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PITTSBURG, FRIDAY. SEPf. 26, 1S90.
FODR ESAYS WORTH READING.
To-morrow The. Dispatch will publish
four essays on a subject of vital importance
to Pittsburg and its surrounding country
having a common interest with the city,
viz. "What public undertakings will most
speedily promote the future prosperity of
this already great manufacturing and com
mercial center."
As proof of the pride with which our peo
ple view the rapid progress made in the
recent past, and the splendid possibilities
which the near future holds in promise, we
are glad to be able to say that more than one
hundred well considered communications
have arrived within a weet in response to
The DisPATCn invitation. There is
hardly one of these papers which does not
contain some valuable suggestion.
And, besides those which have been judged
competitively as entitled to the prizes, there
are many which we intend to publish after
ward with good results in inspiring thought
and action on the important matter. The
four letters which are to be printed Satur
day morning can be commended beforehand
to an attentive persutl of every one who
would like to see Pittsburg reap as quickly
as may be, and to the lull, the magnificent
advantages which her great natural re
sources and topographical situation place
within her reach. Some of the ideas ad
vanced by the writers are broad and com
prehensive beyond anything we have so far
seen set forth. Others are strikingly novel
and original. "What is best, all are feasible
and immediately pertinent. Look oat for
them.
THE SPIRIT OF CHANGE.
There is plenty of evidence of the politi
cal unrest which is abroad in both State and
Nation, and which is confined within no
particular party lines. Yesterday two
Pennsylvania Congressmen, whose fealty
and services to the organization of their
faith are beyond question, were deliberately
defeated for the rcnominations which they
had openly sought. And this, too, in a
manner which showed an entire disregard
of the possible consequences.
One ca&e the victory of McAleer ovet
"Vans in Philadelphia has been fore
shadowed, but the other will be a genuine
surprise to the general public. That the
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee, closely connected with ex-Senator
"Wallace by personal and political ties, and
selected by Pattison and his friends to
manage the pending campaign, should be
thus unexpectedly wounded in" the house of
his friends, is indeed most singular. Yet the
telegraph announces that on the 14th ballot
in the Twenty-eighth district Congressional
Convention, G. F. Krebbs as nominated to
succeed Hon. James Kerr, who was unable
to muster sufficient votes to secure au in
dorsement It is too early to judge the effect of these
paiiicular events. The statement is made
that Mr. Taux will resent the alleged in
justice toward him by figuring as an inde
pendent candidate. Should he take such a
step tlie contest in Randall's old district
this fall can hardly fail to prove an inter
esting one.
JMR. aiORLEY'-. EXPERIENCE.
For once Mr. Balfour's police constabu
lary, whose chief function during the past
teven years has been to help the ordinary
bailiffs and process servers in collecting
the exorbitant rents of the landlords, have
made a mistake which will cost the Tory
party dearly.
At Tipperary. on Wednesday, Mr.
Morley had a chance to note the insolence
which is habitual with the Irish police in
dispersing the common people who gather
lor any public pretext. He also saw the
heads of several of his Nationalist parliamen
tarv colleagues cracked right and left by the
constables' clubs, because of the mere as
sertion of the right of the people to meet in
public Mr. Morley, who is already a tower
of strength to the Liberal cause, and the
finest orator in Great Britain, is now enjoy
ing what appears to be his first ocular
demonstration of the amenities between
police and populace under Tory rule.
Shocked as he was by the brutal assertion
of physical power in his own presence, he
will be likely to speak of the matter in
Parliament and on the platform in England
in such tones and terms as must create a
sensation which Mr. Balfour will regret.
CITY PLANS FOR RURAL PUCES.
When the millennium shall arrive, and
with it perchance well-made roads, a plan
for the numbering of rural houses iu vented
by Joseph Beatty Powell may be utilized.
"We set a remote date for its adoption in no
contemptuous spirit, for the plan is sensible
and- practical, and would be a great con
venience to the traveler on country roads,
liven in such a thickly populated county as
Allegheny it is exceedinglv difficult to find
rural persons and places. Everybody knows
how lucid and precise is the direction given
by the average countryman to the traveler
who has lost his way. Mr. Powell wishes
to organize a system which will make the
traveler independent ot rustic advisers.
His idea is, according to the Con
neautville Courier, to name every road
in the county and divide every mile
into ten imaginary blocks. Each block has
two numbers, one on each side of the road.
Each house is given the numberof its block.
There are but ew blocks that contain more
than one house each, but when such cases
occur, the extra houses have letters added to
the block number, as 13GA, 136B, and soon.
When a stranger desires to find a certain
farmhouse, all that be has to know is that
the house he is after is Ho. 248 Laurel road.
His map tells him where Laurel road is, and
as there ate twr numbers to the block, and
i
ten blocks to the mile, he knows that Ho.
216 is 12.4 miles from the beginning. He has
guide boards to keep him right at every
turn, and on the fence in front of every
house he sees a number that shows him how
much further he has to go. The simplicity
of the plan is its best feature.
The county of Contra Costa, in California,
has just adopted this system, and it will be
worth while to note how it works. It will
undoubtedly rob the rural districts of some of
their romance. 'When the roads all have
proper names and the farm houses numbers,
for instance, such picturesque phrases as "the
house with a tall chimney," or "the yellow
barn down to Roebuck's" will go out of
use. But the traveler will put up with less
rural romance if he gets to his destination
quickly and easily.
MANYSTAY-AT-UOME VOTERS..
It will puzzle some of the political sooth
sayers to draw an omen from the registration
returns which The Dispatch prints to
day. The total number of voters registered
this year in the cities of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny and the county of Allegheny is 111,
287 as compared ith 114,887 for 1889. This
shows a falling off of some 3.C00 voters; a
curious incident in a pretty hot campaign.
It shows that a good many citizens do not
think it worth their while to vote. An
analysis of the registration develops another
peculiar circumstance, namely, that apathy
exists especially in Allegheny City. There
are six thousand fewer votes registered this
year in Allegheny City than there were
last yearl In Pittsburg the registration
shows an increase of nearly two
thousand votes. In the rural districts
likewise a slight increase -is observable.
Bnt in Allegheny City so many voters did
not register that the small gains in other
quarters were swallowed up in the slump of
six thousand. What is dispiriting our
brethren across the river? Has the Guber
natorial contest no charm for them? Have
the extraordinary features of the fight for
the Congressional nomination wearied the
Republicans? All that can be read in tbese
returns with certainty is that for some cause
or other politics nave no attraction for a
large body of. citizens in Allegheny City.
Partisans will twist all sorts of meanings
out of this revelation. From the point of
view of the dispassionate observer the fall
ing off in the registration is a discouraging
sign; the more the people exercise their
right to the ballot the better. We should
like to see every man who, has a vote cast it
this fall. It is probable, however, that the
shrinkage in registration after all will be
counted in Mr. Pattison's favor.
TO ENLtRGE THE EXPOSITION.
