ZtzMm v sr ?ir$fcer 't.IW.l'TOJf ' TWRwgwr5 & THE PITTSBURGH DISPATCH. TUESDAY. MARCH 11, 1890. I C?xr "3 O tf ."VL. isra 'jr ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. 1S48, Vot 43. No. H. EutcreC at l'lllsburg I'ostoftice, boinberH, 1SS7, a& second-class matter. Business Office 97 and 99 Fifth Avenue. Kevrs Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Eastern Adcrll6ln Omrc Itooin 3, Tribune Building, New York. TERMS) Of THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE FKFE IN THE UNITED STATES. JiAILV Disi-atch. One 1 ear. 18 00 Daily Dispatch, 1'erQuarter SCO Daily Dispatch. One Mouth " Daily lnsrATcii, IncludingSunrtay, lyear. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Inciudingfcunday.Sm'ths. 2 50 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. Jinontb SO fcUNDAY 1)ispatx;i!. One Year IM V eekly Dispatch, One Year. 1 25 THE Dailt Dispatch is delivered by carriers at JJcenUDcr week, or Including feunday edition, at 20 cent per -n eefc. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. MAR. 11, 189a K2-On or nbont April 1 he HU-IXEhS OKiaCE of THE DISPATCH will be re noted to Corner of Smiibflrld and Diamond PE00F SHOULD BE CALLED FOB. A report appeared in the afternoon papers yesterday that some of the Councilmen pro posed to call upon the Chief of the Depart ment of Public Salety for the proof of his assertion that the punishment of crime is interfered with by Councilmanic influence. But there was po hint of any snch intention in the proceedings of Councils yesterday. The city statesmen are notdisposed to make the errorof the man who declared: "Jones said I was a liar and swindler, and now I'm going to make him prove it," There is no desire on the part of the Councilmen that Mr. Brown shall prove it. On the other hand there is an apparent disposition to eschew any action which might lead to the production of proof, as supererrogatory, in discreet and meddlesome. The practical declaration of yesterday's meeting is that it is more profitable and satisfactory to pass street railroad franchises. Nevertheless, in view of the assertion by a city official of high standing that Council men have used their influence to prevent the punishment of crime, it would seem very pertinent for some representative of the pub lic to call for the proofs, including the names of the Councilmen. THE WOBLD'S FAIE BILL. The sub-committee's bill on the Chicago "World's Fair seems to meet the require ments in a way to silence the criticisms that have been madeconcerningChicago'scourse. It provides for the progress of the work under national authority when Chicago shall have raised an actual capital of 55,000,000 with pledges of 5,000,000 more. This capital is ample and if raised promptly should permit the operations to go on at once. The appropriation for the Govern ment exhibit is fixed at $1,500,000, which is the nation's full share of the expense ac cording to the original and definite under standing. With regard to the postpone ment till 1893, that should be left at the option ot the commission, to hold it in 1892 it the work can be done, or to postpone it if a creditable exposition cannot sooner be secured. There are twenty-eight months before the lair need be opened in 1S92; and if fooling with the matter is stopped and wort begun in earnest, a very creditable exposition may be got ready by that tiros. KOT THE WAY TO DO IX A telegram with reference to the shut down of the wire-nail mills, which went into effect yesterday, publishes an opinion that the shutdown "is tor the purpose of forcing some of the concerns that have been cutting prices, to come into the combine." This illustrates the extreme haziness which prevails concerning the details of combina tion and restriction of output. If there are any concerns outside of the combination that ordered the shutdown, that step would be the least likely means to bring them into it, Oa the contrary it gives them an additional inducement to retain their independence. They can continue in operation, and increase their sales, while their rivals must lose trade and suffer from the idleness of their plants. Hardly any surer way of breaking up a combination could be found than by placing the loss and expense of a shutdown on the members, while they have rivals in the field who can reap all the advantages of the shutdown by continuing production and taking away the trade of the combination. We think it will be found that the wire nail combination was smart enough to take all the manufacturer into the fold, before undertaking to restrict production. Any other course would make the shutdown the death warrant of the combination. THE SOUTHSIDFS CLAIM. Themeetingof Councils yesterday afforded an opportunity for Mr. Robertson to renew has declarations of opposition to the im provement of the parks and of fealty to the cause of free bridges. There is no doubt that the Southside is entitled to a share of the rood things that are growing out of the era of municipal improvement; hut it does not follow that the claims of that section of the city should forbid the city to improve its parks. There is ground for the belief that the most pressing need of the Southside is a pure water supply; and this The Dis patch has often urged Councils to provide without further delay. If at least that amount of justice is not done the people of that section they will have reason to com plain. But it is difficult to see how their case will be strengthened by antagonizing other and legitimate public improvements. COSTLY INJUSTICE. A statement is made with regard to the Le Coney trial in New Jersey, that it cost the Sute 8,000 to try the man who was acquitted ot the charge of murdering his niece. That is even more forcibly supple mented by the statement that it cost the ac cused man nearly all the property that he pos sessed to establish his innocence. The two facts together certainly furnish a striking example of the injustice and wrong that can result irom the costliness of law. There is a saying in defense of the expen sive variety of litigation that cheap justice is generally injustice. If that were so, it would be an impeachment upon our civili zation, that it cannot provide justice for the common people that will be economical and impartial. More than that, the saying fails to make out the case irom the fact that costly justice is by its very nature injustice. It gives tho rich man a vital advantage over the poor one, in every branch of litigation; and in a case like that of Le Coney it inflicts the most grotesque wrong under the pretense of maintaining public right Any one can be falsely accused of crime: but that the man who is falsely accused of crime must Jose all his modest earnings in order to prove that the agents and attorneys of the State have made a blunder, is a travesty upon the kind of law which is intended to irara raTmitrn vtr - protect the innocent and leave, the law-abiding undisturbed in their possessions. The law cannot make good its claim to be an agency of civilization or a support of human rights until it puts justice with in reach of every common man. "While it can impoverish a man to secure a declara tion of his innocence it is little better than a relic of governmental barbarism. A FOOE BAEGAIN. A special telegram from Washingfon re ports that the representatives of the Louis iana sugar interests are proposing an alli ance with the Pennsylvania iron and steel interests in order to maintain a high tariff for both. They hope, in this way, to defeat the very strong demand for the repeal of the sugar duties, whoso chief function at present is to fortify the Sugar Trust. It is to be hoped that the Representatives of Pennsylvania will not be led into bur dening their cause by tying the millstone ot the sugar duties around its neck. The most obvious reason against such a course is ex actly the one professed by the Democrats, who wish to retain the vote oi Louisiana, that the sugar duties are not protective. Three-fourths of the sugar supply of the country is imported, notwithstanding the T5 to 80 per cent protection that has been im posed for many years, imposing a needless revenue