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PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. DEC. 27, 189a
A COMPREHENSIVE FROJECT.
The fifth in The Dispatch series of
articles on river improvement treats of the
problem which has puzzled engineers and
formed a national subject of dispute for two
fenerations the drainage of the Mississippi
Valley Irom Cairo to Baton Rouge. On this
the writer presents some ideas that are
certainly worthy of public consideration.
Briefly stated, the argument of this paper
is that there are some thirty million acres of
bottom lands alone the Mississippi in this
section which is treated separately from
the swamp lands of tbe Gulf States that
are capable ot the greatest improvement
They possess the richest soil in the world,
but at present they are depreciated in value,
rendered dangerous in seasons of flood and
unhealthy all of the year, by their liability
to floods and the resulting malaria. All
this trocble, together with the forming of
shoals, bends and finally cut-offs from the
eating away of the banks at certain places,
is shown to be due to the fact that the rirer
bed is too high in relation to the surround
ing lands. The solution of the problem,
therefore, lies in the direction of lowering
the river's bed.
This our contributor proposes to do by the
syIem of movable jetties, described in a
previous paper. By these appliances, it is
held, that the bais can be cut through, the
river strai:htened or reduced to very grad
ual bende, the channel brought to uniform
depth, and tbe current given a steady move
ment. These vast improvements, all finally
tending to the s-ime end of lowering the bed
of the river and providing thorough drain
age for tbe fertile bottom lands, can be ac
complished at a cost of from three to five
dollars per acre. As the increase in the
value of the land would be five times that
cost, without including the immense benefit
to navigation embraced in tbe improvement,
the great results held out by this scheme of
making the current of the river do its own
work, can easily be recognized as far ex
ceeding the estimated cost.
As to the engineering practicability and
cost of the work proposed, that question can
only be determined, outside of the crucial
test of actual work, by the opinion of ex
perts. Many of that class have already per
ceived in the development of the system, in
these Dispatch articles, engineering sug
gestions of the greatest and most original
value. Apart irom that, the entire public
can see that the project comprises the widest
scope and most thorough attainment cf all
the objects of river improvement, in a uni
form flow of water, a deep and permanent
channel, and a complete drainage of the
lands low subject to over-flows.
PROGRESS IX AUTISTIC TASTE.
It is with pleasure The Dispatch notes
the progress of this community in art and
artistic taste. The exhibition of the Vassili
Verestchagin collection which will be made
in tbe Carnegie Art Gallery marks a dis
tinct era. in this line. It is the first large
and famous collection ever brought here,
and it means the establishment of a reputa
tion for the community in art matters,
as well as denoting growing artistic taste.
The collection has only been seen in the
largest cities in this country, Boston, Kew
York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and it is
worthy of note that we are ranked with
those cities. The exhibition will be a rare
treat, as the pictures cover a wide range
and are really a history of the travels and
studies of their wonderful creator. The ex
hibition has been brought about through
the efforts of some of our best citizens, who
are deserving of credit for their activitr. s
KEEP UP THE DRILL.
The drilling at the Exposition gas well
has progressed about a hundred feet beyond
the point at which the first flow ot gas was
observed, without noticeably increasing or
diminishing the pressure. Of the hundred
feet twenty-five or thirty feet were in the
strip of sand which yields the gas and the
remainder has been slate. We are informed
that if the Grilling does not develop decided
lesults within tbe next three or four days,
the Exposition Society will not feel justified
in using its funds to push the work further.
If the drilling should stop now the Expo
sition Society would hare gained a moderate
supply of gas and the public would have
some interesting information concerning the (
geological state under our city. But there
are some points of interest and importance
to the wuole city that would be left un-
settled. The sand penetrate may be simply
a spur of the real gas-bearing body which
lies lower. There may be an inexhaustible
reservoir of gas or oil to be tapped
if the drill goes deep enough. The informa
tion to be obtained by exploring the deepest
strata may be of the greatest importance to
the community, even if it should not include
a strike of gas.
It happens to be the case here that this
information can be obtained at a minimum
of coat The tools and machinery are on tbe
ground, and we are informed that no charge
will be made for their use if the hole is to be
drilled deeper as a public enterprise. The
only cost in pursuing the work will be that
of actual labor; and that is stated to be
about a dollar per foot. If ten men in this
city would contribute fifty dollars each, tbe
well could be drilled to below 2,500 feet. If
twenty more gaye $25 each the depth of 3,000
feet could be reached. If 100 more gave $10
each a 4,000 feet hole could be completed.
W Ufa. tfie chance that in the first hundred
feet or so, the presence of a large supply of
gas might be established, the slight snms
necessary to keep the drill going ought to be
promptly forthcoming. Any person wish
ing to pay for drilling, ten, twenty-five or
fifty feet deeper can do so by sending his
check for tbe corresponding number of
dollars to the Exposition Society.
A FORECAST FOR THE IRON INDUSTRY.
A pamphlet by Edward Atkinson on
"The Future Situs of the Principal Iron
Production of the World" has just been
published by the Manufacturers' Record. It
advances some ideas that are sufficiently
novel and important to attract the attention
of communities in which the iron industry
is established.
Mr. Atkinson's first point is that the pro
duction and consumption of iron has main
tained a Steady ratio of growth since its
earlier development. His estimates for the
future arc based upon this ratio, backed by
the fact that three great continents Asia,
Africa and South America are just being
opened up to development, and will create
an increased demand for iron products
equal in proportion to that which Europe
and North America have famished for the
past quarter of a century. On this founda
tion he arrives at the conclusion that the
world's consumption and production of iron
will rise from 25,000,000 tons in 18S0 to
50,000,000 or 00,000,000 tons in 1900. Side
by side with this production Mr. Atkinson
argues from the partial exhaustion and in
creasing cost of the materials for iron
making in England, that that country
which has heretofore enjoyed the greater
portion of the increase in iron production
outside this country will not be able to
meet the increased demand or from 22,000,
000 to 32,000,000 tons which his argument
foreshadows for 1900. This increase, which
he puts in round numbers at 25,000,000 tons,
be points out, must be furnished in great
share by the country which can assemble at
the least cost the materials lor iron manu
facture at the point for its production, and
can provide tnere the labor which, by earn
ing the highest wages, can really do the
cheapest work.
