$828SZ3W81&. VT, THE PITTSBUBG- DISPATCH, THUESDAY, ' JANTJARY' ' 3, 1891. fjt M gpaftk ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S48. Vol., So. Sffl.-Entercd at Pittsburg Postoffice, November 11. JbS?, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTERN ADVEimSING OFFICE. ROOM 21, TRIBUJ.E 15U1LOIM!, .NEW YORK, -where complete files or THE DIbPATCHcan always be fonnd. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In c York, are also made welcome. TBE DISPATCH is rcgvlmly on sale at Hrentancfs. 5 Union Square. -Vctff York, aid 17 Ac de VOpeia, Pans, Fiance, where anyone who has been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it - TEKMS OF THE DISPATCH. TOSTAGE FEEE 1J. THE CXIIID STATES. IUilv DisrATcn. One Year I J 00 Daiit DlSfATcn. Per Quarter -J Daily dispatch. One -Month Daily DisrATCU. Including Sunday, lyear. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, am'ths ISO Daily Dispatch, including fcunday, lm'th 90 fcuxDAi Dispatch. One Year ISO W'LEKLY Ditatcii. One Year IS The DAILY Dispatch is delivered by carriers at HccnU per week, or including bunday edition, at If cents per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. JAN. 8, IS9L THE CITY KNOCKED OUT AGAIN. To say that the latest Supreme Court de cision declaring Pittsburg's street law un constitutional and void is a startling sur prise would hardlv be correct; for lawyer and layman alike have been lately educated up to a tolerable knowledge ot that infinite variety ot our Supreme Court decisions which apparently ape cannot wither nor precedents check. The case of the city is nevertheless peculiarly unfortunate. In at tempting to improve the streets, to make them passable for traffic and comfortable for residence, it has been floored by the Supreme Court with the flail of the Constitution at every turn. The interesting question which now arises is whether legal talent may be found to draw an act of the Legis lature on street improvements through which the learned justices cannot drive a coach and four, with rhetorical ease and grace. Three separate statutes, beginning with the famous Penn avenue act and end inc with the one now declared invalid, have failed in their purpose. The cuiious point about the last law is that it was submitted to several leading attorneys and even to some judges before its enactment, and had their approval as meeting constitutional re quirements. Even a Judge ot the Supreme Court is said to have assisted at its accouche ment, What the Court says, however, must he taken for right The conclusion that prop erty owners are protected against interfer ence hy special legislation with the ordi nary processes of law which they might in voke to save themselves from unjust assess ment seems reasonable enough; though the hypothetical case which the Court elabor ates of frauds being possible under the act by getting up street improvements on forged petitions and perjured testimony, and the whole thine including, we sup pose, the improvement itself going on with out any property owners on the street, ex cepting the criminal promotor, knowing of it, surpasses not only, we venture to believe, anv actual experience but the most extrava gant dreams of the fraudulently inclined. However, there are many correct decisions which commend thembelves to those even who are unable to follow their reasons given for them. One of the difficulties in appre ciating the present declaration against laws which are supposed to be special is that the Supreme Court itself seemed to open the door to them t hen it affirmed the constitu tionality ot legislating especially for cities of the "first," "second" or "third class," though the same thing could not be done if the cities were designated simply by name. It appears to have been the affirmance of this device by the court which has led the Leg islature into those excesses of power which the Court has ever since been kept more or less busy trying to correct The local men of the law must have time to get their brains in fresh working order, we suppose, before the actual efiect of this decision will be fully apprehended. In what shape it leaves the partially finished and unpaid-for streets is a fine problem. For the piescnt it looks as though the gen eral treasury may have to foot the bill; but this is not absolutely sure since a later act, that of 18S9, corrected some of the points which are declared unconstitutional in the act of 18S7. Again, the bulk of the' im provement under the act of '67 has already been paid for by the abutters who have mostly been perfectly satisfied to defray the cost of the original improvement of their property. Another source of consolation is that the Legislature is in session; and if any one is able to prepare an act on street im provement which can hold water it can be presented and passed before spring, so that the city need not is heretofore, stay in the mud for years at a stretch, because of having no law for opening, grading or paving new streets. C1TIX IN'DIAN AGENTS DISMISSED. There is encouragement in the advices from 'Washington that President Harrison has acted upon General Miles' suggestion and appointed army officers to take charge of the Indian agencies. This will not re move the injuries done in the past by un scrupulous Indian agents, but it may en able Miles to secure the surrender of the savages without further warfare. Had this remedy been applied as a preventative many lives would have been spared andlhe Gov ernment would not have suffered the dis grace it has. It is not by any means cer tain, yet, that the Indians can be induced to surrender peaceably, but the cessation of active hostilities and free Intercourse estab lished between the hostiles and the military gives room for strong hopes. THE 1DIOCX OP HOARDING. The banking house of Henry Clews & Co. issues a circular on one feature oi the financial situation, which is referred to in the following incisive manner: "With the rapid increase of population in this country there are unmistakable signs also that a large number of this great mass of people are idiots. An evidence of this is the hoarding of money during the last few months. No sane man or woman certainly can take a retrospective view of this country and bo .guilty of the narrow-mindedness and meanness which hoarding implies." The Dispatch has already expressed its opinion as to tnc foolishness of hoarding, so that it will not be understood as supporting jat practice when pointing out in reply to such a radical deliverance from "Wall street, mat there are other idiocies which precede hoarding. If there had been no stock man ipulations, which afforded occular demon stration to stockholders that they held their properties subject to the raids of the money IK kings, or no wrecking of banks by financial adventurers to disturb public confidence, there would have been no hoarding. The Clews circular tries to find other causes than this by attributing the hoarding of gold to the distrust of the people in silver legislation. This The Dispatch has already pointed out to be an unfounded view, because there is no distrust of Gov ernment securities which if any unfavor able effect results from such legislation, will be the first to suffer. Beyond this, if silver legislation is expected to send gold to a premium, all other property will rise with it, and the hoarding is needless. The man who invests in houses, or merchandise, will gain jnst as, much by the rise as the one who