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THE FITTSBUBG- DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1890.
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blLVEll OX TOl".
The Senate has sent back the silver bill to
the House in such a mangled and plastered
condition that none of its friends in the
latter body will be able to recognize it.
Yesterday was a field day in the Senate for
the silver men, and tbey made a record for
themselves with a vengeance. Party lines
were lost sight of in the onslaught of "West
ern Democrats and Republicans, who were
united in the desire to pet free coinage.
They swept everything before them, though
Senator Edmunds and other Republican
Senators from the East tried their best to
hold them back. The figures of tbe division
on the most important amendment that au
thorizing free coinage reveal a singular
alliance of usually hostile statesmen.
Twenty-eight Democrats and fifteen Re
publicans voted for the amendment,
and twenty-one Republicans and three
Democrats voted against it. The bill was
finally passed, with the radical alterations
indicated, by the same combination of the
friends of silver. As a mstter of fact it was
a Democratic victory as well as a triumph
for the bonanza kings. Senator "Wolcott's
allusion to the alliance of South and West
in favor of silver should be remembered.
It is hardly necessary or advisable to dis
cuss the surprises which the bill as it now
stai.ds has sprung upon the country. Such
a radical measure was not looked for, we
Venture to think, even by the most ardent
friends of silver. How complete the trans
formation of the bill has been since it left
the House is indicated by its amended title
"A bill to provide for the free coinage
of gold and silver bullion, etc" It is not
likely that the bill in its present shape will
Income law. The indignation of the Re
publican parents of the original bill in the
House is already proclaimed, and
Speaker Reed is said to be breath
ing awful threats of what will be done
"with the Senators' handiwork. Perhaps the
silver men in the Senate foresaw this vio
lent opposition in the House and prepar ed
for it by asking a good deal more than they
expected to receive. There are indication s
of such a provision, and the probabilities
are that when the conferees get together a
compromise bill will be turned out for the
President's signature. "What the silver
men expect of the President several Repub
licans did not hesitate to state very bluntly
during the debate. In fact the unac
customed plainness of speech of several
Senators constituted one of the interesting
features of the fight over the bill.
The silver question is filling up a great
piece of the political horizon these days.
The Dispatch does not approve of such
an extreme measure as the Senate product,
for reasons frequently set iorth in these
columns. But the law, if any should be
passed this session, will probably be far less
objectionable than the Senate would make
it. The predominance of the silver senti
ment in the Senate only shows the possi
bility of free coinage and a premium on
sold in the future.
HYPNOTISM AND CRIME.
The possibilities of hypnotism in the con
trol of unscrupulous persons, for the induce
ment of crime by their unwitting subjects,
forms a very interesting subject of inquiry.
Tbe fcientific men who are discussing it in
I" ranee and England apprehend that it may
force itself on the public attention in tbe
Yerv unpleasant lorni of the crimes commit
ted under that influence; while physicians
who have studied the subject in this coun
try recognize the presence of an unknown
force which, in the hands of unscrupulous
persons, may be frightfully misused.
, Hypnotism is the modern and scientific
n itn Fnp moem eivt em vr n 1 a n ri n a Via An T a
rr subject of speculation and wonder for over
a century. There is no doubt that there has
been an immense amount of charlatanism
and humbug in connection with that force.
"While Mesmer gave it a name
in the reign of Louis XV., it has
never received the recognition of re
spectability nntil the present age. Thirty
years ago much attention was paid to it,
under the title of animal magnetism; but
its general phenomena at that time did not
bear examination. It has been reserved for
the present era to give the unknown force,
which had heretofore received its most sig
nal exploitation in the romances of Dumas
and Bnlwer, the recognition of and adoption
by science.
;A It may minimize the apprehension of
danger from tbe misnse of this force to
perceive that while it has been for a cen
tury relegated to the field of charlatanism,
examples of its employment lor criminal
purposes have been comparatively rare.
That this immunity can be relied upon is
not certain.' The scientific authorities who
have been investigating the subject think
not, and call the attention of the world to
the necessity of taking some provisions
against its misnse.
"While the expert authority as to the
power to impel the subjects of hypnotism to
the commission of crimes is of great eight,
we can hardly yield the same respect to
their propositions for legal restraint It
would be bard to imagine a greater abaurd-1
ity than the proposition that the practice of
hypnotism shall be confined to the medical
profession. This idea, as a safeguard, sup
poses two things: First, that those who
would exercise the hypnotic power for evil
purposes would, if thay possessed that force,
obey the law forbidding them to exercise it;
second, that there are no unscrupulous
members of the medical profession. The
first supposition is ridiculous; the second,
however we may respect the healing art in
the abstract, affords no protection in the
event of black sheep in tbe profession.
The fact is that a safeguard more adequate
than this is provided by the well-established
theories of law the moment that the ability
to induce criminal acts by hypnotism is es
tablished by legal tests. Crime is a matter
of yolition. The person who commits an
net involuntarily is not criminal; the one
who furnishes the intention to a crime is
a criminal. Let the use of hypnotio power,
or the exercise of one will over another, be
demonstrated by the indisputable tests of
legal evidence to have been used for crim
inal purposes, and the person whose volition
caused the crime will by all principles of
law be the criminal.
"When such evidence is furnished, it will
of course demonstrate beyond all question
the actnal existence of the force. "With that
demonstration, the fundamental principles
of law will furnish the severest restraint to
its misuse, by putting in force the rule that
the person whose will induces the crime is
the criminal, just exactly as much as if the
crime which he compels his victim to com
mit had been done by his own hands.
THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE CENSUS.
Thestatement from Superintendent Oliver,
in The Dispatch yesterday, that fully
one-third of the enumerators have not yet
completed and handed in their census re
ports, establishes a margin for hope that
the task has not been so incompletely done
as the numerous reported omissions of
names would suggest. But enough has
been heard, not only from the Pittsburg
district, but from various parts of the
country, to be decidedly disquieting. The
cases which The Dispatch presented yes
terday of people who have seen nothing of
the enumerators, furnish presumptive evi
dence of inadequate enumeration. If many
cases of that sort can be found in a day's
search by reporters, how many are likely to
have been missed in the thickly populated
corners of the city.
Pittsburg has an especial interest in
securing a thorough and accurate census
this year. For thirty yesrs our city's repu
tation has ranked below her actual position
in wealth and population, not only because
the population is divided between two munic
ipalities, but because we have not utilized
all the opportunities for making our real
importance known to the world. If the
present census is allowed to pass without a
thorough and full statement of our popu
lation, it will mean simply the waste ot an
other opportunity to give our community
the rank to which it is entitled.
