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PITTSBURG. FRIDAY, JAN 9, 1891.
EFFECTS Or STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The importance of having a street law
which will admit of improvements when a
reasonable number of property owners desire
them it is best shown by consideration of
what was accomplished under the act of
3887, which the Supreme Court has just de
clared unconstitutional because of its limita
tions upoti objectors. It is the function of
the Court to pass upon legislation strictly
from the standpoint of the law. The gen
eral public, however, may take a view of
the practical operation, apart wholly Irom
points of letral technicality. That the city
requires the opening and paving of new ave
nues to accommodate its growth of popula
tion is of cours evident. Prior to the act
of 1887 a unanimous agreement ot abutters
was needed for grading and paving. The
result was that but little was done, and while
there was a dearth of houses in the old city,
there were large tracts of ground in the outer
wards paying taxes, but unavailable, be
cause the necessary unanimity for improve
ment could seldom be had. The result was
exhibited in thousands of acres of unsalable
real estate assessed at prices so low as to
bring little revenue to the city treasury.
Building was relatively icfrequeat. Since
the act of 1SS7 many streets have been paved
under the provision that one-third of the
frontage could demand it. The transactions
in real estate since speak for the change.
"Where property was unmarketable it has
been made readily salable, often at three or
four times the price which could hayj been
bad for it before the streets were made. The
advantages of improvement became so
quicklv manifest that objection soon was
the exception and demand for paved streets
the rule.
Whatever opinions were held at the start
in the end all abutting property owners
shared in the increase of values. House
building received an extraordinary impetus,
several thousand going up every year where
formerly there had scarcely been as many
hundreds. The building trades were active,
and the city treasury received more taxes on
single lots than had formerly been derived
from as manv acres. Thus, the practical
workings of the measure, which has been so
severely criticised in its legal aspects, inurtd
very clearly to the benefit of the property
improved and of the whole community.
It is well to take this retrospect of the
facts and circumstances, because it will not
do now to stop the tendency to improve
ments which has set iu and whose value is
recognized. If some of the comments which
have been volunteered upon the Supreme
Court decision are correct, the difficulty of
framing any sort of law that will comport
strictly with this decision and still enable
betterments in the rural wards to go on may
prove very serious. So far as the work
done, but not jet paid for, is concerned, it
will doubtless amount to several hundred
thousand dollars and will have to borne by
the general taxpayer. To the latter this
aspect of the decision is by no means grate
ful. As for the intimation that the con
tractors may have to stand the loss, that is
mere moonshine. The city is responsible to
the contractors; and neither in law nor in
honesty can they be asked to pay out of their
individual pockets for work done in good
faith on the improvement of these streets.
It is of great interest to the city, to prop
erty owners and to the building trades, in
short, to all classes, to change the present
situation as quickly as possible. The Legis
lature is now in session; and unless a full stop
is contemplated in improvements, a law
should soon be framed which will cover the
Constitutional objections raised by the Su
preme Court against the act of 1887 and any
others that may be foreseen, and at the same
time insure a means whereby street improve
ments can be carried on without relapsing
iuto the old condition in which a single ob
jector could prevent the grading or paving
of a street, even though every other abutter
was in favor of it.
THE FARMER IX POLITICS.
Since the Farmers' Alliance has got into
the Western Legislatures they are haying a
monkey and parrot time of it. In Nebraska
the sheriffs have had to break in the doors
of the State House to serve a mandamus on
the Speaker to compel him to canvass the
election returns. This is only one episode
in a session that has been interesting from
the start. Up in Minnesota the Alliance
men dallied with the Republicans just
enough to get the Democrats to court their
favor, and are now rnshing through their
slate. The most serious trouble is in Kansas,
where boodle has appeared to mar the gran
gers' peace. If there has ever been any sus
picion that the farmer man was not fully
posted in politics it should be abandoned at
once. The Western exhibitions show him
to be an adept in such matters as getting
control of legislative machinery by either
subtlety or force.
TROGRESS ES CONSUMPTION CURE.
One of the most important results of the
discovery and application of Professor
Koch's lymph is the impetus it has given
to medical and scientific research and ex
periment. The exact therapeutic value of
the lymph is still doubtful. It is positively
known to be of great service in the treat
meat of lupus, having effected complete
cures. Whether the cure be temporary
only, or permanent, time alone cau deter
mine. It is also definitely ascertained that
patients suffering from phthisis, especially
in the incipient stages of the disease, are
benefited by the lymph treatment, Even if
the hope that it will completely cure has to
be abandoned, there is still the incalculable
benefit of the knowledge that the terrible
consumption may be arrested and if not
-cured by lymph, it may be by other means.
Following this idea, Dr. C. E. Bruce,
visiting physician of the House of Rest for
Consumptives, New York, has been making
a series of experiments, beginning early in
December, with most satisfactory results.
The treatment is altogether similar to that
with the lymph hypodermic injection in
the back of the patient. But the substance
used is a simple, inorganic chemical, in
stead of the cultivated, organic lymph. The
treatment has effected great improvement in
the appetite and weight of patients in the
advanced stages of pulmonary consumption,
the results being most marked in. these
cases, where the Koch lymph is least bene
ficial. But the greatest advantage claimed
for this new agent is that it can be more
safely used by physicians generally.
A wider application of this new remedy
may result iu more startling effects than the
use of the lymph, or it may condemn it for
general use. But the principle remains
that the great white plague is not wholly
unresponsive to treatment, and though it
may require different remedies in all the
different stages, we believe the problem of
cure will be fully solved.
A REPUBLICAN REFORM CLUB.
Smarting under the overwhelming defeat
of the Republican party iu Massachusetts, a
few leading members of that party have
started a movement for reform. They have
issued a call for a meeting to organize the
"Republican Club of Massachusetts." The
principles on which the organization is to be
effected are commendable in the highest de
gree. They aim to eliminate from the Be
publican party organization in Massachu
setts the causes which led to its defeat at the
polls last November. And it may be broadly
stated that if Eepublicans will organize, all
over the country, to enlorce these same prin
ciples faithfully there could he no doubt
about Bepublican victory in 1892. These
principles are set forth in the call, as fol
lows: First Wo believe in honest money. We be
lieve in securing the adoption by the chief com
mercial nations of the world of a fixed ratio
between gold and silver. We believe in the
conservative regulation of the currency, and
condemn its Inflation cither by the issue of in
convertible caper money or by the free coinage
of the depreciated dollar. Our currency should
be established and maintained upon as firm a
basts as that of any other nation.
Second We believe In a protective tariff that
imposes duties where tbey are needed, and only
where needed, to equalize the labor cost of pro
duction and to develop American resources
and American commerce, but not to relieve fa
vored corporations or individuals from foreign
competition.
Third We believe In the extension of Amer
ican commerce and In the encouragement of
American shipping, and in placlne it on an
equal footing with foreign shipping iu the
struggle for the carrying trade of the world.
Fourth W believe that selection for the
public service should be made for merit and
not for partisan activity, and that the civil
service law should be extended to all depart
ments of the Government.