This country Mr. Atkinson believes to be
the United States, and he gives cogent
leasons for his belief. From that point he
develops another important and startling
one that witHin the coming decade,
by rising to the positipu of fur
nishing some 20,000,000 or 25,000.000
tons of iron to the rest of the world,
tbe United States will come to the point
where it will not care whether there is a
tariff on iron any more than it does whether
there is a tariff on wheat, Mr. Atkinson's
views on the tariff are such that he regards
tbe present tariff ou iron as an obstacle
rather than an aid to tbe development of the
iron and steel industry; but if he can make
good his prediction that wp shall in the next
ten years solve the problem by exporting
more iron than we consume we need not
quarrel with him for that unique opinion.
Finally Mr. Atkinson locates the great
iron center of the world at the beginning of
the next century in the Southern region, be
ginning in "West "Virginia and extending to
Alabama, with the Piedmont district as the
special locality which seems to Mr. Atkin
son to contain the greatest promise for the
future. His argument on that point is a
summary of the enthusiastic reports concern
ing the mineral resources of the South that
have heretofore been published. Pittsburg
can take this prediction without jealousy,
and, accompanied as it is by tbe prediction
of an unprecedented growth of the iron
trade of the whole country, even with toler
ation. There is no doubt that the
Souther iron industry is capable of
magnificent developments. But Pittsburg,
lying as it does at the northern end of the
mineral region extolled by Mr. Atkinson,
and commanding tbe additional resources of
the Lake Superior ores and ConnelUville
coke, will not yield the supremacy in iron
production without a struggle. If there is
to be such a development of the iron trade
of this country as that gentleman predicts,
Pittsburg will rely upon getting her fair
share of it
But in view of the magnitude of the prize
and the wonderful opportunities of growth
held up to us, our city should be keeu to im
prove every chance for strengthening its
position as an iron and steel center. If we
ran no longer rely on natural gas fuel to
fortify our supremacy, the use of petroleum
or any other process to utilize our fuel sup
plies to the utmost should be urgently
pushed. If we can increase our present
fifth of the iron production of the country to
7.000,000 or 8,000.000 tons of actual product,
the canal projects which will bring tbe ore
for that production to our doors, at an
economy of 50 cents a ton, will pay for itself
in six years. By developing every method
to increase and cheapen its manufacture of
iron and steel, Pittsburg can, if Mr. Atkin
son's calculations have any foundation, hope
to make the coming decade a period of
growth and prosperity far in excess of the
gratifying record of the past decade.
CONTRASTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Tbe difference between the methods pur
sued in French criminal trials and the rules
which govern tbe similar system under
Anglo-Saxon law, as illustrated by the trial
of Eyraudand Gabrielle Bompard, has at
tracted wide comment in this country. The
features of that trial, 'which consisted of the
Judge examining the defendant like a pros
ecuting attorney, and exploring all the
deeds of his past life in tbe effort to make
him acknowledge criminality; tbe spectacle,
like a scene irom -a cheap melodrama, of
Judge, counsel, witnesses, and defendants
joining in a heated colloquy over disputed
points, united in this case with the accusa
tions of each prisoner against the other, all
of which is taken as bearing on the question
of guilt or innocence, is a sufficiently re
markable one from tbe standpoint of Anglo
Saxon j jurisprudence.
But there is a more radical contri-st be
tween the two systems. The English tys
tem declares that a man need not testify
against himself, and warns him on
his arrest against making any crim
inating admissions. The French system
subjects each defendant on bis trial to a
severe examination, and woe to him if he
cannot tell a clear story) Before that he is
subjected to a process which seems peculi
arly repugnant to our ideas of criminal jus
tice, in the shape of an official and private
examination. This is the function of a ju
dicial official, whose time and talents are
devoted exclusively to that work. Until
the prisoner is examined by tbe Juge d'in
itruction he cannot even consult with the
lawyer who is to defend him. If he has not
made criminating admissions to the police
officers who arrested him, he may be con
fused and browbeaten by the Juge d'in
struction into admitting his guilt On tbe
other hand, it is no doubt possible that the
investigation of the case by this official will
result in establishing his innocence without
a trial. But it is nevertheless true that,
from first to last, a prisoner before the
the French courts is in a very different posi
tion thau the one he would ociupy before
the English.
This difference in method is not a mere
freak of French justice. It is fact
that the French courts approach their
work with a different conception of
their purpose. Crabbc Robinson says
in his journal: "I should wish to
be tried in England, if guilty if innocent,
in France." This is an extreme approval of
the French system, inasmuch as it expresses
the unfounded idea that the innocent de
fendant has a better chance uuder the
French than under the English methods.
There is more accuracy in Southey's com
mentary on that remark: "The English
system seems to have for its object that no
innocent person should unjustly be found
guilty; the French system that no criminal
should escape." Tbe same idea is expressed
in another way by the English maxim:
that it is better for ten guilty men to escape
rather than one innocent should suffer pun
ishment; while the basis of French methods
is clearly the idea that the individual pro
tection of tbe one innocent .man is of less
vital importance than tbe protection of so
ciety from the ten criminals.
The results are as illustrated in the recent
famous trials, that while in England and
the United States it is often difficult to con
vict a criminal, in France it may sometimes
go hard with an innocent man under
suspicious circumstances. While tbe
spectacle of a judge indulging in
catechising a prisoner in a way
which no Anglo-Saxon judge would dare to
copy, since Jeffrey's time, seems especially
repugnant to us, there are some respects in
which the French system is not without its
merits. It would be impossible in France
for the spectacle to be presented of witnesses
rescuing a prisoner from conviction by re
fusing to testify, and then the prisoner as
a lawyer turning around when released and
pushing legal proceedings to free tbe wit
nesses from imprisonment for contempt of
court, which is one of tbe phenomena of our
judicial methods just afforded to the public
gaze in this State of Pennsylvania.
While no thoughtful man would wish to
see the French methods of hounding a pris
oner into admissions of guilt adopted in this
country, it is susceptive of debate whether
a medium between the two systems might not
be more conducive of actual justice than
either. The rule tbat witnesses need not
criminate themselves, which comes down
from the dark ages, whea it was necessary
to protect the unfortunate against having
admissions of guilt wrung from them by
torture, is one that appears susceptible of
decided modification. Beyond, that it is
quite possible that the effectiveness of our
criminal justice might be enhanced by a
general change in the direction of paying
less attention to form and more to the work
of arriving at the facts of the case by any
means that may present themselves.
TALKING OUT IN MEETING.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat, although
a regulation Bepublican organ, has reached
the point of speaking right out in meeting
concerning two leading public questions.
On the Beh ring's Sea controversy it de
clared: "All the seals in that quarter of the
globe would not, if turned into cash, pay
for tbe losses of a single month of war."
