THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY; MAT 8, ' 1890.
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THE LI Bit IKY SITE.
The Board of Trustees of the Carnegie
library, at its meeting yesterday, resumed
the discussion of sites, which was held in
abeyance, during the unsettled question
of the organization of tLat body. A wise de
cision of the site is likely to prove a more
difficult matter than the one which Mr.
Carnegie has just settled. The discussion
already had upon the matter has undoubt
edly made progress; but there are still
many points to be carefully examined, and
a large amount of warm and interested dis
cussion to be bad before the point can be
satisfactorily settled.
The manifest tendency at present is toward
the division of the main buildings with the
central institution of the circulating
libraries at the Bedford avenue basin, in con
nection with a music hall, and the art gal
lerv, scientific museum and scientific
reference library in the vicinity of
Schenley Park. The location of
the art gallery and museum seem to be
generally accepted without dissent, in view
of the necessity of preserving the treasures
which will be deposited there from smoke
and dnst. The Bedford avenue location is
less uuanimnusly accepted, although it is
Tcry stroncly supported. It is a site which
has great recommendations and very positive
drawbacks. The drawbacks are evi
dent to nearly everyone; the recom
mendations are pernaps not so mani
Icst to our citizens who have not
visited the locality. It is claimed on its be
lialf that it is only five or ten minutes' walk
from all the transit lines entering the city;
that its elevation is only a little more than
that of the Court House; and that the space
there is ample for buildings which will revo
lutionize the locality and be a permanent
ornament to the city. On the other hanl,
the steepness ot the streets, approaching it,
the proximity ot the railroad under the hill,
and the general dispositio t, whether correct
or not, to regard it as an out of the way
locality, are the standing arguments against
it.
No doubt exists but that the board will
examine this site thoroughly before coming
to any decision, as it will all other sites;
but it may be well to suggest that the ex
amination need not be confined to the sites
that have been brought before the public.
It may be a profitable subject for the board
through its committees to study whether an
investment of a reasonable share of the fund
at its disposal may not procure sufficient
ground for its dowr town builiing within
the central district of the city. The full
study not only of sites that can obtained
free of cost, but of others that can be pur
chased with reasonable cost, is likely to
lead to the most perfect knowledge of the
subject, and produce the most matured
judgment.
Of course the public will follow the dis
cussion of the matter with the keenest in
terest, and await the final decision with the
expectation that it will be for the highest
usefulness of the project and the best inter
ests of the city.
WHERE SYMPATHY IS DlE.
The recent remarks of General Butler on
the condition of the country, contained a
claim that there are $3,450,000,000 of mort
gages on the farms of the country. This
arouses the protests of numerous cotempora
ries who proceed to demonstrate by figures
more or less iragm iitary that there can be
no such indebtedness on the agricultural
interest. The fac. is that both General
Butler and his opponents have about an
equal amount of accurate information on
this subject, and that is none at all. There
are no accurate and exhaustive statistics on
this point; whatever may be the case when
the Census Bureau completes ita work.
But one phase of the General's re
marks is entirely missed by bis critics. He
tells, as illustrating the way in which mort
gages are plastered on "Western farms, of a
man who took out a patent at a western
land office, paying $1 25 per acre, and
urged haste because another man was stand
ing ready to take a mortgage on the land at
9 per acre. This can hardly be taken as
indicating a lack of prosperity on the part
of the settlers of the West On the contrary
it indicates that the men who can take out
patents at $1 25 per acre and mortgage the
land at $9 per acre, must be doing a very
thriving business, with a profit of $1,210 on
each quarter section. There is room for sym
pathy in the transaction, if sympathy is due
to people who are foolish enough to lend
$1,440 on land which they could buy from
the Government for $200; but whatever lack
of prosperity is shown in that sort of mort
gaging it is entirely on the side of the poor
mortgage creditors.
GOOD ROADS COMING.
It is most encouraging to note the deep in
terest which the road question is exciting
throughout the land. In almost every State
the reformation of roads is engaging the
public mind. Legislatures and Governors
of States are perceiving that measures for
improving the publie highways are within
the range of practical politics. Since The
Dispatch commenced to agitate the matter
fhe country as a whole has taken it up and
there is now a very general apprehension of
bow serious and urgent the need for better
roadways is. It is certain that the people
once thoroughly aroused will not stop short of
decided action. Necessarily progress will
be slow, but when the work is once begun
every year will make relormation easier.
In another place in this issue will be
found an extremely valuable paper upon
the eyils oi the present system or lack of
system, of roadbuilding. The writer does
not hesitate to state the bald truth about the
' scandalous inefficiency of the plan followed
in most'sections of permitting road taxes to
be worked out upon the roads. The de
scription of the slovenly, dishonest and use
less methods adopted by these amateur road
menders tallies with what The Dis-tatch'-s
road expedition hat discovered in
many parts of this State. There caD be no
real improvement of the roads until a radi
cal change has been made in the whole sys
tem of collecting and applying road taxes.
The incompetency of nathniasters, the
shirking of farmers and the employment ot
unscientific and absolutely irrational
methods in roadmaking demand a radical
remedy. It will not be had in a day, but it
is clear that the people mean to have it, and
the revolution in roadmaking is bound to
come.
As has been stated often America has the
best railroads in the world; why should she
not in time have the best highways? The
reform is a great deal more likely to be
effectual and permanent if the nation, in
stead of State by State urges it on. The more
facts on the subject that can be had the
better prospect there is of speedy and right
progress. There seem to be many men in
this State and in other parts of the land who
have made a study of roadmaking, and they
are showing an admirable spirit in giving
the public the benefit of their knowledge, in
The Dispatch and ita cotemporaries.
In fact in every way the cause of good roads
is making all the headway that could be
wished.
REPUBLICAN HOPES AND FEARS.
Interviews with a number of leading Re
publicans, furnished by our special "Wash
ington correspondence, give the strictly
partisan Republican view of the outlook.
Of course, expressions of that sort see forth,
with slight variations of expression, the view
that the Republican outlook is good, that
the tariff bill will strengthen the party, and
that, if a national election law is passed, the
control of the next Congress by the Republic
ans is assured. Republican Congressmen
who did not say such things would be re
garded as recreant to their party, and could
expect little help from the administration in
their labors for re-election.
Nevertheless, under this surface exhibition
of confidence there are indications that even
the extreme Republicans do not regard the
future as secure beyond question. The recog
nition is made in the outset that the
Republican control has a very narrow
margin to go on. That the party
lights should deem it necessary to assure
the country that they are not afraid that
they will lose the next House, has a! least a
faint resemblance to whistling in order to
keep up courage. When this is accom
panied by the practical confession ot some
of them, that a gain of Congressmen in the
South is needed to preserve the Republican
majority, the security of the Republicans
for the future does not appear so unshaken
as it might be.
Under these circumstances two conclu
sions are possible. One is that to which
most of the politicians are prone, that they
must try to legislate success by controlling
South-rn elections, by preventing Demo
cratic gerrymanders and preserving Repub
lican ones, and by conciliating certain pow
er'ul interests with class legislation. The
other is that they should throw aside parti
san and class measures and try to legis
late honestly for the interest of
the whole nation. Instead of giving
up more time to the attempt to
make Republican majorities by act of
Congress.it maybe profitable to take a
course that will command the confidence of
the whole people. It is hardly possible
that any single interest or political power is
so important that however well it may be
served, it could overcome the effect on the
public if the present Congress should per
form the hitherto unbeard-ot teat or con
verting a f90.000.000 surplus into a $70,000,
000 deficit in a single session.
