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PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. MAY 22. 1390.
JKy-The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS
PATCH hat been removed to Corner of
Smithfield and Diamond Street!.
PACKAGE OF THE TARIFF HILL.
The House disposed of the tariff bill yes
terday, ly its passage under a strict party
vote, with two exceptions. Mr. Coleman,
of Louisiana, and Mr. Featherstone, of
Arkansas, were the only Republicans who
kicked over the traces by voting against the
bill. The House can now give its attention
to winding up its other business until the
bill cornea back from the Senate when the
real character of the revised tariff will bo
determined.
Tho manner in which the bill was passed
is Ulustrntivo of some very prominent
political features or tho day. In tho first
place, the debnto that was permitted, gave
very little Intelligent political discussion to
its provisions. Almost tho entire time was
devoted to political generalities; and such n
thing as the examination ol cadi duty with
n clear statement of how It will effect trade
mid Industry, Is almost entirely absent
from tho records. In tho next place the
strength of party discipline is shown by tho
fact that while many Itepubllcnm objected
to tho bill, only two woro ablo to disregard
party lines and vnta against It.
Of tho bill lUolf, it Is only necessary to
repeat what Tur. DiM'ATCH has heretofore
raid ol II, It Is by no moans n perfect
measure. It has Its bad points nnd Its good
ones. Hut In the adoption of the plan ol re
ducing the rcrrnuo by taking tho duties off
llmt article of universal consumption, sugar,
of removing three-fourths ol tho margin
which has enriched tho Sugar Trust, and of
iidhtrlng to the protcctlvo policy, the good
largely overbalances tho bad,
1'nrty discipline bus carried the bill In
the Ilnuro substantially as it oamo from
cmuuilltt'c. It now remains to bo seen what
the rkntitu will do with It, and whether it
v III he Improved or tho contrary, when It
gets back to tho House.
A NAVAL NAMIEMAKK.
As will bascen by our local columns n
movement Is on foot to have cruiser No. 0,
one nf tho new war vessels under construc
tion, tiamed after this olty. Tills vessel will
lo larger than any ship of tho cruiser class
yet constructed, and It is prusumablo that
the will ba among tho stanchrst and most
invincible. In thntcaso the propriety of
having her represent Pittsburg on the high
teas Is self-evident. Hut possibly It may bo
dlterrrl to wait nnd aeo how completely she
develops those qtialitlos before soliciting the
honor of standing as godfather to her, for
our city. Hhe may develop other qualities
not so thoroughly in harmony with our
municipal characteristics. If she should
turn out to bo one ol the fastest cruisers
nflaat, it might be productive of blushes on
tho part of Pittsburg to have anything so
rapid lor a namesake.
ROOD It O. WIS AKE PRACTICABLE.
The article elsewhere giving the results of
tin- last Jew days' journey of The Dis
Patch road expedition over the old Phila
delphia and Pittsburg turnpike brings out
Kiiue points of no slight importance in con
nection with that once prominent thorough
lure. Tirst, as showing the practicability of
good roads, the fact that, nfter twenty
j cars of neglect, this road is still so solid
that a comparatively small expenditure
would fully restore it This shows, what
lias already been urged, that if work is
rightly directed tho roads can be built to
last, and will prove more economical in the
long run than the modern system of wasted
work in patching up dirt roads.
Another point is of decided pertinence in
connection with the disposition of the Koid
Commission, noted elsewhere, that the State
shall take charge of the work of building
trunk or main roads, leaving to local bodies
the task of caring for branch roads. If that
volley is adopted this road is peculiarly a
)ropcr ouc lor the State to take charge of.
It traverses the State from one end to tho
other. It passes through several sections
v hero railroad facilities aro few. Three
fourths of tho work is already done, and
100,000 will put it In good repair from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia. It hardly needs
nuy argument to demonstrate tho propriety
c.f having the Btato take charge of this rosd
nnd restore It to its best condition.
The tixamplo of this turnpike, together
with that of tho national road, proves that
it Is passible for Pennsylvania to have good
highways. Tho question now is whether the
people will take hold in earnest, of the work
of building them.
A HYJIWOL OF J'KAUR.
The memorial to Congress by the Chicago
Hoard of Trads to substitute a first-class witr
vessel on the lakes for the revenue vessel
Michigan U not at all unnatural. The
Michigan ninst be acknowledged to be
neither an Imposing or Deautiful craft. She
is a side-wheel steamer of about COO tons
measurement, and having been built about
thirty years, Is principally interesting as a
rello of antique naval architecture. She
can steam about as fast as tho average lake
schooner can sail, unless the schooner has
the wind in its most favorable point. De
cidedly, if wo wish to impress the foreigners
who visit Chicago with our nf vol power, we
should keep the Miobigan out of sight.
Put could we impress the foreigners any
how? It is not likely that visitors from
abroad will come to Chicago with the ex
pectation of seeing great naval armaments
there. Anything that could be got there
would be petty beside what the visitor would
see in every port of Europe. On the other
liand, the Michigan, just as she is, could be
sinaae an exposition 01 somemmg which
would make foreigners open their eyes,
namely tho redlculously small armament
which suffices for a great nation that is de
termined to be paotfio. Any attempt to
show modern fighting vessels to Europeans
at Chicago must be a falture. Hut If wo
ho ir them this old COO-ton sldowheel
steamer as all that has been needed for thirty
years' guardianship of four great Inland
seas with a commerce surpassing that oj
most Kuropoan States, It would give them
omo new ideas on the practicability of
peace.
It is well worth while to hovo what the
United States shows at Chloago, truly
American. The Michigan represents the
American Idea that great armaments are
unnecessary. Ir. Its proper light it could
bo made a most Impressive lesson to tho
foreign mind, on the possibility of beating
their swords into plowshares, and letting
their war vessels lapse into innocuous
desuetude.
THE CHANGE OF PK1NC1PI.E.
The unique phases and indefinite possi
bilities of the original package decision of
the United States Supremo Court bavo
already occupied considerable publio atten
tion. While that aspect of tho subject is by
no means exhausted, it is worth while to
give a little study to the process by which
his ultimate tribunal has worked away
from the old principles governing the divi
sion of State nnd Federal authority to the
position which is assumed in the last de
cision. The opinion ot the Chief Justice in this
case quotes an opinion of Chief Justice
Taney in an exactly similar case over 40
years ago. "Without going into tho rather
hazy reasoning by which Taney's ruling
was reversed, it is worth while to quote
from the former opinion, the declaration of
a doctrine that has a broader application
than merely to the liquor traffic. Taney
said:
Although Congress has clearly tho power to
regulato such Importations under tho grant of
power to regulate commerce among the several
States, yet as Congress hss made no regulation
on tho subject, tho tralllo may bo lawfully
regulated bv tho Btato as soon as it Is landed In
Its territory, ana n license requireu or mo mi
altogether prohibited, according to tho policy
whloh tho Htato may suppose to bo Jts interest
or duty to pursue.
This decision has not onlv been law with
regard to tho inter-Slate liquor truffle up to
the present time, but tho princlplo which it
states was applied and affirmed with regard
to other branches of Inter-HUtc commerce
up to a comparatively recent dale. Ono of
the latest and most Important cases in
which It was asserted was in tho famous
Granger eases involving the regulation of
railroads by the States. In thoso cases It
was held by Chief Juitlco Wnllo nnd the
mojority of Iho court and this part of tho
decision was not disputed by tho dissenting
Justices, Tlcld and Strong as a well estab
lished principle, that while Congress has
tho power to regulate Intcr-Htato commerce,
It Is competent for a State In tho absence of
Congressional regulation, to rrgulato that
parlofthe inter-State coinmerco which afleets
IU own citizens by beulunlng or terminating
within Its territory.
