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ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S45.
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EMERY AND DELAMATER.
The McKean county fight terminated yes
v terdjy in a rather peculiar manner. The
conTention went decisively for Stone; but
on the congressional contest the bitterness
of defeat for the Delamater-Standard crowd
was sweetened by throwing the county for
Watson and balking Senator Emery's aspira
tions in the direction of a Congressional
career.
It may be questioned whether this was
not the most important point to the mana
gers of the Delamater campaign. Stone has
carefully kept out of the bitter aspects of
the fight, and the failure to get the dele
gates which were given to him can be put
up with by Delamater and Andrews. But
Emery had made an attack on Delamater
which made his defeat an absolute essential
to the salvation of his opponents. No deal
could be too costly which would secure his
elimination from the field, and the outcome
affords a rood deal of ground for the theory
that this view was acted upon by the mana
gers. Bnt Emery is a man who is not easily
silenced, and the intimation of his appear-
, abce as an independent candidate, with
Democratic indorsement, contains a promise
of lively times in the future.
THE PENSION DEADLOCK.
The Senate and House seem to have ar
rived at a deadlock on pension matters, by
the report in favor of the non-concurrence
ol the Senate in the House amendments
which make the last pension measure a ser
vice pension bill. The issue between the two
bodies is absolute and irreconcilable. The
Senate is in favor of a pension bill for vet
erans who are in need of aid, and passes a
bill to that effect. The House says the only
bill must be one awarding a pension to all
soldiers as they reach a certain age, and
converts the Senate dependent pension into
a service pension; and the Senate retorts
that it will not stand it The possible com
promises are to have both provisions, or
neither; and the decision as to which it will
be, will either give the Treasury surplus a
new lease of life or cut it short entirely.
TOO WET OR TOO DRY.
Though X.a Grippe is no longer with us, it
is still interesting to note the various at
tempts which are being made here and
abroad to discover the cause or causes of the
epidemic A German physician, Dr. K.
Assman, attributes it to the unusual activity
of bacteria in the air owinc to the absence
of rain and snow in sufficient amounts to
clean the atmosphere. He lays great stress
upon the power of rain and snow to cleanse
the sir of dust and disease germs, and calls
attention to the fact, established by official
records, that an excessive drouth prevailed
in Europe last November and December.
It is also a fact that Great Britain did not
enjoy more than fifty per cent of its normal
rainfall during those months.
The argument of Dr. Assman is that
owing to the excessive drouth the germs of
influenza spread over all Europe. It sounds
plausible, but a few inharmonious facts arc
extant The influenza was at its height in
England in the month of January, and that
month was remarkable for its excessive
rainfall. But the rainfall has been even
more remarkably above the normal
amount in most parts of the United States
anting the past winter. Even if Dr Assman
has hit upon the cause of the influenza
epidemic in Europe, it is very plain that he
has not enlightened us very much upon the
Subject of our equally objectionable plague.
It would be singular, to say the least, if a
drouth were convicted ot causing a plague
in Europe for which wet weather is popu
larly held largely responsible here.
SENEGAL'S PROTEST.
The beauties of European civilization are
not always apparent to the savage miad.
The natives of one of the States which make
up the Senegambia have killed their King
because he tried to impose upon them Eu
ropean ideas which he had imbibed at the
Paris Exhibition. Of course the French,
who are still interested in their unfortunate
colony in Senegal, will be highly indignant
at this bloody reflection upon their great
Exposition. "We are somewhat inclined to
sympathize with the natives. There may
be mitigating circumstances in the King's
case, but until we know more than the bare
fact of his being killed by his subjects be
cause he experimented upnn them with im
ported notions our hearts instinctively go
out to them. The monarch of a country on
the West Coast of Africa ought to beware of
hurting his subjects' sensibilities. The
negro of Senegambia has a dash ot Moorish
blood in his veins, and his temper is not to
be trifled with.
"Who knows what that dusky monarch
did, or tried to make his subjects do? Per
haps he put on trousers without warning; or
donned a silk high hat of the latest Parisian
style and walked about with a glass in his
eye and a sky blue parasol over his head.
Fresh from Paris he may have spent his
evenings sipping absinthe, puffing ex
ecrable cigars such as Paris smokes while
a 'decollete female in cafe chantant style
sang to him doubtful French songs. In this
case bow were his dutiful subjects to know
that he was not insane?
Not improbably the Eiffel tower had some
thing to do with the tragedy. "We can very
well understand that it would be hard to
convince an unsophisticated savage of the
utility and beauty of a structure of the
Eiffel kind. But it may have been on
broader and grander grounds that the peo
ple acted. Their effectual protest may have
been made against the introduction of such
European blessings, as standing armies,
apolitical parties, taxes, legalized immoral
ity, reformers, royal and otherwise,' adul
terated food, doctored wines, quacks, deadly
newspapers, patent medicines and fashion
able preachers. Senegambia may escape
European ideas for a while if death be her
protective tariff.
THE EFFECT OF THE DECISION.
The decision of the United States Supreme
Court in what is known as "the original
package case" proves upon jterusal of the
fuller reports to have carried a greater sig
nificance in overturning the police powers
of the State than was shown by the
telegraphic summary. The early report
conveyed th6 inference that it simply de
fended the right of a liquor dealer in one
State to ship, as inter-State commerce,
liquor in the original packages to pur
chasers in another State. It now appears
that the ruling goes much further than that
The case was one in which a brewing firm
shipped to their agent in Iowa ( irho was a
non-resident in that State) some beer, which
the latter offered for sale. The Supreme
Court affirms his right to sell it, notwith
standing any State law, on the ground that
no State can interfere with commerce be
tween the States. The following is the
language of the Court on this point:
"They (the importers) had the right to im
port this beer into that State and, in the view
which we have expressed, they bad the right to
sell it. by which act alone it would become
mingled in the common mass ol property with
in the State Up to that point then, we hold
that in the absence of Congressional permission
to do so, the State had no power to interfere by
seizure or any other action in prohibition of
importation and sale by the foreigner or non
resident importer."
This decided reversal of the general ac
ceptation as to the dividing line between
inter-State commerce and the police power
ot the State has led a good many, people to
jump to some rather wild conclusions. It
is asserted that under this decision any man
can sell liquor without regard to State
laws, whether prohibitory or regulative, and
that so long as the liquor is in the original
packages it can be sold and resold, either at
wholesale or retail. Such a view is proba
bly inspired by the desire on the hand of
prohibitionists, who wish to make their
issue a national one, and of the representa
tives of the liquor interest on the other, who
want to see all restrictions cast aside. It
goes beyond the real meaning of
the decision in two respects. In the
first place the decision only up
holds the right of "the foreigner and non
resident importer" to sell the liquor; and
next, its language indicates that the right
ceases and the property becomes subject to
the power of the State when the importer
has sold it once. On this point the language
ot the Court is tolerably plain: ,
"The point ot time when the piohibition
ceases and the power ot the State begins Is not
the instant when the article enters the country,
but when the importer has so acted upon it
that it has become incorporated and mixed np
with the mass ot property in the conn try, which
happens when the original package is no
longer, as such, in his hands."
The decision is surprising enough as it is.
