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EXAMPLES OF CAMPAIGN AMMUNITION
Some of the documents which are being cir
culated by the Republican management of
this State present a remarkable commentary
on the species of argument which can be re
sorted to in a desperate strait. Put in juxta
position these arguments are a remarkable
lesson on the Yery small value placed on
principle when votes are sought.
One of these circulars which bare come
within our notice is addressed to the order of
American Mechanics, and calls for that rote
because seventy-five per cent of Pattison's
support will come from the Catholics. As a
sort of cross-match in the political team is
another addressed to Catholics urging them
to vote against Pattison, because he vetoed
an application lor Mercy Hospital, and is
nothing but a Methodist, anyway or some
argument equally riertinent. Besides the
poor taste ol trying to import sectarian
prejudices into politics, the suggestion that
the Mechanics must support Mr. Delamater
because of the implication that be does not
favor the Catholics, and the Catholics must
support him because be is more friendly to
them tban Pattison, has an especial beauty
when each side finds out the sort of pabulum
that is being served up to the other.
Another interesting specimen of the same
sort is a circular addressed to the saloon
keepers. Here we find the damning fact
demonstrated from one of Gov. Patti
son's messages that be recommended "a
bigber license than was then imposed in
order to limit the number ot saloons," and
said that care should be taken as to the
necessity and conduct of the licensed tav
erns. As this was exactly the policy
adopted by a Republican Legislature and
signed by a Republican Governor, in the
shape of the present license law, one would
imagine it rather difficult lor a Republican
committee to make material out of it for
an attack on Pattison; but that body
proudly surmounts any such obstacle as
that by promising the saloon keepers that if
Delamater is elected the Brooks law will be
amended and an excise commission estab
lished. The cbaractcr attached to that com
mission by this circular is shown in the
final assertion that every man win has a
license, who ever had a license, who bas
"nntortunately been refused a license or
wno expects in the future to apply for a
license," must rote for Mr. Delamater.
Political ammunition of this sort indicates
the tendency of some people to get politics
down to a reprehensible plane. If there is
auy plane more objectionable tban this the
Delamater managers have only four days
left in which to discover it
CANAL AND SLACKAVATER.
The Canal Commission is reported to be
tending very strongly in the direction of
laying out its canal along the bank of the
Ohio river from the Beaver to the Davis
Island dam.
Such a survey is entirely proper as afford
ing information on tne aggregate cost of the
work; but the question whether it should be
considered as an essential part of the project
will depend very largely upon whether the
Ohio river will not be impiovcd by locks
and dams between Davis Island and the
mouth of the Bearer. Although the same
depth might not be contemplated fcr the
river as lor the cinal they can certainly be
harmonized sufficiently to make each con
tribute traffic to the other.
II we are not mistaken an appropriation
was made at the last session of Congress for
a dam at Beaver. That indicates the very
ttrong possibility that the river will be
slack-natered before the canal even with an
exceptional decree of promptitude can be
finished. Certainly,thef.voenterprisesshould
be kept in harmony. Unless the slack-watering
is definitely abandoned, the canal from
Beaver up will be wholly unnecessary.
The slack-watering of the Ohio and the
Lake Erie Canal are reallv component
parts of one great project. When the latter
is realized we may hope to see the former
Iced it an outlet from the Beaver Valley up
the river and perhaps down as welL
boards or trade and gambling.
Some very radical and almost rabid reso
lutions of the Illinois Farmers' Alliance at
Springfield, denounced boards of trade in
general, and the Chicago Board of Trade in
particular, as "'dens ol thieves whited sep
ulchers full o' dead men's bones ruined by
gambling." This bas evoked a response
from the Secretary of the Chicago body, a
defense of the legitimate work of the boards
in buying, handling, and storing the staple
products of the country. The claims which
be makes are largely correct, and need not
be repeatd here. With regard to the fact
that this legitimate business does not cover
the gambling transactions on the board, that
gentleman says: "As for gambling in farm
products, one needs only to read the rales of
the board. Any evidence of such dealings
means expulsion."
This is also true, we believe, so far as the
existence of such rules on paper are con
cerned; but unfortunately its adequacy as a
reply to the attack ol the Farmers' Alli
ance is seriously diminished by the fact
that the rules are not enforced, and precious
good care is taken not to present evidence of
gambling transactions or inflict the penalty
of suspension. Much foundation is given
for criticisms, of which the Alliance
resolution is a rather violent example, in
the hardly concealed fact that the Chicago
Board of Trade not only takes good care to
ignore tbe prevalence of gambling trans
actions on its floor, so far as their preven
tion is concerned, but at the same time
recognizes these transactions are a source of
revenue and seeks to monopolize tbat reve
nue for its members. Its attack on the
bucket shops was a very clear proof to this
effect. The argument which induced it to
ko the lengths of even cutting off quota-
iious br telegraph was that the bucket shops
were taking business which would other
wise go to the Board of Trade. Yet the
bucket shop business Tras correctly stated to
be pure gambling; and the Board of Trade
therefore placed itself in the attitude of en
deavoring to swell its revenue from the com
mission on gambling. There is no doubt
that it derives an immense profit from that
source. Vast as is the legitimate amount of
trade handled on the Chicago Board of
Trade, its total sales arc several times the
amount of actual products received and
shipped at Chicago, hence it is clear that
the majority of its transactions are mere
bets on the fluctuations of the market.
The speculation in such bodies affords a
remarkable illustration of n general evil,
namely, the perversion of legitimate in
stitutions into illegitimate fields. Grain
exchanges, stock exchanges and petroleum
exchanges are necessary institutions. Busi
ness could not be transicted on the modern
scale without them. But the commercial
betting whicn is carried on there is not only
unnecessary but it is'an unqalified evi'.; and
yet it has often attained a volume several
times that of the legitimate transactions.
The fact pointed out by the Secretary of the
Chicago Board, that the gambling is against
their rules only makes the toleration ol the
evil more glaring. The 'Chicago Board will
have a good defense against the attacks of
the Alliance, when it enforces its rules and
expels the gamblers.
THE SOUTH rENN ENTERPRISE.
The prompt manner in which Governor
Pattison has given our cotemporaries, the
Delamater organs, a lesson on tbe way in
which an upright candidate can meet
charges against bis record in public affairs,
and leaves the onus decidedly on them of
producing even an excuse for the publica
tion of such manufactured campaign stuff.
Since the South Penn matter has been
brouyht up, however, there is another very
interesting phase of the subject presented,
at the same time, by the confirmation of tbe
reports that the Vanderbilt interest had in
creased its holdings in tbe Heading road,
and the rerival of the old story that it will
now resume the South Penn enterprise and
open up that connection between the Bead
ing lines and the Vanderbilt roads in this
city.
