.-v V THE PITTSBURG' DISPATCH, TUESDA"?. APRIL 15, 1890. 1 f I f:? i ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1SJS. Vol. 45, o. GT. KntereCat rntsburz; IVtstomce, ovenibcrl4. lr7. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House--75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street Eastern -AdU'rUsInc Office, ltoom , Tribune Building, ewYrk. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Mrentano's. 6 Union Squat c, Jvcu York, where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OK THE Dl-FATCII. rOPTAGK FREE IX THE OTTID STATES. Uailt OisrATCH, One Year S 8 W Daily Dispatch, l'cr Quarter SM DAILY DlsrATCU. One Mouth 70 1ily Dispatch, lncludmEi-unday, lyear. 1000 Daily Dispatch. lucludincMinday.Sm'ths. 250 Daily Dispatch. lncIudinj:hunday.Imontli SO fcUXDAY DISPATCH, One Year 150 ft eekly Dispatch, One Year 1 15 The Dailt Dispatch is delivered by carriers at jrcentsoer week, or Including bunday edition, at 10 cents per week. P1TTSBUKG, TUESDAY. APR. 15, 1891 X3-Tte HC-IXK OFFICE ol THE DI-. PATCH tin been removed lo Corner o! fcinli bfirld nnI Diamond street. THX SWITCHMEN'S DEMAH3 The demands of the railroad switchmen on the Pennsylvania system are rather combat ive and radical. An advance of 25 per cent in wages, concurrently with a reduction in the hours of labor, will probably be a large dose for the railroad officials to swallow, and they may not unjustly consider that the de mand is put so high in order to allow a little lee-way for compromise. The proposition that the hours of labor should be shortened will commend itself to the public judgment. Thesa ety of railroad travel depends, to a certain extent, on alert ness and care in the switchmen's work, and there is reason to think that a lessening of hours would conduce to that desirable end. The ra;e that should be given for the re duced hours of work is so clearly a matter ol negotiation and the relative payment of other labor, that it must be settled between the companies and the men. Pittsburg will certainly hope that the natter maybe satisfactorily settled by a fair compromise and that her prosperity need not be checked by a railroad strike. A GHASTLY SHIPMENT. The example o the trunk murders in this country has spread to Denmark, where a pian who had killed another packed it in a cask and shipped it to this country as sample merchandise. The discovery was hastened by the conlession of the murderer, when ar rested for other crimes, after the ghastly in Toice had been lying unclaimed in this coun try for a long time. It is an unanswered question how long it would have been before the contents of the cask would have been found out if it had not been for the confes sion, and whether the crime could have been traced without any other clew. The close approximation to success which has been at tained in the cases of this kind that were dis covered is calculated to arouse disturbing doubt': whether there may not have been others Li which the crime was effectually concealed by that means. Is it always cer tain that ''murder will out?" BEGIKKIN B TO SEE IT. The true inwardness of that famous Hock ing Valley cast- has just struck the New York papers. It was given a new impetus by the filing of an answer on the part of Judge Burke and his associates, in which they do not deny the assertion that they con verted 58,000,000 of the Hocking Valley securities to their own uses by exchanging them for their own property, worth a mere traction of the amount, but declare that such a charge constitutes no cause of action against them under the laws either of Ohio or New York. The assertion is not a new one. That position was understood to re ceive the sanction ot a referee a couple ol years ago. But its recent repetition has im pressed the New York Herald with the fact that corporate practices ol that description do not leave a shadow of protection to the stockholder if the laws have nothing to say to it. The same line of reasoning will per haps lead the Herald to the ultimate per ception of the tact that the practice of pool ing to sustain earnings on that class of rail way capitalization will, if permitted, have the effect of giving a market value to cor porate plunder. THE PAK-AKEBICAH IDEAS. It is announced that the Pan-American Congress will show a full justification for its existence in the adoption of a universal treaty lor the submission of all international disputes on the two American continents to arbitration. This would abolish war on the "Western Hemisphere and show the nations of the Old 'World the mannet in which dis armament and the reign of peace may be at tained. It is true, as stated by the New York Tress, that this would of itself be a sufficient achievement to make the congress famous. It would be a distinct advance beyond the present stage of civilization, and would promise a liberal fulfillnientof the prophecy that the nations shall learn war no more. That would be of far greater value to hu manity than any spread of commercial rela tions, and as such would command the ap proval and sympathy of the entire world. Nevertheless it is necessary to remember that the avowed purposes ot the congress are commercial. "Whether any equally signal extension of commercial relations is to be secured depends upon whether this nation can get out of the beaten track sufficiently to accept Secretary Blaine's radical policy of universal American reciprocity. POSSIBILITIES OF GOLD DISCOVERIES. The reported discovery by a surveying expedition of large deposits of gold quartz in the precipices of the Colorado canon is lull of important and interesting possibili ties. The exact value of the discovery is only to be determined by actual workings; but the authority on which the announce ment is made is so good as to give the strongest ground lor belief thatan indefinite addition to our mineral wealth will be made when the deposits are fully developed. Of course the first effect of the announce ment will be to start a rush of prospectors and fortune-seekers to that remote region. The Colorado canon is the most inaccessi ble place left in the United States to which is undoubtedly due the fact that the discov ery was not made long ago. The greatest perils and hardships confront the daring explorer who tries to penetrate its fastnesses; bat no perils were ever known to stop the seekers alter gold. With the statement that the treasure is there, the universal hunger for the precious metal will ensure that the search will be kept up until every vein of quartz has been tested and the sx act value ot the deposits known. But there is an even greater possibility in thVintimation that a marked increase will be made to the world's supply of gold. The puzzling relations of silver and gold have been complicated during the last two dec ades by the decrease in the production or the costlier metal. If the statements as to the wealth of tbe deposits in the canon of Colo rado are well founded it is possible that the increase in the supply of the latter metal may nearly equalize the bullion value of our gold and silver dollars. It that were done it would put gold and silver coinage on a parity and remove the disputes of the gold and silver advocates. f It would be a novel and not altogether un pleasant solution of the silver question to have it done by an increase in the supply of gold which wonld bring the gold dollar down to a level with the silver coin of the fathers. THE NEW INDUSTRY. The authoritative announcement that the "Westinghouso Company is going largely into the manufacture of electric motors for street railways, permits the expectation of an important addition to our manufacturing industries. We can hardly share the opinion of the gentleman who is quoted in our local col umns that Pittsburg will receive special benefit from the location of a factory at some other point, to be run by Pittsburg capital. But the manufacturing advantages ot Pitts burg are so decided, and our tacilities for shipment to all parts of the country so great, that we can cherish the expectation that this important mauufacture will be carried on here. Beside the local importance of the enter prise, it is somewhat instructive to note that within a month of the organization of a trnst composed of other motor manufacturing companies, this new competitor springs into the field fully equipped and ready to begin business at an early date. MR. CARNEGIE'S SOUND ADVICE. