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The course adopted for the settlement of a waces dispute in the Rational Tube "Works at McKeesport, by which the matter has been perlectly adjusted, is a nnique one, and presents a strong and satisfactory con trast to the course of many employers in holding down wages. A large concern which tells its employes that if anv one is paying higher waces it will give them an advance and, leaves the investigation to them, not only justifies their confidence in its fairness, hut shows decided confidence in their justice. "When the Committee of the Employes comes back and reports that they find but one establishment paying higher wages, and in that case only a slight excess in some departments, the confidence on both Bides is vindicated. This is certainly a great advance over the old state of afiairs in which the sole argu ment of the worklngmen was a strike and the ultimate reason or the employers was a lockout It is customary for the press of other cities to regard Pittsburg as a place where such conflicts are constantly going on. But the fact is, that long experience has made Pittsburg the one place in all the country where wages questions are most amicably settled. It is not common to settle them with quite so mnch mutual con fidence as was shown at the Rational Tube "Works, but we have clearly arrived at the point where both sides recognize the value of niutnal concessions and compromise. "We have every reason to think that the iron scale to be settled on the 1st of the 'month, will be decided in as amicable and reasonable a manner as that at the Tube "Works. ARGUMENTS FOR DIRECT TOTING. Answering the request of the mass meet ing of Republican voters held in Allegheny the week before, as well as the letter of Colonel Stone, the Republican County Com mittee yesterday ordered new primaries for the Twenty-third Congressional district, to be held September 6. That insures another race for the coveted Congressional prize. It also gives lots of time for candidates to can vass. But when the committee came to consider the other unanimous request of the mass meeting for a direct vote by the people in place of a delegate convention, it did not show a like complaisance. Under the plea that it would not do to have one set of rules for Allegheny and another for the rest of the county, the demand for the Crawford system was set aside. Of course, it may be urged that this matter can be con sidered by the new committee of nine which was yesterday appointed to revise all the rnles; but if the popular interest already awakened should happen to die out, the chances are that the topic will be on the ehelf until some new complication arising cut of the delegate system, again brings it forcibly to the front There can be no question of the greatly preponderating wish of the Allegheny peo ple for direct voting. It is quite likely that direct voting would be equally popular through the whole county, llr. Long did not much, if at all, over-state the case yester day against conventions when he told how candidates every year are harassed and im poverished in the attempts, first to secure delegates to run, next to get them elected, and finally to hold them together till the conventions acted. A good deal has been gained in having public attention so forcibly directed to the subject; and the Committee on Rules could do no wiser or more satisfac tory thing than recommend the change for the whole county. Yet the signs of yester day's meeting are not particularly re assuring that they contemplate anything of the kind. BUILDING ASSOCIATION STATISTICS. The statistics of building associations in the State, as reported in a special from Harris burg.cive a very interesting summary of the operations of these organizations in the crea tion of homes owned by the people. It shows that the organizations now in active opera tion have assets of $42,000,000, with an an nual income of over $18,000,000; while the MeB , ..-total assets of all the companies organized since 1874 is estimated at 594,000.000. As is pointed ont by the correspondent, the mort- . gages existing under this system represent AA. . iA .... - ii. tl ii .. . -iJ! . V ii. JT.wV.V til- J. "lw.lk A n. JtLfTSItr' rS5 J JurK Tific .r . 1 - JsV vfctfsssssLitftr ?. Tt .j. Jw .j- V -. ... ... V" iKt?t-l&JrV--l "0 "Vt . -KI 'mmt:!ammallmUBmMl ,-'ftMJmiiiJMissiMHsMsHsm laiiTiMilMssHssssssssiiMK' tmLmSBBKSMtM&wt li TwlStl' ifiiT n" if "" - 11 iiiiB'tiisfeitfateffiVW to a larger degree than any other class of in debtedness, the creation of new wealth, and an increase in their volume really means an enlargement of the effort of the masses to build homes for themselves. In that view the recent increase in the number of build ing associations and the volume of their operations is a gratifying exhibit A DRAWBACK. OF PROSPERITY. Captain McClelland's idea, as stated in our Chicago special, that Pennsylvania is too prosperous to be incited to make a good showing of her industries at the "World's Fair, is a paradox that has a good deal of truth to it There is much foundation for the state ment in the record of the past; but there is reason to hope that this end of the State, at least, has progressed beyond that condition. Pittsburg is learning that there is no per fection of prosperity that cannot be en hanced by placing her products before the world; and she is alio in a fair way to per ceive the equally important truth that there is no better safeguard against depression than the improvement of every opportunity to widen her markets. "We hope that Captain McClelland will turn out to be a false prophet in this re spect There is little doubt that his pur pose in making this statement public is to incite our manufacturers to make an ex hibit which shall disprove his forecast WOMAN SCHOLASTIC TRIUMPHS. The case of Miss Helen Fawcett, daughter of the late Postmaster General Fawcett, who, in the recent examinations at Cambridge, was awarded a place above the regular senior wransrler in the mathematical tripos, is supported by two similar cases, one on each side of the ocean. Hiss Margaret Alford, a neiceofDean Alford, won the first place in the classical tripos at Cam bridge, while the Sargent prize at Harvard, for the best material translation of one of Horace's odes, was won by Miss Reed. These events which give the educational honors of the year to the women, make mince meat of the old theory about the mental characteristics of women being of different texture and more limited abilities than the masculine qualities. In Grant Allen's romance, "The Tents of Shem," one of the heroines is represented as making a world wide sensation by winninz second place in the examinations, where Miss Fawcett and Miss Alford have carried off their honors. Heretofore it has been the custom of those who upheld the theory of the mental incapacities of woman, to ex plain such examples as those of George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Maria Mitchell, as exceptions who gain promin ence by their contrast to the rest of the sex. But here are three cases ot young women, no doubt exceptional themselves, who are brought into competition with exceptional students of the other sex and beat them in the competitions which of all known educa tional tests require the closest application, the severest reasoning powers and the ut most