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WRATH IN THE HOUSE.
Pittsburg has been occupying a large
glare of the attention of the Honse of Eep
resentatiTes, in the tariff debate lately; and
yesterday Mr. James Campbell, the ex
President of the window glass worters, was
made an issue which reduced the House to
the verge of riot. Those who know the
straightforward and efficient gentleman who
was so successful in the leadership of the
window glassworkers will regard it as a
remarkable example of the unfortunate ten
dencies of partisan politics that he should
be made tbe subject of the interchange of
the epithets of the gutter, which were so
profusely handed around yesterday.
It is rather difficult to take the wrath
that was exhibited seriously. On the sur
face it is clear that Mr. Bynum, of Indiana,
has long been suffering from a condition of
suppressed exasperation on account of Mr.
Campbell's campaign work in Indiana in
1888. The explosion was doubtless the more
violent by reason of the length of time Mr.
Bynum has been corked up. Having
hurled several denunciatory epithets at Mr.
Campbell's head, it was to be expected that
a man who is mad from the ground up
should turn the lightnings of wrath at
Colonel Bayne for giving Mr. Campbell's
tideot the case a statement. Ay of which
resulted in chaos, and afforded the Demo
crats, who kept their heads, a chance to oc
cupy the House for a day in doing nothing.
The most pertinent comment that can be
made on the whole affair is to tender to our
statesmen the advice to peruse that in
structive verse of Dr. "Watts, and to restrain
themselves irom letting their angry passions
rise.
COLLEGES AND THE TARIFF.
A poll of the views of 1,500 of the seniors
in about forty of tbe colleges in this country,
shows that two-thirds of the coming genera
tion will leave college with a strong tendency
in favor of either tariff reform or free trade.
This, on the surface, appears unfavorable to
the protective policy; but it is the natural
result of circumstances and will be corrected
in time. In collegiate institutions where
the study is that of maxims rather then
markets, the natural tendency will be
toward revenue tariff ideas; but when these
college students embark in actual life and
become identified with the business interests
built up by the protective policy, they will
see the necessity of modifying their theories
to conform with the facts. It is not neces
sary either to apprehend danger or to at
tack the colleges for their preponderance of
free trade views among the undergraduates.
The college students will learn a great deal
after leaving college.
WHO FURNISH THE MILLIONS?
If tbe Louisiana Littery keeps on it will
succeed in convincing the country that
lottery privileges constitute an exceedingly
profitable property. Its offer or 51,000,000
per year to the State of Louisiana, or
125,000,000 for permission to fleece the
lottery gamblers of the country for twenty
five years more, was not made with any in
tention of supporting the State of Louisiana
out of charity. It was made because there are
rich profits in sight in addition to the pur
chase money of the Louisiana Legislature,
for them to pocket out of the enterprise. It
is a conservative estimate that this offer of
$25,000,000 means that $50,000,000 can be
made out of the lottery gudgeons if the
Louisiana Legislature will permit it.
Whether that body will consent to the
public robbery in consideration of getting
half the plunder.is a matter for that State to
determine. But this exhibit of the vast
sums which stick to the hands of the
managers of the lottery ought to be in
structive to the noodles who furnish the
immense revenues of that concern by buying
its tickets. The'proof that their foolishness
is simply enriching the lottery sharpers is
so clear, that after it has been made public
there onght to be no need of forbidding
lotteries by law. Other methods of getting
hold of the money of the masses in large
sums are generally successful because the
natives cannot help themselves; but in this
case every contribution to the lottery hoards
is voluntary. After this proof of the rich
ness of tbe plunder, any man who indulges
in lottery gambling deserves no sympathy
in the inevitable loss -sf his money.
THE VACB FOR GOVERNOR.
Tue handsome and splendid indorsement
last night of the home candidate for Gov
erfor, Major Montooth, adds local interest
to the contest, and should have a signifi
cance for the nominating convention which
it might wisely take into account Here is
an aspirant to the Governorship whose per
sonal merits alone have commanded for film,
without opposition, the whole Allegheny
countv delegation, and which have
elicited, iurthermore, such a compli
ment in last night's meeting as is the
bestproofhow he is regarded by bis fellow
townsmen. It is dne to say, further, that
wherever Major Montooth is known he is
proportionately and deservedly a popular
man.
With Montooth backed thus from the
great city of the west, and Hastings the re
cipient of a somewhat similar boom in Phil
adelphia, it is perhaps next in order for Mr.
Delamater to show bj some similar demon
stration that there is a popular demand for
his candidacy. Thus far the Crawford
county man has got the lead in the practical
work, of gathering in pledged delegates; but
there is many a slip on the homestretch; and,
considering the hot canvass which has been
made both for and against Delamater, it
would add immensely to the interest of the
occasion if he were to exhibit as Montooth
and Hastings have successfully done his
strength with the general public II Phila
delphia or Pittsburg is considered pre
empted, Meadvil'e at least should still fur
nish an arena.
Tbe race grows exciting every day now.
Delamater.'s hackers are most emphatic in
their claims; but a "field" which contains
such candidates as Hastings, Montooth and
Osborne can never be considered disposed of
until tbe flag drops. A candidate has to be
elected after being nominated. Senator
Quay expresses a sublime confidence
that any of the aspirants put at the head of
tbe Eepublican ticket will be elected in
Pennsylvania this year; but even were this
so and evidently the Democrats do not
believe it it would still be none the less
the duty of the convention to put up the
most available man. Until the first ballot
is cast there must stand the strong recom
mendation for Montooth, that nobody in the
State, of any party, seriously doubts that he
would carry it, if placed at the head of the
ticket.
THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN QUARREL
The report that Gilbert, Sullivan and
D'Oyley Carte have quarreled and parted
company is accompanied with various de
tails from the Sullivan and Carte side tend
ing to show a quarrelsome disposition on the
part of tbe humorist closely approaching in
sanity. Such a remarkable statement of the
trouble will probably dispose the public to
await Mr.Gilbert's side of the case, if he de
sires to state it. In the meantime the public
aspect of the case is undoubtedly the conclu
sion of the series ot comic operas produced
by the joint talents of Gilbert and Sullivan,
beginning with "Pinafore" and ending with
"The Gondoliers."
With reference to artistio welfare it is not
necessary to view the dissolution of this
famous partnership as an unmixed mis
fortune. The vein of humor and light
music developed by these collaborateurs was
one of striking originality and remarkable
merit; but it had been very iully worked,
and the last production of the series showed
that at least Mr. Gilbert's fund of original
fun was verging on exhauetion. Two of his
former ideas were repeated in "The Gondo
liers," the change of the babes by the foster
mother being a variation on the same sub
ject in "Pinafore," while the sarcasms at
the expense of the nobility were only an en
largement on the theme of "Iolanthe." With
this recognition of the possibility that the
vein of humor was nearly worked out, it is
no more than just to recognlz that the
series of Gilbertian comedy thrown into re
lief by Sullivan's charming compositions
and adaptations from other masters, have no
equal in the productions of the past and are
not likely to be rivaled soon in the future.