With reference to the federal elections bill
it also makes the outspoken assertion that
"the fact is the masses of the Bepublicans
in Pennsylvania, as well as in the other
States controlled by the party, are steadily
growing more and more convinced of the
folly of that measure." When a few more
Republican newspapers exercise the right
of thinking for themselves, as the Globe
Democrat does, the Republican statesmen
may obtain some valuable instruction:
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
Very flattering reports come from all
sides of the holiday trade, and merchants
argue logically that, however it may be
elsewhere, money is not scarce or tight here.
It may be remarked in passing tbat this is
one of the best evidences that the recent
flurry in stocks and financial circles was not
deeply rooted, and has not materi
ally affected real business interests.
Further, this evidence of general prosperity
will have a reactionary effect on commercial
channels tbat cannot but help to relieve tbe
strained condition of the money market A
brisk holiday trade sets a vast amount of
money in circulation. And what is needed
now is quicker circulation. Depression is less
frequently a result of too little circulating
medium than of stagnation in tha move
ment The signs are hopeful, to say the
least
RELIEVING FINANCIAL DISTRESS.
Those Italians who are in custody of the
United States Court for counterfeiting can
hardly set up the claim that they have been
hypnotized. But they may put in an equally
reasonable plea, and one that will be as ef
ficacious as that of Gabrielle Bompard,
Have we not all been informed
of the financial stringency? Have not
capitalists from all over the country
been going to New York to seek
measures of relief and means to tide over
the depression? Well, one of the alleged
counterfeiters-did the same thing, according
to tbe story told in court To be sure, he
went down to the metropolis originally on a
love matter, but finding more financial
stringency thau love, he loaded up with sil
ver dollars and set out to ease the money
market At least this seems to be about tbe
best plea the prisoners can make under the
circumstances.
Possibly the esteemed Philadelphia
Press would like to make the Senatorial
election in this State a test as to whether the
rank and file of the Republican party demaud
the enactment of tbe Federal elections bill.
It is a striking instance of the survival of
error to read In esteemed cotemporarlds tbe as
sertion tbat the oleomargarine decision in Phil
adelphia means tbat, "under tbe Inter-State
commerce law," oleomargarine maybe sold in
original packages. It Is to be hoped that some
time In the distant future instructors of pnbllo
opinion will learn ibat the later-State commerce
clause of tbe Constitution and tbe intcr-Stato
commerce law are two separato things.
DELAilATFJt creditors are not hopeful,
They even seem to hesitate about sending in
their books and aecounts, lest there be a swal
lowing apparatus located on tbe premises oc
cupied by tbe late bank.
The weather hereabouts is of the regular
winter variety to such an extent that it Im
presses the reader as an exceptional example
of the kinds of weather that tbis country can
contain at once to learn that Pierre, South
Dakota, is plagued by a Chinook wind, with
clouds of dust Pittsburg conld easily spare a
portion of Its snow drifts to lay tbe dust la
South Dakota,
Tub tug in New York harbor which pos
sesses the loudest whistle Is named the
Chauncey M. Depew. The appropriate but un
complimentary comparison beggars all com
ment "Puck" says sarcastically thRt "tbe man
who growls about his wife's cooking will cheer
fully eat anything on the. safe Side of poison
when he Js camping out" Wall, and why notT
Onr humorous cotemporary does not seem to
have the correct idea of tbe purpose of camping
out Cooking Is oT no importance in Its aims, in
view of the ultimate overruling purpose of
drinking.
There is cause for congratulation in the
fact that tbe explosion at the United Mine did
not result in loss, of life. The destruction of
property is enough to be regretted.
Senatois Stakfohd. is understood to
allege tbat he has no ambition to be President
Tbis modest, but not altogether imperative
nolo episcopari is likely to be accepted by the
Western farmers as relieving them from tha
dnty of offering tbo California railway kine the
presldental nomination in return for his land
mortgago scheme.
We violate no confidence in stating that
Senator Farwcll, of Illinois, did not go through
the holjday ceremony of "exchanging presents''
with the White House.
A Rapid Transit Commission has just
been appointed in New York City, and one
sanguine journal notices the fact as affording
"hope for rapid transit" If the experience of
Philadelphia is duplicated in New York, it may
contain bopo for rapid transit, bnt the hope
will not bo likely to materialize before tbe next
century.
Probably when Mr. Adams, of Scott
dale, gets possession of his housekeeper again
he will take measures to keep her in jail.
A railroad built wholly of wood in
Novabcotia is the subject of sarcastic com
ment by tbe railway interests of this country,
but there is every reason to believe tbat as a
building material for railways wood will yield
better results than wind and water, which com
pose too large a share of many ot our railways
PB0HIHENT PEOPLE.
Lady Randolph Churchili. is ill at Mel
ton, bhe is confined to ber bed.
Rider Haggard is at present in Mexico,
securing material for a new novel.
John L. Sullivan is now making 2,500 a
week by playing, and bis personal expenses
average nearly bait tbat sum.
Bishop Kaiser, of Green Bay, Wis., has
been appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee to
succeed the lata Archbishop Heiss.
Jules Verne is now a handsome man of 60,
with head and beard quite gray, and with eyes
which sparkle with all tbe fire of 20.
George M. Pullman says tbat be is no
happier than wben he did not have a dollar to
his name, "and yet it is a comfortable feeling to
be rich."
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ousted, the widow of
the great cavalryman, says tbat she is not a
candidate for the office of Stats Librarian in
Michigan.
Senator Warren, of Wyoming, is six feet
tall, and bis form Js as straight as a Rocky
Mountain pine. He is a blonde, rather good
looking, and talks and dresses well. He is 46
years old.
Queen Amelie, of Portugal, is now almost
restored to health. She is tbs prettiest and
most fascinating of the sovereign ladies of
Europe. Bbe is tall and has a gracegul figure
and a charmingly expressive face.
Frederick Iyes, tbe former young Na
poleon of Finance, is living quietly in New
York devoting bis attention to acquiring an
other fortune. He is the same well-dressed,
suave and self-confident character as he was
before bis fall,
Mrs. Stanley expected to find only shanty
cities outside of New York, but is qnlte
charmed with whatsbe has seen of theinterlor.
She says: "Nothing can be exaggerated about
America. I have already learned to so much
admire America and the Americans."
Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson has
settled for tbe winter at Cheltenham, England,
where she is said to be engaged in writing a
novel. Her winter of travel in the East fur
nished ber with material which she has worked
up into sketches and short stories, which will
appear during tbe coming months.
