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THE IXTElt-COXTINENTAL PURVEY.
The President's message to Congress, yes
terday, recommended the appropriation o!
f(ir,000, as the share of the United States for
s preliminary survey of a railroad route to
connect this country with the South Ameri
can Republics. This work is one oi the re
Hilts of the Pan-American Congress and is
intended to give accurato information con
cerning the practicability of a great north
and south line which shall bring the two
continents into close communication.
The joint action of the American Govern
ments in securing such a survey and the
importance ot its object are sufficient reasons
for such an appropriation, and there is little
doubt that Congress will make it While
tho Improvement of facilities for ocean
transportation holds ontthe most practicable
method ior transporting the commerce be
tween North and South America, the value
of a railroad line for rapid communication
is manifest, and the international move
ment to determine its practicability should
be vigorously pushed.
The United States will readily furnish
its share of the survey, although its experi
ence with the transcontinental railroad
may be a decided hindrance to the pledg
ing of any Government funds to aid in the
construction of such a line
TI1E REASONABLE METHOD.
The fracas in the House was terminated
yesterday by the cool and courteous state
ment of Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia. The
end of the row furnishes a valuable lesson,
illustrating bow much better a man will
tucceed by keeping his temper and observ
ing the rules of courtesy than by getting
into a passion. Mr. Bynum lost his temper
and exhibited himself in the character of
the man whose ultimate argument is to call
another a liar. Mr. Wilson kept his temper
and by a calm statement of the original
cause of the tronble, obtained from Colonel
Bayne a disclaimer of an indorsement of
Mr. Campbell's affidavit. This is the differ
ence between the method of the bully and
that of the gentleman, and the latter has
proved the most effective. By his calm and
reasonable attitude, Mr. Wilson has been
successful in making it appear that a rather
questionable perversion of bis own and Mr.
Byuum's words was made by Mr. Camp
bell in his campaign work of 18SS.
THE DISCRETION OF COUNCILS.
The decision of Judge n hite in the traction
companies' suit gives the first fight to the
Dnquesne Company, and forces the Fifth
avenue corporation to be content with its
present line unless it succeeds in getting the
derision reversed by the Supreme Court.
The claim of the elder company was that a
charter taken out for a certain route, con
stitutes a prior claim on that route, and that
"while Couuclls have the right to refuse any
company the privilege to occupy streets,
they cannot give a later company the privi
lege of occupying the streets for which the
first has taken out earlier charter. Judge
While rules the other wav, i. c., that Coun
cils have the right to choose between com
jiaiiie, as well as to exercise the choice con
ceded in the plaintiffs' position; and on that
ground tho injunction was denied.
A little consideration of tho question will
show this to be tho right view. It K truo
that it permits favoritism on tho part of
Councils; but If that quality appears to an
undue extent, it Is the penalty which a mu
nicipality must pay for electing representa
tives of iluil quality. Hut uven that ovll
Mould not be mi great as those which might
grow nut or thu prinulplo permitting a prior
company to cover nil available routes with
lit charier; and then cither lo chut out
competition, to rcluso to make decent terms
villi tho oily Ior paving or repairing slice ts,
or lo prevent new nnd improved lines of
ooininunloallon from reaching tho center of
the cm- over their 10 u lex
Wo believe that there is a deeper and
broader principle affecting such rates as
this, which both sides and the Court equally
lost tight of. That is that neither Couuclls,
the Legislature or nnyono cite, can, uudcr
'the Constitution of the United States, grant
an exclusive privilego of travel or trans
portation over the public highways. Hut hi
that point is not raised in this case, It is per
tinent to say that the Judge's decision pre
sents much the roost reasonable view. It
can be taken as law, unless the higher court
overrules It.
THE ClllCUt.
It was not a little boy of Pittsburg who
loped that when he died ho might go to a
circus, but it might have been to judge by
the tumultuous emotions which tho annual
advent of a circus produces in juvenilo
bosoms hereabouts. Of course, we all ad
mire the boy who always learns his lessons,
sever plays truant, and spends bis pocket
money on books. Perhaps the best boys
ore too well-balanced mentally to go wild
Vhen the bill boards bloom and the fences
prow golden and gory with the pictorial
monitions of the circus. They are to be con
gratulated on their equipoise, but our
wannest sympathies co out to the young
sters who would rather be ring master than
President, and rather ride four horses
abreast tljsfa be right And the majority of
boys cannot withstand the intoxication of
tbe tent atmosphere. Most of us, too, would
like to go back to tbe days when we loved a
circus better than dinner, when the lady in
tpauglcs, who rode the bay barebacked, was
our ideal of an angel, and the jokes ol the
clown were as new as most jokes now are
Old.
! circus etui and
enjoy ourselves mightily, although the
glamour is gone and ue can no longer hand
over our souls with our dollars at the gate.
The American circus is a truly democratic
institution. There is a fiction of reserved
seats to be sure, but everybody has a fair
chance to sec the elephant, and the odor of
peanuts and wild beasts salutes all nostrils
alike. Latterly the introduction of Indians
and cowboys has made the circus a vehicle
for dramatic representations of the
wild life of the "West, and
the lions and tigers, the camels and ele
phants, the monkeys and bears are some
what in the shade. They will emerge from
this obscuration no doubt before lonjr. There
is some possibility of the cowboy and the
Iudian lingering with' us in actual life for a
while yet, but the wild beasts of the forest
and juncle will always be genuine curiosi
ties on this continent. The circus appeals
to mankind with its exhibition of the ex
traordinary, and as an attraction the lion or
the tiger or the elephant will outlast the
red man or the cowboy.
THE DKERSED BEEF DECISION.
The Supreme Court of the United States
yesterday decided the dressed beef law,
which prohibits the sale of meat not slaugh
tered in the State enacting it, to be uncon
stitutional. This is the plain construction
of the constitution which has been taken by
all the lower courts before which such acts
have been brought, and the decision of the
United States Supreme Court would have
been a foregone conclusion, even if it had
not taken much more radical ground in the
original package ca6e.
The criticisms which the original package
case has evoked may seem on the surface to
apply to this decision; but there is a vital
difference between. The Stato enactments
with which the original package case dealt
arc sincere endeavors to exercise the police
power of tnc States; the enactments which
the dressed beef decision overthrows are un
disguised efforts to forbid commerce between
the States in a staple article of food. If
this were permitted any State could just as
well forbid the importation of grain, iron,
lumber or groceries from another State, and
stop all inter-State commerce completely.
It is a fair criticism of the original pack
age decision that it will prevent State en
actments honestly framed to secure the sale
of healthy dressed beef irom one State to
another. But the principle involved in the
case decided yesterday was the power of a
State to entirely forbid iuter-State com
merce. AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE IMPROVED.
A very striking example of the service
which the Exposition Society can render to
Pittsburg, and of the limitation of its use
fulness by its straitened finances is present
ed by the case reported in our local col
umns. Five important firms, of other
places whose exhibits would have been val
uable features of the Exposition, have been
refused space in the next exhibition simply
because all available space in the present
buildings has been occupied; and the Ex
position Society has not the funds to put up
new buildings. At least two of these firms,
if they had been encouraged to come here
with their exhibits, would probably have
located either their main establishments or
important branches in this city.
The mere statement of these facts should
arouse the business public to a prompt
movement for securing that the Exposition
shall not be compelled to turn away im
portant business for lack of ability to ac
commodate it. The fact that months before
the second exhibition the managers have to
refuse exhibitors space, is a proof of the re
markable success of the project. But the
further fact that important advantages
might be secured to Pittsburg if the society
had the comparatively small amount of ad
ditional capital needed to.put up tbe build
ings, should stimulate Pittsburg to action.
