y . - THE PiTTSBTJKG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, ' 3&NTTAJZY 13, 1891. I ,f I f 1 4& iafdj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S, 1816. Vol. 45k o. MO.-Entcrcd at l'lttsburjr r ostoffice, SCovembcr 14. 1SSJ, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithneld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTEKN AUVEKT1MJ.G OFFICE. KOOM SI, TEIBUK liUILDING, !EV YORK, where complete flies of 1ME Dlbl'ATCH can always be lound. Foreicn advertisers appreciate the con venience. Homcadertlscrs and friends or TUE DISl'ATCII. -while In ew York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regularly on sale at Brentano's. f Union Square. A'ea York, aid 17 Are. ae VOpeia, Paris, France where anyone uho hat been disappointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS Or THE DisrATCH. rOETAGE razz IX the united states. DAILY DisrATCU. One Year t 8 00 Daily Disr-ATCii, ler Quarter SJ Daily Dispatch, One .Month " Daily Disr-ATcn. Includlnj; bunday, ljear. 10 00 Daily Disr-ATCii, lncludlucfcnnday.Sm'ths 2 50 Daily DisrATCU. including bundaT, lm'th SO fcCiDAY DiBrATCK, One Year SS0 Weekly DisrATCU, One Year 1 15 Till Daily DisrATCH Is delivered by carriers at 3f cents per cck, or Including bunday edition, at Zf cents per -week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. JAN. 13, 1891. BEGIN AT HOME. A bill was favorably reported to the Sen ate, on Saturdsy, providing for the indorse ment Ijt the United States Government of 100,000,000 of the bonds of the Nicaragua Canal Company. "When Congress was asked to incorporate that enterprise, the in tention of calling unon the United States Government for financial aid was disiinctlv disavowed; but it came in dne time. The bill provides for indorsement, payment of interest by the United States Treasnry in case default is made by the company, for Government directors, and thus reproduces the leading features of the famous Pacific Kailway subsidies. All the readers of The DisrATCH know that it is warmly in favor of ship canals. Perhaps in some luture stage of that policy it may become a proper act to pledge $100, 000,000 of Govcrnmentcreditfora shipcanal a thousand miles distant from the territory of this Government; but the first place to build ship canals is through our own terri tory. There they will stimulate domestic industries and strengthen the inter ior water communication of the na tion, in case it may be necessary to use such means for defense. One filth of the sum proposed for the Nicaragua project will secure the connection of the headwaters of the Ohio with Lake Erie. One-third of it will probably complete the link from the Ohio river to the Chesapeake. Either one of these enterprises will secure greater industrial and commercial benefits to this country tban the inter-oceanic canal at Nicaragua. As a means of transferring defensive vessels in case of war their value would be far beyond comparison with that of a canal a thousand miles away which would be seized by the strongest naval power in the first month of hostilities. It is quite possible that Pennsylvania may in the near future ask Congress for the loan or appropriation of $15,000,000 for the Ohio river and Lake Erie canal. It can claim, priority for such an appropriation on the broad ground that it is the duty ol the United Slates to expend the Government funds in providing its own country with canals before conferring that boon upon loreign lands. A good many other enterprises of tbat sort have an equally good claim to the same pri ority. Before the United States placed SIOO.000,000 of its credit in Nicaragua it should complete the connection of the Ohio river with the seacoast; enlarge the Erie and Hudson river route to the dimensions of a chip canal; connect the Mississippi with the lakes by the Hennepin Canal; and put in train the improvements on the rivers tbat have been pointed out in The Dispatch. Our Senators and Bepresentatives should take care that the foreign projects do not override the domestic interests. Ship canals will be of great good; but the place where the funds of the United States should be spent in building them is inside of its own territory and not in foreign lands. We hope that Messrs. Quay, Cameron, Dalzell, ISayne and other Pcnnsylvanians will be heard from when this matter comes up for debate in Congress. A HEARING BCrORE JUDGMENT. Tbe issue between Commander Keiter and Secretary Tracy as it nowstandsis favorable to the Commander. He has been subjected to an extraordinary form of censure in the shape of -. letter from the Secretary pub lished throughout the country, and his de mand for a Court o! Inquiry is on the surface perfectly reasonable. The facts below the surface make it still more so. It appears that Commander Beiter was de tached from his vessel without the oppor tunity of a personal hearing. Thus, while he has been called upon to bear the judgment of the Secretary, he has not bad a chance to ofier his side of the case, even to the Secretary himself. Secretary Tracy's letter read very well. It had a ring of patriotic fervor, but when the fact is known that Commander Reiter had not been cited to defend himself, the correspondence assumes another aspect. It is contended on behalf of the Commander that he gave every opportunity to Barrundia and to Captain Pitts to claim protection under the American flag, but tbat no such claim was made; that Barrundia was taken by the Guatemalian authorities under civil process within the jurisdiction of their own terri tory, and tbat the State Department of the United States, which, through its repre sentative, Mizner, was consulted by Com mander Keiter, refused to sanction inter ference with tbe proceeding. Thus it is clear that Secretary Tracy has sot only made a blunder, through temper doubtless rather then deliberation, in failing to hear Commander Keiter in his own de fense; but, what may be far more serious, he has intimated future lines of procedure for United States naval officers which, if lived up to in their very broad terms, will ultimately get the country into hot water, besides having insufficient support in inter national law. If naval officers are not merely to give asylum to refugees when claimed within the waters of powers having civil processes against these refugees, but are also expected under penalty of suspen sion to become officious in inviting these claims for refuge, the possible complications of the future are worth wbile taking into account. At all events, leaving tbe merits of the case to be decided upon inquiry, it is very clear that the Secretary cannot refuse Com mander Keiter's demand for a Court of In quiry, unless he is himself willing to re cede from his position and acknowledge the reprimand to have been hasty and ill judged. CaDtain Keiter is a Pittsburger, flfiftfcS and naturally our people here at home will feel not the less inclined to see that justice "is done him. But tbe question is, beyond that, of the utmost national importance. THE ISSUE OF SILVER COINAGE. The prominence given to the silver question by Senator Reagan's amendment to the financial bill, providing for free silver'coin age, is so great that the New York Sun ret gards tbe silver question as having dis placed the tariff as the issue of the day. That may be a rather extreme way of putting it; but there is no doubt that of all the measures before the present session of Con gress, it will, if enacted, have the greatest effect on the material interests of the country. In discussing -this measure, which has been to a certain extent a standing one for the past decade, there is an apparent failure to recognize its real factors. The Phila delphia Ledger declares it to be an ill advised attempt to lilt silver to the level of gold. The Press of the same city makes the assertion, first, that it will degrade