Whether the magnitude ol corporate In
terests had anything to do with changing
this principle or not, It Is certain that tho
first shift of the Supremo Court from tho
rulo laid down by Taney in 1847 nnd re
peated by Walls In 187(1, was In tho next
great railroad case, that of Wabash Hall
way vs. Illinois In 1888. The turning point
of Its decision was Its donlal of the princi
ple asserted In tho Granger oasts that the
State might regulate Its own inter-Htnto
commerce If Congress omitted to do so, and
Its declaration of the contrary rule. Justice
Drnillcy's dissenting opinion very effectively
riddled the loglo ol tho majority ruling, and
the result of tho decision was to haston the
passago of the inter-State commerce act.
Hut the decision marks tho point at which
the Supreme Court reversed the old rulo and
declared that if Congress does not provide
regulation for any branch of inter-State
commerce, It must go wholly unregulated.
Now let us seo wliero this departure
leads. The original package case with all
its ramifications and Inferences comes very
near to being a rcducllo ad abiurdum. Hut
let us take a subject in which uo predisposi
tions or especial interests are likely to pre
judice a clear view. Thero is no feature of
commerce more clearly requiring legislative
regulation than that pertaining to the col
lection of debts and tho settlement of bank
ruptcies. Under a speclfio grant of
power by the Constitution, Congress
has at times provided a national bankruptcy
law. At the present time, however, it
leaves that function unperformed; nnd its
place is supplied by different and somewhat
diverse State laws. But is it not a fair
application of this same principle, which the
Supreme Court has adopted of late years,
that a State cannot regulate the collection of
debts or the settlement of bankruptcies cre
ated in the operations of trade between the
various States? The new principle pushed
to its ultimate conclusion will bring inter
state commerce to a stand-still for lack of
national regulation of some of its most im
portant features.
It may be an important question what
influences have caused the departure of the
Supreme Court from the old principles. But
it is sufficient for the present to point out
the change which has been going and in
dicate to what lengths it may lead.
LEVEES AND OUTLET!".
A circular from the Executive Committeo
of the Mississippi Klver Improvement and
Levee Association requests the aid of THE
Dispatch in counteracting tho misrepre
sentation "that tho pcoplo living in the
Mississippi Valley do not dcslro levees,"
which, it assorts, Is circulated "by parties
interested In tho outlet plan."
Wo were not aware that any such misrep
resentation had been mado. In com incut
Ing upon tho subject Tim Dispatch lias
rcoogulxed that tho people living along the
Mississippi are in favor of the' loveo plan,
beoauie tlioy aro interested in tho reclama
tion of lands by the levees. Nevertheless,
as Tub Dispatch lias already shown, the
idea of permanently restraining that river
by narrowing the natural flood channel,
would be equivalent to proposing to protect
Johnstown by building the South Fork
dam so high and strong that water could
never flow over It. When a river is at flood
it must have a many times wider oonrse
than at its ordinary height, and any plan
whloh does not provide it with ample width
will simply repeat the record of failure al
ready made.
The purpose of reclaiming bottom lands
by means of the levees is a legitimate one,
and can be reoognlzed so far as to provide
levees to keep the river within bonndi at or
dinary high stages. But when floods reach
the danger line they must have an outlet;
and if the river improvements do not pro
vide such outlets, the river will make them
for itself.
TnE report that Blaine is for Depew
would b calculated' to produce strained rela
tions between the White House and the State
Department, IX It wero'not for' the permissible,
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though not altogether probable tnferonce, that
RUIno Is not for Blaine. ,
Chicago Is Impressing Us steel manufact
uring taollllcs with tho Intention of strength
ening Its competition with Pittsburg. All
right. Pittsburg welcomes tho competition,
which Is the llfeot trade, and whllo It Is com.
Ing points modestly to tho faot that In 1880
Allegheny county mado more pig iron, mora
bar Iron and mora steel than the wbolo Mtati
of Illinois, or any other Ststo In tho Union,
except Pennsylvania,
Once there was an adage about "April
showers" and "May flowers," or something of
that sort, ilut It Is the showers, not tho flow,
ers, that bloom In tho spring nowadays, 'J ho
porslstonco of tho rain this Miy goes beyond
precedent.
The Italian adventurer, Dl Montercole,
got a sentonco of six months In prison yester
day for parseoutlng his wife with olfonslva cir
culars. For so shabby and vfndlctivo a sped,
men ot the titled foreigner there can bono
sympathy. Only In ono rospeot can Dl Mon
tercole's career bo serviceable, vizi As a warn
ing against tho attractions ot wore titles in the
matrimonial market.
When Featherstone, of Arkansas, voted
against the tariff bill yesterday the Republi
can leaders may bavo reflected that thotlmo
spent Id seating him and unseating Ms Demo
cratic opponent was a bad case of lovo's labor
lost, 2
There is this much to be said for thn
Louisiana lottery. It seta an example to the
Pacific railway corporations in being willing to
let tho State bavo a part of Its gains in
consideration of granting them, instead of re
quiring the Government to make themapres
ent oX vast fortunes, and then throw in a land
grant as pay for accepting.
Fifty DOXliAits and costs every week or
so will be a good deal mora expensive than a
llconse. for the spcak-oasles. A few more doses
like that ot tho past week will convfneo the
illicit liquor saloons that they must go.
Is THE transfer of the professor of jour
nalism. In Cornell, to the department of oratory
and elocution, to be taken as a confession that
it is easier to teach the young Idea how to spout
thau how to write, or that it is more important
for tho graduate to blow his own horn than to
adapt tho profession of sounding the pralsos of
otbcrsT
The follows who hovo been booming sloeks
on the expectation that a silvor bill will bo
passod should reroomber that thoro Is many a
sllpbotneen tho discussion of a silver bill and
tho signing of it by tho President.
The dlsputo between Messrs. Farwell
and Stewart, In the Senate, as to which of
thorn Is the author of tho sllror plank In tho
Ilopubllcsn platform, Is calculated to ralso
anxious Inquiries whether neither of them may
not be among the numerous authors of "IJcau
tlful Hnow."
The Information that Mrs. I.angtry Is
going to roturn to America notifies this coun.
try that ft Is about to be blessed by tho addition
to Its dramatlo attractions, of somo works of
genius lu tho millinery line.
Tun disposition toward a strike in the
cosl Industry seems to be Irrepressible. If tho
rata for mining Is sottled, the rato for dead
work Is the bono of oouuntlou. Meantime tho
Illinois nnd Indiana operators are reducing
wages, whllo tho Pittsburg rate, has boon ad
vanced. Tun prospcots for the railway excursion
season are reported to bo the best on record. Tills
i most comfortable) sign that tho masses aro
prosperous- and able to tako a season of en.
jnynient this year.
The Atchison road threatens to out tho
MUsourl Pacific's rates into llttlo blU if the
latter does not oomo Into the combination and
advance rates. Should the war come on, of
oourse tho railway school will refor to It as
an oxarople ot tho ruinous naturo of compe
tition. The yachting season Is now opening, as
can be observed from the International corre
spondence, In which tho sportsmen nf tho deep
ilocllno to make arrangomonta for yacht races.
The Democratic organs whloh nro repre
senting Monday's proceedings In tho Uouso as
an "apology by Jlayno'," aro rivals of Nat Oood
win as J'raeitor WMJJltt, who porslsted hi
accepting the apology of tho man who frantlo
ally declared that ho had not apoloslzod.
Two railroad accidents and two engineers
killed, in this vicinity yesterday, keeps up tho
average of the dally sacrifice ot llfo to negli
gent In Industrial operations.
That was a very close shavo for the tin
rtlntM nmAnriment. Whllo tho VOtO WaB ill
doubt the Republican leaders must bavo felt
that they made a vital mistauo in not naving
unseated a few mora Democratic members
betore coming to tbo vote.
