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One Year. 18 00 Daily Dispatch, PerQnarter zoo Daily Disfatch, One Month TO Daily Dispatch, InclndlngSunday, lyear. 1000 Daily IHBrATCB, lncludlngSundsy.Sm'thK. 150 Daily Dispatch, lncludlngSuuday.lmonth SO SI day DISPATCH. One Year ISO BEKLY DiEPATCU, One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at V cents per week, or Including bunday edition, rt 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1891 THE DISPATCH FOE THE SUMMER. Persons leaxingthe City for thesummer can have The Dispatcit forwarded by earheit mail to any address at the rate of SO cents per month, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only, 70c per v.onth, ft for three months. The address may le changed at desired, if care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. 3-The BUSINESS OFFICE or THE DIS PATCH hat been removed to Corner of Smithfield and Diamond Streets. THE SENATE TARIFF HILL. Tbe report, by the Senate Finance Com mittee yesterday, of its new tariff bill, shows that the leading Senators are disposed to in sist on prescribing Republican policy In a manner which bids fair to precipitate a trial of strength between the two branches of Congress. The first intimation of this con flict came on the pension question, -which Las been compromised. The silver bill em phasizes the difference ofopinion; while the tariff question, although the differences may sot be so radical, is sure to prodnce the most complicated dispute. The theory underlying the Senate tariff measure, so far as any principle governs those conflicts of interests, is distinct from that which has shaped the House bill. Mr. McKinley's theory is avowed with practical plainness to be the protection by prohibitory duties of industries which can supply the Lome demand for their products. Tbe Sen ate bill, on the other hand, regards protec tion as a regulation of prices and, in some degree, prevention of trusts. Thus the re duction or tbe duty on steel rails to 11 20 per ton wonld probablr not permit importa tions of foreign rails at present prices; but if the English price should go down or the American price go up, the foreign supply might operate as a check on the American markets. There is something of an effort apparent to apply this principle of emasculated protection to some portions of the tariff bill; but in the main the changes are in the nature of the tub to tne whaleThe result isahotch-potch,and in many respects, a reduction of tbe measure to mere log rolling. The addition of three tenths of a cent duty on tbe low grades of sugar fit for consumption is not a very great burden; but it is levied palpably in the in terest of the Trust. The six.tentbs cent duty on refined sugars is a sharp reduction from present rates, but it is a distinct falling off :rom the very grati.ying and radical stand of tbe House bill on tbe same subject. The Senate might baTe done better to have adopted the principle of Dinah in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," who, in sarcasm at people who were "neither white nor black," declared: "I likes to be one or tudder." The McKinley and Hills bills are positive in tbeir character; the Senate measure is an unsuccessful attempt to be both free trade and protection, with the result of being neither. ADMINISTERING THE ASSETS. The cordial and belf-congratulatory man ner in which Great Britain and Germany are dividing between them tbe best part ot Africa must awaken the other European powers to a sense of the importance of the combination. As for the United States it probably does not matter much to us, as it has no hunger for colonial possessions. Should our Government ever desire an ex tension of its holdings it will look first to the contiguous territory m this Western Hemisphere. As lor trade there is so much that might be done by tbe United States with the inde pendent States of South and Central Amer ica but which is not being done, for want of direct steam communication that we suppose it would be a foolish performance to perspire much over the African opportuni ties which England and Germany are greed ily seizing. Hut France, Italy, Portugal and Belgium, all of which countries con tributed to the exploration of Africa, must leel nettled at the quiet treaty by which Lou don and Berlin divide the spoils with scarcely a"by-your-leave" to their neighbors. Among the Liberals openly and doubt less among the Conservatives, too, at heart there is, however, some bitterness over the bargain which Salisbury has made for John Bull with his German cousin. Germany was not wont to take the lion's share in colonial bargaining; and there is a suspicion that this time Germany has got it But with complications arising with the French as to Egypt and Newfoundland, the Tory Minis try is eager enough to make itself solid with the German empire, even at the expense of traditions at home. THE TRAGEDY OF THE MINE. The spectacle presented by the imprison ment of men in a flooded or burning mine, with tbeir fellow-workmen on the outside straining every effort, hazarding all perils and working night and day in the faint hope of rescuing them, always attains the summit of tragic interest. It has been a frequent theme of romance writers, and whenever the terrible casualty has occurred in real lile, it arrests the sympathy and attention ol the nation. Hardly any of them contain more thrilling interest than the story told from the scene of the Dunbar horror, of the incessant and daring labors of the miners to drive an entry to the receises where their imprisoned comrades are thought to be; the waiting groups of women, with food for the relief workers, the approach of the time when the piercing of the wall may bring rescue to the victims or additional danger to the rescuers, and finally the deep and 'mourniul significance of the sounds which were heard from the miners during the first day of their imprisonment, and their entire cessation of late. While the probabilities are against the success of this brave effort, the determination and persistence in work ing against hope, and attacking the terrible odds of subterranean fire and water, is such as to command onr admiration and even in spire a hope that such heroism will not be in vain. Of course no such disaster can occur with out a searching inquiry into its cause. It is permissible to leave that subject to official investigation with the remark that it must be impartial and thorough. 'Butthe reports of the disaster have already made one point clear. What has before been pointed out as the immediate cause of the vast ma jority of mine explosions was present here. The naked lamp was at hand in the mine to come in contact with the gas and produce the disaster. Safety lamps could have been provided, and most of the miners had them. But, as is nearly always the case, someone thought tlie danger of gas so slight that it was not worth while to take the extra trouble involved in lighting a safety lamp. The result was that when the unexpected rush of gas came the explosion and the wall ot flame intervened between the imprisoned miners and safety. If such experiences do not produce a rule that none but safety lamps shall be taken into mines, it will be because the human mind is incapable of learning from experi ence. THE SILVER BASIS. The action of tbe Senate in converting the House silver bill into an unalloyed free coinage measure takes the country by sur prise. The surprise is not caused so much by the discovery that a majority of the Sen ators are in favor of unrestricted silver coin age althougb in that respect the revelation goes beyond public expectations as that they should insist upon a measure which bids fair to defeat all silver legislation at this session. It has been announced recently that the President would veto a free