liJHi if ! s-yji ""? w "' ' : r&f 7y "" P '4. . THE PTTTSBimQ- rDISPATOH, TUESDAY. JTJNE'8, 1890.. r BHEsSSa c 6 i. i- tf a I Wlje Bi&rafrjj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, IMS, Vol.43. No. 11G- Enteretf at Pittsburg I'nstonlce. Jtovemberll, IST. as second-class matter. Business OfficeCorner Smlthfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing- House76, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFlCr, ROOMM. TK1BUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete flies of TUE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign aavertlsers appreciate, the con venience Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, white In New York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at JBrentano's. 5 Union Square, Sew York, and 27 Ave. de FOpera, Paris. Prance, and IS Strand. Xandon, Eng where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel netcs stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTACE rnEK in Tin cnitxd statis. DAILT HisPATCn. One Year. 1 SOO Daily Dkpatch, FerQuarter 5 00 Daily DisrATcu, One Mouth 70 Daily UlsrATCIt, lnrludingSunday, lyear. 10 00 Daily lnsrATCH. inctudlngSunday.SnrthE. 250 Daily Dispatch, lncludlngbuuday.lmonth 90 EUXDAT DisrATCII. One Year 1 50 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 125 1 he Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at Jf cents rer week, or Including bunday edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. JUNE 3, 189a THE DISPATCH FOE THE SUMMER. Persons leaving the City for the rummer can Tiavc The Dispatch forwarded by earliest mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only. 70c per month, f I for three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. XSTThe BUSINESS OFFICE or THE DIS PATCH has been removed to Corner of Smiihneld and Diamond Streets. ESTIMATE OF POPULATION. While the census enumeration is going on n basis for estimating the population or the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny is fur nished bv the new city directory. The esti mate made on that basis will shortly be cor rected by the census returns; but it is inter esting to notice the population indicated by It in connection with the guesses given in the last issue of THE DISPATCH. The directory shows that the steady in crease in the total number of names that has been the rule since 1880, has 'been somewhat modified by the diversion of a share of our manufacturing population to places like Jeannefte and Wilmerding. Nevertheless, three thousand names have been added to the directory since last year, and the total of such additions since 18S0 in the two cities is 48,000. At the very con servative estimate of four people to each name in the directory, this indicates an increase of 192,000 in the population of Pittsburg and Allegheny since 1880, or a gain of nearly 85 per cent. To be on the Eafe side, however, the directory esti mate puts the population of the two cities at 375.000, and of Pittsburg alone at 260,000. Tne census if a notorious contractor of large claims of population, but we see no reason why these figures should not be sub stantiated by the official returns. They are placed in the first place upon very moderate figures, and then an allowance is made for Ebrinkatrc On the New York method of calculation these figures would show a population of 420,000, while the Philadelphia basis of five to one would make it over 450,000. "We think it will be conservative to exoect that a population will be shown for the industrial community including Brad dock, McKeesport, Sharpsburg and the resident suburbs of 450.000, with the total for the county, as The Dispatch said yesterday, in the neighborhood of 600,000. The census will, it is to be hoped, give a complete and gratifying total. Even if it does not come up to present calculations, We can be sure that it will display a wonder ful increase on the population of tea years ago. A PROSECUTION NEEDED. The reports of attempts to purchase dele gates in the Forty-second Senatorial district are taking a form which calls for specific ac tion. The presumption is that the reports are untrue, in which case the direct allega tion that the agents of one candidate or an other have committed acts of bribery is a libelous assertion which the candidate whose reputation is thus attacked should be prompt to punish. On the other hand, if the reports are true, the law provides penal ties for those acts of corruption which those cognizant of the offense should apply by a criminal information. To put it another vay, if these stories are lies, the people lied about should prove it by a libel suit. If they are true, those telling them should prove them by a criminal prosecution. The prevalence of stories of bribery calls for cither the libel suit or the prosecution for bribery. FUNEREAL GAMES. It was jnst as well that the National League Baseball Club of Pittsburg paraded yesterday before instead of after the game with Anson's Chicago nine. The music of a large brass band was needed in truth to bjotoujtlie remembrance of the Pittsburg duffs career in the East. But in future rhen our redoubtable champions of the dia mond exhibit their monumental incompe tency in repose it would be in better taste if the band played the Dead March in Saul or something else of a sympathetic character. The admirers ot baseball in this city do not relish having salt and vinegar in the shape of rollicking quicksteps rubbed in upon their lacerated feelings by a' brazen band. The baseball contingent is in mourning and the gentlemen who are occupying the hearse ought to know it. Some character in Shakespeare says "that a man is never undone till he be hanged," 6ul perhaps the epitaph of baseball in this city ought not to be written till the so-called representatives of Pittsburg in the ball field have lost every game possible. This is the most charitable view that can be taken. The Pittsburg nines are doing their best to hasten the decease of the game, and the sexton must have patience. The minute bells of mourning sound a welcome to the players; the bats wear bows of ciepe, and the pitcher delivers a low ball. "We be speak a sympathetic silence while the last rites are performed. It were useless now to say anything as rude and true as "Play ball!" THE BUSINESS RETURNS. The list of returns for the assessment of business taxes, which is published else where, will contain a great deal of interest for all who are desirous of gaining an idea V the relative magnitude of the operations of our leading nusiness firms. There are some surprises to be found in the list, cer tain firms shoving a large amount of trans actions, while others supposed to be of equal importance in their respective lines are credited with a much less volume of busi ness. 'These differences need not necessarily be coustrued as indicating contrasts in pros perity so much as contrasts in the methods by which the tax returns are made up. Nev ertheless the list is gratifying. Although it cannot be taken as an exhibit ot all the trade in Pittsburg during the past year, it shows that there has been a large amount of business and gives an idea of the great oper ations carried on by some of our leading firms. THE SCALE QUESTION. "While other cities have been more or less disturbed by wages disputes this year, Pittsburg has so far had comparatively lit tle interference with the progress of its in dustrial operations trom that cause. If the question of the iron scale, the preliminary sounds of which are-just making themselves heard, is satisfactorily arranged, we can count with some confidence on -freedom from serious interruptions of this sort for the rest of the year. From a local article elsewhere it will be seen that propositions are to be made to the Amalgamated Association Convention for thexlaim of a decided advance in wages. This is to be expected; and yet the state ment that such claims will be made does not necessarily create the apprehension that if the manufacturers are not able to give a decided advance in