THE MTTSB'ffRG' DISPATCH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER Ut 1890, m$ 3$pMj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S15, Vol. 45, So. :i9. Entered t Pittsburg 1'ostofflce, November 14, ;ss7. as second-class matter. Business OfficeComer Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. TASTKUN ADVEUTISIHGOFFJCK. 11VOM9, TltlBF- EUII.D13G. A'EW YOKE, where complete flics of THE DISPATCH can always be Jound. Foreipn aavcrtlsers appreciate thecon- eniencc. Home advertisers and friends of 3 HE DISPATCH, whUe In Jew York, are also made welcome. ?PE DISPATCH ft reavlarty on sale a Srcntanofs. 5 Onion Square, Jfew Xork, and ITAic de V Opera, -Part. J-rance, tchere any. one xiho has been disappointed at a hotel tietcs stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. lVSTAGE TKEE. IN THE UXITED STATES. yiAILV ursrATCrr. One Year. S SOD JAILY DlEFATCn, PerQnarter SCO Daily DisrATcn, Oncllouth 70 DAILY DisrATCH, Includinghunday, 1 year. J00O Daily Disr vrcn, InclndmrSundiT.Sm'ths. 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AH double mid triple number copies ol Tlio Dispatch trqulrc a 2-cent stamp to insnre prompt delivery. Pirr.sEURO, SUNDAY. SEPT. 14, 1S90. A HARD-WORKING CANDIDATE. Candidate Delamater has worked with unremitting courage and persistence through the week in a frosty political atmosphere. 'Xhere is every evidence that no stone will be left unturned for his election, and it vould be idle to deny that the Senator is skilful and to a degree effective in a per sonal canvass. But conceding these points, the question arises why it should be necessary for the Republican candidate to work so hard in a State whose majority runs close up to 100, 000, and at a time when national issues would ordinarily inspire it to yote more strongly Republican than ever? What ex traordinary causes might be likely to induce such a considerable change as would throw tlie State to the Democrats? Should the opposition, headed by Patti son, upset the big normal Republican ma jority there will be a general post mortem to find the ailment. Nobody will seriously think that Pennsylvania has changed ite mind on the tariff. Nor will antagonism to Quay be accepted as the sole efficient cause. The most serions danger which threatens Delamater is that he is thought to be a cor poration candidate, and that as such he represents the objectionable policy of the Re publican leaders at Harrisburg for a long; while past; and that the same public know Pattison is prepared to enforce the laws and the Constitution, even in the face of corporations or any greater power. The rea son for Mr. Dclamater's hand-shaking can vass is doubtless that he feels this notion to be widespread and hopes to counteract by meeting the people. But a review and ex planation of bis public record, such as he promised to make in his letter of accept ance which has not yet appeared would be more pertinent than the pleasantest sal utations. A MUSICAL. OPPORTUNITY. The movement which has been set on foot by the musical editor of The Dispatch to obtain for the Pittsburg public the bene fit ot a very valuable musical library will, as it is set forth elsewhere, command the support ot the public The library is that of the late Karl Merz, recently professor of music at the University of "Wooster, and for nearly a quarter of a century the editor of Brainard's Musical World. The collection of this well-known writer would be very valuable, and the opportunity to secure it for Pittsburg at the cost of 52,500 is not to be neglected. The library is to be placed in the custody of the Academy of Arts and Sciences until the Carnegie Library is opened, when it will become a feature of that institution. A large share of the money is already pledged, and there is little doubt that when the purpose is clearly set before the public the full amount will be promptly subscribed. TWO TUENCH VIMTORS. The visit of the Comte de Paris about the 1st of October will naturally inspire much public interest The visitor Jo this country brings the sentiment surrounding the repre sentative of a royal line which once held great power, and has the personal claim upon national hospitality of a service on the Union side during the Civil "War. These are sufficient for a warm welcome; but some of the comments on his visit show the necessity of remarking that the com parison of his services to those of Lafayette, and the suggestion that he should receive honors similar to those paid Lafayette on bis second visit, do the estimable aspirant for the revival of the French monarchy a good deal more than justice. The comparison holds good as to the fact that both were Frenchmen of rank; that both gave military service to this country in vital struggles for national existence; that both returned for a visit years after. The rank of the Comte in the French nobility was far higher than Lafayette's, even when be was not, as now, the head both of the Bourbon and Orleans lines. But his services to this country cannot be digni fied by mention beside those of Lafayette. The Frenchman who came to fight on our side during the Revolutionary "War was in spired by Ueotiou to popular freedom. He cast in his lot with this nation and fought for it till victory was won. He secured the aid of France with ships and soldiers; and his subsequent career showed his entire fidelity to the cause of republican and con stitutional liberty. The friendship of Comte de Paris to this country is to be credited to a mixture of motives, by no means so pure as those of Lafayette, while his services were immeas urably less in point of actual value. That, like bis grandfather, he had the intelli gence and liberality to prefer the cause of popular freedom and constitutional liberty to that of privilege and oppression is beyond question, and is shown most '"Kasfcahfei clearly in his hISWfy of 6uf t&l. Indeed, it is m a historian of our conflict that he h his greatest claim upon American gratitude. That work set tb struggle before Europo in its proper light; while bis military Services, thought not discreditable, were by no means of a character to call forth especial praise. There is little doubt that the action of the Corute and his brother in joining the Union army was inspired by the belief that aspir ants to the French throne must be able to appeal by their career 16 that appetite for military dory, which fras then the prevail ing Trench sentiment. Bat the study of the science of war, they obtained the not especially hazardous positions of honorary aids on General McClelland staff, and after going through a single campaign resigned and took a trip through the country before returning to Europe. Jt is possible even that the perception of the justice on our side of the struggle was, in the first instance, aided by the fact that the sympathies of the Second Empire were on the side of the South. His estimable personaFqualities and his services as a Union soldier may well secure the Count a national welcome at the same time that be is feted by the ibft-huniers of New York because he represcntsa past and a remotely possible future monarchy. The United States can give its friend and histor ical champion a national welcome; but when his very modest military, services are placed side by side with those of Lafayette, it is time to insist on a more accurate sense of proportion. A POST MORTEM FINDING. The ghost of an old sensation is brought up before the public by the fiiiug of the re port, yesterday, of Judge Hlce, the master in the