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PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, MAR. 1, 18901
STEALING A CANAL.
There is every reason to believe that the
attempt of a railroad corporation to steal
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, or a con
siderable part of it, 'will be thwarted by the
publication of our correspondent's letter
from Cumberland in The Dispatch to
day. The discussion of the project to con
nect the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal with
the Monongahela river at MorgantowD,
which has been started recently in these col
umns, will provo to have been well-timed if
the public shall be brought to realize the
importance of savin:; the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal from the hands of the "Washing
ton and Cumberland Railroad. Our corre
spondent clearly shows that Pennsylvania
possesses an undoubted right to en
ter a protest against the sale of
the canal. A great many years ago this
State gave $40,000 toward the construction
of this waterway, and offered every encour
agement possible to the projectors of the
canal to carry out their plans in full that
is to complete the canal to the Ohio or its
tributaries.
It is now proposed to sell the canal bed to
a railroad in which Senator Gorman, Steve
E'kins, and other gentlemen who know a
fat thing when they see it, for a sum absurdly
inadequate. A bill authorizing the sale is
now before the Maryland Legislature, and,
it is said, with favorable chances of early
passage and immediate signature by the
Governor. "We learn from Washington that
men high in business and political circles
there are interested in the scheme and re
gard it as a species of benefaction to the
people of Maryland. But the latter do not
see it in the same light, and denounce the
transaction brusquely as a steal.
The argument of the beneficent railroad
magnates is that it would cost an immense
rum to repair the damages caased by the
floods of last June, but our correspondent
speaking after personal observation and with
corroborative testimony from the chief users
of the canal, states that the canal could be
made as good as ever at a moderate cost
The Maryland Legislature will do well to
Investigate the whole matter thoroughly be
fore signing the death warrant of a public
work" with whose inception George
"Washington was associated, and in
whose maintenance the commerce of
a large region is vitally con
cerned. More especially is it desirable
that the canal should be preserved at this
time, bocanse the original plan of making
it a connecting link between "Western waters
and the seaboard is at last last likely to be
carried oat. The press of Maryland can
serve the people of the State well by ven
tilating the scheme to sell the canal bed to
a railroad corporation. "What action Penn
sylvania can take in the premises will be
ascertained as soon as possible.
THE AFFEAY AT THE CAPITOL.
The murderous affray in the Capitol at
"Washington yesterday did not differ essen
tially from.the bloodyvleeds which have dis
graced less classic spots, such as Yellow
How in this city, for instance. Charles Kin
caid, a newspaper correspondent, and ex
Congressman Taulbee, had been at war ever
since the former, a few years ago, wrote an
account of a scandalous episode in Mr. Taul
bee's "Washington life. The feud came to a
crisis yesterday. Mr. Taulbee pulled Mr.
Kincaid's nose and called him unpleasant
names, so Kincaid says. Even this provo
cation is not established beyond a doubt.
Then, it is alleged, Kincaid went out, ob
tained a pistol, and returning to the Capitol
shot Taulbee as he came out of the House of
Representatives. The murderous attack:
w ijv j9 jppsjit Q
was cowardly and contemptible, however
great the previous provocation had been.
It is the custom in some quarters to adopt
a mild and deprecatory tone toward mur
derers, who by birth, education and environ
ment ought to be the last to commit so hor
rible a crime. "We trust that if the facts
prove to be as now represented that punish
ment swiftand sure will wait upon the guilty
man. Exemplary penalties should be ex
acted from those who fly to deadly weapons
to avenge personal slight or injury. If
juries were more loyal to their oaths, if they
could be brought to regard a murderer as a
worse criminal than a pickpocket, if the
rope were brought more often into use, the
custom of carrying arms and using them
upon small provocation would soon be cast
away with other relics of barbarism.
WHAT KILLED SPECULATION?
Considerable discussion has just been
started as to the reason why the speculation
that was once so rife on the exchanges has
almost entirely died out. The New York
Bulletin reports that "Wall street has been
busy with the attempt to account for the
great decrease of the speculation business of
the New York Stock Exchange. Chicago
has had the same puzzle presented, and its
Board of Trade has sought to remedy the
matter by choking off grain speculation in
the wicked bucket shops to the end that it
may be forced to patronize the greater con
cern. Our Petroleum Exchange has ex
perienced probably a more complete cessa
tion of business than in either of the other
speculations; and joins with all the rest in
a pathetic inquiry as to why the lambs will
not come in and be sheared.
The answer is not a difficult one for any
but the speculative agencies to perceive.
Speculation on these exchanges is merely
betting on the rise and fall of values. Its
popularity was based on the supposition
that everyone had an equal chance at the
betting. But with the chances equal no one
could make a steady income out of the bus
iness; and the fact has been for years that
the speculative markets were manipulated,
milked and marked up or down, each to
serve the profits of some inside controlling
power. There was a less complete inside
domination of the market in grain specula
tion than elsewhere, and probably that spec
ulative business has survived the long
est. It was foolish for the public
to expect that men who made
a business gambling conld play above
the table; but it took a long time to learn the
lesson that the successful speculations were
simply games where the dice were loaded
and the cards marked. But when that dis
covery was made it killed the public inter
est in these speculations, in just the same
way that a victim's appetite for play would
be cloyed by the discovery that the faro
bank where his money had disappeared was
not of the squarvdealing class.
The cessation of business gambling is cer
tainly full of promise. Other speculations
can take their place to a certain extent, but
not to so demoralizing a degree. The ex
changes can on their part devote themselves
to the legitimate business of facilitating the
handling of securities for investment, -and of
grain and petroleum for actual commercial
exchange.
SENATOE BLAIR'S LATEST.
Senator Blair said in the Senate yester
day that a Pittsburg man had written to
him for a copy of his Educational bill.
This unusual evidence 6f interest in his un
dertakings ought to have put Mr. Blair into
a good humor. But it did not. The letter
from our sympathetic fellow townsman acted
upon Mr. Blair as a firecracker might upon
a sedate spinster. It roused him to new
paroxysms of wrath and woe. The Senate
had to endure again a tirade about the
muzzled, intimidated and hireling press
which refused to print all Mr. Blair says or
writes about the quaint hobby of his ad
vancing years.
The only novel feature of this, the latest
of a series of most seemly exhibitions, was
a special attack upon the Associated Prrss,
the text of which, with wonted fidelity, that
abused institution sent out last night. The
trouble with Mr. Blair is that he has fallen
into the common mistake of believing that
the whole nation is devoured with a desire
to catch every articulated sound which falls
from his Senatorial lips. His ideas are the
only ones, his scheme of education is the
only one, which the jieople are dying to
hear about. Of this Senator Blair has per
suaded himself. That he has not so per
suaded many of his countrymen is quite
clear, for newspapers print the news which
the people desire. The only reason Mr.
Blair's interminable oratory is not printed
in full is that the public is not content to
exchange the news of the whole world for a
diary of the very tiresome and monotonous
Senator from New Hampshire.
A DEPLOEABLE CONFLICT.
