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All double nnd triple number copies ol The Dispntch require n 2-cent slnmp to insnro prompt delivery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. MAY 25, 1S90. TEE DISPATCH P0E THE SUMMEB. Persons leaving the City for the summer can have Tun Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or fS SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily cdition'&only, 70c per month, f ! for three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. 3-The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH hat been removed to Corner of Smiihfield and Diamond Streets. THE CENC INQUIRIES. The propriety of some of the questions "which are to be asked by the census enu merators this year, occasioning some heated talk in this as well as in other cities. One or two leading newspapers have taken the position that even Congress has no right to authorize personal inquisitions into the chronic diseases, mental deficiencies or mort gage indebtedness of individuals. On this ground the advice has been given by these journals that the public shall refuse to answer the questions and shall contest in the courts the constitutionality of the penalty prescribed by the law, for refusals "to answer. This looks like extreme ground and one "which seems rather risky for the ordi nary individual to take. Nevertheless, as will be seen by our local columns, some of our lawyers are very positive in taking the same position. The reason for the inquiry into mortgage indebtedness is well known, the purpose being to obtain accurate statistics or the amount of mort gages in the country. But it is to be doubted whether the disinclination of peo ple to place at the disposition of the average census enumerators and clerks a full state ment of their debts will make the results of such a census any more reliable than one "which could be made from the county records. The same obligation applies with preater force to the inquiry concerning chronic disease. This is supposed to be inserted with the intention of obtaining sanitary information; though what good purpose can be subserved by it is a question that will puzzle the laymen to answer. The "value of such an inquiry is likely to be wholly takep away, by the probability that till persons who have chronic diseases and do not care to confide in the census-taker "with regard to them, will simply deny their existence. In this case the difficulty lies with the adoption of the wrong method for going to nork. Physicians eould have been relied upon to give the totals, if the Government "wished it, ot chronic diseases in their locali ties, without violating the personal confi dence in them, which the patients feel. But tne census-taker is not calculated to inspire that confidence in the people they call upon, which will evoke full disclosures in the matter of private debts and diseases. THE SAME PRINCIPLE. A Georgia Colonel named Scott lias at tracted considerable attention by his deter mination that the wealth which he devotes to public and philanthropic purposes shall he applied during his lifetime. Having re cently come into possession of half a million dollars, he has bestowed liberal gifts upon educational institutions, and declares that he intends to leave his heirs only a merest competence. Colonel Scott deserves the praises that are given him; but it is worthy of notice that he is only following Andrew Carnegie's principles, with the difference that be starts lower down in the scale of wealth as the point for distributing it Both men are acting from high principles; but Mr. Carnegie has made the earliest and most original application of the idea of doing good with wealth during the lifetime of the donor. '"PREDICTIONS UPON THE NEW TARIFF. The attitude of the Democratic papers of 'the East on the tariff bill is rather amusing. With one voice they denounce its pro Visions as "robbery" ot the public. They "11 the air with extravagant clamorings that every dollar of duty added upon foreign goods by the McKinley bill is a dollar "stolen" from the people; forgetful, seem ingly, that every dollar of previously exist ing duty would be equally liable to that characterization, and that this attitude of Itheirs, which they think so picturesque and convincing, might be construed to mean that they consider any duty upon foreign goods "robbery" of the consumers, and that nothing but complete free trade "would meet their views. But, if charged with being for lrce trade outright, there is scarcely one of our Demo cratic cotemporaries which would not pro test against the assumption. They would insist that they recognize the propriety of a tariff for revenue, at least. Many of them would go farther and avow belief in the fit ness of a moderately protective tariff. It is the quantity of protection which the Mc Kinley bill affords that must then be their target, together with the lines of articles to -which it applies. Accepting the last view, the public will feel well disposed to the reasonable proposi tion that the Republican party, which has been steadily the champion of the protec tion policy, is best intrusted with the duty of formulating legislation upon it. It has staked its future upon the success of its leg islation. McKinley and his colleagues of the House, who have in their places on the "Ways and Means Committee heard all in terests and every side, may be supposed to know how to frame as serviceable a bill as Democratic experts in theory and fine writ ing outside of the House. A particular grievance urged by the tariff-for-revenue men is that the House bill proposes to cut down the Treasury surplus by raising duties. Xet this seems a good deal more practicable than was the proposi tion of Mr. Cleveland, to cut down the surplus by lowering duties. The inevitable effect ot a mere lowering of duties would have been a stimulation of imports to the detriment of home producers. And as the volume oi imports increased so would the customs receipts, and so would the Treasury surplus, which was the nightmare of the last Democratic administration. The in crease of duties will lessen the volume of im ports and lessen the Treasury receipts. So much for the effect on the Treasury. As for the effect on the business of the country, which is by far the most important consid eration, the Republicans can safely, and the Democrats might discreetly, wait till time shall tell. The results of protection so far have been conspicuously good. It is not impossible that in respect to some par ticular item the McKinley bill is imperfect, but, if that be so, the actual test will soon show it. Meanwhile the probabilities are altogether that the bill as a whole will re sult beneficially, and that the tariff-for-revenue-only people, who are so loud and extravagant in their characterizations of the measure, are but laying up dire prophecies which in the good time coming may return to mortify and embarrass them. The point which they make, that high duties enrich the American producers at the expense of consumers, is met by the other point that when any branch of business be comes very profitable competition will ensue and prices go down. Also, as to en riching pioneers in American industry who start great works, give abundant employ ment, and spend their profits in turn in the American market, it is on the whole some what better than enriching foreign manu facturers who have no interests in common with this country or its people, beyond finding a market here for their goods and