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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, .WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 17, '1890.
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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17, 1S90.
a novel crrr function.
The general, and, in many cases, involun
tary disposition toward the Socialist idea of
using governmental power in the prosecu
tion of private enterprises, was displayed
in yesterday's Dispatch by the proposition
of an enterprising business man that the
city should go into the coal mining busi
ness for the purpose of developing the vein
of coal shown by the drilling of the Exposi
tion gas well to underlie the city.
That the corporate powers granted to
cities under present legislation do not in
clude the function ot mining coal, is recog
nized by the advocate of this plan, who pro
poses that the city should get a franchise
from the Legislature for that purpose. But
another consideration besides the legal
power necessary lor the prosecution of such
enterprises must arise, namely: "Whether
the city government is possessed of the
business qualities necessary to operate the
coal business successfully. It is about
as well established as anything can
be that coal mining is an enterprise which
requires a combination of expert knowledge,
business abilitv and economical manage
ment, "Without these qualities coal mining
by any corporation or individual is sure to
wind up in the hands of an assignee.
"Whether the conduct of city affairs is such
as to warrant the belief that the city gov
ernment would make a fortune as a coal
operator may be an open question; but the
general fear would be that the city wonld
have to pay in increased taxation for the
luxury of owning a coal mine.
It is important and interesting knowledge
that the city is underlaid with a vein of
superior coal. But in view of the large
fields of coal surrounding Pittsburg, we can
afford to let this mineral treasure lie undis
turbed for the present. Coal will have to
be worth more than it is now, and city
sffairs will have to be managed on more
purely business principles than now, before
it will be advisable for the city to go into
the coal business.
ANOTnER FAEMEKS' ORGANIZATION.
Farmers' organizations are becoming
numerous. The Grange has its followers,
the Alliance has leaped into prominence
and now comes the League with eighty local
associations in this State. Prom interviews
with the delegates now in convention in this
city it is learned the League does not propose
to support the Alliance, deeming it wild in
its schemes. All these farmers' societies
means something and that something is that
the farmer has about made up his miad be
is not getting all that is due him as a factor
in society. It is certain that organization
is the means to enforce the farmers' claims
and the objects of the League, equalization
or taxes and good roads, are wotthy of sup
port. The approaching session of the Legis
lature may reasonably be expected to do
something to further both of these objects,
though the very sanguine anticipations of
the Leaguers that the Legislature will be
wholly controlled in the interest of the
farmer indicates a lack of knowledge of
Harrisbursmethods. The farmers must do
something more than pass resolutions if they
want to keep the legislators in line when
their interests conflict with those of the
powerful corporations.
TIIE FURNACEMEN'S COMPLArNT.
Some show of reason is in the complaint
of the furnacemen of the Shenango and
Mahoning"Yalleys. Pig iron has declined
decidedly, lrom 518 to 514 a ton, yet prices
for raw materials seem to be the same. It
may be hoped, however, that a revival in
trade may help the furnacemen out without
a reduction in the selling price of coke,
which would mean a reduction of wages of
miners. Even if ihere be no present profit
for the furnace owners, we hope they may
see their way clear to continuing operations
for the sake of their 10,000 employes until
affairs take a more prosperous turn again.
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TOE CLEARFIELD rAILURE.
The failure of ex-Senator Wm. A. "Wal
lace, carrying with it the Clearfield County
Bank, of tfhicb Mr. "Wallace was the Presi
dent and principal shareholder, is, like the
Delamater failure at Meadville, a surprise
to the public, and one which has additional
interest from the prominence of Mr. Wallace
in politics. Senator Wallace has not been
a candidate for Governor; but if he had been
there is room for interesting cogitation as to
the attitude of the State which, no matter
which candidate was elected, would have
been confronted with the spectacle of a Governor-elect
mixed up with a bank failure.
This dilemma has been avoided by the
nomination and election of Pattison. It is,
however, proper to say that Senator "Wal
lace's case is happily free from any suspicion
that it was caused by political expenditures.
Beyond that it is pertinent that there is
no such mystery as to the cause of this fail
ure, as is the case at Meadville. It is
frankly stated that the assets of the Senator
were largely tied up in silver mining enter
prises on which it was impossible to realize.
"Wc hardly need point out that silver min
ing enterprises are from their nature of an
exceedingly speculative character, and that
this statement fully bears out the position of
Tun Dispatch, that business enterprises
which keep clear of speculation and conduct
their affairs on a legitimate and careful
basis.are in no danger of failure. All of
the bankruptcies in this vicinity corrobo
rate that view, and asbuslnessln this section
rests on a sound and legitimate basis there
is no fear of general trouble.
If we can accept the statements made in
connection with the closing of the bank the
depositors will suffer little, except incon
venience, and the creditors of the Senator
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will come out well. Of course, such state
ments are always to be taken with a grain
of salt, but.the real estate security for the
bink liabilities looks tangible, and there is
every hope that the failure will be free
from personal discredit to ex-Senator "Wallace.
TRUSTS AND PROTECTION.
The manufacturers of reaping and mowing
machines have recently organized all the
establishments engaged in that industry
under a single corporate charter, which the
parlance of the day calls a Trust. They
will be pained to learn that the agricultural
mind places no trust in their sssurancesihat
the object of the combination is not to raise
prices.
The farmers have somehow got it firmly
rooted in their minds that both the example
ot other combinations and the laws of com
mercial human nature make it plain that
when all the manufacturers in a certain in
dustry combine to prevent competition, they
do so for the purpose ot keeping prices
above the level which would be fixed by the
free and natural action of that force. The
Master of the Illinois State Grange has in
formed the members of that organization
that the purpose of the combination is to
prevent the decline in the prices of
mowing machines that would naturally take
place on the expiration of certain patents;
and the Grange has carried its utter infidel
ity in the professions of lnocuousnew on the
part of the Trust, so far as to pass a resolu
tion demanding that mowing and reaping
machines shall be placed on the free list
It must be said that on the logic of the
question the Grangers have the right of it.
The cause of protection has been lought on
the principle that the encouragement of
home industry will reduce prices by the
competition of domestic manufactures. That
assertion has been repeated so often in Con
gress and on the stump that it is indisputa
bly one of the axioms of the protective sys
tem. But here is another case of a pro
tected indnstry which by a combination
virtually undertakes to defeat that funda
mental purpose of protection, and to prevent
the competitive reduction of prices which
is promised. Thus they not only antagonize
the principle and purpose of protection, but
they contribute to its unpopularity and de
feat. Secretary Busk is qnoted as saying
that "this Mower and Reaper Trust will
cost the Bepublican party hundreds of thou
sands of votes at the next Presidental elec
tion." He might have gone further and
said that the presence of trusts among the
protected industries contributed more than
any other one cause to the reverse of the
last election. The Bepublican party has
but one way of ridding itself of that incu
bus, and that is to provide for placing all
products controlled by such combinations
an the free list during the duration of the
trust.
