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PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. OCX". 11. lS9a
MUST ME MET ON ITS MERITS.
The extraordinary bill which Mr. William
J. Howard filed in court yesterday against
the city officials and city depositories looks
like the beginning of a bitter and remark
able contest Mr. Howard insists that he
stands only for his rights as a taxpayer
seeking to secure the investment of about
$1,000,000 of the city moneys at interest in
the sinking funds to meet the city debt as
required by law, in place of having them
lying fallow in the banks. On the other
hand, the parties specially attacked insist
that he is acting on behalf of the Pittsburg
Traction Company to impede and embarrass,
and, if possible, prevent the operation of its
competitor, the Duquesne line.
Taking the latter view first, if it be true,
it is well to repeat what The Dispatch
Las heretofore said, that the public welcome
competition. If it get two good roads in
place of one, and facilities for travel multi
plied, it will feel all the more pleased. There
will be soon, it there is not now, business
enough for both to make handsome profits.
Mr. Howard's Lill can therefore gain no
strength from any suspicion which may ex
ist that it is filed in the interests of a railway
monopoly.
But, when this is said, his allegation as to
the financial policy of the city in keeping
large sums of money intended for the sink
ing funds without investment must be met
on their merite. His contention is that over
1,000,000 has accumulated in the deposi
tories because the Finance Committee in
structed the Controller not to invest it at a
rate which would earn less than 3 per
cent. The question that will occur to the
taxpayer is whether it is better to have such
large sums belonging to the sinking fund
moneys earning less than 3J per cent, or earn
ing nothing at all, as it is conceded is now the
case. The point raised in answer to Mr.
Howard, that the city at times borrows
.money from the banks without interest, and
that the large balances which at other times
accumulate in favor of the city, only counter
balance the accommodation, is neither clear
nor convincing. While the sinking fund
purchases went on regularly under Con
troller Morrow's direction, the banks were
well enough satisfied to do the city's busi
ness and glad to get it
As for what may be described as the "per
sonal" part of Mr. Howard's allegations,
they are composed of criticisms of the com
position of the Finance Committee, and of
the private undertakings of the promoters of
the Duquesne Traction road. It is not easy
to see bow Mr. Howard expects the courts to
take cognizance of those. The Councils are
elected by the people; if the quality is poor
it rests with the voters at the election to
change it The transactions of the Traction
people with the banks are private, and, as
long as they are satisfactory to both, are
hardly matter for public criticism, much
less judicial inquiry.
But this very circumstance only makes it
the more imperative that the policy and re
sults of the Finance Committee's financier
ing should be thoroughly and effectively
investigated. If the sinking fund moneys
are not being applied to the best advantage
to the city, there should be an immediate
rectification of methods.
So far as ulterior motives, if any such ex
ist underlie the bill, they maybe dismissed.
So far as the proper manner of discharging
the public business is concerned that part of
the complaint is on its face entirely perti
nent and must be promptly considered. The
public can be trusted to discern between the
two aspects of the case. In a nutshell it is
this: The taxpayersare entitled to as prompt
and beneficial disposition of their funds as if
their business was a private one.
CHICAGO'S VITAL BLUNDER.
It is an ominous feature of the prepara
tions for the World's Fair in Chicago, that,
notwithstanding the decided disposition of
the National Commission to reject the Lake
Front site, the last meeting of the Chicago
Board of Directors voted to exclude any
plan that did not include it In other
words, the dominant interest in the Chicago
management seems determined to have a
certain portion of the Exposition on the
Lake Front, or to have no Exposition at all.
If this action were dictated by any neces
sity of the Exposition it might be regarded
as a division of authority in which the
Chicago body, as the representatives of the
greatest interest, was entitled to respect
But everyone who has considered the sub
ject knows that it is not produced by the
necessity of the Exposition; but is, on the
contrary, against its interests. Abundant
ground for the whole Exposition within a
single enclosure is offered elsewhere.
It has been made clear enough
that to hold cart of the Fair in one locality
and another part in another, will be fo great
a drawback as to practically condemn the
enterprise to failure before it opens. Yet
the Chicago interest vote to override all op
position, no matter how authoritative, with
the declaration that all plans will be re
jected that do not locate the leading features
of the show on that much-fought-over strip
of ground.
It may seem strange that the men who are
most interested in the success of the enter
prise should not be able to look solely to its
advantage; but the inspiring motive in this
action is not the success of the Exposition,
but advantages to be gained thereafter. The
Chicago affection for the Lake Front site is
based upon the perception that if that site is
maintained a large share, if not the majority,
of the money raised by Chicago will be used
in filling up ground that will be added to
the area of the city close to its present busi
ness quarter, and in other improvements
that are desired for the future and local ben
efit ot Chicago. The animus is shown by an
editorial of the Tribune with regard to the
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Art Building, in which it is urged that
after the Fair it can be used half for a pub
lic art pallery and half for a free library,
thus doing away with the necessity of a
separate library building.
If the World's Fair were purely a Chicago
enterprise, the rest of the country would
have little to say, even on actions which
injure it for the sake of local interests. But
the Fair is a national enterprise. National
funds are expected to aid it Congress has
already appropriated 51,500,000, and the
Chicago programme contemplates striking
for still greater aid. Under these circum
stances it would not only be seemly for
Chicago to pay some respect to outside
opinion, but it will be necessary for the
representatives of the United States to put
a sharp check on all such plans. The Na
tional Commission should make it plain
that any plans which divide the Exposition
will be rejected. And it should he made
very clear that Congress will permit no ex
penditure of the national funds in aid of an
enterprise that is conducted with a keener
view to local and selfish interests than to
making a successful Exposition.
The whole nation is anxious to see the
Exposition of 1893 made a brilliant success.
But if the Chicago management continue to
operate it on the plan of using funds in
filling up new territory, and cutting up the
Exposition so that Chicago can get a free
library and art gallery out of it, the country
atlarge will conclude there is little use of
hope for the success of an Exposition oper
ated on those principles.
DEFEATING PROTECTION.
If the statements with regard to the com
bination formed by the manufacturers of
Brussels carpets have any foundation in
truth, they show the necessity of a provision
in the tariff bill, such as The Dispatch
urged, that any industry under the control
of a combination sufficiently powerful to
prevent competition, restrict production and
arbitrarily advance prices, should lose the
benefit of the protective duty.
