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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. FEB. 26. 1880.
AlCOFT OF SOUTH F0EK.
The authenticated news as to the "Walnut
Grove dam, in the Hassayampa river, of
Arizona, shows that the worst fears that
have been entertained were well founded.
The destruction of the dam "was complete,
and the loss of life includes nearly all of the
population that lay in the path or the
flood.
The reports indicate that this was al
most an exact reproduction of the Johns
town disaster. A high dam, holding an
immense body of water, was swept away by
the stress of heaTy rains. A destructive
wave tore down the valley for miles,
sweeping everything before it Had the
valley been as populous as that of the
Conemaugh, the loss of life and destruction
of property would have been as great. But
as it is in a new and thinly settled country
the deaths are thought to be only 40 or 60,
an appalling total by itself, but of small
magnitude compared to the Johnstown
destruction.
The Arizona dam was a comparatively
new structure and for that reason its fatal
weakness is more inexcusable than that at
South Fork. But when snch fatal results
. ensue, it argues the greatest need for safety
wherever such structures are undertaken.
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TJOLEESION AND THE LAW.
The introduction of the religious question
of baptism into the legal responsibility of
the jailer and Sheriff for a condemned crim
inal is a singular feature of the case of the
man now under sentence of death in the
Allegheny county jail. He has asked for
the rite of baptism by immersion, and that
request has put the officers of the law into a
quandary. The religious solace asked by a
man under sentence of death ought to be
"v. granted him; and yet the jail has no facili
ties for immersion, and the law does not con
template the removal of the criminal from
the jail where he is to be executed, pince the
available rite of sprinkling will not give the
religious solace desired by the condemned
man, it is probable that if the case is laid be
fore the court authority will be given for
taking him under guard to some church
where the ceremony can be performed.
FEATURES OF THE BELIEF EEP0ET.
The report of the Pittsburg Belief Com
mission given to the public last week con
tains some features that are worthv of more
comment than they have yet received. The
liberality and promptness of Pittsburg's aid
to the destitute people of Johnstown, as set
forth by that report, are subjects of publis
interest and local pride. But some especial
, details of that charitable work may have
escaped attention.
One characterises feature of the spon
taneousness of the relief is furnished by the
fact that in the first hour after subscriptions
were opened, without any previous effort to
work up public feeling, the money relief
came in at the rate of $1,000 per minute.
Within an hour on that Saturday afternoon,
the first day after the flood, Pittsburg put up
560,000; and the. contribntio j. were subse
quently swelled, as all know, to over thir
teen times that sum.
Another fact which Pittsburg can con
template with no little pride is that the
whole $800,000 went into the Johnstown re
lief work without any drawback or diminu
tion. No part of it-was diverted to pay the
expenses of taking it to the stricken place
or of clerk hire in its distribution. All
these expenses and services were given with
out charge or met outside of the contribu
tions, so that the entire fund was a clear
donation to the destitute and suffering.
Such a record is one that our people may
well be glad to study. Whatever conserva
tism Pittsburg may exhibit in other re
spects, she is not a laggard when stricken
humanity calls for the aid of the charitable.
BRAZIL'S IHTEEIfAL DAKGEB.
-Stories come from abroad that the Euro
pean powers are colloguing to take united
action unfavorable to the Brazilian Bepub
lic The effort is reported to be to induce
England, as the chief naval power, to take
the initiative in actual hostilities, which it
is hoped would overthrow the present gov
ernment and restore the Empire. All of
which Brazil need not fear in the slightest,
if her course is such as to demonstrate the
freedom of the people and the protection of
individual rights. Public opinion in Eu
rope would no more permit an enterpiise to
overthrow a true constitutional Republic in
Brazil than it would in the United States.
But if Brazil establishes trade monopolies,
rules by a dictatorship and makes the guar
antees of liberty and property less clear
than under Dom Pedro, then European in
tervention might be possible. There is no
need for her to fear Europe, but she should
be on her guard against ruin from her own
faults.
CABS OH A SUNDAY.
Consistency is a jewel, although Colonel
Shepard, the millionaire editor of New York,
does not seem to place a high value upon it.
In the devout endeavor to obtain the World's
Fair for New York Colonel Shepard with
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew and Mayor Grant
spent last Sunday in canvassing the Con
gressmen in their homes at Washington. It
is said that these worthy apostles made it a
campaign of cabs, that is to say they rode
from house to house pleading their cause
with the legislators. Colonel Shepard was
one of them. He, too, rode in a cab; he,
too, disturbed the devotions of the members
of Congress and, to use a phrase which he
will appreciate fully, he broke the fourth
commandment.
It would be unrighteous and uncharitable
to single out Colonel Shepard for rebuke if
be had not persistently set himself up as a
model man, a religious man, an editor holier
than other editors, and the owner of a paper
in which sporting and religious news were
happily blended. Colonel Shepard stopped
the Fifth avenue stages from running on
Sunday because his respect for that day was
so great Does he adjust his views to the
occasion and the place? If it is immoral to
drive or ride in an omnibus in New York
on Sunday, is It not also sinful to ride about
in a cab in Washington on that day? Per
haps Colonel Shepard will bring forward
his convenient conscience to account for the
defeat of New York's World's Fair project
A scheme prosecuted in cabs on the first day
of the week could not succeed. Colonel
Shepard can say.
HAZARDS OF LEGAL COXSTBTJCaTOIT.
The decision of the Supreme Court, in re
gard to the question of the titles to real es
tate conveyed by Mrs. McConnell, is
naturally a surprise to lawyers, and is cal
culated to deepen the feeling that the un
certainties of life are nowhere more de
cidedly illustrated than in the rulings of
the ultimate tribunal of this State.
We do not undertake to criticise the
opinions of that lofty body on legal points.
So far as the law is concerned it is enough
to point out that this complete reversal of
the almpst unanimous views of the lawyers
and lower courts, makes a reliance upon
law in such a grave matter as the title to
real estate, little better than a stake
upon the dice. But habits of
legal construction, which produce
such uncertainties, warrant the inquiry
whether the need is not for less hair-splitting
and more plain sense. We do not
think that men of average intelligence who
read the clauses of the Gross will, quoted
elsewhere, can have any doubt as to its pur
pose. Yet a minor phrase, of debatable
purport, is made to overset that purpose and
invalidate the deeds which have been
granted without question heretofore.
In this particular case the matter can, we
presume, be righted without any very seri
ous complications. Bnt it is worth while to
inquire whether the tendency to hair-splitting
legal construction, which invests the
science of law with the hazards of a game of
chance, is for the public advantage.
THE BAH.B0AD BTJH0B8.
The rumors which have been flying about
railroad circles and have taken the form of
several not very harmonious publications con
cerning the negotiations between the Balti
more and Ohio and Pittsburg and Western
Railroads, are far from definite. Whether
these companies are to be consolidated, or
whether the one or the other is to absorb the
Western connection, known as the Chicago
and Akron, is not yet settled. But it will
be safe to take it for granted that there is at
least this foundation for all the talk, that
the two companies will form a traffic ar
rangement by which they can use each
others lines both for lake and through
business. v
The best reason for this opinion is that the
interests of the two systems naturally har
monize. The Pittsburg and Western fur
nishes the Baltimore and Ohio with the
most direct route to the lake and the short
est line from Chicago, not only to Pittsburg,
but to Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio
gives the Pittsburg and Western its only
outlet to the East The two roads cannot
get along well without each other; while,
by working.in harmony, they will create a
transportation system second only to the
Pennsylvania Bailroad in strength and im
portance to Pittsburg.