case arising out of the Penn Bank failure of seven years ago. The most perti nent aspect of the report is its illustration of the leisurely methods of proceedings ol this case, the master having been appointed fire years ago, the taking of the testimony having been spread over three years, while two years have been occupied in the prepa ration of the report Briefly summarized, the finding is that the Piesident and Cashier were responsible for the losses that wrecked the bank, and are liable in law to the extent of the over drafts and ficticious accounts. As to the directors of the bank, however, it holds that they are not liable. The master finds that they were not negligent, but were deceived by their officers; and that the exercise of ordinary prudence was not sufficient to pen etrate the deception. "While admitting the uncertainty that surrounds the exact legal duties of a bank director, he holds that he cannot be required to discharge the func tions of an expert accountant, by which alone the frauds in the management of the bank could have been discovered. There is no reason to dispute that the master's finding as to the directors is justi fied by the evidence; although its statement of the lezal principles by which they must be judged increases the old doubt as to whether directors direct The finding of two men as liable, one of whom is dead, and both bankrupt, is, however, cold comfort for the depositors. THE COLD WAVE IS HERE. The cold wave, promised while we were perspiring in thunderous atmosphere, has arrived. It is a trying change; more or less dangerous to health. The cessation of the rain is a blessing, however, for the floods have already been serious, and the rivers in this part of the country are still rising. There is still time tor a spell of pleasant fall weather, and the chances are, experi ence teaches, that the last two weeks of this month and the first two of October will make life seem well worth living. MAINE'S TOTAL VOTE. While the result in Maine redounds to the credit of the Republicans, there are some features which give it a different signifi cance from what was at first intended. The complete vote brings out that instead of a full and enthusiastic indorsement of the Re publican policy, there was a decided falling off in Republican votes. This was such that if the full Democratic vote had been polled it would have come near being a Repub lican defeat, but the opposite result was produced by more Democrats than Repub licans staying at home. m Compared with the Gubernatorial vote of 1888, about 15,000 Republican votes were missing; but nearly 16,000 Democratic votes were also conspicuous by their absence. Compared with another off year, the Republican vote fell off 5,000 and the Democratic vote 11,000 from the fig ures of 1886. These indications extend even to Reed's district, where there was the most vigorous canvass. While his ma jority is very large, his total vote is 1,500 less than he received in 1881: 2,200 less than he got in 1888; only 500 more than he got in the dead year of 1886; while the Democratic Congressional vote in 1884 was COO in excess of Reed's total vote in bis present victory. This shows a general lack of interest among both Democrats and Republicans on the issues before them at this election. The apathy is partiallv explained, so far as it applies to the Democrats, by the statement that the adoption in the Democratic plat form of the policy of substituting high li cense for prohibition, while it was expected to be a popular move, really caused the Democratic Prohibitionists to stay at home. Whether any local causes can be assigned for the Republican loss of votes is not appa rent On the final count, therefore, the Maine election is to be counted as a Republican victory; but it is accompanied by indications of popular lack of interest which makes cal culations based on that election very uncer tain. APPORTIONMENT AND IMPARTIALITY". The question of the next Congressional apportionment Is brought forward by Dun nell's bill, from the House Committee ou the Census. This bill cannot be acted upon in the present session, but it will be put in a position for action by the present Con gress at its next session. The difficulty of approaching this subject from an impartial point of view is shown by the comments to extend beyond tbe Con gressmen to the press and public The proper course is to determine the size of the House of Representatives, which will best ensure its efficiency. Having fixed the number of Representatives which will be likely to make the most efficient House, the total population should be divided by that nnmber and the Representatives apportioned among the various States in accordance with their population. If this principle were acted upon, the membership of the House would be reduced below three hundred, aud the condition of affairs in which business can only be transacted by suppressing deliberative features, would be mitigated. Beside such an object the question bow partisan interests may be effected is of no value. Indeed, it is a requisite for impar tial apportionment that party 'interests . t, Shall be laid aside, Yet apart from a few Collateral references to the objections to in creasing the size oV the' Rouse, nothing but party interests are considered in this connec tion. .Mr, Bunnell first fixed one basis, but adopted a ratio of 1$0,000, because that would save some Republican section from losing members, instead of decreasing the size of the House it is proposed to increase ft; and the number of 351 members is pro posed, because that will save the New En gland States from the lots of members arid will give more of the new members to the Northwestern States than to the Southern. Such considerations ought not to bo given any weight; but the proposal to increase the already unwieldy House for purely parti san reasons is d fresh evidence of the way in which party interests override the publio welfare. The bill Is reported to contain another in teresting feature in which the incorporation of provisions like those of the McComas anti-gerrymander but, to prevent the manip ulation of Congressional districts by State Legislatures. "When that topic wa9 a live one The Dispatch pointed out that Con gressional action framed to secure impartial apDortionments for Congress, so far in the future that partisanship could be laid aside, would be the highest grade of states manship. The McComas" bill was deficient in set-king, for the sakeof" preventing future gerrymanders, to perpetuate the present ones. If Mr. Dunnell's meisure only in corporates the McComas provision's it will not meet the requirements. If it provides for the apportionment of districts impartial ly and fairly, those provisions to go into effect for the election of the Fifty-third Congress, that feature of It trill deserve praise, whatever the character of its other Section. It is rather too much to hope that such is the case, We believe that the day will come when apportionment can be made for the benefit of the publio rather than for party advantage, just as we believe iu the coming of millennium the solution of aerial navigation and the reformation of corpor ations. But we are a long distance away from all of those ideals at present; and it is rather too strong a draft on our resources of hope to look for such a long step in the direction of impartiality in this apportion ment measure. WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED. The public had two more object lessons last week upon the