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PITTfeBUKG. TUESDAY. SEPT. 'J, 1S90.
SIR. CUINEfilL'-. FUMvNESs-s.'
It appears that Mr. Andrew Carnegie has
been offending the English nobility and
jrentrv by his gift of plain talk. In his
speech at Dundee he took occasion to say
that if it were not for the system of entailed
estates the English aristocracy would drink
and gamble itself into poverty. As a good
share of the aristocracy come close to doing
that even with their protecting system of
entail, the English -iew of the speech is
very clearly that it is one of those truths that
should not be spoken, and the punishment
that Mr. Carnegie will receive is outlined
to the effect that it will "somewhat inter
fere with Mr Carnegie's success as .a culti
vator of relations with the leaders of En
glish society."
"We doubt if ven this fearful threat will
dampen the sanguine spirit of our star
spangled Scotchman. Mr. Carnegie has
shown that he knows when to hold his
longne and when to speak right out in meet
ing; and the lact that he has disburthened
his mind concerning royalty and aristocracy
inaj be taken as presumptive proof that he
is prepared to accept the results. But it is
by no means certain that the punishment
which the Jenkinses predict to be in store
for him will be administered. Some of the
most outspoken of republicans have been
lionized bv English society, and especially
when the opponent of aristocracy is a
Million-lire, the disposition to cultivate the
3rce-spoken product of Scotland and the
I'mted States combined, is likely to prove
more powerful than the desire to snbmit
liim to the fearful punishment of ostracism
for the crime of expressinc his opinions.
It may eem strange at this distance that
English societv could find any objections to
the statement of such manifest truths as
those which Mr. Carnegie has perpetrated.
Uut perhaps a moment's reflection will show
us that it is, after all, no more than human
nature. Every nation has its subjects about
-uhich it is not permitted to speak too
plainly. In England you may criticize
rovalty and aristocracy in a respectful
ffame of mind; but if you speak the whole
truth ou offend the national taste for wor
shiping a lord. In this country our priv
iiegedjlasses are the politicians and corpo
lalions; and while guarded criticism is per
mitted, too free a departure into the prac
tices of the Palace of Truth will cam gen
eral censure, as Bob Kennedy, of Ohio, is
likely to find out.
We cannot find it in our hearts to regret
ibifMr. Carnegie has stirred up the British
Hon. We do not think that he wishes to
injure the royal beast; but if he finds it in
cnnibent on him to say things that lacerate
the"jBritish susceptibilities, it is safe to
wager that no one will enjoy the fun of
listening-io. the roars more than Mr. Car
negie. ew TOM REED'S COCKTAIL.
Speaker Keed can eat his breakfast this
morning with a good appetite. He did not
expect to eat the rolls of defeat, or drink
of " the cup of despair to-day, but
then we .think be did not anticipate
that his friends in Maine would
givc-iim such- an appetizer. A majority
twice thtfJsize of the one which last sent "Mr.
Keed to Congress was the surprise of yester
day's election? The strong man from Maine
will,fceLxtrongcr than ever now. "Whether
the Republican party in the State has also
come out' ahead is not clear at this writing,
but-thfr-eaaBces-peint-that way.
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THE IJAIS OF TRADE.
"We regret torobserve, in a recent editorial
of the''ctf'York World, that our out
spokenarifi generally correct cotemporary
has So farTaHenin with a prevalent eco
nomic heresy as to say, in an article on the
prevalence of gambling: "Getting more
than one pays for is the basis of trade as
well as gambling."
It is especially-unfortunate when a jour
larbTthe Etariiiinjj of the World commits
ltseJf'ib such utterly false doctrine, because
if the assertion ii true it takes away the
ground -ier-its praiseworthy opposition to
some of the great evils of the day. If it
were the fact that getting more than one
pa?ff3brts tire "basis of .trade, trusts and
pools occupy no different position from the
rest of trade, the speculators who bet on the
the and fall of prices would stand just
where the merchant does who sells a com
munity its-supplies, and the manipulators
who get the money of the public by whole
Eilegotfge games in watered stocks would
be bYyonuV the criticism of mankind. Such
immunity need not, however, be declared in
favor of the demoralizers to finance simply
becouse the principal asserted is essentially
false.
The basis of all trade iB the exchange of
products. It is plain that if one man has
raised food and another has made clothing:
and there were but those two to trade, the
exchange between them of their surplus
products -would benefit both. Neither
would gtniore than he pays for, but both
wonld give-and receive full value and both
would be-beneSted by the transaction. The
transaction may be varied by thousands of
details; the exchange of products between
producers, separated by oceans and conti
nents may be periormed by middlemen be
cause they can render that service economi
cally; the limited operations of barter may
tfe. indefinitely expanded by the use of a
circulating insure of values; but all the
variationsrdoSot'remove commerce from its
basic principle, haf it is the exchange of
products. In that exchange every legiti
lnate .operation has the justification of being
a service rendered in making or facilitating
the cxcbange;and every .separata, transac
tion should stand npoutlie human aud
moral principle that bathlrijes shall sain
by getting what they want.
dPi
asm.
It is true that human greed and short
sightedness often .lead people to try to get
more than they give, even in the legitimate
operations of trade; but it is in the check
which it imposes on such selfishness that
competition has its greal social value. That
force impels men to expand their trade by
giving the best values in exchange for what
they receive. It does not induce men to
give away their commodities or 'service that
would inflict loss on them, while the pur
pose of competition is gain. But where this
influence is free it establishes, the rnle that
he will gam most who finds the way of
making commercial services the cheapest.
This is the reason why those who seek to
pervert trade into a scheme of getting more
than they pay for, always dread competition
and seek means of obstructing or prevent
ing it.
There was nevermore necessity of insist
ing on this clear line of demarkation be
tween legitimate and illegitimate efforts of
commerce than at present Nearly all the
social problems of the day are affected by
the principle that the trade which is based on
the principle of the greatest mutual ad
vantage to both parties, is a benefit to man
kind, and that wealth obtained by such
trade is fairly earned; while that which is
created by success in the line of "getting
more than one pays for" is a burden and
curse to mankind.
IRON AND WOOD.
An interesting economic change now
going on is the ne of iron for many pur
poses in which lumber has been heretofore
employed. The Timberman,. a western
journal devoted to the interest of the lumber
trade, quotes a Cincinnati lumber mer
chant who says that the trade in white pine
has fallen off one-third in six years. Of
course a great share of this is attributed to
the decrease in the lumber supply; but it is
accompanied by the introduction of iron in
many capacities. This merchant cites the
use of iron window frames, wire netting in
place of laths, and t'les instead of wood for
flooring. The illustration could be indefi
nitely enlarged. The experiment of steel
ties to be used in the place of wood, is un
derway. The use of iron girders, in place
of wooden joists, has become universal in
the higher-priced buildings, and the employ
ment of frames made entirely in ihat way in
place of the old frame buildings has resolved
itself merely into a question of cost. Me
chanical Hall, at the Pittsburg Exposition
is a favorable example of a building con
structed with a complete substitution of
iron for wood as a building material.
