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Including Sunday, lm'th 90 Fcxdat Dispatch, One Year 260 Weeklt Dispatch, One lear. 1 25 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 3! cents per week, or Including bundar edition, at St cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY. JAN. 26, 1S9L LEADERSHIP IN IKON PRODUCTION. The Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association has just published its com plete return ol the promotion or pig iron in the United States in 1890. A report show ing practically- similar totals was published by the Census Bureau some time ago; but as it was too early to get reports from the fur naces for the entire year, it is evident that the report of the Bulletin is the first com plete and authentic one. The report is one of no slight importance, in view of the fact that the total of pig iron production in the United Statee is shown by it to place this country in advance of the world. The total of production was 10,307, 028 net tons, or 9,202,703 gross tons, a gain of 21 per cent on the production of 1889, which was in turn 17 per cent creater than in 1S88, (he product of that year and 1887 being less than seven-tenths of the total of 1890. This total is 1,200,000 gross tons above the product of England for the same period year; but as compared with En gland's greatest year of iron production, in 1832, it is only 000,000 tons in excess. Thus it will be seen that last year the United States exceeded England's iron pro duction for the same period, and in addition placed their high watermark of iron prod uct 600,000 tons in excess of England's greatest product in anv single vear. It is not likely that these totals will be exceeded by either country, for a year or two, at least, so that the figures of 1890 will stand for some time as the measure of the respec tive importance of the two countries' iron production. It is also pleasant to obssrve that the sta tistics of the production by districts do not show any indication of the departure from Pittsburg of its supremacy in the iron trade. Every one knows that Pittsburg consumes more pig iron than it manufactures. That is, the requirements of iron and steel mills largely exceed the capacity of its blast fur naces, and the ability to buy pig iron cheaply elsewhere is no disadvantage to our greater industries. Yet in view of the fond hopes of the Western and Southern centers of the iron industry that they can take away the pig iron production from Pittsburg, it is satisfactory to notice that the total produc tion of pig iron in Allegheny last year was 1,497,786 tons, nearly double what it was in 18S9, and more than was produced by any State in the Union except Pennsylvania. If we take the districts tributary to Pittsburg, namely, the Mahoning and Sheningo Valleys and the miscellaneous bituminous furnaces of Penn sylvania, a total of 3,074,949 tons is shown, or over three times the total of any other State except Pennsylvania, when the Ma honing Valley's production is deducted from that oi Ohio. In the product of Bessemer pig the leadership of Pittsburg is even more marked. The total production ot Allegheny county was 1,072, 901 tons, and that o! the districts just specified 1,729,649 tons; while the only other States that exceeded half the production of Allegheny county alone were Ohio, with a total of 551,107 tons, and Illi nois with 704,327 tons. These firures place the United States at the head of the world lor pig iron produc tion, and Allegheny county at the head of the United State. As the lead of Pitts burg in the production of finished iron and steel is even more decided than in pig iron, the showing is one that onr city can accept with great satisfaction. LESSONS Or THE INDIAN SYSTEM. The further discussion of the Indian pol icy and the humanitarians, by our "Wash ington correspondent, contains one inter esting point. It is not necessary to pursue the main subject, because after our corre spondent argues it all out, he arrives, by de vious paths of reasoning at the conclusion which every intelligent and unprejudiced man who studies the subject reaches. It is beyond doubt that the Indians should be given their lands in severalty and taught to cultivate them. Wherever this policy has been pursued with any decent approach to good faith, it has produced the best results. The adoption of this policy was agreed upon between the Government and tne very In dians who have just been in rebellion; and one of the well-founded complaints of the Indians is that neither the original treaty to that effect nor General Crooks' subsequent pledges have been made good. Neither is it necessary to take exception to our correspondent's statement of the duty f society to care for the poor and destitute if civilized life, except as to its relevance a this connection. If there is any com ujuuity which does not provide food and shelter for the unfortunate people who can not provide those necessaries for themselves, that community is a disgrace to civilization. Its violation of justice and duty is not quite so wanton as in the case of the Indians be cause it has not the feature of breaking solemn pledges for which the consideration Las been obtained. If any community had a set ot people from whom it had obtained a surrender of their claim on valuable prop erty with a pledge to furnish them stated support, and should then leave, them in destitution, it would be a parallel rase. But the social duty of caring for the civilized poor is an absolute one; and we can only except from the intimation of our cor ' responded that the people who urge honesty and philanthropy in caring for the Indians, are disposed to neglect the same duty with regard to the destitute of the Caucasian race. But the peculiar feature of the letter to which we refer is the statement that the dis honesty of Indian administration is pro duced by the "atmosphere of thieving com petition," in which it is "business" to cheat tham. "That," says our correspondent, "is the unwritten law of the system of com petitive and profit-making "trade on which the Government policy is founded." This is a striking illustration of the loose assertions on which indictments against the present so cial system are often founded. The fact is that the Government system of furnishing sup plies and carrying out or not carrying out its agreements with the Indians, is equally removed from the principle of thiev ing competition to which our correspondent refers, and from the principle of honest com petition, which really means that the mer chant who gives the best ralne Tor the money he receives, and makes it most advantageous for people to deal with him, shall do the business. If the Indians were given the money that is appropriated for their benefit and left subject to the depredations of whisky sellers, gamblers and landsharks they would doubtless be robbed by thieving competition; although it may be doubted whether, even in that case, they wonld be subjected to such swindles as being charged by the post traders 60 cents per pound for pork worth about 10 ceuts. If they were in structed to use judgment, intelligence and industry, as the Bystem of civilization does in the case of infants, it is possible that the principles of honest competition, which rules trade where it is not hampered by in judicious or dishonest legislation, would prevail in their case. But what is the system by which the Indians are supposed to be guarded? It is from first to last based on the principle of having all the business operations necessa ry for their subsistence carried on by the Gov ernment. The meat and groceries which are furnished them must be obtained on Gov ernment