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PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. JUNE 27. lS9a
THE DISPATCH FOB TEE SUMMER,
gheny graduates, though fewer in number,
made a fine showing also. The High
Scbo6ls represent more faithfully than
any other institutions the condition of
the community as to intellectual culti
vation. It is very gratifying therefore to
find that the tide of education is rising
higher every year. The faculties of the two
High Schools, in common with Mr. Luckey,
are to be congratulated on the ever increas
ing success of their efforts. To the young
men and women who now are to encounter
the world in earnest, we extend our con
gratulations with the hope "that their
scholastic training has fitted them well for
the conflict
THE- rrCTSBURGrJ 'PISPXTCHTOID JUNeW2P189
There seems to be a chasm yawning between
Speaker Reed and a number of Republican
Senators.
The latest suburb to benefit by the rapid
transit movement is Homestead. An electric
railway shortening the distance from Pittsburg
by four miles Is to be constructed at once.
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A TO BALLOT REFORM.
"When the Australian ballot system was
first commended to attention in this country
some ot those who knew nothing about it
' were inclined to treat it as a silly "fad,"
but latterly it has been compelling more re
spect lul attention. When such a conven
tion ts that which assembled at Harrisburg
on 'Wednesday, which was more given to
"practical" than to sentimental politics,
thought well to admit that some sort of bal
lot reform is necessary, we may be prepared
to believe that the old system is indeed ob
noxious. There is another evidence of at
tention to the subject in a "Pennsylvania
Ballot Reform Association" which is now
forming in the State. Such men as Judge
Agnew, of Beaver; Chauncey Black, Lewis
Emery, Jr., ex-Seuator Mitchell, Henry C.
Lea, Francis Beeves, ot Philadelphia, and
others of their type and standing are at the
head of it.
Anything that will facilitate a free and
honest expression of the people at the polls
merits consideration. Anything that will
abate the impoverishing expense which is
now laid upon candidates will be good.
The poor man, however competent, bps, as
things go, but little chance to offer himself
for office when faced by the heavy expense
of setting up delegate conventions in the
first instance, and piying afterward for
printing and for men to peddle his tickets
at the polls. Hot only is the poor man
barred from a competition that costs so
- smartly, but a good many men in moderate
circumstances have found the expenses of
politics quickly swallowing not only the
emoluments of office, but also their original
capital. The lust state financially of these
has come to be worse than their first. It is
no part of the public intention that this
should happen. The Australian ballot
would put an end to it.
The Dispatch prints elsewhere the
text of the bill proposed by the association
for enactment next winter. It is, of course,
subject to amendments, but it contains many
points that will commend themselves to the
reflective reader. The provisions for all
candidates having their names printed on a
common ticket at the public expense, and
for permitting candidacy upon this inex
pensive condition to any aspirant lor office
who is backed by a certain number of citi
zens, seem to be very liberal and simple.
The clauses bearing upon secrecy and pre
venting interference or intimidation are
also worthy of notice, Such a law, if en
forced through the South, might give better
results than Mr. Eeed's Federal election
bill, without increasing the objections which
nave been leveled at that measure.
CHICAGO'S TRIAL.
The World's Fair is occupying Chicago's
attention fully, and the country ought to
keep an eye on the proceedings there. It is
not surprising that all sorts of underhand
attempts to make money out of the Fair
should delay the choosing of a site. Chica
go is passing through the same aggravating
period that any great city might expect.
We sympathize with Chicago. At the same
time it is plainly the duty of everybody to
protest against the idea, which has not a few
silly advocates in Chicago, that two hundred
ana fifty acres is large enough to hold the
Exposition. The Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphiaiiad not a foot too much room
with a thousand acres. Every international
exposition has had that or more. But some
small-minded persons in Chicago think two
hundred and fifty acres is enough.
As to a kindred proposition to separate
the agricultural and mining exhibits and
the rest ot the Exposition by six miles of
space, it is preposterous. Mr. M. H. De
Young, one or California's Commissioners,
says very properly of this: "The agricul
tural and mining sections of the country
will not stand it. We will not be made the
.tail end of the Exposition nor be placed in
a distant lot by ourselves. The agricultural
interests of this country we consider the
most important we have, and the mines of
the United States, especially the Pacific
coast, excel anything in the world for their
machinery. This proposition to side-track
these two great interests lor the benefit of
any jobbers in local land schemes in Chicago
will not be tolerated, I am sure, by the in
telligent men composing the National Com-
mission. There should be no mistake about
this. This is to be a world's exposition, not
a Chicago fair, and as such must be com
bined as one grand, composite, solid ex
position, surrounded byoneinclosure, where
one ticket gives the visitor the right to go
anywhere alter passing the gate, without
further toll or having to pay for additional
conveyances to carry him to the other part
oi it."
PARKS As PLAYGROUNDS.
The parks of this city, may their num
ber increase, are its lungs as the saying
goes, and just now more happily still they
are playgrounds for the little children of
our schools. Eighteen hundred youngsters
romped among the sleeping dogs of war and
the pacific lawns and flower beds
of Arsenal Park yesterday. To-day
the school children of Allegheny
will astonish the swans and make the
grass and the gardeners lie low in the Alle
gheny parks. The jubilee in Allegheny is
a sight that Queen Victoria, who is a con
noisseur in jubilees, might well travel all
the way from Buckingham Palace to see.
I. any citizen ieels a little anxious about
the health and spirits of the rising genera
tion, let him walk across the North Park
this afternoon. He will be reassured. If
he does not take care he may be used as a
battering ram, or seduced into the mysteries
of "ring-around-a-rosy."'
The money for the old-fashioned Fourth
of July celebration came at a splendid rate
yesterday. Over a thousand dollars is now in
Treasurer Dennlston's bands. 1 he bands, the
ham sandwiches for the youngsters, the lem
onade for everybody, and the patriotic balloon
will consnme more money than this. But the
dollars of onr patriots will certainly be auf
flcient for all the calls of the day.
Pittsburg's baseball champions came
out in great force yesterday. They lost two
games yesterday all they could, poor things 1
Is it not reflecting unkindly upon St.
Louis to enlarge upon some of her advantages
as a location for the next Sunday School Con
vention In 1892? One or tbo advocates of St.
Louis was careful to point out that the city
wonld be empty, the railroads centering there
at leisure in 1892, because Chicago's World Fair
would be taking place.
Kemmler will probably be electrocuted
some time in August, As a repreived murderer
be has an unparalleled record.
MORE CAPITAL FOR GLASS.
There is no end yet to the development of
"the plate glass manufacture in this country.
On top of the great works in this trade now
in course of erection at Elfwood and at
Charleroi, comes a still more stupendous
project with a location at Irwin, Pa. We
are not surprised that the peculiar ad
vantages oi Western Pennsylvania, as to
fuel, transportation facilities and other mat
ters, should have attracted new capitalists
for the enlargement of the plate class in
dustry in this country. In this case
the amount of capital involved, one hun
dred million dollars, seems greater than the
establishment of even a larger concern than
any now in existence, demands. Hence
arises the suspicion that a syndicate plan
ning the consolidation of all the plate glass
works js at work. This is an undesirable
possibility. The industry will grow faster
and better if competition between the
domestic manufacturers is not squelched by
means of consolidation. We prefer to be
lieve that the new concern at Irwin is to be
a'-new and independent factor in the move
ment which will place American plate glass
ahead ot all foreign competition.