This use of iron in the place of wood for
many of the most important purposes in in
dustry is, of course, especially important to
Pittsburg as the iron and steel center of the
country. Its progress and the expectation
of its further development is illustrated by
the possibility that iron or steel ties can be
substituted for wood. If in that use, where
what was originally the cheapest timber was
employed, iron or steel can be economically
substituted, it certainly seems as if the same
change can be more successfully made in the
departments of industry where more costly
timber is used. The vital factor is, of
course, the respective cost of the two classes
of material in proportion to their durability,
and one of the most efficient causes in mak
ing the change possible, is the cheapness of
iron that has prevailed for the past ten
years, and the steadily enhancing cost of
lumber.
The results of these factors f nrnish a valu
able illustration of the economic principle
that the reduction of the cost of any staple
furnishes its own recompense not only by
extending its markets, bnt by developing
new uses which were impossible at the
higher range of cost Only the other day
The Dispatch called attention to the effect
of the low prices that have prevailed for
iron since 1880, in more than doubling the
consumption of iron while the population
has increased but little over a quarter. The
displacement of wood by iron is not only an
illustration of the new uses that are devel
oped by low prices, but furnishes an evi
dence that if iron can be kept relatively as
cheap as lumber, the use of it in that way
will open up a vast field forthe expansion of
the iron trade which is, so far, almost un
explored. The diminution in the use of lumber is
the converse of the same proposition. The
advancing cost of that material has steadily
limited its use until in some of the old forms
that were the most common it has become
absolutely a luxury. Iron is taking its
place for some purposes, tiles for others and
brick for others. It is clear that if the sup
ply of lumber continues to diminish other
materials must displace it until finally the
change will be so great as to restore the
balance and the demand will be as limited
as the supnly. It is not likely that the dis
placement of lumber will be so complete
that the man who now plants waste ground
with a forest will not leave a fortune to his
descendants; bnt if the present tendenoy
continues the relief from the timber famine
in -st come into the substitution of other
materials.
It is to be hoped that the enlarged use of
iron in this way may be utilized for an in
definite expansion of Pittsburg's industry;
and that the evidence of the benefit of low
cost for any great staple, will convince our
manufacturers of the falsity of all theories
that look toward an artificial enhancement
of prices.
A BARGAIN FOR THE CITY.
The city of Pittsburg certainly cannot
grumble at the price which Mrs. Schenley
asks for the park entrance in Oakland.
Nineteen acres enough for the entrance
and a site for the Carnegie buildings
as well for seventy-five thousand dollars is
about as cheap as anyone could expect
There seems to be no reason why this gener
ous offer should not be accepted, and City
Councils has. practically decided to do so.
THE SENATE'S MISTAKE.
The vote in the Senate yesterday, by
which the sugar schedule as it came from
the House, was amended so as to reimpose the
duties on grades between Nos, 13 and 16,
and the duty above No. 16 was placed at
G-10c per pound was a mistake that can only,
be attributed to the work of the Sugar Trust
among the Senators. The same work may
hare been perceived ,in the amendment
which was proposed by Senator Quay, to
still further raise- the sugar'duties, which
was happily defeated.
Of coutse.'the fact should be recognized
that even the Senate schedule makes a grat
ifyingreduction in the sugar duties. The
increase is from l- to 2 9-10' cents per
pound; while the margin of protection given
to sugar irefiners is" cut'down from tolc.
This is a gratifying moyo in the right direc
tion aud will result in a-material cheapen
ing of this article of universal consumption.
So far as it goes it is to be approved; but its
mistake lies in the fact that after the stand
ard had been set for a more marked reduc
tion, the Senate made a move in retrograde
without the slightest necessity.
The reintposition of duty on the grades
of sugar from Nos. 13 to IS puts the Senate
in a peculiar light. These grades comprise
a class of nrellow sugars which, if imported I
free, could be used by poor people without
refining. The Senate's, action gives free
raw material to the Sugar Trust, but when
it comes to the point where free raw ma
terial in the shape of a food product might
be given to a class that cannot pay for
higher grades of sugar, it practically de
clares that what it confers on tbe trusts it
will deny to the poorer wage workers. The
amount of duty imposed is small, but the
distinction which is raised against the peo
ple is a remarkably Invidious oner of which
the Senate will hear more in the future, if
its schedule prevails. ,
The increase of the duty on the higher
grades is also unjustifiable. It is based on
the plea of protection to the refiners. But
this plea has been exploded long ago. In
the first place, the refiners by combining in
the.Sugar Trust to defeat the mam purpose
of protection, forfeited any claim that they
might have had to protection: second, the
Sugar Trust investigation showed that the
sugar refining industry had yery slight need
of protection; and finally, conceding the
plea, the House schedule gave ample pro
tectioirto the refiners. The census of 1880
shows that the entire wages paid for rpfining
sugar in that year was a little over 2j per
cent of the value of the product The duty
proposed in the House bill was abont6 per
cent of the value of the product The Sen
ate, therefore, on the plea of protection to
refining, imposes a duty four times the en
tire labor cost of the product; and the dif
ference between refining in this country and
England is in the wages paid to labor.
Such a change from the House schedule
is clearly open to the charge of greater favor
on the part of the Senate to the Trust than
to the common people. It is to be hoped
that in conference the House will be able to
have its sugar schedule replaced. It is far
more in the interest of the public than the
Senate's.
"Fifty thousand dollars, according to
John L. Batter, the Harrlsburg Democrat, was
spent by the Paulson men at the Scranton Con
vention m defeating tbe nomination of Mr.
"Wallace," exelaims the Philadelphia Inquirer.
After which It will, at its dne leisure, return to
its usual assertion .that the Republicans never,
no never, indulge in retailing cheap campaign
slanders about their opponents.
Concerning the decisions of the Inter
State Commerce Commission against tbe ma
nipulation of rates in favor of tbe Standard Oil
Company, the Philadelphia Press says: "Both
decisions are the plainest justice and tueclearest
common lawand yet the wealth or the Stand
ard Oil Company has been chiefly accumulated
by the systematic violation of these principles
by the railroads." THIS Is salutary and plain
truth; but the Press emits to add the pertinent
fact that in the State Legislature of Pennsyl
vania tbe measures which were taken to en
trench tbe Standard in Us monopoly, secured
their success under the fostering care of the
Standard's representative, tbe Republican can
didate for Governor of Pennsylvania.
The declaration of a general boycott by
the Liverpool Trades Congress against all "un
fairly made goods," as well as against "rail
Toads, horse-car routes and steamship lines
whose employes are under paid," looks liko a
large contract It is calculated to raise the
question whether a boycott against the whole
world will boycott
We think that the effort of some of our
Democratic cotemporanes to especially punish
Congressman Cannon for bis bad break in the
House is somewhat misplaced. Mr. Cannon
has the record of an industrious and conscien
tious Representative, who, unfortunately for
himself, has been betrayed. In tbe heat of de
bate, to tbe uso of equivocal language. Per
sonally, he has been fully punished by the pub
licity given to his breach of good manners. If
there is an .- further attempt to make a national
issue of the matter Jt should be directed against
the party spirit which submits less offensive
talk by Democrats to censure and permits
snen a breach of decency by a Republican
leader to go unrebuked.
