1W f gsjWMeyiBi tltPWU-' ' 1 THE'' PITTSBTIRQ- DISPATCH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1890v 1 t- 4 - ? f fjeBigpfcJj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1HB, VoL 45, No. r:. Entered at Pittsburg I'ostofflce, Sol ember 14, 1SS7. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smlthfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing: House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTERN ADVEETISIMr OFFICII, KOOMU, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YOUK, where complete flies of THE DISPATCH can always be sound. Foreijrn aQTertlsers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and mends or THE DIcl'AlCU, while Sa New York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale a Urcntano's. 5 Union Square, Jew York, and J" Ave. de C Opera. Paris, Prance, where any one uJio hat been disappointed at a hotel neves stand can obtain it TEK9IS OF THE DISPATCH. rVJFTAGX THEE X2T THE CXITED 6TATX5. HAlir I)isrATCH, One Year. f SCO Daily Dispatch, PerQuarter zoo DAILY DlsrATCU, One Month -. TO Daily Dispatch, lncludincbunday, lyear. JCOO Daily l)i srATcn, lucludingl-undaj-.Zm'ths. 150 -Hailt Dispatch, lncludinirSjundar.lnionth 80 feCNDAV Disr-ATCH, One Year IM Weekly Dispatch, One Year 123 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered bycarrlersat 3Icent6tcr Teet. or lndudlne Sunday edition, it 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. SEPT. 19. 1890. ONE POINT SETTLED. it is rather surprising after all the inti mations and covert threats that the House leaders would nullify the victory of Mr. Blaine by cutting out in conference com mittee the reciprocity amendment inserted bv the Senate to learn that the first day's conference resulted in the adoption of that amendment by a party vote. This prompt agreement to the most im portant cbanae made by the Senate indicates either that the House leadeis have gained a clearer appreciation of the valne of reciproc ity than some of their utterances indicated, or that Speaker Reed has been credited with more than his just share of backbone and stomach for a fair, stand-up fight. As be tween himself and Mr. Blaine shows that while the Speaker can get himself re-elected by a big majority, when the Secretary of State develops a policyof foreign trade, even the imperious House leaders have to accept his modification of their tariffscbeme. As between the House and Senate this agreement to one of the especial features crafted on the measure by the Senate, is a favorable indication that the Honse con ferees will obtain the abandonment ot some of the less worthy amendments. Xext to the reciprocity amendment, the most import ant Senate changes were the raising of the sugar duty and the cut in the metal schedule. If the House accepts the reci procity amendment it will have the right to expect a concession to it on one or both of these points, and Trill probably obtain them. "With that leading point of dispute settled and the inference that it carries with it of the settlement of other points of diflerence, the Conference Committee ought to be able to make an early report It would not be remarkable if next week should see the tariff wrestle ended and the session wound up. A CONSUMMATION TO BE HOPED FOR. It is satisfactory to learn from inquiry about Municipal Hall, he results of which appear in onr local columns, that the project of getting the electric wires underground is riot dead, but has been nndergoing only a rather long period of slumber. The present proposition to get an appropriation to put the city wires underground and then to re quire the various electric companies to bury their wire, will, if carried out, relieve the city of along-standing nuisance which has of late years risen to the rank of an actual peril. The only criticism to the programme outlined is that it postpones until next year wliatought to have been done long ago, and the preliminary steps to which might be taken sooner. Why not pass an ordinance now fixing next spring as the time for put ting all wires underground, and pledging the city to the burial of its own wires at the same time. FORCE AND FAMINE. The arrest of Dillon and O'Brien yester day shows that the impending famine in Ireland has no effect ou Balfour's determina tion to rule Ireland by the iron hand. The offense of the Irish members was in making speeches advising the Irish tenants not to pay rent; and Mr. Balfour thus serves notice upon Ireland and the civilized world that any interference with the prescriptive right of extracting rent from the famine-stricken population of that island, will be crushed if it is in the power of the English Govern ment to crush it Determination is a good quality in its place and at proper times; but it wonld be ' supposed that even Mr. Balfour would be able to perceive the bad politics, if not the inhumanity, ot reviving the policy of dra gooning the peopled a country threatened by famine. Even that stanch ene my of the Home Rulers, Punch, lias evinced a comprehension of the fact that a civilized government should contemplate measures of relief rather than of repression when the subject population is under the shadow of famine. That the Tory covernment is unable to see any reason why it-should relax its determination to keep the outspoken Irish leaders in prison and to hold Ireland by the power of brute strength rather than by that of generosity and charity, argues a determination in the direction of wilful blindness, commensurate with that to rule by main force. If the policy of repression is to be added to the disaster of famine among Ireland's woes, it will drive away all but the most bigoted from the support of the Tory gov ernment. But there is a sad possibility that before the Tory overthrow can bring relief to Ireland, a great share of the Irish will be beyond relief. THE RIGHT SOLUTION. Mr. Montgomery, the sole colored dele gate to the Mississippi Constitutional Con vention, tpoke recently in support of an impartial educational qualification for voters. He did so with the knowledge that it would disfranchise a large share of the colored population; but his support of the proposition was based upon its public bene fits. Beyond that he stated that he had before his election avowed to his constitu ents his fealty to that principle. His election therefore expressed the willingness of the colored people that its ignorant members shall lose their votes for the sake of elevating the standard of suffrage. This corroborates and strengthens what The Dispatch has frequently said, that an impartial educational qualification is the solution for Mississippi's difficulty. "With such a frank and disinterested in dorsement from the colored representative in that body, the pretense that there is an insoluble race conflict there, is shallow and unfounded. If the whiterace in Mississippi cannot perceive the liberality and wisdom of the position assumed by the colored people it will be the strongest proof that the trouble in Mississippi is not so much the ignorance of its colored voters as the stupid determination of the whites that race prejudice shall dominate its politics. We do not think the Mississippians can stultify and condemn themselves in the eyes of civilization by rejecting that offer. An impartial educational qualification will establish a new era in that- State, and set an example which other States will do well to follow. THEIR WORK COMMENDS THEM. The streets of our city continue to be thronged daily with visitors to Fittsbnrg's Exposition. Our merchants testify to large ly increased sales. We know that this is in many instances bnt the beginning of long and profitable dealings with our coun try cousins. So ninch for the proof