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There is nothing sadder among the catas trophes with which this life is checkered than the constantly recurring slaughter of coal miners. The accident which suddenly cut off thirty-four lives iu the coal mines sear Dunbar, in Fayette county, is like many another that has preceded it. The coal miner has to work early and late under conditions unnatural and unhealthy to man, and he nerer knows but that at any moment gss.fiood or fire or fall of slate, may make an end of him. The explosion which caused the disaster yesterday probably could not have been prevented. No skill or careful ness of man seem to avail against the abiding perils of the mine. It is impossible for us to comprehend what pitiful scenes were enacted at the pit mouth on the Hill farm yesterday. There is the grief of these mine disasters. The agony of suspense that women and children have to suffer worse, far worse than the sorrow they will know later; the hoping against hope, and the long hours that mnst pass be fore the dead are recovered. The chronicle of such misery is full of pathos. MAKING A DEFICIT. Major Carson, the Clerk of the House Committee on "Ways and Means, is also the "Washington correspondent of the Phila delphia Ledger, a paper which is willing: to jblish news when it is satisfied that the in . iLlligence is strictly reliable. In the latter capacity Major Carson sends an estimate of the income and expenditures of the Govern ment as they will be left by the present Con gress, which is of the highest authority. The figures foot up totals of 8384,661,500 expenditures, and 323,000.000 revenues, leaving a deficit of 39.GG1,500. In bis ca pacity as a newspaper man, the correspond ent's work of publishing this official in formation is valuable; but it is a grave question whether the Republican managers in the House will not consider the publica tion beyond the proper province of a com mittee clerk. The demonstration that it requires but one session of the present Con gress to convert a 70,000,000 surplus into a 500, 000,000 deficit is liable to classification under the title of pernicious activity. WEALTH AXD LEGISL 1TORS. The considerations which impel General James V. Husted, the veteran leader of the 2few York Legislature, to retire from poli tics ought to be convincing to the average American citiren that he is entitled to a rest from public service. He says that he las held political position these many years; that he has always succeeded in everything lie has undertaken; and that if he had de Toted the same energy to building up a pri Tate fortune, he would now be worth t2.000.000. "With this confidence in his ability to command success in business, General Husted now declares that he is going to eschew public office and go after that 52,000,000. There seems to be much foundation for the dissatisfaction with which this Yeteran legislator reviews his past career. The case is Interesting as a typical one of a certain class of legislators, of which General Husted is a bright and shining example. Whether the view is taken that the sole object of life is to make as much money as possible, or the ideal theory is adopted that the purpose of life is to be of some use to humanity, these legislators have equal cause to be dis satisfied. They unanimously adopt the pecuniary theory of life; but if they should accept the other one, they would plainly see that they have done no good to mankind always excepting that limited and select class which profit by the favors of legisla tion industriously distributed by the Husted stripe of statesmanship. On the monetary idea of life, there is reason for the belief that when a legislator has carefully supported corporate jobs for thirty-five years he is en titled to a share of the wealth created by his legislative services. There is scriptural authority against muzzling the ox that treadcth out the corn. It must be also admitted that General Husted has reasons for self-confidence, even in addition to the first-class recommendation he gives to his business abilities. The great prizes of fortune now-a-days are won on the inside management of corporations; and one of the most potent levers of such succeis is the ability to command legislation favorable to the projects by which such fortunes are built up. After a legislator has for a long public career faithfully and snccess.'ully carried forward all the legislative schemes by which theVanderbilt and Gould fortunes were made possible, he is justified in believ ing that he holds command of the keys to fortune. There is material foundation for this belief in the fact that General Husted has already rescued from the wreck of a life 'wasted in the Legislature two corporate presidencies and a railroad vice presidency, and that there is something good fpr him believed to be secreted in the Poughkeepsie bridge scheme, which the General recently piloted to success through the -New York legislature. Another point is suggested in connection with this statement of the General's deter mination to seek the wealth that he has missed. How comes it that after thirty-five years of serving' the corporations in the New York Legislature he is as poor as he repre sents himself? The corporate positions which he holds suggest that his ideas of poverty may be wholly comparative; but if his plea of poverty is to be accepted liter ally, then we must conclude that corpora tions, more than republics, are ungrateful, and deduce the salutary lesson that legis lators should not put their trust in railway princes. THE CENSUS RETURNS. The time allotted for the taking of the census has elapsed, and our readers will find some valuable information upon the subject generally in The Dispatch to-day. In estimating the significance of the reports which come from various parts of the two cities, alleging the partial or entire failure of the census enumerators to do their duty, it will be well to mark what Mr. Oliver, the Census Supervisor, has to say. It may be, and no doubt in many cases is true, that In I 'dividuals and entire families have been passed over by the enumerators, and yet there is still time to complete the census. Mr. Oliver says that out of the total number of 232 but 150 enumerators have as yet turued in their reports to him. Some of the enumerators not yet heard from may have encountered extraordinary difficulties; in deed, it is well known that no inconsider able part of the population .has proven as hard to count as it is to catch the elusive flea. Mr. Oliver's confidence in the com petency and integrity of the enumerators as a body is reassuring, and we trust that his estimate of the completeness of the census returns in his district will prove to be cor rect It will not be unwise, however, to take the greatest care that full justice, is done to the community- An inadequate or inaccurate census report would be a griev ous injury to Pittsburg. In connection with the census the esti mates of population furnished by the corre spondents of The Dispatch in "Western Pennsylvania will prove interesting and valuable. The figures are obtained from reliable sources and furnish some curious contrasts. The growth of the population is curiously uneven, and upon cursory exam ination this seems the most notable feature, aside from the gratifying increase which the figures in the aggregate reveal. LEGISLATION PRO FORMA. In regard to the section of the pendinH Eiver and Harbor bill providing for surveys of such streams as the Sucarnochee, the Obion and the Little Pigeon rivers, Alviso, Gunters, St Leonards and Turners creeks, Bayou Castor and Snohomish slough, with a score of other waterways of equal import ance,. