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The skirmish on the class duties in the Bouse of Representatives, yesterday, was one of the preliminary actions of the tariff campaign. The circumstances give It a sig nificance whicn, while completely decisive, is a very good indication of the final result on the bill in the House. The increase in the duty on lamp chim neys naturally created some signs of restive cess among the 'Western members. Mr. Henderson, or Iowa, though a strong Ec publican was the outspoken malcontent in this case; and his declarations against any increase in the present duties was greeted with delight by the Democrats. Yet on the motion to amend the bill so as to leave the duties unchanged, Mr. Hnderson did not find enough Benublicans supporting him to change the control. It was a close vote; but the bill was upheld by a majority of two. This constitutes a very strong sign that the bill will pass the House practically in the shape that it stands at present. There ishardly any other provision except perhaps that on tin plate which is more likely to provoke tbe opposition of the Western element to any increase of protective duties. Even on tin plate it is doubtful if the dissenting element will show much more strength than it did in yesterday's vote. The chances now are that the bill will pass the House without important changes, whatever may become of it in the Senate. KOT AN IMPORTANT DEFEAT. The chance defeat of the Tory Govern ment, on one of the phases of the land purchase bill the other night, was rather in the light of a good joke than any serious failure of the Tory policy to retain the sup port of a majority of Parliament. If the Government had been beaten on a vote which was fully advertised and after a set battle it would have been forced to resign; for the theory of English politics is that a Cabinet which cannot command a Parlia mentary majority must give place to one that can. Bat a defeat which is simply the result of the members' inattention to busi ness and which can easily be retrieved by a fall House has no other significance than showing that England's legislators have the same constitutional disinclination to M Bigpftt. steady work as ours have shown in the last two Congresses. StitI it may be doubted whether even Balfour would try to pass a tariff bill without a quorum. THE TACKAGE PRIZE PUZZLE. The original package decision continues evoking surprised comment from lawyers, statesmen, newspapers and public officers; and the complications which are foreseen arising from it discount in curious interest the difficulties of the famous "pigs-in-clover" or "14-15" prise puzzles. In departing from the popular assumption that when an "original package" sent from one State arrived into the possession of the consignee in another State, its sale after that became a matter of local or domestic as distinguished from inter-State com merce, the learned Justices at "Washington have started up a series of difficulties which a good many more decisions and much more legislation will be required to solve. That is about the only conclusion which is definitely settled in everybody's mind. Mention has already been made of the prac tical impossibility of maintaining such a distinction as the decision indicates between non-residents and their agents and the citi zens of a State. It would be a singular anomaly if the citizens of a State were held to be bound by certain restric tions which non-residents and their agents doing business in that State could freely dis regard; if the latter .could sell without fee or limitation, while the former "would be subject to penalties for the same act. The obstacle to remedial legislation from Con gress is also worthy of note. As Senator Vest contends, it would be a strange pro ceeding if, the United States Constitution expressly prohibiting the States from in terfering with inter-State Commerce, the United States Congress, which is less than the Constitution, could expressly delegate to the States the very power which the Constitution thus prohibited. The newest and most curious point, how ever, of all that have been raised is that, conceding Congress could grant the States the power which this decision denies them, how will the proposed Congressional legislation of the future affect the State license and prohibition laws which are already in existence? If these laws are not valid and operative now, can they be made so by mere Congressienal affirmation of them? or will not new State legislation be needed; and, if so, what are to be the gov erning conditions in the interim? Evi dently the list of curious questions which the original package "deliverance brings up, is without end," and not a few of them are likely to go without answers also, unless the Supreme Court find some convenient opportunity to reverse itself or otherwise clear away the general mystification. n.UMB'8 WILD PROPOSITION. Senator Plumb created a flutter in the Senate yesterday by a motion that the Treasury reserve shall hereafter be fixed at $110,000,000, which should be considered an ample margin for the redemption of all the demand liabilities of the Government,1 in cluding legal tender notes and gold and silver certificates. Naturally the other Senators sharply at tacked such a proposition. Their citicisms are justified, too, srhen it is considered that this proposition was advanced in connection with a measure intended to increase those demand liabilities at the rate of $50,000,000 per annum. But the germ of Senator Plumb's idea has a foundation in the fact that heretofore the Treasury has carried an unnecessarily large reserve. The.understand ing has been that the reserve was $100,000, -000 on the lfgal tenders, and dollar for dol lar on the gold and silver certificates. 2io bank in the world has ever thought of carrying such a reserve on its deposits, much less on its circulation. If the Treas ury should carry thirty per cent in specie as a reserve on its notes, investing the bal ance in its own bonds, it would possess a strength far beyond any possible contin gencies. It would also much diminish both the immense stock ot specie in the Treasury, and temptation to rescue "Wall street out of the quagmires into which it is plunged by its own speculations. Senator Plumb is generally apt to defeat his own plans by going wild over them. His proposition as he advanced it was in admissible. If it had been to establish a thirty per cent ratio of Treasury reserve in cash, it would have had a good deal of foundation in reason. SQUELCHING THE SPEAK.EASIES. The campaign against the speak-easies by the Department of Public Safety is assum ing the proportions of a decidedly reforma tory magnitude. From an interview else where it appears that there have been 200 prosecutions of illicit liquor sellers within the past few days, and the work is going on at a rate that promises the entire extinction of the unlicensed groggeries. This is a very gratifying indication of the determination of the city police authorities to have the laws enforced. "When those officials took the ground last spring that it is not their business to prosecute offenders against the State license law, The Dis patch has the honor to assure them that they were mistaken. The present prosecu tions show that they have