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One Mouth 70 Jiaily IHHrATCH, Including Hunriay, 1 year. 10 00 J MILT IHnrATCH, InclodlngBundsy.tm'tlis. SM 1IA1I.T IMM'ATCH. Including Sunday. 1 month to rUNDAi DiVrATLlt, One Year 1W VW.KIV DlU'AICII. One Year IS am. Daily DmrATCH is delivered by carriers at 3ecnuncr week, or Including buuday edition, rtWccnts per wvek. F1TTBBURG. MONDAY, MAY 19, 189a Jjj-The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS. PATCH hii been removed to Corner of Smlthfield end Diamond Slrecli. ITS IIIGIIT UTILITY. Tlio lam of the Exposition Society, as v III bo teen by the expressions ofit manager in our local cnlumni, contemplate making tlie second Exposition peculiarly valuable to Pittsburg si an illuitration of our in dustries uuil n proof to capitalists and manu facturers of the unlimited field for enterprise ofiered In and about this city. Tor the more perfect can-vine out of lu plans, the society proposes to secure subscriptions to the extent of rt hundred additional life memberships. It is an eminently correct view of the highest utilities of tlio Imposition that is set forth in tlio interview rolerred to. Tho greatest value of such enterprises to n pro nrcsslve coinmuuily is first in extending tho reputation of its products and opening tho way to an extension of its markets; end second in presenting tho proof to tho world of the field for enter prises mid tho opportunities for Investment In tho districts which they represent. The do vices which draw crowds are doubtless neces sary to swell tho receipts which support such impositions. Tlio art of combining ono object with another without permitting the lesser to ovcrcomo tho greater, requires a rare degree of skill and Judgment; but with the lilch idoal that they have set beforo thim, theru is no doubt that our Exposition managers will accomplish great good for 1'itUburg in the permanent enhancement of Its prosperity by the policy which alms at the largest results. With such a prospect of usefulness before the society there should bo no delay on the part of the business interests of Pittsburg in subscribing whatever funds maybe neces sary for the most thorough realization of the Exposition Society's plans. TIIF. nl'KtK-EAMES MUST GO. Tho campaign against the speak-caslcs is assuming large proportions. From our local reports it will bo seen that municipal nnd national officials arc joining hands in the work of making a clean sweep of tho illicit saloons and the promise is held out that by .Itinc 1 tho city will be wholly rid of them. This, as Tin: Dispatch has Raid before, is as it should bo. Tho only criticism that can be offered on tho movement is that the attack on tho unlicensed saloons was not begun before. Every reason that now exists for wiping out these unlawlul drink ing dens existed last year; and tho publio duty of attacking them was just as binding in 1839 as in 181)0. Hut it is better Into than never; nnd tho publio will wish tho officials iuchargo of the movement a complete success in their reformatory work. mil: IjAhT TIlKATItlCAIi ATTRACTION. The latest variation of the realistic drama rises above the level of tho tank and saw mill lu tho introduction of another sort nf mill, tir (he engagement of John L, Hill llvah nnd Joe ljaiinoii to appear 111 n luclo ilrnniA and given real liming match In one 'of thoRcls. Much n leapol thoslngo io the level of Mleiillfio tleiniwitralloit will, be j-ninl doubt, be halted with wild wlioo)ii of ilelltinu Joy by the gallery gods wherever it limy be performed. Mr. liulllvrtii'H previous lihirlonle eflurli Jmve nnt, we believe, been crowned with flittering meet-") hut that limy be fairly Attributed to the violation of that ancient rule about Ilia cobbler MiealiiK to bin last, Jlut in litis cata Mr. Hulllvtui nnd Ills tide partner will be acting within the toojie nf their peculiar talents, and It oould be taken bs certainly Hint they will never appear without, making several lilts If it were not for the addition of one frill which is wholly tit variance with the dramatio harmonies. It is stated that Messrs. Sullivan and Lnnnnn will box iu dress suits, in order that ladies may be present at the perform ance. The nice sense of delicacy which would exclude tho softer If the bruisers np iieared iu sack coats and the regulation pu gilistic check shirt, is to bo commended; but in tho interest of dramatio realism wo cannot approve of the innovation. 1'ugillsts in dress suits will not do much better than tats in gloves, ana a mill in that costume will be equally out of harmony with the uses of the spike-tail and the regulation guise or knocker-out when he proceeds to business. Nevertheless, it is believed that the pa trons of the drama will overlook this depar ture from strict realism in view of the great dramatic treat to be ofiered them. The the atrical season will close with a blaze of tragic glory furnished by the stunning hits of the new stars. IMITIIVUI. TO ITS TRUST. The Louisville Courier-Journal takes another twist on the sugar question. Hav ing asserted that The Dispatch's state ment that the "sugar duties are prohibitive on all grades fit for consumption" was a false statement, and being compelled to take that bark, it uow makes the wriggle that "the tariff in so far as it benefits the refiners inures to the benefit not of the South bnt of the North" and asserts that The Dis patch "charged that the Courier-Journal opposed free sugar because the South re ceived the full benefit of what It was pleased to call a. prohibitory duty." This is simply another instance of the esteemed Courier-Journal's chronic inability to state an issue correctly. We have never im ported any such cheap sectionalism into the issue as the Courier-Journal is prone to. "yiial The Dispatch has said and what is true is that the Courier-Journal opposes sny interference with the duties that are beneficial to the Sngar Trust, "principally I beneficial to Democratic interests." The truth of this assertion is to be found in the measure which the Courier-Journal has supported and that which it now op poses. Having dodged about the question in the manner nbove indicated, it wants THE Dispatch to "study tho McKinley bill nnd compare it with the Mills bill" That is exactly what this paper has been doing in its columns and what our Kentucky cotem porary has carefully abstained from doing. For Its benefit we will repeat the figures. The McKinley bill makes raw sugar free, giving the domestic planters a compensatory bounty of 2 cents per pound, thus giving planters the same protection as heretofore, with a saving to consumers of about (55,000, 000 per year. It puts a duty on refined sugars of four-tenths of n cent per pound, which is the margin of protection thus given to the refiners. What did the Mills bill do? Under it the duties on raw sugar ranged from 1.15 to l.D5o per pound, and on tho grades which furnish eleven twelfths of the raw supply, its duty was 1.44 to 1.82c. making an average duty of 1.07c. The duty on refined sugars was, 2.4e on the lowest grado of whito sugar and 2.80 on granulated. This makes the margin of protection to tho sugar refiners from eight tenths to one-.tnd-twc-tenths conts. In other words, the McKinley bill gives one-third to one-half the protection to tho Sugar Trust that tho Mills bill did and one-third to one quarter that of the present tariff. AVo be!ico that margin is unnecessary. Hut if it is lowered it will be dono by lie publican votes; if it is raised It will bo by Democratio votes. Despite tbo convolu tions of our Kentucky cotempornry, the faot remains that the free trade cry about kill ing the trusts by cutting down the tariff, be comes dense silence when tho policy is ap plied to the Sugar Trust. MK. FLOWER'S ALLEGED IDEAH. At tho hearing last week before the Com mittee of "Ways and Means, of the repre sentatives ol the Farmers' Alliance, who were urging their novel sub-treasury scheme, Mr. ltoswell V. Flower, of New York, nvo utterance to a couplo of gems ol economio wisdom, which ho tendered as tho solution of tho difficulties of tho agricultural situ ation. Mr. Flower's first proposition was that tho farmers ought to restrict the production of agricultural staples in order to get better prices lor them. This theory of making food scarco nnd high for the laboring masses Is not moro remark bio than Us recommendation to tlio farmers to achievo tbo impossible. 