THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, MONDAY. MARCH 17, 1890. if m V BiMKJj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, 1S46, Vol.45, o.SS. KntcreC at Pittsburg I'ostofflce. November 14, 1SS7. as second-class matter. Business Offlce87tindG9FifthAvenuo. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. eastern Advertising Office, lioom 45, Tribune Building, New York. TERMS OF THE DlfPATCU. POSTAGE FBEE IN TUB UNITED STATES. Kailt DisrATCK, One Year. SSOO Daily Disr-ATCH, l"er Quarter 2 00 Daily DlsrATCH, One Mouth 70 Daily IMsr-ATClL, includtngSunday, lycar. 10 00 Daily DisrATCit, lncludlngbundaT,rai'th. ISO Daily Dispatch, Including tunday.l month 90 fcuXDAT Dispatch, One Year IJ" Weekly Dibpatch, One Year 1s Tue Daily DisrATCH is dellTered bycarrlersat K cents per week, or Including bunday edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY. MAR. 17, 189a S-On cr nbont April 1 Hie BUSINESS OFFICE oJ THE DI-PATCII will bo re moved to Corner of Smilbfleld nml IHnmond Ktrcrls. BOILEES STILL EXPLODE. Another boiler explosion this time at the Howard street pumping station of the Alle gheny water works has scattered the frag ments of the boilers far and wide, with the miraculous and merciful result that no lives were lost How it was possible for such an explosion to take place without any fatalities is some what beyond comprehension. But it is clear thst the happy escape from a sacrifice of human life must be credited either to provi dei.tial interposition, or lucky chance, rather than to adequate care to pre vent the explosion. It is not necessary to await a necessarily groping inquiry as to the scientific cause of the explosion. At this day and age of the world, the mere fact that a steam boiler has exploded is a proof of something lacking. It it is true that after using steam for three-quarters of a century science has not learned how to keep it under restraint, the explosion indicates the insufficiency ol research. If science does know how to prevent boiler explosions the occurrence of them argues a criminal negligence somewhere. It is certainly time for tnis stage of civ ilization to find out the way to prevent steam boilers from the possibility of explo sion, and to take away the threat to their entire vincinage that they present while such a possibility exists. SEHYIKG THE C0BP0HATI0NB. The passage of the bill to turn over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to a railroad corporation br the Maryland Legislature is a striking measure of the respective weight given in practical politics to the interests of the people, as compared with corporate schemes. The canal had been wrecked and ruined by the management of a political machine; and on the basis of its uselessness brought about in that way, the same politi cal machine dictated its surrender to a rail joad corporation in which the ruling poli ticians are interested. It is not certain that the courts will permit the bargain to be carried ont; but the fact that this was done just when it is being shown how that water way could be made the eastern outlet of a national system of water transportation, gives a plain indication of the influences that govern the Maryland Legislature. Some of these days, it is to be hoped, the people will learn to elect legislators who will serve the public interests instead of the corporations. OPPOSED TO TIGHT LACINO. The fashionable female logic on the sub ject of corsets is strikingly illustrated by Mrs. Frank Leslie's argument on the sub ject which appeared in The Dispatch of yesterday. That versatile lady declares that she does not believe women will prefer "the bulky waists." which she alleges to be characteristic of the non-corset wearers; but at the same time she professes great modera tion, and declares that ''a corset should never be worn tight enough to hinder respi ration" or "make one feel uncomfortable." This is just the same sort of reasoning that we might expect the fashionable Chi nese woman to employ, by declaring that women cannot like to have the immense feet that must result from letting them grow to the natural size. There is the difference of course that the Chinese method only crip ple the means of locomotion, while the fashionable Caucasian compression affects the vital organs. But the peculiarity of Mrs. Leslie's views is in the remarkable character of the moderation which she pro fesses. The corset is recommended as a pre ventive of the "bulky waists," which blundering nature will put on women if allowed her own way; but there is to be no tightness. The fact that the application of a machine that prevents a natural growth is not regarded as at all tight gives the male half of creation a novel and startling meas ore of what Mrs. Frank Leslie would con sider a real case of tight lacing. In view of her advocacy of a system of compression which sets up the wasp as a model for the female form, we must feel grateful to Mrs. Leslie that she does not favor wearing corsets so tight as to actually sever the feminine half of creation quite in two at the waist A HANDICAP FOE EATTIS0K. It is reported from Philadelphia that Hon. W. L. Scott has started for Virginia, ill pleased with his attempt to make Ex-Governor Fattison the accepted candidate of the Pennsylvania Democracy for Governor. It is not remarkable that Mr. Scott's efforts in that direction have met with little success; for when the Pattison boom is burdened with his sponsorship it is trying to swim in the stormy sea of politics with a mill-stone aronnd its neck. One of Pattison's strongest claims is his active support of popular in terests against corporate transgressions; but when brought lorward with Scott as his Warwick, the control of the movement by a man who has recorded himself in a letter of his own, as in politics to serve corporate in terests, was a fearful neutralization of the ex-Governor's anti-monopoly record. Per haps if Mr. Scott will stay in Virginia, Pattison may still hare a chance of success. AUSTRALIA'S FEDEBATION. Australia is coming to the most important departure in her political existence. The five States into which the great island con tinent is divided have hitherto been con tent to maintain individual independence tinctured by a common friendliness toward each other and the mother country. They all enjoy autonomous government to a great extent, although the Governor appointed by the Crown is still the chief executive in each State. As the population has in creased, and the colonies have grown in every direction, the need for a chosen union, political as well as commercial, has become apparent It can hardly be said that the desire for federation which has been expressed in all the Australian States with greater vehemence every year, has been encouraged by England. In spite of frowns and shrugs from the Old Country, however, the move ment in favor of a federal or central govern ment has made its way until now the colo nies have agreed upon a date in January next for a convention, in which all will be represented, to draft a Constitution embody ing the federal principles. This will be a most important event of course for the colonies themselves who will then for the first time be united under one government, but it will mark also the beginning of a new epoch in the history of the English-speaking nations, of which we are one. The progress of the Anglo-Saxon race in the Pacific will receive an immense impetus from this federation. In becoming a nation, for the first time since 1788, when Captain Cook explored the East coast, the Australians possess advantages which the United States had not when the convention met in Philadelphia in 1787 to devise "a Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the pre servation of the Union." It is true that the Australians have not vet reached the point of declaring themselves independent of Great Brition, and so need not concern themselves with some of the weightiest pro visions demanded by a nation at the outset of its existence. But the Australians have to guide them in modeling a Constitution, the