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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. FE& 25. 189a
THE NATION'S ENTEBPBISE
The action of the House of Representatives
Yesterday, in locating the site of the World's
Fair of 1892 at Chicago, practically settles
Ibat question. While the Senate has theo
retically an equal voice with the Eonse in
designating the site, it is not likely to dis
turb the choice made by the body nearest the
people.
Some talk has been heard of a disposition
on the part of the defeated cities to combine
and defeat the fair altogether. No such sel
fish and unworthy policy is likely to receive
any consideration. More important than the
local interests of any city is the credit of the
nation as a whole; and that is involved in the
union of all parts of the land, now that the
fair has been located, in contributing to
snch a brilliant success as will draw to this
country the eyes of the world. The nation,
no less than Chicago, undertakes to make
this an exposition of the progress of the J
Western Hemisphere in the four centuries
that have elapsed since Columbus discovered
it That work well done will draw to this
country the attention of civilization; and the
benefits that will Sow therefrom will not be
confined to Chicago.
These considerations apply especially to
Pittsburg. The official declarations here,
have been in favor of Washington as the
national Capital. But with the fair given
to Chicago, Pittsburg will be glad to recog
nize the snap and energy of that city, which
are qualities likely to gain success. But
Pittsburg should not stop there. It should
stand ready to use the Exposition so as to
make our industries famous. The oppor
tunity to place our handiwork before the
world should be improved to the utmost and
the returns will not be doubtful or of slight
value.
With the contest for the site- settled the
whole country should unite to make the
Exposition of 1892 the most brilliant on
record. It should be America's World's
Fair, no less than Chicago's.
HOTEL IDEAS FB0M FLOBLDA.
The spat between Senators Chandler and
Call in the Senate, yesterday, reveals two
remarkable assertions on the part of the
Florida Senator. The first is the assertion
that a Senator who objects to political
murders, and therefore fires the Southern
heart, is responsible for the murders. This
leaves the case of the wolf who accused the
lamb of muddying the stream below him,
away in the background. Its unique
character is rivaled by the assertion that it
is the privilege of a Senator in overhauling
the Congressional Record reports "to cor
rect, to explain, to revise, to amplify the
language used by him, so as to express more
clearly the idea intended to be conveyed."
"The logic which charges murder on those
who denounce it, and which revises and
amplifies reports so as to make new speeches
of them, are alihe peculiar products of
American politics.
K0T FOB BEVENUE,
The statement that a revenne which is ex
pected to bring into the city of Allegheny
$3,000 within the next three months, is likely
to be lost to that municipality because no one
has power to rent the hall, is made in a way
that Is calculated to be impressive upon the
city authorities. But the consideration is
not one that is necessarily of any great im
portance to the public, beside that desiring
that the property is managed so as to
most fully carry out its purposes.
Indeed the expectation of such a revenue
shows the importance of careful manage
ment; and it may alto explain the keen de
sire of certain political interests to control
the property. We do not think that music
hall was built with the intention of secur
ing an addition to Allegheny's revenue of
?3,000 per quarter or 512,000 yearly. If that
is what is to be done with the
Music Hall our Northside friends may
be congratulated upon having made a good
bargain with Mr. Carnegie, bnt not upon
using his gift for the public benefits which
were avowed in its institution. Whenever
the music hall is used for profit there should
be a charge, but that rental should be de
voted exclusively to the enrichment of the
library or art gallery. Beyond that more
public value is to be obtained for the hall
by making it available at low cost for popu
lar recitals than by turning it into a money
making institution to yield the greatest pub
lic revenue.
It is to be hoped that Allegheny Councils
will this week put the institution under a
control that will secure its educational use
fulnessfeud guard against degrading it into
a source ot revenue for either the city or its
politicians.
STEAM HEATEBS PROMISED.
The announcement is made that the Penn
sylvania Bailroad has completed arrange
ments by which all the passenger cars on its
lines, as well as on those of the Pennsyl
vania Company, will be heated by steam
next winter. This is very good news, only
alloyed by the recollection that a very sim
ilar declaration was made abont a year ago,
but was wholly unfulfilled so far as this
winter is concerned. There is every reason
to believe that the pledge will De made good
by next winter. A road of such generally
perfect appointments as tbe Pennsylvania
Railroad cannot afford to lug behind the age
in a matter so important to the safety of the
traveling public. The mild winter has been
the principal influence in keeping down the
number of people burned to death in rail
road wrecks this year. Nature cannot be
expected to continue that merciful interposi
tion next season.
PB0HTA3LE FOB SOMEBODY.
A Western railroad President, la the re
port just made to the stockholders,
creates a sensation by proposing that
the Government shall take control of the
railroads. He bases this Idea on tbe asser
tion that the Government has interfered
with the railroads and made it impossible
for them to earn dividends; and conse
quently asserts that the best thing to do is
for the National Government to buy all the
railroads and ran them as Government prop
erty. The idea is founded on a false assertion.
The Government has not interfered with a
single right of the railroads to operate their
business for profit, just as individuals can.
What the Government has done is to re
strain the abuse of powers that the railroads
bave.and that private individuals have not,
iu order to prevent those abuses benig used
to the detriment ot the people. Whatever
lack of prosperity there is among the rail
roads Is not due to Governmental interfer
ence; but to their own vices of stockwater
ing, speculative manipulations and cut
throat wars pursuance of the regulation
combination policy.
The real animus oi this proposition is
shown by the remark, in connection there
with, that the valuation of the roads is
$8,000,000,000 which the Government credit
would be sufficient to raise. Of course it
wonld; and wonld it not snit the railway
owners of the 54,000,000,000 of that total
that is purely fictions according to the as
sertion of Mr. H. V. Poor, to unload it on
the Government at par? It would be very
profitable operation after creating (4,000,
000,000 of stock valuations by the aid of the
lithograph presses, to charge upon the
Government the responsibility for the fail
ure to earn dividends upon these fiat values,
and to make the Government take the paper
values at their own valuation.
Bnt perhaps when this proposition is ex
amined by the people it will be respectfully
bnt firmly declined, without thanks.
TEE APPRECIATION OF THE GUT
The passage by both branches of Councils,
yesterday, of the ordinance accepting Mr.
Carnegie's offer to build and establish the
million .dollar libraries outlined in his
letter, was accompanied by speeches reveal
ing the deep impression made on all minds
by Mr. Carnegie's munificence.
That gentleman has certainly stimulated
all minds and provided a field for eulogistic
oratory. The results of this were seen at
the Allegheny ceremonies last week; and in
Councils yesterday, the occasion called
forth the most enthusiastic speeches. More
important than the production of oratory is
the forcible manner in which this remark
able example has started the public mind
into thinking. Rich men see before them
the most cogent lesson that the true
use of wealth is to benefit their fellow
men. Poor men have no less
forcibly set before them the gospel of uni
versal brotherhood, and can draw the infer
ence that the true aim of life is to do what
lies within the power of each man, whether
he is rich or poor, to make the world better
and happier. All are taught that the true
respect of the people for wealth is attained,
not by the mere possession of riches, but by
the power of riches to benefit mankind.
For this moral stimnlation, as well as for
the material gains which are expected to
flow from Mr. Carnegie's generosity, the
public gratitude is due. Oar speakers do
well to vie with each other in praise of the
giver; and the public will best show their
appreciation ot the gift by making it most
useful to the greatest possible number.
