BH fwPPP "fKS3 EErfBat Yilliam Dlack. the -world's greatest novelist, begins his latest and most charming romance Tn JLo-J1orrows Dispatch. ir WILL RUN 28 WEEKS, AND YOU SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE OPENING CHAPTERS T HE QTRIKING Jj EATURES Ot JLo-JVlorrows 20"Page Issue outside of the epecial cables, special telegrams, special news, SPECIAL BALL SCORES, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE, SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS, EMBRACE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ABLEST WRITERS OK JLOPICS OF J.HE JDaY. P. G. CARPENTER tells all about the big Money Makers of the Senate in bis fascin ating rein. PRLNGLE reviews sports while abroad, and throws light on the Royal Ascot and the London Police. DR.T.L. WHITE, of McKcesport, nowabroad, writes his first letter to The Dispatch from Constantinople. HENRY FINCK graphically describos the Beauties of the Sacramento Valley. UAST, Prince of the Pencil, once more hits off tue Capital Celebrities. CHARLES T. 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Persons leaving the City for the summer can have The Dispatch forwarded by earliest tnail to any address at the rate o SO cents per tnonth, or ft SO for three months, Sunday edi tion included. Daily edition only. 70c per tnonth, ft or three months. The address may be changed as desired, if care be taken in all cases to mention both old and new address. JtSTThe BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS PATCH has been removed to Corner of Emithfield and Diamond Streets. THE POPULARITY OF THE PARK. The celebration of the old-fashioned Fourth of July at Schenley Park, yester day, was shown by the crowds which re torted to the park with their picnic baskets and crowded the cable cars to appeal to the best element of our citizenship. The speeches were fullv inspired with the sentiment of the day. Mr. .Marshall's oration was especially recognized as well worthy to rank among the notable efforts of a long career of eloquence. TJp to the time when the rains put a damper on the closing part of the -sports the celebration -was an unalloyed success. There were other aspects in which the popularity of the affair has important local significance. This is the first public occa sion in which Pittsburg has enjoyed the benefit of a park for popular assemblage. Although the improvement of the park is yet ft matter of the future, the thousands of people who flocked by all routes to that pleasure ground afforded the most convinc ing demonstration of the value of parkB to the common people. Nothing has ever be fore been counted among the public posses sions of Pittsburg that could afford the masses as much pleasure as this pleasure ground of the people; and the swarms that lung to the cable cars on the way out there, give a prevision of the countless thousands who will for all faturity make that breath ing spot their resort upon public holidays. Another conclusion is to be drawn by the fact that thousands of people who attempted to reach the Dark did not do so, simply be cause they could not get on to the cable cars. The attraction of the new park, it is clear, will make present means of transit wholly inadequ.ite on public occasions. Before an other year the Dnquesne Traction will bave its line in operation, but even that enlarge ment of the transit facilities will be hardly sufficient for the accommodation of the pub lic travel to this popular resort on public holidays. It is probable that with the growth of the district surrounding the park, the transit system will undergo several ex Mje Bigmwclj. pansions, and one of the immediate changes that is indicated is the establishment of a cross-town line, connecting both the South side and the Lawrenccville section directly with the park. There is no doubt lelt by yesterday's dem onstration that the new park will be a price less boon to our people. The expenditure for its improvement will be one of the best pos sible investments of the public money, and the opening of smaller breathing spots in other sections of the city would extend the benefit rERMAXEXCE OF THE GAS SUPPLY. The views of Mr. Henry C. Freeman, on the extent and duration of our natural gas supply, which are given by our Chicago correspondence, are of deep interest to Pitts burg. Mr. Freeman is a geologist and min ing engineer of the highest standing and his views have the authority of an expert. The function of a good many scientific men on the subject of our oil and gas supply has been to predict their early exhaustion, which predictions especially as concerns the petroleum fields have been frequently disproved by experience. It is a pleasant variety to find a geologist who gives reasons for his belief in the adequacy and perman ence of the fuel from which Pittsburg has obtained its era of greatest prosperity. Mr. Freeman states his reasons for believ ing, in the first place that, with the use of gas proportioned to about its normal flow, the flow will be permanent This opinion is corroborated by the well-known fact that in every field where there has been any de crease of pressure indicating exhaustion, the draft upon the field has been excessive and a great measure of the excessive outflow has gone to waste. Beyond this, in addi tion to the territory not yet drawn upon, the belief that in the deeper strata of the Tren ton limestone a new and untouched reservoir of gas can be found gives Pittsburg a satis factory ground for regarding her supply of natural gas as practically permanent Not only is the opinion a favorable one on a matter of the most vital importance to our community ; but it has a further value in the indication ot the proper policy for the prefervation of Pittsburg's growth and prosperity. . It is shown to be important, first, that the dralt upon any one field should not be in excess of its normal flow. The waste of wells allowed to escape has very nearly died a natural death; but measures should be taken to draw to Pitts burg, from all the surrounding fields their natural flow of gas without the exhaustion of any one of them. "With the competition of the different fields brought into play, the present fields ought to continue their sup ply of jras for many years. When that sup ply becomes inadequate the knowledge that a still greater reservoir is ready for the en terprise that will send its drill to the depths of the Trenton limestone, should give our city the greatest confidence in the future of its unrivaled fuel. It hardly needs any argument to show that the permanence of our gas supply means the continuance of the expansion which Pittsburg has enjoyed to such a marked degree during the past decade. Our inexhaustible supply of coal furnishes a reserve upon which manufacturers can rely in case the gas should be exhausted; and thus makes the investment of manufacturing capital in the Pennsylvania gas field far safer than in fields where there is no such reserve. But the supply of gas has converted Pittsburg trom one of theleast attractive cities for resi dence to one of the most attractive. It gives our manufacturing interests a supremacy that they could not otherwise retain. "With the continuance of the natural gas, as is foreshadowed by this scientific opinion, Pittsburg ought to continue its progress, and from its present position as the iron and steel center of the nation reach the creater altitude of the iron and steel center of the world. These are the great possibilities which are involved in the subject on which Mr. Free man's views are so cogent The entire com munity has the most vital and united inter est in the accuracy of his views, and in the adoption of the measures indicated as likely to secure the permanence of our gas supply. