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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. OOF. 29. 1S90.
nrvoKEVG TnE powlt. of patronage
The peculiar exigencies of the Pennsyl
vania campaign this year have induced the
Bepublican managers to resort to some ex
pedients which will hurt the cause of their
candidate for Governor far more than that
cause can be benefited by the course pur
sued. There is hardly any disguise of a
wholesale draft upon the energies ol the
Federal Government employes, great and
small, to pull Delamater through. As early
as the nominating convention this special
help was effectively invoked to get him upon
the ticket, How boldly it has been sum
moned for service on Tuesday is indicated by
contributiocslevied on Federal employes, as
well as by written demands for their personal
services at the polls.
The positian of the Bepublican party, re
peatedly and solemnly avowed to maintain
the civil service free from this very politi
cal pressure, is cast to the winds. To con
tend that such tervice and assessments as
are demanded from the Federal employes
are to be purely voluntary is a thin blind
indeed. They already know an election is
impending. If, as partisans, they felt dis
posed to help their party candidate they re
quire no reminder of the opportunity. "When
these reminders, sharp and significant, have
been showered upon them either directly or
by the sanction of their official superiors,
the proceeding inu.t be considered as a
menace ot disfavor which is not a whit less
intelligible for being accompanied by no
form .1 threat of dispeacenienL
A hundred good reasons could be givcu
why, for the welfare of political parties
themselves, as well as for the efficiency of
the public service, the power of patronage,
particularly of Federal patronage, should
cease to be an officious ana overruling factor
in national, State or municipal elections.
But this has been already decided by the
BepuDlican party.embodied in its platforms
time and again and incorporated by it
in the Federal statutes. Oi the actual value
in votes for the Bepublican candidate of
these requisitions upon office-holders, great
and small, grave doubts may arise. The
electioneering service which is voluntary
and springs from conviction would likely be
ventured anyhow. The service which is
perfunctory and gotten under command will
be no greater than is needful to keep up
appearances.
Meanwhile there is a far mors numerous
element in the party which will find no
added incentive to voting for Mr. Delama
matcr in the fact that to elect him a State
which has a normal Bepublican majority of
over 50,000 it has been necessary to ignore
the national platform and pledges by mak
inn this bold and open drait upon the local
resources of the Federal Administration.
MAKING FRAUD DANGEROUS.
The assessor who padded a registration
list in Philadelphia stands a good chance of
going to jail. The Lincoln Bepublican
Committee on Flection Frauds is giving
evidence of being on the alert not only in
Philadelphia, but all over the anthracite
coal regions, where it is charged an attempt
is to be made to buy voters wholesale.
Large rewards are offered by the Inde
pendent Bepublicans supporting Pattison in
the eastern part of the State for the detec
tion and conviction of violators of the elec
tion laws. Honest men of all parties desire
honest elections; and it is gratifying to know
that the hallotwill be closely guarded where
it most needs to be.
GALLIC THKKT.
The example of France is not always
worth following, but in one regard, at least,
the people of the great European Bepublic
are teaching the whole world a lesson in
thrift. The Frenchman, especially the
French peasant, saves money as men of no
other nationality will. M. de Foviile, quite
a famous authority ou such matters, and
especially well qualified to speak of
his countrymen, since hs is the Chief
of the Statistical Bureau of the French
Ministry of Finance, has recently stated
that the savings banks and postal banks of
Franc; conibi ted now number 6,500,000 de
posits, representing two milliards and eight
hundred millions of francs. Thrift in
France, as in America, is combated by one
ioe the saloon, In the words of M. de Fo
viile, a war to the knife is waged in every
French town and village between the sav
ings bank and the public house. In certain
communes of Brittany the establish'
tnent of branch savings banks has been tem
porarily abandoned, so determined is the
hostility on the other side. The annual out
lay on spirits, liquors, absinthe, etc,
amounts to half a milliard of francs; that
on tobacco to nearly as large a sum. M, de
Foviile concludes his summary with these
wise words: "Pauperism, for which so
many seek Utopian remedies, will never
disappear, rest assured on it, till driven out
of the world by thrift"
PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES.
The Saturday Eevieio deplores the ab
sence of any proper supervision of the ex
cavations of ancient Egyptian monuments
and records. It says the rifling of tombs,
the wanton defacement of monuments, the
destruction of sculptures and inscriptions,
and the unwarrantable dispersion of price
less relics, is such that, in the language of
Prof. Sayce, "more damage has been done
during the last few months to the antiquities
of Egypt than bad been done during the
previous half century." The Review cen
sures the Anglo-Ejyptian and Anglo-French
Government! for their neglect of this im
portant matter. If that scrt of thing con
tinues perhaps our desperate remedy of
bringing their monuments to America and
coating them with paraffin e will be the
surest way to preserve them after all.
There ie, however, a home lesson to be
learned from this foreign trouble. A part
of our own country is very old, and possesses
relics of an ancient and interesting civilira
tion. We have the remains of the Mound
Builders, as well as those strangely interest
ing and wondrously preserved traces and
tools of the Ancient Copper Diggings upon
Superior's northern sea; a vast amount of
Pueblo architecture and the known and un
known but airy habitations of the Clifi
Dwellers.
The suitable preservation of these re
mains is important Unless this end is kept
iu view by institutions competent to deal
with the subject, or unless our authorities.
State and National, promptly exercise a
wise and adequate supervision of the mat
ter, we shall have ourselves to blame for the
loss of historical and archaeological treas
ures that have beon created, as it were, by
the hand of time, but which the hand of
time is powerless to replace.
ENQUIRING INVESTORS.
In a recent communication to a cotempor
jry, a correspondent signing himself "In
restor" raisea at point which is extremely
pertinent in these days when the public are
invited to put their money in so many
corporate undertakings. He asks for
monthly or quarterly statements of the earn
ings, expenses, and condition of these vari
ous companies. Stock-wateriug and stock
jobbing are in such high favor as a rapid
and a ready road to wealth that the demand
will grate harshly on the sensibilities of not
a few corporation promoters and corporation
directors; but there is not an iota of doubt
that it is made in the interest of the prop
erty tbey represent, and that if frankly and
honestly complied with, it would enure
greatly to the ultimate value and conserva
tion of that property.
There are many corporations in which the
stockholders are few, whose shares are not
listed, whose business is not of a public
character and in which the general public
have no particular interest. But there are
a great many others whose shares are
offered in the market and in which a con
stant trading is stimulated. It may be
argued that the intending investors should
take care of themselves and not buy unless
they know what they are getting. This is
very well; but it is better to treat them to
the facts, as far as possible, beforehand.
It is not alone the possible investors, how
ever, but the stockholders of corporate con
cerns, who would be thankful for such fre
quent and reliable statements as the corre
spondent asks for. They would then be
better posted ou the value and prospects of
their holdings. We trust the subject will
be further agitated.
FETAL WORDS TO VOTERS.