The Wisconsin Democrats are in a fair
way to realize that wher they try to make a
Governor out of a Bad Boy, tliey can only suc
ceed in making a bad candidate.
With regard to a report that the House
Committee on Territories will visit New Mex
ico, Arizona and Utah to stndv tbelr capability
for statehood, the New York Sun pertinently
says, that they' can get all the Information
necessary to decide the fate of those ambitious
Territories by taking "a short junket to the
United States Census Bureau at Washington."
While they are on that pleasant trip they can.
also get some information on tbe population of
Wyoming and Idabo which they have recently
made into States while they have about half
the population of a Congressional district
"With both the American and British
Cabinets off on tbelr summer vacation the
seals in Behring's Sea will have to look out for
themselves.
The New York Tribune says that the
maledictions which Democratic newspapers
are hurling at Speaker Reed "for going home
to look alter his fences are a ridiculous exhibi
tion of petty spite." If any Democratic news
paper has been caught "hurling maledictions"
it is properly rebuked; but those who have no
ticed the fact that a liberty denied to other
members has. been taken by the Speaker will
still be of opinion that leaves of absence, like
kissing, go by favor.
The Senate seems to have finally deter
mined that it will not sit down on the Sugar
Trust too hard, but just hard enough.
CastjaIi observers may think that it in
volve? merely a nominal distinction whether
Mr. Kennedy's remarks appear In the Congres
sional Jlecord or not, after they have been
spoken on the floor ot the House. But there is
method in the mad efforts of the Republicans
to have that famous speech permanently "with
held for revision." They do not want the Dem
ocrats to have tbe best campaign document
that the latter could possibly get hold of.
PEOPLE OF PEOaUNEHCE.
Representative Kennedy, of Quay at
tack notoriety, enlisted in the war as a private
and came out a brigadier general.
Young Gould has a pretty superstition. He
wears his wife's picture in a locket on a chain,
and believes be will have an accident should ho
lose It
Archbishop Cokiuoan and Chauncey M.
Depew are fellow passengers on the "White Star
steamer Teutonic, due in New York next
Wednesday.
Tbe hair of Kin? Humbert, of Italyrhas be
come snow white, and he stubbornly refuses to
dje it In accordance with the aristocratic
fashion of his country.
Majob Lewis gintke, of Richmond, Va.,
will soon occupy his elegant mansion, on West
Franklin street, in that city. It contains 50
rooms, and cost about $300,000.
Richabt Guknthbe, Consul General to
Mexico, is HI at bis home in Oshkosh, Wis.
He has been suffering from rheumatism, but
is now prostrated by stomach trouble
Joseph Pulttzee, of the New York TForta,
who has become totally blind, has for a private
secretary a young Englishman named Pon
sonby, who Is a nephew of Lord Ponsonby.
Ma. Fbancis RAwxe, of Philadelphia, is
counsel for the Countess di Montercole, form
erly Miss Virginia Knox; ot Elttsburg. in her
proceedings for divorce. The application will
soon be filed in the Philadelphia courts.
Tousioi Is getting some advertising' In Rus
sia also. The Archbishop of-Odessa has Jusr
published a pamphlet denouncing the "Kreut
zer Sonata,' in very strontermsaksabrerslra.
of the sacred character of the marriage law.
Samuel Cole, who is lying seriously ill at
his borne in Camden, N. X, was master-at-aTms
of tbe United States ship Alliance on her ex
pedition for tbe rescue c-f Commander DeLong
Jlels-nowln the employ of the Reading Rail
road Atlantic City Branch.
OUR SHORT STORIES.
v They Belong to Diflerent School.
AMALlEnd Edward loved yie first time
they met They found that both bad
great ambitions.
"I feel." said Edward, "as if I could master
all happy philosophy. I shall blot outall black
ness. I seall prove that the good always
triumphs. I shall make men happier."
"And L" returned Auialie, "feel i as If I
could interpret the bidden meaning of every
thing that God has ever made."
So they were married, and they determined
to Immediately begin a great career.
"Motion must be the medium by which we
shall convey our message W the world," decided
Amalle."
"Of course," acquiesced Edward, "Fiction
is the hand-maid of truth."
"Fiction," said Amalle "Is the torch which
illumines the dark chambers of fact'i
"Ficton," chorused Edward, "is tbe chemical
resolvent which married the insoluble quanti
ties of fact But for the explanations of Ac
tion, life would be a mystery history wonld be
a paradox."
. "Therefore," said Amalie, "fiction should
aeal with motive. For it Is character that
makes plot Man is tbe greatest study of man.
And It Is man that makes circumstance. He
is not tuo creature of it, but the creator of it"
"Ah." cried Edward Indignantly, "how. can
you be so mistaken? It is circumstance that
makes man! How could you have a Washing
ton without your Revolution?"
"There you are wrong," said Amalle, "for it
wonld not have been possible to have bad a
revolution without Washington."
"A novel," said Edward sententiously, "Is a
plot The art of writing a novel lies In show,
lug how the plot developed character."
"The art of writing a 'novel," said Amalle,
with dignity, "consists In showing how tbe un
folding of a soul caused events to transpire.'
"Do you know what you would do with your
ideas?" cried Edward. "You would take away
inspiration. You would substitute photography
for art"
"I would paint nature." replied Amalie.
"Realism was created by God. I do not know
who made romanticlsmt J suppose it was Wal
ter Scott"
They argued this question for 20 years. Then
Amalie died, and Edward spent his life In re
gretting her. Neither ot them ever wrote a
line.
A BUSTED BOOM.
A las, alas, alack the day.
That brought sueh fearful doom.
The K. of It and Powderly
Have husted Chauncey's boom.
He went abroad to 'scape the row,
Did Chauncey JJ. Depew,
He'll try to make ns all believe
He.wasn't in tbe stew.
He'll smlrk'and smile, will Chauncey dear,
In after-dinner speech.
To Labor and to Capital
Will stretch a hand to eaoh.
But yet, I fear me very much.
His boom is surely busted.
For men who try to ride two steeds
Can't very well be trusted.
A WAY TO UTILIZE THE BOY.
.TyiB. Peppekson," said the nurse sympa
thlzingly, "it's a boy, and he'll live, but
he's deformed, and always will be."
"What's tbe deformity," Inquired the father
of tbo new infant anxiously.
"He's only got one finger on tbe right hand,
and it's about three times as long as a finger
ought to be."
"Is that all?" exclaimed the father, greatly,
relieved. "There won't be the equal of that
boy in the State for cleaning lamp chimneys."
KEEPING, INSIDE THE LAW.
JASON Won't you give me another kiss be
fore I go.
Janet Well, just one.
