing House-75, 77 and 7 Diamond Street. .Eastern Advertising Office, Kooni 45, Tribune Ponding, flew York. TERMS OF TI1K DISPATCH. rOSTAGI FREE IN THE UlflTrD STATKS. DA1LT DisrATCn, One Year. , 8D0 Dailt Dispatch, PerQuarter 2 UAILT Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, lyear. 10 00 DAILY DISPATCH, lncludingSunday.Sm'tbs. 2 50 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday.lmonth 90 Eitxdat Dispatch. One ear 5 50 n EEh. . Dispatcb, One lear I 25 The 'JAILT DiBPATCn is delivered By carriers at JScea.ii- -week, or Including fcunday edition, at 3) . per -week. PITTSBURG. TDESDAY. FEB. 1L 189a ME. CARNEGIE'S EOEHAL OFFER. The formal presentation of Mr. Carnegie's offer to Pittsburg Councils yesterday, and the initial steps for accepting the same, raised no new point that had not already Tecn anticipated bv the newspaper accounts, Mr. Carnegie insists with emphasis upon the city supporting the library and its ad juncts. This is only right. There trill be so one so mean as to object. It trill cost something to support Schenley Park, and it will cost f40,000 per year to support the Car negie Library, with its branch libraries, art gallery and museum of sciences, bnt Pitts burg will be all the plcasanter and more profitable place to live in for both of these attractions. The only two other points suggested by the proceedings yesterday were that the form of government pro posed for the Pittsburg library, Tit, bv a mixed commission, consisting of citizens named by Mr. Carnegie and of city officers and Councilmen, might profitably be adopted as the best solution of the issue across the river; and, secondly, that the mention of Mr. Carnegie in his letter of baring "one of the branch libraries in East Xiberty, one on the Southside, one at Law renceville and one in the Old City," seemed to give color to the report that it is contem plated to put the new and main library somewhere in the middle distance embraced by the Eleventh, Thirteenth or Fourteenth wards, which is rapidly becoming the center of population. After the gift shall have been formally accepted the situation will be the next point of interest, CITY EMPLOYES AND POLITICS. The order of the Department of Pnblio Safety, which was made public yesterday, puts the relations of the city employes with municipal politics on exactly the right foot log. The city employes have the same rights in politics as other citizens and no more. They have the right to vote as they deem best; but they should neither be forced to work for especial candidates nor permitted to neglect their public duties, in order to carry elections. They can contribute to campaign funds if they wish, but they must not be compelled to do so. These are the princi ples stated in Mr. Brown's orders, and they constitute the essence of civil service re form, with regard to the participation of employes in politics. It is rather novel for the managers of city politics to find them selves confronted with such a check on the policy of running the city departments as a political machine; but if the principles avowed in the order are strictly adhered to, it will have a very salutary public effect. A LONGER EXHIBITION. The buggestion that the loan exhibition of works of art which has been got together to signalize the dedication of the Allegheny Carnegie Library, might be profitably ex tended for a week or ten days longer, is a valuable one. It is to be hoped that it may lie carried out so as to afford the people of both cities adequate opportunity to enjoy this artistic treat. The gathering of this collection of thebest paintings is the first step in the work of edu cation and artistic culture which is under taken by the foundation of this library, as well as the institution which Mr. Carnegie proposes to create in Pittsburg. But it is clear that a tithe of the people of Al legheny, and much less of the people of Pittsburg can hardly see these paintings in the allotted two days. The period of former art exhibitions, holding out even less inducements to study, has been three or tour weeks. To insure the benefit from this one reaching the people, an additional week will be of great value Of course the decision on this point rests with the owners of the works of art loaned for the exhibition. But when their atten tion is called to the public good that can be effected by the continuance of the exhibition it is almost certain that their consent will be spontaneous and heartv. BRICE'S BACK TAXES. That question of Senator Brice's citizen ship, like Banguo's ghost, continues to lob up and disturb the festivities at the most inconvenient seasons. The last shape in which it appears is in the discovery of the tax-collector of Allen county, O., that Mr. Bnce has for five years claimed ex emption from taxes on his very consider able personal property on the ground that be was not a resident of Lima, hut bad re moved to Hew York. But, as Mr. Brice's election to the Senatorship was based on his claim of residence in Lima, it is not un naturally claimed that he ought to pay those bark taxes, which, with the penalty, are stated to reach 8732,000. If this sum should be collected, it would, with the cost of Brice's Senatorial campaign, make his seat in that body a luxury which none but the extremely wealthy can afiord. But there is little danger of its collection. Millionaires do not rise to political power for the purpose of giving up hundreds of thousands, the payment of which they suc cessfully evaded in private life. THE NEW AMERICAN DRAMA. Max O'Rell has said many smart things about Americans, and some truths, but he is both smart and trnthful when he says that American theater-goers enjoy wit, humor and sparkling dialogne when they get it, which is not often. The select band of American playwrights who have recently come to the front owe their success largely Xo their comprehension of the real desires cf the best American audience. Until recently, as everybody knows, the American stage was occupied by English melodramas and emasculated French comedies. The English melodrama has certainly seen its best days in America. A glance at the list of plays periormed here this season will convince anyone of this. The plays taken from the French are also disappearing, as the pro duction of native dramas grows. These are happy omens for the future of the national stage. The sanguinary and thunderous xaelodraraa, with or without tanks, and the French drama nearly always depending upon risky situations for their main appeal to the public, are abominations of which the American stage is well rid. Our own dramatists have come to under stand that the great bulk of Americans, as Max O'Rell says, "will listen to a clever dialogue with complete enjoyment," The attributes this clever flaneur finds in his own countrymen in France belong to very many Americans, and he might say to them, as he says of the French, that "a study of character, a social problem, will interest them quite as much as mere strong situa tions." The plays which haye been written by Americans during the last five or six years conspicuously show this new line of attack, and their success demonstrates the popular appreciation of the new departure. It is not really a new departure either, but rather a return to the principles Vhich made "The School for Scandal" a classic for all time. Pittsburg is fortunate this week in having two excellent examples of the new American drama in its theaters. There is no doubt about the merits, dissimilar though they be, of Bronson Howard's "The Henrietta" and Gillette's "Held by the Enemy." , INSPECTION AND RIVER FREIGHTS. It was published yesterday that one of the reasons why the railroad men are worried over the large shipments of freight by river is that the weighing and inspection bureau of the railroads has no jurisdiction over those shipments. This weighing bureau is established to see that no shipments are billed at less than their actual weight; and the thought that freight may be going for ward by river, free from such a check, is quite troublesome to our railroad friends. But the railroad interest can, if it chooses, console itself with the reflection that, if that is done, the steamboat interest will be the losers. The reason why underbilling was a public abuse, in