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ISO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 month SO Sunday Dispatch. One Year 150 Weekly Dispatch, One Year. JS5 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 3! cents per week, or including Jsunday edition, it 3) cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY. AUG. IS. 1690. DALZELL ON QUAY. An interview with the Hon. John Dalzell, published in this taper, shows the Pitts burg Congretsman to possess more than the average bitterness of the House Bepublicans toward Senator Quay for his action on the Federal election bill. Mr. Dalzell has not been noted for his lore for Senator Quay for some time past; bnt his previous negative quantity of affection is nowhere beside bis , present and positive denunciation of the junior Senator. It is hardly necessary to consider all of Congressman Dalzell's reasons for disap proving of the Senator's course. One feat ure of his remarks, however, is so peculiar. as to call for notice. He animadverts on the idea which he perceives in Sena tor Quay's last proposition that what ever the Senate decides upon the House has got to agree to. There is, a somewhat higher principle in volved in the disposition of legislation. That is, that unless both the Senate and House agree to a given measure, it cannot 'be passed. Mr. Dalzell's apparent claim that because the House has passed the elections bill the Senate has got to do the same thing is a re markable view of constitutional legislation; and the intimation that Senator Quay will find ont his mistake is even more singular. The Senate does not have to ask the consent of the House to postpone legislation; and it is somewhat difficult to perceive what Mr. Dalzell means, nnless he intends to convey the threat that the House will kill the tariff bill unless the Senate passes the Federal election bill. As to party interests, the fact is patent to every one except the House leaders that the course of those gentlemen has put the Republican partv in a very unfavorable po sition. Senator Quay has the discretion to try to get out of the dilemma. The House policy seems to be to industriously make it worse. WOLFE SPEAKS TOR HIMSELF. The Republican organs have themselves .to thank tor the importance and signifi cance of the letter of Hon. Charles S. "Wolfe, giving his reasons for supporting Pattison, and of his speech at Lewisburg on "Wednesday, in which he made a terribly strong showing of the fact that Republican supremacy in this State means the rule of the corporations, while "Governor Pattison had the honesty and courage to stand by the hoodwinked and oppressed farmer against the chicanery and oppression of corporate power." Ordinarily, the fact tbat a man of such independence as "Wolfe, would sup port Pattison would be rather in the line of what was to be expected than an indication of much significance. But after Republic an organs from one end of the State to the other have elaborated the logic that Patti son had no chance because "Wolfe would not support him, these outspoken and ringing declarations from "Wolle himselr are given increased significance by the importance which the Republican press attached to his position. They have the more force be cause Mr. "Wolfe's utterances plainly show that popular interests are represented by the Democratic candidate. THE IMPERIAL MEETING. Their Imperial Majesties of Russia and Germany met at Narva yesterday amid ' "accessories of the most imposing character, "various Grand Dukes and Princes were put in command of the attendant fleets and military'body-guards. All this, parade was for the sake of emphasizing the fact that the two Emperors embraced each other and pro fessed eternal amity. After having done this to their hearts' content, each will re turn to his own realm and proceed to study "how to carry out his own selfish policy with out regard to thewirhes or rights of the other. This show of preserving peace by a meet ing of the monarchs has been a favorite method of European statecraft since the first Napoleon and Alexander met at Tilsit. But that meeting did not prevent the French Emperor from carrying his army to Moscow a year or two later, nor his Bussian brother from returning the compliment at Paris and de throning his imperial friend. It has never been more efficacious since; and tbe best commentary on the annual succession of pacific visits among the monarchs of Europe is the fact that each one of 'hem continues to strain his finances and burden his people with the cost of increasing his army and navy so as to be able to keep the peace effectively. In tbe meantime, this glitter and parade of the imperial meeting is set off by the fact that one of the Emperors lives in constant t fear of assassination and Internal con spiracies; while the statesman who created the empire of the other, is indulging in bit ter retrospect during the leisure of enforced retirement at home. A ROORBACK ON RECIPROCITY. It is rather amusing, to say the least, to leam from that Democratic authority, the "Washington correspondence of the New lUrk Star, that the probable result of ' Blaine's reciprocity policy will be "the loss of the Pacific States and Territories to the Republican party." "While Mr. Blaine was supposed to be a dissident from the Repub lican programme, tbe Democratic press was overflowing with praise for his statesman ship. But now that it is made a part of tbe programme, Democratic organs are discover ing how bad it is, and threutenas a result the less not only of the Pacific "States, bnt whatever Congressional and electoral votes the Territories may control The reason of this disastrous result of I reciprocity is alleged to be that the hated Chinaman s becoming too numer ous in the South American countries, and that the Californians do not propose to be brought into competition with the pauper labor of tbe proscribed Mon golian. This, as a specimen of political foresight, is something delicious. The reciprocity project contemplates the exchange of our flour, provisions and manu factures for the coffee, sugar and rubber of the Southern republics. How, even supposing all these products to be produced by Chinese labor, the American laborer would be brought into competition with it, is something that would pnzzle every one except a Dem ocratic organ anxious to catch at tbe ghost of material to make political capital out of. One fact makes this assertion especially ridiculous; and that is that the policy of reci procity, practically as Mr. Blaine proposes it, has been enjoyed by the Pacific coast for many years. The Hawaiian reciprocity treaty has given that side of the continent free sugar, largely raised by Chinese labor, ever since it went into effect. Ho proposi tion has yet come from the Pacific coast to repeal that treaty becanse it brings our work ingmen into competition with the Chinese. On the whole, if there is any such opposition to reciprocity from the Pacific coast, as is alleged, it will be because that section wishes to keep all the advantages of reciprocity to itself and to prevent the rest of the country from sharing them. POSITION OF THE TWO CANDIDATES. The Philadelphia Inquirer makes the fol lowing attempt at political argument, which is principally instructive as an example of wbat the Republican organs are reduced to in the line of campaign ammunition: Senator Delamater having denied to the com. plete satisfaction of all Republicans tbe charges against him. It is now in order for ex-Governor Pattison to deny the charge made by the Media Amencan that bis half a million dollar extra session of tho Legislature had no other purpose than the destruction of Samuel J. Randall. It Is a subject In which tbe Randall Democrats are deeply interested. It is not in order for ex-Governor