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PITTSBURG. AVEDNESDAY.SEP.T. 10, ISM.
THE COVT OF THE PARK. ENTRANCE.
As TnE Dispatch pointed out last
. Saturday to be in the roost absurd degree of
improbability, the idea that Messrs. Bige
lowand Scott would, aftera journey to Lon
don and back, ropresent their trip as a suc
, cess, when they only had an option for the
desired nineteen acresof ground at 300,000,
proves to be utterly unfounded. The real
price at which Mrs. Scbenley offers the
prop'crfy is $75,000, or exactly one-quarter
that named in the unfounded report which
agitated some of our esteemed cotern
poraries. Of course, the sum of $75,000 is not one
which the city ought to throw away; but
being a fraction of the commercial value of
the property, it is well worth while to see
what the city gets for it. In the first
place, it brings the park to Forbes street and
gives it a frontage along that avenue for
nearly a quarter of a mile. Kelt, it gives
an entrance to the park which must other
wise have been condemned and constructed
at considerable expense. All the cost of
constructing boulevards and bridges would
have been necessary anyhow, it the park
was to be entered from the Oakland side,
with the additional cost of condemning the
rights of way. The only additional cost
that the gift brings is the improvement of
nineteen acres more of park, which, consid
ering that tbose nineteen acres are the most
accessible of the enure park, will be a very
desirable expenditure.
It is taken as a matter of common conseut
that if this offer is accepted by the city, some
of the most attractive features of Mr. Carne
gie's library, art callcry and museum dona
tion will be placed upon the property near
to the entrance of the park. It is of course
nothing but a citation of the general opinion
to say that any buildings will be placed
there, before the commission has taken ac
tion; but it is safe to say that the art gal
lery, scientific museum and scientific refer
ence library will be located there, by com
mon consent; while the central library will
comejthere if the transit facilities are
shown to be such as to place it within the
reach of the masses. "Whatever buildings
are put there by this donation will furnish
the most imposing ornamentation to the en
trance of the park. They will be the prop
erty of the people and lor the use of the peo
ple Justus much as the park will be; and
they will embeiish that popular pleasure
ground without adding to its cost.
Such an enhancement of the convenience
and beauties of the park will make its im
portance clear to all. The almost unani
mous public opinion will be not only that
575,000 is a fraction of the value of the land,
but that it is inconsiderable beside the ben
efits that are to be secured thereby.
DOCS HAVE MANY FRIENDS.
The people oi Pittsburg want a dog
catcher and a dog pound in place of the
'cowardly button. If Chief Brown has not
learned this yet, let him contemplate the
votingnpon the question as raised by The
Dispatch at the Exposition yesterday,
Owners of valuable dogs will readilv pay a
reasonable tax to support the institution.
Dogs deserve a fair amount of protection, and
they will get it in Pittsburg.
shown in what is called an experiment in
capital sharing on the Illinois Central Bail
road. In this esse the men are encouraged
to become shareholders in the corporation,
are helped to buy stock on installments and
are thus at once aided in the effort to be
come capitalists on a small scale and inter
ested in the success of the company's oper
ations. But even this plan fails to realize
some things that are essential before the
partnership of laboring men in corporate
enterprises can be successful. In the first
place, the laborer who is asked to invest his
savings in a railroad corporation ought to
have some guarantee that he is not buying
some 30 to 60 per cent of water placed there
by the device of construction company con
tracts or consolidations. Then lie needs a
provision that will effectually prevent any
manager from enriohing himself or his
friends by special favors in transportation
or contracts at the cost of the company; or
that some speculative official shall not
plunge the corporation into a railway war,
for the purpose of buying in the shares
when they are depressed, and making the
advance on them when a combination is
patched up. It is by just such devices as
these that corporate enterprise has been
used for transferring the investments oi the
masses to the pockets of the manipulators;
and a relonn which will thoroughly prevent
them is all that is needed to make the cor
porate system the most perfect and available
form of co-operation.
This is a point of the utmost importance
in considering, social reforms, and it is also
an illustration of the much wider principle
that the cause of nearly all our social and
political troubles is the perversion of the
honest and legitimatepnrposeof ouroriginal
institutions.
INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY.
Dr. Lyman Abbott, in a recent article in
the I'orum, develops a scheme of what he
calls industrial democracy, which he bases
on the belief that where government is car
ried ou by the people its industrial activi
ties should be controlled by the people. If
the theory was simply that this popular
control should be secured by distributing
the ownership of industrial and commer
cial enterprises among the greatest number
of owners, it would be a species of indus
trial democracy that is as old in this coun
try as the economic and constitutional prin
ciples of "Webster and Marshall. But this
established principle of our Government is
not enough for the writer. He is not con
tent to maintain a system which establishes
the most democratic condition of property
by encouraging- the widest distribution of
private ownership; but prefers to abolish
private ownershiD altogether in some forms
of property, which is most likely to produce
the result that such classes of industrial en
terprise will become the property of the pol
iticians as fully as the postoffices now are.
The Boston Herald, in noticing Dr. Ab
.bott's development of the theories of indus
trial democracy, says that he does not show
"how the employes on the New York Cen
tral could become profit-sharers and co
operators in that joint stock corporation."
Yet the tendency of the times to accept the
perversions of modern institutions as their
legitimate condition, is shown by the fact
that the very organization of the New York
Central corporation is for the purpose of
facilitating the joint ownership in that en
terprise, not only of its employes, but of all
other persons of limited means. The theory
and purpose of corporate organization is to
permit and encourage the widest joint
ownership of all kinds of industrial enter
prise among the people. It was established
eo that everyone with 550 or 5100 could own
a share in the enterprise and enjoy its profits.
It is one of the gravest indictments against
the corporate system that its management
has so perverted it from its original pur
pose of securing the widest distribution of
wealth as to make it an engine of the
greatest concentration of wealth in few
hands. And it is an example of the blind
groping that is being done on this subject
that writers on social topics fail to perceive
that corporations like the New York Cen
tral are intended for industrial co-operation,
' rand that the eyil lies in the abuses which
have diverted them from their true pur
pose. A clearer comprehension cf'lhe issue is
TnE MAINE RESULT.
However the returns from the Maine
election may be modified by the later ad
vices, it is beyond donbt that so far as the
bearing on national politics is concerned
the full vote in Maine is a fair offset to the
falling off of the Bepublican vote in "Ver
mont, Monday's election leaves no ques
tion that the people of the Pine Tree State
stand with the full strength of the Bepub
lican partv in support of the Bepublican
policy. It is also a fair inference that the
voters of the Portland district are prepared
to indorse that extreme and aggressive stripe
of Republicanism of which Mr. Beed is the
champion and leader.
