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PerQuarter 100 Daily DjsrATCii, One ilouth 70 DAILY DlSPATCn, InclcdingSunday, lyear. 3000 Daily DisrATCH, lncIudingSundaT.lm'tbi. 150 1AILT DisrATCH. Including Sunday. 1 month CO bUXDAY Dispatch. One Year 150 Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 115 The Daily DisrATCH Is delivered by carriers at 3!eentsper -week, or Including Sunday edition, 5 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAT. OCT. 13. 1S90. THE EUPERUL DREAM. The meeting of the Peace Society and the report that the international organization is supported by the friendship of the Empress of Germany, gives an especial interest to the last reported speech of the Emperor of Ger many: "Germany united and Europe paci fied! That is ray grand dream." The young Emperor of Germany has cer tainly fulfilled his desire for fame by giving utterance at various times to expressions whose vigor and originality attract the at tention of Christendom. But their ranee is somewhat erratic. At his inauguration he defined his function to be that of a "war lord;" but Jater he has declared his devotion to peace. Only a short time ago he declared that those who opposed his plans he would crush to powder; and left the world in doubt whether the crushing process is to be applied to foreign or domestic foes. Sow he holds up the dream of German union and uni versal peace. It is to be hoped that he may continue in that frame of mind. But the fact that his enthusiasm leads him to throw himself heart and soul into one cause, and then with equal earnestness to rush ic the opposite direction, leaves the doubt whether he may not next espouse the doctrine of universal war. No one could do more toward the estab lishment of peace on a firm basis than "Will iam of Germany. If he should propose to the Powers the reduction of all armaments to tbe volume required lor internal police he would at least put the responsibility of the burden of armed expectation on those who rejected his proposition. But even his avowal of the dream of peace does not carry with it any indication of real progress. It is hard to see how Germany can be more united than it is at present unless Austria is to be annexed to the North German Em pire, and that can never be accomplished without a greater war than that by which Prance was humiliated. At present it seems as if we must regard the pacification of Europe very much as Senator Ingalls regards the purification of politics in this country. It is an iridescent dream, entirely foreign to the views and practices of the imperial politicians of the Old "World. BOGUS CAMPAIGN AMMUNITION. That story of Dewey, the pretended repre sentative of the K. of L., to the effect that ex-Governor Pattison failed to respond to inquiries with regard to his attitude on labor legislation, meets with a prompt exposure from the members of that organization in positions of authority. The Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Knights of Labor for the State of Pennsylvania states that he and his associates had an interview with Governor Pattison, and that the result was completely satisfactory. When Governor Pattison received thecir culxr which Dewey was prompted to send to him by persons whose object may easily be guessed, he did not reply to it for two reasons. In the first place he had already committed himself to the authorized repre sentatives of the K. of L. In the next place Dewey was not the Chairman of the K. of L. Legislative Committee. He was not even a resident of the State. He was wholly without authority, and the state ment of the members of the order who had authority makes it clear enough that he was employed by some one to get up a bogus supply of campaign ammunition. The resort by campaign managers to the device of getting some one to falsely imper sonate the authorized representatives of a labor organization, in order to furnish false reports, does not seem to be the best way of gaining the support of the workingmen. MR. NICOI-L'S REAPPEARANCE. A peculiar feature of the TammanT ticket nominated in New York in opposition to the fusion ticket, :s the appearance on it of Mr. De Lancy Nicoll as candidate for District Attorney. It will be remembered that at the last election for this office, Mr. Nicoll was urged for the position on the ground that his energy and earnestness in prosecu ting the boodlers in the Broadway steal would insure the conviction ot the whole crowd. For that reason apparently, Colonel Fellows was preferred; and since his elec tion not a single boodler has been convicted. The adoption of Mr. Nicoll as a candidate now, seems to carry the inference that when there is no danger of lodging public thieves in the penitentiary be is eligible. How his appearance on the Tammany ticket will af fect the old quarrel arising out of his former candidacy, in which two New York editors designated each other by the titles of "Judas" and "Ananias," is not yet clear. But it is a commentary on the effect of a Tammany nomination that when Mr. Nicoll obtains that indorsement both Judas and Ananias support him. AmtAIGNlXG RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. Mr. Aldace F. Walker, the President of the inter-State Commerce Railway Asso ciation, in his call for a meeting to-morrow of the presidents embraced in that organiza tion, makes a statement which, though not new, is presented in connection with the last plan for choking off competition be tween the roads, that requires attention. His proposition is for a surrender by all the competing roads of the power to make rates on competitive traffic to "a small gen eral rate committee, subject only to super vision by the various Boards of Directors," and placing the "entire joint traffic of the roads to and from their eastern connec tions in charge of a common agency." The startling part of his official statement is this sentence: "Unless something of this kind be done, railway managers will pres ently be chiefly receivers." This amounts to an assertion that the officers of the railroads are so ignorant, un principled or vicious that they cannot be trusted to fix the charges fpr which their own railroads will carry freight Not only must the power to make rates be taken away from freight and passenger agents, but the presidents must not be trusted with it. If they are left to manage, each the property which he has been chosen by the stock holders to manage, they will, Mr. Walker avers officially, plunge the roads into bank ruptcy. No such wholesale indictment of either the honesty or competency of railway managers has ever been made by eqnal au thority. The declaration that bankruptcy is hanging over most of the roads does not accord with the roseate reports that have been published by many of these officials; but as Mr. Walker is the official representa tive of these very presidents, and has been given a big salary to leave the Inter-State Commission and devise means for evading the law he was sworn to support, it is not likely that they will impeach his veracity as he has impeached their integrity. Even if Mr. Walker's assertion were cor rect his last scheme for smothering compe tition between the lines would not afford the remedy. The way to prevent the wanton recklessness or systematic dishonesty that wrecks railroads by carrying freight and passengers at losing rates, is not to take away the penalty. No greater penalty can be inflicted on stockholders who elect men of that stamp to manage their property, than the bankruptcy which ought to follow. When it is made clear that the penalty will ensue, the owners of railroad