contracts. If they want imple ments to commence agricultural labor or cattle to raise on their lands their needs must be passed" upon by Government au thority, and the purchase made by Govern ment agents. Whatever they get must be distributed to tbem by an agent of the Gov ernment and if any goods are sold to them it can only be done through a single authorized Indian trader at each post. In short, the entire Indian system is the most thorough illustration of State socialism existing in this country to-day; and its practical results furnish the most complete commentary on the proposal to make a similar system con trol the business of civilization. It is true that the necessity of keeping the savages under tutelage until they are edu cated to discretion renders a certain degree of this Government control inevitable in their case. But the practical workings of the system show beyond question what the actual results would be of placing under Government control the operations of busi ness that can be performed under free com petition. The politicians find in such a sys tem almost unchecked opportunities for per sonal enrichment, while those who are sup posed to be cared for are left to suffer for the need of what the Government undertakes to furnish them. No gain is to be made, as under the competitive system by per forming the operations economically, promptly and honestly. The consequence is that beef bought by the million pounds costs more when distributed to the Indians at the agencies within a hundred miles or so of the cattle ranges, than the working people of Pittsburg have to pay for it at the retail butcher shops; and a similar result is seen in the fact that two years after it has been decided that the Sioux Indians arc to have agricultural implements and farm stock, neither implements nor stock have reached the Indians. Such things are the natural result of placing business operations under political control, instead of making business success dependent on the intelligence, activity, economy and honesty of those who engage in it The practical results of State socialism which appear in our Indian system, furnish the strongest possible argument for raising the Indians to a degree of intelligence which will enable them to be emancipated from such tutelage; and at the same time the most crushing disproof of the idea that to put the business operations of civilized society under political control would mean anything but unlimited opportunities of plunder for the politicians and a grievous increase of the burdens of the common people. PROMISES OF WEALTH. Projects for getting hold of the funds of the dear people are of perennial growth and infinite variety; but it is rare that one of more glittering and attractive hue is found than the alleged development of so-called beneficial orders which are referred to in a local article. An organization which can convince any considerable share of the pub lic that it will return $100 in six months to each member who has paid dues in that time amounting to a half or a third of that amount, can confidently expect that people will at once give themselves over to the in dustry of joining the societies, and thus se curing a monthly if not weekly payment of the 5100 benefit. Whether people get the benefits or not, it is beyond doubt that if any number can be brought to believe in this scheme, the projectors will enjoy a very fat revenue for a season. The arguments which are brought forward to convince the dear public that this is legiti mate business are decidedly unique. One organization establishes its case by pointing out that the lapses in the regular beneficial organizations amount to 64 or 67 of the total membership. But if the lapses in this con cern are to reach any such percentage in six months, it is evident that at the close ot a year it will have from 28 to 31 per cent less than no membership at all, which is likelv to make the payment of the promised benefit an arduous undertaking. Another organ-. ization leaves itself a very large loophole by the requirement that before any member can reach full standing he must bring in two other members, which, as a calculation readily shows, would in a very short time require a total membership exceeding the population of the entire Western Hemi sphere. With regard to these mushroom organiza tions, which appear to have broken out simultaneously in various cities, it can be laid down as a universal rule that any plan which holds out a promise to return to its members a greater amount than the dues with a safe interest rate comDounded on the payments, is either inspired by intentional fraud or bewildered ignorance. The old scheme of ofieringto pay 10 per cent month ly on deposits has become somewhat thread bare, bnt this fills its place very thoroughly. THE STORM AND THE WIItESv The clearly defined and narrow limits which sometimes mark. very severe storms received a remarkable illustration yester day. While Pittsburg was enjoying an exceptionally clear and mild winter's day, a storm of snow and sleet passed through the eastern part of the State entirely cutting off telegraphic communication with Phila delphia, New York and Washington and rendering connectionwith the Central Penn sylvania and New York cities very difficult The destructive action of the storm on electric wires appears to have marked its limits at extending west to Central Penn- THE sylvania and as far north as Albany. Such a storm so near, while Pittsburg was enjoy ing bright and mild weather, is remarkable. The frequent interruptions of telegraphic communication, which have taken place during a winter that has been by no means exceptional, should suggest that the loss of business by these interruptions would largely offset the cost of putting the wires safe underground through the country as well as in the cities. A UNIQUE OPENING. Mr. George Kennan is quoted as express ing a belief that the search for the North Pole offers a great opening for young men. Considering the reports from the last Arctio expedition,' of some members of it eating others, the phrase suggests that the opening is of a unique bnt by no means desirable character. Without giving the remark that gruesome significance, however, it is permissible to say that the positions which young men, or old ones either, are likely to find in the Arctic regions are altogether too permanent to be attractive. The fame of penetrating a region which cannot sus tain human life or yield any gain to prac tical knowledge mar be very sweet to those who get back. But as the majority of the Arctic explorers do not return, the dis creet young man in search of an opening will prefer the more commonplace sort to be found in temperate climes. Hon. John M. Langston has intro duced a bill providing 1,000,000 for the estab lishment of a colored university. This might be an acceptable alternative for the elections bill, on one condition. That is that the Hon. John 31. Langston shall have nothing to do with the hanalingof the million dollars. As contradicting the idea that Hill has lessened bis Fresidcntal chances by taking the Senatorsblp, the Boston Herald remarks: "James A. Garfield was elected to, the Senate in the winter of ISiO. and in the summer of the same year he was nominated for the Presi dency. Henry Clay was elected to the Senate in 1831, and was bis party's candidate for Presi dent in 1S32. Andrew Jackson was in the Sen ate when he ran for President in 1821," True enough; bnt in view of the fact that Garfield did not take his seat In the Senate, and the other Presidental candidates were not elected, the cogency of their examples does not exer cise a less sinister Influence on the chances of David