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, explained the other day: - It onght to be understood by the House that the Committee on Rivers and Harbois does not examine and consider the propriety or impro priety of these proposed surveys. They are pnt into the bill in large part pro jorma. This indicates the latest and most remark able development of the theory that legis lators are cot responsible for what they do in their legislative capacity. "We have had some astounding instances of the practice of introducing bills "by request," which is alleged to constitute a disclaimer of re sponsibility for the legislation proposed. But here we have the committee which, by every theory of the prevailing legislative methods, is charged with the responsibility of deciding the form and nature of legislation, declaring that on a portion of their recommendations they have cot con sidered or decided the question of propriety or impropriety; but they escape responsibil ity by declaring that the appropriations are put into the bill pro forma. It should hardly be necessary to say that responsibility cannot be evaded in that man ner. Of course the plea in this case will be that the expenditures will be inconsiderable. But even with regard to small expenditures, the committee cannot regard its duty as done unless it passes on the propriety of the ex penditure. It the Committee on Rivers and Harbors recommends appropriations for surveys of the Peace, Boquet or "Waieree rivers which latter stream Mr. McAdoo once declared to be "not a river at all, but a lumber yard" it must be put on record as asserting that the expenditure ot national benefit in furtherance of the task of convert ing these streams into inland waterways. To allege that appropriations can be recommended .pro forma wilhqut passing on their propriety or impropriety, is only con sistent with the theory that the entire busi ness is such a grab that the addition of a score of small jobs is a matter of no im portance. TAILORS IN ARMS. Ko wonder the tailors object to the clause in the McKinlcy bill permitting everyone to bring into this conntry 500 worth of foreign-made clothing as personal effects duty free. "We are surprised that a pro tect has not been made before this. There has been quite enough clothing smuggled into the country under the existing condi tions. The Pittsburg tailors arc thoroughly aware of the danger which threatens them, and an energetic protest will be made by them at Washington. Aside from the political and commercial bearings of the. case, and they are im portant enough, there are artistic, and m3thetic grounds for hoping that American citizens will not be encouraged to get their clothes made in London by Major McKin ley's permission. It is a notorious fact that the English tailors cannot hold a pair ot shears to our native artists. The imported garments usually have to be altered by American tailors anyhow. The hideous possibilities of a flood of Piccadilly trousers and Bond street coats cannot ba contem plated without genuine alarm. It may be a fact that JJnglih goods are finer than ours, but by our sartorial artists we shall always swear. And Major McKinley Is touching a delicate spot when he proposes to make it cheap and easy for an American citizen to go back upon the tailor of his daddies. t The eccentricities of game preserving are sometimes very striking. Neither lions nor alligators would be taken at first sight to be a class of animals which the interests of ba inanity require to bo preserved. Yet the Gov ernment of India has recently Issued an order forbidding the shooting of lions: while the authorities of Louisiana have recently taken measures forbidding the killing of alligators on the Mississippi river between Baton Ronge and X ow Orleans. This action is explained by the fact that alligators, when undisturbed, con sume the rats; and if toe rodents are permitted to multiply tbeydamago the crops on the river plantations. Ko explanation is given of the object of the British Government in preserving lions in India: and the world is left to the conjecture that it is dono in the Interest of menagerie proprietors, or for the more serious purpose of keeping down the surplus popula tion of India. The New York Timts emulates the Post of the same city in ref crrlrg to the s&Io of an American editioa oftbo Encyclopedia Britan nica by Mr. Waaauiaker's Philadelphia store as an "act of piracy.' In tho tamo Issue In, -which the Times uses this language in its edi torial columns, it publishes a story copied from THE All the 1'ear Hound which is undoubtedly copyrighted in England. It makes a great deal of dlfferenco who commits the "piracy." Eegaedikg that great public issue of Marlon Manola'a refusal to be photographed In tights. It is sufficient to say that the actress has a perfect right to settle that matter for her self. Sbo fulfils her contract with her man ager when she serf ormrher partontbo stage, and if she dislikes to .have the exposure made more general by the display of her photographs, she is acting within her rights to refuse to be photographed. Beyond that, the case of a comlo opera actress who does not improve an oppor tunity to make a display, Is so unique as to de serve public encouragement. True to Speaker Reed's declaration in Pittsburg, the Republican party is going to try to do its own counting in the South. But at first glance the Federal election law intro duced in the Honsc yesterday looks like a very dangerous two-edged sword. The North American Company, of $50, 000.C00 capital, which was incorporated in New Jersey on Saturday, has one of those broad gauge charters which enables it to do anything, from Paying and selling railroads to operating gas works, oil refineries and all soits of mines. It is supposed to be one of Henry Villard's schemes which, in connection with the exceedingly- wide swath it proposes to cut, warrants the expectation that, wbon it gets into full swing, it will either squeeze the public or smash itself. The hope that the Hon. Baby McKee would have the Independence to refuse that cottage- seems to have been misplaced. The youngster evidently does not consider it in good taste to go back on family traditions. The industry of the Senate Committee in spoiling the McKinley bill, roceivos its latest illustration iu the report that It has put yp the sugar duties in response to the demand of the Boston Sugar Trust refiners. The increased duties are not very heavy, but they are enough to classify a Senator by. The creditors of Napoleon Ives have agree'd to take 6 per centof the claims in a spirit of gratitude that the Bonaparte of finance left them their lives. r- The latest scheme of church endowment is to arlll for oil in the churchyard and sell ont to the Standard at a high figure. The Forest Grove Presbyterian Church has obtained a fund ot over 590,000 in this manner. It is to be hoped that riches will not break up the church. Colcqjel Douglass, who nominated General Harrison in the Chicago convention, is eloquently silent as to the merits of President Harrison. "We may have regretted the excessive Anglophile tendencies of Miss Mary Anderson and we do heartily regret that she is not likely to be seen on onr stage again, but every Ameri can will wish Our Mary happiness as she goes to the altar with the man of her choice to-day, The cholera always breaks out in Spain whenever Europe stands any show of being cheerful. One enumerator's returns do not make a census, PERSONAL EfTELLISEHCE. M. Jametal, of Paris, Republican, has been elected Senator for Somnie. Bishop Cornthwalte, of the Roman Catholic diocese of Leeds, England, is dead, Sik Percy Axdeesox, the English repre sentative in the African boundary negotiations, has gone to Berlin. Lieutenant Stairs, of Stanley's expedi tion, has been appointed Adjutant of the Royal Engineers at Aldcrshot Major "Wissjf ans1, commander of the Ger man forces in East Africa, sailed from Alexan dria for Brindisl, on his way to Berlin, on yes terday. It is currently reported, and