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THE FIGURE OF THE FEAST.
The Americas Club banquet last night
contained much significance in its oratory.
Of course there was the usual formal and
prescriptive laudation of the Republican
party and the Republican clubs. But the
occasion developed a greater significance,
and indicated the important fnnction which
can be performed by such occasions, in the
indications of policy and the prominence
given to an anticipated leadership," which
formed the salient feature of the occasion.
It was not to be expected ou such an occa
sion that the disputes of State politics.or the
arraignments that have been made of State
leaders, would be permitted to intrude. That
would be belittling not only to the occasion,
but to those who introduce local and per
sonal questions, the significance and impor
tance of the event laying its expressions and
forecasts of national policy with strong in
timations as to the leadership of that policy.
On that question of national interest, the
full significance of the occasion appears
when we perceive how the enthusiasm, the
laudation and the oratory of the banquet
centered about the policy rnd personality of
Thomas B. Reed.
No one will belittle Mr. Reed. His bril
liance as a party leader lies in his aggres
siveness. His force as a Congressional
quality is his power to give and take hard
blows in debate. If the prominence as
signed to him last night put him into the
field as a Presidental quantity he will be
recognized as a typical leader of that class
of Republicanism which knows nothing but
Republican supremacy with a somewhat
sublime disregard of the issues that have
arisen since the settlement of those on which
the Republican party was founded. But
Mr. Reed as a Presidental possibility must
be estimated by his present policy as well as
his personality; and of the former a very
strong indication was given last night.
Mr. Reed placed himself squarely on the
platform of Federal control of Federal
elections. The policy outlined by his
speech is an extension of Federal powers to
a degree attempted once before, but aban
doned by Republican leaders fourteen years
ago because it was found to be impracticable.
It is significant of Mr. Reed's character that
he somewhat frankly advocates this policy,
for the sake of that "continued success" to
the Republican party which he declared to
he necessary. Had Mr. Reed taken the op
Dortunity to propose this enlargement of the
Federal powers while a Democratic ad
ministration was in power, his statement
of its value would have been much
more impressive. But it is the
salient feature of Mr. Reed's
statesmanship that his views of national
policy and even of constitutional questions,
are shaped by his estimate of the party ad
vantage. His record as Speaker, which was
lauded last night, illustrates that pecu
liarity. The constitutional precedents which
Mr. Dalzell rather indiscreetly declared
that he cast aside, were exactly those which
he asserted to be necessary as a safeguard oi
legislation when his party was in the mi
nority. His policy of Federal control for
national elections is in the same tone. It
proposes a marked change in political meth
ods simply for the sake of maintaining par
tisan control of the House.
It may be a recommendation for a Presi
dental boom to the partisan class, to propose
to legisla te Republican success; hut it will
not do to rely on that class alone lor support.
There is more hope for perpetuating the Re
publican supremacy by appealing to the
Republicans who place public honesty, con
stitutional government and the protection
of popular interest above mere partisanship.
Aggressive and forceful as Mr, Reed is, he
forms an interesting picture iu our politics,
end the Americus banquet has framed the
picture so as to bring out its'striking points.
But a Presidental canvass on -a platform
abandoned in the seventies would be more
notable for its pugnacity than for its politi
cal sagacity.
IT SHOULD BE SETTLES.
While it was thought, a week ago, that
the impending railroad strike was very close
to a settlement, the week has closed with
the dispute unsettled, and the prospect of a
satisfactory adjustment more remote than at
the beginning. That progress in the wrong
direction can hardly fail to create the public
opinion that an mistaken spirit has inter
tervened to delay the proper adjustment of
the matter. Such a view is likely to be
Strengthened by the reported remark of one
railroad official, that if the men "intend to
strike I would like to see them do it and
nave it over." It is to be hoped that the re
port of this remark is incorrect. Pittsburg
Inous too well the loss and danger of a
strike, and especially the perils of a railroad
strike, to indorse any spirit on either side
which does not use all means of honorable
.and fair conciliation to' avert it, A
week ago it looked as if the strike could be
Every
THE MODERN INQUIRY.
The answer to the question how to get
rich, furnished by a number of Well-known
millionaires, and published in this issue of
The Dispatch, shows a rather strong in
dorsement of the practice of putting savings
out at interest or in the savings band.
Barnum, Enoch Pratt and Claus Spreckels
all recommend that 'method of laying up
money on earth, while Roswell P. Flower
and Ben Butler indorse investments in real
estate, C. A. Pillsbury urges fidelity to em
ployers and Henry Clews suggests the
obvious method of buying stocks cheap and
selling them dear, which operation, whether
successful or not, is likely to bring water to
Mr. Clews' wheel.
The advice given by the majority of these
gentlemen is excellent as pointing out the
course by which young and industrious men
can, with tolerable security, lay up a com
fortable provision for the future. That is a
legitimate and praiseworthy ambition, and
if a young man saves his money and puts it
out at interest, or into real estate, he will
have a fair chance of satisfying that
moderate desire. But this advice does not open
the way to great fortunes, which are the
somewhat misplaced object of the general
inquiry. If the answers ot these gentlemen
have been perfectly frank on that point, Mr.
Spreckels might suggest that he had found
getting Congress to throw off the duty on his.
imports of sugar, while other people had to
pay full duty, a very successful means of
establishing great fortune. Mr. Barnnm
might suggest the judicious mixture of
Jenny Rind and woolly horses in the show
business goes a long way; while Mr. Clews
might disclose the fact that getting on the
inside with the parties who float watered
stocks and bonds is more apt to produce
great wealth than playing the lamb on the
outside by paying both brokers' commis
sions and manipulators' profits.
The inquiry how to get rich is so general
a subject of investigation that it is time to
suggest a change. Let ns rather turn the
inquiry to the .means by which men can be
useful citizens, honorable men and lead in
dustrious and upright lives which shall
leave the world a little better for having ex
isted. PHILADELPHIA'S NEW KIKT BILL.
There are many incidents which from day
to day exhibit picturesquely the magnitude
of the growth of the country and of the
large cities. One of these is the presenta
tion of a bill in Congress appropriating 2,
000,000 for a new Mint building at Philadel
phia. Every old citizen whose memory runs
back 50 years or so will remember how the.
classic, and then commodious, edifice which
was built on the outskirts ot Philadelphia
for a Mint was regarded as quite wonderful,
and far in advance ot any probable needs of
Uncle Sam for a century to come. The site
was then almost in the fields. But for a
long while past even the cellars have had to
be used for the actual work of coining, while
for miles around on every side there is a
dense city, making an extension of the pres
ent site impossible.
The appropriation asked for on account
of the new Mint is, ot course, one that Con
gress should not, in fact cannot, hesitate
about. It is a necessary incident of the
national growth. The country does not re
quire its employes to work in cellars, neither
does it wish them shut off from light and
air.
It is to the interest of the Government as
well of the hundreds of employes engaged
in the Mint that the recommennations ot
the present live and efficient Superinten
dent, Colonel Bosbyshell, be acted upon
promptly and a Mint building erected to
meet the requirements of 1890 in place of
making shilt longer with what was phenom
enal in 1838, but is now more of an archi
tectural curio than a fit place for the na
tional business in hand. The bill should
pass.
