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POSTAGE All persons who mall the Sunday isue of The Dispatch to friends should bear In mind tlio fact that the post use thereon is Two (-) Cents. All double and triple number copies ot The Dispatch require a .-cent stamp to insure prompt delivery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. OCr. 6. 1S90. THE POLITICAL, STOR3I-CENTER. The city and surrounding country were surcharged with political activity last night. This is evidently regarded as the storm center. Pattison and his compatriots had a great reception on the streets and in Old City Hall, while Republican fireworks illuminated the stage of the Opera House. Then the Americus Club with its cay red-white-and-blue umbrellas gave picturesque color to the Delamater Meeting at Kittan ning. The Dispatch this morning presents a full account of these and other affairs po litical for the instruction and edification of the faithful partisan, as well as for the en tertainment of the greater public CONSTITUTIONAL FLOUNDERINGS. After the attempt to ignore the charge against Mr. Delamater of his violation ot the Constitution, in carrying State deposits in his bank while he was a member of the Legislature, has gone on for two weeks, the Republican managers have evidently come to the conclusion that evasion is likely to hurt more than an attempt to reply to it The Philadelphia Press makes the attempt, which, as it is headed, "The answer to Mr. Hcnsel," may be taken as an effort to do better for the Republican candidate than be was able to do for himself on the same issue. The Press first devotes considerable space to arguing that as "Senator Delamater has not been convicted on this charge," the dis qualification prescribed in the Constitu tion docs not take etlect. No one seriously asserts that it does; and whatever comfort the Press can get irom the assurance that its candidate for the Governorship is eligible by the absence of a jury trial or turning on facts of which there is no dispute, may be accorded it. The Press is intelligent enough to see as Sena tor Delamater did not at first thai it will not do to rest the case beiore the people on that remarkable plea. It therefore attempts to prove that there really was nothing wrong in the violation of the Constitutional pro vision referred to; and it flounders around that subject as follows: We do not suppose anybody not even Mr. Hcnsel believes that the provision of the Con stitution in question was intended to cover tbe case of a State officer or member of the Legis lature who might be interested in a bank where State fnnds were deposited. If that were so it would affect any bank a single share of whose stock might be held by a member of either House or a State officer. There is nowhere any indication that such was the intention of the provision, and to attempt to thus apply it is ridiculous. It is well known that up to the time the Con stitution was framed it bad been the custom for some years for State Treasurers to carry large amounts of the State moneys in various hanks, from which they secured a considerable revenue in the thape of interest. It was to forbid thistbattbis provision was Incorporated; to prevent a direct speculation with the State moneys, cither in the general or sinking fund. In this explanation, which appears prin cipally useful in producing as great confu sion in the minds ot the readers of the Press as in its own mentality, on the real provision of the Constitution, two allega tions are made. One is that tbe Constitu tional prohibition was"not intended to cover the case of a State officer who might be in terested in a bank where State funds are de posited." The other is that it forbids the deposit of a considerable sum of money, so that State Treasurers could draw a revenue from it. The first position is supported by the argument that if it were so it might af fect a bank of which a single share was held by a member of either House. This is pure ly imaginative. There is nothing in the provision affecting the bank; but if tbe member concerned used the money of the State so as to draw any appreciable profit from the State deposits, it affects him very seriously, unless the Constitution is nulli fied. The fact with regard to Mr. Delamater is that the income which, at usual rates of in terest, he would derive from the State de posits in his bank was double his salary as State Senator. As to the allegation 'of the Press that it was only intended to prevent State Treasurers from getting a revenue out of the State deposits, that is an ex-cathedra assertion which suffers irreparable damage from collision with the language of the pro vision itself: "The making of profit out of tbe public money, or using the same for any purpose not authorized by law, by any offi cer of the State, or arty memoer or ojtcer of the General Assembly, shall be a misdemea nor." There is no confinement of this pro vision to the State Treasurer. It speaks tor itself; and broadly places under the ban, as was intended, tft? entire business of distrib uting the State deposits as one of the meth ods of lubricating a political machine. "The pertinence of all this is the question whether we shall have a man in the guber natorial cbair who respects and obeys the fundamental law of the Stateior who ignores nip-! rD ll I it as suits the pecuniary convenience of his friends or the corporations with whom he may be allied. We can concede that Mr. Delamater is not legally disqualified until there is a Judicial finding. "We can even accept the remarkable plea, advanced by some of Mr. Delamater's friends, that he never knew of the constitutional provision until he was confronted with it in this can vass. Some color is given to this idea by the ignorance of the Press on the same point, even after the provision has been cited. But with all these points conceded, the question remains the same. It is whether the people of Pennsylvania want a Governor with enough regard for the fundamental principles of constitutionalgovernment, to study the fundamental law of the State and conform his official action thereto. The answer to that issue is not noted by the Press. It is too obvious. MOVING OUT OF THE BIUD. Some of tbe good seed sown by the vigor ous discussion of country roads this year has fallen on Allegheny county highways; and The Dispatch is glad to observe, not in vain. A Committee of Five has been ap pointed to prepare for a regular delegate con vention of the farmers of this county to ex press their disgust with the mud-traps, mis called roads, which now exist. "We trust the convention will speak with authority in demanding macadamized thoroughfares for Allegheny county. To the croakers and grumblers, and people who are satisfied with the mud as it is as well as to those who can see nothing hut woeful ex travagance in any improvements whatsoever no manner ot heed should be paid. The farmers of the county would have a great advantage in their proximity to prosperous Pittsburg, and to a score of -other thriving towns which should be good markets for their garden, dairy and.field products; and from which the market wagons conld re turn with fertilizing manures, gathered at small cost. The necessary improvements must not be open to jobbery by contract or at the publio expense. There is no reason why the County Commissioners, who built a two-million-dollar Court House without a shadow of reproach, cannot, with the aid of a