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There haa been sufficient time for some reply to be mnde to the specific assertion of Mr. Stone, in the House of Bepresentatives, the other dar, that the Speaker had been the friend and zealous champion of tne Northern Pacific corporation, in preventing the forfeiture -of its unearned land grant. The lailure to make any answer to that charge may be 'airly construed to signify an adoption by the Speaker of the idea that charges of unfaithfulness to the people in official conduct, are not worth denying. Yet it is no more than just to point out that such a charge calls for a reply if any reply is possible. The facts of the land grant business are well understood. The supply or' lands available for settlement by the actual cultivators is novr beginning to be exhausted. The course of the Govern ment in giving vast quantities o the best lands to railroads is clearly recognized to have been one of lavish and misplaced generosity, even where the terms of the contract were fulfilled by the corpora tions. Where the contract was not fulfilled the gift of the lands is simply endowing the corporations with property that belongs to the people. "When it is asserted that the leader and ruler of the House of Representa tives has been active in handing over these vast tracts of land, which the corporations under the terms or the contract had for feited, it is ccrtiinly pertinent for him to present some reasons why he should not be regarded as having served the iuterests of the corporations more faithfully than those of the people. If the policy of ignoring such charges as to official action is maintained, it is a nat ural conclusion that there is no better an swer than the plea of note contendere. The inference that the assertion is true in the Speaker's case finds some sup port in his record. Mr. Stone cited a specific act in the Speaker's career as showing his official support 01 the Northern Pacific's effort to get possession of lands which it had not earned within the required time; and the record could be indefinitely enlarged. It is a matter of history that the Speaker was one of the most active op ponents of the inter-State commerce law, basing his opposition practically upon the bald dogma that tne public had no right to complain of the railroad abuses of dis crimination, favoritism and combination. Of course if this view of the c.ise is the correct one, the Speaker cannot do better than to meet such charges with silence. But if the effort to push hici to the front as the leader of Republicanism is to be main- t-ined, it will be very wise to produce some ' iroof of the present reasons for believing his record is that of having, as a legis- championed the interests of the cor- ins much more faithfully than the .sis of the people. NATIONAL LOAN" ASSOCIATIONS. The growth of organizations which are in tended to enlarge the business of building and loan associations from their present merely local scope to national dimensions, is one of the most recent changes in that branch of business. The magnificent use fulness of building and loan associations in the co-operative discharge of functions, which are really those of savings banks, are very clearly established. The personal supervision, economy of management and security 01 investment which characterize these organizations have placed them among the most successtul and beneficial institu tions of modern business. There are aspects of the case which would promise even greater success to organizations which, instead of confining their operations to a simile city, as the older building ana loan associations do, should extend the same tare and economy over a field taking in several States. Such insti tutions instead of being obliged to conform its operations to the demand for money existing in a single locality, could seek out the district in which there was the most urgent demand, and at once secure' to its members the largest dividends and sup ply capital for building operations to the point where the need is most pressing. If the operation of such enlarged building and loan organizations can be made successful, their -natural result would be to equalize the rates of interest and the supply of money all over the country. But the difficulty is to secure for institu tions conducting business on the larger scale the same close supervision and abso lute security that exists in the local organi zation. In the latter class the loaning of money, the taking of security and the accounting for funds is all open to the per sonal supervision of the members. How such a supervision, or the open competi tion for loans, can be made effective for a concern which collects dues in Pitts burg and loans money in Kansas City is not yet clear. That in the absence of checks such a business may degenerate into mere swindling is indicated by a suit in Hew York, where the officers of an al leged building and loan association of na tional scope are charged with having" ob tained payments of dues on promise of loans, and where neither the loans nor any ac counting for the moneys received is now forthcoming. There has been some talk of an organiza tion of the existing associations to loan money on the enlarged scale. If that plan can establish the same checks that exist in the local business the change will be of great usefulness. But without such abso lute security against negligence, favoritism or dishonesty, the conduct of such enter prises affords altogether too many opportu nities for degenerating into mere schemes to pluck pigeons. MANNERS FOR MALES. It is with regret that we observe a dispo sition on the part of esteemed coiemporaries who are bent on reforming the manners of the American male, to carry that reform to a degree which would imply either the aboli tion of necessary parts of the male species or the immolation and usclessncss of the business worker. The cultivation of male manners is a useful function, but the length to which some of the apostles of that cult arc pushing calls for a warning against cultivating the man out of existence. One example of this sort is furnished by a recent classification of every man who crosses his legs in a street car as a specimen of the bipedal American hog. The man who permits that habit to interfere with and annoy his lellow pas sengers is doubtless guilty of bad manners; but the wholesale classi fication of all crossed legs as illustrations ot hogrishncss, is crude aud arbitrary. Let us consider the circumstances of the case. Legs are a necessary and useful appur tenance of the male of the species. Apart from the legal claim of a man who has paid his fare to take his legs with him, the arrange ments of nature arc such that it would be extremely difficult for him to leave them behind, and such a course would be largely destructive of his future utility upon leav ing the car. As the seats ot street cars are universally constructed at a height and ancle to suit persons of shorter limbs than the average man, it is plain that the un fortunate male person who travels in street cars must do the best he can with his legs. We plead for a special act of favor to long legged men, who being equipped with im perfect arrangement for folding up their legs like jack knives often find that the best disposition they can make of their super fluous length is to cross it; and shouid be permitted to do so without being condemned as of porcine manners. The obvious necessity of a man who is blessed with good walking apparatus to do the best he can with it, permits us to go to the next question of manners which involves the propriety of business men, when en gaged in work during the summer, taking off their coats and hustling in their shirt