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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 12, 189a
THE QTJESTIOH OF LIBEAEY SITE.
This is essentially library week for Pitts
burg nd Allegheny. Even the postpone
ment of the President's visit, and of the
formal transfer ot the magnificent institu
tion across the river, does not lessen the
public interest. There were thrones yester
day to inspect with delight the finished
" library building of Allegheny; while no
subject was more discussed in Pittsburg
than the location of the $1,000,000 Carnegie
temple to literature, art and science which
is promised for this side.
Already it is apparent that the choice of
a site for the main Pittsburg building will
prove no easy matter. Mr. Charles J.
Clarke makes a most handsome offer of a
beautiful piece of ground at the corner of
iFifth aud Craft avenues, Oakland, than
which nothing would be better it the com
mission determine to place the library some
where near the geographical center and the
center oi population. Nothing speaks more
of the marvelous growth of the town than
that Oakland should now be considered the
heart oi the city, yet so in point of fact it is
as respects the distribution of residences.
One point which militates against the Oak
land selection is the absence, just at pres
ent, of sufficient means of communication
'with Lawrenceville, Bloomfield, Miners
ville and the Southside unless upon pay
. dent of two fares; and still another, and
most important consideration, is that while
Allegheny has, by Mr. Carnegie's munifi
cence, a library of its own, the people ot
Allegh -uy must still be supposed to take a
keen interest in the art gallery and scientific
museum which will be immensely interest
ing adjuncts of the Pittsburg institution.
The most serious competitor of the Oak
land site is the piece of city property on
JDuquesne war. That could he had free;
and there is the argument in its favor that
it is near the Exposition grounds, and that
as all roads used to lead to Home so all the
street cars run to the neighborhood of Da
quesoe way and Sixth street Besides it is
near Allegheny, which is a consideration so
far as affects the art gallery and museum.
. To get a site below Smithfield street, other
than this which the city might give free,
would involve, at the present prices of prop
erty, such an enormous outlay as would
make a sad hole in the appropriation. On
the other hand, above Smithfield, while
values are lower, the mnch berated hump
interposes -an obstacle to all but vehicle
traffic.
Thus it is that the commission will have a
most difficult and delicate task betore it in
locating the main library. The branch
libraries can be readily disposed ot where
they will do the most good; the main build
ing, however, is to be the gem of the col
lection, and must be placed with foresight
-and good judgment.
COKE GOSSIP.
The advance in the price of coke of 40
cents per ton yesterday was a little more
than was generally expected. The result of
the last advance to f 2 00 is so fresh in the
recollection of the iron interest that some
criticisms of the present jump to $2 15 are
made which nearly approximate the tone of
a protest There is this difference between
the present and the time when the check of
consumption wrecked the coke syndicate,
that the iron syndicate is now in better
shape to pay $2 15 for coke than it then was
to pay 2 00. In addition, the higher price
of coke is founded on the decided advance
in wages which has just been made. On,
the other hand, considerable attention is
due to the warnings that constantly crowd
ing up the price of materials has too often
been proved to be the way to check con
sumption as well as to stimulate the devel
opment of competing fields. We do not
fear a check to the present prosperity from
?2 15 coke; but it will be a discreet policy
to refrain from pushing the advance much
farther.
THIS BUSINESS OF BBIBEET.
The disclosures of the true inwardness of
that North Dakota lottery deal is likely,
.and not without justice, to be far-reaching
in its effects. It is an uncovering of sys
tematized corruption and persistent endeavor
to buy legislation that should set the people
to thinking on the importance of purging
our politics of all such elements.
' There is'discouragement in the discovery
that some of the same men who were premi
nent in the Star Boute crookedness were the
'leaders in the attempt to bny up a State in
the interest of a wholesale gambling concern
that has lor years been one of the scandals
of this nation. It is a matter for grave
thought that the men who have been engaged
in the business of bribery have their hold on
party machinery, and by means of the cor
ruption fund, which they represent, can
exercise more influence on politics than
honest men of twice their ability.
It should be understood that unless the
party organizations can purge themselves of
men who make money the sole influence in
politics and use bribery as an ultimate ar
gument, they make it only a question of
time as to when their own doom is sealed.
PITY THE P00B CONGRESSMAN.
As regularly as Congress meets the un
fortunate Bepresentatives call heaven to
witness that their compensation is insuffi
cient The Senators have not yet caught
the cry they have not the face to, perhaps,
as most of them are known to be million
sires. Bnt tbe Bepresentatives are always
ready to exploit their poverty. It is in-
human of the nation to compel three hun
dred and twenty-five patriots to waste five
or six months in Washington for the beg
garly sum of five thousand dollars apiece.
-Mr. Peters, who represents a Kansas dis
trict in Congress, presents the picture of a
pauper patriot most pathetically. Among
his necessary expenses he puts down the
following: Tor a stenographer to write his
letters and send seeds to his constituents,
$100 a month; for carriages, hansoms and
herdics to transport Mr. Peterson errands, $40
a month; tor a man to look after his constitu-
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for incidental expenses, loans to alleged
constituents, etc., $50 a month. Mr. Peters
computes his total monthly expenses at
(450, which he states is $50 more than his
salary, but which arithmetic informs us is
34 in excess of his receipts.
Of -course, our heart bleeds for Mr. Peters,
but some cruel critic may inquire what
obligation, official or moral, compels him to
employ other persons to attend to his legiti
mate correspondence, to send seeds to his
constituents, to watch the Land Office, to
spend his time, the people's time in .cabs,
herdics and carriages, and to loan money to
people he does not know? A political and
personal obligation to incur these expenses
may exist. He may have to do these things
to Keep his seat in the House, and to con
tinue his pitiable plight as a man who is
spending more than he makes. "We do not
believe that a Congressman who is com
petent to represent his fellow citixens need
impoverish himself to anything like this ex
tent But doubtless many Bepresentatives
have not the ability to keep their seats by
any other means. Such men ought not to
be in Congress. That is the pith of the matter.
PAtlAMENT AND THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
The meeting of Parliament yesterday was,
of course, principally noticeable for tbe
Queen's speech, and the possibilities of the
session. Of the latter no certain predictions
can be made. The Government ystill holds
its majority, and except by the rise of new
issues, tbe Tory policy will continue in the
aseendant to' the end of the session. But the
term of this Parliament is drawing to a
close; and if any issue comes up on which
the Tories can go to the country with a hope
of success, they will undoubtedly seize the
opportunity to hold a general election.
The last session was enlivened by the
Times' assault on Parnell obviously with
the hope of furnishing such an issne. This
session shows those charges turned into a
boomerang. As a result of this defeat, the
feeling that conciliation must take the place
of force, is doubtless as much as anything
responsible for the fact that the glittering
generalities of the Queen's speech hold out
a promise of measures for land purchase and
local self-government in Ireland. But the
misadventures of Tory politics during the
past year promise to make the path of the
Government during this session so far from
an easy road that, even if the Tories hold
their power, they are not to be envied the
prospect of merciless criticism which is be
fore them.
