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THE SURPRISES OF THE CONVENTION
No Republican convention in Allegheny
cnuntr for many years was so prolific of
surprises, of temporary disruption and of
heated discussion as yesterday, when the
events of the 'N'orthside turned out so widely
different from the expected programme.
After the active canvass of the previous
fortnight, Colonel Bayne's course in de
clining the nomination he had won by a
sweeping majority was of course wholly un
expected, and the bestowal of the honor
upon Colonel Stone, who had not been a
candidate, was a sequel equally unlooked
for.
On the mere score of ability and fitness
there are few, even among hostile critics,
who could object to Colonel Stone. Mr.
Stone is an undoubtedly capable man. A
trained lawyer, a man of affairs, and one
who possesses the svaviler in modo, as well
as the fortiter in re, which helps to give
weight to the counsels of a sitter in Con
gress, it is not to be doubted that he would
make an efficient successor to Colonel
Bayne. But that is not at all the point of
controversy. It is contended and The Dis
patch is of the opinion, justly that he was
ineligible under the party rules which re
quired previous notice of candidacy; that
the action did not express the purpose of the
primaries, which was to secure a popular
choice; and, finally, that it was unjust to
Shiras, who after an arduous struggle to the
finish against a powerful opponent, was
beaten off by votes not won from him by
Colonel Stone, but by the prestige and per
sonal effort of Colonel Bayne, for whose
candidacy they were distinctly cast at the
primaries. Looking at the manner in which
the contest was waged, as well as at the ex
press language of the party rules, it is im
possible to ignore the force of these objec
tions. The Allegheny district is thoroughly
Republican. It is of great importance
that the substantial interests involved
shonld have an able representative
in Congres; but acceptable as a can
didate though Colonel Stone would
ordinarily be, it will require no little tact
end missionary labor to remove the dissatis
faction which was expressed yesteiday as to
the mode of the proceedings.
Of course, Mr. Stone's admitted ability
and his skill as a canvasser may hare an in
fluence in healing the breach. What, how
ever, seems most in his favor is the posses
sion, which is nine points of the law, and
the scorching weather, which we suppose
will be urged as putting a veto on the other
wise obviously fair suggestion that the
Colonel and Mr. Shiras, and any other
aspirants that choose, be permitted to run a
new race with a fair field and no favor on
either bide. There is for the time a strained
situation, the outcome of which remains to
be seen. The refusal of Colonel Bayne to
go back to Congress is iu itself not the least
surprise of the season.
If anything further were needed to super
heat public interest in 2f orthside politics it
was the split in the Forty-second Senatorial
contest. The withdrawal of the Rutan dele
gates left still a majority among the follow
ers of Neeb and Harbison to nominate the
former; but the action of the seceders in de
termining to go on and pnt up the ex-Senator
in opposition shows how fiery "was the
temper of the day. If the matter be com
posed, Neeb's election will ensue, just as in
other cases where such splits have occurred
and been forgotten. Bat if Mr. Rutan also
stays in the field, a Democrat will have a
fair fighting chance. The likelihood is
that, as in tb Congressional matter, the
party leaders will exert themselves to the
Utmost to bring about some sort of a truce
and an acceptance by the ex-Senator of the
results, with 2seeb as the candidate.
GETTING THERE WITH EASE.
'While there was such excitement on the
Northside yesterday it was a curious fact, in
contradistinction, that the Republican con
ventions lor the remainder of the county
were held in an atmosphere sigularly char
scterized by harmony, "sweetness and light"
and such concomitants. Dalzell was re
nominated for Congress from the Twenty
second district by acclamation. 'William
plinn did not have an opponent for the
State Senate. Lastly, though by no means
least, Yon Bonnhorst for Recorder; Mc
Cleary for Sheriff; Connor for Register;
McGunnegle for Clerk of Courts; Bell for
Treasurer; Haymaker for Assistant Dis
trict Attorney; Greer for Controller, and
Mercer and "Weir for Commissioners, got
through without opposition in a single case.,
The lour first named are representatives of
the "Old Guard" in Republican county
politics. They have been conspicuous in
the local party organization for twenty
years, so their "wait-over" is not sur
prising. Neither is that of Mercer, who was
invincible for renomination as Commis
sioner. But when it is seen that there was
no contest for anv cf the other offices either,
it looks as though public offices are not as
much sought after as formerly.
The entire local ticket, however, is a
strong one, with a sure prospect in a county
whose Republican majorities run as high on
occasions as 20,000.
THEY ARE EQUAL.
The New York Sun declares that "the
inter-State commerce act is a complete fail
ure, and that "the Board of Commissioners
charged with its entorcement is incapable
and inefficient," The ground for this asser
tion is stated by our New York cotemporary
as follows:
The railroad managers throughout the conn
try make warcely a pretense of observing tho
act or obeying the board. They do not hesitate
to disregard the plainest provisions of the law
and the most urgent injunctions of the commis
sioners; and, what is worse, they do not think
enough of either to resort to the slightest de
vice of concealment.
This may be a rather strong way of put
ting it, as is characteristic of the New York
luminary. But there, is more truth than
imagination in the statement that the rail
roads have discovered that the penalties
which the body charged with their enforce
ment are afraid to administer, have no
terrors lor them. In four years not a single
one of the penalties prescribed by the law
has been exacted, although numerous viola
tions have been proved. Is it any wonder
that the railroads do not obey it?
But the Sun makes a decided non sequitur
in its deduction from this statement.
It asserts that the Canadian railroads ought
to be shut out from doing business with,the
United States. The sole argument in favor
of doing this heretofore has been that the
United States trunk lines are subject to the
restraints of the inter-State commerce law,
while the Canadian roads have an advan
tage over them in that respect. But the
statement just quoted sho.w that act is no
restraint to the United States railroads, and
the alleged advantage is, therefore, wholly
fictitious. The fact is that both the Cana
dian and United States railroads are equal
ly subject to the law, on the business
which they do to and from points in this
country, and are equally free from it when
it is not enforced.
What is needed is a public sentiment
which will require the penalties of this act
to be applied, whenever there is a violation
of its provisions. If that is done, it will be
found that the United States andCanadian
trunk lines stand on an equal footing.
AhTOR'S NEW HOTEL.
Some of the Astor millions are to be in
vested in the erection of a new hotel in
New York. It is to be bigger, more beauti
ful and better than any hotel in the coun
try, the gossips say, and if Mr. Astor wills
it there is no reason why these superlatives
should not be attained. Mr. Astor has the
ground, the money, and what he has not he
can buy. New York will have a hotel
worth bragging about if Mr. Astor carries
out his intention. The Eastern metropolis
needs such a hotel.
New Yorkers are not so much interested in
Mr. Astor's enterprise as are the inhabitants
of the rest of the country. There are a great
many hotels in New York, good, bad and
indifferent. The latter are in the majority.
Some of the worst are the showiest, most ex
pensive and largest. In these days when so
many residents of other cities, and particu
larly so many Fittsburgers, visit New York
periodically, the question of Gotham's ho
tel accommodations becomes a national
one. If the new Astor House shall combine
in.itself the comforts and conveniences of the
best European and American hotels, as it is
said it shall, Pittsburgers will be among
the grateful crowd which will throng it.
Perhaps when that happy day arrives a
visit to New York will not be equivalent to
going into bankruptcy, and the New York
hotel clerk will cease to be a synonym for
all that is gorgeous and uncivil.
TAKING CARE OF THE LITTLE ONES.
