t&gxm rar' 3r - -' :hhh SECOND PART. 1 1 1 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH ' PAGES 9 TO 16. ' . . , PITTSBTJRG-, SATTTBDAY, AUGUST 23, 1890. THE LMVSOI ROADS. Just 857 Separate Enactments in this State About - Highways. A LACK OF UNIFORMITY, "Which Furnishes a Powerfal Ex cuse for the Bad Boads. TAB STATE COMMISSIONS BOOK. Carious Features of Legislative Acts on One Subject February, BOMB CDLLIKGS AS FAIR BAHPLES The State Eoad Commission authorized its Secretary, Mr. Charles F. Ettla, of Phil adelphia, to prepare a digest of all the gen eral laws of Pennsylvania relating to roads, highways and bridges, together with an in dex to the special county and township road laws. Mr. Ettla's compilation has just been printed in pamphlet form, several copies of which have been received by the Allegheny county members of the commis sion. A person looting through this pamphlet will be apt to lay it down with the remark: ."No wonder the country roads of Pennsyl vania are in such a bad condition." Secre tary Ettla's labors show what a lack of sys tem there is about the repairing of our roads. There is no uniformity in road laws. OYEB 800 DITFEBENX LAWS. The compiler of the work makes a digest of 157 general road laws, and adds a most complete index by counties of exactly 700 special road laws for counties and town ships. That makes 857 different laws in this State governing the repair and mainte nance of the public highways. It is because r th; tmjLt number, and the difference in the plans laid down in them, that the de mand has arisen for one general road law to govern the whole State. The pamphlet fills 130 pages, so that it is not possible to put into the space of a news paper column all that the laws collated therein set forth. They present every phase of the present mismanagement of roadways. In some connties the township laws passed in the days of special legislation are contradictory. Many of them passed so many years ago are now like a misfit suit of clothes. They were made for a day and age when the population was small, or when there was less money than now. Since then population and means have both increased, but these antiquated laws are still in force. ALLEGHENY COUNTY'S IAT. Allegheny county's rural highways are governed by 33 separate special acts, be side the general road laws. They are as follows: That hereafter the number of road and bridge viewers appointed by the Court or Quarter Sessions, shall be three, one of whom shall be a surveyor U deemed necessaiy.-Febrajr; "1845. Increasing the compensation or surveyors and road viewers. March, 1S66. Relative to the construction of roads during the pendency of an appeal. April. 1869. Authorizing the Court of Quarter Sessions to vacate certain streets, lanes and alleys, May, 1ETL township, and defining their duties. 1870. THE GENEEAL LAW'S. The laws relating to the roads in the Btata at large are classed by the Secretary of the Eoad Commission under the heads of open ing of public "roads, State roads, private roads, vacating and altering roads, duties of supervisors, bridges, proceedings in road liti gation, penal provisions, general provisions, Implements and material, roads to driving parks, fairs, etc., boroughs and municipal corporations. These general laws date all the way from 1811 up to 1889. .The majority of theni were enacted in 1830 and along in the 50 s. The farther back they extend the more prolific are they of those principles which make the present system of road re pairing worthless. The later they are the more good features you will find in them. For instance in 1887 a law was passed authorizing the road commis sioners and other officers having in charge the opening, constructing and repairing of rrablic road, in anv township, at their op tion, to purchase for the use of their dis tricts, road machines and such other imple ments and materials as may, from time to time be found necessary in the repairing of roads. If necessary for the payment of the' machinery and implements thesnpervi so rs or road commissioners are authorized to collect, annually, in cash, not exceeding 25 per centum of the rates or assessments by them respectively laid in each year for road pur poses. Since the passage of that law road-building machines have become popular all over the State, and townships are still adopting the system as the best obtainable. SOME CttBIOUB FEAIUBES. The special laws relating to counties and townships date back to 1810. Most of them, however, are about 40 years old. They con tain all sorts of curious provisions. Here is one relating to Beaver couney: Allowing each Road Viewer in the county 2 and eacn artist M for each day they shall be employed in discharging their Buties. Alarcb. One relating to Susquehanna County reads as follows: Fixing tbe compensation of pathmasters In the township of Great Bend at tl per day for each day necessarily employed, and fixing a penalty lor failure of such pathmaster toper form any duty required of him. March. 1553. In the 700 special laws the pay of town ship supervisors is fixed at every numeral between 25 cents and S2 per dav. It might be inferred that some may serve fornothinc. A really humane law was passed in 1876. Here it is: On any public road where running water can not be supplied for such trougb, any person or persons who mayproTide water by a pump, and koep -tbe same in proper repair, to be worked by the person desiring water for their hnrsM nr rattle, mav erect sneb pump and trough, and to bo approved of by the super visor or road commissioner of such borougb or towhship, shall be entitled to the same annual pay from the road fund thereof as provided, for in tne nrst section 01 wis acw April, ou. In 1886 an act was passed to prevent farmers and supervisors working on the roads from getting rich. It reads thus: If any person working upon any road or highway, or It any one In company with such person, shall ask money or reward, or by any means whatever shall extort or endeavor to extort any money, drink or otner thing, or or from any person traveling npon or near such road or highway, the person so offending shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding f& ONE APPLICABLE TO PITTSBTJEG. Here is the general act of 1845 under which it might be possible to rid Liberty street, in Pittsburg, of its freight train nuisance: It shall not be lawful for any railroad com pany to block up the passage of any crossings of public streets or roads, or obstruct the said crossings with their locomotives or cars; and if any engineer or other agent of any such rail road company shall obstrnctor block up such crossings, he or they shall be subject to a pen alty of 125. to be recovered with costs. In the name of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before a justice of the peace; one-half of such penalty snail be paid to tbe Informer or in formers, and the remainioK Jialf shll be paid.. Into tbe treasury f the cowmtu.wealth- Pro vided. Thatln the event vtthe said engineer or -acent