wages, there will be a suspension of work. It is the rule for the iron workers and their employers to begin the negotiations on the scale, a good distance apart; but we have been fortunately spared a prolonged strike lor several years. Al though protestations of unyielding inten tions may be very forcible, the result gener ally is that both parties perceive it is much better to get together than to stand idle, and a basis for agreement can usually be looked for about July 1. "We think that the prosperity which both employers and employed have enjoyed from this policy of steady work will impress both sides with the superior wisdom of acting to gether to continue that blessing. There is, therefore, a well-grounded hope that the scale question for 1890 will be settled with ont serious difficulty or any enforced idle ness of the works. BRAZIL'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT. The latest news from Brazil and it is one of the most remarkable features of that alleged republic that all news that conveys any information must come by private let ters, the telegraphic censorship having practically abolished the transmission of in telligence by cable is not reassuring to those who hailed General Da Fonseca's government as a temporary prelude to the establishment of free institutions. The ad vices by mail report that it is the general belief, based on recent incidents there, that the Constitutional Convention will be a farce; and there is even a doubt whether it will be permitted to meet for the purpose of voting for or against the constitutional seheme which the military Government now ruling Brazil has framed. The pre diction is made that the constitution which will be proclaimed this summer will be solely on the authority of a decree by General Da Fonseca and his colleagues. This may, of course, be an erroneous opin ion; and it is to be hoped that the Provis ional Government will prove the good faith of its republican professions. But its course since Dom Pedro's Government was over thrown is such as to justify the suspicions stated above. In the first place, the Consti tutional Convention was postponed for near ly a year on the pretext that it would take that time to reach the inhabitants of the northern and northwestern provinces. But these regions are almost exclusively inhab ited by Indians; and the Government has shown that this excuse was a pretext by an nouncing that in the constitutional scheme now in preparation under its orders these very provinces would be left in the same po sition as our Territories. Universal suffrage has been proclaimed, but alter six months the inhabitants have not been permitted to exercise it for the election of either execu tive or judicial officers. The constituent assembly has been abolished, and even the local legislatures of the various provinces have been dissolved; and all power, legis lative, executive or judicial, has been con centrated in the hands of the Provisional Government and its appointees. This is certainly straying a long way from free government. "When to these features is added the fact that the liberty of the press is suppressed, and that even liberty of speech mnst be exercised under the danger of re moval to Bio Janeiro and trial by a military tribunal, which is the sole judge of whether any language obnoxious to the Government is seditious or not, it mustbe recognized that all the signs of military dictatorship, farmore tyrannical than Dom Pedro's mild and en lightened reign, exist in Brazil to-day. The Dispatch has from the first pointed out that the revolutionists had it in their own hands to make good their claim to the title of the republic If the reports referred to are not wholesale lies, and they are so far without contradiction, it must be said that they are establishing exactly the opposite character for their new Government. It will be humiliating for the United States, after warmly welcoming Brazil to the sisterhood of republican Governments, to discover that it has set the stamp of its indorsement on the most complete and ir responsible tyranny west of Russia and Turkey. Such a blunder is greater" for this country than for the Brazilians. "We ought to know what constitutes free and represen tative institutions. The Brazilians can be pardoned for waiting nnder the yoke of the army until the arbitrary nature of the self created Government becomes so oppressive that they have to rise apd overthrow it, as they did the rnle of Dom Pedro I. or as the present military adventurers did with Dom Pedro IX . A PROBABLE FRAUD. "Upon investigation the authorities of Chi cago permit the statement that they are not convinced that the dynamite discovery at the Haymarket monument was anything more than a fake. If that is the case, vig orous efforts should be made to discover the person who distributes dynamite, either with the intention of getting up a sensation or for the purpose tof creating public prejudice against a class that can be trusted to preju dice themselves rapidly enough. The Chi cago police has earned a reputation within the last three months that permits the sus picion of such an action on its part. If it can be proved, the perpetrator of that most crim inal humbug should be given the same pun ishment as if he had done the same thing for anarchist purposes. Of the two motives the latter is at least sincere, while the act is equally criminal in both cases. Once more the report comes up from New Jersey that the peach crop is a total failure; and tbis time it is asserted that It is real bona fide failure. The cry of "wolf" is so familiar in this connection, however, that the people will rest in theconfldent hope of peaches and. cream until it is found that they are not forthcoming. Me. Geokge Washington Flowees Is a gentleman of color who has essayed weather prophecy frith a prediction that there will be 'no rain Irom June 1 to Jnly 10. The colored weather prophet Is evidently banking on the- doctrine of averages; bnt there are large num bers of people wbo have become convinced that the theory will not do to tie to. Nevertheless, Mr. Flowers will be no worse off than before if it should rain: while, if the prophecy comes true, his fame as a scientific weather prophet will be established. "What purport to be official statistics as sert that there are 170,000 wolves roaming at large in Russia. The men who enumerated them should come to this country and apply for the job of asking the questions In our census with regard to the chronic diseases of the cit izens. Air article by Louise Chandler Moulton on Edmund Gosse, says that the poet on a visit to the United Btates was surprised at the Americanisms, among which it is enumerated that the "engine had turned into a locomo tive." If either of the terms is an American ism, has not the essayist got them turned aroundTv We certainly speak of railway "en gines" very frequently In this country, and it will probably bo found that they have "locomo tives" in the English dictionaries. The difference between the sea and terra firm a is strongly marked by the current fact tbat, while people on land are in danger of runnlpg oat of ice, the greatest peril to those who go down to the sea in ships is that from running into ice. Mr. Clakkson is understood to be .mak ing bis tour to tee whether there are any Dem ocratic beads tbat bis guillotine has missed. 