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PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY. MAR. 12, 189a
3-On or nbout April 1 the DC-INEsS
OFFICE or THE DI-sl'ATCII will bo re
moved to Corner of Smiihficld nnd Diamond
strccti.
AH INVOICE OF CHEAP LABOR.
The report of the landing of some six
hundred Hungarian laborers in New York,
reported to be bound for this section, is in
teresting, although the deduction drawn in
Xew York that they are intended to take
the place of native labor, is not clearly es
tablished. The evidence as to the locality where this
unassimilated and cheap labor will be put
to work does not show beyond dispute, that
it will be in the neighborhood of Pittsburg.
The supposition that they are to displace
labor now employed in the coke industry,
is debarred by the fact that the coke firms a
month ago signed a scale in which advanced
wages were paid avowedly for the purpose
of retaining the better class of labor. It is
hardlv to be expected that these for
eigners can be a factor in the
impending dispute between the coal
miners and operators, because such laborers
in the railroad mines would be dear if ihey
worked for nothing. If these men come to
Pittsburg their employment is likely to be
on some of the new enterprises where the
demand for common labor has been in excess
of the supply. These men are not likely to
displace any of the native or assimilated
labor ot this section, though their presence
may retard the advance in the wages for
common labor which was almost inevitable,
unless new labor had been brought in.
That this large influx of cheap labor is
brought here under some sort of contract is
more than probable, and furnishes a telling
commentary on our immigration law which
lets in labor of this sort as a sieve lets in
water, ana only sends back the labor that is
wanted.
THE KAVIGATI0K COMPANY'S CLAIM.
The argument of the representatives of the
Honongahela Navigation Company before
the Hirer and Harbor Committee yesterday,
was directed to the question of valuation on
which the proposed appropriation of their
locks and dams should be made. The prin
ciples that should govern the appraisement
are hardly open to dispute. The Hononga
hela Navigation Company has property
rights, of which it cannot be deprived even
by the exercise of eminent domain, without
due compensation. Included in those prop
erty rights is its franchise; and not even
Congress itself can take away the franchise
except for abuse or misuse without com
pensation. Of course opinions may differ
widely as to the value of the franchise; but
that is a question to be decided by the tri
bunal wnich makes the condemnation upon
the evidence presented. "We think that
both the river interests and the Navigation
Company can stand together on the ground
that the company is entitled to compensa
tion for its property, and that when the
property is taken, it should be condemned
as a whole and not by driblets.
COMBINATION AND DISCSIMINATION.
It is announced, apparently on behalf of
theassociafcd railroads connected with Pitts
burg, that they have decided not to make
any changes in the coal rates. This is un
derstood to refer especially to the group
rates. It is no: clear whether it also carries
the meaning that the gross discrimination
permitted by the Central Traffic Associa
tion in favor of the Hocking Valley is to
continue. Some ot the coal men refuse to
accept tue decision as autnoritative; but the
manner of its announcement leaves little
expectation ot the remedy sought after by
them.
This result is an illustration of the practi
cal workings of. railroad combination.
Some of the railroad officials have shown
that they consider the present adjustment of
rates an unjust one; and there is no doubt
that if each line were to act by itself the
inequalities would be rectified. But it has
been so sedulously inculcated by railroad
ethics that it is the unpardonable sin for
a railroad to make such rales solely with
reference to the best interests of itself and
its snippers, that these railroad men will
let the injustice continue rather than, by
taking independent action, to break it up
and brave the enmity of the lines that are
interested in its maintenance. The discrim
inations are distinctly sustained by the Cen
tral Traffic Association. "Without that com
bination they would not last a month.
The responsibility of the combination for
the discrimination is made all the more
direct by the fact that it violates the princi
ples which the advocates of combination
profess. An organization which pretends
to oppose discrimination and really sustains
it, furnishes its own condemnation.
A PEACTICABLE C0MPE0MISE.
The meeting of coal miners yesterday was
made the occasion of a declaration by some
of the leading representatives that the
miners of this district must take their stand
for a 90-cent rate, because the Ohio, Illinois
and Indiana miners are taking strong action
to obtain proportionate rates in their dis
tricts. This sounds like good logic, pro
vided the miners of the other States succeed
in obtaining their rates. "We have little
doubt that the operators of this district
would concede such a rate if they can be
guaranteed that competing coal fields will
pay wages equally high. On the other
hand, the miners can see that, if the "West
ern districts pay no more than they have
been doing, to establish the high rale for
mining here would simply condemn the
mines to idleness. "Unfortunately, previous
efforts of the "Western miners to obtain good
wages have resulted in defeat. "With theBe
facts recognized, a compromise, making the
rate for the Pittsburg field conditional on
the success of tbe miners in competing dis
tricts, ought not to be hard to agree upon.
SPINSTEES AND THE SENATE.
It is evident that occasionally a Senator
of the United States is in demand. This
has been revealed in a manner decidedly
peculiar. Several weeks ago The Dis
rATCii published an article upon the bach
elors and widowers in the Senate, and
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nmong others there was a sketch of Senator
Pbiletus Sawyer, of "Wisconsin. His por
trait and the account of his new home, his
wealth and amiability, appear to have
made a deep impression upon no less than
seven thousand two hundred and thirty
seven females. Every one of these confiding
maids and widows Jias written to Senator
Sawyer, putting her heart .tnd hand at his
disposal. It is a beautiful exemplification
of the holy, disinterested ambition of woman
to minister unto lonely and unwived hu
manity. Think of it ! over seven thousand
heroines willing to share the sorrows, the
tmls, the responsibilities, to say nothing of
tbe bank account, of an elderly gentleman
with a seat in the United States Senate.
While the American woman is equal to such
efforts no one need despair of her glorious
destiny.
Senator Sawyer, strangely enough does
not appreciate the great compliment paid to
him. He turned over all the letters he re
ceived to the Hon. "W. B. Allison, his
brother Senator, with the request that the
correspondents should be accommodated if
possible by him. Of course neither Mr.
Sawyer nor Mr. Allison can make all these
women happy unless both Senators are
willing to move to Utah and defy tbe Fed
eral restrictions of polygamy. But they
can, and our fair readers will say, we doubt
not, that they should marry as many as pos
sible, say one apiece. The Senate wonld be
of some use to the country if it would, that
is to say as far as the bachelors in it are con
cerned, reduce the deplorable surplus of
spinsters. The spinsters seem to be willing
enough, in all conscience.
IMPEEIAL EXPECTATIONS.
It is an interesting report which comes
from Germany that the letters of the Em
peror to Herr von Boetticher indicate his
purpose to make that official the Prime
Minister in place ot Bismarck. The declar
ation of the Emperor that Herr von Boetti
cher has been his main supporter in the
effort to carry out the social reform movement
certainly looks like an indirect assertion
that the old Chancellor has not supported
the movement, and that the Emperor is
getting tired of being held in leading
strings by the old statesman who created his
grandfather's empire.
This adds a new and remarkable sig
nificance to the recent speech of the Em
peror. If the young "war lord" has taken
the bit between his teeth to a degrpe which
leads him to throw off Bismarck's guard
ianship, the determination of the latter to
remain in office for the Emperor's sake may
subject him to a gratuitous rebuff. "What
if the threat to "dash in pieces" those who
oppose the Emperor should include both the
Iteichstag which fails to adopt his measures
and the veteran Prime Minister who fails to
carry out his pet hobby.