'When tbo 7,000,000 farmers of this country can get tlio wheat raisers of Itussia, Kgypt, India, Australia and South America to act in unison with them, and can in addition secure enactments that no now farmers, any where in the world, shall start crops to secure the benefit of enhanced prices, then restriction of agricultural products may mean something beside handing over the market of the world to other producers, and not till then. Hut this remarkable suggestion is cast in the sbado by Mr. Flower's other idea. The currency system of the country is wrong, Mr. Flower asserts, and the control of it should bo turned over to tho States once more. In other words Mr. Flower proposes to restore the devious and exciting features of wild cat banking, and to secure to the farmers tbo ineffable benefit of standing shaves of ten, twenty or forty per cent on the bank notes they receivo in exchange for their crops, or rather on that portion of their bank notes which they do not find reduced to tbo value of waste paper on some unex pected date. The Farmers' Alliance plan Is rather im practicable; but in no respect Is It so utterly crude and so completely indifferent to the testimony of experience as the suggestions offered by this New York millionaire. A tJUEKTION OF COUNTING. The analysis of the returns on tlio rovlilon of tho crcod in tho l'rcsbytcrian Church is notyotmnde; but enough Is known of the voto to make it probable that tho decision will turn upon construction ol a rule. Tho rulo requires a two-thirds vote to carry a re vision; but it is likely to be n vital question whether It Is two-thirds of the l'resbytorlcs voting, or two-thirds of all the 1'rcsbytcrles In the country, II the former, 274 1'resby terles In favor of revision ft to ncceiary If the Inllor, there must bo 281. The report on the subject, if adopted by ttie General Assembly, would refer tills question back io the I'fesbyterles (o be decided by llient, it ml the result d eclated a year lieliee. At the Mine time the large )reiniiderAiiee in (aver of revision niftkei It more the question, its ThhDinpatGii Imi heretofore said, what sort of revMon will be adopleil limn whether there shall be a revision or not. Tim interrollefilale Imselmll season in wnfitlly dull tliis yean and lively playing is re ported to be pansplouous by Its absence. This lends considerable support to Mr, Carnegie's theory that college education lines noteapeoi. ally At men for prominent suooesi in the prac tical pursuits of actlvo life. Tun statement comes from Chicago that the managers of tho Das Trust of that city took occasion uf an advance In the shares of their concern to sell short with tho Intention of making a profit on tho decline which they expected to manipulate In tho near future. Tlio shares continued to advanco, and thoy continuodto soil short until thoynokoup to the faot that tbo Btandard Oil Trust had gob bled tbelr concern and cornorod them in the barcaln. Tbls Is as pleasant an illustration of the old adage of "dog eat dog" as has been f nrnlsbed In modern times. General It. A. Aloer is reported to be about putting some of his surplus money into a newspaper organ which shall advocato bis boom. General Alger's experienco sbould teach him that it is much Ubs expensive to buy tbo Southern delegates after tbey come to the con vention. It is now announced that the ex-Senator and Minister to Brazil, Mr. Uertie Adams, has concluded not to enter tbe raco for Congress In the Third Philadelphia district. Tbls seems to leave that relic ot Jackson days, Mr. Richard Vaux, a walk-over. As our Philadelphia co temporaries have finally come to the conclusion that Mr. Vaux Is a tariff reformer, the spectacle of tbe city of Philadelphia sendlnc a tariff re former to Congress without a contest will bo an astonlihcr to the conntry. If some of the ocean steamers which are re ported, to havo been bumping up acalnst ice bergs would bring tbe icebergs into port with tbem, tbey would confer a benefit on a conntry where, this year, ice is a luxury which only tbe wealthy can enjoy. A novel feature in educational circles is to be presented at the High School of this city, on June U, in tbe form of a union examination for admission to a number of tbe leaning col leges of tbe country. The interest in tbe ex amination will be stimulated by tbe prize of fered to the student passim: the best examina tion. Tbe examination should produce a cred itable exllbit of tbe results of t'ittbburg's academical Instruction. The school book combination will be an AvrMinalv . tfrarte4v Ma IfMt'nSratHnta -. In. crease the cost of education, but it will also bo beoause they nro THE the easiest to overthrow by the starting or new concerns to do tbo business at competitive rates. Governor NicnoLS, of Louisiana, is making a gallant right to strangle tho lottery ewlndlo ot that State, and the sympathies of decent peoplo all over tho country arc with him. It is not crodltablo to tho Republican party that tho Republican managers of Louisiana who control tbo United States patron, age are making an equally porslstont fight to Cite the lottery a new lease of life. EsirEKon "William has, in his latest spccches,fallen back upon the regular Gorman precedent, of serving notice upon all Kuropo that ho Is determined to preservo poaco, if be has to make war to maintain it. TnE news that a convention of Formers' Alliances out in Kansas has offset the former action of that body against Sonator Inealls by getting together and indorsing him, proves that tho Senator's fonco-rcpalrlng has been very efficiently dono. It also Indicates that the Alliances aro getting into politics at a rato which will be likely to prove ruinous' to them if it is not checked. The return of Dora Steplein permits a revival of tho hopo that in tbo fullness of time tbe Charllo Itoss mystery may bo solvod. Philadelphia is tackling the subject of regulating or prohibiting stroot music. Tbo ruling powers of tho Quakor City seem to have concluded that slnco thoy cannot get their streets cleaned thoy roust do something. Dirty streets and tho organ grinders togother are. they fear, moro tban oven tho placid Phlladel phlans will stand. FB0fT PEOPLE. The Hon. Alphonso Taft Is visiting Ban Diego, Cal for tbo Rood of his hoilth. Till! Hon. Frank Jones, of tbo Boston and Malno Railroad, has gono to Carlsbad for health. Colon kl Griffin, an American and an army veteran, has been chosen President of tho Daptlst Union of England. STEriiEN A. UouaLi.fi owns a plantation In Mississippi whlob cost his father (115,000, and from which tho presont owner roallzosonly abouttlOOayear. Ti rr-Nr, the millionaire jewolor, never wears a diamond. Ills favorlto gem Is tho opal. Daseball and minstrelsy havo mado tbo dia mond very common. Jay Gould is often saon, muffled In a heavy ovorcoat, walking up and down Forty-seventh street In tho wee sma' hours trying to fatlguo himself into becoming sleepy. Among tbo wedding gifts to Mr, and Mrs, Samroschwasa suporb tea service of solid sllvor, given equally to tho bride and brldo groom, by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carncglo. Mtbpiikn h. Kleins' new 09-room house In tho town nainod after him In Randolph county, W. Va will bo com ile tod about Juno 1. It will require a Star-route map to locato tho rooms. Senator Stanford Is a great favorlto with tbo pages of tbo Senate Chamber. lie gavo 16 ot them a dinner at his Washington hduse, and Is now In tholr estimation a biggor man tban llonjamln Harrison. AliAUI 1'asha a fow years ago was a band some, black-haired man with a fine military bearing: now be Is quite gray, Is often 111 and complains that ho suffers much from the hot aud humid clunata of Ceylon. Carl rtonunz Is said to bo growing old fast. IIo has almost completely dropped out of Ufa In Now York. Occasionally lio Is seen In Wall street, and once In a while at the theater or publio