With this powerful natural force impel
ling the two companies to act together Pitts
burg can safelv leave it to the future to de
cide whether the union will be that of a
mere traffic agreement, or of consolidation
and purchase by one company of the other.
TOO INFLATED FIGURES.
That story of a big combination of capi
tal to start refineries at Lima, O., and fight
the Standard would be very satisfactory if it
were not characterized by one very common
fault. That is the size of its reporte d capi
tal, which is altogether excessive for two
reasons.
The first is its resemblance to the capital
which the imaginative reporter of imagina
ry combinations generally assigns. Fifty
millions of capital is an imposing sum; and
it is very easy to assign it to a new enter
prise on paper. But it is not so easy to get
it together in actual business, that so mnch
capital is likely to spring into the petrolenm
arena and take every one by surprise in this
manner.
The next objection is the practical cer
tainty that if there is an organization with
fifty millions of alleged capital going into
competition with the Standard, about forty
millions of its capital is water. Now
watered capital is not the right foundation
on which to commence a sharp competition.
That force always squeezes the water out of
capital and permits earnings only on actual
investments. To try to get profit on this
capital would imply combination and an
eventual joining of hands with the Stand
ard on such terms as could be made.
If auy corporation wishes to compete
with Standard on business principles it
doesn't need $50,000,000 capital to do it
with. One-fifth of that sum judiciously
handled would make a competitor that the
Standard would have some difficulty in
overthrowing.
INSTRUCTION FOR WEATHEB PROPHETS
We are pleased to observe a tone of con
servatism and reservation about the latest
efforts of the weather prophets. Hardly
could the oracles of Delphi more carefully
leave themselves loopholes to crawl out of,
than do some of the modern prophets, who
assume to deduce from the laws tbat
govern the elements the events of the future.
One such cautious vaccinator has lately
brought himself before the public in the at
titude of hedging. "Intense cold coming
so late after an open winter" may do much
damage to vegetation. "There is room to
fear that the phenomenal weather of the
past four months will be followed by a cap
ricious summer." All of which could have
been delivered by Captain John Bunsby
with equal point and clearness.
Such prophecies as these, together with
the reduction to absolute silence of a large
number of weather cranks conveys the en
couraging fact that even this class can learn
from experience. The past year has been a
terrible one for prophets who tried to
prophesy. Not a single one of tbem dreamed
of coming within long range of the remark
able weather of either the summer or the
winter. The fact has penetrated their
skulls and they are showing it by produc
ing the class predictions which mean no
more than Oliver Ditson's old ruse of print
ing along the whole margin of a month in
his almanac: "About this time expect
heavy showers." This ability to learn per
mits roseate views for the future. la time
the weather prophets may learn not to
prophesy at all.
The river men are urging the condemna
tion and purchase of the entire property of the
Monongabela Navigation Company, instead of
a single lock at a time, as was directed by tbo
last Congress. Tbat Would be the simplest way
to avoid the legal difficulty as well as the hard
ship to the company arising Out of the attempt
to take its property piecemeal. It wonld also
be the promptest way of putting the Mononga
bela shippers on an equality with those In the
Kanawha Valley, who have the benefit of an
entire system of Government locks and dams.
Mb. Cleveland, is reported as saying
that "1892 will take care of itself" No one dis
putes that; but a great many leading citizens
are so afraid that it wilTdo so without taking
care of them that they are already bidding lor
the contract of taking care of themselves and
1S92 together.
The group rate coal tariff, which was so
convincingly demonstrated before the Inter
state Commerce Commission to be all right, ts
now shown to be all wrong In a way that con
vinces every one except those who get the ad
vantage of the Inequality. It wonld ba rather
severe on the commission if the railroads
should reverse its decision In their favor.
A motion to send the Hon. Henry W.
Blair abroad to lecture to the crowned heads
of Europe on education, wonld receive univer
sal support if it wero not tor the general belief
that even monarchs are entitled to some mercy.
It is an encouraging indication that the
Victory ol Chicago in the World's Fair matter
is accompanied by less ot the hewgagon the
part or, Chicago and of nidation on the part of
New York than might have been expected.
The time for wind-pumping is over, and the
whole country will now work together to make
the affair a credit to tho New World.
Peepabations are being made for an
exhaustive census of Alaska. A trip to Alaska
Is not an unpleasant thing in summer, and the
census will be thoroughly enjoyed by those
who take It and the trip at the same time.
If anything is calculated to make the
American eagle scream and the star-spangled
spirit rise up in protest it is the report tbat
the omnipresent British syndicate is around
trying to buy up tne national game and convert
its profits to British gold. When baseball is con
verted into syndicate property what wlllie
come of all our boasted liberties?
NOW that the World's Fair business is
settled and the Carnegie libraries are accepted,
the public can give its undivided attention to
the great national question ot what the Hon.
Buck Ewing is going to do.
It is suggested that when the Montana
Legislature meets again the Bergeant at Arms
should be a cowboy who is sufficiently expert
with the lasso to rope in the absentee members.
That seems to be the only resort left, unless the
members should adopt the unheard-of course
of eschewing party squabbling and attending
to the interests of the public
Congeess should now dispose of the
legislation for the World's Fair in the shortest
order, and let Chicago show what she can do in
the way of rapid work on the national enter
prise. A Kansas farmer sold one of his beeves
to a local butcher, agreeing to take a quartern
in exchange. The butcher charged regular
rates for the beef and when they came to settle
up the farmer owed the butcher two dollars.
It would be safe to bet that that butcher is vio
lently opposed to the aggressions of dressed
beef.
That Arizona dam may not have de
stroyed as many lives as its South Fork ex
emplar, hut it seems to have done its utmost in
the line of overwhelming every one it could
reach.
The sickly green postage stamp has been
supplanted by the new issue, which ornaments
the correspondence of the nation with a car
mine hue. And yet this genial coloring of the
postofflce business falls to earn forWanamaker
the approval of tbat unyielding assailant of the
verdant stamp, the New York Bun.
The supply of ice is now nothing but a
slowly lading hope, but the hopes of artificial
Ira and raid storatra companies are rising as
ambitiously as their stock.
CabdtnaTj Gibbons makes the very
proper suggestion that the solution ot the
negro problem will be reached by Christianizing
the negro. The result would probably be at
tained, in view of the probability tbat the
operation would Include the Christianizing of
the whites at the same time.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
The young King of Spain is again indisposed.
It is said tbat Jeffreys Lewis contemplates
writing memoirs of her experiences on and off
the stage.
Lord Tennyson and Mr. Gladstone,' who
are suffering from bronchial catarrh, are some
what better.
The Queen has ordered Angeli, the artist, to
palnfher portrait for the Russian Regiment, of
which she is honorary colonel.
The ex-Emperor of Brazil, who was much
distressed by the death ot his wife, has slowly
recovered from his domestic grief.