It is only necessary to remark that if the
impetuous Emperor should undertake to
"dash in pieces" the Iron Chancellor's
policy, and the Reichstag's authority at
one and the same stroke, he may find other
features ensuing than those which he
promises.
THE EDLE NOWADAYS.
The question which has just been raised
as to the name of the Concord, the new
cruiser just launched at Chester, is an in
teresting one. The name of the predecessor
of this vessel showed an intention to name
the ships of that class after the Revolution
ary battlefields, the other ship having been
named the Yorktown. Nevertheless, the
Secretary of the Navv in arranging for the
launch exhibited a belief that the vessel was
named after the town of Concord. N. H.:
which has elicited the reverse of compli
mentary expressions from the village in
Massachusetts, where the embattled farmers
fired the shot which it is hoped that the new
war ship may emulate if occasion arises.
Nevertheless, the people of Concord,
Mass , must hold Secretary Tracy excused
for his mistake. Ex-Secretary and Senator
Chindler hails from Concord, N. H. The
education of a Cabinet officer at present in
forms him that while Revolutionary reminis
censes are all very fine, the thing that
really counts nowadays is Senatorial and
political influence. Secretary Tracy did no
more than to recognize the prevalent in
fluence of the day in supposing that Senator
Chandler's town had the pull and that the
historical village was ignored.
The refusal to permit the interment of a
Chicago Alderman whobad belonged to a secret
society, in a Catholic cemetery, has raised a
great deal of excitement in that city. The only
party to the matter who is not raising a lus
over it is the corpse. To judge by its equa
nimity, it does not care bow the dispute is
settled.
The failure of the vigorous effort to keep
the principal witness in tint Flack scandal
from going on tho witness stand moves Joe
Howatd to indignantly inquire: "By what
right were detect he sergeants detailed to
carefully guard and closely -natch Mrs. Mary
E. Flack in her country home T' " Perhaps the
right to compel tho attendance of witnesses in
criminal cases may have something to do with
it. Another pertinent inquiry might be:
What influence makes tho genial Joseph fo
very restive when the law shows any signs of
pinching the crowd which turns out bogus
divorces to order ?
Pennsylvania's example in letting
railroad proprietorship of the canals send them
to decay is pointed to by Maryland as an indi
cation of what she should do. Because one
State puts the wolves in charge of the fold,
this sort ot logic argues that the mutton is
worthless except as wolves' meat.
Peiyate Dalzell plumes himself in
the matter of a victory on the allowance of ex
tra pay pension, for which his claim has been
allowed, while his original position which was
made tho subject of sarcasms has been sus
tained. This is a triumph for the Private; but
is it not a rather inconsequent course to come
out as a Congressional candidate on the heels
of it? As the job which Private Dalzell under
takes is the overcoming of 600 to 1.000 Demo
cratic majority, it will probably necessitate his
confining his outbreaks of self-exploitation to
bis own district until the election is over.
That Pittsburg glassblower who is dis
tributing his money among the Virginia
negroes has one point of superiority over emi
nent gentlemen who have engaged in the same
line of effort. Ho is not asking the negroes'
votes in return for the money.
The class of arguments which are used in
Kansas to secure tbe repeal of prohibition is
illustrated by the fact that one says the law
is a dead letter, anyway; and the other is that
it keeps away immigration from tbe State.
How a dead-letter law can keep away immigra
tion is something that the opponents of prohi
bition have not yet explained: but the argu
ment is no more inconsistent than the usual
efforts of logic on many public questions
wqere money is to be made. Consistency Is a
jewel, and it is about as scarce as most
precious stones.
Pittsbueg stands ready to furnish the
Chicago World's Fair with tbe iron and glass
necessary for the biggest exposition building in
the world. All it will ask in return are tbe
regular market prices on a cash basis.
THE purchase of street railway lines in
Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse by a Pittsburg
capitalist, Mr. H. Sellers McKee, who is also
interested in the Birmingham line of this city,
shows that Pittsburg will not be left behind
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Philadelphia in the ownership and operation of
the moans ot municipal transit. We will
venturo the prediction that Pittsburg capital
will give the cities where it is represented first
class service In the line of electrical railways.
The separation of church and State in
Brazil looks like progress, and encourages the
hope that Brazil may eventually establish a
republic by adopting a constitution and letting
the people e.ect a government.
It isa comfortable thing to note thatwhile
the New York bank reserve is down unpleas
antly close to tho minimum tbo last statement
of the Pittsburg national banks shows an in
crease of reserve during the past threo months.
Let us hope, however, that tho habit of the
Controller in calling for a statement at set
periods did not induce our banking friends to
fix up their reserves so as to make a good show
ing. Talk about the failure of the various gas
fields is cheap, but a new SOU pound well at
Belleveruon and another 500 pounder at Mur
rysville talk louder than words.
The Democratic idea of electing Presi
dental electors in tho various Congressional
districts is a Roland Tor the Oliver of the Re
publicans in tho measure to prevent Demo
cratic gerrymanders and perpetuate the Re
publican kind. But if both parties keep on
passim: election laws for the avowed purpose of
securing party success, what will become of
government by the people?
The Dakota idea at present seems to be
that if any man says the Legislature is cor
rupt he must bo impeached, for fear ho might
prove it.
Tatjlbee's death makes his dispute
with Kincaid a rather serious amusement for
both of the disputants. Death for one of the
fighters and imprisonment, as the mildest
penalty which the other can expect, are results
of a controversy which indicate that it would
have been much better for both of them to have
kept the peace.
There is reason to suspect that the novel
attitudes of tbe joung German Emperor are
duo to an attack of enlargement of the head.
Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson's year's work is summed up in the
chopping off of 31,000 Democratic heads. Clark
son is as vigorous a civil service reformer as
his Democratic predecessor. Both of them
clearly demonstrated their conviction that the
only way to reform the civil service is with a
meat ax.
PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE.
Senator Quay's son, Richard, is said to bo
slated for nomination for the Legislature from
Beaver county next fall.
It is said that General B. F. Butler is inter
ested in a scheme for a railroad through Pales
tine from Port Said to Damascus.
Dr. Brown-Sequard is still engaged on his
youthlul elixir at Paris, and persists in believ
ing that his experiment will at last be success
fully established.
Attorney General Trowbridge, of
Michigan, is reported to have shown symptoms
of insanity forsometimo past, and it is under
stood that he will be compelled to resign his
office.
Riper Haggard has created as the central
figure of his new story, a Zulu King, for whom
be chooses the unregal name of "Charcoal."
possibly because the name suits bis com
plexion. Mr. Parnell will prosecute the editor of
the Gazelle for publishing tbe first forged let
ter printed by iho Times in its articles on
"Parnellism and Crime," and copying the
rimes' articles day by day.
General Sherman has once more given
the country an examplo of his practical good
seuse by buying his own monument, a thousand
dollar one, and ho sajs: "The moment I am
buried it will be clapped on over me."
William K. VanderbilI desires a nice
station at Oakdale, L. I., so he trill have one
put up at a cost of $10,000, and present it to tbe
Long Island Railroad Company. It will be
known as tho one that Mr. Vanderbilt built.
Berry R. Sulgrove, the Indianapolis ed
itor who died recently, coined tbe phrase "Tall
Sycamore of the Wabash," as applied to Sena
tor Voorhees. First used in derision, it has
come into general use by both friends and
enemies.