It was one of the pecnliar features of these
productions that while the English are ac
cused of deficiency in the sense of humor,
the largest contributions of original, fresh
and pure wit to the stage of the present day
comes irom these Englishmen. Their great
est public service is in showing how bright
and lively humor can be made without fall
ing into coarseness or impropriety. The
French and German school generally resort
for their fun to the expedient of going con
siderably beyond the border of cleanliness,
while their music is most impressive when
it comes under the obnoxious classification
of Richard III, "the lascivious tinkling of
the lute." But Gilbert and Sullivan have
always been bright and pure. They rarely
descended to horseplay. Some of their
finest conceptions, like "The Princess Ida,"
were too delicate to catch the public ear; but
their entire career has been a demonstration
that fresh and clean wit will gain the great
est success with Anglo-Saxon audiences.
Nevertheless, there is haraly any more
pungent satire in tbe whole series of comic
operas than is afforded by the fact that the
satirist who has called in the whole world
to laugh with him at the follies of mankind,
and the composer whose harmonies express
the personification of sweetness, should close
their long union by quarreling like a
couple of silly schoolgirls.
POOR MR. INGALLS!
As we have always feared it would, Sena
tor Ingalls' passion for coining epigrams
has got him into trouble. Last, year he
delivered a eulogy of James K. Burnes, a
Eepresenative in Congress from Missouri,
who died iu February 1889. This eulogy
contained a great many of those epigramma
tic sentences which Mr. Ingalls delights
to use; and a polished but decidedly illogical
plea for the doctrineoftbeimmortalityof the
soul, which was the principal feature of the
speech, attracted considerable attention.
A Mr. Charles Carroll Carlton now shows
conclusively that Mr. Ingalls borrowed the
ideas and a great deal of the language of
his eulogy from a sermon delivered by Jean
Baptiste Massillon, an eminent French
divine, more than one hundred and fifty
years ago. Mr. Ingalls admits the truth of
this charge, acknowledges the plagiarism
but exenses himself on the ground that he
conferred a benefit upon humanity by re
viving what he deems an impressive argu
ment in favor of the immortality of the
soul.
As to Mr. Ingalls' defence of plagiarism
it is idle to speak. Mr. Ingalls' recent as
sertion that the decalogue had no place in
politics can be extended easily to cover
speechmaking. An orator surely has as
good a right to steal as a politician. It is
not surprising that Mr. Ingalls' stock of
ideas has proven insufficient to supply the
demand for epigrams. A man who
spouts epigrams as profligately and
perpetually as the Senator from Kansas is
sure sooner or latter to run dry. What sur
prises us is that Mr. Ingalls should have
stolen such, inferior stuff as this same Has
sillon's argument in favor of the soul's
immortality. It shows once more that Mr.
Ingalls prefers sonorous phrases and brilliant
word-mosaics, to sense and logic. The ar
gument of Massillon is crouched in
picturesque and ornate language, but it is
mighty poor logic and worse morals. In
effectvit is tbat if our souls are not immortal,
codes oft morality and justice are empty
formulas obedience to law is an indefensi
ble servitude, justice is a denial of liberty,
honor andVruth are trival rhapsodies, and
there is neater obligation nor encourage-
meat for man to rise above tbe level
of the beast of the field. It is a tawdry ex
ample of negative philosophy run mad. If
it is only his belief in the immortality of
the soul that keeps Mr. Ingalls from defy
ing the law, sacrificing his honor and adopt
ing the morals and manners, say, of a Hot
tentot, he is deeply to be pitied. It looks as
if there were more the matter with Mr. In
galls than a depraved appetite for epigrams.
THE ISSUE TO BE FOUGHT OCT.
The idea that the Tory Government might
be overthrown on its proposition to com
pensate public houses that are to be closed
by the new licensing boards is proved by
the vote on second reading to have been ill
founded. Party 'discipline brought in a
majority of 73 to the support of the Govern
ment. It is just as well for the cause of
home rule that this should be the result.
The campaign is being fought squarely on
the issue of home rule for Ireland, and the
defeat of the Government on any side issue
would leave the main question unsettled.
When the Tories can hang on no longer one
vigorous campaign will settle the main
question and Ireland will be left free to
work out her own salvation.
The report that Senator Cameron won about
$300 of Senator Farwell by holding a straight
diamond flush against four aces in the band of
tbe Ilhnoisan, is calculated to create the belief
that Mr. Andrew Lang may have been right,
after all, when he said that the Americans bad
a Platonic interest in poker. Any interest
warner than a mere Platonic and unimpas
Sloned one would permit the expectation that
with two such hands as that pitted agalmt
each other, Senator Cameron would put up the
Northern Central Railroad against all tbat
portion of the city of Chicago owned by Senator
Farwell and turn the latter out upon the cold
charities of President Harrison. Only $300 lost
by a millionaire Senator on four aces is proof
presumptive that he does not appreciate the
beauties of the game.
Voir Moltke's regretful declaration that
the sword of Damocles is still suspended over
Europe recalls the fact tbat Von Moltke him
self has a good deal to do with stringing up the
word.
Francis Murphy, whose work survives
when prohibition laws full, is in the city again
on a short respite from hl3 successful labors in
the western country. Mr. Murphy's methods
are of the sort which are not cirenmvented by
"original packages " and do not call tor con
stitutional amendments to become operative.
His familiar saying that the only thororougbly
efficient prohibition or license laws as to liquor
are those which every man makes for himself
seems to gain new force from the free and easy
manner in which the Federal Supreme Court
has been bowling down the enactments of the
States,
Senator Quay renews his declaration
that he is not in the Gubernatorial campaign
with especial decisiveness since Delamater
lost the McKean and Venango delegates.
The friends of Wallace and those of Pat
tison hare started each a literary bnrea at
Philadelphia for their man, and there is more
activity iu print as to their contest than has so
far been shown in the Republican canvass.
This does not look very much as though they
take stock in Senalo- Quay's view that no mat
ter what Republican is pnt up his election is
absolutely sure. Wallace and Pattison are
seemingly qnite in earnest in their ambition to
get upon tbe Democratic ticket.
The Farmers Alliance seem to have per-
fAetAtt anln Ir. their irnvernmfint warehouse
plan by which they can make corners on agri
cultural products both easy and safe.
While Delamater appears to have the
call as favorite among the working politicians
who are nearest the. machine, it is noticeable
tbat the "field" has men who are strong Vhen
it comes to a popular indorsement. The Mon
tooth rally in Pittsburg and the Hastings in
dorsement at Philadelphia Indicat. that the
contest for the nomination may be a pretty
close one yet not to mention tbe backing
which Stone has got in his own section lot the
country,
That traction company equity suit is not
likely to be productive of an injunction. The
control of streets is still in Councils, if they do
grant them all to one corporation.
English and American petitions to the
Czar on the subject of tbe Siberian cruelties
are decidedly philanthropic; but as no petition
will ever reach the autocrat, and would effect
nothin . If it did, they cannot be considered
equall" practical. It is hardly worth while
petitioning to a ruler in whose dominions the
rightof petition is denied.
Ho wonder Senator Farwell cannot get
any patronage from this administration if he
loses J3O0 by getting four aces beaten at the
great national game of draw poker.