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ISUE. The Philadelphia Press receives the nomination of ex-Governor Pattison by two assertions which may regarded as character istic of the real issues'' which will be in volved in the coming State campaign. They are first that "Mr. Pattison's record as Governor will help him in quarters where demogogic tendencies naturally find favor," that is, in his ambition "to find something in the nature of a corporation at which to strike." Beyond this the Press declares that his summoning of the Legis lature in extra session "to do what it was clearly resolved not to do," was "a con spicuous example of what blundering bad judgment he is capable. As it is the fact that Governor Pattison's record on the corporation question was a straightforward and steadfast assertion that the corporations should be made to obey the Constitution of the State, it is pertinent to say that if this is a demagogic tendency, it is a pity that we have not had more dema gogy in the State Administration. It is a significant and somewhat remarkable measure of the attitude of the Republicans in this campaign to find the chief Republi can organ attacking the opposition candi date for his assertion of the principle that the supreme law of the State should govern its corporate creatures. The same remarkable issue is presented by the reference to the extra session of the Legislature. The Legislature was summoned by Governor Pattison to perform a duty en joined upon it by the Constitution. Perhaps the people may be able to perceive that when a legislative body is "clearly resolved not to do" the duty which the Constitution re quires, the fault and disgrace lies with the recusant members ot the Legislature and not in the executive who calls upon it to do its work. The doctrine that the Constitution is su perior to the corporations and politicians is the best ground for the supporters ot Patti son to take; bnt is it discreet for the Repub lican organs to voluntarily assume the nega tive on that issue? A wrecked surplus. The close of the fiscal year, this week, makes it timely to figure up the statements of receipts and expenditures of the Govern ment For many years past there has been a large excess of income over outgo in the United States Treasury. The intimations that this 'favorable condition is to be re versed, gives the Treasury estimates a marked degree of importance. The receipts for the last fiscal year were 5402,000,000 and the expenditures $318,000, 000, the surplus being 584,000,000 or 58, 000,000 less than the Secretary's estimate of last December. The tailing off is due en tirely to the increase in expenditures. For the coming year the Secretary's estimate is JoSS.OOO'.OOO of receipts and 5293,000,000 of expenditures. On what ground the Secre tary regards it as likely that the expend i- THE tures this year will be ?25,000,000 less than last, is not evident. That point is reduced in importance, however, by the fact thai the estimate does not include the f 50,000,000 appropriation for the sink ing fund, or the same amount for the new pension bill. On the basil of last year's ex penditure, these two items would make the excess of outgo over incomeS33,000,000. On the Secretary's estimate the deficiency will be $8,000,000. With the estimated reduction of revenue by the new tariff bill of $60,000, 000, the deficiency of receipts over expendi ture will reach between 68,000,000 and ?90,000,000. Perhaps this is a good showing; but it does not seem very wise for the Republican lead ers to go before the people and claim approval on the record of a single session in converting an 580,000,000 surplus into a 570,000,000 de ficiency. THAT JOINT SITE. The choice of the joint site for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago is not final. There are chances of its being nullified. The Chicagoans are not satisfied with the plan which divides the exposition into two sections eight miles apart The latest intelligence confirms the view which The Dispatch has expressed before. The site chosen is not so eligible as Jack son Park alone, or the mile square of prairie outside the city offered gratis by Mr. Pull man. It is said that the Commissioners who made the choice are even now preparing to retreat from it The insinuation that they merely chose the joint site to enable some of their number to realize on real estate spec ulations we do not care to believe. The scheme had the Illinois Central, if anybody, behind it. However this may be, the joint site ought to be abandoned at once. INDEPENDENTS MULTIPLYING. It is not safe to say where any man Pstands in politics these days. Here is ex- Congressman Crouse, of Ohio, a Republican with an orthodox record, registering his objections to the policy, leaders nnd candi dates of the Republican party of to day. "What does it meau? Clearly that declarations of independence are fashion able just now. Be sure, also, that for one Mr. Crouse, who has the courage to declare his dislike for bosses,-for unsound and sec tional legislation, there are a dozen with the same feelings who will not express them. It is a healthy sign. The Republican party will be better for it The people as a whole will benefit by the preference of principles to partizan victories. HOLIDVY ACCIDENTS. Considering the vast quantity of fireworks exploded yesterday, and the thousand and one dangers which arise from the celebra tion of a holiday by unusual diversions, the Fourth has left few wrecks to mark its passage. Some sad exceptions to the happy rule were inevitable. The accident on the river at McKeesport by which four lives were lost, was the most pathetic. All might have been saved had they retained their presence of mind. This is so often the case. New arguments for the acquirement of the art ot swimming are presented by these fre quent boating accidents. The mere ability to keep oneself afloat would save most of the hundreds that are drowned every summer. Aside from the McKeesport fatality, the day was singularly free from accident The recommendation of the New York Grand Jury that all underground conduits shall be placed under the control of a single department, is indorsed by the Hew York Press with the enlargement "that all electrical couauits, gas pipes, sewer pipe, steam pipes, water pipes and any other kind of pipes that ingenuity may devise or convenience require under ground, be placed in one great roomy subway." This Is the idea that The Dispatch has urged for a long time. Will Pittsburg or New York first wake up to the necessity of its adoptiont The main trouble about Schenley Park