- THE PITTSBURG- DISPXTOH. ' SATURDAY. PEBBUARY 22, 'l890. GENTLE READER, Hundred and Sixty Columns hold about 200.000 words. Two hundred thousand words in ordinary book type would make a big volume. A volume holding them would cost dollars. Well, TO-MORROW'S DISPATCH will carry 160 columns, containing at least 200,000 words. It will cost you only FIVE CENTS 1 fast think of it a week's reading for Five Centsl But, then The Dispatch must reach every fireside, hence it is placed within the reach of alL It is an Educator and an Entertainer, and a popular price is fixed so as to place it in the possession of all who desire to be educated or enter tained. The educated, too, must have it, as it furnishes them with the best thoughts of the brightest minds. It discusses popular topics. It presents the latest works of hand and brain. It gives all the news of the world, thus en abling all to keep pace with events and developments. It entertains you with high class, elevating fic tion. 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Boom , Tribune Building. JiewYorx. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. FOOTAGE FREE IN THE TOTTED STATES. IJAILT DISPATCH, One Year. 8 00 DAILY DISPATCH, l'cr Quarter SCO Dailt Dispatch, OneMonth .. 70 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, including6unday,3m'ths. 260 Dailt Disfatch, Including Sunday.lmonth 90 EUNDAY Dispatch. One Year. 250 W eeklt Dispatch, One Year. lis The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at 15cenUter week, or Including bunday edition, at SO cents per weeV. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. FEB. 22, 18901 THE CITY TAX LEVY. It seems to be settled by authoritative statements that the deficiency in the year's municipal revenue is $297,000. This, of course, will not be comfortable news for the taxpayers who were in hopes that last year's moderate millage would prove adequate to the needs of the city, and that a levy but little greater would suffice for the coming year. Yet the shortage is not difficult to explain. Two items, the redaction of the total as sessment and the falling off of revenue from liquor licenses, account for nearly all of it The failure of these sources ot revenue to come up to expectations not only explains most of the shortage, but carries the promise of rectifying it next year. There is a gen eral agreement that, wholly apart from the question of revenue, it will be good policy to somewhat enlarge the total of liquor licenses. So that the revenue from that squrce will "be increased; while the addition to the 'tax valuations from the construction of new buildincs will go far toward making up the deficiency from the old total. This will rec tify by natural causes a great share of the reported deficiency. It is of course to be expected that the rate of levy will be somewhat increased this year; but an increase to the extent that seems to be expected, is hardly necessary. It will probably be found that one and a half or two mills at most, added to the old tax levy, will meet the requirements of the city under a reasonable economy. Pitts bure can afford to pay what is necessary for municipal protection and improvement; but as to a growing rate of taxation, care should be taken that the rate does not in crease more rapidly than the economical wants of the city. The levy shonld be made sufficient to cover all expenses that are necessary to good municipal methods, and no more. In order that this may be done intelligently and with fnll discussion, the ordinance should be brought in promptly, and the usual course of leaving it till the last moment shonld be carefully avoided. DUE HONOES TO WASHnrGTOff. The celebration of the birthday of 'Wash ington to-day, by the Junior Order of Amer ican Mechanics, will furnish more formal honors to the memory of the father of his country than have been paid by this city, on that day, for many years. The laying of the corner-stone of the "Washington monu ment accompanied, as it is, by a procession of the large membership of that order, will constitute a celebration oi the day, more appropriate to the great name and eminent patriotism which have made Washington's tame the property of hu manity, than the usual method of cele bration by closing the banks and doing nothing else. The weather will probably be rather severe for the outdoor exercises that hare been planned; but in carrying them out, the order will show its earnest ness and determination in inculcating patriotism sod paying tribute to the mem ory of the grea exemplars of that virtue. TEE EMULATION OF STATESMEN. The reply of Mr. Flower, of New York, to Mr. Springer's question of the legality of New York's 510,000,090 issue of World's Fair bonds yesterday; was rather calculated to stun the mind of the average Congress mart. In answer to the objection that the validity of these bonds might be disputed, he declared that he would assume the dan ger from such an objection Dy taking all the bonds himself. This is an effort of Mr. Flower to raise himself to the level of states manship, illustrated by the great "Webster Uje M$mm in an after-dinner speech, when the malt had got so far above the meal that he had to be prompted. "There is the national debt, gentlemen," said the great orator impres sively, and came to a halt. "It must be paid," whispered his prompter. "I hold that this debt must be paid," the orator thundered. "How math is it? I'll pay it myseli!" OBJECTIONS TO TEE WOKLD'S FATS. A number of the Congressional debaters on the "World's Fair, yesterday, opposed the idea of having any fair at all. The lead ing representatives of this class of opinion were Mr. Hills, on one side of the House, and Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, on the other. Mr. Mills opposition was based on his theory that the national funds should not be used for such a project. Mr. O'Neill's was grounded on a belief that there is n6t time to get ready for a creditable exposition. Both of these gentlemen are a little wide of the mark. Mr. Mills' objection is espe cially so, as it is not proposed to impose the cost of any exposition 'on the National Treasury. New York, "Washington and Chicago each propose to have the expense borne by those who will receive the benefit, either by the issue of municipal bonds or by private subscriptions. Even if the Govern ment were to undertake part of the expense, does cot Mr. Mills' acknowledgment that he opposed the Centennial provoke the reflection that nothing that the Government has done with its money has yielded wider and deeper returns than its small invest- menWn the Centennial of fourteen years go? Mr. O'Neill's objection that there is not time to get op the fair is rather more perti nent. But as the administration of the expo sition, wherever it is held, must have some discretion in the matter, it is not necessary for Congress to kill the project in its bud with an absolute veto. A great deal ought to be done in the 27 months that intervene before the "World's Fair is to be opened. Xet whatever site is selected have the chance to try; and if it proves impossible to make the fair what it should be in that time, let the management have the right to postpone the exhibition for a year, if necessary. But in order that the attempt may be made with good prospects of success, Con gress should act at once. The speech making should be abbreviated, and the bill for one city or the other be passed without lurther delay. WOEDS, BUT NO WATER. If any other cities wish to know how not to have a test of fire engines they should study the details of the passage of words be tween the Pittsburg and Allegheny Fire Departments which happily came to an end yesterday. Whatever the merits, absolute or comparative, of the Silsby and Amoskeag fire engines and we shall never know more of these than we do now the exchange of Jetters.'speechei.and