commission of intelligent local farmers, frame such measures as will get roads which are passable all the year round, and provide for an equitable distribution of the" cost. The "world does move" on the road ques tion. "We are glad to see the movement seems to have begun in Allegheny county. A BAN AGAINST THE K. OF L. The formal notice of the management of the New York Centrail Railroad to its em ployes, that it "objects" to having any of them retain their membership of tbe Knights of Labor, is an interesting though by no means unnatural sequel to the defeat of the Knights in their strike on that road. The investigation of the New York Board of Arbitration left little room for doubt that the discharges which caused the strike were inspired by the sentiment now openly avowed, and the defeat of the men has so strengthened the company that it now de clares what it then practiced in secret. It is noticeable that the New York Cen tral assumes, while Mr. Depew is present as its head, the position which he declared four years ago to be impossible for any em ployer to take namely, that it can dictate to its employes as to whether they shall or shall not belong to a labor organization. The strike has given an excuse for this po sition; but the manifestation of the same spirit which caused the strike justifies the belief that it was the opportunity to take that position which was wanted, rather han the cause of this reversal of -former pro fessions. There is a two-fold lesson in this for labor leaders. First is the injury inflicted on themselves by an unsuccessful strike. By resorting to that method, without assnrance of success, they not only failed to sustain the men who were first discharged, but gave the company the ability and excuse to altogether root out the order from the em ploy of the New York Central. Next, it is more than probable that such a declaration would never have been made if tbe corpora tion managers did not take the conflicts be tween rival labor organizations to mean that they can stamp out one without uniting the others in defense of the riehts of all work ingmen. It is true that Mr. Gompers' sharp criticism of the action of the Central man agers tends to contradict that estimate of his rivalry to the Hnights of Labor; but it is not less the fact that such rivalry between labor organizations as has appeared in some cases is a direct invitation to inimical em ployers to attack them in detail. The New York Central has shown itself in this affair to be beyond reason; but labor organizations should learn from it that strikes which fail are an offense against labor, and that quarrels between labor or ganizations aie its most certain ruin. A METAL OF THE FUTURE. The possibilities connected with the cheapening of aluminum, in which the stride was recently made of reducing the price from $2 50 to Sl'pcr pound, are, as all must recognize, of the greatest moment to humanity. The magnitude of the work which that metal might do, if brought down to a level with iron and steel, appears in the fact that it has, weight for weight, 'one third more tenacity than steel, or, iu other words, that to give the same strength that is attained by steel structures one-third less weight of aluminum would be required. The importance of that fact, considered in thTlight of a possible cheapening of alum inum, can be seen at a moment's considera tion. In tbe building of steamships, for instance, the alnminum required to give the vessel the same weight as is now attained by the steel would lessen the displacement one-third, and increase the carrying ca pacity of the ship in the same proportion. For bridges the same advantage would be gained, and throughout the vast range of industrial uses where the tensile strength of iron or steel ' are now employed aluminnm, at anything approaching the same level of cost, would be immensely pref erable. In some respects the desire to gain the increased strength will not await the cheapening of prices. It is asserted that a new gun metal which the English Govern ment is testing with great expectation, is nothing more than &n alloy of alnminum and nickel. The revolutiorf'in science and manufact ure, which the cheapening of this metal would work is, of course, a matter of the future, but it is no less a part of prudence for communities dependent for their activi ties on tbe iron and steel industries, to con template what can be done if such a revolu tion should take place. "When we see that if a radical change should bring the new metal down within the level of a price one third greater than steel, it will begin to dis place steel, we must consider what shall come next. Pittsbnrg has established her leadership in the steel "trade; and while the disuse of that metal may be a long way off, it will be a safeguard against disaster and' a' bond to the better fate, if she takes carelo IF F .- vj-. '"TTTB maintain a similarly prominent position in the manufacture of the new metal which has such a possibility in its future. It is not necessary to take any alarmist new of this matter. The person may not yet be born who will live to see aluminum so, cheap as to force steel into the back, ground; but In view of the progress of past decades-it might be hazardous to rest on that assurance. It is no more than sound sense to recognize among the powerful influences that will retard the cheapening of the metal, that, as" it cheapens, the demand for it will Infinitely increase. At the present price it is said, that the demand far alum inum for electrical purposes is greater than tbe output, and tbe latter must grow before prices are likely to be reduced. Then if the metal is available for gunnery, that demand will absorb an immense output before aluminum is cheap enough to displace steel, in the peaceful and more economical arts. Suppose that a hundred ton gun has one third greater range if made of aluminum than if made of ste'el. The raw material alone would cost $200,000, and would make such an engine ot war very costly; but if the cheapening process were brought down to thirty or forty cents per.pound, all the mili tary powers would make Tiaste to arm them selves with new metal. If the reduction of cost looked forward to, should take place, every step that makes the metal available for a new field of use, will bring but a fresh demand apd hold the price steady until in creased Supplies or still newer processes should force it again lower. If the expected reduction of the cost of aluminum should take place, whether in the early or latterpartof the next century, it would be a change surpassing even that wrought by Bessemer steel. It might solve the problem of aerial navigation, and in connection with the possible development of new and unknown motors, opens up a range of industrial progress which would defy the powers of human imagination to foretell, because they are beyond the range of human experience. LONDON'S LATEST FRIGHT. At this time of the year London is ac customed to n good deal of extra darkness. The famous curtain of fog is lowered early in the autumn. It was not fogs, however, that Londoners feared, but the paralysis of the illuminating system of a large part of the great city. A strike of the men employed by one fit tbe gas companies threatened to leave three-fourths of London without light at night. The men have not struck, because the Government promised to send troops to take the strikers' places. This offer ot military assistance