being unable to pay tbe penalty, then and in xnat case, me uii xuiuaa wwu.t.uj employing the said engineer or agent shall pay tbe penalty aforesaid. There is only one possible thing that was omitted from these 857 road laws. That was a provision to prohibit farmers from swap ping stories while working out their road taxes. Stopiel. MESHES QFJHE LAW. Tangle. That Mnny People Get Into MIs nnderstandlng to a Hen Law Build, lint find Loan Association! Not Affected by It at All. J3ome on has made a discovery, or at least thinks he has. He says: An amended lien law will go into effect on September 1, which provides for recording all contracts in tbe county clerk's office, and re quires the contractor upon payment of the whole or any part of the sum agreed upon, to deliver to tbe owner of such building the re lease of all persons who may then have fur nished materials in the" erection ot the build ing, and ot journeymen and laborers. These releases must be made before any person authorized to administer oaths. The law Is hard on loan associations, and will probably re sult in every firm ot builders having toTetain a lawyer for the purpose of drawing affidavits, and even in that case it may seriously em barrass operators. The statement was shown S. A. Jonnston, Esq., and he made light of it, and pulling down Purdon's Digest and several copies of acts of Assembly, showed the inquirer the legislation on the subject, apd it does not bear out the view tiuen by the individual auoted. Bv an act of 1872, clerks, janorere, mechanics and servant girls, could secure wages for a period not exceeding six months, and in amount $200, and a landlord could put in for a year's rent, but no more. These claims were not allowed to impair previ ous contracts, however, and the claim was not a lien unless filed in the Prothonotary's office within three months after it became due, and in the same manner as contractors liens. This law was amended June 3, 1887, and as there does not appear to have been any subsequent legislation on the subject, it would seem that some people have be come tangled in a late decision of the Supreme Court on the subject of liens. The amendment of 1887 to the act or 1872 is as follows: Provided, that no such claim shall be a Hen upon real estate, unless the same be filed in the Prothonotarv's office ot tbe county in which such real estate Is situated, within three months after tbe same becomes due and is owing, in the same manner as mechanics' liens are now filed; aad that It shall be lawful to issue ascire facias on any lien, which has been nr hereafter mav bn filed, as aforesaid, and to proceed thereon to judgment, execution and sale, in the same manner as a scire facias is now issued on a mechanic's lien aud proceeded on to judgment, execution and sale. People get greatly mixed on these sub jects, and are continually calling on lawyers to get them out ot trouble. When a man exacts a waiver of the $300 law, for instance, a court will only allow the creditor the pound of flesh not a drop of blopd. As to building and loan associations, Mr. Johnston, who has extended knowledge of their nnerations. states that they are not in any way affected by any late law passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature. BEYOND ALL PIUCE. r- Part of the Stock-in-Trade of a Pho tographer That Can't he Valued. AN HOUR IN A PICTURE GALLERY. And What Was There Learned of tha Pres ervation of negatives. RET0TJGHIKG IB .PROFITABLE WORK ONE OF FULTON'S BOATS. An To Increase tbe pay of road viewers and sur veyors. March, 1S72. Relative to streets in the city ot Allegheny. May. 1871. Relating to the election of a supervisor In Collins township, March, 1851. Authorizing tne road supervisors of the township of Collins to make sidewalks along tho public roads and relating to the pay of su pervisors in said township, April, 1S57. FOOrWALKS PBOVIDED FOE. Providing for the construction and mainte nance of footwalks in Chartiers. Scott, Union and Robinson townships, April. 1869. To elect one additional supervisor in Eliza beth township, February, 188L The election of additional supervisors In Klizabcth township, March. 1S63. Dividing Indiana township into four road dis tricts and relating to tbe election of four su pervisors and defining their duties, March,lS52. To authorize tbe election of four supervisors in Indiana township. February. 1S58. Extending the Penn township road law. passed March, 1869. to Indiana and Wilklns townships. April, 1871. Authorizing the citizens of Killbuck town ship to change the method of making and re pairing the roads and bridges; relating to tbe election of supervisors and defining their duties aud compensation. March, 1870. Election of supervisors in Killbuck township and defining their duties. April, 1873. Election of Supervisors in Lower St. Clair township. March, 1872. To increase the pay cf supervisors in Lincoln township. April, 1873. TAKING XS EASTEBN EXAMPLE. That tbe provisions ot an act entitled "An act In relation to the construction of roads and bridges In Lower Merion township, Montgom ery county," approved March 2, 1806, be extended to the township of Leet. March, 1870. Authorizing tbe election of two additional supervisors in Mifflin township, April, I860. Relative to election of supervisors in Moon township. March. 1857. That the provisions of an act authorizing the citizens of Killbuck township, to change the method of making and repairing roads and bridges in said township, approved March 23, 1870, be extended to tbe township of Moon, with the exception of a provision which imposes a penalty of fZ for hauling logs over the road, hall not form part of this act. May, 1871, Authorizing the construction of foot walks In Oakland township and relating to the penalty for obstructing or destroying tho same. April, 1857. Viewers to assess damages occasioned by the opening of streets and alleys in the city of Pittsburg. March, 1847. Relating to roads in Pine townsbip.-and de fining tbe duties ot Auditors and Supervisors ot said township. April, 1853. SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS INCLUDED. Proving for the expenses of roads in Reserve township, in the county of Allegheny. March, Si3. Providing for the expenses of roads In Re serve township, compensation ot Supervisors and defining their duties. March. 1853. 