Bennett Hill. "Thebe is no moral to the story which has reached us by cable, of the taking off of Prince Baudonln, the Belgian heir apparent," remarks the New York Herald. Perhaps nott but unless the cable correspondents have been making several mountains out of a mole hill there is a great deal of immoral to it "Pittsburg nurtures the hope of induc ing or compelling the surface railroads to keep all the streets clean at their own expense," re marks the New York Telegram, and then pro ceeds to some remarks which indicate tbe hopelessness of any such idea in New York. It should be remarked that tbe Pittsburc: hope for the purification of ber streets in that way will probably be realized about the time that tbe iridescer.t dream of the purification of politics comes true. The oil men are strongly in. favor of the new nipe line bill. If tbe Grander Legislature gives it to tbem. it may mark the rise of a new and unexpected combination of political forces in Pennsylvania. The erratic Era Mann-Hamilton was very badly d amaged by ber own evidence in the case that she lost last week: but she de serves credit for bavins brought out one great truth. She declared ber belief under oath that her quondam husband was an Imbecile because he would get drunk when he went out by him self, and when drunk he was'an imbecile. Eva's definition has a great deal ot force and applies to numerous members ot the lordly sex. In the United States Senate last week every day, except Monday, was Tuesday. At tbe present rate of progress every day in the Senate this week bids fair to be no day at alt The Kansas House of Representatives has passed a resolution opposing the elections bill, by a vote of 91 yeas to 21 nays. On the Republican principle that opposition to this measure means Democracy, tbe Republican leaders are thus brought face to face with the fact that their policy has converted Kansas fnto' a Democratic State. And if Kansas is Democratic, how much is left for the Repub licans? Is the report that the Congressional silver pool dropped 170,000 on tbe speculation, the first vote of a movement to Induce Congress to reimburse the victims for their looses? The speculators in grain at Chicago can bardly ba blamed for looking askance at that widely paraded statement that the ancient Hutchinson, Idiomatically known as "Old Hutch," has retired from speculation. They may remember that Jay Gould has retired from speculation several times, and what it cost the street every time be came back. Both of the political parties might justly breathe a devout prayer to be rescued from their friends in Congress. Thebe is a good deal of food for public satisfaction in the statement that the United States law against lottery business in the mails has so cut down the profits of the Louisiana swindle that at its Jannary drawing its prizes were scaled down to one-fourth the advertised amounts. One piece of reformatory legislation seems to have done some good. WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE. Senator Pltjmb is a regular subscriber to between 200 and SCO Kansas newspapers. The Pbince op Nassua, a fine looking young fellow, is in England looking for a wife. Sir Charles and EAdyDtlke are seeking a week or two of repose in their pretty French conntry house on Cape Brun, tbe rocky height above Toulon. Charles Bradlattgh, JL P., was a tailor's shon-walker when be was a young man. and first came into notice as a member of a country debating class. James Gordon Bennett is expected back next spring. The ex-Commodore has tbe Has san and Naouma now, and is building a new steel screw yacht in this country. The Comte de Paris' request that bis son should receive a commission in the Russian army has been refused by the Emperor of Russia. Prince Louis Napoleon is, it will be remembered, in tbe Russian army, so that the refusal of the Czar, who gave the reason that Russian service could not be made the retreat of banished Princes, has caused some surprise. Bishop John P. Newman will be a leader in tbe Quarter Centennial Methodist Jubilee to be held in New Orleans. He is to be the orator of the day, and will take for his subject "Tbe Future of the Negro Race." At the close of the jubilee the Bishop will visit all tbe confer ences in tbe West and South, and, in addition, to this work, be will preach wherever he is re quested so to do, and will appoint local preach ers and do much other church work. Paul Cinquevalll tbe magician, is a slender, handsome little man, an agreeable talker, full of reminiscences of great men ho -has met and not in the least conscious of the fact that be is, perhaps, tbe greatest juggler and gymnast in tbe world. He is a linguist and speaks eight languages, French, German, English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Danish and Swedish. Strange t say he does not speak his own native language, tbe Polish. Imagine Bill Nye's classic features half eclipsed behind a long, flowing beard. And yet there was a time and not very many years ago, either when the humorist was the prond possessor of such a hirsute appendage. At that timo he mourned tbe fate which made him bald and sought to apologif e for the absence ot hair upon his head by an abundance of hair upon bis face. But in spite of all his efforts the baldness of his dome of thought attracted the public eye and held it. PITTSBUKG - DISPATCH, SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. The statesman who votes for a bad law is the man with the evil aye The country inn, like life, has. changed, to be sure. Still, in the sleepy little villages as.yet undisturbed by the shriek of locomotive whistle, one can be found which links the past with the present Outlined against the mist-clouded sky of tho past I see an inn of the olden time. Low, long, spotlessly white, with the greenest of green shutters, moss on tbe shingles, weeds in the eaves, it nestled beside the brown high way midway between tbe limits of that sleepy hollow. It was tbe bnb around which all tbe gossip of tbe village revolved. Before its open door farewells were given every morning and welcomes extended every evening. Tbe loud, long toot of the mall coachman's horn brought to it twice each day a representative group of news-seekers and news mongers. Tbe traveler was questioned by the host for all tbe news along the road, and in re turn heard all tho gossip of the surrounding country. Then they gathered around tbe broad fireplace in the big bare-floored public room and talked and smoked and smoked and talked. Every happening, from tbe last horse trade to the newest baby, rolled over the tongues there home, church, character, busi ness were mouthed until tbe mass became un distmguisbable, tbe lights low, the traveler sleepy, tne talkers tired. The door of that village inn was always ajar, gossip a welcome guest, rum or a regular lodger. But around it memory lingers. There, in the days when tbe earth childhood's happy world was em braced in a circle within the sweep of tbe eye and bounded by the dip of the sky behind the bills, tbe road of life be gan and ended. There tbe mother wept over tbe goer and smiled upon the comer. There tbe heart of the village throbbed with joy and ached with pain. All who went and all who came stood within its shadow at morn and at night. And you see It now as 5 ou saw it then long, low, white and-green. In tbo big square, shed-sided yard tho chickens cackled, tbe horses neighed, tbe hostler sang, the pump creaked. In the garden beside and behind the many-colored hollyhocks, big sunflowers and spotted lilies cast shadows over well-kept let tuce and weedless onion beds. Hop vines clam bered to tbe eaves, where swallows twittered. Over all. cloudless