believed in mili tary circles, that General Redvers Buller will succeed General Lord Wolseley as Adjutant General of the English Army. Me. Henry M. Stanley and his bride will spend their honeymoon at Metcbet Court, Hampshire. The place is owned by Lady Ash burton, who has loaned it to Mr. Stanley. John; Dillon, William O'Brien and John Redmond have Dcen appointed delegates to make a tour of America in the autumn in the interests of the Irish Nationalist movement The marriage of Mr. Antonio Navarro and Miss Mary Anderson, which will tako place in London to-day. will be a very quiet affair, only the relatives of the bride and groom being present The ceremony will bo of the plainest character. Brigadier General Samuel, c. Hola Bird. Quartermaster General of tbo Army, was yesterday placed on the retired list of the army, having reached the statntory age of 61 years. He is a native of Connecticut and was ap pointed a cadet at the military academy from that State in 1SA5. AN EDUCATOE DIES SUDDENLY. Prof. Stollcrwork Expires Almost in the Midst of His Labors. rtFECIAL TELXORAK TO THE DISPATCH.! Johnstown. June 16. Less than two months ago Prof. Phillip H. Stollerwork took charge of the musical department of tho Mprrell In stitute here. He at once became a favorite in musical and. social circles. He was attenaing tq his duties to-day at 10 o'clock and at noori was taken suddenly sick nith cramps and died. He had studied under the greatest masters prominent in musical circles in the Old World. His first effort in tins country was a concert in Steinway Hall, New York, last Jnne for the benefit of the Johnstbw.i sufferers. He leaves a wife and one child in New York. CbBHENT TTWET.Y TOPICS. THE original package will soon get down to tdc drink size, and even then it will not be so very smallto suit some drinkers. I; is announced that SnlUvan, the slugger, is to star it next season in a drama-written especially for him by Duncan B. Harrison. If John shonld send out his good right hand puce, wouldn't thjJ stage be derated, though, barah Althca Hill should be the one bright particular star with the Boston gentleman. The New York Sun estimates the combined population of New York city and Brooklyn 0 years hence at 10,000,000. Chicago will have to do a heap of annexing; in the next few years to keep np that salt. But she is equal to the emergency. The bold cruisers of the Canadian Navy have found new occupation. One of the captains spent an hour the other day in driving away East port, Me., boys who were out in their row boats fishing for fun, who happened to be on tho Cana dian side, hooper than see the water covered with blood. the boys took to the American waters. It was a dose call for the Canadian cruisers. - Upon the fair girl graduate Upon commencement 4sTi Her alma mater doth confer A meaningless IS. A, With much more reason might the dons 11. A, to her impart. Who, radiant in commencement "togs," Is mistress of eyery 'art. AS exchange says that the American elks will soon be extinct in Oregon, where about 1,000 are being killed yearly. Ihe J'ittsuurg Elks are protected by the laws of the Commonwealth, and therefore there Is no danger of their becoming ex tinct. A FEW years ago It was a very remarkable day that an Qbloan didn't catch on to a public office. Things have changed wonderfully. In stead of gobbllns all the offices Ohio seems to hold the cinch on all the earthquakes. A EUMOtt Is prevalent that young Napoleon Ives is preparing to go into the banking business again. Admirers or immaculate gall shonld ex tend a helping hand. AS yet the Washington newspaper man has not put in his claim for the championship belt notwithstanding he Is the first man to knock- Sul livan ont. He should hurry up before the athletic club of that city steals a march on him. THE only difference between tbo t'assett of New York ana his brother in Massachusetts; is that the former is the investigator and 'the latter Is the lnvnrngatco. PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, THE TOPICAL TALKER. Buenos Ayrca la n Far Crjr From Hero DIr. Abel's Journey in South America Queer Papers A Poet After a Pnsi Training; far n Wedding. JTR. Charles Abel, who is traveling m South America In the interest of some Pittsburg manufacturers, and Incidentally of The Dispatch, has been heard from again: It shows the poverty of our means of communi cation with Sonth American countries when Mr. Abel's letter, mailed in Buenos Ayres in the middle of April, has only just got here. The letter traveled here by way of Portugal. There seems to be no mall route very much shorter. The difficulties of traveling on the east coast of South America, Mr. Abel says, cannot be imagined by any one who has cot actually experienced them. He believes that be will get on better and faster on the west coast. He has no fault to find with tho atti tude of the officials and merchants of the va rious States which be has visited. They were all uniformly courteous and obliging, and appear to have goco out of their way to serve and en tertain bim. At Bnenos Ayres Mr. Abel found a warm welcome at the monastery of the Fasslonists. 'All the monks are from Pittsburg." he writes, "and it felt like home in the monastery. They have afine property and are building a new church', for which Father Constantine showed mo a donation of $2,00 he had received this morning." pwo English papers published in thBArgen tino Republic, the Times and the Serald of Buenos Ayres, and the Eiver Plate Times of Montevideo, in the Republic of Uruguay, have also come to hand from Mr. Abel. They are all immense blanket sheets of a pattern common to almost all English colonies. Appar ently all three aro the organs of the British colonies in Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. If uatrnitudo be desirable in a paper, these papers certainly can challenge tho approval of the world. They are simply immense. The Buenos Ayres Herald measures So inches in length and 27 in breadth, and the Hiver Plate Times 2Sx21 inches. The type is as big as that to be found in infants' primers, except in tho advertise ments, which fill three ont of the four pages entirely, and part of the fourth. Tbo news seems to be a minor consideration. There is very little of it, and whattbero is is very an tique. The editorials show a niiluness and re spect for tho Government which eloquently re veal the restraining hand of a censor, of a wholesome fear of the powers that be. They do not exhibit, these papers, either in their news or advertising columns, any sign of the activity of North American influences. Euro pean steamship lines and European- traders, oanks and railroad companies are evidently in possession, and European news is evidently more in demand In Uruguay and the Argentine Republic. 