The sale of a few hundred life memberships
would probably furnish all the accommoda
tions needed, and if they are promptly sub
scribed the additional building could be
completed in time for the next Exposition.
Pittsburg should be prompt to secure the
advantages that are so plainly placed before
her.
PRESERVATION OF PAVEMENTS.
The result ot tbe street-paving exposition
recently held in Indianapolis is a report
making the recommendation that each city
street should have an eight-inch bed of con
crete, with a two-inch cushion of sand, on
which to build the surface. This would be
likely to secure good pavements so long as
tho concrete, sand and paving surface is left
undisturbed; but it docs not solvo the main
difficulty. That is how to prevent the new
and solid pavements from being torn up and
badly replaced within a year after they arc
laid, by the gas, water and other folk of sub
terranean tendencies. Probably, on all tho
streets now being improved in l'lttsburg.tho
pavements will bo durable if undisturbed;
but it will be salo to predict that nine out
ot every ten of them will bo torn up and
patched within n year of their completion In
order to wake water or gnu connections.
Tho organization that can (ell cities how to
get all Iho subterranean connections raudo
bcloro tho now pavement Is put down, will
add fifty per cent to tho Ufa oi llio uvcrngo
pavement,
tub r.ci.uvi: ok heller.
Home time ago it was announced that tho
financial world win (0 bo overcast by the
appearance of a new and gigantic banking
scheme with no less than a hundred million
dollars capital. The jeers with which tho
announcement was received are now re
sponded to by tbe appearance of the Uni
versal Association Banking and Trust Com
pany's prospectus and everything else cal
culated to verify tho original programme.
There is no doubt that the scheme takes
proportions on paper as Immense as its
name. It is supplied with one of those
broad-gauge charters which Kentucky, as
well as ono or two other States,
arc evor ready to supply tbo rest of tho
country. Having been started as a corpora
tion with &0,000 capital, it has made the
modest increase of the capital to $100,000,
000. Considering the achievements of rail
way stock-watering, this enlargement of tbe
capital by 2,100 per cent can be viewed
tolerantly, especially as the business which
it is to undertake will be tho facilitation of
railway stock-watering. It proposes to in
dorse and guarantee the bonds of railways
which cannot readily find their own market
for their securities; and we are informed
that it already has applications for the in
dorsement of 5400,000,000 of railway issues,
ou which it will net at least IS per cent by
reason of tbe appreciation in those securi
ties. This statement cau be taken cither as a
measure of the number of railway corpora
tions who are willing to let the public have
any amount of their securities for cash, or as
an indication of the desire of tho projector
to convince the public that it can secure
large profits by coming in and subscribing its
money for the hundred millions of capital.
The profit -of $60,000,000 is in sight,
according .to the declaration
THE
jector of this company, which he has
organized on broad lines. This organizer is
reported to have had a checkered career as a
lawyer, playwright, novelist and satirist.
The only production of his which'has got so
far as to earn a public title was a satire on
divorce laws called "Who Is Your "Wife?"
As the Louisville Courier-Journal aptl
suggests, this production of his is likely to'
win even greater fame under its proper
caption, "Where Is Your Money?"
We congratulate the New York Herald,
which has constituted itself the journalistlo
exponent of this scheme, as well as of that
SoO.OOO.OOO Farmers' Trust, to catch gud
geons withal, on the successful production
of its hundred million dollar bank, with its
immense capital successfully projected on
the kite-flying imagination. The public is
also to bo congratulated on the establish
ment of a concern ior guaranteeing infirm
railway securities in such shape that the ap
pearance of its guarantee on a railway bond
will be sufficient notice to the investor not
to touch that bond with a pair of tongs.
Senator Quay mildly revises his views
and declares that he is not so' much in favor of
Pattison as ho was reported to be. This would
tend to restore Democratic confluence in Patti
son, if it were not for a distressing doubt as to
which of Senator Quay's interviews is to bo
believed.
The excuse offered by a big bucket shop
in New York, which failed last week, that it
camo to grief becanso alt its customers were
long of stocks in the recent upward movement,
is a frank statement of the business. Tho noti
fication to bucket shop betters that they must
lose their money in order to keep the bucket
shops from breaking up in which case they
will lose their money anyhow is the latest
statement of tbu "heads, I win; tails, you lose"
idea.
Tint deal by which Huntington nnd Vil
lard havo cot control of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company promises new develop
ments in tbe plans of the money kings; but
just what the new developments will be is a
question that is keeping tho gucssers busy.
It IS possible to take the view that the
wonderful story about Senator Farwcll's get
ting beaten on four aces is not to be taken lit
erally. It may be regarded as a parable show
ing that whatever maybe the magnitude of
Senator Farwcll's political hand, tho Pennsyl
vania Senators can always hold over him when
it comes to raking down tho patronage.
The mention of Roswcll P. Flower as a
successor to Carlisle in tho leadership of the
House Democrats, suggests that tho Demo
crats by that selection would be anxious to
show their professed opposition to trusts and
corporations to be a political sham.
The announcement that Mr. Yaux, the
candidate for Congress to succeed Randall,
will make no campaign speeches is a pleasant
departure from precedent, which is permitted
by the fact that be has no opposition. If Mr.
Vaux will carry tbe samo rule into Congress
he can give tho Congressional .Record a rest
and win tbe approbation of the public.
It is pleasant to observe that the belliger
ent members have concluded that everything
was said in a Pickwickian sense; and tho
House can proceed with its easiness, without
fear of gore.
Reports of what Quay is going to do in
Pennsylvania take a wide scope, but for that
reason they aro not half so interesting or per
tinent as the future reports of what lie has
done when he has finished. But that he will
take away the Allegheny delegation from
Montooth may be set down as a roorback.
If Gilbert and Sullivan will set their
quarrel to music they might make it one of tho
liveliest of their comic operas.
The United States Supreme Court has
knoeked out the anti-drcssed beef legislation
a little more specifically than the State license
and prohibitory laws. It begins to be clear
that if beef is to be inspected or liquor-selling
regulated. Congress will have to stop quarrel
ing over the surplus and do it.
Katurallt thenars of the Bepublican
aggregation are in favor 0 having tbo free list
suspended as much as possible.
Me. Feank LAtVLEit, of Chicago, de
clares that he would rather be Sheriff of
Chicago at 30.000 per year than Congressman
at 5,000. Mr. Lawler Is decidedly of opin
ion that the only object worth seeking in tho
political field is the money that can be made
out of it.
PEOPLE WOHTH HEADING ABOUT.
Governor Campbell, of Ohio, is serionsly
ilL
Miss Mart Garrett is taking the lead in a
movemont to promote tho highor medical edu
cation of women.
Edwin Abden, tho young romantic actor,
is married to tho daughter ot Thomas W.
Keene, tho tragedian.
Octave Feuillet's friends are endoavor
Ing to porsuado him todramatizo his last novel,
"Honncur d' Artiste."
A bummer school of theology will bo con
ducted this season at Hound Lake, by tho Itov.
Dr. Henry A. Bntts, President ot Drow Theo
logical Seminary.
MR. Caiimhlh Is said to owohtsScnatorshlp,
as well n hit former political advancement,
largely to tho cnorgy and popularity of hit
clover and ambitious wlf 0.
GlCNKUAT. NATHANIEL P. IlANKM enjoys
tho reputation of being tho politest and most
courtly man In Washington. And ho It not a
candidate- tor anything clthor.