Fifth We believe in the restriction of immi
gration, and in th exclusion of paupers, crimi
nals and other persois unfitted for the duties
of American citizenship.
Sixth We believe in the preservatirn of our
public schools and in compulsoiy education.
The welfare of the State depends upon the in
telligence of Its citizen '.
Seventh We believe . i . fr:? and pure ball, t
aud an honest count at eveiy polling precinct
in the United States. There should be no re
striction of the suffrage except by law.
Of course there will be some derision ot
these conceptions oi the young Massachu
setts Eepublicans ou the ground that they
are "impractical politics." That objection
is, perhapv, their best recommendation. If
the Bepublican party suffered from any
fault of its own in last year's elections, more
than from any other, that fault was too
much "practical" politics. The causes at
work in Massachusetts were much the same
as in Pennsylvania. Both States are un
questionably Bepublican on a square parti
san issue. But the people rebelled against
the machinery.
There is everywhere the same popular de
maud for an honest ballot aud a fair count;
for the selection of men for office on their
merits; for a protective tariff to sustain the
wages of American labor; for a sound cur
rency and proper circulation; for the exten
sion of American commerce; for regulated
immigration and popular education. Tbo
party which shall honeBtly endeavor to se
cure all these will not be defeated. The
danger to any one of these Bepublican prin
ciples lies chiefly in the neglect of nil, or a
part of the others. It is, therefore, the duty
ot every earnest Bepublican to see that a
protective tariff, extension of American
shipping and a sound currency are not en
dangered by corrupt practices at elections,
abuse of the civil service law, or the nomi
nation of men who have nothing but parti
san activity to recommend them. Above
all, have no candidates who are mere crea
tures to do the will of others.
DEMOCRACY'S GREAT DAY.
St Jackson's day gave the Democracy,
here and elsewhere, an outing yesterday. It
was an occasion for discharging the left-over
enthusiasm resultant from the late elections.
Banquets and meetings produced such a
state of good fellowship that good Democrats
were well nigh willing to love even their
political enemies. No fault can be found
with all this. It is rather to be commended.
The best side of Democracy was held up to
view iu the patriotic oratory, calculated to
fire the American heart with love of coun
try and our free institutions. This class of
sentiments may well be commended by Ee
publicans as having in them no flavor of offen
sive partisanship. As for the Mugwump, he
can stand between his Bepublican and
Democratic neighbors, give a hand to each
and smile benignly upon the Farmers' Alli
ance. A NEW RURAL ROAD IDEA.
We all know the convenience of haying
streets named and systematically numbered
when we want to find any particular house
in the city. And everybody who has ever
traveled in the rural districts knows the in
convenience of stopping to ask for direc
tions. The information sought, when se-.
cured, is all too often an incomprehensible
mixture of turning to the left "just beyond
the yellow meeting house," to the right
"just before you come to the log house," and
following "the turn of the road around the
hill to the mouth of the run." The cross
roads finger board, pointing "10 miles to
Jimtown," is a help unless, hanging by one
dilapidated spike, the index finger is directed
to the sky, or the barbed arrow threatens to
go off and penetrate the earth.
Even the ordinary finger board is of no
use in a strange country until some direc
tions are obtained. There is a remedy for
all this, suggested by tbe system of naming
and numbering adopted iu cities. The sys
tem has been adopted in Contra Costa
county, California, and is said to work per
fectly, saving an inconceivable amount of
trouble and inconvenience. It is well
worthy ot consideration iu connection with
the movement for better country roads in
this State.
Briefly, the system, devised by A. Jj. Ban
croft, is to name all the roads in a county,
THE
and then lay them out in numbered blocks,
ten blocks to the mile. Beginning at the
county seat, the numbers run out on prin
cipal highways. By-roads, cross-connecting
roads aud lanes are appropriately named
and numbered. Each block is given two
numbers, one each side of the road. Where
more than two are needed, the letters of the
alphabet are added to the numbers to prop
erly indicate position of houses. A chart is
then easily made, showing every junction of
one road with another. Started on the right
road a stranger can go, without asking a
question, direct to any house he may have
the address of. Tbe guide boards, bearing
only the names of the roads, are as intel
ligible lying on the ground as the so-called
distance guide board in proper position.
There is no necessity to indicate distances,
the numbers do that. Starting at any given
point, a calculation of the cumbers on the
roads traveled will give the distance.
The cost of adopting this system would
not be great, The largest item would be the
measuring of distances. As most of our
roads are measured already, a compilation
from the records would suffice for many of the
highways. The whole cost could easily be
secured from the sale of a properly compiled
directory, which is an .important feature of
the system. Details of the plan will readily
suggest themselves. '
These is much the kindly hearted can
do to relieve the distress of tbe poor In London.
Poorly nourished bodies cannot withstand
nearly so much cold as the healthy and well
fed. And while we are sympathizing with
London's poor, let us keep a weather eye open
for any chance sufferer from privations in our
midst.
What an army of place seekers is hang
ing about the several State Legislatures now.
And they are not exactly tramps who can't get
work, cither.
No one can doubt the necessity for
changes in the laws regulating marriage aud
divorce to secure uniformity in the various
States of the Union. Therefore the bill to be
introduced In the Legislature, authorizing the
appointment of commissioners, is worthy of
careful consideration.
Allegheny county's Bar Association
does nothing by halves. Its banquet last night
was royal entertainment, mental and physical.
Iron men are reported feeling very
gloomy. In this connection the old saw comes
encouragingly to tbe effect that tbe darkest
hour is just before dawn. The needs of this
country for iron and steel products are soon
likely to overtake the present capacity for
production.
Reports from Kansas indicate that some
Farmers' Alliance men can give points to John
J. Ingalls in the fine art of practical politics.
Eubofeaks need not seek our boundless
Northwest to see what blizzards are this winter.
The new States are basking in sunny smiles
and fanned by balmy breezes, while people are
freezing to death in the streets of Paris and
shivencg on the vice-clad hills ot France and
Germany.
A roruLAR book is being translated into
Volapuk. It is probably for an ornamental
edition, not intended to be read.
Make haste slowly, is a good business
motto. People who think Pittsburg does not
boom enough should stop long enough, in their
mad rush, to take thought of ho w solid as a rock
thi same city was during the late financial
pressure.
Middle field oil producers are taking
tbe proper course. Competition is what tbey
need, and they are supplying it.
Hypnotic influence is becoming an
awfully common plea. In the case of murder
ers, tbe homicidal variety of animal magnetism
maybe effectually cured in Now York by a
magnetic current of about s'tesn thousand
volts.
Certainly the silver men in the Senate
are cot troubled by surplus modesty in making
their requests.
LOCAL insurance men are much agitated
over the preference ot tbe White Lead Trust
for foreign companies. There is reason in
their complain:, but thi cause o it is tbe
logical consequence of impersonal combina
tion. Another torpedo might enable the Ex
position Society to engage in the manufacture
of salt.
Geovee CLETEiiAND's"true Democracy"
is very attractive. It is principally composed
of good citizenship. Unfortunately the Demo
cratic party to which Grover belongs is cot so
true to good American citizenship as it should
be.
