THE PXTTSBTJEG DISPATCH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER . 8, v 1890.
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PITTSBURG. MONDAY. SEP!". 8. 1S90.
THE SUPPLY feURE.
The articles reviewing the present condi
tion and tutnrc prospects of our natural gas
supply which have been published in The
Dispatch treat of a matter of vital interest
to our community. The subject is by no
means exhausted; but the investigations
have proceeded far enough to develop sev
eral important and apparently conclusive
facts.
The first fact is that there has been inmest
o! the older fields a decided diminution of
pressure. This is largely credited to the
exhaustion of the supply; Dut it has been
demonstrated in many cases to be caused by
the water from the upper strata which has
pot through the sulphur-eaten casing.
"When means are found to shut off this water
the exhaustion of the supply will proceed at
a much slower rate.
Next this diminution, from whatever
cause, is offset by the presence of an almost
unlimited law pressure supply which is
shut in as useless under present conditions,
but can be lully utilized when the pipes are
adjusted to a low pressure service.
Next, in the article published to-day, the
presence ol an indefinite high pressure sup
ply in the fifth sand is pointed out This
supply is indicated by the successful strik
ing of three big wells; but developments
have not yet riven any indication of the ex
tent of the field.
rmally, experts who give an impartial
and unprejudiced opinion are almost unan
imous in their belief of a duration of the gas
bupply for many years. The oil producers
whose experience of the chances of coming
across gas in their search for oil is wide, are
especiallv decisive in their opinions, which
are amoag the best that can be had.
These facts are sufficient answer for the
fears that our natural gas supply was on the
verge of exhaustion. These iears doubtless
had their foundation in the idea that ihe
shortages experienced last spring were the
precursors of general failure; but it is easy
to see how they may have been exaggerated
for selfish purposes. One interest may wish
an excuse for advancing charges: another
may be ready to take advantage of the ad
verse rumors for a bcir movement in gas
stocks; a third, controlling the gas supply of
various towns and cities, mav have desired
to check the pernicious tendency started lor
the examnle of Toledo, of those towns and
cities to own and control their own gas sup
ply. That such interests should make the
most of these rumors is natural enough; but
that makes it the more important that the
public shall have the benefit of reliable in
formation. Such information it has been the duty and
pleasure of Thj: DisrATCH to afford. The
investigation of the subject will continue;
but unless some new, and unfavorable dis
coveries are made, Pittsburg can contem
plate the coming winter with a secure reli
ance on her gas supply.
TfJE ELECTRIC WIRE ORDINANCE.
The announcement that an ordinance will
be introduced in Councils to-day, requiring
the overhead wires of all other electric com
panies to be strnug at least 20 feet above
those of-the electric railways, indicates that
some qf the members of our city govern
ments tire engaging themselves with the im
portarifsubject of the respective rights of
the various electrical corporations in the
streets.
Several months ago The Dispatch
pointed out that this was a difficult subject,
and one that required careful study. The
cause of .that remark was a measure which
afforded a decided contrast to the pending
one. Thcn-the attitude seemed to be that
the electric street railways had no right in
tho streets that would be prejudicial
to the. .electrical companies. Now,
the theory of the proposed measure
is that the other companies have got to keep
out of the way of the electric railway wires.
Either the two measures are inspired by
widely different opinions, or experience and
the growth of the electric railway system
has convinced municipal opinion that this
is a 'system of public service which deserves
encouragement.
The advance of opinion in this respect is
commendable; although the measure which
marks it may perhaps be radical. But the
most evident criticism of such an enactment
lrom the public point of view is that it
treats us to a dissolving view of that policy
which was announced some time ago, that
all the electric wires should be put under
ground within the year.
VERMONT'S TOTE.
The verified returns from Vermont show
a total Republican vote in all but four
towns, of 3.".,318 against 48,077 in 1888; and a
Democratic vote of 19,214 against 19,046 in
188S. This is a loss of nearly 15,000 or
about 30 per cent in the Republican vote,
while the vote of the other parties is prac
tically the same as in 188S.
The Republican newspapers have sought
what solace they could get from the situa
tion by declaring that the vote shows no
danger that Vermont will become a Demo
cratic State. This is true enough, it there
is any comfort in it. "When Vermont be
comes Democratic there will not be enough
of the Republican party left in other States
to hold a funeral over. But the fact that
the Republican vote in Vermont has fallen
off in that State still contains a very grave
significance for the Republican party.
The returns show that the loss to the Re
publicans was almost entirely in the failure
of the Republicans to come out and vote.
This cannot be ascribed to the general
apathy ol the election, because the other
parties, with the knowledge that any cfi'ort
to carry the State must be hopeless, got out
their full vote. It is evident that Repub-
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lican dissatisfaction, or to take the most
favorable view, the failure of Republican
votes to be inspired to support the Repub
lican policy, resulted in nearly one-third of
the voters of that political faith staying
away from the polls.
It is a vital question to the Republican
leaders what such a loss in their most relia
ble State signifies if anything like the same
tendency should extend to other States.
That there, may have been some local dis
satisfaction in the Vermont campaign is in
timated through not specified by the reports;
but there was surely no such organized re
volt on purely State issues as there is in
Pennsylvania nor does there appear to have
been any such conflict in Republican leader
ship as exists in Maine, New York or In
diana. Under those circumstances it
may well flutter the Republican
dovecote to perceive a falling off
in the Republican vote which
if it extended throughout the Northern
States, would give to the Democrats every
State that voted for Harrison except Kansas
and Vermont. That the loss of Republican
votes should display itsel fin the same pro
portions everywhere is improbable; but it
can hardly carry much solace to perceive
that half the same proportiou of loss would
give the Democrats California, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire,
New York, Ohio and Wisconsin, and would
make Pennsylvania a doubtful State.
It would be premature to predicate a gen
eral Republican landslide on the vote ot a
single State; but the absence ot any local
causes adequate to explain the remarkable
Republican loss in Vermont, is enough to
make the vote of other States a matter of
exceeding interest. If Maine to-day should
show a loss ot the Republican vote, remotely
approximating that of Vermont, the Re
publican leaders may be expected to com
mence some desperate attempts at hedging.
MORE COGENT POSSIBILITIES.
The suggestion of the Providence Journal
that Pattison may be a Presidental possi
bility suggests to the New York Trt&une
the retort that, in that case, a candidate
who was defeated for Governor in 1890
would be apt to fire the heart of the Demo
cratic National Convention of 1892.
Both of our esteemed cotemporaries are
inclined to the vice of prematureness
in asserting that what they wish to
take place is going to take place.
Pattison has not yet won the victory in this
State and it is by no means clear that if he
should do so, it would make him an avail
able Presidental candidate. Pattison's
strength in Pennsylvania on State issues,
and his strength on national issues would
be two distinct and different quantities.
On the other hand the Tribune's assertion
that he is sure to be defeated in 1890, is a
new manifestation of that organic stupidity
which imagines it to be an answer to the
arguments in favor of clean administration
and honest politics, to swear that Pattison
is going to be defeated.
