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PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2L 169L
THE RE-LXECTED hEN'ATOB,
The re-election of Senator Cameron yester
day was so generally expected that it is
neither sensational nor surprising. "With
the foresight of practical politics, Mr.
Cameron through his friends and lieutenants
laid his plans early and captured the Legis
lature even before it was chosen by the
people. Had those who have since been
shouting for a profounder, more eloquent
and abler man to represent Pennsylvania in
the United States Senate been half as vigi
lant or earnest in mating this an issue at
the If OTember election, Mr. Cameron might
easily enough have been defeated. It will
not be contended even by those who admire
him personally that many men of strong! r
and more brilliant qualifications could not
readily have been found in the State. But
it is apparent that the recent attempt to oust
him was more the result of spleen because
lie looked out for himself in the late elec
tion, in place of bolstering the weak State
ticket, than of any new perception of more
capable men in the Commonwealth. Then,
too, the opposition was nominally based
upon his lukewarmness toward, or rather
actual personal feeling against, the force
bill. But, while this was "a good enough
Morgan" to play upon strict party feeling,
it commended itselt none too much to the
general public who are by no means con
sumed with enthusiasm for this new panacea
for party ills.
Allowing for all that might fairly be
uiged against Cameron, it is but due to
recognize that he holds a better position with
the public now than when he was formerly
elected. In the old times, as the head of an
aggressive party machine in the State, he
was included in all complaints against its
workings. The term Cameronism came in
itself to have an offensive signification in
politics. For years back Mr. Cameron,
however, has had little part in State affairs,
and as for his bearing in the Senate, no
special reproach attaches to it. If he has
not been loquacious, others who were have
pleased the country no better. If he has not
originated legislation of striking character,
he is at least responsible lor originating
none that is vicious or undesirable. If he
has not voted as often as the average Sen
ator, there is no charge that he has voted
more frequently wrong. And, while he has
been criticised for want of scope and variety
in his motions, there will be a good many to
think his favorite motion, "'that the Senate
do now adjourn," has been as salutary and
becoming as any other upon which he might
have lixed his affections.
On the whole, if a pronouncedly negative
Senator, he has at least not been an unsafe
one; and unless a positively more desirable
man were sure to be chosen, there was no
inducement for a change.
CLEAN STREETS WITHOUT EXPENSE,
That is a very good scheme which Chief
Bigelow and his fellow workers have de
vised. There is quite a popular demand for
some kind of taxation to be levied on the
street railway companies. This should not
be made a burden, though the city is proba
bly entitled to some compensation for the
franchises granted. Mr. Bigelow's solution
is a happy one. He would have the surface
railroads keep the streets clean. This will
relieve the city of a considerable burden of
expense, and at the same time not burden
the railway companies unreasonably.
Especially as Mr. Bigelow lends them the
benefit of his ingenicus device for doing the
work easily and economically.
EXPEKT OPINION VS. DEMONSTRATION.
The exact results of Dr. Koch's remedy
are still the subject of wide discussion. The
Buffalo Express, which has been taking an
unfavorable view of the new discovery, cites
the opinions of the Tlieraptulic Gazette, of
Philadelphia, and of Dr. Virchow, as ex
pert testimony on the dangerous nature of
the remedy, and as tending to show that it
cannot accomplish all claimed for it.
Expert testimony on a matter that cannot
be submitted to actual tests, is, of course,
the best information that can be got. But
the public has for several generations had
some very striking demonstrations that ex
pert testimony can be mistaken. Expert
testimony demonstrated in Stephenson's time
that the wheels of a locomotive could not
draw a load on smooth railway tracks ; and
Dr. Landner attained immortality as an ex
pert by his scientific argument that steam
power could never propel a vessel across the
Atlantic ocean. In this day expert testi
mony can be secured both for and against
almost any given proposition. So the fact
that even high authority can denounce
Koch's remedy is not conclusive against it,
"We do not rank the opinion of Virchow
as low as that of the experts who were so un
fortunate as to set their opinion up that a
thing could not be done which was done.
Indeed his statement of the extreme viru
lence of the remedy corresponds with that
ofKock, and corroborates his oft repeated
declarations that the lymph roust only be
administered bp scientific men thoroughly
versed in its properties. But while the
remedy may be one of terrible power and
likely to cause 'intense suffering, what pain
is there which a man will not undergo in
order to save his life? As to the question
-whether the remedy does cure consumption
and external tuberculosis, a few such actual
demonstrations as the case ot Dr. Fainter,
referred to in yesterday's Dispatch, is
more convini"ing'thanallthe expert opinions
in the world.
Neither this case, nor that similar to it,
reported from New York the other day,
amount to full dcnioostritions that the
remedy will completely cure consumption.
But the rcrrarfcable improvcocnt produced
in such well authenticated cases affords
grouud for hoping that fall experience will
show the discovery to have conferred that
great boon on mankind. It is certainly not
wiso to discredit the discovery, when it can
show such results. '
THE TWO GOVERNORS.
The inauguration ceremonies at Harris
burg, yesterday, marked the end of Gov
ernor Beaver's administration and the be
ginning of Governor Fattison's second in
cumbency. A very narrow and prejudiced
view of the two officials is presented by a
Republican organ, which says: "The new.
Governor will have a good model to follow,
and if he profits by the mistakes ol his first
administration and shows a conciliatory
spirit toward the Bepublican majority in the
Legislature he will doubtless leave a good
record when in turn he shall lay down the
reins ot office."
With-all' disposition to give the retiring
Governor credit for his amiable desire to do
the best be can, and with a recognition of
the fact that his administration has been
probably as creditable a one as was possible
under the influences which elected it, the
majority of the people of the State who
voted for Fattison will reject any idea that
Fattison can model his action on the lines of
Beaver's inaction. This confidence is en
gendered of Governor Fattison's former
record that such a thing is impossible; And
such a suggestion by a Bepnblican organ is
only significant of the political inability to
understand the demands of the people for
an energetic and independent executive.
"With all respect for Gov. Beaver's estima
ble character, it must be said that his ad
ministration has failed in the respects
which characterize a successful representa
tion of public interest. Gov. Beaver has
not only failed to reach Gov. Fattison's
former standard, but he has failed to fulfil
his own promises. The anti-discrimiuation
legislation promised by him on the stump,
and in the Bepublican platform when he
was elected, has not "been passed. The
effort wnith characterized Fattison's former
administration, to make the great corpora
tions respect the Constitution was abandoned
where he left it "With a Supreme Court
decision forbidding the Pennsylvania Bail
road to control the South Fenn road, the State
administration has supinely permitted the
control to go on. A telegraphic consolidation
contrary to the Constitution and laws of the
State, only evoked some feeble and prompt
ly abandoned steps by the Governor and his
legal adviser. The Governor's record iu
connection with, the Johnstown disaster was
a most unfortunate one; and the one charac
teristic ac: of his term has been his refusal-
to call the Legislature together to meet that
exigency, on the remarkable ground that a
Legislature controlled by his own party,
would be so extravagant that it would not
meet the exigency and promptly adjourn.
