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MEASURED ON THE STUMP.
Candidate Delamater had no great pres
tige when he was nominated for Governor,
and, as the campaign progresses, he adds
nothing to what lie started with. His
speeches on the stump, when not devoted to
the conjugation of the verb "to lie" in its
different modes and tenses, with Emery, Itu
tan, Dick and X. Y. Z. as the offending
nominatives, have been distinguished
neither for originality, depth nor eloquence.
The burden of this now Jamiliar recital is a
schoolboy reference to the past glory of the
Republican party (which none disputes),
coupled with an assertion of the candidate's
ardent desire to lead the party (which no
one doubts). Of State policy or State meas
ures, Mr. Delamater makes hardly a men
tion. Upon the issue raised as to whether
the Constitution or corporations should be
supreme in Pennsylvania he has nothing to
say. He might, and doubtless would, urge
that this is reallv too simple a question to
answer; but in view of the open destruction
of the South l'enn enterprise by unconstitu
tional methods; of the long delay in giving
lorce to the inhibition of discrimination in
railway rates; of the juggling by which a
revenue bill was "lost" after being passed
at Harrisburg, and of other significant inci
dents that might be cited, it will seem to
the public a very pertinent and pressing
fubject.
Sir. Delamater may be personally amia
ble and make a ratLer agreeable impression
in his band-shaking tours; but that is too
familiar a qualification with candidates to
count for much among those who vote upon
weightier considerations.
The Republican candidate has pitted
against him a man of proved capacity,
trustworthy, and with a record so non-partisan
that it has extorted the most candid
praise from political opponents as well as
friends. Such a candidate as Governor Fat
tison would be a formidable antagonist to
the ablest and strongest man the Republic
ans might have nominated. Leaving out
sight wholly lor the present the adverse
criticisms upon Delamater in regard to
previous matters, it is difficult to see where
or how, since the canvass has opened, he
has given any indications ot special capac
ity or disposition to be of shining service to
the public in the distinguished position to
which be aspires.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL'S VICTORY.
Governor Campbell has brought the Ohio
Legislature to his terms, if the decision of
the Democratic caucuses in House and Sen
ate last night is adnered to. as there is every
reason to believe will be the case. He aimed
to abolish the corrupt Board of Improve
ments and Decennial Board in Cincinnati
and to return the election of their successors
to the people, and to this the Democratic
caucus has agreed. It matters not that to
Governor Campbell and no to the Legisla
ture is to belong the actual power of aboli
tion or that the election of new boards is to
be postponed till Aprii next. Governor
Campbell and all friends of honest city gov
ernment want to turn the rascals out, aud
ihe precise method is a matter of secondary
importance. Cincinnati stands a faircbance
of gettiug some honest city officials, and she
lias Governor Campbell to thank for it
GOOD rOK AMERICAN SOIL.
It is asserted by a good many dealers in
cigars that the vast majority of smokers do
not know the ditierence between Havana to
bacco and the American leaf, be it the pro
duct of Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Caro
lina. The singularly fatuous gentlemen
who are trying to make out that the new
tariff is oppressive because it makes Havana
cigars dearer, are invited to contemplate
this assertion of the cigar dealers. But
smokers are chiefly interested in the evi
dence ol their senses that the cigar manu
factured on American soil is as satisfactory
as the weed that comes from Cuba.
A very profitable result of the increased
tariff on foreign wines is reported from Cal
ifornia. Already the demand tor California
macs is greatly increased and capital is
pouring in lor the operation of new vine
yards. "With regard to our domestic wines
there is not the least doubt that the stand
ard brands are far more wholesome and
palatable than a great deal of the imported
ituff. There is good reason to believe that
Europe sends us more line-sounding names
and gorgeous labels than prime vintages.
OUR XIAl'FIXKsS OFFENDS.
Sydney Webb, who holds a snug office in
the English Civil Service and some polite
socialistic views, has recorded his impres
sions of this country, which he explored in
18S8. He approves of a great many things,
but, strange to say, be singles out for repro
bation "the general content and light-beart-edness
of Americans and their disposition
to think happiness is the end and aim of
life." Mr. Webb thinks we ought to stop
"laughing and smiling and looking pleased
because the public Treasury is full and the
country is bursting with corn and wine and
oil." Perhaps it may gratify "Webb to know
that the plethoric condition of the Treasury
has been relieved. But material prosperity
remains in spite of the politicians, and the
American per will continue to smile in
spite ol Webb
It is not qu clear whether Mr. Webb
speaks in lui instance as a kid-glove
Socialist, as a clerk in the English Treasury
Department, or as a dabbler in journalism,
for his vocations have been various; but
taking it that he is still the Socialist he wag
when be visited Pittsburg to years ago,
perhaps his disapproval of our general con
tent and lightheadedness maybe explained.
It is a failing common to Socialists and
other reformers of the world by patent and
particular methods to depreciate the results
of any other system or scheme of govern-
ment, no .matter how good it may be 3u
fact. The American people have achieved
a high level ot prosperity, culture and free
dom by their own efforts, blessed by the
Deity and assisted by nature. They are
naturally cheerful in the premises and
sanguine as to the future. But they have
done this independently of the two-by-four,
thus-and-so prescription of Dr. Sydney
Webb and his brother Socialists, and there
fore the latter begin to doubt if happiness,
as au end and aim of life, is worth having
it not obtained by the means they have
patented. This ought to make the Amer
ican smile larger, and the American heart
lighter.
PERNICIOUS activity.
The liberality of President Harrison's ad
ministration in permitting, if not inciting,
office holders to assist the politicians of the
party in electioneering work may be proof
of gratitude for his own elevation to tne
office of President, but it is beginning to be
too flagrant to escape the censure of that
large part of the public which believes that
men who are paid from the common treas
ury to attend to the peculiar duties of the
positions they hold should confine them
selves to these functions in place of officially
obtruding in political campaigns.
The instance of Mr. John Jarrett, who,
while holding a Consulship at Birmingham,
is now on the stump iu Pennsylvania and
Ohio, has been the subject of wide and un
favorable comment One of the latest re
marks credited to Mr. Jarrett is that Con
gressman Dalzell, of this county, had better
pass in bis chips, since he has failed to take
the field for Delamater. As this report ap
pears in a Democratic organ, it may be that
the heat of the canvass has exaggerated Jar
rett's words; but the fact remains that his
absence from his post for the purpose of par
tisan work in this country is a commentary
on the tendency of the civil service which
reflects no credit on Mr. Harrison's admin
istration. There is in the Republican party a nu
merous and earnest element to which the
use of Federal patronage to influence elec
tions is thoroughly and rankly objectiona
ble. President Cleveland was severely
scored for permitting even some of his Cabi
net officers to take the stump in the elections
of States where they did not belong. There
should be something like consistency. Peo
ple certainly do not require instructions
from their consular agents as to how they
should vote. Mr. Jarrett might serve his
party best by returning to his post iu Bir
mingham. Jonn Delaney, Receiver of
Public Moneys at Oklahoma, who is also
actively engaged campaigning iu the East
ern part of this State, would also more
adorn his office in the new Territory than
the cause of the administration candidate in
Pennsylvania.
