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MAY 4, 1S90. .63-The EUS1NESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH has been removed to Corner of Smithfield and Diamond Streets. frLATE FORECAST. In an interview with our New York cor respondent, published elsewhere, Colonel McClure states that Pattison is the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Wallace, he said, seemed to be in the lead up to a recent date; but since it has been determined that he cannot get the Philadelphia delegates his chances are nil. There is no doubt that Pattison has as sumed considerable prominence in the can vass duriug the past few days. One of the best evidences of his having become a de cided factor in Democratic politics is the fact that someone has deemed it necessary to make a savage attack upon him in the columns of the Xew York Sun, which is particularly eflective in sticking knives into Democratic leaders of the reform stripe. Nevertheless, Colonel McClure will not do wisely to rely npon his theory that Philadelphia settles "Wallace's chances. The Clearfield statesman is an old campaigner; and even Democratic-delegates from Philadelphia have been known to do a little effective trading in the State Conven tion. The State campaign certainly promises to be an interesting one on both bides. In view of Pattison's strength, it is to be hoped that Colonel McCIure's forecast ot his chances is more reliable than his assertion that Ran dall's old district will turn out to be a stronghold of tarifl re ormers. SENATOR HECK'S DEATH. The sudden death of Senator Beck yes terday inflicts a loss upon the nation which will be mourned regardless of party lines. "While Senator Beck was a Democrat of al most Bourbon type, and a radic.il free trader, his virility, sincerity and integrity earned him the respect and liking of both political associates and opponents. His sudden demise was unexpected. Although he had been in bad health lor some time the reports of his improvement h.id caused a general hope that he would be restored to full health. His long term of public ser vice has been marked with unquestioned fidelity to principle and wholly tree from any sign of the service of personal interest legislators ot whom that can be said are a loss to their country when they die. TESsTEKIMY'S FATALITY. The breaking of a derrick at the Govern ment building yesterday, while an 18-ton piece of marble was being hoisted to the top of the structure, contains features of a serious and unfortunate character. Be sides the grim sarcasm upon the duration of work there contained in the fact that the derricks have been standing lone enough to become decayed, the question of responsi bility for the fatality is likely to be a seri ous one. That the broken derrick contained de cayed timber is unfortunately shown to be be vond Question bv the fragments after tli 'V. accident. The intimations that the der- "' rick was thought to be unsa'e, , before the accident, hut was, neverthe '" less, used in hoisting heavy weights, gives the investigation of the accident au additional element of seriousness. It is too . soon to determine exactly what force must be given to these statements; but it is clear that the subject is one calling for the thor ough and impartial, in vtstigation of the Cor oner. In such a case as this no personal interests can be allowed to sway the investigation. . If death has been caused by negligence or carelessness, the fact must be fully made known. NEW ENGLAND'S UNOCCUPIED LANDS. The unoccupied farms in New Hampshire number 1,300, according to the statements furnished a special contributor. They are sot barren land, but are capable of being cultivated with success, and the authorities are sanguine that when their cheapness and availability is known, they will be rapidly taken up. This expectation will be realized when the productiveness of the same amount of capital invested in New Hampshire farms exceeds that in "Western farms. Lands are " not abandoned and effort transferred to the "West merely by whim. It is because the cheap and rich lauds of the "West have been i- able to transport their products to the E-st at very little higher charges than those of the Hew Hampshire farms, that- the latter , have been abandoned. It is because it costs about as much to get the farm products of Pennsylvania to market as it does to bring those of the West here, that our farmers are complaining, and a lew of our farms are abandoned. The idiosyncrasies of railroad f jpolicy have, as will be seen, reduced the price of 2ew Hamsphire farms to some thing like a level with those of the West. "When they are lower in proportion to their relativeprodnctiveness,the tide of emigration J that is flowing to the West will be diverted to unoccupied Eastern farms. When the railroad policy is corrected, the Eastern lands will be enhanced in value. O course a good deal can be done on the Eastern lands, in the line of high farming, and the raising of products on which freight charges are not vital But it should be un derstood that the anomaly of unoccupied farms in the East is produced by the anom aly of railroad charges for transporting products a thousand miles very little more than is charged for transporting them two hundred. GIVE THE OTHERS A CHANCE. A special contributor, in an article pub lished elsewhere, makes some criticisms on the prevalent tendency of those having charitable enterprises on hand to urge them upon Mrs. Schenley or Mr. Carnegie. The tendency is an evident one; and yet it is not unnatural. Those who are seeking to ac complish some object for the public good and need funds, are by a law of human na ture likely to apply first to those who have a reputation for charitable generosity. The magnificent donations of Mr. Carnegie and Mrs. Schenley have given them such a rep utation which human nature will inevita bly seek to improve for the benefit of worthy objects yet not provided for. The fact that many such applications are made, is a not unflattering, though it may be inconven ient, testimonial to the munificence of these millionaires. Nevertheless the suggestion is a good one, that charitable workers should take the course of applying elsewhere than to Mr. Carnegie and Mrs. Schenley. This is not alone for the reason that they have done their share. While no one will dispute their right to make further gifts, a good deal may be said on that point. When Mr. Carnegie's library project in Pittsburg is added to his gifts of the same sort in ad joining towns, no one will dispute that his expenditures for the oublic benefit will be an immense sum. Mrs. Schenley's gifts have already been extremely valuable; and if the promise of improving the Schenley estate with modern and creditable business blocks is fulfilled, Pittsburg can credit to her a great aid in the advance of the city. Certainly these two have done enough, and if other wealthy people will do as well in proportion, the charitable and public im provements that would be possible are al most boundless. It is for this reason that we urge that charitable applications be made elsewhere than to the two donors whose gifts have been so famous during the past year. We do not wish other people of wealth to be neglected. There are several others of large means, and with even a surplus of wealth, in Pittsburg; and it would be a grave mis take to let them gain the idea that Mr. Car negie and Mrs. Schenley have a monopoly of public gifts. They have set a good ex ample. Mr. Carnegie has especially inti mated that the institution which he is going to found can be enriched by the gifts of other wealthy people. Mrs. Schenley's gifts have opportunities for similar bene factions, and there is an almost infinite field in which