'The multitudes who think they onght not to pay railroad fare are never at a loss for grounds upon which to base their applications for passes. Tho passenger agents are used to the most extraordinary petitions, some piteous, some audacious and now and then one that is don nright humorous. Under this last head comes an application that was made to Passen cer Agent Ed. Smith, of the Baltimoro and Ohio, the other day; Mr. Smith was busy in his office on Fifth avenue, when a tall and very lean young man came in and asked to see the passenger agent. Mr. Smith noticed that the young man's hair was ycry long, and that the, bottoms of bis trousers were frayed, but in spite of these ominous sisms lie said cheerily: "Well, sir, what can I do for yout" "1 want to get to Baltimore," said tho long haired young man in a, sepulchral voice. "You've come to the right place, sir; we sell tickets for Baltimore to any one," said Mr, Smith, waving his hand toward the ticket counter. "No, you don't understand me,'' went on the young man. "I have soma beautiful poems here, and when I've read you one or two 1 am sure you -will seo your way to transporting me Jo Baltimore," and with this the young man fished out a bundle of manuscript from his coat tail pocket. It was a warm day and Mr. Smith did cot feel inclined to precipitate a conflict; so be sank back Into bis chair and the long haired poet began to read aloud his effusions. Ho read two poems of considerable length, and he might have read more, but the Second poem had a refrain in which "along the shoro" was rhymed with "all the more" and "Ba ltimore,' and Mr. Smith's good nature couldn't stand that. He called to tho clerks and they depps ited the lank and lean poet with the long hair on the sidewalk. For some days yet Baltimore is safe. A iter a wedding which took place in Pitts burg several nights ago, the best man and a few more of tbo bridegroom's friends ac companied the happy man to the Union depot to speed him on his honeymoon. Tpe best man carried a satchel belonging to the groom, and as they walked down, the platform, for conveni ence ho threw mo satcnei over ms buomuer, holding it by the strap attached to lb A youns fellow in a linen duster, evidently from the country, saw the wedding party arrive and recognized its character as such. The sight interested him very much that was plain, and be asked the car porter to point ont the bridegroom to him. A colored porter always knqws everything, of" course, and he unhesitat ingly indicated the best man as tho lucky indi vidual. The countryman gazed with renewed interest at the alleged bridegroom and ex plained to the porter: "You see I'm goinz to bo married myself next week, and I want to know .how to get myself up and act 40 that's the groom, is it!" Some rural circle will be astonished at the easy nonchalance of a farmer bridegroom this week, BACCALATJBEATE SES1C0N Delivered fay Rev. J. BI. McJnnkln. of Oak dale, to a Graduating; Claas. Washington, June 18. Washington's most fashionable society listened last night to the baccalaureate sermon delivered by Rev. J. M, McJnnkin, of Oakdale. to the graduating class of the Washington Female Seminary. The First Presbyterian Church was crowded- The members of tho graduating class were seated directly in front of tho pulpit. At 7.S0 o'clock Miss Raploy took her place at the organ apd rendered a very pretty voluntary. A quartet composed of Miss Lean, Miss Annie Graham, Mr. J. G, McFarland and Mr. R. R, Bruer, then rendered a selection from the 'Farmer's Mass" in superb style. The Scripture lesson was read from the Book of Esther, chapter 4, and the subject of the discourse was, "Tho Character and Life of Queen Esther." "And whoknowcth whether thou art come to tho kingdom forsnch a time as this." In vivid and touching language the speaker portrayed the character of the fair Queen. Froia her Infancy he showed wherein tne amiable and modest adopted daughter ot Mordccai was possessed ot a beanty that was eternal. Mias'Bessie Craig gave a solo entitled, "Ashamed of Jesus," and the services closed with a prayer by Rev. McJunkin. A- Pair of Opinions. From the Coston Traveller. 1 Emperor William thinks Bismarck has passed the age of usefulness, and Bismarck bos grave doubts whether Emperor William will ever reach that age. DEATHS OF A DAY. C. P. Armstrong. rSPECIAL TELKQRAM TO THE DISPATCH. UtrrijEit, Jnne 10. C. P. Armstrong died sud denly of heart disease at Hotel Vogely, itonday night. Air. Armstrong will be remembered as the driller of the- famous oil well on Aorth Creek in 1884 which had a production or 10.000 barrels a day. lie was well known throughout the coun try. ' GeorvF Itesaser. The sudden death ot George JCessner, one of the old residents pf the Sonthshte, was a surprise to many. He went to bed apparently as well as usual Sunday nlgbt. and yesterday jnornlng was found dead in ins bed. Heart disease Ik ascribed as the cause. His homo is on Eighteenth street, between barah ttreet and Carey alley. He was 66 years old, and one of the charter members or l'cter Fritz Lodge, LP. P.P. llas O. Ilnbbnrd. AOETnAJtrTOtf, Mabs., June IG.-Sllas o. Hub bard, S3, President of the Connecticut Valley To bacco Growers' Association, and a promlnant farmer, died at Hatfield, Mass., Saturday even ing. Hwa Secretary and Treasurer or Smith Academy and held many other positions of trust. Hon. John A. Jameapn. , Chicago, June IS. Ex-Judge John A. Jameson died at his home, Hyde Park, this afternoon. He had been ill for some time with an arrection rc scmbliufr cancer of. the lip. He served two terms as wircmfc riuugc 01 ypocvumr, M . TUESDAY, 'iTUKEf IT, THE TWO NEW DANGES. A Wnliz-Mlnuet Thnt Is' Expected to Be Fopnlnr Thla Senson Work of tbe Danc Inc Professors' Conventions A Number of Entertainments. Tho "ii'avenjr" and the "Waltz-Minuet" are the new dances that will delight tbe devotees of the art this coming'Soason. so says Prof. R. F. Thuma, who returned yesterday from the Convention of tho National Dancing Teachers' Association, which was held in Washington and Baltimore last week. "I think tho waltz mlnuet will be the most popular," said Prof. Thuma. The ilea originated from Strauss, and his apparent desire to temper tbo vigor of the waltz. As the name indicates, it nnltes the popular dance of our grandparents and the much-abused waltz of our own times Jn a very pretty new dance. It commences -with the minuet step, wbicb, after uno round of tbe room is made, develops into a regnlar waltz step. The music for the minuet portion of the dance is slow, and the time strongly marked, whilo tho waltz step is a trifle slower than the waltz is ordinarily danced. "It is much more easily learned than the l'avenlr, which is really quite difficult, as was demonstrated by the fact that tbo professors bad to bo instructed before they could danco it, while with the waltz-minuet they "caught on' to tho step immediately. It is, however, a very nretty danco of the round variety, and in cludes tbo steps ot the schottlsche, waltz, galop, and a now step slightly different from any of the now popular dances. fl ho music to which it Is danced is sprightly, and the scene pre sented by a ballroom full of people dancing it will bo'encbantlnp;. It starts with a schottlsche step; then the music quickens to a galop, and afterward as quickly slons to a more stately measurothat somewhat resembles a minuet, save that it is faster. The last step of a l'avenlr can scarcely bo described: it more nearly resembles a waltz in quick-step time than anything else, if such a thing were pos sible. In the various figures of tho dance the gentleman puts bis arm about the lady's waist, as in the waltz, holds bis left hand in her right, and they dance forward, slda by side, both fac ing in the same direction, with a graceful, glid ing step, and their progress to the galop is the feature of tho dance. '-Tho natiotel landers was rcadopted at tho convention," continued tho professor, "and a uniform method of teaching will be adhered to by all tbe members of our association. That is one of the objects of the conventions, you know, to establish anniformity in teaching that will enable a person-taught in one city to dance with perfect ease the dances of any other city where they may bo visiting or stopping. Of course, the waltz never will be uniformly danced, each city and clique of dancers having their own special kink on that ever popular dance, and a good dancer can easily adjust bis step and manner of dancing to that of his part ner, so that it affords no embarrassment. But with the now dances that are being introduced we hope to establish a uniform maimer of dancing, apd in time. I think, the two associa tions, the ono of which I am a member and the American Society of Professors of Dancing, o f which Prof. Brooks is a member, and which meets next week, will in the courso or timo be united. As it is. a great many dancing masters belong to both associations." With