eaaesfsSa -THE' FJTTSBUKG- DISPATCH, MONDAY. "SEPTEMBER 29, 1890. i rt- MtM$Mt ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. 1S18, Vol.45, .Vo.31.-Entered at i"iU6burg l'ostofllce, Temberll, 1&7. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithflold and Diamond Streets. NevrfcRooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. EASTEKN AIJVERTISIMiOFFlCJB. KOOM3, TKinrjNE BUII.DIJG, MEW YOISK. where complete flies of T1IE DISPATCH can always be Jound. Foreign aaTertlscrs appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DIM'ATCH, while In 2ew York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on tale a Srentano's, 5 Union Square, Jfcv York, and IT Are. de r Opera. Paris. Prance, where any. one who has been disappointed, at a hotel news stand can obtain it tainable that not only was the sentiment ex pressed, bnt that it called out the plaudits of the Republican hearers before it was qualified by the succeeding sentence. The exact value of that modification is not clear, but it evidently grows out of Senator In galls' principle that moral qualities and the Ten Commandments "have no place in politics." TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. t .TAGE TREE IN" THE UNITED STATES. jailt DisrATcn. One Year. f SOO Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter 2 00 DAILY.DISI'ATCH, One Month .. 70 DailyHhspatch, Ineludingbnnday, lyear. JCOO Daily Dispatch, ineludingSunday.Sm'ths. ISO DAILY Dispatch, lncludlnEfcunday.lmonth 90 M.-J.DAY Dispatch, One Year 150 t eiklt Dispatch, One Year. 125 The Daily Dispatch is delivered hy carriers at .cents per week, or Including Sunday edition, r-120 cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY, SEPT. 29. 1S90. AX UNPROFITABLE PROPOSITION. "Ve do not think that there is much dan ger o! the coal interests of this city carrying to any lengths the project which, according to a report in our local columns, is mooted among them, of forming a combination to sell coal at a loss in order to crowd out the Kanawha operators. While the coal men have large capital they have secured their wealth by too hard knocks to throw it into the river through such a method. Tiie proposition is evidently a survival of the various ideas that have been agitated to form a combination which shall shut off competition after the fashion of the success lul trusts. The impracticability of all such propositions is shown by the fact that they have at last simmered down into one to combine for the purpose of losing money. Even supposing that the coal interests of the Monongahela could be attracted into a pool for that cheerful object, and that the Kanawha interests cculd be driven out of the Southern markets, what would be the result? At the end of the cut-throat rivalry, the coal operators who kept it up would have parted with their coal and lost their money; those who abandoned it promptly, would have kept their coal ready to enter the market again as soon as paying prices were restored. In an industry so far beyond the control of combination as the river coal trade, the trust tactics of cut-throat prices will always inflict the severest penalty on those who inaugurate it. The coal men have a much firmer founda tion in their claim that the competition of the Kanawha coal establishes the need for the Government to purchase the Monon gahela Navigation Company's locks and dams, and free that river from tolls. By giving the Kanawha river operators free loiks and dams, the Government has enabled them to compete with the Pittsburg opera tors at an advantage which fully offsets the inferior character of tbeirproduct. It is no more than justice that the Government should, as promptly as possible, do as much for the Monongahela interests. Our coal men are fully entitled to claim the removal of the burden of tolls from .their shipments. There is little danger but that they will be able to see that in the meantime the project of selling coal at a loss offers no inducements. If they cannot get what their coal costs them it will be better to keep it in the mines until they can find fresh markets or get the inequality rectified. EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY. The filing of $929,000 worth of mortgages within the past two weeks looks, on the sur face, as if there was an increase of indebted ness that is undesirable. But au examina tion of the activity in that line, as stated in our local columns, shows that the increase is entirely in the line of purchase money and building association mortgages. This .shows that working people are buying lots and building houses, and are thus taking the surest course for laying up money and becoming property holders. In addition to that, the fact that some twenty mortgages are being canceled daily is one of the most convincing proofs of general prosperity. There is only one better sign than a large volume of purchases of lots and homes on mortgage, and that is when the mortgages art: paid off. The present condition is a peculiarly good one in displaying both in dications oi prosperity among the masses at the same time. ADVICE FOR DEHMATER. The Pottsville Miners:'' Journal, while it remains faithful to the cause ot Delamater, declares that Quay is an incubus to the Re publican candidate, and that he must be thrown overboard. Indeed, it credits Mr. Delamater with doing so, by the assertion that "the men who represent Quay can hope to be snccessiul in the State only by repudi ating his leadership, as Senator Delamater is doing to-day." This is all that would be needed to make the anomalous features of the campaign a practical reproduction of that of 1882. It is to be remembered that Governor Beaver, in that year, made some tentative efforts to de clare that he was not Cameron's property, and even to hint that he disapproved of and would antagonize the Cameron policy. All snch efforts to assert that he was his own po litical property were thoroughly silenced by the following terse direction: "Dear Bea ver. Don't talc. Quay." The spectacle of Delamater repudiating Quay would be a more unique one than Beaver's attempt to disown Cameron. If the Republican candidate should repudiate the Junior Senator, for any other purposes than political revenue,, the results would be crushing for the Republican candidate. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S TASK. The opening of the anti-slavery congress in Paris yesterday, is the formal inception of a movement which has not been rivaled in importance to'civilization, since the pre ceding movement'eommenced in the early part of the century against slavery in the civilized world. It Js probably just to estimate the importance of freeing Chris tendom from the barbarism of slave-holding, above relieving an uncivilized and heathen continent from the horrors of the slave-trade. The first work has been completed. Chattel slavery is not now maintained in any Chris tian country. The next work for Christian civilization is that urged by Cardinal Lava gene, and inaueurated by this congress, of suppressing the murder and rapine which is now conducted by the slave-hunters in the heart of Alrica. While the importance of suppressing the slave-trade in Africa may be secondary to that of emancipation in civilized nations, the difficulties are far greater. As the eailier task required a conflict of nearly two-thirds of the century, that which is now taken up must be expeeted to be a pro tracted struggle. The nations which held slaves in the early part of the century were capable of being affected by appeals to the principles of justice and humanity. The suppression of the slave-trade in Africa is rendered ten times more difficult because wherever it exists the victims as well as the slave-hunters regard it as the natural order of things. How