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AH double nnd triple number copies ot Tbe Dlspntch require n --cent stamp to Insuro prompt delivery, PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. OCT. 12, 189a THE TENDENCY TO AVASTE. In the editorial comments of The Sis patch, in advance of the arrival of the guests of the iron and steel men from abroad, it was pointed ont that while Pittsburg would hope for the praise of her expert visitors, their criticisms of whatever they might find to criticise should be of great value to our industries. The visit being ended, our peo ple can be happy iu the expressions of ap proval and admiration from those kindly but competent judges; and they can also ob tain the benefit of some salutary criticisms. In addition to tbe indisputable declaration of one frank visitor irom Sheffield that onr streets are "deucedly bad," the most promi nent and, perhaps, the most useful of these criticisms are based on our tendency to wastefulness. This is by no means a new presentation of a national characteristic. It is an old say ing that a French family could feed itself with healthy and appetizing food out of what an average American iamily will waste. The fault arises from tho very com fortable conditions, which give us such abundance of materials that the loss from waste often if not generally appears ot less importaice than tlie loss of tim : necessary for utilizing what is wasted. The respect in which this tendency seemed to strike our guests mot forcibly, was in thewaste abort coal mines; and here tbe reason is clearly the prolusion of materials. Fuel has been so abundant and cheap in Pittsburg, es pecially since the gas era, that the coal which onr visitors consider waste, would not be worth enough to pay lor mining, or for transportation to market Hut tiiis happy condition of profusion cannot be permanent, and a prudent outlook ior the future will take into consideration all methods for saving such waste. If, as has been pointed out, our present methods waste one-sixth of the coal, which proportion would be saved in England or Germany, it is plain that there is an immense addition to our mineral wealth to be either utilized or stored up against the future day when it can be brought into consumption. Reference is often mr.de to the immense piles of refuse coal around our coal mines, which may be pre sumed to contain a large share of the wasted material, referred to by our foreicn critics. The method by which these piles can be turned into materials for industry, will Make a vast addition to our industrial wealth; while if that cannot at once be done the method which preserves them for the future will create an immense storage ol material for another era. It is doubtful if this criticism cannot be profitably studied in other industries. In the higher manufacturing branches both the cost of material and the closeness of compe tition tend to reduce waste to a minimum. But there are many other departments of work where the correction of waste might make an almost incalculable addition to the national wealth. There is no doubt that if our farming industries were pursued with as close a care to utilize everything, as is done in France or England, the agricultural pro duction of the United States would under go an infinite enhancement. The condition of our country roads which Tun Dispatch has made prominent of late, and of city streets, to which reference was made by our visitors, are examples of the fault which causes waste of effort and power. "We lay an expensive pavement and then waste it by tearing it up to lay underground pipes that should have been put down before the pave ment. Millions of dollars' worth of fertility in city sewage is wasted yearly, and at the same time one of the best gifts of nature is thrown away by tainting the purity ol our streams. Examples of this great fault could be continued to infinity, but these are sufficient The criticism is an instructive one, and it can be made useful, by taking all means to correct the fault Now that our tendency to waste has been pointed ont by such high authority, it is to be hoped that it will re sult in the addition to wealth and industry, secured by utilizing the waste wherever it is possible. THE TROMXSE OF NEW WRITERS. The enthusiastic remark of a writer in Harper's Magazine concerning Rudyard Kipling, tijat "no writer since Dickens in England and Bret Harte in America has promised so much," arouses the dissent of the New York Star. That paper cites Thackeray, George Eliot, Charles Beade, "William Black and George Meredith in England, and Howells in America as ex amples to the contrary, and asserts: Undoubtedly Kipling is a clever writer, but be is greatly overrated both as to bis achieve ments already and bis promise for the future. He is a London "fad" and will only have bis day. lie has said himself that as be has gone up like a rocket be will probably come down like a stick. That will be bis fate. Both views are extreme; but the first feat Tire of the dispute that strikes the observer is that tbe criticism does not reply to the original assertion even in its letter. Thack eray, George Eliot, Meredith and Beade were coteuiporaries of Dickens, as Howells was of Bret Harte. Beyond that all these writers are judged not by their promise, at the inception of their literary career, but by their full performance. la most if not all of their cases, their reputation was of mod erate and steady growth, with no such burst of salutatory promise as must be awarded to Kipling. At the same time the writer in Harper's who differs so decidedly from Mr. Howells, must be deemed to have given rather free rein to his enthusiasm. That Kipling has made a remarkable entry into light literature is beyond question. The creator of "Krishna Mulvany" and his comrades, has within him the promise of a Lever. Those heroes of the India railways and Martini rifles, fight and carouse with the same spirit as Dumas" Three Musketeers, of centuries be fore. But beyond that Kipling's work does not yet rise above the level of a credit able mediocrity. His single exhibition picture is of startling force and vitality; but it is hardly just to say that this is a greater promise than is given by writers who a littte further on in their career, exhibit much wider range of conception and deeper thought Kobert Louis Stevenson may now be ranked among those who are to be judged by lull performance rather than promise. Yet at an early stage of his career the wide range between "The Suicide Club" and "Treasure Island" showed a writer with a breadth of conception of which Kipling has as yet given no sign. Even now we prefer to regard Mr. Stevenson's work as a promise of still greater performances. The man who can create snch dissimilar characters as Alan Breck Stuart, Prince Otto, the Master of Ballantrae, and the pirate sea-cook in "Treasure Island," and can vary his narra tive from the adventures of "Kidnaped" to the psychological fantasies of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" should in some larger and more sustained work which combines all the remarkable qualities of his earlier stories write his name high up on the list of the world's great novelisU. t Even in this country we have writers whose promise, while less dazzling than that of Kipling's, shows a greater depth. Stinson's "First Harvests" ought to be the first of a series of powerful stories of modern life, and Harold Frederic shows a wide scope of treatment between the story of American life, in "The Lawlor Girl" and that of revolutionary