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All double and triple cumber copies ot The Dispatch icqulre a 2-ccnt stamp to insure prompt delivery. PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. OCf. 19. 1S90. THE VALUE OF UNITY. Nothing breeds success like success. Our people have been shown what can be done by a long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together. Annual Expositions for Pittsburg have passed out oi the range of experiment and are fixed facts for the fnture. The beginning has only been seen, hut the lesson is important. When other large enterprises calling for co-operatiye cflort and capital come to be broached, we will not be so apt to sec chronic objectors throwing up their hands and crying "im possible," or "no use." That state of mind is passing away hereabouts. "We have to thank the public-spirited and active citU zens who solved the Exposition problem for doing a great deal to disseminate the new doctrine of help and co-operation. CALLING TOR INVESTIGATION. There is much ground for satisfaction in the report from Meadville, published in the Delamater organs last week, that Senator Delaraater demanded from the organization of Odd Fellows in that place an investiga tion of the assertion that he charged an Odd Fellows excursion more than the usual ex cursion rates over a local railroad which he operates. It is also pleasant to note that the investigation fully cleared Mr. Delamater on that particular indictment. The satisfactory feature of the matter is that it indicates a gratifying though rather tardy perception on Sir. Delamater's part that the way in which to meet charges against his record in public affairs is to call lor investigation before a tribunal that is able to give an authoritative verdict. This particular charge was a trivial one; a mere appeal to class feelings; but, since Mr. Delamater desired an investigation, the Odd Fellows' organization was the one to appeal to. The charge that he has violated the laws of the State in his public capacity as office holder and candi date for office is a far graver one; and a judicial investigation is the only one that can be authoritative. Of course, since Mr. Delamater has commenced calling for investigation by competent tribunals, he will, though the time is very late, strain every effort to bring these far more vital charges to an issue soon enough to let the official testimony be made public before the election. To call for investigation of a petty thing like this, and to take refuge in general denial of specific charges affecting his action as a pnblic man, would be so suicidal for a Gubernatorial candidate that Senator Dela mater may possibly even yet bring Senator Finery before the courts. THE DUTY OF SOCIETY. An interesting experiment in the way of lurnishiug labor for people out of employ ment is reviewed by an article on the "Ger man Labor Colonies" in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. The German labor colonies arc established by a charitable or jjanization, founded by a clergyman named IlodeUchuingh eight years ago. Twenty one of them have been located in various parts of the empire, all but one of them be ing in the wilder agricultural sections. Men also, for lack of better work, obtain admis sion to them, work at tilling the ground, the reclamation of waste land, forest culture and the trades necessary to supply the wants of the colonies. For two weeks their work is only paid by their board and lodging, after whieh they are paid small wages, con siderably below the current pay; but suffi cient to permit most of the men to have a small sum to their credit when they leave the colonies. The results of this experiment are not very clear; but it is alleged that it has materially diminished vagrancy and mendi cancy in the localities where these colonies have been established. It takes away the ptetext of the begging tramp that he can not obtain employment, by offering him a means of earning his living; and if such a wanderer refuses the employment offered to him he can be turned over to the authori ties. The plan, though evidently incomplete, has a foundation of strength in its recogni tion of the duty of society ta organize practical means of recognizing that it owes every man a living. If it is socialism to assert that, it is a class of socialism that has been fully established in the poor laws of EDgland and America for many years; hut the trouble is that the discharge of the debt is generally incomplete and careless. Society owes every man the opportunity to earn a living; and every man owes to society the earning of that living when he has the opportunity. A fully organized and perfectly administered plan of securing the discharge of these mutual obliga tions when the natural opportunities are rendered unequal by social restrictions, would include a feature like these German labor colonies; but it would include far more. It would provide for those who are destitute but incapable of helping themselves, like children or decrepit persons, care in asylums free from any con nection with vicious pauperism. It would give to honest workmen unable to obtain employment either work on such a plan as the one referred to, or a transfer to places where their labor would meet the ordinary demand. Finally it would provide that persistent tramps and mendicants should be set to work, whether they will or no. It is clear that each of these classes should be kept wholly distinct. The labor of men honestly seeking employment should be recognized as voluntary; that of the crimi nal and vicious class would by their re fusal of such labor be forced from them. For the employment of the first class these labor colonies present a valuable suggestion. For the second what work can he more con stantly needed or more clearly within the province of Government than the construc tion of solid and enduring highways, of which this county is now almost destitute. THE EXPOSITION'S SUCCESS. The second exhibition of the Pittsburg Exposition Society closed last night after a season which has surpassed in success the gratifying results of the first year. From our local reports, it will he seen that, not withstanding the duration of phenomenally unfavorable weather, the attendance this year is over 100,000 in excess of last season, while the net receipts will show a similar enlargement. It is asserted that these re sults are the best ever attained by any Exposition which represents only a single city. This experience shows the predictions that, after the novelty of opening new buildings had passed away, the attendance and interest would diminish, to have been wholly unfounded, the contrary, is proved. So long as the Exposition contiuues to be a representative one of the interests of Pitts burg and to intelligently hold out induce ments to the public patronage, its success will enhance. The more the public knows of such an Exposition the greater will be the attendance. The management of the Exposition Society have kept this fact in view and the results referred to show the correctness of their policy. It is not to be asserted that our Exposi tion is yet all that it might be. There are many directions in which its attractions and usefulness might be extended. A decided indication of one of the most important re spects in which its features could be en hanced is given by the fact that among those which attracted most attention during the recent Exposition were the practical illus trations of Pittsburg's industries. The