received new and much improved light on the subject and are acting upon it with commendable rigor. It is also stated that if any unlicensed vender is anxious to obtain farther judicial rulings on the original package question the Department of Publio Safety will gratify him with a test case. That branch of the city government is very .decidedly Im pressed with (he idea that the only way for a man to sell liquor is to get a license and run bis saloon according to the license require ments. WOMAN. THE PROTECTOR. The country will now be asked to elevate its eyebrows, take a long breath and evince all the evidences of great surprise at the fact of a young woman winning a prize in a national contest with an essay on "The ap plication of the American policy of protec tion to American shipping engaged in inter national commerce." Miss Carrie K. Gaston, of Swarthmore College, Swarth more, Pa., is the phenomenon. But on second thought, why should not woman write intelligently and to the purpose upon protection? She is the great protective element in human society. Man, to be sure, is commonly called woman's protector, but is it .not a lact that woman protects man in the high est sense? She protects his soul; saves it from countless contaminations, secures and establishes its good impulses, and makes it glow with the reflection of her goodness. The greatest service of a good wife to a man often is that she protects him from himself. Then she is essentially the crowning pro tection of the home, the guardian of the family. If she is so strong in these high matters of protection, it is not wonderful that she should be in her element when the principle of protection in a lower,' grosser sense Is to be expounded and enforced. If neither the exposure of the Times' THE forgeries or the .London scandals will break the front of the subservient Tory majority, there seems to bo a chanoa that the Govern ment may break down simply by the inability of tho Government to get its suppotters to at tend to business. Tub information that the famous speak easy list of which so much was heard at the license court, is to be used in suppressing the entire brood, is gratifying intelligence that the Department of Public Safety has at last con cluded that it is among its functions to sup press illegal llquorjselling. The Dispatch has always cherished the hope that the department officials would think better of their theories to the cootraray. Now that tbey have concluded that It is their duty to enforce the law every one will with them a speedy ana thorough suc cess in their work. A bubal New York paper which re cently announced that "E. W. Williams has leased the upper part of bis father-in-law. Van Ness Russell, residence on Talcot street," is evidently trying to beat the record of the mer chants who advertise for sale "Silk gentlemen's underwear." The dismissal of the Campbell suitsseems to have Increased the bitterness of the dispute over the matter both in political ana labor circles. If the judgment of the Court by which this dismissal was ordered docs not con vince Mr, Campbell's opponents, it must be concluded that they were determined that he ought to be convicted without hearing any ot the testimony at all. The German Emperor's last speech spoke of what might occur in East Itussia if there should be war; and all Europe is in a flutter because some monarch has talked of war, A ruler who speaks of what is in his mind, is violating all the precedents of European states manship. The discovery of large deposits of Swed ish iron ore in the Llano region of Texas, in dicates an addition to the resources of the country in which Pittsburg has a natural In terest, as well as the financial interest which some Pittsbnrgeis are reported to have in the field. Reports as to tho outlook for the new Held are so glowing as to suggest' grain of al lowance. Despite Congressman Niedringhan's eloquent plea the duty on borax is to stay at the rate of five cents per pound. The way of the tarift Congressman who tries to get the duties put down on the material which he uses, is an exceedingly rocky one. The vigorous way in which Henry M. Stanley roasts the corporation of London and the English Qovernment for neglecting its op portunity in Africa proves that Stanley is as efficient in stirring up somnolent people as in exploring unknown countries. He might be emDloyed profitably by Chicago to, come and deliver its people a tart address on the World Fair enterprise. The omnipresent syndicate makes a new appearance in the act of buying np the Pitts burg window glass factories. If they have cash enough they can always buy either factories or tho place to put new ones. The master's report in that suit concern ing the sale of the Graff, Dennett fc Co., prop erty completely exonerates the parties con nected with it from the charge of frauds. This will be satisfactory to the public at large, be sides indicating the exact value of the cam paign ammunition on which so much was ex pended in the municipal election last winter. Silveb got up as high as 107 lately, but has fallen back again. It has got to secure a good deal of support, however, to reach the figure of 129, which would put it on par with gold. COAL in Germany is double the prices that ruled two years ago. notwithstanding a re cent drop. If this thing keeps up much longer European syndicates can find the best use for their money in moving the iron and steel es tablishments of the Old World to this country where they ,can get Inexhaustible supplies of cheap fuel. Carlisle appears to have knocked the Kentucky persimmon. That story about his in toxication did not lose him any votes In the State of old Bourbon. The decision of a Maryland conrt that Stevenson Archer, the defaulting State Treas urer, cannot be indicted is raising no slight sensation. The principle seems to bo gaining strength that the safest thing a man can do in this country is to steal a wholesale amount ot money, unless it is to commit murder in New York. "When the Emperor of Germany is show ing a disposition to adopt the wisest reforms, he is declared to ne insane by the monarchical opinion of Europe. General Mideleton, of Canada, has been formally censured by the Canadian Par liament tor, robbing a half-breed Indian of a lot of furs. This establishes the valuable precedent, which will probably be concurred in by the United States that it is not permissible to rob any one but a full-blooded Indian. PEOMNENT PEOPLE, Vice Pbesident Levi P. Morton began his 67th year yesterday. Me. and Mbs. A. M. Palmer, will sail for Europe on May SL for the summer. IIeetha VON Hillebn, artist and ex-pedestrian, and Emma Howard Wright, the author, are building a summer cottage at Middletown, Va. Jean de Beszke, the tenor, and Edouard de Beszke, the basso, want 10,000 francs and 5,000 francs per night respectively to sing In America, Saba Bernhardt expects to make enough money out ol her autobioeraphy, soon to be published, to build a little rock play-house with a crypt uuder the stage for her remains. Alan Akthue, son of the late President Arthur, has no taste in the direotion of pol itics. All his predilections are social. He doesn't care a pin whether tho country has ballot reform or not. The President will visit Cleveland, O., on Decoration Day, to attend the unveiling of the Garfield memorial, and will be the guest of Mr. D. P. Eells. 