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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. MAI- 5. 139a A POT AND KETTLE DEBATE. The discussion of the contested election cae, in the House yesterday, spread nearly oter the entire field of political charges and counter-charges. Intimidation in Arkansas, the Clayton murder, loaded ballot boxes, and the Dudley blocks-of-fivc business were all brought upon one side or the other. The public has reason to express gratitude that, with this range once taken, it did not drag in the Ohio ballot-box forgeries to boot. But what is the appositeness oJ fighting over all these issues" It is pleasant for tne nation to be assured by Mr. Cheadle that Dudley is innocent, and by Mr. Breckin ridge that he is a slandered man, although both gentlemen have omitted to claim op portunities to demonstrate their purity be fore competent tribunals. But do onr Con gressional friends imagine that it justifies tiie stealing of an election in Arkansas to say that Dudley was the agent of buying one m Indiana? Or, per contra, does th.. assertion that Dudley is a noble man prove that the Arkansas Democrats are black hearted villains? The sole question before the House was which of the two Arkansas contestants was fairly elected, and that is the question which seems to have occupied the least share of the attention of the House. Our legislators are in need of learning that intelligent political discussion should rise to a higher level than the recrimina tions of the pot and kettle. FOPULABITY VERSUS DELEGATES. Tne appearance of Major Montooth, Pills bury's gallant and popular candidate for Governor, is reported to have won many warm supporters at a meeting of the Union Veteran League at Altoona. It is not sur prising that the Major's engaging presence and winning eloquence should capture the hearts of his old comrades. Nevertheless his popularity is in danger of being classi fied with the warm affection of the Johns town people for General Hastings. They win the heart1; of the people, but the fates which preside over the issues of political conventions seem to have decreed that Dela mater shall win most of the delegates. The attitude of the supporters of the latter can didate might well be the philosophical one that they care not who gets the receDtions at Johnstown,or receives the plaudits of the veterans at Altoona, so that their man gets the delegates from the hands of the county committees THE STETJGGLE FOE THE CANAL. The contest in Maryland which is to de cide whether the last link of a possible trans-Allegheny canal, shall be preserved or not, has reached an interesting stage, as is shown by our special telegram. The raihoad effort to gobble the canal by means of that corporate agency, the Mary land Legislature, was on the point of suc enss. But the courts of Maryland, which the railroads have apparently neglected to acquire, step in with the appointment or receivers and an order to re port on the possibility of restoring the usefulness and traffic of the canal. This has given a slight check to the railroad operation through the Legislature, but there is yet a possible contest as to whether the Legislature will be most powerful in ad vancing the interests of the railroads or the courts in protecting the interests of the people. Pittsburg, to which this struggle means the destruction or preservation of a future water route to the ocean, will watch with great interest for the decision whether the corporate edicts or the welfare of the people will prove to have the greatest weight. EEPUBLICAN CLUBS IN NASHVILLE. The convention of Republican clubs at Kashville, which opened yesterday, is con clusive evidence that the world moves. Thirty years ago the at'empt to hold a Be publican convention in that city would have produced wholesale riot and murder; while now the people ot Ifashville welcome their visitors without regard to partisan feelings The progress from a later stage of sectional differences is shown by the practical recog nition on the part of the Bepublican leaders that Southern opinion is far more tolerant of Itepublican doctrines than it formerly was. The utterances in the convention have, of course, the usual stress of party feeling; but the practical effect of such a meeting in the South must be to bring the North and South more closely together and to ex tinguish the old misunderstandings upon -Inch sectional issues are wholly founded. NiAV YORK'S JEWEL. 2sew York did not get the World's Fair but it has many unique spectacles which H ill astound the great army of visitors from abroad in 1892 or 1893. They do not startle Americans very much now; we have become used to them. Among these exhi bitions of an extraordinary character is the most corrupt and depraved city govern ment in the world. New York may be too modest to acknowledge the accuracy of this statement, New York is notoriously modest. The latest view of Gotham's government is given to the world through the enterprise of the New York Herald. It exhibits with the minuteness of a photograph the system in vogue at the Ludlow street jail, a place where fraudulent debtors and witnesses are lodged and prisoners of a certain sort are held for trial. The jailors are to a cer tain extent unlike any that this country has ever known. For bribes at a sufficient size by no means small they have been ac customed to allow the prisoners liberty to come and go as they pleased, to play poker, -within the reasonable limit of two and a half dollars, to drink and to do anything.in short, they please. From "Warden Keating down to the meanest turnkey the jail officials have regarded their charges as a source of rev enue that and little else. Poor men were strictly locked upin tueir cells, and treated 'with grim severity. Itich men, so long as their money lasted, bad nothing to complain of, but their good times ceased when their purses ran dry. A Herald reporter enjoyed the freedom of the jail for several days and his revelations are likely to deprive New York of one of her civic jewels. A newspaper can find no nobler, no more patriotic service to render to the public than the exposure of such w itkedness. But with the rcrorm of the Ludlow street jail will New York be purged? Not by a large majority. THE MINE DISASTER The mine disaster of Wilkesbarrc, pre sents another terrible example of the perils of that underground industry. Tne case of eight men imprisoned nine in a burning mine, which has taken fire from a gas ex plosion, is one of such fearful peril that the whole country will share the suspense of their friends and relatives until their fate is known. The heroic conduct of one of the number who faced almost certain death on the chance tint he might warn the miners in the more remote parts of the mine, added fo the tragic event an imposing proof of the highest qualities of human nature. But while that m ignificent self-sacrifice lightens the gloom of the disaster, it will not be just to overlook the fact that the calamity is attributable to causes that might have been prevented. "Whether the ventila tion of the mine was sufficient or whether inspection might not have prevented the disaster are questions that will call for in vestigation: but the presumption from the fact that the mine was so full of gas as to cause the fire, is that some of these precau tions were neglected. But, wholly aside from that question, the report leaves no doubt that the explosion was produced by a neglect that has heretorore cost many a life in the mines. The gas was ignited by a naked lamp. Had there been none but safety lamps in the mine the disaster would not have occurred. The naked lamp has been the agent in producing many a mine fatality; and for the neglect which permits it to go an where near explosive gas, both masters and men are generally