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TKIUIS OF TIIE DISl'ATCH. rosTAnn riux ix the united states. 1UH.T Dispatch. Onelear J J Dailt Disi'atcu, l"er Quarter -j Daily DKr-ATcii, one Month.... - ? Daily Dlsr-A-icu. Including Sunday, 1 year. 10 00 Daily DltrATCH, lncludlncSunday,3m'ths -50 DAILY DisrATCU. Including fcundiy. lra'th 90 M'NDAY Dispatch, One ear Ijj Welkly Dispatch, one car 12 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Scents per week, orlncludlns bundaj edition, at if cents per w eek. WnSBUUG. WEDNESDAY. JAN. 14. 1891. A SHARP DIPLOMATIC MOVE. The course of the Salisbury Government in bringing before the United States Su preme Court the international dispute as to theght of the United States to capture sealing vessels in the open waters of Bering Sea, is probably one of the most novel and original moves ever taken in the diplomatic game. While the result may be doubtml, it certainly displays an originality, and com bines so many aspects of an appeal to the judicial fairness of American institutions and reliance on the legal rights of the Brit ish case as to compel the general recogni tion that it is a masterly move, and one quite beyond the level of ordinary diplo macy. In its bearing on the recent fencing over a proposed arbitration, it puts the British Government in a decidedly advantageous position as regards its pacific attitude. By this step the Salisbury Cabinet practically says to the world, that it is not only willing to arbitrate, but is so determined to arbi trate that it accepts an American court as the arbitrator, and brings the action in order to force the arbitration in that tribunal. As public opinion is of the greatest weight on both sides of the ocean, in this issue, it puts our own State Department in a corner. It can hardly take the attitude of refusing to sub mit to the decision of our own courts a ques tion which England takes there. Yet the professed fairnefs of the .English move is rather superficial. A decision by our courts in lavorof E lgland would bind our Govern ment; a decision in favor of the American claim would technically bind the English Government to nothing. The perception of this tact does not detract from the masterly nature of the move; but it is evident that the prop "' t ion is not necessarily a finality. There is even more of the element of pleasing au 'acity in the character of Lord Salisbury's move as a practical appeal from the State Department's law to the Supreme Court's law. The unspoken intimation that the State Department has been indulging iu arguments that were faulty, and that the Englibh Government is content to have the case cleared of that class of matter by pro ceedings under the laws and before the courts of the United States, has a cool deliciousness about it that must evoke the applause even of our most ultra anglophobists. Tim Dis patch is not an admirer of Tory policy; but it must recognize this original step, :.s n pretty sharp turn on our State Depart ment, On the legal aspects of the case there is room lor the widest divergence of opinion. It might well be doubted that our Supreme Court will hesitate to take jurisdiction over international disputes. The most fatal ob jection to such jurisdiction is that already pointed out that the decision of the court can bind but one party, excepting by the consent of all. Vet, on the other hand, there is plenty of constitutional authority for jurisdiction of the courts in such cases. The jurisdiction of the United States Courts is stated by the Constitution to extend "to controversies to which the United States shsll be a party," and to treaties, which latter are declared to be "the supreme law of the land." The construction oi treaties protecting vessels on the high seas from search and seizure is the vital point in the issue which the British Cabinet submits to our Supreme Court. In fact, when the com plications of the question of jurisdiction are added to those surrounding the dispute as a matter of international law, the whole sub ject is in fair way to be permanently mired in a morass of legal disputes and judicial doubts. Finally it is to be observed that Lord Salisbury submits to our courts only that mare clausum claim, which no one in this country really believes in, and which Sec retary Blaine no longer insists on; while he carefully avoids the more reasonable claim of our Government that we got the exclusive rights to the seals from Russia, and that Great Biitain should, for the mutual inter est of both countries, join in an agreement for the protection of the seals from extinc tion. But if there is any inconvenience to the State Department in this, it is to blame for it It brought it on itself by at the start combining its case with the plea that a body of water more open thau the Gulf of Ne w loundland, or the German Ocean, was ab solutely a closed sea. NEBRASKA'S AGONY PROLONGED. Nebraska's political muddle is a very seri ous one. The contending parties show un flinching determination to hold to all they have as long as possible. There is, how ever, a prospect for settlement of the con troversy, though a rather distant one. The Supreme Court has issued a summons for Governor-elect Boyd to answer to the bill filed by ex-Governor Thayer, which will settle the question of the right to the Guber natorial office. The hearing may be post poned for five weeks, under the law, and in the meantime the Legislature will do no business. The deadlock is expensive and aggravating, and, worse still, does not appear to have any compensating features when it shall De broken. BOOMERANG RATHER THAN" CLUB. A very interesting discovery in the line cf political schemes has been made by the Philadelphia Bulletin, in connection with the postal telegraph bill. It is that the bill will be held over till the next Congress, uhereitis alleged it will be used "as a club to force the "Western Union Company to support the Democratic ticket in 1892." The telegraph company, it is asserted, 'would be no contemptible ally in a Presi dents! campaign, and "as the next Congress will be overwhelmingly Democratic the scheme looks feasible," says the Republican commentator, in whose editorial columns the discovery of the interesting project is brought to our notice. This statement of the scheme by the Re publican organs certainly credits the Demo cratic managers with a great deal of astute ness; bnt it is hardly feasible. In the first place, it puts too much faith in the power ot the Democratic lead ers to credit them with the ability to prevent a Republican Congress from passing a postal measure urged by a Re publican Postmaster General in order that the Democrats may profit by it in a succeed ing Congress. Next the success of the scheme depending on the accuracy of the statement that the next Congress is "over whelmingly Democratic," would be likely to be seriously damaged by the fact that in the next Congress the Senate will hare a Republican majority and a Republican President will have the veto power over any law that Congress might pass. Itmaybe possible the Democratic managert have the degree of ability which induces this Re publican Congress to refrain from passing a measure in order that the Democrats may have its use in the future as a political club; but to suppose that they can make the Senate in the next Congress pass a measure and induce President Harrison to sign it, unless the "Western Union will agree to throw its support against them, can only be fully characterized in the mathematical orthography of the late A- "Ward. It is "2 mutch." Finally the certainty of