sleeves. The New York Sun. with that positiveness which is its great strength as an arbiter of manners, declares that the coats must be kept on, as a matter of decorum and modesty. We must decline to believe that a polite society which accepts the decollete costume as full dress for ladies can be shocked at the clean linen of shirt sleeved business workers, or even the coatless ardor of Bob Inger&oll, or the Hon. Joseph Henry "Walker, 01 Massachusetts, in political debate. Decorum in costume con sists in its fitness to the circumstances, and, as society beholds undisturbed, the scant raiment of the male bather, oarsman. or tennis player, it can easily tolerate the much more complete dress of the business man who takes off his coat in order to get through the most business in the shortest given time. But there are even more positive argu ments for the shirt sleeves. Shirt sleeves are the visible type of American industry and progressiveness. The wonderful pro gress of this nation was accomplished by a race of workers who take off their coats when they go to work under a condition of high thermometer. The reason why the great successes of business life are won by country boys who come to the city, is be cause they have been taught those habits of energetic work represented by wearing the white banner of the shirt sleeves and pitch ing in with all their might. We can assent to restraining the national allegiance to shirt sleeves in respect to abolishing them at the dinner table; but when it is decreed that Americans shall no longer work in their shirt sleeves, our energy as a race of work ers will be deteriorated to the level of the effete aristocracies. "Manners is manners," says Mr. J. Gar gery, "but your 'elth's your 'elth." This pro ouud social aphorism from a character who possessed a wonderful amount of real good manners, may be applied to the pres ent topic to show that both legs and shirt sleeves are entitled to the toleration of the professors of manners, under conditions which contribute to the comfort and efficiency of mankind. AN AMERICAN TYPE. The career of General Clinton B. Fisk, who died yesterday, is typical of versatility essentially American. To this generation General Fisk was known chiefly as an elo quent advocate of Prohibition, and a candi date for high political honors in that cause. It was no reflection upon him that hi3 two chief campaigns, for Governor of 2Jew Jersey in 1886 and for the Presidency in 18SS were unsuccess'ul. But aside from politics General Fisk succeeded in enough avenues of lite to have satisfied a dozen men, Beiore the war he won position and affluence as a merchant, miller and banker in Mich igan. He espoused the cause of the Union when the war began and rose by gallantry and other merits to the rank of Major Gen eral of volunteers. His subsequent services in the cause of religion and education are well known, and, like bis political career, speak loudly of his solid worth and high ideals. The example of such a man is in spiring. His death makes a gap in many national interests. THE MINERS1 SAFEGUARD. The opinion of experts upon the Dunbar accident is that the present laws governing mine inspection are sufficient to prevent such disasters if enforced fully. The facts as to the responsibility for the Dunbar ac cident are being established at the inquest, and they call for no comment now. But the inspection of coal mines throughout the State ought to be conducted more searchingly, more thoroughly than ever. This is advocated to no one's prejudice. It is simply the logical deduction from what specialists in mining matters told THE DIS PATCH'S reporters yesterday. If the laws are enforced the tragic perils of the miner's existence may be minimized. The enforce ment ot the law literally and in spirit is the saieguard demanded. WHERE WOLFE STANDI. The position of the Hon. Charles S. Wolfe in the present Gubernatorial campaign is clearly defined. The Dispatch's cor respondent in Harrishurg obtained a state ment from Mr. Wolfe himself yesterday. Before Mr. Wolfe's owp words the rumor that the standard bearer of Prohibi- tion and Anti-machine Republicanism would be found supporting Mr. Delamater dissolves into thin air. Mr. Wolfe does not deny his personal dislike for ex-Governor Pattison, but he reasserts bis affection for the principles- the Democratic candidate represents. We have no desire to forecast the results of Mr. Wolfe's adherence to his long-settled programme. The fact is merely an interesting incident in an interesting campaign. It would be more significant if Mr. Wolfe's ill-health and his personal dis like for Mr. Pattison were not coincident. TnE DISPOSITION OF THE DOGS. The Department of Public Safety an nounces that it will commence the annual crusade against unmuzzled and vagrant dogs to-morrow. The proper enforcement of the provisions against permitting dogs to rnn at large without muzzles cannot be ob jected to; and if the crusade against the canine race is kept within the bounds of safety and reason it will command the publio support. But practices have been permitted under cover of this duty, in past years, that warrant an indication of the bounds within which the canine slaughter should be kept We are glad to see that the Chief of the Department of Public Safety states that the old practice of casting poison broadcast will be abolished. That is a commendable de parture from a barbarous, dangerous and inefficient method, which was about as like ly to do harm as good and accomplished very little in the way ol intelligent mitiga tion of the dog nuisance. It is stated that the dogs will be shot; and we take it lor granted that the Department will perceive the equal impropriety and danger of shooting dogs on the streets. That practice is so obviously inadmissible that it would be unnecessary to rerer to it if it had not been resorted to in past rears with some narrow escapes from shooting more than was intended, and with the fre quent result of leaving carcasses on the highways to disfigure the streets and poison the air for days at a time. The danger and obnoxious results of any execution of dogs on the streets leads to the conclusion that the dogs must be captured by nets and taken to some place of private slaughter. If that is done, why not adopt the pound plan in its entirety by capturing the dogs, holding them a stated time for ran som, and then subjecting them to a quick and painless death? This, too, may save some harmless pets. As this is the first deter mined orusade against useless and danger ous canines, it might be well to think of both sides ot the cases, and to be as careful against cruelly and needlessly slaughtering unobjectionable dogs as active in removing the other class. Ik commenting upon Bishop Potter's ad dres, the Philadelphia Ledger says; "The power is still in the hands of the people; politi cians are still their creatures, tnbe made or un made by them, and, 'though Garfield be dead,' as -was finely said when that political tragedy culminated, 'God still rales.' " There Is a tra dition that, if a statement is made In another Philadelphia paper that some man or other is stopping at a hotel, tbe caro of tbo Ledger f or accuracy fs so extreme that the personal para graph cannot be copied without sending a re porter to tho hotel to verify it, even if It takes an extra day. It Is to bo regretted that the same accuracy does not preside over its quota tions. The language which it refers to was a quotation made by Garfield himself In a public speech in Kev York to allay the excitement caused by Lincoln's assassination, and it was much more apposite and Impressive in the dec laration that "God rules; and the Government still lives." The criticism and suggestions