to stop slave-hunting and establish respect for human rights among millions of savages, of whom the victims fail to be the hunters only because they are the weaker, is no easy problem. The way in which the slave-trade and all its destruction of human life is rooted in Africa may be illustrated by the report that the German officials at Bagamoyo have recognized it. The report is denied, and its measure of truth is not determined. But it is to be said that while a power which has pushed its colonization policy by the force of Krupp guns ought to be able to suppress the slave-trade, the German officials, if the report is true, have done no more than some of the most devoted opponents of that sum of barbarous villainies. Gordon at Khartoum was obliged to try the expedient of pacification by recognizing the right of Soudanese to pursue the trade. Stanley at the upper falls of the Congo had to make terms with Tippoo Tib, the King of the slavers. So far civilization has had to gain a foothold in the interior of Africa by suf franceofthe slave-trade; and the positions must be reversed before it can conquer the power which now holds that region from Stanley Falls to TJnyambembe, and from Khartoum to the Kyassa. It is evident that the first work of the congress must be to organize force or io persude the governments of Christendom to unite in doing so. While civilization can not yet follow up and punish the bands of slave-hunters in the jungles of Africa, it can by means of the great rivers which pene trate the continent cut off the profits of the trade by armed steamers and fortified sta tions which will make it impossible to transport the gangs of captives to market. It is a pity that Christianity has not been unselfish enough to unite in opening up Africa to civilized commerce without schemes of territorial aggrandizement Since that ideal of civilized progress has vanished, the congress must rely on bring ing influence to bear on each Government to do its share in stopping the slave-gangs. With the Kile, Niger, Congo and Zambesi opened up by steamers, and the stations at the head of these streams united by roads, the trade of barbarism may be suppressed and that of civilization can take its place. Unless civilized greed permits the debauch ery of the rum-trade to be substituted for the devastation of the slave-trade, Christian commerce will go hand in hand with mis sions in giving the savages some idea of human richts and the principles of justice and mercy. Such a task is one which appeals to phi lanthropy and is well worthy the enthu siasm and devotion of those who undertake it. It may require the greater part of the next century to bring it to a successful issue, but when the cause is victorious, those who help it to success will be entitled to the same glory that is now accorded to the advocates of emancipation iu the early party of this century. meut is doomed at the next general election, in any event, snch a development of coercion might not produce unmitigated sorrow in the mind of Balfour. Perhaps .no would follow the famous example of a predecessor and disavow the action by discharging the active constables and then glvingthem new and higher positions. OUR SHOrTT STORIES. Although the ex-wicked Gibbs was read out of the Republican party in New, York he came out ahead oi the primaries of his Assem bly district last week. A professionally wicked politican may be read out of the Republican party; but that does not make him let go of the ward machinery. What does the Chicago Timet expect to .effect by asserting editorially that the confer ence committee on the tariff bill fixed the duty on refined sugar at .875 of a cent? As the news dispatches of the same paper in which this as sertion was made, stated that the1 committee had fixed the rate at half-cent, it is a natural conclusion that the editors of the esteemed Timn adopt the German style of evolving their facta concerning tariff legislation from the depths of their inner consciousness. JkMubdebs and : railroad collisions vie with each other for prominence in to-day's news. Both classes, so far as yesterday's events are concerned, belong clearly to the class of criminal occurrences. It is asserted on high social authority that no less than eight American girls at Lenox have this year refnsed offers of marriage from titled foreigners. We are glad to note any sign that American heiresses are becoming American; but there is a lurking suspicion left that there must have been a very scaly lot of titled foreigners in the Lenox marriage mar ket. Perhaps there was one of them who tried eight different heiresses before he acknowl edged defeat. The appointment of E. Burd Grubb, of New Jersey, as .Minister to Spain, indicates that all those' who fell outside of the breast works are provided for, except Warner Miller. What did Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, mean in the House the other day in supporting the appropriation of 81.000,000 for purchasing nickel for armor-plating our vessels with the state ment that the purchase was absolutely impera tive at this time, for reasons which it was not advisable to state in public? Does Mr. Boutelle contemplate pluneing the nation in war with out letting the rest of us know anything about itr Mr. Postmaster Wheat does not seem to bo standing inspection as well as the North western kind. There is fear that ha will be graded as "No. 2 rejected." The Portuguese Government has given orders to stop all telegrams, domestic and foreign, which refer to the current political disorders. This must be the foundation for the report that Portugal is becoming repub lican. That was the first resort of the military governmentin Brazil, which was somewhat prematurely hailed ny this country as a Re public. PEOPLE IN GENERAL. The Duchess of Fife knows which way the wind blows. She invariably wears Scotch goods tor the public occasions. Rhoda Bkougiiton is SO years old, white haired and sunny-faced. She has written 22 books, but only ten of them have been pub lished. EiirEKOR William Is in favor of calling an other Peace Congress at once, and has been measured for a new military suit to wear on the occasion. Congressman Lester, of the Fifth Vlr- ginla district, who is a candidate for re-election, will be opposed hy W. H. Pleasants, a col ored citizen of Danville. Ex-Governor John Lee Carroll, of Maryland, and family.bavo returned from New port to Doughoregan Manor, their home resi dence, in Howard county. General Barrundia's married daughter will shortly visit the United States to consult with the President concerning her father's murder. She is now with her mother at Oaxaca, Mexico. Mb. Stanlkt will deliver his first lecture in New York in the Metropolitan Opera House on November 1L The subject will be the "Rescue of Emin, the Forests, the Pigmies, and tho March Across Africa." Sherman Hoar, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Fifth Massachusett's district, is a nephew of Senator Hoar, and son of ex Attorney General and ex-Congressman Ebcn ezer Rockwood Hoar. He is a graduate of Harvard and a lawyer. Colonel William a. Doan, Republican candidate for Congress in tho Twelfth Ohio district, resides at Wilmington, Cliuton county, and is about 60 years of age. He has never held office of any consequence, but has been a can didate for Congress seven times in 6 years. A friend of Jay Qould, speaklnc of bis generosity, tells the New York Press: "Jim FisKc left absolutely nothing, but Gould gave his widow $250,000 in Government bonds. It was a big pile of money for bim in those days. although it would be scarcely a flea bite now." HIND. SIGHT IN EXCESS. i'The most remarkable case of hina-slght I overcame across," said tho old railroad superintendent, "occurred on my division sev eral