There is no benevolent institution which
may more worthily appeal to the thoughtful
and the generous than the Children's Hos
pital, which is now being organized and
made ready for Pittsburg. It is entirely for
the little ones whose parents have not the
means to provide rightly for them when ill.
Conpled with the city institntion, is an ad
mirable plan for a place in the country, in
the mountains, where the little unfortunates
can be sent for a week or two in the summer
to gain in the quiet and pure atmosphere
those elements of vitality which they can
not gather in the thickly-built town.
For the adult, indigent and afflicted it is
a difficult and in some cases not always a
hopeful task to provide. But Pittsburg
does its duty nobly in that regard. There
is abundant assurance that it will not faii
where the little children are concerned
those who can by no manner of means help
themselves. The Children's Hospital is a
very noble benevolence and the efforts of its
promoters deserve all praise and encour
agement. "While Chicago journals are industrously
reporting that there will be no more than three
quarters of a wheat crop, conservative authori
ties place the yield at 450.000,000 bushels, which
will give this country all the flour it needs and a
liberal margin for export The exigencies of a
city which wants to bull the market are some
times very fatiguing.
The Oregon election seems to be a good
deal of a drawn battle with the material points
of the victory won by the Republicans and the
glory in the shape of the Governorship handed
over to the Democrats,
The House Committee of Elections' ar
gument that registration laws and educational
tests are unconstitutional, would mako a de
cided sensation if applied to the cases of
Northern members. But the most remarkable
effort of logic in this report on the South Caro
lina case is the conclusion that because an
election is held under unconstitutional provis
ions therefore the man who gets the smaller
number of votes is to be declared elected. The
House managers must feel an urgent necessity
for bolstering up their majority, to decide an
election contest on such logic.
The report comes from Australia that
one of the leading newspapers there has dis
charged its dramatic critic for writing a favor
able notice of Mrs. James Brown Potter. This
is unnecessarily severe discipline. There Is a
possibility that the poor fellow may have been
honest in his delusion that the lady is an ac
tress. The price of whisky has advanced seven
cents per gallon and Western editors are anx
iously inquiring whether it is due to the rise in
the price of corn or to the original package de
cision. Those among the Republicans who want
the rules to govern are evidently anxious to
have the bell ring for a new start in the Con
gressional race. It is no fun for heavy-weights
to trot around the Twenty-third district course
with the mercury away up in the nineties: but
where the candidates fall to score and start
according to rules by announcing their aspira
tions in .advance of the primaries aud putting
up their entry fee, the interests of exact and
even-handed fair play seem to require that they
try again on even terms.
The last ccke deal revives the memory
of the day when the process of concen
tration was going on in that industry.
Possibly the fact that the Fnck Cko Com
pany did not buy the Cochran works may be
taken to indicate that the process of consoli
dating has been carried as far as it profitably
can.
The preliminary notes of that Duquesne
traction snlt contain a promise of a lively com
petition in the Fifth avenne trafflo when the
second road gets fairly going.
The construction of those rules of the Re
publican primaries which demand that candi
dates shall band in notice of their candidacy to
the committee several days before the pri
maries, will now become of as much interest in
these parts as, the-Supreme Court's Interpreta
tion of the Original package question. Whether'
to construe tho rnles to suit the sltnation'-t
Ignore them, or to run the race la the Twenty
third district over again, is the interesting
question across the river.
A bed-brick vault at New York for the
man to whom Lee surrendered, and a bronze
monument for Leo at Richmond, is a sufficient
contrast to warrant Congress in doing some
thing; Bat the monument to Grant should not
be put up in the city which is too mean to make
good Its pledges.
New Yoek stocks braced up yesterday
with an evident determination to make a turn
while the summer sun shines and before the
fall pinch in money comes.
Mb. Fbancis Murphy with a suspicion
of.former acquaintance with the Blarney-stone
in his nativeiand declares "the newspaper men
are the best men living." Col. Eliot F. Shep
ard will probably respond that whatever
doubts there may have been on that point a few
years ago, there is no question as to its accu
racy, since that religious though somewhat
bloodthirsty warrior purchased eminence in the
profession.
The Shiras contingent naturally regards
this transfer of th6 nomination to a man who
did not seek the office as a political anachron
ism. This theory of tho office seeking the man
is decidedly a barren ideality to the fellows
who do not get it.
"The ice pool expects to make a cool
million this year," says an exchange utterly re
gardless of the fact that it has already made
several millions very hot.
The intimation that Kerby, who has got
an appointment -as Consul at Para, is not all
that he ought to be. Is not so startling as the
general horror of the Democratic organs that
a man whose record is not entirely straight
shoula get a political appointment That sen
timent is calculated to create the general idea
that the previous appointments of the Admin
istration have all been very creditable.
The McKeesport temperance lecturer
who was forced to take whisky as a desperate
remedy in a case of snake bite, will probably
entertain a friendly feeling bereatter for the
use of liquor strictly in a medicinal way.
Baroness Klara ton deb Deckles
has started a new enterprise by requesting "all
the beautiful women of the world" to send her
their photographs, to be exhibited as tjpesof
female beauty at the close of the nineteenth
century. It is not quite certain whether the
Baroness Klara intends to start a pulp mill or
is determined to make the postal service of the
world self-sustaining.
A Japanese editor has been sentenced to
four years' imprisonment for speaking disre
spectfully of one of the Mikado's ancestors,
while the Commercial Travelers' Association
mournfully recognizes their inability to do any
thing to the unbridled and licentious press
which reviles the noble army of drummers.
'Wiggins has come out with a modified
prophecy to the effect that Italy may have an
earthquake, because the planets ocenpy the
same position that they did when Pompeii was
destroyed. But if the planets produce the
earthquakes and convulsions which Wiggins
predicts, and which never materialize, why not
put it that Italy must have an earthquake with
out any doubt about itT We are glad to see that
long experience with the uncertainties of
weather predictions has made Wiggins cau
tions. If he bad said positively that Italy Is
going to have an earthquake there might
have been some fear for nations on the other
side of the globe.
The announcement that Mrs. Langtry is
coming to this country for rest and recreation
indicates that the Jersey Lily is growing wiser
as she grows older. There is no doubt that the
American public will be willing to give her a
rest, provided she does the same by them.
Colonel Stone's canvass was probably
the briefest on record.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
An effort is being made at Chattanooga to
raise a fund for the erection of an equestrian
statue of the rebel General Forrest.
Among the giftslo Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
on her birthday anniversary last week was a
basketful of daisies and buttercups from the
children of the kindergarten for the blind.
The Bashaw of Tangier is only 5 feet 2
inches in height, weighs over 400 pounds, and
yet expects to be referred to as His Royal
Highness.
A tasteful monument has been placed over
the grave of Mrs. T. T. Pitman, at Newport,
bearing no inscription but "Margery Deane,"
the name by which Bhe was known in her news
paper work.
Charles PnATT. the founder of the Pratt
Institute, is worth 315,000,000 and is the richest
man in Brooklyn. He has reddish gray balr
and beard and always seems to be thinking
very bard about something.
Gxorqe Bidwell, the ticket-of-Ieave man
who spent 14 years In English prisons, for the
great forgery of $5,000,000 on the Bank of En
gland, owns 25 acres of land near Muskegon,
Mich. He makes his home at Hartford, Conn.
George W. Kerb, many years President of
the National Bank, ofNewburg, the oldest and
largest in the city, father of John B. Kerr,
counsel of the Ontario and Western Railroad,
has been stricken with paralysis. He is over SO
years old.