carrying away the proceeds. A FLEA FOR DECORATION DAY. The Grand Army of the Republic, in a resolution which has already been published in The Dispatch, takes strong ground against making Decoration Day an occasion forgeueral military parades and shows. The position is one that is eminently appropriate for the organization having especial charge of the commemoration. It warrants some sober reflections on the character of Memorial Day, and the observances that are in har mony with its purpose. Decoration Day was established 22 years ago by the order of John A. Logan, as National Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, solely as a commemoration of the services and death of the soldiers who died in the struggle for the Union which had ended three years before. It was distinctly recognized as having a sacred and solemn character. It need not be a day of mourning; but the recognition and commemoration of the services and the patriotism of the dead soldiers of the Republic is not respected by making it a day of parades wholly separate from, the purposes of decoration, or of dissipations and sports without any thought to its sacred nature. For the early observance of Decoration Day it was not thought necessary to make it a legal holiday; and it may be questioned whether that step taken later on has not given the opportunity for many of the proceedings on that day wholly foreign and incongruous with its real purpose. How ever that may be.the Grand Army is entirely right in urging that there is little respect to the memory of the Union dead in making Decoration Day an occasion for militia parades, fire engine exhibitions or unlimited base ball games. There are plenty of other days in the year when such things can be indulged in. If Decoration Day is observed, it should be kept sacred to its original purpose of honor ing and commemorating the dead of the Union cause. NOT SERIOU- CRITICS. The multiplication of books about Amer ica, of essays about Americans, written for the most part by gentlemen who know noth ing about America or Americans, continues, and it will continue until the novelty of this continent and its inhabitants has worn off. These books and critical essays of the lightest sort do no harm. Nobody seeks anything but amusement for example in such a book as Max. O'Rell's "Jonathan and His Continent," and though a great many have read Andrew Lang's essay in the American Review we doubt if anybody has taken him seriously. Paul Blouet and Andrew Lang are a pair ot delightful writers, very different in education, taste and style. It is impossible for them to be dull. It is also impossible for them to teach the truth about America or Americans, "Why? Because they do not know the truth. Truth is at the bottom of a well, and in America the well is deeper it anything than it is elsewhere. As far as we know, Andrew Lang has never been in America, and his knowledge of Americans is limited to his acquain tance with travelers of our nation whom he has met in England. Paul Blouet, the charming Max O'Rell, has made two short lecturing tours through the country. No doubt the talented Frenchman received very hospitable treatment here, and his training has sharpened his perceptive powers to such a degree that he saw more of us than the ordinary traveler would in so short a time. But it is ridiculous for either of these writers to discuss the existence of an Amer ican type, or otber matters in which a J knowledge of the subject is the first requisite. It is equally ridiculous for re viewers of these books and essays to take them seriously. They are trifles for laughter and laughter alone. THE SPIRIT OF FILIBUSTERING. The action of the Government in issuing orders to the military and naval officers of the United States on the southeastern frontier to promptly suppress any attempts by filibustering parties to enter Mexican territory is the proper action to take, in view of the reported organization to seize Lower California. "With our 'friendly rela- tions to Mexico, it would be a grave breach I THE of international duty to permit any attack on its territory from our borders. The omis sion of any precaution against ,, such an armed adventure would reduce the pacific agreements of the Pan-American Congress to waste paper. But the reappearance of the old filibustering spirit is an interesting indication of the survival ot a sentiment growing out of conditions that are dead. The early struggles for territory in this country were akin to what is now going on in Africa a contest for the ownership of lands unoccupied by civilized governments. That policy effected the acquisition of .terri tory in the colonial era; and it is noticeable that after the United States gained their in dependence the early accessions of territory were by the pacific means of purchase. Louisiana nnd Florida having been ob tained in that way, the contests which se cured Texas and California were merely the collisions between the growth of the Anglo-Saxon and Spanish races on this continent before they accepted their natural boundaries. In addition to that there was a consideration which became marked in the filibustering attempts of the fifties, and the demaud for the acquisition of Cuba be fore the war. The slave power wished to obtain additional territory and thus main tain a preponderance in the United States. To that end the desperate adventures of Walker and the policy of Slidell, Gwin and the other fire-eaters was directed. Now the inspiring motive is. gone and the nation has very largely risen to a higher plane of statesmanship; the public at large recognize that the country is large enough; that there is sure to be more than sufficient diversity of interest between the widely separated sections of the country without increasing that diversity by attempts to in corporate still further diversities of race, sentiment and education. Above all, the general enlightenment is sufficient to per ceive that international duties are better fulfilled by cultivating the friendly ties of mutual protection and international com merce than by permitting the stronger nation to rob the weaker, according to the methods of highwaymen. Yet it seems that the filibustering senti ment still survives in certain corners. If any of those who are anxious to try the ex periment of conquering new nations hope to elude the forces of the United States it will be well for them to be warned that levy ing war on private account is an act of piracy, and that people who adopt that course of life need expect little beyond a short shrift from the Government which over threw and shot Maximilian in defiance of the empires ot Europe. WORKING ONLY ONE WAY. The claim is made by the railroad of ficials, in answer to the suggestion that coal freights to Chicago should be reduced, that the combination known as .the Central Traffic Association docs not main tain rates at an arbitrary basis. The claim is true, in one way, as the experi ence of the past year, when the Hock ing Valley road carried coal to the lakes at a cut of 25 cents below agreed rates, has proved. But when it comes to the question of Pittsburg rates the agreement has gen erally turned out to be very binding. Another point is pertinent in this connec tion. It has been urged by leading expo nents of the railway theories that the proper basis of railway rates is the value of service instead of the cost, or, in other words, what the freight will bear. Bnt the facts pro duced by The Dispatch's correspondence from Chicago show