The fact is that Pattison as a Presidental
possibility cuts little figure in this canvass.
It is not the possibility of a Democratic
candidate for President from this State that
attracts attention; but the possibility ot a
clean and independent administration of
State affairs, the possibility on the one
hand that the corporations can be made to
respect the laws in this State, and on the
other that the corporations will in the re
poited language of one corporation official,
"so control the political situation as to
enable us to receive favors when we ask for
them." "Whether the letter in which this
language is alleged to have been used is
authentic or not, the issue is undoubtedly
genuine.
xiiese possionities that are involved in
the election of 1890, are sufficient to attract
the attention of the people of Pennsylvania.
"With such issues to dispose of, affecting
their domestic affairs, they can afford to
leave 1S92 to take care of itself.
CHICAGO'S DANGER.
The assertion of the Chicago Herald that
the directors of the "World's Pair have given
up in despair the attempt to choose a site,
and will leave it to the Federal Commis
sion, provoked the sarcasms of the New
York Sun. That very incisive newspaper
recounts the efforts and pledges of Chicago
to obtain the "World's Fair, and concludes
that what the Sun terms "this confession of
failure" is the first move toward making the
United States Government take the enter
prise off her hands practically and finan
cially. The severity of this criticism, though not
entirely undeserved, might be modified by
the recollection of the fact that before New
York got as far as Chicago has done she cot
into a good deal of muddle herself. Indeed,
in one respect Chicago has so far shown her
self superior to New York in keeping the
enterprise from being a bone of contention
between political machines. Nevertheless
it is true that the blunders, delays and self
interest displayed in this matter of choosing
a site are inexcusable, and if they are con
tinued will go far toward making a com
plete wreck of the enterprise.
The Chicago people should understand
that it they wish to escape the reputation of
having hopelessly muddled an undertaking
which they entered upon with a great flour
ish, they should at once make a selection of
a site solely with reference to the uses of the
Fair, and wholly divorced from any outside
or speculative considerations.
In an effort to make political capital on
the subject of political slanders, the Philadel
phia Inquirer refers to the abuse of Sumner
by his political opponents. The Republican
organ, however, falls to specify that the last
attack on Snmner during his public career
was his removal from the chairmanship of tho
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which
was done by Republican Senators at the dicta
tion of Republican party managers.
The way in which the Senators are voting
for or against tariff changes as suits their local
interests, shows that they are doing their best
to snbstantiate General Hancock's famous re
mark that the tariff is a local issue.
The information that a cyclone was ad
vancing on the lakes Saturday, which would
bring "a severe cold wave" in its wake, was
given to tho public by the New York Herald,
As the cyclone has materialized to no greater
extent than several summer showers, and as
the cold wave has been so far conspicuous by
its absence the Herald's attempt at weather
prophecy bids fair to meet the tragic fate of its
predecessors.
The rally of Dudley to the aid of Reed ia
his district ipdlcates that the affairs of the
Speaker have reached that desperate pass
where the last resorts of "soap" and "blocks of
five" are needed to escape defeat.
The report that an organization of capi
talists is engaged in tho work of keeping de
tectives at work as nnion men and securing tho
names of men prominent in organizing the
workingmen, for the sake of blacklisting them",
is a decidedly discreditable ono if it is to be
taken witbont modification. But it is probablo
that operations of this underhanded sort will
be found to have a rather limited range.
The Kickapoo Indians are reported to be
kicking over their census enumeration. Who
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says that the noble savage is incapable ot learn
ing the arts of civilization?
It is pleasant to observe that Senator
Quay's effort to restore the duty on quinine for
the benefit of the Philadelphia manufacturers
was defeated by a union of sixteen Republican
Senators with the Democratic vote. Experi
ence has amply proved that the protection is
not needed, and that the duty would be a need
less bnrden on ill-health for the benoSt of a
favored few.
Between the Schenley option, the ordi
nanco regulating electric wires and the appli
cation for franchises by a new transit company.
Councils will have plenty to do to-day.
It js a little remarkable as an illustration
ot our political standards that Kennedy's
speech attacking another statesman for his dis
honesty arouses a demand from the Republic
ans for its suppression as grossly improper,
while Cannon's outbreak ot vulgarity has not
yet evoked the first note of Republican cen
sure. The voice was the voice of Kennedy, but
the tones are the tones that remind peoplo of a
Reed organ.
The Suburb and Rapid Transit Company
is the latest entry in the list of corporations
which will undertako to improve local transit
facilities. Its location on the Sonthside in
competition with the companies already in
existence contains a promise of cheaper fares
for that section as well as for the main city.
PBOmNENT PEOPLE.
Judge Walter Q . GnESiiAM is a large, ro
bust lndianlan, who appears to be getting more
so every day.
Olive Thokne Miller has invented a title
for a certain type of women. She calls them
"philanthropy fiends."
Miss Helen Gould, Jay Gould's daughter,
is an accomplished botanist. She has the rarest
private collection ol orchids in the country.
E. A. Hosmer, of Great Barrington, Mas'.,
who was recently elected President of tho
American College. Honolulu, has started for
his new field of labor.
31s. Kennedy's pointed romarks may notgo
into tho Congressional Jiccord, but they have
been successfully impressed upon the phono
graphic cylinder of the public ear.
Governor Brackett, of Massachusetts,
will deliver an address before tho Hoosac
Valley Agricultural Society at tho annual fair
of tho society in North Adams, Mass., on Sep
tember 15.
Mlle. Jeannine Dumas, second daughter
of the famons French author, Alexander
Dumas, was betrothed last week to the Comte
d'Hauterive, who belongs to one of the oldest
families of Auvergne, is a sub-lieutenant, of
tho Tenth Chasseurs a ChevaL The marriage
will tane place in October.
Rev. Frank Foksythe, a Methodist Epis
copal clergyman, who was summarily dis
missed from his church at Rockland, N. Y., for
playing baseball, has established an independ
ent charge at that place, and It is to have a
big benefit, for which the attraction is a gamo
of ball in which the pastor will play.
Hamilton Harris, the Albany lawyer who
appeared for the Central Railroad before the
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, is a
bosom friend of Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, and
was formerly an active Republican politician.
He is a son of Ira Harris, a Senator from S'ew
York State, who was present in tho box in
Ford's Theater.in Washington, when Abraham
Lincoln wis shot by Booth.
William B. Perkins, of Washington, and
Kiss Nattie Dahl, of Philadelphia, enjoy tba
distinction of having accomplished the quick
est marriage on recoi d. They were introduced
the other day at Atlantic City, took a prome
nade on the beacb. and as Dan Cupid had on
his rapid-transit boots that day tho young
couple were betrothed, found a magistrate and
were married, all within half an hour.
FRISCO'S CELEBRATION.
Glorlons Annlversnry of California's Ad
mission Into the Union.