THE LOCAL FIELD.
The meeting of the County Republican
Committee yesterday brought out some
points of almost as decided interest in local
politics as the Americus Club's many
coursed boom did with reference to the cam
paign of 1892. The change in the date of
the primaries and the relation of the census
enumerators thereto were the suoject of
sharp remarks, but the change was agreed
upon by dint of superior strength, or the
general sympathy for these practical though
not prominent politicians, the enumerators.
The agreement to the new basis of represen
tation in the Twenty-fourth district was also
important. This arrangement, which ap
portions delegates by the ritio of the Vote,
will do away with the deadlocks that have
been a peculiar feature of Pennsylvania
politics under the antiquated conferee sys
tem, and should have been made long ago.
"With these preliminaries disposed of, fun
may now commence all along the line.
REMINISCENCES OF GRANT.
The reminiscences of General Grant
which appear elsewhere in this issue are full
of interest in connection with the anniver
sary of yesterday, and the observances
which honor the day.
The statement that General Grant refused
an offer of a million dollars, to permit his
name to be used as the Presidentof a Mexican
mining company, confirms what the public
have long believed, that General Grant was
personally above the receipt of wealth from
questionable sources. Tbat his implicit
trust in unworthy friends led to such em
barrassing complications as the Grant &
Ward failure the whole world knows; but it
is no less true that he was the victim in all
such cases and, in the instance referred to,
suffered the entire loss of his fortune. This
statement that he refused a million dollars
for the use of his name shows one of the
many cases in which he might have received
great wealth had not his scrupulous houor
interfered.
The quality of warm and somewhat
stubborn friendship is shown in the story
that he sent a telegram urging the re-election
of Senators Conkling aid Piatt, in the
contest on their famous resignation. That
General Grant was a warm friend of Conk
ling is well known; but we may be per
mitted to doubt whether this tele
gram would have had the effect of
changing the result, if it had reached
its address. It might have been
thought then, as it may still be held with
out disrespect to Grant, that people who
were on the ground in tbat famous fight,
were as well able to judge of its merits as
General Grant in Mexico. It is not neces
sary to reopen the discussion of that
famous quarrel for the control of the spoils
to recognize that Grant's view of the matter
was inspired by personal friendship rather
than by an impartial view of the situation.
One phase ot the statement, however calls
for a statement from some one else. It is
stated that leading capitalists controlling
the telegraph communication between Mex
ico and tbe United States stopped General
Grant's cipher dispatches because they wen
supposed to relate to business. This amounts
prevented by a fair compromise,
effort should be made to do it now.
to a very decided call upon some of the tele
graph capitalists to take the floor.
A SEVERE LESSON.
The reports leave little doubt that a large
share of the plantations in the Atchafalaya,
Bayou Tecbe and other districts in Louisi
ana are totally submerged by the break in
the Mississippi levees. This affords a most
overwhelming practical commentary on the
attitude of the people who so angrily de
nounced the predictions of such a flood a
month ago, from the high water then in the
upper rivers.
The wrath that was felt over this pre
diction is closely related to the course which
has been noticed at other points, of sup
pressing all mention of yellow fever cases.
The idea tbat there is any danger might
"hurt business," and therefore any talk
of such things must be choked off. The re
sult of tbat policy inevitably is that pie
cautions are neglected, and that the final
loss is a hundred-fold what might have oc
curred if the warnings had been taken for
what they were worth, and the precautions
indicated by the danger had been faithfully
observed.
It may now occur to the Louisiana people
that thoseVho make public the warnings of
such dangers as they are now struggling
against are not to be classed unqualifiedly
as public enemies. As they have had tbat
lesson so crushingly forced upon them the
charity of the country should be prompt to
relieve the pressing needs which they must
be enduring at present.
The man who got up a corner in diamonds
should be presented with a public testimonial
If he is successful. Corners are always injuri
ous; but in view of the usual style of corners
the man who finds a means of speculative
manipulation in something besides the neces
saries of life, is a public benefactor.
The developments of our fashionable edu
cational institutions are astonishing. Their
success in cultivating the qualities which lead
to success in the popular lines of effort, repre
sented by champion pugilists and professional
baseball players, has shown a species of scien
tific education to which fulljustlcehasnotbeen
done. But tbe enlargement of the field shown
by tbe recent public appearance of a number
of Columbia College students in tbe abbre
viated female dress of ballet dancers, and their
exhibition of talent in tbe line of high kicking.
Is a startling indication of the novel features of
fashionable education. The progress from
bruising to ballet dancing is evidently in an up
ward direction; for which sign ot development
the people will be duly thankful.
Tnn suggestion of Judge Ewing yesterday
to a police official who testified that a certain
house was "known to the police as one of bad
character, that in that case-the police should
have closed it up, shows the divergence be
tween tbe judicial view and the precedents
which govern police circles.
The number of the men who are to go on
strike in Chicago after llayl is variously stated
from 27,000 to 223,000. The latter estimate Is
that of Socialist Joseph Grnenhut, statistician
of the Health Department of tbat city. As tho
proportion of all male persons engaged in any
sort ot occupation is about one-fourth of the
total population, this would indicate that every
laborer, clerk and storekeeper in Chicago is go
ing to strike. From this wo are permitted to
infer either that Chicago is going to do up its
striking thoroughly this year, so as to have it
all over by 1893, or tbat Gruenbut's statistics
are fearfully and wonderf ally made.
"With the report of a Pittsburger who has
just returned from Brazil, that the new Gov
ernment is more nearly an aristocratic oligarch.
than a constitutional republic, it may be per
ceived that haste is not desirable in indorsing
a new Government as a republic 'merely be
cause it calls itself so.
Mb. Maurice Thompson in the New
York Independent asserts that "ministers of tbe
gospel are much given: to pronouncing tre
mendous sentence on the rich." This is rather
novel information. It was generally supposed
that the pulpit deals rather tenderly with the
owners of the pews on tbe broad aisle: while
the most tremendous sentence pronounced on
tbe rich was tbat given by the founder of tbe
Christian religion who directed the rich man to
"sell all that thou hast and give unto the poor."
But it is clearly understood, tn the Inde
pendent school of religion, that such doctrines
are out of date.
The Sioux have resolved to take up farms
and learn agriculture. It would be far more
sensible for the Sioux to raise grain than to
raise hair, provided they can get any assurance
tbat when they get their farms in good order
somowhito boomers will not come along and
jump tho claim.
The experience of a "Western county
which offered a bounty on tbe scalps of wolves
is a sad evidence that the arts of swindling are
not confined to the cities. It has been discov
ered that there was an over-issue of stock in
wolf scalps, so to speak, the same lot of scalps
having been used to obtain tho bounty until
the county was swindled out ot $76,000. This
teaches that two-legged wolves are more abund
ant and active than the four-legged variety;
and a bounty on the scalps ot the former species
would be a very proper remedy.