stacks away gold without half the danger of loss. "With a finishing touch given to this view by attributing the hoarding to those bloated capitalists the United States pensioners, it is necessary to sav that while Messrs. Clews & Co. are entirely right in criticising the hoarders, they might look nearer at home for very salient illustrations of the causes which produce it ENFORCEMENT BEFORE AJIElfDJIEST. The agitation in lavor of a new constitu tional conveniion has taken the form of a bill providing for a vote on that point at the November election introduced yesterday by Senator Robinson. It has chiefly made itself apparent in the columns of journals whose independence and sincerity is beyond question, and whose arguments deserve to be judged on their merits. Still there are many reasons why the necessity for such a convention is still open to debate, and some very solid considerations on the other side. The movement for a convention took its rise from the supposed necessity in order to establish ballot reform, of repealing the bal lot numbering clause of the Constitution in the interest of the secrecy of the ballot But the bill which the Ballot Reform Asso ciation has framed and sent into the Legislature affords a prac ticable demonstration that this secrecy can be practically maintained without destroying the safeguard against the ballot box substitution and stuffing which the present provision affords. Of course election officers might violate the provision reqniring the lists to be sealed before the vote is counted; but they could do the same with the provisious of the Australian law, pure and simple; and detection and punishment is hardly more likely in one case than in the other. We do.not think that the cause of ballot reform makes a constitutional convention a necessity. The Philadelphia Record suggests other matters on which it is desirable to have the action of a constitutional convention, such as an educational qualification for suffrage, the requirement of a personal registration, and the amendment of the provision that "no elector shall be deprived of the privi lege of voting by reason of his not being registered." The first matter is one of such importance that it can only be properly con sidered by itself. The Dispatch has always looked with favor on the idea of an educational test; bnt it recognizes clearly that the question of limiting the suffrage can only be properly discussed or fully decided when mad: a single issue, and voted for as a single amendment to the Constitntioo. The other two changes are presented by the Record as a cure for the vice of padding the election lists. But this raises the decided question, first, whether the vice is due to these pro visions, and as we find it to be rife in cities where personal registration is required, we are led to the conclusion that unscrupulous officials can pad the lists about as easily under one system as the other; while there is the further question whether the altera tion of these provisions might not open the door to other abuses without remedying the first one. There is another consideration which ought to have some weight in the popular decision of this question. The present Con stitution, which was the product of some of the brightest minds the State ever produced, has been in force for nearly seven teen years; but some of its important pro visions have never had a fair test So far as the Constitution has been enforced in good faith, experience has shown its provisions to be wise and beneficial. But the exigencies of politics, the interests of corporations and the uncertainties of judicial construction have brought about the remarkable result that, after seventeen years, some of the most vital provisions of that instrument are still unenforced. It is a somewhat suggestive point in this connection that the bill looking toward a new convention is introduced by the very legislator who, in a famous soeech against a bill to prevent railroad discrimi nation some years ago, declared that he was not ready to give his support in legislation to the provisions of the Constitution under which he held his seat Apart from the possibility of a body as sembled under such auspices repealing the salutary provisions of the Constitution which regulate corporations, forbid special legislation and restrain a great number of abuses that were notorious before its adop tion, the state of the case presents a much more urgent duty than that of tinkering with the instrument; that is to start a movement for its enlorcement as a whole according to its letter and spirit When an opportunity has been given for the public to learn by experience what the effect will be of living by tbe whole of that instrument, instead of nullifying some portions of it, then the work of amending it can be done intelli gently. Til then, it is better to enforce tbe Constitution that we have than fly to others that we know not of. FORCE BUJC OPPOSITION INDORSED. No mistake can be made about the senti ments of Senator Teller's constituents re garding the ill-fated elections bill. The Senator's speech and action against that measure have gained him, not merely the unanimous support of the Bepublican mem bers ot the Colorado Legislature, bnt their enthusiastic commendation as well. There is little doubt but the same general senti ment prevails among the constituents of other Senators. There never was any real good in that measure, and its sleep should be nndisturbed. NEW BAIXWATS AND IRON INDCSTBT. The fact that the yearly addition to rail way mileage by tbe construction of new roads has been steadily decreasing of late years is shown by a comparison of the con struction for the past five years. The total of hew track constructed in 1886 was 8,471 milep; In 1887, 12,067; in 1888, 6,679; inl889, 5,095, and in 1890, 5,981. This shows that while the most rapid growth of railways was reached in 1887, there has been a marked falling off since then, althongh last year ex hibited a gain of nearly 900 miles over the construction of the previous year. It is a rash conclusion to draw from these figures that the period of railway extension is drawing to a close. If all the country that can be profitably occupied by railways is taken up, the lastyrar would have shown a continued decrease instead of an increase in the building of' new tracks. Tbe fact is that there is a vast section be tween the Mississippi and the Pacific where an immense amount of additional track will not only be possible but necessary as its population increases. The same thing Is true, to a less extent, of tbe South, and while some of tha factors which have been prominent in stimulating railway con struction, may be eliminated in the future, there is reason to expect that there will be periods of activity in railway construction as prononnced in the future as in the past There is, however, an interesting feature in this exhibit to a community like ours which has so keen an interest in the subject. While railroad construction has fallen off during the past three years and was last year one-half of what it was in 1887, the output of iron and steel has shown a steady and almost as decided an increase. It was formerly considered accurate to take the railway demand for iron and steel as the governing factor in: the market So far as new railway track is concerned, this is no longer the case. The immense mileage of railway already in operation requires an annual amount of iron for renewals and