of Exposition benefits. The Dispatch tenders to the merchants of Pittsburg its congratulating upon a display which not only far surpasses expectations, but which leaves in th,e shade that of many more pretentious occasions in other cities. There is really a splendid exhibit of the attractions of Pittsburg as a mart tor fine wares. Asa whole the Exposition of 1S90 has gone far enough to be set down as a brilliant and stirring success. But we are only at the threshold. What has been done is as nothing to the.possibilities which are loom ing up right promisingly in the near fnture. All praise to the active and able men who organized success for the Exposition' at the start! THE CLIMAX OF KICKING. There has been a great deal of kicking of one sort and another in the Fifty-first Con gress. Speaker Reed and his rules seem to have fostered kicking as a Congressional ac complishment. The climax in kicking came yesterday. The Speaker had ordered the doors of the House to be closed with a view to preventing the Democrats from breaking the quorum every ten minutes or so. A desire to breathe the free air of the lobby immediately possessed Representative Kilgore's soul. It took the sturdy Texan bnt a second or two to kick open one of the doors which the Doorkeeper had locked. Several other statesmen used their feet in like manner to effect an exit. The quorum evaporated, and the House adjourned. Of course Speaker Reed will provide a remedy. Doors of wrought steel will doubt less take the place of the flimsy affairs of wood and green baize. Gatling guns placed at suitable intervals commanding the ap proaches to the House, and connected elec trically with the Speaker's chair, would have a tendency to discourage errant Con gressmen. If the conduct of Congress continues to improve it is clear that the general idea of a Congressman's qualifications must be re vised. Brains, honesty, knowledge of pub lic affairs, patriotism may be very desirable things in private life, but it is evident that big feet, the art of boxing, a full vocabu lary of fonl language, a loud voice and a general disregard for all decency and honor will carry a man to the iront in Congress. A FALSE RECORD. The New York Sun turns its rays upon the latest political sensation for the illumi nation of an old and familiar humbug, by using the Kennedy speech as an illustration of the fact thatthe Congressional Record, if it is to be a record, ought to be a truthful one. Vet it is the fact that what purports to be a full and exact account of the proceedings of Congress is forbidden from being so by the joint and several action of the members and their parties. The Kennedy speech affords a remarkable illustration of the way in which the Con gressional Record is not allowed to record. Mr. Kennedy made a speech savagely and unwarrantably, according to the rules, at tacking Senator Quay. If the Record of one day were a full and true account ot the proceedings of the previous day, it would have contained this speech; but it did not. The only reference to that remarkable out burst which has kept the House on net tles for two days and the Repub lican leaders in the same uncomfort able position lor mnch longer, was as follows: "Mr. Kennedy addressed the House. He withholds his remarks for re vision." Atter Mr. Kennedy had withheld his remarks for revision more than a week he had them printed; but the public is al ready fully advised of the fact that the revis-' ion was a departure irom the accuracy of the report But that did not end the dem onstration ot the Congressional will that the Record shall not record truly. As it was an easier thing to do than to censure or expel Kennedy, and as it might also restrict the supply of first-class'campaign ammuni tion for the Democrats, the determination is arrived at to expunge Mr. Kennedy's speech, and as a consequence by the Con gressional fiat, his uttered words, which were also letera scripta, are enacted out of existence. The most impressive quality of ail this is its ludicrousness. The severely and in nocently practical mind cannot help asking, what good docs it do to enact an expunging by resolution. No one supposes that the expunging will prevent the people from knowing the nature of the speech, for it was spread broadcast tbrongh the land in thousands ot newspapers before the Congressional Record appeared which would have contained the speech if it had been a true record, but did not The House will probably defend itself from the impeachment of such unearthly innocence as to suppose that its resolution to expunge does actually wipe out the speech, by claim ing that snch a resolution is intended to convey a censure. Bnt if so why not con vey the censure by direct vote to that effect, and let the .Record be what it purports to be, a truthful account of what was said and done. Whatever the political or parliamentary bearing of the Kennedy incident, there is certainly pertinence in the Sun's declaration that if the people are to pay for the publica tion of a record of the proceedings of Congress, it shonld be a truthful record, and not a Record of cheap official lies. SATING A CANAL. The movement in the District Court at Washington to secure for the mortgage bond holders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal the right to pay off the claims under which thesale'of that property is sought and to operate the canal as a waterway, is an in teresting and important one. The effort to permanently wreck that canal and to turn it over to railway control has gone far toward complete success; but it is somewhat encouraging to find that there are still peo ple with sufficient stamina to stand up tor the maintenance of internal waterways. It is to be hoped that the suit may be success ful on account of the importance of the principle of rescuing what is left of the canal system from the railway grasp,- and , for the especial purpose of keeping up the possible outlet for the trans-Allegheny canal until such time as the country shall be aroused to the importance of building it. Chicago has an anti-smoke ordinance, and the city officials have actually been commit ting pernicious activity in the line of making Its millionaires obey it. Pittsburg guards against any such misapprehension by keeping her ordi nance books clear of any enactments against smoke. Was that glass combination a pool or a trust, or only the expectation ot one? There seems to be a general failure among the glass trade to know exactly what It is until the tariff bill is passed. The remarkable character which re ligious war may take is illustrated by a trouble in India, which reduces Swift's satire of the Bigondians and LKUcendians to the level of commonplace. Two Mahometan sects, the Sunis and the Bhias, have got into a fierce dis pute oyer the proper way of saying "amen" during worship. The Sunis claim that It should be said softly and reverently, while the Sbias assert that it should be shouted out joy fully and triumphantly. Over this dispute actual bloodshed has taken place, and though the troops have been called out. the fear is that the trouble may spread throughout India. This seems strange to us; but perhaps the Mahometans will consider it equally remark able that we avoid such troubles in this coun try by an Indifference whether people go to worship or say "amen" at all. The Weather Bureau had to predict tair weather for a long time before it materialized in the last two lovely days; but It got tbero finally and a grateful public applauds its perse verance and condones the absence ot that miss ing frost Is it not rather inexplicable that the most serious effects of the monetary stringency should be manifested in Boston just after those alleged largo disbursements