w-ZMmm i-a-afcLr JJtf ? 1V-'Sgr Rfc psr wftr ??f?7 ? THE -PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, ' 1890. Iff' m ft' 1 '- I : I tr ti rV - ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. IMS. Vol.45, .No. S2.-Entcrc(? at Pittsburg I'nstofuce. November li, 1S7. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 76, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. Eastern Advertising Office, Kooxn 46, Tribune Building, New York. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Erenlano's, 5 Union Square, J'cw York, and 17 Axe. fie VOpera, Paris. Prance, and 4J Strand, London, Eng.. where anyone xcho has been disappointed at a hotel nctcs stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rORTAGE rr.EE IS TI1E USITED 6TATZS. DAH.T OKFATCn, One Year. I 00 Daily UifPATcn, PerQnarter 2 00 DAILY DISPATCH, One Mouth .. JO Dailt Dispatch, Inclucingfcunday, lvcar. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, lncludingSunday.Sm'ths. 150 Daily DisrATCH. lncludlngfcunday.lmonth 90 SUSPAT DlSPATcn, One Year 150 M'ekkly Dispatch, One Year 123 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered bv carriers at cenucer neck, or Including fcunday edition, at CO cents per week. PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. ArR. SO, lSSO JeSTThe BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH has been removed to Corner of Smilhfield and Diamond Streets. CALLING A HALT. The President's veto of the bill for a pub lic building at Dallas, Tex., proceeds, in ad dition to showing the mysterious doubling of the cost of the building between the in troduction of the bill and its passage, on the lines pointed out in these columns the other day. The President, after stating that the loca tion of public buildings goes by favor under the present system, expresses himself as ap proving of a consistent system which would locate the buildings in accordance with the needs of postal traffic In the absence of any such general law as is needed, and in view of the anticipated rednctioa of reve nues, he finds it necessary to call a halt on the profuse distribution of the surplus in this form. It might have been better policy, as avoiding the charge of sectional partiality, if the President had chosen some Northern city ior his first veto on this score. There are certainly abundant opportunities for vetoes of building bills which the Northern Congressmen have log-rolled through or are about to. Sioux Palls, Soath Dakota, where it is proposed to expend $250,000; Cedar Bapids, Iowa, where the amount is 5200,000; Portland, Oregon, where it is 5000,000, and any one of a dozen others where the appropriation is far in excess of the needs of population and traffic would lave afforded as good opportunities for stop ping the building raids without arousing partisan feeling by making a Southern city the first victim. Nevertheless, it is satisfactory to perceive that the President has come to the conclu sion that the raids on tne surplus must stop. A few more veto messages may force that salutary idea into the Congressional mind. THE QUESTION OF VISIBLE PRE&ENCE. The rule of counting as present members of a legislative body who are actually pres ent in the body, though they may make a vigorous effort to be absent in their minds, came up in the Senate yesterday. Senator Sherman upheld the claim that when Sen ators are visibly present they are actually present, as the common sense rule; which is the view that The Dispatch has held, provided the rule to that effect is regularly and properly enacted. But the Senator weakened his position by proposing to ex cept from the rule Senators who are paired; which is equal to suspending the correct rule in order to let the practice by which Senators shirk their duties without injury to party measures go on uninterrupted. Probably the Senator thought he could afford to do this, for the reason that he has not, like that other Presidental quantity in the House, previously put himself on record as claiming that the right of members to de clare themselves absent is a great constitu tional safeguard. A FINE DRAWN POINT. The legal Doint on which a writ of habeas corpus for Kemmler has been taken from the United States courts is so fine drawn as to be almost beyond the compre hension of the ordinary mind. It is, in brief, that while the New York Court of Appeals has held that electrical execution prescribed by the Legislature indicates the enactment of that body this is not a cruel or unusual punishment, the United States i i Courts may go back of the act and investi gate for themselves whether the punishment is cruel or not. This raises a rather alarming question as to the method of the investigation. No certain knowledge can exist as to the pain lessness, or the reverse, of death by elec tricity, except with those who have experi enced it. Do the counsel for the appelant propose that the United States Judges shall learn for themselves whether this method of punishment is unusual or not? "We hope not Even if their' devotion to impartial justice should carry them to that length, the futility of the investigation would ap pear very plainly in their inability to hand down any decision after the test was ended. It is not likely that the writ of habeas corpus will do much lor Kemniler, except to lengthen his life by delay. If the influ ence, whatever it may be, which is fighting this execution, proposes to carry the matter to the United States Supreme Court, Kemm ler may still.be living when men who are now free from all fear of death are in their graves. DOUBLE-DECKED CARS. One of the features which our enterprising Philadelphia cotemporaries are trying to get introduced into that city's streets are double-decked cars on the street lines. The time is recalled when many of the street cars carried upper tiers of seats, which dur ing summer weather were much enjoyed for the free circulation of air and the elevation above the noise and dust of the streets. The fact that the root seats on city stage lines are very popular is also pointed out as indicating the public approval of such a change. The old two-storied street cars were abandoned, we believe, because they made too heavy a load for horse power ex cept on the easier grades. But with the cable lines the extra load on the cars is a bagatelle, while by such a means as this the seating capacity of their cars could be doubled with a very attractive feature for cummer. If the cable lines wish to make trips on their lines an attraction for summer let them consider the feasibility of putting Tipper decks on their cars. WALL STREET'S DECLINE. A fury striking indication of a decided change that has taken place in the business of the financial center of the nation is af forded by some figures recently published in a New York paper under the sensational held, "Wall Street is Dyingl" This wayof putting it need not arouse any fear that the capital of that monetary quarter is defunct, or that its business of furnishing the means of commercial movements is dying out But it is shown that there is a gradual decay of the business of furnishing speculation inse curities, which, however it may be regarded at large, partakes of the bitterness of death to the Wall street brokers. The extent to which this decay has gone is shown by the fact that, while the transac tions in railway shares from 1880 to 1887 in clusive, averaged a little over 100,000,000 shares annually, the sales in 1888 and 18S9 were 61,000,000 and 62,000,000 respectively. This decrease of 40 per cent is not due to any lack of general prosperity. Commercial movements are larger than ever, and rail road earnings are unsurpassed in gross volume. The simple fact is that people have to that extent stopped speculating, and the commissions which Wall street reaped from speculators are cut down in exactly the same proportion. Of course the reason why the speculation is diminishing is not hard to discover. When we reflect on the way in which the great manipulators have playea with the watered stocks and bonds that are used for specula tion, so as to make a great profit out of the public on each move, the only wonder is that the public nid not quit in disgust long ago. ilie obvious tact is mat tne geese arc either all plucked clean, or have become so