San Francisco, September 7. The celebra
tion ol tho fortieth anniversary of the admis
sion into tho Union of the State of California
is now in progress in this city. Tho celebration
is being held under the auspices or the Native
Sons of the Golden Wesr, an order composed
of native-born Californians. Activo co-operation
is being given them by tho Society ot
California Pioneers and other kindred organi
zations. The city is elaborate".- decorated and on a
scale never before equaled in tbls'part of the
country. Flags and banners of every descrip
tion are stretched across the principal streets
at intervals of a fow yards, and on Market
street, between Grant avenuo and Stockton
street, there is an Immense memorial arch
richly decorated and covered with portraits of
the prominent pioneers, and with paintings of
the early mining scenes and illustrations of tho
progress of California in the past 40 years.
Decorations are not confined entirely to tho
streets of tho city, but the vessels of all
nationalities lying at the docks or at anchor in
the stream are also covered with flags and
bunting.
The celebration of admission dav nroner will
not occur until Tuesday, September 9, but the
holiday season was 'ormally opened last night
by a torchlight procession through the prin
cipal streets. There were probably over 100,000
peoplo on Market. Kearney and Monteomery
streets and in the vicinity of Union Square,
where an open air concert and display of fire
works wcro given. Tho illuminations along tho
line of march were very brilliant, and great
enthusiasm was manifested. The Native Sons,
Pioneers and other visitors from all parts of
the State are coming into the city on every
train, and by to-morrow night tho crowds will
be the largest since tho Grand Army encamp
ment here four years ago. The principal event
vill be the street parado Tuesday morning, in
which all tho Native Sous and Pioneers in the
city will take part, in addition to the military
and industrial unions and a number of civil
organizations. The celebration will continue
several days, and, besides the parade, will con
sist of an industrial exhibition at Mechanics'
Pavilion and a number of concerts, balls and
literary exercises.
THE PENHSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN.
Newt York World (Dem.): The question at
issue in Pennsylvania 13 moral, not political
Harrisburq Telegram; The Prohibitionist
nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania is a
Miller who will have plenty ot grist at the polls
in November.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.): Senator Del
amater's ability as a campaign speaker im
proves with exercise. Farmer Pattison doesn't,
although there is room lots of it foriniprove
ment. Boston Globe (Ind.): Colonel McClure's
estimate, that the Democrats will elect the
Governor of Pennsylvania this year by a ma
jority of 50,000, ought, for the honor of the
"State, to prove true.
Boston Herald (Dem): If Quay does
carry Pennsylvania after all the attacks
that have been made upon him, the result will
be remarkable indeed, or would be if Penn
sylvania was a more particular State.
Washington Post (Rep.): Candidate
Delamater is getting over the State of Penn
sylvania at a rapid rate and taking the voters
by the hand. He may not bean ideal Mug
wump candidate, but he knows how to hustle
in a campaign.
ST. Louis Globe-Dcm. (Dem.): Democratic
predictions of Republican defeat in 1890 In
Pennsylvania rest on a broader basis of reason
than did thoso often made in the past Thous
ands of Republicans undoubtedly will bolt
their Gubernatorial candidate. This is con
ceded by the local chieftains or the party.
Moreover, the I Democratic nominee, who was
elected Governor eight years ago, is highly re
spected throughout the State, and is especially
strong in the attributes in which his opponent
is weak.
DEATHS0FA DAY.
Cnptnin II. B. Sinclair.
Captain H. Ji. Sinclair, an aged citizen ot JIc
Keesport, died at his resldenccjon sixth avenne In
that city at 8 o'clock last evening. He had been
confined to his room for several weeks, bnt hopes
ofhls recovery were entertained until within the
past week. Captain blnclilr, during his early
years, was identified with the steamooat and
river interests In the Jlonongalicla Valley,
and was one of the most active, pro
gressive and popular men or those years.
Later he became Interested In the banting busl
ness. and was Identified wlihsevcral city banks,
and was President of the First National Bank ol
.McKeesport at the time of hla death. He bad re
sided at MeKeusport nearly all his life, .and his
death ill be universally regretted.
OUR SHORT STORIES.
MERELY A MATTER OF BUSINESS.
Che was a mature woman, with high cheek
bones, a dappled face and red hair. Fling
ing aside her bonnet, she got up into the den
tist's chair, leaned her head back, opened her
mouth, and pointed to a tooth on the lower jaw.
"1 wish you'd see what's wrong with that
grinder," she said.
"Yes, ma'm," replied tho dentist, in a sympa
thizing tone. "Has it been hurting you long?"
"Who said it had been hurting me?"
"Beg pardon, ma'am. I inferred "
"Well, you don't need to infer anything. It
J you're ready to look at that grinder, doctor.
J. m rcauy to open my mourn agam.
And she opened it.
"The tooth, madam," ho said, after a brief
examination, 'Is a mere shell. I regret "
"What occasion is there for you to regret
anything? Whoso grinder is it?"
"I was going to say it is too late to save the
tooth. It's too far gone. If it's troubling you
any it will have to come out."
"Well, that's what I'm here for."
"It will be hard to get hold of it with the for
ceps, and I am sorry to say it will hurt "
"Does it hurt you to pull a customer's tooth?"
she demanded.
"Of course not, but '
"Well, then, you needn't reel sorry. I am
here on business, I don't need any sympathy.
Yank it out."
The thoroughly humbled tooth artist wasted
no moro words. He produced a pair of ugly
looking forceps and extracted the offending
molar without delay.
"What's your bill?" inquired the woman.
"Fifty cents."
"That's tho regular price, is it? You're not
charging anything for sympathy?"
"It is tho regular price, madam.'
"Here's the money. Good-day!"
After sbo had gone out of his office tho den
tist went and sat down by the front window to
rest.
"If I had that woman's nerve," he said to
himself, as ho watched, her striding down the
street, "I could be an Alderman and own a
whole ward in less than three months I"
RECIPROCITY.
'"pnEitE's a great deal of verbosity
About this reciprocity.
Although the darling people don't complain, B
Let ns treat with generosity.
And not with rude pomposity
Tne celebrated chieftain, Yankee Blaine.
They may strike his little policy.
Ana try to snow Its fallacy.
lint cannot match the sturdy man from Maine.
Tnt, such silly, petty jealousy,
Why, cannot any fellow see? .
To me and many others It Is plain.
They have got it In their bonnet,
You may all depend upon It,
The busy little 1'residental bee.
That is why they sing their sonnet,
That is why thoy will not don it,
This pan-Amerlc reciprocity.
THE LITTLE WHITE BIBLE.
4 i"pjx will send him a littlo white Bible, John,"
said the mother. "It won't cost much
and it will please the boy, lor he will know his
mother sent It."
Tho parents were looking through a littlo
bookstore for a suitable present for their boy.
It would havo to bo Inexpensive, for thoy were
poor. A little white Bible was the thing then.
It meant a great deal to the mother's heart,
and it somehow seemed all right to the father.