sky and shimmering sun shine. Tbe picture lives, for mayhap it was the last spot you gazed at when you turned your back on that little sky-bound world and started on life's highway, which led you further and further away. Under the light turned on by Littler, Don Cameron grows littler. Quail always responds to the toast at the game dinner. Sporting men seldom select dyspeptics to hold wagers, as they are not good steak holders. Jay Gould only weighs 130 pounds. He's worth his weight in gold. Why is a dentist like a pioneer farmert Be cause he is compelled to pull stumps. Stanley's enunciation while in Pittsburg called forth denunciation. He is improving, however. Good sign makers Deaf and dumb folk. ' Visionary individuals are frequently scared by their own shadow. Why is a disabled Jcable car like a disconso late individual? Because it has lost its grip. Truth is purer than fiction, at all events. Most all the world's successful men began life away from home. The pen dipped in boney doesn't trace sting lag words. When is a lover takes a buss. like a tourist? When he The World's Fair will be a dismal affair if the Force bill becomes a law,- Elopers allow their hearts to run away with their judgment, If the bad lawmakers were treated like law breakers the country wonld be better off. The society bud with beautiful tresses Is a hair belle. Why is a sleeping babe like a criminal? Because it's a kidnaper. In Boston they never say ' "equine vernacular" there. 'horse talk," it's Wet are sailors like gamblers ? Because they live between decks. The average woman pays more attention to that on her back than to that which la on her mind. The Indian will occasionally stand treat but he cannot stand Uncle Sam's treatment. The midnight prowler generally works the growler. Even the sign language falls to enlighten a man who Is deaf to reason. A man Is anybody's game when he's up a tree. After Mr. and Mrs. Fall, of Boston, married they decided to prolong the courtship indefin itely. They are both lawyers. In Europe only the aristocracy go to court In America everybody goes there. This is a great country. It seems strange, but some people are of fended it you call them countrymen. The shadow of a crime a detective. If the heaven. earth gives you anything thank A GIRL feels bad until she secures a beau, and if she can't bend it, feels worse. Why Is the Force bill like a hollow square on tbe battle field? Because it's bristling with bayonets. If Uncle Sam wants tbe Sioux to farm their lands he should give them plows instead of guns. The Jamaica Exposition will be strictly English, doncher know. When Kipling revisits America he should inspect the streets instead of the sewers. Women would never do for soldiers. They would change their uniform every few weeks and would never grow old enough to be placed on tbe retired list The bucket shop gambler always goes against tbe grain. MR. Morton seems to he meeting with more reverses in public than In private life. Love will make a fool of a wise man, A downhearted individual Is the center of gravity. Some statesmen insist upon seeing some thing planked down berore they take the floor. Lawyers are constantly placed in trying situation's. Willie Winkle. Expects a Good Governor. Kansas City Star. " Although the inauguration of Governor Pat tison of Pennsylvania was accompanied by threatening weather and took place under lowering skies, it Is believed that it presages the dawn of a brighter day for the friends of public morality and decent politics in the old Keystone. . DEATHS OF A DAY. Alexander Black. Alexander Black died yesterday morning at the age of 73 years. He was one of the most widely known men in tbe city. The fnneral will occur to-morrow afternoon from the residence of his son, James L. Black, 232 Main street. MONDAY, JANTTARY A BUCKEYE POX HUNT. Twenty-Two Men, and 41 Hounds Lead an Exciting Chase. Cincinnati, Jan. 25. Thero was'an old fashioned Kentucky fox hunt yesterday down at 'Squire Whetlock's, 20 miles down tho river. There were 22 hunters present, 16 of whom were mounted on spirited steeds. Too pack of hounds embraced 11 yelping docs, all eager tor the sport. They started about 10 o'clock, and the dogs soon struck a trail. Over hedges and dttebes, tbrongh stubble fields and flocks of sheep, down steep hills, where the smooth shod horses slipped, fell and threw their riders, for ten miles tbe hunters followed tbe pack Tben the fox struck a water-course and fol lowed it for two miles, and It took 3X hours for tho dogs to get on the trail again. John Renner. of this city, who had been a cavalryman In the German army, started out In great shape, and got thrown twice before dinner. Al Candle and Wick bad good horses, and Wick fell off bis horse, saddle and all, backward, trying to leap a two-rail fence. Ban die sat on his horse on the top ot tbo bill and smoked a big pipe, with ex-Senator Billy Cald well to help him. Colonel Wbetlock notified everybody that when tbe horn blow flvo times dinner was ready, and when tbe welcome sound rang over the Kentucky hills, where it could be heard for five miles, everybody was on baud but Joe Renner, who turned up bespattered with mud from head to heels. The fox was started at Bulllttsville and ran due west for 13 miles. Of all the riders only seven came in at the finish. Two foxes were started, but ona escaped, and the other tho dogs toro to pieces, catching it on the 16-mile homeward stretch. 'Squire Wbetlock, who is a splendid horse "man, had two fine falls, but caught bis own horse. Bel ma, a black and white brindlo hound with glass eyes, won the race, it being a dog that Whetiock had picked out to win. At Sells' Grove somebody wanted to kill the fox, and a row seemed imminent, as such a brutal act in fox bunting was never heard of in Ken tucky. Andy Hoover and Dr. Bale were par ticipants in the hunt Way It Looks Out West Kansas City Times. Perhaps Don Cameron did nothing wrong when he speculated in silver, but in that case why did he want the fact kept a secret until he had been re-elected Senator? The Baling Hallucination. Emporia, Kan., Republican. A New York man imagines that he is dead. Occasionally we run across a dead man In Kansas who labors under the hallucination that he is alive. GO EAST, YOUNG MAN. A Reaction in Favor of Now England Farms When the West Is Foil. Lewlston Journal. Our own idea is that as the cheap and pro ductive lands in the West are now occupied to a large extent, there will be au important reac tion in favor of farming in the East, in the next decade. Unless we are mistaken, this reaction has already begun. In the study of the tendencies of modern population wo ought ever to keep the fact in mind thai there are certain reasons why the current is largely metropolitan, growing out of the supercedure pf the kitchen corner as a center of manufac turing industry. This preference tor the city Is not a drift, an aimless and unreasonable move ment in the modern amalgam of peoples. Machinery has released thousands from the productive life of farms to the constructive life of shops, and tbe vast increase of consumption has ministered to the command of factory life over the popnlation released irom the land. The social instincts also foster tho attractive forces of the city. The intellectual aspirations of modern life add a strong enlargement of the boundaries of cities. Amusements, libraries, the luxuries and conveniences of life are mul tiplied by the city. We need not deplore what is normal, natural and beneficial. The advance in agricultural products which is steadily proceeding, is the counter-appeal of rural financial facts toward farm life. These things do not at once take care of themselves but under the law of supply and demand and of relative profit and comfort, the country is sure to have a period of improved profit and of more telling industry. It is this wh:ch we see already in sight A Bugaboo Exploded. Boston Traveller. 