It is stated ou behalf of this combination
that it is not a "trust" It is only a harm
less "agreement" by which prices are to be
raised 0 cents per yard; and in order
that this end may not be delayed, produc
tion is to be restricted 40 per cent. That is
sufficient to show an attempt to defeat the
public purposes of protection. The duty
was raised for the clearly stated purpose of
securing such competition among domestic
producers as to bring down prices: and the
first step taken by this protected industry is
to organize to prevent and nullify that pur
pose by suspending competition and raising
prices above the level which would be fixed
by domestic competition. But that is not
the only attack on the theories of protection
embodied in this combination. Protection
is for the purpose of affording full employ
ment to American workingmen. That has
been avowed so often that it cannot
be denied withont pulling down the whole
fabric. Yet the effective means adopted by
the Brussels carpet men to attain their end
is to restrict production, and therefore limit
the earnings of ail their operatives 40
per cent Their action cuts both ways. It
seeks to deprive the consumer of the ad
vantage which he is promised by domestic
competition nnder the protective policy; and
it proposes to take away from the working
man 40 per cent of the labor which the
tariff intended to give him. To defeat and
belie the promises of the protective system
in that way is the worst attack that can be
made on the policy.
It is stated that two-thirds of the manu
facturers of Brussels carpets have joined
this combination. If it stops there, the
teeth of the combination will be drawn and
the competition of the other third will make
the combination short-lived. But if the
other third come into the combination, the
members of that industry will have suc
ceeded in nullifying and defeating the fun
damental pledges of the protective policy.
THE OTHEE WAT, HERE.
What appears like a novel complaint to
observers of the ways of justice in this city
comes from New York, to the effect that the
grand jury there is altogether too free in
the matter of finding indictments. A few
days ago that body brought in a bill against
the instructions of the court and the recom
mendation of the District Attorney, and last
week an attorney who had collected $1,000
for a client, deposited the money in bank,
and left the city on business, was indicted
for embezzlement before he could get back
to defend himself. This, as the second case
where indictments have been dismissed, as
the court said, because there was "not the
merest shadow of a reason for finding it,"
moves the New York Tribune to some re
marks on the necessity for greater care in
the selection of grand jurors.
The same necessity has been urged in this
city, but for exactly the opposite reason,
namely, the disposition of grand jurors not
to return bills where the evidence plainly re
quires them to. The difficulty of getting
grand juries to find indictments against
violators of the license law has added gray
hairs to the heads of several of our judges;
while iu a neighboring county the ignoring
of charges of bribery in a case where the re
cipients of the money had made public con
fessions, shows that the disposition not to
bring in indictments, as contrasted with the
New York tendency to fire them off too
freely, is not confined to Allegheny county.
If grand juries continue in one place to
find indictments for which there is no foun
dation, and in others to refuse indictments
where they are plainly required, the grand
jury system is likely to get itself into dis
favor. But it is not certain that there is so
very great a contrast between the New York
grand juries and the "Western Pennsylvania
kind. We have not observed the New York
body blamed for too great promptness in in
dicting illegal liquor sellers.
THE BASEBALL UNION.
The general tendency of opinion in base
ball circles is that the negotiations fornnion
between the contending leagues will restore
the professional baseball business to its
former position of profit and glory. This
includes the assumption that the bad suc
cess of the past season was due to the rivalry
between the organizations. This may be
partially true; bnt we would not advise our
friends of the baseball profession to invest
their money too freely on the presumption
that cutting down the number of clubs will
increase the attendance.
Of course the crucial point, both as to the
failure of last season and the success of next,
is the attendance of the public What glory
is there in a triple play if it can only call
forth the applause of empty benches, and
what profiteth it the Players' League to
knock oat the National organization if both
concerns are equally impoverished? It is
plain that a given attendance, if divided be
tween two clubs, yields less than if it all
went to one; but the trouble with last season
was that the actual g.oss attend
ance at all games was decreased.
To conclude, as baseball opinion seems to,
that the public stayed away from all base
ball games because there were more games
to go to, is to liken the patrons of the
national game to the proverbial donkey
who hesitated so long between two hay
stacks that he did not get any fodder. The
actual fact is that the competition between
rival clubs last season brought out a greater
gross attendance than would have gone to
see one organization; although the division
of the business made the receipts of each
club less than if it had enjoyed the whole of
the reducod patronage.
The real cause of falling' off in attendance
last season is that the baseball fever is
waning; Our friends of that profession
will be discreet to recognize that fact They
will, of course, do better by uniting than to
continue to divide the dwindling receipts.
But the day when the craze for baseball
created the mart in which $10,000 players
were sold like prize trotters, is over. It is
not likely that any one outside of the pro
fessional ranks will go into mourning over
the fact
Wheh it wa3 announced that Chicago
was to have a sixteen-story building; other
cities may havo felt a pang of envy. Bnt the
elevation of the proposed building as pub
lished in a Chicago cotemporary makes it all
right Outsiders will regard it with a feeling
of thankfulness that they aro to ho spared any
such infliction.
Toronto ideas on the subject of drunken
ness are evidently to the effect that there
must not 'ie any harsh interference with the
personal liberties of the subject An able
journal of that city commits itself to the
declaration that "any half-decent drunken man
sbonld ha taken home or given over to his
friends, not put in tho cells." Of course it
follows that a wholly decent drunken man
should be permitted and encouraged to whoop
it np. Of course an indecent drunken man
must be restrained; but Toronto opinion evi
dently leans to the conclusion that no man
who appreciates good red liquor can be
indecent
Some perniciously active New York
newspapers aro rendering it necessary for Mr.
Depew to deny that he is a candidate for
United States Senator. After rejecting the
Presidency and tho Mayoralty, Mr. Depow
ought to be able to decline a commonplace
position like a corporation Senatorsbip.
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CONCERNING that report that the Secre
tary of the Treasury has boycotted the Roach
ship yards, and that, therefore, the English
syndicate which bought that property has been
unable to sell Us stock in London, Mr. .Roach
denies that the Secretary of the Treasury has
boycotted the yards; that tho English syndicate
has found difficulty in selling tne stock; that
the English syndicate has tried to sell any
stock; and finally that the yards have been sold
to an English syndicate or anyone else. In
view of these corrections we are compelled to
regard the report as somewhat inaccurate.
Robert Buchanan, the English dram
atist, recently took one of the Ten Command
ments as the subject for a play. The drama
was a failnre. It seems that the London theater-goers
adopt Senator Ingalls' dogma, and
consider that the Ten Commandments have no
place in the drama.
It is an unexpected outcome of our silver
legislation that the greatest profit from it so
far has been reaped by tho moneyed lepers
excepting, of course, the Congressional syndi
cate which, according to Republican organs,
made a round million. The Hong Kong and
Shanghai Bank, according to latest advices,
bought enough silver in China to make a
proht that sen: its shares up from 25 to 45.
Perhaps it may sooth American susceptibilities
if it should turn out that the profit in this case
went to Englishmen instead of Chinamen;
bat we doubt it.
To the report that 100,000 is the sum
subscribed to help Delamatcr, is added tho re
port that 8100,000 is to be spent in McKinley's
district by the Republican Congressional Com
mittee. The political doctors appear to regard
Jjl00,000as the regulation dose for desperate
cases.