our prosperous citizens car sbow that they are not behind these ex emplars in the work of giving wisely and freely. There is public policy as well as good taste and justice in the advice that the other rich men of Pittsburg should be urged to contribute largely to charities and public projects. ARITHMETICAL CALCULATIONS. Arithmetical calculations are sometimes very useful, and the esteemed Philadelphia Press has been doing a little sum in addi tion and subtraction which rises to national importance. The sum starts out with the fact that there was, when Congress met, a surplus of 92,000,000. The dependent pension bill Likes 510,000,000 o- that, the sinking fund $19,000,000, and the surplus is disposed of with an ease which proves the truth of Fred Grant's wise saying that it is a great deal easier to dispose ot a surplus than of a de ficit But the sum does not stop there. Add together 810,000,000 or $50,000,000, revenue cut down by the tariff revision, $10,000,000 loss ol profit on coinage by the silver bill, $12,000,000 for public improvements and $10,000,000 increase on public millions. The Press figures this out, when sub tracted from the already exhausted Treasury balance, to mean a deficit of $72,000,000, which, according to Mr. Grant's philosophy, may not be quite so easy to get rid of as the surplus has been. These arithmetical calculations are simple enough, bnt the problem that bothers an in telligent Bepublicau organ like the Press is this: When a party converts a$92,000,000 surplus into a $72,000,000 deficit in a single session, how will the arithmetical process ot elimination by the people be performed. UNSOUND BANKING. The brood of bank failures which have oc curred as a result of the bankruptcy of Mc Farlane, of Philadelphia, furnish a most striking example of vicious banking. A number of institutions sought the deposits ot the public, and those deposits were used almost entirely in floating the speculative projects of a single promoter. The effort to get the people's money for this purpose was pushed to the degree of spreading branches throughout the suburbs of Philadelphia and New Jersey. The seeking of deposits ap pears to have continued after the keystone of the whole edifice was crumbling; and the result last week turns nut to be not only a crash of the wild-catters, but loss, and per haps want, for hundreds of small depositors, whose savings are swallowed up. It is almost unnecessary to say that there is no kroship between this sort of kite-flying and legitimate, honest banking; bnt the trouble is that there was no way by which common people could tell the difference be fore the crash came. Under a strict en forcement of the national bankinir law, such things are impossible. Pennsylvania ought to have a State law which would Drovide an equally careful regulation of State banks, so that such means of transferring the people's money to the pockets of the speculators may be stopped. The reported criminal prose cutions of the people who ran these banks indicates that they may have violated some of the provisions of the State law; but that does not cover what is needed, namely, that the law shall take in hand the duty of stop ping sucL reckless and unsafe banking early iu its career. Senator Blackburn is setting up a claim for the admission of Arizona. Tbe Sen ator's idea plainly is that tbe way to meet tbe Republican proposition to admit Idaho and Wyoming is to bring In a Democratic lerrltory equally unfitted to be a State. TnE rottenness of New York politically forms the tneme of a very plain spoken article in our Philadelphia cotemporary, the Inquirer, which tersely describes the corruption of the Governor, the Mayor, Tammany Hall, tbe Sheriff's and District Attorney's office. But tbe Inquirer should not have omitted tbe op-1 partunity to make its attack'on New York cor-1 ruption complete and impartial by referring to the prompt passage of a bill abolishing capital punishment by one branch of the Republican Legislature on the order of a lobby presuma bly retained by an electric corporation. Cleveland and Campbell are slated at present as the Democratic ticket for 189a. But tickets made up two years before the nominating convention are likely to get a little stale before the Presidents! election comes off. It is an interesting example of the idea that wealth condones everything that is afford ed by a Washington letter to the Louisville Courier-Journal, which., after statins the amount of money that Dudley is making as a claim agent, says: "Some of these days it may be that President Harrison will gladly accept an Invitation to dine with Colonel Dudley." Even the Democratic assailant of "The Money Devil" is unable to keen out of its columns the expression of the belief that Dudley can be restored to the full odor of respectability if ho only gets rich enough, Hon. Thomas B. Keed's magazine article on "Reforms Needed in the House" omits to mention the important reform of hav ing a Speaker who puts public welfare above partisan Interest Owing to a delay in the transmission of copy, the Installment of Rider Haggard's story "Beatrice" which should be given to the readers of this issue of The Dispatch Is now in mid-ocean. The natural impossibility of getting it sent by special delivery from the in definite points of longitude and latitude, where it is supposed to be, is our excuse for omitting it from this issue. Hereafter the remaining chapters of the story will be received in time to prevent any further delays in their publica tion. A good wav for Pittsburg to start the opening week's business to-morrow will be to put the Scotch-Irish convention's finances on their legs, and preserve tbe credit of the city. Somehow it does not anite vindicate tbe strict correctness of the license awards to learn from the police reports that the opening of the new drinking places out Penn avenue kept tbe Twelfth ward patrol wagon busy for the last two days. Licensed venders of such thorough reliability as their own testimony showed them selves to be should have cut off the supplies before these people became drunk and disor derly. The hoisting of heavy stones with unsafe derricks is not the way either to hasten the completion of the Government building or to care for human lite in that vicinity. The success of the committee of the bar association in reducing deeds to one-fourth of their former length and mortgages to a little over one-third, shows that the opportunity for getting rid of Unnecessary words has been well improved. If the bar association relieves the law of Its overgrowth of verbiage, it will vindi cate its public usefulness. TnE wheat boomers sent the price up to a dollar yeterday with a creat hurrah. The people who raise the wheat will, however, get a very small share of the advance. The passage of a $12,000,000 pension bill in the National House of Representatives with three hours' debate, and of a bill abolishing capital punishment by the New York House with no debate worth mentioning, are con vincing demonstration that the tendency of modern political machinery is to diminish the hours of labor. Syndicate banks in this country are beginning to give new light on tbe Idea that the omnipresent syndicate is also all-powerluL Judge Mabtine's judicial declaration that homicide is about the safest crime that a man can commit, does not bold good when the criminal is an obscure negro, and no political or corporate influence is interested in prevent ing his execution. But the exception may prove the rule. PEOPLE WHO ABE DISCUSSED. M. Renan is an accomplished and enthusi astic whist playe'. Governor Goodell. of New Hampshire, is making slaw but steady progess toward health. Miss Mary Murfree, better known as Cbarles Egbert Craddock, has