I ! w ty!w "? ftWJKH K THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESBA.Y, JANUARY 2T, L891. f- Up BiftjawJj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. ISIS. Yoki,o.SM -Enured it rittsiiurs rostoHce. J ovcmbcr is. 1SST, ai second-class matter. Business OQce Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. Kevrs Booms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street rA-TFl!V AlJVFimsI.SG OFFICE. ROOM II, TRIBUNE 13U1I.UINU. NEW YORK, where complete file of DIE DlbPATCH can always be foqnd. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venience. Ho-ne advertise. anil friends of THE JiiM'ATCH. mlille In New Hork, are also made vIconie. TJJV DISPATCH 1s regu7aJy on sale at JJroUanoV. S Union Square A'cie York, aid 17 ..-lit de VOpe a, fans, France, where anyone ir.o hat been disappointed at a hotel news tiatul can obtain it. TERMS Or THE DISIMT CIL POSTAGE FEXE IN TUE UX1TXD STATES. T KILT lttsPATcn". One Year. t M JIULY HlPATcn, FerQnartcr - "0 Daiia Disr-ATCH. One .Month. .- 70 Daily UlrATCH, including bnndsT. lyear. 30 00 Daily lMFrATcn, includlncbnndax.Sin'tus : Daily I)irATCU. Including i-uudu, lm'tU SO M'vsat Iiistatcu. Oru lear ISO llxlt Dispatch, One lear . 13 Tux Daily nisi atch Is delivered by carriers at 3'cents per week, orimluCli shunda edition, at II ecu ts per wecU. pittsburg. 1 ued ay. jan. 27, 1831. the force bill's, ijacxset. The elections bill u as laid on the shelf, by the Senate yesterday, to take np the appor ionment bill. If it comes to the front again after being tamed down the second time, it will have to be credited with as perMtent vitalitv as the proverbial cat, al though it cannot claim as much usefulness or value as that domestic animal. But there is not much likelihood that it will display that vitality. The Senate has cow lcit only five weeks in which to do practically all the wort of the session. That time is not more than sufficient to give proper scrutiny to the necessary appropria tion bills. Een if attention should be de moted exclusively to that purpose, a great many of them would have to be pushed through in a way that would cive the great est tacilitv to jobs. Some of the Republi can leaders are foolish enough to permit necessary legislation to suffer, in order to carrv out their darling hope of legislating an indefinite extension of power for their party, but tbe iud'eations are multiplying that others of them are beginning to under stand the people will not stand much more of that sort of policy. "Ve think the elections bill is finally and conclusively derunct. It would have been better for its supporters if its demise had happened earlier. They have shown their titter blindness to any other consideration than prolonging their power by act of Con gress, and alter thus exposing themselves they hse had their labor for their pains. SENATORIAL, SILENCE. It lias b:en charged azainst Pennsyl vania's Senators in Congress that they have been too silent. While others have been howling themselves hoarec over free silver and chaperoned elections, our own Sena tors have been eloquently Mlent, The Key stone State has been getting very little for her share of the appropriations necessary to print the proceedings of the Senate in the Conarcssional Record. In fact, for months past, there has beeu an unsatisfied cry that our Senators have not been making noise enough in the world. All this is changed. True, our Senators have not been making speeches. But the senior Senator is at present occupying much of the atten tion of the public. By uttering only a few vords, under more or less pressure, be has ttar'cd a furore that outdoes the result of the longest speech made in the Fifty-first Con gress. And it may be remarked in conclu sion that Pennsylvania's admiration for her tenior Senator is not increased, nor the crit ics satisned. More quiet would be prefera ble at this time. STATE AID TOR INSANE. Why lucre should be one standard for 'Cities and another for counties in the matter of carine for the pauper insane is cot clear. Chief Elliot's proposition to have the same Etate aid given to cities as to counties is in the line of a proper reform. In the case of this city, which owns its own institution.the injustice of the rule is evident The city takes care of its own pauper insane, and, there is some reason to believe, some few be sides who cannot be separated from those properly belonging here. The State should help to maintain these paupers, just the same as if they wee accredited to aa adjoin ing county. THE C1IOICU OF ELECTORS. Sneaking of a bill introduced in the Ne hraska Legislature providing that Presi dents electors