A STRHONG CONTRAST.
Poverty and misery are claiming many
victims in the capitals of the Old World.
Paris stands aghast at an epidemic of sui
cide, the chief cause of which is starvation.
Men, women and children in the gay
French metropolis are destroying themselves
for lack of bread. In London the
machinery of public and private charity
cannot cope with the ever-swelling tide of
pauperism. Labor troubles promise to make
matters still worse iu many parts of England
this winter.
What a contrast to all thii misery in the
Old World is the general prosperity of the
American people. In a spirit ot devout
thanklulness Pittsburg especially, may con
gratulate herself upon the welfare of the
humblest of her citizens. There is work for
everyone who is able and willing nereand at
fair wages, and abundant succor for the
helpless. It was not shown as one of Pitts
burg's sights to our foreign visitors during
their recent sojouru here, but surely the
absence of that abject misery from which
death is the only escape must have impressed
them,
A CONSUL OF SOME ACCOUNT.
It is reported that the Italian Government
has asked for the recall of Mr. Philip Carroll,
United States Consul at Palermo, Sicily.
Mr. Carroll warned American tourists last
summer to beware of brigands in Sicily and
other parts of the Italian Empire, and for
this Italy desires his removal. It is ad
mitted by the Italian officials that highway
men have been unusually numerous even
in the vicinity of large cities, such as Rome
and Florence, and that brigands actually
seized and held for ransom a merchant of
Palermo, but they assert that Mr. Carroll
exaggerated the danger to tourists. It is
quite clear why Mr. Carroll should be re
garded as persona non grata by the Italian
Government American tourists are highly
regarded in Italy by hotel men and shop
keepers, as well as by out-and-out brigands,
and Mr. Carroll's warning doubtless
turned some timid travelers away from
Southern Italy. For Mr. Carroll's
sake it may be desirable to remove bim to
cooler quarters, but the State Department
should see to it that no reflection falls upon
a Consul who has shown such a singular
but correct conception of his duty. Services
such as Mr. Carroll has performed for his
countrymen abroad do more to justify the
maintenance ot the consular system than
barrels of reports aud whole seasons of social
entertainments.
MEANING OF A QUEER ARGUMENT.
Queer argument is not a new thing in the
columns ot corporation organs. It is the
principal mission of such papers to distort
facts and contort reason into strange shapes
and fancies. The plain truth and logical
conclusions drawn from it are most obnox
ious to those who defend monopoly and ex
tortion. A remarkable example of queer argument
has been going the rounds of the Standard
Oil press. Its intention is notplainly stated,
but the evident purport is to prepare the
Ohio oil producer for a drop in the market
price of bis product It also carries the in
timation to the Pennsylvania producer that
a further decline in the price paid for his oil
is among the easy probabilities.
At the outset the statement is made that
"the official figures of the stocks of oil in
the hands of the pipe lines, both in the
Pennsylvania and Ohio fields, show that
the stocks in the tanks of the Buckeye Pipe
Line Comptny increased over 750,000 dur
ing the month, and that more than 20,000,
000 barrels are in the tanks." The next
point is that the Standard has paid pro
ducers 15 cents a barrel more than the spec
ulative market price during the month.
The tankage necessary to hold this surplus,
the pipe lines to collect it and the large ex
penditure involved are dilated upon. In
cidentally the collarless newspaper writers
are accused of lack of appreciation
of this expenditure for the benefit
of legitimate industry and enterprise.
The question is then asked what
other concern than the Standard would or
conld have done that which it has done with
its capital and experience. Uext it points
outthatthougbPennsylvania production has
increased enormously consumption was still
greater, and stocks during the month were
drawn on. Should the Pennsylvania stocks
be annihilated "there is hope that the de
mand for Ohio oil will be stimulated, but
the fact of the present situation is that pres
ent production is amazingly in excess of
consumption."
What the official figures from Pennsyl
vania have to do with the increase of Ohio
stocks is not made clear by any statement
of facts. The whole article, however, makes
it clear that the concern which has absorbed
all the capital and profits of the oil business
proposes, in the light of its experience, to
curtail production by depressing the crude
markets. The dilatation on the enormous
amount of money invested to care for the
surplus is merely ornamental clothing for
the concealed idea.
As a matter of fact the Standard has
never been compelled to make the great in
vestment referred to. Other parties endeav
ored to get a foothold in the Ohio field, will
ing to invest their small capital and gain
experience. The Standard was seeking in
vestment of its profits from pipeage of the
surplus stocks in Pennsylvania, the pipeage
being paid on the delivery of that oil as
stocks were reduced. It was also seeking a
use for empty tankage. So it squeezed out
the other pipe lines and refineries that it
might be the only benefactor of the pro
ducers. All the time the monopoly was accumu
lating its load of Ohio oil, its orcans were
crying down the value of that product that
the Standard might secure the territory as
well as the refining and piping interests of
the field. The price for this oil was 15 cents
a barrel all told. Other refiners began using
the cheap crude extensively, 'and lo 1 the
price was advanced to 37 cents a barrel,
where it has since been held, though the
speculative price has declined far below
that figure. Less than half the 20,000,000
barrels of stocks has cost the Standard over
30 cents a barrel. The other halt cost 15
cents. Having crippled the outside refiners
and invested its surplus profit from Penn
sylvania pipeage, the monopoly is now ready
to squeeze the producer again for what he
has made this year.
Justice Mixleb of the Supreme Court
is not yet in his grave, but Washington is al
ready excited over the question of bis suc
cessor President Harrison's law partner and
Attorney General.Mr. Miller.is not unnaturally
regarded as a likely and strong candidate.
Others mentioned are Judge Gresham and Sec
retary Noble. If the latter wishes to go upon
the Supreme Bench President Harrison may
cive him the prefcrenco over Mr. Miller, but
Judge Gresham is about as likely to accept the
place as Mr. Harrison is to offer It to him. The
past of 1SS8 and the future of 1892 will keep Mr.
Greshamloff the Supreme Bench.
More Parisians decided yesterday that
death was preferable to slow starvation and
other evils of life in the French capital. While
the records of suicide in France are thus swell
ing, the birth rate is falling off in some cities in
a most discouraging way. If these tendencies
are not checked the French nation will soon be
in a bad way.
Down went McCluskey to the bottom of
the Monongahela yesterday, and the little tow
boat by that name seems likely to emulate Mc-
Gmty.
O
While explaining the plans for a tem
porary bridge to lead from Forbes street to
Schenley Park, Chief Bigelow remarks of the
more magnificent and permanent entrance pro.
posed tbat it will be a long while before it is
started and that he may not live to see it fin
ished. We hope Mr. Blgelow's estimate of his
own longevity is insufficient. His work in
negotiating for the park is a monumental
labor which the Pittsburg public will always
appreciate: and everyone will lieartlly wish
that be may be around tor fifty years yot to
enjoy it
The presentation of City Councils' vote
of thanks yesterday gave Mr. Carnegio an!
opportunity to "explain some of his plans for
the library and art gallery which he is present
ing to Pittsburg. It is a noteworthy feature of
Mr. Carnegie's fulfillments that they always
exceed his promises.
