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I THE SEASON'S IKPEOVEMEITTS,
The plans or the Department of Public
Works, for improvements during the season
f just opening, are rather imposing in their
total. The expenditure of $1,240,000 in
public works will certainly make business
; active among the contractors, and should
effect a material change in the appearance
of the city when all the work is completed.
The amount looks! large, but when the list
of contracts is examined it will be seen that
it is distributed widely, and in compara
tively small amounts to individual im
provements. The repairing total of 5239,
000 contains some of the largest items. The
new street improvements, footing up SS56,
000, and the sewers costing 5151,000, are
t generally on minor streets, which are to be
L rescued bv this work from the reign of mud
i- and bad drainage that has produced so much
f complaint during the past season.
f A million and a quarter spent in securing
k good pavements and sewers is one of the
f best investments that Pittsburg can make.
PITTSBUEG'S POLYTECHNIC.
The Western University, as established in
its new and commodious buildings on Ob
servatory Hill, is naturally a subject of pride
and interest to Pittsburgers. The interest
and pleasure will be greatly enhanced by
the important additions to its educational
features, which form the subject of a article
elsewhere. The need of Pittsburg for high
scientific and technical training has often
been pointed out, as arguing the necessity
of establishing a polytechnical school here.
It is gratifying to observe that the oppor
tunity afforded by the changes in the TJni
versity buildings has been utilized so that,
in addition to the former classical course,
the University now comprises a polytech
nical school, fully equipped for instruction
and original research in practical science.
Pittsburg will be prompt to recognize the
unlimited scope of usefulness which the
new features of the University comprise.
THE HEW LICENSES.
As was announced late night before last
and published in yesterday's Dispatch
the license agony, so far as Pittsburg is con
cerned, is ended by the granting of 307
licenses. So far as individual observation
can follow the work of the court it has been
very judiciously done. The number of
licenses granted is sufficiently enlarged to
take away the stimulus to the illicit traffic
The selection of recipients of license shows
care and judgment. In some cases, as the
Judges point out, remonstrances have lost
their effect by delay until after the hearing,
for which, of course, the remonstrants have
no one to blame but themselves.
It is said that the new departure in the
grant of licenses will suppress the speak
easies. But the only foundation for that
hope is on the condition that the law is en
forced. If the officers of the law continue
to ignore facts of which they claim knowl
edge, that people are selling illegally, those
who thus escape the five hundred dollar
license will continue to do so. The number
of licenses having been increased some effort
should be made to have it understood that
all officers of the law, who have knowledge
of illegal acts,must take steps to uphold the
law. If that is done, we may hope that the
illicit liquor-selling nuisance will be cup
pressed. If the peculiar theories of the past year,
with regard to police non-interference are
kept up, there is no reason to believe that
the increase in the number of licensed
places will have any material effect in
lessening the secret drinking holes.
BARNU1TS MORAL BALLET.
The controversy which has arisen between
the only tnd unrivaled P. T. Barnum and
a local preacher of Bridgeport, Conn., is an
interesting example of the logic which can
be used by people who argue each from his
own preconceived opinions. The Bridge
port preacher having- arraigned Mr. Bar
num's colossal ballet as immoral and de
moralizing, of course Barnum hastens to re
ply. If Barnum does not run a moral show,
he would be Barnum no longer. Besides
which a controversy over the unique attrac
tions of the gigantic aggregation with which
the New World has entranced the nobility
and aristocracy of the effete monarchies, is
not at all unpleasant to that veteran and
acute advertiser.
Mr. Barnum crushes the Bridgeport cler
gyman with the authorities of the Estab
lished Church of England. The Bishop of
Rochester went to see his show in England,
and certified over his own signatnre to the
beauty and imposing nature of the ballet
Archdeacon Sinclair said it was a great
chow, and another London clergyman spoke
"the ballet as exhibiting "the most chaste
and beautiful poetry of motion I ever wit
nested." With these hierarchical authori
ties Mr. Barnum shows the Bridgeport text
expounder how very cross and provincial
his standards ior measuring great moral ag
gregations of world-wide fame must be.
It is possible that the Bridgeport man
may remain uncrushed by this logic He
may assert that the Established Church of
England can find relief in turning
from the spectacle of modern aristo
cratic vice to the ballet of Nero:
but that is no reason why that field
show of Terpsichorean art is fit food for the
unsullied minds of his Bridgeport flock. He
may even intimate that the recommenda
tions of a clergy which is recruited by the
appointees of Marlborough, Manchester and
Lonsdale is rather detrimental than other
wise to the strict reputation of the Barnum
combination for utter purity of artistic pur
pose. And so far as the abstract logic of the
argument is concerned the preacher would
be nearly right.
But the strict correctness of the syllogism
is not bothering Barnum. If his clerical op
ponent should produce an argument of this
sort he, would cheerfully bring out some
more of the great names whose owners were
delighted by his exhibition. Mr. Barnum is
very well acquainted with the methods by
which to catch the public, including the
flock of the Bridgeport preacher.
LEGISLATION FOB PAETT.
The report of the House committee to
whicli the McComas bill to prevent gerry
manders was referred is a peculiar indica
tion of the exigencies to which party policy
may lead. The report adopts Mr. McComas'
idea of having only decennial apportion
ments, which, if it were not inspired by
pure partisanship, would have some virtue
in it But for fear that may not in
trench the majority strongly enough in the
House, the committee adds the provision
that the apportionment lor the Fifty-second
Congress shall be exactly the same as that
for the Fifty-first
Everyone knows-that the purpose of this
measure is to prevent Democratic Legisla
tures of States which have a majority of
Republican Congressmen from interfering
with the Republican advantage. But it is
remarkable towhat lengths this idea leads
the Republican members. The unique
Southern shoe-string districts have been the
subject of universal denunciation by He
publicans. They have been declared over
and over again to be crimes against honest
popular representation. But since the Ee-
publicans can expect little from the South
a t best, they now go to the length not only
of ignoring these Southern gerrymanders,
but of actually proposing to enact a nation
al law that must stand. If a Southern
Legislature should desire to rectify the in
justice of South Carolina or Mississippi
Bhoe-string districts, it would be forbidden
by this measure to touch theml
This is legislation to keep a party in
power with a vengeance. All such legisla
tion is necessarily vicious as certainly as
that a stream cannot be purer than its
source. But this measure is peculiarly so,
because it does not even make a pretense of
trying to secure a fair apportionment For
the sake of retaining the Republican ad
vantage in important States it proposes not
only to sanction but to perpetuate the very
gerrymanders which that party 'has long
held up as examples of injustice and usurpa
tion. It would be very desirable to frame a
measure to secure impartial apportionments.