The feeling of uncertainty which pre
vailed concerning the vote was shown in
the preliminary dispatches of Sunday
night Democratic guessers, in the hope of
getting something to crow over, predicted
Beed's majority at 2,400; Bepublican
sources, evidently to discount the effect of a
loss, predicted it at 1,000. Both were
uneasy enough to hedge; and both are
shown to have been far out of the proximity
of accuracy by the majority which Mr.
Beed actually secured. Democratic chan
nels are now running over with xeports of
discreditable methods adopted to swell Mr.
Beed's votes; but his majority is of such a
size that illegitimate methods could not
have affected the result.
The fact is that while the Maine result is
the subject of jubilation to Bepublicans and
the opposite sentiment on the part of the
Democrats, the joy of the Bepublicans is
that of escape from a reverse, and the disap
pointment of the Democrats was at the
failure to realize an expected triumph.
Maine is, next to Pennsylvania, perhaps
the strongest protectionist State in the
Union. If on an election in which only
national issues were raised, Maine had not
gone Bepublican by her average majority
and given the leader of the Bepublican
fighters an especial indorsement it would
have augured ill for the permanence of the
protective policy. The majority of 15,000
claimed by the Bepublicans on the State
ticket can hardly be taken as indicating
more than that the Bepublican party is
holding its own, and that the protective
policy, where its snpport is the mam issue,
can command its old strength.
The indorsement of Beed, however, has a
ucculiar personal relation to the respective
standing of the two Maine men. For the
past month or more Secretary Blaine has
been the rising star in national politics, and
has bid fair to eclipse the brightness of the
junior Maine man. This, as The Dispatch
has said, is due to the ability and far-sightedness
of his reciprocity policy. But the fact
that he made but one speech in Maine, and
that not at all in accordance with the
Speaker's policy or personal interests, puts
the two men in an attitude of antagonism.
The indorsement of Beed by his constituents
will be susceptible of the construction by the
Bepublicans of the House that Maine in
dorses Beed rather than Blaine. Possibly
the Speaker may display a belief in his in
creased strength when the tariff bill with the
reciprocity amendment gets back to the
House. H would not be strange if Beed's
victory permitted us to hear more of the
Federal elections measure before the session
is over.
about not being able to force a horse to
drink, was evidently discarded in this case;
but there is reason to fear that a.bolter de
tained in the convention hall against his
will may retain the bolting frame bf mind
notwithstanding his detention. Still the
employment of the police to keep the dis
gruntled delegates within doors enables the
report to go out that a bolt was prevented;
and that was evidently its main purpose.
The convention puts Colonel Stone fairly
In the field, and practically makes him the
next Congressman from the North Side. If
his Congressional career is successful in pro
portion to the lively time he has had in se
curing its opening.Tie will rival his prede
cessor in prominence among the leaders of
the House.
FOR YOUNG PITTSBURG.
The Central Board of Education realizes
the growth of Pittsburg. Twenty-two
teachers were added to this city's public
school staff last night. Two oi these are for
the High School and the rest the grammar
schools will absorb. The young Idea
in Pittsburg will not fall in the
search for' knowledge for lack of teachers.
Pittsburg can attribute no small part of her
success to the admirable character of her
public school system. The increase in the
number of teachers is gratifying as an index
of the city's growth, and the ability of the
Central Board to provide therefor.
THE OHIO TRAFFIC.
The abnormally high staged water in the
Ohio at this season lends emphasis anew to
the desirability of utilizing waterways.
The Dispatch prints to-day some inter
esting fact's regarding the river trade. It is
worth noting how capable In point of speed
and rates, the river' steamer is of com
petition with the railroad. A great many
shippers are taking advantage of the river
route, the opening of which is the more
opportune on account of the car famine ex
isting on many of the railroads. The lock
ing of the Ohio, and the making of the
ship canal from Lake Brie to the river
would make transportation by water a
permanency for Pittsburg Instead of a
merely occasional relief.
TnE debate about vaccination receives a
contribution which the antl-vaccinatlonists
will not like from Surgeon Parke, of btanlcy'a
expedition. Before the expedition started Sur
geon Parke took the precaution of vaccinating
a majority of the men. An epidemic oi small
pox was met, and. of the vaccinated men, only
four took the disease and none died; wblla
among the unvaccinated camp followers the
disease made great ravages. This seems to be
conclusive? but perhaps the antl-vaccinatlonists
will still lold on to the ground that tbe
vaccinatedjnen suffered greatly from hunger
and blistered feet.
t)UR SHORT STORIES.
HOW ME WORKED THE I0N0GENT8.
pHE experienced tram boy was apparently
giving instructions to a youth whom he was
breaking in as an assistant.
In the seat directly in front ot the two sat
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Kerpunk, of Oeorge
son's Cross Roads. It was their first trip away
from home.
"You can gener'ly tell by their looks," said
the peanut boy, oracularly, "whether it's eoin'
to pay to try to come any little game oyer 'em
or not. Bee that chap halt way between hero
an' the other end of the cart Well, you conld
sell that man a dime novel for SI 0 and rope
him in on the dollar-lti-the-box trick just as
easy as look at him. You'd be wastln' your
time, though, to try andplay any tricks on such
people as these two in front of us. They're old
travelers. No use to show them anything but
what's bang up .genuine an' cheap. If you've
got anything that's fresh an' wuth the money,
them folks Is the kind of customers to take 'em
to the first thing. Snide goods wonU go down
with such customers as thorn, I tell you. Well,
I must work the train now. Remember what
I'vo told you.
"That boy is a mighty good judge ot human
nature, Jose, isn't te?" said Harrison ;to his
wife, after tbe experienced peanut boy baa
gone into the forward car to get his basket.
"He thought he wasn't talking loud enough
for us to bear, but I've got pretty sharp ears. I
heard every blamed word he said. "Well, it's
a fact, Joso," he added, "It wouldn't be much
Use to try any ot his little tricks on me. I've
got my eye teeth all cut. Hete he comes. If
he's got anything worth buying he'll come
straight to us. You see if ho doesn't."
And before that peanut boy was done with
Mr. Harrison Kerpunk he had sold blm half a
dozen prize packages, fireboxes of last year's
maple caramels, a dozen sour oranges, three
25-cent books for half a dollar each, unloaded
bis entire stock of mouldy figs on him, and
cleaned him out of 2 bill on an Innocent little
trickjwith a pillbox and gold coin.
"Jose." said Harrison, after he had sat
looking ont of the car window for about five
miles, "durnedif Idon't begin to think he said
all that to the other boy on purpose for me to
hear it!"
RECIPROCITY.
"AI"5yona believer in reciprocity, Jonesr
asked Brown.
"Certainly," replied Jones. ''Don't you
know I bought a parrpt last week?"
