Hk " " . "' "V"- ',""' ' ' " a 'c- ) 1 1 B 4 foyHE- PITTSBUHG IDISPATCH. mj&ffiS APRIL 14, 1890. fl k . k s r i y i 1 F m ySSTA rat96I businessgambltngonttieirownlloorsasearn. -"1tV,"lUWVYtoh0,, THE CRITIC'S REVIEW. JTGQfflHMroMRE KKTERPRISE. TYVENTY-F VE YEARS OLD, DR MAIL POUCH. K ilrSt?E7 dtSaS4TTfl l"I estlvas tbev are now trying to prevent est or unjust methods is'fc dissracoJiuYl Acurse, ' " '" &. -ly0 Ul EKi WV WHW others from sharintr tbe profits of that traffic. aDU "ul-ai eiy generaia secmrioiumnK an ,ndTin lni.rMn p,ni-oe.av.,Thn,,,,i'. NGrWsrintfer. irf 5f sd w X tf .... hnnnrrhiA ami onvtiKIs nnbtktceUn 1 n LCI T r . the abolition of the evil will be a compara- M KSL.l 111 otc1 of feontbern Ufo A Good Idea of Wand Jtvewt ESTABLISHED ol 4 "o GS Knlcre? at Pittsburg 1'ostomce, November 11. lss7. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing' House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. iastern Advertising Office, Koom 4fl, Tribune Building, New York. THE DISPATCH u rcqularly on sale at JJrcnzano'a. S Union Squat e, Ji'cw York, where anyone uho has been disappointed at a hotel nori stand can obtain lL TLUMs OK TnE DWATCII. rOSTAGE FREE IV THE UNITED STATES. V aily Dispvrcit, One lesr. S8 00 JUili Hif-rvTcit, l"cr Quarter SCO Daha IUsp vrcu. One Mouth "0 Daiia Mi&rAicu, includingt-undav lvcar. 1000 Daili DiTATcn, lncIudmcbunday.Sra'th?. 150 J1A1L1 U1M-ATCU, Includinpbunday.lmonth 90 M:pv1 Disi-ATiIuOnc'Vear ISO W tthLt Dispatch, One lear ... . 125 Hie Daiia UisrATCH is delivered bvcarrlersat 1'eents.uer week, or lucludlnR Sunday cdlllou. t 20 cents per w eek. PITTSBURG. .MONDAY. APR. 14. 189a 2-1 lie ISli-INE-iOrFICEol TUE DI. VAlt'II linn been remored to Corner ol fmllliflrM nnil (llamond lrcel. THE STATE'S LOSS. "With the death of Samuel J. Randall, the leader of 1'ennsjlvania politics, who for prominence and importance of public sen ice stood nest to "Wm. D. Kelley, is rcmoed from the sphere ol public activity. "While Mr. EandalPs career did not cover to lonj; a period of public service as Mr. Jvelley's, he tras no less prominent, in the opposite party and perhaps attained a greater ineed of success in leadership and party management. Mr. Randall's powers as a party leader, were such as it may be difficult to replace. "While lie was no despicable politician, others may be found in cither partv who are as expert as be in the mere arts of wire nulling. But there are few able to use those arts to direct public policy and lead party opinion upon questions of national import, with either his ability or adroitness. As leaders of parliamentary work the aver age politicians do not shine. But it was exactly there that Mr. Randall's powers were most effectively displayed. Uo more remarkable instance of that power need be cited than the lact that for years, while the majontv of his party was strongly bent upon free trade, Mr. Randall's leadership keDt the party from committing itself to that issue until very recently. It is a signal testimony to his high qualities that while he has been engaged in all the political controversies of the past decade, no whisper has ever yet been heard affecting Ins personal integrity. "We need not indorse his political methods, or accept all his ideas to recognize in this fact a proof that his was a character to hold ud for approval and imitation. Pennsylvania will join in mourning the death of Samuel J. Randall without regard to party lines. He was a representative American, and his record as one is a subject of both State and national pride. ALCOHOLISM EXTBAOHDIKAEY. It is not certain that the lesson will be clearly recognized; but we can hardly imagine a stronger temperance lectnre than the story published elsewhere of the man whose disappearance a few weeks ago caused something or a sensation. The best explanation which he gives of his absence is that he was gauging a drunken spree to the breadth of the continent There may be differences of opinion as to the use of intoxicating liquors, but it is hardlv open to discussion that the man who, after bringing himself to a condition of al coholism in New York, transfers his basis ot operations to the Pacific coast, and there demonstrates that the effects of liquor are the same on both sides of the continent, should leave whisky alone. The possibili ties of spreading a spree over the country have never received a more striking illustra tion. If this instance of the insanity of drunk enness does not induce all who have a weak ness of that sort to establish prohibition for themselves, it is not likely that an angel sent from heaven could convince them. The revelation from the nether regions ought to be the most impressive. AS TO THE WIND. The comments of The Dispatch on las week's wind-storm aroused the Akron JSeacon to declare that the reports were not exaggerated, that the strongest Irame houses were blown away, and that many acres oi timber were mown down in a minute. This is testimony on the point uhich was referred to in these articles, whether the cyclones require a change in our architecture; but its tone does not imbue it with such authority as to make con clusions on its assurance quite infallible. If the reports are not exaggerated, how is it that nothing more is heard of relief move ments for aiaing the numerous Northern Ohio villages that were reported to be ruined b the storm? Timber offen is blown down by rather ordinary wind storms, and some thing more precise than that sort of informa tion is needed to settle the question whether the prevalence of cyclones calls for doubling the thickness and strength of our walls. THEIK OWN FAULT. The boards of trade are naturally protest ing against the Butterworth bill to impose a license tax of 1,000 and five cents per pound taxation on all transactions in cotton, provisions or grain, in the form ot contracts for future delivery. None of Pittsburg's great business interests are involved in the bill and yet.by comparison with them, it is easy to see how erroneous the idea is that contracts for future delivery are gambling contracts. Practically all the ore, and a vast majority ot the pig iron, manufactured in Pittsburg, are sold for future delivery. An immense amount of manufactured iron, and probably all of our steel rails, are sold for future delivery before the product itself has an existence. Every contract for building is one for the delivery of articles which the seller docs not own at the time of the sale. There are contracts for future delivery in the sale of grain, cot tou and provisions just as legitimate as these transactions. To place them all un der a prohibitive tax would be an arrant blunder. Yet the boards of trade have themselves to blame for the development of such legis lation. If they had set themselves honestly at work to prevent and abolish those forms of option dealing, which amount to little more than betting on the rise and fall of products, that evil could have been stopped long ago. But the revenue to be drawn from commissions on purely gambling trans actions was too tempting for them; and they have not only tolerated but encouraged the wildest speculation, until their most prom inent characteristic is their function as gambling institutions. Wben the great exchanges try to abolish rnmniuv b icm tivelr easv task. wr Frnnk Stockton HUlorlc I.nke Cham- The sO -.A-.LlUlfc.l. 11J1U, J - , ,, , l. r . J- FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. The picture of affairs in Laconia Circle, Ark., given by our special dispatches, gives a more complete idea of the destruction of that great overflow than any previous accounts have done. The condi tion of a rezion whose area is counted by the hundreds of square miles, in which the few unsubmerged points are actually crowded by cattle and people, while the roofs of houses afford the resting place of hundreds, must be gloomy indeed. There does not seem to have been anywhere snch an overwhelming rush oi death and destruc tion as was experienced at Johnstown; but the imprisonment of the population and the loss of their property by flood is not less hard to bear because it is a more protracted process. This flood seems