The final appeal of the Lincoln Independ
ent Bepublicans to the voters of this State,
which we print elsewhere, is candid and
clear to a remarkable degree. The calmness
of its spirit and the dignity of its lan
guage makes this concluding arraign
ment of Mr. Delamater the more con
vincing and destructive. Beside such
a judicial summing up of the Bepublican
candidate's delinquencies such pitiful roor
backs as the South Penn fabrications and
other eleventh-hour expedients of Mr.
Andrews' manufacture betray in the plain
est manner the weakness of Mr. Delamater's
case. If there be any still honestly in
doubt as to the issues at stake in the ap
proaching election they should read the final
appeal of the Lincoln Bepublicans.
AND STILL THEY COME.
More Italians bv 20,700, more Poles by
11,000, more Hungarians by 17,700 and more
foreigners generally by 42,300, have been
brought into the country in the past nine
months than during the corresponding
period of 1889. This condition of things
presents a problem of growing magnitude.
The man who can wisely solve it will be a
statesman indeed, and merittbe gratitude of
all true Americans. But to such a problem
must be applied a solvent which, in the
language of the celebrated Canning, shall
"recognize power with liberty, not adopting
hasty or ill-advised experiments, or pursu
ing any airy and unsubstantial theories;
but not rejecting, nevertheless, the applica
tion of sound and wholesome knowledgo to
practical affairs, and pressing, with sobriety
and caution, into the service of his country
any generous and liberal principles, whose
excess may be dangerous, but whose foun
dation is in truth."
This is one of the great questions of the
day. It should promptly "receive the
thought and action of onr ablest men. In
it, also, there is a fine opportunity for the
younger generation of students of public
questions to come to the front with their
best thoughts.
The New York importers who met yes
terday and resolved formally that the McKin
ley law is not a law at all wnnld be far more
profitably employed looking after their busi
ness under the law. There is not the smallest
probabili-y of a clerical error, which can have
no effect until January next anyhow, being
deemed sufficient reason by the courts for mak
ing the whole law null and void.
Chairman Bbice, of the Democratic
National Committee, professes to think that
President Harrison is the strongest candidate
the Republican party has. With his eyes on
1S92 doubtless Mr. Brice wishes that the Repub
lican party would think so, too.
ONE week from to-day the agony will be
over, and one of tbe warmest campaigns Penn
sylvania has ever seen will be a thing of tbe
past
The Philadelphia Press tells "those who
have any thought that Pennsylvania intends to
tall behind her achievements of former years,"
that they will be greatly surprised when con
fronted by the figures of the election. The
Press is right Pennsylvania intends to equal,
if not surpass, her record in 1SS2, when sho
elected Robert EL Pattison Governor.
Ix is altogether a pleasant duty to call at
tention to the Slavonic ball which took place in
Allegheny last night A celebration by Slavs
which wound up with nothing more violent
than the national dance the cardas is a nov
elty ot the first class.
The prediction of warmer weather is evi
dently not meant to include next Tuesday as
far as a good many politicians are concerned.
Ix is pointed out that Mr. Blaine in going
from Washington to speak in McKlnley's be
half at Canton traveled six Qmes as far as he
would have had to had he gone from Angusta
to Portland last September to 'advocate
Speaker Bccd's election. The longest way
'round is sometimes the shortest way home.
The rulers ot the French navy are', pro
viding the sailors with bicycles. The wheels
are not to be used at tea, but for reconolssances
on land, and mounted, though not horse, mar
ines are no longer mythical.
The Philadelphia .Record asks: "Where
will Pittsburg go when her gas goes outT"
Ahead ot Philadelphia, as usual.
The divine Patti cave Mr. Gladstone a
caugh lozenge the other day, and It is to be
hoped that tbe Grand Old Man's voice will be
benefited thereby. But even the diva, great at
her experience is. cannot teach the greatest
of English statesmen much that be does not
know of the art ot keeping young.
The most laughable of all the attacks
made upon Mr. Pattison by tho Delamater or
gans is the charge that he showed undue baste
and decision in refuting a vile libel by prose
eating the leaders in court
The political straw is pretty well threshed
out Butthednst is likely to choke us more
or less for six more days.
The silver wedding of the Emperor and
Empress of Bussia is to bo celebrated in St
Petersburg shortly with great pomp and 'mag
nificence. Doubtless tbe Nihilists will see the
propriety ot reminding the Czar of their love
on this occasion with tome delicate little tes
timonial of an elevating nature.
The Democrats have been reproved for
asserting that the tariff is a tax, but they may
say with propriety that it Is a tax upon popular
credulity to assert that the tariff is at stake in
this campaign.
The failure in the New York cloak trade
reported yesterday, has not any extraordinary
significance.
Speaker Beed lost his pocketbook at
Waterloo, la., one day last week and had to
borrow the price of his sleeping car berth. But
borrowing a dollar or two from his friends was
comparatively-easy to the statesman who ob
tained a quorum in the House from his oppo
nents. MEN AKD WOKEN.
It is said that Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts owns
tbe finest pearls in this country.
Amies' G. THUEMAir is to have 1,000 Demo
crats to dine with him on his 77th birthday.
The ex-Emperor of Brazil is occupying him
self chiefly with studies in Sanscrit. Hebrew,
Arabic and Greek.
Miss Hattte Blaine, the youngest and
prettiest daughter or the Secretary, is an in
trepid canoeist, and her skill as displayed at
Bar Harbor was admired by many spectators.
Louis FAQ AN, master of prints in tbe British
Museum, is on his way to this country on a
tour of 'the world. He will lecture on the
treasures of the British museums while on his
travels.
M. DE Giers, the Russian Chancellor, is re
garded as one of tbe most astute and far-seeing
Foreign Ministers in Europe. Ho was trained
under Priece Gortschakoff, who was one of the
fen men whose ability Bismarck feared.
In ber pleasant "Few Words About Art" in
Treasure Trove. Miss Ellen Terry says she has
often wished she bad learned dancing that is,
stage dancing. Her original trouble was her
hands, though she can manage them better
now.
Me. Richabd Moultoit. professor of litera
ture in Cambridge University, England, who is
soon to give a series of lectures in Boston under
the auspices of the New England Press Asso
ciation, is an exceptionally fine Shakespearian
scholar.
Ex-Alderman Conkliko bas changed bis
mind in regard to the bringing out of a second
volume of tbe life and letters of his uncle, Ros
coeConkllng. The publication has been in
dennitelpostponed in accordance with the
wishes of Mrs. Conkling.
The friends of President Arthur, who raised
a monument over his grave at Albany, have a
surplus fund of 525,000, which they intend to
expend in tbe erection of a statue of the ex
President in New York City. Ephraim Keyser
will be tho sculptor.
Mrs. Harrison is to have some of the priv
ileges of a private residence in the White
House this winter. Hereafter sightseers are
not to be shown into the Red Parlor regardless
of the fact that tbe mistress of tho mansion is
receiving visitors of ber own there.
