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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."
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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.
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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.
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