dinner, but he no longer mlugles In tho great whirl of the town. CONSTANTIVE CONflTANTINOWITZ, the Grand Duke, recently nrrestod and Imprisoned by tho Czar's command, for publishing a revo lutionary poem, is a nephew of Russia's auto crat. IIo Is SI years of age, and published bis first volumo of pootus in 1SS0. A special ombassy has been sent from Stockholm to Teheran, for tbe purpose of cre sentlng to Ills Imporlal Majesty, tbe Shah, the insignia of tbo Order of tho Beraphlne. Tho decoration is iuclosod in a beautiful caso of a cry artistic leather mosaic, llnod with red plush. General Joseph E. Johnston will per form tbo act of unvolllng at tho Leo monument ceremonies. Gcnoral Fltz Hugh Leo will bo chief marshal. General Wado Hampton has born askod to command tho cavalry, and Gen eral Harry Hetb tho Infantry. GenoralJohn R. Cooko Is cblef of staff. CUEHENT TIMELY TOPICS. Of what uio Is a Zoo In Washington at tor Saturday's elrcus In the House! The net profits of tbo Louisiana lottery havo been about ft, t uo, poo per jear. And yet mon sup posed to be endowed wllb common (cneo send inouer t" tlicftldniilloiwlnillu monthly, with the txpectstlou or capturing a fortuml It Is a rcmarknbto coincidence that n number ortlioMwho have pataed as pood men III New York nre now candidates ror the prnltontliiry, but tkurliaiiceiare they will cheat tbe "pelisi" THE rlilct of the winning horso In thn ilrnntc lyiiliamlleap walked tin with flO.Oot), H Minora linmtablHlnrlillniiwIiiuliiif liufir Hutu It Is la prest'll the Jtuipeli leach sellout uf run a news paper, OuniAbftlheN her Imir and eyebrows with a neenllliKteosUf hum milieu It will take a mfpaI nmny outlet! to remove the Ud odor from her books. MoUAi.fM, It Is will, talon Ids noniilnnent like a Utile man. Tlrnt'n rUlit. If he wdk not mioIi smll limn lie wniil.l not now lie suffering; the liuinllisllen llml Iimi mn tenet! out to him. M. Hoott Is nf the opinion that a Dmmiorat will iMPPeM ppfinlor (JAineren. 1 lie efttiangreig. man, It Is fesred, has taken an overdone ol liutler milk, AJadkhon, Minir,, murderer sighs )or a gU"afbeerndclieiiundwehi 'Jim loss nf tlmte, lis says, makes llle mlertible. lie slamls an escelltnt plianra of spending llio rotiiier of hii days stglilDK for the luxprlus that will liuyur come, Stanley has trodden the wilds of Africa, fought tlio natives and faced danger In a thousand wars, but lie lias never been compelled to gut up on a cold morning and build a tiro nor walk tbo llonr n tho wco sma' Hours with n colicky child. Ah, Stanley, your troubles arejutt commencing. Edwin Price will manage Clara Morris next year, and If honucooeds be will accomplish that which no other mau evir did. Real estate agents havo startod a boom for Lebanon, vVash., and start the ball rolling In this faihlom Two cowl died In Lebanon oue night recently. lhey laid dowA upon tbe greon sward in annat en t good health, hut the grass under tbem grew so fast that It tickled them to death bofore sunrise. WHAT IS BUTTEEWOETH. Boston Journal (Hop.): Major Buttcrworth is an able man; there Is no mlstako about that, bnt he Is somewhat cranky withal. Kansas City Timet (Dem.): Ben Butter worth can never be President, but he has tbo proud satisfaction of knowing that he la right. NEWYOBXlV-es (InL): Meanwhilo it has occurred to none of the organs that Mr. But terworth Is an honest man and told tho truth as he saw it. Hartford Courant (Rep.): Whether his criticisms aro just or unjust, wlso or foolish, is a qnestion by itself. In giving frank utter ance to tbem he Is in his undoubted right as a legislator and a Republican. Indianapolis Journal (Rep.): Mr. Butter- worth might as well recognize tbe fact that tbe abject of protection is to protect, and that in framing a protective tariff bill it was not Mr. McElnley's purpose to favor free trade. JPloneer-Prctt (Rep.): The more Butter worths the Republicans in Congress may chance to bave among them in the present crisis the better will it be not only for the party but what is vastly more important for the country also. savannah Jfcu (Dem.): Representative Ben Uutternortli is quite a lion in Wasblnclon now. Ko other Republican hid tbe courage to point out bo w great a fraud the McKinley tariff bill is. BQtterworth is the most popular man in the House, and one of the ablest. It is to be regretted that the country is to3s deprived of TliSS9TVl':'3. '. .iJV ' . , PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, THE CRITIC REVIEW, Biorle. of iho Uncanny nnd ,Be Mr0II, A Great Addition to Hie Talei About Ghostland-Sulllvan In the Footstep, of IlnwihornonndHtevcDionOthor Novels. YAR by year grows the library of ghost stories. Not thoso stories stated with sclentiflo accuracy and founded nnnn rt shaped by cross-examiners, which the Society for Psychical Research is gathering together unuirinKio worn up inw some reasonable solution telepathy, or some other. No; tho stories of the uncanny which owe two-thirds of tbelr charm to tbe weird Imagination of the toller, and to tho musical and fascinating words in which tbey aro told. Bulwor's "Tho Houso and tho Brains" Mrs. Shelloy's "Frankenstelni" that collection of queer stories published a year or two ago and entitled '-The Broken Shaft;" Stevenson's "Thrawn Janet," in his bookof romances, 'The Merry Men;" Poo's "Fall of tho Houso nf Usher" these and a dozen othors will occur at onco to readers whoso liking Is for ghosts and haunted houses, for rosecruclans and witches. . Mot ono of the witch-books or ghost-books Is bettor than tho collodion of stories, re markablo alike for thomo and treatment, to which Mr. T. II. Sullivan has glvon tho name, Day and Wight Mortei, (Charles Scrlbner's Horn: H. Watts A Co. $1, paper 60.) Poo and Stevenson and Hawthorne aro sug gested to tbe reador as ho turns the pagos. The stylo has Mr. Stevenson's peculiar charm. Ono Is glad to read theso musical sentonces, and to read tbem over again. If only for tho melody. "The Tincture of Hurcnss" and "Maestro Am- boglo" Hawthorne might have written. And oven Hawthorno has not In this vein written mulling moro suhtlo in its spirit, moredellcato (1 lt fin tfl!l n itniiia Mhasunlnn imps AfTantlvA - lllUIIUS IUWID VISMAUItli ilium vwniv- NotlilncslncoJlawtliorno'iclay liai been done u wen. tyn. Hullivan Is tar from bolng a realist. Ills work Is not at all tn lino with Mr. Howells or Mr. James, Ho Is an Idealist. His storlos aro romanees. As bents rotnanco, tho soeno Is laid In romantlo places, In quaint old towns of Holland, and Belgium, and Germany and Italy, Tho background of "Thn Lost Rembrandt" is Tho Ilaguo, Hero is tho way In which the writer makes tho scene help tho impression or tho weird storyt "If you are of a certain age, and temporatei It time has touched you gontly. Inclining you to bo sad and civil, liko Malvollo; if you are fond of the light that falls aslant into old pictures and If, above all, tho commercial spirit of your own enterprising notion often oppresses and disheartens you why then (Instead ot taking the hurried path along which the guldo book hastens you) you will walk leisurely ack from Scherenlngen ovor the ancient dike, that is really a long, straight, lofty arbor of In terlacing elm branches) and you will wonder at the contentment in the fscos nf tho peasant women, and at thn barbarlo gilded crowns and oarrlngs which they wear. On elthor hand you will catch glimpses of sunny eardeni, and chooso moro tban ono villa you would bo glad to call your ownt wbllo tbe trees go on before yon, In among tho broad canals and splendid city squares, where all the houses soom pal aces, built for comfort, with no state apart ments In them, until a fow steps more havo brought you to the border of tho shadowy wood, upon which the old huntlngseat now ovor. roaches. Hero are acres ot superb beoches with mossy trunks and gnarled roots, recalling somo enchanted forest of tho brothers Grimm, and that picture of it loft over In your memory from tho pantorolmonf ohlldhoodt only now you find tho dreadful abode of fabuloua mon sters nnd mlsshapon goblins haunted only by an Invisible chorus of blackbirds, toofarabovo your head to foar or oven to heed