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SEP P. 7, 1690. IMPERFECT ETHICS. A ratber unique though not perhaps un natural suggestion concerning the utility of church and the value of sectional organiza tion is made by the editorial comments of the Xcw York Times on Mr. Powderiy's course in standing by the Hew York Cen tral strike after he had placed himself on record against it. The Times recognizes that Mr. Powderiy's reply to that will be his dutyof standing by the "order" whether it was right or wrong; but proceeds to dis sent from the idea as follows: "Our country, right or wrong," is an intelli gible motto, and so is "Onr church, right or wrong." Patriots and devotees believe that the mamtenanco of their respective institu tions is even more essential than keeping them out of mischief. Bat the "order" is a con trivance to promote the welfare of laborers. If it does not promote their welfare it is rood for nothing, even from Powderiy's point of view. This argument that there is a radical dif ference between a national government or church organizations on one hand, and a labor organization ou the other, coupled with the assertion that the purpose of labor organization is to promote the welfare of its members, is calculated to arouse the sur prised inquiry, What is the purpose of States, or what object is attained by churches, if cot to promote the welfare ol their citizens and members? A cynical view might indorse the rime' position as a recognition of the fact that most govern ments and a good many churches are of no possible use whatever, but even that would leave the Times' logic iu a very halting con dition. If the government of a country does not benefit its citizens by protecting them against domestic violence or foreign aggression, what possible reason can there he for that devotion of support which would stand by it right or -wrong? If a church does not promote the welfare of its members by giving them the inspiration ol true re ligion and raising the standard of morality, there is authority for saying that it should be torn down and cast into the fire. It is only on exactly the basis as that which our cotemporary assigns to labor organization that any shadow of reason can be found lor such unreasoniug fealty as the Times ap proves in their case and disapproves in the case of labor organizations. On the basis of the conviction held by the vast body of union workingmen, that labor organization constitutes a system as essen tial lor their interests as either Church or State, it is as justifiable to take the attitude that they will stand by "the order," right or wrong, as for any one else to say that he will do the same by his church or 'his country. The order, or union, represents a system which he regards as essential, and it is just as logical to say that it must be upheld, regardless ol right or wrong, as to make the same declaration with regard to anything else.' The Times' ethics are weak in admitting that the principle is allowable in any case. Is it the duty of a man to support his church in something which he knows to be wrong? Protestant civilization, at least, says not. "Would it have been the duty ol an anti-slavery citizen to have supported this Government in a war lor the extension of slavery? Will any man say that Chatham, when he was convinced that the English Government was wrong in at tempting to coerce the American colonies, waslbound to give his support to the minis try? The mere statement oi these questions furnishes the answer. Of course where the issue is the utter ex iuction of a government, a church, a politi cal party or a labor organization, the ques tion to be decided is whether the importance of its preservation outweighs any. errors which may have imperiled it3 existence. The man who thinks that the organization to which he owes fealty must be preserved, is not supporting it "right or wrong," but is defendiug its right to existence. The French statesmen who stood aloof from the IVauco-German war while it was simply a war for magnifying the Napoleonic ide-i", but plunged body and soul into the strug gle for preserving the i'rench. "Republic, Showed a just appreciation of tjbte distinction. The idea that there is anything which it is the duty of men to support, "right or wrong," is a very vicious theory; but when grave leaders of public thought admit it to be true in any Case, they can hardly blame the ardent headers of labor struggles for ap plying it to labor organizations. such a policy indorse its purpose and show an expectation of good results from It The possibilities of the policy which would open up trade of this sort between the United States and the countries to the south of us, are of vital importance to Pittsburg. For the shipment of iron, steel, machinery and glassware to those countries, "Pittsburg has direct water communication and unlimited facilities for production. Heretofore the effect of the protective policy has been to confine the markets for Pitts burg's products principally within the lim its ot the United States, and to satisfy her with that market. But with the advantages that are promised from this new departure, the South American markets will hold out an outlet for an expansion of our field In nearly all the manufactured articles of Pittsburg i that would be invaluable in the case of any check in the domestic demand. It isslight cause lor wonder, under such cir cumstances, that the voice of Pittsburg's business interests should be practically unanimous in the support of the reciprocity policy. This policy is the legitimate and necessary outcome of the Secretary's efforts in the line of closer union between American countries. It was feared that the jealousy with which the removal of duties is watched might bring tho efforts ol the Pan-American Congress to naught. But Mr. Blaine, with more than his usual adroitness, has taken the opportunity of tariff revision to show how these objects can be accomplished, and has thus once more placed himself well in the leadership of Republican national policy. CONGRESSMAN STONE IT IS. The contest for the Republican nomina tion for Congress in the Twenty-third Dis trict appears at this writing to have re sulted in Colonel Stone's favor. Young Air. Shiras made a good fight but his op ponent's forces had a better organization, and the legacy of Colonel Bayne's influence likewise counted in the elder candidate's favor. There has been not a whisper of unfair dealings on either side and- The Dispatch could have congratulated the Twenty-third district upon its choice of a representative in any event. In these days two good can- uiaates are a luxury, it must be remem bered, however, that there is the convention yet to be heard from. Congressional con ventions have d6ne strange things before now. But there seems no reason why Colonel Stone's majority of votes should not land him safe;- iu Congres all in good time. The Dispatch congratulates Col onel Stone and his electors. appropriations and the changes of the tariff bill reveal that revenues would fall short of expenditures by about $35,000,000. This analysis of the Senator's figures make it charitable to suppose that the Bs publican organs that have been taking them as a party vindication fail to understand their import, Of course no one predicts that the Government will be unable to meet its obligations, or that it cannot from its large reserves of surplus resources, purchase all the bonds for the sinking fund that may be offered. But the evidence is decisive that the Republican party in Congress has made an increase in expenditures surpassing any thing ever known before in a single year, and that the result pf that increase is to wipe out the surplus of receipts over ex penditures, and if the pledge of reducing taxation. 