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Parts, Prance, where any one uho has been duappotnled at a hotel news stand can obtain tt TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOPIAGE rr.nE IN the exited states. DAILY Hkpatcr. One 1 ear. I 08 Daily DitrATCH, 1'erQuarier SfO Daily DisrATcn, One Mouth TO Daily DisrATCH, includingfcunday, lyrar. J0O0 Daili Dispatch, lnclndmgisindsiY.Sm'tbs, ISO Daily DisrATCll, Including Sunday, lmonlh SO t-uvDAYDiSPATcn, One Year ISO V. eekly Dispatch, One 1 car 1 23 1 he Daili DisrATCH is delivered by carrlersat :.' cents ter cck, or Including iunday edition, a! 'JO cents per -n cefc. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. SEPT. 6. 1S80. EIGHT MONTHS' BUILDING. The resume of building operations published in our local columns, as obtained from the Building Inspector's office, shows a remarkable continuance of the work of building up the suburbs of Pittsburg with new residences ard rebuilding the business section with new and imposing business blocks. For over four years the steady growth of bui'ding operations has been a matter of pleasant congratulation. It was naturallv to be expected that a diminu tion in tbc rate of growth must be ex perienced; but a total of 2,091 permits is sued in the first eight months of the year, with an aggregate cost of 54.524.905 show that the activity of building operations gives no indications of cessation for some time to come. There are Terr many interesting features in the table which is given in the article re ferred to. One fact that is of gratifying prominence is the high average of the new buildings. Upon the very low valuations reported to the Building Inspectors the average cost of all the new buildings is over 2,200. This is not only above the previous averages, but when we take into account the fact that the reported value is likely to average about two-thirds of real value, in dicates that the people of Pittsburg are putting up very good houses. In the num ber of new structures, it will be seen that seven-eighths of the new buildings are located outside the Old City or the first twehe wards. The business part of the city furnishes about four per cent of the new buildings in number, but their high charac ter make the cost of the buildings in the first four wards, exceed 25 per cent of the total cost. The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Twenty-first wards lead in the number of structures; the Second, Fourteenth, Xine tecuth and Twentieth in the cost of their buildings. These indications ot the local ities where the greatest growth is going on can be pursued still further by a study of the table published elsewhere. The building operations of the city have had a fortunate freedom from interruption by strikes this year, which has doubtless helped in providing this good showintr. It is to be hoped that the same activity in the building trade, and a similar harmony be tween tho employers and employed may ehablc the gratifying exhibit to be improved upon next jear. THE lIONOGnELA VALLEY. The history of the Mnnongahela Valley, like its scenery, is intensely picturesque. The mineral wealth of the river hills is no greater than the richness of legend and story that tell of the pioneers in the Monongabela Valley. A birdseye view of the valley, its prosperous towns, its boundless resources and romantic history is given in The DisrATCH to-day. The hundred years of which account is taken have worked miraculous changes iu the valley's appear ance. The chain of cities and towns bound by river and railroad from the head of navi gation to Pittsburg has no equal iu the country. What yet may be in the Monon gahela Valley the magic growth of such a town as Charleroi but faintly indicates. The Monongahela rises far awa bnt the Yalley seems to share the brilliant prospects, as it has the past and present, ot Pittsburg. INDEMNITY FOR nillUCRS. It would be pleasant if it were possible to discover a significance creditable to the ad ministration of justice in Lawrence county in the ignoring of the bills against the peo ple engaged in that bribery scandal; bnt the facts in the case do not permit of any con clusion except such as are entirely discred itable either to the grand jury itself or to the officers of the law, charged with the dfity of laying the evidence before that jury. "While the proceedings of a grand jury can only be gnesscd, one or two things are be yond dispute. Either the evidence making out a prima facie case of bribery was laid before it, or it was not. In the first case, that body deliberately took the attitude of giving idemnity to political bribery and saddling a heavy penalty on the complainant for trying to punish it. In the second case, the members of the grand jury are excusable but the responsibility must be located on th officer who failed to bring in the evidence. The confessions of the people encaged in the scandal constitute prima facie proof. Their sufficiency might or might not be a matter of question on the trial; but when a man says under oatb that a bargain for bribery was made and that he got the money, the officer who fails to bring that evidence before the grand jury deliberately assumes the responsibility of shielding the bribers against the danger of an actual arraignment "When such a position is taken by the ministers of justice the quarrels of factions, and the success or failure of political leaders sink to utter insignificance. Any issue that may be involved In hat way is of the light est weight beside the impartiality and Tigor of the justice provided by the courts. If the administration of law is to be worth a -farthing to the public, it must be ready to punish influential offenders as promptly, and to stop the corruption of our politics as rigidly, as it does when dealing with much less vital offenses. What is" our sys tem of law but a mockery when it practi cally announces that bribery can be practiced with impunity -when it is to the interest of in fluential politicians to hush it up; but that the citixen who has the indis cretion to try to bring the matter to the cognizance of the criminal law must be mulcted with the costs? It is hardly possible to ignore the rather irresistible conclusion as to the desire of Lawrence county to encourage the home in dustry of buying and selling delegates. As to politics, the only iuference in that line, is that the party which can only treat charges of corruption by ignoring them, is in a Tery bad way. premature agitation. A report fixing at $300,000 the price named in the option given by Mrs. Scben ley for the land to be used as an entrance to Schenley Park, has aroused very inimical comments from some of the city papers. This adverse attitude to a transaction which would give Mrs. Schenley three times as much lor a mneteen-acre tract as she asked for one of a hundred acres would not be un naturalif the report bad any basis or authority worthy of credence. But as the naming ot that sum is evi dently a matter of pure gossip, we would suggest to our esteemed cotemporaries and the public that it is hardly worth while to work up a tempest over it If they will