1 In conversation recently we found a well defined alarm over the probability of negro supremacy in this country. The facts would seem to answer that very quickly. In 1790 there were 3,172,000 more whites than negroes, in 1880 there were 48.575,000 more, In 1890 nearly 60,000,000 more, and, if the present rates of in crease are maintained, there will be in 1900 1,067,000,000 more. Tho negroes gain nothing from immigration, while the whites gain millions thereby. This Is not a phase of the negro question that need oause any anxiety. Boomers Then, Hustlers Now. New Orleans Delta. The boomers are invading the Cherokee strip. Pretty soon they will be hustlers hustling ont with United States troops after them. AN LNDUSTBI0US MOTHER. She Accomplishes a Feat Never Before Performed by a Far Northern Hen. St. Pawl, Jan. 25. As a reliable setter Joshua Robertson, ot Lake Como, ha; a Fly mouth Rock ben which he will back against tho world. The mood is liable to strike her any season of tbe year, and when it does she will sit with as much enthusiasm upon a porcelain nest egg, a door knob, small boulder or a brick, with tbe thermometer 20 degrees below zero and a blizzard raging, as though she were planted npon a dozen Golden Pbeasant eggs worth S3 apiece in the balmiest May weather. Bnt, as it is often the reward of tbe enthusiasts, she has at last made herself famous. Shebasperformed a feat which was never performed in Minnesota before, so far as the "oldest inhabitant" can remember. Over three weeks ago she caught the setting fever. Her proprietor tried to break it up."He ted ber meats mixed witb cayenne pepper, other things mixed with black pepper, and tried all tbe remedies known to the science as good to make a ben lay. But it was all time wasted. She had made up her mind to set and set she would. So Mr. Robertson concluded to humor her. He put a dozen nice new eggs un der her. Mrs. Hen appreciated the favor, and put In her best licks. Yesterday she walked off tbe nest the proud mother of 11 of tho cutest lfrrlA rhlrlrs imnfnnfihlp Aft n.hannn ... j lived near St Paul tor tbe past 39 years, and be asserts ma: mat is tne nrst nroou oi chickens ever hatched by a hen in the State during the month of January. The Evidence of a Reunited Conntry. New Orleans Delta. The action of tbe Kansas House of Repre sentatives in passing a resolution denouncing the force bill, is gratifying evidence of the fact that this is a reunited country; that tbe scars left by the civil war are being rapidly healed, and that the efforts of interested and unscrup ulous politicians to keep the two sections of tbe country asunder for tbe purpose of realiz ing their own private and personal ambitions, will be fruitless. SHERIDAN'S BIDE OUTDONE. How a Delayed Colorado Legislator Showed Up on Time. Denver, Jan. 25. On Friday night last Mr. Thomas F. O'Maboney, tbe leader of the Democratic delegation from the carbonate camp in the House of Representatives, went home to see bis constituents. He was to re turn for Monday morning. "Faith, I'll be here," he said, as he clasped tbe horny hand of Mr. James H. Brown on the evening before be left. And be was, but it cost him 5250. There were a good many con stituents to see, and they had to be seen often. Eo it occurred that when Mr. O'Mahoney reached the depot he glanced nervously up and down tbe track, rushed into the dispatcher's office, and was Informed that his only train had gone ten mlnntes before. Anxiously and desperately did Mr. O'Mahoney race about tho platform ana demand tome way out of his dilemma. "There is but one way for you to get there," said tbe station agent "Take an engine and catch tbe train." "Give me that engine and give it tome quick," shouted Mr. O'Maboney. Down the stecD grades it rattled, thundering through canons and over bridges, sweeping with warn ing whistle past tbe small stations, and leaving a cloud of smoke anda twisting cyclone of dust behind in its fiery course. On, the iron horse plunged. Mr. O'Maboney was on the pilot with fire In his eye. As fast as tbe wheels could turn came the eugrne. Mr. O'Mahoney responded to roll-call on Monday moraine. Hasn't Found His Proper Field. St Louis Bepublic.3 Mr. Morton has bitterly disappointed those who expected that he could be greater at Vice President than as keeper of tne Bhoreham bar. 26, 1891. OBAN, I0NA ANDJHE OCEAN. Rev. George Hodges .Writes of Points of Interest In Northern Britain The Final Paper of an Entertaining Series. Tbe great new bridge which spans tho Frith ot Forth is two miles long, and tho queerest looking bridge which you will see in a summer's journey; as if some huge antediluvian monster had left his vast skeleton across that stretch of water. Presently Sterling Castle comes in sight set upon a hill. And by-and-by the train stops and everybody gets ont and there is a hurry and a skurry to get good seats on the top of tbe coach a great coach, with no inside to It with all Its seats on top and open to the sky, holding 20 or 30 people. fAnd so away over tbe rolling hills, among the fields of purple heather, beside the smiling brooks, and past tbe little turf roofed cabins. Tbe big "bens" loom up against tbe sky, and tbe little "Macs" run along beside the coach with bunches of heather, eager for bargains. You question these little bare-footed merchants, and you find that every one of them is named "Mac" somethinz Macintosh, Mac Brayne. MacTavish, MacPhersoc, MacDonald no end to it. The day Is perfect Overhead the sun shines warm and bright This is the fifth pleasant day which they have bad all this summer In this region of uncertain skies. Presently you are among the Trossachs, where the trees grow the "wooded country," the name means, notable enough in these parts where the bills wear nothing thicker than heather. And tben the coach stops at tbe shore of Loch Katrine, and you board the little steamer, and so away again. Fast Ellen's Isle, and all the fair scenes of tbe "Lady or the Lake." At Inversnald, on tbe border of Loch Lomond, you spend the night, taking an afternoon ramble and scram ble over the rocks to discover "Rob Roy's Cave." Then by boat and coach, and rail to Oban. Oban lies upon the seacoast. Mound Builders There, Too. One day at Oban I went out between the heathery moors to a little lake which lies among the hills the "dark'.' lake, Loch Nell, they call it. And beside this lake I saw a snake, 250 feet long, and 8 or 10 feet thick! A great coiled snake of stone and turf. Every body knows about the serpent mound in Ohio; here is another away across the salt water. Tbe serpent mound beside Loch Nell is so old that there is not even a tradition left ahnnt thn hnilriers of it. What bauds laid the stone vertebra) of this big snake, and set an altar in the bead of It and were then clasned in stranpn nraver here nobody knows. Yon stand nnon tha aarnant's bead and look out toward tbe setting sun, and there are the three peaksof a jagged mountain. In Ohio, from tbe serpent's bead, you look toward the three branches of a river. Another day at Oban I took a long walk In another direction to a ruined castle called Dunstaffnage. There were shaggy Highland cattle in the fields; and tbe queerest old stone houses, one story bigb, half house and half stable, with roof of thatch, and compost heap beside tbe door, along the road. You cross over a reach of shallow water on convenient stepping stones which the high tide covers, and here is the