Tim Hon, Chariot II, llnrtlott of Manches
ter. N. II,, will bo tho orator, and Mr, hdward
1). llojlston. of Aiiihertt, N. II., thu poet, at
the uiivolling of the Aiuliarst Holdlars' Monu
ment on June 111,
CuiiiMTiKA HoHHiiTTt, slttor of the poet,
live In Torrlngton square, London, And lit tie.
'cribod at being now a lovely, white-haired
woman. Her poems, published privately a
great many j oars ago, now bring KM.
KAltr.LicUTiENMciu.AOER, who has charge
of tbo l'fttmon Play at Ober-Ammorgau
thlt yosr, it connoctod with tbe Court Thea
ter at Munich. His ttoprather was ono of Ger
many's mott distinguished tragedians.
Pnor. Tiioiii'so.v, who was a toacher in
Philadelphia when he marto tho discoveries
which have placed him among tho world' mil
lionaires, holds that sooner or later electricity
will bo obtained direct from fuol without tho
intervention of steam.
MibsUeshib Bole, of San Francisco. Is 20.
and a beautiful little blonde with dark brown
cyot and a protty figure. Sho is a practical
horscshoer and would opon a shop wero it not
for tbe opposition of her family. Sho learned
horseshoeing in an industrial school.
A DIFFERENT 8T0EY TOLD.
Certnln Htntcinsnla of Ex-Cbnlrmnn Greevy
Denied In Toto.
II. A. McFaddy, of Hollldayiburg, sends the
following statement 'in regard to certain pub
lished remarks of ex-Chatrman Groovy:
Tho interview published with Thomas H.
Greevy is entirely false. Tho meeting of tho
committee was just as stated by tho Associated
Press. It was a bold attempt on tho part of
Greevy and Dlvely to securo the county dele
gation for Wallace, when tho county is over
whelmingly In favor of Pattison. A new meet
ing will bo called to elect delegates to the State
Convention who represent tho true fcclmg ot
tbe party. p
Let's All ftratlc.
From the Nashville Herald.
Col. T. T. Wright returned from Pittsburg,
Pa., yesterday. He reports that Pittsburg
takes groat pride in being honored over New
York and Chicago with the Scotch-Irish Con
gress, which assembles there on tbo 28th of this
month. Pittsburg, Col, Wright says. Is a
clean, lovely city, and one of the most prosper
ous cities in tne unireu states, ller people an
uuerai, nonestaua progressive traits of tbe
Bcotcn-insn origin. x-ittsDnrg win cxtenda
royal welcome to nor southern. Bcotch-Irfeb
brethrsu.
KTTSBUIIQ DISPATCH,
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Two Parndes A Circus nnd n Sequel Pre
pared 'for All Hazards Thirty Thou
sand Fcuplo nt tho Piny Mr. Poller
or Texas.
'T'Here woro two parades on Smithfield street
yesterday. One had been announced long
before in flaming posters, ralnbow-hned litho
graphs and superlative advertisements in the
newspapers. Everybody was aware that Fore
paugh's great shows would make a triumphal
procession through tho two cities. Con
sequently the sidewalks were crowded with
spectators when the Indians and the cowboys
and tho golden cars and the elephants and the
wild beasts and beastesscs cantered and trotted
and walked and lumbered over the Belgian
mocks of Smithfield street. It was a great
show and gratis.
After the picturesque caravan had passed
out ot sight and tho crowds bad closed in be
hind it, or melted away after the mysterious
fashion of crowds, another procession, which
had not been advertisod with red-lcttcrea bills
or black, which had no brass band In tho van
and never a banner or golden chariot, moved
majestically down Smithflold street.
Ten great horses, with glossy coats and shin
ing names, stepped bravely out. Their nocks
wore arched and they moved with an air of
conscious importance. And well they might
be proud for they drew, hung with chains upon
a four-wheeled truck, a mighty casting, a steel
roil of massivo proportions, many tons weight,
from some Pittsburg foundry. There was no
room for f riskiness: every horse of tbe ten had
to pull. No reins seem needed to guide them;
the men who rode the wheel horses guided tho
leaders by voice alone.
The hoavy truck rolled on Pittsburg's
triumphal car a victory of peace to celebrate.
Thero was nothing theatrical in this, but many
a man stopped to under at the casting's size
and tho hugn horses, and to noto tho sharp con
trast between this parade and its predecessor.
"N?w I am prepared for anything but an
earthquake," said a married man yester
day to his wilo as ho startod down town with a
new umbrella and now trousers. "If it is fino
my trousers will scoro a bit; if it rains my new
umbrella will como into play."
JF anybody Is still doubtful about tho room
hero for a now theater let him contemplate
theso figures and facts: Tho circus drew 'not
less than 20,000 people to its two perform
ances yesterday. Tho Boston symphony con
cort drew 1.600. The BIJon had 1.600; Grand
Opera House, 1,600 (inoro or less); Harris'
Theater and tbe Academy 2,000 between them,
at least, and museums, etc., I,0u0. It is safe to
say that 80,000 people paid to be amused last
night, and it was a beastly wet night, too.
:
A telegram received from Buffalo last night
conveys tho intelligence that "Mr. Potter,
of Texas," Gunter's new comedy drama was a
success. This may be quoted from tbe dis
patch: "Mr. Potter, of Texas," was produced
to-night at the Academy of Music for the first
time In America. Mr. Gunter bad it played
one nlcht in England last year to get a copy
right In that country, which was necessary to
prevent pirates thero from stealing tho play
as they did "Mr. Barnes, of New York." Tho
new play was produced to-nlcht under tbe
management of Frank W. Sanger, manager of
the Broadway Theater, New York, and all the
conditions woro favorable to the success of the
performance. Tbe audience was largo and In
sympathy with the players. Tbe mounting was
flue, tbe scenery excellent and the cast abso
lutely perfect.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
A MAN who can go into a drygoods store
and como within six shades of matching a piece
of dress goods. Is a philosopher not to be sneered
at. If you don't believe It try it.
A barber was cowbided in Philadelphia on
Saturday for slandering his neighbors. This Is
the first instance on record where the public got
even with a barber.
What a torrible calamity there would be if
a heavy welghtshonld drop while those 1,500,000
farmers arc waiting at tbe door of Congress.
Chinamen are lovers of tbe cirens, and
they invariably take a reserved. Press Agent
Davis says they do It so as not to get squeezed by
their inferior American cousin. It is worth the
price of admission to sit next to them and bear
them talk pigeon English and laugh.
McKean county, this Stato. is fast becom
ing a rural county. A few years ago the saloons
were numbered by the hundreds In Bradford,
while keno, faro, and poker rooms flourished like
a green bay tree. Last week '16 liquor licenses
were granted la the once flourishing city, and the
Court Issued an order closing the same at early
candle light.
Both of our clubs played yesterday and
both were defeated. Headers may think this Is a
chestnut and It Is.
Tnn Natatorium is a howling success. Tbe
swimming school was so crowded yesterday with
young and old that peoplo waited for hours to get
a chance to plunge lu Its waters. This Is an ex
cellent place to take a swim and at the samo time
remove all superfluous dirt.
Washington, D. C, must bo a very uncon
genial place to reside In. Statistics show that the
ratio of divorces are one to every 20 marriages.
Newly married couples should not include tho
National Capital on their trip.
A lake of asphalt has been discovered in
Kentucky. The rumor that nothing but liourbon
whisky, cyclones and Democrats were raised lu
that State is therefore an unmitigated falsehood.
A REMARKABLE WELL.