the currency to 80 per cent of its present standard, and then goes on to say that the difference between the commercial value of the silver product of the country, and its coinage value, being 517,896,464, the measure will in addition make a present of that sum to the silver mine owners. The impossibility of at once degrading the cur rency to the commercial value of silver and raising the silver product of the country to it present coinage value, should have re strained the Press from such an argument. But it has a certain excuse in a similar con fusion of ideas on the other side. For, while the advocates of free silver coinage urge it professedly in the interest of the debtor class, they claim that it wonld not send gold to a premium. But if silver re mains at par with gold how would the debtor class receive any benefit which they do not get from the present monetary system? Free silver coinage would not raise the price of silver to a par with gold. That has been the aim of the limited silver coin age acts of the past decade or two, and owing to the strength of the United States Treasury the attempt to make a certain amount of silver circulate at par with gold has beeu successful. But when any owner of silver bullion can get it coined into legal tender dollars the inevitable re sult will be that the silver dollar will bave exactly the value of the silver bullion con tained in it. Consequently, as soon as the effect of free coinage can make itself fully felt, it will send gold to a premium which The Dispatch has heretofore given its reasons for calculating at the neighborhood of 15 per cent The effect of such a change will, beyond the friction of readjustment of prices to a standard 15 per cent lower than formerly, be confined to the debtor and creditor classes. It will take 15 per cent less labor or prop erty to pay a dollar of debt than before, and wbat the debtor gains by tbe change the creditor will lose. The property owner who belongs to neither class will not be ma terially affected by it; for while his prop erty will nominally appreciate 15 per cent by tbe change, the purchasing power of the enhanced price of his property will be no greater tban the purchasing power of the lesser price on the gold basis. The one im portant effect of tbe change therefore will be to scale down debts existing at the time of the change by a percentage estimated at 15 per cent, and to take exactly that proportion of their claims away from the creditors. Those who urge free silver coinage, avowfdiy as a benefit to debtors, justify this alteration of the standard by the claim that thj creditor class has, since silver was demonetized, gained at least that percent age by the steady appreciation in tbe pur chasing power of gold. There is some force to this claim; but its cogency at affecting its justice is seriously damaged by the probability that the same people may not be in both classes as formerly. The man who was a creditor at the time that gold was ad vancing and now has spread out in enter prises for which he has contracted debt, would gain both ways; while the man who struggled by industry and frugality to pay his debts on tbe gold basis, and has now reached the enviable position of being a creditor, wonld be, to borrow an appropri ate simile from the faro rooms, whip sawed by the gambling chances of a chang ing monetary basis. The proposition to favor the debtor class gains popularity because it is generally supposed to be for the benefit of tbe masses. But this idea requires modification by some gigantic facts which escape ordinary notice. The entire mass of railroad corporations be long to the debtor class to the tune of nearly 55,000,000,000 of debts. A large share of the manufacturing corporations and some of the leading "Wall street manip ulators belong to the same class; while the banks belong to the creditor class only to the extent of the excess of their assets above liabilities. On the other hand, nearly the entire mass of savings banks depositors, the investments of widows and orphans in tbe hands of trust companies and in railway bonds are of the creditor class. There are other debtors and creditors where tbe con ditions might be changed; but with regard to these elements of the two classes, the ef fect would be to make the great railway corporations a present of 15 cer cent of their debt, and take exactly that proportion of their property away from the working people who deposit in savings banks, and the widows and orphans who have small in vestments in trust companies, or in railway bonds. This is the real issue involved in the change of the monetary basis from the bullion value of gold to that of silver. To ) Wialaie so etronplvin favor of the debtor at the expense of the creditors is a very doubtful proceeding; but in view of some of the measures in favor of the monetary class J it is not surprising mat it snouid develop considerable popularity. THE INDIANS SURRENDERING. Appearances are that the Indian trouble will be settled very soon and without further slaughter. Early yesterday morn ing the ghost dancers and fighting bucks be gan to come in. Tbe sparkling frost crystals left by the blizzard offered some explanation of this movement. Bnt the Indians were found to be true Indians to the last. They wonld not be disarmed. To prevent tbis they left their guns somewhere on the snow covered plains, probably securely hidden for future reference. If tbis promise of complete settlement of the outbreak be ful filled, it may be hoped a sensible and humane course may prevent any recourse to the abandoned rifles in the future. THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE. The message which' Mayor Gourley sent to Councils yesterday contains some points which are well worth tbe considerationyif that body and of the pnblic. The especial theme of ' the Mayor is the necessity of re trenchment in order to keep the tax rate down to fifteen mills. As the expectation was held out last year that the rate wonld be decreased for this year, the effort of the city officials to prevent its increase will be properly appreciated and generally ap proved. The Mayor points out that the expendi tures in the Treasurer's and Assessors' offices, by the Board of Education, and in the Department of Charities do not show an increase in excess of the increase in popula tion, and in many cases are of less'propor tion. ,Ihe greatest increase is in the De partment of Public Safety and the Depart ment of Public "Works. These, it is under stood, are the departments requiring the greatest expenditure. Money wisely expended to insure that their work is well done is one of the best in vestments that can be made of public funds. The Mayor freely " concedes good management to both these depart ments, but urges the pertinent consideration that if the expenditures are to be kept within the revenues to be secured from a 15 mill rate the points where the increase of ex penditure has been greatest must be the ones where the retrenchment is applied. Aside from the question between a 15-mill and 17-niill tax rate for this year, it is well to keep in mind where the increase in ex penditure is going and how it may be cut down. As to tbe immediate question it is gratifying to learn that the agreement of the city officials on tbe necessity of cutting down estimates is so clear tbat Mr. Bigelow will co-operate with the Finance Committee in pointing out where the reductions can best be made in the estimates of his depart ment. Mr. Brown will doubtless do like- ENGLAND'S SENSATIONAL MOVE. E egland has done a very surprising thing in appealing to the highest court in tbis country for the settlement of an inter national dispute. Aside from the sensa tional features of this move it leads to sev eral interesting conclusions. The first con clusion is tbat the English authorities have despaired