is likely to prove a hard matter for the Tory Ministry to explain. Democracy is too strong in in England to brook such high handed interference with popular rights. At the same time it is fortunate that the ex treme measure of depriving a metropolis of light has not been carried out. Such an act would injure the cause of labor. A CANAL PRESERVED. It is gratifying to note that the efforts of the bondboldersof the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to preserve the canal for its original function as a waterway, have been success ful. As The Dispatch said, the bond holders presented the case fn such a way that the court conld not well refuse to ac cept their pledges that they would restore tbe canal to operation. Judge Alvey, who had previously given a decision in favor of or dering a sale, now issues a decree suspend ing tbe order on condition that the trustees of the bondholders straighten up the in volved affairs of the canal and restore the waterway to" operation! by the 1st of May next Tbe latter' provision seems like a some what sharp one; but as it is what counsel for the bondholders offered to undertake, it is no more than reasonable, and its fulfill ment may be confidently expected. The hope it thus revived that the efforts of the railroads to close up that canal will be folly defeated. "its life as a cheap transportation route for the coal of the Cumberland region is thus indefinitely prolonged. It now may be maintained till the day when the public is aroused to tbe importance of inland water transportation sufficiently to make it tbe connecting link of a trans-Allegheny water way from the head waters of the Ohio to the seacoast It is in connection with this possibility that the rescue of the canal from tbe rail ways is of especial interest to "Western Penn sylvania. Now that the attempt to close up that outlet has been defeated, Pittsburg should make the most of its opportunities by pushing both the Lake Erie and trans Allegheny canal projects until they are realized. Beyond the national benefit of those projects they would enhance several fold tbe importance of our city as a manu facturing center, and would make a popula tion of a million for this city when the canals were in operation, no more remote than a population of half a million is under the railroad regime. The construction of a complete system of water transportation is the most thorough solution of the transportation problem that the country can make. Pittsburg should take lead wherever there is an opportunity to do successful work. POLITICS AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. It is asserted that Mr. George R. Davis, the Director General of the Chicago Expo sition, is so scrupulous about keeping that enterprise separate from politics that he has resigned his position on the Republican National Committee. It" is satisfactory to learn that the scrapie exists; for nothing conld be more destructive of the usefulness of the Exposition than to turn it into a machine for one party .or the other. It is to be hoped that the scruple will be effective in more material respects than the holding of two positions by Mr. Davis. He could be Director General and a Republican com mitteeman without much danger, but he cannot do what is more imminent let politics sway bis appointment of subordi nates in the work of the Exposition with out greatly periling the success of that project , A FLURRT AMONG IMPORTERS. The importers in New York and Boston were in a high state of excitement yester day. The new tariff law went into effect at4 noon yesterday, and tbe Custom Mouse was overwhelmed by the flood' of merchan dise which importers wished to enter under the old duties. Secretary "Windom treated the importers very fairly, and obtained per mission from the President to allow the old tariff law to remain in effect till midnight In consequence1 the brokers at both ports strained every nerve to hurry goods through theCus torn House, and at Boston tugs were even sent out to sea to bring in over-due vessels. If the dramatic incidents described in our news columns carry any moral, it is that changes in our tariff should be made as in frequently at possible, so demoralizing to com merce are their effect. The country is for tunate now in the possession of a tariff which "PTTTSBTJRG - 'DISPATOHr is generally satisfactory, and which is'not likely to do altered for some time to come. "With the purpose of contrasting the relative degrees of harmony in the two parties, of this State, the Rochester, N. Y., Democrat asserts that the friends of Pattison "forged an interview with Wallace in which that gentle man was made to indorse the candidacy of Pattison." This leads to tbe expectation that the esteemed Delamater organs will assert that the Democratic managers got up a bogus B. F. Meyers to appear at that Harrlsburg meeting, and announce that Wallace will soon return from Europe and take part in the campaign. The significance of Wallace.'s attitude is that his Nontenants have been watching the cam paign closely and have discovered that ft is time for them to get on board the train. I The question of prosecuting Boulanger's supporters has been raised anew in tbe French Chamber of Deputies. Such a proceeding ap pears equally uncalled for and indiscreet Humanity and Rood policy require that the graves of the politically dead shall be left un disturbed. The decrease of the bonded debt of the United States by $42,000,000 during last month was tbe largest for any month since the refund ing operations began; but the decrease of debt less cash in tbe Treasury was only about S5,(xK), 000. Tbe latter represents tbe operation of accruiue money in tbe Treasury for tbe reduc tion of debt; the former tbe actual Retirement of bonds. It is pleasant to know that tbe bonds are actually canceled, even it a large premium is paid for them, and the greatest re duction appears in its most striking form tbe month before election. The Republican success in Idaho calls renewed attention to tbe Republican purpose of giving that State three votes in Congress and tbe Electoral College on a population of less than half that of a Congressional district in Pennsylvania. Mb. Hewitt is now widely quoted as declaring that "trusts are dangerous only when they attempt to create a monopoly and destroy competition." No one ever claimed that they are dancerons under other circumstances. But the trouble is that all the trusts under discus sion at the present time do make that very at tempt Mr. Hewitt might also bave remarked that tyrants are only dangerous when they try to exercise arbitrary power and suppress the liberties of tbe people. The House did not thank Speaker Reed; but the country may express its gratitude to him for adjourning the House. It is better late than never. That unreported, because unnttered, reply of Major McKinley to the inquiry of the President whether be wanted tbe pen that signed the tariff, is arousing the curiosity of the opposition. Ferbaps Mr. McKinley in dulged in a little remark all to himself, tbat the pen which drew up tbe tariff bill was a good deal harder worked, and seemed likely to get little fame for its worn out condition. THEIR NAMES IN PRINT. Hon. C. P. Kixbali late United States Consul at Stuttgart will spend the winter with his family at tbe Brevoort House, New York. Fbof. Metschikkow, an eminent zoologist of Odessa, has cone to Paris to take charge of tbe Pasteur Institute