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The results of the very energetic measures against the speak-easies last week are shown by Inspector McAleese's report. A total of 443 arrests in illicit liquor saloons and of over 57,000 assessed in fines within a week, is likely to convince the unlicensed venders that their business is altogether too hazard ous for continuance. "This lwlief seems to have beep already Strongly impressed on the speak-easy con tingent, as is indicated by the fact that up to 5 o'clock but one prisoner has been lodged in tbe Central station. This shows that when the police set about it in earnest, it is practicable to suppress the unlicensed traffic. If the work so energetically coni Xaencea is continued without remission we may feel assured that this evil has become a ihing of the past. It is to be hoped that the city authorities ""will leave no doubt about the fact that this war upon illegal liquor sellers will be con tinued, whenever and wherever it appears. UNPAID MINISTERS. A communication published elsewhere from Mr. Jay Benson Miller, of Brooklyn, presents some startling facts concerning the Unpaid salaries of aged and, in many case3, destitute ministers. The figures which are given apply onlv to the Methodist church; but there is reason to believe that a similar . state of affairs exists in other denominations. The statement that a deficiency of a million dollars occurs every three years in the salaries of tbe ministers of a single denomin ation, and that the loss invariably falls upon the poorly paid pastors whose salaries, if paid in full, would be but a slender pittance, is far from creditable to organized Chris tianity. Every church organization should feel that its reputation depends on a com plete remedy for this evil. It is to be hoped that Mr. Miller's efforts toward effecting the righting of this wrong will be thoroughly suc cessful. A SOLUTION FOR CEDAR KEYS. There seems to be a conflict of testimony with regard to the termination of the threat of hostilities at Cedar Keys, Florida. Tbe erring and pugnacious Mayor of that town las not been captured ; but one report says that he has taken to the swamps, and his brother informs the United States authori ties that will not return again. "Whether he intends to transfer himself and his stock of Email arms to some other place and resume his occupation by running a new town with a Jiemington rifle, or whether he will eschew civilization and enjoy, forthe rest of bis life, the congenial society of the alligators, this statement of the case does not make clear. On the ether hand, the statements made that Cedar Keys itself is a hotbed of wrath at the presence of a United States vessel, and that after the Federal navy retires tbe lot of those who aupealed to that power will be a Very precarious one. If the latter statement is true the most (complete penalty to be visited upon Cedar Keys would be lor all peaceful citizens to leave it, and let the remaining inhabitants work out the restoration of peace by the .jnetbod of the Kilkenny cats. The people who are forced to leave a place like this t)f course undergo a hardship; but the loss from leaving a town where protection to life or property can rulv be obtained by the presence of United States forces, must be somewhat limited. The surest way in "which to impress upon all parts of the country the necessity for law and order will be for peaceable enterprise to desert every s locality which is given over to the rule of lawless and violent men, and let such places suffer the legitimate penalty of deccay and death. A PRE3IATURE NOMINATION. A rather premature disposition among the Illinois Democrats is manifested by the Bpringfield Slate Register wnich nominates Hon. William M. Springer to be Speaker of the next House of Representatives, and by tbe Chicago Times which, on the ground that "it is safe enough to assume that the next Speaker will be a Democrat," supports the nomination. Mr. Springer may have nil the qualifications for filling the speaker Ship to the best advantage, but our Demo cratic brethren out "West need a warning against the policy of disposing of the lion's skin while the royal beast is still enjoying life and liberty. The man who took that course met with a tragic fate, and there is cbnger of the same disaster in political matters. Dividing the spoils before they arc won is so likely to produce complica tions that it is good policy to abstain from the practice. THE LAST FINANCIAL LUNACY. Senator Ingalls' bill to abolish the use of metal money, which he introduced "by re quest" the other day, is the most remarka ble product of the present most remarkable disposition o; grave statesmen to introduce financial measures designed for nothing else scf especially as to make tbe wildest vagaries of the greenbackers seem like the most sober and conservative wisdom. This precious measure, for which Senator Ingalls stands godfather at least, begins mm with a preamble reciting that "money is a thought," In endeavoring to make the nation accept the thought that legal tenders without redemption are money, the bill therefore proposes to control the thought of the public by act of Congress, which is a somewhat difficult thing to do. But the measure proposes a matter more clearly within the power of legislation. It sets forth that "the volume of the declaratory full legal tender silk-thread greenback paper money of the United States should be ex panded until interest falls into silent dis use." This is a roundabout way of enacting that money shall be made so cbeap that no body will want any of it. The means pro rjosed are more direct than the language, as alter the provisions of the bill had been in operation for a abort time, no man will be so low as to do the "full legal silk-threaded paper money" reverence by paying anything for its use. , Senator Ingalls, of course, tries to avoid responsibility for such financial vagaries by saying that he introduces it by request. But the responsibility is there still. There is nothing in the constitution requiring a man to introduce whatever bills he is asked to. "When a legislator introduces a bill he proposes the enactment of its provisions, and under all parliamentary usages, except those framed for the purpose of permitting legislators to avoid their duties, he is re sponsible for what he proposes. Mr. In galls should be called upon to explain his financial measure to the Senate. LITERATDRE AND PORK. Count Herbert Bismarck's idea of a Ger man boycott of American pork until the United States protects the copyrights of German authors is the latest and most novel development of European statesmanship. The younger Bismarck is certainly entitled to the credit of originality, if his method does savor rather strongly or the commer cial spirit to which the Iron Chancellor was not particularly subservient Tbe alternative proposition for a commer cial trade in which pork is represented on one side and literature on the other, has a humorous phase, and appears to have been produced at that postprandial period when the expression of ideas is apt to be more striking than discreet. Yet there is much in Count Herbert Bismarck's proposition that will appeal to the American pocket. "Whether we have a national literature or not, there is no doubt about our national product of pork. The Bismarckian theory has been decidedly inimical to the Amer ican hog; but if a proposition comes from Germany to recognize his valuable and use ful qualities, in return for a consideration on our part for the German author, there will be no reason why we should reject it as an unfair trade. "We can afford to do as much for the German author as Germany will do for the American hog. If Count Herbert Bismarck will secure the formal adoption of his policy by the German Government, he will take rank as a statesman of original and