But it is worth while to recognize that,
on the statement of this case, the natural
laws of trade will work out the relief of the
farmers from any exactions on the part of
the combination. While the patents last,
which are necessary to the construction of
machines, the combination can prevent new
competition; but when the patents expire
the power to maintain high prices will soon
defeat itsel. Not only can any man buy
the iron, steel and lumber necessary to make
mowers and reapers but the fact that the
combination sustained prices above the
average margin of profit fixed by compe
tition will offer the greatest stimulus on the
building of competing factories. If this
monopoly makes the business of manufactur
ing such machines profitable we may expect
to see new factories spring up with the
greatest rapidity until the combination fills
to pieces of its own weight.
This will of course be a process of some
years; and in the meantime it is worth while
to note that these combinations are doing
more to defeat protection than any other
single cause can do.
AN EXAMPLE FROM PARIS.
A system for rapid transit has just been
adopted for the city of Paris which shows a
broad provision for future needs, of which
most American cities appear to be inca
pable. The plan is for an underground way
which shall include not only tracks, but all
pipes, cables and wires hat are needed for
a modern city. The Paris plan excludes
sewers, probably for the reason that Paris is
already provided with a more complete
system of sewers than any other city in the
world. Outside of this it is proposed that
the underground way shall not only have
accommodations for whatever may need to
be put under ground now, but for all such
needs that the future may produce.
There is no doubt that this provision
would supply a decided lack and would do
away with an immense amount of wasted
work. At present the constant tearing up
of pavements to put one thing or another
under them is a distinct and constant trouble
in city streets, and its expense and incon
venience is o'ten a hindrance to putting
wires or lines underground that ought to go
there. Pittsburg has now under its streets,
sewers, water-pipes, pipes for illuminating
and pipes for fuel gas, cable conduits, and a
few electric wire conduits, and is contem
plating the possibility of adding to their
number conduits for electric railroads, .elec
tric light wires, and new telegraph, tele
phone and fire alarm wires. "When one of
these lines has to be repaired the pavements
are torn up; when a new one is to be laid
the pavements are torn up.
There is hardly any doubt that the labor
and money spent in tearing up and replac
ing pavements and laying these separate
lines, in the past, would by this time have
provided our principal streets with under
ground conduits sufficient to accommodate
them all, where they could be reached for
repairs without disturbing the pavements,
and in addition to provide a place where all
new lines which the developments of the
fnture might produce, could find an accom
modation without blocking up streets and
destroying the permanence of pavements.
The Dispatch has brought this to the
public consideration before, but the Paris
idea introduces a new clement by making
the rapid transit underground railway a
place for the location of all the subterranean
adjuncts of a great city. There is no doubt
that whenever a city reaches the stage
where underground transit is practicable
this feature will be one of the most un
doubted economy. The incorporation of
such a provision by the Paris government
marks the difference between the French
system of municipal administration and
that most prevalent in America. Here the
result of municipal action on such subjects
is to give away franchises, crowd and clog
the streets, and generally ensure thai when
a new pavement is laid it will be torn,up
within two years, for the performance of
some underground work which should have
been provided for in the first place.
Parisian morals may not be unimpeach
able, but the municipal methods of Paris
are worthy of our study and imitation.
IT is now occasioning some comment that
after Mr. Jay Gould has become interested in
Southern railways he is displaying that form ot
sympathy with the Democracy oi tne South
which is manifested In checks for the campaign
foods. This need uot cause surprise, however.
Mr. Gould announced bis political principles
many years ago, as built upon the line of being
Republican In Republican districts and Demo
cratic in Democratic districts. In this respect
it is pleasant to note that Mr. Gould is still liv
ing up to such principles as he has got.
Jn view of the disaster caused by people
who dress up In cotton for holiday occasions,
letting their, dresses catch firo and getting
fatally burned or disfigured, it is time to sug
gest that if a woolly costume is necessary for
holiday rejoicings, people had better try asbes
tos wool.
There is an indication of progress, .though
ot an exceedingly leisurely sort, in the news
that a Kentucky man has just been sent to the
penitentiary for lit o, for the mnrderof a negro
twenty-two years ago. This is a good deal
better than having it understood that a man
can kill negroes without any punishment all all.
Bnt while It may have a restraining influence
to know that if you slanghter a colored citizen
punishment will overtake you in twenty-two
years, it would certainly be better it Kentucky
justice moved with a less leaden heel.
It is noted that Sued, the faster, is get
ting very much out of temper; but people who
are accustomed to become cross when they
have to wait half an hour for breakfast, will
be able to understand that a man who has
waited six weeks for his, will be decidedly irri
table. Br the wills of two wealthy citizens, re
cently deceased, Cleveland is to become the
possessor of an art gallery costing 00,000. By
the will of one generous millionaire still living
Pittsburg will become the possessor of an art
gallery worth 1,000,000 at the start and increas
ing Its value every year. This will leave Pitts
burg decidedly in the lead If our city will only
take hold and do its share toward putting the
project into actual operation.
River improvement and the building of
canals is attracting more intelligent attention
now than ever before In this country. People
are awakening to the advantages of the means
of transportation provided by nature.
A sanguine view of the literary future
is taken by the Boston Courier in the following
remark: "If anybody thinks there is little hope
for the poetry of America let him read the
poems read and sung at the football dinner on
Monday night." Sach a course might prodnce
tho conviction that there is lots of hope for the
mprovement of poetrv, and lots of room for
improvement, but very little poetry so far.
There is an impertinent curiosity to
learn whether Dr. ChaunceyM. Depew's Presi
dental boom has really been dissolved Into the
elements or whether it is being carefully kept
in seclusion for dark horse purposes.
The news that cholera is devastating
Guatemala, as a variation on the plague of
civil war, should euforce the necessity of
redoubling the precautions of quarantining
next spring on our southern and seacoast
borders against the admission of the disease to
this country. Cholera on the North American
continent is a warning to tho United States to
be on their guard.
Sitting Bull has no mourners aside
from his followers. The death of a man is
rarely the subject of such general congratula
tions as .that of this notorions Indian outlaw.
TnE PJiiladelphia Press in its Monday's
issue repelled the dishonest assertions of the
freo trade papers that the McKinlcy bill has
raised the price of potatoes by pointing out
the fact that the potato crop is one third
short But the day before the esteemed I'ress
alleged that rising wheat is a slim of prosperity.