The Locomotive Engineers in conven
tion here represent a brainy and substantial
brigade in the great army of railroad men.
We hope that Mr. James H. Tuke's
statement, which the cable brings to TnK Dis
patch to-day, that thero is little likelihood of
a famine in Ireland is correct but we fail tosee
the advisability of withholding succor, as he
suggests, until the wants of tho suffering dis
tricts are exactly ascertained. Dependence
upon the English Government's methods of
relief is dangerous, and it will be more humane
to collect the funds and send them to reliable
distributing agencies as soon as possible. If
the money is not needed it can be returned.
It is well to remember that the London
Times denied the danger of famine in Ireland,
just as it is denyinc It now. in 1848 and 1B79.
Famine followed the denial, and if it had not
been for the timely aid from America, Ireland's
sufferings would have been even moro terrible
than was the case.
TnE Silverman original package case was
argued before the Supreme Court yesterday.
The proceedings were dry all the same.
So Messrs. Dillon aud O'Brien arc laugh
ing at tho Tory donkey in the British Lion's
skin from the fttfe shores of France. They
bad a little more sea voyage than they bar
gained for, but the game was worth the price.
There is nothing to prevent the Irish leaders
from carrying out their original plan to visit
this country, and their romantic adventures will
insure them au extra enthusiastic reception
here.
THE cold wave has Kindly sheered off to tho
northward, and the effect of IU advent has
been to give this region bright, cheery weather.
The indications are that the next cold wave
will be a more serious matter. It will give the
finishing touch to the foliage.
The plan to found a bureau of general
information here finds favor with all our citi
zens. POLITICAL PLEASAHTBIE&
New York World (Dcm.): Mr. Balfour, be
ing in a hole, should take evory precaution
against pulling the hole in after him.
Washington Post (Ind. Rep.): The com
plexion of the next House will depend largely
on the cosmetics used at the ballot box.
Philadelphia tlecord (Dem.): Given an
extra session, and the roof of the Treasury
building would doubtless be appropriated.
Boston Gobe (Dem.): United States Sena
tors want their salaries raited. Wouldn't it be
nice if they all go out on a permanent striker
Baltimore American (Rep.): Politics will
never be entirely reformed until the voice of
conscience is stronger than the eloquence of a
$3 bill.
Minneapolis T ibune (Rep.): The disap
pearance of Dillon and O'Brien is regarded by
the London press as a coup, aud by themselves
as getting out of a coop.
New York Commercial Advertiser (Mug.):
Mr. Porter's hrst remark when bo returns from
abroad will probably be: "Why, bless me, New
York! How you've crown."
Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.): Demo
cratic papers are clamoring for "strong men
for Congress." It may afford them some satis
faction to know that Kilgore expects to, be re
elected. Kennebec Journal (Rep.): A valuable ex
change cites as one of tbe effects of the JIc
Kinley bill that "even pearl collar buttons will
disappear." All of which Is probably true: but
this is nothing new. What is needed is some
measure that will keep collar buttons where
they can be found.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
A good fellow may make a very bad states
man. Flies summer time flies. What are they
here for, where do they come from, where do
they goT Philosophers have moralized over
tliera. poets have -snog ot them, baldbeaded
folk have sworn at them all a waste of words,
poesy and profanity, for they are ever with us.
They must have been created for purpose, of
course, but so far as research goes in the fly
line just what that purpose is no one can posi
tively define. They are a numerous nuisance.
How they do make life lively even for lazy
people, tool Every summer brings them upon
the scene of action, recruited and refreshed
after the winter vacation. And they are every
where. Into tbe cream jug, tho soup tureen,
tho coffee, the bntter, tbe gravy tbey
drop unexpectedly. Traps will not catch
them, snares will not decimate them
perceptibly, and so we suffer and swear not all
of us. of course, but a goodly portion. Great
natural historians say the fly is more of an im
becile than tbe pug dog. Tbey can't be trained
like the lively flea, but they got there just tbe
same. A fly trained to good behavior would in
deed be a curiosity. But tbe housefly, tbe
horsefly, tbe blue-bottle fly and all their numer
ous progeny will keep on tormenting us to tbe
end of our days, bo let us make the best of it.
When tbe fly lights on your ear gently brush it
off. If it sits on your nose blow it away. II It
perches on tbe bare spots above your brow
shake it off. If it gets through the curtains or
the netting around your couch don't go after it
with your pillow. Be coo'. In pursuit. Neither
strategy nor violence will win in the battle with
the flies. Tbey come, they see, they conquer.
And bye and bye they givo yon a rest, you
know. A kind Providence has tempered fly
time to the bared head seemingly, and when
the snow flics the flies don't. Tho first fly. too
is tbe harbinger of spring tbe forerunner of
flowers and bursting bnds, green grass and
sweeter butter. The last fly well, you'll never
live to see it, that's alt
vVno lond and sbrill tbe whistle toots.
As through tho town tbe engine scoots 1
The Engineer.
Who takes delight to down tbe brakes.
And tired traveler rudely shakes ?
Tbe Engineer.
Who boasts of records by the mile,
Nor slows up for a woman's smile ?
The Engineer.
Who faces Death on rail and wave.
And offers life for life to save 1
The Engineer.
Don't run through life so fast that you gasp
for breath. Speed only hastens the coming of
the last gasp.
Wyoming's first Legislature assembles next
month. Then she will pay the penalty ot State
hood. A tree can branch oat in every direction
and prosper, but the average business man
can't.
Some of the snags in tbe river's mouth are
gum trees, and have to bo pulled out.
Soon flres bright will leap in grates.
Soon streams Will be ice-bound;
Soon tbe small boy will pnt on skates.
And ten to one be drowned.
Laughter is ticklish business of course,
but it is contagious. We laugh at a good
laugher as well as a clever joke.
Rev. J. F. Cobe swells tbe Independent
chorus immensely.
Who wouldn't be
A millionaire.
With wealth untold.
With goods tenfold.
With ships on sea;
Without a cars
Except for gold?
I wouldn't be
A millionaire.
With piles of gold.
With wealth tenfold;
For misery
Is everywhere
And Love is sold I
Pittsburg must be prosperous. All the
common drunks caught in tbe police net the
other night had lots of money. Strange how
wealth drags some people into the gutter, isn't
it?
Dynamite can blow up saloons, but it won't
stop drunkenness. Lawlessness will not stop
law-breaking. The sooner Iowa fanatics realize
this fact tbe better.
Has the anti-trust bill been pigoon-holedT It
was passed by Congress, but the trusts are mul
tiplying right along.
French armor platers are looking for a site
in America. These are the sightseers Pittsburg
should welcome. If wo had a corps ot bustlers
on the lookout for this class, more smokestacks
wonld point heavenward here.