Tho Depth of It Never Ascertained by tho
Oldest Inbnbllnnl.
tSritCUL TKLXOIIAM TO TUB DISrATCIT.I
Wheeling, Moy IB. Thero wat on tho farm
of Alexannor II, Sltllngton, near tho lllg
Spring, In Pocahontas county, a well or pool of
water tho depth of which wat novor ascer
tained by tho oldest Inhabitants or their ancet
tors, though many offortt woro inado so to do.
It wniuboiitGO foot In clrrutnforonco and the
water perfectly Hack In appearance,
although qulto clear when taken nut,
Ilonco It was callod tho "lllnolc Hole." H
w at located ona tint pleoo of ground nt tho foot
of Mlddlo Mountain, Tho water stood about
two foot from tlio lurlaco, and was never
known to got higher or lower. Around It wat a
favnrlto placo for cattlo to llo down, and
although water wnt tenroo In that Immediate
locality, and tho hole nuvcr fenood or other
w!io enclosed, stock wero novor known to ap
proach It to drink, It it louatod but a short
distance from tho public road, and ttrangers,
who had seen an account of It, in Homes' "His.
tory of Vlmluia," or heard It from other
nourcet, often stopped In tho road, and visited
thlt pool of water.
A few (lavt ago, William A Varner, who
lives on tho farm, was passing by to salt his
cattlo, and discovered that the earth had fallon
In around It, the water all gone, tho hole tilled
up to within 10 or SO feet of tbo top, and so dry
that tho earth at tho bottom was crackod. On
the mountain sido, a lew nunareuyarqs Horn
this hole, Is a perpendicular cavern, and per
sons who have dropped rockt therein havo Im
agined that they could hear tho rocks fall In
water at a very great distance, and tbo thoory
Is, that by reason of tho quantity of rain that
has fallen within tho last year, that a vein of
water from this cavern bad found its way to
the Black Hole, pasting through tho same,
and this belief Is sustained by tbo fact that two
wet weather springs tbat came out about ono
mllo south ran muddy wator ono whole day a
fow days before Mr. Varnor's discovery, while
all tho other streams wero perfectly clear.
L0DOE OFFICERS INSTALLED.
A Terr Interesting Meeting ot Washington
Lodgo No. 109, D. O. II.
Last night an open installation ot tbo newly
elected officers of Washington Lodge, No. 109,
D. O. H-, was held in Turner Hall, South Four
teenth street Tho Installation was conducted
by George N. SchafTer, of tho Grand Lodge,
and tho following officers woro Installed: Christ
Pfaunkuch. O. B.: E. Bende, U. B.; N. Soidlo,
Treasurer; Genrgo N. Shade, Secretary.
Tho report of tbo lodge was read. It was or
ganized In May, 1880, with 23 members; tho
membership now is 100. In tho ten yoars SJ,
039 81 was paid in. and 53,780 SS paid out in sick
and death benefits, leaving a balance of 8L
879 40.
After tho installation ceremonies the floor
was cleared and the vory large crowd present
enjoyed themselves dancing.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
U. It. Ilnrvey.
Chicago, May 19. H. K, Harvey, a well-known
mining expert of Duluth, Minn., died yesterday
in this city. Mr, Harvey bad been in 111 health
- t-l"lVi
TUESDAY, MAT 20,
PREHISTORIC BURIALS.
Itcinnrknblo Arclineolotticnl Researches'
Made In the Pnst Few Dny.
NEW YortK, May 19. Mr. Alexander Craw
ford Chenoweth, of WasbingtonHeigbts,whose
archaeological researches in the hillock at
Klngsbridge road and Inwood street were de
scribed sovcral weeks ago, has made some new
and important discoveries within the last
week. Last Monday, while digging into the east
side ot the mound, bo came upon a well-defined
layer of ashes between the black surface soil
and tho clean white sand In which he had found
the skeletons already removed. Mr. W. H. J.
Sieber, a young archaeologist who worked with
I'rof. Pntnam In Ohio during his famous
mound explorations there, immediately recog
nized tbe position and natnro ot these ashes to
be Indications of prehistoric burials. Tho same
kind of ashes Mr. Slober said, were around
bodies in the Ohio mounds, and itwas supposed
that the dead bodies, when placed in the craves,
had been surrounded by burning ashes, which
shrivelled up the flesh.
The mo't remarkable of Mr. Chenoweth's dis
coveries, however, was made yesterday after
noon. 110 oegan uigging in tne miust 01 tne
asbbed near tbe foot of an old furrowed apple
tree. A fow inches beneath the tod he struck
the charred stump of a cedar tree. The roots
wero thick and half decayed, and wcro half
covered by the roots of the living tree a few
feet way. Tho stump was some three feet In
diameter and undoubtedly belonged to a tree,
Mr. Chenoweth said, which had died 100 vearn
ago and had flourished two or three hundred
year. Under theso trees of many centuries
and covered with roots of the size of a man's
leg lay another human skeleton. It was on its
side, with its arms at full length and crossed at
the wrists. Its mouth was wide open. Every
tooth, sound and white, was In the heavy pro
truding jaws. Tho skull was of the samo gen
eral typo as the others found by Sir. Cbcno
woth, but tho type was much more stroncly
marked. The choek bones prominent and al
rrost at tho lower edges of the eye sockets.
The forehead was so low that it could hardly
bo properly called a forehead at all. Thero
wero heavy protuberances over tho eyes and an
cxtraoratnary development at the back of tho
head. Tho skull was tho counterpart of Mr.
Chenoweth's Caligula skull, from which It dif
fered only in tho cxacgeratlon of ail tbo
phrenological indications of cruelty, cunning,
and low Intelligence. The length of the skele
ton, as it lay undisturbed In Us sandstone
scpulclier, was 6 feet 4 Inches. A few f oet from
tbo head of tbe skeleton Mr. Chenoweth found
in tbo sand some 30 clean-cut triangular and
rectangular stones.
BENEFITS OP CHARITY BOARDS
Discussed nt Leucth by Members of tho
Tlalllmoro Convention.
Baltimore, May 10, The members of the
National Conference of Charities and Correc
tion returned to their work this morning after
their Sunday rest with renewed interest and
energy. Tbo meeting was opened with prayer
by Itev. Oscar C. McColloh, of Indianapolis,
after which a very interesting paper was read
by Mrs. M. Richardson, ot Boston, in which she
Bhowed how tint lunatics and other unfortu
nates are cared for in Massachusetts.
Tho principal paper of tbe day was the re
port of tbo Committee on State Boards of
Charities, by tho Rev. F. H. Wines, of Bprinc
fleld. III. There has not says tbe report, been
any noteworthy change during the year in tbe
number, constitution or personnel of such
boards in States in which they exist. An un
brokon chain of State Boards of Public Chari
ties now stretches Its length from Massa
chusetts to Kansas. On motion of Mr. Elmore,
of Wisconsin, a resolution was passed Inviting
all thoso States that have not Boards of Charity
to appoint them at once and fall into line with
tbe general work.
General Brlnkerhoff said tbe Board ot Chars'
ties In tho State of Ohio has been of the utmost
benefit. It is absolutely out of politics, and
that is one of tho reasons for its success. Tbe
Governor of tbo State la ex-nflleio member of
the board, and it bas been found to be a valua
ble feature of tbe work. Now that tbo people
of Ohio bavo been convinced of the value of
the Stato Board of Chanties they don't see how
they over pot alone without It
Andrew E. Elmore, of Wisconsin, said ha
differed with General Brlnkerhoff in think
ing that it was advisable to have tbe Governor
a member of the State Board of Charity. They
had tried it in Wisconsin, and they found that
there was a constant friction between tbe other
members and the Governor.