returned to Tennessee to reside with her parents at the old homestead. Mr. William Waldorf Astor has re cently been selling some real estate in New York City. This is so contrary to precedent in the Astor family that people are talking about it Mr. Ernest A Willard. who succeeds Collector Fitch as editor of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, has earned hi3 pro motion by long and faithful service in subordi nate places. CnARLES Gibson, o St Louis, has tbe highest honor ever conferred upon an Ameri can citizen by Germany. It is that of the first class decoration of the Royal Order of tbe Crown. Mr. Gibson has represented tbe Ger man Crown in a legal way for several years. Dr. Kino, physician-in-ordinary to a dis tinguished statesman of China, is an American woman. She has an extensive practice iu Shanghai, and her surgical operations have at tracted wide attention. She can write a pre scription wilhout adding a -postscript to it Dr. Weisman, a ponderous pundit among German biologists, is trying to show that artifi cial modifications of living forms can be trans mitted from OLe generation to another. He has cut the tails off some 900 white mice in the hope that they will breed a race of mice with out tails. Paul Blouet, popularly known as "Max O'Rell." the author of "Jonathan and His Continent," said farewell to this country after a sojourn of several months. He cariied away with him S20,OOO, $10,000 of which was the pro ceeds of the sale of his book and $10,000 for tho lectures he has delivered. Henry S. Ives, the Napoleon of Finance, and George If. Stayner, who were recenily re leased from jail, bare gone back into business with the utmost expedition. They have'offices in Aldrich court, hich is noted as tbe head quarters of mote schemes in process of floating than any oflice building in New York. IS IT A PTJBLISHEE'S POOL. Prices of Uncopyrlgbted Works and English Repilnts to be Raised. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Within a short time Lovelf & Co., the New York publishers, will have almost entirely un der their control the publication and sale In this country of all the uncopyrlgbted standard books and English reprints. For several months agents of the concern have been nego tiating; with other publishing bouses for the purchase of plates of uncopyrlgbted works, with the result that nearly all the plates in ex istence, of this particular class, have been se cured. This movement grows out of tbe fact that publishing bouses have been cutting the prices of standard and uncopyrighted books until it Is now Impossible to put them on the market at a profit The Lovell people propose to get the plates of these books wherever possible, and to regulate the price of them so as to make a fair profit. Burton Lipnincott, of the J. B. Lippincott Company, said yesterday that publishers would be satisfied with this movement as they were formerly obliged to keep the standard works for sale with scarcely a profit. "But tnat is as far as the matter goes," said he. "All the big houses will continue to handle the Oner grade of works and to dispose of thein as they please without any trust or combination of any kind." A Disappointment to Telegraph Editors. From the Chicago Times. It will be good news to travelers and Shippers to learn that tbe anticipated strike of railway employes at Pittsburg has been averted, but there will be sadness and gloom upon the brows of tbe intelligent and erstwhile happy tele graph editors as tbey slowly and reluctantly lay away to rest amid the dust again that freshly polished and much revered headline. "Not a Wheel Turned." THE TOPICAL TALKER. Sirs. Harrison Does Not Shake Hands One of tbe Fanny Results Mr. Blaine's Hoase and Why lie Did Not Remodel It Mrs.' Gladstone's Devotion to the G. O. SI. Lots of fctorlcs About Washing ton. trnoM a stajt coRBKsroNDiirr.j Washington, May 3. TVTRS. Harrison does not shake bands when she receives with the President She did at the first reception she gave in tbe White House, and it tired her arm so, causing ber downright and acute pain, that she discontin ued the practice. Nobody will blame the first lady of tbe land in this case. It would not have been so much noticed but for tbe fact that Airs. Cleveland's handshake was a very attractive feature of ber receptions. Mrs. Cleveland gave her hand generously and it was a very positive grip that her guests enjoyed. In this matter, as in other ways, it bas been somewhat unfortunate for Mrs. Harrison that so young, vigorous and popular a hostess pre ceded her at the White House. It should bo clearlv understood, however, that Mrs. Harrison entertains with no little grace and dignity, and is deservedly held in nigh esteem by those who understand the diffi culties of her situation. JJore tnan once, I am told, Mrs. Harrison's babit of withholding her hand at recep tions bas given rise to annoying incidents. Re cently among the guests at one of Mrs. Harri son's receptions was a Wi stern Senator's wife. It was her first visit to the White House since the Harrison regime began. She is a stout-hearted Republican, like ber husband, and she carried with her into the Presidental presence a loyal determination to be pleased with the President's wife. There was a good deal of a crowd, as usual, and Mrs. Harrison confined herself to bows for bows, with a word or two to a favored few. When tbe Senator's wife reached Mrs. Harrison she held out her band, looking the first lady of tbe land full In the eyes, and preparing to give her a cordial greeting. Mrs. Harrison held in ber right band a large bouquet of roses, and the right band of her guest groping with out exact aim, clutoucd the stem of tbe bou auet Tbe look of embarrassment which flitted over Mrs. Harrison's face apprised the other lady that all was not right, and of course a second or two later she saw what she was doing. Then tho wife of the Western Senator moved rapidly away. It is sad to relate that she is not pleased with the President's wife. Her displeasure has not been kept a secret, either. As everybody knows, the Hon. James Of. Blaine lives in the old Seward residence on Lafayette square. It is a bouse of the old style; square and plain, of red brick, sobered into an indefinite tint by age, and most com fortable withal. The old bouse has little in common with the many structures of florid style, whose turrets and gabled roofs rise be hind the trees near at hand. The other night at a reception a lady with rare and most laudable taste complimented Mr. Blaine upon his abstaining from the practice common in Washington as elsewhere of grafting new arcbitecture upon old. The house as it is is good enough for me," Mr. Blaine replied. "We did not remodel it because we have no desire to have, as the boy said. Queen Anne at the front and Mary Anne at the back." TTTE were talking about Mr. Gladstone, and my friend, who has had a good deal to do with the Pan-American Congress, told me the following story of Mrs. Gladstone, which hap pily illustrates her devotion to her grand old husband: When Mr. Andrew Carnegie was In London not a great while ago he was invited to a din ner en famille by Mr. Gladstone. Of course Mr. Carnegie went He arrived at the Glad stones' house at the time set and was received by Mrs. Gladstone in her wonted gracious man ner. It was impossible for him to fail to notice that there was something odd in Mrs. Glad stone's attire. She bad on a thick knit cape, and, as tbe day was a warm one, Mr. Carnegie offered to help ber remove it when she rose to go down to dinner. But,Mrs. Gladstone, with a laugh, declined his offer, and explained: "I was afraid of keeping Mr. Gladstone waiting which he does not lik at all and as I couldn't find the waist of my dress I slipped on this cape to save time." And when Mrs. Gladstone rose to leave the table after dinner it was discovered that tbe missing waist was clinging to the skirt-band of ber dress. A strange chance and a decrepit street car took me to tbe suburb or Uniontown across tbe Anacnstia last Sunday. It is not a sweet place. Doggeries, pitrstyes ana mud are its salient features. There are some nice residences on the high ground above the vil lage. Fred Douglass has a beautiful house up there. A cemetery is there, too. As I was returning I had for companions in the bobtail car a balf-dozen colored ladies and gentlemen. Two or the ladies were very large and full of spirits just good spirits, of course. They had a criticism to make or a joke to crat k upon everything and everybody the car passed. By and by near the bridge wo met a funeral procession. Some colored person of impor tance had evidently died, forascore of carriages followed the hearse. In the last vehicle, a buggy, was a small bov and a stout matronly negress dres-ed in red plusb. There goes Becky Thomas, I 'dare," said one of tbe critics in tbe car: "what's she doin' at a fun'ral without mownin' ?" 