great instrument of the United States, and the experience of Americans under it for a hundred years, the Constitution of Canada, of more recent date, and the history of the Democratic revolution now taking place in Great Britain. In fact if precedent and cotemporary evidence are all that are needed to Enable the Australians to make a good Constitution, the product ot the con vention of next January should be an im provement upon any previous attempt to secure freedom and justice for a united people. LAST PHASE OF SOUTH PENN. The report comes from the eastern part of the State that the purchaser of the South Penn franchises at the recent sale for the very modest sum of $2,500, is the attorney for the Heading Railroad, with the intima tion that the line will be completed by that corporation. The report is one to which Pittsburg would lend willing credence, if the checkered fortunes of that enterprise had not made it difficult to believe anything concerning it, until it demonstrates an ex istence by actual operations. It is the more difficult to place much faith in this story because of the antecedent im probability that the powers interested in crushing that project would let the control of it go for such a Eong. After some per sons have spent millions to prevent the road from being built, it does not seem likely that they would let the opposition buy fran chises which carry the right to complete it, with the benefit of millions of dollars' worth of work, for a miserable ?2,500. Still the reasons for building the road are very strong. If not loaded down with watered stock, it would be the salvation of the Heading road; and it would afford a great stimulus to Pittsburg and Southwest ern Pennsylvania. Everyone will be glad to see the Heading corporation afford a prae tical corroboration of this storv. THE WOMAN OF TO-DAY. There is still, in spite of the growth of intelligent opinion on the subject, a linger ing belief not among men alone but among many woman also that a woman cannot compete with man in the work of the world without losing a considerable portion of those endearing qualities which peculiarly belong to the feminine character. It is not our intention to say that there is no founda tion for this belief, but we think that it does not hold good in very many instances. Of late years the young woman who man ipulates the typewriter, and contrary to the natural disposition of her sex, abbreviates language, has become almost an indispensa Dle agent in the transaction of mercantile business. She is to be found in more inde pendent circumstances as a copyist and stenographer on her own account. For secretarial work woman has been discovered to be particularly fit Yet, taking this class ot female competitors with men in the labor field, do we find that the feminine qual ities to which we have alluded before as endearing are in any degree lacking? The results as far as they are generally known, the matrimonial results we mean, show that the typewriting handmaid finds just as much favor in the sight of man, and perhaps more than, her sister who is secluded in the sphere of the household. In fact there have been known instances of the fair typewriter making herself too endearing, and thns be coming an object of jealousy to others of her sex. If the other avenues in which femi nine enterprise is making itself felt were examined, we believe the same condition of things would be revealed. The woman who works lor her living with her brains, and with her hands, if the labor be not too exact ing and prolonged, need not lose the gentle ness, the sympathetic nature, the warm heart, and all the other gilts with which her sex is providentially dowered. The world is opening its eyes to the new aspect of woman's calling. It is just as well that the world should be awake to the revo lution which is taking place in the better half of humanity. The world will be all the brighter and better for the extension of woman's influence. There will not be any appreciable decrease in the attractiveness of woman, or in her fitness as a helpmate of man, because she chooses to use her head and her hands outside the limited circle of the home. It is calculated to discourage progress to learn, after the triumph of the long attack on the sickly green postage stamp, that its succes sor, the brick-red two-cent stamp. Is a. nuisance and a failure. It is alleged that the paper tears, that the color comes oft under a minimum of licking, and that the public generally cannot stand it II these Ditter thines be true, the most obvious refuge will bo to restore our fealty to the old device, which may be sickly but is certainly esthetic and serviceable. The commissioner who was to have cleaned the streets or New York has taken flight from the Augean task. It is evidently impossible to clean the streets of the metropo lis; as that would be out of all harmony with her politics. Eli Perkins proposes that the New York Grant monument shall be made of brass and shall include statues of Columbus, Miles Stand ish and all the Presidents from Washington down. In short, Eli's idea is to make it a mon ument to pretty nearly everything. The sug gestion has one good point in view of New York's failure to furnish any other material for the monument Eli could furnish the brass. The Maryland Legislature has set itself down finally as determined to destroy the canals for the benefit of the railroads. Bat it is some mitigation to observe that there were 11 just men in the Senate. TnK Congressmen are hindering the work of the Pension Bureau by their demands that claims which they favor shall be made special and given priority over the rest But that is nothing new. The whole theory of statesman ship at present is that of regarding the entire Government as run for the benefit of tho friends and proteges of Congressmen and Senators. The explosive boiler appears to be as per sistent as tho destructive car stove, although It sometimes fails to work the slaughter that might bo expected of it. It is interesting to learn that Mr. Eos well P. Flower has offered, on behalf of New York, to support a 25,000,000 river and harbor appropriation on condition that New York gets a big share of it. This indicates Mr. Flower's full adhesion to the school of statesmanship, which consists in supporting everything that yields a large enough piece of the pork. The trouble over the tariff bill is evident ly due to the conviction of our statesmen that politics without sugar would be dull and un profitable. It is interesting to learn from the testi mony of the surgeon of the Enterprise after be had stated tho facts with regard to the wound inflicted by Commander McCalla in cutting down one of his crew, that the commander was always courteous to the men. The surgeon's idea of courtesy appears to verge on heroic treatment. Another suicide bears evidence to the tact that men find that life is not worth living when they do not make it so. There maybe some hope of improvement in our politics when party organs are able to rise above tho level of controversy, which con sists of each lido going into convulsions over the wickedness of the other's gerrymander. But there is no sign of that much needed advance of intelligence at present March snows followed by April showers may result In May flowers; but it does not look much that way at present. If the last sale of the South Penn road should result in the revival ot that enterprise as an extension of the Reading, it would be a remaikable termination ot the devious deal3 which have been resorted to for the suppres sion of that enterprise. PE0MINEXT PEOPLE. JoSEPnniE Jefferson, daughter of tho comedian, has sailed on a visit to Europe. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is now in Italy. She has almost recovered from her accident At the Florida Sub-Tropical Exposition the other daytheVice President and Mb party wero much entertained at the alligator pool. Queen Marqberita of Italy recently re ceived a letter from a woman, who asked for some of Her Majesty's cast-oft jewels. Lady Dufferin says that the English are rapidly spoiling the exquisite taste of the East Indians in dressing and in dress fabrics. The Czar of Russia has promised to listen at Bt Petersburg to a clee club composed of Americans studying at German universities. Miss R. F. Wilkinson is said to be the only female landscape gardener in London. She is very successful, and ranks high in her profes sion. Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, is said to be one of the cleverest poker players in Europe. Her natural stolidity of countenance helps her very much. Lord Stanlet, Governor General of Can ada, will leave for England on the 26th Inst., but will return in time to receive the Duke of Connaught in May. Ex-Kino Milan is said to be anxious to marry Madame Barrios, of New York, the beautiful and very wealthy widow of the Dic tator of Guatemala. Chauncey M. Depew has been forbidden by his physicians to see or talk with anyone, and all his social and business engagements tor this week have been canceled. Rt. Rev. Monsignor La Belle, Minister of Agriculture for the Dominion of Canada, is the only Roman Catholic bishop holding a cab inet position in a secular government. Prof. William Appleton, who will suc ceed Dr. Magill as President of Swarthmore College, has occupied the chair of Greek there for seventeen years, and has always been very popnlar with the students, the faculty and the alumni. Miss Amelia B. Edwards, when she leaves our shores next week, will leave behind warm admiration for her plucky endurance as well as for her great ability and charming manners. In spite of a broken arm she is fulfilling all her lecture engagements. LOVE IS BLIND. Her praises loud he used to sing: Now bo is jilted. He wonders how he loved a thing Whose nose is tilted. -Life. ITNCOMFORTALY STIFF. The English language always seems, When it perchance to Boston goes, As people do who don't feel right Dressed too much in their Sunday clothes. Philadelphia Times, TOO TRUE. I muse upon the foolishness Of everything to-day. As, rushing for the early train, 1 hump me on my way. "Things isn't as they wuz," I say. As down the street I canter. -Traln's gone, I'm left time table's changed Yes, tempoia mutantur. Vassar Miscellany. POINTED REMARKS. It gives the moralist distress. Instead of satisfaction, That men of brains do not express Thoir sentiment by action. But it would cause a wondrous change In orthodox sensation If talk went on by kicks and raps, A nd wo got thumps from angry chaps By way of explanation. BRAINS. 'Tis said that fishes have no sense, But, if the saying's meant. How Is it the shad ne'er comes to town Until long after Lent ? Philadelvhia Timet. THE SINGLE SIN. He walked for years In ways of righteousness. Good deeds unnumbered dropping from bl3 hand: Then, lo ! a "ingle sin he must confess. That b-i-i i uas tar up and down the land. And all i people drew a solemn face And ..ed him trickster, whispered his dis grace. Richard E. Burton. ambition's fall. In youth's bright morn he feels ambition's thrill. And in the field of human ttrife engages. Resolved to make a glorious name that will Go thundering down the ages. When age has carved Its wrinkles on his brow, And he has drank in life more gall than nectar. He's very happy if bo gets a place As custom house inspector. Botlon Courier. Will Mot Seek the Enjoyment. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Cleveland has been Invited to attend the coming Democratic State Convention in Penn sylvania; but it is hardly to be expected that h will seek enjoyment bv visiting a State which notifies him by 80,000 Republican majority that he isn't wanted. Tho Discussion Unnecessary. From the i'hlladelphla Inquirer. A Pittsburg church has formally approved the marriage of its pastor with his deceased wife's sister. The only thing remarkable about this proceeding is that there should have been any discussion of the matter, outside of England. DEATHS OF A DAY. Willlntn Brown. .'SPECIAL TELEfiltAM TO THE DISPATCTM anKKKSBUBG, March 10. William Drown, probably the best known business man In the county, died at his homo here to-day. He car ried on a drag business here for many years, and was considered one or the best pharmacists In the State. He leaves a wife and a small family of grown up children. THE CRITICS REVIEW. A Journey to tho Sun Plain Instructions to Youthful Astronomers Edncnllonnl Gymnastics Leant and Commercial Prcccdcnrs Literature for Mothers A Fhyslologlcnl Novel. AT the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Which is a royal good thing ana deserves its adjective abundantly, they have every year, at Christmas time, a course of learned lectures lor boys and girls. Sir Robert Starrell Ball, F. R, S. and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, has upon two occasions done himself the honor of delivering these lectures. Ho has taken the starry skies for his subject, and now, under tho titlo Star Land (Uassell & Co.; J. R. Wcldin & Co.), ho has put the two courses ot lectures to gether into a good book. Tho sua and moon, the "inner" planets, and the "giant" planets comets and stars arc the topics which head the chapters, with a concluding chapter on "How to Name the Stars." These lectures are not only filled with the learning which we would expect from a royal astronomer, but they are most pleasant easy and edifying reading. They are level to tho in telligence of any child in school. The lecturer understands children as well as comets, and knows exactly how to put 'things. Everything is made plain by graphic and apt illustration. To give an idea of the heat of the sun, the lec turer imagines one of his hearers, able to en dure any amount ot hoat, setting oft on a jour ney to the sun, carrying with him a wax candle, a bullet of lead, a penny, a poker and a flint. Pretty soon the candle wonld get soft and melt away. A little farther and the lead would go after tho same fashion. By and by the penny gets not only hot enough to burn the pocket for children's pennies are said to burn their pockets a long way off from tho sun but hot enough to get very red In the face, and finally to follow the candle and the bullet And then the poker gets as white hot as the flame which soars out of the converters at Braddock, and melts. At last the flint is melted. , jde lectures are rich in experiments, many of them of so simple a character, and per formed with such common materials, that any boy or prl can repeat them. With two cards and a pair of scissors, any two small children with a table between them, and a chandelier over their heads, can tell how it is that astron omers can measure the distance without any stepladder, or even a bean stalk from tho earth to the moon. The whole matter is mado as plain as day without a single technical word. The connection between a baseball and a comet is brought out In a way to be remembered. Even curve pitching is worked into the illus tration. There is nothing better than this book of Sir Robert's to put into the bands of a bright boy or girl who has found out that there is a sun and a moon, and that the sky is full of stars, and who wants to know more about them. J3 aron Nils Prose is another titled gentle man who is trying to teach the rising gen eration something useful. The adjective "royal" is on his title page also. The Baron is a graduate of the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute, of Stockholm, Sweden. He Is. there fore, not a royal astronomer, but a royal gymnast His titlo has not forbidden him even to give instruction in the Stockholm Gymnastic and Fencing Club. And if they have boxing gloves in that gymnastically enterprising city as no doubt they do some members of that club have perhaps had the distinguished pleas ure of knocking down a baron. What queer titles there are in the world! The Baron dedicates bis book to two gentle men, each of them associated with Stockholm gymnastics ono of them a K. C. S. and tho other a K. S. K. C. V. This is puzzling to an ungymnastic American. Baron Prose teaches gymnastics in Boston now, and tho needs of his pupils have suggested the making of this