PEEBONAL AND PEBTINZNT.
Sam Jokes cleared 12,000 by a week's work In
Aberdeen, Miss.
Queeit ViOTontA wilt confer the Order of
tho Hath on Kmperor William. Tho ceremony
will take place privately.
Colonel Giiiffin, an American and an
army veteran, has been chosen President of the
Baptist Union of England.
Miss Elinor, a daughter of Sir Charles
Halle, designed tho gold medal which tbo Geo
graphical Society gave Explorer Stanley in
London.
Miss Sarah Oiine Jbwett is at South Ber
wick, Me , recovering from a sevcro illness,
which Interrupted bcr literary work. She will
soon be all wrlto again.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale addressed
the Providence Commercial Club last week on
"The Duties of American Citizenship." Even
tbo clergy are talking tariff nowadays.
Walt Whitman has selected tho spot in
which ho wishes to bo burled. It Is In a ccmo
tcry near Camden, N. J., on a blgh point ot
ground, overspread with foliage and within
sound of a musical brook.
Qkorob M. Pollman is reported to bo a
vory generous man. Ha Is said to giro away
M),000 ovory year. He doesn't give any of It to
the porters of his stooping oars or thoy wouldn't
be so handy with tholr whisk brooms at tho end
ot attlp.
Albxanhkii Monhok DooKKitY, Congress
man from MImoutI, possesses a Van Dyko
beard, carries bis hands In his trousers pockets
and wears his silk lmt til tod forward on Ills
head. He Is a baukor, but seems to have a do
cldedly Ilowery style.
MiMMAiiaAiiKTllLAiKs, nowMrs, Walter
Damrnaoh, Is supposed to be the "demoiselle
aux plumes enragtes" described by William
lllack In his Hmpcr'i Magatiim account nf a
coaching trip through England with one of Mr,
Carnegie's parties,
Tim Rev. Dr. John D, Wiekham, of Man.
Chester, Vr., Is the oldest living graduate of
Vale College. Ho is IU yean old, and was grad
uated from Yale in Mia, Ho Is as active and
energetic as a man of half his age.but wouldn't
stand much of a show in a cane-rush or a game
of football,
Jacques PinotJ, a drum major in the army
of the first Napoleon, dlod last week in the
French town ot La Huze, at the age of 101. Ho
mingled In nearly all tho battles of tho great
Emperor, and was wounded 32 times. Though
a mero piece ot surgical patchwork he was al
ways In good humor and good health.
Crovra Rlukn uccnaaful Thieves.
From the Oil City Derrick.
A Dempseytown woman thinks that tho
crows am all thieves. She says that it makes
no difference whero the ben turkeys make
their nests, tbo crows aro sure to find them and
steal their eggs. She says that the other day a
crowActually tried to imitate a turkoy gobbler
in the prcsenco of a hen in order to gain tho
hen's affection. The crow was black, but bad
covered its bead wltb red clay. It strutted,
tried to gobble and did its best to make love to
Diddle on the nest, tor 'no other purpose than
to steal ire eggs.
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THE TOPICAL TALKER,
Railroaders I'lghilnsi landslides How a
Crlmlnul fceonped Capture br n Nnrrovr
Bhavr Hernlinrdt na Jonn of Are.
T'nn incessant rains aro making railroad
travollng unusually dangerous, and keeping
all sorts of railroad mon on the jump, Tho
other day a train on tho Pemlcky was dolayed
by no less than three landslides, and on alt the
railroads washouts and slides have been playing
unusual havoo with thn roidbcds,
On the Pott Wayne Railroad for weoks It not
months the ofllolals have been oxpeotlng a good
slico of tho hill near Agnew to slide down upon
their traoks. The hill has been watohed closely,
and whon after the terrlflo rain of Monday
night a great mass of earth desconded upon the
north traok, burying It completely for a long
distance, timely warning was given and all tho
trafllo was turned on to the south track. About
three weeks ago passengers on the. midnight
Cleveland Express woro pretty well scared by
the descent of a small slldo upon the cars as
they were passing tho spot whero tho moro
serious movement of earth has since occurred,
It Is not a pleasant sensation that follows an
assault and battery by Mother Earth.
n v one of the narrowest shaves on record a
criminal recently ovadod tho detectives
who were after him In this city.
In a certain office building tho criminal In
question had his quarters. As to his business
and nefarious deeds there is no noed to speak.
One afternoon ho got Into the elevator on the
fifth floor, where his office was, and being alone
in the carriage said to the boy who ran it: "It
anyone calls for me, say I'm not in no matter
whether I am or not." He gave the boy a dimo
for bis trouble. As the elevator reached the
ground floor a gentleman stepped up and asked
for the very man who had just Instructed the
boy to ward off visitors. Ibe boy obeyed in-
atructlons, and said that Mr. was not in.
Mr. and tho centleman who bad inquired
for blm walked out In tho street together.
The Inquirer was a detective with a warrant
for the criminal's arrest. Of conrso, tho latter
loft tho city at once. Tho detective would not
bavo missed bis prey bad he known anything
about tho man's appearance.
"The drama of "Jeanne D'Aro" which
Madame Bernhardt has lately revived in
Paris, was written nearly 20 years ago. Jules
Barbler was tho librettist and Gounod tho
composor. Tho lattor was mainly responsible
for tbo undertaking. Ho looked with much
favor, at the time, upon Mrs. Qoorglna Wol
don, an English lady who was then playing aud
singing beforo tho Parisians, and whensbo
propoied tho Maid of Orloans as tho horolno of
a drama for which he might furnish tho music,
and which sbo might appear to advantage, ho
lost no time In seourlng Uarbler'e co-operation
and in proceeding with tho work,
Ilut the best laid plans come to grief some
times, and when overythlng had boon finished,
and Jeanne I)' Are was In readlnoss to submit
herself to tho suffrages nf tho pit, tbo occu
pants of that tomple of criticism decided that
they did not caro to havo tho character pre
sented to them by an English woman, and Mrs.
Woldon was obliged to retlro from the enter
prise. A slstor of Itaohel took the part and
played It with tome aucoets for about two
months.
M"AB UBiwHAnuT, W(th ,er customary
brilliancy, lias assumed tho rolo and
eclipsed all memories of previous actresses who
have enacted Jeanne. Madamo llornlmrilt's
personality Is so fascinating and her art Is so
flno that In splto of her ago, hor Impersonation
has boen found to rovoal for the first tlmo tho
most Impresslvo rtratnttlo possibilities of tho
young, Innocent girl who saw visions In tho
sweet lanos of Domremy.
Tho success which tho greatest actress of the
day has achieved In this play has astonished as
woll as dollghted hor critics. Tho vitality of
her genius is remarkable. She has added a
distinct and puissant character to thoso which
already throng tho Pronoli stago.
CURRENT TIMELY T0PI0S,
An Indian has just been admitted to practice
law in North Dakota. Ills first inssterly address
on the onxlnsl packsgo question will bo road with
deep Interest.
Mn. Pattihok positively refuses to bo In
lervlowed by Bt. Louis reporters. The ex-Oor-emor
Is not saying much, hut la doing a pile of
llilnkliifi besides ha knows what a Ht. Louis re
porter Is made ol,
lltNHAnoK says that his withdrawal from
polities Is absolute and final, which ststoment is
Indorsed by tho entlro peoplo or (lennany,
llnULAHflicii Is still hopeful of a realisation
of his political ambitions, The dipoiedUoneral
nnd Darld llonnott Hill would inako a groat pair
.to draw to.