Tbat story bas appeared, in various shapes
and guises, so frequently before, tbat it does
not afford much basis for very solid expecta
tions at present; but the history of the
wbolf matter leaves certain things as beyond
dispute. First among these is that the Van
derbilt interests both in the Beading and
about this city would be immensely en
hanced, by the completion of the half-bnilt
line that connects them. Tbe history of the
corporate deal by which in contravention of
good faith and in violation of the Constitu
tion that enterprise was smothered, and of
the vigorous measures by which Governor
Pattison and Attorney General Cassiday
brongbt tbat deal to a halt until the cud of
their administration is familiar to our peo
ple. During the succeeding four years, how
ever, it has gradually dawned upon the pnblio
that the prohibition of the Constitution and
the mandate of the courts was being quietly
ignored, until within the last year, in inter
views on this subject, representatives of the
Pennsylvania Railroad did not think it
worth while to coceal their understanding
that their corporation bad control of the
South Penn in defiance of courts and Con
stitution alike. If that is tbe case, tbe Vau
derbilts cannot extend the Beading to Pitts
burg without building a new line, which
would be quite a different matter than finish
ing a line of which tbe roadway was nearly
all built.
With regard to the connection of this
matter with the present political contest
people who recognize the public interest in
the South Penn and the public right to
have it built, will have no difficulty in per
ceiving tbat one of two things must be true.
Either the Vanderbilts have retained control
of the South Penn, in which case it will be
built, and the State will have to thank for
that benefit the vigor and independence of
Robert E. Pattison in stopping that cor
porate deal; or the transfer of control has
been made to the Pennsylvania Bailroad id
wanton defiance of all law, which must be
charged to the subservience of the Repub
lican administration in looking the other
way while the great corporations coolly
trampled under foot their legal restrictions.
In cither case the course indicated to peo
ple who wish the State Government ad
ministered independently and for the in
terest of the pcoDle is made equally clear.
In Robert E. Pattison they can have an
executive wbo stands on the platform
cicated by his acts, that the Constitution
and the laws must be enforced against tbe
richest and greatest as well as against the
humblest. In bis opponent they have a
candidate who represents the practical
political idea thai tbe Constitution need not
be enforced, or can be construed out of ex
istence, where it conflicts with the interest
f great corporations or influential candi
dates. Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania have
a direct interest in the building of a new
and competing line to the East; but the
whole State has a far greater interest in the
maintenance of the principle that its luuda
mental law is supreme over all classes. A
remarkable instance of the way in which the
violation of this priuciplc can spread hard
ship to all classes is afforded in this city at
present. Many important streets in the
residence wards of the city which were
graded for paving this year, are to be left un
paved for the winter because the contractors
could not get cars to haul the paving stones
here. A good share of the people of Pitts
burg must wade in the mud this winter and
undergo great difficulty in getting neces
saries ot life delivered at their houses be
cause the railway facilities of Pennsylvania
are inadequate; and tbe rail way facilities are
inadequate because the principle vindicated
by Gov. Pattison's administration, that
tbe Constitution is supreme over the copora
tions, has been ignored and abandoned by
the succeeding Republican administration.
The South Penn affair from beginning to
end shows tbe need of such men as Pattison,
be they Democrat or Republican, in the ad
ministration ol tbe State Government. Had
be remained Governor four years longer,
there is no hazard in saying that the South
Penn road would have been in running
operation to-day.
The thoughtlulness of Mr. Phillips, the
Congressional candidate In the Twenty-fifth
district, when at the inception of the shut
down movement be stipulated that a proportion
of the profits should go to the well drillers, is
likely to prove like the "bread cast upon the
waters which rcturneth after many days." At
that time Sir. Phillips could not have foreseen
that he wonld be a candidate for Congress, but
now that he is before the people In that ca
pacity the 'Well Drillers' Union bears cheerful
testimony to his action. The shut-down move
ment was no great help to the oil regions; it did
not materially improve the condition of the
producers; but Mr. Phillip? is entitled fairly to
tho credit now being given him for securing
provision for the labor which was affected by it
The Mayor of Nashville has resigned be
cause his salary of 2,400 was not enough to
meet tbe calls of Charity, not to mention tho
principle that charity begins at home. The
Mayor should suggest the formation of a de
partment of charities, which would perhaps af
ford tho hoad of the city, in that noble cause, a
cbanco to enjoy patrontge Instead of poverty.
A veky general manifestation of female
vanity Is to try to squeeze a No. 5 foot into a
No. 3 shoe. Tbis is more painful but less
ridiculous than the phase of masculine vanity
which manifests itself in the case of some of
our politicians at tbe other end of tbe body by
wearing a No. 10 hat on a No. 5 bead.
The report that the Supreme Court of
the State or Vermont lias decided that railway
pools are not illegal is probably duo tto a con
fusion between pools and slinplo agrcomonts to
maintain certain schedules. All local decisions
and all enactments agree that the pooling of
traffic is illegal. Still, since the United States
Supremo Court has very nearly come to the
conclusion that tho provisions of tho United
States Constitution are unconstitutional. It
would not be surprising to find a State court
which holds that the principles of the common
law are Illegal
Mr. Hirsch. the United States Minister
at Constantinople, lias succeeded lu proving
that he bas a very definite idea of his mission
to protect American citizens. A cltizon of this
country having been arrestedon trivial grounds,
Mr. Hirsch promptly farced not only his release
but an apology for his arrest, and is now de
manding damages for false arrest.
Mb, Reed's declaration that "consolida
tion Is the life-blood of trade" is calculated to
create the suspicion that tbo Speaker relies
upon bis Imagination for his facts and the
Trust advocates for his theories.
"Me. McAieek is going to Keep a close
watch on Mr. Vaux, and Mr. Vaux is going to
keep a close watch on the Fourth ward." says
a Delamater organ ot Philadelphia. And the
Republican managers who are raising such a
cry about tbe Importance of the tariff issue,
having refused to improve the chance of gain
ing a Congressman iu that district, will watch
both McAleer and Vaux for opportunities of
trading with them for votes on the Governor
ship, which do not affect tbe tariff at all.
The Attorney General of New York may
have been rather deliberate in enforcing it on
the minds of tbe Sugar Trust people, but he
seems to have made them at last understand
that when the courts say the Trust must be
dissolved it must be dissolved. That is the
difference between this case and tbe result of
the South Penn injunction suits.
Since our friends, the enemy, brought
out that South Penn matter, a full discussion
of tbe subject is likely to turn it into a boom
erang. Mk. Balfour's admission that there has
been damage to the potato crop in Ireland, off
set by His claim that there can be no suffering
there because most of the Irish laborers who
did harvest work in England have saved as
much as $10 each, is evidently intended to show
tbat Great Britain bas a statement which can
discount Jay Gould's one-suit-of-clothes idea
all to nothing.
The suggestion of tbe Chicago Mail, tbat
all the officers of th i World's Fair Commission
shall declino their salaries, as President Palmer
has done, except so much as may be necessary
for actual expenses, is likely to be regarded as
satire. It Indicates a Dclief on the part of the
suggester that tbe officials do not know what
they are there for.
The fall is "the saddest of tbe year"
when it is characterized by the fall of such an
excessive amount of rain.
PEBS0NAL MENTION.
Rudyard Kipling keeps a rlflo and a de
canter of whisky in his sanctum.