Cba'wtokdsyili.e, Ind., students haTe
been keeping up to the fashion by having the
usual college rlo'. The Hoosier students may
not be remarkable for scholarship; but they
can fight and brawl with any Eastern college in
the country.
"A democratic gerrymander is 'beastly
and scandalous.' A Republican gerrymander
is a great blessing, and insures heavy crops to
the farmers," says the Louisville Courier-Journal.
This is remarkable information from
such a source. Previous expressions of the
esteemed Courier-Journal were calculated to
produce the opposite opinion, that a Demo
cratic gerrymander was the last bulwark of the
Constitution, and the only way to preserve the
principles of the fathers In their purity.
The Baltimore and Ohio is reaching out
to improve its Chicago connection; bnt whether
the improvement is to be by means of building
a new line or by aborblng the Pittsburg and
Western is a matter for speculation.
CofJNCiLS showed their appreciation of
Mr. Carnegie's gift by the passage ot the ordi
nance and by the appreciative speeches of the
members. -Mrs. Bchenley and Mr. Carnegie
have taxed the oratorical powers of the repre
sentatives of the city, in the line of eulogy for
ttlAlr Ynnnfflf-nnf-n T.et no Yiata th.r ,,!,
wealthy Pittsbnrgers will keep this talent of
our city legislators in good practice.
Wheit our Congressmen observe how
much more space the papers give to baseball
news than to Congressional proceedings, they
may deem it appropriate to go quietly to work
at finishing up tbe public business.
It is stated that the English Government
will restrain Lord Wolsely's fondness for writ
ing articles In the American magazines on the
art of war. If this promise Is faithfully kept it
will go far toward removing all the old un
pleasantness about seal-fisheries and Canadian
seizures. When the Salisbury Cabinet sits
down on Wolsely it will only remain for itself
to take a tumble.
THE strikers who persist in striking con
trary to the orders of the Amalgamated Associ
ation and in congregating contrary to the in
junction of the Court may find themselves in
uumuo ueiore wey get mrougn.
Hew York papers are telli ng of a man who
died there recently and whose heart was found
on the right side of his body In an abnormally
enlarged condition. The wicked Chicago pa
pers of course reply that it is possible for a
New York man's heart to be in tbe wrong
place, but that it could be enlarged by any pro
cess of nature is not to be believed.
The proposition in New York to estab
lish Turkish baths is naturally objected toby
the Anarchists. Is this country to be captured
by tbe manners and customs of Old World
despotism?
BefOkts to the effect that tbe Pennsyl
vania Railroad Is going to buy tbe South Penn
do not take into consideration the fact that the
courts and Constitution have forbidden tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad to do so. But perhaps
tbe Pennsylvania Railroad does not take that
fact into consideration, either.
Tee Central Traction line went into oper
ation yesterday with great eclat and crowded
cars. The crowding will doubtless be remedied
by starting more cars, which will add to the
eclat.
The suggestion is made by the Louisville
Courier-Journal that the public can meet tbe
exactions of the Starch Trust by reducing the
size of its collars and cuffs. Thanks to our
Southern cotemporary f or not suggesting the
other device of reducing the frequency of
changing them.
Speech may be silvern; but Senator
Blair should remember that the logic of bi
metallism requires that It shall not drive the
gold of silence entirely out of circulation.
It may not generally be understood that
Big Head, the Sioux Chief who attempted to
commit suicide the other day, did so after a
trip to Washington. He had. J tut learned from
examples at the Capital how utterly he had
failed to realize the foil significance of his
name.
Now that Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., has
had a 14,000 benefit, Mr. J. G. H., Jr., is reported
to be taking an Interest in his family.
The Chartiers Gas Company yesterday
wined out a million dollars of Its capital stock.
This elimination of water to the extent of 25
per cent of the capital will make the
dividends a little more solid on the remainder
of (he stock.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Hebek Newton is surprised to hear from
various parts of the country that he is about to
join the Roman Catholic Church.
General Butler la said to be able to quote
the Bible more freely and more accurately than
almost any man in pnbllo life at Washington.
Mb. Justice Lakar, of the Supreme Court
of the United States, will deliver an address at
the commencement of the Boston University
Law School on June 4.
Representative Candles, of Georgia, is
sure that Mr. Cleveland will be the next Demo
cratic candidate for President. Mr. Hill will
not, he thinks, be in the race at all.
Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, is a
great reader. He has always kept up with
current literature and is well Informed regard
ing the tendency of fiction in these latter days.
It is gravely asserted that Herbert Spencer
carries a conple ot little plugs in his pocket
and whenever conversation about him be
comes annoying he takes them out and thrusts
them into his ears, thus making himself deaf to
the chatter.
Will Carleton, the poet, is getting stout,
lives in Brooklyn and acknowledges to 45. His
snecess has been sudden, yet, while the critics
give him a wide berth, be gets fancy prices for
bis vereelets, and his future work Is already
contracted for. He has hitherto confined his
effusions to the farmyard.!
Robert Adams, Jr.. the United States
Minister to Brazil, has some presence, dresses
with unnecessary scrupulosity, and, without
being a millionaire, has a neat fortune and a
salary of 12,000 a year. He is well content with
diplomacy, and not being overburdened with
years, passes a pleasant Ufa and has hitherto
escaped matrimony.
Lord Stanley, ot Preston, the Governor
General of Canada, is broad-shouldered, patrician-mannered,
and nine and forty. He wears
a closely-cropped black beard; Is devoted to a
cold tub, and has taken kindly to tobogganing.
He Is not a painfully brilliant man, but he is
eminently respectable. He is also the father
ot eight children, and will one day be Earl of
Derby and one of the richest men in Europe.
THE CIYIL SERVICE BOW.
Charges Piled Against the Commission by
Congressman Ewarc
Washington, February 21, The House
Committee on Reforms In th Civil Service
was in session this morning, but did not exam
ine any witnesses. Representative Ewart filed
the formal charges against the commission.
They recite:
First That Charles Lyman, in April last, when
acting as sole Commissioner, promoted bis hrother-ln-law,
Campbell, to a 11.200 clerkship In the com
mission. Second That Campbell, in January, 1833, se
cretly abstracted from the files a list of examina
tion questions, and gave them to a copyist In the
Pension Office, who tnrned them over to one
Flynn, principal of tbe Ivy Institute.
Third That Campbell's promotion was made by
Lyman with full knowledge or the facts.
Fourth That Commissioners Roosevelt and
Thompson refused to investigate the matter be
yond examining Campbell, who was censured.
Fifth -That Campbell Illegally retains his
place.
Farther That Kdwin D. Bailey was promoted
illegally, wlthont examination ; that the papers of
Thomas autcnell were rc-marxea alter his lallure
to pass an examination In order to secure bis pro
motion: and, finally, that Commissioner Itoose
velt secured the appointment of Hamilton bhidy
to a place In the Census Korean, notwithstanding
the fact that he had repeatedly and persistently
violated bis oath of office.
The committee will meet Wednesday morning
to resumo tbe investigation.
SUED BI HI8 OWN SON.
A Hew York Ex-Amembljman Defendant
la a Novel Snir.
Elmtra, N. Y., February 24. Suits involv
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars have been
commenced by Simeon B. Rathbnn against his
father, ex-Assemblyman John T. Rathbun,
executor of the estate of Simeon Benjamin,
who died about 21 years ago. Benjamin's will,
after leaving a generous sum totheElmlra
College, provided tor a distribution of the bal
ance of the estate to his daughter, Mrs. John
T. Rathbun, and her sons, the complainant
and William R. and L. G. Rathbun. Some
time aeo a partial settlement of the Benjamin
estate was made, but Simeon says the bulk of
the property still remans In his father's hands.