The announcement that District Assembly
No. 3 of the Knights of Labor has pro
claimed a boycott on the Pittsburg Traction
Company, and has asked all labor organiza
tions to assist in the hostile movement, is
very ungrateful news. "We had hoped that
the difficulty existing between the traction
company and its employes would be settled
amicably and sensibly by arbitration or
some other pacific method. Hopes of some
such settlement were extended a little while
ago, but they appear now to have had no
more solid foundation than political necessi
ties of the moment,
"Under the circumstances TriE Dispatch
still feels bound to express its hope and de
sire that a resort to arbitration will be had,
before the conflict becomes embittered. It
is said that the men are willing to submit
the matters in dispute to the impartfal
judgment of a non-combatant, but that the
President of the traction company declines
to be a party to such a proceeding. If this
be the case, the public will be inclined to
regard the men's cause with favor.
The grand jury at New Orleans is dis
couraged with the city's police force and de
mand that it be reorganized on the ground that
the present officers, when called upon to testify
in gambling cases, profess entire ignorance of
all games of chance and the paraphernalia used
therein. Officers of more intelligence are
asked for, and it is possible that a man's fitness
for police duty will .hereafter be determined
by tbe aptness and finesse with which he opens
a jackpot.
Bukglaes should keep themselves posted
on national, events. A Chicago cracksman
thoueht that New York had got the World's
Fair and went there. When he learned his
mistake he tried to drown his regret by break
inginto a store. He will not see the fair any
how, for his sentence was for three years.
It is pleasing to see men take a lively in
terest in their business, but the rivalry between
the Southsldo policemen as to should land the
first culprit in the new Thirty-sixth ward police
station is unique. Officer Kinney having won
tbe prize by incarcerating an unf ortunato in
ebriate in the new edifice, it is to be hoped that
the other officers will not become disgruntled
and allow West End law-breikers to defy the
Department of Ppblic Safety.
Mrs. Schenley has added another stone
to her monument as a benefactress of Pitts
burg. With splendid generosity she has taken
off the conditions which at first involved her
gift of a site for the proposed Institute for the
Blind, and ten acres in Bellefleld are now ready
for that great work of charity.
The work of the Siberian Exile Petition As
sociation in securing signatures in this country
to a rcques to the Czar of Russia to bo 'more
lenient to political prisoners is one to which no
exception can bo taken. But it is hardly pos
sible that Alexander will pay more beed to the
demand of citizens of this or any other country
than he has to those of his own subjects, unless
the former are presented at the point of a
bayonet.
Milk iNsrECiou McCtjtcheon's
crusado against the sellers of adulterated milk
is one to be warmly commended. The season
approaches when impure milk means death to
the little 'ones who are fed upon it. In this
nineteenth century a slaughter of tho innocents
is not to be tolerated.
Whether Grover Cleveland is or is not
"a man of destiny," as has been asserted, he is
certainly a remarkably fortunate individual.
His rapid rise to the Presidency of tho U nited
States, and his marriage to a young and beau
tiful womaa has not exhausted his luck, for he
has now made a clear profit of $100,001) out of
the sale of his Oak View property. Love, honor
and wealth ought to satisfy any good Ameri
can. Chicago's getting lots of advice, warn
ing and abuse. That's all some of her rivals
can give her. PittsDurg will aid tbe Western
metropolis substantially and morally when tho
time comes.
The cry of "the Chinese must go" is
likely to be cbanged to "the Chinese will go."
The discovery of gold fields in the Flowery
Kingdom Is attracting tha attention of tho
almond-eyed heathen in this country, and be
will leave the dirty linen of the haughty Cau
casian to seek for pay-dirt in the land of his
nativity. We shall miss but not regret him.
The German Government has decided
that the American hog is not so baa after all,
and he will hereafter be a feature of Teuton
hospitality.
The West. Virginia Democrats who voted
for Jobn D. Pendleton, who was unseated in
Congress, will feel less sore at his defeat when
they remember that he was foolish enough to
plead his own case. There is an old proverb
which reflects unkindly upon the mental ca
pacity of the man who acts as his own lawyer.
Rapid transit is getting into Councils.
Too much of it may be injurious. Congress
conld stand a little.
Chicago brewers are taking steps to se
cure tho pardon of 03car Neebe, one of the
Anarchists convicted of participation in the
Haymarket tragedy. It is likely that an An
archist would linger a long time in the peniten
tiary before barbers or soap manufacturers
would exert themselves to secure his release.
The cold wave will be warmly welcomed
in Cincinnati and other towns in fear of a flood.
Congressman Eay, of Greene county,
Is being severely criticized by his constituency
for his hesitancy in declaring whom he will
f afcor for Government appointments. The Con
gressman probably realizes that ther i will be a
still greater wall from the disappointed aspir
ants after his decision has been rendered.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Julia Marlowe, who has been playing
Hosalind so acceptably this season, is only 22
years old. She possesses a sweet, girlish fresh
ness and a gentle, tender grace.
Janatjschek has grown visibly older within
a few years. Her hair is now white and her
cbeeks furrowed. Her acting has been com
pared to tbe scattered fragments of a broken
arch that once rose majestically for the glorifi
cation of art.
Mil Cleveland's friends have obsorved of
late that he is growing fatter than ever. He
never buttons his frock coat, as he did when ho
was In the White House, but allows it to hang
in long and ample folds, and as he walks to and
from church with Mrs. Cleveland Sunday morn
ings, his lounging and shapeless figure is m
sharp contrast with her, slim and symmetrical
form. Mr. Cleveland'shair is long, and he has
lost much of the neatness which characterized
his appearanee whilo in the White House.
Mrs. Wisteb's first translation from the
German was "Old Ma'amselle's Secrot," which
she took to Mr. J. B. Lippincott, and said she
wanted 5100 for it. Ho glanced over the manu
script, and with that ready recognition of what
would be popular he saw he had a good thing,
and gave Mrs. Wister a check for the amount
asked. The book proved an immediate suc
cess, and Mrs. Wister has made herself inde
pendent by her translations, or rather adapta
tions, trom the German. It was Mr. Lippincott
who suggested that the novels should be
adapted instead of literally translated, thus
making them read like original works.
George William Curtis is 63 years old,
but he looks younger than many men of SO. He
is of the medium height, well-built, well
dressed and well-mannered. His large gray
eyes have a genial expression, and his manners
have a hearty, engaging warmth. He has been
a hard literary worker all his life, but he is
very regular, working steadily every day from
9 to 3, with an hour or two at night. He spends
two or three hours every day in the open air,
walking several miles every afternoon. As the
editor of Harper1! Weekly, he has to read
much current literature, including all tho nov
els of Howells and James, but his salary of
25,000 a year is some compensation.
Harry Watkins, the veteran actor, is one
of the last survivors of that band of players
who acted with the elder Booth. He played
Othello to Booth's Iago, and Jago to his
Othello. He also played with Mrs. Mowatt,
Edwin Forrest and Macreadr. The old man
grows enthusiastic when recalling Junius
Brutus Booth. "He was a born actor, but he
added study to bis native genius, and was one
of the greatest tragedians the world has ever
seen. The moment he stepped upon the stago
he threw off his own individuality entirely, and
became Jtichard,lago, Qlhello,HamletyMacbelh
king, prince, tyrant, villain. We shall never
look upon his liko again," exclaimed Harry
Watkins, and there was an unusual sadness in
his voice.