handsomo and practical book. Educational Gymnastics (Lee & Shep ard: J. R. Wcldin & Co. $2), is an expounding of the Swedish system. The adjective "educa tional" is well chosen, the purpose of this sys tem being to educe tho best that there is in every part ot tho body. Very little apparatus is required; Indeed, none is essential. The aim is to make well-developed, strong and properly proportioned bodies. The exercises are so plainly and minutely described that any gym nastic drill master can use them, or anybody in private can follow them. The book is excel lently printed, set out with several hundred illustrations, and most sensible and reasonable throughout. Thb purpeso of the compilers of Precedents, Legal and Commercial (American Pub lishing Company), is stated in their preface: "First, to pi t into tho bands of business men, an Intelligible statement of facts, showing tho rules applied by the courts in the disposition'of the numerous, controversies which have arisen out of business transactions, in this country and in England, mainly within recent years. The aim has been to set forth the facts in such a manner as to render the decision easily ap plicable by business men to the same set of cir cumstances occurring within their own experi ence." 'The second object of the book is to make a digest of tho facts of re cent leading decisions, in a form to bo of use to tho legal profession itself, more particularly that part of it so situa ted as to be deprived of access to the wide range of current reports resorted to for the materials of this volume." The late Edwards K. Olmstead. of the New York Journal of Com merce, contributed much of this matter to the columns of that paper. Charles Putzel, of tho New York bar, has put those contributions into shape and order, and brought to the task tho experience gained from the compiling of his successful book, "Commercial Precedents." The alphabetical table of contents begins with "Accounts" and ends with "Wills." Assign ments, Banks and Banking. Contracts, Corpora tions, Deeds, Drafts, Insurance, Interest, Mort gage. Partnerships, Trade-Marks and Trusts are included with other topics in the scheme of the book. The arrangement is the ideal of order. Cross references guide the reader to discussions of related matter. Everything which the ordinarily peaceful merchant can want to know about the law is made as plain as day. Legislation in regard to which there are local differences Is arranged by States. The country lawyer will find a whole libraiy in this book. V TTour neatly printed little tracts take us from tho realm of law Into that of medi cine. The managers of Babyhood, that ideal magazine for mothers, have reprinted from their pages an article on scarlet fever by Dr. John M. Keating, ono on Diet for Young Children by Dr. L. Emmett Holt, ono on Diphtheria by Dr. Henry Dwight Chapin, and one on Sound Teeth for Children by Dr. Free land D. Leslie. These papers are concerned with topics which every mother desires to havo knowledge of, and are written by men of wide experience, lecturers in hospitals and medical schools, who can Bpeak with authority. Tho little tracts number about 20 pages each, and cost only 5 cents. V T3 uby Dana" (John B Alden), is a novel by Mary Marsh Baker, and is dedicated to her husband. Tho heroine is a strong-minded woman. Sho belongs to clubs, is an activo member of tho Women's Physiological Associa tion, does a great many awful things which take the broath away from some old-fashioned peo ple, and has decided opinions of her own. All this, however, does not prevent her from fall ing in love and behaving very foolishly. There is little plot in the book, and the characters do not impress their individuality upon the reader. They talk a great deal of book-talk which beats upon tho position of woman. Theology comes in as an alternative topic for discussion. The hero is a parson. V hthe following books are clad Inpapercovers, Magic, White and Black, by Dr. Franz Hartniann. This is one of the books in Lov ell's "Occult" series. It is quito occult. We open at random and read: "Seven is the rule by which the totality of existence is measured, but five is tho number of harmony. If the fifth note in the musical scale is in accord with the first and third, harmony will be the result The same law rules in the constitution of man. If his body (his first principle) is in accord with his instincts (the third) he may experience pleasant sensations, but full harmony and hap piness is only attained when his fifth principle (his intelligence) fully assents in the union of the first and third. Other parallels may be drawn between the musical scale and tho scale of principles in man, and it will be found that both have their accords in moll and in dur that correspond to each other." My Sister's Hus band, by Patience Stapleton: Henriette, trins lated by Anna D. Page; Helen Buderoff, by Martha Morton, are published by the Lovell Company. Gibbs' .Route and Reference Book of the United States and Canada Is a book for commercial travelers. Thero are many maps in it showing the principal towns in various parts of the country and how to get to them. Tho hotels in each place are indicated, with charactor and rates, and the number of mer chants In each town is set down,classifled under head of eighteen different branches of trade. Pittsburg, for example, is credited with 861 bakers and confectioners, 457 boot and shoo dealers. 187 druggists, 1,297 grocers, 82 printers and publishers. 6? book and stationery stores, etc. Price, $5 00. A COMPLETE NEWSPAPER. Yesterday's 20-Pnso Dispatch Rcplcto With Dsefnl nnd Interesting Matter. The mammoth triple number of The Dis patch issued yesterday contained as much literary matter as an ordinary $2 volume, and all the nows of two continents as well. It cost but 5 cents $2 will purchase this mammoth edition for a whole year and contained In formation, full, complete and authentic, on hundreds of interesting topics. Its regular readers number tens of thousands, and the long list is growing daily. L The International Labor Conference opened at Berlin on Saturday. The delegates were warmly welcomed, but the ceremonies wero very informal. Lord Randolph Churchill's attack on the Government is thought to have killed his political prospect'. The downfall of the French Cabinet was caused by the resignation of M. Constans, who quit because France sent delegates to the Berlin conference. Other interesting news from abroad was con tained in tho special cablegrams. It is charged that the Commissioners at Castle Garden have neglected their duties, and that 40,000 contract laborers have been permitted to slip through during the past few months. Floods are still doing great damage on tho lower Mississippi. The real fight with the Democ racy of this State, Is over the choice of delegates to tho next National Convention. The South Penn Railroad was sold by the Sheriff of Fulton county. Hon. George F. Baer, of Reading, pur chased it for $2,500. The people of McCon. ncllsburg believe that tho road will bo finished. Andrew Carnoglo presided at a meeting in New York which arranged for the reception of the British engineers in October. The session of the International Association will be held in Pittsburg. ir. Mrs. Emily Rodgers died suddenly in Alle gheny. Her relatives in Hamilton Ont. be came alarmed and charged that sho had beon poisoned An inquest was held, and it was de cided that tho woman died from natural causes. John C. Brosi, a well-known Southslde jeweler, is missing, and Is said to have raised consider able money on forged paper. The Mansell trial at McKeesnort ended with a verdict of guilty on one charge, and the pastor is sus pended from the ministry, awaiting the action of Conference. Members of the Lawson-Doris Comedy Company, which came to grief on the road, are in tho county jail. Franz Grade, an Allegheny painter, murdered his step-daughter, a girl of 8 years. Coffee is rising, and there is a prospect that high prices will be kept up. Pringle's review and tho news ana gossip of the sporting world occupied