of a cor respondent, who speaks with an air of author ity, upon the necessity for mechanical training schools in this country deserve consideration. Tho lack of adequate apprenticeship oppor tunities is undeniably a drawback in many of our industries. "It is a settled truth in politics that no man can win on independent issues in two cam paigns," remarks tbe Baltimore American, as an effort to assure its readers that Pattison is to be defeated. This is equivalent to declaring that politics are so grovelling that no enduring issue can stand more than one campaign, ex cept the perennial one of office getting. That would be equal to maintaining that there is no settled truth in politics. But the assertion is a simple case of trying to manufacture political philosophy to suit the wishes of an uneasy organ. TnE proposition by the New York Mail and Express, that Congress shall make Stanley a Colonel, reveals a novel view as to the manu facture of that title. Does the religious organ labor under the impression that its truly good editor got his military rank by act of Congress? Pittsburg will trust that not even the attractive inducements of Pullman can draw any part of the J'estln8basB plant to that place. By tho inventive enterprise ot Sir. Westingbouse this city has profited largely. At the ame time all of tbo Westingbouse com panies iiave flourished here so that the ad vantages have been mutual. So long as Pitts burg can offer advantages over any other place for manufacturing and Westinghousekeep the lead over other inventors and industrial organ izers, the partnership will be too good to dis solve. There is a strontr sentiment in favor of preserving the Block House in its present loca tion. Mrs. Scbenlev's idea ot a park in the First ward would serve all purposes admirably. This week a large number of members of the House of Representatives were given leave of absence. The lime has come when, in a political sense, it is absolutelynecessary for honorable members to go borne and look after their fences. Tbe result is likely to be a repro duction 'of the conditions of 1888, when the tariff bill was left stranded for want of a quo rum. A seven months' session with affairs left in surpenae is enough to suggest that the new rules were principally a success in delaying real and non-partisan business. It is the other fellow's dog that is danger ous. The owners of canines would not quarrel with Chief Brown's orders If their own dogs were only excepted. It is a curious commentary on civiliza tion; that Holland is delaying her assent to the general act of the anti-slavery conference for fear that tbe import duties of the Congo Free State may obstruct tbe diffusion of Hol land gin among the natives of the Congo re gion, it will possibly have a healthy, if humil iating, result on our national pride to inquire whether any similar considerations are produc ing tbe disinclination of tbo United States to give its assent to the same measure. The mercury with the flannel shirts, fans, hammocks and other hot weather per quisites beat a hasty retreat yesterday. A VERY good measure of the public folly of permitting the destruction of our canal sys tem is furnished by the fact that France is pushing the work of turning tbe Seine into a ship canal which will bring vessels of 2.000 to 2.500 tons to Paris. Tbe cost of the work will be about 27,000.000. If France can do that for a single river, it seems as if the United States might use a portion ot its wealth in Improving and connecting its magnificent waterways. Fob a day or two we hope for a surcease of cyclones. They are becoming monotonous. The outcome of that Lower California filibustering project was about as The Dis patch indicated in advance. The Mexican Government has got too strong to have its territory taken away from it, and at the first show of force the adventurers made themselves scarce, and tbe English company backing tbe scheme has a beautiful prospect of losing all Its lands in Mexico by confiscation. Vaulting ambition Is very apt to o'erleap Itself. The decline and fall of the hot wave was observed yesterday without a sigh. The Indianapolis Journal turns up its nose at a rural Indiana paper for asserting that Sen ator Turple's literary tastos would lead bim to nrefer "to read tho letters of Junlns in thn original tonguo" rather than attend political conventions. The sarcasm is misplaced, when it comes to an honest recognition of the fact that the language of Indiana politics is a differ ent tonguo from classic English in tho eigh teenth century. PUEELY PEES0NAL. Lord Salisbury seems of tho opinion that a fleet of war ships is a great incentive to peaceful negotiations. Governor Hill returned to Albany from Seabright, N. J., Monday night, and was at his desk as usual the next day. Sydney Rosenfeld admits that he has written a play for Mrs. Helen Dauvray Ward, to be performed next year. Hon. Mala cm Bowes Daly, of Halifax, has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, vice McLellan, deceased. The Rev. Elisha Holland, of Goldsboro, N. C, is S3 years of age and is growing a beautiful crop of black hair on what was lately a very bald bead. At 80 bo cut a tooth. Ernest C. Richareson, tho new librarian at Princeton, is a young man in bis thirties. He is mentioned as a practical man, and an ac complished and agreeable one. Mr. A. A. McLeod, tbe new President of the Beading Railroad, began his career as a rail road man by dragging chains for tbe surveyors of the Northern Pacific Terminal at Duluth. Lord Tollemache, an English gentleman now lying ill, is distinguished in three ways: He is the owner of Mr. Gladstone's London bouse, be has 12 children (11 sons and 1 daugh ter), and it was on his country estate thatBllos in England were first made with success. The little Princess Elizabeth of Austria, the daughter of the late Crown Prince, can't take outincswith her mother. Princess Stephanie, because, by tbo will of her father, she must al ways remain in the immediate neighborhood and under the eye of her grandfather, tbe Em peror. Jay Gould has given about two acres of land in Broadway, Irvington-on-theJIudson, to the Protestant Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches. For a long time these churches have vainly endeavored to get possession of this property. Mr. Gould bought it and gave it them in equal parts, as it lies between the two churches. Princess Victoria, the Empress Fred, erick's youngest and favorite daughter, is rather pretty, having a nice figure, blue eyes and fair hair. She has always been fond of an out-of-door life, and enjoys exercise In any form. She Is an indefatigable walker, an ac complished rider and lawn-tennis player, and can drive four-in-hand In a masterly style. CTJBEEHT TIMELY TOPICS. IIR. HOGO. candidate for Gubernatorial hon ors In Texas, Is having a hard road to travel. His nomination may cause a split in the Democratic party. It is said that all mall for the Czar Is taken Into a ten-acre lot, turned over several times with a long pole, and If-it does not sizzle it is safe to examine the contents. The Czar Uvea a very pleasant Hie. Ex-President Cleveland is taking quite a lively interest In matters in tho tittle hamlet where he Is spending the hot weather, and is making himself very popular thereby, AN "illuminated cat," made out of paste board, Is the latest invention to drive away rats. It might work all right Tor a night or two, but altar some marauding Thomas Cat came in con tact with it tbe chances arc that Its usefulness wouldn't amount to much. ' Congressman Flower, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has opened a set of political books and Is ready for business. Gentlemen running the Republican campaign have no