'Authorizing the Auditors of Reserve town--v ship to erect board foot walks along tbe roads in said township and to levy a tax to defray the expenses of the same. March, 1870. Election of Supervisors and their duties. Road taxes in Scott township. March, 1869. Relating to ruads and supervisors in Bcott aud Lower St. Clair townships and defining tbe duties of said supervisors. March, 1862. Authorizing the elecuon'of additional super visors in bouth Fayette township, and relating to road taxes. March, 1869. "Election of supervisors and defining their ; duties lu Upper St. Clair township. February, l 1872. Relating to road supervisors in "West Beer ANOTHER MUSICAL PRODIGY. Interesting Belle Discussed by a Post- office Inspector. '. Philadelphia, August 22. B. W. Camp, one of tbe postoffice inspectors of this district, has made some curious discoveries while traveling over the country in search of those who endeavor to evade TJncle Sam's postal laws. One of these discoveries has a historical interest in view of the fact that it has reference to tbe first building of steam boats by Robert Fulton. Awav up in Dulutb, Minn.! is the hull of the Stillman Witt, stranded on the mud banks, while her engines have been removed and are used to run a shingle milL This boat, according to Mr. Camp's lnlormation, was one of the three originally constructed by Fulton and she ran for a time between New York and Albany. Shortly after the completion of the Erie Canal the 'Witt was towed through the canal to Buffalo, the guards and paddle boxes having been re moved, and for a number of years was en gaged in lake traffic between that point and Cleveland. The baptismal name of the boat if not now known andthe nresent name Is" that orBiT61d-time lake oapialn'wno ownetrl her after she left the Hudson river. Cap tain Minch, of Buffalo, is authority for the statement that the Witt is one of the original three. If the old boat can be put together again it is proposed to run her down the lakes and exhibit her at the 1892 Exposi tion, as no better illustration of progress, by contrast, could be shown. HOW XO IS EDUCATED. The originals are at Cresson, Ebensburg, Lake Chautauqua, Long Branch, Newport, Saratoga. CaDe Mav. and in Europe, which only serves to heighten the interest regard ing the -likenesses that gaze down on one from the walls of this acknowledged "upper ten" photograph parlor. Here are the lead ers of the social, professional, financial and theological world. They will not be inter viewed, they positively refuse to talk, but, unlike their originals, they do so without changing the very pleasing expressions with which they first greeted the reporter. Im passively they regard the telltale paper and pencil, and the owner thereof; even the radiant brides, in their glorious robes, have an air of easy indifference directly at variance with the flutter of excitement with which they greeted the same not many months ago, when they protested that they "didn't want one word said about the wed ding," and then proceeded to give even the most minute detail of tbe affair. Even Judge Acheson looks with apparent unconcern from the position he occupies in tbe gallery as well as in' the legal world, while the handsome face of Mr. C. L. Magee is as smiling as if bis brain was not busy at the present time concocting a dozen distinct schemes that he wouldn't have a reporter know for the world at least .not until they are perfectly ripe. ' LOOKS JUST AS HAPPY. And Andrew Carnegie looks as happy and pleased as he did that evening last winter when, on the platform of the charming lit tle music hall, surrounded by his clan-elect, he-formally presented the magnificent build ing known as the Carnegie Free Library to the citizens of Allegheny, through the medium of their Mayor, to whom he de livered the keys, and from whom he heard the joyous thanks of the people; or per haps as happy as he looked when he pre sented Mrs. Dr. Stanley (as sue must now be called, since, with the aid of the fan provoking students, Oxford has decreed it so) that famous diamond that called forth her unbounded tbanks and any number of newspaper items on the tariff question. Here is itev. ur. wmie, recvor ui ou Andrews' Episcopal Church, as peaceful looking as any of the lambs he has led into the fold; and Bev. Dr. Knmler, pastor of the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, looking as if there were no such a thing as a knotty problem in theology. But what face is this that looks forth so speakingly from its modest little frame of black and gold; a countenance known to thousands, and one that thousands have had occasion to bless; one who is not at any of and memories are about the only consolation left the memories they have and the pic tures they get if there is such a thing as a good negative of the deceased in existence. Yes, indeed. Kegatives are valuable. One little piece of glass with a face upon it is often worth ?200 or $300." "You have them heavily insured, then.do you not?" WOETH SIOEE THAN GOLD. "Yes, we carry heavy insurance, but it would be impossible to get their value in Tnoney should the stock be destroyed. In this we believe that an ounce of prevention is worth a ponnd of cure, and we take every precaution in the wprld to prevent their be ing damaged." Just at this junction two gentlemen, one long past the heydey of youth and the other just merging into man hood, both arraved in their Sunday-go-to- mceting clothes and. bearing an unmistaka ble rural stamp from the crowns of their soft felt hats to tbe tips of their bran new shoes, entered the parlor, and the young lady who was chatting so instructively re Etardinir negatives ejaculated "Tintypes." While she was convincing her guests that such pictures were not taken in the estab lishment, aud are really almost obsolete, the young lady in tbe corner who was retouch ing the negatives was interviewed, and while, with a delicate, firm touch of the ex ceedingly hard lead pencil, she covered up all lines of care, crowsfeet, and freckles, in the negative of a rather marred beauty s face, she said, in answer to a questionre garding the operation: "It is a very pains taking, careful performance, to cover up all defects with the lead, and yet not alter the expression of the face, in the least. It is a very easy thing to spoil a negative with too much lead, especially about the eyes and moutb, for therein lies the expression of the lace. The contour ot tne cneeK may oe altered slir htlv. without iniurinz the like ness, but the eyes and the mouth must be handled very caretully." "How long did it take you to learn to doctor up such worm-eaten negatives until they print beautiful pictures?" "About a year. At least, I spent that time in the business before I felt any confi dence in my own ability. The shading is quite difficult." ' "It's considerable of an art, isn't it?" "We who are in the business like to call it so." "Don't yo'u tire, sitting still so long?" "I am afraid I have a penchant for sitting still. I don't mind it at all." "Is the compensation good for this kind of work?" "Yes, as good as school teaching." KEMMLER DIED EAST. A Pittshurg Doctor Who Has Experi mented Claims That ELECTROCUTION IS NOT BRDTA1. The Muscular Movements of tho Victim Hot to he Compared With THE CONTORTIONS OP THE GUILLOTINE WAIL OF THE CHEF. H00SDZBS ABE INDIGNAKT. Iiike Oar Own Citizens, Tbey Complain of HlEh-riced Natural Gaa. Shelbtville, Ind., August 23. The citizens held another big meeting to-night to take steps against the exorbitant raise in natural gas rates. A report was made that a new company would be formed, with Major Doxey at its head, to pipe gas here either from Carthage or