Wir WTW ' Z? f ji!T v-i? THE1- FITTSBTJRGr. dispatch? Wednesday; august - 27, ' i890. f w- 9(jtB$M. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1818, YoL 45, No. SOL Enterec" at Pittsburg Postofflce, November 11, 1S47. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Bmlthfleld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. KOOMn, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW 10BK. where tomplete flies of THE DISPATCH can always be lound. Foreign aarertiieri appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In New York, are alo made welcome. THE DISPATCH it regularly on tale a Breutano't. 5 Union Squat e, Jfew Tori, and 27 Ave. deV Opera, Para, France, where any one who has been disappointed at a hotel newt ttand can obtain it. 4 TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. iSHSsfc FREE TN THE UNITED ETATX3. DA1LT (HorjkXCR, One Year. f SCO Dan.TtDwrjjon. l'er Quarter... . ... 2 00 DAH.TDnri.TClI. One Mouth........ ......... 70 Daily DiHTCH, Including Sunday, 1 year. JO CO Dailt Dispatch, lneludrncBunaay.ftn'ths. 150 DAILT Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 month SO BukdatDIIPATCH, One Year I TV EEKLT DIsrATCH, One Year. 115 The Dailt Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 3!ccnUDcr week, or includlnc bundaytditlou, at 30 centt per week. PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY. AUG. 27. 1S90. THE GAS MJPPLY. The talk of a failure of the gas supply . -which baa been given an unpleasant promi nence by the action of the Philadelphia Company in raising rates for glass factories, is shown by a local article elsewhere to have done what is generally done in that coo section, exaggerated the unfavorable symp toms far beyond their legitimate importance. The repetition of that old error may be re garded as rather fortunate in this case, since it brings out a positive statement from David B. Oliver, Esq., showing an exactly opposite condition from that which was re ported, With regard to the report that the Oliver works had gone back to the use of coalSi account of a gas failure, Mr. Oliver stjtwSjittat the gas line owned largely by his company has such a surplus of gas that they are selling it to other manufacturers; and that, having made the contracts, they resorted to the temporary use of coal in their works until connections with other wells are made, in order not 'to diminish the Eupply of their customers. There are, of course, instances in which a diminution of the pressure arouses fears of a gas shortage; but this statement of Mr. Oliver's shows that there is still a supply of fuel for our manufacturers, with every prospect of its indefinite continuance. Con currently with this is the taking out of -a charter for another $1,500,000 plate glass company, whose works are to be located at Irwin. We may be certain that an enter prise of that magnitude has not fixed its location withont definite assurances ot a permanent gas supply. Pittsburg may rely with confidence on the continuance of Its unrivaled fuel for many years. If it should ever give ont we may also be sure that the coal and oil fields, of which our city is the center, will furnish it with artificial gas fuel, which, for clean liness and economy cannot be surpassed in the known world. A FEATURE AT THE EXPOSITION. The features of interest which The Dis patch proposes to add to the attractions of the Exposition, as announced elsewhere, are designed not only to attract attention and amuse the visitors at the Exposition, but to subserve the wider purpose of giving ex pressions of popular opinions and the elab oration of popular ideas ou matters of gen eral interest, From the announcement in another col umn, it will be seen that the first feature will be that of a ballot each day on subjects of popular interest, AH visitors to the Ex position will have the privilege of voting on these questions, which will take the range between the future of the Point blockhouse to questions of National import. It is on local questions, however, that the greatest interest will center, and the expression of pnblic opinion through these ballots will have the greatest weight. It is the purpose, therefore, to have the largest number of ballots on local issues, as will be seen by the announcement of questions for the first week. The weekly prize-essay contest, which is to be an accompanying feature, will, of course, reqnire more work on the part of those participating, and will, therefore, probably engage a smaller number in the actual competition. But the general inter est in these essays, as careiul elaborations of general opinion on subjects of current in terest, will make this feature a valuable one. The full announcement of these features, as they -will be presented by The Dis patch, appears in anotherfcolumn. A PLEA FOR PEACE. The settlement of the "Westinghouse strike seems to be in sight The strikers yester day appointed a committee to wait upon Mr. "Westinghouse with a view to discussing the questions raised by the strike. It is hardly necessary to say that The Dispatch is glad to assist, if it may, in tne adjust ment of a difference of this kind. There is no need to discuss the matters in dispute here, they essentially are for the determination of the partieB concerned. But we may ap prove heartily the resolve of the men to con fer with Mr. "Westinghouse. In such a conference the issues at stake will surely be understood by both sides, and the truth is tfe best pavement toward reconciliation, if ire may use that word. In another place will be found a temper ate and manly letter setting forth the injury to the Exposition resulting indirectly from the strike of the Westinghouse employes. The preparation of the Exposition for the opening next week is practically paralyzed by the action of organized labor. The merits of the Westinghouse strike are one matter, the building and beautifying of the Exposi tion booths are another. Labor in Pitts burg is as much interested in the success of the Pittsburg Exposition as capital, and in this department of the difficulty at all events some settlement should be reached at once. The managers of the Exposition are innocent of offense, and it is not fair that they should buffer because organized labor has a dispute with an individual exhibitor. Some way should be found to extricate the Exposition from this unfortunate position, and the best way possible would be the termination of the Westinghouse strike. THE RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION. The old announcement is made, this time in a very positive manner, that the relations between the Baltimore and Ohio and Pitts burg and Western railroads have reached a degree of union that amounts to prac tical consolidation, and that the superin tendent ol the Pittsburg division oF the Baltimore and Ohio has taken charge of the practical operations of the latter road. Be- ports similar to this have been 'frequently made and denied, but this time the report appears to be well substantiated. Indeed It must be said that a union of some sort between the two roads in some shape was simply a question of time. Their interests were brought Into unison by com mercial forces, almost as irresistible as the dynamic forces -which hold the world in place. They are not only natural connect ing lines, but each furnishes something that the other cannot do -without The Baltimore and Ohio is the only possible Eastern outlet for the Pittsburg and West ern, and without the latter the former's route to Chicago is round about and un satisfactory. While individual