11 the work of decapitation is "thoroughly done Clarkson will resign. Be is not in favor of holding sinecures at least of the sort tbat permit the neglect of the great function of political decapitation. That BuUn-Neeb Senatorial fight tem porarily assumes the halcyon condition of a struggle which both contestants hare won, and with which, therefore, all sides are satisfied. A Republican Congressman thinks that President Harrison is not a candidate for re-election on account of his alleged snub to the Scotch-Irish Convention. Wo have failed to observe any very urgent demand for infor mation as to whether he is a candidate or not, but people who want to know can take this for whatlt is worth. Thbee hundred and fifty-five enumer ators asking 26 questions to each person whom they get hold of present a striking total of inauisitiveness. The movement to raise money far the Betbesda Home starts oil well, as will be seen by an interview in our local columns. That is a matter of course. When the Pittsburg pub lic understands the good work 'which such a charity can do it will be prompt to furnish whatever funds may be necessary for its suc cess. At present the biggest prizes in the Louisiana lottery are those drawn by the Louisiana newspapers and legislators. Intimations are. afloat that the cruel war over that importation of glass workers is not yet ended. Let us hope tbat we may be mercifully spared any more rows in the House of Representatives or calls for the removal of United States Judges In connection with tbat bone of contention. The appointment of George B. Davis as receiver of the Chicago Gas Trust shows the uses of being a managing politician. Two young Louisville idiots have fought a duel in a suburban cemetery of that city. The convenience of the locality for interment purposes is obvious; but the harmony of the occasion with its environment was sadly marred by the failure ot the combatants to put them selves in proper condition for burial. PBOMTfjEHT PEOPLE. George Francis Train, in a lecture ten years ago in Chickering Hall, announced bis intention of girdling the globe in 60 days. Judge Charles F. McKenna, one of Pittsburg's most prominent lawyers, is staying at the Girard House. Philadelphia Times. Mr, Seat, formerly of Chicago, Is about to establish a daily newi-paper in the City of Mex ico, to be published in the English language. Mrs. lakgtry closes ber season at the St. James Theater at the end of two weeks, and she will then sail at once for America for rest and recreation. Mrs. Wise, a daughter of Hall McAllister, and a niece of Ward McAllister, recently made ber debut at a concert in San Francisco. She has a fine voico and is a beautiful woman. The Woman's Version," a no vel in the June number of BelfortVs Magazine, by Miss Jen nie Watkins, of Rome, Is commended by the press as a strong and pure story of unusual merit. M. Quad," the humorist and sketch writer of the Detroit Free Press, is paid $125 a week, lor his work. He weighs 120 pounds., is very eccentric, and is a perfect child in all business matters. Mb. B. W. WRESN.General Passenger Agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, was the telegraph operator who took from the wires the message from General Lee to Jeffer son Davis announcing that Richmond must be evacuated. The German Emperor always has a large box filled with orders when he is on his travels, the value of which is some 120,000. He is fond of suddenly producing one of these, with the needful diploma, and giving it to somebody who is not expecting anything of the kind. Mr. Jat Gould has resumedi his former habit ot spending one or two evenings each week in the crowd of Wall street men at an up town hotel. He does not do a great deal of talking himself, but ho is a close listener to what others have to say. "William Waldorf Astor has employed artists at an expense ot somethlng"liko 510,000, to illustrate one copy of each of his novels. These copies form a private edition de luxe, each one being labeled "ily Personal Copy," and occupying a prominent place In his library. Archbishop Ireland, of Minneapolis, has been elected a member of the Grand Army of the Republic In acknowledging the honor be said that among tbe dearest memories of his life were the days when be followed the Stars and Stripes on the battlefield, as chaplain of the First Minnesota. BATES TO BE SEDUCED. The Lnke Shore Takes tbe Initiative and the Others Follow. Chicago, Jutle 2. Another reduction in east-bound freight rates is announced. At a meeting ot tbe Chicago Freight Committee of the Central Traffic Association to-day It was decided to reduce the rate on wheat, barley, rye and tbelr products to the basis of 22 cents per 100 pounds, Chicago to New York, taking effect June 0. Tbe present rate on these articles is 25 cents, while that on oats and corn is 20 cents. The Lake Shore road took the Initiative In this movement, and also gave notice oi an in tention to reduca tho rate on dressed beef from 48 to 45 cents per 100 pounds to Boston and New England points. The reason given for this last move is that the new Canadian Pacific-Wabash line has secured so large a share of tbe dressed beef tonnage as to leave no doubt that it is cutting the rate. The Lake Shore's action in regard to dressed beef has not been followed by the other lines, and an effort will be made to induce it to withdraw its notice. i i i CAMPHOR GONE UP. The Price Per round U Four Times What It Wns Last Summer. The good housewives will he surprised when they come to buy the summer allowance of camphor to keep the moths away to find that the price bas jumped up from 18 cents per J It is not the fault of the trees, but the Ger man Government is responsible for the price. They bought up tbe bulk of last year's pro duction to make some sort of a new powder, so tbe druggists say. la xeillo Mate Boundaries. Washington, Jnne 2. Among the bills passed by the House to-day was one to ratify an agreement entered into by commissioners of New York and Pennsylvania in regard to the boundary lines between those States. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Mr. Snlllvan l in a Quiet Mood Do Might Havo Been n Car Driver When a Fist Come Handy. p-HE great fighter who is honoring Pittsburg with bis presence this week is nottravel- lng on bis muscle so much as usual. Everybody' who has met him this tlmo has been impressed with the mildness and good humor ot the man. He is drinking little or nothing, and therolles the secret of John L. Sullivan's graclousness. It wonld not be extraordinary if success bad swelled the champion pugliist'sbead, but it has not apparently. Somebody was talking about Joe Goes, one of Sullivan's first antagonists, on rfunday evening, and the comment of the great fighter was characteristic. Said he: "If I hadn't knocked the old man out I guess I'd ha' been driving a street car now." Fancy Boston's pnde behind a pair of mules, with one hand on the brake and tbe other grip ping the linesl JJr. Sullivan is a very handy man to have around in a dramatic company that is bothered by sheriffs and other legal torments. Five or six years ago when Sullivan was playing with Lester and Allen's minstrels, in New London, Conn., tbe company had trouble with a man from whom a bale of hay used in the performance as a property had been bor rowed. The hay bad not been injured at all it nas employed to lend realism to a plantation scene and the owner could have taken it back at the close of the engagement had he been so inclined. He had been paid for his trouble in tickets for tbe show, but in addition he' de manded tbe value of the bale in cash. This was refused him, and be threatened to attach the company's effects. He made good his threat by appearing at the depot just as the company was getting aboard tbe train, breathing all kinds of fearful things. With bim was a deputy sheriff, who was noted in New London as its biggest and ugliest man. The deputy had the name of being a bruiser as well. Sullivan was on the platform when the pair came up, and tbe bay merchant told the deputy to arrest the big pugilist, rightly deem ing bim to be the most valuable piece of property belonging to the company. Tho deputy walked up to Sullivan and got out tbe monosyllable "V before a remarkably callous left hand smote him near tbe jugular and he tell stunned to the ground. In the subsequent excitement the train moved out and the hay man was balked of his prey. IT seems to be definitely settled that the work on theDnquesne Theater is to begin this week. Mr. Henderson will arrive on Wednes day and tho plans will be then finally approved. There is no reason to believe tbat the actual erection of the theater will be delayed longer than is