on the people of about 500,000,000. The one place where there is protection in the sugar tariff is its protection for the Sugar Trust; and at this late day the Re publican party cannot afford to link its fortunes to the chariot wheels of that monopoly. With prices at the point where Pennsyl vania can export iron to England, there would be additional foolishness, because of its needlessness, if Pennsylvania undertook a bargain for maintaining the burden of the sugar tariff upon the whole people. THE COAL DISCRIMINATIONS. The position of the railroads and coal in terests of this section furnishes a remarka ble example of the way in which some of the corporate theories actually operate. When the elfect of these theories is exactly the opposite of their professed purposes, the public will be justified in concluding that there is something wrong either in the theory or the practice. In the first place, the group rates on coal are based on the theory of charging what the freight will bear. The only argument in favor of charging the same rate for a haul of 190 miles as for one of 130 is that the freight hauled the longer distance will not bear a greater charge than that carried the shorter. But, in this case, it has been shown that the freight which is really un able to bear the charge is that mined from the thin vein within the shorter radius; and yet the railroads do nothing to correct the Inequality. An even more remarkable illustration of the emptiness of railroad theories is pro duced by the recent disclosures of the dis crimination against Pittsburg coal and in favor of the Hocking "Valley. The exist ence of the railroad combinations is based on the profession ot secur ing equitable rates and making all the members of the combination adhere to the prescribed rates. The Central Traffic Association rests its right to exist on the promise of maintaining equal rates and the adhesion of all the railroads in their district to the tariffs agreed upon. Yet it has just come out that for the past year the Hocking Valley roads have been carrying coal to the lakes at a cut of 25 cents, and the Central Traffic Association has never seen fit to make the slightest objection to it. Of course to carry Hocking Valley coal tome 250 miles for 65 cents per ton, and Pittsburg coal 130 to 190 miles at 90 or 95 cents, means that Pittsburg shall sell no coal until the Hocking Valley has disposed of its output. Such an adjustment of rates is the grossest discrimination between localities. If it were done only by the individual roads, it might not be chargeable to the whole inter est But when it is enforced under the rule of the combination which prevents the Pittsburg roads from competing with each other, the combination is justly chargeable, for the turning of its professed fairness into the rankest injustice. HAYTI IK HOT "WATER. Sooner or later the Haytian Republic will be in trouble again. The war which ended a ferr months ago in the victory of Hippo lyte did not mend the abuses which have made Hayti an arena for revolutions since the end of the last century. The only hope apparently for Hayti is that she may pass into the hands of some strong Government able and willing to rule with justice and for Hayti's real interests. That the Haytian blacks are unable to govern themselves has been proven yery clearly since they began to try to do so. This is not entirely the fault of the Afri can population, who are descended from the slaves imported by the Spaniards at ihe opening of the sixteenth century, to take the place of the two mil lion of aborigines whom Columbus found there and civilization wiped out of existence. Hayti's history tells of nothing but the cruelty, rapacity and senselessness of the Spaniards, French and English, who in turn held the island. It was simply a haven for adventurers until the colored population, inspired by the French Revo lution, threw off the bonds of slavery. In 1801 Hayti was for the first time an inde pendent State, a privilege gained after much bloodshed. Republics, kingdoms, dictator shiDS and every variety of form of govern ment, have flourished in Hayti for longer or shorter, principally shorter, periods dur ing the last ninety years. Most of the rulers have met violent ends. The assassin's knife is still a great deal more powerful there than the ballot box. Hippolyte stands yery little chance of escaping the fate of most of his predecessors. The Hay tians are content to take a revolution when it comes as a natural product of their lux uriant land. Nature is so bounteous in that tropical region that the inhabitants do not know work as a necessity. They have no desire to make labor's acquaintance either. It is a pitiful picture of a people placed in a paradise endeavoring to make it a yery hell on earth. The plans of Allegheny's new municipal building indicate that the Northside city has concluded that it is not best to wait for that 250,000 Government building which it has been expecting from Congress. Perhaps this Is tho wisest coarse; but it is a marked departure from the general rule of action, which, when ever ther6 is any hope of getting anything done by the Government, induces the people inter ested to let tho matter go untouched. The record of Government building work affords proof that if a community wants a building tho promptest way to get it is to build it with out waiting on the Government The Western railroads are cutting passen ger rates in order to drive each other into an agreement on the terms that each wishes to dictate. After the fight is patched up tbey will proceed to lay it all on that bugbear, the inter-State commerce law. A number of Poughkeepsie girls have taken a resolution that they will reject all at- tentions from any man "who is not Intelligent, honest, industrious, good-natured, cleanly in person and apparel, healthy, sober, a church member and a total abstainer from liquor, tobacco and profanity." The young women for get tho scriptural authority to the effect that man is a littlo lower than the angels." Their standard is too high unless they de3ite to eschew male society ia this world. With the great blizzard of the last decado and tho only sleighing ot this season coming in March, there is reason to suspect that "the calendar has got a hitch forward, and that it is now an effeto superstition to suppose that win ter begins in December. A slip of the pen caused The DisPAicn to refer to Mr. Stone, of MeKeesport as tho man to whose appointment as postmaster, Postmaster General Wanamakcr objects on account of alleged indulgence in the great American game. It is hardly necessary to re mark thai, as Mr. Stono has not been a candi date for postmaster, he cannot be charged by the Postmaster General with any reckless pro clivities for drawing to a bobtail flush or bet ting his pile on ace high. The anger of Her Majesty of England at being addressed by an uncourtly court preacher as "Madam" is almost as severe as the scorn of the scrubber of floors at being designated by any less lofty title than that of scrub-lady. The retirement of George A. Kelley, Esq., from the presidency of the Penitentiary Board is announced. Mr. Kelley's connection with that institution furnishes a record of long and honorable work, and his resignation, on ac count of pressure of private business, will be received with regret The talk of appointing a Democratic member of tho Board warrants the remark that the best man for the place should be selected, regardless of party lines. We will make the prediction that the re ported desire of the ubiquitous British syndi cate to gain control of the soda water appara tus business in this country, will provo to have nothing in it but froth. The Credit Mobilier ot America has ap peared in court with a petition for authority to dissolve its organization. This corporation created a sensation in its day, by distributing its stock among Congressmen "where it would do tho most good." That course having re sulted in the ruin of some promising political reputations, the corporations have improved on It by electing their own representatives to the Senate and House. If anyone asserts that the Louisiana lottery