the Republican organs that the postal telegraph bill can be used as a club over the "Western Union, and the recognition of the value of that company's aid in 1892, is likely to have a reflex action on the fact that the present Con gress which is Republican in both branches has omitted to pass the bilL Do our in discreet but organic cotemporaries fail to perceive that the only pertinence of their discovery is in inrnishing a hypothesis by which to explain the determination last week that the postal telegraph bill should not be reported from committee? As the present Congress is the only one in which the "club" scheme could work, it must be concluded that the allege club is of the boomerang variety. NO OUTCOME TO IT. Senator Hiscock's argument for the Sher man bill for the issue of 200,000,000 of two per cent bonds as a basis lor bank circula tion, that it would really be a one per cent loan for the Government as the banks would pay back one per cent in tax on cir culation is quoted approvingly by the New York Commercial Advertiser. Con. cerning the Senator's further declaration when asked why all the outstanding bonds should not be exchanged for two per cents, that he was in favor of it, the same journal says: "No stroke financial could be made which would in like manner command the admiration of the world." This looks very nice on paper; but there are practical difficulties. If the banks can get no more than one per cent interest out of their investment in bonds to secure circula tion what reason is there to think that they will take out fresh circulation to the tune of 5200,000,000? If the profit on circu lation is great enough to induce them to do so, why should they not do so on the present bonds, which, at ruling quotations, are a little better than a 2 per cent investment? The only way to make United States bonds stimulate bank circula tion is to pay a better rate of interest than the low one which is represented by the present quotation on Government bonds. As to the conversion of the present bonds into 2 per cents, on terms which will be to the advantage of the Government, that is the merest nioonchin as long as the holders have the privilege of saying whether they will make the exchange ornoi. In a matter like this involving the rate of interest to be paid on a ftated debt, what one side gains the other must lose. If the Treasury does not offer a premium to make the old bonds yield an interest of less than two per cent, the bondholders will not make the exchange. The Government, therefore, in order to re place the 4 per cents with 2s must lose what ever inducement is necessary to make bond holders assent to it, plus the cost of the transaction. "Whenever the point is reached where the Treasury can, tinder the contract, call in the bonds, and when it has not the cash on hand to pay them off entirely, then the refunding can be made advantageously. Until then, it is idle to talk of gaining anything by an exchange which can only be effected by putting the in ducement on the other side. Concerning the further argument of the Commercial Advertiser that there should be an increased use of first-class securities like Government bonds, as a basis for circulating medium, there is no objection to be made. But in view of the dwindling total and low rate of interest on Government bonds, those securities can only be made attractive to the banks by making them a present of increased interest at the cost of the people. As that would condemn the whole system, the only alternative is to look elsewhere for securities of greater volume and lower but practically secure standing. THE OTHER SIDE OF, THE CASE. The question of capital punishment has been brought up in Massachusetts by its opponents in connection with the fact that while murderers have been under sentence of death in that State, other murders have beeu committed, says one of the journal istic assailants of capital punishment. Says a cotemporary: According to the theory of the advocates of the death penalty, the fact that James Palmer was awaiting execntion in the New Hampshire State prison should have made human life secure within our borders, at least for a time, but the truth is it did nothing of the kind. In the legal interval between his sentence and the date fixed for his last short walk to the gallows, Isaac Sawtelle planned and deliberately carried out one of the foulest murders in the history of the State. "We do not believe that any advocate of capital punishment ever held that the execu tion of criminals, much less their being held under a sentence which mayor may not be carried out a year hence, will absolutely prevent anyone else from committing' crime. But it is the argument that it estab lishes a deterring influence; and that deter ring influence is certainly not disproved by the facts which are cited from New Hamp shire. Indeed, since the anti-capital pun ishment people are disposed to rely so im plicitly on the facts of one or two isolated cases, it is pertinent to point to them that none of the criminals referred to are hanged yet; and that the protracted delay in the execution of the sentences permits a belief among the criminal and violent classes, like that which gave rise to many homicides in this county, that "hanging is played out" But another claim is made- by the sup porters of capital punishment which its op ponents ignore. That is that capital pun ishment will prevent at least the executed criminals from committing any more mur ders. It so happens that one of the cases which these opponents of capital punish ment cite affords a very good illustration of the importance of this. Sawtelle had al ready been subjected to the reformatory in fluences of imprisonment, and had as is fre quently the case been set frae under the be lief that he was a reformed man. Accord ing to the logia above quoted, if imprison ment prevents murders the crime which Sawtelle committed should have been im possible; but it was not. The lesson is very plain that a surer way to prevent this crim inal from more murders is to execute him. It is to be suggested also that a prompter application of the death penalty is likely to be more effective. The present practice of letting so long a time elapse between the crime and punishment, that people forget what the punishment is for, should be re formed, IRON AND COKE. Some signs of strength have been notice able iu the Eastern iron market since the shutting down of furnaces in the South and the Shenango and Hocking valleys. There is considerable talk in the East, however, of a shut down there. It is proposed to make a general movement against the coke pro ducers by the shut down and force them to accept lower prices. The coke men have proposed a sliding scale based on the price of iron, hut this is not satisfactory to the Eastern furnace men. There are some seri ous phases about the question, bnt the gen erally good outlook for business promises that all signs of trouble will vanish in an era of prosperity before midsummer. "Ai.ii the pretty theories with which we have for a couple ot years pleased ourselves to the effect that the winters were growing mild er, and that the seasons were becoming more like those of less exalted latitudes, have during the past fortnight been very much at a dis count," remarks the Boston Courier. It may be so in Boston; but in Pittsburg, notwith standing the general impression that we have had a great deal of winter, the fact remains on the thermometrical records that, with winter half gone, we have bad very little really cold weather. There has been a good deal of steady