stop to think a little they will, perhaps, perceive the evidences on the surface of the matter, which willjustifyourpredictionthat no such sum will be found to have been asked. In the first place, Mrs. Schenley, in the business of the park, has not shown a disposition to squeeze the city; and after having given the city a park it is not prob able that she would ask an exorbitant price for the land needed for its entrance. In the next place, whatever criticisms may be made of Messrs. Bigelow and Scott, not even their worst enemies would charge them with an utter absence of good sense and discre tion. It is not hard to venture the assertion that these gentlemen would not go to Lon don and back in the hope of getting a favorable arrangement about the park en trance, and then say to the reporters that they have succeeded in their mission if they only had an option on the ground at about what it would realize if sold at retail in city lots. Personal records ought to have some value; and the fact that Mrs. Schenley has not been exactly avaricious and Messrs. Scott and Bigelow are not habitually fool ish, should enable our friends who have been getting warm over that $300,000 story to recognize as the merest street rumor. The official statement concerning the op tion will be laid before Councils next Mon day; 8nd those who have Been getting into a fever for fear the city is going to be gouged by this transaction, should be able to re strain their wrath until they know what the proposition really is. In the meantime we hope to aid them in preserving their equa nimity, by pointing out to them that from the surface facts it is tolerably certain that the price named in the option is not S300, 000, and it is doubtful if it is one-third that sum. THE MAINTENANCE OF AGREEMENTS. The statement that the strike at the Stand ard Coke Works will result in a suit for breach of contract, on the part of the H. C. Frick Coke Company against the members of the labor organization who have struck, with a possible retention by the company of $27,000 of wages due these men, in case a verdict should be secured, introduces a new element in the labor question. It brings out the question of the maintenance of the agreements mads between employers and employed, and it indicates a course which may be taken to make such agreements as binding on the workingnien as on the em ployers. Taking the last issue first, it must be said that it is one which ought to be unnecessary, and therefore impossible. It can be very little satisfaction for a concern of the wealth and enterprise of the Frick Coke Company to impound $27,000 of the wages of its workingmeu, because they have violated their agreement. Such a course would be of questionable propriety; and the employ ers who resort to it should first be certain that they do not put themselves in the wrong as clearly as their workmen do by failing to live up to tbeir contract Hut speaking solely in the interest of wage workers, the fact that such a course appears to be a protection against a breach of agree ment on their part should make it plain that such a breach of agreement on the part of the labor organizations Is an offense against the interests of labor. This is really the vital point in the dis pute at the Standard Coke Works. The employing company made an agreement with its men last February for a scale of wages for the ensuing year. Unless a very different explanation of the paragraph giving the management "the right to employ any person or persons they desire to employ" than appears on its face, it distinctly covered the point at issue. It is hardly possible to place any different interpretation upon the letter of the committees notifying the company ot the strike than that of a violation of the agreement. It Is much to be hoped that the representatives ot the coke-workers may be able to put matters in a diflerent light; but in default ot any ex planation, the prima facie case is that an agreement made in good faith has been repudiated by the representatives of the? men. This is not only a breach of good faith but it is ruinous to the interests of labor. If any benefit is to be gained by reasonable negotiation with the men, and by meeting them iji their organized efforts to obtain good wages, it must be understood that the agreements made in their behalf and by their authority will be scrupulously carried out What possible inducement can an emplover have to meet his men half-way in a wages negotiation, if it Is to result in an agreement which will be binding on him, and which they can repudiate at pleasure? Buch a state of affairs wonld throw away all the progress that has been made in labor matters for the past ten years; and would turn labor back to the stage where the employer who refused to recog nize labor organisations, occupied the strong est position. Yet because the employer can be forced to keep his contract and the men cannot except v some such onerous course as already referred to is the very reason why it should be understood that an agree ment once consummated is inviolable, and is to be upheld by the united honor of or ganized labor for its benefit and protection. In this case the violation of the agreement is peculiarly inexplicable because the scale fixed under it was recognized when it was established as a very liberal one. If we are not mistaken it established higher wages than had .pein known in the coke industry since it attained its present proportions. To throw luoh an agreement to the winds, and to punish the employer for making a liberal bargain, is not only wanton but it is in fatuated, as destructive of the utility of or ganized work on behalf of labor, We hope that when the coke-workers see how the question of good faith is involved in this matter they will promptly rectify their mis take. THE PRESIDENT AT CRESSON, President Harrison arrived at Cresson last night The journey from Washington was made in a commendably quiet fashion. The Presidental party made itself com fortable in a section of an ordinary Pullman car, in a regular train. Mr. Harrison doubtless enjoyed the absence of fuss and feathers. It is certainly true of the Nation's Chief Executive that his tastes are simple and his manners' plain. We sincerely trust that the bracing air of the Allegheny Mountains trill refresh and invigorate the President At Washington there is wind enough of a certain sort, but the occupant of the White House does not usually thrive upon it The mountain air is free from miasma, and Cresson seldom sees a politi cian. Mr. Harrison's stay in Western Pennsylvania, therefore, is likely to do him good. We hope that no "attempt will be made to draw the President into the arena of State politics, and Mr. Harrison doubt less will take care that his rest and recrea tion are not infringed upon by the dear, dis interested politicians. MAKE IT THE DUQUESNE PARK. Everybody would like to see the Alle gheny wharf turned into a park. The voting yesterdav under The Dispatch auspices at the Exposition shows this. II the com munity is in favor of this civic improve ment in the proportion of sixty to one, as the voting indicates, there