It would be well if the majority in Con
gress would take a course calculated to se
cure the continued success of the party. But
to do so, it must recognize the fact that care
of the public interests is more likely to earn
the public approval than the division of
effort between measures for partisan advan
tage and those for scattering the surplus.
ONE TRUsT SACRED.
Our esteemed Democratic and free trade
cotemporaries, the Philadelphia Record
and Louisville Courier-Journal, scoff at the
anti-trust bill just passed by Congress, be
cause they assert it will not be possible to
enforce the law and the way to suppress the
trusts is to cut down the tariff.
At the same time, when it is proposed to
cut down to six per cent the eighty per
cent duties that form the unmistakable
and undisputed bulwark of the Sugar
Trust, these very newspapers rise in
protest. The sugar duty is a revenue
duty, and it can never be permitted to have
a revenue duty cut down or abolished when
you are trying to reduce the revenue.
The obvious conclusion from this logic is
that the only way in which our free trade co
temporaries would treat the trusts would be
to leave them in the undisturbed possession of
the 65 to 70 per cent protection proposed by
the Mills bill.
THE TARIFF DERATE.
The discussion of the tariff bill in the
House yesterday commenced with great in
terest, principally, no donbt, on account of
its effect on the public mind. The action of
the Congressmen is undoubtedly so much
controlled by either party discipline or pri
vate interests that the debate which should
lurnishthe crucial tests of the merits of the
measure is not likely to affect a single vote
in the House. But what can be said both
for and against the measure may have a de
cided effect on the public judgment of the
bill, and, especially in matters of tariff
policy, the people form the court of last re
sort. The debate has been begun without
any fixed limit set for its termination, and
it is presumably the intention to afford timj
for full discussion. ThiB is as it should be.
For the information of the public the bill
should be debated until all its points, good
and bad, can be brought out and fully esti
mated. The "Night Owls" of Allegheny seem
to have been the legitimate successors of the
Owl Gang of Pittsburg: and it Is to be hoped
that tbey have reached the same end. The way
of the transgressor always should be bard.
The New York Times wants to know if
tbe Republican papers which claim that the
McKinley tariff bill is unfavorable to tbe Sugar
Trust have noticed the advance in the shares
of that concern. They may or may not have
paid much attention to the fluctuations of that
most thoroughly manipulated security; but no
one has noticed in the Times any attempt to
answer the statement that the margin of pro
jection given to the trust by the McKinley bill
is about one-third of what It was in the Mills
bill.
General humidity still appears de
termined to control the situation. People who
reflect that this may be tbe result of the way
in which tbe State went "wet" last June are
likely to be in favor of resubmission.
IT IS pleasant to hear that the new tor
pedo boat Cushing beat all records is ber recent
rnn from Newport: but since the Secretary of
the Treasury reduced the speed, requirements
In the awarding or the last contracts for
cruisers, it is to be feared 'that the gratifying
experience will not be repeated when these
vessels make their trial trips.
Forty-cent Lima oil and 80-cent Penn
sylvania petroleum leave; matters very nearly
where they were before the Standard inaugu
rated its great philanthropic shut-down move
ment. The controversy between Mrs. 'Woodhull
and Inspector Byrnes, of New York, is very lice
that between the -Professor and the Major Ju
"Hobbies." Mrs. Woodhull declares tbatsbe
accepts the Inspector's apology. The Inspeotor
declares that he has not apologized, whereupon
Mrs. Woodhull sweetly replies that she accepts
It anyway. '
A SEVENTY-CENT rate for mining in In
diana does not seam to be quite up to the
seventy-nine cent rate in this district. Must
Pittsburg always carry the big end of the load?
The report that Speaker Reed is trying
to have the river and harbor appropriation
bill cut down, indicates that he has more dis
interestedness than was supposed. The man
who undertakes that task is patting his popu
larity with Congressmen in peril of annihila
tion in order to rescue the surplus from oblit
eration. The Chiesgo Tribune has an editorial
discussion of "legitimate speculation." Tnls is
nearly as interesting a topic as the Mndrod one
of honest dishonesty.
The early adjournment has receded in
the dim vista of the future, and this Congress
is likely to repeat the example of its predeces
sor by discussing tariff legislation without a
quorum, while members go home on fence
building visits.
Well, if Emin Pasha cannot get posses
sion of the African lakes for Germany he may
olace himself by writing a book after Stanley
has published his.
South Cakolika sends up to the coun
try its determination that negroes who are
accused of crime shall be Killed, whether tbey
are gnilty or not. In order to balance the habit
of Arkansas of letting white murderers go
free.
Alleoheny's library mnddle is getting
no better very fast.
The theory that the asylum fire at Mon
treal was started by one of the lunatics only
makes It pertinent to remark that asylums
should have arrangements by which lunatics
will not be permitted to set fire to the build
ings. PEOPLE YOU BEAD ABOUT.
The great autograph collection of Mr. Fer
dinand J. Dieer has been formally presented to
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
The Rev. Dr. A. A. Miner has entered the
forty-second year of his pastorate of the Colum
bos Avenue Universalist Church, Boston.
Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, owner of Abbots
ford, has a revenue of about 52,000 per year
from tbe fees paid by tourists who wish to see
Sir Walter Scott's books, curiosities and per
sonal relics.
Mb. Lionel Brouoh, the English actor,
had a bad time in South Africa, In a farewell
speech he told his audience that be had lost
health and money there and would be glad to
get away, never to return.
The only surviving sod of Thomas De Quin
cey is Sergeant-at-Arms of the New Zealand
Parliament; his name is Pan! Frederick De
Quincey, and he it was who organized the New
Zealand militia during the last Maori War.
Two daughters survive one unmarried and the
other tbe widow of Baird Smith, a famous
engineer.
Baron Ferdinand Swift, the proselytiz
ing atheist, who died in Venice a short time
ago at tbe age of GO. climbed the Campanile of
St. Mark on horseback, paddled from Venice
to Trieste in a canoe, jumped over ranks of
drilling soldiers on a hunter and rowed down
tbe Grand canal from the bareback of a horse
standing on a barrel.
Addressing the Mayor's Club at Boston tbe
other day. General Bntler said that of a single
class of eight pupils at tbe Lowell High School,
three became Governors, two were leading en
gineers, one was a Secretary of the Navy, one a J
leading physician, and the other died. The
Principal of the school, Mr. Clark, is now
Bishop ot Rhode Island.
When M. Saint-Saens disappeared so mys
teriously front Paris a few weeks ago, he went
to Las Palmas. where, under tlio name of Dr.
Charles Sanuols. he passed himself off for an
Englishman. His identity was at last sus
pected because of his musical performances.
He ran away thus simply to get rested and
restore his health, and in this he succeeded.
Whebe is the French worship of Victor
Hugo? asks Mr. Paul Meurice, the Vice Presi
dent of tbe committee on bis monument. One
million francs were subscribed for tbe purpose
of making his funeral a tremendous pageant,
but the five years since bis death have brought
only a little over 100,000 francs for bis monu
ment. Tbe only posthumous work for which
there has been any demand is "Choses Vues,"
and that is in prose; yet only 3,000 or 4,000 copies
have been disposed of.