years ago, A young man named Brown was operator at a way station about ten miles tbissido-of Alliance. He was a good boy all over: didn't drink; didn't fool with the girls, and I had my eye on him for promotion. Rut one winter's night, after ordering a freight train to come west, be let No. 10, passenger ex press, go east. How be made the blunder he never explained. On a single track road nothing under heaven could prevent a wreck, and Brown realized that before the rear lights of the passenger train were out of sight. Most men would have lost tlielr heads atthethougbt but Brown didn't. He remained at his instru ment, and telegraphed me as follows: 'Send wrecking train at once; trains 10 and 37 in col lision.' "I went out withtbe wrecking train at once, picked up Brown on (be way, and fonnd a bad smashup sure enough though the engineers ot both trains had sighted each other in time to avert a frightful catastrophe. Of course I had to discharge Brown; but if bis foresight had been equal to bis hind-sight, what a splendid railroader he wonld have made." THE MELANCHOLY OAYS. Come of the boys were playing seven-up for the beer and a dejected stranger came in. He sat down and watched the boys play for a moment, and then said: "Has it occurred to you, young men, that the summer is past and the harvest is ended?" The boys admitted that they bad been think ing of it a little, and the game went on. The stranger watched the deal and then spoke again: "Yes," said he, 'the tender ploces of pine have been sucked by the hot lips of July, and the scorching breath of August has in turn dried July's fiery blood. September hascome and the life-current of August is turned to in toxicating autumnal wine. Soon that will be quaffed, leaving only bitter, slimylees, and myl myl the ace was your lead there, young man! If that doesn't Beat you I don't know!" It did beat him and he called for four beers and a cigar. The stranger pushed his chair back quickly and looked startled. "Pardon me," he said, "but I don't want you to count me in. I beg of you not to. October fair, but with a hectic beauty that presages death and desolation will soon flaunt her gaudy banners to the breeze, deceiving us as with a triumphal march to scenes of still greater beauty. They say they are using glucose a good deal in their beer now-a-days. What do you think of it?" The boys said the beer seemed all right, and the game went on. "It does, oh?" said the stranger. "If that is the case I'll waivo my objection to being counted in this time, if you insist again. Chill November blasts are gathering. Icy rain on sodden leaves: bare-limbed trees are shivering and tremblingin their nakedness, wailing over sweet memories of beauty dead and pone: the frosty high, low, jack and the game, by gravy! That was a masterly play, young man!" Fonr beers and a cigar was the order once more. "Four beers?" said the stranger. "Ah! then there is glucose in it, eh? Thanks, gentlemen, for considering my inherent horror of the drug," The stranger got up and walked over to the bar. "Young man," said he to the bartender, "the year is drawing to a close; brightness and beauty are fading: everything looks sad. I don't know that oven glucose could make It look sadder. I'll take a glass of beer, I guess." The bartender drew the beer, and the stranger drank it slowly. Then he said: "Have yon ever thought, young man, on the solemn fact that gold is but dross after all?" "One beer," said tho bartender. "Five cents." "Do you know, young man, that the melan choly days have come, the sad-" The boys at the table heard a quick rush and a bang, and looking round saw that the de jected stranger was gone. The bartender was walking back from the door looking hot and angry. He was so hot and angry that it was sometime before he remembored that he had ejected tho price of one beer with the stranger. The dejected-looking stranger picked himself up from the sidewalk and passed on with a sad but satisfied smile. "I never knew the melan choly days to fall," said he. "They are always worth a beer if they are worked right." ' THE COWSLIPS AWAY. 'THE tall pines pine, The pawpaws pause. And the bumblebee bumbles all day; Tho eavesdropper drops. And the grasshopper hops, While gently the cow slips away. ge'man, did I hurt me?" Does you beardat? W'at are yon gwan to do wld a manw'at waltzes 'roun' de kitchen wld bis boot, an shows you de way out ob de do' by de ba'r ob you head, an' chucks you headober k'flum mlx down free pair o' stairs, and then come3 scootin' down after you like he's bustin' his heart wld grief an' goes fur to meek outdat you slip anj tumble all by yo'se'f, an' axe? yon, 'Rosabella, did you hu't you!' Dat'sw'at dat bippercrit pussou Hopeful Higgins done gwan an' do to me, ladies an ge'man." "W'y, Rosabella Higgins," said Hopeful, and tho intonation of his voice showed how deeply he was Injured in bis feelings. "How in de wide worl' kin you Stan' an' scarify "you own husband dat-a-way, an' de fadder ob you chil lun, w'en he done gwan an' mos' w'inch bis back out ob j'Int grabbin' f o' to ketch you jes' as you was meckln' de tu'n ob de f us' flight? Rosabella Higgins, I hope to gracious me. you hain't been tamperin' some mo' wid Swayback Higgins' free-cent gin!" "Hnb! you bippercrit pussonf exclaimed Mrs. Higgins. "How's I gwan to tamper wid free-cent gin, I leek to know, w'en you teck de las' free cents out ob de tin cup an play it in cause you dream ob a cat wid free eyes an six legs an' free tails? You w'inch you backl If you w'inched you back you w'inehed it trying to 'dnce me to give you free cents mo' byraisin' dat hoof o' your'n agin me. Dat's de way he w'inched it, ladies and ge'man. If dah hain't no law 'gin such 'pocrisy. Hopef nl Higgins, an' Brndder Skylight's preachin' can't teck no holt on yen, den dis heah 'bused wife ob your'n 's gwan to 'vest all de fun's from next week's washm' inter a razzer." Saying which, Rosabella snapped her fingers under Hopeful's nose and went in. Hopefnl took the way leading toward Swayback Higgins'. EXPRESS Y0UR OPINION On Topics of Interest lo Pltubnrc by Voting nt Dispatch Headquarters. The Exposition has entered upon its fifth week. The topical voting inaugurated by The Dispatch has touched a popular chord, and visitors bavo been enabled to express their views on important matters through its columns. Every day since the opening the headquarters of The Dispatch, in the com modious space occupied by the Brunswick-Balk-Collender Billiard Company, have been surrounded by throngs anxious to ballot upon questions of the hour. This week some vital topics have been selected, and all are requested to vote yes or no in The Dispatch Poll Book, which opens and closes with the Exposition every day and night. MONDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Should the Allegheny river be slackwatered and made navigable? Open to voters of both sexes. TUESDAY'S VOTING- TOPIC. Should a Citizen's Committee bo organized to present Pittsburg's Natural Advantages to Ontside Manufacturers? Open to voters of both sexes. WEDNESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC Should an Iron Tower, Glass Palace and Coal and Coko Dome bo erected to advertise Pitts burg's Resources? Open to voters of both sexes. On account of the interest attaching to the essays setting forth the best means to promote the future greatness and prosperity of Pitts burg, The Dispatch has decided to pub lish several outside of the prize list. Until these are disposed of no essay contests will be announced. They will appear from day to day in the columns of The Dispatch. THE RIsHI. PREACHED TO HUOTBEDS. ING&LLS SAID IT. With regard to a somewhat noted political declaration, the Philadelphia Ledger says: At the opening meeting of the campaign, at