Ix is considered an instance of the size of
this country that on the same day that New
York had a big sale of summer flannels Dakota
bad a big snowstorm. But the sale of summer
flannels was not for immediate wear; and some
of the complaints concerning the sale indicate
tbat it, was an extremely cold day for the sellers
of flannels.
Ex-Govbbhob Pattison- might be par
doned for sending to Senator Quay tbe follow
ing adaptation of the latter's advice: "Dear
Quay: Don't talk in my favor."
Mb HOAS'S definition of boorishness
makes it consist of objecting to anything Mr.
Hoar wants done; and by inference bis idea of
gentlemanly conduct consists in calling people '
boors, if they do not do as he wants them to.
If the school book combination puts up
prices it will only sneceed in stimulating the
starting of two or three competitors where one
existed before.
So far the protectionists have been'get
ting along in fine shape upon the McKinley
bill, notwithstanding tbe break of Bntterworth
and a few others. This week, however, will
come the severest struggle.
PEOPLE W0ETH BEADING ABOUT.
Mbs. John E. Owens is writing a biography
of her late husband, the comedian.
M. Jules Ferry has shaven off his side
whiskers which the caricaturists have made so
familiar.
Dr. G atltng, inventor of the sulphur shower
bath gun which bears his hame, is 88 years old
and lives at Hartford.
J. R. Pitman, prompter at the Boston
Museum, has filled that position for 35 years
and is probably one of the oldest prompters in
the United States.
M. Nacquet, the French Deputy who is an
intimate of Bonlanger, is a humpback and was
In great request at Monte Carlo by luck-hunters
during his stay there.
General Joseph E. Johnston, one of tbe
surviving heroes of the lost cause, is 84, but as
buoyant and as active as a man of 50. The whole
Southern people feel a great pride in him.
Bret Habte is a careful, even fastidious
worker. He called at a f rienu's office in Lon
don the other day, and filled the waste-basket
with epistolary attempts before he was satisfied
with a letter which he left on his friend's desk.
STB Julian Goldsmid has returned to En
gland with a very good opinion of American
newspaper men. He says he found them to be
generally "an intelligent and most polite set of
men." Sir Julian must be a gentleman and a
scholar.
Wru-iAii Dean- Howeils lives in an apart
ment bouse on Commonwealth avenue, in Bos
ton. He ana his wife have led a retired life
since tbe death of their eldest daughter. Mrs.
Howells is fond of painting, for which she has
great talent. Mr. Howells likes to tako long'
walks through the crooked streets of Vie old
art of iroston.
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Bay Rnm for Dinner 31r. Mills, of Texas,
Compared to the Gods' Mills She Would
Not be His Sister The Cultivation of tbe
Laburnum General Phil Sheridan's
Monument.
o wonder the 'parents of a young hopeful
aged G or 0 were alarmed when he told
them, on his return from a visit to his uncle:
"We bad such an elegant dinner all sorts of
things and," this with a magnificent air, "bay
rum to drink."
Upon investigation the bay rum proved to
have been champagne. The shape and trap
pings of the wine bottles resembled those of
the toilet article. It was the same youngster
who grew eloquent the other day about a
"bilious" table he had seen at a friend's
house.
fyjE- Carlisle's departure from the House
of Representatives will be a good deal of
a blow to tbe Democratic side in that body.
It is a painful fact for Democrats to confess
that they have no one in the present Honse
who comes up to Mr. Carlisle's shoulder. As a
parliamentarian Mr. Carlisle has no superior in
the country; and his remarkable qualities as a
lead r and statesman are all too scarce among
his associates. ,,
Mr. Mills, of Texas, will be tempted to think
more than ever that he is a great statesman
and debater. The author of tbe Democratic
tariff bill has had the good fortune- to occupy a
seat next to Mr. Carlisle in the Honse; and be
undoubtedly regards himself as Mr. Carlisle's
successor. A Democratic Congressman whom
I met in Washington recently, said: "Mills is
a good enough fellow, but as a statesman he's
too much like the mills of the gods he grinds
slow and the results are exceedingly small I"
THE DYINO OOOSE.
The base ball crank In horror sees
We weep at his distress.
The game grow smaller by degrees.
And beautifully less.
Q the fickleness of the feminine heart!
You may remember reading here about a
robin who-was cutoff in his prime by violent
collision with an electric light wire in Bewick
ley, and you may also call to mind that I bespoke
your sympathy for the widowed bird, sitting
upon a nest of eggs in an apple tree hard by,
and calling for her mate piteously and in vain.
If you have bestowed any pity, revoke itt That
bereaved bird is a widow no longer. She has
found consolation and a husband. Yesterday I
observed a stout, prosperous-looking cock
robin perched by the nest and feeding tbe lady
inside with worms. It was evident that he was
on the most intimate terms with her birdship.
Subsequent observation convinced me that the
young robins who will shortly make that nest
noisy will bave the benefit ot a stepfather's
care.
But we must beware of judging others too
harshly. It is a difficult thing, no doubt, to
hatch out a nestful of eggs and obtain at the
same time a sufficiency of worms to support
life. It is tbe charitable view to take, anyhow.
:-
A TUIELY YAEIATION.
A youthful lover at her feet,
Tbe widow laughed: "Hove another,
But If yon wish it" this so sweetl
"Aly pretty boy, I'll be your mother!''
T8 IT because of its poisonous qualities that
tbat wonderfully ornamental tree, the la
burnum. Is not to be found in onr gardens and
parks? I had forgotten what a lovely sight a
laburnnm tree Is in full bloom, until tbe other
day I saw one, a waving sheaf of gold, beside
the monument to General Phil Sheridan,
on Arlington Heights. The tree stands
Dnt a short distance from that imposing
mansion where General Lee ana his forefathers
once lived. A prettier place can hardly be im
agined, and if there is any comfort to a man's
dust in its surrounding!), tbe thousands of sol
diers who sleep among the lawns and glades
of the National Cemetery must be happy.
Bnt that laburnum tree I can see it now
flaming in the sunshine ot a May day, while be
low it stretch long sloping lawns, waving woods
of dazzling green, the Potomac, silver for once
by the sun's plating, and the beautiful city of
Washington in the middle distance alight with
marble, and ribboned with green. Triumphs of
man in tbe valley, and there on the hill's brow
a single tree outshone them all.
AIRS. Sheridan was very wise in her choice
of that spot overlooking Washington for
her husband's memorial. She was allowed, I
believe, to designate any place in the nation's
gift, and surely she could not have found a
finer site than the edge of Arlington Heights.
The monument itself is simple bnt imposing.
A plain block of granite, unpolished, bearing a
medallion profile in bronze of General Sheri
dan, with national flags also In bronze as a back
ground. Tbe portrait is very good, and the
character of the hero it commemorates is well
conveyed in the unpretending simplicity of the
monument.