Jason Thanks. That was sweet But don't
you know, Janet, that I am getting tired of this
small retail business, only one at a time? it is
unconstitutional.
Janet Ah, indeed, Jason.
Jason Certainly. I prefer them in the
oilglnal package.
He got the original package, aud two souls
were made happy.
A WOED FOE THE WEED.
Lcnf Tobacco Importers Petition Concress
to Amend tbo"McKlntey Blir.
New Yobk, September 8. The Leaf To
bacco Board of Trade recently Issued a call for
a meeting of importers of leaf tobacco to take
action on the McKinlev tariff bill. Tbe meet
ing took place to-day and there was a very large
attendance, tbe largest houses in the trade be
ing represented. Garson Mayer, President of
tbe Board, occupied tbe chair The chairman
explained that it would result In disaster to
the trade if the McKinlev bill was passed in
the present shape, and it would be Impossible
to get the merchandise out ot bond in tbe time
proposed by the bill The meeting was
nnanimously in favor of a petition to Congress
protesting against the passage of the bill in tbe
present form. The resblntion was as follows.
WrtKitifAS, "SeverarTnitlroir doihrrywonld be doe
the Government In duties on tbe large quantities
of Imported tobacco lylne in the United States
bonded warehouses at the time or the passage of
the McKinlev tariff bill, should the same become
a law, and, during the present stringency of the
money market it would be difficult for the Im
porters to ralc this large amount, and then only
by paying exorbitant rates of Interest, their
financial station being thereby jeopardized; and,
Wbereas, There Is a danger that tbe suddea
withdrawal from" circulation or from 50, 000. OOD to
flea 000, CuO, the estimated amount of duties on the
arious classes of merchandise now lvlnxinthe
United States warehouses, might cause a panic In
financial circles: and.
Whereas. Iheobjectof the MoKInley tariff bill
-would In no way be affected by tbe granting ot
our petition.
Resolved, That the United btates Senate and
House of Kepresentatives all be petitioned to so
amend the tariff bill so that tbe rate of duty Im
posed In tbe McKInley tariff bill shall not apply
to merchandise Imported Into this country prior
to tbe passage of the bill and lylnp In bonded
warehouses at that time, (bigned. )
Cahsojt Mater.
President of the. Leaf Tobacco Hoard of Trade.
HE IS STUJ. ALIVE.
A Gentleman Bitten Seven Times by a
Copperhead.
rSFECrAI. TEl.lK3TIAjrTO THE DISPATC1I.I
Parkxksbtjkg, September 8. John Roach,
a farmer near Raven Rock, a few miles above
this city, while walking over his farm was bit
ten by a copperhead snake. Tbe reptile sunk
his fangs Into Roach's foot and ankle seven
times before he got out of its reach. His body
swelled to a enormous degree before he got to
the house, and strange to say, the foot and
ankle struck by tbe snake did not swell at all.
All of the rural remedies salts, turpentine and
alcohol the latter to tbo extent of a qnarr,
were given. Then as a last resort the body of
tbe snake, which ban been killed, was cat open
and applied to the wounds.
Roach is still alive and may recover, whether
from the effects of tbe salts, the alcohol, the
turpentine or the application of the body of
tbe smake applied on the principles, doubt
less, that "the hair of the dog, etc.," will for
ever remain a mystery which will create trouble
hereafter in that locality.
OK A T0ITB OF mSPECTIOlT.
United States Cammlailoner Df organ to Visit
Indlnn Reaervntloni.
Chicago, September 8. General T. J. Mor
gan, Iiited States Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, left Chicago this evening on a tour of
inspection to the various Indian reservations in
the West, expecting to be absent about60 days.
He satd: "I am heartily in favor of divid
ing the reservation lands in severalty
among the Indians, for we have the
lands to do it. and the Indians are now in the
humor of accepting. We can give of the res
ervation lands 160 acres to every man, woman
and child ofthehrraceindstill have-left 68,000,
000 acres for homestead purposes."
General Morgan sala he was also m favor of
tbe work of secular education forthe Indians
at the expense of the national Government
One orLlllle'. Joke.
New Yobk; September 8. Llllia Young, ot
the Pearl of Pekin Opera Company, who
jumped, overboard in tbe bay- yesterday, was
very penitent at ihe-Tombs Police Court to
day, and says she jumped in the spirit ot jok
ing: Shewas-accordinglyTdischarged.
W. C. T. tj. Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Allegheny County
W. C. T. V. will be held In the Central R. p.
Church. Sandusky street, near Ohio street to
day at 10 a.m. and Z P.B.
. An Occasional Groon
FTom'tns'Plpneer'PreBs.J i.' ,
The force biii,, instead of being, as, was
generally supposed, good and dead, is merely in
a semi-comatose condition; it is still groaning
MELODRAMA AND FUN.
All Sorts f PInys Id Town Frank DnnleU in
Little Pnck Under the CJnsIlsbt Trne
Irish Hearts Variety and tbe Museums.
The fun in "Little Puck" is not as new as It
was, but it brings tbo laughter just tbe same,
and a big audience at the Bijou last night gave
Frank Daniels and his assistants In mirth mak
ing a very cordial greeting. There is no need
to say much about tbe play, for Pittsburg is not
now seeing the play for tbe first time. It Is a
farce comedy with a good deal more plot than
most of its kind. The play Is an Ingenious bur
lesaue of a fantastic novel, and its princi
pal merit Is that it gives Frank
Danieis a congenial part His humor is still of
the unflagging, dry order, and none flf his old
power of making tns ridiculous prominent has
deserted him. Edward Morns has two chances
in the broadly farcical line, and he takes full
advantage of them. George H. Wood Is the
nerrJinkrlladoo, and a decidedly clever piece
of work his is in this character. Mls3 Bessie
Hanson's charms are the same as ever, and sev-
I eral sweet voices and comely faces are to bo
noted in the balance of tbe cast Tbe liveliness
of Arthur E. Moulton and Miss Jessie Oliver
suggests their commendation in the same
Dreatb. Altogether "Little Pack" still succeeds
in its chiefipurposa, viz: To make people laugh.
DnTU Fit ill Avenue Mosesm.
Davis' Fifth Avenue -Museum Is rapidly
becoming a very handsome bouse. A great
deal of progress has been made since the new
bouse opened Its doors, and in a few days not a
detail in the decoration will be wanting.' The
fountain in the roof garden nowtlnkls over
rocks into a deep peel, around which ferns and
palms are arranged. Nearby monkeys chatter
in a cage, and tbe now famous Uncle Tom tugs
at the end of bis string. There are some fine
parrots and cockatoos, also, and there Mr. and
Mrs. Graham perform the Davenport cabinet
trick.
The grettest attraction this week is the
"Venetian Lady Orchestra, They are exceed
ingly pretty young wome"n Id bandome black
and orange dresses, and such a band of zither
players has not been beard here in a long
while. At Atlantic City and at Lenox this
summer they have won 'great praise, and they
form an attraction soldom found In a museum.