repairs, that makes a steady demand on the iron industry independent of that required for new track. Beyond that the fact appears in the statistics that new uses for iron and steel, and what may be called the private demaud, outside of the consumption of railways, is so great that the industry is almost independent of the rail way demand. While, therefore, we uphold the proba bility of new periods of increasing railway construction, we have back of that issue, and independent of it, the assurance that the industrial consumption of iron and steel will keep our industries active so long as our manufacturers can produce and distribute them most economically. The last street decision leaves matters in sneb a shape that the one method to get streets improved without danger ot complications is to havo property owners meet and work out their assessments on the roads. The Philadelphia Press undoubtedly touches the nerve in tbo Indian trouble by say ing that "no man or men however wellinten tioned can get good agents through political appointments." It is beyond all question true that, as our cotemporary asserts, the Presi dent, Secretary Noble, and Indian Commis sioner Morgan are oarnest.upright and sincere, bat is there no responsibility on the adminis tration which, having been elected on tbe pledge of extending the principle of removing public offices from political influence, keeps on making political appointments where they will do the most harm? Bepobt comes from Paris by way of Mr Abbey that the divine Sara, who is to come to this country soon, has grown stouter and looks better for it. She must be now nearly as fat as a match. Another blow is delivered at dress re form by the discovery of another woman out in California who was preserved from the shots of her desperate lover by her corset tnrning away the bullets. If these cases are not directly in spired hy the corset manufacturers they mast be taken as proving that when woman dallies with the tender passion to that extent she had better keep on her armor until tbe desperate lover has killed himself or been lodged' in a lunatic asylnm. A bad state of affairs is reported from Silesia and other districts in Germany. The peasants are starving, freezing and dying of disease generated by their privations. Col. Wm. B. Morrison's Presidental boom is alleged by tbo Washington Post, to be "not so horizontal as some people affect to be lieve. Is It possible that it was buried standing up like those Picta wbo, according to old En glish fable, received that sort of sepulture be cause their feet were so large that the grave would have to be due deeper, if they were pushed over? TwENTT-riTE millions for a canal which will unite the Ohio with tbe lakes and make Western Pennsylvania the industrial center of tbo world, is dirt cheap. Let us hope that the reports of a com promise between the Irish factions is well founded. The Home Bale party cannot be too prompt in abandoning tbe present suicidal fighting in its own ranks, and uniting to work solely for the advancement of the cause of Ireland. There is certainly nothing unconstitu tional in limiting a common earner's compen sation to a percentage of the yalue of the com modity transported. The subscription in a single day of the entire stock of a new traction companyin Phila delphia to tbe tune of $6,000,000, shows that monetary circles are not so much troubled by lack of confidence as a lack of investments where confidence is possible. The Bepublican managers can now reflect how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to manufacture thankless United States Senators from new States. "This seems to be a good time to renew the proposition to pay our Senators ana Con gressmen by the hour," remarks the Philadel phia JMpilrer. Does our esteemed cotempo rary wish to have the national legislature in perpetual session? If we must barn coal it will be better to have the smoke consumed than to Send half of the combustible matter up the chimney. At least one mitigation to the Bepubli can leaders for the funeral of the force bill Is that it will permit Ingalls to go back and resume his arduous task of inducing a minority of tbe Kansas Legislature to elect him Sena tor. BOY bandits rarely achieve glory. They are tar more likely to bring up where the Ohio gang did yesterday, in tbe reformatory. Suggestions about the park entrance archways are taking practical form. No doubt handsome and useful arches will be provided without cost to tbe city. At the same time public interest will be increased. MISSISSIPPI PBOHIBITIOiraSTS. They Are Disappointed at Beeent Besnlts and Will Act Politically. JackSOn, Miss., Jan. 7. A conference of the Prohibition party of the State will be held here to-morrow. Chairman Ware said tbe party was disappointed at tbe failure of the Legislature of 1S90 to enact statutory laws, and were again disappointed at tbe failure of tbe late Consti tutional Convention to Insert a prohibition ar ticle. This meeting has, therefore, been called for tbe purpose ot considering tho advisability of organizing tbe party for the election of mem bers of the Legislature this fall. On the other hand, it is stated that the present movement was inspired by the Chairman of the National Committee, who will be here to-morrow. C. & P. BT0CKH0LDEES. They Hold Their Annual Meeting and Elect Several Directors. Cleveland, Jan. 7. The annual meeting of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad stock holders was held to-day. The following direc tors were elected for the ensuing year: J. N. McCullough, R. F. Jones, Pittsburg; George B. Roberts, Philadelphia; Charles Lanier, William C. Egleston, New York: F. A. Ferguson, Cincinnati; J. V. Painter, P.B.Per kins, F. R. Banner, F. E. Smith and M. A. Hanna, Cleveland; W. W. Holloway, Bridge port, O. Tbe annuat report for the year ending "No vember SO, 1S90, was submitted, and showed that tbe receipts were 11,300,000. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Some people who step into dead men's shoes furnish the world an object lesson of a misfit. Did you ever bang between tho light and tho shadow between Here and There? I hope not. But if yon did I don't believe you knew it Surely the closer we get to the mystery the mistier it seems when we retrace our steps are pulled back by the strong arms of the doc tor and the tenaer hands of the nurse. But no matter how tenaciously we hang on for dear life, the grip does not tire after the opening straggle. When the first boat with pain lett you weak, worn, helpless, a soothing something came to your aid of course. And there you were slipping, sliding, glid ing, quietly into tho dreamy, docile, dreamlike state of serious sickness. In the faces of those ardund you you read fear and hope. Their hearts beat with your pulse, their spirits rose and fell with yonr temperature. When they thought of the End you were think ing of the Beginning. When you slept tbey watched in silence. You Bcarce breathed and they bent low to feel for tbe faint spark of life which by some 'magic wag kept alive. When you awoke from tbe dreamless sleep you merely opened your eyes, nothing more. Down to tho turning point. Into the cloudy region where life and death fought for the spirit, memory doubt less deserted you. Only a faint, fading picture was brought back by it when you re-entered the land of the living. Then the hours dragged along leaden-heeled. With strength came unrest, fretfnlness, perverseness. Then yon