property will take care to forestall it by the penalty of dismissal for agents and officers who adopt the practice of throwing away the corpo ration's money. On the other hand Mr. Walker's constant effort is to protect both stockholders and agents from the natural re sults of their own insanity, by placing them under guardianship; and the remarkable nature of his argument appears from the fact that having practically alleged lunacy as the condition of the great body of rail road management, he proposes to protect them from evil by choosing as their guardians a general rate committee of the lunatics. The assertion is, of course, untrue. It has the semblance of truth, that railway methods make their managers altogether too prompt to plunge into those conflicts, which are always based on the railway idea of exclusive privileges and generally have in view the establishment of a combination in one form or another. But it is untrue that railway man agers as a whole cannot be trusted to man age their own affairs. They are as intelli gent, conscientious and careful as the great mass of leading business men. Other busi ness men will, when they see, or think they sec, within their reach the profits of mo nopoly, resort to the policy of cutthroat wars to force the establishment of the com bination. When it is beyond their reach they condnct their business on the policy of competing only so far as will permit a profit The same is true of the railway managers. The loss of cutthroat wars is not due to their recklessness or dishonesty, but to the system which is incessantly seek ing the completion of a virtual monopoly. It is for that end that cutthroat wars are fought When all such combinations are made clearly impossible, it will be found that the majority of railway men can con duct the affairs of their corporations as sensibly and conservatively as the rest of mankind. The remedy for the reckless disposition of railway management is not, as Mr. Walker imagines, to protect them from the results of their recklessness, but to place it beyond dispute that each corporation must make its rates exclusively on the basis of what it can afford fo perform the service of transpor tation for. THEIR OWN TESTIMONY. The Republican organs have themselves to blame for the significance which will be attached to two of the political events of last week. Under ordinary circumstances these events would be little more than mod erate indications of the general trend of affairs. By the logic of the Delamater press, however if we may dignify their campaign deliverances with that title they are raised to vital significance. We refer to the speeches of Wolfe and Wallace in support of Pattison. Early in the State campaign the organs of Delamater teemed with assertions that the Independent movement would not amount to anything because Wolfe would not support Pattison. If he had supported Pattison, the inference plainly was that there might be a vital defection from the Republican ranks. But he was not going to and so Delamater was jubilantly de clared to be all right. When intimations were given to the effect that the main feature of this allegation was its display of what the Republican organs did not know about Wolfe, they devoted their attention to Wallace. As Wallace was not going to support Pattison, the Democratic defection was going to defeat him. So vital was this assertion in the Republican view, that let ters which showed the support of Wallace were asserted to be bogus documents. Of course this waslargelycampaign idiocj. The support of Wolfe on one hand and Wal lace on the other was important, as it was representative of respectable elements. But it was not vital either for defeat or success. After the Republican organs have sounded the fact from one end of the State to the other that the position ot these leaders was vital what will be the effect upon their readers of the ringing speeches made last week by both Wolfe and Wallace in support of Pattison? According to the Republican showing, it in dicates an immense reinforcement of Paul son's strength; and it anything.conld swell the stampede it would be this outcome of the campaign assertions. The effort to escape from the force of this conclusion to its own utterances, moves the Philadelphia Inquirer to a wild declara tion of what Wallace wonld say if he "would only tell the truth." As this amounts to an assertion that the Democrat whom the Inquirer has recently been cham pioning will not tell the truth, It is more dangerous in the recoil than in the discharge. The Inquirer would have done better if it had stuck to the regulation plea and as serted that the Wallace who spoke at Phila delphia Saturday night was a bogus Wal lace. A paragraph is going the rounds of the papers In which a member of New York's Four Hundred is represented as allegine that only that select body understands the art of entertaining. As this assertion Is amplified by an account of entertainments given by out siders, which were attended and sneered at by members of that choice society. It seems to fol low that the Four Hundred are especially in need of instruction on the art of being enter tained with due regard to the laws of courtesy. PnrxEAs T. Babnum is kind enongh to predict that the Chicago World's Fair is going to be a great success. This leads us to hope that Fbineas T. will get an interest in it in which case it will indeed be the greatest show on earth. Tub plan for opening the tunnel nnder the St. Clair river at Sarnla is a unique one. A table a thousand feet long is to.be spread in the tunnel, and the seats of honor in the mid dle are to bo located on the dividing line be tween Canada and tho United States. As the United States is expected to be officially repre sented, a close watch will have to he kept to see that no dutlable'articles of food are passed from one of the tables to the other. The charge is made against Mr. McKin ley's opponent tor Congress that be cannot make a speech. That failinc is shared by a great man; statesmen; but tho trouble with most of them is that they do not know it Mr. Jay Gould's philosophic reflec tion that high prices can be endured very well by letting people "get along with one suit where they would otherwise have two." is characteristic Mr. Gonld does not say how he would regard tho case of the man who only had one suit in tho first place and must therefore get along without any; bnt we presume that be could bear even that development of his sys tem with chaerful resignation. Chicago is now joyfully contemplating tho erection of a sixteen-story building it the announcement that it is to be put up, is not the tallest story of all. The Philadelphia Inquirer is worked up over Emery's charges to tbat degree that it calls him "a malignant political Judas." Tho esteemed Inquirer should be warned against the use of that much-worked Epithet to which Messrs. Ingalls and Kennedy have given a more famous application. Two citizens of Biddeford, Me., came to blows over a tariff discussion the other day. They must bo in tralniug for members of Con gress. "Speaking of the welcome to the Count of Paris, the State Department is not in it," re marks tho Washington Poll It is satisfactory to learn that the Government Is wise enongh to perceive tbat It is not its business to make an official recognition ot a pretender to tho throne of France. THEIE NAMES IN FEINT. Prof. C. B. Richakds, of the Yale Sheffield scientific school, has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honor by tho French Govern ment. Stanley Palher, a prisoner in the New Castlo (Del) jail, has invented a toy puzzle for which he Is said to have been offered 510,000 by New York speculators. General Adah Badeau was the only man in New York who followed European etiquette in writing his name in the Comte de Paris' vis ting book instead of sending in his card. Edwa&d J. Sanderlin, a negro barber of Denver, has acquired a fortune of (200,000, and now devotes his time to collecting bis rents. He is the wealthiest negro in tho West John Hicks, the United States Minister to Fern, who has been spending a short time with friends in San Francisco, salted from that port the other day for the scene of bis duties. Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson-, the novel ist, is expected in England next month. Ho Is returning with the intention of arranging his affairs in England, and settling permanently in Samoa. Ex Senator Tabor, of Colorado, has a suit in his hands that is likely to cost him more than his famous night shirt. A colored man who was ejected from the Tabor House in Den ver, nas brought suit for $10,000 damages. Lord BrasseVs wedding had a very nauti cal flavor. The bridegroom's littlo nephews wero in attendance wearing white sailor suits, and all the crew of the Sunbeam were present. Tho bride. Miss Sybil Capcll, was a bandsomo woman in her satin and lace. B. Frank Gilkeson, of Bucks county, who is Second Comptroller of the Currency under the present national administration, is a close friend of United States Senator Quay. Gllke son has from the beginning of the present fight in the State declared that victory would perch upon the Delamater banner. Princess Victoria, of Germany, tho pret ties: ot the Empress Frederick's daughters, who is engaged to marry Prince Adolf, of Schaumburg-LIppe, is a clever and accom plished young lady, boasting proficiency in many branches of sport and art, not commonly associated with royal blood, least of all when it flows in feminine reins. She is not only a cap ital horsewoman, but a clever whip as well and handles a four-in-hand with consummate Bkill. OUR SOUTHERN RIVAL. A Birmingliam Man's Roast of His City's Growth and Iron Resources. Chicago. October 12. M. C. Royster, for merly of Chicago, bnt now ono of Birming ham's solid men, is at the Palmer House, He said to a reporter this evening : "Wc have made arrangements to receive tho members of the Iron and Steel Institute at Birmingham, Ala., and will show them the finest iron mines in the world at Birmingham. When I left Chicago eight years ago no went to Birmingham, lots that were selling at $500 to JLOOO, which are now worth fronV$25,000 iu cju,wu. Aiewjeais ago wo iiaa asctuack or depression, but now we are on a solid basis. We have a population of 60,000, 96 miles of street car lines, and 18 furnaces running at full blast day and night tho year round. By the way, one of our furnaces mado the longest run on record more than two years without stop ping a minute. We are building a better sys tem of water works by tunneling to the Cahanka river, a distance of 16 miles, Tho works will cost 15)00,000. "It is the opinion of experts," continned Mr. Royster. "that the iron and coal mines within a radius of CO miles of Birmingham will prove to be the most productive of any in the n orld.and what will make them most valuable, or rather make tho profits greater, is the cheapness of prodnction. It is all digging.or surface work no blasting Is necessary. That will undoubtedly be the greatest Iron-nrodncing country in the world, and I predict for Birmingham a popula tion of 350,000 within the next teiryears." The special committee of 15 appointed to receive the members ot the Institute, will meet at the City Clerk's office thi morning, at 8:30 o'clock, where each will receive a bouquet and something else in the nature of a snrprise, and proceed in a body to the Palmer House to re ceive the distinguished delegation. THE STATE CAMPAIGN. When a man bolts his food he swallows It. When a man holts a nomination he bolts be cause he can't swallow it, and the woods are full of bolters this year. Bedford Gazelle (Dem.): Next Tuesday Senator Delamater will come, to Bedford to stir up the faithful and try to prevent the county from casting a unanimous vote for his oppo nent. The Republican candidate for prothonotary in Monroe connty has a covered wagon on which is printed his name and the office wbieh be seeks moving through the county con stantly. New York World (Dem.): The Cameron express train, carrying a large amonnt of money and securities, while passing through Boodle Gulch in Pennsylvania the other day was held up by the G. O. P. road agents. Cash to tho extent of 100,000 was secured. Harbisburg Call (Rep.): In tho event of a Democratic Legislature, a Democratic United States Senator and an outrageous gerrymander like unto the one in Ohio, some of the pig headed Barkcrites might be convinced that the present campaign in Pennsylvania was one ot national importance. Scranton HepubUean (Rep.): Hon Charles S. Wolfe has flopped onco more, and for the second time ho is now supporting Pattison. The Prohibitionists thought they had him, and he had promised them to stick until after tbe election, but for tbe second time he's jumped the fence into the Democratic fold. Bradfosd Star (Rep.): The enthusiasm ex hibited by tbe audience over the brave words of Delamater and the eloquent and Impas sioned appeals of Stewart, Graham and War wick provoa conclusively that the mass of the Republicans of McKean are not ready to join the battered and disorganized army of the Democracy. DEATHS OF A DAY. Presley Kntz. Presley ICalz, one or the oldest residents of Plumb township, died at his late residence near Unity station. Mr. Katz was S3 years of age and wai well known and respectedia the community In which be lire. The funeral will take .place to-morrow. FAR-FAMED CANTERBURY. Rev. Dr. Hodges Describes a Visit to the Mother Church of England The Cele v brateil Cathedral and the Ancient Shrine A Glimpse of Middle-Age Scenes. WRITTEN FOB TUB DISPATCU.1 'J'HK best way to do is to visit tho continent first and England afterwards. Then you appreciate England. You ombark at Calais and set sail across the Channel. The sea is choppy and the boat goes up and down like a swing. People who cross the broad ocean defying Neptune and un touched by tbe pangs of mal de mer meet humiliation between the shores of France and England. It was a smooth day, the sailors said, when we made the passage. But "smooth" is a relative term on those turbulent waters. No donbtit was smooth in comparison with the days when tho wind howls through tho rigging, and tbe sea dashes over tbe decks, and the pas sengers are shut up in tho cabin for fear of being washed overboard. But it was sufficiently rough, and, though wo escaped sickness, we were glad to see the white cuffs of Dover. Over these waters came the fleet of Caesar, adventuring in quest of new worlds to conquer. Looking out, as we do. upon these shining cliffs, and wondering what sort of savages inhabited these shores. And here, too, landed Hengist and Horso leading the first Englishmen who set foot upon the soil of England. And here, Angnstlue with his 40 monks came, bringing a new religion and civilization with them, be ginning a conquest which is far from being completed yet the conquest of England for the Lord Christ. You think of these things as you look across the troubled waters toward Dover. What fleets upon fleets of hurrying ships have crossed here! Ships of war with decks crowded with armored soldiers English, French, Spanish; and ships of merchandise ana ships of pleasure, from tbe party which was personally