THE WE0NU TIME TO W0BX
The peculiar economic ideas developed by
some earnest and well meaning people re
ceive a peculiar illustration from a proposi
tion made by the Bev. Edward Everett
Hale. That most charming of writers, and
most sincere and earnest of philanthropists,
having adopted the Edward Bellamy style
of socialism, makes an appeal to tbe
governing departments of great cities to do
the bulk of their work requiring the em
ployment of labor in the winter, so as to
have the employment come to the working
man at the time of the year when it is most
needed by him.
The bulk of city work requiring tbe em
ployment of labor, is in the line of excava
tions for the grading of streets and the lay
ing of sewers, and paving. The reason
why workingmen are out of employment in
winter is that such work cannot be profita
bly done during that season. The experi
ence of cities and private individuals alike,
is that ths work of excavation at a season
when the ground is either so hard that it can
not be dug up, or so wet that it requires a
quadruple effort to move it, is unprofitable
and thrown away. Pavements laid at that
season are sure to be inferior, if not entirely
worthies. Consequently Mr. Hale's propo
sition is practically that the city shall em
ploy labor to excavate and mate pavements
at a season of the year when their work
will be entirely thrown away.
This might be very profitable for the
especial workmen who would have to be
employed to do the work over again in the
spring, but it would be highly burden
some for tbe great mass of workingmen who
would have to pay the double cost Labor
is not to be permanently benefited by mak
ing the masses pay for work that is wasted.
HE'LL CHOOSE HIS AETIBTS.
Emperor William of Germany means to
enjoy life. His last move to this end is the
promulgation of an order prohibiting the
exhibition of portraits of himself, his ances
tors or any of his family without his sanc
tion being first obtained. No more cheap
lithographs of the young Kaiser, no more
hatchet-hacked portraits in the newspapers,
no more transparencies in the streets, no
more photographs in the store windows.
The Emperor can read his paper, walk
abroad, admire the actresses' pictures in the
stationers' shops, without a lurking appre
hension of lighting upon some crude pre
sentment of his features calculated to take
away even an imperial appetite.
Some oi our public and much-pictured
men would rejoice if they could do as Em
peror William has done. The price of
greatness is bigger here than it is in Ger
many. We like to be personally ac
quainted with the lineaments, not only of
our great men, hut ot our murderers, our
burglars, and of nearly everybody except
ourselves. Such a man as Mr. Blaine, for
instance, has been depicted in tbe public
prints thousands of times, and probably he
could, not identify himself in one picture in a
hundred. One, of the blessings of innocuous
desuetude, of emulating the violet's mod
esty, of lowliness, is the immunity from
public portraiture which it brings.
A NAVAJO'S VALUE.
Here is a new way to settle the Indian
question. Becently a Navajo Indian in
New Mexico was killed by a white man,
and an outbreak of the dead man's country
men was expected. But the war cloud has
been dissipated by the payment of the .(200
which the Navajos demanded as compensa
tion for tbe loss of their comrade.
Innumerable - Indian wars have been
started from the killing of a redskin by
some white frontiersman or cowboy. But it
is evident that the Indian mind is be
coming more mercenary as civilization rnbs
against him. The old demand of blood for
blood is no longer popular with the Indians;
it has become a greed for dollars and cents.
In this change lies, as we have suggested, a
new mode of settling these ever-recurring
disputes between the races. It is generally
admitted. that the cowboy or reckless white
settler thinks very little of shooting an In
dian. The practice of settling all the
disputes with derringer and shotgun, bowie
and tomahawk cannot be stopped. The
killing of Indians will go on as long as
there are Indians to he killed. We must
accept the situation as we find it Now,
the individual Navajo seems to be recon
ciled to seeing his brethren killed if a
proper price be paid to the survivors. It
must be confessed that the Navajo is very
modest in naming two hundred dollars as
the value he puts upon his lile Nobody,
not even the bitterest foe of the Indian, can
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gramme at wis estimate. At may pe mat
the Navajo regards life as a lottery, and is
content with the hope that be may survive
all his brethren, and thus inherit the riches
which will have accumulated by the ex
tinction of the rest ot his tribe.
It is not a plan that will commend itself
to the Christian, but then the principles of
Christianity have never been prominent in
our policy toward the red man.
The people of Allegheny flocked to tee
and approve their beautiful and attractive
library building yesterday, and tbe people of
Pittsburg very largely utilized the same oppor
tunity to inspect it as an earnest or what they
are to baTe in the future.
It is pleasant to observe that among our
esteemed Democratic co-temporaries, the Louis
ville Courier-Journal which is notably the
leader in savage attacks on Pittsburg's protec
tive principles, and usually jumps upon Hr.
Carnegie, as a leading representative ot the
manufacturers, shows a clear appreciation of
his splendid liberality in the library matter. It
quotes his intelligent views on.the good to be
done by popular libraries and commends his
example to Southern men of wealth. This is a
much fairer and more intelligent way of treat
ing; the subject than the effort of some other
Democratio organs to infuse politics Into a
magnificent example of philanthropy.
The growth of the South is shown by
statistics of exports from 20 Southern ports,
which increased 63,000,000 in 1SS9, as compared
with 1SS8. As this trade of the South increases,
so.lt may be hoped, race prejudice and political
rancor will diminish.
Feom our esteemed cotemporarles of
Chicago it is learned that plans for intercept
ing sewers have been perfected so as to insure
their success, The information is important in
more respects than as regards city drainage.
If an intercepting sewer could be provided for
politics, so as to prevent it from defiling
World's Fairs and other publlo projects, the
result would probably be a decided work of
moral sanitation.
Salt Lake City has gone against the
Mormons by a vote of two to one; which re
markable evidence of progress is almost calcu
lated to create doubts as to tbe proverbial su
premacy of the Dutch in Holland.
The failure of a Maine Grand Jury to
indict offenders against the prohibition law of
that state is heralded as "a black eye for pro
hibition." With equal justice the similar
action of Allegheny grand juries could be
pointed to as "a black eye for high license."
Perhaps both cases would be fully covered by
Including them under the general classification
of "a black eye for the enforcement of the law.'
James K. Polk is the only Speaker of
the House who ever reached the Presidency,
Some Republican organs think that Reed may
prove another Polk; bat there is not much dan
ger. "As soon as Congress gets settled down to
work legislation which shall effectually crush
all iniquitous trusts of every description is an
imperative duty," pertinently remarks the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. The statement ia correct. Is
there any surer way to crush some of them th
to repeal the duties which afford protection to
some combinations which are organized to de
feat the very purpose of protection?
Me. Carnegie is reported to have se
cured another lot of the Pittsburg and West
ern's stock, and It is to be hoped that he will
make it as great a public benefit as his library.
At the present rate of progress the Be
publicans in tbe House will cot all the con
tested Democrats unseated in time to pass the
appropriation bills and adjourn the session.
Tariff revision, bankrupt legislation, the dispo
sition of tbe national bank circulation and the
restriction of the trusts, may all go over till the
next session, when the important business of
strengthening the party majority Is oil tana.