The cable reports tbe death of a German
citizen while dancing an Irish jig. No wonder.
A great many employes are filing griev
ances just now. It must not be taken for
granted, however, that all employes who have
grievances are filing them. A good many have
no union to do the filing.
Present weather is favorable for a full
crop of coasting accidents.
MES AND WOMEN OF NOTE.
A NEPHEW of the great Dr. Bcbliemanc, Carl
Schllemann, is sieging in the Emma Juch
Opera Company.
Henry G. Marqoan d, of New York, has
been asked to become the head of tbe art de
partment of tbe Chicago Exposition,
Senator Carlisle's grandson and name
sake, though only 2 years old, insists that his
friends shall not call him "John" nor "Johnnie,"
but "John G."
Senator Inoalls is a firm believer in the
Friday superstition. His recent trip East was
purposely delayed until Saturday that it might
not he begnn on a day of ill-omen.
Mary E. Williams, who is one of the
coming novelists, is a young woman of 30. Hue
is unmarried, short of stature and a blonde.
Her face is bright, her manner vivacious and
her modesty notable.
The Boyal Geographical Society of England
has advanced $1,000 to Mr. Theodore Bent for
an exploration of thp rules found recently in
Masbonaland, East Africa, which, it is sug
gested, may be King Solomon's mines.
Kaiser Wiluelh's sister, the Princess of
Meiningen, has developed a talent for literature
that is regarded as remarkable. Her principal
efforts so far have been to translate some of
the German classics into modern Greek.
General N. P. Banks is but a shadow of
what be was 15 years ago. His face is thin, and
though he still carries himself with some of his
old-time erectcess, bis manner is that of a man
who lives in the past. His hair and mustache
are snow white.
Ex-Justice Strong, of the Supreme Bench,
is one of the handsomest men In Washington.
He has the firm, erect bearing of a man in the
prime of life, high, broad forehead, calm, deep
set eyes and snow white hair. His air is that of
a refined scholar.
George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, has no
less than 2.000 clocks of various designs, ages
and forms of Drauty. which are all kept ticking
away In a room which has been specially de
signed for their accommodation. And fyet
George has co special ceed for "tick."
The Russian bandit Kroukouski, who has re
cently been sentenced to penal servitude in
Siberia, is a man of excellent birth and educa
tion. His parents belong to tbe circle of the
late Prince Demidoff, and he ran through a
fine property before essaying the role of Fra
Dlavolo.
General Bealb says that General Grant
was wont to pronounce Li Hung Chanc, tbe
Prime Minister ot China, the wisest man whom
be met in his journey around tbe world. Tbe
Chinese statesman paid tbo ex-President the
delicate compliment of having their photograph
taken while sitting together.
PITTSBURG -
dispatch;
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
When you nk a f riend f or a pleco of advice
he is apt to measure his words.
It doosn't piy to be serious all the while,
does it J The sorrow and the joy must be sand
wiched In between the hours somehow or other.
And it's surely a blessing that life does not de
mand so much seriousness as old Sobersides
would have us believe. We are better for it.
On the world's stage tbe farce, tbe burlesque,
the light, rippling music, tho laugh provoking
fancies draw better audiences and run longer
than the heavy, somber, serious tragedies.
And why shouldn't tbeyf They give us a broad
range of variety furnish a grand scale In
which the belter side of human naturo cau
sbow itself to best advantage. The deeper,
heavier, gloomier scenes are all well enough,
too, but a little taste goes a lontr way. They act
as a sort of safety valve or mind regulator.
While under tbe spell of seriousness the battery
of mirth can be recharged and the laugh
current started afresh on a longer circuit
at tbe bidding of the jester. Wouldn't it be a
queer world if we all went about with long
faces ana wet eyes? It would resemble a clois
ter for lost spirits, a museum of automatons, a
garden of gloom. We wouldn't care whether
the sun shone, whether birds sang, wbether
children laughed, whether flowers bloomed,
whether seasons and skies changed or not. But
we are too funny to be serious. We are built on
comical lines, and, wbether tickled in the ribs
or tho nose, we laugh and roll in mirth and al
ways have company.
The law Is evidently a misfit for the litigants
who are non-suittd.
The Boggs avenue decision has swamped the
street laws.
A han and his hair are easily parted.
Letter carriers pass the growler frequently
in the suburban districts.
Good penman have writes which others are
bound to respect.
If you want to got at a woman's age ask her
to tell you what great event In her youth she
remembers distinctly.
"It's 'Way Out of Sight."
( With apology to Will Rottitar)
Those who sit in wig and gown
Have turned on light.
And the street law of tbe town
Is 'way out of sight.
If you own a house on muddy rsad
You're in a pretty plight.
For in the future your, abode
'LI be 'way out of sight.
Chorus Just 'way out of sight.
That's what the lawyers say,
Before it is set right
There'll be the deuce to pay.
We've got an opinion.
Some fresh legal light,
And the old street law
Is 'way out of sight.
We are In a pretty box.
Now what must we do
Before we can place blocks
On- muddy avenue?
For if but one abutter
Says paving isn't right.
The street 'twin curb or gutter
Is 'way out of sight.
Cho. Just 'way out of sight, eta,
Now all those who obeyed
What they thought was Vvw
Swear they must be paid
It's a game of jaw.
They'll present a little bill.
And If they win their fight
The debt ot this old city will
Go 'way out of sight.
Cno. Juit 'way out of sight, etc
We are in an ugly snarl.
But we must keep cool;
While tbe City Fathers quarrel
We'll just take our grue
But wouldn't taxpayers yell,
Shout with all their might,
If makers of the law were well,
Just 'way out of sight! ,
Cho. Just 'way out of sight.
Peace can be broken with the tongue as
well as the fist
Do heresy trials, by church courts, belp
Christianity? Or do they make the doubters
more doubtful?
A woman at a London fancy ball was dressed
like a champagne bottle. This would be a good
costume for women if the cork could be applied
along with it.
If love and money were equally distributed
in this world we would think less of the next.
A genius has discovered a way of welding
glass and aluminium, and this means cheaper
incandescent lights and lighter light bills.
One of tbe wounded braves is Yellow Hair.
He's probably a bleached blonde.
The weather is in it
A movement is af oot to teach humanity in
the public schools. The first thing in order
should be the banishment of the rod.
A city drunkard hypothecated a prayer book
for a drink the other day. It was a mere ex
change of spiritual comforts.
All the documents in the Bering Bea dispute
bear seals.
People are usually hauled over the coals be
fore tbey are fired.
Big Turkey, the Sioux warrior, has sur
vived Thanksgiving and Christmas, but be will
hardly live to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Any person can carry a heavy load of life in
surance without tiring himself, provided he
has the priest.
The clam is in the swim now, but he'll soon
be in the chowder.-
i
If some scientist can dfscqrer a lymph to kill
snakes in jlmjammy people mankind will be
benefited.
The colored brother wants a 0,000,009 loan
from Uncle Sam. He has not been watching
Congress closely of late and evidently doesn't
know that the treasury vaults are now hollow
mockeries.