"I guess you'ro right," he said: 'it looks like
a poor sort of birthday present, but I guess the
boy'll know."
It was sent away in its little brown paste
board box, with a line on the inside of the
cover, "A present from mother." Two weeks
passed away, and ono day a man who worked
by John's side in the big factory brought him a
paper. There was a piece marked in it a little
ten-line notice with a "side head." Hero is
the item:
"A Bit of Pathos At the Inquest to-day
over the body of the youth found in the river
last night, a small white Biblo was taken from
the coat worn by the corose. It was wet
through and through, and tho gilt letters and
delicato tracery ot flowors woro worn off, but a
line in ink on tho inside of the cover was still
plain. "A present from mother,' it said; and
while the jury and the Coroner looked at it
their eyes became as moist as tho leaves of
tho little book that lay beforo them."
ON THE SHELF.
A short-sighted Wylle avenue pater
familias agreed to; erect; a shelf In tho
kitchen, on which to keep tne carbon oil lamps,
so that thoy would not flavor the eatables in
the pantry. Ho was sawing a piece of wood on
a kitchen chair.
"Look out John you don't cut that chair,"
said the wife.
Now he had alraady hit his thumb three
times with the hammer, and there was no
wonder that he looked daggers at her.
"Do 1 look like a fool, Mary? Is it your can
did opinion that I am an Idiot? I like people
to speak their minds. Say at once that I am a
donkey, and that I don't know how to use a
saw. Might as well say so as think so."
It was a tough job, and ere he got through
the perspiration was copiously flowing. Never
had be seen such a hard pino board. At last ho
achieved success.
"There," he exclaimed, "howdoos that strike
yon? Anything wrong about that?"
"No," she replied, "nothing particular. Have
you a pencil?"
"Yes; why?"
"Ob, nothing; I only wanted to scribe tho
shape of the piece of wood you have sawed off
the corner of the chair so that the other one
can bo cnt to correspond with it,"
John stooped down, put his eyes close to the
chair, took an inventory of tho damage, gave
one long look of withering aeony at his wife,
banged the street door, and wenr to the lodge.
PROVED AN ALIBI.
iiMick Durfee," said the court sternly, you
have been convicted of stealing Major
Ransom's prize merino ram. Have vou any
thing to say why you should not be sentenced
to the penitentiary for one year ?"
"Yas. sab; I kin prove er alibi."
"Prove an alibi ? Wasn't the ram's skin found
under your bed ? And didn't you tell the Major
that you stole the lam?"
"Yas, sab, I did fer sho. Bnt twuz jes' like
dis, jedge: I went over ter de Majei's dat night
tcr borrow er lam'. Bnt do Major he war'n dar,
an' jes' ez I wuz comin' way I run up gin dis
hyar ole ram. I didn' want no truck wid dat
ram, kase I done knowed 'im gwine on ten year.
But dat ar ram wuz er ferrosbus beas', he wuz,
an' dar I wuz wid er 12-rall fence berhlne me
an' dis ragin' mad ram right in front uv me.
W'at could I do ? Jedge, what would you er
done ? Would you er stood dar an' let dat wil'
beas' 'stroy you off 'n de face uv d o yuth an'
nnver do nothin' ter save yo'se'f? De onlies'
thing I could do wuz ter kill dat ram right on
de spot. I had ter do it, Jedge, cr ho would a
killed me. I had ter do it in self-defense."
"But what did vou carry him home for ?"
"Hi, jedec! Yon., er white gomman wid
eddycation ax question like dat T'wouldn't
been right fer me ter leave dat kyarcase dar
terrotw'ile de Majer wuz 'way f um home.
Dat nin' no way fer christian man ter do. So I
tuk it long wid me. An' I wuz jes gittiu ready
ter go over an' tell de Major 'bout itw'en ho
come wid de constable. Yas, sah;Ikin prove
alibi."
FUNERAL OF GENERAL NOTES.
Itlnny Friends Attend the.Lnst Rites of tho
Noted Soldier.
Cincinnati, September 7. Tho funeral of
the late General Edward F. Noyes this after
noon, though conducted with great simplicity,
was tbe occasion of a large attendance. Sel
dom has there been paid to any citizen such
spontaneous tribute as that shown to-day by
the numbers of his friends, companions and ac-
aaaintances. who came to testify their affec
on for tho deceased. Tbe services for the
family and the near relatives, of whom there
are very fow, as both Mr. and Mrs. Noves aro
lrom me .cast, wcro nciu in tue iamuy resi
dence. A hymn by a quartet of voices was f ol
lowed by tho burial reading and a prayer bv tne
Rev. Dudley W. Rhodes, rector of tho Prot
estant Episcopal Church on Mount Auburn.
Then the march was taken up to the Mount
Auburn Presbyterian Cnnrch, where the pub
lic services wero held.
Tho honorary pall bearers, among whom
were ex-President Hayes, General J. W. Fuller
of Toledo; Dr. O. W. .Nixon, of the Chicago
Inter-Oeean: Dr. W. R. Thrall, Hon. J. B.
Peaslee, General M. F. Force, General Charles
E. Brown, ex-Governor John B. Noll, of Idaho:
Judge F.W.Moore, Judge S. F.Hunt and
General A. Hlckenlooper, of this city, stood in
line, while eight members of the regiment
which tho deceased had commanded during
the war bore the casket to tho hearse. Sur
viving members of the regiment, bearing the
old war flags, marched as a guard of honor be
side the hearse. The. church services were im
pressive, and glowing tributes were paid to the
memory of tho departed General.
SUNDAY AT CRESSON.
How tbe Prosidentnl Parly Spent the Day
Divine Services in the Hotel Pnrlor
Mils Unlford'a Hinging Excursion
PInnncd tor the President's Flensnre
Gossip.
Ifr-ECIAL TELEOUAM TO THE DISPATCII. 1
Cresson Springs, September 7. To-day
the President and family, after the Puritan
Sunday custom of their ancestors, were only
scon when necessity or devotion called them
farther, Thoy camo over to their meals and to
church in the' morning. Divine service is
always held in the parlor. This morning the
Rev. George Rodgere, of Verona, preached,
and in his audience were the President. Mrs.
Harrison. Mrs. DImmIck and Private Secretary
Halford. Mrs. Halford and Miss Halford. The
band stand in tho parlor is transformed for the
day Into a pulpit, and the chairs, drawn out
from their nooks and corners, are set in
f amphitheater fashion, facing tho improvised
sacred desk.
The favorite spots around the hotel, where
little groups love during the week to gather,
were deserted for the parlor this forenoon, and
just as was expected, the President and his
wifo came to church. The service had begun,
and as all tbe seats seemed to be occupied, tbe
President stopped in doubt. A lady, seeing
their dilemma, rose and gave her chair to Mrs.
Harrison, and two other chairs near bv wore
tendered tho President and Mrs. Dimmlck.