'The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury will also be present on that occasion. General George B. Brown, head of the banking house of Alexander Brown 4 Sons, the parent house of Brown Bros. & Co. and Brown, Shipley & Co., of London, is dying at his residence in Baltimore. He has beeu ill for some time, and his physicians have given him up. Secretary Noble gave a dinner Thursday evening in honor of General W. T. Sherman. The other guests were: Justice Brewer, Secre tary Rusk. Senator Morrill, Senator Edmunds, Senator Hiscock, Senator McMillan, Senator Higgins, Senator Spooner, Major McKinley, General Hammond, General Breckinridge, Bancroft Davis, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Bell. Jucs Koko, the young Japaneso who re reived the degree of B. A and a gold medal for general proficiency at Victoiia University at Coburg, Out., Thursday, is the first Asiatic scholar ever presented for graduation at a Canadian university. He is a native of Tokio and a gentleman of high rank. He was re ceived with loud acclamation at the convoca tion, Mr. Murphy's Brilliant Work. From the Omaha 'World-Herald. I Francis Mnrphy will conclude bis brilliant series of meetings this week, to be followed by Helen Gougar. He speaks for temperance she for prohibition. He is the healer of wounds and the physician of disease. She the apostle of the impossible. A Clear Cnse of Jealousy. From the Boston Herald. The great Btate of Pennsylvania allows her Btate Board ot Health 17,000 a year. She might t well abolish ths board and be done with it f i ,l- ? ffi&. PITTSBURG- Dispatch, THE TOPICAL TALKER. Bros, and Conotennnce Alike Sinking Kail road Travellns; a Thlnsj ot n.noty-The Cnrlons Evolution or a New My. 'THERE were three of them in the room. One was a lady who prides herself upon ber work in hammered brass and other art nf that sort. The second wag a man who need be no further identified than that bis fa'ce is deeply pitted with the marks left by smallpox. The group was completed by a little girl, aged 6. and singularly thoughtful. They were talklne about repousse work, and a salver of hammered brass was finally brought out by the fair artist for inspection. In the technical conversation that followed, the little girl, of course, could take no part, but when the salver was put away she asked the gentle man: "Ob, Uncle Edward, was your face hammered, too T" "The policy of beautifying the stations, and their surroundings on tne Fort Wayne railroad is being extended in many directions. In place of a dirty and dismal shed there is now at Haysville a substantial and comfortable station house, around which lawns and flower beds are being laid out. The architect who de signs these model station houses deserves great credit for the excellent uso he makes of modest materials. The coloring of tho frame buildings especially shows good taste and of a quiet order that railroad artists do not usually affect. The lawns at Sewlckley set off the station house to the greatest possible advantace, and it is the general conviction that the increase in the suburban patronage of the road Is largely due to the enlightened policy of the Fort Wayno management in these- and other par ticulars. There is hardly a station now between Verner and Leetsdaie that is not a positive ad dition to the charming scenery of the Ohio VaUoy. . h- ""Two stories which appeared last year in The Dispatch have been welded into a play. In which Miss Anna Boyd will star next season. Mr. Tillotson bought the play for Miss Boyd's uso recently from Mr. H. S. Taylor, tho New York play broker. There are some ratherodd circumstances about the transformation of these romances, written by Mr. Franklin File, into a play. llr. Taylor has given an account of them. gATS Mr. Taylor: "While there is a leading role for Miss Boyd, the piece contains sev eral other strong characters, and is more pow erfully original in melodramatic respects than anything I have lately seen in manuscript It is a discovery of my own, moreover, and that is why I am specially interested. I read a story by Franklin File, last summer, and was at once struck by the suitability of its matter for stage use. A second novelette, by the same author and in the same romantic vein, seemed to ne equally original in scenes and charac ters. The fact is that Mr. File, having been for years the dramatic critic of tha Sun, and having so long been professionally familiar with the stage, had instlnctivelyjwrltten his narratives in a dramatic spirit Now, 1 have a rule against touching schemes for unwritten plays. I invariably decline to pass judgment on plots in synopsis, and that sort of thing. But I asked Mr. File to dramatize bis two stories into one play. He was only reluctant because, being a newspaper critic, he didn't wish to flguro as an offerer ot a pieco of his own to managers. But I removed that objection by telling him that, in tbo regular course of my business as an authors' agent, I conld find a place for his play without previously using bis name In connection with it at all, and I did. "Mr. Tillotson bought the pieco solely be cause it was exactly what he wanted or be came so after-Mr. Clay M. Greene had enlarged 1 the soubrette role and made of it a star part for Miss Boyd. Bed Teal's genius! in the practical realization of effects aimed at will also, I under stand, be called into the work by Mr. Tillotson. Mr. File has turned out a powerful melodrama, with plenty of conredy element, and if it doesn't make one of next season's successes, then I shall be greatly disappointed. The provisional title is 'Overlook,' but there may be another choice." CUBBENT TIMELY TOPICS. Mr. Oyster is Chairman of the Elks Connty Republican Committee. He is a little out of season, but he has decided that the primaries shall be held on May 21 and the County Conven tion on the 27th. The "original package" question has accom pllshcd one good thing at least. It has given Con gress something to talk about beside the tariff question. Two Michigan murderers have been sent to prison for life, and now the Detroit Free Press is exclaiming in big head lines "that there is such a thing as Justice In Michigan." There are strong indications of natural gas lu Salt Lake, Utah, and a company is being formed to search for the hidden treasure. Some new settler has probably been mousing about and unearthed a Mormon burying ground, which leads to the belief that he had discovered natural gas. Br. the decision of theUnited States Supreme Court a drug clerk will have something else to do now beside tending bar, while people will not be come cross-eyed winking at the druggist. The Mayor of Denver has ordered tho gamblers to close their shops. The dead game sports haven't made dp tnelr minds whether to take his advice or not. If they do close they will move to Chicago. Senator Jones, of Nevada, thinks that there never has been enough money In the world. It's dollars to cents the Senator has been pre sented with last month's ice bill. Editor Fltjkb, of the Corry Flyer. Is a can didate for Congress in the Erle-Crawrbrd district. As the editor has n othlng but a head full of brains and an empty pocketbook to help in his canvass, he will, in all probability, not get the nomina tion. Bradford, a little town in the Northwestern part of the Btate, belongs to the Pennsylvania and new xorx liaseoau League. The season was formally opened yesterday. The Mayor, city officials, physicians, players and their friends formed a procession and after marching over the principal streets brought up at the grounds, which were handsomely decorated for the occa sion. On arrival there the season was formally opened by the Mayor, after which a benediction was pronounced, the band played "Johnnie Get Your dun." and the agony was on. It was a red letter day for Tarport's suburb. A Wnsto of Time. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. With its own registration, its own counting and its own certification, why should the g. o. p. waste time in tampering with the census? STATE POLITICAL NOTES. Huntingdon Journal': Pittsburg business men are getting ready to start a Montooth boom. Waynesburo Republican: Mr. Ray will have no opposition for the Congressional nom ination in this county. The Republicans are unanimous and enthusiastic for his renomlna tion. Cambria Herald: Paulson's Philadelphia admirers are working hard to secure his nomi nation for Governor over the Clearfield states man. It matters little to the Republicans whether the victim is named Paulson or Wal lace, as they Will slaughter him ailee samee. Pvjnxsutawnet Spirit: General Daniel H. Hastings, candidate for the Gubernatorial nomination, will deliver a speech In this place on the Fourth of July. He has given a positive promise to this effect The purpose of this speech, as will be readily seen, is not to boom Hastings' candidacy, as the nomination will have been made ten days before the Fourth of July. Meadvtlle Messenger: It is evident from tho columns of abuso and misrepresentation by the Tribune concerning the farmers' movement that it bnrts the Andrews gang. Chairman Billy thinks ho holds the State Senatorshlp in his hands, and considers it Impertinent for the people of the rural districts to even intimate that they want someone else to represent them at Harrisburg than the dandy from Tltusville, Waynesburo Messenger: As wo have al ready hinted in pretty emphatio terms we do not prefer ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison aB the Democratic nominee for Governor, be cause we do not think he would make the strongest candioate we could select and be cause we do not think ho would do as much for the Democratic party as Mr. Wallace or some other men we could name. Still if Mr. Pattison should become the Democratic nominee, as ho may possibly do," we shall hold ourselves in readiness to do all in oar power for his election. ESiSHmi "'satubdat, may WELL ENTERTAINED. A Pleasant ainstcal and Literary Procrnmmo Lais of Fan on Board a Boat A Very Modest, Quiet Wedding-Oilier Society News. A musical arid literary entertainment im bued wltb unusual interest was tho one given last evening in University Hall by Mrs. J. H. Yocum, in which she was delightfully assisted by Misses Mamie Reuck and Carrie Whiting. The lady, a talented elocutionist has often been heard in recitations and in musical selec tions but has never before given an entertain ment entirely upon her own responsibility, as it were, but her reputation for clever work was so well established that the little hall was filled to overflowing, and every one was delighted h the programme presented. " locum, wno is a pleasing orunenu ui graceful figure, was robed in a cloud of white muslin de sole, embroidered in colors and fashioned with angel sleeves, opened the pro- Sramine with a vocal solo, "Tell Me Beautiful lalden," in which Miss Mamie Reuck accom panied with" the violin. The applauso with which tbo singer was greeted testified to the merit of her singing and the sweetness of her voice. A court scene, "Henry VIII.." was next recltod by Mrs. Yocum, and in tho person ation of the various characters the lady won fresh laurels and proved herself possessed of ciMioHierawe versatility, a violin solo by Mamie Reuck was listened to in tho same manner that tho younc violinist's performances are always greeted, with perfect silence and rapt attention. It really is wonder fnl how Miss Kouck with her delicate lingers, manages to extract so much music out of her violin, and to hold audiences as she does, but geople like to look at her as well as hear her. he is so petite, so modest and unassuming, but so interesting withal, with her short, curled hair and palo face, which, as she plays, lights up and becomes tinged with color. Prof. Gittlngs played her accompaniments, last evening. Mrs. Yocum nexc recited and sang the "Blind Girl of Castlo Cullle," with Miss Whiting at the piano who, by the way, is becoming quito a familiar figure at local talent entertainments, and Is considered a skilled pianist. 'Tho An nuity," a recitation, and "Che faro senza Euridice." by Mrs. Yocum, concluded part first of the programme. The second part con sisted of a "Scene from Merchant of Venice." "The Night Watch," "Brown Gets His Hair Cut," "Rock Me to Sleep." "Sing, Smile and Slumber:" ana "Money Musk." by Mrs. Yo cum, and a violin solo by Miss Reuck. DEDICATED ITS HEW E00MS. The East End Y. M. C A. In a Much Better Locntlon. The East End branch of the Y. M. C. A. yes terday dedicated its new rooms in what was formerly Known as the Liberty Hall, on Penn avenue. East End. The building has been re modeled and handsomely fitted up. The sec ond floor of the building contains the general office. Secretary's private room, reading and large lecture room. The third floor will be turned into a large and complete gymnasium. Work on it will be commenced July I and com pleted by September, at a cost of 51,000. The entire cost of the rooms is 10,000. The greater part of the sum was contributed by East End citizens. At the dedication exercises last night the rooms were filled. The Rev. R. S. Holmes opened with prayer. Mr. Peter Dick made tho opening remarks, touching principally on the improvements made, their necessity and the increase In membership that should result. The association has a ion-year lease on the premises at $1 per vear. President J. F. Robinson followed in an ad dress, thanking the members and others who had worked dilicently in having the work finished to such a high degree. He said tho re sult should be an increase in the membership of ten-fold. A number of musical selections were given by the orchestra, led bv T. F. Kirk, and the Brass Quartet, composed of Messrs. William imnou, -j Leo uotrman, Ubarles Curry and Walter Pope. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. C. V. Wilson, pastor of the Emory M. E. Church, H0DESTLY AND QUIETLY WED. Mr. Mnrcns Lewis nnd Miss Eleanor An derson RInde One. Why Mr. Marcus W. Lewis, of the Central Board rooms was so very mysterious abont his wedding is not knwn, but the fact remains that hn was mysterious; so much so that his wed ding has not thus far been chronicled. It oc curred Thursday evening, in Boltzhoover bor ough, at the residence of the bride's parents, and was strictly a family affair, althongh the appointments bad the same exquisite nicety that a much larger wedding would have de manded. The bride was Miss Eleanor Ander son. The young couple, with the same secrecy that characterized their wedding, departed upon their honeymoon journey, from which they will, however, return at an early date, and the many friends of the groom and bis pretty young bride are anxiously awaiting their ar rival, to extend congratulations and kind wishes for their future happiness. They will reside on Webster avenue until Mr. Lewis ob tains possession of tho charming little home he recently purchased at Hazelwood. A PLEASAHT BIDETO J?ABTY. The Unique Way In Which a Wedding Anni versary mi Celebrated. Mr. Charles Reisfer, the Secretary of the Central Board, and his charming wife cele brated tbeir thirteenth wedding anniversary yesterday with a riding party, which consisted of a few intimate friends. Leaving the city about 6 o'clock they wended their merry way to Heating's, where, over chicken and waffles, for which the resort is quite famous, joy and merriment prevailed for fully an hour, and many were the doubts cast upon the veracity of tbo decidedly youthful-looking host by some of the party when bo affirmed that the occasion was in commemoration of his wedding day, 13 years ago. With prettily expressed wishes that the next unlucky number of years might rest as lightly upon the popular host and hostess as tho past had done, the little party separated and were driven to their respective homes, after a most delightful return drive :o the city. HARD TO HAKE A CHOICE. No Decision on tbo West Penn Hospital En tertainment. The ladles who contemplate the evening's en tertainment for the benefit of tho West Penn Hospital met yesterday afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. parlors. The meeting organized by elect ing the following officers: President Mrs. W. A Herron; Vice Presidents. Mrs. Judge Ewing, Mrs. Judge Stowe, Mrs. Samuel McKee and Mr. A. L. Pearson. The matter of tho enter tainment was- discussed at length. Several sug gestions wora offered, among them a minstrel entertainmoM and a minuet. It was also sug- Sested that the Marine Band, of Washington, e engaged for the occasion. Nothing definite was decided on, and the la dles adjourned to meet acain on Tuesday after noon next, when final action will be taken. Tbo entertainment will be given on the evening of June 11 at tho Exposition building. FUN OH" A BOAT. A Merry Party Leaves Plttabnrg, Bound for Cincinnati, The steamer Scotia left here for Cincinnati yesterday, carrying a great many passengers. A number of Trinity Hall Cadets from Wash ington, Pa., accompanied by lady friends, were among the excursionists. Lieutenant Alex J. Henderson, son of Captain J. A. Henderson, beaded the party, which numbered aDout 30 in all. A tew of the others on board were Cap tain George F. Rowley and wife, Mrs. J A Henderson. Warren Wattles and wife, Charles Bradley, wife and daughter. H. H. Spehr and wife. Miss Spebr, Mrs. Hikock, Mrs. Isaac Whittaker. MlssE. F. Adams, Mrs. Clay, etc A band accompanied the merrymakers, and dancing had begun betore the packet was well ont of the Monongahela. Lieutenant Hender son intends that his brother cadets will have a good time on tho trip. Social Chatter. Mrs. William G. Park, of Ridgn avenue, entertains this afternoon, with tea from 4 to 7. Mb. and Mbs. Da yd Latjber have? issued cards for a progressive encbre next Thnrsday evening. The Knights of tho Golden Eagle will give a May festival at Silver Lake Grove, East End, next Wednesday evening. Rev. GeoroeT. Pdhves, D. D., will lecture at the Central Presbyterian Church, next Thursday evening, on "Success." The Yeng People's Society of tho Arch Street M. K Church gave a very enjoyable mu sical and literary entertainment last evening. Mies Louise Batard, daughter of ex-Secretary Bayard, is visiting Miss Elizabeth Moor head, of Shadyside, A dancing reception will be given In her honor. Mb. and Mrs. Oeorgf. H. Thurston, of Sheridan avenue, entertained friends last even ing with a progressive euchre, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. R J. Cunningham. The second anmversary,of the Young Men's Christian Association of McKeesport .will be 17, v 1890. celebrated to-morrow evening, and an address will be delivered by S. D. Gordon, of Ohio. The Newsboys' Home fund will be swelled with the proceeds of the promenade concert given at Penn Incline Hall last evening by the employes of the Penn Incline Plane Company. The muslo recital In Carnegie Music Hall this afternoon will be a very enjoyable event with Mr. Leonard Wales at the organ and vocal solos by Mrs. J. E. Porter, the popular Alle gheny soprano. Mbs. J. H. Shoenberger and maid are registered at the Hotel Dnquesne, having ar- ncu uoia new xork yesterday morning. Mrs. Shoenberger's visit is mostly of a social nature, though certain formalities connected with the will of her late husband are also to be considered. W0BK OF EUBAL BEPOBTEBS. Punxsutawney Spirit: We have received a copy of the McKinley tariff bill, and are gratified to find that bologna sausage and sauer kraut are both on the free list. , Huntingdon Globe: Judge Furst was not feeling well when be arrived here to hold court on Monday, but ho presided with' his usual dignity and firmness all the same. Myersdale Commercial: Lawrence Snyder is giving bis customers some toothsome meat as he now purchases heavily in the Pittsburg markets, where the best kind of stock can be selected. -Youghiooheny Times: A stray pig has come to J. p. scboll's farm. If the owner doesn't come forward and pay damages and claim tho estray, Fremont Is liable to entertain designs on the pork. Warren Mirror: Gnm chewing In tho Opera House is getting very fashionable. At the play last night it was participated In by many. From the sweet 16 girl to the matron of 60, all were chewing. Waynesburo Independent: Jack Sypher's little ratter one day kjst week causht and killed a huge Norway that measured 10 inches from tip to tip. Tho old rodent was gray from age, and was evidently the patriarch of his tribe. St. Clairsville Gazette: Charlie Schu macher brought in from his farm an egg, the product of one of "his Plymouth Rock hens, that measures 8 Inches in circumference one way and 6 inches the other. Charlie lives on high ground and was afraid to set the egg for fear it would batch a goose. Freeport ' Journal: Rumors have been afloat for a week past that we are to have anew indnstry in the shape of a glass works. John Kennedy & Sons, of Tarentum, and an Indiana party are the projectors and tbo works will be built in the old sugar camp at Butler Junction. It is to be a bottle works, but of what size or capacity we have not yet learned. East Brady Review: On last Friday J. W. Verner, of this place, sold his trotting horse East Brady Boy to an Eastern party for $800, and on Tuesday disposed of another trotter, Squire Hays, to Spencer, of Pittsburg. Mr. Verner is an. admirer of fine horseflesh, and a visit tn bis stable would soon assuro one he keeps none but the best, principally for bis own enjoyment TO DO SCOTLAND. Edgar L. Wakemnn Will Explore It Atoot nnd Tell His Story In Tho Dispatch. Mr. Edgar L. Wakeman, author, journalist and traveler, who for the past five years has furnished the American press with some of the most charming feature-service articles printed, is certain to make his "Wakeman's Wander ings" papers really famous in the highest litera ture of forolgn travel and observation. His