The Board of Viewers isn't in it.
The winners under tbe Supreme Court Btreet
law ruling want to bold an ox roast. They
should be satisfied with frying the fat out of
the city.
Good poliey-41,000,000 in Co,
Of all tho reforms before tbe people ballot
reform Is easiest to carry out. Besides, it does
not breed cranks.
The Indian war seems to have been trans
ferred to tbe White House CaDlnet room.
Notwithstanding money tightness, some
say there are too many SO-cent pieces in circu
lation. They cannot make the poor believe
this. ' .
No person should object to the placing of a
tariff on luxuries and putting necessities on
tbe free list.
Before a law is enforced wonldn't It be wise
to submit it to tbe judicial owls who sit at both
ends ot the State periodically? If tbey passed
on it favorably the only risk to follow would be
a reversal.
There's a revolution In Chile civilly and
ortbograpbically. Tyranny has caused the one
and the government geographical spellers the
other. Drop the last "i" hereafter and put an
'e" there.
Allegheny is determined to have a first
class row before it solves the second class con
undrum. When a man makes a rambling speech he
runs a risk of losing the thread of blsargu
menu Willie Winkle.
PEIDAT, JANTTART 9,
'THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Elegant Reception at the McCreery Man
sion Coming Wedding at Hazelwood
A Valuable Collection In Sight for the
Carnegie Library Social Chatter.
The McCreery home, on Lincoln avenue,
noted for Its charm and enchantment because
of the bevy of fair and fascinating ladies that
presides In unity and gracefulness, was yester
day the scene of even greater triumphs in tho
delightful role, It being the occasion of a
brilliant double reception, at which the youth
and beauty and wealth and fashion of Alle
gheny were present.
The decorations of tbe mansion were sugges
tive of tbe month of June, as roses abounded,
permeating the air with their perfume and
fragrance, and delighting tbe eye with their
exquisite beauty. In the parlors mantels and
stands were glowing with tbe warm red rose, in
tbe library the American Beauties lifted their
proud heads and maintained their dig
nity on strong and stnrdy stems, while
the delicate Madam de VVattevllle and
Cuslne decked the dining room and table. The
Junish effect was partly effaced in favor of
Christmastlde, as laurel, from tbe McCreery
country borne, mingled famlllarlv with the
roses, forming an excellent background for
their rareness and delicacy.
The receiving party was stationed iu a nook
between two windows artistically draped with
the daintiest of lace, and from their vanUge
ground smiled a welcome and enjoyed brief
tete-a-tetes with tbe many guests who came
and went during the hours designated. Mrs.
McCreery was stately and gracious in a mag
nificent costume of black silk; her two
daughters. Misses Emilie and Lide, were, re
spectively, in delicate pink mousseliue de soie
and pale blue crepe. Tbe other ladies. Miss
Maxwell and tbn two Vassar young
ladles. Miss McKinley, of New York,
and Miss Blackwell, of Trenton, were all
attired in charming toilets, as were also the
following young ladles, who officiated in the
dining room: Miss Bessie Stephenson, Miss
Bakewell. Miss Caughey, Miss Sarah Scott,
Misses Alice ana Eleanor Stevenson, tbn Misses
Benny and Mary Swing, and tbe Misses Frances,
Elizabeth and Virginia McCreery.
Ladies, Only, were tbe guests In the after
noon, but in the evening additional zest and
brilliance was given by the presence of gentle
men. Who made possible the delicbtf ul little
dance In wbicli tbe younc folks participated.
The collation was served by Luther, music by
Gernert, aud the decorations were by A. M. and
J, B. Murdoch.
ALMOST WITHIN BEACH
Is a Valuable Set of Pittsburg Books for the
Carnegie Library.
Carnegie Library, through its representative,
Librarian Stevenson, has been, since its open
ing, desirous of becoming tho proud possessor
of the J. J. Bender collection of Pittsburg
boots andjpublications, and, bv a communica
tion made yesterday afternoon to Librarian
Stovenson by Mr. Bender, in wnich he gave a
very generous quotation as tho one for .which
he would part with the collection, it is highly
probable that the purchase will bo made by tbe
Library committee and paid for out of the
regular library fund; or, falling In
that, tbe Librarian hopes to have it
scoured through the commissioners appointed
to expend the Phipps donation of $10,000. Mr.
Bender is a renowned bibliophile, bibliographer,
an Industrious book collector, and well known
as tbe publisher of the "Book Mart." Tbls
collection is tbe only one anything like com
plete of works, books and pamphlets published
in Pittsburg. It contains upward of 600 vol
umes, tbe publications dating from 1806-7 down
to a comparative recent date. Some of tbo
books are very rare. One, 'Tbe Olden Time,"
by Neville Q. Craig, is tbe only first edition In
existence, and is rated at $100. The period of
the fire in 1815 is also covered by tbis collection,
that portion of which embraces some of the
rarest volumes not elsewhere to be found.
'There is also in the collection a compara
tively complete set of tbe Pittsburg directories,
no complete set being extant.
Said Mr. Stevenson, yesterday, regarding the
books: "The collection is invaluable to a
library in either ot tbe two cities, and in two
or three decadns from now its value for tbe
future local historian is well nigh incalculable.
Mr. Becde.- is not at all anxious to dispone ot
the collection; in fact, be would not part with
it to any private person, as bis desire is to have
it remain as complete as possible, which, of
course. will be tbe case it the library secures it.
Mr. Bender has also tbe largest collection of
bibliography, and particularly books relating to
Americans, ot any known private collector,
many of which the library bas secured."
A Coming Wedding at Hazel wood.
A fashionablo Hazelwood wedding will be
solemnized at the Presbyterian Church of that
place at 8 o'clock, January 15, when Miss Mar
garet McKlbben and L. L. Bowman are to be
united in marriage. Cards have been sent out
by tho bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc
Klbben, and "at home'! cards also for Febru
ary 16, at their residence ou Mobile street,
Hazelwood.
Social Chatter.
A reception at Cjclorama parlors, last
night, was given under the auspices of Messrs.
H. H. Farren, G. C. Langenbelm, T. P. Court
ney, A. H. Langenheim and W. H. Baum.
Mrs. E. P. Young will receive her lady
friends between tbe hours of 3 and 6, next
Wednesday, at her Sewickley borne.
Mrs. Henry Holdship will give an after
noon tea at her lovely home on Lincoln avenue,
next Monday. Hours from 3 to 6.
Mrs. John Young will give a large euchre
party at her beautiful home on Terrace avenue,
Oakland, this evening.
Mrs. G. L HoLDsniP, of Fulton street, gave
a charming little tea to a number of ber friends,
yesterday afternoon.
A delightful luncheon was given at the
Hotel Kenmawr, yesterday, by Mrs. A. J.
Logan.
COMMANDEB BEITEB'S CENSTJBE.
It Has Clearly Defined the Status of Naval
Officers.
tFEOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.!