ideas of railway policy may have caused clashing between the two companies their interests were bound to bring them together. The result of the reported union will be to bring about the realization of the hope which has been held before Pittsburg for nearly twenty years, of placing the city on the direct line of the Baltimore and Ohio from Baltimore to Chicago. This connec tion not only makes a new trunk line, but it makes the line thus lormed the most direct one that the Baltimore and Ohio has to Chi cago. It also shortens its connection with the lakes and raises to a high power its power as a competitor with the Pennsyl vania Bailrcad for Pittsburg traffic. With such a union the attitude of Pitts burg opinion toward the new Arrangement will be that of friendship and good wishes. Active competition in railway transporta tion means increased prosperity for Pitts burg. AN ATTEMPT AT FE ACE-MAKING. The report which came in the special Washington correspondence of The Dis patch yesterday, that the fight between Emery and Delamater will be smoothed over by making Emery the Bepublican Con gressional nominee, may be taken as evi dence that the powerful junior Senator from this State has become convinced that it will be wise to extend his policy of conciliation from national to State politics. The evidences that this report represents only the willing ness of Senator Quay to hold out the olive branch are carried on its own surface. Mr. Emery has no headquarters or authorized representative at Washington, while Sena tor Quay is located there. Therefore, the appearance at Washington, on the very day of Congressman Watson's death, of a plan to settle matters by making Emery his suc cessor and hushing up the charges which he is making against Delamater,isevidencethat Senator Quay is desirous of placating Emery and has permitted the publication of this feeler. Senator Quay's willingness to adopt the conciliatory policy when it is necessary in stead of relying1 on the policy of force majeure, as some of his predecessors have done, is a new proof of 'what The Dispatch has often said of his clear sightedness and superior ability as a political tactician. It also affords evidence that the hysterical as sertion of some of the Bepublican organs, that Emery's attacks are an actual benefit to the Bepublican ticket, does not receive the indorsement of Senator Quay. But it mutt be said that the presentation of a plan for compromise of this sort, on the part ot the Senator, evinces a lack of perception in the line of political morals, which must be entirely ignored to suppose that after mat ters have reached the present stage such a compromise would be possible. The im possibility of such an agreement with any preservation of the credit ot either party to it appears in a double sense. The most manifest inability to accept such an agreement is on Senator Emery's side. We have no doubt that any such proposition will be promptly rejected by him, because her clearly sees that to do so would be wholly destructive of his public reputation. It is just a week ago that he gave the best proof of his comprehension of this fact by an openletterin which he asserted that his function in this campaign, is to prove the corruption and subservience to the corporate interests of the Bepublican nominee for Governor. He clinched that position by declaring: "My acceptance of a nomination for Congress, from any source however laudable, would impair the force of my effort to defeat Delamater who in my opinion is a corrupt man." If, after re peatedly and in the most public manner taking this position, Mr. Emery could per mit himself to be bought off by the bribe of a Congressional nomination, his public rep utation would become a thing too light and vain to be weighed by any known standard. There is no danger that Senator Emery will commit any such act of suicide. While he may have earned an eccentric reputation, no one has ever been able to accuse him of a disposition to sell out so cheaply. But the impossibility of any such com promise on the part of the Bepublican or ganization, with a decent regard for public morals, constitutes a still more vital weak ness in the proposition. Here are two men, one of whom has repeatedly and persist ently declared that the other is corrupt and a corporation agent in politics. It is evident that either Delamater is corrupt or Emery is a persistent yllifier of an honest and worthy reputation. Yet it is brought forward as a satisfactory adjustment of this trouble, that both of them shall be nomi nated to positions of the highest and most responsible character. It is impossible to give that idea in any other meaning than that, for the sake of preventing further ventilation of the charges, the Bepublican management is willing that two men shall go into high public position, one of whom by the very nature of the case must be com pletely unworthy of public confidence. There is no escape from this dilemma. The attempt to exalt Mr. Emery's sincerity at the cost of his intelligence, by the idea that he is unable to distinguish between bogus affidavits and bona fide evidence, can make no difference on this score. Either he is totally unfit to be a Congressman or Dela mater is entirely'unworthy to be Governor. The indication that the Republican manage ment has reached the pass where it is willing to quiet an ugly quarrel by an arrangement which puts either a corrupt man in the Governorship or a reckless vilifier of public reputation in Congress, is the last proof ot the absence of principle from practical politics. It is hardly necessary for Senator Emery to deny his adhesion to any such political sale as this; but the denial will be undoubted ly prompt and conclusive. The report repre sents the strait of the Bepublican manage ment rather than the peccability of the Be publican insurgent Chicago lost one of her handsomest the aters yesterday by fire, and still worse several firemen were bdly injuted by falling walla. MoVicker's Theater was ore of the finest In the country a model in many respects. But as time goes on the prune necessity of making theaters fireproof, we hope, will become ap parent. Fortunately, most theater fires have occurred of late In the absence of the audience. The alliance between the Pittsburg and Western andBalllmore and Ohio roads was en Inevitable result of the forces which bound the interests ot those lines" together. They are natural connections, and their closer union will strengthen the competing through route for Pittsburg. The Dallas JVetcJ has arrived at the point ot declaring that separate cars for black and white people are a needless expense, it Is grat ifying to observe that progress Is carrying Texas opinion beyond the point where white people consider that their dignity depends on adopting Sir Anthony AStolute't platform, and forbidding the colored people to breathe the same air with them. The picture of the old-time activity of the.river trade which THE1 Dispatch exhibits to-day, mates the dwarfed returns of the pres ent rather melancholy reading. With a canal connecting the Ohio with the lakes, however, the future may revive ana outdo the glories of the past, N The possibilities of the New Tork stock market are Illustrated by the Stockholder with the prediction, "If the latest bond circular is a success, and there are no strikes, stocks should recover the losses lately sustained." There Is much virtue in this "if," which Is not entirely dissimilar to that contingency ou which the ability to catch Jarks is predicated. In connection with the demand