The Massachusetts Iglslaturo Is ondeavor
liutoharo a bill pasted compelling doctors to
wrltn their prescriptions In the English laniruaiie,
lrallUUtes had such a law two-thirds of the
drug stores would close.
An Illinois woman has socured a divorce
from her husband because ho maoo fun of her
hUeulU A quicker and cheaper way would hare
been to hit him on tho head with one of tliutald
biscuits.
SAM Rm alt. Is a Prohibition candldato for
tho Ueorgla Legislature, At ono tlmo Bam was
an honored member of tho newspaper profession,
but be has fallen from grace, aud doesn't care
what becomes of blm.
Now that the tariff bill has passed the
House, It ts reasonable to suppose that that august
budy will get down to work and do something ere
the dog days overtake them and send them homo
in narrow boxes. It costs taxpayers a beao of
money to burr Congressmen.
Bynum has recelvod as much freo advertis
ing within the past few days as Hold Ilutterwortb.
They aro both In a position to explain whether it
pays to advertise or not.
A Belated Piece of News.
From the Bharpsvllle Advertiser.'
It is now asserted that First Assistant Post
master Ocneral Clarksbn will soon resign, and
that Postmaster McKean, ot Pittsburg, will be
urged for the place.
A NEWSPAPER.
The Dispatch Enjora n WelUEnrned Nn
llonnl Repntntlon,
From the Lanacomlng, lad., Review.
In this age, a good dally nowspapor is a
nocesslty. Great events happen dally, and it
requires vast news-getting machinery to keep
tho publio duly lnfurmcd. The Pittshuho
DlSl'ATOlt Is a paper which has rcinarknblo
facilities in this line. Tho rapidly growing clr
dilution of both dally and Sunday Issues has
necessitated the building ot another marvelous
double perfecting press for its already well
equipped press room, Other Improvement
have been made and now Tun Dispatch en
joys a woll-earned national reputation. The
matUr selected for the literary ooluinns of the
mammoth 80-page Sunday Issue is supplied by
scores nf contributors of tlia highest reputa
tion, Kaeh numbor Is n monitor inagatlno of
choicest pen productions, as well as an acourato
ohronlole of news. It Is a newspaper for tho
people and the home olrole,
DEATJ18 OF A DAY.
Dr. Ilomfr Juild,
ALTO, ,!,., lay 31. Dr. Homer Judd, died
yesterday, at his residence In Upper Alton, at the
sue of 70 years, He was one of the leading lljrhts
In the dental profession of Illinois, and at the
time of bis death was President or the Illinois
Htato Dental Association. He wi the rounder of
the Ht. I.nuls Dintal Colleo and President of the
Judd Mining company, which owned oneofthe
most valuable- sllrer mines In Colorado,
Otorta W. Grnv,
Ueorg-eW. Uray, one of Pittsburg's oetot-ena-rlans,
passed awor yesterday evcnlnjr at hlsjesl
denee, on Sclota street, between aiatblldaand
Fitch streets. Ho was M years old,
Mrs. J. R, Ilnrblson.
Attorney Jonn It. Harbison's wife. Frances M.
Wallace, died Tuesday morning, funeral ser
vices will bt held at tho lamlly residence, Osborne
borough, to-day at 3 v, a.
9!ls Jennneno Bnlier.
Tne sister of Julius Hiker, Jeannette, departed
this life 'luesday morning. Funeral will be held
at her brother's residence, Urecn Tree boroueb.
to-morrow afternoon. v.u,
Dr. W. II. Byford,
CniCAOO, May 2l.-Dr.-w. II. Byrort, one or
the most prominent physicians in Chicago, and
an old resident,' died hsre, this morning of heart
,yv.,
THURSDAY, MAY 23,
PD7TIETK WEDDING AITCHVEBSABY
Of u Worthy Couple of Noled embolic Ec
olestasllonl Connection.
SriOIAL TILEOnAM to Tit bisrATon.t
CUMiini,AND, May 2L Tbo fiftieth anni
versary of tho wedding of Mr. and Mrs. llonry
Plrlo was colebratod this morning at Ht, Peter's
and Paul Church. Tiip evont was colobratert
with solemn high mass, sung by ono of thel
two sons, who aro In the ohuroh. Ilev. Father
Joseph Klrle, ot Kansas Olty, and llov. rather
Nicholas Klrlo. of New York, wcro both pres
ent. During tho colobratlon thoro wai an ad.
dress dollvered by tho llev. Pather p. A. Melt,
hart, of Ht. Louis and llov. Pather Honry
Dressinan. of Philadelphia, was also present.
All four or these priests worn ortucatod at what
was then the Hedemntorlst Monastory, In th s
city, but which has sfnoo passod Into tho hands
of tho Capuchin monk. There was also a gen
oral rounlon of tho family, with tho exception
of two daughters, who nro in monasteries.
Thoro aro soven children, as follows! Father J,
Plrle, Pother N. Klrle, of Now York Bister
Mary Lucy, of a Baltimore monastery! Water
Mary Alfonso, of a New York monasteiyi Mr.
John Plrle. of MoKeesporti Mrs. W. II. Doer
ner, of this city, and Mrs. George Drinker, of
MaKeesport.
Mr. Henry Flrle was married to MlssCatb
erino Kraus, in this city, 60 years ago. With
tho exception of several years residence in
Frostburg, they have lived hero all ot that
time,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAB CONCLAVE.
Great Preparations; for tbo Annual Gather
ing nt Lock Haven.
ISrlCUL TKLSOHAM TO TIIS DISPATCIH
Lock Haven. May SI. Extensive prepara
tions are being mado for the annual conclave
and grand ball to bo given by tho Knights
Templar, which meets here next week. The
ball o'ecurs next Tuesday evening, and tbo
rink on West Main street, wbcro the ball is to
held, is being appropriately decorated. Flags,
bunting and designs peculiar to tbo order cover
the sldea of tho rink and hang from tbo ratters.
The Mountain City Band and orchestra will
furnish tho music on this occasion. A largo
pavilion is to ba erected in the lot wet uf tho
rink, to bo used as a refreshment stand.
Tho expenses attending the decoration will
amount to S500. Largo delegations of Knights
Templar from all parts of the HUto have signi
fied their intentions of attending the conclave,
and the indications aro that tho meeting will
bo most successful.
QUICK TO CATCH ON.
Spoak-Ensr Men About Connellsvlllo Motv
Itnn Original Pnckatto Stores.
From tho Mt. Pleasant Journal.
Tho "original package" decision of thoUnltod
States Bupremo Court Is already having Its of.
feet upon tho salo ot liquor In tbo vicinity of
Connellsvlllo. Tho many "spoak-oaslos" whloh
havo for years existed along tbo Loisonrlng
road botwoen Connollsvlllo and Unlontown,
nro now conduotod after tho plan of tho recont
decision. At a half dozen places tho liquor can
bo had In half pint and quart packagos, and the
salo Is said to bo carried on In au opon manner.
The proprietors call thorn package storos.
They claim to havu no foar of Interference
from tho ofllcors, and If tho statemont of a resi
dent thero Is to bo takon tholr salos nro enor
mous. No attorapt has boon made to close the
stores.
MAMIIED AT U'KEESPORT.
Namnel MoKee, of Knet riaslnavr, Weds the
Uiiusliter of Capuiln Lynch.
rsrxoiALTXLxaiiAM to tun PisrATOir.l
MoKicrcHl'OHT, May 31. Hamuol K, MoKeo,
ot UastHaglnnw, Mich., formerly Ooneral Heo
retary of thn Young Men's Christian Associa
tion of this city, was married this afternoon to
MlssCarria IL.tlis handsui.io nnd accomplished
daughter of Captain W, If. Lynch, the cere
mony took plaoo at i o'clock at tho rcsldonoo of
tho bride's parents nn Capitol Hill, In tho pros
enoo of a tow olnsn f rlonils and relatives.