A MUSICIAN'S MARRIAGE.
Theodore Tbomai Weds the Daughter of a
Dlasinchnsrtts Clergyman.
Chicago, May 7. The wedding of Miss Rose
Fay and Theodore Thomas, the famous orches
tra leader, took place this evening at 8 o'clock
in the chapel of tbe Episcopal Church of tbe
Ascension, which was beautifully decorated
with flowers and crowded with representatives
of Chicago's prominent families and guests
from abroad in honor of the event. All tbe
music performed at the church was especially
selected by Mr. Thomas, and it included Bach's
"Toccata" and his "Wedding March." airs
from the "Meisterslngor" and the "Walkure,"
and Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony." After
the ceremony a reception was given at tbe resi
dence of the bride's brother, after which Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas left for Cincinnati, where
Mr. Thomas is about to conduct tbe May musi
cale. Among the large number of wedding gifts
were rich remembrances from tbe Philadel
phia Society, of New Yoik; the Festival Asso
ciation, of Cincinnati: the Cambridge Child's
Aid Society, and the Amateur Musical Club, of
Chicago.
Miss Rose Far is a daughter of the late Rev.
Charles Fav. of Cambridge. Mass. Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas will make their hpme in New
York.
PLAYS TO COME.
"One of the Bravest," a realistic drama of
the sensational sort, Is next week's attraction
at tbe Bijou Theater. The fire scene is the
great feature of the play. A real steam fire
engine, drawn by horses, and an engine house,
are lntrodnted. T. B. Dixon, the minstrel
tenor, sings, it is said, with good effect.
'The Old Homestead," by Denman Thomp
son Company, the same seen in tbe piece last
fall, returns to the Grand Opera House for the
week of tbe 12th. Company remains tbe same,
but new and elegant scenery now being pre
pared in New York will be used.
THE BUSINESS COMPLETED.
Officers Elected by the State Council, Senior
Order American Mechanics.
rSFECLU. txlsqrax to the oisfatcb.1
HABBiSBtnto, May 7. The State Council of
the Senior Order of American Mechanics to
day elected officers as follows: State Coun
cilor, George Sarver, of Homestead; State Vice
Councilor, A. B. Say bolt, Philadelphia; SUte
Council Secretary, Walter Gramm, Philadel
phia; Treasurer, Edwin E. Snyder, Lancaster;
Instructor, Henry A. Noll, Easton; Protector,
Philip C. Hess; Examiner, John M. Gamble, of
Monongahela Valley: Representatives to. Na
tion Council, James W. Johnson (three years),
Pittsburg; Charles Noblet (two years), Phila
delphia. DuBoIs Clearfield county, and the
first Tuesday or May were selected as the place
and time for the annual meeting next year.
A BneThnt Rolbrrs Hlra.
From the Philadelphia Becord.
Senator Teller denounces tbe compromise
silver bill as "a bait of the golobngs." If tbe
Colorado Senator could have bis way, it is clear
enough that be would shoot Persian powder or
some other fatal substance through the vital
of the glittering vermin.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Novel Lenda Up to Play Cold Snao Good
for Tailors The Phco to See the Honey
moon In All lis Horror Unusual Color
In Foliage.
'HE success of "Mr. Barnes of New York"
is not at all surprising. Tbe play has a
superb advertisement in the book, and as was
the case with "She," everybody who has read
the story feels a keen desire to see it translated
into action on the stage.
But not everyone about the Bijou Theater
imagined that Mr. Gunter's drama would hit
Pittsburg so hard. It is reported that Manager
Gulick will forfeit a cool $100 because he un
derestimated the drawingpower ot "Mr. Barnes
of New York."
, 'he weather is coming our way at last,"
remarked a tailor of high degree to me
yesterday.
"HowT"
"In the first place the warm, fine weather,"
the tailor explained, "which we had in April
revived business for us very pleasantly. Fine
weather of that sort always turns the mind of
man to thonghts of new trousers. Secondly,
this little cold spell very forcibly emphasized
the need for spring overcoats, and there is a
prodigious demand for them now. If such
an interval of sheer cold weather dots not
break in upon May I have always found that
our sales of light overcoats are not what tbey
should be. If there is no cold snap to jog his
memory a man Is liable to slip into summer
without a seasonable top coat. So the weather
is custom made for us this spring."
'They were wandering about the terrace and
porticos of the Camtol at Washington.
Evidently he was somewhat weary of the
honeymoon, and she actually raised her gloved
hand to repress or conceal a yawn every now
and then. As they passed me the happy man
said: "They may call this the Capitol, but
"It's something like capital punishment visit,
fne It, dear?" she said interrogatively.
His reply I did not catch. Tbe emptiness and
and unprofitableness of tbe honeymoon Is no
where better seen than at Washington.
CurelyH is reasonable to believe that the
unreasonable amount of rain and the ab
normal mildnessof tbe past winter maynccount
for a phenomenon which a great many people
have noticed this spring. I refer to the Intense
green of the foliage everywhere this spring. It
seemed to me that since one morning I caught
sight of the dazzling green among the ragged
cliffs abont Fastnet Point from the deck of an
Atlantic liner I had never seen anything more
deeply, deliriously rich in hue than the hills
about Washington.
Yesterday a Pittsburger remarked to me
that when he was at New York last week he
was wonderfully impressed with the deep tints
of green revealed to him in Central Park.
"I am certain," said he, "that I never saw
grass and trees so profoundly green. And all
the country the spring seems lovely out of tbe
ordinary." The same thing I have heard from
others.
AN nT-EENATIOIi-AL FOUNTAIN
To be Presented to tho Cliy of Akron by
German Residents.
rspsciAL telxobah to the dispatch. t
AKRON, May 7. Tbe German citizens of this
place bave decided to give up the festival and
celebration which was proposed for next fall,
and in its stead to present to tbe city of Akron
an elegant memorial in the shape of a foun
tain. It will be a beautiful and costly work.
An allegorical figure of Columbia will sur
mount the fountain, and around It will be
grouped statues of George Washington, Goethe
and Schiller as representatives of German lit
erature: Bayard Taylor, whose works in Ger
many and America endeared him to !ith
nations and made him tbe best-known Ameri
can to Germany, and Humboldt, who holds the
same place in science for America and Ger
many that Bayard Taylor does In literature.
After the fountain is erected the city will be
asked to illuminate it at least one night a
week with electricitv.
The project is in the hands of the German
Central Society, which has been permanently
organized, and is made up of representatives
from all German organizations in tbe city. The
funds will be raised by assessment upon the
members of tbe various societies interested.
When $10,000 has been raised the plans for the
fountain will be secured from some prominent
designer in Germany. Promises of individual
gifts of large sums bave already been made.
FIFTY YEARS A REPORTER.
A Few
Incident In the Rosy Career of
Thomas Towndrow.
From Yesterday's New York Tribune.
The members of the Irt&une staff celebrate
to-day the eightieth anniversary of tbe birth of
Thomas Towndrow, tbe pleasant, happy old
gentleman with the sparkling eye who comes
into the office every morning from Westchester
county with roses in his cheeks. Every reader
of tbe paper must bave seen him at one time or
another, for he has been right here these 49
years. His bair is very white now and bis step
is not quite as firm as it was when be began re
porting for Horace Greeley in 1811, tbeyear the
Tribune was born, but he is as fresh in spirit as
any boy of 10, and when you wake up his
memory be can unfold more astonishing things
than ever were dreamed of in your or anybody
else's philosophy.