The complaint of that Western young
man who had more money than brains, that he
"spent 50,000 in Now York in a year, and no
one knew he was there," inspires our New
York cotemporaries to construe it as a compli
ment to the size of the city. That is not the
only way of viewing it On the contrary, it
contains the decided suggestion that there are
so many of that class of fools In New York
that one more or less is not noticed.
The Philadelphia Press thinks that while
Western platforms may break down under
Senator Ingalls and President Harrison, tha
Republican platform will always uphold them.
Perhaps the reason for that may be that no
one else will stand on it
The New York Trtiune thinks that the
vilest of metropolitan scoundrels is the typical
dog catcher, who grabs up licensed, as well as
unlicensed dogs, when they have no better pro
tectors than children or young girls. Tho Trib
une has evidently had an unfortunate experi
ence: but it has yet to make acquaintance with
that type of public servant who sows poison in
the front yards or at the back doors of citizens.
Let us hope that all the rain has been
rained for a few days to come, at least
A Chicago cotemporary heads its col
umn of alleged jokes with the words, "In the
Minor Key." As the minor key is especially
expressive of the sentiment of sadness, the ap
propriateness of the heading is plain. The
jokes under it are of tho sort which produce in
the minds of the reader a subdued but pervad
ing tone of moumfulness.
STRICTLY PERSONAL
Mrs. Geobqe B. McCleixan and Miss Mc
Clellan will spend their winter abroad, probably
in Algiers.
Ex-Senator Emery is known among the
Pennsylvania Indians as "Old-Man-Not-Afraid-of-a-Lawscit"
Senator Wade Hampton Is amusing bim
seltoflate catching black bass in tho Shenan
doah, near Fort Kojal.
Speaker Reed's wife was the daughter of
a Congregational minister, and was a school
teacher. Their only child is a 15-year-old girl,
Catherine.
JosEPn J. Don oghue, of Newburg, N. Y.,
the famous skater, sailed for Norway yesterday
with the intention of entering into various
amateur contests abroad.
Zoe Gaytox, a San Francisco woman, is
walking across the continent for a purse of SI
a mile, providing she walks more than 15 miles
a day. She is in Nevada about 100 miles ahead
of time.
Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse, goes so
far as to declare that more than half of the
religions organizations, great or small, are at
present practical contradictions of the "Sermon
on the Mount"
Wiliiak H. English, of Indiana, ex
Governor and ex-candidate for Vice-President,
is writing a history of Hoosierdom, for which
he is now prowling among the records in
Washington.
Miss Katharine Lee Bates, professor of
English literature at Wellesley College, and a
well-known writer of verse, is now taking a
year's rest in Europe, after which she is to
enter on a year's study at Oxford, England.
The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has written as fol
lows to the secretary of the Church of England
Burial, Funeral and Mourning Association:
"I hardly think it can be needful to say that
the expending of money on mere show at
funerals is absurd, unthrifty and even cruel. 1
hopo the common sense of the people will soon
destroy customs which oppress the widow and
fatherless by demanding of them an expendi
ture which they cannot afford,"
Director General Geoeqe R. DAViSrOf
the World's Pair Directory, has retired from
political life. "In justice to me," said Mr.
DaviSjto a recent interviewer, "I think it should
be said that I am going to adhere strictly to my
pledge, made before the National Commis
sioners, to keep politics out of the World's
Fair." Mr. Davis showed a copy of a letter
sent by him recently to Senator Quay, resign
ing from the Republican National Executive
Committee and also as a member of the Repub-1
lican National Committee from Illinois,"
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
The man who stands on his dignity tires all,
who look at him.
Dors change bring absolute rest to all? Un
doubtedly fresh scene is helpful. It breaks the
monotony of life the Ufa visible; changeless.
It brings new sights, bluer or darker skies,
stranger faces, fresher fancies. All these con
tribute toward the relief of the mind, which,
through constant contact, has been rubbed and
re-rubbed by every link in the chain that binds
It to monotonous existence. But do all of us
profit by shifting tho scene, the charm of
change? Hardly all. Tho man ot business
strolling through the splendors of art or nat
ure admires, to be sure, bnt longs for a peep
into his ledger. The speculative man the man
who longs to turn everything into gold stands
upon the shore of the charmlnglake and figures
out how much he could make by placing on its
unruffled bosom a line of excursion steamers.
The mechanical man the man who lives to
overcome Nature's dividing lines by his genius
gazes across the deep passes in the mountain
chain and plans a mighty bridge to span it a
monument to his mighty mind. Tho railroad
engineer looks down to the base of the snow
topped hills and In bin mind's eye sees the
smoko from tho hidden locomotive, then aloft
to watch it mingling with tho mists that shut
out the glittering ice crowns. Tho man of the
pen ho who is mind-sore and brain-fagged
dreams out a romance while seeking solace in
a spot made sacred by olden memories. The
weary artist strolls through inspiring places,
nor rests, nor tires, steallne scraps and longing
for the old studio to place the finished
whole upon the waiting canvas. So It goes.
The brain and tho mind stick m the same old
groove. The life we have lived follows us
everywhere. Spite of will they toil on never
changing, ever treading the old paths. To be
sure some there be who get full rest tho
thought-proof ones. They rest everywhere and
at all times. Change of scene to them Is but a
pastime, a monotony. But the active man the
man who has fought and won, he of the wak
ing mind, the tireless brain, sees the eye-pleasing
pictures through the mist of thought a
mist that gathers and thickens into a veil
which completely obscures and finally obliter
ates the impressions caught in the chase for
change. So we drop back into the old groove.
the old life. AVhen we solve the mystery we
will get perfect rest
Those who laugh right up to the edge of the
grave go to sleep for the last time with a smile
on their face.
The man who kicks an inoffensive dog will
strike a woman.
The Congressional Record contains foot
marks instead of marginal notes.
It's bit or miss with the ball player all the
time.
Y stands for Beach, who took an oath,
Z for Odell, who to speak Is loath;
X stands for Humes, who gave Lew a tip.
The whole solves the puzzle, now let her rip.
Greek roots will not keep a man from
starving.
When you are courting a girl you never ac
cuse her of talking too much.
TnK lake port editors are jumping on the Erie
Canal project. Of course this is what we must
expect Anything that will help Pittsburg at
the cost of those towns will bo ridiculed. Push
tho canal project just the same. Pennsylvania,
aye Pittsnurg alone, is rich enougn to dig the
ditch without asking help from the outside.
It will not cost the European powers any
thing to protest against the tariff. Talk is on
the free list
The woman who can solve some of the pat
tern plates published in the fashion journals
has a great head for puzzles.
Now Brooklyn is going to have a homemade
census. Let's try it here, just for fun.
She can paint she can crochet,
She can parlez vous Francaise,
She can sing like the flute-throated linnet;
She is good at bowls and tennis, -1
But as a cook her name is Dennis,
For I can absolutely state she isn't in it
Fire low. A ricocheting ball hits hard, but
a high one only whizzes overhead and leaves
nothing behind to mark its passage.