13 kept, to put the balance on the other side. Of course the promise of reducing taxa tion should be kept. Even the original statement that the bill would reduce the national revenues 555,000,000 would not represent tot great a reduction. The Treas ury can meet all its obligations and easily surrender the $33,500,000 which Senator Allison now holds out as the actual reduc tion. But it shoud be understood that the reduction of revenue carries with it the necessity of a reduction of expenditures, and that the passage of the tariff bill, means a radical reversal of the policy ol lavish ap propriations which has produced these re markable figures. WOMEN IN EARNEST. The women of England are setting a bold example to their sisters all over the world. The cable gives us the views of remarkable women in the labor congress at Liverpool, which has resolved to work for an eight hour day. These fair leaders of labor de clare that women must organize and take an aggressive stand for their rights. The ad vice to boycott sweethearts who are not members of labor organizations may prove rather difficult for women to follow, but there is no doubting the fact that those who advocate it are in dead earnest. Earnest women can do a great deal. They are be coming political powers in England. A SUSPICIOUS ARGUMENT. The Philadelphia Press, in its strenuous pursuit of arguments against the removal of sugar duties, supports its claim that the duties should be left undisturbed with tbe expectation of removing it when other coun tries accept reciprocity, by saying; "How ever pure the administration which takes the step of restoring the duty on sugar, sin ister suspicion is certain to attach to a step worth millions to any refiner with prior in formation." The Press supports this view with the further assertion that the same objections do not apply to the removal of the duty. But it fails to properly estimate the sinister suspicion that might attach to the failure of the administration to remove the duty, when such an omission would also be worth millions to refiners who would be ready to furnish any quantity of arguments, to the effect that the reciprocity contemplated in the act had not been established. It also fails to comprehend the same sentiment which attaches to a party journal, which, after endorsing the policy of removing the sugar duties and freeing the people from the exactions ot the Sugar Trust, now wants the duties kept on all grades fit for consump tion on the plea that refining must be pro tected. It should be understood that sugar duties are not removed solely in the interest of the countries producing sugar. The relief of the American people, from excessive prices on an article of universal consumption is the chief object, and arguments tending to de feat that object are aimed against the most commendable feature of the present Repub lican policy. The proposition of the New York clergy men to embark in local politics is attacked by many of tbe organs on the ground that religion and politics have nothing to do with each other. That may be.trne at present as a question of fact: but whether religion ought not to have something to do with politics is another matter. There is force in the statement that the relig ion which would not exert an influence in poli tics is not worth much; while the politics that will not admit religious influences in Its coun sels will be a great deal worse than worthless. The Senate only had two days' debate under the five-minute rule before it knocke'd out tbe duty that protects the binding twine com bination. The superior efficacy of short speeches should not be forgotten by the Senatorial states men. The semi-indorsement of Pattison by the single-taxers of New York is declared by the Philadelphia North American to bo a danger ous one to Pattison. This is equivalent to an assertion that Pattison Is responsible for the personal views of all the men who may vote for him. The regulation Republican opinion has asserted this since the defeat of the attempt to capture the single-tax meeting in the interest of the protectionists. The discovery (hat Boulanger was in the pay of the French royalists and working for their Interests has hardly been surpassed since that famous feat of the Dutch in discovering Holland. The Republican organs haye got to the point of explaining that the Vermont election has no significance because the Republican vote did not get out. Yet all of them join in urging tbe Maine Republicans to go to work and roll up a vote which will give the party a lift out of the position in which it finds Itself as a result of the insignificant Vermont vote. SHE GAVE HIM A BUTTON. 'The girl, who waited at our table in the little hotel, had big brpwn eyes, a soft volpe and enough rural modesty to fit out fifty city housemaids. It was a "sufficing pleasure to ask for something you. dlflu't want, just to see her blush and hear her say; "I'm afraid we haven't any, slrl" But a smart insurance man, one of those keen ConnectlcutfYankees who go West to tate advantage of the country before it erows up, 'was inclined to tease, our rustio Hebe. He gave minute directions to her about the frying of his steak the civilization of the place had notreaobedthe boiling point and sent back some boiled eggs because they.were not done enough. "Will you have some pertaters, sir!" the waitress asked as she was taking away the eggs. "Yes, Mary, I want some potatoes" nobody else had called her Mary, and it was not her name "You'd better cook some for me, ana I'll have them later on. Ypu must boil tbem with their Jackets on now be careful about that and pnt a pinch of salt in tbe water, and" he paused, and'Mary, who had been gaz ing at him steadily with a heightening color, said, "Pertaters with their jackets on, slrl" "Yes, Mary." "With or without, sirr" "Without whatr, queried the Yankee, a lit tle confused. "Buttons I" said the girl, and amid tbe laugh ter of all but her disconcerted tormentor she made her escape. DOUBLY SORRY. At the close of the prayer meeting tbe minis ter said: "Since we last met, my brethren, this congregation has sustained a severe loss by the death ot Sister Jones. I need hardly tell you, who know her far better than I, what a good woman in every sense she was. At this time and in this place I feel It my duty to ex press my sympathy for tbe bereaved, and to tell you an now sorry i was to pear oi sister j ones death. I am also sorry to say that I cannot at tend the church picnic t" THE COST OF WEARING DIAMONDS. T7lwear my diamond earrings much longer when I go shopping I shall bo ruined." said a careful little wife to her lord. "How so?" be asked. "Why," said she, '.'when I go to the butcher's be always looks at my ears before be says how much tho meat will cost, and if be sees the diamonds be stioks on an extra ten or twenty cents, I know. Thinks he ought to get a divi dend on the diamonds 1 suppose." NO BISMARCK FOR HIM. i VtTHEN the waiters are German it is always politic to call any one of them Bis marck," said a philosopher who travels for a cigar house. "That's where you make a grand mistake," said his companion, "I went into a beer saloon in Milwaukee one day this summer with a couple of friends. A stout, hearty-looking Ger man, with a merry eye waited upon us. 