capacity of mental endurance. Instead of turning society agog, by taking second or third place, like the young lady in the romance, they make the revolution of re ceived ideas more striking by taking each of them the first place over all masculine rivals. It needs no more instances of this sort to prove that the difference in mental qual ities, which social theories ascribe to the natural limitations of women, are really differences in education and environment Some women have more firmness, foresight and determination than some men, and others have less. Bnt what are called the feminine characteristics are without ques tion the product of the training and social laws surrounding young women, which make the development of these character istics inevitable. Put a man in corsets and petticoats from his filteenth year; teach him that conventionality is society's first law; instruct him that his greatest triumph of life is to look pretty, and in all respects bind him down by the stereotyped ideas that are dignified by the term of feminine education. The result will certainly be that mental abilities will be developed of the same grade as those which now qualify one-half the world, "to suckle fools and chronicle small beer." Give women for a single generation the chances of education and mental enlargement that men have, and we have such demonstrations as that af forded by .Miss Fawcett, Miss Alford and Miss Reed of their mental equality with the best male scholars. This does not at all imply that women are to cast aside feminine employments. The physical differences and functions of sex are obvious. Even with regard to female suf frage the fact is brought out that the careful training of women, to be limited and trivial iu mental qualities, may have disqualified them for the faithful performance of the duties of citizenship. But it will be very salutary, in the consideration of the so-called feminine qualities of m:nd, to recognize the complete demonstration of the fact that these qualities are the results of training and not the products of nature. LABOR'S IDEAS. The replies to the questions of the State Bureau of Statistics as to child labor, and the legislation needed for improving the condition of workingmen, show a wide variety of views. The fact that one sugges tion is the repeal of all tariff Ibws and an other the enactment of a "good stiff tariff on all articles that can be produced in Amer ica," indicates the multitude oi counsel that is likely to be elicited by "inquiries of this sort The predominance of opinion among the workingmen in favor of restricting child labor and providing for the education of all children before they are allowed to work, shows that sound views are prevalent on this point, however difficult they may be of realization. Among the other replies there are one or two that are out of the common rnn, and put in a terse form striking lessons of social wisdom. "Enforce what laws we have now and they will remedy the complaints of many wage workers" says one; and the same vital truth is put more tersely by another; "We don't want more laws, but we do want more jus tice." Two others come close to the root of social troubles as follows: "Employers should set the example of doing as they would be done by, and that would do away with the feeling of discontent that is born of being despised, and causes employes to act dishonestly." Again in the same vein: "I know of nothing which causes so much ill feeling between employers and employed, as the indifference the former show when work is scarce." "While the exact conclusion from these re plies is not very clear, an inquiry is not wasted which produces from the laboring classes such clear statements of social truths. QUESTIONS ON SILVER. The following inquiries seek information on a number of points that a good many people are asking about: Editor of the Dispatch. Will you please give a reader of your paper 9 ..!'. "W- - . - some information about the silver bill which passed the House in Congress on the 7th inst? L What is the object of the silver blllT 2. What Is meant by "bullion redemption?" 8. Whit Is meant by "free colnageT" 4. What is meant by the "demonetization of silver?" 5. How, by securing a larger volume of currency, can gold and silver be drawn closer together? 6. What evil might come to the people through silver legislation?" Yours respectfully, PrrrsBUBO, June 11 1890. J. R. 1 The object of the silver bill is to pro vide for a greater use of silver in our na tional currency. Opponents ot the bill say that it is to make the Government provide a market for the product of the silver mines. Supporters of it say that it is to prevent the contraction of currency and appreciation of the monetary standard which is claimed by them to result from the sole reliance upon gold as a basis. 2 The measures now under consideration provide for the deposit of silver bullion in the Treasury, and, instead of its immediate coinage, it is proposed to issue silver certifi cates on the value of the bullion, just as cer tificates are now issued on the coined dollars. It is provided in the bill passed by the House that if these certificates are pre sented for redemption they can be redeemed by handing over the bullion which they represent. This is "bullion redemption," as distinct from redemption in other legal tender money. 3 Free coinage is the provision by which any owner of the precious metals can take his bullion to the mints and have it coined into standard dollars. This is the case with gold, while under the present law a limited amount of silver is coined, and that only from the bullion purchased by the Treasury. 4 Demonetization was the passage of an act by which the coinage ot tdlver was stopped, and its legal tender quality taken away. This was done in the United States in 1873. In 1878 the legal tender quality was restored, but only limited coinage was provided. The silver advocates, therefore, claim that the remonetization of silver is not yet fully established. 5 When silver was demonetized, both in this country and in Europe, of course the cessation of its use as money lessened the demand for it and depreciated the price of bullion. At the same time the increased demand for gold, and its lessening produc tion, increased its value,so that according to the views of the silver men the actual value oi the gold dollar has increased. This makes a difference between the value of the gold and silver dollars which is repre sented by the assertion that the silver dollar is only worth 75 cents. The claim of the silver men is that if that metal were fully remonetized the increased demand for sil ver, and the corresponding relief in the de mand for gold, would raise the bullion value of the former and relax that of the latter, so as to bring them closer together. 