has no pull in North Dakota, the At torney General of the State can feel of his nose and declare that ho has had personal experi ence to the contrary. The declaration of the New York Sun that "neither great deeds nor great thoughts illuminated the administration of President Hayes," Indicates a case of political strabis mus. The refnnding of the debt, the resump tion of specie pajments, and the restoration of local self-government In the South, will com pare favorably with the results of any adminis tration since that ot Lincoln. Net earnings of $152,000 for the Junction road proves that line to be steadily tilling the public service for which it was constructed. Building railroads which are needed is not a losing investment The high water in the Mississippi has resulted in a break of the levees and the flood ing of tho lowlands in Arkansas and Louisiana. This being tho general result of floods in tho great rivers, the inference is very strong that a better system must be provided or else steps should be taken to build levees that will stand. The net outcome of the World's Fair agitation so far seems to bo a report to cele brate the fonr hundredth anniversary of Co lumbus' discovery 401 years after it tooi. place. Ox the whole, the Councilmen are not anxious to call for an investigation of the charge that interference from their member ship has hampered the punishment of crime. The taste of Councilmen has not, as a rule, been favorable to investigations for some time past PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Rutgehs College has recently conferred tho degree ot Doctor of Literature on Prof. Hunt, of Princeton. Chauncey M. Depew is sick abed with a se vere cold, which his physician, Dr. John S. Bas sett says is a genuine case of the grip. The Empress Engenie still owns the chateau of Arenenberg, in Switzerland, given her by the late Emperor ot tho French. There she keeps many relics of her days of prosperity. Bronsox Howard, writing from Europe to a friend in this country, and speaking not of poker, but of politics, expresses the opinion that tbo day of kings and queens has passed. THE Marquis Imperialijdi Francavilla, who for several years past has been connected with the Italian Embassy at Paris, has been trans ferred to the post of Secretary of King Hum bert's Legation at Washington. Court circles are shocked because the Queen, in her speech to Parliamentlastmonth, referred to the Emperor "William as the "Em peror of Germany," instead of as the ''German Emperor," which is his correct title. Mrs. Senator Hawiet is one of the uoticeablo figures in Washington society, be cause of her pure English ways. Sho is said to have warmed up. if not thoroughly converted, her husband to equal suffrage. The Duchess of Marlborough will sail alone by the Teutonic on the 19th. She is coming to America on family affairs, and will return to England by the Majestic on April Id, Tho Duke will accompany her as far as Liverpool. Senator Hoar is credited with a frank and sapient view of a recently discussed sub ject He says Congressional discussions are not reported at greater length because tbey are for the most part tiresome and uninterest ing. Clot Bey. the founder of modern medicine in Egypt says that it requires as much surgery to kill one Egyptian as seven Europeans, and there is no doubt that Egyptians bear surgical operations with extraordinary pluck ana success. William Lloyd Garhisos Is tall and slim and gray, and bald. He has amassed a considerable competence out of wool and is of a decidedly literary turn of mind. He has a weak voice, which mars the effect of his public speeches. R. C. Woo was graduated from Eenyon College, O, last year, went to China, and in formation from Nankin is to the effect that Woo won the position of a Depnty Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and is, beside, a vice royal interpreter and a professor in an academy. The Duchess of Hamilton, besides ranking as one of tho most feailess riders to hounds in Great Britain, is a keen sportswoman. Not only is she an excellent shot but she may frequently be seen on her husband's land armed with a metal-pointed pole and followed by a few clever looking terriers which dispose of the rats which are "bolted" by the pole of Hor Grace. K0 SUCH MAN THERE. A Green Goods Man Not Visible ot His Aliened Abode. 1RFECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DIBPATCn.l New Yobk, March 10. The address given by the green goods man mentioned in a Zanes ville, O., dispatch, Is a tenement bouse at 173 Hester street It is occupied by two families, Smith and Clary, who have lived there nearly two years. Captain McCullagb, of tbo Sixth precinct received a letter a week ago from another Western man to whom the green goods dealers had sent a similar letter, and bad also given the address 178 Hester street A pre cinct detective, who was sent to investigate, reported that all the inmates of the house were respectable. To a Dispatch reporter who inquired abont a man named Placerl, whose name was signed to the letter, all the inmates of the house de nied that they know such a man. The bouse is owned by ex-Assemblyman Smith, who lives three or four doors away. Smith said this afternoon that the two families who live in the house are erftirely respectable. AT THE THEATERS. Gilbert nnd Snllivnn'n New Opera Rose Coghlnn I) in ma nnd Song. T"he Gondoliers" is the best comic opera of the jcar ot tho last two or threo years. Usually nowadays a comic opera is judged first by the amount of comedy it con tains, secondly by its share of tuneful airs and tauing choruses; In the comio opera dragged from the continental stage, pitched into English as to words, washed into decency as to morality, we know too well never to look at the libretto. The actors even look at their lines as littlo as possible. The popular comedians "gag" interminably and a littlo music is often begged, borrowed or stolen to fill out tho deficiencies of tho score. That is the way with comic opera from the French, German or Austrian. It is not the way with Gilbert and Sullivan's operas. They cannot be passed upon in the usual way. Gil bert's libretto is a wonderfully clever piece of writing; Sullivan's music needs no bolstering up. In "Tho Gondoliers" this holds true. Tho new opera has a very funny plot; tho dialogue is often witty and always brisk, crisp and pointed. The score, while not so full of airs that at first hearing stamp themselves on the memory, abounds in delightful work. There is not the broad humor nor the catchy melodious ness abont 'The Gondoliers" that made "The Mikado" so popular.but there is a finer kind of wit and music that would not disgrace grand opera. But "The Gondoliers" shows no particular departuro from tho joint methods of Gilbert and Sullivan. Whimsical words are set to whimsical mnsic; the tender sentiment of a lovo song is exquisitely assisted In tho tender ness of the accompanying strain; the choruses are managed in Sullivan's usual way, and thcro is in all their work that wonderful harmony which has DUt these two authors at the head of the procession. So w rejoice to chronicle the undoubted fact that "The Gondoliers" is like so many of its predecessors from the same source a thing of beauty and a joy forever. But wo confess that ono hcarine of "The Gon doliers" is evidently not enough to comprehend its merits. It will bear several hearings. 