1 1 1 1 ii ji mi iiiiiiiiiii iii ii ii I i iii i' liiifiiijiiiiiwiiiiii I' LJii jilif iti .s Sh- THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1890. Pi" 1 9jt BJggaftJ. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8, IMS, VoL5, .No. 145. Entered at Pittsburg 1'ostoSce. Jioveinberll, JssT. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smlthfield and Diamond Streets. Kowb Rooms and Publishing- House 75, 77 and 79 diamond Street KASTEKN ADVERTISING OFFICE ROOMS, T1U11D.SE BUILDING. SEW YORK, where complete flies of THE DISl'ATCH can always be found. Foreign aavertlsers appreciate the con venience Home advertisers and friends of THE DISl'ATCH, while In New York, are alio made Welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at JBrentanti's, S Union Square, Jfew York, and 17 Jive, de r Opera. Paris, France, and 13 Btrand, London. Eng where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel newt Hand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAQE FBEE IN Till UNITED STATES. JJAILT DISPATCH. 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TO-MORROWS DISPATCH will contain a fall and admirable report of the Demo cratic rotate Convention nt Scranton. Afcent wanting- extras to supply medal demand must notify ns by letter or telecram net later than 0 o'clock P. DL To-Day, (Wednesday). PATTISO.V HAS THE LEAD. Only eleventh-hour treachery can now defeat ex-Governor Pattison at Scranton. The question is now how great and how speedy will his victory in the convention lie. This certainly is not the pre-arranged programme oi any boss " bosses. Neither in substance nor shadow ii there a party man ager to overawe the convention. The poli ticians there are donbtless not over well pleased at the overwhelming tide which has pushed Pattison to the front. They are not of themselves unanimously in his favor, but the people have made their desire well un derstood, and npon the eve of the conven tion, as far as human judgment can discern, Mr. Pattison's nomination for the Governor ship is assured. The Democratic party un derstands the situation. It is fortunate that the party has such a candidate for such an occasion; fortunate for more people than the Democratic party properly contains. FERDINAND'S NERVE. The execution of Major Panitza by the Bulgarian Government the other day has been widely commented on as a defiance of Eussia; but no one seems to have lully recognized the evidence which it afford?, either of the nerve of the present ruler of Bulgaria or of his security oi being sup ported by the Triple Alliance against Rus sia. "When Prince Ferdinand toot the Gov ernment of Bulgaria the world was inclined to sneer at him a princling who was anxious to play at ruling, and that frame of mind lias prevailed ever since. It can now hardly be denied that Ferdinand in maintaining bis hold on the Bulgarian Government has evinced a calmer and steadier determination than his predecessor. Alexander of Batten berg and Bulgaria was an ambitious and heroic figure in the field; but when kid naped by a Bussian plot and called back by the Bulgarian uprising, he had not the Etamina to hold his position there against the Bussian enmity. "While his Cobourg successor has dis played less of the dashing qualities, he has shown a more steadfast determination to re sist the Bussian supremacy. He has main tained his position for years in defiance of Bussian frowns; and finally flings the gaunt let in the face of the Czar by the execution of an agent of such Bussian plots as have heretofore been carried on with impunity. Even with the support of the other powers it was a bold step for a mere pawn in the European game to take such an initiative. It is a subject of conjecture what the re sults of the step will do. But if Bussia permits her agents to be shot with impu nity, her power of embroiling the Danubian provinces when she wishes to will be wo .fully restricted. IDAHO A STAR. Welcome, Sister Idaho! For the Terri tory is a State now, although the form of admission is not complete. President Harri son has no reason for refusing to acquiesce in the bestowal of State rights upon the promising Territory. On the contrary he lias the same interest in the Statehood of Idaho as the Bepublican majority in the Senate had. Therefore, Idaho is Pennsyl vania's sister in everything but name, and that will be shortly added. The elder States are accustomed now to frequent additions to the family circle. Bast year four blushing Territories attained years of discretion and Statehood. The banner will be none the worse for one more star. ThiB Fourth of July will be the first and last to see forty two stars with the stripes. THE FAD OF THE FLANNEL SHIRT. The transient character of popular fads is clear to the impartial observer. A few years ago roller skating was the universal amusement; but the roller skate is now only a snare for the unwary as maneuvered by the urban infant on concrete sidewalks. One or two seasons ago the milk shake was declared by popular suffrage to be the most cooling drink extant; but a single season did not pass before the transient opinion passed away ana the milk shake was rele gated to desuetude. Something of the same sort is visible in the declarations of numer ous esteemed cotemporaries that the flannel shirt is cooler, more comfortable and alto gether better for hot weather than linen or cotton. Tiie fact is that such sweeping asser tions are simply the indicia of the fad. Their utter error, in the comprehensive form which they take, may be estimated from the fact that tbe inhabitants of hot countries where cool clothing is a science of genera tions invariably wear cotton or linen cloth ing. The flannel shirt has its hot weather Uses. For anyone who partakes in the ath- letic exercises which form so commendable a part of summer relaxations, it is infinitely preferable because it takes up the perspira tion and permits it to pass off without the dampness and discomfort of cotton or linen clothing loaded with sweat. But when a man has had his exercise and after a cool bath can gitfe himself to the science of keep ing cool, he will find clean linen and cotton much cooler than any woolen shirt that can be worn. Used for exercise and outdoor relaxation the woolen shtrt is of great value; but those who argue that nothing else shall be worn during the summer are simply giv ing free rein to their fad. There is hardly more nonsense in the proposition of an es teemed cotemporary that the flannel shirt shall be adopted for both winter and sum mer .jvear and that the age of clean linen shall be abolished altogether. "When we are confronted with such propositions it is a comfort to reflect that fads of this descrip tion are always evanescent. PARTISAN LEGISLATION. The House will come to a vote on the Fed eral election bill to-day. The result is, of course, unknown, althougb it is to be pre sumed that the leaders of the Bepublican paity in that body would not force a meas ure of that sort to a vote unless they were certain of votes enough to carry it, and the vote yesterday warrants that conclusion. Nevertheless the avowed policy of the Speaker to even refuse Bepublican members who are opposed to the bill a chance to speak against it shows a suppression of in dependence on the subject which may force the Bepublican dissent to find expression only in the most cogent manner of an ad verse Tote. The debate on the bill has proceeded mainly upon two lines. The Republicans have enlarged upon the suppression of the Bepublican votes in the South; tbs Demo crats have asserted in various forms the un constitutionality of the measure. Both argu ments are rather weak. The position is simply asserting something which the whole country has known for years, but the dis credit of which