Why does not tho same role apply to potatoes
as to bread t
Ir the farmers' organizations refrain
from fighting with each other they may make
it interesting for the other fellows by and by.
It is interesting to learn that the Legisla
ture of Alabama has before it a bill providing
for the incorporation of a village brass band.
If the Legislature of Pennsylvania, during its
long years of special legislation, did not grant
any charters for brass bands it can still claim
to bo up with the procession, by having granted
charters with every bit as much wind in them.
A dark day like yesterday increased the
desire for a few good gas wells within the city
limits.
In Ohio the papers are pointing out that
McKinlcy is the logical candidate for Governor;
and they are right. The Democratic unfairness
by which JIcKinley was gerrymandered out of
Congress makes him not only the logical candi
date, but will give him a strength before the
people for which the Democrats can thank
themselves, if bo defeats them.
Yesterday's French duel was an inno
vation. One man was seriously hurt
Senator Spooneh, of Wisconsin, is
now named as a possible appointee of the Pres
ident for the vacancy on the Supreme Bench.
The Senator has declared his preference for
Judge Gresham. which is something in bis
favor with the people; but it is to be hoped for
the sake of Spooners's chances that the Presi
dent has not heard of it
PBOMJHENT PEOPLE.
Congressman Geary, of California, want3
aliens to answer 60 per cent of a given line of
questions before they can be admitted to citi
zenship. Mrs. Henry M. Stanley is so tall and Mr.
Stanley Is so short that when they are oat to
gether ana are seen from a distance he looks
like a little boy out with his mother.
KrNG Kalakaua has with him an unpub
lished Dook, "The Temple of Wisdom," in
which he attempts to show that all things have
their origin In fire and will end in fire.
General Boulanger intends to winter in
Egypt where be will spend the most of bis
money and in the spring he will start a news
paper in Jersey, and so get rid of the rest of it
Prof. Koch's sister, Mrs. Alexander Fleish
man, was once a resident of Syracuse, N. Y.,
where sue was a music teacher. She afterward
went to Cazenovia, but had so little success she
returned to Germany.
General Benjamin F. Butler delivered
a lecture in Tremont Temple, Boston, Satur
day night on "Wendell Phillip." which will
be his last Ben says ho will never go on a
lecture platform again.
Mme. Anne-Marie Mozzoni will stand for
election to the Italian Parliament and is ask
ing for subscriptions to assist in meeting her
expenses. Mme. Mozzoni Is an accomplished
authoress, and her agreeable manners have
made her generally liked among her large circle
of acquaintances.
General Miles, while in Chicago, told a
reporter that the most interesting relic in his
possession was the weapon with which General
Custer was killed. General Miles says it makes
him sad every time he sees it He may now
add a more pleasurable relic in the weapon
with which Sitting Ball was killed.
Prop. Vibcho'W, of Berlin, pronounced
"the foremost pathologist of the world," asks
people to go Blow about injecting Dr. Koch's
lymph into people. He says it is a dangerous
poison, as indeed nearly all medicines are, and
thinks it would be better to wait until Dr.
Koch himself is satisfied with his experi
ments. THE TABIFF LAW SUSTAINED.
The Omission of Section 30 Invalidates That
Part ot the BUI Only.
New York, Dec IB. The Board of General
Appraisers, in a case brought before it by
Marshall Field Jt Co., of Chicago, has decided
that tho omission of Section 30 does not invali
date the McKinley tariff bill, bat affects only
the omitted section.
They also decide that tho bill, confers on the
President no legislative power.
A New Farm EI Dorado.
Wausau, Wis., Dec. 16. From present indi
cations fully 2,000 men will be on hand to file
claims next Saturday, when the reserve land
will be opened. Crowds of men are entering
the city by every train.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Sitting Bull's death will not affect Wall
street but It may make tbe live stock raisers
feel easier.
Reality Is popular now. Realism has
crowded out romance, hasn'tlt? We want fact
instead of fiction stone instead of sand, light
Instead of shadow, tbe dross of life instead of
its gloss. All must be of earth,
earthy gritty, grimy, cold, bard, cruel.
No more fauclfal creations, no more
children of the brain, no more tnasqueraders,
troubadours, valiant knights and "ladves
fayre," no more prancing steeds and warriors
bold. The sighing lover and tbe pure, true
maid now give place to the hardened villain
and tbe coy coquette. The sweets of love are
now turned to wormwood, and the bitterer
j the enp the better. Tbe harder tbe
mow aeait tnose wuo suua iu iuu
oook the heavier, its .sale. Tbe
truer the picture" Is to life real,
common, humdrum, work-a-dav life the
greater the praise for the painter. Eve rything
must be real cruelly real. The mantle of
charity is ripped off and trampled In tbe mud.
the veils are torn from the faces of fury and
saint and the very soul inside tho clay walls is
spread over the mud-soiled pages. Nothing is
too bad, nothing Is too good, for the feast
which the hungry hosts order and which
the cunning caterers provide. Under the
guise of Reform pens are dipped In sewers,
and the foulness contaminates the sea of hu
manity. Crime, instead of being robbed of its
bideousness, is clothed in rich raimant, which
is torn to tatters and trailed in the dust The
rags are spun into a slimy rope.on which to hang
tbe grinning skeleton bronght from tbe closet
of reality to quencb tbe thirst of the realist
Sacred sorrows are sin-gilded, tne greatest joys
are the wickedest, tbe real ma'le more horrible
than .the ideal. Gnaw away, ye ghouls, ye
jackals. Squeeze tbe blood out of tho living
flesh, crunch the bones. Prick hearts with
your pens. Perhaps some day the blood will
purify them.
The unfortnnate don't want your pity. They
want your band and your heart not your sighs
and your tears.
If you are a winner you can afford to give the
straggler a lift
Men whistle to keep their courage up, pro
vided they are not so badly scared that they
cannot raise the wind.
Monuments, nowadays, are frequently
placed to please the eye and beautify tbe land
scape.
Even If your song is sorrowful, sing It You
will strike tbe right chord some time.
Women are the most active ro-formers just
at present
The Belfry Soundc
Hear the voices ot tho bells.
Ringing bells;
There's a rhythm in your knells.
Singing bells.
Swing ye merrily to and fro.
Ring ye sweetly, ring ye low,
Ring ye joy. or ring ye woe.
Swinging bells.
Hear tbe clanging of tho bells,
Leaping bells;
There's a walling in your knells.
Weeping bells.