Now safes can be opened witbout stealing
the combination, using a jimmy and drill, or
wasting powder. If the genius of wicked men
was diverted into useful channels wondors
would accumulate faster.
The earth is gay arid you aro sad;
Why sorrow when tbe world is glad?
Sunshino should dry your tears.
Seek not for trouble anywhere,
Nor banish Joy to borrow Care
And grief-bestrew the years.
Drink of the cup which Pleasure presses.
Live to love what Nature blesses;
Laughter always woe suppresses,
Hope will drown your fears.
Uneasy lies the heaa that beads a ticket.
The hay palace attraction at an Illinois fair
is filled with hayseeds daily. A coal palace at
Pittsburg would please minors as well as
adults.
The tariff bill is in force, but tho Irco trade
editors don't seem to think so.
Anything for a sensation. The wife of
Jack McAuliffe dies suddenly. Jack has a bad
record. Police arrest bim on suspicion. He is
called a murderer. New York space writers
and sensationalists see a chance to make a stir.
Big "write up." Papers sell like hot cakes.
Autopsy. Verdict of doctors, death from nat
ural causes. Sensation spoilod. A bad man
made worse. This is pernicious activity.
THE winter's near.
And gas grows dear.
As moro is piped to range and heater;
Bills would be lower
If it traveled slower
From the main thro' the tell-tale meter.
Delanet, receiver of public moneys In
Oklahoma, is now receiver of funds for tho
Delamater campaign. A public office is a
political trust nowadays.
General Apatht seems to be conducting
the campaign for the g. o. p. in the grand old
State of Allegheny.
Canadian saw logs are coming over the bor
der. Canada has taken off the export duty
and tbey can be imported with profit. Whines
will go up from the Michigan pines.
TnE sweetest things carry a sting. Take the
honey bee, for Instance.
Odd notions some folk have 'bout public
morals
In this progressive age.
Tbe men who In the prize ring settled qnarrels
Now elevate the stage.
A Christmas box from Slugger Sullivan
would not be relished by any person.
There's lots of fun on tap in the world, and
you don't have to hunt tor it with a bung
starter, either.
A New York woman furgishes love letters
at Jl apiece. Breach of promise and illvorco
salts come higher.
A whisky bottle would be harmless if tbe
cork was never pulled.
Dullness on the Oil Exchange does not In
dicate business stagnation. When men haven't
time to gamble legitimate trade is flourishing.
If animals could vote the Schenley Park zoo
would bo a monster menagerie.
Willie Winkle.
BUSINESS AND SIGHTSEEING.
Proceedings of the Loyal legion at the Con
vention in St Louis.
ST. LOUIS, October 15 The convention of
the Loyal Legion was called to order by ex
President Hayes. After roll call tbe com
mander, Hayn Chief, very briefly opened the
proceedings and a report was read, showing
that there are 18 commanderies in this country,
with a membership of about 8,000. Applica
tions for membership were then considered.
The question of tbe eligibility of various com
manderies was referred to committees, who
will report this afternoon, when the applica
tion of the now State of Washington will be
considered and acted upon. At noon the Con
vention adjuumed to reconvene at 3 o'clock.
Tbo afternoon session was occupied in con
sidering the eligibility of applicants to mem
bership and matters of a purely routine nature.
At 4 o'clock tbe convention had completed its
business and adjourned sine die. The re
mainder of tbo afternoon was spent by the
members In driving about tho city in carriages.
This evening the delegates were entertained
at a reception givpn in their honor by At. anil
Mrs. R. O. Kenns at their residence. 36 Vande
venter place. To-morrow they will visit the
Merchants' Exchange in the morning and tho
Exposition in tbe afternoon, and in the even
ing a banquet will be tendered them at tbe
Llndell Hotel.
12? MEHOEY OF FREEDOM'S DAY.
Colored Feople Celebrate tho Anniversary
of tho Emancipation Proclamation.
Richmond. October 15. The colored people
of Richmond to-day celebrated tbe tnonty
soventh anniveisary ot tbe signing of the
Emancipation Proclamation by President
Lincoln by public exercises at the Exposition
grounds. Governor McKinney, who bad been
invited to attend and deliver an address, wrote:
"That you shonld rejoice on tbe day from
which you date your freedom and celebrate it
in a proper manner, is right and natural, hco
to it that each day's proceedings are character
ized by good order and dignity becoming so
Important a period in the history of your raco
and our common country, that nothing may oc
cur to mar the pleasure of the occasion or
jusuiy narsn criticism ot your conduct."
PEBSOHAL GOSSIP.
The Empress of Austria is simply Mrs.
Nicholson when she Is traveling.
The Kev. Dr. Stifler, of Detroit, has read
"Paradise Lost" 21 times, and isn't stifled et.
There is a growing feeling in New York that
Cbauncey M. Depow will succed Mr. Evarts in
the United States Senate.
A relative of Compt de Paris, Frank de
Verne, descended from a noble family, is in
jail in New York for larceny.
The Democratic nominee forSupenntendent
of Schools in Chicago is a woman, and a pretty
one, too Mrs. James A. Mulligan.
Henry George says that after all ho and
Depew stand on a common level each basbeen
wofully beaten for Major of New York.
M. Eiffel, of tower fame, has invented a
military bridge composed wholly of pieces of
steel, which can be easily taken apart and put
together.
The Compto de Paris has expressed himself
as very much impressed with the mint julip
with which in Richmond he was thrown in di
rect contact.
Governor Campbell, of Ohio, made a bad
break the other day while visiting the State
Prison. Asked to address the prisoners he be
gan: "lam glad to see so many here."
among the guests at tne Burham Industrial
Farm, near Springfield, Mass., last week was
ex-President Rutherford B. Haj es. On going
going away, he wrote in tho visitors' book,
"The greatest thing in the world is here."
The lato DionBoucicault ouce walked into a
house and asked for a certain brand of cham
paign. Ho was told that the brand in question
was not imported for the American market and
that if he wanted any It would have to be
brought over especially for him, and tbat they
woold not bring over less than 100 cases. Tbe
100 cases ot wine would cost something like
$3,000. He ordered the wine.
CONSTANTINE BUCKLEY KILGORE, the
famous Congressional kicker, . has bristling
gray hair, a well-tf nnmed gray mustache and
clear gray eyes. He is six feet tall, as straight
as a ramrod and has the physique of John L.
Sullivan. Buck, as he is familiarly called in
the House, was a gallant Confederate soldier.
He has superior skill as a horseman. He
wears a huge sombrero, and frequently In
dulges in equestrian feats.
Robert Peterson Kennedy, author of
the celebrated expunged speech against Sen
ator Quay, is 50 years old, is of medium height
and strong physique. Ho has snapping eyes,
dark hair and a close cropped beard. He en
tered the Union army as a private and came
out of it as a brigadior general. He was once
Lieutonant Governor of the Buckeye State.
While presiding in tbe State Senate bo is
credited with deciding that 17 members were a
quorum of 36.