Rev. E. T. Jeffers, D. D., of Philadelphia,
has formally accepted the call to the pastorate
of the Fir.st Presbyterian Church of Oil City.
Owing to his duties as Professor of Theology in
the college where he is employed. Dr. Jeffers
Kill not commence bis labors in Oil City until
the 1st of June.
A BELL WITH A HIST0EI.
The
Interesting Relic in the Top of a
Buckeye nostelry.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
FlNDLAT, March 11. On tho top of the littlo
hotel at Elmore, a small ullage north of this
city, is a bell, with a peculiar and interesting
history. It is now the property of Mr. D. B.
Day, the proprietor of tbe hotel, who takes
pride in reciting its origin and subsequent
tribulations. In 1S32 Jarvis "spafford built a
tavern in Pcrrysburg, once the site of old Fort
Meigs, of the war ot 1812 fame In those days a
botel was not complete without a bell, swung
on the top, to call the guests to their meals.
Bell foundries were not so plen
tiful then as now, but after considerable search
ing Mr. Spafford heard of a man in Detroit
who cast bells. Detroit, then in the Territory
o Michigan, was quite a remote point, as dis
tance -was then calculated, but Spafford had to
have a bell, and he finally made his way thither
to have it cast. The bell foundry was found,
and the job undertaken, but when Davis, the
foundryman, endeavored to make the cast it
was discovered that there was not enough
metal for the purpose. Here was a dilemma,
but Spafford was equal to the emergency. He
threw SO Spanish dollars into the molten mass
and the bell was cast.
With his treasure, worth almost its weight in
gold. Spafford returned to Pcrrysburg, and
hung the bell up m a tree in his yard, so that it
might be investigated by the curious. The In
dians, who were then quite plentiful in and
about Perrysburg, were caught by the novel at
traction. They climbed tbe tree and kept tbe
bell goine day and night until the thing be
came an intolerable nuisance, and Spafford had
about concluded to take the bell down when
tbe Indians relieved him by stealing it and tar
rying it away. This act made Spafford f uriou
and he determined to recover tbe bell
if it cost him his life. Securing the
services of Sam Brady, an old scout
who had killed a Fcorc or more of
Indians, and Frank McCalllster. the first
white man who had settled at Perrysburg, they
started toward Upper Sandusky. They traveled
three days and nights, and on the morning of
thefourth day, while they were eating break
fast, they beard tbe bell in tbe distance.
Hastily finishing their meal tbey hurried iu tho
direction from whence tbo sound came, and
soon beheld a sight that was laughable, a he
Indians had tied the bell around the neck of a
pony, and the whole tribe, bucks, squaws and
youngsters, armed with hickory switches,
were running that poor animal around an open
space at the very top of its speed, and yelling
like demons, as an accompaniment to tho
furious ringing of the bell.
Spafford and bis companions made a charge
on the crowd and succeeded in driving the
pony away from the village, where they could
secure the bell without trouble, which they did
and got safely home without being pursued or
having any fight with the Indians. The bell
was taken back to Perrysburg, where it re
mained for many years performing the duty
for which it was cast. When Mr. Spaffora
died his daughter, now Mrs. Day, claimed the
bell, and, as her husband became a hotel keeper
at Elmore, the old reiio naturally reached its
present position on the top of tho house, where
she is the landlady.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Benjamin It. Font,
ISFKCIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DlgPATCILl
Huntinqdox, PA., March 11,-BenJamln B.
Vout, ex-member of the Legislature, died at his
home at Mill Creek this moraine of Bright's dis
ease. Mr. rout was elected on the breenbick
Democratlc ticket in 1878.
W. II. Brown.
CHICAGO, March ll. V. II. Brown, General
Manager of the Btudebaker Carriage Company,
was stricken with paralysis yesterday, and died
from its eflccts this afternoon.
Prof. Glldemelster.
Berlin, March 11. Prof. Glldemeltter, a noted
Orientalist, died to-day at Bonn
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A New Way to Fnrnlsh a Honae Expen
sive n Good Name for It Chicago's
Great Fent Opernlle Gossip.
QiEof tho prettiest houses I was ever in."
said a Pittsburger who has just returned
from the Capital, "I saw last week in Wash
ington. 1c was not in architecture or anything
of that sort that the charm of tbe house lay.
Its furniture was responsible for the good
effect of every room in the house. The family
who live in it are not people of great means.
Their moderate resources made me wonder
how they had been ablo to furnish their home
so elegantly, so richly, and with such variety
and pleasing contrast. I knew the mistress of
the house well enough to ask her to explain.
"'lam not surprised that you ask me how we
managed to furnish tbe houso in this style.'
she said. "Every stranger to Washington life
who visits me asks me the same question, which
is easily answ cred. When wo first came to
Washington to livo wo took a furnished house,
and in that we stayed a year or so. Then I
wanted to get a house of our own although
our funds for buying furnlturo were low aiid
wo finally took this house. We furnished it
piecemeal. When wo moved in wo bad enough
furniture to meet most of our absolute necessi
ties. It was the end of the session of Congress
and tbo transient population of Washington
was moving out Households wcro being
broken up on all sides, and in every part of tho
city auctions for tho sale of furniture, silver,
linen and china were being held. I attended as
manj of these auctions as I could, and bit by
bit collected all the furniture, tableware, and
indeed pretty nearly everything there is in this
house. You admire the result and it is true
the furniture, silver and china are all finer
than I could have afforded to buyin tbe stores.
My husband admires the result also; he has an
other reason I saved him many hundreds of
dollars.'
The opportunities at tho rising of Congress,
ot tbe sort I have indicated, are really wonder
ful." iQn, ma'am," said a nursemaid to tho
East End lady who employed her, the
other day, "I made such a mistake this after
noon. I had Master Freddy out in the peram
bulator, and Mrs. Jones stopped me and asked
what ailed the child. I couldn't think of tbe
word the doctor used, and 1 says, says I: "He'vo
got expensive.' "
"Well, Mary," said her mistress, laughing, as
she thought of what an attack of eczema would
amount to in doctors' bills, "expensive is about
to lat it amounts to alter all."
CHICAGO'S GREAT FEAT.
The great feet of Chicago's fair
Have brought her fame: doth glory
Await her greater feat? Nay, there
Her Fair's another storj I
Several good points of the performance of
"The Gondoliers" were passed over, owing to
the circumstances of a first night criticism.
Tbo orchestra's part in the evening's work had
a great deal to do with the smoothness of the
whole performance. Sir Arthur Sullivan's
compositions perhaps demand a larger or
chestra than the traveling company can us
ually afford to carry, but the musicians led by
Mr. Adolph Liesengang, acquitted themselves
very well on Monday night.
The following schedule in rhyme is contrib
uted by a fair correspondent and may serve
to guide some of her sisters:
TO SPINSTERS ONLY.
Time for maidens, time In plenty
For to marry when they're twenty.
Free of heart they still may thrh c.
When thev've birthdays twenty-flve.
If at thirty they're unmarried,
Long enough they'll find they've tarried.
Should tbey single reach two score,
They'll rap hard at Hvmcn's door.
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Qilbert & Sullivan's opera of "The Gon
doliers," now being performed at the
Bijou, like all the previous works of those two
talented gentlemen, consists of charming in
consistencies coupled to melodious strains.