to demonstrate the fail ure of the levee system which has been re lied upon heretofore to Keep the Mississippi within bounds. It is true that there are districts where the levees have served their purpose and protected the plantations be hind them. But a part of this is doubtless due to the lessening of the flood in the channel bv the breaking of other levees; while the cases in which the. embankments have given away, show that the old system is inadequate to furnish thorough protection against floods. The attempt to imprison the flooded Father of "Waters must give place to some system which, instead of trying to re strict the powers of nature, give them broader and easier channels of outflow. "What the exact form of that system may be is hard to tell; but it will have to be a radi cal departure from the plan which is now shown to be a practical lailure. In the meantime the condition of the flooded districts will afford abundant room for the efforts of the charitable in assisting the destitute people to repair damages and get to work once more. WHAT MAKES THEM DO IT1 It would be an interesting study for the psychologist to inquire what is the influence which irresistibly induces every American representative in England to slop over when he gets to England in declaring the loyalty of this country to English customs, and even to English royalty and aristocracy. Mr. James Russell Lowell was widely accused of an acute case of Anglomania, but his attack was not half so severe as that which induced his successor, Mr. Phelps, to declare to that callow princeling, "Collars and Cuffs," that the heart ot the American people was bubbling over with loval ad miration for him. Mr. Phelps having re tired, Mr. New as Consul General takes up accession of gush, as will be seen from the following extract of a recent speech: "If England ever got into difficulty, America would rally to the support of the old mother country, for the English speaking people dom inated tho world. There was not in the United States a well thmkinc man who did not believe in the integrity of Great Britain, and who was not in favor of maintaining the ascendancy of Great Britain in those parts that she claimed." "We do not sympathize with the hatred of England which some politicians express. There is a great deal of English life, and ot English popular movements, with which the United States has the keenest sympathy. But when any one tells the English that the United States will fight the battle of En glish supremacy in the colonies he is either making a fool ot himself or of his hearers and probably both. No indeed; with dne sympathy and affection for our English cousins it should be understood that if Eng land gets into a fight involving her colonial possessions she has got to hustle for herself. But what makes our statesmen, both Democratic and Resublican, boil over in this manner? Is it the wine after dinner or the awful presence of royalty and aristocracy at the feasts? The Philadelphia Press, after considering the spring elections, has come to the deliberate conclusion "that patronage does not strengthen the Republican party." As that is what TnE Dispatch has been telling the Republicans for some years, we shall not quarrel with the con clusion; but would it not have been more timely for the esteemed Press to have discov ered the fact before Clarkson had got through working bis guillotine, and Quay had parceled ont all the Pennsylvania patronage; The farmers are blamed with the defeat of the appropriation for three battle ships, in the House the other day. The farmers seem to have got the idea that tho battle for the agri cultural interests is to be fought elsewhere than on the high seas. American breweries stock is reported to be retaining its popnlanty in England, because the dividends on it aro continued. The En glish people have not yet got their eyes opened to the gamo of selling watered stocks by keep ing up dividends until all the shares are floated. When they get through with the syndicate business the investors' bank ac counts will look less attractive, but the invest ors themselves wtlllme secured some practi cal but costly instruction. Pikeyille, La., is much wrought np over the fact that a boy tired a shotgnn into a boatload ot pleasure seekers and wounded four of them. This illustration of the possibilities of the shotgun policy bids fair to mako it un popular in Louisiana. It is reported that the rise in Lima oil is due to the fact that a lot of independent fel lows are showing pernicious activity in buying up the oil and making matters unpleasant for the .Standard. Bnt the Standard can console itself with the thought that no one is putting up the Pennsylvania petroleum market on it The report from Ohio, however, shows our produc ers a way in which they can improve matters. After reports from the Chief of the De partment of Public Safety, from the Assistant Superintendent of Police, and from the inspec tor of the first district, it is to be hoped that police affairs are thoroughly set before the people. Without desiring to be finical it is sug gested that a city hall clock which informs the public that it is half past twelve, during the en tire circuit ot the twenty-four hours, is not ex- hibmng that strict accuracy which is the first requisite of public timepieces. A city clock should givo the right time oitener than twice in a day and night. The acknowledgement of Cardinal Man ning to the address of the Catholic clergy of the United States is prompt and heartfelt. The admiration ot this country for that earnest and able prelate is fully appreciated. Loed Salisbury's indignation because he was not admitted to tbe Casino at Monte Carlo without a ticket shows that his Tory lordship is as keen after the deadhead privi leges of his position as any Pennsylvania states man who does the bidding of the corporations in consideration of an annual and unconstitu tional pass. According to Stanley the Rubber trust should go into partnership with Tippoo Tib, and thereby secure control of tbe supply as well as congenial business associations. Dr. Talmage's sermon published in this issue, enforces In the most powerful way, the great moral lesson which The Dispatch a,"ul lor "cense rivals runjisrig lor plnln-A Frlabllullv Realistic Storv. ", Wtf omce as a metuou uy wmcn a man Dmue en abled to eco himself as others see himAMp Mk. Jefferson Cjiandlek, of Mis souri, has nominated himself for the United States Senato In a speech dcliteredat tbo Pick wick Theater in St. Louis. This subjects Mr. Chandler to the suspicion that all his cam paign pledges must be taken in a Pickwickian sense. PEOPLE WOETfl READING ABODT. General Grant's widow is writing a vol ume of memoirs of her famous husband. Fannt Davenport has recovered and will resume her tour this evening in New York city. Ex -Secretary bayard will deliver an ora tion before the Hnguenot Society ot South Carolina, in Charleston, this evening. Jesse Parrott, who foucht under General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans, is living on a farm near Carrollton, Ga. He was born March 22, 179a Bayless W. Hakka, late United States Minister to the Argentine Republic, has Decn in failing health since his return to his home in Indiana. Whitela'W Reid, Ministerto France, sailed on La Bretagne Saturday, and there w ere many floral tributes sent to the steamer for him by admiring friends. Captain Whitf, of the English army, has accepted a Colonel's commission in the army of the Sultan of Turkey. White is one of the hardest riders in Encland and an able officer. General John C. Fremont, who has bad a slight attack of influenza.is able to take short walks. This is the first illness "The Path finder" has experienced, although he is in his 77th year. Mrs. Billings, the new President of Mount Bolyoke College, is traveling in Europe with her son, who has been studying philosophy in Germany. She will begin her work at the col lege next falk Miss Margaret Blaine's marriage to Mr. Walter Damroscti will take place at St. John's Church on Thursday, and will bo followed by a breakfast for the members ot the two families and a few very near friends. In