mild winter; but the thermometer has yet to make its first fall within 15 of the zero point If the next two months have nothing severer in store, Pittsburg will have had a mild winter, though different from the usual soft variety. The King of Portugal is to have the Gar ter conferred on him by the English Govern ment, and the Duke of Clarence will be charged witi the duty of putting it on. A garter as a recompense for a slice of African territory does not look like a bad bargain for the English: but if Portugal Is satisfied no one else need com plain. Concerning a report that Rider Hag gard is going to write an Aztec story, the Buf falo Express says: "The literary world has had enough of Ned Buntline stories, and it is no im provement to make the barbarian characters negroes or Aztecs, instead of Indians." Yet the sales of Air. Haggard's previous stories not to speak of Mr. Janvier's "Aztec Treasure House" would indicate that the world, wheth er literary or otherwise, is able to take consid erable more of the class of stories which pos sess adventure and incident, and are sot wholly eventless. The banks on both sides of the Red river for miles are disappearing. This is a change from the more common practice of the assets disappearing; and the departure from the usual rule is made the more striking because all these banks went Into liquidation. There could hardly be a greater compli ment than the conversion of Mr. Andrew Car negie's name into a verb, as was the case with Captain Boycott, only with a much more pleas ant significance. The New York Press says that Mr. Huntington has "carnegied" the vil lage ot Westchester, and explains that to "Car negie" a town means to present it with a free library. Who will be the next millionaire to earn tame for his name by making it signifi cant of public benefaction? Lord Salisbury's move in taking up the sealing dispute to the United States Court on a writ of error from the State Department is more complimentary to our court of last re sort than it is satisfactory to our diplomatic agencies. The Senate Pension Committee has re ported the pension appropriation bill with an amendment raising the ponsiun attorneys' fees to So, which the House had previously reduced to 82. In connection with the other Senate committees' report in favor of a bill legalizing pooling this affords pretty good reason for be lieving that if any work has to be done either for the pension attorneys' ring or for the corpo rations, the Senate committees are prepared to doit Now that the gas companies have been warned by the courts that they must not let their salt water run out of their wells, they may diligently search for some methods of making the gas run out instead. Senator Teller's reported declaration that $100,000,000 is an insignificant sum, when it is proposed to have the Government pnt it in the Nicaragua Canal, makes it evident that other snms, smaller and more insignificant, should bo used in giving this country internal water communication, before conferring any such trifles on foreign lands. Perhaps the J20.000.000 capital of that "Western airship company is founded on the belief that riches, especially of the paper sort, have wings. Senator Harwell has announced that he has decided to "quit talking." The decision is a commendable one; but it wonld have been much more to Senator Farwell's advantage, in the way of preserving a political reputation, if he had quit talking before he commenced to make an exposure of the motives which govern his pnblic life. PEBTINENT PERSONALITIES. Prince Georqe of Wales will soon start for Jamaica, where he will open the exhibition the last ot this month. W. C. Dismukes, the new President of the Tennessee State Senate, is SS years of age. He is a lawyer by profession and served with credit in the lower House last year. ' Mb. Marion Crawford is so worn out by brain work that he has been compelled to seek health at the hot baths ot Tiflis, in Asiatic Russia. Mrs. Emily Todd Helm, aunt of the Hon. Robert Lincoln, and widow of a Confederate General, has been reappointed for her third term as postmistress at Elizabethtown, Ky. Mrs. Thomas a. Hendricks, widow of the late Vice President Hendricks, will read a paper before the National Council of Women, to meet in Washington on the -2d of February. M. Ribot. French Minister of Foreign Af fairs, referring to the Newfoundland fishery question, says his fellow countrymen may count upon naval protection in pursuing their avocation. Henry George is rapidly recovering from his touch of aphasia an impairment of the power to convey ideas by speech or written signs and will In about a week go to Bermuda for further rest Mrs. Edison, the inventor's wife. Is 25 years old. She is ot medium height and has a plump figare. Her complexion is olive, her month firm and her eyes a shade' darker than her hair, which is brown, abundant and wavy. Lxland Stanford is the richest man in California. His wealth is now estimated at 550,000,000. He was born in ew York, became a lawyer in Wisconsin and went to California with the Argonauts in 1S49, The talk of mak ing him the Farmers' Alliance Presidental can didate has no agricultural basis. Francis Coffee, the French writer, is now in bis 60th year, and lives with his sister An nette in a secluded street in Paris. Ooppee's first name is frequently written "Francois," but that is improper. He writes it "Francis," and most of the cyclopaedias and biographical dictionaries give it that way, expressly correct ing the popular error. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. The burlesque actress and the ballet man age to keep a tight hold on the public. Frivolous, aren't weT It's a hop, skip and jump now over the old roadway our fathers and their fathers trod with deliberation and resignation. The river is Men. the stream is wide, the current Is swift and the boat is grand, so we sail away on the sea of night, on the ocean of day, without exam ining the papers of the pilot, with out closely scanning the chart without counting the life preservers, without inspect ing the steam gauges, without looking at the barometer, without overhauling the lifeboats or untangling the life lines. Care seems to perch high and sorrow is sent to the bold. With batches battened down, the weather side of the ship protected from sudden gusts and combers, we snuggle down in the saloon and, wrapped in the thought-proofcloak woven by pleasure the woof joy, the warp sorrow defy the ele ments which give life while destroying it Some, ot course, dive down, but most of us are satisfied to dip our wings in' the froth of the sea and dry our wet feathers in the sun bathed air. The divers get the. pearls, to be sure, but who wears themT Why, those who stand on the shore and smell the flowers, pick up the shells, scrawl their names in the sand, build mud forts for the sun to harden and the waves to wash away, of course. One labors, the other plays; one fasts, the other feasts: one pats the mold around the roots of the plant, the other crushes the petals and inhales the sweet odors; one thinks, the other enjoys the thought; one strives, the other thrives; one lives, the other dies. And so life goes and flows so it binds and weaves. He who handles the shuttle and colors the yarns makes the soft carpet on which others tread noiselessly. He who dives down to the pearls and opens the shells lets you polish, string and set them. So both are satis fled. Like children with a new toy, the pos sessor is no better off than his associates who enjoy it Hence all are satisfied. We haven't got time to think about