THE DEMOCRATS' TURN SOW.
The political atmosphere was cooled con
siderably in Bepublican circles yesterday
by the currents of explanation, criticism,
censure, consolation and prophecy which
set in upon the work of the convention.
Locally the feeling was evidently one of
slight fatigue, with a disposition to rest'ul
ness, coupled with curiosity as to the action
of the Democrats. Will Pattison be nom
inated, and, if so, on what sort of a plat
form? is the uppermost matter of in
terest in Pennsylvania politics just now.
Nothing could have more signally helped
Pattison's prospects among the Democrats
than the nomination of Delamater by the
Republicans. It is realized that he is pecu
liarly the fittest candidate the Democrats
can put iorward. But Mr. Wallace has not
ret shared this very general perception to the
extent of gracefully withdrawing in favor of
the ex-Governor. Unless extaordinarily
obtuse be may do so yet.
A DYING HYBRID.
The hybrid ministry of Lord Salisbury
cannot recover the prestige they have lost
in the last two years. The general election
which must be held next year will give the
crippled Tories and Liberal-Unionists the
vacation they need so grievously. The
glorious uncertainty of politics does not
hold out much hope to Mr. Gladstone's op
ponents. If Lord Beaconsfield were alive
and in Lord Salisbury's place, it might not
be safe to conclude that the Ministry were
doomed because of the practical failure
of their domestic policy. Beaconsfield
was a far more alert and elastic states
man than his successor in the party
leadership. When defeat stared bim in the
face at home none knew so well the virtue
of dazzling Britons' eyes with a foreign
policy all spangles and pyrotechnics. He
coujd coin a phrase that would confuse his
toes and delight his friends, though neither
could say precisely what it signified.
'Peace with Honor" was his password
when he came back from the Berlin Confer
ence, and it passed into currency as if it
stood for some substantial benefits to En
gland. But the master wizard is no more,
and nothing can save the rotten tree to
which the Grand Old Man is now laying
the last strokes of his ax.
The debate of the Federal election bill,
which was begun in the House yesterday,
promises to develop great heat end unpleasant
ness. Ihe bill bas a tendency to revive slum
berlnga nlmosi ties that it were better to have let
alone. The Southern Congressmen are evi
dently prepared to fight the measure desper
ately. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Uncle Jerry Rusk his reached his 60th
blrthnav, but is as lively as a boy.
The Emperor of China is a handsome young
man, who is said to look like an American col
lege student.
Herb Most has apparently agreed with him
self that he will not comb his hair until be is
elected President,
Commissioner Porter is reminded from
all parts of the country that the errors of his
ennmerators are simply countless.
George Pauncefort. an English actor,
well-known in this country years ago, is now
leading man In a restaurant in Yokohama.
Miss Virqinia C Clay edits a Democratic
daily newspaper in Huntsville, Ala., and sup
ports a paralt zed father and five young brothers
and si-ters.
Mrs. Millais, wife of the famous artist, is
said to be the happiest woman in Europe,
tboLgh it is hard to reconcile this statement
wiih the fact that she keeps 15 servants.
Fosteb L. Backus, a lawyer of Brooldyn,
N. Y., is a favorite with the inmates of the
jails in Kings county. He has a rich baritone
voice, well cultivated, and sings in one or the
other of the jails every Sunday.
Mme. Patti is said to have attached her sig
nature to a magazine article which will be pub
lished in the winter. The editor of the maga
zine has the name of the author of the article
simply as a guarantee of good faith.
Mes. Page, of IngersolL, Tex., gave birth to
fonr children the other day that weighed re
spectively six, five four and four and one-half
pounds. Mrs. Page had previously presented
ber husband with three pairs of twins. She is
a patron saint of the census takers.
David J. Baker, who died rocently at Dry
den, N. Y was 85 years of age and undoubted
ly the oldest Freemason in the United States.
He was Initiated as a Master Mason by the
Sylvan Lodge of Moravia, March 12. 1816.
Baker and his Hire had lived together for 50
years in the bouse in which he died. Six stal
wart grandsons bore the remains to the grave.
HOW THEY VIEW IT.
Opinions of ifae Prcjs on the Nomlnniion ot ,
George W. Defammer -for Governor J
Republican Papers Generally Snll.fled.
While tbe- Democratic Papers Clnlmj It
n Weak Nomlnniion.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Ind. Hep.
As a large majority of the delegates to the
convention were devoted friends and cham
pions of United States Senator Quay, it was
inevitable that Delamater, his personal and po
litical favorite in the canvass for Governor
must be made the nominee tor that office!
While there .was a profession of neutrality by
Mr. Quay as between the contestants, it was
observable that in whatever locality In the
State bis influence preponderated, delegates
were sent to the convention who were counted
upon as safe to vote for Delamater on tbe deci
sive ballot, no matter whom they voted for at
first.
In this and in other respects it was Mr.
Quay's convention Its composition and its
work are another demonstration ot his supreme
power in Pennsylvania politics; and its un
abated faith and confidence in bim personally
as well as in his leadership, are shown in the
unanimity and emphasis with which it repels
and repudiates and treats with scorn the at
tack upon hi character. So far as "vindica
tion" by a powerful and controlling political
organization can go, he bas It complete. We
wish the Lrdger could say that Mr. Quay's
judgment in selecting a candidate for Gover
nor from among the aspirants in this canvass
was equal to his skill and ability in controlling
the event. General Hastings, we think, would
nave been a more advisable nominee certainly
in the party point of view. If the selection
bad been made bv a popular vote of the Repub
lican party, instead of having been brought
about by tbe Influence of ibe organization, we
think he would have been the nominee.
Kntl-fl-ri With tbe Work.
From the Harrisburg Call, Rep. 3
The Republican Stale Convention has com
pleted its work and the delegates have gone to
their homes satisfied with their work. There
suit Is no surprise, for It has long been fore
shadowed. What the effects of It will be. It is
too early to estimate. For a long time there
nave been muttenngs of discontent at the idea
of the nomination of Senator Delamater ou ac
count oi the popular supposition that It was to
be forced upon the people by Senator Quay.
Prnnsylmnln'a Shame.
From the New York World, Dem.
Senator Quay ordered the Pennsylvania Re
publican Convention to nominate George W.
Delamater Tor Governor of the State, and the
Convention has done his bidding. Itsmembers
have "crooked the pregnant hinges ot the
knee" before Quay, and proclaimed with effu
sion that by his career in State and National
politics "he has won and retains" their "re
spect and confidence."
DUNBAB HTT.1EF FUND.
The
HELIGOLAND'S VALUE.
A good deal of unadulterated nonsense is
being talked about Heligoland by the ene
mieff of the Ministry in England. Now it
is claimed that England is to demand of
Germany that she refrain lrom fortifying
Heligoland. Tbe little island in the North
Sea is not worth much anyhow, but to Ger
many its only value can be as a military
outpost, England did not fortify it while
she had it lor several reasons; the island is
not easily sutceptible of fortification, it does
not command any ocean highway of import
ance, and it has no harbor worthy of
tbe name. Germany as the suzerain
oi the nearest coast may be able to make
use of Heligoland as a part of the defenses
of the mouth of the Elbe. Heligoland no
fortified is worth about as much to Germany
as a midsummer sandbank in the Ohio -is to
Pittsburg. England will let Germany do as
she pleases with the barren square mile she
got in exchange for property belonging to
certain benighted aborigines in Africa.