Pittsburg, it was reported that a principal speaker asked that the ticket should be sup ported for the reason that "the worst Repub lican is preferable to the best Democrat." That report is flitly denied, and the Ledger does not believe it 10 be true. We think that the esteemed Ledger is in error about the denial of this report What was denied was that General Hastings said that "even if a Republican leader had stolen money from the State Treasury he was better than the best Democrat." At all events, whether denied or not, the report of the speech of Senator John J. Ingalls, fur nished by the official stenographer in the employ of the Republican Committee, con tains the following: "I believe that the worst Republican that ever lived is better than the best Democrat that ever lived. Applause. Politically I mean." It thus appears on the best authority ob- THK TROUBLE WITH CONGRESS. The sum total of bills introduced in the lower branch of Congress at this session is 12,128. The total shoved into the Senate mill is 4,428, making a grand total of 16, 556. Of this mass there was a large por tion which was put in by request, without any other intention that they should go beyond the committee rooms, like those famous products of the Wage workers Political Alliance. But of the whole mass it is plain that it is so great that Congress can have no idea of the measures under its consideration. Of course, the great bulk of this business was private and special legislation which ought not to occu py the attention of the national legis lature. If Congress would rid itself of that incubus it might be able to transact its business intelligently. As it is, business is swamped by the flood of measures which have no business to be in Congress at all. The First Ward Library Asssociation is a commendable and unsectarian project for tho advantage of that extreme down-town section. It is to be hoped that it will commence its good work as soon as possible, and that it may aid and be aided in usefulness by the library projects of larger scope will be the desire of all connected with such efforts. Rev. Sam Small nnd Other ministers nt the Ohio Conference. rSrECIAL TEXEOBAM TO T1IK DISPATCB.I Lima, September 28. The fact that the Cen tral Ohio Conference is in session here, and the announcement that Bishop Andrews wonld preach this morning brought hundreds of peo ple to this city from neighboring localities this morning. Tho eminent clergyman preached at Trinity Church to an Immense audience. Rev. Sam Small the noted evangelist, also had a largo audience at the Grace Church. In fact all the churches in town were crowded, their pulpits being filled bv members of the conference. To-night Rev. Small preached to tne banner audience nf the day at Trinity on the ".high Crime of Mormonlsm." FASHIONS FOE HEN. The Philadelphia papers are publishing some interesting cards from gentlemen whose names are attached to an address of the Young Men's Republican Committee in support of Delamater, and who deny having signed or au thorized the affixing of their names to the ad dress. The last publication of the sort is from E. R. Maguire, who requests a correction, 'as I intend to vote for Robert E, Pattison for Gov ernor." The Philadelphia Republican man agers seem to be affected by the example of their candidate to the effect that it is not necessary to consult other people in affixing their names to important documents. THE declaration tt M. H. DeYoung, of California, that the price of a Senatorship from that State is $300,000, and that he does not want one at that figure, indicates thatsome one must have been bulling the market No wonder tne California Senators frowned down the proposi tion to investigate the purchase of Senator Payne's seat from Ohio. If the' Irish constabulary should break the heads of some of the English members of Parliament It 4s thought that English public opinion would desert the Tory Government. But as the members are the hated Liberals who support Home Rule and as the Tory govern- This seems to be an era of hugeness in neck wear with some of the big London Burlington bows, the size of the ordinary De Joinvllle lead ing the way. The Inverness cape for full-dress wear is now made with the velvet collar, which feature will be more prominent this season upon the swallow-tail than heretofore. Theke are some very clever designs in silver scarf pins. A frosted ball or a twisted cable, something simple and decorative, is m better judgment than the gaudy palpable bit of tinsel. A few of the single-breasted Prince Alberts are reappearing. A ncac and formal-looking coat, it was difficult to cut, but in a short shouldered, well-made way exceedingly fetch ing. The range of trouserings is wider than it has been, and among the multifarious patterns of quietude, principally in stripe combinations, there are some designs that will appeal to ad vocates of the fanciful. It is desirable that a cravat or four-in-hand should be held firmly up against the tabs of a collar. Tne collar button never should be seen. With a cravat this may be accomplished by drawing the first knot firm. The double-breasted sack roundabout that is distinctively a cool-weather garment is com ing strong for the winter season. The suitings are made almost exclusively in dark-bine heavy cheviots in a rough, indistinct ribbed pattern. The "pure wool" fad in underwear seems disposed to enter its third season undismayed and with renewed strength, only there are a great many pieces of goods afloat under falso colors which aro not pure woo), and which give careless or unskilled buyers great trouble. Double-breasted cutaway coats are being ordered. They are difficult coats to cut but there is a relish in seeing one of them on a man of full chest and good physique. They are par ticularly effective in the rough-faced elastlo worsteds and thibets, and, of course, are only made up la black. the patterns of suitings thown are of the mildest character imaginable in invisible ribs or small check patterns, and combinations of gray and black, gray and blue and a variety of shades In solid gray predominating. Thero are ot these lastnamed steel grays and blue grays and an indefinable but rich effect called gray gray. The mixtures are made tip In single breasted sack and cutaway suitings. Clothier and Furnisher. A NERVY MAN. T)0 yot; see that man thero in the laundry?" asked the guard of a visitor whom he was showing through the penitentiary a few days since. "Well, sir, that man is no doubt the nerviest man inside of these walls." "Visitor (interested) Indeed! Guard Yes, sir. no doubt of it. Now we have a man in here who faced the shot and shell from the musket and mortar on the field of Shiloh and never flinched, even after re ceiving two painful gunshot wounds. We have another who had a gang of outlaws on the plains for years and perhaps killed more men than any other man now alive. He wasn't afraid of man or beast We have still another man here who, with one pal, held up an express train and robbed over 50 passengers and was as cool about it as if he had been passing the con tribution box at church; but that man yonder beats them all for nerve. Visitor (very much interested) You "don't say! And may I ask what he was sentenced for? Guard Certainly, sir; he was received here last winter on a three years' sentence for big amy. That man had six living wives. Oh, 1 tell you he's got nerve. A LITERARY CONVERSATION. A charming debutante met a distinguished lawyer at a reception and was much flat tered when he asked leave to call upon her the next cvenlnsr. Bent on making herself agreeable she con sulted with her girl friends respecting his tike's and dislikes, his hobbies, etc. "Oh, I'm nearly feared to death," she con fessed to ono sympathetic maiden. 