the struggle which its production may have cost or what we would have missed had it been lost In Its en joyment all else is forgotten. Frivolous sailors we on life's wide, rough sea, caring not how, where or when tbo anchor is dropped, so long as tho winds blow free and we ride on the crest of the wave, whose white foam hides the grave. The average legislator does not believe that one good act deserves another. The battle ground has been shifted from Pine Ridge to New Orleans. The Louisiana author ities should surround the savages and force them to surrender. Johnnt Bull has turned the tables on Blaine, and transferred the Bering Sea snarl from diplomatic to court circles. The justices are expected to render a sealed verdict The prize-fighter who cannot write always makes bis mark by dotting the eyes. It looks as if Fadlowskl had gone to meet Tascott The signal of distress is flying all over old Europe, but the horn of plenty is still with young America. Here the food is not taken out of the mouths of the hungry to feed courtiers and soldiers. The poor do not need looking-glasses to see themselves starve to death. A good penman can scratch his way through the world. The State Legislature has recognized the weaker sex. It has selected a corps of scrub women. Kisses sent in letters by lovers are undoubt edly hollow mockeries. The needle has an eye for business. , Off With the Old, on With the New. A bird on a bough chirped a mournful lay, Te-wit te-wot, tee-woo; For his mate came not in the livelong day, Te-wit te-wot tee-rool What will lone birdie dor Above his perch hung an empty nest, Te-wit, te-wot, tee-wool She cometb not and the sun sinks west, Te-wit, te-wot tee-rool The wind sweet blossoms blew. The blossoms fell on the singing stream, Te-wit te-wot, tec-woo! A shower of pearls in birdie's dream, Te-wee, te-dee, tee-too! . His song less mournful grew. ' "Why should I grieve for a missing matef Te-twit te-tweet, tee-tee! There are new loves by the hedgerow gate, Te-twit, te-tweet, tee-tee: I'll pine no more for thee!" He plucked his heart from the empty nest, Te-twit te-tweet tee-tee! And flew with it to a new redbreast, Te-twit tweet-tweet, de-dee, "No grave through grief for mef ' Some dresses are dreams, and some of those who wear them are dreamers. There's surely something betwitchlcg back of the mysterious line, "The Witch of Praoce," now appearing in The Dispatch, Tho mystery will doubtless soon be solved. The pug practices what he preaches, even if he does run a risk of being knocked down. Senator Vance has been re-elected, but Ingalls is still wondering if politics is an iri descent dream. Most anyone, with the aid of a glass, can see a menagerie in due time. The women who want to dress like men will decide to stick to skirts if they only take the trouble to gaze on the awkward, grapeviny ap pearance of the home ballet which frequently supports the trained coryphees in the dazzling spectacular. Never Barred Oat No matter how crowded the car. And you're squeezed till you scarce can grunt You'll hear above jangle and jar, "There'B plenty of room up in front!" Butchers are frequently out of joint England gave us our law, and sho Is furnishing some more pointers in international practice. So Pennsylvania is to have a Constitutional Convention. All who believe in the efficacy of prayer should exclaim, "God save the Con stitution!" Instead of wading through blood the soldiers at Pino Ridge are wading through snow, hence "white-winged peace" is a fit term for head-liners. Mayor Godrley Is making some appropri ate and cutting remarks about appropriations. The canyons around the Sioux reservation are now guarded by cannons. The muzzle of a revolver is the best muzzle to apply to a mad dog. On January S the Washington correspondent of The Dispatch sent an interesting story of some diplomatic goings-on during the new year receptions. Yesterday morning the old friend, dressed in new and well-padded clothes, reappeared in the columns of a cotemporary, labeled "special 'from a staff correspondent" The correspondent must have walked from Washington, and, being footsore, was com pelled to use a staff. Couldn't Miss It They stood at the gate, 'neatb starry sky, She drank in his words of bliss. "Sweet little miss, now do not be shy, There's nothing wrong in a kiss." , Then she looked up with a roguish eye And said, as she smothered a little sigh: "Surely 'twill not be amiss." Some women who enter in the race of life manage to win by a neck. 'Will the churches refuse Emma Abbott's stage-earned bequests? If consistency Is the Jewel it Is cracked up to be those divines who have scored the drama and are remembered in her will should shove the gold aside. Poor Lo evidently believes that discretion is the better part ot valor, and is scrubbing off bis war paint, A lec can pass in Allegheny Councils quicker than a motion. Foraker and Halstead have been kal somined by the Dallot box investigators. The coat is very thin, and hardly hides the mud, however. after enjoying what most people call a good time you feel bad. The late lamented Emma Abbott's legacies are object lessons of the benefits of judicious advertising. The mission of the Indians now is sub mission. A Habit They Have. The gay girls in the ballet look well, Especially those in front rows, But they cannot help breaking the spell By turning their eyes to their toes. It's no trouble for a good violinist to scrape up an acquaintance. The impecunious business man is a per sistent autograph hunter. The signatures he secures always appear on the back of notes, however. Quay evidently believes that the Force Bill can be killed by force. The pen Is mightier than the jimmy when it comes to breaking a bank. It Is always hit or Miss with the unlucky flirt " Salisbury evidently imagines that by tak ing the seal dispute to the Supreme Court he will get Uncle Sam in Chancery. Defew must want something. He's taff ying the reporters. Willie Winkle. POSTAL TELEfJBAPH BILL, Postmaster General Wanamaker "Wants the Measure Fashed. "Washington, Jan. 13. With the approval of the Committee on Postofflces and Postroads, Chairman Bingham has made public the follow ing letter from Postmaster General Wana maker, addressed last Friday to Reresentative Evans, the Chairman of the sub-Committee on Postal Telegraph: "I learn with great pleasure that you intend, as Chairman of the sub-Committee on Postal Telegraph, to ask the general committee to-day to vote upon the question of reporting the bill to the House. The long time that has elapsed since the hearing before the committee began, and widespread public interest In the question as evidenced by the communications to the de partment, seem to warrant the expectation that early action will be taken. Anv decision of your committee will at least let the people know where postal telegraphy stands. "I find in the records of the Forty-seventh Congress the able report of Mr. Bingham to the House of Representative favoring postal telegraphy, which I append because it is so full ot information showiug how the Western Union came to get its great power, and the need of some intervention in the people's be half. It is trne the argument is in favor of the buying or building of telegraph lines, but all the arguments apply with equal force to the bill now under consideration by your com mittee. I call your special attention to the fol lowing paragraph as germane to the present time, as much so as if written yesterday: " 'Objection has always been made by the Western Union Telegraph Company to the es tablishment of a postal telegraph system con trolled by the United States Government in connection with the postoffice service of the country, and sundry attempts at the establish ment ot such postal system have been defeated by the interposition of agencies and influences unknown to your committee.' "I have the honor to be, etc." Mr. Bingham to-day said that the bill which tbo above letter refers was not introduced by Mr. Evans until the 12th of December last E. B. 