wanted to know why yon had been made to suffer wondered why you had been led to tbe bank of the river and then blind folded. Then you think think hard in the hope of getting some slight clue to tbe Secret But in vain. When you slept on the edge of tho mystic land yon dreamt not; when you opened your eyes you saw not: wben you pat out your hand you felt not Still some say they have brought something tangible from the shadows, hold in their oye a picture caught between a rent in the veil, carry in their memory a link of tbe chain which connects earth with heaven. Perhaps they do. I didn't Did you? Jay Gould is the most successful stock raiser of modern times. Some of the creeds which flourish now have found that temporal argument ;secures more converts than spiritual comfort I The Indians must bar: breaking out all over. smallpox. They are The Harrisburg House did nobly yesterday. It met and adjourned. Delawaee held a wake over the Force bill Tuesday. Its Legislature denounced the corpse. The members evidently forgot that it is meet and proper to speak well of the dead. Governor Campbell's epistle to the Buck eyes is a sort of original package. Spell Congo with a "K" hereafter. This Is according to Uncle Sam's new geographical dictionary. Newspaper offices will have to sort np on "K's" if the rear guard breaks out again. In the Breakers. Everywhere there's consternation in the halls of legislation. And the leaders are perplexed. For they fear the agitation will lead to disinte gration. Hence they're vexed. They regard tbe honest granger as the canine in the manger, And they fear him. Will they treat him as a stranger, and increase the present danger. Or revere him? Ho is very democratic, but in language auto cratic. Might demand tbe richest plums. He may prove to be phlegmatic, grow exceed ingly empnatic Over crumbs. This honest, earnest son of toil, this splendid product of our soil Is in tbe swim. And you will see a red-hot broil unless a fair share of tbe spoil Goes to bim! The thief does not let his lett hand know what his right hand doeth. Girls, there's a real live genuine Count in town. He's a good fellow, too, bat he's mar ried. The druggists are kicking because drugs are going down. Blame it on tbe doctors. Speaker Thompson promises a working session of tbe Legislature. If he can deliver the goods he will be called blessed. Look at your $20 bills. A Colorado national bank note worth 5 has been quadrupled by clever rogues." You will have to raise 820 before growing nervous, however. Congress is going after the bucket shoos. This will make tbe dealerain options turn pale. A Baltimore bank cashier who allowed a friend to overdraw his account claims he was hypnotized. At all events be closed the eyes of the directors. The wily Indian warrior stoops totconquer. A statesman who cannot draw a bill can draw his salary with neatness and dispatch. The Parnell-O'Shea scandal is to be reopened. Canon O'Mahony seems tp be loaded with mud. The spiritualists are struggling to obtain sub stance from shadows. A Neglected Lassie. Singers sing of love and flowers. Pretty faces, finger tips; Some have wasted precious hours On a sonnet to the lips. But as yet no song or story. No sublime poetic pearl. Has resounded with tbe glory Of the willful hired girl. When yon have a secret talk It over with yourself, but nobody else. It is easier to call a man a liar than to nail a lie. The ghost dance has been transformed into a rifle ball. The first business In order after the Legisla ture mot on Tuesday, was a raid on the Treas ury by Philadelphia members wbo wanted to draw their pay in advance. Money is very tight and campaign expenses are heavy in the Quaker City. A-Tennessee Air 107 years old has just been married to a spry old girl of 80. This Is a won derful age. The thicker the smoke the longer the pay rolls. These are two things which a Legislator will take without a murmur: Becess and pay. Banks have tellers, but when the cashier doctors the books they never tell on him. Nature's laws are harmonious, and human laws should be. It was a cold day In Harrisburg alter Alle gheny county got left. The Canton watch firm may keep their works moving, as the creditors are lending it a helping hand. The hotels of the cltr are full to overflowing, and cots areata premium. This is a healthy sign. A bill for the condemnation ot ome of the levees is ready lor tbe Legislature. It it passes some people will have to hunt new quar ters for their old wagons, scrap and lumber. Ocean vessels always carry some tip top fel lows. Yon canqot judge a note by its lace, but the back tells the story. Thermouetsbs work under a sliding scale. WttHS WINKXE, PEOPLE TAT.Tm) ABOUT. Chatncey M. Depew Is said to carry 600,000 Insurance on bis life. Generals Gibbon and Benet are soon to be retired from the army, having both reached the age limit. Mrs. Caroline Le Conte, an accomplished student of Colombia, S. C, bas Deert'appotnted State Librarian. Mrs. Anna Louisa Cheeseborough In galls, wife of tbe Kansas Senator, gives It out that her busband is engaged in his spare moments in writing a novel. Major Fond expects to make from $75,000 to (100,000 out of Stanley's lecture tour. Tbe explorer Is paid $50,000 for GO lectures and bis traveling expenses in addition. GUSTAV Freitao, the famous German novelist, is dangeronsly ill. His physicians have ordered his removal to a resort for in valids in tbe southern part of Europe. Barrett Wendell, novelist, and Assistant Professor ot English at Harvard College, has a biography of Colion Mather in press. He de voted his whole summer vacation to the preparation of tbe work. Mr. Spubgeon gives but little time to tbe preparation of bis sermons. He sits in his study a couple of hours with bis face burled in his hands, then goes to his desk, jots down a few head lines, and then he is ready for the pulpit. Dr. Hans von Bttlotv has decided to give up his public piano recitals. It is said that the state of tho great pianist's health will not allow him to do more than attend to tbe direction of the Philharmonic Society of Berlin. Mrs. Burton Harbison, the novelist and magazine writer, is a "Virginia woman of ancient lineage. Her maiden name was Cary and she grew np at Vaucluse, a home of the Fairfaxes In tbe county that bears the family name. She was a young girl when the war broke out and she heard the battle pf musketry at Bull Bun. ' Miss Mildred Fuller, daughter of tho Chief Justice, wbo has just become Mrs. Wallace, is a dainty little woman. She is slender and a perfect blonde, with short, curly hair worn in ringlets on her shapely.head, and in a soft coil at the nape of the neck. She is undeniably pretty and her manners are gentle and graceful. Odetta Tyler, tbe actress who Is Bessie Klrkland at her homo in Nashville, is con sidered a beauty on or off the stage. General Klrkland. her father, is a West Point graduate, and made a fine record in the Confederate army. Miss Klrkland is a niece of General Hardee, anthor of tbe famous work on mili tary tactics. H0BSE DOCTORS IN COUNCIL. The Inter-State Veterinarians Desire More Legislation Enacted. rSFECUX TKLEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH. Erie, Jan. 7, The inter-State veterinarian surgeons held a meeting to-day in this city. The following officers were re-elected: Presi dent, Dr. Irons, of Linesville, Pa.; Vice Presi dent, Dr. Bell, of Erie; Secretary. Dr. Mere dith, of Jamestown, N. Y.; Treasurer, Dr. Will Meredith, of