that coal will not bear the present rates to Chicago, and that the prevailing adjustment of rates is gradually transferring the traffic to the Hocking Val ley. According to railway principles, then if they are intended to work more than one way the coal rates should be reduced to a level which would stimulate shipments. But the experience of the policy of the railway associations with regard to Pitts burg coal freights shows that the theories of the railway school only work in the direc tion of making Pittsburg carry the heavy end of the freight charges. APPRECIATED, OUTSIDE. Nobody expects that when the big life in surance companies of the East makeup their minds to put up great buildings in Pitts burg, as they have done elsewhere, they will go into the market place and trumpet their purpose abroad. That is not helpful to real estate negotiations. But it appears there is a basis for the reports that some of the great concerns are preparing to invest here. Cer tainly whichever first seizes the opportunity will make a ten-strike. Pittsburg, with the region round about, pays a large aggregate for life insurance, and these large buildings not only put the assets of the companies con spicuously in evidence, but otherwise help the companies in the localities in which they thus invest. The only consideration with the life in surance, as well as other concerns, which are contemplating the advantages of Pitts burg as a great business center, should be to get the benefit of coming early. "With Clearing House returns showing $50,000,000 more business done in the four months of '90 than in the corresponding four months of '89, it is no wonder the growth of this city is being investigated and appreciated on the outside. WORKING FOR PARKR. It is interesting to read in a Philadelphia paper: "The City Parks Association is mak ing a commendable effort to obtain addi tional breathing places for the city's weary toilers." The beneficial nature of an organ ization which labors for the location of parks where they will be useful to the working people, is very marked. If Pittsburg had such an organization it is quite probable that she would have parks of some sort long before the present time. Even now there is ample room for the work of such an associa tion. Without at all detracting from the value of Schenley Park it must be said that it is remote from the great centers of the working population in Lawrenceville and on the Southside. Smaller parks, such as could be located in those immediate vicinities at comparatively small expense, constitute an object worthy of effort It would be an evidence of decided progress if there was an organized movement to secure this benefit ""''ptisan instructive but -not edifying fact that the two publications which bank upon their part proprietorship being vested in a member of the President's family are the most brutally frank advocates of the spoils and cor ruption policy known in the Republican party. The Mayor of Cleveland. O., recently gave an illustration of the practice of signing almost any petition that is presented, which ought to Da instructive to tome people who have been indulging in that practice. The Mayor was fiercely attacked for appointing on the police force a man who proved to be a notorious and drunken ruffian. In defense the Mayor published the recommendations which he had received in favor of the man, signed by a number of leading citizens of both parties. It is to bo hoped that the leading citizens will ia the future be a little less free with their signa tures. The United States navy is now engaged ' PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, S,IJN In the arduous task of convincing the Major of Cedar Keys, Fl.that he is laboring under a mistake .when he elves practical expression to TtV?if5 a a b,BEer ttan United States. The latest phase of the "original package" views is the opinion expressed by Judge Hind man, of the United States District Court of Indi ana, That jurist holds that while it is lawful under the Supreme Court's decision to import and sell liquors in original packages, that right does not carry the right to keep a place where the liquorsare sold, contrary to State laws. This is dividing the hair between the south and south west side. If that construction should stand. Its effect would be to convert ambitious dealers into peripatetic invoices of original packages from other States. Erie juries seem to have too much fond ness for the club method of getting their tip ples, to convict a violator of the Brooks law who runs that sort of speak-easy. But they t may convict the jury system of being a failure. A CAltEFTJli study of the proceedings in that Staytou-Wyman contest will produce upon the mind of the average reader two very strong impressions, viz: (1) that none of tho records ol the election are right; and (2) that none of the evidence which the contestaut de sires to iutroduco is competent To such con clusions must we inevitably come when wo give ourselves over to the lawyers. It is yet to be settled whether this Con gress will make its most striking record by giving a practical demonstration of-the truth of Fred Grant's declaration that it is easier to dispose ot a surplus than of a deficit "The illegal combination known as the Suear Trust" is the "way In which Judge In graham, of New York, characterizes the big monopoly that is levying taxes for private benefit on the food of the people. Yet both courts and legislatures still shrink from the task of saying what shall be done with the millionaires who get up illegal combinations to oppress the people. The dynamiters who tried to blow up the Haymarket monument at Chicago made rather less murderous display of the Anarchist ten dencies than the usual one to destroy human beings; but it was just as silly as usual. It is pleasant to learn, at the expiration of the first year after the Johnstown disaster, that the ruined city is prosperous, and the work of rebuilding is producing new and fine build ings. That the new Johnstown may be better built and more protected against danger than the old one, will be the wish ol the whole world, which sympathized with its terrible disaster. The discovery that the election returns in a contested election case have been carted out of the Frothonotary's office to some un known junkshop, is likely to make some ex planations necessary. AN official of the New York Street Cleaning Department, which is notorious for letting' the elements do its work, is quoted as estimating that "a good rain-storm saves the city not less than JL.500." If Pittsburg could calculate that way, the past year ought to have enabled her to pay off .her debt at the present rate of taxation. ' Paety opinion in Allegheny during the pending hot canvass is very strongly of the ninion that pernicious activity among the t ice holders is highly reprehensible wben It is on the other side. The Boston Herald ejaculates "Rah for Coleman of Lai" As Coleman, of Louisiana, voted against the tarifi" bill solely becauso be wants to keep the high tariff on sugar, are we to conclude that the esteemed Herald is enthu siastic for votes against tariff based on the principle of high tariffs for the benefit of the sugar interests? It yesterday's earthquake in Montana in duces that new State to make up its mind to have honest elections in future, it will afford strom; support to.the theory of a special provi dence. The progress of events is shown by the fact that a majority of the House Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of