of currency in Maine? Ex-Govebnob Foster says that there are several distinguished Ohloans who would like to step into Senator Sherman's shoes. As the Washington Post says: "The ex-Governor is a very careful man, and wonld not venture an assertion of this kind witbont belug absolutely sure of its correctness," the fact being that be is most intimately acquainted with one of the class who would be willing to Invest in a Sena torsbip. But It Is safe to venture the prediction that your Undo John Sherman will not be caught napping. ' The duration of Bayard's modus vivendi on the fisheries question, and the Republican arguments in favor of Treasury deposits in the banks, turn two of the Republican campaign arguments ot 1SS8 into something like boom erangs. With the reciprocity amendment agreed to thus early in the conference, it does not seem that the Speaker has deemed it discreet to try to smash the Secretary of State's programme. A classis of the Reformed Church in Eastern Pennsylvania asks for the removal of a pastor in another classis who is accused of electioneering at a Sunday school picnic; and the New York Sun wants the same discipline administered to the New York clergymen who are taking part in municipal politics. The sentiment seems quite strong in some quarters that the strict standard should be lived up to, and that the clergymen havo no business to meddle with politics or religion. Senators Plumb and Frye should re ceive, instructions to the effect that their re spective merits will not be decided by the num ber of roll-calls at which thev were present or absent but by the way they voted on these roll calls. If Senator Plumb was able to transfer a slight percentage of bis ragged independence from his speeches to his votes be would be much more harmonious in his aspect as a whole. "As crop yields improve" says the Cin cinnati Commercial Gazette, "Democratic hopes of winning the State of Illinois wither away." But why should that be soT Have not the Illinois farmers been instructed in the theory that the smaller their crop the richer they are, and will they not vote against the party in power for subjecting them to the dis aster of a fair yield? If Judge Ewing shonld confirm the sale of the old Poor Farm and negative the pur chase of a new one it would be a change of the programme that would put a decidedly new face on the matter. The Russian politicians are growling about the Triple Alliance: but they are not half as much worried about it as the American poli ticians are about the Farmers' Alliance. TnE testimony in the Sefton-Dnnn case will have a tendency to inspire caution among people who read the papers about paying money to benevolent agents who promise to let you have 5-500 in exchange for a payment of $25. The people who do not read the papers will, of course, go on losing their money by the same old-fashioned methods. The talk of a session ot Congress right along from now till the 4th of March is enough to make the public willing to accept anything the managers may prescribe in order to escape the infliction. If Balfour will arrest the whole Irish party and keep it In jail for a time perhaps be may by that means arrest the starvation of the Irish famine. The problem of making iron by the di rect process of the ore is one with which metallurgists have long struggled. The indi cations that it Is close to a success, by an ex periment at one of tho mills of this city, as outlined in our local columns, are of great im portance to the entire- industry. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. General Ezeta, of San Salvador, is 27 years old the age at which Napoleon's great fame began. - FitOF. Heukomer, the eminent English artist recently cut bis hand seriously while en gaged in chopping wood. Ex-Secbetary ot the Navy and Senator W. F. Chandler, who resides at Concord, N. H., is reported to be a chronic Invalid. Pbof. Charles F. Holder has written a life of Charles Darwin as the first volume in a series devoted to leaders of science. Miss Alice Ward, of Coney Island, is the champion woman swimmer of the world, and at present holds the medal, which she has won for the fifth time. Rev. Dr. Meredith, the popular Brooklyn preacher, who has recently been traveling in the West had his pocket picked ot a valuable gold watch, presented to him by a Boston Bible class, Charles Gibson, of St Louis, Mo., upon whomKmperor William bestowed the Order of the Crown, has gone to Berlin to express to the Emperor in person his appreciation of the henor. A correspondent in Edinburgh, after reading a report of Mr. Andrew Carnegie's speech In Dundee, to relieve his feelings, opened his American organ and played "God Save the Queen" till it nearly burst THE Legislative Assembly of Sydney, New South Wales, has, by a vote of 97 to 18, adopted Sir Henry Parkes' scheme for an Australian federation and appointed a com mittee, of whom Sir Henry is a member, to rep resent tbe colony at the approaching Federal convention. When the young Lord Dufferin reached his maiority bis mother. Helen, Countess of GIf ford and granddaughter of Sheridan, presented blm with a silver lamp and poem. He built a tower as a shrine for tho lamp, and had the poem engraved on a gold tablet. Lord Tenny son, touched by this ideal deed, was moved to write a poem, Vhich was also engraved on a gold tablet Mr Terence Will Try to Settle It QUEBEC,September 18. Sir Terence O'Brien, Governor of Newfoundland, has arrived here on his way to Ottawa. He comes to Canada in connection with 'the French shore fishery disputes and to try to establish closer relations between Canada and Newfoundland. ' OUR SHORT STORIES. AN UNRECOGNIZED PRECEDENT. pTEBT ono remembers tbe story of Bufus Choate, who, when asked by the court to quote the precedent which justified his making a certain assertion, responded: "Cheerfully, your honor, though In so doing I will have to deprive your honor of the unique distinction of establishing that precedent yourself." Well, here is even a better yarn of a legal precedent which was picked up by William Henry Hnrlbcrt, tho ex-editor of the New York World, while gathering materials for his work on Ireland Under Coercion. Hurlbert was in Cork one Easter week during tbe spring assizes and dropped into court on Holy Thursday afternoon to see how the crown offi cials disposed of agrarian cases In that dis tressful country. The court was about to ad journ for the day and the trial of tne prisoner in the dock, who was charged with shooting his landlord, was not yet over. Every possible chance to delay the proceedings was being eagerly grasped by tbe defonse and before the day's business was half-concluded, the prison er's counsel was doing all in bis power to have the court adjourn until Saturday on account of the next day being Good Friday. "It is a holy day an' a solemn day, meludf" explained the fervid barrister. 