He also claims that only a partial settlement of
bis mother's estate has been made, and be
brings this family litigation to compel an ac
counting of both estates by his father.
The complainant alleges that he has been
badly treated by his father and brothers, and
that there is much feeling over family prop
ertv matters. As the parties are all wealthy
the suits, which will be begun before Surro
gate Taylor to-morrow, promise sensational de
velopments and a bitter fight to the end.
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.
Anniversary of the Freedman's Aid
and
Southern Education Society.
Chicago, February 24, The twenty-second
anniversary of the Freedman's Aid and South
ern Education Society was celebrated In tbe
First Methodist Episcopal Church of this city
to-day. The meeting was called to order by
Bishop J. M. Walden, the president, who
called Bishop Bowman to tbe chair amid a vig
orous round of applause. After devotional ex
ercises Rev. J. C. Hartzell, D.D.,the society's
corresponding secretary, presented a synopsis
of its works during the year, and an explana
tion of methods of the organization.
A detailed report of the financial standing of
the society was given. It contained the state
ment that $2,000,000 worth of property was
held in the South by tbe organization. Dr.
Hartzell closed his address by saying that tbe
growth of sentiment in favor of tbe education
of the negro in the South was remarkable.
TWO PLANS SUBMITTED
For tho New Library to Be' Erected at
Johnstown by Mr. Carnegie.
tfrECIALTELZORAMTO THE DISPATCH.!
Johnstown, Pa., February 24. Two plans
for the new Cambria Library library have been
prepared. One is for a building to cost (30.000
and the other for one to cost (65,000. Tbe dif
ference in price lies In the size of the building
and the furnishings.
Both plans will be submitted to Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, through whose generosity the new
building Is to be erected. With him will rest
tbe decision as to which ot the two plans shall
be adopted.
Elk Benefit in Yosngstowo.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.
Youngstown; O., February 14. The fourth
annual benefit of Youngstown Lodge No. 55,
B. P. O. Elks, was held at the Opera House to
night and was artistically and financially a
success. The programme was largely by local
talent assisted ny the Arion Quartet, of
Cleveland: T. D. Campbell, of Cincinnati, and
the Conway brothers, of Pittsburg:
Advocates of Woman Huflrnge.
Washington, February 24. A delegation
of a dozen or more ladies, engaged in the
movement to secure woman suffrage, appeared
to-day before tbe Senate Committee on Wo
man buffrage. Speeches were made by Mrs.
Minor, of New York; Mrs. Bennett, of Ken
tucky; Miss Shaw, of Massachusetts, and Mrs.
Clara Colby.
Ice Famine la Youngstown.
ISFKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI8rATCB.l
Youngstown, February 24 An lee famine
commenced here to-day. The supply is ex
hausted, and to-day not a pound can be found
in or near here for sale.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Stockdalo Jackman.
EASTLlVKBroot., February it. dtockdale Jack
man, a well-known citizen of this place, dledtbfs
morning under peculiar circumstances. He bad
the grip, and Was using a cough medicine. After
a very severe attack of coughing he went for his
medicine, poured out two teaspoonruls, and, as It
vras not very pleasant to take, culped It down
hurriedly. By mistake be had picked up the
wroue bottle and took corrosive sublimate. He
died in tliegriAtestor agony within ten minutes
and before medical aid could be gotten to him.
Tbe deceased was an old risldcnt or this city, aud
at one time was President or the Columbiana
Countv Agricultural Society. TwoofhlsdauKUters
are teaching in the puhtlc schools. He Is con
netted with the Stockdale and Jackman faudUes
of Alleghcdy and i'UUtmrg.
AT THE THEATERS.
Uaworlh In PnnI Knnvnr Annlo Plxley
And Other Plays and Players.
i pATL KAtrVAR," a drama by Steel Mackaye,
was played at tbe Bijon Theater last
night. Although the play has been upon the
stage two years or more this Is the first chance
Pittsburg has had of seeing it The play was
received by a great audience with unstinted
applause. It Is a notable addition to the
growing portfolio of plays by American
authors. The construction of "Paul Kauvar"
is deftly done; Its plot Is f nil of startling ap
peals to the emotional side of the andlence,
and it is worked out very ingeniously, if not
always within the bounds of probability. It
Is a rather complicated story If told in words, bat
illustrated by much action it seems clear
enough on the stage. The prevailing gloom of
tbe piece It is dark, sad and savage from be
ginning to end, almost without a glimmer of
light or Joy Is Mr. Mackaye's only fault, and
perhaps no one who chose the French Revolu
tion for foreground, mid-distance and back
ground, could avoid the infection of that black
and bloody period. But Mr. Mackaye has built
a play of great force and intense interest on a
very high plane of art, too. Taking "Paul
Kauvar" as a whole, it is a play of which the
writer may justly be proud.
Mr. Joseph Hawortb, who took the, title role
last night, is an actor of no small ability. He
is rich in natural resources. His voice is deep
and musical; it has been trained well Mr.
Haworth as a elocutionist has few superiors on
the modern stage. Then his face has an intel
lectual expression, bis figure is erect and his
bearing full of dignity. With all of these
qualities and gifts be endows Paul Kauvar.
We have, therefore, the patriotic young Re
publican and heroic figure. Mr. Haworth acts
with all his heart and we may say with all his
lungs. I'aul Kauvar as Mr. Haworth shows
him to us Is a loveable, honest man, who is
dreadfully unsuspicious of tbe men about "him
rascals all. The bravery, tbe tenderness
of J'aul Kauvar are splendidly brought out,
To ns the finest piece of acting In the whole
play was done by Haworth in the expression of
Kauvar1! joy at the. thought of seeing his wife
again an episode with which the third act
ends. Mr. Haworth's work is marred somewhat
by his declamatory tendency; he will declaim
all he says. The aays of the Terror we know
produced men who loved to spout high-sounding
sentiments between their bloody orgies, but
Paul Kauvar suroly Is not designed to illus
trate that carrion type. No man would pitch
all his conversation In a key and tone upon
wbloh the rolling echoes must attend. The
whole company falls into the same error; some
are worse than others, but all declaim too
much.
Deane di Beaumont is a grander part than
Paul Kauvar a great creation In fact. To
Miss Lizzie Rechelle it fell last night. She did
her best with it, and did well so well that she
received great applause. But she merely
touched the border of the splendid possibilities
tn the character. Miss Rechelle is but a novice
on the stage, and sbecannot be expected to give
tbe mature vigor and trained art to tbe
part which it demands, and which snch an
actress as Miss Davenport, for instance, could
bring to it Tbe villain of the play, the Marquis
de Vaux another well-drawn character was
admirably done by Mr. C. C. Craig. Mr. Van-
denhoU, as a duke or tbe old empire, was re
markably powerful. Witbont many exception
the rest of the company are equal to their
tasks. Thns it will be seen that it is a great
play well acted.
The play is a series of tableaux, in part aside
from tbe main story, picturing tbe awful scenes
around the shining guillotine. The rumbling
tumDrlls, the hoarse cry of tbe Sans Culottes,
tbe "Marseillaise" and all the atmosphere of
Paris in the Reign of Terror, are trutbtully
brought into the play. The effectiveness of
some of the tableaux was impaired last
night by blunders in the scene-shitting,
rifle volleyB from the calcium'llght in the gal
lery, and disorderly conduct in tbe audience.