familiar with the game as to keep clear of it With legitimate industry earning good returns the country at laree need not regret the decline of speculation or the dimin ished revenues of Wall street The public will be just so much better off for the de crease. IMPERIAL CONCILIATION. The eccentricities of the young Emperor of Germany have furnished the topic for an immense amount of gossip, but the latest report of his intentions will, it corroborated, make his course appear in the light of wild insanity to the selfish statesmanship of En rope. But it may be taken as the highest policy by enlightened civilization. That is the intimation that, for the sake of ad vancing the disarmament of Europe, he is preparing proposals for reconciliation with France, which will, if necessary, include the independence of Alsace and Lorraine from German rule. This report is in line with some expres sions of the Emperor which were made to the French delegates to the Berlin Labor Congress. If such a policy should be taken by the young Emperor it would strike Eu rope dumb with its unprecedented disregard of ordinary motives, and would be hardly less astounding lroni its utter reversal of all that was expected from him at the time of his accession. It was then lreely predicted that his hunger for fame would plunge Eu rope into war. If, instead of that, he should attain fame by a policy of territorial Gen erosity, which is without example in modern history, and which would leave Europe no room for continuing its present armed truce, it would be a historic example of the saying that "it is the unexpected that happens." No European monarch has given away any territory freely and without compulsion since the days of chivalry. It is wholly be yond the principles or precedents of modern statecraft to do such a thing. The grim Chancellor, whose idea of blessedness was expressed in his paraphrase: "Seati pessi- dentes," could never conceive of a policy which does not hold with an iron grip all that is gained by diplomacy or war. Yet if such a step were taken, freely and out of good will for the peace of Europe, it is by no means certain that it would not be a higher and truer policy than Bismarck ever could conceive. The Emperor Frederick is reported to have foreseen that the absorption of con quered territory from France would always be a firebrand in Europe. While Germany holds these provinces they are a threat to France. While France has that reminder of her humiliation on her boundaries it is a threat to Germany. With that cause of fear and dislike constantly present, the disarma ment of either nation is an impossibility. It is far from certain that the impulsive German monarch has gone any further in this direction than the profession of a will ingness to be magnanimous. "But if he should prove that hiH idea of relieving the laboring masses of Europe was so strong as to enable him to rise above all the selfish principles of statecraft, and overturn all traditions by generously giving away con quered territory in order to assure Europe of peace, why would it not be the greatest and loftiest statesmanship of two centnries? It would be greater than any achievement of Napoleon's; for Napoleon's was the genius of inspired selfishness. It would be a higher policy than the aggrandisement secured by Bismarck and Von Moltke; for theirs was simply the science of grim and heavyhanded force. The young monarch who can conquer imperial selfishness, over come the precedents oi European acquisi tiveness, and give away provinces merely for the benefit of humanity, will make a greater conquest and win a higher place in history than any others. The exponent of the genins of giving away, will by his very loneliness be greater in history than the exponents of the genius of grasping. It is to be hoped that the young Emperor will astound Europe, and turn the tables on his critics by some such move as this. But beiore believing that he is going to perform that unequaled act of magnanimity, the world will wait for the publication of the formal propositions. Bishaeck has kept his promise to let the world hear from htm through the newspapers by furnishing a very readable interview with himself. Congratulations are due to the ex Chancellor on baring retired from politics and risen to tbe position of an honorable and useful newspaper man. We notice that many of our esteemed co temporaries are indulging in apprehensions lest tbe banqueting boards which are spread for Stanley in Europe will prove more dangerous to him than tbe jungles ot Africa. The fear is misplaced. Stanley Is as old and wary concern ing the perils of feasts and fluids as with regard to wildernesses and savaces. Having been a New York Herald reporter for many years, it is safe to rely on his ability to stand all the fes tivities which European admirers can prepare for bim; and if these feasts are followed by tbe lists of killed and wounded, it will be found that Stanley is not among those who are first laid out With Lima oil advanced to 35c and Pennsylvania oil down to SI, tbe belief that tbe Ohio production conld never be a factor in the petroleum market is not quite so Arm as it was when tbe Standard organs were preaching it for the Standard purposes. That weather prophet who predicted a great cyclone between April 20 and 25, has not been heard from as claiming a verification. Un deterred by experiences of that sort Hicks comes out with a choice assortment of meteoric changes for May. As be predicts frost for tbe early part of the month, pooplo will be tempted to set out flowers at once. Bat they had better not do it Tbe frost might come later. Europe's coming Hay Day ii causing a great deal of uneasiness in royal circles. There is an ill defined but quite decided fear that labor is going to fix tbat date as the moving day for the monarchs and their favorites. I Mb. Mills' exchange of compliments witb Speaker Reed yesterday was an Indica tion of the warm 'temper which the course of the Republican leader as sumed in the House. While some of Mr. Reed's decisions have been decidedly par tisan, in this caso it seems to be the fact tbat, on the question whether the denial of a member tbat there has been ballot-box stuffing in his district is a question of personal privilege, the Speaker is correct in deciding that it is not, unless tho member ha3 been personally ac cused of participation in tho stuffiiug. If the Republican politicians are not sat isfied with the Republican organs, as reported, they can very easily start another. Bat it will be a much more difficult task to make it a Re publican newspaper. Ex-GovERjfOR Foster states to anin terriower that the Democrats in Ohio are mining tbeir prospects "by legislating Repub licansont ot office ami Democrats in." Having mado this very just criticism of tho partisan ship shown by the Obio Democrats, Mr. Foster naively remarks: "As to national politics, l wait till tbe campaign is made up before I look into the horoscope of tho f nturc" It will bo seen tbat tbe ox-Governor Is pleonastically out no less completely convinced tbat it makes all the difference In tbe world whose ox is gored. The continental way ot preventing labor troubles by arresting Socialists and agitators will probably be as successful as tbe scheme for preventing boiler explosions by sitting on tho safety valve. TnAT story about how the Emperor Wil liam wrote an essay for tbe staff competition, secretly, and Count Waldersee tore the effort to tatters without knowing whose it was, while Caprivi with a shrewd guess at its authorship proved it, is a very interesting explanation of the fact that Waldersee is not now at tbe head of German affairs and Caprivi is. If the Agricultural Department gets no nearer the truth with its weather predictions than with its crop estimates, it will stand in peril of eventually losing both jobs. It is interesting to observe that the Wash ington Post thinks that "shody reform," what ever that may be, gota shaking up in the recent House debate. The esteemed Post is apparent ly oblivious of the fact that this is more than tho spoils system got. That hard-dying system ot public plunder got left, with only 61 votes in the entire House. With Keni ruler's execution postponed, the mutual tirades of the rival destinal sys tems can