October is a raining beauty, to be sure.
Bear in mind the fact that while yon are
pointing out faults in others, some other per
son is engaged in the same work, and you are
the victim.
AS soon as Congress adjourned and base
ball closed the country became aware that it
had a President
Life can be woven to order. The shuttle is
in your own hands.
It's strange how a sly thief can pick a wo
man's pocket after her hnsband wastes an hour
or two vainly trying to find where it is located.
The Rynder labor party does not need a pal
ace car to travel over the State. One seat in a
coach holds the movement and the baggage.
The baseball managers are playing the same
old game.
A physiognomist can analyze a smile. So
can a chemist Both may be found to contain a
snake, too.
Souk of the theatrical companies aro hang
ing on by the bill boards. They will soon break
up.
If you tax yonr energy too much your health
will bo the collector.
There is an hour in childhood days
Which young girls fondly bless;
It's when they tightly pull their stays
And don their first long dress.
THE'first swallow sometimes makes a bum
mer. An American in Germany got into jail
through saying "I sneeze at your Emperor."
William is not to be sneezed at
This is the last week of the Exposition.
Give it a parting crush. Crowds can't hurt it.
If cannibals ever catch a burlesque actress
they will havo to skin her twice.
Smai,jminded people generally shrink out
of sight
A Boston girl has furnished her bald-headed
lover with a wig made from her own hair. She
must feel sure of his love, even if she only
holds it by a hair.
Our imports exceeded our exports about
$5,000,000 last month. Next month the boot
will be on the other foot Tariff will cause the
shift
The Iron men have left Pittsburg, but the
Ironing men have arrived. The laundrymen
have no dirty linen to display. This is where
they differ from the politicians.
Buck Kilgobe'8 boot is on exhibition at a
.Texas fair. It's not often that a Congress
gaiter grows so famous.
Kennedy's "expunged speech" is out in
pamphlet form. It's a sort ot Bob-tale supple
ment to the Congressional Hecord.
The New York papers are still asking, "Did
Keminler suffer?" 'He didn't suffer one-third
as much as his victim nor any moro than he
deserved.
An American lady in London wears her
pearls in a rope around her waist She must be
in peril when on parade. London thieves are
desperate.
IN daylight they. Bay its their dumpling, their
dear,
, Mamma laughs and calls It her joy;
But when papa parades in the nigh( it 'is
clear
That he's not on good terms with his boy.
PEorLE who augur disaster when all is
pleasantness are pessimistic bores. .,
WILUS WK1,E,,
LAST WEEKJ0 VOTE.
Popular Ballots for Exposition Visitors Dur
ing the Last Six Da s.
This is the seventh and last week ot the 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 tho Brunswick-Balk-Collendcr
Billiard Company. All attend
ing the Exposition are requested to vote yes or
no on the topics chosen, registering their votes
in The Dispatch Poll Book, which opens and
closes with the Exposition every day and night.
TUESDAY'S VOTING TOPIC.
Should the City Maintain a Bureau ofjlnforrua
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.
SOCIAL ALLIANCE.
Tho Initial Wedding of the Week That of
Mr. James Wakefield and Miss Anna It
Lowry Some Other Social Events, Past
and Future.
Miss Anna Regis Lowry and Mr. James A.
Wakefield led the grand wedding march for
this week last evening at 8 o'clock. Iu the
presence of a large number of guests in the
spacious drawing room of the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Denholm the ceremony was
performed that usiled these two yotng people,
the significant words being pronounced by the
venerable Rev. Samuel Wakefield, of West
Newton, assisted by Rev. Charles B. Wake
field, of Greenville. Pa., a brother of tho groom.
The bride was radiantly beautilul in white silk,
with white gloves and roses, and with her usual
grace and dignity of carriage took her position
with the manly groom in tho bower of roses
where the ceremony was performed.
The groom, a promising young attorney, is a
son of Hon. David Wakefield and brother of
Attorney Thomas R. Wakefield, of Uniontown,
and of Samuel A. Wakefield, a successful busi
ness man of the same place. To witness the
nuptials came a large number ot former fellow
students of the groom in the Allegheny Col
lege, Meadville members of his chapter of the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity, including Messrs.
Will and Charlie Johnston, ot New Castle, and
W E. Heiser and W. C. Demlng, both of Ken
tucky. The wedding reception which followed the
ceremony was very enjoyable, the various
beautiful apartments of the Denholm home
being fragrant with an abundance of cut flow
ers arranged to delight the eye by Messrs. A.
M. & J. B. Murdoch, and reverberating with
delightful music by Gernert's Orchestra. The
guests numbered about 200 and appeared in
appropriate evening costumes.
The festivities were continued until 11
o'clock, and included an elaborate supper
served by Hagan, alter which Mr. and Sirs.
Wakefield boarded an eastbound train to be
abBent some days in visiting the different
places oi interest, rney received, according to
one of the guests, a "wholo avalanche" of
presents, combining art silver, rare china and
exquisite bric-a-brac, which will brighten up
their new home wonderfully and be continual
reminders of the many friends who presented
them.
MB. KEVIN'S LECTURE.
Talented Musicians Listen to the Illustrated
Talk at Carnegie Hall.
The first of Mr. Ethelbert Nevin's series of
"Nibelungcn Ring" talks, with piano illustra
tions, was given yesterday afternoon in the
lecture room of Carnegi Library building,
AlUgheny, in the presence of a large num
ber of the cultured society people and
talentew. musicians or the city. On account
of the noise from the street and
tho dreary spaciousnes6 of tho hall,
it was difficult to hear and understand
perfectly the words of the speake and to obvi
ate the unpleasant featnrea Mrs. Walter L.
McClintock, of Ridge avenuo, graciously came
to the rescue and tendered the nse of her hand
Bonieidrawing room for the two remaining
lectures of the series.
This afternoon at 4:15 o'clock Mr. Nevln will
speak about and play extracts from "Sieg
fried," the. third of the four music dramas
composing the "Ring." On Wednesday after
noon the subject will be "Die Gotterdaom
mernhg." TO EHTEETAIN THE ENGINEEBS.
Arrangements for a Reception in tho Y. M.
C. A. Building.
The Pennsylvania Railroad department of
thoY. M. C. A. is making great preparations
for the reception which they will tender the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, next
Friday evening, at tho Y. M. C. A. building.
The brotherhood Includes abont 500 represen
tatives, and Is international.
On the occasion of the reception Mr. Thomas
Pitcairn will make an address, as will also Mr.
H. Kirk Porter and Mr. P. M. Arthur, one of
the highest officers of the Brotherhood.
Instrumental and vocal quartets will contribute
tn the evening's pleasure, and Misses Kitty
Hamin and Ruth Reuck, two talented young
elocutionists will render several pleasing selec
tions. A Uniform and Xfaton.