the sixth page, ni. In the second and third parts there was the usual choice variety of original articles of a high literary Btandard. In "The Land of the Cannibal" Roger Casement gave a graphic picture of scenes and adventures in African wilds. H. Rider Haggard's "Beatrice" was continued, and additional chapters of Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' story were given. "Rigs for Racing Boats," by George H. Sandi son, and a pretty story by Paysie were among tho papers that were most interesting to young people. In the "Woman's World" were bright thoughts from Meg, Mrs. Frank Leslie and other gifted writers. Emma V. Sheridan, Shirley Dare, Bessie Bramble, Miss Grundy, Jr., Fannie B. Ward, Sweet Briar and Clara Belle furnished papers on various interesting subjects. Frank Carpenter. H. L S.. James C. Purdy, Bill Nye, Rev. George Hodges, B. P. Shillaber, several noted artists, Edward Wake field and R. W. Shoppell were a few of the many writers whose productions appeared in yesterday's great newspaper-magazine. Ono of tho OldeHt Will Please Answer. From the San Francisco Alta.l On one of tho bronze doors of the Senate wing of tho east front of the Capitol at Wash ington is a representation of Washington at the head of his victorious troops, but ho is depicted riding bareback. Is this historical? Did tho Father of His Country ride bare backed? CUREEKT TIMELY TOPICS. Governor Hill, of New York, has vetoed the penitentiary removal bill. The Governor wants the State prison as near the State capltol as possible. Some time ago The DlSPATcn noticed the fact that Senator Sawyer was one of the wealthiest Senatorial bachelors and widowers In the coun try. Slnco then be has received no less than 7,277 letters from spinsters willing to marry him. The value of Thb Dispa ch as an advertising medium is simply astonishing. TnE Woman's Medical College of Pennsyl vania has Just graduated 40 new female physi cians. "Hear ye, hear ye, this court Is open for business, bod save the Commonwealth." General Spinola says NbW York is tho most Christian city on the continent and the New York representative's favorite beverage U Appolllnarls water after something stronger. Commander McCalla's record is not as clean as the paymaster's of trie Enterprise, not withstanding the fact that the latter's name Is Mudd. Bill Nte has just invested 810,000 in Salt Lake real estate. He Intends raising chestnuts. The roller skating craze has just struck Oil City, as that place has at last been put on the maps, it is naturally to be expected that the grip may get along there about the time the world's fair question has been settled. Louis Aldrioh has a new play in which ho win play, or try to play, the part of an editor. People who believed that Louis wa3 gifted with an abundance of brains will probably be greatly dis appointed now. CArTAiN Blake, of New Albany, Ind., worth $30,000, popped to eight differentwomen be fore catching on. A man worth that much money must have a bad record or has a bad way of pop ping. Trobably he never read the papers. Saturday's market announced tho fact that money was scarce. During a chapel meeting of the comps of this office jesterdaya subscription was started for the purpose of having tho office towel rejuvenated. There were about 80 men present, nnd four lonely, solitary coppers were unearthed. The printers gave It out as their unanimous opin ion that the market reports arc to be relied upon. To-day is St. Patrick's Day. It may snow and blow and rain, but the green will be on top never theless. FOR SWEET CHARHTS SAKE. Contribution for the Southsldo nospltnl Net n Handsome Snm. The contributions for the Southside Hospital continuo to come in with gratifying rapidity. Up until Saturday a total of 2,222 42 had been received. The following aro a few of tho con tributors, with amounts given: Mrs. Esther Gusky, $20: receipts from Miss Hare's lecture, $115; Miss McCutchcon (collec tion from public schools), $102; German Evan gelical Lutheran Chnrch, $62; South Nineteenth Street German Baptist Church, $40; Iron City Council No. 171, Jr. O. U. A. M., $27 50; Monon. gahela Water Company employes, $144 10; Hogan, Evans & Co. and employes, $50; Eiler, Breltwiser & Co. and omployes, $48 50; H. C. Gearing and employes, $123 45;Schutto fcCo. and employes, $40; German Savings and De posit Bank, $25; Star Sand Company and em ployes, $21 25; Wolfe. Howard & Co. and em ployes, $25 35: S. McKce & Co. and employes, $31 50; Joseph Ploeger and employes, $25 60; German Methodist Church, $22 35; St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, $10U; G. A. Sexauers and employes, $33 50: Alderman Flaeh, $21 25; T. Campbell & Co. and employes. $32; Phil lips & Co. and employes, $26 75: Adams & Co. and employes, $32 25; Peerless Lead Glass Works, $47 75; Sankey Bros. $27 75; E. G. Scholze, $25; Lewis Foundry and Machine Company employes, $12 60; First German U. P. Church, $15: Southsldo Presbyterian Church, $24 15; Dixon, Woods & Co., $25; Cunningham fc Co. and employes, $82; ilryce Bros, and employes, S76 2o: American Glas3 Works and employes. $22; Thomas Evans & Co. and em ployes, $235 75; King Glass Company and em ployes, $116. About lOu other contributions have boen re ceived, ranging in amounts from 25 cents to $20. The committee has not yet collected In all tho books that had been distributed, so that the the fund may be increased to a very handsome proportion. Not Necessnrlly n Calamity. From the Kansas City Star. Tho gerrymander is already bringing retribu tion in Uhlo. Private Dalzell has announced his candidacy for Congress. Dalzell is the kind of private that believes in keeping himself be fore the public. While this would not neces sarily be a national calamity, it would partake of the nature of a greivous infliction. A GOLDEN VALLEY. ' The Wonderful Wealtb nnd Vast Industries on the Banks of the Old Mononenbeln Tho Changes of Furty Years A Blrd's Eye View or Busy Cities and Boronshs. irnoir A STAFF COBRESPONDENT.J JOROANTOWN. W. Va March 16.-The old est pilot on the Monongabela river is Cap tain Isaac Donaldson. He bandies the wheel of the steamer James G. Blaine. For 42 years bo has boated on this river. "The Monongabela Valley Is indeed wonderful for its industries," be said. "Well do I remember when there were but two indnstrial establishments In tho whole valley above Birmingham. One was the old cop per works at Sobo and the other was a machine or engine shop at Brownsville." What a vast change Captain Donaldson has witnessed I To-day the Monongahela is cele brated throughout the United States for its great manufacturing interests, its coal beds and their marvelous development, and rapid growth of population. Tourists have pro nounced it the busiest valley in America, and even President Harrison, on tho occasion of his recent visit to Pittsburg, from what little ho saw of its populous banks between McKeesport and tho city, declared it surpassed anvtbing else be baa ever seen. lis Wnter Traffic. "THE James river, in Virginia, is noble in Its dimensions. It is navigable at all seasons of ihe year, from Richmond to the sea, 150 miles. At Richmond it is wider than the Mo nongahela, and from that point down broadens gradually, finally measuring five miles at the mouth. In order to encourage ocean trade the Government spent an enormous amount of money some years ago in building jetties just below Richmond, and they have been in suc cessful operation ever since. But how trivial is the commerce of the James valley. A Penn sylvanlan making a trip up this magnificent stream is disappointed at seeing its natural ad vantages so little appreciated. One line of coastwise steamers ply between Richmond and the eastern cities, and an occasional marino "tramp" comes up from Hampton Roads in qnestof freight One or two passenger pack ets touch at the local landings, but beyond these you can seldom see other boats or craft on the James. It3 waters are as lonely as the big swamps along its shores. But take a ride on the Monongahela river, and bow different are the scenes. Its nresant navigable length is only 105 milos, its average depth less than one fourth that of the James river, and that only maintained by nine expan sive locks and dams. On the lower fifty ndles of tbe Monongahela the visitor will encounter 72 steam towboats, having a freight capacity of 2,437,500 tons, employing 10,000, persons and involving a capital of nearly $2,000,000. In addition to this be would see about a dozen passenger packets, worth many thousands of dollars. And all this is in a section of the United States where railroading has been developed to the highest degree. Scots of Great Industries. 