Mr. Towndrow has forgotten more than many
newspaper men will ever know, but he remem
bers much. The bosom of a reporter If be
bave any "snap" in him becomes tbe recep
tacle of avast amount of Information which
the nature of his business require blm to keep
locked up. His willing ear is filled with mat
ters which be dares not breathe even to his em
ployer, much less serve up to the public as
news. His usefulness would be utterly de
stroyed were he to tell all he knew. He goes
among bis fellow-men a vehicle of explosive in
formation, a sort of infernal machine. loaded
and primed, but he seldom betrays a trust He
has been a faithful reporter.
A pnaonnble Hint.
From the Warren Mirror, 3
Now that the roads are good do not forget
that when wet weather comes they will be bap!.
Now is the time to put them in condition to re
sist tbe disintegrating power of Jupiter Plu
vius. Don't adopt the policy of the Arkansas
farmer who wouldn't roof his bouse when it
didn't rain and couldn't roof it when it did.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
MIh Llilie Kevin.
At 3 A. M. yesterday. Miss Lidle Nevln, elder
daughter or the late 1 heodore U. K evln, President
of the First National Bank of Allegheny, died at
her father's residence In Sewlckley. Miss Kevin
had been lit with typhoid fever, and the exhaus
tion resulting from tbe disease caused her dcith.
Highly girted Intellectually, Miss Nevln was loved
by all her Mends and acquaintances for her
straightforward, unselfish character, aud for the
brarervwhleli she has shown on various occasions
or family bereavement, iter education was as
sound as It was varied and extensive, and her
literary Judgment was really valuable. The fu
neral services will be held on Friday at 3 p. M., in
the family residence The Interment will be pri
vate, and will take place at a later hour.
Hon. C. F. Clnrksoo.
DXS MOINES. IA., May T. The Hon. a F.Clark
son, father of Assistant Postmaster General
Clarkson and It. D. Clarkson, of the State-Regis-tsr,
died this morning at 12:05. He had been 111
for several months, and grew rapidly w rse last
bight. He was born in Maine In 1810, removed to
Indiana In 1KU, and lived there until 1855, when he
came to Iowa, settling In Grundy countv. He
was elected to the State Senate In 18SJ. and had
been connected with the newspaper business ever
since his 17th year. For the last 30 years he had
been agricultural editor of the State-Register.
Judge Edvrnrd F. Head.
ban Francisco, May 7. Judge Edward F.
Head, of tho Superior Court of San Mateo county,
died at his residence In Redwood City yesterday
of pneumonia. Judge Head had held the office of
Superior Judge since 1879, and, although totally
blind, was recornlsed as one of the ablest Jurists
ot the State. Uhe deceased was a native or Slassa
chusetis and during his early life was a well
known lawyer ol Boston. He leaves a wife and
Tour grown children, one daughter being the wife
or a professor in Harvard College, lie was 72
years of age.
Rev. S. A. Jtronson, D. D.
MANSFIELD, O., May 7. Kev. S. A, Bronson,
D. D au intimate friend of Senator Sherman
and his biographer in the campaign or 1580, died
at his home at 3 o'clock this afternoon, aged 83
years. He was paktor or Grace Episcopal Church
for 17 years, and from 1845 to 1850 he was President
of Kenyon College,
Dr. Joecph R. Camming.
Chicago, May 7. Dr. Joseph It. Cnmmlngs,
President or the Northwestern University at
Kvanston. died suddenly this morning at his home
In Evanston. tatty degeneration of the heart
was tbe cause.
James Nntnyib.
LONDON, May 7.-Mr. James Nasmyth. tbe cele
brated mechanical engineer and Inventor of the.
steam hammer. Is dead.
HIGH SOOTETx "WEDDING,
X Dnughtor of General Rosecrana Dlnrrl-a
the Governor of Montnun.
IFKOM A STAFF COBRXSFONDINT.t
Washington, May 7. A quiet marriage,
with many elements ot romance, took place at
11 o'clock this morning in tbe parochial resi
dence of St. Matthew's Church. Tbe bride was
Miss Lily Rosecrans, daughter of General Will
iam T. Kosecrans, Register of the Treasury,
and the groom was Mr. Josepn Kemp Toole,
Governor of Montana. Miss Rosecrans was born
in Cincinnati, O., crossed the plains with ber
parents, and during the past tew years lived
with them In their own home on Capitol Hill.
It was here that Mrs. Rosecrans died while the
General was a member of Congress, when
Mr. Cleveland came to the presidency General
Rosecrans was given his present post, ana
with Miss Rosecrans they lived at Willard's.
They were social favorites during the late ad
ministration. Governor Toole, who isa tall and handsome
man, sat opposite his future bride at the hotel
taoie, wuere tney uvea ior bctbim jmi, nueu
he was delegate for the Territory of Montana,
and in that way an acquaintance began which
culminated in tbe old, old story. The bridal
party that stood in the parlor of the pastoral
bouse on H street was a small one. Father
Cbappelle wore tbs severe black sontan
without ornaments. General Rosecrans
entered with tbe bride. who
wore a traveling dress from Worth
of myrtle green ladies' clotb, the skirt made
with the front of three immense box pleats,
elaborately braided in black; tbe back of the
skirt was plain and full. The Jicket and coat,
of green cloth, were both braided with black
silk In a rich pattern; the hat was a black tur
ban, close titling and trimmed with black vel
vet and gros grain ribbon and gold ornaments;
gloves of tan color.
The witnesses were Miss Horsey, daughter ot
Mr. Outerbridge Horsey, of Maryland, andMiss
Georglne Campbell, the artist. Immediately
alter the marriage Governor Toole and his
bride left for the seashore for a few days.
They will visit many places of interest between
New York City and Alaska during the next
two months, when they will arrive at Helena,
Mont., where the Governor has bought land
ana built a bouse.
HIS OWN NAME GOOD ENOUGH.
The
Proposal to ftlake Stanley a Peer
Severely Criticised. ,
From the Seattle Journal.)
Now the cable tells us that it I 'J contemplated
to offer Stanley tbe title of "Lord Stanley, of
Congo." For his own sake it is to be hoped the
great explorer will bave nothing to do with
such a tawdry distinction. He would elevate,
not himself, but the peerage by accepting, and
in elevating a body which, dear knows, is in
great need of respectability, he would degrade
himself. Without title or distinction other
than tbose he now wears as a plain American
citizen Stanley stands as one of tbe greatest
figures of bis time. No King, Queen or Gov
ernment in Christendom conld add to or take
awav from his greatness.
As Stanley tbe explorer he has invested his
name with a luster not equaled by that which
any peer living enjoys, and that luster he can
not afford to dim. As Gladstone is a greater
name in the eves of the present generation
than could be tbe title which that great man
has so often refused, so Stanley in accep ing
the so-called distinction ot a place in the peer
age would do so at the loss of the name which
he has made one of tbe greatestof the century.
The object is too insignificant, the price too
great.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON SUED.
Action to Recover Real Estate Valued at
$100,000.