Fortunately, there are means of detecting
the inadequacy of the census enumeration,
if there is any. If the increase in the popu
lation of the two cities should fall materially
below the average ratio of increase in the
vote, the school enumeration and the total
of names In the city directory, the conclu
sion would be indisputable that the censns
has missed a considerable share of the popu
lation. Each of these totals grows with the
growth of population. Each ib accurate in
its peculiar province so far as it goes. The
main difference between all of them and the
census is that tbe census should be the
most thorough, and ought to reach people
who do not vote, families witbont children
of school age, and those whose names do not
get into the directory. If the census totals
fail to come up to the average increase in
dicated by these totals, Pittsburg will be en
titled to take steps toward correcting the
injustice of putting her population per
manently in the census totals below what
there is reason to think it is. "We shall have
a right to call for a recount, either under
the Census Bureau's authority, or by a
special enumeration, such as Philadelphia
secured in 1SS0 with regard to her manu
factures. The indications that the pending census
will not have the qualities of thoroughness
and accuracy call for the recognition of some
features which may be largely responsible
for unsatisfactory results. First among
theso is the burdening of the enumeration
with an immense number of questions not
necessary to an accurate determination of
tbe population. The famous questions as
to debts and diseases, as already pointed
out, did not take the best means of getting
accurate information on these points ; and
any one who has taken the trouble to watch
the details of the enumeration will be satis
fied that the totals on those points are chiefly
valuable as showing that the correct totals
must be other amounts. Beyond that the
mere work of taking down the answers to
the multiplicity of questions is so great that
the enumerators are insufficiently paid for
their labor, and have not a lull incentive to
do it thoroughly.
In this respect the hunger for statis
tics at "Washington has the result in great
measure of defeating itself. Had the census
queries been confined to the main purpose,
viz.: The quick and sure ascertainment of
tbe actual population of tbe country, the
work could have been done with speed and
certainty. In place of that it was conceived
to be the function to gather in all sorts of
collateral information. "What the object or
the value ot these aggregations of statistics
can possibly be the public will never know.
If any generalization might be made that
would throw a new or valuable light upon the
condition of tbe country there might be some
excuse for it. But the average conditions
of existence in the United States are already
well understood by such philosophers and
specialists as may find the germs of new
truths in the census report. Even where
understood there is so often a tremendous
difference in the conclusions drawn from
statistical summaries that the helpfulness
and general utility ot the accumulations of
extraneous facts which are to embellish
without enlivening the census returns may
well be doubted.
For purposes of political division, of tax
ation, of practical business information and
of fundamental requisites of government,
the numbering of the population meets the
principal requirements of the census. This
is done with the utmost promptness and
thoroughness in England, nnder the semi
military organization of the police by con
fining the inquiry to the population and its
location on tbe single day of the census.
The example suggests that the work might
be done accurately and scientifically by the
"War Department, under a similar plan of
action.
Finally tbe absurd order that supervisors
shall not tabulate the returns of their own
districts and let the totals be known, in
creases the difficulty of correcting inade
quacy. "If the supervisors were permitted
to make their totals public as soon as they
nrfl nil in. nrnmnt liens conld hn taVen i f
there were any reason to suspect that the I
census is not full. As it is, we must wait I
till the Census Bureau makes the totals
known, at some indefinite future date, be
fore we can even know whether the census
of any particular city or State does it justice
or injustice.
These faults can hardly be corrected on
this census; but if our public men can re
member tbe lessons of one census long
enough to apply it to another, their instruc
tion may be of use in the future. In the
meantime, Pittsburg should be prepared to
insist on whatever may be necessary to in
sure a full statement of her entire popula
tion in the corrected census reports.
THE CLEVELAND STRIKE.
It is most unfortunate that the railroad
switchmen in Cleveland should have thought
it best to strike for an increase in wages
which has been obtained by railroad em
plopes in Pittsburg and elsewhere by less
violent means. The settlement of the wage
question in the railroad yards here a month
or two ago was obtained by the preva.
lence of moderate and wise counsels
on both sides. The matter was quietly dis
cussed and the scale adjusted without dis
turbance of any kind. We are unable to
see why the same procedure should not
have found favor in Cleveland. The
strikers will do well to bear in mind still
how necessary public sympathy is to them,
and upon what terms they may command
that sympathy.
The strike has already had its effect upon
Pittsburg railroad traffic The Pittsburg
and Lake Erie, the Cleveland and Pittsburg
and the Pittsburg and "Western lines nave
already been obliged to refuse coal ship
ments destined for Cleveland. Further
demoralization of freight transportation in
that airection must follow if the strike con
tinues. This will have an evil effect upon
labor in the coal and ooke industries here at
once and upon other trades later on. It is
to be hoped that the influence ot our labor
leaders here will be lent toward the achieve
ment of a speedy and pacific settlement of
the Cleveland dispute, and the railroad
managers concerned should move in the
same direction.
There is a good deal of pathos in the re
port that the old naval vessel, tbe Iroquois,
which underwent last year the experience of
being driven for 7,000 miles at the sport ot the
winds in tbe Pacific Ocean, on account of a
break-down of tho machinery, underwent
another break last week only six hours after
leaving San Francico. As this old vessel had
a part of that baptism of fire and glory to
which Farragut led his fleets in the gulf 23
years ago, she has earned the right to an hon
orable retirement,and should not be exposed in
her old age to the mishaps of decrepitnde
Modern vessels should be permitted to take tho
place of tbe old ships and see if they can up
hold the credit and glory of the Union half as
well.
Senator "Wolcott may have pleased his
bride with his oration in tho Senate yesterday,
bnt his earlier love the Republican party can
hardly be expected to enthuse over it. Tho
new Senator from Colorado is beginning his ca
reer at a gallop.
Rev. Lyman Abbott answers the criti
cism that no negroes were invited to take part
in the Lake liohonk Conference on tho negro
question by saying that "tho patient is not
invited to the conferenco ot his doctors on his
case" True enough; but it has generally been
regarded as imperative that the patient shall
be near enough to be examined, and that tho
doctors shall personally investigate his condi
tion. If tba doctors should hold .a conference
soma thousands of miles distant from the
patient, they might bo subjected to intimations
that their principal desire was to bave a nice
i social time.
The marriage of Miss Lena Caldwell to
Baron Zedwitz, tbe German Minister to Mexico,
at Washington yesterday, promises a happier
resnlt than most of these international unions.
The Baron seems to be a worthy man.
The result of the investigation into rail
road tariffs In England is stated by the London
Industries to be: "No common basis of railway
rates and charges at present exists after nearly
seventy years' experience of railway transport,
that has any claim to be regarded as exact and
scientific." The same fact has been abundantly
demonstrated on this side of tbe ocean. But
its elucidation in England is rather crushing to
the theories of those gentlemen who have in
dustriously argnod that tho English policy of
federation among tbe railways furnishes tho
model for American regulation.
People who drink alcoholic beverages
in the summer to keep cool take the same
medicine in winter to keep warm. This proves
that it is neither coolness nor warmth which
tbey require, but an excuse
THE citizens of Dayton, la., think that
they have developed a "Wild Western solution
of tho original package trouble. Avendor who
opened up a store in that town was ordered to
leave the place between snnrise and sunset.
Be did so in such haste that tho solution might
bo regarded as adequate if it did not leave the
question whether It is not better to endure the
temporary results of an erroneous system of
law than to destroy all law except that of tho
mob.
"With reports of cholera in Spain and of
yellow fever in Havana, tho value of a strict
midsummer sanitation is given a very cogent
and impressive emphasis.
When the Tariff bill comes before the
Senate the secret of tho support given by
Southern Democrats to Western Republicans
in amending the Silver bill may become public
property. If we scratch your back, you will
scratch ours, is a plan of action that has found
favor in the Senate before to-day. It looks as
it Major McKlnley'i bill were .doomed to meet
a fate very like that of tbe Silver bill. And
we are heartily sorry for it, too.
