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DAILY DiSFATCH, One Year I 8 00 Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter 2 00 Daily Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year. 1000 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, Sm'ths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, IncIudlngBunday.lmonth 90 Sunday Dispatch, One Year 250 "Weekly Dispatch. One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 35 cent per week, or Including bunday edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. FEB. 15. 1891 THE BUXES SETTLED. The new House rules were adopted yester day by a strict party vote. On the, under standing, which the press reports do not make quite clear, that the obnoxious clause permitting legislative riders on appropria tion bills was stricken out, the changes are of debatable character. The most ques tionable .features of the rules are the motives which led to their adoption and the delay in their presentation. The weakness of the Bepnblican position is that it is a direct disavowal oi the princi ples which the Republican leaders have avowed as fundamental in legislative gov ernment "When the declarations of Blaine, Garfield and Mr. Beed himself are on record to the effect that the protection of the minority, which these rules take away, is necessary tor the protection of the public, the deliberate overthrow of such barriers is a grave disavowal of principles. States men's views of policy may change, bnt the principles which they avow as guarding public rights against hasty or injurious legislation should be immutable. Mr. Heed's recantation of his own declarations on the main point is a practical assertion of bis standpoint that principle is of no im--portance beside party interest This is the sum total of two and a half months of the session. The record of this Congress for attending to anything but the public welfare is, so far, very remarkable. A BIG FB0JECT The plans for the new town of Charleroi, upon which work has already begun, are promising for a boom up the Monongahela river. The building of the biggest plate glass factory in the world which is to be in operation next fall is of itself enough to satisfy .a moderate appetite for increase oi industries: but that is only a starting point for the other industrial works and the city of 50,000 people which is to be planted up there at a cost of $7,000,000. "With a due allowance for the inflation produced by poetic license, when inspired by such a theme, the plans for work on the new town promise active enterprise, busy times in the building trade and the early loundation of a new and thriving industrial town which will contribute to Pittsburg's business and share in Pittsburg's prosperity. An early inauguration and long activity to the am bitious new town of Charleroi. PRISTS FIGHTERS' naUTHITY. The prize fighting fraternity had a little misadventure the other evening. One of the contestants in a fistio exhibition in Texas bad the misfortune to receive a death blow. The man who dealt the blow escaped; tut Kilrain, Muldoon and other darlings of the pugilistic world are under arrest to be tried for manslaughter. But this calls attention to the fact that Kilrain and Muldoon were supposed to be serving out jail sentences for prize fighting in Mississippi. The severe administration of the laws which sentences prize fighters for their offenses and then lets them go un punished to benefit by the advertisements is one of tbe singular achievements of, Missis sippi justice. Governor Dowry's crnsade against prize fighting turns out to yield almost as remarkable results as the other unique features of government by law in that State. It remains to be seen whether Texas justice has any more stamina In dealing with the professional law breakers than tbe Mississippi article. WHAT CONGBESS SHOULD DO. The irretrievable way in which the New York politicians have ruined the "World's life Bippfclj. Fair scheme for the metropolis, is beginning to show to impartial minds the necessity of promptly settling the location of the enter prise in some other city and permitting the work to be pushed without delay. The House Committee yesterday reported in favor of holding the Fair in 1892. If this is to be done with any degree of success, further fooling about the location is suicidal. It is quite plain that New York has utterly wasted whatever chances it had. The Phila delphia papers which have heretofore been favorable to the New York enterprise, are generally expressing themselves to the effect that since the New York scheme is dead, Congress should go ahead, locate the Fair at Washington, and make it an international success. This is undoubtedly the right thing to do. Let the frittering stop and real work bein, ou an exhibition of broad national proportions at Washington. THE PRODUCERS' PLAIT. A report was published yesterday to the effect that the petroleum producers of the Southern Pennsylvania field are considering the necessity of protecting the premium on their oil, which, since the absorption of the independent pipe lines, is entirely depend ent upon the option of the Standard. The method which the producers are said to con template is the obvious one of improving their connection with independent refineries and constructing refineries of their own. How well-founded the statement may be is not certain, but there is no doubt that such a policy would be the highest wisdom for the producing interests. The premium on oil is generally credited to the superior quality produced in certain districts; but it is significant that it has appeared most in variably in districts where competing pipe lines and refineries were in operation. In other words the market value of crude pe troleum is higher where there is competition for it The obvious interest of the pro ducers, therefore, is to cherish the inde pendent refiners and pipe lines which yield the increased returns. This was the original policy of the Pro ducers' Association. Had it been unswerv ingly adhered to, the attitude ot the petroleum trade would have been very dif ferent now. But the Standard's agents skillfully switched the organization off into the shutdown movement and left it there, while the trust was squeezing the inde pendent interests and gobbling the Ohio field. The movement to revive independent refining is simply a return to the original and correct intention, and it should be urged forward to full realization. If the producers will create an independ ent refining business at Pittsburg, as the center of the Southern field, with pipe lines to each district, they may yet produce a revolution, in the petroleum industry in a very short time. BOTH ALIKE. The Democrats are justly aroused and in dignant over a Congressional apportionment of Ohio which gives 358,000 Bepnblican voters sixteen representatives, and only per mits five members of the House to a Demo cratic vote of 379,000. Likewise Bepnb lican opinion is horrified over the Demo cratic idea of giving the sixteen seats to the 379,003 Democratic vote, and making the 568,000 Bepnblican vote satisfy itself with the five seats. Tet the Democratic notion of a fair correc tion of the first inequality is the perpetra tion of the second injustice; and the Bepnb lican idea of preventing the second grab is the perpetuation of the first greediness. This discloses the real fact that neither party wishes to do what is just; but the idea of both is to conduct party polioy on the ethics of swinishness. Could there be any better proof of the necessity for new party ethics which shall place public justice above partisan greed? THE SEAL SIUXrFICAltCE, The feeble attempt to create a public at tack