t Wje BiMjtlj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1848, Vol. 45, o. 13. Knttref at V lttsbnrg I'ostoBlce. November 14, lioT. as second-class matter. Business Office 87 and B9 Fifth Avenue. NewsEooms and Publishing: House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Eastern Advertising Office, Boom 46, Tribune Building. .New York. TERMS OF TUE DISPATCH. FOSTJLGE TBXX IS THX CXtTXD STATES. DAILT DIRFATClt, One Year. 8 00 Daily DisrATcn, Fertjuarter 00 Dailt DisrATcn, One Mouth .. TO Uailt DisrATcn, Including tiunday, lyear. 10 00 DATLT DISPATCH, IncludlngSnnday.Zm'tbi. SS0 Uailt Disfatcb, Including Sunday, 1 month 80 SUNDAY DISPATCH, One Year. " SO W KEKLT DlEl-ATCB, One Year 1 25 Tar Uailt Dispatch is delivered byearrlersat IS cents per week, or Including Sunday edition, at SO centi per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. FEB. 20, MM. A GEEAT EVEHT. The formal opening of the Allegheny Car negie Library this evening has its interest decidedly enhanced by the presence of the Chief Executive of the nation. Bat beyond the eclat lent to it by the participation of President Harrison in declaring that beauti ful bnilding open to the nse of the public, it has a broader and deeper significance than can attach to any ceremony merely by the presence of the most distinguished guests. Every one recognizes the occasion as the dedication of the first of a number of beau tiful buildings, which are to enrich and adorn onr communities, and in which the whole people will find literary instruction, information and amusement placed within their reach. The inception of a vast scheme for popular enlightenment and elevation, the bringing of the means for education close to every man, high or low, rich or poor, is by jtbelf an occasion of which the magnitude cannot be overstated. But that important phase of to-night's event is not greater than the significance which attaches to the magnificent example presented by Mr. Carnegie of the true uses of wealth. "We have here the precept and practice of a multi-millionaire to the effect that a life spent merely in the accumulation of riches is not enough for him. Whatever criticisms and antagonisms the donor of this great pnblic gift say have aroused in his business career, he is showing by the uses to which he puts his wealth that the man rises far above his money. He testifies by the creation of public institutions of such value that the wealth that is hoarded up is useless, while the wealth that is wisely expended for benefiting the human race is equally for the good of the public and for the honor and fame of the man who makes that highest investment of his riches. The opening of Allegheny's beautiful library building is notonly the first fruition of Mr. Carnegie's liberality, hut it furnishes an example to other rich men, which cannot fail to yield results of the widest and farthest-reaching importance. A public occasion involving such wide and deep considerations has rarely been Known in these cities. "While the bnilding which is opened to-night is for the especial use of Allegheny, the policy which it repre sents and the public benefits that are crys tallized in its faultless architecture belong to the whole community. recently, has given the Teutons reason to apprehend the truth there. After she had won the prize of beauty, she fell in love with a certain count. This was awkward for Fran Betty's husband who returning from foreign parts found place occupied by the sprig of German nobility. The husband thrashed the count, and for this indulgence he is now in jail. A cotemporary, after telling the story, remarks morally: "This looks as if marriage was a failure." To us the moral rather seems to be that a man is bound to come to grief if he is foolish enough to marry a woman who has the vanity as well as the beauty to take her into beauty contests. Prize beau ties are for museums and circuses, not homes. They may be admired safely from a distance only, and they are no more fitted to preside over the domestic circle than their side-partners, the blue-tailed monkey and the learned pig. Moreover, the history of Fran Betty points a finer moral still: Virtue and a rood heart count for more in a wife than beauty and a fine figure. several people who can tell you all about it if you ask them. ItJs interesting to observe the revival of the movement to give each' member of the House of Representatives ajelert to aid in the discharge of his official duties." This is approved by the Philadelphia Xorth American on the plea of the overwhelming work of the Congressmen. But as the work which over whelms the Congressmen is not In the line of the duties Imposed by the Constitution the ar gument has a weak spot. The Congressmen can discharge their official duties easily enough when they give np the extra-constitutional duty of office brokerage. TWO D0KKEY8 F0DBD. Two of our esteemed cotemporaries in New York are greatly exercised in spirit abont the comparative enterprise of their correspondents who were discovered by Mr. Stanley when he reached the coast. One was discovered a few minutes before the other, and the paper which employed the former is very much elated. The exact facts in brief are these: Mr. Stevens trusting to his feet was able to present himself for dis covery to Mr. Stanley before Mr. Vizitelly, who rode a Muscat donkey. It was a case of one donkey beating two donkeys, though it is a little hard on the animal from Muscat to reflect upon his energies. Ever since Mr. Stanley made these extremely trivial discoveries, a great hubbub has been raised by the discovered pair and the newspapers behind them. The Muscat donkey is only interested party who has had the good sense to keep his mouth shut. The public has absolutely no concern in the matter. The discovery of donkeys is an everyday affair, and nobody knows this better than Mr. Stanley, by the way. But it is worth noticing the contrast between the hugely advertised expeditions of these two newspaper correspondents and those in which Mr. Stanley has been engaged. The correspondents were sent ont to discover Stanley, and were instead discovered by him within sight of his perilous journey's end. How does their work compare with Stanley's? Take that brave American's search for Livingstone, for instance. How he made his way through dangers innumer ab!e,found Livingstone, joined in his explor ations of Lake Tanganyika, and reached the Eastern coast of Africa again before expe ditions planned before his and with a like purpose, had been started, is known to all the world. All his deeds have displayed the same qualities, on a grand scale, de cision, courage and tenacity. He has won new laurels lately. But the donkeys and jackals should be still. The Muscat donkey sets a splendid example. If the United States will not take hold of the dynamite gun it appears that foreign countries will do so. There is a great differ ence between a Government that Is playing at improving Its machine of war, and one that has to get the best and latest inventions to pre serve its existence. A Democratic journal wishes to know why Senator Ingalls' plan of Federal super vision ol elections should not apply to Kansas, where a fatal eleetlon riot occurred recently. Why not, Indeed? And why cannot the South rise far enough above sectionalism to propose to have the general Government put down dis order whether It is committed by KuKlux In the South or White Caps in the West? Oil speculation is so quiescent that the members of the exchange are contributing in terviews to the papers, devoted to the discus sion of the question whether It is sleeping or dead. The reality is, that it is simply wait ing for a fresh generation of lambs to grow up. It is an example of the controlling influ ences that tend to characterize a man's career, that at that New York World's Fair meeting, after the public, the speakers, the resolutions and every one else, had united in declaring that the fair must be secured to New York, a mes sage came in from Thomas C. Piatt expressing his old and proverbial sentiment, "Me too." If it is true, as asserted, that Boston is shipping the greater part of 800,000 gallons of rum to Africa, the African savages ought to send missionaries, and convert the Boston