making of glass, and last year the exhib.tion of nail machines, together with kindred ex hibits of the operations of industry, have always proved the center of attraction. This js a clear demonstration that every such illustration of Pittsburg's industrial operations will increase the success of the exhibition and secure large advantages to the exhibitors. Various reasons exist why the Exposition has not gone farther than it has in this di rection, and the most conclusive of them are entirely outside of the society'smanagement. Many of our manufacturers have so far failed to perceive the importance of bring ing themselves and their products to the public notice, by these methods'. The old feeling is still prevalent among this class, that they can make iron, glass or steel, and let the world come to them in search of those staples. The glass firms who made their in teresting furnace one of the features of the late exhibition, showed that the idea of go ing alter trade is taking root, and made a remarkably good illustration of what can be done in that line. When all our manufact uring firms perceive that every such suc cessful effort to bring their industry into public notice pays for itself fifty or a hun dred fold, the Exposition will become an epitome ot Pittsburg and its fame may be made to spread beyond the limits of the nation. Another restriction to the workof expand ing this enterprise to its full possibilities is the lack of floor space and need of new buildings. The entire space was taken up long before the last Exposition, and the ap plicants who were turned away would have made any ordinary exhibition by them selves. Here is a matter which calls for the action of the business men and capital of Pittsburg. The enterprise has progressed far beyond the experimental point where its success is doubtful. "With the benefits of the Exposition demonstrated and the power to multiply its usefulness shown beyond dispute, Pittsburg should he prompt to furnish the capital necessary to give all the buildings that are required. The plan of improving every opportunity to spread the fame and increase the reputa tion of Pittsburg's industries, is taking root in the public mind, as was well shown by The Dispatch's prize essays on that sub ject. One of the surest means of aiding that work is to push the Exposition to its highest limit of usefulness. TWO REPUBLICAN MEETINGS. The Republicans of Pittsburg and Alle gheny City were very busy last night. At Lafayette Hall they gave ex-Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., a rousing reception, and at Carnegie Hall they made Mr. McKinley feel that they appreciated the father of the tariff bill. The speeches at both meetings were of deep interest, and they were received enthusiastically. Senator Emery went over the old charges against Mr. Delamater, adding nothing of importance except a letter from ex-Senator Humes completely refuting the allegation of Odell that he had been offered money to testify against the Republican candidate. The Lafayette Hall meeting was chiefly significant because it consisted almost entirely of Kepublicans. Mr. McKinley in his turn stuck very close to the National policy of the Republican party, and very eloquent and forcible were his arguments for protection and the party's great principles. His advocacy oi the State ticket was confined to an indorsement of the minor candidates, and it is remarkable that Mr. Delamater was not once mentioned by him. Mr. McKinley has doubtless discov ered that however Republicans may doubt the importance or desirability of Mr. Dela mater's election, they are all strongly and unanimously in favor of Mr. McKinley's re-election in Ohio; and we may add that not a few Democrats are sensible of the ad vantages of the tariff for which Mr. McKin ley made such a plucky fight, and desire hii success. FASHION'S GRACIOUS REFORM. Masculine humanity will present its sin- Lcere gratitude and profound homage to femi nine lasnion tor the latest and most cnarm ing production of millinery, in the form of those lovely little bonnets which the ladies are wearing this season. This complimen tary and admiring frame of mind is justified not only by the tasteful and elegant char acter of the head-dress and the artistic method in which it sets off the beauties of the face beneath it, but by the additional fact that it affords the long-suffering theater goers an opportunity to see what is going on on the stage. -For many years masculine humanity has endured, not exactly in silence, but as best it could, the affliction of being compelled to get what enjoyment it might out, of the drama as shut off by a screen of imposing and by no means transparent struct ures mounted on the feminine head. To the complaints that these prod ucts of millinery destroyed the enjoy ment of the public the charming but illogical sex opposed a disdainful silence. To the argument that such lofty head-dresses, while attractive on the streets, were out of place in the theater, the same scornful refusal of notice was accorded. The male portion of the theater-going pub lic had given up in despair, and concluded that its better half was superior alike to reason and ridicule; and when the attempt to reform the vexatious custom had been en tirely abandpned, the gracious and capri cious fashion turns about and bestows on us the complete remedy. "The new bonnets are equally charming in design and captivating in their loveliness. The male portion bow down before their wearers and celebrate their taste and beauty at every occasion when it enjoys what was ones a lost sight, the view of the stage. The only alloy to the gratitude and approval which tbeater-goers will accord to the wearers of these delightful little bonnets is the fear that by another season the caprice of fashion and the sex will turn once more in the direction of towering headgear. A suit for libel againsta religious journal is rather an odd thing, as the wicked secular press has heretofore been the only element that would be thought liable to offend inthat direction; but the prompt action of Manager Williams against the United Presbyterian for $50,000 damages for slanderingbis theater seems to show that accidents will occur in the columns of even the best regulated journals. The occasion seems an eminently tit one for medita tion and prayer in the sanctum of oar esteemed cotemporary, which has heretofore been piously given to violent denunciation of the alleged sensationalism of the unholy secular press. The report that Huntington and Stan ford are lighting each other for the political control of California, indicates that there are prosperons times and easy money ahead for the wire-pullers and wheel-horses of the Golden Gate. The way in which Chairman Andrews meets the challenge for a joint discussion by promptly running under cover and thence shooting back that Paulson has let the bad Democrats abuse Delamater, and there is no issue anyhow, reveals a unique way of con ducting that "aggressive campaign." We con clude that the Republican management regard it as abuse for their opponents to claim that candidates and corporations ought to obey the Constitntion and the laws. It certainly is an issue which they are careful not to discuss. The result of one of the German Em peror's reforms that has appeared in the de parture of Johann Most from this country, will tend to make the yonng Emperor extremely popular in the United States. "Our esteemed cotemporary, Judge, must be getting hard up for illustrations