E. F. Craig, of Now York, said the State he
represented had conditions that did not exist
in other States. Tbo board has no executive
power, but it has the power to examine witness
under oath, and to make a thorough investiga
tion of any charges of wrong doing in any of
tho charitable reformatory institutions in Now
York.
Tbis afternoon tho delegates visited the
Thomas Wilson Sanitarium, where tbey wero
shown through the institution and -received
an explanation of its management
TENDERED A RECEPTION.
An Enjoy nblo Affair at tho Residence of
Henry II. KlnC.
Tbe residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H.
King was ablaze with lights last evening, red
dolent with tbe perfumes of fresh cut-flowers,
and resounding with the strains of sweot mnsic,
and the merry bum of conversation and rip
pling langhter. The festivity was in honor of
Hon. Wilson King, Mr. King's brother, and his
bride, who recently arrived In tbo city from
England. The receiving party were stationed
in tho handsome drawing room, and many were
tbe complimentary remarks -passed upon the
beauty and charming manners of the bride,who
was so gracefully introduced by the hostess.
Aspocial feature of tho reception was the
beautifully appointed dining mom, whero 14
little squaro tables were grouped around the
larger central table, and upon each were deli
cate little bouquets in cxnulslte china vases.
each bouquet being composed entirelv of ono
variety of flowers, and no two alike. The cen
tral tablo was graced with a magnificent large
circular basKOt, filled with Inng-stemned roses.
Tho refreshments wero served by Ktihn, and
wcro in keeping with tho other appointments
of tho reception.
Social Chatter.
Mns. 3, K. Dillon, of South stroet, Wll-
klnsburg, entertains the Yoang Women's
Christian Tcmpcranco Union of that placo thli
cvonlng. A lltorary and musical programmo
will be rendorod.
BY a reception at tho Bhndy HIdo Presbyte
rian Church this evening tho members will
welcome tlio now pastor and hit wife, Iter. Mr.
and Mrs, Holmes.
A NUMiiF.rt of ladles left yesterday on the
tnamor Koyttono Stato for an excursion to
Cincinnati and return.
MilanuMhh. EnwiH R Oiuv, of Marlon
station, will celebrate tliolr tenth wedding an
versary this flvonlng.
A coKomtT will bo given nt Contra! Illnk
thlt evening for tho bunulltof Ht. Joioph'i Or
phan Asylum.
MINN LI7.7IR HIM,, of Hhottand avonuo, and
Mr, Joseph Johnston will bo mnrrlod to-dity,
Miih. Jtiiini: Uoyli: and family, of Union,
town, havo roturnad from Japan,
Al.AN W. W0011 nnd family roturned from
Now York yesterday morning.
A r.UNOHKON party will bo glvon by Mrs.
Charles J, Clark to-day. .
Mn. akd Mns. P. V. Hmitii aro homo from a
Now York trip.
THE natatorlum It opon for ladles to-day.
niionlil bo Adopted In I'llliburff.
From tbo Philadelphia itccord.
Tho Traction company has put up placards
in Itt cart forbidding pasiongers to spit upon
tbo floon. Thlt It a movement that should bo
seconded on all the street car lines and in all
places of public resort it Is now a vory well
settlod opinion among many medical special
ists that this habit of promiscuous spitting is
largoly responsible for tho transmission of con
sumption fro.11 persons suffering with tbe dls
caso to othor healthy persons.
MORE SPACE IS NEEDED.
Mnnngor Johnston Could Fill Several Build
legs Like Machinery Unit.
Manager Johnston, of the Exposition Socloty,
says ho could fill soveral more buildings such as
Macblnory Hall with exhibits this year, if he
bad tbo space. He uses this as an argument
that tbe business men of the city should come
forward with their money and build an addi
tional Machinery Hall beforo the opening of
tho Exposition in September, which could bo
done. ,
In speaking of tbe matter yesterday, Mr.
Johnston said he had been Compelled to refuse
space to outside exhibitors In favor of Pitts
burg men. Nearly enough exhibitors have
beon rofused to fill another building, and some
of the outsidors wero manufacturers who
might bavo located in Pittsburg permanently,
bad they been accommodated tbis year.
If the Exposition is as great a financial suc
coss this year and next as it was last, tho
society will be able to build tbe music hall
without any further aid from the citizens", bnt
Mr. Johnston thinks tbe peoplo should take
enough local pride in the matter now and help
tbo society to accommodate' those who want to
become exhibitors. 'The Exposition will bo
jnst what our people make it,'' said he.
1890.
MUSIC LOVERS DELIGHTED.
Tho Climax of tbo tienaon Reached In the
Boston Symphony Concert A Varied nnd
Exquislts Programme Presented to a
Large Audience.
prrTSBURQ's musical season of 18S9-90
reached Its climax last night in the first of
tbe two concerts given by the Mozart Club
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Quito
appropriately one of the very largest and most
representative audionccs of the season crowded
Old City Hall, from the brilliant stage to the
dingy cock-loft If nearly 1,500 people will pay
from si to ?2 for tho privilege of climbing up
the steep stairs into that hot, Darn-like hall,
with its noisy unpleasant surroundings, what
would be the patronage or a like attraction in a
roomy, first floor auditorium, away from tho
noise-somo market-place, and large enongh to
hold more money at half tbo prices? At home,
tho Boston Symphony Orchestra played this
season before 50.000 people who paid but from
25 to 50 cents apiece, in addition to tbe 75,000
who bought the higher priced tickots, many of
them bidding large premiums in the fashion
able rivalry for choice of seats. Pittsburg
would reioicoto bavesome local Hicginson
step forth and sustain suchnn orchestra; but
first and foremost we need tho large and suit
able ball. Indispensable to such popular results.
Everyone who endured tbe discomforts of
Old City Hall through tbe lengthy programmo
last night will join in a hearty godspeed to at
least one part of Mr. Carnegie's munificent
plans for tbo public good. Under more favor
able physical conditions, the epithet lengthy, as
applied to this programme, could not have
conveyed tho faintest suggestion of weariness
in tho listeners. There was abundant variety
In its several numbers, and a due sense of ar-
tistio fltnA.R Anrl nrnnnrtlnn In their COmbi-
f nation as a glance will show:
' PAUT L
Liszt Symphonic I'oem "Lcs Preludes."
Weber, Aria from "Ifrelschnetz"
Jlme. Stclnbach-Jahns.
Grieg, Suite "PcerUynt," Op. so.
'Daybreak."
"Iho Death of Aase."
"Anltra's Danrc."
"In the Halls of the King of the Dovre Mount
ains." (Hie imps arc chasing Peer Gynt.)
part it.
Mendelssohn's hymn of praise.
Mrs. M. llenkler. first soprano.
Miss Adah Scandrett. second soprano.
Mr. II. H. Ilrockett Tenor.
Chorus and liostou Symphony Orchestra.
pnE Liszt symphonic poem (a work that has
been heard too often to need description)
afforded the writer, from his temporary cotgne
of vantage behind tho curtain, a good oppor
tunity to observe tho personality ot tho con
ductor, who was called from tbe Leipzig Opera
House to rule our country's best orchestra.
All mnslc-lovlng Americans have a right to be
interested in the man at tbafpost: tbey have
equal reason to rejoice that tbe pitifully
absurd contract labor law, which was blatantly
invoked for the pnrpose, did not avail to de
prive us of Mr. Arthur Nlkisch. A short
slender, wiry frame, clean-limbed and with
a fine reposeful face dominated by a wido
brow, lit up by a pair of bright, deep
eves and softened by a sensitive mouth Mr.