Pattison to do anything of the sort, because the alleged "charge" has no parity to the direct impeachment of Senator Delamater's official integrity; and further, for the reason that every well-informed Pennsylvanian knows that Senator Cooper's yarn is purely the product of imagination. The reasons for calling an extra session of the Legislature were publicly stated, well kno iru and cred itable to Pattison. That body had by its partisanship and inefficiency failed to per form the duty enjoined upon It by the Con stitution, of apportioning the State "imme diately after each United States decennial census," and Governor Pattison called it together to do its duty. That it failed to do so, may be charged to the Republican idea that the Constitution is not binding on cor porations and members of the Legislature; but for tbat theory Governor Pattison is in nowise responsible. This allusion of the Delamater organ to the charges against its candidate, renders it pertinent to call attention to the shape in which these charges are left. Specific asser tions against Senator Delamater have been made of a character which it false would make his assailants both civilly and crim inally liable. If Senator Delamater had taken his detractors into court, the burden of proof would have been upon tbem; and a failure on their part to fully substantiate their charges would have vindicated him. He was challenged to take that course and has tailed to do so until it is probably too late to bring tbe matter to trial before elec tion. Under such circumstances a mere denial is a weak and impotent way to clear a man seeking public position from the charge that he has bought votes for himself and distributed a corruption fund in the Legislature. If our public affairs are to be kept clean and above suspicion of corruption it must be understood tbat when public men are charged with personal malfeasance of that sort their assailants will at once be required to produce tbe evidence or be punished for their slanders. A COMING FACTOR. The review of the growth of the Farmers' Alliance in Pennsylvania, which is given in a special telegram, shows that organiza tion to be spreading among the farmers of this State at a rate tbat promises to give it importance in tbe political situation before many years have passed. The objects of the organization are sufficiently distinct from those of the Grangers to make'it attractive to the farmers; and its political aims, while not so radical as those which have been adopted in the South, are far enough ad vanced to make some revolutions in legisla tion when the organization attains strength enough to make itself felt, At present its membership is not strong enough to force a hearing from the political powers that be; and the political custom is not to look far enough ahead to anticipate the appearance of new factors. But the Farmers' Alli ance may make itself ielt in the not very distant future. The distress of the New York Tribune over the fact that the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay is "playing into tbe bands of the enemy." and that of tbe Philadelphia Press because be is permitting "tho minority to rule tbe ma jority," are very pathetic Those anxious or gans may solace themselves over tbe fact tbat when the jnnior Senator of Pennsylvania plays into the bands of bis opponent be generally winds np by taking tbe odd trick, and tbat the majority of the Senate are in favor of laying aside the "sickly kitten" to recuperate another season. The Chicago newspapers ore turning np their noses at the idea of having lady managers of the World's Fair. This is unwise. In tbe present condition of that enterprise Chicago should gladly welcome any new kind of man agers in the hope that they will do some thing. The example of the Allegheny Fire De partment in giving the firemen of that city a vacation on fall pay has inspired tbe firemen of this city with tbe idea tbat Pittsburg ought to do as well as Allegheny. Everyone knows tbat the life of a fireman Is one of constant service and frequently recurring hazards, with a mini mum allowance for absence from duty. All will agree tbat tbe men who yield such constant and gallant service should be liberally treated, whatever difference of opinion tbere 'may be as to tbe details of tbe vacation proposition. The report tbat recent events have con vinced Speaker Reed of tbe necessity of abol Uhing tbe American House of Lords, other wise tbe United States Senate, is one of these premature fabrications which lacks confirma tion. Ab The Dispatch commented on the report that Robert Bonner was going to let Sunol trot for a wager of 310,000, it is no more than justice to notice the fact that Mr. Bonner writes to explain that under the terms of sale the control of that trotter was left out of bis hands for a year, and he has nothing to do with the proposed match. Mr. Bonner very cogently says: "I have never allowed any of my horses to trot for money. I have no idea of changing my lifelong position." It seems necessary to remind our friends the .Republican mouth organs, that the cbal; J THE lenge to take tbe people who made criminal charges against Senator Emery into the courts, has not yet been answered by any one. "Goodby to that corpulent old Treasury surplus if your Uncle Sen Butler ever gets a wback at it," remarks the Pbll- adelphla Press. The esteemed organ should read the statements of that eminent Republican, Senator Edmunds, in order to inform itself as to tho probability that the fat will all be 'taken out of the Treasury surplus by a Republican Congress long before Ben Butler can get a chance at It. The labor leader who says that 60 per cent of the miners are for Pattison will prob ably be accused of offensive partisanship; but it will not "be half so offensive as the partisan ship of tbe miners in voting for Pattison. "While it was reported a few days ago that Speaker Reed refused to let members of the Honse leave Washington to attend the Grand Army gathering, it seems tbat Major Mc Klnley was able to get there to answer Ben Butler. McKinley was the Tight man in the right place on tbat occasion; out taken in con nection with the former statements it looks as if leaves of absence, like osculation, go ty favor. Me. Bakes, of New York, seems to have been principally successful in the Honse on Friday, in proving that be did not know any better. Minister "Whiielaw Eeid's paper publishes the diplomatic correspondence of that gentleman, which proves most conclusive ly tbat the French prohibition of American products is unjust and unwise. The argument is a strong one; but the esteemed Tribune fails to produce any reasons to show wby the same view does not apply to the levying of an Ameri can tariff on grain and potatoes. The effort to give us another hot term met with an early deserved failure. No more hot waves this year are wanted. The report from Boston is to the effect that General R. A. Alger enjoyed tbe G. A. R. parade and the shouts with which be was greeted of "Hurrah for tbe next President!" How General Harrison enjoyed it is not stated; but Alger will do well to be on bis guard against attacks more vital than those of the shooters on his barret PEBS0KAL HEmON. Gekoktjio, the retired Apache warrior, has been baptized into the Catholio Church. Judge Thomas Wilson, of Winona, who wants to be Governor of Minnesota, declmes to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress in the First district. Grace Greenwood (Mrs. Llpplncott) has a cottage at Manlton Springs, Cot. and recently made an old-time, burro-back trip to the sum mit of Pike's Peak. Bbighax Young's youngest daughter an nonnces that she will shortly lecture on Mor monism through the English provinces, which announcement has called forth a protest from the clergy. Jennie "Williams, a soubrette for Tony Pastor, and of late an ornament of various Lon don concert halls, is said to be about to lead to the altar Lord Lawrence Petre, of Coptfold Hall, Essex. Pbof. Samuel lockwood, of New Jersey, President of the United States Hay Fever As sociation, which meets at Bethlehem, N. H., August 26, says there are about 200,000 hay fever sufferers in the United States. The international cremation conference was assembled in Berlin while the Kaiser was visit ing England, but he was telegraphed to by the members of the conference and his support was asked for their project The reply of tho Kaiser was brief and beyond appeal. It read: "1 do not approve of cremaf.on." Mrs. Maby Morris Husband, who is re membered by many thousands of tbe soldiers in the late war as "Mother" Husband, tbe tender and untiring none, was a guest at tho Grand Army encampment at Boston last week. Her paternal grandfather was Robert Morris, and her maternal Bishop White. State senator Coqgeshall, of the Oneida district, has recently crossed tbe Rocky Mountains riding on the cowcatcher of the Ca nadian Pacific Railway train. He tells a Ta coma reporter tbat so impressed was be with the grandncss of tbe scenery tbat at times he felt like shouting like an untamed redskin. One of the conspicuously handsome girls of Chicago is Miss Kathleen McDonald, who Is but 19 years of age. She is connected with some of the leading families of Ireland, notably the Marquis of Sligo and several dignitaries of the church. She affects Greek draperies, and her classic cut of features enables her to wear them with much success. Senator Kenna. or West Virginia, is not in the best of bealtb, and his physician has strictly forbidden his attending to any pnblio duties at present. The Senator has, therefore, rented a workshop near bis residence, and may be found there any day working on a boat which he is building for navigating the upper waters of the Potomac CUBEEHT TIMELY TOPICS. Senator Hoar, according to bis own affi davit, is a mighty poor man. Perbaps he only Imagines himself poor when he looks through the Senate Chamber and sees nothing bnt millionaires on all sides of him. t t t T There aro drygoods firms In New York City who pay clerks from 110,000 to $30,000 a year. For fear all the clerks in this city will take the sr6t train for the metropolis, it mleht be well to state that these same firms have clerks who receive as low as S per week. It is authoritatively stated tbat Speaker Beed has been compelled to take a reef In his sash. Obstreperous Republicans are the cause of the shrinkage. BY passing the anti-lottery bill the House of Representatives has demonstrated the fact that the do wags the tall, and not tbat the tall wagged the dog, as many people have been led to believe. t t t The persons who are guilty of purloining Senator Quay's messenger should be punished. It looks very much as though they were carrying the war into Africa. t t t David Bennett Hill, of New York, in. tends visiting Minneapolis the latter part of Sep tember, and the biggest kind of demonstration will be gotten up for him. The people of that city are deserving of this punishment for the manner in which they padded tbe census returns, t t t The Texas Republicans will bold their con vention in September, provided a sufficient num ber can be found- In the State to call it a conven tion, ttt An Irate Chicago parent kicked a boy all aronnd a block because the lad was trying to steal a kiss from his daughter, and if the old man's boots hadn't given out the boy would have been kicked into the lake. It served the boy right for wanting to kiss a Chicago girl, t t t John L- Sullivan is to impersonate a blacksmith in his new play and Is studying hard dally. Many of his friends are of the opinion that, as it is the first work he has been guilty of doing for these.many moons, it is liable to result disas trously BLUE RIBBON SPEAKEBfl. A Large Audience Fallows tho Arguments of Trmperance Orators. Tbe meeting of tbe Sons of Temperance last night was attended by a very large audience, and was intensely interesting to thorn. It was in charge of Mr. L. Mooney, who introduced Mrs. Huntly, the evangelist She delivered an interesting address. Tbe new Manchester lodge was present and some of the members spoke briefly. Tbe Moorhead W. C.T. U. held.its regular meeting at tbe hall on Grant street. Mrs. J. M. Foster presided, and Rev. McGaw, Mrs. W. Getty and Mrs. R. H, Jones delivered short addresses. HIGH SPEED ATTAINED. Tbe Crnlser Pnn Frnncloco 31nb.es Over Klnrteen Knots. San Francisco, August 17. The new cruiser San Francisco, dnring a preliminary trial trip on the bay yesterday; developed the highest rate of speed she has yet attained. Information is given by reliable authority tbat with EX) pounds of steam and 120 revolu tions ber speed was at the rate of lOJi knots per bonr, which is three-quarters of a knot over contract requirement FlTTSBirBGr DISPATCH," AT OBERAMMERGAU. THE PICTURESQUE VltLAGE RENOWNED BY TriE PASSION PtAY. Rev. George Hodges Gives an Account of a Journey In tbe Rain to the Remote Bavarian Town Thonsandi Crowd the Llttlo Place to Witness tho Grand Spec taclc. WRITTEN TOR THE DISPATCH..! 'J'nE little Bavarian village of Oberammergau is among the highlands, three hours' rldo by rail to tbe south from Munich. It seems the last place in tbe world to be chosen for thebat tle ground of a plague One would think tbat the clear air and pure water of this mountain valley would have been a defense against tbe arrows of pestilence stouter than all tbe battle mented walls of mediaeval Europe. Neverthe less, here came tbe plague, now two centuries ago and more, and tpero were grave and well founded fears that tbe quaint bouses of tbe little village would be left without inhabitants. Within a month nearly a hundred people died. Tbe others accordingly met in tbe parish church and made a solemn vow. They prom ised, after long prayer, that if they might be spared they would perform every ten years they and their children after them a repre sentation of the Death upon tbe Cross and of tbe Way of Sorrows that led up to it And the plague ceased. Passion plays were not uncommon in those times. In English Chester players on great carts were drawn along the streets setting forth the central truths of the Christian creed in such rude combination of tableau and sermon as they were capable of. In tbe advice to the players, in "Hamlet," to "out-Herod Herod" was a reminiscence of tbe days when Herod was a leading character in the Play of the Passion. Here in Europe there were many places, in city streets, in the cloisters of con vents, in the chancels of churches, where, in the times when people had no printed bibles, the Bible was act,ed out so that everybody could read it. Sometimes the plays were well done and sometimes 111. It depended, as It does with any acting, upon the players. Many times, in those generations wherein adoration and Irreverence seem to have strangely fraternized, tbe plays were coarse and vnlgar and anything but morally uplifting. Tbe devil was the favorite actor, playing tbe part of clown. But often, in the hands of good men, tbe plays were ser mons ofAho most effective kind. A Middle Ago Custom. TT YTDently the plays which wero performed in the neighborhood of Oberammergau wire of the good sort. The peasants felt that such an act as the performance of a passion play must be pleasing and acceptable to God. That speaks well for the plays. The Bavarian peasants are naturally religious. Nowhere elseln Europe do you see so many wayside shrines and crucifixes. And thus out of the middle ages, almost the sole survival of tbat ancient custom, came this Passson Play, which for tbejpast two centaries has been celebrated at Oberammergau every ten