Washington, Jan. 8. The only subject of
conversation in the Navy Department to-day
was Secretary Tracy's reprimand of Com
mander Reiter. It has been many years since
a naval officer has been so severely censured
by tbe bead ot tbe department, and ofHcers-nat-u
rally express considerable sympathy for Com
mander Reiter, who, they appreciate, was
placed lu a very difficult position. Aside from
tbe merits of tho case, however, they are
glad that the affair has called out a
letter from the Secretary so clearly defining
the course they will be expected to pursue in
similar situations hereafter. Heretofore there
has been co such clear definition of their duties
in such cases, but with this letter to guide
them there will be no excuse for an officer In
the future whp talis into Commauder Keiur's
error. '
"With that letter to back me up," said an of
ficer to-day, "I would not hesitate to go to al
most any length and assume almost any re
sponsibility where the dignity of tbe American
flag and tbe protection of all who take refuge
under it are concerned. The danger hereafter
will be that officers may eo too far in the other
direction." Another officer declared: "Sec
retary Tracy's letter is equivalent to a declar
ation that naval officers need know nothing of
international law, except that it is their busi
ness to stand in front of the American flag
and protect it and all under it from any injury
or indignity."
I Crushed Like an Egg Shell.
rSriCIAI. TXLKORAM TO TUB DISPATCa.1
Coshocton, Jan. 8. John McCaskey, a
prominent farmer of Crawford township, this
county, was killed by a falling tree tbis morn
ing, his skull being crushed as easily as an egg
shell.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Miss Margaret Moore.
, tSPECIAI. TEL KOB AM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Wellsbuko, Jan. 8. Miss Margaret Moore
died here yesterday, in the home In wblcb she was
born and had lived all her life. Had she lived un
til to-day she would have been 94 yers orage. Bhe
was the oldest resident of tbls county, and possi
bly oi the Panhandle region. She had never been
farther away from home than to Washington, Pa.
Her lather, Robert T Moore, came to Brooke
county from Cecil qounty, Md., and erected the
house in which she was born, and from which tbe
will be buried, bhe was the second of JO children,
all of whom lived to grow np. When she was a
child the Mlnco Indians had their village where
tbe town of Mingo Junction now stands, and tho
redskins were frequent visitors at her father's
bouse. Captain E, F. Moore, formerly of this
cltv, now of lronton, U., was a brother oi the de
ceased, and la now the only surviving member of
the family.
Ex-Attorney General Devens.
Bostox, Jan. 8. Associate Justice Charles
Devens, of tbe Massachusetts Supreme Court, who
died suddenly last evening of heart failure, was
71 years old. In 1877 ho resigned his Judgeship to
accept the position of Attorney (ieneral of tbe
United States under President Hayes, and at tbe
close or tbe latttr's term orofUce was reappointed
to the Massachusetts bupreme llench by uoverqor
Long.
Captain Francis Van Swartony
GBEEK8BURG, Jan. &-Captaln Francis Van
Bwarton. one of the best-known military men In
the western part of tbe State, died at bis home In
Yonngstown tbls morning at the age of 89 years.
;s
1891.
' THE TOPICAL TALKER.
By Blacking Cheered.
Such largo smile illumined tbe face of a
well-known Pittsburg chemist yesterday that
everybody he met was suro to ask him what
tickled him so. And ne answered iuvanably
"Look at my shoes!" His shoes shone with un
wonted luster, everybody noticed, still a fine
polish on one's shoes is hardly a sufficient ex
case for overflowing gladness. To one who
made a suggestion to this effect, the smiling
chemist answered: "Perhaps a good shine is
cot all that man wants here, below, but it hap
pens to be tbe result of a year of toil and ex
periment for me. The day before Christmas,
18S9, 1 took it into my bead, as I was anointing
my shoes with some very poor blacking, to try
to invrnt a blacking that would be brilliant and
lasting. I went there and then to my labora
tory and began to experiment. I made a bad
start upset a bottle of acid and mined a new
$15 pair of trousers. But I persevered 'and at
odd times for a wbolo year I tried all sorts of
compounds upon my shoes with varying re
sults. Not till to-day did I satisfy myself and
now I hare a patent blacking that 1 believe has
no equal in the world."
They Glory in Their Badness.
"I tell you what it is, boys." said a Pittsburg
father whose authority had been defied by two
young scapegraces time and time again. "I
shall make a change in my dealings with you.
Whenever you've been corrected by me lately
one of you bas always insisted that be was
guiltless and his brother tbe sinner. Well, in
future I shall not whale the bad boy, but the
boy who insists he's good, and see If the bad
boy's heart will be touched by seeing his inno
cent brother suffer."
The boys listened to the lecture attentively,
and their tond parent boped that he had Im
pressed them. But the plan bas not worked
well. Whenever tbe boys have been caught In
misdoing they have confessed their sins In
stantly. They are desperately bad, and they
will not suffer the imputation of righteousness.
Cocsequeotly tbeir father's amiable Intention
to promote manliness is in a measure frus
trated. The boys regard the cessation of spank
ing philosophically, of course.
A Night of Terror In Allegheny.
The quietness of Allegheny by night is pro
verbial; even the odors of her unclean streets
are not loud in winter. So when a gentleman
in a white night gown and a lady in a fine state
of dishabille suddenly appeared at a window
in an, extra somnolent neighborhood the other
night and screamed "Police! Murderl Thieves!"
at the top of their voices a panic was the re
sult. The first people aroused by tbe clamor
were a young married couple living exactly op
posite. They ran to tbe window, raised the
sash and chorused with chattering teeth:
"What's the matter?"
Back came tbe answer in a high soprano,
"They're burglars in the house!"
"And she won't let me go down after them,"
added a masculine voice.
The families wero acquainted, and tbe gen
tleman who was aggrieved because his wife
would not allow him to grapple with the
marauding foe, shouted across the street: "Say,
Tom, will you come on up here, and we'll
search tbe house?"
"How can I get up to you," answered Tom
to this generous proposal, "if tho front door's
locked?"
'Didn't think of that come over any way?"
Bu,t here Tom's wife further complicated
matters by flinging her arms around his neck
and protesting that he should not go out of
that room to be murdered by burglars as long
as sbe lived. The cold night air hadn't the de
cency to sympathize with the thinly-clad quar
tette, and it whistled through the open windows
as if it had an interest lu the burglary business.
Something bad to be done, and for lack ot any
thing hotter, they all shouted "police l"in uni
sotuV Of course no police cam When the
thermometer is crowding zero tbe Allegheny
police force knows better than to risk its health
prowling about the wind-swept streets. Any
how, policemen are not hard to catch cold. But
the chorus alarmed the neighborhood. Win
dows went un on all sides, and a daring drug
gist who lived two blocks away got up and
dressed, and with a disinterested celghbor,
shortly appeared under tbe wicdow where the
original couple were still calling for the police.
The druggist was not armed even with a porons
plaster, but his presence reassured everybody,
and a search for the burglars began. The im
prisoned housebolder was released by bis wife
and came down and let tbe posse, which Tom
from across the way had joined, into tbe house.