It implies that the liquor dealer of another
State can sell liquor in any State withont
reference either to license or prohibition;
and there is an inference that even a resi
dent may do so, if he acts strictly
as the agent of the non-resident
The same rule would seem to
apply to the olemargarine trade, and to a
vast number of articles of inter-State com
merce now subject to State regulation.
But if any of our disappointed appli
cants for license take the view that
this lets down the bars to an indiscriminate
sale and resale of liquor by them, in the
original packages, large and small, they
mav find that to act on such a view would
be a costl r mistake. Under the strict terms
of the decision no one is given the right of
sale except the foreigner or non-resident im
porter, and a single sale by them "incor
porates the article in the common mass of
property" which subjects it to the police
power of the State.
It would not be surprising if the Supreme
Court should modify even this decision when
it perceives how subversive it is of the
police power of the State. If it should not,
Congress can very easily dispose of the sub
ject by a law authorizing each State to adopt
laws to regulate or prohibit the liquor traffic
between it and other States,
OFFICES FOR SALE.
Politics is a very pretty business in New
York. It is pretty and extremely practical.
Of late the work of Tammany artists has
been attracting the attention of the public,
as it has done from time to time ever since
Tammany Hall became the foremost uni
versity in political corruption. Charles B.
Hoagland is a graduate of Tammany. In
cidentally he has also been a park police
man, one of those lovely beings who toil
not and yet are arrayed in gray uniforms
of great glory. The pnblio is likely to be
most interested in Mr. Hoagland'i public
career as a practical politician, however.
This career has for the time ended in
a prison cell, where Mr. Hoagland is re
flecting upon a charge made against him of
larceny in having received $100 from Peter
J. Gerrity on the pretenle of getting the
said Gerrity on the Metropolitan police
force.
Mr. Hoagland is said to have been the
shining light and motive power of the
"Tammany Hall Ninth Assembly District
Syndicate for Obtaining Positions in City
Departments at So Much n Head." The
syndicate did a brokerage business in all
sorts of civio offices, from Park Superin
tendents to messengers and scrub ladies.
The rates charged varied according to the
place and the extent of the applicant's
ability to pay. For instance, one man paid
200 for an appointment on the Central
Park police force, while another man paid
but 575 for the same place, or rather for a
promise thereof. The syndicate cleared
some five or six thousand dollars in this way,
and it would have continued to enjoy
a profitable trade had it not been
for the troublesome fact that the prom
ises made in its name by Mr. Hoag
land were not kept The syndicate
had no difficulty in obtaining bribes from
office seekers, but the latter found it no easy
thing to get anything in return. That is to
say "the pull" or "inflooence" of the syndi
cate proved to be something akin to an ir
resdescent dream. So the highly moral
bribers in a flush of indignation, for scamps
can be virtuously indignant, have revealed
to the public of New York the office-selling
syndicate.
Nothing short of an earthquake followed
by a flood, of the size that proved so bene
ficial in Noah's time, can rid New York
City of its pestiferous politicians.
The rather hazy statements as to what
has been done with regard to the Behring Sea
seal fisheries hold out the glittering hope that
we are to be favored with a modus Vivendi in
that part of the globe as well.
The issue which has arisen between the
Emperors of Germany and .Russia, threatens
to be a serious bar to the imperial interchange
of compliments. At their last meeting tbey
conversed In French and got along very .well
together. But since then William has abolished
THE
the French language, and requests his Ruian
brother that their coming conference shall be
held in German. Bat Alexander does not
speak German well whereupon he notifies the
War Lord or Germany that he wili;express his
ideas exclusively in that jawbreaking language,
Russian. The difficulty threatens to develop
into a deadlock, unless some professors of
Volannk seize opportunity by tho forelock and
by Instructing both mouarchs in that tongue
prior to the conference, demonstrate to the
world its usefulness in getting obstinate auto
crats out of their difficulties.
McKeah county very decidedly went
against Delamater yesterday, notwithstanding
the programme that was laid ont to carry it in
addition to performing the political obsequies
of Senator Emery.
"A Victim" writes to the New York
World from Philadelphia with the assertion
that the State of Pennsylvania loses 150,000 by
the failure of Senator Macfarlane's Kiting
financial Institutions, "the money having been
deposited there by Senator George W. Dela
mater." This Is an interesting charge, and in
vestigating it would raise an equally interest
ing inquiry how Sonator Delamater comes to
be depositing State money. If we are not mis
taken the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania is
ono H. K. Uoyer. Victims may be pardoned a
good deal, bnt they should give their stories
about public affairs a little more tenuity.
Foubteek million five hundred thou
sand dollars for the navy yard at League Island
Is another little item of the class .that is cal
culated to make the surplus hide its diminished
head.
The fact that the organs of the European
classes are representing William of Germany
as an "enfant terrible" larking about in a boat
and threatening to upset the whole boat-load of
monarchs does not leBsen the importance of
the yonng Emperor's attitude. The man who
upsets monarchical privileges and precedents
In Europe must expect to be lampooned; but
he may nevertheless rank as a great man.
The San Francisco Alta says that by the
policy of taxation Mr. Carnegie's fortune "rose
from100to56,00a,000in29years." This is in
the nature of good news for Mr. Carnegie.
The Lawrenceville police yesterday gave
cogent proof that the guardians of the peace
have had improved light on their ability to
prosecute Infractions of tho liquor law. Now
that the police authorities have discovered
that they can uphold the law it is to be hoped
that the way of the speak-easy transgressor
will be made hard.
The contention of the political partisans
as to whose gerrymander shall stand is edify
ing as to the nature of parties, but does not con
tain much promise of fair representation.
The intimation that Bismarck's forth
coming statement of the canses which led to
his retirement would be a disclosure of state
secrets and therefore a grave criminal offense
may convince the Iron Chancellor that bis sys
tem of absolutism does not work very well for
the people on the ontside.
Geheeal Butler's latest plan for re
leasing the imprisoned Anarchists from the
Illinois penitentiary proves that the resources
of hair-splitting are inexhaustible.
The intimations that knives are being
whetted for whoever may get the nomination
ot the Democrats for Governor would be fatal
to Democratic hopes, if it were not for the fact
that the harmony of the Republican organiza
tion is in a decidedly minor key.
The strike at McKeesport and the threat
of one in the coke regions show how shadowy
was the hope that Western Pennsylvania had
all its labor disputes settled.
The war between the Beading and Penn
sylvania railroads is getting so sharp that there
is reason to fear that it may be settled and a com
bination patched up before the Reading gets
the Bouth Penn built to Pittsburg.
The silver boomers of the "West are still
decidedly ot the view that the saints are enti
tled to the earth and the fatness thereof, and
that they are the saints.
The news that the dresses of the new
French ballet to appear at Madison Square
Garden have been seized by the customs offi
cials, does not seem serious. A small matter
like that can be easily replaced.
PEOPLE W0BTH BEADING ABOUT.
Senator George F. Edmtjnds and family,
of Vermont are in New York City.
The old house of Justice Stanley Matthews,
at Washington, has just been sold for SSLS00.
M. Jules Ferry has at last shaved off those
drooping side whiskers that long served the
caricaturists so well.
A portrait of William Lloyd Garrison has
been presented to the public schdol at Wash
ington which bears his name.
The Queen of the Belgians is one of the best
equestrians in that country, and can drive a
six-in-hand with grace and safety.