mer chants to civilization and Christianity. Fbom all reports it seems to be about an even chance whether that public character, Mr. Buck Ewlng, will stick to the 'glorious cause" of the professional baseball players, or the glorious cause of the speculators in base ball players. In the professional baseball busi ness principles are few but salaries are mighty. The British East African Company pro poses to import a lot of Indian laborers to work in its African opium plantations. The Africans will be justified in getting up a strike against such an importation of coolie labor. SOUTHERN IS0K IN FITTSBTJBQ. The reported shipment of 5,000 tons of Southern pig iron to this city, evokes from the brokers whose business is founded on .I... ml. ... .n 41. ... . . .. .n.A ..ami m ..I. UIV MIC VI IViUJCIU J1VU HJUiC bUUllUCUM I the reverse of flattering. The general opin- I ion oi mis interest is mat wnne tne soutn ern iron can be laid down on the wharf here at a considerable reduction over Northern prices its coSt will represent more than it is worth. These Tiews are of course ex parte statements from those with' whom the Southern iron will come in competition. Pittsburg as a whole is a buyer of pig iron. Tf Southern iron can supply a need here it will be to the advantage of our industries. That is sufficient to insure it a fair chance to demonstrate its rahon d'etre. What is known of its quality does not justify very great expectations; but the interest of our iron trade insures the new product a fair -trial. SYMPATHY. The day after an election is always sad to some people. It is one of the most unfortu nate things in this life that we cannot all of us be happy at the same time. Very often that which makes one man happy makes another sad. This is painfully true in politics. Both parties cannot win. Per haps it would be better if both sides could be victors and both share the spoils. But it cannot be. The system of mundane affairs is not built that way. We should be very glad to say something to comfort our Democratic friends, if there were anything to say. It is quite plain that the Democrats in Pittsburg and Allegheny have been defeated thoroughly. At present there is not a glimpse to be had from the Democratic standpoint of the golden lining ol the cloud. Some people find it a comfort to think of the bright side of things even when it is. invisible. We have not the heart to counsel our afflicted fellow citizens to take such cold comfort. But one election does not make or un make a party. There are large veins of fun still untouched in politics. Democratic picks and shovels may yet reach these "pockets" of ore. A mule once kicked its owner from the stable door into an apple tree. The man said when he came down from the tree: "What luck! I always was fond of apples." Perhaps there is comfort in this. THE COAL BATE QDEST10K. It is reported that some of the railroad officials who heard the disenssion of the thick-and-thin Tein, or forty-mile radius question on coal rates have expressed their opinion in favor of reducing the rates to the thin vein mines situated in a small radius. Such action wonld be correct, independently of the respective profits of the two classes of coal mines, for the reason that the least ser vice is performed by the railroads for the mines within the shortest radius. It is not good economy to carry any staple two hundred miles at the same charge as for 130; because to exactly the extent in which it permits the longer transportation to take the place of the shorter, it involves just so much wasted effort. The railroad theory of charging what the freight will bear ignores this principle, but it is in turn ignored by the existing state of affairs, which puts as much of a charge on the freight that will bear the least as on that which will bear the most and is carried the longest distance. Both railroad practice and economic justice warrant the rednction which the thin vein operators ask for. BEWABE OP PBIZE BEAUTIES. Human nature Is the same all the "world over. Prize beauties have been proven "kittle cattle" in America again and again, and .Fran. Betty Stnckhardt, who "was crowned at Spa as the Venus of Germany C0BN AND COAL. Our esteemed but rather haphazard East ern cotemporary, the Boston Globe, ap pears to think it has struck at the root of an economic injustice in the following para graph: Soft coal in the neighborhood of Pittsburg is worth 2 cents a bushel, and in Kansas City S3 cents a bushel, while corn in Kansas City is worth 10 cents a bushel ana TO cents in Penn sylvania. Can the "middleman" between tho two consumers be much less than a highway man? " Of course the first thing to inquire into, when confronted by such a marked contrast, is the accuracy of the figures. An exami nation of the market reports will show that the quotation of corn in Kansas City is 21 22c, while in Pittsburg it is 3536o per bushel. Of the price of bituminous coal in Kansas City there is no authoritative quota tion; but as the quotation given for it above is less than the rate paid for mining it will be perceived that the quotation is remark ably wild, the actual market price being from 45c at wholesale up to 8c at retail. Suck bald inaccuracies would not be worth much space, except for the proof, giv en by the corrected figures, of exactly the opposite conclusion to that suggested in the paragraph It is shown that under the freedom of competition which prevails in the transportation of corn and coal, the actual charge for carrying these staples 1,000 miles, including the profits to the shipper and the cost of handling, insurance and everything else, is about 14c per bushel on corn and 16c per bushel on coal, or on both a charge in the vicinity of 20c per hundred weight. We believe this to be a striking proof that the greatest economic cheapness is secured wherever the competi tion oi middlemen is wholly free. If .the exchange of these two staples can ever be made more cheaply,competition will reduce these charges still lower. The converse of the proposition is also very clear. The only way in which middle men can force excessive charges ou their function of transacting the exchange of staples like these is by obstructing compe tition. That purpose is what is aimed at by the trusts. A Philadelphia paper publishes an editorial on the theme, "Let the South Hang Its Murderers." No one is preventing the South from! doing so. -It would nave rather more local pertinence if the injunction were for Pennsylvania to hang its murderers instead of letting tbem off with penitentiary sentences. THE TOPICAL TALKER Behind the Act Drop at the Theater There Is a Dark Continent Come, Let C Explore It. Qeossinq the stage of a theater when there is only the curtain between one and the audience has bad no delights for me since I saw a brother writer, who was talking to a pretty soubrette about her aspirations and other Interesting things, in the center of the stage, was exposed suddenly to the view of 2,000 or 8,000 persons, among whom was his best girl an impressionable headstrong beauty. The curtain went up suddenly. Although I was thinking of my unfortunate friend's fate I did cross tho Bijou stage yesterday afternoon when the drop that Is becoming, sad to say, a drop too much was down Between acts IL and III. of "The Honeymoon." The passage was un eventful; no envious stage hand tested the strength of a fiat upon my person, and nothing fell from the "flies," where faded blue sky and dingy stripes' of ceiling flapped side by side. The palatial dressing room where stars ob scure their brilliancy lor a time only to re appear more dazzling than ever, is situated on the right side of the stage, and between the proscenium arch and the auditorium. It is a beautiful room; its splendid equipment I can hardly describe. You may catch some idea of its furnishing when I tell you that Mlsf Mar garet Mather's first words, or nearly her first, when we entered the room were: "Well, gen tlemen, I hope you don't mind sitting on trunks" and she herself and her aresser were standing. But what is a chair after all but a luxury for which our -ancestors, Mr. Darwin assures us, had no manner of use. pEESUMlso, then, that you are not particular auuut a coair stay, miss juamera aresser has