Reverting to the laburnnm, which started me
in this paragraph, I suppose some of the Lees
imported it from Eurone, for it does not grow
in this country. At this time of the year in
many parts of France, Switzerland and North
ern Italy the mountain sides are gold with the
wild labnrnnm. In England it has been culti
vated for centuries as an ornamental tree, and
its flowers are as familiar almost aa the haw
thorn's. Tbe seeds, which are like small pea
pods the laburnum belongs to tbe Legnmiuo
sce or pea family are highly prized by children
in the old country, chiefly for the reason that
they are highly poisonons, and the handling of
them is usually forbidden by thoughtful
parents. Hepburn Johns.
CABT.TMiE IN TEE SENATE.
New York Herald: Kentucky wisely sends
her ablest representative to the Senate. It is a
clear case of promotion for merit. Senator
Beck has a successor worthy to fill his place.
New York World: This honor was due Mr.
Carlisle by reason of his long Congressional
service, his experience and bis sound Democ
racy. While he will be sorely missed in the
Honse be will be highly useful in the Senate.
There is a splendid field there tor his talents.
Philadelphia Record: Mr. Carlisle's high
reputation as a statesman and economist is a
source of just pride to all Americans. He is
experienced, wise, capable and absolutely
above suspicion of corruption or wrong-doing:
and will worthily represent his State in the
upper branch of Congress.
New York Press: He will come as near to
filling tbe chair of the late Senator Beck as
conld any Kentuckian in public life. ,He is a
dean man, and the brainiest the free traders
have lately had in the House. He has been a
party leader in Congress ever since the free
trade element began to predominate, and has
commanded a good deal of respect from friend
and foe.
New Youk Times: Much has been said about
Mr. Carlislo having a better field for the exer
cise of his ability and Influence in tbe House
than In tbe Senate, bnt that greatly depends
upon tbe man himself. There is a great deal of
very cheap statesmanship in the Senate now-a-days,
and a roan of aggressive force and vigor
can find there an opportunity for the display
of what there is in him, even though he has a
rather flabby and inert body to move by his
efforts.
Philadelphia Timet: Mr. Carlislo is emi
nently fitted both by reason of natural ability
and long legislative experience to grace a seat
in tbe Senate. His election is in the line of
true civil service promotion. He has served up
to the Senate and was clearly entitled to the
election. His election to tbe Senate will prove
a serious loss to the House, but his district
should pick out its next best man and let him
serve bis apprenticeship in the House prepara
tory to graduation to higher honors.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
J. B. Hcssln.
J. B. Hessin, or tbe Twenty-second ward, form
erly well known In tbe commission business on
Liberty street, died at S o'clock yesterday morn-Inj-
at his home on Forward avenue, aged 73 years.
He leaves a iarce circle of friends to mourn bis
loss. The luneral will take place to-morrow
afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, from tls residence on
Jforward avenue.
Wi'llnm J. McNeil.
tfllllatn 3. McNeil, a highly respected young
resident of the Eleventh ward, died at the home
ofhls mother, 189 Webster avenue, at 4 o'clock on
Friday morning, after a lingering illness. The
deceased was 25 years old, and was a young man
of estimable ,cnaracter and had a host of friends,
who Will sadly mourn his loss. The funeral will
take place from the family residence at 2 o'clock
tali afternoon.
LOVE IN A GBEEN BOTTLE.
How a Blushing Damsel Secured a Young
and Gnllant Husband.
Louisville, May IT. Six years ago a party
ot four young girls were strolling along the
banks of tbe Ohio river at Pleasant Bidge, six
miles above Madison. Each one resolved to
write a note, seal it up in a bottle and cast it in
a stream. Miss Stella Adams wrote the fol
lowing: FEB. 24, 134.
I am down taking a view of the river to-day. I
write this letter to see how far it will go, and the
one tnat finds- this letter will please let me know
where they found it. I dropped this letter in at
Bee Camp Landing. I live one mile back of the
river, and six miles above Madison. Please let
me know when von found this bottle, and where.
My address Is as follows: Bee Camp postofflce.
Jefferson county, Indiana. ...
STELLA A, ADAMS.
P. a. I am sweet 16.
To an unknown friend.
btella was not 18 at that time. She was only
11 She folded the note carefully, and placing
it in the bottle threw it far out into the river.
On tbe 13th of March, 17 days later, Lonis F.
Bivand, 17 years of age, espied a green object
bobbing up and down in the water a short dis
tance below this city. He opened it and read
the note. He answered It. and in return re
ceived a note as tender as bis own. Pictures
were exchanged, and a correspondence fol
lowed for two years. Some time afterward the
young couple tired of each other and the cor
respondence ceased.
Until tbe 4th of last April the young lovers
heard nothing of each other. Then young
Rivand received a letter from a young man at
Madison who stated that he was in love with
Miss Adams, and tbat he wanted her picture,
which she said he could bave if Rivand would
send it to him. Rivand's love was aroused and
he opened the correspondence once more with
the heroine. The letters grew more warm in
their tone, and finally a few weeks ago he
visited tbe lady love at her home. A few more
visits and then an engagement. The sequel of
tbe affair was consummated Thursday by their
marriage at the brido's home at Pleasant
Bidge, No cards.
K'CALIA'S SENTENCE.
Buffalo Express: McCallawas convicted
of the most brutal treatment which has been
brought to light in the later history of the
American Navy. The sentence Is none too se
vere In view of the offense.
Philadelphia 'Press: The court-martial
and sentence which have followed, leave Com
mander McCalla under a stigma from which
nothing but brilliant conduct in action will
ever fully relieve bim. The sentence is a
crushing one for the Commander.
New York Press: The autocratic spirit
which has prevaded the rank of the army and
navy is largely to blame for the degeneracy of
the file, and we may reasonably hope for a re
formation at both ends of tbe service through
the punishment of officers like Bteele and Mc
Calla. Philadelphia Inquirer: McCalla was put
forward as the representative of the young ele
ment of tbe navy, which was going to revolu
tionize things generally. However well fitted
he may have been for bnreau work, his best
friends will now admit that he exhibited great
deficiency in executive capacity.
New Yore Tribune: Commander McCalla'g
sentence is severe, but just. Suspension from
rank and duty for three years and tbe re
tention of bis present number on the list of
commanders while those below him are passing
above htm are penalties which will have a
wholesome effect upon the martinets of the
service.
Philadelphia Record: The evidence
given at the trial showed conclusively that the
want of discipline on the Enterprise was large
ly due to the Commander himself, and that his
treatment of offenders against law and order
was brutal and cowardly in tbe extreme. No
humane or sensible person wonld bave believed
the punishment too severe if McCalla had been
dismissed from tbe service.
CUBBENT TIMELY TOPICS.
The picnic season don't appear to boom any
faster than it did a month ago.
The baseball cranks are not the cannibals
that history wonld make us believe. No umpire
has been killed or maimed so far this season.
Dakota farmers are the best-natured men
in the world. A dispatch says that eight
Inches of snow fell on tbe 15th, and that the farm
ers are jubilant.
J. II. Dennis, a drygoods merchant of To
peka, Kan., failed a few days ago. He says his
name killed bim, which proves conclusively that
an honest confession is good for the soul.
Teere is no law to punish Archer, Mary
land's ex-Treasurer, which goes to prove that
Bchenck's poker rules are to be relied upon.