'M. AND JT. O. B. Lord Salisbury's Move la tho Supreme Court Is a Dazzler. Philadelphia Times. H. B. M.'bas played a pretty sharp turn on J. G. B. Our great Secretary of State is not ac customed to take his law from the Supreme Court or anybody else, and especially his inter national law; be just makes it for himself. He has been engaged for tho past two years iu making some of the most original international law ever known. The idea of having it reviewed by the Supreme Court is nothing less than a British outrage. It looks as though this new turn in the Ber ing Sea controversy would bother Brother Blaine a good deal unless, ot course, he can persuade the Supreme Court to take his view ot the maritime jurisdiction ot the United States. This would not compel Great Britain to accept the same view, but it would be a feather in his cap at home. If the Supreme Court should adhere to the old-fashioned view, the present diplomatic position of the United States will be rendered more difficult than ever. H. B. si., or Lord Salisbury representing her, is as sly as J. G. B. himselt AN IDEAL APPOINTMENT. Judge Acheson Qualified In Every Way for the Circuit Bench. Philadelphia Press. Judge Acbeson's promotion from the Dis trict Judgeship to the Circnit bench would be an ideal appointment, considered apart from the claims of locality. His fitness for such a position has been amply attested. Since be surrendered the largest practice at the Pitts burg bar to become a United States District Judge he has shown that he possesses not only great legal learning and sound judgment in ap plying it, but what is rarer in successful lawyers,the judicial temperament which makes practice before his court a pleasure for real lawyers. If he is appointed It is hoped that he will take up his residence in the business center of the district, instead of compelling the lawyers of the Eastern District to continue the pil grimage to Western Pennsylvania which they have been obliged to undertako for 21 years be cause of the residence, during that period, ot the Circuit Judge at the extreme Western border ot the circuit CARDINAL GIBB6KS ON TEE SCHOOLS. He Writes an Important Letter at the Re quest of the Pope. Baltimore, Jan. 13. Cardinal Gibbons' at tention was to-day called to the information cabled from Rome to the effect that he had written an important letter to the Pope on the political bearings of the school question in the United States, the same being in answer to the Pope's desire for the Cardinal's opinion, a num ber of communications having been sent to the Yatican regarding the famous educational dis course ot Bishop Ireland. Cardinal Gibbons admits that be wrote such a letter, but states that it is not for publication at present Mr. Blaine's Reciprocal Activity. Boston Globe. We appear to be In some danger of a relig ious war with Spam, and of a very irreligious war with Great Britain. DEATHS OF A DAY. Colonel J. M. Eddy. 1USADE5A, CAL Jan. 13. Colonel J. M. Eddy, General Manager and receiver of the Internation al and Great northern Railroad, died in this city yesterday of hemorrhage of the Inngs. Colonel Eddy arrived here In a private car on December 17 for the leneflt of his health, lie was 47 years of age. The remains will be ta fen to Omaha for In terment. Joseph Lafou, Sketch Artist. Udtti, Mont., Jan. 13. Joseph Lafou, who has been In Montana for some time following his pro fession as a caricaturist and sketch artist, died of pneumonia last sight after a few days' illness. Mr. Lafou was formerly of the New York Graphic corps of artists, and was well known among the newspaper men of the East. Mrs. Lucy Davage. Mrs. Lucy Davage, widow of the late Thomas Davage, died yesterday at her residence. Mo. 510 Sheridan street. East End, at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Davage was one of the best Known and most highly respected ladles of that lection of the city. Georgo Froelich George Froelich, a well-known resident of Pitts burg, died yesterday at San Antonla, Tex., at the age of 25 yean. Ills home was at Ho. U Boyls street. r THE TOPICAL TALKER. A Morning With King CoaL One of the liveliest places you can find here abouts is a coal yard. Yesterday morning, when the sun was gilding the snow-clad bills about the city and the thermometer on the Sixth street bridge was making forcible re marks about the cold, a Rebecca street palace car, equipped with the celebrated patent re frigerating apparatus and decorated in the chaste and recherche style made famous by the hero of Tippecanoe, conveyed me to the coal jard, or wharf, owned ny the Tide Coal Com pany, which is near a number of points in old Manchester that, the rising generation of Pitts burgers know precious little about But it was not with a view lo discovering the salt works, or the glass bouse riffle, or the original bed of the Allegheny, from which the river has been divorced these many years, that this ex pedition was made. It was Indeed simply and solely to see bow steam has been compelled to assist man in the handling of coal. Captain W. B. Kodgers, of the Tide Company, less than two years ago invented and adapted to the work of unloading coal directly from boats or cars into wagons the apparatus now in use at the company's wharf. It is a simple piece of 'machinery. A twenty-two horse-power 6ngine supplies the power to the derrick crane, which Is an upright mast some sixty feet high, from tho base of which projects a boom. Three steel ropes connect the engine with the crane and the coal buckets the latter large boxes of wood or iron holding from 30 to 60 bushels of coal. Two of the ropes are used for guiding and propelling the boom, and tho third runs over the boom and hoists or lowers the coal bucket as desired. The backets are filled by men with shovel or fork, according to the character of the coal, and the boom then hoists the bucket and drops it down into the cart Where Steam Assists. The bottom of the bucket is in two parts, held in place by a lever and ratchet at the side. By this means the coal can be handily dumped ofrectly into the wagon or cart The operation of hoisting and dumping is controlled entirely by the engineer, who. with three levers, effects every operation. Thus, a bucket, say of fifty bushels, can he carried from the river several hundred feet and be emptied into any sort of vehicle in les3 than a minute. The awkward and tedious process of driv ing tbo wagons onto floats and there loading them by band does not stand comparison with this Ingenious piece of mechanism. Four, five and even six thousand bushels of coal a day have been unloaded at this wharf and hauled away. And one man doeBthe greater part ot the work, with the assistance ot steam. That the teamsters appreciate the arrangement, goes without say. ing, for all they hare to do is to drive the wagon under the bucket, release the coal, and stand from under as the black diamonds descend. Very few wagons will hold more than two buckets, or forty or fifty bushels, so that the teamsters' stay on the wharf is very short All sorts of teams, wagons and men come lor coal. From the big four-horse tumbril-like wagons from mills or other