It is unnecessary to describe the cautious
progress of the party. Everybody knows that
when a burglar is tbe quarry tbe hunters are
most anxious to let tbe other fellow find him.
Their self-denial was rewarded. Nobody found
bim. But in the dark recesses of the pantry
red stains were found plainly showing that
something terrible had happened. And it is
cot often these cold winter nights that a bottle
of tomato ketchup explodes with sufficient
force to smash two plates, and with enough
noise to alarm a city ward.
On tho Raw.
The barber's feet, only less active than his
tongue, had worn a narrow half circle around
tbe chair in which bis victims squirmed. The
oilcloth had frayed away aud the bare boards
were revealed.
Yesterday an elderly man with a stiff stubble
upon his chin occupied the chair. The barber
was not in a happy frame of mind be had not
eaten onions for dinner and his plug of chew
ing tobacco had petered out. Deprived of tbe
privilege of a strong breath and a flow of
saliva be took some comfort in rasping the old
man's face with a dull razor. His chin had
three or four cuts and bis complexion had
taken on the tint of one qf the new two-cent
stamps when he escaped from the chair. As
be was paying for tbe performance bis eyes
fell on the beaten pathway about tbe chair. He
gave a start, and as tbe barber handed him his
change, be said: "You're as bard on tbe floor
as on faces, I see I'll be blanked if they alnt
both raw when you get through with 'em."
ELEVATED SAILBOAT) DimUULTIKB.
The New Company Wins a Victory in the
Chicago Courts.
Chicago, Jan. 8. Mastery-in-Chancery
Windes to-day filed his report with Judge
Tuley on. the evidence In the case of Patrick
O'Donnell and others against the Lake btreet
Elevated Rrilroad Company for a preliminary
injunction, and recommends that no injunction
be granted, but that a final hearing be held as
soon as possible. The plaintiffs want the
structure of tbe company removed because
tbey bad not secured sufficient frontage, and
for several other reasons.
The testimony sbows that the frontage has
been secured, except in tbe first two miles, but
tbe Lake Street Company bought from otter
railroad companies which had secured the
consent ot tbe other owners, and by this means
obtained more than the amount required.
Master Windes deeides in this way, wulch Is
directly opposed to tbe decision of Judge
Horton in the Randolph street case. The point
is left to Judge Tuley for bis decision. Master
Windes holds tbat tbe ordinance granted by
the Council was final and conclusive, because
tbe petitions presented showed tbat a majority
of the frontage had been secured.
DOWN ON A FOOD TBTJST.
New Orleans Judges Do Not Favor a Monop
oly of Dally Bread.
New Orleans. Jan. a In tbe Circuit Court
of the United States tbe American Biscuit and
Manufacturing Company versus Bernard Klotts
et al. Judges Pardee and Billings handed down
their decision, and the application was refused
on the grounds tbat any attempt to accumulate
in tbe bands ot a single organization tbe busi
ness of supplying bread to so large a portion of
tho poor, as well as the rich, peonle of the
United States, should not be favored by a court
of equity. ,
It carries with It too much danger ot exclud
ing healthy competition, therebynccreasing the
difficulty to the general public of participating
in a mpst useful business, as well as adding'to
the possibility of multitudes of citizens being
temporarily, at least, compelled to pay an arbi
trary and high price for daily food.
MISS MATEEB AS JULIET.
A Very Pleasing Presentation of Shakes
peare's Love Drama.
Miss Margaret Mather appeared at the Bijou
Theater last evening In "Romeo and Juliet," in
which she scored ber usual success. She bas
been seen so often as Juliet in Pittsburg that
no extended notice is necessary. She was ahjy
supported by Mr. Otis Skinner, as Jiomeo, but
tbe balance of the company did not seem to be
in it, to use tbe latest slang of tbe period.
Tbe Bijou was crowded from paiquet to gal
lery, and the clever yonng actresshas lost none
of her deserved popularity In this city.
TEE OFFICIAL FIGURES.
Population of Pittsburg, Allegheny and the
Surrounding Counties.
FROHA STAJTr COBBISrOSMTT.
Washington, Jan. 8. At tbe Census Office
to-day tbe final and official count wascompleted
for the counties and cities, the latter by wards,
of tho State of Pennsylvania, and in so far as
politics are concerned, these figures will show
the population of the sub. divisions named for
the next ten years. The population of Pitts
burg by wards is as follows:
First, 3,732: Second, 3.635; Third, 2,000; Fourth.
3,111; Fifth, 5,131; Sixth. 9,12a: Seventh. 5.902;
Eiebth. 7.C22; Ninth, 4,277; Tenth. 3,602; Elev
enth, B.eSl; Twelfth, 10.335: Thirteenth. 11.109;
Fourteentb, 15,521; Fifteenth, 5,159; Sixteentb.
10.810; Seventeenth, 12,335; Eighteenth. ti,99o;
Nineteenth. 7.996; Twentieth, 11,012; Twenty
first, 1L221; Twenty-second, 3,259; Twenty-third,
7,020; Twenty-fourth, 5,809; Twenty-nftb, 7.379;
Twenty-sixtb, 7.782; Twenty-seventh. 10,883;
Twenty-elebtb, 6.1J0; Twenty-ninth, 4,836; Thir
tieth. 3.402; Thirty-first, 4.823: Thirty-second.
6,791; Thirty-third. 1.679: Tlilrty-fourth. 2,12!;
Thlrty-fllth, 3,630; Thirty-Slxtb, 3,632. Total,
238,117.
Tbe population ot Allecheny by wards shows
up as follows: First, 6,943; Second, 16,511; Third.
14.887L Fourth, 1L618: Flub. 5,923; Sixth, .11.602:
Seventh. 5,923; Eighth. 2.941; Ninth, 4,bS5;
Tenth, 4.381; Eleventh. 5,669; Twelfth, 5,J70;
Thirteenth, 4832. Tutal, 105,237.
Following is the population of the western
part of the State by counties: Allegheny. 551.
959; Armstrong, 46,747; Beaver, 50.077: Bedford.
3S.614; Blair, 70,b6tJ; Bradford, 69,233; Butler.
55,339; Cambria, 66,375; Clarion. 36,802; Clear
field, 69.663; Crawford. 65,324; Erie. 86.074; Fay
ette, 80.006r Forest, 8,482; Greene, 28,935; Hunt
ingdon, 35,751; Indiana. 42,175; Jefferson, 44,005;
Lawrence, 37,517: McKeau, 48,863: Mercer. 55,
744: Somerset, 37,317; Venango, 46,640; Warren,
37 585: Washineton, 71,155; Westmoreland, 112,
819. Total in tbe State. 5,58,014.
EMMA ABBOTT'S REMAINS.
Thoy Arrive In Chicago, Where Funeral
Services Will Be Held.
Chicago, Jan. 8. The remains of Miss Em
ma Abbott will reach tbls city about 9 o'clock
to-morrow morning over the Chicago and Alton
Railroad. This is later than was expected, ow
ing to a delay of about 12 hours in Denver,
where the lriends of tbe dead prima donna
wished to testify their respect and esteem for
ber. The body will be conveyed to the apart
ments of Miss Abbott's mother in the Conti
nental Hotel, where it will remain until 1
o'clock in the afternoon, when it will be taken
to Central Music Hall, where services will be
held by Rev. Dr. Thomas and Prof. Ewing.