'Sbe do as she pleases," said the other, "wear what she pleases, when she rides in ber own carriage, I guess P There's a nice point of etiquette settled for you. ""The other day Congressman Butterworth came up to one of the elevator shafts in the Capitol just as the elevator, with Speaker Reed on board, started to ascend. Mr. Reed smiled sweetly, and Butterworth called after bim: "Go up, thou baldheadP' To which Mr. Reed shouted in reply: "My home is above but you'll never get there!" A iter staying a week or so In Washington, it is only a slight exaggeration to say that three very strong impre-sions are made upon the observer through his senses. Everybody knows how the Washington Monument Is con stantly a witness to all that goes on in the city at its feet It is never out of sight That's one Impression. The overpowering presence of the McKinley tariff bill is another phenom enon always in evidence at the Capital. Your ears never get beyond the sound of tariff tink ering. That's Impression number two. The third salutes the nose. It is the smoke from cauldrons of tar now in use everywhere herein street repairing. Inspired by a solution of Potomac water and corn juice a visitor to tnis city to-day penned the following exquisite set of verses: OWED TO WASHINGTON. Where 'eryou roam In Washington, On toll or pleasure bent your eyes will surely gaze upon The awful monument. Within the legislative halls. Your cars will (rather nil Bnt speeches shouted to the walls About the tariff bill. When spring comes Mashing like a bride, And pavers busy are. Your nose finds little else beside To smell but melting tar. And yet though tariff din dismay. And monuments affright And tar Is tiresome we may In Washington dellsht. Hepburn Johns. FIVE YEARS OF PASTEUR, Statistics as to ilio Number of Lives Saved nt Ihe Institute in Paris. From the New York Herald, The Pasteur Institute at Paris has just pub lished its complete statistics regarding hydro phobia'and tbe results of the Pasteur treatment during tbe five years which have elapsed since the method was fltst applied to human subjects. Between January 1, 18S9, and December 31, 1889, not less than 1.S93 persons have been bitten by mad dogs and treated at the Pasteur Institute. Of these 53 died. In striking contrast to this small fraction is the percentage of deaths among persons bitten by mad dogs and not treated by tho Pasteur method. Pbysicians are unanimous in placing this percentage at over 15. In other words, of 7,893 persons actually treated 1,265 would, but for this great discovery, have died. Pasteur can, therefore, bave the satisfaction of know ing that more than 1,200 lives have been saved by bis Institute alone during the past fire years. SEVEHTT-TWO EGGS A JilHUm Tho fllnrvelous Appetite of a New Gastro nomic Wonder. From the New York Sun. Edward Manning is a young man with an in ordinate fondness for eggs. He is partial to them In all manner and styles of cooking. His gastronomic feats in the line ot eggs have brought -bim fame, and incidentally wealth from tbe dime museums. Whenever he plays a star engagement the hens in the vicinity are put on overtime to meet the demand. But al though be reads on the posters. "Manning, Champion Egg-Eater of the World," be i s not happy. He wants somebody to contest tbe title so that be can rid himself of bis latent energy. He doen't know what be can do. He has devoured 72 eggs in exactly one minute, but was a mere bagatelle. , About 800 persons gathered in ClarendonHall last night to witness Manning tackle a pre sumptuous unknown from Buffalo, who was said to be great on eggs. There was plenty of dissatisfaction when they were Informed of tbe non-appearance of Buffalo's representative, but they howled with joy when one of the spec tators offered to take tbe missing man's place. The substitute cave his name at Kaiser, but he was no eeg.eater, and it was a plain case or get ting a square meal for nothing, for tbe obliging young man quit after stuffing a dozen eggs In side himself. Manning begged and abjured some otberyoungman tostepupand try it, and offered to eat two eggs to any opponent's one.but no other fpectator seemed to be hungry. Man ning thereupon gave an off-hand exhibition, eating 30 eggs in 24 seconds, but tbe disappoint ment had Its effect, and it was plain to ee that the eggs slid down in a perfunctory manner, and that the performer had no heart in his work. COMMENTS CONCERNING KEMMLEE, Electrocution seems to be nothing more than a kind' of circumlocution. Boston Her ald. Judge Wallace could not venture to deny the writ, and it is especially desirable in this preceuent case that every possible point shall be satisfactorily disposed of. Brooklyn Eagle. Kemmler says he does not know wno is tak ing so much trouble in his behalf, unless it is "some city friends." He has just struck it They are electri-city friends. Philadelphia Ledger. Two currents have been troubling Kemmler, the alternating current and the coct'.nuous cur rent He has now expressed himself as being fully satisfied with the life current, which is more under his own control. Pawlucket Times. Murderer Kemmler, in his last will and testament, bequeathes as a memento to his spiritual adviser, Rev. Dr. Houghton, his pigs-in-the-clover puzzle. It is not certain what sig nificance this gift is intended to have for a man engiged in bringing sinners into the fold. Boston Qlobe. The shock ot electricity that was to have killed the murderer Kemmler was tried on an innocent call and tbe poor animal died. Its death, we are told in the dispatches, was appa rently instantaneous. There was only a slight motion of one of tbe legs. The kick was afecble one, but it deserves to go on record. It was a righteous kick. Chicago Tribune. The electric machine which was to have exe cuted Kemmler killed a IGO-pound calf instant ly the day before the electric companies rescued Kemmler. in order not to have it proved that their apparatus is deadly. This experiment with a calf proves that it would kill even the lawyers that pretend that it is a "cruel and un usual punishment" Detroit Journal. A STABTLING COSTUME. How the Princess of Wales Appeared at the Roynl AcndcniT. BT CABLE TO TITS DISrATCrtt London, May 8. Ladles may be interested to see a description of a rather startling cos tume worn by tbe Princess of Wales, on her visit to the Royal Academy to-day, with Prince George, the Princesses Victoria and Maud and numerous suite. As described by the court news man, she wore a dress of golden brown summer cloth. Her skirt which was long, and arrayed with no fullness in tbe