But it is evident that it cannot be done until
legislators learn that the right of the people
to fair representation is superior to any
claims of party advantage.
THE BOSS HYPNOTIZE".
When Messrs. Claassen, Pell & Co. went
in for wholesale bank wrecking inNrr
York a month two ago, the general public
did not hesitate to assign motives and pur
poses of a crimin 1 character to those au
dacious financi v. It has been left to a
theosophicl societv of that city to discover
that the men whom the world has dubbed
common, or rather uncommon, swindlers
were the involuntary agents of a hypnotizer.
The President of the theosophical society
in question asserts that a man possessing
hypnotizing powers of an extraordinary sort
had control of the whole gang, and
that the buying and looting of
banks was carried out by them
under his influence. We are not
able to see exactly why the master mind
of the hynotizer chose this way of glorifying
theosophy for that was his intention. But
the discovery of hypnotism in this new role
may prove a key to many mysteries.
If a man with a master mind can seize
hold of half a dozen men and set them to
plundering banks, what cannot he do? We
may have here an explanation of the reck
less rascality of New York City officials.
Perhaps they are all under the influence of
some theosophist with tremendous hypnot
izing powers. Nothing short of high
pressure hypnotism run at top speed
could subdue a Tammany politician. Bnt
it is true that "infiooence" has always
counted for a good deal in Tammany
Hall, and other centers of political
activity in New York. Hypnotism is a
species of "infiooence" Perhaps ex-Sheriff
Flack and Mayor Grant and the rest of the
gentry who have been trying to emulate the
record of the lamented Bill Tweed are
really not responsible for their acts. There
has been always a firmly-rooied belief in
many quarters that His Satanic Majesty
himself takes great interest in New York
politics. The hypnotizer in this case mav
be the Evil One. This seems very probable
when we come to consider the matter. It
sounds prettier and more polite to attribute
men's crimes to a master hypnotizer in the
background, but the truth is the devil is at
the bottom of most mischief in this world.
So the discovery of the transcendental the
osophists is only an old fact in a new coat
PECK IN POLITICS.
The election of George W. Peck, who has
won lame in this country as the author of
"Peck's Bad Boy" and of a drama in perfect
harmony with the adjective, to the Mil
waukee Mayoralty, has elements in it that
attract some attention in the West The
fact that a man whose humorous efforts in
dicate the belief that vulgarity and stupid
ity are the only elements of wit, should be
the chosen head of a considerable city,
would be of itself of a remarkable nature
But the lily is painted in this case Mr.
Peck is elected on the platform of opposition
to the Wisconsin law, which requires the
common school branches to be taught in the
English language. The attitude of Peck
therefore is very clearly to the effect that
teaching the elements of education in the
language ot this country is an interference
with the private right of ignorance and the
personal liberty of knowing nothing outside
of foreign languages, that must be sternly
voted down.
It is observed that some of our Western
papers think that Mr. Peck has got himself
into a false and inconsistent position by a po
litical victory on such a platform; but that is
an entire misconception of Peck. The entire
aroma of his humorous efforts is consistent
with that of opposition to education in the
Euglish language. Indeed education is in
consistent with Peck. If the effort to make
common school education wide, thorough
and indigenous.as proposed by the law which
Peck opposes, is successful, Peck's occupa
tion both as a humorist and journalist would
be completely gone.
The late Rhode Island election is figured
out by the New York -Pr to show a Repub
lican cain. and to have "all the moral effect of
Republican victory." This is because the per
centage of tho Republican vote is 45 per cent
of the total, as against SS per cent in 18S9. But
the moral effect of this figuring is wofuliy
deteriorated by running up finally against tbo
fact that the Democrats polled the most votes.
The moral effect of a Republican victory
which leaves a Democratic plurality in Rhode
Island is very much like the victories which de
stroyed Pyrrhus.
And now Tyrone wants a new county.
If some geographical statesman can divide up
this Stato so as to make every country town
the center and seat of local government for
every county, he will fill the pressing and uni
versal want
Two more Democratic legislators from
Rhode Island makes the "moral victory" which
the New York Press is claiming in that State,
ono of the kind that hurts a good deal more
than it helps.
The speculation whether it is a bomb or
poison that ails the Czar, presents a pleasant
picture of the alternatives ot lire, or death, to
the reigning monarch of Russia. Tho lot ot
that general of police who was kicked by the
Russian students might almost be prelerrcd to
that of the autocrat. Kicking is injurious to
the dignity; but most people will prefer it to
either bombs or poison.
It is interesting to observe the progress of
the delightful Irish bull in New York,as shown
by the editorial reference in the New York
Tribune to the election of Senator Ingalls "as
permanent President pro tempore of the Sen
ate." To put McKinley up for Governor of
Ohio would be a mild way of retarding his
political burial. The Governorship of Ohio
has not of late years been "a stepping stone to
greater things."
It is a significant characteristic that was
manifested by the fact that as soon as General
Sickles declared that deputies in the Sheriff's
office would be confined to legal fees, all tho
Tammany subordinates resigned their posi
tions. The professional politician of New York
who cannot use bis office to get illegal gain has
no use for public patronage.
The announcement that diplomatic rela
tions have been suspended between Servia and
Bulgaria is causing anxiety in Europe. The
lear is that tne tempest in the teapot may
cause the whole kettle to boil over.
Thirty thousand tons of steel rails in 26
days is the champion record of the Edgar
Thomson works. Pittsburg can beat the world
in turning ont ber products in wholesale lots.
Bismarck has to take the Dnkedom of
Lauenburg; but can still decline to bear the
title. Such men as the Iron Chancellor and
Gladstone have sense enough to know that th
names which they have made famous are
greater than the titles which monarch, manu
facture for the benefit of their favorites.
The report of the House Commit' ee on
the bill to pre eat gerrymandering, puts the
principle very plainly that no gerrymanders
are permissible except those which help keep
the Republican party in power.
The Central Labor Union of New York
has deliberately arrived at the conclusion that
the metropolitan police force is worse than the
unorganized criminals.
The applicants for license wh are re
ported as having committed suicide or gone
into convulsions from inability to bear the
suspen,, are evidently of that highly emo
tional temperam - which would have been
unsuited for the realities of the liquor trade.
The political pot on the Republican side
in this State is about up to boiling point with
intimations that it la not yet time tor the Stan
dard Oil Company to foreclose its mortgage on
the State Government
It is pleasant to note that the Northside
city government is slowly struggling along
toward the point where it may open the Car
negie library.