6 The danger is that if the coinage should proceed to a point which enabled the business of the country to be done on a sil ver basis, that the above claim would not be fully vindicated, and that the'silver dol lar would remain at a less bullion value than the gold dollar. If that were done, of conrse, the day that the United States Treasury found itself forced to make its pay ments in silver, gold would go to a premium, and everyone would hoard that metal and pay his debts with the cheaper dollar. If, on the other hand, the conten tion of the silver men that the increased coinage of silver will bring it so close to gold that the country can remain on a bi metallic basis, there would be no danger. These answers are replies to our corre spondent without any attempt to support either side of the dispute. The fact is that, as in most monetary controversies, there is truth on both sides, with in this case a rather larger proportion of it on the side of the sil ver men. ALIEN AND DOMESTIC LANDLORDS. The report, by the House Judiciary Com mittee, of a bill to prohibit aliens from ac quiring title to lands within the United States is intended to prevent the building np of great estates under the control of foreign landlords. The object is a good one, and while the bill may be criticized in some of its details, and may raise interesting questions as to the division of State and Federal authority, the main criticism to be offered to it is that it does not cover the whole ground. That is made apparent when we consider that while absentee ownership by aliens is bad, absentee ownership by citizens of the United States and by domestic corporations will produce exactly the same svils. It cannot make much difference to the people who live on and cultivate some great estate in Dakota or Colorado, whether they are subject to a foreign landlord, a New York millionaire, or a great corporation. Either condition of things would be utterly an tagonistic to the settled policy of the nation in seeking to place the lands in the actual ownership of small cultivators. The danger of one is fully as imminent as the danger of the others; and unless the United States is to abandon its principle of democracy in the ownership of landed wealth, it should direct its legislation as urgently against the evils of domestio land lordism as of foreign ownership. Beyond that there is every inducement to so shape legislation as to discourage the maintenance of great estates, that have, by our past mistakes, been permitted to spring up. "While this cannot be done by any abrogation of titles, an intelligent system of taxation and legislation on "the transfers and transmission of real estate, could effect the division ot all these large landed estates less than two generations. The case is reported from 'Williamsburg, in this State, ot a merchant who made so mnch money by selling goods at war prices that he could not bear to reduce prices when they went down, and consequently shut up his store. At his death the store has been opened and a fall stock of goods found there, covered with mold and dust. The public may thank Its lncEy stars that this merchant was not more modern in his ideas. In that case he wonld have got np a mercantile combination and pro tected the public against the great misfortune of getting its goods too cheaply. Sixteen hundred Americans sailed away from New York on the European steam ers yesterday, and the same steamers had brought about twice as many Europeans to this country. The exchange Is not generally con sidered a satisfactory one; but considering that a large share of the Americans who left the country have made so mnch money that they are no longer of any use, it is not certain that wo are getting the worst of the swap. The Boston clergyman who, in extolling the beauty of modern women, said that "Helens and Cleopatras are now produced by thou sands," should not have omitted to enforce the lesson that the beauties of the present day must behave themselves much better than did their classic exemplars. The Delaware peach crop is now de stroyed utterly, and the last time, by the press dispatches. Some one is evidently trying to run a corner on peaches and cream. That case out in St Paul in which poker chips In a man's pocket saved his life baa made a profound impression, judging from the conv, ments'of numerous esteemed" cotemporarles. It Is believed that a large number of people would profit by the example It It were not for the innate difficulty of having any poker chips left to keep in the pocket after the game is over. Some of the horsemanship with which the pnbllo was witched at Exposition Park yester day is reported to have been unique, bnt the drill was in the main a creditable ono and furnished an attractive sight to the people who witnessed it Me. Chatjncey M. Depew in his speech at Chicago said: "It Js the peculiarity of every individaal that he wishes to be thought dis tinguished for something other than that upon which he has made his reputation." Too true. There are signs that Mr. Depew himself wishes to be considered a mere Fresidcntal candidate. Instead of the prince of post-prandial orators. The County Committee orders new pri maries promptly enough; but the proposition to nominate by a direct vote of the people cuts off the art.of trading iu delegates too com pletely to suit the political authorities oa the committee. The blindness of the distribution of acci dents is shown by the fact that those six stu dents of Oberlln College who did nothingmore obnoxious than haul around the college nine got severely hurt by the band wagon; while the Harvard hoodlums have not got a single one of the broken bones which they so sorely need. Surely fate should be more discriminating. The statement that the expenses ot the delegate system render it impossible for any one but a rich man to seek political preferment famishes a decisive argument in favor of nomi nation by a direct vote ot the people. That gift of a cottage at Cape May Point to Mrs. Harrison having been accepted, page advertisements of the new resort in the Phila delphia papers follow as a matter of course. The people who cast this bread upon the waters of the seaside intend to get it back again and not be so very many days about it, either. Allegheny has the unusual experience of bids for the grading of a street 25 percent Ion er thau the estimates. Pittsburg would en joy an occasional surprise of that nature. Notwithstanding the protest of the dressed beef millionaires that they really never made any money worth mentioning, the state ments of their profits by the English syndicates they have sold out to, gives a tolerably clear idea of who gets the difference between the price of cattle and the price of meat. The selection of the Bake Front site in Chicago indicates that the Western metropolis is more anxious to get new ground made than to start on its buildings. The Ohio court before which the suit against Senator Brice for back taxes was brought has decided in the Senator's favor. This gives a profound judicial opinion to the effect that the Senator is a resident of Ohio for the purpose of being elected Senator, but not for the purpose of being taxed. Cattle and dressed beef rates on the trunk lines are being cut; but the people who pay for them, are not likely to find it ont in the price ot the meat PE0MTHENT PEOPLE. Captain C. C. Drury, of Her Majesty's ship Bellerophon, Is in New York City. Governor Hill will go to Indiana to attend the unveiling of the Hendricks statue on JnlyL The Crown Prince of Russia will travel around the world in a Russian ironclad, at tended by two other warships. Frank A, Dennison, colored, of Texas, is valedictorian of the graduating class of the Union College of Law, Chicago. InE Duke of Connaugbt has donated a Queen's color as a prize to be competed for an nually by the Cadet Corps of Montreal. Lord Rosebery purchased from Mr. Ten niel