conducted by Julius Cajsar to the parties which are personally conducted by Thomas Cook, what a running to and fro over this uneven pathway Custom House Inspection. ""THE Custom House officers board the steam er; but tbeir examination is an easy ana formal one. There is only one civilized country which treats touris like pickpockets, and that is the country whose ship barbor is graced with tbe Statne of Liberty Enlightening the World. There are plenty of customs examinations to vex the traveler in Europe. Sometimes It seems as if you had to stop every hour or two and open your bags and baggage. But the officials are always courteous, and you are al ways given credit tor common honesty. The whole business Is a petty and foolish medieval ism. It Is a relic of the days w ben bandits and brigands levied on tho strauger's possessions In every dark pass and deep forest of his journey. But its formalism saves it from any very fierce objurgation. It is a bother, hut you endnre it like all the other interesting bothers. But at New York it becomes robbery. However, we are at Dover. Tbe castle towers up above us nn Its strong cliff. The green lawns of England delight our eyes. We hurry to the station aud take the train for Can terbury. And now we discover how lovely En eland is. These fair fields of green, with grace ful trees, and thick hedge rows and little towns of comfortable houses aud parish churches with gray towers. there Is nothing beyond the ocean which is so fine as this. Canterbury and Its Churches. A nd so we arrive at Canterbury. The little town is crowded with visitors. Flags and colors hang from the shop windows; banners float across the corners of the streets; tbe side walks are thronged to tho curbstones; tho ho tels are turning people away. It is cricket week. And cricket week is a great time for Canterbury. All Kent Is here, and all tbe neighbors of Kent are on band. At last we Una lodgings at tbe Fleur-de-Lis. There is a great fleur-de-lis over tbe street door. " Canterbury has been used to crowds as long back as tbe da s of Geoffrey Chaucer. The old town has had long experience in entertaining pilgrims. Probably It has most of its old-time look when its ancient streets are noisy wilh many voices, and its venerable buildings look down upon a multitude of strangers. The best thing about the crowd from our point of view was tho fact tbat they all spoke English. After a month and more of foreign speech, in streets where the signs over the shops were in strange tongues, and even tbe little childron chattered in French and Ger man and Italian, what a relief, what a bome f celing to get back to tho land of a reasonable language! The interest of Canterbury centers about two churches the little church of St. Martin and tbe great Cathedral. Little St. Martin's is much larger in years than it is in yards. Tho story is a familiar one how Augustine came on his mission from France, sent by tbe good Pope Gregory, who saw tbe fair Englisb slaves in the Roman mar ket place and wanted to make angels out of Angles; and how Ethelbert. the King of Kent, gave him audience sitting in bis throne on tbe wide downs beside the town of Canterbury, his capital; and how, after tbe sermon, he gave the monks permission to preach to bis people and convert them if they conld; and how a littlo cnurcn was touna wnicn naa been bunt in the days when tbe Roman soldiers guarded tho island, before any English man had ever heard of England, and here the Christian religion was begun again upon these shores. This little St. Martin's was the church. You can still see Roman brick in its old walls. Tbe church is long, with a square tower at the west end. Tho ivy which covers the tower from bottom to ton is 600 Years old. Tbe trunk of it is like a small tree for thick ness. Inside is tbe old fort in which King Ethelbert was baptized, he and his warriors. There is very little doubt about that. The Mother Church of England. Co religion of the Christian kind began herein this little sanctuary. Hero is the mother church of England. Here is tho place where men of our speech and our kin first went to church. You see why Canterbury, which is a town now of small importance and away off in a corner of England, should be tbe seat of the Archbishop of all England. Kent was the chief district of England when Augus tine came here. Canterbury was the capital of England. By and by. when tho King ot North unibrla married Ethclbert's daughter, and a Christian minister accompanied her, and tho Christian church was set up In tbe North of England, tbe center ot work was York, for York was the capital of Northumhria. as Canterbury was ot Kent. Aud when it seemed good to have two archbishops tbe second one took his title from the royal town of York. On tho way between St. Martin's and the cathedral you pass the fine gateway of St. Au gustine's College. Tho gateway is nearly all that remains of a fine old abbey which was onco the glory of the town. St. Augustine himself was the founder of it. Henry VIII., always most gencrons in giving away what did not be long to him, mado a present of it to somebody or other at the Reformation, turning the monks out and stealing whatever was worth stealing. Finally, half a century ago. it was put up at auction, and a good man bought it Mr. Beres ford Hone and madea missionary collego out of it. whatever remained of the fine old nnild ing was built up into now strength, and what ever else was needed was added. But we have come to Canterbury to see its great cathedral. We wonder a little how the English cathedrals will look after tbe splendid churches of the continent. Will they he hu miliated into insignificance by contrast; We discuss tbe probabilities as we turn our steps toward the cathedral gate. Off tbe man street, where tbe shops are, runs a little narrow lane, with houses built up high on either hand, each upward story projecting a little further into the street than the one beneath it till the ga bles almost touch over your bead. This is 'Mercery Lan e." There were little shops here' in tbe old days where you could buy amulets and beads, and crucifixes and pictures of the venerated St Thomas of Canterbury. Scene of the Canterbury Tales. Qh the corner of the High street, as you turn rout me uiu ut; awuu uio iuu wuero xne pilgrims of tbe "Canterbury Tales" rested after their journey. The framework of the ancient hostelry still stands, hut they sell dry goods now where no doubt they retailed wet goods in generous abundance in the pilgrim times. Through the little lane we go, treading In tho steps of kings and prelates, princes of tbe realm aud princes of tho church, and friars in cowls of brow n and gray, and many humbler worshipers of the ancient time. And specially from every ehlre's end Ol Enclc-Iand to Canterbury they wend. The holy, blissful martyr for to seek That them hath holnen when they were sick. Beneath these very carved aud sculptured stones passed the caravans of pilgrims, under tne great gate wiucu cnui mo lane, into tbe fair garden in the midst of which stands tbe i cathedral. Is the cathedral dwarfed and unbeautitul after the spires of Cologne, and the statued roof of Milan, and the golden frescoes of San Marco, and the stateliness of Notre Dame? There is not a shadow of disappointment. There aro two respects In which the English cathedrals are finer than any on .the continent They are beautiful for situation. They stand, nearly all of them. In the midst of gardens. There are grand old trees about them, and the croon lawns touch tbe brown walls, and tbe Ivy grow over the old stones. Tbe continental cathedrals are