years. We left Munich on a rainy Saturday morn ing. Drip, drip, fell the drops from tbe eaves of tbe Bayerischer Hop, and danced upon the roof of the omnibus that took us to the station, and spattered on the windows of tbe cars. Nevertheless thousands of people, un deterred by weather, were buying tickets and boarding railway carriages. All for the same place, all bound upon the same pilgrimage. There were SO cars on our train, all filled full. And another train, equally long and crowded, followed in half an hour. Tbe road lay among the mountains, dimly seen through the misty windows, and past pleasant lakes which were frowning at the sky on that wet Saturday, and along by villages of red-tiled houses, each village clustered about its church with long slender spire uplifted. Here and there by the way were crucifixes. At the cross-roads stood tbe watchman, present ing arms after the German fashion, as the train passed. On the Bond lo Oberommergan. The railroad ends at Oberan. From there to tbe village of the Passion Flay is about five miles. This we bad to do by omnibus. And in the rainl Such a crowd of people tramping about in tbe mud at tbat little station. There were Tyrolese peasants, with green, befeathered hats, and vests with doable rows of round flat silver buttons, and coats faced with green, ana trousers elaborately embroidered, shorter than knickerbockers, and thick, stockings of green yarn without feet and leaving a half dozen inches of sun-burned knee above, and shoes with big nails in tbe soles; and Roman priests in long black cassocks; and English parsons with wide-brimmed hats and straight colars; and peasant women, with head-dress of black silk, tight fitting and streaming down their backs, wear ing the reddist of red petticoats, I failed to see a friar, but tbere were plenty of tbem at Innsbruck, and I doubt not some were at Ober ammegau as well, looking as If they had stepped straight out of one of Zamacols' pict ures, in brown gown and cowl and white rope girdle, with tonsured head and sandaled feet. Nor did I see a soldier, but there must have been some somewhere. You cannot walk two blocks in any European town without running against some man iu uniform. Such a crowd of people! And such a con fusion of tonguesl People jabbering in Ger man, people chattering in French, people con versing in the stately language of the United States of America! But of these last not many. So we went on toward Oberammergau. It was a steady climb. At Innsbruck, upon a leaf In one of the most remarkable autograph albums in the world, Longfellow wrote the first verse of "Excelsior." Tbat was tbe motto of the way along that road. The mountains tow ered up on every Slue, some with lines of snow about the top. Down came the mountain tor rents, all fury and foam.rushingover tbestones into deep ravines beneath the road. At every turn was the carved figure of Him whose pas sion was on tho morrow to be commemorated. Then we came to the monasteryofEttal.no longer inhabited by monks. They combined the practical with the pious, those good men of old, and made beer as well as prayers, and were well thought of in all the country round for both their good petitions and their good pota tions. The prayers have long since bad tbe last amen recited, but the brewery is still at work, and over tbe door is still to be read, as the old monks wrote it, "God bless the beer of Ettal." After Ettal a high, steen, solitary and cross-crowned cliff comes in sight, and beneath it, along the meadows, beside tbe banks of the little river Ammer, lies Oberammergau. An Oul-of-lho-Woy Tillage. 'T'he village was' more full of people and wagons and venders' stalls than was ever country town at fair time Oberammergau is still a backwoods village, wbioh the nineteenth century baa touched but slightly. Tbe streets are built, like Boston, along the meandering cowpaths of tbe original meadow. Tbe houses are low, built of stone, with wooden roof, pro jecting its eaves far ovor sides and front and back, and carved beams in the shadows of tbe angles. Nearly every bouse bas a cross at its front gable Many houses have their roofs well freighted down with rows of great rough stones laid on the tiles. The outside walls are smoothly plastered, and decorated, in many cases, with queer mural paintings. The pict ures are almost all of a religious character. Tbe streets are aisles in tbe queerest picture gallery in the world. Our errand, first of all, was to tbe burgo meister, from whom we held an order reserving " a place in the theater and a lodging in the village Several thousand other people had the same errand. Tbe burgomeuiter sat in his room at the top of tbree flights of stairs. Those three flights of stairs were packed with people from top to bottom. That was the only way of getting up, and there was no other way of getting down. Up aloft at the burgomeister's door, people were admitted in blocks of five. And when they had got their tlcket-and-lodging orders filled they had to push their way down those tbree crowded flights oi stairs. Tbat was inter esting for everybody! It was the only ill-managed thing la Oberammergau. Arrived at last at tbe burgomeister's desk, we learn that all reservations lapse on Friday. Our seats are gone, our lodgings have departed with them. Somebody else has got them. We have to bo content with tbe best tbat still re mains. This best is a place outsido in the un roofed part of the theater, and a lodging In Unterammergau, two or tbree miles away. And still it rains. ., . However, it is a very bad thing which has no MONDA,' AUGUST '18, good side anywhere. We found a man with an einspanner, driving one horse and after the curious customs of this country, having the Dole which we use with two horses; and thus we got to our lodgings at Unterammergau. Here we were, tben, in this out-of-the-way Bavarian village,in the house of peasantjpeople. lodged with a family who know not one single word of the language which is Bpoken In tbe land of the free and the home of thebrave. It is astonishing bowone's memory of old German lessons is quickened under such circumstances. Howjconjugatlons and declensions and long-ago vocabularies somehow come back. Whoever has never been to Germany has no idea how much German be really knows. Ilotel Accommodations. A long, low hall, with bare floor, ending at one side in a narrow and precipitous ascent leads to oar room. Tbe ceiling is low, the floor nncarpeted, and it is provided after the German fashion, that the sleeper shall get what slumber he may, nnder a feather bed. The walls are hung with bright colored prints of religious pictures. One is a copy of Ru ben's "Holy Trinity" which is IntheOldPina kothek at Munich. Tbe favorite pair of pic tures, several times repeated, show the Master and the Virgin Mother with hearts pierced and flaming, symbols of divine love and sympathy. Between two windows is a great crucifix, ter ribly realistic and unbeautif ul, thorn-crowned and blood-stained. Beneath it are vases of flowers such as grow in our own meadows, daises, and buttercups and forget-me-nots. The living room down stairs is also hung with the same kind of pictures in bright reds and bines. Here, too, are crucifixes. Beneath one crucifix is a cup of holy water. From tbe knob of a closet door halt a dozen strings of beads hang ready for praying fingers. Almost half tbe room is filled up with tbe great green earthenwaro store, having a bench all around it, comfortable, no doubt in tho Alpine weather of the highland winter. After a supper of bread and beer the beer of Ettal the family go out in tbe kitchen and we hear them saying prayers together. Tbe rainy streets in Oberammergau are full of people. Tbere are six thousand here this wet Saturday an addition of six thousand strang