Russell B. Harbison has been proposed
for membership in the New York Press Club.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde is compiling an alpha
betical dictionary of Shakesperean quota
tions. No crowned monarch in Europe is more diffi
cult to get at for an Interview tban Arthur
Balfour, tbe Chief Secretary for Ireland.
It is feared In Washington that General Bel
knap's estate will prove to amount to but very
little. Ho was not thrifty, and he was very
generous.
Miss Mildred Fuller, the daughter ot
the Chiof Justice of thetUnited States Su
prem ) Court, will be married to Hugh Wallace,
of Tacoma, about January 1.
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain dined with the
Saturday Club, in Boston, Saturday afternoon.
Dr. Holmes, Mr. Lowell, and Frederick Law
Olmstead were among the guests.
Sib John Pbleston's younger dangbtcr,
Alice, who was born in the United States while
her father was a partner with Jay Cooke, will
soon marry Francis Gaford Brenton.
Bishop Keane, President of the Catholic
University in Washington, who delivered a
divinity lecture at Harvard last week, is the
first of tbo sect to appear under such auspices.
William L. Scott, of Erie, who has been
seriously ill, is better, and bis daughter and
other relatives think that be will soon be en
tirely well. He has conclnucd to sell all his
race horses.
Miss A. B. Cleghorn a Hawaiian Princess,
and in the line of succession to the throne of
Honolulu, arrived in New York from Europe
on Sunday. She is shortly to wed a well-known
Englishman.
Louis Kossuth is still engaged at his home
In Turin. Italy, In writing bis memoirs, the com
pletion of which is made slow work by his great
age he is now 88 years old and his habit of
running into diffusive details.
Senator Stanford tells his California
friends: "I have no doubt tbat about next
August the Fresidental party will come out
here, and I shall try to fix tbe date for the
opening of tbe university at Palo Alto in order
to secure the President's presence."
The latest of the society writers is Mrs.
Ruth Dana Draper, who has a pretty little
story in one of the November monthlies. Mrs.
Draper is a daughter of Hon. Charles A. Dana
and the wife of Dr. William H. Draper. Sbe
is exceptionally clever and brilliant.
FsaUlein Marie Essipoff bas received
as a wedding present from her father, a
wealthy Viennese merchant, a book which is
said to be the costliest volume in existence.
The binding is ot the richest tooled morocco,
and each of tbe 100 leaves is a bond of 1,000
gulden.
The son of Senator Hiscock. an ablevonnn-
lawyer, Albert K. Hiscock, is in Syracuse jnst
now, packing up bis household effects to re
move with his family to Tacoma, Wash. He
went out there about a year ago to look over
the State of Washington, and decided tbat it
was a good place to live and grow up with tbe
country.
THE health of young Mrs. Blaine is mending
very rapidly. She now goes about with no
other aid tban that of a cane, and she does not
have to lean very heavily even on this for sup
port. Her face has rilled out so that her pretti
ness much of which consisted of the plump
outlines and dimples has returned, and there
Is a decided improvement in tho cheerfulness
of one of the most widely discussed invalids of
the year.
The report that Prince Ferdinand of Hohen
zollern, heir presumptive to the crown of
Roumanla, is to wed Princess Victoria of
Wales cannot be verified, although it is likely
that the Princess Maud will be betrothed to
the Duke of Augnstenbnrg, only brotber of
tbe German Empress, wbo is a nephew of
Prince Christian and grand-nephew ot Queen
Victoria through his mother.Princess Adelaide
of Hobenlobe-Langenburg.
City Noises.
From the New York World. 3
Tbe simple rule In these matters ought to be
tbat all unnecessary noises In the streots are
nuisances, to be abated as such. The enforce
ment of that rule by the police would add
greatly to tho comfort of Hfo In a great city,
and -would inflict neither harm nor hardship
upon anybody.
THE DISPATCH has securod Rmlyaifd
Kipling's first Serial. Tho opening chapters
vfHI appear Sunday, November 9.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
It's best to take a man Into your confidence
before you take blm into your parlor.
The village blacksmith. Did you know him
in tbo budding days? Can't you see him now
sooty, leathered, whiskered, strongT Don't
your memory bear bis pbotograph, retain a
sketch of tho vlllago smithy wlde-doored,
eartb-floared, begrimed revolting yet Inviting,
cold yet warm, noisy yet melodious?
If you cut your first tooth where
uncaged tyirds sing you know him well. There
be is, a grimy ghost of the past, a never-vanishing
memory tbe Singing, whistling, hammer
ing giant of your youth. Don't you hear the
anvil music, feel the bellows' breath, see the
rainbow-tinted flame In the blaek old forgo
now as you did then? Surely tho picture was
painted to stay. There you aro now at the open
door. O, how the sparks dance to the anvil's
song: bow tbe bellows roar; how the red iron
shines against the smith's black face: how
the huge sledge stroke tires tbohelper'sbrawny
arm; how tho little hammer bounces under the
big hand of the village blacksmith. Tip boom,
tip boom, tip boom, tip, tip, tip. t-I-p-p-p, sang
tbe light and heavy stroke.", and your little feet
shuffled, your lingers tapped and your heart
kept time to the spark-making symphony.
Can't you hear it now? Of course you can, as
plainly as you bear tho song your mother sang.
And wasn't the smith your friend? Of course he
was. Yon weren't afraid of his big, black, cal
lous hands, was you? Soft as a woman's when
they stroked your frouay bead, to be sure. And
how bo could sing, too winded and lunged like
bis big bellows, wasn't be. Of course he led
the hymns in tho little village church and tiok
charge of tbe Sunday school for surely your
village blacksmith was a good man. No yes. I
think the ayes have it, anyway. But your smithy
was just l'e mine musical, fiery, black,
squatty. Tbei e you first saw tho iron twist and
bend under a giant arm and heavy hand. There
you first saw tbe fire eat up the wet coals.
There you first saw Might. Th ere you saw tho
first mystery. There your teetb first tasted the
grit of life. There you firBt learned that some
sweat fell in the struggle. There you first
heard toil's song. Tbere you first saw life's
scars, burns, bruises, grease and grime. But
tbe village blacksmith was moek though strong,
tbe anvil merrily sang, tbe hammer and the
sledge are ringing in your ears still Tip boom,
tip boom, tip boom, tip, tip, tip, t-1-p-p-p!
The wills of strong-minded men cannot be
broken until after they die.
The skirt dancers have a
public
tight bold on tbe
A great many people act asif they bad their
souls in pawn and lost the ticket.
Trees leave but
along.
don't take their trunks
Hark! I bear tbe drum's rat-tattle;
Heavy wheels o'er cobbles rattle.
Now I hear tbe shrill piccolo.
And tbe piercing comet solo;
See tbe torches and tho streamers
But I cannot bear tho screamers.
Now I hear the cop's command:
"Make way thero for Brenuan's Band!"
See, they halt. I hear some cheering;
Now the gallant band is beering.
There they start with "Yankee Doodle"
Royal notes for Billy's boodle.
But, great heavens! Are they looncy?