pronunciamentos be tween Chief Jonei, Chief Brown and others, has exhibited in a gratifying manner the command of language and power of expres sion these worthy gentlemen possess. Some of the literature of this episode ought to be perserved, as a model for fire chiefs and others who are forced to talk themselves out of an awkward situation. It may seem sad to the adherents of the sacred Amoskeag and to the friends of the venerated Slliby that their favorite engines are not to spout a bout together; but the general publio will bear up under the afflic tion bravely, we know, and be content with the assnrance that the Fire Departments of both cities are efficient. To which party most credit in the dodging of the contest be longs, Is not easy to say. They have rnn neck and neck in a race of bluff. The ex cuses, the postponements, the haggling as to conditions, the snbterfnges, were as well planned on one side as on the other. Per haps Allegheny should be awarded the palm for eluding the issue finally. There was a certain boldness about the retreat exe cuted by Chief Jones yesterday which en titles him, we think, to first honors as a commander in fire contests not intended to take place. "We condole with Chief Brown, but it is a fact that the honors of the final backdown belong to Chief Jones. NEW STATES MUST GBOW FIEST. It is stated that the work of creating new States, which was carried on so actively at the close of the last Congress, is to be re sumed in the present body. Bills for the admission of Idaho and Wyoming are said to have been favorablv acted on by the com mittee, while New Mexico and Arizona are urging their claims with some impatience, because they are not so readily acknowl edged as in the case of the other Territories. It is not wise to make undue haste in this matter. Political interests should not be per mitted to weigh in so permanent a work as the creation of States, any more tbanaprivate individual should permit personal preju dice to govern his action in the erection of a great and lasting structure. The error that was made in the admission of Nevada is so clear that the repetition of such a mistake would be inexcusable. Yet neither of the Territories whose admission is now under discussion is as well equipped with popula tion and enterprise as Nevada was; and none' of them show any better quarantee against reaction and decay than was supposed to ex ist when the bonanza State was brought into the "Union. , It will be wise to let all these Territories tarry till they have attained the full re quirements of Statehood. We want no more pocket borough States in this nation. NO TIME-LOCKS FOB CONGRESS. Congressman Lawler may tbank his stars that be is not in the United States Senate. In Congress he proposed the other day "to amend the rules of debate so that no man's speech shonld exceed ten minutes until all members who wished to speak on the sub ject had spoken. The House, which con tains many long-winded bores, soon sat upon Mr. Lawler's excellent proposal, but the man who should have the temerity to suggest the damming of Senatorial elo quence would stand an excellent chance of instant demolition. Senator Blair would take it as another dastardly attempt to choke him off; Senator Evarts would trem ble for the fate of his ten mile sentences, and some ot our dearly beloved Souther fire eaters would want the blood of the villain who plotted the down-fall of the "passionate peroration, without which no Southerner's speech is worth firing off. But, as we have said, the windy ones made short work of Mr. Lawler's amend ment. The flood of Congressional oratory will flow along undammed. The only way to check it, that we can think or", would be to add a clause to the Constitution covering the subject. The people do not relish rodo montade, rhetoric, and oratcrial rubbish, when there is plenty of work for Congress to do, and which it does not do to a great ex tent because it fritters away the time in worthless talk. Members in Congress will never put a ten-minute or any other time lock on their own jaws. The people wi'l have to muzzle them. We noticed the other day a story that en forced anew the value of brevity, in speech or writing. Hundreds of men wrote to Stanley before he started on his latest expe dition asking to be allowed to accompany him. Out of all the applicants, he chose the one who had said least. TEE TT8E OF CANALS. A remark by the Philadelphia Ledger points out a tendency that does not seem very encouraging to the movement for the revival of canal transportation for heavy freights. It is that canals are a drug on the market, the Schuylkill Navigation Com pany and the Chesapeake and Ohio both being for sale, without takers. On the face of it this looks as if canals were played out, and the effort to revive them useless. But there may be some points in regard to these canals which do not meet the public eye. The Schuylkill Navigation Company is controlled by a railroad inter ested in its decay. The Chesapeake and Ohio has, by iorce of the same influence, been induced to abandon the greater part of its water-way. Having stifled and wrecked the canals in the interest of the railroads, it may be natural to sell them tor whatever they will bring in their useless condition. But if it was proposed to purchase these canals and restore them to their full useful ness as routes of transportation, it might be discovered that they were not on the market. The claim tba't canals are useless for heavy transportation cannot be accepted so Ion? as the rates chareed for carrviue coal and ore on the raHroads are largely in excess of the rates for which the canals used to carry the same freights. There is a severe attack In the New York World on the gerrymanders of Northern States, by which such proportions as sixteen Congressmen are secured to tne- Republicans and fire to the Democrats, on a nearly even vote. The division does 'appear a little one sided ; but it is singular that the esteemed World says nothing of the Southern achieve ments In that line, by which the Republicans are given only one district in States like South Carolina and Mississippi, and-then that single district isstolen. With Allegheny's library dedicated and opened, Pittsburg will now devote its energies to the disoorery o( a site for its institution that will mate it as much ot an ornament and as leading a feature of our city as the Norihside institution is to its community. Partisanship in Montana has caused the Legislature of the new State to use all its time without passing an appropriation bill or enacting a law. If that should teach tho poli ticians of Montana that the public interest must be made more important than party rule, tbe instruction will be cheaply bought. fBut no one appears to be applying tbe lesson, at present, and in tbe meantime, Montana's pub. lie institutions are without funds. Tbe brilliant success of the fire depart ments of Pittsburg and Allegheny, in dodging that fire engine test, beats any record of the engines themselves, in the line of tbrowingcold water on the public support add approval. South Dakota is already agitating a proposition to amend its Constitution, by re quiring every voter to be able to read tbe Con stitution. It seems a little soon to begin amend ing constitutions adopted last year; although either of tbe Dakotas might be pardoned for thinking it necessary to provide a clause to prevent the State Government from going into tbe business of keeping a gambling shop. Platt's compromise on the New York fair business was a good deal like that of the coon who came down as soon as he saw,the gun. And Columbus Depew appears to have been tbe man who. got the gun. "The Louisiana lottery must never be allowed to acquire a habitation in any Repub lican State," forcibly declares-the Philadelphia Press. As a means of prevention, should not our cotemporary