"What has that to do with reciprocity?"
"A good deal. My neighbor's dog howls all
night, and Polly screams all day."
KINZTJA VIADTTCT TO GO.
The Fainane Erie Brldgo Found Too Light
for thit Traffic.
Hornellsyille, N. Y., September 6, Kin
zua bridge will soon be a thing of the past.
The structure is too light to carry the heavy
traffic which is now being done on that division
of the Erie, and It is to bo replaced with a
detour,
"Klnznit viaduct,'' an Erie official said last
night, "which spans the gorge of Kinzua creek.
Is over 2,000 feet long and is 310 feet above the
water. It was built for a single track at a cost
of $2S7,000. and consists of 20 fewer, each 10
feet by 88,' Inches at the top and of varying
width nt the bottom, the highest being 103 feet
by SSU feet at the base. These towers are built
of Phoenix Iron columns, in SO foot sections,
and connected by internal wrought iron sleeper
joints, and is the highest bridge In North
America, and, with one exception. In the
world. The viaduct was designed to bold a
weight of 236 tons, which is equal to a load of
3,075 pounds per lineal foot of track. This via
dnct carries a branch of the New York, Lake
Erie and Western Railroad from the petroleum
fields of Bradford county to the coal fields of
Elk connty. It was commenced May 5, 1S82.
and completed August 29, 1882, in less than four
months. The viaduct for years has been one of
the famous bridges ot the world and has been
visited and examined br many eminent en
clneers and railroad men of this and other
countries, and is probably the only bridge in
the world which has just about paid for itself
in the amount of excursion business it has
brought to the road building It"
- Councilman Cochran, of Allegheny,
thinks free organ recitals in Carnegie Hall are
vanity. He would not allow such extravagance
if he could help it. But the thousands who en
joy the free concerts fortunately have more
influence in Councils than Mr. Cochran.
The New York Press says that the inves
tigation by "the Board of Arbitration In that
State, clearly establishes that "the employes of
the New York Central Railroad had been dis
missed for no other apparent reason or explana
tion than that they wpre members of a labor
organization." This being directly opposed to
the avowed principles of Mr. Chauncey M.
Depew, President of that corporation, of course
he will hasten hom j from Europe to rectify
the transgression of his subordinates. At
present, however, the haste is not visible to
the public eye.
lie view of the returns from Maine, it
will probably be concluded that tbe Republi
can correspondent who estimated Reed's plu
rality in advance at 1,000 will receive a severe
rebuke for untimely indulgence in misplaced
caution.
The report that "Bobert Elsmere" is to
be replied to by another work of fiction. Indi
cates that some discreet person should quietly
but firmly suppress the controversial novel
writers. Religions argument In the form of
fiction bears too close a resemblance to that
class of discussion in which the disputants rely
on their imagination for their facta
A CONVENIENT COMMISSION.
Senator Plumb's amendment to the Tariff
bill creating a Customs' Commission secured
a majority yesterday in the Senate. The
Commission is to examine the operation of
the tariff, its effect npon domestic manufact
ures and agricultural products, and to sug
gest from time to time such changes in the
scheme of protection as they may seem de
sirable. Senator Plumb's object no doubt is
to render it easier to make reductions in
the tar ill than by the existing processes.
The creation of the commission is not cer
tain to secure that or any other good object.
Commissions have a fashion of confining
their attention to the drawing of their sala
ries. The country has about enough com
missions of this sort. But the Senate agreed
to it, and the House may likewise see the
beauty of creating five snug offices with
57,000 salaries, to which disinterested gen
tlemen and how nicely that describes a
Congressman 1 may be appointed by tbe
President, The tendency to increase the
cost of government ought not to be encouraged.
A PLAGUE of fleas is reported in Wash
ington and a similar one in the Harlem suburb
of New York City. Tho cuter imtins is evi
dently determined to do its best to let two
cities of this nation forget the woes of poli
tics. Assistant Secretary: op the In
terior Bussey is of the opinion that a
soldier's dnty may take blm to church. An
Union man who broke his leg on his way to
church by this ruling obtains a pensiou. It is a
curious commentary on our Christianity that
this soldier's claim for a pension was once
denied.
Of course the Democratic talk of unseat
ing Speaker Reed in the next House, is only
intended as a partisan notification to the coun
try that the Democrats can be just as unfair as
the Republicans if they get the chance.
TnE best estimates of the cotton crop this
year make it the largest ever gathered. The
apostles of the doctrine that scarcity makes
prosperity may now bo expected to condole
with the South on its misfortune, while con
gratulating fruit growers, who got no crop at
all, on their superabundant increase of wealth,
"We can bid farewell to tho sweltering
summer temperature without a regret or any
desire to recall it before next year.
The nse of gentian is recommended as a
cure for blushing. But a careful Investigation
falls to disclose any general need for such a
specific If some beneficent herb could be dis
covered which will cure tbe disease ot not
blushing, it might be found to be of great use
In political and financial circles.
AN OZARK ROMANCE.
'"D'ye lak me, Suer
"Pury well, Jim."
"How much, d'ye reckonT"
"Oh, er good deal."
"But how much, now?"
"Oh, erlot."
"How'd ye lak ter"
"Ob. Jim!"
"How'd ye know what I war goln' ter say?"
"I know'd."
"WhatT"
"You know."
"1 was goln' ter ast ye ef ye'd go er fishin'
s'evenin'."
"Ye wasn't, nuther."
"Yes, I war."
"Jim?"
"Hmr
"Ye don't lak me."
"Yes, I uo, a heap."
"No, ye don't."
"I orter know."
"How?"-
"Why. Sue. didn't I jlst ast ye ter git ready
an'j-"
"Ye said ye war goln ter ast me to go er flsh
ln'. "Sne?"
"What, Jim?"
"I dldn'tmean it."
"Thon what did ye mean?"
"Oh, Sne. quit yer -oolin' an' go ast yer paw."
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UNCONGENIAL,
po the astonishment of her friends and re
lations, a lady whom we will call Mrs.
Smith, returned to her home in a little town
not 0 miles from Pittsburg, early last month,
at a timo when she was expected to be ex
hausting herself and the sights of Kurope with
a party of tourists. "Wealthy, in good health
and far enough this side of 60 to be fond of
sightseeing, Mrs, Smith elected to cross the
Atlantic with several friends who were bent
upon enlarging their views and contracting
their pocketbooks according to the fashiona
ble recipe.