railway shipments, was that it could be done with the cognizance of the initial railroad and thus enforce a dis crimination at the cost of the disfavored shippers. Each railroad could hare weighed its own freight if it had chosen; but as some of them were evidently fond of that way of covering up favoritism the joint bureau was established. On the rivers, carriers cannot, by that means or any other, put the cost of favoritism on the ship pers who do not get the secret advantage. If an attempt were made to give a favored shipper such vital advantages as built up the Standard Oil Company the other shipper) could easily start their own boats or find new competitors in the river carrying trade. Any special advantage on river freight rates therefore is simply at the cost of the carrier. Onr railroad friends need not fear that the river men are in danger of being f wronged by the wicked shippers who under bill their shipments. The river carriers can weigh and inspect their freights just as the railroads could when they wished to. IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE. Mr. JIcBride, of the Miners' Progressive Union, in speaking of the very commend able effort to secure joint action of operators' and miners to restore the inter-State scale, outlines a policy the wisdom and success of which are alike questionable. Mr, Mc Bride is reported as saying that it makes no difference whether the operators of the Pitts burg district grant the advance or not; the whole industry must stride unless the joint action is secured. If strikes are ever permissable, we believe that one to secure so beneficial an arrange ment would be, if inaugurated on a basis that promises success. But to promise suc cess it must not take a course which at once ignores justice and takes away the incentive for the operators to concede justice to the miners. But is it just to make the punish ment of a strik fall upon those who are ready to concede what the miners regar 1 as just? Is it even good generalship to re move from those who stand as an obstacle in the way of good wages, the penalty of see ing their business transferred to those who are willing to act rightly. The policy outlined by Mr. McBride, in his interview, sounds like the sympathetic strike; bht we can hardly believe that such a blunder will be committed by the miners as to take the course which will weaken the hands of their friends among the operators and strengthen those of their enemies. OUR NEW MINISTER TO RUSSIA President Harrison keeps up his record for favoring newspaper people with splen did appointments. Yesterday he sent in the nomination of Charles Emorv Smith, of the Philadelphia Press, for Minister to Russia. This, it -will be remembered, was the post left Tacant by the death of Tborndyke Rice, of the 2Torth American Review. Prior to that President Harrison had already ap pointed Whitelaw Reid, of the Hew York Tribune, Minister to France; John C. Hew, of the Indianapolis Journal, Consul Gen eral at London, and Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Minis ter to Germany though an unsympa thetic Senate refused to confirm the last named nomination. This list shows that President Harrison and Mr. Blaine have treated their journalistic supporters with a grateful consideration which public men do not always show to the agencies by which they reach prominence and power. The critics of the administration affect to believe that the gratitude shown is a mere lively sense of favors to come; but that is a shallow and cynical view. The nomina tions in question have been in the main ex cellent; and one of thebest of them is that of Mr. Smith yesterday. It is hinted that Senators Cameron and Quay were not consulted in Mr. Smith's case. This is an extremely improbable rumor, as there are few men in pnblic lire more acceptable than Mr. Smith to all factions and interests within the Republican party. He is a man of admirable qualifica tions, not the least of vhich is a delightful manner which endears him to all who know him. Good judgment, upright purpose, and an intuitive sense of what is proper and right under all circumstances, are the well known characteristics of Charles Emory Smith. The selection of such a man to rep resent the country abroad, no matter what contingency may arise, can reflect only credit upon the administration. The most cross-grained person in the Senate would in this case be hard pushed to find occasion for the slightest complaint Mexico has so farimnroved her relations with the United States as to repeal her prohib itory regulations against United States pork. Our trust millionaires can now make trip to Mexico whenever they feel like It, It is now stated that the wrath of Senator Karwell has cooled sufficiently to permit him to offer to become the bondsman of Clark, tbe man whose appointment be declared to be against "the will of the people." Taken in con nection with the Senator's previous utterances this Is sufficient to create tbe belief that Far well has been fixed. General Boulan gee will take warn ing by the fate of the young Orleans Drince. and will aTold trouble when he gets ready to try the revolution by sending on an advance agent to fill his dates in prison. "The liberal offer orMr. Carnegie to give $1,000,000 for the erection of free libraries in Pittsburg has an unpleasant significance in view of the recent strike ot his employes," says the St. Louis Posl-Ditpalch, which lets its po litical prejudice rule its Comments on Mr. Car negie's splendid donation. If the esteemed Post-Dispatch will state when the recent strike of Mr. Carnegie's employes took place, what they struck for, and what the result ot the strike was, it may throw much light on what other wise must be a mysterious subject to Pitts burgers. The brilliant New York Sun is exerting its energy to wiping out tho word "pants." But the effort is doomed to failure so long as enterprising ready-made clothiers continue to vend the article at S3 per pair. The Democratic Ohio legislature is appa rently anxious to record itselt on the latest va riation of the dressed meat lunacy. A bill is be fore it providing that "no'beef shall be bought for the publio institutions of the State that is not taken from animals born and raised in the State." But why not enact that no pork, flour or whisk v shall be purchased except Ohio pro ducts? That would be carrying out a princi ple which could only be given more perfect ap plication by a rule forbidding any money to be spent In the Legislature except money that has been made in Ohio. If the Duke of Orleans will come to this country in the place of his respected papa, we will not put him in prison for proposing to fill the place of one of our 40,000 desorters. And now the point comes out in the bal lot box forgery case that the whole business was a trap to catch Foraker, of which John R. McLean and T. C. Campbell are supposed to be the originators. This theory of the case Is quite possible; but the trouble is that It does not help Foraker particularly, and does not, for proverbial reasons, damage the reputation of McLean and Campbell at all. The principal outcome of that dam to im prove the Allegheny rlTer, so far as it has gone, takes the form of squabbles over the real es tate needed for the work. JIB. Martin modifies his reported state ment that the eight-hour movement woula be inaugurated in the mills of Pittsburg, so as to take all the discomfort out of it. The intima tion that it may be "taken up and decided by the Amalgamated Association one or two years hence," it equivalent to the parliamen tary device of postponement to six months from this date. South Dakota can congratulate itself on having got sawed off fromNortn Dakota jnstln time to escape being smirched by the J lottery job. Evidently the remarkable bill of the original Mr. Wlckham, of Ohio, "to prevent gerrymandering" is intended to prevent any moregerrvmanderinf. There is reason to be lieve that Mr. Wickham's ox is In peril of being gored by future gerrymanders. The production of roorbacks appears to vie with the writing of political manifestos as the leading industries of the pending campaign- The report of a twenty per cent advance in the price of window glass appears to be pre mature. But the way in which the prices of the imported article are going warrants the domes tic factories in believing that they are on the brink of a boom. The people on the hill will begin to realize, with regard to rapid transit, that hope deferred maketh the heart nick. Canada intimates that the United States shall not hav a inodiL: Vivendi unless they ask for it and the United States can retdy that Canada shall not hav either reciproplty or an nexation unless she asks for them. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. The fund for tbe benefit of tbe Hon. Samuel J. Randall amounts to about $50,0"0. Mb. Spubgeoit has just published the thirty-fifth volume of his sermons. Two thousand one hundred of these discourses has he put into print. The Hon. Charles W. Buck, lately Minister to Peru, will henceforth live at Louisville, Ky., where he will practice law. He has just re covered from a dangerous attack of pneu monia. There is a great deal of laughter in Europe just now at the expense of M, Trivier, tbe French explorer, who went through all sorts of dangers in Central Africa, and, coming home with bis travels ail written out in manuscript, lost tbe Talise containing them and his notes at the depot at which he arrived in Paris. It really wasn't worth while to be an explorer for such a result as that. A kbw critic makes her appearance in litera ture. George Macdonald has said that when be and Tennyson were one night discussing the latter's poem, "The northern Farmer." the question of its correctness in Lincolnshire dia lect arose. Tbe Laureate then remarked that his cook, who came from Lincolnshire, told him that she could not understand tbe poem and that the dialect was not Lincolnshire at all. Ha warded. Mr. Gladstone's country seat, was Invaded one day recently by a little olive colored man, making many gestures and talk ing a strange jargon; so tbe servants arrested him as a maniac and possible assassin. Mr. Gladstone was summoned to see tho wretch, who turned out to be a Greek professor speak ing no English, who had come all tbe way from Athens to congratulate tbe British statesman on knowing Homer's "Iliad" by heart. John Jacob Astob is on the go from bis early breakfast hour to dusk. He trudges aDnufWall street like an errand boy. He does tbis for about twenty-four days in a month, and by that time be calls in his cab. He is fagged out and a week in bis cab so revives his ener gies that when the new month is ushered in he is ready to start again on his dally tramps among his real estate agents and bankers. He is in the city wintor and summer. His fortune of 100,000,000 chains him to tbe city just as tight as tbe driver of a leased back with a big family on his hands. A BAND OP CANINE WHITE CAPS. Union County Does Torn Annichists and Wage War Upon Their Fellows. KritrtAi. tslioham to Tn Disi-jtrrH.! Watsoktows. Pa February 10. In tbe valley lylrig between New Columbia and White Deer Mills, Union county. Pa., are some very beautiful farms and thrifty farmers tilling them. Most of tbe farmers own from one to three dogs. Some of the canines are of enor mous size and very fierce. It appears that tbe dogs have formed an organization or brother hood. Upon tbe violation of tbe laws of the organization tbe guilty offender is branded and "White Capped." Less than a year ago a dele gation of tbe largest and fiercest of the band visited 'squire Farley's promises and killed two ot bis finest dogs outright. Upon tbe fol lowing evening they visited Mr. E. Oldt's 5 remises and slaughtered one of his dogs, hey visited other farmers' kennels, but were always frigbtened off before much damage was done by tbe farmer arming himself with a shotgun and keeping the brutes at bay by blazing away at tbeiu. One of tbo ringleaders got shot In fie breast on one occasion, but valued off as serenely as it notbing had happened. Last Thursday night they visited tbe premises of C. H. Ranck, near New Columbia, and enticed bis dog away with them. When they bad gone a short distance from the house the whole party set upon Ranck's dog and killed it. On the previous night they killed two of Mr. Berkenstock's docs and dragged their dead carcasses across the creek, where they left them. They ap parently select the best dogs as their victims, leaving worthless ones, at liberty. They are evidently anarchistic in their views, and do not want "aristocratic canines" to live. The farmers hive been aroused and say there must be a break up of the gang of terrors. The Prnprr Way to Smto It. From the Farkersbgrg Sentinel. A German scientist has discovered a certain cure for hydrophobia. Perhaps it Is better to jaytbat he thinks bo bit THE TOPICAL TALKER, JBe Sore Yon Aro Right and ThenGo Ahead With Yonr Fabulous Yarns The LotIij of nn Old Lady. A Hew York friend tells mo a story that should convey a warning to married men who are in the habit of telling fibs to their trusting spouses. One night last summer a certain Hew York physician, who ban previously been the best of husbands, who bad never before been out at night except on professional duty, went to dine with some of "the boys" and became so interested, let us say. in the proceedings, that it was nearly daybreak before he started for home. A friend went with him. They boarded a street car, and no sooner bad they seated, themselves than the doctor began to worry abont -what be should say to his wife. He asked bis friend to advise him, as he was a novice in the art of coining excuses. But though his friend responded with all sorts of suggestions the doctor had discovered none to his taste by the time the car had reached his street. The pair entered tho drug store on the cor ner, which was one of those Institutions which minister in various ways to the wants ot the nocturnal wayfarer. The drug clerk, who knew them both, sainted them with the excited query: "Do you know that the policeman on your block has been shotf He was brought in here, and they have taken him to the hospital. He can't live." After they bad learned the particulars of the shooting, which do not concern us, the doctor and his lriend left the store. V ji'There's your excuse, doctor," said its friend. "Had to attend Smith, who's the policeman on your block; see?" The doctor saw. When he reached home he told bis wife a pathetic story of poor Smith's death, and his vain attempt to save the police man's life. "He died in my arms, my dear," he concluded. The gentle wife believed the story, and patted her husband on the back. The next evening the doctor and his wife were sitting on the stoop, as the custom is In Hew York of a warm summer evening, when who should come walking up the street but Smith, the policeman. The doctor's face grew crimson, bis wife's white. There was a tab leau. You see the trouble was that the doctor's house was a corner one, and two police beats touched it, and two policemen ot course passed it. Unfortunately it was Policeman O'Brien who was shot; Policeman Smith enjoyed ex cellent health. The doctor never stays out late at night now. V 'Two very staid old ladies sat in the seat be fore me In a railroad car the other day, They talked in a sedate way to each other, and of course what they said did not reach me. Bnt presently one said to the other quite loudly: "What is that girl wearing 'round her neck?" The girl Indicated sat three or four seats away and the phenomenon to which the old lady alluded was the girl's own hair elaborately frizzed. As her companion put up her glasses to ob serve the girl the old lady added: "It's a boa, is It not?" "It is the glrl'j hair curled up," replied the second old lady after a careful survey, "but it must be a bore to her anyhow." The pnn was lost on the audience it was in tended for. The levity of old lady of 65 at least was the amusing thing to me. , CHINESE ENJOY THEMSELYES. An Elaborate Supper at Which Four Hun. dred People Were Present. There wero probabl 400 persons present at the entertainment givftV by the Chinese Sunday school scholars last night at the Eighth Street Presbyterian Church. A well-arranged and sumptuous banquet was served, at which 400 people were seated. While the guests dis cussed tbe solids and dainties tbe band dis coursed selections of native music The band was gotten together from various parts or the State; where tbe music came from could