'IThero is no record, mo lud, in the annals of criminal juris prudence; no record whatever of a man's being tried for his life on snch a sacred day." "Wo must protest acainst any such delay, me lull," contested the counsel for tho prosecution. "There is absolutely no precedent to justify its being granted." "I regret I cannot agree with our learned brother for tbe prosecution," saide the Assize Judge, old Baron Bowse, one of the cleverest and wittiest men that ever sat on the Irish bonch; and, as ho spoke, the face of the coun sel for the defense visibly brightened. "A prec edent for such a delay does exist but that precedent was established at a trial which this Court refused to take cognizance of. As well as we can remember, a ruling adjourning pro ceedings out of respect to tbe holy day, now known as Good Friday, was made on a certain memorable occasion in the court presided over by Pontius rilate. But be it here understood that none of the rulings made at that trial are recognized in Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in Ireland, and I therefore declare that proceedings In this court will bo resumed on to-morrow, Good Friday, morning at 10:30 o'clock." A TRUSTY GUIDE. (iCEEoverthecr, John that theer buildin' 'S the Carnaygee Libarce," said the old man from Wayback, indicating to his son, a tall freckled lad. the Riverside Penitentiary, "took a power o' money to build that libareo, and tbey do say there aint nothin' like it any wheres." The train was an express, and soon the Ohio bridge connecting the Fort Wayne and the Panhandle came in sight The old man knew all about that too. "Thet's the most wonderful bridge you ever see, John," be said. "It was all built in one piece, not out on tho water, but up to Pitts burg, an' took down in boats. I read all about it in the paper." THE EDITOR'S VISITORS. A newspaper editor's visitors represent every age, class, creed and condition of humanity. Very often they represent inhu manity also. Hut they are all welcome of coarse. A newspaper editor is always glad to be interrupted in his work. Tbe pnblic under stands well enough that newspaper editors have hardly sufficient work to keep them healthy anyhow. Nobody recognizes the char itable intent of the caller better than tbe called upon. When the door opened the other day and three little maids from school asked if the edi tor was in he admitted frankly that he was. They were so glad. They had been sent over by their school teacher in Allegheny to ask the editor a question. Of course the editor could answer it. The editor tried to look sympathetic, likewise wise. He also ran over what he could remember in the way of recent editorials on scholastic topics. The school girls remarked again that tbey knew he could tell them what they wanted to know. Then without a word of warning the spokeswoman or spokesglrl is it? ot the trio delivered this awful conundrum: 'What Is the other theory for the nebular hy pothesis beside La Place's?" Tbey were throe nice little misses of 15 or so. Nobody for a moment would have suspected them of harboring any such dangerous ideas. Bo you wonder that insurance companies re gard a newspaperman's life as a bad risk. In the evening of the same day a soft-spoken, auburn-haired gentleman opened the editorial door and asked plaintively: "Who wrote Annie Lawrle? He wasn't a Scotchman was he? Surely not Burns?" Because an answer was not immediately forthcoming Annie Lawne's friend told tho elevator man the editor was a dumb person whoso ignorance of the birthplace of St. Patrick wonld surely land him finally in Sheol. DE GOOD SHIP. TSEbInwatchln' longfer de "Good Ship," l)o Good Ship de Lo'd sent ter me: An' it p' jars dat hit's had a long voyage Crossln' life's troublesome sea. I'se spected It long in de moli'nln'. When nary a sail was in sight An' l'sc looked for it lone about noon-day, 'N watchea fer It way In de night. Till I cast my ey ovah de boun'less Ole ocean, an' what did I see? Off dar In de hush ob de distance De "Good Ship" acomin' tome. So I laid my haid down on my pillow, Fo' gettln' life's worry an' sin; An' when I awoke in de moh'nin', My ''Good Ship" had done got In. HE STARTED A GRAVEYARD. Qut in the Erie coal fields near Burlington, Col., a few years ago a lean, freckled-faced fellow, with high Spanish heels on bis boots, walked into the Stone and Quartz saloon at Burlington, and, leaning his long body on his bony arms on the bar, turned round to the half dozen loiterers who were in tbe place, and with a drawl drew bis lantern jaw down on his flan nel shirt and said: "How long has this yer camp been a run nin'?" "Two years," replied the bartender without raising bis eyes. "Graveyard begun yit?" "Not yit." "'Bout time the camp bad one. S'pose I start one?" One bony arm left the bar. It never reached its owner's belt There was a noise that sounded like a man dropping a log chain in an empty hardware store and this noise was fol lowed by a crash of exploding six shooters from tbe loiterers. A curtain of white smoke rolled up against the coiling. The man at the bar made a lnrch and then fell upon the floor. Six bullets wore in his body. A graveyard was started In Burlington next morning. Tbe lean man started it himself. Burlington is now wiped out but high up on Bear Rib Butte is one grave. It is the only ono the camp left THEIR CHEAP LITTLE LUNCH. tones and Smith happened to meet at the J same table in a restaurant "Bo you dine at this place often?" asked Jones. "Quito often," said Smith. "It Is moderate in price, at least for common dishes, the 'cook ing is excellent the service good, and every thing is clean." "It Is pretty well patronized, too," observed Jones. "A good many merchants and Board of Trade men come here tor their.meals." "Yes. What are you going to order 7" "I think I'll take a porterhouse steak, a glass of claret and a pudding of some kind. A man on a salary can't afford a swell dinner." "That's a fact We've got to enrb our appe tites. Fm going to try veal cutlets breaded, a few vegetables, an omelet souffle and a pint ot porter. I can't go over 73 cents or 81 for a mere lunch." "That's about the figure for me. Now, if I could afford such a meal as Tnbbles over there at that table in the corner is about to order, I'd haTe something worth talking about." "You bet 1 What do you suppose Tubbles is worth r" 'He's worth a clean million and a half." Jones and Smith looked enviously at the table in the corner, where the millionaire, with tbe bill of fare before him, was knitting his brows and pursing up his mouth in the effort to decide what he wanted. After studying the printed slip from top to bottom several times he seemed to have come to a conclusion. "Waiter," he said to'tbe white-aproned offi cial standing respectfully by, "bring me some 'doughnuts and a cup of coffee." .- T ' v- -j 'V.Ui.j.-A'At "Lj ..r- ....,. ;.:&!., A,ja.ft.v,. - - ,.. j ... .;, . T.-j&i. ' ttmmmiWttifnt - '-i - t -tv. - iv-v ri'Wffi'r-aMilfff -& iQI lil'iJIWilliliiiiii Hi iliiwii n mm mmlmmm mm wmmt imt twiiif Hitwitf m mmr m vlnnfWNmBmmi&nmfT,W m flPI'M'J'ftreMvr'sWjfjy'MisaggagsjsssSMiM ii'isjsssjsflssBai imiii v . A.uaMMLkvA ' iZiTxzr .. .I nt rr t mar-t.--.- .--. .. J JMs-iiWtinsTr) . . -1 TrnW lit r- t rnwt- n--iTitf tti 'wsajnammnmKtmmsss;tk ttrmhtHfr--mM-K-A"tma-- ""- i'--. tww E0HE CORRESPONDENCE. A Letter From Colonel DlcCInre and a State ment From Sir. Welsbons. The following correspondence is in relation to a statement attributed to Senator Quay: Philadelphia, September 18, 1890. Editor Pittsburg Times: DEAlt sin "What ycr jilvln' me anyway." You must get your own monkeys to pull your chestnuts out of the lire; I'm not of that breed. 1 never had a word with Mr. Phillips on the sub ject, or any other political subject. I have often talfcedVrlth Katan abont the nomination for Gov ernor, In the confidence of lone friendship, and I bad a frank and confidential talk over tbe peculiar political situations in Pennsylvania with Mr. Welshons, then and now connected with your paper, who was doing occasional newspaper work lor this Journal, and who was expected to do more relating to the gubernatorial nomina tion; but the assertion that Senator Quay made the declaration to me quoted by you does gross Injustice to both him and myself. My conversation with Mr. Welshons was In the confidence of Instructions for Journalistic work, and 1 assume that he has not exaggerated or per verted my expressions, if be had made public use of them, even truthfully, he would be dis credited by all Journalists. Senator Quay's actions are always sufficiently explicit to be understood, without Inventing or pervertlnc his expressions, and in no act of his lire hhs he been more explicit than in tbe nomina tion of llclamater as his candidate, as has been repeatedly stated In my editorial columns. I can't recall any time during the last dozen years or more when Quay's political aims and methods were in accord with my views, and my most earnest political efforts have been in direct antagonism to his, as they are in the present con test, but I always hit above the belt yours very trulv, A. K. MCCLUBE. Mr. Wcishon' Stntement. Mr. Welshons last night made tho following statement: Colonel McClurc did tell me that Senator Quay had said to him precisely what the Times quoted him as saying, but Colonel McClureis in error in so far as he ascribes the publication of it to me. It appeared in the Pittsburg Times first on June 2. 