While the Gilbertlan philosophy is as quaint as
ever and as full of satire, it is perhaps deeper
than usual, touching, as it does, in an off-hand
way. the socialistic question, which is now de
manding the attention of the statesmen of tbe
world. The position of the dual Kings of
Barataria, who attempt to inaugurate a radical
monarchy, if such a term ma) be allowed, is
probably one of tho most remarkable ideas
ever introduced into an opera, and yet has a
solid basis of common sense.
Gilbert, perhaps unintentionally, has perpe
trated a little joko upon tho play-eoers who
want to reach tbe sidewalk just as the curtain
goes. Toward tho end of tho last act
there is a tableau which might reasonably bo
interpreted as tho finale, but is followed by
several conceited pieces. List evening, as
usual, about 200 of tho Bijou audience started
for the door as soon as the King came to his
own, but hesitated midway when they saw tho
opera take a fresh start. Several of them re
turned toxheir seats, which thoy hadno sooner
reached than the curtain went down, and, much
to their distrust, they bad to fall in behind a
long and slow procession to the street.
Wnim Gluo Needed.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The seats of Democratic Congressmen should
be treated to warm glue. The Democratic
party expects every Democratic Congressman
to be.in bi3 place.
A BIG W. C. T. U. MEETING.
Tho Old Organization In Good Slinpo Yet
Tho Report of the AIcDonald Y With
drawal Dropped Like a Hot Potato
To Slop Bird Killlnc.
At tho quarterly convention of tho County
AV. C. T. U. yesterday Mrs. M. E. Worth made
a short addres or report on her work as buper
intendent of Scientific Temperance Instruction.
Tbe manner of teaching studies bearing on
this subject in tho public schools was particu
larly commended, and tho text books relating
to physiological matter were indorsed. Miss
McConneU, the Superintendent of Press Work,
also made a report of her work, and Miss C.
M. W. Foster, of Johnstown, made a short ad
dress on general work iu and near her borne.
Miss Frances Willard made a few remarks,
saying she had visited 21 towns In the past SO
days and Pittsburg mado as good a showing as
any of them. Tbe National organizer of tbe
Good TemDlars, Colonel Demaree, of Ken
tucky, was introduced.
Tho report of the treasurer for the quarter
showed the expenses to have been $94 69, the
receipts $13. Tho report was approved, and
bills amounting to $22 88 were ordered to bo
paid.
Miss Anna Gordon, tho National Associate
Superintendent of Juvenile Work, made an
address about Bands ot Mercy, Bands of Hope,
Loyal Legions, Willing Workers and other
organizations composed of children. Her work
was to encourage the workers in these bands
to continue. She believed in recognizing the
boys and the girls in all manner of meetings
ana Gatherings, looking out for their likes and
dislikes, and creating interest in the proceed
ings for them She spoke of a plan of drill by
manual in the Loyal Legion, where the boys
went through simple evolutions and liked 'it
well enough to attend weekly meetings where
their hearts were also drilled.
Mr. A. F. Bryce announced that she had re
ceived notice from the McDonald "Y" that
they had left the county organization and
joineomhe new porty. Miss McConneU made a
motion that tbo resignation be accepted with
regrets, and that the matter be dispensed with
at unco without discussion. The motion car
ried unanimously.
Mrs. Mair then asked If there was anybody
who filled the position of Superintendent ot
Mercy. She said there was much work to be
done'by such an one in visiting the sick and
poor in tenement houses, hospitals and other
places. Mrs. Mair said the field was a large
one, and would necessitate some action being
taken to stop tbe abuse of killing birds to
aJorn hats and bonnets, and keeping horses in
agony by a high check rein and bobbing their
tails, as well as visiting the sick. Miss McCon
neU moved to lay the matter over for a month,
which was done.
Tho next quarterly meeting will be held in
Verona. Thirty-nine unions were represented
out of the 03 in tbe county.
STABS AT TUE UMBRELLA PURL0INEE.
Washington Post: A Pittsburg, man has
been sentenced to three years in the peniten
tiary for the larceny of an umbrella. It served
him exactly right. Ho should have organized
a syndicate and gobbled up all the umbrellas
in the State of Pennsylvania, and then he
would have had a hotter standing in; the courts.
Wilkesbakre Record: A PutshurgVIudge
recently sentenced a man to three j cars' im
prisonmen c for stealing an umbrella. It is safe
to surmise that tho Court had recently met
with a serious loss ot steel and black silk or
else had not recently got caught out in a shower
with a tempting opportunity to get home dry
at somebody else's expense.
ORANGE IN EVEBI WAY.
A Delightful Entertainment nt tbe Bellcfiold
Presbyterian Church,
Very becoming to the bright brunettes and
slightly trying to the fair blondes were the
decorations of the Bellfield Presbyterian
Church last evening, which made the "orange
festival" held there orange in reality as well
as by name. Orange was everywhere, and
oranges too, both manufactured and natural.
Beautiful evergreen trees, placed at intervals
through the lecture room, were laden with the
bright yellow fruit that in appearance
rivaled nature's productions, but con
tained everything imaginable inside tijeir
yellow covering. From the retreshment room
the aroma of the genuine article reminded one
of Pullman cars (where someone is always de
vouring an orange), or probably of past battles
with the perverse fruit before tbe fashion
originated of eating them with a spoon when
the nnd would stick closer than a brother. Tho
lemonade booth, which occupied a corner, was
a very attractive affair with its cut glass and
handsome china punch bowls and silver ladles,
to say nothing of the luscious beverage.
The prevailing color was used in tho draping
and trimming of this inviting booth as it was
in the manufacture of the candy booth, which
was "cornered" in tho opposite portion of tho
room. The sweetness of that particular corner
was conducive to the rattling of silver that de
lighted the ladies intorested in tbe enterprise.
The supper tables were very pretty and the
supplies were like the fishes, sufficient for the
multitude that made demands upon them.
1 ho fancy tabic and icecream table wero both
decked in the golden color, and were in har
mony with tbe dainty articles of necdlo work,
which wero all of tho samo hue aud the rich,
golden cream.
The festival was for the benefit of the home
and foreign missions of the church, and those
in charge of it wero Mrs. Anna S. Jack and
Mrs. Charles Zue at the supper tables, with a
number of young assistants.
Mrs. Hengst, Miss Davison and Miss Orth
robbed tbe trees of their fruitage and delivered
it to purchasers for a moderate price. Miss Zug
and Miss King supplied the ice cream to those
desiring it, and Mrs. Howard Nelson. Miss
Daulcr and Miss Baldwin gave the assemblage
"taffy" and much moro expensive confectionery
at liberal price-.
Mrs. Zug and Mrs. Holland were general
managers. The Schmertz Orchestra was in
attendance, and a large crowd of generous
pcoplo. who enriched the mission coffers of the
church considerably.
A Q0IET WEDDING.
Miss Margaret R. stoney Bccoines Mrs. E.
IT. Dingier.
A fashionable but private homo wedding in
the East End, last evening, united Miss Mar
garet R. Stoney to Mr. E. H. Bingler. Tho
ceremony was performed in the spacious draw
ing room of the Stoney mansion, at Roup, by
Rev. George Hodges, of Calvary Eniscopal
Church, at 8 o'clock. There were no attend
ants, and tbe bride was dressed in a sweetly
pretty white silk costume of danc
ing length. She carried a bouquet
of bride roses, but wore no veil.
She is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Stoney to be married within the
past six months, and it was at her own desire
that ber weeding was unostentatious instead
of like brilliancy to ber sisters, four of whom
have preceded her in matrimony. Mr. Bingler
is associated with Mr. Stoney, in the Anchor
Savings Bank, and claims for his sister Mrs.