a Constitu tional amendment giving women the right of suffrage. At the present rate the amendment may be submitted to the State Legislatures some time in the next century. BUCKS county treats its defaulters with exemplary severity when they are busted and found out. The Philadelphia Press asserts that "Postmaster General Wanamaker started out to apply business methods to his departments when he went into President Harrison's Cab inet" He did, indeed; but Clarkson beat him at it by applying the business mothods of the wholesale spoilsman. PURELY PERSONAL. Prof. Huxley's deafness is growine on bim and now wben he attempts to speak at any length ho becomes very tirod and loses contro, of his voice. Mme. Patti's New York friends are claim ing that she has been offered S10.000 a night to sing in the Chicago Auditorium during the World's Fair. , Ex-SErnFTAKY of War Belknap grows rounrte r and redder in the lace every year. His income .is a claim agent is 610.000 to 15,000 a year, and ho spends every cent of it. Florence Nightingale, who immortal ized ber name by her heroic hospital nursing work in tne Crimean War, has just .completed her 70th year. "Uncle Jerry" Rusk is a striking figure when lie appears In the Blue Room o( the White House. He is not enamoied of formal ceremonies, and confesses privately that he fidgets wben he finds himself in fine clothes. The autograph ot '"Scots, wha hae wi' Wal lace bled," with an account of the battle of Bannockburn, in Burns' handwriting, was sold lately among MMS. from the collection of Sir Edward Sullivan, late Lord Chancellor of Ire land. During the summer holidays of each year the immensely wealthy Duke of Westminster takes in about Jo. 000 in sixpences and shllligns, paid Dy sight-leers for admission to bis country seat Eaton Hail. He gives every penny ot it to charitable institutions. Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, has heen created a Peer, with the title of the Duke of Florence and Avon dale and Earl of Athlone. He is none the less likely, however, to be called "Collars and Cuffs" for short IN the June Outing Mr. A. A. Mosber, who has lived among the primitive woods ot Wis consi n, camped on its lake borders and fished its streams until he has become a true en thusiast, depicts the scenes with ail the fidelity and zeal of a sportsman anxious that others should enjoy bis cood fortune. Mr. Clarence Halstead, seoond son of Murat Halstead, will be married on June 4 to Miss Harriet De Ford, of Baltimore. Mr. Hal stead is a recent graduate of Princeton, and is connected with the Associated Press. Mrs. Craviner Wood Ltttxefield, who died at Wobutn, Mass., May 10, was the grand daughter of Sylvanus Wood, who took the first British prisoner at Lexington in 1773. K Wcddinit Tour on it Bicycle. Carlisle, May 24. Mr. Elmer Wagner was married Friday night to Miss Vermont Fore man, a daughter of ex-Sheriff Foreman. Tho ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. W. W. Evans, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at tho Dride's home. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner left for Baltimore and Washington. They will make the journey on a tandem bicycle. Their novel method of traveling has created a considerable sensation throughout this locality. . A Pollilcnl Prophet. From the Chester Times.! Wo opine that Senator Deiamater has been doing some very good work for himself np to this writing, but when the Hastings crowd has got in Its work then watch and see our man Sfo'no sit down in the Gubernatorial chair. vs, ' i- DAT, "MAT " 25,, ' THE TOPICAL TALKER. Tbe Popularity or Grandfathers Clocks Huntine for Old Timepiece In Farm bouses Quaint Relics of Byeono Days Mr. Straw's Collection Odd Stories of FniberTlme's Heralds- ""The popularity of that sentimental ballad "My Grandfather's Clock," has waned, and a generation is growing up to whom those classical lines of exquisite beauty "But it stopped short, never to go again. When the old man died," shall suggest nothing, absolutely nothing. This is sad, but inevitable. Some 15 years ago the English-speakine race heard hardly any other air in the theater, in the street and even in the parlor. The "Tick tick, tide tick" of the re frain might nave come from the watch of Father Time, so incessantly did it resound. The craze for grandfathers' clocks is older than the song, but in Pittsburg perhaps Unas known its greatest activity during the last dec ade. Craze is not exactly the word either, for that suggests a mere fashionable fad or fancy, and the desire to possess an old 'ball clock is laudable enough. Simply, it were better to say that old-fashioned clocks are in high favor here. is the summer of 18S7, 1 remember, there was jiu c&iiauiuiuifcrT uemauu xur uiu uui;9 among the fashionable visitors at Bedford Springs. All tbe farmhouses within 20 miles of that delightful resort were ransacked for old clocks. Tbe natives caueht on, and very soon you couldn't buy a farmhouse clock of the grandfather pattern for less than 50 to $75. I don't know wbether prices have come down since then, but I do know that very few genu ine old upright clocks of the sort prized are to be found in the farmhouses of Western Penn sylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia or Ohio. The real old-timers have been gobbled up by dealers or amateur enthusiasts, for the most part, and there are more grandfathers' clocks in tho cities than in rural places. Perhaps you may remember tbe curious dis covery that Mr. Gilbert A. Hays, of this city, made In a clock that ho bought down in the Shenandoah Valley two years or more ago. The story was told in this column at the time. Mr. Hays found the will of an old farmer in the base of the clock's case, and he was able to find the persons named in the will and to restore tbe document to them. Mr. Hays brongbt a nnmber of clocks fromjthe Shenandoah Valley, and they now adorn several bosses in this county. Since then other Pittsburgers have procured hall clocks in tbe way Mr. Hays did, and cab inet makers and clock makers have made them tlngs ot beauty and reliable recorders of time. The works of these old-fashioned timepieces are generally better preserved than the cases, for the clock makers a hundred years ago built substantially if they did not have a tenth part of the devices and ingenious contrivances that the workman of to-day has to assist him. i Come of these old clocks have curious his tories. For instance, in the Watson home stead, in Sewlckley, there stands a clock that came over from Scotland with one of tho pio neers of this section, Mr. Robert Watson, father of the gentleman of that name now living. At that time its works were in an old "wag-on-the-wall," as tbe hanging clock is familiarly termed. When Mr. Watson returned to Scotland on a visit be bought some mahogany and bad it made into a sea chest, which he brought back with bim to this country. He got a cabinet maker here to construct a clock case from the mahogany in the chest, and tbe old clock on tho wall was promoted to tho dignity of which Longfellow writes: And from its station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all: Forever never I Ji ever forqver! TJUT if you wish to converse with an enthusi astic lover of old Clocks, and one who knows more about them than any amateur hereabouts, seek out Mr. Frank Straw. In his pretty home at Sewickley just now there are several interesting old clocks genuine grand papas every one. Mr. Straw's bonse contains