'They say he's so awfully smart, and I'm certain 1 won't talk well enough to please bim. Now, you've known him a long time. Do tell me what sub jects to discuss so I can run home and get ready for him." "Well," suggested 'the kind-hearted friend, "literature is his fad, so you can't go wrong if you turn the conversation in that channel." Having secured this valuable information Miss Bud hurried home comforted, and devoted the rest of the day to reading. Promptly at 8 o'clock the young lawyer was ushered in the drawing room, where he found Miss Bud (thoroughly posted in literature) awaiting him. "Wasn't it a delightful reception we attended last evening;" he asked by way of opening the conversation. "Ob. yes." was the enthusiastic resnonsn. "but wasn't that sad about poor Mary Queen of Scots? They cut her head off you know." I regret to state that neither history nor the young lawyer has recorded the rest of this .very literary conversation. ROSABELIA EXPOSED HIM. Pedestrians passing the house where Mr. and Mrs. Hopeful Higgins are domiciled, on the third floor back, were attracted the other day by a noise that fell upon them at first like the bumping of a distant cart over a very stony street Ab it drew nearer it seemed as if a number of men with heavy boots an were coming down stairs in a great hurry, but as it approached, still nearer, it suggested to those who paused and listened, tho probability that some herculean coal carrier had been making an effort to reach the top flight of stairs with half a ton of coal on his back, and falling, was reluming end over end, followed by his load in detachment The next instant a confused kaleidoscopic mass ot striped stockings, red calico dress and blue shoulder shawl came whirling outof the open door, and as it stopped suddenly on the Bldewalk, the discovery was made that it had been revolving around the 230 pounds of Mrs. Higgins. Mrs. Higgins sat on tho pavement and looking around in a dazed sort of way, exclaimed: "For de law seeks. Hopeful Hlgginsf As she rose from the sidewalk, Hopeful Higgins himself came hurrying down stairs, and with anxious look and tender voice said: "Rosabella, did you hu't you?" Rosanelia gave bim a look of scorn. "Did I hu't me?" she exclaimed. "Ladles an An ancient RIshL legends say, A Buddhist of an early day, His pack of early cares laid down And hied him from Benares town. A chosen spot at length he found Where naught hut nature stretched aronnd. Where silence reigned supreme, and where Slight penetrate no earthly care. Content with this the Hindu sate Blui on the earth to contemplate; To think away, as Buddhists do, All passions and all feelings, too. And then, that nothing mlgh: surprisa Ills mind through medium of his eyes, He fixed those orbs In restful pose Upon the apex of his nose. How long he sate there none can tell, But that he contemplated well From minor details may be gleaned. Though ages since have Intervened. For Instance, over him a bird Flew all unnoticed and unheard, Dropping an acorn as it flew, Which sprouted as he mused, and grew. Until his straddled legs between There stood a shrub of lusty green. And finally about his head A mighty oak its branches spread I Above him squirrels reared their young. And feathered legions loved and snng. While all around him, far and wide. Snakes dug their holes and lived and died. Of all these things, immersed in thought The itlshl knew far less than naught, Because his vision never rose Beyond the apex of his noset So, wide and far the rumorwent. And many folk in wonderment Cried, when they saw that face of his: "How wise a man the Klshl is!" 'Tls but a legend, I confess. Exaggerated more or less. And yet wlthlu It lurks a seed Of truth, which all may see who read. Have we not thinkers, e'en to-day. Pursuing that old lilshi's way. Who, aeeply learned though they be. Beyond their noses never see? George Horton. MUSIC AND SPEECHES SNAP SH0TSJN SEASON.- The great game of baseball has been clnbbed to death. How one touch of Winter makes our little world shiver to be sure. The autumnal blizzard which came up the Ohio Valley Saturday night caught a good many napping. It was chilly. And how it transformed tho crowds in tho streets, too. Up aud down, and down and up, the paraders marched to Jack Frost's quick step. Eyes were brighter, cheeks redder, feet swifter, laughter louder than on the close, sultry evening. Everybody seemed to be in a hurry to get there. It was winter's first tip. The thinly clad shivered and walked swifter: the seasonably clothed pulled their coats and capes closer and laughed at the wind; the tramp skirmished for pennies to secure a lodg ing; tho street beggar scarce now in happy Pittsburg whined more dolefully. A magic change seemed to come over the artery of life Frost had lightly placed its finger on tho pulse ot the people and they shivered. But hearts were warm as ever. The tramp jingled more coins in his diny palm, and the sorry-faced beg gar was forced to smile. The first chill made all charitable. iawyees are satisfied with a brief life. Marriage will change a woman's name, but it will not alter ber nature. Some of the base ball players may be hand ling brickbats before the beautiful snow flies. The author of a good book seldom secures a pulpit boom. The acute politician is angling for the float ing vote. They bait with boodle, and may catch some of it X. Y. Z. and M. S. Q. are the alphabetical triplets which the people of Pennsylvania are nursing now. It is some consolation to know that Europe will have to pay the tariff bill. Nine birds were counted on a hat worn by a Paris girl recently. No wonder riches take wings. Fbench photographers furnish rich and fancy costumes to their lady patrons. Such pictures are only worth their face value. Sullivan would fill the bill as a horrible example in a temperance drama. A losa standing account makes the business man tired. Porter, of census fame, has sailed away for Europe. If the captain of the ship engages him to connt the knots reeled off on the log line some surprising runs will be recorded. It seems impossible to secure sites for blind asylums, but Pittsburg has actually done this. It Is not necessary to muffle the voice in cold weather. When the tariff bill goes into effect the pop of the California wine will drown the French whines. The ballot box will be stuffed before the Thanksgiving turkey this year. Amebica will send a bogus count to Europe from the Census Bureau. Harrison is sending a Grubbto the Spanish court He will doubtless worm himself into the good graces of tho Dons. Jolly nights make mournful mornings. The candidates on the Prohibition ticket don't bave to set 'em up for the boys. This is one reason why they are weak as water. An anxious public awaits your letter, Mr. Delamater. Telephone girls only speak when they are spoken to. OUR MAIL POUCH. What riitibnrs Lacks The Wny to Make the Uitjr'a Grenlness Known. To the Editor ot Tho Dispatch : "Many men of many minds" is a condition your discusslou of tho possibility of a greater Pittsburg is sure to develop, and the most of them show that there exists a cardinal need of some well-crystallzed ideas in the minds of all citizens before a public movement can become the precursor of a greater Pittsburg. Three extracts and a parallel in to-day's paper will bear repetition : Mayor Gourley: "I do not think that the many unique advantages of Pittsburg are real ized to any degree by tho world at large." L. P. Roberts : "From East and West visitors come to the city, and then express themselves surprised at what a wonderful plsce we have." William Witherow: "It is truo that the country at large doesn't know what we have here." Captain J. A. Hen derson, manager of the Pittsburg and Cincin nati packet line, said : "I am in a position