you." V Mot a word is out of place, or redundant, Erory phraao la polished Into porfect sym metry. And yot with no lack of force, either. As a voblclo for these queer, out-of-the-way, shud dory, uncanny, dreamy stories tho stylo is sim ply perfoot. And :tbe stories I "Cordon" is thn ghostllost. The cold chills attack tho reader. Here Is a splondld apartment, hung with tapestries and leathor, tn which tho hero finds lodging. The master Is from home, gono on a long, myster ious journey to Lapland, says the old sorvant, who. In his master's absence. Is permitted, or says ho la, to let the rooms. Back comes tho hero from tho Paris streots to spend fats first night In his now room, and hero Is an arm chair drawn before tho smoldering lire, and besldo the arm ot It, upon tho tablo lies open a strange book. Its vellum covers worn and moth-eaten. Us musty Icavesyellow with ago. It is entltlod "Tho Trial ot Francois Ravaillac for the Mur dor of King Henry IV., 1010." And thon, enter tbo trhoaL "Immediately a strango terror seized mo vaguo, unreasoning It was, like a child's in tho dark. I dropped tbe book, caught up a candlo and peored into tho chamber, thon searched tho other rooms throughout. I saw no ono, heard no sound. I was alone, yot this knowl edge failed to reassnro mo. I spoke and was tartlod at my own voice I tried to sing, but tno wans gavo DacK a mocKing ecno tuai was unendurable, and I returned to the library with the samo childish dread of nothing still op pressing mo like tho remombrancoof a night mare." . A nd then tbo light begins to go out, leaving along, smoky trail, and theiflro burns foeblo, casting fantastlo shadows, and making a strango glow in the mirror. Ah, tho mlrrorl "Hooked at It and grow numb with horror. For I saw there tho reflection ot a man's faco so hideous In its expression that, oven In n crowd, ono would havo turned from It with loathing. 1 have novnr been nblo to describe lt In that uncertain light It had tin color. I could barely traco In outline. But I should know that faco If I saw It at tho tun of tho Ureat Pyramid, or In tho plains ot Arizona, anywhere, indeed, upon tlio lustniiti ami 1 should shudder nt the sight, as I tin now at tho thought. Ilko H frightened niilmnl." Ana hi llifldlliimi corneal . , . .. "UltturMnW KlIRlnhll (Ifaillte" llllollllnit nlifitfu'lef sillily III llio book. Indeed, It IS the niily story which make an endeavor in that ditei'lloo, 'lite hero ami llin heroine lurjill-rttvn to nerteulion, Mi Belknap, eiieuially, is inquired masterfully. Altogeiher, here li a notable nwmtily of floriep, told ulinriiilnisly. of permanent value, by an author who Is touched wall real genius, v f' (inn, bad and indiiTerent are the following! w A Mutteru flMe Mrt Mull (V, V, Lovelll, marked "ninth million," belonging lo l.ovell'e "ileteotlve" series, 'the pint tiling on tho rob. nery of n mall poueli on hoard a train omp where near 1'itttburg. ilyron 1), Adult Is the author. A tmnnge JitalunlloH (Jlftnd, MeNally (In,), by Lewis Harrison, begins at UarWmrt, hut rnpedllv getshapk to the United Htates nf Amerfpai a good deal of shooting and other ilsagrpaalilenps In ill Mao pounterfeltlngi hypnotism I" tho "strange Infatuation," ffaunttnnt (1A V, Invell A tin,) by Vernnn I.uo, I.nyell'a International series, "Fantastlo Htnrles," 'Ilia title page tells us, anil certainly tho names aro finmsilci "Armour Oure," "Dlonear," "Oko of Okelmrst," "A Wloked Vuico," There aro glume stories nnd ghost storlos, Tho author tells us In an ingenious and Inviting llttlo preface There aro prosalo gliosis ami roinantio Riioais. .mere aro gnosis such as tho Psychical Research people are after, and ghosts such as Mr. T. It, Sullivan has described in his charming bonk. Thoro aro no proialo gliosis in this book. Miss Jemima Jackson is recorded to havo actually soon tho phantom uf her long deceased aunt, but who cares for Miss Jemima Jackson's aunt, whether In a ghost story or out of ltT "Tho supernatural," as tho author wisely says, "can open the caves of Jamschld, and scale tho ladder or Jacob. What uso has it got If it land us In Islington or (Shepherd's Book! It is well known that Dr. Faustus, having been ofiered any ghost ho chose, boldly selected for Mepbistopheles to convoy no less a person tban Helena of Troy. luiaglno if tho familiar fiend had sum moned up somo Miss Jemima Jackson's aunt of antiquity!" After such a preface a good book must follow. Such a delightful vestibule must lead tbo wiy into an interesting dwelling. Wo are not disappointed. (iTwkhty Novelettes" is a book by 20 prominent novollsts. Nine of tho 20 are honored by the setting of tbelr pictures in medallions on the cover. These aro Mrs. Alexander, Mora Calrd (who looks singularly sentimental for one who baa such views of mar riage), Adeline Sergeant (In eye-glasses), George Sims (who has not mounted very high as yet upon the hill of fame), John Strange Winter (who is a woman), U-. M. Fenn, F. W. Robinson. G. A. Henty and Florence Marryat. B. L. Farjeon leads oil with The Murderer' Confession," a sketch whose contents do not bclio its name. The book has no table of con tents. (F. F. Lovell & Co.) The teet of Love (Worthlngton Co.) is by Aune Reese Aldricb. The pictures, which the publishers consider notable enough to put tbe maker's name on the cover, are notably ab surd. Tho author's faco serves for frontis piece. A prefatory note informs tbe reader that the character oi iuu clergyman tnerein drawn is not to bo considered as a representative person. They are really not all of them quite like the Rer. Paul Wolfel Tho author's pur pose is stated to be "a loving and reverent study ol'poor human nature!'" The "human na ture" which is chosen for study is "poor" enough. -. tn PoTirHAR's House" is also a study of "poor human nature," like some chapters of tbe Book of Proverbs. "Surely, the time is coming," wrote Carlylo, In words which tbe author has taken for his motto: "Surely, the time is coming when it .will bo known ai MONDAY, MAT 10, what vlrtuo Is in purity ond continence of Diet how dlvlno is the blush of youne human cbteks; bleb, beneficent, stornly inexorable is tho duty laid, not on woman only, but on any creaturo. In regard to tbeio particulars." Rev. J. F. Flint is tho author. John B. Alden U the publisher. ... ji'T'iik Solid South'' is discussed by M "noted men" In an Indifferently printed book published by R. H. Woodward & Co., of Baltimore. Some of th "noted men" are quite original additions to tho roll of fame B. J. Sage, of Louisiana; Ira P.Jones, of Tennessee; Etholbert Barksdale, of Mississippi; Robert Stiles, of Virginia, are gentlemen hitherto un known to us, though such ft confession proba bly argues our own ignorance rather than their obscurity. However, these 14 immortals Join In these pages to discuss "Reconstruction and Its Results." The result is a series of Judiciously written, tomporato, thoughtful and informing papers. Tho conclusion Is that legislation upon local qnestlons can be rightly eilected only by local legislators, and that when men from .Malno or Massachusetts set out to shape mat tcrs In Texas or Louisiana they are pretty sure to make a tangle of it. The book is dedicated to tho business mon of the North. fT?VERYiioDY'8 Handbook of Eleotrici ty" and How to Make Electric liatteriet at Home are both by Edward Trovet, and both published at Lynn, Mass., by tbe Bublor Pub lishing Company. Y0TOO AERI0A ABE0AS. A YnnUco Composor Charms tbo IHnsle Loving; Polk of Old Dresden. A New York press correspondent writes as follows from Dresden, under April 21: "Proba bly tbe most popular and certainly the most fashlnable event ot tho woek In Drosden was the concert given by tbe young American com poser, U. Whitney Coombs. Mr. Coombs' sacred inuslo is well known In America, and his songs whloh possess tbo rare charm ot originality, havo found a place In the repertoire of many noted singers. At tho concert bare Mr. Coombs was asslstod by Mr. Fair banks, a grandson of ex-Govornor Fair, banks of Vermont, who has won great success by bis Interpretations of Obopln and Liszt, Tbo vocal music, with the excep tion .of a few arias, consisted of