consonant with the opening of the house in October next. UNITY OF CHUBCH DEMANDED. The Reformed Synod Enjoy a Half Holiday and Then Transact Business. rSPECIAL TELEGUASI TO TUX DISPATCH.1 Lebanon, June 2. After a delightful half holiday Saturday afternoon to Cornwall ore mines and Mt Gretna, by the kind invitation of R. H. Coleman, and a quiet Sabbath, tbe Synod of tne Reformed Church of America resumed its session this morning at 9 o'clock. Dr. Miller read the reports of tbe committee on tbe minutes of the General Synod. These were adopted, after which Dr. Good offered the following resolution: "Thattlus Synod appoint a committee which, after a conference wn h tho Reformed Board of Germany and tbe Ortho dox Reformed ot Switzerland, and with Dr. Matthews, shall present at the next General Synod a plan by which our Church shall be brought in closer contact with the mother Church, and both be made helpful to each other." Tbe resolution caused quite an ani mated discussion. Rev. John Graham, representing the Presby terian Church, addressed the Synod at the after noon session, and tbe readingof classes' reports and overtures to tbe Synod consumed tbe rest of the afternoon. In the nomination of mem bers composing the Board of Home and For eign Missions, one-third of tbe representation is of tbe German churches. Tbe evening ses sion was devoted to tbe consideration of home missions. CABINS FOB THE SOLDERS. The New Home for Undo Snm'a Chare" Ready for Them. Tbe old soldiers of this vicinity, their wives, all soldiers' widows and orphans .who are de pendent on charity either wholly or in part for maintenance, will soon be gathered Into the new Home for Soldiers' Widows at Hawkins station. The Home was opened a couple of weeks ago, and all efforts are being made to as certain the location of all persons who are en titled to a residence there. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Abbie Lynch, of Allegheny, who is National Secretary of the Woman's Relief Corps, called at the office of the Department of Charities and asked for a list of names of all such persons wbo are being cared for at the City Home, bimilar requests have been made at the Allegheny City and also at the County Home. A CHECK FOB FIVE HUNDRED. Abont One Thonmnd Dollars Received for the New Betbesda Home. The collections for the new Betbesda Home are coming in very rapidly. Yesterday a well known gentleman who is noted for his charita ble works presented bis check for $500. Tbe collections altogether for the day amounted to about 51,000. If they keep up at this rate, it will not be long until enough money is secured to placo tbe institution on a sound financial basis. CTOEENT TIMELY TOPICS. A Pawtucket reporter stole tho editor's coat and sold it fort!. Eastern editors mustbe wearing pretty good clothes nowadays. A Chicago man has invented a bottle stopper which rings a bell every time one takes a drink. Temperance lecturers pronounce it aflat failure. T is reported the British public will open wide their arms and take in the Kendals upon tbeir return home. That's what maybe termed genuine reciprocity. The Kendals, upon their arrival here, opened their arms and took the American people in. While riding a bicycle a few days ago an Ypsllantl. Mich., man was bitten by a doc. The' animal (lied shortly afterward, but whether he was Injured by the machine or died from the eSects or the bite, the dispatches did not state. Senators Frte and Chandler have been fishing for the past fortnight, and the man who accompanied them says that tbe original package decision was not eveu opened, let alone being discussed. ' Mrs. Livermobe says the new liquor law in Boston is "unadulterated nonsence." That Is more than can bo said for the whisky. Uncle Sam pays First Assistant Clarkson a salary orH000 a year, and his landlord taxes him 3,900 per year rent, which leaves Mr. Clarkson the balance to go and come on, Ip there Is any one thing more than another that Is more conducive to good health and to show his Christian fortitude. It Is for a morning news paper man to live next door to a measly, howling yellow dog. The conductor on an elevator has an up and downllfaoflU THE directors of the Allegheny market should see that the sidewalks aro made wider. There would be more space then to let out to pea nut and garden truck venders. As it Is now a woman can ran the gantlet If she Is not particular about soiling her dress. DEATHS OF A DAY. Mrs. Mary McClelland. Mrs. Mary McClelland, mother of Captain William McClelland, or Pittsburg, died at East Palestine. O., at 1 V. v. Sunday. She was byn near Mt. Jackson, Lawrence county. Pa., April 24, 1805. In 18J8 she married Dr. Itobert Mc Clelland, then a leading physician In that part of the State. He died In 1S7U. During the past seven years Mrs. McClelland bad made her home with her only daughter. Mary, wife of Key. T. W. Winter, or East Palestine. Mrs. SlcClelland was a lady of refinement. She devoted her life to her family, her church, of which she waB a member ror over 68 years, and to good deeds, bhe will be burled on Wednesday at noon, in the United Presbyterian Cemetery, near Mt. Jackson. Cap tain McClelland went to North Dakota three weeks ago and was called home on account of his mother's illness. Unfortunately be could not reach ber borne until last night. Mr; Barn. , London, Juno 2. -Mr. Burns, of the Canard Steamship Compauy, is dead. Senhor Braneo. LISBON, Jan 2, Senhor Braneo, the novelist, Is dead. ,-" .T! ' iBaSBBBdaSBBBBBBSSSVBHBasaSBBa -ifwiif MtUKMjt&lSttfa&Um(wiUK(BKU&&&SlttEiltsn iilfr Tfr i? ' 'iMilmniiilaSBaV liTi f . 3- t KAr J , LAUNCHED ON THE WORLD. Commencement Exercises, of the Sewlckley High School An Entertaining; Pro gramme Presented An Allegheny Wed ding To-Day Other Nevrs From Society Circle. The commencement exercises of the Bewick ley "High School took place in Choral Hall last evening. An excellent programme was pre sented, the first part of which was as follows: "Shades of Evening," Bowman, Sowickley Or chestra; Salutatory, Miss Elizabeth Shearer, class of ''90: "Love's Harp," Millard, Mr. Little; Recitation. "The Burning of Chicago," Miss Hattie R. Murray, class of '90: Oration. "The New Africa." Mr. George R. Winters, class of '90; "Roll Call," Pinsuti, Mr. Cunningnam; Recitation, "The Guardian Angel," Miss Grace Chivers, class of '90; "Madeline," Wnite, Mr. Whitesell; Recitation. "Uncle Caleb's Court ship." Mr. Wilson D. Miller, class of '90; Vale dictory. Miss Katherino F. Mellinger, class of 'DO; "ShlpAnoy," wnite, mr. uuuo aim mr. Cunningham; conferring of diplomas, by Dr. R. McCready, President of the School Board. The second part consisted of the story of "Hiawatha." in tableau, pantomime and song, by tbe elate of '91. Frank Murdoch was the Hiawatha, and Myra Murdoch the Minnehaha. Tbe other characters were sustained by Hallie Whitesell, Bessie Layton, Nellie Van Cleve, Linda Sweeny. Myrtle Ste wart, Ora Lake, Bella McCulloch. Mabel Nichols, Willie C. Nevin, Clarence Bowers, Will Beatty and Frank Mc Cready. The programme of "Hiawatha" was: Tableau, Nokomls and Child Hiawatba; pan tomime and tableau, Nokomis Teaching the Child: tableau. The Youthful Hiawatha; panto mime and tableau. Thus Departed Hiawatha; pantomime and tableau, Minnehaha Laughing Water: tableau. The Arrow Maker's Welcome: pantomime and tableau, Hiawatha's Courtship; tableau. Old Nokomis Bids Them Welcome; pantomime and tableau. The Wedding Feast; pantomime and tableau. The Ghosts; panto mime and tableau, Tho Famine and tbe Fever: tableau, Hiawatha's Prayer; pantomime and tableau. Death of Minnehaha: tableau. Hia watha's Lament; tableau. To the Islands of tne Biassed; finale. "Dream Faces," orchestra. There was an afternoon dress rehearsal or "Hiawatha" for the benefit of the children, and it was not the least interesting portion or the exercises. The orchestra was composed or Messrs. Elmer Miller, Bert McDonald, Will Osborn, Will Duncan, Dr. Frank Smith, Will Svkes and Prof. F. A. Albrecht. THE WEST PENH'S PEOGEAMME. Host the Sfanm