Colonel A. Dudley Mann, who died re
cently in Paris, was a very prominent figure in
American politics a quarter of a century ago.
He was one of the envoys sent abroad by the
Confederate Government with a view of secur
ing the recognition of the Confederacy. His
mission was to Central Europe, and it was ho
who presented the letter of Jefferson Davis to
Pope Pius IX, to which the Pope sent the
famous reply commencing, "Illustrious Presi
dent," but His Holiness did not recognize the
independence of the Confederacy. Colonel
Mann was one of the' founders of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company. He ar
ranged the first treaty between Switzerland
and the United States. He was sent abroad by
President Pierce at tho time our Government
was considering the purchase of Cuba.
ALWAYS IN THE LEAD.
Tho Dispatch Gives tbe Beat That is Golnc
in the News Iilne
From the Warren Mall.
The Pittsburg Dispatch is largely taken
in Warren, and is served by carriers or can bo
obtained by mail at about 6 p. sr. each day. It
is always in the lead and offers tbe best things
going in tha news line. Its reliable market re
ports, vast news-getting machinery, and its
earnest, progressive and independent policy,
has earned for It a national reputation. Im
provements are contemplated which will greatly
add to its usefulness.
The Sunday edition has a circulation of 53,000
copies, and is a paper for the people and tbe
home circle. The literary matter of the mam
moth 20-page issues is supplied by contributors
of high merit and reputation, Each number is
a magazine of choice and newsy literature.
The special cablo letters and sporting and
business reviews arc also attractive features.
BnslncM Men's Kxchnngo Formed.
McKeesp6bt, February 23. The Business
Men's Exchange has been formed with 1U0
prominent business men of . -this place as mem
bers. Five members of tha exchange will put
np a 150,000 exchange building, to be occupied
solely by the exchange.
THE-TOPICAL TALKER.
Pittsburger Play Follow My Lender Bcr.
muda In High I'avoi Smith's Chances
An Incident of Southern Travel.
piTTSBURGEBS have a way of following a
leader in their choice of resorts, summer
and winter. In the hot weather, as is well
known, Atlantic City becomes a suburb of
Pittsburg; more of our people are to bo found
in that single New Jersey resort than in all the
other seaside placos put together during July
and August.
Just now Pittsburg is in love with Bermuda
the tender foeling began a year or so ago, and
has developed greatly this season. A gentle
man who returned from Bermuda last week
tells me that he was surprised to find Pitts
burgers wherever he went the island was full
of them. They are still going to Bermuda by
the dozen.
V
'i'T'here are many more men in Pittsburg
who have tbe inclination and the time to
seek rest and recreation outside the city," said
a business man yesterday, "than there "were In
my father's days. Tho rich men of Pittsburg a
generation ago, and even more recently, did not
care to move out of their circle of work, but
their sons and the newcomers with wealth have
different ideas about the use of money. They
aro gotting more fun out of it, so to speak.
And the railroads, hotel keepers and others
who aro interested in health and pleasure re
sorts are beginning to realize what field there
is in Pittsburg for evangelistic effort. They
are flooding Pittsburgers with information
abont their locahtlos, and if they were wise
they would use tho newspapers more to reach
the public."
V
rT,HERE is, I am told by a high authority, a
great obstacle in tbe way of the gentlemen
who are interesting themselves in the case of
the colored man Smith, sentenced to death.
Governor Beaver has said that his object in
fixing the execution of nine murderers for
April 9 is to call attention to the penalty of
murder all over tho State. The Governor
rightly thinks that some such object lesson is
needed, for the shedding of blood in this State
has been on the increase of late to an alarming
extent.
For this reason Smith's chances of a commu
tation of the penalty are not cood. At the
same time there seems to be a widespread feel
ing that Smith does not deserve hanging half
as much as dozens of murderers now in the
Western Penitentiary.
'
T ailroad traveling in the South has pictur
esque features which ate lacking and it
is just as well in these parts.
A Pittsburger was returning recently from a
Southern trip, and found the journey rather
tedious in spite of tho beautiful mountain
scenery through which the Cincinnati Southern
passes. While the train was still in Tennessee,
and after night had fallen, tho train stopped at
a little station in the midst of a wild, wooded
valley. As the train stopped a great disturb
ance in the shed serving for a station became
audible. In the lamp light could be seen a
white man and a negro fighting in a most fero
cious way. Tho Pittsburger went out with the
other passengers to see tho fray, but he noticed
that a half dozen Southerners in the car with
him took their revolve! 3 out of hip pockets or
valises before they left the train.
"Guess we'll shoot tho black ," said one
of the spectators, but a native of tho place
who was holding a lamp said: "Don't do it,
stranger, tho white man is no better than the
other."
Just then the combatants, who had clinched,
broke away, and the white man turned and ran
around the end of the shed. The negro ran
headlong after his foe. and then a sound of
crashing bushes and rolling stones showed that
he had fallen down the precipitous bank of a
gully.
The train, which had been held while tho
fight lasted the conductor was the most inter
ested spectator now moved out slowly. As
the passengers took their seats one ot them
said, as be slipped his revolver into his pocket:
"That's a blanked shame wo ought to have
shot him."
KEEPING Til CM EMflUSED.
ainny More Temperance Pledge Sisners
Secured nt the Centenary Meeting.
The temperance meeting held at the Cen-
tenary M. E. Church last night was quite en
thusiastic and verv well attended. The address
was delivered bv Will J. McConnell, who spoko
with such feeling that many present were suf
ficiently interested to sign the pledge. Sirs,
Mahood presided at the organ, while Messrs.
Hutchinson and Petit played the cornet and
violin.
Tho meetings will continue to-night, when
Mr. McOonnell will lecture again, his subject
being, "Does It Pay?" and to-morrow night,
when his subject will bo, "What Are You Go
ing to do About It?"
HASN'T MET WITH FAY0K.
Hard to Get Fltlsburc People to Attend .11.
Icoiicny Concerts.
Tbe Mozart Society has had under considera
tion tbe plan of giving future concerts in Car
negie Hall. Allegheny, but tbe idea has notmet
with favor from the associate membership of
the club, most ot whom are residents of Pitts
burc or the East Eud.
"You can get Alleprbenians over to Pittsburg,
but not vice versa. The organ cculd have been
used in lieu of an orchestra, and thus effect a
great saving. But it was thought best to stick
to Pittsburg."
ICE WILL COME HIGH.
Butchers and Brewers' Combination Will
Avert an Ice Panic.
IBPnCIAI. TFXEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.)
MoKeesport, February 28. The city will
not suffer from an ico famine next summer as
was expected and plenty of Ice will be had, al
though it will cost a good deal since the Yough
Ice Company has ordered an ice machine with
a capacity of 30 tons per day.
Then the butchers and beer men of the city
have concluded to buy a EO-ton machine of the
Arctic Manufacturing Company and will build
a plant. Tho machines cost at the rate of 51,000
per ton.