castle. A great square building built upon a crag ot solid rock. Year after year the rain has descended and the floods have come and beat upon It but tbe parable holds true, the castlo stands. There are towers at the corners; ivy grows over the broken walls; nobody lives there. Here, in this green courtyard, men in armor mounted their horses in days happily long past and great fires roared up these cold chimneys, and the minstrels sang to the sound of the harp. One day tbe Dunstaffnage Campbells went out against their old enemies, tbe Murrays. and drove them into tbe church of Monlvalrd and locked the door upon tbem and burned tbem into charred bones. And back tbey came to this old castle, and in this courtyard, with loud voices and Scotch profanity (as suited tbe occasion) talked that murder overt Once the Capital -of Scotland. This old castle ot Dunstaffnage was once the capital of Scotland. The king of the Scots had his throne here. Within these walls was kept a stone which yields in interest only to tbe Black Stone at Mecca. Jacob laid his bead upon it the night he dreamed about the angels and the ladder so they say. And thence, after remarkable adventures. It journeyed up to Ire land. And Columba brought It to lona. Sore it is that from lona it was carried to Dunstaff nage. Upon this stone tha first king in all his tory, who was crowned by a Christian pnest, sat to receive the Christian benediction. Then they took it to Scone, when they moved the Scottish capital thither: and thence to West minster Abbey, where it rets to-day beneath tbe coronation chair of tbe English Empire. Out In tbe sea, over against Oban, reached by steamer, lies the Island of Staffa, where Fingal's Cave is the object of interest A little island, across which von walk In a. hilf-tmnr". time, down you climb along tbe rocks to tbe level of tbe sea and a scramble over great im bedded pillars ot stone brings you to tne cave like a church for the mermaids; with the .waves for cboir, vested in cassocks of green and blue and cottas of white foam, all singing bass. The roof has a gotbic angle; all about are the vast columns of rock, cut clean as If by the hand of a mason. An Island Without a Tree. Thence to lona. Iona is a little Island, one mile wide and three miles long. There is not a tree upon it, but there are rocks in unlimited abundance. The surface is broken by deep ravines. Along the shore where the steamer waits, lies a little village of low houses, in habited by Usher folk, 250 souls in all At tbe one store, which is postofflce. grocery, hard, ware and drygoods establishment combined, with a hotel attached, notices are posted up In two languages. In English and in Gaelic At the churches there are two. to suit tbe ecclesiastical preferences of thi3 handful of people, the "Church of Scotland." and the "Free Church of Scotland," at thesecburcbes the ministers preach every Sunday in tbe tongue which was spoken in our mother country in tbe days before Caesar's visit At one enu or tne village" are the ruins. There Is a cathedral without a roof, and a nunnery with broken walls,and an ancient cem etery full of curious gravestones. Before the cathedral and at a turn of the road are two great stone crosses, made In tbe peculiar shape which characterizes the art of tbe old days of this little island, covered with intricate inter lacings of carved lines. Away to the south of the island is Columba's Bay, tbe "Port-na-Cruaicb." with crags of rock on either side, and a mound, high up above the 'tide, made boat-sbaped, and a beach of strange and beau tiful colors, which glistens as tbe waves ripple over it till it deserves tbe name which the Duke of Argyll (the owner of the island) gave it, "the beach of precious stones." Here Columba landed, 1300 years ago. Began the Conversion of England. But who was Columba, and of what conse quence was his landing that one should go on pilgrimage to sea the place of it ? Columba was the missionary who began the conversion of England, of Anglo-Saxon England, Tbe Britons, who bad been converted and civilized by the Roman conquerors, fled before the Inva sion of tbe Pagan Saxons into Wales and into Ireland. The first to come back, and bring the Gospel with bim. was this brave pioneer who made this island tbe headquarters of his cam paigns. Scotland owes the Gospel to Columba. Hera be landed; here he set up his primitive monastery. -.Like Pittsburg of the Past Back to Oban, and thence by steamer, a pleasant day's journey through the Cnnan Canal and tbe Kyles of Bute to Glasgow. Tha Crinan Canal is more like a long, narrow lake than a canal. The banks are like the banks of a river. The water rushes np against the gravel and the green grass and the boat moves in tbe shade of tbe trees. Glasgow looked like Pitts burg ot tbe past. Tbe streets In the early morning were uar&ana mnrKy. xiirough the veil of smoke you could see tha church spires rising like the towers of a drowned city. A busy town crowded with hurrying people. But we are near tho time for setting out for home. Sight-seeing is pretty nearly at an e od; and yon are not sorry after some months of it. After all, home is better. And when your face is turned that wav, you nave bur a faint inter est in things foreign. Then a week on board tbe great Whito Star steamer Majestic, a vast elegant clubhouse on the water. Fair skies, and smooth seas, and big figures every day in tbe record of the "run," and at last, ono morn ing, a sight of the most beautiful harbor on eitner side of tbe Atlantic, with the tall figure of Liberty with uplifted torch set in the midst of it Wo make the nest of it out of the' clutches of tbe brigands of the Custom House, and we are in New York. And so, by a day's journey, borne; to the most attractive, interesting and promising city on either side of the wide oceanl And this pleasant journey, which was long enough by land and by water, but which has been drawn out to an unconscionable length ou paper, couies to an end. Q. jr. English Good Enough. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Now that tbe closure measure is in thoSenate tbe purists have gotten after tbe people who persist in calling it "cloture." They make the point that cloture is French, and if used should De pronounced as French, while closure Is En glish and fills the bill. And it may be re marked that it the measure is passed it will probably fill tbe bilL Put Them Where tho Law Requires. Altoona Tribune.) The suggestions of Governor Pattison's in augural concerning thercara of tbe State funds should receive tha early an4 earnut attention of the Legislature. OUR MAIL POUCH. The Street Improvement Problem. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch : On account of sickness, I did not see my article on the pending new street act in your issue of the 21st Inst until last night There has been an error or omission in the manu script or a blunder on tbe part of the printer one or tbe other as tha lines printed read: "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." The above does not convey the ideal intended it should. What I meant to say was substan tially that there are hundreds, yea, thousands, of our best and most useful citizens, who can and do pay dollar for dollar of their indebted ness In tbree or fire- years, who could not if compelled to do so within 30 days, as the law now is or was. The logio of this simple illus tration is simply that persons who bare the bills to pay for street improvements should not be driven into bankruptcy for having done an act that is so largely in its nature pro bono publico. Give those who pay for tbe improvements time. There is much land within ther city lim its that is kept out of market for lot purposes simply on account of its want of better means' of access, 1 e., streets thereto, and wbosa own ers are deterred from incurring the expense on account of tha short time allowed (30 days) to realize the wherewith to pay for same. In short, I think tbe law should be so framed as to. promote street improvements by first mak ing secure the city and second by giving the citizen time to pay for such. I think it is a Mahometan dogma that "be who digs a well or plants a tree Is sura to go to Paradise," and it this be true, then I think that he who paves a street and pays for or promotes tbe same Is equally entitled to a like reward. I further more think It would be but democratic that tbe new act should accord the petitioners the right to designate tbe kind of material, t e.. the kind of pavement they are willing to pay for. Georoe Finley. E. E., PlTTSBURO, Jan. 23. 