Eenator Wolcott, of Colorado, earns $50,
000 a year as attorney for railroads In his State
outside of bis salary of $5,000 a year as Sen
ator. Of course. Mr. Wolcott represents his
railroads in the Senate, and incidentally the
State of Colorado.
Thomas A Wedge, of Elkhart county, Ind.,
has been married live times witbin the past
year. A few days ago he was divorced from bis
fourth wife and married the fifth Mrs. Wedge
on tbe same day. Thomas's last name indicates
that he is calculated to get on m the world.
Ex-Congressjian LTMAN, of Council
Bluffs, la., who was stricken with paralysis tor
tbe third time several weeks ago and has been
lying iu a critical condition ever since, has re
covered consciousness. His friends and physi
cians are confiaent of bis ultimate recovery.
The subscription list opened at Versailles
for the erection of a monument to Jean Hon
don, tbe sculptor, has reached a total of 3,400,
to which the State has added $100. It will be
further increased next menth from the pro
ceeds of a special performance by the Comedie
Francalse. MA-BBTETi ABB0AD.
A Pittsburg Lady Wed n. Massachusetts
Ulan at New Yolk.
rSPECIAI. TELEQBAU TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, June 3. Miss Annie L. Wey
rnan, the daughter of Mrs. M. L. Weyman, of
Pittsburg, was married at 8.80 o'clock to-night
at tbe Cambridge, 334 Fifth avenue, to Mr.
Adam Crocker, of Fitchburg, Mass., the son of
Samuel Crocker. Tbe wedding was a very
quiet one, only the immediate relatives of tbe
bnde ana groom being present. The Rev. F.
E. Edwards, Assistant' Rector of St George's
Episcopal Ubuich, performed the ceremony.
Tbe bride was dressed in white corded silk with
pearl trimmings. She wore a necklace of
pearls, the gift of the groom aud a veil of
tulle.
Her sister. Miss Helen E. Weyman. the maid
of honor, wore a gown of pink mousseline de
sole, and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Mr.
Eben Button, of Andover, a classmate of the
bridegroom's at Harvard, was the best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Crocker will make their home in
Fitchburg after the bridal tilp.
B'NAI.BRnH BANQUETED.
A Committee to Formulate Feasible Finns
of Consolidation.
Richmond, June a Mayor EUyson enter
tained the B'Nai Brith delegates at dinner to
day. In the convention the entire subject of
endowments was relegated to the unrestricted
control of the various District Grand Lodges.
It was decided to appoint a commission con
sisting of seven members ot tbe Grand Lodge
from each district to formulate a plan ot con
solidation with other Hebrew societies.
A resolution was adopted providing for the
appointment of a committee of fjye to draft a
simplified form of ritual.
'The ditHcatas t&twded a tesues tbis Mining.
MISS DE VERPS TRIUMPH.
The Popular Slncer Wins the Heartv Favor
ol the Audience at Carnecio Hall Last
of the Hnndel Concerts.
pHE final concert of the Handel Musical
Association's first season drew an audi
ence last evening that about half filled Car
negie Hall, and made up for lack ot numbers
by enthusiastic applause. The applause, In
deed, became too enthusiastic in at leaBt one
Instance; it was a positive shame to make an
inexorable demand upon Miss de Vere for an
encore piece after the very trying air from "La
Perle du Bresil," when she had already re
sponded graciously to one such demand and
had yet another number on the programme.
In dog day weather like last night the encore
fiend should not be left at largo and un
muzzled. By the way, lest it be again forgotten, a com
plaigt may be made right here that should have
appeared in every review of concerts in this
hall. The clock that was "striking in the bel
fry tower" would come in very nicely for Sulli
van's familiar song, but for other music the
cblmes of the Carnegie Hall clock furnish only
a dissonnance of a peculiarly aggravating na
ture. They soem to be malignantly inspired to
chime in always during the softest part of the
finest numbers in the remotest kev from the
tonality of the bells. Muzzle the chimes, too.
JxactIiY as printed and placed in the hands
of the audience this was the programme:
Gounod "Send Out Thy Light"
Chorus.
Bach Toccata, Doric Mode"
h-rebs "The Bell i'ugue"
Mr. George E. hlting.
Verdi "Romania," fromAlda
Mile, dc Vere.
BALLAD FOB CIIOBCS.
Chadwick "Lovely Eosabelle,"
Mlsakva Day and Jlr.H. B. BrocLeM, soloists.
Whltlnjr Sonati, a minor; Op. 25, Allejrro
con lirlo. Kellglous melody with varia
tions. Finale, Allegro Vivace
Mr. Whiting.
David.... "Charmanl Olseau," from La Per du
Bresil
Mile. Clementine de Vere.
Davis "Music or the Morning,"
Holcomb "Waltz, Tart bong."
Ghorns.
K.Llsit, Grand March "From Crag to Sea."
Mendelssohn, Improvisation on
"Wings or Music"
Mr. Whiting.
Goring Thoma bong "MaVoiilne"
Mile, de Vere.
Whiting Fastorale
Selection from "The Firing Dutchman."
Finale (Act 1). Senta's Ballad. Chorus of Sailors.
uir. wmting.
Gounod Credo, from "MeseSolennelle"
Mrs. Elva B. BrocMebank, soprano; Mr. Harry
Brockett, tenor: Mr.Ucorge E. Williams, basso.
Chorus.
The words of the ballad. "Lovely KosaDelle,"
are taken from poem of Sir Walter bcott.
There is need in Pittsburg for a bureau of
programme writers and proof-readers. The
"Flying Dutchman" selection was not taken
from Mr. Whiting's Pastorale (which, by the
way, was omitted), it was originally written by
one Richard Wagner. If tbe improvisation
was really Mendelssohn's, bis style has changed
since be went npward; and should not tbe lights
have been turned off to make bis reappearance
on earth more impressive? Then that Hol
comb "Waltz, part song;" what was the rest
of it?
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The chorus did not come up to the standard
of its last preceding performance. It com
prised ten tenors, the same number of basses,
twice as many contraltos and about tbree times
as many sopranos. The tonal balance was not
good, and all four parts were often sung in a
different key from each other and from the ac
companying instrument. This distressing in
tonation was worst iu Gounod's "Send
Out Thy Light," where Mr. Fred E.
Cluff. thoutrh be played the orcan accom
paniment very tastefully, shonld have given
the singers more tone to support them. Chad
wick's splendid choral ballad, which should
have been the piece de res stance ot the per
formance, was not made at all effective, to say
nothing of tbe positive faults In its rendition.
The theatrically impressive Credo, by Gounod,
had evidently received much more study, and
some parts were stirringly delivered: but
most of it was scrambled throucb, and the first
attack was a sad balk due, they say, to the
fact that it had been rehearsed at a tempo
much slower than tbe proper movement taken
by Mr. George E. Whitney at the organ,
.
""THE gleam of light in this sombre, but truth.
ful, picture of the chorus singing comes
in through tho two pieces by Davis and Hol
comb; tho former of them being of the Sunday
school convention type, and tbe latter being a
foinmonplace but bright and lively waltz song,
lere tbe chorus seemed on its native heath, as
it were, and sang with commendable vigor,
freedom and precision. A word of sweeping
praise should be given "also to the dynamic
shading of all the choruses; though other
virtues were often absent, the volume of lone
was almost always plastic and mobile, respond
ing readily to the shadings indicated. This
cardinal virtue did much to atone for other
failings, but tbe unlovely fact remains that
this chorus was set to do music beyond its
powers and a great deal too much of it to be
done well.