The success of the Pittsburg Exposition
this year is so pronounced that the directors
are compelled to contemplate expansion.
The profits of this season will wipe out the
Exposition Society's indebtedness. The
Exposition needs more room, and under
the prosperous circumstances there is no
reason why Pittsburg should not add to an
institution which is doing so much good to
the city. The suggestion to raise the money
by the sale of bonds is justified in detail in
another column. The results of the first
two years of the Exposition's existence
would incline investors to regard the bonds
favorably. No doubt the money needed to
enlarge the Exposition would be forth
coming, and we are heartily in favor of in
creasing the attractions of the Exposition
by any and all means.
PRUSSIA'S GREATEST CREDITORS.
The Hon. William Walter Phelps is
spending a part of his vacation in expound
ing the affairs of the Empire to which he is
our accredited envoy. Mr. Phelps' tact in
administering taffy to the powers that be in
Germany is really remarkable, but we fear
that his version of history cannot in all
points be termed accurate. For instance,
in referring to the affection of Germans for
their Emperor, Mr. Phelps says that it is
the result of reason and gratitude and a
long standing tradition in recognition ot the
fact that it wasn't Prussia that made
the Hohenzolierns, but Hohenzollerns
who made Prussia. History in
a royally revised form may
make out Prussia to be in debt to her
leigning family, but the flat facts are that
the Hohenzollerns owe their uncommonly
comfortable circumstances to the brains,
bravery and statecraft of their Prussian
subjects. The rise of the German Empire
and of Prussia to the proud place she holds
in that empire, are not a Hohenzollern's
work. If the composite account were ex
amined by Mr. Phelps in a candid spirit he
would discover that the statesman whom the
last of the Hohenzollerns has seen fit to
snub, namely, Prince Bismarck, is Prussia's
principal living creditor. But it would not
be good policy for a diplomat of Mr. Phelps'
prevailing astuteness to publish such a bal
ance sheet.
THE BIG HAT CONDEMNED.
The big hat nuisance at the theaters
might be abated if some woman would take
the first step. The voting on the question
"Shall women remove their hats in the
theater?" asked by The Dispatch at the
Exposition yesterday clearly demonstrated
that the women are as much against big
hats in the play house as men. Some
lair heroine to take the initiative
is all that is wanted. The hats ought to go,
and perhaps the expression of feminine feel
ing in favor of the reform will hasten its
advent. The cartwheel hat has evidently
hidden the play from women as often as
men. If the adorable fair sex would agree
to doff their umbrageous headgear iu the
theater, we will wager that lewer men
would feel bound to go out between the acts
to see that man.
Allegheny's Select Councils decided
last night in favor of free organ recitals in
Carnegie Hall, In spite of the opposition of
Messrs. Cochran and Uilliford of the Sixth
ward. Mr. Rothlein of the Seventh ward, and
Mr. Huesken of the Eighth ward. The free
recitals are as popular in the wards these
worthies represent as anywhere else in tho city,
we do not doubt.
Mr. James G. Elaine hopes to get his
West Virginia oil to tho sea by the new pipe
line. It is a fact that Mr. Blaine takes consid
erable Interest In pipe laying, some of it Presi
dental. '
London is excited about an artist who
paints with his mouth. A great many artists
would be wealthy if the pictures they paint
with their mouths bad any existence in fact.
Art that does not go beyond the mouth is a
common article these days.
If the big hat at the theater had been one
of the issnes of the State campaign the six
thousand who have not registered in Alle
gheny might have taken the trouble to vote.
The Comte de Paris, in his latest mani
festo, expresses bis deep faith in the monarchi
cal form of government. He might just as well
tell us be is fond of his bread and butter.
Kings are all stuck on their royal trade.
The enforcement of the ordinance as to
the employment of citizens only by the city is
likely to lead to a boom in naturalization.
The Standard Oil Company is goiug to
THE
bulla a new pipe line from the West Virginia
oil fields to tho Atlantic seaboard. The build
ing of pipe lines, however, is not to be monopo
lized by tho great corporation.
Six thousand Alleghenians declined to
register, and some of the surprises of election
day will occur In Allegheny.
Hew Jersey is no longer a national
Gretna Green. The new marriage license law,
modeled after Pennsylvania's prize statute, has
gone into effect in Jersey, and Camden's hy
meneal harvest is over.
PEOPLE WORTH BEADING ABOUT.
"Gail Hamilton" conducts a "Bible talk"
every Sundayaf ternoon at Secretary Blaine's.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is said to use
still the same gold pen with which he has writ
ten for 25 years.
Ex-President Legitime, of Haytl, who is
now in Paris, is busy writingup a history of the
events wbich led to his downfall.
Cedakcroft, the beautiful home ot Bayard
Taylor, at Kennett Square, Pa., has passed into
the bands of Dr. Levis, a prominent physician
well known throughout tbat part of the State.
senator Edmunds has attached to his
handsome residence in Washington an outside
stairway, built on purpose for his favorite dog,
which is not allowed to meander through the
main ball.
Senator Pltmb, it is said, looks through
scores of newspapers daily with the diligence
of an exchange reader. He reads Western
papers for information and Eastern journals
for personal abuse of himself.
Stepniak, or rather the Russian who has
made that name famous (his identity is some
what a mystery to the public at large) is to
come to this country in December ana lectare
on Nihilism and kindred topics.
The Dnke of Sutherland has, at a cost of
30,000, erected in his London mansion, Stafford
House, a large organ that is blown by a hy
draulic engine. This organ is the largest and
most complete of any to ha found in a private
residence in Britain.
A dozen or moro Congregational ministers
in this country receive salaries ranging about
10,000 per annum (three of them, Drs. Abbott
Storrs and Behrends) in Brooklyn, but only
one. Dr. W. 31. Taylor, of New York, receives
as high as 15,000 a year.
General Eli S. Parker, Civil Engineer,
of New York, who served on General Grant's
staff during the war, is a full-blooded Seneca
Indian, and is said to have suggested the main
features of a design that has been adopted for
a monument to Red Jacket, the great Seneca
chief.
At a banquet in the Free Library, Inverness,
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, replying to the toast of
'Tho youngest burgess," spoke of the high re
gard that was felt for Queen Victoria in the
United States. His wish was to bring the peo
ple of America and of Great Britain into
greater friendliness.
MANY BUKISTERS MEET.
Business at tlie Thirty-Fifth Session of the
111. E. Conference.
rSPECIAL TELEGItAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Lima, September 25. The thirty-fifth session
of the Central Ohio Conference of the M. E.
Church was commenced with devotional exer
cises by Rev. John Graham, after which the
presiding Bishop, Edward G. Andrews, took
the chair. He read a portion of the scriptures
and offered prayer. Rev. C. W. Tannchill was
elected Secretary, E. T. Dunham, Statistical
Secretary, and J. Parlette. Treasurer. The
presiding elders nominated the standing com
mittees. Documents were presented from
benevolent societies and referred to different
committees. A special committee on the chap
laincy in the United States Army was ap
pointed, consisting of Revs. Nenton, Poucher,
Kitnbell, Mann, Harmont and Williams. The
afternoon session was given up to committee
work.
