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A GUAEAHTEE WANTED.
The question of the coal rate to the lakes
is announced to have been settled yesterday,
by fixing a ninety cent rate for the Pittsburg
districts, and an eighty-fire cent rate for
the Hocking Valley. This will be a satis
factory settlement if it is adhered to in good
faith. There is no better reason why the
Hocking Valley mines shonld have an ad
vantage of five cents per ton over the Pitts
burg interests than there is for levying the
same amount in taxation on Pittsburg coal
and giving it to the Hocking Valley opera
tors. But it is a burden which Pittsburg
can stand, and if there is any guarantee
that the burden will not be greater, the
Pittsburg interest will be satisfied to carry
it for the sake of an assured basis of opera
tions. But what is the guarantee that the dis
crimination will not be greater? Exactly
the same agreement was made last year, as
regards the amount of differential, and it is
now known that, when "Ihe shipping season
got fairly under way, the Ohio roads in
creased the differential, by rebates, to 25
cents per ton. The Central Traffic Associa
tion, which bases its very existence on the
profession of preventing just such discrimi
nations, and the sum total of whose princi
ples is that cutting rates is the mortal sin
against which the united railroad interests
xaust fight, permitted this violation, alike
of its professed and its real principles, to go
on without a word of protest. "What is the
tangible assurance that the same thing will
not be done this year? The only explana
tion of the failure of the Central Traffic As
sociation to interfere is to be found in the
fact that the interests of influential corpor
ate magnates in the Hocking Valley mines
kept the pool officials quiet. The same in
fluences are likely to be at work this year,
so far as can be seen at present.
It is stated that the Pennsylvania Com
pany will, it the system of rebates is re
newed, take the course of putting down its
rates independent of the association. It is
to be hope that it will. When the combi
nation neither enforces the public principles
it professes or the pooling ethics that it
really maintains, it is time for the railroads
to conduct their business on their own basis.
LOUISVILLE'S SEEDS.
The fact that Louisville has already com
menced to repair damages from the recent
Inrn.idn. and ha nsnmed business, with all
ffje mmit
the victims of the disaster fully cared for, is
a credit to the Southern city. The loss of
life proves to be much less than was feared,
the total so far being only 76. That is large
enough to take rank as a serious calamity,
and the destruction of property increases the
loss to a total that must be very heavy for a
single city to bear. It is a matter.on which
the people of Louisville have a right to take
some pride, that they have cared (or all the
suflerers from the disaster without outside
help. It is now stated that the amount re
quired to aid those who need help in re
building will be somewhat beyond what can
be raised in that city alone. The charita
ble of other cities will be prompt to con
tribute to such a purpose. Pittsburg's busi
ness relations with Louisville should make
her among the foremost to offer aid for that
work.
P0IHTS OF IHP0BTANCE.
The circular of some of the railroad coal
operators, -with regard to the proposed rate
of wages, puts some very important points
very strongly before the organized miners.
The questions that are raised there are such
as cannot be ignored with full justice, either
to labor or capital.
It has long been recognized in these col
umns that uniformity in wages as between
the different districts would be a great ad
vance on the present state of affairs. But
unless the points referred to in this circular
are covered, the uniformity will be a pre
tense and a delusion. So long as certain
operators are able to deprive their workmen
of a percentage of their wages by under
weight in their credits for coal mined, or of
another percentage by charging excessive
prices for forced purchases at the company
store, the payment of the same rate as com
panies who pay for full weight, in cash,
will be anything but uniform wages.
The claim that employers who pay full
wages honestly shall be conceded a different
position from those who have no check
weighmen and run "pluck-me" stores, has
much strength. These evils have justly
been the subject of the greatest complaints
among the miners. The present seems to be
the time for striking a blow for their aboli
tion. "With the policy pointed out by the cir
cular, it certainly appears that the miners
have as much power to. wipe out those
methods of cheating them of their earnings
as to establish a 90 cent rate for mining.
THE HEW OIL "WELLS.
The strike of a 1,000-barrel well in the
Montonr oil field, reported in our local
columns, is another important increase of
Pittsburg's petroleum resources. With
gushers of various sizes from 400 barrels up
.to 1,000, coming in from variom points of
the compass, the probability of the exhaus
tion of the Pennsylvania supply of pe
troleum does not seem at all imminent.
The value of these additions to our natural
wealth is very much mitigated by the fact
that there is little competition in the pur
chase of the oil for refining, and consequently
every such strike as that at Haysville or
Montour exercises a depressing effect on the
market. If the producers can revive com
petition in refining, so as to make it as
active as it is in producing petroleum, by se
curing the location of independent refin
eries right in the field, the prosperity of the
interest can be made much more permanent.
This can be done by laying a pipe line to
the seaboard for the transportation of export
refined which will cost much less than a
pipe to transport a corresponding
volume of crude and using the rivers
and railroads to distribute petroleum
to the domestic trade. Properly organized,
such an enterprise in the center of the Pitts
burg field ought to permanently throw off
the yoke of the Standard from the petroleum
interests.
IMP0BTAHCE OF GOOD E0ADS.
The address of Mr. H. W. Ktatz before
the State Board of Agriculture on the sub
ject of country roads, which is published
elsewhere, puts in a striking form the ad
vantage of a thorough system of Bak
ing solid and permanent road ways.
Mr. Kratz uses a large number of illus
trations to establish his rjoint, but all
of them are summed up with the statement
that raising of our roads to the standard of
those in England would, with the same
number of horses engaged in hauling, ac
tually double the amonnt of the work that
could be done; while bringing all the roads
to the Telford standard would take one
fourth of the horse power now required.
The necessity of educating the public up to
the value of good roads is shown; and it is
ior that purpose that The Dispatch lays
the address before its readers.
KICKS A LA KUSSE.
The students at the St. Petersburg Uni
versity gave a very discourteous reception
to Lieutenant General Oresser, Chief of the
St. Petersburg Police, when he tried to
pacify them the other day. They threw
him on the floor and kicked him. Possibly
they wanted to see if the true Tartar was in
him. Kick a Bussian and you will find
the Tartar as a rule. It was somewhat
novel treatment no doubt to a Chief of
.Police. In Bussia the police usually do all
the kicking. The Czar seems to fear that
the students might apply the same radical
remedy to him, and has ordered that all the
universities itt the Empire shall be closed
for a year.
It is a reactionary policy with a vengence
that the unhappy Czar is adopting. Clos
ing all the colleges will not put the students
out of existence. It will not incline them
to keep on singing "God Preserve the
Czar," which authem they sang after kick
ing the Chief of Police, just to show that no
personal offense was meant to their Imperial
ruler. The chorus of the Nihilists is more
than likely to be swelled by many of the
young men cut off from their studies.