The staff officers of the second brigade will
present J. A. Dixon, the well-known drum
major of the brigade band, with a uniform and
handsome silver-mounted baton this evening.
Mr, Dixon is one of the best-known and pop
ular drum majors in the State.havlngbeen con
nected with tho band for a number of years.
He has filled numerous engagements in the
East, among them being one with the famous
Elgin Watch Company Band at the last Grand
Army Encampment at Boston.
A Banquet for tho Chief.
The employes In the road department of the
B. t O. line will banquet Chief Engineer Man
ning at the Duquesne Saturday evening before
bis departure tor Now York. Mr. Manning
has been ill for several days.
Social Chatter.
The young ladies of the Wilkinsbnrg Re
formed Presbyterian Church are making ex
tensive preparations for an entertainment to
bo given Friday evening at the residence of
Mr. William Price, on South street There
will be music, vocal and instrumental, recita
tions and a well-served supper. Thepro.ceeds
are to be devoted to the tund for the new
church that is to be built next spring if enough
money can be raised for that purpose.
Cards were issued yesterday to tho wedding
of Miss Etta Cochrane and Mr. Samuel Richie,
the Secretary of the New York Life insurance
Company. Tho wedding will be celebrated at
the residence of the bride's parents, on Locust
street, Wednesday evening, and a journey East
will be taken by the newly made bride and
groom, who are extensively known and popular
young people.
Romance again; this time the young
daugnter of Harvey Henderson, Esq., and
Frank H. Bailie, a rate clerk at the Pittsburg
and Lake Erie general freight office, are the
happy ones, and the parents of the young
lady, especially the mother, tho unhappy ones.
The young couple were married in the East
somewhere, and will return to the city shortly.
Mb. and Mrs. Richard B. WAEiNO.of Lon
don, old Pittsburgers, are at present the guests
of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Marsh, at their lovely
home, comer, of Fifth avenue and Halket
street, Oakland, and with a desire to meet and
not miss old friends will be "at home" every
afternoon this week.
A concert and organ recital at the Park
Avenuo Presbyterian Church this evening will
be an enjoyable affair. .
Miss MaME Isihoff, of the East End, will
marry Mr. sFrank Livingston, of Sewickley,
this evening.
THE Abbott-Bearl wedding to-day.
Visitors Found Much to Interest Them.
From the Wheeling Intelligencer.
Tho visiting metallurgists saw in Pittsburg
much to interest them, and 'they have not been
niggardly of their praise. They havo also seen
some things to criticise, and they have made
their comments good naturcdly. They speak
of such waste in our methods of manufacture
as would not be tolerated with them, iron and
steel wasted as though they had no value.
This is perhaps one reason why some manu
facturers prosper, some live from hand to
mouth and some drop out of business, leaving
creditors In mourning.
Stopped by the Rain.
Vice President Georgo Rice, of the Du
auenes Traction road, went East last evening.
He says tho work on the line was stopped yes
terday on account of the rainbujt that the
road will be duiii ana operated.
OPERA AND COMEDY.
Pauline Hall In Amorita My Annt Bridget
Hearts of New York Variety and
Other Amusements.
"Amorita," with Miss Pauline Hall and a
new opera company, were attractive enough to
fill the Grand Opera House to the doors last
night. The warmth of the applauste, and its
continuance throughout the piece, showed
moreover that the opera and those who ren
dered it captured the people. "Amorita" goes
beyond mere popular success; its artistic
claims are more than respectable and no doubt
the musical sldo ot It, which is far more im
portant than most comic operas boast,
will present greater attractions when
orchestra and singers that were strange to
each other last night become better ac
quainted. "Amorita" is the work of Czibulkl.
but much of the version that is given by Miss
Hall's company must be attributed to the tal
ented musician who conducted last night, Mr.
Edgar S. Kelley. Taking it as a whole, "Am
orita" contains more music of positive merit
than is to be found In such works usually.
There aro three or four airs that linger In one's
ears.and the ensembles are noticeably dramatic
The finale of the first act has a fine cumu
lative effect, and that of the second, Mr.
Kelloy's, is very striking. Mis3 Hall's first
song in act 1 to Mr. Kelley's air "Sweet
Memory,' Miss Weldon's entrance song, were
both pretty, and a trio ra the second act, sung
by Miss Hale, Miss Weldon, and Charles H.
Drew "Don't Shout It So!" was the refrain
was remarkable for the orchestration of the
accompaniment as well as the vocal harmony.
In the last act the opening chorus, a serenade,
while very familiar, was well rendered, and tho
duo by Miss Weldon and Mrs. Miller was de
servedly encored. Nearly every number was
redemanded, and the company was recalled at
the close of the first and second act.
"Amorita" is not a comic but a light opera.
The comedy vein In it is slight, and the plot Is
almost tragic in its Italian intensity. What
the plot is need not be related here, but it deals
with one of those intrigues that made Venice's
politics extremely hot in the fifteenth century.
A grand opera could bo built on the story of
"Amorita." Tho title role is taken by Miss
Homie Weldon, who has been seen here
before In extravaganza, but whose voice, a
fine soprano of great power and no little
cultivation, is practically a revelation to
Pittsburgers. Her singing is marked by ex
cellent taste and abstention from merltrlcious
methods. Miss Pauline Hall, very much
slighter in form than she was last year, played
the hero Angelo, and a very Charming boy of
course, she made. She sang and acted with
more spirit and generally good resnlts than wo
ever remember before, and the andlenco en
cored her songs liberally. Though she wore
the advertised $25,000 diamond-studded dress in
the second act; the white open blouse, with a
black cloak lined in flame-crimson, which was
her costume in the first act became her beauty
tar more.
Of the comedians it is more than gallantry
that suggests the mention of Miss Rosa Cook,
the 251 pounds of fomimnity in the role of Per
pelua. Miss Cook was very funny indeed.
Charlie Drew seemed a little distant In the first
act, butin the second act he made the audience
roar for 20 minutes. The comedy element in
"Amorita" is no'.iceably weak, and entirely
wanting for long stretches, but Mr. Drew
really made tho most of all the fun. Mr.
Miller played the tyrant ISombarda as a
serious character, and sacg acceptably
as before noted, but the part iu a comic opera
should be intrusted to a low comedian. There
was nothing striking in the minor characters'
work perhaps the author's fault, for Miss
Rachel Booth used to be a dashing soubrettc.
ana ner sincie opportunity in "Amorita,
brought her an encore. The chorus is very
fair, and last night seemed to possess the un
usual quality of being stronger in men's voices
tnan women's. The orchestra did very well for
the first night and for this and for the general
smoothness and development of the musical
part of the opera credit is duo to the indefati
gable Mr. Kelley. The effect of his direction
was manifest to everyone.
There is just one unfavorable remark to be
made: What necessity is there for allowing
one or two jokes or very doubtful color to mar
so clean and creditable a performance?