Arrival of Now Engines.
McKeesport, February 2S. The 35 ton
locomotive called E. C. Converse and ono
dinky engine have arrived at the Union Furnace
Company plant Four more of tbe heavy
locomotives and three more dinkiesare to come.
The plant has five miles o railroad In and
about it.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
J. F. Kcllior.
Mr. J. F. Detker, lor 45 years a resident of tho
Eleventh ward (originally the Seventh), died at
2:15 p. M. yesterday at his residence. No. 517 Wylie
avenue, aged 82 years. He came to this country
and to 1'lttsburg in 1815, arriving here just after
the great fire of that year. His first work here
was to'asslst in rebuilding the Cathedral. After
this he was employed In Knap's Fort Pitt foundry,
where he remained for 13 years, and aided in mak
ing most of the hie icans lor which that concern
was famous. Lator he held for 12 years a position
In the service or the 1'lttsburg Gas Company, hav
ing charge of the furnaces. For some years past
he has been living quietly without employment,
owing to the Increasing infirmities of old age.
He leaves an aged widow and four adult children,
one of the latter being John H. Detker. proprle
of the 1'lttsburg SWr. The luncral will take
place at 2:30 P. M. on Sunday.
John J. Parsons.
ISPECIAL TELEORAK TO THE DISPATCH!
WEST N ewton, February 28. Superintendent
Barnes received a telegram to-night from rtve,
I. Y., announcing the death of John P. Parsons,
Treasurer of the Westmoreland Paper Company,
and son of Win. II. Parsons, President of the
same companv. Mr, Persons was connected with
the mill here for a year and a half, alter which he
wcnttoSaugcrtles. N. Y.. to take charge of mills
there. He had not been there long, when he fell
from a balconv, receiving injuries from which he
only recovered after an extendedjtrlp to Europe.
Early last fall he contracted a cevero Illness,
which resulted In his death.
HXr. PTnry Middleton.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
Uedfoiid, February 28. Mrs. Mary JMddleton,
wife of Edwin II. Mlddleton, died this evening of
pneumonia after a short Illness. Tho deceased
was formerly a Miss Anderson, one of the heirs of
the Bedford Springs properties prior to the sale of
the property to the 1'lttsburg syndicate. She was
a lady of the highest character and a leader in so
ciety and a friend of charity. She leaves, beside
her husband, two small children to mourn her
loss, hue was In her 44th year. The funeral will
take place to-morrow.
William Walker.
William Walker, father of Captain J. D. Walker,
died night before last at his residence on Fremont
street, Allcghenv. Mr, Walker was over 70 years
of age. and hid been 111 lor some months. He
leave six children, four sons and two daughters.
Mrs. Tilllo C. Moizenbnch.
Tlllle C, wlfo of Conrad F. Stolzenbach, of
StoUenbach & PfeU. or tho Sonthslde, died last
night shortly'befo're 12 o'clock. Mrs, Stolzen
bach was 24 years of age, but was one of the best
known women of the Southside.
'P0K THE ERIENDLESS.
Chicago' Famous Soprano and New York's
Oronnist Scored a Success.
The benefit concert for tho Homo for the
Friendless, which was given last evening, was a
source of much pleasure to the audience and
doubtless to the managers of the charitable
institution for whose benefit it was given.
The Handel Mnsical Association, with Mr.
Amos Whiting, conductorby whom the con
cert was given,had Miss.Genevra C. Johnstone,
of Chicago, the famous soprano; Miss Maud
Morgan, of .New York, tho charming harpist,
and Mr. George W. Morgan, of New York, the
expert organist, for tbo occasion. Carnegie
Music Hall resounded with tho delightiul
strains of music, both" vocal and instrumental,
and the warm applauso of an enthusiastic
audience.
Miss Johnstone, who is a handsome, stately
blonde, was classically gowned in a Greek cos
tume of cream white crepe, elaborately em
broidered in gold leaves, and partially confined
at the waist with a heavy gold cord. A beauti
ful diamond ornament gleamed In her hair,
and a gold necklace with diamond pendants
gleamed upon her neck.- She was exception
ally graceful in her movements and postures
upon the stage, and that her singing was ap
preciated tbe audience, by the usual method of
testifying, left no room for doubt.
Miss Morgan, a bright, brilliant, unassuming
littio brunette, was also attired in a Greek cos
tume and her wavy chestnut hair was dressed
in accordance with the Idea, and honnd with
narrow Greek fillets of silver. She wore no
jewels, but, seated with tbe immense golden
harp, formed one of tho prettiest pictures ever
viewed in the city. Possessed of unusual
beauty and tho most raking manner, beside her
raro talent, she was a general favorite. Both
ladies were the recipients of beautiflul flowers
in baskets and bouquets.
Mr. Morcan proclaimed himself master of
the organ and claimed the undividual attention
of every ono in the hall during the renuition of
his numbers on the programme. The accom
panists were Prof. J. H. Gittings ana Miss
Carrie L. Whitney; Mr. Gittines Dlaym for
Miss Johnstone and Miss Whitney for tho
Handel Society. Congratulations are due the
Handel Society not only for the admiral ren
dition of their chorus pieces, but also for se
curing such desirable talent from abroad. It
may be added that Mr. Morgan and his
daughter will appear again in the city inde
pendently. Tuclr Golden Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Christ Lipps, of South Nine
teenth street, celebrated their golden anniver
sary last evening. They are long residents of
tho Southside, and tho occasion was honored
by a largo gathering of friends and acquaint
ances beside their three sons, Henry,
Mannie and Christ, with their families, num
bering about 25.
Much merriment and some very elegant
presents made tho aged couple's anniversary a
very pleasant one. and as they are enjoying the
very best of health similar gatherings maybe
by them enjoyed in tbe future.
Lecture Noted.
The little Esquimau lady, Miss Olof Krarer,
lectured last evening at the Smlthfleld Street
Methodist Church on "Greenland; or. Life in
tbe Frozen North."
Mr. H. H.-Hagin, under tho auspices of the
Y. M. C. A, delivered his famous lecture on
"Paris, tho Magnificont," at Old City Hall last
evening.
Bob Btjbdette lectures this evening in Car
negie Hall.
GKATETARD TIPS.
Bledlum Fletcher Hnd Fact Which Conld
Not be Disputed.
SruiNGFiEiJ, Mass, February 2& Com
mittees of Spiritualists have been investigat
ing a Spiritualistic bureau at Boston, run by J.
William Fletcher, which has sent many so
called "test mediums" and "speakers"
through New England to lecture for Spiritu
alists. They find that Fletcher has been in the
habit of sending agents to places in advance of
his "meaiums" to gather "facts" from Vgrave
stones" and "various other sources," all of
which were "booked," and the "mediums"
were well coached brfore starting.
Amaziah Mayo appears to have been the
first victim here. On November II Frank C.