The music will be rendered by a quartet, con
sisting of Whitney Mockndge, tenor; Mrs.
Genevra Johnston-Bishop, t-oprana; Mrs. Mar
cheta, contralto, and George Ellsworth Holmes,
basso. The organist will be Harrison Wild.
The audience-room will be decorated with flow
ers for the occasion. Floral tributes from all
parts of tbe country are being received. Tbe
honorary pall-bearers will be local theatrical
managers, and tbe actual pall-bearers will be
selected irom tho members of the Emma Ab
bott Opera Company.
CALTFOBNIA'S NEW G0VEBN0B.
His Inaugural Treats or Taxation, the
World's Fair and Chinese Exclusion.
Sacramento, Jan. 8. Governor Henry
Markham was installed in office to-day. In his
inaugural address tbe Governor urged upon
the members of the Legislature tbe importance
of maintaining tbe limit of rate of annual State
taxation at 50 cents on each J10Q assessable
property, as fixed by the last Republican State
convention.
Regarding the matter of making an appro
priation for a display at the World's Fair, the
Governor said tbe only question was as to tbe
constitutionality of such an act. In making an
appropriation the Legislature should be guided
by its judgment as to tbe benefit which wonld
accrne by reason of a proper display of Califor
nia's products and resources. He strongly rec
ommended tbat Congress be requested to en
force tbe Chinese exclusion act. and to extend
the date of the exclusion as far beyond the
year 1SV2 as possible.
CAMERON'S NOMINATION.
Philadelphia Inquirer, Kep.
Senator Cameron will succeed himself. Tbe
action of the nominating caucus was entirely
expected. There could bave been no other
result. Tbe opposition, what there was of it,
was entirely without leadership. In fact, it
was so small that it wasn't worthy of leader
ship. Philadelphia Press. Hep,
The action of tbe Republican Senatorial
caucus at Harrisburg yesterday will oe hailed
with satisfaction by most Democrats and a very
few Republicans. It will cause profound regret
and cot a little resentment among the great
mass ot thinking Republicans to which tbe
party owes its majorities, and to whose intense
dissatisfaction with Mr. Cameron and his
methods the Press tax several weeks past has
been giving expression and currency.
SYMPATHY FOB THE HEBBEWS.
That Will Be the Outcome of the Cummlngs
Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 8. The Cummlngs reso
lution, with reference to tbe treatment of tbe
Hebrews in Russia was under consideration by
tbe House Committee on Foreign Affairs to
day and was discussed at considerable length.
It was finally referred to a sub-committee with
authority to draft a resolution that will be in
conformity to the facts reported by tbe Amer
ican diplomatic representatives in Russia, and
which will at the same time be so worded as
cot to constitute an interference with Russia's
internal affairs.
It was the general sentiment of the commit
tee that the resolution should do no more than
express the sympathy of the United States with
the Hebrews.
TnT?r)AT,s FOB AMEBICAN SEAMEN.
Congress Authorizes Their Acceptance
From the King of Sweden.
Washington, Jan. 8. In recognition of the
services rendered by tbe captain and crew of
the Baltimore, which conveyed the remains of
tbe late Captain John Ericcson to Sweden last
year, the King of tbat country desires to pre
sent to them 354 medals to be distributed as
follows: One of gold for the commanding
officer: 61 of silver, one of each for tbe sub
ordinate officers, and 322 of bronze, one for
each of tbe crew.
As the captain and crew of tbe vessel are cot
permitted to accept these medals, except by
authority of Consress, a resolution was to-day
reported by Representative Rockwell, from tbo
Committee on Foreign Affairs, authorizing the
Department of State to deliver the medals as
desired by the King of Sweden.
THE FUN KK AL TBAIN,
How Emma Abbott's Remains Were Re
ceived at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Jan. 8. Tbe train In which
the remains of the late Emma Abbott are be
ing conveyed to Chicago arrived here at 6
o'clock, being delayed an hour by the storm.
Tbe entire company of tbe dead sieger, num
bering 59 people, accompanied the body. Two
Pnllmn cars are used by the party, the casket
being placed In tbe head one.
Delegations from all the theatrical com
panies now playing in tbis city, met the train at
the station and almn-t burled the casket under
a drift ot flowers. Tbe cars of the mourning
company wero attached to the Chicago and
Alton express, which left for Chicago at 6.S0
P.M.
SO LIMIT IS SET
To the Length of Discussion on the Ship
ping BUI in the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. & The shlpplng.blll was
again taken up in the House to-day. An
attempt was made to fix a' time for voting on
the bill, but it was a failure, so that no limit
was placed on discussion. Several speeches
were made, Mr. Grosrenor speaking at somo
length iu support of the measure.
And Stay for Twenty Tears.
Savannah News.1
O'Donovan Rossa's 20 years' term of exile
from England bas expired, and the wish is very
generally expressed tbat he will take bis carpet
bag and move toward tbat country without un
necessary delay.
Beware of Extremes.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Bad financial legislation would do much more
harm to the country than the enactment of the
force bill could. As tbe financial bill Is now up
in the Senate the extremists should be watched
closely.
On a Commercial Baals.
Buffalo Express. .
The Delamater assets are (300,000 and tbe II v
bllities are oyer 10,080,000. Political honors la
'Pennsylvania come high.
CDRIODS CONDENSATIONS.
The gas supply at Perth, Scotland, li
threatened with exhaustion owing to the in
ability of the companies to obtain coaL
Mexican contractors are importing
thousands of Chinese laborers to work on rail
roads In conrse of construction in tbat land.
It bas been determined tbat so far as tbe
danger to ship's compasses from magnetic
leakage from the dynamo is concerned, it is
equally the same wbether tbe ship is double or
single wired.
Scottsboro, Cal., has its "musical
prodigy" In Belle Gentry, o years old, who
plays 10 or 12 pieces perfectly on a large ac
cordion, which is tho most difficult instrument
to handle.
The largest amount of wild honey ever
taken from one tree was reported from Oregon
recently. A farmer took 700 pounds from one
Cottonwood tree in whlcb a huge swarm of bee
bad stored up the annual accumulations for
many years.
The Russian Minister of Justice has
issued a private circular to the judges and Im
perial procurators, notifying them not to per
mit Hebrews to be enrolled as barristers, and
that those already practicing must receive
notice of expulsion. f
Eastern Siberia is a source of profit to
Rns9la. and the gold mines of that section turn
out 3, COO pounds of pure cold annually. Att240
a pound, or SI per pennyweight, tho value Is
only $364,000. a small sum, compared with the
gold mining in this country.
Fruit-growers in Southwest Georgia ex
pert an abundant fruit crop this year. Thou
sinds of acres abont Marshallvllle and Fort
Valley bave been put oat in orchards, and the
yield ot peaches, pears and plums will be
enormous if the seasons are propitious,
A traveler in the Orient says that the
belles of the East are usually old women at 20.