coinage bill, and this was rather vaingloriously as serted by some of the organs to have ended tbe free coinage movement. The fact is that the greater obstacle to the Senate's measure lies in the House. It is probable that, if the Senate insists on its measure, it will amount to having no silver legisla tion this year. Possibly some of the Sena tors, who imagined themselves to be making political capital by voting for the bill may have had some such result in their minds. It can hardly be disputed by any, except those who favor a depreciation of the cur rency, that the interests of the country will be subserved by the defeat of such a meas ure. What will be the effect if the Senate bill should become a law? Anyone who has silver bullion could take it to the mints and receive its equivalent in silver dollars. The Dispatch has heretofore pointed out that the increased voinage of silver dollars as proposed in Ine other bills might bring the country, gradually to a silver basis. But this measure does not propose to await any such gradual operation in shortening the yardstick. It wonld make the bullion value of the silver dollar tbe monetary unit at once, and permit all payments to be made iu the reduced standard. The present mar ket value of tbe silver in a dollar is about 80 cents. Possibly the increased use of silver might enhance tbe price of bullion; but that it would raise it above 85 cents can hardly be expected, from the movements of the sil ver market during the past twenty years. The result would be that with this measure in force the unit of values would be low ered 15 per cent, gold would be demone tized in this cotry by being sent to a pre mium, and evejy holder of a note, bond or mortgage or bank credit in the country would have 15 per cent of his claim taken from him for the benefit of the debtor. The Dispatch has already recognized that there is some loundation for the claim that the gold standard has been steadily ap preciating during the past few years, and that conservative measures to gradually re verse the operation might be well worth try ing. But tbe sudden and radical reduction ot tbe monetary standard to the silver basis is at variance with all rules of policy or justice. In the first place, it would produce a sudden inflation which would betaken ad vantage of by tbe speculators. In the sec ond place, it would take away a consider able share of their property from a class which ought to be protected, namely, the small creditors. No idea is more vicious and unfounded than that when the standard of values is lowered with a loss to creditors and a gain to debtors, the masses are benefited thereby. The great millionaires will share in the gain by the enhancement of their railroad and manu facturing properties more than they will lose by the relative depreciation of their credits and bonds. The silver kings will reap a direct advantage. Bnt the unmiti gated loss will fall upon the class of small investors, which it is the policy of a demo cratic system to encourage. The holder of a $500 railway bond will by such a measure lose $75, to be banded over to the railway corporation. The working man who has $1,000 in the savings bank will be amerced $150 for the benefit of the man who borrows irom the savings bask. To levy upon this class for the benefit of the debtors, large and small, would be an injustice which no sophistry can excuse or no self-interest make good. Yet that is the Inevitable result of such a measure as the Senate has enacted. A care ful and steady effort to gradually increase, the use of silver might avoid these evils; but the passage of the Senate bill is a direct and open avowal that tbe majority of that body desires to bring the currency of tbe country down to tbe silver basis and accom plish exactly that result. A DANGEROUS STRIKE, The aspect ot the strike of the Cleveland switchmen and its far-reaohing conse quences, has undergone no change for the better in the last 24 hours. On the contrary the original dispute seems no nearer settle ment than before, and the effect upon traffic in general and Pittsburg trade in particular has already been fraught with considerable evil. The strikers and the railroad authori ties at Cleveland held several conferences yesterday, but with no satisfactory result. The strikers are asking more than men in similar positions in tbe yards here now re ceive by virtue of the recent compromise arrangement, and apparently they are ask ing more than they can expect tbe com panies to pay them. Concessions on both sides ought to be made at once; and it is not easy to see why tbe strikers should not return to work pending tbe consideration of their demand. The strike has already injured a great many innocent persons, and if it continues the damage which will be done to shippers, manufacturers and thousands of working men in Pittsburg alone will be considerable. Already we hear or mills shutting down for lack of machinery, supplies, etc, which the choking of the freight transportation service has detained. Many of the largest concerns in this region will be forced to suspend operations if the Cleveland difficult- is not THE straightened out. The responsibility for prolonging the strike, whichever side it may rest upon, will be a very serious one. As to the strike of the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston through brakemen in this vicinity, we trust the railroad company will see its way to equalizing the wages of all its employes. In this case it must be a mis understanding, we suppose, that stands in the way of the immediate adjustment of the difficulty. The claims of the meri seem to he just FOR A GLORIOUS FOURTH. There is nothing like striking while the iron is hot,and the progress already made by the city officers who have patriotically determined to give our citizens a rousing Fourth of July, as suggested by The Dis patch, abundantly proves it. Yesterday Mayor Gourley and Chiefs Bigelow and Brown settled a very important detail by picking out tbe site for the meeting to be held in Schenley Park. To-day Mayor Gourley will appoint a committee to raise $1,000, which is all the money needed for the expenses of the proposed celebration not otherwise provided for. This is the sort of movement that commands success; there is no doubt at all now but that the Fourth of July will be celebrated as it has not been for many years in Pittsburg. The money will be forthcoming for a purpose so patriotic and so healthful for the com munity. There is just enough time to make all the preparations necessary; even though they include, as Mr. Bigelow suggests, the filling of sprinkling carts with lemonade. A NEW INDUSTRY. The gain of a new industry for Pittsburg is reported, in an organization to manufac ture Mexican onyx and Mosaic agate for use in the interior decoration of buildings. The development of rich deposits of these minerals, which have heretofore ranked in tbe class of precious stones, has made them available for the purpose of interior archi tecture ot the more elaborate and costly sort The enterprise affords a striking example of the simultaneous exhibit of a new use or demand, and the industry which supplies the demand. There is no reason why tne new enterprise should not be a profitable one, or why it may not develop into large proportions, b'oth of ornamentation to our buildings and of addition to our industrial activities. The Dunbar horror, when its details are known, presents a new and tragic example ot the careless idea that safety lamps are not always required In mines. The naked mhiing lamp 1) the instrument of wholesale man slaughter. Busy and unsentimental though the national life may be we still find time to re member with appropriate honors the days which patriots have hallowed with their blood. To-day the Patriotic Order of Sons of America