ers to the small fifteen hundred inhabitants of tbe little village! Two thousand will be turned away to-morrow morning from tbe doors of the Passion Theater, finding no room. For them there will be arepctltlouoftherepresentation on Monday. There have been more visitors to tbe Passion Play this year than ever before in all its history. Tbe play Is performed every Sun day from June 1 to September 25, with occa sional Wednesdays. But so great are the crowds, that additional Monday representa tions have come to be almost a regular neces sity. Tbe village orchestra parades the streets, cannon are fired from tbe neighboring hillside, people aro talking In groups at the corners, or looking at the queer honses and the queer costumes, or buying wood carvings at the houses of the villagers. Oberammergau is astir with anticipation. So the sun goes down on Saturday. And still it rains! G.H. A DOUBLE O0SS OF SHAKE VENOM. Sirs. Root's Extraordinary Experience With Copperhenda In Ohio. Galion, O., August 17. Mrs. Mary Root, of Mamsbury, the day before the Fourth of July was bitten on her forehead by a copperhead snako while she was pnttlng a pie on tbe swing shelf in her cellar, tbe snake having climbed to the shelf 'in some way and lying there colled. The poison of tbe snake affected Mrs. Root so seriously that for several days she was not ex pected to live, being most of the time delirious. Tbe venom finally succumbed to treatment, and Mrs. Root gradually recovered, being able to get out of the house for the first time last week. Yesterday she went into tbe yard to bang up clothes. She had hsr clothespins in a muslin bag. She laid the bag on the ground until she was ready to use it When she thrust her hand into the bag to take ont some clothespins her middle finger was seized by something, and Instantly a shock of excruciating pain flashed from her finger to ber shoulder. She quickly drew her finger from the bag and drooped the bag on the ground The instant it struck the ground a copperhead snake ran out of tbe bag and hur ried away in the grass. Mrs. Root's cries brought aid to her, but sbo became blind and delirious before she could be taken to the honse. She Is now lying in a precarious state, and Dr. Ball donbts tbat sbe will survive this second injection of copperhead venom into ber system while it was still affected by tbe first charge. Tbe copperhead and its mate were found in tbo high grass not far from where Mrs. Root was bitten, and both were killed. Two cows and a horse running in pasture on a farm adjoining the Root place were found dead and much swollen on different days of last week. Tbe owner believed that they bad been poisoned by a hired man he had dis charged, and he started for tbe Justice's office to swear ont a warrant for the man's arrest On bis way to the Justice's the farmer took a short cut through the pasture where the cattle bad died. When half away across be was startled by a shrill rattle, and discovered in a bunch of grass ahead of him the deadly coll of a massassanqna, or marsh rattlesnake. He killed the poisonous reptile and went no farther. He knew that the massassauqua and not the hired man had killed his cows ana horse. CURE FOB SNAKE BITES, Two Antidote! Tbat Have Been Tried and Never Known to Fall. From tbe St Louis Bepubllc From Condon, Gilliam county. Ore., Dr. W. F, Alexander writes that daring the 44 years he has practiced his profession eight cases of rat tlesnake and copperhead bites have been suc cessfully treated by him. His principal remedy was discovered in 1851, while treating Edward Handford for a rattler bite on top of the right foot Blood was oozing from tbe eyes, ears, nose mouth and other openings in Handford's body. He had swallowed large quantities of whisky, and was nearly dead when the doctor took him in hand. In lieu of ammonia Dr. Al exander administered a strong solution con. cocted from the following formula: Iodide of potassium, 1 ounce; pure water, 16 ounces; mix. Tho dose is a dessertspoonful once in 20 minutes. In one case the first dose was rejected by tbe stomach, bnt the second dose given In hve minutes, was retained and at once allayed the nausea and the man recovered in eight days. Dr. Alexander works on the theory that snake poison is intensely aciduous. and iodide of potassium, being one of the most active of alkaline remedies, quickly enters tbe circula tion and neutralizes the poison. Another letter comes from a retired United States Armv offi cer residing in San Diego, who desires that his identity be concealed nnder tbe nom de plume "Subscriber." He states tbat Prince Paul, of Wurtemburg. a famous chemist in his day, dis covered the following antidote tor snake poi son: Iodide of potassium, four grains: corro sive sublimate, two grains; bromide, five drams; mix. Keep in glass stoppered vial. Take ten drops of this mixture diluted with one or two tablespoonsful of wine or brandy. Dose to be repeated if necessary. IK M0UBNIHG FOB A H0ESE. The Oldest Animal In tbe Reading Fire De partment Barled Yesterday. Reading, August 17. "Dollie,' the oldest borse in the Reading Are department was buried yesterday on De Turk's farm, in Exeter township. She was a beautiful animal, white in color, and had reached the age of 26 years. For 16 years the had been in constant service as one of the engine horses of tbe Friendship Fire company. At a special meeting of the company it was resolved to drape the mare's picture, and S. J. Rlsb, William Deeter and George Deose were appointed a committee to superintend tbe buriau Tbe handsome white tall of the animal will be put in tbe bands of a taxidermist and her shoes nickel plated, after which they will be preserved In a glass case as a memento. EJLEEY NOT THROUGH, Tbo Ex-Senator Has a Baneh of Facts In Storo for Delamater. Bradford special to Philadelphia Times.) I propose at a time and place not yet deter mined upon to give the public a Dunch of facts as undeniable as Mr. Delamater's Chambers burg denial was broad and Inexplicit The day in wbicb unscrupulous politicians could sweep away with a wave of tbe hand stains of cor rnption with which they are tainted has gone by with me and should be with every thinking and well-meaning citizen in tbe 8tate. Lewis Emebt, Jr. A Hint to Wives. Prom Harper's Bazar, Tbe wlte of to-day might And the biography of ber grandmother profitable reading. She was not wise in Greek and Hebrew, and never dreamed of Ibsen, yet was a gentlewoman to the core, in whom the heart of her husband safely trusted, because she did him good and not evil all the days of her life, 1890. OUR SHORT STORIES. ' AN ARTICtE OF VALUE. QNGxoaa time Senator Blackburn, of Ken tucky, was visiting the Indian Territory, and riding one day far out on the plains of that region be met a lone Indian. "How, How?" passed between tbem, and thrn the Indian, with tbe inquisitiveness wbicb is strong m tbe race, despite the character for stoicism with which tbe American aborigine is credited, put the question: "Where from?" "Kentucky," replied the Senator. "Good." almost gleefully, the Indian responded. "From Kentuck; give Injun whisky." "Can't do it." said the Sena tor. "Injun give horse for whisky." "No." persisted the Senator. "Horse and gun." And yet the Senator refused. The In dian continued to add to his offer other articles, his saddle, girth and other trappings, and yet he failed. "He would have given me everything he had about him," said the Senator, "for half-pint of whisky, and bis borse, gun and saddle were all very valuable In fact, I never saw an Indian so well equipped, nor one so anxious for a dram." "If the arti cles were so valuable," said a friend, "why didn't you make the trade? Certainly, from your own showing, yon would have bad much the best of tbe bargain." "Indeed,I would not," confidently the Senator declared, "for 1 was at least ten miles from my supplies, and tbat half pint the Indian wanted was all I had with me. But I never saw anybody want whisky more than that Indian did." HER TIME TO COME TO THE FRONT. , A unt Cindy," said a white woman to her colored cook, "I hear that your daugh ter is married." "Deed sbe is, honey, an' dat's do reason I didn't come ter cook nothin' fur yon yistldy. Yas, de chile is dun maird, an' er heep is tuck often my mine." "Did sbe do well?" "Ob, yasum, mighty welt Maird er man dat will weigh putty nigh two bunnud pounds." "I mean Is her husband worth anything?" "I doan know how he is at de presen er ca sion, but da tells me dat he is er powerful bandy pusson. W'y ho 4un sarvea two years In de penytenchy all on er count o' his hand! ness. Yas, monstus bandy pusson, Dave Is." 