The practice of allowing persons to wander up
and down the aisles dnrlng the progress of the
piay ougnt to De stopped at once.
The mob and other realistic parts of the ac
tion exhibited unusual care and skill in the
stage management.
Grand Opera lTonio.
iT"he Deacon's Daughter" is not a very
strong play, but Miss Annie Plxley gen
erally contrives to make it amusing. Last
night at tbe Grand Miss Pixley was as sprightly
and winsome a Ruth as one could well im
agine. She seems to have completely recovered
from her recent indisposition, and danced with
her accustomed verve and grace. Several new
songs and medleys have been introduced in or
der to show oft Miss Pixley's voice, which, by
the way, appears to grow sweeter and clearer
every day. The "Wash Tub Song" and a
charming plantation melody burlesque were
encored very justly again and again.
Miss Pixley's company is a fair one. The
Deacon, personated by M. C Daly, was a good
character sketch: and Annie Douglas, as Mrs.
Homewebb, made as much of the part as the
part permitted. John Burke was a conven
tional stage lover; and Joseph Brennan. with
occasional exaggerations, played Squire Hiram
Sltmbergast excellently. Frederic Sackett and
William Friend posed as two society cranks,
modeled on the creations of "Puck;" and Car
rie Reynolds, who represented Mrs.J3ashinglon
Brown, enriously described as "a society
conundrum" did not make much effort to solve
the mystery which surrounded her being. The
so-called, "Irish" maid-of all work, played by
Mouie Raven, was a very snccessiui creation.
It can be described as nothing else but a crea
tion; as the Irish female never existed whose
speech or manner bore any resem
blance to the impersonation of Mary
O'Dougherty given last night. But un
doubtedly Mollie Ravell, made the greater
portion of the audience laugh, and
so, if her brogue was nnllke the real article, it
was accepted by tbe public Butterine. many
folks tell us, is as good as butter. If the un
real is as agreeable as tbe real, let ns have tbe
unreal. But a little realltv, by way of variety,
would not be amiss. Some dav soroebodv will
enact tbe Irish peasant, as the Irish peasant 1'.
"The Deacon's Daughter" was well mounted,
and drew a fairly large house. It will bo re
peated to-night.
Harris' Thenter.
Wat. Gillette's "ALegal Wreck," with a ca
pable company, special scenery and excel
lent mechanical effects, filled this house twice
yesterday. Deep interest was evinced In the
working out of tbe plot, and the verdict was
heartily in favor of the performance. Associa
tion Umpire George W. Barnnm is the villain
of the play, and a grand one he Is, too. His
declamation is good and tbe reading of his
lines just what it should bo. As for the rest of
the company. Mr. W. D. Ingram is a manly
hero, Richard F. Baker a genial Cap'n Smith,
Alfred Beverly's makeup as Jonathan Mazey
Is great, and Miss Esther William', though
suffering with a cold. Is a ladylike Olive Gray.
The sale of seats for the remainder of tho week
is very Urge.
Harry Williams' Academy.
fiKCE more Manager Williams is treating his
patrons to a first-class vaudeville perform
ance. Bryant k Richmond's All 8tar Combina
tion Is not surpassed by any on the road. There
are the Glenroy Brothers, Allyn and Llngard,
Harry Watson and Alice Hutchlngs, George
H. Wood, Miss Isabel Ward. W. T. Bryant and
Miss Lizzie Richmond In a neat sketch. Miss
Louise Dempsey, the favorite "burlesque star;
Yank Hoe and his Circassian assistant, Miss
Omene: Tierney and Wayne, and Frank Bush.
Harry Watson's comedy. '.The Jealous Wife,"
closes a very enjoyable entertainment.
Dramatic Notes.
A larqe party of Elks were present at the
Bijou Theater last night and assisted the
willing audience In giving Mr. Haworth an
ovation at the close of Act III. Mr. Haworth
was called out again and again till he was.
forced to make a short speech, in which be
thanked Plttsburgers tor these new proofs of
their regard, and bespoke a big audience for
the Elks benefit on Friday at tho Opera
House.
The box office of the-Opera House is now
open for tbe exchange of Klks' benefit tickets
for seat coupons. On Wednesday a large num
ber of Elks -will go to the Opera House to
greet their old friend. Miss Aqnle Pixley.
The World's Museum has a winning nro.
m-.n,a In .vMh P.tlll RAOtnn'fi ca,1a a4
and
many new curiosities are tbe big features.
Rough on Br. T.onls.
From the Chicago Herald.
Kelly, the man arrested by mistake for a
Cronln conspirator, says that he shall not sue
the Chicago police force for damages. He has
no case. No court In the country would award
a mag damages for baying been conveyed from
St. Louis to Chicago.
Hen. John McBrldo Will Accept.
ISrXCIAL TXLXOBAKTO THE DISPATCH.!
Massillon, February 24. Hon. John Me
Bnde returned from Columbus this evening,
and in an interview said he had been tendered
by Governor Campbell, and would accept, the
position of Chief of the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics. Artificial Limbs Come nicjt.
Washington, February 24. The Secretary
of the Treasury to-day sent to the Houso of
representatives a letter from the Secretary of
War asking for 580,000 to supply a deficiency In
the appropriation tor artificial limbs supplied
to pensioners for (he year ending Juno, 190.
SENATOR VANCE'S SCHEME.
Government Money to be Loaned on Wheat
find Cotton.
Washington, February 24. Senator Vance
Introduced a bill to establish In every county of
each of the several States aUnited States Agri
cultural depository, to be under tbe control of
tbe Treasury Department, and under condi
tions which prescribe that the average gross
amount per annum of ootton, wheat, corn, oats
and tobacco producedand sold in each countyf or
two years previous must exceed 500,000. Tbe bill
also provides that 100 citizens of the county shall
petition the Secretary of the Treasury request
ing him to locate Such a depository, and to ap
point a manager, who shall give bond for the
faithful performance of his duties. Tbe bill
further provides that any owner of cotton,
wheat, corn, oats or tobaccco may deposit the
same in the nearest depository and receive
therefor the Treasury notes equal to 80 per
cent of tbe net value of tho market price of
tbe products.
Tbe manager of the depository shall give to
the depositor a warehouse receipt showing the
amount of tbe deposit, its value, tbe amount of
notes advanced, and the interest on the money
so adraneed is at tbe rate of 1 per cent per an
num. These deposits ot cotton and other
staples may be redeemed by tbe holder of tbe
warehouse receipt at any depository by the sur
render of the receipt and the payment In law
ful money of the same amount originally ad
vanced by the depositor, and such further
amount as may be necessary to discbarge ail
interest that may have accrued against it and
all insurance, warehouse and other charges.
ids term oi umce ior a manager or a deposi
tory shall be two years. Tbe sum1 of 500,000 is
appropriated to carry oat the provisions of
the bill.
COL. HDTCH1NS IS GONE.
And Baltimore Belles SIIps the Bean of
he Boulevards.
BALTIMORE, February 24, Colonel Tom
Hutcbins, one of the best known characters
in Baltimore, has suddenly disappeared, and
his friends are anxiously inquiring as to his
whereabouts. Colonel Hutchins has been for
years figuring as a survival of that Institu
tion Known in history as the "beau,"
although he was not by any means a beat.