on the inter-State commerce law found an echo in Indianapolis, where some in fluence sought to revive the old system of rebates. Something like it on the surface, but yet with a very different foundation, is the petition which is coming from Nebraska for the repeal of the long and short haul clause. We do not think that the Nebraska peo ple will adhere to this desire when they understand the real significance of what tbey ask. Their complaint is that the rail road charges are so high that their products cannot pay the cost of transportation to mar ket In regard to corn, for example, the staple in some parts of the West, will not, if sold in the central markets, yield enough over freight charges to pay for shipping it. The disposition is to put the blame of this on the much-berated fourth section. But as all that section does is to forbid an actually higher charge at an intermediate point, it is plain that if any intermediate rates forbid a reduction of through rates on corn, the short haul rates must also be prohibitive. The actual effect of the Nebraska movement would be that the railroads should put pro hibitive rates on Indiana or Illinois corn in order that Nebraska corn can be csrried more cheaply. There is a rather industrious revival of the old industry roorbacks about this meas ure; but the three years experience that the country has had, will enable the misrepre sentations to be readily recognized. After due deliberation and experience, the KnoxviUe School Board have determined J-hat it is better to wear out the rod and tbe child also, in order that each may fulfill its mission. This thing of spoiling boys in order to save the rattans proves to be bad economy. The assertion is made in the New York Epoch, a journal that is especially versed in the relations of money ana politics, that it will cost the man who succeeds William M. Evarts, as New York Senator, $100,000 to 150,000. This in dicates a clear recognition of the fact that New York politics are run by money and that Sena torshlps are a matter of barter and sale. But when such assertions are made Is It not time for the people to take some steps In the premises T A deficiency ot $21,500,000 on the big gest pension appropriation ever made is a rather strong feature for tbe administration's first year. It may be judged a little too strong by some of the people who pay the taxes. Statistics show that tbe acreage of the new land opened up to settlers in the West is equal to one-fourth of the total acreage of the New England States. Yet people think it queer that the New England farmers are abandoning their farms, when the United Btates will give their Western competitors land at SI 25 per acre, and the railroads will J carry the Western products to tbe seaboard at about the same charges as the New England products. The Parnellites may well rejoice over the commissions' finding. Having been before that tribunal they should appreciate their happy deliverance to the degree of giving thanks that tbey are still alive. The Cronin jury bribers have four of them plead guilty to a conspiracy to pack the jury, and the fifth, who was most active in tbe business, has made a practical confession of his guilt by jumping his bail and departing for parts unknown. This leaves no doubt of the whole conspiracy to commit murder and cor rupt justice. The worst of it is that the punishments Imposed for such heinous crimes are altogether inadequate to the offense. The sitting of a commission to revise the Door laws of the State may raise some hope in the heart of investors that the revenue law will be amended. But the laws to be revised refer to paupers and not taxpayers. Chief Bushyhead, of the Cherokee Nation, thinks that the negroes should be sent back to Africa. We do not suppose that the tawny statesman has any prejudice against color, but he doubtless perceives that when this principle has been applied to the length of sending back the Chinese to Asia and the whites to Europe, his own race will realize on the reversion to a very pretty property. Democratic gerrymanders following upon Republican gerrymanders warrant the impartial citizens that, with the choice between one party or the other, they might as well take to he woods. The modern idea of measuring the suc cess of statesmen by the offices tbey can gob ble is a variation ot the old theory that it as sisted in the measures that were framed and enacted. The later criterion may not be the most elevated one: but it accomplishes a de cided economy in the wear and tear of the gray matter of the statesmen's brains. Stolen ballot boxes and a shooting affray over their disappearance, as a Kansas incident, indicate that the once orderly State is suffer ing from the infliction of Mississippi methods. The Southern chivalry which displays itself in the direction of sending Senator Ingalls anonymous abuse and buckshot car tridges through the mails may be a slight im provement on that which whipped women and sold its own children; but it is of the same race and does not do to brag about. Sites for the library and branches are pro posed so rapidly that if the wrong selection is not made it will not be for lack of opportunity. The attack of the Parnellites which forces the Tories to whitewash, by tbe mere brutal strength of a party vote, the use of forged documents, may be an apparent defeat, but it Is a moral victory. Snch a showing of the Tory methods may not carry Parliament, but It is sure to tell upon the people. The political war that for a space did fall, now trebly thundering swells the advertis ing columns of the newspapers. Eev. T. DeWitt Talmaqe was ready to turn the eye of faith on everything he saw in the Holy Land until they offered him the identical jars in which water was turned into wine. Then he began to think that there are circumstances under which infidelity is par donable. And still that fire engine test is con cealed somewhere in tbe dim recess of the un known future. The railroad proposition to advance the freight rates on lamp chimneys may be due to an unselfish desire to benefit the river business by turning the large shipments of this Pitts burg product to that route. The philanthropy of tbe corporations always was their stumbling blocks. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Colonel Daniel Lamont was in Wash ington tbe other day and met the President for the first time. A HASSIVE tombstone representing a Hon and weighing five tons is to be placed over the grave of the late Dr. J. C. Ayer. Jakes Russell Lowell's home in Cam bridge overlooks famous Mount Auburn Ceme tery, the white tombstones in which may be seen from ths upper windows of the house glistening in the moonligh:. It is announced that Theodore Thomas, the great orchestral leader, Is soon to marry Miss Rose Fay, of Chicago. The lady is the daugh ter of the late Charles Fay, an Episcopal clergy man, of Cambridge. Mass. In memory of his wife, Thomas Nelson Page, the author, has placed in the Moore Memorial Church in Richmond a beautiful stained-glass window that was made in Munich. It repre sents a "King's Daughter" dispensing charity. M. Nicolini-Patti, the stepson of Adelina PatfJ, has obtained an engagement as first tenor at the Paris Grand Opera. He has been trained by tbe diva herself and will make his debut in a few days as Manrico in "Trovatore-" The Talbots are tbe richest people In Wales. Miss Talbot, daughter of the late Father of the English House ot Commons, is worth 15,008,000 in railway stocks, besides owning large estates. She is a fragile, sweet-faced woman, very char itable in her habits. Miss Talbot's mines are immensely valuable. Princess Victoeia of Prussia has ob tained tbe permission of her