First Contribution Acknowledged A
Cbnnce tor tbe Charitable.
Several days ago an appeal for aid for the
widows and orphans at Dunbar was sent out
through the press of tbe city. Outside or col
lections taken up in some of the churches and
donations of individuals,Vbich were forwarded
direct to the Belief Committee at Dunbar, no
organized movement looking toward tbe relief
of the needy ones has been made. In the ap
peal it was stated that contributions would bs
received at the offices of all the newspapers,
but no one seemed to heed the call until yester
day, when a gentleman visited Tbe Dispatch
and beaded tbe subscription list. His donation
is bereby acknowledged:
Cash fl 00
This is a beginning, which, while small, will
undoubtedly appeal to the friends of the widow
and the orphan, and be added to from dav to
dav until it assumes fitting proportions. The
Dispatch will forward all contributions to the
Relief Committee at Dunbar, and acknowledge
them in these columns.
CTJEBENT TIMELY TOPICS.
A obaye slight has been offered to Ni
agara Kails. A doctor who lives in the town
named alter the falls cut bis throat with a
razor yesterday. Why he robbed the falls of a
victim is not stated.
SCHOLARS TO BE PROUD OF.
The commencement exercises of the High
Schools oi Pittsburg and Allegheny yester
day were iraught with more than usual in
terest, A very large, aud it appears pecu
liarly brilliant class was graduated from tbe
Pittsburg High School, while the Alle-
The Dnquesne Theater is not gaining
substantiality a tbe summer flies on. Ac
cording to an apparently capable and honest
judge tbe walls of tbe livery stable from which
tbe theater is to be made are utterly unsafe.
The demolition ot tbeJackman building and
the erection of an entirely new theater seems
to be the only course left Mr. Henderson. We
are sorry be is laboring under these adverse
circumstances.
And now Germany is sighing for the
American hog. The Teutons have found that
even the Fatherland Is nothing without our
toothsome porker. Another rebuff for Bis
marck. Senator Edmunds undoubtedly voiced
the sentiments of many of bis brethren when
be said yesterday that in tbe Senate unlimited
debates would always be in favor. Perhaps a
limit would be useful at times, but we com
mend the spirit of Mr. Edmunds remarks
upon the desirability of full and free debate.
JOHN L. SrLUVAN is again ready for busi
ness, bnt the other fellows will give their months
a chance to rest.
The Pittsburgs have a good grip on sixth
place, while tbe Alleghenles defy all comers to
wrest the last place from them.
On. Crrr is completely out of ice, and the
trade in mint juleps is In consequence greatly
depressed.
One of the saddest pictures now before the
American people Is that of ex-Congressman K.
G. Borr, of Michigan, standing with head bared
and announcing that he is not acandldate for the
Spanish Mission, or for anything else In the gift
of the present administration.
Mrs. J. C. Ateb, widow of the patent medi
cine millionaire, is betrothed to a brother of the
late Emperor of Russia's morganatic wife, and
arterher marriage will be known, according to the
ftew York World, as the Princess Solgoroukl and
Duchess of Uarsaparllla.
If Chicago could have included in ber
census all ber prisoners In Jollet she might have
given Philadelphia a close race for second place.
Alas! now it's too late.
Sarah Bernhardt seems ambitious to
accompanv Stanley on his next trip through
Africa. -The daring exnlorermlght attach her to
his watch chain without any inconvenience
provided Mrs. Stanley who-is-to-be puts in no
objection.
There Is a slick Individual who halls from
Toledo engaged, these moonlit nights. In locat
ing gold mines along the bcioto Valley. He has a
brass ball attached to a cord, and when he gets
In the neighborhood oj pay dirt the divining ball
will Insist on being attracted toward the spot,
despite all his efforts to control It. tint tbe divin
ing machine won't operate in daylight success
fully. He will locate one or two placer mines on
anybody's farm who will only put trust in his
brass. And the beauty of It is be will take pay
for his services either in legal tender notes or
silver at a reasonable rate of discount, rather
than wait to dig the gold.
If Ibe Girls nre f rnslble, He Will.
From the h cw Orleans Picayane. 1
Dr. Skilakowsky, a famous physician in Rus
sia, has received what is said to be tbe largest
fee ever paid to a doctor in that country. A
millionaire residing in Odessa summoned him
especially to come there to perform some surgi
cal operation. He performed the operation
and was in Odessa but five hours, receiving
1L000 rubles, or over 88,000 as a fee for his
trouble.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Horry Parke,
rsrSCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIM
Johnstown, June 26. Harry Parke died sud
denly this afternoon at 6 o'clock. The Parke
family was one of tbe .wealthiest in the town,
owning a large amount of real estate. Harry was
the only member or the family left by the flood.
Air. V. K. Ualney, or Pittsburg, had been mar
ried to one of the daughters, who was lost in the
flood, and a settlement between Harry and
Italney or tbe real estate had recently been made.
Parke owned tne Opera House, wberethe panic
o. currcd last winter by which ten lives werelost.
Parke leaves a wife and one child.
Bon. John M. Cretan.
CAKML III., Jnne re. The Hon. John M.
Crebs, died at his homo yesterday. He served
with distinction as Colonel of the F-lghty-sei enth
Illinois Infantry, and was in Congress two terms.
Arclilbnld Woudbarr McL-lnn.
Halifax, K. B., Jnne is, The Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Nova Scotia, Archibald Woodbury Mo
Lelan, dlirtl this morning.
A Corporation Cnndidate.
From the New York Times, Mug.
There is little occasion now fordiscussmgthe
meaning ot the candidacy of Delamater. It is
thoroughly understod. He stands for the
Standard Oil Company and other great corpor
ations and combinations in Pennsylvania poli
tico, and bis nomination has been made by Sen
ator Quay through tbo exercise of his power
over the Republican organizations in order to
enlist those great moneyed interests in the sup
port of the party and of his nowers as its dicta
tor. The issue is squarely made in a form
which nobody tan pretend to misunderstand
and tbe only question now is whether tin
people of tbe second greatest State in the
Union will submit to the kind of rule which is
implied in this triumph of the "boss." Popular
sentiment among the Republicans of Pennsyl
vania has not been and is not to the smallest
degree In favor of Delamater as a candidate for
Governor. He has not been nominated by tbe
Republicans of the State or by their represent
atives, but by Quay as the representative of the
power of money and of monopoly.
Ic HTenns n Drni'crntlc Victory
From the New York Star. Dem.
Delamater's nomination by Quay's conven
tion will suit tbe Democrats and Independents
of Pennsylvania. It must be that the election
of snch a man as Quay's henchman is impossi
ble by tbe fair vote of the Keystone State. It
remains for tbe Democrats to put forward as
their candidate the man strongest with all the
elements hostile to misrule, and to see to it
that legal votes are freely cast and fairly
counted.
A Revolt Almont Certain.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dem.
In mentioning the preferences of delegates
we remarked that Quay knew where and bow
to get tbe number of votes needed, in addition
to those pledged, to nominate Delamater. The
second ballot gave him the nomination and the
Fennsjlvania. Republicans have a Standard
oil representative as their candidate for Gov
ernor by order ot Boss Quay. There will be a
revolt among respectable Republicans.
Whether tbat rebellion will be sufficiently
widespread to elect the Democratic candidate
remains to be seen, but there is such a prospect
as furnishes ground for reasonable hope that it
win. j.ne Democratic canumate is nicely to be
ex-Governor Pattison, who carried tbe State
once and gained the confidence of the people
to such a degree that he is stronger with them
to-day than he was when he ran eight years
ago. It was a convention in the interest of
machine politics aud spoils.