General Rdger, Interviewed in St. Paul
about the Wild court-martial, says that the
man disobeyed a proper legal order.
President Carnot finds it impossible to
pardon the Dno d'Orleans as he intended, as a
Cabinet crisis wonld result from such action.
Princess Victoria, the sister ot Emperor
William, will hereafter live most ot the time
out of Germany, having an allowance of 50,000
a year for that purpose from her brother.
The last time Stanley lectured at Birming
ham be received 15 guineas for his fee. This
time the Birmingham lecture manager offers
800 guineas, and is afraid he can't get him at
that
The two MIssos Pendleton, daughters ot the
late Minister to Berlin, propose to remain in
London through the season. The health of
Miss Pendleton, which was seriously low when
she left Berlin, is much improved since her ar
rival here.
The wedding of Archduchess Valerie, of
Austria, with Archduke Franz Balvator, which
was postponed by the death of Crown Prince
Randolph, has now been definitely fixed for the
ISth of August, the birthday ot the Emperor,
who will be GO years old on that day.
Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at
Faddington, said he would give a general sup
port to the Government during the present
session of Parliament, but would reserve the
right of liberty of action on certain subjects.
SURPRISING DEVELOPMENTS.
An Assignment Caused by the Foreman
Embezzling Money.
Chicago, February 25. Surprising develop
ments accompanied an assignment made this
afternoon by A G. Leonard & Co., boot and
shoe manufacturers, No. 207 Monroe street.
The Immediate cause ot the assignment was
failure to meet $0,400 due on a new factory at
DeKalb, 111. The liabilities are placed at 8100,.
000, with assets the same. The teal trouble was
the embezzlement of large sums of money by
tho firm's factory foreman, S.M. Cutter. The
foreman, it was reported, had not been seen
since February 5, and is thought to be in Can
ada. Mr. Leonard stated this evening tbat
Cutter had been systematically robbing the
firm for 18 months. They were unable to say
how much he embezzled until they investi
gated further, but tho amount is large.
DIED WHILE PBAIING.
An Affecting Scene In a Philadelphia Catho
lic Church.
Philadelphia, February 25. With his
head bowed and his hands clasped in prayer
Thomas Healy, a young man who resided at
No. 1818 Wood street, fell dead yesterday morn
ing In St. Patrick's Catholic Church, at Twen
tieth and Locust streets. He had but recently
recovered from an attack ot pneumonia, and
yesterday he felt able to go to early mass at
the church.
Ho bad been on his knees praying only a few
moments when he fell over dead. His sudden
demise is attributed to heart disease.
A STEER'S STRANGE APPETITE.
Tbo -Animal Swallowed a Man's Test and a
Sliver Watch.
SPBrNOTiELD. O., February 25. Hamilton
4 Brannaman, the butchers, purchased a steer
a day or two ago of 'Squire John Henry Blose,
a well-known resident of Tremont, this county.
When the steer was killed a silver watch. In
good condition, was found in the stomach. Two
years ago a laborer on the farm hung bis vest
on aail fence.
A silver watch was in the pocket, and both
vest and watch disappeared. .It is believed the
steer ate tho garment and contents. Tho watch
is on exhibition at Tremont.
THET0PICAL TALKER.
The Indian Were Too Tame Chicago'
Strong; Point Good Flayers Pictures A
Queer Dream.
A friend of mine took his son to see an
Indian show, which shivered in and shivered
out of several nearby towns and villages daring
the cold snap last week. There were 20 persons
in this great company, tho bills said. To my
own knowledge there were at least six mu
sicians led by a ferocions brare in war paint
and blankets, fonr or five smaller Indians be
dizened with f eathersand a diminutive donkey
who answered to the naive of Daniel Boone. ,
Considering tbat a blizzard had arrived before
the show the enthusiasm the latter excited
was immense.
.
TX7ei.Ii, in the evening my friend took his boy,
aged, I suppose, about 8, to see the show.
I regret bitterly that I was not present; compe
tent critics say the evening performance was
not half as exciting as tho parade In the morn
ing, when a musician lips froze on to a trom
bone and three Indians, Including the ferocious
drum major, had to pull the artist and the in
strument apart. Besides Daniel Boone, the
small, but suggestive donkey did not appear
upon the stage.
The small boy I have alluded to watched the
fights botween Indians and cowboys, the scalp
ing and the kl-ying with awful solemnity. It
was evident tbat he was deeply moved, but his
father refrained from asking him how he liked
it till breakfast came around next morning.
"Didn't please me a bit," said the youngster
then, "I don't like tame Indians, and that's
what they are."
CHICAGO'S STRONG POINT.
Chicago mayn't be pretty.
Bat e'en the most unkind
Will grant that Windy City
Knows how to raise the wind.
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"That it is not necessary to cover walls and
nil windows with horrible danbs in the
name of theatrical advertising the bills of both
the principal companies In town demonstrate.
The large lithograph of Annie Pixley with a
baby in her arms is one of the best pictures of
the kind I have ever seen. Some of the "Paul
Kauvar" bills are admirable also, especially a
head and shoulders of the hero as presented by
Mr. Haworth.
Still a few lines in plain printer's ink in a
newspaper of large circulation avail more as
an advertisement than a hundred times their
number of lithographs.
.
A SINGULAR DREAM.
I dreamt tbat Senator Blalrwas dead,
And a surgeon dissected his swollen head.
'Within it was found the bones between
A queer little thing a new machine.
It derived Us power from the bump of conceit,
And with wheels and pulleys 'twas all complete
To drive at a furious rate the tongue,
And a belt ran down Into either lung.
And the surgeon said: "Why, I've a notion
'We've found a clue to eternal motion."
As the sanguine surgeon of Dreamland spoke,
The vision vanished, and I awoke.
A POINT AB0BT NATDEAL GAB.
Columbus Consumers Conoerned About Bul
phnr In This Fnel.
Columbus, February 25. Prof. Curtis C.
Howard is making a number of experiments
for the information of the Columbus Natural
Gas and Fnel Company, the results of which
win be of interest to consumers. The test in
progress at the office of the company yesterday
was for the purpose of determining the pres
ence of sulphur in the gas and the amount
of tbe same, if any. This is done by pass
ing a minimum flow of the gas through clear
fluid in a bottle by means of glass tubes which
permit the escaping gas from the bottle
to burn. The experiment had been Id progress
about two hours and tbe fluid showed no ao
preciable coloring, hence it was concluded the
gas is peculiarly free from sulphur.
The gas In some other fields. It is stated,
colors the fluid under similar circumstances In
a few minutes owing to its being so heavily
charged with sulphur. The absence of sulphur
renders the gas desirable for certain lines of
manufacture, the wares of which will not toler
ate the presence of sulphur. Additional heavy
contracts will depend upon a demonstration of
the point outlined above.
THE WE0NG MAN BURIED.
Strange Mistake of a Woman Who Thought
She Was a Widow.
St. Louis, February 25. A rather peculiar
case of mistaken identification is reported by
the police to-night. J. J. O'Connor was among
the unclaimed dead at the Morgue for several
days. On Saturday last Mrs. O'Connor, who
had separated from her husband, called at the
deadhouse and was given the remains, which
she took home with her. There was the usual
demonstration of grief and funeral, Mrs.