more clocks than any other in the country, I am willing to wager. It is a good deal of a hos pital for sick and demented clocks, and Mr. Straw as an amateur physician has had wonderful-success in making them sound and sane. JnstJiowheis tinkering away at an old tale clock, at least 100 years old, that a friend ot bis discovered in a West Virginia farmhouse last summer, and now wants to have rehabilitated. It is a musical clock, and at the hours plays one of a repertoire of eiclit tunes which it commands. The works were made in Ger many in the last century, but the case is evi dently of American manufacture. It is an in tensely patriotic clock, for above the dial is a picture of George Washington on horseback, whtlo to the right of the face Is another pic ture of Washington, and to tbe left a portrait of Christopher Columbus. Doubtless it struck when tbe times were troublous. The special feature of this clock, however, is the band of musicians little wooden figures that move as if playing the tune which the clock pumps out at every hour. There are five of these little images, four of whom wear tbe red-plumed helmets of dragoons in tbe Conti nental service, and the fifth, a pierrot or clown, acts as a conductor. Tbe original figures were so worm-eaten and crazy with age that new ones have been substituted for them. In fact, the whole clock, musical and temporal, is in process of reconstruction. What tbe tunes are that it plays nobody certainly knows, though it is be lieved tbat "Yankee Doodle" is one of them. Y0U can hardly imagine anything more strik ing than the arrival of the hour in Mr. Straw's bouse. A Dnrfee clock in the hall, a tall, stately affair, rich in carving, booms out the hour upon cathedral chimes. If you would know such things, the same clock tells yon the day of the month and the quarter of the moon. From above another clock in deep, bell tones tolls the hour. Half way upon the stairs It stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Tbe works of this clock are over 100 years old, but tbe case is handsomely carved in wal nut. In a panel at the base is a painting by the lato Mrs. Cole a flight of swallows against a gray-blue sky and the dial is set in alandscape painted by Mary D. Watson. Then a enckoo clock may be distinguished in the dining room, and from other rooms in the houso half a dozen other clocks in modern strident cries proclaim the hour. One of these minor fellows is a lit tle swing-on-the-wall clock in the Swiss style, entirely of wood, with a fret-saw worked case, which is every bit Mr. Straw's handiwork. The cIock in the kitchen is the senior of all in age, being certainly 150 years old, and hearty and accurate still. Generally there are several other clocks staying In tbe bouse patients of Mr. Straw's. At this time there are two such sick machines, one of which is the Revolutionary relic I have already described; the other is a musical clock, which plays melancholy airs in dance tempo with most pathetic effect. "pnEEE is something very lovable in a hall clock that has stood year in and year out in the same place telling us how time files. Between it and tbe household there grows up a subtle sympathy, and it is no wonder that poets have been tempted to make the old clock the central figure of many a baiihd and musl cal story. There's an old fellow I know, in a plain cherry case, with works of fearful' and wonderful make, and a face not much more ornate than a classic sun-dial, that has ticked itself into my affections, ilado in Economy more than half a centnry ago it may be that the works ot wood came into existence in Germany a century back and rescued from an unworthy fato which threatened to make tbe ease a.refuge for motherly hens and set the works at the mercy of inquisitive roosters snatched from a henhouse in fact It nowkeeps admirable time and strikes with fiendish glee asifithad bat yesterday entered into aeon tract to dog the steps of Father Time. Hepburn Johns. LnyinB the Uic Library's Corner Stone. Washington, May 24. Representative O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, on Friday introduced a joint resolution empowering the Joint Library Committee of Congress to arrange for tbe laying of tbe corner stono of the Congres sional Library, and giving them the authority to invite Masonic and other dignatories to the ceremony. Two thousand dollars is appro priated to pay for the corner stone laying. III Friend Will be tlin Death of Illm. From the Washington Post J Editor Halstead bas commenced to defend Senator Quay. The Pennsylvania Senator will no doubt be lorced to say something now. 189a STATE POLITICAL NOTES. The Philadelphia Republicans will elect dele gates to the State Convention on Juno 3. Congressman Buckalew is accused of sending Government seeds only to Democrats. John A. M. Passjiore, of Philadelphia, Is making a vigorous canvass for the nomination to the Lieutenant Governorship on the Repub lican ticket this fall. Three Prohibition gentlemen aro promi nently named for tho Gubernatorial office in Pennsylvania W. W, Hague, of Tidioute; H. T. Ames, Williamsport. and Jo"bn E. Gill, of Greens burg. Senator James S. Rutan is having a very warm three-cornered contest for bis renomi natlon. It is given as the opinion of those who understand the situation in his district that it Is decidedly mixed. R. F. Schwartz, a rising politician of Stroudsburir, has withdrawn as a candidate for the Legislature. Schwartz has for months been discussed as a possible candidate to defeat Representative H. H. Lesh. At the meeting of the Democratic candidates in Ebensburg, Monday, assessments were levied for campaign expenses as follows : Treasurer, 170; Assemblymen, J25: Commissioners, $12; Auditors, Jo; Poor House Directors. 85. THE movement to enliven Major E. A. Mon tooth's boom on Saturday nicntwas retrarded as a success by his friends. Tbe purpose was to stimulate local pride if possible and take to Harrlshurg a real live boom. .BuHer Eagle. C, G. Minick, delegate to the, Republican Btate Convention from Cameron county, is out with a statement in which he says he was elected on a square Issue between Stone and Deiamater and that he shall vote for Stone for Governor. The Senatorial district com posed of Colum bia, Lycoming, Montour "and Sullivan counties is generally carried by tbe Democrats by 3,000 or 4,000 majority. Senator Metzger will not be a candidate for renomination, but Lycoming will have a candidate in C. La Rue Munson, a young attorney of Wllliamspoi t Among the other candidates will be Dr. Hoffa, of Montour; S. B. Collins, of Sullivan, and Grant Herring and A. L. Fretz, of Columbia. HT THE T.y.ATi OF at.t. OTHERS. Tho Dispntch In the Foremost Rank of nil Metropolitan Papers. From the Washington Democrat.! For years The Pittsburg Dispatch has easily maintained a position far in the lead of otber journals in the Gas City and well up in tho line with the metrooolitan press. No in dorsement of The Dispatch is needed in this region, where its circulation is more than- dou ble that ol any city journal circulating in Washington county. Its general character and special features are well known and highly ap preciated. The Sunday edition is comparatively new, but it is a creat publication tho best of its class that reaches us and its success is phe nomenal. Already the bona fide circulation of this mammoth paper or rather magazine exceeds 60,000 copies. CURRENT TTMELY TOPICS. The long-continued alcoholic drought in Kansas is being rapidly dlipelled since