A Foregone Conclusion.
From the Erie Dispatch, Rep.
As predicted in these columns before, Hon.
George Wallace Delamater, of Meadville, car
ries off tbe prize as tbe Republican nominee for
Governor. Senator Delama'er has always been
a zealous and devoted Republican and has done
much service for the party. His effective work
on tbe stump during the lat Presidental cam
paign is not forgotten by tbe Republicans of
Pennsylvania.
A Sore Winner.
From the Altoona Tribune, Hep. 3
Senator Delamater is a good Republicon, an
excellent citizen, standing high in the confi
dence of his neighbors and of all who Enow
bim: a man of stainless character, possessing
qualities wnicn win me ennuuence oi auwno
come In contact with htm. He will gain in
strength steadily until election day and will be
tbe next executive of Pennsylvania,
A SntUfnciorT Result.
From the Oil City Derrick, Hep.
The work of the convention In nominating
Senator Delamater was eminently satisfactory.
We have constantly advocated his nomination.
believing bim to bo the best and most available
of the gentlemen who had been mentioned for
the honor. His sterling character and high
ability are too well known to need detailed
comment at this time. He will, when tbe peo
ple of Pennsylvania shall have glveu him their
suffrages, be a worthy successor of tbe line ot
able Governors ot Pennsylvania, and a credit to
his State and to his party.
Tlio Convention .Undo No Mistake,
From the Meadville Tribune, Rep.
Crawford county appreciates the honor con
ferred, and her people will attest by their bal
lots tbat yesterday's convention made no mis
take In selecting our honored citizen
for the Republican standard bearer in
the approaching campaign. It is to
be expected that the Republicans of
Crawford should have preferred their own can
didate, but If the verdict of the convention
had been in favor ot one of the other candi
dates they would have yielded as readily, and
as faithful and as energetic support could have
been expected as can now be, promised for
their favored son.
A Mncblno Nomination.
From the Altoona Times, Dem. J
Tbe convention decided yesterday at Harris
burg that Mr. Delamater will be the candidate
on tbe Republican ticket for the Governorship
ot Pennsylvania. It was an assured thing to
those who were acoualnted with Senator
Quay's methods that if be choose to name a
man for tbe position victory was sure, at least
for tbe candidacy. Whether the Republicans
who. were defeated In Harrisburg yesterday,
and who should have what tbe party owes
them, are going to put up with the nomination
is yet to be determined.
nestings the Strongest Candidate.
From the New York Press, Kep.3
We regret that tbe convention did not nomi
nate General D. H. Hastings for Governor, as
he was the strongest candidate before them,
and would have bad a walkover; but Mr. Dela,
matT is a man ot ability and experience in
public affairs, and as the next Governor of
Pennsylvania be is capable of giving the State
a good administration.
A HOME INDEED.
Dedication of tbo G. A. R. Veterans' Widows'
Retreat at Mawklas An Afternoon nod
Evening oflSonsand Enjoyment Other
News of n Social Nalarr.
Hawkins, the beautiful suburb on the Penn
syltanla Railroad, nestling among Its grand
old oaks and sycamores, never looked more
beautiful than it did yesterday afternoon, when
the new G. A. B. Home was dedicated to its
noble use. Home it is in the truest sense of
the word. A fine old-fashioned brick residence
with cool-looking porches all around It, stands
on a lawn of two acres. A glimpse of the "sil
very Monongahela is obtained through the
trees, and the haze of the city fades from the
view in the west. A beautiful, restful place,
indeed, for the widows of tbe veterans who
fought for homo and liberty a quarter of a
century ago.
Tbe place presented a busy although peace
ful scene yesterday. The light summer dresses
of the ladies and children, and the blue coats
and white vests or the G. A. R., showed
bravely against the foliage, while the voices of
the singers In sacred music added to the
charm of the occasion. All the ceremonies of
dedication took place on the lawn.
The proceedings in the afternoon opened
with the anthem. "I Have i-et My Watch Ever.
Upon Thy Walls," by the quartette. rs. Min
nie Hunt. Mis Mamie Sawyer, Mr George
Morton and Mr. Ed. Sasryer, with Mrs. Laura
B. Sawyer as accompanist. Rev. I. N. Bovle
read a chapter of the Scriptures, and after
prayer by Rev. B. F. Core delivered an address.
Remark were also made by Mnjnr Joseph t
Denniston, Rev. Mr.Dickey and Rev. G. W.CIin
too. Tbe address of welcome, a pleasant and
able effort, was delivered by Mrs. C. H. Gering.
The quartette rendered two other selections.
"God of Mv Salvation," and "O. C me. Let Us
Worship." ' The afternoon session waa brought
to a close with the singing of the doxology by
all present, and sweetly stunded tbe grand old
melody amone the trees from the lusty throats
of at least 500 people.
In tbe cool of the evening there was a musical
entertainment on the lawn in the soft glow of
locomotive headlights judiciously disposed
about the green sward. The attendance was
estimated at 3,000. Solos were sung by Mrs.
Minnie Hunt and Miss Chester. The instru
mental portion of the programme consisted of a
piano solo by Prof. List, two selections by the
St. Thomas Band and one by tbe Grand Army
Band.
A pleasant feature of the day was a well
served supper from 5 to 9 o'clock, and Ice
cream and berries, eaten under tbe trees at in
tervals, according to tbe young man's finances
and the girls' appetites. Tbe G. A. R. Home
commences its noble career under tho happiest
auspices.
UESTEB-COWDEY.
Brilllnnt Wedding at lbs Beautiful Home
of Mr. S. X. Marvin.
Thelbeautif ul borne ot Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Mar
vin was the scene, last evening, of a brlll'ant
wedding tbat united their niece. Miss U'.rlo
Louise Cowdty.with Mr.Uenry Martyn LtA.er, a
prominent merchant of New York city. The
ceremony was strictly private, only tbe Imme
diate families of the bride and groom and a
limited few intimate friends being present, but
all the appointments weie as perfect as if tho
vast assemblage of wealth and fashion that
called later to extend congtatulatlons were
witnesses. The lovely drawing room in, its
cool, fresh dressing ot pure white crash was by
Messrs. J.H.4A, Murdoch transformed Into a
delightful bower of white and green, and
I it was under a lovely canopy of roses and raaid-
n hair forns that the bridal vows were taken.
4 rlie dining room in which tbe many guests to
the reception and the bridal party were feasted
by Caterer Uagan, was radiantly neantiiui
with an abundance of lovely pink roses ar
ranged by tbe same skillful artists who also
placed in doorway, window seat and on tbe
stairlandlngs luxuriant foliage plants, where
their beauty would enhance with tbe best effect
tbe luxurious banging and drapings of tbe
magnificent rooms and balls. To tbe merry
wedding march by'Toerge's Orchestra the
bridal party tripped down the wide stairway
and entered in the following order:
Ihe tiny pages Masters Lathrope and Thomas
Cowdry, brothers of the bride, outlining with
white satin ribbon tbe bridal passageway from
the door to the window as they Walked. Fol
lowing them, tbe best man Mr. Richard Col
burn, and in order the ushers Messrs. Walter
Marvin. E. A. Cowdry. Clareuce Bonnett and
John Woods. Taking tbelr places near the
floral bower in which the ceremony was per
formed tbev were quickly reinforced
by tbe maid of bonor. Miss Caroline D.