Fountaintown. Several hundred oitizens signed notices, which will be delivered to the present com pany to-morrow, notifying tbem to remove the mixers from their houses after Septem ber 1. Committees were also appointed to canvass the different wards and solioit sub scribers for gas in the new company. The war is bitter and the outcome is a mystery. The City Council will next Tues day night pass an ordinance regulating the rates for gas. The citizens are determined to return to the use of wood and coal before th.9 vllt violH fn fTio HnmnnrtD nf Kn vivas- .1 . !.. -1... ...... in Vnmiui nt tVio . me watering pj.ai.c3, uui " uuum, ent company. present time, tnougn auoi iiium. Jitra -n been graced by his presence in years gone by? The last journey, however, taken by the great philanthropist, Mr. William Thaw,1 was to the unknown shore from whence no traveler returns, and in the proximity is that of another well-known man, who has also passed to the other shore the late Cap tain Jones, "whose sudden death last winter was a most severe blow to his wide circle of- iJJrianda.- - ""'"' ' ' ' ONE OP THE HISSING. .-' j . 7 v A Fonr-Year-Old Delnirnrc Child Who Plays the Organ Correetlr. Milton, Del., August 22. This quiet town has been suddenly startled by the de velopment of a baby musician named Lydia -wvlrh. a child of only 4 years. Her father is John B. Welch, the leading druggist of the town and Superintendent of the Meth odist Sunday school and leader of the choir in the same church. Some few months ago this child showed a wonderful talent for singing. The child had but to hear a tune once before she could reproduce it without a single false note. Only a short time ago she had a severe attack of diphtheria, and to the great regret of parents and friends she lost all her former inclination to sing. But what was the surprise of her friends when they discovered that all her vocal powers had suddenly been directed into another channel, and from that time instrumental music began to interest her in a wonderful degree. The only musical instrument that Mr. Welch bad about the house was an organ, and upon this one day did the little one be gin to clay some tune she had heard her father sing. Soon the people learned of the child's wonderiul power, and every evening a crowd assembled upon the sidewalks ad joining the house to hear her perform. It is most interesting to watch this little midget, with her tiny hands upon the keys and feet scarcely reaching the pedals, play all the popular airs and reproduce any tune, even the most difficult, after once hearing it performed. Anv music once bummed or whistled in her presence is reproduced upon the organ. IOWA'S BLUE GLASS PALACE. t A Great Demonstration "In Connection With the Opening Exercises. Cbeston, Ia., August 22. An immense crowd was present at the opening of the Blue Glass Palace Exposition yesterday. Governor Boies and btaff, on horseback, headed the grand parade, tthich .was fol lowed by citizens in carriages. ' Artillery salutes were fired and great enthusiasm pre vailed. At the palace Mayor Patterson de livered the address of welcome, and Gov ernor Boies made a speech in which he put forth a plea lor the exercice of independent citizenship, and depreciated the use of too much partisanship in politics. At tbe conclusion ot tbe address the Hon. Boerer O. Mills, of Texas, who occupied a seat on the platform, was introduced and received an ovation. Mr. Mills acknowl edged the compliment, but said he would defer extended remarks until to-day. The city was illuminated last night with thou sands of colored lights. Great crowds are pouring in on every train. The palace is pronounced a marvelous structure by those who have seen it IRISH CATHOLIC UNION, It Electa Officer, and Adjourn, te Meet Next Tear In Scranton. St. LotIB, August 22. The Irish Catho lic Benevolent Union hniihed its session here this morning by electing the following officers for the ensuing year and then ad journing to meet at Scranton, Pa.: President, L. M. Daly; First "Viee Presi dent, J. B.Badigan; Second Vice President, J. J. Keville; Secretary, M. J. Griffin; Treasurer, O O'Leary. Utile Cblef and Short Horn Bring Back 8300 Won ot Poker. New Yoek, August 22. Little Chief and Short Horn, who returned the other day from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show on the steamship Ems, told General O'Beirne yesterday, through Interpreter George Crager, what kind of a time they had abroad. Little Chief said that No Keck, who gave the show a hard name when he arrived here several weeks ago, was a bad Indian and a great liar. The only objection that Little Chief had to Buffalo Bill was that he was a ladies' man. He treated the Indians well, but his subordinates were harsh to them. Buffalo Bill supplied them with new cards when their old ones got ragged, and for this Little Chief said ho was profoundly grateiul, as he generally won from his fellow, red men. He and Short Horn, unlike No Neck, were good Indians. They brought over about $500 between them. This wasn't their ac cumulated salaries, but tbe salaries ot a dozen or more of their noble brethren, who had an uncontrollable passion for poker. TTATtT) TIMES FOE WEAVERS. Olanufacinrera Want Their Employes to Help Bear the Burden. Fall Eitee, Mass., August 22. Al. though the mills have only been running four days and several are now shut down, it is agreed that tbe CO-hour curtailment has only been an aggravation to tbe market and that print cloth manufacturing cannot be continued long under existing conditions. Some of the mill men areue that the help should now share in the hard times, and a cut down of wages is talked of. The Progressive Weavers' Association last night enforced the efforts of the manu facturers to curtail the production, and sug gested another week's stoppage. ARCHBISHOP FABRE, It Is Reported That He la to be Elevated to tbe Carolnnlate. Montbeal, August 22. Archbishop Fabre will leave Montreal on Wednesday next en route for Borne, accompanied by his private secretary. Prayers lor the safety of the Archbishop will be offered in the churches on Sunday. ' It is rumored that the visit of the Arch bishop to Borne has to do with the amalga mation of the Victoria and Laval medical schools, and with the Longne Pointe Asy lum contract with the nuns. It is also re ported that the Archbishop will be raised to the cardiualate before his return. FOR ACTING DISORDERLY. A Wood'a Run Citizen Who Now Wishes He Hndn't Done It. Charles Fenner, a laborer living at Wood's Bun, will have a hearing to-day he fore Magistrate Foley to answer two charges of assault and battery and one of disorderly conduct. The informations were made by Mrs, Josephine Miller and her daughter Caro line. They allege that Fenner boarded at their house, aud a few days since came into the house" and acted in a very disorderly manner. Tbe plaintiffs objected to his ac tion, and it is alleged Fenner turned and struck each of them. And here, too, in this gay bridal party of bridemaids and