But thisis clearly a part of Manager Davis'
plan to make bis bouse a departure In every
respect There is a very fair entertainment In
the theater. Williams and Morris, Irlsa
comedian; Sanford and Devere, black face
knockabout artists; Liston, the musielnn; the
Southern trio, Truehart Saaub and Dillon, in
The Wcddlne Day"; and Hill and Gilmore,
burlesque skaters, are among tbe performers.
Ella Carllngton's dancing Is the beBtfeature of
the programme. There are some interesting
exhibits of electricity and silk manufacture,
aud not a solitary item upon the -programme n
lu tbe slightest degree oSensive.
Grand Opera Hon'se.
"Under the Gaslight," which Mr.t Arthur
Rehan's Company produced at the Grand
Opera House Is an old melodrama written by
Augustln Daly. It never was a good play, bnt
Its merits, such as they are, are probably as
prominent in this production as at tbe last In
this city. The reallstio scenery is, of course,
the play's strongest point The first act takes
place in a parlor at the Plaza Hotel in New
York, which Is furnished very handsomely, the
draperies being particularly noticeable. The
scenes on flie river front, and the railroad sta
tion, have some realistic effects, but they can
not be compared to the spectacular triumphs
which melodrama has achieved in recent years'.
The company is very fair. Senator Frank Bell's
police court orations were funny, and the vil
lain, Byke, was portrayed with oleaginous in
tensity by Harry Hotto. Miss Lizzie Jeremy,
tbe unfortunate heroine, who is persecuted In
the most painful and impossible way tbrongb,
heaven knows how many acts, won the sympa
thy of tbe audience.
Just one little question to the managers and
makers of melodrama: Would It not be profit
able as well as artistic to produce a melodrama
with a slight resemblance to real life? "Under
the Gaslight" and almost every melodrama in
the same clasB is a .tissue of Improbabilities:
the characters are monstrosities of vice and
virtue; the dialogue is not of tbe earth at all,
and we believe intelligent American audiences
are heartily tired of them.
The World's Mnsenm.
The principal attraction at this popular Alle
gheny bouse is Cowboy Samson, He is not
such a tremendous fellow to look at, but tbe
horse play he can stand wonld break most men
all up. You have seen boys swing a plank over
a barrel and play teeter-totter. Well, Samson
makes himself tbe barrel, but Instead of boys
a full grown horse mounts the board. Samson
should take to the turf be could always sup
port his stable. Miss Millie Mazle does not
have to ask for cards, either. In a muscular
way. The breaking up of a hard winter is
nothing tathe demofitionof rocks which Mile.
Mazie permits to take place upon her proper
person. Miss De Land, who gets Into a box
with a host of other things in a style that
baffles description, is another curiosity feat
ure. In tbe theater, Roach and Castleton's
Magnets give a tolerably good show.
Harry Williams' Academy.
The Grieves Burlesquers and Specialty com
pany entertained a large audience at the
Academy of Music last night, in the "Tale of a
Mascot." It is one of the best companies of its
kind traveling, and Is composed of some of tbo
finest specialty talent to be had. There is not
a bad spot in the combination and there are
numerous extra attractions. TUd Bison City
Quartet took the house by storm, and they de
served all the applause they received. Lucille
Grieves did some splendid .dancing. John SS.
Grieves and William Mitchell make a great
team of rough comedians. The programme ln
includes black face, gymnastic and numerous
other specialty acts.
Harris Theater.
It is not so very long since Dan McCarthy's
"True IrishHearts!' was given at this theater,
but a return engagement found sufficient favor
to fill the house twico yesterday to overflowing.
Tbe company is practleally tbe same as that
which presented the play when last seen here.
Dan McCarthy's Lintu Ijaniaan is a well-
(known character here. HIS play is a neat bit of
Irish comedy, witn inst enough plotting villain
and tbe grinding of poverty tomako It inter
esting, and tbe specialties of several of the per
formers are exceedingly well received as well
as well done.
Dramatic Notes.
The monkey loaned by Manager Davis, df the
Fifth Avenue Museum, to the "Under the Gas
light" Company was so alarmed at Senator
Frank Bell's oratory In the Tombs police court
scene that he bit the "supe" who carried him.
The "supe" did not retallato by biting the
monkey; be was too humane for that But he
hit tbe progenitor of a Darwin-yet-to-De with a'
club. Thereupon tbe long-tailed philosopher
screamed, and a report spread that the monkey
was dead. A messenger sentby Manager Davis
discovered, however, that the monkey was all
right, although at one time hi3 teeth had been
in the "supe," as it were.
One of the curious things about the per
formance at the Bijou last night was the al
most unanimous desire of the audience to co
out and see a man botw een the acts. The sup
ply of pass-out checks was exhausted, and a
shortage of cloves resulted in tho neighboring
taverns. "Little Puck" Is not a dry play, but
the audience was affected by the weather.
The Clipper Theater is closed this week.
The company which was to have played there
was nipped by an early frost in Wheeling, last
week, and Manager Peet was nnable to fill its
place at such short notice. The Clipper will be
reopened nextMonday by a good variety troupe.
Wnra Manager Wilt takes "Under the Gas
light" to "McKeesnort next Saturday he will
carry with him all his orchestra, stage hands,
propeitiesct(w.aud the performance will be
exactly like that given at the Grand Opera.
House.
DEATHS0FA DAY.
Jnduo Joiner H. Irtalbeny.
SPWsnriELD, ILL., Septembers. Judge James
H. Matheny, forl7 years County Judge or Sanga
mon county, and one of the oldest settlers and
best-known cltixcns of Central Illinois, died athls
home here yesterday, after an nlnsss of only a few
hours. lie was nearly 72 years old, and had lived
at Springfield for nearly 70 years. He was an in
timate friend of Lincoln and Doujrlas, and was
personally acquainted with all the Governors and
State officers of Illinois who have neld office since
the removal of the Mate Capital to Springfield, in
1S33. He-was a member ofthe Constitutional Con
vention of 1848, and atone time was Clerk of the
State Supreme Court. lie was tbe oldest Mason
In sprlnglleld, with one exception. He had
nassedthethirty-econddearee. and was a mem
ber of Oriental Consistory of Cblcago. He had
been an odd ellow for & years, and was a mem
ber of a large number of other orders. He was a
public speaker of great-popularity.
William Illckey.
Newabk. O., September 8. Mr. William
HIckey, Sr., one of the pioneers of .Llcklnc
county and probably the oldest resident, died at
hit home in Mary Ann township, aged 94 years,
r month and 2 days. Hewas the only surviving
soldier In the county af.thc war of ISK,.andat his.
Mth birthday, be was surrounded by many ortheT
besrpeoplfe in this vicinity- who jgsmeTed to" dd
hlm honor.
I
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Mud slinging will not pulverize Stone.
The girls will all be studying beauty charts
now. Tbe Venus de Meadvllle basset the pace
for the symmetrical craze She is a Rood girl,
weighs 130 pounds and stands 5 feet 6 on feet
that have not cultivated corns. It will be good
form to cultivate the human form, but the
study of dress forms will pay better.. Dress
makers are coining money.