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TVTr. Brockett sang very pleasantly tbe
small amount of solo work assigned to
bim, as also did Mr. Williams; as much cannot
truthfully be affirmed of the work of the local
ladies, though Mies Day's solo was not without
its merits. Miss Carrie Whiting's piano ac
companiments to the choruses were mostly
forceful and correct; with Miss de Vere's
songs she was not so successful, her style being
unsympathetic and further marred by an in
veterate babit of striking with the left before
the right hand.
The evening'b triumph both popular and
artistic was won Dy .miss uieraence ae vere,
of New York. This remarkable singer ii well
remembered by local connoisseurs from her
appearance here last season. No doubt, if tbe
ceueral public bad been thoroughly informed
that she irets the biggest church salary ever
paid ($4,000 per annum), that she was just com
ing from her work as prima donna of the Cin
cinnati May Festival, that she has this
season established her right to be considered
among the very best singers America has ever
hamored all of which is strictly true no
doubt the audience would have completely
overflowed Carnecie Hall, with seats at a big
premium, to much means a big name.
However, tboso who were present had every
chance to enjoy the substance, irrespective of
"the bubble fame. ' Probably they heard the
singer to greater advantage than, after
a few years shall have swollen her
reputation, trebled the price of seats, multi
plied many times the popular desire to hear
her and materially dimmed the luster of her
superb voice. It is generally so.
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TVTlSS deVere commands a true soprano
vnice of great range, considerable purity,
exceptional strength in the usually weak mid
dle register, aud of extraordinary flexibility
and ductility. Few, If any, voices in existence
are capable of such a tone as that high note,
(about E flat, wasn't it!) taken by Miss de Vere
in the air from David's opera and
sustained with gradually relaxing muscles
until it floated away, vibrant, thrilling. Into
the upper ether. Her execution ot tbe elabo
rate vocal pyrotechnics in this selection was
flawless. She has all that the coloralur style
demands. But much more. The dramatic de
livery of the "Aida" romanza might have been
done by Lilli Lebmann. Indeed, de Vere most
resembles Lehmann in her command both of
the Italian and German styles; coming from
tbe opposite sides theseitwomeetinthe middle.
The irresistible encores after each programme
number brought Miss do Vere back
with three ballads English, French .and'
Italian, respectively, and each delivered with
rarely distinct enunciation and its own proper,
ballad style. For two of these she sat down at
tbe piano and played her own accompaniment,
a la Nilsson. onlv better. Such a combination
of musical gifts is rare in the extreme; it is
weakening to one's stock of adjectives.
Miss de Vere's artistic triumph was fully
shared by Mr. George E. Whiting, the eminent
Boston composer and organist, also well re
membered here. For one whose days are
chiefly given to teaching and other musical
work, not organ playing, his technique is as
tonishingly clean and complete. Tbe severe
classicism of the Bach toccata, the
complicated polyphony of Kreb's elabor
ate fucue, the enormous difficulties of his
own rich sonata and tbe brilliant
effects of the Liszt marcb and the "Dutch
man" transcription these altogether made a
severe test of the plajer's mettle, both me
chanical and purely musical. Tbe test was
nobly sustained, Mr. Whiting's playing being
scholarly throughout,but never dry and formal.
He has. indeed, a fund of feeling and senti
ment too rarely found in concert organists.
The alleged improvisation was unworthy of his
fame, but in all other respects not forgetting
the masterly accompaniment to tbe Credo Mr.
Whtting's work was delightful and inspiring.
C W.B.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Effie I. DInlinffcy.
The funeral of Miss Effle L Mahaffey, Kebecca
street, "WlUlnsburg, will take place this after
noon, the remains to bi, interred In Homewood
Cemetery. Miss Mahaffey, although but 56 years
of age, badbSenan invalid for eight years with
an affection 'of the lungs. Some months ago she
had a numuer of hemorrhages that her physicians
feared would prove fatal at that time. She rallied,
however, und was in comparatively good health
when tho end came at midnight on Monday last,
bhe was attacked br a hemorrhage and passed
away in Spite of all that loving care could do to
save hef life. She was a girl or many lovable
traits,, true Christian, and of exemplary pa
tlencemnder her trials. She was very well known
In Wliklnsbnrc. and there will AwJiWruo fe. a
A K0SE WEDDING.
Mis Annlo L. Wattles Slurried to Dr.
Horner A Great Day for Mnrrlairei
First Lnwn Fete of tho Sen.on at Home
wood Other Society Eve""'
An event that has been looked forward to for
some time and around which a little halo of
school-day romance hovered, was the wedding
of Miss Annlo L. Wattles, daughter of Mr. W.
W. Wattles, and Dr. 'J. Richey Horner, the
popular young Allegheny physician, which was
celebrated last evening in a very private man
ner. The family residence on Center avenue
was chosen for the nuptial service and the
honr 6.30. The attendants were the two sisters
of the bride. Misses Lllio and Julia, and the two
brothers Messrs, J. Harvey and Charles W.
Wattles.
The guests who witnessed tbe ceremony and
atterward partook of a sumptuous repast
served by Kennedy were limited to the families
interested and a very few intimate friends, and
they were immersed in a very sea of fragrance
and beauty, the decorations beingsuperb. Roses
were tbe favorite flower, and in fact the only
flower useu, the beautiful plants but serving as
an effective background upon which to display
tbe choice, flowers. Mantels and tables were
ladened with clusters and bouquets of the
flowers of the month, all in pink of different
shades, and every available nook and corner
was uuuzea as places iornanusome vase3 con
taining long-stemed beauties. Messrs. A. M. &
J. B. Murdoch bad cbarge of the floral work.
Gernert's Orchestra was stationed in the
library, and with their inspiring music an
nounced the arrival of tbe bridal party.
Precisely at 6.30 the usbers, followed by the
two bridemaids and the bride and groom, en
tered tbe handsomo drawing room. There.
Rev. Dr. Edmund Belfour, assisted by Rev.
Joseph Horner, the father of the groom, per
formed the ceremony. The bride was magnifl
cently attired in a full dress toilet of cream
faille francaise. trimmed with exquisite
point lace. She wore a crown of
orange blossoms, from which hung In
soft, pretty, folds the customary veil, and car
ried a bouquet of pink roses. The bride
maids were clad in pretty gowns of china silk
fashioned with tiny pointed bodices and round
necks finished with a dainty frill of lace, and
carried roses ilso. After the informal recep
tion aud the almost family dinner, Dr. and Mrs.
Horner departed for the West, where they
will spend some weeks. They will be "at
home" to friends Thursdays in July, at 91 Arch
street, which will 'ere that time be additionally
beautified with tbe numerous presents the
young people wcro recipients of.
The bride Is a youug lady possessed of rare
qualities and very popular in the circle of soci
ety in which she moves. Dr. Horner is one of
tho most prominent young physicians of the
city, is one of the staff of the Homeopathic
Hospital, and an enthusiast in his profession.
Their union receives the sanction and best
wishes of a multitude of friends, who will re
ceive cards this morning.
A HIGH NOOK WEDDING..
Ex-Mayor Cochran, of Mcodvllle, Married
io Miss Jonn Ii. Sninplf. of Allegheny.
Yesterday noon, at the First Presbyterian
Church, Wood street, Mr. J. Bennett Cocbran,
of Meadville. was married to Miss Jean K.
