THE EETTSBTJEG- DISPATCH, SATPEDAT, SEPTEMBER ST. 1890, IT LEADS ALL OTHERS. THE DISPATCH 160 160 COLUMNS TO-MORROW COLUMNS WILL HOLD 20 8-COLUMN PAGES. ALL THE NEWS OF EUROPE. ALL THE HOME NEWS. READING FOR THE MASSES. A BIG BUSINESS DIRECTORY. EVERY DEPARTMENT FIRST CLASS. SCIENCE, ADVENTURE, TRAVEL, FICTION, FACT AND HUMOR. SERVED BY MAIL AND CARRIER. ALL NEWS AGENTS HANDLE IT. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. 1MB, Vol. i.o. 131. Entcrci at 1'ittsburg rnstoflice. November 14, lsT. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTERN ADVEKTISENG OFF1CK, KOOSla, TK1BOE BUILDING, NEW YORK, -where complete flies of THE DISPATCH can always be Jound. foreign aavertlscrs appreciate the con venlence. Home advertisers and friends or THE DISPATCH, it bile in lSew l'orfc. are also made "Welcome. THE D1SPATCIT is regularly on sale a Xrentano's. 5 Union Square, JV'etff Tork, and 11 Jive, de VOpera, Paris. France, where any one who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TEEMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE FREE IN THE CKTTED STATES. DAILY DiRrATcn, One Year. J SM DAILT DierATCH, FerQnarler SOD Daily Dispatch One Month TO Daily Dispatch, lncludincbunday, lyear. 3000 Daily Di6 r-ATCii, lncIudingSunday.Sm'tbs. -50 Daily DisrATCH, Including Sunday.lmonth 90 Epnbay Dispatch. One Year 150 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1-3 The Daily Dispatch is delivered bycarrlersat 3!centsner week, or Including fcunday edition, It3)cent9 per -week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. SEPT. 27, 1SS01 HOW TO MAKE A GREAT CITY. If this great city has already learned any one lesson more than another, it is that a benefit to one helps all. "We hare seen the prosperity of vast manufacturing industries splendidly re fleeted during late years in an enormous growth of our mercantile, financial and real estate interests. The lesson which Chicago, Minneapolis, St Paul, Kansas City and other busy towns of the "West exploited early has bad its suf ficient demonstration here at home. Our people are awake to the value of co-operation. What is now most needed is a presentation of ieasible plans for future development of our resources. This is ably, indeed we might say brilliantly, done in four Prize Essays which we pnblish in to-day's Dis patch. We trust that every reader will give them thoughtful perusal. These are only four essays selected from more than one hundred of varying decrees of excellence. One of the great benefits of this unique con test which The Dispatch set afoot is that so many minds in different parts of the city, and from different points of view, have been engaged during the past week in contem plating the same object and that one should be dear to all with a feeling of local pride. "Water transportation is the theme of most of the writers. It is the key to Pittsburg's growth and prosperity in the future. Coupled with it in these essays, are valu able schemes for advertising the city, and for adding to the comrort, welfare and ma terial prosperity of its people. Bead what is printed elsewhere. TnE TARIFF AX D FINIS. Two great and glorious events are in sight in Congress, one the passage of the tariff bill, the other the adjournment of Congress. Yesterday the tar id bill was reported to the House and Sir. McKinley announced that it would be passed to-day without further debate. There may be some attempt on the part of the Democratic members to check this summary proceeding, but it is not likely to be serious and less likely to meet with success. Mr. McKinley also an nounced that the adjournment of the House would be moved on Tuesday next. In the Senate the understanding is that a few (speeches are to be made upon the tariff bill in its final shape, but there, as in the House, the attractions of adjournment are likely to curtail the debate. The settlement of the tariff will be most welcome to the country, and the rising of Congress will not evoke tears ia any quarter. AX IN-UI.T TO JOHNSTOWN. Certain members of the Johnstown Board of Inquiry, a bodr organized to assist the ITlood Belief Commission in disbursing the funds subscribed by the Nation after the disaster last year, have a very peculiar notion of decency and honor, if what is told of them to-day, istrne. The allegation is that they have printed and propose to sell a book containing the details of the work of charity in which they were partially the agents. Sir. Bobert C. Ogden, of the Belief Com mission, very properly takes the view that the publication of such matter is uncalled for, and calculated to wound the beneficia ries of the nation's generosity unnecessarily. But the contemptible part oi the business is that men chosen to perform a public duty should seek to make profit out of the dis tress of their fellow citizens. With the ac counts of the Flood Commission properly audited, as they have been, and in the ab sence of any desire on the part of the donors for a detailed statement, the publication in question is au insult to Johnstown and the Nation. If it is not too late ire advise the Board of Inquiry, for its own sake, to sup press the book. . SENSE OX A NOTORIOUS SUBJECT. It is pleasant to observe that a little sound sense has been injected into the Kreutzer Sonata business by a decision in a Phila delphia court The advertisement which has been given to that eccentric and half crazy sketch was utilized by someone in Philadelphia, wbo put peddlers on the streets to sell copies of the story. The ped dlers were arrested lor the sale of obscene literature. There is no doubt that they were set to work in order to make money out of the idea which has been produced in the public mind, that the work is of that class; but the trial, oi course, turned on the ques tion whether the book is really obscene or sot, and Judge Thayer in a very sound decision held that it is not The Judge, in his estimate of the work, held very sensibly that it takes a srlly and fanatical view oi marriage. But so far from any obscenity in its teachings, the attempt is to enforce the lesson of an ideal and extreme chastity. This ideal has been at times adopted in the teachings of early Christianity, and even to-day has a reflection in the monastic system of the Catholic Chnrch. It is fanatical, bnt, as the Judge says, it is "a fanaticism, not of Tice, but of over-zealpus virtue." The fact that the book has a slight dramatic interest and little literary merit is pointed ont by the Jndge, bnt he agrees that in neither intention or execution does it come Uje BiMdj. under the proscription of obscene literature. Finally the decision with gentle sarcasm, refers to the argument that the Czar of Russia, and the postal department of the United States, hare placed the book under their ban, and remarks that neither of these powers are accepted as authorities on the law. This clear and sensible view of the mailer will do much tn quiet the sensational curi osity over the Tolstoi's outbreak of cranki ness, that has been called into ezisttnee in this country by the Postoffice Department's ill-judged attempt to establish a literary censorship. "With regard to the parties im mediately under trial it is to be regretted that there is no law for punishing people who sell boots under the false pretense that they are improper, in which case the out come might have been quite different EMERY AND HIS EVIDENCE. Senator Emery proved his determination to stand by his charges against Senator Delamater, in his speech at Bradford last night The speech and the evidence which is incorporated in it leave no doubt of the speaker's conviction that his charges are well founded. It presents a prima facie case as to a part of the charges, and produces a striking array of further allegations in detail, which, unless the Bepublican candi date departs from his previous policy and takes the matter into court the public must judge solely in the light of Senator Emery's character and good faith. The charges made by Senator Emery are the same be made last spring, with the addi tion of one that has been published before, but which Senator Emery has not heretofore assumed the responsibility for. They are, as they have often been published, as follows: 1. That in Senator Delamater's nomina tion and election as Senator money was used for the purchase of votes; that he paid money for the suppression of evidence of this bribery which would have prevented him from taking his seat; and that the official oath that he took was, consequently, perjury. 