'Drei Bier. Bismarckr said J. He looked at me stern lyyet more in sorrow than In anger it seemed. But be fetched our beer, and when he bad set it down he said to me in English with a very slight German accent: 'Be carefnl bow you call a man Bismarck. Because I am a German it docs not follow that the Man of Blood and Iron is my patron saint, I love the Fatherland as well as any man, and my heart is in Berlin still, but Bismarck I hate him,' and tbe good natured Teuton thumped his fist on the table so that the glasses rattled, and the proprietor of tbe place came over to see what was the matter. I apologized and explained it was all my fault, and the landlord sat down with us and we had 'vier bier' several times. Tbe land lord told us that the old waiter bad the best of reasons for hating Bismarck. The waiter had been a business man of high standing in Berlin, when Socialism incurred the hatred of the Prussian Chancellor. The former became an ardent Socialist, and at the same time a victim of persistent police persecution. His business was broken up at Iaft, his wife died, and tbe old man rendered desperate made a violent speech at the Brauerel one night, was arrested, tried and sentenced to five years' imprison ment. When he came out of jail bis friends sent him oyer here." Robert McfJee Alfvo ?0 Yenri After BIi Injury From Indians, Kansas City, Beptember 8. Robert MeGee, who lives in the neigbborhqod of Chillioothe. Ma, had tbe top of his head torn off by an Indian 26 years ago and R has never healed, but has been constantly sapping awav bis life. He says: "I was born an orphan boy without a borne, and being offered W a month I was induced to drivo a Government team across tbe Plains in the summer of 1SB1 When on Walnut creek, near wbere Great Bend is now located, our party was attacked by tbe Brule Sioux und,er Little Turtle, the famous chief. He bad a large number of Indians at his command, and soon captured our outfit and massacred the entire party after taking them prisoners. I fell to the lot of the chief, who desired my scalp' and knocked me down with a spear handle. As I fell I was shot, the ball passing through my bqdy and lodging against a rib. "The chief then made a semi-clroularcut around my head, and, placing bis foot on tbe back of my neck, tore tbe entire scalp from my head, causing such untold agony that I fainted, which probably saved my life, for, after shooting an arrow through me, they left me for dead with my murdered companions. I lay for three hours In tbe hot July sun until some soldiers came along, and seeing tbat I was still alive they took me to the fort, wbere tbe surgeon succeeded in saving my life," A LIVELY CORPSE. An Actress In Pnoxsotawney Stops tbe Play to Read the Riot Act. From the Fanxsutawney Spirit. During the death scone in tbe play of'Oa mllle" at the opera bouse. Miss Irene Taylor, who had the role of Camille, treated the audi ence to a real exhibition of feeling not on the programme, The heroine was dying of con sumption. Death was just about to lay its Skel eton flneers upon her tired heart. Her eyes be gan to assume tbat fixed, glassy expression which immediately precedes dissolution, and she gasped painfully for breath, Tbe scene was well studied, realistic and pathetic, and she was just about to drop into the arms of ber ag onized lover dead when several women in tbe audience laughed. Immediately the face of dying woman assumed a stern and angry ex pression. She stood defiantly erect, and, point ing her finger at the offenders, said in wither ing tones: "Any woman who would laugh dur ing such a scene as this is utterly void of any sense of delicacy or refinement or feeling. She is totally lacking in the sentiments of common humanity and could not appreciate anything higher than tbe Topty or the donkey in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." When she bad delivered herself of this ebulli tion of indignation sbe calmly and deliberately proceeded to die in tbe most approved style counterfeiting death with wonderful accuracy. and there was no mora tittering, either. ALWAYS FAIR. THE INDOR-EMEXT OF UEC1FHOCITY. Prom the interviews with all classes of business men, published in our local col umns, it will be seen that the policy of reci procity, as outlined by Secretary Blaine, receives an almost unanimous support from the business interests of Pittsburg. Both the class whose interest is only that of citi zeus at large, and that whose business inter- lit receive a notable' extension from WHAT THE STATEMENT SHOWS. The Republican organs have for the past few days been indulging themselves in as sertions that Senator Allison's speech on Tuesday had utterly disproved the predic tions that the apppropriations for tbe fiscal year already commenced would exceed the revenue. The New York Tribune declared that the Senator proved these fears to be "altogether groundless," and another even more indiscreet organ asserts the showing to be that "the Republicans are keeping well within the Government's revenue." As these journals,however,fail to analyze Sena tor Allison's statement from which these roseate declarations are made.it will be well to give such an analysis. Senator Allison first stated the appropria tions of the present Congress to be 8358,883, 5G4, not including either sinking fund or interest appropriations. This is ?100,000,000 in excess of the similar appropriations for the last year of the previous administrar tion, and 122,000,000 in excess of those lor 1880. Adding to these the permanent ap propriations for interest on the public debt, but nothing for the sinking fund, the Sena tor gets a total of expenditures of 5111, 352,954. He next assumes that the revenue for the year, without any changes in the duty, will be 400,000,000. This is SIO.OOO, 000 more than Secretary Windom esti mated the revenues at, and from 70,000,000 to 80,000,000 greater than the average an nual revenues of the past four years. On the basis of no decrease in revenues by the, tariff bill, the Senator figures out a margin of 48,647,056. The estimate of lhe,e.flW of the tariff bill is then put in a jrery different shape than heretofore, by asserting that the reductions in that measure would amount to about 60,500,000, -which the increase of taxation on various articles is for the first time stated to'Veach 27,000,000, making the net reduction by the pending measure 533, 500,000. Thus the Senator figures out $14, C50.000 or 15,000,000 of a marginof receipts above expenditures. Several salient points appear in this statement. Tbe first is that the ordinary appropriations of Gongre'ss -have increased more than 100,000,000 over those of the' Democratic administration, which were themselves much larger tLan during the preceeding Republican administrations. Then, in order to approximate a balance on the right side of tbe account, the revenue is estima'ted 10,000,000 in excess 6f"the very sanguine estimate of the Secretary of the Treasury; and tbat is followed by. revealing tbe fact that the tariff bill ostensibly drawq up for reduction of taxation actually imposes 27,000,000 of fresh taxation on various ar ticles. Finally the balance is struck by ex cluding from the expenditures altogether the statutory obligation of an appropriation for tbe jinking fund. Including that, and figuring the revenue by Secretary Windom 's. estimate, Senator Allison's -statement -oj" A duel between Quay and Kennedy, if it were possible, would have at least one good effect. t would knock the wind out of tbat advertising scheme of the Marquis de len vllle's. The Philadelphia Inquirer editorially en larges upon tbe reports of the failure of natural gas in Pittsburg nearly two weeks after they have been shown to be unfounded. As tbe in quirer is nothing except a Delamater organ, aro we to understand it to bo an article of faith in the Delamater campaign that Pittsburg's natural gas is to be extinguished? The news from White River Junction about tbe Vermont election is likely to make Republicans think that White River must be closely related to Salt river. The Philadelphia JVess makes the severe charge tbat "certain brands of half-baked Democracy are masquerading as Independent Republicans this year in Pennsylvania." This may be so; but it is none tbe less a material modification of the JPress' original position that no one at all was going to vote for Pattison. OtfE more effort of tbe Republicans iu Congress to prove that there will be no de ficiency, will be likely to land the Treasury in. the depths of pauperism.