will celebrate the one hundred and twelfth an niversary of the evacuation of Valley Forge by Washington 'and his army June 19, 1778. The joyful exorcises of to-day will be in striking contrast to tbe shadow of detoat, disease and death which h ung over tbe Continental army dnringthat the darkest hour which came before the dawn of victory and liberty lor America. Mb. Silvebman is making ready to take advantage of the recent decision in his favor. He will see that nobody in Leechburg suffers for the want ot "original packages." It would be more satisfactory if the virtuous statesmen at Washington were to show at least equal alacrity in making Mr. Silverman and his imitators amenable to tbe laws of the State. People who make charges against pub lic men, affecting their honesty, should make sure of their witnesses. Kirk, the man who recently asserted that Congressman Springer tried to levy blackmail out 'dra claim whion Kirk was urging, cited as witness one Jones, whom. It is Intimated, Kirk supposed to be absent in South America. But Jones turns up in Illinois, and instead of corroborating tbe story denounces it as false in every particular. There is reason to believe that Kirk will not cite any more witnesses unless be has seen them off in the steamer with bis own eyes. "It is a good deal easier to get men out of a party than to get them Into It" remarks the New York Sun. And yet the shining Sun has for some years past been reading such men as Qrover Cleveland, W. L. Bcott Benator Reagan and their supporters out ot tbe Demo cratic party, and tbe obstinate fellows refuse to go. There are exceptions to every rule. The Senate is making a beautiful mess of its tariff tinkering. After tampering with In terests which need all the protection the coun try can give them, these grave and reverend log-rollers make a wild bid for the farmers' ap plause by inserting a clause giving a bounty of 2 cents a pound on maple sugar. A similar amendment wasoQered by a Democrat In tbe House as a Joke, and it was squelched of course. But some of the Republican Senators seem to be getting their ammunition from Democratic magazines. The Bar Association had a jolly day for Its outing at Rocky Point It would take big fees to get the members to work as hard every day as they did yesterday at the athletic games; but the spirit with which tbe festivities of the picnic are undertaken every year, shows that the enjoyment ovor-balances the fatigue. It is interesting to observe in the es teemed New York Prett of Tuesday an edi torial assertion that the courageous attitude of President Harrison against free coinage of silver had "put that movement in the Senate to sleep." The Press cot in this statement just in time to have the Senate on the same day it was published, pass the most radical free coinage measure on record. There is reason to fear that our cotomporary's relations as an organ are out of adjustment Boodle Aldebmah O'Neill, who has served his full term in Sing Sing, was received in New York with the honors of a lion. Probably the New Yorkers considered a boodler who had paid tbe penalty of his office such a rare and unique object as to be worthy of considerable fuss. The New Orleans corporation is not alone in its perception of the immense profit in a license to plunder the whole United States. An Englishman has offered tbe State of Louis iana a quarter of a million dollars more than tbe original lottery company is willing to give. The price might be doubled, and tben doubled again, and tbere would still be money in tbe in famous privilege. It is to be regretted that no record is ex tant of how Senator Quay stands on the free coinage measure. Important engagemepts elsewhere prevented tbe director of Repub lican politics In this State from voting on that as on some other measures of national Im portance. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics did wisely yesterday in resolving in convention to call themselves henceforth United Americans. Tbe order reached its seniority in fact long ago, and tbe mechanical part of tbeir title has always been a source of mystification and endless mistakes. Tbe United Americans have onr congratulations on their new name. Collector Erhaedt, of New York says that he is in favor of 'a straight Repub lican city ticket Better let the Tammany plunder go on undisturbed than to set the per manent example of breaking over party lines to Stop official corruption. On Hand, n Usual. From the Washington Post! Those old friends, tbe cholera scare and the man who "points with pride" in tbe political platforms, have commenced their summer cam paigns. , , PITTSBURG - 'DISPATCH, THE TOPICAL TALKER. An Odd Memorial Lord Salisbury's Joke Heligoland's Peculiar Charactcrlstlaa An Island Hard to Find. rjimnfO. my stay In the country," said a Plttsburger yesterday. "I solved a little mystery that has perplexed me ever since I vis ited my relatives there for the first time some years ago. In tbe parlor of the house where I stayed there was really nothing remarkable In the way of furniture except one object This was a piece of silver about six Inches square, which rested on a bracket upon the wall. The silver was a plain spherical -disc, with au in scription in German script and some figures. 1 had not been more than a couple of days in the house before I asked one of my consins what it was. The reply was not very satisfying; it was to the effect that tbe silver tablet was all they had to remember Aunt Johanna, who had passed away before 1 was born. "But last week by accident I learned the com plete history ot that piece of silver. When my Aunt Johanna died, her surviving family gave her an elegant funeral; the most stylish turn out of the kind the people thereabouts had ever seen. Her coffin was of tbe most expensive kind, and a large silver plate engraved with a miniature biography of the good lady was or dered to be affixed thereto. But when the funeral time came it appeared to Aunt Johan na's heirs nothing less than sinful waste to let that coffin plate ba put wbere nobody could see it; so tbey removed it from the coffin and made a parlor ornament of it It is a new idea, ot course, but it has more than mere novelty to recommend it" ""There is a joke concealed in the pretty little gobbling arrangement to which England and Germany are parties. In addition to giving away territory in Africa tbatls not hers to give, England cedes to Germany tbe island of Helig oland, in tbe North Sea. Heligoland is tbe joke. Someot the English Liberal papers do not appear to see the joke. Tbey denounce Lord Salisbury for giving up English ground to Ger many, and the Chronicle declares that by his concessions to Germany Lord Salisbury has fixed on the brow of tbe imperial Unionist party an indelible brand of ignominy, which gives the cue to other powers to demand simi lar concessions. It adds: "Unless Parliament stops the Government's headlong career of capitulation to Germany tbere is no reason why Italy should allow us to keep Malta, or Spain Gibraltar." Probably in a day or two everybody but Ger many, perhaps, will understand Lord Salis bury's pleasantry. "Travelers from this country on board the steamers which ply between New York and Hamburg usually get a glimpse of Heligo land as they near the mouth of the Elbe ana the port of Hamburg. It does not stand out very plainly, but in daylight its red cliffs and dazzling white sands make up in color for what the island lacks in size. It Is very little more than a mile long and a third of a mile wide at its widest part A part of what is Included in Heligoland Is a sandbank that Is gradually dis appearing before tbe onset of the sea. Tbe island proner has a population probably of 3.500, and in summertime the good burghers of Hamburg come with their wives, so that in July and August tno regular