work throughont is poetry In prose;and to read after bim is to travel beside him and see and feel the splendor and sadness of old-world life in marvelous comprehensiveness. He wanders abont on foot and alone, and paints with so true a hand that leading journals of the coun try begin to recognize that "the mantle of Bay ard Taylor has fallen upon him." In August next he will leave the Mediterranean countries where he is now traveling, and pass the re mainder of the year in Scotland, contributing studies of Scottish life and people to his Ameri can syndicate, nnder the title of "Afoot in Scotland." The Journalist. Mr. Wakeman is well known to readers of The Dispatch, who will undoubtedly look forward to his letters from Scotland with keen interest. EX-G0VEBK0B PATTIS0H'. ne Is urn Slum an an Oyster to St. Lonls Reporter! on the Political Situation. From the St. Louis Republic Ex-Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, who is in the city attending the General Conference of tbe M. E. Church South, when seen by a Republic reporter yesterday, said he had nothing whatever to say about political mat ters at this time. Tbe Governor chatted pleas antly about affairs in general, bow St. Louis in some respects resembled Philadelphia, the work of the conference, etc., bnt insisted on a studied silence when tbe conversation assumed tbe least bit of a political turn. This Is Gov ernor Pattison's first visit to St. Louis, and he expresses himself as fairly delighted with what he bas seen of our city from a drive through our parks and a walk in the business portions yesterday afternoon and evening. Mr. Clnrkson Loses His Grip. From the Cleveland Leader.l Mr. Clarkson impeaches the character of bis fellow countrymen when ho asserts that tho only way to make them take an interest in poli tics Is to "let them consider that there is not only public but personal advantage to be gained," meaning that they must have tho promise of office beforo them. What is more to tbe point no doubt, in his case, be has done much to destroy whatever prospects he may have had of a higher and greater public career. DEATHS OF A DAY. Mrs. LonUa Grlpp. Mrs. Louisa Gripp, mother of John Grlpp, the police magistrate, died at the home of her son, on Montour way, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday mornlnjr. Mrs. Gripp was In the 71st year of her ase.hav lne been born December 23, 1819, in a province near Strasburg. Blie had beeu suffering from asthma for many years, and that disease was tho immediate cause or her dcain. At tne ageoi i vears she came to the United States anil settled In I'ittsburir, where she resided up tp the time of her death. Her husband, John C Grlpp. Iied about 13 ycirsHKO. beven children survive Mrs. Grlpp: Mrs. Catharine Urubacb, Allegheny; Jacob Grlpp, Mrs. bonhia iilesmeycr. .diaries GrlnD John Gripp and Mrs. Lizzie Kleppner. Mrs? Grlpp wal a memb-r of tbe first Protestant German Evangelical Church, at the corner of Smithfleld street and Sixth avenue, funeral services will he held at the home or ber sou, on Montour way, to-morrow afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, Mrs. Eliza J. Chandler. JSPXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Rochester, PA., May 16.-Mrs. Chandler, nee Eliza J. Sherman, wife of Dr. Thomas J. Chand ler, and one of the oldest and most highly re spected ladles of this place, died this morning at 11-30, in the 81st year of her age.. Her hnsbsnd, who survives her, in his 63d year, practiced dentistry In the county for upward o(o0 years. They were In the sixtv-second year of their wed ded life. On last Saturday three generations of tne famllv assembled at their home In Honor of thllSner's birthday. Twelve children blessed their union, seven of whpm are living. Four re side here. Dr. H. J. Chandler, Harriet wife or Captain Mcllvaln; Mrs. Clara Kamsey. who mads lief home with her parents, and Emma, wife of Postmaster W. H- Blaclt. Cnptnln Jnines Gnllngher. Captain James Gallagher, who was engaged in the river trade during the war, died Thursday evening at his late residence, Klver avenue, near Greenwood street fifth ward, Allegheny, where he has resided since 1867. He retired from tho river In 18S3 and cng3jed In mercantile btslness, but he bas not been engaged actively for twovears. Ho was over 70 years of age. He had a wide ac quaintance in Allegheny and Pittsburg, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Hon. Illrnm !m1tb. SnuiOYOAN Falls, Wis., May 1.-The Hon. Illrain Smith, the best known dairyman and Farmers' Institute lecturer of the Northwest, died at his home la this city, of heart disease, last night. He was 73 years of age. Mr. Smith was born In Bucks county, Pa., February 19, 1817, and came to Wisconsin in 1847. Michael FlahcrlT. Michael Flaherty, an old and respected citizen, died at the residence of bis son Martin, on Frazler street near Boquet yesterday morning, after a brief illness. Mr. Flaherty Is the father of Edward. James. Martin and Michael Flaherty, Jr. He was 71 years or age. He will De burled to morrow afternoon at z o'clock. Mnry A. Mllllsnn. Mary A. Mllllgan, relict or Hobert Mllllgan,dled at the old homestead ot the family at Swlssvale on Ibnrsday night Mrs. Mllllgan was in ber 90th year, and had a very large circle of acquaintances. the funeral service i win oe oeid at the family rest dence this afternoon at 1 o'clock, ,ay!P" OIL MEN EXCITED. The Last Advance In Lima Crada Lend to Extravagant Predictions Land Owners Looking far a Rapid Advance The Reasons Given far tho Last Sadden Rise. rsrzciAi. tslzorak ro th ntsATCH.t piNDLAT, O., May 16. The recent announce ment by the Standard Oil Company that until further notice 40 cents would be paid for Ohio crude created great excitement among the oil dealers, operators and leaseholders throughout the field. When the last advance was made, ten days ago. another was predicted soon, but It came sooner than was expected. Those who had placed the maximum price to be reached at 40 rents now declare unhesitatingly that Ohio oil will reach 60 cents before July 1, and possibly go still higher than that figure. Leaseholders and operators are happy, and on every hand may be beard the most extravagant predictions as to the future of the former "duck swamp region oi vaio, now tne great northwest. This jump of from 15 to 40 cents, for the product of the wells ot this section, bas had an amazing effect upon every liue of business. Among those not least affected are the land owners. Sudden dreams of the acquisition of Immense wealth have flashed upon them, and the hitherto worthies wells are now regarded as treasure troves. The price of land is going up steadily, and will continue to do so as long as oil advances. The golden era seems here at last not chimerical, but real, The Standard'! Motive. Tnz opinion of one of the leading oil opera tors In this field as to the reasons the Standard may have for advancing the price of the Ohio commodity, at this time, may not be uninteresting. Said this gentleman: 'The Standard Oil Company bas two paramount reasons for its action in raising the buying figures of the Ohio product, which only a short time ago tbey pronounced worthless. In the first place, their Intention is, if possible, to drive the Independent refiners to the wall, and