'1 -fc- Cf THE ' PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1890. I If to i k P h Wlje B$pfolj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY IMS. Vol.43, A'o. 193. Entered at Pittsburg rostofflce, JCovember 14, 18S7. as second-class matter. Business OfficeCorner Smithfleld and Dlamftnd Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVEKTISLNG OFFlCfc, HOOMSI. TK1BUNE BUILDING. 'EVT YOBKV -where complete flies of THE DISPATCH can always.be lound. foreign aavertlsers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and mends of THE DISPATCH, -while la .New York, are also made -welcome. THE DISPATCB U regularly on sale a Brcntanti1, S Union Square, Sew York, and 17 Ave der Opera. Paris. France, where any one who hat been disappointed at a hotel tiewt stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOKTAGE FREX IX THE UNITED STATES. 1'AiLT Dispatch, One Year. f S M "DAILT DISPATCH, PerQuarter ZOO Datlt Dispatch, One Month .. 70 Daily Dispatch, indndlngBunday, lyear. 1000 DAILT DlBrATCH, InclndlngSundxy.Zm'tbs. 2S0 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday.lmonth 90 EOKDAT Dispatch, UneYear ISO TVxxklt DisrATCH, One Year 1S5 THE Dailt DlBrATCH Is dellTered by carriers at irerats ccr week, or Including Sunday edition, t SO cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAT. AUG. 19. 1S90. THE CSUAL RESULT. The sale of the BeaTer Marginal Railroad to the Pennsylvania Company, which is re ported in onr news columns, affords a sen illustration of the result -which frequently follows where individual ownership or per sonal antagonisms are relied upon to main tain the independence of competing railroad enterprises. There is little to interest the public in the mere victory of one railroad corporation over another in securing control of this mar ginal railroad; but the effect of it on the .community which it was to serve is of im portance. The value ot such an enterprise ' to the public was that it would give all com peting railroads, present and future, equal access to the various manufacturing estab lishments along its line. It was for the pur pose of preventing any single corporation from obtaining exclusive control of the traffic that'such an enterprise had its great est public value. The presumption from the reported purchase is that this purpose will be entirely defeated when the road passes into the hands of one or the other of the con tending railroad corporations. The fact that the late owner of the Beaver Marginal was supposed to be in an tagonism to the Pennsylvania Company was relied upon to preserve it from absorption. .But experience has shown, time and again, how utterly unreliable such personal own ership always is. The condition that the road should be open to the equal nse of all competing corporations could have been" made a part of its charter, or could have incorporated in its grants of rights of way, or its franchises in the streets, so as to have ' been completely binding. But the fatality . which in all such efforts to preserve the in dependence of corporations leads to the' choice of the futile method, seems to have prevailed in Beaver; with the result that the Beaver Marginal now becomes a mere side track of the Pennsylvania Company. Some time or other, cities and towns will learn that they have no business to grant valuable franchises to corporations except upon conditions which will permanently se cure for the pnblic the advantages of equal access for all competing corporations. But they seem a long way from learning the les son as yet A FISHERMAN'S FRIEND. Fish Warden'John W. Hague is just the sort of officer the State needs. If all the servants" of this Commonwealth did their duty as intelligently and faithfully as Mr. Hague does his not newly so many laws would be dead as there are to-day. The fishes and the fishermen have been greatly benefited by the enforcement of the act of 1S89. Mr. Hagne after making it very hot indeed for law-breakers on the Allegheny gave his attention to the Monongahela. He made the inspection in a canoe, and his re port of the fishing on that river is encourag ing. The fishermen are respecting the law. There is a general demand for an open sea son of two months for outlines. The fishing clubs camping out in the summer want to be relieved of the terrible anxiety of watch '"ing poles. The sufferers should be relieved. THE WORK OF FOREST DESTRUCTION. A very remarkable indication of the de struction of our forests is referred to by the 2Jew York Tribune as having been given by a circular announcing that "the Grand Bap ids Bending "Works have discontinued their business on account of the scarcity of timber in that locality." This is a most cogent ev idence of the disappearance ot white oak and hickory, from wfiat within the memory of every middle-aged person was the center of the Michigan forests. The same process which has swept away the pine forests of Sew England, Hew York and Pennsylva nia, and the black walnut, maple and beech of Ohio and Indiana has been repeated with the timber lands of Michigan, "Wisconsin and Minnesota. The way in which this has been done is an example of what American energy can ac complish; Cut it is also an illustration of the .far less creditable American quality of not looking ahead into the future. Bailroads have been built into these Northwest ern forests for the express purpose ot hauling away their lumber by the million feet. A great plumber marine has plied the lakes to aid in the work of getting rid of the forests. Statistics place the entire cut of lumber in 3Iichigan, "Wis consin and Minnesota last year at 9,000, ... '000,000 feet; and that rate has reduced the timber of supply of Lower Michigan, which in 1680 was placed by the census at 29,000, 000,000 to less than one-tenth that total. The estimated timber supply of the three ;States is now 10.000,000,000, or a little over a single year's cut. The mere fact of wastefnlly running through that item of our national wealth o'uld "be wanton foolishness by itself; but that is not half the Injury resulting from the destruction of American forests. Not only have vast tracts of land, useless except for the growth of trees, been reduced to sterility by their denudation.but the second ary results are well established by science. The effect of forests upon rainfall has been clearly established; and we have permitted an injury to the country at large, the fnll results of which have been seen In older countries, to go on without check. Our forests, which are the breeders and equal izers of rain, the storage reservoirs of moisture, the protectors of adjacent culti vated lands from drought and of the water courses from alternate exhaustion and flood, have been wiped out in less than two gen erations for the sole purpose apparently of making the best possiblerace against time. . . The proper understanding of this' subject ean hardly fail to point out thit this de struction has ieeu stimulated and en couraged by the mistaken idea that the lumber industry needed protection. The policy of protection is based upon the sup position that the industry to be fostered will add to and increase the national wealth". Bnt the industry of cutting down our forests and sawing them up is now shown by ex perience to have been destructive and waste ful, and the result of its,encouragement and the prohibition of importations from Canada has been to bring us face to face with the impending danger of the failure of our timber snpply. It is too late to undertake any restoration of forests for the benefit of the present Ques tion. Oaks, pines and. walnuts do .not grow in a few years. But with the forests gone, that only a few years ago we thought inexhaus tible, the nation will- soon be forced to recognize the necessity of planting on a large scale for the sake, of generations, yet to come. The man who takes a square mile of barren land and plants it with young timber will not enjoy the benefit of it him self, but he will leave just so much more wealth for his grandchildren. TRANSGRESSION ON BOTH SIDES. The New York Central strike has arrived at that stage