yesterday was the difficulty experienced by the pe ople in getting there. One or two more holi days on that public pleasure-ground will make a further boom in rapid transit for that sec tion. Well, the small boy counts up his bruises and burns to-day, and decides that the glory of the Fourth was well worth the ac companying casualties. But when the chil dren of larger growth reckon up the total of property destroyed and life and limb sacrificed, they may be pardoned for the doubt whether the celebration of our independence by the Chinese method, is a paying one. , A seduction of 520,000,000 in the public debt, during .the month of June, is gratifying intelligence. It is a comfort to know that something is being reduced besides the surplus. The publishers of the pirated American Encyclopedia Britannlca have withdrawn their edition from the market This is making a virtue of the necessity imposed upon them by a decision establishing the partial copyright held by the authorized American publishers. The copyright pirates are not able to ignore the mandates of the courts with the same suc cess as the trust barons. Fibs on all sides, the streets blazing, the skies in a flare, and yet the fire department had no serious work. The two cities may con gratulate themselves after their fiery ordeal. Next to the effrontery of the Sugar Trust in refusing to its shareholders a statement of its finances, is its declaration that it will dodge the mandates of the courts by calling itself a corporation, instead of a trust. The Idea that corporate monopoly is superior to the laws is inherent in the minds of the trust managers. THE question whether the Cape May Point mosquitoes are too vigorous for the enjoyment of the Harrison summer residence, bids fair to become one of the political issues of the day. The prevalence of moderate weather for the Fourth, after the period of sultriness, even when dampened by showers, was a Doon to celebraters and a glad assurance to the patri otic that onr change ot climate has not yet degenerated our land into a tropical country. 'The storm was an ugly interruption, but the coolness that came after was appreciated by the tired holiday-makers. Ex-Con gressm ah Cbouse's remarks upon the supplementary census should be studied by Mr. Porter. Mr. Crouse explains exactly why the true condition of divers in dustries will not be shown by tho moanlactur ers' answer to the questions proposed. The old-fashioned Fourth was a success from its torrid opening to its chilly close. Si. Paul and Minneapolis should sink their ridiculous quarrels by their consolidation into one city. If they would do that, they would come within 100.000 of the population of Pittsburg If the same wise act of consolida tion were carried out here. The normal noises of the city will seem tame after the fire-cracker fusillade. Mb. John L. Sullivan is the latest person who has undertaken the job of "elevat ing the stage." But the attempt failed from Mr. Sullivan's habit of getting too elevated on his own account. v . - PITTSBURG- -DISPATCH, THE TOPICAL TALKER. A Reminiscence of a Glorlona Fourth Spent In the Shadow of a Printing Press and Patriotism. iiCee if you can give a patriotic tone to every blessed thing that goes into to-morrow's paper," said the managing editor to fcia subor dinates, as they came one by one into the throne room under the backstairs on the after noon of the glorious Fourth. Not a man de murred. It is not considered good foim to demur in such cases. The editorial writer really bad no grounds for kicking. He knew, as everybody knows, that there's nothing easier in the world than to rattle off six or seven edi torials and a score of paragraphs on patriotic subjects. He added "certainly" to his "yes" when the chief made the suggestion. Another man who bad a snap was the market editor. He had no market to report, and he rang in a little patriotism into the few lines be wrote. "There are no more patriotic citizens in this city," the market man wrote, "than the bulls and bears who make things lively at the Exchange. Yesterday they were all bulls. They wanted to Bee things go higher; and their wishes were gratified by the rockets in the evening." ynE poet of the establishment for one was kept, or at least he stayed, sweeping out the office and picking out quotations for the philosopher who wroto the paid locals, for a living the poet, be it said, was writing an ode to the Chicago Exposition, which he proposed to send betimes to Gamer's Magazine, when the order reachod him to celebrate the day ii rhyme. He laid the ode by with a sigh, and took up the new subject and a pointless pencil. The pencil was the one of which the staff humorist had said In an unguarded moment a day or two before that it resembled the poet's effusions In being nermally pointless. In spite of all these drawbacks the following gem ap peared in an appropriate place over the death notices next morning: STABS AND 6TBIPES. "You are mi flag." he whlsnered her, "Your eyes the stars that shine Upon our Union Do not stlrt But say you will he mine!" "You wish to turn my little head With flattery apace But you forget the stripes, "she Bald With that she slapped his face. The religious editor was not on duty on the Fourth. His religious observance of holi days is his chief recommendation for the place be occupies. But the sporting flditor did not escape. He had no desire to, either. It was nothing new to him to ring in irrelevant matter into the account of a baseball game or a horse race. He went straight to the Declaration of Independence and discovered at once that baseball was inalienably deeded to American citizens in that splendid document. "The pursuit of haDpiness." he wrote as an introduction to a history of the memorable contest between the Beantowns and the Gass ers, "Is but a modestly veiled definition of the national game. The fact that the Declaration of Independence was made a few years before baseball fired the national heart brings into prominence the foresight of the Revolutionary statesmen." no did not stop at thlB, but we as well may. TTlE reporters hardly needed the city editor's 1 reflection of the chiefs desire. Everybody is a patriot on the Fourth of July, whatever he does. The artists who pictured the day within the city limits would have all resigned in a body if the privilege of trotting out the dear old patriotic phrases had been denied them. Even the reporter who wrote the blood curdling story of the "most diabolical crime that has been committed in this community for a quarter of a century," eked out the horrors and blood with a little decent protest against the profanation of a day sacred to liberty and patriotism. Those ingenious interpreters of illegible copy, the telegraph editors, obeyed instructions with their usual fidelity. The patriotic flavor was to be found in all tho headlines, displays, stepladders, two liners and one liners. That it was to be found in the news itself was not al ways so certain. But the alliterative triumphs of this department saved them anyhow. jyA8 there patriotism in the paper on July 6? Well, the advertisements alone escaped the contagion. PBOaLTNEHT PEOPLE. Dr. Samuel Feancis