brother, Kmperor , William, to reside permanently in England, and he has granted her an allowance of 10,000 a year. Germany has become distasteful to the Princess since the abrupt termination of her engagement to Prince Alexander of Batten berg, who coolly jilted her in order to marry the opera singer, Marie Loesinger. Chicago Inter Ocean: Andrew Carnegie's munificent gift of $1,000,000 to a public library for Pittsburg, with only tbe reasonable condi tions that the city forever make the gift avail able to the uses of the public, is an excellent example to other men of wealth. The acts of such men as Peabody, Rockefeller, Newberry, Crerar, Carnegie and others do much to break down the bitterness toward men of wealth. FKOH STATE WEEKLIES. West Newtojt Times: Select good, live men for office. Let the mossbacks raise their crop for themselves, not for the town. Fobest -RepuoKean: Senator Ingalls made a very strong point against the South when he said they had tried every plan of dealing with the colored man except to give him equal and exact justice, and his advice to try that awhile was pertinent. Bedford Inquirer i Tnatthe majority will rule in Congress this winter may as well be accepted as a settled fact. Minority rule is undemocratic, however much it maybe wanted by modern politicians masquerading under the name of Democrats. Armstkong -RrtJu&iiean; It is only a few years since Representative Mills arose in the House and declared that the will of the ma jority "is tbe supreme law of the land' Things, however, have changed since then Mr. Mills has changed, also, and the House is no longer Democratic. PrNXSUTA'WN ey Spirit: A dynamite bomb was found In tbe United Btates Capitol the other day. We suspect that Speaker Reed bad a pocketful of them to be used instead of the gavel to bring the House to order, and that be accidentally dropped one. But, of course, we wouldn't want you to mention it. Shabpsvtlm Advertlter: It is a signifi cant fact that nearly all tbe churches have entered on an epoch of creed making. Snch periods are rare in the history of the church. One was the century following the conversion of the Roman Empire, another was tbe Re formation. Each of these periods was a reli gious revolution which changed the whole character of Christianity. A Speech Worth Hearing-. From the Philadelphia Times. Tbe Queen's speech to "My Lords and Gen tlemen" Is very dry reading. If she had been making a speech to Battenberg on the evils of staying ont late at night now, the report in print would have been interesting. ANDREW CAUNEGIK. He nameless sleeps who built the Pyramids; Their mltfhty peaks In silent grandeur rise, Andvalnly pierce the blue Of Egypt's skies, For envious Time man's fondest hopes outbids. And scatters dust upon his coda lids; Across the shining sands in blank surprise The rJphinx bath fixed her staring, stony eyes, Yet tonxueless she to tell what fate forbids; Bnt thou dost build a noble modument For, here within these massive granite walls. In quiet alcoves and In peaceful nooks, Through shaded corridors and lengthened balls Thy name shall still be breathed among tfa e books, Though Time 'gainst thee his fateful shaft have bent. X, J. Chapman, in to-day t Pitteourg Bulletin. THE TOPICAL TALKER. What the Debt From a Chamber Gas Jet Showed Jmt in Time. 'THE water within the lock was green. A thin film of ico gave it an oily appearance. The river was brown, and sky and hills all around were forbiddingly gray. A sharp wind blew across the water, and chopped the short waves into foam. But it was into the deep water within the lock, greenish and greasy with fast melting ice, that we were looking. The lock was a new piece of Government work, and Charles Abbott had been sent from Washing ton to inspect It. I was there at Mr. Abbott's invitation. He was an old friend of mine, and as he knew nothing of that part of the country I went with him to show him the way an easy task. The inspection was finished and we were standing on the string-piece aimlessly looking into the deep water. "I don't understand how a man can choose drowning as a means of suicide." said Abbott. "When a man is ready to commit suicide," I rejoined, "he is not particular about the means, I guess. "Bnt that green, dirty water wouldn't tempt a man, wonld it?" continued Abbott, and with his cane be reached down and stirred the bro ken ice. "No, the most rigid Prohibitionist on earth would shy at that water," said I with a view to changing the drift of conversation. It is not pleasant on a dis mal day, to stand on the brink of a dark and deep pool and talk of suicide. Just then a sharp whistle reminded us that the train to convey us to town was approaching. We turned our backs on the river and were in the cars two minutes later. Nominally for amusement that night we went to the theater. The piece was new to both of us. A sensational melodrama, with all the latest improvements, including real water, a real locomotive and several other realities. Unfortunately not a real actor trod the stage that night. All the same the climactic episode of the play was horrible enough. The villain, driven like a rat into a comer, blew bis brains out to escape tbe death penalty which he would have had to pay. The suicide was very life like in its rendering. By some sleight of hand the actor contrived to dash some red liquid against bis forehead at the moment he fired, and one seemed to see the very breach through which the life blood was flowing. This was not tbe end of the play, but we did not wait toseethe crowning of virtue in the last act. We went home to my rooms. Abbott bad consentod to spend the night with me, and leave for Washington on the early morning train. V J2)oes the blood gush ont like that from a gunshot wound?" said Abbott as we gained the street. My remembrance of a trag edy to which I was a witness seven years ago prompted me to say yes. An unhappy gov erness chose the moment I was passing ber on the platform of a station on the Third avenue elevated railway in New York to put a bullet through her shapely bead. A drop or two of tbe poor girl's blood splashed me. This 1 did not discover till I took my collar off at night I remember I took great pains to destroy that collar. AH this and more I told my friend as we walked through tbe quiet streets. He eagerly questioned me about tbe tragedy, and I told him all I could remember of the girl's story a common one all the world over too much love, too much trust and an awakening too late. "Do yon think her death was painful?" Ab bott asked. "Whocan tell?" said i "When I saw her afterward in a gas-lit back room at tbe police station I was astonished to see how calm and peaceful the expression of the girl's face was. Some kind hand had wiped away the blood stains, and the ugly bole in tbe white forehead was hidden by locks of wavy dark brown hair. Death hardly seemed to be a visitor there. TT was not until we were within my own rooms that I noticed Abbott was strangely preoc cupied. He had not been in good spirits all day, bnt neither had L I attributed our dis temper to tbe weather. Sky tbe color of blot ting paper and a cold wet wind are not cheer ing, especially if encountered beside a swollen, muddy river. But Abbott was not Interested in the drawing of corks as was bis wont. The beer laughed in bis glass, but found no reflection in his face. He smoked a very mild cigar a small thing a boy might manage as nervously as if it were as strong as my friend Belford's biggest Reginas. The topic we discussed I made a point should not be gloomy. It was the mar riage of a mutual friend a few days before. But before we had speculated two minutes concern ing the bridegroom's prospects, Abbott