The regular daily thunder storm clattered
around the hills about snnset last evening, and
the weather promises to be hotter than ever
to-day.
Otje Mary is no more, or rather she is Mr.
Navarro's Mary from this time forth. The
wedding was ostentatiously quiet, but the spec
tators made up by their violence for tbe modest
demoanor of tbe principals. The little church
at Hampstead could not stand very many at
tacks like that made upon it yesterday by well
dressed hoodlums who attended the Anderson
Navarro wedding.
Me. Vaux may be an antique, but he is
fully up to tbe modern Congressional methods.
His first speech was "withheld for revision."
NOW that cholera has risen again to scare
Europe, measures should bo taken at once to
secure our seaports from the plagne by strin
gent quarantine. In Pittsburg the hot weather
rather than the cholera suggests tbe advisa
bility of the Health Board exercising Itself to
procure cleanliness in the nooks and corners of
the city.
The vote in the Senate on the House
silver bill was so jug-handled as to rob the per
formance of much interest.
The resignation of the United States
Minister to Brazil is made a subject of regret.
Certainly the United States should have a rep
resentative at Rio to intimate mildly to the
Government there that the suppression of the
liberty of speech by military tribunals is not
the wav to establish a republic.
It is a glorious thing to be a silver king
fiuuu DeunLuiB ui ail puues HQ wiuuiK wuo
your duUfH subjects. -f l1
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
A One. Sided Contract for Cherry Picking
Mr. Lavin the Tenor Tho Time. Mr.
Gilmore Risked a Good Deal by Playing
Patriotic Alri.
tThen jou bire a pack of healthy boys to
pick cherries for yon, it is well to hire one
man at least to watch the boys.
An old gentleman in tbe pleasant borough of
Sowlckley the other day contracted with a half
dozen small boys to pick a big cherry tree The
terms were that the boys should have half ot
the cherries tbey picked. The owner of tbe
cherry tree vainly imagined that he had bribed
the boys to be honest. It merely shows that he
didn't know boy nature.
The boys came down and climbed the tree.
They also picked no end of cherries, but not a
cberry escaped to the receptacles at the foot of
the tree The boys picked their half first and
for safe-keeping ate tbe cherries. Tbe owner's
half, or somewhat less than half, still tempts
the birds in the big tree.
YX7 J. Lavin, the young tenor, who is going
to sing here when Gilmore comes next
week, made tbe acquaintance of a nnmber of
Pittsbnrgers a couple of years ago on board the
Inman liner City of New York. At the con
cert, which, as usual, was given during the
voyage, Mr. Lavin sane a couple of songs or
more very acceptably, although the sea air, as
it so often does, had relaxed his throat badly.
I remember he sang "The Maid of the Mill''
with a great deal of tender expression. It is
singular that this ballad has not had such a
vogue here as it had in England for over a year.
It has a wonderfully pretty refrain, and if Mr.
Lavin is minded to tell us tbe simple story of
"Tbe Maid of the Mill" I am pretty certain tbe
audience will appreciate it.
"Talking of the Gilmore concerts, and tho
endeavor that The Dispatch with other
newspapers has made to establish the custom
of playing out the audience at onr theaters
with "The Star Spangled Banner." it is to be
remembered'that Mr. Gilmore played the na
tional air once in a place and at a time when
it promised to be an extremely unhealthy pro
ceeding for him.
Gilmore took his band to the last Democratic
Convention held before the war broke out. Ho
has always been in great request at political
conventions, and his band has played besides
at the inaugurations of Presidents Pierce,
Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant, Arthur, and, I
think, of Cleveland. Well, in 1850 Gilmore
took his band down to Charleston, S. C, to at
tend the Democratic Convention. It was a
stormy convention, but Gilmore and his musi
cians did their best to make things harmonious.
Finally when the convention broke up with
out reaching a nomination there were loud yells
for Southern airs, and a group of secessionists
were particularly noisy in their cries for the
"Marseillaise." Gilmore did not hesitate a sec
ond, but led his band into "The Star Spangled
Banner," and from that into "Hail Columbia,"
and wound up with "Yankee Doodle" It was
a plucky as well as patriotic thing to do, and
strangely enough it seemed to calm the people,
and they left the ball without disturbance
PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT.
Mr W. S. Gilbert has boucht a place in
the country, and will sell bis London bouse.
George Package, of Tom Green county,
Tex., 101 years old, and is probably tbe original
Package.
Mb. Depew will make tho commencement
address at tbe Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
this evening.
Prop. Henry M. Torret, of Harvard
University, is now out of danger from his
recent serious illness.
The Rev. Dr. J. B. Dales on Sunday cele
brated tbe completion of his fiftieth year as
pastor of the Second United Presbyterian
Church at Philadelphia, Pa.
Prince George has been sent cruising, with
the hope of curing him of love for an Earl's
handsome daughter, whom it is considered
prudent bo should not marry.
Mrs. Adolph Dahlgrex, of Nashville,
who is considered one of the prettiest women
in the South, is tall, slight and very graceful,
with gray eyes and golden hair.
Mr. Watts has just painted from life a
portrait of Lord Tennyson which he will give to
Trjnity College, Cambridge; and he will give a
replica of it to tbe National Gallery.
Garibaldi' s tomb, in Caprera, is to be made
a national monument, and tbe island is to be
devoted to the purposes of a homo for old
sailors. A lighthouse also will be erected there
General Fleasonton is a picturesque
figure of war time and occasionally may bo
seen strolling down Chestnut street, Philadel
phia, wearing a sombrero hat which ho has
worn for nearly a score of years.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain sail
for America Saturday for an extended trip
through the United States and Canada. They
will be the guests of the Endicotts, Mrs. Cham
berlain's family at Boston, and of Lord Stanley,
of Preston, Governor General of Canada.
The Prince of Wales has written a letter to
a committee of gentlemen who have favorably
considered tho idea of holding an international
exhibition in London, expressing with force
and directness bis views on the subject. It
would be highly inexpedient, the Prince writes,
to hold an exhibition of an international char
acter in London at any time before 1900.
A GERMAN BARON'S BRIDE.
Miss Lena Caldwell Married la the Presence
of Distinguished Guests.
Washington. June 17. The wedding cere
mong of Miss Lena Caldwell and Baron von
Zodwitz, German Minister to Mexico, was cele
brated yesterday in the chapel of the new
Catholic University in this city. Less than 50
invitations were issued verbally to tbe chapel,
and to the wedding breakfast at noon at the
Arlington. The main cbapel of the univorsity,
where the wedding took place, was built out of
a donation of J50.000 made by the bride for that
purpose The interior of tbe cbapel was deco
rated with tho conventional palms and other
greens, bride roses and twining plants.