use for books, as they transact business on a cash basis. In recognition of his "duty to God and his country." Governor .Nichols will veto the lottery hill, and owing to a duty the members of the Legislature owe to the lottery swindle, they will pass the bill over the Governor's veto. If this keeps on a Government Ice cream In spector will be absolutely necessary. It would be a cold snap. COLORED CATHOLICS Meet In Convention to ConferUpon the Needs of tbe Church. Cincinnati, July 9. A National Convention of Colored Catholics met bere to-day. It has been called by the permission of the proper ec clesiastical authorities to confer upon the needs of tbe colored Catholic churches. D. A. Rudd, of this city, is Temporary Cbairman.and Charles H. Butler, of Washiugton, D. C, Tem porary Secretary. Short sessions wero held to-day, both in the morning and afternoon. At the morning session the reports of the Com mittee on Credentials and Permanent Organi zation wero presented and adopted. Arch bishop Elder then addressed the council. He said that he addressed them not as a race, but a. members of the Church equal in the faith. He spoke encouragingly, and told them that in the work at hand they were guided by divine power, and exhorted them to persevere in tho good ork so well begun. He concluded bis speech, blessing the assembly. Bishop Watterson. of Columbus, O.. spoke of tbe good of organization and the reward of constant effort in the right direction. Rev. Father Harrison, of the Cathedral of St, Paul, assured tbe convention of the good will of the Catholic Church, which made no distinctions of race or color. Mr. Washington Parker, of New York, presided over the alternoon session, at which Dr. Bolton, of Washington. D. C. read a leng'hy paper. Dr. Bolton said that he regretted that although there were 8,000,000 colored people in the United States only 200,000 were Catholics, and he urged tbe erection of institutions throughout the country for the education of colored Catholics. D. A. Rudd then made a brief speech, after which the con vention adjourned until to-morrow. STATE HEWS NOTES. Williamsport Is without a board of health. John T. Williams, proDably the oldest cit izen of Cambria county, is dead, aged 66 years. The count has been completed In Warren, and the population is 4,300, again of 1,500 in the past ten years. Are Hunchharger, a woodsman of Clear field, was killed by the falling of a tree near there Tuesday afternoon. The Fisher Oil Company, of Cannonsburg, capital, t-SOO.OOO, was granted a charter at the State Department to-day. I.OLONEL W. XI. iUUAXiiJAo-e, " -ciiu, uaa been appointed an ald-de-camp on the staff of Commander in Chief R. A. Alger. Mrs. Sharpless. "f Chester, has paid Offi cer Alexander, of Philadelphia, the 8500 re ward for bis services in the Sbarpless murder case. Bellefonte has its free mall delivery now. On Tuesday, after all the trains bad departed, one of the new carriers put in his appearance from making collections. J. M. Fox, of Foxburg, is drilling the first of Six wells be intends to sink on tbo bank of the Clarion river, near tbe mouth. He has two more rigs already finished; Circulars offering roward of 81,000 for the arrest of the murderer of Annie Leconey, signed by her uncle, Chalkley Leconey, are posted up In various sections of tbe State. The Berks County Agricultural Society has decided not to allow any games of chance or any form of gambling on its grounds during the continuance of its annual fair this year. Harry Halme is a popular Bradford man who has the distinction of being tbe youngest grandfather in that part ot tho country. He is but 39 years old, and has been a grandfather in good standing for two years. Detective William Y. Lyon, who was the defendant in a recent remarkable criminal trial In Reading, has lost his voice. He caunot talk even in a whisper and is said to be suffer ing with a partial paralysis of the vocal cords. One of tho sights on to-day street market was a ypung Chinaman in a neat and well-fltting suit of blue pilot cloth, and wearing a yellow necktie and a siraw hat. He went from stand to stand and inquired:. "How you sellee buvteef ' or "How muchee black stlawballiesr" like any other market habitue. Erie Herald. THE TOPICAL TALKER. Tbe CUt's Derrick Outposts HoW Oil Legends Grow More Air Than Oil A Sail That's Seldom Seen Vhere Arc Our Oarsmen? "Travelers who approach this city by way of the Ohio Valley realize the importance of tbe oil and gas products of Allegheny county better than most Pittsburgers do. Derricks dot the landscape very frequently within a radius of twolve miles from tbe Pittsburg Court House. In the flourishing town ot Cora opolls derricks appear to be moie plentiful than shado trees. I counted twenty or more within sight from the opposite bank of tbe river. At Haysvllle. or near it, on tbe north bank about a dozen more rigs are to be seen. The smell of oil is quite strong at this point. With the smell most of tbe drillers have had to rest content the virgin purity of most of the derricks tells a sad tale of money sunk in use less boles. 'TTie way an oil well grows by report Is some what astounding. A gentleman who has to take interest in all reports from tbe oil fields tells mo that within the last ten days seven 600-barrel wells have been forced upon his at tention. He investigated every one of the seven, and the largest was a 20-barreI phenom enon. Others wero dry holes. The driller of one well reported to be exceeding 500 barrels a day said, when asked for the facts: 'Fire hundred barrels? Yes S00 a year, perhaps." During the hottest weather of last week an oil operator of this city traveled down into West Virginia to learn the particulars about a gusher that bad been reported as flowine 20 barrels an hour. He walked three miles through a treeless country, under a blazing sun, to tbe spot on a hillside where tbe won derful well was said to be. He found two very disgusted men sitting by a cold boiler. They were the owners and proprietors of a dry hole. A1 solitary white sail flecked the smooth brown bosom of the Ohio close to the dam at Bellevue. It belonged to a small boat, in tho stern of which sat a single man. The boat and tho sailor did not proceed to vanish of a sudden; nor did the strong Western wind cap size tho boat and give me a chance to describe an heroic rescue. The only extraordinary thing about the sailboat was the fact that it was there at all. A sailboat Is as rare a sight npon tbe Ohio In these parts as a porpoise or a flying fish almost. Why? There is enough water for sailboats especial ly when the wickets of the Bellevue dam are raised, as they will be In a few days. It is odd that more people do not take advantage of tbe abundance of water about Pittsburg not for drinking purposes, of course. Quito a crowd gathered on the Sixth street bridge on Monday evening to watch three or four oarsmen in single sculls and a greater marvel still, a four-oared shell. To see so many blades dipping In the Allegheny at once was enough to attract spectators by tbe hundred. Why has rowing, gone out of fashion ? The stories of the prowess of Pittsburg's oarsmen are all dated at least 15 years ago This Bhould not be so, The reason for it is not easy to dis cover. i "The Carnegie Library has a seductively cool appearance within. It is cool, as all buildings substantially built of stone are. The reading room ir already attracting a goodly number of men and boys, with an occasional member of the fair sex. These being holiday times it is not surprising that a majority of the readers at tbe library should be boys. The papers and periodicals which are all that tho library affords as yet seemed to be giving a good deal of pleasure to a score or two of readers yesterday afternoon. Librarian Stevenson is working very bard, but tbe col lection of a library is no light task. WEDDED AT HOKE. Marriage ol Miss Annlo I. Ogden to Frank G. Froetnnn. A very pretty borne wedding last evening at 9 o'clock resulted in the union of Miss Annie Irene Ogden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ogden, of Federal street, Allegheny, and Mr. Frank G. Freeman, of Boggs & Buhl. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a large circle of friends in the parlor of the cosy home and was witnessed by quite a number of intiuratc friends, who after extending con gratulations were Invited into the dining room and served to an elaborate supper by Hagan. The voung people are both favorites in their circle of society and were forcibly reminded of the fact bv the numerous and extremely hand some wedding presents of which they were the recipients. A Pleasant Party. A party, consisting of Mrs. Wm. P. De Armlt, Miss Julia De Armlt and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Davis, will leave to-day for Cape May, where tbe season will be spent by all excepting Mrs. De Artnit, who in two weeks will occupy apart ments at Ebenhurg, where Mr. De Armlt will spend Saturdays and Sundays during the heated spell. PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS. S. P. Boyer. an old-time Republican, of Tl tusville, Crawford county, publicly announces that he will vote for Pattison. After taking 251 ballots the conferees of the Warren-Forest Judicial district adjourned until Monday, July 14, when balloting will again be resumed. Ex-Postmaster Harrity, the new Chair man of tbe Democratic Stato Committee, is resting at Capo May, but will get into Kisner's old barness this week. Major W. W. Greenland, of Clarion, says Pattison's nomination will make the Republi cans take off their coats. He says Pattison Is the favorite of tbe Clarion Democrats and of a good many Republicans of the, county. Philadelphia Times: Chairman Andrews, of tbe Republican State Committee, has a brother who poses as a labor leader This fact gives peculiar significance to the boast of some of tho Quay leaders at Harrishurg that they could buy every coal miner who kicked against the ticket. The Republican primaries in tho Delaware Chester Congressional district will bo held on the 23d inst. Tbe candidate is conceded to Delaware by Chester, and the battle in Dela ware will bo a fierce one, between the respective supporters of State Senator Robinson and Captain Isaac Johnson. An element in the Republican party of Erie county is making an effort to induce Joshua C. Thornton, of Avonia, to accept the Farmers' Alliance nomination for Congress in that dis trict. It is stated that should Mr. Thornton accept tbo nomination for Congress be will be indorsed by the Democratic party. THE Harnsburg Patriot thinks that by mak ing the first day of the Williams' Grove Fair Democrat day the Democratic candidates are likely to meet and get acquainted with com paratively few of the grangers, leaving the Republican candidates the field when every body will be present and have time to listen to tbe speaking and share in the hand shaking. The Wilkesbarre Evening Leader wants Ecklev B. Coxe to run for Congress from the Luzerne district. It says: "Evidently Mr. Coxe is one of the trus'ed men of tbe party and that is why it becomes bis duty, in re sponse to the general call that has been made upon him through tbe Sunday Leader and otherwise by the Democrats of this Con gressional district to stand as their candidate in the coming fight, to accept that trust. The State Journal of Philadelphia, a paper published by an association of colored journal ists, says: At the Republican Convention held in Harrishurg, last week, not a colored officer, reporter or prominent man was recognized. At the Democratic Convention, held in Scranton last week, N.J. Butler, of Dauphin county, was appointed one of tbe Sergeant-at-Arms. A reporter of the Journal was given a seat at tbe press table and two representatives of tbe Democratic Colored State League were seated upon tbe stage by special invitation and still, "The Dsmys are agin us." Bled to Death From His Lip. Mlddletown, July 9. Hugh, tbe 10-year-old son of Rev. S.S. Miller, pastor of the Re formed Church at Boonsboro, Washington county, fell from a fence on the Fourth of July and badly cut bis lip, which continued to bleed freely until yesterday morning, when he died from exhaustion. Every effort was made to check the flow of blood, but to no avail. A Twelve-Ycnr-Olil Mother. , CAPE MAY, July0. Lottie Jackson, a 12-year-old colored gnl living at Cold Springs, about two miles above this plaoe, gave birth to a child yesterday morning. The youthful mother and offspring are doing quite well. OUR MAIL POUCH. Tho Need of Training Schools. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I have just been told'by one of our leading manufacturers that be has not in his employ a -single high-priced American mechanic, all bis high-priced laborers being of foreign birth. The apprenticeship system of the United States has produced this condition of affairs, and it is time attention wero called to the matter, as it means the demoralization of American labor. Evidence of this demoralization is painfully visible whenever a group of native-born labor ers can be seen at work. They have been forced out ot the natural channel In which they should have found profitable and more honora ble employment by the pressure of foreign skilled labor much of it trained in tho me chanical schools of England and Scotland and they show a distinct decline in the scale of manhood, physically and mentally. Many of our mechanical callings aro not fully manned for want of skilled labor notably, in the line of glass manufacture and our want of a proper apprenticeship system Is responsible for it all. The labor -f Americans in all departments reqnlrlnz high tralninc is controlled by Europeans. This will be found to be destructive of American manhood in the end. This evil can be overcomo by the Govern ment. Scores of training schools fitted with every known mechanical device and all under competent instructors, should at once be estab lished, and tbe native youth of America thor oughly drilled in all that pertains to tbe mechanical arts. In this way only can the evil bo reached, ns all our organized labor is under foreign control and nothing in the way of re lief can he expected from their ranks. New Castle, July 9. J. A. Field. Clnb Member' nights. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Has a club the legal right to expel a mem ber? . c. Beaver, July 8. A case requiring a decision of this point came up before the Supreme Court of the State. A member had been expelled from the Union League Club of Philadelphia. He ap pealed to the law to be reinstated. The Court of Common Pleas decided in his favor. The Supremo Court reversed tho decision. The higher court decided that a body of gentlemen organized for social purposes has a right to govern itself in its own way. It may, by its constitution, by-laws and rules, prescribe for what offense and by what procedure a momber may be expelled. If these laws and rules are observed properly, if tho offender is tried fairly aud expelled in accordance with them, it Is not the province of a court to overrule the action of the club. Nor has the expelled member any right to complain. He knew what tho rules of the club wero before joining it and agreed to abide by them Or pay the penalty of failure. Save the Block House. To the Editor of The Dispatch: By all means preserve the old block house and leave It where it now stands. The relics of olden times are fast passing away, and I hope the