Swing ye swiftly In the night
Cry yo out with all your might
In tbe flames ye glisten bright
Reaping bells!
Hear tbe music of the bells,
Golden bells;
There's a sighing in'your knells,
Oldeu bells. ,
Turn ye gaily for the bride
And the groom sbe stands beside,
Tell their story far and wide,
Golden bells.
Hear the sorrow of tbe bells,
Tolling bells;
There's a sobbing in your knells,
Rolling bells.
Toll ye softly when the clay
In green grave is laid away
Until Resurrection Day, . ,,
Tolling bells. -i
Hear the gladness of the bells,
Rinsing bells;
There's a magic in yonr knells,
Singing bells.
Chime ye loudly Christmas morn,
Ring ye for the heaven-bom.
Martyr of the spear and thorn.
Swinging bells!
The faco wasn't made to be covered with
veils, powder or shame.
a; capital idea Starting a new bank.
If all reforms started at borne there would
be more work and less talk in the world.
Don't take any one to your home whom you
know your wife cannot warmly welcome.
Still waters run deep, but they deposit
more mud than the swift streams.
A Bad Break.
He trod on her dress, and the tearing
Gave him a real sudden start;
He judged from her face and her bearing
That be had broken her heart
The barber frequently cuts an acquaintance.
A head letter The Eyptlan hieroglyphic.
Button wants to be the House Postmaster.
Quay is pressing this Button. v
People who hunt gas leaks with matches
light out as soon as they strike a light
If we heard as much about tbe good people
as we do about the bad we Would be surprised
at the scarcity of genuine sinners.
When you wrestle with sleep you regain
strength.
The mother who neglects her children Is
trifling with her best friends.
They Stared.
Up the carpeted stair she hurried,
Leaving a scent in the air;
The fellow below her was flurried,
But all be could do was to stare.
Stanley evidently lost a portion of his
voice in Darkest Africa.
The corner loafer always does business at
the same old stand.
Sitting Bull can now play ghost as much
as he pleases.
If Congress passes the money bills more bills
will doubtless go into circulation.
Only gluttons marry just to put a woman in
tbe kitchen.
A huge joke A full-page cartoon.
When you nurse your wrath of course you
feed It on the milk of human kindness. v
The Postmaster General Is the man with the
mailed hand now.
A Life Saved.
The shaky tramp looked very sad,
He really seemed ill,
But what he got made his heart glad,
The sweet smlleihaunts him still.
How the dear women must envy the postal
clerks who sort the malls.
Congress proposes to stir up the silver pool.
Some mud will doubtless come to the surface.
The tumbler pigeon is not such a gymnastic
bird as Us name would imply.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle than for some bills to go through
Congress.
laws should be framed to reach cranks of
the Sued stripe. Self torture is disgusting as
well as barbarous.
Blind people have finer feelings than those
who see, and the deaf have sharper eyes than
those who hear. Somebow or other nature
manages to get there even under difficulties.
Succx, the faster; works for starvation
wages.
Is the game out West worth the powderT In
dian hunts are rather too costly.
Stanley carries his wife's relatives around
with them. He finds some of them great
Aides. Willie Winkle.
A BAD INDIAN.
No Tears Shed for Sitting Boll by tho
"White Folks.
Something of a Red Elephant,
New York Times. 2
It appears that ho is at the bottom, more than
anybody else, of the recent disturbances and
rumors of disturbance. The old reprobate was
himself unavailable as a Messiah, but he was
as well aware as any copper-colored inhabitant
of the country of the political value of a Mes
siah, and of tbe extent to wblch a belief in him
might be worked. The announcement of his
death is not calculated to arouse any
other emotions than those excited the other
day by the slaying of a "rogue" elephant In
Cincinnati, though no quadruped ever did so
much widely extended and long-continued mis
chief as Sitting Bull.
Few to Mourn.
New York Tribune.
Outside of his own followers there will be
few to mourn the death of Sitting Bull. The
saying that the only good Indian is a dead one
finds no small share of its justification in tbe
career of snch red men as ho. During tbe
greater part of his life he was a constant tor
ment to the white people and the Government,
and though for the last fow years be has been
nominally under bonds to keeD the peace, his
influence has been on the evil side.
Not Much Fighting.
Philadelphia Press.:
The presence of such an experienced Indian
fiehter as General Miles upon the scene will
also have a good effect, for his coming will not
long remain unknown to the disorderly sav
ages throngh their means of quick inter-communication,
and they hold bim in wholesome
fear. There may be some little fighting, par
ticularly with the Indians who have sought
refuge in "the Bad Lands, but nothing on a
large scale.
Will Spur the Reds to Fight.
Philadelphia Kecord. q
The old chief's death will spur the warlike
Sioux to deeds of vengeance. There is little
doubt that the affrays between tho ranchers
and the red men have rekindled the embers of
hostility among the savages, and the skies at
Pine Ridge are aglow these nights with the re
flection of caniphres that are known to bo sig
nals of war.
Never Recognized His Duty.
New York Herald.
He was a crafty, wily, sly old fellow, always
disgruntled, and always an element of discord.
To the last degree suspiciousand superstitious,
he was one of those Indians who insist npon
their rights but never recognize their duties.
Removing a Disturbance.
Toledo Commercial.
Sitting Bull is said to be dead. Resisted ar
rest and was slain. A fitting end of a wild ca
reer and the removal of a vast amount of dis
turbance. LANSDOWHE'S DIFFICULTIES.
Daughters Growing Up Unmarried Because
a God Has Been Stolen.
From the Toronto Emplre.l
Lord Lansdowne has religious difficulties to
smooth down in India. He has received a peti
tion from the Jainl sect of Gwalior asking him
to use his influence to allow their image, known
as Ruth Biman, to be converted into a real
cod. This process of conversion consists of
carrying it through the streets in proces
sion, a privilege which the Brahmin ob
ject to. The Jainis charge that the Brah
mins broke into their temple and destroyed
tbe last god they had, and that for want of one
the ceremony of marriage cannot be performed
and their daughters aregroningup unmarried.
Whether the. Viceroy will care to interfere
between two religious disputants la one of the
native States is doubtful.
THE SITUATION U? THE C0UHTBY.
Merchants and Manufacturers Pay Promptly
and Farmers Borrow Uttle.
Chicago, Dec 16. An evening paper pub
lishes this evening a nnmber of letters from
country bankers located in Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Indiana on the financial condi
tion as It affects farmers, country merchants,
manufacturers, etc.