not bo ascertained with any degree of certainty. The work of Christianizing the Chinese bad its inception in this community at this chnrcb, during tbe ministration of Rev. Dr. Milligan in 1875. Since then tbe roll of scholars has at times reached as high as 60, though at present it numbers only about 25. Many of the guests were formerly scholars and are now located in different parts of the State. Tbe success of the" entertainment in detail was due mainly to the management of the ladies in charge, a list of whose names is appended: Mrs, Arthur, Mrs. J. A. McKee, Mrs. Boyd. Mrs. McNaugher, Mrs. McAllister, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. McAtees; assisted bv Misses Wilhelmma Flelsner, Cbesnut McAtees, HIce. Gray, Smiley, English. Martin, Graham, Leesner, Musser and Henry. Soclnl Chatter. The Sewlckley Valley Dramatic Club will tender a complimentary performance at the Pittsburg Club Theater to-night to the mem bers of the Tuesday Night Club. The play will be "Esmeralda" with which the club won so many laurels a short time ago in their own burg. Miss Nettie Pbatjier, of Sheffield street, Allegheny, left last night for Now York, and from thence will embark for Europe on Wednesday, with a party of friends. Aw extra cotillon ws given last evening at tbe Pittsburg Club House, the resultof funds left over from tbe management of the old Pittsburg Cotillon Club. The first concert of the Mendelssobn Club will be given this evening, in Orpheus Hall, East End. A CREDITABLE INCREASE. Tho Annuni Meeting of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company, Philadelphia, February 10. The annual meeting ot tbe stockholders of tbe Philadel phia and Erie Railroad Company, one of tbe Pennsylvania road's leased lines, was held t day. Tbe annual report ot the company for 18S9 shows that tbe gross earnings were HBS9 -137. an increase of 8316,095 compared with 1S8S. and net earnings 1,778,573 an increase of $122, '& The number of passengers carried was 1,291,844, an increase of 111,183. The freight tonnage was 9,339,019 tons, an increase of 8o0 032. Tbe amount paid on account fit Johnstown flood was $121,081 (S3, less $97,750 12, allowed for transportation of diverted traffic. Hoof Marks on Them. From the Philadelphia Press.: Some of tbe Dcmocratio organs call Speaker Heed a "mule." Evidently they have been fooling around bis heels. DEATHS OP A DAY. Fonernl of Mm. Kerr. The last sad rites over the remains of Mr. Annie Kerr, widow of the late Her, David E. Kerr, of Allegheny, were performed at the residence of ber nephew, W-H. Kerr, H Union avenue, yea. terday at 1 o'clock. Itev. Dr. W. J. Hobinspn offlolated, assisted by Itev. Dr. Iteed, of tbo First U. P. CUurch, Pittsburg; Kev. Ur, W. U. Wal lace, Eev. Dr. J. C. Boyd, of Jit. Lebanon: Key. Dr. J. R. Johnson, of Washington, Pa . and the Bcv. Dr. Campbell, of Sf wlckley. The following rentlemen acted as pallbearers: Thomas Jamison. ft. L. omlth, G, J. Porter, J. IV. Arrott, Thomas Hare. William Kichardson Cantain lioTd nnri Willliim MpTml. Home beal Some beautiful vocal music was rendered by the choir of tho llilrd United Presby Mr. Y. II. Eaton. bbortly before noon Sunday, at ber residence on North Highland avenue, Mrs. 7. II. Eaton died of heart dliesac. Blie was in ber Wth car, at the tlmo of her death, and was the daughter of the late IroxAlden. lineal descendant of John Aldou, In life she was a member of St. Andrew's Episco pal Cbnrch, and was possessed of many Christian qualities which endeared ber to all with whom she came In contact. Mrs, Eatoa was the wife of F. H. talon, formerly a prominent business man In the city, and the mother of four sons and five daughters. 'Jho funeral services will be held to day at 2:3 o'clock. Sirs. Flora B. Hay. ;srECIAt TSWtGBAM TO TUB PtSPATCH.l Bbaopock, Pa February,10.-Mrs. Flora B, Hays, wife of the well-known river captain, Seward B. Hays, died at her home, near Harding station, on the Plttsbnrr, Virginia and Charleston Railroad, at 6 o'clock last evening, after a-brlef Illness. Mrs. Hays was 87 years of ajre. She was well known here, being the only daupbter of Captain W. S. Packer. Her remains will be in terred at Lebanon on Wednesday. Kev, Tlagb Francln Grifila. IUltihore, February 10. Bov. Hugh Francis OrifEn, one ortlie oldest and best-known Catholic clcrK)men la Maryland, died baturday,at St. Charles College, near Elllcott City, of lnfluepsa, complicated with other complaints due to old aga. He would hare been 70 years old on tbe 3d of next March, and recently celebrated the golden Jubilee anniversary of his elevation to tho prlett-Pod. AT THE THEATERS. The Henrietta Again Gillette's War Piny Other Plays and Players. Bronson Howard's great comedy, "The Henrietta," was given its second production at tbe Grand Opera House last night before a very large audience. It was received as it was last Year with roars of laughter and loud applause. The play was welcomed warmly, and so were tbe players. There is no need at all to expatiate in tbese columns npon tbe unusual merits of "Tbe Hen rietta;" its subtle and powerful construction, tbe delicious humor of tbe dialogue, the wit and wisdom in it. It has been said before in tbis paper that 'The Henrietta" is the best play as yet written by an American and it is one of the few comedies that will outlive its author. The company which interpreted tbe playHast night Is virtually a new one. although Mr. Stuart Robson is still Bertie the Lamb, and George Woodward makes the Rev. Dr. Murray Hilton a picture of fashionable piety that is in tensely amusing. It Is regrettable, of course, that Mr. Crane Is no longer with Mr. Robson in the character of Nicholas Vanalttyne, which suited him so well. It is unavoidable that tbe work of Mr. Frank Mordaunt, who takes bis place, should be compared with Mr. Crane. But it -is not fair to either to do so. Mr. Mordaunt does not attempt in the smallest way to Imitate Mr. Crane, and he gives us a tvpe of man iniVio: Vanalttyne very different from Mr. Crane's conception of tbe character. Mr. Mordaunt is undoubtedly successful in making out a clean cut personality of a living man. He gives ns a Wall street speculator of steel will, nerves and backbone. There is in him a breath of the bounding West, and his playfulness and good nature are the hearty sort you'd look for in a sea captain. Mr. Merdaunt Is. we think, more powerful tban Mr, Crane in the few tragic episodes of the plav, and not so successful as Mr. Crano in the rendering of tbe comedy, Mr. Crane gave an essentially gentle flavor to one side of tbe rich old operator, wnicb Mr. Mordaunt cannot or does not impart to tbe character. Mr. Crane's Nick VanaUtyne was more lovable than Sir. Mordaunt's. But Mr. Mordaunt's acting is ex ceedingly good. Mr. Stuart Robson is inimitable, of course, in hi? role of the innocent lamb. It may be re peated that Mr. Woodward as the fashionable pastor was prodigiously funny. Mr. Ratcliffe is reasonably able to play the difficult roU of the son of vanalttyne, who tries to ruin his father, but Mr, Wilson was not satisfactory as me doctor. The other parts were well filled. Miss Eugene Ltndeman achieving quito a little triumph in tbe pathetic episode she figures in . in the second act. Miss May Waldron was very buoyant and bubbling as tbe widow who enslaves her pastor and her stock broker. If "The Henrietta" had not been played here last year by an exceptionally strong company, tbe one now hern would be seen to greater advantage. The play is beautifully staged, and the performance as a whole is of a high class. BUou Theater. "Held by the Enemy" is not a new play, but it bids fair to become one of those evergreen pieces which won the favor of generations. In a full housejat the Bijou last night 'its re ception might have even been styled enthu siastic Tbe caste was a fairly strong one, and tbe bits of war realism unusually effective. As Rachel McCreery, Miss Maude Haslam made a very pretty and a very interesting heroine Tho management of bet voice, in tbe most trying scenes, was excellent; but it must be added that Miss Haslam seemed to sacrifice the needs of art to the temptings of beauty. In other words, Raehael McCreery's face remained a picture of ealm unlmpas sioned piquancy, when Raehael McCreery's voice was