tbe Republican party thir teen years ago, after trying for ten years to rule Southern elections, deliberately left to the South. The Democratic position is weakened by the fact that the Constitution authorizes Congress to prescribe the time and mannerof holdingelections for Congressmen. Nevertheless, there is some force in the ar gument of Mr. Yaux that a clause authoriz ing Congress to prescribe the manner in which the States shall elect Congressmen does not authorize it to put the whole ma chinery of election into the hands of Federal officials. It is a very grave question whether a measure which puts the election into the hands of Federal supervisors and makes the certificates of the Federal officers as to the election of Congressmen superior to those of State officials, does not overstep the funda mental divisions of State and Federal au thority in the Constitution. The fact is that the measure is such as no party can afford to pass, for reasons which extreme partisans, like members of Con gress, cannot appreciate. The first is that it is a measure wholly designed to legislate party success. How insincere is the pre tense that it is intended to give protection to a suppressed vote, is evident in the fact that the bill virtually holds out to tbe South the bargain that it can carry its State elections by what means it pleases, so that a like liberty is given the national administration with regard to Congressional elections. Such legislation is vicious in its very incep tion and is sure to exposeafatally weak point; in its operation. It is a practical confession that the party forcing it upon the nation is unable to trust for its maintenance, to eco nomical administration and legislation for the public good, and therefore seeks a new lease of life by seizing the machinery of elections. The further weak point in the meas ure will be seen by supposing the conditions of its application to be reversed. It has often been alleged that majorities in Philadelphia were counted to order. Suppose that under the Cleveland administration it had been proposed that Democratic federal officials were to take all the machinery of electing Congressmen out of the hands of the local officers. Suppose that in the future a Democratic administra tion sbonld be in power. Would Republi can States enjoy the spectacle of federal offi cials controlling the whole machinery of Congressional elections, simply on the alle gation that the State officers were unable to condnct elections honestly? Would not thai spectacle be sure to arouse a protest by an increased vote for the opposition? Such legislation as this, solely for the pur pose of perpetuating party control, always reacts on the party which resorts to it. It may not be "bloody instruction;" but it is of the class wbtch as Macbeth says "returns to plague the inventor." The people have intelligence enough to perceive that it is not designed to secure any public good, but simply and almost avowedly to keep one party in control of Congress. Such a course cannot command popular approval. A REFORM PLANK. There is a belligerent and hopeful ring about the language of the Democratic plat form to be adopted to-day at Scranton. Otherwise it is like most documents of the sort, windy. For the present it is enough to commend one plank. Ballot reform is very close to the popular heart, and the Democratic proposal to procure it at the earliest possible moment by constitutional convention will commend itself to every sincere friend of the cause of purity at the polls. In this the Democrats have planned more wisely than their opponents. If the Democratic candidate is in tune with this reform plank as Mr. Pattison would be it should be effective as an attraction to inde pendent voters. THE SOUTHERN MISUNDERSTANDING A reference in these, columns, the other day, to the effect that the spectacle of that colored orator at Harvard ought to have on the South, stirs up the Charleston Newt and Courier. The Dispatch does not understand, evi dently. The Southerners are not all concerned about the complexion of the students in any Northern college or school. Wbat they are anxious about, however. Is the fate of tbat negro in Pittsburg who was convictsd of mur der and sentenced to be hanged "because be was a negro," as his lawyer declared. Does The Dispatch happen to know whether he was hanged? None of the Pennsylvania papers appear to be willing to answer this question. This makes it clear tbat the esteemed News and Courier "does not understand." The South has interpreted tbe attempts ot the North in reconstruction legislation, and at other times to secure in political and educa tional rights for the colored people, as indi cations of a desire to insult and degrade the Southern whites. This, which was possibly a natural result of tbe Southern preconcep tions of the subject, ought to be modified by tbe spectacle of a colored orator at the com mencement exercises of the most fashionable college of the North. If the South gives that fact its proper weight, it will be forced to recognize that the North has not sought to insult the South by asking that the col ored people of the South shall have the fair and equal chances in education and politics, which they get in the North. As to the case of the negro in Pittsburg, to which the News and Courier refers, This Dispatch happens to know that he has not been hanged. It is absurd to say that he was sentenced "because he was a negro." The Dispatch has urged the injustice of giving him a severer sentence than has been accorded to other and more wanton mur derers because he is poor and unfriended; and it is not probable that he trill be hanged. If the News and Courier will be equally outspoken in urging the same impartiality in the South it will command our warmest approval. THE LAST AT DUNBAR. The suspense at Dunbar is over. The tragedy is played; only the epilogue re mains. It has been a sad story all through, but lighted to 'the last with flashes of magnificent heroism on the part of the miners. Probably death came to the victims in kinder guise than has been feared. It was a sudden rather than a lingering doom. The brave fellows who risked their lives again yester day to explore the fatal mine found enough to make this tolerably certain. The re covery of their bodies is not certain. It will be well to minister to the bereaved families of those who are dead, now that all hope of a rescue is over. THE IRON OUTLOOK. The iron trade is in a healthy condition with very fair prospects of continuing therein. That is the pith of the valuable information collected by The Dispatch from local manufacturers and labor leaders. The outcome of the confer ence between the Amalgamated Asso ciation and the .manufacturers has produced a favorable effect of course. Here after there seems to be a good chance of the scale becoming a national affair, and Mr. Martin's suggestion as to the advisability of extending the term of tbe soale's life de serves careful consideration. The views of the manufacturers upon the state of the iron trade are very conservative. Yet they are an index ot Pittsburg's general prosperity. The proposition that England should hand over the Bermudas to the United States, at the same time that she cedes Heligoland to Germany, might be realized if the United States had half a continent in Africa to give to England In the trade. But do we want tho BennuaasT We wonld not take San Domingo or the Island of St. Thomas, when we could get them; and there is a well-founded suspicion that we do not want the Bermudas any more. Cincinnati's showing is one of the poorest made in tbe census. It has gained only 26.000 of ordinary population and has lost Mnrat Halstead. Another decade like that will relegate tbe quondam Paris of America to