Miss Halford sang this morning. The young
lady has been delighting an audience every
Sunday morning for the past month, and to
day she sane with feeling a selection from
Handel. "Angels of Charity." Services began
at 11 o'clock and were over ht noon, 'ihe
cottagers and their children wore nearly all
pre8ent,besides a large number of the guests of
the hotel. As the people dispersed Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison pased quietly along with a
word of greeting for thoso whom they knew
and went down to the Park cottage, and only
returned to the hotel for dinner. Tlioywent
in and came out again by the dinlngroom win
dows which open on tho piazza, a custom intro
duced since the President came here and by
which he avoids tbe publicity of the hotel en
trance. This evening his grandchildren wero per
mitted to dino with the President, and besides
tho small visitors Mr. and Mrs. Georgo W.
Boyd were the guests of honor at the 0 o'clock
dinner.
Plnnnlns Excursions for Harrison.
Mr. Boyd leaves Crcsson to-night, and Mrs.
Boyd with her family in the morning. Talking
of Mr. Boyd that gontleman, who has been
devoting himself to tho Presidental family and
plac ng at their disposal all the facilities for
enjoyment of the Pennsylvania road, is pre
paring a series of short trips which ho hopes
the President may be ablo to take. Ho will
probably take him to Johnstown and over the
district of the late Mood, as well as to pictur
esque spots on the road in Western Pennsyl
vania. These little journeys are to be each a
day in length, as that much-exhausted Presi
dent of ours dreads the fatigue incident to
longer trips, and also does not wish to spend a
night from under the roof of the Park cot
tace. Tho President, so far, has not arranged to go
to Pittsburg to seo the Exposition to-day,
though it is possible he will visit the city dur
ing his stay at Cresson. Through the mtimato
relations which exist between the President's
family and the cottagers, the distinguished
ladies must always have a feeling of warm
friendship for Pittsburg. Nowhere have tho
doors of hospitality been opened so generously
and lavishly to them as by tho Pittsburg so
journers at Cresson. They can never feel like
strangers when they como to Pittsburg.
Sir. Russell Harrison came last night, but he
expects to leave, to-morrow morning with his
wife and their little daughter. Sirs. Harrison
will go West to visit her father. Mrs. McKee
also goes away to spend a few days in Indian
apolis about tho end of this week. She will re
turn in a few days.
George SI. Pullman stopped off at Crcsson
this evening and was met at the railway station
by tho President's nrivate secretary. Mr. Hal
ford accompanied Mr. Pullman np to the
Mountain House and introduced him to the
President and Mrs. Harrison, who had stopped
on their way from dinner on tho piazza. Alter
a few minutes' talk, the party walked over to
tho Park Cottage Mr. Pullman left on the 8
o'clock train for the West.
This morning a large party of excursionists
came In from Altoona. and soon tho place was
dotted with enrious people, who looked as
though they thought every train contained a
President and every baby was the President's
grandson.
A Betler Rill if Fnrc.
Sunday is always observed in the dining
room by a moro elaborate bill of faro and table
decorations. To-day ferns wero strewed on
tho tables, and tho napkins which are usually
arranged in the shape of a cono had blossomed
out into full-blown lans. Thanks to Sunday
and President Harrison, tho tables looked un
usually pretty and the frogs legs were unu
sually nice.
Here the system of tipping has reached its
height. The other day it caused some incon
venience to the head waiter, and tilled that
tall, dark gentleman with rage. A party of
half a dozen or so ladies reached tbe Mountain
House, and all being seated at tho same table,
they arranged to club together and buy up tho
waiter's eood will for tbe length of their visit.
He cot about So lrom them. The next dav tho
waiter was missing, and later ho was found a
a helpless drunken bundle of humanity, and it
took him ar least four days to cet over that 55
debaucb. Tbe ladies have another waiter, but
so far he basu't got a penny from them.
Mr. George Shir as, Jr., has been staying for
snmo time at the Mountain House. If ho felt
his son's defeat bo concealed it admirably.
Fiiendsof young GeorgeShiras, and he hasa
great many bere, aro open in their expressions
of sorrow and regret at the result of last
night's election.
Mr. B. F. Jones has had several private chat3
with the President and they must have been of
a nature very much to bis satisfaction, for he is
like a gleam of sunshine as he paces backward
and forward on tho piazza of the Mountain
House.
NOTABLE WEDDING ANNOUNCED.
Cords Out for the ninrrlogo of Mannger
Ralph W. Cnrioll.
Cards are out for a wedding which will at
tract considerable attention in the society
world, on Wednesday, September 17. It is
that of Mr. B. W. Carroll, the general manager
of the American Tube and Iron Company, and
Miss Sarah L. Stevenson, daughter of Mrs. J.
B. Steveuson. of Grant avenue and Beach
street, Allegheny. Tho ceremony will
be performed in the Second U. P.
Church, corner of Stockton avenue and San
dusky street, at C o'clock in the evening, after
which tho bndo and groom will immediately
depart for an extended wedding tour through
the East.
Mr. Carroll is ono of Pittsburg's most popular
manufacturers, having been connected witb
the American Tube andiron Company for over
ten j ears, while Miss Steveuson is a charming
young lady of Allegheny, who hasa host of
friends In the social circles of both cities.
BRECKLNRIDDE'S RETIREMENT.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Dem.): The seat of
Representative Breckinridge, of Arkansas, was
yesterday declared vacant by a strict party
vote. It is inevitable that judgments so de
clared by a partisan division must expose either
Fide to suspicion on tbe part of people who
care less for politics than for justice.
NASnviLLE American, (Dem.): Mr. Breckin
ridge, of Arkansas, has been ejected from his
place in Congress in wanton and unscrupulous
disregard of tbo ovldence. The act was ac
companied by every insult and every outrage
ous calumny which partisan malice could in
vent and venomous tongues could utter.
New York Tribune, (Rep.): Mr. Garland
showed the lengths to which indecency can be
carried by an Arkansas statesman when he
fastened himself tenaciously upon the Depart
ment of Justice after his telephone stock-jobbing
was laid bare. Mr. Breckinridge has even
surpassed Mr. Garland in shamelessness
throughout this wretched business.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.)i Mr. Breckin
ridge was yesterdoy turned vout of a seat to
which ho had no right and title in law orin jus
tice. We speak all soberness and truth in say
ing that we do not suppose there is a candid
man familiar with the facts, who will not ad
mit that violence and fraud were used in ob
taining the certlflcato on which Mr. Breckm
ridgo has held the seat.
Toledo Dltde, (Rep.): The only comment
wo havo to make on the House's action is, that
it should have been taken long ago. The caso
should have been examined and passed upon
first by the committee. A case in which a man
holds a seat by murder certainly should come
first, for tbe honor of the House itself is in
volved. It is unnecessary to point out thar, had
Mr. Breckinridge possessed the Instincts of a
gentleman, he would have resigned at once.
KEWYoitKflmM (Mug.): Mr. C. R. Breck
inridge, of Arkansas, discouraged the purnose
of tho leading members of his party to delay
the voto on his case, which might easily havo
been done, with the possible result of prevent
ing tho declaration that tbe seat was vacant.