1 he company which played "TheJGondoliers" last night at the Bijou Theater earned tho ap plause of a large audience. Some of the prin cipals made the greatest possible use of their opportunities, and a few did not Undiluted praise can be given alone to the chorus, and to that wonderful stage director, Mr. ltichard Barker, to whom the chief credit of a finished and never-lagging performance is due. The excellent taste displayed in the grouping of the chorus, the perfect smoothness ot the dance, the quick change to the tableau after the first fall of the curtain for all these things we must manic Mr. JJarKer. The chorus sang as well as it posed and moved. An unusual number of sweet strong voices appear to be in tho chorus. In tho ensemblo in the second act in which the Castanet and tambourines of tho dancers blended with exquisite orchestration, the chorus shone in every direction. Dance, words and accompaniment all rang truly together. No wonder it was twice encored. It is the sort of thing one could listen to for a night Cachu cha, fandango, bolero or whatever the dance measure is Sir Arthur Sullivan has written, it is redolent of Spain; reeks with the juice of the Andaiusian grape; echoes with Castanet and tambourine, and shines with the bright night-toned eyes of Spain's dusky daughters. The fascination of it is not to be escaped. W. S. Daboll makes a great deal of fun ont of The Duke of Plaza Toro the Spanish grandee floated as a joint stock comnany and Joseph Frankau is a very dapper and grotesque Grand Inquisitor. These are both comedy parts, and Guiscppi Palmieri, a gondolier, is the third. Mr. Drew was Guiseppi, and the humor of the character was not entirely lost with him. But the drollery of GuiseppCs lines do not appear to have struck Mr. Drew forcibly at times. Per haps be has not had time to grasp Mr. Gilbert's conception of the Gondolier turned king yet, for Mr. Drew is a recent acquisition in the company. The Luis of Willett Seaman, Jr., was quite clever. Mr. Dunbar's voice in the role of the second Gondolier showed to ad vantage, but his acting is still his weakness Miss Addie Cora Reed and Miss Louise Paullin made a pretty pair of Venetian maidens, and they sing verv well, too. Miss St Henry and Miss Fannie Edwards as the Duchess and her daughter were capital. Tho minor roles were well filled. It is impossible at this writing to do more than indicate a few of tho gems of the opera. The ensemble and dance is likely to bo the gen eral choice as first favorite. An air. sung by Marco and Guiseppe in the early part of the nrst acr, is extremely pretty. "vo re cauea Gondoliers" it begins, and Sir Arthur Sullivan borrowed the theme from a song you may hear any day in Naples, as often as in Venice Tbo quintet, "Try We Lifelong," reminds one of tiio unaccompanied quartet in "The Yoenian ot tho Guard" and the sextet in "Pa tience." Like both of its fellows it is beautiful. Tersa's song "When a Merry Maiden Marries," is very pretty. Tho quaintest, oddest, most fantastical thing in the whole opera is tbo quartet in the second act: "In a Contemplative Fashion." The piece is splendidly mounted. Both scenery and costumes are worthy of tbo opera, and in themselves are worth seeing. Grand Opera Iloase. Qwrso to the multiplicity of excellent at tractions only a fair audience gathered at the Grand to greet Miss Coghlan on her first appearance in this city as a star. "Jocelyn," written by Charles F. Coghlan, a brother of the actres", appears to be a rather disconnected melodrama of the period of 1620. The first act is decidedly uninteresting:, but at the close of tho second Miss Coghlan has a chance for some very powerful work. The third act also ends in an exceedingly lively manner, and at its con clusion the leading characters were enthusi astically called before the curtain. John T. Sullivan, the bravo and Prince, fits the former part much more reaiisticallv than the latter. Frank Lander, as Gaston JIarecl, the advocate and lover, has a diihcult, ml at times peculiar task, which he manages admirably, however. E. Tom Webber and Luko Martin, as Michael and Jllatsors. deserve favorable mention. Miss Helen Bancroft as Mme. de Montaipue, the adventuress, seemed to be an especial fa vol ite with the audience, and exhibited considerable power at times. The special scenery is well adapted to tho play. Harry Williams' Academy. Oeilly & Woods' big vaudeville combina tion bas returned to this theater for repeti tion of tho success it met with and merited on its former visit here. It is assuredly one of the very best companies on tho road. Strong lan guage, maybe, but the show is as strong. For Instance, the procrammo opens with J, Byrnes and Miss Helene in a neat crayon sketch; then Millie Price, a "Gaiety" dancer, skips about in a graceful way; Belloninl introduces a number ot carefully trained dogs; Daniel J. Hart gives his character sketch, "Handsome Dan;" four "Gaiety" dancers the poso and pirouette in their peculiar way: the Alexandrolf Brothers musical grotesques, follow; then the famous Wood family, with their "Organ cranlt," beau tiful costumes and sweet songs; tho brothers Byrne in a wonderful gvmiiabtw act, "A Car riage Ride arid its Mishaps," on the Hanlon Brothers' order, precedes Pat Reilly's amusing Irish comedy, "Senator McPhec," which con cludes the entertainment Harris' Theater. A very enjoyable entertainment is furnished by Baker's Bennett-Moulton Opera Com pany at the above house this week. The or ganization is a rather extensive one, and ap pears in a large repertoire, no less than five comic operas to be given during the engage ment At the matinee, yesterday, "Fatiuitza" was rendered in an exceptionally pleasing manner. William Wolff was a very fierce Kantschukoff, Beatrice Goldie a strikingly handsome Princess Lydia, and Irene Murphy sings sweetlv and acts prettily the part of Lieutenant Vladimir. The rest of the cast ac quit themselves creditably, Frank Rannoy's iluslapha proving a great hit as tho come dian's role. The chorus is composed of pretty girls, some of them also quito shapely. "Oli vette" is the bill for this afternoon. Tho night programmes are never the same as those for the matinee. All of the costumes are good and the scenery is appropriate. Nellie Bli's Lecture. ("lever Nelllo Bly. a favorite of Pittsburg, returns here Friday evening to lecture in Old City Hall. A bright talk may.be expected from a bright girl, as her lectures have been yery successful so far, some houses hardly be ing large enough to hold the people who crowd ed to hear the famous little Pittburg news paper writer tell of her trip around the world. After the lecture a reception will be given Nellie by the Pittsburg Press Club, providing arrangements can be made to have the young lady remain over. Probably Bessie Bramble will introduce Miss Bly. It has been suggest ed by a number of gentlemen that one lecture intbis city Is not enough, but Miss BIy's en gagements are such that only ono can be given. All those who wish to hear and see her should avail themselves of the only opportunity, and secure their seats at once this morning at Klebers'. The ruh will undoubtedly be great ministers dentin Petition to Congress. CniCAGO, March 10. At the weekly meeting of the Methodist Ministers' Association this morning a resolution was passed asking Con gress to instruct the proposed commission on the World's Fair to prevent all labor on the Sabbath In tho erection of the World's Fair building at Chicago, They also asked that the sale of liquor on the grounds or in the in closures be forbidden. E0MAXCJ5 OP A KECLUSE. A Brokcn-IIenrtnl Widower Seeks tho feeclilslon of a Railroad Crossing. tSriICIAL TKLEOnAM TO THE DISFATCTM Dedham, Mass., March 10. A strange tale of human misery and despair was revealed at the Probate Court by the tiling of an adminis trator's account. John T. Gorton had been for years a familiar character In tho town of Ran dolph. Of his previous ltfo and history nothing was known. Ho tended ono of the crossings of the Old Colony Railroad for many years, and was always on duty, silent and immovable. He lived the life of a recluse and made bat few acquaintances, and was the object of conieot ure by the morbidly curious. He was a faith ful employe, and that was all that was re quired. Ona day In November, 1887. ho did not appear at his nost, and was found dead at his house hanging by the neck from tho door. His death was advertised, but no relatives appeared to claim tho money he left. Judge White appointed Erastus Worthington administrator of tho estate and ho proceeded to settle up tho fow debts that had been con tracted. Inquiry abont Randolph revealed no clew to any relatives, if they existed. Among th3 deceased effects was an old desk containing numerous soiled and musty papers. Soma time after, while looking them over, Mr. Worthing ton came to a queer agreement which quick ened