unearthed one which was hidden by a long trained dress you can get a good look at Miss Mather's face, for she stands before you, and there's more light in the room than anything else, excepting stage costumes, which are all over the place. If you saw her last year you will remark that she is looking better now than she did then. She is slighter by a good deal. "Oh. as to 'The Honeymoon,' " she says, "I en joy playing it as a change and a relief from the heavier plays in my repertoire." "How long have you been playing Juliet, Miss Maihert" "Between seven and eight years and it is still apparently the part the publlo likes best to see me in. You know I am Juliet four times this week. Yes, I enjoy Shakespeare's unhappy heroine still. But, I am glad I am to drop 'Borneo and Juliet' next season. I want to study the character and to im prove myself In it; it is impossible for me to do this satisfactorily while I am playing Juliet all the time. A charactergetsllke a gar ment afteryou've been init, worn it,agood while; it takes on the creases of your own flgfre, your own ideal, and you can't mend It or reshape it while it's on your back. But I shall never get tired of JulieCt love story." JFOhUKEB DEPENDED HIMSELF. Way He Thought the Adjutant General's Order Referred ti Canada. GnrcnurATi. February 1ft. Following Is a shorthand interview with Governor Foraker on Adjutant General Kelton'a remarks: "Yes, I have read the statements of Adjutant Gen eral Kelton, as they are reported In the news papers. Had what I said been takenjn my own language, the Adjutant General wouldnot have taken Issue with my statement or offered any criticism upon it. What I said was that. Inas much as It was no longer a secret, I conldjwitb ont impropriety refer to the fact that at the time when the negotiations were going on con cerning the Canadian fisheries question, I was called upon, as I understood other Governors were, to report at once to the Adjutant General of the United States army the number of Ohio National Guard organizations, and the number of members enrolled therein, together with the maximum strength to which they could be in creased, and also to what degree of efficiency they were drilled, disciplined, armed and equipped and how lone It wonld require to fill our organizations to their maximum strength and concentrate the whole force at Cleveland. "I might also have stated that the circular letter asked for information as to what num ber of these men could take the field for nine months, which is the longest time the President is authorized to call out the National Gnard for service in the field; but I did not allude to that fact. I did not say, either that the letter spoke about the purpose of the call being to invade Canada or any other country. In fact, I made no allusion to Canada, except only to say this happened while the controversv about the Canada fish eries was going on. It was no secret, because, as Adjutant General Kelton probably knows, if be has read the newspapers, the matter has been many times Spoken of in the press, and if 1 am not , mistaken Governor Beaver, probably a year ago, spoke of it in some public way. At any rate the matter, whatever it may have been originally, was no longer confidential when 1 spoke about it. I alluded to it, not to Impart information, but only to illustrate the propriety of maintaining such a military organization as the National Guard amounts to. "Of course I supposed the call had reference to the Canadian troubles, and this view of the matter was confirmed when I learned that Pennsylvania, as I was informed, was at the same time asked as to bow soon she could con centrate Derivational Guard at Erie, and that New York was asked the same as to Buffalo. But of course the Adjutant General knows better, and we must all accept the statement as true 'that it was only a piece of funny busi ness,' something like they afterward claimed as to tne retfel flag order, and that It bad no relation to Canada, the fisheries question, or anything else of any movement" It is reported that the fishery question is settled once more; but the report contains no guarantee as to how lung the obstinate ques tion will stay settled. The Indiana man who has got into the penitentiary for falsely swearing that he did not have any money to pay his debts, knows better now. A good many people who make affidavits with regard to assessments for taxation, or In equity suits have not learned the lesson and do not seem likely to. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. WEATHER WORDEBS. There is no law against guessing at to morrow's weather, althongh General Greeley and his army.of prophets may think they have a patent on their select predictions; and it is certainly no crime to speculate about yesterday's weather. It is a great deal safer to talk of the weather that is past like the water which has gone over the wheel, it cannot return to give you trouble. A great many of us have discussed the weather with more than nsnal interest this winter. A companion subject until lately was la grippe. The two went together naturally. Some have said that the weather gave rise to the influenza epidemic, and there does seem good reason to assign its virulency to atmospheric conditions. A curious discovery ias been made by the London St. Jama Gazette in this direction. The Gazette believes that the grip isdue to the stagnation of the air, and to support the theory shows that the atmosphere..as ob served at Greenwich, has had far less move ment than usual during the last six months. Stagnant air may have caused the English braudjof grip, but it cannotbe said to have had much to do with the American article as supplied to Pittsburg. We are under the impression that the period in which the grip raged most virulently and widely in this city was marked by several cyclonic storms, and the winter generally, while un usually warm, has not been remarkable here for the lack of high winds. The ex ceptional humidity and high temperature seem more probable causes of the spread of the disease in this part of the world. Another subject upon which carloads of speculation May be expended is the cause of the revolution which, has certainly occurred in the seasons. All sorts of reasons from the sublime to -the ridiculous may be trotted out. Is the precession of the equinoxes the criminal? or has the solstice passed the aphelion without letting us know? There are Miss Pauncefote, the -eldest daughter of Sir Jullad Pauncefote, the English Minister at Washington, is the leader of the fashionable walking brigade She is tall and graceful, and can outwalk any two of her numerous ad mirers. Colokei, tJoiiN Thomas Schabf is what Goethe called a "miscellaneous' youth;" he has been a soldier, statesman, lumber merchant, lawyer, lecturer, historian in short, like the famous Duke of Buckingham, he has been "everything by turns and nothing long." He once interviewed Jefferson Davis, much more to the satisfaction of tne interviewer than the interviewed. Mrs. Sai.lt Jot White, the President of the New England Women's Press Association, was the first woman journalist who secured a position on a Boston newspaper. She began her journalistic career 21 years ago, and has re mained at it ever since, only stopping long enough to get married and become a joy to her husband. She lives at Ashcroft, near Boston, In a house 200 years old, but she is 43 only. Fbaxces Bebry WnrrcHEB is scarcely known byname to the present generation of American readers, yet she wrote one of the most popular books other time, "The Widow Bedott Papers." She was born in Oneida county, N. Y in 1811, and died there in 1852. In 1847 she married Mr. Whitcher. an Epis copal clergyman, and it was the peculiarities of his flock which she portrayed In her "Papers." Maettn Van Buben was once reproving his clever but erratic son John for some extrava gance or other, when -the young scapegrace as sumed an air of great dignity and said: "Father, the time will come when yon will be remembered only as the father of John Van Buren." That time has not, ana never will arrive, for John Van Buren, with all bis wit, did nothing, while bis father without it became President or the United States. Hesei W. Austin, the editor of the Aus. tionalut, the