Republican statesmen seem inclined to
discount tbe proverbial definition of hetero
doxy by rigidly prohibiting all gerrymanders
except their own gerrymanders.
Posthastes Geneeal "W namakee
has some ideas of bis own In the direction of
gradually introducing tbe telegraph as an ad
junct of the postal business. The statement of
his Ideas, which he made yesterday, will be
likely to arouse less love than ever for him in
tbe breast of Br. Norvin Green,
The promise of an Astor duel among the
gilded youth or New York is enough to make
the entire 1200 agog with anxiety to get admis
sion to the show.
The extension oi the art exhibition at the
Carnegie Library in Allegheny, will give every
one an opportunity to inspect those instructive
works of art, and tbe still more instructive and
valuable work of art, namely, the beautiful
building in which tbey are boused.
Afteb North Dakota's lottery scheme
has exploded, that new State would be justified
in getting up a blizzard to purify the atmos
phere. The farmers who have been waiting all
winter for the roads to freeze up so that they
could do their hauling are likely to be disap
pointed by the renewal of soft weather. The
need of improved country roads was never
more apparent than this season.
PEOPLE OF PKOMINENCE.
The English newspapers publish the rumor
that Mrs. Chamberlain will write a book of
travels in Egypt.
Samuel James Wood, of London, who re
cently was a fireman, had a record of saving 183
lives on occasions of fire.
General Mahone is living in comparative
retirement in Washington. He spends a great
deal of time in taking long solitary walks.
Mbs. Cathabtne L. Wobdin o, of Racine,
Wis., has left a handsome sum ot money for the
erection of a building' for young women at
Colby University.
Mbs. Stanley Brown (formerly Miss
Mollis Garfield.) who lives quietly In Washing
ton with her husband, is said to visit only at
Secretary Windom's bouse.
Ex-Govebnob .Routt, ot Colorado, is in
Washington. He is a stout man of CO, with a
ruddy complexion and a good constitution.
After his term as Governor be met with re
verses, but he is now worth millions.
Mbs. Thomas Longuan. who lately died in
London, was the last member ot the famous
family that published for Scott, Souther, Cole
ridge, Moore, Campbell, Sydney.Smlth, Mack
intosh and Macaulay. She took a keen interest
in all the great literary projects with which her
husband was connected,
Wilson S. Bisssll, Cleveland's former law
partner, w served with a subpoena last week
at a railroad station in Buffalo, to appear as a
witness in the Ball-Post libel suit As the train
moved out Mr. Blssellsald to the officer: "Yon
may go to thunder, l'muotgolng to put off my
wedding to testify in a libel suit. I'll get mar
ried to-night if I go to jail for it" The train
reached Geneva all right
Americans Wouldn't Kick.
from the Sew York Tribune.!
Possibly the Kmperor William would like to
have John Most as one of his Ministers for tbe
execntion ot his new Socialistic policy. We
will cheer lully relinquish Most upon the
Kaiser's application.
Hence It's Flatter Than a Flatter.
From tbe Philadelphia limes.
Chauncey Depew is trying to breathe the
breath of life into the New York World's Fair
scheme. If Piatt had been left outside the
breastworks a resurrection would not nave
been necessary.
DEATHS OP A DAY. '
W. L, Co nrdln.
Richmond, VA..Febnary 11. -W. Cowardln,
President of the Virginia .and Marine Insurance
Company, filed hereto-day, aired 73. He was
well known through tne united btaics.
ART'S SHRINE AT HOME.
AJGreat Day for Admirer of Paintings In
the Carnegie Gallery Too Deeply Ab.
norbed to Recognize Old FrUnd What
tbe Satisfying; at this Hanger Mean to
Pittsburg.
No. III.
rWBITTXlf TOK THX DISPATCH.1
Co great was the throng that I spent 20 min
utes yesterday In ascending the flight of stairs
which reach to the art gallery in the Carnegie
Library Building. Elsewhere the building was
crowded, it is true, but all roads seemed to lead
to the superb collection of paintings. Once in
tbe gallery, it was with no small degree of in
terest I observed closely tbe character of the
people there assembled, and tbe intense inter
est they exhibited in the works upon the walls.
If art ever manifested tne truth that it
is at once noble aud popular, appeal
ing directly to all people, in the
most excellent langnage ever used to express
poetry and truth, it did this yesterday. The
feast was for all alike, aud no one might claim
an advantage over another, except by virtue ot
superior intelligence. Indeed, this is the only
distinction art ever makes. You may have
millions; you may have social distinction; you
may have great power; but t0 extract from
tbe limitless storehouse of art the delicious and
refining influences contained therein, you
must have intelligence and a pure and single
minded love for tbe beautiful. No other pass
port will admit and this one as often Tests
under a rustic coat as beneath a velvet gown.
Beyond a possible question, the people I ob
served were Intensely Interested. Friend
passed friend without recognition, so Intent
were all in an examination of tbe paintings.
If there has ever existed in the minds of the
art-loving people of these cities a doubt as to
whether or not the people at large are desirous
of understanding and enjoying the creations of
art that donbt must in the presence of this
exhibition, disappear.
'The fault " fault there be, does not lie with
the great number of people who cannot if
they would, create the opportunity to cultivate
a taste for and knowledge of art Few, indeed,
can make an annual or semi-annual pilgrimage
to A ew York, where such opportunity exists.
Until we rise to the sublime conception of a
man's duty to his brother, and, in a spirit im
measurably above that of charity, place in the
midst of our city of wealth a permanent col
lection, which shall be a fountain of pleasure
to all who desire to come thereto, we will not
I think, have measured up to the opportunity
of our day.
jTisnotmy purpose to criticise the works
now on exhibition at the Carnegie building.
Neither is it my purpose to refer to all the
paintings, but only those which serve a definite
purpose. Therefore, it is certain that many of
the finest works will not come under notice.
Criticism Is beyond my province in the prepa
ration of these papers. Nevertheless, in an at
tempt to briefly consider tbe several schools
there represented, it may be neces
sary to compare one work with another,
Persons of insufficient thought might at first
glance take it to be out of taste to even make
comparison of works generously contnbuted
to a loan exhibition; but I feel assured that the
donors of these pictures understand too well
my admiration of the collection as a whole, and
my purpose in using it to belp establish for the
public tbose standards which should prevail iu
the highest art, to misunderstand either my
motive or purpose.
This exhibition, it must be remembered,
is a rare occasion. It presents to
many thousands in these cities, for the
first time, an opportunity of seeing really
fine pictures, and any degree in which they can
be helped to form correct judgment as to the
merits or school of painting, would be appre
ciated by none more than the public-spirited
citizens who contributed for this very purpose
to the exhibition. Therefore, there need be no
withholding of anything which may fairly, in
structively or worthily be said regarding any of
the pictures on exhioition.