Nobody knows till he has tried It what a risky
business it is to make a partnership for a sea
voyace. Many a friendship has been wrecked
at se3. Mai de ner is not the only sickness
incidental to a sea voyage. So it happened
that Mrs. Smith was sick of her companions by
tho time the Cnnarder was half across the At
lantlc Such a coldness sprung up between her
and them that when Liverpool was reached
Mrs. Smith announced that she should not con
tinue her journey eastward. She took passage
on the next steamer for New York, and arrived
home a little more than two weeks from the
day she started. Her explanation of her sud
den return was somewhat perplexing. It was
coached epigrammatically, after the fashion of
tho Delphic oracle: "It's no good traveling"
she said to me, "with people who don't con
geal!" NOT A RUNNING VINE.
Jfor a lone-distance running from a battle
field Rosser'8 famous cavalry charge away
from the battloof Cedar Creek is without a
parallel in history. Rosser had organized his
brigade and called it the "Laurel Brigade."
Each man went into the battle with a sprig of
laurel in his hat. "When they came out they
didn't care whether they ever saw another
piece or laurel again. All they wanted was to
got as far away from that field as possible, and
most of them did. Some of them ran for three
days and It took Rosser two weeks to collect
his brigade. When be reported to General
Early for orders, old Jubal looked at him a
minute and then said:
"Rosser, you ought to change the name of
your brigade. The laurel is not a running vine."
WAS HITTING RICH IDLEBS.
Kev.W. F. Rlchnrdson Corrects a nllsqaota
tlon From Hla Sermon.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Your report of my sermon of Sunday even
ing, on "Some Labor Day Lessons," was In the
main correot; but it attributes to mo one senti
ment which I did not express. I did not apply
the words "They toll not, neither do they spin,"
to tbe presidents or managers of great corpora
tions, who are often tho busiest of men; but to
rich idlers, who, because they have money in
plenty, think themselves free from all obliga
tion to do the world any servioe. I asserted
that all men, whether rich or poor, onght to be
doing something to make the world better. I
did say that officials who were mere figure
heads, doing no real service, but drawing
princely salaries, were guilty of robbing those
whose labor earned tho money that nas un
justly paid to them. But I just as distinctly as
serted that the man who fitted himself, by long
labor and careful preparation, for responsible
position, was now, and ever would be. entitled
to receive the due reward for his superior use
fulness. I plead for the rights of man, as man,
and used no language which, rightly interpret
ed, conld be considered as an attack on cither
capital or labor.
Please do me tbe favor to allow me these few
lines, as I have learned that my discourse was
not correctly understood by some of your read
ers. Respectfully vours
W. F. Richardson.
Allegheny, Septembers.
SNAPSHOTS IN SEASON.
The Shiras men say Justice is Stone blind.
There be tricks in every trade. Most of
Veil dressed men who patronize the traveling'
tailor shops sent to Pittsburg by the bang up
New York outfitters imagine that all the ma
terials in their nobby suits are the product of
English or French ldoms. They are not. One
house, with a long line of custom here, operates
silk and satin mills In Bethlehem, this State.
The plain product of its looms is shipped to
France. There it enters a convent. Deft
lingered. meek-faCed nuns embroider it. It is
then sent back here, made no into fauct vests
and proudly borne upon tbe hearts of our cou
pon cutters. American silk and satin is su
perior to tbe foreign article: but, as American
cirls prefer lawn tennis and wheeling to needle
work, the finishing touches must be put on
abroad.
Stone, George Shiras HL
The steam shovel can do the work of many
men, but it can't vote.
Poverty is about the only thing in the
World that costs nothing.
i
Maine remains in line.
Fortune tellers who come to Pittsburg can
predict with certainty that they will be ar
rested. The needlewoman collects rents.
Life is a lottery, but New Orleans would be
lifeless without tbe lottery.
Clouds are the sky's watered stock.
The Shiras men who tried to bolt yesterday
ran against bolted doors.
Laughter is the light opera of life.
The arms of the street car conductors go to
waist. This is annoying to tbe ladles, who
object to being handled like prize packages.
Politeness should always be coupled with
prudence.
Lawsuits cost more than fall suits, and are
always cut bias.
FTSEIKO COMPETITION.
The
Alton nnd Rock Island Give Notice of
Their Cat Rate.
Ciiicaoo, September ft The notices given
by the Rock Island and the Alton roads of
their intention to put into effect a rate of 10
ccnt3 en wheat and 17 cents on corn from the
Missouri river to Chicago, in accordance with
the orders of the Inter-State Commerce Com
mission, came up for consideration at tbe meet
ing of the Western Freight Association to-day.
As expected, the members, excepting the two
roads named, voted against complying with
the order for a reduction. The Alton and Rock
Island thereupon gave tho usual ten days'
notice that tbe low rates would be put into
effect September 19.
Tbe other roads can hardly refuse to meet
tbe competition of tbo Rock Island and Alton,
and the adoption of the Commissioners' tariffs
must apparently be general throughout tbe
Western territory. Meantime a meeting of
general managers will be held to arrange a
plan of procedure should the Inter-State Com
merco Commission allow the case to be re
opened. INVENTORS' TEOUBLES SETTLED.
Speaker Beed
Maine.
made a Manley fight in.
ALL the newspaper composing rooms in the
country are running out of "Q,'s." and are
"sorting up." It's Senator Quay's fault.
Terrapin will soon he in the saucepan.
A 'writer says tbo Prince of Wales takes a
drink of mineral water with a dash of lemon
in it before retiring. Hn Ich Dienness prob
ably takes something else between drinks.
The Investigation Committee Decides Mer
genthaler Owns tbe Linotype Patent.
.Philadelphia, September ft A decision
has jnst been rendered by the Committee on
Science and the Arts of the Franklin Institute,
of interest to inventors. Some months ago the
award of the Elliott Cresson medal was made
to Ottmar Mergenthaler for his invention of
the linotype, and public announcement made.
An appeal was taken by another inventor, and
the subject was referred to tbe above named
committed After an exhaustive examination
and inquiry tbe award to Mr. Mergenthaler has
been confirmed. The appeal was based on tbe
justifying apparatus
STlie committee says that the Raypatent ante
dates the invention of the appellant, and adds:
"But In the judgment of your sub-committee,
even it this claim conld be substantiated, it
forms so small a part of tbe extremely ineenius
features of tbe Mergenthaler machine that
your sub-commltteo would not feel disposed to
recommend that the award be set aside."
"Wall's station should be a good site for a
prison.
The summer girl does not object to embraces
from sea swells.
Over 41,000 newspapers are published in the
world. And still we wonder at crime.
Does Chief Brown propose to muzzle the
Yellow Dog Socials?
The willing worker never looks at tbe clock.
STONEMASONS FH0M SIX STATES.
A LIVELY CONVENTION.