2. That as Senator he got up a bogus con ference committee report on a bill affecting the oil and gas interests, with the intent, as Senator Emery alleges, of committing a legislative fraud injurious to the producers, and advantageous to the interests with which Delamater is alleged to be allied. 3, The charges made previously, but not by Emery, until now, that the action of Delamater in beating the Billingsley bill was secured by pecuniary considerations, stated at 565,000. The matter which Senator Emery produces in support of these allegations is of such varied character, considered as evidence, that it calls for classification. It consists of (1) affidavits by persons personally cogni zant of the distribution of money to secure votes for Senator Delamater; (2) statements and affidavits by persons whose names are withheld, as to the distribution of money, for the purpose above stated and for 'the suppression of the evidence of bribery. These latter statements are only supported by witnesses who make oath that they heard them made, being reduced to writing iu the presence of the persons making them. (3) The report ot the Legislative Record on that bogus conference committee report (4) The letter of a colleague of Senator Emery and Delamater, namely Senator Butan, as to the course of Quay and Emery on the Billingsley bill. A large portion of the evidence of the first class, and that of the fourth, has al ready been published by the remarkable course of the Bepublican State Com mittee. The unique theory of Mr. Delamater's managers that the force of the charges is forestalled, by the publication in Bepublican organs of affidavits and allegations so far undisputed, which charge criminal misconduct on the part of their candidate, is without a parallel in the history of politics. To thus blacken the cause of their own candidate, in order to prevent an antagonist from doing so, is a re sort ot such extraordinary nature, that it can only be accounted for as a confession of fear and inability to rebnt Apart from this remarkable adoption of the charges by Mr. Delamater's own sup porters, it is no more than fair to weigh the evidence for what it is worth. On the first Doint, the expenditure of money to procure votes for Delamater, a prima facie case is made by the affidavits of men whose names are given and who swear that they person ally knew of the disbursement of funds. As to the startling details, which are further given, of the expenditure of money not only for votes.but for the suppression of evidence, it is necessary, in jurtice.to recognize that so long as the names of the persons making these are suppressed, they must remain in the rank of mere allegations. The force of such evidence lies in the character and standing of the witnesses; and while the affidavits of Senator Emery and his friends that these statements were made, are to be accepted, the evidence is not such as any court would accept unless the witness makes himself known and takes the responsibility for his testimony. The weakness of this point is partially offset by the fact that Senator Emery himself assumes responsi bility for the statements of these unnamed witnesses, and if they are challenged by prosecution says he will produce the witnesses in court As to the charges concerning Senator Delamater's course in the liegislature,Sena tor Emery produces from the Legislative Record evidence of a transaction by the Be publican candidate that, in any light, is a most astounding one. Senator Delamater's explanation that he prepared this conference report in anticipation of a disagreement is given; but it utterly fails to explain how it was that he appended to the report the sig natures of members of both branches, as constituting a committee which was never appointed, and had the report printed in that shape. On the other hand it seems so incredible that an attempt could be made to pass a bill on a bogus conference report, while the real measure was before the House, that the imagination of the pnblic will be taxed to account for this freak of legislative procedure on any hypothesis. As to the charge with reference to the Billingsley bill, Senator Emery while giv ing some very interesting ideas with regard to State politics, simply adds to his -assertions the allegation of a piivate letter of Senator Butan's. This may be corrobora tion, but it must be taken simply as the al legation of two of the Senators, and judged by their standing solely. To sum up. Senator Emery has backed up a portion of his charges by evidence that requires rebuttal; another portion ii sup ported by matter which cannot be accepted as evidence in its present shape, and Is therefore lelt just where it was before, to be considered solely by the weight due to Sen ator Emery's personal allegations. The whole must be taken largely on that author ity and judged in connection with the other features of Senator Delamater's record. "While it is not by any means all, or the most important, of what is at stake in 'the present campaign, the speech of last pjght gives the charges a detail and particularity that can hardly he ignored by the Bepub licans. Senator Delamater must meet them. IJkDEPEKDENCE IN ALLEGHENY. Particularly significant at this juncture is the formation of an Independent Bepub lican club in this connty. The opposition of a large portion of the Bepublican party to Mr. Delamater and the interests he rep resents has taken this practical shape in many parts of the State. The names ot the executive officers of the club are pub lished to-day, but it contains, we can state with authority, a large representation of the best business element in the county. "Whatever the popular will is, it is best that it should have the ad vantage of practical political methods in its expression, and the Independent Bepub lican club insures these. If committees of ten can be found to work in every one ot the three hundred and eighty-six election dis tricts in the county, the organizers of the club are justified in their confidence that the election will be to a great extent de cided by them. SALT WATER FROM WELLS. The suit which the Union Water Com pany, of Beaver Falls, is bringing against the Enterprise Oil Company will decide questions of the utmost importance to the public in general and oil operators in par ticular. The Union Water Company sup plies some 14,000 inhabitants of the Beaver Valley with water, and it is claiuied that the defendant oil company is polluting the sources of this water supply by allowing the salt water from their wells to flow into the Conoquenessing. It is to be inferred from the outline of the case which The Dis patch has obtained that the salt water complained of proceeds from disnsed wells which have not been plugged, in deference to the mandate of