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has made another of his luminous addresses to his fellow countrymen. This time he aims at young men, snowing them how to win fortune, and proving for their encouragement that the way to success in business is as open as ever to honesty, ability and energy. Mr. Car negie is principally concerned in showing that the individual man has plenty of chances to advance in spite of the huge es tablishments, the gigantic corporations, which the concentrating tendency in the fields of manufacture, commerce and finance is producing. He confesses that the law of concentration seems to him to be gaining force, and that combination of capital is be coming more and more necessary. But he believes that the individual worker has as many opportunities to rise to partnership in these large concerns as he had in other days and under other conditions. That the history of the past bears out Mr. Carnegie's reasoning can hardly be denied. As be shows in an astonishing collection of the leading manufacturers, merchants and bankers of the country, the poor boy who has swept out the office, or toiled in the mil! before he was out of his teens, has very often landed on the highest rung in the ladder. These are cheering facts for the office boys and young mechanics of to-day. Perhaps Mr. Carnegie's practical advice to young men as to the best way to obtain promotion, will prove most interesting to the average reader. Except as a prepara tion for the learned professions Mr. Carnegie does not put much stock in college educa tion. He never did. He thinks the poly technic schools, however, are turning out rivals of the practical apprenticed mechanic; that the receptive and unfettered attitude ot the man educated in science gives him the start of the mechanic trained in the shops. On the way to earn an employer's confidence Mr. Carnegie approvingly quotes this from George Eliot: "I'll tell you how I got on. I kept my ears and eyes open, and I made my master's interest my own." It is not new advice, but it is very good; the best in fact. In a very sensible, plain-spoken way Mr. Carnegie also points out the fatal effects of drunkenness, speculation and indorsing other people's paper upon the practical young man who has his foot upon the ladder and is beginning to rise. All Mr. Carnetrie says is worth listening to, and he speaks with authority upon the winning of fortune. APPROVING BUT NOT IMPARTIAL. It is interesting to observe that the Char leston JVeirs and Courier after referring to The Dispatch as "a dyed-in-the-wool Re publican newspaper," quotes approvingly the objections in these columns to the idea of perpetuating the existing Congressional gerrymanders. The classification of The Dispatch which makes it "a dyed-in-the-wool Republican paper" is probably due to the JVeici and Courier's conviction that any thing short of swearing by Democratic prin ciples and Democratic practices must be Republican. But the greatest trouble with the gerry mandering question, as with all other paitisan issues, is exemplified by the fact that our Southern cotemporary gives its ex clusive attention to Republican gerry manders. Having invited its readers to ad mire the spectacle of a Republican paper op posing Republican gerrymanders, it fails to see the appositeness of presenting in its own columns the the counterpart of a Southern Democratic paper condemning the Southern Democratic gerrymanders. Nor does it ap preciate the timeliness of criticising the grotesque forms which the Democratic gerry mander of the State of Ohio has just perpe trated. As long as papers denounce only the dis honesty or injustice perpetrated by the op posing party and blink at the equally fla grant wrongs of their political allies, there is little ground for the expectation that such things can be reformed. THE BEST PAVEMENT. It is calculated to provoke some reflection on the part of our property owners who are paying for new pavements, to find that in the Eastern cities the press, and we presume the people whom the press represents, are protest ing against granite block as a pavement lor city streets. Last Saturday's New York Herald editorially refers to the boles and ruts in a specimen piece of work of that sort; while Philadelphia is up in arms to call for the use of aspbait on Broad street instead of alternation sections of asphalt and blocks. The apparently strong testimony as to the unsnitabllity of block stone as a city pave ment, from cities where it has long been used, is corroborated by some of the pave ments that have been in use in Pittsburg for several years. Yet of the large sums that are being expended in this city for new pave ments the greater portion take the form of this pavement which other cities are reject ing. The Dispatch has frequently said that money spent in securing good pave ments is well invested; bat it is a sine qua non that the pavements must be good. If they are of a class that in a few years will be as rough as cobblestone, then the cobble stone pavement would be cheaper in the first place. It is characteristic of Pittsburg to take np improvements about the time that other cities naTe got through with' them. But in such important a matter as this it seems that it would be well to break over the pre cedents sufficiently to adopt the paving mat ter shown by collective experience to be the best, BETTER RESULTS WANTED. In reply to the rather extreme assertion of Mr. Holman. of Indiana, that the United States has, with the new vessels recently added, a sufficiently effective navy, the New York Telegram declares that we have but seven modern vessels in commission the Baltimore, , Chicago, Charleston, Boston, Atlanta, Yorktown and the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius. Of these it asserts: "Only two of the crnisers have attained a speed which would enable them to act as com merce destroyers, and thus our effective force is reduced to two cruisers and one coast defense vessel." But if this is so,does it not prove the neces sity of going a little slowly until we know what we are doing? It, out of six new vessels only two are able to serve the purpose for which they were built, does it not show con clusively that we are not in shape to go into wholesale vessel-building until we are sure that the vessels will be what we want? Certainly our navy should be enlarged; but it should none the less certainly be efficient, Until we can get better results than one efficient cruiser out of three built, it will be wise to go a little slowly. The reference of the library ordinance to a committee yesterday postpones the decision whether Conncils will accept the exact terms of Mr. Carnegie's proposition. In the mean time people will have time to consider that the point at Issue is a very small one. An exchange declares that "a big wheat crop has never followed an open winter in thirty years." But if people keep on bulling wheat that may be the reason why this year will break the record and show that the open win ter does not necessarily destroy the wheat crop unless it Is followed by cold weather sharp enough to kill the winter wheat and late enough to delay sowing the spring wheat. Mb. Moody's declaration that the angel Gabriel could not bold the attention of an au dience that bad been reading the Sunday pa pers, reveals a remarkable and even exagger ated estimate on Mr. Moody's part, of the at tractions of the Sunday paper. It is understood that the outcome of that important conference is that Philadelphia is to be allowed to choose its own delegates to the State convention. It is to be hoped that tho Quaker City people will appreciate the macni tude of their extraordinary privilege, and ex ercise it so wisely that they may be permitted to enjoy it again at some time in the future. The idea is advanced that the scarcity of ice this year will be soothing to Mr. Murat Halstead's antagonism to ice water. Perhaps so; but we have