tbus destroy the competition which tbey have permitted to encroach upon their business. When Ohio oil was first known to exist in vast ?uantlties, the Btandard pronounced it unfit or refining purposes and of no value except for fuel. Tho Standard introduced it la the cities throughout the country as a new and inexpensive fuel, and did not con template refining it until shrewd refiners dis covered methods by which the black, vlle smelllng stuff is made to rival the Standard's best illuminating oils. These discoveries led to the construction of large Independent re fineries. These refineries, getting theii crnde material cheaply, have been getting a wonder fully tine grade of oil on the market at less than the Standard's prices, and have been tak ing much business away from the great cor poration. Something had to be done. After considering the question fully, the Standard concluded that it crude oil were advanced the independents could not refine it and place it in the market at the presentprlce. Hence the ad vance was ordered, Another Plausible Reason. iTn the second place," continued the gentle man, "the Standard desires, since ascer taining the utility of Ohio oil for refining pur poses, to stop the further use of It for fuel, a use which the Standard created and cultivated. Crude oil at 60 and 70 cents a barrel will he rather expensive fuel and It will be discon tinued. It is also the purpose of the great monopoly to compel the independent refiners to quit business. If the Standard so elects It can pat the price of crude nil to $1 per barrel and refine it at that flgureataloss, if necessary, tor ten years. This task is much less onerous now than it would be five years hence. The in dependents are comparatively weak now. Then they may be strong. The Standard will con tinue its present tactlrs of advancing the price a few cents at a time, until they reach a point at which oil cannot be refined at a profit. Then tbey will buy out the rival concerns cheaply and business will go on at tbe old stand. It will be good thing for the land owners and producers, but tough on tbe independents." THE SA1001T m POLITICS. Habpeb'S Weekly: The decision will have the further important effect of elevating the temperance agitation into a national issue. It now ceases to be a local question. If prohibi tion be tbe true temperance policy, it can now be reached only by a law of Congress recog nizing the validity of State laws npon tho sub ject. But tbe extreme difficulty of obtaining such a law is evident. It is also questionable whether the decision does not equally affect State license laws. They are condemned nnder the decision as regulations of inter-State com merce, which are reserved exclusively to Con gress. New Yobk Oojert'er. If the principle of the decision is maintained, then any State may be flooded with liqnor from another State, aud no State law of any kind can prevent Its sale and distribution. This decision, as announced, is so revolutionary in its operation tbat it is difficult to realize that it Is reasonable or just. It 13 fatal to tbe idea of any relief from any evil by tbe use of local option. If tbe Supreme Court has found tnat this Is tbe law, then, as in other cases where tbe court has made de cisions repugnant to the moral sense of tbe nation, there is no remedy except in some modi fication of the general law. New YoBKPress: Senator Wilson, of Iowa, a most able lawyer, by the way, and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, discovers a new, and alarming danger in the decision. He contends tbat it practically robs tbe State? of all police power and control over the liquor traffic It removes even tbe scant barriers of a license. He claims tbat nnder the decision a person in New York City who wants to avoid tho payment of license can make arrangemonts to get bis liquor from New Jersey in the pack ages desired and then sell them here with per fect freedom as a privileged commodity under the Federal inter-State law, which supersedes any and all laws of tbe State on that subject New York Voice: There is no good reason why a saloon should not still be closed up as a nuisance. The mere fact of tbe sale of liquor cannot be taken now as proof of a nuisance, but tbe congregation of men around a bar, boisterous talking or singing, a fight, any dis turbance in connection wltb It, is sufficient proof still. Tbe rights still left to the State authorities, as we understand the case, are these: First Tbe right to prohibit tbe manu facture of liquor within the limits of tbe State. Second Tbe right to prevent all sales ot liquor brought from otber States except the first sale in unbroken packages. Three The right (which is possessed equally over other kinds of business) to prevent even these sales from be ing carried on nnder conditions likely to dis turb or endanser the peace of tbe community. New Yokk Herald: See where this decis ion leaves New York. A liquor dealer of this city bas only to send a truck to Jersey City for a supply of whisky In flasks, or to Hoboken for a load of beer in bottles. He is free to sell this in the metropolis wlthont an excise license and without the payment of any tax. Tbe State has no power to stop him, nor tbe Excise Commis sioners any authority to interfere with him. It may be that the State may prevent a regular sa loon traffic in such case by prohibiting the drinking of such liquors on the premises where sold. This is an amazing turn of affairs, not only for New York, but every State In tbe Union. It enables liquor dealers to evade and defy local prohibition, tax or license laws. It paralyzes the power of the State to deal with the liquor traffic The only remedy is Congres sional action. BEAUTIFUL MAY The days are longer. The heat grows stronger. Imparting to life an added zest: With bright skies o'er us, We remove the porous Dusters again from the back and chest. The farmer knowing. Ills shrewdness showing. When urban dwellers don clothing thin And the flannel suit's out. Ills shingle puts out Announcing that borders are "taken Id." The meadows gay are, "Where the flowprs. ot May are. And the bultfrog croaks in the reedy bog. And under fences. Where brush most dense Is The policeman chases the unlicensed dog. Though Sol Is glowing. His warmth bestowing "Where the feathered songsters their chorals hymn: Tbe small boys shiver, As, at the river. They slowly peel for their first spring swim. Obi May is glorious When she's victorious. O'er blustering Boreas, and south winds blow, Sweet odors bringing. And the corn Is springing. And the fanner lays for the thieving crow. -ifoitoti Couritr. CDR10US CONDENSATIONS. Last month over 5,500,000 people crossed the Brooklyn bridge. A colored woman nearly 100 years old was baptized a day or two ago at Atlanta. Ga. Xhe Port Huron tunnel is now 3M feet nnder the river bed. The bore is two-thirls done. A Webberville, Mich., man stole a Z pair of pantaloons, and on conviction was fined $1150, The largest cabbage ever grown In Florida weighed 36 pounds, which Is 4J pounds heavier than all competitors. Pullman, Wash., small boys are reap ing a rich harvest by catching little land tur tles, which tbey dispose of to the Chinamen. Hoo Lee, a. Fort Huron laundrym&n, has changed bis name to Sam Lee and declared bis intention to become a citizen