Among tbe distinguished audience were
Secretary Blaine, Miss Harriet Blaine, Sir John
Pauncefote, tbe British Mlnister;LadyPaunce
fote, the Misses Pauncefote, Senor Romero,
the Mexican Minister, and Mrs. Romero: Baron
Scckendorf and Mrs. Seckendorf, Senator
Vance, Representative Hitt, Alexander Porter
Morse aud Henry Wise Garnctt. There was
little formality about the scene other than that
given by the Impressiveness of tho ceremony
and the quiet grandeur of tbe altar decora
tions. Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, tbe spiritual
guardian of tbe Caldwell sisters, performed tbe
ceremony, assisted by Bishop Keane. the rector
of tbe Universtty. Before the newly-made
Baroness and husband left the altar Bishop
Spalding gave them his blessing, and announced
that he bad received a cablegram from tbe
Pope, sending congratulations and bis blessing
AFTER FORTY.
After forty, locks grow thinner,
We grow stouter "there's the rob!"
Linger longer o'er onr dinner,
Shirk the matutinal tub!
After forty we get lazy,
lo tbe lads the girls resign
Thev may flirt with Dot and Daisy
Whilst wo loiter o'er our wind
After forty we discover
Aches and pains distinctly new.
Once a lobster salad lover.
Now we court the homely stewl
After forty, fidgets find us,
Sad to tell, an easy prey:
Leaving llghtsomeness behind as.
We grow graver day by day I
After lorty, sancy misses
Treat us like their own papas;
Ko fear now of stolen kisses.
Billets-doux-irate mammas;
But, their white arms calmly resting
On our shoulders. If yon please
They will ast (I am not Jesting)
After our rheumatic knees!
After forty, we're approaching
Pogydom so Ethel thinks;
And we growl at aught encroaching
On our precious "lorty winks."
O'er a stile we crawl with caution.
We, once agile as a roc!
Kur life's autumn Is our portion,
And its spring went long ago!
After forty, graybeards claim us
Quite as "one of them" ah me!
Men of sixty thus defame us
We are only rorty-three!
Old "Jim Crow, "too, scrawls with pleasure,
After forty on our phlr!
Time "ho picks our locks at leisure.
Winks at wlgs-the horrid quiz!
Wbat's the moral of the matter?
llils. and lay It well to heart:
Atter forty, cease lUht chatter,
Art no more the stripling's part!
Let us take, with resignation.
In old fogies' ranks a place:
Tls an art worth cultivation.
That or "growing old" with grace!
F, B. Vovtton in St, James' Qaitttt, '
TLEAtSURE AND MJSIMSS.
An Agrecnblo Combination at n. Plensnnt
Suburban Home Lnat Meellne of the
Woman's Clab for Ibo Season Amateur
In Jnlln Cre.nr.
"I wish we could go back and enjoy the day
all over again," was the remark a little woman
made to a bevy ot ladies surrounding her on
tbe platform of the Wilkinsburg station last
evening at i o'clock. "Them's my sentiments,
too," echoed a baker's dozen of voices. But
such was an impossibility: tho day, so full of
pleasure and enjoyment to the members of tbe
Woman's Club who composed the group of
ladies, was rapidly nearing its close and tbe
city-bound train carried them ail to the Union
station, where, after adieus and repeated
adieus they departed for their respeciiTe
homes, not to meet again as a club until the
third Tuesday in September, as tho meeting
held yesterday was tbe last one of the season,
and, it might be added, the most enjoyable
one. It was held at the delightful home, in
Wilkinsburg, of Mrs. E. A. Wade, tbe Presi
dent, who at the preceding meeting Invited
tbe ladies to "come and take pot-luck," and if
pot-luck is not dreadfully puffed up it will be a
wonder, for it was voted by all present "tbe
most delightful kind of luck."
The 11:15 train bore the ladles out to the
pretty suburb, now in tbe full glory ot nature's
adornment, and in the artistic little reception
ball of her home Mrs. Wade greeted each guest
with a warm welcome, and informed them that
the freedom of tbo bouse, the lawn, and all
therein or thereon, even to the lovely roses,
was theirs for tbe day. Quickly discarding
bats and bonnets in tbe charmingly appointed
apartment on tbe second floor to which they
were escorted by the hostess herself, the ladles
availed themselves of the privileges accorded
them nntil luncheon was announced, and into
the attractive dining room they filed, where a
beautiful table, decorated with roses of every
description, and laid with tbe daintiest china,
which was "hanseled" on this occasion, awaited
them, and where Mrs. Dr. Ramsey. Mrs. Dr.
Schlenderberger and Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddle
proved themselves as clever in handling eata
bles and serving a table as they are in handling
social and political economy deeper, if not
more significant subjects and also proved
themselves possessed of rare tact by their self
constituted duties, thus preventing the seating
at tbe table of the unlucky 13. But their ob
ject was discovered and commented upon ere
the luncheon was over.
An adjournment to tbe lawn succeeded tbe
greatly enjoyed lunch, where the business of
the meeting was transacted. Papers were
read on "Pessimism and Optimism," by Mrs.
George Taylor, and on "An Innovation in
Woman's Clubs," by Mrs. Dr. W. H. Wlnslow.
A vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Wade for
her invitation and also to tbe self-imposed
committee of three who so giacefully served
the luncheon. An invitation to hold tho next
meeting the third Tuesday in September at tbe
same place was gladly accepted by the club,
and the informal session then began. Those
present beside Mrs. E. A. Wade were Mrs. Dr.
Ramsey, Mrs. Dr. Winslow, Mrs. Dr. Schlen
derbergcr. Mrs. Dr. Easton, Miss Cara Reese,
Mrs. Eruine Reynolds, Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddle
Mrs. George Taylor, Mrs. J. S. Collins. Mrs. M.
J. Becker, Mrs. A V. Bryco and Mrs. Mary A
Scriven.
MORE GRADUATING EXERCISES.
Carry School of Elocution Closed by a
Rendition of Julius Ctesar.
"Julius Caesar" at the Bijou last evening by
the pupils and graduates of the Curry School
of Elocution and Dramatic Culture, with Prof.
Byron W. King, the manager and instructor in
the title role, was an enjoyable performance,
and one which drew qnlte a fair house Tbe
play was presented with good scenic effects,
which are so much of the success or non-success
of a play, and In all parts showed careful
rehearsing.
Prof. King as "Brutus" interpreted tbe char
acter with rare intuition, even to tbe solicitude
heevinced regardine the happiness of "Portia."
Mrs. Inez Todd King, by keeping from
her knowledge tbe unploasant secrets
which so preyed upon his mind.
Mr. Tom Gcraghty as '"Cassius"
was an effective actor, and was perhaps the
favorite of the audience which applauded him
vigorouly. Mr. William Robinson as Julius
C&sar, and Miss Hannah Baxter as Calphurnia,
his wife, wero both successful in tbo ren
dition of their parts, and Mr. Joe D. Brison as
JIark Antony, delivered the funeral oration
in quite a realistic manner. The other char
acters were all nicely represented including
the citizens who did not fail to laugh or hurrah
at the proper time.
Tho entr'acte programmo was one of the en
joyable features of tbe entertainment, and in
it were heard Misses Clara Dawes, Gertrude
Donobue and Millie Gardner and Mr. Frank
Reynolds in recitations and Miss Mamie Reuck
in a violin solo. Kxqulslte floral offerings wero
given each of the jounc ladies, and warm ap-
Jilause greeted their efforts. Those graduated
ast evening were Miss Clara Dawes, Miss
Gertrude Donobue, Miss Millie Gardner, Mr.