How long can this state of things go on in
Bussia? It is all very well to kick Chiefs
of Police, send threatening letters to -the
Czar, and protest against the existing sys
tem of government in all sorts of childish
ways, but it is not time that the Bussian
people shook off despotism? The measures
of the oppressor are desperately silly.
Think of shutting up the universities be
cause the student, ask lor reforms in the
management!
There can be but one end to all this. The
sooner the revolution comes the better.
The publication of a statement yesterday
that the morning papers, on the night when the
license lift is given to them tor publication, are
in the habit of charging applicants five dollars
each lor Information as to whether their li
censes are granted or refused is, we hardly
need say, a work of the Imagination. The price
for tho information if exactly three cents in
vested in a copy of The Dispatch. Esteemed
cotemporaries who indulge in fiction, under the
inspiration ol wrath because tho list is not held
for their benefit, should try to restrain their
little fairy tales within the limits of probability.
Pbettt nearly everything appears to be
a slate that comes into the net of the House
Republicans.
Chicago's organization of its World's
Fair project was Romowl'tit hnl'-n nnd y'f-
J erous, bat It shows that tbo people are wide
awake to tho importance of that enterprise.
The idea that nationalities must be represented
in the management of tho enterpiise is a cheap
bit of demagogy, which ignores the fact that
there is but one nationality in this country, no
matter how many different racial extractions
there may bo. But Chicago voted down that
Idea, elected its Board of Directors, and is going
to work with a will.
With the indictments quashed against
tho recent subordinates of ex-Sheriff Flack,
who take prisoners out of jail for a liberal
compensation, we may be sure that Mr. Flack's
two months' imprisonment will be a pleasant
though somewhat costly holiday.
It is amusing to observe that tfie adop
tion by the Delaware and Lackawanna Rail
road of basing its charges on the transporta
tion of anthracite on the net price of coal in
New York, is objected to because it is a re
duction "without the consent or knowledge of
the other companies." The fact that If It is a
reduction without notice It is a violation of tho
law does not seem to be a matter deserving any
consideration from the corporate interests.
Only the violations of corporate ethics are
reprehensible.
The members of the House would be glad
to have the tariff bill railroaded, so that they
conld go home to look after their fences, but
for the fear that in its present shape it may
cost some of them more fence repairing than
they have time to attend to.
The reported resignation ,of the State
Treasurer of Maryland, with a shortago of some
hundreds of thousands in the Treasury, is a
modern realization of Artomus Ward's plan
for resigning if he was drafted into
the army during the Civil War. But any
thing can be expected in a State where
the Legislature and Governor unite in
killing off the State's canals for the benefit of
the railroads.
If that promised letter is produced, Sec
retary Crowell, of the State Liquor League,
can count himselt as the latest addition to the
list of those who made the grand mistake of
their lives in learning to writo letters.
Wiggins now claims that he foretold the
Louisville cyclone. He came abont as near it
as he ever does, having fixed a great storm for
the period when it did not occur and said noth
ing about the time when it took place. For
claiming to have made predictions of weather
which occurred at some other time than when
he predicted it, Wiggins holds an undisputed
championship.
The expectation of the Ways and Means
Committee that the tariff bill will be passed with
out much debate is probably based on tho same
grounds as their original expectation that it
would be reported early in the session.
Emiit Pasha's determination to go back
to the Victoria Nyanza at the head of a Ger
man expedition is not pleasant to the English
susceptibilities. Tbero is reason for the belief
that in the future Emin will have to rescue
himself. Bnt the prospect is that he will be
able to preserve his own head, if he avoids
the civilized dangers of banquets and second
Story balconies.
APRIL showers are putting in their ap
pearance with more respect for the season than
the March winds did. But, of late, all seasons
have appeared to be the time for such weather
as yesterday's.
The experiment of free organ recitals at
Carnegie Hall, which begins to-day, is a good
one and Is likely to attract great popular inter
est. Those in charge of that institution should
mako uso of all such means to bring the pecplo
to the use of the'free buildings; and as a first
step in that direction, something shonld be
done to get the library open.
The Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manches
ter road joins the procession for improved tran
sit, according, to tho plans now laid before the
public.
The location of an amusement ground in
the vicinity of Brushton or Wilkinsburg, like
those on Staten or Coney Island, will be highly
appreciated as furnishing recreation for the
public and traffic lor the transportation lines.
The first note of such an enterpise makes Itself
heard in our local columns.
PEBHAPS,afterall,itmaynowbeconclud.
ed that the warning against the Mississippi
floods was not so very much misplaced after
all.
If that New York reporter is indicted
and given a year's Imprisonment for hiding in
the jury room, it will express tho conviction of
the courts that such an offense requires six
times the punishment called for where the
officers of justice turn its machinery into a
sham and fraud.
The report of that South Penn reorgan
ization bobs up again to dlstnrb the trunk line
festivities, as serenely as Ranquo's ghost.
The fact that Corporal Tanner has ex
perienced great good fortune in doing a whack
ing business as a pension claim agent, is pleas
ant for Tanner; bat it does not argue very well
for the pension system. Our pension laws
should not be framed to make rapid fortunes
for the agents.
PERSONAL POINTEES.
Secketaky Rusk is studying French.
Tamagno, the tenor, considers Arrerlcan
audiences painfully cold.
Victor Hugo's only daughter is an old
woman now, and is an inmate of an asylum for
lunatics in Franco.
Valoeous Taft, of Upton, Mass., is one of
the largest men in the Bay State. His weight
is over 400 pounds.
MuitAT H alstead emphatically denies that
he is to retire from the editorial charge of the
Cincinnati Commercial.
E. J. Po pe recently had a great run of luck
at Monte Carlo. The number 32 came up twice
three times in succession, and Pope won 100,000
francs.
Prince Mubat, who has been staying at
Bucharest, has returned to Paris. He is look
ing well, and Is quoted at the old figures in the
matrimonial market.
Sejjatob Plumb was an editor before he
went into the railroad business and became a
millionaire. He is tall and rawboned, wears
a goatee and a slouch hat and owns up to 53
years.
Robebt Gabbett will leave Baltimore for
Europe on the 19th inst., on the Servia. He
will be accompanied by his family and a nnm
ber of friends. His health has greatly improved
of late.
Mit. Bbice is In Columbus, and has been in
terviewed by the reporter. The Senator-elect
thinks it too early to say who the Democrats
will elect in lb92, but is of the opinion that Mr.
Cleveland will bo tho man.
Chatkcey M. Depew and family and J. H.
Inman and family have arrived at Asheville, N.
C, homeward bound from their Southern trip.
Tbey were given a banquet by the Cosmopoli
tan Club, at which speeches were made by
Messrs. Depew and Inman.
President Athektoit, of the Pennsyl
vania Stale College, is in the Sonth, under
commission from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, making a tour of inspec
tion of the operations of some of the experi
ment stations in that section.