The convention in the Twenty-third dis
trict, which nominated Colonel Stone yes
terday, was true to the precedents of the
campaign in winding it np with as lively
scenes as any of those which have enlivened
the contest from the time that Colonel Bayne
withdrew his name from the first conven
tion. The warmth of the contest, in a closer
district, might contain a threat of further
difficulties; but with the large margin that
the nominee has to go on, any dissatisfaction
that may have been generated is sure to
prove innocnous.
The canvass has developed unique feat
ures heretofore; but none of them have had
a more refreshing and unprecedented char
acter than the distinguishing feature of this
body. We do not know when we have
heard of a more amusing development of
!.. i.. uuu ucwCe o. pre- catholic institution oricarnlng. was celebrated
ventmcr a bolt by closine the doors and to-dav uv tbo alumni of the imtitntinn. A
keeninir the kickers imnrisoned until tho large number or visitors were presenr. Inci
i.eeping me jucuers imprisoned nnm tne dent to thejoccaslou was an address by Rt.Bev.
If the Maine Democrats expected to see
a Reed shaken by the wind, they were mis
taken. The premium is vanishing from the oil
produced in the oil regions of this vicinity be
cause the competition for its purchase bas been
wiped out. If the producers put their proposed
Independent pipe lines and refineries into oper
ation the premium will come back again with
all its pristine vigor.
You may lock a bolter in the hall, if you
will, but the aroma of bolting will bang round
him still.
The Arizona Kicker has been evolved in
this country as a burlesque product of the
imagination; but that Wbistler-Moore row in
Eneland seems to have been got np especially
to demonstrate that what Is only Imaginary
here sinks in Europe to the commonplace of
reality.
THE UFE SAVING DEVICE.
The T Rail Cbalr Will be Manufactured in
Pitubursr,
rsrxcui. TiMtonAjf to toe dispjltck.i
Mansfield Valley, September ft Tho
owner of the new llfo saving device, called the
Trail chair, is completing arrangements with
Holland & Co, ot Pittsburg, to enter at once
Into Its manufacture, and will produce them in
opposition to the old fish plate and ancle bar.
Many railroad people from Pittsburg, Chicago
and other places are here daily to iuspeot the
patent.
Celebrated by Many.
.frECIAL TELEGftAX TO TnE prtPATOlt.t
Wheeling. September 9, The twenty-fifth
anniversary of Mr. Pe Chantal, the well-known
PECULIAR PROHIBITION.
'T'HE stage has Its bine laws, and one of them
forbids drinking In tho green room, or in
fact behind tho curtain. It Is a rule that
every-manager tries to enfnrce, and nearly
every actor tries to break. When "The Black
Flag" was running at Nlblo's Garden in New
York Ed Tborne and Nat Goodwin smuggled a
basket of wine to the lattcr'a dressing-room
and had cracked a bottle or two when Manager
Poole walked in. -"
Tborne and Goodwin were both tolerably
large-sized stars, and Mr. Poole did not like to
jump on them too hard. All the same be said:
"Gentlemen! Gentlemen! This will never do!
It's against the"
"Py gracious," interrupted Goodwin, -take a
glass with us," and the comedian's persuasive
powers mastered Poole. He drank two or
three glasses and mellowed perceptibly.
"Boys." ho said finally, "you mustn't bring
champagne back here -again. Mind me. now.
no more champagne. Stick to whisky. You'll
get quicker action for your money."
HTBTH AND MEEEIMENT
National Convention of the Gnlld In Session
In Maryland.
Baltimore, September 9. Now York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Mary
land are tho States represented In tbe National
Convention of btonemasons now holding in
this city. The purpose of tbe convention is
to organize a Stonemasons' National Union,
when tbe stonemasons will abandon the Brick
layers and Masons International Union of tbo
United States and Canada. The local unions
represented here have already abandoned tho
International Association.
George J, Jones, of Pittsburg, Is the general
socretary and arranged for tho present con
vention. Tho next convention, it is expected,
will be made up of delegates from all the
States.
A Dclnmnler Meeting Friday.
fSPECIAI. TELEOHAK TO THE DISPATCH.'
Mansfield Vallet. Pa., September 9.
Hon. G. W. Delamater will address the sup
porters of tho G. O. P. at the Armory, on Fri
day nlgnt, on aiary street, ae win do tne
guest of J. A. Bell, the Republican nominee
for County Treasurer.
PEOPLE EN GENEBAL.
At a WcddinB Anniversary Celebrated at
Sbadyslde Lnat Ercnlnxr.
The charming home o! Mr. and Mrs. John G.
A. Leishman, Bldwell street, Shadyslde. was a
scene of mirth andmerriment last evening. The
occasion was tbe tenth wedding anniversary of
the very popular gentleman and his Interesting
wife, and, with a select few of their most inti
mate friends, they celebrated it with an ele
gantly appointed dinner.
Covers were laid for 20 guests, and daintily de
signed souvenirs laid beside them. Tbe evening;
was spent in social converse and merry remin
lsences. Wedded In Oakland.
A very pretty wedding, privately celebrated
last evening, was that of Miss Annie L. Barber
daughter of Mr. George P. Barber, of Meyran
avenue, Oakland, and Mr. William Lone of
Toledo, O.
Red Men in Gotham.
New York, September ft The annual meet
ing of the United States Grand Lodce of tho
Independent Order of Red Men began here
this morning, some 200 delegate's being present.
The lodge will he in session for two days.
convention was over. The old proverb Bishop Kain, and a banquet at noon.
t They Aro In the Hub.
Boston, September 9. The Great Council of
the. improved Orc"e of Red Men is In mtlnn.t
sesMonJierc to-day.
Edward V. Valentine, the Richmond
sculptor, Is now giving the finishing touches to
bis statuo of tbe late General Williams C.
Wickham.
Sir Arthur Sullivan, the composer, is
spending the autumn at his pretty riverside
house on the English river Wcy, not far from
Sbepperton.
Me. C. P. Huntinton has given a fine tract
of land to tho city of Newport News, Va., for
school purposes and proposes also to erect suit
able buildings thereon.
The statuo of General Sucre, tbe Venezue
Ian, recently executed by Scnlptor Turin!, of
Staten Island, arrived at Cnmana, Venezuela,
August 15, and is to be unveiled October IS.
Queen Christina, of Spain, has telephonic
communication established between her room
and tbe Madrid Opera House, in order that she
may enjoy the opera without having to appear
before tbe public
General Alejandro Yearra, Inspector
General of tbe Venezuelan army.is at tbe Hoff
man House, New York. His wife is the daugh
ter of the late American Minister at Caracas,
Judge Thomas Russell, of Boston. .
Lord Tennyson Is said to have recited'-The
Charge of the Light Brigade" and the "Odo on
the Death of Wellington" into a phonograph,
so that tbe vibrant melodies of his voice may
be beard 'In summers that we shall not see."