Corry, Pa. A Board of Trustees was also appointed. An essay on Influenza was read by Dr. Bryce; one on acute indigestion by Dr. Will Meredith, of Corry. and a paper by Dr. Bell on Texas fever. In a series of resolutions tbey recom mended that petitions be sent to the several Legislatures of the States for the enactment of laws requiring tbe owners of male breeding animals to take out a license, and requiring them to set forth the full pedigrees of their animals; also that a violation of the law shall be punishable by a fine of 85 and costs, and tbe nne shall be turned over to the school fund. The resolutions were adopted. The next meet-mc-a III be held In Jamestown, N. Y., on the third Tuesday in August. A COMPLICATED LEGAL QUESTIOlfl The Statutes of Ontario and DUnols Come in Conflict in Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 7. A fine law point, never before raised in the courts of Cook county, was raised in a suit on trial before Judge Grinncll this morning. The case is that of Isaac B. Hanno. administrator of the estate of the late Henry S. Hall, of Illinois, who was Killed in an accident on the Grand Trunk Bailroad at Ham ilton, Ont., in 18S9. The attorney for the road made it a point that thestatnte under which tbe suit was brought was in conflict with the public policy and tbe statutes of this State. The point of difierence in the statutes of Illinois and Canada is that it Is imperative with a Canadian jury to decide to whom of tne surviving relatives tbe damages shall go. Here tbe courts have no sach pow ers. Jadge Qrlnnell dismissed the suit. An appeal' was taken. By tbe accident in which Hall was killed 18 other people lost their lives and suits for damages bave been brought in Chicago, New York and Detroit. An Investigation Called for. Youngstown Telegram. A thorough Investigation of the Indian ques tion made by men of unquestioned integrity would doubtless result in showing that the ap propriations made for the support of these wards of the nation has been stopped in transit by Indian agents and otbers, wbo have been growing wealthy while those for whom the supplies were intended have been ill-fed and Ill-clothed, until forced by their ever present misery to resort to war to secure that to which they are justly entitled. A searching inquiry might be productive of good results. In the meantime, let the control Of tbe agencies be turned over to the War Department. Bacilli Versos Basilisks. Baltimore American. Ooe of tbe patients who was treated with the lymph announces that be feels like a new man. It is hoped that he will not injure this new man by treating blm so extensively with a certain liquid, for instead of bacilli he might find snakes. When WiU Hill Caucus? Washington Post. J As it seems that Governor Hill, and not the Legislature, Is to select the successor to Sena tor Evarts, it is not out of place to Inquire as to tbe date wben tbe Governor will go into caucus. 4 An Exposition for Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Jan. 7. Steps are being taken to inaugurate an annual exposition at Chattanooga, a committee has been ap pointed to secure a site. An O'er Trne Tale. Dallas, Tex., News. The plunger rarely risks his life to save oth ers from drowning. He is in the swim for flotsam. WiU Go Bight On, Too. Wllllamsport Sun. The work for ballot reform will begin in ear nest next week. DEATHS OP A DAY. Frank E. Snltger. SPECIAL TKLIGRA3I TO TUB DISPATCH.! BEAVIR, Jan. 7. Frank E. Snitger, of the firm of litter Brothers, of this place, died at noon ye-.erday. Had he lived until to-morrow he wonld have been 24 years of age. The disease which resulted 1 1 his death after a year of suffer ing; was consumption- Mr. Snltger was au active member ofthe Presbyterian Church and a leader among its youne members. His fnneral will take place from the family residence to-morrow at 3 r. m. Dr. C. W.Bnvlnger. Dr. C. W. Buvinger, an old practltioneer or Lawrenceville, died last night. Uls residence and office Is at 4407 Bntler street. Besides being a prominent physician or that section he was al ways active In public movements. lie was 58 years old at the time of bis death. P. J. Toole. . p. J. Toole, died yestesday at No. 12 Wabash avenue. West End, aged 29 years. Mr. Toole was a popular young man, was a prominent member or the Tonne Men's Catholic Club, and had just received the appointment to a clerkship in the County Commissioner's office. He leaves a wife and child. Captain John M. Baker. rSFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Clxabtield, Jan. 7. Captain John M. Baker, a wholesale beer dealer from Dubois, and wbo was well known here, died in this place to-day, he having been bere attending License Court. He weighed KO pounds, and died in bed at the St. Charles Hotel. Samuel McCIaln. Bamuel McCialn, aged 65 years, died suddenly of heart disease yeterday. He was a respected member of Post 182 G. A. R., and will be burled this afternoon from his late residence on West street. Allegheny. THE TOPICAL -TALKER. Tough for the Tin Peddler. Tbe work of a coroner is seldom humorous. But just once in a great while a gleam of sun shine slants across his path. Deputy Coroner Berry a very capable and industrious official, by the way the other day related two excep tions to the rule of gloom -which he had en countered. One day Mr. Berry was working on an acci dental death case in Lawrenceville, and m the search for a witness came to a little house in which there appeared no sign of life. The door was closed, and the shutters on the windows were fastened. But tbe Deputy Coroner knew that tbe man be was looklne for lived there and he hammered and pounded away at the door till at last It opened and a brawny man in trousers and red shirt shook bis fist In Mr. Berry's face, while he asked: "What in Hades do yon want? Speak quick or I'll knock your face In." Thus admonished Mr. Berry made haste to explain that he was an officer of tbe law with a subpoena to serve. Then the big ironworker, for such ho was, explained that he worked on night turn and slept oy day, and that bis slum bers were constantly broken by peddlers es pecially tin peddlers. "I swore that I'd kill the next tin peddler who came to my door andlthought you were one." he concluded. Tbe Deputy Coroneraccepted the explanation and departed. He had not gone many steps when he met an undersized Italian with a load of tinware. The peddler was calling at every house, and it struck Mr. Berry that it would be economical for him to remain and see what came of tho peddler's call at tbe Ironworker's abode. The peddler presently reached the door of Castle Dangerous and knocked. Nothing happened. He knocked a second time. Still the custom ary noises of Lawrenceville were on top. He knocked a third time a regular rap-a-tap-tap! Then the air was filled with flying tinware and glimpses of a rotating red shirt. The popula tion of the entire neighborhood was on the spot in an instant. Mr. Berry looked for the Italian peddler.but fonnd him not. Search as he would he could not find enough of the peddler to hold an Inquest on. Not Exactly the Same. On another occasion Deputy Coroner Berry was sitting in the office wben the news came in by telephone that a rather notorious woman in the East End had died suddenly. The circum stances were suspicious and Mr. Berry went out to East Liberty at once to investigate. The policeman who had telephoned tbe informa tion could not give the street number of