the White House, Saturday, President Harrison presented the $3,000 medal to Joseph Francis lor construction and perfection ot life saving appliances. The President made a speech that was most appreciative. Abcueishop Ryan, ot Philadelphia, who is to be the editor-in-chief of the American Catholic Jieticw, beginning with the July number, is one of the most enlightened and progressive prelates m the American Roman Catholic Church. The Queen Regent of Spain rises early, takes a cold bath every morning even in win ter, and performs her toilet with the help of one ot her waiting maids. She usually dresses very plainly, and never wears jewelry except on ceremonial occasions. A BIG, NEWSY KU1IBER. Yeiterday'a 20-Page Dispatch Filled With Choice Kendlns Matter. Yesterday's Dispatch consisted of 20 pages, finely illustrated, and filled with the latest news and chnice, original articles, in which eminent writers discussed live topics. It was an excel lent number of the people's favorite paper. L Mrs. Montercoli, wife of the alleged Italian nobleman, told for the first time the story of the wrongs and indignities to which she has been subjected. The Count is now in jail for libeling her. Delamater's friends assert that all umnstrncted delegates will vote for him at the State Convention, and clajm that the battle is already won. Bedford county has elected Pattison delegates. Wallace is working hard to secure the nomination for Governor. Mr. Randall was reported just alive at midmcht on Saturday. Particulars have been received of the wreck of tho steamer Quitta, in which 166 lives were lost. Republi cans in Congress find a hard task to draft a silver bill that will please everybody. Twenty three labor unions in New York have now de manded a day's pav for eight hours' work. The greatest labor demonstration Europe has ever seen is scheduled for May L On the con tinent some trouble is anticipated, and the military is in readiness to suppress any Social istic revolt. The new town of Tipperary, built to accommodate tne people evicted by Smita Barry, was opened with formal ceremonies. Opposition to the Emperor's interference in legislation is gaining gteat strength in Ger many. IL Thirteenth ward people held a meeting to protest because the License Court gave them no saloons. Dismissed Pennsylvania Company conductors will sue for 50,000 damages each. There has been mnch excitement.in Sharps burg labor circles over an aliened exposure of methods followed in the engagement of work men. A Wheeling man tried unsuccessfully to swindle President Williams, of Curry Univer sity, by a forged check. Local shippers object to somo new railroad freight rates. The Wy man Stayton election contest came up before Judge Ewing. The great foot race was won by Hertv, who covered 533 miles and 8 laps. Pittsburg de feated Wheeling 27 to 4. The usual sporting gossioand Pringle's reviow contained much that was interesting. iil Among tbo best features of parts second and third (pages 9 to 20) were the following: Orlin M. Sanford's article on the great iron re sources of Minnesota; H. H. H.'s account of Edison's latest and .most wondertul invention, the kintograph, for seeing at a distance; a New York letter, from an old and valued contrib utor, Charles T. Murray; "The New Theology," by Rev. George T. Purves; "Beauty in Con gress," by Miss Grundy, Jr.; "A Fighting Sen ator." by Carpenter, and '"The Modern Martyr," by Bessie Bramble. There were also sketches and original articles by Bumbalo, II. L 8 . Bill Nye, Rev. George Hodges. L. E. Stoflel, W. L. Hawley, Frank Fern, R, W. Snoppelk Fannie B. Ward. Margaret B. Houston and others, bo sides the usual departments and the contin uation of the stories "Beatrice" and "The Ace of Clobs." CONTESTANTS F0K OFFICE. Mnhonlne Republicans' Hnstllne for Nomin ations on the County Ticket. rerECIAL TK.EPItAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Youngstown, April 13. There is a lively contest in progress anjong candidates for posi tions on the Republican county ticket this fall. The nominations will be made under the Craw ford county plan which has proven very ac ceptable. Neither Sheriff Ewlng nor County Clerk Curry will have any opposition to a rc nomination. For the other offices tho candidates thus far are as follows- Probate Judge, L. D. Wood worth, Lanar Jackson, Hal. K. Taylor; Pros ecuting Attorney, J. B. Kennedy, M. C. Mc NabbV Frank Jacobs; Treasurer, John W. Brown; Commissioner, J. R Nessle, William Arnold; Constable, Brown, H. C. Rowland. Prediction! That Are Never Verified. S3 From the Denver Times. J The assertion is running through the Demo cratic capers that no man designated by Sen ator Quay can this fall be elected Governor of Pennsylvania. Similar predictions regarding Pennsylvania politics have been common for the past 20 years or so. But somehow none of them bavo ever been verified. DEATHS OP A DAY. Mn. Helen Gladden Tevisn, IPPICIAI. TELEOKAH TO THE DISPATCH.! Youngstown, April it Mrs. Helen Gladden Tevlss, wife of Prof. Georjre K. Teviss, Assistant Principal of Kaycn fcchool, and daughter of Dr. Washington Gladden, of Columbus, died last evening after a short illness from typhoid fever. The deceased came here a bride three years ago and by her lovable disposition attained a large clrclo of friends. The remains were taken to Columbus to-day where services will be held on Tuesday. Mrs. lUarirnrrt Hunter. Saturday evening, Mrs. Margaret Hunter, one of tbe oldest residents of Slillvale borough, died at ber residence on Stanton avenue, bbe had been ill for several years, and suffered a stroke or paralysis Saturday morning, airs. Hunter was 7S yean c i and leaves a son and four daughters, Vantilr KrnillrfAH Tllalndn T.ntfn "11a..nas plnln A Frlsbtiully ItenlUlIc Story. (it, sriAiiuN, uy uctavo ananet, navmg nn- icliorl iTH nnrn In tlio n,(rn4nF & 7m of Magazine, appears now in book form, with the imprint of Charles Scribncr's Son!:. Readers who have followed its serial publication will not need to be told of its interest and strength and artistic finish. Ei;cn they will be glad to read it over again. The scene is in those regions of tho South which are making backgrounds for so much good work in American fiction. It is a a good sign, this careful study of such elements of our national life. The places and people are emi nently worth studying. And, anyway, tho novelist, like everybody else, does well to begin with what is nearest. What is asked of tho' American novelist is a study of the phases of American life. Octave Thanct has gono back into the South of the war time. The place is in the remote regions of Village Creek, and Running Water, and the Black river. The Federal troops are in the ascendant in those battle fields beyond the woods and swamps from which the boom of cannon comes more faintly than the droning of the bees. The dwellers in cottage and farm house are in daily fear of a raid by tho Northern soldiers. The cotton has been ordered to be burned, that tho invaders may not find any thing to pay them for their trouble. Gangs of guerillas and desperadoes ride about doing the work of fiends, plundering, burning and mur dering. Inbe miserably poverty-stricken con dition of the people any man who has money 13 in danger of his life. . The story turns upon the safe carrying of a large sum of money to Mr. Rutherford, who lives in a big house in the midst of this desolate region. Mr. Rutherford's son Fairfax has just come from England to visit his father alter an absence which has covered nearly all bis bovhood and young manhood. He starts out by uightto ride through tho swamp, over a road of rotten cordnrov, to his father's house. Here the story begins. Tho messenger who carries the monev is shot and the perilous errand falls to the lot of Fairfax Rutherford "Only the puddles and sluices of water showed, unless the rider flashed his lantern down the road. Then a disk ot landscape, a kind of weird etching, was struck out of th e night. Huge gum trees dripped on either side; a stealthy patter of raindrops dribbling throuch tho thicket of trumpet-vmes, tar-blankcts' and briar which masked the sn amp beneath. The rain had