a State law which has been more olten defied than obeyed. The relief asked by the water company is an in junction restraining the defendants from continuing their oil operations in the water shed of the Conoquenessing. The pollution of rivers by salt waterfroni wells drilled for oil has been a long-standing nuisance in Western Pennsylvania. This summer especially public attention has been called to the pollution of Allegheny City's and Pittsburg's water from tuis cause. Both the Allegheny river and the Monongahela are said to be rendered unfit for drinking purposes and dangerous to health by the drainage from the oil fields. We presume that nobody will deny that the salt water lroru an oil well is an unwhole some beverage. There is another side to the question upon which oil operators will be inclined to lay stress. In drilling for oil salt water is nearly always encountered, and it must be pumped out. What is to be done with the salt water if it is not allowed to run by nat ural gravitation into the nearest water course? The salt water has no value. It is found in such vast quantities that to con fine it in tanks would ruin the Standard Oil Company, and make petroleum a luxury that millionaires alone could afford. Abandoned wells ought to be plugged, of course, but the salt water does not come Irom them alone. Every well drilled for oil produces some salt water. Anybody can see that the life ot the oil business is con cerned in this question of the disposition of salt water. At the same time the contami nation of the rivers is an evil of the gravest sort If the pending suit shall secure the pnblie health without inflicting a severe blow upon a most important industry a very difficult feat will have been accomplished. The Philadelphia Inquirer is very anxious that the Democrats shall have an is sue. They nave got one, about which the es teemed Inquirer is Indulging in a notorious amount of silence. It is that the Constitution is the fundamental law of the State, to which the most powerful and wealthy owe allegiance as well as the most humble, and that candi dates who have violated their official oaths to respect and obey that instrument are not worthy of election to high office. Speaker Beed's visit to Philadelphia met with its own reward. Ho was cheered as "our next President." Selections of Presi dents two years ahead of time rarely orove sat isfactory, bnt perhaps the prophecy for the Speaker's promotion may be verified if he and his supporters can do their own counting. The veteran General N. P. Banks, who was Speaker of the House before any of its present leaders were elected to that body, has been left off the list for re-election, his constit uents having decided that a younger man can get more in the line of appropriations for them. Republican organs which are making a to-do over the defeat of Vaux, in the Third Penn sylvania district, will now have an opportunity to express themselves on the subject of Banks. The country will have an opportunity to breathe a quiet prayer of gratitude overtho fact that that daily announcement from Cres son that the President went out driving and that a reception was held in the evening, has been suspended for the present season. The town of Salamanca, N. Y., is within the limits of the Tuscarora Indian reservation. A saloon keeper of the town has lately been fined by the United States Court for the crime of introdu cing liquor into an Indian reserva tion. Although the liquor was not sold to In dians, the quality or Salamanca whisky is such as to make it plain that, whatever the punish ment might be, it could not be too severe. The division of musical labor among our statesmen is illustrated by the fact that while Con gressman Butterworth was singing for the Wbltecbapel Club at Chicago Speaker Reed was whistling for a quorum at Washington. The New York preacher who asserted that the proportion of politics to Business in the censns was so large as to make the resnlt worthless, strnck a bin principle, whatever may be"aid of the application. The importance ot the rule that more politics than business in any enterprise is sure to make it a fizzle should commend it to the consideration of the man agers of the World's Fair at Chicago. Afteb all, Congressman Kennedy rests comfortably under the knowledge that he bad the last word, and that both first and last words can hardly be expunged from the record of the public memory. That remarkable Brooklyn school board which has tabooed an edition of a school read er because it contained .the Irreligious poem written by one H. W. Longfellow entitled, "The Building of the Ship,' ' should define itself still further. It is to be feared that it will consider the "Psalm of Life" a scurrilous pro duction, and might suppress the Declaration of Independence as a Socialist document If the Bepublican organs wish to fore stall something else, they might try the experi ment of printing Senator Emery's speech. When the feature of seating as members of'Gongress men who were not elc.ted becomes each a leading one in party policy that the Honse has to stand a week's deadlock until it is done, there is an obvious necessity for some very stringent instruction to the party leaders on the right ot the people, to elect Congress men. Too Much IlngsllngT Over a Trlfl, From the Philadelphia Bulletin. 1 The conference committee of the Honse and Senate will probably agree at last to give the Widow of General Hartranf t a pension of $1,200 a year. 'It is a disgrace to the country that there has been this prolonged and, miserable- naggitng over sucn a trine. OUR SHORT STORIES. SOMEWHAT PEBSONAU jVTkn don't climb the ladder of fame at a single bound," the passenger in the salt-and-pepper suit. was saying. "Success, like character, is a thing of slow growth." "I think you are mistaken," said the passeo gerin the skull-cip, with a smile. "Men some times get pretty well up toward the top of the ladder by one jump, and they don't have to jump very hard, either." "Do you happen to think of any instance in your own knowledge where a man won endur ing fame by one act?" "Well, yes. An instanco occurs to me in which one speech made not only a man, bnt a city famous." "Oh yes. You are spoaking of J. Proctor Knott and Dulutb. Well, I'll admit that Proc tor Knott is an exception. There are just two characters in history that made themselves famous by one speech." "Indeed T Who are tbeyr" "J. Proctor Knott and Balaam's ass." The man in the skull-cap smiled a rather sickly smile and went away presently to the other end of the car. "Do you know who that chap JsT" inquired the man in the salt-and-pepper suit of the pas senger on the seat iu front "Yes. That is J. Proctor Knott" HE WAS TOO ELOQUENT. T2?the campaign of 1884 1 wonmy spurs as a political speaker," said the boss to a select company of heelers as they gathered around the lunch counter in "der candidate's saloon." "Won yer what?" asked Jimmy McQowan. "Got my eye teeth cut, young man," said the boss, "and you can learn something by listening to me. I was several years younger than I am now, in 8i; an' I was stuck on my oratorical powers, so I got a job from the County Com mittee to go on the stump. "The first place I struck was McKeesport and I spoke to a crowd of mill men there ono Saturday night I let 'em have tariff hot an' heavy; it was protection from the word go. Seemed to tickle them, I thought and I was mighty proud of the way I rattled off schedules an' ad valorems an' tonnage an' free trade an' British gold an' all that James G. Blaine couldn't have worked the protection racket better, I flattered myself. "On the following Monday I was sitting