when stone-throwing, on the part of the crowd is responded to by shoot ing on the part of the guards; and the reply to that is not infrequently a mob attack on the guards, with brntal beatings, that by happy chince, rather than any respect to the principles of good order on either side, fall short of actual murder. No such wholesale riot as took place in 1877 has yet developed itself; but it is clear that the strike has pro ceded to the stage where all the ugly phases of force and brute "strength, short of actual and destructive riot, have been displayed. "Without any reference to the question in volved in the wages dispute, it is necessary to say that such proceedings as those re ported from Albany during the past two. days are clearly due to the determination of both sides to forcibly carry out their pur poses, without regard to the preservation of order and maintenance of government by, law. The Dispatch has too often in sisted on the duty of strikers to take every precaution against permitting their strikes to developjinto lawlessness to permit of any mistake in its position now. Either stone throwing at the men on trains, or mobbing the men who shoot in response to it, is an infraction of peace and good order. Strikers should take care to keep clear from such proceedings, and the only way to do it is to assist in the detection and punishment of anyone who resorts to acts of riot in the critical moments of a strike. At the same time there is an equal disre gard to the fundamental spirit of the law in the resort to Pinkerton guards by the cor porations. Corporations and employers are entitled to protection, and disorder should always be suppressed. But it is a funda mental requisite that the officers of the law who undertake to enforce order and arrest rioters should represent the people and be officially responsible for the proper perfor mance of their duty, If they cannot quell disorder and restore the rule of the law, they have the resort to the militia. These are the constitutional and legal means for suppressing disorder, and they should be re lied upon. The employment of hired guards, who are generally not even citizens of the place where they are to exert armed author ity; who represent not the law but one of the parties in the.dispnte; and who are fre quently irresponsible and reckless, violates almost every reasonable requirement for the officials who are to enforce the law. The employment of such men is not acting within legal methods, but it is rather a re sort to the medieval practice of levying pri vate armed forces for the' purpose of carry ing out by force the purpose of those whose money puts these armed men in the field. Of course the reply is made to the decla ration that employers should rely on the reg ruiar instrumentalities of the law, that very often these will not repond to the summons. This may be the case; but for that very reason it is none the less the duty of em ployers and corporations to put the respon sibility for such a failure on the people who fail to do their duty. Because our political system may nave inefficient or pusillani mous men in officers no reason wby employ ers should levy private war on their own account; but it is a reason for putting the responsibility for a failure to protect property on the State, A practical demonstration that the instrumentalities of the law have failed to maintain individual rights will convince the whole people that the law mnst be upheld, and, as it did in 1877, unite all but the reckless and lawless in the effort to strengthen the civil government This is something to be encouraged by all good citi zens; but it lias no Kinship with the prac tice of employing hirelings to sustain noT ttie law, bnt to enforce tbe wishes of one of the contestants, whether they are within the law or not The summary of "the whole thing is very clear. Strikers should be made to obey the laws, bnt they should be made to do so by the regular officers of the law. The resort to acts of disorder on one side and the levy of armed hireling on the other are equally ob noxious to good 'citizenship. THE LAW SUSTAINED. The decision of the United States Circuit Court at Cincinnati last week'on the subject of party rates has attracted a good -deal ot at tention in some cases rather more than it deserved. One remarkable view of the sub ject is that presented by the Chicago JTeus which makes a violent display of what "it does not know on the subject, as follows: "The inter-State commerce act is said to be in the throes of final dissolution as a result ol the numerous court decisions against its provisions. The railroads have been uniformly successful in their appeals, against what they deem arbitrary Interference with their constitutional rights. The ignoble fate of a measure from which so many benefits were predicted sug gests that paternal governmentallsm In any form is not la accord with the spirit of the republic." The question how the remarkable quality indicated as "paternal governmentalism" is developed by legislation to restrain the creatures of legislation within the limits Vjf their constitutional and" chartered -rights and duties, may "be left for the esteemed JTetcs to develop at its leisure. As to the question of fact, however, so far from' the courts having decided against the pro visions of the inter-State commerce act, there has not been any decision of the sort. The recent decision not only does not sus tain the railroads as appealing against "arbitrary interference with their constitu tional rights," but ft oversets' the combined effort of the railroad associations and the commission'to impose a meaning on the law which was obviously at v variance with its real intent Tbe history of this case is a peculiar illus tration of the disposition to pervert tire pro visions.of the law. Before the inter-State commerce act was passed, the railroad pools Bet about the policy oi abolishing the re duced rates to traveling theatrical com panies.. This was anavowed feature , of the pooling policy; but it received a set-back by the refusal o'f a single-railroad to forego the business.which it obtained by' offering in ducements for that class of travel. The iuter-State commerce law having been passed, the attempt was renewed under the claim that the act forbade such rates. In view of the fact that the law, while forbidding private and personal discrimi nations, recognized the right of the rail roads to offer special inducements to certain classes of passengers by "mileage, excursion or commutation tickets," this was a very decided misrepresentation of its provisions; but not a more remarkable one than many others which it has been the custom of the railroads to make. The re markable thing, however.is the fact that the commission should have been so wholly captured by the pooling view as to give a decision in which "party rates," fulfilling all the substantial requirements of excursion rates, were declared' to be illegal for such exquisite reasons as that' they would permit the entire, publio to take advantage of the re duced rates, and practically work a reduc tion of the charges on passenger travell In reversing that decision the United States Conrt at Cincinnati overset the policy of the railway associations and gave the common-sense construction to the law which was plainly its intention. The rule is laid down, not for 'the benefit of theatrical com panies, but for the benefit of the public,that the' railways can make reduced rates to parties, of fixed number, traveling from point to point for long distances. By that decision the commission is reversed; bnt the law is sustained. The law and the commis sion have been widely separated for some time. A WONDERFUL CONSTITUTION. They are making a fearful and wonderful constitution down in Mississippi. Things from. the heaven above and the earth be neath and the waters under tbe earth are heing dragged into the constitutions as 'qualifications for the franchise. In the endeavor to fence the negroes out from political power the Misslssip pians have concocted some of the queerest legal dishes ever seen. They