Miss Maby Euttehtvorth, only daughter
of Secretary Benjamin Bnttcrwortb of World's
Fair fame, is to be married on Thursday in
Washington, D. C. to Mr. Howe, of the State
Department The marriage ceremony will be
performed according to quaker customs.
Bakox he Lutz, who lately died, was at one
time Prime Minister to Louis II.. ot Bavaria,
and a man peculiar and fond of mystery. Once,
being seriously wounded in both legs, he em
ployed a separate surgeon for'eacb, and com
pared their respectivo methods of treatment
Baroness Margabethe von Lilien.
Kbeutz, of Berlin, is beautiful, young, tbe
daughter of a Swedish knight, and tbe widow
of a Swedish naval captain. She bas seen gy
days in St Petersburg; but now she is one of
the latest recruits for the Salvation Army in
William's capital.
CLEVELAND WILL BE THESE.
The Ex-Fresident ltooked to Speak at the
Thurraan Banquet.
SPrCTAI. TELEOIIAM TO THE DISPATCJM
Columbus, October 2S. Among those who
have accepted invitations to respond to toasts
at the banquet in honor of the 77th anniversary
of Judge Thurman's birthday, N ovember 13,
are cx-Fresident Cleveland, "An American
Citizenship;" General Thomas Ewjng, New
York; Don M. Dickinson, Detroit; Senator Car
lisle and Governor Backner, of Kentucky.
Senator Calvin S. Brice arrived from New
York this evening. He is on the Banquet Invi
tation Committee, and in connection with the
Tbnrman anniversary will devote several days
to tie Ohio campaign, and especially to tbe
close Congressional districts. Secretary of
State Ryan, ReDublican candidate for reflec
tion, has cancelled all engagements on account
of serious ill health.
OBEAT TIME TO-DAY.
Catholics to Celebrate an Archbishop's
25th Anniversary.
Chicago, October 28. The Catholics of Chi
cago and of the West will begin to-morrow a
celebration in honor of Archbishop Feehan,
who, on November 1. will have completed his
twenty-tilth year in tbe priesthood.
It bids fair to be tbe creates: religious
pageant ever seen in the West PontlncUl
high mass will be celebrated to-morrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock at tbe Cathedral of the Holy
Name.
GOING T0BTJIN.
The Chicago Custom House liable to Tum
ble Down Very Soon.
Chicago, October 28. To-day during the in
vestigation it was discovered that tbe east wall
had surged westward in the center to the ex.
tent of 3K inches.
"If this wall keeps on its course," said an
architect in Superintendent Bell's office, "to
the extent ot a few more inches, it is bound to
tumble. It will never stand another bulge of
1 inches."
Insurance Methods.
from the New York Journal of Finance. 1
An investigation into tbe methods of life in
surance is quite sure to resnlt in remarkable
disclosures. Here is a company with S100.WX)
capital doing a business of Ji50.C0O.OQO. Many
others appear with no stock and little surplus,
and then another presents itself, claiming the
consideration of the public, with policies ex
piring by lapse almost equal in number to those
issued and with annual expenditures far ex
ceeding the amounts paid for death claims.
DEATHS0F A DAY.
Lyman L. Lamb.
Erie, October rs.-Lyman L. Lamb, one or
Erie's most distinguished citizens, died to-day at
the ape of four score. Deceased was one of the
owners of the famous Noble thousand-barrel oil
well. In the early days or Tltnsvllle. He after
ward became President or the Erie Dime Bank,
which position he held for many vears. He was
also an officer of the Keystone National Bank at
tbe time ofhls death. Deceased leaves a family in
this city, who Inherit alarge rortune.
Judge R. L. Johnston,
crlCCIAL TKLEOItAII TO THE DISPATCn!
EBEXS8CHG, October IS. Judge B. L.Jounston,
who was elected President Judge or this county in
ISM, died very suddenly this evening from a stroke
of apoplexy. When quite a yonng man he was
elected Superintendent ol Schools of this county.
He afterward studied law and was admitted to the
bar. and has since practiced law In this eonnty.
He was 76 years or age at the time or his death.
Dr. Emerson.
JOEJJSTOWK, October 24. Dr. Emerson, one of
the oldest physicians or tiie county, died to-day,
bis life beln pr shortened on account of injuries re
ceived In the flood.
Captain James S. WUe.
CiscWNATi, October 3.-Captaln James S.
Wise, well known in tho river trade, died to-day
at hit residence, in Home City, or dropsy, at tbe
age or C9.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. .
The fellow who votes on age can celebrate
his majority as well as the candidate who got
there.
What was your baby pursuit? I mean what
profession, trade or calling did you select in tbe
mud-pie, sand-shoveling, dust-delvinr, pinafore
periodf You didn't have any? Why, that's
odd. Think, now. tOvergo the leaves back to
the Second Chapter cradled babyhood tbe
First, you know; knee-breeched youth. Chap
ter Two. Ah, there yon are, and on page one,
too. And what was it? Were you a doctor or
a surgeon? With wise-looking eye did you give
pussie or Carlo their warm milk with the old
battered spoon, or with the velvety, thin
skinned band of childhood did you bandage
kitty's lame limb or bathe doggy's bruised paw,
blrdy's disabled wing or the old daw's crushed
claw? Or were you a millwright? Did you
build great wheels from shingles, lath or thin
board, and turn a tiny water course before
finally selecting a site for the miniature mill?
Or were you an artist coal-soiled, the old barn
your canvas, the disfigured fence palings your
prldo and joy? Or were you a carver whit
tling, whittling away, leaving a trail of tiny
chips behind and nursing a slashed finger
after every experiment? Or were you a build
er of houses on sand, of castles on stone that
bruised your tiny fingers andTtired your tender
muscles? Or were you a musician, drumming
on pans and window panes and tooting shrill
whistles until breath failed and lips tired? Or
were you a soldier bold, with sword of tin and
gun of wood, besasbed and bloodthirsty? Or
were you a scholar, searching the big books be
yond your ken, groping in the dark for tbe light
beyond? Or were you an inventor, puzzling
your little brain over mechanisms, pulling
music boxes and watches apart to learn the
secret of tho melody or the tick? Or were you
a sculptor, clay-marked, stone-dusted? Soon
through tbe gamut little brains that planned
and schemed, little bands that builded, pulled
down, dng, molded bruised, soiled, bleeding
little fingers of yonth fighting for fame so early
in tho struggle! And how the young blood
made the heart go bumpty bump when success
crowned tho juvenile effort! How strong the
house of sand on sand; how grand tbe big
chinked stone castle: how swift the wheel on
tbe little stream; how thankful pnssy. Carlo
and tbe old crow looked: how accurate old Dob
bin stood forth in coal on tbe boards ot the old
gray barn; bow beautiful all results of the
youthful ' ndandstTivingbralniDidyoufollow
the first icy on and on. or was it burled along
with other youthful hopes in tbe graveyard that
lies between the cradle and tbe trnndle bed
where angels are the only weepers? Wero they
crowded out by others riper, brighter, broader,
or did they die In the day dawn of real life?