This evening Dr. Beck is addressing mem
bers of the conference on gospel for the masses.
Among the distinguished divines present to
day were Dr. C. H. Payne, of New York: Dr.
J. O. Peck, Brooklyn; Rev. Hutsinpiller, of
Columbus, and Dr. Williams, of Delaware.
The attendance is large.
FREMONT'S FAMILY ALL EIGHT.
Hia Son Sara ibo Stories of Deatttntlon Are
Exnffcerntcd.
Minneapolis, Septenmer 25. Lieutenant
Francis Preston Fremont, son of the late Gen
eral John C. Fremont, now stationed at Fort
Shelling, Minn., says the published reports
concerning tho financial condition of
his mother and sister, in California,
are greatly exaggerated. While they have
no means of their own, yet they
have a regular income out of his and his
brother's salaries. Mrs. Fremont also looks
for a restoration of seven acres of land 'in San
Francisco, owned by her late husband, and
which the Government seized and used lor a
military reservation. Inasmuch as 88 others who
were on the tract at the same time as General
Fremont, havo had their titles restored. She is
also hopeful that the $2,000 pension for her re
lief, now pending in Congress, will be pased at
an early date.
Mrs. Fremont and her daughter reside in
California on acount ot thrott and lung
troubles. Lieutenant Fremont says he would
have them make their home with him if they
could endure the climate. The same is true of
his brother stationed at Philadelphia.
SUDDENLY STRICKEN.
Total Bllndnets Overtakes n Young Work
ins Girl at Wheeling.
Wheeling, September 25. An occurrence
happened here to-day which is puzzling all the
physicians. Miss Mary Lynch, a handsome
young girl who works In the factory of the
West Virginia Tobacco Company, was en
gaged at her worktable, apparently in her
usual health, when suddenly she was stricken
with total blindness.
She was conveyed to her home, and physi
cians were called, but tliev are at a loss to ac
count for her strange affliction. Miss Lynch
had no forewarning of this stroke.
Smnll lint llinents. Too.
From the Baltimore American. '
That design for the Grant monument which
was accepted by the committee looks like an
architectural curiosity built on the installment
plan.
STAGE NOTES.
One of the lithographs of Mr. Oliver Byron's
now play, "The Plunger," which ho produces
at the Bijou September 26, represents a train
dashing along one of the New York elevated
railways and just entering the Park Place
street station. In the background are to be
seen the buildings of the New York Times, the
Morning Journal, Sun, World, Star 'and 2Vi&
une. A villain is attempting to throw a young
girl on the track In front of the incoming train.
It must remain for Oliver Byron to explain the
result in his inimitable manner next week at
the Bijou, when the litnograph will be faith
fully reproduced, it is said, in one of the most
expensive sets of scenery on the road this sea
son. Miss Kate Byron will play the part of
Widow Clover. a
Effie Ellsler comes to the Grand Opera
House for a week's engagement next Monday.
This charming actress will be seen in two plays
new to Pittsburg, "sXhe Governess," and "Miss
Manning," an emotional comedy-drama, and a
straight clea-ncut comedy respectively. Miss
Ellsler has a good company, including Frank
Weston and her father, the veteran John A
Ellser. whodoes. a very artistic bit of work as
Job Mbnckston, the tramp, in the first-named
play.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Arthur J. Mace.
NOTRE Dame, Ixd., September 25. Arthur J.
Btace, Professor or Civil Engineering at Uotre
Dame University, died this evening. Prof.
Stace was born in Sussex. England. In 183S. At
the age or 10 he was baptized Into the Catholic
Church, his ramlly being one or those that "went
over to Rome" In the wake of Kcwraan and Man
ning. Deceased has been connected with the
University of Notre Dame since I860. He was a
gifted and many sided man, achieving distinction
both as a Uterateur and mathematician. He was
one of the commissioners to the Paris Exnosltlon
or 1833. "
Gonpo lit I.
George Itteh father-in-law of Charles Beckert,
the well known Allegheny merchant, died at his
late residence, Mt. Trov, yesterday afternoon.
He was in his 81st year, and had been ailing for
some time. The old man was a familiar figure
and was beloved and respected by his Irlends aud
acquaintances.
Joapph RItter, m,
Joseph Bitter, Sr., aged 72 years, and one ot the
oldest residents of Penn toimship, died yesterday
at his late residence. He was well known
throughout the township and was respected lor
ills Integrity.
PITTSB"DE& DISPATCH,
OUR SHORT STORIES,
A CANINE BANK.
"pHE grandfather of Mr. Owen, of the Chi
cago bar, who resided in the Old Domin
ion, was the owner of a dog whose sagacity
would seem to entitle him to a place in canine
history. Bruno had been trained to do the
family marketing. Each day he carried to the
village butcher's a basket containing bis mas
ter's order and a penny with which to purchase
meat for himself. To show dff Bruno's, talent
his kind master often gave him pennies at
other times than the marketing hour, which
the dog made haste to deposit upon the block
Of his friend, the butcher. Owing to the fre
quency of these gifts, and tho liberal serving
of the knight of the cleaver.-Bruno often had
a surplus of provisions, which, like all provi
dent dogs, he burled in the garden. There
were maDy curs in the neighborhood, which,
though lacking our hero's sagacity, were pos
sessed of equally sharp noses 'and good
stomachs. These were not long in locating
Bruno's cache aifd in appropriating its con
tents, in consequence of which he often went
supperless to his kennel. r
One day the old gentleman had been boasting
to a friend of tho rare gifts possessed by his
dog, and give him a penny to furnish ocular
proof of the same. At the door of tho 'meat
market tbo animal paused, bent his head as if
engaged Jn a veritable" brown tudy, and then,
to the utter discomfiture of his watching
master and tho secret delight of his doubting
friend, trotted home with the penny in his
month. The two spies hastened after the dog,
and entering tho garden, discovered him in the
act of bnrying the com in tho ground. AU that
afternoon the old gentleman and his friend
watched with eagerness of children the canine
bank of deposit. Toward evening their patience
was rewarded byThe appearauce of the animal,
who dug up the penny and hastened to ev
change it for meat, whereon to make his sup
per. Mind had triumphed, and .ever afterward
Bruno banked his surplus coin, and bought
meat as his appetite demanded.
A REMARKABE COINCIDENCE.
Qharles E.PROTHER, a messenger ot the
United States Express Company, was acci
dentally killed one dark night while he was
crossing the tracks of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis Railroad Company at
Kansas City. Protber had a companion with
him that night he was killed, and at the point
where they crossed the railroad track there
was no light, and a section of a freight train
was backed down on them in the darkness.