for au eight-hour day for manual labor, the venerable Charles Gayarre thinks that brain workers' hours should be reduced to four. If there are any brain workers who are paid by the hour they can take the subject into consideration. Mb. Plumb verified the opinion of The Dispatch by withdrawing his objection to the Senate agreement. He reserves the right of free comment and may probably add some Interest to the proceedings between now and Septembers. Bat the tariff bill will bo voted on at that date, and then trou Die will commence between the House and Senate. Ax ocean steamer is to be named "The Spree," and the Baltimore Herald thinks that she may not fie popular. Yet reports say that a great many men think that just the thing for an ocean voyage. A parliamentary investigation shows that 27 people died of starvation in London last year. That would not seem a very great num ber for a city of four millions, if there was any assurance that it includes all the people whose death was caused by insufficient nourishment. But It is just 27 more than ought to die from such a cause In a civilized city. M. Flammabion says that the recent destructive storm in France was not a cyclone but an electric storm. It wrecked buildings and killed people just as effectively under one name as the other. Admieal Symonds, of the British navy, declares that 42 out of 77 large British ironclads are either dangerous or useless. This leaves this country in the position ot having to build only 35 such vessels to catch up with En gland provided we find any way of guarding against the same proportion of wasted work in building oar big vessels. ' The House of Bepresentatives contrived to waste yesterday in trivial controversy. The desirability ot adjournment is emphasized by such exhibitions. Thebe has lately been a decided shrink age In the value of diamonds. Fay Temple ton's stock, which was appraised at 50,000 by the newspaper reports, came down to a pitifu $8,500 when It became necessary to pay duty on them. The contracting Influence of taxation on valuable property is one of the social phenomena of the day. We have had a hot spell and a cold snap and a rainy term in August nas the Signal Service anything new in the shape ot weather to give us T It is stated, on the authority of a Peoria paper, that the Chicago Exposition will have a tower 1,500 feet high, with a diameter of 600 feet at the base and including a hotel with 4,000 rooms. Let us hope that the lofty Feoria project will be verified at Chicago to the ex tent of finding a site to put the tower on, in the near future. The Senate debate on the tariff seems to bo in lino for conclusion although it is out of Plumb. It is the fashion to legislate nowadays on the slightest provocation. An incident in this city's life yesterday suggests that a law is needed to prevent bakers from sleeping in their wagons to. the detention of cable car traffic A city ordinance prescribing eye-openers for bakers would be popular. The patched-up peace between Guatemala and San Salvador Is very like war. PEOMHTEHT PEOPLE. Queen Victoria has gone to Scotland. Prince Bismarck Is in robust health and exuberant spirits. Baby Beatrice, who was a conspicuous fig ure in the Hamilton case last year, is visiting Atlantic City in care of a nurse. General Longstbeet is understood to be engased npon a history ot the Civil War, and especially of the campaigns in which he had a share. Air old carriage in which A. H. Stephens used to drive "around Georgia on his speech making tours Is to be offered for Bale at Craw fordsville this week. The evangelist, George F. Pentecost, wilt sail three weeks hence from New York for Europe, on his way to his mission in India. He will leave his family in Florence. liiss GKACEEtaa, the Louisiana novelist, is described by one ot her friends as a woman of stately figure and striking features. .Her hair and eyes are brown, and she is 27 years old. THE wealthiest young woman in Chicago now is Miss Bessie Ross, who inherited through her mother the vast fortune left by TutbiU King. She is a pink and white beauty, with blue eyes and yellow hair. Colonel Elliott F. Shepard has recently purchased a tract of ground at White Plains, N. Y., overlooking the Hudson, for which he paid ex-Mayor Grace 63,000. He Intends to erect a handsome residence on It tor himself. . Senator Inqalls has Just finished a hand some home on a hill overlooking Atchison. It is an imposing brick building, containing 15 rooms, and has been chnstened "Oak Ridge." The Senator has been a resident of Kansas since 1853. Senator George Heasst, August Bel mont, A. J. Cassatt, D. D. Withers, Frederick Hoey, John Hoey, J. B. Haggin. William Goad by, Eugene Kelly and Pierre Lorillard. of Hol lywood, have given 1100 each to the Memorial Hospital at Long Branch. Miss Mertens, who is now au actress at the EdenaXheater, in Paris, and one of the most beautiful women in Europe, was an obsenre "Vienna girl a few years ago. Then she won a 5,000 prize in a beauty show and became the rage. She is tall and' graceful, rather stout and her skin is of a dead white hue. These was a great similarity In the manner of death of the late John Boyle O'Reilly and his compatriot, the late Charles G. Hal pine, better known as "Miles O'Reilly." The latter died In 1868 from an overdose of chloroform taken to. alleviate pain and Induce sleep. Mr O'Reilly died from an overdose of chloral taken with a like intent. EXTEAOBDIH ABY TYRANNY. Guatemalans Subjected to Despotic Mili tary Role and Forced Loans. Crrr or Guatemala, August 28. The Barillas Government has just issued a decree whereby it is ordered that all Guatemalans be tween the ages of 18 and 50 shall present them selves, within 24 hours after the publication of the decree, at the different military posts in their respective departments, or they will otherwise be declared traitors. Many who come within these lines are leaving the terri- i tory. 4tm of the Government, directing the Secre- vtaryof the Treasury to effect a forced loan of ,wu,uw to meet war expenses. yj. PRIZES AND BALLOTS. HOWTHEDISPATCH WILL ADD A FEATURE r TO THE EXPOSITION. A Chance far Amateur Writers to' Win a Prise Every Week Voting on Pbpnlar Topics a Plensant Amusement Watch ' for the Weekly Bulletin! to bo Announced Beforehand la the Saturday and Sunday Editions The Prize Offer and Voting List far the Opening Week. The Dispatch has perfected arrangements whereby it will be enabled to add a pleasant feature to the varied attractions of the Exposi tion from the onenlng to the closing day. Here are the preliminaries: Boom for headquarters at the Exposition has been secured in the commodious and attractive space occupied by the Brunswick-BalKe-Col-lender Company's billiard table display. The Dispatch booth will be located on a corner, giving it a frontage on two aisles, the whole space being surrounded by wide passageways, making it conspicuous and easy ot access. Here all the Ballots and Prize Essays of the voters and contestants will be received and ac curately recorded. Opening-Week' Balloting. The Exposition will open Wednesday Evening. September 3, at 8 o'clock. The Bul letin of Ballots and the Topio for the Prize Essay Contest for Wednesday evening and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the opening week follow. Vote Aye or Kay on the topics here suggested: WEDNESDAY EVENING'S VOTING TOPIC. Should all the Suburban Street-Car Lines run All-Night Cars? Open to Lady and Gentle men voters. THURSDAY'S VOTING TOPIO. Should the Old Block House at the Point be removed to 