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riTTSBUKG, SATURDAY. OCT. 11. 189a
MANY WONDKOUS SIGHTS.
A great chef 'once said that he always be
lieved in making his dinners strong in the
center, the course half way down the carte
was the keystone. The sight-seeing
feast of our visitors from over
the sea seems to have have
arranged in accordance with the cordon
blcu's formula. Yesterday's excursion was
well toward the center of the programme
aud it was a great one. TJp the Monongo
hela in the afternoon of an ideal autumn
day nearly a thousand strong they sailed.
By no other path could they have obtained
a more comprehensive view of the industrial
resources of Pittsburg. At the end of the
voyage they had the greatest iron and steel
works in the world before them. Sir. Car
negie himself was there to pilot the visitors
through the mare of mechanical wonders of
which he stands the chief creator.
To complete the impression made at Wild
wood a display of natural gas was made at
Hays' station by the Philadelphia Gas Com
pany, and it is certain now that the Old
"World will have to admit the existence and
potency of our natural fuel. Tbe day's
proceedings were, we may believe, both
pleasant and profitable to our guests and
all ne hope further is that their appetites
for sigEt-seeing are not sated, for the
banquet' is only half over, tnough tbe prin
cipal part of Pittsburg's contribution to it
has been enjoyed.
JUDGE MIXXEK'S SEIZURE.
Justice Sillier, of tbe United Staies
Supreme Court, is not expected to recover
from the stroke of paralysis wbich fell upon
him suddenly in "Washington yesterday.
Tbe loss of this eminent jurist will be
deeply felt, for since his appointment to the
Supronie Bench by President Lincoln, the
country has had abundant reason to admire
his integrity and intellect. Moreover, his
name will ever be associated honorably with
the emancipation of the colored race.
THE SEASON TOR KU3IORS.
Uot everything in tbe shape of fresh and
hot political rumors that will be served out
from the headquarters of the conflicting or
ganizations between now and Xovember can
he absolutely credited. It is not sure, for
instance, whether the reports from Philadel
phia of the sanguine Cooper being recalled
to tbe management of the Republican cam
paign can be relied upon, though the ex
Chairman has certainly blossomed out lux
uriantly in print this week in oracular
and semi-official ahjurgatioa of the Inde
pendent Republicans. The latest story that
Senator Cameron has put $100,000 into the
campaign under the hopeful ex-Chairman's
special disbursement wonld be sinister if it
were not doubtful. It would imply that Mr.
Cameron means to take care of the Legisla
ture with reference to the re-election to the
Senalorship. In tbe hurly-burly over the
Governorship the Legislature has been al
most forgotten. But as we have said, these
large-sized reports may be taken homeo
nathicallv. Tin: ritEirENT self-communion.
The declaration of Mr. Elam, formerly the
partner of President Harrison and Attorney
General Miller in their Indianapolis law
firm, is placed before the public by the
somewhat remote route of a Tacoma news
paper, to tbe effect that the President does
not contemplate a renomination. In reply
to a question whether the President is a
candidate. Sir. Elam said, "I do not think
so," which by itself would not be as author
itative as some publications by the authority
of the President himself some time ago.
lint it is followed by the further assertion:
"In fact, in conversation with the Presi
dent, he stated that he would not run
again."
The grammatical construction of this sen
tence, whether it is Sir. Elam's or the inter
viewer's, gives the assertion a peculiar in
terest The pronoun "he" is the subject of
the verb plainly refers to General Harrison;
and tbe assertion is made that he
made the statement "iq conversa
tion with the President" Possibly in
talking the matter over with himself, tbe
President has recognized that he will not be
a candidate for a second term, for the most
cogent of reasons. It is evident that this
self-communion has been most effective of
late, since the two Slaine men have
tried to use him as a pawn in the game they
are playing against each other. It is pretty
well known that the soliloquies of the Presi
dent had not led to that conclusion before the
battle of the Republican giants commenced;
when the immediate entourage of the "White
House were putting him in the lists, and the
other possible Presidental quantities were
getting only large supplies ol cold shoulder
in the line a' official sustenance.
"While this result of the President's con
versation with himself appears to have been
communicated to Mr. Elam, it is a pity that
it did not also designate tho rising political
star that has eclipsed his hopes of last
spring. The strained relations between the
Speaker and tbe President night indicate
whom the latter regards as the candidate
who has snuffed out his chances. In that
case we may conclude that the Presidental
attitude, as regards the main offices, is not
due to the fact that he loves Blaine more,
but tbat he loves Beed less.
LEGITIMATE HUT EXPENSIVE.
The organs of the straight Democratic
stamp are worked Tip over the discovery of
what they regard as a Republican con
spiracy, in which Quay, Dudley, Huston
and others are engaged. The project under
contemplation is to aid the colored people
in the South, to move to the close North
ern States, such as "West Virginia, Ohio
and Indiana, and to find them employment
there. The plan was made public by one of
the political agents working it up in "West
Virginia going on a most variegated spree,
and permitting the doenments to get into
the hands of Democrats, and the Democrats
are virtuously indignant over it.
Perhaps when they take a'second thought
over it, the Democrats may discover that
tbeir outcrv is somewhat misplaced. The
scheme, as stated, is to secure the removal
of the negroes next year into the
States where their votes are wanted,
so that they will be legally
entitled to citizenship in 1S92. That'
necessitates finding steady employment for
them. In all this there is not only no in
fraction ot law; but there is nothing which
is not within the right of any man. In
deed, if pursued purely for that motive, it
would take rank as practical philanthrophy
to aid colored labor to leave the States
where it is overabundant and therefore
underpaid, for States where it is wanted,
and can therefore get better wages.
Of course it is not necessary to credit
Messrs. Quay, Dudley, Huston and their
associates with being actuated by any such
unpractical motives as the sole consideration
of the benefit of the colored people. The
fact that their purpose is to move tbe
colored men into donbtful States, and not
the States where their labor is most wanted,
proves that their purpose is political per
haps even selfish. The great dancer of such
a project under such management is
that the colored people when taken
into the new States will be left un
cared for aud without work. But if
that were done, the plan wonld defeat itself.
Tbe negroes would become a floating element
without any settled citizenship, and when
the Republican managers wished to vote
tbeir imported citizens, tbey could not find
them. The plan being one, therefore, which
to secure success must give the emigrating
negroes steady and remunerative work, the
selfishness of the motive cannot outweigh
the beneficial character of the results. If
no one in this country every takes a -worse
method to secure votes there will be slight
cause for complaint.