- The disclosure of the fact that Gilbert & Sullivan have made 3300,000 apiece out of their comic operas explains their recent quar rel. It Is only when a man gets to be a half millionaire that be can afford to squabble and kick up a row over tbe suspicion that he is nqt going to get the last cent that is due him. One French editor has seven invitations to fight a duel. As there's luck in odd num bers, be may live to write tbe obituaries Of bis adversaries. . . It is suggested th&V Chairman Belden should take Bob Kennedy out and administer paternal and o-ity discipline. But there is rqom for suspicion that'Belden and the other disciplinarians pulled the strings that set pen ned' uff, and are now secretly chuckling over ,ttie effects of their bomb shells. ' BIO NATURAL GAS WELLS. THE MOTION WAS CARRIED. A cbowd of cultured gentlemen, who smelt street corner puffing toby smoke Into as many people's faces as they could. Occasionally they pushed small, inoffensive men into the gutter. In short, they were amusing them selves very cheaply and yet very thoroughly when tbe new policeman came around the cor ner. "Now we'll have some fun,'' said the speaker of tbe house. "Say, do you fellers lif beret" asked the po liceman, politely punctuating his query with bis club. "Nar, we don't, seer' "Den you 'una hat better mofe here," re sponded the officer, and to assist them in the movement he described a pretty fair circle with his club. The motion was agreed to nem. con. A HARD' LUCK GIRL. m'Theke's my hard luck girl,'' said Colonel Dawson on Friday night at the Bijou, pointing to pretty stylish girl who with a nice lookins young man, occupied a seat in the very last row of tbe pafquet circle. "Every time tbis theater is crowded to the doors and every seat is sold I jook for that girl a appear, and I'm never disappointed. She's better off to-night than usnal, for nine times out of ten sbe has to stand behind the rail. Of' course she's wel come here, but I'd like to know when she's coming just for once, so tbat I might save ber a seat." nEPOTEN Johns. NOTED HEN AND WOHEN. The Dispatch Congratulated by a Neighbor Fncln Plninly Pur. From the Quest, (Wheeling-, TjV. Va.) We must commend The Pittsbubo Dis patoh for the excellent and fair reports it gave of the recent Prohibition State Conven tion in Pennsylvania. The Dispatch, by tbe way, is the leading daily paper of this section of tbe United States, and is one of the best of tbe whole country. Its news columns are al ways full of the latest and brightest news, and nothing seems to escape its numerous corre spondents. In political matters it is independ ent and usually very fair. Ve are glad to note tbat The Dispatch has a very large circula tion in this vicinity and hope it may constantly increase. A LIVE ALLIGATOR Caught la th,o Ohio River Near the Clncln nnli 6a Works. CiNClKNATr, Septembers. Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. John Brown, the superintendent of the works, put a eaug of men to clearing away the brush which bad accumulated in front of the supply pipe. They had been at work several hours, when one of thq men noticed something tbat looked like the limb of a tree moying ampng the brnsb that had beeb tossed on tbe bank. After watch lnc it ' for several 'moments be con- cluden to investigate, and on scattering the rubbish was startled to see an alligator. He hastily called bis companions, and after somo difficulty the alligator was captured and put in a box. Mr. Brown topic tbe remarkable catch to his residence, at No. 25U East Sixth street. The capture created considerable excitement, and old rlvermen say that it is the first alligator that has been caught in the rirer abovo Memphis. It Is about 20 inches long. Will A Possibility tbat Some of the Well Imst For Centnrlei. From the New York Herald. Quito recently a leading professor of tbe Geqlogical Survoy was renortcd to have ex pressed the opinion that the theory of gas wells falling will prove correct. Nevertheless, with in tho past 48 hours two of tho largest known gas wells have been discovered ip Pennsylvania. A Pittsburg dispatch says thejzas from these wells would suffice to run half tho mills in that city." Ti)e theory that these underground gas sup plies are destined to fail Is based upon no very reliable date, Somo of those on tho shores of the Caspian have been burning for centuries and it may be tbat some of the Pennsy Ivanla wells will last tbat long. Stockholders Meeting. STEDBSNVn.i.E, Q.. September ft Tbe fol lowing stockholders and officers of the Jeffer son Irgn worts were elected to-day: w. R. E. Elliott, W. H. McClintcn, "C. B. Doty, S. K. "Wallace, Steubenvllle; J. C. Rifeldorfer. Q. G. Hennan, Joseph Bell, Wheeling. Mr. Wallace was elected President andG. P. Pardon Secre tary and W. R. E. Elliott Vice President, the latter In place of Baron Lagerfeld. DEATHS OF A DAY. Geomc W. Drown. BALTlMonE, Septembere.:-Georire W. Brown, n f rolnent Jnrlat,'ex-CUIcf Judxe of the'Supreme Bench of lUltlmore, 75 years old, died to-day in ilolionV. '- T. 11 r. Urown was tbe. Mayor of Baltimore during the tlmo Of the MauacUuiet frgiuicutB- AIYMl Bekatoe Riddlebeeqee's widow is now editor of a Virginia paper. General Shermajt and dangter and Mrs. -Roscoe Conkling aro late arrivals at Saratoga. IK regard to Mr. Hqlljvan as an actor hs severest critics will haye to admit that he is strong in every scene. Me. John Swinton has retqrney! Jo 'Sett York from his European tripnd will soon ma ke a tour of the West. J ane Dettekbiivtc, of Klngston.Jamalca, is an orphan and ''nas 81,000,000. She has re fused 37 offers of marriage. Onr o'i the most beautiful women in England ta'the Duchess of Leinster. Sbe is tall, slender and stately, and an aristocrat from crown to toe. James A MAcKkight, of Brooklyn, has left for Helena, Mont., to take the managing editorship of Russell Harrison's newspaper in that city. Miss Hattie Blaine, the youngest and prettiest daughter of the Secretary, Is an lp. trepid canoeist, and ber skill as'dlspla'yed at Bar Harbor is admired by many spectators." Sir Edwik Arsold intends toreach En gland about' Christmas time. He will travel homeward by India, and it is expected his poem' will see the "light soon aftpr thenew year. f COMMODOBE Francis M. Ramsey, United Statps Navy, is. a very fine looking man. He Is noted for lp's austerity, cpjduess andkaugbtl ness. He married a sister of General Martin McMahon. Captain W. D. Anbrews, of Toronto, has rescued during bis lifetime 69 peoplo from drowning. He will Jba recommended by tho Duke of Connauehf as a fit recipient of the Albert medal, tbe highest honor given in En gland for saving life. Henry Georoe got around yesterday to tho offico of his journal, the Standard. He took a good look at the circulation figures and seemed greatly surprised at what be saw there. The figures bad climbed up 3,000 while he was at tbe other end of the world. Pasteur, the eminent physician pf Paris, has been engaged to deliver a course pf lectures before the Michigan College of Medicine and Surgery $ Detroit the coming winter. A French student pf the college will interpret the great man's words to the classes. "Congressman Breckinridge, of Ken tucky, will speak at ChWerneld Court 'House Ya., next Monday In behalf of George Dl'wisp. 