The young couplo go to the new home of Mr.
McICce, in Hiwlwiw, nnd carry with thorn tho
bost wishes of tholr many friends In thlijolty,
VOItT.M OP THIS HKA80N.
HRNATOll OAHMrlLl!.
The eminent Mr. Cnrllslo
(Jot thoro In most clrjinnt itliloi
THemonofKoiituck
Hushed him through Just for luck,
And didn't demand Ills whole plslo.
lllnntaimUi Trllimi,
LINltM TO "OUH MA11V."
A fneo Hint brums with truth and love,
Not of this lira below.
But of that heavenly homo above,
Tlmt knows not mix lit of woe,
A form of regal queenly main,
A voice of dulcet lone,
Btlll sweet would hn your virgin name,
Were all ritTlli's unices flown.
A nobln heart motlilnas Is yours,
A trusting, loving heart,
Wherein true love nnd friendship pure,
Find faithful counterpart,
-Uallirv (lod,
FICKLK I'OIITUNI!.
Ahl Fortune's n Jade
Who often has played
With fundus of men and has ruled them,
'J hoy'vo tolled for her smiles,
llcen slaves for her wiles,
And found at tho last she had fooled them.
Uotton Courier,
TATE AND XJIIIIUELLAH.
When sunshine smiles in town and dell,
And clouds have left tho sly,
You couldn't losu your now iimbrelt
Not oven ir you'd try.
Hut when the sky is overcast
And drops to earth are tossed,
1th blighted hopes yon stand aghast;
Homo fellow well, it's lost.
WaiMngton Pott.
THE sununnAN time card.
Each day I meet my own best girl
On the early suburban train
With her big brown eyes and hair that'll curl
In spite of the wind or rain.
And this dear girl each morning
Makes It Joy just to bo alive.
And she smiles so swell while she shares her scat
On the 7:45,
Sho works downtown the whole day long.
At a desk real close to mine,
And plcasuro thoughts of the future throng
On my mind as I wrlto each lino.
And at night when our work Is over
It Is bliss enough. I ween,
To sit by her side am' bomoward rlda
On tho train at 0:li
Boiton Traveller.
SOMETHING NEAlt IT.
Sometimes the boodlcr is tho man
Who didn't consumate his plan,
Duthecanionear, very near II,
He fooled with money not his own,
He should have left tho stutt atone,
Bo let him stew and sweat aud moan,
Or something near It.
Iowa Mate llegleter.
NEXT WEEK'S PLAYO.
NitxT week at tho llljou will be teen Edward
J. Hanson's well-known comedy drama, "Ono of
tho Finest." The scenlo effects are said to be
very effective and realistic. A lingo tank,
filled with water three feet deep, In whloh are
swimmers and boats, make up a complete pie
tureof Mew York, aided by a good view of
Jersey City and the statue or Liberty. Edwin
llyan plays the part of John Mtthler, the
policeman. Thoialo of seats commences this
morning.
Hawlqh'H "Nnw Fantasma" comes to the
Grand Opera House Monday evening And re
mains for ono week, giving during the engage
ment tho regular Wedn sday and Saturday
matinees, This will bo the farewell engage,
ment of "Fantasma" In Pittsburg, as the Han.
Ions have decided not to produce It after this
season,
At the Grand to-night tbeforogrammo will bo
changed to ''Herrmann's Expose of Bplrltual
Ism." Children attending the Haturday mati
nee will bo presented handsome flags,
Monloolh'a Vrlonds ot Work.
From tbo Duliols Courier.
John W. Ileod, Esq., a Ilepubllcan of Clarion
county, has been investigating the methods
employed in the Gubernatorial primaries in
that county. Ho has circulated a paper In
Clarion borough. Many more voters than were
counted for Montooth have already attached
their signatures, and Mr. Reed openly charges
fraud and will demand an Investigation. Al
ready a large number ot voters bavo testified
that thoy voted for Montooth, whllo In the
count he was credited with but 69 votes. The
votes, it is alleged, bavo been destroyed, but it
Is binted the case will be carried to the courts
and that It will bo shown that Montooth carried
tho county, f, t"
.Ut---- ;,
.1800.
MATTERS IN M0RM0ND0M,
A Traveler From 0rirn Talks Entertain
luglr of Politics In Umli-Ue1lloua Dif
ferences Cnnslntr No Trouble Now Pro
arnmmii for n Great Evenl.
A moko the arrivals at the Union Depot yes
torday was Mr. A. L. Uloliardson, Hocre.
taryof the Chambor of Commerce of Ogdon.
Utah. Mr. Itlchardson said ho lott Ogdsn on
tho loth lust., and so ho could not say how tho
recent decision of tho Hupreme Court was re
ceived by tho Mormons, but ho thought It
would bo a heavy blow to the church, as It
would eschont to the (Jnrornment the funds
and property accumulated through years of
growth and saving. Tho property has now be
como valuable In tho several larger cities ot
Utah, He could not at a rough guess estimate
It, but thought It would run Into millions,
When questioned as to the effect the doolslon
wonld havo on Immigration, Mr. Itlchardson
said that In his opinion its Immediate effect Is
of less Impnrtanco than the prospective result.
Ho said! "You seo the Mormon peoplo sub
mitted tholr cause to tbo arbitrament of the
highest court in the land. The decision, which
Is final, Is against them. It Is a serious blow to
their hopes, as a matter of course, and most
dampen tho ardour of many ot the younger
members of tho church, who, unliko tbo vet
erans of tho faith, aro thought to be less firmly
grounded In tho peculiar religious tenets
enunciated by Joseph Smith. X think one ot
the Jmmedlate effects will be perhaps an In
creased Immlcratlon Into tho Territory from
the Htatos, and a consequent rapid growth ot
population there.
TJlnb'e Present Population.
THE Territory now contains about 22S.00O
people, one-third of which is Gentiles. The
Gentiles belong to tho Liberal party, and all
the Mormons are members of the people's
party. The Liberals have had control of the
city of Ogden for nearly a year and a half.
They captured Salt Lake City last February.
I think tbero is no doubt abont tbelr ability to
maintain their political supremacy in the two
cities mentioned.
"Tho present political status in the two lead
ing cities of Utah has greatly stimulated immi
gration there, and it does seem that in a few
years tho Liberal partv will be stronc enough
to ask tho Congress of the United Btatcs to
grant the Territory Statehood."
"Will tbo Liberals ask for Statehood as long
as the people's party (Mormons) are in tho
ascendency In tho Territory as a wholef
I donotbelievo they will. So far as I know
the Liberals are a unit on tho negatlvo ot this
question."
w
No ltellalonn Trouble.
iTJ0WEVEn," continued Mr. Itlchardson, "I
am East on a business mission for our
whole peoplo, and do not caro to say much
about politics. The Mormon Churoh and tbo
dovornmont nro trying to settle several ques
tions that It will doubtless tako years to adjust.
In Ogdon wo havo too many questions of a
material character to consider to turn aside
into discussions of religion. Wo are not having
nny trouble In that city on these questions.
Mormons and Ucntlles turn In there and push
tho wheel of progross. On tho books of the
Chamber of Coinmerco are tho names of both
Gentiles and Mormons. I defy tho stranger to
go in there nt any uf our business meetings and
separate tho ono from tho other. No, sir, tho
Mormons In Ogdon do not wear any horns. If
thoy aver hid them they sawed them oft long
beforo I went to that olty."
"What sort or a olty Is Ogdon?"
"Ogdnn Is In tho great Halt Lake Valley at
tho oonfluenoo of tho Ogdon and Weber riv
ers, It Is Immediately undor the tallest peaks of
tho majestlo Wahsatnh Mountains, and within
olght mllos of groat Bait Lake,
A Fnsl-GrasvlnsT City.