They'll kill him with "Aunie Rooney."
Bow "Hall Columbia, Happy Land;"
For everything coes with Brennan's Band.
There! The steeds start on a run, ,
Lasbed by "Johnnie, Get Your Gun;"
HistI The notes aro a trifle awry.
Too much cool beer for "Annie Laurie."
But they blow, tbe people scorning.
Now "We Won't Go Home Till Morning."
They have good wind as ell as sand.
Nothing can tire Brennan's Band.
Sec! The halt, the blind, tbe poor
Greet "Bold Brcnnan on the Moor."
Ah, there's a tune the gamins bail,
It's "Who dare tread on my coat tall?"
But the cool night breeze now makes them
shiver;
They'll surely die on "Suanee River."
But I'll have you to understand
Nothing's too rich for Brennan's Baud.
The savage ear Is soothed by notes.
But Billy's band Is out for votes.
Some folk treat bis scheme with scorn;
But Billy'll get there iu a horut
Hunger makes men weak, but thirst makes
them bold.
Before Emma Abbott made money trying
to sing, Clara Louise Kellogg, the stage gossips
say, lent her a red petticoat on a cold nicht.
Emma appreciated the loan, but when Clara
talked about it she got mad. This is why tbey
don't speak as tbey pass by.
When a married moonshiner dies bis widow
can keep a secret still.
In Kentucky pistols terminate hot political
debates. A funeral is cheaper tban an election.
anyway.
Figures do not lie, but liars sometimes
figure. From tbe Dallas (Tex.) Sfeios, says
the Philadelphia Jtecord. The Itecord has
been imposed on. Tbis belongs to The
Pittsburg Disivatch. Scissors never lie,
but tbo scissorers do.
Song of the oil driller Will you meet me in
the Wildwood, Essie dear.
AN elephant only carries its affections in its
trunk.
The violinist bows
the bow.
before his elbow works
There's many a squeeze between the waltz
and tbe midnight dinner.
Lawn dresses are hard to laundry.
A sailor's knot 6,088.7 feet, of course.
I stood beside her with my hand just resting
on her arm
O, bow I longed those laughing lips to taste!
And then she turned her roguelsh face and mur
mured in alarm:
"Please, sir, don't let your lingers go to
waist!"
THE W. C. T. U. Is troubled with Independ
ence, too. Tbis is a great year for kickers in
sklrtB, anyway.
This is a Republic, but we've got a Noble in
tbe Cabinet, ust tbo same.
A Tolstoi colony bas been formed In Russia.
If some piano fiend ever plays the "Kreutzer
Sonata," tbere look out for trouble.
It costs 87 cents to swear alond In Philadel
phia. The extent of the'eurse depends on tho
length of the pulse.
The Pension Bureau
many widows on the rolls.
has discovered too
Weed them out.
The Board of Viewers are great site-seers.
The press can't bo muzzled, but it can be
regulated. Newspaper liars and character
breakers are subjejt to tbe same rules and laws
as all the rest lu that Una of business.
The parrot said to tho old gray owl:
"What use In the world are you7"
Tbe sleepy bird looked up with a scow,
And simply repltid: "To-woo."
And now there's a ccheme afoot to have
society represented by "oneens" at the World's
Fair. The designer is ?.LDna. He wants
to be the Ward McAllister of the big show.
Snobbery and class distinction should be given
tbe grand bounce by the managers. Stick to
democratic principles, gentlemen.
The theater bat should not be overlooked
during the campaign, or any other time.
Some have always contended that the tariff
Is a sectional issue. It really is now. A section
was .omitted, you know, hence the row.
Stanley is being well advertised, but the
agent of his American lecture tonr will hardly
ask I ho newspapers lo"repnbllsh tho recent
notices from tbo London journals.
If W ouster should return to earth be would
hardly recognize bis dictionary.
A bltimohe young man slashed himself I
nigh unto death, and says he is tho victim of
"a spirit machine." It is probably located in a
distillery.
Here lies a man who broke the law and
died;
On scaffold high be lost all hope.
For when tho expert hangman's knot was
tied.
Though strong, he couldn't break tbe rope.
Sullivan gets well paid for having a box in
the theater every .night.
Tailors can easily iueaso.ro a man.
Light employment making artificial gas
and window glass. Willie Winkle.
SOCIETY'S PLEASURES.
Receptions and Weddings Colling Oat the
Ultra Fashionable of tho Two Cities
Thursday Will Havo Her Usual Quota of
Life's Leading Events.
The beautiful borne of Mr, and Mrs. Johns
McCleave, in Hazelwood, was the scene last
evening of a brilliant reception, attended by
ISO representatives nf the city's fashion and
wealth. From 0 until 11 the receptioii rooms
were crowded, and pleasure reigned supreme.
Witty ladies and gallant men vied with each
other in making It one of tbe most pleasant oc
casions ever enjoyed in tho city's suburbs. Tbe
host and hostess were evcrywbere present, and
saw to it that tbere were no "wail flowers," but
made it pleasant for all.
Caterer Hagan had charge of tho refresh
ments, and tbey were served elegantly and
abundantly. All in all, one could not conceive
of a more pleasant affair tban was that pre
sided over by Mr. and Mrs. McCleave.
A BRILLIANT RECEPTION
To be Given by Mrs. Charles Lochhart This
Evening.
Perhaps tho leading event of the social sea
son in the East End will be the reception to be
given this evening at tbe palatial residence of
Mr. Charles Lockhart, on North Highland
avenue. This is one of tbe most beautiful
mansions of the two cities, and its grandeur
will be heightened thi3 evening by all tbat can
be done by tbe florist's art. Messrs. John R. &
A. Murdoch have been working on tbo decora
tions for several days, and have sneceoded in
designing some most unique and beautiful
pieces, so that to-night the reception balls will
a bower of roses, swarmed by the fashion, wit
and wealth of tbe two cities.
Tbe genial hostess has gained an enviable
name as an entertainer, and those honored with
an invitation for to-night are in pleasant an
ticipation of the new features sure to be in
troduced. A DAY OF PLEASURE.
Two Receptions Given by Mrs. Judge Stoire
at Edgevvorth.
Mrs. Francis Scmple, formerly Miss Mc
Knight, was honored yesterday by a reception
given by Mrs. Judge Stowe, of Edgeworth, as
sisted by Mrs. Rose. Mrs. Semple is a name
sake of Mrs. Stowe, and it one of tbe brides of
this fall. The handsome suburban residence
was elegantly prepared for yesterday's recep
tion, and received in its spacious and luxuriant
pariois the ultra fashionable of tbe two
cities.
From 3 to 6 was the time given to this recep
tion, while in tbe evening a gay crowd of little
ones assembled and put new life into the man
sion. It would be difficult to determine which
was the more enjoyable, for the genial hostess
made it truly a day of pleasure all through.
A Youngstown Home Wedding.