V
T P you will go with me into the gallery we will
turn to the right I have heretofore
spoken of a painting by Harmand "The
Whipper-in." (No. 62). Next, to it is a small
canvas by Frere. (New 31) These are two beau
tiful examples, representing distinct schools of
painting. The one is the perfection of
detail) the other harmony of color
and tone. The one man was bent
upon rendering, with absolute fidelity,
the most minute part of the whole; the other
upon preserving a refined scheme of color, in
low tone. It Is simply astonishing how well the
painter ot the first mentioned picture carried
out bis purpose, even to the perfect delfenea
tion of each button on the coat and each fold
in the dress. He painted from nature, every
part of tbe picture, and painted welt He de
serves the full measure of credit for what he
has done. The Frere, in its way, is equally
good.
Let us look for a moment at "Forbidden
Longings" (104) miscalled In the catalogue
"The Monk." This picture contains superb
painting. It is a beautiful work, and worthy
of a place in any collection because of its
many merits. 1 know my friend, the owner.
will appreciate my motive in calling the stu
dent's attention to a slight defect. So far as
the story expressed by the title is concerned,
the young monk is tbe important figure. He it
is who entertains forbidden longings. So far
as tbe painting is concerned, tbe old monk is,
probably, equally prominent The story would,
doubtless, be more directly told if the monk,
upon whom the title hangs, bad been given
more prominence, or rather the other figure
less prominence.
I have spoken of the "Port of Antwerp" (No.
IS) by Chase. Compare it with tbe strong and
beautiful Rico, loaned by Mr. Donnelly to the
collection, too late to be catalogued. Tbey are
both so masterly that 1 fear a quiet bit of
rivalry exists in this corner of tbe gallery. We
must hasten past a Kammerer (63) especially
strong in the figures; one of the most complete
and satisfactory Jacquer (No. 59) ever brought
to this city; a superb little head by Henner.
and a painting by Cattaneo (No. 21), which
tells, and tells well, the saddest story of human
life. I have spoken at some length of the Moreau
(No. 13) and Corot (No. 17). You will be
abundantly repaid for all the time given to
their consideration.
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T et us cross to the other side of tbe gallery.
I want to speak of three paintings:
Bchreyer (110). Meyer von Bremen (79), and
Millet (78). Tbe Sohreyer is a large and im
portant one. Tbe prevailing tone is agreeable
and harmonious. There is not to be found
within the frame a false note. In this respect
it is one of Scbreyer's masterpieces.
The Meyer von Bremen la, in color, the finest
I have ever seen. This is tbe position given it
by all the artists who have seen it here. It is
in perfect tone. Five thousand dollars have
been offered for it since it was hung in tbe gal
lery. The Millet hangs upon tbe line beside
these larger works. . In tone and refinement of
color It rivals Its neighbors. A false note
would, in their presence, be instantly detected;
a crude color would not escape notice. It
is a beautiful and "refined little work of art
Millet Is an American painter. Readers of
Harper are familiar with bis illustrations. It
Is probable that the demand for his paintings
is not so great as tbe demand for Scbreyer's
works. The demand very often fixes tbe price.
If you can buy such works as this, by American
painters, and save tbe duty, even though you
be tree trader, buy them. Buy only on the
ground ot quality.
Another illustration is the Obase referred fo.
Chase is a Now York painter. His picture
hangs beside a superb Rico. Go and compare
them. I believe sincerely that if there Is any
difference in quality, it is in favor of Chase.
Tbey are both exceptionally strong works.
Examine also the picture by E. A. Abbey. It
is a strong and beautiful work, and the story Is
dellcionsly told. He. also. Is an American.
The gentleman who contributes these works
contributes only American paintings, save one;
and his collection is one of the finest shown.
This bit ot patriotism will, I hope, be par
doned. We have out time to glance at a beautiful
Bouguereau (10). Tbe drawing in these figures
is wonderfully delicate and beautiful. Tbere
are six small paintings by Berne-Bellecour all
excellent examples of this painter's charming
work: a strong figure by Ran (107). worthy of
study, because it is different in a manner from
others.
To even enumerate all tbe excellent works to
be seen during the next week, it the exhibition
is continued, which seems now probable, would
Rananme much time. The collection is. in
every sense, a remarkably strong -one, and its
influence upon the art movement in Pittsburg
will he very great OHN W. Beattt, J
HER LAST DAIS SOOTHED.
Publisher Yield to tbe Touching Appeal of a
Young Anthorets.
New York, February 1L A romantic little
story was told last night by a co-editor on one
of the largest and best known magazines In tbe
country.
"Almost two years ago," he said, "a short
story of considerable merit had been submitted
to tbe magazine by a young woman quite un
known to us or to fame, and bad been accepted
and paid for. It was filed away with other ac
cepted articles, to be used when its turn came.
A short time ago there came a letter from the
girl, asking modestly if the story might be
printed soon, but giving no reason for tne re
quest "Two months went on and tben came a sec
ond letter, written in the same hand, but in
weaker and fainter characters, as if tbe hand
that held the pen were scarcely able to guide
it. This letter asked again that tbe story
might be printed soon, if possible. 'My phy
sician tells me,' it said, that I can lire but a
few months at tbe farthest I had hoped to
live to do a great deal of good work of this
kind, but you have my first aud last piece. I
have cared so much for it that I think I could
ne happier in dying if I might see it in print be
fore I go.'
"The maeazine for the coming month was
bound, so nothing could be done with that
Tbe sheets for tbe second month were printed
and ready for binding, and the matter for the
third magazine was well under way. We held
a short consultation, the result of which was
that the story was set up and the sheets con
taining it substituted for certain sheets in the
magazine, fur' the second month. It was no
small matter to make the change so late in the
day, but we did it and the letter ot thanks we
received from the young girl, who died shortly
afterward, more than paid us."
MAGGIE MATHER'S JEANNE D'ARC.
The New Flay and Prodaetlon She Has
Bought of Bernhardt
A cable message from M. Duquesnal, director
ot tbe Parti Saint Martin Theater, Paris, to
Mr. D. C. Willoughby, personal representative
of Margaret Matber, announces that the con
tract for the exclusive American rights of Bar
bier's and Gounod's famous play, "Jeanne d'
Arc," bad been signed Tuesday, and that by its
provisions Margaret Mather Is the sele owner
of not only the play, but' the entire Parti Saint
Martin production.
Miss Mather's representative, when seen yes
terday in this city by a Dispatch reporter,
was highly elated over her successful venture,
and gave unqualified assurance that she would
give the production, which will occur at the
opening of the Madison Square Garden Thea
ter, In New York, identical in all its parts with
the Paris spectacle. Mme. Bernhardt Miss
Mather's manager says, has been her friend
throughout the entire transaction, and, he
thought bad turned the scale in her favor
against several New York managers.
"Jeanne d' Arc" has been entirely rewritten
by Barbier, and Gounod has added much at
tractive music, so that outside ot tbe personal
talents of Mme. Bernhardt the great success
of tbe present version is due entirely to the
changes that have been made. The services of .
Mr. William Young, author of "Ganelon,"
"Pendragon," etc, will be enlisted in the
translation, which will be in verse. Miss
.Mather will receive the MSS. and models soon,
and costumes are now being made by Worth,
after sketches used for the Parisian production.
AGRICULTURAL DEPRESSION.
Senator Pierce Introduces n BUI Calling for
an Investigation.