successful views. An international agreement on pork and literature should be immensely popular on this side of the ocean, where there is a vast capacity for the production of pork and only a limited consumption oi German literature. A TRANSPARENT HUMBUG. "With regard to the dead set which the organs of the railways are making, to ex clude the Canadian railways from competi tionin thecarryingof Northwestern freights, the pertinent remark is made by the Louis ville Courier Journal: It Is just as wise, just as beneficial, to reduce the cost of transportation as to reduce the cost of production. It is just as foolish to refuse to permit competition with the American Trunk lines as it would have been to refuse to permit the introduction of tbe reapers and mowers into the grain fields. Tbo purpose of one is exactly the same as the purpose of tbe other. This is a trne statement of the proper policy, but it does not tell the whole story of the effort to establish combination and prohibition, it is that tbe entire argu ments on which that effort is based is a sham and a fraud. The assertion is that the Canadian railroads are not subject to the regulation of the inter-State commerce act. But the law declares that any railroad transporting freight from this to another country is subject to its provisions; the commission has emphasized this declaration by a ruling repeating it; and it is just as easy to enforce the penalties of the law against Canadian railroads doing business in tbis country as against the United States railroads. The clea is raised by the argument that the Canadian railroads cannot be forced, by the inter-State commerce act, to respect the long and short haul clause, on traffic per formed wholly within Canada, and that they have therefore a vital advantage over the United States roads. The fact is true enough; but the conclusion is wholly false from the fact that the trunk lines in this country, have the same exemption on much larger traffic. The inter-State commerce law cannot make the New York Central obey that clause on its immense local traffic arising and ending between Buffalo and New York City, or the Pennsylvania Railroad on its great tonnage between Pitts burg and Philadelphia, or any of the three trunk lines on their State traffic in either New1 York, Indiana or Michigan. The Canadian railroads are on an exact equality with tbe United States trunk lines, and that is where the shoe pinches. "While there is no effort to enforce the penalties of the inter-State commerce act against any of tbe railroads that are violating it, this talk about the Canadian railroads is plainly inspired by the desire to shut out their competition. Ax example of the modest inquiries which the census bureau is addressing to the country is furnished by a type-written circular request ing The Dispatch to furnish "a list of tbe mercantile bouses, manufactories or shops in j our city having twenty or moro employes." We should gladly oblige Mr. Charles A. Jen ney, who makes this little request, but, as it would require a practical census of about 3,000 manufacturing and mercantile establishments, it will have to be respectfully declined on ac count of tbe pressure of other matters. Mr. Porter and bis aids seem to De in seed of a little instruction as to the relative rights of private citizens. It is intimated that the prohibition of street music by the Mayor of Philadelphia is founded upon bis determination not to bave any perfoinances except those by "Wagner, in tbe Quaker City's highways. It is comfortable to know that the moral sense of the London Standard has been shocked by Mr. Gladstone's comparison of the murders by British troops at Mitchellstown to the Siberian outrages. Tbe failure of tbe Stand ard's moral sense to exhibit itself in a shocked attitude when it was discovered that forged and purchased documents bad been used to attack tbe Irish leaders, created a doubt as to the ownership of any such article by the Tory sheet. THE waning interest in baseball is creating a fear that tbe $10,000 darlings of tbe profes sional diamond maybe compelled to give up . THE pie and earn their bread in the sweat of their brows. The people of Brooklyn are to be tenderly commiserated. Mr. Halstead hai commenced explaining to them all about that ballot-box forgery. He is using bis initials and a great deal of space, to make the muddle clear; bnt that is nothing to the consumption of the gray matter of the Brooklyn brain; if it attempts to comprehend the explanation. Mr. Halstead should study Senator Quay's policy of silence. The value of census statistics to be ob obtained by going aronnd asking people if they are insane will not be very great. What per centage of lunatics admit their Insanity? The esteemed Philadelphia Record gives another slap at tbo anti-trust bill, now in con ference committee, because "it does not cut away the underpinning of protection." Having done that it will next proceed to attack the Mc Kinley bill because it reduces tbo protection of the Sugar Trust to one-third of that awarded by the Mills bill. "Bankers are complaining of a scarcity of small currency. This brings the banking in terest on a common plane with the masses of the people. It is announced that one bit of the earth that has been heretofore been beyond the reach of the world cirdling cable is to be reached by a cable from Bermuda to Halifax. But what Is tbe influence which connects Bermuda and Halifax by cable leaving tbe shorter communi cation with our Atlantic coast still unmade; In the European woodpile the African African is making more trouble than the American African is In ours. The policemen of New York have all made affidavits that they are in no way inter ested In the manufacture or sale of any spirit uous or malt liquors. Their interest in that business is only that which they share in com mon with other large consumers. PE0MIHE1IT PEOPLE. Sister Mary Lobetta Httster has been elected Mother Superior of the Convent of tbe "Visitation in Frederick, Md. The Queen has created Prince Albert Vic tor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, Dnke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Atblone. Miss Sarah Orne Jewett's literary work has been interrupted this spring by severe illness, from which, however, she is fast recov ing at South Berwick, Me. Stopford Brooke and his brother, togetber with Prof. Knight, of St. Andrew's, and others, are making an appeal for tbe saving of "Words worth's cottage at Grasmere. Sir Fhancis DeWintoit, Sir John WI1 loughby and Captains Smith and "Williams have left London for Southeast Africa in the inter est of the British East Africa Company. Erastus LovxTTE,of Rome, Pa., is 101 years old. He goes ten miles on foot to visit neigh bors, has plenty of hair and good teeth, draws a pension as a soldier of the "War of 1812, and looks to be no older than SO. It is reported that George Francis Train took with him on bis special train from New Yorlr 100,000 copies of the newspaper describing bi3 trip around tbe world and Incidentally adver tising tbe town of Tacoma, Wash. Mrs.,Grakt says that Mrs. Cleveland was the only lady who bad an enjoyable residence in tbe White House, She did not bave any too much room for tbe entertaining she did, but it was far more than any mistress has enjoyed in the last 25 years. Pilgrims who have lately visited Borne have carried to the Pope an aggregate sum of money approximating 39,000. Of this amount 3,000 came from France, 10,000 from Italy, 4,000 from Austria, 5,000 from Germany and 12,000 America. Sir Frederick Leightox, it is said is med itating a picture upon1 the Bubject of Perseus Andromeda, in which the latter will be de picted as writhing in the clutches of a winged dragon, against which Perseus, descending from the clouds upon the back of Pegasus, launches a glittering shaft,' Edwin Booth is accredited by his friends with being the laziest man on earth wheivoff the stage. If he goes six blocks on foot be says he is tired. He will go to his place in New port shortly, and when Lawrence Barrett re turns he will meet him in Cohasset, and they will go up and down the coast together in a yacht, Self-Preservation, Etc. From the Troy Times. 