The costnmes are very handsome, and the
scenery about as fine as comic opera has ever
had. The street scene, the palace chamber
and the moonlit chapel and city vista are
beautiful nieces of scene naintintr and stairn
effect. The lights in the front of the house.
nowever, snouiu nave neen lowered during tho
last act, to permit the moonlit sky and iand
scaDO to havo been seen to the fullest advant
age. H. J.
The Bijou Theater.
The Bijou was packed last night with the ad
miring friends ot "My Aunt Bridget" The
farce-comedy is just what it was when
last seen here, a good excuse for laugh
ter. There are some new songs and busi
ness, bnt tne honors remain as Defore, with
Messrs. Monroe & Rice, Miss Nellie Rosebnd.
Catherine Linyard and Mabel Fenton, while
the whole company is equal to the emergency
of a farce that consists of variety specialties
strum; together on the slenderest thread of
plot. The piece made a decided bit again, and
the great audience laughed and apnlauded till
tired.
Harris' Theater.
Tho regular patrons of the above popular
house have a treat in store for thenvtbls week.
If there is anything they delight in it is a
lively melodrama, with plenty of thrilling situ
ations, and in "Hearts of New York" they
surely have all of that. Even the patrol
wagon Is there and what vehicle that rattles
along the street ever attracts more attention
than the "hurry-up?" The plot of the play is
an interestinc one, and there is enough of
comedy sprinklod tbroughont to effectually re
lieve the sombcrness of the heavy villains and
their schemes. Miss Earle Remington io the
sounrette, and a quaint one she is. If William
E. Hincs would dispense with a trifle of his
roughness and a few needless but exolosive
expletives his comedy would be improved.
Stanly Macy's unlifelike "shyster" lawyer is
also in need of toning down. Otherwise the
play is well acted and staged, and the accesso
ries are very good.
narry Williams Academy.
Gus Hill's World of Novelties had ;troublo
last evening half filling Grand Central Rink,
and it will be a blessing when Harry Williams
gots back into the Academy. The old barn is
so large that 1,500 hundred people look like a
small crowd and those in the back seats had
considerable trouble seeing, let alone hearing
the performers. Of course the in
terest in the show centered in Gus
Hill and his partner, Charles H. Hoey,
both of whom havo learned several new
tncks in the club-swinging business since the
last appearance of the show here. The balance
of the show is not calculated to set a crowd
wild with enthusiasm, and the juvenile busi
ness is being overdone in this country. Charles
G. Seymour is clever In bis imitations of promi
nent dramatic people, but his jukes could be
dispensed uith as several of them have a large
old-time acquaintanshiu here. Mr. Williams
will open next week in the old place, which
will be In shape for business by next Monday.
Davis' Fifth Avenue Museum.
The best thins at Manager Harry Davis'
house this week is Prof. Burke's team ot per.
forming animals. This includes a goat that
turns somersaults and does many clever tricks,
and a pair of dogs who put on the gloves and
box. The clove fight between the canine Sul
livan and Kllraln is very funny, and the au
dience yesterday went wild over it The Ma
cinleys' donble trapeze act, in which Mile.
Lotta slides irom the ceiling to the stage upon
a slack wire by her teeth: the singing of Miss
Mabel Hudson, not improperly called the
Brooklyn beauty; the De Haas' swinging of
clubs while balanced on rolling skates and sev
eral other good features are to be found in the
theatrical entertainment. The big-headed boy
and a number of other curiosities aro-also on
exhibition.
The World's Museum.
If man is the direct descendant of the ape
tho exhibition of tho three monkeys, father,
mother and infant, at the World's Museum in
Allegheny this week possesses peculiar inter
est Anyhow the family of monkeys is worth
seeing, for it is undeniable that baby monkeys
are very seldom found outside tbeir native
forests, and this baby monkey is decidedly cute.
Moreover it is the first monkey born in Alle
gheny comity. The museum is strong in ani
mal exhibits this week, for besides tho
monkeys thero are alligators, armadilloes and
educated cockatoos. In the theater Miss Daisy
Beverley and an adeanate company appear in
a sensational drama of the most thrilling kind,
called "Silver Bird, the Dead Shot"
Mr. Scott Enjoys an Airing.
From the Erie Dispatch.
Baturday afternoon ex-Congressman William
L. Scott took a carriage and forac hour or moro
rode out in the open air, the first time since bis
illness. He was about his house yesterday,
none tho worse for his out-door exploit, and,
had the weather not been to inclement bo
would have repeated the trip. Dr. Charles
Brandes, the attending physician, and the host
of other friends of Mr. Scott rejoice in the
steady improvement in the health of, our distin
guished citizen.
A Plttsbnrger's Father Dead, ,
rSPECIAUTELEOIIAJI TO THE DtSrATcn.l
1 Titusvim-e, October IS. A. H. Newell,
father-in-law of Daniel O'Day and father ot
John Newell, of Pittsburg, was buried in this
place yesterday. Mr. Newell was 80 years of.
age, ana, was very weu jugq ana respcciea ju
this city.
ii&ii&'aE&jMMi.'i!
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Morganza Defended What Is Needed.
To the Editor of The DKcatcn :
In Sunday's issue yonr editorial reference to
the McNally case does an unintentional in
justice to the Pennsylvania Reform School
located at Morganza. That there aro some
persons so constituted that there is no reforma
tion possible is patent to every intelligent per
son, and at the late convention of the National
Prison Association, held at Cincinnati two
weeks ago, some of the best men in charge of
prison?, of large experience, who at the same
timearedevotingtheirlives to the amelioration
of the condition of prisoners and tbeir ultimate
reformation, openly expressed the idea that
such persons should be imprisoned like con
firmed inebriates or insane people that is, for
indeterminate periods. I have not the records
of the Morganza Institution before mc, but
from what McNally said I should judge that he
was never an inmate of that Institution, bnt of
the old House of Refuge. The government
and methods of the latter were as distinct and
separate from that of the present institution
as the practice of modern medicine is from that
of 50 and more years ago.
The Morganza school system is second to
none in this country, and the records show that
91 per cent, of the boys turn out to be good and
useful men, filling posts of honor as good busi
ness men, ministers of the Gospel, mechanics,
physicians, artisans, etc. For obvious rea
sons these are never heard of, but when one of
the eight out of the hundred turns out bad the
papers are full of his escapades and the public
sneerlngly says "he Is a Morganza graduate."
What I have said has reference only to the
boys. The record for the girls, I am sorry to
say. is bad. The establishment oi a separate
State institution for them 'somewhere in the
center of this Commonwealth, managed by
women entirely, is a necessity.as our President
in his reports for the past ten years has so
clearly shown to tho Legislature.
John N. Neeb.
Allegheny, Pa., October 13.
Idlewood Roads.