the dead woman's house, but be described tbo locality, and Mr. Berry was ablo to find it. While he was lookinz for the house he espied a knot of crape on a door and made up bis mind that there his mission lay. He rang and a nice looking, elderly man answered the summons, and asked Mr. Berry to step in. "I come on business," said Mr. Berry. "Yes, I expected you," said the old gentle man. "Where is the body?" "Upstairs." was the reply and Mr. Berry had accepted an invitation to go into the chamber of death when he cbahced to ask if anybody knew tbe cause of so sudden a death. "Sudden t" repeated the old gentleman, "Sudden did you say?" "I understood it was sudden, although of conrse it may have been due to accident or natural causes," replied Mr. Berry. "Why, my dear sir, my wife bas been sick for 20 years or more, and " "May I ask you your name?" Interrupted Mr. Berry with an uncomfortable feelioe that things were getting dreadfully mixed. He did not feel any more comfortable when he learned that bo was talking to a prominent minister who bad in turn mistaken the Deputy Coroner for the undertaker. A Fair Coal Miner. The gas was very low in a certain residence in one of the hill suburbs of the city yesterday. Unluckily the supply of coal had been ex hausted, and a little gas stove, which had been bought as a heating auxiliary, was kept circu lating from room to room to keep the house hold from freezing. Coal had been ordered by telephone, but there the prospect of warmth stopped. Shortly before lunch one of the young ladies disappeared. Two boys' sleds and a small boy employed about the house were also missing at tbe same time. In an hour's time the whole party returned in procession. Tbe two sleds were loaded with coal, and on the face of the fair commanding officer, who was attired In a gum coat, rubber boots and some portion of a gymnasium costume, was a fine mixture of coal dust and triumphant smiles. She haa rea son to be proud of what sbo had accomplished. At no great distance from the house there is a brickyard in connection with which a vein of coal outcropping at this point has been worked in a desultory fashion for years. The coal is not especially valuable,! or it contains too much sulphur, but It is quite good enough to build fires with when nothing else is to be bad. Thither therefore this energetic American girl bad proceeded with her two sleds and the small boy. Tbe brickyard is not in operation just now, and there was no one there to forbid her entering tbe mine. With a pick she loosened enough coal for her needs, loaded it on the sleds, and retired in good order. After luncheon tbe coal miner would hardly have been recognized in the young lady who started out to attend a fashionable reception. A Pretty Cool Thief. A stockholder in one of the Pittsburg street car lines was riding the other day in one of tbe company's vehicles, and more out of curiosity than from any selfish moti70he watched the conductor ringing up tbe fares. The car was very crowded, and somehow or other there were 72 persons inside and on the platforms this tha stockholder discovered himself by counting. The number of fares on tbe indi cator when the conductor had collected them all, however, was only 4(7. This rather dazed the stockholder, and he went out upon the platform and said to the conductor: "Hadn't yon better leave something for the stockhold ers?" "What do yon mean?" queried the conduc tor indignantly. "Just what I say you've not registered much more than half of the fares you've takon." The conductor was very red about the cheeks and neck by this time, and he muttered some thing about a mistake having occurred. All the same be rang up 22 more fares ten short of the right number and then remarked to the eentleman who had called bim down: "I don't know howl missed those fares, I'm sure." "Neither do I," responded the stockholder, "but I do know how this company misses a good deal ot money." PLAYS TO COME. - Beats for the engagement of AgnesHunting tonln "PaulJones,"atthe Duquesne Theater, will be placed on sale this morning. The opera, which is by Planquette. whose "Les Clochers de Corneville" has earned for him a lasting reputation among the lovers of comic opera, has already become almost as popular in this coun try as It did in London, where it ran several hundred nights. Miss Huntington will be sur rounded by very adequate support, among the names mentioned being Messrs. Karl Mora, Herve D'EqvllIe, Erie Thorne, George W. Nichols, Hallen Mostyn, Albert James and George Preston, and Misses Fanny Wentworth, Millie Marsden and Marga. THE programme which will be presented by A. M. Palmer's traveling company at the Grand Opera Honse next week Is precisely the same as that which ran the entire season of 1888-90 at the Madison Square Theater, New York. Mr. Joseph Haworth, of "Paul Kauvar" fame, sus tains two entirely different characters, and ap pears both in "Aunt Jack" and "A Man of tbe World." The cast also Includes Charles W. Butler, Charles Bowser. Lewis Baker. George Backus, E. A. Eberle, Misses Alice Butler, Bertha Crelghton and Folllott Paget, who is an ideal Aunt Jack. ON next Monday "Tho Twelve Temptations's will open at tbe Bijou Theater. Manager Gil more claims to have made some splendid addi tions to his already successful spectacle. Tbo company has been changed considerably, and Ed Connelly, the well-known comedian, and Sadie Consaway are two valuable acquisi tions. The scenery and costumes are entirely new, and a good performance is expected. The sale ot seats commences this morning. ON Saturday evening Margaret Mather will present "As You Like It," Her Rosalind bas been seen here often, and her aitistic worth of ten praised la these columns. In the wrest ling soene Joseph Dankerly, the local wrestler, has been engaged, and will esuty the part ol Charles. WINTER PLEASURES. St. Augustine's Tea Party a Great Success Two East End Brides Tendered an After noon Reception The Kobert Barns Ban quetSociety Gossip. The leading social event of the season in Law renceville and one of most successful and en joyable affairs was tbe tea party given last even ing by tbe ladles of St. Augustine's in tbe new school building on Thirty-seventh street. The practical efforts of the ladles Interested in the tea had during the day made the school build ing a place of exceeding beauty with an abun dance of well distributed and grace fully draped bunting and a profusion of rare exotic plaints, and fresh flowers. Tbe tables were marvels ot perfection and fairly groaned under their weight of good things tbat were quickly disposed of by tbe throngs in attendance and as quietly replaced by the ladles in cbjarge. The floral and lemon ade booth was extremely pretty and did a thriving business. Tbe following ladies were In charge of the affair and instrumental in the gloriom success: Mrs. E. Franenheira, President: Mrs. A. Schillo, Vice President; Mrs. A. Frauenheini, Secre tary. Floral and lemonade booth. In charge of Miss Rose Frauenbeim, assisted by the Misses Katie Bruggeman, Annie Storm, Mary Zeus, Katie Streiter. Lizzie Baker, Clementine E. Frauen helm, Margie Dietrich. Fishing pond, presided over by the Misses Bertha Schillo. Jeannette Hager, Cornelia Eicheolaub. Minnie Berger. Table No. 1 In charge of Mesdames A. Fuhrerand H. Schmidt. Aids. Mrs. Albert Schillo, the Misses Katie DIetz. Theresa Eich enlanb, B. Keane, Mary Klrcber and Mary Wald. Tablo No. 2 In chares of Mrs. Titus Bcreer and