adventure "In the Valley." If the promise of these, as of many other new writers, is sustained, we may look for works of higher and deeper character than the striking creations or Kipling's humor. Budyard Kipling may be a "fad;" but if so, tbe craze is created by the rigor and life of his work. His popularity has in it the lesson for writers that it is due to the freshness of his theme and the vitality of his treatment His success, like that of Bider Haggard's first works, is a refutation of the prevalent theory that a novelist must tell only commonplace stories and must rep resent life with the faithful monotony of the photographic process. Even Mr. How ells, who has preached that theory with some persistence, proved the contrary, by the originality and power with which he brought out the romance and sentiment of modern life in "Their "Wedding Journey" and "A Chance Acquaintance." Freshness, life and originality will win more success in fiction than can be attained by the ham pering fetters of realistic theories. SOCIETY AND CREtUNAXS. The statement of McNally, who was sen tenced to the penitentiary in the Criminal Court yesterday, contains a good deal of food for thought The sincerity of his assertions is showj by his disavowal or tbe theory of kleptom inia advanced by his counsel; and while his views of the places of criminal de tention may be somewhat tinged by his un fortunate experiences, there is enough in them to warrant investigation and correc tion. The most salient feature of this profes sional thief s statement is that he learned the art of larceny in the reform school, and that his education in vice was finished in the workhouse. Such an assertion should invite a very decided effort to change things for the better. A reform school which teaches predatory youth to steal fur nishes a class of reform that is not wanted. The reform schools were estab lished for the purpose of keeping the younger people who come within the limits of tbe law, out of the criminal influences that are supposed to be ineradicable in the prisons where older criminals are confined. Some of them may have been successful in actually reforming the subjects of their treatment; but there is too much reason for believing that in others the statement of McNally is true and that they are schools of vice rather than of reform. If so they defeat their own purpose and should be either entirely reorganized or else abolished altogether. The further part of this criminal's state ment, with regard to the difficulty or a convict in securing honest labor and the in fluence which therefore impels him back into crime, is also a grave matter. It is an evil that is well known to exist. Indeed, it is not unnatural that people should be loth to admit convicts to their employment But it is none the less discreditable to Christian civilization that a man who is trying to redeem past offenses and live an honest life should not be aided rather than discouraged by the rest or society. .There is a public duty, to aid such men in obtain ing employment, that should not be shirked; and until the duty is fully performed, society has a share in the criminality of men like McNally. Certainly when it is alleged that public institutions teach vice, and that then society makes outlaws of the criminals, society as well as the criminals, is on trial. LIGHT ON THE CONFEREE SYSTEM. It may have been thought that as a politi cal device for ascertaining the vox poptt.lt, which is supposed to have some relation to the roz Dei, the delegate system of conven tions had fallen into the lowest stage of dis repute. But the conferee plan of Congres sional nominations in districts composed of different counties enters into bad emulation of the delegate convention proper. "When the public permits itself to take a languid interest in the innumerable ballots and "never-surrender" sessions of these con ferees, it is usually amused at the farce. "Whether the constituents of(these conferees take the matter so lightly when the inner workings are exhibited, as is now being done in the Twenty-fifth district, is quite another thing. The charges of bribery and the recrimina tions against the accusing parties in the Twenty-fifth district are fresh in recollec tion. But they are not more astonishing than a paper which was published in The Dispatch: and other journals yesterday of date December 26, 18SU; by which not only was the nomination for Congress this year disposed of, but a further mortgage was THE placed upan the future as far as 1892. This quaint document begins as follows: "It is mutually agreed that A, McDowell and his friends in Mercor county are to support the candidacy ot C. C. Townsend for Congress In tbe Congressional Conference of 1890, by gtTing him tho votes of Mercer county conferees In said conference; and on the part of C. C. Town send and his friends in Beaver county, he and they will give the support of Beaver county conferees to A. McDowell In tho conference for the Congressional nominations of 1892. And if necessary to carry out the spirit of this agreement, McDowell is to be a candidate for Congress In Mercer county In 1S90, and Town send in Beaver county in 1892. This agreement is duly signed by Mc Dowell and Townsend, aud after the form or negotiable paper indorsed by "M. S. Quay, S. H. Miller, Thomas Perry and B. J. Haywood." It will be observed that the votes of the conferees are pledged six months, and again two years in advance. No thought seems to have entered the minds of the high contracting parties that the Be pnblican citizens of the district might wish a voice of their own in the matter. An ad ditional light upon the workings of con feree machinery is had in tbe proviso that the parties, if necessary, were to be candi dates in their own counties, "ven when they did not want the nomination, so as to carry these counties, and then throw the vote to the previously arranged candidates. Though everything would" be cut and dried, the usual formula of 100 or more ballots would doubtless be gone through with before de livery of the goods. Of course this par ticular bargain broke, and the public know the result The remedy for tho fraudulent conferee system is this: The voters in each county should insist on voting directly for their candidates; then the majority of the ballots would honestly nominate the most popular man. A lew more cataclysms like the one in the Twenty-fifth district will help bring about the desired change. NATURAL GAS CAPTURED THEM. Natural gas captured our guests from abroad. They are charmed with it; our mills and factories may be paralleled abroad, our streets may be excelled, but natural gas is unique, and it is Pittsburg's. Chicago will find it hard to make an impression on the gentlemen from over the sea without natural gas. THE SIGNS OF THE WEEK. If the accounts of partisan correspondents of the receptions during the week to the rival candidates for Governor who are "swinging round the circle" were taken for gospel, the public might be puzzled over tho fickleness of a town which one night is re ported in an ecstacy of enthusiasm for Patti son, and tbe next experiences similar emo tion for Delamater. However, the public are by no means liable to take all these re ports without salt. They know that even correspondents who start out on such a tour in an impartial mood are liable to be affected by the feeling for the particular candidate they accompany, before it is finished. They can, therefore, well be prepared to discount where there is reason to expect beforehand ( a partisan bias or motive. The utility