of getting a settlement through Mr. Blaine and the State Department Tbe next conclusion is a very flattering one, namely, that the Supreme Court of the United States cannot be influenced from doing equal and exact justice by any mo tives, whatever. As a final conclusion it is very evident the English authorities have no warlike intentions with regard to this country, and could only be forced into a conflict by utter disregard of their claims to shearing on this side. The United States will best show their dignity by abandoning buncombe and showing a similar desire for friendly and equitable adjustment of this dispute. ENFORCEMENT THE GREATER NEED One of the regular features of the meeting of the State Legislature, of late years, is the presence of a K. of L. legislative committee, to urge the passage of measures approved by that organization. "While corporations maintain standing lobbies, and political magnates appoint regularly recognized agents to manage the Legislature, there can be no objection to tbe presence of a constitu ted lobby in behalf of labor. Indeed, it might well be wished that the other lobby organizations were one half as disinterested as the labor representatives who will urge their favorite measures. It is also to be recognized that many, if not all, of the measures that will be urged with the sanction of the K. of L., at this session, are calculated to win public ap proval. At the same time there is force in the suggestion that the labor organiza tions could do more good by secur ing tbe enforcement of existing law by educating public opinion in favor of the ends sought in other measures, than by sim ply working for tbe enactment of laws which are likely to slumber on the statute books when once enacted. A good illustra tion is afforded by the very important declar ation of the convention in favor of compul sory education. There is no doubt tbat a great many children are either left neg lected, or kept at employment about mines and mills, who ought to be in school; and this is the case to tbe greatest degree in min ing and manufacturing communities. But while a law requiring the children to go to school would be a great benefit, if enforced, is there any hope under the present state of things that in a community where the ma jority of working people will put their chil dren to work rather than send them to school, that tbe law would be enforced? Be fore the K- of L. can make the enactment of such a law beneficial one of two things must be done. Either the working class must be brought to an opinion so favorable to education that the law would be unnec essary, or there must be a popular opinion created in favor of the enforcement of law. The attention given to laws for the pro tection of miners, and of company stores, also warrants the remark: tbat there is more need for the enforcement of the present laws than for the enactment of new ones. Both subjects have received the attention of legis lation; and with regard to tbe mining laws it may be questioned whether any disaster has occurred of late years which would not be attributed to tbe neglect of existing pro visions. But, if the laws we now have are not enforced, is there any hope that more strineent ones wonld be anything more than dead-letter legislation? "We can see no such hope until the people take it in hand to require all laws to be faithfully and im partially obeyed. The Knights of Labor, like the rest of the conntry, need to appreciate the lesson that more is to be secured by working for the election of officials who will honestly and energetically enfore existing laws than by urging the enactment of new ones. Asa general rule, we have law enough; but there is a pressing lack of vigorous enforcement PROPOSED DELAMATER SETTLEMENT. Following the institution of suits for em bezzlement against tbe Delamaters comes a proposition from the bankers for a settle ment of claims at fifty cents on the dollar. The proposition contains some novel features. Ten per cent of the claims are to be paid next spring, fifteen per cent in one year from that time, and twenty-five per cent at the end of another jear. The remaining fifty per cent, they say, will be considered as a moral obligation, which they will make every effort to discharge. Thej further pro' pose to leave the realty of members of the firm in the hands of trustees. This naturally implies the control of the personal property by the old firm. Inasmuch as the visible assets are considerably less than fifty per cent of the liabilities the plain inference from the proposition is that the Delamaters believe they can make money if allowed to do business without mixing politics with it, and that they intend to let politics strictly alone. "Whatever the creditors may think of it, the public will certainly regard this determination as a good thing for the Dela maters and for politics in this State. And now, many, many moons after the close of tbe investigation, and soma time alter the election, the Congressional Committee ap pointed to investigate the Ottlo ballot-box forgery bas made a report or rattier several reports. Tbe position ot tbe majority is tbat taken by The Dispatch at the time. It is that tbe document was such a rank forgery that those who gave it to the world are really responsible for it and the publication with tbe name of Governor Campbell, alone attached, was about as serious an offense against honesty as the original crime. This rebuke, though late, is certainly not undeserved. Kepokts come from "Washington that Senator Hoar will move to reanimatethe elec tions bill when tbe silver bill bas beeu disposed of, to get a test vote on tho measure It Sen ators bavo any regard for tbe wishes of tbelr constituents, the test will surprise tbe adminis tration. "While there maybe some room for dis cussion about the details of tbat Court House rumpus, a chord in tho popular beart will ring responsive to the assertion that salaries should not be paid to clerks wbo do no work. Mb. Benneii, of Ohio, comes to the front with a reassuring business prophecy for this year wbicb will be bailed almost as gratefully, as a prediction of fine weather by "Wiggins Benner originally set forth that 1890 was to be a year of great activity and 1S91 was to bring a general smash; but be now explains that tbe failures of tbe closo of last year indicated a premature arrival of his business cyclone, and that lbOl will now have serene commercial skies. If the late flurry meets Bonner's idea of a commercial cyclone no one can object and all will be duly thankful to him for letting us off so easily. The news comes from Indiana that Bus sell B. Harrison bas been working up theFresI dental boom of his father in that State with great industry. Is it possible that tbe threat tbat tbe President would decline a nomination unless the force bill was passed Is to be repu diatedT The bill for the enlargement of the "White House is a measure on which it Is the duty of Congress to act It will bo the duty of the peo pie to look after tho enlargement of tbe occu pant There is a serious side to the 'announce ment that Jay Gould's income only amounts to J7.500 daily, while Rockafeller's is 818,000, As tors $23,000 and Cornelius Vanderbiltfs ?15,000. It is not told on what anthority tbe figures are given; but they combine to point out the por tentous necessity for Gould to gobble some more railroads in order to get into tbe front rank of money kings. One marked effect of the political revolu tion in Kansas was the abandonment of the usual pomp and glory attending the Inaugura tion of the Governor. Simplicity, with a very large initial letter, was the most notable thing about this year's inauguration. That 510,000.000 mortgage of the Pitts burg and Connellsville road is indorsed by the Supreme Court; but the company will havo to pay It That Bussian who blew out