A very curious feature of the affair is the
attitude of Southern opinion. Representa
tives of the South are denouncing the plan
as "a crime." The Sonth has been telling
the North for years that the presence of the
negroes there is a curse; but whenever any
plan, eitherphilanthropicorpolitical, is put
in operation to remove any portion of the
negroes from the South, thatection rises in
arms against it It is hard to har
monize the Southern expressions concerning
the negro and the race question with the de
nunciation in the South of all efforts to re
move any portion of tbe race to Northern
States, on any other hypothesis than the de
termination to retain the cheap labor of the
region, and at the same time to forbid any
political or social amelioration for it
The project of removing colored people
from the Southern States and converting
them to legal voters .in close Stales in the
North, is an entirely permissible one. Bnt
it is not likely that it will be put into oper
ation on any large scale. It will cost some
thing like a hundred dollars apiece to take
each voter with his family from his South
ern home and keep him until employ
ment is found. The politicians credited
with the project, will probably, after a lit
tle experience, prefer tbe plan of getting
their votes at a cheaper rate.
PITTSBURG'S MAGNETIC TOWERS.
The railroads have not cars enough to
bring all tbe peoplo who want to come to
Pittsburg. The suburban passenger traffic
has grown wonderfully, and the Exposition
has given a tremendous boom to the
travel from a distance. Those who
live in the suburbs which steam
railroads alone reach, on the
"Wayne Railroad, for instance,
how great the increase of passenger
has been. Twice as many trains as
Port
know
traffic
were
scheduled two or three years ago are run
ning now, and yet the cars are crqwded
always. The railroad officials, as they con
fess in The Dispatch to-day, are aston
ished at the rapid strides of tbeir Pittsburg
passenger business. The railroads, doubt
less, will perceive the necessity of keeping
up with the procession by enlarging their
transportation facilities. Pittsburg swallows
tbe incoming crowds, but the railroads col
lect the first toll.
A SENATOR'S GRIEVANCE.
"We rather think there will be no
paroxysm of sympathv over the little story
sent out from "Washington, telling how
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, was grieved
tbe other night by having to pay at a fash
ionable restaurant, thirty cents apiece for
cigars that he formerly smoked at the even
quarter. It is quite true the McKinley bill
does raise the tariff on imported cigars,
though we cannot say whether the addition
al levy of five cents each on Senator
Stewart's particular brand is exactly equit
able. But people who habitually pay
twenty-five cents for tbeir smoke, are not of
the class who will evoke sympathy if they
are obliged to invest a few cents additional
in their pet luxury. Meanwhile, Senator
Stewart and tbe other grave and reverend
seigneurs of the Senate Club, can save the
extra cents, and get as good a weed, by
purchasing a Key "West cigar, which is
made in this country out of the same tobacco
as the imported Cuba.
So in regard to champagne and other
high priced liquors. The McKinley bill
will add a percentage of cost to these, yet
not enough to frighten such as have felt
able to pay the previous prices. The fact
is that the highest priced imported cigars
and tbe choicest foreign wines are so far
beyond tbe reach of the ordinary pocket
that such additional tax as the McKinley
bill puts upon them will neither hurt trade
in tbem nor raise any public outcry.
rcBxicrrx of divorce cases.
In reply to the mournfnl reference of a
cotemporary to the fact that there are forty
five divorce cases to be heard before the
New York courts, at this term, the New
York Sun forcibly points out one mitigat
ing cause for satisfaction. That is the fact
that the cases will he tried in public, before
a responsible Judge, and not decided by
referees in secret bearing.
The disclosures of the Flack case, as to
tbe abuses possible under the practice of
secret divorce trials, wrought this change
in the New York courts; but it was made
five years sooner in the Brooklyn courts;
and experience there has shown that the re
sults arc good. Pennsylvania has had the
spectacle of fraudulent divorces secured by
secret hearings in her courts brought promi
nently before tbe public; but, although it
is some years since one case of that sort at
tained national notoriety, the reform which
New York made in a year is still unestab
lished in Pennsylvania,
Public hearings for divorce trials would
not only establish the responsibility of the
tribunal hearing the case, bnt it would fix
a greater responsibility on the parties. If
people knew that neither money or influ
ence could preserre secresy for their pecca
dilloes, as brought out by such cases, they
would be more careful to keep out of the
divorce courts.
THE IRISH LEADERS' STROKE.
The peculiar aspects of the Irish trials are
given a finishing touch by the action of
Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien in forfeiting
their bail and qnietly taking.as is supposed,
their "passage for the United States. Of
course the Tory mgistrate before whom
they were arraigned proceeded' to forfeit
their bail; but it is evident that the honors
or the game lay with the plucky Irishmen.
It is now plain beyond dispute that the
airest and trial was solely for the purpose of
preventing them from fulfilling their en
gagement in this country. The prolonga
tion of the trial which could have been
finished in a single day.proves that purpose.
Under those circumstances, there was no
reason why the Irish leaders should be
kept from their engagements in this country
by the necessity of dancing attendance on a
court where their case was manifestly
prejudged. They had shown their willingness
to stand trial. They hkd filed their
protest against being tried by a Judge who
was notoriously inimical to them; and they
bad urged dispatch in the hearing and de
cision of their case. Having done that their
position before the public was made right,
and they were justified in taking their final
step. The trip to this conntry is of far
greater importance than the thousand
pounds bail that each must forfeit; and tbeir
defiance of the devices used to prevent their
coming to this country will point the proof
ot the impotent malevolence of the last at
tack of the Tory Government upon them.
If, as there is every reason to suppose,
Dillon and O'Brien are on their way to this
country, their evasion of the attempt to
retain them in Ireland will excite an
immense enthusiasm on their welcome
by the Irish-Americans. Their case will
also call the attention of the world to the in
famously one-sided administration of jus
tice in Ireland under the rule of Balfour.
A SCIENTIFIC German, by the name of
Schultze, has discovered by numerous tests
that glass affects beer, both in taste and odor,
and that it must be drunk from cold-lined
silver mugs. Tbe necessity of procuring cold
lined silver mugs to dnuk beer from will put
the German nation in peril of bankruptcy.
PlTTSBUr.o has fulfilled the duties of
hospitality by welcoming tbe coming and
speeding tbe parting guests. And the guests
seemed to like boMi kinds of treatment.
The work of reducing the height of the
famous mountains In this country goes steadily
on. Some time ago a survey knocked 4,000 feet
off the altitude of Mt. Popocatepetl, in Mexico,
and now tbe wounded susceptibilities of the
Mexicans have been assuaged byan official dec
laration tbat the summit of Mt, St. Elias is in
the United States and tbat it is b,O0O feet lower
than tbe original figures. The success of tbese
surveyors in cutting down tbe loftiest summits
should induce the city authorities to bring
them here to survey the Court House bill.
There does not seem to be much hope of cut
ting it down by any other method.
The news that the Congressional cam
paign committees are turning out campaign
documents by tbe millions shows that one
necessary of life is not advanced in price by
tariff legislation. Waste paper will be cheap
In November.