"Bertie" Adams, tho American Minister
to Brazil, has sailed from Liverpool to this
port. He will not return to Rio de Janeiro.
He does not like the climate there and longs
for the bracing air of Philadelphia. He does
not think that Dom Pedro will ever De restored
to power.
D. E. Brocket! during the recent Presi
dental campaign rolled a monster ball through
13 States a distance of 5,000 miles. His long
journey ended in General Harrison's front
Yard at Indianapolis. Mr. Brockett is now a
trench-digger in Washington. He spent all his
money on that unlucky ball.
IWcrclj n Pocket Borough.
From tbe Philadelphia Times.
Idaho as a Territory was respectable. As a
State it w'll be contemptible a pocket borough,
in fact.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Newsies JUenn to Patronize Carnegie'
Library The New Theatrical District
How to Keep Dlaaiter In Proportion A
Memory ofJolinilown.
'pnE interest taken in the Carnegie Library in
Alleghony is undoubtedly wide and strong
among all sorts and conditions of men.
Even the newsies are disenssing the library.
Said abrigbt-eyed little fellow, who hung on to
the rear platform of the car crossing tbo Sixth
street bridge: "Say, Jim, when they get the
libery a-goin'. will they let us inf
"You bet they will," said the sturdy chunk of
boyhood called Jim. "An' if thoy don't I'll write
to Mr. Carnegie meself he was a boy hisself
onct."
Mr. Carnegie. I believe, will be glad to know
that tho newslPS are looking forward to his
library as a boon to them with thoir elders.
pHE little district of which the Hotel Ander
son may bo termed the center is destined to be
the homo of nearly all Pittsburg's theaters. It
is a convenient thing for theatergoers. The
Bijou Theater has changed the superstitions
about tbe locality as a theater site. Tho old
Library Hall was never a success, andfive years
ago I remember a theatrical authority told me
that no theater would prosper unless built on
or near Fifth avenue. Under Kb present man
agement the Bijou Theater has effectively dis
pelled these superstitions. It has prospered
amazingly, and now everybody sees that its
situation contributed not a little to its success.
The fact is that a more convenient site for a
theater could not bo found than the territory
bounded by Sixth street and Penn avenue, af
fords. Street cars from all parts of Allegheny
bring in the population from one side, the cable
fines of Pittsburg bring the East End, Oak
land, Lawrenceville and all the intervening
territory within easy reach. And the proba
bilities are that rapid transit lines concentrat
ing on this part of the city will bo multiplied
considerably in a year or two.
"The finding of a single body in the river I
bavo known to convulse a country town.
For years afterward the piece of backwater
which gave up tho dead is pointed out to
strangers as a place of interest and horror, and
tbe little boys stop bathing there. But tbo
Johnstown flood made the farmers who live
along tbe Conemaugh familiar with drowned
men and women by the score and century. It
must have changed human nature in that
region a great deal.
Take the case of Mr. J. G. Hill, who owns a
farm close to the river near Nineveh, for in
stance. His experience was not extraordinary
for those awful hours. It may serve to keep
disasters in proper proportion, if we recall how
death rode upon the waters less than a year
ago.
J-lEBEis what Farmer Hill says: "The largo
wooden bridge across the Conemaugh at
Nineveh, built 25 years ago, w as taken away
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of May 31. The
water was then higher than it had ever been
before, to our knowledge at least. I witnessed
the whole affair during tbe day and night. My
farm was mostly in sod, and lies along the river
at the bend in the channel. About 5 o'clock
the flood struck tbe place. It came all at once
and overflowed my farm to the depth of 12 feet,
in somo places leaving a deposit of trees, lum
ber and broken remains of all kinds as well as
57 dead human bodies. Tbe sod protected the
soil, which was not washed away as was the
case with some of my neighbors. The water
came within a few rods of my house, which
stands 90 rods from tbe river bed.
"Shortly after the first rush ot water was over
the bodies began to come apparently in crowds,
and after awhile they came only straggling. 1
believe there were 23 rcscned alive at our place.
The rush of water lasted about two hours, and
about 11 o'clock the water was hack in the regu
lar channel of the river."
Thankful He is No Worse.
From the New York Herald.
In the field of wild, unbridled criticism be
(Halstead) is a rhetorical earthquake, with a
blizzard attachment and a conflagration in tho
rear. Wo read his editorials with bristling hair
and reverent gratitude that he isn't the Al
mighty. The retirement of such a man would
leave this world a black and weary wilderness.
Longllfe attend him, and if wo may be rash
enough to prefer another wish, it is that some
stray drop of honey may chance to fall into his
inkstand.
KfcXT TO THE BEST.
Each Number of Tbe Dispatch a Monster
Dlnsnzlnc of Choice Productions.
From the Washington Review and Examiner.
We do not one whit exaggerate the merits of
The Dispatch when we pronounce it one of
the best newspapers in the United States. All
its departments are full and complete, and
every issue of it gives evidence of the intelli
gent and harmonious working of its editorial
and publishing force. Its editorials are well
written, unbiased and replete with sense-, and
its news columns tako in tbo whole wido raugo
of current events. We may mention the wonder
ful growth and popularity of the Sunday edi
tion, which has attained a bona fide circulation
of considerably over 50,000. The matter selected
for tbe literary columns of tbe mammoth 20
pace Sunday issue is supplied by scores of con
tributors of tbe highest merit and repntation.
Each number is a monster magazine of choicest
pen productions, as well as an accu
rate and exhaustive cbroniclo of cur
rent news. The special cablo letters
and the sporting and business roviews
are also attractive features of the Sunday issue.
It is a newspaper for the people and the horn'1
circle.
The daily issue of The Dispatch, which
has ever maintained tbe lead, will continue to
offer tbe best things going in the news line. Its
reliable market reports, vast news-getting ma
chinery (including leased wires to all tbo prin
cipal points, with bureaus in tho chief cities),
and its earnest, progressive and independent
policy have earned for it a national reputation.
A Plea tor tbe find Boy.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The election of George W. Peck, the humor
ist, as Mayor of Milwaukee is in the nature of
an experiment. It is earnestly to be hoped,
however, that the "Bad Boy" will bo a good
Mayor.
DEATHS OF A DAT.
B. Andrews Knight.
rSPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DIBPATCn.l
Philadelphia, April 4. B. Andrews Knight,
President of the Huntingdon and liroad Top
Mountain Eallroad Company, died suddenly this
morning at 4 o'clock In his home. No. 4000 Pine
6treet. His death was very sudden. Mr. Knight
had been complaining for some time, but no one
thought his ailment was serious. He did not
think so himself. Yesterday he was at his office
as usual. Mr. Knight was about 65 years old, and
came of the old QnaKer stock that came to this
country with William Penn. He was born near
Woodbury, N. J., and came here when he was 17
years old, and began his business career as a
merchant. During the war he took a prominent
part in public affair. He assisted In formlug a
regiment, and was first the Adjutant and then tbe
Lieutenant Colonel Mr. Knight wai a director
of tbe Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company and
also of the Glrard Life Insurance, Annultv and
Trust Companv, and he was also connected wltn
many charities. With Colonel K. Dale Benson.