give a little of its denuncia tory eloquence to the Bepublican office holders and lobbyists who, have been trying to fasten that disgrace on one of the newest Republican States T Washington- students who make up their minds to "cut" recitations, shonld not be surprised to find the recitations permanently catting them in return. The Williamsport Bepublican thinks that the Etate ought to buy the Valley Forge grounds if the National Government does not do so. Why' this proposal was made In the first place is not clear; unless it was from tbe universal enthusiasm which has been shown in connection with that project, in favor of having some one else buy the property. if we keep on founding libraries, music halls, expositions and parks, perhaps Pittsburg may get ready to hold that World's Fair herself about 1900. Ii is an interesting exposition of politics to discover that the Bepublican organs in Philadelphia are claiming that Reyburn was elected by an increased majority, while the Democratic organs assert that Ayres cut down the protections: vote. Cannot partisanship permit its organs to tell the truth about the election returns T The long belated winter gets here just in time to save itself from tho charge of having changed places, with spring. The Beading municipal committee who came to this city to get itf ormation about our building laws do not seem to have met with an especially warm entertainment. It may be pos' sible to explain such an omission by the feeling that Investigation Into Pittsburg's building laws should be sternly discouraged, iu tbe in terest of tbe city. PEOPLE OP PKOMIJiENCE. The Mrs. Russell B. Harrison bonnet" is the name ot a new style of headgear. Me. Gladstone has informed a London publisher that he intends soon to write some more about Homer. Mme. "atti has spent nearly 500,000 on her place In Wales. This seems a large amount, but in this case is a mere song. William Livingstone, Jr., of Detroit, Mich., recently w ent to Spain in search of Min ister Palmer, lie found Palmer tired, restless and homesick. Mr. Livingstone has returned to Detroit with the Information that Minister Palmeris a candidate for tbe Republican nom ination for Governor of Michigan. Kino Humbert of Italy is a vegetarian. He eats nothing but vegetables and fruits. His physicians will hot permit him to drink coffee, and his only beverage at present is Bordeaux and water. His favorite fruit is peaches. He suffers constantly from dys pepsia in spite of the care he devotes to his diet. The foster-mother of the little King of Spain Is Maximlna Pedraja,a handsome brunette from the province of Santauder. When chosen from among the thousands who competed for the post she was so poor that tbe neighbors at Htras, her native place, bad to subscribe $10 for her journey to Madrid. She Is now worth a fortune, presented to her by the royal family. Jin. Eugene Field writes that at a lunch given recently by Mr. J. R. Osgood at the Cen tury Club, London, the chief dish was corned beef hash, wbicn was devoured with great gusto. Mr. Osgood has what are among the finest chambers in London, and he is a capital entertainer. William Black and be are boon companions, and they aro in the habit of mak ng excursions to points of interest in the island. It Dora Blase a Difference. From the Atlanta Constitution, J The new. rules ot the House will suit thi Democrats admirably when they come Into power two years from now. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Silversmith Frost Decorate! the Ohio's Rocky Bnnlis Effect of Warm Wentber on Drrsoods Stores Tbe Grip nan Ben cfictor. A lthouqh we have had some light touches of frot bef oreWils sum no, winter, the cold wAvenowhere.is the first and tbe sharpest downright seasonable weather we've had for a long while. Tbe blizzard strnck no end of people unprepared on Thursday night, and probably not a few cases of nneumonia will be the result, VOne of the picturesque effects of the freezing weather glorified the rocky cliffs on the Tight bank of the Ohio. The heavy rains had filled all the runs and rivulets to overflowing. A great many ot them fall precipitously over the cliff to the Ohio, and they are pretty enough when they dance down In silvery steps over the dusky rocks. But when the frost fetters their feet and they hang in crystal chains or sheets of sparkling icev they mane a still mora beautiful sight. Some of the steep bill sides above the Fort Wayne track, between Jack's Bun and Dixmont, were liter ally a mast ot ice, broken and twisted into all sorts of shapes, and in the afternoon sunshine the festoons of icicles, the bouquets of bril liants, tbe shields and spears forged by that famous smith King Frost, made a grander sight than you can imagine unless you have seen what nature's most cunning magician can do in this direction. . "This winter has been a perplexing and vexa tious one to the tradesmen who deal in ladies' clothing, fur garments and the like. I am told, upon the best authority, that there have never been' so few ladies' coats, jackets, ulsters, wraps, eta, sold as this winter. This is the case at the principal stores in Pittsburg andAllegheny. At one store in Allegheny a very bit: one I am informed there has been an unexpected demand since Christmas for sealskin coats and jackets. This is due, an authority says, to tbe popular Impression that because of the mild weather which has marked this winter, the storekeepers are greatly overstocked with seal skins, and are willing to sell them at very low prices. This impression is correct in part, and it is a fact that sealskins bare been selling at very moderate prices lately. . TJpom- tbe heels of an affliction there often comes compensation of some sort. An instance of this truth was told me yester day by an Insurance man. He said'. "I had the grip early in January, and I cursed my luck heartily. The visit of tbe vile disease was as unwelcome to me as to others. But it has proven a blessing to tbe insurance business. The fashion la grippe bad of seizing a solid man and laying him out a cold corpse in forty eight hours frightened lots of men. Many more new policies than usual were wntten while the scare was lively, and even now I can see its beneficent effects upon business. As in surance is a good tbing for everybody, this shows the grip in the light of a benefactor." BRAZIL'S BEADTIFDIi OAPITAIi. A City Embarrassed by a Wealth of Naturnl AilTantnBos. Wo de Janeiro Letter in New York Tribune.! A city situated as the Brazilian capital is must ever be embarrassed by the wealth of natural advantages. How beautiful and pic turesque Rio needs to be in order to be worthy of the companionship of those majestic mount ains and those tranquil waters! If it be less entrancing in loveliness than its harbor and the ampitheater of granite peaks and verdant hillsides, it is still unique and unrivaled among South American cities Half hidden among its bills, it reveals itself with coy modesty to unaccustomed eyes. It is a city of magnificent prospects and constant surprises. Sharply graded streets boldly scale the hillsides or cautiously curve around tbe bases and lead to concealed suburbs. Oastello and Antonio are tbe natural buttresses of the business section of tbe city, but Santa Thereza, Gloria and Larangeiras, behind Nova Cintra, are suburbs that have steadily grown until they are now favorite residence quarters. Tbe shore line is dotted with hamlets and cottages as far as the eye can carry. New vistas of outlying hills and amDltlous suburbs are ever coming into view. Churches, convents and monasteries are constantly, looming up in unexpected places. Tbe eye is refreshed with lovely well kept gardens, for which rockbound hillsides are a foil; and from every eminence the bay, with its wonderful panoramic effects of islands, fortifications and shipping bursts upon the view with endless variety