had given the conversation a funereal turn by dilat ing upon the advantages of insurance, especial ly to a married man. "Most ot the Insurance companies, I notice," said he, "no longer regard suicide as nullifying their contracts. In several cases lately the full insurance bas been paid over to the sui cide's heirs." But I did not really notice this recurrence to the theme of self-destruction at the time. When two cigars bad disappeared in fragrant smoke and ashes, we were ready for bed, AS Abbott threw his trousers oyer a chair something gave out a harsh clinkl "You are prepared lor prohibition districts?" said I. "No," Abbott replied, and ho took ont from his hip pocket of his notber garments a plain, serviceable six-shooter. "That's a pretty weapon, isn't it?' he added. I am not fondof loaded revolvers, and my examination of the weapon was very superficial bejoro I laid it on the dressing bureau with the remark that it was safest there. In five minutes I was asleep. A dream I cannot remember pursued me all night. It was full of gloom and sudden flashes of terror. A thunderstorm upon the brain. A sudden sense of palpable horror waked me. Phantoms of the dream were still around me as I opened my eyes. Sheets and blankets are very reassuring things when one awakes from a nightmare. I pulled the bed clothes up to my neck, and was thoroughly awake. Then I remembered Abbott. I thrust out a hand on the side of the bed he had occupied. He was not there. The bed clothes and the pillow were cold. For tbe first time 'many scraps of conversation I have told yon, but to which I never gave a second thought when they oc curred, crowded upon me. 1 was In a panic Beside my bed npon the wall was a little con trivancecommon enough now for lighting tbe room. You touch a button and an electric spark ignites the gas. My hand was upon this button in a second. 1 turned it and the room was flooded with light. What aid I see? In front of the bureau stood Abbott dressed and erect. In his right band was the revolver he bad shown me. His face was pale pale as a dead man's. As tbe light flashed out and he Baw me setting up in bed with every hair of my head on end, I know he put the revolver down and said but there was a tremor in his voice "1 am sorry I waked you." "What in heaven are you up to V was all I could stntter out. "Ob, I thought I wonld go without waking you you need sleep, you know, and" but Abbott's eyes went down and he did not finish tbe sentence. Tbe train he was to take would not start for more tban three hours, but I said nothing of that, nothing ot my suspicions. I got np and dressed. Then I asked Abbott for the revolver. He gave it to me without question. 1 have it still safely locked up in a bureau drawer. For weeks Abbott and 1 were together. Then he was ordered to take a sea voyage for his health. He sailed away two years ago. The ship was bound for an Australian port He died at Sydney not of brain disease, but plain, everyday typnoia lever, xnat was two years after I prevented him from ending his lease of life by bis own act DEATHS OP A DAY. Sir. Annie Bradley, The death of Mrs. Annie Brown Bradley occurred yesterday at her residence, 1310 Sarah street South side. Her death was the result of a severe cold, which developed Into pneumonia, a woman of great Chris tlanfortttnde,shehas been long known by the community wnere sbe has resided as a loving mother and a Kind and charitable neighbor. The funeral will take place from her late resi dence at 2 p. M. to-morrow, and the interment will be made In the tioutbslde Cemetery. Antoinette Tomtlnaon llerron. Antoinette Tomllnson Uerron, wife or Colonel b. G. Uerron, Superintendent of the Central Traction Company, died yesterday afternoon at the family residence. Mo. M Center avenue. She Frot in !od wasoDeorthe best Known residents on the hill, and was liked by everybody for her many charl' lame worxa. A COMPLETE SUCCESS, Flattering Tribute of Ibe Public to the Ladles of tbe Allegheny General Hos . pltnl Fair Committee An Evening Well DeToted to Charily. An unparalleled success was the entertain ment and supper given last evening for tbe benefit of the Allegheny General Hospital In Carnegie Library. Tbe ladies Interested in the project took possession of the building early in tbe morning, and under their directions tbe handsome tables in tbe reading room were decked with everything beautiful, after being gracefully draped In delicate colors. The gas stands in tbe center of each table proved ex cellent foundations for the display ot artistic taste in the arrangement ot dainty, pretty articles to delight the eye and open the purse, and later on In tbe evening, when the myriads of gas jets were dazzling in their brightness, the effect was indescribable. The portion of tbe room to the right as one entered the Federal street entrance was de voted to the fancy ware and tbe other side be came a cafe, with snowy, damask-covered tables, upon. which ice cream and cake were served. Jhe alcove was given over entirely to tbe dull family, and tbey were all present, dressed in the most bewitching toilets. Tbe ladies' reading room was quite tropical in its aspect, with its tall lemon trees, from which was plucked and sold the lemons that were fearfully and wonderfully; made. The biblio graphic room was transformed into a dining room, which was called the Rainbow dining room, and very appropriately so, for the beauti ful colors which decked the tables, harmonized as perfectly as ever tbey did in a genuine rain bow. The little reception room became the tea and bouillon room, and the large, square table was prettily laid with distracting little cups and saucers, from which the steaming tea was a a pleasure to sip, and the thin wafers that ac companied the tea were duly appreciated by the early comers, who needed something to counteract the effect of the rapidly descending rain, and gloom of the weather. Although the weather was most uupropltious in the afternoon, and the continual fall of rain converted the streets and walks into dangerous, deceptive little puddles that made the average Eedestrian or street car passenger wish that larius Green had been more successful with his flying machine, it apparently did not affect tbe attendance at tbe librarv, for it was essentially a carriage people. Early In the afternoon they began to arrive., and by 8 o'clock, the time designated for the opening of tbe dining room, the place was crowded. The tables were tilled immediately, and were kept so up to 8 o'clock. The supper served was every thing that an epicurean could desire in cold meats, salads, flaky biscuits, fruits, coffee, tea and chocolate. The decorations of the tables and the china used in serving delighted tbe eje, wjuie we nunger was appeased. The ladies In charge ot the various tables were as follows: Green Table-Chairmen. Mrs. James B. Scott, Mrs. George B. Logan, Mrs. Bert Follansbee. Aids, Miss Covert Mils West Lyon, Miss Addle Miller, Miss Betty Scott Miss Eleanor Wlllard, Miss Bessie Bennett Misses Ednah Logan, Bon nett Beam, Leggett. Yellow Table Chairmen. Mrs. William For sythe and Mrs. James A. Chambers. Aids, Mrs. H. Darlincton. Mm. A 1st l.nnc-hlln md Aliases Bessie Howe, Sallle Klcketson and Speer. Lavender Tablo-Chalrraen, Mrs. John G. Bte- Shenson and Miss Margaretta B. Park. Aids, Irs. James H. Park and Misses Margie Patter son, Emma Suydam, Frances Marshall, Jennie M. Boyle, Kieanor G. Park. Margaret Jamison, Lmma Wcttach. Cora Neeb. Sarah Scott Mary Phillips, Alice Stephenson, Bessie Keymer, Mary Lawrence, Ellen Stephenson. Pink Table Chairmen, Mrs. George McCoy, Mrs. William McCullouzh, Mrs. Josiah Coben, Mrs. Sullivan Johnson, Mrs. James Dewhurst Mrs. Frank Moore. Aids, Miss McCargo, Miss Patterson, Miss MrCnllough and Miss Mevar. Bewlckley Blue Table-Chairmen, Mrs. Halsey Williams and Mrs. William P. Snyder. Aids, Mrs. Harry Irwin, Mrs, Arthur B. Starr, Mrs. Burrows and Misses Black, Elng, Love, Lizzie Dickson and Jessie Black. Bed '1 able Chairmen, Mrs. B. F. Woodbarn and Mrs. W. P. Price. Aids, Mrs. Wylle Stephenson, Mrs, M. Curry, Mrs. James Gilmore, Misses Alice Keymer, Jean Alexander, Minnie McNeill. Olive Barbour, Sarah Barbour. May Woodburn, Grace Woodburn, Ida Gregg, Jennie Brown, Birdie Brown. Nellie Meyay, Maggie Evans, Bennett Hill and Ella Graham. White Table Chairmen, Mrs. Samuel Watson, Mrs. Wm. McCreery, Mrs. A. P. Bnrchneld. Aids, Misses McCreery, Mary T. Patterson, Mary Watson. Ella Andrews. Maria Andrews. Jean Marshall. Clara Peterson, Miss Burchfield, Miss Jamison, Miss Dravo. Lemonade Table Chairmen, Mrs. Collier and Mrs. J. L. McCutcheon. Aids, Mrs. T. G. Mc Cutcbeon and Misses Fanny Collier, Lyde Mc Creery, Agnes Murray, MlssOnary, Miss Lewis. Ice Cream Table-Chairmen. Mrs. D. W. Biggs, Mrs. John A. Myler. Aids, Mrs. Gllleland, Mrs. Balm. Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. Hodge. Mrs. Dr. GllHford. Misses Enla Sbaw. Edith Forgle, Mary Banks, Lain Lon;, .Edith Johnson, MaryiTrlrable, Belle Hollar, Cora Flabaven, Mary Wackerle, K. Richards, Lizzie Thomas, Minnie Heidelberg, Anna Myler, Mary Bowand, Kate Bowand. Alda Foster, Kate Foster, Alice Xrls bce, ulla Crooks, Cella Drummond, Celia Lair and Lou Moyle, Bouillon and Tea Table Chairmen, Mrs. Henry Buhl. Mrs. Philip Keymer. Aids. Mrs. Henry Myer, Mrs. Thomas Parke, Mrs. Alex. McClnre. Mrs. Abe fatterson, Mrs, Grant Pennock. Cake Table Chairman. Mrs. Charles G. Don ncll. Aids, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. Neely. Home-made Candy Table Chairman, Miss Alice Lyon. Aids, Miss Mossle Miller, Miss Madie Forsyth e, Miss Anna Khodes, Miss May Fbtlllps. Miss Bird McAboy, .Miss Losey Wright Miss May Severance. Fancy Table Chairmen, Mrs, John W. Chil ian t, Mrs. Maria Kinney, Mrs. Dr. Foster, Mrs. T. H. Koblnson, Mrs. Albert Horn, and young ladles to assist. Flower Table Chairmen, Mrs. Chris L. Magee, Mrs. Wilson McCandless, and young ladles to as sist. Doll Table Chairmen, Mrs. B. M. Byers, Mrs. Mary L. Chalfant Mrs. Dr. John Dickson, and young ladles to assist. .News Stand-Chairmen, MIfs Mary Speer, Miss I. C. Chalfant and young ladles to assist. Mrs. R. H. Boggs was Chairman of the Dining Room Committee, Mrs. Allan C. Kerr was treasurer and purchaser, and the following named ladies were the Supply Committee: Mrs. John a 81agle. Mrs. O, L. Miller, Mrs. Robert McCain. Mrs. H. D. Campbell. At 8 o'clock the music hall became the at traction, ana when tbe doors were thrown open the crowd filed in and was greeted by the most picturesque and pretty tableau that could be imagined. Seated upon the stage, in their swoetly pretty costumes, were all the tiny fancy dancers that delighted tbe audlenco dur ing the evening, with tbe exception of the Mar guerettes' dancers, who opened the programme after a musical selection by Gernert's Orches tra. The tambourine dancers, who created such admiring comment at the Christmas pantomime, were seated in the center of the stage, and their gaily-bangled, brigbt-hued little Spanish costnmes formed a charming bit of coloring. Wbile on Cither side of them, in their own childishly graceful positions, were seated the little floral girls, who executed the flower dance later on In the evening, arranged in pure white volu minous skirted gowns, dotted all over with buds and blossoms and holding in their tiny hands beautlfnl bouquets of flowers. It was natural to .suppose as tbey sat tbere they looked just as pretty as they could look, but when tbey participated in tbe mazy figures of the various dances one realized their mistake. With the exercise, the bright little faces assumed a more animated! expression, tbe cheeks became a rich carmine bue. Instead of tbe delicate pink, tbe eyes brightened, and the effect of the lnueio and the graceful tripping of the tiny feet with the willowy motions of the little forms was exquisitely beautiful. The Marguerette dancers, who were lovely crestures, in Marguerette Owns and bats were Willa Forsytbe, Anna Scott, Patty Rodgers, Bessie Bennett Etta ChaDlin. Elsie Brown. Bessie Wilmartb, Agnes Kelly. Alice Hawortb,. Clara Aiean, jxeiue opeer, x.na epeer, west Lvon. Following them was the Spanish orchestra selection. Mr. Charles W. Fleming was di rector and the orchestra was composed of the following performers: Mandolins Messrs. J. Augustus Phillips, Jr.. Livingston Griffin, Wil liam C. Robinson, William H. Sinjrer, Jr., Charles W. Fleming, Misses J. B. Rankin, Mary A. Dabbs, RidaF. Wright Guitars Miss Isabella A. Reynolds, Miss M. Cowan, Messrs. Daniel O'Neill, Alex. O. Blair, Frank W. Severance, J. Walter Rhodes. The tambourine dancers were as great favor ites as ever and consisted of Misses Alice Painter, Eleanor Painter, Alice Walton, Georgie Gormley, Marian Chambers, Mabel McCord. Tbe Invitation Waltz was next rendered by the Spanish orchestra and then followed the Sylphiad Flower Dance, In which the following Misses participated: Misses Burd Thaw, Eleanor Holland, Alice Holland, Lillian Mc Clure, Katie Vandervoort, Alice Walton. Emma Zug. Florence Brown, Alice Brown, Nettie Nicholson, Edna Johnson, Marguerite Johnson, Reble Knox, Gertrude Stedman, Mazie Reed, Cora Leisbman. A vocal solo by Mr. J. O. Hornc, "The Gaupt let," was next in order. A duet Spanish, "Morning Serenade." by Mrs. Mary Ecott and Miss Grace Miller was succeeded by a vocal solo. "Out on the Deep," by Mr. J. B. Shea, and Mr. Leo Oebmler concluded the programme by 'Reverie," "Vleuxtemps" and "Mazurka." characteristic Wieniawskl. Every number on tbe programme was warmly applauded and encored. The performers responded In the most graceful and pleasing manner. The bazaar will be just as beautiful to-day and the supper just as appetizing, wbile the programme for the entertainment is entirely different. By special arrangement Frauleln Aus der Oho will tavor the audience with sev eral generous selections, and the best local musical talent in Pittsburg will be represented. Washing Tnken to Washington. From tbe Washington Post! tbe future, it is hoped, Ohio will arrange do her political laundrying at home. THE STROLLER'S STORIES, Odd Opinions and Quaint Observations Gath ered From Curb and Corridor. Ccene: The Union depot Time: Four years ago. Dramatis persons: A crowd of G. A. R. men assembled on one of tbe platforms, awaiting tbe train which is to bear tbem to ward their National Encampment at San Fran cisco. Among the gallant band may be noticed Past Deputy Commander Thomas Stewart of Monongahela City, with a look of what Samlet styles "mitchlng mallecbo'on bis expressive countenance. Enter to his comrades Colonel Chill Ha zzard, apparently in a great state of jubilation. The Colonel proceeds to Inform his bearers that being seized with a wild de sire to ride on a locomotive through the wilds of the West and commune with nature un trammeled by association with udpoetie veter ans, he has sought and obtained a letter of in troduction to tbe engineer who is to pilot the train He furthermore recounts bow he pre sented bis letter to tbe engineer, and politely requested permission to ride in his locomotive. "When the engineer read P 'a letter," continued Colonel Hazzard, "he guessed it was all right, and flinging an extra cushion on the tool box, told me to come round when the train was starting. And so 1 won my point boys, and you bet I write this ride up for all it's worth." Now Mr. Thomas Stewart, heretofore alluded to, owes