Some of us, you know, still gnaw the husks of
early disappointments, see way back in the
morning glow tbe ruined castles, razed by
parental pride, prejudice or ignorance. So it's
better to let the boy follow his bent, providing
it leads to a safe goal. Don't draw around him
a magic circle ot trade casto in the hope of
keeping his bands white and soft even up to tbe
face-wrinkling tirao. Let him worship bis
youthful gods; force not your idols upon him.
Let the unwritten law rule in that realm of
fairy fancies. The fittest usually survive, you
know. Happy he who stuck to the first path
thorny, stony though it bas been. He had the
will to pursue; he has the will to perceive. Ho
will solve the problem, build the machine, per
fect the structure, swim where others sink, fat
ten where others grow lean, live where others
die.
The necktie makers always have men by the
throat-
The kangaroo is not cruel, even If it does
give its young the sack.
In sunny days, where big waves break,
She led me in love's whirl;
But saa to say, I got the shake
She's not my winter girl.
Poor Yorick Is the champion stage skuller,
in spite of the Hanlans and Teemers.
In a drama built upon a racecourse yon must
expect a great deal of horse play.
Another New York muruerer is booked for
the electric killing chair. Keep the experts
out of the death chamber this time, gentlemen,
and stop all tbe rubbish about volts and re-,
volting scenes.
at autumn's bier.
Gaunt limbs tbin shadows cast on red-leaved
ground, ,
Brown reeds and weeds with seedless heads are
crowned;
In well-reaped fields He rotting stnbblo rows,
Seared willows weep whero sluggish current
flows.
The sun sinks early, cutting short tbe day,
Apd night fast gathers o'er the brown decay;
The ivy, deathlike, clings to crumbling wall,
While one by one Its sapless tendrils f alL
The meek-eyed kine browse 'round the barn
yard stack.
In cbimney-place tho green logs smoke and
crack;
The tbin blue smoke now slowly creeps on
high-Blue-black
against the steel-blue Autumn sky.
At early dusk lights flash from window pane,
But ere night's old their bright reflections
wane;
Then silence steals o'er all the blighted things
No green leaves rustle, and no sweet bird sings.
In dark, chill morn, mid all this ruin sere,
The Winlefs born on Autumn's leafy bier!
The police are to have new uniforms. The
transgressors would like to have them armed
with stuffed clubs also.
Intebnai. revenue officers are always on a
still bunt
It seems that some fiend is poaching on Jack
the Ripper's preserves. Even the murderer
must be on his guard now-a-days.
The prize package newspapers are now offer
ing rewards to euessers and voters. Thus they
wblp tho lottery imp around tbe stump,
A man prefers an eye lashing to a tongue
lashing, especially if the lady is pretty.
A pinch of chanty from the lowly Is worth
a handful from tbe neb.
Music makes us brave in love and war.
The biggest horn in the band is not the
hardest to play.
We could see more of life if
to sleep.
we didn't have
A worthless man leaves the same impres
sion behind as the log does when it is drawn
from the water.
Couples wbo take their honeymoon trip In 'a
balloon are very fly.
Ho. these! you candidate.
The hour's growing late.
And the raging, roaring battle'll
soon
bs
ended.
You should not hesitate
To close tbe hot debate
Which the citizens have barely
com
pre
, hended.
What have you now in store
To add to the uproar?
What is the plot you're nursing
for
the
crash?
Don't explode it with a bang.
It may prove a boomerang;
In the closing days you mustn't -be
too
brash.
Let who may now at you scoff,
Just you quietly sneak off;
The voter hat his ticket
in
his
coat
Slide in and shut the door,
Look out for the smoothbore, '
And figure on the sly v
vest
. pocket
v T0te!
It's no trouble to find opt what the wild
waves are now saying at the- summer resorts.
Just ask tbe owners of the bath houses and
boardwalk booths.
The Independent voter Is not mulish, but
he's a bard kicker.
A New York girl has stolen 150 cloaks.
The mantle of charity will hardly fit her.
Gas men are meter-ologists, we presume.
It's a cool day when Pittsburg's gas pressure
lowers.
We ail inherit our father's name, but not
always his brains.
All's fair in love and politics.
Abtists canvas their views as well as poli
ticians. A monument of gun metal could be appro
priately placed over tbe grave of the late la
mented Rube Burrows.
When the hull of the steamer Swift collapsed
in the Monongahela yesterday she swiftly set
tled on the mud.
It's about time for the Government to take
Sitting Bull by the horns.
People with gimlet eyes probably bore you.
Willle Winkle.
NEWPOET BEAUTIES.
Exquisite Portraits Which an Eastern Artist
is Making of Them.
Mr. Benjamin Porter, the well-known portrait
painter, is about closing bis Newport studio for
the winter. He has had on exhibition thero for
some time four .beautiful women's portraits,
among which the one of Mrs. George Feabody
Wetmore in evening dress is perhaps tbe most
striking, as it admirably reproduces the mature
beauty and stately dignity of the original,
although a three-quarter length of Mrs. James
A. Burden is also extremely lovely.
The artist is nowputtlng the finishing touches
to a portrait of Miss Louise Shepard, which has
been painted for her mother's boudoir. It rep
resents her with a star In ber hair and is called
"lie Solr." The background is clouds, and tbe
face is very ethereal.
But the gem ot the whole collection is a
medallion head of Mrs. Porter, the golden
haired beauty of which is well set off by tbe
frame of white and gold and the severe sim
plicity of the background and surroundings.
All the Newport beauties have begged to be
painted in the same way, but, as the artist
justly observes, "it is a style that would suit
very few."
BAD EVENTS BECALLED
By the Funeral of a Young Lady at Greens
burg Yesterday.
The funeral of Annie Zita Ryan at St Jo
seph's Academy. Greensburg, yesterday, re
called a terrible time in that Institution. Miss
Annie, with her sister Katie, had been pupils at
St Joseph's when the news was brought that
their father. Sheriff Ryan, their mother, and
several of their brothers and sisters, had per
ished in the Johnstown flood. Twenty-two
members of the family were drowned on that
awful night Since then Annie and Katie bad
made their permanent home at St. Joseph's.
Annie was stricken with consumption last
August having before that enjoyed robust
health. Since the disease made its appearance,
however, she sank rapidly, bcingconlined toiler
bed for several weeks before her death. Sho
was a very lovable girl, full of life and spirit
until she became sick, and was a favorite of all
her schoolmates as well as the Sisters. She was
only 18 years of age. The remains were taken
to Johnstown for interment Sheriff Ryan was
very well known in Pittsburg.
A TIMELY BHYHE
In Which Readers of The Dispatch Should
bo Interested.
A few verses in our esteemed cotemporary,
the Saturday lieview, are of timely importance:
"Falling lond on onr tympanum, fearlal as the
crack o' doom;
Speeding westward, awful, thnnd'rlng; 'tis the
Kndyard Kipling boom.