Algerton arrived and put up at tho Evans
Home. He was a "great medium," and by
marvelous tests secured wonderful influence
over Mayo, who "loved him as a brother." A
few weeks ago, at the Evans House, while
Algerton was giving Mayo a massage treat
ment, a confederate "medium," a pal of Alger
ton, impersonating a detective, entered tbe
room, and threatened the arrest of both men
unless 51,000 each was paid to settle an alleged
caso of criminality. The whole thing was a
putup job, but to save bis good name Mayo,
who is a wealthy and prominent Spiritualist
here, paid $1,000, and later went to Boston and
paid another thousand. City Marshal South
mayd has gone to Boston to arrest one of the
swindlers.
Fletcher, who conducts the "medium
bureau." is the same man who was debarred
from Lake Pleasant a year ago by the New
England Spiritualist Association, and whose
wife a few years ago created such a sensation
in spiritualist circles by being arrested and im
prisoned in England for the larceny of several
thousand dollars' worth of diamonds from a
wealthy English lady whom she had got under
her influence, the same as Mayo was influenced
in this case.
SCHOOL SAYIXUS BANKS.
An Idea Intended to Encoarneo Tbrlft
Anions tile Children.
Philadelphia, February 28. A most im
portant feature is about to be engrafted in tho
public school system of this city in the estab
lishment of a children's savings fund, which is
intended to encourage thrift among the many
thousand pupils, old and young, and so
better fit them for their life work. Such
funds hayo already been established In
Norristown, in West Chester and in
other towns, but never before has the founda
tion been so broad as it will bo in a city i he
Size of Philadelphia. An outline of the plan of
operations is now being prepared by William
B. Ilodgers, cashier of the Western Savings
Fund, but it is not yet fully completed. When
in such a shape as to be ready for handling, tho
Board of Education will consider tho matter:
and upon their favorable action, the savings
fund will be thrown open for every contribu
tion, from a penny np.
It will bo necessary to decide upon some re
liable financial institution to hold tile fund
that will accumulate, and to be responsible for
its safe preservation, but this part of tho work
will readily uo accomplished. It is understood
that at every school building in the city the
children in attendance will make their deposits
and will be given a receipt for tho same. Pro
vision will also be made for the withdrawal of
funds, but every inducement will be offered to
tho youthful depositors to incline them to
allow their mites to draw interest in the sav
ings fund strong box. The rate of interest to
accumulate on the deposits has not jet been
decided, but it will be about what is paid in the
savings funds of the city.
ODD JTnllS FK0M ABROAD.
The French newspapers declare that the
dance as a social joy is doomed, going out of
fashion at the command of the women who
lead Parisian society.
The Ameer of Afghanistan, it is said, is
about to begin grapo culture on an extensive
scale, and has sent to Europe for experts to in
struct him In the art.
One of the exhibits in the Paris Salon this
spring will be a portrait of Minister Reid, by
the artist G. P. A. Healy, It is said to be more
flattering than many of the portraits drawn of
Mr. Reld in this country.
A cuitious character in Paris is a mau who
makes his living by strolling along the boule
vards and making wagers with men at tho
cafes that he can answer correctly any ques
tion that related to the history of France. Ho
always wins tbe bet, it is said.
A FOX driven by the hounds In a recent hunt
upon the estate of Lord Granville, at W aimer
Castle, bolted right before Lord Granville's
eyes through tho hall of the castle and into tho
drawing room, with the hounds in full cry
after him. They ran him down and killed him
in front of the mantelpiece.
The ladles of Bermuda have started a rifle
club, of which the Governor's wife is President.
They havo a range of their own, where they
practice at I0Q yards wtb 200 caliber weapons,
and are said to mako remarkably good scores.
There are 70 members, and their first champion
Ship competition is to take placo next month.
The usher ot the English Court of Probate
and Divorce has just died, leaving a fortune of
100,000, accumulated from a salary of S750 a
year for S3 years, and from the tips that flowed
in upon him iu a stream, averaging nearly $4,000
per year. Suitors, jurymen, witnesses, repor
ters and lawyers all have to tip the usher in
the English courts.
Hysteuical French women arc going into
fit3 over Gabrielle Borapard, the accomplice of
Eyraud in tho murder of Marshal Gouffe.
They send her flowers and other presents with
sympathizing letters, and recently when she
was being taken. .from Paris to Lyons, they
crowded aboTit her at ihe railroad station, and
some Sol them even kissed her hands.
THE BIRD ON THE DOLLAR,
Interesting History of America's Greatest
Coin Various Types of Engles Socklnjr
n model lor ibo Goddess Tho Malting of
the Trade Dollar.
Qoif obess having decided to improve tho fig
ure of the eagle upon tho silver dollar, and
having authorized the Director of the Mint of
.the United States to procure new designs, a
visit was made to tho Mint by a Philadelphia
Times reporter, where B. A. McClure, curator
of the cabinet, and one of the best-known nu
mismatists in tbe world,' gave a complete and
thorough history of the coinage of the silver
dollar from Its beginninc to the present time.
"The first silver dollar coined." said Mr. Mc
Clure, "was coined undor tbo act of February
12, 1792, and weighed -JIG grains and had a fine
ness ot .S92.4, which standard was continued
for a number of years. In 1794 tbe silver dollar
dollar issued had on the obverse side Liberty
head, facing right, with flowing hair. 15 stars,
above the head tho word 'Liberty.' beneath,
1791. Reverse side, an eai-le, with raised wings,
encircled by branches of laurel, with tho leg
end, 'United States of America,' around the
edge of the coin, whilo tho edge of the coin
contained 'Hundred cents, one dollar or unit.'
Tbo Dcslcn Cimnscd.
u-pnE next year, 1705," continued Mr. Mc
Clure. ;'the design was again changed as
follows: Obverse side Bust of Liberty facing
right, hair bound bound by a ribbon, shoulders
draped and IS stars showing in the field. He
verse sido An eagle with expanded wings
standing upon clouds within a wreath of palm
and laurel, which is crossed and tied, and tbe
inscription, 'United States of America.'
"In 1793 the same design wa3 used, excepting
the using of two stars loss in the field on the
obverse side. You see." said Mr. McClnre,
"they began by putting in a star for each State,
and after putting in IS stars they found that if
they continued the policy of adding a star for
each new State that they would scarce have
room. so they decided to go back to the original
number, 13 stars, representing the 13 original
States.
"On the reverse side of the 179S dollar a
change was made by placing on it an eagle with
raised wings, bearing the United States shield
upon its breast and in Its beak a scroll with tho
inscription 'E Pluribus Unnm' upon it; a bundle
of arrows, 13 in number, m the right talon, and
an olive branch In the left talon. Above were
clouds and 13 stais and upon its field United
States of America.
The Dollar of Our Daddies.
wpitOM 1805 until 1830, inclusive," said Mr.
McClure, "there were no silver dollars
coined, but from 1840 to 1S63 we coined what
has been called the 'Dollar of our Daddies.'
On its obverse side was Liberty seated upon a
rock, supporting with herright hand the United
States shield, across which floats a scroll In
scribed 'Liberty,' and with her left hand sup
porting the staff and liberty cap, below the date
of coinage.
"On its reverse side an eagle with expanded
wings, bearing tho United States shield upon
its breast and an olive branch and three arrows
in its talons. Legend, 'United States of
America. One Doll.,' reeded edse, siz8 24.