New York, May 7. Actor Joseph Jefferson
is a defendant in a suit brought in the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn, by his former intimate friend,
Henry B. Witty, who seeks to recover posses
sion of real estate valued at 8100.000. Mr.
Witty owned a carriage factory in Nevms
street, Brooklyn, in 1869, he says, and on Octo
ber 1 of that year be gave Mr. Jefferson a mort
gage of $20,000 on tbe property. In 1875, after
tbe mortgage became due, be entered into an
agreement with Mr. Jefferson by which the
property wa to be sold under foreclosure pro
ceedings. Mr. Jefferson was to buv it in lor a
sum not exceeding tbe amount of tbe mort
gage, with interest, and was to hold the prop
erty, accounting to tbe plaintiff for the rents
and profits.
Tbe sale was made, and the property was
bought in by a man named Lockyer as agent ot
Mr. Jefferson, but tbe plaintiff says no account
ing was made. The present suit also relates to
other property at Nevins and F niton streets
and elsewhere in Brooklyn, which was sold
under similar conditions. Mr. Witty says Mr.
Jefferson has refused to deliver up the prop
erty or render an account, although he has re
ceived enough from it In rents to cancel all
Indebtedness.
CONGRESS AND ITS CRITICS.
Boston Herald: It looks like an all-summer
session of Congress. Senator Jones is going to
make one of his silver speeches.
Philadelphia Hecord (Dem.): Tbe Senate
and House bave passed an anti-trust bill. But
the Senate clings to its executiro session, and
the House to its casens trust.
Baltimore Herald: It appears that Mr. Mc
Kinley is still not ready to proceed with tbe
tariff debate. The lack of harmony is too
ominously apparent to begin the discussion
just now.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.): The free
traders in Congress will this week undertake
the Impossible task of talking the tariff bill to
death. Their talk is generally fatal in its
effect, but it is not going to kill this time.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Dem.): A Demo
cratic House permitted the Republican minor
ity to discuss tbe Mills bill from tbe 2d of April
to tbe 20th of July. A Republican House
thinks the McKinley bill cannot survive more
than ten days of discussion and exposure.
Savannah News (Dem.): Those Congress,
men v, ho are favoring a silver bill that they
know to be dangerous to tbe best interests of
the country, thinking that tbe President will
veto it, may find tbey have made a great mis
take. The President, being a candidate for a
renominatiou, will probably take the side be
thinks is the popular one.
. Washington Star: Tbe Republican House
caucus is hurrying matters with a view to the
adjournment of Congress by July 15. But the
Senate caucus will bave something to say on
this subject. Congress has rarely adjourned
earlier than August, oven when there were no
such difficult questions as silver and the tariff
to engage attention. It is much easier for
members of Congress to try to get avay than it
is for them to get away from Washington.
WILLING HANDS AT THE HOPES.
Men, Women and Children Aid to Pat Gen
eral I.ee's Sintae In Place.
Richmond, VA., May 7. The tracks con
taining the Lee statue were removed to-night
to the place of unveiling, with men, women and
children tugging at the ropes.
The line of march was literally packed with
people from starting point to finish, while tbe
cheering and waving of flags was continuous.
There were 500 grown ladies and girls whose
fair hands held tbe ropes. Little tots weie car
ried out into the streots in their mothers' arms
and their small hands placed upon the ropes.
All the trucks were handsomely decorated with
pictures of General Lee and flags of tbe South
ern States, while here and there a Confederate
battle flag floated to the breeze.
THE MAN O' URLIE.
Tbe following are the lines of the plaintive
little song that Lawrence Barrett used to sing
as Jamie Harebell, in "The Man o' Airlie:"
Ob. there abou' yon heather hill,
Where footfa1 comes but rarely,
There Is a house they point out still,
Where dwelt the man o Alrlle.
Be wore a coat o' hodden gray,
His hand was bard wl' labor,
But still he bad a namely way
O' atandln' by his neighbor.
His burly laugh made men rejoice,
His words the neigh Dors guided;
The little balrnles loved bis voice,
And in his smile confided:
Tbe words to-day that left his lip
Became a deed to-morrow;
Hout, man, the friendship of tils grip
Would lift the heart o' sorrow.
Be was na' loud, he was na' proad,
He lacked In learnln' salrly.
And yet yo'd sick him frae a crowd.
The honest man o' Alrlle.
Ills wealth It was na1 in his land,
It was na1 In the city;
A mint o' honor was bis hand,
His heart a mine o' pity.
He's dMd and gone, this prince o' Fife,
Mute Is his burly laughter;
But, ah! the music o hlsllfel
That bides with us lang after.
Bis memory Uvea, the man may die,
That lingers bright and louln',
, Just like a star Jolt frae the sky,
Whose ray survives his ruin.
EPIDEMIC MANIAS.
Peculiar Delatlona Which Take Possession
of Entire Communities A waiting the End
of the World The Crusades Wild Finan
cial Schemes.
ttisto by tells of numerous Instances in which
countries have apparently gone mad, and,
although the fits of insanity have invariably
caused suffering and death, many incidents in
connection with them were ludicrous in the ex.
treme. From time to time a care has spread
through England in consequence of prophecies
naming the date ot the earth's destruction. The
last of these is of quite recent date, having oc
curred as recently as 188L Mother Shlpton's
proDhecy, in execrable verse, that during the
year named "the world unto an ena should
come," was accepted as gospel by thousands if
residents in the agricultural districts, while not
a few more civilized townspeople set their
houses in order, and prepared for tbe grim
event. During the years 1879 and 1880 there was
a distinct religious revival, the little country
chapels were crowded to excess, the penitent
form was in constant nse, and psalm singing be
came the regular evening recreation. Several
women died of over-exeltement, but otherwise
the scare had a good effect, especially on tbe
morals of the people Influenced by it.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge tried a breach-of-promise
case at Bristol in 1SSQ, which showed
bow completely the prophecy influenced the
lives of those wbo believed in it. The plaintiff
in the case was attractive and pretty. She de
scribed tbe courtship and promise in the usual
manner, and then proceeded to electrify the
judge oy her description of tho breaking off of
the engagement.
Life Too Short for Marriage.
'T'he defendant had explained to her that as
the world was coming to an end in 1881 It
would be madness to get married in 18b0. In
vain did she explain in reply that she did not
care when the world was coming to au end, nor
did she believe in Mother Shlpton. The young
man was what the poor call "obstinate" and
therich 'firm," and hence the suit The Judge
expressed his astonishment at the credulity of
an apparently intelligent man like the defend
ant, and charged tbe jury that it was merely a
question of damages. For hours the jury was
locked up. and finally the foreman explained
mat tney could not agree, as opinions differed
as to tho reliability of Mother Shipton as a
prophetess. The Judge decided that this was
equivalent to a verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount claimed, and his decision was affirmed
on appeal. But the appeal did not come
off until 1S82. and the damages were never paid,
for all obstacles having been removed at mid
night on December 81 of tbe alleged fateful or
fatal year the couple "made it up" and all was
forgiven and forgotten.