Sample, of Allegheny. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Dr. George T. Purves, pas
tor of the church, in the presence of a limited
number of guests, Including only relatives aud
immediate friends of both families. Miss Sam
ple, wbo is well and favorably known in educa
tional and social circles, belongs to one of the
old families of Pittsburg, her great-grandfather
having been an elder in tbe early his
tory of the church In which she pledged tbe
solemn vows. And conspicuous among those
present at tbe ceremony was tne venerable
form of Mr. William Sample, Sr., her grand
father, wbo has reached the ninetieth mile
stone in life's journey. The groom is one of
Meadville's representative citizens, having
ueen until recently its cuiei .executive omcer.
He is a nephew of Mr. James I. Bennett, of the
Northside. and has an extensive acquaintance
in both cities.
Tbe bride was attired in a handsome fawn
colored cloth traveling robe, and, with a tiny
toque of corresponding color, presented a very
stylish appearance. Immediately after the
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Cochran started for
an extended western trip.
BOOKS FOB A SUNDAY SCHOOL
Collected aa tbe Admission Fees to an Enjoy
able Enterlnlnment.
The library of the Second Presbyterian
Church will boom for some time to come, and
its stock be In great demand, for by the enter
tainment given in that church last evening, for
which a book was tbe admission fee, the
shelves are lined with desirable literature. The
entertainment was given by the members ot
thej Sunday school, assisted by Miss Edith Har
ris, the popular elocutionist; Mr. W. T. En
glish, tbe soloist, and tbe Scbuiertz Orchestra,
The programme was opened by the orchestra in
"Dorcht March" and a recitation by Miss Harris
followed, in which the boung lady established
herself as a favorite of tbe evening, all ber
numbers being encored enthusiastically. Mr.
English, in his various solos, was greatly
appreciated, and a violin solo by Mr. Ed
Schmertz was one of tbe enjoyable numbers of
the evening.
"len Little Injun Boys," created consider
able merriment, and the infant class. In
"Cousin Jedekiah," became the recipients of
rapturous applause; and closed tho literary
programme. An informal social concluded tbe
evening's enjoyment, the results ot which will
afford so much pleasure in tho future to all
connected with the Sunday school.
WaNDING UP WITH A PICNIC.
How tho Woman'. C'lnb Proposes to .Close
Its Present Scnaon.
After a season of study on the topography of
Spain, the Woman's Club will In a body per
sonally investigate tbeir own country in tbe
vicinity of Homewood, at the residence of Mrs.
Cbarles I. Wade, the President of tbe club, on
Tuesday, the 17th of this month. It will be tbe
last meeting of tbe club for tbe year, and a
regular old-fashioned basket picnic was de
cided upon yesterday at the meeting in tbe
Teachers' Library, as a pleasant sequel to the
more serious but ever instructive and interest
ing meetings of the season.
'the paper read by Mrs. Dr. Ramsay, yester
day afternoon, on "Ignatius Loyolo," the
founder of tbe Jesuits, was greatly enjoyed by
all who had the pleasure of listening to it, as
the subject was so comprehensivslv and ex
haustively handled In such a brief and desira
ble manner. Beside, tbe paper and the discus
sion which followed, the Committee on Resolu
tions regarding the death of Mrs. N. Q. Ayres,
a loved member of the club, reported aud were
instructed to present the resolutions to the be
reaved lamily.
A TRIP TO NIAGAEA FALLS
To Follow the Wedding of Mr. John M. Mc
Clareu nnd Miss Burns.
In the First Presbyterian Church last even
ing at b o'clock were tbe words spoken by Rev.
George Purves that united Miss Hettie Vir
ginia Burns and Mr. John M. McClaren. The
wedding party was announced by nuptail
music proceeding from tbe organ, and three
ushers, Messrs. Porter, Campbell and Marshall
with one maid of honor. Miss Emma Mc
Ilvain, attended the bride and
groom to the beautifully decorated altar
The bride was costnmed in a
stylish traveling dress of English suiting on
the gray shade, and her capote and gloves cor
responded in color. She carried white roses
and lilies of the valley. The rnaid or honor
was daintily attired in a soft, clinging gown of
simple fashion, and earned uink rnsns
A trip to Niagara Falls and other places of
interest will occupy the coming three weeks
for the bride and groom, after which thev will
receive their friends at their charming home
on Irwin avenue.
A JUNE GARDEN PARTY.
Elegant Reception nnd Out-door Fete Held
at Homewood.
The seasonof open-air parties was inaugu
rated last evening, with a very delightful gar
den party given by Mr. and Mrs. John Z. Speer
at tbeir charming home on Dallas avenue
Homewood. The evening was all that could be
desired, and tbe spacious grounds were
thronged with guests representing many of the
prominent families of both Pittsburg and Alle
gheny, who were received by Mr. and Mrs.
Speer and their daughter. Miss Speer.
It was a most agreeable treat to wander
through the picturesque grounds, which com
prise both woodland and water, and are hardly
surpassed iu the county in exceeding beautv
At a late hour the guests departed, loth to
leave tho bewitching place whose combination
of moonlight, trees in their full foliage, mirth
orabl " occasIon Pleasantly mem-
MELVIN-ACHESON.
A Quiet Utile Weddlnn That Robs PItl
burjr or n Peitto Bride.
Last evening. 'mid the sweet fragrance of
June blossoms, the ceremony uniting Miss
Jennie R. Acbeson, of I'enn avenue, to Mr.
Thayer E. Mclvin, of Evergreen Hamlet, was
performed. Rev, Mr. Miller officiating. The
wedding was very el'gant, but quite private,
only the immediate relatives being present.
In a gown of pearl gray, with glove to match,
and a large bouquet of white rosebuds, the pe
yte bride looked hor loveliest.
Tl filiation- -"oilr pnb.n1' tuar.nt.
was successful; the presents, numerous and
costly evincing the popular favor in which tbe
bride Is held by her many friends. Immedi
ately following supper the happy pair, accom
panied by the groom's relatives, drove out to
their future home,, where they will receive
their friends, at Evergreen Hamlet.
A PUBLIC BECEPTI0K.
The Old Blononenhela Thrown Open for In
. ipectlonby the People.
Last evening the reception to the public on
the occasion of the opening of the Mononga.
hela House was given. The doors were thrown
open and a number of people passed through
the old hotel and Inspected the elegant furnish
ings. The clerks wore arrayed in full dress suits,
and acted as a reception committee. A pleas
ant luncheon was served to visitors, and
Guenther's Orchestra furnished the music
The Wnrri-Dlxon Weddintr.
' Yesterday, at St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral. Miss
Letitia Dixon, sister or Christopher G. Dixon,
tbe well-known Allegheny contractor, waj mar
ried to Felix J. Ward, of the Pittsburg Slate
Mantel Works, East Liberty. Tbe ceremony
was performed by Rev. M. O'Connor as substi
tute for Bishop Phelan. After the nuptials a
lnncb was served in the pretty residence of
Mr. C. G. Dixon,.on Sherman avenue. Sub
sen iientl v the young couple left for New York
aud tbe East.
Modal Chatter.
The wedding of Miss Genevra E. Johnston,
the celebrated Chicago singer, and Dr. Rufus
Winfirld Bishop will be celebrated to-day in
the Plymouth Church, of Chicago,, in which
Miss Johnston sings. Mr. Charles Hubbard, of
this city, will officiate as groomsmau.