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 ber large circle
of acquaintances.
Richelieu at the Duquosne.
There was scarcely a vacant scat in thoDu
auesne Theater last night for the production
of "Richelieu" by Mr. Barrett and bis compe
tent company. That It was a finished perform,
ance goes without tbe saying, and the audience
was appreciative. Mr. Barrett was in goad
voice and his rendition of tbe more powerful
passages were most -warmly applauded. Miss
Gale, in tbe rola of Julie de Morlemar, again
gave evidence of tbe rare talent tbat is fast
winning fame for her. Mr. Lane's Count de
Baradas was fully np to the expectations his
previous worlc warranted, and Mr. Hartley's
de Maupral was very meritorious. Mr. Duval
and Mr. Rogers must al-o be Included In the
honor list of the evening. A better rendition
of Bulwer's great plav in all its parts Mr. Bar
rett can hardly expect to give.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Mrn. S. II. Jackson.
Tbe death, of .Mrs. S. H. Jackson, of l'enn
avenue. Wllklnsturg. has csused more sincere
xrlef in that community than any that bas taken
place In the boroufrh for a longtime Mrs. Jack
son was a daughter of tbe late Edward Thompson,
Esq., and had resided In Wllklnsbu re all her lift.
Tbe wife of tbo burgess of the borough, l)r, John
Sample, is ber mother. She hai been a snflercr
from astnma for 20 years, bnt her death, at S
o'clock Christmas mornlnsr, came with the shock
of surprise as well as (trief at last. Her husband
and two sons, Edward and Howard, mourn an
aflectionate wife and mother, and their grief Is
shared by hundreds or friends In 'U'tlklnsburg
and elsewhere. The funeral services will be held
at the family residence at t o'clock this afternoon.
Kev. II. S. Moore, pastor of the Wllklnsbnrg
Presbyterian Cbnrch, will officiate. The remains
will be Interred In lloraewot d Cemetery.
Dr. John Davis.
Cincinnati, Dec :6.-iIr. John Davis, one of
oldest physicians of the city, died suddenly last
night at his horn on Elm street. "He had been
unusually happy with bis wife and a row friends
at tbe Christmas dinner, and about 8:3a. while
sitting in bis library, was attacked with a violent
fit of coughing. Iu half an hour he was dead, due.
It is said, to heart disease. Dr. Davis was nearly
70 vears old. He was an Intimate friend of ex
President Hayes, and often entertained him and
Mrs. Hayes on their visits to Cincinnati. Dr.
Davis was, at the time of his death. President of
the Union Central Life Insurance Company, and
also President of the Law and Order League of
Cincinnati.
Sirs. Jennie J. Evan.
Mrs. Jennie J. Evans. Elders lUdge, died
yesterday at the residence of her brother J. Y.
bmltb, of tbe wholesale grain Arm of B. D.
Elwood & Co.. on South Hlland avenue at the nee
of 49 years. The funeral will occur Sunday from
ber late home.
Cliarlotto Benton.
about TO years, died In ltlchflcld bprlngs, yester I
nay. oi imn uisiwc ji,,a. .v..w uasnniccc or
Japoleon lioncpartc and tbedanghtirof Jucpli
Bouapartc.
Madame Kouhor.
Paris, Dec J6.-The death is announced of
Mme. Bonner, widow of Eugene Rouher, Napoleon
IU.'s friend, adviser and minister.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
It you waste time and energy coveting that
which you have uot you may Bee that which
you have slip through your fingers.
THBNineteenth century is about entering the
homestretch, It has lived and prospered
grown strong with years, brilliant with age.
How many who were cradled when it was in
its swaddling clothes are here to see It make
the running to the finish? One hundred years
going, a century shifting, a volume of the
world's greatest and grandest history closing.
Its record should be writ with a diamond pen
on leaves of silver bound In covers of gold. Tbo
mightiest iflind can scarce grasp its grandeur,
nor tbe most retentive memory carry one
thousand tb part of tbe treasures it has dropped
along the highways and byways which cut
up and criss-cross man's magnificent abode
yon, and perhaps you, too, will live to see it
die live to hear iy praises sung, to get a peep
at tbe long scroll on wbicb someone, many, will
try to inscribe the deeds of tha years, You, and
perhaps yon, will have seenred the Secretwhicb
those who attend the Dunal of the century will
still be seeking. They will be nearer tha solu
tion, of course, but it will doubtless come to
them as it came to you In TheSleeo. But
now, whila tbe century is slipping from the
cipher to the "one box," as the printer would
say eliding Into its last decade, weaving the
last strand In tbe rope which will stretch
further than a lifetime you can look over tha
chapters if not the leaves and makoupyour
own roll of honor to lay at tbe feet of the tot
tering bearer of tbe last figure which means
nothing or a great deal. Take time and think
it over. You will snrely be amazed. When
you turn over the new leaf next week you will
feel like filing away the decades tha old vol
umes and carefully clipping out tha days
which will complete the scrap hook of the cen
tury, wbicb, I sincerely hope, you will livo to
finish.
Htpocrisy will cloak sins that even the
mantle of charity will not eover.
When trade goes into a decline business Is
the only lymph which can be applied.
You can let the dust and the cobwebs settle
oq your wine, but if you allow them to settle on
your books your brain will become moldy.
Does yonr hat fit you yetT
You can safely assume that tbe one who gave
you a present is of a yielding nature.
The dootor soon learns to distinguish from
the peculiar sounds of bis door Dell whether
tbe manipulator is filled with hopeorfear. Tbe
heartbeats are recorded on the brassy little
messenger.
The Thorn In the Rose.
'Twas the morn after Christmas, when all thro'
the land
Lay foolish young men with their bead in tbelr
hand.
Who made a firm vow, when they felt a sharp
pain,
Tbat from the red wine they'd in future ab
stain. With a tear in tbelr eye, and a coat on their
topgue,
In tbe height of despair to the pillows they
clung.
While the bed underneath them spun like a top,
And the ceiling above was preparing to drop.
In tbelr heads little imps were dancing a clog,
Uhelr brains thumped as it they had broken a
cogt
They felt very thirsty Imagined their mouth
Had passed thro' a season of terrible drought;
In this awfnl plight tbey believed if they'd try
They could drink from a river until it was dry.
Still tbey suffered in silence apd clung to the
bed.
Knew they were alive, but wished they were
dead)
But after awhile, when tbe room spun no more.