or it would not devote a page at this late day to a cartoon representinc Chicago people as still wrangling about the World's Fair," remarks the Chicago Iribune. Yes, but if the cartoon had repre sented the enthusiasm with which Chicago in sists on the wrong site and omits to put up the rest of that $10,000,000, it would have been open to the charge of twitting on facts. Boston Aldermen have giyen a cogent and decisive proof that they cannst stand the indecent drama. The public will ba glad to learn that thoro is something too strong tor those municipal magnates. The theory of the New Orleans mob that because certain Italians have committed a deliberate murder, therefore all Italians must be lynched, is not logical, but it is a fair ex ample of mob reasoning. Perhaps New Orleans will learn the lesson seme time or other that the law must punish guilty people and that mobs must not commit murder any more than other people. The policy of dignified silence may be carried to an extreme degree; bnt Colonel Elliott F. Sbepard's Republican friends are unanimous in recommending that be shall try it tor all that it is worth. The Republican organs in various parts of the country are informing Indiana that she should not kick about Federal taxation, for she gets 2,000,000 more out of the United States Treasury than she puts In. If politics is noth ing but a grab game, this onght to satisfy In diana; but it cives the other States a reason to kick. Mb. RlCHABD Ceoker is quoted as as serting that Tammany is making no deals this year. Mr. Uroker rivals Fletcher, of Saltown, in not caring who deals so long as he is able to stack the cards. The assetion is made by the Atlanta Constitution that "statistics show that 5,000.000 young men in this country never go to church." It would be interesting to learn what depart ment of the Census Bureau took the statistics. If the aesertion is true it seems equally dis creditable to the young men and the churches. The statement that a farmer was robbed recently of $4,785 is disquieting to the Louisville Couricr-Jourial. It is contrary to its political faith to believe that a farmer could have so much money. It is not yet clear whether the tariff on hemp will impose a grievious burden on the necktie surprise parties of the Far West; but some of our cotemporaries of that region are evidently under the impression that it weighs down that institution of the boundless prairies for the benefit of Eastern monopolists. Now the report is taking a fresh start that Mr. Depewis a candidate for United States Senator on the platform of opposition to labor trusts only. It is noted from Maine that Congressman Boutelle's paper has not been jumping on Blaine or the Maine Senators lately. There is room for the suspicion that the Congressman's mind has grasped the'fact that the Reed side of the fight is not getting hold of any more patronage in the scrimmage. The hotel-keepers of Syracuse will prob ably adopt Ingalls, to the effect that the build ing of fireproof hotels is an iridescent dream. Me. Frank Lawles's descent from a Congressional position to be candidate for Sheriff makes him the latest example of the class who serve tho dear people for tue profits as well as the honor. The Sheriff's office Law ler is after is a fat one ot $50,000 per year. A Difference in Crimes. From the New York Press.! And now the World yawps because the War Department put on mourning for ex-Secrotary Belknap. It did not yawp when the Interior Department, nnder Cleveland andLamar, put on mourning for Jacob Thompson, who was guilty of treason. The World? criminal code and calendar must be a curiosity of literature. Caution Horn of Experience. From the Chicago MalL It is said that "Quay bas taken the helm in Pennsylvania." If the Keystone State is wise she will profit by past experience and keep the rest of the ship under lock and key. THE TOPICAL TAbKER. THE MONGO. 'TBI: American had tried several times to en gage the only other occupant of the com partment in conversation, but the latter, an elderly German, although ne in his brief re plies showed a good knowledge of English, was taciturn and went back to his book with a grunt after evory interruption. As the train sped on its way toward Berlin the silence be came more and more oppressive to the Amer ican. He came from a part of the United States where to hold one's toncue is almost as deadly as to hold one's breath, Boston. Six hours of silence were ahead of him unless he did all the talking. He noticed on the scat beside his fellow traveler an oddly shaped box, with what seemed to bo holes punched in the top. This might be used to break the ice he thongbt, and he said in the most polite way he could com pass: "Excuse-me, sir, bat might I be allowed to ask what you have in that box?" "A ilongo," was the gruff reply. "A Mongol Pray, what is a Mongol" ''It's a wild beast lives on snakes my brother's ill dreams about snakes I'm taking the Mongo down there to eat them!" "Bat, my dear sir, the snakes your brother dreams about are not real!" "Neither is the Mongol" HE GOT THE WINE. Pittsburqer in California wroto to a bachelor friend at home the other day A describing the vineyards he had seen and the wino he had sampled. He wound uo with this sentence: "I wish I could, as some doctors say they can do, 'treat you by mail.' " To this the dry wag replied: "What's the matter with your attending to my 'case' by express?" WHY THE RAZOR NEVER SLIPPED. ,YOCR beard is a leetle stubborn," said the barber, as the victim squirmed in the chair, ''but I'm like the Denver man I never stop at trifles." Whenever a barber makes an allusion like this it is the victim's business to say as this one did: "Who was the Denver man 7" "He was a barber in Denver when it was a lively place full of money, miners and music," said the barber, "and a big fellow came into his place one day and slammed around and broke a cuspidor or two and at last fell into a chair and told the barber to hurry up an' ebavo him. The big man pulled out a big seven-shooter and laid it on the table in front of him, and when old Jim that's the barber began to stir the lather the ugly custo mer said: "See here, Jim, blank blank you you've hacked an' tore an' scraped this citizen enough. He ain't coin' to stand it no more. You shave me without dra win' blood or I'll put a bullet through yer head an' a half dozen more through yer mis'rable carcass, blank you !" "OldJimwasa root sort of a feller even in them days he's doad now and whether he's cool I dunno an' ho looked his man over he knew him well and a tough 'un he was and said cheerfully, 'All right,' and began honing his razor. The feller's face was about as smooth as a shingled roof, and broken out in spots. Still old Jim sailed in an' slid 'round pimples and over raw places and never raised a pin's head of blood anywheres. Every time Jim 'd stop the big brute would reach fer his gnn and look it over and try the trigger gently. But it didn't phaze Jim worth a cent. He gave the feller a darlin' or a clean shave and all in no more than the usual time. As Jim wiped off his face ho said: "Well, you're a nervy blank blank cuss." " 'How's thatr said Jim. " 'Didn't you know I'd er blown yer head off if you'd cut me?" " 'Yes, I knew what you said you do.'sald Jim coolly, 'but if I'd cut you I'd er sent the razor deep,' and Jim drew his finger significantly across his own jugular. "And, come to think of it, Jim had the best of it, and he was never troubled by that bully again." A GRAVE