Tho replies are almost of tbe same tenor, and
are to tbe effect that merchants and manu
facturers are meeting their obligations fnllv
as promptly as usual, that wbilotbe bankers
are investing in outside paper they are holding
larger reserves of cash than usual, in view of
the financial stringency, and that notwith
standing the talk about farm mortgages tbe
fact is that tbe farmers borrow only a small
portion of the money loaned br tbe Banks. A
banking firm notes that of tbe $2,250,000 loaned
by it only 200,000 has gone to the farmers.
ODD SEASONING.
A Congressman Who Takes No Thought of
"Where the Money Comes From.
From the Washington Post.
Representative Forney, of Alabama, who has
been on tbe Appropriations Committee for many
years, thinks that while it is a good thing possi
bly to have more money in circulation, it would
be better to bave more products with which to
bring the money into the channels of trade.
"There are 5,000.000 bales of cotton," he said, to
a reporter yesterday, "now being held np in the
South by owners who want a higher price. If
this-cotton were sold, and there is a ready mar
ket for it it would put more money in circula
tion in a short time than can be accomplished
by proposed legislation."
A law to raise the prico of cotton would seem
to be in order.
Better Roads a Necessity.
From the Chester News.
Good streets in cities and boroughs and good
roads in the rural districts are notonlya public
good but a public necessity. That we are de
ficient in both is admitted by all. and tbe
pertinent question for some time has been how
to obtain that which is much needed. The de
mand for improvement is so urgent as to leave
little doubt that a State law, with effective
supervision, will be passed,' and that the best
system that can be bad without extravagant
expenditure will be adopted.
An Inevitable Conclusion.
From the Warren Mirror.
The low price of crude oil, while tbe price of
tbe refined article remains as high as when
crude oil commanded 40 cents per barrel more
than now, has led to the conclusion that the
Standard Oil Company, having driven out all
other refiners and transporters of oil from the
field, has concluded to absorb the producing
interest also and Is bearing tbe crude mar
ket to compel the producers to sell out cheap.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
David M. Forrelry.
isrxciAf. teleobam to the dispatch,.
Meadytllb, Dee. IS. David M. Farrelly, the
oldest member of the Crawford County Bar, died
here yesterday, aged 84 years. Mr. Farrelly was a
grandson of General David Mead, the first settler
ofthisclty. Mr. FarrellT graduated from the Al
legheny College In 1824 and later was a cadet in the
Military Academy, West Point. While there he was
an Intimate lrlend of tbe late Jen Davis. He was
admitted to the bar in 1830. and practiced his pro
fession for an unbroken period of eo years.
Dr. William Wilson.
rSFEOIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.
New Castlk, Dec. 16.-Dr. William Wilson, of
Portersfleld, ten miles from here, was fonnd dead
In a chair In his offlco there to-day. He was a
5 romlnent citizen and a well-known physician,
e was troubled with beart disease.
Major II. G. Carr.
CARLISLE, Dec. 16. Major II. O. Carr, ex
Mayor of this city, and Senior Vice Commander or
tho G. A. K.. died here to-day after a lone ill
ness, aged 68 years. Paring the w-ir lie was clilcr !
bugler in Colonel Uoyd's Twenty-first Cavalry. I
Assistant Surgeon General Perrlne.
St. Paul, Dec. 16. Assistant Surgeon General
Perrlne, United States Army, died In this city
yesterday. He served 40 years, and retired in
1877,
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
She Surpassed Stanley.
tt jyiD you go to hoar Stanley?" an Alleghenlan
asked of an East Ender yesterday.
"No we were going, but our hired girl put a
stop to it"
"How was that!"
"She went ont yesterday, and when sbe came
back in the evening she told my wife that ber
doctor bad ordered her to eat four or flvo fresh
eggs a day, abstain from hard work and sleep
In a warm room. Sho said she'd have to bave
the eggs, the vacation and a stove in her bed
room right off, so we decided to let her go at
once, and consequently wo did not get to hoar
Stanley."
A Benefactor In Blue.
'JVHE big policeman who guards the perilous
crossing at the postoffice corner represents
justice in more than the common sense among
the newsboys and bootblacks. He is a sort of
trust company, exchanee and bank for the boys
who continually circulate around him. They
literally and metaphorically look up to Officer
Grimes towering above them at the busy
corner.
It is very amusing to see Officer Grimes
superintending deals between the boys, which
are of frequent occurrence. He knows all the
boys, and more thon that, knows their imple
ments of trade, the shoe-blacking boxes. The
other day a boy brought him a box to sell and a
purchaser presented himself at the same time.
"Doesn't this belong to Skinny!" said the
policeman, after examining tbe box.
"Naw,"said the selling party, and jnst then
the very thin individual, known as Skinny,
happened to come up, and the boxes were com
pared. They had many raark3 of similarity,
thus showing tbe broker's knowledge of the
market Every box, by the way, has some dis
tinctive mark, a design in brass-headed nails,
or initials cut in the wooa. WelJ, in this case,
a sale was made, and the broker banded over
tbe monoy to tbe client Just as this occurred
a citizen, who had been watching the transac
tion with interest, caught Officer Grimes' eye,
and he said with a merry wink: "You see we
newsies must take care of each other."
Detective Genius Blighted.
A GOOD many papers, books and magazines
had been missed in a down-town book
store. With the crowd3of holiday purchasers
constantly moving in and out it was difficult to
guard the piles of books and journals on the
counters. The salesmen were instructed to
keep a sharp lookout for thieves and the boys
engaged to help during tbe holiday rush were
also requested to report any suspicious actions
on the part cf customers. Yesterday one of
the boys called the proprietor to one side and
said: "There's an old gent over there actln
suspicions he takes np a book, but he don't
read it an' looks all around to see if anybody's
lookin'."
The description did sound suspicious and
the proprietor of the store went over to look
at the old gentleman in question. The latter
was reading a book with his back turned, and
when the bookseller touched him on the
shoulder he gave a start as be turned around
which might have been taken for a sign of
guilt if his face had not proved bim to be a
doctor of divinity ana the pastor of a great
Presbyterian church. The youthful detective
was not encouraged to continue his espionage.
Tbe divine, of coarse, never learned that he
had been suspected of kleptomania.
The Use or Expositions.
T J? the gas well on the Exposition's property
proves a roarer," said Manager Johnston
yesterday, "It will be a very pretty Christmas
box to the city as well as a blessing to the Ex
position Society. It ought to bave a good ef
fect upon the financial situation here if it is
shown that there is still plenty of gas right at
onr own doors. Tbe beneficial influence of the
Exposition upon the city has been demon
strated in the past, and it is wortb remember
ing that such institutions are not of service in
prosperous times alone. I remember what a re
lief to Chicago the opening of tbe Exposition
was in tbe dark days of the panic of 1573. The
Exposition was opened jnst after tbe great
crash had come and it seemed to divert the
popular attention from tbe panic, and In va
rious ways to practically assist tbe banks and
thejnercbants in their efforts to recuperate.