Frank Reynolds and Mr. Tom Geragbty.
RECEIVED THEIR FRIENDS.
A Charming Reception at Mrs. Schoonmak
et' Residence, Last Evening.
The handsome residence of Mrs. S. L. Schoon
tnaker, on Shady and Howo streets, was by tbe
skill of Messrs. A. M. & J. B. Murdoch, trans
formed yesterday into a vast rose garden, in
which bloomed in great profusion, the finest and
greatest variety of roses ImaginaDle. They had
for a backcronnd the delicate fern-like aspara
gus plumosa, and tho exquisite coloring of the
furnishings of tbe luxurious apartments, which,
in point of beauty, vied with tbe fragrant
roses.
Into this roso bower tho wealth and fashion
of Pittsburg entered, last evening, in response
to handsomo invitations sent out some
time since, in tbe namo of tbo host
and hostess. The guests, in full evening dress,
were received in the lovely drawing rooms, and
from there wandered through the many artistic
apartments of the home all of which were
thrown open for the evening, an4 into tho
elegantly appointed -dining room, radiant and
fragrant with the la France, tho queen of roses,
so far as perfume is concerned, and with the
soft music of a stringed orchestra floating in
tbe air, were served with the most exquisite
supper by Caterer Kubn.
A QUIET HOME WEDDING.
Miss Dnlsy Crnls Becomes llio Brido
of
Mr. K. E. Heck in Alleahcnr.
At 8 o'clock last evening the words were
spoken that united Miss Daisy Craig, daughter
of Mr. anil Mrs. Joseph Craig and sister of Mr.
Joe Craig, the well-known oil broker, to Mr. E.
E. Heck, the popular Allegheny drugeist. Tbe
place chosen by the fair young bride for ber
nuptials was the home of ber girlhood, on
Church avenue, Allegheny, and Rev. W. J.
Robinson, D. D., was tbe officiating clergy
man. Quite an aggregation of friends
and relatives were present and viewed
with interest the proceedings from the
moment tho two masters of ceremony, Messrs.
Pressly Craig and H. Thickett, made their ap
pearance at the door of tho drawing room,
which they guarded while the tiny flower
maiden, Florence Brace, and tho bridal couple
passed through, until tbe final words wero
spoken, when they offered their congratula
tions. After the wedding feast, served by Knhn. the
festivities were continued until Mr. and Mrs
Heck took their departure for their wedding
trip upon the lakes.
Will Picnic nt Ohio Prle.
The Y. M. C. A., of Johnstown, will hold a
picnic at Ohio Pyle to-morrow. E. D. Smith,
of the B. St O., will go to Johnstown to-day to
look after their transportation. They have en
gaged 15 cars.
Social Chatter.
THE attorneys' picnic at Rock Point to-day.
THEMcCall Band gave an enjoyable free
concert In Highland Park last evening.
A LECTURE was delivered by Rev. J. T.
Leak in tho North Avenue M. E. Church last
evening on "Egypt."
A pink tea was given at the Point Breeze
Presbyterian Church last evening and was a
very enjoyablo event.
Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss
Jeanle Lowrie Chllds and Mr. Alexander
Wurts which will bo solemnized Monday even
ing, Jnna SOth, at 850 o'clock, in Calvary
Church, East End.
THE City of Pittsburg steamed down the
Ohio yesterday with the friends and patrons of
Mr. Thomas Pickering, the furniture dealer,
lining her cabins and decks. Refreshments
and music wore a part of the programme.
Gllmnre's Concert.
Tbe sale of seats for the Gilmore Band con
certs on Thursday afternoon and evening, Juno
26, at Old City Hall, will open to-morrow morn
ing at Hamilton's music store, 05 Fifth avenue,
at 9 o'clock. Already there bave been so many
inquiries as to wben and where the sale would
open that two large audiences are assured.
These concerts will be the last big musical
event of the season. The vocalists in the con
cert are all well and favorably known in Pitts
burg. Jlrown-rte-nnlnsliofr Nuptlnla.
SPECIAL TEI.EOBM TO THE DISPATCU.
GREENVILLE, June 17. Hubert W. Brnwn
tbe eldest son or Hon. James C. Brown, and
Maud Bennlnghoir. daughter of Joseph Ben
nlnghon", a prominent banker of Greenville,
were married tbis evening. Tbe ceremony waa
performed by Roy. J. Israel, of Meadville. as
sisted by Rot. J. Koch, of this place .
DANGERS OF HYPNOTISM.
Serious Questions Touching tbe Relations
Between Mesmerism anil Crime Grare
Facts Pointed Oat Resalts of Sclontiflo
Studies In Frnnee IIotv Doctors Differ.
'The present outbreak of hypnotism, or mes
merismfor they are identical has begun
to engage the' attention of the authorities upon
the Continent. The practice of tbis art has
.been recently forbidden in tbe French army
and navy, and is shortly to be restricted in Bel
glum to members of the medical profession at
least so far as the young and the insane are
concerned. This is not the first time that such
a step has become necessary, says the London
Saturday .Review. Early in the century mes
merism, which had laugnisbed during tbe
troublous times of the Napoleonic wars, sprang
up again with tremendous energy upon the
conclusion of peace, and speedily overran
Europe. This was particularly tbe case in Ger
many, where tho Berlin Academy of Science
offered a prize for tbo best essay on the sub
ject; and in 1817 It was found necessary to make
the practice illegal excopt in the bands of qual
ified physicians. So, too, in Denmark, about
tbe same time, and in Russia In 1825. The
reasons for this were no doubt, the
same as those which Induced the uni
versity authorities of Oxford and Cambridge,
some 15 years ago, to forbid the seances of a
certain well-known professional mesmerist in
those towns. The undergraduates used to
flock to these performances, and many of them
suffered seriously in health from the nervous
derangement consequent upon repeated bypno
tizatlon. It is. Indeed, denied by no one ex
cept Prof. Bernbeim and tbe other hypnotizers
at Nancy that the process may be attended by
some danger to health. "L nypuotisation est
un agent perturbateur a nn haut degre du sys
teme nervenx" Is tbe authoritative statement
of M. Paul Richer in the Dictionnaire Ency
clopedique des Sciences Medicates. It often
develops or aggravates attacks of acute bys-
lena, ana cases nave.occurreu in wnicn, alter
hypnotic catalepsy, for instance the nse of an
arm has been lust for some time, or the the per
ception of colors Impaired through the induc
tion of visual hallucinations. But it is not only
this aspect of tbe matter which has engaged
attention abroad.
A Serious Set of Questions.
"The remarkable studies in somnambulism and
in tbe unlimited power of suggestion which
have been carried out at Nancy open up an
other and a more serious set of questions
touching tbe relations between hypnotism and
crime. These questions may be considered
under three heads:
Tbe observed phenomena of somnambulism
(which is an hypnotic condition) show that
somnambulists may unconsciously but spontan
eously commit unlawful acts of which they have
no knowledge and recollection when awake
In 1833 a French servant girl was arrested for
theft. It turned out that she had frequently
been hypnotized by a doctor. He was allowed
to hypnotize her in prison. While in this state
she recollected having removed the valuables
to a safer place, which she described to the
judge, who found them in the spot she
designated. She was released. It is easy to sea
how miscarriages of justice may occur in cases
ot tbis nature. Several similar instances bave
occurred in the French law courts.