the origi nal package decision was hurled at that corn burning State. A New York paper says General Grant's memory does not need a 'monument. It takes some papers a long time to find out the thoughts of its readers. To a man up a tree It would seem that there is asjmuch harmony between the Sherman and ForiKer factions as there is between a revenue offlcsrand an illicit distiller. Kentucky papers havetbo racing fever so bad that they occasionally get it mixed np with politics. Last week, in referring to Carlisle's election, one of the papers stated that he won in a canter. Third Sander, Butler: Yes, sir; Baby Mc Kee rode one of Barnum's elephants, but is not now traveling with the great moral show. Country newspapers are now filled with political announcements. If there is any one thing that gladdens the heart of the rural editor laoretban another It la a batch of sneriJTs sales and political announcements, A little favoritism is shown.bowever.as the editor trusts the former, but, If be is wise, it is pay in advance for the lat ter. We notice with great pleasure that one of our subscribers, James S. Templeton. ofl'hllllps ton, has Just been granted an lucrease of pension. East Brady Review. Tne other subscriber proba bly got left. Leavenworth, Kan., has a curiosity in the way of a calf born without a tail. Tbe picnic that theflles will have at tho expense of that unfortu nate calTwlll only be equaled by the sport East ern baseball clubs are having with the two alleged clubs from this city. Since the iierr law went into effect Bos tonlansare likened unto dyers, who dye to live and live to dye, while Bean Eaters eat to live and eat to drink. IJRepublicAN Congressmen will get them selves together early this week and unseat a couple of Democrats. The majority has the busi ness down so fine that the work is disposed of with as much case and gracefulness as Calvin . Urlce buys a new railroad. A BUFFALO policeman has resigned to be come second baseman or the Troy Baseball Club. This is the first case on record where a policeman was known to quit a Job where he had nothing to do to accept one compelling him to work an hoar or two a day. Ihe Bison "coo" is entirely offhls beat. The blind seldom smoke. Neither would anyone eUe if he were in a dark room and una ble to see the smoke. Try it. A (?O0D REASON ASSIGNED. Josllce Miller Explnins Why He Indorses Oristnal Packages. Des Moines, Ia., May 2I.-Justlce Miller. of the United States Supreme Court has been criticised by many people in this State for join ing in the "oricinal package" decision. In a letter of explanation to a personal friend the Justice says that lie has felt bonnd to fol low the decision rendered by his court more than 60 years aio, based upon the Constitution of tbe United State-). The Supreme Court Is bound to decide all such questions by the Con stitution of the United States, and he tays he will adhere to those principles until tbe Con stitution is changed by those who have author ity to do so. ENDURANCE. How much the heart may bear, and yet not break! How much the flesh may suffer and not die! I nuestlon much if any pain or ache Of soul or body brings our end more nigh. Death chooses his own time; till tbat Is worn All evils may be borne. We shrink and shudder at the surgeon's knife, Kach nerve recoiling from the cruel steel. "Whose edge seems searching for the quivering lire; Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal Tbat still, although the trembling flesh be torn, This, also, can be borne. "We sec a sorrow rising in our way. And try to flee from the approaching HI, Ve seek some small escape we weep and pray, But when the blow falls then our hearts are that the pain is f Its sharpness shorn. But think it can be borne. We wind our life about another life,. We hold it closer, dearer than our own; Anon it faints and falls In deadly strire. Leaving us stunned, and stricken, and alone; But ah! we do not die with those we mourn; This, also, can be borne. Behold, we live throne h all things, famine, thirst Bereavement pain; all grlerana misery. All woe and sorrow; lire inflicts its worst On soul and body, but we cannot die. Though we be sick, and tired, and faint and worn: Lo! all things can be borne. Sew Xork Press. The I'ecnllar Way He Has. From tbe Washington Post. Ex-Governor Foster is mentioned as a candi date for Congress in the Eighth Ohio district. The district has a Democratic majority nearly 2.000 stronc, but tho ex-Governor has a way of breaking through Democratic majorities that would render bis candidacy a matter of much concern to his political opponents. I'iiraliurtr Cnpltnl in nuflalo. from the Albany Evening Journal. J The street railway lines in Buffalo have been sold to a syndicate of New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg parties. Is this another case of the city giving away .franchises to corporations which afterward sell them at a big profit MURRAY'S MUSINGS. Berry Wall's Fntlier-ln-Lnvr and His Pretty Girls Tbe King of Dudes Not a Flat Imported Ice Ideas Why Crnne nnd Robson Dissolved A Younc Lawyer's Luck. fntOM A STAVT COBBESrONDENT.I Qne of the best-known characters about town is Mr. Berry WalL His reputation is chiefly founded on the fact that he has pretty good taste in matters of dress, and has exercised that taste as a specialty at the expense of every thing else. I met Mr. Wall a day or two ago with his father-in-law. Major Melbourne, of St. Louis. The Major is a clerk in the Pension Office at Washington. Ho has Just been over to London in the interests of certain electrical patents' The Major is the father of three re markable women. That is, remarkable for good looks and for tbe sensation they have created during a comparatively brief existence. One of his daughters is married to a British captain of artillery stationed in the vicinity of London. Another daughter was tho celebrated Mrs. Bush, whose good looks and winning ways al most turned the head of Mr. Sartoris, Nellie Grant's husband, Tbe third daughter married the King of the Dudes. Berry Wall, the couple running away from Washington to Baltimore, where the nuptial knot was tied. There was no particular necessity for them to run away in getting married, as I never heard of any oppo sition on the part of tbe stern parent. Berry Wall is by no means the fool that he has been represented to be. He is very clever, is a good conversationalist.and bas seen a good deal of all classes of society. On this occasion he was dressed in a striking costume modeled on that of Beau Brummell's. The suit was a steel gray, the coat being a closely buttoned Prince Albert, rather high fn the collar, the buttons being of the same material as the coat. His hat was a silk tile and narrow and straight in the brim, and straight in the top. His shoes were narrow, pointed patent leathers, and his white necktio contained a pear-shaped pearl pin. There was a suspicion of a bandkerchiel peeping from the breast pocket of the coat, and between the buttons of the front was thrust a pair of brown gloves of undressed kid. All of this was quietly elegant Berry tola us a story about an extraordinary game of poker in company with Henry E. Dixey, Actor Mackay and Colonel Tom Ochil tree. They had played till 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, when the banker. Dixey, owed Wall Some $100. There was abnnt S3Y1 rash and tun. dry notes of hand and checks as asset3of tho bank. Dixey suggested that Wall take the 5200 and then receive the balance at some future time, as