convulsed with passion. In tbe love making scene, however, when the lines ot beauty migbt remain undisturbed. Miss Has lam was all that she should be. Miss Minnie Dupree is a past favorite of Pittsburg theater-goers. She was deliciously school girlish in Susan McCreery, and did not over do tbe part for an instant. Miss Kate Denin Wil son looked the grand dame, but there was a painful unreality about ber acting. Then too frequent appealing glances at tbe parquet could they not be avoided? Perbaps when Miss Wilson is better "up" in her part she may become tb i ideal maiden aunt in manner and speech as she was last nicht in annearance. rMr. C W. Stokes played the gruff, soldier like Major General to the life: while Mr, Morav as Surgeon Melding did his whole duty by the part. As tho hero Colonel Pretcott, Mr. William Harcourt deserves nothing bnt praise. He was perfectly natural throughout, never permitted himself to rant, and used his no small powers ot vocal and facial expreVipn Judiciously. Mr. Ioline Butler in the part of Lieutenant JJayne put a sbtde too much color to the second act, hut that was his only transgression. Tbe al ways laughter-begetting Thomas B. Bean. special correspondent; sketch maker and love maker, was admirably Impersonated bv Mr. Will Mandeville. It only Mr. Mandeville could get a few lesions in the art of note taking from a practical reporer. lie might vastly improve upon an already successful study. Uncle Rufus, played by Mr. Joseph Humphreys, was the quaint, doddering, faithful oldservito tbe author intended bim to be. The minor parts, notably those ot Lieutenant Colonel McPherson by Mr. E. Moray, and tbe sentry by Mr. J. W. Mitchell, rather good: and tbe play was well mounted save for one, perhaps unim portant detail, the furnishing, in distinctly 1890 style, of an 1800 Southern drawing room. Han-la' Theater. TheWilbur Opera Company began a return en gagement at this house yesterday, and although tbelr train from Detroit was fire hours late, tbey entertained overflowing houses, the stand ing room sign being displayed for some time be fore either performance. The old fivorites are with the company Susie Kirwin, Tro Denick, Kobnle, Conley and the rest. Miss Alice Ve rona's pretty face and gracef nl figure aro miss ing, she having been married and left tbe stage since ber appearance here lat fall. The operette yesterday was "The Two Vagabonds," the Wilbur version of "Ermlnie." To-dav "Na non" will be given, also to-morrow and Thurs day. On Friday "Bohemian Girl," and Satur day afternoon "Nanon," "Tbe Two Vaga bonds" closing the engagement on Saturday. Hnrry William' Academy. The lover of good music, as well as of a first class vaudeville performance, cannot fail to enjoy tbe attraction at Manager Williams' place of amusement tbis week. Hyde's Spe cialty Company is composed of some excellent talents, and a very unique performance is given. The programme opens with a sketch In three scenes entitled "'Way Down South," in which Frank Howard's old negro specialties are well interpreted. James McAvoy follows in original song, then Edith Sinclair and Ed M.Faun, as "The Maguires." Mclntyre and Heath, old favorites, are next seen, then the gemot tbe performance, tbe Clipper Quartet, followed by Fields and Hanson and Heiene Mora, tbo lady with tbe wonderful baritone voice, jl ne imra scene oi tne plantation sireicn closes tbe performance. Dr. Eccleston's Lectured. There will be one more opportunity this even ing for Pittsburgers to hear Dr, Eccleston lec ture on the English cathedrals, etc. Tbe views of England's greatest architectural treasures, which are used, to illustrate tbe lecture, are re markably fine. A large audience, including many distinguished divines, was present at last night's lecture, and a still larger audience is expected to-night MOKE MEN MADE HAPPY. The President Sendi lu a Largo Number of Nominations. Washington.. February 10, The President sent tbe following nominations to the Senate to-day: Hsrouel Merrill, of Indiana, to be Consul-Ueneral of the United Btate at Calcutta; J, Fenner Lee, of Maryland, to be Eecretary of the Legation oi the United states nl Jilode Janeiro: Harry K. Newberry, ofMichljran. to be Secretary of the Le gatton of tbe United States at Madrid. lo be Consuls of the United States: Edward Bedloe. of Pennsylvania, at Amboy; (i I. Croft, or North Dakota, at Carthagcna, United States of Colombia: James It, UanfortU, of Pennsylvania, atKelil: Ferdinand A. Hualier, of Minnesota, at Port Stinley and St. Thomas: Frank D. Hill, of Minnesota, at Montevideo; Henry It. Myers, of Sontn Dakota, at Sap Salvador: Levi W. Myers, of Iowa, at Vlciorla, British Columbia: Felix A. Matthews, of California, at Tangier: Frederick Jl, Kyder,-of Connecticut, at Quebec, Cauadai L. Ji. Stewart, ot Virginia, at San J nan, Porto ltlco. James O'Brien, of Minnesota, to be Chief Jus tice of the Sunreme Court of tho Territory of JJew Mexico. Cornelius H. Hanford, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for tbe district of Washington. George N. WliwelU or Wiscon sin, to be Marshal of the United States for the Eastern district of Wisconsin. John W. Schalt, postmanter at Norristown, Pa. lo bo Supervisors of Census Benjamin Upton. Jr., or Virginia, for Iho Blrst district of Virginia: Blclnrd A. Young, of Virginia, for tho Second district or Virginia. - Assistant burgeon W. J. Peltus, of Virginia, to be Passed Assistant Surgeon lu the Marine Hospi tal service. Withdrawn John K. Haggart, of North Dakota, to be Marshal of the United Stales for the district of North Dakota, hebavlng declined the appoint ment. A UaeleaiEflbN. From the Phlladlphla.Presi. J t The Maryland Legislature is trying to abolish tbe cigarette fiend. As if Death couldn't do the work eifectively enough I Vol n Bio; Mtioir n(. Present, From the Boston Herald Now you see the World's Fair in New York, and now you don't. Ifs in a kind of Punch and Judy state Just at present. THE ART LQAN COLLECTION, What Is to be Seen at the Carnegie Gallery To-Day A Surprising Exhibit of Fine Works John W. Bcatty Compares It to Other Collections Uovr to Jndgo Pict ures. NO. II. IWBITTEf TOR THB DISPAH'H.l AS to the loan collection ot paintings now . hanging upon the walls of the beautiful Art Gallery in tha Carnegie Library building, I can now repeat what 1 have heretofore written, based upon an examination of the list of works. Tbe exhibition will produce a profound and en during impression. No one can stand in the midst of tbese works without being Impressed by their strength, beauty and almost uniform excellence. No Wttsburger or Alleghenian should stand in their presence without experi encing a sense of the deepest pleasure when he rejects that the paintings here gathered were not brought for the occasion from abroad. Tbey are our own, and stand to-day speaking in un mistakable language of tbe growth of authetlc taste in our midst. Silently, as water filters through a refining substance, have tbese works come into our cities and ranged themselves upon the walls of Pittsburg and Allegheny homes, there to preach the gospel of tbe beauty and attractiveness of nature and tbe elevating influences of art. The leaven will rapidly leaven the whole lump. Of the collection too much cannot bo written or said. In its presence the mind is elated with th i thought that this is a local exhibition in an Allegheny gallery. Go to tbe Paris Salon ex hibition, you will find no higher average stand ard ot excellence. Go to tbe Munich Kunst verein, you will not find as high a standard, and, in relation to tbe total, a much greater .number of inferiorworks. Go to the celebrated Plnakothik in Munich, the one containing modern paintings, and you will find a collec tion greater in extent but inferior in average quality. Go to tbe annual national exhibition in London or the New York annual society ex hibitions, and you will eo collections not tor one moment to be compared with this collec tion on the ground of average merit The cele brated Corcoran collection at Washington greatly exceeds this one in the number of works. It is not as high in average quality. The Vanderbilt paintings are beyond doubt su perior in average quality, tbe collection being composed entirely of masterly productions, some of them