Tbere were many other Instances quite as
grotesque as this. Thousands of acres went
uncultivated because men refused to work on
the eve of the earth's destruction; buildings
were left unrepaired and a general
spirit of indifference as to terrestrial
matters prevailed. The mania was
confined to districts, and hence was only
partially national, but the same can hardly be
said of some of the destruction-of-tbe-earth
panics which preceded it. The first of these
was in the year 999. when pilgrims dragged
their weary limbs to Jerusalem to meet Christ
on his second coming. The craze extended to
nearly the wbole of central Europe, and the
bands of pilgrims were strengthened by new re
cruits from every halting place. Much destruc
tion resulted from the march, and many com
fortable homesteads wore abandoned. Disease
destroyed a large percentage of tbe infatuated
ones. In tbe fourteenth and twice in the
eighteenth century prophecies as to world
termination caused excitement and panic, tbe
most remarkable instance being in 1736, when
October 13 was named as the day of judgment.
Numbers were afraid to go to bed on tbe even
ing of the 13th. and were trreatl v reassured when
the gray dawn of tbe 11th upset tho prophet's
reputation for accuracy.
The Cruinde Craze.
'T'HE crusades may fairly be classed among na
tional, if not continental crazes. Peter
the Hermit's motives may have been excellent,
but it was not long before tbe religions war de
teriorated into a distinctly irreligious raid. In
fluenced by the idea that the mere taking part
in the attack on the infidels would insure par
don for all sins, men sold out tbeir belongings
and eagerly joined tbe ranks. But the craze
did not stop there. People who had nothing
stole from tbose that had, consoling themselves
with tbe happy thought that no ill could possi
bly befall them. The same idea influenced tbe
crusaders on tbe march. As a pardon would
cover everything, the fanatics decided to have
a good time regardless of morality, and never
in the world's history were tbere scenesof more
unbridled licentiousness than in the camps of
these "holy" warriors. The real object of tbe
campaign was a matter of comparative indiffer
ence to the rank and file, and Europe was vic
timized remorselessly by the thieves and
bandits.
The South Sea bubble will ever be remem
bered as marking a period of national insanity.
Tbere was never a sound principle in the
scheme, which enriched a few and ruined
thousands; but for months men and women
fought for tbe privilege of contributing to it.
Public credit was in a bad way early In the
eighteenth century, and Harley's idea was to
restore it by means of the South Sea Company.
This company assumed the debt of 10.000,000.
and was guaranteed interest at 6 per cent, and
also a monopoly of the trade with tbe South
Seal Wild stories were floated as to the
wealth of tbe gold tend silver mines or Peru,
Brazil and Mexico, and people who bad no idea
where Peru was. believed every word that was
said.
A Bunted Babble.
TN 1717 tbe company obtained power to increase
its capital stock, and speculation became gen
eral. The trading business of tbe concern never
amounted to anything, but prospects were
always reported bright, and every little trans
action was magnified into absurd proportions.
In 1720 the company made an offer to take up
the entire national debt, and the Bank of En
gland made a competitive proposition. Each
concern tried to ombid the other, but finally
the shadow was preferred to the reality.and tbe
South Sea Company's offer was closed with.
Stock ran up from 130 to 300, and, to add f lei to
the flame, a semi-official" report was industri
ously circulated to tbe effect that Gibraltar
was to be traded for some valuable Spanish
possessions In America.
Tbere were a few men who saw how the
bubble must burst, and Walpole was vigorous
in his protests. But no one conld stem tho ris
ing tide and when a dividend of 10 per cent
was announced the rush for stock was so great
that $7,500,000 worth was subscribed for in a
single afternoon. In May stock was quoted at
550, and in June at 890. A slight panic was
caused In the latter month by the discovery
that ionic nt the merchants were selling, and
stock tell lo 630, but the fall was only tempo
rary, and very soon four figures were In the
quotations. Again it. was discovered that di
rectors were unloading, and a general panic
was tho result. Tbe bank generously came to
the rescue of its whilom competitors, but the
directors soon gauged public sentiment with
sufficient accuracy to convince them that they
had better stand off. As a result tbe bnbble
burst, and tbe expression, "South Sea Com
pany Director" at once became synonymous
with "fraud" and "villain."
Tjhw's Colosnl Swindle.
The Mississippi scheme was to France what
the South Sea bubble was to England, and
it would be a hard case to decide which waB tbe
more outrageous of the two. In all probability
tbe men who started both balls rolling, acted in
good faith in the first instance; at any rate, no
one doubts that Law meant well when he pre.
pared his colossal financial scheme. It was in
th .,- mo that he came to the front, and in
1720 tho banking bouse of Law 4 Co. was es
tablished by royal edict, the notes of the bank
to be legal tender, even for the payment of
taxes. The head of the new firm announced
his belief that the banker deserved to die who
issued more paper than his funds in hand justi
fied. The expression caught the public ear,
and there ws a mad rush for Law's note'.
These soon commanded a premium, although
Government paper was quoted belqw par, and
the time came when the premium on the for
mer was 15 per cent, and tbe discount on tbe
latter twice a high.
Unfortunately Law conld not let well enough
alone, ana embarked in bi3 Mississippi scheme,
obtaining the necessary privilege from the Re
gent; and launching his company with a capi
tal of 100,000,000 livres. A tobacco monopoly
was granted tbe new concern, and the rush ft r
shares became phenomenal. Lidl9s vied with
men in tbelr efforts to secure stock, some of
the fairest women in France falling on their
knees before the lion of tbe hour. One lady
entered his sleeping apartment to beg to bare
ber name inserted on the list, and nnother
thought of a more original scheme. She
ordered her coachman to drive ud and down
till he mot Law and then to upset the carriage.
The Instructions were obeed, and the finan
cier rushed gallantly to the lady's assistance.
She confessed to the scheme, and Law good
hutuoredly granted her request. It seen s rr
maritable bow People begged to be swiidled
out of their money, and their veryeageinei
was a proof of the nation's temporary lusanltj.
The end was not long coming, and Law with
difficuliy escaped the punishment of his owu
naming.
An Offended Riffle
From the Boston Herald.
Governor E.igle, of Arkansas, is highly indig
nant at the insinuations made against his Stats
by the Congressional Investigating Commit
tee out there. It Is natural for Eagle to feel
soar. ...
0DR MAIL P0FCH.
Host Seed Sown by The Dispatch Will Ger-
mlnntr The Road Expedition Praised.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I Inclose an article on "American Roadways"
from the HU Louis Globe-Democrat. If you
can find space to reproduce it. or at least some
of the more salient points, it would doubtless
at this time afford much interest, and perhaps
profit, to many of your readers.
I have traveled many miles over the bottom
less alleged roads of Western prairies, the
loose sands of Michigan and. Southern Minne
sota, the corduroy boulevards of Southern
swamps, and some of the highest highways of
the Rooky Mountains. These varied pilgrim
ages, comprehending good, bad and damnable,
between Banyan's "Slough of Despondand the
"Rocky Road to Dublin," have enhanced tbe
interest with which I have foljowcd the experi
ences of your "Country Road Expedition."
Yonr novel and energetic agitation of this
question cannot be barren of good fruits. Some
of the seed sown by you on such diversified
ground will germinate not only a local spirit of
emulation, bnt a general earnest, effective en
deavor. I bnt recently returned to this, my
native, city after 23 years' abence. In time
when I traverse the Interior of the State I hope
to find a widespread, substantial progress
toward tbe securing of permanent roadways
Pennsylvania is surpassed by no other State in
the procession in the leading essentials tbat
make and maintain a great Commonwealth,
and It should be inferior to none In its public
voagon roads. We should have such blessings
"for the peoole now on earth," and not as a
feature of Bellamy's mlllenium.