new Socialist magazine, has been an actor. Insurance man, journalist and poet. He is short and stout, with fine-cut features and large head. He changes his beard and dress as it suits his own sweet will; he can make a good speech, carefully polishes his verses, and sells them at high prices. He smokes a pipe, and always uses the best to bacco. His home is In Boston or thereabouts, but he does not swear by Harvard. Joseph KEPPLEB,the well-known cartoon ist and founder of Puck, Is a dashing, brilliant man, 5 feet 10 inches in height, with a large military-looking mustache, with gieat masses of carefully arranged hair, that seem to float on the top of his head. He Is 55 years old, a native of Vienna, where his father was a fancy baker. He has been an actor, magician, etc. He found his true vocation when he started Tuck, by which he baa made a fortune. His home Is a beautiful place at Inwood-on-the- Hudson, where he is surrounded with all the comforts of life. Physically Miss Mather is the very opposite of Sara Bernhardt. In their dramatic work the strongest similarity is visible in one direc tion at all events whatever either of them takes to do she does with all her might. Per haps the sympathy which iexists between the Bernhardt and her American sister springs from the common intensity of their natures. "Yon think a great deal of Sara Bernhardt, don't you ?" "Yes she Is a wonderful actress, but beyond and beside that I like her as a woman. She has been very kind to me. I expect her to give me no little help when I go over to Paris next April to see her in her new play, 'Jean D'Arc,' which I am to produce in this country next season. When I saw Mile. Bernhardt last year in Paris she it was who proposed that some day we should play 'Romeo and Juliet' together Bernhardt to be Romeo. She writes me that she is studying English hard now, to fit herself for the attempt. I believe that we shall com bine forces next year." "And as to 'Jean D'Arc T " "From what I have learned of the play and my part in it, I am encouraged to believe that 'Joan of Arc,' as I shall name it. will appeal very strongly to American audiences. You see I shall have the advantage of seeing. the divine Sara in the title role at the Porte St Martin Theater in Pans this spring, and all the origin al nrODertles and scenery of what is called a most elaborate production will be mine also. I say I like the part as I understand it'now, and I am studying every book relating to Joan of Arc that I can buy." It does seem likely that "Joan of Arc," when it is produced for Its initial run at the new Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, will be a remarkable event at the birth of next season. CLEVELAND WAS EMPHATIC. A Cartons Story Abont Election Night In the White Home. From the Globe Democrat.; The Illinois Democrats propose to nominate John M. Palmer for United States Senator and make a personal campaign, it Is said. That is provocation for the narrative of an incident at the White House on election night, 1883. Mr. Cleveland and his Cabinet were gathered intbe library reading the returns as they were taken by an operator in the next room. Mr. Cleve land has never been accused of rainbow chas ing. He la level-headed when it comes to elec tion returns. He demonstrated that quality on this particular occasion. Enough bad been re ceived to show about what the city of New York and Kings county would do. The President got up from his chair and be gan to pace the floor in a deliberate manner. Some figures came from the interior of New York State. One was from Boscoe Oonkling's old home, where in 1881 there had been defec tion from Blame sufficient to elect Cleveland. The President took this return and compared it with the figures of four years before. He saw that Harrison bad recovered the lost Repub lican vote in the interior of the State. He made a rapid calculation and said: "Gentlemen, we have lost it" Then he re sumed his oacing. Nobodv snoke for a few moments. At length Postmaster General Dick inson broke the silence. He saia: 'Mr. President. I am inclined to wait for Com ebody wrote to The Dispatch a day or two ago asking what color Miss Mather's eyes were. Even the editor of the "Mall Pouch" was staggered. Yesterday, during our tete-a-tete, I tried hard to find the answer for TheDispatch's correspondent It was no use. All that mortal man could tell in the glare of the gas light was that Miss Mather's eyes were large and wonderf nil y bright. So I asked her the question plumply. She laughed as she replied: "My eyes seem to puzzle people. Last summer I sat for my por trait to a notable painter, I never got a good look at the picture till it was done. Then the artist brought it into a strong light for me to see. At the first glance I noticed that the eyes were blue, deeply but vividly blue. 'Sir,' said 1. 'You have given me blue eyes you are kinder than nature.' " He looked hard at my eyes and still asked, "are they not bluer' "No, sir," I said, "they are brown, unmistak ably brown, though dark in tone" and so they are. And as her cue was called and she said goodby. she added: "and if anyone asks what color my hair is say, please say it is brown, no auburn, no brownl" MAN! NOTABLE PERSONS THERE". Heeling of the National Encampment of the Union Veteran Iieglon. ( rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.I Newabk, O., February 19. Many of the delegates and representatives to the National Encampment of the Union Veteran Legion ar rived to-day,amoug them National Commander Pearson, accompanied by the members of his staff; General Bragg, of Wisconsin; ex-Chief Justice Read, of Iowa; Dr. Read, of Missouri; Major Byram, of Philadelphia; Colonel Foot man, Massachusetts: Colonel Manchester, of Kansas; General L H. Duvall, West Virginia; Colonel Plunkett, Illinois; Gen eral McNalr, Delaware; Colonel M. M. Murphy, Ohio, and many others. A large meeting of the National Advisory Committee was held at headquarters to-night. A BADLY. AFFLICTED FAMILY. Fonr Deaths In One Honiohotd, and Others HI of Typhoid, r SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS DISPATCH. Washington, Pa., February 19. Another of the R. C. Vandergrift family died hereto day of typhoid fever, making four deaths in side of three weeks. First the fatbervied; then three children two daughters ana a son succumbed. One daughter was a young lady, engaged to be married to Mr. Jacobs, who died of the same disease the night the girl's father died. The remaining four unmarried children are still serionsly ill. while a married daughter, Mrs. Lewis, has been so ill that she was not able to see her father or any of her dead sisters and brothers. Mrs. Frazer, mother of Mrs. Vandergrift, has been assisting to take care of the sick. Htm r lost ber husband three months ago, and a mar ried uauguier uvo muums since. were suggested, and the indorsement of the per diem pension bill was unanimous. The National Encampment will be called to order by General Pearson to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. After the calling of the roll and other preliminary business, the National Commander will deliver his addrcs, to be followed by the reports of national officers. In the evening a laiupflre will be held, at which the Mayor will deliver his address of welcome. The election of national officers will hardly take place be fore to-morrow morning. As yet no names have been montloned, and, unlike most na tional bodies, there is no button-holing, wire pulling or distribution of circulars or cards. So far the delegates have every appearance of having seen service and plenty of It. Thisis not to be wondered at, as the eligibility rule of the Union Veteran Legion is that the members must have volunteered prior to July 1, 1863, for a term of three years and served two full con tinuous years, nnless discharged by reason of wounds received In line of duty. All the dele gates are expected to-morrow morning. DEATHS OP A DAY. further figures; I don't by any means give up yet We have heard nothing from Michigan so far. Our prospects there are very bright, I can assure you, from personal information." Tbe President had baited as Mr. Dickinson began to speak. He listened until his Post master General had finished, and, without