of the United States. Mrs. Holland, who died in Virginia last week, bad been a member of one church for over 80 years. She lacked bnt one month of being a centenarian. Among the employes in the service of Queen Victoria is the "Queen's ratcatcher," who receives the modest remuneration of 75 a year tor keeping tbe palace free of vermin. In oue Iowa town that was without a half-dozen prisoners In its jail at any time since January L there were a few days aeo no less than 14. All had got full of original pack ages. Francis E. Willard, in her walks about Chicago, has discovered women who make shirts for 75 cents a dozen, and furnish their own thread. She also finds children working 12 hours a day for SI a week. Tbe United States Court at Grand Rapids bas decided that insurance companies must pay tbe actual damages sustained by property insured, and the profits that would accrue on such property as welL There is a man in Southern Illinois who laughs at tbe idea tbat marriage is a failure. He has jnst married his sixth wife. Each suc cessive spouse brought bim a larm, and be is now one ot tbe largest land owners: in that part of the country. A man who was working in a field near Gallatin last week took refuge under a horse to protect himself from a sudden storm. Tbe animal was killed by lightning and tbe man was knocked insensible, though he was not seriously injured. Inexhaustible quantities of red and yel low ochre have been laid bare by a landslide five miles south of Drain, Ore. It looks like rock, but dissolves readily in water and gives a fine color on wood. It is believed to be an extremely valuable find. A freight car which passed through West Chester, Pa., Monday, contained tbe fol lowing notice on the side, written with a pencil: "J50 Reward The above will be paid for the arrest and conviction of tbe man who invented work, by Camp No. L Sons of Best, Keokuk, la." One by one the old New England in stitutions are dying out. Now the "candy wagons," whoso advent used to be hailed with delight by old and yonnp. aroto be withdrawn from service. Tbe confectioners have decided to adopt tho more modern methods of the "drummer" instead. Prof. E. D. Cope, of the University of Pennsylvania, has a collection of paieontolog ical vertebrates gathered while in the Govern ment service and on which he says he expended 75.000 of bis own money. Secretary Noble has ordered him to hand the collection over to Uncle Sam, but he refuses to do so. Mabel Mason, 14 years old, daughter of the Manltou llghtkeepor, was notified Snnday tbat a man was struggling for bis life off Fight ing island, a mile away. Mabel launched a boat and reached the drowning man just in the nicK or time. to was tacen to tne lighthouse, fed and clothed and sent on his way rejoicing. Tbe nays of grandeur have departed from tbo river steamboats. There are no longer thronging crowds, gambling, dancine. muKlc and all those things which made steamboatlng great a few years ago. Travelers have for saken the easy pleasure of steamboat jonmeju for the more rapid if less comfortable railroad trains. At the end of the services at the Presby terian Church at Hannibal last Sunday a couple stepped ont from one of the pews at a sicnal from the preacher and were married in pres- j ence of the astonished audience. It took thai congregation so completely by surprise that! not half a dozen women in church could re- call what the bride bad on. Colonel Si Hawkins, of the Covington I Enterprise, who went to Cuba with the Georgia f editors, brought back 15 cent) of the money used on tbe island. One piece was a 5-cent bill ' and the other a 10-cent bill. The money is of a rich yellow color and is issued in perforated sheets like postage stamps, and wheu you want to spend any of it you tear off a piece. It looks like a revenue stamp. Some time ago the teacher of a River side, Cat, school instructed her class how to act in case of emergencies, such as drowning. gunshot accidents, etc A day or so after the lesson a lad named Haigbt went home and found his baby sister given up for dead, after beins picked out of a canal. There was no doctor to be bad, and yonns Haigbt went to work to apply bis lesson, and in a little while the baby was all right. An Americns, Ga., farmer is a dreamer from away back. He says tbat all of the dreams of any value to him come in his slumbers of early Snnday. He had a larce cancer on his neck and dreamed of tbe things to cure it. He got up, fixed up tbe medicine and it is cured. He tried it on an old lady who bad a severe cancer and she is now Improving. Nathan Veal hadacanceron his face as large as a hen egg; Cannon cured it in two months, and he says ho can cure any cancer tbat comes under his notice. The fame of the Bridgeport, Conn., Sui cide Club, whose members have nearly all fol lowed out the conditions tbat some one mem ber shall commit suicide each year, has gone beyond this country it seems. The ' President of the clnb, who, it Is said, is at present the only survivor, last week received applications for membership from four men of Caen, France. Thev stated that they had been unfortunate in business and seriously contemplated the taking of their Iive. According to the ispringfleld, Jlass., Republican, the necessary papers have been forwarded to them. FUNNY MEN'S FANCTE.1). "D'ye see any spots on me?" demanded the sun. 'I do, upon my Sol?" replied the moon. Pue. She (of Boston) Don't you think Aus derOhe, plays beautifully, Mr. ISrcez yr Ho (of St. Lous) Aus der ohe? Oh. you mean "Von der Ahe: but be only manages tbe Browns, you know. He doesn' t play. Sew Xork Jleratd. "Jobson, lend me nine dollars?" Nine? Why not make It ten at once?" I think there's more luck in odd numbers." Oh, well, you'll get the one Just as soon as the other." Mr. Bascom So poor old Sime Stnrgis is gone, is he? Does anybody know what he died of? Mr. Uacklot Wal, some say 'twas old age, and some say 'twas medicine. 1 kinder think 'twas cus his hour bad come. Burlington i'ne Press. "Did you like Miss Faircomplexion'i evening dress?" "A portion of it" "Yes, what parti" The part she had on."-Portlant lOrs.) Wist Shore. Littleshort I can't pay that old account Just yet Mr. Cutaway, but I want a salt this spring If you can accommodate me. Tailor-Certainly, sir: I'll instruct my attorney to commence to-morrow.-CteWttr and fur nisher. Old Lady Is there anything you can do round the house If I give you a good meal? Tramp Yes. marm; 1 kin lecture on "Wagner, an' my frleu' here kin give practical Illustrations onderplannyforty, ef you've got one.-itarj)er' Weekly. Duff Gruff has made a big fortune, I hear. Uluff-Yes, Gruff was always a lueky dog. Dufl-And they tell me you've done pretty well yourself, old man. Ulua (modestly) "Well yes so-so. I tell you what It Is, Duff, well directed, intelligent effort always pays. SomervllU Journal. THEY ALL TALK. A young man talks with pleasure, An old man talks with ease, Tbe "orator" talks like soma men walk Six days, go-as-you-please. The preacher talks of sins and thlnts, orhcll's eternal fury; The lawyer hurls his Jawbone at A mad but helpless jury. Thus each one talks and talks and talks. Each of bis own speech proadest Neglectful of the patent fac That It's money that talu Ion tst. ,?
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