groomsmen that attended Miss Thelta Quay and Mr. Franks to tbe altar last season, is a face that will be Been no more on this earth, that of Mr. Bobert Wilson, the promising young attorney, who succumbed to the dread typhoid1 but re cently. How happy and smiling he is here," surrounded by the merry group of young people, with whom he was such a favorite. And this is the picture of a young East End briderwhom, Dame Rumor says, repri manded her groom in the ante-room of the aristocratic church in which the vows were taken, when he became slightly "rattled," by saying, "You're not halt a man if you let anything like this distum yonr equa nimity." As if "anything like this" (get ting married) was ot small moment to the young lady, who was not long out of her teens. But Dame Bumor adds that tbe short, crisp remark had its effect, and the youthful groom braced UP so that, in walk ing up to the altar, not a'trace of nervous ness was visible in him. Perhaps she's just the wife he needed; anywav, she's wonder fully bewitching, not only in her gorgeous wedding gowns, but in any attire in which she appears. This equally pretty young woman in tho equally pretty bridal attire was first her lather-in-law's choice a't least, the same gossipy old dame is authority tor the state ment tnat the father-in-law offered his son $100,000, clear cash, if he would court and win the East End belle. He won both the bride and the money, if there was any trnth in the rumor, and it is not a rumor, but a fact, that he is wonderfuliy attentive and devoted to his bride. This head and bust is that of another East End favorite, who married Mr. So-and-So, and here she is again, j nit as charming as ever, with the diamond edition of Mr. So-and-So in her arms sweet face, sweet baby and sweet picture. AN OBJECT OP INTEBSST., "Wh6 is this sad, pensive, beautiful girl, Sn'the very much decollete bodice?" is asked the young lady in attendance at the gallery. v "Really. I don't know her name, but it was associated with that of a bright young newspaper man who committed suicide in Chicago last year because he hud so many wives." "Fascinating face, hasn't she?" "Yes. Nine out of ten who come in here ask me who she is, and all admire her greatly such a sad expression." "How is business, this time of year?' was the next question. "Very quiet, excepting for the orders that come in from the seashore and summer re sorts." "From the seashore and summer resorts?" was tbe next interrogation. "Yes. Our patrons are all away at the different resorts, hut in such places more than anywhere else roust pictures be ex changed, and so they send to us for them to be printed from negatives taken some time in the past." "You reserve all negatives, then?', "Yes, indeed. The negatives are our stock-in-trade,! from which we neither bor row nor lend. On the first installment of pictures printed when the negative is made tbe profit is not nearly so large as it is on after orders, for it costs considerable to make the negative. Once made, however, it is a source of revenue to tbe photographer often as long as the original lives, and very fre quently after he dies, as in the case of prom inent public men. For instance, the com pany lor which the late Captain Jones worked ordered nine large crayon portraits of him and any number of cabinets, while demands are still being made for pictures of the late William Thaw. Fond parents who lose their littlo-ones also order large numbers oj,pictures trom negatives taken before sickness and disease made a prey of their treasures, and so on all through the list, of children who lose their parents, husbands who lose their wives, and wives who lose thelrx husbands. Pictures AH UNUSUAL PHENOMENON. A Shock of Freshly-Cut Green Corn Burned to the Ground. An unnsual phenomenon was witnessed on Neville Island Thursday. During the heavy thunder storm a shock ot green corn jnJx- m 'V.oV-from -"Bqnlre Bbanlcs" residence was struck by lightning, and, tak ing fire, instantly burned until it was en tirely consumed, the flames rising several feet above the top of the corn. The corn was not only wet by the shower, but was en tirely green, having been cut but a few hours. People who witnessed tbe sight were re minded of the story of Elijah's competitive test with the prophets of Baal, the fire com ing down from the sky and consuming a pile fully as wet as was tbe sacrificial altar. Several people in the vicinity were some what stunned, but not seriously injured. STRANGE DISEASE AMONG HORSES. An Epidemic of a Peculiar Character la tbe Hooiler fetate. Mabtinsville, Ind., August 22. An unknown disease has fastened upon several fine horses in the stable of James V. Mitchell, near this city. The horses were' apparently bealtby in every way-when their throats began swelling and have con tinued until breathing har become very difficult and painful. Nothing as yet has been found to alleviate the suffering. The swelling is attended with no other sickness. Farmers throughout the neighborhood are using disinfectants, bnrning brimstone and exercising great caution to prevent the dis ease spreading. , CRUELTY TO HIS WIFE. An Invalid' Hatband Neglects and Refuses to bopport Her. Superintendent Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty Society yesterday made an information be fore Alderman Warner charging Bobert Solomon with cruelty and neglect toward his wife. Mr. Dean alleges that Mrs. Solo mon has beenf an invalid for the last two years, and is unable to move. For sometime she has been living with a married daughter, on promise from her hus band that he would support her. He has not only failed to provide for his wife, ac cording to Superintendent Dean, but is said to be living with another woman. He will have a hearing on Monday. WORK OF THE CORONER, A Rankin Man Fonnd Dead, and Supposed to Have Fallen From a Window. In tbe case of Louis Kalchthaler, who died in the jail, a verdict of death from de lirium tremens was rendered by the Coro ner's jury. Accidental death was the ver dict in Michael Swethalfskl's case. Heart failure, it was decided, was the cause of the death of Dr. M. Chambers. John Wentzel was found dead yesterday near his home at Bankin station. It is sup posed he fell out of a window. Hunting the Hunter'. Cheyenne, August 22. Active meas ures are being taken all over the State against professional hunters. The law pro vides that no non-resident shall hunt in Wyoming, and this especial section will be enforced to the letter. The wanton destruc tion of game has been simply frightful in previous years. A Moon Township Elopement. Mary Merrltt, daughter of George Mer ritt, a farmer living in Moon township, is missing. It is supposed she eloped with a young stranger, who has been around the neighborhood negotiating foroil leases. Her father thinks the couple is hiding in this city. Exposition Notes. Mattings, linoleums, oil cloths and car pets made and laid on shortest possible no tice. Muslins, sateens and silk draperies fn stock and put up at short