From 185G to 1873 the same design was used, the
words 'In God We Trust' being added above
the eagle.
"Fioml874 to 1877 none were issued and tho
next design accepted was ttie present one in
use, which was struck off for general use in 1878.
On the obverso side we have the Liberty head
facing left, upon which is a cap, a wheat and
cotton wreath and a band inscribed Liberty.
Above tho band the words 'E Pluribus Unum
beneath, the date and 13 stars.
"Tho reverse side of our present silver
dollar," continued Mr. McClure. "has an eagle
with expanded wings, pointing upward; in its
right talon an olive branch with nine leaves; in
its left talon, three arrows: in tbe field above.
the words 'In God We Trust;' beneath, a semi
wreath tied and crossed, reaching upward to
tbe wings of the eagle. Legend, 'United States
of America. One Dollar.'
Tbo Trade Dollar.
tirraE trade dollars," continued jIr. McClure,
"were coined from 1873 to 1883, inclnsive.
Upon tho obverse sido of the trade dollar was
Liberty seated upon a cotton-bale facing left.
In her extended right band an olive branch. In
her left a scroll inscribed 'Liberty.' Behind her
a sheaf of wheat; beneath a scroll inscribed 'In
God Wo Trust," and below the date are 13
stars. On the reverse side an eagle with ex
panded wings. In its talons three arrows and
an olive branch. Above a scroll inscribed 'E
Pluribns Unnm.' Beneath on the field '420
grains 000 fine.' United States of America.
"There were." said Mr. McClure, "in 1836, '33
and '39 some designs struck off, but none of
them were accepted or put into general nse.
I believe that there were abont a thousand of
those of 183G wbich cot into circulation, but
not, of course, for general use"
Tbe niorsnn Design.
iTpDesionee Morgan, whose design upon
the present silver dollars was accepted, bad
been allowed his own way in the matter," said
Superintendent Bosbysbell, of the Mint, yester
day, "there would be no crying out. 'buzzard,'
as I understand the present desizn of the eagle
has been called,bat tbe dollar w ould have upon
its reverse side a natural eagle instead of the
present conventional one.
"Director of the Mints Kimberly, who was in
charge at that time." continued Mr.Bosbyshell,
"directed Designer Morgan to havo the eagle's
wings rise phcenix-like, and as a matter of
course he obeyed instructions. Regarding the
Liberty head on the obverso side, Mr. Zoeller,
the designer of the soldiers' monument which
is to bo placed in Garfield Square, Fottsrille,
said: T have sought everywhere almost for a
true head of Liberty, and I have como to the
conclusion that tbe best bead is that wbich at
tho present time has a place on our silver dol
lar. I propose to use it on account of its being
the best representation of Liberty that can, in
my judgment, bo found.
How tho Deslsn Wns Obtnlncd.
TyK. Morgan, in order to get tho design
for the head which was accepted and
wbich is on the face of our silver dollar of to
day, selected as his model Miss Annio Williams,
a young lady school teacher, who had, Mr.
Morgan said to me, 'the purely American
features.'
"Quite a number of peoplo havo been under
tho impression that Mr. Morgan's wife's head
had beon used as a model for the perfection of
tho design, but I know differently. At that
time I was the coiner of this mint, and Mr.
Morgan and I were quito intimate. I learned
who the lady was whose head was beingused as
a model, but of course it would havo boon un
becoming in me to have mentioned tbe matter
outside."
Among the street gossips the question of the
hour Is: "What kind of a face will we have
next on our silver dollars, and which way will
the eagle's wings point7"
A VERY ROMANTIC STORY.
Miss BInry A. Bean Suddenly Rises From
Poverty to Affiucncr,
Birmingham, Conn., February 28. The
mrraiage of Miss Mary A. Bean to O. S. Moses
in Santa Cruz, N. M., news of which was re
ceived here yesterday, brings to light a very
romantic story of the lady's early life. When
she was a small child, her mothor bolnc a poor
widow, she was adopted by a family named An
drews. She was not well treated by them, bnt
compelled to do all manner of hard work.
Her mother removed to a Western town and
soon after married a wealthy ranchman. Sho
sought possession of the child, but could not
gain it. Tbe girl was treated shamefully and
tbe little one tried once to throw herself in the
river.
One day a brother appeared and carried Mary
away. Her clothing was spread along tho
banks of the river and thrown in the water and
every ono supposed that thp child had been
drowned. The news of her marriage to the
wealthy yonng New Mexican was the first
knowledge that tho Andrews people had of her
being yet alive.
Could He Fire tbe Chancellor?
From the Philadelphia Record.
Bismarck does not propose to resign under
fire. But what if the Emperor should conclude
to do some firing?
' A COMPOSITE SEASON-.
At mora the heavens wear a summer blush,
And then we-liave a little fall of snow;
The aiternoon Is liko an antnmn lius't,
And In the night the mad March whirlwinds
blow.
In spots the grasses blow a vivid green,
While frost Is sparkling on the Iron pump;
A purple bud is ou the maple seen,
Then burst pipes make the plumber joyous
jump.
Olio moment sounds the catbird's merry note.
And then the jingling slelgli-bell and the sleigh;
Tl.cn we throw off our storm-king overcoat
To have a game of tennis or croquet.
First there's a biting bitter Iceland roar.
Then there's a balmy breeze enwrcathed with
sun.
This Is a composite season of the four,
Heatly made up and mingled into one.
-, K. X, in Puck,
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Wore About Citizenship.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I wish to reply to the answer (?) of one J. C.
P., which appeared in to-day's Dispatch to
my article on the definition of citizenship.
'He says "no one is a citizen until he is 21, no
matter whether he is a native born, an Egyp
tian or a Hottentot," and calls this an answer
to me and tells tho public that my head is too
small to carry all I know. But before lam
through with J. C P. 1 won't need to tell the
public tha size, or at least the quality, of bis
own head.
His answer is a mere assertion, without quot
ing any authority. I have not been so self-confident,
and have given my authority for all my
statements and I will give him a few more.
"All persons born in the State are citizens.
Irrespective of age, sex or Condition." (Morse
on citizenship, p igo 163.)
"Citizen and legal voter are not synonymous
terms. Minors and females may be citizens
and yet they are not lesal voters. (People vs.
Town of Oldtown. 88 HI., 203.)
Right here I am reminded of his citation of
Jeffcrion Davis being M) years old and not a
citizen. May I ask what has that to do with
the question! Was not Jeff Davis born a citi
zen and remained one for many years and was
disfranchised bvhis own act of disloyalty: but,
anyway, now doea that affect the question
whether ono is a citizen whilo a minor one way
or tho other.
Next time, my learned friend, please state
your authority. Law Student.
February 2S.
An Absurd nnd Unjust Law.
To the Editor of Thi Dispatch:
In your issue of this clay it is stated that "tha
Supreme Court's decision that a will, deeding
property to a married woman in fee simple,
wholly separate from her husband, gives her
onlyalifo interest in it, is one of the finest
achievement of hairsplitting on record since
the time of Hudibras." I supposo you refer to
the decision holding that where real estate is
deviled to a married woman for her sole and
separate uso she cannot sell the same unless
authorized to do so by the will. The law may
be absurd, but it is tho law. Tho people (in
cluding the lawyers) are to blame, and not tbe
body of men chosen by the people to administer
their laws.