the rest of the party wanted to go on with the came. Wall Gallantly declined, saying that Dixey could send him his check the next day tor the'fnll amount "That was the bicgest mistake that I ever made in my life." said. Mr. Wall. "I need scare!? say that I never got anv check, or any money, either. When I asked'Dixey for It a short time afterward, he said: " 'Look here,.Wali. There was no money in that came forme. I was putting out cash for Tom's checks all the time, and I've got those checks yet Now, if you will take tho checks " " 'No, no,' I told him; 'I don't want any checks of that sort. Who cot the cash?' " 'Why Tom, of course,' said Dixey." w New Ideas In Ice. Mew Yorkers are liable to repeat their last summer's experience with the ice men. While we have not had more than two days of summer weather so far ice has steadily been forced up each month, and I am told by the man who delivers to me that it will take an other jnmp in June. The fact that there is very little extra demand for ice yet shows that this combination is without excuse. In opposi tion to this comes the intelligence of tbe arti ficial ice factories. If the artificial ice pro ducers will be content with a legitimate busi ness the people of New York will welcome them into the field. Half a dozen companies have recently started np. Before the end of June thousand of tons of ice will be manu factured daily. In this connection I see the Parisian sv9tem of freezing water in caraffes is being Introduced in New York. I am told that all of the electric light plants and steam heatlner companies will eventually manufacture ice in season. The steam beating compamesiave expensive plants which are practically useless in summer. By combining ice manufacturing in summer with steam heating In winter these plants may be made to earn double returns on investments- One company bas let contracts for the erection of three farce plants lor ice manufacturing. It appears that the chief cost of making ice is tbe steam power. Of the three plants mentioned each will produce 120 tons per day. Tho pro duction of frozen caraffes for local con sumption will probably be tho most Important feature of ice manufacturing. Ice has long been delivered in this shape to all the hotels, restaurants and cafes, and a great many private houses in Paris and other Continental cities. Why Crane nnd Rabaan Quit. TM McCann-Croker scandal reminds me of the often alleged strained relations between actors Robson and Crane. Very re cently an elaborate attempt was made bv Mr. Robson to disprove these stories. While Crane was playing "The Senator" Robson made him a notable presentation of flowers. This attracted newspaper attention to the old stories of the certain existing differences be tween the two celebrated actors. These have been denied over and over again, and the actors themselves never lost an opportunity to disavow them. I am informed, and have everv reason to believe my informer to be well posted on the subject, tbat the difference has really existed between tbe wives and not between the actors. I am "convinced of this, becouse I re member in Washington several years aco when Robson and Crane were playing at tbe National it was remarked that ilrs. Crane would not sit in the same box with Mrs. Rob son. nor wero these two ladies on speaking terms. Mrs. Robson, it appears, did not ap prove of Mr. Crane, and Mrs. Crane naturally resented any such sentiment on tbe part of Mrs. Kobson. This brought about a sort of so. cial separation between the two actors and con tinually gave rise to the stories tbat they have never been able to silence. These are the women in tbe case. A Young; Lawyer's Hit. T sat dawn to a sandwich yesterday with a young lawyer who has just earned and will get the biggest legal fee ever received, prob ably, by a man of bis profession. It is young Bacon. Tbe case was a will case that has of ten been mentioned in the newspapers, the defend ant being Cornell University. Mr. Bacon is not more than 32 and bas been on tills case forseven years. It was his first. Briefly, the suit was to. break tho will of a Mrs. Fiske, who bequeathed a couple of hundred thousand dollars to her husband and a couple of million to the Univer sity. " During the even years the property has heen tied no It bas increased in valne to about three millions. Mr. Bacon was a law student at the time of Mrs. Fiske's death, ami was a protege of her surviving husband, rto took tbe ground that the University wai limited by its cbarter to the ownership of $3,000,000. and as Cornell was the happy possessor of property to that extent it could not accept the Fiske be quest. This view was sustained by tho lower courts and been confirmed within a few days by the court of last resort. In tho meantime several other educational institutions have has tened to have their charters amended in this respect. It is a curious thing that such an important legal discovery should have been left to a law student a mere boy who was not, at the time of bringing the action, even admitted to the bar. It is also a little singular tbat this lad should have brought tbe suit in the name of a lawyer named Hill, since Governor Hill, and a trustee ex-oflicio of the University that is de fendant in the case. A good deal of unjust criticism bas been wasted upon Governor Hill in this matter. The truth is that the snit was broucht seven years ago and oefore Hill was ever thought of in his present role, nis name was loaned the young law student. Bacon, wben the latter wa yet unable to bnns an action for himseir as attorney. Mr. Bacon assures me that Hill was not at any time and is not now a beneficiary in tho case and has nothing to do wfth it. I have known this nsmgyoung lawyer for some time, and, if hU great fortune does not spoil bim. I predict a great future as his. During tbe long legal fight he has spent up ward of 810,000 on his judgment of ultimate success. A Joko and a Reality. "Grv"B me six fried in a box," ordered Lew Magargeo in an allntzht house. He was wearing J. Armoy Knox's dirty white som brero, too result of one of thelatter'spractical jokes, and had a disreputable appearance. "Hero's your six fries, sir," said the waiter a few minutes later, "with a loaf of bread and a dozen pickles" piling up six boxes and a bun dle. "Great scott." exclaimed the astonished Clover CIud man. "Do you think Tm runnine a boarding house?" It took half an hour to explain that in Phila delphia "six fried" was half a dozen ovtere and not six boxes of eicht oysters each. "Bnt." adds Masargee."l came pretty near being licked because of that confounded hat." CHARLES T. MURRAY. New York, May 24. A War of Exiermloatioo. From the Clarion Democrat. The city authorities ot Pittsburg seem, to have entered upon a war1 of extermination against the speak-easies of that city. CDEIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The people of this country consume, it is said, 200.000.00C bottles of pickles annually. An Ottawa, Mo., man is the proud possessor of two Cbinese rats. Tbey steal and gnaw holes "alio same like Melican lata." There has not been a prisoner in the Armstrong, Mo., jail for five years, excepting an occasional tramp who is permitted to lodge there, A Caledonia, "Wis., coroner's jury in the case of Mrs. Catherine Aplicbel returned a verdict of "accidental drowning with the in tention of suicide." Scotchmen banqueting in London are now entertained with music of real northern bagpipes, plaved into a phonograph and sent to London by