The majority of those who voted for Kob
ert . Fattison for Governor did so because
they knew he would not form his adminis
tration on this model, and his inaugural
address shows that their confidence was not
misplaced. Tne first subject he takes up in
his message is that of constitutional enforce
ment, and his statement ot the duty of
enforcing Article XVII of the Constitution
is as incisive and clear as any of His former
State documents. "While the Governor can
not influence legislation, as an executive
who is supported by a majority in both
branches might be supposed to, it is plain
that while he remains inoffice the corpora
tions will not be permitted to nullify the
Constitution with impunity.
On the subject of ballot reform the Gov
ernor is as thorough as th- most radical
supporters of that reform could desire. "We
cannot agree with the Governor, any more
than with other advocates of the same idea,
that it is necessary to have a constitutional
convention and abolish the ballot number
ing clause of that instrument. Practical
secrecy of the ballot can be secured by the
pending bill of the Ballot Eeform Asso
ciation,and with that done, it will be wiser to
try the full enforcement of the Constitution
than to fly to the uncertainties of the one
that might be produced by the present po
litical system. The Governor's views on
the general subject of ballot reform are,
however, incisive and thorough, and are
characteristic of the man.
On the subject of taxation and municipal
government, the inaugural also shows an ag
gressively re'ormatory character. The pro
posal to rely for State revenue on the cor
poration and collateral inheritance taxes, is
a radical one, but is likely to command
public support. The attack on the use of
city offices as political machinery, with the
argument that city affairs should be man
aged, exclusively on business principles, is
characteristic The Governor's readiness to
put his finger on the weak spot also appears
in bis remarks on the State depositories, .the
sinking fund and the apportionment ques
tion. The Governor's message contains a
decided intimation that his administration
will follow the lines of his former one, and
will not be modeled from Beaver's 'careful
abstinence from doing anything. That will
be entirelv in accordance with the wishes of
the people whose votes elected the new Gov
ernor. BYNUJI'S WRONG SCHEME.
There is one fatal defect about Mr. By
num's reported scheme to retaliate upon the
Republicans in case of the passage of the
force bill, in so far as the scheme applies to
Ohio. The Buckeye State will elect a Leg
islature this year, in good time to undo
anything that may be done by the present
Legislature. And it is quite certain that a
resort to any such tactics would easily
change the political complexion ol that
Legislature. Two wrongs will not make a
right. The elections bill, pending before
the Senate is wrong in principle, and has
caused more than enough damage already,
by obstructing public business. It is
hoped that it may not pass, and that if it
does it will not lead to such wrongful meth
ods as ere proposed in the Bynum scheme.
A COMMENDABLE EFFORT.
The latest ambition of theyoung Emperor
of Germany in the line of beneficent tyrrany
is indicated in his avowal of an intention to
summon the powers of Europe to an impe
rial and international council for disarma
ment. In estimating the character of the
present Hobenzollern, The Dispatch has
heretofore recognized, his disposition to aim
at high ideals, with a question for the future
to decide whether his efforts may not prove
volatile and inconstant. His apparent vari
ation between projects for the benefit of the
workingmen, visits to and from his imperial
cousins on other thrones, and projects' for
reducing the war-lords of Europe to peace
lords may be taken as corroborative of that
idea.
But we must do the young ruler of Ger
many more justice than that, by recognizing
that so far all his acts are consistent with a
definite abandonment of his reported passion
for the glories of conquest and an intelligent
aim at the victories of peace. No greater
benefit to the working class of Europe can
be secured than the decrease of mili
tary burdens. If the Imperial trinkets
of the past two years shall prove to have
paved the way to n'general reduction of the
vast military establishments of Europe,
"William IL will have demonstrated his
title to a broader and nobler grade of states
manship than any one credited him with at
the inception of his reign.
As to the possibility or reaching an agree
ment by which the European powers shall
reduce their armies to a peace footing, that
is to be solvedonly by themost thorough delib
erations. Some students profess to see in it
a necessity for the reconstruction of Euro
pean governments and their territories.
Thus, it is said by one commentator that
"before we could see the abolition ot stand
ing armies, we must see the resurrection of
Poland into a country with distinctive au
tonomy; Courland into a duchy, with a
separate legislation; Finland into a self
governing country, and the government of
Ireland based on the principles of home
rule, with a separate national Parliament."
Of course any such requirements are out of
the question. It might as pertinently be
said that it would be necessary for Germany
to restore the Bhine provinces to France;
for Austria to let go her clutch on Bosnia,
and for Italy to restore the temporal power
of the Pope. Before any European Govern
ment would submit to external dictation on
these points, it would appeal to arms.
But there is no reason why the proposal
to disarm should raise any such questions.
The only possible proposition to reduce
armaments would be on 'the basis of leaving
matters just as they are and mutually cut
ting down the military establishments of all
Powers. The donbt in connection with such
a proposition would be whether Russia and
Austria would give up their dreams of ex
tension toward the Bosporus and the
Egean, whether France can renounce"her
hope of revenge and a Rhenish frontier or
whether Germany is prepared to offer com
pensations which will induce the other
Powers to surrender long-cherished am
bitions. The most difficult question is the disposi
tion of Turkey; and that'bids fair to be an
insuperable obstacle. For while all the
Powers are ready to fly to arms against any
one who disturbs the status quo, that is only
on account of the fear lest some
one else shall gain an advantage.
All would be equally agreed that
the present condition of Turkey and
the Danubian provinces is a make
shift. The proposition to make their pres
ent political constitution permanent would
provoke an almost unanimous- negative.
i But when it came to the question what
shall take their place, the difficulty of an
agreement would become monumental. To
either erect a number of small governments
like those of Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia
and Greece; to reconstitute a Grecian em
pire with the capital at Constantinople; or
to divide the territory of Turkey among it
hungry neighbors, would be equally dis
tasteful to one party or another. The result
is likely to be that the present state of af
fairs will be left as a temporary expedient,
for inability to agree upon any other; and
while the recognised makeshift continues
the European powers are certain to keep
hemselves underarms.
Nevertheless, the attempt of the German
Emperor to secure a disarmament, if it goes
to the length of any proposition, deserves
recognition as carrying out a high ideal. The
world will acquit him of being stimulated
to this proposition by the discovery that
either France or Bussia can put more men
under arms, than he can. For while the
numerical weight may be with the armies of
his opponents, the central position of the
Tr le Alliance, and the perfect organiza
tion ot the German army give him an ad
vantage that cannot easily be offset by mere
numbers. Philanthropists everywhere will
be ready to accord "William IL the highest
praise and the most earnest wishes for suc
cess, if he makes an earnest effort to reduce
the military burdens of Europe.