Washington, February It Senator
Pierce's bill, introduced to-day in the Sen
ate, to create an agricultural commission to in
vestigate the causes of tbe present depressed
condition of the agriculture Interests, author
izes thi President to appoint seven commis
sioners at least onr ol whom shall be practical
farmers, together with a secretary, to be paid
each at td a day when engaged in active duty.
It shall be the dnty ofjthe commission to take
into consideration and thoroughly investigate
tbe causes of the present depressed condition
of farmers' interests, including tbe laws relat
ing to the inspection of grain, the regulations
governing warehouses used for tbe storage of
farm products, and tbe feasibility of providing
for inter-State inspection ot cereals.
Also, tbe relation of railway and transporta
tion rates to the prices ot tbe product, tbe in
fluence of the tariff on tbe prices of necessities
of life, its effect on tbe agricultural interests,
and generally Buch consideration of the subject
matter of this inquiry as in,the judgment of
the commission shall best .secure its object.
Tbe commission shall - make a report to Con
gress not later than at tbe beginning of the
next session, of the result of its investigations
and submit also all testimony taken by it
LEGAL ADYICfi GITEN AWAY.
A New York Philanthropist Will Assist
Poor and' Innocent Prisoner.
.'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yobk, February 11. After five years
of work in tbe Tombs Police Court as a friend
to poor prisoners, Mrs. Ernestine Bchaffner baa
opened a regular office where she expects to do
a largely increased business. Her sign reads:
"Free Advice to the Poor and Innocent Ac
cused." Mrs. Scbaffner is a widow with an indepen
dent fortune, and one or two mature children.
Substantially all of her income beyond what Is
needed for tbe support of herself and children,
is devoted to defending prisoners at the Tombs
Court whom she believes to be innocent.
They're Not That Kind of Sloaxtors.
From the New York World.
The opening of the Sioux Reservation sug
gests the idea that the Louisiana lottery might
find a foothold tbere, where it could neither
Sioux nor be Slouxed. What are the South
Dakotana doing that they are not making a bid
to the gamblers to step in and pay their run
ning governmental expenses?
Donblo Significance of a Coroner' Verdict.
From tbe New York Herald. 1
Fatbers and mothers of Spartan tendencies
say that railroad wrecks are not the only
wrecks that have been caused by a misplaced
switch.
ACHIEVEMENTS OP WOMEN.
One ot England's conservative matrons has
taken up tbe rather unfemlnine occupation of
stage management and secured the rights of
dramatization and performance of Mark
Twain's "Prince and Pauper" in Great Britain.
Among recent remarkable achievements of
our sisters from over the sea we read that Mme.
Bertand, the French sculptor, has been hon
ored by having her beautiful statue of "Psyche"
placed In the Luxemburg. This is more im
portant because it signifies that after the
artist's death her work will find a place in the
Louvre.
Miss Chablotte Robinson has the honor
of printing on her business cards, "Decorator
to Her Majesty." Miss Robinson is a brown
haired, bright-eyed, well-educated little lady,
with a musical voice and an American alertness
of demeanor. She has two shops one in Lon
don and tbe other in Manchester both of
which she supervises.
Mbs. Bently, an English lady, wife of an
African missionary, on her last visit to England
learned tbe art ot telegraphy most completely
and thoroughly for the sake of instructing the
black boys on the Congo this branch ot in
dustry. So successful has been ber preliminary
work that she expects to have tbe boys ready
for service by the time tbe Congo Railroad ia
completed.
Miss Constance Haden, who recently died
in England, was the first woman wbo received
the honor of being1 made an associate of the
Ms son Science College in Birmingham, where
she won the Heclop gold medal. She identified
herself most actively with the advanced inter
ests of women, being President of the Ladies'
Debating Society, the Aristotelian Bociety. the
Denlson Club, and an active associate of the
Working Ladies' Guild. Although but 31 years
of age, she published two volumes of poetry,
one of which show marvelous freshness and
delicacy of touch, and the other, more reflect
ive, deals with the most scientific problems of
modern thought
Abchdughess Valebib, youngest daughter
ot the Emperor and Empress of Austria, Is a
rival of "Carmen Sylva," Queen of Roumanla,
as a royal poetess. This beautiful and accom
plished Princess, who has endeared herself to
both Austrlans and Hungarians not only by her
brilliant literary talent but by ber devotion to
ber imperial parents, genuine kindness of heart
gracious address, and generosity to the poor, is
little more than 20 years of age, and has already
written a volume of poems, evincing great
depth of poetic feeling, which is remarkable
both in conception and expression. In addition
to the volume of poems, the Arcbdncbess
Valeria has comnosed lottinltp-ht dramas! which
have been played at imperial family festival,
anawonmuca commensauoB irom vub court.
JHE T0PICAU TALKER.
A New Sign of Overnight Temperance Tbe
Time for Montooth to Act A to Inter
lade A Lack of Tact.
TT'ITET had been talking of the wildnws of
young men in general, and the late hours
and drinking habits of other women's sons in
particular, and a dear, simple-hearted old lady
said; "Well, my two boys never give me a
moment's anxiety. I know they never go
about drinking at night tor they are always so
thirsty In tbe morning they drink no end ot
ice water at breakfast"
AT BHAMOKIir.
Fling out your flag! the battle
Has opened banish rntb!
Hark to tbe rifles rattle!
Tbe pickets nail and tooth
Are fighting. Never stay till
Your friends are licked, forsooth.
But raise your flag, and that '11
Bring veteran and youth
To light again
With might and main
For you, Montoothl
A GRACEFUL PRESENT.
The Star-Eyed Goddess of reform
No longer wears her crown;
She sent It carriage paid, they say,
To Mr. Safety Brown.
TyrrCH as we enjoy the varied and often start
ling performances of tbe Grand Opera
House orchestra, Mr. Swartz, tbe talented con
ductor, should remember that the entr acte
music is merely a means to an end. It is in
tended that tbe music should lighten and lessen
the tedium of tbe waits between the acts. It Is
not intended that the music should lengthen
the interludes. That is to say, a piccolo solo,
however pathetic and piercing it may be,shonld
not be permitted to delay the raising of the
curtain, as was the case on Monday night
The Henrietta" was not over until past 11:15
on that occasion, though it must be remem
bered the accident in setting the scenery for
Act LTL contributed to the lengthening of tbe
performance.
gOME people have not the slightest judg
ment in selecting presents. About Christ
mas time I cited a number of instances of
strangely ill-chosen gifts an umbrella, for ex
ample, to a lady wbo had been an invalid far
years, and can hardly expect ever to be any
thing else. Bnt I heard of a case yesterday in
volving this odd lack of common sense which
beats the record so far as I know.