Budyard Kipling, gifted stripling, praise and
glory to his name.
Prosing, rhyming, bravely Climbing to the pin
.nacle or Fame. "
This graceful recognition of a new develop
ment in tho literary world is especially inter
esting owing to tbe fact that the biggest gun
that Mr. Kipling has yo: loaded will be heard
in THE Dispatch on November 9 through the
beginning ot his first serial, "The Light
that Failed."
FEATHERED WABBI0BS.
A Brief Description of How the English
Partridge Fights and Runs.
From Longman's Magazine. 3
When two partridges meet on tbe war-trail,
they rush wildly up to within a foot of each
other, and then commence to leap up and down
as though they formed the extremities of an
invisible see-saw. Presently one becomes tired,
and, turning, runs as for bis very life across the
plain, followed by other in fierce pursuit
When No. 1 has bad enough running, he turns,
and the sce-saw process recommences, to be
followed generally by the retreat of No. 2, and
so on ad infinitum.
Occasionally one of the warriors loses an eye:
but this may be regarded as an accidental oc
currence, probably .equally deplored by ag
gressor and aggrieved.
Ministers in Politics.
From tbe lit Louis Globe-Democrat.
There is no good reason why a minister, any
more than a lawyer or a physician, should put
aside all political convictions and responsibili
ties. As a man of intelligence, be is bound to
have definite views upon political topics; and as
a faithful citizen, he is bound to use bis in
fluence on tbe side of clean and reputable gov
ernment VON M0LTKE AT NINETY.
Philadelphia Pi ess: Von Moltke needed
bnt one thing to round out his splendid birtbday
celebration and that was a message of con
gratulation from that other brave general
Boulanger, but tbe latter was doubtless pre
occupied with his own affairs.
The Washington Post: It is probable that
never before bas a successful General lived to
an age when ho could so fully witness the mag
nificent results ot his success, and when he
could so unreservedly enjoy the rapturous
plaudits of a united and grateful nation.
The Philadelphia Ledger: Field Marshal
Von Moltke is a soldier entirely worthy of tbe
high honors paid to him by his Emperorand
the people. It is doubtful, however, whether
Von Moltke himself enjoyed the occasion, or,
it he did, it is because old age has tempered his
feelings.
The N ew York Commercial Advertiser: All
the world' sympathizes wilh Germany in her
festival in Count von Moltke's honor. And -the
world's sympathy is all the warmer, remember
ing that this great man of war is also a gentle,
kindly man of peace, around whom children
flock whenever he appears on tbe street
The Philadelphia Times. Not only is Von
Moltke the oldest as well as the greatest of
field marshals, but he is tbe last ot a type that
cannot survive him. The great military estab
lishments of which he was so supremely repre
sentative must disappear in the near future by
disarmament or tbey will go down in the fall
and crash of empires.
New York Tribune'. Connt von Moltke's
laurels do not suffer Prince Bismarck to sleep.
The young Emperor, In showering honors upon
tbe conqueror of Koeniggraetz and Sedan, has
neglected the restless sage of Varzln, whose
pen was mightier even than tne victorious
sword in shaping tho destinies of Germany.
Excuses aro tendered for the Prince's absence
from the banquet and military fetes in Berlin:
but suspicion Is aroused that he was deliber
ately slighted by the Court
The Boston Herald: He is unquestionably
the most popular old soldier lu Europe, and.
like the late Captain of our own armies, he is
noted for his taciturnity. And yet he U fitted
to shine In any circle. He could fill tbe chair
of languages in any. university in the world.
He speaks and writes with facility and precis
ion German and Danish. French nnd Italian,
Spanish. Romaic. Torlciah, Arabic, Russian and
English. There is no better draughtsman in
the German military service tban ho.and his
water-color paintings possess high artistic
merit Ho is a thorough musician, a good
chess 'player, an accomplished horseman and
fencer and tbe greatest strategist in the world.
SOCIETY SUCCESSES. .
Doable Birthday and Wedding Anniversary
Celebration A Coming Wedding Beanty
and Brilliancy at a Cotillion The Wag-ner-Murpliy
Nuptials Other Social Mat
ters. The birthdays and wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. William Bruce Clark were very
pleasantly observed last evening by a brilliant
reception given by their daughter, Mrs. John
Arthurs, at whose home they reside. Tbe
birthdays bave fallen, and the wedding anni
versary is shortly to fall, so "betwixt and be
tween," as it were, the days were honored. Tho
luxurious home on Boquet street was a be
wildering picture for the event in its exquisite
floral dress.
Tho double parlors, in which the receiving
party were stationed, were all in gold, the yel
low chrysanthemums that decked the mantels,
banked the fireplaces and burdened the tables
harmonizing beautifully with tho elegant fur
nishing and rich hangings and draperies of the
rooms. The library was fragrant with deep
red roses that, in clusters and bouquets,
abounded, while decorations of white and
green, the new European fad. were seen in the
dining room, and the artistic effect obtained by
the shimmering damask, cnt glass, silver, and
the pure white flowers, with their setting of
green, was such that the popularity of the con
ceit is assured. ,
In tbe hall, from a screen of asparagus, issued
the delightful strains of Gernort's orchestra,
and into this realm of beantv and mndn antnred
a large nnmber of guests, including represent
atives from tbe social circles of not alone tbe
East End, but Pittsburg, Allegheny and Se
wickley, as well.
The refreshments served were calculated to
Inspire a really unromantic appetite, and ad
miration for the caterer, who happened to be
Kubn. Messrs. o. Jl. fc J. B. Murdoch had
charge of the floral decorations.
FUN FOB FOBTY YOUNG PEOPLE,
A Brilliant Cotillion Given at the Monon
gahela Last Evening.
Beauty and brilliancy at the Monongahela
House, last evening, was the result of the first
dance ot the Allegheny Cotillion Club of the
season and tho first dance of the club ever
given in a public assembly room. But one
would never imagine that such was the case, to
watch the really mature airs that were as
sumed last evening. Indeed, not a suspicion
of amateurishness was given by the manner in
which the event was condnctedfand some older
and more pretentious cotillions might gain
points from this youthful affair. The clnb
was organized in Allegheny about five
yean ago, by a score of prominent
young society men, and the cotillions were
danced in private houses, but the enlarged and
continually increasing membership prohibited
further retirement, and not only warranted a
pnblic debut, but rather necessitated such a
course. It will shortly assume the dignity of a
clnbroomof itanwn. In conjunction with tho
Allegheny German Club, in the building near
tho Bishop Bowman Instituto.'to be opened
next Saturday evening.
About 20 couples were present last evening,
and with Guenther's orchestra, in tho hand
somely decorated assembly room, with its ad
mirably polished floor, they eared not that tho
evening frowned upon any attempt at merry
making. The toilets of the young ladies were
lovely and fresh, as it Is so near the beginning
of the season, and the young gentlemen were
attired in the much-discussed evening suit that
just at present is attracting considerable social
attnntion, because it received such a slight
from some of the New York leaders last week.