Mr. John La Faroe, the artist, has made
another hurried departure for the far Orient,
along with Mr. Henry Adams, of Wasbincton.
This time it is not Japan, but tbe Polynesian
Islands of tbo Pacific, which they are visiting
lu a yacht.
James M. Turner, whom tbe Republicans
of Michigan havo nominated for Governor, is
several times a millionaire and yet a farmer.
He lives on a 2.000-acre farm near Lansing,
runs a dairy of 3.0J0 cows and has a large quan
tity of fancy stock, including a kennel of dogs.
Bishop Potter, who went to Europe a few
weeks ago, worn out by overwork. Is much re
juvenated by his trip. It is thought that some
thing may be done at the coming Episcopal
Diocesan Convention whloh meets at the end of
this month in regard to getting an assistant for
the Bishop.
Gladstone and Balfour detest tobacco and
will not deign to lend countenance to the habit
by even a glance into tho "smokcroom" of the
House of Commons. On tho other hand, La
bonchere,BradIaugh,Lord Randolph Churchill,
Sir William Harcourt and Mo Chamberlain
are almost constant habitues. - Parnell drops in
once a day for a small cup of coffee and a-very
mild cigar.
Are the people who play the horses at
Sbeepshead Bay muttnnheads?
Hunting dogs point with pride.
Marie Bashktrtseff wrote: "I like soli
tude before a mirror." Well, Mary, if Eve had
possessed a mirror and kept a diary she would
have written the very same thing.
If we were all rich who would do the chores?
"Annie Laurie" is. 200 years old. She
jilted the fellow who made her famous and
married a man named Ferguson. Annie
wouldn't sell herself for a song.
Clubs were trumps at the Stone-Shiras con
vention yesterday. They were not used on
Stone men, though.
If yon miss the first train you can catch the
next on;. But if yon miss an opportunity you
get left.
The Shakers should remonstrance against
taxing quinine.
The new-fangled electric nickle-In-the-slot
camera will probably produce a shocking
picture.
If it were harder to get married perhaps di
vorces would not bo so easy.
The hand that rocks the cradle propels the
plate.
English speculators are after the American
nurseries. Now the babies will kick.
An incubator is an egg plant.
Veterans who lost their feet in tbe war
'make the most effective stump speakers. And
the politicians work them for all they are
worth.
Variety performers are scarce. A local
manager tells me it is almost impossible to se
cure good entertainers for the vaudeville stage.
Tbe clever class combine and monopolize tbe
theaters built for toe legitimate, leaving only
the raw and the poorer stock to choose from.
The short circuit, covering Boston, New York,
and Philadelphia, also claims the cream of the
profession. The manager named several fine
performers who have never crossed the Alle
glicnles. Later in the season, however, when
the drama will draw, some of tbe variety per
formances will have to be given where they be
long. There seems to be lots of room on the
specialty boards for clever people.
BALLOTS ND PRIZES.
PROGRAMME FOR THE OPENING DAYS AT
THE EXPOSITION THIS WEEK.
Cast Yonr Ballots ou Ptpalar Topics Thrfe
Prises far Writers A Chance for Think
er to Maks Home I'in Money and Go oo
Record.
The Topical Voting Inaugurated by TheDis
patch at its Exposition headquarters In the
Brnnswick-Baike-Collender Company's billiard
exhibit space, has met with popular favor. For
the opening days of this week THE DISPATCH
suggests the topics given herewith for tbe
suffrages of the visitors. Voto Aye or Day on
tho following:
WEDNESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC.
Do yon 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 yon aro interested.
ThU Week'- Prize .ny Offer.
The Prize Essay contest this week is open to
all writers except those regularly employed on
the staffs of Pittsburg newspapers. Prizes
will be awarded for the best article on "The
Benefits of the Exposition to Pttts
buro." For the best contribution on the above topic
The Dispatch will award a prize of
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
For tho Second Prize The Dispatch Will
award Ten-Dollar Gold Piece.
For the Third Prize lint 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 Dispatch Prize Essay Contest."
Contributions must be left at The Dispatch
Headqnarters,Brunswick-Balke-CoUenderCo.'s
space. Exposition Buildings.
Correct name, address aud age of contestant
must accompany MSS., name only for publica
tion if successful.
The Dispatch reserves the right to publish
any contribution, whether it be awarded a prize
or not.
The Prize Essay Contest for 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.
TITLES AT A DISCOUNT TTTrRTH,
CDKI0US C0NDEKSATI0KS.
Experience That Make riilibnrsers Shy
of the Arlstocrncr.
From the New York Btar.l
"I don't think that any more of our Pittsburg
girls want to marry European titles." said a
prominent lawyer from the Iron City to me last
night, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
"Everyone is familiar with themlsfortunes of
poor Virginia Knox, who married the psendo
Italian, Count dl Montercole, and was beaten
by blm in Paris while on their wedding trip.
The affair was freshened up in our minds at
home this week by tbe appearance In Pittsburg
of the Hon. Francis Rawle, the well-known
Philadelphia lawyer, who had charge of the
estate ot the late Mr. Knox, father of the un
fortunate Counters. Mr. Rawle is also counsel
for Mrs. Knox and her daughter, and while in
Pittsburg, was quietly securing evidence for
use in a suit for divorce, which will be bronght
against Dl Montercole by tbe Countess In a
short time. She is living in stuct seclusion
with ber mother near Philadelphia.
"The other 'horrible example' held up for a
warning to our susceptible and ambitious
maidens fa that of thn Karnnpn T.ierfaU Tl,
Baron had a right to bis title. Ho really came
of anoble and highly honorable Swedish family,
and his Uncle is on thA nrttnnAl ntntr nf thA
King. The Baron himself held a commission
in the Swedish army. Ho came to Pittsburg
uuu i.aii jrwH i;u iu iansuj, xie enagea in
business, alone with the duties or bis office. and
three or four years ago married Miss Jennie
Doty, of Steubenville, a girl well known In
PIttsbnrg, where she was educated at the Pitts
burg Female College. Her father was rich,
and she was handsome and accomplished, and
the wedding made a stir In society circles. The
Baron, for the last two years, bas been specu
lating. It bas been found that bis affairs were
In very bad shape, and that he was a forger to a
large amount in certain stocks. At first it was
thought tbac his defalcations would only
amount to about $20,000 or $23,000, but last week
attorneys in the case told me that they would
amount to 100,000 at least. The Baroness, who
by the way. is a most estimable woman, is at
ber fatber's home nearly heart broken, but tbe
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the same misfortunes might have come to these
youn lames 11 tne Bridegrooms had been
Americans with no other titles than 'Mister
bat the titles give the case much more promi
nence. Taken with tho blooming 'younger son'
of some British Lord or other, who worked his
way Into all the Pittsburg clubs and into tbe
best society circles, about four years ago, they
hare had some pretty good lessons,"
A Fair riiuburo-World's Fair Mnnatier.