8chenley Park, or should it re main where it is and the Point De turned Into a Park! Open to Lady and Gentlemen voters. PBIDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Should the Allegheny Wharf be transformed into a Promenade and Park? Open to Lady and Gentlemen voters. SATUBDAY'8 TOTING TOPIC. What is your choice of Sites for the Main Building of the Carnegie Free Library? Open to Lady and Gentlemen voters. Uow'to Vote". In order to accurately test puhlio opinion on all the topics to be balloted for during the Ex position. The Dispatch has decided to open a Poll Book for recording the Ayes and Nays, thus avoiding "tissue ballots" and "repeating." Voters will be expected to give their names and addresses for entry iuthe Poll Book, and their vote will be set opposite, thereby ensuring ac curacy at all times. The Poll Book will open with the Exposition each morning and be closed when the lights are turned off at night. Ladles will be permitted to vote on all popular topics m which they, as well as their fathers and brothers, are interested. Tbe Prize Eainy Contest. The Dispatch each week will offer Prises for tbe best Essays and Contributions on a topic to be chosen and announced, so as to give ample time for their preparation. The Prize Essay Contest for the opening week will be open only to Amateur Writers, professional newspaper and magazine contributors being barred. All Amateurs in Western Pennsylva nia can contest for the Prizes. OPENING WEEK'S PBIZE TOPICS. For the opening week The Dispatch will offer tbe prizes announced herewith for the best Descriptive Article on the Exposi tion as a whole. Articles must be general in character and deal with the instructive and unique features of tbe displays and attractions. No puffing in tbe line of designating by name tbe exhibitors will be permitted. The features and attractions can only be referred to in a gen eral and interesting way. The Prize. For the best contribution on the above topic The Dispatch will award a prize of a TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECE. For the Second Prize The Dispatch will award a Five Dollar Gold Piece. For the Third Prize The Dispatch will for ward by mall to the winner a copy of the Sunday issue of The Dispatch for One Year. THE CONDITIONS. Each article must make at least 800 and not more than 1,000 words, Competitions must be written legibly, on one side of the paper, only, and must be labeled, "The Dispatch Prizel Essay Contest, Expo sition Descriptive Article; closing Saturday, September 6. 189a" Contributions must be left at The Dispatch Headquarters,Brunswick-Ba)ke-CollenderCo.'s space. Exposition Buildings. Correct name, address and age of contestant must accompany MSS., name only for publica tion if successful. The Dispatch reserves the right to publish any contribution, whether it be awarded a prize or not. The Prize Essay Contest for the first week will close with the Exposition on Saturday night, September 6. .Watch for Second Week's Prize Topic and Ballot Bulletin. CATHEDBALr PICNIC TO-DAK. A Biff Time Is Expected by the St. Paul's Congregation. A big time is expected at Silver Lake Grove to-day. It will be the occasion of the annual picnic given by St. Paul's Cathedral congrega tion for tbe benefit of the church. The dancing pavilion and stands have been tastefully decorated for the occasion, and there will be nothing lacking to make the picnic an enjoya ble one. The music will be furnished by the Cathedral Band and orchestra, and there will be all kinds of games to amnse tbe young folks. Everybody will undoubtedly be there with their families. DEATHSOFA DAY. Hod. J. B. Shnnafelt. tSrZCIAI. TELEGKAX TO TBI SISFATOO.1 Bellaihe, August 28. Hon. J. B. Shanafelt died at his home In this place last night, aged 78 years, after a protracted Illness. He was born near Haf erstown, Md., and when young began building railroads. He was one of the prominent contractors and builders of the Central Ohio Railroad. When the war broke out he went to the rrout immediately, and was there to the end. being wounded twice, once' at Freeman's 1'ord while trrini to save the life of his Captain, and azaln at Gettysburg. He was a member of tbe Board of EqaallxatloiilnlSSO from his district, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John N, Kelly. rsrxciAz. tilboram to the sisrATcmi Canton, August 28. Intelligence has Just been received here of the death hy consumption of John N. Kelly, formerly manager of the Canton Electric Light and Power Company, who died at his old home at Stonlngton, Conn., aged but 32 years. Tbe deoeaeea was (or a long time a suf ferer from consumption, -and It was in hopes of recovery that a year ago he gave np the manage--ment of the electric light plant and moved to California. After five months' residence In that State he found himself no better and returned lutst to die. A. J. Ureer. rSrZCIAL TELEQUAH TO THE DISPATCH. I ALTOOKA, August 28. A. J. Greer,, the veteran editor of this city, died this morning aged 64 years. Ee was a writer of rare ability, and for many years was editor, of tbe AKoono Tribune. His newspaper work was known to many In Jf ean" svlvanla and In tbe State of Ohio. He was a sol dier, and served in Company is. Third regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers infantry, ana was S member or St. Potts PostEZ, G. A. It., of Altoona. His fuucral will lake place on Thursday. Robert T. Grove. John and James W. Grove, of this city, yester day reeelrea the sad news of the death of their brother, Kobert TOrove, near York. Deceased watabout28 years ot age, and In every respect an exemplary young man. CABBYING CONCEALED 'WEAPONS. The Laws in Different Slates Governing the Mailer. From tbe New York Star.l Tbe law against carrying concealed weapons is supposed to be in force in nearly all tbe Northern States east of the MlsslsslppL Though itii generally known and understood, It is en forced only in rare cases. "It is a peculiar law, anyhow," said Charles. Hammond, a young traveling man who has drifted all over the country, yesterday. "It is designed to operate against desperate charac ters, and cannot be strictly enforced without doing Injustice to many respectable people who hare to be armed in case ot self-defense. Men who have the handling of large sums of money, or whose duties call them into dangerous local ities among all sorts of people, often need to be armed, It is often a good law for the police. It gives them, in many cases, ground on which to arrest and hold a suspicious character when there is no other charge at hand. It this city one rarely hears of an arrest for carrying a weapon, although hundreds walk Broadway with a pistol within reach. If a man gets in trouble andis arrested for anything, the weapon is confiscated and maybe used as evidence against him. Philadelphia is very strict about the matter. There a man is arrested and fined with no other cnarpa against him than carry ing a plstjL But that is the only city in the country; I guess, where this holds true. "In Pittsburg a man is safe unless he Is ar rested. Then a second charge for carrying a concealed weapon is pretty sure to face him If a pistni is iounu in nis pocxet. in unicago tne system ot police permits giving persons per mission to carry a concealed weapon has lone been in vogue. But the courts nave just de cided that sach permits are illegal. Mow the police are making a great stir over suppressing concealed weapons, yet there are 20,000 men In" Chicago who carry them, and who have never thought of getting any permit. Through the far