responsible. This disaster, like many another mine fatality, should enforce the lesson that in such a hazardous industry no precaution which can add to the chances of safety can be neglected. CAPTAIN E'CALLA VINDICATED. An officer of the United States man of war Enterprise has come to the rescue of Cap tain McCalla, who has been charged with cutting down sailors, bullvin officers, and playing tyrant in a dozen ways upon sea and shore. The vindication of Captain McCalla by his chivalrous subordinate is completely singular if not singularly com plete. He tells us that Captain McCalla did more to raise the standard of American seamanship tlian any man who has been abroad. He did this by practically forcing himself on the people over there. He dined with Queen Victoria at Osborne, with the Czar of Eussia al St. Petersburg, with Emperor "William at Berlin. At the naval review at Cronstadt, in which the fleets of Germany and Itussia pirticipated, he made the Enterprise one of the reviewing party, and took the head of the line. In conclu sion the Captain's advocate says. "We had a third rate tub, but Captain McCalla succeeded in making those people on the other side understand that this was quite a country over on this side of the herring pond." Captain McCalla did more than this if what his friend says be correct, he showed the Old "World what remarkable curiosities sometime obtain high rank in the United States Navy. "We think after this masterly defense that Captain McCalla need say nothing more in his own behalf. It would be superfluous. Alter such stupendous services to his country Captain McCalla might have chopped up a half dozen able seamen'with an ax; hanged all his officers at the yard arm and blown up the Enterprise in mid ocean with perfect propriety. The latest news of the gallant captain confirms us in the belief that he is too great, too unique a man to be allowed to waste his energies upon a war vessel. Mr. P. T. Barnum would give a big price for him. Captain McCalla captured Bermuda, which is strongly fortified, in an hour or two, and carried off a gigantic ransom of champagne under his belt. Secretary Tracy will see his way, we trust, to giving Captain McCilla a wider field to operate in. SCHOOLS AND SAVINGS BANKS. Interviews with some of the gentlemen connected with our schools, on the plan of establishing penny savings banks in con nection with the public schools, appear else where in this issue. Of course the tendency is for the opinion to range from support of the idea through the non-committal, to the adverse. No one will question the advantage of offering opportunity and inducements to children for saving. But beside the prac tical difficulties, there is a question whether the function ol the school system is to take charge of such a system. The work is monetary rather than educational; and it is a somewhat cogent point that the schools have all they can do to make their educa tional work reach the entire population of school age. In addition, the fact that the first tenta tive experiment of a savings bank run by governmental agencies reached a disastrous termination in the case of the Freedmen's Savings Bank, will be likely to make this country slow to adopt any modification of that idea. The timely suggestion is made by the Philadelphia Inquirer that a good settlement of tlio Montana squabble would bo made by re fusing admission to either set of tbe Montana Senators until the new State gets a Legislature that will attend properly to business. It would bo a first-class platform to assert that States which cannot have their business done lawfully, shall loso their representation; but; unfortun ately the dominant part) at Washington is gen erally too keen to strengthen itself, for any such policy to be adopted. The management of the Allegheny Car negie Librarj, according to tho policy sketched by some of tbo Councilmen of that city, would constitute a system of popular instruction on the subject of Councilmen. The inquiry into the case of a man con signed to Dixmont, concerning whose insanity a question has been raised, will come up to morrow. As tho case is one about which sensa tional allegations are made, it is well to remark that tho matter Is entirely one of testimony. There should be little difficulty in making the matter eleir whether the man is sane or insane. It is to be hoped that it miy be done so com pletely as to silence further disputes. " SriitiTS arc alleged to have located the Gogebic mines. Tho assertion may ba believed by a cood many people who put their funds into tbeso enterprises; from tho manner in Which their money has been spirited away. The effort of Virginia to refund her debt induces a Northern paper to remark that tho best way to refund a debt is to pay It But that is not what Virginia is after. The Vir ginian idea is to refund so as to escape paying. Pawns debts is altogether too commonplace and prosaic a method of disposing of them to say nothing of tho Inconvenience of raising money by taxation. PEBHArs New York will consent to offset the wide and woolly Western Idea of a corn palaco by making an exhibit of thaFour Hundred. That would be entirely free from any American characteristics. TnE ward school, board which finds the taxable property in its district so curtailed by the State's appropriation of land for the River side Penitentiary that it cannot raise enough money to meet its bonds has a claim on the public sympathy. The State should be pe titioned to give back some of the lost taxes or else to take the whole ward into the peni tentiary. The auto da fe of a Chinese joss in New York, by tho struggles of his discordant wor shipers calls attention to the cosmopolitan character of New York's religions, and tho perils of too much deification. It is reported from Maine that two years ago one citizen of Augusta called another a jackass, and smco then they have spent $1,300 in lighting each other in tho courts. It thus ap pears that the virtues of economy and truth would have been most fully attained, if the ag grieved party had simply wound up the con trol ersy by replying, "You're another." The assertion that Commander McCalla gave tho foreign nations new light on the American character, appears to have attained a halcj on and vociferous corroboration at Ber muda. A hundred-mile wide river at Cairo furnishes a superfluity of navigable water which would be better suited to the public needs if distributed in smaller installments throughout the year. This praetico of having the year's high water all at once is regarded as too much of what would otherwise be a good thing. The State of Maine gives out that she has a five million dollar ice crop ready to sell tho rest of the Union. There is reason to suspect that there is a good deal of water iu that totak COLOKEL "Watteeson will doubtless bo glad to learn that tho Sioux City people have rescued enough corn from the devouring grates and Look stoves of the WeBtto make a hundred thousand dollar corn palace. But New York remains unconsolable at tho idea of any at traction so vulgarly American. If the result of the joint vices of whisky and poker is to cause a Louisville bank defalca tion of 00,000, the wonder will grow that a single Kentucky bank can remain in operation. London reports state that a real live Countess is willing to introduce persons at Court for tho cash consideration of five thous and dollars. That is so cheap that there is danger of the New York aristocracy rushing in and creating a bull movement in the introduc tion market. "Westytew, "Washington, Sheffield and Kentucky are pouring oil upon the market, with the result of troubling instead of quieting the waves of speculation. The Eussian exiles who met in New York the other day and passed resolutions at tacking tho Czar for tho Siberian cruelties, aro