never heard that Mr. Halstead objects to ice in mint juleps or whisky sours. The assertion or Huutington that the money of the Southern Pacific was "used In Stanford's behalf" promises some disclosures which would come under tbe late Horaco Greeley's .definition of "mighty interesting reading." When people of a certain class fall out honest people have a change of getting their own again. With building strikes all around the horizon. Pittsburg can congratulate herself on the eood wages-and liberal hours which make building operations secure from disturbance by strikes in this city. The rcpqrt of gold in the Colorado can on is likely to revive tbo hardships of the Washoe, Piko's Peak and Cour d'Alene quests after the precious metal. Let us hope that the addition to the world's stock of ths precious metal will repay the hardships tbat.will be en countered by the treasure seekers. "When the water tank gets to falling clear through a theater there is no room tor douht left that its dramatic qualities are of the heavy tragic class. Appeals Irom the assessments on Mahon street, in tho Thirteenth ward, promise to bring the old street improvement law to a test in the courts. It was a long time coming, and it Is an interesting question whether the test cases under the new law will bo equally dila tory In coming to the front. The only disaster that occurred yester day in the line of convulsions of nature wai the destruction of the prophecies of the doom sealers. The assailants of Stanley are asserting that he went to Wadelai more to got ivory than to rescue Emin or obtain geographical knowl edge. But as the two latter are all that ho brought awav. his expedition can bo judged by its results better than by the imputed Inten tions. The New York Central Labor Union is after tho metropolitan police, and its gun is loaded for bear. The Democratic pnpers are bringing for ward the Claras of New Mexico to be admitted as a State. It is probably true, as is claimed, that New Mexico has doublo the population and wealth of Idaho and Wyoming; but it has not the same Republican majority. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Vice President Morton reads moro newspapers than any other man in Washing ton. Seth Low. President of Columbia College, eats nothing bnt oatmeal for breakfast and al ways smokes a clear thereafter. The Prince of Wales recently received a box of Key West cigars. As he smokes noth ing but cisrarettcs be gave the cigars to one of bis attendants. Exile Zola has had an offer of 250 a night for 40 lectures on "Realism" in this country. He wrote a curt answpr in which ho asked: "Where and what is the United States?" Prince Bismarck; intends to devote the re mainder of bis life to making himself com fortable. He bas dismissed his physician and intends hereafter to smoke as much as he pleases and to drink what he likes. The late M. Annand Augustin de Pontmar tln, of Pans, had been for years a contributor to the Gazette de Fraice. the oldest newspaper In Paris. M. de Pontmartin crossed swords in his time with Sainte-Beuve, Planchc, Balzac, George Sand, and, in these latter days. M. Zola. During his life he wrote moro than 1,000 news paper articles. The Bashaw of Tangier, the samewho jeered at our warship Enterprise, bas become so cor pulent tbat he is unable to walk abroad. He is only 5 feet 2 inches in height and must be about the same in breadth, as he weighs over 400 pounds. He has been advised by his 32 physi cians to fast for a month, but he sajshewill see them bow-strung first. When Mr. Cnrncjrle Will Sail. Mr. Andrew Carnegie will sail for Scotland on May 21, according to bis present plans. Mrs. Carnegie will be domiciled at Cluny Castle while Mr. Carnegie attends to business affairs in London. One of his duties will be to assist in tho arrangements for tbe voyage to the United States of the delegates to tho Inter national Convention of Iron and Steel Men, which is to meet in Pittsburg during the early part of next September. It is rmnored that Mr. Carnegie has in contemplation another coaching expedition to traverse Scottish roads. Although no positive information is given, Mr. Carnegie intends to spend a very busy summer abroad. Hull for Dnmncc. 1RFECIAL TELEGHAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Lima, O., April 14. Three important damage suits were filed here to-day. Clay Snyder against the Solar Refinery Company for $20,000, for injuries received by falling from a build ing; John Hughes, administrator, against the Pennsylvania Company for tha killing of James Pernn, at Elida, last November: Will iam .N. Webb, against the Fayette Car Works Company for $10,000, for injuries received. WINNING A FORTUNE. Andrew Corncalo Discusses Tonne Mrn'a Opportunities for Bnslne Advancement Chnncci for the Trained Never Better Rich DIeu.TVbo Ilnvo Risen From tbo Shop nrdUcncb. ATe. Andrew Carnegie contributes to a re cent number of tho New York Tribune a very interesting paper, addressed mainly to tho young, on "How to Win Fortune." The follow ing extracts and summary give the substance of tbe article: Labor is divided into two great armies the agricultural and the industrial. In these diverse forces are In operation. In the former everything tends to a further distribution of land among the many; in the latter everything tends to a concentration of business in the bands of tbe few. The farmer who cultivates a small farm by bis own labor is able to drive out of the field the ambitious capitalist who attempts to farm upon a large scale with the labor of others. In Great Britain nothing bas been moro significant than that the tillers of small farms have passed through tbe agricul tural depression there far better than those who cultivated large farms. So in both conn tries we have proof that under the free play of equal laws land is becoming more and more divided among the masses of the people. In tbe whole range of social questions no fact is more important than this, and nothing gives the thoughtful student greater satisfaction. The triumph of the small proprietor over the large proprietor insures the growth and main tenance nt that element in society upon which civilization can most securely depend, for there is no force in a nation so conservative of what is good, so fair, so virtuous, as a race of men who till the soil they own. When we turn to the otherarmy of labor the Industrial we aro obliged to confess that It is swayed by tbe opposite law, which tends to concentrate manufacturingand business affairs generally in a few vast establishments. The fall in prices of manufactured articles has been startling. Never were the principal articles of consumption so low as they aro to-day. This cheapening nrocessis made possible only by concentration. Turning to the question. "Has tho young man now a chancer" Mr. Carnegie discusses the difficulties that he must meet. He then takes up tho prizes won in the industrial world by trained mechanic". He mentions Stude baker, Pullman, Babbitt, Howe, Harper Bros., McConnick. Walter A. Wood. Boacb. Cramp. Steinway, Chickering and many others, and continues: Every one of these great works was founded and managed by mechanics, men who served their apprenticeship. The list could be greatly extended, and if we were to include those which were created by men who entered life as office boys or clerks, wo should embrace almost every famous manufacturing concern in the country. Edison, for instance, was a telegraph operator. Corliss, ot Corliss eneine; Cheney, of Cheney silk: Rneblinc, of wire fame: Snreckels. in sugar refining all and many more captains of industry were poor boys with natural aptitude, to whom a regular apprenticeship was scarcely necessary. JN the mercantile, commercial and financial branches of business, which are all under the law which drives business affairs Into large concerns, tbe poor clerk takes tbe place of tho trained mechanic in tbe industrial world. Claflln's, Jaffray's, Sloan's, the Lords, the Tay lors, the Phelp9es, the Dodges, the gijtantic houses of Jordan & Marsh in Boston, ot Field in Chicago, Barr 'in St. Louis, Wanamaker in Philadelphia, Meldrum & Anderson, Buffalo; Newcomb, Endicott & Co., Detroit; Taylor, Cleveland: Daniels & Fisher, Denver; Home, and Campbell & Dick. Pittsburc. all these and the corresponding houses throughout the coun try, as far as I am able to trace their hltorv, have the same storv to tell. Wanamaker, Cla'f lin. Jordan, Lord, Field, Barr and the others all Eoor boys in the store, and Phelps and Dodge oth poor clerks. In banking and finance, it is an oft-repeated story that our Stanf ords. Rockefellers, Goulds, Sages, Fields, Dillons, Sellgmans, Wilsons and Huntingtons umo from the ranks. The mill ionaires who are In active control started as poor bovs, and ero trained in that sternest but most efficient of all schools poverty. A New York hanker pave Mr. Cirneirin nt of 36 names of Presidents and Vice Presidents of city banks who had begun as boys or clerks, and promised to send more tbe next day. Mr. Carnegie notes tho almost total absence of the college graduate from high positions in the business world, and says that the facts seem to justify the conclusion that college education, as it exists, is fatal to success in that domain. The graduate has not the slightest chance, en terins at 20, against tho boy who swept the office, or who becins as shipping clerk at 14. Tho facts prove this. "JTiEnE has come, however, In recent years, the polytechnic and scientific school, or course of study, for boys, which is beginning to show most valuable fruit in the manufac turing branch. The trained mechanic of tho past, who has, as we have seen, hitherto car ried off most of the honors in our industrial works. Is now to meeta rival in the scientific ally educated youth, w ho will push him hard- very hard indeed. Three of the largest steel manufacturing concerns in the world are al ready under the management of three young educated men students of those schools who left theory at school tor practice in tbe works while yet in their teens. Walker. Illinois Steel Company, Chicago; Schwab, Edgar Thomson Works; Potter, Homestead Steel Works, Pitts burg, are types of the new product not one of them yet 30. Most of the chiefs of depart ments under them are of the same class. Such young educated men have one lmDortant ad vantage over tbe apprenticed mechanic they are open-minded ana without prejudice. The scientific attitude of mind, that of tbe searcher after truth, renders them receptive of the new ideas. Let no one. therefore, underrate the advantage of education: only it must be edu cation adapted to the end in view and must give instruction bearing upon a man's career It is infinitely easier for a young practical man of ability to obtain an interest in existing firms than it bas ever been. Real ability, the capacity for doing things, never was o eagerly searched for as now, and never commanded such rewards. The law which concentrates the leading industries and commercial, mercan tile and financial affairs in a few great factories or firms contains w ithin itself another law not less imperious. These vast concerns cannot be successfully conducted by salaried employes. TS the industrial world the days of corpora tions seem likely to come to an end. It has been necessary tor me to watch closely most of my life the operations of great establishments owned by hundreds of absent capitalists, and conducted by salaried officers. Contrasted with these I believe tbat the partnership conducted by men vitally interested and owning the works, will make satisfactory dividends when the corporation Is embarrassed and scarcely knows upon wnicn side the balance is to be at the end of a year's operations. In every branch of business this law is at work, and concerns are prosperous, generally tpeaking, just In pro portion as they succeed in interesting in the profit a larger and larger proportion of their ablest workers. Co-operation in this form is fast coming in all creat establishments. The manufacturing business that docs not have practical tnanu factunng partners had better supply tho omis sion without delay, and probably the very men reauired arc thobrizht young mechanics who have distinguished themselves while working lor a few dollars per day, or the youths from the polytechnic school.. -t-he saving workman is the valuable work- man, and the wise employer regards the fact tbat he does savo as prima facie evidence that there is something exceptionally valuable in him. The day of tbe absent capitalist stock holder, who takes no interest in the operation of the works beyond the receipt of his divi dend, is certainly passing away. The day of tbe valuable active worker in tho indus trial world is coming. Let, therefore, no young, practical workman be discouraged. On the contrary let him be cheered. biota and more it is becoming easier for the mechanic or prac tical man of real ability to dictate terms to his emploers. Where there was one avenue of promotion there are now a dozen. Genuine ability will not down. But there aro dangers that are fatal to success. Among these are drunkenness, speculation, indorsing for others and lack of concentration. Put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket, is the true doctrine the most valuable rule of alL The Ductora will Dine. Last night's meeting of tho Southside Medi cal Society was devoted to preparing for a banquet which Is to be held on May 8, and which will mark the twentieth anniversary of the society. DEATHS OF a DAY. lira. n. E. Woods. LIMA, O., April H.-Mrs. H. E. Woods, wife or the editor of the Dally Republican, died at her home yesterday afternoon after a week's Illness. Mrs. Woods was a very accomplished lady, who helped ber husband as a writer and in matters of business. Her age was Si. The remains were taken to Warren, O., the home of ber parents, for burlaL, .Intin Home UlflONTOWTf, April 14, John Home, aged about 82, died here this inornins of general debility, lie bad been one of the Justices or the Peace here for about la years, aud was tilling that office at the time of his death, JT'f4-t a SJsdtf.izssLfc-fsvSiB WHEELING FOE WOMEN. Pitlabnre Ladles to do Some Bicycling This Summer Some of the Style in Wheel nnd Dress Mrs. Berlon-Glbbs' ExquUlle Coatntnes. Pittsburg ladies have at last concluded to ride the "Safety" and the tricycle. They aie about tbreo seasons behind their Boston, New York and Chicago sisters, but their tardiness in adopting the fashionable mode of locomo tion is not so entirely due to their conservatism as might he supposed. Tbe absence of well paved streets upon which to enjoy the exhila rating and health-giving exercise, bas, in a large measure, been responsible for the lack of interest among tho ladies. Until this season Forbes street and Highland avenue, both with considerable grade, have been the only streets upon which bicycling would be at all practicable, but with tbe opening up and paving of new streets, the ladies are becoming very enthusiastic over tbe sport, and the prospects are good for Pittsburg to redeem ber reputation. A number of ladles have already begun practicing on wheels be longing to husband or brother or some one else's brother with the intention of purchas ing, it successful in tbe management of them. Others have already made tbelr purchases, and claim as their very own a handsome little "Safety" wheel. Some of tho laaies who will, probably during tho summer, become expert riders, are having their habits made with the Jenness Miller bifurcated skirt, which Is more convenient and graceful than the round skirt. Among those who are making preparations for tho popular craze are Miss Nellie Volet, Mrs. Trevor Myler Miss Edith Ramsev. Mrs. Charles Hunter, Mrs. J. K. Ewing and Mrs. A. M. Irwin. Naturally, tho interest evinced by the ladies gives an impetus to that already felt by tbe gentlemen, and numerous new wheels have been sold during the last two weeks to gay gallants and staid sober-minded business men. Several young society men who contemplate matrimony in the month of June are displaying great forethought in purchasing wheels that can be used by either a lady or gentleman. Others who do not admit that they are soon to become benedicts are following suit in the matter of wheels. Some of tho gentlemen who have recently pur chased "Safety" machines