Prothcr was struck first, and he was simply
spread all over the rails, ties and sand for a
distance of 60 feet His head was ground to an
unrecognizable pulp, and his intestines were
wound up with the wheel of the car. The un
fortunate man's companion was also struck,
but he was thrown to one side and was not in
jured. The express messenger's clothes were
tore to shreds, and the contents ot tho pockets
were scattered far and wide. When the Cor
oner arrived on the scene and proceeded to
collect the scattered remains, he found two
letters inclosed in one envelope addressed to
the dead man. One of these letters had been
written by Protber to the superintendent of
the United States Express Company's messen
gers in Kansas City, and was to the effect tbat
the writer was ready to report for duty, after a
short vacation. The other letter was written
by the superintendent, and It ordered Protber
to go to Hetherington, Kan., and there take a
run. To this letter, however, was added the
following postscript:
'Deak Chabaie Yon will also And enclosed,
passes to H . you will go to H some day,
old boy, and never return. GEOBQE."
This letter had been written the day before
Prother was killed, and is a remarkable coinci
dence. The superintendent probably wrote the
"H " without thinking, and was then
struck with its peculiarity, and added the final
sentence as a joke. Little did be think what a
ghastly joke it would prove, however, and how
true his prediction that his friend would "go to
heaven some day aud never return" would be.
A BOX-TOED PARIENT.
nows where the redbreast calls his mate,
Down where the moonbeams kiss the fern,
Two lovers stand by the garden gate;
jier uaiiu m uis ana nis in ner'n.
And they were happy.and blithe and gay,
.Mooning and Bpoonlng the hours away.
The bulrush bobs In the bnstllng breeze.
The cricket chirp and the raccoons roam,
The ring-doves roost in the rustling trees.
And the moon looks down turo' the glinting
gloain
On a fair young face upturned to his,
It is blushing red-he Is talking "biz."
Adown the smooth flower-bordered walk,
A box-toed Darlent creeps apace;
He drinks in awhile tbe whispered talk,
Then plants his boot on tbe lavender base
Of proud young Romeo's Sunday wear,
And drives his spine clear thro' his hair.
BEN AND THE GOOD BOYS.
Tt was tho middle of the afternoon. The boys
had sat quietly in their seats for so long a
time that they bad begun to grow restive.
Even a good schoolboy is only a boy. The
teacher's back was turned. Ben Parker took
a double handful of birdsbot out of his pocket
and rolled them noiselessly over tbe floor. The
teacher turned qnicklyand saw a number of
tbe boys mildly laughing. They couldn't help
it.
"George, come here!" he called out sharply.
"Charles and William and Henry and Thomas,
you may come also."
The boys designated by name came forward.
"I am sorry, boys, to be compelled to make an
example of you," said he. "I saw you laugh
ing. Undoubtedly, it was the whole five of
you that threw these shot over the floor. I shall
punish you by making you stand on the floor
where you are now for the rest of the after
noon. And while you are standing there I
want you to observe the quiet and orderly con
duct of your schoolmate, Ben Parker, who has
been faithfully studying bis lesson all this ti,me.
unmoved by your boisterous behavior and
your ill-timed mirth. I take pleasure in com
mending Ben Parker. He is at this moment
tbe best-behaved boy in school. Stand where
you are, boys. The rest of the school will now
have recess."
All through the long recess that followed
this lecture these boys stood there, while Ben
Parker looked in at the window furtively now
and then and winked solemnly and made faces
at them.
It Is a painful thing, children, to be under the
necessity of knocking a time-honored proverb
into the middle of next week, but it does not
always pay to be good. Facts are facts, and
this is a true story. It comes from Bon Parker
himself.
A PECULIAR HEADSTONE.
T")UKII"J the pioneer days of Colorado a big
fellow with red whiskers, who was
"freighting it," was arrested for robbing a
stage coach. Ho had the reputation of a gun
fighter and a dancehouse bully. Ho was taken
to Denver and locked ud in jail. After he had
been there five months and nobody came to
prosecute him the bad man was released. He
had not been out or his cell hair a day before
he declared that be would get even with three
prominent settlers who had caused his arrest.
He returned to their neighborhood and gave it
out that unless each of his defamers gave him
500 within 21 hours be would set out on horse
back and kill them one by one. Meantime he
began preparations for bis trip. The first thing
be did was to get drunk. Then he loaded his
horse down so heavily that he cracked at the
fetlocks. At the end of the 21 hours the bad
man with tbe red whiskers was not in posses
sion of a singlo dollar from the three ranch
men. So he stalled out. He left one corpse in
a cabin owned by one of his proscputors. Then
be pumped a thimbleful of lead into an
other defamer who lived some miles
beyond. Keeping on his "way the bad
man reached the place where tbo third
ranchman lived. Unfortunately for him, how
ever, a poe of cowboys wero there to meet
bim. One cowboy fell, but the bad man with
the red whiskers sat aside his cartridge-laden
horse unhurt. Again and again the rifles
barked until tue Daa man was driven into the
sage grass, where his horse saiik upon bis
knees. Still unconquered, however, the fellow
turned the black barrel of his Winchester npon
his pursuers until it ceased to blaze. When
the cowboys reached bim he had 16 bullet holes
in his body.
Out there in tbe wood and salt grass is a
sunken mound with a gun stock asabead
lioard. Hundreds have seen them. Tbe head,
stone is the stock of the bad man's rifle. Iis
black barrel is beneath the mound. It was
driven through the ueck'of the corpse ana into
the earth, just to preveSnt the coyotes from
dragging,the body on top of earth agtiin. The
headboard is worm-eaten, and one of these
days it will disappear as all landmarks are dis
appearing from this Xi.UA. GV sunsets and ro.
iuauce, , u"
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
TOPICS 0FJHE DAY.
Grade Crossings nod Dlnrrlaae and Divorce
to bo Voted on nt tbe Expo.
Since the opening day visitors to tbe Exposi
tion have had an opportunity to vote upon a
variety of popular topics, and thousands have
taken advantage of The Dispatch Poll Book
to express ibeir views thereon pro and con. This
popular mode of gauging publio opinion will
be pursued by The Dispatch until the close
of the big show. Everybody attending the Ex
position are requested to cast their ballots and
make such remarks as they see fit on the fol
lowing questions:
FBAAY'8 VOTING TOPIC.
Should Railroad Crossings at Grade be Abol
ished 7 Open to Lady and Gentlemen Voters.
SATURDAY'S VOTING TOPIC.
Should a Uniform Marriage and Divorce Law
be Urged Upon Congress ? Open to Lady and
Gentlemen Voters.
Vote Aye or Nay on the foregoing at Dis
patch Headquarters, Brunswick-Balke-Col-leuder
Billiard Company's Space, Exhibition
Building.
On account of the bulk and variety of tbe
competitions for the Prizes offered by The
Dispatch for the best essay on the measures
to bo taken to promote the growth and prosper
ity of Pittsburg, The Dispatch has decided
not to detract from their importance by another
essay contest until after the pending awards
have been made and the competitions pub
lished. The topic is of vital importance, and
the public must be given Opportunity to digest
the views of the writers without being turned
in other and lesser channels.