population is doubled. In fact if it were not for tbe good bathing and cool soa breezes In midsummer, Heligoland would have been abandoned to the North Sea before this. IT kligoland is inhabited all the year round by fisher folk, and the men who do not earn precarious livings in the fisheries are pilots. Tbe wind-swept fields afford a pasture for a few sheep, who are tied up as a cow is tied up here in an orchard or upon some favored lawn. If the sheep were not anchored they would be blown away, fall over tbe cliffs, or, worse still, pillage the potato fields upon which the inland ers depend for food. Tbere is no room in the island for horses; the last one was crowded out years ago. The land is tilled by hand, and the only vehicles in use are wheelbarrows and in valids' chairs. During the summer season a cow, sometimes two cows are imported for the use of the visitors. The cow or cows return to the main land of Germany in the fall. Tbey wonld starve if tbey stayed on tbe island. It is hardly necessary to add that Heligoland possesses no trade. Sbe has nothing to sell but wbat a rel estate man once called "a choice location and lots of air." She can only sell these com modities to a limited number. Politically speaking, Heligoland has not been of very much account since ante Christian times. In those days an immense temple to tbe goddess Hertha attracted the Angles from this mainland, as tho sea-bathing and tho air draw tbe Hamburgers to-day. But conversion to Christianity was too much for the Hellgolanders and they failed to figure prominently during the dark ages except as semi-pirates and very independent citizens generally. In fact for some centuries after Heligoland became tbe nominal property of tbe Dukes of Scbleswlg and Holstcin it was a pretty hard thing to say at any given moment wbo tbe owner of tbe Uttlo island was. Their Graces, tho Dukes aforesaid, had a cheerful babitof pawning Heligoland tor loans nego tiated in tbe prosperous free city ot Hamburg. So nobody could be sure about tbe ownership of Heligoland without looking over the books of tbe pawnbrokers in the; lusty city on tbe Ebbe. When England absorbed it in one of her fits of abstraction In 1807 it happened to belong to Denmark. In tbe settlement of 1814, when every Europoan power took as much of his neighbor's territory as he could, England ceded Heligoland to herself. She has kept it ever since; why, nobody knows, except that It really was no particular use to anybody. It is practically a German settlement The Frisian tongue prevails on tbe island; the pooplo are all sprung from German stocks. England's rule has consisted in letting tbe Hellgolanders do as they please. They have paid very small taxes, and tbe English Governor has usually been a person exiled for diplomatic reasons, and, therefore, one who did not love Heligo land too well. How the Hellgolanders will like the German military service which tbey will now have to experience, is a question that Germany and England can afford to Ignore. As a cession of territory, England's gift to Germany strikes me as a joke. PEOPLE OF PEOMINENCE. Senator Voobhees. of Indiana, will deliver tbe oration at tbe Valley Forge celebration to day. Judge Barnard, of the New York Su preme Court has decided that no song birds can be legally caged. Sionou Campanini's voice will not permit him to sing till late in the season. He has been obliged to decline all offers till fall. Miss Abigail Dodge ("Gail Hamilton") teaches a Sunday school class that meets every Snnday at Secretary Blaine's residence. Abneb McKinley, a brother of the Con gressman, is the general manager of a com bined typewriter and telegraphic machine com pany. T. P. O'Connor, the Nationalist member of Parliament has sold his interest In the London Star for $75,000, and is coming to America to lecture. Misa Clementina De Verb, soprano in Dr. Paxton's church, New York City, receives 84, 600 a year for her services, or J112 60 each Sun day. This.is said to be the highest salary ever paid to a choir singer either in this country or Europe. Mrs. Leland Stanford has given to the Albany Orphan Asylum two fine paintings of her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop, wbo were deeply and actively Interested in the welfare of that institution, which, indeed, they helped to found. When President and Mrs. Cleveland were accustomed to attend the First Presbyterian Church of Washington the edifice used to be crowded and the society flourished. Now the attendance is so small that the trustees are un able to pay expenses. The late Sir Georgo Burns, who was ono of the founders of the Cunard Company, and who died In his 95th year, came of a long-lived race. His father lived to be 98 years old, and was minister of a church at Glasgow for 72 years. Tbe hplrlt U Working. From the Philadelphia Press. Naturally enough, the dealers in "original packages" in prohibition States are jubilant over the recent decisions affecting the sale of liquor. They bave entered into the spirit ot tbe thing and the spirit ot the thing seems to have entered them. THURSDAY, JUNE " 19. A LARGE GRADUATING CLASS. ThlrtyOue "Young; Ladle and Gentlemen Receive Diplomat at Wilmington. (SPXCLU. TELEGRAM TO TBS DISPATCH. I New Wilhingtow. June 18. The college campus is completely filled with people to-day gathered to witness the graduating exercises of tbe senior class. Tbe weather is fine, and everything Indicates prosperity. The society difficulty that has given some annoyance for the past few weeks was settled In a manner that gives justice to all concerned. Tbe best of feeling prevails, and tbe year closes with bright prospects tor tho next. The craduatlDg class numbers 81. as follows: Maggie T. King, Muncie. Ind.; J. J. McElree. New Wilmington, Pa.; R. L. Alter. Freeport, Pa.; William M. Anderson, York, N. Y.; A S. Bailey. Candor, Pa.; Annette Belle. New Wilmington. Pa,; G. W. Bovard, Brancbton, Pa.; R. K. Aiken, Mb Jackson, Pa.; Luella, Donaldson, New Wilmington. Pa.; M. J. Don aldson, North Star, Pa.! W. R. Dickson, Mid way, Pa.; E. B. Ferguson, Dry Run, Pa.: Mary Ferguson. New Wilmington, Pa.; Alice C. Foster. New .Wilmington, Pa.: 8. M. Goebr tng, Zellenople, Fa.: Maud Hanna, Jamestown. Pa.; F. H. McClymonds, Portersville, Pa,; Carrie Bvers, Pulaski. Pa.: D. 8. L. Mc Nary, Vancevillo, Pa.: R. L. Ralston, Freeport Pa.; Etta Reed, New Wilmington, Pa.; Mary Reeo, New Wilmington, Pa.: tiancy Spencer. New Wilmington, Pa.; H. B. Van Eaton. Xenla, O.; E. H. Wallace. Mb Jackson. Pa.: R, E. Porter, New Wilmington, Pa. The graduates in music are: W. W, Campbell, New Wilmington; Lizzie Gibson, North Hope, Fa.: Mary Johnston. New Wilmington; Hattle McLaugbry, New Wilmington, and Jessie Mc Naugher, Allegheny. BROKEN PACKAGES D0HT GO. An town Judge Renders an Important De cision In n Noted Cnae. Des Moines, Juno 18. Judge Kavanaugh has rendered a decision on tbe original pack age case of the State versus Terry Chambers. The Judge sustains the lower court In con demning the liquors, the evidence tending to show that Chambers bad broken the original packages and was selling in quantities to suit purchasers. The opinion says that the right of a citizen to import intoxicating liquors into tbe State and the corollary.nght of the importer to sell tbe goods thus brought In is no longer a contro verted question, bnt holds that the goods must remain in the package in which they were im ported. TTTreyK ABE THBEE LEFT. One of tho Furnace Newton Quadruplets Died Yesterday. rSPECLU. TXLXGBAMTOTUE DISPATCH. Scottoale, (June 18. One of the famous Newton quadruplets, Alwlsbs, Is dead. The loss of tbe child will be a small gold mino to the parepts, who have already realized several hundred dollars from the sale of the pictures of the famous four given at one birth. Alwisha was taken with an aggravated