West and South the law, if there is any on the subject. Is rarelv enforced." CUBBEHT TIMELY TOPICS. The sear and yellow leal chestnut is about due. t t t Mb. Wanajtakeb is credited with the lri fentlon of providing a mourning postage stamp. They will be fashionable In 1882 when navigation opens to Salt river. tit To a disinterested person it would appear that Third Vice President Webb writes too many letters. lie is liable to pnt his foot in it before Channcey's return io bis native heath. Iff It is considered quite vulgarforjone person to call another a chump, and yet no less a promi nent man than Senator Ingalls refers to New York's Junior Senator as a "vascular chump." t t t THE busy little Candidate Is pulling every string While waiting for the caucus And marking to begin. jf He is the people's choice And hastens to relate How on a decent platform He'll surely sweep the State. But when the votes are counted His boasts are all refuted, The other man's elected And he's electrocuted, t t t The people who favored the force bill are noWplcnicklng with those who were In favor of the boycott. They are not having what maybe called a ' 'bang up good time, ' ' however, t t t Distinction is what most people crave, and yet If tbe truth Is known Ktmmler had no par ticular fancy for it. t t t The reign of the Ice baron draws near, only to be succeeded hy his monopolistic brother, the Iron king. t t t Mant peoplo complain becanse they pay from 10 to IS cents per pound for flsh, and yet some men will lose a day's work, pay from p to S3 for car fare, s i to S2 for snake antidote, walk several miles, sit under the broiling sun all day, capture one or two little Innocent flsh and return In the evening tired and worn out, and yet not enter a complaint at the cost of the catch. Have yon ever been there? t t t An Indian recently married a white woman In Wyoming and now pronounces marriage a fail ure. Instead of his wife getting up in the morn ing and building the fire and doing all the work, she compels him to do the hustling act. He is so utterly1 disgusted with his pale-face wife that he Is raising sumcient money to secure a" divorce. In his bill of complaints he claims, among others, that he Is compelled to go to eburch. t t t. After all. wnat difference is it to the com mon everyday American citizen who is President? Aurora (If ex.) Chronicle. None whatever, un less you're looking for an offlce. A QUEER TALISMAH. Crook Alvrnya Carry Their Little Pieces of Hanamnn'4 Rope. From the Detroit Free Press.l "Better than a rabbit's foot." "Better than finding a horseshoe." "Or a four-leaf clover." So spoke a number of hangers-on at thepolice court, yesterday. "What were you referring to!" asked a friend. "To a bit of hangman's rope. It's the best talisman In the world. Every crook carries a piece. It's for good luck. Abont every third crook arrested has a bit of rope In his pocket.. He would rather loose S1.0O0 than part with that piece of rope. If be did part with it bis luckiwonld turn. The sergeant always returns It when the crook gets out ot jail and demands his property." TTTR DEPAET0EE DEFERRED. The President Will Not Leave for Wash ington. Until Thursday. rBFECIAt. TKLEPBASI TO TUX DISPATCH.! Cafe Mat, August 28. The President has deferred his departure for Washington from to-morrow morning until the afternoon or Thnrsday morning. Colonel Henry W. Saw yer. Commissioner of tbe New Jersey Sinking Fund, and daughter, Mrs. Dr. Samuel F. Ware, of Washineton, In tbe absence of Mrs. Sawyer who was Invited with the Colonel bnt unable to enjoy the dinner becanse of lllnes, dined with the Presidental family this evening: Plnkerton's Fighters. From the Seattle; Wash., Telegraphs Tbe plan of permitting the idle and reckless to be grouped in bands by a private deteetlve and organized to fight foe hire is a bad one, even though it be given a quasi legality by get ting some Federal Marshal or limber-backed Sheriff to swear them in as deputies. They are an ugly blot on the American way of preserving the peace. Their employment should be pro hibited. No Occasion for Boarbon Joy. From the Philadelphia Press.' t The Federal elections bill has been postponed not defeated. Statesmen who imagine that It is dead will discover long before the robins nest again that it is the liveliest corpse they ever sat up with o1 nights. HEWS ABOUT THE STATE, Residents of Fogelsvllle, Lehigh county. Were surprised recently by a regular snow squall which lasted about three minutes. Mrs. Julia Frankenfield, of Bethlehem, aged over 70 years, fell down a flight of stairs and fractured her skull. She cannot recover. ANDttBEBof ladies have organized them selves into the York Cycle Club Auxiliary. They will bold a bazar and concert for Its ben efit in tbe near future. G. B. Breneman, of Mt, Joy township, Lan caster county, who is over 6 years old, enjoyed his first car ride last week when ho visited the Grangers' picnic at ML Gretna. Mas. Hannah Miller, aeed 78, widow of Rev. Moses Miller, German Baptist minister, died very suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy at her residence in Mechanicsbnrg. The Schuylkill and Lehigh Valley Railroad Company has now about completed Its work, so far as the engineering departments concerned, and the office at Schuylkill Haven will shortly be closed. Conteacts for all the Iron and steel work have just been given the Phcenlxvilla Iron Company for tbe new ten-story Crocker build ing at San Francisco, wbichls to cost $1,250, 000, and for the ten-story structure of tbe Washington Loan and Trust Company at Washington. Feank ScnwENZER, Jb,, who disappeared mysteriously during the early part of June, has returned home at AlUptown. While on his way from Grand Crossing. 111., it seems that he be came bewildered, and leaving the train at New ark, 0 wandered'about until the authorities of the town took him in charge- aqd.seut.ihlm TinmA. '. .OUR SHORT STORIES . A BRIEF EMBARRASSMENT. A VERY petite woman, who seemed somehow to suggest modesty in all sorts of ways, from her silver-gray dtess to her deep blue eyes, got Into a Fifth avenue car yesterday morning at Oakland. She seemed ridiculously juvenile to be the motherof the little girl who sat-beside her, but the child called her mamma. They were a pretty pair, and-even the old banker in the corner let out three reefs In his habitual frown as he looked over his paper at them. The seats in what are known as tbe'parlor cars of the Fifth avenue line are somewhat higher than ordinary, and it was a fact that the small matron's feet did not touch the floor. It was no matter, for she had particularly pretty feeL But ber little daughter noticed it. It seemed to tickle the child; and she exclaimed with great glee: "Wby.mamma! Yon are not long enough to touch the floorf What a blush it was that coveredtbe little woman's face, while a half-suppressed titter went down the car and the stem old banker dis appeared behind his paper: THE TERMS EASY. "pHH pastor had given out the closing hymn. He took off his spectacles, wiped them on his coat sleeve,, and closed the book in fro nt of him. 