Lester, a sister of the groom, and Misses
Edith Bonnett, Etbel Aclilnson, Anna Bar
nard White, and Edith Jones as bndemalds.
The irroom and bride entered together and
completed tbe exquisite tableau, she with her
lovely white gown of brocaded armure,
trimmed elaborately with point duchess, and
exposing ber arms of marble whiteness
and a neck of perfect roundness,
upon which gleamed a , diamond
pendant, the gift of tbo groom, who
in his manly beauty by her side gave the re
sponses in such a clear, decisive tone of voice.
Tue maid of honor was attired in white crepe
duchene and carried la France roses. The
bridemalds were sweetly pretty in simple little
empire gowns of white muslin, with daisies and
ferns in their hair and in tbelr bands. The
ceremony was performed by Rev C.
E. Lindsley, D. D.. a grandfather of the
bride assisted by Rev. Dr. Holmes, of tbe
Sbadyside Presbyterian Church, after which
tbe maid of bonor laid back tbe wedding veil
tbat screened tbe girlish beauty of tbe young
bride and placed in ber band the bouquet of
bride roses that she bad held while tbe wed
ding circlet waa slipped on the slender finger,
and Mr. and Mrs. Lester were in readiness to
receive the congratulations of their attendants
and tbe reception guests who, bv tbat time
were arriving and who represented the promi
nent families of both cities and tbe East End.
The bride, though quite young, has in her
five years' residence with her aunt and uncle,
Mr. aud Mrs. Marvin, established herself so
thoroughly in tbe hearts of her large circle of
friends that it was almost witn aisiavor tney
viewed tbe handsome, manly gentleman last
evening who bad succeeded in wiuning her for
his own, as that meant tbe loss of a
leading social light and social favorite, for he
on a late train carried her off to grace his home
in New York City, her own former home. The
New York guests who attended tbe nedding
were Dr. and Mrs. Lindsley. Mrs, and Miss Les
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Norman White, Miss White,
Miss Jones and Messrs. Cowdry and Collburn.
FOR BALLOT REFORM.-
Synopsis of tbe Bill Drafted by the Penn.
sylvnnla Association Haw to Believe
and Choose Candidates Secrecy of the
Ballot Guaranteed Bribery a Misde
meanor A BUI for Honest men to
tilady.
The Pennsylvania Ballot Reform Associa
tion, wbloh embraces in its membership snch
men as Hon. Daniel Agnew, Hon. Chauncey F.
Black. Henry O. Lea, Hon. John" L Mitchell,
and others equally well known, has, through
an able committee, drafted a Ballot Reform
Bill which will be presented at the next session
ot the Legislature. A synopsis follows:
Section L The printing and distribution of
ballots at all elections to be a county charge.
Sees. 2-9. Nominations Party conventions
may flle certificates of nominations with tho
Becretary of the Commonwealtb,br, for local
omces, with the County Commissioners. Nom
ination papers, signed by 1,000 citizens nomi
nating a candidate for a State office, 200 for a
city, county. Congressional or Legislative office
and 25 for any other office, may be similarly
filed. Certificates and papers so filed shall be
open to Inspection and objections made thereto
shall be considered. Candidates may withdraw
by filing a written request.
Sees. 10-15. Ballots All ballots used at the
same voting place at any election shall be
alike, and shall contain tbe names and ad
dresses of all candidates, arranged under tbe
titles of their offices, with proper party or other
designations and a space to the right of each
name, where a cross mark (X) may be made to
indicate the candidate voted for. There shall
be a blank at the end of every list for the in
sertion of names of persons not nominated.
The ballots shall be printed bytbe County Com
missioners and sent in sealed packages to tbe
judges of elections. The ni'mes of all candi
dates are to be advertised as they ire to appear
on the ballots, and copies of tbe ballots posted
about the voting places. Provisions made for
replacing lost ballots.
Sees. 16-18. Voting Places In every voting
place a sufficient number of voting shelves or
compartments, at least 1 for every 50 names
on tbe Assessor's list shall be provided, in
which voters may mark their ballots screened
from tbe observation of others and a guard rail
placed so tbat bnly tho election officers and
persons voting can approach within six feetot
tbe ballot boxes, or voting compartments.
Sees. 19-20. The Secret Ballot Upon receiv
ing bis ballot the voter shall, before leaving
tbe enclosed space, retire alone to one of tbe
compartments and prepare his ballot by placing
a cro-s-mark (X) opposite fhe name of tbe can
didate of his choice, or by filling in the blank
space provided therefor the name of any per
son desired, and In the case of a question sub
mitted to the vote of tbe people, by marking in
the appropriate margin a cross-mark (X) oppo
site tbe answer which he desires to give.
Before leaving tbe voting compartment tbe
voter shall fold his ballot, without displaying
the mark thereon, and after obtalng from the
election officer ana marking thereon tbe num.
ber of the ballot, and covering the same by
pasting over it the corner of tbe ballot already
prepared with adhesive paste, shall deposit the
ballot in the box.
Each party or group of citizens that has filed
a nomination paper shall be allowed one watcher
at each Voting place, who shall be allowed tore
main in tbe voting room outside tbe guard rail.
No persons besides those dnly authorized and a
number of voters not exceeding 10 shall be per
mitted to remain in the voting place. All lists
of voters, with the number of their ballots, as
now required by law, shall be enclosed in sealed
envelopes before tbe opening of tbe ballot
boxes at the closing of tbe polls. No person
shall take a ballot from the voting place. If a
voter inadvertently spoils a ballot be may ob
tain another upon returning the spoiled one.
AFTER FIFTY YEAES.
Celebration of chn Golden Wedding of Mr.
nnd Mrs. John Carson.
IKFECIAL TXLXGHAH TO THI DISPATCH.!
Indiana, June 26. Ihe fiftieth anniversary
of tbe wedding ot Mr. and Mrs. John Carson,
of White township, was celebrated yesterday
at their beautiful residence, two miles west of
this place. John Carson and Hannah Hender
son were married at tbe residence of ber
father, William Henderson, near Harmernlle,
Allegheny county, by tbe Ber. Thomas
Carotbers, on June 25, 1840. Tbey had seven
children, five of whom are living. William
died at the age of 4. Dr. John A., of Leecn
burg, at tbe age of 30. Those present yester
day were: Dr. Thomas Carson and wife, of
Saltsburg; James, Margaret and Catharine,
who reside at borne. There were fire grand
children also present: Dr. John B.. of Blalrs
ville: Samuel J. and Nannie H. Carson, children
of Thomas Carson and Mrs. L. C. Carson;
Harry J. aud John S. Carson, children, and the
wife of John A. Carson; also James W. Carson,
of this place, a son of the happy pair, was
present.
The guests were limited to the children,
grand-cnildren and a few near relatives. The
only persons not related present were Her. L.
juecuun, or New Athens, o., a former pator,
and Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Clark, of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson .have resided at their
present home for the last 28 years.
THE EESUIT OF KVCK THOUGHT.
Alumni to Meet To. Night.
Tbe annual meeting of the Alumni Associa
tion of the Pittsburg Central High School will
be held in the chapel on Friuay evening, June
27, 189U, promptly at 8 o'clock. Geruert's
Orchestra will be in attendance for dancing. A
partial revision of the constitution and. meas
ures to provide for holding annnal meetings
similar to last winter's pleasant banquet, will
be submitted to the meeting.