to see how the trado has been leaving Pittsburg. In the past few years thero has been a per ceptible decrease in the shipment of iron prod ucts, and the orders which formerly came to this city go to Bir mingham, Selma and other manufacturing centers in the South." I am reminded of the leaky roof on the old settler's cabin, which did not need repairing when the weather was clear and he could not fix it when it rained. George A Kelly said: "Wait till tho period arrives when the city finds a successful com petitor iu the manufac ture of her products; then, and not until that time, will you witness what her business men can do in the way of novel advertising." CUIU0US CONDENSATIONS. The Chicago Gas Trust has entered politics. This will not lighten the labors of the politi cal workers of the Windy City, however. "Will- Senator Quay nut the Congressional Record on the exchange list of his new Pitts burg paper ?" ascs the Washington Post. We suppose he will since Kennedy's speech has been expunged. Brimstone, sulphur and Bibles are on the free Hst Taue your choice, gentlemen. If the payrolls of the census enumerators are footed up as incorrectly as some of the census tables, a howl will go up all along the line. ' The men who ref nso to give money to the politicians will bo the first real ballot reform ers. "Standing Room Only" will have to be posted in Pittsburg hotels, according to the diamond-breasted gentry who make out the bills. Make room for the visitors. Oysters live to be 12 or 15 years old. good die young, however. The The Policy of Wnltlue. It would have been hard to find a baker'3 dozen ot citizens who could give any attention to public projects during the penod from 1873 to 1880. Business depression is a very mild term for the experience of Pittsburg during those years. But the history of the last decade has been different; prosperity has brought its plenty, contentment lias taken the place of worry, and thero exists the ability to look after the possible "leaks" of trado or new and diversi. fled industries going elsewhere; but the busi ness atmosphere is clear now and there is "no neea or a boom" says one "settler." "Wait until competition has thoroughly established elsewhere, then see," says another. "The city is growing. What more can be expected," says a third. The South and West have cut many a "leak" in the cabin roof of Pittsburg commerce. And the spirit of replies nf some of Pittsburg's citizens to,your suggestions seems to Indicate a repetition of cabin history. I am not arguing for the boom of the Inflationist nor the over reaching schemes of the speculator. Tne ques tion isr What can Pittsburg do now to furnish tho world with news items of ber ability, enter prise, resources and earn est citizens' movement for a greater Pittsburg? If a jury of residents of other cities were charged by Pittsburg citizens to pass impar tially upon all conditions existing or lacking here, that are or should bo factors in modern municipal development, there is a likelihood of their verdict being anticipated about as fol lows: First We And the citizens in error when they think the universal opinion of Pittsburg has changed with her introduction of natural gas and her recant growth in new buildings and improvement:. The facts are known to comparatively few Americans, and will be. until radical methods are- adopted by the Gas City to bring Americans to her workshops, homes, parks and exhibit of resonrces. Second" We find a fossil organization known locally as the Chamber of Commerce, and beard from only when national legislation occasionally steps on its tariff corns and protection' busi ness" and "dead as a door nail" to any sug gestions for the infusion of new blood of municipal energy. Third "We find that there will be hundreds of thousands of Eastern people and forei"ners travollng LOW) miles inland to see a World's Fair in 1893, and though Pittsburg Is midway on the greatest railroad in the world, her citi zens are not preparing to benefit by this grand opportunity by making a combined effort to induce travelers to stop over and see what nature and man have done for Pittsburg. At Onzlcwood by Branch No. 37, Emerald B. nnd E. Association. St Stephens' Branch No. 57, Emerald Bene ficial and Literary Association, tendered the Catholic public of llazlewood an excellent mnsical and literary entertainment yosterday afternoon in Flannery's Hall, Second avenue. Attorney William A. Golden, of the Scven teentn ward, who is President of the local ad visory exchange, was called to the chair. Those taking part were Miss Kate B. McDonald, of Forty-sixth street: Edward Frawley, William xiarris, juiss juary jucuann, jreier juccann, Donovan brothers, Cornelius Donovan, John P. Harris. John P. Hurley. William A, Cornly, John C. Kilgallen, John F. Miller, Miss Blanche McQinness and David Timothy. Mr. Golden made three presentations of prizes won at the late reunion of the order at Rock Point. For selling tho greatest number of ticket, a gold watch was presented to Frank McCann, of Branch 95, Twelfth ward; for sell ing the second highest number, an elaborately carved gold-headed ebony cane was given to Alderman B. B McNelrney, of Branch 43, Seventeenth ward. To William F. Ryan, Presi dent ot Branch 93, the victor in the branch presidents' foot race at the reunion, a silver mounted umbrella was presented. A HEW BYSTEM OP ETHICS. Dr. Be- Whciler PIrads lor Delamater catue lie Attends Church. From the New York World. flr. D. H. Wheeler. President of Allegheny College, pleads for Delamater's election on the ground that "be goes to church on Sunday and idsntifles himself with the good causes of tho community." Does the venerable college Pres ident seriously mean to teach the doctrine that cburch-going and the like are to be taken as completely offsetting such infractions of the moral law as the bribery of votors, tho pur chase of office and the sale of legislative support to a corrupt monopoly for money in the purse? Is that the system of ethics taught in the class room of Allegheny College? If so the thrifty law breakers and corruptionists of tho country ai e very short-sighted in not endowing that in stitution beyond the dreams of collegiate ava rice. DEATHS0FA DAY. Nancy Anderson. Nancy Anderson died at the Allegheny City Home yesterday at the age of 79 years. She origi nally came from Westmoreland county some 40 years ago. and her last known relative Is supposed to have dlca a year ago. She has been an inmate ofttienomc for the past six years, and had been, blind far foaryears. Dlrr. Barbara miller. Mrs. Birbara Miller, one of the oldest residents of Emswlrth, died at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon, at tie resldenoo of Mr. Charles J. Mouicr, at Emtwrth. lha deepaaftd ladT had attnlnaA hr 80th fresr. The funeral will take place to morrofr ai 1 o'clock. When Mr. Blaine goes to Augusta Mrs. Blaine is not a bit jealous. Eiiery calls Delamater a perjurer, and Dela mater calls Emery a liar. This is the status of the great political controversy to date. The practical political economist is the fellow who borrows bis neighbor's newspaper to read all about the progress of the campaign. The only "but" that will satisfy the people is re-but, Mr. Delamater. A BALL and chain wonld be an appropriate sign for the modern pawnbroker, judging from late developments here. One thing is certain: There are sea serpents or liars on the Atlantic coast It Is suggested that the camera can be util ized to stop duelling. The brilliant brain back of this notion thinks that instantaneous pic tures showing the ridiculous actions of the ac tors in these tragi-comedies would hurt more1 than tne scratencs iney usually receive. The latest Parisian bonnet is heart-shaped. Women who cannot afford one will