there, under tbe di rection of its founder. A football came between Yale and Wes leyan on Wednesday was umpired by a son of ex-Secretary Bayard and refereed by a son of Secretary of State Blaine. Mayor Chapin, of 'Brooklyn, having pre vented tbe Socialists from holding, a public meeting ten days ago, is threatened by them with a law snlt for having ordered the closing of the hall. Major von Wissmah's largo book on his second African expedition is to be published at Frankfort-on-the-Oder in November. F. Klein-Chevalier, tbe Dusseldorf artist has drawn tbe illustrations for it Major H. H. Rockwell, of jSImtra, Demo cratic candidate for Congress iu the Twenty eighth New York district, is tbe law partner of Mr. Collins, Governor Hill's legal adviser. He is also a Grand Army man and an ex-Assembly-man. Sir Charles Hall, who has become en gaged to Miss Letter, of Chicago, Is possessed of a large income of bis own. He is not only a rich man, but a member of Parliament, a Con servative, a Q. C, and one of tbe best whist players in England likewise fiddler. General Roger a. Pryor, whom Gover nor Hill bas appointed Judge of the Conrt of Common Pleas of New York, in place of Judge Larremore, resigned, is 62 years of age and a native of Petersburg, Va. He has been prac ticing law in New York since the close of tho war. The French traveler, M. Crampcl. who ac quired a reputation by bis expedition into tbe French Congo, has planned a new journey through undiscovered Africa. He Intends to go from Ubangi across tbe country to Upper Schari and Lake Tchad, and thence across Sa hara to Algiers, or, it tbat is impossible, to tbe lower Bennwe river. Apropos of Mr. Bancroft's ninetieth birth day, which was celebrated Friday, the Washington Post says: "But for a "muscular weakness, a gradual inevitable loss of muscular strength, and a very gradual fading of his pow ers of memory, Mr. Bancroft might seem a score or more years younger tban be is. He still is an untiring reader, and keeps remarka bly well up with the advances of thought of the times. A BENIL FROM MRS. PATTL She Says Iler Dmichtrr Is Living at Home la a Pleasant and Comfortable Manner. To the Editor of The Dispatch: My attention was called by one of tbe staff of tbe Times-Democrat, of this city, to an article published in your journal which read as fol lows: "Carlotta Pattl, the young daughter of Adellna Patti's dead brother Carlo, is living In squalor and wretchedness on Canal street New Orleans. During one of Mme. Patti's visits South she bunted up this child and took her withber to her Welsh castle. Some months after this the little girl mysteriously reap peared at her old borne in New Orleans, and has since lived tbere, apparently cut off from all communication with her rich and famous aunt." Now, sir, I wish sou to refute this article, as every world of it is false from beginning to end. My daughter is living wit me, not in luxury, it is true, but in a pleasant and com fortable manner, as my sister-in-law, Adellna, has always been kind to us 'in allowing me to draw every month an income. Widow carlo Pattl, 81 Dnmalne street, New Orleans, La. The article referred to was taken from an exchange. A Relief That Does Not Relieve. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. After all the outcry ot last spring about turning out honest men and wholesale chop ping off of heads, it is a relief to learn tbat President Harrison sent to the Senate only about 4,500 nominations. These are not a largo proportion of tbe 100,000 officeholders. Money Works Miracles, Prom the St. Paul Pioneer Press. J , The first known successful fusion of oil and water is that obtained in the case ot Chicago's -am Tt.nHet TTnf vornltv Tfc Trad fnnnriad l. - ,onn Rockefeller. Dont Feel Tlint Way. From the rhlladclphta. Times. Delamater would like to be elected Governor if only to be able to pardon Emery. To save his life be can't feel like doing it now. Convenient to Have In tbe Family. From tbe Boston Journal, j . Not the least Important feature of the Idaho election is the fact that the Legislature will elect two United States Senators. DEATHS OF A DAY. E. 8. Golden. ' E. b. Golden, one of the oldest and nut promi nent lawyers of tbe Kittannlng bar, died -IS o'clock r. M. yesterday. He was a brother of J, C. Uoldcn,- of the Allegheny County Bar, STJNDXT;' OCTOEB?6 THEv TOPICAL TALKER. WHAT SHE FEARED. npni! car was tilled, with excursionists retnm ing from tho Exposition. Every seat con tained a pair of "Buckeyelovers. The last bear died in Ohio some time ago, but tbe art of hugging has survived. It was tbe midnight ex press and tbe Ir was right chilly, but not a soul noticed that except a poor little married man wbo sat alone in tbe halt seat by tbe un listed stove. He looked down the car and noticed that apparently all tbe young men weri one-armed; at least but one arm of each male was visible. Tbe light in tbe car was very low, however, and tbat may account for the phenomenon. Lovers like twilight; if Adam and Eve did not sing "In thn Gloaming" Jt was because they knew a fresher song. And 'it was twilight in that car, for all three double lamps were turned down very low, and before tbe train was out of the Allegheny yards the flame in one of them had sputtered, flared a moment and expired. Of course every girl in the car was alarmed when tbe gloom deepened. Every girl got a little closer to her protector, and a few minutes later when the second lamp began to show signs of collapse the flame leaping up frantically as if afraid to die about a dozen pianissimo screams came from as many feminine throats. Tbe conductor opened tbe door a few min utes later and the draught finished lamp num ber two. This left one lamp alight at the rear end of tbe car. How anxiously it was observedl Would it go out? It looked consumptive, but there was no draught to expedite its decease. At last the train whistled for its first stop and the little marrloiTman came out of bis corner by the stove to alight He bad been a bachelor once, and he remembered It as he laid bis band on the door knob. The train bad not stopped but be opened tbe door, and immediately a gust of wind mnrderedtbe last lamp. As ho stood in the doorway inhaling cinders and river fog-he bad the satisfaction of hearing a sweet low volco murmur behind him: "OI George, I was so afraidl" "Of what, my darling?" "That tbat lamp would never go out!" THE TWO EM DASH. pRE valne of this sign is snch It can't be told In cash; - It looks so mild, and means so much The Two Em Dash! For wicked words It's Jnst as well, And won't the good abash; It's useful when you mention h The Two . Em Dash! T'would be a blessing ir wo conld The swearing habit smash. And always use It's Just as good The Two Em Dashl A NEW HABEAS CORPUS. Qne of the youneer lights of the Pittsbnrg bar was sitting in bis office one day last when a countryman who was enjoying with a client's freedom the best easy Chair and dolne absolutely nothing, as only a farmer can In urban circumstance?, broke the silence with: "Say, mister, been to cort muchT" The young attorney looked over tbe top of the newspaper and answered ironically: "Once or twice. In the Orphans' Conrt last week." That suggested somehow or otber divorces in the rural mind, and he said meditatively: ''I don't like it No o o It hain't good so many marrld folks playln' quits tbat er way. Toby sure, some wimmln haint content withont ever lastin' dressin' an' dressin' then, again, men