his brains at Monte Carlo, after losing 800,000 roubles at the gaming tables, started out, it is evident with more money than brains. Having brought himself to the condition where be bad mora' brains tban money by blowing In his money, he at last succeeded in restoring the balance by blowing out bis brains. Of course Mrs. Stanley declares that she will never consent to her husband's return to Africa. Would not any woman do so after Sara Bemhardt's declaration tbat she will fol low him to the interior of the Dark continent if he ever went there again. Senator Quay's force bill is of that forcible class tbat will remain on the shell in definitely. The attempted suicide of a Rothschild be cause be had lost 5,000,000 in speculation. Is a novel phase of the speculative mania. ' It is not an altogether ungrateful change to find tbat speculation can occasionally hit the great fort unes a fatal blow, instead of constantly fleecing the poorer lambs. Between Allegheny, where the status of Councilmen and city officials is In dispute, and Pittsburg, where tbe fntnreof street as sessments is n unknown quantity, it will begin to be believed that tbe lot of a second class" city is not a happy one. Europe seems to have got more ol tbe old-fashioned winter than we have. The House seems to have thought more of tho necessity for investigating that silver scan dal than the Committee of Rules did.- Is this because the Committee of Rules bas a clearer idea of secret management or that the Honso has a moro correct notion of public opinion f PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Sculptor "Valentine, of Richmond Va., Is modeling a bust of tbe late Henry K. Elly son for Richmond College. JIBS. Ingalls is a handsome and somewhat stately woman, and looks hardly more tban 40 Seven ot her 11 children are li7ing. Mr. C. P. Huntington is building a free library .for the village of Westchester, N. Y, which will cost when finished, about 1 10,000. Paul Lindau, tbe Berlin journalist is com ing to the United States on invitation of Mr. Henry Villard to write a series of letters to the German press on the development and progress of the Northwest Da. Charles A. Koung, Professor of As tronomy at Princeton College, bas received no tice that he has been awarded tbe Janssen prize tor 1S90, by the French Academy of Sci ences, in recognition of bis discoveries in spec troscopy. Miss Julia Marlowe bas quite recovered from her recent serious illness, and is now re siding with her mother at 210 West One Hun dred and Third street, New York. Hermother recently gave up bcr residence In Wichita, Kan., and moved to New York, Captain Wallace, wbo was killed in tbe Indian fight was one of those open-hearted and magnetic fellows whom his soldiers looked up to as a father and to whose associate officers he was a brother to be proud of. "Old Wal lace's" grave will bo kept green when those ot more prominent soldiers will be forgotten. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, declares tho seals which bear their young in American waters and live there during certain months, are as much the property of tbe United States when ont of ber waters as his pigeons are still his when they fly from their habitation in his barn to his neighbor's roof. Tbis Is a new view of the Bering Sea controversy. Edison, the electrician, bas more the look of a country grocerTban a man of science, and be can cheerfully submit to be bothered by a lot of children without showing any annoyance at having his mind abstracted from deeper studies. And be is just as happy patching up the fractured Inhabitants of a child's Noah's Ark as he is whon trying to make the telephone a self-recording machine. The Latest Terpslchorean Novelty. Philadelphia Press. J Tbe latest novelty in dances in England is the chrysanthemum dance, which is very ex pensive. If the English want a real terpsl chorean novelty thatls inexpensive they may learn of something to their advantage by writing to Pino Ridge Agency, Dakota, U. S. A. Senator Cameron's Enemies. . Washington Post J It is not the f anlt of .Senator Cameron if his foolhardy opponents Insist on hammering their heads against a stonn wall. Dispatch "With. Postscripts. Chicago Tribune. Tne Indians continue to "come in." With guns. And shooting. DEATHS OF A DAY. Miss Cornelia Davidson. Cornelia Davidson, daughter of Samuel David son, cashier of the Fourth national Bank, died 'last night at 11:0 o'clock, aged 18 years. The man v friends of Mr. and Mrs. Davidson will sin cerely sympathize with them In the loss of their lovable dannhter, who died Just on the threshold of womanhood- ' Mrs. Elizabeth Gllkinson. Mrs. Elizabeth 'Gllkinson, mother of Detective L. U. Gllkinson, died yesterday at Brooklyn at tbe aire-of 78 years. She was a-yery well-known weman there and noted for her good works. tSNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. More human faces have been spoiled by art than by nature. An old song says "it is always the darkest hour before dawn." Bat in this plague of fog, mist low clouds and incipient blizzards dawn is delayed and the dark hour lingers. Only tho most hopeful temperaments can find consola tion from tbe well-worn line in tfee well-known rhyme, of course. But the city suffers most Oat from under the smoke clouds the sun shines occasionally. In the region of chim ney pots, smoke stacks, furnaces, tbe mists weave thick vapors and the clouds draw heavy curtains over tbe heads of tbe stragglers and tbe strivers. Rut though the air we breathe be almost the consistency ofsheet iron, it will not stifle us. And, beside?, there's gold in the blackness as well as misery. Nothing less could' be expected of tbe nation's workshop. Still, all do not feel tbe depression. The old adage about the ill wind fits snugly now. The changeable climatic conditions tell on the hu man system. Tbe evil air plays sad havoc with the weakly and tbe aged. Through tbe smoke and the mepbitlc fogs the doctor feels his way. In the vapors which roll over the city the somber vehicle which is always followed by a line of slow-moving carriages looks like a black box suspended in air. The sick nurse draws her waterproof close and slips by like a gray shadow silent tired, saddened There be tbe busy ones when the melting, rain soaked slime on the surface of the city steams under the south wind. To many.alasl how very many, is tbis the season of the dark hour just before the dawn the light alter the hunt in the gloom, the sunshine after the shadow. But even now, when nature tries us to her utmost when tbe struggle seems hardest the load heaviest the way darkest we can surely draw consolation out of something which the vapors cannot hide. If not we are hopelessly adrift in the fog, bave lost our bearings, and better slow up If we don't want to lee joy and sorrow collide and wreck life. We can make a friend of the dark gloom if we choose. In it we can hide our cares. It veils tbe wrinkles on our faces, bides the silver in our hair and covers np tbe patches on our coat ana cloak. Yon are just as nice appearing as your neighbor when the world is swathed in a cloud. Why not bo as cheerful? It is easier to persecute the unfortunate than prosecute the fortunate. , A great many people seem to think that the world is run like a slot machine. They waste a fortune before they find ont their mistake, too. Pride goeth before the fall in the skating rink. Society buds aro petted plants, but it costs a pot ot money to cultivate them. For some the past never lives, and to such the future holds out no hope. The head partner in tbe concern always speaks with a firm voice. .The man who is a clever judge of woman's dress is bonnd to favorably impress the fair sex. There are no sharp thorns in artificial flow ers, nor are they made to press. Tlya Unseen Hand. When winter comes with its snow and frost And