3 A man appointed census taker in a coal min ing district where the population is made up largely of Hungarians, refuses to accept the position. He says he is not going to rnn the risk of spraining bis wrist aud breaking bis arm in two or three places writing down such names as Kpztoplmyklzxtolpti, Wrxmltoptxl wmbainhuftwimp and similar barbed wire ap pellations. Tbe Cbcslnul. nre Resting. From the Philadelphia Inquirer J "I'm an invalid and in the doctor's hands," said Lew Simmons, tbe ex-minstrel, yesterday, "I don't know whether it was playing at Frank Drew's benefit broke mo up or not. I hadn't appeared on tbe stage for two years previous to that occasion, and it will be two years more before I appear again. I prefer the cigar busi ness, which doesn't require any rehearsals." STATE POLITICAL NOTES. Montooth stock is reported higher. He is coming in on the homestretch. Senator John C. Geadt, of Gradyville, is very outspoken, and says be is for anybody to beat the Crawford man. C. G. Mirick, the Cameron county delegate, will support Stone for Governor, or at least he says he will in a letter to the, Warren Mail. The leading candidates for Gubernatorial honors can find but little comfort ont of Satur day's primaries. Honors were about equally divided. Edward IC Martin, of Lancaster, is ambi tious to get tbe nomination for Lieutenant Governor, and is making an active campaign for the same. Lycoming county Republicans instructed their delegates to vote for Hon. Henry Clay McCormlck, tbe present member of Congress for that district. From surface indications it looks as though John U. Shaffer, of It en ova, will succeed him self in tbe Legislature. Mr. Shaffer is a radical Democrat and editor of the Benova Herald, Mortimer F. Elliott is not talking poli tics to any alarming extent, but bis friends claim be would accept the Democratic nomina tion if it would bring harmony into tbe ranks. The fight for Congressional honors in Car lisle has narrowed down to ex-Uongressman Beltzhoover and Mr. Comforts, and it is said tbe latter gentleman finds but little comfort in the outlook. Senator Wallace says he has repeatedly written and spoken against tbe doublo system of taxation to which farmers are subjected in this State, and that ho has never been what is commonly known as a corporation attorney in bis professional life. Colonel Andrew Stewart, of Fayette, announces that be will be a candidate for the Congressional seat occupied by J. W. Ray, of Greene county. Colonel Stowartis a son of "Tariff Andy" Stewart, who represented the district in Congress many years ago. The Grangers of Jefferson county have ap pointed a committee to interview the different candidates for Associate Judge in that county and get their views on the license question. They say they view the matter from a business standpoint, and are of tbo opinion that the revenuo derived from the salo of intoxicants is not sufficient to bear the expenses entailed by their indiscriminate use. Therefore they want judges pledged against the granting of licenses. G, A. R. Men for Itlontooth. From the DuBoli Courier. Farther evidence of the sentiment of the ma jority of the Republicans of Jefferson county was furnished tbe Courier by a Brookville gen tleman who while here Friday stated that the members of the G. A. R. of tbe county are al most unanimously in favor of tbe candidacy of Major Montooth, and that there is but little likelihood of the defeat of George W. Weiss as a delegate to the Btate Convention. Mr. Weiss is an out-and-out avowed Montooth man, and naught but the employment of boodle can pre vent his selection. ' , . ," C , &&& PITTSBUBQ- DISPATCH, THE CRITICS REVIEW. A Talk With the Pope-Intere.tIn Acconnt of a Conversation That n London Jour- nnllst Had With Hi. liollne.. - The Pnpnl 4ttllnde on Social and Political Questions, i JfyJR. W. T. Stead, editor of thaJaH Mall Gazette, made a pilgrimage to Rome last fall for the purpose of finding out answers to three questions. These questions concerned the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church toward the conditions of modern life. There are three characteristics, according to Mr. Stead, which difference our days from the days of our grandfathers: "(L) Tbe world is passing into the bands of tbo English-speaking peoples. (2.) Society is being reorganized on a Socialist basis; and (3) woman Is at last being recognized as a being with a right to equal privileges and opportunities with man." The shrewd editor wanted fo know what was thought of these new ideas at the headquarters of tbe Roman Catholic Church. Tbe undertaking was a somewhat remarka ble one. It was a proposal to Interview the Pope. Mr. Stead did not succeed in getting the Pope to dictate a column or two for the Pall Mall Gazette, out he accomplished tbe next thing to that. He secured an interview with tho Cardinal whom common prophecy points to as the probable Pope to come Cardi nal Parrochi, the Vicar General of Rome. The interview, like everything in this enter- talningbook. is written up in a very interesting way. How much is lost to history by the tardv advent of tbo newspaper reporter into our mundane life! If he could but bave made bis appearance a good many centuries sooner and have interviewed Julius Caesar and Nero and Heliogabalus;lf be could but bave written up in his unique fashion the relations between Charlemagne and Pope Loo, or between Hilde brand and Henry, giving the inside details of that interesting encounter at Canossa what delightful reading it would bet TTere is the beginning of Mr. Stead's de scription of bis visit to Cardinal Par rochi: "After passing through various ante chambers, almost as if you were entering into the presence of a sovereign prince, we were ushered into a large reception room, where, at the end of a long table, with a crucifix and a ucture of the Madonna and Child immediately efore him, sat the Vicar General of Rome. The light was curiously arranged so that it fell full on the face of bis visitors, while his own features remained in the shade. But he was evidently a man of considerable determination, and in the full vigor of life, with a mind active and alert, looking out from beady black eyes' under busby brows. He has a jaw also of Im mense power. His address was pleasing. He said that be occasionally read the Pall Mall Gazette, and inquired, as most people do, how its name was pronounced whether as pawl mawl or pell melL After explaining that the a is pronounced as though it were e, I said I was very glad Jo have the opportunity of meeting him, inasmuch as his position as "Vicar General caused bim to be conspicuous above all tbe rest of tbe Roman cardinals." Then proceed the questions and answers, TVTb. Stead's paragraph about the dally life of the Pope is equally chatty, interest ing and full of just the information which most people want. "Avery interesting picture might be drawn of tbe daily life of tbe Pope in his palace prison. In some respects it must be admitted that tho spectacle Is almost ideal. Imagine a pure, good and able man, of more than three score years and ten, rising at 6 o'clock on any given morning, after a sleep as untroubled as a cnna's, ana setting aooui u u id lb unu honest conviction tbe discharge of his duty to God and his church, by using his influence as the vicegerent of the Almighty to allay the troubles of the world. "His authority, to begin with, is almost abso lutely nntrammeled. When Alexander III. writes, he uses M. de Giers as a peer: Cardinal Rampolla is equally the peer of Leo XIII. Around the Papal throne are cardinals and archbishops and dignitaries of great place; but in all the brilliant throng there Is no one who exercises anv controlling Influence over the detached and lucid Intellect of the Pope. Oc casionally, earlier in his reign, they would en deavor to bring pressure to bear to induce bim to adopt a policy to which he was disinclined. 