notice. Hoppeb Bbos. & Co., 307 Wood street, itwrssa "The microscope as a mode of investiga tion to determine accurately that Kemmler, the New York murderer, who was the first to suffer the death penalty by electricity, has demonstrated that he died very sudden ly, very rapidly, and extremely easy and painless," remarked Dr. Gaertner, ol this city, to a Dispatch reporter yesterday. "Even if the papers called it a failure, a bungled up job," continued the doctor, "nevertheless Kemmler died quick, without a stir, even without an expression of pain or agony. Since the electrocution this method of execution has agitated the minds of scientists ancLelectricians, not only of this country but also of Europe. Borneo? the Enronean nations have eone so far as to condemn it, even calling it criminal to torturing people to death by electricity. This the microscope has already revealed to be a gross error. v "Just see how the doctors George E. Fell and Spitzka jumped upon the micro scope when the world-renowned murderer was eleotrocutioned. It was the only re liable apparatus instrument they could secure in order to determine accurately, first, that he (Kemmler) was dead; secondly, what killed him. The cause of death that is, the result of the electricide has been authoritatively stated, and whioh the micro scope revealed, was nervous shock, This simply means a distraction anti paralysis of the nerve-centers of the brain and spinal cord. Scientifically, or rather microscop ically expressed, a disintegration of the protoplasm of the nerves, nerve-cells and nonnfTnn nf thn hmin and srjinal cord, with a secondary destruction or disinteerationfl of the elements of the blood, producing a hemorrhagic transudation into the ventricles and substance of the brain, coagulation and death. KILLED BY THE PIBST SHOCK. "There is not a particle ol doubt that Kemmler was dead after the first shock, even if the foreign papers called it a bungled up job. I know from experimental re searches tbe action of electricity upon the living tissue, whether animal or human. When 1,000 volts or more are applied to living tissues, whether animal or Iranian, a tremendous lightning-like nervous shock follows, with first the destruction of the superficial layers of nerve cells and gan glion of the brain, followed by the destruc tion of the deeper layers, until the entire brain is destroyed in a similar manner. I have had the opportunity of experimenting with electricity upon the brains of cats and dogs, and these have been my results, all through the aid of that wonderful instru ment, the microscope. "I think it will require about 1,200 to 1,500 volts, applied from 15 to 25 seconds, to kill any ordinary hnmau being, especially when applied as near as possible to the nerve centers i. e., directly to the head, back of tbe neck, and also down the spinal cord. Consequently it is a matter of possi bility lor a human being to stand 1,000 volts that is, when it has been applied to his extremities, such as his feet or hands, and only for a very short time, say about x .U..m ...HHn .nil 4111 annvm frnm IrWU Or bUrCG DCVUUUa. AUl BIUI. imjUIWJIUui -thwihTJclr.'TJtrtf-thTJoier-artf'appriedTir- rect to the head- and spine, men it is an impossibility for any human being to recover from tbe shock, even if applied bnt one second; and if only the very superficial layers of the nerve cells aud ganglions are destroyed he would remain a deformed in valid lor life. His hands and feet would be more or less paralyzed, and probably die very soon after the snock. Therefore in Kemmler's electrocution he was certainly dead after the very first shock. The frothing at tha moutb, returning respiration and bleeding from .the throat were by no means indications that he ws still living or a re turn of animation: but it was simply a spas modic and convulsive contraction of the dif ferent organs, just the same as a guillotined head wonld be dead after it is severed from its body, in fact, more so. AJPAINLESS DEATH. "I think a human being killed by elec tricity suffers less pain than a man gRilo tined or hanged. This fact, the microscope has revealed and demonstrated time and again in certain analyzed cases. Iu the year 18S4, while I was at the Hospital Gen erate de Strasburg, Germany, under the direction of Prof. Schwalbe, I was re quested to witness a murderer guillotined. The execution took place at Metz, and after the operation (decapitation) I was directed by request to hold a postmortem examina tion upon the subject. I took particular pains in studying the head and especially the physiognomy of this subject Immediately after tbe head was severed and dropped into the basketl took charge or it. The follow ing has been my observation and experi ences, all through the aid of the microscope: His facial expression was that of great agony for many minntes after the decapitation. He would open his eyes, also his month, in a process of gapping, as if he wanted to speak to me, and I am positive he could see me for a number of seconds after the head was severed from its body. Thero is no doubt that the brain was still active, which fact the microscope after wards revealed. Just think of a head sev ered from its body and still in activity. What suffering he must have gone through by the process of decapitation oi inflicting the death penalty with the guillotine. A GHASTLY SPECTACLE. "His decapitated body, which was pre viously fastened by straps upon a bench, was in a continuous spasmodic and clonic convulsions lasting from 5 to 6 minntes; aUo an indication of great suffering. I have no doubt that had not his body been pre viously fastened to a bench he would have gotten upou his hands and feet and would certainly nave scramoieu an over me ucaiu c amber. That would have been a terrible sight. A chicken, after its head is severed from its body, will jump around and spring up into the air 4 to 6 feet. I have seen chickens get on their feet and actually run away from the place of decapitation a dis tance of 10 to 12 teet. All this means great suffering, whicli would last from 10 to 12 minutes, and still the French nation advo cates the use of the guillotine as a death penalty. .... "Even hanging is a barbarous process. If the neck is not immediately broken, the vic tim generally lives from 10 to 20 minntes, and certainly has to go through great suffer ing. Consequently this process of electri ciding should in every instance be advocated for inflicting the death penalty. Even the Humane Society should compel butchers and the killers at abbatoirs to slaughter beef, calves and swine with electricity, which i, without donbt, a painless death, certainly much the quickest, easiest and simplest. Electrocution is, therefore, to he commended." Tho English Women Cooks Aro Giving Him a Tery Lively Fight. PaUJIall Budget. The French che's hate the English cooks, for most of the'English cooks are women. I had a chat with a chef the other day and" was amused at the way he fell to abusing women cooks. He did it in broken