of a clacque is understood in a political canvass as keenly as at a theater on first nights. To create the impression of victory ahead is to influence the timid and wavering. Taking into acconnt that Pattison repre sents the minority party, and that he has been traveling in strongly Bepublican dis tricts, it is undoubted that the quality of the receptions tendered him indicate a vote far in excess of his party. Making liberal deductions even for the enthusiasm of cor respondents, it is quite likely that enough Independent Bepublicans are supporting Pattison in the western and middle counties to make probable his election, if from the same source he derives any considerable strength in the East, or even if his own party is active as a unit in his behalf. The majority which Pattison has to over come is normally a big one. It is also true that Delamater and the Bepublican mana gers will work as hard as possible for suc cess between now and polling day. But the signs indicate that the Bepublican majority in the "West need not be counted upon. Looking in any direction it is difficult to see where Senator Quay finds a basis for his confidence in Mr. Delamater's chances. At present they seem about as blue as possible. "With the astute Chairman of the National Committee at the helm they may change; but thus far they are the reverse cf promis ing, and apparently growing no better fast. THE CANAL AGAIN APPROVED. The canal projected to connect Pittsburg with Lake Erie finds favor among naval men and engineers at "Washington. They apprehend how great a commercial benefit to the interior of the whole country such an addition to its waterways would be. Nor does the canal scheme lack the countenance of age. Plans of a survey made under the authority of the State for a canal having the same direction as that now designed were drawn up as long ago as 1824, and the maps are in existence to-day. The canal may have some strategic value also, although as Commodore Bamsey fays it is not immedi ately apparent REFORMERS AND POLITICS. The difficulty of keeping politics out of a reform movement receives a striking illus tration in the New York City ticket put in nomination by the Municipal League. That organization, it will be remembered, was formed for the purpose of divorcing munici pal affairs from politics. The attempt was outlined to be to put the conduct of muioi pal business "on a business basis." "With that done, it was thought that the corrup tion and favoritism of municipal adminis tration would be done away with. No one doubts that the movement was in spired by the most praiseworthy motives; but the faot that the plan of action at the start turned on taking the city offices out of the bauds of the politicians, puts the out come in the nomination of a ticket last week in a very peculiar light Of course the first important aud crucial step of such a move ment was the nomination of a ticket This work being taken under considera tion, the question of obtaining support for it was given exactly the same prominence as if the organization had been a political one. Negotiations are opened with the County Democracy and the Bepublican organiza tion on the purely political basis of secur ing support in exchange for nominations. The result has been, after a good deal of negotiation, the nomination of a ticket which, by tbe biographies of the candidates is shown to be made up entirely of the polit ical class, which at the inception of the movement was to be shut out altogether. It is not likely that the members of the Municipal League consciously abandoned their principles, and it may be hoped that their ticket is made up of honest and faith ful men; although the opposition organs de clare some of them to be "machine politi cians of the most pronounced type." Bnt the result shows how readily even the men who try to abolish political practices, fall Into them, when they get into the field of. political effort When the League reform- PITTSBURG DISPATCH, ers concluded that they would get the votes of the County Democracy or the Re publican.', in exchange for repre sentation on the ticket, they took the step of admitting political considerations behind which the entire range of political practices is sure to follow. It is not to be understood as necessarily entailing dishon esty to make combinations by which nom inations are exchanged for votes; but for men who started into a movement on the basis of abolishing the political class of methods it was an abandonment of princi ple. They could stick to their platform only by making nominations on the plan of attracting votes through the high character and well-known integrity of their candi dates. The ticket nominated by the agreement between the reformers and the dissentient politicians does not seem to possess in any commanding degree that quality ol success. In fact the only reason for thinking that it has any particular strength is the savage way in which it is attacked by the regular political organs. TnE Delamater organs which declared that the announcement ot Wallace's intention to support Pattison was based on a bogus let ter, will now proceed to demonstrate that tbe wicked Democratic managers produced a bogus Wallace at tho meeting in Philadelphia last night Balfour's plan for relieving the famine in Ireland by putting all the Irish in jail is likely to fail by reason of two obstacles. The jails are not large enough, and the Irish will not stay to be put In them. New Mexico, which has been refused admission as a State has as much population as either Idaho or Wyoming, which were admitted to the Union. A Republican organ explains this by pointing out that the population of New Mexico is principally Mexican and half-breed, and is therefore without the necessary intelli gence. There is something in this. Idaho and Wyoming voters bad the Intelligence to vote the Republican ticket and thus secure admis sion. Colonel George Bliss, of New York, is also for a straight Republican ticket in that city. The way in which all the practical poli ticians are opposing the fusion movement is about tbe only evidence yet given that the lat ter has some chance of success. The corrections and denials of that re port about Cooper displacing Andrews, make it appear that Cooper is to do nothing except to supply the quality of hopefulness to the Re publican management. We regret to observe that the Hon. Jo seph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune, and the Hon. Charles A Dana, of the New York Sun, are expending their valuable time in a discus sion over the meaning of the'word "chump." They should be satisfied with not belonging to the class, and remember that they will not be wholly free from that peril If they waste much time over studying the chump. Speaker Beed declares that the Senate is composed of a lot of old grandmothers. The language is not much more parliamentary than Kennedy's; but it is a good deal less sensational. It leaves a doubt whether tbe speech of Ken nedy was not the voice of Beed. There may be some doubt as to which tickot Charles S. Wolfe is supporting; but it is beyond dispute that his speeches are not in tended to make votes for Delamater. The reappearance of the practice of as sessing tho department clerks at Washing ton, makes it strange that the Republican cam paign committee did not include in their list of Republican pledgee redeemed, that of enforc ing civil service reform. The list is chiefly fa mous for crediting the Bepublican party with the things that it has not done. Mr. McKinley's" speeches move the esteemed New York Sun