somo of Mr. Coombs' songs. Ot these "Alone" and "Mid summer's Niitbt" received special commenda tion Tbo Duchess of Hcbleswlg-Ilolstein, Prince Barclay ds Tolly Weyroar, tho Count and Countess Hnollsky and many other repre sentatives of tno German nobility were pres ent. Tho greater part of the audience, how over, was composed of Americans, who wore glad of an opportunity to sbow their apprecia tion of tbelr countryman. Among thexe were tho nieces and daughter of Admiral Kcmpol, U. B. N Mr. Charles Tiaoy, Mrs. and Miss Flsber, of New York, and many others. Mr. Coombs Is an Intimate friend of Mr. Harry B. Brockott, of tbls city, who has introduced sev eral of the former's songs to our concort audi enoos, somo ot them in MS., and unheard elso where. STATE POLITICAL K0TE8. Merger Republicans will hold their county convention to-morrow. Congressman Bayne will bo,' homo on Thursday. Mr. Bynuni wilt not accompany him. RUMOR has It that William L. Scott will bo a candldato for a seat In the lower Houso of tho Legislature. Some of tho candidates In the Erie-Crawford district look as chipper as If they belongod to a sulcido club. Senator Quay Is anxious that his son "Dick" should be elected to tho State Legisla ture. If tho votors are of the samo way of thinking bis wish will probably bo realized. Major Greenfield, ex-postmaster or Oil City, Is talked ot as a posslblo candidate against Congressman Watson. Tbo Major is one of the substantial men in Oil City, and is popnlar with all classos. Charles W. Stone was In Philadelphia last week, fooling highly elated over bis victory in McKoan county, but decllnod to say anything for publication. Mr. Stone is endowed with a great amount of moaesty. Delaware county Republicans are showing a disposition to unlto on tbo cboico of Senator John 11. Robinson to succeed Smedloy Darling ton as Congressman in the Sixth district. Ex Mayor Forwood, of Chester, Is also after tho nomination. Norristown Herald: The contest for tho nomination for Governor in tbe Republican Convention will bo betweon Dolamater and Hastings, and in tho Democratio Convention between Patttson and Wallace, and tho voters of both may as well realize tho fact. There Is a split in tbo Domocraoy of Blair county. Tho committee mot nt Hollldayshnrg on Friday and Lawyer Greevy and Dively tried to capture tt for Wallace Falling, tho Wallace mon hold a soparate meeting and elected tholr own delegates to tbe County Con vention. Tho Pattlsnn men, headed by Chair man Dnmphy, will hold anothor mooting and go through tho form of oloctlng Pattlson dolo gates. The result will bo a contest In the Stato Convention. LAID TO BEST. , Fnnornl Service Over llio Remains of Mrs. Lnnlsn Grlpp, Tho remains of Mr. Louisa Grlpp, mother of Polios Maglstrato John Orlpp, wore Interred yesterday at tlio Gorman Lutheran Cemetery, itomewnod, The services wore held In tho llnltnil Jlvnngellcnl l'roto.tant Church, Sixth avenue and HmithfleUlrtrrBH, wore emidtiDteii by tlio pastor. ltv. Fred Ituoir, and were nt tniulml by a uunibdr or uity and county onieials. ami many Irletidn of I he iiepeased. l'llty carriages' followed the hearse tot m tipinntery lo wfiiien tno Infit sad riles, The pa Ibearefs were Mesr. John oaks, lius). nlgk, hlks lleekeriti. Ditml, Fred ulinmer and (IMI IIOIIIHN. fee old Dolildn through the Hneei liow weak lie looks, BllllOllll Ills hiilr Is (KlIliiKOir In spell, he feels the damp and cold l Jfehaiiirhlhei1i lilt step Is slowi 'IU plain enniiffli In see Ilia thirty yeara are more lo him than fifty are to me. He shall not work another Jot, ni tlmt he would eninplalni Hut from this hour he ne'er shall know the touch of whip or rein. Uf nil the horses on the farm he's been the yory li"tl I should have thought of It before; but now ha shall liauri-t1 I call to i)i I nd the colt ho was, and how I broke him in; Whew I how he kicked, and pranced, and plunged; 'twas doubtful which would, win; Hut I was young, as well as be, ana would not be donlod! And since, he's been as safo a nag as man would wish to ride. He never lacked In spirit, nor in steadiness, nor speed; Many's tno time his willing feet have answered urgcLt need, When every moment was a gain to fleeting human Dreath, He knew what precious minutes meant, and so defeated death. Then, In my happy courting days, bo knew the very night That I would swing the stable door and greet him with delight. He knew tbe girl I loved was waiting far away and fair; Re seemed to say I '"Twill not be longbeforel take you thorol" Then on my wedding day he stood with others at tbe church; No doubt he thought for Just that once I left him in tbe lurch; One face, one form, that day ot days, was all that I could see, I did not think or Dobbin then, whate'er be thought of me. And when tbe years bad brought their grief, and I learned joy's reverse, He drew the little ones and mo behind the gloomy hearse. I cannot say that be divined bow lonely was my lot; But since he has not been the same; I know that I have not. And so, through gladness and through grief old Dobbin has been near: Mo wonder that be looks so old when I have grown so sere. I know full well that fifty years Is youth to many men; 'TIs not tbo years, but that my heart has reached three score and ten I So, whlln I live, his falling life shall naught bnt comfort know: Old Dobbin, as 1 said at first, shall ne'er feel rein or blow. The best of oats, the sweetest ay. the field to wander free. Shall all be his: a poor return for all he's been to - ir . J &.CCIS in jjaaut'aoms journal, M 1800. USEFUL TO LAWYERS. Tbe Conelllntlon Not Adapted lo the Needs of the Present' Situation Reflections Caused by ihe Dellvernneo ol tbo Oriel nnt Package Decision. rrnoM x trxrr connisroNDXXT.1 tashinoton, May 17.-I suppose that a government simple In its machinery, which would elvo to every man, woman and child an equal opportunity in life, which would mete out even and exact justice to all, would be a very pretty institution; but a government complex In its machinery, founded on Injustice, productive of classes and favorlngthe fortunate at the oxpenso of the week, and whose judicial performances aro a travesty on justice, must be very repulsive andgrotesque to the mind that stops long enough In tho mad raco for exist ence to contemplate It Two years ago a lot of gravo and reverend Senators sat tor a long tlmo ovor tbo question whether Congress oould give tho States the right to see that their own laws were not viti ated by tho operation of a United States law, and camo to tbo conclusion that Congress could do nothing in tho matter. Within a few days tho same Senators havo examined tbo samo qnestion, and find that Congress can givo the btates all the law they require to enable thorn to enforco their own laws. Now, why this chango of baso? Simply because of a ruling nf tho Supremo Court whloh In a vagno way seams to confer on Congress a power It did not appear to possess bofore. Tho Constitution has not changed In the loast. It Is just the same In that respect as It was a century ago solid in Its placo as the rock-ribbed hills, as the politicians would say. Tlielr Opinion Two Yenra Ago. "wo years ago ono lot of tho ablest lawyers among the Senators In Congress decided that Congress had no powor to say that liquor Imported from a foreign country, or from ono Stato Into another, should be subject in its sale to tbe laws of tbe State where it was received. Thoy based their opinion on decisions of emi nent Justices of tho Supreme Court of tbe land. Another lot ot equally able lawyers In the Sen ate. taking other decisions of other Supreme Judges, and. other decisions of tho samo Su- premo Judges cited by tho othor Honators, ar rivo at tho conclusion that Congress has tho power in question. Now comes along another Supremo Justlco who renders a doclslon whloh sets doubt at rest In tho minds of all tlw Senators but one, Mr. Vest, of Missouri, and unites thorn In tbo opin ion that they can do what thoy considered was of doubtful constitutionality before. Mr. Vest says tho Supremo Bench did not moan their words to bo Interpreted as tbe Senators inter pret them, and doubt as to tho meaning of tho Constitution Is now transposed to doubt as to tno moaning of the court, which is supposed to bo able to Interpret tho Constitution. 