1S9L A Query for Dr. Koch. To the Editor of The Ulspatcn: I find tbe following in tha "Magazine Almanac of 1815," published by R. C. J. Patter son, corner of Wood and Fourth streets, Pitts burg: Kino's Evil A discovery of great im portance to humanity has been made by Dr. Smith, who Js at tbe bead of tbe Vaccine In stitution of Maryland, viz: That the ktne pock is a complete cure for the king's evil, or scrofula, even in its most inveterate forms and its last stages. A number of cases which have coma to his knowledge establishes tbe fact Query Is Dr. Koch, Dr. Dixon or Dr. Smith tha real originator of the consumption cure. Book Worm. ElDErton, PA., Jan. 23. A Has the Best of It To tbe Editor of tbe Dispatch : A says we, tbe public voters of Ohio, do not vote direct for the President but says we vote for tbe electors, and the electors elected vote direct for the President. B says tbe voters elect the President by tbe majority of votes- or plurality, as yon see best to have it Sales, Jan. 24. Reader, It Is Not Open on Sunday. To tbe Editor ot The Dispatch: Will you kindly tell me whether the "Ver estcbagin collection" is open to the public on Sunday. I have heard it was. That being my only chance to visit, I await answer anxiously. Steubenville, O., Jan. 21 W. On Friday, That Year. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: You will oblige me very much by stating tbrongh columns of your paper what day of tbe week was Christmas in the year 180. West Newton, Jan. 21 R. T. Lucas. A Pen Picture of Carlisle. Oath In Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Carlisle, at tha age of 55, Is of tha full height without being tall, and spare without leanness An ease of intercourse becomes his figure. As his motions are graceful, his ad dress is gracious yet plain. The visitor is not put under constraint by too much manner, and finds embarrassment only in the attempt to study his countenance while tbe Senator's mind Is in exercise, spontaneous and elastic as a billiard ball. Tbe face, however, shows tbe print of public duties like a face upon a coin tbe brow concave, and as tbe eyebrows lift show seams asif from routine and candlelight; the smile upon tbe somewhat hollow, high boned cheeks taking the pale shadow of thought; tbe mouth expressive, and In speech flexible by long training, a something of the literary Caesar going out to the observer from that closet yet public face. A PET BEYNAB1VS CLEVERNESS. It Gets the Best of a Gang of Thieving Hungry Rats. Middletown, Jan. 25. O. W. Hubbard, of this city, has tbe smartest pet fox in Connecti cut He dwells In a handsome kennel and is at liberty to roam about a little yard which Is in closed with a high paling. Reynard has a pretty good time, plays funny antics In his yard, and in return for his performances all the boys and girls in tho neighborhood stuff bim with all sorts of food and bonbons. But a horde of rats that lurk under au adjacent building are the pest of his life, for they sally forth into his little domain when ba sleeps, and steal all tha bones and tidbits left after his meals. At length Reynard, wearied with their perse cutions, dng a deep bole and therein buried all tbe scraps from his meal; but tbe rats found tbe cache and robbed it habitually. Then he concocted a deep plot, whereby he got the best of bis enemies. The other day ba gathered all the bones and other eatables in bis yard, dug a new bole near tha burrow of tbe rats, and in it bnried bis stores. Then be lay down in a retired part of the yard and pretended to be asleep, and presently a big gray rat emerged from tbe burrow, crept to Reynard's storebonse, and fell to work dig ging up tho food. Tben another rat came out and helped tbe first one, and still an other came, and finally there was a caucus of rats about tha pit. Just then the fox awoke, crossed the yard in a twinkling, and in about three-quarters of a second had nailed three big gray robbsrs to tbe ground. Sinco then tbe rats bave been very coy. White and Flood a Few, Too. Nashville American. There were just seven anti-Cameron bolters from the Republican legislative caucus in Pennsylvania. Three for Harrison, three for Wanamaler and one for the Philadelphia Press. FOE THE PUBLIC GOOD. Ably Edited and Reliable In Every Feature of News. Xenla, C Gazette. The Pittsburg Dispatch is now about to occupy Its new granite fire-proof building, wbicb is supplied with entirely new machinery and type of the latest pattern. The Dispatch has a daily circulation of 30,000 copies and a Sunday edition of 50,000 copies, and Is recog nized as the leading paper of Western Penn sylvania, while in typography and facility for gathering news and presenting it inreadibla form. It has no superior in any State. It is ably edited, has complete reports of commer cial transactions, foreign dispatches and local news in a reliable and convenient form; Indeed is a model newspaper in all respects, to pursue which is one of our highest exchange privileges. It is an Independent Republican paper, and dis cusses all political questions with reference only to the truth and public good. The Worst Sarcasm on the Metropolis. Boston Traveller. The severest commentary on New York's meanness that we bave yet seen is found in tbe proposition made "by Confederate veterans to raise money for the completion of the Grant monument THE TYPEWRITER. The pretty Utte typewriter ft ho taxes down what I say. And banga 11 on the fleet machine. In such a clever way. Will sometimes shyly glance at me. In a half lnqulrlnr way, As If to ask, "What in the world Makes you so slow to-day?' And then a look ofsympathy Beams on her visage kind. Asirshe though "Great things ot weight Are doubtless on his mind." ' 'But in truth what makes me hesitate. And talk so very slow. Is watchlne how upon her hand The dimples coma and go. Jtotton CourUr. CHEI0DS C0NDENSATI05S. - England eats Australian eggs. Alaska has the largest quartz mill. Coal is CO cents a ton at Pittsburg, Kan. There it a library exclusively for women In Turin. Strawberries sell for S3 SO a quart in tho Boston market. Maine and New Hampshire make nearly all the world's spools. -A drove of 1,000 turkeys were driven from Parsons to Oswego. Kan. . An Atchison man is soon to marry the woman who stood sponsor for him when ha was baptised as a baby. An octogenarian who lives six miles west of Moberly. Mo., was baptised tha other day by his grandson. St, Louis is the largest fur market in the United States, and on coon skins it Is far ahead of any other city. The people of Mexico have taken to drinking beer. Breweries are springing up la every city of Importance. Fiji is commencing the cultivation of tobacco, the enterprise being assisted by tha concession of Government land to tha planters on easy terms. The decrease in the shipbnilding