Emma Bingler Wolfe, the talented .songstress.
Tbe guests included onlv tbe relatives of tbe
families and the immediate friends. The
wedding supper, which could not bo excelled,
was served bj Kuhn. Ihe collection of presents
embraced everything that would please a con
noisseur of tine wares, and will assist wonder
fully in rendering artistic and beautiful the
home of the young couple on Wylie avenue, of
which they will assume possession immediately.
TWO SEASONS ENJOYED.
Fnst and Future Pleasures Talked Over by
a Fishing Club.
Tho past season's pleasure was enjoyed last
evening in retrospect, and the future season's
in anticipation, by members of the "Iron City
Fishing Club," who were entertained at the
residence of Dr. G. L. Simpson, No. 213 North
avenue, Tbe genial host is an amateur pho
tographer, and improved, tho opportunities
offoied bim, while the club was reveling in the
joys of camp life and temptine the beauties of
the sparkling water last August, to render
I Jimortal many of tho pretty scenes presented.
And last evening, by tbe aid of a stereopticon,
tbe company was transported to the various
places they visited whou tbo thermometer was
up in the nineties.
An elegant repast was served, however, which
broke tho spell and convinced the guests that
they were not out in tbe wilderness, dependent
upon the commissary tent and camp cook for
eatables, but in the land of caterers.
A Benefit for Iho Widow.
A benefit entertainment will be given at tbe
Lawrence School Houso on Friday and Satur
day evenings for the family of the late Pro
fessor Stephenson. A very interesting pro
gramme will be presented, and the occasion
will be the calling forth of a representative
gathering of educational people.
Apropos to n Proposed Banquet.
In connection with the coming visit of Miss
Nellie BIy to this city it is stated that a ban
quet will bo tendered her, but no official action
has ben taken to that end, and if it 13 given,
unless different arrangements aro made, it will
bo under the auspices of no organized commit
tee. Social Chatter.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings
at tho Swedish church on Plumer street, be
tween Forty-fifth and Foity-sixth streets, a
grand bazaar and entertainment will be in pro
gress. TnE Carroll Club will give a reception at
Orpheus Hall, Monday evening, April 7, 1890.
riTTSBDRG 0iIMANDEUr ELECTION.
List of Officers Chosen Last Eveniujr for the
Ennnlnc Term.
Pittsburg Coinmandery No. 1 held its annual
election last night at Masonic Hall headquar
ters. Tho following ofittcers were chosen :
Eminent Commander, James Ji. Youngson;
Generalissimo, David R. Torrence; Captain
General, Fager J. Shidle; Treasurer, Richard
R. Barrows: Recorder, William T. Riter;
Trustees, Oscar C. Ganter, Henry T. Brodle
and M. M. Fclker.
By tho choice of Mr. Youngson. Postmaster
James S. McKean will become Past Eminent
Commander when the now officers are installed
in May next. During Mr. McKean's term 75
new members have entered the Commandery.
giving it a membership of over 500. No. 1 has
enjoyed much distinction within the last year,
It had the great honor of showing a greater
membership at tho Triennial Conclave in
Washington than any Commandery in the
United States. In the parade No. 1 had tbe
ost of honor, leading the Sixth Pennsjlvania
ivislon, as the personal escort of Torrence C.
Hippie, Grand Commander of Pennsylvania,
AGAINST WILLIAMS' GR0TE.
Tho Opposition Fair This Ycnr Will be Hold
ac Mt. Gretna. x
ISPICtAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIt.1
Harrisbcrg, March 11. A joint committee
of farmers and agents of agricultural imple
ment manufacturers, at a meeting here to-day,
unanimously decided to accept the proposition
of Robert H. Coleman, for tbo holding of tbe
farmers' encampment at Mt. Gretna. Mr.
Coleman agrees to erect an auditorium with a
capacity of 5,000 people, horticultural and flori
cultnral halls and platforms for exhibitors,
who will bo permitted to display their manu
factures witnout charge.
Tho encampment will bo held on August 17.
This movement is a blow at Williams' Grove,
where tho implement manufacturers have for
j ears had spates.
Big Plate Glass Works nt Charlerol.
IBFECIAL TSL2QBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
CiiARLEnor, FA., March 11. The contract
for tbe building of the big plate glass works
has been let and work will begin at once. The
cost of the building will be $750,000, and the
plant will be about 1,200 feet long by 800 feet
wide.
NOT DLAD, BUT SLEEPING.
Tho Americas Club May Yet Build
New
Clubhouse.
The discharging of. the Clubhouse Committee
at the last meeting of the Americus Club has
not put a quietus upon the clubhouse scheme.
It Is now certain that at the next meeting of
tbe club a new committee will bo asked for,
and that a very strenuous effort will be made
to formulate a plan which will tread on no
body's toes.
The resolution to have a clubhouse is still
spicad upon the minutes, and was not repealed,
the committee being merely ended. All sorts
of sites have been inspected and the desire for
a clubhouse seems to bo more ardent than
ever. There are 175 members of tbe club out-,
side of Allegheny county, representing nine
Btates, and it is the determination to provide a
home for them at an early day. The project u
"Hot dead but sleepeth."
nA. ?'
OUR ABANDONED CANALS.
Illnrylnnd Points to Them as an Einmple of
Losses Sbe Mny Suflei The Effect oa
Population nnd Business New York's
Great Waterwnr and Its Advantages.
IFKOH A STASY COKBESPOXDENT.J
(Cumberland. Md , March 11. The friends
of tbe Chesapeake and Oblo Canal are using
the State of Pennsylvania as an example of
what usually results from tbe destruction of a
great canal. Tbey are collating some facts and
figures comparing the interior towns of Penn
sylvania with those of New York State. This
data they aro drawing largely from speeches
made four years ago in the Senate of Pennsyl
vania by Senators Wolverton, Lee and Emery.
A bill was pending in that body permitting the
Pennsylvania Railroad to abandon 16 miles of
tbe old Pennsylvania Canal east of Hunting
don, Pa.
These Senators produced figures showing
that the policy of fostering canals in New
York, bad given wonderful growth and pros
perity to the interior towns of the State, wbilo
the towns in tho interior of Pennsylvania, or at
least those along tho Pennsylvania Railroad
the line of the abandoned Pennsylvania Canal
were insignificant alongside of them. It was
stated that the census of 1880 gave to the towns
on the Erie Canal in New York this popula
tion: Rochester, 81,811. Svracuse, 51,791;
Utica, 32,070: Osw ego, 20,910. Tbe towns in the
interior of Pennsjlvania had in the same year
populations as follows: Lewistown, 3,220;
Huntingdon. 4 125; Holidavsburg, 3,150: Al
toona, 19,710; Johnstown, 20,000; Blairsvllle,
1,162.
Cumberland peoole claim that, without great
railroad shops to denend upon, such as Altoona
has, they possess over 15,000 population, which
growth thev credit as much to tbe Chesapeake
andOh to Canal as to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road. The) say Altoona could not have even that
many residents were it not for her railroad
shops.
Pennsylvania's Situation.
Tn the Pennsylvania Senato discussions on tbe
bill referred to Senator Emery, of McKean
county, said.