A gas account may be heavy, but it's a light
bill, just the same.
The sun is making a hot race toward the
equator.
The tennis court is a good couttlng ground.
Comiko events cast their shadows before.
The people who put up tbe light towers in Al
legheny evidently forgot this old proverb,
Reed bad an eye on tbe Maine chance.
A COTEMPOBAEY asks: Where are the serv
ant girls? A great many of them seem to be in
tbe Amazonian marches which take place"
nightly on the stages of most of the theaters in
the land.
The model husband does not haunt the
studios.
If the baseball managers here want to make
up their losses all they bave to do is to cut up
the parks into building lots.
Water is a burglar when it breaks locks.
HAVK you beard from Maine7
IT Is better not to bet on election results.
Politics in off years are mighty uncertain.
The soft-shell crab is outgrowing Its old
clothes.
The independent oil man and the Independ
ent voter are having their innings now.
A BfiOKEif violin string Can be bfidged over.
' If you want to see an object lesson in industry
stir up an ant bilk
Miss. Best and Mr. Jackson, the well formed
prize winners, migbt make a bit as Venus and
Adonis. They can travel on their shape.
Still waters run deep, but swift streams get
there first
Poor Mabie Blaine! The surgeons havo
broken one of her arms in thehope of restoring
its shapeliness, and they will soon break one of
her rbeumatism-twistedlimbfor tbe same pur
pose. What woman" will not endure for
beauty's sake Is beynd man's comprehension.
The modern politician does not have much
faith in prayer,
A schoolboy cannot be ganged by the num
ber of books he carries.
A steamship is called she because there are
swells in her wake.
The man who drops bis collar button in a
dark room and cannot find a match is liable to
nso language that would shock a phonograuh.
Yon can borrow trouDlo without giving se
curity. Some doctors say the unexpected 'heat will"
contribute toward the spread of influenza,
which bas already broken out again mildly in
some places. Too much sunshine out ot season
breeds doctor bills.
With womennowit'soff with the old love of
a bonnet and dn with the new.
If the Chicago hoodlums who demanded a
pipeful of whiskers from a bearded man were
compelled to Smoke Hair for SO days they would
never do it again.
TnE actress who jumped overboard in New
York Bay watered bar stockings.
Who Is the $10,000 electrlo light boodler In
Allegheny? Let us have plans and specified
tlons, before proceeding further. Such grave
charges cannot be brnsbed aside by mere de
nials. Let tbe men who say it is and the men
who say it isn't so come to the center in manly
style or come off.
v
Life, like a cigar, ends in ashes.
The prices put on some of the new-fangled
rough goods for womon's wear this fall are apt
to raffle the temper ot the man who pays for
them.
A great many people go bunting simply to
kill time.
Stbawbritjoe heads the Lincoln Independ
ent revolt Here's a chance for the Dolamater
organists to bave some paragraphic fun.
You cannot count the ballots before they are
cast
The Philadelphia Press says the various In
dependent movements should get together and
be photographed. There's hardly enough gfas3
In the State to supply the negatives.
THE world's a stage, but some of its people
ire very poor players.
The Wheless electric, car system operates
with unseen wires. The cars are not wheelless,
though.
Little Puck is full of puckerings.
Fashion has decreed that street dresses
shall He on the ground at least an inch and a
half. Jack the Ripper will soon be doing busi
ness on every avenue.
THE late Cardinal If ewman defined a gentler
man as one who never Inflicts pam. Few poli
ticians are gentlemen.
A fiano tuner should not be a breeder of
discord.
Soke English servant girls demand a "chare
acter" of their proposed mistress from former
servants before hiring out to them. It's a
queer rule that won't work both ways.
Visitors to the Exposition should remember
that the stores are open, too.
The syndicate engineering the seal corner is
working a skin game.
Yotr cannot teach an old canary new tunes,
but you can buy a new bird.
Screens are used at the coal tipples on the
Monongabela as well as the bars where tipplers
indulge in Old Monongahela.
Willie Winkle.
EECIFEOCTTY FAV0BED.
The Mew York Produce Exchange Wants
' Mora Extensive Mi keM.
New York, September 8. A meeting of
members of tbe Produce Exchange was held
this afternoon and about L5U0 members and
merchants were present The question of
reciprocity was the matter brougbt before the
meeting. Consul General Williams, of Havana,
addressed the meeting on the advantages or
reciprocity. At tbe close of his remarks a res
olution was adopted, that the New York Prod
uce Exchange, as a body, solicit Congress to
urge such acts of legislation on diplomatic ne
gotiations as would insure tbe enlargement of
tbeie foreign markets to American products.
It wa resolved to telegraph the resolution to
Senators Evarts and Hiscock at Washington
at once, so that they might receive the same
while the reciprocity amendment was being
discussed by the Senate.
SIB J0HJT KOI AXAEMED.
Tbe Premier Plenda Iunorance In Regard to
an Early Session of Parliament.
Ottawa, Ont., September !1 Sir John Mc
Donald, in an interview, professes entire ig
norauce of any Intention of holding an early
session of Parliament In regard to tbe Behring
Sea troublc.he believed that the American
Government bad still under consideration Lord
Salisbury's last proposal, but he did not know
if the question would soon be settled.
As to reciprocity, it was1 time-enough to spealt
of it wnorrit was adopted by tbe United States'
Senate.
BALLOTS m PRIZES.
PROGRAMME FOR THE OPENING DAYS AT
THE EXPOSITION THIS WEEK.
Cast Your Ballot an Pupnlnr Topics Threo
Prizes for Writers A Chance for Think
ers to QIako some Pin Ilfoney and Co on
Record.
The Topical Voting inaugurated byTHEfllS
PATcnatjts Exposition headquarters in tbe
Brnnswick-Balke-Collender Company's billiard
exblbit space, bas met with popular favor. For
tho opening days of thl3 week TnE Dispatch
suggests tbe topics given herewith for the
suffrages ot tbo visitors. Vote Aye or Bay on
tbe following:
TUESDAY'S VOrlNG TOPIC.
Do you favor or oppose a reasonable dog tax,
and the creation of a pound under city super
vision for tbe detention and care of vagrant
curs, as a solution of tbe dog: problem? Open
to lady add 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.
Reglsteryourvotefororagalnst In the Poll
Book at Dispatch Headquarters.
Watch The Dispatch for topical voting an
nouncements in which yod are Interested.
This Week' Prlzj Eaaay Offer.
Tbe 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 Exposition to Pitts
burg." For the best contribution on the above topic
The Dispatch will award a prize of
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
For the Second Prize The Dispatch will
award a Ten-Doldar Gold Piece.
For tho Third Prize The Dispatch will award
a Ftve-Dollab Gold Piece.
THE COSDITIOJTS.
Each article must make at least 1,200 and not
more than LoOOwords.
Competitions mnst be written legibly, on one
side of the paper only, and must be labeled,
"The Dispatch Prize Essay Contest"
Contributions must oe left at The Dispatch
Headquarters,BrunswIck-Balke-CollenderCo.'s
space. Exposition Buildings.