It has jnst leaked out why Speaker Reed
has banished the aged woman who sold photo
graphs In the corridor of the Capitol! The giddy
girl was gnllty or throwing kisses to bald-headed
members. Such hilarity is not to be tolerated In
that austere body.
Candidate Vaitx, of Philadelphia, pro
nounces his name Vox. Bertie Adams, wno was
to have run against him, hut will not play now,
probably imagines that a rose would' smell as
sweet by any other name.
Fittsbubqebs should fight shy of New York
City, or run great chances of being arrested. The
Brooklyn Standard Union says: "The fact that a
person Is well dressed and gentlemanly In ap
pearance renders him a susplclous person' In the
eyes or the average New York policeman."
Cable cars in Philadelphia can make two
blocks in 20 minutes, and the "oldest" considers
that pretty fast traveling. It is fast for that
city.
The Prohibitionists of TexaB have nomi
nated a full State ticket. The candidates have as
much chance of election as a man has of drawing
a capital prize In the Louisiana lottery.
BLOSSOM-TIME.
What pipes the merry robin
To yonder glistening bine?
-What sings tlie brook or silver
The daisied valley tbroa?h?
-What hums the breeze so cheery
But this one sweet refrain?
"Oh. days so bright!
Ob, rare delight!
'Tls blossom-time again?"
In morning's dew and sunshine
The orchard's trees a-row,
Seem tangled In a cloudlet
Of fragrant, rosy snow;
And every breeze that passes
Shakes out a Jeweled rain;
While birds a-wlng
Are caroling,
'Tls blossom-time agalnl"
Bright gold of dandelions,
New grass-blades, twinkling gay,
Lithe wayside vines, dew-crystaled,
Wee. snowy Iambs at play.
Bolt echoes from far uplands
Speak but one language plaint
"Oh, days so dear
Of all the year,
'Tls blossom-time agalnl"
My heart sings with the robin,
Tbe silver flashing rill.
And carols with the breezes
In Joy's delicious thrill;
With flowers and grass and lambkins,
It Joins the glad refrain:
"Oh. fairest days! '
Oh, rarest days 1
'Tls blossom-time agalnl"
George Cooper.
STATIONEB'S NOVELTIES.
A dainty little olivewood box, 4x3 inches in
size, contains an engraved nickel inkwell and
a compartment for postage stamps.
As charming as they are dainty are tbe bisque
thimble hoIders,representing American Beauty
roses the receptacle for the thimble being in
the heart of tbe flowers.
A superb inkstand is made of red glass in
closed in a fine network of silver filigree. The
stopper is also of glass .similarly covered. The
form of this elegant article is square.
Very dainty and elegant is a photo bolder of
brass in rustic pattern enameled in colors. The
frame is twined with exquisitely tinted flowers
with rblne stones, like great dewdrops, glisten
ing in their .hearts.
Balloon tennis is a new game which may
be played both in and out doors. It consists of
a large hoop mounted on apedestal,and several
rubber balloons which players bat through the
hoop by means of rackets strung with silken
cords.
Combination book marks and paper knives
come in many fanciful designs. A pretty one
In silver simulates a diminutive oar, on the
handle of which lies a Japanese fan. Tbe oar
blade forms tbe knife,and the book leaf slipped
under tbe fan keeps tbe place.
- - Qeyser't Btatiomr.
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Southern Men Pasbinc Ahead That Flop In
Randall's District A Peculiar Journal
lstlc Club Honest Business Men Hard lo
Find In Ibe Metropolis.
rwEiTTEN pob the dispatch. ;
aw interesting feature of New York life is
"" tbe number of people of Southern birth and
education who bave since tbe war made New
York their borne and place of business. Thirty
years ago tbe born 'and bred Southerner in
business in New York was a rarity. Before the
war the Sontberner in theNorth was a gentle
man of leisure. Now be is a man business.
He is not ashamed of it, either. Nor. does he
compare unfavorably in any respect as a busi
ness man with the "mudsill," whom be once
affected to despise. On the contrary he is quite
able to make bis way among the best of them.
You can find him all the way through the dif.
ferent departments of commercial life and
political office. I know a South Carolinian who
keeps a restaurant, or rather a buffet, in lower
Broadway, who is a fair type of his section.
He Is a gentleman born and bred, who started
in a small way on a small capital, and who by
nis natural courtesy, his judgment of human
nature and devotion to business has built up a
very successful place.
"For a time," said he to me the other day, "I
felt ashamed to be connected with this sort of
thing, but I told my critical friends who were
doing nothing at the close of the war tbat I
would rather run a restaurant with bar attach'
ment In New York than be idly banginc about
the hotels at Washington or the barrooms ot
my native State talking about the past, when
I came out of the Confederate army at the close
of the war, a mined man financially, with a gun-
snot wound through my body, which Is an open
running sore to-day, 1 made up my mind that I
wonld seek any employment which offered it
self which would furnish an honorable support
for myself and my family. At that time there
was nothing doing in the South, and very little
encouragement was offered tor men of my con
dition. I came here after awhile, and have
competed with everybody else in the daily
pursuits of -making a living. A good
many other people from my section
.did the same thing, and I have yet to
bear of a single instance in which a Southern
man who came to New York when 1 did
has failed to establish himself comfortably in
life. There are a great many of them in New
York. Some have made comparatively band
some fortunes within tbe last 25 years. Brains
tell everywhere and brains accompanied by de
votion to business pursuits, especially tells in
the great city of New York. In my opinion
there were at the close of the war thousands of
able gentlemen born and raised in tbe South
who could, had they brought themselves to
begin life anew in tbe North, have been much
better off to-day than they ever will be by hav
ing remained at borne'. Still, the ties of State
and section and all of the associations ot early
life are hard to break awar from, and I do not
blame them for beginning tbe battle over again
among their own people."
Some of the most pleasant half hours I have
passed in lower Broadway have been In talking
with this gentleman. A good many South
erners patronize his restaurant, and I may add
that a good many of bis countrymen are in the
habit of calling on him when they are in hard
luck away from home. Every beautitul after
noon bis lovely daughter may be seen riding In
the park, or during the winter in tbe Riding
Academy, and her presence on horseback bears
that peculiar Southern charm noticeable only
in the equestriennes of tbe Sunny South.
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Randall and Tariff Reform.
-The result, of the Democratic-Nominating
Convention in the Randall district, in
Philadelphia, would seem to justify the posi
tion taken by Colonel McClnre, of the Times,
in a recent conversation with me In this city.
He said: "Had Mr. Randall been a well man
be could not have been renominated in his own
district." In connection therewith the state
ment was made that the Democratic party had
changed to such a degree that the majority of
tbe constituency are in favor of a tariff reform
and did not subscribe to the theories of Mr.
Randall, even while that majority elected and
re-elected him to public office. Speaking of
this interview, a prominent national politician
subsequently remarked to me:
"It would be interesting to lnqnire, with tbe
result of Monday in view, jnst bow many other
Democratic constituencies In Pennsylvania are
in favor of protection, per se. We must all ad
mire Mr. Randall's personal independence and
high character." continued this gentleman.