"The system of canals was more complete
In Pennsylvania in the early.hlstory of our
State than the canals of any otber State of the
Union. But. by a foolish act, the Legislature
wiped out of existence tbe entire competition
of the waterways against the railroads. And I
believe, as has been stated on this floor, that
this is but the commencement of an entire
abandonment of tbe whole system of canals in
tho State of Pennsylvania. Why, sir, the
canal leading from the Hudson, in the State of
New York, to Lake Erie, in the same State, has
upon its line cities every 10 or 15 miles, manu
facturing the raw products of the State of
Pennsylvania, because of cheap transporta
tion. Besides that four trunK lines of railroad
have been laid along its banks and are busily
engaged transporting the entire products of
the west. And do you presume to say that
Pennsylvania could not havo reaped the same
harvest that New York is reaping to-day had
be retained her public works bad it been a
constitutional requirement, as it is in the State
of New York, that the canal system should Be
retained by tbe State. You are all aware. Sena
tors, that attempts have been made from time
to time to wipe out the Erie Canal, but the Con
stitution steps in and prohibits it."
"I repeat that tbe Erie Canal has been to tbe
State of New York, such an ally as that It has
been impossible for the railroads to take
possession of the commerce of that State. I
simply say that the corporations of this great
Republic of America are so greedy that if they
could dry up the Mississippi river or the great
highways ot this country they would do it."
Maryland Mar Suffer Too.
tT is urged by persons here that Maryland's
'interior will also lag in the race for com
merce if the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is
handed over to tho Washington and Cumber
land Railroad. Senator Stake and other mem
bers of the Maryland Senate, at Annapolis,
havo received from a Baltimoro publishing
house, a pamphlet entitled: "Canals and Their
Economic Relation to Transportation." It is
written by Prof. Lewis N. Haupt, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The writer is a warm
advocate for the continuance of canals, be
cause, as he proves by such great railroad
authorities as Commissioner Fink, canals regu
late the freight tariffs of railroads. For this
reason alono it pays the public interest to keep
waterways open, even if they are operated by
tbe State at a loss.
The Estimated Cost.
Come people are frightened by the estimate
of Engineer Merrill of $25,000,000 for a canal
from Cumberland to the Ohio river. It is
worth while to note that tbe great Erie Canal
in New York cost over $50,000,000 when it was
fully completed. The plans for the $25,000,000
trans-Allegheny canal contemplated a 7-foot
ditch larger in every way than the Erie.
Colonel Merrill's estimato was made 16 years
ago. and he added 3,000,000 more to the esti
mate than his colleague Colonel Sedgwick)
thought necessary.
After this lapse of time, and with tbe im
proved machinery for dredging out a ditch
and uoring a tunnel, it is a question whether
the same plan could not now be carried into
execution for a greatly reduced sum.
Stofiel.
THE PRIDE OP THE PEOPLE.
The Dispatch Lacks No Feature of n Flrst-
Clnss Pnper.
From the 'Wilkcsbarrc Ec'cord. J
While Philadelphia is celebrated for the ex
cellence of its newspapers. Western Pennsyl
vania is likewise favored, though by a less nu
merous list TnE PrTTSBTJRQ DISPATCH
lacks no feature of a first-class journal. It Is a
model well worthy of imitation by somoof the
flashy would-be great papers further East, for
it covers every department of news. Its tele
graphic department is superb, and ts market
reports unequaled. In tbe line of local news
gatherer it is remarkably successful, every col
umn showing tbe work of first-class talent. In
office and printing department it leaves noth
ing unprovided, and its work is good in propor
tion. Its Sunday edition is over 50,000, and
contains as cboico a collection of interesting
matter as can be found in any similar publica
tion. AH Pennsylvania may well take pride in
The Dispatch, as a most worthy representa
tive of tho high civilization of our Keystone
State.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
AN exchange asks, "What shall we do with
our girls'" Dress and send them to school. Af
ter they reach the age of sweet sixteen some
young man will rellcte you of further responsi
bility. The man who looks down a gun barrel to see
if it is loaded Is becoming as numerous as the
man who throws a wet stick of dynamite in the
stove to dry.
TnE Cincinnati Times Star says Harper's
place Is In prison. As the man Is now doing a
lucrative business and living on the fat or the
land, with no rent to pay, he probably thinks his
place is in prison.
Sam Jones says "ho Is making more money
than any ten bishops in the Methodist church."
There Is positive proof that Ignorance has the call
on Christianity and learning.
Emin Pasha offers to return to tnebead
waters of the Nile for J123,00O. If Emin will over
haul Iraln and take and leave him among the sav
ages, the orlce Is not an extravagant one.
TnE grip has finally seized Cbauncey M.
Depcw. It Is the first time the great after-din ner
talker was canght napping.
A Michigan man has mistaken his wife's
foot lor a burglar and shot at it. His wife Is an
ex-Chicazo belle.
A Rouseville, Pa., man tried crude oil and
au egg to remove dandruff. It proved a success,
but he Is now using a wig.
PIGEONS AND POULTRY.
A Stnte Association of Fanciers to be Or
ganized at Hnrrlsburg.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THS DISPATCH.1
Harrisbuhg, March 11. To-morrow a State
association of poultry and pigeon fanciers will
be organized in tbis city. The object of tho
association is to encourage and promote im
provement in the breeding and management
of poultry, pigeons and came, and the preserva
tion and protection of the latter; to ascertain
by experiment and the collection and dissem
ination of reliable and practical information
relating thereto; to work in unison with tho
State Board of Agriculture and all poultry and
agricultural societies throughout this State
that may be governed bv its rules; to recom
mend competent persons as judges, to act if
called upon for advice or to settle disputes that
may occur at poultry shows.
A Southern Ticket.
From tbe San Antonio Express.
For Governor in 1690: Attorney General
Hogg. Platform: A baa the railroads: hoch
die ox-cart.
AtttjSasVssk.
SOCIAL PDEITY.
Miss Willard's Lecture In Iho Smlthfleld
Street 01. E. Church A Collection for
the White Cross Lrglon.
Tbe audience room of tho Smithfield M. E.
Church was taxed to its full seating capacity
and chairs were placed in the aisle to accom
modate those who went to hear Miss Frances
Willard. the President of the National and
World's W. C. T. U., deliver her lacture on
"Social Purity" last evening. A massive bou
quet of lovely roses placed on the table near
Mis3 Willard testified to tbo thoughtfulness of
ber own sex. The lady herself never appeared
to better advantage than sbe did last evening.
and as one looked at her commanding
figure arrayed in a neat, well fitting dress of
black material, and ber expressive countenance
framed with soft, wavy hair, reverence and
admiration was inspired even before a word
was spoken. Rut when her clear, distinct and
powerful voice penetrated the corners of
the rooms, carrying with it conclusive evidence
that by the aggrandizement of women a state
of social purity would result that could never
be accomplished in any other W3y, the silence
which reigned betokened the great interest
with which her remarks were received.
Miss Willard spoke of the vast amount of
good that has already resulted from the efforts
of the organized societies for the elevation of
womankind, but spoke more fully upon the
order of tho "White Cross," whose first pledge
is "I will maintain an equal standard ot social
purity for men and women." Of the order
Mrs. Josephine Butler, the wife of an En
glish clergyman, was tho pioneer some 20
years ago. Robbed by death of an idolized
daughter, she devoted ber time to the elevation
of women who aro commonly called aban
doned or outcasts. Miss Hopkins, another En
glish woman, followed in her footstens, and
William Stead was a great power in the same
work which has become a step child of tho W.