should be no dif ficulty in engineering a popular movement -with this object in view. To head this move ment would be a politic stroke for some ener getic popular leader. We commend the sub ject anew to the attention of the Chief of the Department of Public Works. Dnquesne Park would be a grand transformation of Duquesne way. The position that the House Committee cannot stop short of going to the bottom of the Raum investigation is taken by the New York Press and is a sound one. The discovery that one of the members appointed on the Investi gating Committee is a stockholder in Raum's corporation, the sale of vjhose stock to em plojes in the Pension Office forms the leading allegation, is sufficient to leave the House managers in a very uncomfortable position, if the investigation is incomplete or partial. It is an evidence of progress that one Republican organ has the intelligence to perceive the fact The St. Louis pooling concern, which tried to get a court to enforce its illegal con. tract, will now have the valuable information that their lawyers who advise them that such contracts are valid are more anxious for fees than the enforcement of the law. The rather bad grace with which the Sen ators take Mr. Blaine's prescription Indicate that the former leader is still a greater power In the Republican ranks than the more recent rulers of the caucus. Lord Sackville-West had an unfor tunate experience in this country by being be trayed into the undiplomatic action of telling an indiscreet truth about tho political idiosyn crasies of the Government to which he was ac credited. He is now doing his best to show that the misfortune was not nndeserved, by ex hibiting himself, in his attempt to assert the right of charging rent on the Shakespeare Memorial at Stratford-on-Avon, as the Cham pion mean man of England. The general expression of Bepublican opinion of Kennedy's attack on Quay is to the effect that it is highly improper. What a pity that they cannot strengthen that indictment of Kennedy's ill-timed eloquence by declaring also that it is highly untrue! The Coroner and all his men were kept busy yesterday. The fatalities were numerous and many of them, contradictory though it may appear, singular. Regret that Gladstone cannot come to this country is based by the Chicago Tribune on the belief that he is the only Englishman who would come to this country without writing a book on it And yet, If the Grand Old Man should visit the United States, the enterprising interviewers of the Tribune and other papers would insist on extracting enough from him on his views of our country, to fill several vol umes. And now the Republicans of one class of opinion are arguing that the sugar duties mnst be retained, because if they aro surrendered there will be a deficiency in the revenue. What a commentary on the fulfillment of the promise to reduce taxation! Four and a half million dollars worth of new structures in the first eight months of 1890, shows that Pittsburg's building boom has no signs of a lei up. Now that Senator Gibson's amendment to the sugar schedule has outlined the Democratic policy, we may expect our esteemed Demo cratic cotemporaries to still further enlarge on tbeir claim, that a doty which gives a margin to refiners of 1 3-10 cents per pound is a reve nue duty, while one which makes it only G-lOc per pound is a protective duty. To the failure of the peach, apple and potato crops is now added a failure of the bop crop, which some gloomy pessimists predict will make high-priced beer. But what have bops, got to do with the price of modern beer? It is officially announced that Congress man Kennedy will not stump Pennsylvania for Senator Quay's Gubernatorial candidate. The House decided yesterday that Mr. Hreckinridge was not entitled to a seat The ousted member appears to care very little about the action of the Republican majority. Probably when Arkansas sends him back to Congress Mr.Breekipridge will find many more Democrats there to welcome him. A TWENTY per cent loss in the Bepub lican vote, which is the shape in which the Vermont returns put the resnlt,in that State, if It should extend throughout the country would mean a landslide. What will not money or influence buy in the Twenty-fifth district? PEOPLE "WORTH READLKG ABOUT, The Nun of Kenraare, the Catholic deserter, Miss Cusark, is a patient at the Battle Creek sanitarium. JCDQECiiniSTiANCYcan barely swallow a teasponful of milk and is taking no food. Death comes on Slowly but surely. Johh W. Kiely. the well-known Philadel phia inventor, completed his 53d year in this sinful world yesterday, and bis motor has not begun to mete yet. J. W. PATTEESoir, the tallest man known, except Chang, will settle down In Oklahoma with his wife. He is 7 feet 8 inches high, and bis wife Is over 6 feet V, Edwiit ElwjsI.1. is at work at his studio at Sandwich. Mass, upon a model for the bust of Vice President Morton, which will occupy a position in tbe Senate chamber. AS gerrymandered, Mr. McKlnloy's district looks like a faucet in a barrel, and after the election Mr, MoKinley himself may be a fair representative of tbe bungbole, Colonel Ledel, inventor ot the French magazine rifle, has retlrod from active service on account of Ill-health. Ho is 53 years of ago, and has been-through eight campaigns. THE guests at the summer hotel on the west Side of the Catskllls are accustomed to take in Roxbnry and Its surroundings, and never fall to visit the farm house "where Jay Gould fst saw the light ) THE mTSBOKG DISPATCH, OUR SHORT STORIES. POLLY'S MARK. Low did you get that scar, Bobr the po liceman asked, "Waltin' down to der Bunnower restaurant," said Bob, a tall, shambling fellow, whose fore head was seamed with a deep cut, hardly healed. "How did It happen:" 'See. I wus tossln' out grub at de Sunflower, when a big bloke come in an' wants oysters. He wuc all-flred particular 'bout em. Cussed me fer bein' slow. Then he wanted crackers, He'd a nose like a eagle-the biggest I ever saw, an' when he called fur crackers I sung out to der cook: 'Polly want's a craokerF That's all I said. Don't rock'lect nothin' after that Polly left his mark." ONLY A HALF. QKBday ten years ago," said a Western millionaire, "I stood without a nickel and without the door of a restaurant in San Francisco. I was indulging in au optical feast gazing at the display of uncooked roasts, chops and Steaks, garnished with water cress and al together lovely in the window. Tbe song or rather its refrain "Thou art so near and yet so far," was whispered to me by the giant brownie of hunger. Then a prosperous-looking man, who was flipping a half dollar in bis hand, dropped tbe coin, which tinkled through an Iron grate and fell into the subway below. Tbe man cave an almost unconcerned glance in the direction the coin bad gone, and then walked away humming a popular tunc "I have always possessed some resource and I was determined to possess that coin. The oc casion was what is frequently spoken of a a 'groundhog case.' I was 'out of meat' also bread. I spoke to tbe proprietor of tbe place. Told him I had dropped a five-dollar gold pleco through tho