Bnttlo on the Fourteenth Will be Maneuvered. Tbo committee of tbe WestPenn Hospital having charge of making tbe programme for the grand military exhibition, Saturday, June H met yesterday. The following programme was arranged for the day: The Fourteenth and Eighteenth Regiments and Battery B will rendezvous at tbe old Exposition grounds at 3:30 p. M. Tho display will be opened with a saluto by the battery. The commands will form as a brigade and porform rapid brigade evolutions for 30 minutes. This will be followed by a sham battle, tbe whole command fighting an imaginary enemy. Battery Bwill give an ex hibition of target practice with gatling guns, firing at a bulkhead covered with steel boiler plates. The military di'play will conclude with a brigade dress parade. General Wiley, of Franklin will have charge It bas been suggested by a number of promi nent business men tbat tbe managers of tbe affair request tbo merchants and manufac turers to close their business establishments at 2 o'clock on tbe day of tbe exhibition. THE GEBHAEDT MS5HEECH0B Entertains Its Many Frlnnds at a Tory Brilliant Banquet. Many a man, woman and child stopped last evening as they passed John Dialling's cafe on Market street and listened to the singing and sounds of gayety inside. To thelonlooker who chanced to peep inside the scene was even more merry. Around tables were seated about 200 Germans, guests of the newly organized Gebbardt Mamnerchor. whose members were giving tbelr first banquet. Rev. H. Herzer acted as toast master. "Our Mainnerchor" furnished a theme for Rev. B. F. BeaL Rev. L. Allinger answered the toast "Our Congregational Choirs." Rev. E. Truschel, of Wheeling, answered "Our Young People."- "A Few Pointers" was Mr. R. C. Golden's subject. The Msennerchor gave a se lection after each toast. TO BE OPENED T0-M0BE0W. A Fair for tbe Benefit of the Children's Hospital to be Held. The doors of tbe Children's Hospital, in the old McDavitt mansion, on Craft avenue and Forbes street, will be tbtown open to-morrow. Tbe event will be the formal opening, and a fair will be held for the purpose of raising money to maintain tho Institution. The entertainment will be in tbe hands of tho best known charitable ladies of this city. Tbe list includes sue1! names as Mrs. S. S. Marvin, Mrs. E. M. Ferguson, Mrs. A. E. W. Fainter, Mr. W. D. Wood, Miss Belle Chalfant, Mrs. A. H. Childs. Mrs. Harvey Childs, Mrs. J. J. Van dergrif t, Miss Pitcairn and Mrs. Kay. An Allegheny Wedding; To-Day. The wedding of Miss Annie L, Wattles and Dr. 3. Ricbey Horner will take place at the bride's parents' residence on Center avenue, this evening. Misses Lillie and Julia Wattles will be the bridesmaids. There will be a wed ding supper, and the young couple will depart on a northwestern trip. They will be "at home" to tbeir friends on Thursdays, in July, at 91 Arch street. A Masonic Bnnaaer. Crescent Masonic Lodge of .this city enter tained the Steubenville lodge with a banqnet at the Duquesne last evening. About 100 per sons sat down to the feast. A pleasant meet ing was held in the lodge room previous to the banquet. a Social Chatter. Next Tuesday the City of Pittsburg will take a gay excursion party down the Ohio. Tho Theatrical Social Club will give the excursion, and Mr. W. H. White, of the Clipper Quartet, is to superintend the musical arrangements. A big pyrotechnic display will wind up tbe en tertainment. Mrs. W. W. Patrick, of Ridge avenue. Allegheny, gave a luncheon yesterday at.l o'clock, in honor ot her guest, Miss Edwards, who leaves for ber home to-day. Mrs. J. B. Murdock, of Fifth avenue, gave a reception last evening in honor of Miss Bay ard, daughter of ex-Secretary Bayard, and Mrs. J. K. Moorhead. At Curry University Hall, this evening. Prof. Byron King's students will present two plays, "A Game of Cards" and "In Honor Bound." Rev. S. H. Moore, of the "Wilklnsburg Presbyterian Church, left last evening for Denver, where ho will remain six weeks. AN afternoon reception will be given by Mrs. T. A. Mellon, of Negley avenue, next Thurs day. No gentlemen will bo present. Miss Jessie Knox, of RonpMlll, will enter tain a number of her lady friends at an after noon tea to-day. PAN-AHEBICAH MEMORIAL. Secretary Blaine Recommends an Appropri ation tor a Mnsenm Building. "Washington, June 2. The President to day sent to Congress a letter of tho Secretary of State relative to the recommendations of the recent Pan-American Conference on the subject of customs regulations. The Presi dent in transmitting the letter states that the conference recommended for adoption, first, a uniform system of customs regulations for t'he classification and valuation of Imported mer chandise; second, a uniform nomenclature for the description of articles of merchandise im ported and exported; and, third, the es tablishment at Washington of an Inter national Bureau of Information. The conference also, at its final session, decided to establish in the city of Washington as a fitting memorial ot its meeting, a Latin-American Library, to be formed by contributions from tho several nations, of historical, geographical ami literary works, maps, manuscripts and official documents relating to the history and civilization of America, and expressed a desire that the Government of tbo United States should provide a suitable building for the shel ter of such a library, to be solemnly dedicated unon the four hundredth anniversary of tbe discovery of America. Secretary Blaine in his letter recommends that Congress appropriate $230,000 to provide a safe and suitable building to receive and pro tect the proposed collection, which building may also be used tor toe offices of the proposed Bureau of Information, and contain a ball or assembly room for the accommodation of such international bodies as the two conferences tbat have just adjourned. Equnl to the Occasion. from the Philadelphia Kecord. ' Tbe Pittsburg judioiary seems ambitions to pose as the original package smasher. AN AMENDED SILVER BILL THE WORK OF MR. ST. JOHNS INTRO . DUCEO BY MR. PLUMB. Senator Morrill Objects to Cheap Money for tbe Worklngman The Canteen Ques tion Coming In for Its Share From tbe Temperance Members. "YAshington, June 2. The silver bill intro duced by Senator Plumb to-day and an nounced by him to be. the work of Mr. St. Johns, of New York, is the same as tbe bill in troduced by the Senator last week, with the addition of tbe following section: 8ection 6. That whenever the Presi dent of the United States shall be authoritatively advised 'that the mints of France, Belgium and Italy are open for the coinage of full tender of silver money, as free from all limitations, charges and re strictions as for tbeir gold and tbe valuation for gold and silver which is now known as the Latin Union coinage ratio, it shall be tbe duty of the President to issue his proclamation forthwith embodying the following provisions, whicb shall have all tho force and effect of a law of the United States, namely: First Directing the Secretary of the Treas ury to forbid at once all further issuing of sil ver certificates and to require that any of tbe same in tbe Treasury of tbe United States shall be cancelled and destroyed. Second To devise a new dollar soin of the United States whicb shall contain 400 grains of standard silver, and be a lull tender for ail public debt and for all private debts unless otberwise specified in any contract, and to cause tbe same to be coined to the utmost ca pacity of tbe mints of the United States limited only by bis legal discretion as to tbe coinage ot gold, until 300,009,000 of tbe said new standard dollars shall be coined, and not fewer than 200.000,000 ot the same monthly thereafter. Third On and after 60 days from tbe date of the said proclamation, to purchase in demand of tbe holders of the same, all outstanding silver dollars of the present standard weight and all outstanding silver certificates of tbe United States, at a premium of 3 cents on tbo dollar, with the issue of tbe hereinbefore provided notes of the United