All Tbat Could be Desired.
A delightful garden party was given by the
ladies of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wil
klnsburg, on the Snowden place, last evening.
.Gernert's oichestra and tbe Mandolin Trouba
dors furnished tbe music There was ice cream
and all tbe other little et ceteras tbat help to
make a lawn fete successful. The attendanco
was large and the financial returns satisfactory.
Sees. 21-22. Illiteracy If any voter declares
to the presiding election officer under oath that
because of illiteracy or physical inability he is
unable to mark his ballot, the officer shall di
rect two officers.representing opposite political
parties, to aid the said voter In preparing his
ballot in the voting compartment.
Sees. 23-25. Bribery and Intimidation It is
made a misdemeanor punishable by fine or im
prisonment, or both, for a voter to allow his
ballot to be seen with the intention of letting ic
be known how be is voting, or shall endeavor
to induce another to do so, or shall make a
false statement as to bis Inability to mark his
ballot, or shall attempt to cast any other than
the official ballot, or shlll interfere with any
voter when inside the guard rail.
Sec 26. It is also made a misdemeanor pun
ishable by fine or imprisonment, or botb, to
willfully destroy or deface any ballot or to will
fully destroy or snppress any nomination paper,
any letter of withdrawal, or file any certificate
or paper of nomination, knowing the same to
be falsely made.
Sec 27. Official Neglect Any publlo officer
upon whom a duty is Imposed by this act who
shall willfully neglect to perform such duty, or
who shall willfully perform it in such a way as
to binder the objects of this act, or violate any
of its provisions, shall be 'Dumshable by a fine
not exceeding 51,000, or imprisonment not ex
ceeding one year, or both.
Long; List of Patents Given to Residents of
the Three States.
The following patents were issued to Penn
sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia inventors for
the weeg ending Juoe 24, KiO, as furnished by
O. D. Lewis, patent lawyer. No. 131 Fifth ave
nue. Pittsburg:
John Augsperger, Trenton, O.. gate; W. H.
Picket, Warren, Pa., oil pump; E. E. Carter,
Pittsburg. Pa., cutter lor mining machine: J. JS.
Uark, Hasslllon, 0 traction engine; W. L.
Clause, lima, O., heading, forging and upsetting
machine: J. H. Davis.' Findlay. O., galvanic
battery: J. i,. Deckelman. Iforest, O., metal roof
neai; . 8. DusenuerT, Westervllle, ()., pegging-
jaca; o. sr. uatgni. Hew Cumberland, W. Va .
wheel: Philip Hamm, Fostoria, O., tobacco
molstener; VY. J. McDonald, Snowsnoe. Pa.,
miners' safety lamn: T. r.. MoKpan irtnn t
car coupling; Theodore Mlstelskl. Allegheny. Pa.,
nnd molding machine: S. H. Powell. PhilllpnU
W. Va.. belt fastener: L. B. Plank. Ashland. O.,
door check: C. W. Raymond, Dayton O., brick
maehine: V. C. Rockwell, Ml. Cannel. Pa.,
miner's lamp holder: Isaac Sachs, Clavsville, Pa.,
cultivator: 8. J. Sbimer. Milton, Pa., washer
malting machine: S. K. Smyihe, Allegheny, Pa.,
cover for furnaces; V, M. Thomas. Andenreid.
Pa., padlock: C. Y(. Vaughn, Cuyahoca Falls,
O., brick machine; J. tv. Watson, Anchor, 0
nutiock.
GBADT PESTS.
Swarms of Bugs Destroy Crops la IN
tlnols.
Springfield. Iti,., June 2a Reports are
coming into the Department of Agriculture
from nearly every section of the State from
prominent farmers who are not regular corre
spondents of tbe department complaining of
an oat pest very similar to tbe grain louse in
description and habits. Men who are entirely
reliable report that oats which were free from
insects of any description on Saturday after
noon of last week, and were growing vigorous
ly had so changed color Monday as to attract
attention. It was found that every plant was
loaded with green bugs that were eating the
life out of it.
In Christian, Clay. Clinton, Effingham, Ed
wards. Fayette, Greene, Jefferson. Jersey. Lo
gan, Lawrence, McLean, Menard. Morgan,
Macoupin, Madison, Marion. Washington and
Williamson the ravages of the pest have been
general and tbe damage very great, Tbe in
sect attacks the plant lrom, tbe root,
and sans it ot its vitality in a few hours.
The attention of tbeSiateEntomologist has been
called to tbe matter, and an investigation will
be made.
SWAIIOWED FALSE TEETH.
Social Chatter.
Preparations are being made by the Sun
day school class of the United Brethren
Church, of Wllkinsburg. for a picnic to be held
at Snowden, Homestead, July 4. Tbe ladies
who have charge of the arrangements are
endeavoring to make it one of tbe most enjoy
able events of tbe season.
Mibs May Forrester was married last
evening in the United Presbyterian Church, to
Mr. T. B. Cook.
HE WANTED TO 60 HOME.
A Boy Who Came to Enlist In tbe Navy is
Now In the Hnapltnl.
Washington. June 28.-A slender, Iight
balred lad of about 17 years of age, clad in a
suit of black, which gave evidences of hard
travel, wandered in an uncertain sort of
way into detective headquarters yesterday,
and going up to Inspector Swindells said,
with a suspicion .of sobs in his voice
"Please, sir, I am sick and would like to go
home." The boy's appearance fully bore out
the statement, for his face was drawn and
pinched as though by pain, while bis nose was
bleeding profusely, and be seemed so weak as
scarcely to be able to walk. He told Inspector
Swindells tbat bis name was John Hlnes; tbat
he was 17 years of age; tbat bis borne was In
Pjkesville. Baltimore county, Md and tbat be
had left bis home to come to Washington and
join the navy.
He found upon making application, however,
tbat be conld not be admitted, as he was under
age and did not have in writing tbe consent of
bis lather to bis enlistment. Wben he found
tbat be conld not enter the navy be was heart
broken and wandered about the city all during
the hottest part of the day, and wben he went
to Inspector Swindells yesterday bo was almost
prostrated. He was sent to Freedman's Hos
pital, and his family will be notified of his
whereabouts.
Tbe Plato Carried la the Victim's Stomach
Eight Yrnrs.
Woostee, O., June 26. Richard Baugbman,
the Dalton manwho eight years ago accident
ally swallowed a plate containing four false
teeth, and which has remained in his stomach
ever since, died this morning. Since tbe un
fortunate occurrence he has only been able to
take food with the greatest effort, and for tbe
last four years has subsisted entirely on liquids.
c iuiu iiabuui, nearly jnan ne grew to De a wailc
ing skeleton, so weak at times that be was
barely able to stand or walk.
Many eminent physicians treated him and
tried to devise some means by which the plate
could be removed successfully. Others worked
in vain to compound a mixture that would dis
solve the substance and not destroy lire. A
post mortem examination, made at bis own re
quest, will be held.
Pennsy vnnln's Plan.
From tho Buffalo Express, Bep.
Almost tbe first thing fhat tbe Independent
Republicans of Pennsylvania should do is to
enlarge the basis of representation In tbe State
Convention. It contains about one-third as
many delegates as the New York Republican
Convent'on. it Is of a convenient size to be put
in a boss' pocket. The party struggled out of
ttimon uameron s tou once in recent years, and
it is about to get away from Matt Quay. Dela
mater will be elected, but by a reduced majority.