'J'nE famous Fall river In Massachusetts is only about two miles long. On account of its admirable water power it is literally crowded with mlll3, which, on the lower half of it scarcely leave room between tho factories for light and air. The town of Fall River has more spindles than any other city in the United States. Recent statistics estimate them at 40 cotton mills, running nearly 1,300,000 spindles, employing a capital of $15,000,000 and f unfil ing the city in 1SS0 with a population of 48,861 souls. Leaving the river front of Pittsburg out of this calculation, and onlv counting the two towns of Braddock and McKeesport, with the adjacent territory, it is safe to say that Fall Pirn,'. vln,1T lo AnM-,1., n kan.li.jl In . .... l. twice the volume of figures which the Monon gahela hero produces. The Edgar Thomson Steel Works, with its armv of workmen: the Bessemer Bteel plant at Homestead, and the huge armor-plate mill, recently erected there by the Carnegies a factory which is to equip the navies of the world possibly; and a dozen other smaller establishments up to the Mc Keesport corporation line, give employment to at least 10.000 persons. In McKeesport there are the National Tube Works with 5.000 em ployes alone, the simple item of labor costing the firm $2,500,000 every year. The tube works roof in 29 acres of mills, while the yards swell that to 40 acres. W. D. Wood & Co.'s rolling mill at McKeesport covers seven acres of ground, pays ont $15,000 of a pay roll every two weeks, and puts a polished iron jacket on every locomotivo in the United States. Busy Above nnd Belovr. A CROSS the river from McKeesport are several large iron and glass factories. From tbe boat between there and Elizabeth you will fre quently see the smokestacks of glass works or machine shops of some sort Monongahela City, too, has a largo glasshouse, and that at Bellevernon is one of the most extensive in the State.lllt was established by the late R. E. Schmertz, of Pittsburg. Two or threo old-time machine shops at Brownsville, even that far up the river, have tbe same busy scenes around them which mark the communities down stream. But still farther up and nearer the West Virginia line, a more ancient industry is to be found at Greensboro and Geneva. It is that of band-made crockery and pottery. The two factories here are ?mong tbe oldest in the United States. Now, go back to the lower side of Braddock and approach Pittsburg. What was once tho bare farm of George Oliver is now the thriving town of Duquesne. with its great steel works and crowded stores. The place is only a few years old and still growing. Both shores aro now busy with the machinery of mills built up here and there cleardown to the city line. Then comes Soho with its furnaces and the South sido with a score of glass factories, and tho big iron establishments of Jones & Laughllns and Oliver Brothors fc Phillips. A good portion of the city business directory is taken up witb the names of the other manufacturing firms along tbe Monongahela within the city limits. Something enormous, indeed, would be the aggregate of capital invested in manufactur ing along the shores of the Monongahela be tween the Point bridge and Greensboro. It would be estimated by tbe tens of millions. The Conl Fleets. Co MUCH for tho manufacturing interests of tho.Monongahcla. Tho stream is better known abroad for its marvelous coal resources. In addition to thu figures in relation to the steamboats ot the river given in the first part of this article, there are upward of 10,000 men and boys employed in and about the mines of tho Monongahela. Their work was well summed up in a recont number of tho Labor Tribune, which said : "Ono day last week thero was a single tow of Pittsburg coal for New Orleans that measured 30,000 tonB, equal to 60.000.000 tons transported ono mile. 'Poor's Manual' for 1SS7 (tho latest to our band) places the mile tonnage of rail roads In each of Ave States lor that year at considerably less than this one tow of coat Those States were Florida, West Virginia, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Delaware. The coal out of the Monongahela to New Orleans in 1889 amounted to the transportation of 325, 000,000 tons one mile, which is in excess of the railroad tonnage of each one of 17 States. Tbe river coal out cf tbe Monongahela In a year is equal to about 2,500,000,000 tons one mile." A Great Future Promised. oT-nis valley is only beginning to grow," said Captain M. W. Cox, tbe master of tho steamer Adam Jacobs, to mo tho otner evening. His words were repeated by Captains Jacobs and Donaldson, of the steamer Blaine. And I found there were reasonable grounds for tho prophecies. Charleroi is one proof. Hundreds of acres of level bottom lands along the river between McKeesport and Brownsville are still unoccupied. They are admirable sites for manufacturing establishments. With the Monongahela branch of the Pennsylvania Rail road in operation between Pittsburg and Brownsville; with its eastern connection by way of Uniontown; witb the recently com pleted Bellevernon Railroad; with a finely slackwatered river to regulate the freight tar iffs of all railroads bidding for the commerce of the valley; with the opening of navigation through to Morgantown; with tho deposits of glass sand around Morgantown, the coal in the West Virginia hills, and tbe ores in her rocks with tbe gas field at Bellevernon and tbe oil pool at Mt Morns with all these advantages It would bo strange If the valley did not con tinue to grow and prosper. From the top-deck of a steamboat, rapidly ascending the river, it was impossible to size up the other ancient industry of the Mononga hela valley the manufacture of whisky. But by the weight of tho bags of grain which every steamboat throws off at the frequent distillery landings, and from tbe signs of life about each distillery hogpen, there can be no question but that the distilleries at, above and below Gib son's are all holding their own, and that "old Monongabela rve" is as popular as ever. Stofiel. DarkU Is Wlllin'. V rom the Baltimore North American. It looks more and more as though after all tho talk and fuss about tho World's Fair of 1E92 tho wholo project would fall through. Tho cry Is now that there won't be time to organize a fair by then, and the Chicago men, although protesting that they are ready to undertake the contract are evidently entiroly willing that Congress should postpone the date. OUR MAIL P0UCD. Reply to Rlvermno. To the Editor of Tbe Dlspatcc: While heartily indorsing the attitude of The Dispatch on the Trans-Allegheny Canal project, your correspondent cannot but lament the fact that in "booming" the "MorgantOTn route," many friends of the project, both in this State and in Maryland, are having their atten tion directed to an utterly impracticable project and away from tne only scheme, to connect tho Ohio with the Potomac, which has tbe sanction of engineering authorities. I believe the tauble dates from the first com munication of Riverman." and I see from Saturday's paper that be still sticks to his I ilex This might not be so bad if others, following in his wake, baa not come to the conclusion that there must be something in tbe talk of a route via Morgantown, for. excepting as "Riverman" suggests, it is only feasible by boring a tnnnel the entire distance, and. of course, on that plan there are air-line routes from here to New York or to China j nst as well. He appears to think that the waters of the