Yours looking forward, Fos. FORSYTn.
PrrrsBnRa, May 6.
The article referred to by Mr. Forsjth ap
pears on the ninth page of this issue.
How Good Honda Help Farmers.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Tbe following is taken from a private letter,
which ycu are at liberty to publish:
"Again accept thanks for copies of The
Dispatch, which are always interesting, par
ticularly the deseriptlon and experience of the
commission sent out to Investigate public high
ways. You must remember I was born and
raised in Western Pennsylvania, though tbat is
many decades ago. and have seen just such
roads, both there and here, as are so graphic
ally described.
"Now for our roads: Every county and town
ship road here U graded and graveled to the
county line, and private roads lead to tbe farms.
Thev, too, are graded and graveled. Ihe
farmers do this at their own expense. 8carce
a mud road is to lie found. There is a bounti
ful supply of the best of limestone gravel all
over tbe county convenient to all the roads.
The roads are graded, and after they bave
settled tbe gravel Is pnt on to a depth
of 12 to 18 Inches. In a short time
they get nearly as hard as stone very
bard and smooth. Thev do not cut up, and. of
cours. are never muddy. You never see a
wagon track two inches deep at any time. In 21
hours after an ordinarily heavy rain thev will be
dusty. Farmers wbo used to call 20 or 25 bush
els of wheat a good load now haul from 50 to 80
with ease, and Instead of one-fourth cord of
wood a cord. The expense of thns making and
repairing the roads is defrayed1 by annuall v tax
ing the land on each side for two miles. Before
roads were thus improved that land sold or was
held at S35 to $50 per acre; now it is worth from
$60 to $80 per acre.
At first tbe farmers crumbled and kicked a
good deal at the expense of these Improve
ments, but now, in possession of all tbe advan
tages arising therefrom, they are contented and
bappy, and pay tbe tax as cheerfully as any
money they invest, knowing tbat it gives them
the best sort of a retnrn. My personal observa
tion and experience, running back over more
tban half of the present century, I am prepared
to speak whereof I know, and 1 unhesitatingly
say that no better investment Is to be found for
tho farmer tban that made in improving the
pumic nignways. johnjLiINDSAT."
"Bellefontaine, Logan Co., O., May 6."
The List nt Johnstown.
To the Edltoror The Dispatch:
Would you kmdly inform me where I could
get a list of names that were drowned in the
Johnstown flood last Jane 7 I had some rela
tives living near there, and since the flood I
have never heard from them. Have often
wrote, but could get no answer, and a few days
ago a party told me he knew one of them, and
tbat be was living in Johnstown. If be was. I
suppose he must have been drowned in tbe
flood. Their names are John and Hugh Atkin
son. John was a married man with no chil
dren. He wa a minister, and bad a church at
Johnstown. Hugh was a railway surveyor's
man, going all over the country, and probably
he was at bis brother's at tbe time of tbe flood
All information will be kindly received.
George Wobbaia.
Douglas Island, Alaska, April IB. '
The long list of dead carries the name of
John Atkinson, aged 63, car coaler or freight
filler. Tbe list is published in Dr. Beall's his
tory of tbe Johnstown flood, which can be
ordered through a bookseller. It tbe above
should meet the eve of the living John Atkin
son or any friend of tbe family, The Dispatch
will forward any information they desire to
Mr. Worrall.
Tho Ace of Clubs.
To tbe Editor or The Dispatch:
Please inform me through the columns of
your paper whether the "Ace of Clubs," by
Prince Joset Lubomirskl, now puulishea in tbe
Sunday edition of The Dispatch, bak not
been founded ou tbe drama entitled the
"Exiles," by Vlctonen Sardou, or was it
adapted for the stage from tbe "Ace of Clubs"
by tbe last named author, as character, situa
tion and plot are analogous in nature. M. S.
Pittsbubo, Maya.
Tbe plot and characters in Sardou's drama
were undoubtedly.taken from tbe story, much
of which is lost in the drama. Tho serial now
running in tbe Sunday issue of The Dispatch
is the first English translation of Prince Ln
bomlrski's powerful novel.
Attention, Co. K, 107ib, P. Y. Y.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
From what part of the State was the One
Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Veteran
Volunteers recruited? The reason I ask is I hare
a small silver badge belongingjo a member of
Company K tbat I would like to return to blm
or bis family. If yon can aid me as abovo you
will confer on me and perhaps on the owner of
tbe badge a great favor.
John Alexander.
Yotjngstown. O., May S.
Will some survivor ot Company K furnish
Mr. Alexander with tbo intormation he de
sires? Jack Salmon.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
I see ln yonr paper in an article about flsh
and fishing tbe statement tbat it is legal to
catch trout and salmon April 15 to July 1; Sus
quehanna salmon, bass, eta, June 1 to January
1. What kind of salmon are found iu the
streams ln this part of tbe State?
Fisherhan.
Franklin. Pa., May 8.
f ish called Jack salmon are caught in tbe
Ohio. Tbey evidently belong to the pike fam
ily, however.
Worth Five Cent! Each.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
What price do the coin collectors put on
eagle cents of 1857? W. A B.
Allegheny, May 7.
Tbe Prrsldrnl Did It.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The decay of the Republican press so feel
ingly alluded to by Clarkson is not difficult of
explanation. President Harrison has expatri
ated the able editors.
PLEASANT AND PEBTINENT.
Yonkers Gazette: A genius may distance a
dolt and yet only win by a head.
Milwaukee Journal: Abuse Is one of the
few things a man can get without earning or
deserving it.
Philadelphia Times: The anarchist cares
not who makes the law of the country so he
can drink its beer.
Tebre Haute Express: It Is possible for tbe
saleswoman to have shopmatd teeth that are
perfectly natural.
Indianapolis Sentinel: The man who is
perfectly wrapped up ln himself is easily done
up by other people.
Baltimore American: Strawberries bave
arrived. In view of their acidity the promise
of free sugar Is timely.
Philadelphia Ledger: If any workman
can bit the nail fairly on the head by striking,
tbe carpenters should.
Cape Cod Hem: A boy never so thoroughly
realizes that quarreling is Binful as when be is
getting licked ln a fight.
Bin ou amton Leader: When a man is de
scribed as "just the cheese." the presumption
is that be is a mitey good fellow.
New Orleans Pfcaiune: Boston ladies at
tend baseball games in large numbers. Tbey
are on the lookout for a good catch.
CURIOUS C0SDEKSATI0SS.
John Frey. of Wind Gap, Pa., who died
last week, bad 16 children. His father had 23.
Joe Sullivan, or the Oakland, Cal., fire
department stands7feet4 inches ln bis stock
ings. A policeman jit Davis City, W Va., ar
rested a drunken man. and, having no jail,
locked him up iu a box car.
A drove of six antelopes passed within
a few rods or the honse of the editor ot the
Bayard, Neb., Transcript tbe other day.
Chinese pheasants, unknown in Oregon
10 years ago, are now so numerous there as to
be a nuisance, and farmers are shooting them.
Mrs. C. V. Hollister, ol Bellevue, Mich.,
Is 65 years old, and has just finished, as a com
fort in her old age, a bed quilt containing 4,070
pieces.