attack of cholera Infantum. The family physician. Dr. J. L. Walton, was called, but it was then beyond medical roller, and death was fonnd Inevitable. This afternoon it gasped its last breath, and now lies cold in death. Mr. Newton thought about five or six weeks ago, when he left the mine, it was for all time, as be could make a far better living selling the pictures or placing the girls on exhibition. His hopes are saaly crushed to-day. The child has been ailing for some time, but the parents were not seriously alarmed until yesterday, when it became worse. Newton, when seen to-night, displayed consid erable emotion at the loss ot his dear one, and tears coursed down his cheeks. The renowned Newton quadruplets were born last February, and it was the first occurrence of this kind in Pennsylvania, THEY ABE ALL 1M' KKKSTED. A Distinguished Partr Inspecting the West Virginia Railway. Baltimore, June 18. Ex-United States Senator Davis, President of tbe West Virginia Central Railway Company, and Mr. J. Boykln Lee. car agent of the company, left to-day for a tour of inspection of the road. The guests of President Davis are Hon. James G. Blaine. Hon. Redflelii Proctor. Hon. William Windom, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Hon. Nathan Goff, Mr. E. Kurtz Johnson, President William Key ser, of tbe Baltimore Copper Works. General Robert Ober. and Messrs. W. M. Clements. G. M. Baylor and B. F. Smith, a bank president or this city, CTJBBEKT TTMELY TOPICS. AN Iowa ministerial conferenco thinks tbe Supreme Court in deciding In favor ot the orig inal package cases, shows a weakness of intellect though not necessarily a badness of heart. That is letting the court down easy. THE Kentncky Court of Appeals has decided that the bondsmen or the defaulting State Treas urer, Tate, mast make up his shortage. This is a case in which they are not permitted to consult the Dick Tates of their own wills. A COLORED man has been arrested in Cin cinnati for stealing anorercoat. Tne Police Judge made It warm for him. JAY Gould has been fined $100 for not serv ing as a petit Juror in a New York court. It has too often been the complaint that whole Juries -were made up of Jays. THE Democracy of ArEansas bave renomi nated Governor James P. Eagle to head their State ticket. There is likely to be a good deal or spread-Eagle oratory down that way this cam paign. Some recreant individual had tho audacity to take advantage of the opportunity of riding off on the back of a mounted East Philadelphia police man's horse while that functionary was in a neighbor's place star-gailng through the bottom of an Inverted cylindrical glass. The fiery Pegas sns was chased by the dismounted officer for a mile, when the rattle of the steel clad hoofs died away in the distance like the diminuendo notes of an Indian goard rattle, and the beautiful figurea described by the rosewood baton as the "finest" made his way baok, wonld havo put the author of standard trigonometry to tho blush. Awouan in Toronto heard ot the death of her sou over in Ohio and wrote to the Chief of Police lor particulars. Bbo promised to recom pense him by saying that "any Information of a like nature that I can ever furnish you I shall be glad to do so." The Panhand'e road between Pittsburg and Cumberland, V Vs.. might verv appropriately be called the "milky way." according to the Han cock Independent, which says live carloards of milk, each car averaging 7.600 gallons, are shipped to Pittsburg dall, exctpt Snnday. Tbe deadly mlcr obe that usually makes its appearance In the ice cream at this season ofttae year cotem poraneou s with the sea serpent stories, has failed as yet to make his appearance in Pittsburg, WAKT A CORNER OK FIRE BRICK. An English Syndlcnto Endeavoring to1 Par eunia Fire Brick Plants. tSFZCTAL TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH, t Lock Haven. June 18. A representative of an English syndicate was in Lock Haven yes terday to ascertain if the Queens Run and Farrandsville fire-brick companies would dis pose of tbeir plants and at wbat price. Na en couragement was offered by either company. He left this morning for Clearfield on the same errand. This syndicate is endeavoring to get control of tbe fiie-brlck InduBtryin this coun try, but with what success is not known at present. THIKI.'S HEW PBESLDEHT. Rev. W. A. Bentea Retirea From the Presi dency of Tlilel College. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Greenville, June 18. Rev. W. a. Beates, President of Tblel College, resigned to-day and his resignation was accepted by the trustees. Rev. A. G. Volgt, Professor of German, was elected Acting President Prot B. Sawvel, ot Youngstown. O., was elected Professor of En glish Literature. The address before tbe Alumni Association and tbe alumni banquet wore given to-nigbt ' BIBDING HIGH FOR THE PRIVILEGE. An Englishman OOVra 81,230,000 early for n Lottery Francblnr. Baton Rouge, June 18. When the House met to-day the Bpeaker received from Mr. Isidore Newman, President of the New Orleans Stock Exchange, a proposition from Benjamin Newgass, of London, England, offering 51,250, 000 yearly for the same lottery privilege ap plied for by Mr. John A, Morris, with the ad ditional tender ot security for the payment of tbe sum to the State annually. Two Pentmylvnn'n Post office Snpplled. (SrXCtAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, June 18. Among tbePresl dental nominations to-aay were tho following Pennsylvania postmasters: Frank S. Johnson, Bradford; Judson A Elliott, Mansfield, 1890: LAWYERS IN THE WOODS, ' - Annual Flenle of the Allegheny County Bar Association AtTtock Paint An Exciting Serle of Athletic Contests The Feat ures of the Day. When J. J. Wltherspoon opened the throttle of the fastest engine on tbe Ft Wayne road yesterday morning be pulled out of the Union depot with six carloads of lawyers from tbe Al legheny County Bar Association and the Great Western Band. Down through tbe beautiful Bewlckley and Beaver Valleys they sped until Rock Point was reached. There, on tbe hill overlooking tbe picturesque and winding Con oquenesslng, the day was spent Tbe occasion was the annual picnic. There was a notable absence of the older members of the profession, but tbe younger element was well represented, and with them they brought the buoyaney and piquancy of youth. They carried off most of tbe honors in the athletic contests, but old Joseph Forsyth was too much for the boys in the high kick. For years he has been the champion, and tbe ease with which be can now put bis ripht lower limb in a perpendicular position and strike a bat held above bis head with tbe tip of his toes made the younger fellows weary. He stands alone and supreme, and Ior nis ski" in elevated kicking was presented with a copy of tbe rules ot tbe court by Major Negley in behalf of the Executive Committee. aiaacnlar Legal Athlete. The programme for tho day consisted of a number of athletic contests, and the sports were not to be sneezed at for the Allegheny county bar numbers among Its members some noted college athletes. As usual, W. A. Schoyer took the lead, with O. D. Thompson a close second. The quoit tourna ment was the first on the schedule, and after an exciting series of games was won by H. L. Christy and J. U. Slack, while James B. Young and Willis McCook were behind only a few points. In the evening Mr. McCook, as one of the vanquished, very gracefully pre sented the winners with an appiopriato medal. Tbe foot race, 75 yards, soon narrowed down between W. H. Schoyer and O. D. Thompson. The former won by doing some lively sprint ing. Tbe regatta occurred on the Beaver river in tbe afternoon. The entries were Messrs. Christy and Guffey, McGill and Slack, Buchanan and Rourke. Kennedy and Curran. and Patterson and Wise. Christy and Guffey led their competitors