a word, he resumed his tramp across the room. In a few minutes a telegram from Detroit was handed in. It announced that Michigan had gone Republican "by the usual majority." Tbe oppressive silence which ensued was broken by Secretary of Agriculture Norman J. Coiman, of Missouri, who, with cheerful optimum, arguea: "Wait till we hear from Illinois, Mr. Presi dent I know something of tbe situation there. The honest yeomanry are thoroughly aronsed upon this issue of tariff reform. General John M. Palmer has made a gallant fight I shall not give up hope until we have heard from Illinois." The President had stopped as Secretary Col man began to talk. He heard bim through, and simply said as he resumed his march: "Oh, I" AS TO CONSTABLES' TEEMS. An Interesting; Question Likely to be Test ed at Kiltannlng. rtrXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB EISPATCH.1 KirTANWiso, February 19. The election passed off quietly yesterday, resulting in a clean sweep for tbe Republicans, their major ity averaging all around about 25 votes.. The result was not known until very late last night J. D. Reynolds (Rep.) was elected Burgess. The defeat of Z. W. Montgomery for Con stable will bring before the courts the lately agitated question in regard to the legality of the election for the office this year, as it Is pro posed to contest tbe matter. A, farther com plication arises overthe fact that tho Constable, In bis notloe of election, failed to notify the voters that a Constable was to be elected. Should tbe matter get into the conns, as is very probable now. It will decide a very inter esting and much mooted question, and may re sult in the election of Constables and Asses-' sors in other parts of the State being declared' Illegal. Three days before the February elec tion, an act was passed and signed by Governor Beaver, extending tbe term of Constable and Assessor to three years, instead of one year as heretofore. Notices to the effect were pub lished three days prior to tbe election In 1889. and the question now rises: "Was it Intended that the act should take effect at once'or com mencing this year." Some Judges in other parts of the State have decided that Constables elected in 18S9were elected for three years, while as many others have held that they were only Intended to serve one year. In many places, particularly In Kittanning, the one year term for 1889 was accepted, and Constables were elected. It now looks as though their election will be declared void, and tbat tbe men elected In 1SS9 shall serve until 1892. THE RUSSIAN EXILES. George Kenuan'a Second Lecture Greeted by a Vast Audience A Story of Terrible Tyranny Chat With the Lecturer Afterward. A notheb great audience Old City HaU, large as it is, was crowded to the doors evidenced the opinion in which George Kennan is held as a lecturer In this city. His subject last night was "Russian Political Exiles," a lecture which is considered bis best and which has attracted considerable commentuhrough out tbe country oh account of the recent tragic Incidents of Siberian exile life which have reached these shores. Among the audi ence were noticed many of the most cultured people of tbe two cities, quite amumber of whom had attended the dis course of the evening before: also not a few who were evidently Russians, from the manner in which tbey took quick note of many portraits displayed and points scored by the speaker. The lecture was copiously illustrated by pict ures of prisons, maps, and portraits of exiles Mr. Kennan had met in his travels; and, al though itwas not enlivened by the humorous and entertaining digressions embodied in the one of the evening before, was listened to at tentively to the end. It has often been said that it is difficult to hold an audience of any kind with a reading, a lecture or a play tbat contains nothing but the sad or pathetic sides; but that is what Mr. Kennan did last night and the ap plause with which he was greeted time and again showed plainly enough how it pleased his audience. IB. George Welshons did the introduc tory work in a brief and entertaining man ner, and Mr. Kennan began his discourse, which he read rapidly from notes. He alluded to tbe death of the Czar Alexander IL and tbe events which led to tbat consummation.. Many attributed it to nihilism, in their Ignorance, terming every phase or Bussian character Identified with the socialistic movement of that country as belonging essentially to nihilism. The speaker had met more than 400 of the best known political exiles of all types, each of which be defined, but had never met a "Ni hilist" pure and simple. They are not homo geneous, as some in this country believe, but exist in evrrv orancn oi society, xney are not "terrorists" from choice, but are such from cir cumstance. It was the condition erf the polit ical exile and their treatment by the Govern ment which made them such. Mr. Kennan then described tbe route to and appearance of the inhabitants of the Siberian prisons and towns, which are familiar to the public through bis articles on the subiect In recent issues of the Century. At first be did not like the exiles with whom he met, but after a time was convinced that the people who were considered dangerous enough to be sent into exile were usually bright and intelligent men and women, whose very Intelll- gence and culture had bronght tbem under tbe an of tbe Government He then showed types of character taken from photographs of exiles. Including philosophers scientists, poets and novelists, whose portraits Indicated the highest degree of culture. Some of these had repeat edly expressrd their opinions of the existing conditions to Mr. Kenuan. and they emphati cally asserted that if the Russian Government wouia maze tne slightest effort to grant the people freedom of speech and ameliorate some of the harsh laws they would gladly lay down their arms and do anything toward advancing the Interests of tbe country and its institutions. But it appeared that the Government would not make tbe slightest attempt at doing this. Tbev nerslsted in annofntms- nnAdneatnd officials, who rode over the lower classes rough shod, grinding them down to misery. Tbe in cident of an official signing a written copy of tbe Lord's Prayer in the belief that It was a publio document was cited. VjTCH beings as these sent men and women to the mines of Kara to serve sentences of exile, which were seldom lived through, for crimes which oftlmes existed only in the im agination of their judges. Acts such as these were sufficient to create a nation of terrorists. Mr. Kennan then stated that it was his purpose to show, if possible, to everyone the conditions existing in a nation held to be civilized. He had been asked since he came to Pittsburg if there had been any change for the better of late, to which he conld emphatically answer, "No," and re ferred to tbe flogging to death of women pris oners of Kara, quotedln the newspapers of the past week, one of whom he knew very well. "Not the slightest improvement has taken place," continued Mr. Kennan. "I am contin ually receiving information from different sources. Within a week or two I have received manuscript reports of the massacre which took place at one of the Siberian settlements noted by the press. It seems that it all came about from a mistake. A party of about 20 exiles, among tbem three or four young pirls, were ordered to be removed t a point near the coast of the Arctio Ocean, a dace that is nothing bnt a wild and daeary waste, where, from personal experience, x know the thermometer ranges from 40 to 50 below zero. They remonstrated, and a division of soldiers were sent to tbe building occupied by tbem to order them to move. A. slight resistance was the result, and the soldiers fell upon them and bayoneted six to instant death and mortally wounded three. They then received a hurried and farcical trial, which resulted in tbe hanging of three and tbe sentencing to life imprisonment ox tne oaiance. 