up in headquarters when a couple of men came in and asked tor the Chairman. He wasn't in, an'l asked them if I could do anything for 'em. " 'Well,' says one of them, 'we've come up from McKeesport to get somebody to speechify at the ineetin' to-night.' " 'Is there to be a meeting again to-nightT' " says L 'I thought you had the final rally on Sat urday.' " 'So wo did,' the man 'replied, "but they sent a blamed fool out to speak who's mixed our men all up with his tariff figures, an' f some body don't set 'em straight they'll vote the Democratic ticket sure.' "My speechmakicg career stopped right there." BY RETURN MAIL. JUST after Andrew Johnson had vacated the presidential seat the managers of the Simp son county (Ky.) Agricultural and Mechanical Association, decided that it would be a great Advertisement to have the old gentleman at tend the fair. "We don't care for him on Satur day," said tne manager, "for on that day we shall have a pretty big crowdanyhow. Wednes day will be the day. I will write to the ex- President" The following letter was sent to Mr. Johnson: "Great Sir: The people of the wonderful connty of Simpson, feeling a great interest in one of America's most gifted sons, have de cided to invite yon to be present at our fair grounds on Wednesday, the 6th of October, where they wish to shake your hand. Please let mo know by return mail." He let them know by return mail. The old gentleman turned the letter over and wrote the following: "I am no menagerie. A. Johxson." SAME DOG BIT ME. "Two colored brethren were holding a little religions convention between themselves. saia Elder Jefferson: "Now Bruder Jones, Jlst what am yona besetting sin?" "Well elder' If I must confess; I reckon my 'settin sin am lubfor de female sect" "Ah, ah, ahT" "What for you larf so Masser Jeff ersont" "Well just dfs, Bruder Jones; same dog bit me." "Is dat soT" "Yas, for shua." They shook bands and the convention ad journed. POOR DICK WORRELL. IT was in the days before newspaper presses had iat6tlt flloa Thn choAta war. t,V.fi f nr. grippcrs by hand, and laid as straight as possi ble by the sleepy fly boy. Dick Worrell had a shingle knocked off when he was a little chap. His mother died when he was a baby. His father was worse than old Squeers, and en gaged in the same business. Taught a select school way back in the conntry. No pnblic schools then as now Poor Dick tumbled into the Daily Express office one cold night in winter, and the fellows thawed him out atras.ove and filled him full of hot coffee and "polony sausage." That settled it Dick became part and parcel of the office. He could sleep at the fly board and lay every paper as straight as a die. Did she stop Dick always awoke with a smile on his face. Ono ill-starred day Dick's father found him. Once every month thereafter the old thread bare pedagogue visited the office, but finally, desiring to remove elsewhere, be articled the boy to the cruel skipper of a Yankee brig. When Dick left the office all the boys were sorry,4but be bad to go. Poor fellow, he was washed overboard off the coast of Nova Scotia during his first voyage. Body went God knows where; soul in His kingdom, likely. When his father next came to the city he called at the office and asked if anybody had heard from Dick. Told what bis fato was, the unnatural parent smiled with a sickly smirk. of satisfaction. That ended his resnonsibllltv. The boys pelted the old rascal with rotten roller composition till he reached the street yelling and swearing like a trooper. PEOPLE OF PBOHTNEHCE. Colonel Frank H. PieboS. United States consul at Matanzas, Cuba, is on a visit to his home in Hillsboro', N. H. Clement G. Morgan, the colored graduate of Harvard, is lecturing in Connecticut on the educational needs of the South. Miss Makoaket Stafford Worth, of New York, has just received her first check for the monthly pension of $75 recently granted her by Copgress. Frederick Docolass, who was In Boston this week in ordor to, attend the Abolitionists' reunion, expects to return to his position in Hayti early in October. The Rev. John E. Cookman, D. D.t who recently left the Methodist Church, was or dained last Sunday at St Philip's, iu the High lands, by Bishop Potter. Vice Presipent Mortok's Guernsey cattle received six blue ribbons and won two marks of "high commendation," while his sheep re ceived three blue and three red ribbons at the New York State Fair. The severe illness from which the King of Portugal has been suaering appears to have been primarily caused by His Majesty, when on board bis yacbt near the port of Othon, drinking, a glass of unaltered and polluted water. Captain Gaetako Casati. irk8 stan. ley, has written an account of bis African ex periences. It will be published mBambnrg, Germany, and is to be called "Ten Years in the Equatorial Region, and Return of Emiu Pasha." "We learn from private sources," says the Boston Transcript "that Colonel Bobert Inger Eoll will soon' deliver in Philadelnhia or New York (place uot definitely settled on) an oration on Walt Whitman, of whom he la an ardent admirer and personal friend." Marshal MaoMahon has completed his memoirs and has left Paris to join his wife, the Duchess de Macenta, at bis chateau of La Forest in the Loiret He wip. shortly be visited brittle Count and Conntcss de Piennes, bis sqn-and-law and daughter respectively. Mrs. alice Freeman Palmer, wfio has been obliged to declinq many invitations to speak before different assemblages since she left Wellesley, has accepted an invitation to read a paper before the Women's Club of Mel rose, Mass., early in the coming winter. MANAGES PATTOI? BOTPBISED. B. ii O. Employes I're.cot 11 1 m Wltb n Beautiful Silver Ten S-et. Mr. J. V. Patton, the former superintendent of the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the present manager of tbo Pittsburg and Western Railroad, received an agreeable surprise last evening. On the pica of arranging somo old business details. Super intendent Holbrook secured Mr. Fatton's presence in tbo maintenance of way rooms, in the new Baltimore and Ohio depot When Mr. Patton entered he found gathered together about 60 of the Baltimore and Ohio employes, and about 40 others. He was speedily enlight ened as to the matter by Mr. C. S. Howells, Claim Agent, stepping forward, and on behalf of the employes of tha Pittsburg Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad presenting him, as a token of esteem for their former superintendent, with a beautilul solid silver tea service. The gift was a magnificent one, and was received by Mr. Patton in a brief, but elo quent speech, expressing his appreciation of the kindness and esteem evinced by the donors. Among those present were: .1 nomas M. jiing. Second Vice President of the Baltimore and Ohio; Superintendent Holbrook, W. T. Man ning, engineer maintenance of way; Amos E. Acbcson. Baltimore and Ohio counsel at Wash ington; lion. II E. Bobbins, counsel at Greens burg: 1. N. Kalbaugli, master mechanic; E. D. Smith, division passenger agent; J. T. lane, traveling passenger agent. Wheeling: T. C. Burke, ticket agent Wheeling; Major J. B. Washington, R. 8. Gore, supervisor "f engines and trains: Thomas Lindsay.master car builder; G. W. Gallagher, division freight agent; J. H. Eppelsheimer, agent at Pittsburg; Harry Law rence, chief clerk of general freight office; G. M. McIIvaln, chief clerk to Superintendent Holbrook; V. D. Vincent, division telegraph operator; C. E. Gregory, city passenger agent; C. T. Manning, assistant engineer maintenance of way: Philip Brnner, train master; S. Mc Elroy, yard master; Conductors Georgo Bishop. Louis McAfee and Thomas