beatitudes of the dele gate system in politics. If the semi-comic bar-the-door proceedings in the Stonc-Shiras Congressional contest, and the subsequent protests, were not enough, the recital by both Messrs. Rutan and Neeb of what they know of delegate operations should an swer every purpose. So far as the Congres sional result in the Twenty-third district goes there is, however, no room for tears, since the friends and supporters of Mr. Shirashad it in their power to insist upon nomination by a popular vote, if they so desired. The immense mass meeting at Carnegie Hall de manded unanimously a direct popular vote. But the demand was presented to the County Committee with gingerly timidity and was opposed by the politicians with vigor, and of course it went by the board. Nothing happened afterward in the way of crimina tions and recriminations, dissatisfaction or attempted bolts, or even incipient riot, more than is usually incident to the dele gate convention wherever there is any se rious contest Though the public sentiment is ten to one against it, the delegate system is still withus. BOULANGER REVEALED. The bubble1 of Boulangism is squashed flat The brav' general on the black horse is as dead as a political doornail. He Joes not even pretend to pose any more as the Liberator of France or the willing soldier of the Republic. For the Republic he no longer professes the smallest respect. France needs the re-establishment of a monarchy, he say, and no doubt sincerely, for it is now clear as noon day that Boulanger was simply a tool of tbe Comte de Paris all along. Fortunately for France, Boulanger has no power left. The foolish Republicans, who made him their idol a year ago, hive disowned him. He will cease to be anything more than an unpleasant memory before the year is out Thanks for this to the unscrupulous enter prise of a Parisian journalist, as our cable dispatches relate to-day. The mind reader who found a name on a hotel register and then went into convulsions does not display tbe qualities of practical utility. The average hotel clerk can find the name with the register upside down, without turning a hair or disturbing the location of his (10.000 diamond. AND now the euphemistic phrases by which trusts are described, such as the "agreement between gentlemen" are enriched by the decla ration that there was no cotton-bagging trust but only "a sympathetic movement." The sympathy for the buyers of cotton-bagging shown by this "sympathetic movement" was of tho class described In that classic idyl "The Walrus and the Carpenter" when they ate up tho oysters: ' 'Wewccp foryou,' the "Walrus said, 'We deeply sympathize.' With sobs and tears lie sorted oat Those or the largest size." and ate them all up while tearfully professing his deep sympathy. Now it is rumored that the Hon. Charles Foster is to be Minister to Spain. The Hon. Charles is not noted for his ability to talk Spanish, but he has soveral times shown great fluency in making other people walk Spanish. That is probably regarded as his qualification for tbe post. Senator Hiscock's claim for credit to the Republican party for an advance of 22 cents per bushel on wheat since Congress met, is not discreet. If the Republican party has pro duced the advance In wheat it must be respon sible for tbe proximate cause of the advance. This nuts Senator Hiscock in the position of going before tbe farmers of the country, claim ing that the Republican party bas done tbem tbe great service of giving them a short crop. Mb. Depew's positive refusal to go into the subject ot the strike on the New York Central indicates that bis former avowals, that a corporation should not discharge men for belonging to labor organizations, do not count when he has laid aside his Presidental aspira tions. i rCoNCEENiNO "the false starts of the, Hoosler Cooper" in that- Itaum investigation the Washington -Post says: "Some one should band him a bung s'.arterand allow him to try again." This figure of speech Intimates the Posts conviction that there Js a barrel con cealed about that Raum business, IX it can only be opened up. If that Raum investigation continues to develop tbe heated characteristics It bas shown during the past week, it will afford the refrlger- ator company a good chance for a real vindica tion by bringing in half a dozen of Its refriger ators and cooling off the committee. Sir Johk Macdonald is opposed to the exclusion of tbe Chinese from Canada. The enterprising Sir John is after Chinese trams for tho Canadian Pacific, Railroad. He does not share the-bplnlon'of oar statesmen j -. . WSW". . . - J - . 1 J,. ,.. r. , . . , ( . . j t j . J. r ..-.WEMaL-JST . . i . l..V.?J,t .-- ki0jmZUBl22it y , t - .. ' ,. . . . lr. . . . b..'WT -K ... -1 . ,J.? J.. 1 . - ,. Tfc.i-T! that a good way to cultivate Chinese trade is to begin by giving China a slip lb the faae. The announcement that the Marquis da LeuviUois hot going to fight that duel after all, leaves the public la Sdspense as to What Class Of advertising he &hd MfS. Leslie Will next resort to. Between the charges agaldst Republic an management, made by the Republicans in the Beaver district, in Allegheny, by Emery, by Bam Loach, and by the Philadelphia Independ ents, H Jdoks as U there were a cloud of Re publican witnesses to the effect that reform in tho Republican party Is necessary. HEN AND WOMEN OF BOTE, Dn. John JiackiktoSh, the Scotch histo rian, is a seller of second-hand books at Aber deen. Goyeknob FtEitiud and" staff will attend the coming fourteenth annual reunion of the Society for the Army of West Virginia, at Parkorsburg. The Hon. Frederick Douglass, United States Minister to Haytl, who addressed a cam" meet ing in Maryland on Monday, denies the rumor mat ne intends to resign. Dn. Vox Stephak, Secretary of Btate for Posts and Telegraphs of Germany, will shortly Visit the United States for the purpose of making a study ot the postal and telegraph sys tems. President W. A. Qtjayik, ofBaker Uni versity, Baldwin, Kan., is said to be the young est College President In the world. He was graduated only five years ago, and Is not yet 30 years of age. By the will of the lato Mrs. Frances Brownell Holland, of Hartford,Conn.,the sum of UOO.OQO is devised to the proposed Episcopal Cathedral of Now York. Mrs. Holland is a daughter of Bishop Brownell. Belva LocxwooD.eX'Prealdental candidate, has returned from Europe, and while attending the universal peace union at Mystic, Conn., spoke strongly against strikes, expressing tho belief that disputes between capital and labor should be settled by arbitration. Lobd Tennyson Is hale and hearty at 80 years, and says be expects to write at least one more poem before be stops. He has nominated Lord Lytton as his successor as Poet Laureate, but the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Lord Salisbury each has a different candidate in view. It Is said. Phikcess Victoma op Pbussia, daughter of the late Emporor Frederick, and grand daughter of Queen Victoria, Is about to marry a German Prince, and will have a dowry of 10,000,000 marks. Her annual allowance will be 75,000 marks, beside such gratuities as Emperor William may bestow on her. Frederick John Cridlahd, who has been in the British civil service tor the past 85 years, holding various positions in this and otner countries, has recently resigned the post of Consul at Charleston, S. C. During the war he was Consul at Richmond, Va., and for 20 years held a similar office at Mobile, Ala. Hannibal Hamlin, the veteran Maine politician