A FORMER FITTSBTTEGEB
Nominated for Congressman From
tbe
Ninth IMaaonrl District.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I
The Ninth District Republican Convention
at St. Louis nominated Thomas J. Prosser. de
feating Congressman Nathan Frank. Thomas
J. Prosser is a railroad contractor and bridge
builder and is reported wealthy, his estate be
ing worth, it is claimed, in tbe neighborhoods
$500,000. His business as a general contractor
keeps bim out of tbo city a large part of the
time, and his acquaintances say tbat when lie
is in the city he spends his time at his resi
dence, 4223 Lindell avenue. He is 40 years of
age and has been living in tbe city ten years.
He was born in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1850, and in
1363, at the age of 13, left nls home and entered
the Sixty-second Pennsylvania Regiment as a
drummer boy. At tbe close of the war, accord
inc: to the statements of bis friends, be learned
the carpenter's trade and worked at it until he
saved enough money to take a course in the
university at Adrian, Mich. He studied en
gineering and mechanics there and has been a
successful bridge builder and contractor for
about ten years.
When he came to St. Louis, his friends say,
he bad just stopped working' as a S2-a-day car
penter. His success began in earnest when he
made St. Louis his home. He is married, and
is a relative by marriage to Assistant General
Manager George C. Smith, of tbe Gould South
west system. In his speech accepting the nom
ination he said he had consented to the use of
his name at tbe request of a number of business
men and Republicans of the Ninth district,
and that be would make an earnest campaign
to secure bis election.
JOINED IN MARRIAGE.
Mr.
C. W. Grauel and Mill May
Leech
Wedded in Greenville.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.!
Greenville, Pa., September 25. One of
the society events of tbe season was tbe
marriage at 8 o'clock this evening of Miss May,
the eldest daughter of Ply nip ton Leech, to C.
W. Grauel. The beremony took place in the
M. E. church, where about 400 invited guests
appeared to greet the couple. The bride maids
were the Misses Jessie and Sadie .Leech, sister
and cousin of the bride. Tbe best men were
A. McMichael, or Cleveland, and H. Thomp
son, of Mercer. The ushers wore John O'Niel,
of Pittsburg; Will Stone, John Keeps and W.
C.JPcttit.
A brilliant reception was given at the borne
of tbe bride's parents immediately after the
ceremony. There was an unusual number of
costly and appropriate presents.
SHIPPERS TAKE A HAND.
They Propose to Frame n New BUI of Lod
inc of Their Own.
Chicago, September 25. Representatives of
leading Boards of Trade throughout the coun
try met in tbe Beard of Trade bnilding this
afternoon for the purpose of forming a national
transportation organization for the protection
of shipners and merchants from unfair dealing
or discrimination on the part of railroads.
W. R. Campbell said: "We have most every
thing we asked for at the meeting wo had the
other dav to protest against the new bill of
lading. That bill has been laid on tbe shelf
and tbe old one is being used. Now we want a
new bill of lading.'one that we have had some
band in making, and we want a new freight
classification; aud as tbe railroads make their
money out of us, I think itis only just that we
be consulted in tho making of the classifica
tion." INTERESTING LUTHERAN PROCEEDINGS.
OpcDlug of the Tlili tj-Seventh Annual Con
ventioo. Phillippsburo, Pa.. September 25. The
thirty-seventh annual convention of the Evan
gelical Lutheran Synod of Central Pennsylva
nia, embracing the counties of Center, Clinton,
Mifflin. Juniata. Perry, Union, and Snyder, be
gan a five days' session in this place to-day.
The attendance is large, and tbe sessions give
promise of being unusually interesting. The
officers elected for tho ensuing year are: Presi
dent. Rev. C Lv McConnell; Secretary, Rev. J.
d. Taylor. Treasurer, Rev. W. H. Diven.
AN ALLIGATOR 8ENSATI0N.
First Oi.e Ever Seen In tho Upper Water of
the Ohio.
ISrECTAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
PARKEKSBtmo, September 25. An alligator,
three feet long, was killed near Peredo. this
State, a few miles above the mouth of the Big
Sandy.
This is the first timo in the recollection of
anyone living that an alligator was ever seen
so far north in the Ohio river.
What' the Matter With Piitsbnrc?
From the New York Bun. 2
"We will never find out until we get to
heaven what it means to live," mournfully
cries our esteemed cotemDorary. Tns Pitts
burg Dispatch. Poor old chap! It won't
pay you to wait so long. Come to this town,
and you will get a very respectable notion ot
what it means to live.
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME.
There Is nollme like the old time, when you and I
were young,
When the buds or April blossomed and the blrd3
or springtime sung I
The garden's brightest glories by summer suns are
nursed.
Bat, oh, the sweet, sweet violets, the flowers that
opened first!
There is no place like the old place, where you and
1 were born,
Where we lifted first our ey
yellds ou the splendors
or the morn,
From tbe milk-white breast that warmed us, from
tbe clinging arms that boVe.
Where tbe dear eyes gllstenea o'er us, that will
look on us no more I
There Is no friend like the old friend, who has
shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome, no homajre like his
praise;
Fame Is the scentless sunflower, with-gandy crown
or gold; . T
But Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets
In every fold,
There Is no love ilto the old love, that wrf courted
in our pride, I
Though our leaves are railing, falling, andwe!re
fading side by side;
There are blossoms all around us, with the colors
or our dawn, l
And we live in borrowed sunshine, when onr day
star is withdrawn. 1
There are no times like the old tunes they! shall
never be forgot! j
There is no place like the old place keep green
the dear old spot! 7
There are no friends like our old frlends4may
heaven prolong their lives:
There are no loves like our old loves God bless
our lOTieg wives ! I ;
' Sifter WtnMl Holme,
26, 1890.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON,
The Prohibitionists will fish for votes with a
Gill-neC
Iron and coal carry with them a great deal
of character. Iron is tough, rough and pliable.
Coal is hard, stem and gritty. Have you ever
thought about their characteristics entering
into the natures or tbe people who work among
them? Well, look about you. The highways
and byways are full of object lessons in this
line of study. Look at tbe man of tbe mill.
Measure with your eye his full-lunged front,
his mountainous muscle, his fbugh but not
stern face, his rough but ready hands. His
father, aye, his father's father, first sucked the
iron into his blood of course. But tbe son and
tho son's son would have lost his ruggedness
had be quitted the furnace, tbe rolls or tbo
hammer for less sterner surroundings. And
tbe men of the mine hard, stern, gritty. The
coal dust has hardened their faces, soiled their
hands, and set their nature on edge. In tbe
solitude of the pit they peck and think and
think and peck. And what a place for think
ing, to be surel Dark thoughts must
come in the dark of course. The world to him
is not much brighter than the thin rays of the
Davy lamp sunshine seldom, clouds in the
coal. Bo he thinks and pecks away content
yet restless, comfortable yet cheerless, happy
yet sorrowful. But there ha stands Strength,
Pluck, Grit writ by tbe coal so hewbo runs
may read. His father and his father's father
too doubtless lived among the coals, and the
dust descended to the son and the son's son.