STREET BILLS TO BE CONSIDERED.
The announcement that the streetjiills
introduced in the Senate Monday were
only designed to secure a place on the
calendar for bills which are to be more
carefully prepared, evidences the wisdom of
those who haTe the matter in charge. This
legislation is ot vital importance to Pitts
burg. There was but little time in which to
meet the emergency. But this move insures
consideration of the necessary measures by
the Legislature and ample time for the
legal gentlemen to prepare proper bills.
The perfected measures can probably be
substituted at an early stage of the legisla
tive process so as to avoid the opposition of
the hypercritical.
THE PARTISAN EPIDEMIC.
The partisan conflict in the National House
of Representatives, yesterday, nearly reached
the stage of riot and entirely paralleled the
disgracefulness that marked the fights over
thecontrolof various State Legislatures. The
resort to the old argument of calling the
Democratic leader a "traitor" marked the
loglo and reason which governed the Re
publican side; while Mr. Mills, to whom the
epithet was applied, proceeded to get into a
rage which was not much more dignified.
All this is going on while the public
business is suffering for attention and at a
time when it will require all the time of
Congress to give a decent degree of attention
to the appropriation bills that must be
passed within the next six weeks. It is the
inevitable result of the determination of the
Republicans to put legislation for party in
terest above that tor the public benefit; and
the Democrats have their share of tho re
sponsibility for it, in resoriing to obstruc
tive tactics to meet a juncture which is as
yet nothing but a possibility.
The political leaders on both sides need a
very forcible reminder thatit is their duty
to lay aside partisan squabbles and give
their attention for the rest of the session to
the public needs. Those who cannot do so,
will set themselves down as unworthy repre
sentatives of the people.
The Buffalo Courier insists that tha re
vised vote of Maine cast last fall shows a Re
publican loss of over 200, as compared with the
vote of 18S8. Considering the sweep which the
Democrats made In other parts of the country,
there Is no necessity of the Courier's greed In
insisting on credit for this 200 gain In Maine.
Mb. Hojieb B. Spbaotje, of North Da
kota, who is talked of for the Senate, defines
himself in a card to the following effect:, "I
will take the office. If tendered me In hon
orable fashion, without other pledge, express
or implied, than that I should faithfully, to tha
best of my ability, serve jay State and the na
tion, I should gladly accept. Bat Loan engage
In no fight for It, no scramble, no intrigue, no
flattery, no bargain, neglect no present dnty,
carry no favor, make no speeches, solicit no
votes, promise no offices, pull no wires, pay no
money, fling no mudj tell no lies." If Mr.
Sprague sticks to this "Utopean and impracti
cal platform about which we have depressing
doubts ho wilt get himself disliked as a hated
mugwump.
Senator Fabwklt, has talked- good
deal more than was wise: but be shows com
mon tease in bis explanation of his failure to
get a renominatlon. "I did not get votes
enough andtbat was all," said he. Nothing m
the Senator's publlo, career becomes better
than this valedictory commentary.
CoNCERirnrG the alleged inability of
Congress to transact business on account of
absenteeism, the Philadelphia Worth American
says that the people aie to blame. "They must
refuse to send nobodies and torn noddles to
Congress," but elect business men. Beyond the
question whether It would not be possible to
get a quorum in Congress for non-partisan leg
islation, the esteemed Worth -4mejican.'i'pre-scription
Is diminished la value by the fact
that the great business men who hold seats as
a circumstance of their corporate affiliations
aro generally the absentees. It is their bus
iness that takes them away.
17 the riotous Legislatures in various
States could sao their attempts to introduce
Mexican politics m this country, as unpreju
diced people see it. t bey would abjure partisan
foolishness and attend to publlo business.
The assertion of the Louisville Courier
Journal that "the Indians rebelled because tbey
had been aefrauded by rascally agents and
contractors," moves the Buffalo Express to say;
"When the editor of the Courier- Journal wrote
that, he had forgotten that the Pine Ridce
accent, againsjf whom tho principal complaint is
made, was an appointee of President Cleve
land." With the fact as stated, what difference
docs it mako which administration made the
appointment? The responsibility of the parti
san vice of both parties is tho same in both
cases,
The shut down of the window glass
hoaies is only anotber demonstration that It is
not necessary to have a combination in order
to restrict production when prices do not pay
the cost of producing.
New Yobk Citt during the recent
storms bad the same reminder Pittsburg ex
perienced in the storm of some weeks ago. that
tne overhead high-tension wires are a source of
the most imminent peril. The resemblance of
New York to Pittsburg appears farther in the
fact that while both cities have had large
promises in the way of removing the overhead
wires, tbero has been a minimum of perform
ance. Thebe seems to be an earnest desire on
the part of the Bepnblican leaders to be put In
a position where they can return thanks for the
fact that the Senate is no longer a deliberative
btdy.
In view of an assertion tbat there are six
teen men to one woman in the Argentine Re
public, we are pained to see the suggestion in
an Eastern cotemporary that the Barings
ought to have sent spinsters to tbat country
instead ot dollars. This intimation that in the
gross and materialistic view dollars are worth
more than women, will be repudiated by every
gallant American heart.
Hill's majority on the preliminary
ballot was not as wide as a chnrcn door, or as
deep as a well; but there is every reason to be
lieve that on the joint session, it will serve.
The GIrard avenue paving decision of
the Supreme Court shows that tbero are some
cases in which the assessments can bo collected.
Pittsburg should employ an exploring ex
pcdltion to Hud oat what sort of law pave
ments are laid under thereby which property
owners can be assessed for paving the space
left vacant by the removal of market sheds.
It is also to b,e observed that Mr. Thomas
B. Reed is preserving a silence on the silver
question which is more eloquent than several
volumes of silver speech.
It 13 stated that Senator Spooner has de
clined a $25,000 salary as a corporation attorney
because it would requiro his residence in
Chicago. Possibly this is so: and possibly Sen
ator Spooner still hopes to receive a higher in
come by retaining bis ability to become a repre
sentative of corporate interests in the Senate
by keeping his Wisconsin residence.
PERSONAL P0IHTS.S
Emin Pasha is said to be engaged in con
stant hostilities with tho Arabs south of Lake
Victoria,
Db. Windthorst, the leader of the Clerical
party in the German Reichstag, who celebrated
his 90th birthday on Saturday, is seriously 111.
Chattnce Y At. Depew says he used to smoks
20 cigars a day till ho was worn out. Then ho
cut the practice dead, and now smoke3 none
at all.
