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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. ' .
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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
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