Some Remarkable Cases.
Qrimes may be committed on persons in a
condition of hypnotism. The "Affaire
Castellan," 1SC5, is an actual case Josephine
Hujhes. a respectable young woman living
with ber father, was hypnotized by Castellan,
a vagabond mesmerizer to whom they gave
shelter. He compelled ber to leave her home,
follow him and live with him. She was res
cued, all tbe facts fully established, and Cas
tellan sentenced to 12 years' hard labor. In
court he offered to give proof of bis powers.
All she remembered was being compelled to
BUDmit to mm Dy an irresistible power.
Dr. Esdaile a Scotch surgeon in India, and
an expert mesmerizer (be established under the
Government in 1815 a hospital at Hooghly, In
which he performed several hundred opera
tions under hypnotic anaesthesia), had reason
to suspect a native barber ot kidnaping a boy
under hypnotic influence. His suspicions were
aroused by the boy's appearance He tried ex
periments, which were repeated in court, and
found he couid make" natives follow him invol
untarily. The man was condemned to nine
years' labor in Irons. A similar case is related
in a Malacca journal of 1820. These cases are
particularly interesting, as children are ex
tremely sensitive to hypnotism. At Nancy
there has not been a single failure with chil
dren under 11 years of age.
An Agent of Crime.
T-I tpnotized persons may be made, by means
of "suggestion," the unconscious and in
voluntary agents of crime. With regard to
this point, which is tbe most interesting of all.
It is only right to say that tbe brilliant ana sci
entific body of Pans physicians who practice
hypnotism do not greatly believe in the danger.
They maintain that hypnotism is a morbid con
dition allied to hysteria, which can only affect
in its higher manifestations a small number of
people; and they deny the all-important part
ascribed by tho Nancy doctors to the power of
suggestion. In tbis tbey labor under the disad
vantage of having to maintain a negative posi
tion, which may easily be overthrown by a
more extended experience, and are pronably
we may say undoubtedly wrong. The suscep
tibility to suggestion may not De so universal as
it Is thought to be at Nancy; but Its danger,
when It does exist, can hardly be exaggerated.
As Prof. Beaunis says, "It Is of no use to try and
minimize the gravity of this fact, and it is tar
better to recognize it as It really is. that is to
say, the absolute power in cortain cases of the
bypnotizer over his subject." The history of
mesmerism is full of instances of persons In tbe
higher mesmeric, hypnotic, or somnambulistic
states tho word does not signify performing
acts in obedience to the will of another, with
complete abolition of consciousness, of volition,
and of subsequent recollection. There is noth
ing new in this. As early as 1781 De Puysegur,
Mesmer's pupil, pointed out the danger of tbe
magnetic condition, as it was then called, being
turned to criminal purposes in unscrupulous
hands: and Teste, writing about 1810, declared
that a subject "belongs body and soul to the
magnetizer if be is base and dastardly enough
to uso tho.power." Tho Nancy doctors have
discovered nothing new; but they have de
veloped tho phenomena with greater fulness
and exactness than their predecessors, and
have lont the cachet of scientific observation to
facts which have been previously received with
suspicion or openly scouted as ridiculous or im
possible Tbe Medico. Lcgnl Aspects.
JlT Lieoeois, professor of law at Nancy, has
" especially investigated the medico-legal
apo'cts of the matter. The chief points are
theso: Certain subjects can be made to do
whatever is suggested to them, not only at the
time, but at any fixed date afterward; they re
member nothing of the suggestion, but when
tbe time comes they do the thing, believing
themselves to be free agents; they can be made
to commit unlawful acti against their own con
science. The truth of these statements rests
upon numerous experiments attested by a
number of Independent witnesses, whose in
telligence and integrity are beyona question.
Thus suggestions have been made to hypnotic
patients that they shall perform certain actB a
week, a mouth, and even several months after
ward, and they have done them exactly at tbe
given time, forgetting all about it in the mean
while and believing themselves to be free
agents. Ou October 12.1881, Prof. Bernheim
suggested to a patient tbat be should present
himself at Dr. Liebeault's house on October 12,
1885, and should there go through a complicated
series ol acts. Nothing more was said, but on
the appointed day tho patient faithfully
carried out tbe programme, displaying
a better memory than Dr. Bernheim him
self. Again, two ladies were made bv Prof.
Beaunis actually to steal silver spoons and com
mit other acts from which they would have
shrunk In horror. Other patients have been
mado to commit (imaginary) murders, both
with poison and with knife, and have exhib
ited all tbo emotions proper to tbe occasion.
An interesting point is that of resistance; there
is resistance lo immoral acts, the patient re
tains a sense of right and wrong, but tbe re
sistance may be overcome No case of this
kind has yot come iuto the law courts, and
these are only "crimes of tbe laborator;" but
it is obvious that a door may possibly be opened
for the commital of crime with almost absolute
impunity. At any rate the whole subject is
one Khicb merits earnest attention. Perhaps
the best safeguard Is to give wide publicity to
the facts, so that people may know the danger
and refrain from exposing themselves. But it
is also tho duty of the authorities to consider
whethera practice which is certainly harmful
to the individual, and may bo dangerous to the
community, should bo allowed to be carried on
In the form of sensational public exhibitions.
Encouraged In Their Work.
The third meeting of tbe Allegheny County
Union of Young People's Society of Christian
Endeavor was held In the Second
Presbyterian Church last evening. Mr.
Matthew Walker. Chairman of the Phila
delphia Umou. addressed the meet
ing, and Dr. linn, of tit. Louis, also Ruv. H. U.
Applegarth, the new pastor of the Fourth Ave
nue Baptist Church. An Interesting musical
programme was presented, in which Misses
Grace Miller and Edith. Harris and Messrs. Dr..
-W. T. English and J. N. Bebout took part.
A NOTED STENOGRAPHER DEAD.
Jobu J. McElhone, Lone nn Official of Con
Kress, Is no More.
IBTKCIAL. TXLXOBAM TO TUB DISrATCH.l
Atlantic Crrv, June 17. There was a death
here to-day that will attract the attention of all
tbe present members and many of the old ones,
of the United States Senate and House of
Representatives. John J. McElhone the offi
cial stenographer of Congress from the creation
of the position, quietly passed away at the pri
vate cottage No. 109 South Delaware avenue
He was stricken with paralysis in April last in
Washington and was brought here on Wednes
day a week ago.
Among those who first called upon the be
reaved' family was Congressman Lawlor, of
Uhicairo. One of the dispatches of sympathy
came from Senator Ingalls, and closely follow
ing it was one from tne private secretary or ine
President, conveying similar expressions ot
sorrow. Another one came from Elberon, at
Long Branch, where McElhone bad gone with
Garfield and remained to do stenographic work
of an executive character during tbe late Pres
ident's last sickness. McElhone came into
Congress fresh from association with John
Russell Young, ex-Minister to China, George
Alfred Townsend and the late Colonel John W.