Nlkisch presents upon tbe conductor's
stand a personality that inspires confidence
and sympathy. Ho conducts wholly lrom mem
ory, but without seeming to forget a single
entrance of any instrument or losing the thread
of tbe most complex passage. His beat while
firm and masterful to a degree, is yet singu
larly eloquent In subtly suggesting to the play
ers all the varying shades of expression.
'T'HE splendid body of players which had ac
quired such technical proficiency under'
five years of Mr. Gerlcke's strict discipline,
seems to have needed only such a warm, mag
netic leadership as that of Mr. Niklsch in order
to approximate absolute perfection very closely
indeed. There has been no falling off on
the technical side in any department
and there has been a decided gain
in tho vividness and richness of the
orchestral colors. The symphonic poem was in
truth a noem; full of life and feeling. One
could not ask for more passionate intensity
than filled tbe swelling phrases in the allegro
tempestuoso, caught up from the 'cellos by the
violins; yet tho pastoral measures that followed
were as deliciously pure and cool in their way.
("jBrEO is chiefly known here by his songs.
His "Peer Gynt" suite, while not originally
intended for concert use, is eminently charac
teristic of tho man both in its subject matter
and in ltB orchestral treatment It consists of
extracts from the Incidental music written for
Ibsen's drama of tbe same name. Tbe
first movement "Daybreak," with its
simple theme akin to that of
Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" overture, is a most
graceful and tender morccan, redolent of
northern climes. "Tbe Death of Aase" is of a
piece with the pathetic haunting volks-leider
of the Scandinavian people; it is given to the
muled strings, and is harmonized in a style
that suggests Palaestrina. "Anltra's Dance"
could not be daintier, with Its touches
of the triangle and its quaint
Oriental melody; wbilo the last move
ment is one of tho most grotesqno of fancies,
its weird theme commencing in strongly
marked staccatl by the low strings and bas
soon, rising gradually into the higher instru
ments and working up bit by bit to tbe most
amazing tutti climix, with cvnibals and every
thing else in full blast The performance of
the suite was superb in all particulars. At its
close the applauso was so enthusiastic tbat
Mr, Nlkisch was compelled to repeat the final
section.
Mrs. Steinbach-Jahns Is blessed with a per
sonal attractiveness and an ease of manner
that prepossessed her audience in her favor.
She began the favorlto scene from "Frei
scbuetz" in a somewhat reserved mood, that
soon deepened, with tho "Leise. Leiso,"
into a genuine tenderness of feel
ing, and In tho allegro culminated
in a triumphant brilliance. Almost
her only fault was a disposition to overdo the
nraru in various places, iter voico is a iuu,
rich, solid soprano, of unusual flexibility for its
ralibcr. Tho audience gavo Mrs. Steinbach
Jahni qulto an ovation, recalling her sovcral
times.
Through tho second half of tho programmo
our local forces wcro In tbo ascendant. Mr.
McCollum received a very cordial round of ap
plause an he stepped forward to conduct Men
dolsaobn's "Symphonic-Cantata." ono of tho
fow succcssfuf attempts to Itnltato Beethoven's
Innovation In tho 'Immortal Ninth of writing
a symphony with a cluster of vocal numbers
In placo ot tho last movemont it it a pity that
tho symphony could not have tho most favor
able conditions for performance. Tlio orches
tra as a wholo had novor played It before,
nnd the brief morning rehearsal was
not all all lufllclcnt for tho men nml
tho now conductor to arrive at a perfect under
Handing either of each othor or of tho score.
Under these circumstances, tho symphony was
surprisingly well plnvtid; that Is to siy, thero
woro no hitches and thoro woro a great many
beauties fairly brought out.
'Pine vocal part of the "Lobgesang" formt one
ot Mondelssiihn'a best works. Tlio scene,
for Instance, of the watchman creates an ox
trnordlnnry dramatic olfeot with simple
inoanii the reiterated question, "It thu
night far spout?" with Itt disappoint
ing answer, works up molt nifiiotlvo
ly nt last to tho triumphant declaration
Ilrtt by the solo soprano, unureompanlrd ami
with (inly tho change to the mnjor key, and
then by the wholo force of oliorun nnd orches
tra "Tho night It depurtoth. llin dnyeomcth
quickly," Tho strong maitlvorhoruses.ths lofty
chorale, the lovoly duel for two sopranos and
the richly varied numbers for tenor solo,
all go to mako up a thoroughly
delightful and Inspiring work-fno well worthy
of commemorating the Invention of printing, as
it was Intended, or any othor great event In tho
progress of mankind. C. W. 8.
Hound Polltlcnl Advice,
From tho Bloomington Leader.
Let It
bo understood
for onco and all time:
This Is an
oir year, and
Republicans cannot afford
to simply wblstlo;
they mult
saw wood
nnd get there.
They've got to hustle,
get up early
and Btay out lato,
elso the great enemy
will swoop down upon us
tho next eloctlon
and gobble tho Legislature,
tbo United States Senatorsblp,
tho Congressional reapportionment,
and the genoral bakery,
and leave us
in the soup!
NO MORE LEGISLATION
Needed 10 Insure tho Downfall of tbo
Mormon. In Uinh.
Washington, May 19. Tho Senato Com
mittee on Territories to-day beard Frank Can
non, editor of tho Ogdon, Utah, Standard, in
opposition to Senator Cullom's bill to amend
the Tucker-Edmunds act, so as to disfranchise
Mormons and rendor them Ineligible as jurors.
Mr. Cannon opposed tbe bill on tbe ground
hat anti-Mormon legislation had now gone
far enough: that the situation of affairs with
respect to the Mormon question was improving
and would continue to improve upon the pres
ent basis.
Nothing but time was needed now to work
out a satisfactory settlement of all troubles.
A KNOCKABOUT FARCE.
McCarlby'sj Mlshpps Herrmann's Dark
Secrets All tho PInyi.
It literally takes a meatax to carvo out tho
fun in "McCarthy's Mishaps," the farce
comedy which was given for the first time in
Pittsburg at the Bijou Theater last night Mr.
Barney Ferguson and Mr. John S. Marr are the
two athletic comedians who have to hammer,
slap, wrestle, tumble and dance out all tbe
humor that this remarkable production con
tains. That tbey aro alive at the end of the
perfonnanco is qulto a wonder. If tbero is
anything In tho farce besides tbe knockdown
and dragout features wo coula not see it. But
the riotous tomfoolery, in which Messrs. Fer
guson and Marr-engage, undeniably makes tho
andionce laugh. Tbo company contains some
pretty girls, a capital dancer in Miss Lizzlo
Daly, and a clever little girl, little Vinie Daly.
Tbe Garden City Quartet will not compare
with the several quartets Pittsburg heaid last
week.
As for the farce itself, there is absolutely no
need to say anything about it It is not of tbo
least consequence to tbe players or the audi
ence. Harris' Tbenter.
Tho company presenting "A Celebrated
Case" at the above bouse this week is well
worth seeing. Their Interpretation of tne
romantic drama is a very good one, indeed.
Mr. E. P. Sullivan's portrayal of Jean licinud
is manly and effective, and Miss Rose Stahl, as
Madeline JRenaud, and later as Adrienne, Is
charming. As for the rest of the company,
they fultlll all demands upon them. Tbe audi
ences yrstcrday were qulto large, despite tho
counter attraction of Forepaugh's big circus.
nnrry Williams' Academy.