Tbe act of Congress creating the World's
Fair Commission provided for the appointment
of a "Board of Lady Managers." The commis
sion at first fixed tho number of managers at
one for each commissioner and an alternate.
William McClellann. of Pennsylvania, has
named Miss Mary E. McCandless, of Pittsburg,
as a Jady manager, with Mrs. Nellie B. Plumer,
of Franklin, as alternate. Miss McCandless
resides on Winebiddle avenue.
A talkative girl is a wind-lass.
If Harrison lingers much longer at Cresson
he will be subjected to cold stares.
Honied words generally conceal a sting.
THE mantle of Christian charity should be
thrown over the dead body of Judge Chris
tiancy. John L. Sullivan is an orphan. He can
take care of himself, however.
Coopers can whoop it up.
THE switchman who shows the wrong signal
Is as dangerous as the little gun that wasn't
loaded.
Adam and Eve were tbe first gardeners.
Clumsy-footed folk who tread on ladies'
dresses are train wreckors.
THE BE3ULT IN MAINE.
they
All men are not liars simply because
are not all fishermen.
There's fun in a funeral after all. Yon get
it in the first syllable.
TnE Broncho Is a new waltz for next winter.
It should bo popular with cowboys.
The news from Maine is good Reeding for
Republicans.
It's a cold day when tbe sun Is shut out.
You can judge a man by the rine of his voice.
If birds could talk they wouldn't sing.
Willie Winkle.
THE DESIGN SELECTED
For tbe Grant Monomelic, la be Constructed
at Rlrcrlde Fnrk.
rpyriA.i.TXLoijm to TnnmiPATcn.1
New York, September 9. The sub-committee
of tbe Grant Monument Association held
another secret meeting this morning in the flat
placed at their disposal by Mr. Knox, one ot
their number at No. 210 Fifth 'avenue. After
deliberating far some time, the sub-commltteo
selected the design of John H. Duncan, and
will recommend to the lull committee that It
be definitely and finally accepted as the design
for the Grant monument, subject to any change
or alteration of tho plans that may be suggested
by tbe committee.
The full committee will meet at tbo same
place Thursday alternaon at 3 o'clock. Tbe
sub-committee also -decided to-day to place all
tbe designs tney have received for 'the monu
ment on exmnuion eany next wees.
Buffalo Exprett (Rep.): Democracy did
not overestimate the importance of the result.
Mr. Reed's overwhelming victory is not only
an omen, bat an earnest of tho similar indorse
ment which awaits bis party In 1832.
Cleveland Leadtr (Rep.): All tbe world
loves a lover, but It loves a good fighter, too,
and every Republican will rejoieo to know that
the gallant Republican leader will go back to
the House with tbe biggest majority be ever
received, hundreds in excess of bis phenom
enal majority In 1883, and that Maine's delega
tion to tbe House will be solidly Republican.
New York Tribune (Rep.): Maine, truo to
its motto, points tbe way to a general Repub
lican triumph in November. Without the em
phasis which a full vote from its political re
serves adds to Its verdict in a Presidental
year, it has registered with unmistakable di
rectness and decision its approval of tbe great
measures enacted by a Republican Congress.
Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.): Mr. Reed's
majority in the last previous election was not
so great as to enable him to read his title per
fectly clear to success in this, and certain in
fluences were at work that indeed caused some
approhenslon among bis friends. The Repub
lican party can congratulate itself on the re
sult. Mr. Reed could not well be spared from
Congress,
Baltimore Sun (Dem.): The methods by
which he has managed to retain bis majority
will probably be revealed in the coarse of time,
and If Mr. Reed's enemies are to be trusted, it
may be shown that bis triumph has been due to
devices and practices that would not be toler
ated in any Southern Congressional district,
and that are far worse than the alleged evils at
which the force bill was aimed.
Indianapolis JournaJ (Rep.): Never was
a great political victory more timely and more
emphatic than that of the Maine Republicans.
It will prove a bugle blast to the Republicans
of tho whole land. It will fill every Republican
heart with the old-fashioned Republican zeal
and Inspire the whole party la every Northern
State with a purpose which will elect a Repub
lican House in November.
New York Hrald (Ind.): The result is at
tributed to a falling off in tbe Democratic
rather than a gain in tbe Republican vote.
While the campaign of tbe Democrats was
marked by apatby the Speaker made a vigor
ous cauvass, and his work has proved effective.
Tbe election means more than the return of
Reed to tho next House. The country Is now
likely to hear much of his name in connection
with the next Senatorship and, perhaps, even
the Presidency.
Philadelphia Timet (Ind.): Speaker
Reed is to be congratulated on the success of
his efforts to avert tbe party disaster that
was threatened by tbo wavering of Vermont.
By his own and his friends' hard work, with the
aid of a well-organized machine, be has appar
ently succeeded in holding his Stato to nearly
its ordinary majority and has securea his own
re-election by a larger plurality than two yeari
J as".
A disease known as blind staggers is
carrying off a great many horses In Florida.
Eev. Henry Itooninger officiated at tho
second marriage of his mother last week at
Bethlehem, Pa.
Millionaire James Bobinson,ofPhocenIz,
Ariz bas at last found time to attend sight
school, so that to his other possessions he may
add the ability to read and write.
Death from sea sickness is.so very rare
that the case of Mrs. James Price, of Toronto,
attracts attention. 8ho never recovered from
tne nausea Induced by a trip on the great lakes.
A man in Banks county, Ga., entered a
negro church while services were going on, and
i?i5a.1d.e5 th? nraacber to stop. He was ar
rested and fined for disturbing public worship.
The theory that good apples cannot be
grown in the South seems to be disproved.
Apples 10 and 12 inches in circumference are
Florida? far,owara ,he equator as Southern
Blackening the nose and cheeks nndp
the eyes bas been found an effecual preventive
of snow blindnes or the Injurious effect of
the glare lrom illuminated snow upon eyes un
accustomed to it. " '
J. H. Spangler, of Fontana, Lebanon
county, three years ago brought a sprout of a
banana tree from Florida and planted it. It
has grown to a height of 12 feet and has leaves
5 feet long.
A vessel recently reported in a Belgian
paper as bound for the west coast of Africa
had aboard 11 missionaries. 60 tons of gun
powder. 11 cases of gin and 10 cask of rum. An
unusually large proportion of missionaries.
Mrs. Penschower, of Cloverdale, CaL,
has raised a sunflower this year that breaks all
records. The stock is 8 inches In diameter at
the ground, it stands 12 feet high, and tha
flower measures 8 feet around the outer edge.