Prince Victor or Hohbklohe is a sculp
tor ot some ability, and many of his works
have been exhibited at the Royal Academy and
the Grosvenor Gallery.
Judge Holmes, son at Oliver Wendell
Holmes, is said to be the only Justice on the
Massachusetts Supreme Court Bench who
enjoys writing out an opinion.
Pops Leo has bought tho famous Paul
Veronese picture representing St Louis Gon
zaga inhis princely dress. The picture is now
being exhibited in the Germanic College.
Carl Bbunn, a workman, who helped Carl
Scburz to escaps from Spandau, died a few
days ago. In getting Mr. Schnrz out of prison
Brunn got himself into one for two years.
The Czarowltz Nicholas and bis brother, the
Archduke George, will arrive In San Francisco
from Japan about March L and will then come
across the continent to New York, stopping to
see the principal cities on the route.
Mbs. EDiS0N,;tne inventor's wife, is quite a
clever musician. Sbo takes great interest in
her husband's work, following with the keenest
interest the successive steps in the processes by
which he thinks out his inventions.
Edwabs Bellamy is going to start a weekly
newspaper, to be called the New Nation, in
Boston. It will appear February 14, and will
be a "Looking Backward" valentine to the
journalists of tbat much papered city.
Hon. Charles Pbliiam Villiebs is SO
years old, and for 55 years has represented the
borough ot Wolverhampton In the British Par
liament, and he has no salary for the job and
will have no pension when he retires.
Db. AXYAU Talcott, one of the oldest liv
ing graduates ot Yale University, died at his
home in Guilford, Conn., on Saturday. Bis
library, which contains every standard book
written by a Greek author, will probably be
given to Yale.
Captain Wihtield B. Schley, com
mander of tho United States warship Balti
more, who arrived at New York on Sunday
from Havre on the steamship La Bourgogne,
proceeded at once to Baltimore to attend tho
wedding of his daughter, Virginia, on Thurs
day. BSEAKIXG OB EOTOBCIHG THE LAW.
A Sheriff Sells at Auction Liquor In Pro
hibition Iowa.
Cedab "Rapids, Iotva, Jan. 2a Three
months ago Gcorze Spauldlng, a saloon-keeper
here, was fined 300 and costs for a violation of
the law. Up to a week ago he had paid 1100 of
this, wben be left town ana attempted to ship
his stock of liquors.
The Sheriff, learning obfels Intentions, seized
the goods while in transit to the depot, and
now advertises the entire stock for sale at
auction. This Is the first instance known In
which liquors seized in a prohibition State
have been offered for sale by officials.
DEATHS OF A DAT,
Mrs. Anna Louise Tolgt.
Mrs. Anna Lonlse Volst wldew orihelate Kev.
H. E. F. Voltt, of Alt. Pleasant, died suddenly
yestesday morning of apoplexy. She was born In
1802, and was one of the oldest and best known
ladles of tnis section or the State. Mrs. Toljrt
was tne mother of L. H. Volet, the well-known
Pittsburg merchant, and Mrs. Kell, or this city.
The funeral will occnr to-morrow from the Mt.
Pleasant First Beformea Church.
The Earl of Caithness.
rBT EDNLAF'S CABLE COMPAKT,
LOSPOK, Jan. 20. The Bight Honorable, the
Earl of Caithness, formerly a banker and char
tered accountant or Aberdeen, who established
hit claim to the Earldom last year. Is dead. His
on. Lord Berriedale, who U llvlnr at Brrledsl
farm, Dakota, succeeds to the title.
Clayton B. Sanford. '
Indian APOLis, Jan. 30. -Clayton H. Bsnford, of
Mew York, one -or the best, known horsemen In
the country, died suddenly at a hotel In this city
IetterdsyoT heart trouble. Mr. Ban ford came to
nd lanapnUn last Thursday to attend a meeting of
tho Indiana Trotting aud facing Association.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Those who are fast cannot always stop wben
they see a sign marked "Dangerl" iu their path
way. "Wae Is cruel, but ever 'since the revolution
In heaven It has been considered a necessity on
earth. I was an accidental listener to the re
cital of an episode the other evening. The
speaker served In a battery before Petersburg.
He said the night previous he received orders to
shell the city at daylight. Tbey had just come
out of the Wilderness and had not beheld civil
ization for many days. No sleep tbat night for
the gunners who would be the first to open fire
on the doomed city. At early dawn, as soon as
the mist veil was lifted bytbe sun, they looked
down into the silent valley and gazed upon the
waking town. In tho golden glint of tha rising
sun the roofs of the prominent structures
shone out like glided targets. This grim,
soldier, used to tne whistle ot bullets, the
groans of the shattered, the prayers ot the
dying who bad walked, in blood and felt the
sharp stinc of more than one minnie ball and
the burning cut of more than one saber ac
knowledged that on tbat morning, wben he
looked down upon a city just ruhbing its eyes
and shaking off the night dews in peaceful
ignorance of the storm of fire and shot and
shell abont to break over it, he for the first time
fully realized that war was cruel, remorseless,
inhuman, barbarous. His heart nearly failed,
and iho wet eyes of his comrades told bim
that tbey, too, were softened by the scene. But
alkthe soldier knows Is Duty. When the word
Is given he most obey. He bad been. ordered to
train his guns on the depot, where the troons
of the enemy wojld be centered, and shoot
wl(h the rising of the sun. The eyes which
sighted the first gun that sent a shot into
Petersburg were dim, the hands that sent the
first charge Come trembled, the true hearts
that beat behind the breastworks felt for the
foe pity pierced the soldiers there and stung
and burned and throbbed worse than flesh
wound by ball or sword. While a veteran told
the story to a comrade his voice shook and his
eyelids held drops that glittered like tiny dia
monds under the electric light. Only mo
mentary the softness induced by the memory,
thougb. After the first shot the soldier was
a grim, hard, brave, manly man after the first
reminiscence the veteran was a strong-voiced,
bright-eyed, llght-beaned, companionable com
panion. And I watched their smiling faces,
and listened in silence as they traded stories
full of bursting shells, ruined homes, pitifnl
cries, whistling bullets, long marches, gallant
deeds, missing comrades memories of a blood
stained past which history has justified.
A good many Pittsbnrgers live on the Bluff,
but they ara not bluffers.
Tiie horns on tho naval rams enable the sail
ors to splice the main brace.
Why are cats like brutal men who kick each
other for a wagerf Because they are purrers.
In Congress the mallet, not the ax, cuts off
debate.
Since the Hill has been removed Cleveland
can stand on Broadway and see the White
House.
Yon have no business to talk about other
people's business, as your busyness may hurt
business.
'Twere Better Thus.
Why do you call me cruel, pray.
And plead In accents fall of woe?
I truly meant when I said nay
Tee hand you held should never stray
Where heart could never go.