and gave to Prince Bismarck the original drawing of the great Punch cartoon, "Drop ping the Pilot." Belmont College, formerly Farmers Col lege, at College Hill, O., has conferred the degree of LL. D. on Murat Halstead, of Cin Cinnati and Brooklyn. The death ot Prof. John F. Emerson, of Brooklyn, leaves only one surviving member of Dartmouth's class of 1823, Mr. M, W. Fletcher, a farmer, of Wajne, ill. Dr. V. Haves Aqnew, of Philadelphia, thinks the climatic changes which are taking place will in time bring the flora and animals of the tropics to flourish in this locality. Andrew Penny, the Silver King of Bolivia, has recently died. He led an adv enturous life and when in reduced circumstances invested, along with a French Count, in an abandoned mine in the Oruro silver district In Bolivia. A further development proved the mine to be ex ceedingly rich in ore, and from it he has had an income for some time estimated at 1,000 a week. Hubert Herkoxer, the lately elected Royal Academician, whose picture, the "Last Muster," has made bno famous, was at one time an "Ohio boy," although born in Bavaria. His parents brought bim to Ohio when be was 2 years old, but they were not successful there, and returned later to England. There he was naturalized and went to Munich. From Munich be returned again to England, where he began to make comic cartoons. A TOUCHING SI0EY. A Postal Clerk, Returnlns From Pittsburg; lo New York, Relates II. Says a writer in the New York Star: "I was talking with a postal clerk yesterday who had jnst returned from Pittsburg, and he told me a touching story which came to light in that city. A blank envelope was found in the mail, and it was opened to ascertain the address of the sender. There was none, and the only sig nature was 'From your brother Will.' The letter went on to state that the writer had pawned his coat to ralso $10, which was in closed, to send to his sister, who was starving. The letter stated that he hoped the money would relieve ber distress." MY GIRL JINNY. rWBITTINPOR THE DISPATCH.! She bad no Maw ner I'aw, Ner any blood or kin, N thet's huccome It happened Ihet we-all took her In A poor, pealed little critter Bed-headed, pale and thin. Six boys thar was o' we-uns. An' Pap he nsed to 'gree Thet five of us was likely As you would wish to see, An' one of ns was slowly An' thet thar one was me. An' Jinny nsed to pleg me Eer beln' big an lean. All ban's an' reel an' freckles The thickest ever seen. Shejedged 'twas only sunburn Kep' me from lookln' green. First off, 1 didn't mind It Thein funnln' ways o' hern; But when she took to growln Like a slim young forest fern, An did her hair np on top why, Her lokes begun to burn. I knowed I wasn't no thin' Set off 'glnst John an' Jim, An' but well; he was sightly, An' Ted-I looked at him An' sensed his chance with Jinny "Was big, an' mine was slim. Bo I 'lowed to never mention How much I keered fer her; Cuz I jedge to pine in secrtt Is passels easier Then to pine with folks a-knowla Jest what you're plnln' fer. I aped a friendly manner , An' talked with her right smart Abont ber beaux, an' reckoned bhebedn't any heart. An' one day when I said so. Her eyes flew wide apart In a suddlut, cuyns fashion. An' the blue looked wet, an' she Was pink as any rosebush, An I welt when I see Tbet blush. I well, the truth Is, She's gain' to marry met Eva Wilder IIcQtaison. THE TOPICAL TALKER, A Widowed Cannry Finds Her Voice In a Wonderful Way Lace Pins Aro Cupid's Thorns Cripples to Order Bnd Wenlhrr for Bancs Bouillon Mistaken for Coffee Star Gazlnsr, "Tnx other day in the fulness of years a canary belonging to Mr. M , of Alle gheny, fell off his perch and decently gave up the ghost. His death, though sudden, was not unexpected. For ten years or more he had poured out his little heart in song, and when at last he lay upon the floor of his cage a cold, dum b corpse, nobody was very much surprised, but his mate, a youthful bird, who for a year or two, had shared his ioys and cares, his hemp, rape, canary seed and cage. She was very much astonished. Sitting on the middle perch she regarded the limp body of her lord for hours with a troubled mien. She had never been in the presence of death before, and evi dently her emotions were strong and conflict ing. But the result of the shock to her feelings was very strange. In common with mostcanary birds of her sex she had been prior to this catastroDhe but a poor singer. Nature is most generous to the male canary: she gives to him the gaudiest feathers and the sweetest song The widowed bird in this case had really never sung at all. while her mate had been a famous vocalist But of a sudden, as she sat observing his dead body, she burst into a wonderful melody; ronlades and runs welled from her full throat, and she ran on from cascado to cascade, like a mountain spring whose watera pent up these many years at last find an outlet and fly on crystal feet from crag to crag, waking light and music where shadow and silence reigned before. Still morn wonderful, the little cantatrlce revived the song of her dead mate; it was bis trills and his rich melody which rangagain through the house. It seemed as if tho musical powers of the departed bird had descended upon her. She sings all he sang and more. Mr. M and his family are astonished and delighted at what seems very like a miracle. beware the lace pin, 'N o ro se without a thorn, ' ' He Knows 11 now. the dunce I A lace pin rather loosely worn He only kissed her once. TP a census enumerator has many friends of an obliging nature bemay make a pretty good thing out of counting the people. The other day, for example, a census taker was obtaining the statistics of a Pittsburg household from the head thereof, a lady with whom he is well acquainted. When it came down to the objectionable question about crip ples, idiots, etc., the lad) answered: "Yes, my girl Julia is crippled," and the information was recorded promptly. After the enumerator had taken his depart ure the lady explained that he was a deserving young man and that she wanted bim to get along as for Julia, she had a sore ankle, anyhow. This interesting cripple was worth S cents to the enumerator, for that is the price paid for affirmative answers to the obnoxious question. A New York correspondent informs mo that a great many theatrical people in New York, including several well-known managers, are nnder the Impression that "Alvin Joslyn" Davis intends to build his thea ter in Pittsburg this season. There is no likelihood of such being the case, as far as local authorities know. At present the Duquesne Theater is the only new theater which promises to be an accomplished fact here before 1891. DISASTROUS TO BANGS. "To the weather, hot and humid, I object," a maiden sang. "Horrid man can so perspiring. All the dav without a pane; Cuffs and collars may be wilted, But his forelock cannot hang Fussed and mussed, infuriated, "Worthy some ourang-outang, As in summer weather always Doth a little maiden's bane 1" it J-JOW is Flipper doing in the Far West?" I asked a Pittsbnrger who has just re turned from the Pacific coast. "Splendidly," was the reply. "Not only pay ing bis old debts but contracting new ones right atidleftl" AT the banquet which the doctors enjoyed last week a little incident took place which indicates that at least one of the medical brethren in this State is