taking a milder course than usual. The Czar w ill doubtless appreciate the resolutions a good deal more than if they had thrown dynamite. In the hands of the true Kentnckian the pistol is mightier than the sword, pen, or the strong right arm of the ear-puller. One of the unique features of the what few labor troubles are pending is that the strikes are either those of non-union men or of men who quit work against the orders ot their unions. The unions themselves appear to have learned that strikes are a last resort. PEOPLE OP PK0MLNENCE. Emperor William has appointed Navy Chaplain Wangemann the first Protestant clergyman in Zanzibar. PAnTiTiojr has just been made at Berlin of Empress Augusta's jewels. Many of them went to the Grand Duchess of Baden. Admiral Kimbebly, the hero of Samoa, has purchased a n use in the city of Newton, near Boston, and will make that place his home. When Mrs. Harnsou was m England she took lessons in cooking at the school of Mrs. Agnes Marshall, who found the American lady an apt and intelligent pupil. TnE wedding engagement is announced of Miss Emil Newcomb, daughter ot Professor Simon Newcomb, to Mr. F. A. Wilson, of "The Youth's Companion," Boston. General Clinton B. Fisk, who says a Prohibition candidate will be in the field in 1S92, paints tho prospect of that party in glow ing colors water colors, of course. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrett, Dr. B. M. Jacobs and Air. and Mrs. John Gill left Balti more yesterday for a trip to St. Augustine, Fla., Key West and Cuba, to be gone about six weeks. General Logstreet is keeping a hotel in the little town of Gamsville, Ga. Ho is a distinguished looking man with his English whiskers and mustache, and has made hotel keeping a success. Mr. Singerly, of tho Record, has com menced tho sale of first-class coal, 2,210 pounds to tho ton. at SI 50 per ton. This is a lower price than has ever been known in Philadel phia, or at least In this generation. Count Herbert Bismarck, during his sojourn in the Orient, lparned a now proverb which ho repeated in a recent speech: "lhero aro three things with which no man should play tho fire, because it can burn him; tho viper, because it can sting him; a woman, be cause she can love him. Mrs. Proctor, wife of tho Secretary of War, will leave Washington with her young son in a few days for tho Hot Springs, N. C, the baths of that place having been recommended by her physician for the cure of rheumatism, from which she has been a sufferer. Redfield Proc tor, Jr., has almost entirely regained his nealth. THE fOPOLATIOtf OP ILLINOIS. She Has Not Blade tbo Great Advance Somo Proplo Imacined. Irom the Chicago Tribune.! '1 he returns of the school census of 1SSD, cov ering all persons under 21, and all between 6 and 21, have been tabulated by the btato Super intendent of Education. They confirm tho statements madeby the Tribune oa the strength of tho similar returns of 1SSS, that the popula tion of the State outside of Cook and a few other counties is approaching a stationary con dition in some districts and is falling off in others. Tne result is that the census to be taken this summer will not show that Illinois has made tho great advance in population which some have hoped for and that tho strength of this county in the Congressional delegation and the State Legislature will be decidedly increased. The federal census of 1SS0 showed that just about 50 per cent of the population was undor 21. Were that same proportion to exist in 1890 it is evident that the total population would not be over 3,500,000. of which nearly a third will be within the limits of this county. A ULN WORM $50. she Lays Easier Esgs, nnd Una Begun limber Enrly This Year. V Columbia, Ind., March i Hiram Hall, of this city, has a freak of nature a hen that lays Easter eggs. It is a young pullet of the Ply mouth Rock variety, and for several days past, sinco she began laying, she has laid an egg ev ery day that is a deep pink all over, with a white spot on the small end. No coloring is necessary to prepare the eggs for Easter. An Indianapolis drummer has offered Mr. Hall $50 for the pullet, but the offer was declined. ISot Enriched by Pon Work. From the Baltimore American. William Waldorf Astor, the richest man in America, is the author of two novels. No ono, however, need argue from this that his money camo in this way. On tbo contrary, the wealth gave him tho leisure to write the books. Merely Cnlled a Qunrf. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Maryland promises to send forth 12,000,000 quarts of strawberries soon if no frosts occur in the meantime. In strawberry measure the standard is called a quart, because the average box holds less than a pint. THE TOPICAL TALKER, The Cable' Swiftness Demoralizlne Tho Entcst News of tho Astors Weather Note. i here Is one little drawback about tho Central cable cars," said- a lady who llvos among the mountains abovo tho city. I can never calculate how much time I ought to allow for a journey down town. You know we've been accustomed for years to take amule or horse car in tho morning, and, putting onr trust in Providence, hope to get down town some time before nipht Now, this afternoon I took a car at 4 o'clock and landed on Wood street at two minutes to four exactly. You see the cable beats time even." . Any news about tbo Astors is interesting just now. I am able without any breach of confidence to give an exclusivo account ot tho back yard of William Waldorf Astor's house on Thirty second street. New York, as it ap peared one day last week. This important con tribution comes to me in a letter from a Pitts burger who is staying in Thirty-second street. "This is wash day at the Astors," tne letter runs, "and the backyard, of which I havo a splendid view, is filled with clothes hanging out to drj. Tho Astors, poor things, appear to wear the same kind of clothes other folks wear. It pained me to notice this. The condition of the backyard gate also excited my astonish ment. Perhaps now, that Willi im Waldorf has como into his father's millions, he may bo able to fix that gate or buy anew one." 'T'nERE aro somo of my fellow citizens who are anxious to liao good authority for the spelling and pronunciation of tho word camel opard. the almost obsolete namo for a giraffe. The Century Dictionary which will be. when finished, tho greatest authority in America, spells the word as it is spelt above. It gives two forms of pronunciation, preferring neither. It divides tho word in tbrco syllables, thus Kamel-o-pard and Kam-e-lo pard. The letter o is lorg in both forms. The accent in the first case falls after 1 and in the latter after m. But it is a deuced sight easier to call the spotted beast with the long neck a giraffe and be done with It. encouraging trofanity. With summer sunshine, snow and rain, Mixed equally together, It Isn't easy to rclraln From swearing at the weather. . A pretty woman who walked down Sixth street at noon yesterday with a light spring bonnet on her head, a sealskin coat on her back, a terra cotta colored skirt, and rubbers over her shoes she carried dh umbrella also was armed cap-a pie for all weather. BETTER THAN A TONIC. Tho Dispatch Invaluable to Any Ono Who Desires to Keep Posted. From the Hollldaysburg Register. The Pittsburg Daily Dispatch is the paper that alwajs accompanies us home for our evening reading. It is our ideal of a news paperfilled with news of tho world in general the United States and Pennsylvania in par ticular. It Is invaluable to any one who des res to keep booked up in the stirring events of this wonderful nineteenth century. It has a number of specialties, among which aro its "Curious Condensations," which are the "boiled down" items of all tho wonderful and curious happeu ings: the "Topical Talker" and tho "Mail Pouch," which