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The delight with which the public last week accepted Andrew Carnegie's gifts, actual and prospective the finished library building in Allegheny ana the promised library buildings for Pittsburg shows what opportunities are possessed by men of great wealth for rendering to their day and gene ration such services as will always be crate fully remembered, in place of catering to meaner ambitionsor wholly to the selfishness of a narrow or personal circle. The purpose of these Carnegie gifts is so clearly that the public mar enjoy and improve them, that the people took possession of the one in Allegheny with a whole-hearted apprecia tion and informality which more than any thing else should delight the donor. So in Pittsburg, also, Mr. Carnegie's offer was no sooner made than the whole community was immediately interested. No subject is more diseased than how to carry out the Pitts burg plan to most advantage. But there is another effect of Andrew Carnegie's action which is no less gratifying to contemplate. His example has become at once contagious. Before the ink is dry on his tender to Pittsburg, we find another wealthy citizen offering a free Bite for the main library worth $100,000, and still others offering sites for the branch libraries of proportionate value. Nor is this all. In Allegheny pledges of donations to the amount of $110,000 are already in hand for the adornment of the beautiful home for literature, art and music which Mr. Car negie has set down in the midst of the Alle ghenians. In short, it would seem as if all at once has come in these parts a realizing sense that private munificence never shines 'with Such lasting brilliancy as when exer cised for the public good and enjoyment; and the very first striking exhibition of this spirit evokes immediately from all quarters not merely hearty appreciation, but hearty co-operation. Looking at the crowds of delighted people, of all ages and callings, who thronged into the Allegheny building last week, only the hopelessly mean or constitutionally little, could fail to feel proud of what Andrew Carnegie Lad done, and glad that he was identified with this community. But much more oc casion for pride and gratification will there be if it shall prove that there are many others like-minded with Mr. Carnegie, only waiting a leader. It is in this sense that lis offerings will be most useful, viz., in inspiring public spirit and public interest in the advancement of the two cities and in the welfare and enjoyment of the people. It has been well said that the Carnegie, the Schenley and the Shoenbereer gifts mark a new era for Pittsburg. The common motive for all these gifts is consideration for the general public Such a motive dignifies the individual in the public mind beyond anything else. To the wealthy it affords snch scope for the worthiest and most de lightful use of money as assuredly cannot be rivaled by any narrower, more personal or more selfish view of life. OBSTBUCTIOH, ROT EXHAUSTION. The extraordinary fatality at Grapeville, yesterday, is a remarkable demonstration of the powerful pressure of gas, even wlere it is supposed to be exhausted. In taking the pipe out of a well clogged up with salt, the obstructions were evidently lcosened and the gas burst out with a force that threw the heavy pipes clear over the derrick and killed the foreman of the gang, besides in juring others. In this case what was thought an exhanstion of a well proved to be simply the obstruction of salt, while the force of the gas was proved when given play to be fatally destructive. The same thing is likely to be the case with a good many other wells that have been abandoned, but which, if drilled out, may show all the old vigor in the flow of gas. The im ,portance of an abundant and cheap gas sup ply for Pittsburg makes it worth while to lave this matter thoroughly tested. A BAD STABT FOB NEW STATES. Naughtiness in several public forms is being exhibited by some of the States re cently admitted into the Union. By a very narrow slave North Dakota was saved the other day from the stupendous disgrace of sheltering under the agis of the State the Louisiana State Lottery. At one time we thought that North Dakota, barring her blizzards and November picnics, entered the Union with a very decent character. But a short time has sufficed to reveal North Dakota's possession of a very undesirable parcel of politicians, who bear a striking likeness to the worst products of corrupt politics in the East. Now the State of "Washington is showing signs of backsliding. The Seattle Journal giVes us a bint of this deplorable tendency in the following paragraph: The Chicago grand jury has indicted en leading gamblers, and tne gaming house keepers are fleeing from the city in great num bers. They might come to Seattle. This is a nice, equable climate, and the country is grow lac, and there is a fine opening here in that line. "We are surprised at this bold invitation for two reasons. Seattle will grow more healthy without gamblers, especially of the Chicago brand. But we are more surprised to bear that Seattle has any seed for more gamblers than she is repnted to have. It Is passing strange if a city so far "West as Seattle is not well stocked with gamblers. If she is her boomers should include a state ment to thnt effect among their astounding claims for Seattle. Another State somewhat older, but cer tainly less virtuous, we refer to Nevada, is represented by one of her citizens, as being anxious to receive the Louisiana' State Lot tery. This ought to surprise no one. Ne vada is in a deplorable condition, morally, financially and politically. Wickedness las been dumped upon Nevada soil by all the States,and a lottery would be no novelty there. 1 THE HEE ENGINE FARCE. The fire engine test reached a point yester day morning which will justify the public in concluding that nothing was ever in tended but to make it a farce. Six weeks have passed since the test was agreed upon. The intervening time has been nothing but a series of postponements first by one side and then by the other. The various pretexts were more or less plausible; hut if there had been half as much determination as talk about the matter the test could have been made long ago. The responsibility for the failure to make the test yesterday is charged by the Alle gheny Fire Department upon the Pitts burgers. Certainly a proper energy could have provided judges, after all these delays. And with regard to the previous delays be cause the ground was flooded, the same spirit might have sought other grounds. The fact is that the affair which started on the profession of a common willingness to determine which are the best engines has deteriorated into an elaborate performance of making faces at each other by the two de partments. This is neither digni fied nor is it serving the public interests. We hope that after the municipal elections are over the rival fire departments may find time to have a real test instead of merely talking about it. BATTEMBEBG'S PROSPECTS. Reports come from Europe that the ap pointment of Alexander of Battenberg, and erstwhile of Bulgaria, to high position in the Austrian army indicates a large number of indefinite possibilities. Among them it is hinted that he may yet wear a crown, which las its sole significance as expressing the idea that the Austrian armies may yet take the Danubian provinces in charge, and con struct a kingdom for Alexander out of what they can hold there. This is probably the merest vaporing. If there were any foundation for it it would mean that the long looked for outbreak of war is imminent. That