which, by the way, are considered the proper thing in wheels, at present are Mr. Van Abell, Messrs. John Free man. Layton Wbitesldes, F. E. Evans, E. K. Harrison, O. H. Allerton, Byram Day, F. C. Carmack. C. R. Hunter, A. M. Irwin, Charles A. Smith, and T. H. Nevin. Mr. Harvey Har rison has purchased a tandem Safety bicycle, a iwo-wneeieo macnine, sometning entirely new in a tanden. It is constructed upon the same ptinciple as the individual Safety, but to a lady of a timid nature is a trifle more significant in its name, as the gentleman rides the front sad dle and does the steering. Mr. V. E. Place is the possessor of a whole family of wheels, big, little and middle-sized, as the bears wero who debited upon the advisability of devouring the little girl whom they fonnd asleep in their apartments once upon a time. He has two tandem bicycles, a tandem tri cycle and a triplet Safety, the only one in this country, the gentleman having brought it him self from London, where it 'Was taken to the steamer for him warm from the factory. Upon such a machine three persons ride with great ease, but among youns people it is safe to pre sume the triplet Safety will never become a favorite, for "two is company but three is a crowd." Apropos of bicyling, the Keystone Club, of the East End, bas taken possession of its new apartments at the corner of Broad and Franks town avenues, and bas had constructed a spacious wheelroom in the rear of tho lot. Next Monday evening it will imitiate the ex ample of other clubs that are members of the League of American Wheelman, and have a "smoker," which in reality is quite harmless, being nothing moro or less than the enjoyment of a social cigar. Since setting up a reeular establishment, the club bas enjoyed quite an era of prosperity. At its last meeting it acted upon numerous applications for membership, apd will repeat the programme next Monday night, before the "Smoker," on the principle business before pleasure. MARRIED IN FLORIDA. Details of a Sootbf rn Wedding That Will Interest Pittsburger. A Florida letter, just received, tells of a wed ding that will interest Pittsburgers, that of Miss Olive Blanche Foster and Mr. William II. Wall. Miss Foster is a daughter of Major P. A. Foster, formerly of Monongahela City, and report says, a very charming and accomplished young lady, while tho groom is all that a bride could wish in tbe way of manly beauty and ability. Theirs was a church wedding, and with numerous attendants, flowers and delight ful music, must have been very pretty. After the ceremony at the church the bridal party and guests were conveyed to the i residence of tbe bride's parents, whero a large reception was held. I The bride was attired in a lovelr costume of white corded silk en traine, with flont of bro cade, and woro a handsome, misjy veil that completely enveloped her graceful form. The bridemaids were all charming in white china silk toilets. A number of Pennsylvania friends were in attendance, among them Colonel J. De. V. Hazzard and wife, Mrs. M. R. Thorne and daughter and Mrs. J. S. Cook. 1IRS. BERLAN-GIBBS' COSTUMES. AH of Them Rich nnd Moat of Them Made by Worth or Felix. Mrs. Berlan-Gibbs as Helen Truman, in "The Wife," docs some very artistic dressing. Her gowns are all marvels of beauty, and of Parisian make. They are all colorless, with the exception of the gold and silver embroidery. In the entrance, Mrs. Gibhs appears in a dainty directolro gown of white satin, exquisitely hand-embroidered in silver. Ffom tho shoulder are suspended floating scarfs of mullo de sole. A large hat burdened v.ith beautiful plumes is worn with this costume. One bridal eown is of the Mai le Stuart style, with a picturesque ruff at the bodice, and covered with crystal embroideries. In tho ballroom scene one of Worth's latest creations fs worn, the left side of which Is cut princess.'and is composed or Oriental embroideries of gold, silver and pearl". The right Mde is ot tulle, with delicate traceries of gold, made bodice waist and full skirt. An exquisite necklace of pearls is worn with this toilet. Another ball dress owned and worn by Mrs. Berlan-Gibbs has a court train ot magnificent gold brocade, and an opera cloak, both made by Felix. AGENTS ON THE RIVER. Local Frclsht Men Entertained on the Packet Keystone Stnte. Captain James A. Henderson, of the Pitts burg and Cincinnati Packet Line, tendered the local freight agents a ride, banquet and cood time on the Keystone State last evening. When tho big packet steamed out at 5 o'clock in the cvenine, in addition to her heavy load of freight and passengers, there was a large col lection of railroad men present. An orchestra 'was hired for the occasion, and the plan was to go down the river, possibly as far as East Liv erpool, where they would be transferred to tbe Andes, and return to Pittsburg this morning. Theio is no doubt tbat the boys spent an agree able night. One of the Coming Wedding. The wedding of Miss Carrie Sulzbacher, daughter of tbo lato Louis Sulzbacher. and sis ter of Louis Sulzbacher, tho wholesale jeweler, to Mr. A. L. Solomon, a member of the Michi gan Furnishing Company, on Smithfield street, will be celebrated in a private manner at the residence of the bride's parents. No. 27 Poplar street, Allegheny, April 29, Rev. Mayer officiat ing. A Western wedding trip will be enjoyed. A DellKlnful Evening. A most delightful evening was spent by tho members of the Columbus Club and their friends at their cosy clubrooms last night. Full dress prevailed with both ladies and gentlemen, and mirth and gayety reigned. The reception was Id commoraoration of the anniversary of tho club, and a full attendance made the even ing one long to he remembered. Social Chatter. The Tuesday Night Club has been practicing busily for some weeks at the comedy "My Lord in Livery." They will give it to-night "in tbo Pittsburg Club Theater, and in the cast is Miss Clara Morgan, Miss Suyd&in, MI'S Moorhead, Mr. W. W. Lawrence and Mr. Augustus Phil lips. An operetta, "Breaking the Spell," will be given by tho club later in the month. A wedding that will be solemnized this moraine at high massin theClm chof tbe Sa cred Heart is that ot Miss Isabella O'Brien and Mr. J. M. Wenzcl. After the services at the church a wedding breakfast will be partaken of at the residence of the bride's parents on Fifth avenue. Division Passenger agent E. D. Smith, of the Baltimore and Ohio, was given a sur prise party Friday evening, in honor of his 3Sth birthday. The occasion was a mbst enjoyable one. The Emory M. E. Sunday School will enjoy tho glee club of the Wesloyan University, of Middletown, Conn., to-mglit at their church in tbe East End. The Pittsburg German Club will give their final .dance of tho season to-nbzht. The Woman's Club holds its regular meeting ibis afternoon. J J to . , - , . . , . Sgt ,W, jRfltt.jfca , . VagaJHafiaftH.lglM6tt-fci9flJB'.B'. J q . rBfiyifJtfyVlr Tiftr 'TjiV?ilhr11BrliiiHBTjfriBMfnlBBfirir3lii T itJBBUiUFTimSi '9itmiKtXmlKIBKSmmitlKUJMUMimUIKm MWgWtsWWIVsJBBMst ifmQ?5"?l'''BP't"-TBS& TEARS AND LAUGHTER. Tbo Wife, an Idyl of dlodern Times Rough nnd Tumble Comedy Tbe Wilbur Kong Birds Tbo Night Owls. v T is a matter of regret to us that "The Wife" is not a new play, and that it had not its ini tial performance in Pittsburg last night at tho Grand Opera House. To criticise a work so well done is a real pleasure. But the day has passed for a review in detail of Messrs. Belascoand De Mille's comedy. It is a deftly constructed little drama, nearly always true to nature, and di dactic in the best of ways. The lesson it teaches is plain, and tbe manner of its exposi tion never tiresome. If there were less tears in it we would not complain, but probably every woman would. "The Wife" was played last night by the New York Lyceum C ompany, which has come to mean that an artistic and complete per formance was given. Mr. Daniel Frohman merits tbe thanks of all theater-goers for main taining bis traveling companies upon such a high plane of artistic excellence. There are 13 actors In the company, and for onco the num ber is of good omen, for avery actor Is com- l petent. Mrs. Berlan-Uibbs ba3 tbe hardly