can't sometimes arn 'nough wagis to keep ther wives right A fellow haint no biz marry in' without three thousand er so laid by an' makln' 0 er month." "Just what I think myself," said tbe attor ney. "Yes," concluded tbe farmer, slapping a big palm on the blotter, "there's too many o' them ar habls corpses granted nowdays that's er fact!" Cy-SAR'S PREROGATIVE. hah, what glorious days they were when stock campanles held the fortl" sighed tbe old tragedian. "Some funny things happened In those days," remarked the stage manager. yMy father, wbo lived and died a member of the Boston Museum Stock Company, used to tell a story ot the elder Booth that illustrates one of the beauties of tho system. Tbe elder Booth was the star to come,-and previous to his arrfval a number of tbe members of the company fell sick, and for this reason tbe low comedian bad to be pressed into-a role for which be was in no wise fitted, namely, tbat of Julius Catsar. He was a round-bodied, merry-souled little fellow, and notoriously fond of what we nowadays call "guying," on and off thelstage. My father who was to play Afaie Anthony, cau tioned tbe comedian not; to play any jokes upon Booth, who did not like trifling of any sort They rehearsed "Julius Cassar," and everything went well till Booth, as Brutus, In the assassination scene, struck Cojjarwith his dagger. Cassar, according to custom, ought to have fallen dead at the base of Fompey's statne, and the comedian had been particularly cautioned to respect the tradition. But be chose, out of pure contrariness, prob ably, to die further up the stage. Booth gave the prostrate Caesar a gentle kick, and bade him angrily roll over to the right place. To the wbole company's horror, instead of obeying, tbe comedian sat up and said: "Look here, Mr. Booth, I'm Julius Ca:sar, and I'll die where I d pleasel "Another actor played Cteiar during Booth's engagement" ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP. tie bad been given a room at the top of the hotel, often a bachelor's fate when he is a stranger in a strange land. The clerk also in formed him tbat be would have to walk up six flights of stairs, as the elevator ceased running at midnight. As be took his key he said to the clerk: "Excuse my mentioning it but do you know you remind me of my mother." The clerk stared icily in response. "Yes, you do," continued the traveler, "she was always wont to Impress upon me that tbere was always room at the top for me and now " 'What time will you be called?" was the crushing response, and tbe interview ended. N Hepburn Johns. Tlio Wcddlnc nt Alliance. Friday nlgut marked a notable event In G. A. R. affairs at Alliance, Ohio. For years thero have been two factions, and in tbe case of George Harlan Post their charter was with drawn, at' tbe instigation of the Department Commander. Lately, however, a better feeling has prevailed, and a few weeks ago George Harlan Post was reinstated, with the under standlnc'that it and tbe Alliance Post should at once take measures looking toward consoli dation. Friday nlghc this was satisfactorily accomplished at tbe Opera House, where the public installation of officers took place. Tbe place was crowded and Department Com mander Dowllng officiated at the "wedding." The new post was christened the John Fre mont Port No. 729, and starts off with 186 char ter members, tbe largest list of charter mem bers ot any post in Ohio. THE LITTLE.RED-APPLE TREE. The Little-Ked-Apple Tree! On, the Llttle-lied-Apple Tree! "When I was the Httle-est bit or a boy, And you were a boy with me ! Tbe bluebird's fllxnt from tbe topmost boughs, And the boys np there so high -That we rocked over the roornrtbe house, And whooped as the winds went by I Eo!"theLlttIe-Rd-Apple Treel With tbe garden beds below. And the old grape arbor so welcomcly- Hldlng the rake and hoe Hiding, too, as tho sun dripped through In scatters of wasted gold, Frank and Amy away from you And me, iu tbe days of old. Ahl the Llttle-Ked-Apple 'neet In the edge'of the garden spot Where the apples fell so lavishly Into the neighbor's lot Bo do I think or you, Brother mine, as the tree Giving the ripest wealth of your love To the world as well as me. Oh, tbe Llttle-Ked-Apple Treel Sweet as Its Juiciest fruit Spanned on the palate spicily, And rolled o'er the tongue to boot Is the memory still and the Joy Of the Llttle-lted-Apple Tree, When I was the llttle-estblt ofa boy, And you were a boy with met -James WMtcomb Biley, in St. NiehoUui , 1890. " HOW DO YOU VOTE? Somo.DIoro Popular Topics, for Exposition 'Visitors to Ballot On. This is the sixth week of tbe Exposition. Tbe topical voting pastime inaugurated by The Dispatch will bexontlnued till the close at it headquarters, in the commodious space occupied by the Brnnswlck-Balk-Coliender Bill Iad Company. This week some vital topics have been seleotcd, and all are requested to vote yes or no in The Dispatch Foil Book, which opens and closes with tbe Exposition every day and night. .MONDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Should Pittsburg Erect a Memorial to Stephen C. Foster!1 Open to lady and gentlemen voters. TUESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Should the Courts bo Believed by a Law Plac ing Petty Cases into tbe Hands of Police Justices? Open to gentlemen voters only. -WEDNESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Should Brick Pavements be Prohibited in All Sections of tho City? Open to lady and gentlemen voters. " ( Souvenirs for Lady Voters. DON'T BELIEVE SHE FASTS. Editor! of Sledlcnl Rlasnzlnes Believe Sirs. Wuchter'a Case Impossible. Drs. Dulles, John V. Shoemaker and Hobart A. Hare, reputable doctors and writers for medical magazines, are of tbe opinion tbat no person can fast 180 days, and are of the opinion thatMrs. Wuchter, the White HaH, Pa., faster. Is not fasting at alL One day this week a Dr. Sieger, who is attending tbe sick woman, made the statement tbat the fast was an absolute one, whereupon Dr. Dulles says: I do not know Dr. Sieger. He may be a perfectly honorable man, but if he Is. he is belnir duped. It makes no difference whether Dr. Sieger or anybody else- aenies my statements or not, tney nevertneiess remain a fact, Tbe test that be applied to tbe woman, by holding a peanut kernel in his band and holdinc it within a inch of ber mouth, which produced an attempt to vomit, and which was followed by violent convulsions, was no test at all. It was only evidence that the woman was hysterical, but not evidence tbat she could not receive food. Any medical man will tell you tbat it is Impossible for a person to live 180 days without taking food. This woman perspired freely, and starving people have a dry skin. She has regular, tbougb not frequent motions of tbe bowels, which would be im possible in tbe case of a person who bad taken no food for so long, and she basn't lost much flesh. Dr. J. J. Taylor. In speaking of the case, says that he knows Dr. Dulles and always found him to be conservative and accurate. "If I was asked for my personal opinion as to whether a person could fast ltO days, I should say no, unless tbere be a suspension of vital functions. While such facts are not on record, yet almost every day we find occasion to alter previous records of scientific observations. While I wonld not want to sav that such a case Is Im possible. I will say that I tbink it is highly improbable." Dr. Hobart A, Hare, editor of the Medical