authorities will see to it that this onn is kept for future generations to remind them of auld lang syne. To me it is very strange that so many people take no interest in such mat ters. They aro far more interested in two legged (John L. Sullivan) bull-doe hghts, or in the baseball games, than in anything pertain ing to the past history of their country the land of the Star Spangled Banner. But we ought to save the old block house, and after ages will proclaim blessings on our names. Mail Boy. Pittsburg. July 4, 1890. A Cn'lom Not Wholly Nevr. To the Editor of the Dispatch: In a recent number of The Dispatch you mention as a new epoch that some Pittsburg firms are this year giving their employes a week's vacation with full pay. By inquiring of the employes of Rosenbaum & Co. you will find that this firm have for more than twolvo vears given their employes a week's vacation with tnll pay every summer. I see with pleasure that other firms are now doing tbe same and hope that all firms will follow this example and thereby add to the health and pleasure of their clerks. R. jl Pittsburg, July 9. The Ptndy or English. To the Editor of The Dispatch: L Please answer through your valnablo col umns if a person has to be able to speak more than the English language to be a Shakespear ian actor. 3, If there is a school in Pittsburg or Allegheny where one can study the English language at night. A. A. Y. A. Pittsburg. July 9. fl. Not in this country. 2. There are night schools, but not at this time of year. Apply to the Central Board ot Education for informa tion. Mnrrlase Licenses In Ohio. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In tbe State of Ohio does the marriage license law require a woman 18 years old to produce an affidavit from her parents or guardian giving their consent or stating her age. or does tbe marriage license clerk swear her to her age? Pittsburg, JulyS. Mary. As 18 is the legal aze, all thatls required is an affidavit to that effect, either by bride or groom. First Jr. O. U. A. M. Council. To the Editor of The Dispatch: J. H. R. asks In a recent number of The Dis patch where the first council of the Junior Order of American Mechanics in the United States was formed. In reply let me state that Washington Council No. 1, of Germantown, Philadelphia, was instituted May 17, 1853. This was tbe first and is still in existence, having nearly 400 members. E. C P. PITTSBURG, July 9. Elelit Figured Oat. To tbe Editor of The Dlspatcm Please publish the number of legal hollIday3 in this State to settle a dispute and name them. Pittsburg, July 8. Ed. New Year, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas. DEATH OF GENERAL FISK. Tbe Prohibition Candidate for President la 1SSS Very Snddrnlv Expires. New York, July 9. General Clinton B. Fisk died at his residence. No. 175 West Fifty elghtb street, this city, at 10:30 A. M. to-day. in the 62d year of his age. The funeral services Will be held at the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church on Friday, the 11th Inst., at 3 o'clock. The burial will be at his old home, Coldwater, Mich., on Saturday. July 12. Clin ton B. Fisk was born at York, Livingston county, N. Y.. in the year 1828, and was a rep resentative of the New Eng and Fisk". from which have been bred men of renown. He was a child when his father removed to Micnigan. In his youth ho began a course of education preparatory to the university, but was pre vented from completing it by bad health. He then openet' a store, and was successively mer chant, miller and banker before leaving Michi gan :o make his residence in St. Louis. This as in 1859. Iho war was still young when Mr. Fisk became Colonel of the Thirty-third Mis souri Infantry, in tbe forces nf the Union. Made a Brigadier General in 1862, he was pro moted to Brevet Major General of Volunteers inIS65. After the war he was Assistant Com missioner under General Howard in the in in agement of the Freedmen's Bureau in Ken tucky and Tennessee. He married Miss Jeannette C. Crippen, of Coldwater, Mich., and has three children, two sons and a daughter. Mrs. Fbk was among the early Florence Nightingales In the War of the Union. Associated with Mrs. Je-sie Ben ton Fremont, she was concerned, at Sc Louis, in the first society for tbe relief f tho soldiers. She was in the field with her husband two years in charge of hospitals. General Fisk was one of the leading laymen in the Methodist -c,.fo.Ti.,i Phnreh He was President of the Board of Trustees of Fisk University, for col ored students, at Nashville, a trustee of Dick inson Collego, Pennsylvania, of Drew Theolog ical Seminary, and Pennincton Seminary, New1 Jersey, and ot Albion College, Michigan. His useful services to religious organizations include the dutlesof trustee of the American Missionary Association, and those of membership in the Book Committee of the Meihodlst Episcopal Church. His secular activities were princi pally in railroading and insurance interests. He was a friondlv and genial man, of portly presence, and excelled in public address. He was the Prohibition party's candidate for Pres ident at the last national eleuiou. A PLN INSIDE HEB EAB, Interesting' and Successful Experiment at tbe University Hospital. Philadelphia, July 9. Maggie McOagoarn, 20 years of age, on Thursday last got a pin in ber ear, which up to Monday did not give any pain or develop any serious results, Tbe pain on Monday and Tuesday was so great that it threatened to unbalance ber mind. Her friends urged her to go to the University Hospital and the case there was undertaken by Dr. Uamond, who, by means of tho introduction of a silver tube up tho nose and an air tube in the ear was able, through compression, to unfasten the pin from the posltitn where it was wedged, and to extract it. Tbe operation was a most successful experiment. SCIENCE AND SUCCESS. George William Curtis on Ibe Value of a University Edacntion Pecuniary Gala Not tbo Standard by Which illnn Should be Measared Education's End. A lbany. July 9. George William Curtis de liveredthe address before the University convocation t-day. His theme was "The Uni versity of the State of Now York." Among 'other thlngs.be said: The University of tho tateof NewYorkisoneof the oldest institu tions in the State, but none of so great import ance is so little known. The 19 chairs of tne regents. If not filled always by immortals like those of the French Academy, have been occu pied by some of the most promiuent citizens of New York. Every chair is ennobled by a long line of distinguished occupants, and the line is preservod by continuous succession. John Jay first sat in the chair in which I sit, then tbe older Gullan Verplank, then James Kent. Each of my colleagues traces a kindred an cestry of his chair, and contemplating tbe men whom he succeeds each acknowledges with me that in tho truest sense noblesse oblige. We never tiro of our fond and familiar tale of American progress and development. We are nationally alittle moonstruck by that re splendent orb of Addison'3 which Nightly to the listening earth Ecpeats the story of her birth. We cannot enough recount the miracles of our nativity. In the very first year of the century when they were but beginning, Gouverneur Morris said: "Calculation outruns fancy and fact baffles calculation." We are naturally dazzled by the splendors of our inventive genius, by our industrial accumulations and the marvelous display of human energy that within so short a time has transformed a trackless con tinent into the smooth highway of triumphant civilization, outdoing tbe Roman empiro in tho world-wide plenitude of its power, by as much as human freedom and happiness are better than human subjection and mere dominion. Object of a