Always attired as though be had just come
out of a band-box, with kid gloves on bis
hands, a high Bilk hat-on his bead and his mus
tache thoroughly waxed, he resorted "Bverv fine
day to the streets, where ladies might be met
and impressed. Colonel Hutcbins was mar
ried, but some years ago he graciously allowed
bis wife to get a divorce so that see might
marry some one else. For his complaisance in
this matter his wife, who was quite rich, al
lowed him a sum of money which has since en
abled him to Ilvo quite comfortably.
Some time ago his friends observed that his
mind was giving away, and he began to Imag
ine that be had hundreds of important law
cases on his hands. On Wednesday last be be
came impressed with the Idea that be was
Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals, and
walking to tbe courtroom in the City Hall, be
quietly took off his high bat and overcoat and
assumed tbe Chief Justice's seat. He was in
formed that he had made mistake in tbe room
and then walked ont to bunt up bis court. He
has not been seen since.
INDIANS DYING 0DT.
Tbe Red Men of Canada Fast Disappearing
From tbe Enrth.
Ottawa, February 25. Mr. George Good
son, interpreter at the Sarcee reserve, south of
Calgary, says that since the payment nf treaty
money on November 13, 1889, there have been
only two births and three marriages against
nine deaths; in fact, that 'he tribe
is gradually dying out, the total num
ber of souls on tbe reserve at
present being 330, while in 1883 the
reserve was reckoned to have between 600 and
700 on it Of tbe older Indians about two
thirds are females, while among the young
one, tbe number of males and females are
about equal. The disparity In the former case
is accounted for by many braves having lost
their lives in tbe wars with the Creep, and In
the chase of grizzly bears and buffalo before
the advent of the railway, leaving their wives
widows.
Marriages are not so frequent nowas former
ly. The yonne bucks say that, tbe buffaloes
and other large game being gone, they have no
work for wives to do in tanning and dressing
buffaln and other pelts, consequently they will
not indulge in tbe expensive luxury of two or
more wives.
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL SESSION
Of the Grand Lodge Ancient Order United
Workmen at Willlamipnrt.
Williamsport, Febrnary 24. The twenty
first annual session of tbe Grand Lodge An
cient Order United Workmen, jurisdiction of
Pennsylvania, convenes In the Court House
here to-morrow morning. Three hnndre'd dele
gates will be present, of whom 200 are already
here. Among them aro W. R. Ford, Grand
Master Workman, of Pittsburg: O. K. Gard
ner, Grand Receiver, of Pittsburg; J. M. Mc
Nalr. Grand Recorder, of Pittsburg, and
Charles Babst, Supreme Representative of
Pittsburg. A carload of delegates from Pitts
burg. Allegheny City and western towns ar
rived this evening and the bulk of the Phila
delphia and Eastern delegates will come in at
midnight. Tbe session will continue Tuesday,
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, and consid
erable business of importance will be dis
posed of.
A Y0TE ON BLAIR'S BILL
Must bo Rencbed as Soon ns Possible,
According to Senator Plait.
Washington, Febrnary 24. The greater
portion of tbe day in tbe Senate was taken up by
Senator Faulkner, wbo made a speech In oppo
sition to Blair's educational hill. Mr. Piatt said
that be did not desire to insist that the discus
sion should go on to-day. He was willing that
the Senate should indulge tbe Senator from
Texas so that he might make his speech to
morrow. But the educational bill had held Its
place as unfinished business since tho 3d of
February, and ho should insist after to-day that
the bill bo taken up. discussed and Its consid
eration continued during every available hour
that the Senate would sit until the vote was
reached.
The bill ought not to block the work of tbe
imnortant business that was now on tbe calen
dar, seeking for consideration.
BURNING LETTERS IN BOXEB.
Ingenious Olrlfaods of n Rascally Depre
dator In Kentncky.
Newport, Kt.. February 24. About five
weeks ago a letter with a hole burned In the
.envelope was taken from a mall box in this city.
It was not given mnch thought, but as the days
went by and partially-burned and often wholly
ruined letters were found in all parts of tbe
city, it became evident that it was the work of
a scoundrel. Closer Inspection disclosed burned
paper, matches and partially-burned cigar
stumps in the boxes, and In one case tbe entire
contents of a box had been burned.
Recently a variation of tbe performance ap
peared. Tobacco juice and muddy water have
been found In tbe boxes. The local authori
ties falling to detect the culprits, tbe Govern
ment secret service officers have been put on
the case.
HARRIED UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
An Eloping Couple Hnvo a Hard Time In
Getting United.
New London, Conn., Fecrnary 24 An
eloping couple ran across the State the other
day vainly seeking for a long time some one
who would marry them. Tbey were William
A. Murray, a clerk in this city, and Eugenie A.
Dupre, of Montreal. The Rev. Dr. Cooper re
fused to tie tbe Knot because tbe woman had
been divorced, bnt Attorney Lyman Burr, of
New Britain, performed the ceremony for tbem
in an off-band way, and they went away beam
ing with bliss.
MISS DRhXEL'S ENY0T.
Rev. Father Stcphnn on His Way to tbe
Tnrtlo Moantaln Indian.
JAsreSTOWN, N. D., Feb. 24. Rev. Father
Btephar4 the well known Cathollo missionary,
arrived here today from Washington en route
to the Turtle Mountain Indian reservation. He
is commissioned by Miss Drexel, of Philadel
phia, to Investigate the reports of destitution
among the Indians on that teservatlon and to
supply them, if mcessary, with food and cloth
ing. Senator Blair on tbe Press.
From the Chicago Herald.
Senator Blair says: "The press regards a dog
fight as of more importance than my speech on
a great educational matter." The only paper
of which this cannot be truthfully said is the
Congressional Record, and It is the dullest pub
lication in tbe country.
Quick Time From M. Paul io Chicago.
Chicago, February 24. The Chicago, Bt.
Pabl and Kansas Cliy Railroad ran a special
train with a theatrical company yesterday from
St. Paul to Chicago In 12 hours and 8 minutes.
Including stops, Tbe actnal running time was
11 hours and 20 minutes. x
k -,
OUP. MAIL TOUCH
Far of Ohio Teacher Both in City and
Country Districts.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In Steubenville, O., a city of 15,000 popula
tion", with an assessed valuation. In its school
district, of taxable property amounting to
5,334580, and with 4.SS2 puplisof legalschool
age between 6 and 21, It pays for a school year
of ten months its superintendent $175 per
month; an average salary for six principals of
91 70 per month; and for other teachers, 43 in
number and all but one women, an average
salary of 43 80 per month. Two lady principals
of buildings receive 800 per year, or (SO per
month, ana one lady, second assistant In tbe
High School, receives the same.
For the past 25 years our school system's
average annual expense has been about $25,
000, making a total of not less than (625,000,
which, added to the cost of buildings, would
make a total outlay of 820,000 for the cause of
education In that time by this little city; surely
not a bad showing.
Throughout Jefferson county in the townships
the average monthly wages paid men teachers
is (33 and for women (33: In the Separate dis
tricts of Jefferson county, which includes
places like Steubenville, Toronto, eta, the
average monthly wages paid men teachers In
the primary departments is 61, and lor women
(50, while in high schools that for men Is (95
and for women 84Z
In tbe State of Ohio in 1888 (1889 report not
yet published), tbe whole number ot teachers
employed In the public schools was 24,858. Of
these tbe average monthly wages in township
primary schools (the ordinary country school)
was, for men, per month (37, for women (27.
Tbe wages in township high school was, for
men $64, for women (48. That (orjseparate dis
trict primary was, for men (64. for women 43.