the gallant Chili a terrible revenge, since a certain practical joke ot the preceding year; so he quietly slips from tbe crowd and hastens toward tbe spot, where the engineer is standing. Motioning the man of power aside, be says to him. In sephulchral toues: "Mr. Engineer, as a G. A. R. man, I feel it my duty to warn you against a certain indi vidual in our party. We have with us an un fortunate brother, who is a kind of harmless lunatic. His mania consists chiefly in persuad ing engineers to let him ride on their loco motives. If tbe permission is granted he be haves very nicely for a short way ont, and then suddenly springs at the whistle and turns It on, or does some other wild act He wrecked a freight train in Colorado two years ago." "W-wbat is the man's name?" stammers the engineer. ' 'His name is Hazzard," Mr. Stewart replies; "Colonel Chill Hazzard." "Why," yells the engineer, "that very fellow was here five minutes ago, with a letter from Mr.P . "OhI that's an old trick of poor Hazard's," is the reply; "he writes those letters himself, you know." Then the engineer swore several mighty oaths, and this very unjust Stewart quietly strolled off to await the denouement Presently enters jauntily Colonel O. Hazzard, decked out In a seersucker coat, with a huge sombrero to shade him from sun and dust He gracefully takes bis seat on the tool box, and lights a choice "Henry Clay." Scarcely has he begun to enjoy the fragrant weed when a gruff voice from the platform breaks in npon his dreams with an unnecessarily loud "Hello!" The Colonel leans over and answers "Hello:" It is tbe engineer who has called, and in his strong right hand he clutches a big coupling pin. When he observes Colonel Hazzard's som brero and seersneker combination, all doubts aa to that worthy's state of mind leave him. "Come down ont of thatl" says the engi neer. "You forget me I'm Colonel flazxard," is tbe reply of the smiling officer. "I know who yon are right well," yells the irate engineer. "I'm up to your game, and if you don't get out of that engine while Pm counting ten, maybe this pis can put you out." "But, my dear sir," protests Colonel Haz zard. "One two three," began the engineer. "I assure you" continued the Colonel. "Four five six," goes on tbe engineer. Then the Colonel sees that bis remonstrances are useless, and a thing that he never did during his long army life abandoned the position without firing anotber shot Tableau: A vanquished warrior striding along tbe platform, wbile a host of grinning faces look Innocently forth from the car win dows all along the line. Jx-Statb Senator W. H. Playtobd and Lawyer A. C. Hagan, of TJnlontown, stop ped at the Hotel Sehlosser last evening. Both gentlemen are prominent politicians, and belong to the Democratic side of the fold. Their opinions on the coming Gubernatorial contest are very decided. '1am an out-and-out Wallace man," said Mr. Hagan, "and I believe my friend" (looking in the direction of the ex-Senator) "Is the same." Mr. Playford nodded acquiescingly, and observed that the TJnlontown Democrats, with very few excep tions, were all for Wallace. When questioned as to tbe 'U3 Fresldental contest both gentle men blushed modestly, and admitted that they were not prepared to look quite so far, at so short a notice. "However, I am for Cleveland as far as I have seen," said Mr. Hagan; "and I may remark, that; from my knowledge of other rural districts in my neighborhood, the State Democracy seems to be tending emphatically toward the Cleveland pole." Mr. Playford would express no opinion ou the subject He merely gave a knowing glance ont of his left eye, am? puffed frantically at a big cigar, the very puffs of which seemed to curl into some thing surprisingly like "G-r-o-v-e-r, 'Si" A curious scene was witnessed in the rooms of tbe Bchlosser when General 8. M. Bailey, another light of TJnlontown politics, but a star of a widely different firmament, greeted ex-Senator Playford and Mr. Hagan with open arms and offered to act as their cicerone through the mazes of Pittsburg. The offer was gladly accepted, and the guileless Repub lican General proceeded to carry on a little quiet talk with his Democratic townsmen. The General is as stancbly "Delamater" as Messrs. Playford and Hagan are "Wallace." There were two points, however, upon which the trio thoroughly agreed. Tbe first of these was that TJnlontown was booming to an aston ishing extent and the second that "carpe diem" was a very good motto, which admirably sug gested the adaptability of Pittsburg to pur poses of enjoyment The latter fact was con sidered by all intending interviewers as a thoughtful bint to take themselves off. A LAST last night refused to travel in a cab belonging to a well-known Pittsburg owner, making, as her excuse, the extraordinary state ment that tbe vehicle was haunted. The lady protested that sbe recognized tbe cab from sev eral others, which surrounded it, by the driver. She alleged tbat some time since, when riding to Lawrenceville in this particular cab, she was startled by the apparition of an old woman dressed in long black robes, who suddenly took the opposite seat The vision, she declares, stared at her with lack-luster eyes, pointing sadly to a large gash over its right temple. For some moments the lady remained speechless, and then she turned to her little sou, who was asleep by her side, and attempted to wake blm. Immediately tbe strange occupant ot tbe front seat vanished. The driver in charge of the cab merely laughed at this story; and several ot the cabmen said tbat tbe lady was well known throughout tbe Lawrenceville neighborhood as a monomaniac on the subject of ghosts. She was accommodated with another cab, and jour neyed homeward, it is to be hoped, without any f urther visitations from the other world. 8T. VALENTINE'S DAT. to a. l. a. Tls St. Valentine's day, and I'm thinking, by Jove, To Improve the advantage It offers. For its custom permits me to tell ot my love And all that Its earnestness proffers. A heart which will beat with deepest devotion And In joy mark tbe measure of thine, And count as but naught life's sweetest emotion 11 its thrill bo not felt at thy shrine. A life whose each hour. In sunshine or sorrow, Whatever the future may bring. Would give all Its joy while sharing your sorrow, And shield you from care's every sting. An arm which would ever, come tempest and storm, Be strong to sustain and defend, Irij life's midday and evening a bulwark should form And remain ever firm to the end. Yes, a soul which is reck'nlng the bliss of sstva , tlon. Through the myriad years or the sweet by and by. In leaving you here could but flad ooniolatidn: In knowlngyour hesrtwosld there heave it last sigh. , J.W.C. PlTTtBCBO, February li M1J0E M'KINLEI'S M0TB. His Alleged Plan to Retain His Seat ,n ss Concresainan. From the Salem, O., Bepublican-Era.1 Major McKtnley has purchased and stocked a farm in West township, this county, and will build a summer residence therein tbe spring; so that In the event of a gerrymander of the State and Stark county shonld be thrown into a Democratic district the Major will become a citizen of Columbiana county, in order to make bis calling and election sure. We recognize tbe ability and worth of our honored Congress man, who has so faithfully served ns In the past, bnt we want to enter our solemn protest against his fictitious removal to retain his seat in Congress. Columbiana county has good men, whose ambition has been dwarfed by the tenacious grip he had npon our people. The very men who were loudest against Foraker for a third term are tbe ones wno would make a Congressman's lease perpetual. If the to be new district desires to call upon an adjoining district for their Representative it is theirprivilege' to do so, but it savors too much of Briceism to remove from home for the sake of office. We trust the Major will recon sider this move and stand the fight at borne, that others may enter the field they aspire to, and have a chance to serve the people and prove their fitness for the office. CANNOT BE SDEPA8SED. The Pittsburg Dispatch the Beit Newspaper In Pennsylvania. From the Sharpsvllle Advertiser. The PiTTSBtrEG Dispatch still maintains its reputation as being the best newspaper in the State, arid stands in tbe front rank of met ropolitan journals. 