'Congressman Cooper, "of Indiana: Wilson, "of West Virgipia. and McCreary, ot Kentucky, are booked. for'HanOTer, September 17. Governor McKinneTj of Virginia, says that it is not at all' necessary for a public man to drink, as is often asserted. It has been bis Invariable practico to decline all "treats" in bis political campaigns, and be believes that instead of losing, be has gained votes by bis ab stinence, y A DE81BE TOR BETTER E0ADS, But Unfortnnnlely It Cause Any Amount of Unnpcemary Opposition. From the Chester Sews. There seenis to be a desire for better roads U over tbe country, bqt whenever a plan is suggested there Is an awful amount of kicking oyer it. There are many people who favor good roads provided somebody else will pay for tbem. but who refuse to go down into their own trousers to assist. It Is palpable, there fore, that unless we have some general law, some mandatory order for good highways, they will remain about as they are. We hope the next Legislature will do some thing in this direcUonand at least state hat the minimum road, shall be. Awful Remits That Follow Incompetency nnd Carelessness la Iho Police Depart ment The ArrlTol qt an Qprnn Sleampr Mayor Grapt'e Democratic Character Clotbee on Brondwny. (FROM A STAVr COBnlSPONDEXT.l nxmiNQ the last few years a number of cases wherein innncent sick people have been found in the streets and locked up on a charge ot drunkenness have occurred in this city. It is not an uncommon thing to read of a man being clubbed on, the feet to make him get up and "move on," The other day a man thus treated died in a prison cell. He had not only been clubbed, arrested and locked up for intoxica tion, but had also been arraigned, tried and con victed for it. He was then sentenced for ten days, and. was chucked Into a cell, and died there before 21 hours. It was then discovered that he had pot been drunk at all, bnt was suffering from a broken skull. The pressure of the fractured skull upon the brain made him dizzy, and unable to talk coherently, .even to give his residence. This same examination by the prison surgeon at the time of tbe 'arrest would have resulted in saving the mau's life. A more sickening miscarriage of justice could scarcely bp conceived. A stranger is clubbed and robbed in a public place in a great city. The robbers get away with their booty, leaving their victim unconscious on tbe Bide walk. A policeman comes along, kicks at tbe man and tells him to get up and move on, Tbe stranger murmurs incoherently, but doesn't get up. Tbe policeman concludes at once that he is drunk, and being drunk nsedsa good waking up, so he applies the usual remedy adopted in such cases clubs him smartly on tbe feet. It is said that in order to reach the brain effectively through the spinal chord noth ing Is more efficacious than smart raps on the soles of the feet. This was a favorite mode of religious awakening used in Cromwell's time. It served to jog many a man's memory in the Inquisition. Our own police officials have dis covered tbat a nlgbt stick applied to tbe soles of an unconscious man's feet will usually, to use a bucolic phrase, "fetch him to his milk." unless the man is dead, when no satis factory results are obtained. In tbis case the foot torture on)y served to jumble tbe poor victim's brain tbe more, for try as much as he could be was unable to stand or talk connectedly, and could only cast appealing glances at bis blue-coated inquisitor, who forth with threw iim into an express wagon and carted him to the station house. Even the Lbighway robbers who "slugged" the man thus treated must, seeing this, have repented andre- soiveq 10 ieaa a virtuous ana nonest me tnere after. That man might have been any one of you who come to visit New York. The bare fact that such a thing is possible is enough to make a man shudder. Vet It is not only possi bleit has occurred a number of times, and will probably be repeated again and again as time rolls on, Lack In a Blind BInn. "The number of people who "take stock" In luck cannot be fairly estimated by the pro portion of people ol good education and bard sense to those without. Every other woman Hying believes m luck, and every man of sport ing proclivities has his superstition. There is one man who does business op Broadway who is not superstitious, neither bets nor spec ulates, who has sensible ideas about luck and works these for all they are worth. He is the well-known blind beggar with tbe dog. He usually operates on the corner of Thirty-third street where Sixth avenue runs into Broadway, a spot oonvenlent for sports, male and female. He ostensibly sells matches apd pencils. At least be is licensed as a street peddler. But he is really a professional street beggar. During tne racing season ne works the Broadway cor ner near tbe Brower House, a resort for sport ing men. And be does a goad business. A quarter or a half-dollar "for luck" is one of the most popular expressions of superstition of gamblers and fast geople generally." They don't think it necessary to hunt one up, but to pass one without a gift is sure to be followed by hard luck. The economical sport may go around tbe other way, or give only a penny, but be does not dare pass the man and dog without something, otherwise he better let the supposed winners alone for that day. And then the actors and aotresses who go that way all chiD in their contributions to the old blind man's till. It almost seems lucky tor him to have been born blind. A Democratic Mayor. JITATOB Grant neyer said "I am a Demo crat," hut be is very democratic in his nab its. Any ope who has business with him will have no. difficulty in obtaining a personal in terview. He is quite as accessible during busi ness hours as is any Mayor of a country town. Though the Mayor of New York is about as im portant a personage as the average Governor of a State, and has vastly more patronage within bis disposal than hare four-fifths of the Governors in the United Ststes. he 13 not sur rounded by the net work of ' red" tape that hedges in tnese executives. Wbenhe is through bis day's work and It is a day's work, too, that would try the patience and ability of the best man to the utmost he often rides home in a street car. Getting off' the elevated at Forty-second street be takes tbe Boulevard sur face cars for bis residence on tbe West" Side. He joins the great mixed throng that goes tbat way in tbe late afternoon and reads the even ing papers on his way home. He is always neatly and tastefully dressed, wears a straight brimmed straw hat, and while not one in a car load of people know that he is Mayor of this great city, he is every inch a gentleman. He is a rich man rich enouch to make 5,000 birth