would be the sure result if Austria should send the Battenberg with an army to conquer akingdom for him self in Servia or Bulgaria. The fact is that Alexander is worthy of no such effort. "While a gallant soldier, he displayed la mentable moral weakness in not daring to hold lis position in Bulgaria against the Czar's frown. In this respect, lis successor, Ferdinand, who is equally under the Hus sian displeasure, has proved himself greatly the superior of his more dashing and per haps more military rival. It is not likely that Austria will plunge Europe into war simply to restore Alexander to his old pe destal as a hero. BATHER OVERDOING IT. If the public were to go by the lucubra tions of the opposing committees which have crowded the columns of the city papers within the past few days, it might be inferred that the choice between Gourley and Bailey for Mayor on Tuesday was a choice between mighty poor material. Yet, as a matter of fact, both men have for many years been in public position; there is no charge of incom petency, corruption or dishonesty arising out of the official career of either that is attempted to be sustained in a way at all likely to influence votes; and, notwith standing the violence and extravagance of campaign tirades of each side against the other, the general conviction is apt to be that either Gourley or Bailey would make a tolerably capable and satisfactory sort of Mayor. Gourley's chance continues the better of the two. He has the party majority. "While, as has been frequently shown, majorities will kick in the case of an objectionable can didate, Gourley is probably as strong a can didate as any other Republican much asso ciated with local politics would have been. The attacks upon him for matters uncon nected with the public service will affect him no more, if even as much, as the simi lar assaults upon Judge Bailey. As was slated in these columns at the time of the nomination, the election will not turn upon a choice between Gourley and Bailey, but upon the single issue whether enough Republicans to overcome the nor mal party majority think it best for the in terests of the city to have a Democrat in the Mayor's office as a check upon the balance of the administration. Mere abuse of their own party candidate particularly if over done will not win votes among this class. Judge Bailey might have won some by pre senting this phase of the question had he ac cepted Chairman Burleigh's invitation to a joint debate. But that opportunity was de clined and it is not clear that the quality ot the canvass substituted for it has been such as to hurt Gourley's or improve the Judge's chances very much, if at all. A FITTING RESPONSE. The movement among the citizens of the Northside to raise a fund of 250,000 to pro vide books for the new library building which Mr. Carnigie has furnished them is an evidence ot the universal appreciation and enthusiasm inspired by that gentle man's leadership in that direction. The work of beautifying and enriching our com munity with buildings which are them selves works of art, and which will contain stores of knowledge for this and future gen erations, is so manifestly for the interest of the people that it arouses the fullest and heartiest response from the public The Allegheny movement, as will be seen from our local columns, gives voice to the popu lar belief that the management of the libra ry will be wholly independent of politics. The public of Pittsburg will, when Mr. Carnegie's magnificent gift to this city takes concrete form, be equally prompt in their effort to make the gift most useful. The idea that the Republican Senate will refuse to seat Brice because ot his non-residence in Ohio is advanced by the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Our esteemed cotem porary must have a happy forgetf nlness of the fondness of that body for millionaire members. It does not require a verv great effort of mem ory to recall the fact that the refusal of the Senate to investigate the circumstances of Payne's election, and the outspoken comments of the Commercial Gazette thereon, were the causes of Mr. Halstead being elected to stay at home, instead of going to Berlin. Some very interesting views on the con struction of railroad law by our Supreme Court are furnished by a special contributor. The reader will be able to gather from the remarks on various cases that the ultimate tribunal in Pennsylvania is not the most infallible body in the world, when corporation Interests are in volved. Political prophets say that all signs point to either Alger or Depew as the Repub lican nominee for the Presidency In 1892. This is reassuring, because the prominence of those candidates so far ahead of the nomination in sures that they will be killed off before the convention. Republicans who wish to see the Government administered for the public bene fit, instead of for the corporations, would find, in the choice between those wealthy magnates, the horns of a dilemma. Me. Grimes, of Georgia, who indignantly lert a Washington hotel the other day because a respectable colored man was permitted to take dinner there, did no more than he had a right to do. It is one of the privileges guaran teed to every American citizen to make an egregious donkey of himself. It sounds rather startling to learn that, after a man has been hanged in New Jersey for killing a peddler, his wife confesses to having committed the murder. But the reported con fession takes away the fear that a judicial mur der has also been committed by showing that if the woman struck the blow the husband was an accessory, with snch a participation as fully justified the hanging. The woman may de serve the penalty, but the man has not got more than his deserts. "We observe that numerous esteemed co temporaries are discussing the position of J. B. Foraker with regard to the forged signatures. This is a waste of valuable editorial spae. J. B. foraker is a dead issue; and it is not worth while to discuss the additional question whether the corpse is decayed. Air application las. been made in New York for the pardon of O'Neill, one of the few boodle Aldermen who were so unfortunate as to be convicted. Bince Colonel Fellows has so faithfully carried ont the purposos of -his elec tion by letting all the Aldermen off who were indicted it seems no more than fair that the less fortunate thieves who had the hard luck to be prosecuted by Martine and Nicoll should be treated with equal leniency. The opening of the Sioux reservation was signalized by the entrance of ten wagon loads of beer and whisky, as pioneers. The new ter ritory will be given over to beer and boomers for a season. While it was an Indian reserva tion it was a more strict prohibition district than Kansas, Of course the Tory organs all swear that the finding of the commission is unfavorable to Parnell. It was as unfavorable as the mem bers of the commission dared to make it, and probably the chief reason why it was not more so was the publicity oi the fact that the chief evidence against the Irish leader was a forgery. But the Tory papers pass that fact without no tice. For that are they organs. Thibty 'British peers are reported to be living on charity. This Is very foolish of them when they might all make fortunes by coming to this country and opening an agency for the sale of titles to American heiresses. The indiscretion of asserting that the man who started the phrase "on the brink of a volcano" in connection with the action ot Speaker Reed, "is an alarmist, and had taken a drop of the cratur,' " is repeated by the Philadelphia PrM. As the phrase originated with one James G. Blaine, there Is an urgent