'While we are singing tlys hymn," he said benlgnadtly, "any persons who wish to' unite with the church tire cordially asked to come forward. All we ask of them is to subscribe to our doctrines, promise to try to lire up to them, and be reasonably faithful in attending the services of the church. It Is not expected of the members of this church," he continued, push ing his frayed shirt cufT up out of sight inside his coat sleeve and buttoning his vest tighter to relieve tbe sensation of goneness within, "that they shall contribute anything to the support of tbe preacher unless they feel in clined, and I will do most of them the justice to say," he added, pushing his ancient-looking hat further into retirement under the pulpit seat, "that they don't feel Inclined very often. I can guarantee that all who wish to travel to the good world on the most economical plan will find congenial company in this church. '"Blest be the tie that binds,' "Please sing to tbe well-known tune of Den nis.' " x WHEN! -tXrirxx a man's born his trouble begins; When a man's grown he's burdened with sins: When a man's married his rate may be twins I When a man dies, who knows what he wins.' HER BOY CAME HOME. Che was a little old woman in black, with the least bit of white rachlng about her neck just such a creature as it takes to bring one down to the real thought of humanity, out of the hurly-burly of every day existence to the little sorrows and little rays of sunshine that go to make up lite as It is. Everybody noticed her as she came in the ear. Her sweet old face didn't have many wrinkles in it, and the passengers wondered if she wasn't the prettiest girl in her crowdwhen she was young. The little- old lady had two letters in her hand, and after she bad given the conductor her nickel, she opened one of tbem,at the same time adjusting a pair of steel-rimmed spectacles to. her nose. As she read tbe letter a smile gathered all over her face and then broke into a laughing chuckle that everybody in the car noticed. Another smile came, then a langh and more smiles, and the letter was finished. The little old woman was the happiest person on tbe car and she seemed to want to say some thing to somebody. As she put away the first letter and began opening the other one, she turned to a lady sitting by her said: 'That letter is irom Johnny, my boy I mean. He's been gone a long time now, and every Saturday I get a letter from him. He never forgets bis old mother, John doesn't, and some day he will come back to see me. You don't know the comfort of such a son, young lady." The second letter was taken from the en velope and the little old woman began reading. In a moment she started and then jnmped to her feet, staring widly at the sheet she had in her hands. No, nol" she screamed. "No, It is not so it can't be so.' The little old woman reeled, and a big, burly home-going laborer caught her id bis arms. She was taken from the car, accompanied by a number of the passengers, and lifted to a drug store. When she was finally laid down one of the passengers put his ear close to her heart, and then rising, shook his head. The little old woman had diedl In one of her hands a letter was clasped, and in the other she clutched a rumpled sheet. The bit of paper was taken by one of the passengers, who read aloud to the others: "Dear Madam It is with pain that we dis close to you sad news concerning your son. As he was returning to tho mining camp from the postofflce last night his horse threw him against a rock, and be never spoke again. He died this morning." A GOOD WITNESS TO HAVE ON HAND. A tall, lank country judge was walking from the village tavern In a Virginia coun ty seat. "Say, Jedge, hole on dar er mlnlt." "Well, Bob, what do you want?" asked the Judge as he turned his quid over", "Jedge, you's got my brother Jim dar in jail for stealin' sheep. Is you gwlne try him ter day?" Yes; why?" "Hit's jes' like dis. De angel GabrI come ter me las' night an' he zez cz how my brother didn't stole no sheep. He say he jes' ez inner cent as new-born baby. Now, w'at you gwine do "bouvdat?" "Humph! I reckon you'd better tell the Sheriff to summon Gabriel at once." THE TURN OF THE TIED. 'y nrr strolled last month upon the shore, Whene'er the tide was out; And now at home they stroll some more, And wish with Towzer at the door The tied were in. no doubt. QUICKEST 05 RECORD. A Walk on Atlnnilo City's Boardwalk Ends la a Wedding. Baltimore, August 26. A romantic story in which a Washington man plays a leading part comes from Atlantic City. While Mr. William B. Perkins, a successful commercial traveler for a large notion house in Washing ton, was strolling along the boardwalk with a lawyer from Philadelphia the other evening, they met two young ladies who proved to be friends of -tbe legal light from the Quaker City. Mr. Perkins was introduced and strolled off with one of them. It is said that it was a case of love at first sight on both sides. And it was no ordinary case either, for after their short acquaintance, acquired during tbe progress of their promenade, they went to a magistrate and were married. Tbe young lady was a Miss Nettle Dahl, of German town, Philadelphia's pretty suburb. She is a remarkably pretty blonde, vivacious and entertaining, and declares that she will never regret her hasty and romantic act. She will accompany Mr. Perkins on his next trip to purchase goods for his Washington house. A ROSY OUTLOOK. AFIndlny Glass Manufnctnrer's Opinion of the Oil and Gas Fields. From the -Washington Post.l "Natural gas shows no sign of giving out In country as yet," said Mr. K. E. Miller, a promi nent glass manufacturer of Findlay, O., stop ping at the Metropolitan. "There are 13 glass manufactories in Findlay, 'including plants that make only window glass. It is destined to become a great manufacturing city, and new Industries are being constantly opened. We think another bonanza has been strucz in oil fields near Findlay, and several fine wells have already been discovered. "With gas and oil combined, our future pros perity's assured. There is great excitement over the oil, and many believe it will be devel oped to an extent equal to the celebrated fields of Pennsylvania." Trnnnntlnntlo Steamship ltaees. From the Boston Advertiser. Perhaps nothing less than the drowning of 1,600 human beings at one time In consequence of efforts to break the 'record will break the spell of madness which Incites to such con tests. Lighting the Flrra of Ninety-Two. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. J The cigars distributed among tbe Grand Army boys .by the noble General Alger maybe the means of smoking pr, .Harrison out of tbe White House. .. . .r ... - - . .iV'MR? GOOD OYSTERS PROMISED, Fat and Delicious Bivalves Predicted la Long Island Sonnd Orchards. Batbbook, August 21 The outlook is very fine now for a grand crop of excellent oysters in the Long Island Sound orchards this tali, and market men are gleeful, hoping to make a lot of money. They deserv good luck, too, for the past two seasons have bean very unprofit able ones. The oysters were poor and flavor less, there 'were not many ot them, and in some instances a big sea cabbage wrapped its suffocating leaves about the finest beds, and all tbe oysters were destroyed. Tbe sea cabbage is about as destructive to oysters as is the starfish. In one instance a big Norwich grower found out early that the great cabbage was getting alter his fino orchardTand he promptly dredged np all tbe oysters and re planted them In the Thames nver. They had already become very lean in the bosom of the encompassing cabbage, and some of them were dead. Along the Sound the oyster growers lately completed the work of dumping the old oyster shells In tbe Sound for the young Set to grow on, and it was while they were at the job that they discovered that tbe fall, crop will he an enormous and very fine one. It is estimated that from 500,000 to 800,000 bushels of shells have been planted this year, and about 200 men with a dozen small steamers were engaged for firs weeks in the work. It Is not often that so much time is spent in the job. About t ha mid dle of next month New York will begin to have some very fat and delicious oysters. 