attract less attention. You can wear what you ploase. If you are in white flannel, flaming sasb, polkadot hat and patent leather pumps, it will be Just the same as if you wore home spun jeans, a slouched hat and cowhide boots. Nobody will notice you particularly. Or you may gs"as a Turk, in loose trousers and fez; or as a Chinaman, with your shirt ontside of your trousers and wooden shoesi or as a Texas cow boy, with leather leggings, beads on tbe seams of your trousers ana a Mexican sombrero with bugles on the brim. It does not matter. On Broadway everything goes. In any other city a strange or bizarre costume will provoke dis agreeable comment, attract a mob of boys, at least excite embarrassing manifestations of surnrise apd disappproval in some shape: no body pays any attention to such things on Broadway. It Is thoroughly cosmopolitan. There are sections of New York City, however, quite as provincial as any inland country village. To perambulate the streets ot sucb sections in any other guise than tbat of a native is to invite the most disagreeable consequences. Even a moderately well-dressed man will be hooted as a "dude," and as for any departure from tbe rules of attire to which the particular locality has been accustomed, well, you'd better be somewhere else. You are likely to be pelted with rotten vegetables, or jostled, or licked. Localities differ as to what are objectionable features. Wbat is common in one will be stoned in another. There is a good deal of dl;pnting abont tastes, in spite ot the old Latin Saw, except on Broadway. Here alone men and women may wear wbat they choose with out offense. CHARLES T. MURRAY. New York, Sentember 6. BALL0TSAND PRIZES. PROGRAMME FOB THE OPENINQ DAYS AT THE EXPOSITION THIS WEEK. National Ganrd Staff" Appolntmets. Haeeisbubo, September 6. From the headquarters of the National Guard of Penn sylvania the following staff appointments are announced: Division Inspector, Lieutenant Colonel Elliott; Judge Advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Cuyler; Division Quartermaster, Lieu tenant Colonel Cullinan; Commissary Subsist-, ence. Lieutenant Colonel Patton; Surgecv in Chief, Lieutenant "Colcinel 'Huidekpper. In spector of Rifle Practice, Liejitenelit Colonel Hartrantt; Aides de Camp' Aiajor Evans and ilajprWethepll.,--" ' 2" Tho Vote In Maine. .Jibe Republicans of Maine in 1883 elected their candidate for Governor by 13,056 plurality and 18.407 majority, all their candidates for Representatives in Congress and for members of tbe State Senate, and 125 of the 151 members of the State House of Representatives. The State elections are held biennially, and to-morrow's results may not be as satisfactory as were (hose of 1SS8 to tho Republicans.' A IJelijilited Editor. From the East Brady Itpvlew, Friday we attended the second performance in the Grand Opera House, Kittannlng, en titled "Fogg's Ferry." and throueh tbe courtesy of its managers, Messrs. Brown, 4 Reynolds, occupied one of the eight most elegant and comfortable boxes, having a splendid view of the performance. Ranroil Tbronsb tbe Nose. New Philadelphia, O., September 6. During thp excitement of the sham fight at the Uhnchsvllle Fatr Thomas McFadden.-oI Gil more, was shof through the end of the nose by a ramrod apd was otherwise cut "abduf the face. Two others were slightly woundedl A DECEITFUL MAN. (WBITTEN FOB THE DISPATCH. ! She (eaned from tbe casement In watchful mood, For the hour was dark and lite. And listened to catch her husband's voice As he buzzed by the garden gate. ' Bhe leaned and listened and craned her nee In a way tbat was quite absurd. As his tones stole up on tlie silent a)r, And this lwbafshejieajd: Yes, Irish Kate is a daisy, Fred, And 1'mwlld.about Keltic Gray, But I saw the Barmaid last night, and, man I She would tate your breath away! "Such elegant form! But she's'fnll of tricks; I heard from my frlend'O'Brien She cost him a hundred in April last And the Lord knows wbat for wine. 'Still stjoUt scoop me. sure!" Oh, the voice tAat rane Like the cry of a startled bird I "I hear you, you base, dpcelttul man! 1 am Hjfenlng- q every word "So these are tbe business carts that fret And worry yonr brain) Iqdeedl - And tbis is tbe lodge, where you talk reform, And the club wh'pre you meet, o'read' i 'Bat I'll drag tbe wretches before the court) Illl hold yoa up to disgrace IV Re quietly answered: "Oh, go to, bod - We're talking about a race, 't ' -OEOMOS . DXVTE. . day presents to his god-daughter, Flossie Croker, but you wouldn't suspect it from his appearance. He is handsome and young, but the admiring glances of the ladies are appar ency lost on him. He appears to be quite enamored of his present bride politics. & Sagacity of a Horse. J'hk surface roads have the patent table DniKUGa. lite; .uug .. au HWU MVJO within and one without the tracks, one balanc ing the other. As a good many lines use the same track here, and tberp these switches, oro turned this way and tljat every minute; the operatibn being performed by c.tfslng one horse to tread upon this ot- Ur .T'other table. Coming down tbe street cJ pther day on the front nlatformjof'W sarface car I noticed tho driver looking' another way as we approached oneoftbe switches. Tbe switch was turned the Trine way. and while I was wondering Whether I was on" the wrong car or we would soon be on' the wrong track the old white horse on the near side shoved his fellow ont side the tracks unon the risbt table, skillfully avoiding tbe inside plate himself by a half hop, skip and jump,' and we went around the corner all right and flying. That beat any trained horse I ever saw, because it was practical and had been picked up by a despised and generally execrated animal tbe street-car horse. t Arrival of a Canarder. T T you would witness an interesting sight, go down to the Cunard pier in the early morn ing when a big steamer comes in. Say tbe vessel arrives out tbat is, off Sandy Hook too late to get to ber berth the night before. If she doesn't get to quarantine before i o'clock the health officer will not board ber and sbe must wait that official's pleasure. The morn ing papers announce ber arrival out, so tbe UrSt imnK 'u uo muiuiug buq iumuiesuuu friends husbands, wives, children, sweet heartsbegin to flock down to the pier. Some have, doubtless, passed a sleepless night, some have come dqwn before getting anything to ear- Yon can see them slipptngintotbe nearest eating bouses along the dpcks'to repair the mistake.' It is 7 o'clock before the Custom House officials begin to arrive. By this time the extremity of the dock is crqwded wjth a motley group ot anxious and happily excited people. A rope stretched acrpss prevents tho over-solicitous from going overboard to meet the expected ones. Tbe boxes and barrels and coils of rope are occupied by the more youth ful portion of the crowd. All eyes are strained toward (he Nanxiws for tbe first glimpse of tbe Incoming steamer, now "and then' being turned upon a prominent young man with a glass. Pretty soon some one cries. 