go on as usual. Mb. Crokeb has telegraphed from Europe a flat and positive denial of tbe chargo tbat he had received large amounts of money from the Grant ring in New York politics. Of course he would deny it. Except in Pennsylvania politics, denials always have to follow charges of that sort, whether they are true or not PEOPLE OF PEOMTNENCE. Elijah Watson, postmaster at Rushville, Mich., has held his office since its establishment in 1812. Mr. CiiAEESON, First Assistant Postmaster General, will early in May bo the dinner cuest of tho Norfolk Club, Boston. Beers is the name of the Austrian sculptor who is credited with discovering a process of molding marble fluid as bronze is molded. GexekalAlger landed in Detroit at the close of the war without a cent and bad to bor row money to pay his board bill. At present he is worth something over 20.000,000. James Patton Scott, son of the ex-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is devoting bis time to tho establishment of one of tbe greatest sugar plantations in tbe South. Lady Arthur Butler, formerly Miss Stager, of Chicago, is the mother of a fine boy two weeks old, who is lieir-presumptivo in tho next generation to tbe titles of the yet childless Marquis of Ormonde. Samuel J. Brotvit, a pension attorney at Philadelphia, presents his claim to being the youngest soldier in the Union array. He en listed as a drummer bov in the Army of the Po tomac when 12 years of age. Mrs. Wauamaker, it is stated, has intro duced a new fad in Washington, and has a class of young ladles meet at her residence twice a week, where a professor of physical grace from abroad teaches them how to walk, to go up and down stairs, to bow, to smile, to make eyes and to dispose of the hands. Edward Bellamy, according to a Boston paper, wrote "Looking Backward" as a satire on Socialism, and was the most astonished man in the world when tbe public made a hero of him. Whether this is true or untrue, tho "Sage of Chicopee" ill not thank the Boston paper for its alleged revelation. Wilkes Booth is again accused of being alive. This tiraeitistbo Morning Express, ot San Antonia, Tex., that makes the accusation. Its Laredo correspondent states that Booth roomed with him for three weeks, and that bis present whereabouts are well known to promi nent parties in Victoria, Tex. Miss Alcott wrote in January, 1S71: "When I had tho youth I had no money; now 1 have tho money I have no time, and when I get the time, if ever I do, I shall have no health to en joy life. I suppose it's the discipline I need; but It's rather hard to love tbe things I do and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley." Yliited tun Old llomestend. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Schenley were out to visit the old Schenley homestead yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Schenley expressed herself as very much delighted with tbe quaint and picturesque features of the place, but remarked also its rather dilapidated condition. Mr. Schenley reviewed the property of his mother, down at tho Point, dnring the morning. Ho is quite desirous of supplementing his meager knowledge of business, and learn the best pos sible thing to be done with the property of tbe estate by an interview with Mr. Andrew Car negie. Lottery Victims. Prom the Kansas City Journal.: A young man who committed suicido re cently in New Orleans, loft a letter to the Louisiana Lottery Company in which he po litely requested that organization to pay his funeral expenses, as he bad lost all bis money buying lottery tickets. But it would be impru dent for the company to comply with tbe re quest If tbe lottery company were to bury all its victims the annual dividend would be greatly reduced. DEATHS OP A DAY. Hon. Jnmei R. McAfee. Greensbubg, Pa., April 29. Hon. James It McAfee, one of the best known Republican poli ticians in the State, died at his home at this place this morning, aged 68 years. He was a" shrewd DOlltlclan. an able lawyer and an aggressive edi torial writer. He fought bard and long at tbe bead orthe Republican partv In this county, and six years ago through bis efforts the Republicans were placed In power. Overtaxed by hard work Mr. McAfees mind gave wav two years ago and he retired. An extended trip to the Pacific coast andajoarncy In the bouth failed to render relief. While walking In the yard recently he fill and his thigh was fractured. He died from the effects. In 1S37 Mr. McAfee was elected Superintendent of of the County Schools, serving three years. He was Transcribing Clerk of the Senate during the session of 1882, and two years later he was made Assessor or Interval Revenue lor the Twenty-first District. Ue was elected to the House of Repre sentatives In 1865, serving four years. He was a delegate to the Chicago Convention that nominated General Grant In 1868. and during the term of Governor Hoyt ho was Depnty Secretary of the Commonwealth. He was fearless and outspoken in his editorial opinions while conducting the Tribune and Herald of this place. He leaves a wife and daughter. 3Ir. Robert McKcnn. Mrs. Robert McEean, motner of Postmaster James McKean, died yesterday morning at her husband's home at McKean station, Washington county. Mrs. McKean was born at Sweetheart Abbey, Dumfries, Scotland, in 1822. She was married In 1843 and with her husband came to thts country in lS50.1ocatlngInWashlngtoncounty. Kor over 23 years she has lived near Lock No. 4. Site was tbe mother of eight children, seven of whom survive her. They are James 8., John C. Andrew C, Robert A.. Wm.lt., Agnesand Mary. Mrs. McKean has been a sufferer Irom an Incura ble disease for several Tears. She was a Presby terian, and, knowing tbat death was before her. faced the Inevitable with calmness and fortitude. Her end was peaceful. She was a woman of dunning disposition and was beloved by all who knew her. She will be sadly missed. THE TOPICAL TALKER, The Kaleidoscope of Humanity In Wash. Ington Tbo Field for a Novelist Howells or Dnndet Magician of the Senate and the Giant In the House. rnoil A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 1 TiyASHINOTON, D. C, April 29. It is tho variety of Washington life that charms most Especially the variety inhumanity. In a wider sense than the words usually mean there is a congress of all the people of the United States in Washington. From what I have seen here I come to tho conclusion tbat it would not be astray from tho truth to say that there is a world's congress almost perpetually in session at Washington. Hotel keepers tell me that in the last two or three years a marked increase in the number ot visitors from Europe and other foreign parts has been noticed in tho capital. About the Capitol I have met dozens of Enclish tourists. Frenchmen, Rus sians, Germans, Italians and Spaniards, and every State and Territory in tho Union sends its quota of sightseers here in this, tbe loveliest of all the seasons, in the beautiful city by the Potomac It is not wonderful that they should come, but they are a wonderful sight when they get here. Tbe greatest curiosities, I mean it in no disre spectful sense, in Washington are those who come to see it. Some may derive exquisito pleasure from tbe contemplation of prehistoric treasures in the Smithsonian Institute, but for me the study of the great tido of humanity. changing every minute and developing In stantly most startling contrasts is infinitely morq agreeable. It need not detract from the observer's 'joy to know that he is making some other observer happy or sad, that he, too, is a fragment in the kaleidoscope's shifting di3k. MATuriALLT the Senate and the Houso of Representatives aro most interesting as exhibitions of nearly every phase of American manhood. They say Mr. Howells endured a year's resi dence in New York trial enough for a Boston martyr in order to give verisimilitude to the telling episode of tho street car strike in "A Hazard of New Fortunes." It would be very good of Mr. Howells for surely there i3 no other novelist to-day who has such skill in the portraiture of American character to drop down upon Washington some day and write a novel witb real Senators and real Representa tives in It, Could he draw the life of the aver age Congressman ? 