O'Connor sparing no expense in the process.
She has just discovered that the J. J. O'Con
nor to whom she once gave her heart and hand
Is In tbe land of the living and has not the re
motest intention of making his exit from this
world just yet. Mrs. O'Connor does not know
whom she has burled.
AT DEATH'S DOOR.
Hon. Jnmca H.Slnnbcry,ofNewarU,Stricken
With Paralysis.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THS DtSPATCn.1
Newark, O., February 25. The citizens of
this place were greatly shocked to learn tbat
Hon. James R. Stanbery, one of tbe oldest and
most prominent members of the Licking
county bar, and known all over the State, had
been stneken with paralysis and now lies In a
dangerous condition at his home. He was on
tbe street on Saturday in apparently good
health. He is a member of an old family noted
for their intellectual and legal attainments.
He has reached his 80th year and was actlre
up to the time of his affliction.
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.
Governor Flfer and Hon. John M. Thurston
Make Addresses.
Springfield. February 25. The 8tate Con
vention of the Republican League clubs met
here this noon in Representative Hall with
about 600 delegates present. Most of the
prominent Republican politicians of the State
were in attendance.
, Governor Fifcr delivered an address of wel
come, and Judge John M. Thurston, of Ne
braska, president of the National League,
made a speech. To-night a reception was ten
dered tbo delegates and the public at tho ex
ecutive mansion.
For the Suppression of Itnm.
Providence, R. L, February 25. ThoTJnion,
or fourth party for the suppression of "mm,"
met in, convention to-day and nominated the
following ticket: Governor, Arnold B. Chace,
of Lincoln;' Lieutenant Governor, Franklin
Mctcalf, of Charlestown; Secretary of State,
Harlon S. Babcock, of East Providence; Gen
eral Treasurer, .Edward A. Green, of Lincoln.
Gotham's Proud Boast.
From the Mew York Tribune.
Fairs "may come and fairs may go, but the
glory of the city of New York under the worst
municipal government ever instituted among
men goes on forever.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
James McDonald.
James McDonald, Esq., who died at his resi
dence In Homestead yesterday morning, was- one
of Allegheny county's best known and most ex
emplary citizens. Mr. McDonald's parents were
Scotch, and he was born in that part of the city
known as Scotch Hill, more than 78 years ago. He
was known to all our older citizens as the lnana-
Ser for many years of the Bakewell Glass Works.
Ir. McDonald was elected Burgess of Rome
stead shortly alter his removal there. Late In life
he became a member of tbe Presbyterian Church,
but his early life was spent under the pastorate of
the Key. Dr. John niack, and ho shared largely In
his pastor's views in opposition to slavery,
Mrs. Mary Moore.
The death of Mrs., Mary Moore, wlfaof William
Moore, the brick manufacturer, mother of George
E. Moore, took place at her residence on Center
avenue, near Devllllers street, yesterday fore
noon. She was very highly regarded by a large
acquaintance as a Christian lady, and has been
for years an actlre and consistent member of the
Methndiit Protestant Church on Firth ......
The Immediate cause of her death was heart dis
ease, aiKr uu. ici uj." unless, in ner oitn
year. The funeral will take place from her late
residence to-morrow.
Isaac Craig, Jr.
Isaac Craig, Jr., or Allegheny, died yesterday at
the family residence, corner bherman avenue and
Ohio street. He was a son of Isaac Craig, Sr., an
ex-Mayor, and one of the oldest residents of the
Horth Bide. The deceased was only 31 years of
age and well known in Allegheny.
Alexander Joseph Ollvn.
PARIS, February 29. Alexander Joseph Ollra,
the scnlntor. Is dead. He was born In this city In
1824. His work has been mainly In portrait bosts.
He has made very many of distinguished persons.
iTS WORK NEAKLI FINISHED.
The Fan-American Congress Prepared tor
Early Adjournment.
Washington, February 2& Tha Interna
tional American Conference will in a day or
two consider the date of its final adjournment.
Its work is (n such a forward state that it will
probably bo able to close Its sessions early In
April. A tour through the Southern States by
special train, resembling in details of manage
ment that through NewEngland and the North
west, will immediately follow thn adjournment.
The conference is just now in a tangle over
the third resignation of its secretary, Senor F.
G. Pierra. of the Spanish-American Commer
cial Union, Sf Netf York. Senor Pierra is a
gentleman of culture and learning, and is es
pecially well informed upon the character and
resources of the South American Republics,
and npon the necessity of better communica
tion between them and tbe United States.
Before tbe Secretary of tho Conference was
elected his salary was fixed at $300 a month.
Senor Pierra's business interests in New York
are such (hat he has felt that he conld not af
ford to spend his time In Washington for such
remuneration and bo has twice resigned. Each
time, however, he has- been Induced to with
draw his resignation. Last week, however, be
resigned a third time.
Yesterday he sent to tbe Conference a letter
signed by a. number of the delegates asking
him to withdraw his resignation and saying
that, in view of tbe approaching end of tbe
conference, he wished to do so. although he
would not accept a cent of tbe insufficient sal
ary allowed for his services. Els letter was re
ferred to the Executive Committee, where it
now lies side by side with his latest resignation.
CANAL STOCK AWAI DOWN.
Tho Panama Ditch, Costing 8230,000,000
Only Three-Tenths Done.
From tbe New York Times.
In the last two weeks the price of Panama
Canal shares (par valne $100) on tbe Paris
Bourse has fallen from $15 to less than $12.
The correspondent of the Gauloie, who ap
pears to have sent his dispatches just before
tbe commissioners sailed from this port, says
that seven-tenths of the work remain to be
done, and that the part of the ditch
already made "is beginning to fill
with sand." Tho estimate of the quantity of
work remaining should affect tbe correspond
ent's other estimate of tbe possible cost of a
canal with two locks, which is 8140,000,000. The
two cannot be reconciled, for tho company
spent abont $250,000,000 upon the work already
done, incurring obligations exceeding $400,000,
000 for the same, and if this sum sufficed for
only three-tenths of tbe wore the remainder
would consume more.than $800,000,000, instead
of $140,000,000.
There will be a great deal more sand or
mad in the unfinished ditch than the corre
spondent of the Gautotisaw a few weeks ago,
when the people ot France contribute money
enough for tbo remaining "seven-tenths" of the
canal.
ALLEGED EXPOSE OP MASONRY.
A Recreant Member of the Order Sued for a
BUI for Printing.
ISFXCIAL TEXXOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
New Haven, February 25. Frank R. Fisk,
of the Fisk Printing Company, has sued
Elisha M. Trowbridge to recover on a bill con
tracted for the printing of a book in which
Trowbridge claims to make ptiDlic the secrets
of Masonry. Tbe book consists of a compila
tion of all the inner workings of Masonry, and
is profusely illustrated, explaining the cos
tumes worn by the candidate for Masonic
honors. The first illustration is that of the
lodge room, giving the positions of the various
officers and the route taken by the candidate
when be enters the lodge room.
All the different degrees from the apprentice
degree to tbat of the Royal Arch Mason are
clearly explained, and. In fact, all secrets and
ceremonies of Free Masonry are given away in
this book. Tbe pass words of ancient Free
masons are given as follows: Boaz, Shibbo
leth, Jachln, Tubal, Mah Hah Bon, meaning
Marrow Bone. Tbe case will bo tried in April.