'There she is!" And then an eager buzz and chatter runs over all, and necks are craned and .twisted to the extent of their flexibility. A few minutes more and the huge bull looms up baff a mile away. The people can be seen lining 'the rails 'next to the city. The captain is 'pacing up and down the bruise. A man on the dock ties bis hand kerchief to his cano aqd waves this flag of truce aloft. Instantly a bqnued white spots 41...... ..I....!, nwt Inn. tfta alllnd ,Ta Vnr, UltUcr 9UU1C IIUU OIUU .mo 1 a l-IID, vu can see their faces now. Every person an tbe dock thinks some particular face or handker chief is for bim or ber and begins to'wave something anvthing frantically. Five hun dred handkerchiefs respond irom tbe ship. Tbe'eveSof the expectant ones sparkle and snap and glisten with tbe heaven-boru dew of lovel Sbe slows down now and ber bead moves slowly 'round how very slowlyt-rin mid stream. A tug puts its puny nose against the great ship's prow and pushes and kicks and splashes ahdshorts, being jolned'now'iu the good work by another tug at tup stern on me inner siue, and 'round the Canarder comes, gently forg ing ahead along side of tbe pier. As she enters there is dear Frank; and Charley, and grand ma and Sdsle and motner and uncle Will and cousin Joe and papa and brother Sam and all tbe rest along tbe ship's rails, throwing kisses and glances of endearment down upon the lov ing groups 30 feet below on the pier-head. In a few minutes they pur down the gaug WayS and mingle their laughter and tears of joy and gratitude. It Is a lovely sight, indeed! Cosmopolitan Brqngvqy, Tatr can see mpre curiqus costumes on Broad- - way than in any other city in thp Union, and I know pi up place In the wor4 where they' Cast Your Ballots op Popular Topic TUree Frizes for Writers A Chance for Think ers to Make Some Pin Money and Go on Record. The Topical Voting inaugurated by THE DIS PATCH at its Exposition headquarters in the Brunswlck-Balke-Collender Company's billiard exhibit space, has met with popular favor. For the opening days of tbis week The Dispatch suggests tbe topics given herewith for tho suffrages ot tbe visitors. Vote Aye or Nay on the following: MOXPAY'S TOTDfO TOPIC Do you favor or oppose tne repeal of tbe Blue Laws so far as they interfere with the sale of soda water, lemonade, milk, cigars and tobacco on Sunday? Open to lady and gentle men voters. Tuesday's yonsa topic. Do you fayor or oppose a reasonable dog tax, and tbe creation of a pound under city super vision for the detention and care of vagrant curs, as a solution of the dog problem? Open to lady and gentlemen voters. WEDNESDAY'S VOTUtO 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 are interested. This Week' Prlza Easny Offer. The Prize Essay contest this week Is open to all writers except those regularly employed on the staffs of Pittsburg newspapers. Prizes will be awarded for the best article on "THE Benefits of the Expositioh to Pitts burg." For the best contribution on tbe above topic The Dispatch w.IH award a prize of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. For the Second Prize The Dispatch will award a Ten-Dollar Gold Piece. for the Third Prize The Dispatch will award a FrvE-DoLLAR 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,Brunswick-Ba!ke-CollenderCo.'s space. Exposition Bnildings. Correct name, address and age ot contestant mnst accompany 11S3., 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 this week will close with the Exposition on Saturday night. September 8. Souvenirs for Lady "Voters. Watch these columns for future prize offerings and topical voting announcements. STOBJf CONINO THIS WAY. aires Tho Nebraska Weather Prophet Warning of Its Approach. . Omaha. Neb. September a I desire to call attention of your readers to a dangerous storm period September 13 to 23. Tbe first and most dangerons storm wave will be due to leave the Pacific coast about the 13th.' cmss the Missis sippi Valley from the 14th to 16th. and reach the Atlantic about thb 17tb. It will Do at its great est force about tho loth, not far from a line) rawn from Kansas City to CincinnalL Tbe second will leave the 'Pacific abont tbe 19th, cross the Mississippi from the 20th to the 23d and reach the Atlantic about the 23d. W. H. Foster. A Surprise Weddlne Mr. Harry A. Wray and Miss Jennie Brice land were married at tho bouse of tbe bride's cousin. Mr. James Goban, at Cleveland, on Monday, very much to the surprise of their numerous friends, whoMoinin wishing them a siuootb Journey through life. KEHITEDYg TIRADE, Indianapolis Sentinel (Denf.): Matt Quay is still maintaining that dignified silence which has made so many 'Republicans like Repre sentative Kennedy mad. Quay may not break the silence, but they are doing so with a vengeance. Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.): Mr. Ken nedy, of Ohio, has disgraced himself by repeat ing upon the floor of the House of Repre sentatives a lot of stale campalzn charges against Senator Quay collected in the sewer columns of tbe New York World. There are some members of Cpngress who must look small to themselves beside a pint of peanuts. Mr. Kennedy is one of this class of statesmep. New York Times (Mugwump): Tho Hon. R. P. Kennedy, of Ohio, "unpacked his heart with words" before the House of Representa tives. He began a speech on the Clayton Breckinridge case, turned to tbe merits of the elections bill, then took upthe Senate, which, under the dictation of Quay, bad thrown that bill over. His denunciation of the Senate was extremely bitter, but tbat of Quay was scath ing. New York Star (Dem.): Congressman Kennedy's excessively violent attack on Sena tor Quay shows bow radical and irreconcilable is tbe split in tbe Republican party. Accusa tions equally severe. If not precisely 'Similar, might be made in tbe Senate against ex-Czar Reed and his followers in tbe House. Every one would know tbem' to be true. But that would not excuse tbe gross impropriety of them, if spoken in ono house of Congress against "the controlling element in the other house. Philadelphia JVcm (Rep.): Naturally the extraordinary speech of Congressman Kennedy has- stirred up a' great deal of resentment. Tbe speech ought never to havo been made In the House. It was not merely in bad taste, but it was in violation of tbe rules. No doubt Air. Kennedy shares with the Republicans of tbe country generally a keen disappointment over the present failure in the Senate of an im portant measure like tbe elections bill, bnt that is not a justification for tbe personal attick and vituperation with which his speech was loaded. New Yore Herald (lnd.): Tbere can be no question that the abusive personal attack' on Senator Quay made by Representative Kennedy in tbe House is a gross violation of tbat courtesy due from one branch of Congress to the other. But we do not see wbat official action either tbe Senate nr the Senator ac hieved can take in the matter. Tbe offender seeks to justify or excuse the impropriety by saying that he attacked Mr. Quay, not as a Senator, but as a politician. Tbat is no ex cuse. The place to attack politicians Is on the stump, not In the legislative halls of the nation. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The narrowest block in Oil City is but three feet wide at its narrow end. There is wheat enough at Portland, Ore., L to load 57 ships and to give S2,00O,COO to the lariuera. Mrs. Bobinson, of Fort Gratiot, Mich., recently married her adopted sou. She was io years oiu ana the young man 3i A ohair 120 years old Is in use in an office in Spring City, this State, and is said to be just as gooa as the day it was bought, Green Bay, Wis., policemen had a pic nic. Tbe sale ot beer realized 5312 Co, which will go to the purchase of winter overcoats for tbe force. Charles Faye, who died in Brooklyn a day or two ago, was 6 feet 2 Inches high, though only 14 years old. His death, physicians say, was due to too rapid growth. Daniel Stone, a Fulton, "Wis., farmer, has a horse and buggy with a history. He (tbe horse) Is 37 years of age ana fought In the army, on tbe Confederate side. A small schooner, owned and sailed by two Makah Indians, took 2,000 cases of dyna njlte from Port Townsend to Jnneau, Alaska, for the Treadwell Mining ComDany. In nearly every foreign country may be found colonies of old soldiers who are on Uncle Sam's pension list. Germany alone has Bra of them. Great Britain 475 a nd Switzerland ou. Michael Filz2erald, Jr., while berrying up Bates Run, near Tunesta, killed a black snake that measured 10 feet and 7iuches. Thi3 Is no doubt the largest blacksnake that has been killed in the county this year. In the combined register of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, N. X. now being published, is recorded the death of a negro servant of Dr. John Johnes aged 81 years, "frightened to death by ghosts." In Alpipe county, Cal., near tbe Ne vada State line, according to the census-taker, there is no church and no minister, tut four liquor-sellers and nine professional gamDlers, a'Iyettne jail has not had an inmate since lo7. Artesian wells have developed such an abundant supply of water in the Desert of Sahara that French engineers are confident of being able to extend tneir railroad to a distanco ui a weess journey iroin Algeria rieht thronzh the desert. b Labor is so scarce in Colorado that railroad construction is impeded. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad is tbe greatest suf ferer as worK on three branches ana a great yH!el ls almost at a standstill. From 5,OOOto 8,000 men could bo profitably employed. Mrs. Miller, wife of the Governor of North Dakota, dropped into the office of a newspaper at Dryden, N. Y.. recently, and set a couDe of stick fulj of matter, as a reminder of the old days when she was a compositor in that ofllco and the Governor was "makin" ud" to her. " An old bachelor named Canter died in Loudoun county, lnd., supposed to haye been worth some S3.00G or $1,000. When his execu tors came to go through his effects, however, they found stuffed in various corners of an old desk $6,000 in cash that he had at odd times stored tbere. During a thunderstorm a thunderbolt came down out of tbe clouds Into the back yard of Peter Shngaxts, of Clayville, this Sure, and struck bis pump. It wa3a new, wooden pump, and the lightning knocked it into splinters and ran down the sucker rod until itreached the water when it jumped off. There is a man at Old Orchard who fully appreciates the folly of sending good money after bad. He lost a valuable ring while bathing, and. to ascertain where it went, dropped another ring to watch and seo where it would go. The wave was too quick for him, and he mourns the loss of two rings. We have in this city a lady, Mrs. Chad wick, of Gardiner, Me., who is one of a family of seven children, tho names ot every one of whom, as well as tbat of tbe mother, ends with the letter A. The mother's name was Anna, and the names of tbe children are Martha. Amelia, Maria, Julia, Georgians Henrietta and Ella. In an out-of-the-way corner of a Boston graveyard stands a browo board showing the marks of age and neglect. It bears the in scription: "Sacred to the 'memory of Eben Harvey, who departed this life suddenly and unexpectedly by a cow kicking him on tho the Uth of September, 1353. Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Mrs. J. H. Patrick, of Clarion, rccei Jfed a letter Jast week that was mailed at Bttts ville, Schuylkill county, in May. 1887 The letter was aadressed to the maiden.'Ame ot Mrs. Patrick, to a former postc .ftVee in Arm strong county, called JeffersoafTlle, now Tem pleton, and the letter hadCrifted from ono place to another and wasfnally delivered to tbe right person. j A hole ten fear in circumference ap peared in Oconeexfounty, Ga,, during tbe great earthquake inlSSH It is full of water, and there has long been talk about its depth, bnt no soundings were taken until a few days ago. Then a,rope 200 feet long was put down, but It failed; to touch bottom, and now there are per som who declare tnat "the hole extends Into the bowels of the earth." It is nronnsed to take a second sounding in tho pear future. Mrs. Warren Hill, of Machlas, Ma, has in her possession an ancient chair once the property of ber great-grandfather, Major-General David Cobb, of the Revolutionary army. While this chair was recently being uphols tered tbere was found on removing the leatper coveting of the cushion an inner covering; an original patchwork of sdk and velvet, contain ing about 1,200 pieces, in- tbe center of which were the figures 1751. This covering was fast ened to the chair board with handmade copper tacks. An artesian well was some years ago sunk on tbe beach at San Buenaventura, CaL. five feet irom high water mark. At a depth of about 113 feet a strong flow of water was ob tained, spouting 35 feet above the ground. Some fish were observed in the waste water, and an examination of the well revealed tho fact tbat it was filled with young; trout. They were perfectly developed, eyes and all. and measured about two inches iu length. Thou sands of them were thrown out by eacb jet. The temperature of tho well water was about 64 Fahrenheit. It is believed that the fish may havo come fro:n th,e head waters of tho Santa Clara river bv some subterranean outlet. That stream itself is several miles distant from the well. FUXNT 31EV- F.1KCIES. IWRITTIJt VOB THB DISPATCH.! A Correction "Tney say that ex-President Hayes Is devoted to squash." 'That nnut be a mistake. It's egg-plant." Overdoing It Drummer What do you mean by pounding on the door at thli hour In the morning! 1 gave no order to be waked up. Colored l'orter-I knows dat, Bo3s,.but I specs yer to gib me half a dollar when you leibs Ue bouse, and I wanted to do sumfln to earn de money.so I es pounded on yo do to make yer feel you wasn't beln' robbed. Alex. A. Swett. They Had Been Friends "He said my face reminded bim of a picture." '"Pakfel. I guess-all chalk." Where, O Where "Cholera morbus is ia onr midst," wrote Hanitlnson. "Where else would It ber In your bead!" queried" the editor, who ls one of those confounded particular fellows. Putting It to Him Straight '.'What do we mean. sir. Kcatherlclgh," asked the profes sor of mathematics, "when we speak of the Pons Aslnornm!" "Tbe Pons Aslnorum," said Featherleigh. wljo never conld demonstrate the proposition. "Is the bridge of asses. Only asses can get over It." Henry 11. Uarknett. "I hear one of the peaks of ML Shastaha disappeared." "Yes. The mountain must have a very crest fallen appearance Just now." ' Natural "He's a well-seasoned old fel low, that Captain of the Mariposa." Yes. He's an old salt." Merry, Though Moribund "Te-hel" laughed the dying man. "It's the greatest Joke on BUI." "What Is?" asked the doctor. 'Iwasagoln' to commit suicide to-lay, any how, and 11111 came along and murdered me and, begosh. they'll hang him. Te-hel" CAolnumdelv Marcourt. Aptly Named "Why do you call that dog 'Little pjown Jog?' " "Because he ls such a growler." Good News "IsMihs Bunketeugazed?" asked Pllnktou as the maid opened the door. "Yes, " was the answer: "but her fellow's gone West, and 1 guess she'll see yer." Xluui Huek' atem. ' - A JIOTIIEK GOOSELET. Ba-bal b.vbal black sheep, have you any wool? Ay, marry, have I five bags full. One for my master, one for myself. And three for the Government to store npon the shelf. r-'Cartyli Smith, X I KBWlWHStostfiil
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