The gambling establishment at Monte
Carlo is stated to have won f 18,000,000 in 1SS9.
Monte Carlo in E jropo performs the function
ot the Louisiana lottery in this conntry, of
demonstrating the abundance of fools and tho
ease with which they and their money are
parted.
The lightning of that Tammany investi
gation is striking the tallest trees. Afterscorcb
Ing Grant, the evidence was produced yester
day to tbe effect that CrokerWas induced to
look the other way while the plundering was
going on by liberal gifts of money. At tho
present rate of progress, the presumption is
very strong that when the investigation is
over. New York City will have to import a new
breed of politicians in order to find an honest
office holder.
All Europe offers a.banqueting hoard to
Stanley. The perils of a superfluity,of courses
are great, but Stanley is an old hand, and with
the example of Emin before his eyes, he will
avoid second story balconies in conjunction
with champagne festivities.
The monarchical classes in Europe are
fighting sby of the labor demonstration on the
1st of May. Even the young Imperial leader
of tbe social revolution has changed his leader
ship to snppresiion. The ruling idea in Europe
is tbat no demonstration of labor can be per
mitted except the demonstration of readiness
to bear tbe burden of military empire and aris
tocratic privilege.
A bucket shop which goes to smash
under the title of a "commission company,"
shows tbat the bucket shop under any other
name leaves tbe lambs jast as much in the
potage as usual.
It is somewhat discouraging to learn that
tbe 200 prize for the best essay on the extermi
nation of tbe mosquito has been awarded to a
lady, whose essay demonstrates that all tbe
plans for the extermination of that insect are
of no avail. Tbe mosquito remains the master
of the situation, or will be so, in the latter part
of next summer.
Slate Granger to Picnic.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The State Grangers will have their annual
picnic at Williams Grove this year, as usual.
The meeting will open on August 25, and con
tinue six davs. Tbe management at Williams
Grove 'has lately been commended by the State
Grango and 20 other granges, and their support
assured. Extensive Improvements will be
made at Williams Grove, and it Is evident that
Colonel Thomas does notmeai; 'to succumb to
any rivalry.
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
Punctuation With an Oil Lump Petroleum's
Credit as n Perfume Depends on Various
Things The Policeman at tho Capital
Hla'GuIds Book A Gold Mini) for Solons
Closed How to Ijonrn tho Topogrnphy
of Washington.
TTTashington, D. ts, April 23. A heavy oil
lamp, such as serves to illuminate a rail
road car, does not punctuate a sentence pret
tily. If it falls upon one's head it is apt to put
a period abruptly to tbe matter in band. I
learnt to appreciate this fact coming over to
the Capital from Pittsburg on tbe B. fe O. tbe
other day. A double lamp broke loose fa some
way from its ingenious moorings and fell with
a crash into the aisle. There would have been
no account of tbe incident in this place had
that lamp veered three inobes to the left in its
descent., As it was the crash scared everybody
in the car, but hurt no one. The calmest per
son in tbe car was the brakeman, a typical
Southerner in the matter of equanimity. As ho
looked at the shivered glass, the ten pounds or
moro of brass work and the little pool of oil,
ho remarked confidentially ana officially to a
stout drummer: "If that lamp had fallen upon
anyone it would have-hurt himT"
Undertakers are kept busy attending to hurts
of this kind.
'"THERE was a slight odor of oil after the lamp
had "come in," so to speak, and this led
my companion to remark that one's apprecia
tion ot petroleum as a perfume depended npon
circumstances almost entirely.
"For example," said this philosopher, "when
Judge Over struck oil on his land, at Hays
ville, he happened to be near the derrick when
the well flowed. He tripped, I understand, in
his efforts to get ont of reach, and a light
shower of petroleum bespattered his clothes.
"For several days afterward it was common
talk about the Court House that oil had been
struck In the Orphans' Court There certainly
was an odor of oil about the bench in that
room. Some affectionate friend ventured to
sympathize with His Honor in having to carry
so pungent a reminder of his derrick associa
tions. " 'Oh! I don't feel concerned about that, my
dear sir,' Judge Over replied, oil smells mighty
sweet when you find it on your own land!' "
Qnb of the first impressions I had in Wash
ington was tbat it must either be "unco
guid" or very badly policed. It was somewhat
singular to walk a dozen blocks on Pennsylva
nia avenue, when the road was full of rattling
gurneys, hansoms, backs, be-lamped brough
ams, omninuses, horse cars and other vehicles,
and a great crowd of Congressmen, tramps.
Senators, sports, soldiers about every other
kind of citizen occupied the sidewalks, when
tbe stores were blazing with light, and tbe
whole scene showed tbe queer mixture of hu
manity and architecture in Washington in its
most attractive aspect at 8 o'clock In tbe even
ing I say it was somewhat singular to walk a
mile of the chief avenne in tho country's cap!
ial and never see a single officer of the law in
blue and brass buttons. It is probably true,
however, that Washington is neither too af
flicted with virtue, nor abbormally deficient in
police protection. Since then I bave seen
plenty of policemen; tall, civil and intelligent
men tbey are, too. If it is hard to find one oc
casionally, as some observers insist is the case
in other cities up and down the land in Beer
shcha for instance tbe policeman in Wash
ington is a jewel when you discover him.
Only this morning, having been thoroughly
confused and entangled by tbat arch-deceiver,
the Capitol, with its many fronts, its innumer
able approaches, and solemn assertion in
marble tbat it is always cxnibiting the points
of tbe compass, I sought reluge and comfort in
a benevolent policeman, who was killing time
and flies incidentally with his club in the
portal of tbe National Hotel, on Pennsylvania
avenue. I asked bat a simple question to wit:
"Where Is the Treasury Department T"
A simple question; but, oh 1 what an answer
I received. It was as if I had asked for bread
and received not a stone, but two sacks of flour
and a kneading trough.
Said tbe blue-coat tho report can only be
approximately accurate: "The Treasury build
ing? Yes sir. You go down tbe avenao as
straight as you can go. It is ,12 blooks or so
better take that yellow car coming 'this way
you're a stranger here T Ab, I thought so
well, after you've seen the Treasury, the Cor
coran Art Gallery's rigb.. handy and the
White House's opposite the grounds are very
pretty thon the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, and the," but the horse car came up
at this moment, and we bad to leave that most
obliging policeman without a complete guide
to Washington.
AXJAshington, in its civic and non-political
sense, is greatly agitated just now about
tho new postoffice, that seems likely at last to
be built. Tho postoffico the city now has would
be a disgrace to a town of 20.000 inhabitants.
Everybody has acknowledged its inadequacy
for the last ten Years. Pittsburg knows how
long it takes to get a new postoffice, but Wash
ington hasn't even reached the site determina
tion point yet.