Harry Kern ell's now company began a week's
encasement at this house last night A num
ber of novel features are presented, and all
met with hearty commendation from the largo
andience present Of course Harry and John
Kernell aro onouch to draw well In themselves,
but Prof. E. Dover, tho Illusionist. Cain and
Lorenzo, Will C. Matthews and Miss Nelllo
Harris, Ramze and Arno, the Aldens, nnd
Prof. Johnson's mesmerism aro no mean side
cards.
Grand Onern Ilonse
When it comes to conjuring and tho cxerciso
of polite black art there is nobody in tho field to
excel Mr. Herrmann. Ho is qnlte as clever
and entertaining as ever, and there wero some
novel features In tbu way of illusions that
pleased tbo large audience wblch assembled
thero greatly last night
On Purely Profeaslonnl Business.
From tbe 1'hlladclphla Press. 3
United States District Attorney WalterLyon,
of Pittsburg, and John M. Kennedy, a promi
nent politician of tbe same city, arrived at the
Stratford Hotel yesterday morning. Though
these gentlemen usually carry a political boom
6t some sort with them, their present visit is
not connected with politics, but Is purely pro
fessional. It Is not unlikely they will take a
trip to the seashore before theyturn their faces
homoward again.
THE BYNim-BAYNE RUMPUS.
Washington Post: But Indiana statesmen
are not the only things punished at the bar of
tbo Ilonse.
Philadelphia Record: Speaker Reed dis
covered on Saturday that though he may un
seat Democrats, be. can not seat them when
tbey feel like standing up for their rights.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Mr. Bynum, of In
diana, has reason to bo proud ot the censuro
passed upon him In the House of Representa
tives. No blocks of five can carry Indiana this
fall, nor yet in 1692.
Indianapolis Journal: It is bard for a man
who has not tbe instincts or tbo breeding ot a
gentleman to assume tbo character late in life,
but Mr. Bynum might at least curb his natural
instincts enough to save him from carrying the
manners of Greene county to tbo National
Capital, and lowering the House of Repre
sentatives to the level of a prize ring or cock
pit Philadelphia Inquirer: The candid and
thoughtful person will search in vain for Mr.
Bynum's boasted extenuating circumstances.
Calling an opponent foul names is tbe poorest
sort of argument and in this Mr. Bynum be
littled himself, no matter how much be felt
aggrived. But to call a fellow member such
names by inference admits ot no justification
whatever, regardless of the merits of the con
troversy. Philadelphia Ledger: All who "egged
on" tho disorderly conduct of Saturday, or who
failed to try to suppress it, earned tho censure
of tho House in its organized capacity. Only
one of them, howover, Mr. Bynum, of Indiana,
was so censured. He strongly deserved it;
and, as bo is a Democrat among an Intensely
partisan Republican majority, he got it Had
be been a Republican, he probably would have
escaped, as Mr. Bayne, of our State, did.
BALTiKor.E Sun: To an unbiased mind tbo
language of Mr. Bynum will scarcely appear
stronger than tbe provocation warranted or
more "unparliamentary" than tbe conduct of
Mr. Bayne, yet tho majority proceeded a: onco
to lash itself into a state of extreme indlgna.
tion, and. riding down all opposition, passed a
vote of censuro upon tbe Indiana Democrat
which was promptly administered amid much
confusion by Speaker Reed. Under tbo cir
cumstances, Mr. Bynum hit tho nail on tho
head when he announced that he accepted tbe
consure of the Uouso "as a decoration of
honor."
OREGON SENATORS DISAGREE.
Tbey Entertain Very Opposite Opinions
Upon Iho Hltver QurMlon.
WAH1UNOTON, May 19. In tho Bonato today
tho silver bill wat taken up, with Air. Dnlpti on
tho floor. He thought that International bi
metallism was doilrablo. So fnr as ho know
thoro was not a member of tho Honato who was
not In favor of both gold and silver at money.
In considering tho various plant proposed hi
was satisfied that tho plan proponed by tho
Hcoiciary of tho Treasury wits npru to lest
and to fewer objection than any of the
others, If tho purpose wit to keep both
gold and silver colnngo In circulation.
lie argued against the free coinage of silver
n something that would stop tlio roliingoot
gold, hut remarked that what has.ild In regard
to free colnir.-u did not, of ooiir-o, apply to Irmi
coinage under an Intornutloiul ncreeinciit es
tablishing n ratio between gohl and sliver. At
tho closo of Mr. Dnlph's speech, Mr. Teller
criticised snmci point of It, mid snul that it
wouldn't do fur that Senator or any otlior
Honator tosny with unction that hn wat for tlio
doublo standard or fur silver, and then favor
measures which wero absolutely destructive of
silver at money, lis did not nropiuo that tho
country should be deceived Into believing that
the proportion which camo from tho Klnanco
Committee meant sllvor at all. On tho con
trary, ho asserted that It meant a single gold
standard.
Mr. Mitchell expressed his distent from tho
vlows expressed by hit colleague (Mr. Dolpb).
laying: "I desire to ttato for whatever it
amounts to, hero and elsowhoro (It may not
amount to very much), that I distent from tho
speech just made in toto, nnd I wish that dis
tinctly understood. Tho two 8tati conven
tions that recently mot In tbo Stato of Oregon,
0110 a Republican ritato Convention, tho other
a Democratlo Statu Convention, each re
solved unanimously, without any hesita
tion or equivocation whatovor, that .they
wcro In favor of the fros and unlim
ited coinage of silver. I bellevn that
each of thoso conventions was composed of tho
representative men of the rospectlvo parties of
our State. 1 bcllevo that they knew what tbey
were about I bellevo they understood what
they wore doing. I believe in adopting those
resolutions thov voiced the sentiment almost
universally ot tlio peoplo of tho Stato of Ore
gon. Therefore I do not doslre it to go out that
his spcecli Here to-day on this question voices
the whole of tho sentiment of the State of Ore
gon, so far ns the representation of that Stato
is concerned on tbis floor. I expressed In a
speech 1 made on tho 29th day of January last
my views on this question."
A REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.
A Father Confers the Third Dmrco
of a
Society on His Fourth Soo.
LANCASTER, May 19. An unusual event oc
curred in Lodge No. 13 F. A. M., Lancaster,
being tbe conferring ot the Third Degree of a
father on his fourth son, bo having before con
ferred the degree on three other sons. Major
Jeremiah Rohrer was tbe happy father and
Howard was tho son. After tbe meeting a
banquet was served In the hall. The third son
to receive this decree was J. B. Kohrer, in 1S82.
The next son to receive it from his father's
hand was Dr. G. B. Rohrer. in 1KS5. Tho third
Bon was Grant Rohrer. in 1SS7. . .
The MaBonio records of tbe United States
show no such remarkable circumstance as tbis.
'and it is thought that no such record exists in
any part of the world.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
An ambitious young Englishman an
nounces that hn is about to produce a key to
Browning's works.
The Maine Savings Bank in Portland
has 325 unknown depositors, of which number
20 have not troubled their deposits since 1850.
A penniless Scotch immigrant accident
ally stnmhled upon a rich brotner in New York
tbo other day whom he bad not seen tor 37
years.
Several baskets full of fish that sudden
ly found themselves on dry land after the water
receded have been picked up in Maine this
week.
The spread of the English language is
indicated by tho fact tbat it was nsed in tbe
framing of a recent treaty between Bussia and
China.