The wealth, fashion and beauty of Youngs
town, together with representatives of the
realm from Pittsburg, were present at the bril
liant homo wedding of Miss Grace Bassctt, a
charming young society lady, and Mr. Robert
A. Gibson, of S. Gibson & Co., brick manufact
urers, at the residence of the bride's parents In
Youngstnwn yesterday. The bride is a sister of
Charles W". Bassett, general passenger agent of
the Pittsburg and Western Railroad. An ex
tended western trip will bo made by tbe bridal
party.
In Society's Realm.
Members of tbe Y. M. C. A. will meet Sat
urday ovening at tbe association building to
bear tho reports of delegates wbo attended the
State meeting at Danville. That was tbe
largest meeting ever held in Pennsylvania,
nearly 400 delegates being present.
To-day will occur an unusual number of
fashionable weddings and receptions, but
hardly unusual for Thursday. Thero will also
bo other social events on the programme that
will keep the people of fashion on the go.
"John Richey, Schoolmaster," will be the
subject bandied by Mr. Erasmus Wilson this
evening for the edification ot the members of
the railroad department of tho Y, M. C. A. on
Twenty-eighth street.
Bob Burdette will try (and doubtless suc
ceed) to be funny tbis evening at tho Third U.
P. Church. He Will tell the "Adventures of a
Funny Man."
Miss Crissie McKelvey, daughter or John
McKelvey, of Negley avenue, and Mr. Jesse T.
Lazear will be married next week.
The McKecsport Young lien's Christian As
sociation will give a reception this evening.
MANY REJOICING CATHOLICS
Celebrate With Pomp the Silver Jubilee of
Archbishop Feehan.
Chicago, October 29. The celebration of the
silver jubilee of the Most Rev. Patrick Feeban,
Archbishop of Chicago, which began to-day. is
the grandest relieious celebration ever held in
the West, and with tbe exception of that of tbe
bestowal of tho hat on Cardinal Gibbons, in tbe
whole cnuntrv. Over 500 priests in surplice and
cassock apneared in the procession.
When tbb pageant reached tbe cathedral,
high mass was celebrated by tbe Archbishop
himself, at tbe close nf which a sermon was
preached by Bishop Hogan, of Kansas City.
Congratulations from tho Pope were received.
After the service the clergy partook of a ban
quet at the Auditorium Hotel. During the
evening Archbishop Feehan held a reception
in tbe Auditorium parlors.
The crowning glory of the celebration was a
torchlight procession to-night, which, in point
of magnitude and brilliancy, has probably
never been surpassed in the West. Over 25,000
men were in line bearing transparencies, flam
beaux and colored lichts, while over the eutiro
line of inarch tbe streets seemed arched in fire
by tbe continuous stream of rockets.
VERMONT'S VETERANS.
Annual Reunion of Offices of the Army and
Navy During the War.
Montpelier, October 29. The twenty
seventh annual reunion of Vermont officers in
the Civil War was held here to-day. Members
were present from every State In the Union,
the West contributing a large number who
emigrated after tbe close of t he rebellion. The
orator of the occasion was L H. Bisbee, ot
Chicago, wbo spoke on General Sheridan.
The streets of the city are crowded to-night
with strangers. General Stephen Thomas,
colonel of tbe Eighth Vermont Regiment, was
eiven an ovation in the village hall tbis after
noon. He carries his more tban B0 years very
gracefully and does not look any older than he
did 28 years ago when commanding a brigade.
BOSTON IDEALS IN TROUBLE.
They May be Sned for Damages for Violating
a Contract.
Cincinnati, October 29. The suit of the
Boston Ideal Opera Company to compel the
performance of an agreement with the lessee
of Pike's Opera House o allow that company
to perform lu the opera .uouse next ween, was
denied bv Judge Sage to-day.
He said arrangements had been made for an
other company to occupy tho house next week,
and he would not grant an Injunction to the
plaintiffs, but leave them to remedy at law by
suit for damages. '
THE TONGUE.
"The boneless tongue, 60 small and weak,
Can crush and kill," declared the Greek.
The tongue destroys a greater horde, "
The Turk asserts, "than does the sword."
The Persian proverb wlMlrsalth,
"A lengthy tougue-an early death."
Or sometimes takes tnis form Instead:
"Don't let your tonjrae cnt off your head."
The tongue can speak a word whose speed, "
Says the Chinese, "outstrips the steed."
While Arab sage this Impart:
"Hie tongue's great store-house Is the heart."
From Hebrew wit this maxim sprunj::
Thoogh feet should slip, ne'er let the tongue."
The sacred writer crowns the whole:
"Who keeps his tongue doth keep bis soul , "
Chicago Globe
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Tho Price of Politeness.
A Tall young woman in a Mackintosh
stumbled at tbe corner ot Smlthfield street
and Fifth avenue last night when it was raining
In torrents, and a package she carried flew
away from her and landed on the pavement. A
Calient young physician of Allegheny stooped
to pick up the package. So did tbe young
woman and her umbrella neatly lifted off tbo
physician's hat and deposited it in tbe gutter.
The doctor's nose also came Into collision with
tho point of the umbrella, and he praised heaven
that he escaped ophthalmotomy of the left eye
by a hair breadth. But be picked up the
package, presented it with a bow, and still bad
time tdrescne his hat from entire destruction
beneath a cable car.
Split the Difference.
Two Pittsburgers have entered Into a novel
kind of partnership. Mr. A lost bis
right leg in the late unpleasantness and he bas
been put to tbo expense of buying one shoe
more tban he had any use for all these 25
years or more. Mr. B lost bis left leg, thanks
to tbe good aim of Johnny Rcb at Gettys
burg, and bas been throwing away tho left shoe
of every pair he has bought iu tho last quarter
of a century.
They had been acquainted for years, but only
lately did it occur to them to compare notes as
to shoes. Then they discovered that tbey wore
shoos of the same size. The ungodly waste of
money in shoes has cased now. Tbey bnya
pair of shoes at a time, and Mr. A wears tbe
left and Mr. B tbe right shoe. Up to date tbe
only trouble has been tbat Mr. B has worn
out bis half of tho shoe leather quicker than
his partner.
A Comic Horse.
'"THE equine- comedian, whoso appearance Is
the sicnal for the curtain in the second act
of "A Straight Tip," is "made up" with even
greater care than Mr. Ward, who plays the
tramp with the apalling expanse of neck and
woe-begone countenance. Tbe Bijou people
got hold of a horse Monday that bad a positive
calling for comedy, and stood in no need of ar
tificial art to compel laughter. But the Hu
mane Society enforced a prior lien on tho
parcel of bones and skin, and carried out sum
marily a sentence of death passed some eight
days before. The property man also stands in
dicted for cruelty to animals for hiring tbo
born comedian, though it is not quite easy to
see where tbe cruelty came in, since the horse
was promised better quarters and more regular
meals in the theater than it ever enjoyed be
fore, in all probability. When the last appear
ance of tbis equine prodigy was thus prevented
a substitute had to be found. A very ordinary
animal, by no means a picture of misery, was
obtained to play tbe part of Bella, the winner
of the race.