at the finish bv a few lengths, though Messrs. McGill and Slack claimed tbe race on a fonX The prize, bow ever, was awarded to tbe two first named. The shooting match attracted considerable atten tion, and C. W. Robb, a member of the Herron Hill Gun Club, was the lucky man. W. A. Bcnoyer and O. D. Thompson competed for tbe honors In tbe high jump. Mr. schoyer once more beat his antagonist Feasting nud Fan. At high noon an elegant lunch was served in tbe pavilion. A match game of ball was played after dinner between picked nines. W. P. Scboyer's team wiping up the earth with their opponents. In the evening before starting for home tbe prizes were awarded. Presentation speeches were made by E. Y. Breck, Major Negley, J. a Robb, Willis McCook and Mr. Bponsler. The winners in tbe contests in each case made pleasant replies despite tbe unmer ciful guys and pokes of tbeir companions. During tbe day tbe Great Western Band lost no time in making the woods ring with fine music, and frequently tbey were encored. Among tho visitors were Prothonotary John Bradley, County Commissioners McKee and Mercer, Sheriff McCandless and Cyrus Gray, Clerk of the Orphans' Court Of the Judges, Stowe, Magee and Over were present The venerable face of Judge Mellon was also to be seen. He never misses the annual outing. The work of getting up the picnic and at tanding to the details was well performed by E. Y. Brick, Lewis McMullen. E. W. Smith. E. Z. Smith, R, D. Wilson and W. K. Bhlros, who composed the Executive Committee. DANCING IN THE BARN. The Handel Mnslcal Association's First An niversary Celebration. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the members of the Handel Musical Association, ladened with suggestive baskets and boxes to say nothing of the bottles of pickles and olives will repair to tbe private grove of Lawyer Marshall, on the Perrysville road, and enjoy a regular old fashioned picnic During the afternoon lawn tennis, croquet ring around a rosy, and drop tbe handkerchief will be indulzed in, with numerous intervals of rest In tbe multitude of hammocks suspended In the most sbady spots. After 0 o'clock supper "Dancing in tbe Barn" will be enjoyed literally, and will not be con fined to the one dance bearing that name that has been such a successful tad In some of tbe larger cities tbe past season, but will embrace all the ancient and modern steps known to lovers ot the light fantastic Prof. Amos Whiting, the director or the clnb, though past tbe dancing age, will lend tbe dignity of his presence to tbe grand march by leading it and be the Mikado of the occasion. With this morry outing tbe Handel Assacla tlon will close Its first year's existence as a musical organization which has been so suc cessful. FROM INDIANA COUNTY. A Quiet Little Wedding nt tbe Seventh Avenue' notel. Indiana county society circles will doubtless be surprised at a pleasant little wedding tbat took place in this city yesterday. Frank T. Empfield, clerk in the office of the commis sioners of that county, and Miss Ruth Porter, a daughter of the late Daniel S. Porter, tbe former well-known attorney, quietly slipped out of the town yesterday and UDon arriving in this city went to the Seventh Avenuo Hotel, wbere tbey were wedded Dy Rev. Dr. David Kennedy, of the Arch street Allegheny, Pres byterian Cburcb. The bride was accompanied by tbe Miss Mary and Sarah Porter, her sisters. Kate Empfield, a sister of the groom, and Margaret Sloan, daughter of Senator Sloan. The groom's bost man was Edwin O. Christy, the well-known newspaper man of this city. , . After the ceremony tho young couple ban quetted, and In the evening took the Lastern express for New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities. An Allegheny Wedding. At the residence of the bride's parents, on Locust street Allegheny, last evening at 7 o'clock, the wedding of Miss Mamie Smit and Mr. S. A. Sampson was celebrated. Quite a gay little company thronged the prettily dec orated rooms of the residenco and witnessed the ceremony, after which mirth and jollty reigned at tho delightful supper served by Hagan. Social Chatter. The commencement exercises of the West ern University at Carnegie Hall to-night The marriage of Mr. George H. House and Miss Maggie Snyder will be celebeated this evening. The annual donation and reception at the Allegheny U. P. Orphans' Home in Allegheny to-day from 2 to 10 P. M. The Stauffer-Keiser wedding to-dav at Zephyr Glen, Scottdale. will take a number of Pittsburgers up that way. The closing exercises of St Mary's Academy will be held in the hall of the convent, on Web ster avenue, Tuesday, June 24. An old-fashioned cake walk will be given at a sociable held in the rooms of the Moorbead W. C. T. U. next Friday evening. Mrs. Wm. Grabenstein bas issued invita tions for tbe wedding of her daughter, Kathar ine, to Mr. Edward J. Boreland, on tho evening of June 24, at 8 o'clock. In the Arch Street M. E. Church. A oabden party will be given to-morrow evening at the residence of Mr. T. B. Kerr, Cali fornia avenue, Allegheny, by the Tuesday Night Circle of the McClure Avenue Presby terian Church. W. T. Banskett, city editor of tho Oil City Derrick, is to bo married, June 28, to Miss Mar garet Nelson, of Camden. S. C. Tho marriage will be celebrated at the residence of the bride's parents in Camden. All the arrangements are completed for the lawn fete to be given this evening by the Ladles' Aid Society of Trinity Reformed Church, ot Wilkinsburg. It will be one of the big social events of the season. Bisuop John H. Vincent, the author of the world-wide "Chautauqua movement," will deliver a lecture in tbe Oakland M. E. Church, corner of Forbes and Boquet streets, Monday evening. June 23. The subject of his address will be "Tom aud His Teachers." These will be a strawberry and Ice cream festival given at the Day Nursery. 202 North avenue, Allegheny, nnder the auspices ot tbe Uterrlt Union on the afternoon and evening of Friday, June 20. The proceeds for tbe benefit of the union and the little ones nnder its care. The Episcopal Church Home celebrates iu annual anniversary to-day with an elaborately prepared fur festival and lawn fete. A merry-go-round and various attractive features will afford amusement for tbe little inmates and the youthful visitors. Dinner will be served by any number of lovely-ladies who will bo In charge of the table. - - OUR HAIL POUCH. A Mvatery of Two Worlds. To the Editor of The Dlsoatchs My attention has just been attracted to a most interesting story In your columns con cerning the restoration of a long-lost Bible. It belonged originally, as it seems, to John B. Semple, Esq, of your city, and bore Jthe imprint of 1844 on IU title page, as well as an entry of tbe name of the owner in the same year. In some most strange and unaccountable manner, alter its owner had been many years deceased, itwasbrougbt to lleht In the little port of Alexandretta. in tbe northeast corner of the Mediterranean. Afterabiding there for a pro tracted period, where It was carefully pre served, it was placed by some unknown hand in the care of the Rev. Messrs. Pearce. Leak and Ballantyne. with the story of its later his tory. These gentlemen brought the sacred volume home to Pittsburg, and. as In duty bound, sougbt for some trace of its original owner. Through the reportorial enterprise of The Dispatch tbey were successful in finding the son of the former owner, wbo at once iden tified tbe highly treasured and long missing volume. Such are some ot the facts as pub lished in The Dispatch and also in tbe te'e graph news of to-day from Pittsburg in the Philadelphia Record. This story possesses a deep interest for me personally, from the fact that I was a fellow traveler with my esteemed clerical brethren from Pittsburg In their tour ot the Holy Land. I met them first in Jerusalem, and learned to know and love them; and having bad manv previous experiences in common with them, I cannot bnt regret tbat I did not share with them in tbe romantic Incident which ha3 now bad such a happy sequel. 