To the Editor or The Ulspatcn:
Please allow me a little of yonr space to publish
a grievance that some Inhabitants of Idlewood
have to put up with, especialy those who have
tho misfortune to be compelled daily to walk
up and down the so-called Woodlawn avenue
Early las tfall certain philanthropic parties who
own property long this road, decided to im
prove the grade and make it an avenue worthy
its high sounding name. Although this is a
township road, the work was commenced and
carried on, no doubt, without any regard to the
enhansed valne to adjacent property. It was
no doubt to them a "labor of love." Bnt here
comes the grievance; for over 12 months the
said parties have been working with that
road, torn up the old path and
boardwalk, and men, women and
children who have the need daily
of coming that way, ask.can nothing be done
to compel those people to put the path in the
same good condition as it was before they com
menced to "exalt the valleys and make the
rough places plain?" We want the Supervisor
of Roads to investigate this matter. We pnt
put up with great Inconvenience and discom
fort during the wet weather of last fall and
winter, but we shall not put up with it any
longer. It is a crying shame to those who are
responsible for the neglect 'Tis bad enough
for men, bnt for the women whose duties call
them out daily along this road 'tis simply dis
graceful to leave it in the unfinished condition
it is. Now, Mr. Supervisor, look this matter
up and see that folks do their dutv, or we shall
know tho reason why. Citizen.
Idlewood. October 13.
Referred to the Proper Person.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
As you (like Solomon) are always ready and
willing to answer Intricate problems, here is
one, the answer to which will be a satisfaction
to sundry persons in the neighborhood: What
is the connoctlon between the Pittsburg Fire
Department and the Pittsburg Natltoriam?
The "D. P. S." wagon No. 2 does a great amount
of hauling for the Natltorlum. Who pays for
it? Please answer and relieve our minds.
Mail Boy.
Pare: Place, October 1L
In Charge of the Gas Display.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you oblige me by making a correction in
regard to an item in Saturday's Dispatch?
The gas display at Haye station on Friday
evening, 10th inst, was in charge of George N.
Kerby, assistant superintendent of the Cam
bria company, at Jon ns town, and formerly with
Hunt & Clapp. who was specially invited by
the Executive Commute, through Captain
Hunt, to come down and attend to it.
Homestead. October 13. X.
That Curve Problem.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
There are more linear feet in the outside rail
than the inside. When the outside wheel
strikes the curve the inside wheel is thrown
back and slides. As both wheels are fastened
on to the axle tight it is Impossible for one to
turn taster than the other. H. T.A.
Allegheny, October 11.
Co nsnlt Advertisements in This Issue.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you kindly inform me the name and
address of a respectable employment office
where a young woman would likely meet some
lady from the East End or Oakland, requiring
a children's maid? Stranger.
Pittsburg, October 13.
Who Can Tell?
To the Editor of The Dlsnatch:
To decide a bet please answer through your
colums if the town of Middlesborougb, York
shire, England, as by any act recently passed
become a town and county In itself.
Constant Reader.
Southside, October 13.
To Open School To-Morrow.
The directois of the Blind Institnte met yes
terday afternoon. Superintendent Jacobs was
present, having arrived from Indianapolis. He
stated that the school would open at 9 o'clock
to-morrow morning.
STATE POLITICAL NOTES.
Wheeling News, (Ind): There is a Wolf e
loose In Mr. Quay's sheep-fold.
Altoona Times (Dem.): The Independent
Republicans are supporting Mr. Pattison for
two reasons becauso ho Is competent and be
cause ho is honest.
Wheeling Intelligencer (Rep.): Pennsyl
vania's political pot gets a fresh firing every
day. The Keystone State has not had such a
rumpus as this for many a year. The end of
the battle cannot be seen through the smoke.
McKean county has a normal Republican
majority of about 1,200. A prominent oil pro
ducer from' that county who is now in the city
says that the county will give a Democratic
majority of 500. He claims that over 600 names
have been secured for the Independent Re
publican movement who will voto for Mr.
Patlison, besides nearly 000 who will not sign
the paper but will support the reform can
didate. Harrisburg Patriot (Dem.): Mr. Dela
mater. if he desires to preserve his manhood,
should lose no time -in calling the Allegheny
county man to account His failure to do so
will be an admission of Mr. Rutan's claims and
a practical acknowledgment of the truth of the
charges against him. There Is only one course
open for him, and that Is to prosecute the
author of the letters for libel. It will not do
for him to say that ho cannot obtain Justice.
An assertion of that kind is an admission of
the weakness of his position.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Thomas D. Ward.
The death or Thomas D. Ward at Wilkinsbnrg
yesterday morning was a sad blow to his parents
and caused a shock to hundreds ot people who
knew and esteemed the young man. Three weeks
ago he fell Into a quarry at Brinton and sustained
severe injuries. Ills right leg was shattered at
the knee, and even had he lived he would have
been a cripple Tor life. He suffered Intensely for
the three weeks but early yesterday morning the
blood poisoning thathad set In culminated in an
exhaustion from which ha could not rally. Ue
was In hl twenty-second year.and was very popu
lar In Wllklnsburg and vicinity. HewasabrUht
Dullness mm until his fatal accident. The funeral
will Ute place to-morrow at I P.M. Kev. John
Burnett will conduct the services at the residence
of tho parents of the deceased, on l'enn avenue,
'iho remains will be Interred In Unlondale Ceme
tery. -
Prof. Thorold Rogers.
London, October 13. -James K. Thorold Kogcrs,
professor of political economy at Oxford Univer
sity, died to-day at Oxford. He was an ex-member
ot Parliament for Sonthwarr, and was Took a
professor of economic sciences and statistics at
King's College, London. He was one or the best
known lecturers In England, and was universally
rccoznlzed a one or tho leadlnr authorities .on
economic subjects. His published works on these
themes werr muiiernu and profound. Ills jrreAt
cstwork. and the one which more than any other
esiabllshed his reputation. Is his History or
Agriculture and Prices In England from lSaOto
-ITir If uhuh wna pnmnlled from original and co-
temporaneous records. He .became professor of
is;
toimcai economy at vwsu tu una w vwumw
e was a KadlcaL,
CDRI0DB CONDENSATIONS.
At the end of 1889 Belgium numbered
6,003,738 Inhabitants.
A scientist is said to have discovered
an insect with 11,000 eyes.
Liverpool is 201 miles distant from
London by the shortest railway.
The New York Central Eailroad has 26
women employed as station agents.
The quantitv of coal carbonized per
year In the United Kingdom is 10.600.000 tons.
The Mohommedans of India number
no less than 50,000.000 of Her Majesty's sub
jects. The latest idea in Boston weddings is to
have the pulpit draped to match the bride's
costume.
Berlin drank in 1889 2G9,247,100 quarts
or beer that h about 150 quarts to every man,
woman and child.
Kid, reindeer skin and Russia leather
are much used for trimming ladies' shooting
and travelingdrcsses.