large consumers, down to the ricketty four-wheel ark and unhappy horse of the itin erant coal dealer. And little children with baskets follow the teams as they drag the heavy wagons up from the landing and pick up the stray lumps or coal that fall. Many a poor man's home is warmed with the children's gleanings in the coal yards. Nobody says the small gleaners nay. Get Thee to Market! "With the snow falling and the delicious brick pavements Iced to a nicety on the outside, the scene in the Allegheny market house these wintry mornings is wonderfully bright and attractive by contrast alone. But ithaspos itive beauties, too, which are enjoyed almost entirely by the bettor half ofhnmanity. Mar keting has not a charming soand; it brings up visions of bickerings with butchers and con troversies with cabbage venders, of baskets heavy to excess, and an infinity of vexation. Bat the market itself is not an inferno; it is a great deal nearer paradise. The boasted markets of Philadelphia, Wash ington and Fulton markets iu New York, the French market in New Orleans, the glories ot Covent Garden, or the quaint and curious charm ot the Parisian market stalls, have all been praised beyond measure, but the fact re mains that for very many solid merits and some points of beauty the Allegheny markets cannot be excelled. Of course, women know, or most of them do, what a display of flowers these markets boast, even in midwinter. Violets perfumed the air there yesterday more than scent per cent, for the price was 25 cents a dozen I found. Why is it Lancaster tends us so many roses? Boxes of beauties plucked the morning before come from Lancaster daily. The young tomatoes from Bermuda. 50 cents a quart! are blushing on the stalls, and the mass of greens and yel lows tells of great variety in the vegetable line. The gamo dealers are drinking the Supreme Court's health all the time now. The recent decision allowing them to tell game killed out of season in other States is a great boon to them. Quail, and dellciously plump little birds, some of them, are to be found in great quantities on the stalls, as a practical result of the Supreme Court's ruling. The Court has made somebody happy at last Neck and Neck., "It there is not a change pretty soon in the Delamaters' affairs," said a stanch Republi can yesterday, " the January creditors will out Dumber last November's voters for the.Mead ville man." The Shadow of a Name. There was a great disturbance in a little bar ber shop in Allegheny yesterday morning. The stout and stalwart Teuton who presides over the shop ejected a customer with as much fuss as force. The other customers in the store of course were curious a man always is more than usually anxious to fully survey and com prehend his surroundings when he has lather all over bis face, a towel under his chin and a razor sawing the adjacent air and they all asked what the ejected party baa done, to be treated so. "Done!" asked the barber, "DoneT Did you see dose clothes, and that hatT Ho was a bad debt collector, or somedings like that I won't have no man with such clothes in this place. The neighbors they all think be come to collect money mid me not much, he don't he don't get shaved here." And I find that the unfortunate uniformed agents of debt collecting concerns experience the same difficulty elsewhere. They are wel come nowhere and the badge they wear casts a bigger shadow than most men care to incur. THE MAILS FEOM GEBMANY. They Will Be Distributed En Route as on American Railroads. CHICAGO, Jan. 13. Herr G. A. Sachs, di rector of Posts and Telegraphs of the German mpire, is in this city. He said in an interview to-day that his mission to this country had been accomplished. He came for the purpose of making an arrangement for expediting the delivery of the ocean mails from this country to German ports, by having them distributed en route, as is done on our railways, instead of allowing them to lie in bulk in the holds of the vessels till they reach port as is now done. He said an agreement with our Postoffice Department to that effect had been signed NO HOPE FOB SENATOB, HEABSt A Cancerous Growth Liable to Cause Death at Any Moment Washington, Jan. 13. A consultation of Senator Hearst's physicians was held to-day and it is said a decision was reached that the Senator is suffering from cancer of colon, or large intestine, and that there is absolutely no hope of his recovery. while his phvsicians are extremely reticent on the subject of the Senator's condition. "it is learned from intimate friends of the family that while thero has been no alarming change within the last few days, death may come at any moment, or it may be delayed for days, weeks or even months. Pleased a Large Audience. The. fame of George Riddle, the Harvard student, the polished society man, and the re nowned reader, was sufficient to nearly fill Car negie Hall last evening, where the gentleman appeared in the Star Course series of enter tainments. The programme presented by the gentleman was very interesting on account of the newness or the numbers, as well as the ad mirable manner In which tbey were rendered. Mr. Riddle's presence upon the platform Is pleasing, and bis fame as a reader prevents ad verse and renders complimentary criticism unnecessary. SOCIETY'S PLEASURES. Mrs. Park Fainter Tenders a Brilliant Re ceptionThe Iron City Pishing Club's Entertainment Any Number of Theater Parties Chatter of Social Circles. At a large and naturally brilliant reception given by Mrs, Park Painter, at ber splendid home on Ridge avenue, yesterday afternoon, innumerable ladies were given the opportunity of meeting the talented, charming Mrs. Nelson Perin, of Baltimore. The lady has been a guest in the city for some days, gracing alternately with her presence the Painter mansion and the handsome home of Mrs. James A. Chambers, and has since her advent been the recipient of social attentions most flattering and likewise fatiguing. Indeed, the continual round of breakfasts, luncheons, teas, theater parties and receptions given for Mrs. Perin wonld have severely taxed the social powers of one less gifted, but at each and all of the affairs the charm and grace with which the Baltimore lady Is dowered has made for ber friends of all those presented. For yesterday's reception she was attired in an ele. gant and elaborate toilet of canary-colored silk, especially becoming to ber piquant beauty. Mrs. Painter, the hostess, was tastefully clad In a Nile-green brocade, and was thoroughly charming, as she would be in any color or ma terial. Miss Stella Hays, a recent debutante, was an honored guest with Mrs. Perin, and was sweetly girlish in a pretty toilet of dotted tulle. 