obscurity. In taking up the reform ballot as a lead ing issue for the campaign in Pennsylvania, tho Democrats are showing more discretion than If they stuck to tanff-for-rerenue, which the Democratic leaders elsewhere make their cry. The Carlisle-Clevelaud-Watterson luw tariff bait is no good for fishing in Pennsylvania wa ters; and in fact does not appear to take par ticularly well anywhere this summer. The boiler-makers' strike is something with which the public can sympathize as long as this weather lasts. Most people will be in clined to envy those who can get up an excuse for quitting work while tbe thermometer acts this way. Bishop Potter's address is criticised by the Indianapolis Journal because it did not specify the auctioning of a Senatorship to Calvin 8. Brice or of lottery privileges by the Louisiana Legislature. The Bishop can be ex cused for the omission by the fact that he did not intend his address to be a political market report. Hendricks' statue is added to the memorials of our great men which have been completed and dedicated; but New York's monument to Grant at Riverside remains on the list of metropolitan fizzles. It is interesting to observe that wnile both Pattison and Wallace are very clear in tho early part of the canvass, that the Democratic nomination must seek them, they have both gone to Scranton in order to make sure when It does start out after them that it shall not fail to find them. The Signal Service pronounces the con tinued" hot weather in the Mississippi Valley to be unprecedented; and the rest of the public except the ice men declare it to be unmerciful. Mb. Ceoker joins with Senators Quay and Delamater in omitting to prosecnte the men who attack their official record; but be is one point ahead of the Republican statesmen In respect to going on tbe witness stand and declaring that it is not so. Governor Hill's journey to Indianap olis has all the aspects of a premature hunt for an unborn Fresidental nomination. Chicago has at last got her census total up to 1,080,000. and the Philadelphia papers not unjustifiably declare that tbe Chicago enumer ators have overworked both the cradle and the grave in the effort to pass the Philadelphia total of 1,010,000. That mine full of smoke and black damp at Dunbar can contain only the secrets of the grave. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Bavaria is an enthusiastic veterinary surgeon. The German Emperor's new rules for wear ing uniforms In the navy fills a book of 40 pages. A monument to Alexander Stephens is at last to be erected over bis grave at Crawfords ville, Ga. Herb Most has apparently agreed with him self tbat he will not comb his hair until he is elected President. Queen Victoria's dinner hour is not until 9 in the evening. At about 11 she retires to her private apartments. Both of the Nevada Senators, Stewart and Jones, are extravagantly fond of tobacco, and their liking for a cigar is greater even than General Grant's. Miss Hannah Purvis, of North Lewls burg, O., is one of tbo few women who are authorized to solemnize marriages. She is a minister of the Friend s Church. Madame Sarah Bernhardt will read, at the Marlowe memorial performance in London on July 4, a poetical address in rhymed Alex andrines, written by M. Jean Richepin. Hubert Herkomer, the distinguished British artist, who is almost equally famous as a composer of opera;, an architect and a prac tical woodcarver, was at one time an Ohio boy. Mrs. Eleanor Sherman Thaceara, daughter ot General Sherman, makes ber first literary appearance In the Cotomopolitan for July in a discussion of "Three Great Philadel phia Training Schools." It is not generally known that Major Mc Kinley received as a Christmas present last year the handsomest watch ever designed and made in the United States. It was gotten up in his own district, by a Canton factory, as an illustration of the possibilities of American in dustry When protected properly. Among the idiotic gossip In relation to Stan ley is ithe assertion of some English newsaper woman that Stanley acknowledges having re ceived 11 refusals of his baud from many dif ferent women before he won his Intended bride, besides that Miss Tennant herself refused him until after his last expedition across Africa. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Echoes From Cold Type Literary Property Hard to Prove Correspondent! of Sev eral Sorte A Vain Apologist. AT man who has written much forjthe press, or a book or two, 'knows what strange echoes print sometimes awakes. The letters which convey praise and abuse are common enough. Both are trying at times, and the writer is happy who has the nerve to deposit tbe anonymous letter, whatever its tenor, un read in the waste basket Very few letters of the abnsive Kind contain genuine signatures, and it is surprising bow patient and persever ing some anonymous letter writers arc The habit of writing Infamous letters seems to grow upon the victim just like most other seoret and cowardly crimes. But tho anonymous letter nuisance is very old, and X know nothing new to say about it. Qne evening two summers ago four' of us were swopping yarns in a sheltered spot near tbe Btern of an Atlantic liner. When my turn came, for lack of any real experience of a thrilling sort, I repeated a story wbicb had ap peared in print about six months before. One of tbe listeners remarked tbat she bad read that story somewhere. She thought she had cornered me for I bad told the story in tbe first person, as if it bad been fact, not fiction. To clinch tbe matter she searched her memory, and remembered that somebody had cut tbe story out of a Southern paper and inclosed it in a letter, whicb she got, by tbe way, at Berlin. It is my Impression tbat she did not bolievo that the story was my property, but I had the satisfaction of sending her a copy of the paper in which tbe story appeared, over my signature. A correspondent who honored me by agreeing with something or other said in this column, filled two sides of a sheet of note paper with most reasonable objections to the name which my parents and my godfathers and godmother gave me at the font, and wound up with a pathetic plea f or So as a loan. This reminded me of a man who visited the editorial rooms of a paper npon which I was a reporter with the declared intention of killing the writer or a certain article. He was quite big enough and drunk enough to have cleared oat the office if he had been bo minded. But from blustering and threatening he descended to a piteous supplication for 10 cents, and after he got it his gratitude was so effusive that a real skirmish ensued, and the man who had de manded a correction was corrected. The most curious communication I have ever received came Into my bands last winter. Here it is nearly if not quite word for word: Dear Sir I trust you will pardon my dis graceful conduct yesterday. For some weeks I have not been well, and, meeting a number of friends. I was persuaded to drink more than I bad been used to for a long while. I have no clear remembrance of what I said and did yes terday, but I remember enough to know that my visit to your office in such a condition was an insult. 