'T should have tbonght that yon would ob ject to your daughter being married by a man tbat has been in tbe penitentiary." "Ob,wellum, some folks is er little skittish thatter way, but I neber wuz foolish. Ex long1 ez a man is put in de penytenchy for stealin' chickens, w'y it shows dat be wants sutbin' good ter eat at bis house Now dar's my son Tom. Er honester chile neber libed, bnt I doan like ter go ter his house an' stay, caze he neber has nothin' ter eat, but it ain't datter way wid Ben, you better bleDe it ain't. Da has Ben in jail ever once in er while, bnt w'en I goes ter bis bouse you better blebe dar's sutbin' fltten ter eat. I come ter tell you dat I kain't cook fur you no mo'." "Why?" "Wall, daughter she gwino cook f ur Mlz Willcox, now, an' ez I been taken er naff staff home ter 'sport ber ebersensel been cookin' fur you, w'y it is hur time ter come ter do front nid me. Good day, lady." RARE RUSTIC MAID. T saw her hastening o'er the sward 1 That skirts the shady lane; Distress looked from her moistening eyes, Her checks were flushed by pain. She sped with footsteps light and quick Along the dewy way, And scattered pearls where'er her feet' In dimpled impress lay. Panting she flew; the wanton breeze Toyed with her streaming hair, And boldly limned her rustic charms Most beauteous and rarel "Stay, maiden, stayl" I softly cried, 1 lain thy grief would know: What sorrow heave tby gentle breast And bids thy tears to flow?" "Has fate to thee been most unkind? Or lover proved untrue? Why flee ye from thy rustle roof ? Tell me, fair maiden do!" The sweet maid's lips quick answer gave Lips opening as a bud; "I'm scootln' fer the hoss doctor, Our cow has lost her cudl" HAD COMPASSION ON HIM. 'The little crowd at the cross-roads "grocery" bad taken a drink after concluding its game of "pitching horseshoes" at a peg, and was about to break up when Jim Peters rode up. "Howdy," said Jim. "Light and look at yer saddle, Jim," said the grocery keeper. "Bleeged ter yer, bnt I hain't got time." "Whar you been?" asked one of the party as he bit off the end of a twist of 'long green' to bacco. "Ter town." "Whut's er goin' on in town?" "Cou't is er settln' an' they has er powerful cu'ls sawt er cuss f er er jedge, too. I went in an' I sot down on er bainch jes' as ther she'iff brung Sam Smedley in. The jedge sot np in 'is pulpit an' be says, s'sc 'Smedley, yer air charged with stealin' uv er hawg. Air yer guilty er not guilty?' Smedley's voice shook an' he said so slow and sorter pitiful, s'se, Guilty.' " 'Whut have yer ter say whysentence should not be pronounced?' "Smedley's lawyer got up an' he made er talk. Then the jedge says, 'Stan' up, Smedley,' and up he got, lookin' white an' weak er bout tbe gills. The jedge says, s'se: "'Smedley, yer lawyer says yer have alters bin hones' tell now; yer have bin er good man, yer hain't had n bad habits, yer halu'tben a drunkard ner er fighter, and yer air er good neighbor and er good citizen, an' he wants me to ley yon off easy. I am glad to bear wbnt er good feller yer air, Smedley; 1 like to know yer ain't no drunkard ner fighter. Hit pleases me powerful ter fin' yer air er good neighbor an' er good citizen. All these things, Smedley, make me say I'll jes' give yer the limit, five years in tbe pen, and I'm powerful sorry I can't sen' yer f er life.' " BLACKS5AKE SLEPT WITH BABY. It s Found Colled Up at the Foot of tbo Cradle Nomine From the Bottle. A big blacksnake was found colled up In the swinging cradle at Carlisle, Fa., In which Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fredericks' baby was auletly sleeping. Mr. and Mrs. Fredericks are occupy ing their mountain cottage near Penmar. Tbe baby wag placed in the swinging cradle by tbe nurse girl, who left it for a time When sbe returned she found a blacksnake coiled up at the baby's feet A nursing bottle, from which the snako had taken all the milk, was lying between tbe serpent and the baby. Tbe girl's screams aroused the household and frightened the snake, which tried to get away, but was killed by Mr. Fredericks. The baby was not injured. A REMINISCENCE OF '64. Welt yes, I was a soldier. I served till the war was done. Oar company mustered ont but ten That 'listed la '61. 'Tis little you young folks know or war, And I pray you may never know, It's a terrible terrlole thing at best Every vet here can tell yon so. And I hold the time is coming Wheu right will be understood. And no means used that breaks a law, For all God's lawsare good. It was my turn on picket One night in early Jane, The air was fall of mnslo My heart had caughtlts tone While paelng in tbe moonlight My mind ran to and f re To mother, and the dear old home, To father aud brother Joe. Our parent died, we were ten years old, Twin brothers, Joe aud me A Down East farmer took me home Joe went to Tennessee. Ten years bad passed, we had never met But somehow that summer night With Its shining mo'op, brought bis face again So plainly, to my sight. I heard a step, "Halt! who goes there?" The moon shone bright as day. And through tne bushes I saw a man, And he wore a suit of gray. 1 saw his bayonet glisten. And quicker than I cau tell A flash a shot and by the brook The wounded rebel fell. I was by him In amoment. To stop the red blood's flow, When my God! the revelation. That reb was brother Jnei Traitor," you say, "to his country;" Welh-frlend, that may be so. But whether In blue, or whether in gray, Ho was still my brother Joe. - -at JilliaLamb Martyn in Boston Glob, OUR MAIL POOCH. An Instance Where Ibe Hydrophobia PHI Failed lo Effect a Care. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I notice quite a lengthy piece in Sunday's Dispatch about Dr. Marcband and bis hydro phobia treatment In tbe article Marcband is qnoted as never failing to core. Now 1 do not wish to say one word for or against Dr. Marchand's treatment as lam not a doctor and consequently not competent to give any opinion. But I wish to set The Dispatch straight on this matter as far as I am able. About the year 1816 or 1847, u bntcherby tbe name of Peter Houck lived and carried on business in East Liberty, on wbat is now known as Penn avenue, just east of the Pennslyvania Railroad crossing. Houck usually kept two or three large dogs, and at such times as tbere was no meat in his slaughter bonse they wonld pen the dogs in it One mornlngaf ter penning the dogsln the slaughterhouse. Honck's blred man went to let tbe dogs out and on entering found a strange dog amongthem that did not seem to want to get out He ordered him out, and when he refused to go tbe man stepped into the room adjoining and took down a whip and made a cut at the dog, whereupon the animal jumped at bis face and scored nlm down tbe right side of the nose and then rr.n ont. as soon as tbe matter became known it seemed to be the universal opinion tbat tbe dog was mad. Peter Houck at once started for Marchand's for one of his pills. William Woolslayer, who is