grate and asked If I might go and retrieve it 'Certainly,' he said, and gave me a hatchet with which I might remove a wooden bar that had been nailed across a door leading from the basement to the opening under the grate. "There was much litter and dust down there, and searching for the lost coin I found many other things which bad been dropped In a sim ilar way. Thus I cleaned up $8 from that pros pect drift. The amount supplied me with a place to put tbe able-bodied appetite which I bad concealed about my person. It also gave me the entree t9a clean shirt and a proportion ate supply of self-esteem and self-reliance. I visited meu of influence whom 1 had not been sufficiently courageous to meet in the immedi ate heretofore, and I have not been seriously insolvent since that date. Thus you may see on what a slender thread oft hangs a chance in life. "I have since become acquainted with the man who dropped that half, and have several times requited htm from ancient vintages of cham pagne, and he will never become so hungry as 1 was on the aay I first saw him not while the Gunsight lode does its duty." NOT THE SONATA. a All tho latest books an' magazines. Har pers, Century, Scribner's, Harper's Weekly, Puck, Judge an' Life, an' the Cruiser Sonaterl" chanted a newsboy on a Fort Wayne express yesterday. A yonn man with yellow hair and a meek face looked up through bis spectacles, clutched the boy's arm, and said in a sepulchral whisper for he had hay-fever: "Have you got the Kreutzer Sonata f" "It's all here, sir," said tbe boy, dropping the North American Review Into the meek younc man's lap. The young man handed over a half dollar and promptly sat down on tbe Review. The meekness went out ot bis face a little later. Tbe discovery of Ingersoll's innocuous review of Tolstoi's work seemed to make tho meek young man angry. Why! IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG. A Bio man who looked like be might be a Senator or a rich merchant, a retired banker or something of that sort, walked down the street a few evenings ago, and, stopping under a lamp post, looked intently upward. A policeman saw him and stepped over to that side of the walk to see what it meant Tbe next man wbo happened along also stopped, and after catching what he thought was the proper range, began to look. Another man came up and did tbe same thing. Pretty soon a young fellow and his girl caught sight of tbe starers arid tbey began to see what there was to be seen. Presently some one in the rapidly increasing party spoke up: "What's all this mean?" be asked the police man. "Git along wid yez," responded tbe offioiaL Just then the big man tnrned around. "My goodness!" he exclaimed, "what on earth Is this crowd bere for f "What areyou looking at:" asked one of tbe bystanders. "Looking at?" echoed the gentleman, "why, bless me. I was only absorbed in figures." "About what:" "I was wondering how long it would take me to block the sidewalk by saying nothing." ALWAYS IN SIGHT. QXEofthe directors of the Chicago Exposi tion is visiting friends in a suburb of Pitts burg. Yesterday lie went to tbe railroad sta tion to buy a ticket to go to town. "Exposition excursion:" asked the agent "What's that?" said tbo Chicagoan. "Combination ticket admjtting you to Expo sition, great sight;" explained the agent "It's strange," mused tbe Chleagoan as he bought tbe excursion ticket, "that go where I will the Exposition site pursues me." BOBBY'S MISGIVINGS. i"Re still, Bobby p whispered his mother. " "Yes'm." But Bobby couldn't sit entirely still. He fidgeted uneasily in his seat, and drew a long breath when tbe clergyman had finished the opening invocation. "He was a long time reaching tbe Amen part wasn't be mamma?" "Be still, Bobbyl" "Yes'm." Bobby was quiet for a little while, and then he leaned over and whispered; "Mamma, do you think they have services like this In heaven?" "I think it Is quite likely, Bobby." "Just right along, regUar tbjng every Sun day?" "We are told tbat heaven is an eternal Sab bath." "Be an awful Jong service, won't it?" "Be still, Bobby.', "Yes'm." Bobby was quiet again for a few moments. He was in a brown study. Presently ho leaned over again and asked; "If we're good, will we go to heaven, mamma?" "Yes, my son." "Then don't let's go 'till the first prayer is over, mamma." DEATHS JfA DAY, Wolfgang A. ftlnrttn. Wolfgang A. Marrln died yesterday afternoon, at bis residence In this city, after an Illness of three weeks, aped 72 years. Mr. Martin was born January It, 1818, In Obermannstadt, Bavaria, After traveling through tbe principal cities of Eu rope, pursuing Ms trade, be cave to America in 185D. engaging In the grocery business at No. 183 Center avenue, this city. He retired from busi ness about are years ago. He was the father or 12 children, five of whom are dead, funeral will be held Monday afternoon at tbe Holy Trinity Church, corner Center avenue and Pulton street Maximilian Flelicliniqqn, Jbw Yobk. September 5. Maxmlllan Flelsch mann, a wcd-known manufacturer of yeast, doing business at 701 "Washington street, and re siding at US Madison avenue, died at sea on Sep tember 1, on hoard the steamer Columbia, from Hamburg, which arrlvrd here to-day. Mr, Flelscliman.wbo was 45 years old, suffered front Urlgbt's disease. Last February be went to Europe with his family for bis health, and bad been traveling tberc since then, ills body was on board the vessel on its arrival. Alexander H. Morrison. ' CHICAGO, Sptember 5. Alexander iL Morrison, for many years well Known citizen of St. Joseph, Mich., where he conducted a largo Mrutri.nvtr. hnilnao, HIa1 mt til. ..llfl.-n. nfkl. K. IT. Brnqley. Bprlnger narbaugh Bradley, aged It, son of James A. Bradley, tbe AIcs-beny wool manufac turer, died yesterdav afternoon, after a lingering Illness. The sympathy ora Urge circle of friends s extended to tbe bereaved parents. Sqrab HI, Rogers, Barah AI. tfpgers. wife of James E, Sogers, or the County Treasurer's offlee, died yesterday aft ernoon at her lata residence, 6SI Station street, East Liberty. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. SATURDAY, SEPTEltBEE AH IITCIDEirr 07 IHE WAB., A Reunion in Clevelnnd Brings Together Two Iiong Lost Comrade. rsrxcut tclkbax to tux ourATcn.1 CLevkiand, September 5. At the encamp ment and reunion of tbe Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry at Lakeview Park, near Conneaut, O., on Thursday, a very interesting incident of tbe war came to a happy culumlnation. At tbe commencement of 'the war John Hodges and Bilas Neff were too yonng meriliving in Warren, O. Tbey enlisted in tbe army and shared the hardships and dangers of the battlenold to gether. At the battle of the Wilderness, while doing picket duty, they were surrounded by the Confederates and Neff was taken prisoner, but Hodges escaped to the Federal lines. When Neff was exchanged beleft the army and settled in Alpona, Mich. Hodges fought till the endjot tbo war, then returned to Warren.where he has since lived. He was always under tbe Impres sion that his old friend Neff. had died In a Con federate prison, and Neff believed that Hodges bad been killed in battle. Thursday afternoon, a black-haired, pleasant looking man with long whiskers and woaringa Grand Army hat was sitting on a bench over looking the lako with half a dozen comrades .who were listening to an adrentnre which be was tellins concerning himself and a soldier named Neff. When he bad finished the story, one of his hearers arose excitedly and said: "Why I heard the same story not an bour ago over at tho grandstand, and the narrator said that himself and a soldier by tbe name of Hod ges were the principals." "Good Qod," exclaimed the black-haired man. 