Benefits for the Newsboys' Home fund
are announced which will be sure to give that
deserving project a material Impetus. The
public interest that Is aroused in this praise
worthy work is becoming so active as to place
Us ultimate success beyond a doubt
A Sing Sing chicken supper in aid of a
local charity the other evening was so popular
that the supplies gave out Heroafter snppers
will confine themselves to the traditional
oyster and strawberry.
The distribution of the limited patronage
around the Mayor's office leaves the plums,
with a few exceptions, where they were before.
WHEN Bayne, from this district, the
New York Press and the Massachusetts Con
gressmen are all arrayed against the duty on
hides, it doesn't look as if the principle of pro
tection was very completely upheld by that ad
dition to the list of duties.
PROMINENT MEN AND WOMEN.
LOTTA is still buying real estate in various
parts of the country. Sho already owns a Lotta
land.
Emin Pasha is accused of ingratitude be
cause He is annoyed at England for taking him
prisoner.
Mrs. Matthew S. Quay and Misses Coral
aud Susie Quay are at the Ponce de Leon, St.
Augustine, Fla.
The widow of ex-Governor English, of Con
necticut has closed her New Haven house and
gone to New York.
General. Axebed H. Terry, whose health
is poor, lives in retirement in a handsome house
in New Haven, Conn.
O'Donovan Rossa's 20 years of banishment
from Ireland will expire next year, and he will
then make a visit to his native land.
The late Representative Wilber, of Oneonta,
N. Y.. owned more than 4,000 acres of land ana
was one of the chiel hop growers of the State.
NOW comes the rumor that General Mabone
would rather succeed "Bertie" Adams as Minis
ter to Brazil than to be appointed Congul-Uen-eral
at Paris.
Secretary Blaine owns a farm of 400
acres near Elizabeth, Fa. He also owns tho
coal under 1,100 acres of surrounding land. Mr.
Blaine purchased part of this land over 20 years
ago. He has not mined any coal there since
1875. He seldom visits his farm and it is said
that he would like to sell it
Horace Greeley's historical house on the
Chappaqua farm was burned to the ground on
Thursday, and nearly all of his correspondence
was burned. His library, however, with the
chair and desk he used while editor of tho
Tribune were saved. Miss Gabrielle Greeley,
the occupant of the house saved only the suit
that she wore.
A Progressive Journal.
From tbe Clearfield Republican. J
The PrrrsBURQ Dispatch has few rivals
and is a good sample of a nineteenth century
newspaper. It's Sunday edition seems to strike
the public favorably, from the fact that its cir
culation bas passed tbe fiftieth thousand. The
daily in the news line is not exceeded by any
journal in the country, while its telegraph re
ports are the equal of any of its rivals and
often far In advance of all. For a sample copy
address1. Dispatch, postofrice box 162, Pitts
bun:. Pa. - ,
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
The Boys Object to Tanning A Fall In the
Mlcbtlncss of Gnmbrlnas nt Retail
memories of a. Dark nnd Sorrowful
Easier She Hnd to Suspend Prayers
Mr. Davis on Dressing Kooms,
tt Tub schoolboys will be the next to carry
their rawhides to Congress for protec
tion," said an Allegheny tanner yesterday,
under the influence of a 15 per cent ad valorem
duty.
it "IXhest a commodity is scarce its price goes
up," said a lager beer philosopher yes
terday looking up from the list of licenses,
"and last year when Judge White gave but 93
men in Pittsburg tbe right to sell liquors, the
average saloon keeper went up so high that a
customer needed a stepladder and a speaking
trumpet to reach him. This year there are 307
of the elect and you will see the lofty beer
slingers come down. It will be possible for a
man to get a glass of beer on a Saturday night
down town without fighting his way to the bar,
and the mortality from shock or freezing in the
vicinity of some bartenders will perceptibly de
crease." It must bo observed that Judges Swing and
Magee have made it possible tor a respectable
man to obtain a glass of beer without handing
over his self-respect with the nickel.
Tt is reported on what appears to he fairly
good authority that Senator Quay's houso
in Washington the one into which ho moved
at the beginning of this session has been newly
papered this spring. Perhaps here is tho
origin of the talk of Mr.Qnay'6Startingapaper.
T aster as a rule is a season of rejoicing.
Circumstances may mar the joyful mean
ing of tho festival for some, but generally tho
heart of man responds to the appeal of tho
Resurrection, physical in natnre, as it is, as
well as spiritual. But I found a Pittsburg
clergyman yesterday who had vivid memories
of an Easter that found the whole American
nation plunged in the deepest grief. Said he:
"Good Friday of 1865 was a day of days, and its
impressions are as fresh with me as that of
yesterday. In accordance with President Lin
coln's proclamation, a union thanksgiving Ser
vice was held in the church to which 1 minis
tered, for the purpose of giving expression to
our gratitude that tho cruel war was over and
tho boys in blue were coming home again. The
sun shone brightly on that Good Friday and
the Republic never saw a happier day. A
noted Judge came to our thanksgiving meet
ing and in a half-hour speech uttered remarka
ble words, in which Abraham Lincoln came in
for a large share of praise. The tall of Rich
mond and tho surrender of Lee were good sub
jects for thanksgiving.
'The sun set in splendor that Good Friday
evening, and all hearts were rejoicing. Bonfires
were burning on the streets when we retired to
rest But 'shadow and shine is life.' At
Ford's Theater in Washington, our beloved
President fell by the assassin's hand that same
night, and on Saturday morning the whole
land was in mourning. Probably there has not
been so sharp a contrast in the experience of the
American people as that afforded by Good
Friday, 1S55, and the day following. A nation
rejoicing one day, and in the valley and shadow
of death the next Men, little given to tears,
stood weeping on the streets as they talked
of the great good man who had guided the na
tion in the time of its greatest peril, and his un
timely end."
J aster morning of 1865," the divine con-
tlnued, "was one of the saddest of days
to loyal Americans. Father Abraham was no
more. Instinctively, as it were, the mothers
and sisters of tbe brave boys in bine, who were
still at the front had draped the old church in
th deepest mourning, and tho flag of the
Unioi covered the pulpit, and on it were the
same signs of sorrow. The church was crowded,
as it seldom had been, for peole who had little
inclination for worship sougnt relief in the
sanctuary that Easter Day.
"The preacher hadlittlo difficulty in reaching
the hearts of his vast congregation, for all
hearts there were united by a common sorrow.