In his book Trowbridge, who is a Mason, has
violated the oath of the "apprentice degree"
and the oath of the "Master Mason degree."
A MOUNTAIN OP GOLD.
The Metal 10 Finely Distributed It Mast
bo Treated Chemically.
A correspondent 'of tbe London Timet re
cently gave an interesting acconnt of Mount
Morgan gold mine, which is in Central Queens
land, and can be truly described as a mountain
of gold. The stone which is quarried from the
mountain Is a kind of black ironstone, with no
ontward appearance of tbe more precious
metal, but this ore yields from five to six ounces
pi gold to the ton. Tbe metal is- so finely.dls
tributed that the ordinary mercury amalgam
process could not be resorted to without great
loss, and this is therefore superseded by the
chlorinatlon method.
The process for separating tbe preciousmetal
is briefly as follows: The ore is crushed and re
duced to sand; it is next roasted, placed in bar
rels, and subjected to the action ot chlorine
gas, when a solution of chloride of gold, in
color like sherry, flows ont from tbe mass. By
after-treatment with charcoal and subsequent
reduction in a reverberatory furnace, the gold
is finally recovered in the metallic state. The
metal from this mine Is far purer than any yet
found in natnre, the baser metals associated
with it amounting to less than one-half per
cent.
THE ELDER ASTOR.
How He Profited by an English Deed to
Putnam County.
From the New York Btar.
Just before tbe war Great Britain deeded to
John and Mary Morns Putnam county, in this
State. When tbe States seceded from- tbe
mother country the Morrises adhered to En
gland, and were driven out of the State by tho
patriots. Years after, when the treaty of peace
bad been signed, John Jacob Asor appeared on
the scene, and notified the State that be wanted
$500,000 for Putnam county, which he"' declared
he had purchased from tho heirs of John and
Mary Morns.
The State employod Daniel Webster and
other eminent counsel of that day: but Astor
proved that the land had been deeded to tbe
Morrises for a life interest, and at their death
was to be turned over to their heirs, and that
the State when it parceled off the land to the
farmers gave tbem the life interest only of
John and Mary Morris. Astor won his case
and raised bis price, and when asked bow mnch
he would settle for he said 800,000. He got it.
THEIR SECOND CONCERT.
A Largo Crowd Greets tho Mozart Club
In Old City Hnll.
Tbe second concert of tbe Mozart Club was
given last evening in Old City HalL The club
is now In Its twelfth season and every event
soems to be better than its predecessors.
Tbe large ball was crowded with lovers of
music, there being few emnty seats. The club
was represented bynearly every member in the
organization. The work of the chorus was
particularly good and the only thing to be re
gretted is the fact they have not a better hall
to display tbe richness of tbeir voices. The
programme was as follows: ,.,. .7
Cherublnl Overture "Die Abenceragen"
Weber iteclt. and aria "DerFrelschuetz"
Mr. Josenh A. Voarel.
Mendelssohn "Symphony No. 3"
Andante Con Moto.
Con Moto Moderato,
Sal tare llo.
Centemerl "Cupa Fatal Mestizla"
Miss Kosa "Weber.
Mozart "Itequlera ilsss"
THE IXTEEESTS OP DAIRIMEN
Discussed at the Annual Sleeting of the
Stato Association.
tSrSCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Meadyille, February 25. The sixteenth
annual session of tbe Pennsylvania State Dairy
men's Association convened in this city. The
attendance at the opening was light, probably
owing to tbeHalmostympassable condition of the
roads and heaw rain this morning. In his
opening address President J. C. Sibley, of
Franklin, urged the dairymen!to systematize
organization and a pressure of tbelr claims for
legislative recognition. Fred Edmunds, of
Tbuman, N. Y., on "Marketing ot Dairy Prod
ucts," put all his force on first-class butter and
cheese, saying no other quality had a claim on
tbe market.
In tho nvenlng Waldo F. Brown, of Ohio,
spoke to a good sized audience ori the subject,
"Wanted A Man."
QUA! STILL SLEEPLESS.
The Senator Reported Suffering From His
Old Complaint.
FniLADELPHiA,Febraary 25. Senator Quay
has been unable to find balm for hlsjshattered
health In Florida, and in a letter received by
Collector Cooper yesterday tbe Senator says
that be Is still suffering from insomnia. He is
having great success as a fisherman, however,
and Inclosed in the letter the mammbth scale ot
a tarpon. Tbe scale boro this Inscription'
"Length. 6 feet 4 Inches: weight. 110 pounds.
February 17, St Luce. With regards ot M. S.
Quay."
The Senator Is now fishing on the Indian.
river, and has ba idea of returning to Washing
ton until his health is recuperated.'
OUR MAIL POUCH,
Mr. Jenkins on the Golden Rnlo and la
Defense of Rev. Mr. Maxwell.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Reference has been made in onr city papers
from time to time during the past week or
more to Rev. Mr. Maxwell's renting a dwelling.
Evidently this has been done by someone, or
more than one, for a purpose.
Mr. Maxwell has not threatened to bring any
suit, neither has he appealed to the Bishop, as
has been stated, no charges having been
bronght. Mr. Maxwell was called is rector of
Trinity Church for the consideration of $3,500
per annum and a bouse, and it So stands re
corded on tbe minute book of tbe parish. Tbe
church has so far complied with tbe agreement.
At tbe last vestry meeting the vestry passed a
resolntion not to rent a house or renew tbe
lease, and so notified tbe owner of the house
and Mr. Maxwell. To this action I most de
cidedly objected. I was in the vestry when Mr.
Maxwell was called, and was a party to the
contract made with him. I have never yet re
pudiated a contract or failed to meet my obli
gations at any timn out of tbe church, and I
certainly will not be a party to it in tbe churcb,
or consent to it.
A man's first duty is to himself, next, pro
viding for his family. Rectors and ministers
are not exceptions to this rule. Mr. Maxwell
must have a house for bis tsmily. If tbe vestry
will not provide one, be must. If the church
had been distressed for funds, and the vestry
had requested Mr. Maxwell to relieve tbem of
a part or all of the rental of the house for a
time, I believe be would have accommodated
them as far as he could; but they mads no such
reqnest, neither was there any necessity for Us
being made.
Have we forgotten the golden rnlet or have
we reacbed that high position of positive
knowledge where August Compte in his ,,PcsI
tive Philosophy" claims tbe religion of uur
childhood disappears? I have always been
found sympathizing with the distressed, ro
gardloss of creed or position, when they are
blameless; this Is mf position now.
Many, perhaps, may be interested In an ar
ticle in the last issue of tbe Churchman, page
I send this to yonr paper without the consent,
knowledge or approval of either Mr. Maxwell
or Bishop Whitehead, and over my own signa
ture, and am alone responsible for its publica
tion. thouas C. Jenkins.
PirrsBTnio, February 25.
Citizenship Defined.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The Dispatch of Monday last published a
communication under tbe heading, "Is the At
torney Right?" stating that a young man of
age tbe day before election day was refused a
vote because he had not been a citizen 30 days.