4ts Sunday edition is not equalled by any paper in tbe country. The managers are constantly adding new features to its ever interesting columns, hence its great success and rapidly increasing popularity. The Dispatch cannot be surpassed, and those in want of a first-class daily should order it by roail or get it of the agent in this place. BEGULATIONS FOE LENT. Bishop Phelan Has Issued His Annual Cir cular of Instructions. Rt Rev. Bishop Phelan has issued bis annual circular containing the regulations for Lent which begins on Ash Wednesday, the 19th Inst The regulations are the same as in former years. Some weeks ago tbe Pope issned a letter to all Bishops saying everywhere the influenza has appeared to allow the Catholic people to eat what they choose without restraint A Harbinger of Spring. From tbe Irwin Standard. We have on our table a huge bumble bee which Sam Lenhart caught on Tuesday morn ing, and brought in. He is alive and kicking, and looks as though be could get in his work on a bare-foot boy with vigor. Did it ever strike any of our readers that tbe bumble bee is the most powerful creature living f A good sized one will not weigh the eighth of an ounce, but It can lift a man weighing 200 pounds, without straining a muscle. It is a mild Inof fensive creature, but it will not be sat down on. A Noble Gift to Pittsburg. From the Philadelphia Beeord J If Mr. Andrew Carnegie scoop money out of the general pocket with an unsparing hand, it must still be said of him that to tbe people of Pittsburg he gives it back with princely munifi cence. His gift of $1,000,000 to establish a free library In that city is coupled only with the con dition that the city shall pay 0,00u per year as a maintenance fund. This the city has agreed to do. It is a noble gift Tbe First Chorus) Lesson. A large and enthusiastic chorus assembled at the Fifth United Presbyterian Chnrcn, Alle gheny, last evening to receive the first lesson of the Junior Church Choral Union course of instruction, under the direction of Prof. W. A. Lafferty. The committee are very much elated over tbe success of the undertaking, and predict a general revival of chnrcn choral union work in that vicinity. How Hast He Feel t From the Detroit Free Press. A Kentucky man went down into Tennessee, bought 80 acres of land, scattered a ton of iron where it wonld do the most good, and sold tbe land to a Boston man for five times what it cost Boston nosed around some more, sunk a .couple of shafts, and Is now taking out more iron in one day than would equal the price he paid Kentucky for the land. A Diplomat' Indiscretion. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. Sir Julian Pauncefote has learned to waltz in the American fashion. This shonld be kept from the Qneen or Sir Julian will be recalled. We are quite certain that Mr. Harrison would recall our Minister to Spain if that person should so far forget himself as to walk Span ish. An Enduring JnTonnment From the Freeport Pa., Journal.! Tbe new Carnegie Library building In Alle gheny was opened to the public on Tuesday. This will be a more enduring monument to the Scotch-American than any pile of granite that could be erected on bis grave, and will be of practical use to his survivors long after his bones have crumbled to dust A Fortunate City. From the Baltimore American.! Pittsburg is fortunate in the possession of the splendid new library which Andrew Carnegie has presented to it A great public library is the true fountain of knowledge. Its influence in educating tbe people and elevating their tastes Is incalculable. - SOCIAL CHATTEE. The fourth annual reception of the Eocleta Fraterna Itallana will be given at Imperial Hall next Tuesday evening. FRAULEEf )Ars deejOue played last even ing in Old City Hall, and will perform this evenlngin the Carnegie Library. Mrs. Feank Smith, of Sewickley, gave a charming afternoon tea at her home yesterday in honor of Mrs. Robert J. Cunningham. Mb. and Mbs. Kieb Mitchell had their second "at home" yesterday afternoon and last evening at the Judge Magee residence. "CnocnA ta" was served last evening at Trinity M. E. Church, corner Twenty-fifth and Smallman street, by ladles and gentlemen in Indian costnmes. THE first of a series of lectures on legal sub jects of interest to women will be delivered to-day at Mrs. Pershing-Anderson's school, on Union avenues by W. C. Moreland, Esq. The ladies ot the East Liberty Presbyterian Church held their annual St Valentine's social and reception in the T. W. C. T. TJ. rooms in the Wilson block, on Frankstown avenue, last evening. v Maioe Moktooth gave bis lecture on "An American Abroad" at Centenary M. E. Church, corner of Wylle avenue and Kirkpatrick Street before the Young People's Aid Society of that congregation last evening. GENTILES TS. MOBMONS. New York Elan The result win hasten the admission of Utah as a State. Philadelphia Jnguirer: When the school master comes InJMormonism goes out New York World: Softly but snrely the Mormon is being pushed over the precipice. Habttobd Couranl: "Zlnn" will be shaken to its foundations. And a very good joo, too. KeAbneY Enterprise'. The last barbarism of the great Western empire is being wiped out DENYEnitoJu&Ifccm: Tbe downfall of the Mormons means another setback for tbe Demo crats. Kalam azoo Telegraph: Tbe Mormons In Bait Lake City are doomed. The elders must retire. Tbe ballot Is mightier than the sword. Philadelphia Press: The Mormons fully comprehend the fact tbat tbe loss ot this elec tion will be the final blow to their power in Utah. NewTobs Matt: It is the most cheerful message that has come from Utah since the Mormons defiled that fair land by their foul presence. Cincinnati CommerdaUQazeitei If the Mormons cannot, like other people, observe a decent respe'et for the laws of this country they should emigrate. OarAHA.B The uprooting of Mormon power under the shadow of the temple and within sight of Brif bam Tease's 21osboom U a fatal blow to the peilrie! power of the) churea. CURIOOS CONDENSATIONS. The Chnrch of England has nearly 360, 000 members in India. The Bible has been translated into G6 of tbe languages and dialects of Africa. A woman 44 years of age and only 3 feet 3 inches In height died tbe other day, near Hartfoid City, Ind. The Woman's Foreign Missionary So ciety, of tbe Methodist Episcopal Chnrch. has more than 120.000 members. The American eagle is said to be dying off fast A late estimate places tbe entire vis ible supply in the United States at 300, Five years ago there were five girls' schools in Yokohama and Tokio. To-day there are more than SO, and all well patronized. Eight different brewers in Cork have amassed fortunes exceeding 56,000,000 each, and most of the money has come from the men who buy by tbe glass or pint A negro living near Danville, Vs., is regarded as a curiosity by medical men. His heart presents the phenomenon of being mova ble at tbe will of its possessor. A grocer at Mobile wanted 40 barrels of northern apples, and a man in Hamilton, O., sent them to him, and went along to collect tbe pay. After be bad collected it and skipped out it was found that every barrel contained one peck of apples, ana a fine assortment of turnips, and nobody knows how soon war will break UUW From statistics just published, Minne sota stands firstf In the country as a wbeat K?S?.