There were few dry eyes in that assembly. A
wave of emotion swept over the vast congrega
tion, which carried all hearts into heavenly
places. That Easter morn, a quarter of a cen
tury ago, is one of the pictures in my memory
that will never grow ol,. Our greatest Amnr
ican was lying in state on that morning, after
having done for bis country better than all be
fore or since. It is not strange that Eastc's
return shouK always come to me freighted
with the memories of our martyr President,
Abraham Lincoln."
pHERE is a littlo girl in Allegheny who
suffers from that too common affliction a
brother nearly as old as she is, and twice as
great a tease. This preface is also an apology,
as will be seen.
A few nights ago she was saying her prayers
in a strictly proper manner, when her younger
brother began to tickle the soles ol her feet
with a feather. She stood the aggravation for
a few seconds, and then, breaking off short in
the prayer she was saying, she exclaimed: "Ex
cuse me, good Lord, while I go for Charlie,"
and pursued her tormentor. When she had
wreaked adequate vengeance she returned and
finished her petitions.
TTis the Intention of Mr. Alvln Joslin Davis
when ho builds his theater on Sixth street
to remember tho needs of the actors as well as
the public 'Tis well. Behind the scenes at
most theaters is a region from which a toler
ably refined pig would steer clear. Dressing
rooms are in most cases about as comfortable,
clean and convenient as a boarding house coal
cellar. So Mr. Davis is on the right track
when he starts out with some consideration of
the players' needs in his theater.
The other day Mr. Davis was enlarging upon
this point to a party of theatrical people as
sembled with great tact in front of the Grand
Opera House, and slapping his hand upon his
neighbor's shoulder he observed:, "You can bet
that the dressing rooms will be all right Car
pets? Well, I shoal '. smile I've been looking
at some already tbe man in the store began
showing me some carpets at 05 cents a yard. I
told him to go to with bis carpets at G5
cents a yard. None o' them for me. I want
something at two-fifty a yard. That's for your
foyer, your lobby?' says he. 'No,' says I, 'its
for my dressing rooms the place where the
actorspends a good piece of his life. I've been
an actor I made my dust acting. I've got the
dust right here. I want the best carpets I can
get, do you hoar me?' " Hkpbueh Johks.
CURRENT TIMELI TOPICS.
The bill Introduced In the New York Legisla
ture to build a new State prison capable of holding
S,0C0 prisoners should be recalled, and build one
that will hold double the number, or stop the
Tammany investigations.
The Globe-Democrat says St Louis never
wanted the fair. A person is led to believe then
that her Conjtressmen merely talked to hear them
selves talk, as they are invarlaoly sat down upon
when a debate is In progress. It sounds a good
deal like the story told why Jack didn't eat his
supper.
To-day the Easter hat will attract more at
tention then tbe sermon. The day of sackcloth
and ashes Is over.
TnE average bibbler will not be compelled to
walk so fiir from one saloon to another after May
1. lie will not wear ont his shoe leather quite so
fast butitwill cost more money if he wants to pay
his respects to all ot the lucky ones. In tbe lone
run he will probably be a loser.
A bill Is pending in the New York Legisla
ture exempting newspaper men from jury duty.
Men with brains are exempted in nearly every
State in the Union, and the New York Legislature
should see that it becomes a law there.
Bad roads, says an exchange, is said to bo
the cause for the scarcity of eggs. Hens should
retire at once from the business.
The number of head reducers, in the shape
or half pints, sold in Pittsburg every Saturday Is
astonishing. The amount is simply limited to tbe
number of bottles in stock.
Abilene, Kan., pays its Mayor S25 a year,
and expects blm to be judicious, progressive and
devote his time to tho service of the city. The
good always die young. Hence the corn growers
will have to skirmish for a competent man to nil
the bill outside of that State.
After the 1st of May a man can get a drink
in Pittsburg when he is dry without walking a
block or two provided he has the price.
New Yobk City is endeavoring to put on
metropolitan airs. An ordinance has been passed
prohibiting Texas steers to perambulate the
streets unless they are accompanied by two
men. This law 1 not to affect bunco steerers.
THE urchins are making themselves felt In
politics this year. In Iowa they have elected
Bols. and it looks as if Bhode Island would return
her Ladd. , s
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THREE GOOD DEEDS.
Frank Murphy Tells a Good Story on a
Benevolent Gentleman.
Frank Murphy brought sympathetic tears
to the eyes of bis hearers at tbe dinner of the
Leather Manufacturers' Association by relat
ing a story of benevolence, says the Newark
Journal A friend of his, he said, was walking
down to business one morning when he saw a
young woman with a baby in her arms sitting
on a church step and weeping. The man, whom
Mr. Murphy called Jones, was touched by ber
apparent distress and asked her what was the
cause of it
"I walked Into town," she replied, "to have
tbe baby baptized, and now it will cost me S3 to
have the service performed. I haven't the
money and I don't know what to do."
"Well, that's a small matter," said Jones, "I
haven't S3 in change, but here's a S10 bin. Take
it and 1 will wait here for the change."
The woman returned in a short tlmo and
banded. Jones S7. He patted the child's head
and went downtown, rejoicing in hl3 own good
ness. He felt good all day and his countenance
shono with an unusual brightness. His asso
ciates all noticed the change and finally one of
them asked htm the cause of it.
"I am happier than usual to-day." said Jones,
"and tho reason of it is that I did three good
things on mv way downtown this morning."
He related the occurrence and wound up by
saying:
"So I performed a deed of charity, started a
little ci.ild on Its way to paradise and got
seven good dollars for a counterfeit 810 bill."
BAB ASSOCIATION MEETING.
President 8. A. McClnug Gives Out His
Appointments.
The Bar Association met yesterday for the
first time with their new officers. The new
President, S. A. McClung, made the annual ad
dress and appointed his committees as follows:
On Offenses. J. G. Bryant, W. L. Chalfant W.
N. Frew, T. B. Alcorn and C. A. Fagan; on
Legislation, George Shiras ILL, R. A. Balph,
W. H. bponsler. D. T. Watson and J. C. New
myer; on Fee Bill, T. C. McGirr, Samuel Mc
Clay. C. P. Orr, E. L. Porter and J. L. Ralph;
on Biology and History, W. B. Negley, A. M.
Watson, J. H. Hampton, F. W. McKee and F.
X. Barr; Marsnal, William McClelland.
The new members proposed were J. L. Black.