But Congress is on the verge of deciding to
take tho whole lot next to the present Post
office Department building, closing the street
which intervenes. A part of this will be de
voted to tho local postoffice. The gossip is tbat
Congress would not decide upon the site now
debated for seven or eight years if the numer
ous real estate syndicates, who have been try
ing to get the Government to buy their proper
ties, bad not given notice that they proposed to
buy no moro free and Incorruptiblo Congress
men. It is said that some Legislators bave
provided for their families handsomely out of
the postoffico site so it cannot be asserted tbat
all this delay has been for nothing. Tbe mar
ket has closed now, however, and Uncle Sam's
mail service will have a home commensurate
with its needs some day.
A New York friend of mlno whom I met by
tho White House gates to-day, begged mo
not to be discouraged in attempting to master
the topography of this town.
"You'll find everyone ready to teach you."
said he, "even down to the hackmen and cab
drivers, who are so uncharitably called Isb
maelites here and everywhere. There is one
place in Washington that I shall never forget.
A cabman fixed it in my memory forever, lie
didn't do It quite gratuitously; a dollar was all
he charged. Yuu'Il find that about the
schedule rate. It was my first visit to Wash
ingtonseveral years ago. I landed late at
night at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot. I
went out into the cold Washington world, and
a cabman took mn in at once. He asked mo
where I wanted to go as be shoveled me into
his diabolical vehicle, and I replied simply yet,
as I thought, prudently: "The National Hotel
how much?' He said a dollar. New York
cabmen had taught me to look upon a dollar as
the lowest price for a ride anywhere.
"It seemed to me tbat that cabman drove in
a circle to reach tho National Hotel, very
likely be did, but I was not cognizant of the
facts till tbe next morning. After transacting
some business with a friend at the hotel I pre
pared to leave again for New York. The
friend I speak of came to tbe hotel door with
me, and I remarked that 1 guessed I'd take a
cab.
"A cabf" he repeated of me, "a cab to take
yon across tho street why there's the depot,"
and I becarao aware that the Pennsylvania
railroad station was not half a block away. I
have never forgotten that fact. The cabman
fixed It In my mind." Hepburn J onus.
Bliss Wlllard and the Boosters.
From the New York Bun,
Miss Frances E. Wlllard told the Indlanapol
itansinan earnest and eloquent speech the
other night that '"we will be given prohibi
tion." Wo would most respectfully ask Miss
Wlllard what she is giving the Hoosiers? Are
they to be given to prohibition, oris prohibi
tion to be given to them? And before prohibi
tion gives or is given, why not give tho down
trodden English syntax a cbanee.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Wayne J. Wlngenroth.
Wayne J. Wlngenroth. a prominent contractor
and member of tbe firm or Wlngenroth & Miller,
died suddenly at his borne, on South street, WI1-1
klniburg, Friday night, of htm disease. Mr.
Wlngenroth was in his 27th year, and beside his
wife, he leaves a large circle of friends to mourn
his death. He was a candidate for burgess of the
borough at the last election. K. t. Wlngenroth.
the Fourth avenue real estate ascent. Is a orotlicr
of the deceased. Mr. Wlngenroth was promi
nently Identified in secret society circles, being
an Via Fellow and a member of Wlklnsburg
Lodge No. 14, Knights of Pythias, which order
will attend his funeral. It takes place from bis
late residence this afternoon at z o'clock. The re
main wilt be interred lathe Homewood Ceme
tery.
A NEW HINT BUILDING NEEDED.
) A Philadelphia Institution, Thought Wonder
ful, Completely Outgrown,
IBFEClAl. TXUEOSAM TO TUB DISPA.TOII.1
Philadelphia. April 28. Every visitor to
Philadelphia knows the old marble building,
of classic but modest proportions, on Chestnut,
above Broad, where Uncle Sam's money is
coined the United States Mint. Among tho
changes which tho lmmento growth ot the
country compels is a new mint bnllding, and a
bill is now before Congress appropriating J2,
COU,000 to the purpose. It is a hill which is born
of necessity, and stands upon its merits, and
therefor will probably meet with no objection
unless It be among chronic kickers.
Tbo present mint building, erected 58 years
ago (1S32), was. much greater in a prospective
sense than anything in the same direction
asked for to-day. It was then thought ade
quate for an indefinite period, and was the
pride of its projectors and an architectural
wonder of the day. It was on the extreme out
skirts of a city that has since grown to colossal
proportions, and had ample room and the most
complete facilities of the times; but the Gov
ernment failed to provide from the surround
ing property sufficient area to enlarge, and it
is now encompassed by lofty edifices that com
pletely dwarf it. It is so crowded with
machinery and appliances for coinage
that it is with tbe utmost difficulty
and at great inconvenience and discomfort
of the operatives, tbat the necessary work can
be done. When we take Into consideration tbe
immense amount of gold and silver that it is
necessary to handle, amounting to hundreds of
tons annually, some little idea can be bad of tbe
additional responsibility inflicted upon the
superintendent and his principal and trusted
officials. Were these not men of absolute in
tegrity, and continuously at tbe post ot duty,
irregularities would be sure to arise to the
Government's loss.
Tbe crowded condition of the premises pre
cludes the proper systematization of the ma
chinery or working forces.
The quality of tbe work done at tbe Mint, in
Philadelphia, is said to be the best in the world,
notwithstanding these disadvantages. This
should be recognized by Congress becanso of
the likelihood tbat even belter results could
be got at less expense, comparatively: much
more coinage could be efficiently and more
safely handled, and this could bo done with
better system.
There is scarcely, The Dispatch corre
spondent has been assured, a space of ten
square feet in tbe building tbat can be applied
to any other purpose than that for which it is
now used. The entire basement is filled with
machinery and workmen who are obliged to
labor the whole day with artificial light and in
the unwholesomeness of subterranean sur
roundings. PERSONAL POINTS.
General Early has been the chief con
tributor to the Leo monument fund at Rich
mond, Va.
The Prince of Wales is an expert type
writer, and his dozen secretaries bave all been
supplied with machines.
The Hon. A. W, Tenney will, on Wednes
day evening next, givo a reception at bis Brook
lyn residence in honor of Mr. Murat Halstead.
It is recorded tbat at Atlantio City on Sun
day last Mrs. G rover Cleveland went to church,
joined in the singing, and paid close attention
to tbe sermon.
Dr. Joseph Jones, of New Orleans, is col
lecting material for a Confederate medical and
surgical history of the war. It will be a collec
tion of hospital reeords.
Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro is writing for a
German scientific journal a valuable paper
upon the language of the Tupi race, the princi
pal Indian tribe of Brazil.
Rider Haooabd contemplates an early
visit to the Rocky Mountains with a view to
writing a story based upon certain prehistoric
ruins which are said to exist tbeie.
In a prominent bookstore at Hartford, Conn.,
one may see a sign: "Bibles, Prayer Books,
Hymnals SI;" and close by another: "Orations
and After-Dinner Speeches of Chauncey M.
Depew S2 50.
Thomas A. Edison recently visltod a West
ern city and remained there a week under an
assumed name without having his identity
discovered. He was biding his light under a
bushel, as it were.
Mary Anderson bas written to a friend In
Louisville confirming the report of her engage
ment to marry young Mr. Navarro, and she
adds that she will never accept another
theatrical engagement while she lives.