'What you say,' be would reply, "is very good, no doubt, but let it be done in a different way.' And done always it was in Leo's way, until at last the cardinals desisted from making fruitl ess suggestions. He is so supreme that, compared with tbe elevation wbich he occupies, cardinals count for no more than deacons, or even than acolytes. There are mutterings of discontent in the congregations from men who once counted for something in the church, but now count for nothing; but on tbe whole, the Sacred College recognizes with loyalty and pride tne commanding ability and authoritative confi dence of its chief. The Pope, therefore, has a single mind, and he has an immense sense of bis responsibility for the decisions at wbich he arrives. . "pvKRY morning, before addressing himself to the direction of tbe affairs of this planet he offers the sacrifice of the mass, and then for gratiarum actio attends a second mass at wbich his chaplain is the celebrant; with a mind thus attuned to divine things the Pope then begins his working day. A single glass of coffee, tea or . milk suffices to break bis fast. After going through his papers, he begins to re ceive about 9. From that hour till 1 in tbe afternoon the throng of visitors never slackens. Secretaries, Ambassadors, Cardinals from the Congregation, distinguishedjstrangers. Bishops from afar, have audience in turn. There are 1,200 Bishops in tbe Catholic Church, and with all of them the Pope is in more or less constant personal relations. "Nothing can be more gracious, more ani mated, or more sympathetic than the manner of the Pope. His eye, which when fixed in thought is deep and piercing, beams with kind liness, and the severely rigid lines of his intel lectual features relax witb the ploasantest of smiles as be talks, using, as tbe case may be, cithor French, Latin (which he speaks with great purity and facility) or his own musical native tongue. "After four or five hours spent in this way, he returns to bis books and papers until 3, when he dines. His meal is frugal: a little soup, two courses of meat, with vegetables, aud dessert of fruit, with one glass of strong wine, suffice for bis wants. After dinner he goes out tor a drive or a walk in tbe gardens of the Vatican. In tbe evening he resumes his papers, and at night between 9 and 10 all tbe Papal household assemble fortbe Rosary, after which they retire to rest. But long after that hour the Cardinal State Secretary, Rampolla, or the Under State becretary, Mocenni, is often sum moned to the Papal apartments, where, Dy the light of tbe midnight lamp. Leo watches and minus ana prays ior tne wenaro oi tne cnurcn." V A ll this, however, brings us no nearer to the answers which Mr. Stead went after. What thinks tbe Pope about the position of woman in our modern life, and about the advance of Socialism, and about the changing conditions which are steadily making the civilization of the world neither Italian nor French, but En glish? Upon these points the English editor went away from Rome, greatly reassured. He still believes the prophesy which he an nounced not long ago in one of tbe great re views, that tbe Pope will one of these days take up bis abode in London, and be in touch with that progressive race which dominates more and more the world s living and thinking. He declares that the Pope is at heart a thorough-going Socialist. "The Pope is for develop ing and extending the principle of factory leg islation, so as to secure for childhood exemp tion from labor and liberty to learn; the Pope is for securing for the workman one rest day in seven; tho JPopo is for shortening" the hours of labor."- as bo sent Cardinal Lavigerie over' Europe to preach tbe crusade against the slave trade, so he may presently send another Cardi nal to preach another crusade- which will not be so very different from that which Dr. Mc Glynn is preaching. . As for the enfranchisement of women the Pope has not yet declared himself in favor of woman suffrage, but Mr. Stead thinks it not unlikely that he may. . tt is encouraging to learn from sources which may be trusted, that the Pope is not in favor of the Incendiary policy of some of his follow ers in regard to the reinstatement of the tempo ral power. Tbe Pope does most earnestly desire the temporal power. Of that there Is no doubt His tears and prayers "and fastings upon tbe occasion of tbo erection of the Bruno monu ment show that. But Leo the Thirteenth wants no blood shed for him. He would rath er remain a prisoner in the Vatican till be died tban that one sword should be unsheathed to restore the temporal power. This comes straight from tbe Pope himself. Mr. Stead went to Rome a thorough English Protestant, and he came away saying: "Never was I less inellned to join the Papal Church than when I stood beneath tbe dome ot St. Peter's." He went as an alert, observant, fair minded and broad-minded editor, as a man who saw the need which our generation has for all possible emphasizing of the good and dis couraging of the bad, and who was glad to tnd that the men who bave the spiritual and moral directing of some two hundred millions of our fellow-men are not, after all, blind to the neods of the time. The Pope and the New Era, which is the title of Mr. Stead's book is not a phase of contradiction. TXttiAT the Pope stands most in need of. ac cording to Mr. Btead, is a good, wide awake newspaper for an "organ."' He ought to organize a "Correspondence Bureau of the Vatican." He ought to employ the printer and get tbe editor on his side. "Less Jncense and more newspapers, fewer masses and more leading articles, and at least one live editor for 'every half-dozen cardinals on those lines much may be done!" (Cassell Publishing Co. H. Watts & Co. 1100.) ,-- o t - L MCJNDAY, MAY 26, A MAGNIFICENT KUHBEK. Yesterday'. Mammoth Dl.pnteb a Compen dium of Choice Tilterntare. Tbe 20-page nnmber of The Dispatch Issued yesterday was a model paper for the home circle. It contained all tbe important news from all parts of tbe world, as well as scores of original articles of the highestliterary merit. Fiction, poetry, humor, religion, philos ophy, natural science and current topics of public interest occupied a goodly space in lu many broad pages. Sixty thousand regular patrons will testify that the Sunday edition of The Dispatch has no superior. Walt Whitman sent to Queen Victoria for a birthday present a brief poem and a bunch of arbutus, accompanied by a note recalling tbe service rendered America oy England during the Civil War. Her Majesty's anniveraary bas been celebrated by numorou. festivals. Many Americans have lately arrived In London. Lord Salisbury bas issued orders that all nego tiations with Africa be suspended. Germany does not agree, and the matter Is likely to be come a bone of contention between the two nations. The Senato will reconstruct the McKlnley bill. Members of the House regard this Jfolicy as an insult. The conflict may result in tbe. failure of tariff legislation. Returns from Saturday's primaries indicate that Delamater carried Indiana county, Montooth, Greene; Stone, Bedford and possibly Butler, wbilo un lnstructed delegates were elected in Elk. The Presbyterian General Assembly has decided upon a committee of revision which shall re port to tbe assembly in 1891. An important meeting of the State Revenue Commission was held in Philadelphia. Leechburg has an original package bouse, the first in the State, wbich is doing a rushing business. Tbe agent will be