Monongahela in tho neighborhood of Morgantown, and those of the Potomac at Cumberland, are at about the same level, and accordingly If a tunnel was p ut through from one place to the other it would bo a continuous pool without a current, etc. The elevation of the river at Morgantown is 7S9 feet above mean tide. The Potomac at Cumberland Is C01 feet above tbe same datum, hence a difference of 188 feet, which would re quire, say, IS locks from the eastern portal of the tunnel to reach Cumberland. However the IS locks Is a small mattercompared with the tunnel he would have to build, which would be. say, from Morgantown to Kevser, 24 miles above Cumberland, a length of" 50 miles In all, or twice tbe length and necessarily a larger tunnel than that proposed nnder the English Channel, between Calais and Dover. There wonld be small hope of shafting to expedite the work upon such a tunnel, for if it passed be neeth the Cheat river, as it probably would, near Rowlsburg, It wonld be 700 feet low er, or under the Youghiogheny River v aney near uaKianu. wmen wouiu be the next lowest notcb. it would be over a quarter of a mile beneath that stream. Deep shafts cost fabulons sums to construct and add enormously to tbe cost of excavation. There has been no engineering project undertaken within ancient or modern times presenting half the difficulties that would be encountered in snch a vast undertaking as a large canal tunnel 50 miles long would present. It must be remembered that unless the tnnnel was large enough to pass boats, with ample margin of depth beneath them, they would in going through drive the water out ahead of them, as a piston wonld in a cylinder. Tunnels on tbe French canals have bad to he enlarged on account of this very difficulty. As for going fast through a tunnel, unless it be made incon ceivably large, it would be physically impossi ble for a steamer to do it, and a river man ought to know tbe reason why. The canal tunnel, even if it were built on an air line from Morgantown to Cumberland, would be longer than the Yough route. Dis tance to Morgantown 102 miles, 5forgantown on an air line to Cumberland about 70 miles, total 172 mile. Whereas by Colonel Merrill's survey the distance via tbe Yough, Castleman and Will's Creek route to Cumberland, is only 152 miles. It is to be granted, of course, that the tunnel ronto would be infinitely preferable on account of the small amount of lockage it would prevent, but why talk about the imprac ticable? Again, Riverman, rather delusively, I think, presents to bis readers the picture of this canal doing a business of 30.000.000 tons annually. This is an amount by 5.000,000 tons greater than the entire annual business of the gieat lakes, including the 6.000,000 tons of iron ore, the en tire grain, and the coal trade. A prospective business of 5,000,000 tons of freight per annum is enough to warrant the construction ot a good canal, nnd good, big canals aro tbe only things to be thought of these days. Colonel Merrill'ssnggestion to your Washing ton correspondent is a good one, viz: That Maryland should cede her rights in the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal to the United States, and then let the general government go ahead and carry ont "Washington's project" and tho project of the engineers of 1824-6 and 1874-5, viz.. the short-line route via theYonghlopheny; but for goodness' sake don't let us scare Uncle Sam into believing that he is to be called npon to make a 50-mile tunnel. Paschall. Pittsburg, March 12. It's n Way Tliey Havo la Cnnndn. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In a news item headed "Birchell Back in Jail" is the following passage: "As all persons who drink at all are entered as lntcmporates." Now, to my estimate, a rulinglike this is entire ly wrong, as any sensible man will not call an Individual who enjoys drinking moderately in temperate. This latter expresiion. giving to a certain extent a detestable character to any man locked up innocently or not could he not bring suit for damages for defamation of char acter by being publicly called intemperate? Please give me, therefore, your opinion, first, if this rule is consistent with common sense, and second, could he bring suit for damages, in case tbe prisoner was a moderate drinker? McKeesport. March 15. G. II. L. You seem to forget that the item you men tion was telegraphed from Canada, and that our laws are not in force over there. If it is the law of the land that all who drink are classed as intemperate, a moderate drinker would probably appeal in vain to tbe courts for redress. As to the justness of tho distinction, that's another matter. Consult Chief Blgelow. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Would you please answer the following ques tions through your valuable paper: First If the city should open Fountain street to tbe basin bow far would it be from the Court House? Second How many acres does the city own from the High School to Herron Hill reservoir? Third What use does tho city propose to make of It? As Mr. Carnegie seems to bo in favor of Gazzam's Hill (in fact all the hills), why not erect a gymnasium or athletic club worthy of Pittsburg to keep the rising gcncrUion out of tbe 800 speak-e.nsies. Mr. Lambie should have the support of tbe working classes for advocating to have it within our reach. P. C. PITTSBURG, March 15. The Fan Drill. To the Editor of The Dispatch: If R. W.. of Sharon, will cxamino Addison's Spectator he will find tho only instructions in the fan drill that bas ever been in print New Brighton, Marcn 15. G. L. E. A Dcslrnblo l'lnco Co I.lvo In. From the St. Louis Kepubllc An advance in the price of real estate in Iowa cities is reported as a consequence of Republican defeat. The hope that tho Demo cratic party will bo able to repeal tbe prohibi tion law and other measures of Republican op pression makes Iowa seem a more desirable Stato to live in. MA5I SPECIAL PEATDEES. The Dispatch Among Ihe Best and Most Use ful in the Conntry. From the New Castle Democrat.! Among the best and most useful papers among tho many that como to the Democrat is The Daily DlSPATcn of Pittsburg. It is al ways brimful of news, arranged in a way that makes more interesting reading than is gener ally published. Its independence on all ques tions is a feature that makes it a reliable paper. All tbe editions are largely gaining in circula tion, making it tbe leading paper among all classes. Tbe Sunday edition alone has over 53,000 circulation and is said to bo rapidly in creasing. Tbe mammoth Issue is a magazine in size and contains, besides choice literary matter, correspondence and nicely arranged matter tor the entertainment of everyone. Owing to the rapidly increasing business tbe publishers of The Dispatch are having built another marvelous double perfecting press which will make their press facilities next to none in the West. The Dispatch surely maintains the lead of all papers in this section and is making fast strides toward the front with tbe leading metropolitan dailies. The Sunday edition also contains special cable let ters, sporting ,and business reviews. It is a newspaper for the people and tho homo circle and no household should bo without the con tentment and pleasure it affords. Assessing Cast Iroa Dogs. From the I'hlladelphla Inquirer.; A Scranton tax assessor has actually suc ceeded in taxing a cast iron dog, which stood in the front yard of a resident of that city. The iron industry of that section must have de veloped In an artistic line to an extent not at all suspected. It Will Certainly be n Surprise. From the San Antonio Express. I We shall be pleased to entertain the Pan American conference after it bas finished its mysterious confabulation, and we will ongage to astonish its champagne ridden stomach with some of the best water the Lord ever put on earth. CUIIIOUS COJiDENSATIOXS. The high wateraround JIarysville, CaL, has driven in town hundreds of jack rabbits that are killed in the street The advent of triplets in a Korth Da kota family tho other day absorbed the appella tions of