1 was then informed that Colonel McCluro had so quoted Senator Qnay to tho Hon. James S. ltutan. State Scnatrr from the Forty-second Pennsylvania district Mr. Thomas W. Phillips, of Mew Castle, also said that another person had quoted Colonel 11c Clnre In the same language to him. At that time 1 bad not seen Colonel McClure for months. 1 think not for a year. Some weeks after this publication, jnst before the Kepublican State Convention, I went to Philadelphia to see whether there was any solidity or Intention or good faith In the Hastings delegation from that city. 1 found that, on tho contrary. It was on call for Mr. Delamater to whatever extent might be necessary to nominate hlin. In discussing with Colonel McClure, In his editorial room, this situation, which Colonel Mc Clurc understood much earlier than I, he said: "Why, there Is no doubt that Quay Is going to nominate Delamater. When 1 told him six months ago that he was sailing too close to tbe rocks with Delamater, he said: " ! have been making Governors all my life, but 1 have never had one of my own. I am going to nominate Delamater and know how it feels to ownaGovcrnorJustforonce.' " This Information was not new to me. Tor it had been published in the Times about three weeks before, mid the knowledge of it had been in tne Times office some time beiore that. It was chron ologically Impossible, therefore, for me to have betrayed Colonel McClurc's confidence, even If I had been willing to do so. If there was a breach of faith anywhere In this matter it was out side or the office or the Pittsburg Timet, It lies back of my knowledge and responsi bility, and upon other shoulders than mine. 1 had, some years ago, done occasional news work for the Philadelphia Times, and possible op portunities to do mure daring this summer were discussed In the course ot my talk with Colonel McClure, but if he will remember that the time was within a few days of the State Convention, he will see that snch Information as this could not possibly be given as Instructions to a subordinate. 1 quite agree with him tbatir I had made public nse or any information given mc by him. it should discredit me. But this was already well known to me.and even now 1 should not feel free to spe.ik of It ir Colonel McClure had not himself taken off the Implied seal of secrecy by publishing his recollec tions of It. PITTSBUSQ HAS THE OFFICES. Result of tho Four Consolidated Knllwnis Election. Philadelphia, September IS. At a meet ing at the Pennsylvania Railroad office here to-day the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company was formed by the consolidation of tbe Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St Louis Railway Company, tho Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburg Railroad Company, tbe Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Bail road Company and tbe Cincinnati and Rich mond Railroad Company. The lines heretofore operated by these companies will on and after October 1, 1800, be operated by the new organi zation. Tbe following officers were elected: J.N. McCullough, First Vice President,offlce Pittsbure: James McCrea, Second Vice Presi dent office Pittsburg; Thomas D. Messier, Third Vice President and Controller, office Pittsbnrc: John E. Davidson, Treasurer, office Pittsburg: S. B. Liggett, Secretary, office Pitts burg; Stephen W. White, Assistant Secretary, Philadelphia; Joseph Wood. General Manager, Pittsburg: E. B. Taylor. General Superintend ent of Transportation, Pittsburg: John F. Mil ler, General Superintendent, Columbus. A RED LETTER BAY. The Grand Lodge Turns Out In n Dig Parndo nnd Dices nt Niclit. Topeka, September 18. Yesterdny was tbe big day of tho Sovereign Grand Lodge En campment owing to the parade. Special trains brought thousands of visitors to the city. Tho parade began at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon and wa3 ono of the longest ever seen in the State. The Grand Marshal was Linus J. Webb, Commander in Chief of the Sons of Veterans. The column was headed by a nlatoon of metro politan police, followed by tho Grand Marshal and staff. Major General E. M. Sloane, com manding the division of the Mississippi, and stah!; Brigadier General Fond, commanding the Second Brigade division of tbo Mississippi, and staff; visiting canton; subordinate lodges of I. O. O. F.; tbe officers and representatives of the Sovereign Grand Lodgo in carriages; officers and representatives of tbe national convention of the Baughters of Rebekah in carriages. Tho banquet last night at the Metropolitan Hall was a grand success. Plates were laid for 500 guests. Toasts were responded to by Grand Siro Underwood, M. E. Rea, Grand Sire-elect Busbee, and others. A PLEASANT WEDDING. Marriage of Alfred D. Patterson to Miss Anna, W. Bnrkc. The wedding of Mr. Alfied B. Patterson and Miss Anna W. Burko was performed last even ing at tho residence of tho officiating clergy man, Rev. W. H. Knox, in tho presence of their immediate relatives. After the ceremony the bride and groom left for a tour of the East ern cities. On their return they will take up their residence at o. 91 Crawford street, where they will be at home to their friends atter October L The bride is the daughter of ex-Alderman Burke and the groom is tho manager of the Revere Rubber Company and tbe son of ex Councilman Allen Patterson. The presents are valuable and numerous. Came t- Town nnd Were Wedded. A party composed of Rev. W. T. Bradenand wife, Elmer J. Baxter, Miss Carrie Relmer, Miss Sadie Reimer and Miss Nancie Baxter, of Parnassus, Pa., stopped at tbe Seventh avenue yesterday and Mr. Baxter and Miss Carrie Reimer were united in marriage by Rev. Bradeu, The ceremony took place in the hotel parlors and after dinner the party returned to Parnassus. One of tbe Events of the Season. rSrECIAt, TELEPBAX TO TUB DISPATCH.! Greenville, September 18. Miss Irene M., eldest daughter of Dr. T. F. Leet, and Rev. Albert J. Reicbert, of Versailles, O., were mar ried at I) o'clock this evening at tbe residence of tbe bride's parents. Tho wedding was one of the society events of the season. Tnke No Stock In the Conversions. Chicago, September 18. The Hebrews, both orthodox and those of the modern school, are said by Rabbi E. M. Hirsch to take little stock in the alleged conversions to the Hebrew faitb. such as the case of Lawyer Vere V. Hunt, men tioned in yesterday's Dispatch. DEATHS0FA DAY. Ilutcblmon Bovnrd. Mr. Hutchinson Ilovard, an old resident of Alle gheny, died yesterday at the home or his son-in-law, Mr. J. C. Offert, of New Castle. Mr. ilovard was in his 79th year. He was welt known in this city, as he was engaged in business here for some time. Since 1867 be has not been in any active business. He bad three, children. Mrs. J. C. Offert, of Now Castle; Mrs. Dr. Magoffin, of Mer cer, and Mr. James Ilovard, of Bovard, Hose & Co. The funeral services will be held at New Castle to-day, and ho will be burled from tho resi dence of bis son, on Sandusky street, Saturday morning. Gorgc T. Itog-cr. , rSPBCIAL TILEaBAMTOTHEDISPATCn.I Di.ooKVILLE, September 18. George T. Rogers, formerly cashier of the Jefferson County National Bank, of this place, and at present cashier of the First National Bank of Lamar, Mo,, died at this place to-day. ' - :.. : - . . .