be heart broken. A lop-sided gas meter will render a crooked bill. candidate Delakater does not Court vindication. Even if Congress has not accomplished much, the present session cannot be called a feet-ureless one. Willie Winkle. A DETJMMEE'S EXPEELENCE. He Tlilti Flttsbura; to Sell Cigars, but Takes The First Trnln Out of Town. From the Philadelphia Inaulrer.I "Talking about that apology for a smoke, the Pittsburg stogie, reminds me of a peculiar ex perience I had with that article some years ago," said an old-time cigar drummer at the Continental Hotel yesterday. "I was traveling for a Philadelphia house that made a fine line of goods only and had met with only indiffer ent success. I was looking forward to Pitts burg as a kind of El Dorado and imagined sales of great magnitude in the Smoky City. I arrlvsd in the evening and immediately started out to interview the trade. About the first place I struck was a prosperous looking cigar store, but I noticed that among the stock the stogie seemed to pre dominate. I presented my card to the proprie tor, talked up my stock anil firm to bim in great shape, but did not seem to be making any great headway. The proprietor assured me that ho was full np, but,said he wonld look over my samples the following morning if I would stop In. While I was talking to him and endeavor ing to prolong the conversation, a gentleman walked in who immediately impressed me as being one of the solid men of the town. He bad that unmistakable sleek and well-fed air of fortune's favorite. Walking up to the counter bo selected four stogies and lit one, laid down a 5-cent piece ancVwalked out " 'Do you know who that is,' asked the pro prietor of me. I replied in the negative. 'Why, that's Phipp. Andrew Carnegie's partner.' was the astnnudinc assertion. 1 was completely flabborgasted. That was the mutest and yet tue most convincing argument I ever had to withstand. Without a word I closed up my grips and took the next train out of town. I had came to the very natural conclusion that if men worth $20,000,000 took their smokes at four for five I did not stand much show with the I plebeian smokers." An Investment That WonM Pay. Fourth "We find that a few million dollars I invested in some resourceful exhibits already f suggested would give the Pennsylvania aud I uiuuiuuia auu vitiv lAiixuaus suracdons nero for tho 1S93 travel which to sightseer and capi talist will be stronger and moro instructive than the counter attractions of Niagara Falls and her newly-developed power canal to be offered the same traveleis by other railroads competing for their patronage and it the tickets sold in New York and other seaboard cities are to read via and stop over two or three daysln Pittsburg, it will only be done after the city has given the world to un derstand there i a greater Pittsburg here. Fifth "We find that this expenditure is but a trifle of (he wealth of Pittsburg, and if the city will adopt level-beaded methods to accom plish these ends the results will be worth 20 times the ontiay. Sixth "We find a wonderful aggregation of manufacturing establishments within a radius of SO miles of the city, but no attempt to make them doubly attractive to visitors by establish ing a visitors' special train, which would make quick time and five or six different trips a week at a nominal excursion fare, and weseo the opportunity to make this train equip ment the special prooerty of a citi. zens' development committee, its daily trips to be personally directed by a representation of the committee. We sec that the Donnlaritvnr this schedule of sight-seeing trip) wonld ex tend throughout the length and breadth of the land, and at the trips to each establishment would only occur once a week, and not impose any expense on the proprietors of the places visited, the results can only be measured by the feasibility uf a plan which will do for visitors what individual entertainers would delight in doing, but cannot for the lack of plans and facilities to carry them oat "We find that the political events of the last two years have convinced many foreign manu facturers that they must establish works in the United States for the production of their specialties if they would hold their American trade, but we do not find any well laid plans on part of Pittsburg's citizens to secure any of these now enterprises." Have I guessed correctly? Is the verdict a fair one? If so, will Pittsburg act? If so When? Henry B. Thompson. East End, September 23. For nn Engagement Ring1. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What is the proper inscription for an engage ment ring? B. L. H. Sharon, September 27. Wo aro not aware that there is any absolute rule as to what is proper. It is quite custom ary, however, to put the Initials of the engaged parties on the inside of tho ring, with the date of the engagement if desired, as: "P. W. C. to E. L. HM September 8. 1890." A 8TBANGE CHORD OF SYMPATHY. Psycho. Physlcnl Affection of a Remarkable Character Ectwcon Brother nnd SNtcr. CLEVELAND,September 3. The little vil lage of Greentown, a few miles south of this city in Summit county, has a most peculiar in stance of two children, the sympathetic side of whose nature is developed to au abnormal de gree. It is one of those strange, inexplicable freaks of nature for which scientists and phy sicians can find no plausible explanation, but which now and then make their appearance to excite the curious and puzzle the scientific minded. Some time ago a little girl came into tho household, and since that time the boy has ' acted. most peculiarly. u.0 exuiDiiPU iroiu fcuv uuucb too most marked affection for this little sister, andnever was brother more solicitous than he. It the baby laughed he would laugh, and if the baby cried so would the boy. There seems to be some sympathetic chord in his being that draws him to his baby sister, even when sepa rated by a distance that would preclude any knowledge, by ordinary means, of each other's actions. If the boy is in the yard playing and sudden-' Iv begins to crv. with no apparent cause, his father and mother know that the baby sister is cijingtoo. A gentleman who recently visited the family siys ot tho children: "I had often heard of Robbie's peculiarity, but was very skeptical about it until I saw the little fellow and ob served the facts for myself. I now believe it is impossible for his sister to cry, no matter where the bov is, without bis feeling It and crying too. While thero I took him up to the little country store where I was going to buy htm some can dr. He was looking at tho candy in the showcase with all the pleasant anticipation of a child, his face covered with smiles, when all of a sudden, without any warning, bW eyes filled with tears and he began to sob as if his heart would break. " 'What's the matter, Robbie?" I asked in amazement " "Slsior's hurt' was tho reply tbrnngh his sobs. And so it proved hen we returned to his bouse. His sister had bumped ber head and cried during our short absence, and as near as could be ascertained at the very time Robbie began to cry." , The case is attracting considerable attention, and is doubtless one of the most wonderful that has ever been brought to public notice. A Cloverdale, Cal., gardener dug a 7f ponnd sweet potato. A vicious brood sow killed Abuer Kyle, a Columbus, IntL, farmer, a few days ago. The Alpena, Mich., fair committee roasted ono of the racing oxen and cut him into sandwiches for the crowd. The cook of the leading clubat Spokane: Falls was employed as chef by President Cleve land while he was iu the White House. A Goshen, Ind., couple were married on the race track, in front of the grand stand. Sixteen thousand peoplo witnessed the cere mony. Eddie Condon was killed near Midland, Micb., by a