earth in a blanket of white is lost "Who gathers food for tbe birds that fly In the icy air 'twixt land and sky? Who gives them wheat? Who gives them meat? When the feeding grounds along the rills Are frozen hard, and their tiny bills Cannot uncover tbe worms that sleep Beneath the spot where the birdies peep. Who feeds the brood? "Who sends the food? Go to the woods and tho rough hedgerow. Look in the branches above tbe snow, You'll find tbere brigh ; berries hard and dry. First garnered food for the birds that fly. He gives the food. He feeds tbe brood. Save the souvenirs of friendship and destroy the reminders of hate and broken promises. Then you will never run across relics that recall past sorrows. It is written: "Never marry a widow unless ber husband was hanged." Cold comfort In this for Allegheny county widows. Youth is impetuous. After awbiletbe young statesmen in tbe West will cool off and become useful citizens. Girls can't throw stones, but they can throw a suitor 'way out of sight. Soldiers see a great deal of private life, but they don't enjoy it It is written that the wicked will go to the Baa Lands. Lieutenant Henn is here to arrange an in ternational y&cbtrace. Why not a shell race? A Glittering Reality. "'She was dressed in the pink of perfection, And carried a big bouquet But'beneath tbe electric reflection She mereiylobked passe. Still she led in a stately cotillon. And spun in the giddy waltz; Sbe was said to be worth a cool million. And this hid all tbat was false. Between alkali dust and blizzards the poor soldiers of Miles' cordon are having a hard time of it When they meet the Indians they will be fighting mad. The more fits a tailor has the better he feels. The January settlement will be ignored by the weather. Adam was tbe first victim of an eviction. If the looking glass would show us our de fects in bold 'relief and conceal our beauty lines there would be less vanity in the world. The heathen will suffer by a Chicago bank crash. The collateral intended for his conver sion was converted into cash for speculative purposes, and his salvation is afar off. Revolvers were exposed at tbe session of the Wyoming Legislature the other day. Gun pulling is taking tbe place of wire pulling in the young States. Caught a Tartar. "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going skating, kind sir," she said. "Have you sharp skates, my pretty maid?" 'iAs sharp as my tongue, kind sir," she said. Ir we waste all our force pursuing pleasure we will not have tbe strength to enjoy it The man who carries the cradle of childhood under his arm through life will never forget tbe faces of those who first looked into it The world, like tbe trades, demands an ap prenticeship, and our future depends on how we acquit ourselves during the early stages. The vain man will Injure others In order to avoid wounding his own sweet self. Prize fighters move in a very select circle. Eve never pouted because she had nothing to wear. People all seem to be dressed alike in the morning fogs, at least so far as colors are con cerned. ' His Gooio Hangs High. The tailor should be a suitor brave, Because if his love is mute Ho does not tear 41s hair and rave, ' But presses a brand new suit The need can outgrow tbe nsef nl plant hut it feels the withering effects of the dronght first "If you can't see comfort in life pray for It The matr who is cut out for a criminal is bound to 'reach his goal. The deliberate man generally means what he says and says something when he speaks. A hastt advance generally means a dis orderly retreat , Wn,ME Winexb. , MIRTH0N TOP. Miss Huntington a lively Paul Jones Aunt Jack Spectacular Glories In the Twelve Temptations Variety In Several Styles. "Paul Jones," a comic opera in the proper meaning of tbe term, composed by Planquette, and more or less provided with English lines by H. B. Farnie, was played for the first time in Pittsburg last night at the Duquesno Theater. It was a success from the first bar to the last, and a large audience gave it a warm and spontane-onsly-approylng reception. But the opera it self was hardly so important asthe reappear ance of that finished and delightful singer. Miss Agnes Hnntlngton. If a voyage and sojourn In England would always result so hap pily as it has in tho case of Miss Huntington, it would be well for all our prime donne to cross the herring pond. Miss Huntington has not only brought back her deeply melodious voice, a contralto ot delicious quality, and great personal charms of figure and face, but also a stage character in which all of her personality and powers are shown to tbe greatest possible advantage. Paul Jones wonld never bave commanded the Ranger or the Bonhomme Richard it he bad possessed the good looks of this American girl who, a hundred years after his death, has taken his name, not In yam, but for its glorification. The bold sea captain would have idled his time away in Paris- or St Petersburg, as ho bad a sneaking desire to do anyhow. Bnt as a matter of fact the character of Paul Jones and tho plot of tho opera have little or no historical valne. That does not matter mncb, for the role is heroic picturesque and decidedly dramatic, and the story is lar more romantic and well-told than comic opera plots nsually are. Simply it is. in brief, the story of Paul Jones' courtshio of a 'pretty girl; his re jection by the girl's uncle on terms that compel him to leave her for three years and accumulate a million francs; his departure on a privateersman and return at the end of the three years jnst in the nick of time to snatch nis love from another suitor at the altar steps: his arrest through treachery and his subse quent escape and triumph including the win ning of the faithful Yvonne. As J-auIJonej Miss Huntington was the life ii Yt tw.? nm a-3he had little to do in the third and she sang all her soncs with great feeling and artistic finish, nearly everythinc sho sang was encored, the song "Ever My Own" being especially Pfetty and well received. The farewell duet in the first act and another duet in the last act. and tne closing aria and chorus in tbe second act were numbers of considerable beautv. in which Miss Huntineton and Miss Van Brez del, the soprano in the role of Yvonne, were heard to advantage. The entire score of the opera is in Planquette's brightest style! The ?i?r,e,?,ar.t notT"y numerous, and truth to JSJiMlr the excePtlouof two or three, not SES im r me,odys bnt they were sung last night with accuracy and capital spirit. The chorus is a large one and contains a sufficiency ?ni,uth a beauty as well as. vocal strength for the work In hand. nie.?nm? tno Dlece ls TerT md and a little stupid through two acts, but it bursts out !S , 15, acl with Boa results. Hallen Mostyn as tBouUlabatse. an old smuggler, a sort of cross between Dick Dtadeye and Cav'n i as we DaT0 saiddid not indulge' in JST .0l5eay' to ay Bre" extent till tno third act although he created from tne first an amnsine character. Bnt in the last act In tbe disguise of the "Mosquito King." an Indian chief, he was uproariously funny, and after a new fashion. The sone of the Mosquito King and his companion, Pierte, in disguise, also, was exceedingly ridiculous, and the whole situation, prolonged to somo lenztb. evoked roars of laughter. Mr. Herve D'Egvilleas Bicoquet had a share in a quaint duet tith Yvonne in the second act, which he performed well, bnt did little else or bad little else to do. Miss Fanny Wentworth also languished ma state of com parative obscurity until the last act, when she tripped through a Spanish variety of the skirt dance with great grace, and-in the interview with her husband, disguised as the Indian King, ber coquettish dalliance was very cute and laughable. A little song of hers about her "sabots" her wooden shoes Is a gem that the andience overlooked. The agility and grace