pro pose to refuse the franchise to men who sell liquor without a license or lottery tickets; to grant it to a man who is related within the third degree to the owner of property worth (250, and so on through a farrago of fictions which may be found in detail else where. They have not yet decided to dis. franchise the man who wears number twelve boots, or the unfortunate who has corns, or tbe villain who plays the banjo, or the en thusiast who loves "watermillions." Bnt they would travel to their destination by a shortcut if they disfranchised every man whose face is not white. LUCKY MR. QUAY! The talk is now that Senators' Hoar, Ed munds and others of the high and dry ele ment in the Senate have persuaded Presi dent Harrison to exert his influence against Mr. Quay. It is not surprising that the President is warmly attached 'to the Fed eral election bill, but it argues a short memory and a .disregard for favors to come in tbe "White House luminary if he is ready to take the aggressive against Senator Quay. Tbe diversion of patronage from the Bepublican manager and his fol lowers is to be the President's thumbscrew. "We do not believe that there is much pat ronage to b'e disposed of anyhow at this late day, bnt we are quite certain that nothing can serve Mr, Quay better with the public than the opposition declared or covert of the President "- Consideeable attention is attracted by newspaper comment to the fact that Mrs. Chaska, whose marriage to an Indian was a sensation a short time ago, proved her grit the other day by putting to flight a number of backs who Tried to steal the allowance of Government soap to which she Is entitled. Mrs. Chaska's pluck is commendable; bat the fact that the Indian braves would try to steal soap is an evidence that the previous reports as to their lacs of personal cleanliness must have been the work of malicious detractors. It adds to the general and painful uncer tainty when the Philadelphia. Inquirer (Quay organ) accuses Senator Edmunds of filibuster ing because be objected to the introduction of Quay's last resolution. With all the. Republic ans turned into kickers, obstructionists and traitors, the supply of reliable partisans seems to be exhausted. It is interesting to learn from the New York correspondence of an esteemed cotempo rary that the "trust hydra," as the reporter terms it, "has opened "its jaws and swallowed the phonograph and "gra'phophona," The fact that a corporation composed largely of Pitts burg capitalists purchased both the grapho phone and phonograph patents, and now hold the limited monopoly, not of a trust, but of the ownership of tbe patents, was duly published in The Dispatch when it occurred, some what more than a year ago.. The Philadelphia Times still continues to berate tbe Philadelphia Congressmen because they got only 225,000 worth of river and harbor pork for that city. In the presence of graver Issues the gravitation of tbe Times to the lower level of politics is. an evidence that the love for surplus-smashing is not limited by party lines. After numerous esteemed cotemporaries have gushed over the magnificent scope of that 20,000.000 university to be founded by John D. Rockefeller, it Is a rather severe descent to the hard ground of actual fact to hear from Mr. Rockefeller that he Has no Intention of putting such a snm into the foundation of an educational Institution. Mr. Rockefeller is not yet prepared to give up air the earnings of tbe Standard Oil monopoly to philanthropy. The fact that the New York Tribune and the Philadelphia Press are. botb vigorously pitching into our Matthew Stanley Quay, indi cates a lack of information in those offices as to whom their editors Wbitelaw Reid and Charles Emory Smith are indebted to for the foreign missions. Secbetaby "Wisdom 'has reversed the regulation of his too-fresh Director of the Mint, and all purchases of .silver bullion here after will be at terms that are made public The Secretary Is wise. The advantages of secresy are far less Important than- the avoid ance of the abases that would be possible without publicity. ' The most sincere and conclusive tribute to the good work of tbe modern press was paid by a lottery lobylst at Washington the day that the anti-lottery bill passed the House. It con sisted of the terse but comprehensive remark: "The newspapers did this; d ri 'em." "The Senate spent the greater part of last week In vigorously doing nothing," re marks tbe Philadelphia Press, which can be classified as belonging to the regular Republic an kickers. And the Housetaa'ders spent tbe same time in bowling at the Senate because it is not willing to keep on doing nothing for an Indefinite length of time. BomeihlDg New for Mnckelrat. A Martha Washington lawn fete will be given under the auspices of the members of the. Dnquesne Mission Sunday school, at the resi dence ot Mr. Philip Beavers, at Mnckelrat, Thursday aud Friday eve'venmgs. Tbo ladles in charge ot the affair are making great prepar ations In order that the fete, which is the first one given at tbe Dnquesne mines, shall be a success both socially and financially. The pro ceeds are for the benefit of the tinw TTnltrd Jireinrea vnurcn or. wuKinspurj OUR SHORT STORIES. MAJOR MAITLAND OF THE FOURTH. JVeey one who ever heard of the Fourth Infantry,- has beard ot Major Maitland. Major Maitland was an Englishman who had tbe misfortune to be born of American parents, and in America. But all he did was to tbe glory of the Republic He was very fond of giving dinners, and never was a host so affa ble, so magnificent or so' eccentric! Almost any night of the winter a company ot city folk coal d be found in tbe bare quarters, with their feet "under the Major's, mahogany." He had a cook whom be led a life of great ' preplexlty, for he was in the habit ot ordering everything in tbe market for bis dinners. These viands were prepared with fine art by Hannah, but the Major was capricious, and would as likely as not Send back half of the dishes. "Hannah." he would 'say .with bis English accent, "we cahn't eat that, you know. What's tbe nse of trying to kill us, Hannah?" One day he was giving a characteristic din. ner. Their were eight at the table, counting himself all bis warped mahogany accomo dated. Tbo usual number of delightful dishes bad .been tasted, and rather more tljan tbe usual number sent away, when at last coffee was served. Hannah having served eight cups, distributed six spoons, and then took her position behind ber master's chair. "Hannah," said be, in an aside, "two spoons." Hannah had become deaf. "Hannah," the Major repeated' "two spoons." Hannah's malady was obstinate. "Hannah," cried the Major, as if he were giving the order to fire, "two spoons." "Major," whispered Hannah, "there are no more spoons." "Hannah," be exclaimed reproachfully, "do you mean to tell me I bave not got eight spoons? You know I. have eight spoons, Han nab." Hannah vanished to return after a time with one spoon. This the major appro priated to bis own use. Everyone, except tbe man without the spoon, bad quite forgotten the matter, and conversation was very merry, indeed, when the company were brought to their feet by an explosive cry. The Major made it. "In the sugah! In tbe sugahr' The company gasped and resumed their seats. Tbe Major had fonnd his eighth spoon. "I knew I bad eight spoons," he said, elaborately, offering it to bis one spoonless gues A BUSINESS CALL. JJTe bad a cloth-bound volume under one arm and a map rolled up nnder the other. Not one of the three lawyers at their desks, nor even the office boy reading a novel, deigned more than a glance at him. "Ahem!" ho began. "Fine morning. Will yon be kind enough to" "W e're very busy, don't you see? snarled one attorney. "We hare no time for missionary work I" "I am not a missionary, a book agent a can vasser, a solicitor, a hawker or peddler; I want to see a lawyer on business." Immediately the three lawyers sprang; for the stranger, seized and held him, while the office boy grabbed a chair and poshed it under him. "Give me some air, won't ye?" he gasped. "Is there a lawyer named Stnyvesant In this Dulld ing? Tve got a map for him." "Three doors below!" screamed the office boy, as the lawyers slunk back to their desks. A CLOTHESPIN DECORATION. 