Had he taken to the sunshine of the field or
the gloom of the forest the birthmark would
have been lostjtho grit blown away. So here
they stand men of brawn among mites of
humanity, giants of the forge and mine among
the midgets of the store, the office the in
door race which wastes nerve force without
straining or developing muscle the Iron and
tbe coal beside the book and the desk. No
where else in this land will you find such
object lessons. Nowhere else does the iron and
tbe coal enter so largely into the blood through
constant contact. It's rubbed in, it's breathed,
it's taken up by tbe pores opened with the
sweat from beat of furnace and swing of pick t
No kid-gloved, dainty-fingered, shrunken
shanked, hollow-eyed, narrow-chested, addle
patcd fellows tbese of the Iron and Coal.
Strong, shrewd, gritty, broad-gauged men are
they I So long as sparks fly and coal burns
they will be the men among men.
We grope in the dark for the light that never
was.
The heiress-hunting season has openedin tbe
drawing-rooms.
This is the night set for the disfiguration of
Delamater's political record by Emery. You'll
bear all about It in to-morrow's Dispatch.
If the police will only let Herr Most alone lie
would soon be forgotten.
Some Customs officers ask: Are musicians
laborers? Judging from tbe muscles on tbe
bass drum beater's good right arm, we vote yes.
The Wall street shorts might find happiness
on Long Island.
Some doctors say gum chewing produces
weak-minded girls, tbe constant working of tbe
jaws causing too great a strain on the head.
Ob, no, Doctor. Girls work their jaws ud to
tbe edge of tbe grave and their minds are not
affected. Only weak-minded girls chew gum,
however.
Stony eyes reflect a flinty heart.
Birthdays are the mile-posts on tbe road to
the grave.
People who look into a teacup for their for
tune are among tbe unfortunates. They are
usually teetotally left in the race for fortune.
James Patn says everyone loves the club
cat. Perhaps. Everyone also loves to club
the fence cat, too.
The tramD who strikes you for a dime does
not commit an assault, but he should be ar
rested just the same.
A practical joker in Philadelphia commit
ted suicide in order to carry out his joke. He
knew his audience, to be sure.
Clean up the alleys, and the streets will take
care of themselves.
Brains seem to be running to the feet in
Congress. '
How goes the battle? Read the answer in
the newspaper, not the organ.
V
Four giddy chorus girls of a burlesque
troupe addressed a perfumed note to the Union
League Club extending an invitation to any of
tbe members to show them tbe town, as tbey
were lonely. The Union Four Hundred carried
the news to the manager of the show and the
girls were discharged. Tbey can hardly be
blamed for seeking some means to while away
the time in Philadelphia.
The weather is settling, and so Is tbe South
side water in the cooler.
After the Boucicault mourners dry their
tears look out for litigation over what he left.
Several widows are expected to consult law
yers. Goon manners are not taught in the school
books. They are found in tbe home lessons.
Berths and deaths are about equal on the
palace cars since tbe advent of loose ties, green
switchmen aud fast time.
Carnegie says Democracy is the govern
ment of the poor. The woods must be full of
Democrats, Andy.
Rockefeller can touch a button in bis li
brary and electrically illuminate bis park on
tho Hudson. His lightning is well greased
with Standard oil.
Handsome girls should be shipped from
Europe to America in a cage. Tbe ocean jack
alls could be thwarted by this device. Too
many are mysteriously disappearing. Beauty
needs a body guard nowadays.
Pittsburg does not Point with pride.
Tennant. Stanley's brother-in-law, is to
marry Miss Furniss. Here is a case where lave
has tired a furnace.
Bane notes are one of tbe issues of the hour.
WHEN Balfour and his Toryfollowers peruse
Davitt's dynamite plot expose they will prob
ably say it!
Austria and Germany are gfring to hold
another peace conference. Now look out for
another war scare.
The Gossiper Is the Social rattl esnake. The
rattle of their tongues warns victims of the
coming scandal.
A Liberty Pole bearing Freedom's flag is to
be erected at the Nevasink Highlands, tbe first
land sighted by new citizens from abroad. How
would it do to establish a train! tg school of
citizenship at Castle Garden?
There is more premium on an old cnt than
ou petroleum now.
It's rather chilly for undressed kid.
The nickel-in-the-slot has no show alongside
inenictei in tae evenasg uuu since tne
. . . .. . , WZL
niCEei-piatea navy 13 comin;
Philadelphia manufacturers aTO coming
to Pittsburg. They should engage their men
here, as Philadelphia people are apt'to be run.
over by tbe cable and electric cars.
Kennedy rubbed in his speech be fore Sena
torial Courtesy rubDed it out.
THE "Constant Reader" who is constantly
asking questions about things wbicli bavo ap
pearedVin the newspapers should keep a scrap
book. Tlis memory is evidently defective.
The Indepe ndent voter and the Ind ependent'
Refiner is ma.king it lively for the Octopus this
year. '
17 a hen did not cackle when she lays an egg
she wouldn't give the -"snap'!: away..
Mr. R.t.-ndee called a convention en tie ulet
and nominated Mr. Rynder for Governor. This
is sly, devilish sly. Bat tho ghost of the Green-nack-Labor
party won'r wain this year, if you
please.
It's tit for tat now. English snobs are kick
ing against American snobs in the Highland
deer preserves, and Americans object to En
glish snobs slaughtering big game here. Let's
have reciprocity.
St. Peter will open up wide w'hen Fritz
comes along smiling and says, "Wlo gehts."
Jack: Frost will
loafers to move on.
soon order the corner
To all departing guests in attendance upon
the German Congress we say: "Anf Wieder
seh'n." Willie Winkle.
A REGULAR GALA DAY.
The Nineteenth Annlveranry of the Home for
Acred Proti-stii-t Women.
The nineteenth anniversary of tbe Home for
Aged Protestant Women was celebrated at that
institution in Wilkinsburg yesterday. Lunch
was'served from noon to 4 o'clock in tbe after
noon. There was a large number of visitors,
who went through tbe Home and admired the
excellent arrangements for the comfort of the
inmates. It was a gala day, and tbe place wore
a lively look, in marked contrast with the gen
eral qniet atmosphere of the place.
The Homu is a large, comfortable building,
standing in its own grounds, among numerous
forest trees, and is just such a retreat as the old
and world-weary love. A goodly sum was
netted from the sale of lunch and refreshments
generally.
An Enjoyable Ballad Concert.
A "ballad concert," given in the Central
Presbyterian Church, corner of Forbes and
Seneca streets, last evening, was well attended
and very enjoyable. The soloists ot the occa
sion were Misses Jennie Evans and Edith Har
ris, and Messrs. D. Bullock, J. Bebout and D.
LJavis, with Mr. W. J. Jones as accompanist.
Wedded at Crnfton.
The marriage of Miss Anna Kemp to Mr.