General Sherman was largely responsi
ble for the feeling that obtained for a long
while in the army against newspaper cor
respondents. General McClelland always wel
comed them. Burnside was as gallant and
courtly a man in his tent as in bis home in
Washington. Grant for a long time was
averse to entertaining correspondents, but his
rare common sense came to his relief, and un
der his proper, legitimate and absolutely wel
come restrictions, correspondents found them
selves always at home where Grant was in com
mand. THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE.
Opening of the Western Pennsylvania. Insti
tute for the Blind.
Tho Western Pennsylvania Institute for tho
Blind was opened yesterday under circum
stances the most favorable. Five pupils pre
sented themselves to enter tbe school and there
were present Prof, and Mrs. H. B. Jacobs,
Colonel W. A Herron aud wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Wood, ot New York, and quito a number of
other visitors. Tho real work begins to-day as
yesterday tbe time was taken up in giving in
formation as to tbo proposed methods of teach
ing. It is tbe intention to make courses of in
struction of pupils literary, musical and manual
training.
The temporary building for the Institution
has been neatly fixed up and tho promoters
look for a prosperous beginning. Everything
tbat bas oeen purchased bas been with a view
to using it In the proposed new building. At
present tho institute can accommodate 75
pupils.
CANADA TAKES IT HABD.
She Doesn't Relish McKlnley's Bill and
Threatens Retaliation.
Ottawa, October 15. There appears to
have been, as if by mutual understanding, a
general attack with threats of retaliation
against the United States upon tbe part of tbe
conservative press of Canada, all along the
line. The Government press of the Dominion
is slow to take any Important steps where tbe
policy of tbe administration is concerned, ex
cept under instruction from Ottawa, and it is
generally believed that tbe mandate has gone
forth to prepare the people of Canada for such
a remodeling of the Dominion tariff during tbo
approaching session of Parliament as will meet
the McKinley bill on its own ground.
Tho Halirax Mail, the organ of Hon. Charles
Topper, Minister of Marine, has taken a very
decided stand, characterizing the McKinley
bill as"an act of war on tho British Empire.
CABMELTIE NUNS CELEBBATE.
The Centennial of tho rounding of the Order
In America.
Baltimore, October 15. The Carmcllto
Nuns to-day celebrated the centennial of the
establishment of the Carmelite order in this
country. By special indulgences from Rome,
sent at the request of Cardinal Gibbons, the
nuns were allowed to depart somewhat from
tbe reeular routine convent life.
pontifical high mast was celebrated in the
chapel of tbe convent by Cardinal Gibbons, A
large number of clergy and laity were present.
Tbe chapel was beautifully decorated. The
sermon was delivered by Rev. Charles Cnrrier,
of Boston.
Hon. John Van Valkenburg.
jtort Madison, Ia., October 13. -Hon. John
Van VaUcnbnrg,of the firm orVan VaUenbnrR &
Hamilton, and Past Supreme Chancellor of the
Knights or Pvthlas. died at 4:S) this afternoon.
lho funeral will be announced hereafter,
MEAGER DONATIONS
To the Children's Temporary Home at the
Annual Reception Several Pretty
Weddings Too Far Away to Call Newsy
Gossip From Social Circles.
Some evil influence affected the donations at
the Children's Temporary Home and Day
Nursery, on Washington street, yesterday, the
day of the annual donation and reception, and
at a late hour in the afternoon tbe supplies of
groceries and provisions wherewith the tiny in
mates of the home are to bo provided for dur
ing tbe coming winter were lamentably
scarce, but perfectly.undifferent to the dismal
prospect were tbe littlo ones down in tbe
nursery who comprise at present the family
over which with such kindly and effectlvo
solicitudo Miss Bullock;presides. Tbe home
was in its usual stato of perfection for the
annual reception, the rooms, each and all,
were models of neatness and tho
numerou' little cots in which repose tho
members of tho household wero verv inviting
in their purity. One was especially attractive,
for underneath the snowy spread, with closed
eyes and a peaceful expression on its dear little
face in spite of tho weo small fist that was
doubled up as if for pugilistic action, was
"Baby." the youngest of the family, whose
slumbers were not disturbed by tho tip-toeing
visitors or by the fact that its mother was in
thn hospital and its father behind the bars.
Quito a number of visitors called during tbe
afternoon and evening and were ushered into
the cosy dining room, where, over the delicious
refreshments served by the ladles, greetings
were exchanged and social chitchat indulged
in. Creating more than ordinary interest and
receiving an unusuil amount of at
tention were Mrs. Richard Warlncr. who
is in the city from her home in Enrope,
and Mrs. Josiab Cohen who bas but recently
returned from Eurooe and who was accom-
Sanied by her venerable and learned father,
.abbi Nannlnn. Iiotli of these ladles are in
cluded in the list of managers of the home, and
though living at present In the Old Country,
Mrs. Warinir does not ion-fit tli nppilv llttln
ones who arouseefher interest when Pittsburg
claimed her as its own. Another visitor re
ceiving distinguished attentions was Mrs.
Cams, of Sbiiusctown,wbo;takes charge of the
fresh air children of Allegheny during the
summer and who performed similar services
for the little ones from tho Washington street
home for several years.
The officers and managers of tbe home,
nearly all of whom wero present yesterdav, are:
President, Mrs. W. A. Herron; Vice Presi
dents, Mrs. L. M. Harding, Mrs. Thomas
Ewing; Treasurer, William R. Thompson; Sec
retary. Mrs. S. E. Lippincott; Managers, Mes
dames W. A. Herron, Wm. Thaw. L, M. Hard
ing. Charle Zuz. D. A. Stewart. Wm. H. House.
Anna E. V. Dnff, J. T. McElroy, Thomas
Ewing, A. W. Rook, William H. Ewing, Archi
bald McBride, Simuel McKee, John Dnnlap,
W. P. Shinn, Richard Waring, Frederick
McKee, William Frank, John Artnurs, Henry
W. Williams, Josiah Cohen, Margaret M.
Armor, Frank Smith, David Reed. J. J. Speck,
J. B. D. Meeds, J. W. Paul. John Bower, S. E.
Lippincott. George T. McCoy, Charles L Wade,
John B. Dunlevy, W. C. Moreland, and Misics
Mary Semple, Jane W. Magee and Annie Will
iams. WITH HEB UNCLE'S BENEDICTION
Miss Etta Cochrane is United in Marriage to
Mr. Samuel Ritchie.
"1 pronounce you man and wife," said Rev.
R. S. B. Cochrane last evening in concluding
tbe wedding ceremony of his niece, Miss Etta
Cochrane, and Mr. Samuel Richie, which oc
curred at the reslcenco of the bride's parents
on Locust street. Allegheny, and which was
witnessed by a number of the more inti
mate friends of tbe bride and groom.