of Mr. Thome as Don Trocadero made a small part prominent. Mr. Carl Mora was not an at tractive -RuJno. bnt as the latter is Paul Jones' rival that isn't of much consequence. The costuming is something of a revelation even in these days of lavish expenditure on comic opera. The shepherds and shepherdesses dressed a la Watteau in the second act made a very pretty pictnre in the dignified dance which they went through to a tuneful air, and the Spanish costumes of black and yellow, with the Spanish arms embroidered, and long black gloves, were very handsome. The scenery, ma rine views entirely, is very pretty, but the staee lights did not do it justice last night The audi ence called Miss Hnntlngton before the cur tain twice and in other ways marked their ap proval. The Wednesday matinee will be omitted this week, but the Saturday one will occur as usual. Panl Jones In Petticoats. No donbt the grave and generally baldbeaded city fathers of Pittsburg were unaware of a vision of beauty that they might have seen had they looked over ;from their chamber to the Hotel Duquesne yesterday afternoon. If they had known that Miss Agnes Huntington was surveying the Council Chamber with a good deal of curiosity from her parlor window in the hotel, the city's business interests might have suffered. Miss Huntington is merry, un affected, and unlike most prima donne, not overpoweringly self-conscious. You do not notice the dress she wears, but you are not likely to forget the charm of ber manner, as well as tho power of her eyes. But Pittsburgers do not need to be told this: tbey know it "The last time 1 was here." you might bavo heard ber say yesterday afternoon, "was when I was with the Bostonians my last performance here was in 'Mlgnon.' when that dear little Juliet Corden plaved the title role for the first time m her life. How nervous she was, to be sure! And then when she got off tbe wagon at ber first entrance sbe fell flat on her face, and scared all that was left ot her senses out of ber. But she succeeded bravely, though sbe bad an awful time with her boots later on she forgot tbat running about in stockings would make ber feet swell and sbe could hardly persuade her little feet to go into tbe boots." Then Miss Huntington went on to tell of her triumphs in London, where "Paul Jones" ran for a year, where she bad to hire four "growl ers," as tbey called tbe four-wheeled cabs in the English metropolis, on several occasions to carry home tbe bouquets and floral offer ings sent to ber, where everybody from royalty down, or up was it? to a poor ballet girl at tbe Alhambra worshiped her, and where she made valuable friends, such as tbe good Baroness Bnrdett-Contts. Miss Huntington liked tbe city and people tbat did ber honor, and though sbe is a good American at heart, still she will return to her own theater there next year. The theater is being built now. Since she bas played "Paul Jones." Miss Huntingdon has run across some interesting little sidelights upon the bold sailor's history. When sbe was playing in Philadelphia the other day. for instance, sbe receivedacall from Colonel Richard Dale, whose grandfather was Commodore Richard Dale,and at one time First Lieutenant to Paul Jones on the "Bonhomme Richard." Colonpl Dale showed her a beautlfnl gold-handled sword, which was given to Paul Jones in Paris, as an in scription tells, "From Louis XVL to the brave defender ot the freedom of tbo seas," and a medallion ot Panl Jones and some of his let ters. In New Orleans the descendants of another of Paul Jones' asssciates called upon Miss Huntington. One ot Panl Jones' biographers describes him as "a short thick, little fellow, about 5 feet 8 in heieht, of a dark, swarthy complex ion." But Miss Hnntlngton says that all the portraits of Paul she bas 6een represent him as being of a sandy, florid complexion, with hair of the Scottish tawny tinge. It is a fact how ever, that Miss Huntington is an inch taller than the sea captain whose boots sbe has as sumed, and it is no flattery to say that she is far better looking than Paul in his palmiest days, even when he strove to play the f up in Pans. , Grand Opera House. "Aunt Jack," as presented at the Grand Opera House last-evening, is an addition to the old school of farces rather than what it is stated to be, a farce comedy of the modern va riety. There is no reason in the play itself why thjs should bo so. Tbe absurdities of the incidents are not so wildly improbable tbat they need be carried off by making the stage presentation of tbe fun bo broadly farcical as to be beyond natural probability. The guffaw which Mr. Joseph Haworth makes one of the characteristics of his leading part might be toned down to the limits of natural comedy, and Miss Pfolliot Paget's jlunc Jack needbe only a little less obstreperous to be a very im pulsive and attractive character. But the ver dict of the presentation w as long aco fixed to be in favor of making tbe action farcical; and farcical, of course, it will remain as long as the play retains popularity enough to keep it on tbe boards. Tbere was lots of laughter in the old farces and "Aunt Jack" is fully up to that time hon ored standard. Hardly a five minutes was without its fun, and certainly no incident of tbe play passed without exciting tbe nsibilties of the auditors. This is not more due to the invention of absurd complications tbaojo the striking realization of tbe farcical possibilities of each character. Mr. Hawortb's Berkley Brue and MiS3 Paget's Auul Jack formed the central figures in the action. But Mr. Butler's Jvffln, Mr. Eberle's Colonel Ttaverjior, Mr. Ba ker's Lord at. John Bromp'on and Mr. Bow ser"s Justice tlundlc were each full of humor ous and original characterization. Tbe court scene, in Its utter burlesque of a trial, is strongly suggestive of the operative absurdi ties of "Trial by Jury?' but give Mr. Haworth the opportunity to develop a little of there fined comedy. In which the play inizkt be made richer,- by his mute misery at hearing the woman with whom be is in love, retail tbe story or the lovemaking to her. of the defend ant for whoin be is acting as counsel. While expressing, onr regret on artistic grounds tbat tbe action is not restrained from its excursions into the regions of broad farce, and kept nearer the standard of tbe touching little comedy "A Man oMhe World." with which tbe performance opens. It is no more than just to say tbat few farces have been bet ter played than this or afford more food for hearty and wholesome laughter. Bijou Theater. "The Twelve Temptations," re-written and re-arransed with many new and attractive features,-Is at the Bijou tbis week and tbere was "standing room only" when the curtains parted last night Tne charming mythological 'story of tbe elements with Its gnomes and sprites and queens of snow and sun is gor geously mounted and strongly cast The scenery, ot course, is all that conld be desired and tbe ballet superb. Mr. Gilmore has made the best of the spectacular romance, and the Pittsburg public appreciates it Tbe special ties interspersed in tbe programme are mostly new. Mr. Ed. J. Connelly as Snoro worked In any number of humorous sayings and ludicrous sit uations, and was frequently applauded. Tbe comedy duet "The Same Thing Over Acain," by Mr. Connelly and Miss Mamie Conway was tbe bit of tbe evening, and the clever couple were kept at it by tbe audience until tbe limit ot time was reached. Mr. Victor Cblado. tbe master of the ballet Is himself a very graceful dancer, and in the second act gave a most pleasing performance. Mile. Adele Camis carried off the t6rpsichorean honors of the evening. Her steps to "The Stir Spangled Banner" and other patriotic airs took the honse by storm. Tbe specialties by tbe Russian acrobats, tbe brothers Vladimir, and the aerial eymnasts. the Devores, were warmly received. The