Correct name, address and age of contestant
must accompany MSS, name only for publica
tion if successful.
The Dispatch reserves the right to publish
any contribution, whether it be awarded a prize
or not.
Tbe Prize Essay Contest for this week
will close with the Exposition on Saturday
night. Septembers.
Souvenirs for Lady Voters. Watch these
columns for future prize offerings and topical
voting announcements.
MEETHTG OF B. & 0. STOCKHOIDEBS.
They Approve ibe Contracts Between Tbelr
Rdnd nnd Ibe Belt I.lnr.
Baltimore, September 8. A speelal meet
ing of tbe stockholders of tbe Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, was held to-day In
this city. The meeting was called-to order by
General Orland Smith. President pro tem
Beverly Johnson was appointed chairman, and
Mr. Andrew Anderson secretary. The stock
holders acquiesced in tbe recommendations "t
tho president and directors, and approved tbe
contracts between the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and the mortgage of the
Baltimore and Ohio Belt Railroad Company, to
tbe Mercantile. Trust and Deposit Company, of
Baltimore, trustee and the form of indorse
ment to be made by tbe Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company upon the bonds secured by
the mortgage.
They also considered and approved the con
tracts with tho Akron and Chicago Junction
Rmlroad Combany, and the form of indorse
ment to be made by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad upon bonds of that company.
CAPTTOED A UVB EAGLE.
It Was Caua;bt bv Duyron Hnnterr sad Sold
for Five- Dollars.
Dayton," O., September 8. A bald eagle,
measuring five feet from tip to tip, was cap
tured at tbe Bluffs south of this city, this after
noon by two farm boys who were bunting
doves. Tbe eagle was perched on tbe top of a
tall sycamore, when It was fired at by both
huntsmen. Tbe bird's right leg was broken
when it fell to the ground, when, after a des
perate resistance, it was secured.
The captors, supposing that their trophy was
a chicken-hawk, took It to the office of the
County Commissioners with the expectation of
getting the bounty offered for hawks. Snbse
qnently the eagle was sold for 5.3. A veterinary
surgeon wbo has it fn charge thinks that be can
save tbe broken leg. The bird has a snow
white breast Its appetite was in gobd condi
tion, from the fact that it quickly got away
with two pounds of raw beef.
CAT'S EEC0ED ON HU5TTNG.
Tbe Champion Feline Unlls From Fayette
County, Ohio.
Washington C. H., September 8. It is
difficult to imagine the number ot small ani
mals and birds an ordinary cat catches during
a lifetime. Mr. Aimer Hegler. near this city,
bas ono of tbe most successful cats at this kind
of sport we know of. Mr. Hegler has kept a
strict account of tbe amount of game his cat
bas brongbt to the house between tbe 15th of
last May and the present time, and thinks that
he did not see more than one-half tbat the cat
actually caught.
The cunning-feline brought In the following
game to Mr. Hegler's certain knowledge:
Forty-two rabbits, 5 quail, 30 mice, 4 rat3, 5
sparrows, I yellow hammer. 1 living sfluirrel, 1
yellow bird, 2 larks, 2 wrens and 2 turtle-doves.
Will Meet Us Half Way.
Toronto, OsT.r September i The Em
pire (Government organ), commenting on Sen
ator Sherman's reciprocity resolution, says:
"If sucb a resolution passes we may be sure
the Dominion Government will nreet Concress
halfway. The Dominion Government has al
ways manifested a dispoltion to facilitate re
ciprocal tradein so far as It may fairly and
honorably be done."
Merely a Bnsines flatter.
From tbe Oil City Derrick.
Pittsburg seems to bo unfortunate in real
estate transactions. To sell at the lowest
notch and buy at the highest, is a reversal of
the usual rule of business.
STATE POLITICS.
Washington Post (Rep.): Senator Ingalls
and Congressman McKinley will open the Re
publican campaign at Pittsburg ou tho 13tb.
Senator Quay evidently believes this a very
good pair of openers to go in on.
Wheeling Intelligencer (Rep.): The dl'
gruntled Republicans of Pennsylvania are mov
ing heaven and earth to defeat Delamater.
They will not succeed, but will give Democrats
an opportunity to feel sanguine for several days.
Philadelphia mines (Dem.): The bolt of
the Scranton Truth against Delamater and Its
bold advocacy of tbe election of Pattison with
"a Legislature pledged to the realization of
ballot rerorra at tbo earliest possible opportu
nity," Is one of tbe most significant of tbe
many Republican protests against the success
of that party's candidate for Governor.
PHliADELPHlA Inquirer (Rep.): On the
morning that ex-Senator Wallace sailed for
Europe an alleged Interview with him ap
peared in the Harnsburg Patriot, in which ho
was made to say that Mr. Pattison was entitled
to the support; of the Democracy. The Press
of this city claims to have discovered that the
Interview was bogus. The Patriot reaffirms its
reliability.
Philadelphia Press (Rep.): Senator Quay
is very anxious for Congress to adjourn so tbat
be can come to Pennsylvania aud give his un
divided attention to the maaagement of the
campalgnnow In progress. When he takes bold
he will find that Senator Delamater bas been
making splendid headway in his personal can
vass, and that there isn't any reason to doubt
he will have an overwhelming majority.
New York World (Dem.); The revolt against
QuayisminFennsjlvani-vand the same disap
proval of the partisan excesses at Washington
which was manifested in the Vermont election
are making Mr. Delamater's canvass In Penn
sylvania decidedly uphill work. Our dispatches
from that State tell ot tbe organization and
spread of an independent- movement wbich. It
is thought 'by cool observers, wilt lead tor the
election of Pattison.
CUEI0DS C0HDE5SAT10NS.
Portland is sbippinc; iron pipe lo Cali
fornia and China.
An Adrian, Mich., man was fined 53 75
last week for swearing at a neighbor.
Drnms were beaten for the first time on
the entrance ot Edward IIL into Calais. In 1517.
There are 27 States with over 1,000,000
population each. At the previous census there
were 19.
A Harper county, Kas., man makes from
JC0 to 80 a carload on watermelons and is ship
ping 60 cars per day.
An Atchison, Kas., girl is "keeping
company" fn a parlor which was famished with
the pioceeds of a strawberry patch.
George Blust swore so frightfully at
Mrs-Charles Graham, near New Albany, Ind.,
that she went Into convulsions and died.
A singular sight near Tulare City was
noted bribe Register. A large band of cattle
was driven to town, each one having its tall
ornamented with a white rag. This showed
they were vaccinated to prevent taking Texas
fever.
Mr. West Mitchell, of DeKalb county,
Ga., owned a mule tbat disappeared mys
teriously. He thought that it was stolen, and
sent men to principal points to catch the
thieves, but by bunting in the pasture found
the mule in a gully with its throat cut
A Biddeford (Me.) man offered to pay
his barber 20 cents if the barber would share
him in less tbana minute, provided tha barber
would do It for nothing if the operation con
sumed more than tnat time. The Job was done
in M seconds. The victim paid the barber tha
20 cents.