and serene loveliness. Nature has been too lavish in her bounty of, beauty for the welfare of Bio, The mountains which encircle it shut Out the invigorating sea breezes and leave it in tne inclement seasons of heat festering with disease and plague stricken. Nature cannot be held wholly responsible for tbe unbealthfulness of tbe city. Human neglect has multiplied tbe evils of mountain shelter. No other great city has been governed with less.wisdom and prudence tban Rio, and its population of less than 400,000 is ravaged tfvery year bj yellow fever, smallpox and beat fever. It is, however, slowly bnt surely learning the necessity tor scientific drainage and sanitary precautious. ANOTHER P0ST0FJ?10E LIST. Tho Men Selected for New Brig ion, West Newton nnd Other Towns. Washington, February 21. The President to-day sent to the Senate the following nomina tions: f To be postmasters: "West Vlrginia-Bamuel H. .Hlgglnbotham. Charlestown. j Mississippi Henry C. Griffln, Natchez. !lexas benlamln B. Lowrv, N'avasota; Bobert O. BalJantyne, Brackettvllle. I Alabama William T. Ewlnir, Gadsden. Georgia Madison Davis, Athens. Pennsylvania John V. Miller, Lewlsburg; 'William A. Knmp, Hanover: Andrew J. Bing ham, New Brighton: Adam T. Darr. West Newton; Valentine W. Jdedear, Jlahanoy City; George 1". Morgan, Xantlcoke. Kentucky Edward E. Watkins, Williamsburg. Ohio-H. M. CartmelL Springfield; John it. WolC Shelby; I'hllo S.! Clark, Portsmouth; Charles T Baxter, Mechanlcshurg; James h Har ratt, Steubenvllie. Michigan J. F. Ncstcll, Manchester; John Graham, Buchanan. Kansas William C. Charles, Kiowa; Thomas E. Burley, Minneapolis , Minnesota JoslahE. West, St. Loud; JoslabA. Peck, Wabasha. f Wisconsin Frank B, Hand, Hurler. Nebraska Henry U. Iroth. MeCoofc. Oregon Miss Jessia G. Baker. La Grande. California Frederick Axe, Eureka; Morgan H. Ballhache, Martinez; William H. Vawter, banta Monica. , Colorado Snrlgg Shackelford, Gunnison; Homer H. Grafton, Manitdj bprings. a GiBis Romantic histoki. A Former Alliance Typesetter Now a Hon duras Statesman's Wife. Allian CE.Hebruary 2L Senora Donna Ger trudo Aquirre who was married to a Spanish American statesman at the capital of Hondu ras, was formerly Miss Mary Green, a typeset ter in this city. Miss Green worked in the Monitor office for J. W. Gar rison in 1567-8, and she so captivated Garrison that he procured a divorce from bis wife and married ber. They moved to Indian apolis, where Garrison took to drinking and L his wife procured a divorce from him and after- wara won cpnsiaeranie lame as a writer. Mrs. Aqnirre'a parents reside in Atwater, Portage cimnty. where she was reared and wnere many oi ner oiu scnooimates remember ber as a bright and intelligent, but also a very ""' 6' Speaker Reed's Lack. From the Kansas City star. Mr. weed continues to pick up quorums with the luak of a sharp-eyed girl bunting four leaf edcl overs. "Have we a quorum this morn ing?" says the leader of the opposition. "Walt a minute and t will find you one," replies tbe urbarie Speaker. And be does. If there is a quorjim anywhere in tbe United States Mr. Reed, will find it, He has now tbe largest and best collection of quorums in the country. ' aiaaiaa ITtiialnn t.nA am! Frfcm the New Tork "World. The Korsakoff's of Russiajre about to meet atMoscow to celebrate 600 years of service to the Imperial family. There will be present the Korsakoff's, tbe Rymsky-Korsakoffs and the Doundoukoff-Korsakoffs. The Russian ferip has compelled almost everyone to undergo (a Korsakoffs this season. J i r nPATDB nv a tiav 4UAUkl Wl A van Reuben Smith. Beuben 8mlthUhe well-known ex-policeman, died yesterday at his home on Bmallman street. Tor .months he was a familiar figure at the Fifth avenue and Bmlthfleld street crossing. He has been ailing for a long time, and at 7 o'clock yes-" terday morning he breathed bis lait John Mill.. John Mills, father-in-law or John N. Hazlett, city editor of the Jttadtr, died yesterday morning at the tatter's residence on Ward street, Oakland. He was (drears of age and 'war one or the oldest citizens of this county. Old age was tbe cause of bis death. BENEATH, HEE DIGNITI. An Amateur Actress Refuses to Flay Drank nnd Roll on the Floor. New Tobk. February Zl 3be Rival Dra matioand Musical Association was organized by a number of amateurs of this city in 188L Its meetings are held at the Hungaria, and besides tbe monthly smoking concerts ,its members have occasionally pre sented to the public such pieces as "Francesca de Rimini" and "Richelieu." Now, however, the association has a row to face, due to the fact that its Dramatic Com mittee attempted to produce apiece on Decem ber 13 last written by one of its literary mem bers, who acts as editor of the Rival, tbe offi cial programme. Tbe play was called "Snob dom," and the writer is Mr. Arthur J. Wester mayer, a lawyer at No. 132 Nassau street. The member first cast for the part of Mrs. De Snob was Miss Mav Colvcr. a vnune woman em ployed in ad office on Dey street. Later she re fused to play tbe part, and a Miss Albanesi had to be substituted at tbe last moment. On the eveningof February 14 the Rival asso ciation played at tbe Lexington Avenue Opera House in "The Qrusbed Tragedian." The official programme was as usual gi tten out by Mr. Westermayer and contained allusions which Miss Colyer considered verv uncompli mentary to herself. On Wednesday Mr. Wester mayer received a note front Miss Colyer de manding an instant apology and threatening legal proceedings. , Mr. Westermayer said yesterday: "I hive learned tbat Miss Colyer never Intended to ploy tbe part of Mn.DeSnob from tbe first, and by refusing tbe part at tho last moment she hurt my play immeasurably. X shall not apologize In this matter," When I saw Miss Colyer she said with a toss of her beaa:"Tbe play was the silliest ot non sense. The part assigned me required me to appear to be drunk and roll on tbe floor. I never intended to nlav it after the first re- hearsal, and so Informed tbe stage manager. TENNYSON'S EAELI L0FE. Verses Addressed by tbe Poet in S"oaib to n DIlxs Rrndsnaw. From London Dally News. Rev. Charles Veld, of Nottingham, England, has made a discovery which cannot fail to be of special interest to the poet laureate's admirers. It is nothing less than a little romance of the poet's early days, vouched for, not by idle rumor, but by a copy of a poetical tribute to "his mistress's eyebrow, ' which is believed to be now brought to light for the first time. The youthful poet, so runs the legend, was in love with a young lady of tbe name of Bradshaw and expressed bis feelings toward her in thofol lowing lines: because she bore the iron name, O f him who doomed his King to die, I deemea her one of harsher frame. And looss that awe the passer-by, But fonnd a maiden, tender, sby. With fair blue eyes and passing sweet, And longed to kiss her bands and He A thousand summers at her feet. Mr, Yeld states that one day while yonng Mr, Tennyson was out driving with Miss Bradshaw, her mother and three other ladies, some one asked tbe time. On this Tennyson took out bis watcn. Whereupon Miss Bradshaw leaned over a little, and her worshipper exclaimed, '."Don't." "Why, am I not to IdokT" asked the younc lady, to which Tennyson replied, "No, it would stop to look at you." This being one of these naively ingenuous replies which lovesick youths delight to address to the objects of their passiou tbe authenticity of the anecdote ought not to be rashly. questioned. Mr. Yeld's story and verses, which were com municated to the members of the Nottingham Literary Club, are, we believe, derived from a member of the Bradshaw family now resident atNott, at no great distance from tbat western border ot Lincolnshire in which Lord Tenny son spent bis early years. CEEMAT10N AND CK1ME. Arguments for and Against Burning the Bodies of the Dead. From the American