1 hope yo u will accept my apology. Yours, etc., As I had not laid eyes on the writer of tbe above letter for at least a month previous tbere was nothing to prevent my accepting his apology as an exhibition of honorable instincts. As It was, I assured tbe apologist of tbe true state ot the case and offered to accept tho apology vicariously. Christianity vi Christianity. Rev. Carlos Martyn, D. D., contributes a brilliant and suggestive paper to tho Arena for July on "Christianity versus Christianity," which will doubtless occasion much comment and criticism. The paper is rendered all tho more interesting when it is remembered Dr. Martyn is an Orthodox clergyman as well as a popular author. SIX RECEIVED DEGREES. The Commencement Exercises ot Wnynce bur College Closed Last Night. SPECIAL TELEQKAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Waynesburg, July 1. Tbe commencement exercises of Waynesburg College closed at 9 o'clock this morning. Tbe commencement ex ercises proper were held In the Alumni Hall In the new building. -Tho class unanimously voted to dispense with performances, and ad dresses were made by Hon, Lou Beauchamp, of Ohio, and Dr. McClelland of the Allegheny Theological Seminary. After the addressesthe diplomas were presented to tbe class by Dr. A B Miller, President of the college. Tbo class consisted of six members, as follows: Miss Ella Harris, of New York: Miss Ella Wood, of Wavnesburg, Pa.; Miss Wlnnif red Johnson, of MeKeedpon, Pa.; A W. Hayes, of Allegheny City, Pa.; L. W. Sayres. of Waynesburg, Pa. The class all graduated in the regular classical course and tbe degree of A B. was conferred upon each member. At 10 o'clock this evening the dedication of i'hilo Hall took place. The dedicatory oration was delivered by Hon. A A Purman, of Waynesburg. Speeches were made by Prof. J. M. N orris, of Allegheny; Rev. Mr. Brant, of Philadelphia; Dr. Beach, of Allegheny City, and others, all alumni of tbe college. She Wedded an Ocean Hero. Baltimore, July 1. Captain Hamilton Mur rell and Miss Mary Cottman McCormick were married to-day, in Grace Chnrcb, by Rev. Arthur C. Powell. Captain Mnrrell is best known as tbe rescuer ot tbe passengers of tbe sinking steamship Danmark. Immediately after tbe services In the church tbe Captain and Mrs. Murrell started on their bridal tour. PETROLEUM: DEALERS UNEASY. Many of tbe Old Speculators Compelled to Pay Their Attention to Other Sinners. A New York gentleman writing to a friend in this city says: The petroleum market in this city has been so quiet of late that many of tbe old dealers have been compelled to turn their attention to other channels of speculation. At an informal conference held in the office of a prominent Broadway man, a dozen or more op erators who were anxious that a renewed inter est in the market should be awakened, united in suggesting to tbe trade that the brokerage commission rate be reduced. The suggestion will be formally transmitted to the governing boards of tbe two Exchanges here, where trans actions in petroleum or pipe line certificates are regularly authorized. One of tbe gentlemen who as present at the conference expressed the ODinion that the market would remain quiet until tbe completion of further purchases nf ..II .Hl.n T.W .tiA Cnvwlft A -,i..1n II.' thought tbe Standard's policy was to keep tbe market steady, and tbe public must abide by tbe situation for the present at least. Hnrriaon Maybe a Candidate. If FECIAL TELEGBAH TO THE DISPATCTI.1 Chicago, July L Hon. R. L. Conger, of Ohio, member of tbe Republican National Commniittee, is in Chicago to-day. Speaking of political affairs this evening be said he could state on excellent authority that it was not true, as reported, that President Harrison had said that he would not accept a renomlnatlon. Carl Rctter to Condnct It. Carl Retter, the well-known musical director of this city, whoso fame is national, has been prevailed upon to conduct tbe musical exercises at the Fourth of July celebration in Schenley Park. Mayor Gourley is pleased beyond ex pression actbe prospect of securing the services of Prof. Retter, and notified Sheriff McCand Icss last evening ot the engagement. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. The following beautiful poem by James Whlt comb Riley was read by Prof. Fisher, of Han over College, at the unveiling of the Hendricks statue in Indianapolis yesterday: Pride of thy Westland. and loved of the NatlonI Leader Invincible! Kuler most wlsel Fevered nor flushed by the throng's acclamation, Steadfastly poised as a star In the skies 1 Paths that were night to us. Thou didst make bright to us Brightening still till the transcendent shine. Swiftly withdrawn from us. Now thou art gone from us. Haloes thy deeds with a glory divine. Versed as thou wert in the lore of the ages, Voiced as a master In lofty debate. Thine was an eloquence History's pages Kustllngly whisper in vain to relate- ilute there the wonderful Pathos, cr thunderful Flashes of denunciation not Jeers; Silent the dutlf ul Scorn, and the beautiful Tribute of tremulous sobbing and tears! Thine, then, the meed of a people's affection, Born above factional wrangle and fray; Still warmly homed In the heart's recollection. Naught of tby virtues shall vanish away; Still In security Rest, in thy purity. Fixed as tby monument, tow'rlng above Ay, and outwearing It, All time declaring lt Bronte shall out-brave not tbe legends of love! FRIENDSHIP RENEWED. A Plenannt Reception Tendered (o a Former Wllklnsbarg Pastor Addresses Blade nnd Hnpplly Responded To An Evening of Social Enjoyment. One of tbe most interesting social events that Wilkinsburg bas seen this year took place in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of that borough last evening. It was a reception in bonor ot Rev. W. W. Carithers and wife. Mr. Carithers was formerly pastor of this church, but has been for two years past stationed at Ft, Sill, Ind. T. His health failed to some extent, and he has been visiting his old home this summer with excellent results, for he is now almost restored to bis former vigor. The ladies of the church hare been busy for weeks mak ing preparations for the reception, and they must have been delighted last evening when they saw how successful it was. The church was tastefully decorated with potted plants, flowers, etc. rhododendrons, ferns, daisies and pine predominating. Six teen young ladles, looking very pretty and fresh in their dainty summerattlre, served ice cream, caKe and other refreshments during the even ing, and the spirit of hospitality and good feel ing that prevailed was not tbe least delightful characteristic of the entertainment. Tbere was a very laige attendance. Beside some hundreds of Wilklnsburgers, there were in vited guests from the following R. P. churches: East End, Eighth Street, Pittsburg, Central and Allegheny. Mr. and Mrs. Carithers were warmly greeted by tbelr many friends, and both must have felt that they were indeed at borne. The formal proceedings opened with an ad dress by tho master of ceremonies. Rev. O. B. Milligan, followed by a song of welcome by a male qnartet of wbtch the members were Oliver Wylle, Samuel R. Wills, R. A M. Steele and James H. Crawford. Prof. D. B. Wilson then spoke, followed after a musical inter lude by Prof. McClurkin. Rev. M. M. Patter son and Rev. Mr. Leaner, Wilkinsburg minis ters of other denominations, delivered short addresses, and tben Rev. W. W. Carithers arose to respond. He was greeted with loud and continued cheering, which. It was easy to see, affected him deeply. His address was a touching one, as be referred to his former con nection with the Wilkinsburg Cburcb and his pleasure at meeeting so many of bis flock again. This brought tbe regular programme to a close, and the rest of the evening was devoted to social intercourse and music Mr. and Mrs. Carithers expect to return to the Indian Terri tory in the autumn. WAHRTED AT HOME, A Qulot Little Weddlog In Allegheny Last Evening. At the residence of the bride's parents, in Al legheny, last evening, in the presence of a very few guests, were the words spoken tbat united in matrimony Miss Emma Phf al and Mr. Harry Crow, of the Westinghouse Airbrake Works. The bridal couple were attended by Miss Laura Crow as bridemaid, and Mr. J. M. Crow as groomsman, and tbe ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Goettman, of