set In the bnsl- f St Dlaces of great towns. Thevars snrronndetl witn scores anunoteisanu nouses. .Tne ground is not a spear of grass nor a leaf of ivy to be seen. Beside that, on the continent there Is just the cathedral and nothing else. And when you have looked about the nave, and explored tbe chapels which are clustered about tbe choir and chancel, and climbed the spire, and gone down into the crypt, you have seen it all. But the Englisb cathedrals wero once the churches of old abbeys, a great many of them. And there aro still remains, often in ruins, of tho old monastic buildings. And there aro chanters and chapters of the most interesting kind of history to be read there. You get back into the Middle Ages. There Is an interest about tho cathedrals ot England which Is lack ing in the cathedrals of the continent. Memorable Events Recalled. C" ANTERBUKr used to be an abbey church, and there was a good deal of rivalry with the other great abbey of St Augustine in the old days, and St. Augustine's Abbey rather overshadowed tbe importance of tbe monastary of Christ Church and its cathedral until tbe day ot the murder. After the most notable murder in English history was done within the cathedral walls, and the mur dered archbishop was made a saint and, miracles began to be performed at bis shrine. jld& tho King who had shared in tbe guilt of his murder suiimiiieu to oenoggea Dyiuo monKS of Canterbury in tho crypt of the cathedral after tbat no sanctuary in Christendom equaled Canterbury. I saw tbe transept where Thomas a-Becket stood to face bis murderers. There was an altar there in that day whose removal has somewhat changed the look of the place. But 'you can stand upon (be spot. There is tho door by which tbe men of war came in witb their clattering swords. Here tbe brave Archbishop, the indomitable defender of tbepeople's rights, conirontea tnem. tiero tuey struck mm uown. I saw tbe pillar in tbe dark crvnt where tbe King stood or knelt to take bis monastic beat ing, by way of penance. It made one tbink of the castle of Camossa. and the royal humilia tion which was enacted there. Where Uecket'g Remains Rested. t saw tbe place where the shrino stood in which they laid the body of Becket Tbe choir of Canterbury is a dozen stops higher than the nave, and tbe altar is lifted up abovo tho choir and behind tbe altar, higher still and reached by a flight of steps on either side, is tbe chapel where was once the most gorgeous shrine in Christendom. Tbe meanest thing about it was gold, Erasmus said, who saw it. Tbe wooden framework was covered with gold plates, and these were "damasked with gold wire," and upon this were iowels set in gold. Henry VIII. stole all this. There is an empty space where tbe shrine stood. Only tbe worn places in the stono steps where the pilgrims climbed to tbe sacred place, and the groove in tbe floor around tbe site of tbe shrine worn by the knees of pilgrims in the hard stone, re mains to testify to the adoration of the old time for Canterbury's saint G. H. LAST WEEKJ0 VOTE. Popular Ballots for Exposition Visitors Dar ing the Last Six Days. This is the seventh and last week of tbe Ex position. The topical voting pastime in augurated by The Dispatch will be continued till the close at its Headquarters, in the 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 the Exposition every day and night. MONDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Sbould Pittsburg have a Polytechnic School where the Young could be Trained m tbe Arts and Industries? Open to Lady and Gentle men Voters. TUESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC. Bhonld the City Maintain a Bureau conforma tion for the Benefit of VisitorsT 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. AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. Choice Extracts From Mr. Delomater's Speech at Bradford Last Week. from the New York Sun. 2 "I stamp tbat accusation as maliciously false." "Another lie I want to nail." "He has had tbe gall and tho face to lie." "I brand the whole of it as a He, venomous and dastardly." "I want to answer another falsehood." "He has been venomous, malicious and das tardly in his lying." "These extracts from a speech delivered by the Hon, George Wallace Delamater.Rcpubllc an candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, at Bradford last Thursday night, indicate the style of conversation which prevails among the Pennsylvania Republicans at present They are hurling back tbe lie at tbe rate of a lie a minute, and they seem very excited and un happy. AN INTELIIGENT DOG. Ho Boards a Train at Llvcrmoro and Trat els to His Old Home at BlalrsviUe. .tU'ECIAL TKLEPRAJ! TO TIDE DlarATCItl Latrobe. October 1Z Dr. C. W. Banks, of Derry station, is the proud possessor of an in telligent dog, a survivor of the Johnstown flood. The animal Is kept at Livermore, and one day recently, he decided to pay a visit to some canine friends in Blairsvllle. He calmly boarded the train at the depot, and in duo time arrived at bis destination. After promenading the boulevard, in company with a reception com mittee, composed of the best dogs in town, the visiting pup wearied of bis trip, and decided to go home. In some unknown manner ho managed to learn what time the train left Blairsyille for home, and he trotted down to the depot In old travelers' time, one minute before tho train left. Arriving home, his airs wero almost unbear able until supper tlmo arrived, when he con sented to recognize bis friends. PENNSYLVANIA WAD7S. Ailentown hus 3.802 children enrolled in the public schools. There are 75 teachers.. A "Soap-pounders' Association" is tho latest secret socioty at Susquehanna. The members are barbers. Williasi McHale, of Carbondale, took the total abstinence pledge from the famous Father Matbew himself 53 years ago and has never violated it. Stephen Townsend, of Hartsville, had a treat to red raspberries from his garden on Sunday last, and will repeat the luxury to morrow. The berries were large, sweet and luscions. Superintendent Fulton, of tbe West Chester Park, took down a squirrel box the other day, and in it found three pounds of honey, built on cones 16 inches long, 8 lncbes wide and 1 inches thick. A great many black bass are being caught in French creek, and, as last season, they are biting at small frogs better than on almost any other bait. The Conneaut Lake bass have not yet been educated to like frogs and very few are taken on that kind of bait Mrs. Jennie E. smith has a farm at Long Reach, Lycoming county, on which she raised 2.400 bushels of potatoes this year, every bush el fine tubers. She has them bunched in a single bin 75 feet long, 12 wide and 6 high, and claims the prize as champion up tbat coun try. Auctioneer Green, of Media, has an um brella said to be 150 years old. He never left it in a hotel, restaurant or church rack. It has ribs of cane thick as the average umbrella stick of tbe preseot day, covered with a bottle green material nearly as thick as a canvas tent. As especial attractions at the Yore fair last week wero these two: Congo, a wonderful non descript beast with tbe face of a human being and a mouth that chews a three-ounce tobacco plug at one time; and Taggart's six-legged bull, a fine white Durham with six legs, fourhips and two tails. A sHAi-r 22 feet deet was sunk one day at Uuthrio's Store, Indiana connty, and the next day tbe workmen found a rattle-snake had staked off a claim at the bottom. Corne lius Leonard killed it and secured eleven rat tles as a well-earned trophy. The snake was over three feet long. B. A, Conrad, a Nixarod of Pine