Hews, said tbat In his opinion tbe claim tbat Mrs. Wuchter had taken no nourishment for ISO days was a ridiculous one. "For a person to live 180 days without food Is an impossibility tbat does not admit of discussion. Mrs. Wuchter bas some way of getting nonrisbment tbat those around her have no knowledge of, or she has a confederate." HARRISON IN 1893. A Former La ' Partner of tbe Opinion Tbat He Will Not Ran Asaln. St. Path,, October a John Elam, of Idian apolls. Is now at Tacoma, "Wash. Mr. Elam was President Harrison's law partner from 18S3 to 1883, when tbe firm's name was Har rison, Miller & Elam, the second member being the present Attornoy General. Mr. Elam said be thought the Republicans would elect the next President, though tbe parties, he admit ted, are very evenly balanced. "Will President Harrison be a candidate for renomination?" was asked. "I hardly think so," he said. "In fact, in con versation with the President, he stated that he would not run again. It is a trying office, one of great responsibilities, and re-elections are hardly the thing in tbe present time, and for tbe last 40 or 60 years have rarely occurred. Lincoln and Grant were exceptional men, and those were exceptional times. It was tbe renomination ot Cleveland that defeated his party in 1888. A President no matter bow jnst he may be. Is pretty'Bure to make political enemies. It will hurt' the party If be is renominated, and so, thongh Mr. Harrison bas made one of the most conscientious Presidents, be is not likely to be renominated. It's too soon to tell who will be tbe nominee." ERESBxTEBIAN COLONY. Adherents of Thnt Faltb to Secure a Settle ment for tho Cherokee Ontlet. A colony of Presbyterians and adherents of tbat faith bas been organized whoae object is to secure a settlement within the Indian Terri tory as near together as possible, tbat in their new home they may be enabled speedily to en joy the benefit ot churches, schools and cult ured society. All Presbyterians and moral ad herents of tbat faith are eligible to member ship in this organization. - If there be no preventing Providence. Re v.R. W. Hill, D.D., of Muskogee, Ind. T., Superin tendent of Home Missions for the Indian Ter. ritory, will lead tbe colony into tbe tract se lected on the day it is opened for settlement All who are capable of taking claims mnst be present at place ot rendezvous at least one week before tbe day set for entering their homesteads. Of tbe time and place due notice will be given. Tho Cherokee Strip or Outlet in tbe bounds of which we hope to locate, will not be open for settlement till about the middle ot October. LABGE FOB HIS SIZE. Six Feet Five, Six Hundred Pounds and Eight Feet Around (he Hips. Martinsville, Ind., October 4. John Han son Crate, of Danville, Ind., one of the larcest men in the world, was in tbis city to-day. Mr. Craic stands 6 feet 5 Inches in his stocklncs and weighs over COO pounds. He measures S feet about tho hips and wears No. 10 shoes, hat and 7J glove. His father and mother were of medium size. He Is a great-great-grandson of Governor Chittenden, first governor of Vermont. He is also a first cousin of William P. Hepburn, at present Solicitor for tbe United States Treas ury. Mr. Craig is connected with no show. Illualcnl and Literary Entertainment. Tbe yonng people of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, of Allegheny, are conducting a series of lectures this season. One of these will be delivered on Wcdneday evening at 8 o'olock in the Fourth ward school hall. Liberty street near tbe park. Tbe lecturer is Rev. S. P. Long; of Massilion, O., wbo has acquired quite a repu tation as a lecturer, although yet a young man. His subject is "Uncle Sam," and his talk will be interspersed with humor.' Tbe music of the evening will be under the direction of Mr. H. P. Eoker and Mr. F. A. Ammon. The admis sion has been placed at 23 cents. FIGS AND THISTLES. The devil's mud won't stick to a Christian. A white soul is something God and angels love to look at THE bite of a little snake will kill as quick as that of abig one. Butterflies make a great show, but they don't make any honey. The best time to keep away from some peo ple is when yon are in trouble. People wbo want to help God never onght to take back seats in prayer meeting. The moment God pronounces a man all right the devil begins to throw mud at him. If there is any sight on th'ls earth the devil likes to look at it is a drunkard's borne. Unless a man is religions In his business he won't weigh very much in class meeting. THE easiest way to get along In this world Is to forget yourself in helping other people. THE man who thinks he knows tbe most about training up children is tbe man who has none. Getting tedious people to make long ex hortations, Is one way tbe devil has of killing prayer meetings. IF it wasn't for the help he gets from weak kneed professors of religion, tbe devil would, get discouraged. The devil chuckles when a preacher begins to complain tbat he is overworked and don't get near pay enougb- Taee the money out ot the whisky business, and tbe devil can't make men mean enough to keep tbem in it. If the devil couldn't make a good many re ligious people look gloomy, be would have to manage some how or other to sell more whisky , MURRAY'S MUSINGS. ' Two Dives Tbat Aro Alike iaNothlnjrbat Tbelr Wickedness An Oversapply Doesn't Affect Kstaarnnt Prices A Cousin of Boulangcr Sailing; Cigars. trSOU A STATF COIULESPOSDrtT.l CrrrcE the destruction of tbe notorious dive called tbe Haymarket, which flourished on Sixth avenue for so many years, tbe places known as Clark's and Tom Gould's, re spectively, on tbe same street have achieved the proud distinction of tbe tougbest in tbe metropolis. Gould's dive is below the level of the street at Twenty-third. It is a big place, with restaurant bar, dining room and private snuggeries. Tbe latter run along under the sidewalk on Sixth avenue, where tbey are lighted by day through rough and heavy glass like so many coal holes, are f urufshed with a table and half a dozen chairs each, and are se cluded from the large, common rooms by swinging doors of lattice work. Gould's, like Clark's, is never closed, day or night, Snnday or no Sunday, law or no law. For Tom Gould is, as are the keepers of all of these resorts, a man with a "pull." He is now to be a candi date for-ajderrnan ot his ward on the municipal reform 'ticket His place at night say 12 o'clock and after1 would be a circus to the uninitiated reformers of any out-of-town municipality. There are possibly 20,000 people wbo trip daily over these glass sky-lights wbo do not dream tbat just be neath them are tbe httlo dens. Otherwise they would probably shudder and step a little quicker, if, indeed, they ever came that way again. Not tbat Tom Gould is personally su ch a terror, or that plenty of respectable men do no t go there at all timss of the day and night, but because the idea of these unconvicted thieves congregating below conveys a moral shock to the innocent mind. Now, tbe place called Clark's Is open and above ground, and at night its double front ablaze with gas, exhibits the crowded intorior to tbe unrestricted gaze ot tbe passing world. Tbere is notblng mysterious about it nothing hidden. Looking in casually late at night you see a couple of score or more ladles and geotle jnen sitting at small tables, eating and drinking and smoking. That is, the alleged gentlemen are smoking, perhaps, the