still living I believe, was called in to shoot all of Hoaek's dogs. I wit nessed the shooting. Some 13 or II days after tbe man was bitten he went mad and died In great agony, although he had taken one of Marchand's pills. Before he had taken a fit tbe man went to Houck's wife, Houck being ab-JJ-ut and told her that be was going mad. and that she had better get some men and secure blip so he could do no barm. This she did. When the fit would pass off he would plead for Pf, one to shoot him and end his misery, and I believe he seemed to think Woolslayer ought to do it. I think there are several of the old East Liberty "boys" yet living that will re member this case Robert MoLain. Rochester, Pa., Aug. 18. Oar Steamship Lines. To the Editor ot The Dispatch : That bald-beaded misstatementthat has been going the rounds of the press for many years "that the Cunard Steamship Line have never lost a man or ship by accident for 41 years" has again been resurrected, apd even crept Into your carefully guarded columns on the 12th Inst The Cunard Steamship Company is a carefully managed company, and for many years had remarkable luck, but they have bad their share of accidents as well as other well conducted lines. It is only two or three short years ago that they lost odo of their finest and floetest steamers, tbe Oregon, by accident just outside of New York Harbor, and she lies at the bottom yet Tbo White Btar Line have just as good a record, and other good lines are crnwdine them closely. Ocean traveling is as safe as railway traveling nowaduvs. SOUTHSJIDE, August 16. EX-CAPTAIN. Ex-Captain neglects to state that not a single life was lost when the Oregon went down. The Oregon was not classed as a Cunarder, but on tbat trip was under control of the company. Injustice ta ibe Soldier. To the Editor or The Ills pi ten: Are you not wrong in the position yon take concerning the dispute between Mr. McKinley and General Butler, as expressed in yonr edi torial in The Dispatch? Wbat are the facts? The Government agreed to pay the soldier in gold, or its equivalent but paid him (in the language of Hon. Tbad. Stevens) In a "purposely depreciated cur rency." On the other hand, it contracted with the bondholder to pay the interest in gold and tbe principal ln"lawfulmoney,"orgreenbacks. and then changed this agreement to gold for both principal and Interest; and this, too after the war was over. This was a twofold injustice to both the soldier and the taxpayer of the country. The plea of "patriotism" is all right: but wby confine it to the soldier alone? Ought it not to apply to the bondholder as well? Charles Bonsail. Pittsbubo, August 16. He Defends His Cliy. To the Editor of Tho Dispatch: Tbe welfare of this nation is in tbe keeping of the press. The special section in the care of a Pittsburg afternoon paper is the Columbian exhibition of 1893, judging from an editorial beaded: "Congress must act" In its issue of Saturday evening. As a citizen ot Chicago I beg to protest against such utter "rot" as it contains. I rise to amend tbe motion of your esteemed cotemDorarv bv sufrrastlntrthnt ?nn. gress delegate to its editor foil power to settle this question of site at Chicago, on the simple principle that fools step la where angels fear to tread, aud that, according to a French author ity, the first qualification for writing the critique of a book is noc to have read it. By all means Congress must take some "action" adjourn, for Instance. AUGUST E. GAUS, FrrrsBUBO, August 16. A CbuncD for Christians. To the Editor of The Hlspatcn: On account of the dire calamity (the Johns town flood) that is still fresh in tbe minds of the people, the press of the country created sufficient agitation to canso instituted one of the noblest works (In the shape of prompt action in charities bestowed) that ever man be held. Now would it not be equally as befitting for the cause of humanity to adopt similar measures for the mitigation of tbe sufferings of those poor, unfortunate, persecuted Hebrews. ALLEOHENT, August 16. A CHRISTIAN. Markets In Chicago. To the Editor of The Dispatch i Is there a place in Chicago where produce, eta. is sold as at the Pittsbnrg market hnuse? Pittsbubo, August 16. J. o. L. Chicago bas no regular market house, we understand; out of course, there are places and plenty of them where produce and provisions are sold. An Omlsaton Noted. To the Editor of The Dispatch : That part of Chatham street between Wylle avenue and Clay alley bas been overlooked or not looked at in the recent patching of the roadbed of above street by tbe Department of Hiebwavs. That part needs repairs. Fritz. Pittsbubo, August 16. In KlnfTordnhlre. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please inform me through the columns of your paper what shire Burton-on-Trent in En gland. Is in. tv. H. E. PrrrsBUBO, August 16. Merely as n naarnntre of Good Faith. From the Pnnxsatawney Spirit. The report comes to us apparently well au thenticated and duly corroborated that a black snake 14 feet long and 21 Inches In circumfer ence was recently killed near the old Walls tavern stand on the Pike near West Liberty. Fourteen feet is too long for a blacksnake, and we cannot believe this story nnless tbe reptile's skin is produced, accompanied by tbe proper affidavits. WHAT THEY THINK OF QUAY. Jones heartily indorses Quay and Delamat er. Philadelphia Inquirer. The Star sees about Quay and bis methods next to nothing to admire. New York Star. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, is of the opin ion tbat as a leader Matbew Stanley Quay knows how to lead. New York World. Senator Quay and Speaker Reed are not partners in the harmony, peace and olive branch business any longer. Washington Evening Star. The Senators who are following Mr. Quay's erratic lead are big men, undoubtedly. But they are not bigger than the Republican party. New York Tribune. The Democrats found Senator Quay a tborn in their flesh In 1883 and tbey are exceedingly anxious to gee him out of the road before '92. West Chester Hepublican. Senator Quat says, virtually, if we cannot get that force bill through in time to control tbe fall elections, what's tbe use of it anyway? Save the party the odium. Lofty statesman ship. Toledo See. So far as "playing- Into the bands of the Democrats" is concerned, we should suppose that our esteemed cotemporary, the Tribune, might allow Matthew Stanley Quay to look out for himself. New York Sun. Will Quay be read out of the Republican party? Is the Senator losing caste as a Stal wart? Judging from the tone of the Republi can papers an outsider wonld conclude that Mr. Quay bad committed political hari-kari. jnlkesbarrt Leader. The Democratio Senators are getting their sober second thought on tbe question of help ing Quay's scheme and if they are wis tbe? will have no band in it Whether this or any thing like it canlie pat through without Dem ocratic help b by so means certain. .flew York Times. ' , CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A State official of Maine is wearing a straw hat which he bought in 1859. Sign in a Prohibition town in New Jer sey : "Soda water, root beer, ginger ale saisa parilla, ETC." k ' It takes about three seconds for a mess age to go from one end of tbe Atlantic cable to the other about 700 miles a second. A cow belonging to a farmer in Oliver township, Jefferson county, gave birth to three calves recently, all of which ara Hying and Glanders broke ont in a band of horses owned by Colonel Waters, of Miles City.'Mont., and 16 animals were killed to prevent the dis ease spreading. What seems to be a snbteiranean pass age, leading southeast, has been discovered in Sbelbyville. Ind., where the recent explosion of natural gas occurred. A certain Maine locality boasts of a cat tbat on