0DR HAIL POUCH. Man.geld Valley, a Town That Is AflNcted With a8Dperabnndanee of Sasses How it Got In Bf altltndlnons Title Sugges tion to a New Nnmr. Jo the Editor of The Dispatch: There, is now a controversy waging in this town concerning the changing of the name of the station and postofflce. As you are aware, judging from late statements in The Dis patch, this town is afflicted with a super abundance of meaningless names. In the first place. S3 years ago, before the town became known to tbe world, it was called "Bleb Val ley," and the postofflce was called bytbat name, but shortly before tbe incorporation of the town into two boroughs. Mansfield and Char tiers, In 187& the postofflce address was changed tp Mansfield Valley, while the station name is simply "Mansfield.1' Four years ago there was a postofflce started in Chartiers borough called "Putnam." a name as meaningless and clumsy as could be, and in the snmmer of 1S89 a petition signed by a few patrons of the latter postofflce was sent to tbe Postmaster General, praying jur ujd uiuo ui mo oluco to oe changed to "Chartiers." Now, the latter name is even worse than Putnam, for there are three other towns with stations called Chartiers, viz.: One at the mouth nf Chartiers creek, and a leading town on cbe Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, where all their shops are located; No. 2 is on the Allegheny river, opposite Tarentom; Ho. 3 Is In Westmoreland county, a milk shipping station of local note. Dear Dispatch, how long shall these things be? The confusion of having another Mans field in Pennsylvania, wbicb Is simply Mans field, makes too many Mansfields and too many Cbartlerses. Your news columns a day or two ago said "Monroe" was a taking name with the peoule here, but it Is a mistake. "Camezie City has a little favor, but it is only tbe beat ing of a pulse for a man who is particularly prominent just now. We would like to have your opinion an the matter of a new name. The public opinion is not In favor of leaving the old stand-by word "Mansfield" out of the new name, and this afternoon' issue of the Mansneld Item sug gests the prefix of the monosyllable "New." Doesn't "New Mansfield" sound nice and smooth? Do yon think a prefix is better than a suffix, like 'Walloyr It would save a gTeat deal of annoyance If the town was all called by one name, and it would be a laudable thing to consolidate the two boroughs (which are re-iily one town) and unita the 'wo postofilces. "New Mansfield would add a vigorous feeling to the place, and give It a place among larger towns, where It ought to be, with 10,000 people. New Massfielx). Mansfield Valley, February 19. It is a question that the people of Mans field should settle for themselves, without out side aid. Unquestionably the place should be renamed. Old Dan Ulco Sans It. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you state through Uail Pouch the origin of the words, "Paddle your own canoe," or else where can be found. J. C. D. East Liverpool. 0.,Pebrnary 19, 1890. Old Dan Bice, now deceased, who was one of the most famous circus clowns of his day and generation, while he may not have originated the expression alluded to, certainly gave it Its widest and most familiar circulation, in that song of bis, the chorus of which ran: Then love your neighbor as yourself. As this world vou go traveling through. And never sit down with a tear or a frown. Bnt paddle your own canoe I Prohibited Mall Matter. To the Editor of The Dtsnatcnt Will you please tell me through the columns of The Dispatch bow a letter intended to make the circuit bf tbe world should be di rected, and the postage necessary T CBBIOSITT. PrrTSBrjBO, February 191 "Postal cards or letters addressed to go around the world" are on the list of "pro- nimted articles" in tho "United States, Official Postal Guide." The Isle of St. Helena. To the Editor of The Dispatch: To what place was Napoleon exiled? Where is the placer C. 8. Gleniteld, February 19. St. Helena was Nanoleon's place of exile from October 16, 1815, until bis death. May 6. I82L It Is an island, belonging to Great Britain, in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 1,200 miles west of Africa and 3.000 miles east of South America, latitude 15P 67' srutb and longitude 5 43,' west; area, tf square miles. CDKIOUS C0SDE5SATI0XSL Yen, Sometime, bnt Not So Easily. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: ( Could not a parent stop a child from marry ing before the age of 2U previous to this new marriage law? Constast Reader. Pittsbubg. February 19, 1S90. EYEE1THIKG THIER 0WB WAY. Tbe Democrats Mnbe a Clean Sweep of Offices ot Johnstown. rSFECIAL TILEORAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Johnstowh, February la The full returns from vesterdav'a election show a. rlaim awaAn 0..........1 MK--.fl.Aa I. .tin ..1m am. ..M.1..I- L. v. . - oevciai "sa " """" "fcuiouuua rior tne Democracy. Mayor, Treasurer, Con JJefoee one of those who were hanged died he hastily scribbled the following message, which he left in tbe hands of a fellow prisoner: 'I am not afraid to die; but let my death connt for something. Send information to Kennan; and I intend to obey that adjuration to the let ter, and, it I can by any means possible, better the condition of those poor wretches, it will bring me more happiness than If l wore the purple and Imperial diadem of tho Czar of all tbe Bussias." A pteb tbe lecture Mr. Kennan was ques tioned In regard to the report from Phila delphia, which chronicles the organization of a society, tbe object of which is to send a peti tion to tbe Czar asking, in the name ot civiliza tion, for mitigation of cruelties practiced lh the Siberian exile system. He said: "Yes, I know of it The society was or ganized when I was in Philadelphia last by tbe Kev. Mr. McVickar. I made several addresses; but, aside from whatever indirect effect public opinion may have, I do not think it will accom plish much. A society of the same kind exists in England, which devotes itself to the publi cation of all tbe news which It can get from Siberia, hoping to create a movement by that means." "Do yon know of any society of the kind in the city, or in contemplation?" "No, I do not Although I have met quite a number of Russians here, who were ref ngees one of them an old, white haired gentleman wno was in the audience to-night, who has a very interesting history I would not dare to give his name for the same reason that I suppressed the names of seven of those whose portraits I showed to-night There is no knowing 'how or by what means the Bussian Government might secure those names and cause the owners trou Die in the future." Mr. Kennan left late last night for Cincinnati, where he lectures this evening. What Sort of a City is It t To the Editor of The Dispatch: How many inhabitants are tbere in Ford .City. Pa. ? Is the town owned by one ma.i, and has it any Mayor and police ? READEB. Wheel-so. February 19. BEST AKD MOST EELIABLE. troller and City Assessors were elected bv tha Democrats, and they were given a majority of two in the Select branch of Councils. The vote on Common Council makes it a tie in that branch. Mayor Rose's majority was 1.211 Tbe Demo crats also gained a majority in tbe school controllers. A NETV HOME FOE APACHES. Geo. Crook Will Urge the Removal of Flor ida Indians to Ft. Sill. ' Chicago, February 19. General Crook has just arrived in tbe city from an extended trip through the Indian Territory. He was asked if he ascertained from tbey Indians down there whether they would be pleased to receive as neighbors tho Apaches now sojourning in Florida. I "Everybody thinks tle scheme practicable and wise, and no one wtfald offer any objection. Some of the Indians) are cultivating tbe soil, but the greater majority of tbem depend upon Uncle Sam for their Wring. I think I shall re double my exertions to have Ft Bill KplArtmrl a. tbe place to-quarter7 the Apaches." William White. Jr. William J. White, Jr., son or ex-Chief White, of the1 Fire Department died on last Saturday morning at bis home on Clark street. He was 25 years of age and was burled on Monday. He was a-locomotlve engineer on the Panhandle railroad and was everywhere spoken or as an upright youngrcan. His disease was typhoid fever which developed Into pneumonia ana death ensued. He was confined tohls bed for one month before his demise. Franela X. Fink. Francis X. Fink, an aged residence of Bloom field, died yesterday morning at his home, Mo. AU PaitI street. He was 3 Team nf im Th- k