Says an eminent physician: "So long
as men uncover their beads in theaters, halls,
etc. Just so long catarrh will be a national ail
ment, and men suffer neuralgia and bronchial
affections. There is no mocs sense In a man
removing his hit than there is in a woman lay
ing aside her oonnet.
An American millionaire has astonished
tbe natives of West Midland county. England,
where be bas taken a country viearage for two
month?, bv the macnitude or his establishment
to accommodate which a large extra bouse has
been hired. It includes SO servants, 20 horses,
12 dogs, 4 cows and 14 cats.
Mrs. Daniel Dunn, of 2Tew 3Iilford,
Conn., 75 years old. died In a singular and
frightful way a day or two ago. She was singe
ing a chicken at the kitchen stove when a gust
of wind drawing down the chimney shot a
blaze into her face. Her clothing took fire, she
ran. tbe wind fanned the flames and she fell en
veloped in fire.
Dr. Junker, who learned in Central
Africa to relish fried ants and lived for years
on a negro bill of fare, expresses decided views
in bis- new booK on the way to get along in the
Dark Continent He eoes so far as to say that
in his opinion the white man who accustom?
himself to native food will keep In better
health than if he enjojed the best of European
cookery.
The average life of a rabbit is put at
aboutnine years. The doo may have young
eight times a year, averaging eight each time.
Tbe first litter is produced when but 4 months
old. The progressions based ou these ffgnres
lead to astonishing results. For three years the
possible progeny of two rabbits has been calcu
lated at over 13,000,000, and for seven years a:
LoOO.000,000.
A 55,000 bill came into one ofthe Port
land (Me.) banks last week. So rarely are bills
of that denomination received that one of the
tellers connected with the Institution for 2u
years, had never before seen one. As might
natnrailybcrexpected.it was crisp and new In
appearance, not bearing indications of having
passed through many hands in the years sinco
it was issued.
There is a curious illustration of tho
ups and downs of life in a workhouse near
London, where one of tbe inmates was tbo
original proprietor of a noted cattle food,
which from first to last must hare brought In
millions of money. The poor fellow commenced
his downward course with a lawsuit which cost
$200,000, and since then he has drifted into
absolute poverty,
The fallowing "ad'' recently appeared
in a Liverpool paper: "Will the lady wearing
spectacles wbo. on Thursday evening, the 7th
iristant, drove a dark pony and four-wbeeled
phaeton, with groom behind, along Halewooa
roacr, and injured a valbable riding-horse by
not taking her side of the road, kindlv get a
better pair of glasses and take driving lesson3
before she ventures out again?"
A newspaper man, woo gets to bed so
late that he sleeps until 2 or 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, awakening the other day and look
ing at the clock, aw that it was 6 o'clock. As
be bad an engagement at that hour he fairly
leaped Into bis clothes and rusbeit from tbo
bouse, to find tbat it was 6 o'clock, but 6 A. a.
He bad slept just one hour. He wasn't
"mad," because he felt too f ooliSh.
Certificates of character given to serv
ants are sometimes misused. Not long since a
lady was speaking of having taken a girl wbo
was highly recommended by a well known
lady. To her surprise her friend informed her
tbat a girl wltb tho same name, recommended
by the same lady, was living' with her. Upon
investigation it was found that the written
character had been nsed by both parties.
A woni.m 50 years old, who resides near
Princeton Factory in Clarke county, Ga., wa3
reared near her present dwelling place, and
since her marriage, some SO years since. ha3
never been 200 yards from her borne, bhe Is in
perfect health, and her stay-at-home propensi
ties cannot ber attributed to lack of energy.
She just don't care to go anywhere, and would
rather stay at ber home. She can hear the run
ning of the trains, but has never seen a train
of cars, an engmo or a railroad track, and yet
lives within threo miles of Athens.
An interesting spectacle has recently
been seen in the Orkneys. It is probably tbe
first ot its kind ever authenticated in Jiving
memory. A correspondent writes to a cotem
porary; "What is said to be a mermaid has
been seen for somo weeks at stated times at
Southside, Deerness. It is about six to seven
feet in length, wltb a little black bead, white
neck and a snow-white bortv and two arms. lu
swimming It appears Jnst like a human being.
At times-it will come very close inshore and
appear to be sitting on a sunken rock, and
will wave and work its bands. It has never
been seen entirely ont of water. Many persons
who doubled its genuineness now suppose it to
be a deformed seal."
A FEW WITTICISMS.
Sundiy School Teacher Why was Job
ataicted with bolli'
'Cause tnelamlly had no sulphur and molas
ses!" bawled out Johnny. ieto York Herald.
Old Miid I often wonder if a wedding
rinse will ever encircle my finger?
Uneasy Visitor Don't you tblnk you could bor
row one for a little while from one of ynr grand
nieces' Jewelers' WeeKly
Intelligent Compositor That new report
er spells victuals" "v-I-t-a-I-s."
Koreman 1 es, he's fresh; make 'er right and
dmnp'rlnliere; wanttojto to press In Just three
minutes. And this was what the public read when
tbe paper was Issutd: "Tbe verdict ofthe Coron
er's Jury was that tbe deceased came to his death
from the enects of a gunshot wound In the victu
als. "II hitesiile Herald.
First Deacon The minister preached a
Aery sermon airalnst novel read In jr last Sunday. I
tell you It must have bad an effect upon tho young
ladlea or the congregation wbo read Action.
becond Deacon Is that so' From where eld he
take his text?
I lrst Deacon Oh, from one of the 'ew Testa
ment parables, I beIieve.-J"urfff-e.
"My dear," said the husband of a literary
woman, comlnz Into the room where she sat
wrltlnt:. "could you sew this loop on my ins? "
So, 1 couldn't" was the sharp and decisive
answer. -Can't yon sec I'm busy?"
And the husband, eUnclng over her shoulder,
saw tint, nnder tbe head of"AdvIceto Literary
Women," she was Just writing: "Of a'l things,
never let your literary duties interfere with your
husband's comfort" nest Shore.
"Haven't yon got any war reminiscences?"
asked a citizen or an old fellow1 in a party of ex
soldiers wbo wcreTglvlng their experiences on tha
battlelleld. v
"J.O war reminiscences: both my wives were'
orphans when I married them." Sittings.
A. I'll bet that Jones has got a red-headed
wile.
n. Yes he has. But how do you know, as yon
gay yon never saw her?
A. Nothing: only I saw him yesterday with his
head tied up, and be was looking for a place where
they mended fnrnltdre cheap. Sifting I.
DAT PEVEK.
How as the dog day waneth
Hay fever takes Its Inning.
And all round the country
The sneezing is beginning."
Tbe artless little maiden
Mast to the mountain eo,
And very, very oddly
So likewise must her bean.
And far from city dusty,
- i - Iheyad and flirt and-play, t
Sing hey the merry fever, , , L ..
Each dog must have Its day.
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