need for Mr. Smith to instruct his paragrapher to restrain his freshness. J Pkom the political literature now cur rent the obvious conclusion Is that both candi dates are bad eggs. Yet the public impression before the campaign set in was decidedly to the opposite effect. The politics which divide political clubs and make one leader worse than a death's bead at a banquet to th rival faction has a strik ing illustration in our city. The row about the participation of Congressman Dalzell at the Americas Clnb banquet Is calculated to create the impression that political motives nowadays must be studied with a microscope. It begins to dawn upon the public mind that the fire engine test was purely a meta phorical squirt. The dull and deadly propriety of the Democratic canvass for the Mayoralty nomina tion was atoned for by some lively proceedings at the ward primaries last evening; There is comfort In this evidence that the rock-rooted Democracy of Pittsburg has not escbewea Its interest in the practical politics which tends in the direction of slugging. PEOPLE OP PB0JIINENCE. The heaviest taxpayer in Prussia is Krupp, the gunmaker, who is assessed this year upon an income of f 1,400,000, an increase of $300,000 overl8S9. The Pioneer JPress, of St. Paul, announces the serious illness, at Stillwater, Minn., of the Rer. W. F. Boutwell, who was with the School craft expedition and gav i the name Itasca to the lake from which the Mississippi river flows. The stationery of the committee getting up the American banquet to Btanley in London has for a crest a solid black spot Shaped like Africa, with a faint white line across It, show ing Stanley's route from the mouth of the Congo to Zanzibar. Queen Natalie, who is furnishing a house at Belgrade, has ordered all the furniture, 600, 000 francs worth, from Russia. It Is taken as an indication of strong Russian proclivities on her part, inasmuch as the Russians have the reputation of being the worst upholsterers in Europe. Gbace Hawthorne, the American actress who has made a great bit in Theodora," in the Provinces, will produce the tragedy with un precedented scenic splendor on the great stage of Drury Lane Theater, early in May. Miss Hawthorne begins this week a further provin cial tour, opening in Manchester. The scheme for sending out an Antarctic expedition under Prof. Nordenskjold, will, it is said, be carried out in the summer of 1891. The expedition will be undertaken at the joint expense of Baron Oscar Dickson, of Gothen burg, the Antarctic Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria, and the Royal Geographical Society of Australia. Colonel D. R. Anthony, of Leavenworth, Kan., a Westerner ot prominence and wide reputation, was in Washington to be present at the birthday celebration of his sister, Miss Susan B. Anthony yesterday. Colonel An thony's experiences on the frontier, compiled in book form, would make a thrilling and ro mantic bit of literature. He figured as hero in many exploits In wild times gone by, but of late years his career hs passed peacefully and profitably as editor of the Leavenwortn Times. PART OP THE CENSUS DUTIE8. Inquiries Will be Blade as to the Mori Based Indebtedness of the Country. WASHINGTON, February 15. The bill pro viding for the ascertainment ot the mortgage indebtedness of the country was taken up in the House and amended so as to provide pains and penalties for any person or corporation who refused to answer any question pro pounded. After considerable debate, the bill as amended was passed. Eulogies to the memory of the lata Hon. Richard Townsbend, of Illinois, were then lis tened to. A Typical American. From. the Brooklyn Standard-Union. Mr. Andrew Carnegie Is a typical Aroel lean. While he is giving away valuable libraries to Pittsburg, bo Is supplying the material for ele vated railroads in Chicago and successfully conducting manufacturing establishments of immense proportions which have been brought into life by his energy and enterprise. Reduced to n Cnab Basis. From tbe Minneapolis Tribune. An Atchison, Kan., girl gave up a salary of M0 a month to marry a man who was earning only $35. She Is entitled to one-half ot tbe $35, or $17 50; which, deducted from JtOJeavea 822 60 as the actual cash difference' between single wretchedness and connubial bliss. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Cooeoctlnc Mild Sensations as a Pastime Weep for New York's World's Fair Bnvoe Flared br Classical Music Re ply to a Valentine Odd Bits of Verso and Prose. Queer little ways some men have ot amus ing themselves. You know the man who writes a piteous tale of shlpwreck,stows it away in a bottle and calmly casts it upon the waters from the deck of a ferry boat. It is a small and rather contemptible joke, but It doesn't hurt anybody. There's an old man in this city, whose sur roundings are comfortable and bank account ample, who takes a particular delight m pre paring mild "sells" for his fellow countrymen. He Writes on every f 10 bill that comes into his hands, in red ink. these words: "The last of a wasted fortune." There is a sort of benevolence in this little trick, for every man who handles the bill so marked will enjoy showing it to his friends, as a relic of some wilted pile. - SEW TOBK ASES TOUR TEARS. Come water It well with showers of tears, The grave where It's resting the straggle is past There's an end to all hbocs, a term to all fears, Mew Toik's tender fair Is bnrled at last. It lived several months, through spasms and chills, And Congress had smiled on the poor little brat, But it couldn't survive the political pills Prepared by old Dr. Metooslut Piatt. V tt used to be the custom at a little church in this county, devoted to the salvation of our colored brother, to sing regular old-tune plan tation hymns. They were sung, too, with that splendid enthusiasm and fervor which the African race bring to their devotional exer cises. Many white people were wont to attend the church, more for the sake of hearing and joining in these hymns than anything else. Bnt that la all changed now. The church has adopted a new hymn book. No. 1,003, or some thing of the very modern sort. The musical portion of the service is not attractive any longer. Not long ago a lady who used to be attracted to the church by the plantation hymns, ques tioned one of the colored deacons about the change. "Why did you make the change. George?" she asked. "Your people used to sing the good old hymns beautifully, but modern musie is not their style at all." -The old man rested both bands on his cane, and weighing every word carefully, replied: "Well, ma'am, I understand exactly what yon mean. The trouble is that a lot of young folks come into the chnrch and, ma'am, they de mand classical music!" IOT. (A Kondeau.) lour valentine was very nice; The verses pretty, but precise. Well phrased and not a stop forgot, Each t'ds cross, each a dot I read them truly twice or thrice. You're plain of speech, you name the price Yon give forhearts It would entice Some maids to be upon the spot Your valentine. But oh! my friend, t'wlll not suffice To make me court a shower of rice, Old suppers, and tne aUded lot Of ribbons In tbe bridal knot. Seep for another packed In ice Your valentine. V rjORONTO has lost its greatest architectural ornament by tbe fiery destruction of its University. A graduate of that college said yesterday: "It is Incomprehensible to me how tbe University building took fire and burnt to the ground. It was built entirely of gray lime stone, massively, and ornately. The style of architecture was composite, but Norman forms predominated. A lofty tpwer with a single turret rose over the main entrance, a com manding archway. The beautiful proportions of the edifice were shown to the best advan tage, for It was situated in tbe center of Queen's Park, a tract of over 30 acres. It was tbe oldest, I believe, and certainly the hand somest public building in the Province of On tario. Nearly a million of dollars were spent upon the building alone. "It was erected In 1850, and many of the greatest statesmen, jurists, divines and! business men Canada has produced call it Alma Mater. As I have said, I don't under stand how fire jcould have destroyed it, foe the walls, halls, stairways were all of stone. There are not a few graduates of the University in Pittsburg and the vicinity, who will bo deeply auectea oy mis catastrophe." V WHEN HE KNOCKS. (Vlllanelle.) When he knocks at my door, Ol my heart beats apace, for all he's so poor. Tell pie now, I Implore, Were yon, dear, In my place. When he knocks at my door, Would you frown grimly or W ear a smile on your face, For all be'a so poor? But my heart says before Vou reply "It's my place. When he knocks at my door, To decide. I am for Loving goodness and grace for all he's so poor." . 