runaway team Thursday. The samo horses killed bis father in the same way a few weeks ago. A Bar Harbor, Me , woman is so fussy that she compels her coachman to take off ht3 hat when he goes to the telephone iu the stable to speak to her. A great many of the oranges on tho west coast of Florida have been sold for Jl per box on tbe trees. Ibis is a better price than in any previous year. The Supreme Court of Minnesota is re ported to have lately rendered a decision de claring that "bank checks are not cash, and do not possess legal value as money until cashed." The La Crosse Humane Society finda much scope for work. Two little children were found in a large dog kennel, tied to a rope. They had been left there by urunken parents. It is estimated that if the tobacco used in France during a single year were twisted iato a cord two inches in thickness it would be long enough to encircle the earth 30 times, following the line of the equator. An Annistou, Ala., man killed another man 20 years ago. He was arrested at the time, but his trial has been continued from time to time, and last week he was sentenced to a term, of ono year for his deed. Charles Smith, of Bowne, Mich., has a team of horses 20 years old whose teeth dropDed out, and which now chew their cnd3 with a set of falso moUra adjusted by a veterinary dentUt, and are held in place by rubbers. The following advertisement lately ap peared in a morning newspaper: "Dog Re quired a kind master for an excellent black re triever doc. O wner parts with him on account of savage tendencies. Address,' etc." The peculiar actions ot the family dog caused J. J. Campbell's family, of Danville, IIL. to follow bim. He' led them to where James Campbell, 14, lay in an unconscious con dition, his horse having run away 21 hours be fore. The German fleet is already so import ant that it stands at 139 vessels in a French estimate of effective naval forces, which gives only Igl to France. Italy comes before it with 153 vessels; Russia before Italy with 185, and England before all of them with SS3. Five years ago those who enjoyed bowl ing on "ten-pins" in and about Now York City certainly did not number more than 5,000, says tho New Yore Times. To-day, if a census would be taken, it is doubtful n less than 50, patrons of the alley would be counted. There is a tree, or trees, iu front of a sawmill at Palatka that is a curiosity. A hickory and magnolia, each fully two feet iu diameter, have grown solidly into each other from the roots to some distance np, the bar covering the whole withont seam or break. James Russell, a Detroit man, expected and desired a son each time bis wife presented him with a daughter. When tbe fifth child wa3 born to the family a few aays ago. hia joy was so great that it developed into in sanity. His physicians think it is only tem porary. A Meadville attorney who recently won tor a client an important suit, tbe outgrowth of a third party's rascality, received a hand some fee, and as he did so remarked: "Odd, isn't it? I bave an overdue note at the bank which I signed for this same chap, and this fee will just lift it" and it did. Dr. Fischer, of St. Louis, kissed a saloon keeper's wife without her permission, aud was put to bed for four days after being interviewed by the irate husband. He then sued the saloon keeper, who was discharged by tho Judge with a compliment upon "hu do mestic loyalty and pugilistic ability." The whaling bark Lagoda, ot New Bed ford, Mass.. wbich Iefc Sao Francisco at the opening of tbe season for tho Arctic, has hai pooned her last cetacean after a brave battle, of 01 years with wind and wave. She lum bered into Yokohoma with leaky seams, and beaching her old bones, was there condemned. A teacher, who found among her pu pils' work tbe other day an assertion that "tbe cerebellum is separated from the cerebrum by a fold of the Delamater" (it bad been read dura mater in dictation), wants to know whether this is a case of politics on the brain. It looks like a case of unconscious cerebration. Cairo, III., boys are doing a wholesale business in sparrows. The birds make a roost of an old chimney in an abandoned house. Too boys bave secured a net and after tbe birds go to roosc at night they spread the net over the chimney's top. Every morning they have from 50 to 200 sparrows, for which they get 1 cenU per head bounty. A New York swindler entered a Fremont, Wis., store, leaned his elbows heavily on the glass caso and broke it through. Tho owner demanded damaces. but tho stranger claimed he was strapped. The store keeper, seeing a 320 bill sticking out of tho other's vest pocket, seized it and gave back $17. It was a 52 bill raised. Prof. Buhler, a New York mnsical ar tist now at his summer home in Stockbridge, Mas&, has a passion for snakes. He catches all the harmless serpents he finds in that wild mountain region and puts them Into big. c!oa cages in his parlor. Black snakes, stripea snakes, creen ones, and so on. are his pets. On pleasant davs he takes his reptile out of tue boxes, fondles them and lets them run about the room. "William J. Brooks, of Sanford, Mid land county, Mich., was a soldier in three wars, the Mexican, Central American and for tho Union. He received 13 wounds and carries in his bodv three bullets. When the civil war broke out he enlisted, and he served to the close. A large part of tho time he was engaged in carrying dispatches and had many hair breadth escapes, one time bavinga ropo around hl3 neck to be hanged. A FEW WITriCJMI. An American touritwas visiting Naples, and saw Vesovius during an eruption. "Have tou anything ULe that In the New World?" wa the question or an Italian spectator. Ho," re plied Jonathan, "but I guess we have a mill Jam that would put it out in five minutes. "EngtUts JUxe'iange. He told him to spell hostility. "H-o-r-s-e," commenced Pat. "Not borse-tlllty, ' said the teacher, "but hostility." "Sure." replied Tat, "an' didn't ye tell me the other day not to say hoss?' Bejabers! it's wan thing wid ye one day and another the nlxt" EngltsA Mxerumge. Mrs. Scoldmore Dearest, what do you; want for a birthday present? Mr. bcoldmore Oh, give one a rest. Mrs. Scoldmore I will, dear. There are soma beautiful ones on i'lphany' s brick-a-brae counter, and they are only JU each.-Jeteeterf Wtttly. Miss Wantlin? Mr. Lese, the paper says that some gems are always intimately asso ciated with rocks. Mr. Lesse That's so, Emma. You'd have as engaromeat ring if 1 had the rocks. Jewelers HteUu. Dashaw.iy (to Mrs. Slimdiet, the land lady) Madam, a short time ago one of my shoes disappeared- Now tbe other one is gone. Mrs. Bllmdiet Why should you come to me? Dashaway-I didn't know but possibly yoa were going to have liver and bacon again. Clothier and I'urnlsher. Briggs I want to get some soiled neck ties. Astonished Clerk-Soiled neckties, sir? Soiled, did you say? Urlggs-That's what When you call on a girl four times a week and she's making a crazy quilt, you will understand that a man has got to buy neckties at Job-lot prices or suspend payment. Clothier and iurnithtr. - Miss Flora (45, homely aud unmarried) Ob. Mr. Blunt I had such a strange dream last night. Mr. Blunt What was it Miss Flora? Miss Flora I dreamed that we were married and on our wedding tour. Did you ever hare such a dream? Mr. Blunt (ener?etieaIly)-No, Indeed. I never had the nightmare in my tite.-Siftingi. A. How on earth did Blank, the drama tist come to marry that old maid, MUs Dizzy f It Tint's his business. A Bnt she is an awful scold, a regular terma gant. They have been fighting ever since the day they were married. B. Blank expected that A. Why, then, did he marry her? B. To keep tn practice. He's writing a stlrrins; war drama, yoa know. Sitings,
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