It was a man wbo offended, of course; women
have too mnch tact and insight into the de
sires of their fellow-beings to make blunders in
this direction. His brother-in-law died, and he
wanted to do something "sympathetic and all
that" for bis sister, he said. He was a bachelor,
but he bad a splendid residence in the
subnrbs of Chicago. So he sent to his sister
and asked her to send on her twoyoupgest
children, girls of about 8 and 9 years, to him
for a month. The afflicted wife and mother
was glad enough to do this. The two young
girls had a royal time with their uncle. When
the end of their stay came near, what did he do
but take them to a dressmaker's and have them
arrayed in all the colors loom or rainbow ever
knew. Tben he bought a heap of dress silks,
in colors, and sent them with the two children,
who bad exchanged their mourning for the
aforesaid gorgeous garments, to his sister. He
never thought ot the mourning, or bis sister's
well-known punctilious regard for fashions and
forms.
The two little rainbow sections, with their
cargo of dress silks for mama, reached their
destination all right The horror of the widow
is something I cannot paint It was something
beyond words to telL
8PINDLER-NUSSEB.
The Sontbslde the Scene of a Fashionable
Event Last Evening.
Tbe Southside was tbe scene of a rather fash
ionable wedding last evening at 7 o'clock. Tbe
contracting parties were Miss Alma Nasser,
daughter of John Nusser. the wealthy brewer,
and O. F. Spindler, of tbe City of Mexico. 1 he
affair was conducted rather quietly at the
home of the bride, none but very Intimate
friends and relatives being present She was
dressed in a beautiful old rose silk
gown and looked charming. The groom
was a resident of this city until within a few
months since when he went to Mexico to as
sume the position of general passenger agent
of the Mexican National Railroad, with bead
quarters at the capital of that country, for
which point the bappy couple will leave this
morning, taking in a number of Southern
points of interest on the way. Tbe presents
were numerous and costly, among them a solid
silver tea service. Rev. Gustavo Lorch per
formed the ceremony.
First Annual Bnll.
The First Annual Ballot the Ninth Ward
Independent Club was held last night at the
hall on Penn avenue, between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets. Probably a hundred couples
were present The music was furnished by
Colonel Phillips' Great Eastern Orchestra, and
Messrs. John Coates, George Lemmon, Will
iam Carlan, T. Driscoll and JohnFriel were
the managers.
A BOMB FOB INGALLS.
Some Southerner Sent a Cartridge to tbe
Ennui Senator.
Washington, February 11 On Saturday
last Senator Ingalls' mall contained a small
pink wrapped box 4 inches long, 2 inches wide
and a little more than an-iuch thick. On being
opened it was found to contain one of the
Union Metallic Cartridge Company's "Star"
cartridges, with the following inscription In
black ink: "Election pills for old cuff, or for
Ingalls, from Jackson, Miss." Senator Ingalls
was not alarmed at the contents of the box. but
both he and his Secretary concluded to lay it
to one side, as tbere was a possibility that It
might bo more destructive than an ordinary
cartridge.
There was a slight fear that tbe powder and
shot might have been extracted from the shell
and replaced with some powerfnl explosive.
Tbe Senator, however, was of opinion that it
was a plain buckshot cartridge, and this was
ascertained to be the fact by prying open tbe
shell, revealing nine buckshot and a charge of
powder. Even thus it was not a particularly
pleasant present, anu tne joge may turn out to
be a sorrv one for the perpetrator, as it is a
violation of the postal laws to send explosives
through the mails.
A CASE AGAINST WESTINGHODSE.
Tho Boyden Brake Company Claim Their
Rights Are Violated.
BXxttmobe, February 11. Three suits were
filed yesterday in the United States Circuit
Court by tbe Boyden Brake Company, ot Balti
more, one being against tbe Westinghouse Air
Brake Company, of Pittsburg, one against tbe
Northern Central Railway and the other against
tbe Western Maryland Railroad for infringe
ment of the relssne letter patent dated April 2.
This patent was granted to George A. Boyden,
inventor, and relates to a triple valve for the
automatic air brake. Four claims are said to
be infringed. It Is alleged to be tbe first pat
ent la this class of brakes, covering a passage
for discharging air from the train pipe directly
into tbe brake cylinder. Mr. Mann, patent at
torney, states that tbls feature is essential to
produce tbe desired quick action, and it is this
which makes It practicable to use automatic
air brakes on long trains of freight cars.
As indicating tne imoortance oi tnis inven
tion, it is stated that orders for equipping 60.000
cars witn tne imDrovea quick action DraKes.
were given by various railroads since Decam
ber, 1837. Prior to this date, brake valves with
this quick action feature were not in general
use.
Rather tbe fennle Woald Say So.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Charles Emory Smith said last night in
speaking of his appointment to the Russian
Mission: "Of course my nomination to-day
was not a surprise to me, as it has been talked
ot for some time, but tbe tender of the office
was a perfect surprise, as in my last interview
with tbe President which was only three days
before the office was tendered me, I had urged
upon him the claims of another gentleman for
the place. As tor whether I will accept tbe
office, it would hardly bs decorous for me to
say until tbe Senate has confirmed my nomina
tion." Another Case of Golden Silence.
From the New York Press.
The free trade organs are as silent as a Phila
delphia grave as to our challenge to show why
we should import rather than make an article
that costs the nation a big deduction of wealth
when it Is imported and a small deduction of
wealththe raw materials when it is home
made. All Pj-rseot nt the Cabinet Meeting.
WABHTNGTOKFebruary It All the mem
bers were present at the Cabinet meeting to
day, including Secretaries Blaine and Tracy.
Tbisfis tbe first time that tbere has been a full
attendance ia several weeks.
WANAAEbY8 PLAKS.
He I Very Intent In Advocating a Postal
Telegraph Bill Featares of the Measnro
Proposed by Him.
Washington, February 11. Postmaster
General Wanamaker appeared before tbe
House Committee on Postoffices and Post
Roads to-day, and read an elaborate statement
in favor of a system of postal telegraphy. Mr.
Wanamaker said he had prepared a bill based
on tbe four bills which had been Introduced in
tbe House this session on the same subject and
be believed that It would be satisfactory. He
proposed to begin the experiments by estab
lishing postal telegraph communication be
tween the 400 free delivery offices in tbe coun
try, and to gradually extend the service to
smaller offices. A uniform rate on messages
could not be established. Mr. Wanamaker be
lieved that the scheme should be tried for ten
years on leased wires. Mr. Wanamaker said be
was not proposing that the Government should
purchase or build a telegraph line, nor the ap
propriation of a large sum from the Treasury,
nor the creating of a new body of employes,
but simply the utilization ot the office build
ings, clerks and carriers now in use, and by
convenience and economy of service to greatly
accommodate the public in business that should
be divorced from the Postoffice, as it was
nothing- more or less than the carrjing of mes
sages. He said he proposed a union of post and tele
graph on A basis that in his judgment would
not interfere to any appreciable extent with
any existing rights, but that would offer In
calculable service to classes not now enjoying
the use of tbe telegraph to any large degree.
He askea that he be directed to negotiate and
secure a set of leased wires, such as the great
newspapers nave irom city to city, or oroxers
and bankers bave connecting their offices In
the different cities; that tbe common people
might communicate through their business
offices (the postnffices) city to city, or by mes
sages dropped In tbe city mail boxes. The
people bad now the buslners offices, the clerks,
wbo could soon learn the tick of tbe machines,
the carriers, wbo traveled with bundles ot let
ters over tbe same streets traversed by tele
graph boys and tbe stamps for payment That
dispenses with bookkeeping, and all that was
needed to build up the new service was au
thority and a wire and a new thrill of life
would soon be felt throughout the country.