Chaperones were in attendance.
AN INTERESTING WEDDING
That WU1 Take Place Next Week atalflc-
Cluro Avenue Mansion.
The Phillips home, on McClure avenue, so
long noted for tbe good cheer and hospitality
that lurks in every nook and corner of the
; comfortable, commodious residence, and for
tue genuine welcome waved to guests by the
grand old trees that grace the gTounds, and
more tangibly expressed by tbe inmates of the
home and the members of the family, will on
tbe 6th of November be the sceno of an inter
esting wedding. Miss Ella W. Phillips, a
daughter of the household, is to be the bride,
and Mr. John D. Davis, an enterprising young
business man Ot this city, tbe groom. There
will be a number of attendants for both
bride and groom, among them a twin
sister of the bride, and doubtless several
of her many brothers. Miss Phillips, a youn"
lady known to a laree circle or friends, talented
and accomplished, is a member of one of
the oldest AHegbPny families, being tbe
daughter of Mr. J, Phillips, of J. & H. Phillips,
oilcloths and rubber goods. 26 and 28 Sixth
street whose continuous business career in tho
city for tbe past half century bas marked Lim
as one of Pittsburg's substantial men. Hor
brothers six of them havo all assumed posi
tions in their father's establishment, with tho
exception of one, perhaps, and are identified
with the business and pronounced energetic
and reliable.
Mr. Davis, the fortunate winner of the hand
of Miss Phillips, is associated with the Sixth
street concern, though In an entirely different
branch of business. Well knowu and thor
oughly liked, his coming nuptials will interest
a great many people. As the Phillipses are ad
herents of tbe Episcopal faith, a divine of that
church will doubtless officiate.
THE FHiST SOIREE MUSICALE
Of tho Pittsburg Female College Proves a
Complete Success.
The college chapel was filled last evening at
the Pittsburg Female College in honor of tho
first soiree musicale of tbe series to be given
this winter. Mr. Theodore Salmon was con
ductor of tho occasion, and deserves great
credit for tbe smooth manner in which tbe
programme was rendered, as well as for secur
ing such well-known and acknowledged artists.
The pianist was Mr. Carl Hotter; the tenor. Mr.
Harry Brockett; the elocutionist. Miss Mary
Kier ail justly appreciated by fittaburgers.
The violinist was vMiss Lucile Eldndge. of
Cleveland, hitherto a stranger to our public,
but after one performance recognized as an ar
tist of considerable ability. The lady is a mem
ber ot the college faculty.
THE KING'S DAUGHTEBS.
Willing Workers of St Peter's Church Hold
a Book Reception.
The second annual book reception of the
Willing Workers' Circle of the King's Daugh
ters, of St Peter's Episcopal Churcb.was given
last evening in the Sunday school room of the
church on Diamond street An excellent pro
gramme was presented. Among the .perform
ers were Miss Camille Will.the Misses' Mattem,
James Bennett Edward S. McClelland, James
Matthews, W. W. Logan, Edward V. Clark and
others.
Tbe admission was free, but each attendant
was expected to donate a book for the Library
of the Young Women's Boardinz House, Alle
gheny, and quite a collection of new and old
dooks was seenreu.
t A Success in Every Respect
Tbe musical and literary entertainment last
evening in tbe Wilklnsburg Academy was a
perfect success. It was given under tbe auspices
of class No. 10, of the Sunday school of the M.
E. Church, and comprised a long and varied
programme. Every number was loudly ap
plauded. Tbe proceeds will be applied to the
fund for tho new Methodist Church building.
Will Face a Large Audience.
Robert J. Bnrdette, with bis amusing lecture
on "The Rise and Fall of the Mustache," will
be tbe attraction at the second entertainment
of the winter series under the auspices of the
Y.M. C. A. at Wilklnsburg. Friday, Novem
bers. The concert last week was such a re
markable success that there is no doubt that
the genial Bob will faco a large audience.
Arrangements for an Orange SociaL
Tbe Ladles' Aid Society ot the Asbnry M. EL
Cbnrch, Fifth avenue, has arrangements
almost completed for an orange social, to take
place to-morrow evening. The social is in the
bands of energetio Ddople, and is sure to be a
success: N umerous booths, attended by aids
attired in tbe conventional orange, will be
some of the attractions.
The Wagner-Murphy Wedding.
At 8 o'clock last evening Miss Bessie Murphy,
a former teacher in the Lincoln School, was
wedded to Mr. Georee Wagnor, confidential
clerk for the Adams Express Company, East
Liberty. Only tbe families and intimate friends
qf the bride and groom were present at the
ceremony, which took place at the Murphy
residence on Meadow street
The Chelsea's Reception.
The Chelsea Clnb, composed of many ot tbe
best-known people of the Sixth ward, held
tbelr fourth reception at new Turner Hall last
evening. The largo audience was composed of
hhthly cultivated people and all enjoyed them
selves immensely.
Social and Supper.
The Young People's Society of tho Christian
Endeavor and Mission Band, ol the Sonthside
Presbyterian Church, held an interesting' en-
tertatnment and social last evening. There was
a good attendance despite the bad weather, ana
the evening was spent in an enjoyable manner.
Supper was served in tho basement of the
church.
An Entertainment In Coraopolis.
An entertainment will be given in Coraopolls-
to-morrow evening by the Lawn Tennis Club,
consisting of musical and elocutionary selec
tions. Miss Graham, ot Allegheny, and Miss
Jolly, oi Phillipsburg, will take part and home
talent will furnish a miscellaneous menu. Mr.
Alexander Stephens will deliver a lecture,
subject: "The Future of Coraopolis. tbe Gem
of the Ohio Valley and the Home of tho
Graces."
Social Chatter.
Miss Rosa Feiedsam and Mr. Henry
Finkelpearl were married at the residence of
the bride's parents in Allegheny last evening
by Rabbi L. Mayer. Tbe ceremony was per
formed at 5 o'clock, and was succeeded by joy
ous festivities.
A neat card received yesterday read3
'Yourself and family are respectfully invited
to attend the Cyclorama Dancing Class recep
tion Monday evening. November 3, 1830. Ger
nert Eight to L E. V. Bridge, instructress."
To-morrow evening the Allegheny lodges
of the Order of Solon will give a complimen
tary entertainment at Carnegie HalL The
Bev. R. W. Covert, Supreme Chaplain, will
deliver a lecture.
Rev. C. C. Hats will give a lecture, entitled
"Camping In Palestine," for the benefit of tbe
Westminster Presbyterian Church, at the
Second TJ. P. Church, next Friday evening.
In the St Thomas church at Braddock. at 4
o'clock ycsterday.occurred the wedding of Miss
Mary Golden and Mr. Edward Everett Rev.
Father Hickey officiated.
A delightful supperj was given last even
ing at the residence of Rev. Mr. Wallace by
the Young Women's Missionary Society of the
Eighth TJ. P. Church.
An enjoyable entertainment, literary and
musical, was given last evening in St Peter's
Episcopal Church.