Just bo long as it is the law that all persons
are competent to make contracts, pxcept in
fants, lunatics and married women, we must
expect to have such decisions. Abolish the
common law disabilities and repeal the statu
tory disabilities of married women, and "hair
splitting" will cease to bo a necessity In this
branch of the law. The married woman's law,
as it stands to-day, is contrary to common
sense. It bad its origin in feudal times, and
tbe reason for It has ceased to exist. Tha law
should tbereforo be abolished.
Commos Sense.
Pittsbdkg, February 28.
Betting on Elections.
To the Editor or Tho Dispatch:
Please decide through your paper tbe follow
ing: A and B have a bot on the election. A
says he can stop B from voting for betting on
election. B says he can't.
Please give it yourattentioo, as there Is quite
an argument here over tbe question.
Beaver Falls, February 23. Reader.
We think the fact that he has made a bet
does not disqualify a voter. But he can be
fined for tbe offense.
IUIn Pjrloa.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please give mo an address that will roach
Miss Parloa. H. 8. C.
TiTtrsviLLE, February 28.
Her permanent address is, Boston, Mass.
She has a cooking school there.
Sec Cervantes' Don Quixote..
To the Editor ofTne Dispatch!
Please state origin of phraso "Tilting at
windmills," quoted often by newspapers, and
the title of a story written by Emma M. Con
nelly and published In IfaiS. J. B. E.
McKee&port, February 28.
Address the Secretaries.
Kindly inform me to whom I should write for
information regarding tbe Young Men's Re
publican Tariff Club and tbe American Me
chanic!' Vine Cliff Council No. 107. F. a
Wilkinsburq, Feoruary 28.
Not Lfenlly.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
A constant reader of your paper would like
to know if a retail license man can sell at
wholesale. K. G. C.
Duquesne; February 23.
ONE MAX IX PITTSBURG
Who Is Anxlons to Itend tbe Speeches of
Senator Blnir.
Washington. February 23. In the Senate
to-day Mr. Blair said that ho had received,
this morning, a letter (one of many such) com
plaining that tbe A-sociated Press and the
newspapers of tbe countryfailed to give such
reports of important matters of debate in the
Senato as would properly inform the people
touching affairs in progress. He read the let
ter in question, which came from Pittsburg,
asking him to forward his address on the edu
cational bill, and stating that there were hun
dreds of thousands of people who would be
glad to read the debate, but bad no means of
knowing what he said. Tbe Senator then made
a bitter attack upon the press of tbe country.
Mr. Hoar found an excuse for the press in the
habit of Senators and Representatives prepar
ing long written speeches and delivering tnem
to empty benches.
Mr. Blair said that tbe remark of the Senator
from Massachusetts (Mr. Hoar)migbt,ormizbt
not bave been intended to have a personal
application.
Mr. Hoar Pardon me. It had no personal
application. ,
Mr, Blair I will pardon the Senator; but I
will proceed. There should be a provision
made for tbe peneral cheap circulation of the
Conaressional Record.
Mr. Sherman gave notice that as toon as tha
educational bill was out of the way he would
ask tbe Senato to take up the bill to punish
trusts and combinations and dispose of it as
rapidly as possible.
LUCO HE. CAPPELLEJi.
Possibly Ono of Ibo Heirs to a Sixty-Five
million Dollar Estate.
Springfield, O.. February 2S. Hon. W, S.
Cappeller. the journalist and railroad commis
sioner, seems likely to get a slice of the im
mense 65,000,00(1 Moffett estate in England,
now awaiting American claimants. He has
written to this city asking particulars as to the
case of James Moffett, the Clark county farm
hand, who is one of tho heirs. Mr. Cappeller
states that bit wife is presumably one of the
heirs, but that he never took stock in the mat
ter until it obtained such a wido notorioty in
the press of tho country through being sent out
from Springfield. He writes in the following
Characteristic language:
"Mrs. Cappeller is ono of tbe Moffett heirs,
and this matter has been discussed in the
family for years, but I bave always looked upon
it as one of those empty bubbles, or heirloom
rainbows, and bave neverglven credence to the
matter until I saw your article."
A Crnrle Reminder.
From the Philadelphia Times.
The constables are respectfully informed that
they are not expected to speaK easy when re
turning the speak-easics.
EDITORIAL WISDOM.
Philadelphia Inquirer : Democratic
papers are st.ll highly incensed at Speaker
Reed's despotism; hut the country sees how its
only effect was to bring delinquent Democrats
up to their duty, and smiles serenely.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Now that New York
City has no place tu put her S15.000.U00 raised
for tho World's Fair, why should she not build
the Grant monument which she so long ago
and so solemnly promised?
Nnw York World: Now that tho red fire
has been burned and the champagne has
ceased to fizz and serious minded citizens
of Chicago are beginning to realize the nature
of the burden they have taken upon themselves.
Can they hold a fair in 1S92 which will be a
credit to the country and the city? That's the
question.
New YonK Sun: Wo lean! with unaffected
interest and'urpriS3 from our esteemed Mug
wump cotemporary, the Boston JPotl, that "a
young "Englishman is to publish a key to
Browning's, novels." The Browning societies
in Boston, Chicago and Yawpmouth are re
quested to wear tbe customary badges of
mourning for 30 days.
Chicago Mail: A "young, good-looking and
well-dressed man" who has beon prowlingabout
in Astoria, L. I., kissing allthc pretty girls ho
met has been banded ovir tu the police by a
female school teacher. It doesn't take, much of
an intellect to figure out that tho school mis
tress was elderly and ugly, and therefore neg
lected by this Jack the Kisser. Had she been
full of the sweet condition of youth she would
have said nothing.
CUKI0US CONDENSATIONS.
A "Western man has discovered a proc
ess of making whisky out of beans.
A working philanthropist at Grass Val
ley. CaL, saws wood for poor women of that .
place free of charge.
An imported cat was sent a present to
an Allentown man, but a neighbor mistook it
for a wild animal, and hissed his bulldog on it.
SomeJoneJ has footed up 'and computed
the requirements of the bills introduced in
Congress and makes a total of over S1,GOO,000,-
At Johnstown a Hungarian was thrown
headlong from a fast freight train, and gather
ing himself np be started after the train to se
cure his dinner-pail.
Meddybemps, Me., boasts of a 6-year-old
boy who spelled over 400 words on examination
day. without missing L Evidently the spelling
book is not neglected in that school.
M. Chauteloup, an extensive brass
founder in Canada, who died last week, is re
ported to have left his vast business to three
foremen, with capital for carrying it on, and
his fortune (estimated at $S00,000), with tho ex
ception of a few thousand dollars in charity, to
thi,so who were associated with him in making
A nest of mice was found in a Penob
scot county. Me., man's overcoat after ho had
hung it up in a Bangor hotel. When called on
to explain the man said he hadn't put on tho
overcoat for two years till he took it down to
wlrtiB,an?,0,r5Datmon,ine- A" will ba for
given if he didn't carry away in the same coat
anything mora barmtul than mice, when ho
Icfi tbe hotel.