arrested. ir. Local politics are becoming lively. Colonel Bayne's and George Shlras' friends are bustling. Postmaster McKean and Colonel Quay held a conference. Carl Freeman, a peddler, who attempted suicide at Altoona, bas been arrested, suspected of complicity In the Douglas murder at McKeesport. Journeymen tinners, who are on strike, are dissatisfied that the strike has not been settled. A remarkable surgical operation, the removal of a goitre from a woman's throat, has been successfully performed by local physi cians. Pittsburg peoplo think some of the ques tions that tbe cenBus enumerators are to ask are impertinent and unnecessary. Tbe music world, tbe editorial and sporting pages and other interesting departments were other features of the main paper, in. Farts second and third were, as usual, de voted mainly to original literary matter. Claire A. Orr gave some entertaining informa tion about Southern Africa, its cities, colonies, railroads and diamond fields. Charles T. Mur ray sketches the pitfalls that lurk in the way of the unwary in New York. Foster Coates wrote of Walt "Whitman at home: Carpenter por trayed Washington celebrities; Nast'a pencil also pictured a lew oi tne more noted states man.' A collection of stories about Stanley, the conclusion of Rider Haggard's "Beatrice;" a symposium of views of clergymen on theaters and theater-going; bright jokes from the pens of noted humorists and numerous original pro ductions by old and valued contributors made up a number of unusual excellence. CTJBBEHT TIMELY TOPICS. Mr. Peck is tbe best Democratic Mayor Milwaukee bas had In 25 years. P. B. He Is the first Democrat elected In that time. The Allegheny river is troubled with a welled head, bnt the "oldest citizen" says he bas seen its head bigger than it Is at present. Over 70,000,000 pairs of suspenders were made in the United States last year. This does not Include the pieces of rope and the ones that sood old grandmothers knit for tbelr favorites. New York barbers are removing tbe clocks from their shops becanse customers get nervous by watching them while being shaved, and the employes can't do their work properly. Next! Mayor Fitler has chased tbe organ grinders from tbe streets of Philadelphia. If he would only now chase the obnoxious Gas Trust 'from the city tbe people wonld probably forgive him for bis little shortcomings. An exchange heads an article "Kemmler Will Die. ' ' Undoubtedly he will, bnt in all prob ability it will be from old age. At the brewers' banquet in Baltimore a gen tleman from Kentucky responded for Congress. Could anything be more appropriate! Colonel Swords, of Iowa, is anxious to succeed the present Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. His name alone should be sufficient to elect him on the first ballot. , Old Mrs. Carlisle, who died recently in Detroit, claims to have been kissed by George Washington. Detroit papers say that Mrs. Car lisle was once a beautiful woman, andbence tbe father of His Country showed remarkably good taste. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, says be bas no political ambitions to satisfy, and longs to get on a good farm with bis wife and children, and there pass tbe closing years of his life. A man who can play a fiddle as well as he can bas no business playing Governor of a second-class Btate like Tennessee. Senator Stanford, of California, poses as philanthropist, and wants tbe Government to loan farmers money at 2 per cent Interest. Of course Uncle Sam Is not loaning money out just at present, but there Is no law In the land that will prevent the wily Senator from loaning a por tion of his (200,000.000 at 2 or even 1 per cent in terest. In fact, he can give his money away if be feels so disposed but he don't. Not De.ervine of Sympathy. From the Indianapolis Journal. 1 Tbe Ohio woman who married a man because bo was a Johnstown sufferer, and now wants a divorce, can baldly expect a great amount of pnblic sympathy. The victims of that flood were entitled to a certain measure of charita ble aid, but there was really no call for any woman to make a martyr of herself by marry ing one for benevolent reasons. AMONG THE POETRY WBITEES. owed to pattl Pattl ha? reached her native fhore, Her Silvery tones we'll bear no more; Her "Home, Sweet Home" wa? dearly Sweet "tYefpenta "V" for one backseat. DEAR LITTLE GIRLS. And now the season has arrived, Wheu girls who are not big, "Will jump the rope a thousand times. Then quit and "hop the twig. "Star, ,1 AH A KING! I am a king I Ton do not see my crown? Ah, no. But It Is there; 'TIs firmly set. above this care-worn frown, In Jewels rich and rare. When was 1 crowned, and how? A loving maid, A wee, sweet modest thing. Pressed kisses on my brow and softly said, My King! Tou are my King!" Rufus Cyrent Mac Donald in Lift, YOUNG, BUT WISE. Reluming from their wedding trip, Said Fondle to his wife; "What duties of onr partnership Will you conduct, my life?" Her loving eyes she on bim bent And whispered softly: "Dear, Tou tase the bnslness management And I will be cashier. "New lor Press. A POLITICAL PARADOX. A politician lofed a maid. And. for his delectation. Taught her tbe theory of free trade, And how to run tbe nation. She listened with an ardent zeal To all her lover told her. Till her fond Interest made him feel Emboldened to be bolder. And so one moonlight eve he popped The one momentous question. Her heart Its beating almost stopped Just at tbe bare suggestion Of matrimonial Joys, but soon She owned his love requited; And so beneath the sliver moon Their troth the lovers plighted. Then said the statesman: "Tell me, now, .My precious darling, whether You know the meaning of the vow That we nave sworn together. " With a shy blush, she whispered then: To me Its meaning this Is: Protection from all other men; Wltn you tree traae, in kisses.'' . Samervttls Journal. 1890. DESTITUTE MINISTERS. StnrillnB Facts About Unpaid Salaries Tbe Obligation of tbo Charcb to Aged Pni. tor. AffcdSbrpheril.la Abject Poverty Figure, to Ponder Over. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: T HAVE read with great interest an article in your paper concerning my work m the in terest of veteran ministers. The discussion ot this subject by the secular pres has been very helpful. Without exception the spirit of the discussion has been fair and sympathetic. I have been very grateful for the uniform courtesy sbown me by tho representatives of the daily papers, and most sincerely thank you for your kindness and attention. I enclose a letter published, which contains some facts never before published. Tbey aro indicative of an evil not confined to the Methodist Church. It exists in all denominations. Will you help create a public sentiment upon the line of remedying this evil by making these facts known ? Yours repectfullv. Jay Benson Hamilton. 211 Clermont avenue, Bhooklyn, N. Y. Some Unpublished Fncts. 