Faith, Hopo and Charity, as the nomenclature. With snow five feet deep at Schome, Wash., the people are still obliged to fight a forest fire that has been raging near town for several weeks. The largest pelican ever shot in the vicmitr of St. Augustine was killed by Theo dore Thomas. The pelican measured 8 feet from tip to tip. Juan Morio, aged 110 years, died at the San Diego Indian Mission last Wednesday. He came to California with the first party led by J. C. Fremont On March 1, 1800, the Treasurer of Humboldt County, CaL. had in the vaults $319, 32 4?, the largest amount ever in the treasury at any one time. A Chinese leper was employed in pick ing fruit near Florin, last summer, for a white man. A few days ago he died and was buried on one of the ranches. An insane man is roaming around loose in Kalamazoo. Mich. He appears at bouses, smashes the windows, lays some orange peel on tho sill and then departs. A 200-pound seal was captured near Astoria last Friday by some salmon fishers. They are more numerous in the Columbia river this season than for many years. A farmer dug open a hole in the ground near Buchanan, Mich., a few days ago, and found five sknnks. a rabbit and three snakes living together in peace and plenty. The curious discovery has been mads that every Governor of Iowa since 1839 i3 alive and bale and hearty, and the only Democrat among them is the present executive. A prospector in the San Bernardino Mountains killed a mountain sheep a few days ago that weighed dressed 400 ponnds. Itshorns measured 1CK inches round at the base. Not a Friday passes but what some ship sails from some port for some other port. Yet thnnsands of intelligent people prefer to be lieve that no sailorgoes to sea on Friday. Why, Colnmbus sailed on Friday. Sweden probably enjoys the distinction of being the only Maine town this year where the peoplo do not have to pay taxes. No tax is to bo assessed, there being a surplus on hand, which the town voted to use to defray its ex penses. A grocer at Lynchburg, Va., who had been in business for 13 years without making a cent, couldn't figure out bow it was until his head clerk was taken sick, thought lie was go ing to die. and owned up to having embezzled about $17,000. W. S. Rawles, of Peru, has a silver spoon which was among the plnnder taken from a British gunboat by a party of American soldiers, among whom was his grandfather, in 1781. and the spoon bas been in the possession of tbe family ever since. The famous monntiin fortress of Aslrgarh, which was formerly regarded as one of the principal defenses of Central India, is about to be dismantled. It stands on the sum mit of an almost inaccessible mountain, and has many interesting historical associations. At the residence of Colonel A. Bass, at Rome, Ga., Wednesday, a partridge found its way into tbe home and was captured by Miss Hattie and sately put In a cage. A little whilo later another partridge, perhaps the mate of the first, walked boldly in and started upstairs and was also captured. At Americns, Ga.. last week, two men had a dispute over tho number of bard boiled egg3 they could cat in a minute, and after much discussion a stake was put up. Sixteen eggs wero placed in front of each of the contes tants. At the end of tho minute the successful man bad downed nine of bis. Fred Haynes was left in charge of KIrby's drug store at Leslie, Mich., one night recently, and some lady friends calling, he treated them to what he thought was wine. It turned out to bo tincture of npiuro. and a phy ician took thrrp hours to save the life of tho young lady who drank tho stuff. From the wallet of a murderer, robber and burglcr recently captured In New York was taken a slip of paper, on which was writ ten: "Keep good company ornone." "Honesty is tho best policy." "Drink leads to ruin." "Honor thy father and tby mother." "Civility costs nothing." "Do not mock at sacred things." Tamagno, the great tenor, who gets $100,000 for CO performances, and has other val uable perquisites, including eight seats every night he sings, has a brother who sings in the chorus for the affluent income of $17 per week. The brothers do not travel together, neither do they ha ve any associations save when tho stage business demands. "While a man was digging a well in Flor ida he struck a hickory nut firmly imbedded in a clay soil about 9 feet below tho surface, and it was as dry and crisp as if it bad been kiln dried. When bis boe struck the nut It broke the shell, when he and two or three others divided up the kernel and ate it, all pronounc ing it sweet ana iresn. Charles E. Cross, formerly President of the State National Bank at Raleigh, was re cently sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for forgery and embezzlement. An old colored man. who was a servant of Cross father, has turned up and persistently demands that bo shall be allowed to serve out his young master's term. He will not be permitted to do so. Two Englishmen have just reached Lou don who have made the trip around Enrope on foot. Starting from Calais, they walked through France, Spain. Portugal, back to Italy, passing by Trieste, Vienna, Cracow. Moscow, St. Petersburg and Riga, whence they em barked for Stockholm. They went over Nor way and Sweden and returned to Calais by way of Holland Ostende. Ir. Watkins, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., caught a sturgeon that weighed at least 100 pounas and was clad in a coat of maiL Mr. Watkins caught it under peculiar circum stances. While fishing ho discovered a large shark attacking tbe sturgeon. The fi3h waa much lacerated about the head and throat, and so weak from its wounds that Mr. Watkins bad no difficulty in securing it. There was great excitement along the edge of Battery Park, New York, when tho steamboat Providence, bound for Newport stopped and blew her whistle for assistance. The tng that responded Drought ashore a man and two women, who bad been made unwilling passengers. They were so interested talking with friends on board that they did not notice when the steamboat left her pier. A novel wedding took place in "Wilkes Barro a fow days since. The combined ages of the bridal party was 269 years, tbe bridegroom being SL the bride 61, the groom's best man 63, the bridesmaid 64. The bride was dressed In her first wedding trosseau, which was mado 42 years ago. The bride was as frisky as a young girl of 17. and the bridegroom climbed three flights of steps on a time bet, and performed tbe feat with the agility of a youth. TEXAS SIFT1SGS. "Sad is my Lot," remarked Mrs. L. as she found herself turned Into a pillar of salt. If trees have soles, as some people claim, then cork trees must he furnished with cork soles. An evening call is generally productive of pleasure If not when you come at least when you go. Teacher What does the proverb say about those who live In glass houses? Small boy Pull down the blinds. Tomniv Pa, I'm afraid the gold fish is going to die. Pa What makes you think so. Tommy? Tommy 1 held him In my hand a whlio ago and he felt right cold. He Give me a kiss? Bhe You should be ashamed of yourself. Ashamed of what? Of asking for a kiss when you have sttcntj chance to take one. Doctor Yon ought not to smoke ir you expect to get well again. Sam Johnsing-Dat's whar dc medicinal science am plum off. HowdedeDble doesyer expect ter cure 11am wldout smokln'? Vanderchump I don't see Dndely riding In tbe park any more. Vanderclam M), ho has quit it. Swore on? No, he fell off and broke his neck. Hostetter McGinnis We are going to nave an early spring. Jljn JlcSnitter It doesn't feel like It Just now. Hostetter 3IcGInnls That doesn't make any difference. There is a lithograph advertising bock beer In a saloon window on tbe Bowery. First New Yorker What you need is more exercise. Yon want to walk around a great deat go to places of amusement. And your diet must be very nourishing, with plenty of wine, Scond New Yorker Well, I guess I had betu ' 1f lAjfrrt Tiv-i In T nillnv Ia11 .-' ' K?k uija- wv ajumaw n Btite jm
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