Mb. Stephen A. Douglas is said to realize
only abont $100 a year from a plantation in Mis
sissippi which cost his father 5115,000.
"Ouida" uses on her hair and eyebrows a
scent that costs $30 an ounce. She can't bear
starched muslin and the touch of velvet makes
her flesh creep.
Millet's "Woman Spinning," which was
sold to the lata Mrs. Morgan for 17,100, has
been bought for $9,000 by a Paris firm who will
take it to France.
"My son," said Senator Brown, of Georgia
to a reporter who asked him if he was, as re
ported, worth $1,000,000; "my son, $1,000,000 is
a mighty big lot of money," and that was all
he would say.
A Swiss cobbler named Bernasernl has re
turned to his native canton the possessor of
millions which he made as a dealer in leather
and hides in the Argentine Republic, where be
spent 16 years.
The Czar of Russia wears the largest ruby
in the world, valued at $100,000, in his crown,
which is mitre-shaped and has on its crest a
cross composed of five big diamonds support
ing the ruby.
Edward Bellamy, author of "Looking
Backward," says that he has not made the for
tune out of his hook which the newspapers
have credited him with making. He is looking
forward to the future.
Countess Tolstoi makes hektograph copies
of her husband's books that aro under ban in
Russia and tbns circulates them in tho mail.
She has nine living children, the oldest a
daughter, aged 18, who sympathizes with her
father's doctrines and often helps him in his
work with the poor. The whole family speak
English perfectly.
T.ATTB SEOBE BEDUCES BATES
On Provision! From Chlcaao to the Sea
baard to Meet Cms.
CHICAGO, May 11 At a meeting of the Chi
cago Freight Committee of the Central Traffic
Association to-day the Lake Shore road made a
proposition to reduce the rate on provisions
from the present basis of 30 cents to 25 cents
per 100 pounds from Chicago to the seaboard,
in consequence of the latest cut in lake and
rail rates.
After consideration of the subject it nag de
cided that before taking such action it would
be better to request the trnnk lines to restore
and maintain the lake differentials agreed upon
two months ago.
WILL BEING BACK A BBLDB.
.Charles Emrlcli, of Allegheny, Weds a
West Newton Ladr.
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Wist Newton, Pa-, May 13. Mr. Charles
Emrlch, bookkeeper of the Ben Franklin In
surance Company of Allegheny, was quietly
married this evening to Miss Rosa Kratt,at the
residence ot her parents. Tho ceremony was
Serf ormed by- Rer. A. J. Ashe, of the M. E.
hurch in the pretence of the immediate
friends fend relatives. ,
The young couplo will go to'housekeepine in
Allegheny City at .once, having, elegantly iur
nuuea a gome mere.
PrPTBtrRG;, 'DISPATGH,
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
6irang?e Faces Before tho Footlights A
Qneer Cnnae for Adiposity That Robin's
Death The Evil Effect of Writing to
Order Mr. Piton'a 6tock Company.
lirnw 'The Old Homestead" is on the bills
you will find people in the theater who
are never to be f onnd there at any other time.
This is not an advance agent's story, but a fact
that you may observe for yourself if you will.
On Monday night Mr. Phelps, who is inter
ested in the Grand Opera House, was sitting in
the foyer at the back of the parquet as he very
often does, watching the audience come in.
Presently a venerable looking gray haired man,
accompanied by his family, approached Mr.
Phelps. They saluted each other, and the old
man said to Mr. Phelps: "This is theseconu
time In my lire I have been in a theater."
This the truth no doubt for the speaker was
a man who Is a Presbyterian of the strictest
old-fashioned sort, to whom the theater as an
institution is little better than an ante-chamber
to a still warmer place. In the audience on
Monday night I saw several men, with their
wives and children, who certainly bad reason
to feel the strangeness of their surroundings.
Mild as "Tho Old Homestead" is, the sensations
produced by it upon the non-theater-goers in
the audience must be very lively. The man
who baa to goto the theater constantly is in
clined to envy these regenerate persons.
bohie Boyd, who plays Joshua, looks as if
he had been living the "wholesome life of a
New Hampshire farmer. Instead of careering
around the country with a troop of players. As
a matter of fact the part or the migratory
existence agrees with Mr. Boyd to a remarkable
degree. He weighs some 15 pounds more than
be did when he played Josh Whitcombhexe last
fall.
Btrange to say the whole company, with a few
exceptions, has grown fatter and heavier dur
ing the season. Considering tho friction, un
rest and other adverse features of a theatrical
life on the road, this is curious to say the least
Now that adiposity has come to be a political
question and a national Issue, as It were, per
haps somo specialist will examine this phe
nomenon and report
A correspondent suggests that the death
of the robin, mentioned In this column
several days ago, could not have been caused
by the electric light wire, because the bird was
in the air and a circuit could not have been
formed. But it is qnite possible that tho bird
collided with two electric light wires, or with
one of them and a telephone wire. In either of
which case a circuit would have been com
pleted with fatal results. The electric light
wires aro supposed to be insulated in Sewickley,
bnt everyone who has used a telephone there
knows how much or rather little the Insulation
Is worth.
No inquest was held upon the robin, so that
it may be that the poor bird died from other
than electric causes. It is quite likely that
the bird flew with great force against.the wires
and knocked the life out of itself, as my corre
spondent suggests. However it happened there
is a widowed bird sitting on a ne3t f nil of eggs
In an apple tree nearby, and it is a grievous
thing to hear her call for her mate early and
late in vain,
TVTR. Howells cannot keep up the pace he
set himself in "A Hazard of New For
tunes." The conclusion of the story "The
Shadow of a Dream" in the May Harper is
painfully suggestive of pot-boiling necessities
in the Howells household. It Is the constant
danger of writing by contract that such forced
efforts as "The Shadow of a Dream" have to
be made. The supply of apparent equivalents
for cash have to be kept up. So it comes about
that an interesting and super-sensitive clergy
man Is smashed against a wall as if he were a
cockroach. Mr. Howells shows not the least
compunction in solving a delicate problem
with an old-fashioned crow-bar.
TT is Mr. Augustus Pitou's idea to organize a
stock company, so-called, which shall travel
through the land for the whole season. He has
begnn already to engage actors, and he means
to get the best material from England as well
as America. With this select band of artists
none of whom will be stars a repertoire of four
plays will be performed in each week stand.
The plays are to be new, three high legitimate
comedies and one a farcical comedy.
The company is to be engaged for a three
year term, and will start upon the road at the
opening of the season of 1891-2. Mr. Pitou in
tends to begin booking this company at once.
A COHMEHDABLE ENTEBPEISE.
Oar Expedition Goto (he Correct Condition
of tho Ronda Over Which They Trnvel.
.From the Indiana (Pa.) Messenger.!
The expedition fitted out by The Pittsbtoq
Dispatch, to investigate the condition ot the
public roads in Western Pennsylvania. Is a
commendable enterprise. The party passed
through this place on Monday. They travel in
an ordinary road wagon, and In that way get a
correct estimate of the roads over which they
travel and experience the same difficulties as
tho average teamster. Tho people throughout
the State, and especially this part of it, have
discussed the road question pretty thoroughly
during the past winter, and the majority have
come to the conclusion that something must
be done to Improve our public roaas, and the
enterprise of The Dispatch Is calling addi
tional attention to the subject The bad con
dition ot our roads may be put down as a heavy
tax on every pound of produce, lumber, bark,
etc, brought to onr market. This is especially
true of a large portion of the county which Is
withont railroad facilities.