The bride, who Is a jonng lady of
marked intellectuality and beauty, belonging
to a wealthy and prosperous family.was for her
wedding attired in a lovely costume of white
silk elaborately trimmed with exquisite lace
and carried white roses. Unattended she and
her handsome groom entered tbe parlor where
tbe assembled guests awaited their advent and
where the interesting ceremony was performed.
A reception followed, and congratulations
both personal and by telegram were showered
upon the young couple, who departed for an
Eastern wedding trip on a late train. On their
return they will occupy a charming borne in
Hazelwood, which at the present time is near
ing a state of completion, and which has re
quired so many consultations of its future oc
cupants during its building.
AMID MANY PBLENDS.
Marriage of Miss Ella BIcComb to Mr.
Seward II. Augustine.
Tho wedding of Miss Ella McCorab and Mr.
Seward H. Augustine was celebrated last even
ing at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. B. Ertzman. in Hazelwood. Tho
ceremony was performed;in tho presence of a
large number of gnests, many of whom had
known the charming bride from childhood, and
all of whom united in wisbhig her a long life of
happiness with tbo wortby gentleman she bas
chosen as her protector.
Mr. and Mrs. Ertzman aro formerly of the
Southside where Miss McComb was for several
years a popular and loved teacher in the public
schools. Mr. Augustine is equally well and
favorably known and the wedding of the two
young people will be a matter of interest to a
large circle of friends. '
Selecting a Meeting Place.
Rev. John S. Mclntosb, D. D., the eminent
Philadelphia divine, President of the Scotch
Irish Association, was In the city yesterday,
the guest of Colonel J. W. Ecbols, on business
relating to the next meeting of the Association
which will be in one of three cities. San Fran
cisco, Lnuisvilio or Atlanta. The induce
ments offered by each being so great tbat it is
with difficulty that a decision will be made. A
meeting of the Executive Committee in Phil
adelphia the first of the week will decide the
location.
Too Far South to Call.
'I wonld like to call, but really it's too far
South," said a gentleman yesterday, when ho
received the marriage announcement card of
Miss Garnet G. Robinson and Mr. Edward D.
Rei, with the "at home. Lake View, Bir
mingham, Ala.." down in one corner. The wed
ding occurred on October 9. at the borne of
Miss Robinson, in Allegheny, and many of tbe
friends ot the young lady are invited by her
cards to visit ner in ner ooutnern nome.
Social Chatter.
The third recital of tho delightful series of
the Wagner compositions was given yesterday
afternoon by Mr. Ethclbert Novin before an
enthusiastic class at the residence of Mrs. Mc
Clintock, Ridge avenue.
Hon. Clarence Burleigh will address
tho Valley Forge Council No. 3G1, Jr. O. U. A.
M., on "The History of Our Council," at their
entertainment this evening.
Miss Louisa J. Gruber, of Oil City, became
the bride of Mr. H. H. Marshall, a son of Mr.
Hawdon Marshall, engineer of the Court
House, last evening.
The Nevin-Standish wedding this evening
will call out all of tho Sewickley Valley society
people and many from the city.
The wedding of Miss Tillie Williams, of
Rochester, Pa., to Mr. Emmet W. Power took
place last evening.
Miss Lillian Hoao, one of the Grant
school teachers, will wed to-day Mr. Eiseman,
of Alleutown.
In Wilkinsburg to-day Miss Josephine How
ard and Mr. William G. Stewart, Esq., will be
come one.
Miss Minnie L. Myers and Mr. J. L. Chap
man will plight their troth this evening.
The reception to-day at the Young Men's
Free Reading Room on Beaver avenuo.
The Odd Fellows' entertainment at Turner
Hall, Southside, this evening.
The Andcrson-Sloano wedding to-night.
THE CONVENTION CLOSED.
Officers Elected by the Western Pennsyl
vania Missionary Society.
Routine business was the order of the day's
work of tho Western Pennsylvania Missionary
Society yesterday at the meeting in the Hazel
wood Church. Reports were read by delegates
from the East End, Beaver Falls Mansfield,
Greensburg, Uuiontown and McKeesport,
where new churches had been established dur
ing the past year. The reports were uniformly
encouraging, and is evidence that tho work is
being conducted with enthusiasm.
At the afternoon session officers were elected
as follows: President, Robert S. Latimer,
Pittsburg: Vice President. Joseph McCune.
Braodock: Recording Secretary. H. K. Pendle
ton, Pittsburg: Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
M. Speer: Treasurer, John Kirkpatrick, Alle
gheny. Over SLOCK) wan pledged by the dele
gates to carry on the work.
The evening was devoted to religions exer
cises, conducted by Rev. J. F. Sloan, after
which the convention adjourned.
SHE BAN SMOOTHLY.
The Gunboat Concord Makes Her Last Trial
Trip Satisfactorily.
CHESTrn, October 15. Tho gunboat Concord
made her last official trip to-day.lcavlng Roche's
shipyard a; 9:30. Winety-slx miles were made
in three hours and ten minutes. Everything
worked smoothly.
Tbe Concord Is about completed and will bo
reported to the Navy Department in a lew
days, when the official trip will bt made.
EXTEA SESSION PB0SPECTS.
The Solution of the Question Dependent on
Election Results.
irilOM A STAFT COnnZSrONDEXT.I
Washington, October 15. Speaking of ex
tra session prospects.a Republican politician.an
old timer, said to-day that in his opinion tho
whole matter depended upon the way the cat
jumps in tbe November elections.
"If," said he, "Republican success is assured
in the coming Republican Congressional elec
tions and they will retain control of tho Lower
House, there will be no necessity for an extra
session, but if It becomes apparent that tbo
Democrats will have a majority in tbe next
House I believe an extra session will be at once
called. Every day that can possibly he used
for legislative purposes right up to the 4th of
March will be required to put through the
many and various party measures which tbe
Republicans will want to place upon the statute
books while tbey still control all the branches
of the Federal Government. Besides tbe force
bill, there Is the reapportionment bill, tbe
steamship subsidy bill, the shipping bill and
many other thlncs which would not be so press
ing if the Republicans felt sure of securing the
next House. The regular appropriation bills
necessarily occupy a good portion of the regu
lar short session, so you see tbe demand thero
will be upon all the available time between No
vember C and March 4 if tbe Republicans lose
the day."
"There is one other reason," he continued,
"why there should be a demand among a num
ber of tho members for an extra session, and
that is the fact that each one of them would bo
entitled to double mileage. Tbe item ot mile
age to the majority of the members is quite a
considerable one. They would get ten cents a
mile for coming to the extra session, and with
out any further traveling they would receive
the same amount at tbe beginning of tbe regu
lar session. This double mileage would amount
to a good many hundred dollars to nearly every
one of the members, and to the far Western
men it would run up into tbe thousands for
each one. all clear gain. If the Republicans
fail to win in the coming elections you may ex
pect ts see tbe demands for an extra session
suddenly become very vigorous indeed, and this
talk which now comes in a spasmodic fashion
will then resolve itself into an organized co
ercion of the President."
F0BTUNES QUICKLY MADE.
Some Tall Stories of Remunerative Invest
ments in Real Estate.