The girls in "The Gondoliers" have set
the fashion in long pendants for watches.
Some of tho chatelaines measure ten inches, at
the end of which dangles a watch set in a rock
crystal that, as a rule, keeps everything but
tune. The flat chain is not recognized, nor is
the fob. You must have a single cord, cable or
round link of tho modest watch-chain pattern
in gold, silver, platinum or a combination of
two.
A St. L5ui3 paper tells this seemingly
incredible story, that at a party a few mghta
ago a young man, while out upon the veranda
for a smoke, overheard his fiancee acknowledge
being in love with the man she was then with,
saw him Liss her and then heard her promise to
marry him. When they left ha was so stunned
that he stayed where he was until he was
startled by another couple coming to the same
window.
John Darby, a farmhand employed by
F. W. Stout, near New Brunswick, fell from a '
haymow Tuesday and injured his neck. A
neighboring physician was called in, who dis
covered that Darby's neck was nnjointed, and
he said that the man could live only afew hours.
Darby disagreed with the physician, however,
and said that hew ould get welL He was alive
at last account', and was quieting his nerveaby
smoking a cigar.
Theodore if. Brown, of the "Caspar the
Xodler" Company, describes a road experience
that must bave been rather peculiar. At Mans
field, O., the company had to rise at 5 A. M. to
catch a train. The people in the hotel where
they stopped positively refused to get break
fast. Tuo actresses of tha organization there
fore arose from their little beds, girded them
selves with apross, and. entennz the kitchen,
cooked a meal for all the company.
Private Secretary Halford, who took
quite an interest in finding the cruel "joker"
who sent a colored preacher, named Powell,
from Barton. Ala., to Washington, on a forged
telegram promising him a position at SI0O a
month, has been gratified by receiving dis
patches from Chattanooga, announcing tha
arrest there of an Alabama postmaster for tbe
offense. Tbe Chief Inspector of the Postoflice
Department worked the case personally.
A Fairfield, Ale., pastor took .'or his
text last Sunday the words: "Gold and silver
have I not, but such as I have I give unto you."
One of the pillars of tho church listened at
tentively to tbe discourse, and when the box
was passed found that the text exactly de
scribed bis financial condition, so be wroto it
on -a. slip of paper, sicned his name and put it
into tho contribution box. It is said to be tbe
only text he ever remembered untd he got
home.
Drowning was at dinner at the house of
a friend last summer when he saw tbe phono
graph for the first time. He was greatly inter
ested in it. and suited to repeat to It "The
Ride from Ghent to A!x." When half through
he stopped suddenly and exclaimed: "Good
gracionsll've forgot tbo resir The phono-
Kiauuuuuiuiij xejjuuiuu ail lit, liiiu saia. in
cluding the exclamation at tbe end, anthe
film upon which the poet's language was im
pressed is now preserved as a precious relic
An historic tree, on the old Elder Win
son farm in Johnston. R. I., has been felled. It
was a chestnut, and "had been utilized by the
Dorritcs in tho exciting times of the Dorr war
as a hiding place for guns." It stood in an open
field on the farm. The trunk, which was 0 feet
i inches in diameter, tad been hollow as long
as "anyone living can remember." and a tall
man coula enter and stand erect, with several
inches to spare above his head. Ono of tbe
limbs measured four feet in diameter. Tbe
tree was cut down because there was danger of
its falling.
A cannon, even though a small one, is
not usually regarded as a necessary part of an
explorer's outfit. Such a weapon has, however,
been trundled into Northern Thibet by the ex
pedition which the late General Prejevalsky
headed. According to RusBian reports this
cannon is expected to servo the very pacific
purpose of determining the rate at wmch sound
travels through rarefied airatbeishts of 12,000
feet and upward. Like firearms made for tha
African trade, its chief function will be to make
a noise, and it has the unique distinction ol be
ing a cannon with a purely scientific purpose. ,
A very laughable event occurred one
evening recently at the residence of a newly
mairied pair in New l ork. The husband being
in Boston and nut expected boma until the
theater train at midnight, the bride and some
friends, who had dropped in to pass the even
ing, thought it would be great fun to have
some table tippings and spirit rappings. Tha
first question was aked by the young wife,
"Where is my husband?" ana the dreadful raps
spelt out the letters "D-r-u-n-k." The climax
was rcacned a few minutes after when a tele
gram came trom tbe absent husband reading as
lollows: "Dear E. Have missed tbe train and
shall not be home until to-morrow morning."
POINTED JOKELETS.
JIcGore How was it Mike wasn't kilt
when ho fell down the shaft ?
O'Kore W by ho sthruck ou a bed of soft coal.
Binakamton Jtcpublican.
What the Judge Would Say. Jaci
(putting his arms around her waist) 'Wonder
what your father would say If he saw me now.
judge's daughter 1 commit you, sir, for em
bracery! Boston llerakt.
A woman identified a morgue body as her
husband's and buried it at some expense. Then
her separated husband turned" up andthanted
her. It was a grave mistake and she was In the,
deadwronjr. Ktw XorkEveninj World.
TIIE COAL MAN.
How glad both rich and poor would ba
When frlsid are the days
If menwho deal in coal could see
The error of their weighs I
Boston Courier.
Her Little Gift. Dear Old Aunty Bux
ton Your father tells me you've bought a seat la
the Stock Exchange, Burtls. I can't see as well
as 1 usetcr, an tbe stitches may be a trifle uneven,
but I hope you'll like this tidy I'vo made you to
put on it. Pus.
UNKISSED KISSES.
The kisses that are never kissed
Are said to be the sweetest
But those that are, I must insist,
Are surely the completest.
Funxsutawmy Spirit,
Retail and "Wholesale P.ates.-y'What do
you charge for performing the marriage cere
mony?" asked a prospective bridegroom of a
Chicago clergyman.
"Five dollars, "replied the minister; "but yoa
can save money by buying a commutation ticket,
six ceremonies for pi ' Sew for Sun.
HEB BUSINESS.
"When the pretty country schoolma'am Isn't
tryinjc
To guide her little flock on wisdom's way.
She is vcrr llkclv to be occupii-iR
Ilerscirin manufacture or crochet.
OrtattliiK, or embroidery, orscwlnjr.
Or some other nscful ornamental thin
1'or 'tis rumored 'rouud the district that she's
rolnsr
To be married in the early days ofsprlni.
-Puci
He Understood. "Miss Laura," said th
young man softly, "yon have never yet called m
by my first name, itwouiu seem so mucn more
more friendly If you would sometimes call mf
William." !
'You have a ml-MIe name, have you not?" In
nulrcd tha brantirui ?trl.
Yes. but 1 never nse If," he replied. "I
always write my name William D. Shackelford",
"Ah, yes," she murmured. ';me D, i oaro
sar. stands for Dennis." -i
Alrt-Shackelford did not stay long after uut-
Chicago Tribune.
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