Qodrn Is tho oontor ot seven railroads, ot
which tho Union Pacltle and itlo Urando
Wcstorn systems are tho greatest. It Is the dis
tributing point for nearly a million people In
habiting tho country between the Continental
dlvldn and the Blerra Nevada Mountains, This
Is part of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Western
Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and pare ot
Oregon, California and Washington. It Is mid
way botwoen Donvor nnd8an Francisco, and Is
surrounded by tho finest agricultural region In
thu world, tlmt supplies tho mining camps and
cities of the richest mineral regions on tho faco
t tho earth. Two years ago Ogdon had about
7,000 nooplo. It has now about 23,000, and ) still
rabidly growing. Coal and iron nro nro plenti
ful, so that ovontually wo expect It to become
a large manufacturing city as woll at a distrib
uting center.
t
An Xnvllntlon to Plliabnrg Lndlra.
ATn. KlOHAltliHOM called upon Mayor Gour
ley yosterday and requested him to ap
point ladles at honor from among tbo beautiful
ladles ot Pittsburg to tho court ot Hox !! of
Ogdon, Aftor explaining to his honor tho par
ticulars nf tho Hocky Mountain carnival to bo
hold In Ogdon the first week In July, the Mayor
promised to not promptly In tho matter, and
Mr. Klclmrilson explained to him that the Hox
Order of New Orleans had chartered a branch
orilor in the Itockv Mountains, with Ogdon ns
thocipltol of iho Wcstorn ilamiln Tho new
monarch Is to bo known as Hex II. Tho order Is
scattered all ivcrtho Itocky Mountains, num
bering 600 men lu Ogden ulone. It has In its
.ranks thn richest ami most promlnont men In
tho far West, from Omaha to Ban Francisco.
The Intention Is to have a carnival uvory sum
mer, with the coininondablo object of Molding
the ponplo of the f.ir West and tho balance or
tho country In a closer social and commercial
union.
A Vorr Gar Festival.
'Tub programme Is a brilliant one, Including
tho coronation of Hex II. and bit queen, a
tournamont patternod aftor tho stylo ot those
hold in mcdlmval tlmos, military parades and
compotltlvo drills, and a grand pageant whlcn
will embody tho essential features of tbo Now
Orleans Mardl Oras. wltb many new and very
attractive Westorn features added. There
will be three vary swell balls during the carni
val week In the carnival palace, a vast struct
ure with a floor capable of dancing 1.000 couples
and a seating capacity for 10.000 spectators.
, The Qneen'a Journey.
THE Queen of Hox II. will take tho royal
train at New York, especially provided for
her and matas or honor, who will board tne
train as it crosses tho continent, will join her
royal spouse at Denver, whence royalty will
proceed to Ogden. No ono knows who will bo
Rex II.. although Mr. Itlchardson stntes that
he Is ono of the prominent mon of tho country.
Tho Identity of tbo Queen is equally In doubt.
Bho may be from Omaha, Kansas City, St.
Louis, Chicago. Pittsburg, New York, or somo
other largo city In tho country, .Bat sho will
bo beautiful and overy inch a queen.
A PEW CHOICE ONES.
AN Idaho woman living on Bquaw Creek
slow 210 rattlesnakes and one racer In two days.
Eaolk Bock, botwoen Oil City and Tldloute,
Is the most notorious place In tho United States
for rattlosnakes. It is said that there Is a don
ot tnein among tho rocks, and on sunny days
hundreds of the reptiles can bo seen basking In
tho sunshine. Blx mon from Oil City captured
ton live rattlers and killed seven. The hides of
tho reptiles nro converted Into neckties.
THE power ot tho make to charm was demon
strated at Litchfield, Conn., tho other day.
Miss Perkins and her brother went out to
gather arbutus and became separated. Miss
Perkins says sho was bonding over to pick flow
ers and at the tried to rlieiho saw un adder
gating at her. Hhe tried to run away, but could
nut, and she was not even able to turn her head.
As her brother oame up and shot the snake,
she says, the was growing ditty. It was the
flathead adder, throe feet In length.
Within a week two deadly moccasin snakes
have been discovered In this olty, says the Chi
cago Herald, concealed In bunchos nf bananas
sbltipod hern from Asplnwall, It this Is what
wo are to expect from tho establishment ot
closer trade relations with Latin America, all
tits recommendations of tho Pan-American
Colrgress must be dealared off. Wo are willing
to tako their fruit, but not their natural his
tory specimens. How would they like it If wo
wera to box up a rattlesnake wltb every sewing
machine we shipped to themf
SACHEMS IN COUNCIL.
Annunt Sleeting of tbo Hod Men of Pennsyl
vania nt eforanton.
tSrXCIAb TBLIPBA1I TO TUB DISrATOIt.l
BcnANTOM, May 21. The annual meeting ot
the Rod Men ot Pennsylvania Is in session here
with nearly 250 delogates from all parts of tbo
Btato.
Among tbo prominent members of the order
are Charles C. Conley, Orcat CbleX nf the
Records of tho Groat Council of tho United
States, ot Philadelphia; Great Sachem William
G. Me ers, uf Philadelphia: Great Junior Baga
more William C. Conley, of Philadelphia; Past
Great Sachem of tbo State John W. Carl, of
Pittsburg, and Great Incoones ot the Great
Council of the United Btates Thomas Francis,
of Camden, N.J. The proceedings are socret.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Caxton'e Bloarnpher nnd IHbllograpbtr.
To the Editor or The Ulspatchi
William Blades, whose unlooked for death
took place on April 27 at hit home at Button. In
Surrey, England, was born nn Decomber 0, 1821.
At an early age he entered tho printing offloe of
hit father (Blades A East) In London, becoming
pretty well acquainted with evory branch of tho
business, and finally succeeding to It in oanneo
tlon with ht brother, Rowland If. 4who still
survives), under the firm name of Blades, East
A Illades, No. 11 Ahohurch lane. The same day
on which ho was laid to rest In tho comotety at
Button (April SO), was to have been celebrated
as tho lubllee of his Introduction Into the art
nnd mystery of printing 60 years before.
Prominent at he was In his profession as a
practical printer his fame will rost mainly upon
Ills ability as a writer on the art he loved so
well, and In this particular the Uteraturo ot
typography has lost by his death one of Its roost
ardont and learned disciples. Mr. Illades' first
attempt at authorship was an Introduction to a
unique volume from Caxton'e press, which was
followed In 180148 by his masterpiece "Tho
Life and Typography of Wllllsm Caxton, En
gland's First Printer" published In two large
quarto volumes; not only a model of researob,
and the only worthy memorial ot tho prototy
pograpber. but which has proven to bo the pio
neer and exemplar for all subsequent bibliog
raphical attempts. This work was afterward
recast and published In two separate editions
(1877-1H821, more easily attalnablo by tbo gen
eral reading public.
His other most considerable work is "Mono,,
menta Typograpblca. or the Medalllc Hlstorv
of Printing" (188.). Illustrated with nearly 200
engravings, tho originals of nearly all of them
being in bis own possession. This was in
quarto also, with but a limited edition. A
mot delightful work is his "Enemies of Books"
(1880), which has passed through three editions
and been translated into French and German.
His other works on printing are too numerous
to give in dotail in this sketcb, thn latest being
tho "Use and Development of Signatures in
Books,' about six months ago.