'J'HK policeman who patrols Diamond Market Square in tbe day time played, uncon sciously, a humorous part In a little farce the other day. Whether be knows that he walked about fpr sometime with a patent automatio clothes-pin clinging to the rear rim of his helmet is a conumdrmu not to be answered. Some playf nl joker attached the clothes-pin to the officer's belmet without the latter's knowledge, and tbe joy of the small boys and market people generally at the sight was some thing remarkable. PAPA GETTING IN HIS WORK. Jtheijnda, daring," murmured the en raptured young man, "this is the happiest moment of my life, I came here this evening, hoping yet fearing. I could not put it.off any longer. I felt that I mast know my fate. Tbe suspense was killing me. Bat now I swear it by this lovely bead resting so confidingly on my shoulder, by the.kiss on your sweet lips, I but what was- that clicking noise I heard just them?" ' "Nothing, Walter, nothing bnt papa. He's a lawyer you know, but he amuses himself with all sorts of queer fads.He's practicing on us with his Kodak. Go on, Waller, dear. What were you about to swear?" THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER. 'I'liis minister had preached an excellent ser mon on a text taken from the parable of "Tbe Prodigal Son," and as a relaxation he permitted the prettiest girl in the church to walk home with him. Everybody at the church door had praised the sermon, and. tbe minister thought his fairest parishioner would certainly burn a little incense in his honor. He talked about tbe weather at first for even clergymen are not above such polite subterfuges. Then he paused to allow bis companion to torn tbe conversation In his direction. "Bat she Baid nothing. So he broke tbe Ice with: "And how did my sermon please you?" "Oh! It was very good no doubt," she replied, "from a man's standpoint. The prodigal son Is always returning, and tbe fatted calf is contin ually being killed. But I think it Is time that something was said and done for the prodigal daughter. If a girl falls into evil company and squanders her substance in riotous living, there is no prospect of a welcome and forgive ness if she returns home. She is condemned without mercy by her own sex, and woe betide her if she leans for support upon tbe other. Tbe next time you want a topic for a stirring sermon think of the hopeless fate ot the prodi gal daughter!" PB03LLHENT PEOPLE. Mb. L. D. Richabds, Republican candidate for Governor of Nebraska, is a banker, real estate broker and insurance agent, about CO years of age. Jimmy Cook, Georgia's boy preacher. Is only 11 years of age and weighs but 60 pounds, yet ho edifies large audiences with the fervor and fluency of his speech. The Hon. William Walter Phelps effectively disposes of the story that he is to come home this fall from Berlin and ran again for Con gress in his old district Captain' Louis A. Cp.aio, on his way from New Mexico, to report for duty at West Point, is visiting his old friends at St. Joseph, Mo., where be.passed bis boyhood. Stephen Decatub Phelps, of Cambridge, Mass., claims the distinction of being the first soldier who enlisted for three years in the late civil war. He is a nephew ot Rear Admiral Phelps. Govebwob Jackson, of Maryland, has promised to attend the Hartford Agricultural Fair on one or two days, and Secretary of Ag riculture Jere Ruskxhas also promised to be present The appointment of ex-Congressman Parker as Assistant Attorney General was an unex pected surprise to his- old friends at Potsdam, N. Y.,- and they are overwhelming him with congratulations. Dueing "neither of President Harrison's visits to Boston was wine offered him at one of the public dinners, and The Advertiser thinks they may prove a precedent for future munic ipal and State receptions down East. Me. Jajies Allison, of Cincinnati, who is being boomed for director general of tbe Chi cago World's Fair, is President of the Mechan ics' Institute in the Queen City and was at the head of the Cincinnati Exposition of 1888. Tbe wife of Uonsnl General King, who sailed with him on Saturday for Paris, was a daughter of Commodore Purriance. General King first met her In 1861, when he accompan ied General Hancock to Baltimore, receiving an introduction to Miss Purvianco through Mrs. Hancock. Enter?' Opportunity, From the Philadelphia Press. v Ex-Senator Emery declares that he will pro duce the proof of his charges against Senator Delamater. He will either have to do so or stand convicted of having taken some extraor dinary liberties with truth and justice. Blood on tbe Moon. FromtheWashInKtonFost.l . Mr. Evarts charges Mr. Hoar with "objur gating" him on the floor of tbe Senate, bat tbe Massachusetts Senator says he only accused him of ''crass Egyptian ignorance." Senator Quay will please hurry up his motion for ad journment- Xhores blood on tho"lnooiw ' HBE AND E0ESE3 ' Plarn Considerable Pnrt In tho Dramas at the Theater Tula Week, "Oneof tbe Bravest" the drama which the Bljon Theater offers to its patrons this week, has not been altered since it was here last sea son in any important particular, bat the com pany has been changed considerably, and for the better. Last night the play pleased a large audience. The result was due in the main to good work of Mr. Charles McCarthy, the fire man hero: Mr. William Cronin as a New York Irish woman, and the extremely dainty and dashing little soubrette,Mlss FannleBloodgood. The last named is a new acquisition, and from ber little feet to her merry eyes she Is good to look upon. Miss Maude Kenyon's voice is another addition of value that has been made to the piece. The musical end has been strengthened in other places. Of course, the fire scene, with the real steam fire engine and horses, and tbe extremely realistic rescue of divers persons from the de vourinc element, remain tbe sensational back bone of the play. Taking all the factors together, "One of tbe Bravest" is entertaining. The removal of certain broad and vulgar pass ages to which The Dispatch adverted last season improves tbe play. Harris' Theater. N Bright as a new silver dollar, with fresh paint, gilding and new carpets all 'through the house, this popular place of amusement opened its doors yesterday afternoon for tbe season of 1B90-DL The list of attractions secured for tbe season justopened is farsuperlor to that of any former one, and despite competition, present and prospective, Harris' Theater expects, nnder the able management of Mr. E. W. Starr, to more than hold its own. The opening was cele brated by the appearance of James H. Wal lick and a very good company, in one of tbe favorite plays In his repertoire, "The Cattle King." The scenery carried by this company is quite extensive and very good, and the horxes are all well trained, and valuable animals and actors, whose talents and beauty go far toward making the plays in which they appear tbe successes they have become. Har ris' Theater begins the new season most auspi ciously, the "standing room only" sign having, been put in position at the door at an early stage of tbe game during both of yesterday's performances. Manager Starr has inaugurated a much-needed reform, having opened a new box office for the sale of seats in the upper portion of the house, thus relieving the main entrance of much of the awfnl crowding that has been such a nuisance in former seasons. Harry Williams' Academy. Last night marked tbe opening of Harry Williams' Academy for tbe season of '80-'9L The popular home of vaudeville shone with the improvements and alterations made in the house dnring the past few months. Tbe prettily decorated chairs seated a large audi ence, while the newly carpeted aisles were crowded with scores, who bad to be content with "standing room only." Attractive de signs painted throughout tbe interior of the Academy made a bright display in the lustre of the many lights. The boxes, ' and the balconies bave been touched up with