front or at the sides and with perfectly straight folds at the back, was bor dered all around by a band of black velvet sur mounted by a narrow linn of similar material edged with gold braid. The bodice was out lined in a corresponding wav. and the sleeves were almost flat on tbe shoulders and finished with cuffs of black velvet and gold braid. She wore a bonnet of velvet, with satin sur faced foliage in varied harmonious tones of brown. The short velvet strings were fastened with a diamond pin. A long black curled ostrich feather completed the Princess' cos tume. CTJBBENT TIMELY TOPICS. "What Is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." The good housewife who puts In from 8 to 10 hours a day and as many more In the night taking caro of the children, should rise iu ber might and demand the eight-hour law. A courteous wavo of the hand has been substituted In London for the old-fashioned way of lifting your hat to a lady. Bv the way, it does seem a little funny to see a man go along the streets and spasmodically yank his hat off and dnwltoverbls faceso hecan seethe Inside ot the crown. The new style is quite English, you know. Colonel Lamont is not receiving as much attention as he did two years ago. but he's mak ing a heap more money, wherein Daniel showsa very level head. Experiments with the sugar beet have been made in Toronto, Canada, and have proven suc cessful. The people over in the Dominion will now take a new lease on life. Napoleon Ives may not be much of a finan cier, but be is great on a settlement His credi tor arc satisfied with a nickel on the dollar. That is enough to make filo; machines go out ot the business. The Mississippi's big head is being rapidly reduced, ' Iowa Is now being flooded with "original packages." Therall contain wet gools and are broken to suit the exigencies or the case. The action ot the United States Supreme Court will have a demoralizing effect on the drug stores. A genuine cae of la grippe will leave its mark about as long as a case of smallpox. Hun dreds of people in this city will vouch fox the truthfulness or this statement. A paper gravely announces that a man can be defeated without being abused. It's safe to wager a sma'l amount fiat the editorwas defeated for some office and put up with a heap of abuse. A colored man who was fishing at Dallas, Tex., remarked to a companion: "When God wants dls here river to rise Its done gone to raiso no matter if dey put a mountain In front of it." There's an humble philosopher for you. DEATHS OP A DAY. Right Reverend Bishop Tloreens. Kalamazoo, Sticn., May 3.-IiIshop Caspar Borgess, who was stricken with paralysis at 8t. Augustine's Deanery last Sunday night died at 1:10 o'clock this morning, aged 62. Bishop ltor gess was born In Kuppenburg, Germany, In 18M, but came to this country with his parents while quite voung. He received his education for the priesthood in Cincinnati, and for many vears was pastor ol St. Phllomena'6 Church in that city, lie was chosen to succeed Bishop Lefevre, who died In 1S70. James ill. Getty. James M. Gettv, the son or James Getty, Jr., died very suddenly at 11 o'clock Friday night at his home. No. 1M Second avenue. He was taken ill less than a week ago. and bis sickness developed Into Drain lever, Wllicu carrieu mm uu rapiaiy. He was married, IS years old, and was emploved In the wholesale liquor house of his father, at No. 180 First avenne. The funeral services will be held at the house, on becond avenue, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. Ryland T. Brown. Indianapolis, May 3. Dr. Ryland T. Brown, probably the best known scientist minister and scholar In Indiana, died yesterday In his S3d year. He came to this State with his parents lu 1821. In I8S3he accepted the Chair of Natural Science in the Northwestern Clitlstlan University In thlj city. He held this position until 1871. During this entire time he was a minister In the Chris. Ian Chrch. and on last Thankstlvlng Day preached bis fifty-fourth consecptlveThanksglvlug sermon. General Greater. PARtf, May 3. General Henry Francois Xavlcr Gresley, formerly Minister or War, Is dead, at the ago or 71 vears. He was ft life Senator anu a Commander 6r the Legion of Honor. Ho took a prominent part In the African campaign and In the Franco-l'russlan War. Mrs. Knte Harper. Yonkkr, N. Y May 3. Mrs. Kate Harper, wife or William A. Harper, of the firm or Harper Cn-- hook rjubllshers. and daughter or Colonel Ueecher, son of the lata Henry Ward Beecher, died suddenly yesterday from a rupture of tbe heart MURRAY'S MUSINGS. How the Government Tlelps Baseball A Dlogul Who Is to Clover New Light on the Slontana Contest How Hilton and Fellows Have Cornered Publisher Pa lltzor. , tWBITTEN TOB THB DISPATUM P the statements reaching me from Wash ington are true, the national game of base ball Is not likely to suffer from want of Gov ernment patronage. A number of years ago when I was a clerk in the Second Auditor's oflice of the Treasury the game was in its in fancy. There were several players, however, employed in the office, who received salaries from the Washington club of S2.U00 to S3. OOOper annum. From this was deducted the amount or salaries they drew as Government officials, and the club interests were promoted to that extent. It was a well-known fact at that time that the Government salaries went on even while the men were on the road, although the matter was strictly sub-rosa. There were in tbe office shortstops, long stops, sky-scrapers, batters, pitchers, and last nut not least an umpire- The Auditor and his chief clerk and other satraps about the office were honorary members of the club and got free tickets to the grounds when the League game was played. 1 do not know whether any of them were interested financially. I am informed by a friend that tbe practice above mentioned has grown rather than dimin ished by time. There is a President of the great National Baseball League who gets 85,000 per annum as sucb, who still holds his position in the Treasury Department as a clerk. For this the Government pays bim 82,000 per an num, making his total salary 87,000, or JZOOO more than a member of Congress and only $1,000 less than a member of the Cabinet and Vice President of the United States. Of courie we must admit that 87.0C0 a vear is not too much salary for any President and es pecially the President of tbe Baseball League; but there are a great many people of this coun try who will naturally objec to the Govern ment paying 52,000 of the money. It is said that this lucky man has fitted up his room in the Government building with private wires con necting with the Western Union telegraph Office. Which Dlaces him In nnirlr connection with tho outside world, baseball games, and the rest of mankind. It would seem improbable that a man holding the important position of President of tbe League could have much time to devote to Government business. Would it not be well to send the Fassett In vestigating Committee to Wasnington? A Strange State of Affairs. Perhaps the woman who is poor, educated and refined has the hardest road in life in the great city of New York. There is only one field practically open to her for an honest live lihood. That field is one of intellectual laDor and is more crowded than any other. Such a woman can neither nurse babies, scrub floors, do housework, work in a factory, nor manifold other things that are open to tbe more ignorant or servant-girl class. A month or two ago such a woman was found walking the streets of New York one winter's morning with a dead baby in her arms, unable to find shelter for herself or sustenance for her child. An investigation of the case sbows in a most pitiable light the truth of the proposition I have just