alleged ladies being satisfied to get a square meal and plenty of drink at the a. g.'s expense. The latter usually retain their bats and overcoats, rather as a matter of pre caution, let ns hope, tban through want of politeness. Tbere are always a number of men-about-town. college young men and out-of-town people lingering about, sipping beer and look ing around tbem curiously, under the satlsfao) tory impression that they are "seeing New York life." VTbis style of cafe Is a Parisian Im portation, only tbe 1-o'clock-in-tbe-morning rule of closing continental places is rigidly en forced, whereas in New York the all-night house rnles tbe roost. To the casual ltmorant observer everything at Clark's is all respect able enough. Whenever a customer gets too much aboard to keep up appearances tbere is an able-bodied corps of waiters to gently throw him into tbo street and the proprieties are of ficially observed. A Snrplus of Crabs. QEABs!cr-a-a-bs!10 cents a dozen!" It Is not an nncommon cry of the huckster in the residence part of the city just now. His wagon will probably contain three or four bar rels of these succulent creatures, or tbey lie in a great scrambling, writhing, crawling heap in the open bed of tbe vehicle, to the delight of the street urchins and tbe cynosure of house keeping eyes. Driving from bouse to house and filling the air with his resonant cries, the crab man rapidly disposes of his stock. Cheap? Well. I should tbink so! One would think that for less tban 1 cent apiece it would scarcely pay to haul crabs out of the water. What is still more confusing to a stranger, however, Is to find tbat indulgence in a brace of crabs for lunch at your downtown restaurant costs you almost invariably the round sum of 50 cent?. The New Yorker has already found that the most abundant supply of any particular food product does not cbange the retail price, served. When blueflsh are cast back into tbe sea by tons, as unsaleable, be- must pay SO to SO cents for a bit of broiled blueflsh at tbe res taurant, just the same as at any otber season. And this may be for bluefish caught last year. When the huckster comes aronnd you .know tbe market is glutted and tbat this is tbe es cape valve. So that tbe man who sells crabs at 10 cents a aozen to-day probably paid but 10 or 15 cents a barrel for them. Within ten days they may be SI or $2 a barrel. Just at present and fora week past the Harlem river is full of crabs, and the noble Hudson and East rivers swarm with tbem, Tbey are the forerunners of cold weather. The 'longshoremen say they bring the winter. The logic of tbe 'longshore men is unanswerable. Argument Koi to be Refuted. fNE day I was riding along West street along the wharves In company with a phil osophical friend wbo was commenting on the grand mystery of the tides. Pretty soon a nautical looking gentleman in a somewhat bat tered uniform came into the street car and dropped into the opposite seat. He was not more tban half full and apparently took much Interest it what wo were saying. My friend had just remarked the extraordinary Influence of the moon on the ocean currents. "I bave often marveled," said be, "while fishing on a river folly two hundred miles from tbe sea, to note tbe rise of tbe tide at my feet And all this time the current of the river so swift tbat I could scarcely pull a boat against it!" "It don't do it no, sir!" exclaimed the sailor man, suddenly breaking in. "'You're all guff ! I say you don't know notbln' about ftt I've been listening to your guff about as lone as I can stand It! I've been on tho sea pretty near all my life and I say you fellows don't know notbin' about it. You haven't been here long enough to get naturalized yet Talk about the sea and tbe tldesf contemptuously. "And moonshiner' He spat on tbe floor of tbe car. "I bet you don't know where Hoboken is!" Of course we laughed, but my companion mildly suggested that even a sailor might be' mistaken, since we were both home-made Americans and conld pass tbe crucial test of a knowledge ot tbe whereabouts of Hoboken. To which be retorted that be could take us both out on tbe nearest pier and lick us with one band. That logic was irrefragable. We gracefully acknowledged tbe corn and present ly steppea on into tne giau sunsmue; leaving the tides to take Care of themselves. s v A Cousin of Donlancer. QN Eighth avenue,near Twenty-eighth street is a small cigar store kept by a Frenchman, M. Bonlanger. Ho Is a cousin of the famous French General of that name. The portrait of General Bonlanger in full uniform is promi nently displayed in the show window. Inside aro a.number ofFrench battle scenes and the walls are covered with celebrities of the conrt and stage. M. Bonlaneor is rather taller and thinner than his distinguished cousin, but there is much resemblance of feature. When the General was in this country he frequently visited the Httlo cigar store on Eighth avenue, and sat in the little back room discussing French politics to the delieht of a favorite coterie of Frenchmen. He had not then achieved the notoriety which has since made the name of Boulaneer a household word thoughout the world. Bonlanger, the cigar man," doesn't seem to feel "stuck up" about bis cousin, the General, recently. Machine Talk's Fraud. A new nickel-in-the-slot machine has made its appearance, tbis time the Edison pho nozraph. It is an expensive affair, apparently, and attracts but little attention from hotel loungers.- Greenhorns are afraid of it, having a vague Idea tbat it is going to shock some body, while those wbo know anything decline to invest a nickel in "Annie Rooney" and other songs, delivered in a wbeezymonotone scarcely distinguishable. This talking by machinery ts a treat fraud, anyhow, and when you can get all the talk you want for notblng by being late to dinner or by coming In at 2 o'clock In the morning, you don't feel exactly like paying a nickel for some. They are selling Edison talk lug dolls down on Fourteenth street for J10O, and yet peoplo say talk is cheap. Chas. T. Murray. New York, October 4. DEATH 0M HYDB0PH0BIA, A Lad Bitten Two months Ao Succumbs to tbeDiioase. Indianapolis, October 1 Michael Moriar ity. a lad of 8 yeats, died here last night of hydrophobia. He was bitten two months ago by a dog, but tbe wound healed, and nothing moro was tbougbt of It. Three days aeo be complained of pains In his throat and stomach, and it was noticed that be was seized with vio lent tremblings whenever fluids were offered him. These symptoms Increased to spasms, and violent convulsions were frequent. These In creased in frequency and violence till death ensued, CUEIOUS CONDENSATIONS., V x A seven-pound silver trout has been captured in El Dorado county. CaL Of the 76 marriages in Vineland, N. J., the past year the grooms of only 33 were Vine landmen. Monroe, 31ich., has a cucumber Zi feet lone, which weighs eight pounds, and it is to be pickled in paregoric Of the 26 braves who signed 3Iagna Chsrta all but three bad to "make their mark,'' being unable to write. A colored woman has sued a Texas newspaper for JluO damgeas for having spoken ot ber as a white woman. It is said there are only two red slate) quarries In the United States one in Vermont and tbe other In Virginia. An Oil City milliner has a very unique novelty in the shape of a broom made from tha wings of tbe English sparrow. The latest thing 4 pen-wipers, accord ing to an acknowledged authority, is a silver