pleasant duty of presenting the character of The Wife, who is unhappy from tho moment she woJs till at all eveuts, till the curtain falls finally upon her return to peace of mind. Mrs. Berlan-Gibbs is unhappy fn a very becoming and natural way. She touches the chords of pathos in tho part with a steady hind, and in the scene where she confesses to her husband tbat sho bas loved and loves still another man, she developed great power. If there is any complaint to be found withers. Berlan-Gibbs, it is tbaiftcars abide too contin uously in her voice. Before the shadow of sor row strikes her, her voice verges upon the minor key and she never leaves it for a second. In nature there is some grad uation of grief; an occasional inter, lude. Mr. Bovd Putnam, as Senator Jiutherford, allowed none of the grandeur of the character and it is rare nobility to be lost. He is a remarkably handsome man. Not so is Mr. Henry Herman, who plays the villain, itathew Culver, but what a splendid piece of character he makes of the wily man in politics! Asa picture of polite rascality Mr. Herman's Culver cannot be excelled. It is not often equaled. Mr. S. Miller Kent is always a graceful and sympathetic actor, and his Robert Gray 4s nicely done. Mr. Burns threw in a spice of ripe comedy, but as a simple matter of fact the impulsive, somewhat eccentric ingenue whom Miss Eliza Logan introduced us to in Kitty Ives rather put all the other comedians in tbe shade. Miss Lugau almost alarms tho audience with her acrobatic feats, but she is close to nature most of the time and doserves a hearty word of praise. The actors we have no space to mention deserve praise in every instance. The scenery is very fair, and some of the ladles' dresses are interestingly costly, BIJon Thenler. it "TWO Old Cronies " put in their second ap pearanco in Pittsburg at the Bijou Theater last night, and a very large audience welcomed them with much applause and laughter. It is a musical farce comedy on tbe pro gramme, but a better name for it would be a circus without the ring or tbe wild animals. The fun of it is all of tho wildest kind, but clean enough in its way and honest in its inten tions. Frank M. Wills and John E. Hensbaw as the Cronies keep the circus jokes hur tling through the air. and dance and sing and fall about with absolutely no thought of anything but to make every man acruss the footlights laugh. They suc ceeded last night. They Wero assisted greatly by Miss May Ten Broeck and a company con taining a good deal of low comedv talent and some pretty girls. Miss Josio Domalne. a small package of good looks, and Miss Norma Wills, Miss Leo Sinnet. Miss Leese Peici, Miss Adele Wallace and Fred Mendosaall work with heart and soul in the cause of laughter. To criticise "Two Old Cronies" seriously is out of the question. Harry Wlllinms' Acmlemr. THE greatest crush for scats this season at this house.tbat is so used to crushes of the kind, was undoubtedly that of last evening. Bobby Manchester's "Night Owls" are a great favorite with Academy patrons, and their visits are always hailed with pleasure. The enter tainment they give on their present call is varied and highly Interesting. A new burlesque opens the ball. "Lord Fauntleroy's Reception," in which the decant toilets ot the lauies are oisniayea io eoou au vantage. During the burlesque. Miss May Adams slngB sweetly ana Miss Hilda La Porte warbles well, Sam Barnard's specialties are en joyed, and Topack and Steele, old favorites, are seen in one of theirbest acts. In tbe olio there are Frank O'Brien, funny as ever: Delhauer in bis new frog act: the La Port sisters in new songs; the French On La dancers and Volunteer Fire man, a novel change dance: John Will and May Adams in a new sketch, and the entertain ment closes with Bobby Manchester's latest bur lesaue. "The Sculptor's Dream; or. Living Models," in which the entire company is seen to the best advantage possible. Harris Theater. "Pontile third timo this season the Wilbur Opera Company is filling an engagement at this popular house. Tbe openinc performance was given yesterday afternoon, the bill being "The Princess of Trebizonde." Since its last appearance here there have been few changes in the personnel of tho company. Susie Kirwln of course heads It, and J. E. Uocley. the tenor, and Tie Drenick and Kohnle, the come tiiano a.TB. as ever, anions: the feat ures. The title role in the opening operetta was sustaided by Miss Maggie Bolton, a pretty and plump vonng lady, who can sing quite pleasantly. The other characters are in the hands of those who have so often pleased Pittsburg audiences. Manager Wilbur con tinues lus nolicv of selectine younc. bncht- faced and shapely girls for his chorus, and not a few of them are able to sing and act, as well as stand around and look pretty. This is un doubtedly one of the secrets of Mr. Wilbur's success. "Bohemian Girl" will be given at both performances to-day, and "The Grand Duchess" to-morroW. Tlio World' aiusenm. The bis variety performance and the curious combination of wonders at the World's Museum drew lareo audiences to the popular Allegheny house yesterday. Madame Roseler, the bearded Swedish nightingale, excited much comment, and tho feats ot W. S. Le Vara were greatly applauded. Drn.mn.tlc Notes. EVERTTniNO has been satisfactorily ar ranged to have Robert Mantell to produce both his successful plays hero during his en gagement at tho Bijou Theater next week. Tho "Corsican Brothers" will be played during the first half of the week, and also on Saturday night, and "Monbars" will be played on Thurs day and Friday evenings and at the Saturday matinee. Keese will play a repertorie of the legiti mate drama at the Opera House next week. A STIR IN CHURCH CIRCLES. A Couple Married In tbe Lenten Season, Ex commumented From Cliarcu. PLAINFIELD, N. J., April 14. At the 100) o'clock mass at St, Mary's Roman Catholic Church yesterday morning. Rev. FatherSmytb, tbe pastor, publicly announced that John Day and Mary Newnan, two of the parishioners, had been excommunicated because they were united in marriage by a Brooklyn clergyman during the Lenten sea-on. He added that the couple would not bo enti tled to receive the sacraments of the church until they made public reparation. The matter has created a stir in Catholic circles here. Letters of Ailminlalrntlon Grnnted. Philadelphia. April 14. The Register of Wills has granted letters of administration in the estate of the late Douglass Hiiger, tbe Philadelphia member of the suspended firm of G. K. SIstare & Sons, brokers, of Newxork, who died in this State. The estate is valued at about 300.000. Tbe cause of the failuro of SIstare & Sons was announced to have been a heavy defalcation by Hiiger. Survey Completed. tsriciAL TELEGRAM TO THE dispatch. Franklin, Pa., April 14. Tbe survey, plans and specifications for tbe extension of the Western New York and Philadelphia Railroad from Stoneboro to Franklin aro all completed, and will be considered at a meeting to be held in a few days. Sli ike nt Yonniilown. rSriCCTAI. TELEGRAM TO Tlllt DISPATCH.! Youngstown. O., April 11 The bundlers employed at the seven-inch mill of Cartwrigbt, McCurdy & Co. struck this afternoon, demand ing an advance in wages and other concessions. The mill was thrown idle pending a settlement. Hgnvd the Scale. rfPKCIAL TELEOKAU TO THE DISPATCH.! YouhoStown, April 14. Lte this afternoon the firm of G. M. McKelvey & Co., who run a large merchant tailoring establishment, signed the scale presented by the journeymen Tailors' Union, THE DISPATCH EXPEDITION. Pointer for the Benefit of Oar Rood Ex plorers Bnd Highway Far More Com. man Than Good Ones Editorial Testi mony. From the Da Bols Courier. Much has been written and said concerning tbe condition of.tbe roads of this State and many have demanded their betterment. It is not to be supposed tbat It is expected to make the entire roadways of tho State the equals of the old National road, of the Westchester pike down which thundered the steed bearing tbe hero or Sheridan's ride, or of the Telford roads of Delaware county, but it Is tbonght that a better system than tbe present could be devised and the condition of