Bella raises a good deal of laughter, but can
didly she Is not entitled to much credit. Tbe
artist is tbe gentleman behind tho scenes who
arranges the hump on llclla's back, and ban
dages her limbs and gives her the appearance
of having escaped from some asylum for insane
horses. As with many another low comedian,
Bella's triumph is attributable to her makeup.
Why Parrots like Chestnuts.
it J wonder why it is that Folly Is so fond of
chestnuts?" said Miranda, as the sago
bird took one from her hand and devoured it
eagerly.
"Oh! everybody knows that a parrot is the
most imitative bird alive!" replied Joe Kerr.
Sad but Singularly Trne.
Art Is lovely, the legitimate is great, and
grand opera is a boon to the public,"
said the portly manager presenting a gift cigar
to a hostile critic, "but I tell you, me boy, I'd
rather travel with a farce comedy tbat the
papers slate and the public rushes to see than
starve with a show that you newspaper fellows
rave about and tho people won't have at any
price. Case in point last season I took out a
bang-np opera company, tip-top prima donna,
full orchestra, chorus of young women with
voices I swear it and came in at the end of
twenty weeks with nothing bnt several hun
dred columns of the best notices you ever saw.
This season Pre cut looso from high art and
low receipts I'm out for the stuff with a farce
comedy and the public is with me."
NOW IPS A TOBACCO TRUST.
Warehousemen In Cincinnati and Louisville
Have Combined.
Louisville, October 23. The incorporation
papers for tbe tobacco company which em
braces nearly all the leadinsr warehousemen in
this city and Cincinnati.and of which much has
already been published, were filed to-day. Its
business embraces storing and selling leaf to
bacco. The capital stock 13 $1,000,000. one-bait
preferred.
The principal places of business are Louis
ville and Cincinnati. It Is claimed by tbe in
corporators that the organization will be of
great benefit to tobacco growers. There will be
fewer agents, and the agents' pay, tbey asserr,
comes finally from the grower. The organiza
tion will control nine-tenths of the leaf tobacco
trade in this region.
Dillon and O'Drlen.
From the Hrooklyn Standard-Union.
One good thing seems to have been accom
plished by Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien's voyage.
They have atarted Balfour on his travels.
Whilo tbe Irish patriots are visiting the United
States, Balfour is investigating Ireland.
THAT LIBEL SUIT.
Syracuse Herald (lad.): There is every
reason to believe that the charge is a campaign
canard.
New York TTorW (Dem.): The difference
between Mr. Pattison and Mr. Delamater In the
matter of seeking vindication in tbe couits is
tbe difference between a hair-trigger pistol and
a flint-lock musket tbat has lost its flint.
Washington Star (Ind.): It Is usually a
wise thing for a prominent candidate to insti
tute proceedings for criminal libel when
assaulted by the press on the eve of an election,
if ho be really innocent of the offenses charged.
It is better to say something or do something in
such cases, rathertnan to remain pertinaciously
silent under grave accusations that usually
rouse men to some sort of action.
New Ycmk. -Evening Post (Mugwump): Mr.
Pattison is'deeply indebted to tho newspapers
which published the libel upon him, since the
incident brings into even bolder relief than be
fore the shameful attitude of bis opponent for
Governor. The contrast between the course of
Robert E. Pattison on tbe one hand and 'of
George W. Delamater on tbe other, when
charges impugning their integrity are made,
ought to have great effect upon voters who
have been hesitating as to their duty.
Hakrisbpeg JPatriot (Dem): The sworn
testimony of ex-Governor Pattison given be
fore Magistrate O'Brien, in Philadelphia, on
Monday afternoon, which appears in another
part .of the Patriot of to-day, must convince
every honest man, woman or child in the State
of Pennsylvania that Mr. Pattison has been
libeled in a malicious and most shameful man
ner. The ex-Governor answered the questions
propounded to bim manfully, earnestly and de
liberately, and when be bad finished the defense
declared tbat it bad no questions to ask.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Colonel F. L. Dancey.
Jacksonville, Fl a., October 29. Colonel F.L.
Dancey died at his home near Orange Mills, on
theSt. Johns river, at 12 o'clock last night. Ue
was 85 years old. He was educated at West Point
and graduated In the class with Jefferson Davis.
He served with distinction as a United Mates
omccrln the heraiuole Wars, and later constructed
for the Government the rnmons sea wall at St. Au
eustlne. Fla. Latterly he devoted his lire to orange
growing.
Dion Boucicault's Daughter.
New Yoiik, October . lir. H. C. Miner re
ceived a cablecram from London to-day announc
ing the death of Patrice Bonclcault, the oldest
daughter of the late Dion Houclcault. Shu was 22
years of age. Her mother. Agnes Itobertson, Is
now in this city engaxed in contesting the will
made by Bouclcault.
Dr. Charles H. Smythe.
Dr. Cbatle H. Smythe died yesterday morning
at bis residence. No. 137 Wylle avenue aged 54
years. Dr. Smythe had a large circlt of friends
aurong book-lovers and boot-buyers, having been
Tor years connected with Plttock & Co., and later
with J. K. Weldln & Co.
Max Scheel.
MaxScheel, the jS-year-old brother of Ucorgct
Scheel. employed in the Civil Engineering Uurean
of the Department of l'nhllc Works, died at the
latter's residence yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Down.
Mrs. Sarah Bown died stTltmvllle, on Tuesday,
aged 82 years. She will be burled to-day from the
residence of hereon, fcS.li. Bown,jof W. .T. Eown
Co., or this city.
A TIMELY RHYME
In Which Readers of The Dispatch Should
be Interested.
A few verses In our esteemed cotemporary,
the Saturday Keview. are of timely importance:
".Falling loud on our tympanum, fearful as the
crack o' doom; ,
Speeding westward, awful, tunnd'ring; 'tis the
Eudyard Kipling boom.
Budyard Kipling, sifted strlplln;, praise and
glory to his name.
Prosing, rhyming, bravely dlmjjlng to the pin
nacle of Fame."
This graceful recognition of a new develop
ment in the literary world is especially inter
esting owing to tbe fact that tho biggest gun
tbat Mr. Kipling has yet loaded wilt be beard
in The Dispatch on November 0 through the
beginning of his first serial, "The Light
that Failed."
STRAWBERRIES IN ALASKA.
They Have Fruit and Vegetables as Well as
Glaciers anil Seals.
From the Washington Astorlan.J
Among the arrivals in this city yesterday was
James Cox, who lert here for Chiltat a year
ago last April, with his family, consisting ot
his wife and three children. Mr. Cox Is quite
well pleased with tho climate where bo was
stationed, tbo temperature seldom dropping to
15 below zero and occasioning no inconven
ience. Ho had quite a nice garden last summer. In
which he raised lino vegetables turnips, beets,
carrots, onions and potatoes. He says there is
an old hair-breed woman at tbe Cbilcoot mis
sion, a few miles from Chilkat, who has raised
potatoes and vegetables for many years past.
This last season sbe experimented with seme
strawberries and succeeded In growing some
very fine ones.
QUEBEC'S FAREWELL.
The Count of Paris Treated as a Popular
Hero by Canadian French.