Smith, who. in 1833 wrote the National anthem "America," is still living at bis home in Newton, Mass. Prof. Henry W. Fabnam, of Yale, made his wedding day last week memorable by gen erous gifts to the poor of New Haven. Captain Crawford, of Macon, Ga., has purchased Andersonville Prison, and it will be used as a club bouse by a Grand Army Post The Sultan of Jehore is at Carlsbad drink ing thel waters, aud whatever else strikes his fancy, and rewarding those who treat him well with the Order of the Crown of Jehore. Rev. Db. H. C. Mabie. of Minneapolis, has resolved to accept the Western Secretaryship of the American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. His headquarters will be in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Reuben Thomas, of Brookline, Mass., has accepted an invitation received by cable to preach a sermon before the Universal Peace Association at Westminster Chapel, Loudon. July 18. Chauncev M. Depew has a letter signed Albert Edward, which is tho name of the Prince of Wales, in the frince's handwriting throughout, thanking him for a copy of Mr. Depew's orations. . Dalton, the American back swimmer, is training at Folkestone with a view to swim across the English Channel at a point where be would have to travel a few more miles than the late Captain AVebb. Francis Bennoch, whose death is an nounced in London, was well known in New York and Boston. He was a business man, with literary tastes, ancLwas Hawthorne's inti mate friend. He was Julian Hawthorne's godfather, and knew Longfellow, Bryant, Bay ard Taylor and Emerson. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P., and Mrs. Chamberlain have decided to postpone until next year their projected trip to this country. The critical condition of the Tory Cabinet and the probabilities of a sudden dis solution of Parliament are asserted to be the causes for this change in their plans. Rev. Dr. Talmaoe receives J15,000 a year from his Brooklyn congregation, $12,600 from a firm for the advance Duplication of bis ser mons, and 16,500 for bis contributions to a re ligious journal, besides what he earns on the lecture platform and from general literary work. He would lose money if be traded his income for that of the President of the United States. JUSTICE IAMAB AMJBY. Ho Berates a Gatekoeper lor Not Allow, ine Him to Pass. It has Just now dawned that Judge L. Q. C Lamar came very near being arrested while passing through Atlanta to Covington not long since, Bays the Atlanta Constitution. The story told on Judge Lamar in Atlanta is to the effect that while he was waiting in this city for the outgoing train, on the Georgia Railroad, bo had occasion to go baok to the Kimball House for something he bad left, after having seen bis wife seated comfortably in the proper car. When he returned to the carshed he found the gate closed, and when he demanded entrance It was refused by the gatekeeper. This angered the Judge very much, and he engaged in some pretty warm threats to the gatekeeper, who finally got mad and called a policeman. Policeman Skelton recognized Judge Lamar, and walking up to him with a broad smile, said: "Well. Judge, you are an enforcer of the law yourself, and you ought to sympathize with the gatekeeper.. Come, I will show you the way to the car," and he did. The gatekeeper is not allowed to let people enter, the proper entrances being through the dress ing rooms. Those who witnessed the dialogue between Judge Lamar and the gatekeeper say it was rich. A Grent Spilling Out of Beor. Trom the Punxsutawney Spirit. Nick Philips, the brewer, who failed to ob tain license in December, bad 175 barrels, or 6,400 gallons, of beer left over which he could not sell. He kept it until last Friday, when it begaujrlvlng unmistakable evidences of sour ing, it being about eight months old. and then let It all run out on the ground to, quench the thirst of the parched earth. Philips did not feel at all hilarious over the affair, as it repre sented considerable cold cash. SATURDAY, JOEY 5. A BEGUIAE EMIGRANT WAGON TEAIN. Mrs. ainmfor.l, of Connecticut Slaru With Her BeloneluB' for Florldn. Hartford, July 4. A strange case has been unearthed by Agent Thrall, of the Humane Society, of a woman, named Mrs. Samuel Mum ford, who is attempting to start for Florida with all her household effects, and who intends to cover the distance by horses and wagons. Her caravan consists of four wagons, canvas coveied. and four horses. Seated in the first wagon she drives the first horse. To the roar of the first wagon Is attached the second wagon, and to the tail of this Is hitched the second horse dragging tho two other vehicles. Thus equipped Mrs. Mumford started before day light Monday morning, but got stuck at the first bill, within sight of her home, on the out skirts ofHartrord. Some neighbors helped her up the hill, and she went on for about a mile, when she camped out for the day. She started on the journey under the imme diate instructions of the Lord, who told her what to do in a dream. She recently sold her place for J850 cash, and has some other prop erty, so it is understood. In company with Agent Thrall, a reporter visited her at her wayside camp. Mrs. Mumford has an aversion to Mr. Thrall, and when she saw him coming she ran up, exclaiming: "There's the man. I know yon, Thrall," Bhe went on, "and one of us has got to die. If you come bothering around here I'll shoot you." "Oh, you wouldn't shoot me, Mrs. Mumford," said the agent, good-naturedly. "Yes, I would, too. I'm a humane woman. Look at my horses. They are as fat as seals. They will go in my favor when I shoot you." Tho woman has terrorized the neighborhood where she camps by firing her revolver at night. She sleeps in the rear wagon, in which she his rigged up an easy chair and a ham mock. Ouce before she started out tins way and drove to Virginia and back. The authori ties have determined to keep an eye on her. A FEATHERED PET. A Ppnrrow Feeds from the Unnda of a Lancnsirr Rniliond Man From the Lancaster Intelligencer. Owen Langstan, a watchman at one of the water tanks on the "cut-off" of the Pennsylva nia railroad, has a little feathered pet and visitor in the shape of a sparrow. When Mr. Langstan is on night duty, the bird never fails to make its appearance just before dusk, when it alighis'on the watchman's shoulder, perches on Lis finger and picks food from hir band. The bird, after a brief visit, takes a small piece of bread from the friendly band, flies off with it, and returning repeats the performance a second and third time, carrying the food pre sumably to three baby sparrows in its nest. Early in the morning the bird again alights on Mr. Langstan's shoulder, and receives food from bis hand. The most remarkable feature of the strange friendship and visits of the bird is that when anyone but Mr. Langstan is on night duty the sparrow does not make its ap pearance, or at least is never seen. A NEW BBEED OF FOWLS. A St. Louis Hen Covered With Long Silky Gray Ilnlrs. Mrs. Cllne In St. Louis republic In the spring of 1SS1 1 bought a dozen light Brahma hens and one cock, also light Brahma, having no other chickens on the farm. 1 know the