the Lutheran Cnnrcb. Tbe bride was attired in a brocaded silk of salmon shade, fashioned with a guimpe and elaborately trimmed with valencienes lace, roseattes and satin ribbon. Sbecarried white roses. The bridemaid was arrayed in a dress of white satin, trimmed with duchess lace. A wedding supper was served to tbe guests, after which the bridal couple departed for a trip East TO PICNIC AT ROCS POINT, Where tbo Recently Elected Officers of tbe Association Will be Installed. Tbe annual picnic of all tbe churches of the Reformed Presbyterian denomination in tbe Pittsburg Presbytery is to be held to-morrow at Rock Point At that time and place the officers of the newly-organized Presbyterian Sunday School Association will be installed. The names of the officers who were elected at the organization of tho association last week are as follows: President, Mr. S. M. Orr: Vice Presidents, Revs. Temple, Laird, Wylie and Milligan. and Messrs. Boggs, Johnston and Roagers; Recording Secretary, Miss Ella Mar tin; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Mary E. lioffltt; Treasurer. Miss B. A McGeorge: Chair man of Executive Committee, Rev. Dr. Mc Allister. PFWPrarBTTRT MB. BEAN Four of His Drotber bb'-'-iera Giro Him a Very Mc eat. Edward L. Bean.one of tbo proprietors of the Anderson, was agreeably surprised yesterday to receive for a gift a beautiful cigar holder of sterling silver. It was presented by four members of the Lulu Shrine of Philadelphia, Messrs Joseph S. Wright, George W. Walton Fred Leibraudt and Edward B. Jordan. The gift was made In recognition of courtesies ex tended the gentlemen while attending tho Mvstic Shrine gathering here a week ago. The holder is a rectangular box of sterling silver, with pockets inside for tbe cigars. On tbe ltd is a noble looking greyhound of the same material. Mr. 'Bean prizes the present very highly. Knlabte of Pytblna Picnic The members of Grant Lodge No. 58, Knights of Pythias, will hold their annual pic nic at Hulton Grove, Allegheny Valley Rail road, Friday. July 4. The original leader Italian orchestra, with Colonel T. W. Quinn, will furnish the music for dancing. wishtng: chatjncet m. BON voyage. Tbe World' Fair Commission Send Hon. C. HI. Depcvr a Complimentary Note. Chicago, July 1. Tbe follonlng telegram was prepared and sent by the World's Fair Commissioners tnis morning: Hon. CbaunceyM. Depew, New York City: bin Your fellow members of the World's Columbian Commission wish you bon voyage and God speed. May the seas be smooth before you, tbe skies clear, the winds fair. We know you are free from ordinary dangers. No iceberg could live within 1,000 miles of you, and Neptune him self must wear a smiling countenance while you are on the sea. We feel assured that as you move in tbe pomp of courts and in the hearts of the peo ple abroad, you will appropriately present the attractions and possibilities of the coming World's Fair. W hlle you tarry on the other side may you re ceive something of that pleasure and entertain ment you impart to others, and when in due time you may come. Invigorated in body, refreshed in mind and ready for any of the duties, responsi bilities and honors wnlch mav await you in your native land. T. W. palmer. President. John t. Dickinson, Secretary. A Brilliant Number. The fiery red cover of the Fourth of July double number of the Youth's Companion, just received, is so realistic that one can almost bear tbe boom of tho cannon cracker and tbe clang of tbe great Independence bell. Some of the literary features are, "On His Own. Merits," in which a spoiled son wins the battle of life through his own exertions; "Hitty," a bearding school story by Kate W. Hamilton; -under aise uoiors," an amusing story of life in a Western lumbering town; "A Little Hero of Lundy's Lane;" "A Fourth of July Cow," by Helen M. North; "He Kept His Flag Up," by C. A Stephens; "Fourth of July Under Difficulties," by James Parton. Besides these are the usual editorials on current events and a joiry page of Fourth of July fun for the younger children. FASHIONS LN JEWELRY, Beatjtetul souvenirs are found in seals of rock crystal mounted in gold and adorned with gold garlands. Crystal hearts are used in mourning. They have an inner band of black enamel and an outer band of diamonds. A lucky scarf pin is a three-leaved clover in white enamel pierced by a borse shoe in diamonds with ruby nails. Marquise rings are still preferred by women. Diamonds surrounding a ruby, sap phire or opal are tbe favorites. Round Renaissance brooches are holding their own. Tbe caboehon rubies, sapphires and moonstones add to their attractiveness. Gold palettes with .precious stones set around tbe edges to imitate paints are among tbe novelties. Some have brushes and mahl stlck stuck through tbe thumb-hole and lying fiat IN artistic jewelry a crescent of white onyx with flying loves carrying garlands cut in re lief, is set In a narrow rim or diamonds. At the upper edge tbere Is a little cluster ot diamond butterflies. A square-cut opal makes tbe center of an antique brooch, by surrounding it with flower ing forms in diamonds having an emerald placed at various points of intersection. Tbe color effect Is beautiful. Some barbaric daggers for the hair are among the newest pieces of jewelry. Tbey are of yellow gold with tasty but appropriate gold beaters' work, and in the gold are sunk large yellow topazes, ruby spineues ana beryls. A NOBLE MONUMENT UNVEILED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. The Exercises of a Very Impressive Chnrne tei Hnnr Distinguished Guests Present A Procession a Mile In Length The Ceremonial and the Oration. TndianapoIiIS, July! To-day has fitly hon ored Indiana's most Illustrious son. To bis memory bas been unveiled a monument whose solidity is tbe occasion of the Indelible love with which a State and nation cherish bis memory, ine day smiled upon the ceremonies of the occasion. From early morning until nearly time for the great parade to start, each succeeding train, from every direction, rolled into tbe Union station, filled with people from other cities and other States. A great con course of people, men, women and children, continually crowded Its way up to the stand and loined the masses tbat bad collected In tbe center of the city, and by noon the central streets were surging rivers of humanity. Thousands of flags and thousands of yards of bunting are floating from tbe windows and roofs of tbe business houses of Indianapolis. Never before was such a display seen in the city. The parade was a notable one. The pro cession formed on the Circle, about the new Soldiers' Monument Having place in the line, besides tbe local and State organizations, were the Duckworth Club, of Cincinnati; tbe County Democracy, of Chicago; the Thurman Club, of Columbus; the Miami Club, of Hamilton, O.; the Hendricks Club, of St Louis, and many lesser organizations. Mnsie was furnishebby numerous bands from abroad, includmg the Second Regiment Band, of Chicago. m w Many States Represented. 