'There is a most promising prospect ot trouble over at the Bijou Theater next Saturday night. It all transpired in a very pleasant way. Margaret Mather's manage ment wished to secure tbe services of a local wrestler for a bout in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" with Charles Welles, the Oliver of the cast, and an amateur of ability in heavy sports. In this play it Is decidedly materiality tbe hero that he should win the fall, to turn sympathy in his favor. A prominent wrestler, champion of several counties, consented to un dertake the mission; but here a difficulty arose. The arrangements for the meeting were made In a famous local resort, where the parties to It were surrounded by friends and admirers of the champion. When terms were arranged, it was explained that of necessity Welles must win the final fall. Unschooled in dramatic motives and trne to the spirit of the sport he repre sented, he Insisted that the affair be "no hippo drome," and the crowd responded "that the best man must win." Here was a dilemma. Welles was at best only an amateur, and the fall must be his. It was then conceded that merit should decide the affair; but It was pri vately arranged by tbe management that some one would give a hand, on the sly. if his prowess was not sufficient. By some means this reached the ears of tbe champion's sym pathizers, and a delegation visited the Bijou yesterday afternoon, purchased front seats and swear they will see fair play. An old, old question bobs up in the Savannah Morning News: At what age should a woman marry? The New York Sun answers wisely: "At just tbe age when tbe man she loves with all her heart and soul makes the proposal." Setting the Sun's wisdom to rhyme we have: When should lovely woman marry? When the loves with all her heart Him proposing then to tarry Is to miss life's better part. hepbuen Johns. DEATHS OP A DAY. Bliss Susanna Wm field. Baltimore, February IB. Miss Susanna War field, the oldest resident of Carroll county, has just died at her home, Groveland. In her 65th year. Hiss Wsrfield never rallied from a stroke ot paralysis which she sustained about two years ago. The "Grand Inangural March" rendered at the inauguration of President William Henry Harrison, it years ago, was tomposed by Miss Warfleld. James Ulggint. rSPXCUi TSLEQBAX TO THE BISPATCH. HUSTUfOnOK. February 15,-Jamei Hlgglns, grandfather of the late Managing Editor Frank M. Hlgglns, of Pittsburg, died hers yesterday morning. He was in hit 83d year. About a week ago be was injured by a fall, which on account of hit mature years, resulted fatally. He wat well known throughout this section and was one of the Oldest resldenti of Huntingdon county, Cnpt. Alpbcna T. Palmer. Basoob, Mi., February IS. Captain Alpheut T. Palmer aged 69, the only turylvlng officer In Maine of tbe Mexican War, died this morning. He wat tor yean In the regular army, and wat sn intimate friend or .President Pierce and Jefferson DaTlt. CLEVELAND AND ALGER. Editor Media's Gness n lo the Prcstdental Nominees ot 1892. Washington, February IS In an inter view published here to-day, Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, is quoted as saying: "Grover Cleveland does not lead the people, but be manages to keep his thumb pretty close to tbe popular pulse, and he is not at all back ward in following whither It directs. It is my opinion that he is strong with the people on ac count of his tariff reform ideas, that even if Governor Hill sbonld receive the support ot tbe New York delegation to the Democratio Convention in 1892, tbe nomination for tbe Presidency would be bestowed upon Cleveland. His only platform is tariff revision, and If tbe Republican majority act wisely tbey will elimi nate the tariff from politics and thns depnve the Democracy of the only Issue upon which they place any reliance for the next camDalgn. Some .of the articles now unon tbe tax list might very properly be reduced one-halt and this win be a guarantee to tbe farmers of the country, who stood like a stone wall for Repub licanism in the last campaign, that the prom ises made npon stump and rostrum will be kept by Congress. "As to the nominee of tbe Republicans in 1892 against Cleveland, there Is considerable talk in tbe West about General Alger, and politicians and others who have visited my office recently have not been at all chary in expressing the opinion that he is one of the mo-t available men to-day In our ranks. Un less McKInler comesdown from the high borse of protection which he Is riding, bis chances for a nomination will be very slim, and in the case of Senator Sherman, of Ohlo.be realizes that his race is run. Ill-health and lack of ambition will operate against Mr. Blaine, although be is still a great favorite in the United States; but the signs point to Alger as the coming man for 1892: His strongest opponent will be Chauncey M. Depew, who. if he could overcome the oppo sition of the grangers, would ha a big card, and one likely to draw out a big vote all over the country." THEATM0AL GOSSIP FE0M LONDON. Dr. Bill, an Adnptmlon From tbe French Prize for Bad Criticism. BT CABLE TO TUB DI8PATCH.1 London, February 15. Copyright Henry French has purchased the American rights in the production of "Dr. Bill," Hamilton Aide's adaptation for the French. "Dr. Bill" Is one of tbe brightest extravaganzas ever seen in London. There is not a dull moment in tbe five acts, as now being played at the Avenue Theater. The Frenchiness of the farce Is, how ever, very thinly glazed, and altogether it will be about as risque a production as Mew York has been introduced to. Tbe motive of the play is the misadventures of a newly married young physician, who has made a specialty of practice in the theatrioal profession and is harrassed by his former patients. Mrs. Langtry has completely recovered from her recent illness and will produce "As You Like It," at St. James' Theater next Saturday evening. Minnie Palmer is going to give a series ot Sat urday matinees, usm.' her American repertoire. She played at the Gaiety Theater this after noon, and as Manager Rogers offers a prize of ten guineas to the critic who writes the mean est notice of the performance, tbe little Ameri can will probably take interest in the to-morrow's newspapers. WON'T BELL AT ANT PEIGE. Maine Dealers Havo a Fortune la Ice and Will Cling to It. . Bangor, Me., February It Scarcely an Inch of the nine miles of ice In the Penobscot remains unclaimed and it is carefully guarded by tbe men of the ice companies. It makes no