States in payment of the same. On and after the debate of tbe said proclama tion to fix the utmost limit of priceifor the pur chase of silver under the provisions of this act at tl for 360 grains of fine Bilver. Morrill Doesn't I.llie It. M1 r. Morrill, speaking on the bill, said tbe wage earners of the United States were to be counted by millions, and were the most numerous creditor class of the country and he believed the largest in amount. It was that class tbat it was now proposed to pay off in cheaper or in depreciated standard money and toiequire to pay higher prices for anything they had to buy. Could there be anything, he asked, more likely. In all parts of the country at an early day to provoke strikes for higher wagesf The silver miners of Nevada and Colorado wanted everything about gold struck out and simply to say. "We want 40 per cent more profit" Silver would tolerate no rival near the throne. He believed that by wise aqd moderate legislation a sufficient amount of silver might be utilized and yet a bi-metalllc standard be maintained. He did not want to have the United States divorced from the commercial world. But tbat was not tbe policy of those who bad led off in tbe de bate. Tbeir transparent design was (only thinly attempted to be concealed) to go by a single bound to a silver standard. If the coun try was to have but a single standard he pre ferred tbat tbat standard should be gold ratber thau silver. He would, however, like to have both maintained and witb the expectation that, with a very liberal Increase of silver and with good management on the part of the Treasury Department, the parity of valne wonld be pre served silver advancing a good deal and gold receding somewhat in value. Mr. Morrill went on to argue against tbe proposition to issue., legal tender Treasury notes in exchange for silver as an unconsti tutional measure. Debate on tbe Conference Report. The conference report on the Military Avuuemjr apprupriaiiuu uii was picseuieu and agreed to. The conference report on tbe army appropriation bill was again taken up and the question in regard to the provision as to canteens was discussed, the conference re port being to tbe effect tbat no intoxicating drinks should be supplied in canteens or in traders' stores in States or Territories where prohibition legislation exists. Mr. Allison, who presented the report, spoke In defense ot it, Mr. George asked Mr. Allison why the rule' should be restricted to enlisted men and should not apply also to officers. Mr. Allison replied tbat the Senator must answer that question for himself. Mr. Hale predicted that if tbis canteen sys tem went into effect it wonld become so ob noxious that it wonld last but a little while. Mr. Plumb suggested tbat that the move ment against tbe canteen system was in the interest of the post traders. The whole mat ter he said was a fight between the post trader and the canteen. If be had bis nay abont the amendment reported by the committee he wonld not stop with the man who bad $13 a montb, but would make it apply to every man in the army, from tbe General down. Mr. Hale replied to Mr. Plumb and said that the movement against the canteen was an honest and serious one and didn't originate witb the post trader who was going to lose his profits. A Friendly Suggestion. AT it. Plumb suggested to Mr. Hale that he should "sit down and write out such a proposition as he wonld like to see applied to himself as well as to others. Mr. Hale replied that the question was one not to be settled by personal allusion. It was a serious and grave question whetherthe United States Government should now for tho first time embark in tbe selling of liquor to its soldiers. It was not a question to be settled by a taunt or a sneer, or a personal allusion. Mr. George remarked that if the proposition could not be made to apply to officers as well as to men, he would vote to strike the wholo thing ont. Mr. Allison defended, witb a show of much warmth, the action of the Conference Com mittee. The conference report was agreed to yeas, 35; nays, 8 the nays being Senators Blair, Col quitt, Dixon, George, Hale, Sanders, Teller and Turpie. Mr. nnrrls Closes on the Silver BUI. TE he silver bill was again taken up, and Mr. Harris addressed the Senate. He said that ho should vote for the free coinage of silver, and if he failed in securing that he should sup port the nearest approximate to it tbat he might be able to secure. If he" was forced to decide between tUe bill as reported by the Finance Committee and the legislation of 1S78, for coinage oT at least 2,000,000 silver dollars a month, he should vote for the committee's bill, believing that many of the criticisms made upon it were neither just nor true. He hoped that ho wonld secure freo coinage. Failing in that he preferred to take the bill authorizing the purchase of four and one-half million dol lars worth of silver bullion a month rathertban take tbe present law with its monthly two mil lions of coined silver. Mr. Harris went on to speak of the two prop ositions to furnish relief to the farmers by establishing a warehouse system for the de posit of certain crops, and tbe issuing of Ireas ury notes for 80 per cent ot their market value, and by lending monev to farmers on their real estate at the rate of 2 per cent a year interest. Even if such measures were constitutional (as he was convinced they were not), ho believed that they would not benedt the farmer, but wonld prove a serious injury and loss to him. At the close of Mr. Harris' speech the silver bill went over till to-morrow, and after a brief executive session the Senate adjourned. GABIBALDFS MEMOBY SEVERED. Pittsburg Italians Celebrate the Promulga tion of Itnly's Constitution. Yesterday tbe Italians of this city celebrated the anniversary of the promulgation of tbe Constitution of United -Italy, and observed tbe anniversary of the death of Garibaldi, the Italian patriot and statesman. The Garibaldi Legion went to Aliqulnpa Grove, on tbe Pitts burg and Lake Erie Railroad, where a picnic was held. All the trains out yesterday morn ing carried large crowds of people to tbe grove. The Legion held a parade prior to their departure, and was headed by the Christopher Columbus Cornet Band. The latter is the new Italian musical organization, and tbis was its first appearance on the streets. The band re ceived great praise along tbe route for its fine appearance. The Italian Catholic congregation will hold a picnic at Silver Lake Tuesday, June 21 Tho Royals will furnish tho music Thepioceeds will be for the benefit of the new church and parochial school. IT DIDN'T PAY WELL. The St. PnnI May Festlrnl a Big Failure Financially. rSFKCIAI. TELEGBAM TO TUB DISrATCIM St. Paul, June 2. The singers who calie here to appear at the May festival have gone East Perotti to Europe, Dovero to Pittsburg, and Miss Jucb, Fischer and Herbert to New York. Somo of them have not been paid. Manager McLachlan says tbjr cannot collect the balance which they claim is due them, as their refusal to sing at the Saturday afternoon and evening performance vitiated their con tracts. . The loss on the festival U much greater than 4 t first resorted. SDXLIVAH THE STAB. Pugilists Boost the Drama Hanlon's Fan. msma nilnrliy Indeed. "Tho Paymaster," a military comedy drama, which has been seen in Pittsburg before, was ; presented at tbe Bijou Theater last night. The bouse was crowded, the upper part .o an extra ordinary degree. The drama did not attract the great audience, neither did the actors; it is safe to say that seven out of ten went to see "the champion of champions," John Lawrence Sullivan, engage in a friendly bout with Joe Lannon. In passing it may be said that "The Paymaster" is a fairly interest ing drama, to render which Jlr. Duncan a. Harrison, and his company are entirely compe tent. The course of tne play was impatiently followed by tbe audience, although consider able applause was lavished upon Mr. Harrison and Messrs. Reynolds and Miles in their Irish specialties. , When the curtain