Forney. He first went into the Senate while
Forney was Secretary of that body. Later on
ho was also stenographer of the House while
the same official was Sergeant at Arms in that
branch. One of tbe speeches which he re
ported at that early day he bad gone into har
ness in 1858 was that of Jefferson Davis, in
which he bade adieu to tbe Union and became
the chieftain of tbe Southern Confederacy. He
also reported tbe famous speeches of Charles
Sumner and Carl Schurz, on the French arms
issue These were reports that brought him
into prominence with every statesman since
the sixties.
His work In the Congressional Record was
at times of a routine character, but aside from
all that be Is credited with having written
many of the speeches subsequently delivered
on both floors, of Congress. He was nearing
three-score years at bis death, but be was cred
ited with retaining as bright an intellect as he
possessed when he first became a recognized
official of Congress.
ANNUAL ALU2LNL
A Plttsbnrg Lawyer Discusses the Prohibi
tion Liquor Law.
rSFZCTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCTLl
Mt. Pleasant, June 17. Following the
pleasant musical recital by Miss Ada Criswell's
pupils of tbe institute came the annual alumni
reunion in the Grand Opera House this even
ing. The most interesting feature was the de
bate on tho prohibitory liquor law as it affects
31 1. Pleasant. The cold water side of tbe ques
tion was advocated by J. H. Pershing, Esq., the
young Pittsburg lawyer, while the repeal of tbe
law was urged by D. L. Neville, Esq., a Greens
burg attorney.
Tho commencement exercises proper will be
held in tho Grand Opera House to-morrow
morning at 10.30 o'clock, to be followed by tbe
annual dinner at tho institute and the presi
dent's reception in the evening.
AID FOR THE DISTRESSED.
A Charitable Render of The Dispatch Con
tributes lo the Needy.
A pitiful case ot destitution was discovered
by Dr. R. M. Sands early this week and fully
reported mlTiiE Dispatch. Many charitable
people read The Dispatch, and yesterday the
following earnest letter, inclosing Jo, was re
ceived: lo tbe Editor of Tho Dispatch:
Please find inclosed S3 for the poor family of
Mulberry alley, near Twenty-eighth street,
mentioned in The Dispatch of Monday, 16th
inst. May God put it into tbe hearts of others
to send them help, and may He comfort them
in their sorrow. Charity.
Pittsburg, Juno 17.
The Dispatch hereby acknowledges the re
ceipt of tbe first contribution to the "Martina
Fund," and will communicate with Dr. Sands,
requesting tbat be properly place this and
other contributions. Fnture offerings from the
charitably disposed will be acknowledged in
these columns.
The case referred to is tbat of Mrs. Mary
Martina, a Polish widow Wben Dr. Sands
called he found tho mother and six little chil
dren living in a small room in Mulberry alley.
Ono child lay dead and three others were con
fined to bed, all seriously ill. One is suffering
from measles, another from pneumonia and
tbe third from inflammation of tbo stomach.
They lacked tbe necessaries of life, and tbe
timely arrival of tbe physician, who supplied
their immediate wants and prescribed for tho
Uttlo sufferers, alono saved tho stricken family.
CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS.
THE powder magazine at Mount Hope, Pa.,
wai burglarized, and a man who would rob a
powder magazine would rob a contribution box
In a blind asylum.
A York, Pa., girl has got the best ot a snake
While walking through an orchard barefooted,
she was bitten on tho foot. She experienced no
Inconvenience but the snaKe couldn't withstand
the shock and colled up and died.
WnAT a parrot and monkey time there will
be in the lielchstag IfBlsmarca should be elected.
A member of that body. Emperor Billy will be
compelled to hire a kicking machine.
The DisPATcn is not given to agitation, but
candidly, now, what would become of the people
if the water melon and Jamaica ginger trusts
should prove to be reality. For the sake orpeace
and their future prosperity. It Is to be hoped that
neither of the great parties are mixed up In ths
matter.
Brother-in-law Hale must bo credited
with shooting some brains Into Mr. Cowles. It
was, of course, adldcult operation.
Miss Willing denies that she Is going to
marry John Jacob Astor. She ought to he willing
from the fact that John Jacob is rich enouKh to
keep a servant the year round.
Burglars cracked all tbo safes in Roscom
mon! lllcli., a tew nights ago and secured $20.
The result so shocked the knights tbat tbey re
solved among themselves to turn over a new leaf
aud not crack any more Michigan safes.
Foreion noblemen have married $14,173,000
American dollars. Our heiresses must not forget
that there are still any number of Impoverished
noblem en left and they can be had for tbe asking.
Mary Anderson Is no longer "Our Mary,"
hat she Is still Mary and her son. But ten people
witnessed tbe marriage ceremony, and they were
all dead heads.
An Oshkosh girl fell into the water and
drowned head downward. If that had been a
Chicago girl she would bave gone In feet foremost
and probably would not bare been drowned.
STATE BREVITIES.
Oil City barbers have signed an agreement
to close their shops at 8 P. 21. hereafter.
Marcus Cupstaned, an old veteran, died
at his residence in Tionesta, Forest county, on
Monday.
Meadville has at last won a game or ball,
and tbe captain was thus enabled to get shaved
once more.
Erie expects a population ot 13,000. The
fact must not ho overlooked that she had rapid
enumerators.
Titusville yesterday held a public lesson
in cooking. There are no marriageable young
men in the city.
The Towanda Electric Illuminating Com
pany is making arrangements to double its
present capacity.
Anglers are having great success at Con
neaut Lake The lake 13 destined to bo a
great fishing success.
Arrangements have been made at Lan
caster for a county fair to be held in Septem
ber. B. J. McGrann was elected President of
the Fair Association.
The ofiucers of tho McKean County Associ
ation of tbe G. A. R. bave decided to hold the
annual reunion August 29. The reunion will
be held in Duke Center.
William Osman, of Allentown, attempted
to commit suicide on Monday evening by bang
ing himself in tbe attic ot bis house He was
discovered by his wife and cut down when half
dead.
Two of Bristol's citizens have got stakes up
on the population of the town, one betting tbat
she will count np to 8,000,while the other thinks
7,000 will be the limit. Bristol's population at
the last census was 5,200.
Pennsylvania Railroad class K check
L.561, for May, in favor of Frank Kelley. J33 57,
was drawn by Thomas Kolley. All persons are
notified not to accept the check, as payment at
tbe bank will be stopped.
John Terrify, the Hungarian who mnr
dered Mike Feiser at Olyphant two months
ago, has pleaded guilty to murder in the second
degree at Scranton. Sentence was postponed
until Saturday. A confession of Terrlfy's crime
was presented to the Court along with the plea
of guilty', s
CURIOUS .CONDEXSATIOHS.
A curiosity in Lancaster county is a
newly arrived colored man who can speak only
German.
A system of electrie homeopathy is said
to be successful in curing leprosy. It is used
in India.
A club in Guatemala offers a premium
of Jl,000forthe best hymn for the Central
American nation.
An aged lady died suddenly in a hotel
at Birmingham, Ala., and in her bustle $4010
was found secreted.
Parties pulling down an old house at
Staunton, Va., found abont S300 in gold and
silver coin of very old dates hidden in a recess.