to declare that "he is an uncomparably better Democrat than Grover Cleveland." In that case the Sun should bring the Democrats in a solid body to vote for McKinley. It seems that tbe daughter of the Confed eracy will not wed the son of tbe Northern abolitionist. We regret to say that Miss Davis has seceded from the union. There are declarations to the effect that tho twin relic of barbarism, polygamy, bas ceased to exist in Utah. But if a search were set on foot for it like the hunt for specimens of that other extinct species of the Western plains, there is no reason to believe that the searchers would not have to bunt as long as tbey did for the buffaloes. PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE. Mrs. Frank Leslie will deliver two lec tures in Chicago next week on "The Boyal Leaders of Society." Mrs. M. Edith Howcott, of New Orleans, is the owner of over 50,000 acres of selected tim ber lands in Lonisiana and Mississippi, and is still buying. General E. Burd Grubb, the new Minis ter to Spain, received notice of his appoint ment in an autograph letter from Mr. Blaine, which be considers quite a complimenc. Mrs. Custer, who has been visiting several of her gallant husband's army friends in Mon tana and the Dakota, is finishing np tho Chi cago postscript of her trip, and is liable to reach homo any day. Walt Whitman has received a kindly let ter from Sir Edwin Arnold In which the letter expresses a hope to meet the "good, gray poet" under his own roof-tree at .Camden during tho summer of 1891. Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, just home from Europe, basso far re covered from bis threatened blindness that he retains perfect sight in one eye. He wears blue eye-glasses. Robert C. WlNTnROP. Hamilton Fish and William Evarts. who were originally appointed trustees of the Peabody Educational Fund by Mr. Peabody, are still active members of the board of trustoes. Mrs. Lanotry's recreant bntler, William Sumpter. is in trouble. Bis wife asks for di vorce and alimony, and he makes answer that be only gets 60 a month for butlertng and stewarding tbe Lily. General Butler, accompanied by Treas urer Gilfillan and other officers of the San Miguel Company, is on avisittothatcompauy's property.? This is the General's first visit to the country beyond the Missouri river. Senator Stanford, just home from Europe, is anxious to get back to Palo Alto, his great California establishment for tbe breeding of thoroughbred horses. He found that his reputation as a horse-breeder had pre ceded him to Russia. Ex-Senator George w. Jones, of Iowa, Is a well-preserved" and jaunty man of nearly 90 years. His head Is covered with bunches of wavy, white curls, and his Van Dyke beard and mnstachlos are white and curly. But his figure Is still light, sinewy and graceful. He lives la Dubuque, la. Tlie "Way We Always Do It From the Altoona Times. J The reception to the visiting metallurgists at Pittsburg this week was an ovation. During their stay in that place they were treated with unusual consideration and were shown every thing worth seeing. DEATHS OF A DAY. Abljah Hays, Jr. AbUah Hays, Jr., who died Thursday evening, was bom August 6, ISIS, In Franklin connty. His father removed to Plum township, this county. when Abljah was 2 years old. The deceased re turned to this county when a young man, and after learning the carpenter trade, became a con tractor and builder. In 1S31 the llrraof J. A A. Ilays was established, and he was actively en- f sued In tho lumber business for over SO years. In Mi the mill property was destroyed by lire, and since then Mr. Bays led a retired life until hi death. Hewasamemberof the Methodist Epis copal Church. He was. the .father or seven chil dren, five sons and two daughters. The funeral occurs at 10:50 to-day,-I SUNDAY. OCTOBER ,12, MURRAY'S MUSINGS. Higher Prices Result From Business Greed Bather Than the New Tariff Law Cable Cars on Broadway in New York News paper Mechanism. ifrom a staff correspondent. I "The sudden rise in tbe market rates of cer tain classes ot goods strikes a good many people with dismay. That the new rates of customs dnties is directly responsible for much of this is generally admitted, but it is largely a fictitious necessity. It is always remarked that any pretext which will, enable a dealer to ad vance prices Is taken 'advantage of immedi ately, while a change of circumstances tbe other way makes no appreciable difference to the consumer, save by long and gradual ap proaches. Tho advance is promptly sudden, the decline by easy stages. Tho most conspicuous Instance of this was observable in tnis city last week. Probably not less than 1,000 different articles of everyday consumption changed to a higher price iu a single day. Tbe man accustomed to buying a certain brand of cigars at say, two for 25 cents, found that between Friday and Saturday that same brand advanced to 15 cents, straight The kind that he purchased anywhere on Fri day for 10 cents each had on the next day been marked two for23ccnts. The club man who had been paying $3 SO for a certain brand of wine, lo, these many years, now finds 4 tbe ruling figure. The ladies who shop daily and make a sort of religion of their shrewdness in price lists were confounded en Saturday by the gen eral rise all along tbe line. The tin plate clause In the recently enacted tariff bill not only af fects tinware, but has served as a pretext for all dealers in household goods to bang a small increase on throughout tbeir general stock. The inland retailers who are about to lay in stock will find how this thing works. It will be a good thing for them, for it affords them a pretext also, to put on a higher price all 'round. The tariff bill will be made to shoulder tbe blame, whether responsible or not When ice went up from 4 to S8 per ton tho price of soda water went up from o cents to 10 cents per glass, though the real extra cost ot the bever age becauso of the rise In ice was not 2 mills a glass. So it affected, in tbe same or less de gree, everything consumed in the market and with as little reason. It will not surprise the student of economics, therefore, to find that prices have stiffened up generally. But it will make him awfully mad. A Wonderful Nowsdealcr. pnERE is an active, line-looking man at the corner of Broadway and Thirty-third street who follows the bumble business ot run ning a news stand. His place on the sidewalk is shetserea by the steps of the downtown ele vated station. It is a close little den chocic full of novels, periodicals and newspapers, with a sort of a cockpit big enough for one person to turn around in. When the weather is fine the owner stands outside and serves papers from an outer shelf to his many customers. If you caro to stand near by between the hours of 8 and 11 o'clock It is worth while to witness tbe operation of a remarkable business. He han dles lrom 1,600 to 1,800 papers daily. Most of these are handed to his individual customer in person and without any indication on the part of tbe buyer as to the paper desired. I thought he was a mind reader at first until I learned that he knew nearly every man by sight and re membered iust what paper or papers be read. As these customers stream along to take the elevated downtown they are served with the lightning-like rapidity that comes of long serv ice in the delivery department of tho big dailies on Park Bow. As nearly every purchaser splits a nickel it maybe imagined how absolutely marvelous this' human combination is. He has a long string of elevated railway tickets for custom ers who do not care to be crowded through tbe mob upstairs. They don't bavo to ask for them twice, either. It is merely an accommodation. Every man usually buys tho same paper or pa pers every morning and evening, and if he takes the cars here these papers will be neatly folded and banded out to him with a polite bow and, after awhile, a cheerful word. Ihave watched this newsman for hours, altogether, and never saw him make a mistake. On the contrary, ho remembers what I want in papers and periodicals when I forget it myself. And what do you suppose such a stand takes in? From ?30 to $10 per day! A Small Boy's Big Business. 