of the United Kingdom during 1890 amounts to 29,823 Jons In tbe aggregate, but the production ot the Scottish yards has increased by 21,000 tons. There are more believers in astrology than the world at large has any Idea of. Most of those who entertain faith in this occult science are people of intellect, learning, and, not infrequently, culture. In counting bis small change the other day, a Michigan man found the most valuable 5-cent piece extant. The jarring on tha table caused the piece of money to split in two and from the center rolled a gold dollar. A Southern farmer has produced from cotton stalks a fabric suitable for bagging, which may rival Jute. Tbe problem which tha inventor successfully solved was bow to separ ate cheaply tbe material from the woody fiber. In the death of a Mississippi man a singular coincidence arose. Ho died on tbe an niversary of tha death of his grandfather, and the same three men who performed tha last offices for the grandfather and kept lonely vigil witb the corpse did tha same for the grandson. The memorable reign of Lady Jane Grey is said to bave given rise to tha phrase, "A nine days' wonder." Lady Jane was pro claimed Queen of Englaml Julv 10. 1553, four days after the death of Edward VI. After tha lapse of a period of nine days, July 19, she relinquished ber title to the crown. There are thousands oi wives and moth ers in New York who make ends meet by sew ing on overalls that pay 75 cents, shirts 0 cants, vests 95 cents, trousers, S3, flannel shirts $1 a dozen. They are obliged to find their own thread for the overalls and shirts and carry tha work to and Irom tho shop. If they take a street car one-tenth of their earnings is gone. A woman in Bar Harbor, Me., was brought before a trial justice charged with being a common scold, lha Record reports that "after an enjoyable entertainment of about tbree hours." the proceedings ended with the sentencing the culprit to 30 days in tha county jail. She appealed, however, and tbe case will probably be heard from again. For the first time in its history the Brooklyn bridge was, on Sunday, thelSp Inst, closed to foot passengers. This was considered advisable owing to tha quantity of ice which bad accumulated on the wires, and which, as tbe day advanced, detached itself and bailed in lumps, weighing, some of tbem, several pounds each, upon tbe roadway below, render ing passage, except in tbe cable cars, extremely dangerous. A short distance out from Buena Vista, Cal.. there Is a cava literally swarming with spiders of a curious species of immense size, some of them having legs four inches in length and a body as large as that of a canary bird. The cava was discovered in December, 1877, and was often resorted to by tbe pioneers, who obtained tbe webs for use in place of thread. Early and late tbe cave constantly resounds with a bnzzlng noise which Is emitted by tha spiders while tbey are weaving their nets. The largest single building on the globe Is said to be tbe Freihans. a monster apartment house of Vienna. In It are 1,500 rooms, ar ranged so as to make 400 dwellng apartments. Two thousand one hundred and twelve persons lire under one great roof, a popnlation suffi cient to make a city large enougb to incorporate and furnish witb a full set of Aldermen. The immense building bas 130 staircases and BO ele vators. Tba postmen say they often deliver LCOO pieces of mall matter at this house in a single day. At the Charity Hospital in Berlin yes. terday. Prof. Sonneburg exhibited a con sumptive patient wbom tha doctors had cut open in order that Koch lymph might ba in jected in tbe cavity in a diseased lung. Tha professor said the patient who was in an advanced stage of tbe diseased, bad been mak ing rapid progress toward recovery since tha operation was performed. This is tbe first case in which a patient bas been operated upon with the knife for tha purpose of inject ing the lympb. The skunk has the heaviest fur of any animal in the country, and is consequently val uable and salable, although when dressed they are very smalt About SO per cent of all tha skins taken in the United States go to Europe. C. M. Lampson has a great sala in London three times a year, one of which has just closed. At this sale there were disposed of, among other kms. 173,000 coon. 700,000 muskrat, 105.000 skunk, 85,000 opossum, 65,000 mink and 7,000 grav fox, all of which were shipped from tha United States. In tbe building trades the six cities in which the highest wages are paid are New York. Brooklyn, Chicago. St. Louis, Galveston and jan Francisco. St. Louis pays tha bigbest wages for masonry. New York for carpentry, San Francisco for painting, Chicago for plumb ing, Santa Fe for roofing and Galveston for common labor. Tbe lowest wages are paid in the Southern citie. Two adjoining cities seldom pav exactly tbe same wages. Pniladel phla and Boston rank below the fire leading cities, and many smaller Western cities pay higher wages. One of the most hazardous manufactur ing processes is likely soon to become a thing ot tbe past. Tbe great increase of celluloid manufacture in recent years bas made camphor so scarce and dear that the chemists bave been exerting themselves to find a substitute for that gum. Someone has now succeeded In doings o, ana a company has been formedtto manu facture tbe new Droduct, which Is described as possessing all tbe good qualities of tbe old in flammable compound of gun cotton and cam phor, while being cheaper and, in addition, ab solutely incombustible. Bradford McGregor, the mechanical ex pert of Cincinnati, has succeeded after numer ous experiments in uniting aluminum with glass, and he claims to ba tha first wbo bas done so. A large piece of aluminum, with a glass tube in tbe center, was turned in bis lathe, and it was Impossible to detect the slight flaw or joint where they came together; in fact It appears as one solid mass. Heretofore no metal could be made to unite with glass in which the contraction and expansion were the same; and it is claimed that this discovery will create a revolution in the way of reducing tba costof Incandeicent lights, as it will take tba place of platinum, which costs $320 a pound, while the new compound will not cost 510- SMIRKS AND SMILES, Fall soon in tbe blooming suburbs Tbe land will reach a rata That will make the owners sell It At aooihecary's weight. And soon to the flooded marshes Glad buyers will resort To ravenously purchase The same by the wind-tossed quart. -Jt. K. Jf., fi Puek. Glizzard How did that Bellamy kitchca at Evanston pan out? Bhykes-Itwenttopot-CAfcojo Trioune. Mn. Bullion I bought to-day a genuine Parisian work or art. Sirs. BHIsdoo One of Detalllc.'s paintings? Mrs. Bullion No. A bust of some young woman named Hebe. The dealer assured me it is real plaster of parts Jeveterf Circular. "Tommy," said an anxious mother to her boy. "your uncle will be here to dinner to-day, and you must have your face washed. " "Yes, ma. but a'posen he don't coma. What then?"-Xe Sitings. "There is a law in this State making it a prison offense for a man to change his name." Still, as It doesn't apply to women, I wouldn't mind changing mine to-morrow." Itls&miich.-PtiiladtlpMa Times. "There was an annoying hitch in the great ocean scene In nr play last night," said Bronson Hoyt with a sad smile. "When the hero Jumped off the raft to sarethe heroine-he got oft In tba wronjr place, and one of the waves kicked bim In the stomach. It seemed to knock all tha sense out of him. forhegotrlghtupandwalkedashore." . "What did the heroine do?" - ', fcUe sat on aware and laaf hed.-JToa fyer Sun. ' f :5&,-:-... fzmssemsm
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