A musicale at tbe residence of Mrs. John
Oakley was ono ot the enjoyable events last
evening.
Mes. Judge Stowe receives at her home, in
Edgeworth, this afternoon and evening.
Mrs. Henry B. Birch, of Penn avenue,
gave a small luncheon yesterday.
The Bassett-Gibson wedding to-day.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
One of the Campaign Yarns.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The writer, an Independent Republican, was
informed by one of Delamater's admirers that
ex-Governor's Pattison's father was a rebel
and fonzht in the Confederate army, and that
the ex-Governor was entirely in sympathy with
the Southern cause. While the writer has
always considered ex-Governor Pattison a true
citizen and no traitor, and Intends to vote for
him provided his Southern pedigree is not so
abnormally developed as stated. Any informa
tion on this subject will be of great service to
independent voters.
Independent Republican.
Allegheny, October 27. 1S30.
It is stated that ex-Governor Pattison had
the misfortune to be born a few miles across
the Pennsylvania lino in Maryland. His father
did not serve in tbe Confederate army, and the
ex-Governor himself was of about tbe right
age to be going to school at tbe time.
You Are Entitled to Tote.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Your answer to a contributor seems to cover
my case. I am, and have been, a citizen of this
State and Allegheny county for upward of 15
years. 1 ho'ld tax receipts up to and including
the month of September of tbis present year.
Through sickness or negligence I did not reg
ister. With these papers in my hand am I or
am I not entitled to a vote? An answer to this
will very much oblige a constant subscriber.
Hazelwood, October 27, 1S30. D. L.
A Legislative Candidate's Statement.
To the Editor of Tbe Dlsoatch:
In the Pittsburg papers a series of inter
rogatories were recently propounded bv the
Patrons of Husbandry, or Grangers, ot Moon,
Findley. Robinson and North Fayette town
ships to tbe candidates for Congress and the
Stato Legislature. I wisa to say that the ques
tions nut to the candidates for the State Legis
lature are answered emphatically by me in the
affirmative. William C. McFarland,
Sixth Legislative District
Who Can Give the Information?
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you please inform me through your
paper if one must have a license to be mar
ried in Cumberland, Md. If so, what other
place can you be married without a license?
constant Reader.
Pittsburg, October 27, 1S80.
He Can Vote Next Tuesday.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
A Is 21 years ot age tolay. Can be vote at the
election on November 4 7 B says he cannot
A Subscribes.
Pittsburg. October 27, 1S90.
ANIHALS USING FIBE.
This Destroys a Distinction Heretofore Made
Between Man and Beast
From Chambers' Journal.
A knowledge of the use of Are and artificial
lights has always been regarded as distinctly
human, and as marking a definite separation
line between man and the lower animals. It
woald appear from a paragraph in Stanley's
new book, "In Darkest Africa," that thfs dis
tinction can no longer be claimed.
On page 423 of the first volume of that work
tho anthor sajs that among other natural his
tory notes which he gleaned from Emin Pasha
was the following: The forest of Msongwa is
infested with a large tribo of chimpanzees. In
snmmer time, at night, they frequently visit
tbe plantations of Mswa station to steal tbe
fruit But what is remarkable about tbis Is the
fact that they use torches to Iieht the way!
Had 1 not witnessed this extraordinary spec
tacle personally I shonld never bave credited
that any of the Simians understood the art of
making fire."
A NOVEL PEN-WIPES.
The Jnicy Potato is Said to Remove the Ink
and Delay Corrosion.
From the Pall Mall Budget
One of tbe chief woes of the ready writer, be
he clerk or what not, consists in the fact
that be no sooner gets a pen In good working
order, tban it, like the "dear gazelle." comes
to an untimely end from the corrosion caused
by tho ink. Life is not long enough to use and
mend quills, nor to apply with delicate fitness
the pen-wiper to a steel one. But some cenlus
bas now hit ou a solution of tbe difficulty
which has the merit of tbe most extreme sim
plicity. In many offices, we are informed, a potato is
nsed instead of a pen-wiper. The juicy tuber
holds tbe pen steady, removes at once all ink
from tbe nib, and prevents, or at least very
greatly del ays, the corrosion, and spares many
a well-loved pen to a ripe old age.
THE LIBEL SUIT.
Oil City Derrick: Pattison's resort to a
libel suit at this stage of the campaign, is an
other bit of clap trap sensationalism of tbe
man. He knows it cannot come to trial before
tho election, and will not afterward.
Wheeling Register-. Ex.Governor Robert
E. Pattison, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, has sued for libel three
leading Republican newspapers of tbe State,
which have been conducting the dirtiest ktnd
ot a dirty campaign of falsehood and slander
against him.
The Philadelphia Inquirer. The article on
tbe South Penn was received from sources that
were considered to be entirely responsible, and
had not the Inquirer so considered them tbe
article would not have been published. Mr.
Pattison denies the trnth of tbe article. We
publish this denial as made at the bearing.
Philadelphia Public Ledge.: Ex-Governor
Fattlsou could not bave asked for a bet
ter opportunity to bring before the people his
record as Governor tban the attack made upon
him because ot the passage ot the South Penn
Railroad bills during his term of office. He is
prompt to take advantage of the situation, as
be ought to be, for political reasons, as well as
to vindicate his good nam.
Philadelphia Iforth American: After
screeching and whining that Mr. Delamater
was afraid to sue anybody, Mr. Pattison's
friends bave persuaded tbelr nwn candidate
that a libel suit against somebody would be a
big thing for Pattison! They are a set ot fools
who fancy auch a transparent bit of humbug
can do anything but show bow desperate Is the
panic which presages their rout.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
In 1890 16,000,000 dozen eggs were Im
ported. It is said th3t the Farmers' Alliance has
lodges in 35 States, with a membership of
2,000.000.
A Cornell professor says that most water
filters tend to increase rather than diminish
bacteria in water.
A Russian Lieutenant, 22 years 61d, has
just completed a trip by bicycle from St Pe
ter.burg to Paris inside of 80 days.
Could any insignia be more pacific for a
man-of-war tban Count Moltke's coat of arms?
Three white doves on an argent shield.
It is said that in the nver approach to
Lako Nicaragua and in the lake Itself are to be
found what are said to bo the only fresh-water
sharks known.
Two hundred and four American car
pet mills, running 11,000 looms, employing ,
000 hands, made. In the year 1S89. 78,800,000
yards of carpet
Perique tobacco, which, it is said, growl
to perfection only in St James' parish, Louis
iana, will be but a scant crop this year, owing
to the late floods. 3 '
A farmer in Van Bureu, Pa., owns
three apple orchards. On one tree this year
werelo bushels. All the others together bore
not more than a bushel.
A San Francisco undertaker has fitted
up a large and handsome funeral parlor where
funerals may be held. It is intended to meet
tbe needs ot families who live in hotels.