W. H. Ellis and A. E. Weger.
AMEEICAN MECHANIC CONFERENCE
Called to Arrange the Details of the Parade
ntMcKeesport.
rsritCIAZ, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
McKEESPORT, April & Burgess Tilbrook,
who was elected President of the Senior Order
United American Mechanics of the district
comprising Pittsburg, Allegheny City, and Al
legheny, Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland and
Washington counties, decided to-day to cill a
meeting of the delegates of all the councils in
the district to be held in Odd Fellows' Hall,
this place, at 2 p. m., next Saturday, for the
purpose of arranging fer the parade to be held
at McKeesport on July 4.
The Jnnior order will be invited to take part
in the parade. Two delegates from each coun
cil will attend the convention.
MERCHANTS WEEK.
Five Days of Fun and Pleasure Booked for
fenvnnnah, Gn.
The Dispatch acknowledges the receipt of
an invitation to attend Merchants' Week, un
der the auspices of the Savannah Branch of
tho Southern Travelers' Association, at Savan
nah, Ga., from April 28 to May 3. 1890. The
programme includes a parade of the B. T. A.,
addresses, open house, competitive trades'
display, excursions, open air concerts, cavalry
tonrnaments, fire department contests, gun
club tournaments, carnivals, military parades,
ocean regattas, races on the beach, receptions,
and every other kind of amusement possible.
Special low excursion rates will be issued on
all roads.
BAXTER 1890
rWBlTTXN FOB THS DISPATCH.!
I.
Have you seen my Amaryllis and her basketful
of lilies
As she Stands
With her bands
Idly plunged among the roses in her apron? All
her posies
Are forgotten now; her eyes
Seem intent upon the dyes of ber soft Italian
skies,
Where the sun goes painting daily,
And tbe south wlpd whispers gaily
Something maidens love to hear
If a certain one be near.
IL
Has tbe roaring, reeling city with Its dearth of
love and pity
Given place to the grace
Of a, cornfield's poppied face.
With the fleecy clouds above it and the feet of
those who love it
Seeking, 'mid the bearded grain.
Lovers' Lane?
Glorious limbs of marble gleam in the groves
along the stream.
Every rod knows its god
And the reedy path Pan trod.
When slim Syrinx fled before, vibrates to the
silvery roar
Of her sighs forevermore.
Here and there thro' the air Love's own god
dess speeds a pair
Of her doves; up above
Where the wild arbutus grows on the wooded
summit glows
Through its bushy veil of rose,
Tbe altar of the mighty
Aphrodite.
rv.
Come back to us, Amaryllis,
From the centuries long sped.
Aren't you selling Easter lilies?
Don't you know that Fan is dead?
That he died upon the morn when the Savior
King was born;
That he'll never rise again
As the Prince of Peace rose, when
He forgave all sons of- men
And blessed the Easter lilies; Amaryllis?
John faux, bocock.
IT'S WORK THAT COUXTS.
SpeechmuUlue In Congress Is Relegated to
tbe Useless Fellows of Congresa Peeps
Into the Committee Rooms Quay and
Cnmeroa as Legislator).
rCOKRESFOXDINCB OF THE DISPATCH.!
xTAsniNGTOjr, April a The real work of
both Houses of Congress does not appear
in the newpapers. We now have a Congress of
business men rather than a body of sophomore
statesmen, and the flowery days of Henry Clay
and Tom Corwln are gone forever. Year by
year stump speaking is dying out Private
conversation and quiet talks bavo taken tbe
place of long-winded harangues, and some ot
the hardest workers of both Houses never
make a speech. Four-fifths of the speeches
which are made are never listened to, and 80
per cent of tho men whose names appear so
often in tbe Congressional Record are unin
fluontlal blowhards.
The committee rooms are the workshops of
the Capitol. In them is brewed tbe solid beer
of legislation. The froth alone appears on the
floor, and, as a rule, the members who stir the
glass and rouse tbe foam have little to do with
making the valuable liquid over which they
spout for buncombe. At the beginning of our
history it was possible to consider all bills
which came before Congress in open session.
Now such a thing would bo preposterous, and
the immensity of tho work which is unloaded
upon Congress increases every year.
The Increase of Bills.
T? ach session has fully 20 per cent more bills
than the one that just preceded it, and tbe
present Congress is up to the average. Durlne
the Forty-Eighth Congress about 11,000 bills
were presented in both Houses. In the Forty
ninth this number had crawled up to 15.000 and
during the last Congress more than 17,000 bills
and joint resolutions were introduced into the
House and the Senate. All of these bills have
to be considered in committee, read in the
Houso and passed or rejected. Moat of them
are accompanied by voluminous reports and
some have volumes of arguments and testi
mony which must be gone through with before
their merits can be decided. Less than one
sixth of tbem become laws, and during the last
Congress out of the 17.000 bills only 1,800 were
passed and signed by tbe President. Tbe divi
sion of them among tho committees is the only
means by which they could be considered at all,
and some curious instances of the ignorance of
Congressmen as to their work occurs in regard
to them.
When Senator Manderson first attended tho
committee of which he was a member at his
opening session, he was given a bill to report
upon, and told the clerks to send the papers in
this bill to his rooms at tbo Portland Flats, as
he intended to do his work at home. The next
day he received a fnll barrel of manuscript,
consisting of musty papers and enough closely
written sheets, if pasted together, to have car
peted the whole District of Columbia. It took
two mail bags to carry them and they took up
as much room as a dining table.
Luxuriously Fitted Onr.
There are in all 113 committees in both
. Houses of Congress, and in addition to
these every day or two a select or special com
mittee is appointed. Each committee has
from 3 to 13 members, and its Chairman repre
sents it on tbe floor of House or Senate. Tbo
more important committees have committee
rooms and messengers to take care of them.
These rooms are elegantly furnished. Tbe Ag
ricultural Committee has a picture of Cincin
natus leaving the plow to go to tho war, over
its door, and tbe Ways and Means has ceilings
covered with paintings. These committee
rooms are furnished in mahogany furniture,
costly wood fires blaze away in their open fire
places, and in not a few of them beautiful
clocks, bronzes aud objects of virtu stand on
their mantels under tbe immense mirrors in
gilt frames.
Not a few of these rooms are loafing places
as well as workshops, and in some of the com
mittee rooms of the Senate private lunches aro
served. Don Cameron has one of the best
Senatorial committee rooms and he Irequently
gives a little spread here to those he loves.