'the receiving group embraced some of the most charming society women of the two cities, among them the Misses Annie and Nellie Cbal fant recently introduced at the Duqoesne Club bouse with a brilliant ball; also Mrs. James A. Chambers, Mrs. W. G. McCandless, Mrs. Harry Darlington, Mrs. Alex Laughlln, Mrs. Waiter McCord. Mrs. C.L McKee, Miss Howe. Mrs. J. O. Horne, Mrs. Durbiu Home, Mrs. Walter McClintock, Jlrs. James A. Scully, Sirs. Thomas H. Dickson. Miss Guthrie. Mrs. M. B. Suydam, Miss Snydam, Mrs. Joseph Woodwell, Miss Prlscilla Guthrie and Miss Gormly. The decorations of the Painter residence were effected with considerable originality, groups of potted and flowering plants be ing arranged in the most pleasing manner and in perfect harmony with the luxury and good taste that pervades the borne at all times. Music shed the charm that only music can, and tho refreshments were especially delicious. The hours were from 8 to 6, and in that time Ridgn avenue was fairly lined with equipages belonging to the ultra circles. To-day Mrs. Alexander Langblin gives a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Perin, at ber luxuri ous Ridge avenue home, and to-morrow Mrs. Mark Watson will give a card party for her also. Friday Mrs. Perin will bid adieu to Pitts burg and her many admirers, with the under standing that the visit will be repeated in the future. AN EVENING OF ENJOYMENT Given by Members of the Iron City Fishing Club to Friends. The members of the Iron City Pishing Club held a reunion in the Pittsburg Female College last evening, and from 720 until quite late tbey mdustrlousl j angled for each others hands. The club is composed of over 100 members and is nine years old. with a remarkably brilliant record for pleasure, merry-making and health giving and has a promising future. It is com posed of representative citizens,including many leading professional and divine lights, all of whom were out last evening in party array, in direct contrast to the neglige costumes in which, last summer, tbey caught the festive fishes and gathered round the camp fire up iu Canada, where tbey tented for a period of several weeks. The handshakes over, the President C. W. Smith, delivered a brief address of welcome, snlcy with reference to the shady nooks and fra grant pines of Canada, and overflowing with pride and interest in the club. Musical selec tions followed, rendered by Prof. Horner, Prof. Black, Murphy brothers and Benjamin Dacgerfield, interspersed with short addresses by the members, who testified, as the spirit moved them, to the greatness and glory of the Iron City Fishing Club and promoted good cbxerand jollity by so doing. Under the direction of Mr. Smith, the Secre tary, a stereopticon exbibition was given of scenes and localities that revived vividly the summer days. The views numbered 86, and were charming reproductions of some of the most notable places of interest In and about the camp ground of the club, including many camp-life representations, in which figures and faces were strikingly familiar. A banquet, served by Luther, was a fitting cli max to the evening's gayety, and over the dell clous dishes served wit and repartee flowed merrily. The club has not decided where the sweltering tlavs of next season will be spent but it is probable that the same locality select ed and enjoyed last year will be revisited. The officers of the club who last evening composed the Reception Committee are Rev. C.W. Smith, President; Prof. William H. Slack. Vice Presi dent: S. L. Wood, Treasurer; Benjamin Dan gerfleld. Assistant Treasurer, and Lee S.Smltb. Secretary. G. A. B. INSTALLATION. Post 117 Officers Fublicly Enter Upon Their Year's Duties. Last night the newly-elected officers of James McPherson Post 117, G. A. R., wero pub lically installed at Palace Kink, Frankstown avenue. East End. The installation ceremonies were conducted by A. P. Burchfield. of Post 162, and the following officers were in stalled: Commander, George W. McCutcb eon; Vice Commander. T. G. Walters; Junior Vice Commander. Frapk Ferree. Quar termaster. Philip Krebbs; Adjutant, John C. Mathews: Officer of the Day. John Wherry; Officer of the Guard. John Spahr: Orderly Ser geant Joseph McElhaney; Quartermaster Ser geant John Snivley. After the. installation James F. Long deliv ered the first of the series of illustrated lect ures on the battle of Gettysburg. The lecture was very entertaining and was thor oughly enjoyed by the large crowd that was present The lectures will be continued to night and to-morrow night PEEPAEING HOSPITALITY To Spread Before the Lady Delegate :o the Press Club Conference. Tho distinguished literary ladies who will be present at tho coming Press Club Convention will be entertained in a pleasing manner by the ladies of Pittsburg directly and indirectly con nected with the press of the city. At the meet ing held yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Wade, the chairman of the committee, outlined the pro gramme ot festivity, which Includes a theater party the first evening, a reception at the Hotel Duqaesne the second, and a strictly feminine banquet on the third and last evening. The auxiliary committee consists ot IS ladles, six of whom will be on the entertainment com mittee for each day. Under the Individual and efficient management of Mrs. Wade.no detail will be neglected that will insure most brilliant success in the proposed entertainment pro gramme. FAME AND "WEALTH IN VIEW By tho Participants in Amateur Theat ricals To-Morrow Evening. A fall dress rehearsal ot "fngomar" was given at the Mt. Washington Library last even ing, and the actors retired to dream of fame and wealth to accrue from a brilliant stage career of which the presentation to-morrow night of the quaint, weird drama is the start ing point Seriously, the play is to fulfil great expecta tions or create Intense disappointment as any amount of bard labor has been expended upon the preparations, and great pains have been taken in the matter of stage settings and scenic effects. Miss Smithson will make a good Jfarthenia, undoubtedly, while J. C. Kober will be equally pleasing in the role of lnaomar. A Wedding Billed for Next Week. Cards have been received in this city for tho wedding of Anna Josephine Hess, of Wheel ing, and Joseph A. Glesenkamp, of this city. The wedding will be solemnized in St Joseph's farhrini January 23. and will be followed br ! a reception. Reliable reports say Miss Hess is J a refined and cultivated young lady, very pop ular in UeOIIUI- BUWfttJ, UOlUUIUJi bV U W.U aud wealthy family, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hess. Mr. Glesenkamp is a prominent young business man, of correct habits, well known and universally respected. Tbeit Xiture borne will be in this flity. Social Chatter. TnE Russian guards who for 12 years have accompanied the Verestchagin collection of paintings, now on exhibition in the Carnegie galleries, in Allegheny, say that the attendance yesterday, the opening day, equaled the first day's attendance in Boston, where 12,000 people visited the collection in seven weeks. Louis Clarke, the groom-elect to-day. en tertained his cousins, the Misses Kennedy and Miss Sharpe, ot Philadelphia, who are visiting at the Clarke home, with a theater party Mon day night Guests to the number ot 14 dined at the Duqaesne Clubhouse, and afterward witnessed the play. Mrs. C. P. Rogers gave a theater party Monday evening to 14 intimate friends. Mrs. E. P. Young will receive from 3 to 6 at her Sewlckley home this afternoon. Mrs. Henry R. Ray was hostess to atbeater party of 12 last evening. The Clarke-Phillips wedding will be the social event ot the day. CDEI0DS C0NDEHSATI05S. A shipment of 100,OQO eggs of the) Co lumbia river salmon was lent to Franca last week. An engraver named Heek has oea ar rested fn Berlin for producing a fictitious note book of Martin Luther. The richest man in Prussia is Herr Krupp. the great gunmaker. He pays a tax of 45,000 on an estimated income of !l,o00,000. The average yield of corn m the United States last year was 20.7 bushels; of wheat H.1 bushels, ana of oats, 19.8 bushels to the acre. The demand for the new French rentes has been enormous, enough money being offered for shares to cover the loan IS times over. La grippe has caused the death of fire persons in the vicinity of Woodville, Miss during the past few days, each of the victim being over 70 years of aire. The number of reports adversely criticis ing the Koch