Pupils of the Curry School of Dramatic
Culture presented two plays in University
Hall last evening. "A Game of Cards," and
"In Honor Bound." The ball was packed, as
usual, and tbe performance very creditable.
The reception at the new Children's Hos
pital this afternoon promises to be very largely
attended. The grounds and hospital are all in
readiness for both guests and patients.
Mrs. William C. Mackev. of Negley ave
nue, received her lady friends from 3 to 5 yes
terday afternoon.
The Beymer-Baker wedding this evening at
the Beyiner residence in the East End.
WHX LIKELY GET THE ARSENAL.
Chief Bigelow Says He Will Have the Land
In Three Weeks.
Chief Bigelow, ot the Department of Public
Works, yesterday received word from Wash
ton that tbe city would probably acquire pos
session of part of tbe Arsenal grounds within
two or tbree weeks. Chief Bigelow would not
say who be received tbe information from, but
stated it was all right and tbere was not the
slightest probability of tbe thing missing fire.
Hon. John Dalzell stated a tew days ago be
would introduce another bill into the House
which would be approved by the Secretary of
the Navy, asking for the transfer of part of the
grounds to the city. The portion wanted for
a park contains about 10 or 12 acres, and is on
tbe lower side of Penn avenue. Major McKTee,
who is in charge of the Arsenal, is opposing tbe
scheme, but Mr. Bigelow thinks be ha- over
come the objections. The grounds on tbe up
per side of Penn avenne will not be touched,
and it is proposed to move tbe Major's resi
dence to that section, and he would still be in
charge of tbe place. If tbe bill goes through
and the property is turned over to the city Mr.
Bigelow will begin at once to convert the
grounds into a beautiful park.
PASSENGER WAR OVER,
The Union Pacific Announces a Restoration
of Old Rates on June 9.
Thomas B. Spear, a local passenger agent of
the Union Pacific road, yesterday stated that
the disastrous passenger war between tbe lines
west ot Chicago had been settled, and for west
ern points beyond the Windy City the old rates
would be restored on June 9. Tbe rates will
not be fixed up for this territory until June 15.
Mr. Spear stated that the lines in the fight
have lost during its progress more than two
thirds of the revenues that would have
been made if tbe cutting bad not existed. Tbe
Union Pacific was more fortunate than its com
petitors in having a transcontinental line, and
they made rates througb to tbe Pacific coast.
During the thickest of the fight the road made
no effort to secure Colorado business, bnt the
result was mas toe line naa a gooa uirouga
trade.
Mr. Spear says he Is selling a number of
round trip tickets, but there is not much de
mand for tickets one way. During the recent
hot spell there were many inquiries for rates,
and quite a number of tbe inquirers have
gone west for a period.
PRINCIPALS AND PEDAGOGUES,
Tho Allegheny Board of School Controllers
Diacnss Matters.
The Allegheny Board of School Controllers
met last night. Tbe present corps of instruc
tors were re-elected in the First and Second
wards for the ensuing year, tbe latter ward re
ceiving an extra teacher. The Twelfth ward
was allowed two extra teachers for June. The
Ninth has three positions open. The Thir
teenth re-elected the present incumbents. The
only changes In text books will be in the High
School course. The report of the High School
recommended that the courses be divided into
departments, each with a bead. '
The First National Bank was elected deposi
tory for the Board. Messrs. McMullen and
Walton were appointed a committee to draft
resolutions on the death of Edward Gregg.
MAY E0RCE MATTERS.
The F. nnd M. Bnnk Depositors Threaten to
Depose thn Present Committee.
The depositors of the F. and M. Bank, South
side.tried to hold another meeting last evening,
but failed in the attempt, owing to tbo non-appearance
of the Chairman of the Depositors'
Committee, Assignee Sorg, or others promi
nent in the settlement ot tbe affairs of the bank.
After a protracted conclave on the sidewalk,
near the Humbolt school building, tbe deposi
tors decided to call another meeting for next
Tuesday evening. They say that if the proper
persons do not show up then, they mil appoint
a new Depositors' Committee, employ a con
sulting lawyer, and find out about the bank's
affairs or know the reason why.
NEW ORPHANS' HOME.
A Meeting In Allegheny to Select a
Site.
Seven proposals for a site on which to erect
the proposed Home for the Odd Fellows'
widows and orphans, were considered at last
night's meeting of the directors in Allegheny.
The matter was placed in the bauds of tbe
following: P. G. M. John G. Myter. P. G. W.H .
Sutmyer, Dr. G. Mueller, T. T. Hagar. Mrs. C.
C. Cricks. Mrs. Alice Jamison. Ihis committee
will notify Secretary H. C. Mendel when they
are ready to report.
THE FAIR CITY.
All my Inner life Is radiant
With the beauty of a clime,
With the glory ot a city,
Lying In a land sublime,
Where the sun goes down in splendor,
And tbe twilight angel waits
Ere be spreads bls.wmgs of darkness,
1 have seen the open gates!
Often since that fadeless morning,
On a winter long ago.
When a voice I loved fell fainter
Thau the falling or the snow;
When my eyes were sudden-blinded,
As a form, grown still and white.
Passed through ranss of shining angels,
Out to meet tbe coming night.
Oh, tbe perfect hopes that
In that more than midnight gloom,
Hopes just rich with buds ot promise
Bursting into golden bloom.
Then was never light about me,
I grew never strong and brave.
Till my eyes were lifted higher
Than the narrow, snow-crowned grave;
Till I through tbe open portals.
Haw tbe shining streets of gold.
And the lost, all pure and radiant.
Crowned with blessings manlrold.
Bands of love unwound tbe tangles.
In the train of weary years.
That was stretching out before me,
Shadowed by my falling tears.
So I am no longer fearful.
Knowing where ray treasures are
Waiting forthp end. with patience,
Since I have been blessed so far;
Waiting for tbe day that cometh,
As a bridge, on which to climb
Upward to that wondrous city, '
JTrom these barren fields of time.
Edwabd H. Bicz.
Wssteun UwrvrasnT o Pa,.
o" X. 1S30.
ANNA A HAYS.
The Great Soldier' Widow Ends a Life of
Goad Works and Brave.
Mrs. Anna A. Hays, widow of General Alex
ander Hays, died on Monday at 10:15 r. m. at
her home in Sewickley, as stated In The Dis
patch yesterday. Since last October Mrs.
Hays had not left ber room, yet her death was
a surprise to many; so often had her indomita
ble will triumphed over tbe attacks which had
made her an invalid since 1877 that she might
conquer again. It was not to be, however, and
on Monday evening she passed away.
Mrs. Hays was the daughter of James B.
McFaddeu, a prominent man in Pittsburgh
jroune days. She was born in Plttsbure March
151 1828. In her girlhood she was a noted belle,
of whose beauty and wit reports have come
down to this veneration. She married Alex
ander Hays on February 19, 1846. Or him
there is bardly need to speak; bis brilliant
career as a soldier is Known to everybody in
Pittsburg. Mrs. Hays accompanied her bus
band during the war whenever it was possible,
passing the winters or 1501, 1862 and lb63 with
him in tbe camp or the Army ot tbe
Potomac. General Hays was killed in the san
guinary contest in the Wilderness, May 5, 1884.
and his widow was left to race tbe world with
seven children. She did face the world, with
tbe courage ot a lion. Her life until ber health
finally broke, 13 years ago, was devoted entirely
to them, and even as an invalid she was unre
mitting In her care of tbem. Her children wbo
survive her are Mrs. George Gormley, Alden F.