rose again upon a garden set after the fourth act. a wave of enthusiasm passed over tbe audience, and shouts of "Sulli van." "Snlllvan," and cat-calls came from tbe gallery. Handsome John Barnetl, master of ceremonies, between cheers manaircd to intro duce HrstMr. Joe Lannon, and then the redoubt- auie Boston Dcv L,. Sullivan. J Joe Lannon. big and smiling, rs- ceired a warm reception, but when Sullivan stepped from tbe wings tbe 1,t60 men and boys wbo had paid to get into tbe gallery rose as one person and yelled till tbe sunlight in the roof shook. Tbe dresj circle and tbe parquet added vigorons clapping and from one of tbe boxes came the cry Speecht Speech," which the gods repeated with emphasis. Sullivan, dressed in swallow tail, low cnt vest, spotless linen, and ratber tight doeskin trousers, stood in the center of the stage, bow ing slowly and knawing his mustache; His ad vance to the footlights was the signal "for a sec ond cyclone in the gallery. When the throats grew tired Sullivan passed his hand over his mouth, gave a jerky nod by way of extra recog nition of the applause and said: "Ladies and gnntlemenr" then there was more shouting and stamping of feet, "ladies and gentlemen," he went on, "I thank you for your kind reception. I hope to merit your appreciation in tbe future as in tbe past." A burst or applause followed this eloquent effort, and an enthusiast with a calliope voice bellowed: "Honest John I" and so tbe applause went on till Joe Lannon came our, shook hands with Sullivan, and at tbe referee's word the two pugilists, with big box ing gloves on their hands, began banging away at each other. The work was very pretty and to the point There was no sparring for effect; it was ex change heavy ana hot of right and left all tbo time. Somo of Sullivan's blows made Joe Lannon stagger, and it was plain that ho had not a bit too much to spare in the way of weight when Sullivan pressed him. The most inter esting feature of tbe three rounds was the extraordinary agility and quickness of tbe champion heavy-weight in avoiding Lannon's blows. Sullivan's grinning face was continually coming out at unexpected places a little wide of Lannon's left The exhibition was decidedly artistic The good humor of "the bie fellow" won him renewed applause, and at tbe finish, when bo offered bis face un guarded to Lannon to pummel, the house broke into cheers. Both pugilists puffed like grampuses at the wind-up. A floral horseshoe was presented to Sullivan and the curtain fell. Harris Theater. As the bills say " 'Hilarity' is without a plot, erected on a foundation of funny situations, and bnilt for nothing on earth bnt to make people laagh." And it succeeds in its mission when presented by a company of such first class comedians as Charles A. Loder. Stevo Maley, Jeppe Delano, Charles K". French and Harry C. Talbot, and such soubrettes and songsters as Fannie Delano, MayGennell and Rnby Lytton. The medleys, solos, duets, quar tets, quintets and sextets tbat are Introduced are pleasing, and were exceedingly well re ceived yesterday and last evening. A big week's business ought to be ahead for the "Hilarity" Company. Theatrical Nates. The Theatrical Social Club will give a moon light excursion down tbe river on Tuesday. June 10, on the City of Pittsburg, at 9 P. jr. Hanlon's "Fantasma" was again presented last night at tbe Grand Opera House. It is an excellent performance in every respect A varied programme was highly appreci ated by the large audience which visited the Worlds Museum yesterday. HOBLE WILL HOT BESIGH, Bat It Is Still Insisted That Colonel Clarkson Will Retire. CFEOM A 8TAJT COBESSPONDINT.l Washington, June 2. A report, apparently from good authority, in St Louis stating tbat Secretary Noble is about to resign the port folio of the Interior Department, caused con siderable gossip here to-day, but when tbe Sec retary himself was asked to confirm it, he smilingly informed The Dispatch correspond ent tbat be liked bis position vety well and had no intention of resigning. A report tbat Colonel Clarkson, of the Post office Department, had said in an interview when passing through Pittsburg tbat he had no intention of resigning, is not believed here, those who ought to knuw Insisting that be will resign upon his return Irom the West Mr. Sam Fessenden, of Connecticut and a member of tbe National Republican Executive Com mittee, and Mr. L. T. Micbener. of Indiana, are two gentlemen prominently mentioned for the succession. A GENEB0DS GIFT. A Cincinnati Gentleman Presents the T. M. C. A. With a Check for 923,000. While walking on the streets of Cincinnati on Saturday William McAlpin, President of the Young Men's Christian Association, was met by David Linton, the peculiar millionaire. The eccentric old financier fumbled in his pockets, produced an envelope and handed it to Mr. McAlpin. When Mr. McAlpin opened the envelope he almost staggered with sur prise. There, in the irregular chirography of tha old man, was the following: "You are hereby authorized to subscribe for me, and in my name, the sum of 25.000 to your new building fund for tbe Young Men's Christian Associa tion."""'V Something New to OH Drillers. from the Tltusvllle Herald. The well being drilled near Spartansburg is located about three miles ahead of tbe English settlement developments on a 22 line. The well has so far been remarkable in one respect and that is, no casing was required, the wall standing up 'solidly. The bole is now near tbe sand, providing there is any sand there. The residents of Sparta are very much excited. STATE POLITICAL HOTES. Hastings will get one and Stone one of the State delegates as tbe result of the Huntingdon primaries on Saturday. B. Frank Hean and Henry Loose are the iebanon Republican State delegates. For Hastings and Passmore. Fattison is likely to get Fayette's delegates. The old Boyle-Searight fight was on again at Saturday's primaries. Scaright Is for Pattison. The Steubenville (O.) Gazette says: "If Pat tison is elected Governor of Pennsylvania, Cleveland will find in him his strongest com petitor in the Democratic National Conven tion." Statesman Bait Josephs has cautioned the Democracy of Philadelphia against tho folly of giving the delegation of that city sol idly to Pattison. "It will kill him," says Mr. Josephs. The Hellertown Record says that there are good-sized villages in Northampton county that are more than two miles from a postoffice. Several hundred people in Ironville walk six miles weekly to get tbeir mail. One Philadelphia paper says tbat Sheriff J. O. Brown has been elected a delegate from this city, while another says that Dr. A. & McCan dless will also go as a delegate. The gentle men referred to have just grounds for a libel suit Dauphin county's Republican State dele gates, as decided by Saturday's primaries, will bo Lvman D. Gilbert T. M. Williams, F. M. Ott and John M. Heagy. Two are for Dela mater, two fT Hastings, and all for Gilbert for Attorney General. Tns Wilkesbarre Leader compares the Dem ocratic vote in 1S8Z and 1SSS, which shows tbat Black, who was defeated, received 4,000 more votes than Pattison, who was elected, and it holds tbat Ricketts, and not Pattison. is the man whom the Democrats need now. Congressman Ctjlbebtson is'reported as having said, in the course of a recent inter view, that he was well pleased with bis pros pects for renominatlon, and thought that Craw ford connty would give bim a larger vote than before. Mr. Griswold is also expecting a stronger support in Crawford than he received two years ago. We think one of them is doomed to disappointment perhaps both, as Hon. H. D. Lowing; Is making a very thorough and spirited, canns. Mrit DinawK CDEI0DS CONDENSATIONS. A Howell, Miss., boy, 14 years of age, has been sentenced to prison for horse stealing. A South Macon, Ga., minister deliv ered two sermons and married four couples last Sunday. The total number of marriages upon Friday In England is only 2 per cent of the whole number, showing the extent of supersti tion in regard to the