"Weather prophecies are to the effect
tbat we are to be pinched by a cold winter; but
If we are not pinched by tbe gas companies, in
addition, we will be able to stand it.
It is a rather peculiar statement tbat is
made by the proprietor of a rope-macbine fac
tory in Brooklyn that be Is compelled to close
bis shop on account of tbe reduction in the
duty on binding twine. The assertion might
go unchallenged if it were not accompanied by
tho further information tbat a binding twine
factory ou Long Island, owned by tbe same
man. will not be shut down. The babitof
charging the tariff law with everything is liable
to be run into tbe ground.
It is rather a come-down for Mr. Depew
when, after asserting that be was not a candi
date for President, the indiscreet action of bis
fool friends obliges him to protest tbat he is
not a candidate for Mayor of New York.
The advance of paint, "on account of the
new tariff," may be taken as being a protective
measure, not only for the paint industry, but
for tbe statuary at Harvard.
A young woman who had successfully
passed au examination for official stenographer
of one of the Montreal courts, was barred out
by the objection of one of tbe barristers prac
ticing in tbe court, a Sir. Achainbault, Q. C.
How tbe learned gentleman, who thus objects'
to women having anything to do with tbe ad
ministration of tbe law can brTBg bis proud
soul to brook the title of Queen's Counsel, is
one of tbe insoluble problems of life.
The weather joined in giving a smiling
welcome to our guests from abroad; but it
seemed doubtful as to whether it could con
tinue to show a fair face to Pittsburg alone, for
more than two days in succession.
By the way, the united powers of Andrews
and Cooper have not yet produced a reply to
Chairman Kerr's proposition for a uniform
ballot.
It will be gratifying to the residents on
Center avenue in the Minersville district to
learn from an article in an afternoon cotempo
rary that among the streets paved this year -is
"Center aTenue from Ellsworth avenue to
Bobo street." Tbey might not haye learned of
the paving otherwise; but it is to be feared tbat
tbe information will not keep them out of the
mud this winter.
Dillon and O'Brien have come to the
legitimate conclusion that iis better to forfeit
tbeir ball than to be kept before a conrt wbich
bad made up its decision before it heard the
evidence.
Senatoe Rutan now jumps back into
the political nng with a promise to contribute
bis mite to swell tbe liveliness of the State cam
paign. BISHOP Oberly is quoted as saying that
gill is a pretty good quantity to.take at one
swallow." Tbe Bishop shows a disposition to
ignore the fact tbat the truth of the remark
varies with the kind of liquid swallowed. Per
haps Mr. Oberly intended the application to be
made only by his old associates, who are in the
habit of swallowing no weaker liquid than
whisky.
Special Departments receive careful atten
tion in THE DISPATCH every Sunday. So
ciety, the Stage, Music, Secret Societies, Art,
Grand, Army, Science, Electricity, Education,
Military and Sport are all carefully lian died.
OUR SHORT STORIES.
ONIONS WERE NOT IN IT.
T au very sorry," said the star to the stage
manager, "but unless Mr. Jorkins desists
from eating onions, I shall decline to kiss
Claude JUelnotte again."
The stage manager reported Pauline's ulti
matum to bis chief, the man who wore the silk
tile and did the heavy management, and in due
time Mr. Edwin Booth Jorkins was requested
to exclude the toothsome but odoriferous vege
table from his diet. He consented because it
was the middle of tbe season and they were
playing one night stands in Tennessee a tidy
walk from New York City. Ho dlrtn'teven say
under his breath, as bis privilege was, "I will
be revenged," but on tbe cars tbe next day be
bougbt from the train boy several boxes of
"Real Turkish Cigarettes" of tbe tine, old
black cabbage brand and smoked until be was
light-beaded and sick at the stomach.
At tbe close of tbe next night's performance
tbe star sent for tbe stage manager and said to
him, "You will kindly request Mr. Jorkins as a
personal favor to me to go back to onions!"
HIS NAME WAS PADGETT.
'Therk used to be an editorial writer on tbe
staff of tbe Louisville Courier-Journal ot
the name of Padgett. Ho was from tbe mount
ains of Tennessee, and was typical of tbat
country. His coat hung on blm as it would on
a clotheshorse, and bis trousers were always
too short He was of a very unsuspicious na
ture, was strictly honest, and supposed every
one else was.
On a certain payday tbe cashier was too busy
to goto the bank for currency, so Padgett was
given a check for 23 as bis salary for the week.
He wanted to know what it was. and tho
cashier explained tbat be could get his money
for It by going to tbe bank. A few days after
he appeared in front ot the paying teller's
window at tbe bank and presented his check.
"That is all right, Mr. Padgett," said the
teller, "but you will have to get someone to
identify you."
"Identify met Why, l am Padgett."
"I have not the slightest doubt of it," was
the answer, "but it is a rule of tbe bank. You
must be Identified."
Padgett did not understand matters very
well. "Hasn't the Courier-Journal any money
here?" he demanded.
"Certainly it has, but'we want to pay it tc
Mr. Padgett Ask Mr. Haldeman, the pub
lisher, to step in with you and we will pay the
check."
"Go to tbe deuce," said Padgett "I believe
you are a set of thieves. Take the check and
keep it" He threw tbe paper over tbe railing
and marched out, and nothing conld ever in
dnco bim to enter a back again. It was bis first
and last experience with the haughty paying
teller. Mr. Haldeman beard the teller's ac
count of the affair, laughed heartily over it,
and the next payday Mr. Padgett was given
two weeks' pay at one time.
BLONDE OR BRUNETTF
sit ana muse,
for I so yearn tor both, yet one aloi
Can I ever hope to call my own I
"Which shall I chooser
One dark, one fair.
The rich brown olive's bloom; the ripened
peach ;
Each rare in loveliness; so modest each!
"Which shall I dare?
Assure as fate
I know that either waits but my behest
To be mine own and He upon my breast
"Why hesitate?
Ah! Why? Becanse
I long for both ! Each alls my heart's desire,
Yetl to both possess would still asplrcl
And thus I pause 1
"Which choice Is mine
"Will leave for the nnch osen lone regret.
What peace were mine, had we bnt never met I
Then which resign?
Be still, my heart!
1 humbly answer to my fate's fond beck.
Dark beauty, come! Clasp then my willing'
neck!
Fair one, we part:
"Here, Twenty! Ca-i-w-s-h!"
The maiden at the necktie counter cries.
"Then dark scarfs, sir, most e erybody buys,
La, yes! They'll washl"
SHE WAS OF SOUND MIND.
A Mrs. Melbockn bad left all her property
to a country doctor with whose family she
bad boarded for some montbs before her death.