McGovern and Elmer E. Soles, postmaster at McKeesport BECEPTIOK AT THE KENMAWB. An East End Society Eveut of Considerable Importance Last Evening. The wealth and fashion of the city last even ing welcomed to the social circle Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McKalg, who we're the honored guests at a reception given by Mrs. H. M. Bailey, at the Hotel Kenmawr. The receiving party, consistingof Mr. and Mrs. McKaig, Mrs. Simons and Miss Rea,of New Orleans, and Mrs. Bailey, occupied the bow window ot the hotel parlor, and amid tbo perfume of many flowers and the beauty of magnificent tropical plants received tfco guests, who came in great numbers and elaborate toilets. Mrs. McKaig, who still claims the title of bride, appeared in the beautiful robe of white satin, cut demi train and high corsage, in which she, in the far awaycitvof Antwerp, plighted her troth at a morning wedding last spring. Supper was served in the cozy breakfast room, which had also put on a floral garb, from 5 o'clock until 10, after which dancing in the large dining room was indulged in to the strains of Gernert's Orchestra. WILL HOLD A BECEPHOH. Arrangement for the Opening ot the Acad emy ot Arts nnd Sciences. At the last meeting of the Council of the Academy of Science and Art held in the Thaw mansion. Rev. Dr. Holland, the President of the academy, presided. It was resolved to bold the first regular meeting of the academy npon the evening of Friday, October 3. It was also resolved that npon the evening of October 17 a public reception should be given by the acad emy. An address of welcome will be mado by the President, and will be followed bv a conver sazione. The Art Society will exhibit upon this occasion a nnmber of painting, and will provide a musical entertainment The Botan ical and Microscopical Societies, the engineers, the architects and the photographers will make appropriate displays of interesting objects, and different members of the society have prom ised to place on exhibition rare books and natural history specimens, in their possession. The occasion promises to be one of unusual in terest. The Iron and Steel Institute has been tendered the use of the rooms of the academy during their stay here. SOME EXCELLENT MUSIC On the Programme for tbo Twentieth Free Organ Recilnl To-Dny. The twentieth organ recital in Carnegie Hall this afternoon will employ the services of Mrs. M. H. Stevenson, of Washington, Pa., as soprano vocalist, and City Organist Wales. Mrs. Stevenson, who is a sister-in-law of Librarian Stevenson, will sing three solos: "Love's Bequest," by Reichard; "Call Me'X'hlne Own," by Halevy, and "That Melody Divine," byCowen. The organist's numbers are care fully selected, and embrace some heard iu this country for the first time. The following are the instrumental nnmbers: 'Turkish Patrol March," Michaels; the new Traumerla " Scbuselz; "Pizzicati," Dclibeo; "Palpouri la Grande Ducbesse;" overture, "Jean of Paris," Baldein: "Happy Hawes Gavotte," Jungman; thonew "Minuet Waltz," Gurney; march, "Gortschak; "Chinese Serenade," Fleige: "Listen to My Tale of Woe," "Sunoulin Waltz," and the "Dudes' March," played a la Gilmore's Band. A SOCIAL INTE0DUCTI0H" Into the Fnshlonnble Mnslcnl Woild, for flli Dlny Tleeslev. A very delightful muslcale, given last even ing, by Miss S. S. Killikelly. at ber home on South Highland avenue, introduced socially to the fashionable musical world Miss May Bees Icy, the talented young soprano who made her professional debut in the city last spring, and wbo now lends ber voice to the choir of the Third Presbyterian Chnrch. Miss Beesley re turned last spring from an extended stay abroad, during which she cultivated her voice and immediately accepted the position offered by the church in which she sings. Several solos'rendered by ber last evening wero a de lightful portion of the evening's programme, which included numbers by leading vocalists and instrumentalists of the city. MUSICAL IBEAT IN BX0EE, A Brilliant Conceit to be Given la the East End Next Friday. A brilliant musical treat is in store for the music-loving peoplo of the city. Prof. D. D. Wood, the celebrated blind organist of Phila delphia, will give an organ recital in the new Bellefield Church next Friday evening, Octo ber 3. at 8 o'clock. The organ, which is tbe largest ever placed by the Wirschmg Com pany in this part of the country, is pronounced by musical experts to be one of the very best in the two cities, and admits of great variety of expression. The vocal numbers will be rendered by tbo choir of tbe First Presbyterian Church. PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS. Savmnnah News (Dem.): Labor threatens to start a State ticket in Pennsylvania. Now Mr. Quay will have the walking delagate to ne gotiate with, and he .is numerous and comes high at election time Altoona Times (Dem.): To manage the Be publican campaign this year requires unusual adroitness, and Mr.;Dela mater is manifesting that be does not possess that quality by the blunders he is making in replying to tho Hen sel charges. DATtok (O.) Times (Dem.): Delamater, it Is said, is much discouraged by the number of Republicans who tell him that they will vote for Fattison. It is the number wbo do not tell him, but who will vote for Pattison, that will make him feel real badly. HARKiSBtmo Patriot (Dem.): Governor Pat tison and the rest of the Democratic State ticket are sure to be elected if the Democratic vote Is polled. There are enough antl-Delama- ter Republicans in the State to snow the Quay candidate under if tbe Democratic rank and file will do their duty. A thoiough and careful canvass of tbe State shows this to be the case. Greenville irffui (Rep.): The reports are all in, tbe candidates are before the people and the proceedings can now proceed. It is by no means a settled fact that a Democrat will represent us in the next Congress. Major Mc Dowell is a strong candidate and will develop strength as tho campaign goes on. There are plenty of "I-toId-you-so's," but the Major's friends go to work and work in earnest New Castle Guardian (Rep.): Wo be lieve that the Lawrence connty bolters are en titled to tbe credit of being the first organiza tion in tbe State to adopt tbo Australian ballot system. At least we should judge from tbe secrecy with which their so-called primaries were conductea and tbe lonesome appearance generally 'presented at their several polling places that the Australian system was in vogue. DEATHS0FA DAY. Jqlin 01. Prcscatt, Sr. John M. rrescott, Sr., dted yesterday morning at his residence on Isabella street, Allegheny, lie was well known and favorably esteemed on the Nortuslde. He was born In England la I8$L but has been a resident nere rpr more man su years. 