1 think Mr. Howells could. Ho would have to expurgate and tone down here and there, of course. One need not live a lifetime here to find ont that the legislative end of Washington travels fast and remembers to live by the way. "Dum vivimus, vivamu3 1" is the motto which takes the place of "God Bless Our Home" in tho Congressman's cara vansary. There is need of a true picture or two of Washington life. Mrs. Burnet: painted some of the scenes she saw here with truth and cleverness. A man properly equipped would find a superb field in the congregation of states men ana politicians, righteous men and rob bers, wise and foolish, whom the superb dome of the Capitol covers. Probably Mr. Howells thinks the work too coarse for him. He has not rid himself yet of his love for tbe prettmess which so easily subsides into pettiness. Daudet would revel In the rich materials at hand could he be in aud en rapport with Washington. .What a savory ragout a Washington novel from tbe author of "Sappho" would be I T evt P. Morton, Vice President seems to be one of the most generally admired men on exhibition here. After tbe preceding para graphs it may seem suggestive of evil to name Mr. Morton here. It is not my desire to con vey the impression tbat the Vice President is picturesquely wicked, or that he should figure in tbe novel of Mr. Howells or M. Daudet On the contrary, the admiration of spectators for Mr. Morton is based on grounds which are un exceptionably moral and respectable. I men tion the universal admiration for Mr. Morton because it has been sboved at me, so to speak, at breakfast lunch aud dinner. Everybody who visit the Capitol comes under tbe mys terious charm of Mr. Morton's urbanity. It is liko tho spell that fell upon the palace of the beautiful princess and put her and all her kith and kin to sleep for years and years, in that everyone who passes the portals of the Capitol gives in to it. Not that it has a soporific influence, either the sensations appear to be lively in most subjects. Undoubtedly it is a precious sight to behold Mr. Morton seated behind the rosewood table under tho arms of the United States in the Senate Chamber. He sits there so patiently. Even when desperately stupid Southern Sena tors bore each other with aimless disputations as it befell me to hear the placid smile never leaves tbat delicately-chiselled face, and the Presidental attitude breathes what may be termed sympathetic self-satistaction. "isn't he liko a cameo?" a lady remarked after a long, rapt gaze at Mr. Morton. He is. Tho lapidary who could counterfeit not only the features of tho Senate's President but bis spirit, would achieve a triumph. How tbe Senate can stand tbe shock of the constantly recurring change from the eau-de-cologne and ivory wand of Mr. Morton to the vitriol and dagger of Mr. Ingalls is more than I can un derstand. But tbey say that if it were not for tho waspish Senator from Kansas the Senate would lapse into unbroken slumber, now that Riddleberger is dead. Mr. Ingalls is the vine gar in the dressing of the Senatorial salad tbat keeps it from utter insipidity. He looks brisk and chipper, though his mop of hair and stubby mustache are white. The caricaturists need to revise tbeir versions of Mr. Ingalls; be looks 20 years older than most of his portraits. Tn the lower chamber, tbe term is hardly the one to apply to tho House of Representa tives, but it will pass, a very different influence proceeds from the presiding officer. Among the bogies and bugaboos whose harmless masks now litter the lumber room of my memory. Is that of a certain pedagogue. Even through the perspective of 15 years he looms up in pro digious bulk. I guess ho was a large man, anyhow. His voice knew hardly any but.tbun der tones. He had a fashion of roaring at a culprit that appalled more than the rod. It was a steel-nerved youngster who did not quail before him. A school hall of COO boys uould come to order without a moment's delay when that huge voice sounded. Just so is the House in awe of Speaker Reed. There is no trembling, no knocking together of knees, no real tangible fear, perhaps, bnt tho potent in fluence of a single personality radiates from the Speaker's chair right ana left, and particu larly right among the Democrats. Mr. Reed is not strictly speaking, an imposing man. He is too gross in flesh. But ho grows bigger and grander under inspection. You end by feeling tho strength of the man without kaowing ex actly how you found it out Mr. Reed has the House in his grasp. The cowed condition of the Democracy is almost ridiculous, and certainly pathetic Mr. Reed has the credit for this with bis party, and one bears more talk about him than any other Re publican statesman. It is early for Presidental presentiments,tbut a shadow that falls over politics here looks very like Tom Reed's. Hepburn Johns. Cornopolis Wants a Theater Train. Coraopolis has gotten over the petroleum ex citement sufficiently to begin taking an inter est in general affairs once more. A lawn ten nis club has been organized, and now has a membership of 30. A petition is also being numerously signed asking the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railwaj Company to put another night accommodation train on the road, so as to allow tho people to attend the theaters. At present the last train leaves the city at 10:30 o'clock, too early to allow theatrical attend ance. Installation Services. The services connected with the Installation ot the Rev. S. B. McCormlck, pastor-elect of the Central Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, will take place this evening at 7 o'clock. A special meeting of Allegheny Presbytery will he held at the same time to conduct the same. Revs. Thomas H. Robinson, D. D., D. 8. Kennedy, D. D., 51. B. Riddle, D. D., and Wil son E. Donaldson will conduct tbe services. How It Looks to an Organ. From the Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is too early yet to make predictions as to who will be the Republican nominee two years hence, but tho one who seems to be ahead In tho race for tbat honor is a man by the name of Thomas B. Reed. 1 ruo but Ambiguous. Prom the Chicago Inter-Ocean.j This week will test tbe sound sense and patriotism of the working multitudes. It will boa great feather in the cap of the toilers if they stand the test i AN APPEAL FOR AID. Itlonalonr Bcrtrnnd Working; for French Evangelization WlialUm Already Been Accomplished Yesterday's Weddings Other Social Events of the Dny. Monsieur L. J. Bertrand, of Paris, in bebalt of French Evangelization, was heard at tho Second Presbyterian Church, yesterday after noon, by a small gathering of ladles. Tbe gentleman, who has spent a number at years in the missionary field, not only in France, but in Algiers also, gave an interesting account ot bis experiences and of the advancements! Christianity and its resnlts in thoso countries. Ho made a very powerful appeal for funds with which to continue the good work, by telling how eager and ready the people are to learn of the religion of Christ He said: "Not long ago we had 115 miserable churches in France: now we have 600 or 700. 3 Bible socioties. Young Men's Christian Associations, 2 preparatory seminaries. 2 theological seminaries, and 331) mission stations, that wo hope will become 330 churches soon. Wo do not ask help to main tain tbe churches already established, for tbey are self-supporting, but newish to extend tbe work." The sum of $500 will establish and maintain a mission station for one year, and Monsieur Bertrand hopes, through personal effort and the interest he is ablo to create, to raise a large sum of money in this country for tbe further ance of Christian work. He is working for the various branches of the French Presbyterian Churches, descendants of tbe noble Huguenots, who. instead of sending each an agent to seek aid for its particular woik, united in one com mon appeal, to be presented by Monsieur Bertrand. The money collected for this pur pose is received, acknowledged and transmitted by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions especially for that work. The gentleman will spoak this evening in the First Presbyterian Church. SOLOtfOK-SuXZBACHEB. A Quiet Little Wedding; In Allegheny Lnst Evening. In the presence of a very fow relatives and intimate friends, at 7 o'clock last evening, the words were pronounced which made Miss Car rie Sulzbacher tho wife ot Mr. A. L. Solomon. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi Mayer at tho residence of the bride's mother. No. 27 Poplar street, Allegheny, the bride and groom entering the parlor and assuming the vows un attended, according to tbe most recent rites of their church. The bride, who is a. daughter of the late Loui3 Sulzbacher, tho wholesale jew eler, was attired In a stylish costume of gray broadcloth, and carried an exquisite cluster of roses. The groom, a member of tbe Michigan Furniture Company, on Smithfleld street wore the regulation evening attire. After tbe ceremonv tho companv withdrew to the dining-ryoin, where a delightful repait was served by Goettman. Later in the eve ning Mr. and Mrs. Solomon were conveyed to their now home. No. 42 Fremont street, which, it is confidently asserted, is one of the neatest and prettiest In Allegheny, and which will re ceive, in addition to its already pretty furnish ings, any num berof quaint and elegant articles, representing tho love and good wishes of many friends. For. though but few invitations for the wedding were issued, any number of pres ents were received. About the middle of June, after becoming so thoroughly accustomed to each other that they can safely pass as "old married people." Mr. and Mrs. Solomon will en joy a western trip of considerable length. ITS LAST FOE THIS YEAE. The Locnl Cbnutnuqua Circle Prepares a Most Excellent Programme. The Pittsburg branch of tho Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle will hold its last meeting for the present year at the Y. M. C. A. Chapel, to-morrow evening. The special fea ture of the evening will be a lecture by Miss M. E. Hare, on the subject of "A Chatauquan Abroad." Miss Hare has traveled quite ex tensively during the past year in Europe, and her lecture affordi a fund of information and entertainment of the best order. The speaker has been associated with tho Chautauqua Cir cle since its inception, and tbere will undoubt edly be a large attendance of the members. The musical part of the programme will be rendered by Miss Tillie George and Mis Clara Smith. The audience will also be entertained with recitations by Miss Georgia Mclntyre. The programme is one of the best of tho many good ones given by tho Chautauqua Circle to the public A general invitation is extended to all. A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS. Inclement Weather Fnils to Spoil an Even Ins; at Carnegie Ilnll. In spite of tbe inclement weather last even ing the celebration of tbe seventieth anniver sary of the I. O. O. F., held at Carnegie Hall, was a pronounced social success. The pro gramme opened with an organ solo,renderedby Mr. Richard Mayer. Mrs. M. Henkler fol lowed in a soprano solo, "Because of Thee." Mr. George M.Sleeth recited "Mansie Wauch's First and Last Play," and Mr. F. W. Bearl rendered a baritone solo, "The Wanderer;" Miss Mamie Reuck rendered as violin solos two selections, "Slumber Song" and "Polish Dance." Anna Leah Dickinson, tbe whistling artist, gave the "Swiss Echo Song." The Hay den quartet sang "Watch Her.Kindly Stars." An address by Mr. P. A. Shanor preceded the closing number, which was "Breeze of the Nights," rendered by the Hayden quartet ENJOYING THEIR VISIT. Mrs. Dnlzell and Dnuehter Deluged With Cnrds and Callers. Cards and callers have deluged Mrs. John Dalzell, since her arrival in the city, much to the delight of the lady and the callers, too, as the exchange of greetings bas been mutually enjoyable Apparently, Washington life agrees with Mrs. Dalzell, as she looks exceedingly well. She left last evening for Cleveland, where she will spend to-day"with friends. Re turning to the city tbe next morning she will spend the day at the Anderson, and take the evening train, with her husband, for Washing ton. Miss Bess took advantage of her parents' absence to visit Miss Estclle Pardee, in Ger raantown, and will take that young lady home with hor, the latter part of the week. WEDDED AT INDIANA. Sir. Arthur Chrnley Secnres a Lovely Brido Amy Frnin Home. A fashionable wedding in Indiana, Pa., at 0 o'clock last evening united Miss Cecelia G Earhart daughter of the American Hotel pro prietor, and Mr. Arthur Chealey, of the Pitts burg Scales Works firm. There were four ushers, Messrs. F. S. Hainer, ot New Castle; T. L. Nichol, of Washington, Pa.: J. F. Free man, of this city, and Milton Uncapher, of Anollo. The bride, it is said, is one of the most beauti ful of Indiana's young ladies. There were 400 invitations issued tor the wedding, all of which apparently wero accepted. Many handsome and expensive presents were received. A Delightful Entertainment. At Lafayette Hall, last evening. General J. B. Sweitzer Council. No. 294. Jr. O. U.A.M., gave a very delightful entertainment Tbo persons who took part wero Prot Byron W. King, the Miller family. Miss Ruth Lallah Reuck, tbe Washington Quartet, the Pearl Mandolin Quartet Miss Mittie Weeden, Miss MaryMcKelvey, Mr. Frank Weldon and the Sylvan Guitar Club. Mr. Basil Brennau pre sided at the piano. Social dinner. The children's fancy dress party and enter tainment which will close the season of Thu ma's Dancing Academy to-morrow evening at New Turner Hall, Forbes street will bo one of the most novel and unique of its kind. Over 1,060 has been expended in toilets for the tiny ones that will participate in tho dancing, who will number in all about 100. The wedding of Miss Annie Piper, and Mr. Daniel Ray, of Tyrone, will be celebrated at the bride's home in Hollidaysburg this even ing. A number of Pittsburg friends will be in attendance, among them Mrs. W. P. DoArmlt, of Ridge avenue, and Mrs. A. K. Hannen, ot Lincoln avenue. East End? A meeting of the young people of Monon gahela Presbytery was held in tho Second Presbyterian Church last evening for tbe pur pose of organizing a Young People's PreSbyte rial Society. Addresses wore mado by Rev. W. J. Reid, D. D., and Rev. J. T. McCrory. A CONCERT was given in Liberty School Hall last evening for the benefit of tbe Elmer Street Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Mellor, Mrs. Adah Thomas, Dr. W. T. English and Mr. A. H. Brockett took part The wedding of Mazie Palmer and Mr. George W. Black will bo celebrated at tbe residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Albert Home, on Beech street Allegheny, this even ing. Ladies' Circle No. 52, of the G. a. R., or Mt. Washington, will give an entertainment at tbe ball on Southern avenue, to-night Miss Rose Quinn aud J. H. Hook will be married to-night at the residence of the bride's parents, on Locust street Allegheny. A TILT IN THE HOUSE. SPEAKER REED AND THE SOUTHERNERS FALL OUT. Harrison Sends In a Veto of a Pabllc Build, lne Bill for Oalln., Texas The Reasons for tbe fetep aro Given at a Great Length. .. TROM A STAFF COnitESrONDKNT.l TVTAshington, April 29. The monotony of tbe House proceedings was enlivened to day by one of those breaches of decorum which were so frequent during the memorable days when Speaker Reed was counting quornms and deciding points of order without any rules, and when the mildest epithets burled at him were "usurper," "tyrant" and "Czar." Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee, wanted to getiu a little campaign speech for himself by means of the old trick of rising to a question of "personal privilege." It was the first time Mr. Pierce had been heard from, and there was some curi osity to bear who had attacked so obscure a Congressman. There was a titter even on the Democratic side when he desired to speak to a qnestion of personal privilege on the ground that Mr. Evans, of Tennessee, had the other day alleged that there was ballot box stuffing in Mr. Pierce's district. There was no allegation that the stuffing was done by Pierce or in Pierce's interest, or that it was at the Congressional election at all, and the absurdity of Pierce's making of Evans' words a personal attack on him was apparent at once to every body. Of conrso the Speaker ruled that tne matter didnot constitnte a question of personal privilege. Mr. Pierce insultingly and bluntly declared that it did. Speaker Reed gently suggested that this was not proper language to use to the Chair and then Mills, of Texas, took a hand. Mills has not been heard from for some timo and he was getting tired of not being noticed. After several flat contradictions of the Speaker, the latter said sternly: "The gentleman from Texas will please be in order." "I am in order." shouted Mills, coarsely, "and the Speaker is ont of order more than the gen tleman from Texas. The Speaker is disorderly and the ruling is an outraee." Reed looked down on Mills with an expression of profound compassion, and turned to other business. This is the first insulting outbreak against the Speaker since the early days of Congress. The interval has been marked by the greatest courtesy. a it was found that Speaker Reed at no time attempted to employ the rules to defeat any of the real rights of the minority. It is curious that every insult offered to Speaker Reed at anv time has come from a Southern Democrat. Even during the days of highest excitement no Northern Democrat was at any time guilty of a breach of decency and courtesy. The insult of Mills to-day. however, is condemned even by his Southern colleagnes as inexcusable, as the Speaker was clearly right in his ruling. t Another Ypio From Harrison. President Hakkison to-day vetoed a pub. lie building bill for Dallas, Tex. The fol lowing is the text of the message: "I return without my approval the bill of the House, No. 843, to authorize tbe construction ot an addtion to tbe public building at Dallas, Tex. Tbe bill authorizes tbe construction of a wing or addition to the present public building at a cost ot 5200,000. I find that the bill, as originally introduced by the member representing the Congressional district in which Dallas is situated fixes S100.000 as the limit of the proposed expense, and it was so reported from tbe Com mittee on Public Buildings, after conference with the SnpervisincArcbitect of the Treasury. A bill of the same tenor was introduced in Senate by one of the Senators from that State fixing the satre limit of expense. The public building at Dallas, for which the first appro priation of 8100,000 was made in 1882, and subse quently increased to $125,000, was only com pleted In 1889. It is probably inadequate now to the convenient transaction of bnsiness, chiefly in the part assigned to the postofiice. Tbe material and architectural style of any addition is fixed by the pres ent building and its ground area by tho available unoccupied space, as no provision is mado for buyinc additional gronnd. "Tho present building is 83x56 feet, and Mr. John S. Witwer, the postmaster, and custodian of the building, writing to the Supervising Architect, advises tbat to meet the present and future needs of the Government an addition at least two-thirds as large as the present buildintr should be provided. It will be seen from the followintr extract from the letter of the Super vising Architect to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, dated Febru ary 17, 1890, that a building larger than that s gzested can be constructed within tho limit off 100,000. He says: The Architect's Idens. T7it03I computations made at this office based upon data received, it is found that an extension or wing of, 65 feet, three sto ries high, with basement, giving 3,400 quare feet In addition to the 4,760 square feet of the first floor area of the building, of fireproof con struction, can be erected on the present site within tbe limit of cost proposed by tbe said bill, viz., $100,000. "It may be possible that expenditure of $325,000 for a public building at Dallas, if tbe question of site, materials and architecture were all understood, could be defended, but under existing conditions I do not see how an appropriation of $200,000 could be justibed when one-half of that sum is plainly adequate to such relief as tbo present site allows. The legislation for the erection of public buildings has not proceeded, as far as I can trace it, upon any general rule. Neither population nor the extent of public bnsiness transacted has al ways indicated tbe points where public build ings were first to he built or tho cost of struc ture. It cannot be expected, in absence of some general law, a committee of Congress in charge of such matters will proceed in their recommendations upon strict and equal lines. The bills are individual, and if comparisons are attempted tho necessary element of prob able growth is made to cover all apparent In equalities. Should be n Distinction. Tt will bo admitted, I am sure,thatonly a pub. lie need should suggest an expenditure of the public money and that if all such needs can not be at once supplied the most general and urgent should have preference. I am not un friendly to a liberal annual expenditure for the erection of public buildings where the safety and convenient transaction of public business demands it and tbe state of the revenue will permit It would be wiser, in my opinion, to build more and less costly houses, and to fix by general law tho amount ot an nual expenditure for this purpose, and some order of preference for cities asking for public hulldings. But in view of tbe pending legisla tion looking to the very large reduction of our revenues and of the urgency and necessity for a large increase in our expenditures in certain directions I am of the opinion that appropria tions for erection of public buildings and all kindred expenditures should be kept at a mini mum until the effect of other probable legisla tion can be accurately moasured. "The erection of public buildings is largely a matter of local necessity and convenience, while expenditures for enlarged relief and recognition of the soldiers and sailors of tho war for the preservation of the Union, for nec essary coast defenses, and for the extension of our commerce with other American States, are of universal necessity, and involve considera tions not of convenience, but of justice, honor, safety ana general prosperity. "Bfnjamin Harbison. "Executive mansion, April 29, lb9u." Journalism and Dermatology. From the Boston Herald. Mr. George Augustus Sala seems to bavo a very thin sort of a skin for a man who has grown gray in the newspaper business. Mr. Sala wrote a leader in the London Telegraph some time ago deprecating Mr. Harry Furniss' serio-comic lecture upon art, whereupon Mr. Furniss retorted by saying that Mr. Sala onco studied to be au artist, but, having drawn a foot with six toes, he had to give it up. And now a British jnry has solemnly sat on the case and bas actually awarded Mr. Sala $2o damages without a snicker. Brnvo Words on tho Sanday Storm. From the Editorial In the Baltlmoro Sun. It is no exaggeration to say iu this instance tbat the bail was the size of hens' eggs. A very large proportion of tbe stones were of that size, and many of them were much larger, and resembled in size and shape large White Heath peaches. Hundreds ot children picked them up after the storm by the hatful. It is note worthy that after the fierce and wicked visita tion the beautiful rainbow of promise and peace spanned tho heavens with its radiant arch. A Wild West CarnlvaL The Rocky Mountain Carnival will be held this year in Ogden, from June 30 to July 5. Yesterday General Passenger Agent A. E. Clark, of the Lake Erie, received a letter from tbe Lord Chamberlain, in tbe name of King Rex L, asking bim to make reduced rates. Is Disposed lo ltegrct It. From the Washington Star. It is an astonishing and regretable fact that 2,700 courts in tho United States are engaged in granting divorces, aud tbat one marriage iu every twenty-eight is thus annulled. OUR MAIL POUCH. Kepnbllcnn Rules nnd Precedents. To the Editor of The Dlsoatcc: The Republican State Convention of 18S5 adopted a permanent party rule fixing tbe time for holding subsequent State Conventions, as follows: In Gubernatorial years on tho first Wednesday of July, in Presidental years at a date not more than 60 days before the date of the National Convention, and in "off years" on tho third Wednesday of August I see that the State Committee at its meeting in Philadel phia on Wednesday last ignored this rulo en tirely, and called the convention for this year at an earlior date than tbat provided for in the permanent rule adopted in 18S5. Who gave tho committee this power? The State Convention is the highest authority In party affairs in Pennsylvania, and according to my notion no committee can alter or abrogate a rule adopted by It This rule bas been ob served faith fully every year slnco its adoption until now. The State Committee has never been called together in the spring except in Presidental years, those beins the only years in which It bad power to fix the date for tbe con vention. Wby was this precedent broken this yearT Why should not the convention be held at the usual date in order that tbe people may have as much time as possible to inspect the record of the candidates? Was one of the real objects of this unusual gathering of the State Committee to do a little job of whitewashing. Republican. Washington, pa., April 29. Panhandle Accommodations. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you allow me a little space to urge on the management of tho above road the neces sity of better accommodation to its patrons than tbey have at present, to euablo people who have business engagements to reach the city in good time in the morning? We don't want to dictate to those tbat manage this rail road, but tbey should stndvthe just demands ot their customers like other trades. It is get ting monotonous to those who depend on the local trains ot thi road to bo every morning late, and to have to depend on that "milk ex press" from McDonald is enough to tire the patience of a Job. Why can't we have a train that would reach the city by 7:15? No. 16 gets to Union denot at 6:35, and tho next is timed to arrive at 7-25, but it is invariably late now. This railroad should wake up and move along with the times, and therefore we ought to bave an accommodation tbat would come in between, and not have such a long interval as an hour and ten minutes be tween the first and second morning trains. It is most necessary that we should have another train, especially during spring, summer and earlv autnmn. COMMUTATION. Pittsburg, April 29. Zoln'a Words of Warning. To the Editor of The Disnatch: In your issue of tbe 25tb inst appears a cable gram from Paris, quoting some timely words of warning f rem tbe great French author and thinker, Emile Zola, on the May Day move ment The French prophet of his own times speaks with assnrance, and casual observers may think without sufficient cause; hut a careful analysis of existing conditions and forces will reveal a most startling array of tendencies, which, if not wisely guided, must necessarily bring dire re sults. Even the most conservative writers of tho French Revolution admit that, had the aris tocracy shown a reasonable desire to grant more privileges and more protection to the mass of the over-burdened and desperate populace, they would have prevented the frenzied work of destruction which swept over beautiful France a century ago. Let us hope that tbe ruling powers all over the civilized world will properly read the siens of the times, and be wise in proportion to tbe responsibilities they have assumed as rulers and disnens.itors of government. C. B. PITTSBUKO. April 29. Two Easy Ones. To the Editor or The Dispatch: Will you please inform me through the "Mall Pouch" the definite area of the District of Columbia, if possible; also in what lake does the Mississippi river rise? I G- PlTTSnUKO. April 29. Area of the District of Columbia, 64 square miles. Lake Itasca i3 the principal source of the Mississippi proper. Yr, if Pnrnirrnphfl aro Wantrd. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you please advise me through the col umns of your worthy paper if it is not consid ered the duty of one who is dictating a letter to a stenographer to advise him (or her) when thev pnd or begin a new paracTaph. Pittsbubo, April 29. Stenographer. The Gender of Vessels. To the Editor ofThe Dispatch: Wby is a vessel always called "she?" Krrr anning, April 29. K. There are several reasons. For instance: It takes men to manage them; they (steamships) have a habit of blowing men up; some ot them are unsafe to tie to, etc. These reasons are all wrong, tbe real one being tbat custom has made the torm proper. Qnerles Anssvrred nnd Unanswered. Curions. Butler. Pa. We cannot reproduce articles from back numbers of The Dispatch Probably some reader can tell you where "oil of wool" is obtained. An advertisement in The Dispatch will secure you a lodging place, also an out-of-town boarding house for children. Bishop Pbelan occupies tbo resi dence attached to the Pro-Cathedral in Alle gheny. J. W., Pittsburg, asks the following: Is flax spun and woven by machinery In tbis country, and if so, where? What State bas the best climate and soil for flax raising? L. R. R., Allegheny It would take too much space to answer all your queries about Pennsyl vania Congressmen in tbis colunm. Write to your Congressman for a copy of the Conrej sionat Record, or consult Smull's Handbook. THE OHIO DEPAETMENT. The 21th Annual Encnmpmcnt of tbe Grnnd Army at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, April 29. The city Is ablaze with banners and tbe streets are thronged with the gray-haired veterans of the War of tho Rebellion to-day. It is tbe opening day ot tho twenty-fourth annual encampment of tho Obio Department G. A. R. Only routine business was transacted this morning at the meetings of tho encampment and of the Women's Relief Corps. Elections will take place to-morrow. There aro manv posts here from all over the State, with from 40 to 4fO men each. This afternoon, with fine weather, tbere is to be a parade, which promises to be a most interesting feature. Governor Campbell is here and will have a place near the head of the column. Tho Ifrnnlnn Kir. Urnily Prophesied. From the Atlanta Constitution.! Some unknown statistician figures it out that of tbe 600,000 original Confederate soldiers 175, 000 are still living. According to tbis. 15,000 Confederates who took part in the battles around Atlanta are alive to-day. It is hard to believe it To put it at 10,000 would ba nearer tho mark. Some daythero will be a grand re union hero of tbe blue and the gray, and of tbe survivors of the war-worn legions of Sherman and Johnston and Hood will meet face to face for tbe last time on earth. That reunion will be a historic event The Lotns Clnb Cotillon. The cotillon eiven by the Lotus Club, South side, last evening, was a very neat affair. It was the first cotillon given by the club in its rooms. The guests wero limited to the mem bers of the club, their wives and lady friends. The rooms had been beautifully decorated and new furniture added. To these surroundings wero added flowers, palms and trailing vines in profusion. With the music and dancers flitting here aud there tho scene was complete and very pretty to an onlooker. A luncheon at midnight, served by the club's caterer ana as sistants, was included in the evening's pro gramme. A Decision Agnlnst the Railroads. ISrKCIAL TKLKGKAX TO TUB DISPATCU-I HARRISBURO, April 29. In the Dauphin county court to-day judgments were directed to be entered against tbo New York. Lake Erie and Western Coal and Railroad Company; New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Company; Tioga Railroad Company; New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, which wero taxed on receipts obtained by transporting freight of other companies over their lines. The Bridge Not a Nalsance. jSrTCIAt. TXLXORAM TO TUX PISPATCH.! Harkisburo, April 29. The Court has re fused to grant an injunction in the case of the Commonwealth agalust George W. Crousbore, who was charged with maintaining a nuisance in the shape of a bridge over a public highway at Grapeville, Westmoreland county, because tbe court ot Westmoreland county had decided tbe bridge not to be a nuisacce, although it was a private enterprise. CUKI0US COHDESSATIOiiS. Zenas and George Mayo, at Hancock, N. Y., married two sisters simultaneously, and last week just as Sim ultaneously tbe two sisters obtained divorces from the brothers for cruel treatment. Mr. Dunsford, an attache of the British Eastern Consular Service, who is now In this country, says the English civil service exam inations aro far more severe than are thoso in the United States. "Ex-Governor J. Sterling Morton, of Ne braska, father of the arbor day for economic tree-planting out that way. says that "more than 000,000.000 trees planted by human