Analyst. There is much that can be said in favor of cremation as a means of disposing of the human body after death, tbough a recital of the arguments in its behalf is hardly an attrac tive theme to dwell upon. Apart from all con. sideratiomi of tbe subject likely to affect the sensibilizes, it unquestionably has the war rant of,' antiquity, tho prestige of Biblical exampfc, and the approval of enlightened scionqa. Against these and other arguments uiaj; mignt oe cited, tne burning of the dead appears to find its chief substantial opposition Iptbe fear of lawyers tbat it may be used to defeat the ends of justice by obliterating the traces of murder, and especially those of doisoning crimes that it is, well known have frequently been revealed through chemical ex amination long after the date of 'their perpe tration. It is obvious tbat cremation effectu- I ally deprives justice of that expedient. It also appears mat jora use reason it may De held to conflict with tbe interests of life insurance. No company, we believe, has yet disnuted a claim on this ground, and yet it can readily be seen tbat cases might ariso whero precipitate cremation would afford the lnsurera legitimate cause of complaint, If not of repudiation. Such a case, for example, was the celebrated Dwigbt case in BIngbamton, where tbe marks upon the person of the deceased formed a strong feature In the argument ot tbe defendant companies. Cremation is not yet so universal as to cause the officials of any of our life insurance companies to lie awake of night from apprehension of fraud to be perpe trated through tbat source. But in this age when so much rascally ingenuity Is devoted to cheating tbe underwriter, both life and fire, it behooves thom to note and provide against any additional source of danger. THE SCHEME WOULDN'T W0ER", An Attempt to Sell a Raised Lottery Ticket Gets a Jinn in Jail. New York. February 2L A bold attempt was made yesterday to' swindle a broker at 9 Broadway, James J. Finn, and now tbe perpe trator Is in tbe Tombs awaiting trial for his wickedness. A wbite-halrod old man of at tractive manners entered Finn's office and, saying he was in financial straits, produced a 1 ottery ticket which be said had drawn an ap proximation prize of $1,250. This be offered to sell for Sl,i50. Mr. Einn examined tbe ticket, which purported to be No. 21.519, a number which was declared In the reports of the last drawing to have drawn such a prize. But Mr. Finn saw that the figure 5 bad been inserted in tbe number, and in a way tbat was calculated to deceive tbe very elect. He pre tended that he would accept the proposition, and stepped into a rear office long enough to dispatch a messenger .to the Church street po lice station for an officer, upon whose present arrival the old man was taken into custody. Four confederates who bad been lurking out side managed to escape. Justice Gorman held Wilkens in default of bail. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S GIFTS. EiEJiiNGnAM Age-Herald: Andrew Car negie's magnificent gift of $1,000,000 to tbe city of Pittsburg for a public library is a splendid exhibit of his liberality. Men who have both tbe-power and will to do good are truly great. Philadelphia Timet: If all men of large wealth would follow Mr. Carnegie's example and bestow upon the public in gifts like his a goodly share of tbat which they do not need themselves, tbe existing prejudice would diminish against the accumulations of great fortunes. Baltimore American: Andrew Carnegie has decided to give the city of Pittsburg 82,000,000, instead of $1,000,000, for library pur poses, and Pittsburg doesn't care if Mr. Carne gie changes bis mind in tbe same proportion again. It is a magnificent beneficence. Washington Star: Mr. Andrew Carnegie never did a wiser orjnore beneficent tbing than to make the present to the city of Allegheny, Pa. a free public library, at the opening of which the President of the United States and other distinguished men from tbe National Capital were present. Denver Republican: Andrew Carnegie's gift of a free library to the city of Pittsburg was a munificent one. Its benefits will be en joyed by tbe people of generations to be born long after the death of the donor. In making this donation, Mr. Carnegie set -an example which wealthy men In other cities could well afford to follow, Boston Record: Andrew Carnegie makes money rapidly, and spends It freely. He Is ex ceedingly public spirited, as his offer to spend $1,000,000 for a publio library in Pittsburg and bis gift of $300,000 for a similar purpose to Allegheny City shows'. "Why shouldn't he!" some will say. Why should not others, equally as wealthy, show their generous publio spirit? PnwxBTTTATVNEY Spirit: Andrew Carnegie is abont to present the city of Pittsburg with a $1,000,000 library. He has heretofore made do nations to Pittsburg apd Allegheny for publio parks and buildings' amounting to nearly 81,000,000. Mr. Carnegie is a good man to havo around. "While it is true that the worklngmen of Pittsburg have earned this great wealth for him. there is nothing In tbe statutes to compel him to give It back to them, and he Is certainly exhibiting a largeness of heart that is worthy of emulation by all millionaires who desire to be eternally enshrined in the affections of their ' countrymen. THE STROLLER'S STORIES, Odd Observations and Qunlut Opinions From Curb and Corridor. A TBEATEB party numbering IS persons Is now staying at tbe Hotel Anderson. Tbe visitors bail from Falnesvllle, O., and have journeyed all the way to Pittsburg for tbe sole purpose of seeing Henry E. Dixey In The Seven Ages." There are Seven married couples and one solitary bachelor pilgrim. "No donbt it seems a long way to coma just to see a single play," said one ot tbe 15 yesterday, "but we wanted a little bit of novelty, and. having heard a lot about Mr. Dixey and bis magnifi cent play, we decided to take a trip to Pitts burg when The Seven Ages' would appear here. We intend going to the Grand Opera House to-night. Our voyage has been most satisfactory." PONQBESSMAN TU0HA3 M. BAYSE, Who has vcoa BiupuiuK at too xioiei ocmusser, icares for Washington to-day. The Congressman wants to get back to tbe battle once more. Alt amusing scene occurred at the corner of Fifth avenue and Sraitbfield street on Thursday. The big policeman 'who guards tbat particular corner bad, in the natural ex uberance of bis patriotism, arranged a flag on tbe telegraph post behind him. Presently the zephyrs began to get frisky, and tbe flag flapped against tbe head of this warden of the streets. Jle bore tbe annoyancy for awhile, hut was finally constrained to furl bis flag. However, tbe zephyrs were mischiev ously inclined, and the flag came undone and began to flap as before. . The policeman once more wound the restless stars and stripes aronnd Its rope, and once more the breeze set it free. Flap, .flap, went the flag against tbe policeman's face. Then he lost his temper al together, and rudely tore down the flag of free dom from its improvised standard. That was tbe reason why no gaudy ensign waved proudly in the wind from tbe corner telegraph post when the President's carriage rolled by, 'TALKING! of wind, it was blowing big guns out Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon. And such wlndl It was as cold as Kamschatka, and had a marvelous knack of finding out the weary traveler's vulnerable points and nipping tbem severely. To the wayfarers driving from town it was not so bad, as tbey had tbe wind with them; but anyone heading in tbe opposite direction got tbe full benefit of the ley blast. There is nothing so pleasant as a gallop In the teeth of tbe wind, when the wind happens to have toe cold taken out. But it is a very differ ent tbing when there Is a nor'easter abroad, which howls influenza down our chimneys and neuralgia through our