township, Indiana county; brought down an owl the other day which measused 64 inches across the wings, this is not alb While cutting off corn his dog found a groundhog under a pile of rails which bad no tail and only threo legs. The stumps were completely healed. Kate Pcbssell, an actress, while in Oil City, crossed over the bridge that spans tbe liver. She was told tbat it was the Allegheny river, witb a wave of her hand she replied, with surprise: "Then there are the Allegheny Mountains," pointing toward the innumerable hills tbat surround that ancient burs. SNAP SH0TSJN SEASON. In the race of life the fastest will surely reach the grave first. The men of Iron and of Steel, the men of the mine and the mechanicians from the Mother Country and tbe Fatherland, who spent four delightful days in Pittsburg, have departed. The guests were men who are best calculated to pass upon our advantages, resources,prescnt prospects and future hopes. What they have said and will say will undoubtedly be of the greatest benefit to Pittsburg. But apart from this Kis pleasant to.know tbat the visitors from over tbe say leave Pittsburg with regret and carry away most pleasant recollections. One of tbe distinguished of tbe English visitors has permitted me to uso tbe following, which shows exactly how they all feel toward tho great Gas City: A FAHEWELU Farewell, Pittsburg, ere we o From this merry meeting. Wise and simple, high and low, Here we send yoa greeting, Strangers yesterday wo came, But as friends you met us, And as friends we'll think of yoa Always if you'll let us. You have men of steel and Iron, Brethren, too, are we, Proud indeod to own your kindred From beyond tbe sea. We are men of Steel and Iron, But tbo tie tbat binds us Is the dear old motherland We havo left behind us! You can work with flame and forge, But such arts are mating With a silvery eloquence Rich and captivating! Carnegie, yonr Iron King, Worthy of his place is Master of a hundred arts Who can count bis graces! In a hearty, friendly way. You have cheered and fed us, 'Round about yocr wondrous works You have safely led ns. We havo wandered in your streets Sailed upon your river Marveled at your "natural gas," , May it last forever! Seen your weird and watchful fires In the darkness blazing. Leaping up and flaming high. Wonder most amazing! Fiery spirit of tbe earth Chained to do your willing. Servant of Aladdin's lamp All commands fulfilling. Farewell Pittsburg! She shall lead Chief of iron citlesl If we had not seen her might 'Twere a thousand pities. Stress and struggle, flame and blaze Be a crown upon her. In the land thatis our homo We shall give her bonorl To the author of tbe above neatly turned oompllment, whose initials F. S. I am per mitted to use, and to all who have inspected our mills, mines, furnaces and partaken of Pittsburg's hospitality, I would say: To ye from England's mines and mills, To ye from German fires, A parting cup old Pittsburg fills A bumper to our sires. Your kindly words of unsought praise Shall not, like flattery, perish: We trust that in the coming days You'll still our mem'ry cherish. You are the judges of our worth; Go forth and tell the story. Speak so the nations of the earth Will marvel at oqr glory. Tell them how Nature, gen'rous, true, Has yielded up her treasure Wealth for the many, not tbe few, Nor stinted is her measure. We say Adieu. God bless you all! 'Neath any flag, o'er any sea, So long as Vulcan's fires enthrall We'll firmly forge our destiny. Surqert is tho oldest of the sciences. A rib was taken from Adam, you know. AFRICA is now tbe New World. America is no longer tbe Infant among tbe nations of the earth. A girl who is handy with her needle can al ways be well dressed. She can dress cheaply, too. The Sypher Dramatic Company has been or ganized. It will be disorganized when the box office receipts represent a 0. A prisoner's reputation has more weight with tbe average jury than the arguments of tho lawyers. Candiadatb D- Lamater, he Now knows who are meant by X, Y Z. The naked truth sometimes shocks us. A good many people got wet yesterday in order to hear some dry sermons. Inebriety In palatial places is just as re volting as drunkenness in the slums. A druggist can comgpund a prescription and a banker can compound interest There's big money in both. If you want to be convinced that better peo ple than yourself are in tbe penitentiary run for office. If yon havo no enomies you can bet your bottom dollar tbat some of your friend3 aro de ceitful. Learn your boys a trade. The woods are full of scholars hunting work and good me chanics are scarce. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are; Bnt some day I fondly hope To find out with a telescope. An editor says buttons have been nsed from an early period in the history of the human race. History does not state that Eve ever had to sew any on Adam's trousers. IT is to be hoped tbat all tho talk about an extra session of Congress will prove idle talk. Love that drives fellows to shoot is not worth the powder on your face, girls. Sojie ships are knocked out by one blow. It might not be amiss to say tbat the drunk ard's breath smells like the devil. THE cutters are up in tbe sea sea, but they are not cutting out sicquo patterns, girls. Buttons have gone up, but pins are plenti ful as ever. If Ajax lived now he wonld not defy the lightning at tbe live end of a dead wire aDd llvo to brag about it We sincerely hope the new tariff will not raise the theatcrhat. American vessel owners will not profit by tbe new tariff like the egg producers, even if tbe hens can only lay one while the ships lay to. The silver leaves on maple trees In autumn turn to gold: But after flattering In the breeze They simply turn to mold. The fellow who plays a king on tbe stage may bo a knave in real life. The American mixed drinks puzzled as well as dellgbtod tbe visitors from abroad last week. Last Friday an English engineer stood beside a swell bar and watched tbo dbpenser of joy and sorrow mix what to him was a mystery. As tho rich, creamy, rnm-scentcd and egg colored decoction was shoved toward the con sumer London whispered, "What's that, my boy?" "It's a milk punch." "Mix me one, you know." He watched tbe operation and quaffed the invlgorator. After smacking his lips he said: "What will I call for to get It in tho morning, my boy?" "Just ask for a m'Jk punch, sir," was the Instruction given. He will drink milk punch all over the land now. The artist is not lazy, but he loves his easeL Candidates who buy a vote secure a fran chise. Pittsburg showed the foreign iron masters more than New York and Philadelphia com bined could offer. And beside, we gave tbe Londoners a fog every morning, yoa know. It wasn't imported, either. The Delamater people will now cry Wolfe. Charles has got abroaa witb a through ticket in bis band this time. Some papers are publishing articles designed to teach us how to cut. shoot and slash each other. This is highly edifying, to be sure. Such trash sbould be rejected at all times. It's too late to wire: "Dear Rutan, don't talk." The Senator will now root through bis old letters and add to the fun which culminates in November. The bread earned in tho sweat of the brow Is always palatable. The foreign visitors had every opportunity of seeing Pittsburg at its best and. at its worst. tnanks to tbo prankish October weather. Dr. Maey Walkeb still pants tor fame In politics. Willie Winkle. OUR MAIL POUCH. Where Pittsburg Should be Advertised. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: Although bnt a few hundred miles from Pittsburg, yet one finds very few of the Inhabi tants who know anything regarding the great city at the head of the Ohio river. As a com mercial agent, who has occasion to make about four trips a year down this country, and having been doing so since 187S, I think I can safely say that not one merchant out of fifty can say he ever was ia PittsDurg. When he has occa sion to go to a city he always goes west to Cin cinnati. Why? Because every year tbat city has her musical festival, etc, ind gives the peo ple something to come to tbe city for. They ad vertise it clear up to our very doors at Puts burg. And now, while our city enjoys the most prosperous and most instructive Ex position ever given in any of tho States, yet the people below Wheeling know nothing of it. It is next to impossible to got a Pittsburg paper beyond that point, and while tbe trade tributary to Pittsburg beyond tbat point is great, our friends who are running tbe Exposition so successfully do not seem to know that by a little judicious advertising a vast amount of money could be brought to our city, if they ould only co-operate with the Ohio Railroad and give out inducements to tbe peo ple living down this way. Many merchants have said they would like to come to Pittsburg, but it costs too much on a regular ticket Pittsburg is a great and glorious place, and is thriving and multiplying in inhabitants fast, but I do think ber commercial Interests could be brought to a nearer approach of what they sbould be, to a city of its importance, if there were a little more boom and zejt put in, and a little attention paid to bringing tbo people to the city who have never been there before. As a manufacturing city we don't take a back seat, bnt we must frankly admit as a com mercial city we are wanting. It does not need to remain thus. If our present merchants do not awake to tbe fact tbat we do not expand proportionately, and keep pace with the de mands of the times, it will devolve upon the younger men who follow to bring our city np to tbat point in tbe world of commerce to which she belongs. DRUMMER. Huntington, W. Va.. October 11. A Street Car Patron Complains. To tbe Editor or the Dispatch: Permit a subscriber to take up a small space in your valuable paper to complain in regard to the manner in which the Second Avenue Electric Una is managed. Last evening I boarded one of the cars ot this line at Market street to reach my home at Hazeiwood. On arriving at Grant street the car stopped and, to my snrprise, a conductor from another car came into the one in which I was seated and deliberately took out all tbe electric lights, leaving ns in total darkness to ride three miles. 1 left the car at the railroad crossing and waited for the next, rather than remain in a dark car. This morning, in coming from Hazeiwood, tho car I was on was over one hour reaching tbe city, and when we reached Grant street we were transferred to car No. 9 and kept standing on the track for 20 minutes. A prominent banker of this city was also a pas senger and can corroborate my statement. He was so disgusted that he left the car and walked to his place of business. There is one way for residents along this line to better their condition, and tbat is to use tbe Baltimore and Ohio road until a change has been made. Conductors on this line have to work 12 honrs per day, and if their car is on time are allowed 13 minutes for dinner. No conductor seems to remain with this company more than a week or ten days at a time. Pittsburg, October IL That Carve Problem. To tbe Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Is Saturday's Dispatch appears an article from a correspondent regarding a curve, or rather the rails of a curve, in which be states tbat the outside rail must be the longer of the two, and that tbe outside wheel travels farther and faster than tbe inside wheel. That is a mistake. For example, take a locomotive. In rounding a curve tbe driving-rods are, of course, perfectly straight and cannot bend. They are attached to tbe driving-wheels. The wbeels aro all "keyed" to the anxle, one on either side; tbe axle turns with every revolution of the wheels and tbe driving-rods are the agents than move tbe wheels. Therefore, tbe entire ma chinery thus described, being connected to gether, it is plain to be seen that one wheel turns no more than the other. Under the con ditions named, such a thing is impossible. Locomotive Engineer. Pittsburg, October 11. The Fastest Railway Time. To tbe Editor ol The Dispatch. In reply to tbe question of "3. J." In last Fri day's Dispatch: The fastest time ever made by rail between New York and San Francisco was mado by a special theatrical train, June, 18S6 Time, 3 days, 7 hours. 59 minutes and 16 seconds. In reply to Still Water: The fastest time made by a train was 02 miles in 93 mlnntrs, one mile being made in 45 seconds, on the Phil adelphia and Reading Railroad. D. T. W. altoona, October . Marriage License. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please inform a reader of your paper if a marriage license is required to get married in the State of Ohio; also, bow old a lady must be to cet legally married in Pennsylvania. J. C. KlTTANNING, October 11. Ohio has a license law. She must be 21 in Pennsylvania and 18 in Ohio. Quoted at 35 Cents. To tbe Editor of The Dlsnatch: What, if any, premium is there on a half cent of the year 1805? A. E. H. Allegheny, October IL THE TWO ANGELS. BY JOHN G. WHTTnitB. God called the nearest an eels who dwell with Him above; The tenderest one was Pity, tbe dearest one was Love. "Arise," He said, "my angels! a wall of woe sod sin Steals tbiough tbe gates of heaven, and saddens all within. , "My harps take np tbe mournful strain that from a lost world swells: Tbe smoke of torrent clouds the light and blights the asphodels. "Fly downward to that under world, and on Its souls of pain .Let Lore drop smiles or sunshine, and Pity tears like rain." Two faces bowed before the throne, veiled in their golden hair; Four white wings hastened swiftly down tbe dark abyss of air. The way was strange, the flight was long; at last the augels came Where swung the lost and nether world, red wrapped in rayless flame. There Pity, shuddering, wept; but Love, with faith too strong for rear. Took heart from God's almlgbtlness and smiled a smile of thcer. And lo! that tear of pity quenched the flame whereon it lcll. And, with tbe sunshine or that smile, hope entered' Into hell! Two unveiled faces fall of Joy looked upward to the Throne, Four white wings folded at the feet of Him wbo sat thereon I And deeper than the sound of seas, more toft than falllntr flake. Amidst the hush or wing and song the Voice Eter nal spake: "Welcome, my angels: ye have brought a holier Joy to heaven; Henceforth Its sweetest long shall bethefong of sin forgiven I" CDBI0DS C0NDE5SAT105S. Wanamaker, L T., has a colored lady postmaster. Buck Kilgore's boot is exhibited to ad miring thousands of the International Fair in San Antoma, Tex. There was quite a romantic marriage in Athens between an old gentleman of 65 and a young lady of 16. Vermont had her first snow flurry of the season on Wednesday last At some places a fall of two inches is reported. An Alpena, Mich., woman wheeled her aead baby to a pnotographer's.carried tbe body upstairs and had its picture taken. The best dressed men on the other side are having their trousers cut two inches longer than they have any use for and turning them up. The chime of bells being made in Troy for St Patrick's Cathedral, Now York City, will comprise 15 bells and will weigh in tbe aggregate ou,uw pounds. Young sharks, under