You pity mel And, prytbee, whyT
Do I remotrstsorrow snowf
I drop no tears, nor do I sigh
Because my hand shall never He
Where heart could never go.
Kay. keep that costly jeweled band,
'Twill fit another one, you know.
I really cannot understand
Why any maid need place her hand
Where heart could never go.
No bitter words. Let us be friends;
'Twere better if we parted so.
Love its sweet blessing ever sends
To maid who never hand extends
Where heart could never go.
Iff women grew beards and had to be shaved
the-tables would be turned. They would talk
the barbers to death.
Wht will Governor Fattison at the end of
his present term resemble a good old English
beverage? Because he'll be double-ex.
Life looks dark to the man afflioted with
Brigbt's disease.
New Yobkebs who kick on the L road con
sider Jay Gould a highway robber.
Don't Ignore your poor relatives. If you
need sympathy they will give it you, while rich
relatives will only give you pity.
When a play runs well the players never
have to walk.
The Governor ot Nebraska has not yet re
minded the Governor of Nebraska that It's a
long time between drinks.
A Little Joker.
I felt rather rough when she-called me a muff,
'Twas a joke, but I didn't guess It
Until she made plain that while muffs retain
A girl's tiny hand tbey don't press it.
Why is the street fruit dealer like a theatri
cal manager? Because he has to secure dates.
Sabah Bebnhabdt s ay a she will make a
million in America. We snppose she will, as
the woods are full of "simple gillies."
The festive gambler is now trying to win over
the Indians who bava washed off their war
paint and torn up their ghost shirts. If Gen
eral Miles would allow them to stake their good
guns he would soon have them all disarmed.
Some men who are on their last legs stand
well socially.
An advertisement in a New York paper
reads: "A womanly woman wants to wed a
manly man." Women of this stamp generally
get husbands on tho quiet.
When the police magistrate sizes np the
prisoner be can aptly be regarded as fine look
ing. The discreet man will never be buncoed.
The affairs ot the Stato will be conducted on
strictly business principles for the next few
years at least.
Why is a Texas steer like some society belles?
Because it Is not marketable until well dressed.
The Governor's Cabinet, as announced ex
clusively in The Dispatch just after his
election, stands in spite of the envious sneers
of tne scooped.
Mortgages always grow In interest daily.
You cannot ring a married belle, but you can
and should shake her.
Yesterday's House Proceedings,
Mr. Kerr called Mills a traitor.
In a voice both lond and clear;
Then the Texas legislator
Acted like a Texas steer.
WHY is the drunkard like a happy man? Be
cause he's in high spirits.
THE Indians who have surrendered their
guns will now proceed to load themselves with
agency whisky.
THE telephone has been placed in the lobby
of the SUte Capitol, but the statesmen will
collect the tolls.
The man who drives the draft horses draws
a salary. N
The hatchet has been burled by the Demo
cratle factions in New York, but the handle
does not seem to be covered up.
THE Westlngbouse break will not stop boil
neu at all events.
TBS life of the elevator boy Is fall ot ups and
downs. Willie Winkle.
OUtpAllPOUCHr
Some Street Law Suggestions.
To the Editor or The Ulipatch:
Now tbat the Supreme Ceurt has, in the
sporting parlance of the day, knocked out our
street and sewer laws, In the language of the
Vernacular, "What are you going to do about
it?"
Your answer, no doubt, would be: New laws.
Yes, tbat is the remedy. And all we want is
fair and equitable laws laws that will both en
courage and aid the people. I mean by tbls.
laws or a law tbat will not deter property front
ages 'from improving by reason of the spot cash
payment system which is now, or, rather, has
heretofore beep. In vogue.
There are hundreds of solvent business men,
who can pay dollar for dollar on everything
they owe, and can do so within a month's time;
just so with solvent property frontage owners
they can, or could, pay for grading and paving
the streets in front of their property bad they
some installment plan instead of the 30 days'
plan.
The logic of this is, that fewer streets are Im
proved under the promnt payment plan than
would be under an installment law. Paved
streets are good things, and, like other good
things, people will hare them if they see they
can pay for them.
Mrs. Partington told Isaac that she hoped
their City Councilmen would put their heads
together and make a block pavement. (No
references to allusions, however,) Now we,
the frontage owners, hope the proper parties
will put their heads together and get up a good
street act, and, at tne same time, remember
that property owners (who are the heavy tax
payers) have some rlsbts to be respected, and
not nndertake to reverse a fundamental prin
ciple of this Government by giving a minority
the power to overrule a majority, as in the late
law. now so maneled that it will hardly bear re
pairs. This is a Government of majorities, and
not of minorities, as in the case of grading and
paving in the late act. . , .. . .
If the logic of minorities be carriod out, that
Is. if S3J4 of the 100 can overrule 66, then 2a or
20 or 5 or even I per centnm could be author
ized to overrule 09 per centum. It is only a
question of quantity and not of principle, and
is subversive of republican principles and un
American, and 1 was going to say unconstitu
tional, but that is for our courts and not for me
to decide. Good streets are a part ot our Com
monwealththe property of all ana tor all
alike, rich and poor, and they are a large factor
in Giving character to this or any other city.
Can wo not have a street act that will en
courage and assist those who have to pay for
them by inaugurating the installment plan,
giving the parties the option who aro able to
pay of paying at once, and those who are not
able an Installment plan, say of three or five
annual Installments, with a lowrate ot interest,
the property belne tiened and bonded for the
payments tberaof?
It is not the intention of the writer to dictate
but suggest, and suggest in time, and not, as is
too often the case, tbat the complaints or sug
gestions come In after the horse is stolen,
figuratively sneaking. Gfobqe Kinley,
Twenty-first ward,
Pittsburg, Jan. 19.
It All Depends.
To the Editor or the Dispatch-
In addressing a minister of the gospel wblch
is the preferred style, -Good morning; Mr.
Discourse," or "Good morning, Rev. Dis
course?" Precise.
West Mentor, Jan. 20.
It depends a good deal on the creed and the
condition of the liver. A D. D. can be ad
dressed as Doctor; a priest. Father: a plain,
everyday minister is satisfied with Brother, or
Mr. Brother is preferred by many.
London is the Larger.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please decide the following: A bets B tbat
the city of London is the largest city on the
earth in popnlation. B bets that tho city of
Pekln. China, is larger. A Reader.
Jeannette, Jan. 18.
MOVING THE SEAT OF WAR.
Hostile Indian Chiefs to Go to WrshJngton
to Be Argued Abont.
Washington Letter In N. Y. Tribune.