'The line, about a mile in length, moved at 1 o'clock to the site of tbe statue at the south east corner of the State House grounds. The parade, while not remarkable as to numbers, was rather so in tbe scope of representation. Illinois. Ohio. New York and Missouri were represented, tbe Buckeye State sendingitsGov ernor, James E. Campbell, and bis brilliantly decorated staff on caparisoned horses, which followed tbe staff of Grand Marshal Kneffler. In tbe first carriage sat Mrs. Hendricks, Sena tor Turpie, Sculptor R. H. Parks and Presi dent Rand, of tbe Monument Association. At the monument an ampitbeater bad been erect ed for the distinguished guests and a chorus of 1,000 school children. The Second Regiment Band of Chicago en tered and played an overture. After tbo overture and a chorus by school children, the throng was called to order, and Governor Alvin P. Hovey, of the Hosier Commonwealth, began tbe speech making by delivering tbe fol lowing brief, but sufficient words of welcome to all tbe thousands assembled about him: "Fellow citizens: We have met to-day to unveil tbe statue of Thomas A Hendricks, one of tbe favorite and distinguished sons of tbe State ot Indiana. As Governor of the State, and in the name and on behalf of tbe State, I give you all a hearty welcome. As a piece of fine art tbis statue is an ornament to the city, and an honor to the artist, Mr. Park, who designed and con structed it I will introduce to yon Judge Rand, President of tbe Hendricks Monument Association, who will preside on tbis occasion." A Trlbnte from Tammany. Judge Rand very briefly reviewed the history of tbe monument association, and the Rev. Dr. J. S. Jencks, of St Paul's Episcopal Cburcb, invoked the blessing. Gen eral Sickles was led forward and lifted himself into tbe stand on his crutches. Judge Rand met him and said: "I now introduce to yoa General Sickles, who brings a memorial from Tammany Hall." "I am commissioned by the most ancient political organization in this country to bring tbis tribute and place it on tbe tomb of Hen dricks. More than 30 years ago I was com missioned to place one on Daniel Webster's tomb. Hendricks was tbe colleague of Morton, Chase. Lincoln and Douglas, all giants of tbe great West No country can lose such leaders without deep and long-felt emotion. In con clusion, allow me to band this to yon. madam, in memory of your husband, who ever cherished the principles of Democracy, and wboso memory will be very dear to Tammany Hall." He banded to Mrs. Hendricks a handsome wreath made of white roses, and Mrs. Hen dricks, who was attired in deep Dlack, stepped forward, and with a deepbowand a few words, which were drowned In tbe hubub oc casioned by the movlne crowds in en deavoring to catch a glimpse ot tbe honored woman. Judge Rand.then read the historical statement, and again the children's voices swelled in the strains of "America." As they uiwairajjuoija .nana arose ana saia: "juaaies and gentlemen: We will now unveil the Hendricks monument" Senator Tarple's Address. 'Taking the arm of Mrs. Hendricks, Judge Rand escorted ber to tbe base of tbe monu ment, where she drew the veil ot the National colors from the bronze figure of her husband, amid the shouts of that vast throng and tbe booming of cannon. Tbe ode written by James Wbitcomb Riley was tben read. Then Senator Turpie made tbe address of tbe day. Concern ing Mr. Hendricks' position during tbe late civil war, the speaker said: "His judgment upon the questions of tbat day was prompt and decided. As early as April, 1S6L in the first month of tbe war, in a letter to some of bis old constituents of Shelby county, be wrote and published these words: 'Since the war commenced I have uniformly said that I regarded it as tbe duty of the citi zen of Indiana to respect and maintain the authority of the General Government and to give an bonest and earnest support to the pros ecution of the war until, in tbe providence of uod, it may tie Drougnt to an uonoraoie conclu sion and the blessings of poace be restored to our country, postponing until that time all con troversy relating to the causes and responsi bility therefor.' The speaker sketched Mr. Hendricks' career after leaving the Senate, ai Governor of Indiana and Vice President of tbe United States, and closed with a glowing eulogium. At tbe conclusion of Senator Turples' ad dress brief speeches were made by Governors Hill, Francis and Campbell, and after a bene diction by Bishop Cbatard tbe assemblage dis persed. Letters of regret were received from President Harrison, General Sherman and ex President Cleveland. THE INDIAN MESSIAH. A Cheyenne Tells of tho Strange Man Who Is Preaching to tbe Tribes. Fort Custer, Hon., July L Porcupine, the apostle of the new Messiah, came into Fort Custer to-day accompanied by a few followers. To tbe officers and ladles of th'e post he ex plained his religion, which closely resembles the Christian religion of the whites, except that Porcupine claims positively that Christ bas come back to earth and is now in the flesh near Walker City, Nev. Porcnpine did not know anything about tbe first Christ but bo says this Messiah told him be bad been on earth hundreds of years ago, wben he appeared to the white people, who used him roughly and even killed him. Porcupine says be saw marks on tbe hands of tbe Messiab, who said he bad been nailed to a tree by tbe hands, and that spikes had also been driven through bis feet and bis side bad been cut open. Porcupine said be did not believe in tbe Messiah wben be first beard of him, bnt no sooner did he see him than all doubt vanished from bis mind. He bad never seen such a man before. It was evening wben the Messiab came walking into the camp and they all knew who ho was without being told. He described tbe Messiah as a large man with a tawny skin, a nubia earriace and face. Hundreds of In dians, representatives from scores of tribes, heard tbe Messiab and all understood bim. He did not speak in Cbeyennes. but Porcupine un derstood him perfectly, as did tbe other Chey ennes present. He then repeated much of the Messiah's sermon 'to the Indians. He com manded them to go forth and preach his doc trine, but to add nothing to it and hold nothing back. He said he could bear all tbey said wherever they were. Two of the Indians with Porcupine had been to Walker Lake, and, when questioned by General Brisbine, said what Porcupine bad told was strictly true. ONE HUNDRED AND TEN BALLOTS. The Deadlock la the Twenty-Fifth District Still Unbroken. tSPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH. J New Oastle, July L Tbe 60 delegates who were to nominate a candidate for Congress for the Twenty-fifth district June 19. and who lingered here for four days and took 100 ballots without coming to a decision, again assembled In White Hall, this city, this evening. Jack son, of Lawrence; Black, of Beaver; McDowell and Brown, of Mercer, and 1 owsond,of Beaver, had their friends in the ball, and for a time it was warm. After taking tbe 110th ballot the convention adjourned to meet to-morrow morning, with out making a nomination. This is a clear case of deadlock, and tbere is no likelihood of a nomination being made in weeks. DEATHS OF A DAY. Sirs. Jobn Fltzilmmons. Mrs. John Flttslmmons, wife of Sergeant FHs slmmons, of the Twenty-eighth ward force, died Monday at 2 P. at., at the family residence. Firth and Bingham streets. Mr. Fltxslmmoos has been an alderman, and held otber offices that caused htm to come In contact with many people, and his wife was respected br all and loved by many as a woman ormany virtues and fewfaults. The funeral will be at bt. John's Church to-day with high mass. William Crawford, M. P. London, July I. Mr. William Crawford, mem ber ol Parliament tor tbe Middle division of Dur ham, died to-day. Be was a Liberal. A CURIOUS BAT EJXLEB. A Horse Tbat Can Discount the Best Ter rier That Ever Lived. Roscoe Franklin, of Brockton, Mass., owns a bay horse, known by tbe name of Sbilob. that is possessed of a peculiar accomplishment Mr. Franklin's stable, a rather old building, is in fested by rats that give tbe horses much trou ble, stealing their food and making themselves pests generally. It began to be observed a short time since tbat In Shiloh's stall tbere was to be found every morning one or more of the ro dents dead, tbe crushed bodies of wblah Indi cated that they died violent deaths, but what that death was remained a mystery until one of tbe stablemen discovered that the big bay