bright colors. In tbe chances made from box office to stage door, particular attention has been paid to the stage and its properties. Tbe scenia brash bas effected charming results, and during the com ing season fresh, attractive scenery will form a picturesque background to tbe evolutions of the fairies in tinsel, game and tights. Last night Melville's Transcontinental Com pany (rave the season a good send off, and Man ager Williams is to be congratulated upon the auspicious circumstances of tbe opening. Tbe list of attractions booked for the Academy is stronger than ever before. The World's Blnarnm. Whether it was the fame of the big Improve ments at this popular amusement house in Allegheny or the drawing power of tbe only skeleton dude, Mr. Coffey, the World's Museum could hardly hold the crowds which flocked to it yesterday. The. museum has been greatly improved, and the list of attractions this week contains several novelties. SENATOR EMERY A PIGHTEE, Rat tbe Issue Wilt be Suspended Until He Is Henrd From. From tbe Philadelphia Times. Senator Emery is a fighter from away back, and when be promises tbe public a. bunch ot facts "at a time and place not yet determined," all who know him will understand that he won't tire their patience by any four months' or four weeks' delay. Tbe people bave beard Senator Emery's accusations against Senator Dela matet; they bave also heard Senator Dela mater's unqualified denial, and now they bave Senator Emery's assurance of tbe "bunch of facts as undeniable as Mr. Delamater's Cham bersburg denial was broad and inexplicit" and the issue will be suspended until Emery is heard from. Tho organs of one side will be satisfied with anythine that Senator Delamater may say, and the organs ot the other side will be satisfied with anything that Senator Emery may say, re gardless of the force of accusations or denials; but tbe organs are not of the least consequence in the dispute. It -is the judgment of intelli gent fair-minded citizens that is to be satisfied, and that will be guided solely by the weight of tho evidence. Move on, gentlemen. CHUBCE DEDICATION. A Mnjtnlflccnt 827,000 Structure Dedicated at Scotidale. tSrECTAL TELEORAM TO TBS DISPATCH. 1 Scottdale, August 18. The elegant new United Brethren Church, of this place, was dedicated yesterday. Bishops Kephart and Weaver officiating. Large crowds were present at both tbe morning and evening service, in fact the spacious auditorium was crowded, and many could not secure scats. Visitors were In attendance from Greensbnrg, Mr. Pleasant and other points, special trains being run on the Southwest branch. The church is a magnificent structure erected at a cost of 827,000, all of wbicb. with tbe excep tion of S700 has been raised. It is tbe finest edifice in town, and tbe members of the church, with their pastor, are to be congratulated at the success of the opening. The congregation hero numbers 330, one of the" largest in the county. CTJBBENT TIMELY TOPICS. Ir the limit debate goes into effect tn the Senate, will the same rules work In the Senatorial poker games? ttt The Taylor family will have an inning in the next House of Representatives, no less thanhree being sure of a seat from Ohio, with many other States to be beard from. Ttt Shawnee is the richest county in Kansas, bnt it hasn't enough money to build abridge across the river at Topeka. And the Treasurer does not play poker, neither has be skipped to foreign parts. ttt aVojian who can go through her hnsband's pockets without awakening him can be said to have the business down pretty pat. ttt A Pennsylvania widow paid out 3,000 to be the bride for half an hoar of a man who was then discovered to have another wife living. And yet the question Is frequently asked, "Is marriage a failure?" t t t The men who attempted to wreck the At. lantlc express on the Baltimore and Ohio, If ap prehended, should be treated in the same manner that Kemmler was. " That is abduttbe only pun ishment severe enough. t t t In a few days the summer resorts will close and those people who bave locked themselves up In garrets for the past few weeks, will be able to come out and enjoy a few days of sunshine. t t t Post jiabth aster Gehekal Wanasiakeb says be Is hot on the trail of t tie Louisiana lottery. ir he does not lose the trail there Is hope that tbe great American fraud will, In the course of the next decade, cease to rob the unsophisticated pub lic. ttt ONE reason assigned wby New York nas failed to build the Grant monument is that she Is too busily engaged building one for herself, t t t 'Wht not let Russell Br' asks the Boston Herald. "Yea, "responds the ChicagiS Tribune, "wby keep on Harrison him?" "Andyet," says the Nebraska Stars Journal, the Democratic ed itors ilcKee pounding away at tbe baby if they wish. It don't hurt the Infant." Great Bcottl liet uu on that family. Buffalo Express. Yes, yes, you've Ben'amla them hard ensugb, Corry Flyer. Booster authority for that? A Lover of Mint Juleps, Jfrom the Sew York Tribune. A man with a red noso and a breath like a distillery got Into a streetcar yesterday. Pretty soon a lady got in and sat. next to hlin, having in her hand a bouquet made up largely of pep permint After awhile tbe odor of the pepper mint aroused tbe man with, tbe load, and in a . j t Mtnraf1 M s 11 l a. -.. . . nau-sieepy wino jioiumw.... " sut, Jim, i another mint julep with you.'' . " . - ,J EVOLUTION AND THE BIBLE. SCIENTIFIC TEACHINGS ANTAGONISTIC TO CHRISTIAN FAITH. Dr. Burkhcnd on tbe Theories) of Dnrwln Woman's Place In tbo Economic World Great Problem of tbe Centnry Chau tnnquan Influence Felt In South Africa.' rSrSCIAI. IZUOBiH to TBI disfatcili TIKI Cha-ctatQUA, August 18. Evolution received a blow from Dr. J. DeWItt Burk- bead, of Montgomery, Ala., this afternoon, when that gentleman spoke upon "Some ot the Difficulties Confronting tbe Evolutionist" tak ing an entirely new view of the subject and a dogmatic way, perhaps, of meeting the close reasoning of Darwin, his cotemporaries and followers evolutionists. Here is a digest of his arguments: Home of the most magnificent brain power in tbe country is engaged In tbe study of the evolution question. The evolution theory, on the one band, is very probable, but on tho other it is confronted by many difficulties. It is certainly a long way from sure proof. From Darwin, Huxley and Heckel, all other evolu .tlonists tako their cnes. Prof. Huxley says that a God is necessary as the creator of first organism, while Mr. Heckel denies the neces sity of the existence of anvGodatall. When a man differs from other men be exercises an inalienable right but when be differs from himself we cannot believe him. Not only does Mr. Heckel differ with himself, but also with Messrs. Darwin and Huxley, in nearly every particular. It is then no wonder that under the circumstances lesser minds cannot con template and believe in these theories. To become an orolutjonist usually means to become an infidel. I must confine myself to materialistic'evolutlon altogether. There are three classes of trntb material, scientific and spiritual. Each one has its own witness, which can prove only truths, of its own department. If I should try to argue against my reason that the coat I wear is white. I would be very f ool lsb. If a skilled logician offered an argument that it was white which I conld not answer I would not consider it for a moment; my brain cannot go against my senses. As to scientific truth, two and two make four. My five senes do not know anything about mathematics. My eye could not tell a mathematical truth, but it can tell a beantif ul landscape. I would be a fool to try to reason mathematics by means of my five senses. Religion and Science, 'J'iie ideas of men do not change the truth but often materially cbange themselves and may sometimes discover the truth. Some scientific men recently asked a Christian to prove the efficiency of prayer. That was a foolish request. Religion is not a thing to be experimented with. If it was God would have furnished us some apparatus. Antblng in its sphere, can tell the truth, but take