Kdward H. Clark and several other gentlemen.
Mr. Knight owned a shooting box at ilenjles, on
Chesapeake Bay. There. Just two weeks ago, he
entertained the President of the united States.
Mrs. Ella Mnrlln Carson.
Mrs. Ella Martin Carson died at her home on
Lincoln avenue. East End, Thursday evening,
after a short Illness. Mrs. Carson was the wife of
Robert Carson, the well-known insurance agent,
and daughter of Caleb Martin, the yardraaster at
the Central stockyards. The deceased was a mem
ber of the Emory II. E. Church, and had only
been married but one year. 'Hie funeral services
will be held at her late residence, corner Lincoln
and Shetland avenues, this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Edward Locan.
Mr. Edward Logan, senior member of the firm
of Logan, Gregg & Co.. died last night at his
home. No. 71 Irwin avenue. Allegheny. Mr.
Logan received a stroke a few weeks ago, from
which he never recovered. He was 74 years of
age, and leaves a family. He was one of Pitts
burg's most successful business men. Arrange
ments have not yet been made for the funeral.
Captain Gcorce E. Rldgway.
ISritClAL TSLEQBAM TO TUB DISrATCH.:
Fbasklik, April 4. Captain George E. Klilg
way, of Company V, Sixteenth Kegiracnt, N. G.
P., died at tho residence of his fatlerthls morn
ing, altera lingering Illness, aged 31 years. He
was well known In military circles, and was a
young man of much promise.
Bcnjnmln F. Holler.
MjwrHlS, April 4. Benjamin F. Haller, Grand
Master Mason of Tennessee, died at his residence
in mi our To-nny aucr n lingering uinps.
STEEL-MAKING IN TUB WEST.
A Wisconsin Paper Predicts) Prosperity for
iho Lake Superior ntnllon.
from the West Superior (Wis.) Inter Ocean.
When the Chicago Rolling Mills were put in
operation about 15 years ago. they were looked
upon in tbe light of a dangerous experiment,
and serious loss if not financial ruin was ex
pected to stare the proprietors in the face. Yet
so recently as In December, 18S9, tho Chicago
Boiling Mills and tbe Joliet Steel Company
were amalgamated with a joint capital stock of
$13,000,000, which pays monthly dividends of 1
per cent In the fall of 18S8 the West Superior
Iron and Steel Company began the construc
tion ot the first building in tho series that are
to make hero in West Superior one of the
largest iron and steel plants In America. The
recent experiment with Southern ore at
tho fnrnaces of Caniegip, near Pittsburg, have
sufficiently proven that Lake Superior ore must
for some years at least hold the market in
Bessemer steel production. The largotbeds
of the best ore in the world lie within 100 miles
of this city; and the largest coal receiving
docks on the continent fenco in large portions
of the water front of our harbor. Tho greatest
market for steel and iron in tbe world is
destined to coma into existence In tbo territory
lying between the Alleghenies and tho Pacific
slope within the next 0 years, reaching in its
sweep of development as far north !as Hudson's
Bay.
Ihe market of Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska
and Manitoba is ours, and the facilities for
reaching it. The materials for iron and steel
production are ours as well. Having secured
large contracts for steel plates for barges the
company has provided for the construction of
a furnace, pipe mill and for coko ovens. The
total investment m these new structures and
their machinery will be upwards of $500,000.
Judging from present appearances, thi com
pany ill employ over 1,000 men at this time
next year, and be producing marketanle steel
and iron to tho value of more than $2,000,000
per annum.
GRAKGLES PASS RESOLUTIONS.
After Declnrlne thn Pencil Crop n Fnlluro
They Auk for Important LecUlnllon.
Wilmington, Del., April 4. At the meet
ing of the Kent County Grange, held in Dover
yesterday, among the committees appointed
was one "to consider what new crops wo can
this year, at least, substitute for the peach
crop."
Resolutions were adopted declaring that
sinco there is already an over production of
certain agricultural products the grangers pro
test against Congressional appropriations for
irrigation of Western lands; denouncing adul
teration of food products; favoring exclusive
Government coutrol of railroads, telegraphs,
insurance business and banking; favoring na
tional legislation against trusts, combination
and dealings in futures or gambling in farm
products, and recommending a rebate of SO per
cent of import duties on foreign cargoes when
exchanged for an equal value of American ag
ricultural products.
No Need of n Convention.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.j
As ex-Senator Wallace Is willing to become
the Democratic candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, that will probably settle the
nomiuation of that party. Surely nobody wants
to contest with him for the empty honor.
COUNTERFEITERS CAPTURED.
4 Buffalo Reporter Knns Down Three Des
perate CrlmlnnU After n Lonff Cfaasc.
A Buffalo Times reporter has made himself
famous by running down tbree notorious
counterfeiters in that city. Ho has been work
ing on the case for weeks, but being ambitious
and not wishing to make a failure of the case
bo did not shoot until his game was completely
at his mercy. When everything was in readiness
he secured the services of a corps of officers,
and, with the reporter in the lead, they made a
raid on the place. When captured the men
wero engaged in turning out spurious coins.
They had for years escaped tbe vigilance of
United States officers, and were at last brought
to justice by an innocent reporter named
Newton.
Taken all in all the matter was a clever
piece of work, and the reporter is entitled to all
the credit that Uncle Sam's officials have since
heaped upon him. He started out to work up
a sensation, and his "scoop" was a complete
one.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
A Detroit officer found the left leg and arm
of a man the other day. The owner can have
them by proving property and taking them away.
The Government furnishes the Senators
their quinine, and the Senatorial dose seems to be
from two to three grains. The amount of whisky
taken with each dose of quinine is not stated. It
Is not bard to serve as a Senator.
The Government will not allow anymore
American Indians to travel with shows. This is
cruel. Just as the stage was being elevated states
men step In and knock the props from under.
Chicago is certainly a great city, and her
citizens love to be twitted of their peculiarities.
An cdltorof one ofthe great dailies yells with de
light: "Peck got there with both feet." The
Windy City is probably discussing the advisability
or Incorporating Milwaukee in its corporate
limits.
Chicago has 41 new Aldermen. Striped
cloth will receive a fresh impetus.
TnE Minneapolis Tnfcunc is a good paper,
but when it offers a reward ofsio for the best
original cartoon, it Is putting a reward on a class
of people who are liable to drive the spring poets
to commit suicide. It 6hould be frowned down.