"His case will show how misleading it is to sup
pose that a man on the floor of Congress speaks
truly for his constituents a3 well as for himself.
Mr. Randall differed from his party' In a
national point of view quite as widely as he
differed from his own constituents. The unsuc
cessful attempt to indorse bis protection
theories in the recent nominating convention
in his district will abed a light on this subject
which should be of great benefit to other con
stituencies and other politicians throughout
the country. We must all remember tbat Mr.
Randall was conspicuous chiefly because of
this position on the tariff, and for his opposi
tion to the majority of his party in this one
material thing. I am told tbat it has not always
been thus in tbe Randall district. There are
probably more tariff retormers in the Quaker
City in both political parties than there are
uciumey protectionists, snouia tne Mctun
ley bill pass this Congress and get to be a law
there will be more of them."
I knew Mr. Randall Intimately and had fre
quent occasion to talk with bim on the tariff
question during his Congressional life. He al
ways took te ground that he represented his
party in his own district. Tbe charge was fre
quently made by the Democratic tariff reform
press that he could not go to Congress again
and again without a Republican following, and
that he owed bis seat to Republican votes and
the Republican managers of Philadelphia. Of
course, Mr. Randall always rejected this theory
as a slander, as did also his immediate friends.
On this ground the threat was continually
made to read Mr. Randall out of the party. I
believe tbat he was repeatedly "read out."
Tbe truth is, as stated by Colonel McClnre,
that Mr. Randall's strength as a pnblic man,
lay wholly In bis great individuality, his per
sonal purity as a man and his ability as a prac
tical worker and parliamentarian in Congress.
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A Unique Journalistic Club.
QOWN a tough-looking street in a tough
neighborhood west of Sixth avenue is tbe
police station of tbe "Tenderloin" precinct.
Opposite the station is tbe "Tenderloin Club."
The "Tenderloin precinct" is the well accepted
police circle slang for tbe richest in material
wealth and population. While it embraces
Fifth avenne from Forty-second to Iwenty
third street and about all the hotels and the
aters of New York, the precinct takes in the,
worst slums of Thirtieth and Thirty-flrst streets
and Sixth avenue. Right here at the station
it is far from "tenderloin." Its inhabitants
and frequenters are rounders, all except tbe
members and frequenters of the "Tenderloin
Club." who are police reporters for the daily
papers, and are very bright, nice and energetic
young men. Probaby few people ever heard of
the "Tenderloin Club." It isn't swell enough
to demand publio notice as an adjunct to
society, though tbe number of young men in
dress suits hangingabout after midnight might
encourage tbat idea. They havo been to the
theater, or somewhere, and are on hand to
finish up any late police news before going
home. The "Tenderloin Club," you win per
ceive, is an association of reporters who have
"chipped in" and furnished up rooms in a de
seited building opposite the station, in prefer
ence to kicking their heels on the sidewalk or
in the outer office of tbe station itself. lhe
windows command a point-blank view of tbe
station, and tbe drunks and unconvicted felons
who are yanked In must pass under the watch
ful reportorral eye. ........
Passin" up the rickety stairway at the end of
a broad hall, you are suddenly faclnsr under
the glare of the gas a singular Bobemian scene.
It is 1 o'clock in the morning. Late reports
are yet to come, and may keep coming, for that
matter, till 2 or 3 o'clock, in case of a murder
or other sensational matter. About 20 mem
bers of the 'Tenderloin Club" are gathered
about a table of coffee and rolls, louugtng
watchfully in the front windows, playing cards
on a confiscated poker table, and chatting rn
confidential pairs. Tbe luncb is served by the
club caterer, a reimlar tilantation darkey in
sbirt sleeves. A pet cat that evidently never
saw a tenderloin, perches picturesquely on his
shoulders. He has a modest little larder and
wine room at tbe adjoining entry, tbe entire
stock of beer and liquors of which could be
purchased with a (3 note. The members of the
"Tenderloin Club" are on duty now, and no
beer is being opened. There is a telephone
in the next room by which communication is
held with their respective offices. These young
men divide the expense of a messencer, also,
to carry their reports down town. Tbe whole
affair is a purely reportorial one, with which
their respective Journals have nothing to do.
This is but one station, though the club bas
over 100 members.
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Honesty Unknown In Gotham.
THE New York business man would scarcely
survive as the fittest compared with his
more provincial brother-in-trade. He 'rarely
does anything when be agrees to do it, and will
not do what he agrees to do if he can make a
present gam or Is not compelled to do it He
will promise yon anything and betray the
greatest interest and anxiety to please. You
go away and await the result. It is invariably
a disappointment. At first you swear ind fret
next time go to another shop, to be subjected
to the same vexation. In my two years' resi
dence here I bave known bnt a single trades
man who came-when he agreed to come, did
what he agreed to do, charged what he agreed
to charge. He was a plumber. I told him of
it "lama Western man." be said. Tbat set
tled it.
This careless, disregard of obligations ex
tends to every class with whom I bave bad
business dealings. Cheat? Well. I should say
so. Vie very man who wants to retain your cus
tom and wbose Interest it is to treat you fairly
and decently will never lose an opportunity
to rob you. Your grocer, your butcher, yonr
iceman, your milkman every one of them will
cheat yon at every turn. If you catch them, as
you will every now and thep, they will ignore
the exposure as calmly and philosophically as
would a hardened convict. They know tbe
chances are the other fellows bave treated yon
tbe same way. You can't get awav from it
yon can only watch and distrust. I've bad my
butcher's daughter, a blooming lass of 15, act
ing cashier iu her father's shop, deliberately
try time and again to beat me out of 10 cents or
a quarter making change. Tbe old man him
self has robbed me repeatedly In a small way
under tbe guise of business. My grocer does
tbe same thing. Tbe same may be truthfully
said of all tbe small tradesmen I bave yet
patronized. The only limit I have found is in
the amount and their ability to elude yonr
watchfulness. Men cbeat the world over; but
heretofore I bave found tbat class a small
one. In New York tbe honest tradesman is
an exception, and petty thievery the rule.
Where the average New York business man
goes, eventually, be will bave no use for flan
nel underwear. Charles T. Mubbay.
New Yobk; May 17.
OBIGTNAL PACKAGES.
St. Loins Globe-Democrat: Senator Ingalls
should be more careful bereafter to do up bis
orations In "orginal packages."
Boston Herald: Out in Iowa original
package saloons are in full blast. They thank
tbe Supreme Court for teaching them that
phrase.
B oston Traveler: "Will yon take an "origi
nal' with me?" is the Iowa formula. "Come
in and sit with me," is what they say in Massa
chusetts. Denveb News: A good many Kansas and
Iowa men are rejoicing that under the original
package system there is no limit as to size
or number.