1 am the more inter ested in the story from tbe fact tbat I also knew quito intimately the family, to a member of which tbe long missing volume bas been re turned. I knew tbe original owner of it and knew that he highly prized this particular Bible: and I cannot but rejoice with his son, Mr. Frank Semple, on the recovery ot such a precious memento of bis sainted father. On still another ground I am interested In the study of this much traveled copy of the Scriptures. For, strange to say, when about to go abroad, being reluctant to expose my study Bible to tbe vicissitudes of so long a journey, my good wife suggested 1 should take a smalt compact portable one of her own which sbe then put in my case. That Bible accompanied me In all my travels through Europe and up tbe Nile, as well as in the tour of the Holy Land. Now had I been so fortunate as to bave been tbe finder ot the other volume found by my comrades in travel, it wonld almost have served to replace this volume of mine, which I was so unfortunate as to lose, I know not where. Tbe description given in your columns is quite near enough to have made it answer this purpose; as in size, age and imprint I could almost bave sworn it was a duplicate. Ot course, tho other facts stated in your narrative preclude tbeir further identity; but tbe strangest part of this strange and almost par allel history is tbat my wife's maiden name was Semple, and that the book she gave me, and which 1 failed to bring back with me, was one of the precious heirlooms that came to her from her deceased father. Hoping this additional story will have some thing of the same interest as the other, it It does not help to unravel this mystery ot two worlds, I remain. Very slnoerely yours, J. Henry Sharpe. Editor Presbyterian Journal. 1312 Chestnut street Philadelphia, June 16, 1890. Tbe Enumerator Saw Him. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In your article bearing upon tbe alleged in accuracies of tbe census, I am quoted as saying that I bad nerer.heard of a census enumerator being In tbe vicinity ot Verner station and Woods' Run. The reporter who wrote the above made a serious mistake, as I never roaae such a statement to any person. William L. Morgan is tbe enumerator in my district and he has faithfully performed his work so far as I and others In the district are concerned. He called on me at my home, and filled out bis papers accurately. It is either a case of mls- taKen laentity or maiicioua misrepreseauibiuu on the part of some person who had anjobject in misleading your reporter, and I ask prompt publicity of tbis explanation. The Dis patch is doing a good work in endeavoring to secure a complete and accurate census, which will place Pitts burg wbere sbe belongs. Mr. Oliver and his enumerators cannot be blamed for the per plexities and obstacles which have grown out of the unnecessary questions and peculiar rules laid down at headquarters. I second your suggestion that the "counting of noses" be placed in the bands of the War Dapartment or some system which will Insure accuracy. Pittsburg, Juno 18. Edwabd Ksrx The Apostles' Creed. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Wbo wrote the Apostles' Creed and when was it written? PHILO. Coraopolis. June 17. It is the oldest, most comprehensive, and most universally respected creed of Christen dom, interesting from its antiquity, and still more from its general adoption by tbe Greek, Roman and Protestant churches. It was con pleted about the middle of the second century. There is a tradition that it was made by the Apostles themselves, wbo at a meeting in Jeru salem contributed each an article toward an authentic, compendious and unchangeable rule ot faith, but this rests upon no historical evi dence. A Census Suggestion. To the Editor of The Dispatch) I see from The Dispatch that the census enumerators say that during tbeir canvass many people were absent from their homes, hence the guesswork, delay and omission re ferred to from all parts of the county.' Why not shift the time for gathering returns. Dur ing the fall and winter months people who bave permanent abodes are generally at home. Not much flitting is Indulged in during tbe winter, and if noses were counted in November, December or January, the task would be much easier and tbe work more accurate; provided, of course, that a lot of silly questions were not put to the people. Allegheny; Juno 18. After Wires, Not sweethearts. To tho Editor of The Dispatch! Your correspondent in Tuesday's paper says that when tho line of the Bald Eagle Valley railroad was surveyed the engineers took tho privilege of naming their stopping places after tbe names ot tbe ladles who were to be their wive. The oldest residents or that locality would have told him that tbe names of tbe sta tions he mentioned were the names of furnaces that occupied those sites, and named in honor of tbe wives of those tbat bnilt them. Hannah. Matilda, Jullann and Martha furnaces are fa miliar names to those of u who were residents of tbat section of country 60 or more years ago. Pittsburg, June 17. Noyl. A Query Answered. To the Editor or The Dispatch: In reply to inquiry In Dispatch or Saturday, June 14, lrom Connellsvllle merchantin regard to measuring a pump, address to Charles Hilde brand,No. 27 Johnston street Youngstown, O. C. HILDEBRAND. Youngstown, o., Juno 17. Perhnpa tbe Ceoans Will Tell You. To tbe Editor of tbe Dispatch: Please tell me the weight ot President Har rison; also his height and oblige. Graham. Pittsburg, June 18. lit1 Never Has. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: Has tho present Prince of Wales ever acted as Regent during disability of the Queen t Pittsburg, June 17. Reader. VIOLATION OF THE LABOR LAW. A Scottdale Man to Investigate the Cases of the Italian Coke Workers. rSFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THB DtSPATCH.1 Scottdale, June 18. Benjamin Gillott, of this place, has been appointed Italian inter preter by Secretary of the Treasury William Windom. He will work- in conjunction and under the direction of Immigrant Inspector Robert Liyton. of Pittsburg. His mission will be to investigate the cases ot the 107 Italians who were shipped to tbe Connellsville coke regions a few weeks ago who, it is alleged, are here in direct violation of the labor law. He will commence work this week. Tbo 3Inrtlna Fund. Tbe following contributions for tbe relief of tbe distressed Martina family, of Mulberry alley, wore received by The Dispatch yester day: S.H. C. $ 1 00 Cash 6 "0 Previously acknowledged 00 Total SHOO Neglected Merit. From the Boston Bepnblle.l It is tbe proper thing nowadays tor the passen gers to pass a vote of thanks to tbe captain who runs his steamer on a rock In a foz and en daneers their lives. Wouldn't it be a good Idea to reward, occasionally, the captains who steer clear of rocks, and who pilot their vssisU suc cessfully and safely from dock to aadtr CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The French have tried smokeless pow der with the biggest guns successfully. The sea serpent is on deck again. This time It was off Connecticut and his length was over 100 feet Democratic citizens in several Missouri towns are boycotting Republican postmasters, hoping to force them to resign. The friction of millions of shoes hat worn the original smoothness from the flooring of the Brooklyn brldee promenade. A London woman's club has developed as far as a motion by one of Its members to provide a separate room for smokers and also a billiard room. On an average there are 35 more boys than girls born in New