Plummer McCIintock was solemnized last even
ing at Crafton, in the presence or a large
gathering of friends and relatives. An Eastern
wedding trip will be enjoyed by the young
people.
The Coming Holmev-Marpuy Wedding.
Mr. and Sirs. Francis Murphy have issued
cards for tbe marriage of their daughter,
Frances Josephine, to Mr. Charles Snowdon
Holmes, Thursday evenins, October 9, at 6
o'clock, in Calvary P. E. Church, Pittsburg.
THEY COULD NOT LIVE ON WIND.
Lieutenant Governor Jones' Speech Sent In
Fliceof a Par Boll.
Albany, September 25. One of tbe .official
duties of Lieutenant Governor Jones is to sign
the semi-monthly pay rolls of the men em
ployed in tho construction of the Capitol.
These are sent to bim at Bmgbamton. and re
turned after being signed. On one previous
occasion the pay roll was delayed several days,
and tbe men were thus kept out of their money.
Tbe roll made up last week was sent to him
Friday and should have been received back
Monday, but it did not come. Capitol Commis
sioner Perry telegraphed to Lieutenant-Governor
Jones, and tbe latter replied tbat he bad
sent the roll by mail. Then the postofflco au
thorities were taken to task. In Monday's mail
a bulky document was received by Capitol
Commissioner Perry, which Droved to be a pre
pared speech of Lieutenant Governor Jones, in
which a little Gubernatorial boom is bidden.
To-day it transpired that the pay roll bad been
sent by Lieutenant Governor Jones to the
officers of tbe Stephen County Fair by mistake
for the speech, wbich Capitol Commissioner
Perry received. The speech was intended for
distribution to the local newspapers.
TWO UNWILLING STOWAWAYS.
Tbey Fell Asleep in the Hold of a Vessel
nnd Came Here.
New York, September 25. Two unwilling
stowaways, each 14 years old. arrived yesterday
on the steamship Parthian from St. Croix.
Tbey were Alexander Glasgow and Paul Coul
son, both natives of St. Croix. While tbe Par
thian was lying in that port loading with sugar
tbe two lads were employed on board sewing
sugar bags.
While so engaged they both fell asleep. The
batches were put on soon after, and when the
youngsters awoke the ship was far out to sea
on her way to New York. On the arrival of
the steamship here vesterday the boys were
taken to the Barge Office, where they told their
story, and added that tbey wanted to be sent
home. Their wish will ba granted, and when
the Parthian sails for Bt. Croix tne two boys
will return on her.
CLINGING TO THE OLD LOVE.
A Few Councils of the Mechanics Heard
From on the Chnugo of Name.
About a dozen councils of tbe American
Mechanics voted on the proposed change of
name last night, and as many moro will cast
their ballots to-night. Of those that voted last
night Pittsburg Council voted 75 to 18 in favor
of the old name; Acme, of the Southside, 12 to
15 for the new, and Southside Council, 31 to 17
for tbe old one.
The returns already in from the West and ex
treme East show that there is an almost unan
imous feeling for tbe change, and it is con
fidently expected that the action of the Nation
al Council will be approved by a large majority.
Got Oil" Very Easily.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The Pittsburg hotel keeper who agreed to
pay S1.000 for stealing a kis3 might be thought
to have an excessive estimate of the financial
value of osculation, if we did not remember
that he bad been eating onion3 when he "as
saulted" Mrs. O'NeiL A thousand dollars is
little enough to pay under such circumstances.
Much Truth In. a Few Line.
From the New York Ledger.
Any work, no matter how humble, that a
man honors by efficient labor and steady appli
cation, will be found important enough to
secure respect for himself aud a credit for his
name.
STATE POLITICAL NOTES.
CHESTER News (Rep.): Delamater is skip
ping around lively, not to simply win, but to
show Maine that the Keystone State can dis
count it.
Lancaster Intelligencer (Dem.): Quay Is
tbe central figure of this campaign, but in the
Republican meetiogs great pains are taken to
keep tbat fact in tbe shade.
Erie Herald (Dem.): A vote for Pattison is
a vote for a pure, honest and incorruptible man
a vote for freedom, honesty, integrity, and
acainst corruption, bribery and theft.
Williamsport Sun (Dem.): From the
manner iu wbich the Quayites are trying to get
up enthusiasm it looks as if tbe boss is not so
sure tbathe will own a Governor this year as
he was some time ago.
Franklin Spectator (Dem.): Defeating
Delamater is but a part of the people's duty ln
this campaign. The Legislature must be purl
fled so that Quay will not control tbat body. A
people's Governor can do but little good If the
General Assembly is in the power of the boss.
Warren Mirror (Rep.): It looks as though
the Democracy weakened when they heard of
Mr. Stone's nomination for Congress. Their
projected convention to nominate an opposing
candidate died from lack ot animation yester
day afternoon before a name was placed before
it. 'Twas ever thus.
Sceanton Republican (Rep.): ' When the
Democratic clubs ot Pennsylvania met in con
vention at Reading the announcement was
made that the occasion would signal the open
ing of the campaign in earnest. All the can
didates on tbe State ticket and the big cans of
we ln artendancc
The convention
adjourned, and the campaign does not appear
to have been "opened" anymore than it was
be tore.
Philadelphia "Bulletin (Rep.): When a
party prints the worst charges that can be made
iminit Ita candidate, and circulates tbem as a
campaign document, it Is worse than fuming
tue enemies guns against their lormer owners.
Bat that Is what tbe Republican party will
probably do with Emeri's charges against Del
amater. If this is the worst that can be said
about tho Republican candidate, it is a high
compliment to him.
Candidate Pattison Is an honorary mem
ber of the. Exempt Firemen's Association, of
Bradford. On Monday evening Mr. Pattison
will visit Bradford. The Exempts will turn out
in a body, beaded by a brass band, aud accom
pany the distinguished visitor to the Opera
House, where a rousing meeting is to be held.
This reception is a sort of a "retaliation" for
courtesies extended while that fire company
was In Harrisbuxc In iSSi.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Mr. Sourbeer is the editor of a, Kansas
prohibition paper.
A Cabinet Minister of Health is serl
ously proposed in England.
Jay Gould claims that his whole family
was skipped by the census man.
Speculators are offering Maine farmers
$5 a barrel for winter apples on the trees.
A Florida census enumerator lost half a
day running down one darkey and failed.
A Missouri peach has beea found that
measured 11 inches and weighed 13 ounces.
The Government crop reports show that
the average for corn is 70.1. the lowest since
1SSX
A new political party has been formed
in Indiana called the People's Party. Its em
blems are the hammer and tbe plow.
Sophie France, aged 60. has sued Solo
mon Oviatt, also aged 60, for $2,000 for stealing
a kiss. Both parties are from Akron, O.
The Salvation Army, every member of
wbich must be a total abstainer, is now the
largest temperance.orcanlzation in the world.
A Maine journal figures that the 10,000
summer visitors left in that State this season
tbe neat sum of 8,000,000, or at the rate of M a
day each.