and ex-Vice President of the United States, is an inveterate clubman and card player, and enters into a gamo of whist or auction pitch with as much zest as If be was a college sophomore. His health is rugged, and he scorns snch protectives against the elements as umbrellas and overcoats. SAB SLOW 10 TEAIN E0BBEES, Remarkable Invention of n Safe That Can not be Broken Open. From the Chicago News. A Chicago man who has of late years kept his eye on Missouri matters bas just completed an invention that wUl almost reconcile tbe Younger brothers' to their prison walls, and would make Jesse James quit tbe business If he were still alive. This invention is a safe that cannot be broken open by robbers, by ex press messengers, nor by anyone save tbe agent at the point to which it is consigned. The lock is attached to tho axle of the car by an in genious combination of wheels and levers. From thence it reaches into tbe interior of 'the car and into the safe. When It Is ready for shipment It Is locked and tbe combination Is given only to the official having control of the station to which It goes, and it cannot be opened until it has reached its destination. By an ingenlons device it is made to record the distance traveled by tbe train, and not until it has gone over the distance to, which the lock Is set can It be opened. 'Trainmen who are ignorant of the distance which it IS to travel cannot tell when nor where It will be open tbey only will be able to tell bow far ft has gone, it is also claimed by tbe inventor that no amount of switching will affect the lock nothing affecting It but a straight run from place to place. This remarkable claim remains to be proved, however. DEMOCRATS HOPEFUL. Judge Insurant, of Wnynesbnrar, Talks on the Outlook In This Slate. From the Washington Post. Hon. James Ingbram. of Waynesburg, Pa., President Judge of tbe District Court, spoke briefly of matters in the extreme southwestern part of tbe Keystone State. "As a Democrat," ho said, "I would be glad to see ex-Governor Pattison again in the gubernatorial chair, and think he has a fair chance of being elected. Some of his most ardent supporters say be will win by a heavy majority, but there is a tre mendous majority to overcome. Mr. Delama ter is making a particularly thorough canvass from house to bouse, and neglects no opportu nities. There is strong disaffection, however. In tbe Republican ranks, and it may result in turning the State over to the opposition. 'In my district the Democrats are exceed ingly hopeful of electing A. K. Craig to Con gress. He is a farmer, and will be supported largely by that class. Colonel Andrew Stew art, a son of 'Tariff" Andy Stewart, who was in Congress before the war. Is the Republican nominee. There is a good deal of feeling over tbe failure to renominate Congressman Bay from that district, and tho Democrats are counting on this as a big factor In Craig's favor." MJHISTEBS HI CONFERENCE. Candidates Ailmlfeil to Fall Conrectlon and Snbbntb School Dinners DiscimeJ. tSrECIAL TELEQIAlf TO THE TJISPATC1M Oil City, September 13. The fourth day of the Erie Conference opened with a report by tbo Committee on Claims, which was adopted with few changes. Tbe following ministerial candidates were admitted into fall connection with the conference: H. G. Dodds. Arthur 8. M. Hopkins, J. D. ,Knapp, F. S. Neigh. D. W. Thompson and W. H. Childs. The following were elected to deacons' orders: E.IA. Bbawkey, H. C. Carr. C. Is. Brvan, V. F. Dnnkle and C. A. Tahtto. Wilson Rogers was elected from the local deacon to the local elder's order. The afternoon session was taken up with tbe anniversary of the Sunday School Tract Society. J. B. Neff presided. An address was delivered by C. C. Hunt, JUDGE THUEMAN'S BIRTHDAY. Ex-President Cleveland Expected at Colum bus at tho Celebration. Columbus, O., September 13. The Thnr man Club, of this city, will celebrate the 77th anniversary of ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman's birth on November 13 by giving a grand ban quet, at which 1,000 covers will be laid, and to which the leading Democrats from all parts ot the country will be Invited. Hon. Roger Q. Mills, ot Texas, has already signified his Intention of being present, and Mr. J. J. Lentz, President or the club, who has jnst returned from New York, has the assur ance of ex-President Cleveland that he also will be present unless something not now fore shadowed prevents. Compromlf el on Annie Rooney. From the Kansas City Star. , There was danger at one time of a split In the Democratic State Convention at Wichita. Part of the delegates wanted tho band to play "Dixie," while others set up a howl for "Marching Through Georgia." At last a com promise was made on "Annie Rooney." This is a great year for political concessions in Kansas. DEATHS0FA DAY. Samuel 31. Rniney. Samuel H. Itslney, an old resident omttsburfr, died yesterday at his home In the East End at tns age or 62 years. Mr. Kalney bas had charge oftho l'hlladelphla Company's Interests In the East End for tbe past five or six years. lie Is an uncle of John It. McGlnley, Secretary or that company. He has several sons Identified with leadlne busi ness Interests of the city. Mr. Balney was a prominent Mason.' He was Identified with matters at Johnstown during the great flood. THE TOPICAL TALKER, UNCLE 'RASMUS' PREFERENCE. When Harry Kernel, of vaudeville fame, was playing Jn Vleksburg.Mlssissipi, a year or two ago, a stately Old colored man with a glorious head of whits hair, waited at his table at the hotel. Kernell and tbe venerable waiter bad Several1 talks together, arid the comedian took a great fancy to Uncle 'Rasmus. The second night at supper Kernell said to him: '''Uncle 'Rasmus, would you like to go to the show to-nlghtT" "No, suht I doim-go to dem low down variety Shows dey doan havs no 'tractions 'fer me." "Is that SOT" said Mr, Kernsll, patting back the passes ho had taken from his Vest pocket. "What sort of show do you like Oli ver DoudByren, I suppose, and that kind of thing?" "You'se wrong again, SUll,"f6plied the old man, with dignity, "me an' meelodtatnan doaU' go togeder nohow." "Well, 'Rasmus, What do you liket" "See here, stili, when Mister William Shake speare comtS to town wit 'Borneo an' Juliet' dls here pusson goes to de tneayter, suah I Not oderwiio, nosulil No low down variety shows fer Uncle 'Rasmus!' NOTHIN' BUT A REDHEADED WOOD- PECKER. '"The word "reciprocity" seems likely to prove as much of a catch-wotd and bugbear, ac cording to tho point of view, as "resumption" did in tbe politics of the seventies In this coun try. For the benefit of campaign speakers, who may have to wrestle with reciprocity, tbe following story is told here: When Congressman Thomas W. Updeg'raft was making a speech at Cauton, O., In 1878, he Was frequently interrupted by a man in tbe audience who shouted: "What about resump tiont" Finally Mr. Updegraff said: "There are a great many people In tbe 'Country who are raising a terrific to-do about resump tion. Uioy talk abbut it as if it had teeth and claws and a hooked tail. Sly friend over there wants me to talk aoout resumption I will tell him a story. A very worthy old lady, who had spent all her life on a farm in the Western Reserve, visited the State Pair for the first time last year. Her sod took her around, and she admired tbe sights. Presently they came to a tent on which was placarded an Invitation to the public to enter and behold a most wonderful blrd-'The Melanerpes Erythroccpnalus, for the small price of 10 