University. pUT amid the exaltation and coronation of material success let this university here annually announce- in words and deeds the dig nity and superiority" ot the intellectual and spiritual life, and strengthen itself to resist tho insidious Invasion of that life by the superb and seductive spirit of material prosperity. It is a spirit which spares neither trade nor pro fession, neither politics nor morals. Letns withstand it by the snirit which we cultivate here, tbo clear perception of tbe true end of education that inspires our work whether in college, school, museum, academy or library. "Universities," said John Stuart Mill, 23 years ago, "universities are not intended to teach tbe knowledge required to fit men for some special mode of gaining their livlibood. Edu cation makes a man a more intelligent shoe maker, if that bo his occupation, but not by teaching him to make shoes, it does so by the mental exercise it gives and the habits it im presses." That is tbo highest gift of education, not the mastery of sciences, for which special schoo s are provided, but noble living, generous char arter, tbe spiritual delight which springs from familiarity with the loftiest ideals of tbe hu man mind, the spiritual power which saves every ceneratlon from the Intoxication of its own success. w Tbe Scholar's Reward. A triumphant prosperity and a socialism which anticipates the millennium from legislative acts and ingenious organization, for getting that tbe kingdom of God is within you, instinctively aim to bend the college to their own uses. They tempt it to train chemists, en gineers, metallurgists, .specialists in every science, not for the higher, but for the lower value of knowledge, not to supply delights more precious than riches, but to teach tbe open sesame of a surer ana swifter way to wealth. But evon in literature it is a poor edu cation which ends in accurato grammar and precision of meters instead ot.a lore of letters, and Agassiz spoke for the scholar in science when he was besought for the reward of a for tune to enter tbe service of a company, and answered, "I have no time to make money." You will not understand me as depreciating special training lor tne readier development and finer adaptation of natural resources and natural forces to the welrare of man. I am speaking only of the spirit in which tbe cause committed to us should be served, and of the life, not tbe learning, which is the consummate flower of education. I have heard it said that liberal education does not nrotnote flncces3 in life. A chimney sweep might say so. Without education he could gain tbe chimney top. poor little blackamoor! brandish his orush and sing his song of escape from soot to sunshine. Tbo ministry of Education. pUT the ideal of Buccess measures the worth of tbe remark that Itmay bo attained with out liberal education. If tbe accumulation of money be tbe standard, we must admit that a man might make a fortune in a hundred ways without education. But he could make a for tune, also, without parity of life, or noblo char acter, or religious faith. A man can pay much too high a price for money, and not every man who buys it knows its relative value with other possessions. Undoubtedly Ezra Cornell and Matthew Vassar did not go to college and they succeeded in life. But their succes:,what was it? Where do you see it now? Surely not in their riches, but in the respect that tenderly cher ishes their memory, because knowing its in estimable value they care to others tbe oppor tunity of education which had been denied to them. Let us make their lofty splritthe spirit of tbe university. Remembering that the great min istry of education is not to make tbe body more comfortable, bat the sonl happier, may the university in all its departments and activities cherish and promote edncatlon not for its lower uses but for its higher influences. SOLVING THE PROBLEM. A window toward the setting sun, With twining ivy vines That all about It trailing run In loops and graceful lines. A level stretch of inland sea How plain It all comes up to met And slopes of green lawn nearer by That with tbe white beach end; Then miles of rippled sea, till sky And sea together blend. Clouds piled on clouds, and, shining through. Patches of hazy, dreamy blue. How beantlful seemed all the world! A path of glory led Sunward, and. with all sails unfurled. Thither a trim ship fled. For suns must set, aud ships must sail. And souls must speed beyond the pale. On such a summer eye as this I watched htin pass from earth. My Scholar friend: no trance of bliss Saw I, no better birth, Uor any ravings of dismay. lie waited, and so went away. And then were scaled forever more Lips eloquent and wise. ' Thus did that blaze of wit and lore Die as a beacon dies. For so it seems when some fair light Fades suddenly from mortal sight, for years a rapt enthusiast He knelt at Learning's feet. Only to sigh and moan at last: All lore Is incomplete. Fools know the how' as well as I, When shall I clutch the potent why V " Soattheenda sad, sweet smile Lit suddenly his face. And then he gasped : "Lift me awhile To look on Nature's grace. For I am ready now: I go Life's Inner mystery to know." I lifted him. He looked and soon Died as all dead have dled Ah, what If 'twere eternal swoon, Nothing, and naught beside? Why, he was ready for that, too, And eren thns life's riddle knew. George Ilorton. DEATHSOFA DAY, Lonis Lenkner. Tho funeral or Louis Lenkner, ofBrushton,who died on Tuesday evening, is to take plaee this afternoon. The services will be conducted at tbe late residence of the deceased. Brushton avenue, at 1:30 f. m.. by the Rev. Mr. illlner, pastor of St. Andrew's German Lutheran Cburcb, Brush ton, lbe interment will take place in the Ger man Lutheran Cemetery, East End. Mr. Lenk ner was 74 years of age. He was an old resident or Brushton, and had a very large circle of friends, who mourn his loss with sincerity. It Is expected that his runeral will be one of the largest ever held in that part or the city. William Hell, Jr. rSPKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DtSFATCIt.1 ERIE, July 9. -Mr. William Bell, Jr., President of the Marine National Bank, died to-day at the age ol 70. Deceased was reared in the mercantile trade with his father, who was the first drrgoodg merchant In Chautauqua county, N. Y. Mr. Bell rounded the Industrial school In Erie, and was conspicuous for his charity work. Deceased leaves a wife and two children. Tbomns Mnlih. Thomas Smith, a well-known resident of the Fourteenth ward, and for 20 years an employe at Hutsev's Copper Works, died yesterday, aged 81 years. Thedncjsed was a lncmher of the Knights of Pythias and Order or Ivorltes. Uo leaves a wife aud two children. . Gnbrisl Weiaser. Gabriel Welner, who has for many years con ducted a business at No. 1519 Penn avenue, died yesterday at the advanced age of 72 years, CDEI0DS C0RDENSATI05S. ' Fifty-two prisoners are to be discharged from the Joliet prison this month, 27 of whom are from Chicago. Mrs. Morris, of Sheboygan, "Wis., has in her possession a meerschaum pipe that be longed to a King of Denmark 233 years ago. The new State of Idaho has about 100,000 population, 81,000 square miles of land, but Ies than 6.000,000 acres are adapted to agnculture. Tons of solt coal have been washed ashore at St. Simons, Ga. It is tbe general belief that a vessel went down near tbe island. Mrs. Sarah Libby, of Naples, Me., 82 years of age. went from that town to Portland the other day. It was ber first ride on the cars, both railroad and horse. A swarm of butterflies halted near Pla- cerville, CaL, the other day, and for a time they were so thick about tho springs and most places that teamsters couldn't see