SUBJECT. Yy AS it not a little superfluous for the man who advertised some lots in a Pittsburg cemetery for sale the other day, to sign himself "Non Resident?" It reminded me of an old stonecutter in a lit tle New York town who indulged himself in a tombstone every now and then. At the time I knew him he had 15 different sized monumental urns, slabs and pillars erect or prone to his memory in his back yard. Hard times overtooK him later, and he put an advertisement in the local paper something after this fashion: TO BE SOLI) CHEAP-LOT OF TOMBSTONES, by a gentleman who has no further use for mem. The poor old fellow needed a tombstone very soon after, all the same. A HANDY FIRE ESCAPE. "D on eTer use that fire escaPeI" asked the man who doesn't know it all of the man who does. "Certainly it's mighty convenient when you want to run down from the sixth floor to the basement to tell the elevator boy that you want him to carry you down stairs." People who live in high buildings are welcome to use this tlme-and-labor-saving device, , A NEW DISH. ""They had been keeping house two weeks, and they thought things were running smoothly enough to justify their asking one of his old friends and her new enemies to dinner. A few days before the dinner came off, her mother, in the generosity of her maternal soul, told her that she had a superfluity of "drip pings" that is the term, I believe and she would send a dish of it over for use in the cook ing of sundry things, notably the fried potatoes for the little dinner. The" offer wa3 accepted and later the substitute for butter or lard ar rived. In due time it went into the frying pan, and the fried potatoes finally emerged upon the table. But alas! for that little dinner, the fond mother had sent not the "drippings," but a mess of home-made soft soap, and the new housewife did not perceive its nature until after the guest of honor had been half poisoned. Hlpburn Johns. PROMINENT MEN AHD "WOMEN. Adelina Patti has stated definitely that she does not contemplate returning to this country. Bret Haute has foresworn social pleasures for the present, while finishing his literary en gagements. Queen "Victoria will leave Balmoral Castle this season on November 20 and return to Windsor for the winter. The Rev. Mr. Shuttleworth, vicar of theEn glish Church at Egloshayle, Cornwall, has mar ried Miss Cudmore, a well-known actress on the London stage. Frederick Geehardt has gone into phys ical training and expects soon to be the ama teur athlete he once was. He is working under Prof. John Laflin. , Colonel Herbert, who has been appointed to command the Canadian militia, as successor to General Middleton, is a man of 39 years, and a favorite of Lord Wolseley. Viscount Babriuore, an Irish peor and a member of the English Society ot Arts, is a salesman for a tile establishment in Brooklyn, and calls himself Kelly Harris. Bellamy Storer is a Republican candi date for Congress in Cincinnati, and the Demo crats are trying' to make capital out ot the fact that his wife bathes in a 81.000 tub. A. J. Welch, ot Hartford.Conn., was a boot black not many years ago. Then he began to follow the races, and to-day is worth 8500,000,all of which was made on the racecourse. Dom Pedro has arrived at Cologne. He is a pathetic figure, feeble, unhappy, continually accompanied by an attendant, and muttering at intervals in conversation: "Brazil! Oh,dear Brazil." Valuable sporting outfits are owned by a number of professional and business men, who take their recreation in hunting and fishing, but Pierre Lorillard is said to top them all with a 110,000 collection of guns. A correspondent who recently saw "Ouida," describes her as a "square, yellow woman, with short, obstinate hair," who was dressed in a bonnet that was a "huge bower of green reedaand scarlet poppies." She is usually accompanied by a couple of dogs. The New York Board of Aldermen have ap pointed a committee , to receive Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien on their arrival In this country. The Reception Committee is to consist of President Arnold, Vice President Noonan, and Aldermen FJynn, McLarney, Lynch and Morris, HES DABUNG IN A THEE. The Startling Sight "Which Confronted a Fond Clarion Mother. From the Clarion Republican. Near Raine's flour mill stands a hemlock tree, which is probably 100 feet high, at the butt is all of six feet in circumference, and is minus limbs for at least ten feet up its jagged trnnk. On the extreme top of tho tree a wild grape vine blossomed and bore fruit this season, and a number of the young lads have climbed the tree at various times to secure this luscious fruit. Dr. E. M. Sloan lives near this locality, and is the father of a bright, pretty little daughter, who is now in her 7th year, and is not overly large for her age. This little miss has otten looked with covetous eyes on the suc cess of the boys in securing the grapes, and lately she concluded to try the same method adopted by them. When discovered she was on one of the topmost limbs, standing upricht holding herself in position with one band,wbile with the other she was gathering tho finest bunches of grapes. Her mother having missed the little lady went in search of her, and discovering her position, to say that she was scared but slightly expresses her feelings, but knowing that to show any signs of fear might cause the little one to lose courage, she spoke to ber In her usual pleasant manner, and commanded her to come down immediately. The little oue, al ways quick to obey, immediately proceeded to ao so, and as nimbly as a squirrel, she climbed down the tree and landed safely.ou tho ground. A number of persons bad trathered near while she was coming down, and while words of sur prise were expressed at ber nimbleness, yet a feeling of fear for her safety was felt by all. It was a oaring ieat A LEASING PAPER BOLTS. The Old Republican Organ of Racks De clares for Pattison. The Doylestown Republican is out in a long editorial explaining why it supports Mr. Patti son. It publishes all the charges brought out against Mr. Delamater, and closes the article as follows: "These are not ordinary campaign objections. They are not partisan matters in any sense. They do not proceed from Demo cratic sources. They are a reiteration of charges against the integrity of Mr. Delamater. They come almost exclusively f rom Republican sources. They corroborate and justify Mr. Emery's allegations. Much as we regret to indorse a Democratic candidate, and bad as we well know the Democratic policy and prac tice to be in pnblic affairs, intelligent, think ing, self-respecting Republicans cannot in dorse, and be true to Republican principles, a man with such a record as Delamater's. Re publicanism cannot condone such charges as these. The farther we go along the worse the situation grows." "They who sow the wind must expect to reap the whirlwind. Ignorioe what was requisite as to fair play and the will of the party was bad enough, but the unmet charges affecting char acter and honor are infinitely worse. Under the circumstances, daily growing stronger, it is incomprehensible how an hoaest, thinking citizen can justify to himself a participation in supporting Mr. Delamater." THE WONDERFUL HEATHEN. Extraordinary Success of the Chinese as Agriculturalists. From the California AlEa.j A year ago a man in San Francisco sold a lot of land in a then unbuilt western suburb. A Chinaman bad been using it as a garden. Tho land was sandy, and had no more than 390x250 surface. The Chinaman, therefore, had the full use of but about two and a quarter acres. For this speck of ground be regularly paid $75 a month, and be lived on it with an assistant. He used the land to grow vegetables, which he sold to Chinamen to be peddled through tho city. Despite the high rent he was making money. The Rev. Mr. Vrooman, now Chinese interpreter in the California courts, who was for 25 years a missionary at Canton, and who was subsequently among the Chinese in Mel bourne, said that be knew of two Chinese in the latter place who made a living for them selves and a horse from a quarter ot an acre of land. In aqdition to thus supporting themselves and a horse they caoh sent $50 yearly to their relatives at home. Chinese now rent at least 50,000 acres of fruit and bottom lands within a radius of 100 miles of San Francisco, for which they pay from Jour to ten times what a white lessee conld afford to pay for the same. Land in their hands is farmed in earnest, and with them its richness increases rather than de creases. A LEGLESS PIGEON. To Obtain Its Food It Rolls Over in the Street. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The denizens of lower Broadway are dally treated to a novel sight. There are a number of pigeons which live upon the wharf boat, but they fly up to Broadway and Front and pick up seeds, grains of corn and such pickings as birds love and the market people leave. Among the flock is a black pigeon who bas no legs. Its mode of picking up seeds is very odd. The bird alights on its breast, and seeing any thing it wants, rolls or wallows over to it and picks it up. It is fat, and does not appear, to be suffering for want of food. It has been captured several times, and those who have handled the bird declare that there was no in dication that it ever had any legs. It "Will Take a Strong Poll. From the Washington Btar, Bep. Senator Quayproposes to pull Mr. Delamater through or pull him in two. NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP. In the quiet nursery chamber. Snowy pillows yet unpressed. Bee the forms of little children Kneeling white robed for their rest. All In quiet nursery chambers, While the dusty shadows creep. Hear the voices of the children "Now I lay me down to sleep." In the meadow and the mountain Calmly shine the winter stars, Bnt across the glistening lowland Slant the moonlight's silver bars. In the silence and the darkness. Darkness growing still more deep. Listen to the little children Praying God their souls to keep. 'If we die" so pray the children And the mother's bead drops low (One from ont her fold Is sleeping Deep beneath the winter's snow), "Take our souls;" and past the casement Flits a gleam ofcystal light. Like the trailing of his garments Walking evermore In white. Little souls, that stand expectant. Listening at the gates of life, Hearing far away the murmur Of the tumult and the strife; We, who fight beneath those banners. Meeting ranks of foemen there. Find a deeper, broader meaning In your simple vesper prayer. When your hand shall grasp this standard Which to-day you watch from far; When your deeds shall shape the conflict In this universal war. Fray to him, the God of battles, Whose strong eye can never sleep, In the warring of temptation. Firm and true your souls to keep. When the combat ends, and slowly Clears the smoke from ont the skies; When, far down the purple distance. All the noise of battle dies; When the last sight's solemn shadows Settle down on you and me. May the love that never faileto Take our souls eternally. DEATHS OF A DAY. Maggie J. Keppel. The death of Mrs. Maggie J. Keppel. wife of A. M. Keppel. Jr., removes a well-known and highly respected woman from the East End. The deceased was a daughter of J. Q. atewart, the general foreman of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, and but a few years ago married A. M. Keppel, Jr., son of A. M. Keppel, manager of the East End Bupnly Company. The deceased's husband is a well-known telegraph operator In the employ of the Pennsylvania Company. Tho funeral 'will take place this afternoon from the residence. 508 Park aveuue. the interment will be private. Colonel Thomas L.'Snead". NEW York, October lS..-Colonel Thomas L. Bnead, 70 years old. an exrCoufederatc officer, died suddenly at 1 o'clock this miming at the Hotel BoyaL at Fortieth street and Sixth avenue. The supposed cause was heart disease. Rev. Father Fran'clola. . BBOOKLTN, October 18. Rev. Father Franelols, castor of St. Peter's Church, died this morning. MURRAY'S MUSINGS. The Janitor, as s Corse to Humanity, His Family and Himself Doings of the Ath letic Girl Actors "Who Are Anxious For Jobs Suspicious Burnings. trnoM a staff coBisasFOHDEjrr.i ,T used to think I'd like to be a preacher," said a down-town business man the other day, "and say what I pleased and have nobody talk back. Now, I believe I'd rather be a jani tor." The force and penetration of this satire can be fnlly understood only in New York. The janitor is a painful Incubus that crushes the effervescent spirit of metropolitan dally life. The janitor is like a fly. a necessary evil. You have a hard time getting along with him vou can't get along without him. He is a petty an noyance that confronts you both at your home and at your office at the home and at the office of your friend. He is omnipresent and omnis cientto this extent: He is everywhere when you don't want him, and sees everything except what he ought and is paid to see. The janitor came In with the tail houses and the flat system, of which be is a necessary part, the same as the Croton bug. As a theory he is a servant of tbe tenant. As a condition be is usually a brute and a blackmailer without whitewash, and the tenant is his trembling slave. It is the condition that confronts ns. You can always tell when the janitor has been unable to make a satisfactory raise from bis refractory brood upstairs. He beats his wife and curses his children more often and more promiscuously than usual. You know he has been having a stringency In tips when you hear his voice at tbe bottom of the elevator shaft in Conversation With thn millrmnn nr rrrnrtp,'' boy concerning the financial responsibility of .uuu ur iuuiiu uoor. a single remark such as "Haven't you been able to collect that bill yet?" or "I don't know whether the party Is good or not," roared up the shaft will bring 20 or more pairs of ears of maids and mistresses to bear upon the communicating link and cause as many hearts to quake with apprehension. Perhaps the tenant has eivan no gratnitytnis month, or, having established a reputation for liberality, has not kept up the good work. Or. the unfortunates in the third or fourth flat may have asked tho janitor to do something, which is considered by that individual an out rage in Itself. He never does anvthing was never known to do anything. Therets a fiction that tbe janitor serves the tenants. As a matter of tact he never does serve tbem unless be is paid for IL There are hells and speaking tubes connecting with the janitor s rooms running from almost every room in the building. They figure on a board down below which looks like the switchboard at 'Hello. Central." They also figure in the rent But this convenience is only, a matter of theory, for the janitor never answers the bells or responds to a call down the tube. There is a dumb waiter, of course, but the janitor never works It. If the butcher's bov and the grocer's boy, the iceman and the milkman and all the other tradesmen