Her relatives tried to invalidate the will by
proving tbat the deceased was of unsound mind,
and bad been unduly influenced. "While the
doctor's son was in the witness box bis mother
sat within full view of him, and occasionally
shook ber finger when she saw tbat he was in
juring their cause.
The witness having been asked to give some
evidence from the conversation of the deceased
to prove tbat she was rational, said, with hesi
tation: "Why why, because before she came to
live at our place sbe used to come into the shop
and ask me how the folks was."
"That was a rational remark, but of course
you bad some further conversation."
"Yos.sho would sometimes want to know what
mother was paying our help, and if father was
putting up bis medicine as cheap as ever."
(Here tbe finger sbook menacingly, but John
did not heed and continued.) "And generally
before sbe left tbe shop sbe would say: 'John,
I've never seen tbe beat of your mother for
making a bargain; sbe knows wbich side ber
bread is buttered if ever a woman did.' "
Just there John saw the warning finger and
further efforts to induce him to repeat any
scraps of conversation were unavailing.
"Can you tell us anytbme to sbowher mental
condition from her actions?" asked tbe law
yer for the prosecution.
"Yes," said John readily;" "yes, I remember
that when she used to come to stay at our
place sbe never brought any baggage."
"Perhaps some ladies would consider that an
evidence of unsound mind," said the lawyer,
smiling. "How did she provide for changes of
clothing?"
"Why. she borrowed from our folks, and I
think that was right smart for if she had
brought her own clotbes our folks would have
borrowed every stitch she had."
TO-MORROWS Rig 20-Page DISPATCH
will hold 100 Columns. It is the largest and
best newspaper In Pennsylvania.
THEIR NAMES IN PRINT.
Stephen H. Tyng, the once popular New
York pastor, is doing an excellent life insur
ance business In Paris.
Kino Oscar, of Sweden, so admired the
Baltimore that he sent bis congratulations to
President Harrison, through Captain Schley.
Da. Holmes appears In tbe Harvard cata
logue as "Oliver Wendell Holmes, M. D., LL.
D., Litt D., D. C. L., Professor of Anatomy.
Emeritus."
Rev. Shuttlewobth, vicar of the English
church at Egloshayle. Cornwall, has married
MlssCudmore, a well-known actress on the
London stage.
Edward Do wXINCI, of Sydney, N. a W., is
collecting information as to tbe working ot
Federal and municipal institutions in the
United States and Canada.
Captain James Bend, who saved the lives
of 298 persons wrecked off Long Beach, on tbe
ship State of Georgia, iu December, 1852,
still lives, at tbe age of 80, at Beach Haven,
n.j;
Colonel Judson, the handsome member of
Governor Hill's staff, will be married to Miss
Lathrop, of Albany, on November 18. In this
tbe young Colonel sets the bachelor Governor a
worthy example.
Having declined the editorship of all the
great Republican newspapers in the country,
ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson now
Intimates tbat he can, if be wishes, go to China
as United States Minister.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll will de
liver a lecture on "Literature, Art and Mor
ality," in Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, on
October 21. The entire proceeds are to be given
toward making comfortable the last days of
Walt Whitman.
citizen Geobgb Francis Train, who has
been living quietly in his villa near Tacoma,
"Wash-, since his famous round-the-world trip,
is going back to New York City. He hopes
to make an arrangement by which be will go
around the world again via the East against
bis own time.
The Portland Club will give a dinnerin a few
days to Secretary Blaine, Speaker Reed, Gov
ernor Burleigh, Senators Hale and Frye, and
Congressmen DIngley, Mllllken and Boutelle.
General H. B. Cleaves will preside, and It is ex
pected that about 200 leading Republicans ot
tbe State will be present
TO EXPOSITION visrroRs.
A Question Upon "Which You axe Asked to
Express an Opinion.
The sixth week of the Exposition closes to
night For to-day and evening The Dispatch
asks visitors to cast their votes aye or nay on
tbe question appended. Tbo poll book will be
open at Dispatch headquarters, Brunswick
Balke, Collender Billiard Company's space,
until the close of the big show to-night Here's
the topio for your suffrages:
Should the railroads run semi-weekly excur
sions to Pittsburg during the spring, summer
and autumn? Open to lady and gentlemen
voters.
Souvenirs for tbe ladies.
CHARITY IN A LETTER BOX.
A Stranger "Whose Heart "Was Larger Than
His Experience.
From the Bt Louis Post-Dispatch.
There is an old blind piper whose strangely
pathetic figure.and yet stranger music, have bo
come familar to everyone on tbe streets, for
every afternoon ho stands with bis back
against the lamp-post at Barr's corner, and in
tbe evening he post himself before the en
trance to tbe Exposition and plays in opposition
to Glllmore's band, piping for a living and liv
ing only upon the bounty of those who are
stirred by deeds of charity by tbe pitiful wail
of bis pipe. He was standing against his fa
miliar support, tbe lamp post at Barr's cor
ner, playing with all bis energy when a gray
haired old countryman stopped to listen.
"Within a Mile of Edinboror Town" was the
air tbo old pipe gave out, and when it was
finished tbe- countryman gazed at the old
fellow with a look full of sympathy and pity.
His hand went mechanically into his pocket
and drew foitha dime. He looked at it but
did not hesitate. Walking straight up to the
old man, the countryman began to fumble with
tbe letter box. He found tbe side at last and
dronned in bis dime. Ar the coin clinked on
the bottom of the mail box the countrymannlg
turned away ana nts lace wore tne expression
of one wbo was satisfied with a gooddeeddone.
FATHER MATHEWS BIRTHDAY.
The Centennary of the Birth of the Great
Temperance Apostle Celebrated.
The centennary ot the birth of Fatber Matbow,
.the great temperance apostle, was celebrated
yesterday by catholics generally throughout
tbe country, and a meeting was held last even
ing at Duquesne Hall, on Fenn avenue, at which
various eulogizing addresses were delivered.
The meeting was under the auspices of the
St. Mary of Mercy Ladies' Society and tbe
Father Mathew Association. An elaborate
Srogrammc was carried out Mr. Joseph A. Mc
amee speaking on "The Visit of Father
Matbew to America," and Rev. J. F. Regis
Canevin outlining tbe Apostle's life. Fatber
Sheedy closed the evening's programme.
Father Matbew was born in Cork.OctoberlO,
1790, and devoted his entire lite to the great
cause. He spent two years in this country.and
during his trip to America was Invited to speak
before Congress. During the later years of his
life tbe English Government, to show its ap
preciation of his work, gave bim a pension of
500 per year.
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES.
A cucumber weighing four pounds has been
raised near Lancaster.
A BEYNOLDSVU.X.E man has raised a squash
tbat tips the scales at 107 pounds.