'Ihe up shot of tho whoio businoss must plainly bo that nobody will over be certain olthorasto tho moaning of tho Constitution or of tbo Supreme Court, and whothor tho action of Congress is local and constitutional or not. It Is plain from this that anything may bo constitutional and anything may bo legal. All pno wants Is to get an interpretation, and tho interpretation may bo had to accord with tho oxigonolei i of tho caso. If wo had a govern meut of children, by children ana for ohlldren, wo oould hardly bo more In tho dark In roitard to tho meaning of fundamental laws, or In greater danger of going outsldo of the moaning of thoso who coustruotod tboss laws. Not Up to lb- Times. ' JOW, ovory ono of thoso wiseacres knows in his heart that thoro Is no greater humbug in tbo world than tho Constitution. It was mado for a tlmo and a condition, and Is now as obsolota as tho law of Moses, not only as a proper guldo undor present conditions, but largely in its oporatlon. It has been tortured Into erety Imaginable sbapo and Is only of use. like most other of tbo laws which comprise our mountainous code, for tho purpose of mak ing lawyers of use to analyzo and Interpret, Tbo moro they explain tbo more confused they and everybody elso become, and the longer It takes to explain tbe bigger tbe fees that may bo enarged. When we remember tbo chance tbey had it soems to mo we must conclude that tbo fathers mado about tbo worst possible fist of building up a new government in America. They orig inated a system by which Stato has been piled upon State, government upon Government, building wheel within wheel, each wheel cost ing more tban tho other, tbe whole resting on tbo shoulders of tbo mass of poor people who nroduce alltba wnalth nf thn Mitn... t.v. us In purely rlrll affairs, leaving out royal loaf ers and standing armies In onr comparison with othor nations, ours Is the most complex and ox pensive Government in tho world, whon It should havo been the simplest and least costly. If anybody can tell why separate Statea wero oevlsod by tho fathors, unloss It was Intended they should be Independent and separate gov ernments at will, 1 would like to hoar tbo ex planation. If anybody can tell what Is the uso of the Stato governments slnco It Is docided that no State can withdraw from tho Union and set up for Itself. 1 would llko to bear that explanation. This complex systom Is in tho Interest of tho politicians and a volumo of con flicting laws are In the Interests ot tbo lawyers and thoso who pay tho lawyers best to assist thorn to filch wealth from tho genorul public, and that Is all anybody can make of this thing which wo call our government A Possible Cose. yilEHK tho faroo ot twisting tho Constitu tion to suit varying conditions and unex pected questions trondlng on tho rights of tho Statos will end, no ono can tell, Supposo Con gress enact n law provldlncns thoio do which are now Introduced In both branches of Con. gress, that liquor sold from ono State Into an other or Imported from abroad shall be sub ject In Its sale to the laws of the Stalest What may bo tho result An importer or dealer arrested under that law will deny the right of Coogros to legislate on thnsuhjoel. Thd easowllj ho niiaieil to the Huprtiiuu court. '! imt Liuiy, earing Iom for tho L'oii.titullnii than fur lliu impulse "entl. mentor theuay, as H right And naosible, de tildes that Ooiigtess leglilated within IU power, mid that the law is gowi, other oltiseua olijeoi to the sale nr another artiele or liquor im ported from another Hiate or country, ami the Miaio euastaa law prohibiting thn lutroiiutilion !'.r iHKuiBiiiia iiiBRitin ui Hint tmii'iu, wi at Is me uovernnieut tiling in ito about it, anil what remedy li ilia lilrtte whoae nuuiufaaiure aro tiihnoMiir Under tho deolslnn in the Junior eaae niiiiiiiiK .may lie proiiiimen y aov or llio Ndtten, A ninin mil net tin arii imiy set up around Itself a uiiiiieae wall, more i Impregnable limn the (Jon. at tntion, for the Uonatituilnn woufil proieo! it while It poiilil nnt protect Itself, In iinu men who a few years ago lailthn tight in Congress against the right of ft Mate o aepaiie are aliou. tj formally enaot a law whloh virtually sang, tiuus Neeesa on, for It makes the laws of the State superior to the law ami nragtieo of too Kunqral Government, And Hilll Another (Jiiesllen, J7IX ALLY, to jump from this glance at the grotesque features of our Government to tho still more delicate question of tho regula tion or tho salo of liquor, What la to ba tho so lution of tho liquor problem; Will poople be mado moro sober booauso tho thing that makes drunk Is placed legally out side of tholr roaclif Is that man better morally who Is sober bo causo ho has not tho opportunity to got drunk? Would drunkenness be decreased if orsry Stato were to enact prohibition laws, if sales In original packages were made subjoct to these laws, and If ovory still in tho country woro de graded to tho position ota moonshlno factory? Ib not drunkenness u result of tho low moral ity of tbo period, of miserable heredity, of, moro tban all elso, tho nervous prostration re sulting from tbe wear and tear ot tbo fiendish compotltlvo struggle for existence, in which one in no condition is safe from the wolf ot want n which there Is constant Inducement to turn trom tho horrible, sordid, hopeless lite led by thO mass, and find excitement and forgetful ncss in that way which is nearest at hand and most effective? If so, will prohibition chango any of these things? The hope of a peoplo lies not in their sobri ety, but in tbo loftiness of tbelr ideals, sober or drunk; and as for me, I would rather have for my friend and associate tbe sot and tho crim inal with grand conceptions ol what mon might bo under other civil aud industrial conditions, than tbe person who assumes the finest moral ity and dignity, and believes that this scram-blinc-for-money existence is tbe only one possi ble, that it Is proper and right that It is or dained of Omnipotent Wisdom. E. W. LlOHTNER. CHIPS PE0 SMITH'S BB0AD-AXE. Quay doesn't talk; but his thinking and act ing knock tho enemy ont every time. Through Eve Adam fell. But according to the criminal and divorce records, the Adamites are getting even with the Eyeites. Wf can now get a pint of the dear old critter in the original package. Don't drink the pack age, the original is what you must take in. The day shall come when tbe Afframs shall stretch forth their hands and the fowl that roosteth high np will meet with a f onl proceed ing. Free trade for the whites, free transporta tion for the blacks and free whisky for all. will bo the leading issues of the Democratio jiarty in '92. If Vaux is elected to Congress he will find that dancing with the .Queen is far different than dancing in attendance to a pack of chronic office-seeking constituents.' -fi, A WONDEKPOL NUMBE2. A Fair of ihe Blaoy Good Things lo be Found In Iho Monday Dispatch. The Sunday Dispatch was particularly attractive because of Its completo news reports nnd its many special features. It consisted of Sf pages and each and every page fairly bristled with tho news of the day. It was bright newsy and readable throughout Yesterday's Dis- tatci: compared favorably with any ot its predecessors, and that implies a good deal. I. A special from Washington tells of the bitter wranglo in the Houso of Representatives, wherein Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, uses unpar liamentary language to Mr. Bayne, of Penn sylvania, for which tho Indlanian is called he fore tbe bar of tbe Honse and censured by Speaker Reed. Socialists In London bave entered politics and will bavo candidates for Parliament Stanley has won one of London's fairest daughters and will bo married shortly. Damaging ovldence has beon discovered against West, tho man suspected of killing tbe Crouch family tn Washington county. General Hast ings captures the four delegates from York. Pittsburg business men boost Major Montootb for tho governorship by holding a big moating. Myers, tho man