express. The Salt Lake Herald says pne marked result of Mormon rule is tbat that city of 50,000 had no debt and the smallest tax rate of any city in the United States 5 mills a year. A Kansas City woman, Mrs. Mary Martin, tailed in meeting tho last payment on ber bed. and a constable lifted ber sick, emaci ated body upon a cot and carried away ths bed. James Monntner, of the Omaha mine, Grass Valley, was sawing through a log the other day that was thirteen Inches through. In tbe center was a large frog, tbat was cut in two pieces. An Enclish naval officer has invented a pneumatic line-throwing gun, very light and portable, which fires a hollow shell bearinz the cord to a wrecked vessel or into a burning building on dry land. The floon-of-war Enterprise has a record of a thoronghly discontented lot of officers and crew 1 general courts martial, 23 summary courts rrartial, G3 deserters, and several score of alleged illegal punishments of enlisted men. A farmer at Ipswich, Mass., while plowing turned up an Indian idol of solid stone in the shape of a serpent. It is 30 inches in length and of a dark color. It Is to be de posited in tho Essex Institute collection at Salem, Mass. A tramp piled a lot of ties on the Northpm Pacific track, near Portland. Ore., the other night, and then cave warning to an approaching train. He succeeded in being made a hero and in living high until close ques tioning elicited a confession. A sheep owned by a New York State farmer gave birth to a lamb last week with two heads. Every f eatnre of each head was perfectly formed and complete, the beads be ginning to unite just back of tbe ears. Unfor tunately tbe queer freak did not live. A new disinfectant has made its ap pearance under tho name of th'iocampc. It is a combination of camphor with sulphurous acid, containing over 60 times its volume ot sulphurous acid gas, which, upon its exposure in a warm room, is gradually evolved. The grapple plant of the Kalahart Desert is said to be a real vegetable curiosity. In its ceneral appearance it looks more like a starfish than a plant, and each ray or arm is tipped with barbs, which, when fastened to the wool of shepp, have to be cut out tbat being tho only way of removing them. Henry Villard, the eminent financier, is writing bis autobiography for tbe use of his children alone, tile was born in Germany, and the story of his early years is written in Ger man, while, having been educated in France, his schooldays are described in French. His bvs'ness and social life ia America will be re corded in English. The other night, at a late hour, Saco officers found two youngsters, of French ex traction, belonging to Biddeford, Me., con cealed in a capacious drygoods box. Tbey bad stolen money of their father, bousbt peanuts, chocolate drops and two harmonicas, and were enjoying life hugely. Tbey were taken to jail, and delivered over to Biddeford authorities. A wild horse, or what appears to be one, was recently captured at Horse Landing; Fla. A stockman was herding cattle and drove the pony among tbem and so got it into a pen. A faint brand mark is visible, but otherwise the animal appears to bo perfectly wild, as much so as a deer, ana it is probable that it has been herding with the cattle for a number of years. A Saratoga man has in his possession a monster fish somewhat resembling a sturgeon, bnt having long, sword-shaped jaws, which was taken from Lake Cham plain. Ic is -called a fresh water swordflsb. This specimen weighs IS pounds, and is four feet three inches long, 18 inches around the body and six inches across tbe back. It will be mounted by a taxidermist. According to a Portland, Ore., des patch, the body of Matt Carutbers, of Water ville. Wash., wbo perished in a storm last win ter, has been found in a little ravine about tbree-quarters ot a mile from his ranch. The corpse waB in a reclining position, as though he had sat down to ret. In one of his clenched hands was his hat and in the other his handker chief. Edgar Bergen, a 12-year-old lad of In dianapolis, had his foot hurt by a train and In the afternoon it was amputated just below tbe knee. In placingthe foot iu the box for burial, it became necessary to bend tbe toes, and in this cramped position it was buried. Since then tho boy has complained constantly of the emmped condition in which his toes were pUced, and says' that they give bim great pain. On coing to bed at the Palace Hotel, in San Francisco, A. D. Westfleld, a wealthy resi dent of New York, placed S1S.00O in bills under tbe mattress of hi bed, and when be arose the next morning shortly before the departure of tbe overland train by tho southern route.be forgot bis money in the haste ot his prepara tions for leaving. Reaching tbe ferry he thought of it returned to tho hotel in a flustered state and got it. Galveston doctors have a patient on exhibition, a colored man who is afflicted with filaria. In other words, there was a little animal in his blood usually found m tbe blood of dogs. Tbe blood was placed under the microscope, where the little animals could be plainly seen. They were about 1-50 of an inch long and 1-300U of an inch thick and trans parent. They are said to be transplanted from log to men through mosquito bites and even flea bites. A woman just returned from Rochester tells a New York Evening Sun reporter of a letter which had just Dassed through the Roch ester postofllce. "Now, I saw the letter with mv own eyes," said she, "and the address was as follows: To the Widow Mulroonev's son-in-law. who goes much into society on Tbroop street.' " And such is the perfection of the postal service in Rochester that the Widow Mulronncy'sson-in-law received the letterwith outiuucb delay. Two elephants of a circus were being driven on board a steamer at Seattle, Wash., for a trip to Ferndale, wben they refused to step on the gang-plank, and both made a break up street Ihe largest named Queen, was pursued by a crowd of men and Doys into a IumDer-yard. where sbe made a stand and trumpeted several times. The crowd pressed ber with clnbs, and in a moment she charged them. In the scramble a big pile of lumber was upset, and four men wero burled. After an hour's chase Queen was captured. LITTLE BAZARS. "He reminds me of Volapuk." In what respect?" "So few people are on speaking terms with him." "I hear Tragcdicus is dead." "Yes; died of nervous prostration brought on bya totally unexpected and uncalled-ror encore." "That's a great picture of yours, ingment "Yrs-tuey'TC hung ft a little too far up, I think." Cadley What is it your little boy calls you? Marlow-Prettypapa. Cadley-Isn't he rather young for sarcasm? Mother Aid what do yon think of my daughter's Frensb, count? Count-Eet ee ze most astomshlnr Trench, IbaX evalre heard. Smithers Ever taste terrapin? Bronsoi Yes. Smlthcrs-What kind of a taste is It? Ilronson expensive. Proud Father Well, boys, what do you think of bim? Bronson He is a roarer. Smithers -He is a screamer. N urse He Is both. "Was there any applause at the close of your lecture?" "No: tho audience was so lorry that I was through, tbey couldn't applaud." "It is very bad form for Mrs. Bronson to have that pretty maid announce dinner." Why?" "Because the custom of using tbe belle to an nounce dinner bas gone out." A COMING DUCHXS3. My love's gone sailing far across the sea; I can't suppress a slsh of fond regret. She's gone or so at least It seems to me , To see what sort of title she can ret. I Uarjier't Bcuar,
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