0H1Y A PIECE OF GLASS. Swallowed Fourteen Years Ago and Cat Oat Yesterday. Cincinnati, August 2a Miss Saunders Is a young lady of 21 years of age. She resides on Central avenue, between. Fourth and Filth. When she was a little girl 7 years of age, while playing with some children, she swallowed a piece of window glass about half an inch long. It occasioned Miss Saunders no annoyance un til a week ago, when her right foot gave her considerable pain at the instep, between the foot proper and the ankle. A swelling fol lowed, and the pain grew more Intense. Dr. Maley was called, and at once decided that there was a foreign body of soma sort in one of the large veins. Making an incision about an inch and a half long and half an inch deep, he picked ont with his forceps the iden tical pjece of glass swallowed when Miss Saunders was a girt. The glas must have en tered the stomach, passed through tbe large in testines and worked through some of the smaller ones out Into a vein, and then, gradual ly working downward, after 14 years of travel at last makes its exit. ECLIPSED THE RECORD. Heavy Increase In the Fig Iron Production of (he Caantrv. Philadelphia, August 28. This week's bulletin of tbe American Iron and Steel Asso ciation will say: We present in this Issue an other notable advance in the production of pig iron in the United States. The total produc tion of pig iron In this country mthe first six months of 1890 was 6.169,737 net tons or 4,615, 837 gross tons, an increase of 734,503 net tons over the production In tbe last six months of 1889, when we produced 4,415.084 net tons. Each half year, except one since July 1, 1885, has witnessed an increase, in most Instances a very heavy increase over the production of the preceding half year. Bnt the increase in the first half of 1890 over the last half of 1889 has eclipsed all previous half yearly increases. Each important pig Iron producing State shared in the increased productionin the first half of 1890 over the last half of 18S9, except Michigan and Tennessee, but Michigan mAde more pig iron in tbe first half of this year than In tbe first half of 18S9. The proportion of Pennsylvania in the total production in the last half of 1889 was 49.0 per cent; Ohio, 14.0 per cent; Alabama, 9.6 per cent; Illinois, 7.2 per cent. In tbe first half of 1890, tbe propor tion of Pennsylvania was 49.2 per cent; Ohio, 13.2 per cent; Alabama, 8.9 per cent, and Illi nois, 6.8 per cent. BARKIS IS WXLLmO. A Pennsylvania Farmer Looking for a Help meet Among Immigrants. rsrzciAL tzlzobam to the disfatcb.1 New York August 26 James Watson, a blonde-bearded farmer of Shobolo, Pike coun ty. Pa., called at the Barge Office to-day to find a helpmeet. He says his farm is not big, but is valuable and that be has a bank account of $8,000. He has also 3 horses, 15 pigs and 4 cows. He looked at a fair young Irish immigrant and wanted to marrv her right away. She listened to his statistical tale of tore.and.sald she would like to marry him, but she didn't want to be separated from a young woman who came over with her. She would readily consent to have the ceremony performed if Mr. Watson wonld get another bridegroom for her friend. Sir. Watson said be did not know of any likely wid ower like himself, and so there was no mar riage. IDAHO'S POPTJLATIOir. An Increase of 51,619, or 158.20 Per Cent for the Past Tea Tear. Washington, August 26. The total count of the population of the State of Idaho, as made by llr. W. C. Hunt, the population clerk, and announced by tbe Census Bureau to-day, is 8429. In 1880 tbe population was 32,610. Increase 51,619, or 158.29 per cent. The count by counties: Ada, 8,301; increase, 3,690, AI turas, 2,623: increase, 930. Bear Lake, 6,051; in crease. 2,816; Boise, 3.306; increase. 92. Cassia, 3,14"; increase. 1,828. Idajo, 2,952; increase, 921. Kootenai, 4,107; increase, 3,589. Lemhi, 1 912; decrease, 318. Nez Perces, 2.843. decrease, 1,122. Oneida. 6.782; decrease, ISO. Owyhee, 2,018; increase, 692. Shoshone, 5,376; increase, 4.807. Washington, 3,828; increase, 2,949. Bing ham. 13,550; Cnster.2,174; Elmore. 1,869; Latah, 9,166; Logan, 4,166. In view of the fact that a list of the several States and Territories, together with what pur- Eorted to be their respective populations, has een published and accredited to the Asso ciated Press, Mr. Porter, the Superintendent of the Census, desires it stated that no such list has been furnished to or sent ont by tbe Associated Press,. and that such publication is unauthorized. THE LATE CONGRESSMAN WATSON. Buffalo Excreta: A popular and a useful Congressman passed away yesterday when Representative Watson, of the Warren (Pa.) district, dropped dead in Washington. Philadelphia Times: While a fairly In dustrious Representative, Mr. Watson did not rank among the leaders of tbe House as did his dead colleagues, Kelley and Randall. His term of service in the House was fragmentary, of course, as he had never been able to be elected for two consecutive terms. Philadelphia. Record: Tbe sudden death at W ashlngton of Congressman Lewis F. Wat son closes an honorable career of usefulness in a manner that is startlingly impressive. Mr. Watson was highly esteemed by his constitu ents of the Twenty-seventh district, and his un timely taking off will be sincerely lamented. Philadelphia Ledser: Colonel Watson, who died suddenly yesterday, had been a mem ber of Congress fox three terms, bnt not con secutively. He was a good representative of Pennsylvania's great industries, being a large lumber dealer, the owner of great forests and a pioneer In the development of the oil wells ot the State. Meadvtllb Republican: Lewis F Watson is dead, but he will long be remembered as the faithful friend, the sate counselor, tbe ener getic and progressive citizen, tbe tried and true advocate of the rights of the down-trodden and lowly; his countrymen regret his death, and utter words ot sympathy and condolence to his mourning family and friends. Philadelphia Inquirer: Mr. Watson rep resented a district remote from Philadelphia but be was well known throughout tbe State as an able business man and a careful legs lator. He was elected three times to Congress and, though never prominent in debate, he was a bard worker and an honest and conservative member who will be sadly missed by bis col leagues. Philadelphia Prcit: Congressman Wat son, of tbe Twenty-seventh district, who died suddenly'in Washington yesterday, bad never filled a.very large place in national legislation, but he bad been a usefnl member. In the Horthwestern section ot tbe State he bad achieved prominence as a business man en gaged in large enterprises. He was a man of great fortune,. built np entirely by himself. Bradford Era: The news of Congressman Watson's sudden death yesterday produced a feeling of profound regret throughout this community. Those who were not of bis polit ical faith, as well as those who belonged to his party that elected him a Representative of this Congressional district, forgot their differences and united in voicing the general sorrow that was felt over his death. Ho was a man, who throughout a long and active career, was guided by sound business principles and an ex- cellent judgment, CDEI0DS condensates; BZrupp guns cost 170 per ton. There are seven millionaire editors ia New York. ifine- water companies supply London with water. Whisky