Mrs. James A. Garfield and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Stanley Brown, tbo lattor of whom is Mrs.
Garfield's daughter, visited the White House
yesterday morning for tbe first time since the
death of President Garfield, and were received
in the Red Parlor by President and Mrs. Har
rison and Mrs. McKee.
The statue of Theodore D. Woolsey, at
Yale, will probably be erected next year, and
will stand on tbe campus near the entrance to
tbe new library. It will be of heroic size, and
with the pedestal will be about 16 feet high. It
will represent the great educator sitting in a
Greek chair, clad in his robes as a Yale Presi
dent. THE MUD EXPL0REES.
Tbey Strike Good Roads In Mercer County
and Proceed on Their War.
From the Greenville Advance Argus.
The "Pittsburg: Dispatch country road
exploring party" struck Sandy Lake and spent
Sabbath at tbe Central. The party consisted of
Mr. L. E. Stoflel, reDorter. Herbert E. King,
photographer, and George Strong, driver. We
found them a courteous and pleasant company.
In answer to our question, "What do you think
of the country roads of Mercer county?" Mr.
Stoflel said: "You have the best roads in Mer
cer county tbat we have struck yet. The peo
ple hare agitated this question and we find
.tbey bave been using road machines, and are
away ahead of Lawrence, Butler and Beaver
counties in this particular. How far have you
driven up to date? In the neighborhood of 250
miles."
Monday morning they left for Franklin: from
there tbey go to Meadville;Meadville to Erie,
and Erie to Warren. Then down tbe Alle
gheny Valley, taking in Forest, Clarion, Jeffer
son and Armstrong counties. Then southeast
across the southern ridge of the Alleghenlcs
to Philadelphia. Tbey were evidently out for
business, not pleasure, as their rig was an or
dinary Studebaker wagon, not the least sug
gestive ot easo.
A Rnrnl Personal.
From the Elk Democrat.",
"Whisky Lou," one of the oldest tramp
printers in the "profession," and well known
throughout New xork ana Pennsylvania, called
Monday.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
The President bas attached bis name to the
World's Fair hill. Chicago will now proceed with
the circus.
Joe Jefferson says If ho were placed in
the center of Boston and had a compass large
enough be "would drawaclrcle including an area
of four miles, and say that within that circle
there is more intelligence, refinement and cnlture
than In any other similar area in the United
States." Joe made tbe above Statement before he
visited Pittsburg.
There are at tbe present time 13 men who
are skirmishing for the gubernatorial nomination
of Texas. Owing to is being an unlucky number,
12 of them are going to get left.
In Isabella county, Mich., a chicken that had
seen IS winters and as many summers pass over
its bead, was killed and sent to Detroit as a
"springer." A gontleman who tackled a piece of
it claimed that it was tough .
A new paper has been started in Indianap
olis called tbe Jiam't Horn, If there Is anything
in a name it will certainly be a crooked affair.
Me. Petek Jackson accepts the offer to
meet John L. Sullivan In San Francisco. If the
two pugnacious gentlemen will only pummel
themselves so that they will find a home In a hos
pital for an Indefinite period, a handsome purse
will no doubt be promptly raised by a generous
people.
All the world seems to be on a strike or in a
striking humor. Word comes from Paris that the
gravedlggers are threatening to strike on the
long hours they are compelled to put in. It's a
grave subject.
Bishakck will go to Vienna about May 1 to
take tulphur baths. Mr. Ingersoll will take his
snlphur baths later on.
The New York Stat prisons have only 48
cells unoorupled. but It will not be many davs be
fore they are filled if Justice Is meted out to her
aldermen, deputy sheriffs and other ev,ll doers,
GEondE W. Peck has aflrst-class chanuo for
a suit for damages. Lloyd's London H'fy fyies
says that Mr, Peck, the well-known newspaper
writer and humorist, ha been tlaeted Mayor ot
Salt Lake City. What the humorist ha done to
deserve this is past finding oqt. ,
METROPOLITAN LIFE.
True Inwardness of the Cleveland-Dana-Palitzor
Row A Sensible City Dog
How Tom Ochiltree Korp IHmself
Before tlio Public Slot Mnchlno Rob
bery A Wrecked Minstrel.
rconmsroHDEcB or thi dispatch. i
JyTEW YORK, April 2& The recent row of the
Sun and Mr. Cleveland presents a curious
feature not immediately on tbe surface. If it
were not for the tact that it is tbe outcome of
wbat is now an o Id political quarrel, and is
likely to still bear fruit of a national character,
it would be worth only a passing notice. In
short, it would be but a personal squabble bay
ing public interest alone in tbe prominence of
tbe principals. But there is beneath the
surface motives in which tbe whole
country is Interested. In spite of tho
bitter hostility to Mr. Cleveland in the
rank and file of bis own party be looms up at
this time as tbe probable choice of tbo next
National Democratic Convention for the Pres
idental nomination. To say this prominence
alarms the political jobbers who are opposed to
him is putting it mildly. Thoy are literally
torn with secret rage. They will leave no
stone unturned to insure his permanent retire
ment. Mr. Dana has made it a personal mat.
ter with Mr. Cleveland for a long time, though
Dana represents only tho small body of his
party who work -openly and above-board hi
their hostility. It is tbe covert stabs, such as
the World deals Mr. Cleveland in the exagger
ated and venomous interviews in which the ex
President is represented as indulging in Mott
street billingsgate that the friends of Mr.
Cleveland most detest. Although the ITorW
retracts editorially and throws tho responsibil
ity for the malicious misrepresentation upon a
reporter, the stinger remains in the flesh not
less effective for being apologized for.
In tbe publication the World made a double
play, striking two enemies out- There is no
damage dono Mr. Cleveland In New York be
cause of these attacks, open or covert. There
is no city in the Union in which tbe big news
papers bave so little influence on tbe local
community, politically. Whether they are lor
Cleveland or against blm, as all of them bave
been, except tbe Sun, wbich alone bas been
consistently antagonistic, it seems to make no
difference. Hefgets along jnst the same. In
lact. be seems to have done better politically
when every Democratic newspaper in New
York was trying to rip him up front and rear.
When they turned in for the first time and, ex
cept Dana, unanimously whooped him up. he
got left for tbe first time. After that ex
perienco it is a matter of some curi
osity as to wbat they are going to do
in the coming campaign. Tho recent
exhibition indicates tbat so far a Mr. Cleve
land Is concerned the World will join with the
Sun against him. Perhaps this will injure Mr.
Cleveland's political chances, perhaps it will
not. The fact of tbe combination indicates the
chances are supposed to exist.
Business at Both Ends.
Qnb of the happiest strokes in journalism
from the box-office point of view was the
World's prize for the best idea. Plenty of men
can bo hired to write who can write well, but
tbe demand for new ideas is increasing and ex
hausting. The wear and tear on the editorial
mind comes in at this point. I am told that of
the 10,000 ideas of how to make a paper sell
which flooded the World office, tbat paper got
nearly a thousand clever schemes, several hun
dred of which are practical. Tbe paper paid
for two the rest it got for nothing.