Senator Plumb's committee room is headquar
ters for Kansas politicians, and everyone has
beard of the fine old liquors which Edmunds
keeps In his cupboard at the Capitol. Ingalls
has perhaps the finest room in tho whole Cap
itol building. He is Chairman of the District
of Columbia Committee and his room is as nig
as a church! It has an elegant Turkish rug on
its floor andi the guides bring in visitors and
show tbem the room. Senator Quay's commit
tee room is! always filled with his friends who
are waiting to see him. He does not very often
appear and lie has a watchdog in tbe shape of
Dick Murphy, his clerk, to keep them off.
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Tbe Ways and Means.
THE Ways and Means Committee of the
House in which the tariff agitators are be
ing dally heard is the finest on that side of the
Capitol. It ought to be for it is tbe most im
portant committee of the House. It is walled
with tariff documents, and the long table which
fills its center is surrounded at almost any hour
in the day with noted men.
Tbe bill which it has just prepared affects the
pocket for better or worse of every individual
in tho country. The reconciling of the diverse
interests which must be done in such a
measure requires an enormous amount
of work and worry. McKinley over
worked himself and got sick through
its business some weeks ago, and Roger
y. juuis tens me mat tne position oi unairman
of tho Ways and Means is a cancer which
gnaws at the vitals ot the man who holds it
He says he has not recovered from the work
that be did upon it and McKinley, with the
Presldental bee buzzing in his bonnet, is prob
ably more annoyed at the fear of a mistake
than Mills was. John G. Carlisle spends a creat
deal of time in this committee room, and
Roswell F. Flower does considerable work
within it The Chairman of the Ways and
Means nas ior years oecn a man oi great repu
tation on one side or the other of the tariff
question, and the Chairmen of the various com
mittees of both House and Senate are especially
fitted for their respective positions.
Arrangement of tho Committees.
'The committees are by no means made up by
chance, and the greatest caution is used to
get the proper men for the proper places.
Speaker Carlisle nearly broke his health in
laying out the work for the various members
of tbo House, and big Tom Reed lost many
sleepless nights In the same way last December.
The Senate elects Its committees by yea and
nay vote, the majority deciding upon their con
stitution in caucus. The same wisdom is ex
ercised in the composition ol the committees
as in tbe Honse, and the Chairmen have their
specialties. It was in reference to his actions
upon this committeo that Ingalls made that
famous remark about him. He was disposing
of somo objector in his oleaginous manner,
when one of the Western Senators admirinely
said to Ingalls: "Ain't he slick?"
"Yes," said Ingalls, "ne's the slickest man in
the Senate. You could put his 200 pounds into
hobnailed wooden clogs and drive him at a ten
mile pace over a corduroy road and bo wouldn't
make as much noise as a Tom-cat slipping
across a Turkish carpet after a canary bird."
Allison's talent as a statesman, his thorough
knowledge of the Government and his diplo
matic tendency make him here one of the most
vaiuaoie men in congress.
They Improve Wilh Abb.
A MAN'S value to the Government and to the
people rapidly increases with his term of of
fice. A Congressman during his first two years
is worth practically nothing, and we could bet
ter afford to pay such men as Holtnan and Fay
son $20,000 a year than the new members S5.000.
One of tbe most valuable members of tbe Sen
ate is Cockrell. He is a sort of Senatorial hack,
and his brother Senators know that he will
watch every private bill.
The Southern Senators are as a rule not as
good business men as those from the North.
They have not had the business training, and
their work does not amount to as much. Thev
lack tho grasp of the Northern men, and it
takes them three times as long to get at the nnb
of a casp. Tbe Western Senators are tho hard
est worked. The average Senator from the
West gets from 100 to 200 letters a day, while an
Eastern man can dictate answers to his mail m
an hour. Don Cameron's business ability
comes out frequently in committees. He never
speaks on tbe floor, and he doesn't work very
hard on committees, but be understands how
to use other men to help him, and he does it
As for Payne, of Ohio, he has done nothing
since he came to the Senate, and is doing noth
ing now. Senator Stanford is a worker not
withstanding his millions, and he wants to be
on the Committee on Commerce, and will prob
ably get there by and by.
Frank G. Carpenter.
The Country Owes n Grent Deal More.
From tbo Wilkesbarre Newsdealer. 3
General Hartranft's widow is to be cared for.
A bill has passed both Houses of Congress giv
ing ber a pension of J1C0 a montb. The Govern
ment gets off cheap. Hartranft was a hard
fighter, and if the books were balanced it would
be found that his country owed his widow
more than $100 a month.
Justice Looking Cross-Eyed.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The only person at all connected with the
Flack conspiracy trial who has been safely
landed in jail Is tbe fool reporter who be
trayed the secrets of the jury room. He
doubtless belongs where he Is, but the greater
rascals should have been sent to keep him com
pany. Justice has taken a cross-eyed view of
tuis anair.
HE WILL K0T IN JAIL
Before He Pays Alimony to His Wifo as
Ordered by the Coort.
rSPXCIAL TKLXOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Providence, Aprils. George A. Winslow
was to-day adjudged guilty of contempt of
court, and was ordered to stand committed In
the Providence county jail until he purges
himself. Wlnslow's wife had applied for a
divorce, and pending the heanng of the
petition, tbe court had ordered him to pay 85 a
week to bis wife, she having proved that
he was in receiDt of S22 a week.
Winslow refused to pay this and his
sons testified that he said ho would rot
in jail before he would give up the money.
Winslow said that this was the second time his
wife had asked for a legal separation. The
first divorce she got on the grounds of cruelty
and non-support, which charges he could prove
were untrue by the two store accounts she was
allowed to run at will.
Threemonths after this first divorce Winslow
remarried hl3 divorced wife, but he declines to
say who made the first advance toward recon
ciliation. Again the wife soucht for di
vorce on the same grounds as before, and
Winslow is so incensed that he says be
will sacrifice his position in society and remain
In jail for an indefinite period. He declares
that shame has been heaped upon him, and
that ho will allow it to react upon his family
by a jail record.
A Democratic Humorist.
From the Chicago Herald. J
Mr. Peck's big majority in Milwaukee effect
ually contradicts the idea that a reputation for
being a humorist is a sort of hoodoo to a man
who has serious political aspirations. Mr.
Peck's humor springs from his genial good
nature. He will now be better natured than
ever. It would not indeed, be surprising If
Democratic humorists shonld spring np all
over the Western States.
A HOT MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN.
Yonncstown Politicians Doing Some
Tall
Wrestling for Offices.
SPECIAL TELZOBAM TO THIS DISPATCU.l
YoiwaSTOWir, April 5. The municipal
campaign which concludes with the election On
Monday has been waged with much greater
intensity than any canvass in the history of the
city for mnnicipal offices.