transformations were smoothly made, tbe ballets were all prettily arranged, the costumes were rich and the whole leaves little to be de sired in the line ot spectacular entertainment The Old-Tim o Ballet "Speaking of the ballet It seems to bave died out in tho last ten years," said the stage mana ger of "The Twelve Temptations" last night as he leaned against a wing and watched the many girls flitting past him. "Why, about 17 years ago, when Mr. W. J. Gilmore. our mana ger, was stage manager of the old circus house at Tenth and Callowhtll streets. Philadelphia, they at all times had a well-trained ballet lions. Blondowski was ballet master, and many are the girls he trained and drilled for beantiful and sometimes amusingballets. There was a comic one often put on in tbe holidays, the vegetable ballet, all of tbe girls made up to look as near as possible like carrots, beets, tur nips, etc. Then we used to put on an after piece called "Tbe Black Dwarf," when we used all the girls in a female seminary scene. Among tbe premiers were Lispo. Ehse, Bon fantl. tbe Clintopsisters and tho Star clrls. Ophelia and Susie. Annie Donnelly, Kitty Whitland. Kitty Smith, Frankie Christie and a score more I conld name Nearlvall are mar ried now and settled down, but that was a time when a good dancer got a splendid salary, and it was a big feature. Of course all managers make a feature of it but the theatre-goers bad their favorites and tho premier was showered with flowers and had a carriage waiting at tho stage door, v Wby, it was as good as a circus to see "Blon," as we all called Blondowski. tbe ballet master, breaking in a new ballet I re member beautiful girl tbat came to us from Boston. "Blon" tooK a dislike to ber and one time in a fit of anger told her she oueht to be a cook or a car driver. Well, she never got over it, for she was a good dancer and a nice girl, and soon after sbe took poison. We all went to her funeral," and the stage manager heaved a sigb. Harris Theater. One of tho best melodramas, presented by one of the best companies ever seen at this house, is tbe bill of fare for the present first half of this week. Joseph J. Dowliog and Sadie Has son in "The Red Spider" snrely caught on yes terday, and during the latter balf of tbe week with their favorite play, "Nobody's Claim," is to be given tbey can only complete the success they scored yesterday. While there are no weak spots in tbe company, there are several whose work is worth more than passing notice. For instance, Lewis Bloom is such a natural tramp tbat one naturally puts his hand in his pocket to get out a dime when Mississippi Dave appears on the stage. Then there are James S. and Katie Edwards, two old favorites who used to entertain Cincinnati audiences in the days of Stock companies. Otis Sbattuc is a good stage Chinaman, and tbe rest of the company fit easi ly into their allotted grooves. The scenery is the best seen at Hams' for many a day. and shows only too well how badly something of the kind is needed at this house. Academy of Music. The National Star Vaudeville Company holds theboards at Harry Williams', and is a pretty cood show as shows go.- Several old favorites may be recognized and a few now features of interest are introdnced. Tbe best "act" is that of Miss Lewis, wbo is a really pretty little lady, and gets through her startling handcuff opening business with complete success. Miss Lewis offers S150 to any Pittsburg detective or police man who can handcuff her so that she cannot get free without the aid of a key. J. CMed way does some wonderful trick jumping, wbile the Russell Brothers, in their old servant girl characters, fairly bring down the house. The performance winds up with an Interest ing series of views. illustrative of England. Ireland and Scotland. There was, however, one little hitch in this part of tbe sbow, Mr. Miller, wbo acted as guide, philosopher and friend, announced "A view of the Tower of London." Unfortu nately tbis view did not sbow np, but tbere came in its stead an excellent representation of tbe interior of St Paul's Cathedral. Mr. Miller must bave been startled: for be hur riedly added: "1 should have stated that this is the interior of tbe Tower of London." The English part of the andience laughed, but as the rest of the views were good the little event was soon forgotten. Harry Davis' Mnsenm. Christy's Mastodon Minstrels gave some very good specimens of old-fashioned minstrelsy at tbis house yesterday. It Is a strong aggregation ot singers and comedians, McAndrews, Wright Higgins and Thompson and tho Brilliant Quartet contributing tbe greater part of tbe lun and mesic respectively. "Tbe Song of the Steeole." sung by the quartet is particularly pretty, and other con certed numbers were well sung. In the curio hall. Buckskin Lew is throwing light upon Indian and Mormon life, assisted by Cowboy Chirlie and tbo Indian Chief, Shoshone. Ida Williams, tbe beauteous fat lady, and Princess Zianetta are also among the curiosities. World's Museum Theater. Tbe melodramatic attractions of "A Prisoner For Life" which was played yesterday at this honse proved to be very strong, for crowded houses were the rule. The company. Wolford & Robertson's, vbich plays the piece, is really a very fair one, and the performance of tbis con densed version of a popular melodrama is both excitinc and entertaining. In the curio hall tbere are several novelties also, including Fex Bender, a long-haired cowboy who can play the fiddle and spin yarns about the West with some saill. He has an interesting exhibitor Wes tern weapons, eta, also. Theatrical Notes. When Charles Bowser was playing the in terpolated American in "She" at the Bijou three seasons ago. Miss Huntington was one of the amused spectators at a matinee. It ban pens tbat she will be able to see Mr. Bowser again this week in a far better role. The appointment of Mr. Harry Fulton upon the managerial staff of the Duquesne Theater will be generally welcomed in Pittsburg, and especially by tbe newspaper men with whom he has been and will hereafter be brought in con tact. Miss Huntington has a pretty little black and tan terrier that answers to tbe odd name of "Detto," which stands In Italian for "Given." The dog was given to Miss Huntington in Eng land. No seats will be set aside at tbe Bijou for tbe Kendal engagement prior to the regular box office sale, which will begin next Tuesday. The appearance ot Mr. Haworth in comedy is not liicely to occur again for some time, as that able actor will star in tragedy next year. Theater parties to the number of four or five attended last night's performance of "Paul Jones." EXAHmiHG THE WATCHES. -Inspecting Timepieces of Panhandle .Engi neers and Conductors. The semi annual examination of the watches of tho conductors and engineers on tbe Pan handle was made yesterday by J. R. Reed, tbe market street jeweler. If the watches are con demned the owners most buy new ones, and if out of fix tbe timepieces are repaired. There were 40 watches to be examined on tbe Pittsburg division, Tbe trainmaster keeps a record and description of all tbe watches. The Mote and the Beam. Omaha World-Herald.l England is criticising our Indian policy and with good reason. It la almost as bad as Eng land's Irish policy. CDE10DS CONDENSATIONS. A man in Lancaster county, Pa., catches rabbits with a hook and line. In Italy G3 per cent of the population are unable to read and write. An Oroville, Cal., man keeps thieves from bis orange trees by tying cow bells to them. At the beginning of the new year, in Paris, everyone is expected to put on a new suit of clothes. There are 1.000 unclaimed Christmas presents in the New York postoffice because of tbe senders' carelessness. Artificial eyes are supplied to all the world from Tburingia, Germany. Nearly all tho grown Inhabitants of some of the villages aro