A NOKOGEnABIAN PEDESTBIAN.
Warner Posse Thronsh Dnlontowu En
Routo From Connellevllle to Washington.
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Uniontown. May 13. Harrison Warner, the
nonogenarian who started from Wheeling 11
days ago for Washington, D. C, pushing a
wheel barrow In front of him, passed through
this place to-day on his way to Connellivllle.
He was looking well, and said his health was
unusually good. He was on schedule time,
and expects to reach the capital city some time
next week. He is due at Cumberland to
morrow, and will push right forward to his
journey's end.
Warner says he was present at the inaugura
tion of President Harrison's grandfather, anu
also witnessed the induction into office of Gen
eral Jackson. He belongs to a long-lived race.
His father was very old when he died, and his
mother was over 90 years. He has a brother
still living who is 85 years. The old man ex
pects to start for home in about two weeks
alter reaching Washington, and will return by
the same route. This will bo the second time
that he has made the trip.
Renaon to Congratulate Themselves.
from the Detroit Journal.'!
If what the baseball National League and
the Brotherhood say of each other's financial
prospects is trustworthy, the directors and pro
prietors of the former Detroit club, who were
once in the League, and those of the present
club, who last winter vainly tried to get in,
have every reason to congratulate themselves.
If there is anything deader than Boulanger or
Julius Cscsar it is national baseball this sea
son. DEATHS OP A DAY.
Jrlra. Sarah Mcllvalne.
Mrs. Sarah Mcllvalne, widow or James Mcll
valne, formerly a miller at Irwin, died at ber
home at Oakmont on Monday morning, after an
illness of less than a week. A lovablewoinan,abd
a true and earnest Christian, she was loved and
reverenced by all who knew her, and regretted as
one whose death has left vacant a place that Is hard
to nil. bhe leaves to mourn her three children, Mr.
O. M. Mcllvalne, of the Superintendent's office,
Baltimore and Ohio Kallroad, and Misses Nellie
and Blanche Mcllvalne. Mrs. Mcllvalne was the
elder sister of Mr. S. J. Osborne and Mrs. W. O.
Coffin, or Allegheny: or Mr. Joseph Osborne, or
Pittsburg, ana Mr. Al. Osborne, or Dallas, Tex.
Funeral services will be held at her late home,
Uakmont this afternoon.
Hugo Charles Heinrlcha.
Ernest H. Helnrlchs, formerly of The Dis
patch writlhg force, has the sincere sympathy or
his many friends In his bereavement over theloss
or his lnrant son, Hugo Charles. The little one
had been suffering for some time, ana yesterday
morning breathed its last
Hon. P. SI. Osterhont.
TCNB3iAirKCK,PA..May IS Hon. P. M. OJter
hoi.t State Bepresentatlve In 1864-5, and State
Senator in 1872, died here to-day aged 80 years. The
deceased was in the conventions that nominated
Fremont and Lincoln.
Snmuel N. Ettln.
HAniugBCIta, May la. Samuel N. Ettta, one of'
the oldest firemen in.' the State, died this morning.
He u On of th organizers of the Slate Fire
men's Association, ana was its secretary lor ten
years.
' - WEDNESDAY, MAY 14,"
LAST OP ITS Iv.XD.
Aa Eojornble Celebration In the Ridge Ave'
nue Orphan Asylum Jarlcr Wax WorUo
and Other WrnnscmcnH- Tho Mouse
trapOilier Gleanings From Socloty'o
Circles.
It is qulto'probable that the anniversary cele
bration in the Ridge Avenue Orphan Asylum
yesterday afternoon was the last ono that will
grace that building, as the lady managers are
contemplating tbe sale of the property and the
purchase of a building with more extensive
grounds somewhere in the suburbs of the city.
Whether or not it proves to be the last cele
bration of its kind, it was a most enjoyable one
lor the bright, happy, interesting little faces
of 175 tiny mortals, all dressed in their
"best bib and tucker," with dainty bouton
niers, were Seen in the chapel at 2 o'clock,
tho time designated for the opening
of the exercises with which tho asylum cele
brated its fifty-seventh anniversary, having
grown aged in years as well as good works.
The lady managers of the institution, consti
tuting a reception committee, and numerous
guests also, thronged the chapel, which was a
veritable conservatory, with its wealth of fresh,
fragrant blossoms banking mantels and fire
places, and burdening the window scats.
The programme was opened by a "Boat Song."
in which all the childish voices joined. Rev.
George Purves followed with prayer, and an
address on the origin of "Mother Goose," ad-M
inirably and simply worded for the conception
of youthful minds. The Secretary's report was
then read by Mr. George Logan, and was very
satisfactory, the home having spent an unusu
ally pleasant and prosperous year. Numbers of
little ones have been cared for and placed in
permanent homes; bnt one death octnrred, and
that was an infant that bad been so tboronghly
drugged before being placed in tbe care of the
matron that it slept its little lite out
A -'May Song," by the class, was next on the
programme, and a "Lost Kitten," by Carrie,
and "Tolo's Letter," by Emma, both recita
tions, preceded the singing of "Mountain Top"
and "The Mill Wheels," by the school. Little
Helen recited "The Bunch of Keys,"and "From
Little Folks" was given by a class, as was also
"Some Folks." "The Careful Messenger" was
recited by Kate, the "Twenty-third Psalm"
by a class, "Switzer's Call" was sung by a
class, and "Tom's Quandary" was recited
by Charlie. "The Last Hymn," a recitation by
Sophie, "A Little Bird Tells" by Fred, "Angel
Voices," sung by a class, and "Dolly Invited to
Tea" by Clara, were followed by "Mother
Goose's Party," which was composed of
various members of that historical family,
who were all dressed in costume. A song.
"Like a Bird," bya class, and a "Valedictory"
by Freda, concluded the literary exercises.
uuring wnicn, ootn as performers ana listeners,
the little ones conducted themselves in such a
manner as to reflect great credit upon their
teachers. Misses Wallace and McKlnley, and
the matron, Mrs. Nortborp.
S-The chapel exercises being over, under the
supervision of the attendants, the little ones
ware conducted to the various dining halls on
the first second and basement floors, where
numberless tables were laid with pretty, white
linen, and burdened with oranges, bananas,
assorted cakes, and the more substantial
eatables. Probably tho most interesting dining
hall was that on tbe second floor, where the
tiny wee tots in cunning little white dresses
were seated in low chairs at a long table of cor
responding height and after folding their little
hands and asking a blessing in unison, enjoyed
the dainties given them. On tbe first floor
the next older ones lunched, and In
the bssement dining room the oldest
ones enjoyed a treat befitting their ad
vanced age, one table in this room being
reserved for and filled by former inmates ot
the "Home." A great big dish of icecream,
out of eight gallons donated by Luther, con
cluded the repast and the play rooms were
quickly peopled by the contented, happy little
mortals. Wbile the snpper was in progress tbe
gnests roamed around through the vast build
ing, peeping into tbe hospital room, where two
little invalids were lying in snowy beds, clothed
in the whitest of little slumber-robes, into the
various dormitories, school rooms, bath rooms
and parlors, all ot which testified to the most
careinl attention, oi inose in cnarge, ana were
pleasing examples of what house-cleaning will
accomplish in tho way of freshness.