11....., ,vna f ha fntltai if .I.f... tC 'PnD.nt. W-i"Mt .. futf .My. y FttWVI 1, AMVfl tag attorney SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. The home circle is the only one that can be squared. Tup American hog is being talked about in the cot of the pig raiser and in the palace of the courtier. But it's not the four-legged bog with which we bave to do. There be bogs In other lines street car hogs, restaurant bogs, theater hogs, hotel hogs, street corner hogs and business hogs. The latter Is the hog we are after. An enterprising man will take des perate chances to put a new business on a sound and paying basis. He struggles along, advertises judiciously, and, as the saying goes, gets there wltb both feet Then it is whispered around that he is making money. An envious hog, wbo has big capital, sees this and grows hungry. The succeises of others whet bis pig gish appetite, and he determines to reach one for a share of the enterprising citizen's trade. Money will win without brains to back it In a variety of cases, and the avaricious hog often, too often, succeeds. Then another hog steps in, and so on until the business is overdone and the originator of the good thing crowded ont by competition. In other words, the business is run into the ground. It's then a fight in which the fittest sometimes go to the wall. Of course legitimate business, which grows with the growth of the community and meets demand and supply, is not a fruitful field for the hog. He won't take any risks, you know. He must hold a winning hand must stand "pat" as the gambler says. If be can double his dollars on a sure thing something which the other fellow has made fruitful through a cleverness which has created a public demand Mr. Hog plunges. Then the whole litter follows suit and the public cries enough. If the creator of the new idea survives them the hog squeals. If the hog survives the pioneer drifts out of sight "nnhonored and unsung." So don't overdo a good thing which has been planned bv a man of push, and which, in order to survive, must draw upon the whole a new thing which peo ple didn't want until somo one offered it them. If you do, the reaction will come. It's easier to collect a crowd than an over due bill. Girls, if you want a squeeze, go to the Ex position. The surest way to kill a lottery is to quit buying tickets. The foolkiller will bave to be turned loose before this method can be adopted, however. Rockawat Beach paradise. should be the babies' People wbo look into last year's almanac can hit the weather about as closely as the fel lows in the signal towers. The world must look rosy to the woman who wears a red veil. One of the questions fired at medical students in New York during examination ex ercises was: "What States of Central America bave recently been at war?" This must bave been a poser. A revolution might break out In a new spot before it could be answered. But what has this to do with pills and powders, anyhow! Death constantly stares the lineman in the face. President Diaz dodged the bullets of Mexican assassins. He may live to die aa he should in bed. The Southern Coal Trust has received a black eye in tbo Tennessee courts. It cannot throw dust into the eyes of the goddess. If registry lists are election barometers it is safe to predict a light vote in the grand old State of Allegheny. Old salts say when crab3 are plentiful in autumn ice will be harvested in winter. Tbe crabs are thick in tbe arms of the sea now, and it this sign goes ice machine stock will be bear ish soon. The Hebrew Day of Atonement is over. Tbe people of Pennsylvania will observe theirs early next November. Now the Delamater organs will have some thing to talk about Between the purists and the jurists tbe pub lishers of Tolstoi's bookar6 in clover. Time is money when yon squander 5500 on a watch. Net earnings is what the business man fishes for every time. The pages of tbe Record containing Ken. nedy's speech bave, to use a printer's term, been "pied." Chicken fighters are fowl murderers. A New Yore: woman lodged a complaint" against her milkman tbe other day. accusing him of attempting to poison ber. She said after the milk stood awhile a thick yellowish stuff gathered at the top. She never saw cream form on her morning's supply before, and didn't know what it was. Tbe average milk buyer is liable to be scared by cold cream. The steel-blue stuff is what they are used to. They say Mary Anderson bas larger feet than any other stage star. If Mary could get into Congress she would make a hit Now is the time to put la your gas-saving appliances. Fittsburcers don't have to lay in a winter supply of coal, you kmow. Mothers reverse the orderof business when they lather the little shavers. People who put their nrjoney into lotteries might just as well deposit their savings in the banks of Newfoundland. "Mat we never want a friend to cheer us nor a bottle to cheer him" Is a good old toast of the long ago. Our forefathers were cheery old chaps, to be sure. The fountain at tbe Exposition docs not play as often as tho band. Turn on the water and the calcium oftencr, grmtlemen. Thet charge 20 ceuts f or a drink of whisky in Vice President Morton's Washington hotel. This is his method of encouraging prohibition. Clatjs Spreckels will smile sweetly if the sugar clause of the tariff bill hurts the trust Love laughs at everything except a con stable. Arrests are stopping some weddings?' Plain Kate Field says the dear American girls alone spend 582,000,000 a year on cosmetics. Perhaps Tolstoi had a lucid interval when he wasjwriting bis book after alt CARE should sit lightly on the man with cork legs. He shakes hands with you now, but if he Wins at tbe polls f ou will not be able to touch him with a ten foot pole. Bees and sugar cane are bigger in the eyes of the people than the giant trees of the Yo semite. . A California girl has shot a false lover. Men who trifle with women will grow scarce if this example is loiiowe d. Lots of girls who passed as heiresses last summer are now fingering typewriters. The farmer who bet on thefavorite at the fair race is now mortgaging bis chatties. Crooked politicians sometimes appear on a straight ticket The new fall hats are turning the heads of the ladies. The husband of tbe New York actress who shocked society by appearing just like a statue In a stage studio scene is a weaver, and sticks to bis loom,' He should weave bis wife a suit of clothes. The Passion play has been running in the House end of Congress long enough. You cannot develop your muscle' -by lifting mortgages. Me. Blaine bas returned to Washington. Chillblanes may bo looked for in the White House. . When premier danseuses make a farewell tour they are on their last legs of course. Clock weights are the levers which move time. Wilms Winkle, HAEBIAGE ABD DIVOECE. A Chance for Visitpis ;o the; Exposition Ip Express Tlfeinsclfp. The topical ballot for visitors tp the Exposi tion to vote upon to-night is a popular one. The question of uniform marriage and divorce laws is being agitated in several States, and the people now have a chance to give it a boom in Pennsylvania. To-day and to-night the Poll Book will be open at Dispatch headquarters, Brunswick-Balke-Collender Billiard Company's space, Exposition building, to vote on this topic: Should a Uniform Marriage and Divorce Law be Urged Upon Congressf Open to Lady and Gentlemen Voters. Souvenirs for lady voters. Watcb these columns for future announcements. OUR MAIL POUCH. Impenetrable Plates of Steel Armor. To the Editor or Tbe Dlspatcs: The steel world, and, in fact nations of every civilized tongue, appear to be deeply engrossed in the superlative construction of armor-plates that will resist the impact of shot and shell in cident to naval conflicts. England, with her boasted skill in tbe manufacture of steel and tbe supremacy of her naval power, has reposed in fancied security behind cumbersome, ex pensive apd worthless armor-plates, although supplied by the world-famed Charles Cammell &. Co., of Sheffield. A careful analysis of these compound plates by a practical or scientific mind at once discloses tbe Inutility of such armor, and demonstrates Its weakness as a re sisting force to tbe cone-shells used by our own Government Presuming the Cammell plates to be a com pound of iron or soft steel, and ' very hard," or highly carbonized steel, whether the plate ia rolled from an ingot so manufactured, or from a pile in alternate layers of Iron and steel and welded in passing through tbe rolls, under tbe hammer, or