Hays, Mrs. John 8. Sullivan, of Jefferson City,
Mo.: Gilbert A. Hays, Mrs. Martha A. Black,
A. Pearson Hays and James A. Hays. Her
brother, James B. McFadden, and ber sister,
Mrs. George Murphy, also survive her.
Mrs. Hays possessed wonderful mautal gifts,
and a dignity and graclousness, a courtly man
ner and readiness of wit that won ber friends
and admirers everywhere. Unquestionably
she was tbe ablest woman of affairs, even in her
sick room, that the writer has ever met. Her
reading was large and various; her taste
catholic. There was nothing she liked better
than the study of men, and ber judgment of
them and the events which made them prom
inent showed remarkable discernment. She
spoke French fluently, and everyone who has
enjoyed ber society knows with what
skill she used her mother tongue. Beside
possessing these great gifts and acquirements
Mrs. Hays was big-hearted, courageous to the
verge of heroism, patient and gentle, and a
warm lover of her tamlly and friends. Of tbe
latter she bad very many in Pittsburg, in all
parts of this country, and even in remote- cor
ners of tbe world. There seemed t be some
thing in her of a magnetic quality which
bound men and women to ber: once admitted
to her friendship tbere could be nu leaving It.
So her death comes as a grievous blow to hun
dreds who knew her simply as a friend not
often seen. To those near her the loss is irrep
arable. The funeral services will take place in St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church, Sewickley, at 11
A. M. Thursday, June 6. Mrs. Hays was a
study member of St. Stephen's congregation.
Proceeding to Plttfburg by tbe 12:18 train from
Sewickley, the burial will follow in tbo Alle
gheny Cemetery, in tbe plot where General
Alexander Hays now lies. Eight men from
General Hays' Regiment, the Sixty-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers, will act as pall
bearers. H. J.
PRINCE BISMARCK AT HOME.
The Ex-Chancellor Talks of His Illness to a
French Correspondent.
rSPBCTAL TZLEGItAU TO TUX DISPATCO..
New York, June 3. Prince Bismarck gave
a remarkably interesting budget of information
concerning bis public and domestic affairs re
cently to Henry de Hour, the famous Parisian
journalist. A translation of the talk has been
made from foreign papers just received in tbis
vicinity. De Hour presented himself in Frle
dnchsruhe without any letters ol Introduction
or recommendation. In w personal note to tbe
ex-Chancellor be requested tbe privilege of an
Interview. He received tbe following answer:
"The Prince invites M. de Hour to dinner.
Afternoon dress." DeHour arrived at the
Manor House shortly before dinner time. Bis
marck received him wltn exceptional friendli
ness, and till tbe meal was served entertained
him with all sorts of small talk.
"I suffer terribly." said the Chancellor, "from
neuralgia and sleep very little. Formerly my
work drove away the palp but now that I work
so uttie i suner extremely, vueea victoria
has rcommended to me a dozen or more reme
dies but they have done incjnst as little good
as thev seem to have done ber."
The'Prince also explained why he had re
quested de Hour to appear in evening dress.
"For tbe last 20 years." be said. "I have not
had on evening dress. At the time of my sil
ver wedding my wife bad a superb evening suit
made for me. but I have never worn it,"
At dinner the best French wines were set be
fore M. de Hour. Bismarck, however, drank
only Rhine wine. While eating tbe ex-Cbau-cellor
became rather taciturn, and was roused
to speak only with some difficulty on the part
of M. de Hour. Tbe mention of the Prince's
retirement from public life, however, seemed
eventually to touch the spring, and he referred
with considerable feeling to the fact that dur
ing the three days succeeding his retirement
he received 600 telegrams from all parts of the
world. Although 76 years old be said he con
sidered himself too young to remain idle.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
AiAEQHEinr Crrr is fast becoming noted for
the number of suicides and sensational politics.
Our neighbors are slow In some things, but in
others she Is entitled to a reserved seat.
Ax Itinerant Michigan preacher is now sell
ing coffins. For years he was engaged preparing
people for the hereafter, and now he Is ready to
prepare them for tbe grave. That man is chock
full of business.
A San Francisco park policeman has won
renown by arresting a Deputy Coroner while
driving the morgue wagon through tbe park to
secure a body. HU next move will probably be
to arrest the drivers of the park watering carts.
A Wisconsin millionaire has suicided. Here
Is a warning to ambitious young men who are
anxious to become rich.
The present mixer of drinks in tbe House is
not up to his trade, but as he Is a good itepnb
Ucan Speaker Beed decided to close the bar for
fear his short-comings would Injure the party.
Democrats make not onlv the best dispensers but
also the best patrons of a bar.
The New York TTorlo! missed the oppor-
tnnlty of Its life when It failed to have a reporter
dressed up In policeman's clothes and take part
in the parade of thataugust body. Is tbe World
losing Its grip!
O'DonovanRossa is longing for the time
when he can again visit the land of bis birth. The
majority of the people In New York are doing a
good deal of "longing" on the same subject them
selves. AN ingenious statistician has made the in
teresting calculation that the women of the
United States nse enough paint on their faces
every year to paint 37,000 houses. Judging from
the looks of some of the buildings in certain wards
in tbls city the majority of residents aro females.
RlV. Samuel Small Is to take up bis per
manent abode among the Mormons. Sam will be
able to accomplish something that the laws have
been unable to do. He will drive the Mormons
Into exile.
The Punxsutawney Spirit reached its I7th
birthday last week. The Spirit is one or the
cleanest and best edited weekly papers printed in
Iiorthwestern Pennsylvania and has a circulation
to be proud of. its owners may not be ranked
among the millionaires of the county, bat Judg
ing rrom the looks or Its advertising columns they
are not going hangry.
Wonderful Growth O0i Wonderful City.
from the Erie Dispatch.
Pittsburg's population in 18S0 wa? 16,389, and
now the shrewd guessers are putting it at over
230,000. lithe census shows any such wonderful
growth as that our Iron City friends will have
good cause for congratulation. Cleveland aud
Buffalo will compete with Pittsburg for eighth
place on the list, Tbe seven leading cities will
of course be New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Brooklyn, Boston, St. Louis and Baltimore.
Conservative and Patriotic
from the St. Louis Republic!
Judge Ewlng, ot Pennsylvania, concisely ex
presses the general opinion of tbe country in
holding from bis bench that it tbe Supreme
Court has decided against any right of tbe
States it will bave to decide over again. That
view is as conservative and patriotic as it is
emphatic.
A Royal Good Fellow.
From the Boston nerald.J
Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, is a royal
good fellow, and be had a royal welcome at the
hands of the New England Club on Saturday.
Massachusetts has a liking for soldier Govern
ors, though she isn't much on electing them to
that office.
Tbo Old Teachers Again.
Tbe Sterrett School Board organized on
Monday evenine by the election of William
Woodwell, president: F. B. Langhlin, secretary;
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. CDEI0US C0NDENSATI0HS.
A young man named Sutton has lived
77 days on soda water at Dubuque, Ia
St. Louis will add 92 miles of electric
street car service before the present year has
expired.
Mrs. Jane Kirkwood, of Eaton, Ind., is
88 years old. the mother of 14 children, grand
mother of 5S children and great-grandmother
of S3 children.
The largest beer barrel in this country
is an attraction in a St. Louis saloon. It is 23
feet high, 22 feet wide, and has a capacity of
34,400 gallons.