chicks were pure Brahma. I noticed one of my young chickens was a very strange look ing bird, and as it grew older whatshoula have been feathers were silky cray hairs as long as my hand, the whole body being completely cov ered with them, except the head, which was perfectly naked, and much resembling a buz zard's bead. She laid quite a number of eggs, many of which I sat, but never could raise any more like her. They would simply be light Brahmas. She had no wing leathers, could not fly upon a perch or nest and made a very pecu liar noise when trying to cackle. The quills in the wing and tail contained a half dozen or so each of long hairs. INTEENATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS. A Great Number ol American Physicians Preparing lo Attend. New York. July 4. Medical and scientific men in this country are greatly interested in the Tenth International Medical Con gress, which is to be held in Ber lin next August. Already active prepara tions are making by those who intend to be present at the conference, and many American physicians have sailed for Europe, taking ad vantage of the opportunity to have their vaca tion in the fame year as the Congress meets. From the West the attendance will be spe cially large. Delegates of the German medi cal faculties and the most eminent medical so cieties of the German Empire bave been ap pointed as the General Committee on Organi zation. There will also be at the congress an international medical and scientific exhibition. A Good Deal of Difference. From the Philadelphia Press. The difference between men's and women's ways Is nowhere shown so plainly as in trouble. Where a woman gives way to a flood of tears man proceeds to put up a few strong dams. CURRENT TIMELY TOPICS. A Tkoup county.Ga. farmer detected a negro stealing his horse the other evening. A bullet from the farmer's gun went faster than the horse could, aud now the negro is seated In a golden eharlot. Rain put a damper to a portion of the fes tivities. Still It was a good sized day after all. and the average small boy hid a full Share of glory. Thebe Is a land that is hotter than this. TnE spread eagle orators got In their work before the rain did, and that's where the people had the worst of It. Politicians will now take an Inning. tttw oTnnctHmi bnildlncs looked somewhat lonesome yesterday without any banners floating to the breezes. Spokane Falls, Washington, is worse mixed up than a cocktail. The mayor has ar rested the sheriff and the sheriff has arrested'the mayor. The two ofBclils walk around town arm In arm, this one having the other in custody and the other bavins; this one In custody. The voters enjoy the fnn so much that they lie down and laugh whlle.tbe procession passes by. St. Louis will never be satisfied until she Is counted over again, and the Drobabllltles are that 6he will not be satisfied then, EX.-KING Milan has been requested to keep his mouth shut. A rumor Is afloat that he Is now being tutored by an astute American poli tician. IF brevity's the soul of wit, 'Tls easy quite, to see How men whose fancies liveliest are Bo often '"short" should be. Washington Post. Mb. Edison, we are told, has Invented an Instrument by which a person can sign a check at a hundred miles distance. What the raaorlty of people need Is not greaterfacllltles tor signing checks, but larger resources on which to draw them. 6EASOXATILE RHYME. There's much that we are all Intending to do, But not while the weather's so warm; We've each a great work which we mean to pursue. But not while the weather's so warm. Ob, some time we'll rise with the lark at the dawn. And earnestly labor with brain and with brawn; Our overcoat then we'll pet out of pawn, But not while the weather's so warm. The Iceman's acquaintance we some time will cut, But not while the weather's so warm. The coal' dealer's friendship we'll try to gain, nut not while the weather's so warm. And while now such a thing could not be It would 6eem We some day may realize faintly onr dream Of a ,tlmc when the ladles won't care for Ice cream, Bnt not while the weather's so w arm. Sometimes a long sermon may botte- a flock, But notwhlle the weather's so warm: The hearers may take their eyes off of the clock, Butnot while the weather's so warm: When winter with Icy-breathed bli7zards Is here We then think without our misgivings and fear Of the Are that burneth from year unto year, But not while the weather's so warm. We may fall In love with a red-headed lass. But not while tho weather's so warm; We'll some time refuse something cool Ina glass. But not while the weather's so warm. Oh some time our efforts we never shall cease A kind and lone-suffering public lo please; We'll some time write verses better than these, But not while the weather's so warm. Chicago Evening Post. 1890. A WINNING TICKET. How Ibe Pre View the Democratic Nomi nee for Gubernatorial Honors A Candi date Well Worthy the Mupport of All Ilonornblr Yoleri. From the Buffalo ExDress, Sep. The Pennsylvania Democrats did a sensible thing in nominating Robert E. Pattison for Governor. They did not do it because it was sensible, but because they couldn't help them selves. They chose him because he had some show of beating Delamater, while his opponent, Wallace, had not. It happens that the Demo cratic candidate is a very respectable sort of man. He ran for Governor in 18S2 and was elected as a reproof to the Cameron macbrno of which Matt Quay was then assistant foreman. He made a good executive. He is preferable to the present Republican candidate. A Fighting Cbnnee to Win. From the Baltimore Bun, Dem. The nomination by the Pennsylvania Demo cratic Convention tf Pattison and Black as the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Gov ernor revives the memories of their successful campaign for the same positions in 1&S2, and is a gratifyme triumph for the best influences of the party. His nomination is largely due to the feeling in his party that, with so pro nounced a reformer to oppose to "Boss" Quay's candidate, Delamater, there is at least a fighting chance for the Demooracy in the coming contest. Certainly it could not hope to win with any candidate who did not appeal to the independent and dissatisfied Republican .vote. An Honest Man. From the Philadelphia News,' Bep. In nominating ex-Governor Robert E. Patti son as candidate for Governor, the Democrats at Scranton yesterday chose their strongest man; and while the Democrats can't elect Pat tison, tho Republicans can. He is a strong man, an honest man, a fairlv able man, with hosts of friends but he never can be chosen Governor of this State, unless by Republican votes, as be was chosen before. A Illnn of Ability. From the Phlladilphla Call, Rep. Mr. Pattison is beyond question a man of ability, honesty and independence, and there is every reason for believing that if elected he would make as good a Governor the second time as he did the first. Tho Itleht Man In the Right Place. From the WllllamsportSan, Dem. Robert E. Pattison is the standard bearer of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. The fact that be received the nomination on the first ballot is evidence that the