ceased, but not a star appeared to illumine the surly and dismal nature. East ana west, as tne lantern oearer Knew, tue rotten corduroy was drawn in a straight line across the morass." Of course, the grav backs are waitine behind the trees with vigilant shotguns, Dick Bar nabas at the head of them, and the adventures begin promptly. "Expiation" is an episode rather than a novel. The time of the action is but a few weeks. But tho time is long enough, and the storj carefully enough worked out to bring the reader into close acquaintanceship with the characters. Mr. Rutherford with bis high sense of honor, grievlngbimself almost to death over his son's reputed cowardice, the Fowlers. "Bud" es pecially, the men of Barnabas' cang, A dele, the lair young heroine: "Slick Mose," tho hair witted, and Parson Collins, not to count the background of plantation negroes, aro char acters which improve the imagination as hav ing real existence. Ihe whole story is capitally told, a piece of excellent work, well worth everybody's read ing. (51 50, paper 50 cents. H. Watts A, Co.) T7RANK R Stockton's ingenious story, "The Great War Syndicate," which we noticed in this column some months ago, in a paper covered edition, is now excellently printed and bound by Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co Jules Vcrno has never written anything more skill ful, and it is as plausible as "Looking Back ward." Why notl Why not equip our navy with a force of "crabs," "propellers" and "in stantaneous motor bombs," and be ready, if necessary, to blow a whole continent into its adjacent ocean? (Si. 50 cents in paper; II. Watts & Co.) 'There is a picture of Mr. W. H, H. in front of his last book, "Laki Murray ,ako Cham- plain and its Shores." Ho doesn't look as if he had ever boon a purs on. That he has been a parson, however, crops out here and there along the pages, especially in tho good advice which he feels called upon to administer from time to time to the clergy in general. He thinks it would be a great deal bet ter for the preachers if they would cet out of doors more. "The reason," he says, "why so many preachers are dull is because they are repetitions. Thoro is no fragrance in tho flowers they eather week by week for their people, because they are the withered bouquets that have bung in the theo logical garrets for a hundred jears." Mr. Murray recommends a tonic of fresh air. "Nature inspires no cowards. Nature becets no pedantry. Nature suggests no Mgotry. The spirit of devotion tabernacles among the hills JNeithor saint nor sinner can trulv worship God while he sleeps under a shingled roof. Visions of duty, vast, sublime, overwhelming, never come to one who sleeps in a chamber whose measurement is ten by twelve ' All of which is very pretty, but not particularly prac tical nor borne out by facts. It is the man who is under the sky, and not tho sky which is over the man which mikes the difference. Not all the inspiration of Lake Champlain will inspiro tho man who brings with him no readiness to be inspired. Mr. Murray is always ready to be inspired. An thing that is out of doors is interesting to him. Jake Champlain is named after a man who made a fatal blunder. The blander was fortunate enough for us whose blood is En glish, hut it decided at tho start that the French should not be the lords of this land. Consequences far-reaching and of immense im portance have followed that reckless shooting which Champlain and his men did one bright afternoon beside Ticonderoga. That dashing captain and adventurer httlo know what he was about. He little knew that when he fired into that body of Indian warriors ho was aim ing a blow at tho moat important confedera tion of Indians m this countrv. Thenceforth every Iroquois hated every Frenchman. No man ever committed a more grievous crime against his country. Mr. Murray gives a good deal of spice to tho history of tbe discovery of the lake and of tbe settlement of its shores. The part which the lake plajed as a background in the Indian wars, the Revolution and in tbe troubles of 1S12. is de scribed, and every point of interest on or about the lake is connected with tbe historical asso ciations which belong to it. There is a chapter on the facilities which the lake affords for jachting, with cireful sailing directions, "The Game Fish and Fishing of Lake Champlain" is an added chapter by Mr. A. Nelson Cheney. 1 ho whole lacks only a man to mike it an ex cellent guidebook. Even for those who do their fishing at the market, Mr. Murray's de scriptions will bo found attractive. (De Wolfe, Fiske A Co.). ' pPESCOTT's Conquest of Peru is no longer held by copj right, the time, having ex pired. Mr. John B. Alden has taken the op portunity to bring out a cheap edition. This edition is In two volumes, on good paper, with clear, readable type, and bound in neat and attractive covers. ($2). V ATKSSRS. Robhrts Bros, havo added to their excellent edition bf Balzic, his Sons of the Soil. Balzac himself said of this book that it was tub most important that be had undertaken to write. It Is a study of country life. "You arenowtobehoId,"hesays, "that indefatigable mole. That rodent which undermines and dis integrates the soil, parcels it out and divides an acre into ahunjlred fragments ever spurred on to his banquet by tbe lower middle classes who make him at once thoirauxiliary and their prey." Balzac alms to disclose the "increasing conspiracy" of the peasant against the pro tinetnr. This is not the prospectus ot a very pleasing book, and "Sons of tbo Soil" is not pleasing, nor was it ever Intended to be. It is like Mil let's peasant pictures. Some of it is liko the pictures of Dore. Here is a paragraph which will show tbe sort of people Balzac found when he faced tbe country solitudes and brought back his mlnutelv accurate reports: "Tall, lean, with brown circles round bis eves, the lids of which were nearly bhek, any one who saw him of a morning, when as ho dressed be exposed tbe wrinkled, thin and granulated SKin or nisnecx, wouin nave com pared him to a condor ill tho more because his long nose, sharp at the tip. increased tho likeness by its sanguineous color. His head, partly bald, would havo frightened a phrcnolo qlst by the shape of its skull, which was liko an ass's backbone, an Indication ot despotic will. His trravish eves, half covered bv tiluiv. red. veined lids, were predestined to aid hypocrisy. Two scanty locks or hair of an undecided color overhung the large ears, which were long and without rim, a sure sign of cruelty, but cruelty of tbe moral nature only, unless it mc ans ac tual insanity. The mouth, very broad, with thin lips, indicated a sturdy eater and a deter mined drinKer by tho droop of its corners, which turned downward like two commas, from which drooled gravy when he ate and sal iva when he talked. Hellogabalus must havo been like him." Ugh) the reptile. Here Is realism, pure and simple, to be liked or disliked, according to our taste, but to be recognized, at any rate, and recognized as tbe truth. (51 CO, H. Watts &Co.). ; . am ibo Norlb, Emt, South Speak In Glowing Terms of Inpnlch Road Commission, and of Ike Opinion That Much Good Will Result. From the liedford Inqulrer.l On Tuesday last The Pittsburg DiSPATcn started out an expedition, consisting of horses, wagon, newspaper reporter, photographer and artist, to make a tour of tho entire State of Pennsylvania. The object of the expedition is to investigate thoroughly the roias of Pennsyl vania and write up and publish their condition as found by its reporter. The series of letters, which will last for weeks, will be most inter esting and should prove of great value to the road commission appointed by Governor Bea er. Will Result In Mncb Good. FronrtheGreenvllIo Argus. The Pittsburg Dispatch with commend able enterprise has sent out a rural road expe dition for tho inspection of neglected highways of the State. An artist, a photographer and a correspondent accompanies tho expedition,and it is their mission to truthtully portray, with pen and pencil, the perils of travel and tho losses to farmers by bad roads. Snch a venture will be of incalculable good, and the