Tbe question hinges on the definition of citi
zenship, which is clearly expressed in tbe Con
stitution of tho United States In tbe following
words: "All persons born or naturalized in tbe
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and
of the1 State in which they reside."
The Constitution does not say that one must
wait 21 years after birth, if born in this conn
try, before be becomes a citizen. A child
born in this country is a citizen at birth.
Tbe words of the election law of Pennsyl
vania also prove this: "Every male citizen 21
years of age, possessing tbe following qualifi
cations, shall be entitled to vote at all elec
tions." Why does the law contain the "21
years of age" if one is not a citizen before that
time?
Tho attorney Is wrong.
A Law Student.
PrrtSBTmo, February 25.
Blarlotte'n Law.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Noticing in Dispatch of this date "New
Theory ot Gas Expansion." I take this oppor
tunity in stating that in chemistry ws have a
law regulating tbe gaseous state, known as tbe
Law of Mariotte (though really discovered by
Boyle, of England, in 1W!1) and may be ex
pressed thus: Thevolnme of a gas Is Inversely
as the pressure; the density and elastic force
are directly as the pressure and Inversely as tbe
volume. For Instance: It a vessel contains one
cublo foot of a gas under a pressure of 10
one-tenth, or one-hundredth of a onblc foot, if
the pressure be increased to w, loo, ori,uw
pounds respectively, on the contrary, the gas
will expand to 2. 10, or 100 cublo feet. If the
pressnre is reduced to 5, 1 or one-tenth pound
respectively.
Vapors, produced by evaporation of liquids
or solids, have the same properties as gases.
ANM.D.
Walkee'3 Mills, February 25.
The State of Washington.
To Jhe Editor or The Dfspstclu
1 wish to obtain full and reliable information
In regard to the climate, natural resources,
eta, of tbe new State of Washington. To whom
shall I write for the same.
i Dispatch Readeb.
Pittsbdho, February 25.
If yon will address a letter to the Governor
or Secretary of State, Olvmpla, Wash., prob
ably they will gladly supply you pamphlets of
an official nature giving abundance of informa
tion on the subject.
Booth at Hnrrls' Theater.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
"Did Edwin Booth ever play "Richard the
Third" at Harris' Theater?"
In reply to the above in to-day's Dispatch I
would answer yes, but it was called tbe Opera
House then, and it was the same season O. B.
Doud was the stock leading man. Mr. Booth
played In one week "Hamlet," "Brutns," "The
Fallot Tarouln." "Richard" and "Shvlock,"
and, if I remember rightly, "Claude Melnntte"
at the matinee. This was the season of 1868.
J. H. Ro WE.
GLENWOOD, February 25.
Calomel Instead of Cats.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Permit me to say to tbat Pittsburg gentle
man who is advertising for 50 cats to rid bis
place of rats that he is going to an unnecessary
expense. It be will buy EO cents worth of cal
omel and sprinkle it on pieces of buttered
bread, it will settle the rodents. The medicine
makes them thirsty, and they will drink eagerly
either beer or water. Tbe hair will come off
the rats thus dosed, and this will frighten the
pests away. G. MclL
Connkaut, 0 February 25.
Let the Weather Wise Reply.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Will yon kindly inform me through your
paper what was the lowest point reached by
the thermometer during tho winter of 18SS-S9?
Was it below zero or not? G. F. B.
Pittsburg, February 25.
PROSPEROUS AND PROGRESSITE.
The Plttsbnrg Dispatch a Newspaper of
Many Excellences.
From the Valley Spirit, Cbambersburg, Fa.
One of the most progressive dally newspapers
in Pennsylvania is The Pittsburg Sis
patch. It Is steadily improving, and a nat
ural result steadily Increasing in circulation,
and as steadily advancing in public approba
tion. Republican In politics, it is not afraid to
condemn tbe errors of its party; devoted to tbe
interests of the city in which it is published, it
has no fears about opposing and denouncing
local municipal wrongs.
Its Sunday edition has now a circulation of
over 60,000, and its week-day editions are push
ing toward this figure. It Is well said that be
cause of its many excellences as a newspaper'
its name has become a household word in West
ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
A WINSOME WEE THING.
CHABLXS MACEAT'8 LAST POK1I.
My wife's a winsome wee thing,
Wed twenty years or milr,
And aye the bonnier growing,
As baltb mine eyes declare,
'lis love that made her bonnle,
And love that keeps her sae.
In spite o' time and fortune.
On life's uncannie way.
Love scares away the wrinkles
From aff ber smooth white brow,
And duty done through good and ill
Aye keeps her conscience true
And yields ber happy peace of mind,
If e'er the world goes wrong,
And turns the murmur of lament
Into a cheerful song.
The kisses gather on ber lips
Like blossoms on the rose.
And kindly thoughts reflect the light
That In her bosom glows
As wavelets In a running stream
Reflect the noontide ray, -And
sparkle with the light of heaven
When rippling on their way.
She is a winsome wee thine.
And more than rtrenty jear
She's twined her.elf about my heart
By all that can endear;
By all that can endear on earth
Foreshadowing things above, -""
And lead my happy soul to heaven, '
Bejotclng In her lovol
Mackwcd't Xaiailn.
LUTHERAN MI6SI0NB.
Conference of the Representatives of the
Various Evangelical Chores Boards.
A conference of ministers of the Evangelical
Lutheran Chnrch was held yesterday after
noon and evening in Trinity Lutheran Church,
la Allegheny. At 2 o'clock tbe condition of
home missions was discussed. Rev. W. J- Hay
presided. Aid was asked to build new cbnrches
atSbarpsburg and in Bloomfleld. The Board
of Chnrch Extension will consider tbe re-
I quests.
a cuuuren s meeting was he'd at o'ciock,
and at 7:30 P; si. there was a union service of
the churches of tbo two cities. Rev. Charles
Reinwald conducted tbe devotions. Rev. A.
Stewart Hartmann,of Baltimore. Secretary of
the Home Mission Board,addressed tbe assem
bly. He said tbat there was a greater calamity
daily ocenrringin America than the Johnstown
flood: the loss of human 3oals. and tbat it was
necessary only to present the facts to tbe peo
ple. In the United States 101 missions of the
Lutheran Church receive $35,000 a year from
the board, an average of $346 to each mission.
Fifty more ought to be established. Mr. Hart
mann appealed for more money.
Rev. H. H. Weber, of York, Pa., Secretary of
the Board of Church Extension, spoke of bis
work. He said that three out ot four German
immigrants were Lutherans, and 19 of every 20
Scandinavians? and that tbe constant Incoming
of those people taxed the heaviest energies of
the board.
Rev. Dr. George Scholl, of Baltimore, Secre
tary of the Foreign Mission Board, spoko of
the work in other lands, amongtbe believers in
other religions. Fifty years ago there was not
a Lutheran minister in India. Now there are
835 congregations, with 1L0OO members. In
Africa 600 natives have been educated as Chris
tian missionaries.
A LONG T0IAGB.
A Bottle Tbat Ilad Been Traveling Over
Four Thousand Miles.
From theFort-of-Spaln Gazette.