furnishes much valuable infor mation to inquirers. Its market reports are ex haustive and reliable, and the editorial depart ment gives voice to decidedly sound and inde pendent opinions. The Sunday edition of The DiSPATcn has attained a circulation of 53,000, which will be greatly increased. This edition is of mammoth size 24 pages and it is supplied with literature from the pens of the greatest writers of tho age. Each number is a monster magazine of choice literature The Dispatch is essentially a caper for the people. While wo are somewhat extended in our remarks wo feel that The Dis patch deserves all wo can saj of It and more, too. A DOLLAR WORTH $S50. Tho Lons-Iiookcd-For nnd Ulucti Sousht Piece of Silver Found. From the bt. Paul Pioneer rres6.; A fact of greatest interest to numismatists is tbo finding of the missing 1S01 silver dollar. Only four silver disks of this date were ever put into circulation, and for years the where abouts of the fourth has been eagerly searched for, the owners of tho other three being known. Of course tho limited number gavo the silver quarter a fancy price in the eyes of coin collectors, and they have been held at, relatively speaking, enormous figures. Many people throughout the country have religiously looked at the date of every dollar received in the hope of finding the valuable dollar. A few days ago Dr. Edward Walther walked into the Commercial .National Bank and produced tbe sought-for piece. He had found it in the Southern part of the State, where it had reposed no ono knows how long in the stockingof a Norwegian. Ihe Doc tor parted with $150 in currency bills to obtain the treasure; but as the dollar is listed by coin dealers at t50 he will hardly be a loser by the operation. At present ho announces a deter mination to keep it, but the temptations of ardent numismatists may cause him to change bis mind. Bauk officials state that there Is no question of its genuineness. Something of n tfovcltr. From the Rochester Advertiser. The Cosmopolitan Magazine annonnces that next month Murat Halstcad will undertake for it a new department, "in which ho will discuss tbe leading topics of the day with a non partisan touch." The idea of Murat Halstcad writing anything "with a non partisan touch" is a delicious new triumph of hope over ex perience. Died nnd Hurled nt Hen. San Francisco, Cal, March 4 Captain David Graham Simpson, master of the British ship Benares, which arrived here to-day from Newcastle, England, died at sea of consump tion, February 9, and was buried at sea Tho deceased was a native of Scotland, aged 20 years. He leaves a wife and child in .Scotland. Ihe ship arrived here under command of John McDonald, who was chief officer. Injunction Aenlnsc bale ot Water Bonds. Chicago, March 4. Howland & Elli, a firm of Boston contractors, secured an injunction beforo Judge luley thib morning restraining H. A. Kean & Co., bankers, from disposing of the bonds of tho Waterworks Company of Watertown, S. D. DEATHS OF A DAY. Dr. William C. Lane. rSFECTAL TELEGRAM TO TJIE DISPATCH. Ciiambebsbubg, March 4. Dr. W 1111am C. Lane, of Mercersburp, died this evening, aped C5 j ears, after a short illness which followed an attack of the rip. He was ono of the most eminent physi cians in faouthcni Pennsylvania, a loc-d historian of wide repute, a veteran of thclatcwar. and a brother of Dr. Samuel O. Lane, who died last summer. Two orhls brothers, Ihomasll. Laie, of the Arm of Wolf, Lane & Co., and Augustus II. Lane, reside in Pittsburg. Editor Edwin Covrles. CLEVELAND, March 4 Mr. Edwin Cowles, edi tor of the Leader, died this morning, aged Co years He had been confined to his house during the past three weeks most of the tirtic to his bed. He was suffering Irointhesameheart and stomach troubles that have afflicted him daring tho past four years, and it was honed by his ramlly and irlends that n e w ould recover sufficient htrength to enable him to give attention to business again before long. Mrs. Mnry Dixey. WHEELIVO, W. Va., March 4. Sirs alary Dlxer, the oldest female resident of heeling, died at the age of 98 last night Mrs. Dixey was a native of Ireland and emlxrated to England in 1811. She came to America "fl years later. Her relatives elalin she was never sick a day tn her life; never had the services or a physician, and was never even known to cough or complain of a cold. Colonel J. Mervim Donahue. San FRAt.cisco, March 4. Colonel J. Mervyn Donahue, President or the San Frarcisco and Northern Pacific Hallroad, died last evening. Ho bad been confined to his bed for over two months, suffering from a complication of stomach and lung troubles. Of late his stomach had been so weak that no food could be given him except In a fluid state. Judge Dnule! K. Tildru. Cleveland, O, March 4. Judge Daniel It. Tllden died at his Homo in the East End this even ing. He was 84 jears old, and for33ia-s was Probate Judge ot Cuyahoua county. Ho was a member of Congress during the Mexican War, and during his career a figure In Northern Ohio. WOMEN WHO WANT THE BALLOT. An Interesting Meeting of tho Woman's Club Mrs. Rnuiaey Relates the Pro I cecdlnes of Iho "nffrnuo Meetina Money to be Sent Into Dakotn. Etormy weather notwithstanding, a decidedly interesting meeting of the AVoman's Club was held yesterday afternoon in tho Teachers' Li brary. In the absence of Mrs. Chatles I. Wade, the President, Mrs George H. Taylor, tho First Vice President, occupied the chair. An exceeding enjoyable and instructive paper was read ty Mrs. S. L, Fleishman on the life and reign of King Philip II. of Spain. Mrs. Fleishman, in an exceedingly pleasing manner, enlivened the facts concerning the great mon arch's career, which wero authentic and con clusive, with original observations and reason ings from causo to effect, thus making tbe brief recital of Spanish history exceptionally rich. After tracing the life of tho noble from his birth up to the time of his death in a mannor that showed wonderful research, Mrs. Fleish man, In a clear, logical style, summed up his entire reign and spoke of the benighted condi tion into which ho had plunged his country, then the most flourishing one m the world a condition of darkness and superstition from which it has never emerged. A discussion followed the readinc of tho paper, in which all tho members took part, and, a la Lady Teasel, Philip ought to have been present to havo looked after his character. Everyone knew something about him, but not one had ever heard or read of aredcemmepoint to balance, in a small way, his many evil propensities. Mrs. Dr. Ramsey, who, independent of tho club, attended the National Woman's Suffrage meeting in Washington, D C, recently, by the unanimous request of the President and Club, told of tbe doings in Washington. She said tho meeting was a success in every way It was romposed of representative women from all portions of the Union, who wore not, as some might infer, of the masculine order, but thor oughly womanly women, very much in earnest as regards suffrage. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Wallace, the mother of Mr. Lew Wallace, were all present, and took an active part in the meetings. Mrs. Ramsey compared the session in the House of Representatives, which sho attended tho first day, where tho utmost disorder prevailed, with tbo quiet parliament meetings tho ladies had, in a way that ought to mako even a Congress man blush She said Susan B. Anthonj was really tho only one who was out of order, and her extreme ago and the work she had accom plished in tho field was sufficient excuso for her. The meetings wero atten3ed by a great many gentlemen who listened intently to everything that was said and knew just when to applaud, thus provinov, thev were in sympathy with the ladies. Some of the prominent politicians at tended the meeting and made addresses, assur- the ladies of their support. Mrs. Johns, the Kansas lady, who lectured recently, attended the Washington meeting and gave tbe ex periences of tho suffrage movement in her State. The object of the convention was to unite tbe two distinct suffrage par ties, the National and tho Inde pendent, which was accomplished All sido issues are to bo dropped by the ladies, even prohibition, and the entire forco of the society devoted to tho ono aim of obtaining the ballot. Tho fight is in South Dakota just now, and there the workers and the money collected by the delegates will go. Rev. Anna Shaw as elected public lecturer, and will devoto her time and talent, which is great, it is said, to that special branch of the work. FAEEWHL TO 1HEIE IIOME. Mr. nnd Mrs. F. E. Mooro Will Donrd Whllo Their House in Building. In response to invitations issued by Mr, and Mrs. F. E. Moore, of Franklin street, quite a gathering of merrj -makers spent last evening at their residence. It was a sort of farewell party, as the Moores are going to discontinue housekeeping for a j ear and tako apartments in a boarding house, while a new mansion is in the process of con struction. Tho evening was spent in progressive euchre, and concluded with a lovely supper served by Kenncdj. THEY PLAYED HALMA. Tho New Society Gnino Introduced In Allc Bhcny Last Mght. Mr. andMrs. Isaac Taylor entertained a num ber of their friends last evening at their homo on North avenue, Allegheny. Tho new game, progressive halma, was tbo pastime of tho evening. Halma is considerably like chess, played with a board similar to a checker board, and differ ent colored men. It promises to be very pop ular, as people generally are becoming so weary of euchre The interest of the game last even ing was quite intense. A repast by Kcnneay closed the festivities. Otto Ilesucr, the Boy PInnlst. Tho coming of Otto Hcgner, tbe phenomenal prodigy pianist, is arousing great interest among Pittsburg lovers of music and the chances aro for a largo audience on Triday night It is stated that the wondorful adroit ness the youngster displays in elaborating a simple theme furnished by any one of the au dience, excites the greatest astonishment. Tho sale of scats at Kleber's promises very well. WHAT THE WORLD WEIGHS. Tho Lond Atlas Had to Carry Runs Up Into Twrnly-Two Insures of Tons. Somebody suggested a while ago that the world should be weighed. It is hard to see why an j ono wanted the world weighed unless ho wished to buj it at so much a pound or unless he expected to havo it weighed and found it wanting. Howover.Mr Greville WalpolcLL. D., of London, says the world was successfully weighed many j ears ago, and its woightwas found to be 5,875,000,000,000,000 000,000 tons' Any body who wants the earth can now realize how greedy ho is. What a load poor old Atlas had to carry I McClelland's Travels Abroad. There will be afreelecturo at the chapel of the Point Breczo Presbyterian Church by Prof. II. T. McClelland, under the auspices of the Puint Breeze Lecture Society, to-morrow evening at S o'clock Subject. "Trnels Abroad." It will be followed by a musical entertainment. Their Wny Isn't Tailing, irom the Philadelphia Press.: The report that Silcott, the absconding cashier, has been caught, is not credited by tho Congressmen whom Silcott robbed. Tho de tectives who have chased tho fugitive have as yet shown nothing like a catching act. 13IT0ETED ODDITIES. Volapuk is now 11 j ears old, and it is as serted that 5 000,000 persons aro able to uso it. Oistek suppers after tho theater have just been intioduced as a feature of French social life, and are said to be popular. The salo of intoxicating liquors has been forbidden at the restaurants attached to the railroad stations in Victoria, Australia. The railroads are State institutions. Thkee children in the Sheffield Workhouse were done to death a few das ago by the medi cal officer, who carelessly wrote a prescription for 20 grains of Dover's powder in ten packets instead of for ten grains in 20 packets. It is alleged that tho Turkish man-of-war Erzegroul, bearing a decoration for the Mikado of Japan, is detained at Singapore because her Captain has no money enough to pay the port charges or to buy coal with which to continue the journey. Sib Henry Parkes, tho political leader of Australia, owns a sixpenco which was tbe firt money he ever earned He stepped asboro penniless and friendless at Sjdney half a century ago, and got tho sixpence for holding a horse in front of a tavern while the owner went inside to get a drink. The Sanitary Commission at Constantinople relieves tho fears of those who have waited for an epidemio of cholera to follow tbe grjp by announcing that tho recent alleged discovery of the disease iu an epidemic form in Mesopo tamia is urfounded, and that there is no trace of a disease anywhere in the Turkish Empire. Clot Bey, the founder of modern medicine In Egypt, says that it requires as much surgery to kill one Egyptian as soven Europeans, and thers is no doubt that Egyptians bear surgical operations with extraordinary pluck and suc cess. A man In a native hospital who has had his thigh amputated at 2 o'clock is sitting up and quite lively at 6 A printer's error has been detected in the last issue of the Bible from the Cambridge Press In Isaiah, -tlviil., 13 the word ' lounda tion" is begun with an "r." iustead of an 1 " Tho mist ike was aiscovered by a young son of the Rev. Dr. L Adler, who has receivea the standing reward of a guinea offered for tbe de tection of such an error. OUR MAIL POUCH. Tho Proposed Trnns-AHcBhcny Canal A Route, via tho Yougliiosbeny River What It Would Cost lo GetThronsb Ibo Mountains 350,000,000 aa Estimate. To the Ldltor or The Dispatch: T am glad to seo the Interest taken by THE DISPATCH In reviving an intorest in the subject or a trans-Allegheny Canal. When we consider the magnitude of the commerce, as it exists to day, between tho Mississippi Valley and the lake regions and tho seaboard, and the phenomenal rapidity of its growth, and then think of the restrictions which tho topography of the country presents to duplicating either canals or railroads, every practicable route promises to possess 'groat importance in the future. Pittsburg, at the head of the Ohio river, is the key to the Mississippi Valley, and beore long it will bo demonstrated that a ship canal is entirely practicable to connect her with tho lakes. Sunpose wo grant that such a canal from the lakes to Pittsburg were in ex istence, and that vessols of 1,000 or 1,3)0 ton3 actual carrying capacity reached this harbor with ore and other freight from the Northwest, it would not be long until tho demand for the extension of the canal would be heard from Baltimore and Washington. Immense quantities of grain are now carried on the heavy grades over the Allegheny Moun tains to reach tho tido water ports of the Ches apeake Bay, and this being tho case; tho ques tion simply is: Can a canal bo built across these mountains which can carry produce more cheaply than the railroads are now doing, or are likely to do in the future? It is to be rocollccteu that a canal hero is noc brought into competition with level or even low grade railroads. And another thing also is to be remembered, that if such a canal is ever constructed it will be a national undertaking and made tree, as tho Erio Canal of New 1 ork is now practically free. I think there is no doubt that a large sized canal particularly if it be free can successfully compete with the railroads. Very much could be said on this subject, but as I desired only to speak of routes I must forego the question of rates fortho pres ent. piiE DiSPATcn will no doubt bofore long discover that its first proposition, to take the canal via Mqrgantown, is a mistake. A glance at a map