-. .-ii - i . , . rz: - -Jhim SNAPSHOTS IN SEASON. If you bait yonr hook for a minnow you must 1 not expect to catch a whale. The question of selling vegetables by weight is again being agitated In some communities. Some market men and hucksters can juggle with peck and quart measures in a way not dreamed of by innocent buyers. If the stuff was weighed the tricksters, would be circum vented. But as there are always two sides to every question there is little hope for reform in this direction. While the honest purveyors of onr vegetables take kindly to the weighing idea, the farmers and gardeners oppose It Evaporation wonld play havoc with the weight of the stuff between tbe time it left tbo home scales and reached the market and store weigh ing machines. This Is tbe chief obstacle brought out by discussion, and it looks like a serious one. All housekeepers can hope for is an honest peck, callon or quart. Keep your eye on the gun while the hucksters load it Plumb Is of opinion that Windom's financial policy Is out of plumb. There is always more or less crookedness abont money anyhow. They smash doors as easily as rules in Con gress. It is hard to see daylight these foggy morn ings. Thet pronounce it the Kreutzer So Naughty now. The monk who discovered champagne also found tbe cork to fit tbe bottle. Both discov eries were accidental. A closely-corked bottle exploded, and champagne was born. This good monk will have a great deal to answer tor at the great round-up. One joy does not mako happiness any more than one swallow makes a summer. Girls who are seeking shape and' muscle will rind both In the washtnb. A model in the costume rooms of the dress making establishments does not have to talk. Tbe saleswoman does all that How the poor model must suffer! You need not be a mind-reader to guess what a woman gazing into a fur store is think ing about. The revolution in that Swiss canton didn't last long enough for the merchants to put up the price of Canton flannel. It is some consolation to know that when you die you ride in the first carriage behind the funeral director. 1 know a cigar stand attendant who speaks seven languages. If he had learned one trade ho would be smoking instead of sell ing "perfectos." The grain and stock gamblers feel the money pinch worse than tbe other fellows. If they could bo squeezed to death the country would be better off. Some mighty interesting reading has been furnished from Reading tbis week. If dyspeptics walked more and grumbled less they would absorb more sunshine. If a rich rake is drowned or killed he is slob bered over by some newspapers, while worthy but poor victims of bate and fate are dismissed with a paragraph. Robert Ray Hamilton hardly deserves the obituaries dished up by the metropolitan space writers. "Spasmodic Wry Neck" is the title of a paper read before a medical meeting in Phila delphia. This ailment is probably caused by handling the necc of a bottle holding rye. Good wine cannot be judged by the label. Patti is en route. She will make another farewell tour of America. As a rounder tbe divine diva Is a golden success. Kicking charges. guns don't carry the heaviest Where Is that Ohio ballot box investigating committee's report? Is it to be withheld from the rascality record? The people are patient, hut nut quite so forgetful as the politicians imagine. The only count New York has ever kicked against is the census count. One seems to be about as fraudulent as the other, too. Perhaps doors made of boiler Iron would work well In the House. There may be luck in odd numbers, but when Candidate Delamater's labor leaguers can draw only 17 followers In Allegheny county it is very doubtful if tbe laborers are worthy their hire. It will soon be love among the roses at tbe Exposition. Perfume and melody touch ten der cnoras. The dead rest as well under tho sea as under the sod. The A3 accepted by WJndom will put over 530,000,000 into circulation Immediately. There fore, money will be easy, but just as hard toget If you desire to be lionized visit darkest Africawithagun. What a pot-and-kettle farce the Raum iu- qulry was, anyhow. Tbo clerk who testified against the Pension Commissioner was called a postoffice robber by Raum. Scratch an of ficial scandal and you are liable to find a sewer. The committee's report will have to be put in tbe refrigerator to keep it from smelling loud. The sun was a little late yesterday, but got tbero finally. A fog bank Is easier to handle than a cloud. If yon violate tho law newspapers can say so, according to Jndge Slagle. Honest folk will indorse bis ruling. Dqn't chase a lie: nail It on the spot The Governor-making sentence whjch has been going the rounds has narrowed down to a question of veracity between Senator Qnay and Colonel McClnre. Old Afly Davy is the only resort now, gentlemen. Smokeless powder defaces the faces of the girls. Shoot it New Yoke choir boyi are striking for 90 cents a month. Why don't they ask for a full note? If tbe electric wires were bnricd there would be fewer burials. t A Chicago doctor claims that he has hyp notized men eight miles away. This is long distance deviltry. A great many bridal tours are being planned. Some of the summer girls must have caught on. Why not attach a badly insulated wire to a murderer Instead of fixing np expensive elec trocuting apparatus? The street article seems to get there with neatness and dispatch. The money market should be relieved before Bernhardt, Patti. Stanley and other high priced foreign luxuries pass down the gang plank at tho Barge Office. Knock the bung out of the barrel or put up the bars. ANNA DICKINSON claims to be the origina tor of the Lodge force bill. Woman" isat the bottom of nearly every trouble. The smile of the candidate is abroad in the land. Reciprocity, Retaliation and Revenue are tbe three Its Dr. Depew swears by. Whoop it up, Chauncey. Lotta will put $10,000 Into a new theater pool at Chicago. She must have a lot of money, and could afford to support a husband. Many of the actors and actresses who trav eled together last reason are on separate cir cuits now. The matrimonial circuit was broken during vacation, you know. Many weak lambs have been fleeced in Wall street during the week. When a doctor writes a prescription for you while another doctor is dosing yon medical conrtesy is violated. If you kick the oldfdoctor out before calling in the new doctor it's cour teous treatment. Senatorial courtesy and medical courtesy are very much alike. When a dog grows old and feeble you wish ho had died youne. Willie Winkle. HOW WILLYOU VOTE? Topics for Exposition Viaitars t Ball t on Daring; tho Last Three Days This Week Pool Srlllng on Race Tracks Rights of Fnnernls Organ Recital Prize Es say Tapir. The topics chosen for Exposition visitors to vote upon at Dispatch Headquarters, Bruns-wIck-Balke-CoIlender Billiard Company's space, during tbe last three days of this week aro given herewith. Yon are asked to cast yonr ballots to-day and to-night on the following question: Should Funerals Have Right of Way Over Street Cars ? Open to Lady and Gentlemen Voters. SATURDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Shon'.d tho Free Organ Recitals in Carnegie Hall. Allegheny, be Kept Up? Open to Lady and Gentlemen Voters. The Poll Book will open and close with the Exposition each morning and evening. TO PROMOTE PITTSBURG. Handsome Prize OflVrrd for the Best Essay on n Splendid Topic. The Prize Essay Contest this week will be open to all writers except those directly or in directly connected with tho Press of Pittsburg. The topic chosen is: What Public Undertakings will best and most speedily promote the future Greatness and Prosperity ot Pittsburg. The Dispatch offers the following Prizes for the three best essays on the above topic: First Prize S30 Second Prize 15 Third Prize 10 Subject to the following conditions: L Tbe essay must not exceed 2,000 words. 