Nelly Thorpe, of Santa Maria valley,
CaU is an expert with the rifle. She bronght
down a largo eagle recently that was hovering
over her chicken yard, and her latest trophy la
the pelt of a huge wildcat that was sneaking
on the same plan for a chicken salad.
A Georgia editor in resigning a country
postofiice writes:: "The receipts for the last
month have been S6 40; the rent. . and the
clerk hire 21Q. Hnlnf-A nmnrfir a j4n
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longer give our consent to hold office under a
Republican administration, hence we resign."
A painter named Bellebon was acei
dently killed at Colquitt, Ga., one day last week
while carrying a hoavy piece of timber on his
shoulder. While taking tbe piece from a
wagon he stumbled and fell, and the timber
falling upon his neck, broke It, producing al
most Instant death.
Louise Garnet, of Pullman,!!!., issuing
Horace F. Medbury, of Providonce, R.I..for
218,000 loaned blm while they were engaged to
be married. Medbury, it is alleged, used the
money to such good advantage that he became
a rich man and then refused to carry out the
marriage contract.
Tbe Japanese books begin where onrt
end. the word finis, coming where we put tha
.ltle page; the foot notes are printed at the top
of the page, and the reader pats In his marker
at the bottom. The best rooms of a Japanese
house are always at the back, and architects,
when building, begin with tbe roof.
A day or two ago a gentleman who waa
visiting his laboratory, and whose son was about
to enter npon bis first employment, asked Edi
son to give him a motto for tbe boy. so that he
imKiibuairoib39 a sumuias ana guiae. .air.
Edison laughed a little at tbe novel request,
then said: "Well, I'll give him this: 'Never
look at the clock.'"
Mrs. Esther Haddock, mother of John
Haddock, who lives near Clarksville. Ga., was
out where someof the family were feeding
hogs, when an old sow suddenly ran at a small
shoat, and picking it np on her snont threw it
with considerable force against Mrs. Had
dock, striking her just below the ankle and
breaking her leg; Mrs. Haddock is nearly 80
years old.
James Mossey. a veteran of the war,
died a few days ago at Nebraska City. A few
years ago be applied for a pension on account
of a wound be received at Fort Donelson. His
application was rejected, as no mark or wound
could be found on bis head, where be claimed
to havo been shot. After bis death a post
mortem was held and a large buckshot was
louna lmueuaou in ms Drain.
The police raided the premises of John
Westrop on Esex street. Springfield, securing
a quantity ot liquor. The intoxicants were con
cealed in a hen coop, and the only interference
the officers enconntercd in obtaining them was
from the fowls, who guarded their roost with.
as muchrperslstency as a sentinel would guard
a fort. The feathers flew, however, and the
chorus ot cacklers very much disturbed the
usual Sunday morning quiet.
A singular affair has occurred at To
ronto. Tho wedding suit of John Crelghton. a
lawyer, which costs nearly S10Q, and was paid
for and ready to leave the tailor's shop, and
which bad been attached by a woman for the
payment of a debt, was sold at auction last
week. Tho highest bid was 18 SO from the
tailor who made it. The claim, which was over
U0, Is. therefore, not yet liquidated. Crelghton
was absent on his vacation and Is not yet mar
ried. Tbe incident bas caused a great deal of
local gossip.
A small boy living in Ventura, Cal.f
went out Into a vacant lot and stood npon his
head. This is as natural a position for a small
boy to assume as any other, but in this instance,
unfortunately, the lad was not sufficiently
careful In choosing bis cround, for in putting
down bis head he placed it directly npon the
body of a large gopher snake that chanced to
be taking a sun bath just there, A small boy Is
very heavy sometimes, and the snake was irri
tated. Quick as a dash it slid out from under
the boy's bead, and turning bit him directly
npon the lower Up. The wound was painful,
although not at all dangerous.
There are about 300 hands employed at
tbe Mint of Yeddo. Japan. "When the men en
ter in the morning, they are made to divest
themselves of their own clothes, and put on
others belonging to the Mint. At the end of a
day's work a gong sounds, when the somewhat
curious spectacle is presented of 300 men
springing from the ground on which they have
been seated, throwing off tbetr clothes, and
rushing, a naked throng, to one end of the yard.
Here they pass through the following ordeal in
order to prove that tbey have no silver on them:
Their back bair is pulled down and examined,
they wash their hands and bold them np to
view, they drink water, and then hallo, and
lastly they run to tbe other end of the yard,
clearing two or three hurdles on their way. aft
er which performance they are allowed to go to
their lodgings.
AUTUMNAL LAUGHTER.
Principal of Girls' Boarding School (to
her bntcherl From to-morrow you can send me
three pounds of meat less than the usual quantity.
"Have yon last some of yoar boarders?"
'No; but roar of tbe girls have lallcn In love."
Batter Kactiriclitm.
After the "Wedding He "What are you
crying lor, love?
She Over papa's wedding present! boo-hoo.
He Why. what Is the matter with It?
She It's nothing bat a receipted bill for the ca
we nsed ud during oar couitihlp.2turttngton
lrtt Prett.
"Let me see," said Bjenkins. musingly;
"what was It I was going to take home to-night?"
"Perhaps It was a horse car," said his pretty
stenographer, saucily. Somtrville Journal.
"Do you believe in healing by tonch?"
asked Miss DePrlce.
Indeed I do." replied DeBlaltes. "I met Tom
Tlgbtpinca to-day limping along and complain
ing of the gout. I touched him for a five and be
skipped off as thonzh he bad never been 111 day
inhlsllfe."CAica$ro Timet.
"My wife beats meabertime she gits mad,
boss. Can't nofflu be done."
'I'll give her a good scolding. Uncle Ben, and
perhaps she'll do better nexttlme."
"llo better? W'y, boss she kin do It well
'nnff. Wat 1 want Is fer her ter qnlt alter
gether." Husband Mv bnsiness is increasing so
that I shall bare to get an amanuensis light
away.
"Wife Get a typewriter If you like, John; but
remember. If you are to have an amauaensls. It
must be an amanuensis with a strong accent on
the "man.1' SomervtlU JournaL
Alpine Guide Here at this cross is the
place where the gnlde Peter fell and was killed,
llon'tyoawantto five me a lit Je money for hit
poor wife and cnildren?
"Oh, yes; but how is it that yesterday on the
other side of the mountain they showed us a eras
for the same guide?"
"That Is all right; that Is for the travelers who
go up the other side." Flitatnt Blattttr,
THE CHAPERONS SY8TKX.
She' my Annie
I'm her J02;
ahe'i my sweetheart,
I'm her beau.
Sooa we'll marry,
3 hen we wilt part
Old cfaaper Kooney ,
From my sweetheart.
Wathlngton Sari
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