their leaders. Three convicts in the county jail at Leesburg, Ga., under sentence of tbe Criminal Court, burued holes through tbe floor of tha jail and dug under the side walls. They made good their escape, and at last accounts were still at large. There are 006 authorized guides in tha Alps. One hundred and four of them have taken a regular course of instrnction in their profession and have received diplomas. Thirty five of them are between 60 and 70 years of age, and six are over 70. A bridal couple in Springfield, Mass., were so anxious to avoid the curious glances of the neighbors on leaving the house that they climbed over the back yard fence, and, passing through the adjoining yard, entered the car riage, which was waiting on the next street. A tramp whose intellectual caliber was far above his profession was recently found at Bangor, Me. His only baggage was a small but rhoice collection of books, including "Tha Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau," tbe works of Balzac, Dumas, a copy of Shakespeare and the IIHad. Judge J. Gadsden King, of Atlanta, Ga., is said to own a pipe that belonged to Prince Bismarck away back in 1833. His brother and Bismarck attended college together at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and on parting ex changed pipes. King brought the one be re ceived home, and gave it to the Judge. Milo Smith, ot Chesaning, Mich., ' stirred up a bees' nest with bis mowing ma chine and the bees settled in a cload on tha infant child belonging to Mr. Smith. They clung with such tenacity that Mrs. Smith was obliged to submerge the child in a creek near by to drive tbe insorts away. The rest of tha family were bauly stungin the shuffle. Experiments by means of pbotographio plates in the Mediterranean Sea show that in the middle of a sunny day in summer the rays of tbe sun do not penetrate the waters of that sea a depth of more than ISO fathoms. In Sep tember the distance penetrated is much re duced, tbe depression on the plates at the above depth not being greater than that made by starlight. One ardent fisherman is to be mada bappy by tbe gift of a watcb with a unique) dial. His name has just eleven letters in it, and these letters have been (laced in the placa of the hour figures on tbe watch the company is making, while a rod and trout basket indi cate tbe fad of tbe receiver. The name and illustrations are very eleveny executed by hand with the finest of brushes. The July fly, a large insect with gauzy wings, resembling somewhat the locust, has made its annual appearance in Georgia. Tbe July fly makes a peculiar shnll, rasping noiscj with its wings, and there is a belief currena with many people that frost will fall exactly three months from tho time it is first heard, When heard In the early morning it i3 a pretty good indication of extremely hot weather for that day. . A watchmaker in Kewcastle, England,, recently completed a set of three gold shirt studs, in one of which is a watch that keeps excellent time, the dial being only three-six. teentbs of an inch in diameter. The three studs aro connected by a strip of silver inslda the shirt bosom, and the watch contained in tne middle one is wound np by turning the stud above. The hands are set by turning the one below. Dr. J. G. Brooks, of Belfast, Me., has a wicked parrot that will swear eren when ladies are passing tbe bouse. Tbe ether day a gentle man passing tried to get Polly to talk, but never a word wonld she sar. The man walked off. shaking his fist at the bird and said, "You aro too d n ugly to talk." Then Polly got in her fine work, and called the man all the hard names imaginable until be was glad to beat a basty retreat, It is strange how badly we get import ant matters of history mixed. Ask any well informed person who Invented the sewing ma chine, and the reply will be Elias Howe, which is lar from the truth in the case. Tbe first sewing machine was patented in England by Thomas Saint in 1760. bO years before Howe was born. One of Saint's old machines Is now on exhibition in the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, England. At Norristown, Me., "W. B. Logan, a horseshoer. made nine miniature horseshoes from a silver Id-cent piece. Each shoe has tha number of boles usually drilled in horseshoes) of tbe ordinary size, but, strange to say, tha smallest needle is too large to be used as nails for these little wonders. Logan has made affi davit that eacb and every one of tbe miniaturo shoes were made with the same hammer and punch used in making the largest-sized real horseshoes. Mr. Johnston, of Sound Valley, Idaho, has a sheep with but two legs, both on tbe hinder part of tbe body, and constantly walks erect, much after the manner ot a kangaroo. The legs and tail are smooth as those of a dog, not showing tbe least trace of wool. The head is woolly and is provided with but one eye, which solitary optic is set in the center ot the head. Tbe neck has a good showing of feathers re. sembling those of a guinea fowl. The shoul ders and the place where the forelegs should be are as woolly as tbe bead, extending back to where tbe smootb, dog-like hair begins. A "Winston county, Ala., farmer bought some Chinese lily bulbs, and after getting them home threw them into the hog lot with a bucket of spoiled potatoes. A few days after ward one of tbe largest hogs became sick, re fusing food, and, laying down in a corner, grunted as if in constant pain. No signs of disease could be discovered, but a few days later the hog died. It was decided to cut up the bog and find out what caused death. This was done, when it was discovered that tbe ani mal bad swallowed a bulb whole, and there was sufficient moisture in the stomach to cause it to grow. The bulb had not only swelled and sprouted, but leaves bad actually formed. SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT. "Xma glada da coppa go to sleepa," said the Italian peanut vender. "Why so. Dago?" asked the messenger boy. "Coza.When coppa sleepa no eata peanutta without paya." Chatter. Father Clara, what game was that yott were playing when 1 looked into the parlor last night? Clara Hide and seek. Father What was the kissing for? C!ara-Ub, that was the duty on the hides. Boa. ton Herald. Gus If yon don't give it to me at onco I'll kiss you. Madge-And lfl do give it to you you will let ae alone? Ous -Certainly. Madge Well you can't havo it. Bolton Meacon. Mrs. "Wickwire Oh, this is awful. Here's a story of a poor, starving woman in MassachU" setts selling her little child for bread. Mr.WIckwlre-Why, that was a regular swindle. Clear case or false pretense. Why didn't the sell it for meat? Ttrre Haute Express. Mr. Eowne de Bout That man, "W. Fear less Gall, has a castlron nerve. Do you know bim? Mr. Vandervelt Koosebilt-Cau't say that I do. 1 never met him but once, and that was the day be called to ask me, to be bis best man at his wed-ding.-Fuc. Success and happiness come to ns grad ually. You've got to bite through the bread and butter before you strike the chicken in your sand-wicb.-Puc. First Commercial Traveler I like to. strike Milwaukee. It's a lively town, with lt theaters and music gardens, athletic games going on all the time, bands of musio and processions constantly passing. Second Commercial Traveler I never saw any of that. I've always found Milwaukee a sober business city. First Commercial Traveler-I guess you never stayed there over Sunday. ..Puck. HEDGINO. "I've watched the clouds I guess I will Take shelter ere It rain; I do not like your Jill, Hill," Sajs Secretary Blaine. So let McKinley brew the stew, And reap the hurricane; But I 1 know a thing or two," Laughs Secretary Blaine. Fuel. i (,
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