stated. It was not on account of any false pride that she had been brought to such a pass. She had been refused employment as a kitchen servant, or scrub .woman, because she bore the unmistak able marks of a lady born and bred. From place to place she had tramped, and in place after place had been refused tbe privilege of earning enough to keep body and soul to gether. Curiously enough, ladies of her own stamp and culture had spurned her from their doors because they did not want a "lady," but wanted the mere physical brute woman. This was but one or a number oL similar cases that have been recently brought to light in this city. It sbows a conditiou of affairs whicb is well worthy tbe attention or our public edu cators and philanthropic enthusiasts. Lljrht on the Montana Contest. J met Major Maginnis, the recently-elected and counted-out United States Senator from Montana, tbe other night at Deimouico's. Tbe Major had jnst returned from Washing ton, where be bas met with bard luck at the bands of the United States Senate. He has served several terms in the House of Repre sentatives as a delegate from Montana, and is a deservedly popular man with all his friends and acquaintances. While serving in tbe House be was considered one of the hand somest men of that body. He rarely took part in public debate", but was always a bard com mittee worker, though when be did have any thing to say on the floor of tbe House I think I never beard a more eloquent speaker. Magin nis is one of these rare public men who have the fire and animal magnetism which carry an audience with him. and whicb passes for elo quence. For personal reasons, outside of tbe merits of the case, I should like to bae seen Maginnis get the seat to which I think he was enti led. And right here I learned something from bim in conversation tbe other evening that has never before been printed. There are 12 Re publican senators wno agree wnn me tn.it it the election was to count at all Maginnis was entitled to the seat A compromise was made with those 12 Senators by which it was agreed that tbe election should he referred to commit tee, and thus hung up so that the Governor would be unable to appoint, and so that time would elapse by which a new election could be held. When tbe time came for action, how ever, tbe law or King Caucus prevailed, and 10 of these 12 Senators went back on their agree ment and tbe Republican opponent or ajnr Maginnis (Saunders) was declared elected and entitled to the seat. Tbe ground, I believe, on which tbe action was held was that the Senate bad no authority to go behind tbe returns. How time changes political theories as well as political partie-I Not many years ago, we all remember, tbe Republican party was quite willing to go behind the returns to count Mr. Tiidenoutand Mr. Hayes in, while tbe Demo cratic party was unanimously arrayed on tbe other side of tbe case. Iu tbe conversation tbe other night which occurred at Delmonieo's, a prominent Republican Senator from tbeNorth west whose name I am not at liberty to use. as sured Mr. Macinnis before me that be (Magin nis) was elected from Montana, but that it was tbe Senator's opinion that tbe Senate bad no right to disregard the official return from a Leg islature as to such an election. Naturally Maginnis feels somewhat sore over his defeat, and sucb admissions are not calcu lated to heal his wounds. Issues In Ihe Hilton ffilr. "poR some time it was not exactly clear what lay behind the studied attacks of the irorjo" upon the memory of the dead A. T. Stewart and upon the very much alive Henry Hilton. The disgruntled heirs unquestionably furnished the ammunition for the newspaper's big gun. That was made plainer from day to day. Itnow looks as if one purpose was to brins on a libel suit. The World h-is acbieveil tbe libel suit but a different libel suit uoni the one seeminglv desired. Tbey wanted to smoke Hilton our. Thev succeeded, but they didn't count on the woodebuck ooming out and biting them. It was designed to get Hilton in a libel suit with the World in the civil notthe criminal court with Hilton as a suitor on his own bebalf and not as an incidental agent of a corpse. In such a suit the able lawvers lately employed in the celebrated" will case would get Hilton on tbe stand, and extract rrom bim certain valuable information that, owing to legal forms, they were unable to obtain in the recent legal con test It was. In short, another way or opening the Stewart will case. But Hilton seemed to know what tbey were after, and who was behind the well prepared nowipaper attack. He responded unexpected ly. He leaves the District Attorney to arrange and carry out the campaign between tbe dead merchant and tbe live newspaper, stepping out of the legal way himself. And the Distilct At torneythis probably suits Colonel Fellows, who has been attacked by the World from his nomination. From all this it will be seen that the great newspaper hasabout the biggest fight on its bands of themanvit has unflinchingly met and fought to a fini-h. If it could catch Hilton, 1 dare say it wouldn't regret the issue. As it is, it will be all hard blows and big expen ditures, and. failing of succe". perhaps a seri ous penalty: Charles t. Murray. New York, May 3. SADDENED BY FAME. Mr. Cliauncer M. Depew Tells of tbe nils- fortunes of Hli Glory. From the New York Star. I jan across Chauncey M. Depew this week, and whilo in conversation with him made use of tbe word "rame." He looked at ine Tor a moment, and thon asked, "What is fame?" I responded, "You ought to know better than any man In this country." He smiled, and then said, sadly: "I once thought I knew, but I do so no longer. Here Is a newspaper from Joliet H'-, which contains the best portrait of me ever published, and underneatn it I find that it is tbe Hkene-s of an absconding Alderman of that thriving community. I did not mind it when my por trait was printed as a minister, an all-round athlete and a circus man. I do think it i time If to growl a little Die wnen they represent me as a ward politician and a criminal to boot" Light lor the Next L-cl.l-.tnrr. From the Kochcster Democrat and Chronicle. The Ptttsbueo Dispatch's wagon expedi tion seems to bn throwing mora llirh nn thn ) country road question tban could be radiated by an entire session of legislative debate. OBIGLNAIi L0BD FATTNTLEBOY. Where Sirs. Burnett Fonnd Inspiration for Her Famous Story. From the New York Snn.I The oldest son of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur nett the celebrated authoress, is very ill, and his condition to-night is said to be dangerous. It has been generally supposed that this lad is the original of the famous character of "Little Lord Fauntleroy." This distinction, bowover, belongs to Mrs. Burnett's younger son, Vivian. Tbe two boys are much alike, and are fine specimens of manly beauty. They are strong, wcll-furmed. handsome lads, with big bine eyes and golden hair. The illness of Lionel dates from earlv In tbe winter, and has developed into a species of low fever, such as has in many cases roiiowed an attacK oi grip, me serious condition or tbe boy is tbe cause of Mrs. Bur nett's sudden return from England, and she has. since her arrival, been constant in her at tendance at his bedside. Mrs. Burnett lives in a handsome house on Massachusetts avenue, which she purchased recently. Her husband is an oculist with a high reputation and fine practice. They take great pride in their bors, and it bas been tbe boast of Mrs. Burnett that she has reared them In tbe most democratic style possible. They have been allowed' to choose their own com panions, and it is a novel sight to see the golden-haired youngsters romping in the streets with lads of all color and condition'. There