ofWest Virginia will disclose the fact that there are three parallel rivers run ning north toward Pittsburg. These are theTy gart's Valley, the Cheat and the Yougbioebeny rivers. The Tjgart's Valley lies to the west of the other two. Morgantown is on the Tygart's Valley route. Suppose, from Morgantown on the Monongahcla river, or from some point above say Grafton, on the Tygart's Valley a tunnel "through the mountains" was under taken; said tunnel would merely let the canal through to the Cheat. Then another tunnel would let us through to tho head waters of the Youghiogheny, and still we would be west of tbo Allegheny range. True, we might go up to the heads of the Tygart's Valley river and cross over to the south branch of th") Potomac, cn cumscribing tho Cheat and the Yough, but such a route would be not less than 200 miles longer than the natural route, which is up the Youghiogheny. This route was faithfully survej ed in 1S7I and 1ST5, under Colonel Merrill's direction, by Colonel Thomas Sedgwick, and in the reports of those officers full details may be had. The following presents a summary of the tcatnres of this route Length, via the Youghiogheny, Castlemans and Mills creek route, from Pitts burg to Cumberland, about 152 miles. Elevation of summit tunnel near Mjersdale. 1,941 feet above tide; length of tunnel, 3 miles. On the Youghiogheny river 15 dams would be re quired to reach Connellsville. Thence to the summit there would bo a canal, with locks 120x 20 feet, 7 feet in depth. A very considerable part of tho lift on both sides of the mountain it was proposed tooveicomo with hydraulic in clined planes The cost of this project was esti mated to be about S2o 000,000. TN the light of tho times and with the known development of business sinco Colonel Mer ritt's surveys were made 15 years ago, an esti mate of SoO.000,000 w ould probably be demanded now, the excesss going into an enlargement of his proposed canal and the entire reconstruc tion of tho Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland to Washington. Nothing short of an entire reconstruction of that old canal would be for a moment considered, in view of makirg it a part of a grand national highway. Tho sum of 550.000,000, to be spent in making a modern first class canal to connect the waters of Chesapeake B ly with the Ohio river, is not a great amount when we consider tho advantages which would accrue irom tho expenditure. I should add that tho only route which Is deemed practicable for a canal rivaling the Yough route, is ono projected up the Kanawha to tho James river, making Richmond its sea- Sort, and known as the James river and lanawha route. PASCHALL. Fittsbueq, March 4. riettlns on Elections. To the Editor of The Dispatch. The inquiry made In Saturday's DiSPATcn as to whether a citizen can bo denied hi3 right to vote as a penalty for betting on the result of an election is an old question and is additional evidence of the tardy manner in which men learn their rights, and proves also how few of them read and understand the Constitution. It is proof, too, that few comprehend the dif ference between the character of the Constitu tion and statutory law. If your correspondent will turn to Art. VIII of the Constitution and read the first section thereof he will know who can vote at elections and on what condi tions. These qualifications being fixed and de fined bj tho Constitution, they cannot possibly be chanced, modified, enlarged or abridged by any legislative action any statute law. No power on earth, except the citizen himself, by his own neglect to comply with the require ments ot the organic law. can possibly deprive him of the right of suffrage. It makes no dif ference what, or how many, acts of the Legis lature he mav violate. Ho may be a thief, a murderer, perjuror, or what ho mar, bot if he meets the requirements of the Constitution in every particular as to the subject of suffrage and can get to the polls on election day. no man dare deny his right to vote. 1 o pass a law forbidding and punishing bet ting on elections, horse races or on the result of an contest is a prerogative of tho General Assembly, hut it possesses no authority to designate, as a penalty for such betting, the forfeiture of a constitutional right. On our statute books wo find two such acts ono in re card to betting on elections, and the other for desertion from the army but our Supreme Court has declared them unconstitutional and void for the reason already stated. E. New Bbiqhton, March & Dollars or IMS. To the Ldltor of The Dispatch: f sea In Saturday'3 DISPATCH that R. A. Mclure gives a complete history of tho coinage of tho American silver dollar from its be ginning to tbo present time. I have in my possession two American silver dollars of 1798. each of a different design. Can jou tell me if there is a premium on them. Berlin, Pa , March 3. There are two 17BS dollars. Those with the small eagle aro quoted at ?5 each. Thoso with tho largo eagle Ell For tho Curloas. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you please inform mo if horsehairs placed in water will in timo become snakes, or under any condition become endowed with animal life ? H. W. CONNELLSVILLE, March 4. Unrrslstercd Drncslsts. ' To the Editor of The Dispatch. Could jou kindly inform me. through the columns of your paper, what States or Terri tories have no law requiring the registration of druggists ' Fkaxisms. Pittsburg, March 4. A Civilizing Doctrine. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. J Speaker Reed takes the v lew that a killing in Kentucky brings no distinction to the victim. Tho spreading of such a doctrine would mean the civilization of tbo State. FRIENDS WE NEVER FORGET. There are friends that we never forget; There are hearts that we ever bold dear; A e may meet with a kiss In a moment of bliss, et we part with a sigh and a tear. Oh' we learn our Hi tt lesson of love At the home where our childhood Is passed. And we nevr r forget T ho we part with regret. The friends of our jouth till the last; cnoncs. There are friends that we never forget; There arc hearts that we ever bold dear; e may meet with a kiss In a moment of bllaS, t et we part with a sigh and a tear. There are friends that wo never forgot; Iho' the sea maj divide us for years; tor we linger apart Vv ith a sorrowing reart In an absence trat only endears. 11 ere are friends that we rcver rorgct; 11-ercarc hiarts that we ever hold dear; Tho' we find hi t a few That are earnest and true, Yet hew sweet is our passing careerl A EIDICDI.0DS FARCE. Tho Present Senatorial Search for the Se cret Session Leak. ii-koji a STAirr conr.EsroifDEVT.j Washington, March 4 Everyday tho Sen ate, in trying to hedgo about tho sacredness of the secrot session, is only succeeding in mak ing tho secret session more ridiculous, but the report that Senators are seriously discussing the abolition of the press gallery is going a little too far. The suggestion of such a move ment would be almost too good to bo true, for if made and carried out it would so arouse the newspaper press of the whole country against the secrot session as to make its abolition certain. Any Senator who would suggest or vote for the suppression of the press gallery, so convenient and necessary to correspondents, would by that act end his Senatorial life with the end of Ins current Senatorial term. The truth is that not a fitbe of what purports to "leak" from the secret session does so. The reports are usnally made up from what tbe correspondent knows of the attitude of Sena tors, gathered from lobbyists and others who converse with them, and are often interested with them, and from words dropped here and there to friends by senators themselves. In thi3 way it is eenerall) known who is to speak, and what sido Is to be taken, ana tho correspondent's