Democracy earnestly de sired bis nomination. The fact that he won a victory over a man of such political promin ence and personal standing as Mr. Wallace proves that the people are confident that Mr. Pattison is the chief who alone can lead them to victory. Undonbtedlr a ftrong Candidate. From the Philadelphia Bulletin, Kep. It would be foolish to deuy that Mr. Pattison is a strong candidate, but he is not so strong that he could win the office of Governor if the election were to be held to-morrow. He is, however, the candidate who may be expected to profit most from Republican blunders or follies, which, indeed, bavo given him every office that he has held. His personal character is clean and simple, and his public career has been characterized by errors of the head rather than of the heart. Brlchtcned Prnnpects. From the Indianapolis Sentinel, Bep.J Democratic prospects in Pennsylvania are greatly brightened by the action of yesterday's convention. It any Democrat can be elected in Pennsylvania it is Pattison. He stands squarely on the platform which is thoroughly Demo craticin favor of tariff and ballot reform, and opposed to QuaylBm. Watch the Koystone State in November. Unnnnl Wisdom Displayed. From the Wllkesbarre Becord, Rep. The nominations made by the Scranton Con vention show more wisdom than is usually dis played by the Democratic party. While there has been unusual activity on the part of the factions to secure the honors and no little bit terness created, the dissatisfaction is almost entirely confined to the active leaders who looked to success for a substantial reward. The rank and file of the party will accept the action of tho convention with ready acquiescence. The full story of how,Pattison secured a plu-' rality of 66 votes remains to be told through future developments. An Adtnlrnble Candidate. From the Buffalo Courier (Dem). The nomination ot Robert Emory Pattison for Governor by the Democrats of Pennsyl vania is a demonstration of the honorable pur poses of the party and gives the strongest hope of victory that it is possible to give In such a state as Pennsylvania. No man In Pennsyl vania in either party commands so great a measure of public confidence in his nnbending and unassailable integrity and his unselfish de votion to the public welfare. The prominent Republicans who since Quay's Convention was held bave publicly announced their Intention to vote for Pattison if the Democrats nomin ated him, are hundreds in number, and they are only the outposts of the great army who are in revolt. A Ticket to be Proud Or. From tho Lancaster Intelligencer, Dem. It is a ticket to be proud of. Nothing can bo charged against the integrity or intelligence of tho nominees. They are undeniably honest and capable,2nd in strong contrast to tneRepobllcan ticket, which is not recommended by personal integrity, and which Is, moreover, known to be the body and spirit of Quay. An Act Fall of Sagacity. From the Harrlsburg Independent. I With reference to party lines on the voicing of political preference, It must be said that the nomination of ex-Governor Pattison for elec tion to a position in which be reflected much credit when he served in it four years ago, was an act full of sagacity by those who performed it, and starts the Democratic party under aus pices that will need all the energy and activity of its Republican opponents to overcome. A Glnnt lrtlie Field, From the Chambersburic Spirit. Ind.l Governor Tattison needs no eulogy. He is known to all the State. Honest in his opinions and clear in his perceptions, unswerving in hlo allegiance to right und in his devotion to the people and their Interests, he comes upon the field a giant in his eauipment for the duties of Governor. The Democratic party made its bast selection and with energetic campaign work the election1 in November will ratify its choice. A Clevelnnd Triumph. From the Indianapolis Journal, Rep.l The nomination of Mr. Pattison for Gov ernor by the' Pennsylvania Democracy is re garded as a triumph for the Cleveland faction of tho party1. An Envlnble Record. From the Reading World, Ind. Mr. Pattison has made an enviable record in public U6. and by his bigbminded, courageous independence while in public office has won the esteem and respect of the large class of citi zens whrf ardently believe that political prefer ment stiould be based on something higher than mdre service to a party. itlirr Stnndnrd Orffnn'a Opinion. !e Bradford Era. ,t at Scranton vesterdav nom- t, icfiriprs on the State ticket, two io led the way to victory once before. y be trusted to uo n again- meoup of Senator Wallace were not so numer- .(..t - nnri tiiM result of the first uu.llillliliru, muu . R both instances was decisive. lYlDRWumpi Will Support Him. From the Philadelphia North American. J Mr. battison will get the votes of those Ir reconcilable Mugwumps who would not be satisfied though an angel came down from heaveii to solicit their suffrage, but he will get no mdre, and 'the defection of these chronic soreheads will wurk no perceptiblo reduction in the'magnitudoof tho Republican majority. Even for the outside support that he does re ceive 'Air. Pattison will havo to pay, and pay dearly!, as for every Mugwump who goes to the polls it his support a rtuzen disgruntled Demo crats will stay at horns in the sulks. J Killed n Rattler. A rattlesnake three feet long was killed near Media.) It was captured alive and placed in -a boxwnWe a cat was afso put. Ibe snake struck the cat, and in 1 hour and 40 minutes it was dead. The snake was afterward killed. With one other exception this is the only rat tler killed in the county. ' . Ai.t From til T1,,. 171 fnatn.l men wf and ma porters ballot ii OUR MAIL POOCH. Asnlmt Removing; the Block House. To the Editor of The Dispatch! I was much interested by your editorial in The Dispatch of July L relative to the old Block House near the Point. You speak of two plans, one of which is to let it remain where it is. and the other to move it to Schenley Park. I hope you will hereafter urge Incessantly for Its remaining just whereit was built. It wonld be a disgrace and a shame to remove it. It is to be hoped that Mr. Schenley will give enough land to form a park or square, even if very small. If she should not. let the city buy. or the public be asked to contribute euough to purchase a plot of groond, of which the block bouse should be the center. And another thine I have often- thought of. and that Is, as William Pitt, the "great com moner," Is your patron saint, after whom the city was named, it would be most Stand becom ing to have the city erect a statue in enduring marble or bronze of the great Lord Chatham: and the most appropriate place would be close to the old Block House, erected in 1761, when the elder Pitt was at the pinnacle of bis fame. This plot of ground might bo very properlv named Chatham Park or Chatham Square. I ran only feebly suggest these things, will you not use your influence, editorially, for the com bination I bave indicated. As an old Pittsburger. I have often marveled why William Pitt has not long before this been honored by the great city which bears his name. Sugar Run, Pa., July 4. B. C. M. Large Librnripn offbe World. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What cities of the world have the largest libraries? What is the largest library in the United States? Index. East Livebpool. O., July 4. ITbe National Library of France at Paris, and the British Musenm in London have about 2,000,000 volumes each. The Imperial Library at St. Petersburg contains over 1,0C0,000 volumes. Several German and English universities have libraries ranging from 300,000 to 500,000 volumes. The National Library at Washington Is the largest In this country, having probably more than 500,000 volumes. Next to it Is the Public Library of Boston, with about 800,000 volumes. .Soldiers In the Revolution. To the Editor or The Dispatch: What was the number of American and British troops engaged in the Revolutionary War? C. Wheeling. July 4. The British sent 134,000 soldiers and sailors to this war. The Colonists met them with 230.000 Continentals and 50,000 militia. Ibe British were assisted by Indians and Hessians, the Colonists by Frenchmen. A .splendld School Record. To the Editor of The DIsnatch: In your list of pupils passed to the High School you have Robbie Bowen's mark 80.2. It shuld read 68.2. He is only 13 years of age in Oc tober, and this is the highest in the ward. His name is in the list of Oakland sub district school. Please correct. Old Subscbibeb. PlTTSBUBO, July i. The Aren of England To the Editor of The Dispatch: What is the area of England? How does it compare In size with New Jersey? Pittsburg, July 4. Reaseb. Area of England, 50,923 square miles; New Jersey, 8,3-0 square miles. In New York. In 1806. To the Editor of The Dispatch: When was the first lodge of Odd Fellows or ganized in the United States? C. L. P. Allegheny, July 4. STATIONER'8 NOVELTIES. New designs in album cases are many; one pattern after a small escritoire is very neat. Decidedly new is an exquisitely trimmed album case in the form of a miniature upright piano. A little ivorine case for holding postage stamps is decidedly an article of merit, and will sell well. The baseball player has become a favorite theme of the engraver for designs on silver novelties. Leather pen-wipers with sterling silver ornament make a very handsome article for desk equipment. "The Dying Gladiator" is a novel thing; in the way of a paper-weight, being; produced in old silver. It Is, of course, in miniature. A combined screen and pboto-easel, in silk, exquisitely designed, is one thing among new goods that will attract commen: wherever seen. The ivortne-covered toilet case will make a furore among tha fair sex with its neat little mirror ever ready to reflect back the beautiful face of its owner. The quotation purse is destined to win favor with the ladies. One is most witty, having en graved upon the clasp a variation from Shakespeare: "He who steals my purse steals cash." The ladies may now carry their watches whero tbey will constantly be in sight. This is made possible by wearing the new leather bracelet which contains a fancy watch pocket at the wrist. Among late things in papeteries are the boxes made to imitate handsomely bound book's. Each box contains a pleasing poem from tho author whose work it represents, in a ddition to the finest grade of paper and en velopes. A REVOLUTIONARY RELIC. A Cannon Ball Weighing Fivo Pounds Found In Chester County. While engaged in opening a new road through the woods of Jesse Taylor. West Go shen, Chester county, John F. Ryan found what he considers a valuable relic of the Revo lutionary War. It is a large iron cannon ball which weighs just live pounds, and is in an ex cellent state of preservation. On one side of the ball a piece is broken out as though it bad been fired aud struck some obstruction. A 1 1 rge letter "V" is stamped on its side, and is supposed to bave been cast upon it to denote tho weight. The ball was found five feet be neath the ground, and was embedded in the roots of an old and decayed locust tree. Mr. Ryan prizes the ball highly. STATE NEWS BREVITIES. Scottd ALE'S new water works will cost S135, 000. A NATIONAL bank, with a capital of $75,000, has been authorized to begin business at Ty rone, Pa. Mbs. Geobge Miller bad both legs cut off above the ankle at Cbambersburg by falling in front of a mowing machine. THE managers of the Unlontown Steel Works talk strongly of putting down two test wells for gas near their mills shortly. R. H. Bailey, of New Castle, has a botan ical curiosity in the shape of a full blown rose out of the center'of which a bud is springing. THE thirty-sixth annual meeting of thePenn sylvania State Teachers' Association will be held at Mauch Chunk on the 8th, 9th and 10th ot July. Senator Delamater has accepted an invi tation to act as President of a grand Eisteddfod to be held at Hazelton in August by the Welsh choirs of Eastern Pennsylvania. The Catholics of DuBols will erect a band some new church this summer at an estimated cost of $20,000. The location has already been decided upon, and the work will begin shortly. While fishing In the river near the Clarion pump station Frauk Arnold captured a pike which measured 30 leches in length and weighed 4 ponuds and 11 ounces. This is the largest fish that has been caught this season. Some men fishing in the Conemaugb river, near Blairsville, caught and lulled a spoonfih measuring 2D inches in length. It was quite an oddity, as there are none in the river near Blairsville. It is supposed to have been washed from South Fork during the flood. A monument is to bo erected over the re mains of an old Continental soldier, which were dug up on the farm of Eh Harvey, near Chadds' Ford. The bones will be interred, but the old Continental buckle will be kept for the memory of the dead and the cause for which ho died. Media American. The management of the Grangers' Inter State Picnic Exhibition, which opens at Wil liams' Grove, Cumberland county. Pa.. August 23, under commendation of the National Grange of the United States, has appointed Tuesday, August 26, as Democratic Day, and Wednesday, August 27, as Republican Day at the Grangers' picnic. The leading candi dates for Bute offices of all parties .bave been invited to make addresses. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. During the last year 43 colleges received gifts of money amounting to 2,675.000. France has more than a quarter of a million carrier pigeons trained for war pur poses. The twentieth anniversary of a wedding is never celebrated. It is considered very un lucky to do so. The india-rubber tree grows wild in Lee Connty. Fla.. and In Fort Myers it is used as a shade and ornamental tree. A Hungarian paper announces the death of a veteran of Waterloo, aeed 105 years, in his native village, Hatszeg, in Transylvania. A magpie that has just died in Meriaen, Conn., could call all the members of its owner's family by name and was quite a fluent conver sationalist. Dr. Meredith, a Brooklyn preacher, has established a second reading room for working men, where no restriction is placed on smoking cigars and pipes. The "living" portion of the White House is quite small, consisting only of five bedrooms on the second floor and the dining ruoin and one other room on the first floor. The most densely populated square mile in the world is in the city of New York. It is inhabited by 270,600 people, the larger part of whom are Italians, who speak only their native language. A huge tower, 11-stories high, is to be erected at South Kingston, R. L, and dedicated to the advent ot modern Spiritualism, by Joseph P. Hazard, a wealthy Spiritualist of that place. According to recent figures the people of this country are longer lived than those of Europe. In this country 18 persons out of every L00O die each ye.r. in England the aver age is 20 and in Germany 26. A ladies' committee has been formed in connection with the International Congress to be held at Berlin to provide for the comfort and amusement of the wives of foreign practition ers d-jring their stay In the German capital. Harvey Porch, the Bridgeton letter-carrier, won his wager of walking from Bridgeton to Trenton, Tuesday, in 16 hours. The distance is 71 miles, and be covered the same in 15 hours and 3 minutes, making 133,817 steps and win ning $150. The United States Government Commis sioner of Patents estimated that from six to seven-eights of the entire manufacturing capi tal ot the United States, or six thousand mil lions of dollars, is directly or indirectly based upon patents. Senator Ingalls declares that the talk of political corruption "proceeds from the tea custard and syllabub dilettanteism. the friv olous and desultory scntimenialUm of epi cenes." No one suspects him of having pur loined this little epiplexis. James Melvin, of Concord, Hass., has for 12 years lain upon a bed without changing his position. The osseous portions of his body have united into one piece, and from the crown or bis bead to the soles of his feet there is not a joint responsive to his wilL The largest and heaviest building stone ever quarried in England was taken from tho Planklngton quarry, near Norwich, in Febru ary, 1SS9; It was in one piece, without crack or flaw, and weighed over 35 tons;it was 15 feet long, 6 teet high and 5 feet wide. The will of Mrs. E. C, Atfcinosn, of Boston, provides that upon her death her body shall be examined (not dissected so as to pre vent proper burial) by students in the Massa chusetts Hospital in the hope that science may bu aided in alleviating suffering. A gambling club was raided by the police of St. Petersburg a few days ago, and all of the inmates were arrested. The players were released with a fine the next day, but tha principals were helh for trial. Yesterday they were tried and sentenced to exile in Siberia for five years. Eiffel-red lace, deeply pointed, forms the cape, with epaulettes, of a Bpotted foulard dust cloak. It has a high collarette of the lace, and a lace flounce surrounding the edge is headed with a light silk passementerie or gimp work. Round the neck is carried a nar row silk ribbon, tied at the throat into a heavy knot of long loops and ends. The trunk of a rose bush growing at Ventura, CaL. is said to be three feet in cir cumference, and the first branch it throws out Is 21 inches in circumference. It runs f.ver a lattice work. and. tlmugli more than a 'Sjagon load of boughs have been removed, it c( tr space of abont 1,200 square feet. It.jit.OS thousands of flowers and is 14 years old. "While passing along a street in Des Moines the other day." relates the St. Joseph iVu:, "Constable Allen noticed a woman dig ging in a garden and turning up peculiar look ing vegetables. After she had loaded her apron and left the scene, the constable went over and did a little digging on his own hook, unearthing several gallon jugs of whisky." In speaking of Sam Jones' sermon at Oxford, Justice Lamar said: "It was striking in many senses. Parts of it were like a Pull man palace sleeping car capable of being bitched to any train, going in any direction, at any time fitting anywhere, acting automatic ally and capable of emanating from no brain other than that of the original Sam Jones." For those interested and who want to know how a turtle digs her nest, a gentleman who witnessed the performance says that after finding a suitable location the old "hen" digs the hole, something like a jug, using the hind flippers, first one and then tue other, moving ber body abont so a3 to be able to get at the nest. If the sand is not too hard sne will make a nest in from 25 to 30 minutes. One of the features of military drill in the Russian army is the training of soldiers to swim in battalions.at the same time using their weapons. At tho recent annual military maneuvers, in the presence of the Czar, a fine exhibition of proficiency was given in this di rection. A large force of infantry swam across a lake in full marching order, with the help of fascines made of reeds or rushes, or inflated sheepskins. At the same time they kept up lively fire on the boat of a supposed enemy who were disputing their passage. IX A C03IIC bTKAiy. Brown What did you mean by burning; all the feathers off the jarrot? Little Johnnie Why, dad, dlda't Bhe say, Polly wants a cracker?" Racket. gue it will be a pleasure lor me to share your troubles and anxieties. He But 1 haven't any. She-O, you will have when we are married. Life. Customer Did yon say 10 cents? Barber-Is that too much for a shave ? Customer-: ot at alL it would have cost me SM to have a surgeon Jo that amount ot cutting". Boston Herald. Muriel Before we were married yon did nothing but talk, iow you do nothing but yawn , or stand like a post. Cbarles-Slleuce Is golden, you know. Muriel You must be a millionaire, then. Pick its Vp. He has Just gone home from college and his head lsfnll ofknowlcdgre, and the down upon his lip begins to show. Tohlm5elfheisawondcr and you'd better stand from under, for there isn't anything h doesn't know. -Chicago Tribune. Clara (on the wrong side of 30) lam sure I don't know what he sees in her. Cholly-Well. they say love is blind. Clara-Blind! Nonsense 1 I never saw a man In love vet who did not see ten times as much In his sweetheart as I coald.-SpringJleld OrapMe. Young Rounders Hey, barkeep, gimme Ba'rkeeper-Hands up, bntldon'tknowwhata oarachute Is. pounders-Well. I want somethln' to let me down easy. I've been flyln' pretty high for a week past. Backet. Minnie So you and Will are engaged? jlylear, allow me to wish you all the happiness possible. ilamle Thank you, dear. Jllnnle Oh, you needn't thahk me. I was not wishing you so very much. 1 merely wished yea all the happiness possible. Tare Hants Express. Man (to acquaintance) Hello, Grinsley, how are you retting along? Grlnslcy-So. so, only. Are yon still running that woman's rights paper?" 'Hot I have given that up." "Didn't pay. ehl" "Ob, yes: it paid first rate." "Why didn't you continue it?" I got married. "Arkansaw Traveller. "Why, hello Bill," said a man, stop ping an acquaintance on the street. "What si you doing?" 'Nothing at all." "Have you been out of work ever since I s you?" "Yes." "What, haven't you worked at all?" "Let me see. Oh, yes, I took thecensssofSt. .Louls, hut that, dlda't amount, to anjthlo."-l Ariansaut XraxtUtr. .,'.- '
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