his attention. It was a deed whereby Gor ton's son. 7 months old, was given to a certain Nash, of Crafton, Vt, tho father resigning all right and title to him. The other papers were then carefully perused, and it was learned that at some time during his life the di-ceased had lived at Hopkinton. Thither Mr. Worthington went and bv some fortunate chance wandered into the old town graveyard. As he read the va rious epitaphs his eye finally rested upon an old moss-covered tombstone that told of the rest ing place of the remains of tho "Beloved wife of John T. Gorton, who departed this life Sep tember, 1S65." Hero was a clew, and the ad ministrator searched ttie records of the town and fonnd that the wifo had died tho day after giving birth to a son. He then inquired among the old residents, and was informed that a cer tain man and woman by that name bad lived there, and the circumstances of her death wero confirmed. It then became evident that the father, under tho intense grief occasioned by his wife's death and fear that he couldn't prop erly care for the baby son, bad given him away in consideration that a comfortable home should be assured. The missing son was found in Grafton, Vt. He was called Charles E. Gorton Nash, and knew nothing of tho story of his adoption until told by the administrator of his father's estate. A 228,500 COURT HOUSE. The Contract Awarded to I.nncbead, ModUctin ifc Co., of Uniontown. UuiOJfTOWN; Pa., March 10. This afternoon the County Commissioners awarded the con tract for the building of the now Court House to Langhead, Modisette & Co , their bid being JZ3,500. When the bids were opened last Tues day, the lowest bidder was found to be John D. Car. Stewart of the County Home, his bid be ing 225,500. The action of the Board in letting the contract to Langhead, Modisette & Co. at 53,000 more than Mr. Carr's bid is creating con siderable unfavorable comment here. Lang head, Modisette ci Co. are the leading contrac tors here, and are engaged in building the new jail, and are doing a flrst-class job. Tlini's Hip QufHtlon, Why Were They? From the Albany Journal. Why were not those 15 Swedes and Hun garians, who turned up in Pittsburg on their way to Kansas City, penniless and miserable, having been shipped hither from Europe by agents, returned at once as undesirable citizens coming to this country without prospect of sup! port, to swell our list of foreign-born paupers? Why were they ever permitted to pass through Castlo Garden? TKIFLES TOUCHED UP. CHICAGO has been nick-named tho "Windy City." Before they succeed In raising the wind for the big show in 1S9'-', no doubt the name will be very appropriate. AN English physician recommends tho use of liltro-Klycerlne Instead of alcohol as a stimulant In case of physical exhaustion. The widows of many a torpedo shooter in the oil regions can vouch for the efficacy of nltro-slycerlne as an an nihilates. A Kentucky hen lays two eggs daily. Ohio Is a nig State, and K. B. Hayes has some ot the finest sto:k in the State, but his grief mnst be In tense when he thinks that none of his chicks can equal the Democratic State. CnArs, the great Southern game, has struck Boston. Instead of the boys yelltnjr, "Dislsfor de pie, " they let theaice slip from their fingers and say, "Here goes for de beans." An exchange says that Corporal Tanner is mafcing KO.OOO a year, but is still kicking. Con sidering the fact that the Corporal reft both feet on a battle field, the assertion that he is still kick ing le a base Insinuation. Senator Blair threatens to leave the Re publican party and Join the Democrats. The un tcrrlncd journals should retaliate and print his speech In full. He will then hate the Democrats so badly that be will stick to his own party. Colonel Distance, of Illinois, is a candi date for Commander of tho O. A. It Distance lends enchantment. King KalaktA denies the base insinuation that he Is out of debt. Subscriptions te the relief fund will therefore be continued. The new postage stamp is somewhat smaller than Its predecessor, but it will carry a letter Just as far as the old one. A Shorter nnd Better Cut. from the San Francisco Alta.l Three bills have been introduced in Congress to prevent any chango in the Congressional dis tricts which tno Republicans have gerryman dered in the States. Thero is a shorter cut to the same result Just pass a law that only Re publicans are eligible for election to Congress and then no matter about the districts. HE STILIj THISKS HE IS EIGHT. Judge Simonton Defer Unwillingly to (bo Supreme Conrt'a Decision. ISPECIAI. TH.KOHAK TO TBS DISPATCH.l Harrisiiueo. March ia The Supreme Court having been asked to compel Judge Simonton, by mandamus, to approve the bond of Jonas Swab, who was elected Tax Collector of Wash ington township, this county, and that tribunal having demanded the reasons for the action, the Judge to-day approved the bond with tbe state ment that in his opinion tbo act of June 25, 1885, so far as it proposes to regulate the collection of State and county taxes In boroughs ani townships, is unconstitutional, for the reason that it is in conflict with the Constitution be cause its title, its provisions concerning tbe election of collectors, the method of collection, the deduction for prompt payment and tbe im position of a penalty for neglect to nay, all re fate to boroughs and townships only; whereas these do not embrace the whole of tbe terri torial limits of the authority lovying the county and State taxes in Dauphin couuty, wrlch has within its limits a city contalnlngiri than one-third of tho whole population of the county. Judge Simonton adds: "The bonds of the col lectors elected in boroughs and townships are required to bo approved by, and filed in, the Court of Quarter Sessions, while collectors of the same tax in tbe city would bo appointed by the County Commissioners, by whom the bonds of the collectors would have to be approved. For tbis and other reasons I believed, and still believe, that the act in question is unconstitu tional if applied to tho collection of State nnd county tax. But believing upon further con sideration that the act may bo so construed as to up uly only to such taxes as are local within each borough and township not including State and connty tax. and, that as so construed it is and has been so decided by tho Supreme Conrt to be constitutional, I bave approved tbe bond." Decnpltnllon Too Good for Illm. From the New York Herald. Decapitation would be a punishment too good for the Wilkesbarro mine boss who caused the death of eight miners because be lost bis tem per and sent thorn orders to fight tbo fire in stead of fleeing from it DEATHS OF A DAY. Dr. A. H. Itlelz. EAST IilVEnrooL, O., March 10. Dr, A. H. Hctz, a well-known druggist and business man of this city, died to-day from pneumonia, following a bad case of the grip. Dr. Calvin, of Calcutta, a place near here, also died to-day from the same o-iiikp. and Air. John Howler, a nloncer notter. aUodlcd Irom tho same cause. Dr. Mcu was wcll-kndwn throughout Central fennsjlvanla. Danlrl linker . Daniel lUker, 82 years of age and one of the oldest men In wllklnaburg, died at the west Venn Dosplta yesterday. He was a shoemaker and was well knowi in the vicinity of East Liberty, lie had been al the hospital for two or three weeil suffering irom urain trousie. LICENSE A DELUSION, Joseph Cook Glvca Ilia TIcwi on the IJquor Question lie Indorses Scientific Instruc tion In Public Schools on tbe Effects or Alcohol. 