From the Harrisburg Telcxraph. J
A man came into the editorial room to-day
and broke everybody up with this story: Sev
eral years ago a paymaster In tbe United States
Army invested $600 in a piece of ground in
Spokane Falls. Tbe other day he sold it for
!5i,000. The excitement that greeted this story
bad scarcely died away, and the boys in tbe
room were fanning each other and cutting each
other's hair to cool their skulls, when another
man came in and told this story: In 1882 a Penn
sylvanian went to Denver, and when he landed
he had enough to bpy a tent and a few mining
tools. He went prospecting, made alittle money
and then went back to Denver and bousht real
estate. To-day he is worth 14,000,000. Tbe only
sound that greeted this story was a succession
of dull thuds as men dropped to the floor. There
was a hiatns o" half an hour, when another man
came in and said he had just heard of a young
man in one of the mushroom towns of Virginia
who invested a little money in real estate right
after breakfast, and when he sat down to din
ner bad cleaned up 51,000 on Ms purchase.
There are three balf-crazy men in this office.
Wbenerer a man comes into tbe editorial room
hois asked before be gets warm: "How much "I
did the fellow make?" Then he tells his little
story and goes out, leaving the boys just aspoor
as ever.
UNITED IN FBLENDSHLP.
Western Pennsylvania Men Organize and
Will Work for Princeton.
rSTICTJU, TELEGRAM TO THE MSFATClI.t
Princeton, October 15. Last night a larze
number of men from Western Pennsylvania
met and organized a Western Pennsylvania
Club. Constitution and by-laws were adopted
and the following officers elected: President,
George R. Wallace, of Bellevue; Vice Presi
dent, Lawrence CJ. Woods, of Sewickley, Cor
responding Secretary. Charles R. Campbell, of
Derry: Treasurer. Rlcbard Coulter, Greens
burg: Recording Secretary. Ogden M Edwards,
Jr.. Pittsbure; Directors, William J. Reid. Jr..
and W. M. Kennedy, Pittsburg. The club will
have a membership of about SO men. Its object
is to cultivate friendship among Western Penn
sylvania men and work up the Interests of
Princeton in that district. Copies of the uni
versity publications will bo placed on file in tbe
various preparatory schools and information
fnrnisbed to anyone desiring It. A spectal
effort will be made to make tbings pleasant for
new men coming to Princeton from that section.
An annual banquet will be held in the spring.
The Princeton Alumni Association, of Pitts
burg, is one of the strongest in the country,
and tbrouch its co-operation the growing
Princeton seDtiment of Western Pennsylvania
will doubtless be greatly fostered. If the en
thusiasm and stirring speeches of last night's
meeting is any criterion Western Pennsyl
vania may expect a vigorous onslaught by the
wearers of tbe orange and black.
THEATBICAL NOTES.
Mr. Roland Reed, who has been meeting
with great success throughout tbe country in
his capital rendition of Samuel Bundy, the ec
centric old bachelor in the lato David D.
Loyd's comedy. "Tho Woman Hater," will be
gin bis engagement at tbe Grand Opera House
next Monday evening. Both the play and Mr.
Reed met with much favor here last season.
Tbe sale of seats opens this morning.
The last week of the Exposition has broucht
great crowds to Pittsburg, and in a measure
this accounts for the wonderful business done
by tbe theaters this week. Every seat in tbe
Opera House has been sold for Pauline Hall's
"Amorita" so far, and standing room has been
scarce at the Bijou, where "My Aunt Bridget"
reigns. Tho other houses have sbared tho
same good fortune.
That ever popular spectacle, "Around tbo
World in Eighty Days," returns with all sorts
of new trimmings at the Klralfys' hands next
week at the Bijou Theater. The emphasis of
the advertising has fallen upon a flne elephant
tbat plays a leading part in the Indian scene,
but ballets and scenery of rare beauty aro
promised also. Tho sale of seats begins to-day.
TnE (production of "Erminie" at the Grand
Opera House on Friday night will be notable
for the audience at all events. The bouse is
virtually sold out for tbat night.
POLITICAL P0LNTEBS.
THE Harrisburg Patriot estimates the num
ber of Republicans who will vote against Dela
mater at 50,000.
Washington Post (Rep.): The Pennsyl
vania campaign is fairly sizzling. The stump
speeches sound very much like police court
oratory.
Harrisburg Patriot (Dem.): Since the
identity of Senator Emery's "X. Y. Z," has be
come kpown, the silenco of the Republican
organs on the subjects is painful to contem
plate. Lancaster Intelligencer (Dem).: If Dela
mater fails to demand the publication of his
letters, which Rutan claims to hold as evidence
against him, he must either prosecute his ac
cuser or become a political corpse.
Philadelphia Times (Dem.): There is
general silence along the Delamater line about
Rutan's letter. If only Delamater had studied
silence before the letter was provoked, it wonld
have been very much better; but now what?
The Democratic candidate for State Senator
In the Twenty-fourth district tried to nave a
Chinaman naturalized at Bloomsburgthe other
day. And now a lot of Democrats in Columbia
county swear tbey won't vote for the candi
date. Harrisburg Call (Rep.): The Democratic
cause must Indeed bo desperate, to compel Mr.
Wallace to saenfleo himself. His presence
with the electioneering party will be painful to
Pattison himself, if, as his friends claim, he is a
man ot sensibility; while the tour will be one
continuous huniilation to Mr. Wallace's prond
spirit. Trnly, misery and poiitics make strange
bed-fellows.
Philadelphia Record (Dem.): A unique
feature of tho Democratic campaign in Penn
sylvania is In confining tbe discussion of the
State issues to homo speakers who thoroughly
understand them. The Quay campaign man
agers, on the other hand, find it necessary to
import orators for the purpose of diverting the
public mind from tho State issues involved In
tbe campaign.
Altoona Times (Dem.): As was to have
been expected. Mr. Delamater failed to give
bis andionce any reason why he should bo
elected to tbe high position of Governor. The
pitiful parade of onthusiasm deceived nobody,
and it bas left no impression favorable to tbe
Quay forces. If anything, Delamater's causa
Is weaker in Altoona than it was 21 hours ago.
We think Delamater is beaten,
CURREKT C0NDENSATI05S.
Love letters at SI apiece are advertised
by a New York lady.
A 16-year-oM canary bird in Ellington,
Conn., sing? as sneetly as ever.
In St. Louis there are no basements used
03 stores, restaurants or saloons.
One tree in the Sierra Nevadas meas
ures 12)Jfeetin circumference.
New towns are springing up in Mary
land and growing like Jonah's gourd.
Over G,000 men in the United States)
struck during the month of September.
The China Sea and the Bay of Fundy
arc tho two roughest seas in the world.
New England, as well as Ireland, will
suffer from a potato famine this winter.
A Georgia farmer bas bought only 53
cents worth of meat during 25 years of house
keeping. France will initiate Russia and Ger
many in tho use of carrier pigeons for military
purposes.