a desire to ascertain whether or no Prof. Brooks entertained the same opinion re garding tho unions of tbe two great associa tions, and also if he contemplated Introducing any new dances of his own composition, at the convention this year, as ho did last, a visit was paid to bis dancing academy, but the professor was not to bo found. At Mrs. Slack Davis' parlors, howevor, an interview was gained with Miss Davis, a refined little lady In a stylish black dress, that accentuatod the clearness of her complexion and tho brilliancy of brown eyes, and her indignation when asked if she had been to tbo convention last week, or would at tend the coming cne, brought a tiny tinge ot color to each cheek that made her a very pleas ing picture, and interesting, too, for her re marks were spicy. "No, indeed; we never at tend any of theso public conventions; we never oven teach anything that they recommend, if we can possibly avoid it." "Well, but where do you get your dances?" queried the" interrogator. "Oh, we originate some, and then we go to Europe every other year and get all that is new over there, but never to tbese association con ventions. Only third and fourth rate teachers attend them, and we are very particular about whom we enroll and what wo teach." W0BKOTG WITH A WILL. Ladles' Committees Preparing; for the San da; School Convention. The Entertainment Committee of the coming International Sunday School Convention met yesterday afternoon, and transacted consider able business of a routino-charactcr connected with the details of the arrangements. The committee has discovered that there is some misapprehension in regard to reserved seats in the convention, and deslro it stated that re served seat tickets will be issued to all Sunday school teachers and workers, and not to tbo regular delegates exclusively, as so many seem to believe. The reports received from delegates show that a number of Western States and Territories will be represented by Uvilized In dians. A number of the Southern States will be represented bv colored delegates. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the ladies of tbe different U. P. churches and Sabbath schools will meet in the chapel of the Y. M. C. A building, to perfect the nrrangements for wait ing on the tables on "U. P. day," Juna 26, at the International Sabbath School Convention. At 3 o'clock tbe Entertainment Committee will meet in the reception room of City Hall. Yes terday the Dining Room Committee received a large number of donations. After the conven tion is over the committee will offer for sale at auction all the muslin, knives and forks, trays and such other supplies as have been donated or which they may have to purchase, and it is expected that the various Sabbath schools and congregations will purchase the same. The erection of the table in the cafe will be begun this morning. To-morrow afternoon tbo ladles of the Meth odist churches will meet in the chapel of the Y. M. O. A. to complete arrangements for "Methodist day." On Thursday tbo ladies of all otber.denominations will meet at the same place to complete their arrangoments. ENTERTAINED ITS FSIEND3. A Pleasant Evening' Enjoyment FurniRicd by tho Wllklnshuro Ys. Last evening the Y. W. C. T. U. of Wilkins burg was pleasantly entertained by tbe Misses Beatty, of North street. The following pro gramme was rendered with the greatest satis faction to the large audience: Instrumental solo, Mrs. M. M. Ayres; reading, Mr. William Esler; music. "Pennsylvania," members; reci tation. Mr. C. M. Carothers; instrumental duet, Mrs. M. M. Ayres and Mr.H. W- McAteer; solo. Miss Clara M. Chester; reading. Miss Mary E. Moffitt; paper ."The Union Recorder," Miss Agnes Calderwodd; music, members. The society has 80 members and does a great deal of philanthropic work. It has just estab lished a flower branch- Twenty young ladles make it a point to visit the blind and the sick at their homes, at least once a week. They take flowers and spendan hour or two reading to tho invalids, and their coming is always eagerly watched for by the recipients of their attention. HIGHLAUD PAKE'S FIRST CONCERT. Music for Two Hours This Evening Free of All Coat. Highland Park to-night will present a gala appearance, and will have its first concert. The McCall Band has secured tho co-operation of Chief Bigclow, and will give a free concert. A band stand has been erected and arrangements made for the accommodation of SOOO people and there will be music from 730to90Yl.i The entertainment vill bo free and tho presence of all who will attend is desired An excellent programme has been prepared and the initial concert of tho park is expected to be u good one. AS INTEBESTINQ PEOGEAMKE rreparcu tor me viosmg nxcrclsca of St. James' R. C. Church, Wilklnsburc. The closing exercises of Br. James K. c Church, Wilkinsburg, will takepl.ee on Thurs day next. An interesting programme, in which most' of the children will take part, has been arranged. Songs, choruses and recitations will be given,with a fairy extravaganza entitled "Red Riding Hood." All the characters will be1 assumed bv the little people. Miss Agnes Lambing; niece ot the pastor. Rev. A. A .Lambing, will preside at the organ, assisted by Miss Nellie Carboy. MIGHT HATE HADE MORE HONEY. fi Soma Dissatisfaction Over tho West Fean Hospital Benefits. Who ever heard of a chantv concert, cntnr tainment or benefit that wi g not succeeded by dissatisfaction in somo way; '1 he sum ut So.UtK) was realized for the West Penu Hospital by tho benefits lastSaturday, bat It Is rumored that the ladles who wero in charge of the refresh ment tables aro wildly furious at those "horrid men" who arranged tho programme and allowed so short an intermission that nothing great could be done in their line. Said one little woman yesterday; "A prom enade concert would bavo attracted just as many people ano: would have allowed us a chance to make a great deal more money Man wo did." A Heme for Veterans' Widows-. The home for' tfie wives and mothers of tbo veterans of the late., war, at Hawkins station. ts.tpbodediciteaJune28 with imposing, cere- 1890. monies. The Pennsylvania Ladies' Circle of the G. A. It. will have charge of the institution. They have purchased the old Langs building, on. tho Hawkins property, for S10.000. Tho spot is a beautiful ono and the building is nell suited to its purpose. GTyiNG A FINK TEA Far thy Benefit ofiho Point Brcczo Pres byterian Cbarcb. A pink tea, at which will be served ice cream and tbe berry of which it is said the Crettor might have maao a better ono but never did. will be given in the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church. East End. this evening. The Interior of the church will presento be wilderment of pink drapings, pink booths and pink-cheeked maidens in piuk gowns, among them the following: Misses Hallie Dennis, Annie Vance. Nellie Davis. Sadie McCausland. Ida Campbell, Idaly Coleman, Jennw Allen, Clara McClintock, Mollie Goettman and Ella Conner. An Allegheny Swimming CInb. A swimming club composed of Allegheny ladies have leased tho Natatorlum Monday and Thursday mornings from 9 to 11 o'clock. The President of the club is Mrs. Ross Johnston, the Secretary, Miss Howe, tho Treasurer. Miss Burgewin, and tbe membership includes SS ladies. 