A jaybird in a cage is the songster which
one of the young ladies of Oil City prizes.
A fox loosed for a chase at Pottstown suc
ceeded in evading 16 horsemen and 97 hounds.
Cleveland's name was applauded at the
recent Republican convention of Montgomery
county.
Mrs. John Hxckky, of Allentown, lost the
sight of her only eje by a stick thrown by a
small boy.
The Indignation ot a Lancaster judee was
vented on a magistrate wbo returned to court
for trial an assault and battery case which in.
volved two 12-year-old boys.
Conductor Penny, of Lancaster, suspected
a man of attempting to wreck a train and ar
rested blm, wben tbe man confessed to having
made several such attempts.
A turtle was found yesterday meandering
about tbe premises of Stepben Cloud, Jr., on
East Third street, Chester, on the back of
which was the inscription: "1811, W. P. E."
Farmer John Clark of Laceyville, Lack
awanna county, started from home on Wednes
day with a load of lumber, upon which ho died
from apoplexy, whereupon his horses turned
around and drew the lumber borne with bis
body upon it.
A fair of twin squashes are on exbibitlon in
Lancaster. Tbey are about ten inches in diam
eter, perfectly symmetrical in form and pre
cisely alike in shape, color and markings, and
as nearly alike "as two peas." They are inter
grown for a short distance, presenting a unique
appearance.
An overpoweiing stench arises from a trunk
in tbe baggage room of tbe Pennsylvania Rail
road at Mimintown. Tbe trunk was sent from
Harrisburg on September 25 and has never been
called for. Many people look npon it with sus
picion and tbink it bides a deep and bloody mys
tery. Drilling in the artesian well on tbe grounds
of tbe Juniata Valley Camp Meeting Associa
tion, at Newton Hamilton, has been stopped by
a long and continuous flow of gas, wbich threw
the debris to a height of 40 feet. Tbe well is
now 650 feet deep and tbe Board of Managers
have decided to transfer their search from
water to oil or gas. A quantity of crnde oil has
been brought to the surface.
CROWNED WITH SUCCESS.
Much Business Accomplished at the J. A F.
A. Session.
SrECIAL TELEQRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Scbanton, October 10. The session of tho
Junior American Protestant Association here
was a success in the way of attendance and
business accomplished. There were fully 1,500
delegates in the city. Following are the of
ficers elected for the ensuing year: Grand
Master. T. W. Faulkner; Vice, G. T. Davis;
Secretary, Joseph Oliver; Treasurer, S. J.
Matthews. The Grand Secretary reportedtnat
there were 13,230 members in the State. There
was paid out tor sick aud funeral benefits, 811,
SOO. The rocclDts from all lodges footed un
(88,190. There were relieved C19 members out
of the fnnds of the order. There are 80 lodges
in tbe State.
The place for holding the next meeting in
April, 1895. will be Philadelphia. The order at
present is confined almost wholly to Penn
sylvania, but it is now extending rapidly west
ward and southward. After January 1. 1S9L
tbe association will be known as the Loyal
Knights of America.
PUT UP AN EXTRA UICKEL,
Senator Stewart s Surprise "When He
Fur-
chased Some Cigars.
Washington, October 10. Senat6r Stewart
of Nevada, called for cigars last night at
Chamberlain's, and bis tavorite brand was
banded down. He took three and laid down a
silver dollar. Tbe attendant banded bim a
dime in change.
"Have you not made a slight mistake, my
friend?" asked the Senator, somewhat emphat
ically. "No, sir." urbanely replied the boy. "Tbese
cigars are 30 cents apiece." .
"I never paid but a quarter, and have been
buying them, sir, for six months at that price."
replied the astonished Senator.
"The McKinley bill went into effect on Mon
day, Senator, and we bad to raise tbe price 5
cents on each cleats" The reply of tbe Senator
was a long, drawnout monosyllable for which
sheol is a polite substitute.
HEART BURNING.
I was cayest of aH at the dance last night
Tbe lightest of heart In seeming;
1 laughed, I waltzed, my cheeks were flushed,
My eyes were bright and beaming.
Ab, little those who glanced at me thongbt
That my brain was throbbing, aching.
And that 'ncatb the flowers that lay on my breaat
My heart was braised and breaking.
Tbey did not know that my eyes were brlgb
Became of pain, and not pleasure;
Tbey did not know that the music tp me
Seemed played lu funereal measure.
Tbey did not know that I laughed and talked
To keep down the dreadful beart burning;
They little tnought I a lesson of life,
A bitter lesson, was learning.
They did not know of the bours 1 spent
In anguish while they were all sleeping;
Tbey did not know hqw 1 snffcr'd and prsy'd,
AH the time bitterly weeping.
Alas, I am nqt the only one
"Who laugh with a brain that is aching,
Nor tbe only one whom the world thlaki gay
Whose heart is crushed and breaking.
The Ola Homestead,
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
It's easier to pay a creditor a visit than a bill.
He stood across the street from one of our
largest hotels. The hour was late and tbe nisbt
air damp. He gazed up and across, seemingly
looking for something to come out of the
window or tfie doorway of the hostelry. It was
full, but he wasn't But he was mad very
mad. And be had a right to be. As be looked
lonely I stood beside bim. After a long look
at tbe top story of tbe hotel bo raised his band
and with a finger pointed upward. I followed
the pointer while he spoke: "Now, just look
up there. That's my room way upT in that
corner, far from the madding throng. I had a
fairly good room on the third, but tbey just
fired me a fewstories higher to make room for
the big guests. I can't stand ft I won't stand
it I'm going up to McKeesport or down to
tbe Heaver valley and bunt a room in some
hotel where I'll get breathing space. I'm
on the road andbave enough business to keep
me for several days. But I can't do business
with that little top corner room before me at
all times. I can get quarters in the suburbs,
and, thanks to your good system of rapid transit
c:n run down during the 'lay and evening.
The difference in rates will make up the differ
ence in traveling expenses, yon know. I tell
you Pittsburg does" need hotels badly. Why
I come here frequently, and instead of waiting
for a car or a cab I ru3b to my favorite hsuse
and try to head off the other fellows. It's
hard to get a room at any time during the
business season. AU tbe traveling men will
back up tbese statements. Well, good night
I'll just walk around as long as I can and to
morrow will try the botels on the border of
tho city. Sleep Is necessary, you know, and
without it we can't do good busl
ncB." This is a fact Perhrps others will
try this plan, and bunt rest on the outskirts.
But they should not be forced to such ex
tremities. So get a move on, ye would-be mine
hosts, and give Pittsburg more hotel room. A
hotel would, beside entertaining the
stranger, he petitioned to take In permanent
boarders. Lots of people wbo are now room
ing and eating promiscuously would be glad of
an opportunity to rest and refresh themselves
on tbe beds and at tbe boards of hotels pro
vided they were not crowded too much.