didn't send up their own stuff you'd have to come down into the base ment and get it yourself. The janitor not only permits them, but exacts a round commission in cash or trade for the privilege. If the tradesman objects he will soon find no trade in that house. Woe to the tenant who complains of the janitor. He misht as well move out at once, for the janitor has more ways than steal ing the tenant's coal and wood in which to get even. But then, if the tenant moves ho only moves to a Place Where thern la Annthnr lnltnr perhaps two of him in which case his grief will be doubled. The Girl of the Period. pHE physical culture young woman is a dis tinct feature of New York social life. It doesn't much matter to whatgrade of society the stricken young damsel belongs, if the craze strikes in she goes her length on it. If she is rich and handsome you'll see her mounted on a fine cob beating the bridal paths of Central "ark morning and evening. She will have a private tutor in boxing and fencing and general gymnastics. Ir she Is only moderately well-to-do she must forego the saddle horse and tbe private teacher and take to thebicycle and gen eral school. Yon will in that case see her on the grand Western Boulevard, tbe freshly laid asphaltum pavements of which invite speed of movement and freedom of limb. One of these younp enthusiasts, after her day of stenography and typewriting Is over, regularly settles her dinner by a spin of three or four miles on tbe bicycle when the weather is fine. When it isn t she puts on the gloves, or practices with the foils. "That is, I did practice," she laughingly said, "until last week. When I bad put my chnm's eye in mourning and nearly put a hole In her cheek mother thought I'd better give It up that the foils were dangerous things for a girl to fool with. Tho gloves don't hurt anybody. If I get knocked down I can get up again." This is, indeed, a new era of womankind. A gentle, lady-line girl earning her own living at a desk and riding a bloycle, boxing and fencing ipuu.vij turning uanqspnngsj aitor hours will strike an old foey as the forerunner of a race of Amazons. But matrimony, marketing for a family and periodical house-cleaning will subdue if they do not quench her robust spirit. r Fire and the McKinley Law. .JT is a suspicious thing," says an insurance man, "this recent burning of three or Jour steamers at sea. Was it because they couldn't get into port in time to anticipate the new cus toms duties? The difference on a ship load ot freight under the old and new might easily reach !150,000, If the ship and cargo were fully insured it stands to reason that the destruction of such a vesel couldn't make the owners or consignees very unhappy." Expecting Good Times. it'T'HERE has been more money spent this season on the refitting and beautifying of Now York's places of amusement," says a prominent architect, "than was ever spent be fore in this way." And this is unquestionably true. The same remark might be extended with equal truth to include the hotels. Scarce ly a theatre or hotel of any prominence in the city but what has placed a fortune of from ?25,000 to ilU0.W)0 in repairs, remodeling, decor ating and refurnishing. This indicates tho ex pectations of tho metropolis as to tho moneyed stranger within her gates and illustrates at the same time her confidence in continued Dusiness prosperity. The bucolic statesman who thinks the coun try is goine to tbe deuce needs onlv to visit New York to convince him that at least it Is traveling a very easy and happy road. When be comes here he wilf be surprised at tbe taste and magnificence displayed in the refurnished places oi amusement, in respect to taste there has been as great a change in tbe interior deco ration of tbe theaters as there bas been in that of the hotel. The general introduction of electric lights has much to do with tho new effects. As to expenditures well, nothing seems to be too good for these public caterers, regardless of cost. The dear public itself re sponds readily to the touch, and fills both hotels and theaters nightly to overflowing. Superstition Among Stage Feople. TN view of all the plays and companies on the road and in town tbe list of disengaged actors and actresses seems a pretty large one. The other day a leading man died and on tbe day his death notice appeared there were 60 odd applications for bis part. Not because there were so many leading men disengaged not by any means. They think they are leading men, that's all. A good many of these actors are re ally flrstclassmtbelr specialties. Their being shelved is, in some instances, one to an over estimate of the value or their services; in some to a curious superstition that prevails in the profession, in which certain people are known as Jonahs. There are some very clever actors on the retired list from this superstition. They are supposed to bring bad luck' to the company and mangement. They have, perhaps, been accidentally connected with unfortunate ven tures, and what was a mere coincidence is mag nified by the superstitious into an act of God. It would appear almost incredible that such a feeling should exist In this age and among a worldly intelligent class of people. Bnt ask any actor or actress of your acquaintance if you are a doubter. Charles T. Murrat. New Yore, October 18. Truth Is Mighty and "Will Prevail. From the Mall and Express. The circulation of tbe Mail ami Express is as large as it is. ME. ANDREWS' LAST APPEAL. Philadelphia Times (Dem.): Can it be possible that Chairman Andrews' last is his farewell address? Thero is agravetonernnnlng through it. HakrisburO Call (Rep.): Mr. Andrews' address Is clear and explicit, and leaves no one in doubt as to the issues of the campaign or the interests at stake. On, CITY Derrick (Standard): Chairman Andrews' letter puts the issue of this campaign in a terse and forcible way. As we have re peatedly urged, the campaign of personalities is really a subterfuge to cover the real issue, tbe movement to secure a discrediting of the McKinley bill and other national issues. Washington Post (Rep.): Chairman An drews, of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, has at last issued an address bearing upon the issues of tbe present cam paign and Us personal phases. It is devoted largely to a condemnation of the assaults that have been made upon Senator Quay and Mr. Delamater, all of which he asserts have been met and answered, and then proceeds to retort in kind upon Mr. Pattison and his Democratic managers as libelari, conspirators, traducsrs and demagogues. SENSIBLE ADVICE. An Old Census Enumerator Gives Some Valuable Information on the Matter. From tbe Washington Fost. "Beginning in 1350, 1 have been connected with every census save tbe present." said Hon. Lnrin Elodget, of Philadelphia, who was Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury under Chase, and later under Bristow. He was seen at the Riggs last evening, and. referring to tbe census, said: "I see that the police count in New York reveals nearly 200,000 more peoplo than the Government agents enumerated. My experl- i erne jeaus mo iu iuiuk tuat me seconu cuuui. ! is correct I am satisfied that Phila delphia has 1,150,000 inhabitants, while the Government count showed 100,000 less. Tho reason for the inaccuracies and defects of a census conducted on the usual basis is this: Enumerators get tired of going to houses after tbe second time, where they fail to find people. Rarely will one make the third trip, the 2 cents per