Iu the stomach of an alligator that was
shot near Palatka. Fla., was found a human
skull well preserved, and a gold watch, marked
with the initials &. L. T."
An Ovid man got mad at his horsa
Ii years ago, and has kept It inside a dark
stall ever since, refusing to let anybody to see
the animal or to permit It to get a sniff of fresh
air.
A contract has been made for carrying
tbe mail between Atchison and Eden, Kan. a
distance of over ten miles, for $300 a year or
80 cents a day, ana it requires a man and two
horses.
Ancient fans had long handles, so that
ladles used their fans for walking sticks, and It
was by no means unusual for testy dames to
chastise unruly children by beating'them with
their f ansticks.
Foolscap is a corruption ot the Italian
folio-capo, a folio-sized sheet. The error must
have been very ancient, as the water mark of
this sort of paper from the thirteenth to the
seventeenth century was a fool's head with cap
and bells.
Eiderdown is the down of the eider
duck. Tbis dnck is common in Greenland
Iceland and tbe Islands north and west of
Scotland. It is about the size of a goose, and
receives its distinctive name from the river
Eider in Denmark.
At Aurora, III., $5,000 in gold was
found buried in a cellar, the property of an old
woman who hart died a day or two before, and
who was thought to be almost without means.
A S5.000 government bond was also discovered
on a pantry shelf.
One of tbe oddest silver brooches shown
resembles a dilapidated shoe, turned down on
one side, with broken laces. A dozen small
diamonds glittering from tbe sole take the
places usually occupied by nails.
While playing pool a night or two ago
at Hiawatha, Kan., a bolt of lightning entered
the room and struck and killed one of tbo
players just as he was in the act of making a
sliot. Others in tbe room were badly shocked.
Alonzo Haynes, of Centerville, is 84
years old. He came to Michigan 33 years ago,
and is hale and hearty. Asa Havnes. a brother,
is 78 years old, and Mrs. Sallie Cross and Mrs.
Nancy Morrison, sisters, are 78 and 74 years
old respectively.
An Australian musician has invented a
trombone that is played by steam. "Its "God
Save the Queen" can be beard a distance of
four miles. He had hard luck with it, how
ever, for the people of his own town drove him
out as a nuisance.
The Pope's resident physician follows
His Holiness about almost like his shadow, and
is forever going to and fro with a thermometer
in his hand, looking out for the slightest breath
of an intrusive draught that might venture to
blow rudely near the head ot the church.
Money lenders in Italy used to display
the money they had to lend out on a banco or
bench. When one of these money lenders was)
unable to continue bnsiness his bench or
connter was broken up. and be himself was
spoken of as a bancorotto. 1. e a bankrupt.
A strange phenomenon in the heavens
was noticed by many in Lexington, Ga., lately.
It was hazy, cloudy, and encircling the sun was
a romplete rainbow with at least half the hues.
Some of tbe suspicions looked upon it as a sign
of some calamity to come, and have not rested
easily since.
In his last will the late Franz Schnitz
ler of the town of Oak Creek, said: "I will
that my wife scbal own and controle tbe real
and personal property as long as she lives
after berr death berr cbilderen from her sec
ond husband scbal own and control the real
and personal property."
Several years ago a Richmond, Me.,
man refused to allow the Maine Central Kail
road to put a foot on what he supposed was his
land. "A survey showed that not only thelandia
dispute but several rods more belonged to the
road and when tbe lme fence was built it took
off a slice of the citizen's doorstep.
Benjamin Moore, who died some time
ago at bis home at his home in Spencer county.
Ind., was probably at his death the oldest man
in tbe State. Two months' lengthening ot bis
life wonld bave brought him to the 109th mile
post of his earthly pilgrimage. At 103 he
walked five mile3 to the election precinct to
vote.
Those interested in coincidences may
find rood lor reflection In the fact that on one
page of a Chicago Sunday paper was an an
nouncement that Wirt Dexter and bis wife
would sail for Europe, on another page he was
announced as one of the pall-bearers at the f u it
erator Judge Drummond. and on still another
page bis own death was announced.
While standing near the railroad track
at Cony on Monday a 12-year-old boy was the
victim ofja peculiar accident. Train No. 3 was
passing when a passenger threw an empty wins
bottle out of tbe window. It struct the boy
and he was picked up in an unconscious condi
tion. H number ot pieces of glass were re
moved from bis bead, and tbe skull was found
to be fractured. It u believed the boy cannot
lire.
In collections centuries old, to be seen
in both China aud Japan, are specimens of the
most remarkable drawings in the world pic
tures of all kinds drawn with the thumb nail.
The nails of the thumb on tbe left haad of
these peculiar artists are allowed to grow to an
enormous length, sometimes to a foot or 19
inches, and are then pared down to a pea
shaped point. Dipping this oddly constructed
pen in beautiful vermilion or sky-Dine ink. the
only kind of ink used in these "sacred" thumb
nail drawings, tbe artist gracefully outlines his
work. Occasionally tho bold touches from the
studio of a master in this department of "high
art" are life size, and are sketched by a few
sweeps of the artist's arm-
FOR GLAD AND FOR SAD.
Griggs What white, strong-looking f eeth
you have, Jlggs.
jlgg3fes. we bave steak every morning at our
boarding house. Boston Times.
Something like 5.000,000 or 6,000.000 cod
fish died at Newfoundland last year. This would
goto show that as a source of health and long
life cod liver oil Isn't hat it's cracked up to be
Philadelphia Times.
"Grindstone, have you ever tried a raw
onion as a remedy for sleeplessness?"
"Tried It once. Kfijordan."
"How did It work?"
"Had to goto sleep toget rid of the taste"
Chicago Tribune.
Stranger (in Brooklyn) Where are all
those gentlemen going?
Kesldent They are going to bid farewell to a
popular missionary to China who has been very
successful In teaching the heathen tbe gospel of
love and peace.
"I see. And where is this gang of boys going?"
They are going to stone a Chinese funeral."
Sew York Weekly.
Not Up on B. B. Mr. Gallusing Say,
what is you. Uncle Jeff, a Brudderhood or a
League man?
Uncle Jeff-Go on, chile, what you talking
about; i's a Baptist, lU.-Jlostonian.
TABANTARA.
The huntsman now, with hound of nobis
breed. .
Doth chase the timid bag of anlseseed
O'er fen and moor. In Jersey's climate mild.
And sets the honest farmer fairly wild
As through tbe fields his gallant coarser hops
And snolls poor Hodge'a early cabbage crops.
-Hew fork Herald.
Why the Proposal was Made. "Yes."
said tbe proud mother, "my daughter Jane has.
had an offer of marrlate."
Indeed!" was the response ora friend.
"Oh, yes, and she has accepted and will shortly
he married,"
Then Jane must have come Into her grand
father's money, as everybody said she would.'
Thus are women, the dear creatures, cruel to
each other. Boston Courier.
JUNE LOVE ICE CBEAH.
This is the sunny month of June,
W hen youths and maidens like to spoon;
Tbey walk along the moonlit sands
Softly holding each other's hands,
Tbey look np at tbe moon's bright beam.
And he thinks of lore-and she lec cream.
Aeto Xork Herald.
"Where's Bob gone? I haven't seen him
lately."
"Well, he's lying dark for a week or so. He
heard the census takers were coming around and
be said he'd hide away 'cause he had so few sens
that he'd be a ravin' Idiot if any were taken."
Sew Xork Herald.
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