'It must be Neff. My name is Hodges. Hunt tbe man up." Tbe man was found and a minuto later Neff and Hodges were twisting eaoh other's arms and smiling happy smiles with something on their cheeks that glistened very much like tears. EXCITEMENT AHEAD. Ticket Brokers Convene In Chicago for a , Lively Session. Chicago, September fit A meeting of the Guarantee Ticket Brokers' Association is called to be held in this city to-morrow, and a very excitine session is anticipated. Its Presi dent is J. Claude, of St Louis; Secretary, J. R. Fleishman, of Buffalo, 'and Chairman ot Ex ecutive Committee, L. Meyer, of Detroit Mr. Claude's side of the row in the association which has led to the calling of the meeting is this: Tbo officers of the association, including the Executive Committee, were elected last No vember to serve for one year. Mr. Meyer, as Chairman of tbe committee, bas assumed su preme authority and bas carried matters to tbe extent of not only deposing members of tbe committee and appointing another man in bis place, but has declared Mr. Claude's office as President vacant In this be is sustained by Secretary Fleishman, who refuses to recognize Mr. Claude. The meeting is called to deposo Meyer and Fleishman. They in turn have Issued a circular to tbe members, warning them that if tbey attend tbe meeting tbey will be suspended from membership. Tbe grounds on which Mr. Meyer bases his action have not been learned. A DELUSIVE BELL KHOB. It Was Only Ornamental, and Was Not In tended for Use. Dr. Alexander Hill, tbe genial Coroner, of tbe central part of the city, bad a little experi ence in Wyoming street on Tnesday last that made an impression on him not soon to be for gotten. He was called at the house of some colored people to investigate the death of a child which had died suddenly. Upon reach ing tbe neighborhood; where numbers are out of style, the Coroner hunted for the house bearing the crape, and finally found it appar ently suspended from the bell on the sash of the door. Ihe doctor. In his usual dignified manner, walked quickly up the steps, took hold of the top of the crape thonght to be cov ering tbe bell, and gave it a good jerk. The insignia of mourning gave way under bis grasp, tocether with the snpposed bell knob, and the Coroner found himself in a heap several yards in the street When he gathered himself together be was still holding on to the crape and knob, hut in stead of tbo regnlation cbina ornament, it was one built from thoroughly original ideas an Irish potato with a nail driven through tbe center, forming the stronghold for the crape. BAPTIST DISCTJSSIOnS. Sabbath School Subjects Come Dp at the Zour Anniversary. rgrXCTST, TELXOBAM TO TnX DISPATCTLt Mabtis'8 Febbv, O., Beptember 6. The sixty-third anniversary of the Zoar Baptist As sociation began bere to-day and will continue until next Monday. There is a large attend, ancoofold members and two Interesting ses sions were held to-day. The discussion was on Sabbath school subjects, and was participated in by Bev. G, G, Boyd, Rev, C. G. Sedgwick, Rev. C. M. Conway. Thomas AUep, A. W. Col lins and J. U Cunningham. To-morrow the "Best Plan to Cultivate tbe Trne Spirit of Missions in our Schools" will be discussed in tbe rooming, after which reports from churches will bo made and tbe election of officers will beheld. The balance of the ses sion will be devoted to the appointment of com mittees. About 0 delegates wero in attend ance. A large number of visitors were also present A Presbytrrlan Centennial. ttrXCTAl. TXLXOBAII TO THE DISPATCU.1 West Alexander. PA., Septembers. Ar rangements bave been about completed for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary ot tbe Fresbvterian Church, of tbis place, on September 17. Tbe services will be very Inter esuug and will last all day. A. IT. Hrlaey in Philadelphia. From the Philadelphia Inquirer, A man in tbe lobby of tbe Girard House last night whose snow-wblte mustache and Imperial was sure to catch the eye, was A. H. Helsey, a glass manufacturer of Pittsburg, who Is also extensively interested in mining. STOLEN ItnYMES. THE FUNHT ACTOR. Under the spreading chestnut tree The funny aetor stands. An opera-comic man Is he. With lorn? and sinewy hands. And the surface of his brawny cheek Is strong as Iron bands. ' Me lores to give an old-time Joke And hear the audience roar. And what cares be that ypu and I HaTe heard It oit before? So, when the summer-time Is come, He wanders gay and free, An seek; for Inspiration 'neath The spreading chestnut tree. TtVf Hits, AN INCIDENT IN CAMP. He was a brave militiaman; A soldier horn was he And hound to grow In peaee, you know A genera to be, His ways were so magnetlc-Hke lie drew all men to him, And once In a year he drew too near The spiriting wine-cup's brim. And so It was that August night When the boys were ail in canjp; The corks popped out and there's no doubt The staff behind was damp. For when onr soldier-boy went home At something after three, With many a grope be tried to ope The tent-flap with a key, Columbus (O.) Ditpatch, A MTTXE FtJETJlEB ON. The things we've sought tor all these yean, The phantoms we have chased, tbe pow'rs That hidden lie, tbe gllt'rlng gold, The things we've slgbed tor shall be ours A little further on. The gods shall smile on u( and come To lay their trophies at our feet And alter all our vain attempts, Thejoys we're sought so long we'll meet A little rurtber on. The cherished hopes of bygone years, 'J he castles reared high taUbe air, The long-lost friends we too shall meet, And rest In peace from toll and care A little further on, '-Burt fouics. in Tlxat Blfttngs, THE W1SDOSI OF TEAB8. The plump UttlooystenetablvereJ In fear APd cried to Its rootheri "Ob, de irl This world Is so big and so bright my mamma, mat I'd like to lire out my first year. "Ob, where can I hide to take in all the show, And myseir not get 'took In,' you know; lam juicy unil tender, and fear I will bo The first of our family to go." Then the withered old crone gave a wise little grin, t'Tlf the tentn year I've raveled In tin, . We'll Javplnta this san.for It goes to tbe ebnreh. 'And the soup we will never get In." drUtlne Anderson. 6, 1890. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Pittsbuboiebs have a great many irons In tbe fire. Bona truth ana much fiction has been spread over tbe newspapers concerning English' syndicates. I learned something about their operations tbe other day which may be news to some folk. The source is reliable. A gentle man wbo helps pull tho string In New York which loosens fat money bags in London says his house has placed about J90O,U0a0OO In this country within the past two years. He states also that 600,000,000 sterling of entailed estate and trust fund accumulations aro stowed away in English bank vaults awaiting low interest offers. It cannot be placed in England at more than 2 per cent, and it is good Investment in America at(3 or i. The money his house handled went into investment not speculation, Tbey buy outrigntif tbe books of tbe concern guarantee fair profit They will take all the business risks attached to the investment Tbey simply bave faith in America and Ameri cans. By tbe way, they don't call it syndicat ing in England. It is called "financing." Moonstones do not come from the moon. They come high, thougb. Some of the cobblestone covered Streets need cobbling. AW emphatic Yes went up from the topical voting stand at The Dispatch Exposition headquarters in favor of beautifying the old Block House grounds and preserving tbis birth mark of Pittsburg. Carry tbe news to Madame Schenley. A B kick in time saves a sidewalk paving bilk You'll never miss the water till the main bursts. Mns. Fbank Leslie says the dear Marquis shot her name into a board with a revolver once. He also shot her name into the news papers with his mouth, and the public have been bored e rer since. Mosquito bars will soon be closed. If wine is a mocker an empty champagne bot tle must be a hollow mockery. Fall skirts, like ivy, cling to the limbs. The best flavored melons are not the best looking. One of the vaudevilllsts at the Bijou tbis week made a bass hit Visit OBS are praising our Exposition. They cannot do otherwise, but we thank them for their kind words just the same. Beer often brews trouble. EditobBbeen's Truth is on the newsstands. It is full of color, cleverness, cartoons and pithy Iocallsmr. It is not out-classed by elders in the same race, and needn't blush in their company. Its pages bristle with Breenlets, which, like bees, sting and honey in tbe same breath. Truth will catch on. It only costs a dime to enjoy it Baby's cry should be the first squall on the matrimonial sea. Hat fever is not to be sneezed at Neber, no neber. ' Sous of the alleged Gaity girls skirting the footlights look anything but gry. They lead the dudes a merry dance for alt that Beauty must pay a penalty. If gold fishe3 were not pretty they would bave a pond Instead of a glass tank to swim in. Thebe are knobbling departments in our iron mills. Ferbaps tbis accounts for labor being ennobling. When time is called on Actor Sullivan the dime museum will be his sole refuge. Generosity oftimes breeds tramps. Faith may move mountains, bnt It will not move tbe Hump. Before submitting to the nickel-plating process Messrs. EILlnsand iVidener swear they will lose nickels. ' Bnt wonld it not be wiser to divide some of tbe profits with the cable crews instead of carrying the public for nothing? Competition permanently benefits the public, bnt rate wars are only a temporary relief, and losses are made no after the rivals make up or one gives up. Tbe public may be d d, out it will not be deadheaded by force. Green corn is turning yellow. High time is furnished by the observatory at high noon. Thb anchor signifies Hope, and it's a good thing to tie to. Bpeinq lambs are mutton now. If you want to study smiles linger around a billiard room and watch the faces of the plav erswben tbey make a "scratch." 'You need not be a physiognomist to be amused by this diversion. Fresji French sardinds are coming In from the New England factories. Tbey are packed" in olive oil from tbe mills run by tbe Cotton Seed Trust What's in a name, anyhow? The Exposition managers pay mora atten tion to turnstiles than to fall styles. Has the band played "Annie Laurie" yetT The country girl will soon be looking for tbe red ear at the busking bee. This is ironing day in Pittsburg. Eponoe off tbe City Hall belfry. The Sixth street connecting link between Pittsburg and Allegheny promises to be a bridge of size. This should be tbe Exposition's big night Liohtnino didn't knock a cable car off tbe track yesterday. Conductors should be fired during thunderstorms, for lightning might strike them, you know. The earth smiled after the heavens wept yesterday. Candidates would give big money to have tbe same pull on the publie as tbe grlpmen have. Lard has been legitimatized. BnEBttAN's free coal measure is coldly re ceived by the coal men. Perhaps tbe roar of the big gasstr struck Thursday will scare off tbe croakers, who are crying about going back to coat Ir Mrs. Schenley sbonld put land on tbe mar. ket at prices quoted by guessing cotempora ries tbe city debt could give the census returns a couple of yards start and come ont ahead. Guessers wbo grope in the dark, however, are aptto go far astray. Wait for tbe official figures, my boy. Deaf and dumb people are speak-eatles. A obeat many people will be eating crow before tbe fee-cutting season sets in. ALL tbe street contractors are bustling. Tbey must fill up tbe trenches before tbe frost line law catches tbem. , Steel watches are pretty souvenirs of Pitts, burg, bcUOOL children are not speculators, but the school bell is tbeir morning call. Noah surely loved fun. If he didn't he wonld not bave taken a pair of monkeys along When be started out with bis great moral show. Wilms Winkle. iRiaxIcniril With Joy. From tbe Han-lsburg Telegraph. Tbey have added 23 letter carriers to tbe Pittsburg force. And tbe Iron Cjty editors are drunk with thinking of tbe Increase in popula. Hon it indicates. . Go Awny From Dame to Hear lbs News. From" the Harrlsbnrg Independent, The competing traction street railway com. panles in Pittsburg have cut the fare until the people are riding for 3 cents. VOTES AND A GRAND PRIZE PROGRAMME FOR THE OPENING DAYS AT THE EXPOSITION NEXT WEEK. Cast Yoar Ballom oa Papular Topic Three Prlz?ss for Writers A Chance for Think ers to Make Some Pin Money and Go on Record. Th Topical Voting Inaugurated by The Dis patch at its Exposition headquarters in tbe Brunswlck-Balke-Coliender Company's billiard exhibit space, has met with popular favor. For tbe opening days of next week The Dispatch suggests tbe topics given berewltb for tbe suffrages ot tbe visitors. Vote Aye or Nay on the following: MONDAY'S VOTINO TOPIC. Do you favor or oppose the repeal of tbe Blue Laws so far as tbey interfere with the sale of soda water, lemonade, milk, 'dgars and tobacco on Snndayf Open to lady and gentle men voters. TUESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. DO you favor or oppose a'reasonable dog tax, and the creation of a pound under city super vision for tbe detention and care of vagrant curs, as a solution of the dog problem? Open to lady and gentlemen voters. WEDNESDAY'S VOTINO TOPIC. Do you favor or oppose a law compelling tele graph, telephone, electric light and electric car companies to place all wires under ground? Open to lady and gentlemen voters. Register your vote for or against in the Poll Book at Dispatch Headquarters. Watch The Dispatch for topical voting an nouncements In which you aro interested. Next Week' Prlz- Eny Offer. Tbe