'SPECIAL TELEGBA1I TO THE DISPATCH.l B OSTON, March 10. A very largo honse greeted Joseph Cook to-day on tho occasion of his last Monday noon lecture for tho presont year. In dealing with the subject of scientlflc instruction, Mr. Cook said: "It is a profound remark of Mrs. Hunt on the platform with me to-day that tbe star of hope for the temperance cause hangs over the t schoolhouse. The white spaces on yonder map of tho United States show the extent of com pulsory instruction in temperance. When Stanley was on this platform some years ago there were two maps of tho Dark Continent one dating. before Livingston, and the other tbo map of tho latest days. Stanley said they ex hibited the contrasts between Africa explored and unexplored. Take a map of the United States of only 15 years aeo, and m regard to scientific instruction in temperance In the com mon schools such a chart would have been a representation of the Dark Continent Here H the illumination of the whole breadth of tbe foremost Christian Renublic of all time. Twenty-seven States now require such Instruc tion, and so does tho National Government in all those fields which remain under its jurisdic tion. A Feminine Stanley. A lady who has conquered the Legislatures of 27 States, the lady who has accom plished the impossible, I call the feminine Stanley of tho dark continent of the tem perance cause. Ihat lady is Mrs. Hunt, who honors us with her presence. There were 250 petitions lately presented in tbe Senato to stop the liquor traffic between tbis country and Africa. A Congo chief bas lately written a letter to tho Archbishop of London in which ho" says ; 'The humblest of your servants touches tbe hem of your garment and begs you to send to his fellow servants more gospel and less rum.' I wish to put in the same category with the authorities of Russia, who recently whipped to death a delicate woman, those who are now poisoning Alrica by tbe rum traffic. Says Dr. Storrs : 'Every dollar gained from the Congo rum traffic ought to rattlo in tbe spiritual ear of him who gains it as if dropping on the blazed asphalt that makes the pavement of the infernal regions.' "What in detail are tbe large outlines of the triumphs in this movement ? First Great and corrupt Legislatures have been conquered. It is a seventh wonder of the world that Legisla tures like those of New York, Pennsylvania, California and Illinois have been brought to en actments requiring temperance instruction, and that the execution of the laws is as good as of any laws covering such topics of blazing in terest Second Victory over Congress, Sena tors and Representatives who were so friendly to Mrs. Hunt, if not to her cause, that she bas obtained a national law over the breadth of the Territories under the jurisdiction ot Con gress. Third She has conquered the great pub lishing houses. A Wondrona Victory. tTyTRS.HuNT was once a Professor of Chemis try, and by tbe best title has a right to speak now as an expert in every branch of tbis thing. Here is a battering ram that has broken down the doors of the publishing houses. I mean tbis petition which I hold up, signed by college presidents, authors, professors, lawyers, ministers. In fact, there is hardly an eminent name in the land that could be expected to be appended to such a document as this that in not here; and this is to tbe effect that books for children must now teach total abstinence from alcoholic liquors. This is an enormous victory; it is this great list of names which has brought the publishing houses to terms. The scientific authority of the scientific temperance instruc tion now extended across the continent is as un suitable as the luminonsness of sunbeams them selves. "What is tbe duty of Massachusetts on this topic? In 1685 our first law, as passed, gave us a very important advance over previous legis lation; but like many laws, it needs a little amendment in its method to bring it up to the advance the reform bas made since. Ex-Gov ernor Long has proposed an act amending the whole act and yet carrying the provisions no f nrther than those of tbe national law and that of Vermont It provides that all pupils in all schools shall receive scientific temperance in struction. This is opposed by those who want a law that has in it an evasive provision that tbe act shall apply to all schools, but not saying 'all pupils.' Illsh Licenso a Delusion. "IVI BS IIumt is laying the basis for great triumphs in temperance legislation. There is no way of bringing up temperance sentiment to tbe proper level except by scien tific Instruction in tbe common schools. I con gratulate all on the effect which this educa tional measure is to have on legal enactments in time to come. High license 13 more and more regarded by judicious minds as a delu sion. Do not suppress tbe murders by licensing a few murders. You say 11 murders are not as bad as 20 murderers, but I say 14 murders are worso than 20 if you must legalize the 14. The whisky spiders have everywhere spread their webs; you say. 'educate tbe flies not to go into tbe webs,' and 1 say so too, but do not stop with education; down with tho webs, and let them be forever buried deep in the earth." After remarks by .Mrs. Hunt, who was re ceived with great applause, and who made tho startling statement that 900.000,000 wonld not pay tbe drink bill of the nation during the past jear, Mr. Cook spoke on "The Pope's Veto in Poiitics" In which be claimed that the free dom of American institutions was imperilled by the Catholic Church. TO THE BLUEBIRD. The bluebird, early in spring, returns to the nest of its ancestors. Dear harbinger ofnature's vernal tide. Of leafy woods, green fields, and springtime flowers, Dow coula'st thoc leave the perfumed bouthern bowers, Where summer all the long sweet year doth bide. Buds ope unchlllcd, and streams unfettered glide? And caa'st thou sing in such a clime as ours. Where even yet the wintry storm-cloud lowers. Safe from the cold, keen blast, where wilt thou hide? Dirt niein'rles tender fill thee with unrest Andbldthectlyo'cr pathless -n ay and long To rear thy brood in one remembered nest Where thou wert sheltered till thy wings grew strong.-; Sweet prophet minstrel, say have I not guessed The secret ot thy coming, and thy song? Eliiabeth H. Starkey. THE BEST OP ALL. Tho Dispntch n Welcoiuo Visitor In Every Section of the Country, From the Lancaster Now Era. 3 Among all tbe exchanges which make their daily visits to tbo New Era office, none is more welcome or more eagerly scanned than The Pittsburg Dispatch. While it is extremely modest, in contrast with the eastern metropoli tan journals, in expatiating on its own merits, the merits are there all the time. In fact, it is not excelled in news enterprise and editorial ability by tbe best of them. "While many of the big dallies are filled on the principle of the dump-cart, The Disfatcii is alwajs edited with great care, duo regard being given to tbe condensation of matters of minor importance, while the special topics of local or general in terest, in which it is never distanced by its co temporaries, are given in detail. The Dis patch bas been a marvellous success, and the secret of its success has been its uniform merit and its independent policy, which has earned for it a national reputation. Its large circula tion has rendered anotber of Hoe's great per fecting presses a necessity, which will soon bo added to its already excellent plant A FEMALE SOMNAMBULIST. Her Route I.ny Through Two Precincts, bnt no Policemen Saw Her. N-e-w York, March 10. Policeman John Stuart this morning saw standing at tbe ladies' entrance of the Fifth Avenne Hotel a woman attired in a white night gown, with a wrapper thrown loosely over it. The woman also wore a hat and shoes and carried a riding whip. The officer saw that her ejes stared blankly straight ahead, and that she was fast asleep. At bis yoice and touch she gave sudden start and woke up. Then, with a shriek she dropped at' the policeman's feet When tbe woman recovered enough! to walk, the policeman took ber to Captain Reiliy'ssta tion bouse, where she was supplied with proper clothing to keep warm. She was nearly be numbed with cold. To tbe Sergeant she said that she was Mary Case, a professional singer, and lived at Mo. 21 Great Jones street The last she remembared was going to bed and to sleep in her own room. In the early morning bonr she hart evidontly arisen, put on her bat and shoes, and gone up Broadway, probably all the way to Madison Square, without knowing what she was doing and without meeting on her route a policeman to ako her up. Her waylay through two precincts, tbe fifth and the nineteenth, and she went oyer tbe posts of at least a dozen or 13 patrolmen. The Bgrgeiujt tent her home in charge ot an officer. WILEI'S INSPECTION ORDER. The Pittsburg Gnardsmen Will Present Anna In the Month of 3Iny. By order of Brigadier General John A. Wiley, of tho Second Brigade, N. G. P., Assist ant Adjutant General Charles Miller has issued general order No. 1 in regard to the semi-annual inspections or the companies in the brigade. The inspections will bo held as fol lows: Fifteenth Kcglment Company F, drove Cltr, March 14. 