wa3 first made iu Ireland by an English monk. Over 10,000 Irish people settle in En gland overy year. There are 100 dear forests in the High lands of Scotland. There are 17 registered sects of Wesley ans and Methodists. The Paris Figaro pays yearly a divi dend ot over 100,000. The Chinese endure change of climate better than any other race. People eat 20 per cent more bread when the weather is cold than when it is mild. A shoe firm in Macon, Ga., has been conducting business at the one stand for 60 years. The number of diamonds known of the weight ot 36 carats and upward does not ex ceed 20. Chelsea man put his patent incubator over a duck's egg and hatchet a duckling with four eyes and two bills. William I., of Germany, served in the army as a full private before he had attained his 7th year. At 17 ho .was in action. A Benton Harbor man has a musket which was used to kill Frenchmen 200 years ago, and a powder flask older by a century. In tbe year 1319 sugar is said to have been sold at Is 9d a pound, and was consid ered a very luxurious article till the eighteenth century. What is considered the finest and largest melon patch In Warwick; K. L, is lighted by lanterns through the night and guarded by an armed watchman. An English geologist predicts that within 50 years alconvnlslon of nature will sink the whole or New Zealand 60 feet below the surface of the sea. A Polander woman living at Sala manca, one day last week, picked and marketed over 20 quarts of blackDerries. and in the after noon gave birth to triplets. The mortality oi the globe is said to be 67 every minute. 97,790 every day, or 35.630,835 everyyear. Thebi.ths amount to 100,000 every day, and 36.792.000 every year. A watch for blind people has been in vented in Switzerland. In the middle of every figure is a small peg, which drops when the hour band reaches tbe figure. The use of india-rubber for erasing pen cil marks was first suggested in or just prior to 1752 by an academician named Magellan, a descendant of the great navigator. In Alpine connty, Cal., near the Nevada State line, according to the censns taker, there is no church and no minister, but four liquor sellers and nine professional gamblers, and yet the jail has not had an inmate since 1837. In 1860, when tbe population of England and Wales was a little below 20,000,000 there were over 800.C00 paupers. Now. with an esti mated population of 29,000,000, the number has fallen to 685,000. The Austro-Hungarian convict who is condemned to die stands on the ground with a rope around his neck, and at a given signal he Is palled off his legs to remain struggling in the air until he is strangled. A new kind of lance has been intro duced into the German cavalry regiments. Its peculiarity lies in tbe fact that it is constructed wholly of steel, tbe necessary lightness being secured by making tbe shaft hollow. Experience has shown that an electric street car can be comfortably heated by the ex penditure of one horse power of electrical energy. The electrical heaters do not reduce the seating capacity of the car, which is sept clear oi coal dust ana cinaers. The Heligblaader has a singular dislike to being a soldier, either on land or sea. In the coarse of five years, in spite of tempting high nay. only four islanders hare entered the British navy, and one of these, stricken with homesickness, soon left tbe service. In certain British regiments a pet has become quite an institution, as in the case of the South Wales Borderers,whose gilded-homed goat la familiar to many as it marches proudly along, at the; head of the regimenr, under the guidance of a pair of drummer bors. A remarkable proceeding is reported from Chicago, where a father Jacob Lanneld was arrested for not taking out a theatrical license for a little theater which bis children ran in tbe cellar, charging five pins admission. He was arrested on a warrant sworn out by a policeman. Dr. Leonard J. Gordon, President of the Jersey City Board of Health, has made a suggestion that all telegraph poles on which lire electric wires are strung be painted red, that the public may be able to distinguish them. Dr. Gordon will bring the subject up for discussion at the next meeting ot the board. The chief indnstry of Zanzibar and Femba Is clove growing; The tree was Intro duced in 1830. and the harvest of the present year Is expected to be 13,000,000 pounds, at an average local value of 10 cents a pound. A 10-year-old tree Is canable of yielding 20 pounds of cloves: trees of 20 years often yield upward of 100 pounds. It is stated that the English War De partment have now definitely decided to have a permanent balloon depot at Lidslng. near Chatham. The proposal Is an Important ono for the district, as. In the first place, it means an expenditure of 9,000 or 10.000 upon build ings, and afterwards tbe maintain jnce of a staff there. It is expected that the works will be commenced at an early date. A Dexter, Me., man scratched a match en a convenient pane of glass and to his sur prise it lighted as readily as though the glass had been sand paper. To those who have been accustomed to seeing people search for a rough surface on which to scratch a niatca. It would be rather startling. Not only ordinary matches but even tbe safety matches, nsuaily unlightable except on the box in which they come, can be lit on glass. A French doctor has been giving some advice to persons who are nnable to give up the pernicious babit of taking a book to bed with them and readingthemselves to sleep. In tbe first place, he says, they should every evening bathe their eyes with salt water not salt enough to be painful, however. The reading should be done in a reclining position, but slttin"up, as reading on one's back is hurtful to the sight, almost as much as a feeble light, which should be careful ly avoided. LITE ENGLISH JOKES. Mrs. Fangle lam sorry for onr Queen for one thing. Mr. Fangle-What Is that? "Everybody knows her age, you see." Artist You seem to be very humble in the presence of that man. You acted as if you were afraid of him. You're not usually so defer- Journallst-Husht he might hear you. That's the compositor who seta up my copy. Little boy I say, mister, do yon know why you are like water? lTat man-No, my little boy, I do not. "Because neither of you can run up a hill," (Fruitless chase of small boy by fat man). A man cume to a country editor the other day with the comnlalnt. "Tour paper says that I haired myself, and I want you to correct It." "o." replied the editor, "we are not la the baWtof doing that: bnt wa!U say that theropa broke and you escaped." Daughter, aged 33 (facetiously) Papa, I found a dozen gray hairs In my head this morn ing and palled them out. Don't yoa give me away, thouzh. Father (sighing heavUyj-QIve yoa away, Emily? I've abandoned all hope of It. 'What is a man-of-war?" said a teacher to his class. A cruiser." was the prompt reply. "What makes It go?" "Its screw, sir." "Who goes with It?" "Its crew, sir." Tommy Are you going to tske the cat with yoa when yoa go to see grandma next week. Mrs. Flgg Of course not. What makes you ask such foolish questions ? 'Cause 1 heard pa tell Mr. Bragss that the mice woufd have a high old time while the cat was away next weec, that's all. Lucy So you refused him ? "Vhat did the poor fellow say T Manel He said he knew a gtrl who would marry him. and be glad to. ' ', "I wonder who he meant?" "I wondered, too, sol asked him." '- "Whowaalt?" ,irf .Xourself.?'- v . ",iase, AUrom London Spar Momenti.-
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