A Presque Isle, Ga., young man dug on
a wager 53 barrels of potatoes in ten hours, one)
day this season.
A bill to forbid and punish the making
of caricatures ha3 been introduced in the Ver
mont Legislature.
It is now asserted that President Harri
son cannot attend the Emancipation celebra
tion at Richmond.
Hosea Brown, of Linn county, Ore.,
aged 102 years, and a veteran of 181 bas just
been awarded a pension of 40 a monta.
An association of Philadelphia house
wives will abolish kitchens in their homes and
start a co-operative central cooking house.
Babies are now very scarce in France.
One may pass a hundred houses witbout find
ing a cradle in it. Such a country is doomed.
Relic sellers at Gettysburg are said to
import wacon loads of junk from Southern bat
tle fields and sell them for Gettysburg battla
relics.
An Indian paper, the Pipe of Peace,
says that an effort will be made to vote thd
Sioux by wholesale at the North Dakota capi
tal election.
The winning candidate for Clerk in a)
Kentucky county died just before the polls;
closed on election day. His competitor now
claims the office.
During a colored revival meeting at
Baltimore last Sunday night a colored female
exhorter suddenly fell back and expired in a fit
of religious f erver.
A Pacific coast man brought to Astoria
tho other day 250 pounds of beeswax. It is re4
ported to have come from a ship which was
wrecked 100 years ago.
A dog in Trenton, N. J., minus as
owner, lodges in a car barn. He boards street
cars regularly to and from bis meals, which ha
picks up at the market.
An Austrian has invented an instru
ment, resembling a piano in appearance, which,
contains six violins, two violas and two violin
cellos, and 13 manipulated by a key-board.
A drunken man in East Providence, R.
L, fell asleep in the gutter and snored so loudly
that be was arrested and fined, not only for
drunkenness, but also for disturbing tbe peace.
A young locomotive engineer on tha
Southern Pactflc Railroad is the son of a mill'
ionaire of Terre Haute, Ind. Tbe son volun
tarily chose bis present life on accountof a
quarrel with his father. The family is trying
to Induce him to return.
A Morgantown young lady thought sha
bad found the long-looked-for man under the
bed a few days ago. bnt after arousing tbe
whole neighborhood sho found tbe supposed
man was nothing bat a pair of boots and a gum
coat.
Now that the Louisiana lottery can no
longer use tbe mails, they propose to utilize tha
express companies in distributing advertising;
matter. Even in that case they will be check
mated, as the law forbids private companies lo
carry postal matter.
A man died in St. Paul the other day,
leaving a fortune of $1,000,000. Tho will di
rected its division among his wife and children,
except one waywardson, who is 550.000 in debt.
The beneficiaries destroyed tbe will, allowing
tbe yonng man to receive his share of the prop
erty.
Mr. McMeans, of Santa Rosa, CaI.,ownS
a horse tbat deserves a gold medal. One day
last week tbe animal escaped from the barn
yard and made its way to the orchard. Hero
be nrocecded to eat apples from, the nearest
tree, and after It had eaten.all within ifc roach,
the beast turned around and kicked tbe tree
repeatedly, bringing down a shower of tbo
luscious fruit.
No objection was made to the marriaso
ot a young Louisville couple; yet, for the sako
of romance, tbey executed a sensational elope
ment. They met by appointment at 3 o'clock in
tbe morning, and boarded a locomotive for a
country town. Thero they routed a justice out
of bed In tbe small hours, and were quickly
made one. They then returned to the city,
where the bride roused ber parents and intro
duced her new husband.
A Chattanooga lawyer has peculiar
views of tbe duties of policemen. He wrote to
Cincinnati for informatien about his missing
son. He wants tbe policeman tbat finds him
to obtain for him a sitnation in some lawyer's
office, tbe boy being a good stenographer. Tho
salary must not be less than S10 a week. More
than that, tbe officer is to see tbat the boy pays
bis board and behaves himself, and is then to
report tbe lad's progress to his father.
Four years ago,MissLena Woodard.liv
lng on Thorn Creek, Wash., sowed tho seed
from one head of barley. She harvested tho
crop with a pair of shears, and sowed tho
amount received the next year, again harvest
ing it with her shears. The third crop her
father cut with a grass scythe, getting enough
barley from this crop to sow 40 acre4 last
spriug, which averaged 40 bushels to tbe
aero when threshed, making a total yield of
1,600 bushel3 from one head of barley in four
years.
Krupp.the maker of great guns.has just
given to tho Emperor and Crown Prince a can
non each. The Emperor's present is elabor
ately decorated with military designs, and Is
considered byKrnpp to be the finest bit of
workmanship ever turned ont from his
foundry. Although supposed to be but a mini
ature coist gun, it weighs 4,000 pounds. Tha
Cronn Prince, the Emperor has said, will bo
taugbt to load and unload his new cannon
within two or three years.
A California civil engineer visited To
ledo in 1SS4 and fell victim to a remarkable con
spiracy, in which his present wife, her mother
and a pbjsician combined to entrap bim into
matrimony. Ho was informed the young lady,
who was very 111, loved bim passionately, and
would not recover health unless he married her.
After tbe wedding he discovered shewasa
hopeless paralytic. He continued to bo faith
ful to her until thij year, when he discovered
she did not love him, but married really to show
tbe man she really adored tbat she could get a
husband. The victim now sues for a divorce.
A Bangor, Me., electrician thinks that
the wire running under tbe electric railway
track is unnecessary. He believes that tbe
rails are sufficient conductors for the ground
current On tbe other band the men who have
worked on the road are very confident tbac
this wire is indispensable. It is connected
caret ally with every rail and a sure circuit thus
secured. Should any rail be skipped it would
be known as a "dead rail." The copper wire
tbat is used in this work is qnlte expensive and
bas formedan lmportantltein in tbe cost of the
road.
QUIPS AND QUIRKS.
The fish that has felt a hook knows the
danger or taking snap Judgment. Kelt) Orleans
Picayune.
There is nothing remarkable in the an
nouncement that Stephen II. Tynr, the onca
popular New Yort p-istor. Is doing an excellent
life Insurance business la Paris, from Are Insur
ance to life Insurance is but a single step. Jf in
ncapolis Tribune.
Guest You call this hotel "The Amer
ican Endc,' but The American Toucan1 would
be a more appropriate name.
landlady Why so. sir?
Unest Because the toucan has tbe largest bill
of all known birds. Light.
A story which goes to show that the little
girl spoken of, and who doesn't live many miles
from this city, thought more of eating than tun
baby. Is, tbat when she heard that there had been
an addition to the family, exclaimed, with a sigh,
that "now we will have to cut tbe pic In six
pieces! Bangor Whig.
He was the picture of a nan who had
gotten tho worst of It In the encounter with
fortune.
I'll net." s.ild the man to whom be applied for
alms, 'that you hare been to lall."
Yes," was the reply, "lots of times."
It must be a horrible thing to think of."
Well," he responded with a meditative air,
some of these people do ran tbetr jails mighty
careless," Washing ton Post,
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