English. It seems that womencooks have been in stalled 4,n many wealthy houses in prefer ence to the chefj,very much to the disgust of the latter. The women have cut down the heavy salaries o!f the chefs. This is the sore point. First-rate women cooks will undertake posts for a hundred a year, which is a hundred too little according to my friend the chef. Women cooks, he said, were very wasteful, twice as extravagant as men, so matters were as oroaa as long u .uc employers after all. Earl Brownlow, Lord Cowper and Lord Burton aH keep women cooks. The chef didn't consider that women cooks were fitted for the big position they occnpied. They were reared in the scullery, and were low persons, he said. Some noblemen the Duke of Sutherland for one have contracts with their chefs to provide for every guest at so much a head. A guinea a head isxonsidered fair terms. Dinners are not such ' serious aflairs nowadays as they m used t be. Monsieur said that 'when he first came to this country, 20 years ago, if my Lord So-and-So gave a dinner it was something to talk about. Dinners were nothing in these days, he said. About half the number of dishes are prepared for a din ner now that used to be. The people don't stay at the table now long enough to digest a good dinner. It was all quick, quick, said Monsieur. In the season some of the French chels find it pays very well to go out work ing By the job. They got about 5 guinea's for doing a dinner. This often takes two days to get through. OUR MERCHANT NAT! IntercstiDj- Facts Ahout the Different Steamship Lines. NOVEL METHODS OF NAMING SHIPS. Boats Built and Owned by Americana Koff Flyins British Flags. M0NEI IXTESTUD BI PITTSBTJEGEE3 A CALD70RNIAN REMINISCENCE The Uncle Bam Great Mule Ballroad or tbe Early Days of California. Dr. Nelson, of the California Pioneers, says the editor of Themis, published in Sacramento, handed us a few days ago an envelope reminiscent of the early days of this State. It is one of a series issued by Putt Stone, an eccentric character, wjio at that time resided at Greenwood Valley" and who became noted as a song writer. Putt as an original man, and will be remem bered by many a pioneer. He committed rsuicide at Greenwood several years ago. On the face of the enevelope we have are printed representations of two fully equipped stages; at the top, "Putt's Over land Envelope. This little institution is to be forwarded to its place of destination by TJncle Sam's Great Mule Bailroad, and is expected to arrivelnside of schedule time provided the cars don't get stuck in the mud, nor the locomotive run out ot grassl" On the left-hand margin are the words, "Mules warranted kiild, poor, affectionate and devoted to the cause." On the right hand margin, "Hurrah for infernal im provements! Nothing like it. Go in-Sam-mv!" On the bottom, "Overland by Uncle Samuel's Celebrated Mule Bailroad Line established in 1858." On the reverse side, is the following, from which it will be in ferred that Putt took little stock in Dr. Gwin or the Pacific Bailroad enterprise: THE PACIFIC EAILEOAD. Air "Villiklns and His Dinah." Bay, how would you fancy a trip overland By Samuel's railroad, exceedingly grand; With mule locomotives for passenger trains And kettles lor cooking your beans on the plains? Chorus Tu ral lal, lu raL etc. The road o'er the mountains In winter is wet And that on tbe desert is billon", "you bet;' Tbe bottom drops oat and tbe vehicle in Bo much for tbe etTorts of Old pranny Uwin. Cborus Tu ral lal, lu ral, etc L.Whu erassjro-u'i-'.ibexBnhUchthe team And camp by the road to recruit up the steam. The tar-bucket, silent, would say, could it speak: "Ob, railroad democracy, we've sprung a leakl" Cborus lu ral lal, lu rah etc. A WONDERFUL CAVERN. Men Walk la it Over Twenty Miles In a Straight Line. , Nobmandy, Tenn.. August 22. There is intense excitement at this place over tbe discovery yesterday of a cave that so far seems to surpass the Mammoth cave in size and in grandeur. Yesterday morning as a party of gentle men were inspecting the country two and one-halt miles southeast from this place, and directly between here and Tullahoma, they accidentally discovered the entrance. The party entered tbe cave and walked sjjood distance by the light from the moutb, which is about eight feet in heigbth by 12 in width. Tbey having no light to go far ther returned to Normandy, got lanterns and then, went back to the cave, arriving there about 5 o'clock in the aiternoon. They walked in what seemed to bea direct line all night, but they found no end. There was a small creek running throngh the cave from northeast to southwest. The distance trav eled could not have been short of 20 miles. Retracing their steps they arrived at the mouth at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Tbey say there seemed to be no end to the cave. In soup, places tbe passage is hundreds of feet wide. As tbe moutb of the cave lies at the loot ot what is known as tbe table lands or barrens, it is believed it extends under the whole table land. IKE COLUMBUS CULT. Gymnasium at Kcnyon military Academy. A gymnasium and drill ball 100x50 feet, with nard wood floor laid diagonally, has been completed at this school in Gambier, Ohio. Besular instruction in gymnastics by a skilled teacher will hereafter be a part of the prescribed course for all cadets. Vt. Wnjsi.ow'8 Soothing 8yrun Is the best J of all remedies for Children Teething. How ibo Worship of tho Discoverer Is Spreading op this Continent. The Columbus cult on the American con tinent is constantly extending. Quite re cently the Geograrhical Society of Buenos Ayres proposed the erection, at the expense of all the South American States, of a colos sal Columbus monument on the pointed rock which rises at the entrance to the pSrt of Bio de Janeiro, which monument is to serve at the same time as a lighthouse much as the statue of Liberty does in the port of New York. The Brazilians have received with much enthusism this flatter ing imposition, which the Geographical Societies of Chili an.i Peru cordially ap prove of. The inauguration of the monu ment is to be made the occasion of a uni versal festival of fraternization among the South American nations. In this connec tion it miy also bementioned that the Pro visional Government of the Brazilian Re public which has abolished all the temporal fWnrations created by the Empire has re cently founded an Order of Columbus, which has already been conferred upon 2, 000 Brazilians and foreigners. BISMARCK'S ADOPTED SON. His Molbcr Left Him a Babe In tbe Prince's Tent After Being Widowed by War. It is not generally known that Prince Bismarck has an adopted son, now 20 years of age, and a Frenchman. It was one evening during the Franco-Prussian war that the Chancellor entered, his sleeping apartment), 25 miles from Fhris, and was surprised to find a tiny baby boy curled up asleep on his pillow. , The mother had left a note saying that her husband had been killed at Sedan, and despair apd want had forced her