engaged in their manufacture. The stupidest man in New York is a member of three fasbionablo clubs, and is mncb petted by mothers with marriageable daughters. His income Is S50.0U0 a year. The Macon, da., police force has re ceived an addition. His name is Borrows; he is "a cousin of tbo daring but deceased Rube, and he measures lust 6 feet SJi inches high in hU stocking feet" One of the city school teachers at Abi lene was frightened into hysterics by a toy snake in tbe bands of a bad boy tbe other day. She bas not entirely recovered from the shock yet neither has the boy. Hedgehogs are occasionally cannibal istic, tbe larger ones, when hard np for a din ner, chasing tbe smaller at a wonderful rate, and devonrmgtbem without sauce or mercy when caught and conquered. It is generally supposed tbat the life of a bird is not very long, buta pet yellow bird be longing to Mrs. E. R. Haynes, of Monson, Me., tbat recently died, was taken from its nest in tbe field in tbe summer of 1S7 Clinton. Ga., has a freak. It is a man with an iron jaw. Aaron Harris, of African descent, has thrust himself into famo by lifting 400 pounds dead weight with his teeth. He yanks a barrel of flour as if it was a feather. Charlie Griffith, of Athens, Ga., has a queer curiosity in tbe shape of a pipe. Tho bowl is fashioned ont of a costly variety of brierwood, while tne stem was taken from the leg of some lordly gobbler ot the days of long ago. Dr. "Widner, of California, who has lived among the Indians for 30 years, says no white man can hope to eqnal their physical de velopment The averace Indian boy of 15 can bear more fatigue than an athlete among white men. One of the greatest marvels of all the rich possessions of the Maharajah ot Baroda is a carpet, about ten feet by six. mado entirely of strings of pearls, with center and corner pieces of diamonds. "The carpet took three years to weave and cost 20O,WXX" Drittwood is in great demand for open fires among fashionable dwellers by the sea, because the. remains of old copper nails and perhaps chemical substances from tbe sea water cause it to bum with a brilliant green flame tbat is very beautiful. "Wisconsin atjd Minnesota appear to be doing well in tbe way of the formation of school libraries. During tbe past year the two States have established over 1.200. The books for each of these libraries are selected from a list prepared by the State Superintendent Some preachers put their listeners asleeo with dreamy discourses; bnt the Rev. David Kaufiman, ot Indiana, reverses this, and puts himself asleep while in the pulpit. Wbile apparently asleep and unconscions, it is said that he delivers sermons of amazing elo quence. The velocity of sound in air at low tem peratures bas recently been measured by de termining tbe interval between the flash of a gun 12.8 meters distant and tbe report The velocity ot sound diminishes 0.603 meter per second for each degree (centigrade) or rise In temperature. The increased tariff has given a lift to tbe hop industry, and It bids fair to be, in this respect, of great advantace to Maine farmers, many of whom have made lots "Of money on hops in bygone years. Hops built up a Maine village or two. but there has been no money la raising them of late. Tbe finest furs come from those animals tnat Inhabit the coldest climates, and the sea son of the year in which any of them are killed greatly influences the quality ot the fur. a summer skin of some of these animals being comparatively valueless, bowerer excellent it might be in the if inter season. Spectacles were invented just 600 year ago. The useot glass to aid the sight of de fective eyes is, however, much older. Nero looked through a concave glass in watching tbe gladiatorial games, and many other histor ical men of his day were dependent on similar devices for lengthening their sight Henry Lasker, 17 years old, living near Wathena, Kan had an almost miraculous es cape from deatb. a few days ago. in the waters of the Missouri. He fell through the Ice while skating and was carried beneath tbe ice for SO feet, where he emereed into clear water, from which he was rescued in an exhausted con dition by some companions. Mrs. Mary A. Grant, a widow who owns a place in Oxford village, bas raised 50 bushels of tine potatoes, 3 bushels of beans and consid erable garden truck tbe past year, doing nearly all the planting, boeing and barvesting herself. Her land is by no means the most productive in the vicinity, and she is quite well advanced in years, having several grandchildren. Leando Galindo, believed to be the last member of a once noted Spanish California family, died in the Alameda County Infirmary last week. The Gallindos once owned about bait of Alameda county, including the site of tbe present ciiy ot Oakland. He was a squirrel hnnterand lived on tbe bounty of 3 cents a pelt that he received from the county. During the Hungarian revolution in 1849, 4.0 prisoners of war were thrown into a deep pool near Hermannstadt A few weeks ago the bodies were recovered, after an im mersion of 41 years, and they were in a perfect state of preservation, their organs unchanged in form, color or conslstance. It is supposed the minerals in the water passed in solution through the pores and had a preservative ellect upon the internal organs, as well as upon the entire body. Over a million pounds of haddock were smoked In one establishment in Portland last year. "Why is it that the haddock is so much nicer than other fish when smoked. A smoked cod or hake, or pollock or cusk, is not good, neither is a salted haddock. Tbe flesh has so much moro water in it than the others that when salted it shrinks to almost nothing. For the same reason probably it is better tban tbe others when smoked. During that process ic shrinks one-balfits weight Fishermen used to greet the appearance ot a haddock on their hooks with oaths and the fish were thrown back into the wateras-one would treat a scnl pin. They wrre considered valueless. Noir they are as much sought after as tbe cod itself, and are used for chowders as well as for smok ing. They are caught with trawls. BITS OF HTJMOK. The Nebraska Legislature can be pulled for keeping a disorderly house Scut Orleans Picayune. Marriages are called "matches" because they are sometimes followed by scratching-. jru Orleans tfeio Delta. It is said that the pairs will no longer be good In the Senate, because Idaho holds over with, threeoraklnd." Minneapolis Journal. Lillv Aren't these oysters good, Bessl Bessie Welt. I should say. I used to make Taa of the JSewYork ftlrla for litlnir counts o much, but if all New York counts are like these I don't wonder they are after them all the time. Chicago Times. She "Think of it! A Boston girl read InganessayonBismarckt Did she think him a man of blood and iron?" He "I suppose so. She alluded to him fre quently as the chalybeate chancellor." Detroit iTee Press. The operations of the Chicago bankers have driven the buriclars of tbat eity to despera tion. They have resorted to overhauline lawyers' offlces. Washington Post. It was a happy inspiration that led the Selectmen of a Waldo county town, having no lockup, to employ tbo pound as a resort for drunken revellers. Letciston, He., Journal. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said: "Were 1 rewarded as my worth; I'd own the big and bloomln' earth?" India napoits Journal. An Arab wbo has lost his teeth probably peaks only cum Arabic Buffalo Express. In countenance she's comely And In Intellect she's brlzht Eat she might as well be homely, . . For she talks from morn to night And the features sweet and winning t -Tbatso many graces show Are lost sight of wben she's chinning, -And sh cannot get a ben. -' StmorXFTUtt i X.&a&.a Mifc A. h:j' sf i '"'Ham ' UaMEBC&qaaalEa 'lllffKsSBSKBtisWm -
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