C. T. U.
Miss Willard paid Mr. Powderly a deserved
compliment for the assistance be had given
the W. C. T. U.in bringing the subject before
tho workingmen of the nation. She claimed
that with perfect homes the desired state of
social purity could be effected. Homes where
confidence between husband and write and
parent and child would be a safeguard for all.
The only way to accomplish such a result, in
the opinion of Miss Willard. is to educate the
woman and give ber equal rights and privileges
with man, thus making her a companion with
whom ho may discuss any and all subjects, thus
doing away with the necessity of goicg out to
see a man or sitting with his paper up before
bis face, buried in its contents. With
perfect confidence existing between husband
and wife and loyalty to each other,
a strong foundation for tbe children to lean
upon and learn from would lessen much of the
crime and suffering that abounds at present.
Miss Willard advocated strongly intimato rela
tions between mother and child. Sbe referred
to tbe passage in "Ben Hut" which says "God
could not be everywhere, so he made mothers."
Tbe influence of tho mother to assist a child
over the dangerous rocks of sin that beset his
youthful years, in ber opinion, could not be
orcreatimated.
"Virtue must be based upon knowledge," the
lady said, "and is proof against any and all
temptations." Innocence is always the result
of ignorance, and more easily influenced.
Tberefore.tShe argued, a child should be taught
and counseled with regarding all forms of sin
that might present itself to him. Forewarned
is forearmed, so the lecturer said. In speaking
of the typical borne of to-day. Miss Willard
said at the present time a woman was forced
to marry, hedged into It by prejudices, but man
of his own free will selected that method of
living, though every profession and avenue
was open to him. From that she drew ber con
clusions that no matter bow highly educated
and competent to make her own way in the
world a woman might be In the future, she, too,
would listen to tbe voice of love and enter the
matrimonial, bnt able to be a better
wife and companion to the man
she honored with ber hand and heart.
And when society has reached that state it
will be found more of a compliment to tbe man
when a woman signifies her willingness to as
sume the responsibilities of wifehood than at
the present time when she is forced so often to
enter tho married state.
At the close of the meeting a collection was
taken for the White Cross Legion.
IN HEARTY ACCORD,
Action of tho Microscopical Society on tbe
Now Academy ot Science.
Tho Iron City Microscopical Society held Its
regular monthly meeting last night in the par
lor of the Pittsburg Library. Mr. James IS.
Cherry read an interesting paper on "Tho
Angnlar Aperture of Lenses." Among the
exhibits of tho evening were: Young
horseshoe crab, by Mr. C. C. Mellor;
rapbides, or plant crytals, of Tradescan
tia Virginlca; section of cat's lung, by R. H.
Grube, M. D.; diatoms from soundings of Chal
lenger expedition, by J. A. Moore; section of
nummilitic limestone, by C. G. Milner. Apro
pos to the granting of a charter to the Acad
emy of Science and Art, the following resolu
tions were unanimously adopted, the Iron City
society being tbe original promoters of the idea
of an Academy of Science and Art for Western
Pennsylvania:
Whereas, The Academy or Science and Art of
Pittsburg has been duly Incorporated under ths
laws of this Commonwealth, and
M hxreas. One of the objects designed to be ac
complished bv the organization of toe academy la
to bring together into closer relation the various
scientific societies of this city, and to foster their
growth aud ncefu!nes.
Resolved, That the Iron Cltv Microscopical So
ciety desires to avail itself or tbe advantages to be
secured bv a co-operation of the various societies
In the academy, and does hereby signify to the
Council of the Academy Us willingness to become
a section of the same under the provisions of the
ny-iaws presenica to tnis societr, ana approved
by it at its regular meeting. January 14 hfcio, aud
to take and assume as Its alternative title that of
The Section of Microscopy or the Academy of
Science and Art of Pittsburg;" provided, that
this action aliall be understood as in no wit inter
fering with the autonomy of tho Iron City Micro
scopical boclety: and
Resolved, That the committee of delegates (vizi
President Holland. Messrs Clapp. Milner and
Mellor) be continued and authorized to confer
with the Council of the Academy as to farther
arrangements.
American Block Tlo.
From the Cleveland I'laln Dealer.
The first block of refined tin produced from
an American tin mine has been received at
Pittsburg. Tho tin was mined in South
Dakota. It is said that tbo block demonstrates
that the tin can be taken from the mines there
and melted into pigs ready for market at a
cost of $2.15 a pound. The cost of producing
tin of the same quality from the mines at
Cornwall, England, is SlII a pound.
HE WAS SUPERSTITIOUS.
An Actor Frightened br the Imaginary
Howling of n Dog.
A leading singer with one of the opera com
panies, at present in this city, went Into a dress
ing room yesterday morning and began to try
his voice, which is really a good one, on prac-
i ticing scales and cadences, and, tbe most diffi
cult rnns and trills in tne opera, when, accord
ing to an old practice in vogue among the stage
hands at the house, when anyone of their num
ber sings, several of the stage bands, who did
not know that the star wa3 in the bouse, set up
fairly good imitations of tbe howling of a dog.
The practicing came to an immediate stop, as
did the alleged canine chorus. Out steps the
vocalist from his room, and inquiries of the
stago carpenter, who happened to bo near, if
be had heard a curious noise. The carpenter
answered in tbe negative, and the vocalist,
wearing a reassured look, returned to tbe
room and resumed his singing, and again the
bowling began.
This time the singing stopped for good, the
singer saying to tbe carpenter, as, he made his
way hurriedly out of the house: "I'm sure I
heard a dog howling somowhere, and a thing
like that alwajs makes me nervous. I'm
afraid something's going to happen."
SEVERAL NEW ASSEMBLIES.
Miners in Division 4 Hnvo Made a Demand
for Increased Pay.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Scottdale, March 11. A large and enthusi
astic meeting of the miners of tbe Smithton
district was held last night at Smithton, and
addressed by R. D. Kerfoot, John Nugent and
Peter Wise. A largo assembly of Knights of
Labor was organized and attached to Division
4. Tbey wilt demand a material advance in
av ages o er what tbey are now being paid. Thev
havo given the operators of the entire district
the necessary 60 days for the advance, and
if not conceded a strike can be looked for on
MayL
The Knights of Labor of the coke region are
still spreading out Four new- assemblies will
be organized this week, viz.. Lamont, Lippln
cott, Smithton and Stonerville. Late advices
from the Punxsutawney district are that the
strike is still on, although the works aro oper
ating in fulL Ihe national organization and
tho Federation of Labor aro supporting the
strikers.
THE MARYLAND CANAL CASE.
Consideration of tho Lense mil to bsBesnn
To-Morrow.
SPECIAL TELIOBAM TO TUB DIBrATCH.l
Annapolis, March IL-Tha canal lease bill
was to-night in the Senate mado the order of
the day for Thursday next.
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CURIOUS C0KDE5SATI05S.
Palatka, J?la., boasts of a turnip thai
weighs 22 pounds.
An Englishman named Laird, who has
a yearly income of $750,000, was arrested at
London for knocking down and kicking a
woman.
By the new rules just issued, no one
who owns to more than 23 years Is eligible to
admission as a student of the Royal Academy
schools.
All the tramps in the Battle Creek,
Mich., lockup were offered $2 a day to eo out
to Goguac Lake and cat ice, but every one of
them declined.
Colored men of Boston are organizing a
Cnspus Attucks Club, in memory of one of the
black martyrs who fell before lUng George's
minions in Boston streets 120 years ago.