cents. Tbe old lady persuaded her son to take her In. She found an old friend in tbe small bird within a big cage. She repressed her emotion until they were outside the canvas again and then she Bald with great emphasis, 'Why, John, that ain't nothin' but a redheaded woodpecker!" SEPTEMBER'S COMPENSATIONS. CEmHBER set in leaden skies, ..J beems sorry In the main But at the theater curtain's rise The actor eats again I Tlie holidays once more are gone, Why, then, that cheerful look Upon the schoolboy's race? Anon You'll find him "playing hook!" The trimmer crlrl Is coming home She's happy and she sings. No longer does she care to loam, ohc't three engagement rings! While antnmn tints with gold the woods I'ray, mark the merchant's mlrthl As bargains he worts off old goods For more than they are worth. The politician flaps his wings, The fall to him Is warm; He rubs up principles and things, Ana nankers lor Ecforml The bard hears other men complain, And sD.lles In humor grim. As they return to work again no holidays for him I Septemoer sounds sweet summer's knell; Down hill our steps are bent; We note it not-Uko that to-well bo easy's the descent. PATHOS IN ODD CLOTHES. "J-JAVEadrink!" said the Irish comedian to tbe Philadelphia pugilist across tbe aisle. The car was full of variety people, trav eling by the night express on tbo Cleveland and Pittsburg road. Pugilists, comedians. Gaiety dancing girls, song-and-dance men and women of all sorts were jumbled together. A girl with bronze-gold balr was asleep in the same seat with the pugilist. His arm sup ported her head. Composed in sleep, the look upon her face was tonchingly Innocent He looked at her when tbe Irish comedian held out the bottle, and shook his head. "Fraid it'll wake Lizzie." he said. "You can drink witbont botherin' her," said the comedian with a "professional grin. "Give It here, then' consented the fighter, and be took the bottle. Will you believe me that there was really pathos in the care he took not to waken the girl asleep upon his arm. His right arm and hand were free to elevate the wbisky. They never made a slower or more cautious motion. At last the bottle touched his lips; as he tilted it the girl stirred. Hardly a drop could have passed his lips, yet he withdrew the bottle and passed It back to Its owner. "It's no good 1 don't want to wake Lizzie," be said. "She's dead tired !" And, whiskyless. be dropped off to sleep. THE DOG DID IT. Y0W saT tneT fired you because your cash was short, and yet it was not your fault? How d'you make that out?" "Yer see I was takin' toll at the pier, and they says, says they, "you'se knockln' down, Steve,' an' I says, I wur not. Thin they put in er trrnstlle, and ivery wan who went onto ther pier bad to pass over a plate and tho weight av' him reglstbered It. There was so use tbryih' to bate that machane!" "Well, Steve, bow did you get Into trouble?" "N iver a bit av trouble did I get Into. It was a big baste of a Newfunlan' dog kem un. The baste sat down on that there plate and began scratcbin' fer dear life, the machane regls- therln' the while, an' whin he got through, sir, 1 wus four dollar an' ninety-four cents short!" Hepbubn Johks. A TALE OF WOE. Owing to Its Scarcity n Tennnt Famine Is Upon Us. From the Inter-State Grocer. The festive peanut is bo very scarce and high at the present time that the average street vender keeps his stock in a safe with bis money. Tbe total visible supply of tbe United States is under 20,000 bags, of which quantity about 8,000 bags are held by St. Louis firms. Wben tbe fact is taken into conslderatlon'that the aver age consumption for tbe United States is about 600,000 bags per annum, it will be readily understood that the shortage is quite serious and that the prices are justified. The prospects for the new crop are for a very beavy yield. The new crop is due after October 20. and Is usually not marketable until January 1. from the fact that the nnts are not sufficiently cured. Owing, however, to tbe short market this year the new crop will probably go into Immediate consumption, though at a loss of about 15 per cent in roasting as against 7 for old goods. There are no nuts to be Jiad in the producing district, and dealers are now buying from each other. St. Louis is now supplying Cincinnati, Petersburg and Norfolk. THE SKELETON OF A MASTODON. A Mammoth's Boron Unearthed In a Small ' Town In Illinois. Monttcello, 111., September 13. Daniel Quick, living in the southern part of Pratt county, wbllo digging a dltcb. at a depth of three feet discovered tbe skeleton of a masto don. The tusks measured 12 feet long and 10 inches In diameter. The mastodon was 12 feet tall, 18 feet long and 17 feet and 5 Inches in cir cumference, making one ot tbe largest animals of its kind ever discovered m America. Drilled for Gas and Struck Oil. JSArtfoed City, Ind., September 11 The largest oil well yet found in the Indiana field was drilled two miles south of Penote, on the Wolfe farm, in Wells county, by tbe Salamonle Company, of Fort Wayne. Its capacity is esti mated at 600 barrels, and probably 1,000 barrels, daily. The Salamonle people wero after gas when they struck oil. Goi e Up n MeD Illcher. (SPECIAL TZLEDlIAM TO THE DtSrATCff.J Boston, September 13. F. H. Page, who for two years has been managing editor of 'the Advertiser, severed bis relation with that paper to-day to enter Andover Theological Seminary, preparatory to entering tbe ministry. I 1 I . -.-,.' ,,.V 1.3 .v t " "" - -""" - -- .. . .-.-.-w-fTffjfjryjttfnr , ,, , wiiirwiiingni 1 11 ..n 1 inr itrWifiniM.TiiiniTiriTt'"snwissi ran VOTES APPRIZES. . Popnlir Topics fof Visitor (d Yea or Nat rjfillfcf fld Primary Elfcfleri Reform HnW Da YoB Hi a ild Consolidation A 873 Inaneeraest to Pttlinaietk of Plm bilttt't Grenfnsa and Prosperity, Thd topics chosen for Exposition visitors to vote upon at Dispatch Headquarters, .titans wlcft-liKe-Uollende? Billiard company's space, durlAg the flrSt three days of this week should attract everybody. You are asked to cast your ballots on Monday on tbe following topic; Ate you in favof of the proposed ballot re forms to prevent electioneering at the polls, and to give all candidates an equal chance by putting tbe names of all on the latflO ticket, to be supplied at each polling place at public cost? Open to masculine voters only. Tuesday's vOtIno topic. Are you In favor of party nominations by a direct vote of the people In placo of dele gate conventions? Open to masculine voters only. " WEIWESDAVS V0TWO TOPIC. Are you in favor ot the Consolidation of the Cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny? Open to Lady and Gentlemen voters. Tha Poll Book will open and close with tbe Exposition each morning and evening. 70 PE0M0TE PI1TSBUEG. Handsome Prizes Offered for ihe Best Essay on n Splendid Topic. The Prize Essay Contest this week will be open to all wrlhts except those directly or in directly connected with the Press of Pittsburg. The topic chosen is: If'hat Public Undertakings Will best and most speedily ptotnott the future Greatness and Prosperiti) of Pittsburg. TH DlSPAtcH Offers the following Prizes for the three best essays on the above topic: First Prize , 850 Second Prize 15 Third Prize , 10 Subject to the following conditions : L The essay must not exceed 2,000 words. 2. It must bo legibly written on one side of the paper only. 3. It must be original. i. It must be received at the office of The Dispatch or at Dispatch Headquarters, Ex position Building, not later than 9 o'clock P. m., Saturday. September 20. 