We'll drink a rousing bumper
Of tbe very best
Wben tbe election stumper
Gives us all a rest
Champagne last night, real pain this mora
ine. Such is high life.
An orchestra conductor handles many worth
less notes during his melodious existence.
Cities like to cnt a figure in tbe census, but
they don't like to have the figures cut.
Balfour says he sees no famine in Ireland.
If he was compelled to live on Irish fare he
might feel it
Hopes is the name of one of tbe lawyers
working in behalf of tbe heirs of the late
lamented Benjamin Franklin. Is he roping
tbem in?
The "happiest hour of woman's life,"
Is puzzling some of the philosophers.
Is iwben she becomes a happy wife.
And every joy obtainable is hers?
Or is it wben love steals into ber heart
And ring is placed upon a taper finger?
Or when sbe masters clever things in art
As ptinter, sculptor, or as opera singerf
No. Noue of these be woman's "happiest hour.
It Is when she a heavy draft caresses
And starts for Europe on a wedding tour
Witn Saratogas full of stylish dresses.
The blacksmith can always raise blazes wltb
his bellows.
The fellow who makes a bad break Is often
wrecked on life's highway.
London has celebrated the "ping bat" cen
tennial. The shiny tile has been in style for a
hundred years. It's the hat your fatber wore,
but has been blocked over many a time.
The baseball managers are endeavoring to
stop their tbroat-cnttinggame before they bleed
to death.
Oh, dearest Ben, keep rolling on
Through Uncle Sam's possession; t
Heed not the cries from Washington
Don't call an extra session.
The censns has developed the fact that over
CO languages and dialects are spoken In Now"
York. If you say beer they all understand you,
however.
New York is whooping up its population
on a police recount Why not follow suit in Al
legheny county?
Why do some of the religionists make such
a fuss about tobacco? The whiff from a cigar
ette will surely keep the devil at bay.
Words are fired in a heated debate.
A goat is a butter, but goat's milk will not
mako good butter.
Another murder. Another boarder on the
county. Another expensive trial. Another
verdict. Another pardon. But no banging.
It's about time to make an example of some of
tbem.
It's all well enough to side-track a candidate
occasionally, but he should not be wrecked
while swinging around.
When a man goes to Scotland and pays
several thousand dollars for tbe privilege of
hunting deer, its dear stalking with a vengeance.
The grave is not very broad or very deep,
will bold all you can take along, however.
It
The average desperado dies game becanse ho
has to.
The strangest thing abont the last murder
here is tbe fact tbat they caught tbe murderer.
A Chicago policeman has arrested a goat
for resisting an officer. He had to use a handy
billy before be landed billy, too.
Some of tbe visiting Englishmen seem to
take life easy. One of them says tbe cable cars
in Philadelphia run fast He must have queer
ideas of speed.
It tbe poor writing fluid used in writing
deeds and mortgages was utilized by lovers,
perhaps letters would not be flashed up when
tbe breacb of promise sultls entered. The
ink and the love would both fade at the same
time.
Keep awake on eartb.
be a very long one.
Tbe last sleep will
The foreign iron men didn't realize wbat a
good time tbey could have in America until
they struck Pittsburg.
At last Mary Anderson's lunatic lover has
shot somebody. He was allowed to run loose
with a gun for a long time, and wben sent to an
asylum was permitted to retain the toy. There's
now a vacancy in tbe Flatbush Asylum staff.
Object lessons of this sort should have some
effect
She kneels devoutly In the cushioned pew,
Her moving lips denote a fervent prayer.
Rich silken dresses rustle in tbe aisle.
As Fashion sweeps along in stately file.
This music's sweeter than tbe salaried choir,
And calls her back to eartb, tho' she'd soar
higher.
Her bead she lifts, shakes ont her golden
tresses.
And feasts her eyas upon the wealth of dresses;
Then low sbe murmurs, "Mother, look at tbat!
Young Julia Brown is wearing last year's bat"
Don't forget your friends,
tbem.
Yon may need
THE great events in society are only talked
about after all.
A tboo caused tbe train bearing tbe Paul
son party to leave the track. Superstitious
croakers will see an HI omen in this. ,
The well-known firm of Quay, Cameron &
Cooper are doing business at the old stand.
Now something will surely drop.
It's no use to try. to run a hotel In Washing
ton without a spirituous annex. Vice Presi
dent Morton's guests are leaving since be
closed the bar. If be persists m keeping it
closed be might as well put up the bars.
Another cable car fatality. Tbe children
will either hare to keep off tbe streets, or the
cars will have to go slower. Which shall it be?
How tbe lion will roar after losing tbe ble
Irish game. It's pleasant to know tbat tbe ex
tradition treaty does not cover Messrs. Dillon
and O'Brien's case.
The singer's voice is always weighed in tbe
scales.
You can tell tbe foreign makers of iron and
steel by the cut of tbeir clothes and their
whiskers.
The mouths of some of the city sewers are
exhaling foul breatb. Tbe odors are deadly
and dangerous. Willie Winkle.
OUR MAIL POUCH,
That Curve Puzzle.
To tho Editor or The Dispatch:
Dear Sir In answer to tbe question of "G.
M. P., Kane, Pa.," I should think that if the
curve was in the shape of a half circle or any
other part of a circle, the outside rail would
contain more linear feet than, the inside one,
and, as a matter of fact, too outside wheel
wpuld have to travel faster and farther than
the inside one to be at the same place at tbe
same time as tbe inside one. To prove this take
two pieces of wire and bend tbem into the
shape of a track; when this Is. done straighten
tbe wire and measure each piece and you will
see that the ouside piece is longer than the in
side one. WaltL
Pittsburg, October 10.
An Elopement Afoot
To the Editor orThe Dispatch:
Please state through The Dispatch what is
the nearest city or town to Pittsburg in which
a young lady and centleman may be married
without consent of parents, the young lady be
ing 17 and tbe young man 20. Also, please state
wbat age a young lady and gentleman must be
to procure a marnage license in Pennsylvania
without consent of parents.
Interested Reader.
Pittsburg, October 10.
Camden, N. J. She must be 21 years o!d.J
"What E. de M. Means.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch :
In this morning's paper Constant Reader.
Altoona, asks tbe meaning of the letters E. D.
E, M. wben found at tbe end of a letter. In
all probability the query refers to the abbrevia
tion E. de M. appended to the signature of
young ladles who are members of tbo Sodality
of the Blessed Virgin. When so used it means
"Enfant de Marie" (Child of Mary).
Pittburg, October 10, 1800. Adeid.
He Can Vote on Age.