2 r. t.: Company K, Greenville. .March SI. 8 p. m. : Companv u, Sharon. March SS. 8 r. M. : Coinpaur B. Meadvilte, March 26. 8 P. M.; Com pany c. Erie, March 57. 8 P. jr.; Companv A. Krle. March 28, 8 r. .; Company D, Clarion, March 31, 8 P. K. : Coinpauy E. Butler, April 4. 8 P. M Slxteentcenth Keslmcnt-Couioanv F, Frank lin, April 7. 8 P. M.; Companv K. Cooperstnwn. Aprils, 1:00 P. u.; Company I), Oil City. Aprils,. 8 P. jr.; Company K. Tltnsvllle. Aprils, 8 p. v.: Company A. Corry, April 10, 2 p.m.: Companv I. Warren, April 10, 8 r. M.: Company II. Kldn wav. April 11. 1:30 r. m.; Company C, Bradford, April 1L 8 r. M. Fifth Kcglnirnt Company D, lllalrsvllle, April 59, 8p. M.; Company F. Indiana. April 28. 8P. M.: Company II. Johnstown, April 23. 8P.M.; Com pany C. HollUlaysburg. April 21. 8 P. it.: Com pany G. Lewlstown. April 22. 8 P. II.; Company A, Huntingdon, April 23. 2 r. It.; Company I, lieilford, April 23, 0 p. m.; Company a, Bclle ronte, April 21. 8 P. M, Tenth Regiment Company B. Sew Brighton, Mays, 8 P. II.: Company I). Freedom. Mar 6. 8 P. M.; Company A- Monongahcla City. May 7. 8 P.M.; Company C Unlontown. Mays, 8 P.M.: Company K, Mount l'leasant. April 9. 2 v. M.: Company I. Greensburg. April 9. 8 P. It: Company II, Wash ington, Mar I, a P. a.: Company K, i aynesburg, Mar 2. 8 p. m. Eighteenth lleelnient Comnany A, Pittsburg. May 12, 8p m.: Companv li. I'lttsburg. Mar 13. 8 P. Jr.: Company C. I'lttsburg, Mar 14. 8 P. M.: CompanyD. I'lttsburg. .May 15. 8P. it: Company E. I'lttsburg. May 16. 8 P.M. ; Companr I.McKees port. May 17,8 P.M.: Company F, Southside, Pittsburg. May23, 8 P.M.; Company G, Pittsburg. May 21, 8 P. M.; Company 11, I'lttsburg, May 26, 8 P. M. Fourteenth Keglment 'Jompany F, East End. I'lttsburg. May 27, 8 P.M.: Companr A, Central Armorr, I'lttsburg. Mar IS, 8 r. M.; Company B, Central Armory, Plt'sburg. May 23. 9:30 p.m.: Company K, Mansflcld. May 29. 8 P. M.: Company C Uakdale, Mar 30, S P.M.; Companr E. Alle gheny, May 31, 8 P. !.: Company I. i'lttsburg. June 2, 5r. M.; Company G, I'lttsburg, June 3, 8 P. M. bherldan Troop. Tyrone, April 25, 10 A. M. Battery B, I'lttsburg, May 10, 8 P. M. BL00MEES ODTBLOOJIEI). The "strong-minded" petticoat Is bound to make her way Into ercry woman's wardrobe At no far distant day. And the man who wants to win the race Must makea mighty "spurt." Or the girl will surely pass him In her bifurcated tkirt. Marie Overton in Puck. DIMt'T KHOW IT WAS LOADED. I pushed the wavy golden locks From otf her forehead fair. And where a frown had lately been A kiss I printed there. I held the tresses shining fair As yellow buttercup; "Was tbata good kiss, love?" said I, And she replied, "Bang up." Brunonian, A CLIMATIC TIODGE PODOB. Tbe seasons bave grown so contrary Vi'e can't understand them at all; So often the weather doth vary It drives our poor wits to the wall; Defying all rules and alt reasons. Time shows how erratic Its powers. And gives ns a hodge podge ot seasons. All crammed into twenty-four hours. .Veio York Sun. BY AN EXPERT. Little drops of whisky. Poured on broken ice; Little grains of sugar. Of lemon peel a slice; Just a dash of Angos- Tnra bitters, pray! What we call a "cocktail" In the U. a. A. Boston Telegram, lUVAL BASEBALL, CLUBS. The time Is coming when we'll see How much "split up" the town can be About the rival baseball clubs; But only will the fun commence "With the public perched npon the fence And calling all the players "dubs." Chicago Hail. Lnekllr Ir Trim fcnndnr. rSPECTAL TILEOBAM TO TDK DISPATCH.l Bellefonte, March 10. About 2;000 tons of stone fell like an avalanche, without warning. Into Morris' quarries yesterday, at tbe same Dlace where three men were killed last fall. If It had been any day but Sunday there would have been several killed. This is the fourth time large masses ot rock have fallen in the quarries on Sunday in five years, seemingly an act of Providence. PAIETTE COUNTY GOLD. Mr. StnufTer Still Believe Ills Farm Con tnlns Precious Ores. rSPXCIAt. TXLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCO.J Scottdale, March 10. Notwithstanding re ports to tbe contrary, gold and silver does exist on tbe farm of Jeremiah Stanffer.SX miles from tbis place, according to experts. Tun Dispatch correspondent made an investiga tion and fonnd the report true. Whether it exists in paying quantities or not is the per plexing question, but it is not improbable that enongh to make mining profitable will bo de termined when tbe field bas been sufficiently developed. Mr. Stauffer was seen to-day and said: "I was very much vexed after I read some of the reports that have been published. Sbonld it be true that there is nothing but limestone in the field before yonr eyes I wonld leave tbis conn try never to return. I have bad different geologists examine bits of tbe rocks, and they have all spoken highly of its composition. 1 have such faith in this field that at this mo ment I would decline an offer of SloHOOO for it" A company bas been formed here to test it, and some of our most careful capitalists are taking stock In the concern. The alleged gold and silver mine is about a mile from Wood dale. Fayette county, and the rocks supposed to contain gold and silver are found in a drift TIEED OP THIS FOOL P0LICI. Hooslers Roast (be Administration for Not Passing n Berrlce Pension Law. tSPXCIAI. TXLXOItAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Indianapolis. March 10. At the conven tion to-day of tbe State Pension Association Harrison and the Republican pension policy was roundly denounced. Colonel Tom Ben nett, of Richmond, was particularly severe upon the backwardness to pass a service pen sion law. He related how he had introduced resolutions at tbe Republican convention and that Secretary Halford had beseeched him to withdraw them, as they wonld embarrass Har rison's campaign lor the Chicago nomination. He said be wonld not hesitate now If he bad the opportunity to embarrass Mr. Harrison's administration. He concluded by saying: "I hope this administration will give ua justice; if not, we will give it justice." C. P. Powers, Treasurer of tbe association and an old dyed-in-the-wool Republican, was particularly severe. Ha said Indiana was get ting more individnal pensions than any other State, but it was because tbe State was close, a mere trick of tbe administration. "We are tired of this fool policy." Assets nnd I.lnbllllles Balance. From the New York Times. The famous CreditMobilior of America.which played so prominent a ptrt in the construction of the Union Pacific Rallroid and in the de struction of the reputations ot several promi nent publlcmen. bas just presented an applica tion for formal dissolution in tbe courts of Pennsylvania, where it was organized. The affidavit of tbe Treasurer is preceded by a state ment of account setting forth that tbe assets and liabilities of tbe corporation exactly bal ance, each being nothing. MAGNATES OFF FOR MEXICO. Leading OulclaU Start for tbe South Id n Palatini Trnlu. Chicago, March 10. At 10 o'clock tbis morn ing tbe finest and most perfectly equipped train tbat capital and invention bas ever pro duced pulled out of this city, bearing 150 rep resentatives of tbe great corporate interests of tho country, and baying as its destination the City of Mexico. The special Pullman vesti buled train, which has been placed at the dis posal of tbo association by the Pullman Com pany, consists ot a baggage car, composite cars, containing bath-rooms, barber shops, eta. two dining cars, threo compartment cars and five sleeping cars, vi lib an observation car In the rear. Tbe magnates who aro to occupy this moving palace for tbe next four weeks are the general passenger agents of the United States, Canada and Mexioo, and their mission is tbat of cul tivating