streets. "THE audience at Rev. Dr. Mllbum's lecture last night was considerably surprised when the address came to a close without a single reference to President Harrison. Dr. Milburn talked about dead and gone Presidents; he spoke at length on Mr, Cleveland, and extolled tbe attractive qualities of Mrs. Cleveland; but ne completely ignored the present tenants of tbe White House. There was a murmur of surprise when the lecturer proceeded to close bis address after his remarKs on tbe Cleve land's. It certainly seemed curious that, con sidering President Harrison's presence in Pittsburg on Thursday, his name was not even mentioned by Dr. Milburn. The stbolleb. A SALE OF MOCK ORANGES. A Novel and Unique Entertainment at a , Cleveland Cbarcb. Q From tbe Cleveland Leader. One of the most unique entertainments ever given in Cleveland occurred at the Second Presbyterian Church last evening. It was an orange grove sale, given under tbe ansplces of the Young Ladies' Benevolent Society of the church. The room occupied was brilliantly lighted and it presented a handsome appear ance. The decorations were striking and beautiful. Tbe houses of a number of wealthy ladies had been placed at tbe disposal of tbe society and their drapery was artistically ar ranged about tbe room. Orange was the pre vailing color. It was conspicuous in tbe cos tumes of the yonng ladles who attended to tbe guests. In tbe center ot tbe room was a grove of orange trees, loaded with artificial oranges, which were plucked and sold by young ladies. Tbe artificial fruit was made of orange colored felt, filled with cotton. Each orange contained a, useful or fancy article. Tbey were all mads by the ladies; and it was a painstaking task. Four hundred and fifty oranges were placed on the trees, and thev were all disposed of in an hour. The ladies said the"y could easily have sold 1,000, but they had no idea tbat tbe demand for their handiwork would be so great; Tbe brilliancy of tbe scene was added to by a large number of candelabra filled with orange wax candles. Ice cream booths draped with orange tapestry occuDied two sides of the room, and young ladies with orange caps, orange aprons and orange flowers served ice iream in halves of orange peel. Tbey did a driving business, and money flowed in to them readily. THE ACT IIP A HERO. A Boy Risks His Own Llfo to Save That of a. Woman. Glens Falls, N. Y., February 2L Toot! tootl toot) shrieked tbe whistle of a locomotive as the iron steed dashed around a curve near River street this afternoop. The engineer was causing tbe warning notes to echo and re-echo, and at the same time be tried to cbeck the mo mentum ot the heavy tram, for, lying on tbe track, only a short distance ahead, was a woman. It was Mrs. Martha Nelson, an old resident of Sandy Hill, who, falling while step pins on the ties, had received injuries that for the tlnap prevented her rising. As tbe train was almost upon her she was seen by Robert Fen nel, alad only 11 yearsbf age. The boy jumped to her assistance aud tugged lustily to get ber out of danger. Tbe train was within a few feet. Tbe engin eer hid his face with one hand and held the other upon the tnrottle. With a desoerate tug and push tbe boy rolled Mrs. Nelson from tbe track and tell to tbe ground in a dead faint. The engtneer stopped the train beyond tbe spot, ran back, found tbat the pair wero uninjured, and then went on with a joyful toot-too-ot and a lighter heart. Both boy and woman were tat en to their homes. Tbe former soon recov ered. Mrs. Nelson was found to have sustained a dislocation of the shoulder and also internal injuries, but she is not considered fatally hurt. BEST PAPER PUBLISHED. The DIspntch the Leading Dally Journal of This Section. From the Ohio Valley News, Martin's Ferry. I Tbe Sunday edition of The Pittsbubo Dis patch has grown to eqnal tbe reading matter of the monthly magazines both in quantity and quality, containing twenty pages of the choicest original literature of tbe day, while the circulation exceeds 50,000 weekly. The managers of The Dispatch, both Sunday and daily, are determined to lead, let who will fol low, their facilities for news gathering are un excelled. With the present year they promise to progress, as in the past. We do not know what they may attatn to auring me year, put we have no hesitation in saying that for this section of tbe country The Dispatch in all its editions is the best paper published. From Frylns Pan to Fire. From tbe Philadelphia Record, j Forakcr's belated invasion ot Canada was doubtless a feint to divert attention from tbe ballot box mess. LAND OF THE BRACKEN. Land of the bracken, the heather and fountain I Land of the moorland, the sweet sunny leal Bealin of 'the rocks, and the grand Highland mountain I Frowning thy ellffs o'er the dark rolling seal Landof tbe woodland, with melody rinclngl Home of the skylark on quiet upland leal Boll for thePorests, whose tassels aro swinging! ''Haunt or tbe rowan tree I Scotland for me I Bonnie tbe yellow broom, and tbe fresh heather bloom! Charming the hawthorn that comes with the May! . Soft are the gloamin' sounds of thy sweet summer winds; Glorious thy sheen at the close of the day. Not mine the Jewels fine give me the shade and shluel Give roe tbe gowans that snangle the leal And as thy laurels twine, oh, may tbe lore divine! Mellow tbe future, dear Scotland, to thee! Land of the moorland stream! Land of the poet's dream! Lone hills, where martyrs bave stent on tbe heath! Fields, where thy heroes fought bringing their foes to.nangbtl Fade not the laurels on Caledon's wreath! Dir are thy hills W tne-thy cloudlands fresh and tree! Lov'd are thy valleys, and thy mountains crand I Thy lakes, so clear and sweet! thy bounding deer, so flcetl Scotland, I love thee my own nstlva landt Scottish American. OUR MAIL F0UCH. Sir. Carnegie's Gifts and Their Disposition SnggestloD as to tbe Location of tho Soalbslde Braneh Library How Best to Accommodate the Citizens. To tbe Editor of The Dlspatcn: With other good Plttsburgers I appreciate fully tbe generous proposal of Mr. Carnegie generally, Dut, as a Soutbstder, particularly tbe good sense'of so dividing up his gift tbat the tallest benefit may come to all sections, by the scheme ot three or. four branches. jLndjost here, let me say kindly to those who would sneer at and detract from the motives of Mr. Carnegie,, that this iu itself should be an answer to such nonsense. The erection of these sev eral branches will necessarily cause some or much diminution of fhe magnificence of tbe central building scheme. It cannot be nearly so imposing and monumental in character as it wonld be if the donor, desirous only ot vain glorious effect, should confine his outlay to one edifice. And certainly it must be admitted that tbe sub-division plan promises tbe best practi cal working result. You ask for expression of opinion as to the best site, etc.. and as this Is in line with Carnegie's well-known liking for discussion, let me suggest a few thoughts. Mr. West hits tbe nail on the head when claiming that a goodly share of the city is "Soutb'ide," and from the nature ot things, with unlimited room on our hill-tops and our large manufacturing river frontage, there is no reason to believe we shall not always bald this relative place in tbe whole. And onthls South side that Is and the larger one that is to be a central location is desi-ed. A member, of tbe Councilmanlc Library Committee bas suggested recently tbat a point somewhere about Twelfth street would be about right for the Southslde branch. Let us see. Excluding the West End and Mt. Washington from consideration (inas much as no possible proper location over bere would be of such easy and pleasant access to those people as the central building and from the fact their pro spective erowth could in no wise change this condition of things) tbe town proper com