They were laid aside carefully, scheduled
for future use. Its readers will be
fed on them from time to time
as they can stand it. Another similar scheme
is to be worked in the prize offered by the same
paper for the best play. Tbe prize is the ex.
Sense of bringing it out at a prominent tbeater
ere: No doubt a number of good plays will
be submitted, which will be worth a good deal
of money to a machine playwright. Only one
will be paid for. This is wbat the other papers
call "Prize Package Journalism," and it makes
them turn green with envy to think tbey missed
such a glorious scheme to get something for
nothing.
A Metropolitan Dog Story.
AT tbe corner of Broadway and Thirty-third
street a man and a dog sit some days and
beg. Tbe man is blind the dog la very much
awake. Sometimes tbe man bas something to
sell ranged on tbe little tray on bis lap.
The man can't seo what you take
but tbe dog's business comes in here. He not
only looks after bis helpless master's stock, but
watches very sharply after tbe change. There
are a good many loaf ers usually hanging around
that corner, and the other day a few of these
young hoodlums thought they'd have some fun.
They'd fool that dog. Some of them undertook
to exchange a button for a pencil instead of tbe
usual nickel, while the rest looked on and
laughed. Well, they had some fun; for the dog
grabbed the fellow by the arm so quickly, and
with such an evidently business grip, tbat he
was scared half to death. The pencil dropped
from bla hand, the shaggv cashier dropped his
hold, picked it up and laid it ou tbe tray again,
all tbe time looking daggers at the grinning
gang. 1 was very much amused at the way tbe
blind man's companion took his revenge out of
the first dog tbat came along. It happened to
bo a little skye terrier, with a blue ribbon
around its neck, aud a 80-year-old girl at tbe
end ot the ribbon. Poor, innocent little doggy!
His mistress probably bas his back iu soak yet,
Tom Ochiltree's Great Nerve.
Tt is formally announced by Colonel Tom
Ochiltree that he will stand for Congress
in the Spinola district, this city. If tbat isn't
the very essence of gall, I don't know where to
look for it. Perhaps this is another Texas
joke liko tbat which sent Tom to Congress
from the Lone Star State. A well-known Texan
told me recently that it is a fact that Ochiltree
was put up as tbe worst pill his constituents
could swallow as a joke to get even with party
managers who were at the time running tbe
Galveston campaign. The Utter had divided
tbo opposition and were so confident of win
ning that, they considered Tom in the same
light as tbe lady did her pet monkey. They
thought they'd bave a little sport out of him
before thoy gave him away. But, bless you,
Tom took it in doad earnest and made the can
vass, and got there, too.
In Congress he had one solitary streak of
sense tbat was abown in keeping his month
shot, something tbat many other Congressmen
with some brains might with credit learn to
imitate. But Tom had the knack of Frank
Lawler, John O'Neill and other Congressional
nincompoops of keeping his name before the
public All the ridicule piled on him by the
newspaper correspondents ran off of 'him like
water from a duck's back. When the boys
wanted a father for a tough yarn tbey chose
Tom Ochiltree. In that way he got the repu
tation at once of being a great story-teller and
a great liar. He gracefully accepted therolo
bo marked out for nim, but ne never dared go
back to Texas where they knew him in the one
character. This renutation followed here and
is bis bank account. It has pnt blm in
line with many a good dab dinner along with
the brightest of wits and noblest of men in
politics and literature. On these occasions be
follows tbe rule laid down for himself In Con
gress. He keeps quiet and lies as low as "Brer
Rabbit." In almost every other city except
New York a gambling tout and champagne
corker of this character would be too ridiculous
a figure to even mention for Congress, but bere
heavens) think of the Tim Camnbells and
Morrisseyswbo have represented New York at
Wasblngtonl Heretofore, however, they have
represented Democratic. constituencies,
s
The Woman and the Slot Machine.
tN front of the grocery on Ninth avenue
where I trade the coin of tbe realm for
sugar and greens, stands a machtne like those
around Central Park that will weigh you for a
penny in the slot. It has no conneotlon
with tho grocery bnslness, though it will tell
your weight before buying and after buy
ing If you so desire. The nurses
and children are the great patrons of these slot
machines. A day or two ago I saw a plump
little woman iu sober black climb on this one
and climb ell again, very red in the face. As a
half grown dtlver of one of the delivery wagons
b acked op to tbe enrb, she tackled him:
"Wbat do you keep this machine standing
here fort To fool peoplef
"Ma-a-arof" gasped the boy.
Qf cunrae. vou think it's funny. I 'gnoso."
she retorted Indignantly, and she stepped for
ward as it about to slap him. The boy drew a
sober face in a moment and stammered some-,
thing about tbe business of the machine.
"I? to weigh people, is itT Indeed!"
'You put a penny in J'
"1 bave put a penny in and I want that peony
back, too, right awavl It don't work!"
"Wbat don't work J" asked the boy, probably
for wanting other words.
"Wbat why the machine, stupid! Yon don't
'spose it's the telegraph pole!"
I I don't know notbln' 'bout it," said the
boy. He glanced uneasily toward the store but
tbe grocer's clerks had disappeared, shut tbe
door and were at that moment viewing the
scene from behind the plate glass.
"Well. I know." she cried, "and you ought to
know! You're a lotofcbeatal I put in a penny
and got on according to instructions and it
don't weigh, and I want my cent, that's what I
know!"
The boy made a plunge for the door and dis
appeared., Tbe lrataiutl woman hesitated a.
moment, as u aooutvo iouow mga sue cuss
contemptuous glance at me and went away
grumbling at "the nasty old machine."
Tbe grocer says "that bloody slot must be
moved" away from his front forthwith.
I'nst Plrnsnres Ills Only Heritage.
T meet Billy Birch, the old-time minstrel, on
Broadway nearly every afternoon. Billy's
face has been seen "ou the end" by nearly
every theatergoer in the country. He hangs
around tbe Bijou Theater now most of these
sunny davs enjoying the society of the newer
generation. Billy is portly, white-haired and
lame. He says one of his confounded legs
seems to be older than the other. It Is the one
be used to bang the lamborine on while Charley
Backus held up the other wing ot tho circle.
Birch is chuck full of stories of the stage and
road stories tbat bo tells with great gusto.
What a story of life snch a man could tell if be
could use a pen as well as be can use bis tongue.
Birch and Backus were tho two most popular
end men who ever traveled. Poor Backus was
shot down on Broadway years ago, while Birch
lingers, a poor man. too old to work and too
jolly and vigorous to die.
CHARLES T. MUBBAT.
THE ITALIAN PASTEK.
Witnesses Say lie Comes Out of It In Better
Condition Than Tnnner.