'There is another curious business here, and one which bas grown up from small and ap parently contemptible beginnings into a great commercial enterprise. This is the toilet sup ply. One day a few years ago a down town office boy, who may have been a very good boy every other way, was discharged for inatten tion to tbe towels, soap, etc. He conceived a brilliant idea. This idea was to the effect that tho voxatious towel and soap question should be entirely removed from the crowded brain of the office boy and be treated as a specialty. With the help of his mother, who did tbe washing, he Degan serving offices regularly with soap and towels at so much a month. Tbe bus iness prosneied. That young man now fur nishes hundreds of offices with a handsome mirrored wall rack fixed with rollers (costing 85), a good brush and comb, soap and four clean towels a week for 75 cents a month with six clean towels $1. He runs delivery wagons, drivers, agents, and I presume a formidable laundry and prosperous manufactory. The Broadway Rippers. "DROADWAY is being again ripped np for the winter season. There bas never been a rainy season for tbe last four or five years that this naturally magnificent thoroughfare was not a succession of broken blocks of trenches and mud. The all-winter subway operations of the last two years has been followed by tbe cable railway operators. In connection with tbeir work and presumably simultaneously with It the electrical, gas, steam power and heating companies must also lay all of their work and attend to allot their repairs for Broadway is to be repaved and the Slayer's edict nas gone forth that no more ripping up shall be allowed after this grand ripup. You can imagine what the condition of Broadway will DO snouiu tne rainy season or sona oia winter set in and catch these rippers in the middle of their ripping. No. you can't, either. The condition would be beyond the reach of the most vivid imagination. It would be equally impossible to imagine Broadway per fectly paved and free from end to end from tbe corporation rippers. The reason of it is that tho authonties do not appear to realize the difference between a condition and a theory I and do not Know wmen comronts them. As long as a gas pipe, electrical conduit or steam pipe lies buried beneath tho pavement by legal authority the right to reach it for necessary re pairs is an implied right difficult to deny rea sonable exercise. The only solution of this street problem iu a great city like this unques tionably lies in the construction of a single subway nnder the street a tunnel big enough for all branches of underground service and to accommodate tho operators. Cablo Cars on Broadway. the cable railway on such a street as Broad way will probably greatly aggravate the evils incidental to our general street system. There is no comparison between the conditions of Broadway and the conditions of streets of other cities where the cablo railway is in oper ation. In Chicago there aro miles of good par allel streets as good as Broadway. Here tho latter constitutes tho long.giraife-liko throat of tbe metropolis, and its unobstructed use every bour in the bnsiness day is actually necessary for properly swallowing and feeding the com mercial digestive apparatus. Anybody who is familiar with tho choked condition of all of the more or less narrow and crooked streets to the right and left of Broadway during business hours will understand this. It is not proposed to clear Broadway of its business functions to accommodate cablo car travel. The cable cars will have to grapple with tbe loaded truck and delivery wagon and tho crowded crossings just as tbe present horse cars do now. Tbe street conditions will be exactly tbe same, so far as speed is concerned. But tbe present numerous accidents affecting life and limb will probably be 'doubled, not unlikely quad rupled, by the cable system on Broadway. The Newspaper Artists. pnE pictorial era of journalism brings acer tain artistic talent to the front that, but for the new order or things, would possibly bavo never been developed. The demand for pic tures creates artists. At every public gather ing in New York you can see a swarm of artists, regular memnersof the city staff of the daily and weekly press, engaged In catching sketches of the prominent men and interesting scenes. They go everywhere and cover every conceiv ble matter worth Illustration. It maybe a con vention in the morning, a street parade, tbe latest arrival at the morgue, a swell wedding, a murderer in bis cell, i court room scene, or all of these in tho afternoon. For the pencil of tbe newspaper artist is an exceedingly ready and a versatile one and can travel over a good deal of wbito paper in a day. Tbe material thus gathered Is turned into the artistio department ndw the necessary adjunct of the modern newspaper, and Is there trans ferred in an almost incredible space of time to the reproductive surface. Some of these young fellows are so accurate and skillful that they can get a very correct likeness of a plat form orator in a nilnuie or two, though the office process .and rapid printing on a poor quality of naper often utterly destroy bolh tho likeness and th&artifctic merits uf the work. Newspapers by Machinery Only. CFEAKINO of modern journalism reminds me "5 of the fact that tho Sun has decided to adopt the mecbanioal type-setting machines. .It will set up 85 Bodgers vtnachines with the 1 1890. average capacity of abont 6.000 ems per hour eacb. Tbe Tribune bas long used the Mergen thaler machine successfully. Both machines cast tbeir own type in one-line bars and dis tribute their own matrices and spaces as they go along. The paper using them has a new dress every day, tbe same as tbe most fashion able Saratoga belle. These machines find their way very slowly into general use, considering the alleged fact that they save 60 per cent or more on tbo price of composition. The Mer gentbaler people are getting out a new Lino type machine, one of which is now in operation inthe Judge building. It Is said to be much superior to that in tbe 2W6une, tbe Courier Journal, tbe Chicago News and other offices. Tbey claim that it will set six lines of tbe Tribune print per minute, or over 11.000 ems per hour. The Improved keyboard, which is more closely assembled and in more nearly tbe form of the typewriter, and the better delivery and automatic distribution of the matrices achieve this result. But one of the most remarkable features of tbis new machine is its combination with the phonograph. This attachment will enable the able editor to dictate snch matter as required hurried composition to tbe phonograph aud the operator, setting his repeater to suit his own speed at the keyboard, can cast the matter into type at once. There is always a hurry with late news at tbe small hours of the morning on the morning newspaper, and the man who bolls down telegraphic stuff to meet the requirement of the closing hour, or who