Quebec. October 20. This morning the
Count of Paris and his suite were entertained
at breakfast by the officers commanding the
different corps stations at Quebec later on
the party drove to the Canadian Gibraltar. The
citadel's formidable proportions excited the
Count's admiration. Then the party visited
the barracks and magazines and also tbe School
of Cavalry and the Dominion Cartridge Fac
tory. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the royal vis
itors left for Montreal.
As the train moved out nf the station tbere
was an explosion of hurrahs from the crowd,
which shook the whole building. Hats flew up
in tbe air and tbe wildest excitement reigned
for some time.
THEATRICAL NEWS.
The Pittsburg star course of entertainments
will include a dramatic rendering of the story
of Ben Hur by Mr. L. O. Armstrong, on No
vember li. Ovide Musin, the great violinist,
and his grand concert company on November
21; Hannibal A. Williams' Shakespearean read
ings on December 11; Loudin's Fisk Jubilee
singers and tho Redpath Concert Company
with Ella M. Cbamberlin, whistling soprano,
about the holidays. The remarkable scries ot
entertainments will take place in OldClty Hall,
and the sale of seats for the entire course will
begin at Mellor & Hoene's Fifth avenue music
store on November 7. The prices will be ex
ceedingly moderate considering tbe high class
of attractions offered.
The most recent successful spectacular play,
"The Bottom of the Sea," will be presented at
the Bijou Theater Monday evening. The piece
is a decided novelty and its prodnction in other
cities has attracted Urge audiences. Tbe
scenes are said to be artistic and mechanical
triumphs in their way presented with surpris
ing elaboration of detail. An ocean steamer,
the laying of a submarine cable, tbe wreck of a
vessel and tbe rescue of tbe passengers are all
vividly pictured. The height of sensational
realism is reached In the descent of divers to
tbo "dark ud fathomed caves of the ocean;" tbe
repair of a broken cable and an attack on the
divers by an enormons octopus.
Affairs at tbe Duquesne Theater are
brightening every day. and it Is now deemed
possible that the bouse will he open by the first
week in December. All tbe men tbat could be
put upon the work have been rushing the
building at a great rate, with the result tbat
tbe floors of the galleries and parquet are now
laid, and when the roof Is completed in a few
days the decoration of the auditorium can be
begun. A number of managers and actors
have expressed the opinion that the lines of
the new theater are unusually beautifnl. This
is well, for tbere is no doubt that Manager
Henderson has encountered hard lines enough
in building the tbeater.
It must be admitted that "A Straight Tip"
has a novel flavor.dswell acted and staged, and
these qualities accbunt for the jammed condi
tion of tho Bijou since the first night. Tbe
musical portion of the piece, which is of some
importance, goes better now than on Monday
night. It remains true tbat Pittsburgers gen
erally do not comprebend the jokes turning
upon turf matters, but there is enough fun in
addition to tbo sporting witticisms some of
which are pretty strong to'say the least, and
might be omitted with advantage to keep the
audiences laughing heartilr. It has been very
hard to get standing room even at tbe Bijou
this week, and this is "a straight tip."
Manager J. B. Coreey. of Mr. Murphy's
company, is a brother-in-law of Mattle Vickars,
the sprightly little soubrette, and ho said yes
terday tbat she was playing with great success
at present in the West. Miss Vickars was to
have produced anew play entitled "The Gray
Gaberdine." by Mr. G. C. Jenks, of this citr.
this season, but a previous contract for another
play interfered. Miss Vickars, however, speaks
very highly of Mr. Jenks' play, and will pro
duco it at tbe earliest opportunity.
Strauss and bis orchestra are be sent for
Vienna on the 6tn of Decenioer. The concerts
to be given in Pittsburg on Friday, the 7tb of
November, will, therefore, afford tho last op
portunity to hear them in this part of tho conn
try. There will bo a matinee in tbe Grand
Opera House and an evening performance in
Old City Hall. Tbe sale of seats Is to open on
Monday next at Hamilton's music store.
"TnE Great Metropolis." a bloodthirsty
melodrama of great scenic pretensions', will be
the Grand Opera House's attraction ne week.
Four carloads of special scenery are promised.
STOCKMEN BADLY EXCITED.
aiexico Having Placed a Duty on Cattle,
Leaves Them in a Uox.
Kansas City, October 29. There is consid
erable excitement to-day among tbe Kansas
City stockmen relating to advices received
from Mexico to the effect tbat that country has
placed a duty of S50O per car on American cat
tle. If the advices are true, and tbey come
from a reliable source, this practically ruins all
live stock trade between tbis country and
Mexico. The act of the Mexican Government
i3 purely a retaliatory one, and was precipitated
by the fear the Mexicans have of the McKiuley
bill.
Many cars of American cattle are now on the
Mexican borders. About 500 bushels of grain
have been sent with every train load ot live
stock shipped from tbis city to Mexico, and tbe
Government will not even permit this to go
through unless a duty of 30 cents per bushel is
paid.
ATTACKING STANLEY.
Troy Times: Stanloy says just enough In re
ply to the charges made by tbe friends of Major
Barttelotto Indicate tbat he is fully prepared
to meet them. In fact, it looks as if he carried
guns in the shape of facts altogether too heavy
for bis enemies.
Albany Jou-nal: In following the con
troversy there is one consideration to be borne
in mind: Stanley is alive and Barttelot is dead.
The former has made certain statements which
tho journals of the latter contradict. Stanley
has an opportunity to answer these contra
dictions without fear of a rejoinder from his
murdered subordinate, and if he can do so suc
cessfully be should do so at once.
Brooklyn Citizen: On the eve of his de
parture from England. Stanley is being at
tacked by those who envy him his well-won
fame, or It maybe who think him unworthy the
homage which tbo humblest and the most
exalted have paid him. No matter the motive
tbat brinps Stanley to us at this lime, there will
be no half heart In our greeting. Onr bands
will be extended to' grasp tbe hands of tbe man
who carried the American flag Into the jungled
heart of Africa and with It blessed the eyes of
the bravo old Livingstone, who had been given
up as lost to the world.
CUEIODS CONDENSATIONS.
A large number of carriages in cities
are now sapplled'wltn rubber tires to prevent
violent jolting and deafening clatter.
An electrical gyroscope bas been de
vised in Paris and applied to show the rotation
of the earth and to correct shin's compasses.
The foreman of one of the largest barber
shops in New York is authority for the state
ment tbat more men part their hair in the mid
dle now than ever before.
"While the population of Germany has
increased In the last 18 years in the proportion
of 100 to 111.5. the number of German students
has been swelled in tho proportion of 1U0 to
211.0.
It is a fact not generally known that
Massachusetts, by recent nomination.", is fur
nishing two instances of candidates standing
for Congress in districts in which they do not
reside.
At Union, la., Charles Rever and Miss
Minnie Flage have jmt been married. Over
the parlor door of tbo bride's house was bung
tbo word': "A union nf hearts, a union of
hands and the Flagg of Union for Rever."