treatment, has caused the Ger man Government to delay the Introduction of its bill for the manufacture of the lymph. The oldest clergyman in the Church of England, the Rev. John Elliott vicar of Rand wick, began his hundredth year on December 19. He ba3 served in Randwicc for more than 70 years. Joseph Sonaghne, the young amateur champion skater, is now in London, England. Arrangements are being made for him to at tempt to beat the existing records at his favorite distances. Jacob Kahn, a Cleveland shoemaker, tialms that he has Invented and will have in operation in 60 aays a compressed air motor that will propel a street car 20 miles an hour at a cost ot 3 cents. Sir Morell Mackenzie objects to large hospitals on the ground that the added virul ence of germs from the bodies of many patients is as dangerous as that of those emanating from dead bodies. A man in Jonesboro, Me., is the proud owner of a plow that has been In use for E3 years, and only three new points have been bought for it in that time. Its owner says it is as good as new now. The vestry of St Sepulchre's in Lon don has voted to restore the monument of Cantain John Smith he who smote three Tnrks to death and was saved from Powhatan's tomahawk by Pocahontas. The body of a captain of the secret po lice bas been found in the forest near Shornoff. in the Province of Kiel, stripped and tied to a tree. It was awfully mutilated, and pinned on the breast was a bit of paper bearing the fol lowing words: "Death of a spy by the liberators of Russix" An officer sent out by the Provincial Government of Quebec to investigate the un explored forests of the Northern Ottawa region reports his discovery of about 2.500 square miles covered with the finest pine, soruce and other valuable timber, with) excellent streams to float it out Anastasius, the chief of the famous Greek brigands, whose cheerful habit Is to kid nap harmless travelers and keeD tbem on short commons till a ransom is paid, is described as a type of perfect Greek beauty, a very culti vated man, who speaks four languages, and has the manners of courts. An arrangement was made between the Russian Government and the Porte for the re ception by Turkey of a considerable number of Mussulman emigrants from the Caucasus to settle in Asia Minor. The fourth batch ot these people, numbering altogether over 900, has just arrived at Constantinople. Mrs. Elizabeth D. Tomson, who died in Philadelphia last week, made provision in her will that S3S0 should be set aside for the main tenance of her faithful dog Jack. The bene ficiary has no particular pedigree, bat was en deared to his mistress by his faithfulness and the possession of a good, heavy baric The Duke of Nassau and Grand Duke of Luxemburg i3 a very rich man, as, in addi tion to bis enormous estates in Germany and Austria, he possesses a very large fortune. He is tbe owner ot the finest cellar of German wines in the world, and has all bis life ex pended a large sum every year in maintaining his stock. The Fellowcraft is perhaps the onl v club in New Yortc whoso restaurant Is conducted on a paying basis. The experiment of rnnnlng its own cuisine which ha4 been on trial for the past two months shows that the farming out of the restaurant, while It seemingly takes a good deal of responsibility off the club really takes a good deal of money from its coffers. The power of reforming certain lost parts really is common to all living things. Tho willow twig planted in the ground forms new roots. In ourselves, a cut will heal over, and new skin develop to close it In lower animals the power exists to an almost incredible degree, and is sometimes taken advantage of in wonderful ways for protection. Mrs. Calkins, described as a handsome. Innocent looking woman, with beautiful bright eyes, confesses to drugging her husband and then dumping him out ot a boat in the river at Goshen, ;lnd. She had only been married to him for three days, but had, in that time, in duced him to make a will In her favor and in sure his lite for $3,000. Of couse she had a con federate. The analysis of the brain of Laura Bridgman since her death in May, 1889, hag been catried on at Clark University, Worces ter, Mass., under the direction of President G. Stanley Hall, and tbe first report just pub lished iu the American Journal of Psychology, shows but a slight variation from the brain ot the ordinary person. This difference, though slight is the apparent explanation of Miss Bridgman's lack of sight, bearing, and speech. There is a shrinkage and deformity noted in those parts of iho brain which are believed to bear a direct relation to these faculties. The will of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins Fogg, of New York, liberates another fortuno for institutional purposes. Some of the objects were: Union Theological Seminary, S20.000: Children's Aid Society. S55.000; National Academy of Design. S30.000: University of tho City of New York, S20.0W; Harvard University, S20O.00O for an art museuni.witn a SI 00. 000 collec tion of Japanese and Indian jewelry to start it; Yale University, 4U,0CO. as a fund to aid poor theological students; Berwick Academy, ot Berwick, Me., $30,000. Mrs. Fogg disposed of over jeOO.OOO in thiswav. She was tbe widow of William H. Fogg, a New York merchant in the China trade. One of our sweetest pastoral poets is, so it is reported, about to marry a Sioux Indian. The lady is Elaine (joodale. a Government School Inspector in Dakota, and the man is D. Eastman, a graduate of Dartmouth College, and now at Pine Ridge Agency. Miss Goodala spent ber childhood at her mountain home la Berkshire county, Mass. At a very early age she begao to write verses, as did her likewise talented sister Dora. Daring the last ten years both sisters have contributed much beautiful verse to the magazines. Four or five years ago Elaine was appointed a Government day school teacher in White River Camp, Lower Brule Agency, Dakota. A CORNER IN SMILES. An eastern alienist gives it as his opinion that constant attendance upon baseball games may cure Insanity. This seems to be a novel ap plication of tbe principle "slmlUa slmlllbas eurantnr." Chicago Stxc: The Colonel left his lovely miss He'd called that eve to see. And as he went she cried, Please kiss Tne regiment for me." Sao York Herald. First Book You won't be in the stora long. You have such a fanev cover. Second Book Yes; I'm.boond tot KU.-DetnU Free Prut. Kroukouski. the Russian bandit, has been sentenced to Siberia, where he will be.sriven a warm welcome by the exiles if he wlllnndertase to rob Siberia of its terrors.-CAJeajo Times. A Nebraska barber has gone insane. It Is said his customers ""J '? h'm b" ball while shaving tbem.Omaha World herald. Attorney Now, mark me well, sir! Do I understand yon to say that yon were standing within ten feet of the parties when the flght be gan?" Witness (totheeonrt)-Tour Honor, have I jot to answer that question?" The court-l see nothlcg wrong In the question. Yoa may answer it Witness (to attorney) w eli, sir. I don't know whether yon understand ma to sa- it or not Chicago Tribune. "Bickles is back after a six months stay In France." Did he learn the French langaage?" "No: all he did was to forget English." Washington Post. So far as we know Sitting Bull and John Bull are in no way related. Buffalo Times. "I wish you would mind the baby for an hoar," said the walking delegate's wife to her husband. "I haven't time." 1 thought yon had too much. You are always demanding shorter hoars." Chicago Intsr Ocean, " sksk .
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