That for separate district high school Is, for
men 578, and forwomen (64.
O. M. 8AMF0BD.
Steubenvili.e, February 24.
An Unsennd Legal Opinion.
To the Editor of The Dispatch!
That lawyer and election board to whom
"American" refers in his brief inquiry In yes
terday's Dispatch, If the facts are correctly
given, must certainly be badly misinformed. If
the young man who wished to vote at the late
municipal election was a native of tbe United
States, and had for 19 years been a resident of
Allegheny, he was most assnredly a citizen of
Pennsylvania, and having been in the State
that number of years he had at least one of tbe
qualifications ot a voter required by section 1,
article 8, of tbe Constitution.
If he was 21 the day before the election he
bad an undoubted right to "vote on age," and
will have such right to vote at any elections
wnicb may be held between this and his 22d
birthday.
The clause of the Constitution requiring a
person to "have been a citizen of the United
States at least one month" before he can vote,
does not apply; or refer to, natives. It applies
only to those who become citizens by natural
ization. Every foreigner must have been nat
uralized, 1. e., made a -citizen ot tbe United
States, at least one month; and in addition
thereto, in common with the natives, must be
21 years oi aje and must have resided in the
State one year, and in the election district In
which he desires to vote at least 60 days imme
diately preceding tbe election.
Tbe election board that denied tbe young
man his vote committed a great wrong, and ex
hibited a degree of ignorance that exceeds any
we have ever heard of in connection with elec
tions, and for which no possible excuse can be
offered. E.
Beaver Falls, February 24.
Revolting Crimea In Russia.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
A few days ago yon badan account of an out
break among the political prisoners at tbe
mines of Kara, in Siberia, and of the killing of
some of them. Further details have been re
ceived since which make the deeds still more
horrible.
Not since yesterday does the dynasty of the
Romanofs wage war npon all that is Intelli
gent and noble in Russia, in order to keep
themselves in power, if tbey have to ruin and
debase the whole nation. But this war Is get
ting more inhuman all tbe time. In any war
fare between civilized nations, coarse, in
human and indecent actions have long been
forbidden, and Russia is a party to this com
pact: prisoners are not maltreated, and women
and children not abused, even if tbey express
sympathy with tbe enemy. But no motives of
humanity or decestcy restrain tbe Russian Gov
ernment in its desperate ficbt against progress.
It directly notifies its agents that Its political
opponents are not protected ny any law or
custom; it chooses for its tools the most brutal
wretches; it gives them unconditional power
over tbe unfortunate, and encourages them in
directly to excesses in order to mntilate and kill
their opponents and to scare others, as they
think. But thoyare mistaken in the latter
point; progress is stronger than the whole
family of drunken and licentious Romanofs.
But how long, oh Lord, how lone?
T. F, Colin.
PrrrsBUBa, Febrnary 24.
New Theory of Gn Expansion.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Tbe gentleman who, in your issue of the 24th,
presumes to enlighten the public on the laws
which govern the pressure and volume of gas
eous bodies must have received his engineering
education in a very peculiar school. Accord
ing to his theory a cubic foot of gas at a press
ure of four ounces expands to two cubic feet
when the pressure is reduced to two ounces,
and to four cubic feet when the pressure is re
duced to one ounce. This means that one cubic
foot of gas, at one pound pressure, will, at at
mospheric pressure, expand to "32 cubic feet."
If be can only prove this theory correct, tbe
problem of cheap transportation of natural gas
is solved. A railway tank car filled at say 100
pounds pressnre would supply a large Iron mill
for 24 hours.
It Is very unfortunate this Important matter
was not discovered sooner. What an Immense
amount of money might have been savedl It
might be well for tbe engineer, before he pre
sumes to enlighten the pnblic, to at least give
some evidence that be Is not totally Ignorant of
the subject on which he writes.
John Young,
Superintendent Allegheny Heating Company.
Allegheny, February 21.
Toting on Age.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
Your correspondent, "American," in yester
day's Dispatch, wants -to know it a man has to
oe SO days over 21 years of age before he can
vote on age. No, sir; he can vote if he Is one day
over 21. That Election Board evidently has not
read the law on that point, and tbe lawyer wbo
said they were right shonld read it up ere he
gives his learned opinion thereon.
Pittsburg, February 24, Election.
Who Can Answer?
To tbe Editor of The Dispatch:
Please answer the following in the Mall
Pouch of The Dispatch: Did Edwin Booth
ever play Richard HI. Jn Harris' Theater?
Pittsburg, February 2a J. L. O.
BEAUTY. AND THE BEASTS.
Fashionable Ladles Trotting About Followed
by Huge Bulldogs.
From tbe New York Sun.1
Tbe fashion which certain women have lately
taken up of trotting about town followed by
huge, heavy-Jawed, broad-chested and savage
looking bulldogs is mainly a bid for sensa
tionalism. At least tbroe women have become
notorious ot late by reason of their nets. One
of them is a small blonde woman, who goes
Shopping and walking on Fifth avenne and
Broadway with one of tbe most savage and
brutal looking bulldogs in existence tagging
at her heels. Ho is a huge animal, and
has fought many battles. The whole of his
bea'd is covered with scars, and the lips on tbe
west side of nis Jaw havebeen torn so that they
expose a row of savage-looking teeth.
Everybody turns to look at tbe dog and his
mistress, and, as this is the thing the yellow
haired young lady is looking fof , the continued
presence In her train of the bulldog Is assured.
A small woman with a savage bulldog and a
big man with a small spaniel or terrierare com
mon enough sights In New York. It seems to
be a striving alter contrasts.
The Critics on Wnnamnker.
From the Baltimore American.
It looks as if the critics of Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker are getting tired ot accom
plishing nothing except to make Mr. Wana
maker stronger.
THE REST IN SILENCE.
When the loved voice Is heard no more.
Whose railing tones were doubly dear,
There falls npon the listening ear
A silence never felt before.
It Is not that tbe senses strain
To catch a sound they may not hear;
It is the Krievlng spirit's car
That longs and listens stilt In vain.
And lot this silence, sudden grown.
Threads every cry of Joy or fear;
All wanted sounds that great the ear,
Break with a walling undertone.
Joseph B, Ullder, in Harper's Mtgatini.
T0UNG GLADSTONE'S BBIDB.
The Son orthe Liberal Leader SooO to Wed
Miss Stand EendeL.
from the Pall Man Gazette. I
NIssMaud Betide!, who is to be married to
Mr. Henry Gladstone, Is the second daughter
of Mr. Stuart Ren del, tbe well-known member
of Parliament. In the spring of last year,
when Mr. Gladstone stayed at Mr. Renders villa
near Naples, Miss Rendel played the part of
oosiess in tne acsence or ner mother. A warm
friendship grew up between the younger
branches of the two families, of which this
marriage is the Oesult. Miss Rendel's
talents are artistic and she Is an ex
cellent violinist. Bhe gives ner sympa
thies, but not her labors, to politics. In
personal appearance she la petite and slender,
with plenty of soft dark hair. Mr. Henry
Gladstone Is the fourth son of Mt. W. fi. Glad
stone. He was educated first t a tntm
where were also his relations, the Lytteltdns;
and subsequently they all moved on to Eton,
vhere, by a curious coincidence, Mr. Henry
Gladstone was in the same house as that of bis
prospective father-in-law namely, "Evans."
He did not go to the university from Eton, but
straight into business.