The Republicans bavo placed a ticket of con
ceded strength in the field, renominating
Mayor Montgomery. City Solicitor Rose, Water
Works Trustee Brownlee, and Street Commis
sioner, all but the latter serving their first
term. The .Democratic ticket is led by W. J.
Lowthers, who was Mayor of the city several
years ago. and now seeks a re-election. Tbe
registration is unusually heavy, and a large
vote will be polled.
Little Room lor Advice.
From the Denver Times.
An exchange tells us that "Mrs. Kendal ad
vises actresses to always marry actors, but
went and did otherwise herself." Thi3 simply
furnishes evidence of how little room there i3
for advice in the matter of marriage. Feel
ing, sentiment instinct, not reason and judg
ment, control in determining marriages. The
happy marriages are those that make them
selves. PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
SALEM .0.)Republican: Colonel Tom Bayne,
who has had the dead cinch on the Allegheny,
Px, Congressional district for the past 13
years, will have opposition this year in George
Shiras ILL, who promises a gentleman's cam
paign. The contest will be a white-hot one.
Washington (D. C.) Post: Ex-Senator
Wallace has written a Pennsylvania friend
that he would like the Democratic nomination
for Governor, but that he does not intend to bo
a "noisy" candidate. It is to be hoped that the
ex-Senator is not contemplating the speak-easy
dodge.
Denver News: Hon. Andrew G. Curtin,
Pennsylvania's war Governor, thinks the Re
publicans of that State are involved in a quar
rel which will probably result in the election of
a Democratic Governor. This will depend
largely upon Democratic unity, somewhat
threatened just now by the intrusion of Presl
dental workers.
An Efficient and Faithful Officer.
yrom the Mew York World. 3
Sergeant Dunn has proved himself an effi
cient and faithful official during a long course
of service. It would be the grossest injustice
to condemn him now on the strength of reports
at second hand of his unofficial utterances.
His official predictions alone are his to answer
for.
DON'T WANT TO PAY TAXES.
A Suit Against Yoangstarrn Farmers Who
Aro Selling City Lots.
rSPECIAL TELEGRA-M TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Youngstown, April 6. The County Com
missioners several weeks ago granted a peti
tion extending the city limits. Several parties
in the territory to be annexed, who have been
Slatting their farms and selling lots without
avmg to pay city taxes, appealed the case to
court.
The trial was concluded to-day and decision
reserved by Judge Robinson to enable him to
examine the testimony and legal questions
raised by counsel for those opposing city ex
tension.
Shonld Crawl Into a Cellar.
ITrom the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Czar cannot leave home for fear of train
wreckers, and he dare not stay at home for fear
of murderous plots. A man who could better
afford to go off and lose himself in the woods
does not appear on the map of Europe.
STANFORD GOING TO GERMANY.
The Senator is Unwell, nnd Will Resign the
Northern Pacific Presidency.
San Francisco, April 5. Senator Leland
Stanford, who arrived here from Wash
ington to-day, stated in an interview
that, after remaining in California a
month, ho will return to Washington, and
from there go to some of tbe bathing resorts
in Germany for the benefit of bis health.
The Senator also stated that he had notified
his associates in the Northern Pacific Com
pany to expect bis resignation as President of
that company soon.
In for a Long Life.
From the New York Herald.
The Talmage Tabernacle corner stone has ar
rived in Brooklyn. It weighs a trifle of 325
pounds. If the church is as solid as that stone
the new Tabernacle is in for a long life.
A LUCKY FRENCH GIRL.
Her Canadian TJacle, Whom Sho Had Never
Seen, Leaves Her a Fortane.
Montreal, April 5. Constant Giradin,
heiress to the estate of the late Ernest Chante
loup, brass founder, valued at 5250,000, arrivod
here from France to-day to claim tbe property.
She had never seen her Undo Cbanteloup,
and the bequest was an entire surprise.
Congressional Convention at Lima.
SPECIAL TELEQUAH TO THE DISPATCILl
Lima, April 5. The Democratic Congres
sional Committee, of the Fifth district of Ohio,
met here to-day, and selected Lima as the
place of holding the convention, and May 7 as
the date.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
James H. Biggs.
EAST LIVERPOOL, April 5. James H. Higgs,
the well-known wholesale aud retail eroctr of
Welisville, died this noon quite unexpectedly.
lie only returned home Thursday from Florida,
where he had spent the winter for bis health. He
was taken 111 Friday night or early this moraine.
He was one of the most successful business men in
Welisville and was connected with many of the
most Important business enterprises of that town.
A. N. .-nihil.
LIMA, April S. Information reached here to
day of the death of A. N. Smith, a pioneer resi
dent of this city, at Las Vegas, Mexico, whither
he went several weeks ago for treatment. He had
been In business here for fifty years and was prom
inent in Masonic and church work. He will be
burled from here on Tnesday.
Margaret M. Nlebnnm.
Mrs. Margaret M. Niebaum, tbe wife or William
B. Nlebanm, died last Friday morning at Ualll
polls, O., In her 33d year. Hhewasa resident of
the East End. The tuneral service win be held at
2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, atthe residence or
Jobn li. Niebaum, at the corner or Hazel and Elm
streets.
Mrs. Amelia Danner.
NXW BEIQHTOW, Pa., April S.-Mrs. Amelia
Danner.. mother of Hev. T. J. Danner. pastor of
tne j&Discgpai vnnrcn nire, Qlea last night agd
WW I mm .
CUKIOUS COSDKKSATiOXS.
A pelican tilled in California lately,
had seven grain bags rolled into a stiff wad in
its pouch.
A company has teen organized at Port
Townsend, Wash., to cultivate an oyster farm
of 110 acres. It will be stocked with the best
varieties from the East.
Dr. Mary Walker is this spring wearing
a tall hat with a wide curling brim, a double
breasted frock coat and pantaloons of her
favorite width, also a small bow tie and her
usual smile.
Queen Elizabeth's praver book is shown
in tho Tudor Exhibition, 'in London. It Is
bound in enameled gold and printed by A.
Barker, in 1574, and Vs one ot the chief wonders
of tbe Tudors shown.
A man Darned Oscar Harden, of Pike
county, Ga., some time ago killed his bride of a
few months by a pistol shot. He has made a
confession that he shot at her three times be
cause "he didn't think he conld hit her."
A clever dodge was tried by a train
worker on a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor.