A crook at the Kansas State Fair picked
a woman's pocket and found in her purse three
samples of dress goods, a receipt for making
angel food, a hAirpin, tu o bread tickets, a pack
ago of court plaster and a nickel with a hole
in it.
At a quarry near Salt Lake, last week,
a frog bopped out of a pocket in the center of
a rock which bad just boen blasted. Tbe ani
mal was of small size and perfectly white. Its
eyes were unusually large, but apparently
blind. Where the mouth should hare been
there was only a line. Tbe frog died next
morning.
A paper read at the recent meeting of
tbe British Association described graphically
the pauper population of England as being suffi
cient to form a procession of four persons
abreast upward of 100 miles long. Arranged In
single file tbe paupers ot England would, ac
cording to these figures, form a line upward of
100 miles long.
The Indians on tbe banks of the Orinoco
river. South America, assert that an alligator,
previous to going in search of prey, always
swallows a large stone, tbat it mzy acquire ad.
ditional weight to aid it in dragging its prey
under water. Bolivar, tbe traveler, is said to
have verified tbis statement by shooting sev
eral of the saurians, in which stones were
found.
The total original capital of the 87 Brit
ish breweries which bare been converted into
joint stock companies is -30,500,000. A list of
the last dividends paid by these companies in
no case shows a distribution of less tban 5
per cent, while 8 and 10 per cent are quits
common, and in three or four cases 15 and 23
per cent have been reached.
In Paris the thousands of sardine and
other tin boxes tbat are thrown away every
month form tue basis for an industry which
bas reached vast proportions These refuse
cans are stamped by machinery into tin sol
diers, and sold so cheaply that the poorest chil
dren can possess them; yet the mannfacturer
makes a fair profit, which be could not do if he
used new material.
The Pope does his private writing with
a gold pon, but his pontifical signature is al
ways given with a white-feathered quill, which
Is believed to come from the wing of a dove,
although persons who have seen it say it must
have come from a larger fowl. The same quill
has been in use for more than 40 years. It only
serves fur important signatures, and is kept in
an ivory else.
Among a large collection of old curiosi
ties left by the late Herr Leopold Ettel. of
Innsbruck, there was found a large cupboard
partitioned into locker J, filled with instruments
nf torture of different countries and periods.
The topmost locker was inscribed. "Modern In.
struments of torture of the nineteenth cen
tury;" and on being opened was found to con
tain rate papers, dunnirg letters and sum
monses. The steam engines of the world repre
sent, approximately, the working power of
1,000.000.000 of men. or more than double the
working population of the world, the total pop
ulation of which is usually estimated at I.ja
923.G0O inhabitants. Steam has accordingly
enabled man to treble his working power, mak
ing it possible for him to economize bis phys
ical strength while attending to bis intellectual
development.
If a box six-feet wide were filled with
sea water and allowed to evapjate under tbe
sun, tbere wonld be two Inches ui salt left at
the bottom. Takinc the average depth of the
ocean to bo three miles, there wonil be a layer
of pure salt 200 feet thick at the bed ot tbe At
lantic. The water Is colder at the bottom than
at the surface. In may bays on tbe coast of
Norway the water often freezes at the bottom
before it does above.
The theory that there wa? a connection
between Babylon ana China in ancient times
has much in its favor, and as the idea seems to
be growing in importance it may be interesting
to know that it was first suggested by an
American, the Rev. William Frederick
Williams. In an unpublished letter addressed
to the Uev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., ana dated
June la, 1S53. This document is preserved la
the library of Yale College.
Moles can occasionally become fiends
incarnate, veritable subttrranean tigers; and
with such energy do tbey attack each other
that, utterly ignoring the presence of man,
they will rough and tumble at his very feet,
their enormously muscular little limbs working
convulsively, and bone audibly cracking be
neath the pressure of their jaws. No one who
has not witnessed a tonrney of this nature
would credit the extraordinary activity and
fury which is here displayed, for, unless tbey
are forcibly parted, the battle seldom leaves
both combatants in tbo land of tbe living.
As is well known, phosphates are very
extensively used in this country and Europe in
tbe manufacture of fertilizers. Hundreds of
thousands of tons are used annually, and the
demand Is increasing. The most valuable de
posits in tbis country nave been the beds in
south Carolina, but the Palmetto State bas
found a new competitor in ! luriaa. wnere ine
vast deposits are richer and oxtend from Talla
hassee to Peace river, about 50 miles south of
Tampa, a distance of over 300 miles, and with a
width, so far as developed, of from 10 to oO
miles.
If a man cats a pound ol beef, mutton or
other flesh every day, in a year he will consume
365 Dounds. and in six years 21,900 pounds of
meat. He will eat tho same weight of vege
table? and quite as much bread, so here are
43,1)00 pounds more. He will drink every dy
two quarts of coffee, tea. wine, beer or water,
making a total of 10,900 gallons, or about 173
hogshead of liquid. Tbis estimate does nut
include tho probability that he will eat 40 or 50
lambs with mint sauce, a couple of thousand
spring chickens, about 500 pounds of butter and
40.000 or 50.0C0 eggs, ami four hogsheads of
sugar. If all this supply were piled up on the
scales it would weigh over 43 tons, and if stored
would fill a cotton warehouse irom floor to
ceiling.
THE HUMOROUS CORNER.
The compositor on a Burlington news
paper who transformed the name or tho long, "t
Kissed Her Under the Kose,"to"I Kissed Her
Under the Nose, " Is a genluj in his way. PMla
delpMa Press.
Kickshaw A woman is about to apply;
for a seat In the Stock Exchange.
Mrs. KIcxshaw-Because she can't get one in th
streetcar, 1 suppose.-Sew Xork Sun.
"I've won again," she sweetly cried,
"What luck I have at play 1"
Notloet, my darling." ne replied,
it is your winning way."
Sew XorK Herald.
The youne couple who got married at tha
Alabama State 1'alr, and went op in a balloon oa
their weddine trip, were no more among the
clouds than are many newly-married couples.
rMlaJetplita 1'ress.
"Well," said Brown to bis newly-marriedj
friend. "so your wife does tbe cookiug. 1 wonder
you are alive to tell the tale 1' '
Yes," replied the other, "but I am alive-,
alive and klcking."-Xf.
Mrs. Nutgall What are you writing,
John?
M utgall A purely business letter, my dear. By
the way, how do you spell "Inamorata?" Boston
Traveller.
"George," she cried, "aren't you ashamed
of yourself! Tbe idea! Kissing me without my
permission! Don't you know that I could have
you punished for the thcitr" "AH right," said
he. kissing her once more. "Now I have re
turned the kiss. If you have me arrested for lar
ceny of a kiss I can prosecute you for receiving
stolen property!" Eoth complaints were noil
prossed. Boston Traveller.
Foreman We still lack one column.
Editor-Run In that "pi" which the boy set
yesterday au.I head It: "The Political Sltua
tlon." Atlanta Constitution.
Clara Jack intends to have everything
bis own way when wo aro married. "$?
Clara's Mamma-Then why do you marry him?
Clara -To relieve his mind of a false impression,
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