2. It must be legibly written on one side of the paper only. , 3. It must be original. 4. It must be received at the office of The Dispatch or at Dispatch Headquarters, Ex. position Building, not later than 9 o'clock p. jr., Saturday. September 20. 5. Correct name, address and age of contest ant must accompany.MSS., name only for pub lication if successful. 0. THEDisrATcn reserves tho right to pub lish any contribution, whether it be awarded a prize or not Stop at The Dispatch Headquarters, Brunswick-Balke-Colleuder Billiard Company space, vote and secure a souvenir. A PANOBAJfA OF UTAH. Novel Plans for a Grand Exhibit nt the Cfllumblnn Exposition. Chicago, September 18. Mr. P. H. Lannan, of Salt Lake City, World's Fair Commissioner for Utab. has applied to tbe Committeo on Site for ten acres of ground for Utah's display. He says that all of It will he ntilized, and that no State or Territory will be able to make snch an interesting or varied display as Utab. He savs of it: Tbe main building will consist of a mineral palace constructed wholly of Utab minerals and building material. Inside of the central court. 100 feet square, will be a series of galler ies. Tbe floor of the court will be an extension of the surface of Utab, mountains, lakes, cities, streams, roads and everything reproduced on a proper scale as to size and relative condition. The wings will contain agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and art exhibits. The walls of the galleries will be decorated with paintings of Utah's' scenery, bird's-eye views of cities, historical and prominent buildinzs, etc. Models of tbe mills of her mines will be constructed and a prominent feature of the mining exhibit will be an ingeniously contrived Imitation of the great Ontario silver mine from which 817, 000,000 have been taken. Placer gold mining by hydraulic process will be reproduced. Free concerts and other entertainments will be given In the main galleries each afternoon and evening during alternating weeks by the various musical and other orcamzatlons of Salt Lake City while the Exposition lasts. The grounds will be laid off in the highest art of landscape gardening, and irrigated in snch a manner as to show the system of irrigation, and its superiority over all other systems of farming. All agricultural and vegetaDle prod ucts known to Utab, from silk and cotton to corn will be cultivated. One of tbo most unique features will be a reproduction, about an acre in size, of the Great Salt Lake. For practical purposes and for the pleasure of the visitors, bathhouses for actual use will will be provided, and visitors to.the Exposition will be afforded an ample opportunity to enjoy tbe pleasure of a bath in waters exactly the same as those in the great lake itself. This reproduced lake will be made tbe same in density as tbo great lake itself, by tbe nse of train loans of salt brought from the Great Salt Lake direct STILL ON THE HEADING POINT. Discussion of the Ednentlonal Qualification for Voting-. JACKSON, September IS. The Constitutional Convention is still engaged in tho discussion of sections of the report of the Franchise Com mittee requiring voters to he able to read the Constitution or understand the same when read, or to give' an intelligent interpretation thereof. Colonel H. L. Muldrow, late Assist ant Secretary of tbe Interior under Cleveland, made an earnest appeal in favos of a larger ed ucational qualiflcatlon.and an alternate prop erty qualification of 250. General W. Martin, of Adams, also urged severo educational tests. Mr. Kennedy, or Clay, opposed any restric tions that would, disfranchise a solitary white man. Mr. Mnller, of Leake, is in favor of im posing an educational test on young men, but objects to its application to veterans who did not enjoy the educational advantages afforded since the war. The section will probably be adopted as reported. Tholr Crops All Hiabf. Yankton, S. D., September 18. Tbe Cham ber of Commerce has issued a circular stating that the reported failure of crops In South Dakota is untrue. Farmers assert that the crops are fully up to the best average of agri cultural States. THE BEADING MEETING. Altoona Tribune (Rep.): We regret to say that there isn't a spark of originality in Mr. Paulson's speech. It Is the same old dreary cry of bossism and monopoly and regard for corporate interests which tbe people of Penn sylvania have beard and answered by their votes' during tho last quarter of a century. New York Star Dem.): Declining the ad vice of the New York and Pennsylvania organs of Quay, the Democratic nominees have opened their campaign on purely State questions. That is where they are strong and their adversaries are weak, and tbey propose to keep tbe contest down to tbe Issues directly involved. In doing this the Democratic standard-bearers are ob serving true Democratic wisdom. Oil. City Derrick (Standard): Pattlson has sounded tbe keynote of tbe campaign, and like the prelude that was played some months ago, tbe strain Is that of abuse and vlllJHcation of Delamater. No better motif conld have been selected for tbe benefit of the Republican party. The people ot Pennsylvania will not be fooled by a campaign of abuse Intended to veil the absence of any coherent Issue of cam paign. The Republican success is assured. Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.): Ex-Governor Pattlson made a speech to tbe Democrats of Reading on Tuesday evening. The occasion was the meeting of the Democratic' societies and tbe opening of tbe campaign. The people had a right to expect that the candidate would boldly face tbe live issues of tbe day: but bo did nothing of the sort His speech was a pure evasion an essay on politics, and nothing more, if the usual Democratic tirade against corporations as the root of all evil be excepted. Hakrisbueo Patriot (Bern.): Governor Paulson In his speech before the Democratic societlep at Reading, on Tuesday night, con fined himself to State matters in direct contra distinction, to Senator Ingalls at the Pittsburg meeting last Saturday night Mr. Pattlson recognizes, as does every sensible nerson, that tbe battle about to be fought la tbis State is upon issues affecting the State's welfare, and has very little to do with national affairs. The principal ones of theie isiue are ballot reform and tax reform. COEIOTJS (MDENSATIOKS. Bay CHy has the largest woodenwara factory Id the world. Plymouth, Micb., has three factories turning out toy air guns. A Salem, Ore., woman has ripe rasp berries in her garden, the second crop tbis year. A mouse gnawed away the cord sus taining the chandelier of the Bad Axe. Mlch cbnrcb. and on a recent Sunday it fell with a crash, startling minister and flock almost into fits. A farmer near Atlanta, Ga., not needing a coffin he bought for his sick child, the latter getting well, mounted it on four legs and used ' a a watering trough for his cows. With tho lid he repaired his Tence. They have a lady In Grand ' Rapids, Mich., who is as great a crank on black as tba wife of Senator Divis. of Minnesota. All her undergarments, as well as