reaching In value almost 8100,000. What a compliment is implied in tbe simple fact that to measure the standard of excellence established for Pittsburg by this collection it becomes necessary to make comparison with tbe great art collections of tbe world. Just Forget the Tonnage. Cpknd a few hours among tbese treasures to day, and you will forget the enormous ton nage of Pittsburg; you will forget her miles upon miles of mills and factories and realize tbe supremacy of intellectual achievement. The memory ot an hour thus spent will cling for years, and one will be a better man for it Should you feel in the presence of a superb Corot, rich in refined quality and poetic feel ing, or a beautiful Bouguereau,deliciously pure In drawing and tone or a grand Schreyer, a sin gle doubt as to the grand Qualities contained In tbese works, yon might well make a timely Frayer for the sight which reveals these things, have spoken of the almost uniform excellence of this collection. This is tbe first thought which will strike the observer: Tbe great num ber of good works as compared with the very limited number of inferior opes. Nothing re veals the weakness of an ordinary picture so quic&iy as me presence ot strong ones. lev indeed in this collection fail, although the or deal Is severe. Two or three suffer terribly. T cannot ignore this fact and remain true to tbe trust implied in the invitation from a great jonrnal to treat tbis subject with an eye single to the beneficent influence which should be exerted by tbese works upon our community. Not so much in tbe spirit of crit icism, therefore, as for the purpose of explana tion and comparison, do I ask tbe visitorto first carefully and thoughtfully study a large paint ing by A. Moreau, No. 75, and one to the left by Corot. Remember that Corot is an apostle of refined color and exquisite tone. Moreau does not suffer much in contact with the beautiful qualities of Corot. Go quick y into tbe small gallery and glance at a large painting. No. 30, by De Hass, and you will instantly realize the crudeness in color ahd hardness in bandliug this landscape; a comparison of this largo Moreau with a small figure piece. No 73, painted by tbe same master ten years earlier, will prove Interesting and instructive. Some thing analogous to tbe transformation of For tuny's style here occurs. The small painting is hard, although done with great precision and care. Tbe large one Is grand in iti harmonious qualities of color. Another large painting I would have you examine, because of its In- lerionty tne large jaierstadt. Prominent, but Not Good Arr. J" kkow that Bierstadt has for many years oc cupied a prominent place in American art. Nevertheless tbis Is not good art. It is not even good painting. Compare it with the little marine by Cbase, No. 15. In pluck and quali ties of daylight the Chaso is a masterly pro duction. The New York committee, appo'nted to select pictures for the Pans international exhibition last summer, in rejecting Bierstadt's paintings, on tbe ground that they are not rep resentative of American art, did not make a mistake. In strong contrast with theDeHass and Bierstadt are many strong and excellent works. There is one, a marvelous exhibition of skillful painting, tbe Whipper-in, No. 62. In tbis school of painting tbe Whipper-in is Scarcely excelled anywhere. There is a mas terly painting in tbe Vanderbilt collec tion, by Barzue, painted in tbe same man ner, with which this work will compare favor ablv. Probably nothing is quite so difficult of explanation as the qualities of a painting. Your standard of judgment, in a limited sense, must be forever shifting. The purpose and metbod of tbe painter must inevitably be taken into account. The standard of judgment ap- filied to Corot for instance cannot T)e arbitrari y applied to Messonier, From time im memorial paintings have nbeen referred to as possessing a qualitv called soul. No word could be more confusing to tbe human mind. We instantly associate it with something in definable and beyond our comprehension. Let us substitute the word quality. The meaning of this word we grasp more readily. Let us place alongside this the word charac ter There is such a thing as tbo essential character of a landsoape just as there Is tbe es sential character of a man. You know that a man's race aoes not aiway exnress tbe man s predominant or essential character. This is proven over and over again by the fact that out often proofs from different negatives prob ably only one is satisfactory as a portrait to those who are familiar with tbe mans inneror essential character. Nino times out of ten bis face did not quite express this character. The camera nas not at fault, Tbo portrait painter who can read character does not make nine mistakes, Tbe landscape painter who reads tbe essential character of a scene renders it more faithfully tban a copying macbine. In any great work this quality must exist. It must be a dominant quality, dealing not with tbe minute littleness of the materials at hand, but expressing tbe salient or important feature wbicb results from the combination of all. Tbe quality of a painting is largely depend ent upon color rather upon tbe union of colors wltb such refinement of taste as to appeal to tbe finer sense. This is to a greater or less ex tent a matter of selection. Not all combina tions in nature are harmonious and complete. You will see at once that tbe selection Is a mat ter of refined judgment. Hon-It Becomes Impcrlshnbir. TTis not diffioult to understand, therefore, that natnre is not art. Art selects and ren ders the essentials. The painter who appre hends these supreme qualities will secure them sometimes at tbe expense of tbe minor detail. He will look at all the qualities during all the time be works and never lose sight of them. Tbe result will inevitably be a greater or less degree of perfection, and when any degree of this kind of pluck is put into a canvas it is im perishable. Tbe painter who fails to apprehend these essential qualities will try to work ont bis sal vation with fear and trembling in tbe presence of nature, and he will almost Inevitably do it Dy nis copying too many parts oi vue wnoie. ne will argue that If tbe tree Is made literally like tbo treo to-day, ana tbe rock like tbe rock to morrow, and so on to tbe end, his painting must be satisfactory. It never will ba exicpt to people who look at his picture from the same standard chosen by himself from which to study nature. There are many other quali ties in paintings, especially those technical and secondary qualities which refer to composition, light, shade, etc., but tbese, I think, touch the core of tho matter and fix for us a standard of judgment which Is the highest attainable. To-morrow I will note rather more in detail some of the prominent feature, meritorious and otherwise, which are Displayed bv tbe modern masters represented in th Loan Exhi bition In Allegheny. JoHlf W. BiATTV. Enconmglng Matrimony. From the Lewlston (Me.) Journal. Tbe Eastport Town Clerk, -who Is also a drug gist, combines business enterprise and public spirit by offering to give a free marriage li cense and a pint of cologne to every bona fide applicant for a marriage certificate during the next two months. He says the number or such applications bas been unprecedentedly small so far tbis year. A Vrry Hrnall Sensation. Augusta, Q A., February iarha Chronicle says tbat the postoffloe trouble at (Sharon Is a very small sensation. A PIECE OF SENTIMENT. The Arizona People Do Not Want Geronl mo Hack Among Them. "Washingtow. February la-Lieutenant Colonel Lawton testified that if tbe Apaches became dissatisfied at Fort Sill tbey could eas ily reach their old haunts. Tne sanitary condi tions at Fort Sill, be said, are poor. It is known as one of tbe worst posts in tbe country. Geronimo, tbe leader of tbe Apaches, has been on the war path at least three times. W. H. H. Llewellyn, of New Mexico, and Brewster Cam eron, of Arizona, protested against the re moval of the Apaches to Fort SiU. Tbey pic tured the terrible outrages committed by tbese Indians in tbe past and said they would be re peated should they bo sent to Fort Sill. Tbe testimony of tbese two gentlemen was in Una wltb the protest signed by them and sent out several