At first it was Intended that he should join
the old Gladstone firm, but subsequently this
programme was altered, and he entered the
firm of Ogilvy, Gillander t Co., East India
merchants, where he now is. Tbe Ogilvyaare
cousins of tbe Gladstones. Mr. Henry Glad
stone Is dark and clean shaven. In features he
is very like bis brother Herbert, but Is taller,
and lacks the mustache and thick curls ot the
latter. His tastes are essentially active. He
Is great at polo, fond of most field sports, and
is a good gnn for a warm party. As tbe elder
brothers do not shoot, Messrs. Herbert and
Henry Gladstone have divided the shooting of
Hawarden for several years. In polities his
views are those of his father, but as yet he has
not given active expression to them.
ECCENTRIC JOHNNIE APPLESEID.
An Ohio Pioneer Who Planted Trees for the
Benefit of the Pablle.
rsrZCXAX, TELEGRAM TO THX SISFATOS.
Finblat, February 2t Not far from the
residence of The Dispatch's correspondent
in this city are a nnmber of apple trees which
were planted by "Johnnie Appleseed," that
queer character whose name Is household
word all over this part of the country. This
strange man was a native of Boston, but came
West early in the century, and by his peculiar
actions soon became one of tbe best known
persons In the then new State. His real name
was Jonathan Chapman, but "Johnnie Apple
seed became an ampliation which thn Arat
settlers oonsldered more appropriate, and tbi3
be retained until he died, regretted by tbe
pioneers, who bad grown to love the simple
mlndedold man, whose life-work was of such
a kindly nature. Bnt he planted monuments
throughout the Ohio Valley, which will serve
to keep bis name green as long as apples con
tinue to be the favorite fruit ot the State. It
is already tradition that Chapman gathered
apple seeds in large quantities from tbe cider
presses of Pennsylvania which he brought
West and planted along the banks of tha
streams of Ohio, not neglecting any se:tlon
from the lake to the river.There are many apple
trees in this locality still bearing f rait, which
were planted by this eccentric individual 80 or
90 years ago.
''Johnnie Appleseed" made his trips in a
canoe of his own manufacture, lived on the
coarsest ot tare, was kindly treated by the
Indians, because they considered him a little
"off," planted his nurseries wherever the
fancy struck blm, and was always happy. His
only garment was a big coffee-sack; with holes
cut through tho bottom for his head and arms
to protrude from, and to draw on. Be be
lieved that as a reward for bis work, and self
denial, he would have two spirits in the land ot
tbe hereafter.
THE LATEST SILTEE PLAN.
Advocates of Free Coinage Agree to a Com
promise Measure.
Washington, February 24. The silver bill
to be reported by the Senate Committee on
Finance as a substitute for the several bills on
that subject referred to it is understood to be
in shape for action by the committee at its
meeting to-morrow. It has been drawn up
after consultation with the Senatorial advo
cates of free silver coinage, and they have
agreed to accept and support it. The principal
features ot the bill are stated to be these: Tbe
Secretary of Treasury Is authorized to Increase
tbe pnrchase of silver bullion $2,500,000 a
month. The requirement In the present law,
that the coinage of silver shall be at the rata of
not less tban $2,000,000 a month, Is stricken out.
The Secretary is also authorized to purchase
gold bullion in unrestricted quantities. Upon
this gold and silver bullion the Secretary shall
issue Treasury notes In snch denominations as
be shall see fit, to be redeemable in lawful
money.
LITERALLY TALKED TO BEATB.
An Ohio Man Drops Dead While Land Specu
lators Are Talking to Him.
rSrXCIAL TXLXORAM TO TUX DISrATCH.1
Finclat, February 24. Samuel Bonham, a
pioneer citizen of Portage township, this
county, dropped dead while listening to an
argument from two men who were trying to
lease his land for gas and oil purposes. De
ceased was subject to heart trouble, and tbe
persistent efforts of the leasers overcame him.
Every Inch a Queen.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Our own Mary Anderson announces that
after her marriage she will never appear upon
the stage. Nevertheless, In her home she will
plaV "Queen Mary" in a way to shame history.
A Sad Spectactp.
from the Cincinnati Commercial (Jazette.1
The development of Ill-feeling among tbe
Democrats of Ohio, great and small. Is a sub
ject for the analytical contemplation of the
political philosopher.
Wnrrlors and Their Pens.
From the Philadelphia Record:
General Wolseley has been called to account
for having discussed English army matters in
print. General Foraker has had a narrow
escape.
Free List Positively Suspended,
From the Baltimore American. 1
A theatrical deadhead upsets all ordinary
ideas of time, as the show has to be passed be
fore be can be present at it.
Philadelphia Not Always Slow.
From the New York Morning Journal.
Philadelphia is going to build a Centennial
arch. We must move quickly, or she will have
hers completed first:
national politics.
Philadelphia JPress: There Is one man at
least in whose political future Mr. Cleveland is
a firm believer. Name him if you cant
New York TTorW; When Colonel Jones
comes to New York again to touch oil a polit
ical rocket be should bring a little dynamite in
his gripsack.
Toledo Commercial Gazette: If Mrs. Bones,
of South Dakota, carries out her threat to call
Susan B. Anthony ""a trickster" there may be a
rattlicgof Bones before she gets out of Wash
ington.
Philadelphia .Record.- The "first man who
nominated Harrison" has dropped below tbe
horizon; and no one Is predicting that Mr. Har
rison will land the tarpon in the next National
Convention. Thus do the times change, and
men change with them.
New York Stan In New Jersey the Demo
cratic local political situation is decidedly in
teresting and not free from some complicating
elements. Tho next Mayoralty is, ot course,
the chief object of rivalry among leading citi
zens of the popular party.
New York rimes: If Mr. Roger Q. Mills,
of Texas, ooutd have lus way, the vote of the
House of Representatives to-day would be that
no fair should be held in honor of tbe discovery
ot America by Christopher Columbus no fair,
either here In New York or in Chicago or St.
Louis.
New Yore: Tribune: To the Democratic
newspapers of the United Btates: You seem to
have overlooked tbe pretty little scheme which
the Democrats of Ohlojiavo concocted having
for its object the tbeft'of halt a dozen or more
Congressional districts by means of the worst
sortot gerrymandering. It is worth j of your
attention.' Let us see how many of you care
enoughjfor fair play to denounce it.
New York Herald: Our correspondent asks
whether Congress ought not to pass laws to en
force the negroes' right to vote. We answer
no. To do so Is only to encourage tbe blacks to
band together against the public Interest and
welfare. Congress ought to leave the negroes
alone. It has nothing to do with them as ne
groes. When the Federal power turns It back
on them, and not till then, will they become
citizens ln,the true sense and begin for the first
time since freedom and citizenship were be
stowed upon them to vote as other men do
with regard to the general welfare, aad not as
a seu-soesung "combine," J
CtJHIOIJS C0NBEHSAT102.S.
Tbe first steamer that touched Astoria,
Ore., after the recent blockade, dumped 50
drummers ashore.
A young lady of Portland, Me., boasts
that she wins enongh money at poker to keep
herself supplied with gloves.
An ingenious Maine editor's clever dog
prints his paper for blm by means of an animal
power which tbe editor has invented. One dog
can run two printing presses with it, they say.
A little boy in Georgia who was kicked
by a mule, instead of saying naughty words or
going home crying to his mother, tied the mule
within five feet of a beehive, backed him round
to it and let him kick.