French scientists have analyzed a quart
of water taken from a typhoid infected district
and found 15,0X0,000 to 20,000,000 typhoid germs
therein.
A young lady 19 years of age, named
Cyronna A. Boyd, died at Sacramento. Cat, of
blood-noisoninir caused by havmtr her ears
pierced.
An Aroostook, Me., conplewere married
last week whose combined ages were 23 years,
the bride being II and tbe briaegroom one year
her senior.
A Maine girl, Z years of age, recently
traveled from Michigan to her homo in Thom
aston unattended. She attracted more atten
tion than a cirens.
Scotchmen banquetting in London aro
now entertained with music of real northers
bagpipes, played into a phonograph and sent to
London by express.
The popular fad in Washington nowa
days is the study of the language andliterature
of Spain, which was given a great impetus by
tho sessions of the Pan-American Congress.
An Ausonia, Conn., druggist bas an
electric bell in a cabinet containing poisons.
When tho door opens tho bell rings, reminding
tbo compounder that he is handling poisons.
An English naval officer has invented a
pneumatic linc-tbrowing gun, very light and
portable, which tires a hollow shell bearing the
cord to a wrecked vessel or into a burning
building on dry land.
A rich Italian has purchased the Villa
Zirio, at San Kcmo, In which the Emperor
Frederick was 111 so long bofore he went to
Berlin to bo crowned, and has closed it rigor
ously aealnst all visitors.
A new red glass bas been recently pro
duced in Germany. Besides its use for tho
manufacture of bottles, goblets and vases of
various kinds, it fz applicable in photography
and in chemists' and opticians laboratories.
Captain Owen J. Sweet, ot the Twenty
fifth Infantry, and a special detail of troops
bavo completed the work of setting headstones
over tbe graves of General Custer's brave band
who fell in tbo battle of the Little Big Horn.
June 25. IS70.
Grasshoppers are very numerous on the
Grass Valley slope of tbe 8ierra Nevada. In
the edge of tbe snow line they como forth in
great numbers. As tbe edge of the snow creeps
up tbe mountain the grasshoppers rise ont of
tbe yot moist ground.
A pretty incident accompanied the
shower of rice at a recont weddinz. As tne
departing couple were showered with rice a
flock ot city sparrows swooped down and cov
ered tho pavement and before they flew away
not a grain of rice was left
The law enjoins upon Mayors the duty
of soeing tbat the prohibitory law is enforced.
Yet in tbe face of this, the Mayor ot Bangor
coolly notifies tho Uovernor and Council that
ho will attend to having the Bangor rumshops
closed on Sundays and at 10 o'clock every even-
Monuments have now been completed
over the burial places of tho English, French
and Italian troops killed in the Crimea during
the war of 1S54-5. Russia's memorials over her
fallen soldiers on the same plains are on a
grander scale, as she still holds the fort, Sebas
topol. Exhibitors who won medals at the Paris
Exposition aro receivlnc diplomas specifying
tbe class of medals to wblch they are entitled.
If tbey want the medal they can get it for
spot caau, ranging irom aoont H6A Ior gold
ones to lets than a dollar for nice little ones in
bronze.
King Humbert is a prudent monarch,
and does well to be so in the present state of
the kingdom's finances. Lost year the civil list
forthsroval household was 15,350,000 francs,
and tbe King spent 15,319,909 francs. leaving a
cent and three-quarters to his credit forthe en
suing year.
A Californian who has been twice di
vorced from bis wife has again remarried her.
There's where tbe beauty and adaptability of
our divorce laws come In. They allow a couple
whose association becomes wearisome,but who,
after all, really love each other, to take an oc
casional vacation.
Nature plays queer freaks with the
flower seeds sent out by tho Agricultural De
partment at Washington. A man who received
a package of seeds labeled "mant pansy"
planted them f n a flower bed and soon had' a
small crop of turnips, while a number of seeds
labeled "doublo pinks" proauced long-neck
squasnes.
The natives of San Remo and Men tone,
whero so many consumptives from other places
have spent their winters under medical advice,
aro beginning to suffer from the disease thero
selve. and 20 of tbe leading medical authori
ties ot the district bavo taken steps looking to
their better protection from infection from
tuberculous microbes.
Tho Queen Downgcr, of Portugal, on
ono occasion brought homo from Paris I. COO
pairs of shoes. Subsequently sbo ordered no
less than TO dresses from Worth, to bo delivered
together, which on their way homo were lost nt
sea. Iter Majeity.no wayconccrnod.sentword ,
to Worth to supply 70 duplicates, and tbesa ,
reached Lisbon safoly. 1
A prominent attorney of I'nlatka, Fin.,
has In his possession a very old and valuablo
law book. It botrs tho tltlo of "A Collection of
the Statutes or England now In uso in North
Carolina," nnd w.m printed In the year 102X
Among the curious nets contained In thU
undent document anil one which would be en
tlrcly imnrcwnry these dayx, was "An Act to
avoid tlio double payment of debit."
An old lioltiiit sc'i captain is credited
Ith devising n unique barometer. It consist
of thin strips of white pluowlth a number ot
cross pkcei upon It. ThlsM hnngtipon the
jililcs 01 tne uiiiiiiing, niMi nimw niii wmuiisr it
'wiiipro telling the buri'iimtnr bulgotout In tho
cuntor, wlilln In dry wo ituer mo center sinks la
nml llin onds ptmli out. It Is said to bo an. Im
provement on rhuuuutliiu or corns.
Ilrsldrt tho rnhhlt pott, New South
Wulon Is troubled by another called tho "Hying
fox pest." Tills erratum Is a species of bat, tho
largest of the bit tribe, sometimes luoanurlng
neurly live foot In expanto of wings, and It
popularly termed the llylng fox on account of
tint red, fnx-Ilkn color of tho fur. and "tho very
vulplno aspect of thn bend." Tim attack of
thrno desiructlvt anlmali are mainly alined
against frultt and other vegetable substances.
A Journal in Chicago tome time ago
oHorcd prlzot forthe best projects for empha
sizing tbu success ot the World's Fair In that
city. Ono Inventor contomplates tho building
of a tunnel of thick glass far out Into tbe lake,
so that the effect of an Immense aquarium bo
secured. Anothor inventor propose the orec
tlon of two tower, each about 400 foet high, at
a considerable dlsunre apart and tbo conttrue
tlon botween them of an aerial electric rail
way. A IfKW QU-ltlC.
Chollv Thev say that excessive
coffee
drinking Induces toffnlng or tlie brain.
Ml.s snydrr-I suppose you reft ret now that
you have been such a slave to tho habit.
"Havo yntt read those fish-story lies in
tbe dally papers lstely?"
Ics, but the first one on record is thebhrgest
ofall-cver read of a fellow named Jonah who
swallowed a whaler'
"Timei have changed, old boy!" re
marfcedOrlzsrs, "since you and I were young."
Trim fur you. old follow," returned Brown.
In these days tho tailor not only makes the man
but the woman."
Bjones That friend o( yours is very
forlunitc. Ho seems to be always falling on
luck.
ilerrltt Yes. He has Just fallen down an
open hatch and recovered (3,000 from the property
owner.
Little Johnnie Yon onght to have seen
Mr. Merrltt and slstor make lemonade.
Mrt. Brown-How did they do It?
Little Johnnie-Cora held the lemon while Mr,
Merrltt squeezed Cora.
"How is Hawkins getting on?" asked
Ulles.
Poorly,1' returned Jinks. 'He J cut told mo
he had a hard Job to pay for bis board.' '
"Wbat't he doing now?"
"He's poor carpenter." r
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