9 of whom were present P3terday morning at the Natatorium. Sbmo of them are accomplished swimmers and some will receive instruction from Prof. McEif en. 1 Social Chatter. The commencement exercises of the Western University will be held on Thursday evening at Carnegio Music Hall, Allegheny. The grad uates will he Messrs. Reynolds C. Carnaban. Charles W, Ehlers. George K. Herron. J. Parry Johnston, Gus C. Langenbeim, Harry W. Mc intosh and William A. Miller. Miss Jennie Evans, of tbe Southside, one of the leading members of the Mozart Society, will ba the soloist at tho sixth organ recital, which will be given next Saturday afternoon in Carnegio Hall by Organist Leonard Wales. The second monthly meeting of tho Social and Scientific Club of Wilkinsburg was held last evening at the residence of Dr. J. EHiggs, Wood street. There was a good attendance in spite of the hot weather. A oay party of ladies and gentlemen will accompany Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hagan to their Mr, Holly farm this morning, and amid tho rural beauties of the historic old placo spend the day, The class of 1S90, of the Pittsburg Academy, will give its commencement exercises next Tuesday evening in tho Graud Opera House. Miss Sadie L. Morrow, of Greensburg, who has been tbe guest of Miss Mollis H. Gib son, of Wilkinsburg, has returned home. Mrs. S. L. ScnooNjf aker, of Shady avenue, East End, tenders a reception to her friends to day, from 5 to 7 o'clock. "Julius Cesar" at the Bijou this evening, with Prof. Byron King in the title role. The Chase-Rose wedding is booked for to day. WORK OP CHRISTIAN EHDEAV0R. Tho Allcsheny County Union to Hold a Pub lic Sleeting; Tula Evening. The Allegheny County Union of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor will hold its third public meeting this evening in the Second Presbyterian Church, Ponn avenue and Seventh street. This unfon is composed of about 30 societies in this county, and repre sents eight different denominations, who are all working together for the advancement of Christianity. Rev. F. R. Farrand. of the Southside Presbyterian Church, is President of the union. A lookout committee ot ten members is at work organizing new societies and helping those already at work. The na tional convention of tbe societies has been in session in St. Louis since last Thursday. The delegates from Pennsylvania bad a special train. Mr. Matthew Walker. Chairman of the Look out Committee, of tho Philadelphia Union, and perhaps otners will stop here on their way home from St. Louis and address the meeting. Rev. H. C. Applegarth, the now pastor of tbe Fourth Avenue Baptist Chnrch, will also make an address. A very excellent and interesting musical programme has also been prepared, among those to take pare being the Misses Grace Miller and Edith Harris and Messrs. Dr. W. T. English and J. N. Bebonr. The roll of the societies in the union will ba called, and each society is to answer to its name with a short report of its condition and prospects. All in all, it will be a very interesting meeting, and the union extends a hearty welcome to all those who are interested In Christion Endeavor work to bo present. . CENSUS ODDITIES. The conntry census enumerators, after some experience, are going to ask that the first ques tion on tha list be: "Have you got any dogs7" Washington Star, Census enumerator (to tho President) What relationship do you bear to the head of the family? Tbe President (innocently) I'm its grandfather. Washington Star. A pauper is worth jnst two and a half times as much as a good, responsible citizen to the censns enumerator. In like manner, two luna tics put as much money into the pocket of the enumerator as five sane persons. Omaha Re publican. A Georgia editor apologizes for tho scarcity of local news m his paper, and says: "We will have plenty of news next week, as we have a census contract, and we azo on the inside track of every citizen In the county." Phila delahia Record, The census takers in Philadelphia are not having or giving much trouble. Most of them are druggists who knowa great deal abouttheir neighbors and do not find it difficult to fill out tbe blanks when members of families come in. Philadelphia Time. Census enumerator (to tbe head of the house) Are you married or nnmarried, sir. Head of tho house Married. Enumerator (a little later) Have you a wjfeT Head (aston ished) Yes, Enumerator Er male orfemalef Head (now thoroughly aroused) That, sir. Is one of the questions I am not going to answer. Chatlartooga Times. Congress (1S91) Who is this knocking at my doorsT Applicant It is J, please your highness, seek ing a pension. Congress But who are you that you should make such a claim? Applicant I am a poor, disabled census enumerator. Chicago Times, Dr. Gr.AFF, of Eau Claire, who slammed the door in tho face of the census man because ho called at supper time, was wrong. He should have been more courteous and requested tho enumerator to sit down. If not to sap, a: least to wait until the doctor's appetite was satisfied. The enumerator represents tbe great American eagle and be cannot bo banged about with im punity. Milwaukee Sentinel. Horace Lewis In Monte Crlsto. A rare treat is being served to the patrons of Harris' Theater this week. Horace Lewis, a character actor of great ability, with a com pany that shows bis thorough drilling, alter careful selection, is giving Dumas' master piece; "Monte Cristo." The, title role, la Mr. Lewis' hands, is a studied piece of work. Mr. Lewis copies after no one. He Is original, and could give pointers to many others who have essayed tbe part. Miss Nellie Xiefilngwell is a handsome Mercedei, and theVolffcr'of George A. V. Johnston is excellent. .In fact, the entire company is very goqd indeed, and the scenery and effects fill tho bill well. BEtUTlFOL HANDS. Such beautiful, beautiful hands, they're neither white nor small. And you. I know, would hardly think That they were fair at all. I've looked on hands whose form and hne A sculptor' dream might be. Yet. are those aged, wrinkled hands Most beautiful to mc. Such beautiful, beanttfal hands. Thongh heart were weary and sad, Those patient hands kent tolling on That we children ralrbt be glad. 1 often Weep, as looking back To chlIdhoou,'s distant day1, I think How those hinds rested P6t When mine were a( their play. Hnch beautiful,: beautiful bands. They're growing feeblenow, For time and pain have leltlhclr'aark On hahd and heart and brow. Alas, alts, Jhenearinytime, The sad, sad day for tat, When 'neath tho daisies,, out oCslght, Those hands shall molderlng be. But O, beyond this shadow land Where all Is brisht and fair, 1 know full well those dear old hands -V)11 palms of victory bear, Vi here crystal streams through endless years - FlowoTcrg6lden-strandv And where the old grow young again, ' I'll clasp my mother's bands. jAixeoueny, J nne 10. Edward H. bice. CAUGHT ONJHE FLY. , A Johnstown Flood Reminiscence A Trying Ordeal How n Disaster Was Averted Stations Peculiarly Named A Remnrk nblo Watcr-lirt!. FBOH A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! 'Tyrone, Pa., June 16. While coming east the other day, I sat in tbe train with John Fnlton, the manager of tho Cambria Iron Works, at Johnstown. We were just passing Bolivar station. "The longest and slowest walk I ever had in my life began at this place,'' be remarked. "You remember you newspaper men reported mo among the lost at Johnstown the morning after tho flood. ThatTeport or iginated from the fact that I was missed by those who did not know that I was away from home at the time tbe delnge came. I bad been at Connelsville. but was then on my way heme. Our train could get no larther than Bolivar. I was alarmed about the vague reports that reached ns there of a flood at Johnstown. I realized that something awful must have oc curred when I saw bodies pulled out of the Conemaugh that distance below the city. It was impossible to get authentic news, as that was in tbo very beginning of tha excitement. "At 6 o'clock Tstarted to walk to Johnstown, 20 miles away. I never thought of such a thing as distance, however. I was too anxious about my family and tho iron works. At Lockport, just beyond Bolivar a mile or two, a man named Madden had been pulled out of the river. He floated clear down from Johnstown, and he de clared to me that tbe whole city was swept from the face of the earth, beciuse ha had seen the buildings go. I got- bim to put on dry clothes at Lockport. and walk back to Johns town with me. Carious journey, hU, wasn't it? float nearly 20 miles down that swollen stream, and then walk tho same distance back along us banks. He kept on telling mo about the horrors of the affair all night as we trudged along. A Trying Ordeal. J always enjoyed walking, but I tell you, sir,tbose railroad ties that early morning along toward dawn seemed a wider distance apart than they ever did before tq mc. At Nm evah Madden and I got some bread and cheese, looked at the SObodies tbeyha pulled out of the river at that point, and went on with our terrible journey. When we got to Morrelville we found we conldget no farther then, because tbo river conld not be crossed into Johnstown. I asked some of tbe millmen at this pointabout my family. 