Mr. Blades' library of bonks and pamphlets
on printing is nnrivaled in England, or perhaps
In any other country, and probably was only
excelled by that of Richard M. Hoe, of New
York, which was dispersed a year or two ago
npon the owner's death. Put unlike the latter,
Mr. Blades' books were for constant use; and
his love for and knowledge ot them was so
great that be could lay his hand upon anyone
at a moment's notice. He had lovingly and
systematically catalozned them with uis own
hand, knew their history and contents and con
stantly acted on the principle that it they wero
worth owning they were worth taking the best
caro of. Theso books, valuable and rare and
beautiful an many of them were, wero always
accessible to his friends, and especially to the
seeker nf knowledge as selfishness was not a
part of their owner's naturo.
Mr. Blades was always foremost in any effort
to ameliorate the condition of tho working
classes, and especially those conneoted with tho
craft of printing, for many years being a
promlnont member ot the Printers' Pension Bo
cloty, of London, To him more thnn to any
ono other person Is to bo attributed tho success
of tho Caxton Quarcentcnary exhibition held
in London in 1677. when, through his untiring
oxorttons, wero brought together the greatest
numbor of volumes from tho press of Caxton
and other early English printers evor beforo
ntsomblod. . ....
Thoso who knew Mr. llladot personally testi
fy to his largeheartedness, and speak ot blm as
ono "who had no greater ambition for hlmtolf
than that It might bo said of him that ho was a
good man." For IS years a correspondent of
the doceased. and a roclplent of many of hit
llterarr efforts, the writer of Hilt skotuli takes
this opportunity nf publicly acknowledging tho
pleasure thus enjnyod. nd joins with our "kin
across sea" in tholr sorrow for tho untimely
loss to the world of the genial and bonevolent
printer, author, philanthropist, friend WIlU
lam lllados, r J. P. M.
PiTTinuito, May 21,
A Representative of Labor Wanted.
lA the Kdltor of Tho Illspstehl
In noticing tho names of the committees of
the Hootch-lrlsh Congress, I fall to seo tbo
name of one man who earns hi living bv thn
sweat of his brow. Tho Hrnich-Irlsh aro noted
for tholr strength nf musnle. ns woll as or
brain, and I can hardly think that all those or
Pittsburg have blue hlood In tholr veins. Would
It not havo been a delicate compliment to tho
working mn If a couple of wago workers had
been placed on somo of the cnmmlttocaT 'llinro
wns a limn when somo whoso names urn now
on wern laborers, and thoy were probably as
good mon thon as they aru nnw,
A Woiikiho Maw.
PiTTMivii'i, May 21.
Wlia Can Tell Illlilf
To tho Kdltor or Tho Illspatehl
Wllljoti please Inform me If I otuld put
down adrlven well on my own properly? I da not
live In a town or borough. I am outside the
Una of both. I want to usn the well for drink
ing water for the uso of inynwnfauilh. I want
to wold a steel end on tho iln and drive It In
the earth 80 or 40 feet. Having been told by n
trlond that he thought It was patented, I
thought It best to make Inquiries to sen If thu
patent had run out. If nn', would you give mo
thn naino and address of the patentee?
Jonwiroww, May 21. JauxhHaut.
Where Thrro la No Had.
To the Kdltor ofThe Ulspatchi
You teem to bo getting too much rain. Will
you toe that we gat tome of your surplus? Wo
had a two-hours' rain In tho last eight months,
I havo not uted an umbrella In seven years.
Houd your road party nut horo and they will
And no mud, water or rails, but plenty nf mort
gages. The roads tho year round are as smooth
as asphalt. Wo would like to seo our road
muddy, so sond some of your molsturo out
hero. Wo would rather have It than charity
offerings. . B. C. McUniEU.
ULAltK, B. D May 19.
A Good Educnllon Requisite.
To the Editor of The Dlseatcht
Pleaso answer through your Mall Pouch
column what kind of an education an actor
should have that la in languages, and If a
Shakespearian actor la better than others. If
the editor cannot answer this let some one who
can do so. A. A. Y. A.
PiTTSnuno, May 21.
STATE POLITICAL POINTS.
Giles H. 8A!-roRD. of Titutvllle. announces
that he Is a candldato for tho Republican nom
ination for Regfiter and Recorder.
CnAiBHAir AsraiEWS is moetlnc with a
good deal of opposition in his race for Sena
torial honors. It Is barely possmle ho will not
capture tbo nomination.
CourtY Republicans bave held but ono county
offlce In SO years that of County Commissioner.
Corryltos are indignant over the mutter, and
intend to bavo more offlcos or know the reason
why.
TnE Legislature will bo called upon next
year to pass laws looking to the better pro
tection of coal miners from fire damp and gas,
'and that Is a kind of legislation that is sadly
ncedod.
Dakiel I. HonsvEn, tho presont Protbono
tor of Bomersot county, aspires to bo elected to
Congress. It Is bcllovcd that It will be a vrry
hot fight between Mr. Horner and Hon. Ed
ward Bcull, tho presont member.
Ex-BifKitiri' Ovrtrer, Stewart and Ilyers
aro running on tho Democratic tleket In West
moreland oounty for Congress. Neither of
them stands much show of winning, a the Re
publicans havo a majority of abont 3,000 In tho
district,
AuMKTttONO oounty Republicans will make
an especial effort, at tho noxt conference, to
teoure the oongrestlonal nomination of this
dlitriot. They claim that they have not had a
Republican Congressman In that oounty for a
quarter of a century.
AnEMnr.rAH IltTTKii, of Wllllamsport, It
n candidate for re-electlnn. Lycoming oounty
ft In the habit of tending representatives for
nniy one term, but It It believed that Mr. Hitter
will torvo a second term, at ho was one of tho
hardest working members or the last Legisla
ture. Jomr M. Nonius, John Dougherty and C,
F stroute, committee, attach their signatures
to the following resolution, passed by Paradise
grange, No. 8M, uf Reynoldtville, Jefferson
county, Pa., and wblcb fa published by tbs
papers nf that ennntyt Resolved, That we, the
members of Paradise grange. No. SM, aro op
posed to Hon. U.W, Delamater or Hon. William
A. Wnllaco for Governor, as tbey aro against
our Interests; but would rocommend Pattlaun
or Black, Democrats, or Montooth or Taggart,
Republicans,
Bradford Star: Forty-one ot the 00 coun
ties of the Btato have already held their prima
ries. Theses! primaries bave elected just 100
delegates, of the 204 which will constitute the
Btato Convention. Twenty-six delegates bave
been Instrneted for Delamater. Of the others
27 aro known Quay men, and Delamater there
fore claims them. Hastings claims 30 of the
delegates elected. Thlrtoen delegates will bo
elected this week, ot wblcb Montooth claims
8. If Delamater does not get the Philadelphia
delegates be hat a hard tight beforo blm, as
two-thirds of the delegates from other counties
to be elected will be antl-Selamater. IX Quay
will keep bit bands, off It will bo anybody's
fight.
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CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Codfish follow the ice of an Iceberg
down until thy reach the water under It,
which place affords thorn an eioellent feeding
ground.
A recent patent applies to a machine
for dusting poisonous powdors on growing
plants, sucb as cotton or potatoes, to rid thorn
uf insoot).
Richard K. Brewer, who died at Bir
mingham, O., tho other dy, at the ago of 108
years, It said to have danced to excess at bit
last birthday party.
Up in Malno the husbands who kick
vigorously If their wives ask them to carry
homo a package only three Inches square, will
carry homo a big, heavy "original packago"
without a murmur.
Two English oycliiu have Jutt com
pleted tho tour of Europe on bicycles. Tbey
went through France, Bwltterland and Austria,
Into Roumanlaand Turkey, returning by way
of Russia. Sweden nnd Norway, Northern
Prussia, Holland and Belgium.
Mr. Lungtry tayt one of the funniest
slips sho ever heard was on a stage In New
York. Two of the company wero playing tbs
parts of lovers. Tbey wanted to bo alone, and
ono qnletly repeated this line: "Let us seek
some nosey cook." no should havo said soma
"cozy nook."