The voto was accordingly taken yesterday and
the resolution of the committee was adopted.
Mr. Breckinridge will be re-elected to fill the
vacant seat for tho next session, and also for
the full term of tbe next Congress.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Gerry Mandekis making it interesting for
Major McKinloy over in Ohio.
The Exposition is splendid, of course. But
conlditnot be bettered? Tho manufacturer
has permitted the merchant to monopolize tho
show. There is more piano playing than
machinery music. This should not be. Pitts
burg can exhibit moro mechanical marvels than
any other city in the land. Miniature mills,
forges and workshops should take the place of
miniature warehouses. The brawny work
er would be a better type of tho town than tho
dapper attendant. The blow of the hammer
would have more effect than the distribution
of a business card. Think this over, gentle
men. The cat with tbe softest purr has tbe sharp
est claws.
You will only shatter your nerves if you
jump at conclusions.
Lighthouses save ships, but they wreck
theatrical companies.
Congress should be removed to the Hot
Springs.
A Washington reporter tells how to get
two drinks lor 10 cents. He could have solved
the problem by ordering beer. Buc in Wash
ington they want something with claws on it.
People who triflo with morphine should
keep on good terms with the undertaker.
Shopkeepers do not favor trusts.
Speaker Reed is not a painter, but he can
spread himself over tho canvass.
"When women write about women well,
look out, girls.
Mapleson has discarded Marie Roze.
Marie is a faded Roze, anyhow.
Poor
A millionaire who seldom dine3 away
from tho Duquesne Club partook ot the frugal
fare offered at a 10-cent dinner restaurant the
other day. Before he called for the cigar be
asked tho Heidelberg student who served, him
tofetcn a finger bowl. The waiter brought
him a glass of water. They don't serve ham
sandwiches with finger bowls on the side in
Pittsburg.
Exiled Irishmen might find a refuge in
Patagonia.
Poor people should not try to pace in tho
sanio class as tbe rich. It only makes them
poorer.
Every barque has a dogwatch.
The lance of Scorn cannot puncture the
helmet of Purity.
The most self-satisfied women to be found in
a day's journey can be seen at the Exposition.
They occupy the softest chairs in the parlor
and drawing room exhibits. Some of them add
a pretty feature to the space, too.
The Congressional Jiecord does not always
record.
If Mr. Delamater conld be kodacked while
reading the address of tbe Lincoln Indepen
dents, his picture might command a premium.
Saturday wasn't a good day for Stone cut
ting in Allegheny.
Soue people may be born lucky, but the
lucky ones aro thoso who have an eye on the
main chance all the time.
Circular letters are not round,
sent around, though.
They are
September is getting ant of line and mas
querading as a summer girl.
How silly it is to make such a fuss over
Tolstoi's blacklisted book! The hero is a Mus
covite maniac The words he utters come
from a diseased brain. The most sacred link
in tbe social chain cannot be snapped by a lu
natic. Purists who think they do humanity a
service by endeavoring to analyzs the freakish
fancies of this class make a sad mistake. One
sewer cannot contaminate the whole ocean. If
its filthy deposit is stirred up, however, the
bad odor will spread. Don't agitate the sower.
Starving rioters make missiles of loaves of
bread.
Miss Best, the shapely priza winner, should
marry an artist. She wocld make a model
wife.
One by one tbe bombs aro fired from the
campaign batteries. The one dropped by tho
Lincoln Independents was a trifle premature,
according to dispatches published In Sunday
morning cotemporaries. But readers of The
Dispatch never get left.
Baby McKee turned over in bis sleep last
night Cresson Court Circular.
Some of the Bhow bills are hardly fit to show.
Pure and poor men make tho best poli
ticians. They canuot be bled or blackmailed.
Gold-kid shoes for evening wear is the
latest London fad. It disfigures a S20 gold
piece to purchase a pair.
Sionor Felidio Canuti has tho honor of
being Pittsburg's first Italian publisher. He
has launched INoslri Tempi (Our Times) upon
tbe journalistic sea, and there is no reason why
it should not sail on smoothly. It is a ten-page
weekly. Tho business cards on tho covers
shonld pay the printers' bilL "Una copla, 5
cents."
One good thing can ba said in favor of
electrocution: It killed one murderer.
Gymnastics will now catch tho girls. Miss
Best, of Meadnlle, has been, measured and
weighed by anatomical experts, and found not
wanting. She is tbe best-formed girl of the
period. She has gained notoriety through bars
and clubs, bnt is above reproach. The pursuit
of beauty will becomo popular.
A great many yards of drygoods go to waist.
The Independent voter seems to be on the
free list.
If you would be weather wise, keep your
weather eye on the special weather bulletin
published exclusively in The Dispatch.
Artist Whistler, Actor Lingara and Edi
tor Hawk, got badly tangled in the lobby of a
London theater Saturday. Whistler is now
painting a pair of blue eyes. Lingara lingered
too long in the Hawk's claws and is docked for
repairs. As usnal in such affairs, the newspaper
man, while slightly disfigured, is still in the
ring.
The season for political surprise parties
draws near.
New crop Spanish olives are arriving from
California.
The only real estate not bought for specula
tion nowadays is a lot in tbe cemetery.
It would hardly be worth while to offer a
prize for a guess at the profits of the baseball
managers this year.
The premier dauseuse, unlike the pug dog
likes muslin.
What becomes of the youthfnl prodigies?
Do they dio young or go to seed early?
The fences of some of the politicians seem
to be of the barbed-wire sort.
Willie Winkle.
Gpts Down to the Itlnrrow of Crime.
From the Philadelphia Times.!
They have a Judge out in Lawrence county
who gets down to the marrow of crimo when it
comes within the jurisdiction of his court. It
is an undisputed fact that the nomination of
McDowell for Congress in that district was
bought and paid for, bnt the grand jury of
Lawrence county Ignored bills presented
against the corruptionists in tho faco of tho
clearest testimony. Judge McMIchael next
took the matter in hand in open court and or
dered an open hearing of the testimony in
court to-morrow, when he will doubtless re
commit the bills to the grand jury with Instruc
tions that are likely to be respected.
BALLOTSiND PRIZES.
PROGRAMME FOR THE OPENING DAYS AT
THE EXPOSITION THIS WEEK.
Cast Tour Ballots an Popular Topics Three
PHz.-s for Writers A Chnnca for Think
ers Co ttlnko Some Pin Money and Go an
Record.
The Topical Voting inaugurated by THE Dis
patch at its Exposition headquarters In the
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company's billiard
exhibit space, has met with popular favor. For
tho opening days of this week The Dispatch
suggests the topics given herewith for the
suffrages ot tho visitors. Vote Aye or Nay on
the following:
MONDAY'S VOTING TOriC.
Do you favor or oppose the repeal of the Blue
' Laws so far as they interfere with the sale of
soda water, lemonade, milk, cigars and
tobacco on Sunday? Open toladyandgentle-
men voters.
TUESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC.
Do you favor or oppo3e 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 tbe dogproblexn? Open
to lady and gentlemen voters.
WEDNESDAY'S VOTING 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.
This Week. Prlzn Estny Offer.
The Prize Essay contest this week is open to
all writers except thoso regularly employed on
the staffs of Pittsburg newspapers. Prizes
will be awarded for the best article on "The
Benefits of the Exposition to Pttts
nuita." For the best contribution on the abovo topic
The Dispatch will award a prize of
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
For tho Second Prize The DispATcnwill
award a Ten-Dollar Gold Piece.
For tho Third Prize The Dispatch will award
a Five-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 DisPATcn Prize Essay Contest"
Contributions must be left at TnE Dispatch
Headquarters.Brunswick-Balkc-CollenderCo.'s
Space, Exposition Buildings.
Correct name, address and ago of contestant
must accompany MSS., name only for publica
tion if successful.
The Dispatch reserves the right to publish
any contribution, whether it be awarded a prize
or not.
The Prize Essay Contest for this week
will close with the Exposition on Saturday
night, September 6.
Souvenirs for Lady Voters. Watch these
columns for future prize offerings and topical
voting announcements.
0UK MAIL P0DCH.
Union nnd Non-Union Rights,
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
As tho cress is recognized as being vary
largely the molders of public sentiment and
instructors of their readers in public matters
or in matters where tho public is largely inter
ested, I therefore beg. as an old reader of The
Dispatch, that you will kindly favor me with
sufficient spaco in your Mail Pouch column for
tbe following questions for the benefit of your
readers: Supposing a manufacturer hires a
man to work for bim, and afterward the man
joins a union. The workman, however, is a
good ono and does his work well, but for soma
cause tbe proprietor takes a dislike to bim,
moro especially because ho is an officious union
man, and therefore discharges him. On tbe
other band, tbo union workmen engaged in the
same works became displeased at one of the
oldest workmen therein because he refuses to
join the union, and therefore demand his dis
charge. Now what is tho difference as between the
two cases cited in theory and in practice orin
letter and in spirit? Keeping in view the fact
that tbe union workmen own no stock in the
works in which they are employed neither do
they hold position by election as directors or
managers whoso duty and privilege it is to hire
men, fix wages, and discharge the same, when
necessary for eood and sufficient reasons to the
manager. Now If union workmen cannot
legally give positions to workmen with fixed
wages at which they shall be paid for work
done how, I ask, and by what rnlo of law or
right can union men demand a discharge of
any workman because he is not a union man,
since it is established that thoy the union work
men have no more rights or privileges in the
works or on the premises that the man they de
mand shall be discharged? Again, can it be
said of a truth, and in tbe name of equity, that
a manufacturer whojref uses to discharge an old,
faithful and satisfactory workman simply be
cause he refuses to join tho union, that he, the
manufacturer. Is at all to blame for the results
in way of loss and suffering in case all union
hands deliberately walk out and gn homo for
no other reasons than above statpd: and that in
face of the tact that the manufacturer has
been euilty of no greater sin than that of hiring
the old non-union men, long before tbe union
strikers camo into tho works and whom he
now rpfnscs to discharge? Old Reader.
Beaver Falls, September 6.
Wbrrn tn Find It
To the Editor of The Dispatch :
Will you kindly inform me through your
paper where 1 can obtain tbe article by it.
Camille Fammarion referred to in your edi
torial "Astronomical Achievement in a re
cent lssno of The DisPATcn. Reader.
New Castle, September 6.
"Header" and several other Inquirers can
obtain tbe information they desire by writing
to the New York Herald. Tho editorial was
based on a long cablegram to that journal.
Wants to Know. Yon Knew.
To the Editor of The Dispatch :
In your issue of a recent dato Sir. Bigelotr is
reported to have said that tbe English people
in general aro a stupid lot, and as an instance
of their stupldness, he states tbac the tails of
all the horses there are docked. "Will Mr.
Blgelow please inform your numerous British
American readers by what process the horses'
tails become docked, as we need a little infor
mation in regard to tbe matter.
British-American.
Pittsburg, September 6.
Awnlllne n Train.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
If one goes to the depot to await tbe arrival
of a train, is it proper to say be is waiting on
the train? or should it bo said. He is waiting
for the train? The former expression being
much used in Pittsburg, I desire to know which
is enrrect Elizabeth.
Allegheny. September 6.
Waiting for tho train is correct; the other
expression is not.
Slie Must Pny Like, a Man.
To the Editor ol The Dispatch:
Please inform me whattax a widow (who
owns propnrty) is not required to payT
Pittsburg, September 6.
M.L.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TALKS.
Important Discussions Coming; Up at tbe
Jefferson Couniy Convention.
rSPICIAI. TELKOUAM TO TnE DISPATCn.1
Steubenville, September 7. The conven
tion of the Jefferson County Sunday School
Union will be held in the Second Presbyterian
Church, this city, on Thursday and Friday,
September 18 and 10. It promises to be the
most important and faithful gathering of Sun
day school workers held in this county since
the State Convention of two years ago. Among
those who will be in attendance are Mation
Lawrence, of Toledo, State Secretary, and W.
A. Coole, of Urbana, Recording Secretary of
tbe State Union.
Many well-known workers, besides the
ministers of the city, will take part in tho read
ing and discussion of papers. Mr. Lawrence is
to deliver a lecturo on Thursday, and there; will
be a largo crowd present to listen to one of the
most entertaining speakers of the convention.
Among the many interesting topics to be dis
cussed are bow to secure the attendance of
adults at the Sunday schools, how can parents
best co-operate with Sunday schools, teachers'
difficulties, etc.
CUKIOUS- CONDENSATIONS.
There are always 3,300,000 people oa
tbe soas of tho world.
The first King's speech from the throne
is said to have been by Henry L, 1107.
Four millions of money are spent in
London in three months in search of pleasure.
In Ireland a belt made with a woman's
hair is placed about a child to keep harm away.
The present Sultan of Zanzibar is a
young man ot 37, and one of the 67 children of
his father.
There are over 40,000 children attend
ing tho schools of London who are insuffi
ciently fed.
The Italian clergy, unlike those of
France, and for the most part of England also,
nave never made any objection to cremation.
When a steamer passes over the Port
Hnron tnnnel the noiso of the wheel can read
ily bo heard in tho hole, which is at least 40 feet
under the water.
The largest reservoir or artificial tank
in tho world is the great tank at Dhetar, 20
miles southeast of Udaipur.in India. It covers
an area of 21 square miles.
It is stated on good authority that the
factories of Hrgland, France. Germany and
Holland prodnco about 77,000,000 pins daily.
xui. wucre uo tney an go iu:
The Archduchess MarieValere, of Aus
tria, has 1.200.COO florins, which sho has been
accumulating since she took to saving ber al
lowance instead of spending it.