must get out extras, here finds an aid the possibilities of which can not as yet be fairly grasped. The very fact that an important murder case may now be bandied within tbe last ten minutes before closing the forms, through a reporter at a distant tele phone, tbe receiver at tbe phonograph and the operator at the casting and setting machine without the aid of a pen or the use of manu script and a gang of compositors, is enough to make an old-time printer's hair curl. CHAS. T. MURRAT. New York, October 10. LAST WEEK TO VOTE. Popnlar Ballots for Exposition Visitors Dar ing the Last Six Days. This Is the seventh and last week of the Ex position. The topical voting pastime in augurated by The Dispatch will bo continued till the close at its Headquarters, In tbe com modious space occupied by the Brunswick-Balk-Collender Billiard Company. All attend ing the Exposition are requested to vote yes or no on tbe topics chosen, registering their votes in The Dispatch Poll Book, which opens and closes with tho Exposition every day and night. MONDAY'S VOTINO TOPIC Should Pittsburg have a Polytechnic School where the Young could be Trained in tbe Arts and Industries? Open to Lady and Gentle men Voters. TUESDAY'S VOTINO TOPIC. Should the City Maintain a Bureau o Informa tion for tho Benefit of Visitors? Open to Lady and Gentlemen Voters. WEDNESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Should Petty Criminals In Jail and Workhouse be Compelled to Work on the Public High way? Open to Lady and Gentlemen Voters. A MODERN HERCULES. Tho Death of an Enormously Proportioned Man in Circleville. Circleville, O., October IX Abraham Ater, who died last Tuesday night of dropsy, was a modern Herznles. He was 6 feet 3 inches in height and weighed 385 pounds. His strength was in proportion to his size. On one occasion three men tried unsuccessfully to load a large stone into a wagon, which he lifted with com parative ease. Another time he was asked to testbis strength upon a lifting machine. Ha refused until as sured by tbe owner that it could not be broken. He pulled the machine into pieces without much effort. On account of his great size a special order was given for his coffin, aud it was necessary to remove all the inside fixtures of the hearse to get it inside. He was only 47 years old and very good-natured. His remains were interred near Williamsport, O., this morn ing. DIED OK SCHEDULE TIME. A Giant Predicts His Hour of Death and Orders a Coffin. Sumner, III., October 1L William Peters, of Lnkin township, died Friday morning. He was without doubt the largest man in the county, his weight being 400 pounds. The im mediate cause of hl3 death was gangrene of the lower extremities. Thursday be requested that the undertaker order a coffin for him, say ing be was going to die at 6 o'clock A. M. Fri day; that there were no coffins large enough for him here and one would have to be made. Tbe undertaker at once ordered one. and it came on tbe midnight train. It was one of tbe largest ever sent out, being 6 feet long, 21 inches wide and 22 inches deep. WItbin 20 minutes of the time ho predicted he expired. His age was 47 years. HYDROPHOBIA FROM A DOG'S SITE A Lady Bitten Over a Year Ago Has Symp toms of the Dread Disease. Trenton. October 11. Mrs. William A. Maxon, of this place, is suffering from what appears to be bydrophobia. She was bitten over a year ago by a pet pug while suffering with fits. No trouble came of It until last Wednesday, when she was taken ill. At times she bas violent epileptic fits, during which she snaps and bites and froths at the mouth. Mrs, Maxon knows when the trouble is com ing on and makes all preparations for it. While ill It takes two or three men to hold her. She has now one a dav, and they are becoming more violent. Dr. K. B. Rogers, her physician, is in constant attendance, but he fears he can only give her temporary relief and believes ulti mately that she will die. Tlie Canal Scheme Feasible. From the Philadelphia Record. A ship canal through Pennsylvania, connect ing tbo Ohio river with the great lakes, has been pronounced feasible by the Commission appointed by the Legislature to investigate the subject. Surveys have been made, and only appropriations are lacking to go ahead. The Canadian Government spent over 825,000,000 on the Welland Canal. How much the Common wealth of Pennsylvania will bo willing to devote to the proposed canal up Beaver river remains to be seen. Iron Ore in Indiana Connty. From the Indiana Gazette. Iron ore in large quantities has been discov ered near Kellysburg. It Is located In what is called the "Devil's Race-Way." Some of it has been assayed by a Pittsburg chemist and has proved 72 nor cent iron. This is an exceed ingly fine grade of ore and should bo developed. And He's Running for Office, Too. From the Pnnxsutawney Spirit. Abuse of candidates is so common and so vio lent in these latter days, that after we get through discussing a man's character and qual ifications we are at a loss to know whether he should be elected or sent to the penitentiary for life. A Hnmorous Feature. From the Scranton Truth. The serio-comic proposition of the machine organs that Emery should prosecute Delama ter if he believes his charges against the latter are true, is one of the most hnmorous features of the campaign. REST COMETH AFTER ALL. Though friends desert you In the race for fame, Thoirxh fortune leaves von for some other goal; Though you arc blameless, yet receive much blame, Tbouxh sorrow dwelleth deeD within your soul, Though life has been a failure and you plod Footsore and weary o'er this earthly ball, Still If you have a faith, a trust In Ood, .Best cometh after all. Best cometh after all, then'higher climb; Itest cometh after all, thongh wealth departs, Tbe world may blame you, yet rest sublime. Shall drive the sorrow from your hesrt of hearts; ThoughJife's sad failures make jou onward plod, Sln-slck and weary till you reach the pall, Still If you have a faith, a trust In God, Kcst cometh after all. Best cometh After all. then let us go Forth to tbe duties of this fleeting life. Bearing our Master's burdens, for we know In Him Is comlort and a rest from strife And worldly sorrow ; let our faith be shod With love and mercy, while we ever call Our friends to an eternal, mighty uod, Best cometh after all. Best cometh after all, then as wo seek A higher lire, abetter, grander road. Let us of Jesus as a Savior speak. For He will help us bear lire's awful load Of cares and sins, of doubt and unbelief. Of earthly struggles, be they great or small, WcthankThee, Ood, that life and trlalsare brief; Howard CV Tripp, f THE TOPICAL TALKER. A BRITON ASTONISHED. rjURlNO the voyage of the Mayflower up tbe Monongahela on Friday some Englishmen were sitting on tbe rail in the stern of the boat, when one of the crew came up and asked them to move. He had been told to take down the flagstaff, be said. One of tbe Englishmen asked why tbe flagstaff bad to come down. "I'm obeyln' orders,s!r," was the roustabout's reply. "If that's the case," said a florid Briton with a merry eye. clearing the way to the flagstaff, "none of us will object for a moment. Obeying orders! By jove. you're tbe first American I have found who would stand an order. Most of you will do anything you're asked politely to do, but obeying ordersl That's something new." FOR CURSORVREMARKS. Qne of the distinguished Welshmen among Pittsburg's visitors from abroad encoun tered on board tbe Mayflower a countryman of bis, who is, however, a naturalized American citizen, and they fell to talking