is still a hope that Lionel will pull through, but his naturally strong constitution bas been sadly impaired by tbe slow fever that bas sapped his strength, and there seems but small hope for his recovery. Aerial Navigation Unsolved. From the l'hlladelphla liecord.l Lieutenant Finley, of the United States Army, in an article on tornadoes, argues that these storms will come while tbe earth bas an atmosphere, but believes that when navigation of ihe air shall have been made practicable im portant researches might be made into tbe con ditions which give rise to the tornado. Science, however, bas so far offered little hope of solv ing the problem of aerial navigation. SAM JONES AS A LETTER WEITEE. He Addresses n Characteristic Protest to Editorial Friend. Rev. Samnel P. Jones has addressed tbe fol lowing letter from Charlotte, N. C, to the editors of the Atlanta Constitution: "First, your "special' from Cbarlotte;asecond, your gushing editorial. Now it's my say. "You, gentlemen, all know mo personally. That fact demands that you need a better basis for an editorial on your Uncle Jones tban a sensational "pres3 dispatch', which your own correspondent here corrected In the very issue In which your editorial appeared. If you choose to print in your columns every sensa tional thing yon can collect on me, O. K. But when you make these scrapings the basis of a fatherly editorial on me, then I protest I have seen no mad folks in Charlotte. I never preached to larger crowds nor with more suc cess In my life than here in Charlotte. Hun dreds are being converted dailr. Poor Joe, I reckon he will have to submit. Yours, with tbe ants after bim again, Sam P. Jones. "P. S. If fair play is your game, please give the above a place in your columns. S. P. Jones." A Monster Alligntni- Killed. From tbe Pascagoula Democrat-Star.l Messrs. Murdocn R. Roberts and Frank Dickin, living near Dickin's Ferry, on Dog river, in tbi county, killed the monter alli gator of this country. It measured 17 feet In length, andlS inches between the eyes. When cut open a gallon jug tilled witb molasses was found in his stomach. This is no fish story, as tbe above gentlemen wbo gave us the informa tion are regarded as truthful and reliable. NOT A PERFECT PAIR OF EYES. The Sfedlcnl Examination Being Carried on in the Rending Schools. From the l'hlladelphla Press. A medical examination in tbe interests of scbool hygiene is being made in Reading under the direction of tbe scbool authorities. The doctor making the investigation seeks to as certain tbe height of the tallest pupil, the smallest and the average: ages, oldest young est and average: number vaccinated, number near-sighted, number with spinal curvature, number using t bacco, number sick during tbe last three months and with what disease"; how many lessons to be prepared; daily time re quired to prepare lessons outside of scbool hours, to prepare, examine and correct tbe work of tbe pupil". In the girls' High Scbool the doctor found hardly one pupil witb a perfect vision, owing to defects which came while going through tbe lower grades. It is expected that tbe examination and making out of the report will require about a year. 4 An Excruciating Joke. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Merchants wbo deal largely in Canadian eggs say tbe McKinley bill imposes a heavy yolk on them. Hens forth, so to speak, tbey want no egg-size duty on the product. TO PASS BEFORE ROYALTY. Number of Americans to be Presented to the Quren Greater Than Usual. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.1 London, May a The Drawing Room next Friday is expected to be tbe scene of a great crush. The number of Americans to be pre sented is larger tban usual. Mrs. Lincoln, how ever, will not attend the Drawing Room in con sequence of the recent death other son, and therefore tbe presentations will be made by Mrs. Henry White, wife of the first secretary of legation. Among those of our countrymen and women who are to achieve the crowning felicity of pres entation to tbe Queen are Mr. and Mrs, Michael P. Grace, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Haves, Mrs. Garrison, Miss Scblesinger and Mi3a Ren dsll. BALLOT REF0HM BRIEFS. TnE bill takes out of tbe hands of the ma chines the monopoly they now practically en joy of making nominations. New York World Pennsylvania, too, is going to have ballot reform. Tbe Republicans will make it an issue in tbe State canvass this year, which means that its adoption is foreordained. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A doubt is cast npon the value of tho New York ballot reform law by the fact that Tam many Hall bas indorsed It. Tammany is rarely In favor of anything that makes for purity in elections. Cleveland Leader. New York's ballot reform bill need not be expected to work any great change in the re sults ot elections in tbat State, which has bad exceptionally good election laws for several years. Philadelphia Ledger. The ballot reform bill bas passed the New York Legislature by a unanimous vote in both branches, and Governor Hill announces that ho will sign. It came hard, but the Repub licans and public sentiment pulled it through. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. The vetoed bill compelled the elector to cast a secret ballot; the signed bill merely permits him to cast it or to cast a ballot with a laoel pasted on it, by which his boss can tell bow be voted. Now let tbe campaign for "compelling him to do so" begin. New York Press. AS is well-known, this is a compromise measure. It does not secure tho complete re form emboaied in tbe bill which Governor Hill vetoed. It 1, however, am important step toward purification of tbe polls. What it lacks will come in time by amendatory legislation, New York Herald. TnE fact is that in tbe last three years the Governor has retreated from one position after another before tbe ri-ing tide of the popular demand for ballot reform. The Republicans in the Legislature have taken advantage of this tide to drive him to a final stand, hoping to see him overwhelmed. New York Times. Governor Hill has signed tbe ballot-reform bill, and has written an elaborate state ment to justify his doing so. The necessity ot an explanation is apparent from the fact that the Governor is on record as having at various times denounced ballot reform as a "mongrel foreign" thing, as "revolutionary," as "imprac ticable," as "unconstitutional," and in general as utterly and inconceivably bad. New York Tribune. Governor Hill's memorandum filed with the ballot reform bill makes clear In a way most exasperating to the Republicans and the Mugwumps the difference between Australian and American ballot reform. The Governor has fought for honest ballot reform for three years aud be bas won, and tbe Republicans and the Mugwumps have been licked. The eagle is considered by most judges to be a superior bird to the kangaroo. New York Sun, CURI00S CONDENSATIONS." Every tramp arrested in Salem, Ore., is compelled to work in the public streets. Death has just separated a couple in England who had been married for 77 years.' Tom Burgess, an old-time circus clown. Is driving a street sprinkler at Dowagiac. It is to be hoped that he will wet down those dusty old jokes. Tbe mail carrier between Sierra Valley and Truckee, Cal admits that he burned some ne ffspaper mail one day lately to warm himself and nephew. It is said that cattle in the neighborhood of Plant City, Fla., are actually perishing for want of water. The ponds and branches around there have all dried up. New York barbers are removing the clocks from their shops Decause customers get nervous by watching them while being shaved and the employes can't do their work properly. A new industry his