Mrs. Emma Cooper, of Joilet, Ills.,
keeper of a'notion store, through the death of
her grandparents in England, becomes heir to
89,000,000.
A Mrs. Dr. J. C. Brownly, of Kansas
City, ate opium, then got out on the roof, sans;
Annie Rooney and chanted the Kreutzer
Sonata to Bethpven's notes.
A case of extraordinary longevity is re
ported by a Monastir newspaper. In A village
near Elbassan lives a man named Ismail.whO
is alleged to be Oil years of age. t
A bird fancier of Washington, who baa
20 parrots, say3 tbat the Mexican double-beads
are the best talkers, while the African greys
make the best mimics and whistlers.
Dr. W. 31. Taylor, New York, says
there are more shrines for the worship of
Bacchus in one of our great cities than there
were in tbe whole of ancient Greece.
A blind old soldier, asking for alms at
a Manchester, England, church door, bad
board hung round bis neck inscribed as follows:
"Engagements, 8; wounds, 10; children, 6; total,
A woman entered an Oil City drygoods
store on Wednesday and confessed to the pro
prietor that she bad stolen a cloak from him 16
years ago. She paid for It and was freely for
given. A report issued by the Japanese Home
Department states that during the month of
April last there were 80 earthquake disturb
ances felt on 26 days, tbe day on wbich tho
largest nnmber was felt being tbe 17tb, when
there were 17 oscillations.
A rare and curious animal a lizard
known to science as Phrynosnme planiceps
has been received in Pans from South Amer
ica. It is completely covered with wart-like
points, and when frightened it flattens itself
out on the ground, bristling with points,
Willie Austin, a Chicago child.strayed
from home a few days ago and his mother and
sympatbetlc neighbors searched for him in
vain. Willie's Newfoundland dog was then
sent out and found his little master the next
morning asleep on tbe Marine Hospital lawn.
A woman was at the depot at Decatur,
111., the other day who was on her way toNe
brasEa. She bad 17 children with her. She
had been married only 10 years. The first three
years she bad triplets. Tnen she bad twins for
two years. After that they came singly, but
regularly, for four years.
A barrister who is shortly going to en
ter the holy state of matrimony was seen scrib
bling ln bis brief tbe other day in court. Later
in the day bis clerk, happening to glance at the
writing, read these old lines "Fee simple or a
simnle fee. And all tbe fees entail. Are nothing
when compared to thee, Thou best of fees fe
malel" The pug dog, as a pet, has an interest
ing history. He was at flr3t imported from
China and Japan, and came into fashion in the
reign of William HI. It is stated that the King
believed his life to have been saved by a dog of
this breed awakening him to his danger when
a murderous attack was about to be made on
bim.
A Missouri Pacific condnctor at Se--dalia.
Mo., sent his wife home to her parents a
day or two ago. He placed her in charge of a
condnctor and apprised her parents by tele
graph as follows: "I return to yon, per Con
ductor Frownlee, a case of damaged goods.
Please place tbe same to the account of a bad
bringing up.
A Russian legend relates that when St.
Joseph returned from his flight into Egypt he
found his shoes in great want of repair, and
being aware of the excellence of Ieatber work
in Russia, sent them to Kiel! to be mended,
where they remained. It is now reported from
Kieff that tbe Arcbbishop of St. Sophia pro
poses to resole the shoes and then "expose
them to the veneration of the faithful."
Thomas Addison, of Fairfax county,
Va., took from the hoof of an old family cow
the other day, it is related, "a handsome gold
finger ring, with a large green stone setting."
On the seal was engraved a Mexican coat of
arms, and on the inside was the came of D. J.
Hunt and a Mexican cipher, and dated, show
ing tbe ring to have been in the Mexican war.
How it got on bis farm and in the hoof of the
cow Mr. Addison does not know.
John Surrey had an uncommon exper
ience one day last week. While the "Flying
Yankee" was passing through Great Works,
Me., at the rate of 10 miles an hour, be jumped
from tbe cars and struck the ground 59 feet
from the spot where he left the train. It was
thought by the few who witnessed the affair
that ho would be killed. They were much sur
prised when be picked himself up and walked,
off. having received, it Is alleged, no further
Injuries than some light scratches.
Alexander Paul Johnstone's accurate
description of a photograph was the most re
markable act that he did. A gentleman in the
audience selected a photograph,from an album
he brought with him to make this test, and
standing in the rear of the hall pictured it in
bis mind. Johnstone remained on the stage
and from his position described the photograph
without a failure in anv particular. "Tho
audience was inclined to be incredulous, but
after tbe first tesrwas apparently converted
and became appreciaiive."
John A. Rawlins Post, of Washington.
D. C, has been presented with a turtle which
will be tbe ward of tbat organization, and in no
danger of the soup boiler. Tbe turtle was
picked up a few days ago near Alexandria, and
ft "had engraved upon its underneath shell the
inscription. '1863 H. A. H.. Co. A, 3rd P. R. V.
C.' The letters are indistinct now. but wera
certainly cut on tho turtle during the war, as a
BIr. Harmer did belong to the company re
ferred to, which during the war was in camp
near where the turtle was found."
t .BITTEN BY THE FUDST.
Youngly How did yon come to know
that von were in love w.th me. dearie?
Debutante (blushlngly)-I Telt-that I was aa
awful fool. Ai X. San.
He (sneeringly) Is it because your
memory is short yon have forgotten me?
She (sweetly) No. It is became I am told you
are so very short. EpocA.
"Ah. Jenhie, I am so sorry I had to re
fuse him. 1 fear be will go and commit suicide."
"Don't worry, dear, he'll only get drunk, and
will be glad to have an excuse for It." Mid Con
tinent. Citizen" Hello! have you come to watch
the curves?
Detective Ho; to watch the crooks. Puck.
Old woman presents herself at the book
ing office, and asks for a third-class Uczet.
"Where for" Inquires the clerk.
That's my business," was the reply. IHction
natre UniverscL.
Mrs. Dinwiddle I don't think- it is fair
to talk so much about the moon getting fall every
month.
Dinwiddle Why not?
Mrs. DlBwiddle-Because It 13 most likely the
man la the moon gets fall. CMcago Inter Ocean.
Attendant (at the Smithsonian Institute)
In this room, madam, are kept all the types ot
musical instruments tbat have been la vogue from
the remotest periods.
VIsltor-Indeed! I had no idea there was
chamber of horrors here. Ktvo York i'ua.
Tough Character (entering theater) Do
yer pass der profesh?
Manager Yes; but 1 don't know jou.
STough Character-Haln't my looks ''nuu ter
'dentiry mef I'm one o' der new pugilistic stars.
31anager (quaking) -Pass In ! Putt.
TOO INDUSTRIOUS.
From his pigeon stool under the dome,
Johnny Congressman kept running home
To look after his fences and clover.
Till his fence grew so high that he round,
When the caucus time next came around, . .
" Bis' constituents couldn't see over. '
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