funeral will take place Friday morning at 8.3U o'cioca. iteqnieui was. wiu oe sung at tit Joseph's Church. r Sir. Alice Dolly.. Mm. Alice Polly, aged 78 years,an inmate or the Home for Aged Women, Wllklnsburg.. died at that place yesterday morning.' On Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock the fnner&l-aprv,rv- win v- J held at tbe Home. I ANGRY AT COLONEL QDAT, Do Bols Repnbllcona Object to His Inter ference In Local Politics. ISFXCtAL TELZOBAX TO TUX DISPATCH.l Dd Bois, February 19 The borough election resulted in tbe success of the Bepubllcan can didates for burgess, assistant burgess and auditor. The Democrats elected treasurer, collector and poor assessor. Tbere was considerable feeling shown over Senator Quay's meddling here, and the Bepub llcan majority on the ticket they elected was reduced 82. THEATE10AL NOTES. "Patjl KatjVab,' with the eminent Ameri can actor, Joseph Hawotth, in the title role, comes to tbe Bijou next week. The play is said to be Steele Mackaye's master piece. It deals with the French revolution and is written in true French style. The cast Is a most compe tent one and the management promise some startling scenic and mechanical effects. Tbere will be 100 auxiliaries on the stage,and,as it is Its first visit to Pittsburg, It will attract a. good deal of attention. The sale of seats commences this morning. The sale of seats for Annie Plxloy's engage ment at the Grand begins to-day at tbe box office. The reportory will be as follows: Mon day and Tuesday evenings and Wednesday matine.The Deacon's Daughter;" Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday matinee,"22, Second Floor," which she recently prodricedwith success in New York. "M'llsa'i 1 will be the Saturday night bill, TO EENDEE SWEET STRAINS. The First Concert of tbe Allegheny Musical Association. The Allegheny Musical Association will give its first concert in Camegie Hail in about three weeks. Among those wbo will, take part are: Mrs. Emma Blngler Wolfe, soprano; Miss Elsie O'Neli, alto; Mrs. Mary Scott, alto; Mr. F. B. Beissman. Sir. John A. Strauss, Mr. Dan E. Nuttall. and Mr. W. S. Weeden. The chorus will comprise over 100 of Alle gheny's best voices. Mr. John A Bell will pre side at tbe organ, and Mr. W. A Lafferty will wield tbe baton. A Festival of Days. Whatever is undertaken by tbe congregation of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church Is In variably done with spirit and success. It is an nounced tbat the ladies and young people will hold a "Festival of Days" in tbe chapel on tbe afternoon and evening of to-morrow, Friday. The event promises to draw a large attendance. Willing Worker lo Entertain. The Willing Workers; of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, will give their fourth enter tainment to voung ladies, in the chapel of their church, on Friday evening of this week, at 8 o'clock. Beside other members the "Peak Bisters" will delight those In attendance. Bordello Will Open It. Mr. Robert J. Burdette, tbe well-known humorist, will deliver the first lecture in tbe new Carnegie Music Hall, nndcf the auspices ot the ladies' Aid Society, of the Arch Street M, E. Church. The lecture will take place on Saturday evening, March i. Mot From the Phlpps Conservatory. A slight error was made in tbe report of tbe Quay-Franks wedding, which took place Tuesday evening at Sewlckley. It was stated that the plants used In the decorations were from tbe Pbipps conservatory, which statement was incorrect. Hilll Up U'unt. III. Speeches Printed. From the Philadelphia Times. Senator Blair presented a petition in favor ot his educational bill yesterday, signed by 4,000, 000 persons. The petition wasa't as long as I Senator Blair's speech, either. The Dispatch Given the Highest Prnlso by no Ohio Weekly. From the Ohio Patriot New Lisbon. The Pittsbitbo Dispatch is the best,most reliable and readable paper in the United States. The wonderful growthaudpopularity of the Sunday edition, which has attained a bona fide circulation of considerably over 50,000. The matter selected for the literary columns of the mammoth 20-page Sundayissue is supplied by scores of contributors of tbe highest merit and reputation. Each number is a monster magazine of choicest pen productions, as weU as an accurate and exhaustive chronicle of cur rent news. The special cable letters and the sporting and business reviews are also attract ive features of the Sunday tone. It is a news paper for the people and home circle. With the New Year came new features. The daily lssne of The Dispatch, wnich has ever main tained tbe lead, will continue to offer the best things going In the news line. Its reliable mar ket reports, Yast news getting machinery (in cluding leased wires to all the principal points, with bureaus in tbe chief clties),and its earnest progressive and independent policy has earned for it a national reputation and made it a house bold word In Western Pennsylvania and East ern Ohio. With the New Year the already large facul ties enjoyed by The Dispatch for producing a progressive nineteenth century newspaper were added to. The rapidly growing circulation of both the dally and Sunday Issues has necessi tated the building of another marvelous double-perfecting press for its already weU equipped press room. Hoe A Co. will soon place this wonderful machine along side tbe other swift presses, thereby giving Tbe Dis patch publishing facilities only enjoyed by a few of the metropolitan plants. Tbe improve ments In other departments will be on a scale in keeping with this extraordinary addition to the advantages enjoyed by THE Dispatch. PE0BLEMS IN POLITICS. NewYobk JTorW: Tbe only rule the Be- pubUcans seem to approve is the rule of three that of Harrison, Seed and Plate NEvYosKSun: Uncle Horace Boles, of Iowa, might deliver a course of lectures on patience while he Is waiting for tbe deadlock to open. With a once Ted-hot inaugural gradu ally cooling, off and no salary In sight as yet, be mustfeel that a Governor's lot Is not always eminently a happy one. Brooklyn StanaarO-XTnton: The West Virginia House has passed tne Australian bal lot bill. Presently Tammany Hall and David B. Hill will stand alone in tbelr opposition to this most essential of all reforms. The Gover nor may come in out of the rain, but Tammany, unless all signs fail, will disappear In the flood. Chicago jNeu-s: It must require a good deal of nerve on tbe part of the nico old gen tlemen composing the United States Senate to keep four robust men from Montana hanging around waiting for a chance to take part In the proceedings particularly as all of them are dead shots and two or three have picturesque vigilance committee records. New Yobk avtoun.' Cardinal Manning's warm indorsement of tbe German Emperor's proposed labor reforms will undoubtedly have a strong influence In bringing about the Inter national Congress to wbicb the Kaiser has In. vlted his European neighbors. His suggestions have merit and force in them and a large and growing public sentiment behind them. Bostox Berald: There is a call out in Ohio for Foraker to make a martyr of himself for tbe good of bis party. It, is safd tbat If be re mains (a politics there it will split the Repub licans into two factions, and whichever suc ceeds in nominating candidate the other will be sure to knife its -nominees. Tbe only hope of the party U in Foraker! retiring. There, then, must be a search for someone who knows Jane Simmons, a mulatto woman, of Mllledgevule. Ga has followed the butchering business for20 years. The Socialist party df Germany num bers nearly 1.000,000 adherents not quite one fiftieth ot the empire's population. Florence and Capna have just estab lished electric lights in their streets, and tha first nights were celebrated with ambulating bands of music She Bussian Government has ordered the planned great railway line across Siberia to be begun iu May. When the line is completed it is estimated that the-tour of tbe world in SO days will be feasible. The mother of Homily, the famous In- oian caiei. aiea not long ago at per daughters borne on tbe Umatilla Indian reservation. Sha Is believed to have been the oldest woman in Oregon. Her age was 113. In Piedmont, while a peasant was lately engaged digging the son, be discovered a deep hole, in wbicb were found buried an im mense collection of copper and bronze coins of the Roman republic and empire. A bear went floating down the Sacra mento river on an immense cottonwood tree. As it was about to pass under the railroad bridge at Colusa by a rapid movement it caught ? ,."'