not over-skilful in diagnosis. Bouillon was served early in the game, and, after a common custom, in ordinary cups. An elderly gentleman of rural characteristics, after looking askance at his cup for a half a minute or so, asked a newspaperman sitting opposite to be kind enough to pass the sugar. Having helped himself to sugar and there being no cream in sight he raised the cup to his lips. It is hardly surprising that be set the cup down suddenly and made a wry facj. Then be called to a waiter and said quietly, but with an in jured expression: "Be good enough to get me a decent cup of coffee this is abominablef ' Come people say that riding backwards in the cars makes them sick. It is rather singu. lar that in England the seats in the railroad coaches which are most in demand are those which do not face the engine. The advantage of being out of the reach of the draught and the cinders and smoke strikes the Englisnman forcibly, and he generally tries to get his back to the engine. Here the traveler's mind is bent the other way if he considers it at all. In these hot days, when It is absolutely neces sary to have the car windows opeu, it would be a great deal more comfortable for travelers if the seats were reversed. This is heretical doc trine, I know, but my experience is that it is the only way to make even a short journey in comfort in the ordinary cars. In the Pullman cars of course there are screens and projecting devices especially designed to ward off the in rushing wind, dust and cinders from the trav eler's face. On the Fort Wayne Railroad a small num ber of converts to tho "ruling backwards" plan are daily enjoying their trips to and from the city, while the balance of their fellow-passengers are grumbling as usual about open windows, cranks, dust and what not As to the Inevitable sickness said to follow the re verse position, I believe in most cases that the disposition if it exists may be overcome after a little endurance. HE WORKED HARD. They sat upon a doorway once, To wateh the evening star She said: 'How bright and fair It Is!" He said: "O yes, you arcl" A silence fell npon them then; The night was still and fine. 'I wish that star were mine, " she said. ' He said: "Would you were mine I" The star sank down Into the West As stars are wont to do; She said: "The brightest stars decline!" lie Bald: "My love, do you?" The moon arose the moon was old To tbein ber smile was new "Ihedewis falling, sir, " she said And then he got his due. Hepburn Johns. STATE POLITICAL HOIEs, Congressman Culbbrtson's vote on tt, new pension bill is recorded in the affirmative with 141 Others. ' The fiend who delights in taking straw votes is on his periodical rounds. Railroad officials abonld squelch him. The political gauge in Pennsylvania this year shows a pressure of 6,000 pounds to the square inch. Ashland Telegram. Henry George's single tax idea is gaining converts, especially among the workingmen and smill property holders of tho cities and larger towns. Colonel Linton and several of the Demo cratic State delegates from Cambria county, who were instructed for Pattison, will resign, because they are Wallace men. The Lancaster Intelligencer kindly says that Pattison wonld have made a better Governor if he bad more experience, and would make a good one now if he could be elected, but it adds: "His day is hardly now." Henry George has taken a band in the Pennsylvania campaign, and writes that the Democrats should nominate ex-Governor Pat tison by all means. Colonel Scott the hero of Starvation Valley, seems to have summoned all the heavy guns of the Cleveland Guard to assist him In bis fight on ex-Senator, Wallace. Wash ington Post. ( A 8TBAKGE SX0BT. The Result of on Electric Bolt nt New ITope. Trenton, N. J . June It A strange story from New Hope, Pa., a small town a few miles above here, on the opposite bank of the Dela ware, was told by a member of theUnion Paper Company of thajt place. Lightning struck their works yesterday. George PIdcock, an employe, was standing on a large cylinder at the time, and to the great amuse ment of Edward McCune. another employe, be began to jump up and down and dance about in a very grotesque Jln.?: H,e tDen 8ddenly made a dish isnShf? i? d?nr t0 tne 0Den alr-; McCnne laughed heartily at what he thought was a fnnny prank, and attempted to follow, but to ,00iern2Uo,nLfouDd ha Olid not move a limn. The shock had rendered one man crazy and caralyzed the other. Both were removed to their homes. McCune, who was paralyzed, had recovered partly, with hii DP,t,on, of a S0Tere Pain in the head, while Pidcock was still in a precarious con dltlon. After the men had been removed to their homes the mill was found to bo on fire in a .place 200 feet away from where the men were shocked. GEAKT AKD T.TTR, A movement to Erect Matnea at Cumberland Gap. The following correspondence has taken place between Governor Campbell, of Ohio, and some Kentucky gentlemen: MlDDLESBOnotTGlI. EY June 13, 1890. To Governor James E. Campbell: Movement Inaugurated here last week to erect by popular subscriptions at Cumberland Gap col ossal equestrian statues of tienerals Grant and Lee, the former looking south, the latter lookine north, extending bands to each other, has taken country by storm, and (40,000 already subscribed. "Will you co-operate with us in the noble enter- Prle? ALEX4VDER A. ARTHUR, John il. Brooks Committee, Middlesboroagb, Ey. Columbus. o June 13. 1890. Hon. Alexander A. Arthur and John M. Brooks, MMdlesborougb, Ky. : I will, with great pleasure, co-operate to ths extent of my ability In extending the already widespread desire for the erection of the eques trian statues of Grant and Lee at Cumberland Gap. James E. Campbell. CTfEHENT TIMELY TOPICS. Boston is excited over the charge that it has street railway hoodlers in the Legislature, and make as mnch fuss over the matter as though such a ming was new to Boston lans. The editor ot the Somerset Democrat was absent in Philadelphia list week, and the "devil," assisted by the comas, got out the paper. The Issue was an improvement over former numbers. The HallettsvillA JTew Era Is out for Cleve land and Hogg for the bead of the Democratic ticket lnlSK. The editor of that sheet is chock full of sarcasm. The managers of the Louisiana lottery have secured first blood and first knock down, and in ail probability they will continue to suck the blood of the nation at the old stand in .New Or leans. The wicked flea has got in bis work early In the campaign this year. When one little, Innocent flea can knock out an Englishman, what sad havoc a real, lire American bedbug would raise with a regiment of English soldiers. Rumors of plots to assassinate the Czar are published with the same regularity as the reports that First Assistant Postmaster Clarkson is to re sign. Both events seem destined to bo Indefinitely postponed. By the decision of the Armstrong County Court oleomargarine has received a boost and In stead ot selling it as real butter, dealers will here after own up to the fact that it is merely butter's brother. It is rumored that Patti has lost her voice. The divine should at once advertise for Us return, ana she will find The Dispatch Is one of the best mediums In the United fc tales and part of Europe. Nobody seems to know or care who Senator Cameron prefers among the aspirants for the Gubernatorial