was himself their executioner. He was tben watched at his work, and tbe strategy and cunning of tbe animal is said to be remarkable. He will stand over a ratbole for any length of time without stirring, his ears alert and his eyes fixed on the hole. Then, as the rat breaks cover abruptly and hurriedly, as they always do, Shilob brings down tbe sharp hoof of his uplifted foot upon Ins little but harrassing foe, crushing the life ont of him, and if be falls to strike tbe wily creature will overtake him with outstretched neck, and, seizing him in bis powerful teetb. tbrow him against the side of the stall, thus breaking bis back. It is but seldom that this curious ratter fails to kill his prey. Tbe horse actually seems to enjoy tbe sport lor he will repeat the trick again and again, and if anyone stands and watches him a: it he will, without ceasing to be on tbe qui Vive for tbe rat for an instant oc casionally turn bis intelligent eye on the spec tator as If to say: "I'll get him yet" CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS. Up to date President Harrison has scored six vetoes, and Cleveland. A New York Judge bas sent a man to prison for 14 years for stealing 15 cents. He might Just as well given him a year for each cent. His action wouldn't have been laughed at any more than it Is at present. The hue ana cry went up last summer that It was not healthy to drink the city water, and con sequently It was tabooed by many of our citizens. Many of them took it to heart so badly tbat tbey have not tasted water since. A Texas editor bas been sent to jail for lying. If this was the law In all States many new prisons would have to be built to accommodate us. Mr. Reed has allowed a whole week to pass without Informing an anxious people wben be would allow Congress to adjourn. If be Is not careful he will be accused by the opposition of being careless. A Pennsylvania minister, says the St Paul Olobe. has Invented an airbrake that will apply to any kind of a vehicle. It is claimed. If It can be applied to travel on the road to ruin it will meet the great need for which pulpits operate. President Harrison has been making large Investments In Washington real estate. Experience, we are told, is a good teacher, but tbe President don't leem to take any stock In the maxim. Mr. Cleveland Invested In Capitol dirt, and tben the people voted that he should not stay there to see It double in price. These rare June days have been dished up to suit tbe most fastidious. Many nearby towns will turn themselves in side out on Friday. The weather was mighty hot at Scranton yesterday, but It is not to be compared to the piping hot times tbe Democrats will have to-day. The dark horse is liable to cut a very wide furrow at Scranton to-day. It IS suggested that the next great prize fight take place In close proximity to Washington. Congress would then adjourn for a day at least. The men who last winter so violently blasted the cold are now using violent words about the heat. So It appears that Providence can't suit them by blowing either hot or cold. The proud bird of freedom will be heard quite frequently for the next few days. It will be a breach of etiquette to attempt to pull Its tall fsatbers. The California strawberry prevaricator bas got the most of tbe deal this season. A Lancaster. Pa., dealer has unearthed a berry tbatwelghedSS ounces. And, by tbe way, it bas got to be warmer weather than this when our great ana glorious commonwealth gets left The spread-eagle orators will soon take a much-needed rest. They will not be heard from again until country fairs are ripe. More Connections With the Sea. tSPECTAL TELZOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Atlantic city, N. J.. July L Tne Postal Telegraph-Cable Company bas completed its Atlantic City extension, and its main and branch offices are now open for business. A continuous service, day and night including Sundays, will be maintained. Hotel proprietors and visitors are happy in tbe fact tbat tbey are now assured of an efficient telegraphic ser vice at all hours of tbe day and night INDIANA'S COMMENCEMENT. Tbe Annnal Concert of the Musical Depart ment a Rich Trent. SPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Indiana, July L Commencement week at tbe Indiana Normal School opened very auspic iously. Last night the annual concert nnder the auspices of tbe musical department took place. Tbis department has quite a reputa tion, and tbe concert last night was a rare musical treat Tbe programme consisted of vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios, quar tets, sextets and choruses. Tbe choruses were under the direction of Miss Will, and showed careful training. Tbe vocal solo by Mls'sSbulzwas highly appreciated. Tbe solos byMissLezeer and Mr. Gibson also deserve special mention. Tbe music by a sextet com posed of Misses Murdoch, Leezer, Blair, Stltt, Carter and Hawthorn, and a trio by Misses Sbulz, Hall and Leezer were well received. On tbe whole the concert was a splendid suc cess, and was thoroughly enjoyed. This after noon tbe class day exercises were held and to night the annual reception by the faculty. Through Wonderland. The nation's' playground, Yellowstone Park is described by A B. Gnptill, in Outing, in an article which carries tbo reader tbrougb this wonderland preserved to the lover of 'nature and sport by the foresight of Congress. Numer ous Illustrations of tbe remarkable scenery of tbi3 district add to the interest and increase the value of this article. ALL THROUGH THE STATE. There is danger of an Ice famine at Cbam bersburg. T. V. Powderlt received an enthusiastic re ception at Oil City Monday evening. There was an increase of 2,590 barrels of oil in tbe production during tbe month ol June. Company B, N. O. P., of Meadville. will elect a First Lieutenant on Monday evening next The Central Presbyterian Church of Erie are putting in their new pipe organ. It will be ready for use In about two weeks. WrLUtAatSPOET, Erie, Clarendon, Titusville, Oil City, Franklin, Corry. Warren, Tidioute and Jamestown will all celebrate the Fourth of July. Three prisoners escaped from tbe Bradford lockup Sunday evening. It is believed tbat an outsider assisted In tbe escape by unlocking tbe door. Christian Good, of Waynesboro, was tossed skyward a few days ago by an enraged bull, and severely injured. He will be slightly disfigured. An expounder of the gospel in Oil City took occasion, in bis sermon, Sunday, to gently cblde the local press for not devoting more space to himself and his church. The new Ponce De Leon Hotel at Saeger town bas been tbrown open to tbe public. It is one of the finest houses to be found at any of tbe Pennsylvania pleasure resorts. Some of Pennsylvanla'sleadlng weeklies have spoiled tbe looks of tbelr entire editions by printing great red and blue stripes on every page, and calling it a Fourth of July edition. Two residents of Oil City were rattlesnake bunting a few days ago, and succeeded In capturing about a dozen of tbe reptiles. The young men capture them for the oil, which is sold for SI per odnce. The DadenhofTer well at Meadville continues to show a strong pressure, and is said to be gaining, while there is every Indication tbat tbe well now drilling near tbe Cutiewajcp mills will be stronger than the former. CDEI0DS CONDENSATIONS. A colored man at Albany, Ga.,. hasi served no less than 21 terms In jail for fight." ing. A young woman at Madison, Ind., be ing frightened, screamed loudly, dislocating her-. jaw. Mrs. Houghton, a real estate dealer at Spokane Falls. Wash.,ls said to have made S250, 0U0 in four years. A paper recently started at Julian, Idaho, has for its motto "Grasp for all in sight and rustle for more. A counterfeit dime, heavily plated with pure silver