name being insufficient pay for repeated visits. In taking a special census of Philadelphia in 1883, 1 pursued a plan which, if followed, will show the actual number of residents. Altera man bas finished a district make him furnish a record of tbe houses where no names were forth coming. Don't reproach him for neglect of duty and send him oat azaln over tbesaino route, but employ a new man lor that particular section. My owu experience with this policy was that alter tbe returns of the second tmnloye came in the total was fuund to be anywhere from 20 to 40 per cent greater. Further reform would change the time of making the count to De cember or March, seasons when the people are not away at the seashore or in tbe mountains." REVOLUTIONARY RELICS SOLD. A Bed In "Which AVasnlngton Slay Have Slept Brought Only One Dollar. Trenton, October IS. The sale ot Revolu tionary relics at tho old Brearly homestead was completed to-day. Many were the comments of tbe women as to the truth ot the statement concerning the Washington bed. One old lady was heard to express herself thus. "No. no: George "Washington never slept in that bed I know it," "But why not?" asked her companion. "Well, because he didn't; I am positive he didn't," she replied. "And why, pray?" "Well, because he was too long," said the old lady in a triumphant tone. Every one expected the bed wonld bring an enormous price, bat when Auctioneer W illiams announced that he would not vouch for the truthfulness ot the statement that tbe Father of his Country had slept in it, their expecta tions dropped. It was bought by Joseph Van sandt. of Bristol, for SI. The old curtains around tbe Washington bed sold for $4, and an old bed spread, said to be 200 years old, sold for 58. Another one, equally old, was bought by EL W. Moore for 1 25. Tbe next article put up was the old quilt that is said to have been used by General Washington when he was In this city. It is a fine piece of work, containing the Declar ation of Independence, tbe picture of several of the signers, and tbe coats of arms ot tbe 13 original States. This started at So and ran up to $15. It was bought by an agent from Phila delphia, said to he here in the interest of John Wanamaker. The chest, which is said to have come to this country in the Mayflower in 1520, was bought by Joseph Tantnm for S3 75. COLLEGE PRANKS. Students Elated Over a Baseball Victory, Raise the Natives. lErKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISFATCn.1 Beaver Falls, October 18. The students of Geneva College went to New Wilmington, Pa., yesterday, and in a game of baseball with the clnb of the college at that place defeated tbem by a scoro of 12 to 4. Upon their return home last night, about 11 o'clock, they celebrated their victory by a bonfire near the college buildings, and by ringing the college bell furiously Pro fessors, teachers and students rushed from the building half dressed, thinking tbe the place was on fire, and tbe alarm was sent to the fire denartment. The faculty are trying to ascertain the names of the ringleaders of the affair, and threaten expulsion. SYMPATHY FOE IRELAND. A Chicago Committee Appointed to Confer With Dillon and O'Brien. Chicago, October 18. The threatened fam ine in Ireland and tbe severe distress of the Irish 'people at this period is enlisting the sym pathy ot Chicago. At a meeting held this after noon in one of the club roomsof the Grand Pa cific Hotel, a committee consisting of Mel ville E. Stone, "Washineton Hesing, ana J. F. Clark was appointed to communicate with Messrs. Dillon. O'Brien and Gill, Irish Mem bers of Parliament, who will visit the United States in aid of tbe Irish people and cause. A number ot prominent Cblcagoans have sig nified their Intention of actively assisting the Irish delegates. Both Sides Confident of Victory. From the Philadelphia Ledger. If the reporters who travel with the candi dates for Governor are not mistaken, the State is in a trreat fever of excitement over tbe com ing election, and Democrats and Republicans are alike enthusiastic and confident of victory. A few days after the election, when full re turns havo been received, it will be interesting to compare tbe vote with this reported state of feeling. Whatever the result may be, it Is quite probable that it will then oe found that 100,000 qualified citizens were so enthusiastic that'they forgot to vote. His Sons to he His Groomsmen. From the New York Truth.! Miss lsabelle Connolly, of Washington, who is a favorite in diplomatic circles, is to have a novel wedding in November. Her hnsband elect will be accompanied by his two sons, who are much older than their future mother. Mr. H. H. Camman, of Staten Island, is the happy man, and the courtship is ono of long duration. Mrs. Camman. to be. is a very pretty woman, unusually, tali, with a quick wit and gentle manner. A Believer in Honest Elections. From tbe Philadelphia Times. 1 Phil J. Walsh isn't a politician. He is Re publican in faith but he believes honest elec tions to be above all party interests, and he offers $100 reward for "the conviction and pun ishment of every man who breaks the election laws of our country in the next November election." Has No Reference to Allegheny. From tho Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Cincinnati streets after nightfall are plunged into Egyptian darkness. If Cinclnnatians want to see a street lighted by electricity let them go over the river to poor little Covington heaven save the mark. A Warning to One Ring Shows. From the Washington Post. Senator Sherman says that there can be bat two political parties in this country. The side' shows may as well pull up stakes and move. TJNCLE SAM'S WONDERS. "" TnE greatest coal oil region to the world is in Pennsylvania. The greatest cave in the world is the Mam moth Cave in Kentucky. The greatest lake in the world is Lake Su perior. 430 miles long and 1,000 feet deep. ( The highest waterfall in the world is that of the Yellowstone river, 350 feet in depth. Nowhere In the whole world is natural gas so plentiful as It is in Indiana, Ohio and Penn sylvania. The greatest city park In the world Is Fair mount Park, in Philadelphia, containing over 2,900 acres. The greatest natural bridge In the world Is over Cedar creek, in Virginia, 8Q feet wide and 250 feet high. t The largest deposits of anthracite coal in the world are in Pennsylvania, the supply of which appears Inexhaustible. The greatest mass of solid iron in the world is the Iron Mountain of Missouri. 350 feet high and two miles in circuit The longest river In the world is tbe Missis sippi and Missouri, 4,100 miles long; its valley Is the largest in tbe world, containing. 