the guise of "ten derloin of sole," are exposed for sale In the San Francisco fish market". The inspectors a few aays ago confiscated 700 pounds. The length of telegraph lines in the world at the end of 18S9, it is said, had reached a total of 1,&SO,900 miles, a length sufficient to go round tbe equator almost 70 times. The police force of India numbers 17, 000 superior and subordinate officers and 126,000 constables, not reckoning tbe 17,8b0 police of Upper Barman, and 500,000 village watchmen. A Marcellus, Mich., liar says he dug up a stnmp and found 83 rattlesnake-, in a nest, varying from i to 10 inches in length. Marcel lus is just across the line from local option Van Buren. A man who earns 52,000 a year and is worth S2O.00O sent in an application to the Wilkesbarre Cyclone Fund Committee recentlv for JJO loss caused by a chimney falling on bis kitchen. A contract for a 53,000,000 16-story building, to cover tbe half block bounded by Adams, Dearborn and State streets, Chirago, has just been let out The building is to be a general store. Game is so plenty down in Connecticut tbat the partridges are reported flying into the cities ana roosting on tbe back fence, where they are shot and Toasted for dinner. This sounds more like a fish than a game story. Barbers report that hair-dyeing is going out of style. Many "tonsorial parlors" do not keep the dyes. Gray threads in a yonng man's bead, especially if his occupation can be con strued to be intellectual, are considered dis tingue. In Cincinnati, on Wednesday last, two girls, one of whom was but 11 years old, were arrested for drunkenness: and two boys, ono only 8 years of age, charged with being incor rigible, were taken to the police station, "shackled together with handcuffs." Mackinaw Island, Mich., has somR queer people, Enias Pelotte is 86 years old, was born on the island and has never seen a locomotive or railroad car. Rosa Louislgnaw is also 86 years old and for 60 years never left the island, breaking her record last year. A sentence in Massachusetts in 1663, discovered in a search of old records: Robert Coles find 10 for "abasing himself shamefully with drink," and enjoined to stand with "A Drunkard" in great letters on a white sheet on bis back, "soe longe as tbe Coort thinks meete." At Montrose, while Kelson Hawley was pasturing his cow, she bit off a mouthful of grass and Immediately spitting it out com. inenced coughing. An examination of that throat developed nothing, but lifting the tongue he found a needle had penetrated through and stuck out half an inch above. Engineer Springer, of the Soo Line, killed three deer tbe other night near Glad stone, Mich. His engine was running 35 miles an hour, when a buck and two does stood in the center of the track, fascinated by tbe flash of the headlight It is not unusual to kill a single one, but three at once is a remarkable run. In hotel dining rooms the name of tbe house is frequently seen woven in a circle on table cloths and napkins. For years tbe largo hotels have suffered severely by the loss of linen. Indelible ink was no longer indelible after tho thieves got at it, Tbe device of weav ing tbe name in tbe center of the piece came from Ireland, and is said to be almost certain protection. The death of Register Poydras, a colored man, 103 years old. formerly tbe slave of Julian Poydras, toot place near Port Allen. West Baton Rouzo parish. Louisiana, last week. He was a grown man when Jackson won the batt'e of New Orleans, and "often related tales of Lafitte and the old pirates of the Gulf." It is refreshing to chronicle a new feature about tbe oldest inhabitant. A Holstein ball belonging to Joseph Lippencott, of Woodstown, N. J., is ia an In teresting predicament. Tbe door of an under, ground ice bouse on tbe farm was left open, and In endeavoring to get a better view of the interior, tbe bull slipped and fell 13 feet. As the bull's disposition ha3 not been reposeful m tne past, Mr. Lippencott has de'eided to allow him to remain there indefinitely. He is fed regularly every day. Near Gilford station, on the Staten Island Railroad, there is a peculiar piece of woodland, a spot where the roots of the trees will attach themselves to the trunks at from four to six feet above tbe level of the ground, giving to the stumps an odd, snidery appear ance. The soil of the vicinity is very porous, which lends weight to the opinion that the banyan-like grove has been formed by tbe action of frost and water. Otto Plock, of New York, wbo has a residence near Port Jervis, a few years ago im ported a number of wild Russian swine for his game preserve. Four years ago they escaped from the preserve and have sines-been roaming on the mountains. The other day a party com posed of members of the Hartwood Park Asso ciation, while bnnting In their preserve, en countered a small herd of tbese wild swine and one was shot which weighed 200 pounds. Tbe animals have committed great depredations on the farms. The authorities in Chicago have let a contract for the construction of what is called a "folding bridge" over tbe canal hi Weed street, from Gooso Island to tbe mainland, at a cost of 811.000. The bridge will be built with out a center pier. Each half of the bridge will consist of two sections or folds. When in posi tion for traffic the halves will meet in the cen ter. When boats aro to be let through either or both hMves will fold back upon the ap proaches. The invention Is patented by the manager of a local towing company. The romance of a ring, ending in tidings of along missing son, has come to the surface in Scranton. Ttuth says tbat when City Engineer Blewitt attended the State Fire men's Convention at Chester he met George Sykes, of Swarthmore. Sykes informed him he bad In his possession a ring which Reese F. Davis, formerly of Scranton, bad traded with him just before a battle in West Virginia in 1565, in which Davis was killed, and that he was anxious to communicate with Davis' relatives with a view ot sending the ring to them. A fow days after tbe appearance of this state ment John R. Davis, of Fittston. and William Davis, of Bellevne, father and nephew, called on Blewitt and learned for tbe first time the story of bis son's death. Members of tbe fam ily will visit Swarthmore to see Sykes and get the ring. DOUGHNUTS AND CIDER. He Will you marry me? She playfull"y)-Ab, dearest, what a risk yoa are running. lie I know it but I always was a reckless dog. The Epoch. 3&s Well, by Jove, Jones, how are you? Uow you have chanced! Stranger Bnt my name isn't Jones! Jay What, your name changed, too?-U'osp. "Father," said Willie, "Did Columbns discover the Atlantic Ocean?" "Why, certainly not; what made yoa aaksacb a question?" 'My Joggerfy says he came across It. "Wash ington Post. Little Jiggles Pa, what is a high tariff man? old Jiggles A protectionist, my son. Well, who are the protectionists? Tbe Republicans and tbo ew Tork police. Sttinsi. Professor in Political Science To what party did Grovcr Cleveland owe his election as President of tbe United States. Student To tbe Kepublican party. "What is your authority?" The history of the Civil War. If It hadn't been for the Republican party there would bave been no United States to electa President in 1S-34." Mnghampton Republican, Little Johnny Pa, wasn't Washington the first man to sit In the Presldental chair? Papa He was. "And they call him tbe father o'f bis country, don't they?" , "Yes: that's what tbey call him." "Well, Isn't the grandmother of his country sitting there now?" "Perhaps, my son; perhaps," Sttings,
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