said roads be bet tered without great additional expense. Opin ions and statements bearing upon the compara tive condition of onr highways have varied" so greatly that to determine their exact condition. The Pittsburg Dispatch bas organized an expedition which is to be sent out upon tbe highways and byways of tbe State to investigate their conditio.) and re port thereupon. Descriptive writers and artists will accompany tbe expedition, and the patrons of that enterprising paper will Soon be able to learn more concerning this subject than many of them havo ever known. The caravan is now, we believe. In Washington county, and is to, in the future, go well over the State, that tbe report may not be local or sectional in its application. Had Its writers and its artists accompanied Sheriff McCloskey from Clearfield to this place J esterday, they would have been furnished with much material for both description and illus tration, and have presented tbe appearance as did the Sheriff of having been rolled in the mud, and have been able to prove whether or not the well-nigh Impassable condition of the roads hereabouts bas been overstated. Mud In Bllcliignn. From the Grand Rapids Telegram Herald. The Pittsburg Dispatch bas fitted out an expedition to tranverse the rural roads of Penn sylvania. A wagon has been built expressly for tbe purpose by Studebakers. on plans and specifications furnished by The Dispatch. Stout horses have been purchased and plans and contracts made ahead for relays of horses at various points along the proposed lme of travel. One ot the staff writers of The Dis patch will be in charee of the expedition, with a photographer and an artist to assist him. The ride will be a long one. It is the aim to traverse the entire western half of the State first; from the southern border to the shore of Lake Erie, and from tbe Ohio line to tbe summit of the Allegheny Mountains and down the eastern slope. The purpose of the expedi tion is to ascertain the real condition of tbe country roads. There has been much com plaint throughout the entire State of tbe horri ble condition of the roads during tho past win ter. The Dispatch takes this means of as certaining the facts In the case and laying them before the peoplo of the State. Now, if an old, well-settled State like Penn sylvania has such awful roads, bow must it be in Michigan? The same complaints have come up from Michigan, and there is no doubt that a large proportion of the public highways of this State havo been practically impassable during the past winter. Why wouldn't it be a good subject for the Patrons of Industry and the various granges to take up and discuss and urge upon tho attention of the next Legisla ture? How It Slrikrs the Editors. TnE Pittsburg Dispatch has sent out an expedition, specially equipped with a carriage ana four horses, to examine and write up the country roads. If thev happen to come up this way and strike East Railroad avenue in Oak mont borough, they will not need to go any farther. Verona Iteview. The Pittsbueo Dispatch has started out an expedition to explore the public roads of the State and asccitam whether they are as bad as they are painted. They will have a serious tour of inspection, but with the thought that Stanley penetrated the African jungles, they may plod along at a slew rate and take soundings. We hope they will visit Delaware county and test the clay on our highways. Chester Evening JVews. The Pittsburg Dispatch has fitted out an expedition to travel over the country roads of Western Pennsylvania and report as to their conditiou. Strong horses have been purchased, aud a wagon of special strength built by Stude bakers of Indiana. The wagon passed through Canonsburg on Wednesday. Tbe expedition may get back to Pittsburg, but the chances are against it. If it gets into some of tbe mud boles in this county it is liable to drop down tbrongh tbe earth and come out in China, to the great astonishment of the sons of the Celestial Empire. Canonsburg Notes. The Pittsburo Dispatch has started out an expedition to explore the country roads of Pennsjlvania. This work will be done thor oughly by the representatives of The Dis patch, who-, in a waznn built especially for the work and provided with photographic material, will traverse Western Pennsylvania from north to south and from east to west until a full nicture of our country roads and the opinion of the farmers concerning their improvement is laid before the public The expedition will be an interesting one to follow, and the informa tion which it will cathcr cannot fail to have important results. Tonawanda Review. Much has been said of late on the subject of improving the rural highways; but little or nothing bas been done in tbe way of actual in spection, or of inquiring into the opinions of farmers who dwell along these roads and use ttcm as a means of getting to market. This work that enterprising journal. The Pitts burg Dispatch has determined to do. An expedition, organized by that paper, is now on its way to explore the country roads of the State. The expedition will be an interesting one to follow, and the Information which it will gather cannot fail to have important results. Heading Times. PAN-AMERICAN" CONFERENCE. The Report of the Committee on Extradition Tnkcn Up nnd Discassed. Washington, April 14. The Pan-American Conference to-day adopted the report of the Committee on Banking and tbe supplementary report of the Committee on Customs Regula tions, recommending the establishment of a central union bureau cf information and statistics concerning custums- The report of the Committee on Extradition was taken up, discussed briefly and laid over until to-morrow for action. The recommenda tion of tho committee is tbat tho Spanish-American Governments shall adopt the report on tho project of interna tional penal law, drafted by the South American Congress of Montevideo in 1SS3 as beinc tho best model to be followed bv them In framing the extradition treaties which they may make with each other, while at the same time the Spanish-American Governments are recommended to conclude with tbo United States special treaties of extradition founded on other principles more suited to the peculiar circumstances and habits of legislation of the latter country and more in harmony with the other treaties thus far concluded between the United States and many other nations, both of Europe and America. LOCATING THE BRIGADES. Officers Choose Cnnipicg Places at Mr. Grclna tor Next Jnne. .SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THS DISPATCR.1 Harrisburo, April 14. Brigadier Generals Snowden, of the First Brigade, Wylie, ot the Second, and Gobin, of the Third, and Adjutant General Hasting met at Mt. Gretna to-day and decided on tho location of tho several commands during the division encampment In June. Tho First will camp on the high ground near division headquarters, where tbe Second was located three years ago. The Second will camp near tho railroad station, formerly occupied by the First. The lhird will camp in the vicinity of tho rifle range, about a mile from the sta tion. Tbe United States troops will be with tbe Second Brigade. THE PLDJIMEK SCHEDULE. A nig Discrepancy Drivrpra the Liabilities nnd tbe Actual Asset.. New York, April 14. Ex-Jndge Charles Donohue filed the schedule of John F. Pluui mer & Co., the drygoods merchants, to-day. The liabilities are placed at JSS7.605: nominal assets, 1.041,543; actual assets, 175,803. John F. Plummer's individual liabilities are S70,35S; nominal asset?, $591,005: actual assets, $123,550. Clearing the Conemaagb. IPPrCIAI. TKLKOHAX TO THE DISPATCH.! 