Tbe Exposition drew thousands from tbe
country, and money was put in circulation that
wonld otherwise remained tied up. I saw
the good effects ot the Exposition then, and
many times since my belief in their beneficent
operation, in all sorts of times and under all
sorts of conditions, has been strengthened by
the evidence open to my own eyes and ears."
Musician and Empress.
pERDlNAND Gottsohalk, the actor, is a
relative of the great pianist of that name.
A strange story is told of Gottscbalk, the com
poser, which I heard for the first time on Mon
day night
At one time th) composer was pianist at the
conrt of Spain, and while there incurred the
anger and jealousy of the Queen, who, being
herself Infatuated with him, would tolerate no
rival, and banished the handsome musician and
his inamorata, a beautiful young girl. Many
years after, since the death of Gottschalk, bis
sister was giving a concert, and thero came to
her, attracted by the name Gottschalk on tbe
bills, a pale, wan woman who, after asking her
if she were the sister of the famous pianist
banded her a card, ana after telling her that
She had been her brother's love, and the maid
of honor in Spain, for whom he was obliged to
fly, quickly pissed away. And when the as
tonished Mile. Gottscbalk looked upon the
card in her band, behold there was tbe name of
the Empress Eugenie !
QUAIL SHIPPED TO CHINA.
American Residents There Desire to Intro
duce the Species.
Chicago, Dec. 16. A commission Arm of
this city has received an odd order. A num
ber of ex-Chicagoaus living In the vicinity of
Shanghai. China, opened correspondence with
the firm in regard to the feasibility of importing
into the Celestial domain a nnmber of live
American quail for tbe purpose of propagat
ing tbe species in that country.
The order was for 100 dozen, and tbe first con
signment of SO dozen has been shipped.
FLEEING FE0M WESTERN KANSAS.
Dry Weather -Almost Depopulates That
Part of tho State.
Atchison, Kan., Dec 16. The people of
the Western part of the State no longer' try to
conceal the fact that many people have left the
country on account of the drought
Over 4.000 have left Books county alone.
Many of those remaining are unable to get
away. For miles over tbe prairies one can see
nothing but tenantless houses and abandoned
farm machinery.
The Best Possible Security.
Gath, in Cincinnati .Enquirer.
The latest discovery of tbe financial school in
the East is that we must maintain a public
debt in order to have cash in hand to take care
of panics. Hitherto the Government by dis
charging its great debt in, great Installments,
has kept pace with tbe people and the States,
and all have been discharging, yet all getting
closer to the bottom law of life, that thero is
no security like a skilled hand and body In
durated to labor.
less Agitation More Business.
From the Norrlstown Herald.
This country is prosperous. With less po
litical agitation and more attention to business
interests, everything will soon be moving along
in the usual channel, and confidence in tbe
future will be-f nlly restored.
Pittsburg is All Right
From the Canton Keposltory.
Pittsburg takes bopo because a natural gas
strike nas been made nnder her Exposition
grounds. Pittsburg has coal, too, so that she
Is all right
MY HEART'S COMFORT.
Another gave thy life, my child, to thee.
Yet art thou dear to me as tho thou wast
My very own in some long vanished past.
My heart Is whispering: "He loveth mel"
And almost groweth glad, again, to be.
Feeling in thy pure love it boldeth last
The sweetest thing time hath from first to last
God's recompense for allJlTe's agony.
.When, trust ully, thou lftst on my breast
And slumber covereth thy brown eyes o'er,
I feel upon me such a sense of rest!
1 am content I crave tornothlng more.
Thy face doth shut from out my memory
Dome dreams, some hopes that early went astray.
Chicago Intcr-Octan.
SOCIETY'S PLEASURES.
New York Philharmonic Club Concert in
the Star Course Women's Club and
United Presbyterian Association Hold
Important Meetings Short Social Cliat
ter. A musical audience assembled at Carnegie
Hall last evening to greet the New York Phil
harmonic Club, that appeared under the Star
Conrse Series. Tbe programme was a pleasing
one. consisting of sparkling little gems from
tho classics. A "Sextette of 79," S. Jadassohn,
rendered by the club, opened the enter
tainment and a violoncello solo, "Reverie,"
G. Botteslni, and "Chanson a boire," E. Dunk
ier, followed and was encored and responded
to. Mr. Charles Herrmann was the performer
and received the plaudits of the audience very
gracefully. Miss Marion S. Weed, the con
tralto soloist associated with tbe club, made a
pretty apparition en the platform, and suc
ceeded in winning the sympathy of the bouse
by her sweetly pretty manner and charming
personalities before she sung a notn. Her
selection. "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice."
Salnt-Sxns. was a happy one and as an encore
she gave "Swing, Robin, Swing."
A violin solo, "Polonaise No. 2." H. Wienian
ski, rendered by Mr. Richard Arnold, elicited
much applause worthy the performance, wbicb
secured a second number. A number by tbe
club, "TraumerL" R. Schumann, and "L.
Espagnola," F. Corven, concluded tbe first
part of the programme, and the latter piece
was, according to Librarian Stevenson, who Is
amnsical critic, tbe prettiest one rendered
during the evening. "Quintette, op. 114." F.
Schubert, with piano, violin, viola, violmcello
and bass, required a second number to quell
the applause. Mr. Beverldgo Webster did
some very effective work In that as a pianist
A flute solo by Mr. Eugene Heiner was ap
preciated in the usnal manner. The "Parla"
waltz song by Miss Meed, with a pretty ballad
encore, and tbe "Dance des Bobemiens '
' by the
ciud closed the enjoyable programme.
A BUST SOCIETY.
The Heart and Hand to Give a Fair and
Supper Friday
That energetic society. "The Heart and
Hand," of tbe Third Presbyterian Cbnrcb, on
Sixth avenup,maintains a cot in tne WestPenn
Hospital and one in tbe Homeopathic, is edu
cating a colored girl in a Southern college, is a
regular contributor to'tbe Pittsburg Freh Air
Fund and interested in various other works of
charity. The society will increase the sum in
its treasury by a fair and supper at tbe church
chapei on Friday afternoon and evening. The
fair will open at 2 o'clock and supper will be
served from 6 to 9.
Among the ladies in charge of the affair are
Mrs. E. P. Cowan. Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, Miss
Julia Nelson. Miss Maggie Nelson. Mrs. J. C.