ST CABLI TO Till DISrATCU.l
London, April 28. Giovanni Succi, the little
Italian who bas been fasting for 40 days at the
Aquarium, took his first meal, consisting of a
spoonful of bouillon, this afternoon in the
presence of a great crowd of spectators. He
was not a pleasing spectacle, although his
physical condition Is wonderful. In view
of the circumstance that be bas subsisted en
tirely npon water for 40 days. Ho has been very
carefully watched night and day by two com
mittees of physicians from Westminster Hos
pital, who arc positive tbat be bas consumed
nothing but water during tbe 40 days with tbe
exception of a littlo elixir containing no nutri
ment to allay abdominal pains. Sued
has lost 30 pounds during his fast,
but though tho skin upon his forehead
is like wrinkled parchment and bis cheeks fall
between bis high cheekbones and lower jaw,
and the lines of his face are drawn down and
haggard, be walks firmly and bas a muscular
grip as strong as it was six weeks ago. At tbe
conclusion of tbe fast his temperature was
normal at 97.6 Fahrenheit, pulse 68, respira
tion 18 and lung capacity 1,450 cubic centi
meters. His weight was 93 pounds 4 ounces,
the loss since the day before being 11 ounces.
He bas maintained almost evenly from the
first to last bis normal temperature. The tem
perature of bis body at starting, on tbe 17th of
March, was 98.8 degrees Fahrenheit; it was re
duced to 98 degrees at the end ot tbat month,
after wbich it remained about 97.4 degrees. His
pulse began at 92, fell on the second day to 78,
rose on the third to 82, and fell to 53 on tbe 20th
ot March. Since then it has oscillated between
53 and 02, tbe lowest, 2, being registered on the
20th. His muscular grip began at 49 and ends
at 51 kilogrammes, and In the Interval
has oscillated between 46 and 49. HI
lung capacity began at 2,000 cubic centimeters,
and in a week had dropped to 1,550. His height
before the fast was 6 feet 5 inches; it is now 5
feet 4 Inches, a loss of 1 inch, dub mainly to tbe
shrinkage of the cartilages between the verte
bra;. Tbe people who saw Dr. Tanner at the
conclusion of his 40 days' fast say tbat Sued
has come out of the test in 100 per cent better
condition than the American taster. Tbe
Italian bas fasted several times for 20 or 30
days, but never before for so long as 40 days.
He has drank Between a pint and a pint and a
half of water per day.
Ilenrl'a Prediction.
From the St. Lonls Republic.
In bis speech before the Old Hickory Clnb at
Little Rock, Mr. Watterson predicted that Mr.
Cleveland would be the next nominee of tbe
Democratic party, and that Governor Hill
would place him in nomination. We see no rea
son whatever why Governor Hill should be ac
corded this distinction.
Nat Days of Grace.
From the Buffalo Express.
It is understood that the Legislature has de
cided to adjourn on May 9. This would be a
mistake. Both Houses can get through with
their work early next week. The longer a leg
islative session is drawn out the more likely is
it to wind np in a blaze of politics and jobbery.
Francis Murphy's Big Boom.
From tbe Omaha World-Herald.
Mr. FranclsMnrphy will have andlenees too
large for the Opera Honse If this discussion
continues. It is a lucky thing for him that tbe
Ministers' Association made a slap at him. He
can well afford to turn tbe other cheek.
A Praiseworthy Decision.
From the New York World.
It is with pleasure that honest citizens of this
State learn that the Legislature has dedded to
disband on the 9th of May. Let us hope that
nothing will occur to change this praiseworthy
decision.
Modesty of Silver Men.
From tbe Philadelphia Press.
The modesty of the radical silver men Is
touching. They don't want the earth. They
are willing to take the land and leave the water
for the rest of the folks.
STATE POLITICS.
THE Tltusvillo American Citizen hoists the
namo of Robert E. Pattlson for Governor at
the bead of its editorial page.
Altoona Tribune: We are glad to see that
Chairman Andrews hag invited the members of
the Republican State Committee to study the
subject of ballot reform, and that the next
State Convention is likely to declare in Its
favor.
Norristown Herald: It Is often alleged
that the party In power in any particular State
Is opposed to ballot reform. This does not
apply to Pennsylvania Republicans. The
State Committee indorses the bill which New
York Democrats reject, and It wilt become a
law next winter, without doubt.
Meadville Messenger: There will be a hot
contest in Erie county for delegates to the
State Convention, and it is probable that some
boodle will be distributed. The friends of
Stone aro determined to break the Delamater
slate arranged by Andrews. Bnt the Crawford
county bosses dedare tbat Erie is "fixed."
Philadelphia Press: The Democratic
State Executive Committee will meet at Har
risburg on April SO, when tbe time for the State
Convention will be fixed. There is a good deal
of Democratic sentiment in favor of holding
tbe convention very soon after the Republican
nominations are made, and as no speolal time
Is required for tbe notice, it is probable that
some day early in Jnlv will be named.
On. Cmr Derrick: Emery is doing no harm
to anybody except himself, by circulating the
expurgated, revised and interlined edition of
his speech made at Bradford. Republicans
know him and his motives. Tba Democrat
aro mad because he made his fight on Dela
mater alone, and docs not come out like Charles
S. Wolfe did in 1882, against "the whole ma
chine." Politically be is neither fish, flesh nor
good red herring.
WHAT I LIVE FOB.
I lire for thoso who lave me.
Whose hearts are zlnd and true,
For the heaven that smiles above me
And waits my spirit, too;
For all human ties that bind me.
For the task by Ood assigned me.
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn tbelr story
Who've suffered for my sake.
To emulate thelrglory.
And follow in their wake;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
Tbe noble of all ages.
Whose deeds erown history's pages
Apd Time's grest volume make.
I live to hall that season
By girted minds foretold.
When man shall live by reason
And not alone by gold:
When man to man united.
And every wrong thing righted.
The wbnle world shall be lighted
As Eden wa of old,
i
I lire to hold commnnlon
With all that 1 divine.
To feel that there is union
'Twlxt nature' heart and mine;
To profit by affliction.
Heap truth from fields of Action,
Grow wlier from conviction
Fulfilling Uod's design.
1 live for those who love mc,
For those who know me true.
For tin heaven that smiles above Bit,
And wait my spirit, too;
For the cause that lack assistance,
For the wrongs that need reslstanes,
For the'fnture la ths distance.
V AM tsw good that 1 can do.
aat m. cao no. . ug
'-Pr.a: MmltHt SanUM
'CUKI0US CUKDE3SATI0K8.
Mayor-elect Eucker, of San Jose, is
only 25 years of age.
San Francisco shipped eight Chinese
lepers home last week, leaving six all white
In her hospital.
Fool burglars spent two sleepy hours
drilling a hole in a SturgiJ, MIcIl, safe which
wasn't locked.
A cotemporary, which has been look
ing Into the matter, reports that fewer daily
papers are published in Boston now than in
1816.
The submarine boat Goubet, in its last
trials at Cberbonrgb, cut the cablos of five
buoys, catting some of them while at fall
speed.
The Sapreme Court of tbe United States
is three years behind in lis business, which Is
piling up at a rate tbat is likely to set the court
still further in arrears.
It is reported that in the past 15 months
71,000 negroes have left North Carolina. It is
stated tbat this estimate is mads on reliable
data and vpon careful Investigation.