Prize Essay contest next week is open to all writers except those regularly employed on the staffs of Pittsburg newspapers. Prizes will be awarded for the best article upon "The Benefits of the Exposition to Pttts bubo." For the best contribution on the above topic The Dispatch will award a prize of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. For the Second Prize The Dispatch will award a Ten-Dollab Gold Piece. For the Third PrizoTHE Dispatch will award a Five-Dollab Gold Piece. THE CONDITIONS. Each article must make at least 1,200 and not more than 1,500 words. Competitions must be written legibly, on one side of the paper only, and must be labeled, "The Dispatch Prize Essay Contest" Contributions must be left at The Dispatch Headquarters.Bmnswicl:-Balke-CollenderCo.'s space. Exposition Buildings. Correct name, address and age of contestant must accompany MS9., name only for publica tion if successful. The Dispatch reserves the right to publish any contribution, whether it be, awarded a prize or not Tbe Prize Essay Contest for next week will close with the Exposition on Saturday night, September 6. Souvenirs for Lady Voters. Watch these columns for f utnre prize offerings and topical voting. ODK MAIL POUCH. Some Congressional Joking. To the Editor ot Tbo Dispatch: Will you please answer tbe following ques tions: First, in counting a quorum did Speaker Reed ever count a hat or umbrella as a member present when said member was not visible? Second, did Speaker Reed ever entreat Presi dent Harrison, by letter or otherwise, to use bis influence to persuado or compel members of tbe Houe and Senators to do their utmost to nave tbe Federal election bill passed, giving as a rea son for his anxiety in tbe matter that the Re publican party was doomed to defeat In case said bill should fall to pass? E. C. T. Fittsbubo. September 4. The joking Congressional correspondents alone are authority on these points. The Speaker is not gniity on cither count How to Enter Business. To the Kdltcror The Dispatch: With a view of opening a bntter and ecg stand, 1 would ask: Am I required to take ont license in any form? If so, where must 1 aDplv and what is the ccst? How is the business tax assessed. Chas. Dillineb. Pittsbubo, September i. No license. A business tax of one mill on all business done, payable in July and assessed in May. Apply at the City Treasurer's office. A.ii Old Newspaper. To the Editor of The Dlspateb: Please tell me how much a paper would be worth dated April 8, 1723. It's a New England weekly journal. Pittsbubo. September J. W. O. D. If any person has tho files of this journal re ferred to and this Issue Is missing, some valne attaches to it. Otherwise it is not worth much. Tbev f!nvt Corners. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Please inform me in order to denide a bet what the shape of a 850 gold piece is: whether it is round of has corners, holmes hare. Fifty-dollar gold pieces were coined in Cali fornia from 1850 to '55. Tbey are octagonal. Coin collectors pay a premium for all of them. The Metrorollmn Opera Honae. To tbc Editor of Tbe DIspatcc: Which is the largest and finest Opera House (or theater) in New York City, and in which can be seen tbe finet soepery? Fetrolia, September i. STATE rOimCAL NOTES. Chesteb jfews: You can't serve the devil we mean tbe Democracy by voting against Delamater, and be a Republican. C'HAUBEitSBUBO Repository: Tbe Demo, crats will open the State campaign this year in Reading. According to this tbey must be fear, ful of even old Democratic Berks. Williamspobt Sum When tbe miners nt the State make up their minds to vote for their own interests by voting furPattlson. tbey cannot be bought off with promises that they know to be false. Habbisbcbo Independent: There will not he much elder drank in the pending political canvass in Pennsylvania, but what Is lacking in the juices of the apple will be made up In tbe abundance of the brewing of barley. Harbisbcbq Call: August has come and gone, but Senator Wallace, who was to be bere before September In the interest ot Paulson. Scott dc Co., still loiters about London. Per haps Harrity will have to go after him, as But ler euggesed. Huntingdon Globe: Mr. Miller, the Pro hibition candidate for Governor, Is one of the' grand moguls of the Standard Oil Company. This circumstance does not exactly harmonize with tbe Prohibition platform, it is true, but it ought to secure a substantial campaign fund. Johnstown Tribune: It is announced by telegram from Washington that Major Mc Kinley and General Hastings will both bo present at tbe opening of the State campaign in Pittsburg on tbe 13th mst It Is probable that Senator Ingalis will also be on band. Witn such a trio to start the ball a roiling, tbe en thusiasm will grow from tbe 13th on until election. GstKBSVTLLE Advance Argus: There is Bathing new from tbe Twenty-fittb Congres sional district Both party and faction are awaiting developments. The faction are beg ttingfor a candidate to lead tbem, tbey know not where. The party Is satisfied with the nomination of Major McDowell. Helsastronz man before tbe people, and when elected will represent tbe district with credit The AHeghcnian: Some silly Jcavilers ob ject to Shlras on account of bis age. They do not seem to know that he la older than was Henry Clay when be entered the.Senate-and began bis glorious career of American statemanship. Older by several years than Washington when be rescued the fleeing hosts of Braddock; older than Napoleon when be crossed tbe Alps, won the glorious field of Marengo and became master of Italy. Th Cold Pbnkr. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Raum's refrigerator can't be the failure it Is alleged to be. A small block ot tbe stock froze CongreMBan Martin Luther Boyser right eS tbe Investigating committee in short order. CURIOUS C0NDENSATI0KS. Brooklyn schools opened Tnesday with 60,000 pupils. More than 5,000 men In New York do business under the protection of their wives' names. A Genesee, Mich.. Supervisor sends in his report to the County Clerk of apersondy ing ot "information of the brain." The Mayor of Boston receives from the West End Street Railway Company 5.000 free tickets weekly for charitable uses. The . 