Philip West broke into the house of
Antonio Gillepl, at Wilkesbarre, on Saturday
night, and stole $100. Gillepl jumped out of
wiowmuowjn nis nigntciotnes ana capturea
the thief three miles away.
The astronomers at the Pans Observa
tory are in trouble over the projected building
of a railroad near their establishment. They
say that the earth tremblings caused bypassing
trains will make their observations useless.
Tbey will try to have the Government order a
change of the route.
The theater which the authorities of tha
University of Pennsylvania have decided to
erect will be used for all public lectures given
under the auspices of the University, for con
certs and for the performances or classical
music. It will cost J75.000, and the organ which
will be constructed, about $25,000.
Because the Prophet Mohammed has
been represented upon the Pans stage tne Mo
hammedans of some of the Indian provinces
have been forbidden to attend theatrical per
formances of any nature whatever nnder pen
alty of heavy fines for the first two offenses and
excommunication for the third.
Belgian farmers have become alarmed
at the way in which the frogs are being ex
hausted by French pot hunters, and have peti
tioned the King to forbid killing frogs during
certain months of the year, as is done with
other game. The farmers regard the frogs as
valuable sing and Insect destroyers.
The Pope Is having his own monument
made. It is to consist of a large sepulchral urn
upon which will be a life-size statue of himself.
At either side are two colossaLstatues ot Relig
ion and Justice, The Statues are of Carrara
marble, and the urn of porphyry. The work
will take three years and will cost $25,000.
Henry M. Stanley writes to his London
publisher that he believes his new'work will be
In two volumes of from 400 to 500 pages each.
"God knows there Is matter enough," he says,
'"iut I would wish to deal lightly with the whole
from Zanzibar to Yanbnya, that the book may
be of as high Interest as the main theme."
The Southwestern Bailroad ot England
has given up Its battle against the tipping sys
tem, and ordered down from its stations the
placards that announced that employes were
forbidden to accept tips. In spite of the pla
cards the porters are said to have made an
average of s much as their regular pay from
tips.
Konconi, the well-known singer, who
died recently, bad but one fault-he sang false,
and he knew It. The first time he appeared in
opera in London with the great basso, Carl
Formes, he took Formes aside after the per
formance and said: "Until this erenlng.1 have
never been jealous of anyone, but I am jealous
of you." "Why?" "Because you sing still
more out of tune than I do."
Anew swindle has appeared in Europe.
Prominent persons receive letters dateft at the
military prison in Madrid purporting to coma
from the late Secretary of the Egyptian Mahdi,
who knows where 4,000,000 of francs are con
cealed. He asks a small sum to satisfy tbe
creditors wbo keep him in prison, in return for
which he will tell where the treasure is. This
transparent trick makes many dupes.
A Congo native who has been taught to
read and write, has just sent a letter, hl3 first,
to tbe Archbishop of Canterbury. It Is as fol
lows: "Great and Good Chief, of the Tribe of
Christ, greeting: Tbehnmbfest of your servants
kisses the hem of your garment, and begs you
to send to his fellow servants more gospel and
less rum. In the bonds of Christ, Ugalla." It
seems to us that the letter hits tbe nail pretty
effectually on the head.
The directors of the De Beers Company
in the Kimberley, South Africa, mines gave a
Christmas picnic to their 3,000 employes at
which were eaten L200 fowls, 400 turkeys, 150
geese, 100 hams, 1,000 pounds of spiced, roast
and boiled beef, and 1,800 pigeon. veal and bam.
and chicken and ham pies, washed down with
5,000 bottles of Eoglisn and German beer. 100
cases of champagne, 200 cases of claret, and 100
cases of Burgundy, besides brandy and whisky.
William Rockefeller, of the Standard
Oil Company, kept a fine herd of deer at his
former home, near Greenwich, Conn., for a
number of years until this winter. His new
home at Tarrytown is completed, and one of
his preparations for removal wa3 the sale of his
herd of deer. Two of the finest of the herd, a
pair of red deer, as large as American elk. be
has given to tbe city of New York for the Cen
tral Park menagerie. Tbey are the genuine
European red deer, not the misnamed Vir
ginia variety.
A citizen of Paris, Tex., aroused by the
barking of his dog, went out and discovered a
man in his apple orchard acting strangely.
When he approached the tree where tbe man
stood the man suddenly disappeared. Several
times he went up to the figure, which became
invisible when he reached tbe spot where it
stood, though women wbo were watching conld
distinctly see the mysterious stranger standing
bv bis side. Now he is wondering bow tbe dog
and tbe women could see a ghost that was in
visible Whim.
A French millionaire named Eamond
ing, spending the winter at Nice, a few weeks
ago ordered a coffin of a special pattern, and
purchased ground in a cemetery npon which he
bad a vault built under his personal supervis
ion with room for three coffins. "I want room
enough to be quite at ease," be said to a friend
wbo asked him why be made It so large. When
all was done be shot himself dead in bis room
at the hotel, after having made a will leaving
all his monev to the widows and orohans of
men killed In the recent explosions in themlnea
at St. Etienne.
The Highbury Place Strict Baptist
Church in London admitted to membership
without regular Immersion a lady afflicted with
deformity, which made it almost impossible for
her to undergo the ceremony of Immersion.
For this the church was expelled from the or
ganization of btrict Baptist Churches, and,
after a long fight, the congregation and elders
have just acknowledged their mistake Is "hav
ing been too ready to accept tbe plea of Impos
sibility." and the matter has been settled by the
immersion of the lady seated in a specially con
structed chair and wearing a dress specially de
signed for tbe occasion. Upon this the church
baa been restored to membership.
PICKWICKIAN T1D BITS.
The pawnbrokers ought to be interested in
the billiard tournament now in progress. It's a
three-ball game, you know. Sew iork Evening
World.
In the blissful period of relief when the
office boy goes to the water cooler for a moment to
wet his whistle, his long-suffering companions
cannot help wishing that he would drown it.
SomerviUe Journal.
Cold Water. He (affectionately) Can
you Imagine why I remain here In this village
after all tbe boarders art gone?
She (arcbty)-Let me see the railroad ties are io
uneven and you have chll-blalas. Philadelphia
Press.
Love is blind, and when the old bachelor
boarder In the room over tbe parlor Is kept awake
till midnight by the Intermittent grumble of a
deep bass voice In the room below, he cannot help
wishing that It was deaf and dumb as welL
SomsrctUi Journal.
Dreadful. "Why did yon leave your last
place?"
"The missus called me names."
"What did she call you?"
"She said I were a domestic, mum: and me as
hard-workln and honest a woman asever lived.'
Harper's Bazar.
A Practical Demonstrate Kao2gs-I've
discovered the origin of the proverb, Care will
kill a eat."
Boggs It must be very old.
Knoggs-It was very old, and after caretully
trying six times to drown It, I took care enough,
at last, and killed U Detroit Journal. y
It was a wideawake Buffalo boy who, on
being reproved by his mother for discussing a
wrestling match on Sunday with his brother,
meekly replied:
"AH right, mamma. Will you readies a Bible
story?" -fSBsv
"With pleasure, dear; wcai snau is Duyaja
"AH about how Jacob wrestled with theaugeH"
Buffalo Express. "
A BASE BAWL YOUTH.
Baseball davs are growing nigher?
Soon the schoolboy falsifier V
Will "nooKry' play and see eacB'game tbe,sly
deriving fellow; "
The while the san npon the bleaeher
To a brown will tin each feat are:, '
Bat when his rather Una him he wtll'makehhe
Wmh
truant yeU-"o hi"
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