There it on exhibition in Keokuk, la.,
the pattern of the Insole oX a pair ol shoe
made lor a girl living at Rainbow. Mo. Tbo
girl for whom these shoes wero mads is only 17
rears old. and is 7 feet 7 inches in height, and
weighs 23.5 pounds. The insolo measures 13Ji
Inches In length.
In the corner-stona of a Protestant
Episcopal Churcb, whose erection was begun
last week In Brooklyn, thero was placed a pho
nographic cylinder, Incased in tin, npon which
a member had spoken, in tbo name of the con
gregation, a message to those who shall at some
future time uncover the stone.
Letters from Aden ttate that the British
cruiser Conquest, serving on the East Indies
station, has just made at Zanzibar some Im
portant captures of slave dhows containing
large numbers of slaves. Since the blockads
has been raised tbo slave trade has been
brisker than ever, and slaves are now sent off
in large numbers.
Miss Ethelyn Itoe, of Setauket, Mass.,
had a lively encounter last Friday. Wbilo
picking wild flowers In the woods near Rocky
Point a white-throated black snake sprang at
her, but fortunately missed lu mark. After
running some dlstanco she secured a stick and,
returning, after a short battle killed tho ser
pent. It measured six feet.
There is trouble In tbo First Congrega
tional Church In Lockport, N. Y., over a refu
sal to admit candidates to membersblp unless
thoy promised to abstain from dancing, card
playlngstndtheater-golnc. Tbs result was tho
withdrawal or 7o prominent members. Including
a good sharo of tho wealth or tho onurcb, and
tho formation ot a new churcb.
A girl of only 13 was committed as "a
confirmed drunkard" to an Industrial school In
Ban Francisco a few years ago. Her mothor
stated that tho girt would steal, beg or do al
most anything to get liquor, and that tho had
been drinking for nearly a year. All attempt
either to reform her or 'prevent her getting
liquor bad been fallBret, It was ttatod.
Qeorgo I'. Craig, ol Owlnnott, Ga., hat
two hogs that perform tho'ofllco ot a calf to
perfection. Mr. Craig had) boen complaining
that hit cows wore falling (Abort or milk for
several weeks, nnd upon olcko examination, to
Ills astonishment, ho found these roguish hoits
had boen Imbibing the milk nf tho cows, both
remaining In the tame lot together at night.
It It tnld that tho common cowcatcher
attachment to locomotives it about the only
artlolo of universal uso that (has over been pat
ented. Its Inventor was D. U.IDavles, of Colum
bus, who found hit model in the plow. Red
lights on tho rear of tralns.lt is further laid,
was adopted at the suggestion of the lata Mrs.
Hwlislnlni after a railway accidentia which sho
had a narrow escape.
Robert Ross, a young brakeman on tho
Panhandle road, dreamed on Thursday night
of last wook, that bo was thrown under hit
train while coupling cart In the Cincinnati
Sard, nnd that one of his leg was out off. On
aturdny. hm dream camo truo exactly as re
lated, excopt that when hl leg.wa cutoff bit
arm went too, ninl ho wat taked to tbo hospital
In a dying condition. ,
Over 800 horse wero splcn tho pttt
winter from the range In Idalirileounty, North
ern Idaho, situated botweon Halkion and Hnako
rlvors. The rangn It almost destitute ot horses.,
There Is no question but that Uo tblsves aro
thoroughly organized and operaln In a sjstoni
atlo manner, with agents scattorbd to dispose
nt tho stock, which are crossed jb rafts to tho
Oregon and Washington side lit tbs Huake
river. II
The wife of Ignaolo Marline, a poor
laboring Mexican, who lives atll'uonte. Los
Angeles county, Cal., gavs birth Ls( week to
male triplets, whose tnt.il woigbtHsZ3 pounds.
Tim motbnr ami her thres babul are all In
irnml condition and tho father II
Itppy. Tho
couplo have boen married 23 yoi
Martinez I only W years of ago. n .
ana airs.
has given
blrtll to H oiiliureu in an. r our o
iem wore
twin.
Charles Burns, a tramp whoi
us arrest-
od In Plckons county. Ua.. has brats Indlctod
by tho grand jury or tho Perioral Ceurt at At
lanta for counterfeiting. The case I a pecu
liar nne. Burns neither manufactured nor
raised money, but reduced gonulnojio and 130
gold pieces to tho value of sliver by applying
a chemical. Slnco thoro sooms to bavo been
anything but an Intention to defraud tho Gov
ernment, tbo chances are that the case will not
hold.
Last week Judge nare, of Philadelphia,
sentencod John McManus to death. Notwith
standing the fact that be has been on too bench
30 years, tho Judgo baa sentencod but two men
to be hanged, and tha most singular thing
about the matter is that both men qaarreled
over the samo woman wblcb led to the murders.
Jealousy for this woman was the motlvs for
both murders, and, with one of hervlstlmsin 1
the grave and the other sentenced to tha
lTow, the creature goes bade to an binata
of vice and Iniquity.
A bed of lime which plasterers bavo
prepared in the cellar of aNcw York hotel has
somo unaccountable attraction for cats. Mora
than halfti dozen tabbies have gone intotba
bed and tbey have all but ona been burned to
deatb. The proprietor of the hotel, who lost a
pet valued at $200, thought the workmen threw
tba cats Into the lime, but this Idea was dis
pelled by his seeing ono deliberately Jump ln
It was nsbed out, but too late to save its life.'
So that other cats that might bo attracted to
the place win nave acnancs ior mcicuTca,
boards on which they can crawl out barf been
thrown into tne urns.
A FEW MEItRY BIOHIESTS.
A writer says:
There are some things a woman doesn't
know."
There may be, but no man can tell her what they
are. Asm iork Ledger.
"Just like n man," said a lady to tha
editor, at a male visitor went out of the office and
shut the door with a bang.
"Yes," replied the wild-eyed editor. "Yes. If
It had been Ilka a woman the door would have
been left open," ItVifAfngfon btar,
Mrs.Cnnner, of Chicago Now, nt dtar,
while yon are In Europe you must not forget to
call on all tha blx buns, and Invite 'tmtoslsyal
our house durtn' the World's fair.
Mr. fanner-All rliht, Mlrandy, I'll remember.
Airs. (,'nnnrr-And If you call on a duehsM.don'l
forxet to ak her for a ooil rtcelpl for tuerkrauts
-Neo I'or Weekty.
Boggt Blanley romindt ono of a poker.
VoKta-lndeed.
lluKjrs-Yes, a grate explorer, yea know.-n
Jutir. I
Break, break, break, J
O, languishing railway rates, )i
While the human tide rolls aver along I
lly tbs lonely sualper's sates.
' -at. J'aul rtonier Prut
From off the crowded luanlel-plece
I cat my meals no more;
Mo longer throush tha restless night
I sleep unon the floor I
And gray-hatred men and men still yoang
Sighed deeply In their woe
That the aprlnir house cleaning for him wasdon
Through which tbey had to go.
-J'AlfaittfpAfa Itmee.
"I lead a post prandial sort of a life,
said the scholarly tramp.
What sort of a life Is that!"
I am always after dinner." New XorkSun.
A famous artist onco painted an ang
wltb six toes.
'Who ever saw an angel with six toes?" peor
Inquired.
"Who ever saw one with lessf" was the count
question. A'sw i'or Ledger.
In a breach of promisa snlt:
Judge-Did yoa ever promise to marry tt
Iaay? j
Defendant-ir I did L must bave been best
myself and not accountable V,
flalattir (Interrupting )-Uon't yoa believe
Jndgt; he was beside me and never appeared
rational in alt uie.-neto,jor juram.
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