The sneak had purchased a ticket to a certain
station, and after it had been passed slipped
Into a feminine disguise. But the chan e was so
awkward that tbe deceit was detected and tho
artful dodger was removed from the train.
James E. Barton, a farmer at Sprirjj,.
port Jackson county, Mich., died two weeks
ago. Edward Huber, the administrator of tho
al'fnnn11."8 c"?" ?BinMxet the funer
al, lonnd an old safe, and upon opening it camn
upon 55,000 in bills of small denomination, alio!
them good. The money had probably lain In
the sale 20 years.
Mrs. Caleb Barton, of Bloomsburg, Pa.,
has In her possession an almanac of the year
XiiZ. It was formerly the property of her
5??ihcivwl10 subscribed her name upon it In
I&Lj. The bookwas editpd hv.Tacnh TWlnw in,1
published Philadelphia. Many strango
features characterize the little boot We no
ticed one peculiarity that the name of our
State is spelled Pensilvania.
Harrison Warner, a shoemaker by
trade, living about ten miles north of McCon
nellsville, O., is now making arrangements to
take a walkiDg trip to Baltimore, Md. Mr.
Warner i3 89 years old. and the plan be pro
poses to carry out is to walk to Baltimore, push
ing a wheelbarrow containing his clothes. He
says he has relatives along the road, and takes
this plan so as to stop over and visit alt He
proposes to average 20 miles per day.
Will Fitch, a telephone lineman of
Adrian, Mich., was adjusting a wire on a pole,
the wire being fastened to his waist. A team
drove along and the wire caught in the wheels,
whereby Fitch was jerked to the ground. He
was picked up insensible, and it was feared had
been killed. It was some time before he could
be restored to consciousness. One arm was
broken and the elbow dislocated. One leg was
broken twice and the knee dislocated.
A gentleman offers 53,000 to any uni
versity in New England that will send a physi
cist to witness Keely's experiments, who will
bind himself not to give an opinion until tho
nature of Keely's discoveries has been made
known to him, and he has seen the demonstra
tions which Keely is ready to make in proof of
his claims as a discoverer, not as an inventor.
Prof. Leidy, ot the University of Pennsylvania,
and James M. Wilcox, author of "Elemental
Philosophy," are tho trustees who 'are ap
pointed to hold and to transter the sum of
$5,000 to the university that accepts tho coali
tions. AMUSING EASTEK. MUSINGS.
Stray Bits of Philosophy Pot In a New nnd
Entertaining Way.
rWBITTKN FOB THE DISPATCH. J
Envy.
The orchestra plays
And the curtain's undrawn,
A moment's suspense
And the ballet comes on,
The premiere danseuse
And the coryphees fair:
Then the bald-headed man
In the orchestra chair
Upraises at once
With a smile and a sigh
he long double-barreled
Lorgnette to his eye.
Watches tbe twlutllng
Of rhythmical feet
With Keenest enjoyment;
His pleasure complete,
And a frown settles down
On the moralist's face
Because he can't have
The bald-headed man's place.
What a Woman Can Do.
"Is there anything a man can do that a
woman can't do?" asked the woman's rights ad
vocate, as she adjusted her spectacles and looked
arouna upon the andlence.
'That's it," said a bald-headed man In the
back of the hall, put It to 'em straight. Bring
these opponents of woman suffrage right to their
mutton."
"You see," pursued the lady, "we are not
without our friends among the stronger sex.
Asraln I ask the question, is there anything a man
can do that a woman can't do?"
Good, good, " cried the bald-headed man, en
thusiastically; "she can do more. A woman can
do thlnzs that a man can't do. I know It."
'You hear, " said the lady triumphantly, as she
waved herhand, ' 'you hear what the champion of
our down-trodden sex says. A woman can do
things that a Iran can't do. Tell us, my friend,
what a woman can do that a man can't do."
"Shecantalka man to death. byJlngo."said
the bald-headed man, "and If yon could bear my
old woman when she gets her tongue on to me,
you'd believe it, and don't yon furgltlt."
This speech broke up the meeting.
A Considerate Hnsbnnd.
Jinks Do you ever do any shopping for your
wife?
Blnks-.No. When she asks me I always refuse.
J.-Wby?
B. Because when I married her I made np
my mind that I would never deprive her of any
of the enjoyments of life.
They Are Coming.
Now come the nights, tho blissful nights.
The nights of budding, balmy spring.
When 'neath the twinkling stellar lights
Fond couples on tho gate will swing.
What lie Died Of.
"I don't know what to make of my hus
band." said a young wife tearfully; "he begs me
not to cook anything, but to allow our trained
cook to preparo the meals."
"My husband wa3 different" said a lady in
deep mourning; "he was emphatic in hlsorder3
that the food should always be prepared by my
hands."
"And your husband where Is he now?"
"He is dead."
Not Quite Relentless.
"Give you a kisB, indeed!" said she.
"GiveyouaklssI MygoodnessI
'Tis stranee that you should make so free.
I wonder at your rudeness.
"I could not such a thing endure."
And then with manner nervous
She added, "for I'm very sure
That some one would observe us."
Here Again.
When the earth from winter's thralldom IS
released by balmy spring
And the robin and the bluebird overjoyed their
carols sing;
When the trees so lately gaunt and bare the
starting buds display.
And the flelda erstwhile are decked again la
verdurous array;
When the primrose of the summer breathes In
every balmy breeze
And modest early flowers begin todeck the verdant
leas:
When the sun emerges brightly In the morning
from bis bath.
And diffuses golden glory as he climbs his sxare
path.
Then the Iceman tees a prospect or disposing orhis
crop.
And people generally expect that coal will take a
drop.
Scraps oi Philosophy.
Repentance is often a matter of clrmcura
stance;abad liver Is sometimes taken for re
morse. If cleanliness is next to godliness, the BaptlsU
begin their religious life well.
Intemperance Is a tyrant that a man creates to
reign over him;
Hope may be the anchor of the soul, but Faith Is
the wharf at which the soul Is moored.
The phrase, "Heaven is for the good, "rather
loses Its force when we consider that everbody ex
pects go there.
Juitlc
itlce is never so blind bnt she can tell tha dtf.
ference between a rich and a poor man.
A Sad Reflection.
"It is sad to think." sighed the cashior as he
walked into the night with his valise In his hand
and gazed upon the marble bank building shining
la the moonlight In all lis mastlyeness "sad to
think 1 must leave that noble structure behind
me. Butlmustdoso. 1 cannot take it with me."
And dropping a tear he gripped his valise with
a tighter grip and hurried off to catch the , Mon-
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