Secretary Proctor's consent has teen given
to General Miles to bring all of the rebellious
and contentious Indian chiefs who have been
amusing themselves on the warpath in the
Northwest to the capital. This will transfer
the seat of the Indian war to Washington,
where there will be an engagement between
the military authorities and the missionaries
who swarm about the capital. These mission
aries and philanthropists have many
theories concerning the Indians. They
are not agreed among themselves as to
what is just the best thing to be done.
They nearly all agree that the Indians have
been badly treated, and that the War Depart
ment's method of settling Indian grievances is
altogether too rude and unchristianlike to be
tolerated. The war of theories, however, will
not interfere with a peacefnl settlement of tho
question. The chiefs who will be brought on
here will have nnmerous presents and be made
much of. But it is probable that the best end
ing of their visit will bo accomplished by an
agreement wih them to enlist in the service of
the army the young and warlike Indians who
are to-day the sole cause of the outbreak.
Alady missionary who was at the White
House yesterday said tbat it was discouraging
for the people who are working to civilize the
Indians to see the bad Indians selected for good
treatment. She says that it is almost a tra
dition among the Indians tbat If tbey wish to
accomplish anything in the way of obtaining
favors from the Government they must first
begin by fomenting rebellion. All tne bad
Indians, as fast as they come into the
reservation, receive extra rations and blankets,
while the good Indian who has never been out
on the warpath is calmly ignored, or else is
simply patted on the back and told tbat be is a
most worthy fellow. She says tbat this diffi
culty is always in the way of their best teach
ing. She says tbat the Indians should be
greatly pitied. Tbey are obliged to lire upon
their reservation. The Indians of one reserva
tion cannot visit the Indians of another.
Their lives are so restricted tbat dlscon
tent is almost certain to result. This
lady does not approve of the system of issuing
rations by the Gorernment. This system U
only an encouragement ot laziness, and stands
In the way of bringing the Indian no to a self
supporting condition. She would favor the
giving of a substitute in the shape of money in
satisfaction of the claim for rations. Ibe
money conld be Invested in lands and cattle,
and would afford in time a means of income for
the Indian free from Government aid or inter.
Terence.
QALUNOEB BALLOTED IK,
The Result ot the Senatorial Ballot In New
Hampshire's Legislature.
Concord, N. H., Jan. 2a At noon to-day a
ballot was taken in both branches of the Legis
ture for a new United States Senator to succeed
Hon. W. Henry Blair.
In the House the ballot resulted as follows:
Charles H. Bums, 1: Charles A. Sinclair, Dern..
163; Dr. Jacob H. Gallinger. Rep., ISL In the
Senate the ballot stood: Harry Bingham, 1:
Charles A. Sinclair. 9; Jacob H. Gallinxer, 11
In each Honse the name of Dr. Gallinger was
ordered entered upon the reoords as the choice
of a majority of the members.
AQAHiST FBEE COINAGE.
Substantial and Distinguished Bostonlans
Hold ct Meeting.
Boston, Jan. 20 Faneull Hall, floor and
gallery, was packed to-day with the substan
tial business men of Boston, gathered at the
call of Mayor Matthews, to formally protest
against the free coinage of silver.
The platform was occupied by some of the
most Uistlncnished statesmen, financiers and
educators of Massachusetts.
Slender From This Cause.
St. Lonis Ulobe-Democrat, Sep.
The Republican margin iu the next Senate is
not likely to be as narrow as was feared a few
weeks ago, bnt it will not be broad enough to
render any recklessness in legislation either
easy or safe. -
Some Things Better Undone.
Chicago News.)
The Senate has been accomplishing a great
deal In the latter part or the week. It has thus
far failed to pass the force bill a magnificent
achievement of omission.
Hobson's Choice,
Mew YorfcTrlbune, Hep.)
Bmlth Weed resigned to the situation, eh?
"Was your husband resigned to die?" asked
tbe parson otthe weeping widow. "Hehadter
be," said she.
The Subject for Real Alarm.
Canton, O., Repository.
Findlay seems to have had enoueh natural
gas fsft to kill some ot ber citizens.
Revised Edition.
Canton, 9., Pemoerat)
"The only good Indian (agsat) is a dead Ja
dlan" (agent).
THE TOPICAL TALKER,
A Canary's; Death Song.
There was some pathos abont the explosion
and fire which wrecked the pretty little station
bonse at Quaker Valley, on the Fort Wayne
road, a few nights ago. Two luckless hunting
dogs were tied up in the burning house, and
their cries were most piteous. Tbey were soon
put out of their sufferings, however. A canary
that hung at the parlor window in a brass cage
saw nothlnzto fear In the brigbtflames dancing
bo Tore ber, and as tha fire grew she broke Into
a full song. Trill upon trill and the merriest
piping she knew came from the poor little bird
as the flames crept nearer. Those who heard
this strange death-song are not likely to forget
It, There was no way to save the singer, and
her yellow throat was still throbbing with
melody wben the flames reached the cage. She
thought she was saluting the dawn. It was ber
matin song and her requiem.
A Pillar of Fire.
Travelers on the midnight C. k P. express en
joyed something over and above the usual de
lights bow many they are) of a journey by
MSbt. After leaving Bellevne a strange yellow
light, like that which succeeds the gray of
dawn, began to steal over the bills and the
river with its burden of ice floes. As the train
flow westward the yellow Jlgljr' grew, and the
country began to appear in as distinct outline
as if it had been actually day, Bleepy passen
gers rubbed their eyes and then the moist film
upon the windows, that they might speculate
upon the source of the Illumination. Not till
the tralnbaa passed Glenfield was this revealed,
and there the light was so strong tbat the
colors of the landscape were discernible; that is
to say, the grass on S:ven-Mlle Island looked
green, and the bills in the background harshly
black and white with tbin snow and trees. The
whole scene had an unnatural look.
In a few minutes the cause of this illumination
broke into view. A broad mass of orange flame
with hardly a tinge of smoke bursting from the
slopes near Coraopolis. A gas well which came
in on Monday bad caught fire, and on the skirts
of the town and among a forest of derricks it
has been since belching forth flame at a rata
that makes tbe man's heart ache when be has
just paid his gas bill. It was still burning last
night.
In Sewickley, where everyone is as nervous
about fire just now as a dying sinner, the re
flection of the burning well gave rise to a good
deal of anxiety till the cause was learned.
Two Theater Cats.
A big gray cat walked across the electric
footlights from the Duquesne stage on Satur
day nightjthen the opera was in full swing,
and wjth great deliberation seated himself in a
vacant chair in the right band proscenium box.
The cat did no t acknowledge the presence of
Messrs. S. A. McClune and D. T. Watson In
the box; never looked at them in fact, bnt
turned bis eyes toward the audience, ex
amining it much as a manager does
when he has an idea that he's
not getting his fall share ot the receipts.