York City every week. On tae average 5o more males than females die. So tbe female population grows more rapidly than the male. Broken glass may become as useful as it is bothersome. The British Warehouseman announces that a process is now known which will work glass into doth of any color or thick ness, and incombustible. Two Wiscasset, Me., doctors recently removed from the jaw of a man In that town eight teeth whose combined length was 9 inches. One cuspid measured over 1 Inches one of the longest on record. Philadelphia boys saturated a rag with gasoline from the public lamps,and by inhaling it in their nostrils became intoxicated. The police detected tbem in this new and novel scheme of juvenile dissipatlon,and arrests hava followed. Antrim Worrillow, of Delaware county, has been awarded $925 damages for mjuries re ceived on the public road. He was watching a couple of bulls fighting when an overhanging limb caught his head and tors bis hair out by the routs. Last week a salmon weighing 16 pounds was taken at Nashua, N. B, and one weighing 29 pounds was caught in the lower Connecticut At Higganum. ConiL. two large shad were taken, one of which weighed 10K pounds and measured 23 inches In length, and the other weighed 9 pounds and was 28 inches long. A boy at Plainfield, X. J., was at tacked bv a large eagle and severely lacerated about tbe chest Although much frightened, be grasped tbe bird and choked it and then throwing it on tbe ground, broke its wing by jumping on it The eagle was then secured alive and afterward exhibited in a store win dow. There are fewer hIondes,more brunettes, and just as many auburn-haired girls and women as there were ten years ago. says the New York Sun. As the climate gets milder the number of dark-haired persons increases, and the change has been more marked by the fact that most of the Immigration has of late years been from tbe southern countries of Europe. A Monson, Me., man was quietly fish ing for suckers on tbe shore of a pond the other day when he was astonished to see a Dig fish float along by him. Not being prepared for such large game ba pulled his line out and was going to let it go by. Tbeflsb. bowever, prob ably seeing the moving bait, made a jump and landed right at tbe man's feet It wasapickerel weighing 2K pounds. The curious "traveling stones" of Aus tralia are paralleled In Nevada. They are de scribed as being perfectly round, about as largo as a walnut and of an ivory nature. When dis tributed about on tbe floor, table or any other level surface within two or three feet of each other they Immediately begin traveling toward each other until they meet at a common cen ter and tbere lie huddled up in a bunch, like eggs in a nest A rich Bostonlan, Mr. Franklin W. Smith, has built at Saratoga an exact copy of a Pompeian villa, bis model being the famous "House of Pansa." His intention has been to build a museum wbere tbe splendid decorative art of the first century could be thoroughly studied, and where the environment of the great Roman nobles could be illustrated from the lares and penates to the utensils of the kitchen. Miss Alice Bunnell, a bright and at tractive young lady, is tbe census enumerator for Berkeley township. Ocean county, N. J. It is said her work is better and more carefully done than that ot tbe male enumerators. Sbe bas been at worK two weeks, doing part ot it on foot and part of it in a buggy. Because of the ignorance of tbe people sbe has encountered many obstacles, and only gets her information by closely questioning them. A retired Detroit groceryman says the most independent man on earth is tbe one who pays cash and rnns no bills, especially where ho buys his provisions When be feels thathecan buy where he pleases and pay as he goes he buys to better advantage every time and saves money. If be runs no bill he is not liable to be assessed for losses on some dead-beat account. Some dealers consider it perfectly fair to make up on paying accounts what may have been lost ob uau ones. A rich Australian widow, with an in come ot 8125,000 a year, is tbe fashionable sen sation in London. Her story illustrates what can be got out ot a silver mine in New South Wales. The lady's husband paid 120 for cer tain shares in this mine. When ho died not long ago the shares were comparatively value less, and he thought he was leaving bis young wife in destitution. Shortly after his death the shares rose suddenly to a price so marvelons that the widow sold one-halt of her share for 190 000, and Is now receiving 25,000 annually from the otber. In the town of Great Valley, in Catta raugus county, there Is an interesting curiosity known as tbe "whistling well." About 45 years ago the well was dug by Colonel Wesley Flint's father to tbe depth ot 45 feet, but no water ac cumulated. A strong current of air was noticed rushing into the well at times and at otber times rushing outofit A flat ttone with a lji locb bole was fitted over tbe hole and a whistle placed in it, which changed Its tone as the air was drawn up or down. The whistle proved a reliable weather barometer. In settled weather tbe whistle was silent, bpt an approaching storm was heralded by a warning shriek ot the whistle as the air rushed out of the well, but as clear weather approached the current or air changed and was drawt, into tbe well and tha whistle changed and told, its story by its changed tone. PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS. Ice is cold, but local prices for it are red hot Lot Angeles Tribune. We will soon be hearing from the man who has eaten too much green corn. AtcMton a lode. The sphere of the sewing girl is not con tracted; it is often a hemmy-sphcre, Xonters Uaielte. People who wait for what is offered gen erally have long spells between meals. Milwau kee Journal. Little boy blue is the only individual who bas ever had to be told when to blow his horn. Dallas Xaat. An expert claims to have discovered that lightning rods are no protection from what Is known as Jersey lightning. Alio Xorle Commer cial Advertiser. She I do believe Grace Thorndike gets engaged to as many as JO fellows every summer. He Ahal A kind of three days' Urace,as it were. Burlington Free Press. Old Man Here, Thomas, get up; it is 4 o'clock, the birds are all up and a-slnglng. Thomas-Well, 1 don't care. If the birds want to make fools of themselves let 'em do It -LigM. Mude twos robbed of my good name this mo"rning. WMr -The census taker, of course. Yabsley-Well. he will iret 2 cents on it and that is more than you candc-Terre Haute Exprttt. One Secret Sbe Kept Grumpy Pshawl Women can never keep a secret Mrs Grumpr-Can't, eh? Perhaps I haven't rnarded the secret thatthe wedding rtng you gave me was piatedr-Moe American. "It's enough to kind of sour a man on hnman nature, "said the tramp, "when youstop to consider how often you're called lazy because ' won't do a 73-ceot Job at sawln' wood for a 1S lent breakfast "- WatMngton Pott. One Would Think So. Mrs. Fangle James, what Is the proper form of address for a Knight of tbo Bath! Fangle-I don't know.but 1 should think "Your WashuD" would be about right Harper's baiar. THE CRANES AND THE BALL PLAYERS. The cranks little care for each rival league's claim. Such contention they heed not at all. They put out tbeir money to witness a game. And they ask but that players "play ball!" Sew Xort Prut. Musical Talent First Brooklyn Ama teur Did you hear that Miss Melpomene, of tbe Ullberantb Society, had developed quite a decided musical taste? .Second H. A. N o. Is It possible? First B. A. Yes: she was seen promenading Fait jn street on Easier Sunday, wearing an ac cordion pleated cape, a fluted skirt trlmm.d with bugle fringe and a bonnet with long strings U under her chin la a bow.-tfne XorkJdtrald. ""
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