Some of the ablest editors in tbe country are
publishing plans to keep dogs from worrying
sheep. The most feasible plan yet discovered Is to
cither kill all tbe dogs or build fences so high that
the canines can neither crawl under norjump
over.
Chicken fighters, captured in Oil City, in.
formed the Judge that they were merely exer
cising their birds. The Judge believed them to a
certain extent, but he fined them to make the
matter more binding. The sentence was quite
severe on the fellows who bet on tbe losing ' 'dung
hills." All the Standard Oil papers throughout the
country are kept busy these days explaining how
the aforesaid company made their millions In
such a short sDace of time. It takes from six to
seven columns of valuable 6pace to do Justice to
the matter, and alter reading It through the un
initiated arc In deeper water than when they com
menced. Reed ns a Cnn-Opencr.
From the Dallas News.
Speaker Reed will try to open thePresIdental
sardine box in a speech at the Americas Club
dinner in Pittsburg April 26. Tbe only instru
ment the Speaker has used so far is the big
ended club of an autocrat, and that will prove
a poor can-opener.
OUR RURAL EXCHANGES.
Brady Review: We acknowledge receipt of
a generous slice of the Yung wedding cake.
Wabben Mirror: It is indeed most awfully
funny to meet the editor (T) of onr esteemed
(?) cotemporary on the street and have him
turn up his nasal appendage at us. Verily, we
weep; tbe whole force sheds salt and bitter
tears.
Elk Democrat: Colonel Fred Schoening
came into the Democrat office Friday with a
lively big grasshopper, confined in an envelope.
He had just returned from Centreville, which
town he said was swarming with hoppers of
that class and be captured one to exhibit. It is
rather strange to see grasshoppers flying around
at this season, in this part of the State.
Habbisburg Call: The Reading jail has
been turned into a "speak-easy," the 14 saloon
keepers imprisoned being furnished with all
tho exhilarating beverages they desire, and
strangers who could not stand Schuylkill
water, found it a good placo to get "something
on the sly." In Harrisburg the order of things
is tn get drunk and go to jail, in Reading it
seems to be, go to jail and get drunk.
Uniontown Republican: Congressman
Bayne is to have opposition in his race for re
nomination for Congress in the wenty-thlrd
district. George Shiras HI. has announced his
candidacy, and a lively contest is promised.
Mr. Shiras is only SI years old, bnt is a hustler.
Congressman Dalzell, who has achieved dis
tinction thus early In his Congressional career,
will probably have no opposition for renomina
tion. Greeneburg Democrat: Here is a tlcke
which every Democratic and independent voter
in Pennsylvania could consistently support. It
would inspire confidence throughout tho State
and mean an honest, faithful and broad ad
ministration of public affairs: For Governor,
Robert E. Pattison, of Philadelphia; for Lieu
tenant Governor, Captain Hannibal K. Sloan,
of Indiana county; for Secretary of Internal
Affairs, Samuel M.. "Wherry, of Cumberland
county.
A PHENOMENAL CITY.
Tho Remarkable Growth of Rosarlo, In the
Arsentlnc Republic A Wondorfnl River
Syitetn Urgent Need of an American
Htenimhip Llnr.
p osabio is situated on tbe Parana river, on
the southern edge of Santa Fo Province,
adjoining Bnenos Ayres. It is ordinarily
ranked as the third city of the Argentine Re
public, but in reality it is tbe second, having
surpassed Cordova within two ears in popula
tion. Its growth has been phenomenal even for
this progressive country. For 125 years it was
an obcuro village. In 1854 it had a population
of 4.S0O; in 1870, only 21,000, and now it has over
70,000. Its foreign trade has Increased during
the same period from $4,000,000 to J80.000.0CO.
English, French, German. Italian and Belgian
steamers now load and unload in its harbor.
It ii the main shipping point for the Provinces
of Cordova, Santa Fc and Entre Rios, and also
for a large share of the produce ot Buenos
Ayres.
Tho Central Argentine Railway has made the
fortune of the town. It has brought the prod
uce of tbo interior provinces to the river
wharves and converted an insignificant port
into a commercial center, wbcro every mari
time nation is now represented by a consul.
No other Argentine city has grown more rap
idly during the last decade than Rosario. Like
Buenos Ayres, it is in a transition stage; pave
ments being upturned, gradings undergoing
change of level and new buildings rising in
nearly every block in the the center of the
town. Its water front is a scene of unceasing
activity, a fleet of steamers and sailing vessels
being constantly anchored off its high bluffs.
There is an air of stir and bustle in its streets.
Its most sanguine citizen speak hopefully of
tbo prospect of outmalllng Buenos Ayre, pro
vided tho entrance to the boca there and to the
new docks Is closed by the sand deposits of the
Plate, as many engineers have been predicting
that it will be.
The Mnjcstlc Parana.
pnn Parana, from its source in the mount
ains of Guvoz to its junction with the
Uruguay above Bucno3 Ayres.has an estimated
course of 2.043 miles. At Rosario, says a corre
spondent of tho New York Tribune, it is a ma
jestic river, wider than the Hudson off New
York. As far as Corrlentes. a flourishing river
town near the Paraguay frontier, it is naviga
ble at all seasons a distance of 676 miles from
the Uruguay. About 170 miles above Corrientes
there are rapids which obstruct navigation at
low water, but the river is available for light
draught steamers as far as Guayra Falls, 1,400
miles from Buenos Ayres. Tho remaining 650
miles are useless except for canoes.
This noble river has great branches which
are navigable for long distances. Tbo
Paraguay, its chief affluent, is available for
steamers of light draught for a distance of
nearly 1,200 miles. The Pilamayo and the Ber
mejo are riveril.C00 and 1,300 miles in length,
which have been imperfectly explored to their
sources in the Bolivian, bills. By the Parana
and the Paraguay Cuj aba, in the great Brazil
ian province of Matto Grosso; can be reached
by steamer in 20 days a distance of 2,500 miles.
The Parana, with the Paraguay and other
branches, constitutes one of the most important
river systems of tbe world.
The Argentine Republic largely controls tbe
commerce of these rivers, although the steam
ers sail under several flags. This commerce
has run up from 14 276 sail and 3,962 steam in
1880 to 17,562 sail and 6,310 steam in 18o8, with a
tonnage of 2,592,518. This represents an in
crease in traffic from $27,502,468 in 1831 to fOl,
9G5,4S6 in 18S8. Rosario. from its commanding
position and from the constant presence of
European steamers in its harbor, has acquired
a large share of this river trade.
Trade With tbe United Slates.