18-year-old daughter of Swaine Kite, of Madison county, died from lockjaw, superinduced by the pulling of a tooth. Cyrus W. Field raises an acre of culti vated sunflowers on bis estate. Ardsiey, near Tarrytown, on the Hudson, for chicken feed. Mrs. Jacob Benton, of Lancaster, K. H. has learned five languages while an invalid In the last flvo years. She speaks and writes Vulapuk fluently. Jake Kilrain is going to star. His play is founded on an episode'in Senator Conkllng's lite, where be was knocked ont by a protes sional sparrer disguised lor the occasion. A Cobbville, Ga., man tells of a pig which has been adopted by an old cat She had four kittens besides, and tbe old cat was as much attached to the pig as If it bad been one of her kittens. A scientist compntes that with tbe aid of a machine constructed on the. principle of tbe borinr, drilllnz and pumping apparatus ot tbe inosqnito. a bola could be bored to the cen ter of the earth in less than a day. It Is a curious fact that when the police men in Central Park, Now York, undertake to drive tbe public off tbe grass tbey dispose ot tbe old women and children promptly, but somehow tbe pretty girls are undisturbed. Rev. Mr. Gould, the Unitarian Lading ton preacher, has a wife as is one. He was sick Sunday and the good lady preached for bim, and now tbe congregation is thinking about calling her regularly if be remains ill. Rather a touching incident occurred at tbe Boston and Maine depot in Biddeford, Me. A man bad been visiting bis family there and. though he intended to return in two weeks, cried like one wbo was to bo absent for year. Alexander Sorden, of Harrington, Md., whodiedatew days ago, had long been a source of wonder to physicians because of a peculiar physical shrinking that followed sickness, caus ing his stature to become one foot less than it was during health. The Russian Government has ordered tbatall medical and pharmaceutical students shall be henceforth accustomed to tbe decimal system of weights and measures, with the view to making tbis system tbe only legal one for prescriptions to be written in after the lapse of five years. At the General Grant cottage' at Mount McGregor, is kept a register of visitors, and among those wbo bave within the 'past few days affixed their sign manual may be seen globetrotters from England, Scotland, Sweden, Belgium. Egypt France, Germany. Hungary, Canada, Mexico. Brazil and Southern Africa. "Onr next issue will be our last," writes a Georgia editor. "We are satisfied the people of tbis town can get along without us, for we have been getting along without the people for six months past There are some subscriptions owing, bnt we will not collect them, as the citizens will goon need tbe money to defray the funeral expenses of tbe town." The country people for miles around Danville. N. J., are arranging for a great double) birthday celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vreeland. Tbe two old people were born within one day of each other and are now in the nineties. Thev have been married 63 years. Both are still hearty and active, and anticipate the approaching anniversary glee day with much pleasure. BUI Moore, an Atchison, Kab., farmer, wanted to dig a well, so be plowed a lot of land and planted in it oats. Every day he watched the oats, observing the spots that showed the greatest moisture. Finally he selected a spot and sank tbe well. At 24 feet he had a fine stream of water. It is said to be the best water in the country. Other farmers in tbe same neighborhood bave failed to find water at 200 feet. "While plowing up the ground for the new Central shops at Columbus, Ga., one of tbo heavy plows struck a six-inch water mala and broke it Tbe water spurted up in a solid stream to a height of about 50 feet, tearing up the ground around with greit force. Tho water ran for several hnurs," floodiner the ad jacent space, until ibe Superintendent of tha water works company went out and, with assistance, repaired the break. It was developed at the hearing in Chi cago of a lad of only 11, arrested for theft, that he belonged in Arkansas and had run away from borne and traveled all through Mexico, Lower California and the greater part of this country. His little brain had evidently been set afire by sensational literature, for, when brought Into court, a hie: revolver was peepins out of his bjp pocket. When arrested be was boarding a freight train for tbe West On returning from church a Lafayette, Ga., man saw what seemed to be two small snakes about tbe size of a lead pencil and eight to ten Inches long. Tbey were barely ruprlnj. On closer examination, instead of a snake it was a mass of little measuring worms, each about three-sixteenths of an inch lonjr."and each traveling on tbe layer of worms under it By moving iu tbis manner they escaped tbe dost which would have been fatal to them if they had separated. A heavy horse is all that saved a Lapeer, Micb.. widow from changing her name to Mrs. Butler and not to Mrs. Clam. .Both men were promised her band and bad secured their licenses, but Clam had a quarter horse and won tbe stakes. Tbe rare down the country road was terrific, and Inst when Butler was con gratulating himself that he was a winner his old horse stopped to conRb, and Clam sailed by and had been gone 10 minutes with tbe bride when his rival dashed op to br house, and was safely wed at a nearby parson's. Of taste, a medical journal savs that it is nut equally distributed over the whole sur face of tbe tongne. There are three distinct regions of tracts, each of which bas to perform its own special office or function. Tbe tip ot tbe tongue is concerned mainly with pungent and acid tastes: the middle portion is sensitive to sweets or bitters, while tbe back or lower portion confines itself entirely to the flavors of rich fatty substance. This subdivision of faculties In the toneue makes each piece of food undergo three separate examinations, which must be successively passed before it Is admitted into full participation in the hnman economy, A FEW MIXBTKX WITH HUMORISTS. "See here, there are only 5,000 Indians oa yonr reservation, and you've drawn rations fu 7,500." That's all right. Some of 'em have had re lations vlsltlns; them." Wife So they returned your manuscript It It too bad. Husband (who thinks he can write) Yes: that Is what the editor said about It. Boston UtralA. "Rock-a-by, baby!" began the new nnrsa in a Boston family. DoslstI" exclaimed the Infant imperiously, y lam aware that the vibration ef the stmos- V phere will cause a cradle suspended la a tree-tap to oscillate." Btraneer Where do the Highminds re side? They are one of the old families of this city, I believe. Mrs. Korundred-Tbey used to be. but Mr. HIzh mind failed last year.-.vw lor Weekly. Farmer Qaiirhseed(warningly) There hfl a hornets' neet In that tree, young ladles! Jllss Jletropole Oust arrived from tw York)-. Oh. we won't disturb it; we both love birds.- Pu'e. She (nervously) What do you think of my biscuits, dear? He H'nit I don't care exactly to give an off. band opinion on weighty subjects. iforysrjt Batar. Julia Fiftyseventhstrect Grandma, Ebj raa told mo that yoa ana grandpa kept a corns 1 uroecry years ago. Urandmuther Well, she was mistaken. Julia-Yes. I knew It-tbat's what I told her. Urandmothcr We used to keep a grocery, but It was In the middle of the block. Xuiuey't Weekly, Father Have you succeeded In finding the owner of that knife you found. Johnny? Johnny-Mo, sir, bnt I think I know who less It. "Who do you think?" Tommy Green." . "WUydon't jouask him Ifbedld!" 'Cause I'm afraid he'll say yes." IaXtt Blaae. "Is the doctor in?" asked a tramp at the door of an Arch street physician yesterday. A few minutes later an oldish female came to tha door, "IJlst wanted to see If (be doctor wouldn't give me a pair or his old pants, "said the tramp. I'm the doctor," replied thelsdy. Thetraciptiadseveral attacks or vertigo as;h dropped down the steps. Philadelphia Kicora.k
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