mences abont Elgbtb street. Below it bas no width, and no population to speak of, and. in deed, promises, in the march of railway and other improvement, to have less. It extends at present to Thirtieth street, with room for several more squares eastward on the bottom land. The bill-top portion we may consider commences on the west at Eleventh and Twelfth streets, and its denizens reach work and business at tbat point. Eastward tbat rapidly filling district is served by tbe Twenty third street plane, while the proposed Twenty eighth street one will serve the residents toward Thirtieth street. This is the Soutbside: and a moment's thought and a glance at any map will show tbat a library would be sadly out of a central location at or anywbera near Twelfth street; Taking the "lay of the land" for it, this will be found some wi ere .about Eighteenth and Twenty-second streets, and, of course, on Carson. Only upon some nortion of this no Die avenue, with its SO feet between buildings, and IS feet of sidewalk, would full justice be done the imposing type of building we are given to understand Mr. Carne gie desires to erect for branches. At Twenty, first street we have another 80 feet street, inter secting Carson, and this wonld be a factor of importance. Morever. three of the corners there are unincumbered (practically) at pres ent. In tbe near future we stall have a bridge at Twenty-first or Twenty-second streets con necting us with Sobo, and thus that portion of the city would be within a few minutes' walk of the location proposed. And beyond all, Mr. Carnegie, who may be reasonably expected to take some hand In so important and far-reach-mg a matter, could not be expected to look with any favor on the planting of bit building on any back street, or other out of the way or undignified location, much less allow it to go to a bill-top. In conclusion, fellow Sonthsiders. let us ac ceptfour share of tbe proffered gift gratefully, help it all we may by an intelligent interest, and derive all the benefit we can from it. All this will be a refutation of the old city's cloudy idea we ars only good to get trade and votes from, and will be a declaration tbat in the dig nified treatment ot Mr. Carnegie's generous proposal, we of the Sou Inside can and w ill keep up with the procession. LlBEARY. Southsiue, February 0. Worth Flvo Cents Each. To the Editor of The Dispatch Please state what is the value of those 5-cent pieces without tbe word "cents" is and where would be the proper place to dispose of such coins. Header. Beaveb Falls, February 2L Wnnnmnker'n European Factory. To the Editor of The Ulspatehi Has Wanamaker a cloak manufactory in Europe, and if so where is it situated ? i. Pittsbtjbo, February 2L We have read tbat he had one in Germany. GEMS TgAT WERE REJECTED. Famous Compositions and How the Editors Treated Tbem. From the New York Ledger. It is a matter of history that some of tho finest poetry ever written has had a narrow escape from tbe "limbo of things lost on earth." One of tbe greatest poets tbat ever lived came within an ace of being tne "mute, inglorious Milton," for his almost divine epio found little favor witb tbe booksellers of his day, and was finally sold for about the snm which a first-class poet of the present day would expect for a poem of 40 or 50 lines. In tbat day, as in ours, every leading publishing house "kept a critic," on whose fiat tbe fate of an author's manu script depended; and then, as now, tbe "read ers" of sucb establishments sometimes made terrible mistake?. It is our deliberate opinion that had the "Paradise Lost" been submitted to certain regularly employed critics of the present time, instead of to tbe Grab street gentlemen of the seventeenth century, it would have been pro nounced, as of yore, a "dull and tedious pro duction." Byron, as we all know, was merci lessly snubbed by tbe literary Jupiter of the Edinburgh Review; and the Rev. Charles Wolfe's exquisite "Ode on the Buna ot Sir John Moore" was so scornfully rejected by a leading periodical of tbe time tbat the author, in sending it to a provincial Irish newspaper, timidly withheld his name, lest he should be cauterized by the press. But tbe public, a bet ter critic than any cynic iu "loolscap uniform turned up with ink," unexpectedly franked him for immortality. There is an enormous amount of humbug in modern criticism quite as much as in the criticism of days gone by. Tbe fact is, that tbe ability to decide intelligently wbether a work will succeed or fail, is ndV an art, but a gift, and very few possess it. Mere book men know very little about the tastes of the community. If you want an "opinion as is an opinion" on what you have written, go to a man who under, stands human nature, and though he may never have seen the inside of a college, he will be apt to tell you truly bow the world will re ceive your offering. PIxey's Farewell. Mr. Dixey Is playing to a good business at tbe Grand Opera House, especially when the first week f Lent is taken iuto account. In tbe "Seven Ages" bo has brought a very clean and a very costly entertainment to the city. It is a performance tbat can be enjoyed as well by the little children as by their elder sisters and brothers. The last two performances will be given at tbe matinee and night to-day. Those who desire to see Mr. Dixey had better take ad vantage ot the present engagement, as be is not likely to return for two years at least. Miss Elaiue Ellison, tbe star of the performance, should be seen and heard by everyone. THROUGH EDITOR'S SPECTA0LE8, Chicago Tribune: Kate Field says she is not for sale at any price. Kate would never do for a ball player. Bt. LOUIS Globe JOemocrat: If the lottery fails to get Its charter renewed in Louisiana tbat State may be looked for in the Republican column ih the near future. New Yoek Herald: Ii the Emperor William continues steadfast in his humanitarian efforts posterity will crown him with higher honors than any achievements bis sword could win. Cincinnati Enquirer: Christopher Colum bus, soliloquizing: "It's all right for Tom Flatt to jump on a man who has been dead and bur led for nearly 400 years; but just wait until he gets down here. I'll Bezinah him." Baltimore tmerfcon. Congress goes for ward with great backwardness. With three months gone and no work yet done, tbe Repub lican majorities In the House and Senate have not tnrllled the country with admiration. New Yobk IForW.' Somebody in Washing ton Is not anxious for the apprehension of 811. cott, the absconding cashier of tbe Sergeant at Arms of the late House of Representatives. Why Is ltr Let's have the true inwardness of this business. Boston Herald: Senator Blair is more than ever provine Uiuue.lt to be the enfant terrible of public life In his speech on bis Southern education bill. It will be a beautifully big affair to mall to bis constituents, and will afford reading for tbe most of next winter to many of tho farmers to the north ot us, if It Is continued for the length of time now anticipated. CUEIOUS COKDEHSATIOSS. Maine expects to mate ?l,50O,00O on the sale of Im this year. The late Duke of Aosta has left 1, 600,000 to his three sons. ; The Czar possesses 44 uniforms, one of which he has never worn viz: that of a Rus sian Field Marshal. In place ot stones, Nashua, N". H.t cot ton mill strikers use snowballs to impress non union workmen with tba heinoosness of their offense. The cheapest place in Missouri to live is at tbe penitentiary. Tbe dally cost of main taining convicts at that institution isonly7J cents per capita. A large gray wolf was recently caught in Conemaugh township. Indiana county. It was the first animal of the kind seen in that section for many years. There is a movement on foot just now to purchase the house in which Beethoven was born, at Bonn, for tbe German nation, and con. vert it into a museum for Beethoven relics. The