The borne is under the control of the follow
ing ladies, all of whom, with the exception of
Mrs. Lois J. Campbell, were present yesterday:
President Mrs. Elizabeth D. McKnighttVico
President Mrs. Elizabeth Van Kirk; Treasurer,
Mrs. H. B. Logan; Secretary, Mrs. Lois J.
Campbell. Parnassus; Managers, Mesdames
Mary A. Brnnot Letitia Holmes, Martha Al
bree, C. A. Oudry, J. W. Dalzell, R. Wood,
Anna C. Kay. Emma Stowe, Anna W, Scott,
and Misses H. B. Lothrop, L. Forsythe, S. C.
Campbell, Amelia Grier, M. H. Smith and S.
Garrison; Purchasing Committee, Mrs. Letitia
Holmes, Mrs. J. W. Dalzell; Receiving Com
mittee for Allegheny, Miss Amelia Grier; In
denturing Committee, Miss L. Forsythe, Miss
H. B. Lothrop; Matron, Mrs. Josephine N orth
rop. AN ENJOYABLE FABCE.
Tho Plttsburs Female College Appears in
a Blouse Trap.
"The Mouse Trap," with which the recital at
the Pittsburg Female College was concluded
last evening, was a most enjoyable little farce.
It was a'monse trap, as the name signified; not
one of these little steel-and-wood contrivances
whereby tho frisky little mouso is caught but
a trap into which six ladies, including the
maid, were caught, concocted by a man whose
sweetheart was wildly furious at him and was
lecturing him severely upon a lecture In which
he had opposed woman's suffrage, and
asserted that women were no- brave or
possessed of nerve. She very forcibly
presented to his view numberless cases where
women had displayed wonderful courage and
very haughtily signified that she desired his
company no longer. He, however, not to be
worsted, pretended to have seen a mouse, when,
in the most natural way imaginable, the brave
little woman gathered her skirts about her and
hopped on the nearest chair, uttering just such
screams as would best prove her own remarks
abont the bravery of her sex. While she kept
her lover busy searching for Mr. Mouse with
the poker the maid entered with several cards
of callers. Seeing her mistress in such a posi
tion she quickly dlrineatho cause and Imitated
her example in every way. even to the shrieks.
The callers, meanwhile, conducted themselves
to the parlor, and hearing the maid's frantic
protestations of her fear of a mouso, lost no
time, though one young lady lost her footing
and falling gracefully, increased the general
bedlam, in utilizing every chair, sofa and table
in the room in like manner as the mistress and
maid were doing.
Various methods of escape were discussed
and finally the unique one of frightening tho
inoffensive little mouse by a united scream
flven by the ladies, and the emphatic use of the
poker on the floor by the man was decided
npon, and the visitors and maid with such
accompaniment made a grand exit or rush
rather, leaving the lover to confess tohls sweet
heart that there wasn't any mouse and never
uau uecu iuuiub u4 i.uu xuout, max it. was onlv
a "mouse trap," in which to entrap her and
prove her weakness. Obtaining her forgive
ness in course of time the curtain rang down
amid the rapturous applause of the audience
which tilled the chapel and which had thor
oughly appreciated the entire programme.
The cast of characters in the farce was aa
follows: "Mrs. Somers," Miss Ola Lockwood
"Mrs. Cnrwin," Miss Nellie Brown- "tin
Roberta" Miss Frances Gilchrist: "Mrs Mil
ler," Miss Jean Harris; "Mrs. Bemis."' Miss
T,,arJI?.Miey:wm?aVma!u)- 1Uss Sizabetb.
Dick; "Mr. Willis Campbell," Mr. Charles
Norcross. and the others who participated in
the programme were Mr. Theodore Salmon
and Mr. H. B. Brockejt in musical selections,
and Miss Mary B. Kler. in recitations, wfio
scored as great a triumph"in her Individual
work as she did in the entire entertainment
which was under her direction.
MBS. JABLETS WAXW0BX
Much Pleasure Afforded Ion Lnrcs Audience
ntlhcFonrlla Word School.
Mrs. Jarlev and her wonderful selection of
waxworks afforded pleasure to a large audi
ence at the Fourth ward scboolhouse, Alle
gheny, last evening. It was for the benefit of
tho Mite Society of the Central R. P. Chnrch,
Allegheny, that the famous lady consented to
exhibit her far-famed wax collection, and,
though thoroughly disguised with a corked
face, probably tho first Mrs. Jarley of color
ever heard of, a big flowered gown and an Im
mense big bonnet the voice of a well-known
college professor was recognized as the beau
ties of the individuals in the collection and
their various characteristics were treated by
the lady in charge.
The assemblage included the characters
generally exhibited by the famous personage
and ber servants, and little Nell bad the usual
amount of troublo in oiling and dusting the
sometimes refractory works of the models
which were, Mrs. Jarley said so human like
in their crankiness. Mr. and Miss Newel with
vocal seleciion very agreeably occupied tho
time when the cnrtaln was drawn between the
different parts of the programme and the en
tertainment was concluded by Mrs. Jarley's
Dream and Rock of Ages.
Mozart Clnb Concerts.
The openingsale of seats for tho two concerts
to be given next Monday and Tuesday, etchings
by the Mozart Club with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra,has been quite unprecedented in the
12-year history of Pittsburg's foremost musical
organization. We are not used to seeing a
Idngiine of anxious purchasers awaiting toe
opening oi w, vjugs ivl concert , enter
1890.
prists. It may be that the orchestra brings
this kind of thing to ns from the Hub, where
last fall a line was formed three whole days be
fore the opening of the sale for its regular se
ries of concert! at the Mnslc Hall, and fabu
lous amounts were bid at auction for choice of
seats. Pittsburg is getting "in line" with
older musical centers, slowly but surely.
Social Chatter.
Preparations for the fair and entertain
ment to be given in Carnegie Library Jane 6
for the "Fresh Air Fund" are progressing
rapidly, and a most signal success is antici
pated. Pbof. Cadman, of New Haven, Conn., will
give his "Stereopticon Illustration ot Miracles
and Mission in the Islands of the Sea" at East
Liberty Presbyterian Church to-night
Mhs.;W. J. a. Kennedy, of Neville street
will leave shortly for Philadelphia there to
visit Mrs. J.G. Dltman, of Sprtn Garden street
Invitations are ont for a farewell ball to be
given by tho class of '91 of tbe United States
Naval Academy Friday evening, June 6.
The Randall Clnb will give a delightfnl
social muslcale at Old City Hall this evening.
Mrs. G. W. Blair, of Fifth avenue. Point
Breeze, will give a 1 o'clock luncheon to-day.
THE METHODIST UNIVEESnT
Hearty Endorsement of the Project Frosa
tho Board of Bishops.