finding, tbe other day, one of its kittens dead, took it into tbe garden, deliberately dug a grave for it and buried it A horse in Waterbnry, Conn., is inordi nately fond of pie, and often, walking to tbe kitchen door, refuses to leave until his appe- ur lub uainty is sausuea. Ernest C. Eowe, of New Haven, Conn., started this week on a bicycle for tbe Paciflo coast. He goes as a newspaper correspondent, and bargains on reaching tbere December 10. A revolution is taking place in the drinking habits ot the Japanese The rice brandy called "saki," which bas been so long tnetr national beverage, is being supplanted by beer brewed after tbe German method. A pair of belligerent bulls, engaged in a fierce battle on the track of the Astoria and South Coast Railroad the other day, and for nearly half an hour tbe trainmen were unable to drive them away in order to get the train through. An interesting experiment is being tried byjlhe Portland, Ma, National Bank. It Is mnning a savings department in connection with its regular business. Deposits are not re ceived in a trust capacity but are loaned to the bank, are payable on demand, and if allowed to remain the interest will be compounded semi-annually. A Frenchman fond of literature, who died at Dole In the Jura recently, was burled, according to tbe terms of his will, with a French edition of Horace beneath his head, a copy of Milton at his feet a Greek Testament In bis right hand and an Elzevirian edition of Horace In his left. Under his back lay an English edition of tbe same poec Cholera morbus C3n be easily checked in nine cases out of ten, by the use of the follow, ing, which any druggist can fill: Tincture cap sicum, laudanum, tmcturo of rhubarb, spirits of camphor and essence of peppermint of each two drams, mix and take from 15 to 20 drops every half hour until relieved. This bas been known to cure some ot tbe worst cases in a short time. Wood-stone is the name of a new com pound material composed of sawdust and cal cined magnesia. Tho mixtnre, having been well worked up with water, is put into molds and pressed Into whatever shape may be de sired. A scientific authority says It is incom bnstiblo and impermeable to water, is sus ceptible of a flue polish, and is adaptable to numerous uses. In 1864 E. H. Blackshear, a Confed erate soldier, was wounded by aFederal ballet, which entered his breast passed through hia body and lodged In his back. On June 23. 1880, iust 26 years after the wound was received, tho mllet worked its way out of his back near the spine It was round, weiirhed exac.tlv onn ounc.and was of the vaneev known among Confederates as "buck and ball." In the government of Podol the peas ants have no scruples about selling tbeir'chil dren. Instances of a very revolting nature aro resorted in a Moscow daily. One peasant sold bis daughter, a girl of hryears, to traveling men dicants for the sum of 6 roubles; another ono brought two girls to the town of Granova, where he sold the older, a child of 7 years, foro roubles, and the younger, S years old, for 3 rou bles. At a recent marriage in Boston, tha bridegroom, who is interested In mining m tbe West, conceived a very pretty idea in regard to the wedding ring. Instead of purchasing a ring la the conventional wav from somn 1w. eler, he himself mined tho quartz, panned It out with bis own bands, bad It smelted under bis own eyes and took it to a Jeweler and had fe made into the heavy gold band which his wifo now wears. Oil City has a woman who is the mother of five children. Beside looking after her off spring, sbe does washing for ber neighbors and milks the cow. Her husband, after his labor is done in the evening, returns home and lays tho foundation wall for hia house with tbe stona his wife has collected and carried la ber arms from the adjacent bills during the day. Sho also prepares and mixes the mortar he uses la laying the wall. A recent defaulter went down to Glou cester with his ill-gotten gains and had himself weighed on a fortune-telling machine. When the card came out giving his weight on one side, it contained on tbe other the legend, "Beware of a red-headed man." He did not realize tbe significance of this message until three hours afterward, when he was picked up by a red-beaded detective who bad been look ing for him for some time An Ohio clergyman surprised his con gregation last Sunday by making the following announcement: "Nearly every member of this church Is either wealthy or well-to-do, although no one would think so from an inspection of tha collection plates, which are burdened princi pally with nickels. I would remind vou. breth ren, that the collection date Is not a nickel-in-tbe-slot machine, and that a few bills would come in very bandy in the work of the church." Horace F. Paterson, the "best known and oldest hickory nut of Democracy" in Rhode Island, is now in bis 82d year, and has lost none of bis faculties or interest in political life. He went to providence a few days ago to offer bis congratulations to tbe Democratia State officials who have just been given tbe reins of government. He was an active Dem ocrat from the time he cast bis first vote for Jackson, and for 60 years bas been a worker in the borne politics of his party. A jolly Maine railroad conductor tells of an absent-minded traveler who left his um brella and package to chat with a friend in another car on tbe same train. From a junc tion be went where be wished, but his be longings went where be wished not Just be fore he returned, new orders were given tho brakemen and our absent-minded friend re marked after retnrning that the Maine Central brakemen were tbe "most impudent set" be ever saw; for, said be. "at every station one of those insulting fellows song out at me, 'don't leave your umbrellas or packages In the carf " LITTLE BAZARS. "There is one thing about a dumb man I like." "What's that?" He doesn't talk too much with his month." "I have noticed one peculiar thing aboni letters," said Cadley. What Is that?" 'Why, tbe tales that are too fanciful to be , swallowed are most eagerly devoured." "How much is that canary?" Ten dollars." "Very well. I'll take It Send me the blU." "We cannot send the bill without tbe rest of the bird." "I'm very popular with Mrs. Bjones." How so?" "Why, I wrote that Bjones' iiSS. always looked neat and handsome. ItwasprlntedBJones' 'Mrs. always looks neat and handsome." "He was tbe most gentlemanly highway, man I ever encountered." "In what way?" He stole tlM In bills from me, and then In a spirit of generosity nald me 5 for my watch." Bibliomaniac What I want now is a suitable motto please don't touch that book; I paid iW for tbe blading alone a soluble motto for this room. What would you suggest?" Cyulcus Why not adapt Coleridge "Books, books everywhere, bat not a thing to read?" "Clara," said the old man, "that young fellow can't have you. He smokes cigarettes, I know, for I smell them when he is aronnd." Papa," said the dear girt "he never smokes them, but he owns a cltrarette factory." "So? Then, my darling, he cau marry you when he will. There's money in the business," Nurse (to Bobby who has come crying up stairs from the dining room) Wby. what's the matter, Bobby? Have yon finished your dinner? Bobby (sobbing) N-no. Pa sent me away from, the table lust because 1 said that Mr. Moses, the man who came to dinner with him, must have sat on the front seat when noses were passed round. "You want a pension, and yet yon say yott werenot even enlisted. On what do yon base your claim?" "Just this: if I bad gone to the front I mlgbt have been totally disabled, and so been la a posi tion to elalm $100 a month. As It is, I ask for only IK. Moaay in the GoTcrameat't pocket, doa'l you see? Harper1 1 JSasar, v.-
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