'FIIE editorial Viscnssion id the religious pres3 of the reference to unpaid salaries induces me to trespass upon your courtesy by offering you some hitherto unpublished facts. The Methodist minister is a worker without wages. He agrees not only to go to any field, but to ac cept such remuneration as tbe congregation he serves chooses to give him. Were he to at tempt to demand the amount promised him, be would soon learn that it was a gratuity and not collectable by law. The word salary can only be used in an accommodated sense by a Meth odist. When it is so used it simply means the amountVstimated to be sufficient for the min ister's support. The estimated allowance of tbo early itinerant was such a pittance that be barely managed to live upon it by the most rigid economy and self-denial. His family rarely enjoyed the luxuries of life, often were denied the necessities of lifo, and in not in frequent instances were reduced to a condition of terrible distress. The man of God called to preach, disciplined by long and faithful ser vice, was compelled in many instances to retire from the ministry when best fitted for it, sim ply to provide for the present and future neces sities of himself and family. When bv careless methods, or lack of method, tbe salary esti mated was unpaid at tbe end of tbe year, the prcacner naa no redress. Aitnougn involved in debt, itmiy be, incurred upon the basis of the estimated support, be had to borrow money to pay his debts and get to bis next appoint ment, perhaps to pass thrdugh the same ex perience. Never free from embarrassment, driven to the exercise of the most rigid econ omy, his distress of mind was only equaled by the sufferings of his body. Tho Heroic Remedy. "The General Conference, afflicted by the ap palling deficiencies In salaries, adopted a heroic remedy. It caused to be published in the minutes a record of the claims, receipts and de ficiencies. Tbis, it was hoped, would no; only be a rebuke for the past, but a stimulus to do better in the future. The records are very in accurate. Many Conferences did not report at all; others made but a partial report; others de manded an accounting of all presents and often offset one man's deficiency by another man's donation. By this happy kind of financiering Conferences which were really deficient many thousands of dollars appeared to bave a sur plus. All this but renders the record more ap palling. Thirty-five Conferences from 1833 to 1872, 40 years, reported a deficiency of 55,150.000. Of these Conferences, 14 reported each a great er total deficiency than the value of their par sonage property. Their parsonages were valued at less than 81,500,000. but the deficiencies were over 82,500.000. If tbe parsonages were to be sold to pay the debt it would still leave over 1,000,000 unpaid, which would take every one of tbe 271 churches in tbe State of Maine. These same 14 Conferences last year were de ficient over $70,000, or over $5,000 each. Fifty five Conferences last year reported a deficiency of $305,000. It is not a high estimate to say that 'the de ficiency in the salaries of Methodist ministers last year was $500,000. From a comparison of previous years in a large number of Confer ences it is safe to say that tbe deficiencies from 1873 to 1890 bave been $1,000,000 every three years. Tbis makes $8,000,000 to be added to tbe figures previously given. From 1883 to 1890 the deficiencies, without interest, reached nearly 12,000,000. without computing the deficiencies for 40 years previous to 1833. If tbe lowest rate of interest business men would decide to be equitable were to be added, it is evident that here is a dobt almost incredibly enormous. We need to remember, as the New York Christian Advocate has said.'These deficiencies occurred forthe most part on salaries of ministers who could least afford to bear the loss. Churches which gave large salaries usually paid them la fulL Tbe delinquents were churches which promised only a meager support to their pastors and dm not pay even that." Destitute Ministers. Tt may begin to dawn upon the average mind that all this bas some considerable bearing upon tbe obligation of the church to care for aged ministers when worn ont in her service. I bave scores of letters from ministers In abject destitution, every one of whom would be put in a position of comfort for the rest of their lives were tbey to be -paid the amount they failed to receive of their meagre salaries when they were serving the church. We believe tbe only way to remedy an evil is first to reveal it. Methodism has no plaee in her economy for a mercenary ministry. She must, therefore, make it bcr first duty to see lo it that her aged and infirm veterans, who bave by selfdenying and heroic effort created her wealth, shall not suffer for bread. Tbe Methodist Episcopal Church does better for her superannuated ministers than any other great Protestant church, but she does much too little. Her gifts to tbis holy chanty amount to hundreds of thousands annually, but she ought to give a million. She would then but poorly provide for her faithful needy servants. The most popular rallying cry for Methodism is destined to be "a million for our veterans." Jay Benson Hamilton. Anticipating a Visit From Wlshnrt. From the Oil City Derrick. Law and Order Wishart, of Pittsburg, ex presses an intention of working the country in Western Pennsylvania this summer, looking to the bringing of violators of the Sunday laws and liquor laws to justice. His spies may be expected in the oil country in due course, where they will nndoubtedly bave a pleasant time. They do not seem to appreciate the hos pitality of Beaver county, where they have been at work for a week or more. But there are many friends of "the cause" in Beaver, and the roads are somewhat rocky down that way. When they come up and get oil on their boots they will find the walking much bettor. Six Problem. Before the People, Prom the Indianapolis Sentinel. David Dudley Field says there are now six problems nefore the American people honest government, woman suffrage, the negro race, the rights of labor, the government of cities, and the government of corporations. It would appear from this that Mr. Field doesn't regard tbe revenue and currency questions as "prob lems." A FEW PISHING KOTES. A KITTANNING man caught 262 trout in Forest county in two days. A Gettysburg man caught 80 trout in Birch run in one day this week. Thirty thousand wall-eyed pike have been planted in the Shiawassee river above Sag inaw, Mich. Three SharpsvlUe men were arrested for dynamiting fish in the Shenango a few days ago. They paid $58 12 each for fines and costs. The hypothecating of one little trout cost a Kalamazoo, Mich., man $20. He couldn't wait until May 1, but dropped his line a few minutes before midnight April SO. All the white fish that were hatched In the United States fish hatchery at Alpena, Micb., have been planted. The number of fish placed in tho lakes is estimated at 33,000,000. The largest shad ever caught in the Dela ware was on exhibition in Chester lately. It weighed lljf pounds and measured over 80 inches in length, 17 inches in girth and 4 inches iu thickness. The champion fisherman, J. A. Cams, of Steubenville.-O., has taken bis departure for borne. He went to Jacksonville in December, 1889. and bas' taken out of tbe St. John's river 150.0UO pounds ot fish that he shipped to North ern cities. He employed 25 men, paying them 1 cent a pound for all the fish they could catch. WHILE Jersey's new game and flsh law seems to be very good for the natives, it prac tically freezes out non-residents. Few men will care to pay til for the privilege of bunting and fishing in a single county. Tbe law as good as prohibits every non-resident, and this on tbe part of a State wbich makes many thousands of dollars every year from visitors Is a pretty shabby piece of business. .. ' 0UU MAIL POUCH. Tbe West Virginia Mining Region. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I am now located on what is called the Elk horn river, a stream about tbe size of Saw Mill run, and just where the railroad now being graded to the Ohio river at Ironton will con nect. Work is plenty and men scarce. Thero is not a coal mine in this field but would em ploy 20 to 30 men each. Contractors go 200 and E0O miles and bring men in here by the drove, 40 to 100 in a gang, mostly colored. Real estate is booming in all sections of tbis State and in fact in all or tbe Southern States. The coal operators are mostly from Pennsylvania. Miners make from $1.50 to $5 per day. Some of our Pennsylvania miners could make from $125 to $150 per month and not work as hard as they do in some of onr Penn'jlvania mines to make $50 to $75. The coal is soft and easy to mine, and ranges from 4 to 8 feet. There are now being shipped from thU field about 420 cars per day of coal and coke, and yet the coal field is just in its infancy. Thero are being opened up three new collieries, that will require from 150 to 250 miners each. Laborers can get employment here, no matter what tbev want. If they will work, ther can find a job here. There Is near us an incan descent electric light plant. I am not suffi ciently conversant with the field to give von anything like a history of it, but may later on. The colored people, a3 a clas. are very igno rant, and they are vastly in the majority here as laborers. Every pay day, and sometimes oftener. several negroes get shot, and very little attention is paid to it. The people seem to get hardened to it. Even I, only being here about two months, do not think so murb of it now as at first. It seems to be a natural occur rence. Tbe weather is very changeable, and yet we have comDaratlvely very little sickness. 'Ihe days are warm but nights are cool. J. K. F. Steel. Powhatan, McDowell county, W. Va., May 23. Thi Dl.covery of Petroleum. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you please tell me where petroleum was first discovered in Pennsylvania; A friend says the Indians aloog Oil creek originally used suriaco - petroleum as a liniment, wnat are the facts? D. J. 8. Pittsburg, May 24. Petroleum was "struck" in 1859 on Oil creek, near where tbe city of Titusvllle now stands. Colonel Drake, now dead, had the honor of putting down the first well. The der rick is still standing, and can be seen by per sons traveling on the W.. N. i. & P. from Oil Citv to Titusville. Indians were really the first to discover tbe article. They sold tho crude stuff in small bottles as a great cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, etc. ITere'rt n Hnrd One. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I have read several articles giving directions how to remove superfluous flesh. Now can any one tell me tbe opposite bow to get fat? Altoona. May 24. Lank, WOMEN" AHD THK IK WAYS. A red bat, covered with green leaves, Is far from a millinery sensation. Long streamers of black and yellow ribbon velvet are seen on sun umbrellas of white net. After sunset natural sprays of lilac, peonies and carnations are worn on the shadow bats of lace and point d' esprit. Splinters of orange wood are sold by cos metic dealers, togetber with dental floss, for cleaning the nails and teeth. A dinner dress of black net, tufted with pink and white daisies, is one of the perfectly new and lovely summer ideas. White canvas shoes will be worn in the tennis court and the seaside parlor, and white pipe stem will bo used to keep them clean. A ladies' outfitter of London charges a guinea for a silk petticoat some picturesque affair, with which a billiard coat Is worn for a breakfast toilet. Mary J. Holmes, the novelist, will spend the summer in the Peninsula of Alaska and collect material for another book, to be deliv ered for the holidays. The Mary Anderson, a new toque tbat an English designer has dedicated to tbe bride elect of young Navarro, is merely a fillet of velvet, brocaded with tiny field flowers. The fashionable modiste bas a piano stool, on which the customer sits, revolving at will before the mirror. Unless tbe body is a sit ting as well as a standing fit, it is only half a fit. . GOT POOB UT POLITICS. Patrick A. Collin. Attending Strictly to the TSnnlnes. of Making Money. New York, May 25. General Patrick A. Collins, of Boston, who cut a large figure in National politics in 1834, as a leading Irish champion of Mr. Cleveland, and who was at one time said to be booked for tbe Cabinet, was in New York to-day. He got poor in politics, and when he left Congress made np his mind that he would attend strictly to tho business of making monev. He got an option on Boston breweries, made a connection with the Unterraeyers, of this city, who bave sold a large number of American properties to Eng lish capitalists, and found himself at tbe end of tbe year richer by $50,000 tban when he began tbe operation. He is a lawyer by profession, and bis successsul business turn has brought bim back bis old clients and a great many more, so tbat he is on the high tide of pros perity. dOKDITESS CONTAGIOUS. A Philosopher Explain. How People Fall In Love With It. From the Punxsntawney Spirit. Did you ever notice that kindness was con tagions? It is. Let a man who needs help ap proach a crowd and ask for a donation, and in stinctively the purse strings tighten. But let some fellow say, "Here, my friend, is a dollar," and immediately they all loosen up. Or when some poor devil is being imposed upon and ridicnled. Every body will naturally join in and help abuse him. But let some kind-hearted man take his part, and announce that he is there to protect him, and in a moment all the rest will feel ashamed and want to be his friend too. Kindness is so beautiful that all who see it fall In love with it. NEW DEESSES AND IMPE0TEMENTS. THE Daily Alta California, published at San Francisco, is one of the neatest and newsiest papers published on the Pacific coast. In fact it takes rank with the brightest newspapers of the country. The Ohio State Journal, published at Colum bus, Is now publishing a Sunday edition. It has taken so well that its circulation is something wonderful, and is the envy of its seven rivals. The Journal is an excellent paper and is de serving of its success. The Supper Table, published at Little Wash ington, completed its fifth year on Saturday. When started it was a little four-page affair, but to-day it consists of 16 pages, and is a credit to its publishers and the citizens of that ex cessively dry borough. Chill W. Hazzard's Daily Mepublican, of Monongabela, h?smade its appearance in a spring suit, which adds greatly to Its attractive ness. Tbe Republican Is a bright little paper, and reflects the news of Monongabela and its snburbs in a condensed and attractive shape. The Kansas City Star, typographically speak ing, is the neatest looking paper published any where; besides, its columns teem with bright editorials, telegraphic news and tho doings of the West in an attractive manner. It's an In dependent paper and hits straight from the shoulder. Senator Ingalls don't love it, but that don't hurt it in tbe least. Tuz Pennsylvania Telegram is the name of a new Sunday paper published at Reading, under the management of J. M. Place. It is a newsy, well printed quarto. Mr. Place re ceived his early newspaper training near tbis city, since which time he has successfully man aged the Harrisburg Telegram, and will no doubt soon place his new venture in tbe front rank of Sunday papers. Tom Wilson, a well known Pennsylvania writer, is its editor in chief. A Live Sdako Story. From the Columbia Republican. J Ambrose Hlle, living on theRoblson farm near Esther Furnace, on Sunday tnmed up a large flat stone with his hands, when to his as tonishment he found under it four full-grown copper-heads and three bl.ic-ksnakea,each about four feet long colled in a heap. They made an effort to strike Hile, bnt he succeeded in dis patching all seven. He has silled 12 on his farm this spring. Extract From a Bride'. Letter. From Harper's Bazar. i ' "Yonr beautiful clock was received, and is now in the parlor on our mantel-piece, where we hope to see you often." CURI0DS CONDENSATIOSS. Potato bugs have already appeared in large numbers in Rhode Island. It is reported from the ruby mines of Burmah that a ruby weighing 304 carats has been found. The greatest deposit of manganese ever fonnd in the United States has been opened up at Tredegar, Calhoun county, S. C Two old gentlemen, one 82 and the other 73 years old. had a stand-up fight one day last week In Portland, Ore., over a young widow. A brakeman on an Ohio railroad, who dreamed tbat be lost a leg. it is said, fell nnder his train a lew days after, aud had both a leg and an