500,000 square miles. It is one of tbe most fertile and profitable regions of th6 globe. The most wonderful agglomeration of nat nral phenomena In tbe whole world is to be seen in the Yellowstone National Park, with itt 440 springs. Its paint-pots and mud springs, geysers, sulphur and quart mountains, etc., etc. CUKIOUS COflDENSATlOSS. A Harrisburg horse 'sports a mustache. Beef loses 25 jier cent of its weight when baked. In France the copyright of an author is for life. London has 60,000 iamiliesTthat live in cellars. OI every million people iu the world 800 are blind. Lamp wiclvS brushed off daily require no cutting. The population of the earth donbles it self in 260 years. The Coliseum, in Rome, had seats to ac commodate 87,000 people. Tbe original mask of Napoleon, taken after death, at St Helena, i3 for sale for 8,000. The Arabian year is lunar, and in the course of 32 years each month runs through all the seasons. At Julian, Idaho, a newly started journal took for a motto: "Grasp all In sight and hustle for more." An inter-State hay palace, made of baled hay, with trimmings of baled straw, has beeu built at Momencc, 111. The five New England States have built so far this year. 16 miles of railroad. North Carolina bas built 23L Dr. Sequard claims that his elixir has cured intermittent fever, neuralgia, rheu matism, insomnia and leprosy. The discoveries madejy Stanley show that tbe Nile is the longest river in the world, being at least 4,100 miles in length. If pure milk only were sold in London it is estimated that from 20.000 to 30.00U more cows would be wanted to keep up the supply. It is currently stated that it costs the English government &,962,000 annually to sup port Queen Victoria and her immediate fam ily. A New York business man says that from 75 to 80 per cent of tbe capital invested iu that city represents the earnings of men who began Hie poor. The director of primary education in Paris, to considerable public surprise, has named Friday as the day for the opening of the common primary schools. The total length of the streets, avenues, boulevards, bridges, quays and thoroughfares of Pans is set down at 6X10 miles, of which nearly 200 are planted with trees. John Reynolds, of North Geneva, Wis., was attacked by two wolves last week, while be was returning from bunting, and used most of his ammunition before he kept tbem off. The Pope has decided to create secular nuncios to bo attached to the papal legations in Europe, who will enter society from which the ordinary nuncios are at present forbidden. Capoul, the tenor, who has been farming for some years past has written the libretto of an opera entitled the "Black Prince," and Duprato bas written the music It Is a Russian story. A man has just moved from a house at Alto Pass, IIL, that he and his ancestors lived in for 75 years, and never a death occurred in it It has become uninhabitable from age and decay. Tbe British South Africa Company, it is reported, has proposed to its employes that any servant discovering a mine in the country covered by tbe company's charter will be made a co-proprietor of it with tho company. A Rock Prairie, "Wis., farmer has dis covered that lime slaked in bnttermilk makes a first class paint for houses. He says the mix tare wiii withstand rain, and that it only costs about SI to furnish paint enough for an ordi nary house. "While gatberidz hickory nuts on the Missouri bottoms, near Quincy, four young Quiocyites cribbed some turnips and their owner filled the lads with bird shot When the wretched farmer got over in the road where the boys had run, one of tbem suddenly pulled his pop and made the hayseed beg for his life. A member of the British South African Company reports the discovery of an ancient ruin in Lundl, Mashonaland, of which the race there "now bas no record. It was there when their forefathers came to tho country. It is a circular and massive building, with walls of wrought stone, in some places ten feet thick. It is supposed to be a fort. "When Health Officer Shatzer, of New Castle, 'walked into the Mayor's office one morning; he saw what he supposed was a cat sitting on a. chair. It remained there until he went to lift the chair, when, to his sunrise, he found it was a white rabbit. As be lifted the chair tbe rabbit juuiped and was soon out on the street with several dogs chasing it The natives of Swaziland are making preparations for the coronation of their yonng King and chief paramount of tbe SwazI nation, says the Newcastle Chronicle. An imp! has been sent out hunting for a lion, tiger, buffalo and a large snake. Part of the ceremony at the coronation consist of tbe King eating a portion ot tbe hearts of the first three animals to el ve him courage, afterward being anointed with tho snake's fat to prevent him being be witched. At the opening of tbe Criminal assizes in Quebec, a few days ago, ex-Provincial Sec retary Gagnon appeared for tbe first time in public in his capacity as Sheriff. The occasion was made notable by reason of the Sheriff's at tire, which, "in accordance with Westminster rules," consisted of an ample, violet-colored robe, bordered with velvet and sable. Tbe functionary wore a sword and a cocked bat and his imposing array quite took away the breath of the other officials, the presiding Judge not excepted. A fuel company in Minneapolis prints on Its envelopes a "weather forecast for the Northwest" Considering tbe source it is scarcely surprising that the "predictions" are given in this fashion: "Winter 1890-91 Light snow and cool weather in October, followed in November by heavy snow and cold weather. In December and January vjrv severe weather. Heavy snow storms will predominate in Febru ary and March, causing blockades which will cause scarcity of coaL Keep your coal bins well stocked." Almost io the exact geographical center of Wyoming is a mountain of solid hematite iron ore, more than a mile wide and over two miles In length. Besides the iron, the mountain contains lignite coal enough to warm the entire world for a century, a dozen of aried-up lakes of soda, where tho soda is deposited to a depth of over 300 feet some of the lakes being over COO acres in extent In the mountain ad joining there is a petroleum ba3in larger than those of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, com bined. Out of some of the springs pure recti fied coal oil is trickling at the rate of CO or 30 barrels per day. FTJNNY MEN'S FANCIES. Miss Bud Noodle What lovely capes those aret 1 must have one this winter. Mrs. Wisely They sav they are not hygienic. Miss II. N. Oh. I never supposed they were anything but oXlal Harper's Jlaiar. , He (slightly rude) I called because I thought you were out. She (sweetly) Well, do you know, I thought I was out too. the maid must have thongbt you were someone die. Harper's Bazar. "Who wrote the Psalms?" asked the Su perlntendent severely. And then a little girl In the Infant class began to cry. It wasn't me, sir," she said. Kew YortSun. "You were dissatisfied with your pastor some months ago?" -Yes." "Has be resigned yet?" vNo; but the congregation Is." XenoWtnt's Ifews. President Oldworthy WeIl,daughier,how did they enjoy my lecture? Uladys Oldworthy Oh, very much Indeed I Some of your freshmen were telling the funniest stories you ever heard, all through the evening. iter pcr's Bazar. "Is this a poor parish?" inquired the stranger. "Well," replied the deacon, "the parish is rather poor at present but the minister is en gaged to a rich widow, and we are very hopeful." Xewlork Htratd. The Doctor The fright that "you have bad, madam, bas troubled tbe functions of the heart which bas disturbed tbe circulation of the blood and caused your malady. Patient And what Is It doctor? Doctor Flve'dollars. madam. Harper's Bazar. Boy Mister, I want to get a um I want a pint of a thunder I forgot Druggist's Clerk Little man, have you for gotten what you came for? iloy-Tnat'sitt Clerk-What's It? Eoy Camphor. Life. "Some sinner is castin' reflections 'pen this here church." announced tbe liev. Poludex ter Uranberry, "by puttln chicken feathers in de contribution hat, Ef dat pnsson don't cease he's wickedness, dar'll be somebody dat's join' ter be eatched some moonlight night shnah as l' sundln' heab," Stvo lor Herald. , &&d&& j- kSJ S3
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