The shifting sands threaten to bury
Grand Haven, Mich, making a sort of modern
Pompeii of it The City Council is planting
2.000 trees on tbe hills, hoping in this way to
keep them stationary.
A enriosity revealed this week at Holly
Hill, near Daytona, Fla.. was the hatching out
of a couple of chicks by a cat from eggs left in
tbe nest by a ben tbat bad got tired of waiting
for them to do as bad the other eggs.
Clarence Grimes, of Moses Coulee,
Wash., says he has discovered a rare snake-like
lizard in what is known as James Burden's
lake. The lizard is said to be an axo-Iotl
which are found In great numbers in the lakes
ot Mexico.
Judge Gary, of Chisago, who presided
at the trial of the anarchists In that city, re
cently decided that it ia not libellous to apply
the term "anarchist" to another, since the mere
term itself does not necessarily impute any of
f ense to him.
A pair of Mongolian pheasants direct
from China, which are said to lay crockery
eggs and live on nee pudding, are the newest
things at the Michigan Agricultural College.
The faculty is plannln. a pheasant hatchery to
supply tbe'Micblgan woods.
The house of Charles Branch, at Sar
gents, Santa Clara county. Cal., was ruined by
the recent earthquake. When the first shocK
came Mrs. Branch caught tbe baby and rushed
from the room. When tbe second shock came
tbe cradle was crushed and buried under heavy
blocks of adobe.
M. Fouque, the mineralogist, claims to
bave discovered In a mixture of copper and
lime tbe beautiful color of azurrlno. the com
position of which has so long been a puzzle to
artists. His tint is said to be perfectly un
changeable, and is identical with the famous
Alexandrine blue.
Dr. Dixon, professor of hygiene at the
University of Pennsylvania, has been making
somo experiments with air and dust obtained
in street cars. He has found in them the
germs of many diseases, contagious and other
wise. Better ventilation and more effective
cleansing are sorely needed.
John Thornton, of Sandy Cross, Ga.t
has a freak in the sbape of a chicken with one
more than tho usual number of legs. Tbe third
leg is really a mallormatlon of its tail, which
takes on tbe shape of a complete foot, though
it is entirely useless. Otherwise the -chick is
well formed and bids fair to live.
The Chinamen of Astoria, Ore., are
amusing themselves with a huge top made out
of an empty 25-pound white lead keg. A square
opening is cut in the side, and it takes three
men to spin It, one to hold the top and two to
pull the string with a stick which sets it in mo
tion. While spinning it sounds like the
whistle of a steamer, and can be heard three
blocks away.
A new sport has been inaugurated at
Leeds, where, tbe other day, a pair of fox ter
riers were "articled for 125 a side to pick up
and retnrn a ball thrown 51 times thrown over
a mark 50 yards away, the one completing tbe
task in the shortest time to be declared the
winner," One of the dogs did it In 18 minutes
1 4-5 seconds, but tbe other beat him in 17 min
utes II 5 seconds.
How a legitimate business, well con
ducted, may grow was illustrated by tbe parade
of the Adams Express Company, in Baltimore,
to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its or
ganization. A banner recorded tbe fact that in
1840 the working force consisted of 2 men, 2
boys and 1 wheelbarrow, and tbat in 1890 tbe
force required was 9,297 employes, 2,300 horses
and 1.800 wagons.
Bucoda, Wash., has a citizen who
weighs 300 pounds, and according to a local
paper, "is master of a flute, fife and tin whistle;
he can handle the snare drum to perfection, or
give an Imitation of tbe Bucoda Cornet Band;
be can also wbistle tbe mocking bird ln a man
ner so natural that you will be searching for
tbe little feathered biped, and be can sing up
ward of 100 songs."
Judge Willis Sweet, in the District
Court of Mount Idaho. Idaho, has decided that
Chinese have no right whatever on mining
lands in the United States, and tbat a lease of
mining ground to them Is invalid, and amonnts
to an abandonment of a claim. Measures
will nowJpe taken, if an appeal Is not allowed,
to oust all Chinese miners in tbe Territory.
The decision is far-reacblng, and will lead to
the abandonment of much ground by the
Chinese.
Mr. Youngblood, an old settler in Cof
fee county, Ga.. but yet a strong and robust
man for his advanced age, has killed 993 deer in
bis time. He sticks to bis old flint and steel
rifle, and says be can see to cur a tnrkey's bead
off at a distance of 75 yards. He says be would
not give the old gun now for a carload of Win
chester rifles. He contends stonily tbat the old
is better tban the new. Mr. Youngblood is a
unique character of tbe old-time wire grass
school.
As Mr. Kolb, who has jnst removed
into his elegant house at Moultrie Point. Fla
was in tbe act ot making a fire yesterday morn- ,
ing, he heard a strange noise, tbat sounded as
if rats were in tbe stove. He immediately got '
his dogs and club and proceeded to investigate. 1
Raising np one of the lids in the stove, he was
surprised when a large owl jumped out upon V
him. It bad gotten into tbe chimney, which Is t
25 feet high, and went down through a five-foot
stovenipe into the stove, where it was discov
ered by Mr. Kolb.
Totems are defined by Mr. J. G. Fraser
as '"a class of material objects which a savage
regards with superstitious respect, believing
that tbere exists between him and every mem
ber of the class an intimate and altogether
special relation." They are tribal emblems,
family symbols, signals of nationality, expres
sions of religion, bonds of union, and regulators
of marriage laws and of tbe social institutions.
1 he system of totems exists among most primi
tive people", and in similar forms with tbe
North American Indians. Anstralians. South
African". Arabs, hill tribes of India, Polyne
sians and many other peoples.
CULTURED WIT AND POSEY.
From the Boston Courier.!
It Couldn't Very "Well. "Colonel
Jones Is a very charitable man."
"Yes, and be takes care tbat everybody shall
know It."
His left hand does not know what his right
hand doeth."
'It don't?"
'So;helostblsleftarmin the war."
THE SUBURBAN RESIDENT.
He sows his pease
And he takes his ease
And he says wlrti a smile they will come up quick,
But the hens fly ln
Ana their work begin
And they come ud In a way that makes him sick.
As a Means of Cure. Minister (of the
prosy kmd)-l was glad to see your son at ohureh
this morning.
Physician Yes:Iadvied hjmtogo.
M.-That Is fuelling a parent's duty.
1'. I feel snre of It. Yoa see he has been suffer
ing from Insomnia and he tried everything In the
pharmacopoeia without benefit.
SPRING STYLES.
Dame nature appears in a happier mood,
In ulsters no longer we shiver;
The maid is arrayed la her best, and the dude
Ij dressing more loudly than ever.
The broker who married a pretty but
penniless girl explained that he had taken her at
her face value.
A BETTER PLAN.
Put not your trust in riches
Corrupt by moth and last;
A better plan there's which Is;
Your riches put in trust.
A Caution. Young Wife I'm on my
way to tbe Intelligence office to hire a cook.
Young Widow l have always done my own
cookluz.
Y. Wife Well. I wouldn't let It get out, If I
were yon. If yon have any Intention of marrvlng
again.
INTO THE WOODS FOB A SAY.
We'll away to the woods for a day of de
light. We'll cull the sweet flowers of the plain:
The skies will he cloudless, the day wlU be bright,
For Greeley predicts It will rain.
It must be an interesting scene on an.
ocean greyhound when the dog watch is set.
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