"Warden Durston, of Auburn, has the
chair in which Kemmler wa3 killed. Henca
tho one on exhibition as such at Mme. Tus
saud's. In London, must be slightly apocryphal.
Dozens of boys, ranging from 5 to 13
years old, make from 25 to 50 cents a day crab
bing alongthe bay shore opposito ' Ellis Island.
They find a ready sale for their catch in Wash
ington Market.
In Florida sugar cane grows luxuri
antly without fertilizing, and tbeaverago cost
of preparing and planting a sugar crop there is
S10 per acre, as compared with SIS in Cuba and
21 ui Louisiana.
At one time General Custer tamed a
tiny field mouse, and kept it in a large, empty
inkstand on his desk. It grew very fond of him.
and ran over his head and shoulders, and even
through his hair.
Miss Clementina de Vere, soprano in
Dr. Paxton's church in Now York, receives
S 1.500 a year for her services. This is said to ba
the highest salary ever paid to a choir singer
either in America or Europe.
The tramps who gather around the old
Tweed fountain in City Hall Park at daybreak
ovcry morning, lavo their swollen feet and
bloated faces alike In the basin, with scornful
indifference to social conventionalities.
"While fishing off Fortune's Rocks the
other day at Biddeford, a young lady lost a val
uable ring. Having occasion a few days later
to visit the place she was more than surprised
to find tbe identical ring lying in tho sand near
the water.
Mrs. Elizabeth Merchant, who died
lately at Rockford, 111., in the Kith year of her
age, gave a husband and 11 sons to the Union
army during the Rebellion. It is not necessary
to go to tbe ancients for examples of exalted
patriotism.
For every ton of genuine ivory im
ported into Great Britain thero are imported
three tons of vegetable ivory. It comes chiefly
from tho South American Republic, of Colom
bia, being the hard albumen of tbe seeds of
the ivory nut palm.
It appears that there are people in Italy
who derive a dismal satisfaction from being:
admitted to watch the process of cremation at
a charge of l.s. a head, and that it is the revenue
from this source that defrays the cost of cre
mating the poor folk of tne place.
Some workingmen digging on a road ia
Jersey City Heights, N. J., Thursday, found at
a depth of U feet, a box containing over 515,000
in old State bank currency. It had probably
been bidden there years ago by some unknown
miser. The notes have no value now.
A public clock is to be erected in Phila
delphia that will take one year to place in tbe
tower. The minute hand is to bo 12 feet, and
tbe hour hand 9 feet In length; the bell will
weigh 20,000 )ounds: a steam engine will bo
placed in the tower to wind up tbe clock.
A cork rope is the latest invention. It
js made of small corks placed end to end, and
the whole covered with a braiding of cotton
twine: over this is a coarser braiding in beavy
strands. According to the inventor, a rope ona
inch thick will stand a strain of 1,000 pounds.
At Lake Pearl, Mass., Monday, A. H,
Hellborn and Thomas Richards made an at
tempt to swim a mile, run a mile, walk a mlla
and rldo a bicycle a mile inside of one hour.
Heilborn accomplished tho feat in 51 minutes
9 3-o seconds, and Richards m 51 minutes 15 sea
onds. A prominent Denver man got married
the other day. Witb somewhat unnecessary
detail tbo dispatch sent out stated that he mar
ried a Colorado woman. The demon of mis
chief who is always about on such occasions
caused tbe dispatch to read that be married a
colored woman,"
The man at the wholesale stamp window
of the St. Louis postoffice was considerably sur
prised to receive an undsually large order for
2-cent stamps. Frank Kuf, of theAnti-Kam-nia
Chemical Company, was the purchaser, and
300 in S10U bills covered tbe amount purchased.
It took the postoffiuc man just one hour to
finish counting tbe -10,000 stamps.
The oldest and smartest man in Colum
bia is Harrison T. Leizhton. He is 9 years old
and has done the following amount of labor the
past summer: Sawed and split and prepared
for the stove 55 horscloads of wood in sled
lengths; done all of his farming, except the aid
of one day's work; planted and sowed peas
enough to raise six bushels of pods; milked the
cows and churned tho bntter.
It is computed that at the opening of the
present centnry there were about 21,000,000 peo
ple who spoke tho English tongue. The
French-speaking people at that timo numbered
about 31,500.000. and tbe Germans exceeded
30,000,000. The Russian tongue was spoken by
nearly il,0t'0.000, and tbo !pani-,h by more than
26,000.0001 Even the Italian had three-fourths
as large a constituency as the English, and tho
Portuguese three-eighths.
George "W Keene, of South Boston, de
serves to Ilvo until bo is W years old in order to
complete his regard of nines. Hi3 father died
in l&l. at tne age oi oj. anu was uuneu on
January 25". Mr. Keene himself wis married
May 29, enlisted in the civil war July 19. ISO,
was mustered out June 29. 1S65. and was dis
charged Julv 9. His son was married October
29. On the 9th of August he received .In injury
which necessitated his removal to the City
Hospital, but he was discharged on the 19th.
He is 59 years old.
LIVE ENGLISH JOKES.
"Where do all the flies go to?" asked an
old lady.
"They have been boarding- at oar house this
month, ' said the boardloff-bouse lodger.
"Don't yon think it extrav-igant, Henry,
to pay 10 guineas for a diamond ring for your
wire?"
".Not at all: you seem to forjret how much I
shall save on her glove bill."
"Pa. I'll be sorry when yon get well,"
said a boy to his sick parent.
"Why. my son?"
"Because I won't get any more empty mellclne
bottles to sell."
"This isn't a menagerie," sharply ob
served an irascible woman to a man who was try
ing to force his way throngh the crowd at the door
of a concert sworn.
"No, 1 suppose not," returned tbe mav. "or
they wocldu't leave any of the animals to block
up the entrance."
"No, I never know where my husband is
nights," remarked Mrs. Gabley to a lady to whom
she had Just been introduced. "Do you know
where yonrs Is, Mrs. Tompkins?"
"Oh, yes," quietly replied Mrs. Tompkins; "I
burled Sir. Tompkins la Woodlawn Cemetery last
January."
Two partners in Scotland who had made
a verbal agreement with each other quarreled
over the same and sought to have tbe case decided
by tho bailie. His Honor, when presiding over
tbe case, asked the complainant to produce the
agreement.
"It was a verbal agreement, your honor," re
plied the complainant.
"We el. wecl. man. verbal or no. can ye no pro
duce It, an' we'll settle the case in a meenlt?"sald
the bailie.
The following dialogue actually took
place a short time since between a visiting- exam
iner and a papll In a school In the South of En
gland: ".Now, then, the first boy of the grammar
class."
i'lrst Hoy Here 1 be. zlr.
Examiner Well, my good boy, can you tell ma
what vowels arc? ,
First Boy Vowls, zlr? Ee's, or course I can.
Kxatnlner Tell me, then, what are vowels?
First Boy Vowls, zlr. Why, vowls Jbe chlckias,
All lrom Spare Jlomtnts.