arm taken off. Several young men on Mackinac Island have formed a society with a capital stock of $CU00. which will be spent on a visit to the World's Fair and a trip around the earth in 1893. Italy has turned out a torpedo ram that can take rank with naval sluggers of the Sulli van class She is called tbe Fleramosca, and can, it is claimed, fire a 443-pound projectile through 26 inches of solid iron. A girl, named Amelia Waterwortb, em ployed by Mrs. Davidson, of Dundas, Ont, was accused of stealing $3. She at first denied the charge, but after taking a dose of rough on rats, confessed and tben died. An obstinate farmer in Ifew Jersey, who refused to pay toll because the road was in bad condition, saw hl3 folly afterward, when, on being sued, he had to pay costs amounting to $5. The toll was a few cents. At Mansfield, Pa., a boy was seen riding an imported Shetland pony and leading a big draught horse. The pony is U hands high and weighs 365 pounds. The horse is 19 hands high and weighs 2.400 pounds. No less than 15 sparrow nests were found in the ivy running over a wall in West Cbester. All of them were removed, but some of tbe birds almost immediately began building new homes, and in the old spots, too. A man named Collins, at Bioche, Nev., refused to pay two employes, whom he had dis charged, their money. He was given eight minutes, by tbe watcb, to settle, but did not weaken, and at the end of the time was shot dead. A number of capitalists of Seattle and Minneapolis contemplate tbe building of an Immense flume or tunnel from Lake Washing, ton to tbe shores of Seattle harbor for tbe pur pose of furnishing water power for manufac turing purposes. The sheriff of Mackinac county. Mich., the other day examined the bolts of bis prison doors and found tbat many nuts bad been filed off, preparatory to a grand exit of prisoners. The men bad worked patiently for a long time, and were nearly ready to finish tbe plot. Mr. Thomas Beatty left home four weeks azo and has not been seen or heard from since. He wore a blue coat, gray pants, black soft hat. Mr. Beatty is about 70 years old. Any informa tion concerning bis wbereabouis will be thank fully received by his daughter, Annie Beatty, Meadville. George Bidwell, the famous ticket-of-leave man who served 14 years on a life sen tence in British prisons fur tbe great $5,000,000 forgery on the Bank of England, has 25 acres of property near Muskegon, Micb., and is there now looking it over. His home is now in Hart ford, Conn. A 11-year-old Oil City girl was trying to exchange two $5 gold pieces for pennies and nickels. Later in the day a lady came down town and said she had lost her pocket book. The little one was found and acknowledged having gone Into the bonse and taken the money from tbe lady's purse. She didn't know it was wrong. A couple in Hancock county, Me., who promised over 30 years ago to take each other for better or for worse, seem to bave suddenly come to a realizing sense that their engagement bad been long enough, as a local paper reports that tbe minister was called on one night re cently to get out of bed and perform the mar riage ceremony. Fifteen years ago Chief Grant had a Valuable Swiss watch stolen from him on a run between Erie and Cleveland. The police authorities have been on the lookout for the watcb ever since, and a few days ago the Cleve land Cblef of Police found the watcb In a pawn shop and returned it to Chief Grant, who had given up all hopes of ever finding It. Curtis Hicks, of Racine, "Wis., has be come ossified. His feet, toes, ankles, legs, knee-joints, and even his hip-joints are 'per fectly ossified, in fact. Solid and stiff bone' and the skin of a hard, reddish color. His arms, hands, fingers and all tbe joints of the same are In a like condition, and the man states that there is not a single joint in his body that is not ossified. Colonel L. C. Hoyl, of Dawson, Go., has in his possession a book ICO years old that is of considerable interest to curious readers. It is tbe printed laws of the State of Georgia from 1765 to 17y9. In it is an act taking certain persons out of the penalty of confl.-cation and banishment, so far as it relates to the Revolu tionary War. An act of 1795 makes counter feiting a death offense. Workmen while excavating in a lot near the McClellan House, Gettysburg. Thurs day, dug up tbe remains of a Union soldler.sev eral U nion buttons establishing the fact. Tbe bones were taken to tbe National Cemetery for reinterment. A number of teeth filled with gold were also found. It is said that the lot in which the body was buried was occupied at tho time of tho battle by an embalming establish ment. A burglary was committed in a Jack son, Mich., store, and a stranger giving his name as Joseph Cathcart was arreted for the crime. The next morning be was given a razor to shave himself. An hour afterward he was discovered in his cell with his left forearm cut balf off and his throat cut not a single cut,but 15 to 20 of them so tbat slices of his flesh bad fallen away. He was unconscious, but revived while a surgeon was sewing bim np, aud may recover from his wounds. AuAmericus, Ga., yonng man says that he had a game rooster that kept every other fowl off bis beat, and last Monday night he heard a fluttering in his chicken house. The next morning be investigated it and found the rooster and a very large owl on the floor of his hen house. The rooster bad driven one of his spurs clear through the owl's head, and it bung there, while the owl had a death grip on tba rooster's wing. Tbe owl was dead, but tbe rooster, as soon as released from tbe talon of tbe fowl, stretched his neck and crowed lustily. There is a man in Somerset County, Ore., who Is a Selectman, Assessor and Over seer of tbe Poor In his town. He Is also School Agent and Highway Surveyor in his school and highway district. It is said that tbe town pays htm $1 per day for tbe board of his mother-in-law, and tbat he has hired bis own daughter for tbe school teacher. An ex-soldier, he draws a nice sum each month as a pensioner. Ho carries on a farm and speculates some la farm produce and stock. He also owns abuild ing tbat is the headquarters of a poker club, and be is a leading as well as successful mem ber thereof. AMONG THE HUMORISTS. Mr. Smith (to neighbor's son who is din ing with him) -Well, sonny, what part of the chicken would you like? Boy-The whole of U.-Dttrolt Free Press. "It all depends on what business a man is In," said the cabbage. "If he's a green grocer he sells by the bead, and If a tobacconist, by the box." Washington Post. The potato digger always endeavors to get at the root of the thing. Xenoicine's Sews. We may shortly exoect to hear the tin-tln-nab-ulatlons of the tin trust, with the accent on the "nab."-CAfW Olobe. "George, what is meant by the dead of nliht?" "It would mean that cat of Tompkins' ir 1 eoula aim straight. "St. Joseph News. The Japanese always take off their shoes when entering a house. This is still another indi cation that the Japanese are married. Somtr vtlte Journal. Stranger There seems to be a Sunday law in this town? Kesldent-Yes, sir. If vou want to get shaved, too will have to wait until Monday. btranger-Ob, 1 don't want to get shaved,. I wanttogetdrunK. Kesldent Come with me. Clinton Democrat. ONE STRIKE FOB APOLLO. Apollo raised his tuneful hand. So graceful, light and free, And with a stlilrul, soulful touch He struck Tom Ochiltree. Washington Star. the summer vlannel. The Senatorial dignity Would feel a deadly hurt. Should William Maxwell Evarts wear" A summer flannel shirt. x ,- Washington Post. The eminent Mr. Carlisle , . . v Got thre in most elegant stlsle;,,,, , The men of Ken tuck ll5 --., Unshed him through Inst for luck, And didn't demand his whoU plsl.r ' itlnmapotu TrilmM, r pi U 1 . ' ' ' ' " SE vv "-
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