5. Correct name, address and age of contest ant must accompany MSS., name only for pub lication If successful. a Tns: Dispatch reserves the right to pun llsb any contribution, whether it be awarded a prize or not Stop at The Dispatch Headquarters, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Billiard Company space, vote and secure a souvenir. C00PEE CAUSES A CBASE. The Collector Raises a Panic and Scene by an Episode at Media. Media, September 13. Mrs. Rice's eating saloon. In Media, wa3 brought into notoriety to-night in a curious way. John McCabe rented tbe loft over It for a billiard saloon, and In order to please tbe bovs he Invited Levy, Rhodes, Palmer and McLaughlin to show their skill with the balls. After Mc Laugnlln, the champion, had ended a wonder ful run o a hundred along the rail there was a crash that startled the over-packed room, and everybody rushed fortheonter precincts. A shock of terror pervaded the assemblage when some one said "Tom" Cooner had been smashed to death against the brick pavement in the yard. Then there was a rush for lan terns, and search for the wounded. A pile of rubbish showed protruding from it a red heap, and this, when prilled nut, revealed the features of Thomas Valentine Cooper. When the glass and oyster shells were removed the subject volunteered an exDlanation. He had been ruled out for want of seats and he had essayed to climb the lofty heights of tbe grape vine arbor, which proved to be weak and fragile. There was a smash and a crash of the weak timber, and after passing through two, plate glass panes, a pie chest and a squirrel cage In tbe saloon below, he nad landed on the bricks in the back yard. "Tom" was examined carefully and his damages fixed at an abraded shoulder, a slashed thigh and trousers inde scribable, all of which be promised to pay on demand. A RELIC OF THE STEWART MANSION. A Rosewood Bed on Which Grant Oace Re posed Now In an Auction Room. A massive rosewood bed on which General Grant once reposed while a guest of the late A. T. Stewart has found its way to a New York auction room. It was among the effects of the Stewart mansion, and it has something of a history. It was built during Grant's first term as President, and expressly for his use for a single night. Grant and Stewart, as is well known, were warm friends, and the President, who was to be in New York at a date some months distant, had accepted tbe great mer chant's Invitation to remain at his bouse. To do honor to his distinguished guest Stewart ordered the magnificent chamber set, of which this bed is one of the pieces. It took a dozen skilled workmen over six months to make tbe bed alone. It was a mar vel of rich and heavy carving, and no royal bed-chamber ever contained a more magnifi cent piece of furniture for tbe repoto of a crowned bead than this bedstead bnilt ex pressly for a singienlgbt's slumber of President Grant. Tbe Stewart mansion bas passea into the hands of the Manhattan Club, its splendid furniture bas been scattered here and there, and the bed is for sale at a second-band auction shop In New York. Judging by Grant's neg lected grave at Riverside, this reminiscence will givo it no special value in that city. AN INFANT'S DEATH. An Infant Accidentally Hangs Itself to a Beitstead. Williamspobt. September IS. This morn ing Mrs. Allen, of Webb street, Newberry, car ried her small child upstairs to place It in bed while she engaged in her household duties. The child Has asleep at the time. Once or twice during the morning Mrs. Allen wont up stairs to see bow tbe child was doing and al ways found it sleeping. She went up again at about 1 o'clock and was horrified to see her baby hanging at the foot or the bed, cold in death. Tbo child had evidently awakened from Its long sleep and in an effort to get to Its mother had crawled to tbe foot of tbe bed. Tbe bedstead was open at tbe foot, between the clothing and the rail, six or eight inches, and the baby had crawled through this aper ture until Its chin bad caught in tbe tran and it had strangled itself. Dr. Hull was called, but his services were not required. ,?oroner Bell examined the child, bnt saw that no official in vestigation was necessary. AM ART STUDENT. rWItlTTXW POB Till DIsrATCH.1 He rowed her out to sketch the shore, And back to paint the sea; Her board color-box he bore. Her camp-stool carried he. He answered meekly when she tailed Of all Art's worslilp yields. , Or miserably silent stalked Heslde her through the fields. i In short, he loved In that wild way First love alone can know, , And every day be heard her say, 'I shaU not marry 20. ' ' "I shall not marry; Art so dear My wedded love mnst be Art, noble Art! Oh, glorious sphere I Life holds nanxhtelserormel" And when abroad she went, alone To study, that was tough; For then he said, with bitter moan, "bbe means it, sure enough," Bnt suddenly one day they met; A gray-halrea man and stout Walked by her side. She smiled, and yet bhe rather seemed put out. Their warm hands claspea; bis cheek flashed , red. When, oh, most dire surprise! "This is my hnsbaud. Jack, 1' she said; Dear, tblsls Jack VanSise." She asked him to her house In town. And hoped, with friendly iirn.ee. That soinetlnie she should see him down At ber nice country place. She told him gossip, grave and gay, And, with a touch of heart. Her baby's name. but. strange to say, Bhe never mentioned Art. Madeline S. Bkidgxs. MUHHAYMUSINGS. Two Mea oTOpptoltc Cbarae'ers WI10A10 Frequently Mlttahen for Ench Other Merchant rtewrlit'si tttOetn Palace Meeting a 1 liter Hew Western Towns Adverftie trOM A A1A19 COSttKSrdSWBrr.1 Yotj have doubtless heard of men with dou bles. It is one of the annoyances of tills world to have another person so closely resem ble you that casnal acquaintances' are Con stantly taking yon far hirfl and blm for you. It is by no means rare in one sense. Home pecu liarity Of form, feature, speech, dress or walk suggesting tbo individual leads td thlsoftenef than any real resemblance. It is simply some thing that remind nS of another. Natnre bas a wonderfal faculty Of preserving distinct in dividualities in fief hundreds of millions of created human beings. Dress has more to do with resemblances than anything else. AVe de cldo instinctively on the superficial. Put a squad of men bearing some common feature and age in the samo Uniform, and it is difficult td at once pick out a particular man. That Is why Chinamen are confusing. Let two ladles bearing soma resemblance to each other drets exactly allke.and tbey will pass for twin sisters, who may separately or together puzzle their best friends. Occasionally, howevor, thera are people who resemble taoh other so closely that dress doe not enter into the matter. There was a case of this sort in tbe courts of this city last year. Tbe victim wis Identified most positively by a number of people who were called as witnesses. He was tried, convicted, sentenced and sent to prison. And It took a long time to reverse the machinery of the law and get the poor Innocent out. There Is another case, more rematkable still, which Suggests this paragraph. In the former one the parties were relatives In this cae of no connection whatever. They are both respectable gentlemen, though one is not in business. The other is a tradesman or Worth street, not ashamed of being in drygoods. When a blase young man couie along and slaps tbe Worth street man on the back and hails him as "old boy," the icy look that he gets is hardly sufficient; to satisfy him that be has made a mistake. 