It out of its place and it never tells tbe truth. Science does not create trntb. It simply discovers troth. Philosophic truth has reason for its truth, thongh it may speak very unintelligibly. By faith We know tbe worlds were made. Leave the Bible account out of consideration and I can prove tbe world was never made at all, and prove tbat matter was eternal, because it exists now. Now God, in order to keep me from idolatry, told me tbat be made tbe world and made it out of nothing. I believe tbat the world was made because God said so. I can believe nine-tentbs of the Bible, but tbat doesn.t make me a Christian, My friend, do not listen to reason when you come into tho spiritual domain: Reason cannot testify truth fully concerning faith. A man is called upon to testify in mnrder cases and is asked what be knows about tbe case and he says "nothing," but you say ho Is a philosopher and a man of intellect but he knows nothing about this case. Science knows nothing about religion and spiritual faith. Science is a friend of religion when it stays in its own ground. Woman's Growing Influence. JJns. Helen Campbell began a series of lectures In the Hall of Philosophy on "Woman and Social Economy." She spoke of the inferiorplace tbat woman held in former times and ber growing importance to-day. "Little by little," she said, '-it has dawned up on us tbat tbe history of tbe past without economics is meaningless. A new political economy has come into existence. We have come to look upon it as most absorbing in in terest and Importance. The laws tbat prevail In the economic world are no respecter of per sons. There is not one of us but faces ques tions tbat are not answered. I doubt if there is any one subject which has Interested women less than political economics. There is no sci ence more important to woman than this same despised and neglected science. We need not dwell upon the failures of our ancestors of the feminine sex, for circumstances and associa tion had much to do .with it. But in the widened sphere woman la taking an Important part and will take a more important one to morrow. . "Human nature remains substantially the same, whether you write 1900 B. C. or A. D. The one great qnestion that presents Itself to the entire civilized world Is the economio ques tion, the wage question; it is not the reduction but the distribution of wealth that disturbs us. Wealth bas enormously increased, but the wages of tbe laborer have increased. There is no more desperate policy in any country than in ours. The capitalist holds to his position aud tbe laboring man demands a large share of profit. Thus, how to settle these inequalities is the greatest qnestion of the time. We have been so certain of our prosperity tbat the terri ble condition of our poor in the large cities confronts us like a terrible nightmare. Wages) of Female Workers. it'T'HEBE are three questions which face us: First Why doesn't man receive greater wages? Second Why does not woman receive greater wages? Third Why does woman re ceive less wages than man? Therarious schools of political economy bold different opinions as to the 'iron law' ot wages. The standard of life and comfort affects tbe law of wages. There is a continual atttempt to make the standard consistent with the wages. "Tbe theoretic Idea of tbe nobility of labor means that every laborer will pursue bis highest ideal of economic occupation. Many causes are at work to repress the Increase of wages. It is much more difficult for woman to find a place than man. She can go anywhere and is not in danger of Insult or rebuff. A jealousy has sprung up in every class of em ployment becanse of tbe entrance of women Into the various fields of labor. It is naturally taken for granted that each and every woman is tbe appendage of some man and .partially supported. Woman is not as practically edu cated as man and often will not do her work as welL" Problems of tbo Nineteenth Ccntnrv. 'Phis morning a distinguished English scholar, Mr. A. M. Fairborn, of Oxford, de livered a plilosopblc and high-strnnglecturo on "Leaders of Religious Thought in the Nine teenth Century, Kentand tbe Older Rational ism." You have nature." he said, "and God distinct, dwelling in mutual isolation. Men could not conceive tbat nature could no moro live wltbout God than tbe mind without the body. Mind mast be brought into constant re lation with God, God in constant relation with mind." The two problems of the nineteenth centnry were: How God and nature were re lated, how the spiritual and intellectual were related. "Lfetlus notice the relation of religious thought and religions life in onr century. Tbe frand function of this day is tbe revision of re igion In intellectual knowledge, with a view to its dominance in heart and life. Consider for a moment the advance in science. The exam ple of a heathen philosopher becomes the basis of a whole line ot Christian doctrine bv a great Christian thinker. If I am only a bundle of im pressions tbe impression is but for a moment, and when tbe impression Is lost I become a new man. We have no idea of time or snace. be cause they could not come through onr senses. You are a man to me, only- provided I am a man. The relation in which two things stand to each other we make ourselves. Des nature make man or does man make natnre? Subtract man and see what you would'bave. He alone makes the order ot nature. If man makes na ture, the inference comes with Irresistible force tbat man unlocks the key to nature. God makes nature and man." Inclination is not the sanction of moral authority. Cbnutanqaa'a African Annex. PnATJTAUaUA la South Africa, This may seem somewhat improbable, but neverthe less it is true, and on the Bouthorn continent, on the Southern coast flourishes a large number of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, and Chautauqua meetings are often held by tbo people in that far-off land. At this afternoon's ronnd table Miss Somnbear, a missionary, gave a very interesting account of work there, and said that the reading circle was a great factor ot reduction in that newly developed country. After tbe round table, the class of '91 was organized. Mr. John Habberton, the author, who has recently joined this class, was made President of tbo class; Rev. A. C. Ellis, of Jamestown, was chosen as First Vice President; Rev. Mr..Ledgerd, of Steubeuville, Second Vice President; President class of '91, Framlngham Assembly. Third Vice President; Rev. J. F. Crosby, Benklemon, Neb., Fourth Vice Presi dent Matters of flower, name and motto of the class were referred to a committee for consideration. Oneof tbe interesting features now Is tbe morning devotional bour At 10 o'clock, con ducted by Dr. B. M.Adams; a spirited leader. Tbe Amphitheater is often nearly full of peo ple, who coma for an hour of prayer and tone. This evening Mr. Leland Powers of Boston, tho Versatile dramatic reader, of Boston; wbo changes from one character to another with a. rapidity that is' startling,' and assumes tbe new personality, with an easy, natural grace -that la. remarkable and pleasinz, rendered Sheridan's delightful comedv, "The Rivals." He is a whole ' troupe and cast of characters within himself. ODR HAIL P0UCB. The Vncclnnilon Issue. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: You can well afford to overlook Mr. Crook shank's endeavor to "rob Mr. Jenner" of bis "prestige" as tbe originator of vaccination. It the array Of evidence can be relied upon, no one deserves mnch credit for the discovery. In your editorial you refer to tbe abatement of smallpox among the Indians after vaccination. Dr. Wlnterburn cites an instance of where every one of them died of smallpox who had been vaccinated. ' The London Critic thinks that If vaccination' were not compulsory 99 pkwsiclans out of 100 would continue to vaccinate their, own chil dren. Wltb this privilege no one could inter fere. It is the rigbt of every citizen to choose whatever means may seem best to him to pre serve his family from disease, and while it would bo an infamous outrage to tell any one tbat he should not vaccinate himself, it is equally infamously outrageous to compel any one to submit to it against his judgment. ' The doctors wbo attend smallpox do not all escape even if they have been vaccinated. Dr. Gilbert of Tippecanoe, 0 was attending an epidemic of smallpox, during which he felt safe on account of tbe protection or supposed pro tection of vaccination. He took smallpox, however, and during bis lncld moments be en joyed himself by looking into a glass, damning smallpox, damning vaccination and everythlnz connected with it. During this same epidemic numbers of others who were vaccinated con tracted the disease, and in one family, only the unvacclnated escaped. The opinion expressed by the London Critic that Isolation would soon do away with tbe necessity of vaccination. Is something tbat should commend itself to Boards of Health. Their function is bygienlc.ot medicinal; and when they confine themselves and their re sources to the proper exercise of tbat function they will accomplish what they have hitherto failed to accomplish, the banishment not only of smallpox, bnt of all other zymotic diseases. That vaccination is dangerous only when im properly performed is a position untenable when we consider tbat all operations are per formed alike. Frightful ulcers follow slight scarifications, and negative results follow four large points of Introduction. For my part I would rather have the flesh less bones of a thousand victims of legitimate small-pox pointed at me, than to be compelled to face the awful deformity displayed by a vic tim of vaccination that 1 conld show yon. The preservation of the State may Justify tbe employment of desperate means, but the Stato sbonld be absolutely certain tbat tbe means are adequate before they are inflicted. The State may take the citizen's money and inflict him with poverty if need be, but no con dition of the State, however extreme, justifies it In maiming even oneof its humblest sub jects. The wholesale adoption of theEngllsh health laws, thereby constituting tbe Board of Health an autocrat of the most despotic character, is totally un-American. The means and methods of a century back are not applicable to the en lightened condition of .America to-day, and the sooner we inquire whether there is not a better way to manage small-pox tbanby vaccination tbe sooner will we escape the condemnation of modern intelligence. Z. T. Mllleb, M. D. SOUTHSIDE, August 19. A Druggist's Trouble. To the Editor ot The Dispatch: I would like you to give me your Idea about what I consider a libel or blackmailing scheme. A certain physician uses all bis influence among his patients to keep them away from my store. He claims that I do not pntup his prescriptions according to his order, not through ignorance, but to prevent them from having tbe desired effect which I believe arises from sheer jealousy. lean produce people by the dozen, who are my customers before and after they employ him, bnt stay away while tbey are under bis treatment; and while tbey all tell me that he directs them some place else, I cannot get strong enough proof tbat he is libeling or blackmailing me. Still, my reputation Is at stake, and considerable financial loss connected with re But I am powerless to defend myself, as not one-half the cases come to my. notice, and. ou the other band, a great many people are so Ignorant that they think the doctor's word is gospel. I could prove by other druggists, as well as by a good many doctors, that I understand my business. Justice. ALLEGHENY, AngUSt 17. You should lay your case before a lawyer, who will advise yon what course to pursue. The proof you consider Insufficient may satisfy him. A Wall From (Allegheny. To the Editor or The-Ulspatcnt I wish to nse your space in calling the atten tion of the proper officers to the following; On the sidewalk on River avenue, Allegheny, under the Pennsylvania Company's bridge there is a bltcblns nost which extends out over the pavement. It compels pedestrians to take tbe street to pass. Then yon run against a cess pool tank, which has been doing duty keeping tbe ground from raising for years, and also preventinz the smell from arising from tho special cars of the Pittsburg and Western Rail road loaded by tbe fallmaster. A dead horse or dog gets no chance wbere that tank is sta tioned. People who reside on River avenue have taken Robinson street to avoid the above, and on Robinson street tbey are confronted by an old wagon loaded with iron, ready to fall at any time and hurt or kill some one. If tbe ordinance officer bas time ba might do a very pleasant trick for tbe benefit of Rtveb avenue Residents, Allegheny, August IS. Plltabnrg'a Electrocuting Machine. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch : There is an iron awnmepost, Liberty and Sixth streets, that sent a poor teamster into eternity In a second. There was no hullabaloo about it. Forty-eight hours was all tbe undertaker and Coroner wanted to dispose of tbe matter and get us ready for something else. Send this pole t Auburn and save a vast expense in printer's ink. J. K. Pittsbubg, August 18. He Is Awnliloc Congressional Action. To the Editor of The Dispatch: . Please inform me if the Postmaster General has forbidden anything connected with the Louisiana Lottery from going through the United States mails and settle a bet? GE0B3E RlCHTEB. Pittsburg, August 18. No. The bill passed tbe Houso Saturday, but it Is not yet a law. Solid Fncu for John Bait. From the Baltimore American. , If anything were needed to assure tbe per fect strength and justice of our country's posi tion in the Behring Sea matter, it wonlcTbe the news tbat we publish to-day in a short dispatch from San Francisco. Fifty-flve poaching vessels and twenty thousand sealsklus'stolen emphasize the immediate necessity of an agree ment that will protect the fisbories from total destruction. But "the- English Government maintains its obstinate stand against a common-sense settlement. DUpntrd at Both Ends of the Line. From the Philadelphia Ledger. As the case stands now the steamship City of Paris still has tbe record for the fastest trans Atlantic voyage, for tbe accuracy of the log of the Teutonic is disputed at both ends of the line. The difference between tbe runs of tbe two vessels is not great, allowing for tbe correc tions clal'mod.but tbe Teutonic cannot be given first honors with tbe doubts now thrown upon ber captain's report Tho OleKees nt Capo Dlny. rSFXCIAI. TXLXQBAU TO TUX DISrATCB.1 Cafe Mat; August la. Mr. and Mrs. J. R, McEee. the President's son-in-law and daughter, returned to Cape May this evening from Boston, wbere they hare been spending two weeks. Tbey were met at the station by Mrs. President Harrison, who accompanied them to tbe Cape May Point cottage. The President is expected Wednesday evening. Tonr Uacls Ell on Hand. From tbe Boston Herald. If Uncle Eli Sanlsbury takes 200 or 800 of his followers along with him on bis bolt against the Democratic nominee for Governor of Delaware, the Republicans will probably elect their entire State ticket this fall. Uncle Eli is already responsible for tbe Republican United States Senator from tbat State, and the sore on his bead shows no sizns of healings Still I.lTlnc at 86 Year. rSFECIAL TXLIQBAU TO' TUX PISr&TCB.I M ansmeld Vallett. Pa., August 18, Mrs. Isabella Drake, wife of George S. Drake, who died here a few days ago, is a descendant of the Bell and Lee families, wbo were pioneers here in 1780- Tbe mother of the lata Mrs. Drake, Mrs. Elenorx Lee, aged 86 years, is still living with the Drake family on Chestnut street. Same Old Gag. from the Baltimore American. Iu tbe eyes ot the Kentucky Colonels no greater calamity could bave visited, that State than the destruction by fire of thole 23, 0W bar rels of whisky. IN CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A German professor says all who eat water-cress consume at the same time a full assortment of minute Insects. Mrs. Maggie Ellis, a mulatto of Chat tanooga, Tenn., bas given birth to tbe smallest child on record. It weighs 31 ounces. A tennis shoe, a bracelet, a restaurant, a carpet a tooth