Oil City Blizzard: The recent "orgina
package" liquor decision of tbe United States
Supreme Court is likely to have a wider and
farther reaching influence than has been an
ticipated. It may precipitate tbe entire ques
tion of prohibition into national politics. It is
already apparent that, under this decision, tbe
.prohibitory or license law of a State is power
less to enforce its own provisions. Kansas,
Iowa and South Dakota are already flooded
with intoxicants put up in "original packages"
in adjoining States expressly for this traffic
Chicago Times: The plain implication Is
that the importer may break any original pack
age, a bottle as well as a barrel or case, before
selling. It follows, therefore, that under the
decisions of the Supreme Court of tbe United
States and of the State ot Iowa the Iowa
liquor-dealer bas a right to retail liquors
brought from outside tbe State by the glass or
in any other quantities. It would seem, there
fore, that nothing remains for Iowa but to
regulate sales by license. Perhaps the Gov
ernor may find it necessary to reconvene tbe
Legislature for the purpose of enacting a
license law.
Minneapolis Journal: There appears a
conflict of regnlative power between tbe
United States Government and tbe States. Is it
not evident tbat a party may take out a United
States liquor license and, having imported his
liquor into a prohibition or high license State,
may proceed to dispense it in tbe original pack
ages of quarts or gallons or other convenient
quantities? The United States license plays
an important part in neutralizing the liquor
laws of Maine and other States. Under tbe
Supreme Court decision the same license and
the "original package" can apparently defy
nigh license laws and make them inoperative.
MISS BLAINE NO I0NQEB.
Tbe Oldest Daughter of tbe Secretary of
State Weda Walter Dmnroscb.
Washington, May 17. Margaret Isabella
Blaine, oldest daughter of the Secretary of
State, was married this afternoon at the resi
dence of her father, in this city, to Walter
Damrosch, of New York. Shortly after noon
tbe guests began to arrive and were welcomed
by Mr. and Mrs. Emmons Blaine, and then by
the Secretary of State and his wife. The Presi
dent and Mrs. Harrison drove over from the
Executive Mansion a few minutes before 1
o'clock, and when they appeared in the recep
tion room became, for the moment, tbe center
of attraction. Mrs. McKee was also present as
a member of the Executive party. All of the
Cabin et members except the Attorney General
were present. The members of tbe Diplomatic
Corps came as they would bave come to a
pub lie function arrayed in brilliant uniforms
or somber and impressive black. The assem
bl age not only filled tbe drawing room and
library, but overflowed into the ball when 1
o'clock arrived.
It was nearly 1-20 when the minister. Rev. G.
W. Douglas, the rector of St John's Episcopal
Church, took bis position at the end of the
drawing room. A few minutes later Miss
Blaine entered the room on the arm of her
father. She wore an imported dress of white
mousselin de sole, demi-train, with applique
embroidery, and carried a bonquet of violets,
tied with white ribbon. With her came her
bridemaid. Miss Harriet Blaine. whowore a
becoming gown ot white crepe lisse. Mrs.
Blaine, who followed the wedding party, wore
a heliotrone satin gown; Mrs. Emmons Blaine
her wedding gown of white satin. In addition
to those mentioned, there were within the rib
boned enclosure the groom's mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Damrosch, the groom's two unmar
ried sisters, bis married sister. Mrs. Wissman,
and bis annt, Mrs. Van 'Hamburg, of New
York. Of the bride's family there were Em
mons Blaine. James G. Blaine. Jr.. and JHsa
Abigail Dodge. A hush fell over tbe assem
blage as Dr. Douglas began the simple solemn
service of the Episcopal Church. Both the
bride and the groom made the responses in
clear, steady tones, without embarrassment
Mr. Blaine gave awaytho bride. At the con
clusion of tbe ceremony tbe bridal couple re
ceived the congratulations ot tbe assemblage,
after which the bride took the arm or Presi
dent Harrison and led the way to the dining
room on tbe first floor, where the wedding
breakfast was served.
A SuflVrina Novelist.
(BY CABLE TO TUB OISFATCH.I
London, May 17. Clark Russell, the famous
sea novelist is suffeting from chronic rheuma
tism, and is at present under treatment at
Bath. Acling upon peremptory orders from
his physicians he bas ahandohed his beloved
seaside home at Deal, where most of his best
work, including -An OCean Tragedy;" was
written within sight and sound of the ocean.
STATE POLITICAL POINTERS.
Fulton county Republicans will hold a con
vention on May 20 for the purpose of electing a
delegate to the State Convention.
The Prohibition State Convention will be
held on June 15. Up to date no prominent man
has been mentioned to head the ticket
Hon. H. J. Humes, of Crawford county, is a
warm supporter of ex-Governor Pattison, not
withstanding that some papers say otherwise.
Nearly every Republican paper in the
State is proddiog ex-Senator Emery for tbe
course be has pursued for tbe past few weeks.
These is nothing mean abont the Clarion
Republican Qazelte. It will support any man
for Governor that the convention nominates
and will ask no questions.
The -Reading World says the political rings
in tbat city are so powerful tbat it is an actual
fact tbat tbe vast majority of the people are
afraid to open their lips in reference to any
wrong doing tbat may exist
Yesterday's Bradford Ere? came out flat
footed for Mortimer F. Elliott tor Governor
on the Democratic ticket Mr. Elliott was
elected Congressman at Large the same year
Robert E. Pattison was elected Governor.
Wabbkn county Democrats will iu all prob
ability nominate Charles H. Noyes for Presid
ing Judge and W. C. Trunkey for State Sena
tor. Both gentlemen stand high with the
voters and would make It interesting for thefr
competitors.
THE Republican candidate for Congress m
the Seventh district will be a citizen of Mont
gomery county, but the delegates from Bucks
will assist In deciding who shall be tbe nominee,
especially if they are inclined to unite upon any
particular candidate.
Colonel John R. Compton, of Meadville,
a close friend and political ally of Senator
Delamater; Editor Plumb, of tbe Corry Flyer,
and Mr. Griswold, of Erie, announce them
selves as candidates for Congressman Colbert
sou's seat in Congress from the Erie-Crawford
district, and tbe return are not all in jet.
CDEI0DS CONDENSATIONS.
Three wife murderers will swing in
Memphis, June 24.
Two Michigan young men recently won
a wager by each eating five pounds of honey at
a sitting.
There has been organized at Atlanta,
Ga.. tbe first negro land company in the world
capital Siaooo.
Railroad authorities predict that the'
fare between Chicago and St Paul will be re
duced to 60 cents before the present railroad
troubles are settled.
When President Garfield was dying he
ate a peach and the pit thereof he gave to a
Grand Rapids man. who placed it near the
G. R. &I general office. It grew and has de
veloped into a blossom-covered tree.
A rock as large as a good egg, was cut
from the jaw of a Carrollton, Mo., horse. The
formation began abont 10 years ago and baa
been gradually growing all tbe time. Dr. Ed
Yates pronounces ltcreture, whatever that Is.
The use of the phonozraph among cer
tain Indian tribes leads to tbe conclusion that
the main characteristics of their language can
be recorded and permanently preserved either
for study or demonstration with thia Instru
ment In Macon county, Ga., a day or two ago
a farmer named Rider wentto tbe cradle where
his little 2-year-old child was sleeping to kiss it
before he went to the field to work, and, find
ing it lying on its face, picked it up and found
the child dead.