knowledge of the man supplies the re3t. On questions of any importance there are always influential constituents of Senators interested one wav or tbe other, and these learn from Senators themselves the pro ceedings of the secret session on that question and are often anxious to havo these proceed ings aired In the press. It was in this way that the action in the matter ot the confirmation of Warmouth, as Collector of Customs at New Orleans, leaked out. Prominent Republicans who were fighting Warmouth had lntimato friends among Senators who at once gave them the result and details of the secret session, and theo gave them in turn to newspapers which had interested themselves to fight Warmouth. Furthermore there are Senators not a few who havo a more or less open contempt for the se cret session, and take a somewhat malicious de light in slyly giving awav the performances In se cret session of thoso Senators wboare most solic itous fur the maintenance and sacredness of tho star chamber proceedings. The present farcical investigation is doing more to arouse general opposition to the secret session than anything that has happened for a long timi. and will contribute to what must bo the final result, the holding of executive sessions with open doors. STATE TARIFF REF0EU LEAGUE. Letter From Grovrr Cleveland Read Be fore Ihe Indianapolis Convention. Indianapolis, March 4 The State Tariff Reform League met in Masonic Hall to-night with 3C0 delegates present, Tho meeting will continue through to-morrow. Judge D. P. Baldwin, of Logansport, a leading Republican, presided. Speeches were made by J. Bovd Winchester, of Kentucky: Thomas G. Shear man, of New York; C. S. Darrow, of Chicago, and others. The following letter from ex Presidont Cleveland was read- J. ew York, February 15, 1830. Edgar A. llrown, Fq.: 31a Dear but Though mr letters to Democrat ic and 1 ariff Iteform Assemblages have lattlvbecn very frequent, I cannot deny your request lo say a word of encouragement to the larlrf Reformers who will meet at the First Annual Convention of the Indiana Tariff Reform League on the 4th of March. I am very much pleased with the dUii UDon which your league seems to be orgauized. It conveys a suggestion of pnctieal work in the field of information and en lightenment. lhls,lf persistently carried ont,can not fill of success, of course we do not approach the American people, assuming that they jre Ig norant or imp itriotlc. Hut we know that Ihey are busy peonle and apt to neg lect the study of public questions In the engross ment of their daily avocations thevare too ready to rel upon the Judgment and avowed principles of the party with which they have rifnillated as guides to their political actions, in this way they have become slow to ex imine for themselves the questionsof tariff reform, if in the lightsof rea sonable and simple arguments, and of such ob ject lessons as are being constantly placed before them our people can be induced to Investigate the subjects, there need be no fear as to their conclu sion. The Democratic party, as thepartvof the peo ple, oppot-ed to selfish Fchcinea which ignore the public good, and pledged to the interests of all their countrymen, instead or the rurtherance of tiie Interests of the lew who seek to pervert gov ernmental powers fnrthclrenrlchment,was never nearer to its fund mental principles than was It In Its contests for tariff reform, ft certainly adds to the satisfaction with which we labor in this cause to be assnrcd that In our efforts we not only serve our party but all the people or the land. Yours verv truly. ORlrt ER CLEVELAND. A POOLING SCnUIE PROPOSED To Give Each of Iho Bin Trunk Lines Its shore of Daiiness. fSrECIAL TELEGTU.M TO THE PISPATCn.I New York. March 4. Having divided the third class business equally among the eight roads, tho general passenger agents of the trunk lines have a scbemo to pool all the com petitive first and second class business out of New York. As this is probably tbe first timo that pooling has been attempted since the inter- State commerce law was passed, tbe matter will be of interest to every railroad in the country. Tbe intention seems to be. not to raise the rates, but simply to effect an equitable distribution of tbe business. The basis to be taken in decid ing the percentages will probably be the pro portion of competitive business that each road got last year. Tho last three months of 18S9 give a pretty good idea. The Now York Cen tral Railroad during that period got from 10 to 41 per cent of all first class passengers and 12 to 4 per cent of second class. The Erie's share of first class was 11 per cent and of second class 10 per cent. If, during a given month the Central get3 150 first class passengers moro than Its per centage, while tbe Erie gets 100 less and the Baltimore and Ohio 50 less than its share, the plan of equalizing percentages would be to take 150 immigrant passengers out of the Central's quota for the same month and give 100 ot them to the Erie and 50 to the Baltimore and Ohio, in addition to the one-eighth which the latter each get. The difficulty will be in determining what per centage each road is entitled to. Ihe weaker lines always demand more than thev got In the past. If this plan is carried out tbe Western roads will havo to accept what 13 given them and won't be able to dictate. AMENITIES OF CLDB LIFE. Astonishing Amount of Blnckgnnrdlogn Man Stands After a Dinner. From the Boston Globe.: Theymnst be very tenderwith one anotherat the Providence Press Club dinners. I hear that the Governor of Rhndo Island was intro duced at the last dinner as "the producer of cheap hosiery ana cheaper statesman ship, and both for sale," while an other distinguished guest. General John M. Brennan was celebrated as a "warrior who never drew a sword except in a raffle." It Is marvelous how much blackguarding an ordi narily sensitive man will stand after enjoying a dinner. FROM 0RLG0.N TO JAPA.N". A New Line of Steamers Between Portland anil Asiatic Ports. Portland, Ore., March 4. Contracts pro viding for a monthly line of steamers between Portland and Asiatic ports were executed yes terday in San Francisco by the Union Pacific Railway officials, and Frank Upton, of Kobe, Japan. The first steamer is announced to ar rive here in June with new crop teas. OF POPULAR IMEREST. Sr. Paul Olobe: Missonri Intends to send a regiment of colonels to the World's Fair, and compete with Kentucky. FHiLADELFniA Times: Sullivan knocked Kilrain out in Mississippi and the Mississippi law has knocked him in the jd.il. Cincinnati Enquirer: Tom Piatt indig nantly denies that he has bought any real estate in Chicago. Then they ought to give him some. New York Tribune: "The fair is not for Chicago alone," says a Chicago paper. Yon should have thought of that awhile ago. Come, now, put upt Stop begging and put up! Philaedlphia Jiecord: Like the sturdy German that ho is, Prince Bismarck set an ex ample to all his fellow subjects by marching to the polls the other da) and casting his ballot in accordance with his opinions. Philadelphia Inquirer: Considering the humdrum nature of the proceedings H the Senatemo3toftbetimc.it is remarkable that so many men should ih to go to that body who can easily afford to stay away. PHiLADELPHiA-frew; NewY-ork proposes to spend about 2,UOO,000 annually for several years to come in paving its streets, and If the work is well done it will not only benefit that city, but will serve as an example to other cities that stand in need or similar Improve ments. NfwYork World: Among ZadMel's pre dictions for February was the following: "The Comte de Pans will suffer irom the oppositioa of Saturn to the placa of the sun at his birth." This was a fine astrological shot. But the fact is that the Cointe is suffering from the oppo sition of theFrench paoplo to bis son In his freshness. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A young burglar at Bangor, Me., after breaking into a house, contented himself with stealing some candy. The wolf recently hunted at Liltiz was "stunned" with a club before the dogs got atit, and it will be hunted again as soon as it suffi ciently recovers. G. S. Keville, of Columbia county, Ga., has an Infant daughter 22 months old that knows every letter in tho alphabet, and can count as high as 100. An eccentric old lady, living near Dresden, Tenn , has purchased her Dunal robe. She is 70 years old and insists that she cannot last much longer. At Tallapoosa Church, Ga., IastFriday, Mr. Anthony Crumley, who died aged TS, and his sister, Mrs. Ferrell, who died aged 80, wero buried in tbe same grave. "No money paid or being given at this office for votes," is the notice which a Reading, Pa., Alderman, who is a candidate for re elec tion, has posted in his office. Eight different brewers in Cork have amassed fortunes exceeding 16,000,000 each, and most of the money has come from the men who buv by the glass or pint. A Cincinnati man who has preserved a record of 320 railroad accidents happening in this country in the past year, finds that only 13 out of the lot occurred from causes beyoud human control. A Burlington, If. J., couple started a few nights ago to row across tho river to call on somo Bristol friends, when the fog de scended around them and they were lost, They drifted on tho river all night. John McLaughlin, of Crescent City, was walking along the bush a few days ago when he picked up a piece of quartz at the roots of a small tree. It was so rich with gold that be took it home and extracted SS. At a recent great ball at the Eussian court all tne ladles appeared in white, without any other ornament than diamonds, pearls and thoirown beauty. The Empress herself was present and danced in nearly every dance. Prince Albert of Monaco is said to in tend to devote the $i50,0C0per year that he gets from tbe gamblers to the completion of the Cathedral and other public improvements. He is very wealthy himself and has an enormously rich wife. A widow in New York has, it is said, brought a suit for damages agairsta well known neurologist for taking her husband's brain, and also for violating an alleged con tract to give her $1,000 for using her hnsband as a medical object lesson. "W. S. Eawles, of Pern, has a silver spoon which was among the plunder taken from a British gunboat by a party of American soldiers, among whom was his grandfather, in 17S1. and tbe spoon has been iu the possession of the family eversince. The postage on a letter from the United States through England to India is 5 cents. The postage on a letter mailed in England for India is 10 cents. On account of this tbe English business public is making a big kick against tho English postal department. The authorities in Berlin have just dis covered a cunning method devised to circum vent tbe law prohibiting the importation of American hogs into Germany. American hams are now taken to Holland, where they are smoked and then sent over the frontier aa Dutch bams. Vaqueros driving a baud of cattle to Sierra City, last month, were overtaken by tbe great snow storm. They knew the locality of a haystack, however, which they reached by sinking a shaft 25 feet in depth through the 'snow and by that means secured feed for their live stock. The latesfattraction of the London Zoo is a collection of monitor lizards, the largest animals of their class. Thev are so large and strong that it is said in India burglars some times mako use of them, seizing hold of the lizard's tail and being drawn by it to the upper windows of a house. One London belle who is going to at tend the carnival at Nice, has ordered her black satin evening dress to be trimmed with jet snakes. These snakes are to be life-sized and they will cost a deal of money. They are to bo coiled about tbo boaice and skirt in as natural a manner as possible. The first mosquitoes of the season were seen In Jersey City on Wednesday last. Tues day, it will be remembered, was unusually warm and muggy, and Wednesday began with a dense fog and a May temperature. When the sun broke through this fog about 10 o'clock, mosquitoes were seen in every part of the city. English stoats and weasels are being ex ported to New Zealand from England in large numbers to kill off the rabbits, and the rats, which have been food for tbo stoats and weasels in England, areincreasing enormously in some districts. There is talk of a movement to prevent the exportation of any more rat de stroyers. A few days ago John Ball, of Eochelle, Ga., had a log rolling, and about 12 o'clock, while the men were at dinner, an old ben cams in the house, jumped upon tbe bed. deposited an egg, which one of the small children took to carry to bis mother, and on tbe way he acci dentally dropped the egg, which was broken, and to" tbo astonishment of those present, it was found to con tain a chicken fully developed. An Italian rag picker, arrested in Springfield. Mas., for stealing some lead pipe, did not havo much trouble ayout bail. "How much you wanta?" he queried, as he fumbled in his ragged clothing and produced two S10O bills, beside other greenbacks of high denomi nations. "Guess one of those will bring you around to court in the morning." remarked the clerk, and the Italian immediately handed over $100. "W. G. Lewis, of Braidentown, Ga., has two very pretty pets, and those, too, which aro seldom, if evor seen alive. They are male and female sea otter, about half grown. They were captured near Mitchellville, aro abont IS inches long, including tbe tail. The food given them is fish, and almost anything from the table. Tbe stranee cry that they make is rather mournful, but they appear to be at home in a box, and appear to know Mrs. Lewis, and look and call for food. STRIG BEANS. McGinty and the grip are bothldown, and to stay, we hope. Does the undertaker wear boxing gloves when he Is coffining a corpse? It is the enterprising theatrical manager who has a good show in this world. Quite Eight "'When is a beautiful, gentle and affectionate woman seen at her best?" "In a sick 100m." Yes, Sophronia. it is called "the growler" because the map who Is in the habit of using It growls when he can't work It. A man usually has a case of "big head" after a hilarious night, bat he does not feel very proud of It. A soft answer turneth away wrath, and it Is a soft tan, sir. by the schoolma'am that turneth away the wrath of the castigated pupil. Smart Aleck Barber Do yon want your hair cut short or long? C'ustomer-bhort or coarse. I did not know that yoa coald cut It long. A PRAYER. Throughout onr life's brief span, On this terrestrial ball, Kind Heaven protect ns from the man, The man who "knows It all." A WOMAN HATER. His hair most daintily he cnrls Although a woman hater, lie never tips his hat to girls, But be always tips the waiter. A Very Good Eeason "Seen George, lately?" "Yes. Saw him tbe other day. lie had a Js? on. too." "Why does he get a Jag so frequently?" v "I don't know, except that his name does It." "His name?" "yes, his name Is Jagson, you know." A Eire Avia Mother Well, John, how do you like married lite bon Very well. Indeed Mother is your wire amiable' fcon Extremely o. Mother And you try to he so yourself? Son I am so. Mother-Docs she cook as well as yoar mother? Son Mother, J cannot tell a He. She does. Ml from Boston Courier. A LEVEL HEADED GIRL. They stood together side by side, Thejonth and cfnrinlnzmiss, Andasheiahl, "pond nlgut," he tried Her rosy lips to tUs She from his arm withdrew her waist And back her head did fling; " . "Not till you've on my finger placed, Sir, an engagement ring."
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