Tbe calmness ot the cat amused the audience
very much, but the cat did not allow himself to
be betrayed into any exhibition of levity. In a
few moments he retired again behind tne
scenes, where ho is shown all the respect and
attention due to a theater cat. He is the
Duauesne's official cat.
There was, a few years ago, x black cat at
the Columbia Theater in Chicago, who, for one
night, played a star part upon the boards. One
afternoon the cat chanced to stray into the
scene painter's gallery, and the artist, who
was at work there, with more humor than
humanity caught poor puss and painted him
red, white and blue In broad stripes. Tne cat
ran off, but of coarse the paint stayed on.
In the evenine Wilson Barrett and Miss
Eastlake gave "Clio," as usual. At a most
pathetic and powerful climax in the last act,
when the staee was fairly dripping with blood
and tears, and Miss Eastlake was wringing
the hearts of her auditors, suddenly
there appeared an apparition which
looked at the first glance like a tri-color
flag with four legs and a tail, Clio saw the
horrid thing and was aghast, the audience saw
it and trembled ou tbe brink of langhter. Puss
was the only one who kept calm and uncon
cerned. He walked across the stage with tall
proudly erect, the glare of tbe footlights Ola;
mlnating bis gorgeous coat, .tteacning vhq-m
side be arched his back and moved toward ber
spotless white dress crab-fashion after the
raffeciionate manner 01 eood-nnmorea eats.
Miss Eastlake shrank away and burled her
face in her hands, and tbe audience fell over
tbe precipice into an abyss of laughter so loud
and long that the cat affrighted ran off the
stage, and tbe play went on.
A Royal Chime.
Tbe other day a jeweler showed me a pretty
neat little bangle of gold, with three bells hung
to it. They formed a harmonious chime, but
suggested dog collars a little too much. But an
actress told me of a better Idea developed by
Mrs. Kendal a year or two ago. At the time of
the silver wedding of the "Well Beloved," the
Princess of Wales, tbe busy brain of Mrs.
Kendal set to work to evolve something quite
new for her friend, and this was it: A brooch
of burnished silver tied in a true lover's knot.
and a bracelet and chatelaine to match. This
wasn't all; from the brooch hnng a sliver bell
that rang -Diner' From the bracelet, one
tbat rang "Dangl" and from tbe chatelaine
came tbe deep sound "DongI" So that the
wedding chime was achieved. Rather a clever
idea, I think.
A. Hideous Pnn.
Among the extraordinary decorations of the
Grand Opera House are a pair of gilded gates
which flank tbe proscenium arch. They ara
not ajar. Nobody baa ever seen them extended
in fact and I very much question it they are
intended to serve any more useful purpose than
tbe equally remarkable gold pendants on tbe
curtain.
But tbe other night tbe demon of curiosity
prompted me to ask a German friend what he
thought the little gates migt be for. He
studied awnile and then deliberately answered:
"No doubt they mean welcome to the audience
Wie Gents? so to speak.
AHOIHEB INDIAN TBEATY BB0KEU".
Lawyers and Railroad Men Dispute Title to
a Reservation.
Tacova. Jan. 20. Great consternation pre
vails among tbe Puyallup Indians here, over
tbe claim by the Northern Pacific Railway to
the odd sections of their reservation under its
land grant. It Is claimed that President Pierce's
order ot 1857, defending the reservation Bound
aries by authority of the previous treaty, has
not force to bring litigation prior to the land
grant, because or a law passed by Congress in
1851 limiting tbe President to 20 acres In mak
ing all reservations except lor forts in this tor-
Sora'e attorneys even donbt the rights of the
Indians to any of the land, as not over two
score of them are f nil-blooded '"Pnyallups.
There is talk of fighting claims on the even sec
tions, in expectation tbat this theory will be
applied.
FATES WELD'S FAIR ARCHITECTS,
Another One of Them in Danger of a Visit
From the Grim. Monster.
Chicago. Jan. 20. General C. B. Norton is
lying dangerously III in his room at tbe Palmer
House, suffering from a second stroke ot
paralysis. Bis entire left side is paralyzed, and
he is speechless. There are but faint hopes ot
his recovery.
He came here from New York a short ttnTe
ago to consult with the World's Fair officials,
a he has bad wide experience In such matters
He was chief of a bureau of the Philadelphia
Exposition In 1876, a commissioner ot tbe New
York Exposition in 1855, and was commissioner
to the Paris Exposition of 1867.
MISSOUEI PEOHlBITIONrSTS.
They Object to a Clause In the Australian
Ballot Law.
Bedalia, Mo Jan. 20. The Missouri SUte
Prohibition Conference met here to-day and
decided ta put a corps of organizers into the
field. In anticipation of tbe campaign in 1892.
The conference adopted a resolution, urging
tbe State Legislature to repea) that part of the
Australian law which requires tbat a partv
must have cast three per cent of tbe tout vote
to be able to put a ticket in the field. John P.
St. John delivered an address before the con
ference last night en the subject, "The Twin
Robbers, Liquor and the Tariff,"
Probably Not Writing la Sioux.
Buffalo Express.
One of the conquered Slonxlndians, who had
been educated at toe Carlisle school, has gone
to writing poetry. He should be placed In con
finement before the braves scalp him. k
CURIOUS C05DEHSAT105S.
Teams began crossing the iee bridge at
Three Rivers, (juebec, on Saturday.
Last week's earthquakes in Algeria de
stroyed two towns and killed 40 persons.
A model of Pennington's air ship bos
arrived in Chicago. It is over 30 feet long.
Mrs. Luey "Wood has just celebrated the
JOSth anniversary of her birth at Barre, Vt.
Lady Brooke, of England, distributes
every year, through her agency, over 5,000 gar
ments. The Buenos Ayrean rebels have been
disarmed by the national troops, and the war
Is over.
Springfield, South Dakota, Has an ar
tesian well of eight-inch bore, which yields 2,500
gallons of water a minute.
Three irate women whipped Lawyer
Joseph A. Nealy publicly at Detroit the other
day for alleged shyster work.
Miss Catton, of Constantine, Mich., lost
ber voice through illness several vears ago. She
recovered It by sneezing, at Kalkaska, the
other day, and now tbe jig goes merrily on.
There is very little change in the situa
tion of the Scotch railway strike. The men
bave been now out for f onr weeks, and there Is
no disposition to yield on either side.
The Common Council of Cincinnati, at
the suggestion of the health officer, has passed
an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to give
mbllc exhibitions of mesmerism ana bypnot
sm. A squaw man, a white man wbo mar
ries an Indian woman, is defined as a man who
wants a wife who will work for him and allow
him to go six months without changing hi
shirt.
Tbe committee appointed last September
to inquire Into the causes ot the abnormally
high mortality in Madras, has reported that
tbe water supply and the drainage are de
fective. Ingham Stone, of Pennsylvania, aged 81
years, and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Stone, of Pow
hatan township, Pocahontas county, la., also
81 years old, have taken out a license to be
married.