Woodland, Mich., goes to extremes and
claims the largest and smallest boys in tbe
State, ages considered. Clark Mack, aged 19
year3. weighs 2S3 pounds, and Johnnie Landlr,
aged 7 years, has to grunt to make the scale
register 22 pounds.
Superintendent Bees says that every 11
months the motor men of tbe electric railway
of Americus Ga., make a trip around the
world. The distance of a round trip on tbe line
is five miles, and In II months the motor driver
makes his 23,000 miles.
While chipping some kindling wood '
out of the heart of an old pine log in Vienna,
Fla., tbat was at least 2 feet in diameter, a
man found three balls that must have been
there since 1812. They were firmly imbedded In
tbe wood near the center of the tree.
The stage running from Mariposa to
Merced, Cal., was held np by a masked high
wayman. At the muzzle of tbe revolver he
forced tbe driver to give np the express pack
age containing some valueless papers, and se
cured 40 cent from the only passenger.
A colored dentist in Macon uses no in
struments except his fingers In extracting
teeth. By means of long practice his lingers
bave become as strong aa forceps, and he
claims tbat he can pull teeth faster and with
less pain than any dentist with instruments.
The Zoological Park in Washington,
for which ground bas already been broken,
will be the largest zoo in the world. It will be
situated on Rock creek, which runs between
Georgetown and Washington, and will be a
splendid addition to the attractions at Wash
ington. A strange, coppery brilliancy marked
the setting of the sun recently in Macon, Ga.
A gentleman who was at Seven Bridges at the
time said he saw a mirage of great distinct
ness. He said tbat tbe river, tbe trees and even
the buildings were mirrored in the clonus above
with startling effect
Seldom has there been a season, in
which tbe seals bave come so far up the river
as the present one. They come almost to tbe
mouth of the Willamette, Ore., and are greatly
destrnctlre of salmon. It is not so much what
they eat as what they wantonly kill andVmutl
late that makes them so destructive.
A stone coffin in a tomb in Canterbury
Cathedral on being opened was found to con
tain the body of an ancient archbishop tully
vested. It is thought to be tbat of Cardinal
Stephen Langton, who sided with the barons in
extorting Magna Cbarta from King John. Al
though buried six centuries ago, the features
were still perfect and the vestment quite
sound.
A singular fatal occurrence is reported
from England. A coal dealer named Jackson
drove bis horse into tbe sea for the purpose of
washinz the animal's lami. The care In which
Jackson and three boys were riding, suddenly
disappeared, it is supp-iseu, into a hole, the re
sult being that tbe man and two of tbe boys
were drowned. Up to last accounts the team
bad not been found.
Two lawyers have arrived in Cleveland
from Amsterdam in quest of Hubert Von
Bamber, wbose brother recently died, leaving
to Hubert an estate worth 8,000,000 marks.
They have ascertained that Bamber adopted
the name of Edmonds in this country and set
tled in Cleveland. Edmonds died in tbe in
firmary last February from consumption, and
his body was turned over to a medical college
for dissection.
A well was dug to the depth of 70 feet
in Brunswick, Gawhen water was struck.
As tbe well was dug deeper tbe water became
warmer until the men who were at work in it
were compelled to leave it Captain Kennon
and others went to work to find the cause of
tbe heated water, but failed. Great crowds go
to the well to see tbe boiling water. Six hun
dred gallons are being pumped out dally but
the water still boils.
A New Haven man placed a pigeon on
a nest of eggs a short time ago. A week later
ajhen flew into the nest, drove the pigeon away,
and, after destroying the eggs, laid one of her
own. The pigeon returned and kept the hen's
egg warm for 24 days, and a daytor two ago a
little white chicken was fonnd in tbe nest As
the pigeon found some trouble In feeding the
chicken, it was placed in a brooder, and now
tbe pigeon Is heartbroken.
Probably no simple aggregation of
figures gives such a wonderful idea of the ad
vance in modern warfare as tbe description of
the new Krupp gun, which has just been or
dered forCronstadt. It throws a ball weighing
2,000 pounds a distance of 12 miles. The gun is
44 feet long and it can be fired twice a minute.
Every time it goes-off it co-us tbe Government
81,50a It will not be used for tbe purpose of
firing Government salutes.
Dr. Lancaster, a London physician and
surgeon, recently analyzed a man and gave tbe
result to bis class in chemistry. Tbe body
operated upon weighed 154.4 pounds. Tbe lec
turer exhibited upon the platform 2X1 pounds
of carbon, 2.2 pounds or lime, 22.3 ounces of
phosphates and about one ounce each of
sodium, iron, potassium, magnesium and sili
con. Besides this solid residuum Dr. Lancaster
estimated that there were 6,595 cubic feet of
oxygen, weighing 21 pounds;. 103.900 cubic feet
of hydrogen, weighing 15.4 pounds, and 52 cubia
leet of nitrogen in tbe man's body. All of
these elements combined In tbe following: One
hundred and twenty-one pounds of water, 1&.5
pounds ot geiaiine, 1.32 pounds fat 8.8 pounds
fibrin and albumen an-1 7.7 pounds of phos
phate of lime and other minerals.
LITTLE BITS OF UUMOR.
"Go way, you nasty tramp." "Madam, I
am no tramp.' lama peripatetic from Boston."
Chatter.
A cvnic is a man who is disappointed be
cause tbe world was all made when he got here.
Slmira Qatttte.
Joy travels alone and makes short calls;
grief brings along a large family and stops all
summer. Ashland Frets. .
Briggs I suppose Timson is overflowing
with happiness since bis new boy arrived ?
Braggs He may by this time, but when I saw
bim this arternoon he was only half lull. Terr
Haute Express.
Cora Mis3 Fasssnfeathers' hair used to
be black. I see It bas turned to a chestnut How
do yoa acccount for that?
Clara I believe she bas been using the funny
papers to do her hair up In. Xonkert Statesman.
"Ah !" says a sympathetic lriend,"yott
should go to a dentist immedlitely and bave that
tooth pulled out." "I know I ought" says the
sufferer; "but the fact Is I haven't got the
nerve." "Ob. don't bother about tbat Tne
dentist will nnd the nerve. "-LouitviU Pott.
Auctioneer Muller (at the dinner iven
in honor ofhis daughter's betrothal): "Gentle
men and ladles. 1 bave to announce to you that
my daughter, ElUe, bas been to-day betrothed to
Mr. Angler for the first tor the second, for the
third and last time. Fliegende Ulattttr.
"Your references are very satisfactory,
but I can not engage you."
"May I Inquire why not madam?" asked the
would-be butler.
"Your hair is red. and my dining room i deco
rated lo robin's egg blue. "Life.
Partisan The opposition press has found
out all about your shady career. How can yoa
meet their truthful accusations?
Politician 1 am impregnable.
"How so?" .
"I still liave left that strong reserve for suea
emergencies"
What?"
' "A dignified silence." Chicago Timet.
"Hold on, my Iriend, don't shoot; I'm' a
juoge." sea
"Waal, s'posln' ye are? Judges alnt nomo
'count than de law is nowadays. Ye can't kan
a feller, ye can't 'lectrlfy him, an' my lawyer
kin appeal 's fast as you tla seateaee. Shall.
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