accused of shooting his aunt in McKeesport breaks down during the In quest Two brothers meet In tho Pitts burg postofDco for tho first tlmo In 23 yoars. A discharged railroad employo Is whlppod by one of bis superiors In Allegheny, President Eborhardt is officially declared elocted and makes an Inaugural address. An escaped patient from Dlxmont says ho has re covered but has it In for a keeper. A family ot nlno boys havo lots of fun In wearing each other's clothes. Re view of the muslo world. Money, it Is claimed. Is being manipulated by tbe Uecretary of tbe Treasury In tbe Interest of Wall street. Nlnoteen bodies bave beon removed from tho caved in Wllkssbarro mines. An Immense voloano assumes a very prominent position In Alaska. A decisive ballot upon revision of tbo conresslon of faith was interrupted by tbe hour of adjournment. Tbo Russians aro agitated ovor Germany's utterances. Sergeant-at-Arms Canady resigns. Captain Wiahart makes things lively for Sabbath-breakers in Beaver. A completo review of all ball games played on Saturday. IL Frank O. Carpenter writes about Shorthand Experts; Tna Dispatch special corps dish up a couplo of columns of humor; tho Famous Leo Dinner; Gossip of Gotham; Cost of Mar ried Llio; tho Curso of Labor; Every Day Sclonce; tbe Social World; tho Grand Army; Socret Societies; Rovlow of Sports; Gossip from Boston; Tariff In the Colleges; Dogs and Dog Lore; Dickons and Vaux, by Louise N. Megargeoi Cook and His Love; Thrco Golden Balls. in. Nash Plcturos Reod; Bartloy Campbell's First Worki Continuation of tho Ace of Clubst An Artist Invontor; Cooking Nlco Moalst the Fire sldo Sphinx; Carl's Visit to the Falrlesi Dangers of Evolution! Evils of the Stags; Cost of Building; Woman's World; Hygleno of tho Hands; Ablo Women's Pons, by Miss Orundy, Jr.; Our Boys on tbo Sea, and a host of other special features and a well selected lot of miscellaneous matter, making It ono ot tho bast papers published anywhere. A Posslblo National Issue, Now York Star, Dom.1 The recent "original package" liquor decision' ot the United States Supreme Court Is likely to have awlder and a farther reaching Influence than has been anticipated. It may precipitate tbo entire question of prohibition into national politics. OKIGETAX PACKAGES. GnESTER Newt: Tbo doclslon of the Supreme Court, stating that liquor can be sold in any placo In this Stato In original packages, when brought from other Btates, is no doubt good law, although it dofeats tho Intention of tbe Brooks bill. All that Is necessary Is to take out a United Statos llconso nnd commenco busi ness. Under this decision Media may becomo a town of original packages, as the charter In this respect Is unconstitutional. Wo wonder if anybody will open an original package estab lishment in tbo county seat? Detboit fretPrett: U the "original pack ago" decision is to bavo any force In Maino somo method will havo to bo devised of appris ing tbo Maine courts tbat such a doclslon has been rondorod. Ono of tho Judges In tbat State has decllnod to piy any heed to tho decision on tho ground tbat he has no official knowtedgo of It. Perhaps bo will tako notice ot It when It Is publisbod In the official reports; but tbat may bo a long time yet, and In tho meantlmo there will bo abuudant opportunity to enforce tho Maino law in all Its prlstlno beauty. Omaha Jf'orfif icraM.- Thoro Is a vsstdlf ferenco between the regulation In a Stato ot the salo of what tho National Government has recognized as alcglttmato subject for tramo be tweon States and tho exclusion from a Stato ot the subjoct of that traffic Nebraska has no right to excludoguupowdor from admission to tho Stato as an artlclo of Intor-Stato commerce, but Nebraska can and does enact laws to regu lato the wavln whloh gunpowder shall bestorod and handled for the public safety. So also, Ne braska has laws for tho Inspection of oxploslve oils. FlllLADKLPlttA Iwerfetirl Our ordinarily clear-headed eoutetiiporaty, Ihe Jtceurd, sticks to It Hint tho "original pnchaise" decisimi does not extend tn sales as well in purchases, bill Congressmen seam to think differently, and In both House and Hsuate remedial bills hare been introduced, That favorably reported by tlioHenale.liididlary Committee seema to be beat adapted to meet the neeessitles of the slt nation, ami the nubile Interest ealla for Ita paaaage at an early day. Tlie ttupreuie (Jmirt'a deoiainn may not have the aoope generally at trihutetitoit.butil la beat lo beoutheaafe aide, and tbe aalo of liquor within a Hiate eon trary to the laws of that Hlate ought to be Hla. gal beyond all "probable, poaalble shadow of doubt, all possible doubt whatever." Longest on lleeoril. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Governors of North and South Carolina attended a femnaranoa banquet given by tho General Assembly of tho Southorn Presbyte rian Oburoh, at Ashevllla, N, C on Thursday night Jt was probably tho longest tlmo be tween drinks on record for those two blslorlo otllcials, Thnt Will Come Later On. From tho Philadelphia Press. J The Pittmiiuiuj Dispatch's expedition aont nut to hunt up bad country roads Is having great luck in finding thorn. Our cotoinporary should send out an exnedltlon armod with mi croscopes to soe If any good roa ds can be do tcctod. DEATHS OF A DAY. O. II. Pnul. KANSAS CITY, May 13.-0. H. Paul, ex-post-mastcr of Milwaukee, died at his rcsldenco here to-day at 0 o'clock from the effects of paralysis with whlrh he was stricken wnllo at work at his JP.iJIt Wednesday. Since that time he has SeVn hoJlrff J? betweern lire and oeath. and his ry J""11" fTer hoped for. Sir. Paul carae to thU c7t7a y"r"gS ad engaged In business with th? Fort Scott Manufacturing Company. Tbe funeral services will be held at his lata resldenco tS-morriw afternoon, and tlio remains will bo re raoTod to Milwaukee, whither they wit be aecom Tjanted by bis relatives. Win Dexter. CHICAGO, Mav lS.-Wlrt Dexter, easily tho leader of the Chicago bar, died at his home last evening, after only two hours' Illness. Only his wire and a physician were with him when ha drew bli last breath. Tne disease of which Sir. Uexter died could not be determined, but It was probably a very acuto congestive cblll. with pre liminary symptoms of pneumonia. It Is also be lieved that he overtaxed his strength while at work on the Important cases which bave con stantly of late engaged bis attention. Joseph I.cfl ik, ft. Tbe many friends of Joseph Loflufc, Sr., will hear with sorrow the news of his death, which oc curred yesterday morning, at S o'clock. The de ceased will be remembered as a well-known Alle gheny Alderman, who filled bis office with bleu, ability and probity. He was 7S years of age. the funeral will take place to-morrow at 9 A, X., at tbe residence, ISO. 1 t,owrle street. Kcqulem at the Church of the Most Holy Same of Jesus, Troy Hill. Ida Magnolia Greer. Death visited the home of William D. Ureer. at Newcastle, Del., yesterday afternoon, and took away his wire, Ida Magnolia. Bhe Is the daughter or William and Kllzabcth Kigley. and leaves this world with numberless rrfends to cherish her memory. Mrs. Isabella Boyd. Yesterday afternoon at S o'clock Mrs. Isabella Boyd, widow of the late John Boyd, died at her residence, Mo..STwelfth street In tho 71st year of her age, CURI00S CONDENSATIONS. A Mr. Brewer, of Birmingham, O., died last week aged 106. A son. 8t years ot age. at tended the funeral. Miss Llzzio Graft, of Jack an, lie., who dlod recently at the age of 13 years, was the motbor of It children, eleven of whom are living. An Adrian, Mich., Democratic Coun cilman has nominated tbe following ticket for 1832: For President. Speaker Reed; for Vice President the Mayor ot Adrian, Democrat Grand Army men are greatly displeased because it is proposed to charge S7 for horsrs for tbo grand parade at Boston. At St Louis tbe figure was $2 EO. at Columbus 12, and at Jlllwaukco last yoar !5. At Pensacola a colored woman suddenly fell to tbo sidewalk. Her fall was caused by tho bursting of ono of the arteries of her left leg, and sbo camo near expiring beloro tbo flow of blood could be stanched. About five years ago Recce T. Levis, of