Williams. Miss Mary Ewing, Mrs.Frank Moore,
Airs. M. E. Gable. Mrs.Atwood. Miss Elizabeth
Dihm, Miss Ross, Miss A. Wallace and others.
A LABQE CAED PABTY
Given Last Evening by the Misses Hanauer,
of Fayette Street,
Possibly the largest card party of tbe season
was given last evening by the Misses Hanauer.
of Fayette street, at which Miss Wittelsbofer,
of Louisville, their guest, was the honored
lady. Between 70 and 80 invitations had been
issued, and apparently were all responded to
in person. Whist was the game of tbe evening,
and for several hours mumness reigned, with
an occasional "Spades are trumps," or some
similar remark, only breaking tbe silence. Bnt
when the keenness ot the whist appetite had
worn off, tho tables vanished as if by magic,
and dancing was indulged in for the remaining
hours.
The prizes were unusually pretty and sug
gestive of Christmas and Christmas presents.
A delightful supper was served.
ACQUITTED THEMSELVES "WELL.
Miss Cody's Pupils Glvea Neat Perform
ance of The Hunchback.
Miss Cody's class in elocution and voice
culture gave a very enjoyable entertainment
last evening, in Turner Hall, Forbes street
Miss Cody and her pupils proved themselves
entirely capable to assume tbe cast of charac
ters m Sberidan Knowles excellent play, "The
Hunchback," and so well did they acquit
themselves that the large and fashionable
audience present seemed to forget that tbe
performers were amateurs, so liberal was the
applause.
Miss Cody in her professional teaching, is
meeting, with great success, to the delight of
her numerous friends who appreciate tbe
young lady's effort to support not only herself
but an invalid sister, who was injured two
years ago by a cable car.
Mrs. Wolfe to Lecture In April.
Mrs. Wolfe, the President of the Theosophy
Society of Philadelphia, will not be able to lec
ture in the city before the last week in April,
owing to appointments previously made. Tbe
lecture will be delivered in Carnegie Hall, and
will, unless appearances are deceitful, be greet
ed with a full bouse, as interest regarding the
subject and the talented lecturer is continually
on tbe increase. The ladv will be here as she
is in every city the recipient of considerable
social attention. Ono reception already
S fanned for ber will be given by Mrs. M. J.
ecker at her lovely home on Sherman avenue,
Allegheny.
Successful G. A. R. Entertainment
The musical and literary entertainment given
in the Wilkinsburg Academy, Monday evening,
was so successful that it nas repeated last
night, with gratifying results. It was under the
management of Post 543, G. A. R. The attend
ance was very large on each evening, and the
post has made a very neat sum for its widows
aud orphans.
Social Chatter.
The Lotus Club, of tbeSoutbside, last night
tendered a reception and banquet to families
ot tbe members of the club. A number of reci
tations and songs were rendered by some of the
members, after which tbe guests were ban
queted. Dancingwas also ono of the features
of the evening's entertainment.
.Miss Stella Vainberger, of Philadel
phia, who has been the guest and is yet of
Mrs. S.L. Fleishman, of Locust street, bai en
deared herbclf to many friends by her sweet
wlnsomeness and bright beanty. Numerous
small entertainments have been given tbe
young lady.
Mrs. L. M. Moore, the daughter of Mr. aud
Mrs. M. J. Becker, of Allegheny, spent yester
day in Cleveland, tbe guest of Mr. W. H. and
Mrs. M. A. Senven, of this city. The trio of
Plttsburgers were entertained by a prominent
club of Cleveland, and will return home to-day.
THE Grocers' Association will make merryat
its annual reception and banquet this evening
at Turner Hall, Forbes street. Hon. H. L
GourleywiU deliver the address of welcome,
and Percy F. Smith will respond. Grand
march at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. John L. George, of North avenue,
Allegheny, willl receive this afternoon. In
honor of her new;dauehter-in-law, Mrs. Arch
bald Love George, who, until a couple of
months ago, was Miss Chubb, of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The engagement is announced of Miss Sadie
Levy, the vivacious daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Levy, prominent Southslders, and Mr.
Charles Spandau, formerly of Washington, D.
C., now a prominent Liberty street business
man.
Mrs. W. W. Patrick, of Ridge avenue, Al
legheny, gave a delightful 11-o'clock breakfast
yesterday morning. The table was beautifully
decorated with maiden-hair fern and roses.
Lescallette Council No. 412, Jr. O, U. A.
M., Is out with cards for a pound social and en
tertainment to be given in its council chamber,
Southside, Monday evening, December 29.
"The Witch's Flight" will be presented
this evening at St James' Episcopal Church
annex. Coffee and other refreshments will be a
sequel to tbe entertainment
The Paragon Clnb. of Allegheny, exempli
fied the wisdom of selecting the namo it bears
at tbe reception given by it last evening in
Cyclorama Hall.
A musical and literary entertainment was
given last evening In Lawrence Turner Hall,
Butler street by Columbus Council No. 49, L
S.ofL
Cards were Issued yesterday for a musical
seance to be given at Monte Ste. Ursule, Oak
land, on Monday. December 22, at 2 p. m.
A bazaar and sapper was given last evening
by the Ladies Serving Society of the Second
Presbyterian Church. Allegheny.
The Cathedral Band will, give a concert 'at
Lafayette Hall tc-nlght. Prominent local
vocal talent will asist tho band.
A beceptios will bo given to-day by Mrs.
A. S. M. Morgan, the charming wife of Colonel
Morgan. Hours from 3 to 6.
ON Friday afternoon Miss Arnheim. ot
Franklin street .will give a tea-to a, limited
number of guests,
CUEI0DS CONDENSATIONS.
t
Ice is reported to be worth $70 a ton in
Panama.
A rich silver mine bearing ore worth
JC00 a ton has been discovered in Wyoming.
New York has a big lumber interest.
Last year the trade amounted to 0.600,000,000.
The Ontario mine, located at Park City,
Utab, has paid to date 511.375,000 in dividends.
The Eed Cloud mine in the "Wood river
(Idaho) district yielded 172 tons of ore last
month.
A Cincinnati horse objected to having
tobacco juice squirted on him, and chased the
squirter.
Silk is numbered among the products of
Missouri, tbe State having produced last year
2,i,8 pounds of cocoons.
Lima people are not up in the use of
fire alarm boxes. They prefer to run and
scream themselves hoarse.
Miss Luella M. Cawles, of Kellogcs
viile. O., has become insane through grief
caused by the death of relatives.
The 50 Yale graduates in Tokio, Japan,
are tbe astonishment of tbe natives for their
boat-rowing and prodigious kicking powers.