sprung np in Kan sasthat of collecting old tinware, which is nsed at tbe Argentine smelter for fluxing purposes. An industrious roan can gather up a ton of it la a day, which brings 2 75 delivered at tho rail road. The St Joseph, Mich., Valley Eailroad is 11 miles long, and one man is superintendent, general passenger and freight agent, manager president and a very large slice of tbe board of directors, besides running a newspaper and practicing medicine. A cow fight at Bee Heights, Dak., re sulted in one of the animals having her neck broken, and tbe owner of the dead cow bas brought suit against tbe owner of the victor for damages on tbe ground that the victorious animal was the aggressor. A negro woman as black as the ace of spades is confined in the jail at Lumpkin, Ga-V for killing and burying a baby. She bas now in j ail twin babies, as white as the purest Cau casian. She has turned the twins over to Sheriff Troy Holder to secure her defense. Wheelmen in Bridgeport, Conn., talk of forming a league to fight the practice of using salt water for street sprinkling purposes. It is estimated tbat last season every machine in use there was damaged to the extent of 815 by the salt water from the sprinkling carts. C. B. Nolan was fishing for shark on tbe Port Tampa dock Thursday afternoon, and caught the largest jew fish ever caught on the Gulf coast Tbe nb weighs 3JS pounds, and measures six feet in length and eight feet in circumference just back of tbe gills. The London Zoological Society possesses a white peacock. The bird preserves tbe mark ings which distinguish the species, particularly the large eye-like spots on the tail feathers. The effect of these spot3 is remarkable. They are exactly like the pattern on a damask table clotb. A lady in Americns is using a lamp chimney that she has had and used daily for the past eight years, and she expects to use it for many years yet. She says that she boiled it in salt and water when it was bought in 18S2. and no natter how large a flame runs through it it won't break. Last week, at a Missouri dance, tbe fiddler was a man whose wife bad died only a few days before. Some of tbe guests remon strated witb him, saytng that his playing for a dance so soon after the loss ot his wife was impious. "Ob. I don't know," be said, as he tuned bis fiddle tor the first cotilion, "she was no blood relation." The late spring has probably saved the life of O. S. Ryerson, of Bay City. Ryerson shook a tarantula from a bunch of bananas, and the pesky thing ran up his trousers leg. on the inside. Tbe cool weather bad caused Mr. Ryerson to retain bis winter underwear, and that prevented tbe bug from biting him. The tarantula was removed, quickly. The oddest proposition made for a long time is that of a man at Big Sandy Gap, in tbe wildest part of Kentucky. A railroad Is build ing in tbat country and one Peter Kidd offers SOW cash lor the privilege of covering tbe first engine and cars tbat get into that place with a canvas for 21 hours and of charging 25 cents aomission to the mountaineers and their families for entering the tent To produce sufficient silh to make a dress requires more time and capital tban most people would Imagine. If we take one and one quarter pounds as tbe weight of pure silk re quired, this would be equal to two pounds of raw vilk. To produce t pounds of raw silk would require the entire silk obtained from 7,000 to S.0UO worms, allowing a percentage for death by disease and other casualties. A ghastly discovery was made by some fishermen one night recently near tbe road leadingfrom Limerick to Cornish, Me. It was a human bead orskull, destitute of flesh except upon the side exposed to the son. where the skin and flesh seemed to be dried to the bone, and showed quite a heavy set of side whiskers. Inside the skull a mouse bad begun to build a nest. One of ihe witnesses at the recent Gil man hearing in Waterville, Me., was a learned professor of Colby University. His answer to tho usual question, "How old are you?" was a surprise to many.as tbe professoris in the prima or his good looks and activity: "Well. I shall have to onless to 6i" '-That" said Judge Peters in his genial way. "is a good age, if one only could stay there. Itlsju3t rayage." Six years ago Jacob Beck deserted his wife in Philadelphia and. locating in Mont pclier, this State, changed hn name to Jacob Voltz. He married again and was getting along comfortably, but Mrs. Beck learned of bis whereabouts and came after him. He used bis second mfe's money to atisfy the claims or tbe first wife, and then, when everything appeared quiet and peaceful like, he fled to Canada, leaving both families to mourn. Chauncey M. Depew is quoted as making the interesting statement that about a hundred men whom he can recall as having been famous In Wall street during tbe war for fortunes made suddenly in speculative deals, and wbo bave since suddenly dropped out of sight, are now life insurance agents. He said he attended an insurance banquet recently and 75 per cent of the agents present had formerly been famous as successful Wall street traders. A Joliet prisoner just released has a mysterious record, and is no doubt a prodigal son. He is heir to souu,tw, recently leit nim in y gj one or the cantons in Switzerland. On his de- M parture rrom tbe prison be carried with hlal.,, the largest roll of bills of any convict who ever left there, amonnting t over 31,000. He gave away a considerable amount among his fellow prisoners. He went to Chicago, and from there , will go direct to New York and sail for Switzer land. SOME TEX - SIFTJXGS. "Oh, would I were a bird," he sang Throughout tho live-long day; And passer-by in current slang Said. Soyoaarc-ajay-A Losing Speculation Ynng Admirer ' What exquisitely beautirul teeth you have. Mrs. Dashaway. I'd give 31,000 Tor such teeth. Brutal Husband You would be S9W loser on that bargain, young man. The whole set only cost S7. The Bight Time First Clerk Do you think old Wiggins will raise my salary if I ask him? Second Clerk If you a k bim to-day he will. by to-dav? l He just got a divorce from his wife. , ,. An Optical Delusion A gentleman, who Zk Imagined that he recognized a lady friend, ad vanced cordially and addressed ber: "I beg par- i i don." he said, "but Isn't this Mis Greenleaf?" No, sir." replied tho lady, "my nameUEed-. path " "?. Ah, excuse mc, I must be color blind." -pt Gone to Philadelphia, Probably. Have you waited on a great many sick people? asked a , - gentleman ora proresslonat nurse. "Oh. yes." , ,.. , ' H MVUl you give the addresses orsomeorthem Tor references?" .,.,. "a, "Ican'tdolt. Thev are aUdead. Idon'tknow - where they live now." ?' ' But Thev Were His Own. What is the ', natter. old fellow: you look worried? '., "WelL 1 am I'm being donned up hut and down dale by my Infernal creditors." ' "Oh voiiowcalarzeanmormonev?" ,.X. t.t!'rc.it many small sums, and debts : are 'like chliurcn-the smaller they are themorer bother they are." k-t Diciaved. Aramantha (to her lover," wbo has lust propojedl-Before I give you. an i' ,M . ..-.. lmn- r: answeri navea stw w ,.u... - . tut,-, la It dearest? Tl Aramantha (blushing and stammering) My mv teeth are false. Lover (heroically) No matter;!'!! marry yoa m spite or your teetai K Just Punishment Mother Come in nowj Tommy, and put on your clean clothes. Tommy (playing ball la the back lot) All right Soon's I make a bisehlt tA Motherltwo hours later) You, Thomas! Come riaht here. sir. Thomas obeys and gets a sound thrashing, whi be bears heroically, remarking at tthe bervra me ju&t rixni, so uuiu. - - Mother For not obeying Tommy No. Forp chump of a pitcher. r33S t&ssm. fcaS telose; mBP aft U3 v s IV JE w
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