results of tbo expedition will be looked forward to with interest by all. If this new enterprise will lead to a new system, or rather a reformation in road making. The Dispatch will receive the everlasting gratitude of the citizens of this Commonwealth. A Sort of Prnlrlo Schooner. From the liuffilo Courier. The Pittsburg Dispatch has sent out a prairie schooner drawn by two horses on a country road exploring expedition. Tho first day a distance of 20 miles was made. The head of the expedition reports: "Twenty miles in nine hours is riot very rapid, but actually that is better than any other teamster along the line offered to make It." Of tho 15 vehicles which the party passed four had two "horses each and all the others four. Thoy were told of an oil driller who had tn hire six horses and pay $30 to get $25 worth of freight hanled five miles. The explorers have got stuck once so far and were then dragged out of the mud by a friendly team. A Commendable Enterprise. From the Grove City telephone. A commendable enterprise has been under taken by TnE Pittsburo Dispatch. The terrible condition of the country roads has been brought so prominently into notice dur ing the past winter that The Dispatch has started an expedition out for the Durposo of investigating the matter thoroughly. The party will traverse the entire State in a farm waeon and report as they pass along the con dition of the roads in the locality with any sug gestion for bettering their condition that may be offered. An Enterprise of Great Public Good. From tho New York Telegram, An expedition to explore the country roads of Western Pennsjlvania has been sent out by The Pittsburo Dispatch. The roads will be inspected, photographs tiken and the farm ers will be interviewed. The public attention is turned that way now. and the enterprise will bo one of great public service. Improvement of country roads will react In the way of se curing better streets for cities. A Ynst Undcrtnklnjr. If The Pittsburg Dispatch's road ex ploring party isit3 Butler county we advise them to attach eight horses and ten mules to their schooner. Sutler Citizen. If good roads are evidences of civilization bow far have we advanced from barbarism judging by tho highways of tho past six months? Oftio Valley ITews. The Pittsburo Dispatch expedition which is making a tour of Pennsylvania on wheels, struck some very bad roads between Pittsburg and Washington. The idea of tho expedition is to ascertain the condition of tbo roads and to learn whether it will pay to ex pend the money necessary to make good roads. Steubenville Gazette. The Pittsburg Dispatch has started out an expedition to investigate the condition of the country roads of the State. While it is possible that the expedition may find a few good roads it i3 very certain that it will en counter a large number of very bad ones. Sarrisburg Call. CUEKEJ.T TIMELY TOPICS. Senator Beck denies that he is going to re sign his seat in the United States benate. Sir. Beck is a good deal of a gentleman and allows no one to run a cold deck on him. All correspondents who are anxious to know what Is meant by having a yag on," are respect fully referred to Fritz Emmet. Ajian who has been in tho soap business for i number of years will be business manager for the evening Post, Chicago's new paptr. liaising the soap to pay tho printers will occupy a good deal of his time. To morrow the trouting season opens in this State. The law says that trout under three inches In length are not to be caught, but says nothing about the length of tne cork .or wha kind of bait shall be carried in the bottle. Many new improvements have heen adopted In men's cornets. This will be sad news for tho impecbulous dudes who arc compelled to purchase a new pair and buy a box of cigarettes all in one week. The meanest mm discovered np to date is tbe defaulting treasurer of the Buffalo Press Club. To-DAY is tho day booked by a weather crank that certain portions of the United States would come to an abrupt close. In all probability business will be continued at the old stand. It seems strange that American papers aro publishing so many good things about Queen Vic toria AH the good things 6ald of n prominent American are generally published after he Is cold In death. A correspondent asks the Chicago Tribune what he would do If he owned a Waterbury watch. Anexchinge friend who read the Item says If he owned one lit would trade it off for a brlndledogand then throw tho animal into the river. It is adding insult to injury to inclose a dis charge notice In a blue envelope. Still, i blue suit and a bine envelope Is in keeping with a man's feelings about that time. They are still voting in Rhode Island, and, if the weather continues good, they will probably keep It np all summer Little Khody allows her citizens to vote otten to prove to tbe outsldo world that she Is a great State. CARDINAL MANNlnG'S REPLY. Ho Thanks the Bishops ot America for Their Kindly Grectlnc. Baltimore, April 13. Cardinal Gibbons, as tho representative of tbe Archbishops of tbe United States, has received tho following answer to his letter consratulating Cardinal Manning on the approach of his silver jubilee: Cardinal Manning to Cardinal Giboons: Archbishop's House, March 31, 1830. MT Lord Caiidixal Your Eminence's, with the address of the Bishops of America, and also the fra ternal offering o tthc Jubilee memorial reached me this morning. I have placed them In proper cus tody and my formal thanks will be hereafter made public. Nevertheless. 1 cannot let a day pass be fore 1 tender to you and to all my brethren in America, my heartfelt and grateful thanks for the greit consolation of your affectionate words. Thev are onlv too kind, bnt they come at the end of a long nnd eventful life as a witness that I have not altogether failed In my desire so servo our patient Mister. such a testimony from vour great episcopate will cheer me now that the day Is nr spent and inv slender work is nearly done. I will ask you, my Lord Cardinal, to assure my brethcrn in the United States that my prayprs shall ilwavs be offered for them for your ever ex panding unltv. Believe me alwiys. My Lord Car dinal. Your Eminence's devoted servant. Henky Edward. Cardival M annus a. Archbishop of Westminster, DROPPED THE INVESTIGATION. The Inquiry Into the McKccsport City Elec tion Ilns Become Too Expensive. FI'ltCIAL TELIOhAM TO THE DIEPATCB.l McKeesport, April 13. Tho investigation into the ballot in the Council contest in the re cent city election has been dropped. Ihe Com missioner, G. P. Murray, and both J. E. Patter son and Dr. Black, the contestants, met in Pittsburg yesterday and decided to drop the matter, as it will pile up too much costs to prosecute tne- matter iurtner.- Quarter-Ccntcnnlnl of the Loynl Legion A Great Seml-Mllltnry Meeting in Phila delphia To-Morrow Havr Ihe Order Originated Jinny Locnl Members Attend the Anniversary. just 25 years ago to-day, in nearly every J American city and village, meetings were held to give voice to the great sorrow of the people over the -death of President Abraham Lincoln, The following morning, three Phila delphia citizens who had been soldiers, Mayor Samuel B. Wylie Mitchell, M. D., Colonel T. Ellsworth Zell and Captain Peter D. Keyser. M. D., happened to meet together in tbe office of Colonel Zoll, No. 17 South Sixth street. Their conversation, naturally, was concerning Mr. Lincoln, who lay dying In Washington. Before separating they concluded the timo had come to make public their determination to organize an association of the officers of the army and navy, similar to the Society of the Cincinnati, found in 1783 by the officers of tbo Revolutionary war. To the new organiza tion they gave the name of the "Military Order of tho Loyal Legion of tho United States." President Lincoln, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy ot the United States, was by special resolution enrolled as a member. Since that time commanderies have been instituted in 17 other States, the membership now aggre gating over 6,300. As to-morrow will be the twenty-flfth anniversary of the oreanization of tho Legion, at tho last