days since. Mr. Cameron said there need be no trouble about getting a reservation east of tbe Mississippi. The people of Arizona and New Mexico would themselves pay for enough land in Vermont to settle the Indians. Delegate Smith, of Arizona, said this move ment in behalf of a sick Indian was due to a sickly sentimentality in tbe East. Tbe wit nets said that if the Indian was to be treated with such consideration it might be well to give the white man a show. These Indian', if tbey once get back to the west sldeof tbe great river, will find their way to tbe San Can's agency and Geronimo would never rest until he bad stirred them up If tbe cloud of their presence is to be cast over tbe people of Ari zona, Mr. Smith said. It would be just as well to bring Indians back to tbo White Mountain reservation at once and go through tbe experi ence prior to 1837 acalo. If the Government will take one-third of the money it has ex pended for agricultural implements to teach Geronimo and his Indians tbe arts of peace It can buy a reservation for them east of the Mis issinpi river and build each of them a house. The proposed removal of tbe Apaches, Mr. Smith said, would paralyze every industry of Arizona, and the people of the Territory enter a very vigorous protest against it, believing it would be a great outrage. BE IS ONE OF THE EICHEST. The Income nnd Expenes of tbe Great Standard Oil Magnate. New York, February 9. People who have asked tbe question, "Who is tbe richest man in America?" have invariably been answered with the name of John Jacob Astor or Jay Gould, or perhaps Cornelius Vanderbilkj In this country of variable fortunes any otthesemen may have been tbe ricEest man, but neither of them oc cupies that position now. There is a mn quiet of manner, soft-voiced, modest in dress, whose every movement is calculated to throw off at tention rather than attract it, who rides up and downtown every morning and afternoon on tbe "L" road like any poor clerk, yet this man is the peer of all the millionaires on this con tinent. He is John D. Rockefeller, the founder and head of the vast commercial giant, the Standard Oil Company, whose insatiable maw digests dally the workings of 1200,000,000 of property. One half ot this is owned by Jobn D. Rockefeller. B-sides these $100 000,000 he has between J3Q, 000.000 and $10,000,000 invested in the great Lead Trust, in steamship companies, in real estate in New York and Cleveland, O.i in railroad and gas stocks and a dozen other possessions. But this isnotalL JohnD. Rockefeller's annual income from bis endless possessions amounts to 0,000000. Think of it, $500,000 every month to spenUor $125,000 a week, or $17,857 a day and almost $750 an hour. But John D. Rockefeller does not spend $6,000,000 a year. In fact, bis actual living expenses do not amount to over (60 000 a year, but he has many outside calls upon nis purse, the support of charitable in stitutions and sucb, which cause bim to spend between $600,000 a ud $700,000 annually. IT HAIKTAINS FIEST PUCE. Tho Dispatcb at tbe Head of the List of Live Newspapers. From tbe Butler County Record. The Pittsburg Dispatok maintains un disputed the position which it has long held at the head of Western Pennsylvania and East ern Ohio newspapers indeed the territory in dicated might be largely extended without in justice toother journals. Its vast and varied machinery for gathering news from near and far, which includes leased wires to all of the principal citle and special correspondents lo cated at these.polnts enables The Daily dis patch to lay beforo its readers every morning an account of ths previous day's doings In every quarter of the civilized world. Its full and reliable market reports, its progressive policy and Its independence upon all subjects, commend it to business men and all classes of intelligent readers. The mammoth'.-20-page Sunday edition has attained a phenomenal popularity, having a circulation of more than 60,000 copies. Each number is In itself a volume of tbe choicest productions of Its scores of able contributors, of special cable Tetters, sporting and business reviews, including a full and accurate record of current news. The vast and rapidly growing circulation of both tbe daily and Sunday issues has necessi tated the addition of new facilities to its al ready well-equipped press department. An other of Hoe & Co.'s donble perfecting presses i3 soon to be placed beside the rapid presses now at work, giving advantages for issuing a large edition equaled only by a few plants in the largest cities. TWO CANDIDATES IS THE FIELD. The Chancel Said to Be la Favor of Sen ator Quay's Friend. rSPXCIAI. TXLEGBAH TO THS PISrATCK.1 Beaver, February la When a short time since Hon. I. F. Mansfield made known his withdrawal from tbe State Senatorial arena the contest for tbe nomination in tbis county apparently narrowed down to Hon. John F. Dravn, of this place, and Samuel P. White, of New Brighton. Although the former has never publicly made known his intentions, those in a position to know say now tbat he is not in the race. Mr. White is therefore regarded as the coming man, in view not only of bis individual strength, but also because he is known to have tbe promised support of Senator Quay and his following in this county. Within tbe last few days, however, certain Republicans residing in New Brighton and who aro antagonistic to White are said to have sot on foot a movement to defeat the latter bv bringing out FranK S. Reader, of the Daily Netcs. Mr. Reader has repeatedly stated that be is not a candidate, but it Is said tbat a strong effort will ba made by White's oppo nents to induce bim to run. JI0XEI FOE PUBLIC BDILDIKG3, A Large Number of Bills Passed and More Reported Favorably. Washetotoit, February 10. In the Senate to-day on motion of Mr. Gibson, Senate bill ap propriating ES0Q.C00 for a site for a publio build ing at New Orleans was passed. Also bills ap propriating $500,000 for a public building at Sioux Citr. In., and $200,000 for a publio build ing at Cedar Rapids, la. Bills making appropriations for public build ings wero reDOrted and placed on the calendar as follows: Steriimr. 111., $50,000; Oakland. CaL, $300,000; Cheyenne. Wy.. 8150,000; HHene, Mont, $15 000; Salt Like City. Utah. $50(1,000; Stockdale, CaL, $86,000; Mammoth Hot Sprincs. Yellow. Stone National Park, $10,000; Portland, Ore., $500,000: Virginia City. Nev $75 000; Hastings, Neb, $160,000; Dillas, Ore..$l(Xl,000;Salem,Ore $100,000: Stillwater, Minn., $100,000; San Diego, Cal., $300,000. SCHOOLS F0K TUB INDIANS. The Red 3Iea Are Alleged to De Asxlons for Education. Washihotojt, February 10. Tne report of tbe Sionx Commission has been anticipated in all Its main features. Views of the commis slbn on the school question is .expressed in tba following paragraph: "Tbe '.instruction most likely to prove permanently useful will be best taught in schools established on tbe reserva tions. Tbe Indians are now thoroughly la fa vor of them, and tbore is no further necessity for sending children away long distances from their homes in order to be taught the ele mentary branches of English education." Judicially Determined. From the Minneapolis Tribune. J A Kansas Judge has decided that corn Is fuel. A Kentucky Judge would have declared tbat corn is whisky. And there you are, with the difference between prohibition and free whisky practically Illustrated. Kingly Upstarts and Downfalls. From tbe Troy Times. A man who starts ont to be a king and winds up in a police station, like tbe young Duke of Orleans in Paris, doesn't cut a very impressive figure. Royalty in the nineteenth century has fallen upon parlous times. They Ue tbo Wrong Implements. From tbe Chicago Tribune. 3 Tbe trouble with a deadlock is that both par ties attempt to-break it by main strength and awkwardnesvlnstead ot opening ft with tho key ot compromise. CUKI0US COHDENSATJMS. A Michigan mathematician calculates that 17,500.000 people in the United States harp had tbe grip. C. S. Chapman, of Waterbury, Conn., has a clock-wbicb has ticked off tbe time with out stopping since 17S3. Will January 1, A. D. 1900, be the be ginning of tba twentieth century, or will Jan uary 1. 