'Npt a brick of your house left, Air. Fulton, and all your family drowned,' they said. After that I grew afraid to ask anybody else to confirm or deny this, because I began to feel as though I was alone in the world after all. All night I watched the burning wreckage at the stone bridge. It was 10 o'clock A. ir. be fore I got into Johnstown. It was true that my house was completely annihilated, but my family bad been saved after an awtul battle for their lives. I found them after reaching the city." It was Mr. Fulton's master band that started the Cambria wheels revolving so soon after the flood, and thus gave desperate men what thsy needed most hard toil to detract their atten tion, and bring back some remembrance of busy Johnstown as it was before its destruc tion. I watched him as he walked away from the train at Johnstown. He looks several years older than be did last spring a year ago. He seems more bent than before, and his hair is a shade whiter. A Locomotive Enclnecr's Relief. T came near smashing my pilot that time," said tbo engineer of a passenger train on the Fall Brook Company's railroads at Stokes dale Junction, in Tioga county, where I stepped off his train to change cars for Wells boro, one day last week. He had jnst pulled out the throttle, and the locomotive was slowly puffing its way ont of the depot, bonnd north ward, when out of the station behind ran tha telegraph operator, yelling like a madman, and brandishing aloft a bit of paper. Grasping the situation in a second, other railroaders abont the shed took up bis cries and they all ran after the departing train. How tho engineer, amid all tha noiso of his ponderous machinery, over heard tbe cries I do not know, but he turned his bead, saw them, and shut oil steam. Lean ing down from his cab, he took tbe paper from the operator's hands, ana read these words: "Lay on No. 3 siding for special freight south." Wo oil saw bis chest expand as be beaved a sigh of relief. Late as it was, the warning mes sage was still early enough to sayo a disaster. One moment more and that tram would have been out of all hearing distance. "Siding No. 3," I was told, is In a mountain gorge, miles from any other switch. Had tho train passed it without 'Stopping it would bavo mot tbe special freight on soma of the sharp curves, and that single track railroad would have be come bloody. It was the first time that I ever saw a train flagged from the rear. Their Sweethearts Honored, poun stations on tha Bald Eagle "Valley branch of tho Pennsylvania Railroad are named after women. They are in numerical order, and are called Hannah, Port Matilda, Julian and Martha. It seems that when the line was being surveyed the engineers at this point took the privilege of naming their stop ping places, and it is said that each selected the name of tbo lady who was to be his wife. The nomenclature of that and the Lewisburg branch is peculiar in every respect. There is a Snow Shoe, Eagleville, Warrler's Mark and Bald Eagle itself. Up in the northern corner of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties there is a place called Seldom Seen, but down in Bedford county one of the principle placet 13 Man's Choice. There is a movement on foot to improve tbs P. R. R. betw cen Pittsburg and Greensburg by tearing out. tbe tunnels at Larimer and Roda baugh. Tbe railroad crews say that the mere cuts there would be far better. A Grcut Water-Shed. YOU often bear some remarkable stories about great divides and water-sheds. On The DisfAtch wagon expedition recently a farmer in Clearfield county told me of two brooks that flowed beside one another a dis tance of three miles, scarcely ten feet of land lj ing between them, and thev each flowed in a directly opposite direction. In Potter connty, though, there is one of the greatest water sheds in tho country. From the same hill np tbere tbe water flows into three different streams tbe Allegheny river, tho Genesse river and tho West Branch of tho Susquehan na river. Thus the water from this hill flows into tha Gnlf of Mexico, tho Gulf ot St, Lawrence and Chcsapeako bay. L. E. Stofiel. A Name That Every Soldier Honors. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Thcsnmmer camp of the National Guard, with great propriety, will bo called this year Camp John F. Hartranfr. On the foundations laid by the late General Hartranf t, and under tbe direction of General Snowden, the camp of 1S90 has every assurance of being as successful astbatoflsS7. PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS. The Philadelphia delegation to the Repub lican State Convention will leave for Harris burg on June Si, at noon. Nearly every local Democrat of prominence will be in Scranton on July 2. The contest for leadership is growing very warm. Ex Postmaster HARRXTYand ex-Governor Pattison lunch together almost every day. Their old-timo friendship U being renewed. DuBois Courier: From Dclamater's begin ning, in tbo lead, tpe condition fs how changed. Ho may bo a possibility; he 13 no longer a pro bability! Chairman Andrews has arrived home from Philadelphia, where he has been niahlng pre liminary arrangements for tho coming Repub lican Convention. THDnewS comes from the western part of the btate that ex-Sheriff Leeds intends being a candidate for Republican State Chairman against Andtows. Philadelphia Times: Patrick Foley, of Pittsburg, who wasat the Girard House during the past week, is a strong advocate ot ex Sena tor Wallace's nomination. There seems to bo a deep-seated impression that tha auti-Wallaco forces will not name ex- Goverdor Pattison even thongh they obtain control of tho convention. NEW Yore Telegram: The talk about nom inating Major Montootb, of Pennsylvania, for Lieutenant Governor is again revived, but the Major himself sticks to bis former declaration that with bim it is Governor or nothing this year. Philadelphia Record: Edwin Soles (Quay) and Elmer Soles (anti-Quay) were rlvali for tho postmastership of McKeespott, Pa. Con gressman Ray mixed the Soles and tho former, having been wrongly recommended for nomina tion, thd nomination on Saturday was with drawn. Mr. Quay will pfobably bang up tho other Solefand there will thtis be afforded the sad spectacle of two Soles with but a single thought, nndlielthorScle realizing on it. ' CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS Triplets born in Newman, Ga., havf been named Red. White and Blue. ' An Ashland divine has patented an air brake v. hich can ba applied to all vehicles. In nearly all Russian factories the em ployes are required to work 13 hours per day. The niost enterprising resort this tun. r mer advertises that messenger boys will use the bicycle. A miniature whirlwind carried off the clothes of three boys whilo they were swimming at .Lancaster, jra. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, has produced a two-ounce strawberry measuring six inches in circumference. The national council of Berne, Switzer land, has almost unanimously adopted the prin clnie ot state insurance against illness or accl dent. A young merchant in Berlin has mar ried the woman that nursed bim when a babe. She was tfien 17 years old. He is well off in worldly matters. The old monitor 6 Aug as which fought at Fort Fisher, and bas in its turret 39 dents made by Confederate shot, Is to be broken up and sold for old iron. Oil bearing rock is said to have been discovered under Big Rapids, Mich., but as quick as tbe borers found 'r they plugged he hole and telegraphed tbe stockholders. John "Wilson, who liyes. at Bqckhead district, Fulton connty, Ga., bas a hen's ezpn which i3 a clearly defined snake embossed on the shell. The snake is an inch and a halt in length. Two Wiscasset, Me , doctors recently removed from the jaw of a man in that town eight teeth whosa combined length ,waa 5 inches. Ona cuspid measured over 1) inches one of tha longest on record. The Pennsylvania "Railroad is experi menting with a shaking grate on its freight en gines, and the result is safd to be satisfactory. An engine equipped with a grata ran over five days without clogging, and the fife continued brisk. No blower was needed. General Albert Pike, the head of Amer ican Masons, is 7-1 years old. He is in many ways ooe of tbe mo-.t remarkable men in the country. He has a wide reputation i. a scholar, and bis contributions to the English magazines and reviews are alway3 well paid for. The narrowest dwelling house in Brook lyn is to bo bnilt this summer. It will measure 7Jix0feet- The lot upon which the building is to stand is in one of the best streets In the city, and has been thought by many to be al most worthless because of its small size. A dumb woman at Martha's Vineyard owns and manages a small schooner, living in it with a kitten and a huge Newfoundland dog for company. Sho supports herself by fishing, and ber lobster Dots, and by peddling thread add buttons and such small wares along tha coast when the fishing season is over. A troupe of about 60 Persian singers, dancers, wrestlers, boxers, conjurors and equestrians, nearly all of whom have been forced from their native land for highway manry. are about to make a tour through Europe, starting from Odessa. Their perform ances are said to be quite wonderful. A very ancient Egyptian papyrus re cently discovered at Kahnn was evidently part of a medical treatise, and contained this pre scription: "Treatment of a woman who is pained in her less and in all her limbs, as one who is beaten. Do with regard to her thus: Let her eat grease until she is cured' The most aristocratic society of women in this country is the recently formed "Colonial Dames of America," composed of women who are descendants in their own persons of somo citizen who established his residence in America prior to 1776, and rendered worthy service in tbo building np of onr conntry. Tha object of the society are social, patriotic and historical. Preparations are being made to take out a section of a big redwood tree in the mam moth forest ot Tulare county, CaL, for exhibi tion at tho world's fair in 1893. This will be the largest section of any Dig tree ever taken from Calitornia.it is said, lha tree measures 90 feet in circumference, and the section to ba taken will ba 9 feet in-height and 60 feet In cir cumference. It is said in New York that if the chap pies' dog carts are hung much higher they will be able to shake bands with their friends in the second-story windows of Fifth avenna houses, and the branches of tbe trees tn tho Eark will have to ba cut. The fashionable eight of these vehicles has been carried to tha extremes that make one think the demented have not all expired yet. A depression has been discovered in the Egyptian desert which is all that remains of a reservoir constructed by tha Patriarch Joseph for irrigation purposes when he was Pharaoh's prime minister, ft Is proposed to reopen it, and it has been estimated that this would add 3.200, 000 acres to the 0,000,000 acres now under culti vation in E;ypt. The reservoir originally cov ered 250 square miles and was 250 feet deep. The Baroness Klara von du Deckler, of Tifiis, has entered upon a prodigious undertak ing. She requests that all the beautiful women in tha world send their photographs to her. A committee of artists fs to be appointed, who will examine the likenesses, and those ap proved will be placed in tbe museum at Mos cow In an album to be entitled, "Types of Fe male Beauty in the Last Years of the Nine teenth Century." A cow owned by W. L. Evatt, of Ches ter. Fla., brought forth a monstrosity a day or two ago. Tbe body was that of a well-formed calf, but the bead and neck were exactly like those of an English bulldog. In the jaws were Jong Incisor canine teeth and the ears were complete in tneir resemblance to a dog's. Tha feet were hoofed, but the legs wero very stout and short, only 8 or 10 inches long. Tha ani mal did. not live. During the Franco-Prussian war Bis marck returned one evening to his quarters at Meaux and found a baby on b bed. A slip of paper said: "My husband died at Sedan. I have no bread." That was Soptember 18, 1370. Tha Prince reported to the King. "Sire," ha said, "now I have had a child left to me." His Majesty replied: "In war times one takes every think, even a child." The boy was sent to Ber lin, raised at Bismarck's charge, and 13 still in hi) household. Joseph Duvuette has been in the Mich igan prison for 32 consecutive yean. He was convicted" of murder in Sanilac county, in 1853, and condemned to solitary confinement for life. For a number of years (bow many ha himself cannot tell), he was isolated from anything m the shape of a human being. He never saw a human face or heard a human voice for long, weary months at a time. His food was brought to him on a tin plate, and banded through a wicket but ha never caught a glimpse ot tha convict who waited on bim. For 32 years tha only sight of tbe sky he ever got was from within the four great walls. Ho has never stepped outside the gates. No friend or rela tive has spoken to him In all that period. AMONG THE FUNNY MEN. "Hello, I see that a San Francisco paper has a whole column of Jokes from the Sun." Yes; they are widely copied." "Bat no credit is given." That's all right. Everybody knows whera all the okes come from. " KtnXork Sun. In the country. Farmer (yelling at a man whom he finds sknlking aboutthe premises) What the deuce are you doing here? To tell you the truth, sir, I am looking for something to steal." "Well, that's all right. I didn't know but you wereoneof them pesky ccntas takers." Arkan saw Traveler. Colonel Yerger Is your clergyman going to tako a vacation this summer? Jndze Feterby Yes: we raised a. purse for Mm without any trouble. If we hadn'tnowould have kept right on preaching all through July and An a-ust.W"'?'- Mrs. Terger Therms a very Interesting article in this paper by Dr. Knowlt. Colonel Yerger-W hat is it about? airs, verger It is abont snoring. He explains why we snore. colonel Yerger-t know that myseir. We saora because we can't help It. Sttt tngi, "Why do you suppose Hover always car ries his tall between his less lately?" He never did it until we moved into a flat. I think be1 Is afraid of hitting things, yon Usow. Ha is so clever. "Filegends Blattttr, Artist Oh I so you think the background' beastly," d6 you? Perhaps the cattle are beastly," too, though I flatter myself Friendly Cmlc Oh, no, my dear fellow; thst'J Just what they are not. Jest er. Merchant (after refusing an applicant for work) I'd like to employ you, hut yon see how it -Is. I hope yon appreciate tha situation. " Applicant I conld appreciate it better if I had It.-il unseat Weekly. "I feel sick at heart,' said th'eectecL lover as he leaned upon tha railing of the csanael steamer. "1 am with you," remarked a fellow passangetj "oniy mine is suxuiex H9W' fans .usi i - r,
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