Lately an electricaLapparatus has been
introduced for.stoppmg elevators, engine! and
other machines ana motors instantaneously.
Maine men do some 'strange things.
Tbe owners of an unsuccessful "pants factory"
are converting it into a maple syrup factory.
Frederick Livingston, m his 90th year,
continues to perform bis duties as President of
the First National Bank in Petersboro, N. H.
Nathaniel Thayer is called the "Vander
bilt of Boston. He has a fortune of 10,000,.
000. Invested for the most part in Western rail
ways. A tusk seven feet long and a tooth
weighing over seven pounds, supposed to have
been part of a mastodon, haye been unearthed
atMonson.Ia.
All of the postofnees in Italy receive
money on deposit allowing interest at the rate
of 3 per cent per annum and a dividend paid
every five years.
It is rumored lhat the Farmers' Alliance
is talking of buying the Springfield Reaper
Works and running it in competition with the
Harvester Trust
The Belmont family, fearing an attempt
to steal the body of the late August Belmont,
burled at Newport have established a nightly
guard at the grave.
Six boys ot one Augusta, 3Ie., family
drew their pension last week, they all having
served through the late Civil War, being now
gray-beaded old men.
A San Diego county (Cal.) horticulturist
is going to graft the many live oaks on bis place
with chestnuts, which he has learned will suc
ceed well on oak trees.
The latest prank of Harvard students is
to steal all tbe thermometers in Boston, and
the scientific inhabitants of the Hub do net
know whether it Is summer-or winter.
The effective of the Argentine army has
been fixed for 1891 at 5.5G3 men. Of these 2,325
compose tho infantry. 2,225 the cavalry, 789 the
artillery, and 230 the corps of engineers.
The Czar's personal bodyguard of pri
vato police consists of 15 specially picked Cos
sacks, matnre and tried men. These bave to
keeD watch in tbe kitchen and private apart
ments. It is reported in Zanzibar that the Sol
trmofVltu and his followers, have destroyed
an English Mission station on the Tana river.
Several native Christians were killed by the
Saltan's people.
A wet silk handkerchief tied, without
folding, over the face is a complete security
against suffocation from smoke; it permits free
breathing, and. at the same time, excludes the
smoke from the lungs.
A Russian peasant named Namischeff
entered tho barn of a usurer to whom he owed
money and hanged himself upon tbe door,
writing upon it with chalk the words: "This
pays off my indebtedness to you."
About 20 years ago the Japanese au
thor, Kioyte Bakln, completed a novel upon
which ho had been at work for 3S years. It
comprises 106 volumes, ana is said to illustrate
alt classes of Japanese society and life.
The Great Western Argentine Railroad
Is about to try the experiment ot burning crude
petroleum in its engines. It has contracted
with a Mandoza, company to take 100,000 cubic
metres of crude petroleum at 112 a metre.
George Montieu and T. "V. Smith,seenic
artists with tbe Crystal Slipper company, had a
fight at Milwaukee. Wls while In the "flies"
75 feet above tbe stage. They fell to the sta;a
and both were badly, perhaps fatally, injured.
It is the opinion oi Edwin Arnold that
the Old Testament is not more interwoven with
the Jewish race, nor the New Testament with
the civilization of Christendom than is tho
Koran with the records ana destinies of Islam.
Emperor William's personal finances, it
Is reported in Berlin, have been hopelessly in
volved by bis own reckless expenditure, and he
has bad to borrow 25.000.000 marks from the
banker, Herr von Bieicbroder, on his note of
hand.
The Bev. Dr. Charles F. Hoffman and
his brother, the Rev. Dr. E. A. Hoffman, dean
of the General Theological Seminary, both of
New York, are said to bo tbe richest clergymen
in tbe United States. The wealth of each of
them is about 11,000,000.
A very extensive domestic industry in
Russia consists in the manufacture ot wooden
spoons, which are made to tbe extent of 30,000,.
000 annually, mostly, of birch. The poor or
that land are happy If they can get something
to eat even in wooden spoons.
Philip H. Holmes, an artist of
Gardiner, Me., has just found in the corridor of
tbe Girard House in Philadelphia a canvas,
20x15 feet, wbicb was lost at tbe time of the
Centennial Exposition. It is a view of the Adl
rondacks and is valued at J3.000.
One of the odd sights in Chicago re
cently was the moving of a stately elm tree
through tbe streets from Grosse Point to
Graceland Cemetery. Tbe tree was lifted as it
grew and transported, upright in a crate, giv
ing the impression of a traveling tree.
Dueling continues very frequent in
Italy. During the last 12 months 2.73! duels
were fought ind"60 of the combatants suc
cumbed. Some of the duelists were wounded
several times in the same conflict, for 3,901
wounds were inflicted and over 1,000 of these
were serious.
J. J. Bayard, a doctor, who went to
ban Antonio. Texas, 25 years ago and led tbe
life of a hermit in the mountains, except to
minister to the sick, died there last week in a
log hut he had built for himself. He claimed
to be a brother of ex-Secretary Bayard, and to
to bave served on General Taylor's staff during
the Mexican war.
From the report of the State engineer of
New York, it is learned that Niagara Falls are
receding about two feet every year. The first
accurate survey was made in 1842, and since
that tho total recession amounts to more than
100 feet. This is not strange, considering that
27U,000 cubic feet of water pass over the falls
every second, or over 16,009,000 cable feet pet
minute.
FUNNY MEN'S FANCIES.
"What does it cost to cross Goyernor
Ferry?" asked tbe humorist.
Your head, "said thevlctlmof CTrll Service
reform. Spotane Spokesmen.
In Paris. Mr. Packer I guess I'll buy
this picture. Maria.
Jtarla-But papa, the picture Is low In tone
and color.
Mr. Packer What's the difference? I ain't buy
ing a music box. Texat Stftitxgi.
Triwet(sadly) I have done all I can
to make Miss Ophelia love me, but she remains
obdurate.
Dicer (unfeelingly) Why not hypnotize her?
Chicago Inttr-Octan.
"Hark! Somebody is'playing a delight
ful bit of Wagner."
"Ob, that's only James shoveling coal Into the
furnace'." Life.
The mistake has olten occurred before,
Causing many a kindly stare:
Bnt It's only the towel on the Job room door
There's nobody dead In there.
-Oil City miuard.
"Can women be the heads of business
firms In this country?"
res, but there's one position they never ai
sume, it married."
The senior member?"
No, the silent partner."
"Why is it there are "so many vinegar .
Vlsaced Christians?"
They keep their religion over for use on Sundays -and
it soars. ' jk.-
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