A great mass of worms, measuring three
feet In length and one foot through, was seen
moving along over the ground at West Chester.
A company to place advertisements on
the ceilings of barber shops for the perusal of
men getting shaved has been formed in New
York.
At a birthday celebration at "West
Chester all tbe guests brought tbe host a pres
ent of a pitcher. She received 81 of these
articles.
France's census of carrier pigeons shows
tbat in time of war the Government would
have at its disposal upward of a quarter of a
million of them.
John Van Dam slept himself to death
at Grand Rapids, Mich. He closed his eyes 12
days ago. Some time ago he took a nap which
lasted eight weeks without a break.
At Indianapolis, during a storm, a ball
of fire the size of an egg came off tbo telephone
in Attorney General Miobener3 house grazed ,
that gentleman's ear, and exploded.
A boy only 4 years old, who can only
talk French and Latin, and who cannot toll
his name or where he lives, has been found
astray in the streets of Philadelphia.
The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church has forbidden the use of liquors ad
tobacco by church members. No one will be ad
mitted to membership who uses either.
There is a colored man in Galveston who
is worth over 8330,000. He has a fine house in
the most desirable residential portion of tba
city, and his wife employs nono but white serr
ants. Seven "Waterloo veterans will celebrate
tbe approaching seventy-fifth anniversary of
the battle, at Haarlem, in Holland. Six out of
tbe seven are without a penny of their own in
the world.
Steps have been taken to establish in St
Petersburg a society for the insurance of crops
against climatic mishaps. Tbe Agricultural
Society of tbe metropolis has initiated tho
movement.
In 188D 300 elks were shot in the forests
of Norway. Most of them were killed by En
glish sportsmen, who, as Voltaire once inti
mated, are never happy unless they are killing
something.
In New Zealand a Mormon convention
has just closed its sittings, at which It was offi
cially reported that there are 3,000 Mormons in
tbat colony, and tbat 500 converts were made
during tbe past year.
A lively opposition to Chinese immi
gration has sprung up in Mexico. The miners,
and other laborers tear the competition of the
pigtail wearers, and the local newspapers are;
actively backing them.
A Harvey county, Kan., farmer cap
tured a swarm of bees the other day which bo
found hanging to the branch of an apple tree
They were tho first bees tbat be has seen during
a residence of 12 years in Kansas.
A rather remarkable feature of a liter
ary society's picnic at Ringing Rocks, near
Pottstown. was the rendition of "Home Swet
Home," which music was extracted from rocks
as they lay imbedded in the ground.
A Biddeford, Me., boy found three
eagle's eggs in a nest in tho woods about three
weeks ago. He brought them home and set a
hen on them. Saturday last the eggs batched
and the yonng eaglets are now doing well.
"Wilkes Levergood, of Lancaster,
stopped in an icecream saloon on his way from
the druggist's with a bottle of citrate of mag
nesia when suddenly the bottle exploded,
knocking the spoon from his band and causing
a stampede among tbe ladies present.
A funeral was in progress at Hicking
Grove church, near Dashville. Me, the other
day when lightning struck a barbed-wire fenco
to which many horses were tied. Twenty-one
were knocked to the ground and four killed.
Mrs. Robert Rlgire in the church, was shocked
insensible and badly burnedaboat the face
It is said that there are 35 kinds of
granite in Maine, each one of which possesses
distinctive characteristics readily recognized
by workmen acquaintd with monumental and
building stones, l'here are all shades of what
are termed white granite the most beautiful of
which is the Hallowell, together with the red
granite of Red Beach and the black granite of
Addison.
A widow of Miller county, Mo., who
lives on a farm, gavo another woman SIS to se
cure her a husband. The man was secured
and warranted all right in every respect, bat
tho next morning after tbe marriage ne licked
his bride, in tbo afternoon stolo the 100 she bad
saved up, and in the night silently stole away
to No Man's Land, and now there are two
women in tbat neighborhood who don't speak
to each other.
Chas. Sharpuack, a young mineralogist,
spent a portion of last fall prospec ting for min
erals in Murray county. Ga., remaining some
time at tho house of John Bracket! and wife,
the famous moonshiners. Recently he went to
Atlanta, and while there was arrested by
United States officers, charged with illicit dis
tilling, and tried before Commissioner Haight.
It took some hustling work for Sbarpnack to
prove that he was not a moonshiner, but a
mineralogist.
A remarkable woman is Mary "Wing,
wife of Thomas Wing, of Fayette, Me, She is
80 years of age, and during the past year has
done tbe cooking, washing, ironing, sewing,
knitting, ete. for a family of four. Last fall
sho cleaned her houso throughout, and, in addi
tion to all her other work, has made since last
October 300 pounds of butter. "She is able to
ride out 10 or 12 miles in a day, appears as jovial
and happy as any young person, and Is in the
best of health."
At Rome, Ga., while a horse was loose in
tbo stable, one of his hind feet got caught in
his mouth. It is supposed that the animal was
rubbing the flies from his nose with his hind
foot, when by accident the foot passed into the
mouth. Tbe hoof was shod with a heavy iron
shoe ahd the sharp corners of the shoe and
hoof cu tvery painful wounds in the mouth.
The animal fell to the ground and continued to
ttrnrri without telief. When he was dis
covered ho was covered with foam and showed
every sign ot a leariui sirusgie.
caino and succeeded in extricating
His master
: tho foot.
FTJNNY MEN'S FANCIES.
He Keep quiet a minute, and I'll catch
that obnoxious fly.
bhe-OU, don't try to, please. I saw you play
ing ball yesterday. Sew Xurk Sua.
Poet Yon say that my poem on swim
ming lacks something. What docs it need to
mate it go?
Kdltor-Web feet. Xrw York Journal.
"What are your politics?"
"Haven't any."
"What are you-a Mugwump?"
"Great Cassar, nol I'm an alien." Neva Xort
Sun.
'Tis sweet to hear a bright-eyed son
Sound forth a parent's praise;
l"nr Instance, when he comments on
Ills mother's switching ways,
Washington Post.
"It is very wet weather we are having,
Your Majesty,'! remarked Lord Salisbury.
"ot too wet, me bid, "replied the Queen." "In
fact I don't think hit possible to 'ave too much
reign In this country. "Belt Shore.
Johnson When are you going to paint
that fence for me Uncle Bastus?
Uncle Kast us Well, sab, I reckon I'll dolt
Saturday, if de Lawd's wlllln': or If not, I'll do It
Monday, any way, s"uah. Wat Shore.
Dobbs There's a man who shaves several
times a day.
Wlgglns-Yoa don't mean it? Should think
there'd be nolhinz left of his face.
Dobbs It doesn't hurt his race at all. He Is a
barber. Figaro.
Peddler Brooms! brooms!
Housewife I'll take one. Not that one I want
one with a; good, strong handle.
Husband (going out) On second thought,
Mary, 1 think I'll be home very earlythls eten
lng. Boston Courier.
Blathers (to Slathers, who prepared" to
bowandwas1gnored)-I say. Slathers, Isn't ills
Blood like tbat yacht out there?
Slathers How so?
Blathers Ob, well, if you don't see It! f""1
strikes me she's something of'cutter.-lr
Shore.
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