They were able to gather tbe clothes from
the floor.;
After laboring hard they managed to dress.
But the hat on their bead tbey scarcely
could press;
What they saw In the glass completed their
grief,
And they there and then vowed to turn over
a leaf.
But alas I for the pledges produced under
paint
Ere these died on their lips they were at It
again.
Past follies are more painful to recAllthan
past sorrows.
Ir you lose your head you will find it as soon
as you recover your senses.
The prosperous oil producer Is well satisfied,
especially if the marKet is going his way.
Winter guests Coughs, fevers, rheuma
tism. You cannot figure nut the price of the over
coat by tbe height of the collar.
Not for many Tears has such white looking
snow covered the streets ot this coal dusted
city as tbat of yesterday morning. Discolor
ation soon set in, however.
A 'well bred dog will seldom act like a cur.
It's the trifles that upset us every day, not
the great big boulders.
The man who lives beyond his means does
not mean well.
Another 700-pound gasser bas come In.
Will onr jealous neighbors down Kast please
make a note of this?
The policeman is always on top of the man
under arrest.
Sfortino notes The dollar, bills In the
pocket of a gambler.
Christmas very much resembled Sunday
with tbe lid off.
After pulling at tbe bottle the inebriate is
usually pulled in.
In overcrowded, king-ridden and poverty
cursed Europe the starving toilers are crying
for bread or work. In broad-acred, people
ruled, prosperous America the employer is
short-handed and tbe toiler well-fed. Tbe Re
public is not a failure, by any means.
The costliest and newest gloves are always
w"Sll fingered.
How to Win Appreciation.
Tbe citizen who lives aright
And would keep his mem'ry green.
Should in between the morn and night
Keep his front pavement clean.
This is the season when tbe indnstrlous cor
respondents all over tbe land scour tbelr terri
tory for crime. You will go astray If you im
agine that tbe world is any wickeder to-day
than it was yesterday.
Bays tbe pennies and you will escape the
discomforts of penury.
Is-you drop into a reverie you generally lose
yourself.
Parnell says he never expected to win.
This is equivalent to a confession that he be
lieves in the rale or ruin policy.
A tryino ordoal Fitting a dress.
You never discharge the cook for g'Ting you
a roast, especially a good one'
Two is company and three is a crowd even In
politics.
A Connecticut widower who suicided left
this note: "Left alone in the world with three
small children." He was an abject coward,
else he would have'lived to take care of them
Vert bad policy The 4-11-41 game. t
The Eastern syndicate which wants Western
Pennsylvanians to go into the sheep raising
business again may be trying to pull tbe wool
over tbe grangers' oyes.
According to Parnell the coercion club can
be swung both ways in Erin.
Pittsburg's police have fonnd what the
.Now York Vidocqs hare been looking for. The
capture Of theeoniaekers, isa fine feather in
the cap of our "finest"
Tnr. old folk smile when they see tbelr son.
In-law.
Opticians as well as stovo men deal in eyes-in-glass.
The pen la undoubtedly mightier than the
sword at the seat of the Indian war.
If Congress could only be gagged so it would
choke to death the country would bo a winner.
The electrical scales have very winning
weighs.
Bristling with points The hair brush.
Judging from, tbe long processions of furni
ture vans oq the streets and Uie long lists of
marriage licenses Cupid must be doing a fine
holiday business.
The snow Ueth wherever it drif teth.
Ppesenoe of mind is a gift; of the will, and
is valuable at all times.
Willie Winkle.
TWO PEE CEHT B0HDS.
Several Reasons Why It Is Wanted but Will
Not Relieve the Stringency.
Philadelphia Press, Hep.
Under these circumstances we believe a 2 per
cent bond would sell as well as a 3 per cent
bond in 1SS1. It would enable the Government
to redeem the i per cents due next Septem
ber, even If the national revenue is affected by
the current business stringency, and to con
tinue the redemption of the outstanding i per
cents. A 2 per cent bond at par wonld also
furnish asafe and economical basis for bank
currency. Its existence would perceptibly re
duce the rate at which States and municipali
ties can borrow a great pnblio economy.
These are all-valuable results to secure from
a 2 per cent bond. It would cost the Govern
ment nothing to authorize these bonds, and its
proflt would be great if it sold at par. The
savings of the million are so enormous and per
fect safety is demanded by so many small in
vestors that there is every reason to believe
that a 2 per cent bond would both sell at par
and stay there.
PBISONEBS BEMEHflEBEP.
They Feasted on Roast Turkey, Potatoes
and Miqce Pies Like Freemen.
Philadelphia. Dec. 26L Warden John J
Rowland, of tbe Delaware county prison, did
not allow Christmas to go by without remem
bering the prisoners In his charge.
There are over 60 prisoners in the jail, and,
by order of tbe Prison Inspectors, on Warden
Rowland's suggestion, they were givtm a Christ
mas dinner of roast turkey, potatoes and mince
pie. Six' Urge, fat turkeys were roasted and
served for tbe dinner, and every prisoner was
given as much as be or she could eat. Inspec
tors William E. Williamson and Henry CJ.
Snowden were at the jail, and assisted In carv
ing the turkey and cutting the pies. Tbe pris
oners enjoyed the repast, and every one of
them was able to do it justice.
Retire Him for the Public Good.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Bep.l
As i Governor is to be elected in New York
about ten months bence, it is to be hoped, in
the interest of the Republican party, tbat
"Tom" 'Piatt will see his way clear to vacate
the bosship or emigrate sometime within the
next five or six weeks.
Weeding Out Old Hacks.
Pawtucket Telegram, DeraJ
The next Congress will be notable for young
members and for the absence of political backs
w'io have been given an asylum in Congress as
a reward for, long party service, or to remove
them from tha field of active politics.
A Christmas Echo.
St. Louis Kepnbllc, Dem.
A merry Christmas to Dr. Dana, and maybe,
in tbe plentitnde of his stuffed turkey, forget
all other stuffing and cease to stuff his readers
with political chestnuts, howsoever hot.
THIS AND THAT.
Commentators Who Have Various Ideas
About Timely Topics.
Host on Herald: With Brlght's disease and
the guillotine staring him in tbe face, Murderer
Eyraud must think this world is all a fleeting
show, to man's illusion given.
New YorA1 Herald: What does President
Harrison mean by tbe bungling conduet of tbe
Bebring Sea controversy? Js it his purpose to
force us into a war with Great Britain?