on a body of German silver, has ap peared in Gosben, Ind. It is dated VBS3. The Vineland grape crop this year will be an almost entire failure, where a few years ago over GO0.UCO vines were fruiting and yield ing heavily. Somebody who bos been looking up tbe matter says tbat there are now only five States in tbe Union in which a schoolmaster can le gally floj a pupil. There is a mad-dog scare at Brunswick, Me.,and the town has voted to km all dogs sup posed to have been bitten by mad dogs and to muzzle the others. A bigamist under arrest in Akron, O., is said to have no les3 than seven wives. Tbey live in various parts of tbe country and he has married them all within tbe past ten years. A cowboy named Charles Morris was bitten on the nose six weeks ago by a skunk, while lying asleep In camp, near Frescott. A T.. -and a few days since died in great agony of hydrophobia. ' One of the attractions at Augusta, Me., on tbe Fourth of July will be a grand horse parade. Tbe object is to bring together for Subtle exhibition in one grand display tbe beat orses in tbat part of Maine. A painter arrested in Litchfield, Conn,, while at work, walked along quietly for a few minutes, wben he suddenly turned and dashed bis paint brusb Into tbe Sheriffs eyes. He tben escaped. The Sheriff is badly injured. A prize of .$100 was offered by the Washington Post to the person guessing near est the population of tbat city, and remarkable to av. three persons hit exactly the number, 229,786. They have agreed to divide the money. Robert Gunyon, 73 years old, of Mil waukee, didn't let his advanced age deter him last week :from diving into a river at Mt Clemens, Mich., and rescuing tbe lad who was drowning. It is said tbat he was tbe only per son of tbe crowd on tbe bank Watching the boy drown who didn't lose his bead. Oregon City has a darkey bootblack who has seen tbe world- In 1848. he says, he landed In Constantinople as steward of an American clipper. He went a short distance into tbe interior, met a Boston man he knew who was keeping a public house, and made 375 exhibit ing himself to tbe natives, that were astonished at tbe sight of a colored man. A farmer near St Bonis has a nest of owls in bis barn, and tbey keep it free from rats and mice. Tbe birds lay up provisions at night for the next day. The farmer marked tbe bodies of the mice he found by cutting off one foot with a pair of scissors. At night all the marked mice would be gone, and tbo next morning there would be a fresh supply. The Government of Morocco lately sens ten Arab horses of the purest and finest blood as a gift to tbe King of Belgium. When tbey reached Brussels King Leopold was not greatly struck by their beauty, and on an investigation being made it turned out tbat tbe original ani mals had been sold by some unscrupulous offi cial and that inferior ones had been substi tuted. There was a pathetio scene in a Sixth avenue elevated train. A drunken man, lead ing a little 6-year-old boy, stumbled into the rear car. After finding seats be gradually leaned further and further over, until be fell asleep with bis bead on tbe child's lap. and every few minutes tbe little fellow, wide awake at midnight would tug at his father's coat and say: "Please sit up, papa." Says a dispatch from Sidney.O.: "Some thing remarkable happened here to a cow. Tbere were two large trees close together on tbe edge of a clover field. A fence touched either tree, but the gap bad no fence. Tbe cow squeezed into the gap, and without passing tnrougn, oegan to Drowse, one soon Degan to swell with gas generated by the cxeen clover. and to get ber out one of the trees had to be cut" Bast winter Buman Foote ascertain tbat it would cost him 815 to fill his fcebou ' " with ice, therefore he filled lc with damp snon well trodden down, at a cost of $1 25. Tb i snow has kept very well and half of It yet r mains. Of course he cannot use the snow In bis refrigerator and Ice pitcher, but be places meat, fish, milk, butter, etc on the snow in tbe icehouse, and such articles keep as well as they would on ice. A pretty sight often seen on St Charles avenue. New Orleans, Is a little boy riding his bicycle with his black-and-tan dog standing be hind bim. The dog holds on by resting bi3 front paws on his master's neck, and appears to hare no fear, no matter how rapidly they travel. Tbe Picayune says tbat the otber day the dog grew weary of tbe sport before tbe boy, so. without any ado, be tucked bis head down on tbe boy's shoulder and went to sleep. An English officer who recently trav eled on the public service says that he sent in in his account of traveling expenses the entry, "Porter, 1 shilling." His accounts were re turned, with tbe remark that porter could not be allowed, but tbat If tbe entry were intended for the conveyance of luegage it should be noted as porterage. Tbo alteration was duly made, and a query added as to whether a cab Bbould not be entered as "cabbage." Tbe reply was tbat "correspondence on tbis subject must cease." A short time since a prominent physi cian of St Helena, Cal., received from the East somo new medicine that was Intended for a patient In order to test its strength tbe doctor injected a little of it into his own arm. Tbe effect was sudden and startling. His arm began to swell to large proportion and otber alarming symptoms appeared of tbe worst kind of blood poisoning. Ho called in bis brother physicians, and thoy in turn sent to San Francisco for a third, and for some days and nights they stood watch over the unfortunate patient At pres ent be Is out of danger, but it will be weeks be fore he can leave the room. A FEW PLEASANTRIES. "Will you think of me very often while youareawav. dearest John?" "But r-mlly, you know tbat this Is to be a pleas ure trip I" Fliegende matter. Prohibitionist I have a good many con scientious scruples about drinking. Boozer I guess that's right Just enough sera pies for a dram. Lowell Citizen. J "I feel sick at heart" "id the rejected lover, as he leaned upon the railing of Margate! boat "I'm with you," remarked a fellow-passenger, "only mine Is further down." London (Eng. PinH-un. "Marriage is indeed a lottery." sighed Tomnoddy, alter a tiff with bis wife. f "And we botn drew prizes, returned the ladyj' Ah?" said T., somewhat mollified. i "Yes. ifou got a capital prize, ana I took thef booby." Harper's Bazar. h "It's a great pity," said the typo, "that; the copyright bill didn't pass through Congress.' 'Whatdifferencedoesltmaketo you?" 'Well, I'd like to see all authors and more par-k. tlcularlv editors and reporters get their copy right As It Is sometime It's a terror of the worst Una. Philadelphia Times. "Do you believe in evolution?" inquired the baboon to the gray sdc Great cocoanutl no, "was the answer. "Did yon ever see anything like that in Africa?" and he pointed to a dude who stood before the cage. "No," said the baboon; "but the species may have deteriorated." Harper's Bazar. He Did you see the Sphinx while you were In the East? She Oh, yes. We made up a big party and went out and there was an awful clever English man along who made np this riddle as we ate our lunch on tbe sand: "What Is It that walks In the morning with four legs, at noon wltu two legs and at eight with four legs?" He-Bats. She Oh, Mr. Trotter, It lanlt It's man. SEASIDE EPISODE. L Hand in hand they walked along Beside the sunlit sea; They beard the wavelet's summer song- A wondrous melody. Obi how Hove you, love," ha said, "How dear you are to me I" Tbe maiden drooped her pretty head, Bnt not a word said she. ' HI. "Wilt thou be mine, my love?" said be, f While grasping her soft band; ,. fc l)ililn...L.I . . .. . . - My shoes are fall of sand." . jsottan ComtUT, vC
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