NEW Yore. May 13. The Board of Bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal Church closed their
session at the Book Concern In this city to-day,
all the Bishops being present excent Bishop
Warren, who is In Europe. The assignments
of the Bishops to tbe fall conferences were
made, and Bishop John P. Newman was ap
pointed to visit Japan, and hold the confer
ence there in July. The establishment
of a National University In the city ot
Washington, D. C, under the patron
age of the Methodist Episcopal Church
having been submitted to the Bishops,
having been carefully considered, the board
agreed unanimously in commending the pro
Joct A resolntion adopted states that an
endowment of at least $2,000,000 and suitable
buildings should be procured before .tho uni
versity bo put in operation. The resolutions
continue:
"In view of the local demand in all parts of
the country for the emergent needs of already
existing institutions, we must look chiefly for
the proper endowment of the National Uni
versity to our friends to whom God has en
trusted large wealth, who may, by the gift of
tens of thousands or even millions of dollars,
forward this great and noble enterprise. To
such we earnestly commend the proposed uni
versity and its object, praying that God may L
open ineir nearts to ine magnincent oppor
tunity which is offered them of doing what
.heirless favored brothers cannot do of adding
their names to the roll of those who have been
able to do great things for their country and
their race."
The Bishops made public the assignments of
episcopal visitations for the year. They are for
the West and Include the following:
Erie, Oil City, September 10, Mallilieu;
Eastern Ohio, Cambridge, September 17,
Mallilieu; Ohio, Newark. September 24. Malli
lieu; Central Ohio, Lima, September 25; An
drews; Pittsburg, Greensburg. October 1,
Mallilieu; Northern Ohio, Mankato, Bucjrus,
October 2, Foster; West Virginia, Weston,
October 2, Foss.
NOT SATISFIED YET.
McKeesport Postofflco Candidates Who
Were Rejected Still Breathe Vengeance.
rSFSCIAI, TXX.XORAX TO TBX DISFATCn.l
McKeesport, May 13. No matter how
much the McKeesport postofflco muddle is
cried down, it will not down, and according to
advices received from Washington to-night by
candidates, those who were instrumental in
bringing abont the recommendation of the last
Soles will not find it as clear sailing as was ex
pected. There Is not one of the old candidates
who have any hope of receiving the appoint
ment but they are cheerful and say that they
have word from headquarters to-night which
prompts them to renewed hope that the oppo
sition forces who sneceeded in knocking them
out will in the end get left In the last recom
mendation of Mr. Ray.
Speaking for the candidates, they all say:
"We have nothing against Elmer Boles. He is
a gentleman and is highly esteemed, but we
have against the people who sneceeded In
bringing abont the change, and desire it to be
romembered that we represent more citizens
and Republicans than do those who are trying
to engineer Mr. Soles through in order to cap
ture what they failed to secure in the recom
mendation of Captain W. E. Thompson."
H0ME0PATHISTS IN POLITICS.
They
Want Control of a New Illinois
Asylum for the Insane.
CmCAOO, May 13. The Illinois Homeo
pathio Medical Association is in annual session
in this city. Thej chief interest attaching to
the meeting Is the fact that the association
proposes to enter the next political campaign
in a body.
The next State Legislature will probably
provide for an additional asylum for the in
sane, and tbe homeopathists propose to try to
have it put in charge of their school of medi
cine. To this end they will unite in an effort
to secure the nomination of general State offi
cers and members of the Legislature pledged
to give them what they want In case the can
didates of either party refuse to do this, tbey
intend to throw their combined influence to the
other party.
OK TEE THRESHOLD OF LIFE.
Graduating Exorcises of the Senior Class ot
the Greoavllle High School.
rSFKCXAT, TELEOBAMTO TUX DI8FATCH.1
Greenville, May 13. The Opera House
was crowded this evening to witness the grad
uating exercises of the senior class of the
Greenville High School.
The names of the graduates are as follows:
William S.McFetridge. salutatorian; Elizabeth
M.Koonce, Francesca K. Moser, Jennie E. Bra
den, John F. Ralston Clara E. Sanl. Emma H.
Hodge, Effle G. Roberts, William F. Evans,
H. Blanche Thorpe. Theresa Hendrlckson,
Cora Hewitt Roy Beatty. Emma G. Grimm,
Mary S. Shaeffer. Margaret McElbaney,
LaNora Herrlck and Annie T. Brown, vale
dictorian. AFBAID OF BaDICTTLE.
Government Asked to Place n Decent War
Teasel on Lnke Michigan.
CHIOAOO, May 13, Tho directors of the Chi
cago Board of Trade to-day adopted a memorial
to Congress, asking that a modern high class
war vessel be substituted for the old steamer,
Michigan, the only United States man-of-war
of tbe great lakes. ...
Tbe memorial declares the Michigan would
excite the ridicule of foreigners visiting the
World's Fair.
She Left tho Wenlth Behind.
From the New Tork World.!
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Western Pennsylvania,
probably the wealthiest colored woman in the
country, died tbe other day. Her income was
$"200 a day. Fonr years ago she owned a barren
piece of ground, but there was oil beneath its
surface, which made it oil right
LOVE HYMN.
BT ORELIA KEY BELL.
Shine, shine, O sun I your ample nrn
Wltfi all its golden beams o'erturn,
Till turret-top and tree-top burn
With amber glory.
Sing, sing, o birds I with Quivering trill
The palpitating ether nil.
Till every quivering leaflet thrill
With my glad story.
Yes, turn your merriest roundelay,
for oh! my love will come to-day.
Blow, blow, ye winds! the tidings swell
First o'er the sea, then thro' the dell,
And so my happy secret telt
To shells and flowers.
Play, lay, ye lountalns! send on high
Yourdlamonds till they dent the sky,
And then rebound reslllently
la migrant showers.
Yes, dash on high your diamond spray.
For ohl my love will come to-day.
Bloom, bloom, ye flowers! my secret dear
Kiss from the breezes, then lay bare
Your hearts till all the conscious air
Is softly laded.
Skip, skip, ye brooklets! skip and dance.
Over your pebbles glint and glance.
To see yon ne'er again, may chance
So happy a maiden.
Yes, o'er your pebbles glint and play,
For on I my love will come to-day.
And ye, O Guardian Seraphim,
Who thro' the mystic ether swim,
Kejolcel for exen to the brim
My cup is full, v ,
Thro' heaven's expansive latitude
Swell anthems of hergratlthd
Who soon will taste beatitude
Ineffable.
That saints who pity mortals mav
.' Bmlle down when cpmesmy love tohty.
Frank LtslitU Popular'MontMil Jot iunt, j
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Flylns Mno.
To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: -
Six years ago, and once before that and once
since, I told the trne story in The Dispatch
of the "man" flying from tbe top of the" Hand
street bridge. It was announced about 45 or 50
years ago, that on a certain day at high noon
M. Anser, whose name wonld indicate French
extraction, would fly from the Hand (now
Ninth) street bridge. Vast crowds were as
sembled to witness the daring feat At the
time appointed M. Anser actually took up his
perilous flight and tbe affair took place as an
nounced. Yet yesterday morning I find a different ver
sion of the matter In THE DISPATCH.
Pittsburg, May 13. Anser.
BUhop'a Park.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
While perusing, with much interest the en
tertaining article in a recent issne, on tbe
Bishop's Park, in Farnbam, England, I noticed
a slight error in vour correspondent's descrip
tion of Its locality. Farnham Park is in the
county of Surray. and not in Kent aa your
correspondent has it It is near the border
line of Hants and Surrey.
Pardon me for making this correction, but as
1 am a native of that lovely part of England, I
am naturally desirous of having its description
correct D. S. W.