Tnnts is more trade between the United
States and Rosario than one would expect
in the absence of regular steamship lines. Last
year 87 American sailing vessels arrived at this
port with cargoes of lumber, and as many more
came from the United States under the English,
Italian, German and Norwegian flags. The im
ports of lumber exceeded tbe exports of hides,
skins and wool, only 24 of the 87 American sail
ing vessels returning with cargoes. The other
vessels either went back in ballast or carried
bay to Brazil, competition reducing freight to
the lowest rates. On this account the Ameri
can Consul, Mr. Baker, who is a son of the vigi
lant and efficient American Consul at Bnenos
Ayres, is inclined to question the practicability
of opening direct steam communications be
tween Rosarioand New York. taking tbe ground
that with freights S3 by sail against $10 by steam,
and not enough business for so many competing
vessels, a steamsmp line wouui nave no car
goes. The demand for American lumber, however,
during the last year has been exceptional, and
is not likely to be repeated on tbe same scalo
another year. With fewer sailing vessels hunt
ing for carcoe3 here in exchange for lumber,
freights will not be so low again as they have
been during the last year. Even with vigorous
competition from vessels under other flags, the
bulk of tbe exports sent to the United States
$2,449,000 out of $3,103,000 went in American
bottoms. The aggregate was, however, only a
fraction of the exports sent to European ports
by steam and sail. With direct steam commu
nications there wonld inevitably follow a devel
opment of American trade with tbe Parana
provinces and with Paraguay, by which cargoes
in both directions would ultimately be supplied.
The enormous increase in the river trade dur
ing tho last decade betokens tbe growing Im
portance of Rosario as a commercial centre. It
is not to be left out of account in any calcula
tions that may be made concerning the practi
cability of establishing a direct steamship lino
between New York and the Plate. Moutovideo,
Buenos Ayres and Rosario already havo an
enormous commerce, for which all tbe mari
time nations of Europe are strenuously com
peting. The United btates, so long as it has
only a fleet of lumber vessels, cannot hope to
obtain its rightful share of tbe commerce of
the Plate.
Hustling but Not Ilnndsnmr.
O osabio is a thriving rather than an attrac
tive city. It has been rapidly built, and
contains few structures of architectural merit.
There is a well-shaded plaza, with a large
cburcb, and there are 2,500 acres of shops and
houses, with a few public buildings, banks and
ambitious warehouses. In the suburbs there
are groups of manufactories, apparently pros
perous, and indicating that something bas been
done under tbe high tariff to encourago home
industries. There ar3 macbine shops, electric
bell factories, brick and tile yards, breweries,
preserving establishments, saw mills and many
other manufactories. There is also a storage
granary, with a storage capacity of 250,000 bush
els, operated in connection with the railway
cars and the wharves, where vessels are loaded
with wheat. This is one of many practical ex
hibitions of business enterprise of an American
type.
Rosario can never hope to rival Buenos
Ayres, but it is destined to become a manu
facturing and shipping center of great im
portance. It is making tbe most of its chances
for competing with the metropolis. It is sup
plying all tbe appliances required for handling
a great share of the export and import trade.
It is one of our own spirited and wide-awake
Western cities, reduced to South latitude,
painted in garish hues of blue and yellow, and
uropeanized in Its habits and tastes.
What Kind of War?
From the Philadelphia North American.
Are wo at liberty to suppose that it is what
is popularly known as a cat and dog fight when
the Senate and Honse get into a controversy re
garding the National Zoological Garden?
HER PARENTS 8U.0CKED.
A School Teacher Elopes Just for tbe
Romance ol the Tiling.
tSVKCIAL Tvr.EFBAM TO TIIB DISPATOrf.l
Peekskill, N. Y., April 4. Susie Post, of
Garrisons, N. Y., has eloped with John Bross,
of the same place. Miss Post is a school
teacher at Garrisons. Bros3 is mate on tbo
steamer Peekskill, running between Peekskill
and New York. Friday night last Miss Post
left her pretty cottage home, took a train
north and thence came-back to Peekskill, tak
ing this roundabont course to escape discovery.
At this place she met her lover and together
tbey went to New York and there they were
marriod.
The parents of tbe bride are much shocked
by the disappearance. No motive is assigned
except that tho girl wanted to be romantic,
and also was afraid her parents might not con
sent to the union.
POEMS VERSUS PEANUTS.
Jly love brings poems Thursday nights
And peanuts every Monday;
He writes from early mora till eve,
Except, of course, on Sunday.
He slugs of sweetness long drawn out,
Of hopes cut through the middle,
Aud onco he tried to weave in rhyme
The hoary Sphinx's riddle.
Tie's very gay, then taciturn.
Ana scathingly sardonlo
hen poetizing Plato's school
(That's where we get "platonlc").
For themes he scours the country through
From 'Cisco's bay to Fundy's,
But really. If the truth were told,
I'd rather see him Mondays.
Dt Witt C. LockKond in the April Centum.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
A Hnrd One Certainly.
To the Kdltor of The Dispatch:
When the Queen ol Sbeba. having heard of
tho wisdom of Solomon, questioned him with
hard questions ho answered them all, but I
doubt very much if he could have answered
such a query as was propounded by C. E. W.
in tbe Dispatch in regard tq tbe political
leaning of tho' soldiers in tne last war.
Two million seven hundred and flf tv thousand
men were called out by "Old Abe." of which
number tbe good old Keystone State furnished
366,000, and the "State of Allegheny" 10,000. Of
the vast majority of them it may be said: "On
fame's eternal ramping ground their silent
tents are spread."
They sleep tbelr last sleep.
Thev have fought tlielr last bittle.
Io sound can awake tliem to glory again.
But as to their politics, that Is certainly a
very preposterous question for anyone to ask.
expecting tn get an answer thereto. Anderson
ville and Salisbury prisons contain 25.000 un
known graves of Nortncrn soldiers; yet the
Black Hole of Calcutta and the blowing up of
the Sepoys from the cannon's month by the
English was Christianity in comparison to the
treatment of our soldiers in the prisons of tho
South. I shall await with great anxiety an an
swer to his unanswerable Interrogation.
Mail Bot.
Pittsburg, Apnl 4.
Know Where tlir Tanael Is.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I can show anyone now the exact location of
tbe old canal tunnel, between the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad tunnel and
old Grant street, as I saw it in 1S6U when they
were making repair. There is an arch in the
retaining wall over the mouth of the old tun
nel, which can be seen at any time.
Pittsbdbo, April 4. J. S. Steele.
Not Posted on tbe Subject.
To the Editor of Tbe Dlspatcc:
Is there any such a thing as corsets for men,
and if so where can they be procured.
Pittsburg, April 4. A Readeb.
Unanswered Queries.
Readers are requested to reply to any of the
following questions that may interest them:
Old Subscriber, Pittsburg, asks: Does the
Pittsburg Inspector have to put bi3 brand on
all oil barrels himself T What does he get for
each barrel inspected? If he deputizes a man
outside the city to brand barrels is he paid for
doing so?