John MoFadden was plowing a field
near Ventura when he unearthed a portion of
an ancient coat of mail. Although the find
was rusy it was easily seen to be tbe breast
plate of an armor.
Sedro, on the Skagit, "Wash., is four
months old and bas about 40 houses. It will
soon bavo a national bank and a fine hotel
three stories hizb, 50x94 feet is to be com
pleted within GO days.
A Parsons, Kan., produce man says
that Kansas eggs stand much higher in the
Eastern markets than Missouri rggs. The
hens in tbe latter State are smaller and inferior
in every way to those in Kansas.
The directors of the Provincial Bank of
Ireland have issued a decree that no clerk In
their employ receiving less than 150 a year
shall be allowed to marry. A Mmilar rule is in
force in some of tbe principal London banks.
During 1889 the Auditor of Montana
signed warrants for bounties to the amount ot
(3.099. The following is the roll of victims:
2,827 coyotes. 960 wolves, 101 wildcats. 5 moun
tain lions, 77 bears and 54 lynxes. Total, 4,090
animals.
The biggest edible oysters in the world
are found at Port Lincoln, In South Australia.
They are sometimes mors than a foot across
the shell, and the oyster fits the shell 10 well he
does not leave much margin. It is also said
that their flavor and delicacy are proverbial.
In readmitting a disbarred attorney to
practice, on petition of 87 members of the Cum
berland bar in Portland the other day. Judge
Walton remarked that it was tbe first instance
in the history ot the Maine courts where a dis
barred lawyer bad been restored to his former
privileges.
The record for the largest amount of
butter produced by a covin one year has been
broken by a cow owned by D. F. Appleton, o
Ipswicb, Mass., who, with three days to spare,
prodnced 941 pounds 11 ounces. The previous
record was 936 ponnds 1S ounces, held by
Landseer's Fancy, owned by Dr. William Mor
row, of Nashville, Tenn.
An Augusta citizen took a queer way
to collect a bill lately. He went to a man who
owed him 15 for board and asked for the
loan of his watch to wear to his, tbe landlord's,
wedding. After that event he did not return
the article, and the owner went to the police
station to make a complaint. An Investigation
brought out tbe board bill and a settlement
was effected.
A petition is being circulated among the
students ot the Georgia State University, the
object of which is to change tbe custom of
making Saturday a half holiday and carry on
tbe regular recitations through tbat day and
make Monday a holiday instead. As it is now,
students are compelled to study on Sunday in
order to prepare for their Monday's recita
tions. Notlong ago a Florida minister went to
Perry county to hold services and soon after
arriving at the church an old ben jumped out
from under his .buggy seat, and went away
cackling at a high pitch. Tbe man was some
what surprised at carrying a ben to preaching,
and was greatly surprised when a crowd of boys
went to tho baggy to look for tbe hen nest, and
found two eggs and a bottle of whisky under
the seat.
State Entomologist Lintner, of New
York, has received from a lady at Au Sable
Forks samples of a peculiar fly "which frost
Cannot kill." He says: "They have been living
by thousands all the winter on the windows of
a room without fire. She first saw them eight
years ago, and each year since then they bare
made their appearance, first on the brick wall
outside, in tbe month of August, and later in
the house, and always in this one room.
Obstinate nose bleeding is frequently
one of ths most difficult things to check
Several aggravated cases have lately occurred
at the hospital of the University of Pennsyl
vania. As a last resort Dr. D.Hayes Agnew
tried ham fat with great result. Two large
cylinders of bacon were forced well into tbe
nostrils and tbe hemorrhage ceased at once.
This is a very simple remedy, and one wbich
should be remembered for cases of emergency
in tbe country.
James M. Rice, a farmer living in Indi
ana, Is trying tbe experiment of raising wild
geese and ducks. He bas a half dozen of each,
wbich be bas on ppnds on bis farm. Tbey were
caught on tbe Kankakee river last fall, and
be keeps their wings clipped. Tbey have be
come quite tame, but it remains to be seen
whether tbey will become thoroughly domesti
cated and breed. Two wild ducks have been
living on an adjoining farm for three years, but
have never reared any young.
A school boy in Edinburgh scalded his
left leg and foot from knee to toes so badly
that the skin peeled off, and the flesh ulcerated.
There being no signs of healing, tba surgeon
obtained a greyhound puppy, seven days old,
chloroformed it to death, shaved its body
closely, skinned It and with the skin grafted
tba akin of tbeboysoas to cover all the ulcer
ated spots. Tho result was surprising. Ths
leg rapidly healed, and when the patient was
discharged, "the color of the grafted skin was
uniform, and very similar to that of the normal
akin."
An inquest recently held in Calcutta on
the body of a wealthy Hindoo disdosed a enri
ous custom. The deceased had suffered from
malarial fever, and after bis death arsenle and
mercury were dUeovered in the itomaob. A
servant stated that an hour before the death of
the deceased a dose of medicine properly pre
scribed was administered as a stimulant. The
Coroner explained that this medielne contained
mercury, which, along with other poisonous
drugs, is given to a patient on the point of
deth. The Jury returned a verdict of deati
from natural causes, to wit, malarial fever,
SOMETHING: TO LAUGH AT,
"Ssree, whatyo gib de baby a button to
play wld for.' Doan yo' know be U'ble to (waller
ltmndklllheself?"
"Yes: but I done tied a strlcg onto It."
Harper's Bazar.
Able Editor I notice that you never
write anything about men getting drunk and
having the tremens.
Humorist No, lr.
Why not?"
'1 hive had 'em myself." CMeago Inttr
Oetan. "Doesn't that man Jtnow there's typhoid
fever In that housef " said one cltlien to another.
1 'I suppose not; he goes la a If he wasni ( la tba
least apprehensive."
"Why doesn't somebody warn bun?"
"Ob, be' a detective. Nobody Is afraid he will
catch anything, "Washington. Pof,
"Maria,"
"Yes. Tom."
"Maria I-ah."
"Yes. Tgm."
"Uarla, do you-that is"
"Ye. Tom."
o, will you marry me!"
Yes, Tom. That la the fourth time I've said.
It- I knew what you were driving at all the
time." Sew Xork Herald.
It was in a sleeping car, and they thought
that everyone else was asleep. Probably every
one had been, but they woke me.
When I was enough awake to notice whazwas
going on, I heard her;
"Well, Idon'tcarc. Ithlnfc you're real mean.
AH I want-"
"Yes," broke inhe, "allyou want now Is the
last word, same as yon always have, ain't it?"
'Yes; and I'll have it, tool" spitefully.
"You wou'tl"
"Bee if I don't,"
"All right."
'All right It is."
"Have to m.ok every word Iiay, doa'tygujit
"Heavens, no? You never. say anything wortk
repeating."
"Why do you echo me, thent"
'I don't!"
"You dot"
"I dqn.U"
"Shut up!"
"Iwon'tl"
"Ugfc!" And there vu a noise like a man
tumbling into his berth. ' -
Then we heard, rather softly, a If talklag te
herseiri. VI ld.l'd-iivtUie last word, and I
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