JBuffaloj Exprest: Some of onr cotem
poranes are howling about tbe danger of a
Behring Sea war as if they really believed that
Johnny (Bull) was at last about to get bis gun.
Indianapolis Journal: It is greatly to the
credit of Judge Brown, the new member of the
Supreme Court, tbat most of the Democratio
editors of tbe country are not acquainted with
him.
Cincinnati Enquirer: There is a woeful
gnashing of teeth over tbe moribund condition
of that Jshlp subsidy bill. The President
should hasten his proclamation f f war with
Kncland.
Denver .Republican: The railroads are short
of cars to transport the traffic of the country,
and the people are short of dollars to carry on
tbe necessary business. Let us have more cars
and more dollars as soon as possible.
Boston Globe: The Indian "Messiah" has
been arrested and found to be "only a harmless
crank after all." For a harmless crank this
unique specimen of tbe song and dance man
seems to have got in some pretty harmful
work, however.
Kew Xo k Herald: Senator Chandler Im
puting corruption in politics to a railroad cor
poration in New Hampshire is a truly edifying
spectacle Tbe coons of the Granite State will
probably next call a convention to denounce
chicken stealing.
Denver Times: The position taken by tbe
United States Government in tbe Behring Sea
dispute must meet with the hearty approval of
every patriotic citizen of this country It is a
great thing tr have an American with a big A
at the head of the State Department.
Zeadville Herald Democi at: A recent con
signment of wild animals arrived in New York
recently, from the Orient Tbey were sent into
tbe interior. New York probably believes it
has a large enough menagerie in the shape of
Tammany HalL Tbe menagerie is at least ex
pensive enongb,
Omaha World Herald: Owing to tbe laxity
of South Dakota's divorce laws, envious States
are attributing the increase of population to
the fact tbat unhappy married people are
taking refuge within its boundaries. The
young State now repudiates this unjust charge
by making an effort to have its laws amended.
South Dakota is going right ahead.
Philadelphia Record: Tbo steel rail mills
of tbe country have failed to agree npon a plan
for limiting production and maintaining prices.
This is fortunate. No owners of steel rail mills
are obliged to make rails anl sell them at a
loss; and tbe bnyers of steel rails, seeing tbat
tbe Government confines them to tbe home
market, are entitled to whatever advantage
may result from compstition,
Philadelphia Enquirer: Labruyere, the
French Anarchist who boasted tbat he had
helped Fadlewskl. the murderer, to escape, has
been sent to jail for 13 months, and Mme,
Duquercy, his accomplice, for two months.
They got off easily, but hereafter, when en
gaged In tbat kind of business, will probably
keep quiet. Ypur genuine Anarchist, how
ever, is never happy unless tbe world knows of
his villainies.
Minneapolis Tribune: Democratic papers
are trying to make their readers believe that
New Mexico was refused admission as a State
because it is Democratic In support of this
assertion tbey cite the fact tbat Its population
is larger than that of Montana. Idaho or
Wyoming. Tbey studiously Ignore the fact
tbat tbo bulk of tbat population is made up of
greasers and half breeds. But it is Democratic
all right enough; the character of its popula
tion naturally makes it so.
Cincinnati Commercial Qazeilt: There is a
tendency to apply English names to things. As
yet it has not become very noticeable, but if It
becomes a fad, as it'may, tt will not be long be
fore the plain, every-day American names for
things' will ho supplanted by typical English
names. Stores are already shop," weariness
will be called "knocked up, jou know," and
there are now half a cozen gentlemen's fur
nishing stores down town tbat hang out signs
with "haberdasher" painted on them. The old
names are good enough. '
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
No Woqder the Piano Lost Tone.
Por some time past a grand piano in an East
End house has shown signs of indisposition,
CcrtiMp chords invariably sounded dull when
struck, and the brilliancy of tone which had
been sold at a very high flgnrewlth the maker's
name had disappeared. But nobody attributed
the decadence of the Instrument to anything
but a little too much use perhaps. A surprise
was in store for them.
The 'other night the household and a few
guests were assembled In the music room. One
of them, a lady of great ability as a pianist, sat
down at the Instrument and began to play.
The muffled effect was more noticeable than
ever, Somebody suggested that an inquest be
held on the piano. Then one of tbe adies
without more ado lifted the cover of the piano
and well, there was a panic
A big rat jumped out from among the strings
and galloped across tbe room. It escaped, of
course, for everybody was too much astonished
to attack it; there were sqreams and a great
leaping upon chairs. Wben everybody
cooled down the inquest proceeded.' 'It was
luunutnattne rat nau nuus a ciiiiiioiwuia
nest of paper among tbe wire". The rat evi
dently had a keen sense of the fitness of tkings
as well as a love for music for its nest was
found to be made of selections from Beeth
oven's sonatas, with a few scraps of Chopin.
There was not a trace of "Annlo Rooney" or
comic opera in tbe nest. How the rat got
tbere, why It stayed there and what tbe effect
of a musical training upon the rat is likely to
be, are still unanswered questions.
Lost In Allegheny.
Two broken-spirited mnles were dragging a
Troy Hill car up the Sixth street approach to
the Suspension bridge through tbe snow storm
which made the close of Christmas day too old
fashioned if anything for those who ba.dtogo
out. At the toll-honse a little gray-haired
plncbed-no man with a weak mouth and a
strong breath entered the car. Perhaps It
would be more accurate to say that he fell Into
the car. He got a seat and snored apd hic
coughed all the way across the bridge. As tbe
car jolted down Federal street the little old man
said to a stout and cheerful man opposite:
'Sense me, sir, does this cc car go to Pitts
burg I"
"No, sir this car is going the other way and
it's in Allegheny now."
I wan' t' go f Pittsburg" said the little old
man.
"Then you'd better get off tbe car," said a
young fellow with a fierce mustache,and tbellttle
old man arose and fell nil be car. Tbe last that
was seen of him he was pursuing the car with
uneven footsteps. If an old man with gray hair
and a weak mouth is missing from bis home in
Pittsburg to-day the probabilities are that he
may be found on Observatory or Troy Hill.
Chickens In the Soap.
Perhaps if you are in the habit of eating
meals at tbe lunch counters about town you
may have noticed tbat stewed chieken is one of
the most popular dishes on tbe bill of fare. Tbe
popularity of the chicken after it is, so to speak,
in the soup, is not an astonishing thing when
you consider bow a long season of stewing will
reduce tbe toughness of an elderly bird. It is
a' toothsome disb, in this wintry weather partic
ularly, though it is likely to go beyond the
reach of tbe lunch counter if tbe deep snow
lasts.