tbe sheets and drap eries ot her bed, are black. The famous Hindoo god, Lingham, is now owned by an English gentleman named Spencer, who paid 513.000 for it at an auction sale in London in 1888. This curious relio stands but 12K inches high. ' A farmer near Los Angeles has 47 acres of corn and is willing to wager that 10,000 of the stalks are 22 feet high, which is higher than a man on horseback can reacb. He expects a crop of 150 bushels to the acre. An aged inventor in Elizibetb, .N. J., committed suicide Monday because he could not discover the secret of perpetual motion, on wblcb problem be bad worked for years and spent hundreds of dollars in experiments. A $10 Confederate bill was taken in ex change for goods in a Georgia store. Tbe clerk discovered the error, and after hunting for the man for two days found him on Lis way to the store, having discovered the mistake when he reached his home. Three years ago a lake in the Moosejaw district near Ottawa, Canada, which was mora than a mile in circumference, disappeared en tirely from some cause. A farmer purchased the lake bottom and has this year raised a magnificient crop of wheat npon it A 22-inch iron pipe which was recently exhumed after being buried in the earth for 14 years, at Lassen, CaL, came out as good as new. Tbe pipe was well coated with asphaltnm when it was put into the ground. This may be taken as a good test of the preservative vir tues of asphaltnm. ' A German of Boston, well known at the South End, recently took a trip to tho Fatherland. There he died. While living ha turned the scale at 350 pounds. His Dody was cremated, and the remains, weighing six ounces, were inclosed in an envelope and sens to his family in Boston by malt A Saginaw lady who by great effort had procured a pair of the new French gloves 33 buttons was surprised and somewhat disgust ed the other day to Una them npon her little son's legs. Tbe shaver had put them on for leather legginzs. and they made blm a good pair, coming'well above his knees. It is 6aid that Stiles JIcMalon, 94 years of age. of Barre, Vt, lately walked from Mont pelier to Elmore Pond, a distance ot 20 miles, before 2:30 p. jr. He refused several offers to ride, and only stopped to take breakfast. Ho says be never had a doctor in his life, never wore glasses and can hear as well as ever. A laurel tree growing on the crest of Sonoma Mountain is said to measure around at tbe base 30 feet and is 10 feet high. It ii esti mated that the tree will make 40 cords of wood, and Mr. Rickett hag been offered S75 for it standing. It is tboucbt to be the largest tree of that variety growing on the Coast. The old jail at York, Me., one of the conspicuous attractions to summer visitors, la believed to be tbe oldest structure of its kind in America. It is said to have been built in the sixteen hundreds, and stands to-dav praeticslly nncbanged. with its maslve oakm door, creaking binges and locks and mill-saw grat ings. Arthur Knight and Giles Hoyle went to a slaughter honse at Portland, Ore., to slaughter a steer. Hoyle raised his gun and fired at the animal. The ball glanced from tha skull, and, striking a knot In a beam above, again glanced, going through the rim of Knight's hat over tbe left eye, and ripping up two incbes of his scalp. , The wholesale destruction of forests in this country is attracting attention in Ger many, and it is predicted that we shall in a few years be impoverished In tree nroperty. A. striking comparison Is made of tbe two coun tries. While the United States has but II per cent of its area covered by forests, the empira of Germany has 26 per cent of its entire area so covered. A squad of Tenth Maine Volunteers, while ont scouting on South Mountain, camo across an old woman, hiding in a log cabin. After the usual salutations, one of the squad, named Spaulding. asked her: "Well, old lady, are you a seceshT" "No." was the answer. "Are yon Union?" "No." "What are yon then?" "A Baptist and always have been!" The scouting party was satisfied. A tram that pulled into St. Paul the other night bad among its passengers a little girl of 7 Jennie Peasley who was traveling unattended to Sitka, Alaska, to join herpa ronts. She had been living In Newport R. I., with relatives. She had attached to her cloth intr a card giving her name and destination; and asking strangers to take care other. Sho talked quite freely, and said he was having a good time and everybody was kind to her. A citizen of Lee county, Ga.,;tells tha following story: "Last spring I planted a lot of English peas. One day the chickens got in the garden, scratched them up and ate them. I didn't have time, just then, to send to town after more pea seed to plant, so I decided to cut the chickens' craws open, takejthe seed out and plant them. I did that: then I sewed up the craws with a common needle and thread. I never saw a finer crop of English peas than I raised last spring, and I think those chickens were the best I ever tasted, for, be it known, tho chickens lived and grew to be of good size." A Maine man savs the golden rod if responsible for many of the cases of influenza so prevalent this month. A while ago his little daughter gathered a large bunch and put it in a vase in the parlor. Two sleeping apartments are on the same floor and the doors are frc- auently left open at nichr. Two davs after tbo owers bad been carried Into the home several members of thefamilv began to sneeze, com plain of sore throat and feel greatlv depressed, but not for several davs did they flna out tho cause of tbclr illness. It Is said that tho flowers give on an imperceptible 'powder-like substance, which is taken into tho lungs by the sleeper, causing an irritation. It also lrriratei the throat, produces violent sneezing; makes the limbs feel as though burdened by soma heavy weight and depresses a person to such an extent that be is inclined to suicide. FUNNY' OIES'B FANCIES, Brown Hello, Smith; have you changs foraV? Smith Yes; here yon are. Brown Thanks. I'll bring the S bill next week. Cincinnati Commercial. "Mrs. Strikefire, why are you setting tha alarm fori A. M.?" "My husband always comes a little after that hour, and he shan't catch me napping when he comes." Epoch Bunting It is odd that McWatty is such a pessimist Larkln-Yes: he's never happy unless he's mis erable. udtfe. Dotkins What's the matter with Sister Nellie? She acts so queer. Mamma (In a disgusted tone) Oh, she's In Iotb ajcaln; this Is the third lime, and she's got it bad. Dotkins Why don't you have her vaccinated so she can't catch i!-Juclge. Confned Stranger "What is the name of this street? Citizen Well, on this side It Is called Tremont Kow; on tbe other side It is Court street, and la the middle of the street It Is Scollay square. You can take your choice. ttg At "I hear your engagement with Miss Boodle Is oil. How did It happen?" "In strict confidence. Smith, she got mad be cause I stole a kiss." "1 don't see why that should provoke her, when you were engaged." "Well, yon sec. I stole the kiss from another girt." Brooklyn Life. "I walked the floor for an hour with tha . toothache hut night " said one Washington man to another. "That's nothlnjr," Was the reply. 'I walked the floor for two hours last night with the stomach ache." "Why, really, that's very extraordinary. Isn't it?" "Not at all; the baby bad the stomach ache." Washington Post. Mistresi Mis Langworthy is a vege tarlau, Bridget. When you make pies again please make one for her with nutter for the crust instead of lard. (Two days later) "Did you make a pie with butter crust for Miss Langworthy, Bridget!" "Yes, mum." ' What kind of a Die Is it" Mince, mum." Jud gt. ify.J&mti
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