On the evening of the 21th instant, Mr. Will
iam Jones, while walking on tbo beach of the
Nariva Cocal, noticed a bottle which bad been
washed ashore by the waves. Be opened it
and found it to contain a scrap ot paper, which
he forwarded to tbe office of this paper. The
following was written in German on one side,
the other side having written across it tbe date
"2 September, 1889" and tho signatures T.
Schlinger and Anst. Lichmatrose:
"The German bark Joseph Haydn. Captain
H. Ffileger, from Bremen, finds itself to-day In
south latitude 7 1&' ana west longitude 12
45', where the crew lias thrown this bottle over
board on the Sedan-day, 1889. All on board
well. On the voyage from bingapore to Mar
seilles, 2 September, 1889."
The writer or Writers were evidently patri
otic Germans, from the use of tha anniversary
of Sedan as a date. Tbey have, however, ren
dered a greater service to science than to na
tional feeling, as tbe point in the South At
lantic where they threw the bottle was not far
westward from the Island of Ascension. This
shows that the ocean current which bore it
along over well nigh 4,000 miles in five months
and laid it gently with its message on onr east
ern coast, must have traveled at tha same rats
(nearly 30 miles a day) as tbe equatorial cur
rent nowing abova tbe west Indies from tbe
Gulf of Mexico eastward to the Atlantic. The
direction of tbo current from tbo South At
lantic which carried the bottle here was, there
fore, northwesterly.
PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES.
The Champion Menn Man Encountered by
a Traveling Showman.
New York Sun.
"There are several champion mean men in
this county," said tho circus agent, "bnt my
champion mean man lives in a town in Indi
ana. If any other State can match him I'll let
1,000 orphans into our show for nothing."
"Give us tbe particulars," remarked one of
the group.
"Well, when our advertising car got along
there last season tbe men wanted one side of a
cooper sbop to display some of our finest pict
ures. The owner wanted $25 In cash and ten
free tickets for the privilege, but we refused
to be robbed. He finally came down to $20,
then to $15, and we offered him $10. He said he
would take an hour to think it over, and at the
end of tbat time I went to get his answer.
" 'What do you estimate the tickets worth?'
he asked.
" "Fifty cents apiece.'
" 'And I can sell miner
" 'If you wish.'
"'Well, you see how it is. My wife Is very
sick and liable to die. If she lives ws can use
two of the tickets to go to the circus, ir she
dies I can use one. but I'll have to give tbe
other to my sister-in-law for helping at tbe
funeral. That's what I hare jnst agreed to do.
Make it $10 50 and ten tickets, and you can nave
tho shop.'
"As business Is business, 1 agreed to bis
terms, bat I never ached harder in my life to
give anybody a good licking."
FIFII IBARS A PRIEST.
Father Bessolnes, of Indianapolis, Cele
brates His Golden Jabllee.
Indianapolis, February 25. Archbishop
Elder, of Cincinnati, accompanied by his
private secretary and Father Mackey, of St.
Peter Cathedral, arrived to-night to take part
in the golden jubilee to-morrow, marking the
fiftieth anniversary of Rt. Rev. Father August
Bessolnes' (V. G. P.) ordination as priest and
also his retirement from active church work.
The services will be imposing, in which many
of tbe leading Catholic clergy will participate.
Letters of congratulation have been received
from Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishops Ryan and
Ireland, Bishop McCIoskey and other eminent
divines, and distinguished gentlemen of other
denominations have also written in the kindli
est terms. To-day Father Bessolnes was pre
sented with a purse containing over $2,000 and
other costly gifts in other ways.
TESTING THE BRAINS' OP DOGS.
Dr. Pnnl Glbler's Method of Ascertaining
Hydrophobic Symptoms.
New Yoek, February 25. Dr. Paul Gltier,
of tbo Pasteur Institute in this city, is receiv
ing many letters from all parts of the country
asking how to determine whether dogs which
have bitten persons aro mad. He requests that
In such cases a part of the brain of the dog be
sent to him at once, in glycerine, and ba will
reply to queries without delay, otherwise ho
cannot explain.
Poisoned by n Rat's Rite.
Columbus, Ind., February 25. James W.
Clark was recently bitten on tbe back of his
hand bv a rat. He is now in a serious condi
tion. His band, arm and one side of his body
are badly swollen, and it is thought blood
poisoning is setting in.
nor Usaat Style.
From the Oil City Derrick.!
The World's Fair prize has been gobbled by
Chicago. It took eight ballots to do it, but the
Windy City, which has been working heroically
for the prize, got there, as usual, with both
feet. '
Sewall Sent Back to Samoa.
Washington, February 25. The President
to-day sent to the Senate tbe nomination of
Harold M. Sewall. of Slalne. to be Consul
General of tbe UnitedStates at Aplx
ON THE WORLD'S FAIR.
CINCINNATI Enquirer: What a terribly big
head Chicago has this morning.
New Yoek ITorW: For Director General
of the fair in Chicago: Tom Piatt, of Oswego.
Well, why nott
New Yoke Tribune: When tne great big
boundless West undertakes to bare anything
she is hard to oeat.
Cleveland Plaindealer: Chicago gets
the .World's Fair forlS92and the Democracy
gets a firmer grip on New York State. Tom
Piatt did It.
Cleveland Leader: The interest felt in
this city yesterday over the selection of the
World's Fair site was almost as great as if a
national convention were balloting for a Presl
dental candidate.
Philadelphia Ttmai It Is not yet snrs
that the fair wUl be held in Chicago, as the
Benate may refnse to concur In the action of
the House, or those who are opposed to any
fair at all may join forces with those who don't
want tbe fair hell in Chicago and defeat the
whole scheme.
New Yobs: iV.' New York certainly owes
a word of thanks, to the Congressmen from
other States who stood by us throughout the
balloting, because, unswayed by local or sec
tional influences, they felt that this was the
greatest city In the New World, and that it
ought to have the fair, not so much for Its own
sake as for the fair's sake.
Philadelphia Record: The majority in
Congress has decided to send tha World's fair
to tbe wild and windy West, which remained
undiscovered for 200 years after Columbus set
eyes on America. This amounts to a virtual
defeat of the project In advance. Having pat
tho site ont ot sight, the next appropriate
move on tbo part-of the politicians who are
meddling in the business should be to prevent
any Federal recognition of Columbus or his
dl'cnverr;
CUEIODS COSDEHSATIQKS.
New York State has 6HQ. A. B. posts
and 40,753 members.
An ambitions young Englishman an
nounces that he Is about to publish a key to
Browning's works.
Scotchmen banquetting in London are
now entertained with music of real northern
bagpipes played into a phonograph and sent
down to London-by express.
Waterloo House, in London, that has
long stood vacant, is to be changed into a grand
hotel apd to be called "Tbe President," pre
sumably to catch American travelers.
Charles Jones, of Hiddleton, killed an
otter on bis farm which weighed 17J4 pounds.
An old citizen says the last otter known to hare
been seen in this section was 50 years ago.
King Dinah, the Senegambian chief
who made a sensation in Paris last summer, is
having trouble with his subjects because he faal
adopted some of the habits of civilization.
Key. F. O. Morris, the well-known
Bilush naturalist, is trying to procure the pas
sage of an act of Parliament making birds
nesting illegal in order to preserve some of the
rarer British birds from total extinction.