Gnjf Stream really starts in the Antartic Ocean.it then skirts the west coast of Africa, crosses to Cape St. Roque and enters the Caribbean Sea, and to into tbe Gulf of Mexico, out of which it emerges bearing Its best-known name. Flint, Mich., has the champion. He bas a popular well, and a few days ago he was seen fishing for something at tbe bottom. Asked what he'd lost, the man satisfied the curious by saying tbat be bad dropped his falsa teeth, and since that time tbe well hasn't been visited by anybody except the owner and his family. Miss Ella Swing, living near Rainbow, Mo.. 18 years old, is now 7 feet and 8 inches high, weighs 225 pounds, wears a No. 15 shoe, which of course she has to have made to order, and ber shoemaker bad to order a special last. The girl's parents are of about the usual size, tbe father being possibly a little taller than the average man. There's an old aunty on Lombard street, Philadelphia, who bakes rabbit very tempting ly in this way: She plasters the animal all over with softened clay, bakes the statuary in an oven till it is like a brick, shivers the bricx to atomsith a hammer, and there you are. The rabbit skin has stuck to tbe clay, and only the crisp, white meat is left. There is a curious bit of interesting in formation tbat will be new to many readers. In Africa the prefix serves for the purpose that the suffix: serves for in European languages. For example: Spain. Spaniard. Spanish so in our mother tongue; but in. Africa Uganda is the name of a state, waganda are tbe inhabitants inereor, ana Maganda tne language. The story of the discovery of a gold mine of astounding riches in China is supported by many specifications. Tbe gold-bearing quartz is reported to be on a peninsula across tne Corean Sea from the Peninsula of Cores, and directly west. The mountains are very precipitous, and the outcroppings of rocks rich in gold have been traced for 60 miles. A Catholio Indian missionary, the Eev. Father Jerome, of the Benedictine Order, has compiled a prayer book for the Sioux. It will be published by Bishop Marty, and will be printed in the Sioux language. Besides tbe or dinary Catholic pravers the book will contain a catechism of Christian doctrine and Catholic hymns with appropriate music. Fire thousand copies of the prayer book will be published. --At the Schagbticoke, K. T., powder mills there is great activity just now, and tbe mills are turning out large quantities of nflo sporting powder. Peas, instead of charcoal enter into the composition of this brand and the roaster in which tbey are prepared is capa ble of roasting a ton of peas every 24 hours. Peas thus prepared are also sent to the New burs mills, which are making the same kind ot powder. At Hamilton, O,, the other nieht, as the late Toledo express pulled in at the Cincin nati, Hamilton and Dayton station, a gentle man alighted from the sleeping car and began walking up and down in front of tbe station under tbe electric light in his nieht clothes. His scanty apparel at once attracted attention, and it was soon seen that the man was walking in his sleep. When awakened be beat a hasty retreat to his berth. Mr. Lawsonhas commenced work on his colossal statue of Robert Barns, which is des tined for Ayr. The main feature of tbe figure is its attitude of contemplative repose, the only movement suggested lyinjjin the slightly raised and clenched right hand. No "poetic nose" is attempted, simplicity and dignity beinc in sisted npon in ettrj detail. The garb is that of a Scottish yeoman. The alto of the statuowill be alrcost opposite the railway station at Ayr. It will be fenced round, and planted with flow ers and shrubs. It is not always judicious, says a Scot tish paper, to use Scotch idioms. A Scottish gentleman was down' in England visiting soma old friends, and while with them was invited to a dinner party. The worthy Scot made him self as agreeable as be could, and after dinner, over the wine and walnuts, grew quitexonfi dential witb his neighbor. This gentleman was suffering from a severe cold, and Mr. Mc Intyre (the Scotchman), to show his sympathy, said: "Man, it's an awfu' host (cough) you've got." Tbe host overheard tbe remark and nat urally took it to himself, aud there was a de cided coolness between the parties till the Scotchman's friend explained the meaning of host. A great deal of excitement has been caused in the village of Alexander, N. Y., by an alleged haunted house from which weird and uncanny sounds bave been heard issuing at various hours in the night and day. Tba story runs tbat 20 years ago a woman was mur dered in the bouse, and since that time no fam ily bas inhabited it mora tbau a few weeks at a time. Day before yesterday an investigating party composed of lour reputable citizens of the town visited the house and beard moans, groans and shrieks which puzzled tbeingreatly. as to all appearances the house was empty. They left the place in a perturbed state of mind, and since tbat time a strict watch has been kept on the house in the hope of solving the mystery. It is said that in olden times when negroes were taking employment in Maryland they insisted tbat their master should put a clause into their contract agreeing tbat tba v Degroes should not be fed upon canvasback duck and terrapin. There was so much of ter rapin in those days and canvasback ducks wero so numerous tbat even the colored help turned against tbem, and there was an everlasting pro test when these two famous ingredients of a great dinner appeared upon tbe table. The times have changed since then. The canvas back duck is, in tbe opinion of restaurant keepers, slowly taking second place to the red head duck. The meat of tbe redhead is not quite so tender as the canvasback, but a great many people profess to prefer tbe flavor. Una reason why the restaurants are pushing the red heads into prominence is to be found in tha fact that tbey are far cheaper tban the canvas backs. It has been impossible for a long time tr, hnv a brace of canvasback ducks In any of tbe big city markets for less tban $6 50 or J7 if they were really first-class birds. Tbe restau rants charge H a duck, and when tbey pay $3 50 apiece for tbem before tbe birds are plucked, cooked and served, there is often a positive loss to the house. With the redhead, however, there is a larger margin for speculation. A fad this season in Baltimore and Washington Is to take roast oysters with the duck instead of terrapin. LOOK PLEASANT. First come, first served Soup. Puct. ' The note of the jail-bird is forged. Puck. Old P'int Comfort Tho Pocket Flask. Ptte. A pepper and salt costume is always sea sonahle. Puck. Whatever bis age and condition in life, the gambler is always a gamin'. Btngltamton & m puoliean. Realizing that time has wings the hotel waiter measures it from tip to tip. Bingluimton Mepubtican. While it is undoubtedly true that George Washington couldrj't tell a lie. wo most always remember that that wasn't what killed him. Judge. She For what reason was the Duke of Wellington called "the Iron Puke?" He There was hut one reason; he was a man of mettle. Judge. Washington, as bas been remarked, never knew when he was whipped; bnt we can pardo his ijtnoranca when It Is remembered that there we re no dally newspapers then. Judge, t It you are a physician, And of great cures would tell, . Jnst say snto the public That you've made au Oil well, tig Binglumton BepuMcaA. Tes, Auuustus, we believa it iJ'!bettrJt have loved andlost than never to barelotedat all. It Is better for the Jeweler, aud thefflorBt, and the messenger boy and sometimes for the lawyers. Mumeg't VWeMy. Mabel Did you hear that Bessie Willis was married yesterday to Tom Guzzlerr Maud Beally? I thought she would bathe last person to marry him. Mabel-Well, she was, wasn't h?- Harvard Lampoon. , i 4i
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