difference to whom the shore property belongs. In the absence of any laws directly bearing upon the matter. It Is held that the first man to stake out a field with the evident purpose of cutting tbe ice owns it, and thus several per sons with scarcely any capital have been able this winter to place themselves in the way of making a large sum in the ice business. The city is full of New York and Philadel- Jibla men who are trying to negotiate for ice or ce privileges, but tbe Bangor dealers are re fusing to name prices and to-day have refused 52 60 a ton for early shipment, whicb would bo a clear profit of over 32 per ton. H. W. Smith, of Brooklyn, and a party of New Yorkers, representing several millions, have bought a farm on tbe river front below the city. They will erect permanent houses, with a capacity of 20,000 tons. CUEIOUS SWEDISH CUSTOM. Young Men Chance Tbelr Names on Decern ing 21 Years of Age, From the Mew York Star. A curious custom of the Swedes, and one which appears especially peculiar to Ameri cans, is the adoption of a new name upon reaching majority. This is not always, perhaps not generally, done, but the young Swede feels that he has as much right to do it as to select his own trade or occupation. If tbe name his father gave him seems too vulgar or not ro mantic enough, he simply drops it and takes another more to his taste. It is apt to be con fusing to bear a Tatber addressed as Nilson and the son as Bergstrom or Jansen, yet such is fre quently the case, and no more Is thought of it tban of a difference in Christian names among other people. Once established in tbe United States, how ever, the tendency among Scandinavians is to follow tbe custom of the country, and adhere to the paternal name, whicb, indeed, under our laws, cannot be given up for another without certain legal formalities. THE AIR FULL OP 8UGAK. People Made Sick by Superabundant Sac chorine mutter. New Yore, February 15. The Thirteenth ward Is the sweetest parr or Williamsburg. If a New Yorker crosses the nveronany of the ferryboats that land at the foot of Broadway he may remark it. It is also made apparent if be takes tbe Grand street ferry. For three blocks np from the river, between Broadway and Grand street, there's sugar in the air. It sifts through the windows of the big refineries on the river front in an impalpable powder, and can be seen white on window sills and roofs nearby. Water exposed to tbe air for 43 hours in the neighborhood gets a sweetish taste. Hundreds of persons in the Thirteenth ward are sugar sick. Articles of diet in which sugar forms a part are avoided by many. Saloon keepers say that toddy and Tom and Jerry are seldom called for by the neighbors. CLEVELAND J0KBS THE D0CT0ES. The Ex-President's Remarks at n Dinner Attended by Medical Mnn. New Yoke, February 15. At a medical col lege dinner here to-night ex-President Cleve land, after referring to tbe many jokes at the expense of the legal and medical professions, said ke bad observed that, when the jokers were sick or meshed by the law, they greet our services. Tbe patient In sists that his strong constitution carried him through and the client declares tbat he always knew thero was nothing in tbe case of bis adversary. Tbe defeated client, bon ever. Is left In a vigorous and active con dition, not only In the complete enjoyment of bis ancient privilege of swearing at tbe Court, bnt also with full capacity to swear at his law yer. Tbe defeated patient on the contrary Is very quiet indeed, but could swear at his doctor, if be had left his profanity In a phonograph to be ground out by his executor. Laughter, ArlttocrncT nt tbe Hub, From tbe Chicago Inter Ocean. The following comes from a Boston weekly laden with tbe aroma of codfish: "What is so ciety?" "It is a place where people who were poor 25 years ago tell of the plebeian origin of their neighbors, and conceal their own humble beginnings." . A Kentucky Custom. From the New york Commercial Adyertlser. A Kentucky poet has written some verses en titled "1 Love Thee Still." This is not an ex ample of what is called poetic llcetve. Most Kentucklans really do love the still It is an old Bourbon custom to do so. A aiotto for Montnnn. From tbe Washington Post. "Montanl Semper Llberi" is the motto ot West Virginia. Now, if Montana desires to exnlblt a truo spirit of reciprocity tbe new Bute will take on a bead line .about as follows: "Shake, West Virginia, Same here." A Mansion for tbe President. Washtnoton, February Representa tive Anderson, of Kansas, introduced a bill ap propriating 150,000 for the purchase of a resi dence in or near Washington for the President of the United States. If It Pre Hi by Experience. From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Next time tbe London- Times goes, gunning for Parnell It will bemore particular about the quality of its ammunition. THE STROLLERS STORIES. Odd Opinions and Quaint Observations Gath ered From Curb and Corridor. Jt WAS at Shamokin. Pa while the G. A. R. was holding its recent departmental encamp ment. Mr. and Mrs. Gable invited the rugged veterans to dinner: and. being extremely par tial to good dinners, the rugged veterans ac cepted the invitation. Rev. Colonel Dinks, who once, like tbe crusading priests of olden" times, laid down the oross to take up tbe sword, sat at the bead of tbe table; and on each side ranged a long line of bis brave boys. Gray beaded, wrinkled and deep-scarred boys they were boys who had wrestled with death on many a battle plain; boys more accus tomed to fight than to pray; true hearted, rougb-and.ready boys, every one. The smoking viands were set before them, the Colonel gave the word, and the old warriors began the fight with all the zest of 25 years ago. Some labored under a disadvantage, it is true, having but one arm to battle with, yet a glorious struggle was made, and in the end our veterans remained very decidedly the winners. They had finished an excellent feast, and they were full of gratltute toward their host and hostess. How best to show that gratitude? That was the question that eye asked of eye, all down tbe board. No one seemed to know precisely what ought to be said or doue, and the idea of formal thanks would probably have gone by the board, had not a happy notion oc curred to one of those present. This gentle man coughed slightly, as though unusued to making remarks before an audience, and glancing in the direction of the Chairman, said: "Reverend Colonel, I move tbat the whole party do now say grace!" pOR a moment surprise was very plainly ex pressed on the faces of the old soldiers; but tho expression soon gave place to one of pleasure, and the room rang with a tremendous "Aye." Then the fighting parson bowed down his hoary head and clasped bis wrinkled hands, while every member of the detachment did the same. The next moment the fine tenor voice of Colonel Danks began that simple hymn, "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow,'' tbe chorus being swelled by all present. What a scenel Two long lines of grizzled heads, bent reverently above the scarcely whiter table-cloth. All those tierce eyes tbat bad not yet cast out the old dare-devil look were now shut close, or hidden behind fingers trembling with emotionl AH those husky voices that had roared curses into tbe cannon's moutb, were now singing tbe praises of God in the peaceful hymn that sounded so quaintly in such a companyl When the hymn ended, all rose from their seats, and more than one slliy old soldier, who really ought to have known better, was seen to rub his eyes suspiciously as he left tho room. Come gay Allechenians went out a-sleighing on tbe 8th instant, and found