'That's all rleht." laughed one of these aristocratic young bucks one day. "Gad, old man, you look solemn as If you had a bill to meet. Come along" "You are laboring under a mistak sir," re plied tbe Worth street mercbast, gently Shaking tbe other off. "Wh-well! Look liere-that's a good imita tion of Manstleld-devilish goodl But it isn't funny, you know.'' "I'll make it funny enough for you ir you don't move away from here!" exclaimed tbe tradesman, with rising color. The blase young man nearly fell In a fit. "Confound that fellow!" remarked the double at Delmonico's that evening. "Dozens of people corner me every time 1 go down town, which, thank heaven, is not often, and badger me about a bill of goods, tbe market, cheap prints, auction sales, etc. The other day I Came very nearly getting thrashed in Broad way In plain daylight becansa I declined to lunch with some bullyrag country customer. It was shameful, by Jove! I say, Harry. I'll net my double will catch it next time they meetr t A flub In Stewart's Mnnslon. jrthe disembodied spirit of the late A. T. Stewart is hanging aronnd the scene of his mercantile triumphs on earth it must be seri ously annoyed by the recent occupancy of that marble palace on Fifth avenue by the Man hattan Club. The old proverb about tbe house being finished and the hearse at the door is re inforced in this case by that other saying, "Fools bnlld houses: wlso men live in them." Stewart's bouse has become the home of folly in fact. The Manhattan Club owns to a jolly lot ot rich roystcrers, who will make things bum In that new abode. Bedrooms of costly splendor bavo been dismantled and turned into card rooms; restaurant and wine rooms ana smoking rooms and lounging rooms replace other domestic arrange ments of the dead millionaire mer chant. Tbe fumes of wines and cigars per meate tbe atmosphere, aud unsteady steps de scend tbe SSO.COO marble steps at all hours after midnight. Chicken fights and occasional friendly bouts in the manly art will take place In tbe magnificent gallery that foreign art markets were once ransacked and hundreds of thousands spent to decorate. High games ot cards and dfee will be played in the room where tbe merchant prince slept, and tbe good things of this earth will hold the tables down to the music of tha champagne cork". Well, well let 'er go! It is the way ot tbe world, the flesh ana me ueviL. Energy Oat West. Tt has grown to tbe extent of a common busi ness now for the Western cities to advertise their attractions in tbe metropolitan papers. A few years ago such an idea would have been deemed absurd. Tbe expenditure would have been considered wasted money. Now almost every week there are whole pages of the dally capers taken up by elaborately illustrated and well written reading advertisements of far Western cities, lnvitinginnaniunisanu capital. It pays. too. For that matter, why shouldn't It pay for attractive young and crowing cities to advertise their advantages freely? As for the papers well, its a regular circus "ad." and pays them also. t introduced to n Tblef. VyEKE you ever introduced to a tbief? I mean a regular, practical every-day pro fessional tblef. We meet thieves every day In business and society, but tbey would probably resent the appellation. Only in a great city is it possible to meet the known professional thief at large,and in tbe full possession of the liberties and privileges of honest men. Known? Of course they are known. Tbe other evening 1 sat with a clever detec tive In a cafe wben be suddenly interrupted me with, "Would you like to meet a thief V 1 was too much astonished to reply at once, but finally declared I shouldn't mind It If I knew tbe character of the Individual at the time. AH this time I noticed that the detective keenly observed tbe movements of a young man in the crowd. It was tbe occasion of the opening of a new hotel on Broadway, and It be inc the handsomest hotel In New York a great many people were coming and going and wan dering listlessly about feeling tbe moldings and admiring tbe fixtures. That's all right." said the detective. "There Is one of the smartest rascals in the city within 20 feet ol you." He presently caught the young man's eye, and made an almost imper ceptible motion with bis hand. The latter looked a little startled, as if he bad been un expectedly caught, meditating crime, but be came forward as submissively as a dog uncer tain 01 treatment, uutairaiu to reuei. "I'm going right out, sir," he said in a cring ing way. "Sit down," said the deteptlve. "Here's a newspaper man. '"This man." said the nfficer in tbe most noncbaleut manner Imaginable, "is a tbief and pickpocket," Tlio young man smiled now, seeing that be was not "wanted," anil suggested that he didn't care if he did which meant tbat he would take a drink at my expense. He was dressed in a gray plaid suit, brown derby, and well-blackened shoes, wore a standing collar badly lauudried, a white tie, a plated watch chain and charm. With tbe exception or his curiously hooked finger nails, which had proD ablv never been cleaned since childhood, be wasn't a disagreeable looking feUow. He would pass in a crowd as a decent grocer a clerk. The face of this thief was a curious study. Tbe features were clean enr, tbe lips thin, tbe leaden blue eyes restless. There was a singular combinatier of audacity, servility and cunning in tbat countenance. He was probably 22 or 23 years of age, and loosed 10 years older. "Up to something, eh?" remarked the detec tive eyeing tbe tbief with a coldness that brooked no familiarity. "N no, nothin' pertlckler just lookln' round," replied tbe thief. "Well, now you just look 'round on the East side, where you belong. Good night." This admonition was given loud enongb for tbe casblcr to hear and understand. The tbief arose instantly and walked rapidly away. A Flltsbure Character. Cpeakino of rogues, within five minutes of this meeting of the detective and thief a sandy-balred well built young man passed into tbe place. He was formerly employed on a Pittsburg evening paper at Harrisburg and Washington, but of lato years bas used the cover of an honorable profession only to work confidence schemes at home and abroad. By some crooked means be obtained admission to the New York Press Club. Having been caught using the club connection for corrupt purposes he was turned out in disgrace and published as a confidence man. Later be was heard Irani through cable dispatches as doing tbe Ross Raymond act In Europe. And here he turns up again in New York. I have been looking for tbe penitentiary doors to close on this young man for several years, but he seems to bear a charmed if not a charming life. What a career! Wben tbe moral balance wheel of a good-looking young man of Drains and education gets out of gear it raises old Uncle Ned with all of tbe rest ot tbe ma chinery. Chas. T. MUBItAT. New York, Beptember 13. Tl e Amrrlcnn FI tc Ordered Down. Tobosto, Out., September 13. At a secret meeting of tbe directors of tbe Industrial Ex hibition to-day tbe American flag was ordered to be taken down. To make things even It was decided that nothing but British flags shuold be displayed. Tbls action caused great indigna tion among" many citizens. CUfiiOOS CONDENSATIONS. Monticello, Is., celebrated" tha shutting up of the original package saloons by ringing all the church belfs. -A Marshall, Mich., firm has begun shipping live poultry East at the rate of 7,000 chickens to the carload. Dr. Allen JlcLane Hamilton thinks