Salt Water, Scottdale.inqnires: How could I
get a position as assistant steward on one of
tbe leading Atlantic or Pacitic lines? We
would suggest applying in person,
Knarf Leer, McKeesport, wishes to know
the origin of tbe names of the days of tho
week.
Lennox, New Castle, has made a bet, and
wants somebody to tell him whether Washing
ton bas more miles of asphalt pavement than
Buffalo.
A Crafton Reader desires to ascertain on
what day of tbe week March 17, 1864. came.
Several readers wish to know if Chiramen
can be naturalized. Judges have refused to
givo them papers.
BALLOT REFORM IN RHODE ISLAND.
New Yobk World: The returns of tha
Rbode Island election show that there has been
no choice tor Governor. The Australian ballot
system was pretty thorong hly tested and nearly
everbody is satisfied with it.
New Yobk Times: The ballot law of Rhode
Island, which was first applied at the State
election on Wednesday, is in many respects far
less simple and effective than that proposed for
this State intheSaxton bill, but as the law
now stands ballot reform bas secured a new
triumph in Rhode Island.
Philadelphia Press: The Australian bal
lot system has now been tried in State elections
in Massachusetts, Montana and Rhode Island,
and in each instance it has shown that it pos
sesses all tbe advantages claimed for it. Its
success in these cases will encourage ltsaa
vocat es to urge it upon the Legislatures of the
30 S tates that have not yet adopted the reform.
P HrLADELPHiA Record: The Rhode Island
election shows c onclusively that the objection
raised to the secret ballot because of the delay
it necessitates at the polls is entirely Illusory.
Undoubtedly, there sbould De five polling
places wbereihere is one in Providence; but
even under the disadvantageous condition of
an overcrowded poll the Australian system has
again vindicated the good policy of its adop
tion. AS IN A TOMB.
Searching for the Unfortunate Minors Who
Met Tbelr Denth Weeks Ago.
Wilkesbaere. Pa., April 4. An exploring
party to-day succeeded in penetrating the
Sonth Wilkesbarre colliery, where the eight
men met their death on March 3. General
Superintendent Scott led the party. They
found the workings blocked with fallen rock
and rubbish. The fire had burned out the
timbers and rock, and coal had fallen from the
roof.
In some places the "gangways were entirely
blocked and it was impossible to get through,
and other passage bad to be sought out. They
managed to penetrate all through the mine.
Not a trace of tho entombed men conld be
found, and there is no longer any doubt that
what is left of them mnst be lying under the
heaps of debris that block the gangway.
Draws the Line on Noah.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
If New Orleans pulls through this flood in
safety it will fear no f ntnre demonstrations un
less it sees a second Noah setting up the tim
bers of his ark.
CANADA'S GREAT NORTHWEST.
French Settlers Flocking In Co Retain Hold
of tbe Country.
Winuipeq, MAK., April 3. Six thousand
settlers havo come to tho Northwest this spring
to locate and special trains heavily loaded are
arriving daily. Abont 1,000 French Canadians
were among tbe nnmber. The Catholic Church
is anxious to increase its population and in
fluence in Western Canada and is taking this
means ol doing it. The Church sees that by
the abolition of separate schools and the use of
French as the official language in the country.
It it is to retain any hold it must act promptly
and in a practical manner.
Private advices received here state that a
French syndicate has put up 815.000,000 to build
tbe Hudson Bay Railway, provided aid is given
by the Canadian Government, which amounts
to a 4 per cent guarantee on 10,000,000.
No Knowledge of Gunnery Required.
Prom the ew York Herald.
It is proposed to transfer the Weather Boreau
from the Wat Department to tbe Department
of Agriculture. The argument is advanced
that no knowledge of gunnery Is required to
predict that it will "blow great guns" along the
coast.
TO EXPLORE THE HEREAFTER.
The Only Reason Given for the Suicide of n
Young Arknnsnn.
rEFZCIAL TIXiaBAM TO THB DISPATCH.1
Little Rock, April 4. A singular suicide
was committed in Columbiana county to-day.
A young man named McNeil went hunting,
carrying with him a double-barreled gun. At
an isolated point in the woods he tied his body
to a small tree with a rope, and having placed
his gnn on the ground in front of him, he fired
both barrels blowing bis head entirely off.
A note was found in his pocket Baying that
the deed was prompted sololy by a desire to
explore the great hereafter.
ODE LICENSE C0DRT.
Uniostown Republic: One of the tricks of
tho Pittsburg trade, as developed in the license
hearings, is to feed customers on salty soup to
make them drink like fisb.
Toledo Commercial: Tbe license law seems
to operate successfully in Pittsburg. The off
hand Independence of tho License Judges,
viewed from this distance even, is decidedly
refreshing.
Washington Post: Tho Judges of tbe Pitts
burg License Court havo decreed against free
lunch in the saloons, and also that the liquor
dealers must not extend credit to their custom
ers. If this thing keeps up, the Pittsburg
saloon keepers will be driven to offering
chromos with each drink.
Milwaukee Wisconsin: The License Court
at Pittsburg has indirectly warned saloon
keepers that they mnst not give free lunch.
The argument against tbe lunch business is
that food induces hungry men to go to saloons
and drink. If the abolition of the free lunch
could be made general tbe saloon keener
would rejoice over it as much as tbe License
Court; for the setting out of a. variety of food
dally on their lunch counters is on of the
heaviest items on the saloon cxnens account.
CURIOUS C02JDEKSAT105S.
The Santa Fe road is running special
fast trains from Denver to Canon City. They
are called tiie "Nellio Bly Flyers."
Orrin Starr, of Kalamazoo, is 81 years
old, but just tbe same be split and piled I2cords
of wood last week without more than half try
ing. The largest sheep ranch in the world is
in the counties of Webb and Dimnet in Texas.
It containi upward of 400,000 acres and yearly
pastures 800,100 sheep.
A benefit performance for the English
actors' fend in London recently realized S2.G00.
The performance lasted for six houre and over
CO actors took part in it.
Marshall Pass, on the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad, 10,851 feet above tbe sea
level, is the highest point crossed by a railroad
insido the limits of the United States.
The steam ferryboat, Robert Garret,
plying between Brooklyn and New York City,
carries 5.C00 passengers at a trip and is said to
bo the largest steam ferryboat in existence.
Adelbert Bryan was killed by a mad
bull at the Coldwater, Micb., State Public
School, and a petition will be presented to tha
State Auditors asking that tho widow be paid
S3.000 for her loss.
A Mt. Clemens, Mich., man 'lost his
pocketbook containing SI40 on Tuesday. Every
body saw the pnrse nn the sidewalk, bnt sup
posed it was an April fool joke, and the loser
cot around in time to recover it.