their way In safety to a point near Gallery Junction. Quito a merry time was spent, and darkness had fallen upon the land before the revellers saw fit to leave their log cabin encampment, and take to the sleighsagain. In tho meantime such is the cruel Inopportunenes3 of fortune a heavy thaw had set in, and, when the travelers from Allegheny looked forth Into (be gathering dusk, they could not see the snow, for the same reason tbat tbe Spanish Admiral could not see his fleet, namely, because it was not there. Here was a pretty how-d'ye-do! The nearest place where a train could be reached was a flag station, and thither the whole party started, with heavy hearts. Tbe station was about two miles off, and after pass ing about a mile and a half, a whistle was heard. Instantly tbe fleetest runner in the jaded troop set off at full speed to flag the com ing train. He arrived just in time, the train was stopped; but, alas, it was a freight train after all. And the luckless slelghershad to wait 1 hour 20 minutes in tbe cold before a pas senger train appeared. posT Inspector F. K. Patterson was at the Hotel Schlqsser yesterday. Mr. Patter son hails from Frceport, and is a sturdy speci men of the G. A. R. men. He has been staying in Pittsburg for a short time, and owned to hav ing enjoyed his time immensely. Mot very many weeks ago a well-known citi zen who, in spite of bis town residence and extensive business, haa a bobby for keep ing a little country farm going; chanced to meet with another citizen on Wood street The second gentleman was followed by a very fine English bulldog, who really looked ferocious enough for anything. "Ah," lachrymosely muttered citizen No. 1. "1 wish I had 50 dogs like yours to keep the tramps off my farm in the country." Citizen No. 2 was very sympathetic over tho tramp trouble, and agreed that such dogs were nseful on a country farm. Then tbe two worthies parted. No. 1 went home to his domestic circle, but No. 2 was of evil mind, and he betook himself to a neighboring newspaper office. While there ho inserted an advertisement to the effect that Mr. Blank, of So-and-So avenue, was very much in need of some 60 dogs, "color, size or sex Immaterial." Mr. Blank, needless to say, was citizen No. 2. On the following morniDg, citizen No. 2 formed a party of friends, and hastened toward tbe residence of bis victim. Tbe plot bad worked! On the steps of the house,, along the sidewalk and far into the roadway opposite, extended a crowd of boys and men, each clutching a dog, two dogs, or even three or fonr dogs, and await ing the approval of tbe supposed ad vertiser. Of course, no policeman was anywhere near, and the crowd was allowed to remain undisturbed. So the boys sang and whistled; the legions of dogs, big, small, white, black, red and yellow, growled and yelped, and fought furiously; and the whole air was full of discord. How this rather large joke terminated does not appear, as the scheming Individuals fled with the opening of the front door. A colored gentleman In a wagon, driven by another colored gentleman, succeeded In getting up a little demonstration at the corner of Fifth avenue and Smltbfleld street yester day. It was painfully evident that the speaker had been imbibing somewhat too freely ot the cheering cup. He called a halt opposite tbe big policeman who stands at the postofiSce cor ner, and proceeded to lecture tbat sturdy rep resentative ot law and order on his duty as a citizen. Not being appreciated, and receiving a curt command to move on. be directed bis chariot to the otbersldeof Fifth avenue, wnere there was no policeman. Here be ordered his driver to pull up once more, and for the space of ten minutes deliv ered an eloquent harangue on tbe merits of Mr. Gourley as a candidate for tbe Mayoralty. He wound up by informing all present that be would be pleased to Introduce them to Ur. Gourley after the election. "Gourley will do the square thing by all friends ot mine," he said, "and don't you forget it" When tne speech was concluded the orator seized the reins from the bands of his companion, and set off on a zig-zag course down Smlthtleld street no doubt to address further audiences on the way. The Stbolleb, A BIT OP ACTING BI BOOTH. A Fanny Performance Amnios a Crowd In a Cook Shop. From the Philadelphia inquirer. Unllko tbe majority of actors. Edwin Booth is not given to story telling, and the gravity of his countenance is very rarely mollified by the in fluence of a humorous narrative. But he has been occasionally known to relate incidents of bis own career that have a bumorous side, aud once or twice be bas spoken to a party of friends of wbat he considers to be a droll ex perience tbat be met with in one of the smaller cities where he was acting. Some cream puffs in the window of a confectionery shop appealed to bis appetite, and be stepped in and purchased a few. Witbout stopping to reflect upon the peculiarities of the spongy stuff he bit into the interior, and Immediately two streams of the yellow, viscious cream oozed out and worked over his cheeks In the direction of his ears. At this moment some one in tbe shop, which was tbrougea with customers, recognized the tragedian, and exclaimed: "Why, that's Edwin Booth!" They crowded around him, and be found himself in perhaps tbe most embarrass ing position of bis life. But be went calmly on with his eating until he bad finished tbe last morsel, wined away tbe cream and; marched out ot the shop as unconcernedly as if he had been playing a part. "But" be acknowledges when he tells the story, "I never did a better bit of acting in mj life." The Cnunn ofthe Commotion. From tbe yt. Paul Pioneer Press. In New-York the' blue paper of politics got mixed with the white paper of World's Fair. Hence the fizz. 0TEE 40,000 APPLICATIONS FILED. The Array of Would-bo Census Enumerators i Blc One. rVBOM A BTATr COBSESrONDXJIT.J Washington, February 15, Everybody In "Washington is interested in the caucus. Forty six hundred people in this city have applied for a chance to count noses, and nearly 200 of them have already obtained situations under Com missioner Porter. There bave been over 40,000 applicants for places as enumerators, and there are yet many counties to be beard from. The rooms now occupied by the bureau are very inadequate for its needs. An annex to it 13 being construed, and will be completed by tbe 1st of March. By the 1st of July three floors of the new building, whicb is being erected on the site ot tbe old Lochiel House on Ninth street, will be occu pied by tbe additional clerks, which, b that time, will bave become necessary. Already it has been found tbat additional room is needed, and three floors have been leased in tbe new building at tbe corner of Massachusetts avenue and North Capitol street for mailing purposes. Tbe amount of printed matter which is being dally sent out from the bureau reaches many tons. Twenty million slips havo been sent out for tbe purpose of ascertaining the Indebted ness of each county alone, enumerators being already at work on this branch of tbe business. Some idea may be formed by the quantity of printed matter to be used by tbe bureau when it is stated tbat what bas already been sent out would fill to Its utmost capacity a room ten feet high and 25 feet each way across. Altogether, apart from the immense amount of money that will be spent in Washington for printing, for rent and for the salaries ot the permanent staff of the Census Bureau, a great deal of money will be spent for counting beads alone. Two thousand enumerators will be em ployed in this city. They will, at each bouse, obtain tbe number ot people who usually In habit it, and not as