1901? Is a question tbat is now bothering tbe college professors in-tbe East. Twenty-one "tramps met in Decatur, Neb Sunday, and ordered meals at a restaur ant. After they bad eaten tbey compelled tbe proprietor to accept ten cents as payment in full. In Peterboro, Out, two men watching a corpse were terribly surprised by the appear ance of a ghostly figure at tbe window. It proved to be a woman who was walking in her sleep. She was half dead irom the cola. A man in Saratoga, N. Y., who fought In the war without being regularly enlisted now finds bis name on the list of deserters. Tbe Congressman from bis district bas Intro duced a bill to relieve him of tbe stigma. The vicinity of the Kennebec riyer is said to be swarming with icemen from New York and tbe Booth. Tba poor prospects for a satisfactory ice crop from the Hudson bava crowded tbe Maine hotels with buyers. Tbe capacity of the Kennebec homes is rated at 1.2oO.(IOO tens. . The Essex Institute, at Salem, Mass., has received from Robert C Winthrop, Jr., two Original deeds from Masconomet, sagamore of Agawam, to John Winthrop, Jr., of lands at Ipswich and Cbebacco. Tbe instruments are in the handwriting of John Winthrop, Jr.,and aro dated June 28,1638. Henry Stratford, of Kingston, Ont, has received a letter from England which went into the sea when the steamship Oregon was wrecked and sunk in 18oU The letter in ques tion was found buned in the sands of tha beach near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The mail bag containing tbe missive drifted 100 miles from tbe scene of tbe wreck. Just before the Circuit Court adjourned on Friday in Clinton, Mo., a decree of di vorce was granted Mrs. Sarah Brown, wife of Major Brown nn tbe ground of desertion. In less than half an honr after tbe decree had been granted tbe wronged and forsaken plaint iff found solace for her blighted affections by wedding J, Gier. This case probably beats tha record. Oliver Outcalt, an old soldier residing In Cincinnati, bad what be considered a great stroke of luck last week. Through some mis take Oliver was subpoenaed as a witness in tha ballot-box investigation, it being intended to summon Judge Miller Outcalt Instead. The re salt has been tbat Oliver has been spending a nice vacation in the citv of beautiful distances, tbe Government paying his expenses there. Mr, "W. K. Moorehead, of the Smith, sonian, spent last summer, with a staff of as sistants, in surveying and exploring Fort Ancient, the prehistoric earthwork of Warren county, Ov, and is abont to bring out an illos-t trated volume on bis discoveries. In the course of his explorations Mr. Moorehead has found evidences of two distinct races of aborigines; ana has. moreover, discovered a large village site in the Miami River bottoms, fire feet be low the present surface. The Bay of Fundy forms a cul-de-sac at which the Atlantic ocean seems to have taken a spite, and at regular intervals pours in its waters viciously, and with Intent to do all pos sible barm. Take, for Instance, tbe harbor of St. Jobn. In most parts of tbe world a tide of from six to ten feet is quite sufficient to sitisfy all reasonable demands. In St John harbor the tide rises 21 feet on an'ordlnary day. and oc casionally varies the monotony by pushing the mark up threo or four feet, as the humor seizes it. James Collins, who lives near Gales burg, lit., while searching for hogs in tha woods Tuesday, noticed Dees flying around a large sycamore tree. Securing helo.he chopped tbe treo down. As surmised it turned out to e a oee tree oi tne richest kind, it was a mere shell, and when It struck the frozen ground split onen, showing a section of honey 30 feet long. In all be secured L10O pounds of bonev. Mr. Collins thought the bees would would have filled a large barrel, but he had no way of hiving them. There are now Jiving in "Washington a married couple, Paul and Alblna Hellmuth, who were born at Baden, Germany. February 1, 1S17. Within four miles of each other. Even through their childhood, playing in the streets of tbe same town, tbey were strangers to each other., In tbe course of events they came across-the ocean to the land nf promise, and at different times and by different paths they drifted to Washington, where they met and loved and wedded. Upon comparing notes to take ont their marriage license they discovered, to their mutual surprise and gratification, that tbey were not only natives of the same place, but rejoiced in exactly the sama ages to a day. A special dispatch from Canajoharie, N. YM says: "While at Stone Arabia a few days ago a citizen of Palestine Bndge found a be grimed and badly battered metallic box. It was opened with much difficulty, and its con tents consisted of a locket a bundle of parch ment letters and a piece of faded blue ribbon. The locket is of gold and of line workmanship. On one side in monogram are tbaletters "A. H. D.," and on the other a curiously wrought hunting scene. The letters were all written in 1778-79 Dy a lady or evident royalty residing In London. They were to her betrothed, ana couched in the most tender language. Amherst College is making a move which will be watched with great interest by the other colleges. Tba students have placed tbeir athletics in the hands of an advisory board, consisting of ten members, made up of tbe professors of physical education: tha presi dents of the baseball, football and athletic as sociations: three alumni not members of tha faculty, and Frederick B. Pratt. Tha two members of the faculty and three alumni members will be appointed bv the college Sen ate. Tbe athletic policy of the college and tha finances connected therewith will be complete ly controlled by tbe new board. A correspondent of a New York paper tells this story: In Camden. N. J., on Taylor avenue, above Fourth street, a house in which I was born is haunted. There is a ghost who has a beard on one side of bis face and on tha other nothing. Every night when yon lock tha doors tbe next morning you will find them open. Dishes rattle, the front cellar window goes up and down, and you can bear tba rat tling of chains in tha bouse. Ono night when my mother was sick in bed this ghost appeared to her and told ber to follow bin) and nothing would barm ber. He then went to tbe door and disappeared like wind. Every night thera is a knock on tbe doors, and yon can see no ona when you answer the call." FANCIFUL AND FUNNY, Tbe weather bureau is very promising, but it is sometimes overruled. Troy Press: The world seldom looks to see the kind of tracks you left behind, provided you only get there. Milwaukee Journal. Many a coffin is covered -with roses by bands that never before gave Its occupant any thing but thorns. Memphis Appeal. The road to happiness and the road to misery follow the same course. The difference U in tha travelers, not In tbe road traveled. Boston Transcript. "When should women marry? is a ques tion that was recently discussed. A cynical ed itor answers: "When they get a chance." Winding Jttglster. In five minutes a woman can clean np a man's room la such a way that it will taxe him five weeks to find out where she puts things, Atchison. Kan., Globe. Had Pity on Him. "I hear yonr coach man ran off with 10 of your money. Are yoa golngtotrytoreeoverlt?" "No, tbe poor fellow will need it; my daughter went with him. Sew York Sun. Beacon Hill Bject me, if you will, bnt don't add Insult to injury I Your cousin Bella would ba glad to take me I Miss Boylston Perhaps she would. She's an amateur photographer. Boston Times. Little Jnvalid Mamma, is heaven a pleasant placer Mother Yes, my child. Invalid Then why do tbe doctors try so bard to keep us Irom going there? Boston Herald. WKATBEB QUERT. When the springtime comes, gentle Greeljr, When the springtime comes this year, OB, say, ean yoa tell, gentle Greely. How we shall know it Is here? -, Was Aington 5&r. Youthful Astronomer. Little Boy, Papa, what are the stars? dffe Papa You will find out when you grow older? Little Boy I know now. They are the ends of the cigars that the angels are tmoklmr. and tha clouds are theclgar smoke Minneapolis Tribune. Jinke I took my first slsighride yester day. Bllnks-4 didn't kngw you had a rig. 'I hired one at a livery stable." "Were you nptet?" "Indeed I was when t learned the pri." Feu Xtrlt Meekly,
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