He held and declared most emphatically, he
(aid, that such a service was the legitimate
work of the postoffice, and that the people
were right In stoutly demanding telegraph
facilities at postal stations. Tbe bill provides
for tbe establishment of the limited post and
telegraph service, as a bureau of the Postoffice
Department and all postoffices where tbe free
delivery service exists, or may be hereafter es
tablished, or postoffices in other places which
the Postmaster General may designate, shall
be postal telegraph stations. The Postmaster
General is authorized to contract for a period
not exceeding ten years, with one or more tele
graph companies for the transmission by tele
graph of postal telegrams, or for the furnish,
ing of the lines. Postal telegrams may be for
warded by mail from any postoffice in the
United States to any postal telegraph office,
aud shall there be transmitted by telegraph,
provided the necessary rate be paid in ad
dition. Postal telegrams bearing special de
livery stamps shall nave special delivery. No
liability shall accrue against the Postoffice De
partment or telegraph company on account of
errors or delays in tbe transmission of tele
grams. Nothing in the act shall be so con
strued as to prohibit any telegraph company
from performing a general business for the
public as the same is now done.
The money order service of the Postoffice
Department shall, as soon as practicable, be
adopted under such rules and regulations as
the Postmaster General may prescribe, be
tween such postoffices as may from time to
time be designated by him as postal telegram
money order offices, and he shall fix the fees to
be charged for postal telegraph money orders,
which shall not exceed double the rates now
charged for domestic money orders, in addition
to double the charge for postal telegrams ot 20
words; but no postal telegraph money order
shall exceed in amount S10O. The Postoffico
Department shall be entitled to ascertain sum
(not fixed) for each postal telegram originating
in the postal offices. The charges in any one
State shall not exceed 10 cents for messages of
20 words or less, counting address and signa
ture, nor over 25 cents for anv distance under
1,500 miles: nor over 60 cents for any greater
distance, the rates and rules and regulations to
be prescribed by the Postmaster General. The
sum appropriated to carry out the provisions
of the bill is left blank.
THE M0K6AN APPOINTMENT
Become the Subject of an Extensive Debate
in the Senate.
Washington, February It For an hour
and a half this afternoon tbe Senate, in execu
tive session, listened to speeches lu opposition
to the confirmation of tbe nomination of
Thomas J. Morgan to be Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, and of Daniel Dorebester to be
Superintendent of Indian Schools. Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, was the first speaker. He
devoted himself largely to a review of General
Morgan's military career, which he declared to
oe oi sucn a nature tnai it snouia prevent nis
confirmation.
Senator Vest followed. Ha discussed Dr.
Dorchester's policy ot conducting schools, and
criticised it as wholly impracticable, owing to
tbe nature of the Indians. While declaring
himself to be anything but Catholic in senti
ment coming, as he did, from old Scotch Pres
byterian stock, ne felt that tbe Senate should
not consent to the confirmation of those who
were obnoxious to a large body of citizens.
At tbe next execntive session Senator Dawes
is expected to speak on behalf of Mr. Morgan
and Mr. Dorchester, and probably a vote will
then be taken. A large number of minor ap
pointments were confirmed to-day.
GROWING IN P0POLAEITT.
Tbe Dispatch Fast Gaining Favor Among;
Eastern Ohio Reader.
From the Barnesvllle, O., Eepabllcan.
Ot all the papers that come to tbls town pos
sibly no one has, tbe past three months, in
creased in circulation, popular esteem and fa
vor as has The Pittsbueq Dispatch. Not
only here, but throughout this section. The
Dispatch has gained most rapidly a promi
nence and Influence of value to its owners, of
pleasure to its contributors and of profit to its
"printer's ink" patrons.
The Ptttsbttbg Dispatch has well-earned
advantages in gathering the news ot general
Interest which fact makes it a favorite among
those for wbom newspapers are made. As to
The Dispatch management, "the power be
hind th6 throne" has oar congratulations.
Tlsn't PnrndUo They Seek.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tbe settlers that boom in the spring were in
Oklahoma last year. This year they are in
Booth Dakota, and next year tbey will ba
wherever there is a rush to some fancied para
dise. The idea of settling down somewhere
and workingtnere until they make allttle para
dise ot their own never seems to occur to these
people.
EDITORIALS FROM EXCHANGES.
PniLADEuniA Heeord: Colonel Dudley's
libel suits are beinx subjected to immense
mark downs.
Philadelphia Press: Idaho is more
clamorous than ever for admission to the
Union. But before she gets in sbe must first
prove her ability to hold the Mormons in check.
CINCINNATI CammtrciaUQazette: Wo
have as yet failed to see the official list of New
England manufacturers who are crying for free
raw materials. It must dwell alone in the Im
aginations of theoretical free-traders.
New Yobk Herald: Minister Phelps has
been hobnobbing with Bismarck at tbe hitter's
private dining table. Mr. Phelps' "language
of diplomacy" was not used, but American
patriotism will exult to learn that Kentucky
whisky was.
Albany Journal (Rep.): Thomas B. Reed is
the Bismarck of American politics a man of
blood and iron. With the exception of John S.
Clarkson no Republican has made a better
record and secured a wider popularity during
the past year than tbe big fellow from Maine.
Philadelphia Jhgrufrer.- We are glad to
bave tbe assurance of Governor Biggs, ot Del
aware, that the peach crop is by no means
ruined. On tne.contrary, he says that the pros
pects of a big crop are unusually favorable.
Governor Biggs will go down to fame as tbe
first Delawarean to predict that a peach crop
is not a failure.
PrfTXADELPHiA Ledger: Wyoming Terri
tory is one of the few places where women
have a direct influence upon legislation, and
Wyoming proposes to put a special tax on
bachelors wbo have reached the ags of years
of 2 SO per annum. Whether this tax Is in
tended "for revenue only" or to compel young
men to wed. It Is entirely too small. Any man
who prefers to remain single would willingly
pay CO per year rather than forego the privilege.
CURIOUS CONDEKSATIOSB.
Three pounds and ahalf lathe combined
weight of twins presented to a happy couple at
Topeka.
The increased cost of wood and ivory is
said to bave increased one-third the cost of
English pianos.
Ebon T. Marshall, of Eincon, Cal., suf
fered so from corns on his little toes that he had
the toes cut off.
The Eev. J. EL Weber, of Eugene, Ore.,
ejected avonntr man from bis' church, but the
exercise cost H3 50.
The oldest Odd Fellow in the State, Dr.
Hugh Arters, of Meadrille, is ill. He was
made a member 60 years ago.
A London publisher at a recent dinner
to Toole, the actor, bad the name of each guest
written upon the table cloth at tbe place he was
to occupy.
A bill before the Massachusetts Legis
lature will abolish fines forbad weaving. In
some cases men have been" fined S3 50 out of a
pay ot $6 50.