about the old country. "How long have you been in this countryP' tbe former asked. "Twenty-five or six years," the Pittsburger replied. "Do you know any Welsh?" "Not much I use a little to swear in." THREE NURSERY TALES. Come days ago a little Pittsburger was taken to tbe barber's for the first time in his life to bavo his hair cut They bolstered him up in the big chair and then as the barber took up tbe scissors he asked in a most deferential tone: "Will jou have your hair cut short, sir?" "Of course." the.boy replied, "you couldn't cut it long, could you?" The same boy was reproved by bis mother, when they were dining at an nncle's bouse, for asking for something that was not on the ta ble. His uncle seeing the boy was abashed said: "Never you mind, Archie, if there's any thing you want, ask for it!" "Very well. Uncle," answered Archie after a second or two's reflection, "I guess Til take a horse an' buggy, pleasel" Yet a third story is extant of this specimen of Young America. He was in a hardware store with bis mother, and he took particular interest in a couple ot men wbo were nailing up empty packing cases. By and by be turned to his mother and asked: "What are they nail ing np boxes of nothing for?" SULLIVAN WANTED BRICKS. Qolonel Dawson, of the Bijou, went over toAltoonaons day last week to see John L. Sullivan knock out the drama of "Honest Hearts and Willing Hands," in three or four acts. After soelng the play and shedding tears over the great pugilist's acting, Colonel Dawson went back to the Logan House with tbe plain and virtuous intention of going to bed. Bat he had no sooner reacbed tbe big. airy room as Signed to him tban a noise as of a regiment of cavalry coming up stairs announced the ap proach of John Lawrence and bis satellites. Tbey came Into the room and occupied, the bed and the regulation three chairs and a table. Colonel Dawson, for some unaccountable rea son, decided not to go to bed just then, aud in a space of time measured according to Mr Snillvan's method by the shaking of a lamb's tall, a neat and not gaudy lunch made its appearance. With tbe lunch appeared a colored man of pretty large proportions. Wherever Mr. Sulli van goes the hotel proprietors always take care that he shall be attended by tbe biggest wait ers. A desire to preserve the artistic nnlties and tbe furniture may prompt the hotel keep ers in tbis selection. Well, as tbe Patseys and tbe Teddies and tbe other distinguished actors, including the great and only John L., were pitching into the oys ters, cold chicken and beer, tbe tall colored waiter gazed intently at the star pugilist Sul livan watched tbe waiter's close scrutiny, and beckoned to him to approach. Tbe waiter advanced slowly and sideways. "Go down an' fetch me two bricks," said Sul livan, The waiter paused and begun: "What's 'at, sir?" "Go down an' fetch me two bricks, one smooth t'other ind ther plaster on an' rough an' be quick about it, d'ye seer' and to em phasize bis order Sullivan got up as be con cluded, "I alius rubs meself down wid two bricks afore turnin' In." The waiter disappeared and Sullivan went on to tell Colonel Dawson how he lost 18,760 odd dollars out of the money he won at his last big fight. Half an hour later the waiter brought un the two. bricks, and Sullivan, amid the laughter of the crowd stowed them away in Colonel Dawson's bed. Who will deny that John Lawrence Sullivan may yet be the name of a great comedian. IF THEY USED COLT REVOLVERS. ""They were discussing tno custom of duelling which German students think so conducive to a good complexion and a repntation for bravery, and a stout Englishman, leaning against the bar tbis conversation did not occur in court said: "It strikes me that duel ing would soon go ont of fashion If the men were put teu paces apart with good revolvers in their hands there'd be danger of somebody getting hurt" "Ah!" remarked a slender American, "that would be a Colt of another color." A DRUMMER'S RESOURCE. TTThen the opera company stranded, four weeks and twelve hundred miles out it is a singular thing tbat your operatic bark always strands a long way from shore the orchestra of five pieces went on tbe rocks like wise, and the philosopher who played the dram and tbe triangle and the tambourine and tbe castlnets, and could imitate anything on a pinch from a crowing rooster to the roar of an express train, remarked that if tbere had been more rocks in the treasury they would not bavo been wrecked. After a ghastly remark like that the conduc tor of the orchestra was not surprised to find Its author waking the echoes in the hotel reading room with the drum. He was beating a tattoo with variations on the drum. The conductor stopped and looked athim. As he wound up the long roll the conductor said: "How do you expect to get back to New York?" "Beat mem way dat was all right," the philosophic drummer replied. Hehburn Johns. A Beiltlon Necessary. From the Cleveland llain Dcalcr.j The Committee on the Revision of tho Pres byterian Confession of Faith is still at work in Pittsburg, likely to remain In session a week longer and then adjourn to meet later In an other place to continue the labor. The mem bers are close mouthed regarding their deliber ations, but tbe essential fact of interest to tho outside world Is tbat the denomination thus acknowledges tho need of revising its creed in order that It shall conform with truth. HOVELITES Df BRIC-A-BEAC. CUT glass decanters are nowmado particu larly massive and brilliant A gentleman's glassware liquor set In raised jewel cutting Is shown. Miniature novelties for f ivors are in the forms of game birds, storks, dogs, etc A vase in tbe shape of a pineapple, for cen ter table decoration, is one of tbe new things in glassware. Banquet lamps are now made with bronze figures as supports. A pair lately shown has the figures of two warriors In full armor. Tall lamps designed to represent Egyptian vases are now being made. The prevailing tints in globes and shades are the new corn color and lililite. A brass lamp resting on a pedestal of onyx was recently exhibited. Pillars of brass and cut glass, supporting lamps, are also coming Into use. Light tables of brass are made In fancy shapes, the three leaved clover and tbe oval being tbe most usual. Tbe tables are covered with variegated plash. A neat traveling clock Is made in gilt with an ornamental porcelain face and a leather case. By pressing a spring in tbe top of the clock at any time it will strike the hour. A new piano lamp has for a support an Ori ental dancer holding a wand.on which tbe lamp is placed. The fignre is about three feet In height and leans gracefully on the staff. A handsome clock Inonyx and gilt bar be en recently exhibited. It is. a mantel clock and rests on a pedestal ot onyx, nanasomeiy mounted in gilt tbe whole standing about four A.Ieetbigh.