ALTOONA, May 13.
I Kormal School Course.
To the Editor of The Dispaten:
What Books should a boy studdie who Intends
to enter Normal School and which hasn't the
opportunity to finish a coarse through T F.
PlTTSBUBO, May 13.
If he is the boy who wrote the above, we
would advise bim to "studdie," first the spell
ing book and grammar, and to stick to them
until he has mastered both. He should not at
tempt a course of a more extended character
until he has mastered the rudiments of the
English language.
Three Queries.
To the Editor of The Dlsoatch:
1. What fs Edison's address? 2. What sound
has O in the word docile? 3. What is meant by
tonnage or tons displacement In speaking of a
Vesel7 J. A. F.
PrrrsBTTBa. May 13.
L Menlo Park, N. J. 2. Eitherlong or short
merely a matter of taste, as one Dronuncia
is as correct as tbe other. 3. The term is vari
ously applied. Generally speaking, it means
the number of tons of freight a vessel can
carry. "Tons displacement" refers to the
quantity of water a laden vessel displaces.
African Possessions.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
Has England or Germany any possessions
in AfrlcaT If so, wbereT
I Pittsbubo, May 13. S.
Both countries have African possessions.
Cape Colony at the south, is English territory;
north of It are German possessions. In the in
terior both countries are striving to make
acquisitions.
OHIO LEGION OF H0N0E. ,
Some Chances in tho Constitution Iliads by
Decision of the Grand Conncll.
rSPECIAL TEXXOBAK TO TBX DISPATCH.!
Columbus, May 13, Thirty-seven delegates
were to-day in attendance on tbe annual meet
ing of the Grand Council of Ohio American
Legion of Honor. The reports indicate a pros
perous condition of the order. During the
year 27 death claims, aggregating $90,000, have
been paid. The membership is Increasing.
Adam Warnack, of Boston. Supreme Secretary,
delivered an address on the condition of the
order in tbe United States. Since the found
ing, in 1878. the Grand Council of Ohio has paid
and received about $54,000.
A change was made In the constitution,
which gives the Grand Council authority to
hold meetings annually or bi-annually at any
city where there is a council. It formerly stip
ulated that all meetings should be held in this
city. The Grand Commander was also given
power to call meetings of the Grand Council.
The following officers were elected: Grand
Commander, Charles EL Moore. Cincinnati;
Grand Vice, Rev. R. M. Freshwater, Scio;
Prator, R. G. Williams, Alliance; Secretary,
William Lichtenwalter. Canton: Treasurer, M.
H. Leragood, Elyrla; Chaplain. C. H. Doolittle,
Mansfield; Guide, J. P. Etz, Akron; Warden,
W. A. Smith, Cleveland; Sentry, John A.
Bcbaber, Bucyrus; Trustees, H. H. Hill, Akron;
J. W. Myers, Toledo; Mrs. H. R. Mcllvalne,
Galion; Committee on Laws, F.W.Rockwell,
Akron. The council will meet in this city in
May, 1891.
STILL NOT SATISFIED,
Ohio's Political Wool Growers Want More
Chances In the Tariff Schedule.
rsrXCIAZ, TZXEOKAX TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Columbus, May 13. Columbus Delano, Pres
ident of the National Wool Growers, David
Harvester, President Ohio Wool Growers, and
ex-Congressman Converse, have just concluded
a conference here on the McKlnley tariff bill,
and will endeavor to secure a change In the
carpet wool clause. Under the present pro
visions of the bill, duty on carpet wool will be
S3 per cent ad valorem, on all such qualities of
the value of 13 cents per pound and below, in
cluding port charges and SO per cent on all
snch wools valued above 13 cents per pound,
Heretofore large quantities have been im
ported under the carpet clause as carpet-wool,
which have been used in the manufacture of
common or cheap grades of clothing, displacing
an equal quantity of American clothing wool
Ohio wool growers apprehend that this point
is not sufficiently well guarded In tbe bill. They
believe It necessary that the bill should state
in express terms that carpet wools under this
clause, shall embrace only tbe coarse qualities
which can be used for manufacturing carpets
and that fleeces partly coarse and partly fine
shall not be-received at the 32 per cent rate of
duty, but shall pay the regular rate of duty on
clothing wool.
A TESTIMONIAL TO FRANCE.
Subscriptions Solicited for the Purpose by
the Sons ot the Revolution.
Detroit, May 13. An evening paper to-day
publishes the following appeal to the press of
America: "The National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution earnestly solicits
your co-operation in raising a fund by $1 sub
scriptions for an adequate fund for a suitable
testimonial to be sent from America to France.
Tbe work is in the hands of a large committee,
representing every section of the country and
each political party, and has our fullest In
dorsement Money and suggestions for the
best form of a testimonial should be sent to the
chairman of the committee. Dr. William Sew
ard Webb, of New York City, or to W. H
Brearley, of the Detroit Journal.
"Is it not possible that In every town through
out the country the papers will appeal to their
readers and secure" additions to this fund, even
though it be comparatively smallt"
Stanley Able to Care for Himself.
From the New York Sun.
Emln Pasha says that he has information in
regard to Mr. Stanley and Tippoo Tib which,
if published, wonld create a great sensation.
Well, why doesn't he publish it T He can put
money in his own purss and his publisher's.
Nobody will weep for Tippoo Tib, and Mr.
Stanley is entirely able to take care of himself.
Not to be Slighted.
From the Mew York Herald. 3
Barnum's advance agent failed this year to
present the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen with
tho customary number of free passes. The in
dignant city fathers yesterday unanimously
adopted a resolution raising the clrcu3 license
from $550 to $3,000 per week. Barnum nor any
other man can slight the aldermanic deadheads
with impunity.
A Good Day for Rattlers.
From the Oil City Derrick.
A man by the name of Heckathorn on Sun
day discovered a nest from which 16 rattle
snakes were driven by the storm. He killed
them all, and 12 of them were sent to P. Gruber,
who is boiling out tbe oil. It is said that rattle
snake oil Is a sovereign cure for rheumatism,
and often benefits blind eyes.
Satisfied With the Name.
Chelsea, Mass., May 13. The Common
Council of this city, at a meeting last night, re
considered its recent vote to petition the Legis
latnre for change of name, owing to tbe com
mon use in neighboring cities of the expression
"as dead aa Chelsea," and the city will retain
the name of Chelsea, that It received as a town
lnl7S9.
Athletics Really Indispensable.
From the Blnghamton Republican.
The gymnasium has become a necessity ad
lunct to mental development as It develops tha
physical organiKiUon to endure mental Strain.
CUKI00S CONDEKSATIOHS.
A colored boy of Spudra, Cal., is named
Simon Sucxeggs.
" A turtle weighing 175 pounds was re
cently captnrcd in Santa Anna, Cat
Addison, Mich., it is said, is the only
town in the world which has no red-headed
girt
An Adrian, Mich., boy cut his toe off
as tbe only effective cure for an elephantine
corn.
Out in Iowa, the other day, a eirl of
only 14 attempted to suicide because she had
been crossed in love.
A firm in Nashua, N. H., has received
an order from England for 600,000 feet of kiln
dried hard pine timber.
Beers is the name of the Austrian sculp
tor who has succeeded in discovering a process
for molding marble fluid precisely as bronze is
molded.