There are 2,000,000 organized farmers in
tbe alliances, principally in the South and
West They run. co-operative stores, mills,
warehouses, etc
It was discovered at a recent banquet in
New York city, which William Lloyd Garrison
attended, that none of the negro waiters had
hoard the name before.
A Cadillac, Mich., man owned a hen
which got the grip a few days ago, sneezed vio
lently for several hours and at last became in
sane, after which it died.
James O. and Ann Tomhnson. of Plain
field county, lnd., lately celebrated the seventy
first anniversary ot their marriage. The hus
band is 100 and tbe wife 90.
At Beloit, O., a tramp jumped from a
slowly moving freight train, seized a gold
headed cane that was standing at the door of a
residence, got back on the train and went his
way.
A French count now in London claims
to have made an electric apparatus so delicate
that the needle in it can be made to revolve one
way or the other at the will of the person hold
ing a wire connected with it
A traveling dramatic company per
formed so execrably In an Indian village in
Michigan that the audience chased them from
the exhibition building, but held on to tho
orchestra and spent the evening in dancing.
It is said that in the depths of Africa the
natives still retain thq memory of Sir Charles
Baker, and especially of his wife, wbo traveled
there with him many years ago. They call him,
it is said, "Loogbeard," and his wife "Morning
Star."
W. M. Brooks, of Boxfaury. Mass.,
who is 93 years old, is the champion "old sub
scriber." He has taken tne Boston Journal
thirty consecutive years, the Christian Regis
ter sixty-five, and tho Eastport Sentinel seventy-one
years.
An electrie plant (vegetable plant) is
said to bave been discovered la India which has
the power of affecting tbe magnetic needle at a
distance of 20 feet wben the weather is favor
able. In rainy weather it has no electric in
fluence whatever.
The prince of gourmands or cranks will
be at a New York museum this week. His
name is Manning aud he will eat 100 raw eggs
every day for two weeks. To do this he must
swallow 17 eggs at each of the six shows given
daily at tbe museum.
There Is an establishment in Sedalia,
Ma, at which 1,600 turkeys are killed daily. It
employs 75 hands, and "pickers" make from
II 60 to (3 a day. Tbe turkeys are killed by
running the blade of a knife through the roof
of the month Into the brain. They are shipped
to New York.
One of the most remarkable old men
is Prof. Frank Stouch, a dancing master well
known to several generations of people in
Berks and surrounding counties. He is 83
years of age, and has been a teacher of dancing
for 54 yuars of his life and is still at it conduct
ing his classes as successfully as be did SO or 40
years ago. He now has seven classes in Read
ing aad Lebanon with 160 pupils, and during
his career has taught over 21,000 young people
the mystery and art of dancing.
An interesting contest has taken place
in a north London collegiate school for girls
between two factions which have been actively
divided on the question ot corset wearing.
Arguments and discussions simply added fuel
to the name, and It waa finally decided to settle
the discussion by an athletic contest consisting
of a high leap, a long leap, a tug-of.war and a
footrace. There were 1(? competitors, eight of
which were laced Into whalebone girdles and
eight wore simple blouses. Tbe non-corset
faction were easily victors, their champion dis
tancing all rivals with a leap of 12 feet.
Not many Eastern people, unless they
are acquainted with the forests of the Missis
sippi Valley, and more especially tbose found
on the higher Allegheny Mountains, know
what a really large hickory tree is. The shell
barks of Southern Indiana are sometimes 150
feet tall, with trunks four or five feet in di
ameter; and bare of limbs for seventy or eighty
feet and even larger trees can be found in tbe
still almost untouched forests of Eastern Ten
nessee and Western North Carolina. Bnt those
large trees are doomed, and before many years
bave passed every hickory tree of sufficient
size and proper quality will bare been sacri
ficed to supply the ever-increasing demand for
the wood.
A Tokio correspondent gives some
amusing specimens of English as it is written
by the Japanese. Among them are these, from
a library company's rules: "The Proffession ot
our Company is supplying tbe all Japanese
Classical and Modern Books or Chinese and
English Language Books to Readers for recier
ing duly Lending Price." "The object of our li
brary is for the Reader who desired to Read
many book at one time for searching useful
matter. Therefore all book which is ready in
our Company, Is permit to Read; but tbe pre
vailing Book at present is wished for Reader
to be lend from tbe procedeur of sending."
"Who has read the Book of our Company,
above Three month by tbe Polish way ot the
reading, thought of our Company will send
the Signature of Special and may ba lend by
paying Lending Pries that mitigating 1-10 of
ft."
Some interest has been manifested in
the recent statement that the Illinois agricul
tural report shows the corn crop of 18S9 in this
State to hare cost nearly (10,000,000 more than
its total estimated value, which is placed at
$58,337,049, and tbe total cost or production at
68,272,872. The items entering into the cost of
production are 11: Use of land, plowing, bar
rowing, laying off, planting seed, tending, gath
ering, cutting, shelling and marketing. The
figures upon all these are obtained by sending
froperly ruled cards to trusty correspondents
n all parts of the State, and from, their esti
mates the totals and charges are made up. It
is to be observed that tbe result attributed to
the year 18S9 is no new thing: in fact, the re
sult, similarly obtained on the last 30 corn
crops of Illinois, shows a loss upon 18 and a
profit upon 14, and it Is peculiar that the total
cost per acre as given in the table stands at ex
actly S10 60 an acre from 1860 to 1882. thence it
declined to 9 75 for the crops of the last two
years. The nsa of the land Is figured at an
average of 7 per cent on its cash value.
MEANT TO AMUSE.
Mrs. Blnodgood What 1 not an open fire
place nor a store la the house? How does your
father warm his slippers, Willie?
Willie (rneinlly) Warms 'em on me. ma'am.
Burlington Frit Press.
Young Belfast Had a weal adventure the
other day. Miss Sharplelgh. Went fishing and a
gweat bwnte of a farm dog made me stay with him
three hours.
Miss Bharpielgh Poor old doggie. Jfraki't
Hagarint.
Amy Yon were entirely alone, weren't
yon, Mr. DoUeyr
Dolley-Xe. Miss Amy, untn yon came I w
alone with my thoughts. -
Amy-That's what I said. Yon were entirely
alone. Kew lork Sun,
First Operatic Manager WTiy didn't
your company play "WallywtflyTille?"
Seeon' Ditto-Stage too low. Opera written so
high that many of oor soprano's notes couldn't bo
gotten on to the stags at all, sows had to cancel
our date. Tim.
First Stranger Ye, I believe in firmly
the influence of heredity. Take my own ease, for
Instance. All my ancestors for generations have
been men of letters or have been connected with
literature in some way.
Second Stranger And yon follow in their foot
steps?
Xes, I am a book agent." merfeo.
Benney Mr. Sloat will you give your
daughter to me in marriage?
Mr. Bloat-Well, well! 1 see thatyou don'tkuow
my daughter as yet.
Benney (astonished) Wh what do you mean,
sir?
Mr. Bloat-ir yon had been thoroughly ac
quainted wilti her you would have said: "Will
yon give me to your daughter in. marriage?"
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