Elg whose back Is thickly covered with natnra ristles. I The schools in the raisin districts of San Diego county have been closed for six weeks, so as to permit the children to pick tho grape crops. A great deal of the human hair of com merce in England comes from Canton, China, and is taken from the heads of beggars, crim inals and corpses. Captain Meade, who has charge of tha naval exhibits for the Columbian Exposition, proposes erecting a structure representing a modern battle ship. Some miners near Yakima, "Wash., threw a lot of dynamite Into a field near their cabin recently. Some cows browsed in the same place, and 15 died suddenly. An Alliance girl who was having a holiday with her best fellow was pnt off a street car in Canton became she persisted in smoking; a cigar in violation of the rules. Wardens and keepers say that, as a rule, 20-year prisoners don't survive their terms, and that as a rule, also, they are tho best behaved men in their charge. A Missouri family left the cars at Sa Una to take in tbe town and tbe train went on having the sleeping baby on board. Tbere was squally time until the family got together as thenextstation. Ben Cook, one of the oldest printers in Georgia, died at his home in Baldwin county, last week, at an advanced age. He was one of tbe men wbo helped to print "Joe Brown'a Georgia money" in ante-bellum days. In Bloom&eld, N. J., a few days ago, was buried Adam Metz, a well-known citizen. In accordance with bis dying wish bis funeral procession was beaded by a brass band and U societies and about lOu coaches followed. Dnring the six years comprised in the period '18S3 to 1383 no less than ZS9 pupils of tbe public schools in Prussia hive committed suicide. A large number of these suicides was inspired by the fear of not passing examina tions. A flock of quail flew into TTniontown and attempted to roost on the slate roof of the now jail, but could not stick and slid in a floundering way to the eaves, where tbe spout ing caught tbem and where they rested until frightened away by a workman. Br. John C. Berry, who is in Asia on a vacation, mailed a letter and a postal card to Br. R. D. Bibber, or Bath. Me., on the same dav, sending one westward via St. Petersburg anil tbe otber east via San Francisco. The let ters reached Bath in the same mail. One of the oldest houses in New En gland, the Low mansion, at Essex, Mass., which has sheltered six generations ot tbat family. Is being torn down. It Is one of tha colonial lean-to roof stylo of bouses. Its yawn ing fireplaces occupied a space 11 by 20feet Nearly every farmer in the eastern part of Mt Pleasant township, Westmoreland county, and in tbe northern end of Buliskin township. Fayette county, has gone into an agreement to prevent tbe killing of all game for the next five years. The signers will prose cute all trespassers. A boy named Brown climbed on top of a passenger coach at Creston. la., to steal a ride west In passing under a bridge Brown's bead struck a rafter and he was instantly killed. A young companion of be dead boy held on to the body for several miles before the train stopped and was almost dead from fright and exhaustion when found. A Philadelphian jnst from Asbury Park tells tbe latest anti-prohibition dodge. An in dividual entered a drug store and presented an order for a pint of whisky, signed with his own name and the letters M. D. "You're no doctor," said the drug clerk. "No. I didn't say I was." "Well, what does M. D. mean?" asked tbe clerk, to whom replied the Indi vidual briskly: "It means mighty dryl" A St. Louis genius, says Police Captain Boyd, of that city, has invented a rubber billy for policemen and watchmen. It is made of heavy rubber, such as is used in hose, is flexi ble, yet very solid, and bas tbe merit of stun ning a person without breaking the scalp and Cansing the flow of blood. It Is also guaranteed not to fractnre tbe sknll. Anything to amelio rate the suffertnes of policemen's victims and protect society from tbe brutality so often shown should be bailed with joy. A unique feast is to take place in Brook lyn soon. A member of the Limerick Men's Society of tbat city, now in Ireland, writes tbat he will bring to Brooklyn a Limerick bonham a young pig called in this country a "roaster." and some Limerick pipes and tobacco. The Limerick men have decided to bave a great time with these things. They are going to In vite Irishmen from other conntles to help them Sat away tbe bonham. smoke tbe Limerick to acco, sinf , dance, play, and do lots ot otber en joyable things. On a train from Aurora to Chicago, the other day, a strange incident occurred. A poor man, accompanied by three children, was brinzms the corpse of bis wffe to tbe city. He was provided with a ten-trip ticket and said be had been told by the station authorities at Aurora tbat the faro for himself and children and tbe body of the wife could be punched from the trip ticket The conductor insisted npon full fare for tbe corpse, "and intimated that If he did not get it be would have to put the body off." A dUinterested passenger thought the man had sufflciant sorrow without being compelled to argue wltb tbe conductor, and paid tbe fare. FDNSY 3IEN'S FANCIES. "Watts Now, I never fudge a man's la come by his clothes. Do yon? I'otts-N'o, not until I bave seen his wife's clothes, also. Indianapolis Ktvit. Hnbly This crying youngster is enough to drive me distracted. Wire Wjit a mo'ncnt and I'll sing it to sleep. llubly-un second thouebt you'd better let It cry. Tuwn Topics. Can Such Things Be? Husband Is this canned chicken or canned lobster, Ethel? Wife I don't know. Jobn. The label had been torn off tbe can before I opened It. Sao XotH Tribune. The "Wicked. Little Boy Papa, when the preacher talked about wicked people hedldn't look st the congregation, he looked up In tbe air. "Why wss that? Papa He was probably looking at tbe choir. Ktw Xork Wiekly. Envy. "Weary "Wiggins I see a picture t'other day of a bnll wld two mouths he eats wld one and drinks wld de other. Hnngry Hi wins If a man wuz on'y built thst way what a star he'd be at a free lunch! Indian apolls Journal. , City Swell I fain wonld have thee !for my very own. Country Maiden Welt youeanjustiret. You're not the first by everal that's feigned the same thlng.and I'm still doing tbe housework forma. JiintfAamfon Leader. She "Why do yon wish that you were poor, Mr. Hiftler? He W by, see bow much money I could save If I was too poor to keep a yacht. JIuntev's Weekly. "General Binks has retired, bas he not?" , "Yes., He's devoting himself now to his hobby." "What'sthat?" y 'He is collecting himself. He lost a leg at Get tysburg, an arm at Bull Kan. and eight teeth la lionzrcis." -Veto Xorle Sun. , Old and New Schools. Small Boy I'm , too sick to go to school to-day. , , , Mamma, Then lie down and I'll send for a doc tor. Dr. Pellet?" ' "No. He's a homeopath. I shall send for Dr. Castor, the allopath." "Never mind, mamma: I feel better. Where's ' my books?" Street Smith's Good Seas. Miss Summit I had a long conversation about art with Atlas Dinwiddle tbe other evening-, and found her so thoroughly stupid. Mr. Clevcrton You surprise me. We talked. the other evening: for an iiour, and I thought she wss remarkably Intel llKefu. Miss Summit Wha J did you talk about? Mr. Clererton-Baseball. A Epoch, i . - i l' , Kcasfi iM!aiiL.v. ,!au'!ttM, ..it:55a KKKVkKHKItfjlliSKmS
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