nomination. Politics seem to be all ont ol joint In the grand old Commonwealth. The Washington correspondent of the New York Mail and Express Is going to Europe on a secret mission for Colonel Shepard, which Is to be carefully guarded. We ought not give tho secret away, but the fact is he Is going over In search of Pattl's lost voice. Every Democratic State Convention held so far this year bas shown a decided preference for Grover Cleveland for President. He has, there fore, a big advantage over bis Republican com petitor, as he will have a longer time to mingle with the farmer. This Is not a square deal. The Indianapolis Journal bemoans the fact that Senator Yoorhees pays SIS for a suit of clothes, which, it says. Is three times as much as the average Booster fanner generally pays. TWO COLD FACTS. How The Dispatch Astonished a Rural Editor Who Is Observant nnd Truth fat. The Pittsburg Dispatch of Funday aston ished us by breaking out in this way: "One of the neatest newsiest best printed and best looking weekly papers received at this office is the Bedford Gazette. It is a credit to the community." As The Dispatch is itself conceded to be one of the ablest newspapers in this country, the valne of the foregoing cordial commenda tion will be understood. Time far Congress to Take a Hand, From the Philadelphia Ledger. A Pennsylvania judge has allowed a jury to decide whether a defendant charged with sell ing liquor without a license sold the liquor In original packages as received from another State. Tho jury found in the dealer's favor on the general charge, but convicted him of sell ing to intemperate persons. It is time for Con gress to set this original package business right by so recnlating inter State commerce as to de clare that liquor comes under the police power of a State the moment it reaches the dealer to whom it has been consigned. THE WAYS OF WOMAN FAIR, Mrs. Lewis Daniels, of Vergennes, Vt, has been granted a license as a pilot on Lake Champlain. Hiss A. and Miss L. Thornton, sisters, of Butte City, Moot., have each 81,000,000, and yet they aro attending college in Philadelphia. A Cleveland lady who discovered a thief In her dining room helping himself to her silver ware, promptly covered him with a revolver and turned him over to the police. The widow of Henry Draper continues bis scientific researches; on a mountain in far-off Peru she maintains an observatory completely furnished with telescopes and photographic ap paratus and assistants. Mrs. Harrison is said to be very fond of the Bible, Washington Irving'a works and the poets of America. She prefers old books to the current literature, and reads none of the new novels and very few periodicals. MRS. D. P. BOWERS is studying the role of Queen Catherine In "Henry VHL," which will be one of the features of tbe Warde Bowers Company's reportolre next season. "Henry VIII." will be very elaborately staged. The Princess of Battenberg has managed to bring about a quasl-reconclliation between the Queen and her son. Prince Alexander, who fell into the deepest disgrace at tho English court when he jilted Princess Victoria of Prus sia in order to contract a morganatic mar riage. Mrs. Harrison and tbe ladles of the Presi dent's household will take formal possession of their Dew cottage at Cape May next Tuesday. It is their intention to pass the summer there, where tbe President will spend his leisure time until the adjournment of Congress, when he will join them for the seaoi. Mrs. Senator Wolcott, tho bride of the Senatorial circle, held her second at home on Thursday afternoon in her pretty bouse on Connecticut avenue. Few of Washington's fashionable residents have yet left the city, owing partly to tbe presence of Congress, and large numbers of them took occasion to make their wedding calls. Senator Ingnlla' Iutentliina. From tbe Kansas City star. Editor Easley, of the Hutchinson JVetw. who who bas just returned fro n Vsbingtou, says that Ingalls will not vote, for the McKin ley bill In the Senate. Ingalls allowed Plumb to steal a march on bim on the tariff business, but it Is not too late for bim to join the proces sion. MURRAY'S MUSINGS, Plllsbureer Picked Up for a Flat nnd Quickly Dropped for a Sharp Hard Lack of the Negro Id Gay Gotham Rage for Private Yncbta. ITBOX A BTATT COBSXSFONDZKT. 1 A PrrTSBURQER stood in the rotunda of the Astor House the other day chewing a tooth-pick. It was not becanse he had nothing else to chew, bnt, having got on the ontside of a couple of drinks and a lunch, the toothpick was the proper eaper. He was a short thick set man of abont 35, with" a brown mustache, singed down pretty closely by abbreviated Pittsburg stogies, antl his bands were ev'dently manicured by a life work as a pnddler. He wore a brown derby and a business suit ot clothes of a peculiar cast and his curiosity about the immense crowd about bim betrayed the fact that it was his first visit He bad jast changed the toothpick for a cigar when a young man stepped np to bim and called him by name. The Pittsburgerthought there was something familiar in the voice of the one accosting him. but was too polite to confess bis inability to olace him. The young man was a New Yorker, dressed in the heighth of the fash ion, and the pointed patent leathers on his feet were not more widely different from the Pitts burg pattern than were the respective char acters of their wearers. Now, a stranger in New York Is very clad to meet anybody with whom be is acquainted. And usually the New Yorker Is very glad to meet his acquaintances from out of town. It is not surprising, there fore, that an invitation to return to the bar quickly followed the handshake. The record ing angel will probably use a whitewash brush in wiping out the record of drinks made before they left. Qut into the crowded street the question arose what tbey should do. The young New Yorker having signified his desire to show bis Pittsburg friend the sights, it was proposed that they begin immediately. "Do you ever play anything?" said the Now Yorker. "Oh yes, I do a llttlo of everything," replied the Pittsburg man. indifferently. "I am In for anything that will pass away the time this afternoon." "Very well, let us go around here on Barclay street where I know a bank whereon the wild time very often grows. I will make a pool with you, $10 each, and you can blow it in. and we will dlvlue." So tbey went np a narrow and dingy stair way on Barclay street to the third floor above a warehouse and after the usual signs, knocks and naSSWOrds necessrv now in New Yorlc bofore viewing the "tiger," the Pittsburger was safely landed in his lair. There were a couple of faro tables, a roulette and the usual poker outfit The services at one of the laro tables bad already began with a very tbin attendance. Room was made for the new comers andthe two flO notes were exchanged for a couple of "stacks." It was not more than two deals before these stacks were gone. The Pittsburger bought another on bis own account and the New Yorker borrowed 510 oi tne I'lttsnurger to buy a stack on his account and a couple of more deals saw most of that at the banker's elbow. In the mean time drinks bad been served two or three times and tbe Pittsburger realized that he was not drinking the pure juice that grows at the roots of the Monongabela. This fact however, served to sharpen his wits. J-Je arose from the