by hydraulic pressure, matters but little for our own purpose. To be of any effect in resisting the impact of a cone shell it must of necessity be verv bard on tbe face or front side wbere such shell would strike. And yet it is well known to sci entists and practical metallurgists thatan ingot Is always harder than a bar manipulated from it eitber between the rolls or under the ham mer: and inasmuch as a bar cannot be produced by eitber process from an ingot without re heating the ingot from which it is made.clearly demonstrates tbe fact that such reheating bas opened tbe crystalline form, and in proportion to such beat reduced its resisting properties. Tbe conesbells of which we speak are manu factured from very fine steel and after manipu lation of form and size are heated and hard ened to such a degree that a fine file will not make any Impression on their surface. If this be true, the question naturally, arises, how is it possible for an open form of crystallization in steel to resist the velocity of a highly carbon ized and hardened projectile propelled with terrific force from a gun. and made with all the skill that science and experience can command for the very purpose of penetrating such ob stacles as may be presented by the world any where T To overcome the elements of destruction caused by a shell such as described, we can only suggest tbe construction of a plate, ''com pound or solid," that after manipulation to form desired, can be so hardened in part and S o densely crystallized as to be invulnerable to either shot or shell, and yet have sufficient ductile or unbardened substance to prevent separation of hard and ductile portions in col lision. Such an accomplishment would crown America as the greatest constructor of naval ships in the world, and she would be regarded with envy by every civilized Government under tbe sun. ben Catlev. Pittsburg, September 26. What Appanage Is To tbe Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Please define the word "appanage" used in your editorial on "The Hope of tbeTwenty fifth" on tbe 23d instant. Was it correctly spelled and its use appropiiate in that article? NewEeighton, September 28. D. R.W. Tbe word is a good one and was correctly used. It is of French origin, and its original significance, under the feudal law of France, was that which was granted to the sous of the sovereign for their support, as lands and priv ileges, which reverted to the Crown on the failure of malebeirs. in Scotland appanage was the natrimony of tbe King's eldest son. In England members of the royal family receive from Parliament an allowance from certain hereditary crown Ian ds. Hence, appanage has come to signify a possession or belonging; an attribute or accompaniment; a dependent terri tory. When Alcohol Freezes. To the Editor ol Tbe Dispatch: To settle a discussion, please answer the fol lowing question: Can alcohol be frozen under any circumstances? J. O. B. iTrrSBURG, September 26. It becomes viscid at a very low temperature, but does not congeal above a temperature of 200 degrees below zero. C'ommnnlcntion at Sei, To the Editor of The Dispatch: In traveling to or from Europe, could I com i.nunicate any news to my wife on mid ocean 7 If bo, by what means? W. C. I'lTTSBUEO. September SB, Read Burr's letter in last Sunday's DlS PATC.l. It explains tbo latest system of com munication at sea. The State of Idaho To the Editor of The Dispatcc: What is the youngest State in the Union? Want to Know. Pittsburg-, September 26. LIVING ON HEESELF. Over 174 Days Without Food and 165 Days Witbont a Drop of Liquids. tSrKCIAL TELIOHA3I TO THE DIBPATCH.l Allentown, September 26. No case of fasting on record can be compared in any way with that of Mrs. Ellen Wuchter, wife ot a poor laborer residing in the village of- White hall, six miles north of here. This woman bas not tasted a morsel of solid food for 174 days, and not a drop of liquid food for 163 days. Since the beginning of her fast, Sirs. Wuchter bas been critically ill, and suffered Intense pain. Her fast is compulsory. Mrs. Wuchter is afflicted wltb cancer of the pharynx, and the growth, which has been going on for years, has so filled the nppcr portion of the sesophagus, that no food can reach tbe stomach. Up to nine years ago Mrs. Wuchter. who is 30 years or ace. was in good health. About that time she began to fall, tbe first evidence of declining health being a spas modic cough and a gradual loss of voice. About 18 months ago tbe cough became very severe, and her voice sank to a wulsper. About ten months a"0 swallowing became difficult and in a short time the was unable togct anything down her throat -xcept liquids. Her condition grew worse until she was unable to partake of even liquid foods only at rare intervals, and then not more than a spoonful at a time. Since Good Friday, April 4, bc has not taken a drop ,mror nithniii'h she complains of an intense t hirst The only way in which ber thirst can bo pa rtially allayed is by placing one of her bands in a basin of water, where it is kept for half an hour, so that the pores may absorb the moist ure, and thus take away the keeu edge of her thWhen in healtb the weight of Mrs. Wuchter was HO pounds. Now ber weight Is between 65 and 60 pounds. Six months ago short and se vere epileptic conwlsions developed, and these occur from 5 to 40 times a day. Mrs. Wuch tersiabt has almost failed, part or ber body isp.rafyvwd. At times she is entirely pulse IeM.thoukih her heart is nearly normal. She sleens varv little, and seldom longer than 15 ?!H?7"? ,i,. At time, since ber fast be- pan she has fceen unconscious for varying pcri ld but her mind is not affected and she fully realizes ber cood.tion and is anxious for the end to come. The only responses she can .make to the sympathetic Inquiries of friends are muffled groamf. HAPPY lTOPTIALS. Two BMIliaat fii. '' ?ake p,ace In Ou e Klcht. rSPrCTALTXI.BA.'TOTDia,iTCB.. - Newark. O.. September 2a-Brilliant and happy nupals were those consummated at the home of Attorney John SwartA North Fourth street last night at 8 o'clock. The con tracting parties were Mr. Samuel Sachs one of the best known ad popular young German citizens of this city, and Miss Annie Grace Crlsswill. Tbe ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. B. Jones, of the Fifth Street Baptist Church. There was a large number ; present Many valuable and "J'SLS presented. The couple left foi' Cincinuation their wedding fmr. . , a. Another notable event toot pBvje at St Frances De Sales Church, where- Mr. J-nn Flanagan, a prominent yonng businej man, and Miss Katie Knas. daughter of Mr. Joiin Knas, were united in marriage by Rev. Fatbar Hayes at 7 o'clock, in the presence of a large number of friends. They will remain ia JieW' ark. CURIOUS CONDEHSATIMS. The oldest native of Oregon is 46 years of age. Georgia has 300 life-time prisoners ia the penitentiary. A thriving mining camp in palifornia is named Glmletrllle. Seven conples were married in the lit tle town of Carbondale a day or two ago. A machine for making shoestrings out of paper is a recent Philadelphia invention. A fir tree was cut in Washington Stat? that scaled 20,500 feet. The top log was not counted. An octogenarian at Maysyille, O., bas just t?ken his seventh wife a" woman 50 years, his junior. ' A Pqmeroy, O., woman gave birth fo tripleis. two boys and a girl, Wednesday night Tbe combined weight of the three is 19H pounds. A new sort of "tafly" pavement is being laid on the boulevard Anspacb Brussels. It is composed of India rubber and ground stones of various kinds. Tbe engineer on a locomotive near Green Cove Spring. Fla., last week, caught