&8.tat?aTlBS: ProdD-d the past year $S2RES).!m85els- California comes iextwltn, HF$r!P bushels. The Dakotaa produced 42 OOjOOOJbviSli els. ranking third. Minnesota had 3.100000 acres in wheat; California, 3,200,009; the Dakotas, 4,400,090. A Hood River, Oregon, paper tells bow Will Winoms broke all hunting records last week by getting three wildcats and a squirrel in two shots. First he ran across a wildcat which bad killed another and was making a meal of it: he killed the cannibal and secured two. The next one had a big squirrel tor dinner, and a well-directed shot finished him. A convict for theft, after 32 years of service in the galleys at Genoa, was liberated on January 15 at the age of 61 A local caper com mented on his liberation, and said tbat his fine personal appearance warranted the suspicion tbat he possossed strength enough to go through with many more years of punishment whereupon the ex-convict wroto a fetter to the editor threatening him with a lawsuit for slander. An English militia captain, recently asked to resign on account of his age and to make room for a younger man, replied to the authorities that if tbey would send on a dozen of their strongest young men he would walk tbem for 40 miles, and then lead tbem to tbe toD of the highest and steepest bill In the neighborhood. The authorities declined the challenge and did not press for the resigna tion. Two men in Baltimore sold goods to an alleged agent of an alleged Williamsport firm. Tbey accepted checks on a bank at tbat place and each gave the strangers about 325 in change. That night both men dreamed tbat the checks were forged. The next day they telegraphed to Wllliamsnort and found tbat no snch firm existed there. They had more sense when tbey were asleep tban when they were awake. The Congregational ministers of Hamp den county, Mass., have united in a declaration against tbe building of a navy for offensive warfare, on tbe ground that it would be "likely to be construed as a policy ot defiance rather than of defence; H a departure from the established principles of the Republic; a menace to the peace of nations; a detriment to the true glory of onr country and a project opposed to sound political and financial moral ity." If anyone wishes to know the proper amonnt of oats to give a horse at a single meil, he can obtain the information by inquiring of a Greenville, Mich., man. He has in the loft of his barn an oat bin with hopper bottom and spout running to tbe stable below. Sunday night when he closed his barn he had 70 bushels ot oats in tbe bin, but daring tbe night one ot his horses loosened his halter, made a tour of inspection, pulled the slide from the oat spout and was soon wading in 70 bushels of oats. The man is alive, but the horse's carcass is for sale. Among the transfers filed in the record office at Washington recently, was one of Agnes Holtz transferring to George Wagner all ber Interest in her son Paul during bis minority for a nominal consideration, the party of the second part agreeing to feed and clothe and give zbe boy a good common school educa tion. Tbere was some discussion as to the auestion under what bead the paper should be led. some claiming tbat it was a lease, but it was finally concluded that as the boy was mova ble prcperty the chattel mortgage bead was the proper one. A well-known English scientific gentle man has been experimenting on a metal re sembling gold for nearly a year, and has now got it down almost to perfection. He stumbled on it at first accidentally while analyzing some metals, and when be realized what he bad found he went to work and soon produced a metal which puzzles the best of jewelers, is as heavy as gold and to all anpearances is the precious metal Itself. When the gold test is applied to It the acid boils up a little, but gives no other evidence tbat the metal is other tban gold, and when wiped off no mark or spot is left as is the case wben the test is applied to brass. It can be manufactured at a compara tively small cost A man named Patrick Davis earned a reputation for courage and endurance in Port land, Me., Tuesday. He was terribly hurt by a wall falling on him from a building he with others was demolishing. Blood was streaming from a cut alongside his right ear and also from a long gash in his head, and his ankle was so badlv broken tbat tbe foot could be turned around in any direction, as if it were on aplvot, yet tbe wounded man did not utter a cry. Not a look of pain was on his face, although he was suffering excruciating torture. Tbe first words tbat passed his lips as tbe doctors worked on him were: "John, band me down me pipe." Then he sat smoking and talking and even smil ing during the operation. The largest bowlder stone, commonly called the "bowder stone" in the world, as far as known, is tbe one situated in the English Lake district In Cumberland county, England. This stone is a short distance on the left of the Borrowdale road, running from Keswick, En glaniLto the Buttermere Valley, alongside of Lake Derwentwater. It has the shape of a ship's keel, and la about equally poised on a stretch of ground in the valley. It weighs nearly 2,000 tons, oruearly three times as much as the "Tandil bowlder." Tbe stone measures 62 feet in length, 36 feet in height, and is as cended by a balustraded staircase of 80 steps. LlKeall other curious geological attractions, no one knows its origin or history. It stands In snch a position that a person on top of it can sway the stone perceptibly. GENUINE JOKES. Warm winter suits Everybody Hut the coalman. Puck. One story and abasement The modem sensational novel. Puek. Different Advice in Different Cases Patient Well, what doyoaflnd Is tbe matter, doc tor? A man is happiest when he can forget all the mean things he knows about hlmielf.-rrty Prut. Some fblk'complain of human injustice; but who hasn't said In the last year, "Ibe World's Falrt"-Pue. So far this has been what might be called a "paper winter." That Is. It looks real pretty In the almanacs, but It didn't pan oaUSt. Paul Pioneer Prut. A useful little handbook is "The Compass Guide for Boston and Vicinity." It furnishes In formation that will enable a person to go from one portion of Boston to another without the aid or a map. -Boston QaiMt. Discrimination Bill What's the matter with tbe teacher? Bob Ob, some of the boys sent her nice valen tines, and some sent comic ones, and she's trying to find out whlen is nrltca.ruci. In a Georgia Free School. Teacher 1 will now hear the class In grammar. Clay Bickers. ? you may "decline to drink." - Master Bickers Nobody hain't asked me jit. Judge. . "Fine day," remarked the Police Court Judjte to the Clerk of Court when he took his seat on the bench the day after a holiday and saw 131 whlsky-vanqulshed sinners In the dock. Such Judicial jests the elerks of courts frequently have to endure. BomcnilU Journal. , ,4.' Doctor Yon are very billons, sir. andyoamurtCi at once stop drlnklng-by the way, do you live In your own home or do you board? Patient-Board. Doctor-Then, as I wis about to say, you must stop drinking tiAcorj. Judge. Didn't See Him Once. Wire Where have you been this evening. Johnr Husband-I went over to see Jack Hardy, who's been laid up for two months in the house. Wife-Weil, did you see him? Husband No: he raised me evtry time so hlia . (, that I couldn't stay In. Judge, x saS&ioMTKj v SsEuHM
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