One of the largest forests in the world
stands on ice. It is situated between tha Ural
and the Okhotsk Sex A well was recently dug
in this region, when It was found that at a
depth of u meters tbe ground was still frozen.
It is alleged that the falsifications of
English coins by clloulnir and counterfeiting
has gons to a greater extent during tho last few
y ears tb an for a long time before and that things
have got to such a pass that it isn't safe to ac
cept coins at alL
Scientific farming in Italy is to be un
dertaken this year by a company owning
capital of $20,000,000. If tbe operations prove
successful tho old wooden plow, pulled by oxen,
that has held the field since an era before tha
Roman Csesars, will probably have to go.
Tbe British military authorities an
nounce as the subject for the prize essay of tho
United Service Institution for 1890 "The tacti
cal operations of the future as affected by tha
introduction of magazine rifles andmacblna
and quick firing guns and smokeless powder."
The Czar of Russia is now the largest
landholder in the world. Three weeks ago ha
purchased one single tract larger than tha
State of Texas. He has also bought in tha
lands of the Hobenlohe family, which they bad
Inherited, but were not allowed to occupy in
Russia.
Switzerland proposes to hold atLaus
anne In June a fair that will present specimens
of all known alimentary substances, taking in
breads confectioneries, pastries, cooked dishes,
vegetables, groceries, preserves, chocolates,
and so on through all that the human stomach
knows.
Monuments have now been completed
over tho burial places of the English, French
and Italian troops killed in tho Crimea during
the war of ltSoi-5. Russia' memorials over her
fallen soldiers on the same plains are on a
grander scale, as she continues to hold tha fort,
SebastopoL
A florist in London, England, has had
the happy thought of banging trails of men
over and around tbe electric lights in his win
dow. The green and yellow tints of the deli
cate leaves form a lovely veil for the light,
which glimmers through them without being
diminished.
H. O. Forbes Is reported to have made
an Important discovery in the neighborhood of
Chrlstcharcb, New Zealand. It is the discovery
in a cava of a great many valuable relics of
men, birds and beasts. Not the least Interest
ing portion of the find consists of the bonei pi
an extinct species of swan. '
The Eighth Hussars of the British army
have a gazelle for -child of the regiment." It
accompanies ths regiment everywhere, and is
an especially conspicuous figure on ths Sunday
church parade, when it accompanies the band,
leading the Una with a stately tread, appar
entlyimitated from that of the drum major.
Monthly police reports of foreign vis
itors in the hotels and boarding houses ara
made at Paris. On February 1 the official
number was 27.503. a slight decrease from tha
preceding month, but with slight variations,
the number remains abont the same for each,
month, excluding August and September, tha
dull season.
A clever young woman in St. Joseph,
Mo., outwitted a tyrannical father on Friday
and succeeded In marrying ths man of her
choice without his consent. She managed to
become maid, of honor at a wedding where her
tt man", ws also Jbe groom',, and at. tho
conclusion of the ceremony advanced with the
groomsman, and they were' pronounced man
and wife "era the mother could speak or the
father could bar."
The Czar of Russia has just decorated a
private soldier, whose fidelity recalls the story
of the Roman sentinels, who perished in tha
destruction of Pompeii. When a recent earth
quake destroyed a small Russian town in Cen
tral Asia, this soldier was on duty at tha mili
tary treasury. Although tbe houses wero
crashing around bim, he stood motionless
awaiting death. Fortunately a sergeant saw
him amid the ruins and instantly ordered him
to quit his post
In tbe Belgian districts, where the play
ful frog lives in large colonies around the
ponds, canals, and dtvmes. there is lamenta
tion and woe among tbe farmers at tbe whole
sale destruction of the creature, which, besides
being, in tha French gourmand's estimation,
"good for food," is very useful to agriculturists
as a slug and insect hunter. After various
fruitless attempts to prevent the destruction of
the frogs, they have now put their case and
that of the frogs before King Leopold, peti
tioning tbat frog hunting be prohibited dnrinir
certain parts of tbe year, so as to prevent frogs
from disappearing altogether from tbe country.
If. therefore, it should be noticed in the near
future by admirers of stewed frogs tbat their
favorite dish is becoming more expensive than
ever they will know whom to blame fox the
fact.
Chemically, the apple is composed of
vegetablo fibre, albumen, sugar, gum, chlo
rophyll, malic acid, gallio acid, lime, and much
water. Furthermore, the German analysts say
that tbe apple contains a larger percentage of
phosphorus than any other fruit or vegetable.
This phosphorus is admirably adapted for re
newing tbe essential nervous matter, lethicin.
of the brain and spinal chord. It Is, perhaps,
for the same reason, rudely understood, that
old Scandinavian traditions represent the ap
ple as tbe food ot the gods. who. when they felt
themselves to be growing feeble and infirm, re
sorted to this frnit for renewing their powers
ot mind and body. Also, the acids of tho ap
ple are of signal nse for men ot sedentary
habits, whose livers are sluggish in action;
these acids serving to eliminate from the body
noxious matters which, if retained, would
make the brain heavy and dull, or bring about
jaundice or skin eruptions and other allied
troubles.
TO PROVOKE A SMILE.
The Old Familiar Towel. Foreman
What's all that racket over there; somebody pled
a form?
tfo, sir: the towel fell on the floor; that's all.
Bolton Herald.
Police Captain What did yon let the fel
low run away from you for?
New Officer Faith sor.be ran so fast be got out
side the limits of tbe law before I cud catch 'leu
Blnghamton Republican.
A "Well-Planned Plot. Stranger How.
was it possible for the villains to kidnap their prey
In the very heart ora great city?
Citizen Easy enough. It was done right next
door to a police station. "Chicago Timet.
In the English Literature Class. Mabel
Hogg wrote pastoral poetry about lambs and
Bheep.
Young Miss Wagg And Lamb got even with
him by writing an essay ou Boast Pit." Bar'
per' Uavxr.
The Great Five. Miss A Do yon enjoy
Lift, as a rule?
Miss B. 1 haven't Time to enioy anything. s
Miss A.-Oh, I should Judge that yon had. ,
Then tbey both .Puc-red up their lips and
laughed. This conversation took place on the Wjrt
Snore of America. - Welt Short. gi
Wonld-be Tenant So, this is the house)
tbat is advertised for rent?
Janitor-Yes, boss. 5f
In tbe advertisement it reads that there Is run.
nlng water. Where Is It?
Down on de fust floor de water runs down dt
walls, hit's so damp, Texae Sitinge.
It Was Needed. "Where is the drawing
room?" asked Mrs. Strnkoyle, as she looked ov
the architect's plans. Mt"-- r
'1 thought perhaps the front ana;tsi6K parlors'
would obviate ' fSStifrP -
"No. Indeed; we must have a drawfn$ joosnTtOT
my daughter is determined to be isnWrgsfcKl.
Marper't Bazar. feB i
Quick Work. "And to thinr," said ho
as he pressed ber little hand, to think that I
never saw you before to-night,"-
It li sudden," she answered,, "but then "
"Yea. "he said, hnpaUlvely,' Mttsfhe old. old
story-the old. old story of love at first sight-"
Andaddedto thafshe gurgled, "mybetaa;,.
widow." Boston Courier?- -