LUMBER DEALERS QEGANL2E.
United Association of Lumbermen Elect On
cers for Ensuing Yar.
Chicago, June 26. The United Association
of Lumbermen was organized here to-day.
The following officers were elected: R. D.
Grlbble, of Gainesville, Tex., President; h7t.
Bennett, of Indianapolis. Ind., First Vice Pres
ident; A. W. Booth, of Bayonne, N. J., Second
Vice President; W. C. Sunderland, 6f Omaha,
Neb , Treasurer, and W. G. Hollis, of Minne
apolis, Minn., Secretary.
Tbe membership is to consist of officers of
all lumber associations in the United States.
The body will meet once a year wherever it
shall elect on the third Wednesday in Febru
ary. The next meeting will occur in Chicago.
Dnrnnm'ji Bid for Shake speare'n Birthplncr,
From tho New York World. J
It is reported that P. T. Barnnm, while in
England, carried on very secret negotiations
with the view of buying tbe Shakespeare home
stead for tbe purpose, of pulling it down and
exhibiting it around tbe country. He bid as
high as 2,709 for it, but when he thought he
bad secured the precious relic tbe English Gov
ernment bid 300 more, and the negotiations
were declared at an end.
A Rnailan Doctor's Large Fee.
From the New York World.
The young man in the ,iabit of drinking so
much that he sees double should always to.
main single.
Information Wanted.
Some time ago a Pennsylvania party adver
tised in the Boston (Mass.) Globe tor the
whereabouts of one Margaret Cleary. No an
swer being received the "copy" was destroyed,
and when later Mrs. Cleary appeared at tbe
Globe office, tbe name of tho advertiser could
not be found. Pennsylvania papers have been
requested to publish tbe above in hopes that
the advertiser may be reached. Mrs. Cleary
lives In Somerville, Mass., and is in poor cir
cumstances. DEAKIN BROWN'S WAY.
Old Deakln Brown lives out Turn town
About fonrmlles or so.
An' drives a spankln' team o' bays
"V, 'en he goes to an rro;
An' alius w'en he overhauls
Some feller walkln' on tbe ground.
Be stops bis team au' cramps aronnd,
An' calls:
"Hullo,
Git In an' hev a lift!"
Yon'll see '1m sit an' chew an' spit
An' saw upon tbe lines.
His Jolly face so reel with pride
It reg'lar' glows an' shines.
Them bosses step so gay an' high
An' tear along at secb a gait.
you'd scurcely think their owner'd wait
An' cry:
"Hullo,
Git In an' hey a Hit!"
T' see oi' Brown a saggin' down
On one e'end a1 the scat.
An' leaning sldewayj now'n'agtn
To watch 'em nick their feet, '
You'd think: "Here conies a rooral swell."
Butlnyl How quick your mind 'ud flop.
Wen Deakla'd make them hossei stop
An' yell: '
"Hullo,
Climb In an' hev a liftl'
They's folks who ride in all their pride
In Fortune's rig on life's high way.
Us folks who trudge along afoot
Ken sco 'em drive past every day.
Thcybaln'tllke Deakln Brown etatl;
It makes noodds how tired ye git
Ye'U never see them wait a bit
An' call; .
"Hnllo.
Climb In an' hey a llftl"
Btorgt Horton.
MBS. HAEBIS0K TO EEMATJT.
She Has Settled Down, to a Regular Sum
mer Sejiarn.
Cape MAT. June 26. It is now evident the
ladies of the White House will remain all sum
mer, as Mrs. Harrison is buying things which
tbe cottage lacks. She was again purchasing
goods this morning, and is settling down com
plarently into regular cottage life.
Wben sbe first arrived she was annoyed some
what by curiosity seekers, but that is now
gradually wearing away, and she is enjoying
her summer place ot repose
Editor Wniieraon on tho Sparrow.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The English sparrow is not very smart, with
all tbe f nss he makes. He will take a bit of
bread, and fly with it to a sloping roof. Then"
he wlll'drop it on the roof, in order that be may
eat it. Of course tbe bread rolls off before, he
can pick It up again. Then he flies to tbe
ground, gets tbe bread once more, carries it to
the roof, where he again drops it, and It again
rolls off. Uncle Jerry Rusk's great work on the
sparrow nowhere claims intelligence for bim,
and no doubt Uncle Jerry has obiervedVbim
more closely than anyone else.
Typhoid Fever Germs In ihe Milk.
Waterbtjbt, Conn., June 26. The people
of this city are greatly alarmed over the preva
lence of typhoid fever, which. It is feared, will
become epidemic Thirty cases were reported
to-day, and it Is thought that the disease bad
itsrorigln in milk brought to this city from
Middlebnry. The Board of Health at a recent
meeting decided that it would be better not to
allow any more Middlebnry milk to enter the
city at present, and tbo sale of it has been
s opped. The Middlebnry cows drink at a
brook said to be t-inted.
'Hydrophobia Srmptomi Dcveloppd.
PLArNFiELD, Oonn., June 2a Since the
death of Michael Carney at Jewett City from
hydrophobia, the mad dog scare has been in
tense To-day it is reported that William
Johnson, of Killingly, who was bitten two
weeks ago by a dog supposed to be mad, has
developed a s trance delirium resembling hydro
phobia. An effort will be made to hare tbe
man taken to the Paiteur Hospital in New
York, ' The Prodigal Senate.
From the Washington Star.
Tbe Senate isn't afraid of a deficit, as it has
twice raised its clerks' and private secretaries'
salaries this season. It remains to be seen
what the envious House has to say about it.
the House which has to pay its own private
secretaries ont of its own private pocket.
OK KEMMLEB'S 11X150.
CDR10DS CONDENSATIONS.
There are 49 Jewish synagogues In Hew
York.
Ireland spends 125,000,000 a year on
whisky.
In France the copyright of an author la
for life.
The sun yields 800,000 times the light of
tbe moon.
The population of the earth doubles
in 260 years.
The word "its" only occurs once In the
whole of the Bible. ,
London consumes over 100,000,000
pounds of butter a year.
The school teachers of Cincinnati have
not been paid their salaries since April.
It is calculated t at there is property
valued at $50,000,000 at the bottom of tho At
lactic Cocoa should never thicken in the enp;
if it does it shows the presence of starch of
some kind.
Tbe government of Chili, it is said, has
decided to purchase U Krupp batteries, at a
cost of J500,W.
A sensation has been produced in Hei
delberg by the rumor that the government may
close the university.
Canada does an extensive business in
homemade cheese. In 1888-9 its exports
amounted to 88,109,021 pounds.
Dr. E. B. Elwards, of Ionia, while
driving to visit a paralytic patient was stricken
with apoplexy and died in his buggy.
A gold nugget worth $700 was taken
from a mine in the Big Bog district. Arizona,
recently. It is now on exhibition at Prescott.
The best shot of her sex must be the
Countess Maria von Eensky, of Bohemia, who
on one da last wiuter on her estate of Chlamce
shot 138 hares.
A man at Brownfield, Me., who has
been married 16 years and has moved 35 jlmes
during that period, thinks be baa beaten the
record as a rolling stone.
The ports ot the "West Central Ameri
can coast are said to be crowded with Imported
merchandise. There is not storage room for
Consignments and goods arestacked haphazard.
A flowering plant has never been found
within the antarctic circle; but In the. arctic
region there are 762 kinds of flowers. Their
colors, however, are not so bright or varied as
those of warmer regions.