to give up her child. Prince Bismarck sent tbe child by special nurse to Berlin, where he had it well cared for. He has given tbe boy a good education, and he is now a model young man and devotedly attached to tbe old Prince. Few inland residents have mora knowledge of nautical matters than J. B Mullett, of 1220 Carson street, Sontbside. He has had considerable experience in mat ters pertaining to steamship lines, and talks entertainingly of them. In a chat yesterday Mr. Mullett gave some facts which have come under his notice regarding tha merchant navy of the United States. Ha said: "As everybody knows, we have a very in significant navy of either kind, but still we make our influence felt. The only purely American line that sails to Great Britain is from Philadelphia, bnt, singularly enough every ship is named after some English celebrity, snch as the 'Lord Gough, 'Lord Clyde,' 'British Prince,' etc. This is but a second class, or slow line, and carries but few first-class passengers. PLYING THE BRITISH FLAG. "The Inman line, with its magnificent 'City' ships, while ostensibly a British line, and flying the British flag, is in reality an American institution, and considerable Pittsburg money is invested in it The lata William Thaw owned considerable stock in tbe line. "The Cunard line is a purely English concern. They started first in eiving first class accommodations to ocean travelers and have kept up their reputation since. Like the B. and O. railway under the older Garrett, and when they were doing well they viewed suspiciously any suggestion as to doing better, and were so conservative in their methods that they were nearly out stripped by more youthful rivals. The old fogies died and younger blood came in, and hence, you bave the Etruria, Umbria aud Aurania. When the first generation of Cnnard built the Russia. Scythia, Bothnia, Gallia and Servia, they thought they wera doing wonders, but these are far behind tha times now, and will soon be relegated to their places as lreight ships to ports other than New York. "Alter the collapse of the Collins line the White Star was the first dangerous competitor to tbe Cunard, and the company is in the same line yet. Their ships ara magnificently built in their own yards by days work at Belfast, Ireland, and are splendidly officered and manned. As fast as one ship gets to be a little out of order she is sent to other waters and her place taken by other and newer ships. Thus we have lost the Oceanic, Beleic, Gaelic and Baltic, while we have the Britannic, Ger manic, Adriatic, Celtic, Teutonic aud Ma jestic 'eft. A BEPTJTAT10N MADE. "The White Star line was unpopular for several years in consequence of the loss of one of their first steamers, the Atlantic, with all on board. But they have lived it down, and have now a deservedly splendid reputation. "Next we come to tbe Inman Line, which, was not considered first class uhtil Ameri can capital enabled it to build its City of Hhpiiti'r. flitr of Berlin. Citv of Chicago. City of New York and City of Paris. This is now the record-breaking champion line, and deserves .credit for. its snips are first class and luxurious. But to the Guion Line belongs the credit of establishing the rival ry that now exists to make fast passages. The Guion had been jawing along with its old iron-decked Montana, Nevada and Wy oming, when it suddenly put in an appear ance one morning with the Arizona, and fol lowed it up with the Alaska, both of which proved to be world beaters. The old lines rubbed their eyes and brushed their clothes and started in after the bold Gnion Com pany, loaded and primed. Tbe Guions are holding their own to-day with their twin greyhounds, and are always there or there abouts at tbe end of a race. They refused to take the Oregon, which was built for them, off the builders' bands for some reason or other, and she was sold to the Cunard Com pany and lost by them just outside of Ne York harbor. THE CITY OP BOME. "The palatial City of Borne is another ves sel that was refused by the parties she was built for, the Inman Company, and it was a hud dav for tbem when they refused her. "She was bought by the Anchor line, which owns a large number ot secona-ciass passen ger aud lreight ships, running to and from all parts of tbe world, but never considered in the first-class passenger line to Europe. Yet. they continue to send their splendid City of Borne, making seven day passages, and cut wide swaths into the passenger lists) of other lines and prevent any pooling or" consolidation. "The National line is another competitor for trade, but does very little first-class pas senger business. Thefr ships- are very large and roomy, and they carry large numbers of emigrants and immense cargoes, but are very slow. One of their largest boats, tha Egypt, was lost" last week by fire in mid ocean. "The Allan line is another large and im portant line, but does its business to Europe from Baltimore and Canada. "Did you ever learn how to tell what line a ship belongs to by its name?" , "I will tell you. All first-class Cnnard steamers end "their names with the letters ia;' all White Star shins with ic;' all Al lan vessels with 'ian;' all Inman boats are 'City of;' all Guion steamers are named alter American Territories; all State line ships are named after American States; all National line boats are named alter foreign countries. American challis 12c a yard, 3d in. wide the last good assortment that will be offered this season. Hugus $ Hacke, xxssa POVERTY OF THE MEXICANS. Pitiable Conditions nnd Burdens of tha ' Lower Classes. Correspondence Denver Times. The poverty of tbe poor of Mexico is ex treme, aud tbe conditions of the lower class of laborers must be dreadlul, and you. see them doing work only done by horses else where, and loads carried on burros which, in other countries, are carried on wheels. Blocks of a peculiar building stone are brought into the city on the backs of those patient creatures, so that even the poor burro is not exempt from sharing the condi tion of his owner. No wonder buildings go up slowly here. Ton see tbe men carrying lumber, heavy boxes, poles, and nearly always on-the trot. Even the dead are carried to their bunal, and yesterday I witnessed on tbe plaza a relay of carriers, while the harden was be ing shifted to fresh shoulders. Two or three women and some children stood around while tbe exchange was being made. The coffin, it is presumed, represented the hearse. They have here on their street rail roads, a funeral car, capable of accommo dating the coffin and a number of mourners, which is, I think) an idea well worthy of imitation. Pretty Little Grape on aa Arbor Grew. Louis Webster and Bert Harrison, two little 12-year-old boys, were robbing grape. vines in tbe yards on AJiegneny aveaue yes terday afternoon. Tbe green grapes made tbem sick and a policeman kindly placed them in tbe lockup to give them time to n ' leupexate. m j? 1 i 1 4 m ' . - ' s " '
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