two partridges in his hands out of a covey, while flying through tbe cab. Alary E. Tennis was granted a divorce at Columbus, O". Wednesday. When the peti tion was grantea she kissed all the ladies in at tendance and ber attorney. Some of the small boys in Phcauix, Ant, have made considerable pocket money by col lecting large scorpions, centipedes and rattle snakes, wbicb they pickle and sell to tourists. The curator of the Brooklyn Institute told a reporter tbe other day tbat one beauti ful butterfly in tbe collection of the institute is valued at 31,000. tbat sum having recently been paid for a duplicate. A negro living at Newman, Ga., is 90 years of age, bas had three waes, is the father of 41 children and bas nearly 400 grand and greatgrandchildren. Be is capable of doing a fair day's work on the farm. A doctor and an undertaker heard of a man who was hurt near Menominee, and rode to tbe scene of tbe accident in tbe same ng, the former taking his Dillboc and tho latter his coffin. The doctor got tbe job. The miracle working wells of Galgoeze, ia the district of Pressburg, Hungary, are at tracting so many thousands of pi'grims from wo Biuiuuuuiujj wuu lies ujab fcue autuuriucs have been forced to call iu the military to keep order. Kilgore is a strapping big fellow, but he has the smallest foot in Congress smaller even than that of Joe Blackburn, whose dapper feet Kentucky ladies are said to travel miles to see. The largest foot in Congress is carried around by Speaker Reed. A school girl coming home to report having won two prizes, says the Cincinnati Commc, cial, remarked tbat one of tbem was for having tbe best memory. Being asked what tbo other prize was for, she replied: "For tbe life of me, I can't just now thins; what that was for." Nine-tenths of the raisins sold in this country are made in Calif ornia, and yet Cali fornia raisinmakers ship all their best goods to New York and bave tbem boxed and marked as if tbey came from Spain. Tbey claim tbat the public looks with more favor on imported raisins, and for this reason they are obliged to go to all this trouble. A burglar got fast in the window of a house occupied by John Roach, of Faterson. John Is a moralist and he dressed himself and sat down on a chair and talked to that burglar for two long hours without a break. Then tbe burglar asked to be either knocked on the bead or let go.and Mr. Roach talked to bim ono hour longer and then suffered bim to depart . Postoffice Inspector Pulcifer is hunting up post office relics for the museum at Wash ington. He states that a postmaster's commis sion was found at Gceen Bay which was dated in tbe year 1818, and another in tbe year 18iS. Green Bav is making an effort to take the lead in postofflca relics for Wisconsin, and has a good chance to do so, having about the oldest history of any town in Wisconsin. Out at the Folsom Prison, Oregon, there is a horse that bas developed a singular char acteristic, which consists in an earnest desire to eat all the red and green peppers be can get bold of. Tbe animal behaves just like any otner horse, except in the particular matter above. He Is a good worker and tame and manageable. Hon he acquired tbe love tor peppers is a matter of conjecture. ' The old New York Marble Cemetery on Second street, between First and Seccrd ave nues. New York, is notable as containing not a single grave. The ground was filled Up from tbe beginning with sunken stone vanlts, in which tbo dead are Dlaced. Tbeso vaults have a thin covering of soil thrown over tbem, which is now laid out iu grassy plots and walks. Robert Fulton, of steamboat fame, is buried iu this cemetery. Alvan Clark is now constrnctiug a tele scope for a Los Angeles oDservatory that will bring the moon within an apparent distance of 100 miles from the observer. It is expected tbatwbeptbis telescope is finished, the ques tion whether there are any inhabitants on the moon will be definitely settled, and also whether tbe supposed inhabitants of the planet Mars are signalling to as by means of certain lights which astronomers have noticed on that planet Charles Damon, a Lansing. Mich., car penter, contracted to build a S955 house for G. C. Watson, for which he was to pay 90 per cent before the completion of the house. Watson did not live up to his agreement. Damon was no chump, and instead of wasting bis money on a lawyer be quietly jacked that house op for moving late Saturday night, and when tbe peaceful Sabbath morn dawned tbat honso oc cupied another lot Watson, is mad, but thuj won't bring back the house. "While working in his sawmill at Plaas ant Hill. Lane county. Ore., H. M. Kelley's left band was caught in a machine ad was chopped to piecs. Ufa men bound bis arm tightly below the shoulderand sent for a doctor. It was seven hours before one came, and by this time the arm was terribly swollen from bein"too tightly bound. The arm was ampu tated at the wrist but no circulation could be restored, and tbe blood that collected in the arm was poisoned, and when carried into tbe system brought on lockjaw, which proved fatat A system has been invented by an officer of tbe United States navy by which stringed musical in-truments can be operated by elec tricity. He produces sound by tho vibration of a stretched wire in a magnotic field. An alternating current is passed through the ire, and vibratii ns are set up and continue so long as the current flow. The best results are gained where tbe current is made and broken unevenly, as by rubbing a terminal overa coarse file. Tbe inventor proposes to apply bis In vention In an electrical piano, and also in a system of multiple telegraphy. A FUsJLADE OF FU.V. ""What do you charge tor performing the marriage ceremony?" aske d a prospective brlde croom of a Cblcazo clergyman. "Five dollars." replied the minister, "but yon can save money by buying a commutation ticket six ceremonies for ?3. ,y Jester. "How good ot you to come, doctor; I didn't expect you this morning;." ' '3 o. but I was called to your opposite neighbor, poor Mrs. Brown, and I thought I miabtas well kill two birds with one stone." Punch. K Fair Entertainer (to young operator) M hat side of the market-Is that the way to putltf are you on this week, Mr. BroLaw?" Young Operator (at the other end of the sofa) I am what they call a "bear," Miss Kajones. Fair Entertainer- Indeed! Von yon don't act tbe least bit in tne world like a bear, Mr. Brofcaw. Chicago Tribune. Seaside Hotel Proprietor I see yon have given our finest suite of rooms to a man named Bllklns. Are you sure he can pay the rates? Clerk Yes. he's Immensely rich. Proprietor How do you know? Clert-He Isold and uIy and his wife Is young and pretty. Sew XorK Weekly, "x"a-as," siid the Apglomaniac, "the Fablsof .Miagawa would be twnlygwand, don't you know, but for one dwawback." "What Is thai?" Tbeyahhahf Amewlcan, ah." Pact. "It seems to me I ought to know yon," re marked a linmorlsl to a Joke. "l'ououahllo," replied tbe Joke; "I am yonr own child: but I've been translated into the Ger man and back since 1 left home." Pact. Mrs. Hashleigh Try some of this steak, Mr. Fnnnlboy. i'nnniboy rhank yon. 1 am not a police Court Jndpe, Mrs. Hashlelzh, bnt yet I have to try a good many tough cases. Mrs. Bashlel?h-Mr. fnnnlboy. I will want yuar room when your week Is up. Wist Shore. "A pennv tor your thought,!" exclaimed Miss Amy to yonng Goslln. "Weally, 11IS3 Amy," replied Goilln, endeav oring to'be funny, "yon make me feel cheap." Tuiiorry, but Itbongbt you might possibly tbiak a cent's worth If you tried real hard,'' Hilt Store. t v .j ,Na AJJtlui&SimkAa mm
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