day. Little Joe Gebbardt, a truant pupil at the Davenport school. New Haven. Conm. was so severely whipped by Principal Lewis thatit brought on epilepsy and he died. A watermelon trust has been formed in Georgia which controls tbe product of 20.00U acres. They will also do a commission busi ness, and endeavor :o handle the entire South ern melon crop. The sad monotony of life in a Sacca rappa, -Me., undertaker's room was varied last week, when a man walked in and wanted to make arrangements for his own funeral, saying that he contemplated suicide E. H. Dustin, of Tunbridge. Vt. has a Panted in Boston "at tbe corner of the Prison janoinjovj. it is ids Aiiieoi too xienowned John Elliot," by Cotton Mather. There is a great demand for metal fur niture in Australia, not only for household use, but in places of business, schoolhonses, etc The demand is cansed by the ravages of the whito ant, which eats all kinds of wood. On a little boathoase on the North river this sign is displayed: "Sandworms and all summer drinks for sale" And near the foot of Wall street N. Y., a sign with the following legend may bo seen: "Umbrella Hospital." An exploring party sent out 'by the Seattle Press to Alaska six months ago has re turned. They report having suffered terribly during tbe winter from snow and high water, but they found a rich country and evidence of ancient inhabitants. The train which recently carried the Emperor of Japan to Nagoya made, it is said, tbe best record ever reported over a Japanese road. It traversed the distance of 226 miles, between Tokyo and Nagoya, in i hours, in cluding stoppages. A monster crab was landed in a set from a wharf in San Diego last Thursday by L. C. Bragg. The body measured 16 inches across, while the spread of the nippers was 3S inches. Tbis giant crustacean was ornamented with barnacles of fire years' growth. A young colored girl of Hiawatha who is very ill and who does not expect to recover, had herself carried to tbe African Methodist church of which she is a member, and after the setvices called all of ber friends around her and asked them to meet her in heaven. M. Ferrari, son of the Duchess of Gal Hera, is an enthusiastic postage-stamp col lector, and bis private collection is roughly valued at 40.000. And yet he bas been known to negotiate tbe loan of a stamp from bis mother, tho Duchess, when he wanted to post a letter. M. Spitzer, of Paris, is dead, at the age of 71. He was the most remarkable example otthe born collector in our age. He began life with nothing and bas ended it the owner of a collection of works of art valued at 20,000. 000 francs. The Rothschilds were patrons of Spitzer. A novel method of plowing was that re cently adopted by a colored man in North Car olina. His steer refused to work when hitched to the plow, and tberenpon be bitched it to a cart and fastened tbe plow behind the cart He proceeded to plow the steer without any fur ther trouble. Farming operations in the vicinity of Egypt, Miss., are greatly retarded by crawfish, which burrow in the fields and keep the sur face broken and wet They bore underground to the depth of two or three feet, so tbat the hogs cannot get at them, else they would, not lire to do any damage Mrs. Martha Lumpkin, of Upson coun ty, Ga.,Is now in her 93th year, and enjoys good health. When she was 95 years of age she knit 65 pairs of socks and pieced up tbree nice quilts during tbe year. She has over 400 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and now has 64 of the fourth generation. An ear of corn on exhibition at San Luis Obispo. Cal., is described as being in the exact form of a human band; the wrist, palm, thumb and fingers being all perfect It is cov ered with small grains to near the tips of tbe fingers, which are bare prongs of cobs; giving the hand tbe appearance of being clad in a mit Bats abound in great numbers at a storehouse in Rocbelle, Ga. It seems that goods had ' gone missing, and one day last week the clerk discovered tbat the rats, and not bur glars, were carrying them off. He pulled 30 pairs of hose and socks, besides a lot ot other goods, from two rat beds in the boxing of the bouse. English religious papers frequently sneer at this country because a marriage which is lawful in one State may be unlawful in an other State. Bat a similar condition of things exists in Great Britain. In England, for in stance, marriage with a deceased wife's sister is illegal, while in the Island of Jersey such a marriage is valid. A ghost of very aggravating ways re sides somewhere in Brooks county. Ga. It is often seen on tbe public roads even in the day time. It i3 seemingly 10 feet high, and dresses in black, with white hood and shoes. It follows horsemen and mores very rapidly, and is gener ally seen about dusk. It bas terrorized many persons in that section. A new French clock contains a novel application of the magnet The clock is shaped like a tambourine, with a circle of flowers Solnted on its head. Around tbe circle two ees crawl, the larger one requiring 12 bours to complete its circuit while the smaller one makes It every hour. Different flowers repre sent the hours, and the bees, whicb are of iron, are moved bv two magnets behind tbe head of the tambourine A wife was sold for a shilling recently by a German workman in Silesia, though the loving husband stipulated that she was to re turn to him in two years. A year after tbe bargain was struck the workman summoned the purchaser to pay 15s for tbe set ot false teetn which bis wife was wearing, and which be bad forgotten to Include in the contract Her purchaser objected and called in the police, who formally sanctioned tbe original bargain, and disallowed tbe first husband's claim. . Several years ago William A. Walters was buried in Stone Chapel Cemetery in Hunt ingdon county. Maryland. In 1855 the body was exhumed for the purpose of removing it to Willlamsport for reinterment On reaching the coffin tho diggers found the joints and cracks in the box matted and covered with hair. On opening the casket tbe hair on the head was found to be nearly two feet long, and the whiskers nearly a foot Persons who were present when Walters was first buried say tbat his face was clean shaven and his hair cnt snort FUNNY MEN'S FANCIES. Tbe congregation expresses its apprecia tion of the minister's sermons by nods. Btag hamton. Leader. Mrs. Watts What! You don't mean to say that you do not believe in Sunday as a day of rest? Mrs. Potts I might K Mr. Potts was not so fond or good dinners. Terre Haute Express. Husband There is a tramp at the door. Wife Give him some of those biscuits I baked this morning. Husband No, no, wife. Have yoa forgotten the miaister's text Sunday about a man asking for bread and being give a stone? lonters States' man. Barber How is the razor, sir? Victim I wouldn't know I was being shaved. Barber (feeling flattered)-Glad to- Vlctlm-1'd thlnt I was being sand-papered. Boston Herald. "Do you always practics what you preach?" asked the tired deacon of the long winded minister. I do. my brother," said tbe long-winded min ister solemnly. Well," said the tired deicon, with a sigh, "I don't wonder then that you don't seem to get any time to make any pastoral calls. SomervUte Journal. Mrs. Upjohn (meeting acquaintance at drug store) How do you do, .Mrs. Keeway? How did you like the lecture last evening? Mrs. Keeway I thought it was tiresome. How did It strike you? Mrs. Upjohn It was the most superficial thing flj. lever beard. Nothing deep about it Deliver me from these surface people (To clerk): A pack age of Illy white please. Chicago Tribune. HE HAS FORGOTTEN. The old man laughs at his stylish son, In amanner exceedingly rude. He chuckles, and grins, and pokes all sorts of fan At the comical ways of the "dude." ' 1 " For it's plain the old man bas forgotten the days ' Wbea bit father at bim nsed to jeer. On account of bis dandified, ludicrous ways. And the lovelocks hs won 'round each ear. Ttrr$ uauu stprut, auA "Wisas .
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