meeting of the congress of the order it was determined that the occa sion should be becomingly celebrated in Phila delphia Tbe local committee there has made tho most elaborate arrangements for the enter tainment of the visiting companions and their friend?. It is expected there will be at least 3,000 veterans present, and that it will be the most notable semi-military assemblage since the close of tho war. All tbe commanderies will be well represented. A special train left Chicago yesterday and Will pass through Pitts this morning, as the third section of the limited. A Portion of tbe Progrnmrac. pOLLOWlNO is a portion of the programme for the week: At 10.30 A. M. to morrow special meeting ot the commanoery in chief at the rooms of tho Historical Society, Thirteenth and Locust streets. In tho evening anniversary meeting to be held in tho Academy of Music, ex-President Hayes, Commander in Chief, pre siding. Major General Charles Devens, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, will deliver the ora tion. Addresses will be delivered by a number of other distinguished gentlemen, among them Speaker Reed, ex Governor Curtin, Gener als Sherman, Schofleld, Howard, Miles, Slocum, Sickels, Gregg. Franklin and Hawley. Admission to the Academy will be by special card. On Wednesday the First Brigade, Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania, will make a street parade in honor of the event. In the evening a reception will be given in the Academy of line Arts, at which lidv rela tives and friends of the companions will be present On Thursday evening there will be a reception at the Union League Club. There will be many other receptions, various meet ings and reunions of tho veterans. All tbe clubs of tho city, notably the Union Lague, Art Club. United Sorvlce, Manufacturers, and the various political will keep "open house" to all wearing the Legion rosette. The courtesy of the Masonic Temple has been extended, and the rooms will bo open each day from 10 A. 31. until 2 p.m. Tbe music at tbe evening exer cises will be by the Marine Band of Washing ton. Local Lesionists to Attend. rnz following companions from Western Pennsylvania will go to Philadelphia to day: E. J. Allen and wife, Henry A. Breed and daughter, John Caldwell and wife, James M. Craig, John T. Dennistou and his son Allan D., a member of the second class; Jos. F. Den niston, Levi Bird Duff, Thomas W. Fitch and wife. W. S. Foster and wife, William J. Glenn, William P. Herbert, Georce M. Irwin and wife, B. F. Jennings and daughter, W. G. McCaud Iess, William McClelland, William McConway and wife, William J. Moorhead. wife and daughter, A. S. M. Morgan, James M. Schoon maker, wife and sister. J. E. Schwartz and wife. J. F. blade. SL V. B. Smith, R. E. Stewart and wife, T. B Sweanngen and wife, D. M. Watt and wife, W. W. Wattles and wife, and E. S. Wright, allot Pittsburg and Allegheny; Rich ard Coulter, of Greensburg; S. B7 Dick. Rev. Dr. T. L. Flood and Dr. T. B. Lashells, of Mead. ville; Alfred Hicks and wife, of Leechburg; S. M. Jackson and wife, of Apollo; J. S. Schoon maker and wife, of Unlontown, and Senator M. S. Quay, of Beaver.and Congressman Townsend, of New Brighton, will go from Washington. Y. M, C. A. CONTENTION. The Sessions at Bonvcr Falls Well Attended and Fall of Interest. ISrXCTAI. TELIOHAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Beaver Falls, April 13. The second con vention of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion, of tho New Castle district, which has been in session here for the last three days, closed this evening with a largo meeting at the Sixth Avenue Theater. Tbe sessions which have settie that question. In tbe event of Mr. Wil been held In the Methodist Episcopal and Pres- son's success, and if the old city library with byterian Churches have as a rule been well at tended. Every district has been represented by delegates, and several State officers of tho oreanization have been present. Tbis morning a consecration meeting In the Y. M. C. A. rooms was addressed bv W. S. Fraser, of Pittsburg. This afternoon a meet ing for the men only was held in the Presby terian Church, and one for women only was held in the Methodist Church. This evening a union meeting of the younjr people's societies was held in the Presbyterian Churcb, which was led bv II. C. Westervelt, of Pittsburg, and at 7.15 tho farewell meeting convened at the theater, at which a number of ministers and others made addresses. The association hero is deeply in debt, and it is thought the holding of tbo meetings here will create an interest which will result in its being placed on a good financial footing again. APRIL. NHOWERsf. THE QUICK OR THE DEAD. I wreathed the casket of my dead With flowers rich and rare; , Xhc holy, floral Incense shed A as wasted on the air. My words of love fell on the ear That death had made too dull to hear. I gave one tiny blossom to A pauper's paU -laced child; A gleam lit up Its eyes of blue. Its wasted features smiled. And health came back, and through tbe vears That blossom both our lives endears. OF COURSE SHE IS. As Peter sat at heaven's gate. A maiden sought permission. And begged of him. If not too late, To give her free admission. "What claims have yoa to enter here"" He cried, with earnest mien; "Please, sir." she said, 'twlxt hope and fear, "I'm only J ust sixteen, ' "Enough," the hoary guardian said, And the gite wide open threw: "That is the age wben every maid Is girl and angel, too." Detroit Free Press. HE TOLD HIS LOVE, In April, when the skies were clear. When flowers bloomed and robins sung, ben green-decked pa,ths we walked among I told my love to Polly dear. In April, all our hearts astir. Our souls with ardent thoughts aflame, We tried the matrimonial game, I hired a hall and married her. In April Polly's love did cool. Ithln that month we were divorced, And then this thought was on me forced, I was Indeed an April fool I UP BERKSHIRE WAY. Seems ter me Its dretful long since 1 saw them shining lulls! Suthin's pullln' at my heart Till my old eyes brims an' fills. i hen 1 dream about 'em nights, Care and sorrer pass away: Nothln' but old caounds an' slxht3 Usterbe up Eerkshire way. Thare's the old house on the hllL bet araoun' with apple trees; Thare's Lake Garfield sblnln' still, Just a-flutterln' In the breeze. Seems cz er I couldn't wait Tell the winter's passed away, Longln' so to sec the folks 'Mongst the bills up Berkshire way. Never wnz sccb astrachans Scch ez made the old trees red. Never wuz sech skies ez laughed Through the green leaves overhead. Ain't no place In all the slrth Cuddles in my heart ter stay Like tbet little humly taown 'Jlongst the hills up Uertihlre wayl Berkshire KevH. Favoring the Bedford Avenue Site. To the Editor of The Dispatch: While Messrs. Magee, Holland, ConnciIrr.cn and others are arranging their differences let us have a good site selected for the library. Your cotrespondeiy) "A Blacksmith" hits the nail on tbe bead. The Bedford avenue site is the site par excellence. Chief BIgelow's opm on that socially, and looking to the fnture of the city, the East End is the place for the main building is supremely ridiculous. Such a po sition would be of no avail whatever to "tbe very people Mr. Carnegie most desires his li brary to reach, namely, those who do not and cannot, by reason of their pecuniary and other circumstances, read now," to quoto the words of your Toxical Talker. Yon might as well say Mr. Carnegie's head offices, the new theaters, office buildings and banks should be built at tbe East End. The Bedford avenno site is a magnificent and commanding site for a public building, which would rise up from the real center of tbe city like the castles of Edinburgh and Stirling. The Capitol at Washington, the Coliseum at Rome, tbe National Gallery in Lon don, St. George's Hall, Brown's Li brary and Museum and tbe Walker Art Gallery, In Liverpool, and many other famous buildings, are all placed on the most commanding and prominent ground available in the neighborbood. The Bedford avenue basin and property from Elm to Fulton, and from Bedford to the Pennsylvania Railroad line, which