A New York Italian fruit vender has
the following sign displayed over his stand;
"Chois Kallforny Graps."
The wonderfully cosmopolitan city of
New York is said to number 600 native Armen
ians among its population.
In a biographical dictionary of Russian
authors recently issued, 1,000 pages are devoted
to those whose name begin3 with A.
It is stated that the completion of the
Panama Canal will take at least 20 years, and
involve an expenditure of 120,000,000.
Seals have good appetites. It is calcu
lated that JO.00O.0CO pounds of fish a day are re
quired to feed the fnr seals that the United
States want to protect
A lawsuit begun 200 years ago has just
been decided by the Imperial Courts at Leipslc
It was between the city of Lubeck and Meck
lenburg, and concerned the possession of lands
on the river Trave.
Justices of the Peace were first ap
pointed in England by Edward IIL, in the year
1327. and in 13G0-1 they were empowered to try
felonies, while their wages were fixed by
Richard IL in 13S9.
The total number of barrels of beer
brewed in the United Kingdom in the Tear
ending March 31, 1SS9. was 23,611.793. Of these
2.316.082 barrels were brewed in Ireland, and
1,485.709 in Scotland.
The Czar has three sets of police to
watch over him. The Ordinary or Third Sec
tion Police; the Palace Police, under the Con
troller of the Household: and the Private
Bodv Police, whose chief takes his orders from
the Czar in person.
The smallest piece of money in Mon
tana is a "bit." "Two bits" make a quarter,
which purchases a drink of whiskv and a cigar.
Higher wages are paid there for unskilled la
bor than in any other State, butthere is enough
gambling and drinking prevalent to offset the
increase in wages.
There is a married man in Atlanta, Ga.,
who wears eyeglasses with a golden rim. His
wife wears eyeglasses, too, and the two pairs
are iust alike. They are the parents of threo
children, the youngest being ten years of age,
and each of the children is near-sighted. They
wear eyeglasses, too.
The Springfield (Mass.) Union says
that the best and finest silk waterproofs ara
made In Rbodo Island, bnt on account of the
foolishness of American customers they havo
to be sent to London and stamped with an
English trademark and resbipped to this coun
try as English goods.
Brakeman Sam Harris, ot Laramie, was
on the top of a freight car ot a Union Pacific
train running between Wilcox and Rock Creek,
Wyo.. when the top of the car was torn off by a
strong gale. He was sent sailing over trees, as
well as telegraph wires. He was found several
hundred yards away fatally injured.
While swimming in the Marine dock,
St Louis, a few days ago, Richard Jackson felt
a sharp, stinging pain in his leg and thought he
was bitten by a snake. Dressing himself, ho
was on bis way home, when be fell, screaming
in agony. Investigation disclosed that tho
"snake bite" was a two-inch sliver of wood.
A lady returning to her home in Cur
son's Mills. Mass., on Monday, was greatly as
tonished to see a live pickerel weighing about
IX ponnds drop in the road at her feet. Look
ing, she discovered hovering about the spot a
large American eagle, which had evidently se
cured the fish from one of the neighboring"
brooks.
After being lost in the woods, near St
Cloud, Minn., far nine days, little Tommy
O'Rourke was discovered by a searching party.
Ue was nearly famished, and had subsisted en
tirely upon acorns and water. That the child
should have survived is considered little short
of a miracle by those conversant with the cir
cumstances. A man at Toccoa, Ga., has been totally
blind from infancy and has not been educated;
yet, it is claimed, possesses unusual intelligence
and can solve difficult mathematical problems.
"He can tell day from night by the atmosphere
and when traveling can tell when be is passing
objects some distance from the road, such as a
house or tree.
The following conglomerate sign ap
pears, not in a frontier town as might be sup
posed, but over a store in New York City:
"George A. Eavres, dealer In general merchan
dise. Undertaking In all its branches. Em
balming promptly attended to. Lumber, lath,
shingles, clapboards, etc., sawing to order.
Blacksmithing, repairing, wagons of every de
scription." The new automatic machine now used
for stamping in the New York postofflco will
cancel, postmark, count and stack the letters
and postal cards at the rate of about 25,000 per
hour. In two hours and two minutes It can
celed, postmarked, counted and stacked 48,130
letters and postal cards, of which 21,000 were
letters. The machine is driven by an electric
motor, but it can be run with loot power like a
small printing press.
Among the numerous magnetic separ
tors, one of the most remarkable is that for
the extraction of iron from the sea sand. It is"
stated that ordinary sea sand contains from
5 to 7 per cent of iron, enough to give a large
excess over cost of extraction. The machine
consists of a cylinder, whose surrace is com
posed of electro-magnets, revolving on the
inside of an endless canvas belt. The sand is
rt tho hsit. and a soray of water separates
the particles, the iron being retained by the
powerful electro-m?gnets. and carried off on
the belt to a reeeptable at the other end. while
the sand falls into the trough below.
LIVE ENGLISH JOKES.
"Don't you know, prisoner, that it's very
wrong to steal a pig?"
fI do now, your honor. They make such a
row."
"Is your brother still pursuing the law?"
"He was till last spring."
"And now?"
The law Is arter him."
"Mamma, do butlers go to heaven?"
"Yes, darling, ir they are good."
"Oli, I'm so glad, because I was wondering If
Wilkinson wasn't there who would bring up the
coffee."
Old lady (to boy dragging a child along)
Oh. you bad boy, dragging him along like that.
S'posln' you were to kill him?
Bad boj Goon. Don't care. Got another in
doors. Native Yees, zur; this road will take you
to Crimp ton.
Tired Tourist Oh, I'm so Jolly glad: I shall sit
down and be taken, then. I was not aware tha
you had movable roads In this part.
Bloodgood "Well, how did yonr bet with
Miss Soutbmayd come out?
Travis It resulted in a tie.
Bloodgood Why, how could that be?
Travis-I had to marry her.
"Johnny, wouldn't you like to do a doc
tor," said a doctor to'bls son.
'So, father."
'Why not, my son?"
"Why, father, I couldn't even kill a fly.1
Mr. Iratepa Got a terrible slow horse.
Btablckeeper Yes, lust one.
Mr. Iratepa Have him 'round at my house at 10
o'clock to-night. One of my daughters is going
to elope, an' I've got to make a show ot catching
her.
A little Girl remarked to her mamma on
going to. bed: "I am not afraid of the dark."
'No, of course you are not," replied her
mamma.
"I was a little afraid once, though, when I
went Into the pantry to get a tart"
'Whatwere you afraid of?" asked the mamma.
'I was afraid I shouldn't ba able to And the
tarts."
CREMATION 80X0.
Don't lay me on the river bank, amid tha
fragrant flowers.
Or where the grass Is watered by the early sum
mer showers;
But pot mo In the kitchen range, and open wide
the damper,
And tnen my vaporous remains can up the chim
ney scamper.
M( from London Span Xowntt