A Michigan paper, speaking of the
death of an esteemed lady, says: "She leaves
a husband who did everything in his power to
save her life, and gave her an elegant funeral."
The landlord of a public house at Bir
mingham has a canary bird that can speak sev
eral words distinctly, having learned them
from a parrot with which it bad been brought
up.
The belle at a recent dog feast on an
Indian reservation in Dakota wore a jacket
trimmed with teeth from 150 elks, which she
herself had slain. She is the ganddauzhter of
the chief of the tribe.
Beerbohm Tree, the London actor, gave
a dinner to a number of friends recently at
which, instead of nosegavs, falso noses were
furnished to the guests, which they were re
quested to wear during the banquet.
A Graysville, Ga., young man who ad
vertised in the Cincinnati Enquirer for a lady
correspondent, received a proposal of mar
riage from a mulatto girl, who described her
self as "bright, pretty, and sweet sixteen."
Admiral Albini, of the Italian navy,
says that the man-of-war of the future will
have double screws and a helm at each end, so
that it can turn around without losing any
time. Its sides, he says, will be unarmored.
A bridge across Eagle creek. Ore., was
finished recently by Baker county tax-payers,
who paid $2,600 for it Before it was a week old
a drove of cattle were driven upon it, when tbo
whole structure collapsed and oO animals were
drowned.
President Allen, of the Letter Carriers'
Association, of New York, has been presented
with a banner on which are shown the photo
graphs ot over 1.700 letter carriers belonging to
tne union in Brooklyn, Newark, Philadelphia,
Boston and Washington.
A couple of St. Louis, Mich., men have
Invented a concern to nse up sawdust as fast as
a mill can turn it out. Tho Invention takes tbe
dust from tbe saw and shoots it straight Into
the furnace, where it takes the place of one
third of tbe coal or wood usually burned.
The Chinese merchants of Phcenix,
Ariz., contributed $200 in money, a wagon load
of provisions aud hired a physician to go to the
relief of their countrymen who were injured
by tho accident at Hassayampa. If any bodies
were found they were to be given a decent
buriaL
A return has jnst been issued showing
that 412,310 English ladies are entitled to vote
in County Council contests, this number in
cluding 65,161 women voters in London alone.
In municipal elections tbe total nnmber of
ladies entitled to a vote in the boroughs of En
gland and Wales is 213,413.
The Princess Letitia, the late Amadeo's
widow, is living in Rome, where she is already
said to be prospecting in a Napoleonic way for
a new and young husband. She is very young
herself, and was opposed to marrying her old
uncle, aud only did so at the insistence of her
mother, who wished to please her favorite
brother.
While the officers had Henry "Wallace,
of near Oxford, Mich., in the Oakland county
jail the other day they found among his per
sonal effects a receipt showing that he hadn't
married his wife in the ordinary way. but bad
acquired her from one Fisher by right of pur
chase, 23 cents being the price of the woman as
set forth in the document.
The number of gondoliers at Venice
has been much diminished since tbe introduc
tion of steam launches in the canals, which form
its thoroughfares. The few gondoliers left in
service, however, are not complaining, as they
receive better wages through lack of competi
tion in their own special line, and their skulling
is much in demand by visitors.
II. Ville, a professor of chemistry at
Paris, announces that ho has discovered a now
compound, consisting of a mixture of phosphite
of chalk, carbonate of refined potash, and
sulphate of chalk, which, placed around the
roots ot the vines, will defy tbe attacks of the
pbyloxera. and will at tbe same time greatly
increase the abundance of tho crop.
The Landgraf of Hesse is about to con
tract a marriage with a young and beautilul
actress of the Frankfort Theater. The lady is
of noble descent, and the daughter of a distin
guished officer. The Landgraf is an accom
plished musician, and much beloved iu societr.
He has been totally blind from his birth.
Charles John Gay, an English cartman,
after a good record of If years, has jnst been
sent to prison for a month for stealing two
oranges, worth 1 penny, from some goods he
was carting for a large firm of jam makers.
The Court solemnly announced that tbe gravity
of the offense did not lie in the value of tha
goods, but iu tbs breach of trust toward an em
ployer. The man who blows out the gas has a
rival. He recently stopped over night at a
Michigan hotel, and tbe smell of burning cloth
prompted a search for him. After rapping up
several guests tbis man finally peered out ot
tbe darkness of bis room and confessed that he
had tied a towel around tbe electric lights, and
It bad scorched it. "I tried to blow it out." he
said, "but it wouldn't go out."
A soldier was court mariialed lastmonth
at Venice for breach of discipline and con
demned to six months' imprisonment. When
informed by the Court that be could appeal, he
contemptuously tore off his number and otber
insignia, threw them on the floor and shouted:
"Cursed be your army! You are a lot of assas
sins!" For tbis he was condemned to seven
years' close confinement in prison.
Away back in the dim and misty past
somebody poisoned Mr. Drew's cattle, down in
Berrien county, Mich. Ho thought it was his
neighbor, Mr. Sbeppard. and Mr. Sheppard
was arrested. The case has been dragging
along for years, has cost 'he county about J10,
000, and may not be settled yet, as the jury dis
agreed last week, notwithstanding the over
whelming evidence of the accused's innocence.
The English Conntess of Carloty recent
ly died in Paris at tho age of 70 in ber room
where she lived alone and apparently in pover
ty. She was found dying in her chair by ths
janitress, and the police were summoned, as it
was supposed that she was utterly destitute.
In removing her from the chair a bag fell to
the floor, and in it was found $10,000 in gold:
$10,000 innoteswas afterward found in a drawer.
FUNNY MEN'S FANCIES.
Edwin Booth in his dejection resembles
Hamlet more and more as he grows older. He
leaves his "melancholy prints" wherever hegoes.
lexas Sitings,
A driver of an ice wagon explained why
there was a period after every word In the letter
ing on hli vehicle It was because ne had to stop so
often. Ttxaa Sijtingt.
There is said to be a period in the life of
every Intelligent individual when there is In his
mind a tendency to skepticism. He Is In his
doubt-sge as It were. Texai bljtingt.
Mrs. Jones (a widow, to her lazy son)
John, you'll lay around here until the wolf comes
to the door. Then what'll yon do?
John (literally) What d'you suppose I'm kcep
lh' that 'ere gun loaded terlHest bhore.
Tommy (studying his lesson") I say, pa,
where does the Oshkosh rise, and Into what- river
does 11 empty?
.Fa I don't know, my son.
Tommy You don't know, eh? And to-morrow
the teacher will lick me on account of your lznor
ance. Texas biftings.
"I bought a pair of blue stockings here tho
other day."
"Yes, I recollect."
"You said that th colors were fast."
"1 believe I did."
"Well they colored my feet sky-blue, and I
can't wash It off."
"Well, what are you kicking about? Didn't I
guarantee ths colors to he fast? Home people
never are eatafled."-ra Sitings.
"I hyah dah.wns a pooty libely time down
till da pokah 'scmblage at Mlstah Jenkins las
night."
"Yes; I don' quit de game fob. lebbea o'clock."
"Whuffoh?"
"Well, I couldn quite un'stan some ob da
pecoolyahttes ob de pack of kyahds."
"U hut wns it roused yoh splchons?"
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"Yes."
"An1 lnabsen' mindedness, drawed foh ernad
dah." "Yes."
"An' filled de ban WasMngton Put,
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