1 JonsSTOWS, April H The Pennsylvania Railroad Company this morning started a largo force of men to work clearing awav the Sand bars arid deposits of Stones and wreckage In the channel of the Conemangb river below the stone bridge. -The company Trill spend 125,000 on the work. CDKI0US C0HDEKSATI0NS. A Californian raised 30 tons of cabbage on five acres of land this soassn. Chinamen use the skin taken from the belly of the sturgeon by tanning it into leather for shoes. A Potter county man owns a Berkshire sow who is raising two bear cubs. The owner believes that the sow stole them, as the mother of the cubs a day or two previous had devoured two ot the pig3. A mad ox was killed at Daviston, Ga., last week. He broke through every barrier, and was hard to keep up with. The men shot him S7 times before killing him. He was bitten by a mad dog three weeks ago. Prominent cattlemen of Crook county, Ore., have recently expressed the opiniotf that hornless cattle wero better able to endure se sere cold than those having horns. They base this opinion upon the experience of the past winter. Judge Thomas T. Bouldin, of Charlotte county. Va.. owns the plantation on which his grandfather and great-grandfather are buried and which has been in the family for 146 years. He lives in tbe house in which he was born 77 years ago. There is reported to be a general feed famine in Boone and Wyoming counties, W, Va. It is said that cattle are dying daily. Yokes or oxen worth S75 to S100 arc being sold for 120 an5 ?n5-CorD' wnicn has been selling at U 25 and :1 Super bushel, cannot be bought at any price now. More than 2,000 farmers have applied to the Agricultural Department for seeds of the sugar beet, of which the department has imported several tons. This looks as if the farmers wero going to try the beet sngar ex periment on a scale large enough to give it a thorough test. Evangelist Fetterhoffcalled at the Reed City, Mich.. Democrat office a few night3 ago, his purpose being to whip the editor. On this occasion again tbe editor was in, and when Evangelist Fetterhoff got through be was ready to affirm that be bad played a leading part in a Louisville cyclone. A enrious fact is noticed in connection with tbe formation of barnacles on ships' bot toms. In tbe majority of cases there is a much heavier growth of grass and barnacles on ono side than on tbe other, and in numerous in stances one side will be almost free from ma rine growths, while the other is as foul as pos sible. A "Wisconsin man bought a pickerel that weighed IS pound3 the other day. The pickerel had swallowed a bass tbat would weigh two or three pounds, and when he dressed the bass he was rewarded by finding two good sized perch in him that he had swal lowed, so he actually bought four fish Instead of one as he supposed. Tbe time required for a journey around the earth by a man walking day and night, without resting, would be 42S days; an express train. 40 days; sound, ata medium temperature, 32f hours; a cannon ball, 11 hours; light, a little more than one-tenth ot a second; and electricity, passing over a copper wire, a little less than one-tenth of a second. A Riddeford, Me., man who hustled about and gathered together a large crowd of fellow citizens and a lantern to assist in search ing the gutter for a So gold piece, which he was under the impression he had lost, was much chagrined when the coin was found to he a bright new copper and the gold piece was found safely stored away in his pocket. The Bridgeporf. Conn., Suicide Club, appears to have about run its race. One by one. In accordance with their vow, tbe members have taken their own lives. At the last meet ing only the President and Secretary were pres ent. Since that the latter has cut bis own throat. It is understood that tbe President contemplates following his cheerful example before the year is out. Two and a half miles from Louisville, in a southwesterly direction and in the neigh borhood of tbe Louisville almshouse, there is to be seen a raro object in the shape of a pure white crow. It bas been in the neighborhood for several days and is with a flock of black crows. Tbe crow is not subject to varying in color, and to vary suddenly from a pure black to pure whito is remarkable. Rev. A. N. Somers, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., who is a noted archaeologist and an ex pert on the work of the mound bnilders. bas discovered that the little village of Aztalan, Wis., is built upon the ruins of a city which was once evidently the capital of a vast region held by tbe mound builders. By recent excava tions Mr. Somers finds that four cities have ex isted in the same place, one built upon the ruins of another. , The grounds on which the White House now stands were once the orchard of David Burns, an old Scotch farmer, whose cabin still stands in lonely obscurity a fewsquares back from the Executive Mansion. It is said tbat Washington, when engaged in laying out the city, had many a long and bitter quarrel with Burns before he could persuade the old man to sell bis land, even though it wonld be used in future for the borne of the Presidents. Ex-Mayor Daniel F. Beatty, of Washington, N. J arrived home on April 9 from a tour around the world. He bas visited Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium. Ger many, France and the Paris Exposition, Spain, Africa, Italy. Sicily, Palestine (Holy Land), Egpt, Arabia, India, Ceylon. Australia. "Vew Zealand, Samoa. Sandwich Island and the far West of the United States, including Chinatown and the Garden of the Gods. Some residents of North Saco got into a discussion the other day as to whether the old fashioned bannock, made simply of Indian meal and hot water and baked before an open fire, was any better than tho dishes of -to-day. To settle the question, delegates from several families met at the parsonage, witnessed the baking ot a bannock and tasted tbe bread after it wa done. The verdictwas that the bannock was a success but that there are other successes in life. As two merchants were returning lately in a carriage to Bartfeld from the Hnngarian Galician frontier they were attacked by a pack of nine wolves, the leader of which was shot as soon as he leaped on one of the carriage horses. The remaining eight, far from being frightened off, furiously pnrsued tbe travelers, who man aged to shoot two more of the bowling animals. Justas the horses began to slacken their paco through loss of blood and fatigue, five hnntere hove in sight from a neighboring field and anickly dispatched the rest of the pursuing pack. "Old Nig," the American House omni bus horse at Addison, died a few days ago. For 27 years he bad made the trips from tbe hotel to the Erie railroad depot every day, and never missed a trip. No one knew exactly how old ho was. He was captured in 1S62 from a rebel cavalryman, and was then a magnificent black horse, probably six years old. The brand "C. S." was on his neck. He was branded with "U. S." on Ijis shoulder after his capture. On his hip tho letter "11" had been branded. He served in both armies, ana was finally sold and brought to Addison in 1863; where he began his services with the American House 'bus. FUNNY MEN'S FANC1BS. "Do your boarders loaf around your par lor In the evening?" "Ho: my daughter 1 learning to play on the piano." Boston Courier. "What do yon find is the first requisite In business?" "l'lact," returned the dealer In llve'goosa feathers. llarper't Bazar. Mary had a little Iamb, A good comestlMe: But then to finish off the dish be had green peas as well. Philadelphia Timet. A man's better-hal flays down the rules in the house, but she usually allows ber husband to lay down the carpets. DansxlUe Breeze. "Mamma, I know the gentleman's name tbat called to see Aunt Ellie last night, and no body told me. either." "Well, then, what Is It, Bobbie?" ( "Why. George, don't. I heard her say George don't In the parlor four or Ave times hand-mn-nlns. Ibat's what.Ms name Is." Philadelphia Times. Mrs. Fangie Lizzie, what time was it when that younx man left kutnlEbt? Lizzie About 11, mamma. Mrs. Kangle .Nor, Lizzie, It was at least two hours later than that, for I distinctly beard him say. as you both went to the door, "Just one, Lizzie." You can't fool your mother. Don't tret about what yonr reputation will be after aeath. Tombstones are mlzhty charitable. Burlington tree Press. "I have observed," remarked a mean old bachelor, trying to be funny, "that when one has fortune and add Miss to It he has misfortune thereafter." "Then you ought to marry a widow." responded a lady In black, and tbe funny man went Into bjj shell. nasnmgion war. I 1 BfSSBHERffl mam
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