death sentences should ba'carried out with car bonic acid gas, the same as used In soda water fountains. It is said that tbe postmen of London walk, together, something like 4S.SG0 miles per day, a distance equal to twice the circumfer ence of the globe. In the city directory of Dubuque are found the names Lougbody. Longnecker, Long backer.lLongman. Longheel, Longspray, Long bead and Longfoot. A French scientist declares that the domestic cats of tbe world carry at least 80 per cent ot the common contagious diseases from house to house. George Ela'fclock, the London temper ancelecturerwno is traveling in this country. says that his City contains 90.000 paupers and spends annually for drink about 870,000,000. A Mount Vernon, N. Y., man died Thursday of blood poisoning, caused by some pieces of glass which got Into bis hand by the explosion of i. soda water bottle which he was handling. Female clerks employed In the German postal telegraph service are from this time forward ordered to wear a uniform, which con sists of a blue jersey, with orange collar and brass buttons. Blue is the Chinese mourning color. When yon see a Chinaman wearing a blue coat or with blue braid plated in his queue you may take for granted that some relative or dear friend is dead. The Fat Men's Association, of New York, participated in a clam fca3t and election of officers on Thursday. The president and board of officers weigh 3,188 pounds, an average of265JponndJi Two boys while hunting, recently, iu Ojal Valley. Cal , were treed by a big bear, which kept them on their uncomfortable perch for W hours, devouring all the provisions In tha meantime. An old hunter came along and raised tho siege with a ballot. About 20 years ago the Japanese author, Kioyte Bakln, completed a novel upon which he bad been at work for 33 years. It com prises 10(i volumes, and is said to illustrate all classes of Japaneso society and life. Prince Louis, of JJaltcnberg, who is With II. M. S. Surprise as commander, is said to have served bis apprenticeship as a printer In his youth, and does not fail when occasion offers to practice bis handicraft stUL It was not until 17S4 that tbe permanent settlement and occupation of Upper Canada began. In that year about 10,000 persons wera placed along the northern shores of tb River St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The house and grounds ot Joseph Lowe, of Bellefonte, O.. have been struck by light ning eight times within the past three years, tbe last occasion being last week. There Is be lieved to be mineral there, and a company will explore. Mrs. Livermore does not share her hus band's views on political subjects, it is stated, nor does she go to the same church, is not even treated by the same doctor, but their domestic life, intimate friends of the couple say, i3 a model or barmony. W. I. Stutsenberg, guardian for George C. Harwood, of Cincinnati, was paid $7,135 53 pension money In May last and on Friday re ceived a check for 13,326 60 more, making a total of 13,462 13. Harwood halls from Cincin nati, but 13 at present an Inmate of an Insane asylum. , The largest sailing ship in the world is said to bo owned by France, and on account of this distinction in size is named tbe FranccL Tbe France is a vessel with five masts, on fotj of which square sail is carried. She is 311 feel long, with a beam of 49 feet, and will carry njc less than 61,000 tons of cargo. T The theory that whisky is necessary in the treatment of pnenmonia has received a blow srom Dr. Bull, of New York City, who discovers that in the New York hospitals 65 per cent of tbe pneumonia patients die with alcoholic treatment, while in London, at the Object Lesson Temperance Hospital, only 5 per cent die. Nearly 2,000 bodies have been cremated in Milan: during tbe last 13 years. To members of the Cremation Society the cost is only L In tha case of strangers it is just double that sttm.L Relatives who oppose the expressed wishes of the deceased to be cremated, have been compelled by the Italian tribunals to carry tnem into effect. An ingenious prisoner at Kariaus, Bo hemia, recently constructed a watch eight cen tlmetre in diameter, with no other tools or materials except two needles, a spool of thread, a newspaper and some rye straw. The wheels, posts and cog are all made of the rye straw, wbicb, it is well known, is quite coarse and tough. It rnn3 six hours without winding and keeps good time. Chicago has a Friday Club composed of about 100 Northside young ladles who meet weekly and indulge in literary and social Inter course. The President of the club is Mrs. Re clnald do Koven. daughter or Senator Far well, and she acts as hostess at tbe teas which are given periodically, and to uhich tbe hus bands and brothers of tbo members are in vited. There Is a young lady in a sanitarium at Clifton Springs. N. Y.. who bas become such a slave to chocolate candy tbat all the shop keepers for miles around have been no tified not to sell her any. She bas eaten so much of It that ber skin bas become the color of chocolate. Recently, by a piece of decep tion, she was able to get two pounds of the candy from a confectioner's and ate it all at one sitting. She was seriously ill for awhile, but is again ready for more chocolate. FDXXY MEN" FANCIES. rWBTCTEX roil TUX DISPATCn.J A Mean Betort. "I live on my wits," said Scribbler. "How do you like flat life?" asked Cynlcus. An Opinion. "Does your daughter play on the piano?" "Wail, she says she does, but I kinder think she works on It." 2iot Even Excepting Shepard. "Do you believe that tbe salvation Army people are sin cere" "In their desire to make a living they are as sin cere as anybody." Not His Fault "That funny poem of yours In the last number of the Timely Magasins was an awful old chestnut." "I know it. 1 sent It to 'em 40 years ago." A Hero. "The greatest coward I ever knew stiyed In tne hottest part of the light at Gettysburg alt through It." Nerved up by excitement?" "So. Both legs snot off." A THOUGHT. When I was younger than I am to-night, In days gone by, that memories endow With golden glamour shining pure and bright 1 was not quite as old as I am now . Ctiolmondtlcy Earamrt, A FKEE KEJIDEKINO. "Papa, what did you mean when yousaid, Fiat Justitia Boat Coclum. last-nbjht?" e were talking aboat the trouble un la Beh ringSea. Whatlsald was Latin for -Let Justice be Done Kit KalnsSealing."'.-2rjri.tf. ifart ness. THE CONSTDEBATK LAITDLOBD. Tenant I wish yon wonld have this house repaired. The doors and windows at so badly that the draft almost blows tbe hair off my head. Landlord Humph I It would be cheaper for you to get your hair cut. Have It done at once, and I'll knock 3) cents off the month's rent. Alex. S. Sicect. FATAL EESULTS. "Mercv! what a terrible death!" said Peri patetic Bill. "What's that?" "One or our fraternity fell into a tab of water at Metucbee yesterday and died two hours after." "Scalded?" "No. There was soap In H."-Carlyl SmttlU WISE IK HXR DAT. Mamma Bonnibel, heavens! what In the world are you doing with that doway dress on, and what Is tbat staff you're putting on your face? Bonnibel Painting In some freckles and crow's feet, mamma, dear." Mamma My gracious me! and Mr. Coupon IS waiting for you down stairs this moment! Bonnibel That's why I'm doing It, mamma, dear. I want to make him break our engagement. That Drnmmond girl who got tSO.ooorora, breacn of promise would -never- have done u well Utile man baa married her. Pott Suaipi. -sVi.
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