Mrs. William Helbllng. Aids, Mrs. George Pechsteln, Mrs. Joseph Vogel, Jr., Mrs. Eman uel Schillo, Mrs. L. M. HeyL Table No. 3 In charge of Mesdames M. H. Hager and V. Blank. Aids, Mesdames M. G. Heine. F. Schneiderlochner. J, L. Zinsmelster, the Misses Amelia Brugeeman and Mary Foley. Table No. 4 In charge of Mesdames John Zinsmeister and J. A. Jacobs. Aids, Mrs. J. Kalchthaler. Misses A. Jacobs. Nettle Jacobs, Cella Snyder, Kate Sauer, Katie Fuhrand MarySobl. Table No. 6 In charge of Mesdames Peter Fey and Charle Scblflhauer. Aids. Misses C. Friday. Morrin Baymore. Kate Ravmore, Mag gie Zeus, Annie Sperber, Theresa Stack. Table No. 6 In charge of Mesdames P. Scbott and George Scbaier. Aids, Mesdames G. Liebler, William Schafer and the Misses Mary Scbott, Mary Schafer, Lizzie Schafer and Annie Eesterman. TWO PBETTY BBIDES Are the Guests or Honor at a Pleasant Tea Party in the Bast End. Two of tho most popular and prettiest brides of the season, Mrs. Augustus Pettlbone Mur doch and Mrs. Josse Thomas Lazear, were tbe guests of honor at the charming tea given yes terday afternoon by Mrs. Charles P. Orr, of South Highland avenue. The beautiful home was redolent with the perfume of many flowers, echoed with the mellow, bewitching music of a screened orchestra, and thronged with the fashionable circle of East End, of which both the hostess and the girlish brides are considered charming members. A bevy of fair maids ana youthful matrons were gracefully efficient in and about tbe tea table, which was a picture with its satiny cov vering and superb decorations, laden with the choicest and (faintest of viands. Tbe guests, as they left their carriages and tripped gracefully Into the receiving group, stationed in the ele gant arawing room, wero tbe embodiment of taste and modistic skill, each lady having ap parently taken Advantage of the deligDttulness of the day to don her most fetching afternoon toilet. The hostess and her honored guests were likewise richly attired. Mis. Murdoch and Mrs. Lazear reviving raemories of their recent brilliant weddings lu tbe East Liberty Presby terian Church by wearing tbeir bridal gowns. Several hundred guests called between tha hours of 4 and 6. STAHDABD CLTJB ELECTltflr. The Organization Very Prosperous and In creasing Its Membership. Tha Standard Club held its annual meeting at the rooms, in the East End, on tbe nicht of the 6th instant. After the report of the Secretary and Treasurer, which showed the club to be in a most prosperons condition, had been read and approved, an election of officers was held with the following result: Joeph Happan, Presi dent; Dr. J. S. Walter. Vice President, and J. B. McNulty. Secretary and Treasurer. Tbe House Committee will consist of L. T. Paisley, Elliott McCaull and Grant Hayes, After the programme of the evening had been disposed of tbe gentlemen adjourned to the dioing room, where a collation was served, en livened by tbe pleasing strains of music The club will remain in its present quarters, the happy selection whereof is evidenced by tha fact tbat three new members were Initiated at the last meeting. TO HONOB B0BEBT BUMS. Vigorous and Complete Preparations Being Mad for the Scottish Banquet. Energetic and prompt action on the part of the committees for the Scottish banqnet has resulted in securing tbe Hotel Schlosser for tbe sceno of tbe festivity and also the engaging of GerTnert's orchestra for the occasion. Said Peter Dick, who serves upon both pro gramme and banquet committee: "We intend tbis year to make the event, as far as the musical portion of it is concerned, of greater Importance and merit than ever before. We intend also having very handsome and expen sive programmes, which will serve as souvenirs of the event. Several designs will be submitted to the committee at tbeir meeting to-morrow afternoon, among them an especially artistic one, with an excellent engraving of the city of Pittsburg. TVooster Ladles Lunched. A delightful luncheon given yesterday by Mrs. Tom McCutcheon, of Irwin avenue, was graced by tbe presenco of the Misses Pressly and Howard, of Wooster, O., who ara visiting in the city, and who are the recipients of numerous social attentions In the way of small affairs. The luncheon yesterday was elaborate and elegant enough to cover its name with con fusion. Helping Hand Society's Entertainment. The entertainment that bas been under rehearsal for some time hy tbe members of the "Helping Hand Society" of Allegheny, of of which Miss Kate McKnight Is President, will be given next Friday evening at tbe Bible building. Arch street. Some very novel and unique features are on the evenings pro- grammew Social Chatter. THE Mioses McCreery, daughters of Mr. William McCreery. will receive this afternoon. Miss MtreS, ot Butler, tbe stylish and popu lar elocutionist, was in the city yesterday. Christmas tree parties are losing their popularity as the trees lose tbeir beauty. Miss Janet Love will ,becomo ths bride of Mr. Andrew Addey to-morrow. CniLDBEN's parties are legion. WILL HOT BA1SE PBICES. The American Harvester Company SHU In Session at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 7. The American Harvester Company continued its meeting with closed doors to-day. Tbe action of the trust has not been made public. Colonel A. L. Conger, secretary of the com pany, denies that an advance in prices has been determined, as stated in a dispatch from Fargo, S. D. The Indian Massacre. Omaha World-Uerald.3 It was eminently proper that General Forsythe, wbo commanded the United States troops at the late massacre of Indians, should be relieved from duty pending an lnvesti tlon. The fTorltt-Berald rejoices to see that tbe powers tbat be have at last been aroused by tbe protests and expostulations against the wholesale perpetration of wrongs and outrages on the miserable Indians and tbat investi gations will be made. "Would Flu a Long-Felt Want. Louisville Courier-Journal. If Mr. Rockefeller would write a small book, showing bow an American citizen may become wealthy, the sales would add largely to his 5130.OUO.000. There -are even many citizens in tbe almshouse wbo would like to read such a book. At Headquarters. Meadvllle Tribune. Tbe Oil City Derrick speaks of its "local weather profits," a disclosure which suggests that the Hub must be a mighty poor place for a poor man to abide. The idea of charging a man for weatherl Great Scott! No Doubt Abont It. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The removal of incompetent Indian agents, as suggested by General Miles, might prevent the "removal" of a hugs number of Indians and whites. The plan Is worth trying. CORIOUS C0NDEKSATI05S.- Pnrdy, Tex., bas a bnde who is 6 feet Infthpfc In hftlf-ht :tnf mlv IT win nlri. 5i T.mhrtvW V T !,, Y,ti?1ff years old and scarcely 2 feet high. She la Mary Kelly. There are 5,000 Indians living on reser vations in New York State. The Senecas cum ber 2,000. Pomona, CaL, people could eat ripo strawberries on Christmas Day by paying 15 cents a box. A new material called "lactite" has re cently appeared in England as a substitute for bone or celluloid. The newest nickel-in-a-Blot machine gives you a photograph of yourself in three minutes by the watch. The stock of wheat in the Northwest il filtered at 22.3 15,853 bnsbels, an Increase of 32, S93 bnsbels since last week. A new departure in woman's work has been taken In Chicago, where Miss Searle and Miss Gorton have organized a publishing firm. It is reported the European powers in tend boldine: a convention in Berne during tha present year to discuss the subject of Anar chism. A dispute bas arisen between tbe Ger mans and Portuguese in East Africa regarding; tbe ownership of tbe coal mines in the Boowma. district. Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Bica havo combined in asking the Unit States Government to send them sepa rate ministers. Thieves stole an organ from the Presby terian Church at River Forest. IlL. the other day. About a year ago the carpets were stolen from tbe cburcb. A telephone line abont five miles long has been established In Iceland, and Is regarded as a great curiosity, being the first ever estab lished on tbe island. The STunitoba Indians are taking a great interest in the uprising in the States, but there is no excitement nor any inclination to indulge in-ghost dances. Bangor seems disposed to take tbe lead In introducing fids. At a coming ball in tbat city, the prompter will be suspended from tha center of the ceiling in a basket. The electric light of 20,000.000 candle power in the lighthouse at Hanstbolm, coast of Jutland, said to be the mo powerful light la the world. Is now lighted for service. Two women living near New Martins ville, W. Va.. recently fought a duel with butcher's knives. One woman was fatally wounded and the other seriously injured. Statistics show that one-fifth of the na tive married women of Massachusetts are child lesf. It is said tbat in no country save Franca can a similar condition of affairs be found. Some of the giant trees in the Visalia district of California, which the Government is to put under the protection of a cavalry force, are named after and in honor of notable personages. One of the most gigantic of them all bears tbe name of a New Yorker. It is said of Queen Victoria's daughters that if it had not been for their exalted posi tion in society they would all bave made names for thomselves in literature or art. Among tnelr accomplishments they are noted as being good needlewomen and excellent cooks. The Bussian Government has deter mined that in addition to the Finnish officials who are being sent Into the interior of Russia to perfect themselves In the language of tbat country, masters of Finnish elementary schools shall be sent to the teacher' seminary in Hz. Petersburg with the same object. In the Mayor's court, at Anthony, Pla., a few days ago, a lad, for violation of an ordi nance, was fined S2. The court granted tha boj's mother the privilege of paying the fine or whipping the lad in open court. She accepted tbe latter, and the Mayor had to check her to prevent an unmerciful whipping: I A huge squib or cuttlefish stranded: itself on tbe beach at Island Cove, Newf onnd4 land, a few days ago. Its extreme length was 32 feet, the tentacles alone measuring 21 feeta the body was much larger than that of arA ordinary horse, and the pelt three inches In? tbicencss. It was cut up before beinr re- moved. The Chinese have found a way to make file exclusion act redound to theirproflt. Those who desire to return to tbe Flowery Kingdom go down to tbe Mexican line, and in crossing back take pains to be arrested by the officers on the watch for contrabands. After a trial they are returned to China at tbe expense of the United States. . The Boyal Commission appointed to ex amine Westminster Abbey In its relations to future burials, report that there Is comfortable room for 40 or 0 more; but space can be made for 78 more by devoting every available spot for the purpose. The present rate of Abbey funerals is about one a year. Tbe architect of tbe Abbey, Mr. Flerson, recommends the addi tion of vrious new chapels, for which soma outside houses would have to be pulled down. Prince Albert of Prussia, at present Regent of Brunswick, issued an order recently which caused considerable comment In educa tional and theatrical circles of Germany. Henceforth tbe Royal Theater, of Brunswick, is to"stage"a certain number of classical pieces each month for the benefit of the scholars in tbo varions schools and of tbe students of the col leges. The price of admission Is to be very small in all cases. Tbose young men wbo ara unable to pay 'the stipulated price will be ad mitted free. The new "theatrical course," as it is called, will begin this month with six pieces from Shakespeare. Tbey will be followed, Dy tbe best works of Goethe and Schiller. Tha Prince hopes to create a taste for good litera ture lu this way. An extraordinary case of monomania has been developed at Vienna. A baker's as sistant there has stolen no less than 618 pocket handkercheifs. not for tbeir value, but because an irresistible longing to possess them bad prompted him to do so. He never sold them, but used to carry some about with him con stantly. He was first punished in 1S83, when be was condemned to a fortnight's Imprison ment for stealing 27 handkercheifs. lie was sentenced to tbe same penalty tbree years later for a similar offence, but the police. Instead of banding bim over to the jailer, sent him to tbe hospital to bave his mental condition examined. The doctors declared bim to be suffering from acute monomania. He says that when he soei L he cannot help taking it. " JUST EOB FUN. First Tbeatrieal Manager Stock com panies male this mistake: They spend too mnea money on costumes, and too little on the actors. Second Theatrical Manager When, as a matter of fact, if they didn't spend cent for costumes, they'd always have packed house. Life. Keely's rival, the man who bad almost invented perpetual motion, is dead. But there are plenty of men still Uvlnc who have almost done something great. Buffalo Express. It is well enough to discourse on our orators and actors, bat the groceryman whose wagon is always late should be reminded tbat bis delivery Is open to criticism. Washington Post. "Is tbe force bill and tbe urgent de ficiency bill the same," inquired a K street woman of her husband. "Oh, no," be replied, with confidence: "the force bill Is tbe extremely deficient bill. You're mixed a little, that's all." Washington Star. Somehow papa tells his fairy tales to mamma Instead of to the little ones. And mamma is generally not enough of a little one to swallow them all. Xew lort World. Grade Papa, I don't see why you object to my receiving Mr. Grlgson's addresses. Her Father-He eonldn't snpport yon. my daughter. He's nothing but a mere limb of tha law. "A limb of the law, papa? Then, couldn't he do well In some kindof a branch oflee!" CMcago Tribune. Trivvet The fact that familiarity breeds contempt is often exemplified In a bookkeeper's lire. Dicer-How so? Trivvet He becomes so accustomed to accounts that be thinks nothing of striking a balance. Chicago Inter Ocean. "There are 100,000 school children in Ger. many who sutler from Impediments in their speech." said Kllbert. I don't wonder," said Walnut. 'I studied the Uerman language one day, and have never been able to untangle my vocal chords since, " Chicago Times. Amateur Actor 'Well, what did you think of my modest ellort f Krlcnd-Superbt Simply superb. A. A. Thank yon. Vrlcud-Consldered as an eflort. Indianapolis Journal. "This American practice of tipping is something frightful. Servants no longer seem to be content with small sums!" "How ) that, your lordihlpf" "A waiter at breakfast this morning actually asked me for my checkl" fimWA, OroyC.'4 Monthly, iK&Jhai "'' i5jTct!'''w tJ
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