It has been estimated that for every
1.000 head of cattle in Great Britain 67 tons of
beef or veal are annually sent to market, and
for every 1,000 head of sheep and lambs 12K
tons of mutton or lamb.
To shrink woolen goods: 1. After null
ing, treat tbe goods on a perforated table with
suporhe-ited steam. 2. Pass through a bath of
alum of LU7 spirit grains for half an hour, wring
aud dry; wash, soap, wash off ana dry.
Count Charles Dillon, who died in Paris
recently, waa one of the four survivors of tho
Court of Charles X., to whom he was page of
honor auring tbe last four years of his reign.
The Count had llyed in England andspoko
English fluently.
An Australian musician has invented a
trombone tbat is played by steam. Its "God
Save the Queen" can be beard a distance of
four miles. He had hard lu.k with it, how.
ever, for the people of his own town drove him -out
as a nuisance.
Overhead electric wires should never,
says Herr Siemens, have mors than 600 voltg
prersure; underground conductors, with trans
formers, no more than 2.C00 volts. The trans
formers and conductors should, however, bo
tested up to o000 volts.
The Kus3ian War Department, it is re
ported, is considering the advisability of ac
quiring the sole right to a new shirt of mail,
which is said to be extraordinary light, im
pervious to bullets or saber thrusts, and cheap
to manufacture. A Russian general is tbe in
ventor. At the eighteenth commencement of
Swatbmore,the Quaker college, tbe audience of
2,000 or more is described as a fashionable one,
though there were a few of the older friends in
broad-brimmed hats and nlain hnnii.fi th.
garb of the man or woman no longer proclaims
I the Quaker,
There are 208 clubs in the city of Hew
York, and very few have less than 200 names on
their rolls. Some are purely social, while others
mix poll tics or religions or literature or athletics
with sociability. Some of them own great
buildings and maintain expensive cuisines.
Neaily every fourth adult man in New York la
a member of some club. -
Experiments made in Sweden by M.
Sandberg on the strength ot iron rails during
winter have shown that steel rails containing
over 4 per cent of carbon are apt to break In
cold weather. In fact, the result of bis investi
gations points to tbe use ot rail having less
carbon than this say 3 per cent in countries
as cold in winter as Norway and Sweden.
It is not 20 years since the Japanese
began to reform their institutions, and during
tbat time nothing has more clearly shown their
adaptability and intelligence than tbe progress
whiihthey have made in education. Out of
6,710 B20 children of school age In tbe Empire.
2,800,000 are enrolled in the public acbools,while
universities, commercial schools,scbools of fine
art and of music, schools for tbe deaf, dumb
and blind, law courses in German, French and
English, libraries and museums, all form part
of a thorough and progressive system.
A young Hew York millionaire, who is
called bEugene Aram" at the clubs, because ha
sits "remote from all" and mopes, frankly ad
mits tbat he takes no Interest in anything la
the world races, base ball, yachts and other
matters that generally engage the attention of
young men in good health like himself, with a,
great fortune to spend. He got tired ot them
long ago. "The truth is," he sava, "I began life
too early. I have been cursed by too much
money. I wish I bad been born poor. The
poison of riches bas made me nnfltforanytbing
but an ennuied and useless creature. I know
my case would not awaKen much sympathy,
but I tell you, sir, it's a bard one."
The newest cocktail, tbe invention of a
well-known club man, is having a tremendous
go. It is prophesied tbat for some time, at least,
tbe new cocktail will supersede the oldest es
tablished appetizers. And it is simplicity itself.
Put one drop of red tabasco in the bottom of a
sherry glass and then twirl the glass so as to
distribute tho potent liquid over as large an
area as possible. Then fill tbe glass with a dry
sherry and put one more drop of tabasco into
the surface of the wine. Swallow promptly,
and tbe two drops of tabasco, meeting and
baking bands, as it were, under the midriff,
diffuse a genial glow over the entire system
without cuttlngaway the liningof the stomach,
it is claimed, as bitters of all kinds do. Pale
brandy with double the quantity of tabasco is
said to be even more effective to some tastes.
Bnt tbe green tabasco1 must under no circum
stances be used.
AMONG THE HUHORISTS.
bis
Up to date tbe only electricity used in con
nection with Kemmler was what the newspa
pers have paid for in the shape of telegraph
tolls. Trajftzno-fon Post
The indications are tbat death in tbe elec
trical chair will soon become as usual a method
of capital punishment as hanging has hereto
fore been. iVeto York Star.
The persistency and determination displayed
In these long-continued efforts to prevent tbe
use of electricity as a legalized homicidal agent
is somewhat puzzling to the public Philadel
phia Record.
Had any of the absurd contentions urged in
IS behalf been sustained, everv mnrrirrer
under sentence for a crime committed in this
Bute since January 1, 1SS9? must hare been set
freeforwantof authority to execute the sen
tence of death. New York World.
It Is painful to have to record the failure of
the last desperate effort of Mr. Bourke Cock
ran in behalf of the poor and friendless
Kemmler. Even those who decline to pity
Kemmler ought to bare some sympathy for his
chivalrous and self-sacrificing advocate. Hew
s otk j.imet.
The new law of execution baring, there
fore, been upheld in all its parts at no small
sacrifice of public dignity It (s to bo hoped that
tbe miserable creature in whose name this long
scandal bas been enaoted may bs permitted to
vanish from the eyes and thoughts of tbe world
at the earliest possible moment JVVw York
Tribune.
There are some things a woman can da
as well as a man, but scratching a match lm't one
of ihem.LouisvtlU Journal.
A sulky girl may sometimes be cored by
taking ber out in a buggy with a seat just large
enough for two. Denver Road.
Tbe thoughtful cook puts granulated
sugar oa the berries when she hasn't time to wash
the sand off them. Ashland ( H'w.) Pre.
Mrs. Porcine What a lovely rainbow
that Is I
Mrs. Chlpbeef-Oh, I dare say it's all very well,
but the colors are too loud formy taste. Amertea.
She I've been told that you are grave
and sedate, but I'm sure I find yon Jolly.
He Yes, I lose my spectflo gravity when yon
are the center of attraction. Chicago Post.
THE TOUNO MAN GE ADIT ATE.
His eye hath a dreamy, far-off stare,
A marvel Is his cravat
Hewalketh about with his nose in tht air.
And he weareth a high plug hat,
Chicago Trtbuns.
jj0WIes I have always had a high opinion
ofFassett. I've ever considered hits a candid,
open-hearted, honest, generous and loyal fellow.
Knowks-Yes:. even his watch has an open face.
Jticttert' Circular.
Minimus (the new boy, of an inquiring
turiteVrmlnd- to employer Why, Mr. Maxlmus,
did that youngtnanwhojust went out blush and
stammer so why looking over that tray of rings?
Maxlmus What did he huyT
Minimus An engagement ring.
Maxlmus That's why he blushed and stam
mered fo.-Juceltrt' Circular,
Tjerry Did yergitapeek at the swell
ball at de Lazarus Hotel last nlghtF
TJlmmy (who bad stood an the sidewalk outside)
-Yep.
Tjerry Yer must 'a seed tonsands 'a dlamons'.
TJlmmy About two handed.
Tierry-Datallr
TJlmmy D-r yr mean der hotel clerks, politi
cians and ally
Tjerry yep.
Tjlmmy-About two touMnds.-JfWtMr'' (&
eular.
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