handa" are growing in that State. Marvelous powers of .vision have given John Tbomas Helsop, of Birmingham, Eng the name of "The Livinc Microscope." He can distinguish the animal life m water and so does not drink water. The fugitiye hairiii the board ing house butter is an oak in his side. Bev. John Prince, a Methodist minister, 80 years of age and Mrs. Cynthia Wood. 81 years of ace, and mother of a member of Parliament, were married recently in Montreal. They were) lovers when tho century was yonng, but their parents forbade their match and they parted. Vaccination at sea has been declared by a number of New York doctors as more dan gerous than small-pox, and Cunard passengers who claim that they are suffering from blood poisoning in consequence of being vaccinated onshipLoard bave brought suits against the great steamship line. In Massachusetts the birth rate of the native population is 18 per 1,000, while tbat of tho foreign population is more than 54 per 1,000, which is considerably higher than that of any other country. The proportion of deaths among the foreign born, as compared with tbe nations, is one to three. The raccoon, when he goes fishing, will let bis tail hang over into the water. The crabs mistake this for food and lay hold of it When the raccoon feeds a bite be removes his tale with a sudden jerk, captnres bis prey and removes a short distance lrom the water, where he greedily devours it. The Iiepnblique Franchise gives a long account of a learned seal, who comes when called, gives his paw or rather his flipper to anyone, when properly introduced, walks from bis boarding house to the circus where he Is exhibited, but strangely enough insists on riding in a carriage when it rains. William Carroll, a St. Louis gentle man, is a professional robber of chicken roosts, and as such is probably tbe champion of the world. He was recently captured and proudly led tbe officers to a pile of 700 heads, represent ing the number of chickens which he had stolen within the last nine months. Mr. Car roll is a white man. There is a cry of fear in Paris lest dancing may be forced out of fashion. Ono reason assigned is that women with salons no longer encourage it. Another is that the waltz, which has for some years monopolized dancing, is too boisterous ana exhausting. It bas disappeared from many Paris salons. A revival of the art Is called for. A gentleman in Paris, Tex., owns a horse which makes a habit of eating young chickens. Every time a young chicken comes within reach of the horse it is sure to bo swallowed. Tbe appetite of this equine for ponltry Is something insatiable, ana no less than half a dozen infantile fowl have been martyreJ, to satisfy bis hunger in a single day. A successful English physician of 40 dines at 7:00 every evening and goes to bed at 9. He rises at 2 in the morning, reads two hours and writes three hours. He eats break fast at 7, and goes to bed again, rising at 1L He practices his profession between noon and 7 in the evening. The amount and quality of bis work aro wonderful, and within five years ho has risen to a foremost place in the profession. Mr. Nathan Harvey, of Topeka, Kan., has in his possession his wedding suit which was made at Richmond, Ind., in 1832, in a shop in which Schuyler Colfax, General Burnside and ex-Congressman Shryock were journeymen. The suit consists of white duck trousers, a buff vest uitn brass buttons and blue swallow-tail coat, also trimmed with brass buttons. The cloth fr these garments cost $4 and the making $8. Mr. Harvey also has a bat, purchased for tbe same occasion, which was made by Oliver P. Morton. An old custom formerly prevalent in many parts of England was that ot "heaving" or "lilting," mostly performed in the open street People formed into parties of 12 or more, and from every one "lifted" they ex torted a contribution. Tnere i3 said to ne a record in the Tower of London of certain pay. ments made ti ladies and maids of honor for taking King Edward L in bis bed at Easter, whence it has been presumed that he was lifted according to the custom which then pre vailed among all ranks throughout the king dom. The age of the high hat is under inves tigation. A correspondent writing in the Maimer Journal says: "Among tbe marginal illustrations, by AlbrechtDurer, of the famous prayer book otthe Emperor Maximilian, there is a man wearing a hicb bat, and in a book of crests and escutcheons of Jost Ammann. pub lished in 15S9, a hi::h bat forms the crest of a nobleman. Had these bals not been worn at the period, great artists like Durer and Am mann would certainly not nave painted such miserably ncly things, which are the most un sichtly pieces of furniture tbe world has ever seen." The foreign tuba player who ran agaiU3t a snag in tho shape of a New York custom house official, who decided that ha wasn't an artist, and therefore couldn't land in this country to compete with our native talent, has triumphed after alL The tuba player un dertook to plead his own case before a higher authority, who examined bim In melody, har mony, counterpoint, composition, instrumenta tion, execution, and so forth. He played "Annio Laurie" on his tuba without an accom paniment, and so entranced the obdurate cus toms officer that he was adjudged an artist and elitnble for admission to our shores. An engine driver on one of the Scotch lines reports that he has noticed that certain hawks of the merlin or "stone, falcon" species make use of the passing of the trains for preda tory purposes. They fly close behind the train, near tbe ground, partly hidden by the smoke, bnt carefully watching for the small birds which, frightened by the train as it rushes roaring past, fly up in bowildered shoals. The merlins then, vihile tho little birds aro thinking more of the train than lurking foes, swooin on them from the ambush of the smoke and strike them down with ease. If they miss they return to the wake of tbe carriages and resume tbeir flight and tbeirbunt. Theycan, it seems, easily keep pace with an express train, and outstrip it when they please. TOE LAUGHING PHILbsOPIIER. Look Out for the Other Man. The man who makes trouble for some other man: has a man somewhere In the world making trouble for him. Atchison UloDe A Matter of Definition. "Papa, what is an asrnostlc?" "lie Is a man who says he don't know anything: and lectures on it." Aeio lork Attn. A Modern lago. "I am another man since I was married," exclaimed tbe happy Bene dict. And does your wife love that other man?" put. She Had Benson to be AfraH. "My heart Is in my mouth. I am afraid to bear your an swer." "You may well be, 3Ir. Dellboy," retorted Ethel. "1 never conld marry a man whose heart was not in the right place." Kew lork Sun. She Was Not Qualified. Country school trustee to young lady applicant Have you ever teached? Young lady No. sir; but I think I am qualified. C. S. T. 'Twont do; 'twont do. We want some one here with a pedigree. Xew Xorlc Herald. He Hailed From Boston. (Cedric's mother was a New Yorker, but Cedrlc himself was born In Boston). "Ccdric, you are a naughty boy; you want a Ucklnjr," said she. No, mother," returned the child, bravely, 'I may need chastisement, but 1 do not want It." Harper's Bazar. She Didn't Like to Bother Him. Little Faunle W.. not quite 8 years old, had been taught to nray when she bad been naughty. One day she said she asked Ood to make her cood and He did It right away, and tbat He always did It when she asked bim. Her mother said: "Why don't yon asKUlmto make you good all tho time?" and she replied: 'Ob, 1 nad rather be bad some than to be both ering tbe Lord so much." Babyhood. They Got Out and Walled. First drum mer On tbe Atlantic and PssMe Ballroad a tow days ago a locomotive lost Ms smokestack In s, collision. Welt sir, thsyjMSstoeka bsrrelovsr tbe hole and went richt alons; as if nothing bad bappenea. Second drummer That reminds me of an acci dent that happened to a train thatl was on re cently. The engine Jumped the track sndwu smashed all to flinders, but In Are mbintas we wers moving along toward ttM next lUtloa, where we arrived only a little late. ... "Hump! How could that be?" . .,- 'We got out and walked." Hera lork Weeitu. t. s'j-a&x' it. 3bLk ",Sis4i!y2i. IteT. -"
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