In tbe case with tbe British census, tbe number of people actually under the roof when the enumerator calls. These statistics will be obtained under tbe super vision of Prof. Bloagett, who was at one time the tutor of Commissioner Porter, and who has for many years made a study f economics. The professor is of opinion that tbe census of 1890 will be tbe most complete and tbe most successful ever undertaken. Mr. Porter is of the same opinion. A PAPEE ALL SHOULD BEAD. An Esteemed Cotemporary Pays the Sis patch Some High Compliments. From the Altoona Times. Among the large list of exchanges that come to our office we can most truthfully say that there is none we appreciate more highly tban The PrrTBBTJtiO Dispatch. It Is certainly and without doubt one of tbe best and most reada ble papers published in tho State of Pennsyl vania, or In tbe whole country, for tbat matter, to-day, and it must make its proprietors feel proud when they look upon their paper of the present day and compare It with their paper ot bygone years, when it was much smaller In size and had not; tbe immense circulation it bas at the present time. In each number are mirrored tbe doings of a day throughout the entire world, which is within Itself a whole volume of the choicest reading. It possesses special fa cilities for tbe gathering of news; bas its leased wires to all the leading cities, and special cor respondents located at these points enables The Dispatch to publish a complete record of tbe previous day's doings in all parts of the world; in fact its news-gathering facilities can not be surpassed. It also gives the full and complete market reports, which are always re liable and can be depended upon as being cor rect The Sunday edition of The Dispatch can not be excelled, publishing, as it does, 20 pages of choice reading matter every Bunday. This edition of the paper bas attained an enormous circulation. 50,000 Copies of eich number being printed. Beside giving the regular news mis cellany and tolegraphic reports up to the hour ot going to press, it publishes specially pre pared articles on various topics lust such ar ticles as afford good, solid Sunday reading for old and young. The Pittsbcro Sunday Dispatch Is precisely the kind of paper that sbquld be found in the borne of every one and read by all. May prosperity ever attend it and may its influence for good extend from pole to pole. THE SHEEWDNESS OP PLANTS. Instnneei of Nature's Wise Provisions in the Vrgetnble Kingdom. Yrom the Youth's Companion. Even plants have an tye to tbe main cbance They are as much devoted to getting on in the world as individuals of our own race are. Nor is there any great difference in tho objects which their plans take in. Tbey like comfort, and secure it in perfectly legitimate ways. The slyness with which tbe plant sometimes gives' a bint of its wisbes manifests a spirit of fun. The spacious leaves of the Victoria recla lie spread out on tbe still waters of tbe Amazon. There is no occasion for tbe plant to develop a tough integument in these leaves. Yet, what would take place when tbe fishes came to the surface as they often do in pursuit of prey, or to escape when they are themselves pursued? Tbe im mense leaves would be punched through and ripped from center to edge. This mammoth lily protects itself against harm from this source by developing prickles and spines on tbe unaer side of tbe leaf, so as to aeter nsn irom thrusting their noses against tbat surface. Plants are blessed with hearty appetites for food and drink. That they may make tbe most rapid growtn. it Is necessary that this appetite be indulged most freely. Morever, like human beings, they are subject to disease as a penalty for over-indulgence. If tbe leaf, for example, drinks too much, even of water, its tissues will be ruptured. To guard against this danger, each leaf-tooth, in plants like the saxifrage, la furnished with a water gland to provide for tbe escape of tbe surplus water. Nervine His Country. From the St. Loots Ulobe-Uemocrat.l "I love my country and wish to serve her," says tbe Duke of Orleans; and bis country takes him at his word, and gives him two years in prison. Not In Pennsylvania. From tbe Omaha World-Herald. , Why do not the railroad companies burn corn in their locomotives? They would find it both cheaper and cleaner than coat PEE30NAL AND POLITICAL. Washington .Pojf: R. G. Wood, the in ventor, invented the New Jersey ballot boxes now being investigated, as well as tbe Ohio ballot-box forgery. It would seem that about everything Wood invents will bear investiga tion. Chicago Inter Ocean: The nomination of the Hon. Charles Emory Smith as Minister to Rusiia bas won the hearty commendation of political friend and foe, and is a well-deserved tribute to a man of fine intellect and varied accomplishments. Denver Times: Mr. Edmunds bas intro duced Into the Senate a bill to establish a pub lic school system in Utah. The establishment of public schools In Utah just after tbe Gentile triumph in Salt Lake would surely put an end to Mormon domination. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Congressman Bnckalew, of Pennsylvania, keeps on voting when votes are called for, despite the threats of his Democratic brethren. If Mr. Bnckalew is anxious to get read out ot his party he is likely to be accommodated. St. PaTM, Globe: A bill in tbe Canadian Parliament favored by the Government pro poses to punish polygamy with imprisonment and disfranchisement keeping up the bars in case tbey are driven to abandon this country. They will be forced to bave a new revelation against polygamy. Chicago News: Now tbe Baltimore Sun, following In the wake of tbe Kansas City Times and the Nashville American, bas ex tracted a I002 Interview from ex-President Cleveland. Once more we ask the Hon. Henry Wattcrson why be is letting all the rest of the hoys tap the fount of Democratio wisdom be., fore experimenting with it himself. Boston Globe: Rather than admit any moro- States which have not the necessary capital with wblch to start housekeeping. Congress had better contrive some scheme by which to set them up on the Installment plan. The people of this country are not quite to far gone morally as to put a stock of gambling tools into the cradle uf an Infant State. Chicago Times: The Parnell Commission's report infers from the fact that the London Times attempted to ruin Parnell with a series of palpable aud proven forgeries tbat Parnell's followers are criminals, revolutionists and dynamltardt. If may bave gone somewhat out ot tbe record to get this sort ot a conclusion, but it is a poor record that cannot be stretched to suit tha.needs 01 a political party in extremities. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Snow at Howland Flat, Sierra county, Cal, was 75 feet deep at tbe last measuring. An English railway company has set apart a special fnnd from which to reward acts of bravery on tbe part of its employes. A Springfield, O., dispatch says that James Moffat a farm hand living near that city. Is one of tbe principal heirs to an English estate of 10,000,000. A bill will soon be introdnced In the English House of Lords providing Government assistance-for peers and people of rank who bave fallen into poverty. The historio lime tree atMunchenwyler, in Freiburg; under which tbe Swiss Federals assembled before the battle of Murten, in 1178, has been uprooted by a storm. Last Tuesday a swarm of bees belong ing to Colonel J. K. Smith, of Fetterman, W. Va.. left tbelr hive, gazed about them, and winged their way to some new abode. Christopher Columbus lives at Ejjg Harbor City, N. J. He recently testified there in a mnrder case. Cristopber said that death, in bis opinion, was not too great a punishment for an extravagant wife. Farmer Becker, of Coolbaugh, Luzerne county, found a 300-pound bear under his hay stack a few days ago. He and his son, a strap ping young fellow ot 22, bad a tussle with it and after a bard fight tbey killed it J. Hayes, Sr., of Birmingham township, Chester county, planted a patch of potatoes on February 5. and If the seed does not die from Influenza or be blown to New Jersey by tho March winds, be expects a croo of new potatoes by April 1. Harry Burgess, a 10-year-old, living at Martin, Allegan county, Mich., can draw a caricature almost equal to a Nast and Olive Williams. 