and improving the commercial rela tions between the three America. CUKIOUS CUm'SSATIOXS. One hundred and twenty walnnt trees standing in tbe forrst near Delphi, IniL, were sold lately for J10.0C8. Owing to the ravages of mumps and scarlet fever, the public schools at Paiou8 City. Wash., have been closed. English capitalists are on the ground with tho intention of buying up all the Colum bia river salmon packing bouses. An American bar and a winter garden on the roof of tbe new premises of the Pelican CIuu in Soho is the latest London idea. The Ventura county, Cal., papers are urging their readers to plant camphor trees. They are said to grow as rapidly as the euca lyptus Ninety-five men at Kelseyville, Lake county. Cal., signed the pledge in one day last week, and tbo only saloon in town is now closed. A writer in the Journal of Medicine, Paris, warmly advocates the adoption of the International language, Volapuk. for medical purposes. E. C. Kontz, who has recently been elected Auditor of Atlanta. Go., one of . the most important offices of the city government, is only 21 years old. The 4-year-old son of Frank Nesbltt, of Sicramento, got a bean lodged In his windpipe a few days ago, and death followed in spite of medical assistance. Dr. Brown-Sequard is still engaged oa bis youthful elixir at Paris, and persists in be lieving that his experiment will at last be suc cessfully established. The moment the people of Phcanix, Ariz., heard of the terrible disaster at Uassa yampa dam they raided TOO and dispatched a wagon-load of supplies. According to a high authority in the English navy, the decision has been made that masts and spars are hereafter to be banished from all fighting vessels. Colonel Harper, of Tucson, Ariz., re ceived payment from the United States Gov ernment last Wednesday for a bill of SCC3 50 for forage supplied by him in 1S6S. The English criminal authorities are seriously discussing the advisability of adopt ing tho French system of identifying criminal! by anthropometrical measurements. Samuel Hill was sluicing two gravel claims last week in 1 Dorado county when he picked up a nugget worth J800. Tbe following day his son worked out several ounces from a pocket Since the inauguration of a new system of postal wagons for emptying the mail boxes in Berlin, an ordinary city letter reaches its destination ia an hour after leaving the hands of tbe sender. One of the editors of a Los Angeles paper failed to pay his hotel bill in Coronado last year, and, at the last meeting ot the Edi torial Contention at San Barnardino, bis name was ordered taken from the rolls. "The Court Bureau, Limited." is the name of a company organized in London under eminently respectable directorship, to act as sort of social clearing bouse, through which cards may be exchanged and invitations issued and received, Mrs. Conway, an aged Irish woman of Atlanta, Ga., bas put on mourning in honor of ex-President Jefferson Davis and Henry W. Grady. Her dresses are made from tbe calico used in draping some of tbe city windows when these gentlemen died. A mining claim was taken up recently in Hawthorne district ev., and tbe following notice was posted: "We clame de lege from the law of the American Congress and the united states Begin at these noticiaand run 1500 feet to tho first day of January." The price of shooting at a man has been judicially fixed at Palonse' City. W.H. Arthur and Albert Grieggs made targets of each other on the streets of Palonse City recently. Tho former fired two shots and the latter four, all missing. Arthur was fined S3 and Griggs 50. The various branches of one of the most distinguished Russian families are about to get together at Moscow to celebrate the fire-hundredth anniversary of their attachment to tbe Imperial Bertnce. The family includes th Korsakoff?, the Rymsky-Korsakoffs and the Doundoukoff Korsakoifs. The art of making stained glass win dows In thfs country has within the past few years been attracting widespread attention by Its steady and rapid improvement its high artistic merit and design, its excellence of art workmanship, tbe novelty of the effect produced and its perfection of technical methods. Recent observations of the waters of Great Salt Lake prove conclusively that the statements made that no form of animal or Elant life exists in tbe lake are erroneous. Ho sh or other large form of animal life bas been discovered, but tbe presence of vegetable or ganisms in the lake may be considered a fact from the abundance of minute animal exist ences. During a thunderstorm on last Tues day tbe jail at Moulton, Ala., was struck by lightning and a hole torn in the roof. The jailer neglected to repair the damage, and on Friday night five prisoners made their escape through the opening. They obtained a file somehow, filed out of tbeir cells, and br cnt- Kting their blankets into strips lowered them selves to tne grounu irom tne root A man on a bicycle in California at tracted attention by bis singular acts. Ha rode about tbe street, calling ont to all be met, 'Repent, and be saved! The kingdom of God is at band!" As soon as he had announced tbis ho would hurry on as if he had a certain time in which to announce this to all the peo ple of Oakland. People stared at him, and ap peared to agree that he was a mild sort of a lunatic J. C. "Woodruff, a "Warwick, N, Y., farmer, washed his cattle with a preparation of petroleum to destroy vermin. After a fine bull bad been thoroughly washed a hired man touched a match to tho animal's side. The blazing bull made a bee lice for the barn, which was consumed with all its contents. That hired man is rightfully entitled to the shoes lately worn by tbe man who didn't know it was loaded. Smugglers are reaping a rich harvest down near tbe Canadian frontier. They pur sue their unlawful work in houses built on the boundary line, half in Canada and the other half In tbe United States. Generally these bouses contain a tramway, upon which cars, containing contraband goods, can be moved from one country to the other. When United States officers make a raid the cars are pushed over into Canadian territory, ana vice versa. The Canadian Government will take measures to prevent a continuance of the fraud. TEXAS SIFTINGS. Teacher "Which teeth does man get last? Johnny Knowftall The false ones, of course. "His name is Denis," and he lives ia Chicago, and his boy is a Denis-son or the sam city. A wife is a man's better half, but the fel low who elopes with her doesn't always get the better of htm. lie usually gets the worst. A philosopher says marriage is like a town besieged. Those who ire outside wish to get In, and those who are within desire to get out. "Meet your wife with a smile on your lips," says an exchange. Better wait until the odor of tbe "smile1' has abated somewhat, though. Some one bas tent us verses beginning, "Ob, give me back my childhood's ycirs!" We haren't got your childhood's years. We harcn't even got childhood's yeara of our own. A young farmer wrote to the editor of a country paper asking the best way to "look out for lams;" and the editor told him to keep away from a crowd when a tight was going on. Proprietor of Country Hotel (to servant) A stranger bas arrived. Make a Are in No. 14. Servant Want a big are? rroprietor-No; he Is a little bit of a fellow. Little Benny Mamma, please let me hold the baby for a minute? Mother 1 am afraid, Benny, you might let her fall. Little Benny-Welt, If she does fall she can't fall yery far. Teacher Johnny, how many Presidents has the country had? Johnny Knowltall Twelre. "You mut be thinking of the Twelve Apostles, JJow, let me bear you count the Presidents Begin I" One, two, three,four" whack! whackfwhackx All lYom Texas Sttings. Mose Schaumburg (of Austin. Tex.) Do you know dot Arm of Schwlndlemeycr & Co. In dot .Now Vorlck? Ikcy Sllverstone (of New York Veil, I should achmlle. Dot was an old. reliable firm. Deyhava peen In plshness terventy years. Mose Bchanmbnrg Terrenty years tn plshnesf Vat lib terventy year in plihneaa? Terventy-flv4 yean ao I bad alrtdy fiUtd In plshneu are times myielnf.
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