Tbe other day I asked the proprietor of a
modest restaurant where things are better than
they look and everything, anyhow, is clean and
Wholesome, bow much the popularity of stewed
chicken taxed his resources. And bow many
chickens courtesy demands that every bird
should be called a chicken till proved guilty do
you suppose go into the pot at this single res
taurant in a day 7 From 20 to 45 daily was the
average during November and tbe first weeks,
of this month.
Politicians Find Chrktmas Costly.
A good slice of his income is wbat the aver
age politician in office must give up for Christ
mas presents. It is not only in treating "the
boys" to liquids and cigars whenever he meets
them during tbe holiday week that be must
spend many dollars, but for more substantial
presents for Influential men, the leaders of the
ward, city, county or State, as his ambitions
extend their range, his expenditures must be
large.
This was impressed upon ms a dozen times
yesterday afternoon as I encountered the traces
of a county official's generosity in tbe shape of
cigars, umbrellas and other presents. A poli
tician who now enjoys tbe bliss' of seeing
others in office told me tbat daring his term of
office as a high functionary in tbe county gov
ernment, he never got past Christmas and New
Year's without paying toll to the tnne ot at
least !50CL "Since then," said be, "I believe
these cbarming little tributes of the season
have grown mora expensive, and I question if
tbe gentleman who now sets in tbe cbair which
I held duwn escaped as lightly as 1 did."
New Sealskins for Many.
Tbe dealers in furs have regarded the cold
snap with calm complacency. The snow and
frost came most opportunely for the furriers
just long cnougb before Christmas to empha
size tha'appiopriateness of seal garments, boas,
muff3 and other armor against the cold for
Christmas presents. The sale of furs in tbis
city tbis winter was very satisfactorily Urge.
At one of the most popular stores I was told
yesterday tbat tbe business done this Christ
mas exceeded that of last year, although tbe
sa!e3on Wednesday usually tbe largestintbe
season were smaller than- on Christmas Eve,
1889. One very bad day of heavy rain In the
week prior to Christ mas in ISStf bad tbe effect
of concentrating tbe business on the day be
fore tbe festival.
A Convenient Custom.
Very few clerks in the Pittsburg banks go
out to dinner or lunch at midday now. It Is
not that they are emulating Succi or practicing
economy. Tbey eat their noon meal within
the precincts of the bank. Tbe custom of
serving tbe meal in the bank building bas long
been the custom In certain Old World banks
notably at Cbllds' Bank and Coutts' in Lon
don and it fonnd favor In certain Kastern
houses as lonft as a quarter of a century ago.
Tbe banks In Pittsburg have been falling into
line in tbis regard steadily during the past five
years, and now. I behove, nearly all tbe banks
here serve their employes witb a midday le
past usually exceedingly good. The saving in
time and money whlcb-in the retention of the
clerks within the bank all through thebuslness
day effects Is said to be quite considerable.
Several manufacturing concerns have adopted
the same plan.
Too Much Gun.
Detroit Free Press.
The Indian Is willing to take his chances with
a soldier's musket or carbine, knowing that
they shoot all over the country, but when the
boys get to work with a? Hotchklss or Gatling
gun then the redskin takes a trip. The scream
of a shell makes all his teeth sore, and when
one bursts and lets a hundred bullets loose at
once be can't tell which way to dodge.
Where They Ought to Be.
Practical Klectrlclty.l
Tbe Postal Telegraph Cable pompany have
their 52 through wires at Cleveland, O all un
der ground and in perfect working order.
GRANDFATHER'S NEWSPAPER.
See him sltttnr, reading, there.
In his Sleepy Hollow" chair:
Tbrongn with passion's wear and tear.
Angels mark blm for then- own
Jlv tbelr Hint, around him thrown.
Till bis balr bas snow-white grown.
Yoq may know his blood runs slow.
And the tide of life is low.
By tbe way bis pulse-beats go;
By his trei&bllng, withered hand,
v bltened as the gray beach sand
When tbe tide ebbs rrom tbe strand.
And bis voice, somehow, will bring
Thoughts of Instruments that ring
Out or tune, with broken strlnjj.
As he reads the columns throirgh.
In a panoramic view
Old as time, yet ever new.
He beholds the world go by
Men, whose one great err Is "I, "
Bushing, striving, till they die,
Some for riches, some for fame,
Gaining both to leave a name,
Losing both to sink In shame.
There he read nine name, well known
i:vercneo ho knew his own.
Beady for the graveyard stone,
And he lays his paper by,
Shakes-Ms head, with half a Ugh,
And Is napping presently.
Cortt Davit Jfenton in Wisconsin,
CURIOUS COPENBATI05S.
Rabbits are so thick in tbe vicinity of
Richmond, Mo., tbat tbe boys kill them witb
clubs.
-VTo tlieBenedIctine Order have belonged
4? pones. 20H cardinals, C00 archbishops, and
more than 40,000 bisbops.
Golf appears to be flourishing at Cam
bridge, England, for the University Club has
just decided to expend LC09 In building a new
bouse far the members.
John Sleqsby, Sr., of Milwaukee, is
about SO years old. His years are not troubling
him so much as is tbe fact that his wife has
left him. She was his sixth,
Egbert Storer, of Norwich, Conn., who
is reputed to be a descendant of Hendrlk Hud
son. the navigator, bas a trunk wbich is said to
have belonged to that pioneer.
A deacon of a Lakewood, 2T. J., cbnrch
on a recent Sunday shot a coon tbat took pos
session of a tree in his bacU yard, and now the
The old Stale Board of Emigration held
its last meeting at Castle Garden. New York
City, Tuesday, and discharged all its employe
except Superintendent Jackson.
The Aldermen of New York City Tues
day pasfed the resolution permitting the New
York and Lopg Island Railroad Company to
construct a tunnel under the East river.
The noted bull in a china shop bad a
counterpart in Norfolk, Va., tbe other day,
when a steer took possession of a clothing
store, from which ho was evicted with diffi
culty. A company has been organized in
Chicago for tbe delivery of parcels and light
weight goods throusbout the city and snburbs
by means of bicycle. Articles of incorpora
tion have been applied for.
The Indianapolis JVetoj says the new
binder and reaper trust will, on January 1, dis
charge! several thousand men from the factories
and office? throughout the country, as their
services will pot be needed.
The four-masted barkentine Charles F.
Crocker has just been launched at Alameda.
CaL She is said to be the largest barkentine
launched on tbe Pacific coast. She is 240 feet
long and will ply between California and tbe
Sandwich Islands.