Bprlcgtleld township. Pa., whlto plowing lost a silver trade dollar. Recently his hired man while plowing turned up tho trado dollar, and thus tbe lost was found again. While boys were hunting near Monro via, Ind., Wednesday, a carrier pigeon was shot and killod, on each wing of which was im pressed tho following: "O. A W. Bandlo, 113 Thornton street, Frankfort Ky." The Frenoh Canadians at Kew Bedford, Mass., bavo organized a naturalization club. At present of all tbo Canadians In the city only 78 are citizens, but tho club, by actlvo work, hopes to Increase tbe nnmber to 600. Daniel Keleher was taken to a Jackson, Mich., hospital, as bo was ill and had no friends. Daniel died Friday, andasoarchof bis clothing revealed t'JOO cash and a ftOO certificate of dopoalt Kelebor was thought to bo very poor. When tho deceased wife's sister act was passed In Canada, the logical necessity of Its extension to tbe daughter of tbe deceased wife's sister was overlooked, and a bill has been brought Into tho Senate to remedy this defect There woro 138 lake disasters iu April in Lako Ontano, aggregating 1210,800. Strand ed, M3.O00; disabled, 130,000: heavy weather, 110, 100; ashore, 110,000; fire. tHJ.100: collisions, J.'l, 100; sprung a leak, JI.OW. Tho cargoes, were damaged 371,000. A fashionable visiting card In Berlin is an African Importation. It is a leaf of the sil ver poplar, which keeps Its color when dried, and can bo easily wrltton upon. It delights fashionable Berlin nnder the name of "Emla Pasha's visiting card." Alpena, Mich., has a faith cure doctor; ho'sone who doesn't tako bis pay In faith. This particular fellow was called to attend a poor family, and after anointing the patient he took three yards of calico. Intended for a dress lor a babe, as security for his claim. Tho head of a Belfast, Me., household ordered some phosphate for bis lawn and the honest man who delivered tbe goods, seeing no ono about tho placo and desirous of putting tbo bags where no ono would discover them, stood tbem np in the front ball and left them there, A dead-head Chinaman who for scvor.i years has beon a resident ot Athens, Go., says lie has never paid a cent tax, either as poll tax or property tax. Ho says ho has been In America 15 years and baa never known wbat tax was until somo ono told him tbe other day. In a small and high hammock in sight of Seffnor, Flo,, there Is an old Indian well somo 70 Inches In circumference and 30 feet deep. Tho earth surrounding It Is ot sneb character that It paoks solidly enough to foira a curb for It. and such curb has been there for yeasr. William GofI, a farmer in the vicinity of St. Louis, Mich., sent his wife to market and he went Into the fields to plow. About noon the good wife returned and explained to her husband tbat It was Sunday. Neither had re memborod tho day of the week until Mrs. Goff found St, Louis people going to church. An instance of canine sagacity is re ported from Corlnna, Mo. John Henry Young, of tbat town, has a dog (collie) that one day re cently crept up behind a crow which was sit ting on a low fence, gave a jump, mado one bito and the crow was dead, with tbe head bit ton off, all ready for tbe town treasurer. An Auburn, Me., tailor and a Lewiston clothier wont fishing for brook trout the. other day. They fished seven miles up and down tho stream and came home with a string of 21 small percb. As they wero leaving the brook, for the trip homo a man Informed them tbat ho I bad lived near there all his lira and he had ) never heard of a trout being caught in tbe v brook. A rich treasure of more than a thousand sliver coins of tho eleventh century has been found while digging tho foundations for a new houso in tbo Glerstrasso, In Bonn, Prussia. The coins wero nil in a largo pot. and, strange to say, the workmen allowed children and stroll ers to take away a considerable number, and their attempt to sell tho pieces caused the dis covery tn becomo known, wberoupon the. Mayor ordored tho remalndor to bo taken to tho Rath- . baus and preserved. C. L. Palnicrton, of Woodland, Mich., has worked up qultoa reputation for himself as a weather prophet Last fall ho propheslod tbat tlinro would not bo enough snow at any ono tlmo during tho winter for sleighing. At tbe beginning of tho spring months ho pub lished weather prediction, claiming that be tween the 20th of March and tho 6th of June there would bo CJ storms, and as 40 of them havo already put In an appearance It Is safe to say that he had It pretty near right Major Ogden died at Fort Riley, Kas., In l&'A The rerunliis were removed to Fort Leavenworth and burto I In the National ceme tery there, hut his inuiiiiiiient still stands upon a llttlo knoll to the northeast of the fort, and It lifts Ha head towards the rlouds in the eiscl geographical center or the Unlleil Htates, Of the thtniMtiils ol men who have been located at fort itiley durliiff the past 40 yea, perhaps notoueiuauuiiitreil knew or eared, auyihin ftlioiH the oddity of Ills situation. The poslly a few tulles eal Of .liinnllmi City, Kn,, ami, was fiirmerly one of the uiusi important In ili Uulleit Htates. "On a resent niornlni? a farmer Ilvlnjr In llndgdnn, Me,, wai flhtturoeit by'a nole In Hie swamp, doing to the iilaee he found a horo rloumlerintf iu the mud nearly up tohisbaek, When spoken tn Ihe animal pain to him with almost human ilelight Upon eiam nation l;4 rnunil that a vein had been opentol In his side and Ms throat eut, Jt was Afterward aeer lalned that the bursa belonged to resident and had been Injured In tbo stable, lis tin. ployed a veterinary surgeon to put him lo ileath-wlth the result above mentioned. The writer in mercy put the poor horse out of bis misery, There is a cat living near Athens, Ga that behaves In a mysterious manner, Every time t thunders and dark clouds roll over tho canopy of heaven In a manner that threatens a storm, the cat begins to tremble pltaously and screams lu tbo most weird and frightful accents lt tale of woe. When the lightnings flash from cloud to cloud the cat's agony seems tii know uo limit and it rolls over and over, yelling In tho wildest way possible. Even at lUOUOaUIIUUI 1. . . WJ.WItuu. Wi-- ... rush frantically Into tbe room ot Its mistress when clouds appear, and will scream In such terror that tbe lady oftentimes has to arise and nurao It m Its fright The cat Is a large black animal aud has one eye, tho other having suo douly disappeared recently. SOMETHING TO LATJGn AT. Timothy, or herb grass, was so named from Timothy Hanson, a Maryland farmer, who was the first to cultivate It largely in this country. Don't address any epistles to Timothy, because he Is dead.-(li0'- First Robber Did you read In tbe morn ing paper an account of yoar life and operations? Second Bobber (with lofty scorn)-MawI lam llko the politician whose crookedness Is exposed hythepresi, 1 never read theso beastly papcrs. SVttngt. 'Still Ground for Hope, "But, Clara, wbat could you bave been thinking of, to engage yourself to such an absent-minded man?" "I repent my word every minute, but my hope Isihatwhenwegetto the church he will forget and say 'no' Instead o yes.' " JXltjtndt mat ter. Stingy Old Uncle (visiting relative in Jail) Thomas, Thomas, do I find you a defaulter! Couldn't you hold even a petty county office with clean hands? Thomas It appears not uncle. I knew it would be of no use to ask you for any soap. CAf cago tribune. "My dear," said tbe annt of a young widow to her niece one day, "Is that your hut band's portrait on the Wall?" "Yes, auntie." "How blissfully happy, and what a heaven on earth must bave been his life below," simpered the aunt. "Ah, yes," said the widow, "but we divided the thing up, so tbat when he became blissful in heaves I became happy on earth." Stfttnjt, Clerk I would like a small increase in my salary, sir. Merchant I don't see my way clear to tbat bnt I can do something In another way: lou know. that time Is money? "Yes, sir." ' ' "Well, .hereafter yon can work vntlleVl of qui ttlng at W Harper ' Jtouarr iSKi tfc-i-ishb. m 'Si?tSPW1E&KSlir n.jii .,. . k ua "Ji.-,, .-' i?j' 5t
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