Anguste, a picker-up of cigar ends, has
just died in Paris, leaving behind him the re
spectable sum of 100,000 francs, which, it if
narrated, he amassed from hts occupation.
The highest point on the New York Ele
vated Ratlroad is at tbe One Hundred and
Tenth street enrve of the Sixth and Ninth ave
nues division, which is said to be 92 feet high.
Nearsightedness is overrunning the
French people as much as the Germans. Among
tbe senior boys in tbe different French col
leges more than 40 per cent are nearsighted.
The Newcastle, England, Chronicle of
October 14 says: This morning the screw steam
ers Louise H.. of Newcastle, Captain Voss, and
tbe Mount Park, o( Hartlepool, Captain Brock,
from Ireland, with cargoes of sheep, arrived in
the Tyne.
The high rate of mortality among tho
shopgirls in the monster shops of Paris. 6 per
cent is largely; due to premature vital ex
haustion from being unable to sit down
throughout the day. i
People who sit at home in this country
and are panic stricken by tbe occasional ap
pearance of a mad dog can hardly realize that
in India last year upward of 20,000 persons died
from snake bites alone.
There is some prospects that New York
will have a State park in tbe Adirondaeks. It
is proposed that a reservation of about 25 miles
square be taken, containing 1,000,000 acres, the
same to include Racquet Lake.
Pecan nut growing is one of the rising
industries ot the Gulf States. After tbe trees
begin to bear they involve no labor or expense
and yield, it Is said, an income otSoOO to J1.000
per acre, according to tho quality of the nut
In Ansonia, Conn., the other day tbree
Chinamen entered a street car, and when tbe
conductor came for fares one of the Celestials
gave his bead a turn and a jerk and dropped
three nickels from bis ear into tbe conductor's
band.
A French attorney was writing out a
brief. He was in splendid health, only 40 years
old. and was writing rapidly when all at once
he stopped, and from that moment could not
tell hi own name. Memory went out from him
like a flash of lightning.
Jasper and Newton counties, in Mis
souri, produce half the lead and zinc ore used
in tbe United States Tbe ridge runs from
Joppadowo through Washington county. Ark.,
and land which in 1880 sold for $10 an acre, this
year has brought tLOUO.
A reporter in Denver went to 63 differ
ent men. all intelligent citizens, before ha
found one to tell bun the meaning of tbe word
"ergo." Ho has now started out with "ibid,"
and has already accosted 51 men without get
ting a satisfactory answer.
In the United Kingdom 20,000,000 hens
lav on tbe average 90 eggs each per annum,
of which 10 are reserved for batching. It fol
lows that the borne product is 1,600,000,000,
wblch added to tbe nnmber Imported gives
2,700,000,000 or 73 per inhabitant
Japan has a rapid-transit slyle of df
vorce which must excite tbe envy of Chicago.
A citizen of Bizen has been divorced from bis
thirty-fifth wife, and there are Indications in
tho neighborhood where be lives that be is
getting ready to marry his thirty-sixth.
The revenue cutter Bush, late from a
Northern Pacific tour. Drought home a walrus
skin over 11 feet long: It was captured bv
some junior officers on Walrus Island, and will
be sent to tbe Smithsonian Institution at
Washington, where, after being properly pre
pared, it will form one ot tbe Alaskan ex
hibits at the World's Fair.
It is said that a wealthy gentleman of
Liverpool has purchased the Garden ot Geth
semane. near Jerusalem, In wblch tbe Saviour
passed the nignt bofore His crucifixion. The
purchase was made m order to prevent specu
lators from carrying outthcirscheines of build
ing on the sacred grounds a hotel tor the ac
commodation of visitors and tourists iu the
Holy Land.
A watchmaker in Newcastle, Eng.. re
cently completed a set of throe gold shirt studs,
in one of which is a watch that keeps excellent
time, the diameter being only three-sixteenths
ot an Inch. Tbe tbree studs are connected by
a strip ot silver inside tbe shirt bosom, and tbs
watch, contained in tbe middle one, is wound
up by turning tho stud abuve. The hands are
set by turning one below.
If, as has been estimated, tbe popula
tion of tbe United States is 12 times as great as
that of tho Dominion, it will be seen that tbe
divorce ratio is immensely greater here than
there, due, no doubt to tbe difference in the
systems of tbe two countries, and to the higher
estimate placed by our Northern neighbors on
tbe inviolability of the tie than we do. It is
indeed, startling to realize that while the pop
ulatlon of tbe two countries are as 12 to 1, the
divorces are as 2,700 toL
TVIT A"D HOMOB.
The paving block that cannot swim has
nonuslnessuponanyof the streets of Detroit.
Detroit Fret Frets.
Snapper Who is that idiot that just went
out leavinsr the door open?
Cynic He's the rellow who swore so because
someone else left It open. Boston Merald.
Husband I see that n woman is about to
apply for a seat in the New York Stock Exchange.
Wife Why don't some ol the lncngetnpand
girc her a eeat?-Lowell Citizen.
One cannot understand the true delights
of a still hunt until he goes out on one with an ex
cise officer in Kentucky. It is then that one en
Joys the spirit of the sport Jfeio Zork Commer'
cial Advertiser.
Devotion. "John, the doctor says I must
up wine, bnt I think 1 must nave one more bottle,
even though It kills me."
"All right vonr honor, I will cheerfully die
with you." Htcaende matter.
Wiiddle Why are you so cross?
Foddle Confound the luck, I had some satis
faction thinking that I bad got out of tbe ice
man's clntcbes when he quit delivering.
Waddle-DIdn' t you?
Foddle No. He went right Into the coal bust
ness. Detroit Free Press.
The man who promptly pays his bill';
Is lonesome;
Wbo never felt tbe poor man's chills, s
Is lonesome: .
Who can always meet his debts,
And who never, never bets.
Who flirts not with the girls-the pets.
Is lonesome, awfully lonesome.
Boston Herald.
Charles Dudley Warner, says the Wath
melon Star, called one day upon his neighbor,
Mark Twain, and asked him to go walking;. The
humorist resisting. Warner advanced scriptural
authority In support of his desire as follows:
Matthew v: xll, "And whoever shall compel thee
to no a mile, go with him. Twain." And Twain
went
"Where are jou going, my pretty maid?"
"I'm gunning for fools! Look out!" she said.
Boston Traveller.
Father Why don't you work?
Son Why, I am as busy as a bee.
Father You do nothing but eat
tion Weil, that is all the bees are doing Just
now. New York Herald.
"Haven't you forgotten tomething, sir?"
asked the head porter of a cuest wbo had paid his
bill and was leaving the hotel. ,
"Oh, no." replied the non-tipper, 'Ifl have
you can keep It"
"Much obliged I X notice yon left your pocket
book lying ou the desk." Kevt Tort Sun,
Mrs. Gazzam (to Ssdie Bloobnmper)
'Where's your mamma. Sadler . ,
Sadie She went over to Mrs. Gargoyle's two
hours ago to stay five minutes. Sea Xvrk Svn,
m lL& CAtlS h.