-JiweleT' Weekly. CURIOUS CO&DENSATlOfiS. Iu London there is on exhibition a panorama of Ntapara, with an "artificial roar" of tbe falls. The Italian Government has ordered tbat tbe study of English shall be added to the cuniculuin of all Italian universities. There has been a tremendous rainfall in New South Wales. Seventy inches in seven months, and still raining at last accounts. It is said tbere are no lese than eight American girls at Lenox who have this year refused offers of marriage from titled for eigners. So much in excess of the supply is the demand for whalebone that several tons were B- ..? weelc ia London at the enormous price of JELSIjO per ton. A sweet potato from the fertile soil of James Cox's farm, Kirk's Mills, Lancaster county, weighs just three pounds six ounces. It was grown from Jersey seed. A Three Rivers, Mich., girl bas a beau who is a Lake Shore fireman. Every day she ties a bouquet to a stick and hands it to her lover as bo flies by her home in his cab. In a New Orleans court Mrs. Kate 31c Glnty is suing for J3U.00O damages for the loss of her husband. He went down with tbe dredgeboat Bayley, whose boilers exploded a year ago. Ail the liberty poles in Slanle Corners, near Portland. Mich., were cut down last week. As both the Democratic and Republicans suf. fered alike neither party can make campaign material out of it John P. Walker, driver for an Adrian, Mich., grocer, hit bis horse a thumping whack with tbe whip yesterday and tbe animal plant ed his feet against Mr. Walker's shins, break ing both of Walker's legs. In Berlin a schoolmistress receives ?300 annually dnrlng the first years of ber service; a schoolmaster, 400. After 42 years of nnDroken service tbe schoolmistress' maximum salary is ISO, and tbe schoolmaster's SoOUL Street Commissioner "Wolverton, of Adrian. Mich., had a calf which had a habit of sticking its bead out of the barn door. Mon day a bolt of lightning killed it. The queer part of the case is that tbe barn entirely es caped. A very smart young man in Savannah tried to pay bis street car fare with a 5100 bill. The conductor was accommodating, and stop- Eing the car be went into a store and got the ill changed, giving the young man a shot bag; full of silver, amounting to 99 'Jo. Seneca Jones, pastor ot the 31. E. Church at Woodland, is a practical mechanic For six years he has been at work building a pipe-organ, which will be put up in his church in a few weeks. It covers a floor area of 130 square feet and will contain 1,000 pipes. A peculiar torture is practiced in the prison of Uskub. Macedonia. Thieves and forgers are chained naked to the floor and 50 ants are placed on the body of each person. It Is said that the uneasiness caused by the ants roaming freely over the body is the most exas perating torture. An Idaho bank on which there was a rnn piled upon the counter what was supposed to be 40,000 in eold. Tbis stopped the run and brought In depositors, and when tbe trouble was over tbe gold was taken down. The pack ages contained iron washers cut to the thick ness and size of 20 gold pieces. The wire rope used in the tunnel at Glasgow, Scotland, is claimed to be one of tbe largest and longest wire cables in the world. It was made at Cardiff, Wales, in 1SS5, and is 2,400 fathoms in length, or about 2 miles and 108 yards. It weighs 21 tons and has nearly 100, 000 fathoms ot wire in its makenp. The hottest day of the year in New Zealand generally comes at Christmas. The day is great occasion for picnics in tbe coolest nooks of the woods. The only recollection of the Christmas dinner of Western notions is the plum pudding, which Is religiously eaten, but to the accompaniment of cold lemonade instead of coffe and wine. The Du Pont powder mills explosion caused a confusion at tbe West Chester Normal School amounting almost to a panic The stu dents rushed from the classroom, ran about like frightened fowls and some feared an earth quake. Tha cause was bulletined on the black, boards and In tbat way everyone learned West Chester was safe to this earth for tbe present. One of the most remarkable old ladies In Maine is living un the Island of Monhegan. Although only 75 years old she not only knows nothing of tbe cars, telephone, electric lights, etc, but bas never seen a horse. Sbe bas always lived on the island several miles from, the mainland, and ber world has been Mohhe gan. Sbeep and cows are kept on tbe Island, but there is no call for horses. As this is the season of rice birds, the following recipe from, a lady who knows how to serve rice birds in the most delicious way will be worth cntting out and pasting on a blank leaf of the cook book. Cut sweet potatoes lengthwise, scoop out in the center of eacb a place that will fit tbe bird; now put in the birds after seasoning them with Dutter. pepper and salt, tying tbe two pieces of potato around them. Bake and serve them in toe potatoes. Colonel W. S. Allebacb, a jeweler of 50 years' business standing in Tamaqua, stood on the porch fronting bis store the other morning and noted a large bird swooping rapidly his way. The direction was northeasterly, and in a twinkling it shot downward, and. sweeping in a straight line, struck the shop window, the glass falling ont, shattered Into numerous pieces. Tbe bird was a pheasant, and Colonel Allebach is in search of a cause why his win dow should have been selected in preference to others more prominent About a quarter of a century ago, when Charles M. Wlnant, now City Marshal of New port Ore., was a small boy, be was sitting one day on bis father's knee in their bouse at Brnceport, Wash. John B. Rose, now under sentence of death in Pacific county. Wash., had a grudge against Mr, Jed Winant at that timo and fired through tbe window of the house at Mr. Wmaut and his son while they were sit ting as described above. Fortunately the bul let missed its mark and neither tbe fatber nor tbe son were injured, but tbe would-be mur derer of a quarter of a century ago now awaits tbo hangman's noose for his participation in a crime, which was not merely an attempt, but resulted in tho murder of two inoffensivo peo ple. FUNNY MEN'S FANCIES. Minister Von ought to whip your boy for fishing on the Sabbath. Deacon-I Intend to. sir: but I thought I'd let blm clean them first. Detroit Free Press. (In the newspaper office) Fassett Pas me over tbe mucilsse, please. Miss Passy. Miss l'assy With all my heart. Fassett Only the mucllasc, please. Amtriean Stationer. Weeks I'll wager a new hat that man over there's a schoolmaster. Potts Nonsense; bow do yon know? Weeks Oh, he tried his hand on the seat of the chair before be tat down on MLife. She (as the anthem is being sung) Oh, Isn't that music heavenlyl He (who Is not exactly a reznlar member) Yes, but the. chorus might be a trifle better Icokimr. Would you mind letting me look at your er libretto a moment? Kiio Xork Herald. Fastleigb I am nearly worried to death by my creditors. Goodman Ab, you see your sins are beginning to find you out. Fastlelxh I wish they would, but the trouble is they always find me in. Sew Xork Herald. Mrs. Bonig What did you pay a yard for that, Mrs. Eooney? Mrs. Eoony-Nlne cents. "Why. tbey charged me 10 cents for the same goods on Wednesday." Yes. bat Wednesday was bargain day." Xunsey's Weekly. Miss Vocalgesanc What kind of jewelry would you recommend for a songstress?" Jeweler If she Is a soprano I would recommend high sea Jewelry. Miss VocalgesangHlgh C Jewelry! What do you mean? Jeweler-Coral.-Vewefer' Weekly. "So, Herbert is a member of the militia, Isn't he?" Tcs." 'How does he rank?" '1 don't know exactly, but I'm suro he ranks well, because I beard papa say he was tbe rankest soldier he ever saw. " IVat(nfiro ifost. "I trust that before long we will be en tirely out or debt" remarked the parson as he closed the appeal for more money. "I trust so most sincerely." And the rich manor the congregation, who was always expected to give liberally, murmured. "1 trust so, too." Sew Xork Herald. Brane I say, Crane, did you read thit article In the alternoon Iihymts about the con vention? Crane Yes; why? Brane Why, there were 11 grammatical errors In the first paragraph. Strang yon didn't notice them. Crane (with dignity) I'm a proofreader. Ijiujalo Courier
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