the city owns, leveled off to take in the rookeries from Elm to Washington street, which are an ej esore to the city, and could be bonght at a low figure, would give ample room with a solid rock foundation, complete drain age and ventilation, to put up one of the finest buildings in the world, with a terrace all aronnd that would be a delightful promenade, giving a grand view and a place of resort for tbe bard worked citizens and young people of Pittsburg, such as very few cities in this country or Eu rope possess, and where mercenary people, real estate owners and agents would have the least show to grind their axes. Where in the cityis there anything approach ing it for convenience and also to be seen and admired bystraugers coming into or leaving the city? Call it Mount Carnerie or Carnegie Hill ont of compliment to tbe liberal and be nevolent prince of American manufacturers. A. .BOOKKEEPER. Pittsburo, April 12. Jlldee Bridlegooso's Legal Opinions. To the Editor of TheJJIsDatcc: Dissatisfaction is often expressed these days at the delays of the courts in deciding causes, and with the result when decided. The follow ing plan might or could be tested for the pur pose of giving satisfaction to all concerned. This plan is set forth in the Green Bag for April, as follows: "According to Rabelais, Jndce Bridlesoose (supposed to mean a French chancellor), ad mitted, when taxed with an outrageous judg ment, that since be bad become old he could not so easily distinguish tbe points on tbe dice as he used to do. And when pressed to explain bow he came to resort to dice, he said he, like their other worships, decided his cases by tbo throw of the dice, because cbance and fortune were good, honest, profitable and necessary to pnt a final stop to lawsuits. When pressed to explain why, if he used dice, he received so many pleadings and papers from tbe parties.be said be used to heap these heavy papers at opposite enas oi tne tame, ana wnen tney were pretty evenly balanced he used his small dice; but when the papers of ono party were larger than the others, he used his large dire. "Being agim pressed to say why he kept the papers so long, seeinsr that he never read them, but decided his cases by the dice, he gave three reasons. First, because it was decorous and seemly to keep them; secondly, he used to turn them over and bing and toss tbem about as a healthy, bodily exercise: and thirdly, he kept them so long in order that the issue might ripen, and tne parties might be more reconciled to bear their misfortune when it came to tbem." Tbeso lucid reasons convinced hi3 censors that he was about as efficient as his neighbors in bis day and generation which was about the year 1515. What do onr legal lights think of tbe fore going reasons? Fritz. Still a Candidate. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: In a recent issue of The Dispatch the "Topical Talker" sings sweetly of "Quiet Ob server." but I hold to the old saw that a battle is never lost nntll gained, and wbile I doubt not but Mr. Wilson's popularity may get ahead of my qualifications, I will stick to my colors to the last. I do not propose to retlro from my candidacy nor to step one single round lower from my fitness for tbe position of librarian, as testified by the splendid indorsements to my petition, which represent the most influential and wealthiest portions ot tbe community; and if appointed I believe that I shall be able to command tbe highest support from the best men in tbe city to which Mr. Carnegie made his first and noble gilt. This library IS Alle gheny property now, and ought to be managed strictly by Allegbenlans without outside help. It Is worthy of note from Topical Talker that Mr. Wilson's ideas of a librarian's work are almost identical with what I sent you (see Dispatch March 31), and as T. T. seems to be so well posted regarding "tbe qualifications of the declared candidates, about which there seems to be considerable doubt, except in tbe case of Mr. Erasmus Wilson," it would be in. terestinirtokuow where be irot his informa tion. I presume tho Library Committee will its custodian is not transferred to tbe new building of which there seems little proba- Diiiy i wouiu not, ii it were tendered to me. refuse the assistant's position. After the ap pointment ot librarian and his assistant, there will be plenty of solid work for both for at least six months. William Bentley. Alleohlny, April 12. The Builder's Mdo of tho Story. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: A statement from Vice President Schwartz, of tbe Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, in relation to the now defunct strike among tje building trades of Wheeling, appeared iu The Dispatch of April 10. If The Dispatch correspondent quoted Mr. Schwirtz correctly, the Builders Exchange of Wheeling desire to state that tbe utterances of Mr. Schwartz are misleiding. both as to the causes of the strike and the attitude of tbe Ex change, the facts bein just the reverse of his statements. During tbo Interviews with an Exchange committee .Mr. Schwartz succeeded in throwing obstructions into tbe fight that made a settlement impossible. Tbe result is that the work is now going on by the contract ors with new and non-nnion men. Had he kept silent a settlement might have been reached. W. A. Wilson, Waltfr Best, Committee Builders' Exchange. Wheeling, April 12. When flic- Incline Stnried. To the Editor ofThe Dispitch: In Friday's Dispatch I noticed a com munication signed "Diary." in which it was stated that tbe MonongaheU Incline Plane started in 1872. Well, it is no wonder that literary men get mixed, and even the sacred writings are questioned when a thing of yester day is forgotten the Jlononcihela Incline Plane started to run on tLe 2Stli of May, 1870, Saturday after noon about 2 P. M. One Who Knows. Pittsburo, April 12. A Library Mte Digestion. To the Editor of TheDIspatch: In selecting a (central) site for the library, wouldn't it be well to consider tbe possible cen ter" of the city when Allegheny, and all of Allegheny county, will be included in tbe city of Pittsburg? H. L Grade. Pittsburg, April 12. TYHAT OUTSIDERS THINE Pittsburg's Wrnngle Over Mr. Carnegie's Gift Severely Criticised. From the Wheeling Intelligencer.: Pittsburg officials are in a disgraceful wrangle over the proposed management of the Carnegie free libraries. There is considerable opposition to the plan" suggested by the phil anthropist, factions having arisen, and consul, erable feeling has oeen developed. It is proba ble that Pittsburgers are making a very serious mistake. Already it is intimated that .Jr. Carnegie is becoming disgusted with the wran gle and may yet withdraw his gift of J2,00O,00O until the officiil3 como to their senses. Hav ing conferred on the city a princely public ben efaction it would be no more than right to al low him to have a say as to who shall man ago It. MARRIED IN ST. PAUL'S. Miss Mary Mnrpby Becomes the Wife of Jam es Donnvnn. A quiet little wedding was performed In St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. Tho contracting parties were Miss Mary Murphy, of No. 101 Forbes street, and James Donavan, a well-known resident of Beaver avenue, Alle gheny. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Fither Mnlvneaux in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives of both par ties. The bride is a sister of Thomas J. Mnrpby, the well-known paint manufacturer, and David J. Murphy, chief operator of tbe Central Dis trict and Printing Telegraph. Company. The bride and groom will settle down in a new House newly furnished In Pleasant Valley. CUKI0US CUHDEfiSAUOKS. A sack of potatoes bronght $3 50 at Liv ermore, Cak, recently. Since the great fire at Seattle last June permits havo been granted for 1315 new build ings that will cost &(J93,00U. The returns ot the pensioned veterans who fought under the great Napoleon, who now receive S50 a year, put their number at 112 instead of ISO, as mlSSS. Fifty acres of sugar cane has been planted at Whittler, Los Angeles county, and a small sugar plant has been ordered to experi ment in starting a new industry. In Buenos Ayres an opera box for 60 nights cost 57,00) Coal for rango or fireplace Is from $3S to J 10 per ton. You may co to the circus for 5 50 Shoes are worth from SIC to 51 A summer cottage built by a New York millionaire is of hemlock logs hewn pn three sides with the bark left on the fourth side. A veranda is construeted on three sides of the building of nemlock logs in the rough. Mrs. Rombowsky, wife of a Cornnna, Mich., miner, was found dead in her bed. and when neighbors called to lay out the body it was found in such a filthy condition that men had to be called in to attend to the work. Rom bowsky. his wife, daughter, a cow and several chickens occupied ono room. The woman died from lack of food. There is a firm in Cincinnati which each year beats 21,000 gold dollars into gold leaf, and as each dollar can bo beat into a sheet that will carpet two rooms 16 feet square, some idea may be formed of its tenuity. It requires L100 of gold leaf to equal in thickness a sheet of writing paper, and takes 280,000 ot them, piled one upon the other, to equal an inch in thickness! A wealthy citizen of Dover, Me., was mortified the other day. He had jnst been making a clean breast of his deplorable finan cial condition to tbe assessors; and going to a grocery store soon after, be was appalled to find that the assessor had taken his statement so literally as to order a barrel of flour, a cod fish and some other articles sent to him at thn town's expense. E. Cowles, of Eaton Rapids, Mich., lived in southern Ohio in 1862, and when Mor gan made bis raid Cowles, with several hun dred other patriots, rushed to the defense of Cincinnati. He served three consecutive days and then returned to bis plow. He bad almost forgotten tbe cirenmstan ce until one day this week, when be received a formal discharge from the war department. Mr. Bargeron, who resides abont eight miles above Sylvania, Ga.. observed what ap peared to be a volume of black smoke, about 20 feet long, of a f nnnel shape, passing across his field, not quite as high as tbe tallest trees. He says it made a crackling, roaring noise, but made no commotion amonsr the trees when it reached the woodland. He says it traveled about as fast as a lively wind. A Meadville, Pa., man tells of a recent battle in that city between a game rooster and an owl, in which the rooster knocked old "Wis dom" out in less than a minute. The victor was then pitted against another rooster, which soon tell before him. The owner of the game then offered to pit him against a bulldog. Tho match was mide and the bird trimmed the dog np in a verv brief period, coming out of the fight almost as fresh as when be began. The small letter "i" was formerly written without the dot over It. The dot was introduced in the Fourteenth century to dis tinguish "i" from "e" In hasty and indistinct writing. The letter "l" was originallv used where "j" is now employed; the distinction be tween the two hivine been introduced by the Dutch writers in comparative modern times. The "j" was dotted becaused the i" from which it is derived was written with a dot. W. H. Ballard, of Indian River, Mich., applied for a pension in 1879. but his claim wa3 rejected. In the fall of 18SS he went to Wash ington and stayed right there to secure justice if possible. Ballard was so persistent that the pension department officers frequently threat ened"him with arrest, but tho old man stuck, interested Senators Stockbndge and Sawyer in bis case: and after thorough investigation they declare be has been the victim of skulduggery and his case has been favorably reported to the Senate. John Hopkins, a farmer living near Franklin, Ky.. has ordered a marble slab to be erected over the gra-e of his nephew, Marcella Jerome Clark, the famous Confederate guerilla whowas known during tbo waras "SneMun day." He earned this soubriquet because of his youth and effeminate appearance, and for a long time it was actually believed that be was a woman. He was famous for bis cruelty, and repeatedly shot down prisoners with his own hand. lie was captured and hanged in Louisville. Every watch and clock on Governor's Island is regulated by bugle call. Just before noon two enlisted men are stationed at a point commanding an unobstructed view of tbo tower of tbe Western Union Building in New York. One of these is the post bugler, the other a trained signalman, equipped with a powerful field glass. Ihe non-commissioned officer is required to keep his glass fixed upon the time-ball. Tbe instant it drops be gives tbe signal to the bugler, who immediately sounds tbe specified call. During j, thunder storm a few nights ago a large oak tree in tho Masonic graveyard of Salem. Va., was struck by lightning, and rent from top to bottom. While looking at the rmn the next morning Matthew Turner, who has charge of the cemetery, spied an object which had fallen from the cloven trunk. Pick ing it up and cutting away the mass of mos, fungus and earth with which it was crusted over, he found that it wasalarge, old-fashioned teapot of solid silver. Opening it, he discov ered that it contained tbe skull of an infant a few days old, and further investigation showed theteanotto bear an inscription: "FromD. T. to R. L., 1823." Nearly 30 years ago a young English man left bis native town. Surrey, and came to America. For several years he corresponded with his sister at home, then tho letters grew infrequent, and finally ceased. When list hearcf from be was in Boston. Tbe sister wrote only to have hpr letters returned through the Dead Letter Office, marked "Not fo ind." Finally, as a last resort, she addressed a letter to "President Harrison. Washington, D. C, U. S. A.." relating these facts and Imploring his aid In finding her brother. This letter found its address a few weeks ago. Instead of going to the waste basket it was forwarded to Mayor Hart, of Boston, with a request that he look Mr. Brown up. In a short time a response came that Robert Brown was dead and had left two sons, both prosperous young business men in Boston, and tbe news was sent to their aunt in Surrey last week. S031ETH1.NG TO LAUGH AT. "Is the new system of balloting on trial in your neighborhood"' "No. it isn't on trial-it's vindicated. But sev eral ot our old-fishloned ballot-box staffers are ontrlil."-CMeago Times. Matrimonial agent (in whose office are several candidates of both sexes) Ladles and gentlemen. It Is now fire minutes of four o'clook, at which hour the office closes. Please engage yourselves at once. Delays are dangerous. Int ings. Miss Hevyrox No, John, I cannot listen to your love. Farewell forevert John Might 1 ask one question? "Ye " "Is this a Simon-pure farewelL or one of the Pattl brand?!' Harper's Bazar. "What is the matter, Alice? You look worried." "lam. It's too mean for anythlngl These roses have Just come with a card, "Wear thesefor Jack,1 and 1 don't know whether they are from the Jack I hate or the one I like. It's too horrid !"iar per's Bazar. Old Mr. Bently That's, a true saying, Maria, that one-half of tho world doesn't know how the other half liveZ Old Mrs. llcntly Humph! Joshua. It would be nearer the truth to say that one-half of the world doesn't know how the other three-quarters live. llarver's bazar. The bullfrog played the double base;- The treble was the cricket; And other tones came from a place Well sheltered In the thicket. The stars filled Tull of merriest fun This season of ecstatlcs; In short no better ere was done In summer operatics. Washington Post. "Mamma," said the son of a member of Congress, wbo bad presented him with some pastry on condition that be share it with Ms brother. "What is it?" "Won't yoa cat this pie for as?" "Why not let yonr brother do it?" 'Cos I can see by the way he acts that be la getting ready to gerrymander It," Washington Post. Gilhooly The bigger fool a man is tho more lnck be has. Uus l)e Smith What causes you to make that remark? You know Tom Bcasly? Yes. Well, ho has married a widow worth 00,000. 0- i( r.onto -, ion, a 1 llumpni it ne naa nsa du luck In proportj nu siupiauy ua woaia nave naa s mim ltlsU-tVTtngl. J"," i-shec M.&.J
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