To tbe Editor or the Dispatch:
A bets tbat a man 21 years of age can vote on
election day. B bets be cannot Who Is right?
Southside, October 10. G. P. H.
Answered and Unanswered Queries.
To J. C. M. Mrs. S. A. Hill says the BlrchUl
explosion took place in 1S75.
T.. Somerset, Pa., wants to know how chicory
is prepared for adulterating coffee. Who can
tell him?
A. B. V., Youngstown, O. An error was
made In replying to your query yesterday.
United States troops were sent to Pittsburg
during the riots. One or two companies, we
think.
HAD HORSE.
Terrific Ravings of an Animal With the
Hydrophobia.
Washington C. H.. O., October 10. At
Pleasant View, this county, a large horso be
longing to a farmer, named James Robinson,
was bitten by a mad dog about fire months aeo.
The dog was killed and the event almost for
gotten. Several days ago. however, the horse
began to show signs of hydrophobia. It crew
worse, and was finally placed in a large stout
tall, and a huge baiter placed aronnd the
horse's neck.
The paroxysms would como on. and In its
f nry the horse would crab tbe large manger
between its teeth and shake it like a dng would
a rat A gentleman who witnessed the terri
ble ravings of the animal, said he never be
fore saw anythinir to equal it Froth
and blood trickled from the horse's month,
and strange growls or crunts were made by the
horse. It flnally'became apparent tbat even
tbe huge baiter would not withstand tbe ter
rific jerking ot tbe animal, and it bad to be
shot
His Just Deserts,
from the New York Tribune.
Mayor Grant has decided to revoke the
license of S. F. Slomsky, tbe employment agent
of No. 10 Battery Place, whom the Central
Labor Union charged witn sending men to work
in the coal mines of Westmoreland county. Pa.,
while a strike was in progress, of which they
were ignorant '
STATE POLITICAL NOTES.
Harrisburg Telegraph (Rep.): There is a
strong suspicion that unless an eye is kept on
him William Ubler Hensel will get over into
New Jersey and do some campaigning for Pat
tison. Then wouldn't the cider fly?
OIL City fierrick (Standard): William A
Wallace's version of "Called Back" in Phila
delphia this week, will not 'Ibe" with Chair
man Kerr's rendition of "Called Down" in the
Twenty-eighth district a few weeks ago.
Lancaster New Era (Rep.): It is satisfac
tory to know tbat the Republican party In
Lancaster county is a unit for tbe Republican
candidates. There is no disaffection anywhere.
This county will add a big figure to tbe ma
jority in the State.
Crawford Journal (Rep.): There are six
farmers and one farmer's son on the Republi
can ticket Certaiply the party which nom
inates a farmer's boy for County Treasurer, a
farmer for Protbonotary, another for Clerk of
tbe Courts, two for Commissioners, two for
Auditors,and one for Assembly, cannot be justly
accused of neglecting the farmer.
Williamsport Sun (Dein.): The Repub
lican press of tbe State have all along protested
tbat Delamater favors a secret ballot but
wben tbe Democratic State Chairman makes a
pioposltion to make tbe ballot box secret this
year tbe Republican State Chairman refuses
to accede to tne offer. The organs will bave
to reviso themselves and hereafter drop the
secret ballot pretensions for their candidate.
Mercer Dispatch (Rep.): Tho friends of
Major McDowell (wbich m this country means
every Republican voter) need not feel dis
couraged. Lawrence county is a-booming for
bim, Beaver is working to put bim at the bead
of tbe poll, and even in tbe soap mines th6
townships on tbe Allegheny river are all right
Harrisville, Prospect and hundreds of other
places are "gunning" for the man who is
against tbe gallant Major.
Elk Democrat (Dera.): No clouds of politi
cal scandal have gathered around the name of
Robert E. Pattlson. In the presence of bis
pure official record as Controller of Philadel
phia and Governor of Pennsylvania, the shafts
of political malignity fall harmlessly at his
feet His own-political opponents, when free
from partisan fear of his candidacy, have ren.
dered voluntary tribute to his worth and bis
fitness for the office of Governor ot Pennsyl
vania. Puxxsutawney SpU it (Rep.): The friends
ot Congressman Kerr are eudoavorlng to in
duce Kribbi, of Clarion, recently nominated for
Congress, to withdraw In favor of Mr. Kerr.
They claim that Kerr can run independent and
be elected, as tbe opinion Is general that bis
defeat for tbe nomination was little short of an
outrage. Mr. Kribbs no doubt thinks it pretty
tough to be asked to band over a nomination
given him by tbe regular conferees in the
usual manner, but there may bo some way of
consoling blm for the sacrifice.
A KNEELING NATION Is what Henry T.
-Finck calls the Japanese. In to-morrow's
DISPATCH he ghes his reasons for the
name.
LARGEST XREE IN THE "WORLD."
Just Discovered in California It is 120 Feet
Around.
Fresno, Cal., October 10. The largest tree
in the world has been discovered in this
(Fresno) county. A party of bear hunters lo
lated it in tbe Sierras.
It is in tbe moat rugged portion of the
mountains, two miles north of Kontucky
Meadows. It was surrounded for a mile by
almost impenetrable underbrush, so that the
hunters were compelled to use both knife and
ax to get to It Four feet from the ground It
was 129 feetin circumference. It was christened
the "Oregono." Three brown bears were cap
tured near It
CDKI0OS C0NDENSATI0BS.
A 13-years.old girl is the organist in a
Maioe cburcb.
A child born to an Albany, Ga.,conpla
had at birth two teetb.
A 9-year-old Buchanan, Ga., boy sets
over a column of type a day.
Many of Georgia's new legislators can.
not spell or write the English language or any
other.
Pine samples of iron, copper, silver and
coal were last week discovered in Floyd coun
ty, Ga.
The son of Jesse James, the notorious
desperado, is running an elevator in a Kansas
City bank.
Archie Itichards, 12 years old, is ia
jail in Houghton county. Mich., accused of
horse stealing.
Houston (Tex.) Herald: I have a buz
zard I will fight against any dog in Harris
county for a wager of Jo0.
At the fnneral of an aged lady at "Wool
wich. England, her seven sons, all clergymen of
the Church of England, were present
Parks Bullock, an 11-year-old Ofca
humpka boy, is under arrest charged with at
tempting to assassinate Hon. William M. Ben
nett Iowa physicians are interested in a
dropsical patient wbo has been tapped 141
times, and'eoes about the household duties
notwithstanding.
The Independence was the first steam
boat to navigate the Missouri river. Sbe left
St. Louis May 15, 1819, and stopped neat Boon
vllle. where a great banquet was tendered.
Rutgers College sophomores issued an
order tbat tbeir boots must be blacked by tbe
freshmen. The latter collected the footgear
and smeared the leather generously with green
paint
John Eastman, a full-blooded Sioux
Indian, is serving on the grand jury in the
United States Court at Sioux Falls. S. D.