A trout, 14 inches long, fell from a
cloud into tho yard of Mr. Daniel at Tampa..
Fla., a day or two ago. It was still alive when
picked up.
A carrier pigeon with a silver band
bearing the nurnhnr 1,514 on one leg alighted
near Gloncester. Mass., Friday, in an ex
hausted condition.
Ex-Sheriff Lazelle, of Eaton county,
Mich., has two big wheat crops in his granary
which he proposes to hold until the pries
reaches the dollar mark
There are 16 negro jockeys in the coun
try who are paid from $2,500 to S3, 000 a year, but
not a colored minister In the United States re
ceives one-half the lesser of these sums.
Parmer Baker, of Fine Gold, Fresno
county, lost a fine horse one day last week. Ha
had an autopsy held, which showed that death
was caused by a large catfish in the horse's
throat
A shower of worms, it is reported, fell
near San Andreas station. In Santa Cruz county,
Cal., last week. "The worms renembled. tbe
grub, were white In color and had red eyes.
They were a new species to the residents."
A 7-year-old son of James O'Hara, of
Saginaw, while running across the street to see
a dog fight tripped and fell over a stone In
snch a manner that his head was doubled un
der blm, breaking his neck and causing instant
death.
A Topeka baby, which weighs 2
pounds with all its clothes on and a woolen
shawl, has been taken by its parents to Denver
to be exhibited In a dime mnseum. Tbey are
to received SCO a week for eight months and all
expenses.
A woman in Yonkers is perhaps tha
oldest person in New York State. Her name
Is Mrs. Romlnaski. and she asserts that she
is 109 years old. She lives with her daughter,
her granddaughter, and her great-granddaughter.
Some missionaries in Africa are greatly
troubled by the fact that the natives are not at
all uager to adopt the dress of the white men.
Not even the converts are willing to wear tbe
amount of clothing which, according to mis
sionary ideas, is essential to respectability.
In the house of a shoplifter, appre
hended in Philadelphia the othef day there
were found 167 packages of coffee, 23 dress pat
terns, 90 bonnets, innumerable hats, fine
shawls, laces, pocketbooks. cans of jelly, kid
gloves, curtains, sachels and other articles
worth $3,000.
A day or two ago David Stokes, colored,
of Rockingham county, N. C, struck at a cat '
when the enraged animal flew at him and fas
tened Its teeth in his wrist The cat held on so
tenaciously that its head had to be severed be
fore its grip relaxed. Stokes became ill at
once and soon died.
There is an old lady living in Polk
county. Fla., who is quite a genius. She can
write poetry and set it to music, and has written
two books. She hunts phosphate, plants trees,
clears land, works in an orange grove, can knit
dresses, make neat shoes, plait hata of pal
metto and make flowers out of shucks.
California has a fruit pest in the gray
linnet far worse and more damaging to fruit
raisers than the English sparrow. If some
means are not systematically and methodically
adopted to exterminate this bird there will be
very little profit in fruit raising in those sec
tions where deciduous fruits are exclusively
produced.
Scotch manners can occasionally be
odd. A Glasgow gentleman In escorting soma
ladies from a dance found a diamond hairpin
In tbe bottom of the cab and handed it to one
of the ladies. The owner advertised, and the
young lady who had taken it from ber escort
received a reward of t0. Then the young
man applied for a share ot the money, and, she
refusing, he carried the question to court The
court allotted him 5.
T. Kenney, of Hamlin. N. Y., is the
owner of a most extraordinary cat In addition
to the four feet usually allowed to cats, this
felino glories In two more. Branching outward
from each front leg is a smaller leg. termina
ting in a perfectly formed foot As she walks
toward one with those four feet abreast sha
creates a curious Impression. Her surplus feet
are evidently of no inconvenience, as she is an
unusually good mouser. She Is very domestic
in her habits and will grab for a ball or string
as quickly as ber more common sUters.
A jeweler at Lawrenceburg, O., missed
several valuable stones early the other morn
ing, and couldn't account for their disappear
ance, for he bad only opened tha safe a few
moments before. He searched in vain for
them, and then, turning to his 3-year-old-baby,
who had been running about asked: "Where
are those little things:" "Me eat 'em all," was
the baby's answer. A physician, was at once
summoned. He did not think any serious re
sult wonld fo'.low the costly feast An exami
nation ot the tray showed that 14 pearkand5
diamonds had been swallowed by the child.
Lieutenant Von Barby, of the Twelfth
Hussar Regiment Germany, lias taken the
most interesting ride of fate. He was riding
with the troops in the neighborhood of Merse
burg. when hl3 horse took fnght and bolted.
All efforts to restrain him being fruitless, ha
gave him the rein and waited his opportunity
to jump off. To his dismay the animal swerved
suddenly in the direction of a plateau over
banging a broad expanse of water: a few mo
ments and both horse and rider would be over
tbe edge. A bright flash was seen for a mo
ment the saber of the officer tell npon the head
of bis steed, and tbey both cams to the ground,
tbe man safe.
AMONG THE HU3IORISTS.
Street Car Conductor (to driver) I won
der what that man is running so hard for.
Driver (looking back)-Mebby the fool wants ter
git on. G'langI Stw Xork Weekly.
"And you shot him, Colonel?"
"Yes."
"Did be welter?"
"h'o, sir. The beggar had no blood-dldn't
even know his grandfather's name." Jem lork
Htrald.
Hampden Sewall Doc, I wish you'd
step down to the bouse and see my wire.
Pnyslclin-What seems to be the matter?
Hampden SewaU-Oh, she's beeu worklaar like
a horse ror two or three days and Is all worn oat
I'hyslelan Why don't yon see a veterinary sur
geon? Rochester Post-Express.
Clara (waking) Whose poem was that
you've Just read?
Isabella Why. that was Browning's.
Clara 1 thought so. I knew It tbe moment I
fell asleep. Town Talk.
"It wns bad enough for our American
girls to go out of their own country and marry
titled bankrupts, but this Is worse."
"What la worse?"
"Why, here's a dispatch which says that sev
eral American ladles traveling in Turkey were
presented to the Sultan the other day."-B'ajA-ington
tost.
She Well, professor, you've described
coughing and sneezing very eloquently Indeed.
Will you tell me what kissing Is?
lie Kissing Is the anatomical Juxtaposition or
two oblcularls oris muscles in; state or distrac
tion I mean contraction.
Bhe-Ohl (Pause.) But It seems easier than
that The Jester.
FICKLE FORTUNE.
Ah I Fortune's a Jade
Who often has played
With fancies of men and has ruled them;
They've toiled ror her smiles.
Been slaves of her wiles
And found at the last she had fooled them.
Cold Comfort Creditor When aro yoa
going to pay your debts?
Debtor That's none or your confounded busi
ness. "But I need my money."
"That's none of my confounded business?"
Herman Joke.
"Be carelul, sir!" called a patrolman to a
man who was speeding his horse on Cass "avenue.
"What ror?" asked the driver as he pollad np.
"I'll have you up tor fast driving."
"What is fast driving?"
"Why. over six miles an hour."
"Bay. old fellow, take me Into court won't yon?
If you will only get it Into the papers that this
boss was going over rour miles anbourlcan sell
blm for WD. If you will I'll try. and halo voa
some time.-- Acn-oK rtt trrtH,
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