6 years old, living in the same town, can reproduce any piece of music she bears, no matter how difficult For some years past several gentlemen of Chester county have been stocking the streams with trour, bass and other fish. At least 20 streams have bad trout placed in tbem. Latt year probably 20.000 troutfry were brought into the county and distributed. It is not an uncommon thing for a party of picnickers to be caught in a storm and have tbelr clothing drenched, but It remained for a Colorado picnic party to be caught la a blizzard and bave their ears frozen. January and Feb ruary picnics may be very funny, but they are attended with considerable danger. Hendrick Lunstroo went to a fancy ball in London in the costume of a prince, and be came so Imbued with tbe spirit of the char acter tbat early In tbe morning be was found by tbe police knocking at the doors of Buck ingham Palace, demanding admittance. After being locked up a while ha recovered his sanity. Vienna is in danger of becoming as grimy and as sooty as London. For tbe journey men chimney sweepers have begun a general strike, and it is Impossible to find any one possessing tbe qualifications necessary for the performance ot their duties. Indeed, toe geography of the old Vienna chimneys Is so in tricate and wonderf nl tbat it requires years of apprenticeship to become even an ordinary sweep. Originality is on its native heath down in South Carolina. Tbe Coroner of a certain county In that State owned a potato patch, and the other night when be caught a man stealing the product thereof he shot the thief dead. He was arrested, but secured his liberty on a writ ot habeas corpus and proceeded to bold an inquest on the dead thief. The verdict re turned exonorated tbe Coroner, and the Cor oner signed it The fellow who predicts the weather fo r a year in advance has been set in the shade by a venerable prophet whom newspaper men ran across at the railroaa station in Springfield, Mass. He can read a paper four years before it Is printed, and he can penetrate tbe future to such an extent as to learn tbat bis death won't occur until the middle of next century. He didn't tll where he lived, bat tbey all took it tor granted that it was in a hospital for the insane. A saint's skull is in litigation in Lyons. It belonged originally to Saint Jean Soanen, revered by Jansenists because he had protested against the Bull "Uclgenltus." It came alter his death into the possession of an ancient family by whom it was handed down, until re cently an unworthy scion sold it to a local dealer in bric-a-brao, who, in tarn, disposed of it tor $200 to a woman who already chanced to own tbe lower jaw of tbe same saint. Tbe broker wbo brought this customer to the dealer rejected tho latter's offer of $5 commis sion, and bas sued for more. At the Fitchburg Railroad Car Shops, in East Fitchburg, one ot tbe largest and strongest flat freight cars ever built for tbe road bas just been finished. It Is a special car built to carry a large wire cable weighing 60,000 pounds, trom Worcester to a mine near Den ver, CoL Tbe car is 23 feet long, 8 feet& Inches wlde.bas eight sills running lengthways, each 4xll inches, end sills 9x9 Inches. The floor of the car is covered with two-inch oak plank. It bas two trucks with three pairs of wheels each the trucks and journals weigh about twice as much as those on a common car. Physicians at Fairmount, a small town in Grant county, Ind., are puzzled at two cases of suspended animation. Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, a widow, aged SI, and John Dean, aged 73, dwelling in different bouses one-half a mile south of Fairmount have been in a trance for three days. Since Saturday itbas been impos sible to awaken tbem, tbougb to all appearances they are sleeping and breathing in a perfectly natural manner. The two are old pioneers. A few days previous to falling in tbe trance Mrs. Smith had been suffering with the grip, but was supposed to have fully recovered, when Mr. Dean retired at 9 o'clock Saturday evening he was apparently enjoying as good health as he bad experienced for years. It was reported to the Kansas City Hu mane Society recently that a sick man was living in a box ont in an open field near tha Exposition building, and Officer Marranwas sent to investigate. Just north of the building is a large field which bas been vacant for years and which Is overgrown with weeds, through wbicb runs a well-defined patb. Following this path the officer came upon the abode of J.C Hammond,who for ten years bas been a hermi t in tbe midst of the city. For a house he had two drygoods boxes w Ith tbe cracks and joints tbatcbed with barrel staves. Around tbls strange den tbe old man bad dug a trench to keep the rain from washing over his floor. For a bed he had a board two feet wide and long enough to alio w b im to lay at full length. This board, two pieces of burlap and a tub com prised the furniture of the novel house. When the officer went to the place be found the old man kneeling over tbe tub sorting out a pile of rotten potato peelings, onions and apples. One special delicacy was an old cabbage which had been food for the rats before it came into the old man's possession. WHIMS OF THE WAGS. An income tax the price of admission at a theater. Was Mngton Post, "That man is rich, who is contested with what be has." Jav Gould is iteeoed in poverty, then.-Tcxa Stftlngi. "Help somebody worse off than yourself." But many people Imagine there is no such Indl vlduat. Texas WUngt. "Genuine liver pad," is the latest thing offered In that Hue. But what does a man with a genuine liver want of a pad. Texas Sifting t. Caswell I see the Emperor of Germany tays that peace is patent. Massey Well, he wants to be mighty careful the patent doesn't expire. Puct, How many men each day you'll see Of snch there Is no dearth Whose only mission seems to be To take np room on earth. Washington Post. The Professional Margin. "Wantto build a 13,000 bouse?" said the architect; "certainly, sir. James, hand me down tbat book of 13.000 plant." "You mistake me," lnterruped hit visitor, "I said I had Just 13, M to spend on a bouse." "Ah, yes," said tbe architect "I tee. James hand me down the book of U,SOj bouses. "-Puct, Lawyer So you, want to get a divorce from your husband? Woman -That's wbat I want. Lawyer-Tou knew him long beforeyou married him why did you marry him? Woman-You see wherever 1 wenthe was al ways standing around In my way, to at last I married him Just to getrldofhlm Texas Sift ing. ,. A contributor vents his emotion in tha following strain t -- Mary had a woolly dog She uted to carry round, Bnt, heaven be praised, that pup to-day Is lingering In the pound. Washington Pott, OS THE EX-RESERVATION. Now rushes the boomer, Bnnrred on by the rumor. To the land of the tealp-lovlng Sioux; " free land Is his rlzbt: For fortune he'll light. , (- In tbetnow-bsnkt hit profits win brew: Chicago Jnttr-Octa, L
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