Eastman is a Presbyterian minister and is
highly educated.
There is a family in Armstrong county
father, mother and lour children whose
combined weight Is 1,300 pound, an average of
216 pounds. One of the girls weigns 305 pounds
and Is only 11 years old.
Out at Arkansas City, Kas., resides a
maD wbo brought suit against his wife for ali
mony on tbe ground tbat she was a strong and
healthy woman and ought to support bim. Tbe
courts decided against him.
An Athens, Ga., man has given to the
University Museum the skin of a rattlesnake
killed at Sapelo this summer. Tbe rattler was
10 feet lonsr. and at the largest part of tbe body
measured 10 inches in circumference.
Fernando Palany, while in tbe woods
near St. Augustine. Fla., early last week in
search of cattle, had three of bis dogs bitten by
a rattlesnake, two ot which died from the ef
fects of the bite. The snake was very large
and venemous.
f Balloonist McEwen went up at the
Eaton (Micb.) fair and did not notice tbat tbe
machine was on fire until be was 200 feet
toward the sky. He then loosened the para
chute just as the thing was collapsing; and
came down all right
In a Western town the other day two
funeral processions met in a narrow street and
the driver of each hearse refused to give way
resulting in a blockade that last for several
hours, it is said. Furthermore, it is alleged
tbat the mourners passed the time in singing
songs.
The banquet of the Interuational
Vegetarian Congress In London recently con
sisted of porridge, stewed and fresh fruit, eggs
and lentil cutlets with tomato sauce, mushroom
patties and sivory sandwiches After this of
ficial brcakftst the ciugres beld a conference
advocating their ideas of food.
The fastest bird on the wing is the
swift, wbich has been known to attain a speed
of 200 miles an hour. It feeds exclusively on
insect-, wbicb it captures while flying. The
speed of tbe swallow, which comes next to that
of the swift. Is usually 30 miles an hour, but
sometimes goes as high as 90 miles an hour.
A bright young lad about 8 years old,
living near Orlando. Fla., has adopted a novel
use lor a steel trap, commonly used for catch
ing rats and other small animals. Tbe bov's
bouse is near a lake, and after baiting the trap
in the usual manner he sets it in the water for
the purpose of catching turtles, and has suc
ceeded in trapping several in ibis original
manner.
Crippled Captain S. S. Mayo ha
reached Lowell, Mass., on his way to Tagus,
Me. He ha ridden 2,700 miles across the con
tinent on a bet of $o,IXR tbat be conld cross
from ocean to ocean in 1C5 dajs. When he left
California bo had a spick-and-span new buggy
and a tough little roan. Now the Door little
roan is bidly banged and the bucgy is "a sight
to see." Mayo sas tbero are too many corduroy
roads in these United States.
Clerk Itichards, of Washington, got into
a street car tbe other day. Every seat was oc
cupied, and he sat un the lap of a good-natured
friend. After tbe car passed the toot of tbe
hill i bcavy-elght colored woman Neutered.
Richards absent-mindedly arose and said, as
was bis uual practice: '"Take this seat,
madam." His slttimr friend objected to the
proposed transfer, but, rising with alacrity,
offered bis scat Sbo accepted it promptly.
In Germany wood with a mirror polish
is coming into use for ornamental purposes in
place of metal. The wood is first submitted to
a batb of caustic alkali for two or three days at
a temperature of about 175 Fahrenheit, then
dipped in hydro-sulphate of calcium for 21 to
39 hours, after which a concentrated solmion
of sulphur is added. After another dip in an
acetate of lead solution at about 100, a shining
metallic surface is given.by polishing wben dry
with lead, tin or zinc.
The following is said to be a literal copy
of the rnies posted on a scboolbouse door up in
tbe Big Bend country: "Each pupil is required
to make a bow on entering tbe School House of
morning, also on leaving of the School Room of
evening. There shall be no profain language
used in School nor on tbe play ground nur shall
there be no pinstlckmz; pinchln, bcratcbin, nor
no taggln, nor no uneasy Whisperin in School.
No pupd sball leve tho bebool bouse without
permission of tbeleacber. No uneasy moven
Irom seat to seat No fltln on the road from
nor to bchool nor no Nick-nannn. Every pupil
over eight years sba'l be subjec to these rules,
and the teacher is to make ailowense for all
pupils under eizbt and enforce tbe rules ao
corden. If any scholar biakes these rules tha
shall be punished by awitchon."
IJT A JOCULAR VEDT.
"Did yon know that in the last century
the dudes were called macaronies?"
"Jo: were they? I wonder why."
Because tnev were long, slim and hollow, I
fancy." A'eto Xork Herald,
"Where's Eooney, Sloike?"
"Dead!"
"l'hatwartheraattberwld Mm?"
"fUymarse. Vooted tbay rapooblican ticket by
mestekl" Yankee Blade.
Little Tommy Tuff I can't see why the
members of Congress should be all called M. C.'.
Jllcfc McGoniKle Hub! Der Mc'j alters has dor
best show fur an office I Sifting:
McCorkle (to his wife; Did you know
tbat Blr. Oazzam was a polycamlst?
Mrs. McCorklc (horrified) Vhy, no!
Jlcfortle Well, he told me tbat sometimes his
wife acted like a woman beside herself? Smith,
Gray Co.'s Hunt hit.
Hobson How did yon enjoy your summer
trip, Bagley?
Hafiley Had a delightful time. Gained 120
pounds.
Hobson One hundred and thirty pounds. I
don't believe It.
Bagley Don't you? Well, here it comes down
the street Just wait awhile and I'll Introduce
you. Brooklyn Llf.
Squeers In KussUi prisoners are not sen
tenced to any definite terms. When the authori
ties get ready to set thenjfree they do it.
Jilekleby Well, thev sentence men to lndeflaU
terms In this country.
bqucers ? ? ?
ickleby-I Just read of a man being sent up for
lite. Boston Traveller.
Colonel Hooks I hear you have been con
verted. Uncle 'Raitui.
Uncle 'liastus Yevsab; l'se dona got religion
suah.
Colonel Hooks No more chicken stealing, eh?
Unci 'iUstus No, Indeed, sahl
Colonel Hooks And no more playing policy?
Uncle 'Kastus-Well, sah, I buys de policy slips:
but I makes 'em de subjee ob a pow'ful dealos
pra'r, sah. Puck,
"Now a kiss, dear," quoth he,
"Is a noun we'll admit
But common or proper
Canst thou tell that of it?"
Well, I think," replied she,
"To speak nothing loth,"
While she smiled and grew red
Well. 1 think It Is both."-
-Smith, dray Co.'t XoMg.