powder, and polish for silver bave been named after Stanley's bride. A carpet used in a room of the Mint after being in wear some years, was- burned the otber day in pans, and yielded 2,500 worth of gold. A census taker at Danbury, Conn., en countered tbe wife of an Irish hod-carrier, wbo tried to conceal her husband's humble occupa tion by stating tbat he was an "ascender and descender." Elizabeth. Comstocfc, an aged Quaker preacher living at Union Springs, N. Y baa visited in ber lifetime 122.000 persons, and near ly twice tbat many sick persons in and out of poor houses, on battlefields, etc Just as the collection plate was about to be passed around at recent religious services at a church at Darlington, Harford county, there was a clap of thunder, and it is stated tbat the congregation left the building in a hurry. A man named Tinsley, living in To ronto, claims to be 107 years old. He is hale and hearty. He says be smoked once in 1800, bnt never since, but has been in tbe habit of taking a little liquor. He bas worn spectacles for eight years. By far the most expensive coffee brought to this market comes from Blue Mountain, Janialca, says the New York Sun. Tbe whole product of tbe region is small, and only a few thousand baes reach New York. It Is usually bought by Delmonlco at averybigh figure. At the same time tbe Delmonlco coffee does not contribute to tbe restaurant's reputation. Quite as good coffee Is served at half a dozen less famous places. The color nsed to denote mourning has often been changed and even to-day countries differ widely. In Rome males wore black for mourning, while tbe women Indicated their grief by wearing white garment. In Turkey, at the present day, the monrning hue Is violet; in China, white; in Egypt, yellow; in Ethiopia, brown; in London and America, black. Tbe mourning color in Spain was white until changed by tbe laws of 1498. Hebrew libraries abound on the east side of New York. The books are printed in the Hebrew text for the most part but the language is of ten a curious mixture of several central European languages. Tbe books are nearly all substantially bound. Tbey aro usually long in proportion to their width, and many of them bare manifestly been long in stock. At these libraries, as at others, the chief demand is for light literature. There is a wonderful well down near Del Norte. The force of tho water brings up from the depths an occasional lump of native silver or a gold nugget Local scientists claim that at a great depth and under enormous pressure" tbe water is washing away a ledge of rock, whose softer parts go into solntion and gira the water its mineral qualities, but whose gold and silver, not being dissolved, are brought to the surface In a metallic state. E. B. Campbell, Jr., D. L. Deane and A. B. Carnett, of Wllliamsport. have returned from a surveying expedition on the headwaters) of Young Woman's creek. While making their way through the timber they suddenly found tbemselres in a den of rattlesnakes. Seizing clubs and stones, they pitched in. and in a short time killed 21 of the reptiles. Before they got out of tbe woods tbey killed 8 more snakes. Tbe largest measured 5 feet in length and the smallest 3 feet. Mr. Ackom. living in Van "Wert coun ty, O., brought a queer freak to town. Mr. Ackom is a breeder of tborongbbred Poland China hogs. In a Utter of pigs, farrowed Sat urday, was one which very nearly resembled an elephant. It had enormous ears, a long trunk and one tusk. It was tbe color of an elephant, and Its feet turned np In a peculiar way. xne trunk started irom tne forehead, and extended out and down over the mouth. It is one of those peculiar freaks which occa sionally occur in the animal world. A daring feat in photography was per formed last week by George H. Bally, of Bos ton. He succeeded In getting a fine negative ot a blast of a ledge near Savin Hill, one of the largest on record. In which 250 poun ds of dynamite were used. He did it at tbe risk of beiojr crushed by soma hnze rock and moved himself and cametaontof tho wayjustaa-a, boulder several. ions in weight was abontto land dangerously near him. The picture was taken jast as the dust and stones bad reached tbeir bigbest elevation, and is as interesting as it is rare. The camera that does the work for tho rognes' gallery is concealed. Tbe prisoner bangs bis head, and refuses to look up when asked to do so or shuts his eyes and dis torts bis face. Tbe photographer makes a feint with tbe camera in sight, takes ont the plate and exclaims, "Ob, pshawl That is spoiled!" or words to that effect, and walks hurriedly out of the room. The prisoner raises his head at onco and looks pleasant. He has outwitted tho pbotograpber. Then the concealed camera gets in its fine work, and the rogue Is still more surprised and pleased at being told that be can go. Of all roosting places imaginable, tbe bands of a clock would seem tbe last place a bird would seek. But. nevertheless, a feath ered warbler of some description took up quar ters for the night on the hour hand of the Lima, O., town clock, and was as cosy as a "bug In a rug." It was first noticed about 10:30 o'clock, and, as the bands would soon pass, an Interested crowd looked on. anxious to know what the bird would do. Well, tbat bird knew its business, and when tbe minute band drova .np in front of it demurely bopped aboard, and, taking a seat on tbe extreme end, rode safely by. Tbe danger over, it resumed the former position on the bour hand. A horde of noisy sparrows has chosen for a roost a tree in the yard of a citizen of Orange, N.J. For several evenines he bas been experimenting with a sparrow disturber, which is at least a partial success. He has tied stout cords to nearly every limb of tbe tree ana gathered the ends at his window. When the sparrows settle down for the night be goes to the window and jerks tbe string. Tbe spar rows become "rattled" and flit away in the dark. Another citizen of Orange has a fins growth ot ivy on the side of bis house, and the sparrows bave been inhabiting it throughout the year until recently. He has driven them away by going into tbe attic and sifting Scotch snuff and cayenne pepper down through the vine. IN A HUMOROUS WAY. "And that stout son of yours, what is ha doln?" 'He's a hammock tester." Ktio Zork aun, Closefist Have a clear, Lavish? LaTlsh No. thanxs. Closefist Yon don't think smoking a sin. do you? Lavish Its, when one gets tbe sort of cigars you smoke. Jester. Mr. Bapid Did you recognize the lady who smiled at us as she passed? Mr. Gayboy No, I do not remember to bava ever seen her before. 'Mr. Kapld Ithonshtnot. She is your wife. Sittings. A Small "Wife. Dumpsey Blobson'g wife Is very small, isn't she? Popinjay Yes; you would hardly believe it, bat I have beard it said that she goes through his pockets every nljrht. Burlington Fret Tress. Doctor (to patient) I do not wish to frighten you, butif you have no objection I'd like to call lu a couple ot my brother physicians. Irascible Fatlent-AII right! It you need any assistance In murderlng.me, call in your accoa pUces. Sitings. A New Excuse. "Can't you settle that account now, sir?" Wby. I mailed you the money long ago." 1 never received It." V, elL. 1 saw fn the newspapers tbat letters con taining $13,000 have gone to tbe Dead Letter Office In the last 12 mouths, lours must be among them, Beo tbe Government about It." Xha Epoch. "Walter 'Will you gentlemen have your coffee now. or later on? Gnest-Wewlll take it right now. "Walter I was Jast going to say 11 you wanted It right away yon will bave to wait about halt aa hour. Eiftings. Visitor (to prisoner) What brought you here? Prisoner Misplaced confidence. ' Visitor Row was that? Prisoner I thought I conld ran faster than I conld. Sew London Bee. Teacher Bobby Bwapples, what is a quadruped? ' Bobby A quadruped is an animal with four legs. Tcaeher-Rlgbt; now give me an eximplo of a quadruped. Bobby A horse. Teacher Klgbtt.caa yon give ma another ex ample? Bobby (enlightened after much thought) b other horse, ItsUr. i-j- t
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