table with a few chips clicking in bis hand and went over to the roulette layout. He was tne sole player there for the next 20 minutes. In that time on his capital of three chips he had accumulated all of that peculiar variety in bank. There were at least a couple of hundred dollars in tbe confused mass of pink and whites piled up before bim. With extraordinary luck he called the double "O" four times In succession and bad be been a moderately bigh player he would have broken the bank in that 20 minutes. They changed dealers on him three times with that superstition common to gamblers. but the ihange didn't do tbe bank any good. Ibe banker himself a hard looking customer in a silk bat attempted to assist bis dealer In settling the bets, and, thinking his customer was a green one, raked off every now and then a winning chip to help bis luck along. He didn't do this more than twice, however, when tbe Pittsburg man laid bis puddier's band upon tbe taper fingers of tbe gambler and said, with emphasis; Drop that! 33 black wins. That is the third time you have done that. Now I want you to understand that I know what I am about. Fay that bet" They did pay it. too. Bat the proprietor suppeu over 10 tne oiner ena ox me room and called the Now Yorker over. The latter was astonished at the extraordinary eridances of luck piled up in front ot his companion. It seemed that tbe gamblers were afraid of this luck, becanse they tried to coax him nottoplay any more, but to take away what ho had. In this the young New Yorker, who, it will be readily understood, was acting as a capper for the bank, took an earnest part ostensibly for his friend. "We have got enough," said he. "Let us go and divide." "We," exclaimed the Pittsburger, as ha played the red even and sprinkled three or four more chips over the board. "l,ook here, young man, haven't you picked upthe wrong man this timel" It is unnecessary to say that the New York steerer got out of there in short order. The Pittsburger played the five minute out by the watch, cashed in his winnings, bade a polite good-bye to tbe banker and walked away. "I never bad so much fun in my life," he said the next day in telling bis story. I woke np tbis morning with four SnO bills in my pocket, when I ought to have been robbed. I don't think that young man will ever again size a man up for a fiat because his hands and feet are not pretty." As to tbe question of bis civil rights guaran teed bim by tbe Constitution of tbe United States, tbe negro fares no better in New York than in the South. In fact T think that the negro would have a great many more privileges in Richmond to-day than in this citv. I am re minded of this by tbe arrest of T.Thomas For tune.for remonstrating because he conld not get a drink at Trainor'a Hotel. Thirty-third street and Broadway. Fortune is an editor of an organ for the colored man. and is pretty well known inronguout tne country as a leaner ot nis race. 1 met him first in Washington, and found him a very decent sort of a man. of the Bruce stamp. Fortune went into Trainer's, and on be ing refused at tbe bar remonstrated with the re salt above mentioned ho got locked up. There Is no respectable place that 1 know of in New York where a negro can go in and be served with a drink or Inncb. Low dires thero are, no dount, in certain sections of tbe city where even negro custom would be welrome. Tbe other day I bad occasion to go into Trainor's to get some change for a porter, who had been doing some work for me, and I offered the colored man a drink to close the operation. Tbe "bouncer" immediately ordered the negro out of tb6 place, and tbe barkeepers informed me that he could not be served at that bar. "I told you, boss," said the darkey, "they would not let me have a drink here. But it's all right" Said I to the barkeeper, good Iiumoredly: "Don't yon know, sir, that you are violating the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Congress with reference thereto bv re fusing equal rights to your colored brother?' "Tbe Constitution be domed," replied tbe barkeeper; "don't allow no black man to be served in this house." And this is the way it is in the city of New York. If such a thing should occur in tbe city of Washington tbe hotel keeper would have a suit on his hands in short order. There l ,int a nlapa in tho fitv nf TVaahlnirtnTi tr In Richmond, or any other Southern city that I was ever in, wnere a gentleman coma not take his porter, his cab driver, or any other colored man who was serving him at tbe time, and give bim a drink at the bar. But this is in tbe city ot New York, tbe metropolis oi the North and the center of national politics. A bout this time of the year a saunterer on the Battery will see "every day lying off and on several private steam yachts. Some of these will He at anchor over at tbe anchorage of Liberty Island, and others steam down in the morning among the other yachts off Bay Ridge. From 3 to 5 o'clock these yachts drop in one by one near tbe barge office and send a little boat ashore manned by two sailors. Tbe yachts are private carriages, so to speak, of wealthy stock brokers and others having down town offices, and the boats will presently take off tbe owner and perhaps a friend or two and go steaming away again np the Hudson or down the lower bay. Some of these, notably J. Gould's, are very expensive boats, and cost at least ti.uiA a monin to maiutain. xney are very natty and trim built and the brasses on tbe deck shine like gold. Gleaming cannon of brass, beautifully mounted, can be seen forward and aft, and under tbe awnings are comfortable chairs and refreshment tables. Any one of them seems a very expensive oat fit for a single individual, and as a matter of fact in that respect discount special trains 100 per cent. The sailors who man tbem are dressed in full nniform of navy blue or spotless white duck. Once in a while gayly dressed ladies ma be seen nnder tbe awnings, but as a rule during the summer the yachts are simply so many conveyances for business purposes. Men like Jay Gould, however, are rarely with out companionship of the sterner sex. On hoard of these they will find the luxurious cabins stored with every comfort. Probably not one of tbo guests of Gould's but what has a better appetite lor these than tbe great railway mag nate himself. He is a very simple liver, eats ... .. m t .