A French paper says of a recent mur
der: "The miscreant was evidently in search
of money, but M. Durand had prudently de
posited all his cash in the bank, and' conse
quently lost only his lite."
Some one has figured that there are in
Denver, Col., 31 millionaires, whose aggregate
wealth is $46,500,000, and 35 semi-millionaires,
whose wealth aggregates 517.500,000. making in
all 64,000,000 owned by C6 men.
The largest sawmill in the world i
located at Clinton, la. It cost 200,000, and 1
capable of sawing 4.J0.000 feet of lumber in
eight hours. It bas seven band and tbree gang
saws and two batteries of ten boilers each.
The largest tree in tbe world, according
to statistics lately published by tbe Italian
Government, is a monster chestnut standing at
the foot of Mount JEtna. Tho circumference
of the mam trunk at CO feet from the ground is
212 feet.
Fred and Adam Suiter, two brothers
who lived near Ilersey, 3)icn.. were sitting at a
table when a louse appeared upon the table be
tween them. They quarreled as to the owner
ship of the grayback. and Adam stabbed Fred
fatally. Adam is in jail.
All the first-class race tracks employ a
doctor by the year, or rather the season. They
pay a liberal price, from S10 a day upward, and
expect him to report for duty a halt hour be
fore tho races begin, and to remain on hand
till all tho visitors have left.
The costliest horse barn in the world
belongs to D. E. Cronse and is located at Syra
cuse. N. Y. It bas now cost the owner, a mill
ionaire horseman, something like $700,000. In
cidental expenses will make the stable cost
little short of a round million.
Conductor John Hoffman, of the Oranga
branch of the Greenwood Lake Railroad, N. Y.,
swallowed a wooden toothpick after dinner on
Thursday, and bas been at home in great agony
ever since. An operation will have to be per
formed to save bis life, it is said.
Early in the winter a Saco young man
was strolling through a Florida orange grove
and cnt his initials in the peeling of a growing
orange. He is now in Saco, and last Saturday
night ho found that identical orange In a
dozen be bought of a local dealer.
A pair of bantam chickens were sold at
the London Crystal Palace for S500, which was
almost exactly twice their weight in gold. This
is believed to be tbe highest, price ever
paid for a single pair of fowls since the days
of extravagant and luxurious Rome.
It is said that a large proportion of tha
plumes worn by tbo ladies who attend the
Queen's drawing rooms are hired from a shop
which makes a business of renting out plumes.
The feathers are worth f rom $1 to $10, and the
rent of them is 52 60 for each occasion.
The Civil Commissioner of Johannes
bnrg, Sonth Africa, bas ordered that only tha
Dutch language shall be talked in bis court,
and that the English, who compose the bulk of
tbe population, when they appear before him.
must talk Dntch or hire in interpreter.
The North Pole may at length bo
reached, and all on account of a pair of
trousers oil-skin ones which were on board
tbe ill-fated Jeannette. The garment is said to
have been found on the coast ot Greenland,
showing that on their journey from tbe Pacific
to the Atlantic, the breeches must have passed
the Pole, carried that way by a current.
Buffalo Jones, of Garden City, Kan.,
utilizes tbe hair which buffaloes shed in tha
spring by having it woven into robes. It is
woven with a cloth background so that none
hut an expert could tell it from tbo genuine ar
ticle. He estimates that each buffalo will shed
off enough hair each year to make a good robe,
which will be no small revenue in itself.
Benjamin Schaffer informs a Philadel
phia paper that, having lost a favorite dog
and spent the greater part of tho day In search
ing for it, be dreamed that night that he saw
the animal fastened up In a barn some distance
from where he was employed, in Montgomery
countv. and. troinc; to tbo SDOt nezt monunor-
tbere was his lost pet just as he bad seen It In
the dream.
The making of wooden shoes is quite a
business in Now York. Not only is there a big
demand for wooden soled shoes required by
workers in certain trades, but for tbe wooden
sabot, sucn as are seen in pictures of life
abroad. French and German women are the
principal buers of wooden shoes. These
shoes co-it about SI 25 a pair. They are mostly
worn in tbe Eastside tenement districts.
A citizen of Calhoun county, III., boasts
that there is not a railroad, a telegraph, an ex
press office or a bank in bis county. Tbe county
jail has not had a criminal inmate within tho
last five years. The grand jury of the county
has found only three indictments within tbe
lasc two years, and these were against persons
who had illegally sold liquor. The county has
onlv two terms of court a year, and a term never
l3ts over three days.
THOUGHT TO BE FUNNT.
Publicist "What do you think of young
Emperor William?
Diplomat-He lias stepped right into his grand
father's crown-CAIeajro illooe.
Lawyer If you and your husband can't
apree, why don't you asree to disagree? Fair
Client (flrmly)-Never. If I'd agree to disagree
he'd think I'd weakened. Sew Xork Weekly.
"This House for Sail!" the placard read,
And ere there was a bid
X Kansas cyclone struck the place
And. sure enough, it did.
Whttesidt Herald.
Agent to Manager I have a singer I can
recommend beautiful, stylish, grand dresser,
splendid presence. Manager Wbat about her
voice? Agent Do you mean to say that yoa re
quire that, too? Fliegende Ulaetter.
X LE3TTEX FEAST.
For forty days she eats no meat,
Hut often does she feast her
Mind's eye upon the bonnet sweet
She means to buy for "Easter."
Terrs Haute Express.
Wife (reading) Here it tells about a man
S2 years old who brings up all tbe coal rind chop
all the wood used in the family. What do you
think orthat?
Husband (contemptuously) Well, be mnst be a
fool. -Lowell Citizen.
Employer (violently) lam told that yoa
are a great liar, sir; that It Is Impossible for yoa
to speak the truth. Is that so?
Employe (bumbly) I am afraid It Is, sir.
Employer (radiantly) Give me your hand, you
have been maligned. You can speak the truth.
S. I. Sun.
""Was there anything in the pockets of tha
deceased?" asked the Coroner.
The witness shook bis head.
"We found a bundle or old Lonlslana Lottery
tickets In his hat," he said, -but there wasn't
anything In his pockets."
And a deep sympathetic silence fell upon tha
group. Chicago Tribune.
First Newsboy Any luck terday ?
Second Hewsboy-Luck? Y'd better b'lleve It.
Been selling papers on Wall street all tho mornln'
couldn't git 'em fast enough.
'Oee Whlttakerl What did the papers have
In?"
"All about th' extradition treaty." Sexo Xork
Weekly.
"What is the trouble between yon and
youchusband?" t
"lie makes me Jealous of certain ladles." -
'In what way?" "
Re mentions having met them when I wasn't
with him."
"Pooh! they are not the ones to be afraid of."
"Woo, then?"
Those whom he doesn't mention," CMcog ,
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