The Canadian Militia Department has
decided to Increase tbe capacity of tbe cart
ridge factory at Quebec, so that the Martini
Henri ammunition for Canadian use can be
manufactured there.
"Goss," the red Chinese chow-chow dog
that was long the traveling companion of the
Prince of Wales. Is now 14 years old and Infirm,
and tbe honor has fallen upon "Plomoie" an
other dog of the same breed.
A bill has been introduced into the
Illinois Legislature providing for the punish
ment of persons who impose upon newspapers
by furnishing nntrne or "faked" statements,
which would be libelous If published.
The general effect of the redaction of
colonial postage, which came Into force in
England on January 1, is that the charge for
letters, not exceeding bait an ounce in weight,
to India and the principal colonies, is uniformly
2)id.
The Empress of Germiny, since her
confinement, has given a fresh proof of
womanly sympathy by ordering 100 complete
sets of baby linen to be given to poor mothers.
She has also set apart 10,000 marks to accom
pany tbe gifts.
In a liquor license case transferred
from Randolph to Jay county, Ind., in which a
jury found.that Lafayette Irwin, of Winches
ter, was a fit person to have a license, but re
fused to grant him one. the Court has set aside
the finding and issued the license.
Judgments were given on Saturday at
Osgoode Hall unseating Mr. George, member
elect for North Bruce in the Ontario Legisla
ture, for corrupt practices by agents: and Und
ine corrupt acts proved against agents of Mr.
Btinson, member-elect for Hamilton.
A Lynchburg gentleman states tbat he
has reliable authority that an English syndi
cate, with a capital of 18,000.000. will be In Vir
ginia In a short time to invest in a large steel
plant. These capitalists are experienced iron
men. and have been engaged in the trade in
Sheffield.
In Paris an aquarium Is maintained for
the purpose of breeding fish for replenishing
tbe rivers of France. A quantity of California
salmon are kept in a tank specially constructed
for the purpose or artificial breeding. As a re
sult more than 200 000 healthy fish are trans
ferred to tbe River Seine every year.
A man who has been annoyed for years
by the fact that one side of his mustache grows
abqut twice as fast as tbe other srtfe claims to
have found an explanatiotfin the circumstance
tbat he sits all day at bis desk with one side of
his face turned to a window, the light from
which stimulates the growth of the hair on
that side.
More eabin passengers arrived at New
fTork In 1S90 on tbe ocean steamers than ever
before In the history of that port; Tbe steam
ers made a total of 914 trips, bringing 99 IS)
cabin and 371.693 steerage passengers. British
steamers made364 of the trips and landed 54.971
cabin and 119.679 steerage paxengers. During
tbe total 914 trips there were 49 Dirtbs, 63 deaths
and 11 suicides.
Empress Williams, adopted from the
Home for the Friendless, at Indianapolis, by
John Gillebaugh and wife, ot Portland, has
been abducted from the home of her faster
parents by an unknown man and woman. Tbe
woman is supposed to be ber mother. Mrs.
Gillebaugh was greatly attached to the child,
wbo was about 5 years old. and has becomo
crazed by grief over the loss.
A pin was lost from the trolley on an
Angnsta, Ga,, electric car same time ago and
the car stopped. A hairpin furnished by a
lady passenger enabled one of the cars to con
tinue its trip to the HilL Friday morning the
hairpin was removed and replaced by one made
for tbe purpose. It is only justice to tbe hair
pin, however, to say that it could have satis
factorily performed tbe duty alloted to it for
several months to eome.
Last Thursday two little tots Rachel
Frisch, 4 years old, and Charley Phillips, 3 years
old toddled away together from their homes
on College street, Cincinnati. Their parents
sought them day and niznt in vain. The chil
dren are too yonng to speak for themselves
and there is no one else to tell their story.
Tney were seen together on Sixth street, nrar
midnight. Tbey were found Sunday locked up
In the second story of Hart's retail shoe store,
within two blocks of their home. The entrance
to their prison was by a stairway from an alter,
and the door that shot them in was fastened
with a night lock. A boy happened to see their
tearful faces at a window about noon to-day.
and be gave tbe first alarm. Tbe first cry ot
both tbo little ones when their prison door was
broken open was "Water, water." They were
found lying face downward on the floor, tbelr
arms and feet spread out, and they were crying.
They bad been shut up alone in the cold CO
hours without food or water. They are now
nnderthe care of physicians, and fear is felt
that their illness may be very serious. They
said a man took them to tbe room,
"WISPS OF WIT.
"rep," said Pink "Whiskers, the tramp,
"I wlsht I had as many dollars as It Is easy to ult
bats. Yoa see. a gsnjr nv ns will lay down In the
weeds along side nv the railroad a little way from
the water tank. Jest as a passenger train is about
to start off, after the engine Is through takln
wlter. we Jump up an' holler. Howdy, Kernel.'
Then all the men In tbe cars stick their beads out
uv the winders, and we grab tbelr hats an' slide.
tJv course, this Is in the South. In the West, we
say 'Jedfe,' an in tho East. 'Perfesser.' Any
where else we sine oat, "noway, jut. boiui-
Qremtburg Spark.
Of every million people in the world 800
are blind, and the other 999.W0 cannot see their
own raults.-Oft City Bllaard.
The meat of a volume is generally found
on the table of eomeaXi.-ChamHerttmrg YaUej
Spirit.
All coal dealers and bread bakera are in-,
terested In the llghtwelrht chajnplonshlp.-tfrt
QrUant Picayune.
It is to be hoped that tbe British army
officers who are coning to aid Buffalo BUI In an
nihilating tbe Indians will see that their single
barreled eye-glasses are properly loaded before
they strike the Bad Lauds. -Butte City Miner.
"Wsgley I'll tell you bow to make a lot
or money.
Wooden-How?
Wagiey Buy a lot of thermometers now, and
sell them next Jnly.
-Wooden I don't see how I can make any money
that way.
Warier "Why, man, they're sare to roue SO or
SO points. Botton Courier.
Editor The young "man yon recom.
mended. Spacer, will turn out a brilliant writer.
Hnaeer I taought nis need contained large de
posits or (ray matter. What has be done?
Editor He never tails to Jab his paste brush
into bis Ink wetl.-.Vo Tar Herald.
Still another revolution in South Amer
ica Is reported. It was made by the ear wheels on
a new railroad tbat has jnst been opened In
Brazil. Bujalo xxprett.
Food mother John, do vou know Gertie
has arranged a nttle piece far the plane?
Fondfather Good! Peace for the plaao mssaa
eace for all of us. Dttrolt Srte Prut,
i.-tfSi
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