--. nf rlrinlf anv-T thiaVbutwStc? and tea.' "and neve? smokes., nTh.5. i. .t-f- . -i.v n tjw York or an employeof Gould's thousands of employes who does not enjoy life more than Gould himself. GBASXXS T. MURRAY, Haw Yoke, June li CDEIODS CONDENSATMS. A, colored woman iu llilledgeville, Ga., claims to be 121 years old. Clerks in London have formed a union, and Intend agitating for better pay and shorter hours. A house at Americus visited by one of the census enumerators Monday, contained 17 negroes, all of whom made it their home. At a deDth of 37 leet, at Spnngport, Indavelnof water was struck which gushes several feet above the surface and is clear and coot A hailstone that fell during the storm in St. Louis Wednesday, and was measured at the Signal Service station there, is said to have been nine inches in circumference. Mark Slenker, a bright little lad in Belding. Mich., was sick, and on Wednesday last be sang: "I'm going to die to-morrow' .... wu uu.ouj iuo yiuyucvj came true. Dr. Edward O'Neill was a successful practitioner at Grand Rapids, Mich. But he toyed with cocaine until it became a fixed habit, and now he's to be sent to tbe asylum as a county charge, bis wife and sister making the application for his commitment. In 185aBnfus B. Rogers, of Vassar, Mich., was In Arizona, and one day he en graved his initials upon a silver quarter, ad ding tbe year. Last week Mr. Rogers received tbe identical roin from a customer. He will not let it out of his possession again. The chief chemist of the London Gas Company has succeeded in making from tbe refuse of a gas retort a perfect emerald. The cost of making the gem, however, was many times greater than that for which a natural stone could be purchased at a jeweler's. Isaiah Powers, of Curtis, Neb., has an orchard of Russian mulberry trees tbatare gifted with a second blossoming. Tbe trees blo-somed out nicely at their proper season tsii year, but frost completely destroyed the blossoms, and now the trees are again In bloom. A curiosity in the shape of a potato of last year's growth, bursting from the inner center of which are perfectly formed potatoes of this spring's growth", ono of the youngsters being about as large as a walnut, was found by a Crawford county farmer. Both old and young potatoes are In a solid and perfect condition otherwise. Two years ago Thomas Roe, of Slim Timber, in Tippecanoe county, IndL, was found dead at the foot of a wind pump, with his re mains half eaten by bogs. The supposition was that he bad fallen while suffering from epilepsy. Recently there are developments indicatiog that he was murdered, and the authorities are investigating. A writer upon queerly directed letters received at the postofflcesof tbe country says that some amusing results arise from Italians here learning a few words of English and placing tbem at tbe end of a letter. Tbe un suspecting friend copies them, with results like the following: "Good By. Farewell Verges me not Nord Amerika." Isabella county, Mich., has a genuine hermit. His hut is full of scientific instru ments, and two of bis brothers are professors InLeipsic and Heidelburg. His Greek and Latin are proficient enough to make tbe text book makers blmh for ignorance. What fate drove him to his lonesome, friendless and studious life in the woods nobody knows. A Griffin, Ga., farmer has on his farm a grindstone which has been in his use 21 years; he is the owner of a bridle, which can be seen on one of his ponies whenever he comes to town", which has been In use 22 years, and it is not a bad looking bridle either. He also has a pair of shoes which has seen five years service, and a large arm-chair that tradition accounted to be 120 years old. Last Thursday "William Mapes, a farmer near Middleville, Mich., ate a hearty dinner and then lay down for a nap. He sleot unm luesoay noon, the combined efforts of his family and two regularphysicians failing to aronse him. When he awoke of his own ac cord Mapes was bright and chipper as a dollar, but was terribly surprised to learn that he had been in a snooze for so long a time. The residents ot the eastern section of Reading were surprised to find their yards and pavements in front of their hooes covered with small toads, which had fallen from the clouds during the night At Fourteenth street and Perkiomen avenue tbe street car tracks were covered with toads for a distance of half a square. A number or Heading fishermen visited the place and secured hucketsful of toads for bait. A seal recently caught in the River Parker by two fishermen of Newburyporl; Mass.. was a day or two afterward returned to the river, "but it refused to be left behind and followed the man back to the wharf, crying to be taken into tbe boat. Finding it impossible to force the seal to leave tbem, they made a little bouse for it on one of the wharves and every day since it bas gone into the water to get food, retaining at night to be locked up in its new quarters." It is remarkable the perfection to which the postal system has been brought. Not even a cent is overlooked. Colonel Riley, of Cin cinnati, handed the reporter a check for "one cent," drawn by Third Assistant Postmaster General Hazen. It was as formal as If it repre sented a million dollars. It was in favor of E. S. Twlng, Postmaster at Chester Cross Roads. Geauga county. Twing was settling his ac counts with the Government and a balance of one cent was found in bis favor. A boy named Drews performed a dan gerous feat in West Orange, N. J., the other day, it is related. Tbe contractor for the drain that has been laid to carry off the standing water in lots on Valley mad wanted to deter mine whether or not the drain was free from Obstructions, and offered tbe lad a small sum to go through it. The pipe is IS inches in diam eter, is eight feet nnder ground and is 1,200 feet long. Tbe boy accepted tbe offer and entered the pipe. Half an hour later ho emerged safely from the other end. Tne peculiar performance of a passenger on tbe steamship Iroquois was the causa of considerable excitement on tbe trip from New York to Jacksonville. Fla. Just after crossing tbe bar he tied tbe lead line around his waist and jumped over tbe side for a swim. He was jerked through the water at a frightful rate of speed, and the ship had to be stopped and the erratic gentleman hauled aboard. He said be merely wished to take an ocean dip. and thought that be could keep uj with the ship. FUNNY 3IE.V3 FANCIES. rWBITTXX TOR TBI DISPATCB.1 Customer: Thatsugar of yours was dreadfully adulterated. Grocer: But my dear sir. It grew that way sandy soli, you know. "William Hamilton Gibson wants to knowfaow the partridge manages to make that peculiar dramming noise which betrays his presence. Perhaps he does it with his drumstick. "Going to Europe this year, my boy V "o: can't raise tne wind." That's curious." "How so."' "Everybody says you're a great blower." One of the prominent yachtsmen of this country has a boat named the Ava. The humor ists or the land lost a great opportunity when she slid into the water to dilate upon American Ava launches. "What shall I call my column?" asked the new "funnyman." "You propose to make your living out of It don't you?" responded the managing editor. "Yes " "Then why not call it 'Wlttles.' ' Too Much Dampness. Mrs. Twiddle 1 heal that WIdder Wallace Is down with rheumatic. Mrs Twaddle: Yes. poor thing, she might have expected it-she wep' so much. Sophocles, of Boston, Slips Up. "I say, Sophocles," said Chumplelgh. "did Adam wear pants?" "No." returned tho purist "Adam wor trousers." Indeed' wno u your auinonry lorinatr" Carlyte Smltn. A PESSIMISTIC stsaet. 'There is not more woe than pleasure In life. But here is the rub. mv boy; One part ot the people have all the strife. The others have all tbe Joy. -John Kendrict Fangs. A ROMANCE OE THESE TIMES. I. "Sweets to tbe sweet" said the Impecunious young clerk, as he gave ber a modest bsg of caramels. She took the caramels, and let him "hold the bag." which, being Interpreted, read, "gY him the sack." "Suite, to the sweet" said the Impecunious youog clerk's eornulent old employer, as he showed ber through his magnificent Eiffel fiats. I She declared that she was so fond of poetry, ana ptbought that about three floors orthe Eiffel woul 1 P for building their little nest. -PottSuwij;.
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