Patrick McCabe, convicted of complic
ity in the plot to blow up tbe Glasgow Gas
Works in 1883, died Tuesday Ip prison at Perth.
Ho bad been insane for two years. McCabe's
rriends allege his death was due to the cruelty
of tbq keepers of tbe prison.
There was a decided earthquake shock
at Knoxville. Tenn., Tuesday morning about 6
o'clock. Persons from the surrounding country
report the shock so severe that houses were
shaken and dishes rattled. Many persons at
.h-noxville were arousea from sleep and much
startled.
Fairfield, Freestone county, Texas, .is
stricken with a mysterious disease. The Gov
ernor was appealed to Tuesday, by telegraph,
for medical aid. Tbe sickness broke out sud
denly and out of 13 cases 11 deaths have oc
cured. It baffles medical skill and kills in a
few boars.
A Maine ladywho lately celebrated her
one hundredth birthday tells how her mother
taught her to write on birch bark. The chil
dren of those days iir their wildest dreams
conld hardly have iinaoined the advantages
and luxuries tbat the Httlo folks of to-day take
as a matter of course.
Frank Ham, Captain of the steamer
Kineo, and well known to tbe thousands who
frequent Moosehead late, Maine, every year,
fatally shot himself a few days ago to escape
being married to a respectable young waman of
Greenville, to whom he wrote Saying that he
was unworthy of her.
A telegram from Medicine Hat, Winni
peg says: Superintendent Niblock bas just
finished plowing his gardens. The weather is
as warm as June, and baying is still in progress
on many ranches. A cricket match and other
sports are being arranged for Christmas Day.
They are playing lawn tennis at Sonris.
An example of a rare animal cryptop
rocta ferox never exhibited alive in England
until now, is to De seen at tbe London Zoologi
cal Gardens. It bas the reputation of being
one of the most ferocious and bloodthirsty of
carnivorous animals. It is half-way between a
cat and a genet, and inhabits Madagascar.
According to statistics just published,
the average Parisian consumes during bis life
time 1.800 pounds of bread and 1,000 pounds of
meat, and thee he washes down with 57 barrels
of wine, 400 litres of alcohol, about 100 litres of
beer, and an equal quantur of cider. He alo
absorbs 11,160 esg'. 1.600 p'ounos of fish, 1,800
pounds of oil, L800 pounds of salt and 20,000
pounds of vegetables. '
It has long been the custom for the
breweries in Chicago to pay for the saloon li
censes of theirpoorcr customers. A few days
ago tbe brewery syndicate decided to stop tbis
and it was expected tbat 1,600 saloons would be
closed. Jt was announced Tuesday, however,
that an Independent brewery, with a prospective
capital or 51.000.000, is being established and it
will pay the licenses of Its customers.
"While Miss Dunson, of Plainfield, N.
J., was on her way to New York, a few days
ago, to make a last inspection of her wedding
trousseau, sbe received probably fatal injuries
by being run over while endeavoring to alight
from the train. She was taken to New York In
an amouiance, ana at oer bedslda Rev. Mr.
Stafford performed tbe ceremony by which sba
and James Paisley Long were wedded.
The cow tree, the sap of which closely
resembles milk, is a native of South and Central
America. It is a species of evergreen, and
grows only in mountain regions. A hole bored
in the wood, or even a wonnd made in tbe bark
of this remarkable tree, i almost immediately
filled with a lacteal-like fluid, Alexander von
Humboldt was the first traveler to describe
this tree and bring it to the notice of European.'.
Schiller, Goethe and Lessing are about
to be introduced in Constantinople. Tbe Crown
Prince of Meinlngen, who has already earned
some repute by his translations of German
classics into modern Greek, will undertake the
temporary management of tbe Greek Theater
In the Turkish capital far tbe performance of
Schiller's "Robbers." Lessing'g "Emilia Ga
leottl," and other German dramas in modern
Greek.
The United States Government has pur
chased from the Trinity Church corporation in
New York, tbe block of ground bounded by
Christopher, Barrow, Greenwich and Washing
ton streets. This ground will form the site lor
tbe new Appraiser's stores. The price to be
paid is S320.BS0 24. A clause in the contract
provides tbat the Government may withdraw
from the purchase at any time before February
lnext.
The contract for the building of the
Ainmen ram for the navy, wbich bas been
awarded to tbe Bath Iron Works, is a much
greater undertaking than tbe two gunboats,"
now nndcr construction at Bath. Armed with
a powerful ram. and provided only with rapid
firing pieces, she Is intended to engage and
destroy her enemies by means of ber powerful
peak. Farther to insure ber fighting efficiency
she is to be provided with water compartments
which, on being filled, will sink her deckto
witbln a few feet of the surface of the water.
This deck will be heavily armored, and will
effectually prevent the ingress of any hostile
shells. Tbe ram is the design of Rear Admiral
D. A. Ammen, United States Navy. It is cal
culated that one or two vessels of the Ammen
type will effectually prevent tbe passage of a
hostile fleet up New xork Harbor. The ram
must be completed two years after date of
issuing of contract. She was authorized by
Congress during the last session. She will cost
in alt a little over JLOOCOUO.
BITS OF HUMOR.
"What did your girl give yon for Christ
mas?" "A hint."
"And what did you give ber?"
The 6bake." Philadelphia Times.
The Visitor (viewing the new baby) Do
you tblnk be la going to resemble his father?
The Mother I shouldn't be surprised. He keeps
me up all night. Sew York Sun.
"I think Mary Finkins is a real mean
thing. " said one young woman to another.
el don't see why?"
Because, If she wasn't she'd come out from
under tbe mistletoe and give some ot tbe other
girls a chance," Washington Past.
A Congressman, fired with ind ustrions vim,
Has quitted Columbia's clime.
To find Dr. Koch and discover from blm.
If It's good for consumption of time.
Washington Star.
"I'm in a quandary: for an appropriate
character in which. to go to tbe New Year's ball."
You might go as a good resolution." Pact.
' An Eastern Kentucky man calls his wile
"Old Lace," because she has ruined ber health
with a tight corset. A'eta Xork JJerald,
Hojack An Italiin astronomer reports
that Venus turn) round bnt once Tear.
Mrs. Ilnjick Well drefeea women must be very
scarce where she lives. Chicaio later-Ocean.
Teacher Whit are the agricultural
products of Ireland?
Tammy-Potatoes and Irlsa bulls. BKfala
j;re.