. pnIJed Jtaelr "P"1 the railway and trotted into Butte county. Workmen excavating near the Calcutta Custom House recently came across an old Iron cannon five feet long, which experts de- Shitor1itTBeeS ,?neof ae Ded on tha XlE? 'tbEtf fleet tbat bombarded tha town after the tragedy ot tho Black Hole. Upon the death of the Italian Princa Amadens the lottery offices in Vienna were be sieged with tickets bearing the number 17, w1lch'3ccordinK t0 the lottery dictionary, sig nifies "death of a prince;" 47 came out. andthe players won several millions ot florins from the imperial treasury. Queer accidents will happen in Con necticut. A citizen of Norwich, strolling along the other day, accidentally hit his pipe with his hand: a piece of burning tobacco flew and hit him in the eye. It burned a delicata round hole In the eyeball, but careful treat ment saved tbe sight of It. Riveting by electricity has been success fully accomplished. The cold rivet is placed in the hole, and when heated to the proper temperature it can be closed by any of the ordl narv apparatus now in use. The heating of a balf-inch rivet of two or three inches lnlength takes about half aminute. The French Academy of Fine Arts has awarded the Rossini prize of 3,000 francs for the best opera ubretto. There were s7 com petltors. The Academy decided In favor of the libretto of "Isis," written by Eugene and touard Adenis. The book is now at the dis posal or composers that may under certain con ditions desire to wed Its text to music. Major Joseph W. Wham, now stationed at Tucson, Ariz., says he was a Lieutenant in the Twenty-first Blinois Begiment when U. S. Grant took command of It. The "boys" wanted a speech and loud calls for "Grant," "Colonel Grant," were persisted In unUl Grant, who had been sitting down, arose and securing instant attention responded as follows: "Go to your quarters." They went. There are four M's on a silver dollar, two plainly visible one each In the words Unum and America, another less distinct at tha base of the neck or tbe Goddess of Liberty and tbe fourth on the left curve of the knot that binds the wreath together on the reverse sida of the coin. Tbe last is hardly visible to tho naked eye. Mr. Morgan was the designer and engraver of the die and tbe small Jr represent the initial of his name. Cancer of the stomach has carried off one of the large Indian pythons, said to be 65 years old, at the zoological gardens. The ser pent had been at tbe gardens for five years. It had been ill for soma time, and Prof. Thomp son treated it therapeutically with tbe entrails of chicken and rabbit, which are said to hare a soothing effect upon the decaying membranes. It was necessary to hold tbe snake by the neck and force the food down Its throat. A plaster cast has been taken ofthe serpent's head. The Sython was 14 feet Ip length, the jaws 4 Inches i length and tba head 3 Inches In breadth. Well-diggers on the Crowley place at .Little Prairie, Wi&. fled indications of a buried forest. Tbe cedar or pine found at a depth of 35 feet appeared to be branches of a tree: at 40 feet the growth was larger, as if near the trunk; at 4o feet larger still. The first 33 feet was through light gravel and tha next lOjfeet through blue clay, exceedingly hard. The Im pression prevails that n swamp will be struck at a lower depth, as has been the case In previous instances where tbe wells were abandoned. Good water in tbat locality is rare, though tba land lies high and tbe surface soil is light. Tho matter Is attracting much attention. In Cherokee county, Ga., there is a man wbo draws two pensions one from the United States for wound3 received in fighting for tha Stars and Stripes, and one from the State of Georgia for wounds received in fighting against the Stars and Stripes. He is a very old man, known as Mr. Garrison, the Superintendent of tne ranpers- iarm in inerojcee. He served in the United States army in the war with Mexi co, and received a severe wound, for which ha is now drawing a pension. When war was de clared between tba North and South Mr. Gar rison, notwithstanding bis wounds, took up arms for the Confederacy, and is now drawing a pension from tba State for wonnds received while battUng- beneath the stars and bars. He Is perhaps one of a very few living men draw ing a pension from two different sources. The authorities of Akron are exper iencing considerable difficulty in enforcing tha new law compelling attendance at school. A queer condition of affairs has been brought to lightby tbe issuance of a warrant for the arrest of Joseph K. Sauders upon a charge of. violat ing the above law. Sauders belongs to a pecul iar religious sect similar to, but not identical with, tbe Second Adventlsts. and beUeves that the world is coming to an end very shortly. Ha therefore holds that it is useless to waste time upon worldly matters and althongh he has five children of school age they are not attending; school. In consequence of this religious belief. There is considerable discussion among mem bers of the bar as to whether the above facta constitute a ground for action, as the State school laws are supposed not to interfere In religious anatrs. Mrs. Vanderbilt, in her very interesting history of Flatbush, says that at the beginning ot the present century, instead of the fashion plates with their full directions as to tba changes in costume, a dolj was dressed in Paris in the height of the prevailing mode and sent by the "regular fa3t-sailing packet" to tha mantua makers as a model to be copied. As early as 1713 these dolls, dressed in the fashion of the rerlod, were sent from Paris to London, and it was by this means that the changes of fashion were introduced before steam opened nptba facilities for intercourse. "We have," she says, "a vivid remembrance ot the old age of one of these fashion dolls which had been sent from Paris to a fashionable mantua maker in New York. When tbe dres was changed as to style, the dressmaker sold tbe doll to one of her custom ers, and 'Miss Nancy Dawson' passed Into tbe obscurity of humbler dollies who had never been sent as ministers plenipotentiaries from tbe court of fashion." CUPPED BITS OF WIT. Money mends many a break that honest poverty could not heaL Quiney Journal. The man i who has no charity in his heart gives no quarter to the hotel waiter. ifefton Pott. "Heaven lies about us in our infancy." add everybody else lies abont us all the rest of our lives. cubing ton Hatchet. , It is better to be a doorkeeper in a New England dime mnseumthan to own a farm In the. West. Providence Telegram. J Spriggins says his wile is so short that sha has to stand on a chair to reach the top of her.1 head. JSingliamton Jlepubllcan. . It takes superhuman strength to carry g small load ot whisky without the world knowing thatitlsaburden. Milwaukee Journal. r Two Thousands Cents on the Dollar.- What did that decollete waist cost!" -I About a hundred dollars." ttS, 'Phewl The Idea or paying a hundred for aTlj .lew fork Sun. 'Wt Much, the Easiest. "The new PerjiaaVi Minister to London Is nsmed Agha Mehemmed AH Khan Ala-ls-Sultan, Be U pronounced a suoji cess." 4St 'I snpnose that Is tbe easiest way to pronounce him. ' Sea Xorlc Sun. . JfJS' , Disheartened Lover Heartless tjirlljj I win live no longer to betorawnted byahopelessi love for yon. A doss of rough on ratslhallYend my useless life." .. Jj. " Heartless Glr!.-"AU right, George, Iffyon think you must. Bnt please don't dla'ln the house." SomervtlU Journal. - Chicago's Best Friend. "I 'am the Mayor of Chicago, Mr. Tlatt." - " ' ,r , 'Ant Glad to see. yon." i Thankyoo. 1 hare called to lay that If, there I....I.I..I. ihl.m,An -.,( . .... not Foraker at alL It can't bo oae who has ." .r tt-t'2g?3 1 forgotten Foraker.. Foraker cannot baforgot Auditorium, or the Literary MovemeaJ.-W ia ten, and he 1 not eWy ignored, -J yours truly. "Xew lor Su ,,-.., S
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