They marry, as a rule, at 13. The girl whoso
suitors are most numerous, granting that her
dowry Is sufficient, is the cirl ot fat and
"dump" figure, moon face, brown eyes and fair
hair.
Mrs. Charity Hathaway, ofBeemerHill,
Sullivan county. Fa., is the only woman trap
per and raw fur dealer in the county. Last
season she cleared nearly $450 from the sale of
furs and ginseng root. Tbe animals from
which tbe greater portion of tbe furs was ob
tained were trapped and skinned by Mrs. Hath
away. A negro in Chattanooga, who had killed
a very large rar, was persuaded that it was a
great delicacy with tbe Chinese and they would
bay It. He took it to a laundryman and barely
escaped with bis life. Tbe Chinaman threw
flatirons and everything throwable about the
place at tbe frightened negro, and chased him
several blocks up tbe street.
Hypolite Hardy, of Pans, has asked for
four and a half acres on tbe lake front at Chi
cago to construct a subterranean exposition of
dazzling design for the World's Fair. He pro
poses to illustrato among other things tbe cata
combs of Rome and Paris, tbo buried cities of
Herculaneum, Stable and Pompeii. Dante's
Inferno, tbe Mammoth Cave of Kentucky and
a great many other interesting features.
It is rumored that an English syndicate
is after the American leatberboard mills of
wbicb several are in Maine. The Mousam Man
ufacturing Company, of Kennebunk and East
Poland, wbicn bas an outout of six tons per
day, is one of tbe largest. Alvin Record at
Livermore Falls has an output of two tons.
Tbe Englishmen think such an investment will
pay better interest than any In England, it is
said.
At San Martin, near Atacapotsal, Mex.,
there resides a pure Indian woman, who is be
lieved to be 115" years of age. Her descendants
are numerous and count among their number
great-great-grandchildren. She owns docu
ments provingthat sbe carried on lawsuits with
Viceroy Vinesas while Spain still beld do
minion in Mexico. The name by wblcb sbe is
known is Torres, but her true name islxca
huaxochltl. The Queen of Italy wore a costume of
extraordinary magnificence at the recent open
ing of the Italian Parliament, which was also
most becoming to her style of beauty. The
dress was of violet satin, exquisitely embrold-j
ered, over which was thrown a short violet vel-r
vet mantle ot slightly darker shade. The bon-'
net was of forget-me-not blue velvet covered '.
with gold lace and adorned with a plume of
pale blue feathers, fastened with an Immense
pearl diamond clasp. Tbe Queen also wore
earrings of pearls, diamonds, and such ropes of
pearls in three rows as would bave enchanted
Lothair.
Benton Halstead, a brother of Murat
Halstead, claims that he made the original
typewriter in 1870. He rigged up a macbine,
using types borrowed" from bis brother's offlos;
keys whittled out of pine, and connections be
tween type and key of hemp twine that wera
forever stretching, breaking and otherwise
causing trouble. Housed this rough affair in
his own law office for many months, and plead
ings prepared thereon were the admiration of
the entire Cincinnati bar. A patent was se
cured, and a model of the machine, hemp
twine, pine keys, and newspaper type is now la
the possession of Uncle Sam at Washington.
Mrs. Henry McGowan, of Barre, Vt,
died from typhoid pneumonia recently.
Twenty-four hours later ber husband died of
heart disease while standing by her coffin. Tbe
coffins containing tbe two were placed side by
side Id tbe same hearse. Tbe funeral proces
sion stopped first before tbe Roman Catholic
Church, where a service was held over the
body of Mrs. McGowan. Then the procession
moved slowly to the other end of the village to
the Universalis! Churcb, and there the coffin
containing tbe husband's body was borne Into
the churcb. After service tbe coffins were
again placed side by side and taken to the re
ceiving tomb of the village cemetery.
William Bamsey, a sportsman, who has
ust returned from a hunting trip in the Indian
jNatlon, brought with him to Wichita, Kan., an
interesting relic, which he discovered half
burled on the bank of a creek in tbe Cherokee
strip, 40 miles west of Fond creek. The relic is
an old rifle barrel. On it is the Inscription:
"Old Mike Jones, presented by Kit Carson.
181" On tbe side of tbe barrel Is the word
"scalps," followed by 33 file marks. Around
tbe spot where the barrel lay buried were
bones of horses and men and two skulls. The
find probably reveals the fate of Mike Jones,
who is remembered as a member of Kit Car
son's adventurous band, and who, about 1S80,
mysteriously disappeared from bis winter
haunts and bas never been heard of since. The
bones lying round bis old rifle probably tell a
silent tale of an Indian attack and a raising of
scalps.
TTISPS OF WIT.
The coal man smiles the while he sings
O'er costly art this lay:
1 hlyhly prlie them, tbough they're thlccs
1 gathered by the way."
Wathlnaton Pott.
Sunday School Teacher When the whala
swallowed Jonah what made him come np?
ttmall Boy (after long silence) The McKinley
bill. Wattiington Star.
The Indian Reservation is a good Incen
tive to the Indian outbreak. Too much "reserve"
bas mads bim outspoken. Ano Xark Evening
World.
Wife I pricedhe bath robe you adalred
so much, and found It was S30.
Husband Heavens! You didn't tret tt, did you?
Wife Jto. I thought It was more than yon
wanted to pay. so 1 got a new bonnet Instead.
Boston Traveller.
Topjack I see by the papers that they are
goina- to bave another benevolent cry.
Mrs. Topjaek-I don't understand. What do yon
mean by a benevolent cry?
Toplack Why, a charity bawl, ofconrse.-CAt-eago
Jntcr-Ocean.
Frederick Lowe, the largest candy mer
chant In Liverpool, bas assigned. Maybe the
reason be got stuck was he monkeyed too mush
with sticky candy. ipokane Spottman.
"I don't see any special merit in this make
of rifle," observed the customer.
"IhU is the style." said the xnnmaker, with
pardonable pride, "that has been furnished tbe
Indians out West. Uyou want an Inferior gun I
can sell you an army rifle for much less." CM
cago Tribune.
"Ellen, did MissGadd say anything when
voa tola ber I wasn't home?"
"Yes. ma'am, she said how glad she wasshe bad
called. "PMtaditpkta Time.
"I see that they are telling fortunes by
the foot Instead of the hand, " said Tlmle.
"It is an excellent method, "said Tombet, t
read my own fortune la tbat way once," '
'How so?"
I was about to ask for Miss Blehley'a hand that
I might know it, when ber father's foot revealed
it to me." CMcaga Timet.
Wigs Don't yon regard Barbier's drama
tization of "Jeanne d'Arc" as a splendid piece of
workt
Fntlltes-Yes. but "After d'Arc" knocks it all
holler for straight business? .Veto Tort htrald.
"Is there anything of interest in the paper'
this morning, dear?"
'Nothing-special. There Is an editorial appeal
for the starving Irish: and, ah, yea I se tbat our,,
soldiers bave beea victorious over the Harriot; .
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