shall be chosen by the vote of the people for one elector from each Con gressional district and two from the State at large, the St. .Louis Globe-Democrat says: "The Constitution does not especially for l:d such a proceeding, but it is obiection able nevertheless on the ground that it might so operate as to give the State to the party casting a minority of the aggregate vote." But what is there in the Constitution v hi th at all limits that electors of cich State should have a majority of the vote? It is one of the least prejudicial illustra tions of the way in which the present age has strayed from the spirit of the Constitu tion that it was cot the intention of its irainers that the vote of the people should choose the President at all. The Lower House of Congress was expected to be the Lranch of the Government which would represent the people; while it was expected that the President would be chosen by the independent votes of the electors selected for that purpose as each State might enact. Of course, it is impos bi'ile to restore the original intents of the Constitution-makers; and it is an open question whether it would not be worse to change the letterof the Constitution to make the practical workings of our Presidental elections more simple. But it is a striking proof of how utterly we are away from any constitutional standards of right and wrong in the method of election, that no such plan ks that proposed could take us farther away fr int the intent of that provision. Moreover, if it is. as the Globe-Demo-crct intimates, an injustice and injury to h.,ve the electoral vote of a State controlled l'v a minority of the total vote, what is it when the United States is controlled in the fcjroc way, and a President is elected by a minority vote of the whole people? Yet tint baa often been the case in the most un lhputM elections. Harrifon got less, of the popul.tr vote than Cleveland; Hayes less tnaa Tilden; and while Lincoln's popular vote in 78C"0 " js more than that of any rival c.iuJiil.ite, it was cot quite two-fifths of the tntal vote. This is co impeachment oi cither the legality or the justice of tbc elec tion of the "Presidents named; but it docs show thai the change which the Olobe-Demo-crat opposes could hardly make the election of a President more of a game of chance than it is. The election of the representative electors by Congressional districts would make it far more difficult for politicians to lay their plans for capturing electoral votes en bloc than at present. On the other hand, it would prevent the disadvantage of being likely to throw the election into the House of Representatives more frequently. tue crrr loan proposition. The ordinance introduced by Mr. Bobert son in Councils, yesterday, looking to the issue of 1,000,000 four per cent bonds for the improvement of parks and the building of bridges, is a departure from the policy which has prevailed for the past 15 years, of strictly applying all the surplus to the sinking fund for the reduction of debt. The policy of reducing debt sud paying for improvements as they are made is the safest one for any city. This was especially the casein past years when the debt had ex ceeded the Constitutional limit and the lavish expenditure produced by the case with which debt could be contracted had landed the city in financial difficulties. Under such circumstances the policy of con tracting new debt and paying off the old one became imperative. It has been pursued with such industry that the debt is now within the legal limit and the credit of Pittsburg is so high that the placing of a million four per cent bonds is beyond dis pute. Whether it is time to depart from this salutary policy of paying as we go, depends upon whether the objects to be gained are of such vital importance as to warrant the suspension of the rule, and, beyond that, whether they cannot be reached by the past policy of payment from current "revenues. The parks and bridges, to which it is pro posed to devote the proceeds of this loan, are of sufficient importance to warrant the loan. With a magnificent park needing improvement, and with a large portion of the city's working population subjected to a daily tax for lack of free bridges, it would be a blind policy to postpone the realization of parks and tree bridges, rather than incur a debt, if current revenue cannot realize them. But is the inability to provide for these objects from current taxation definitely fixed? Is it certain, as alleged in the ordi nance referred to, that the status of street improvement legislation will render such an increase of the millage necessary that nothing can be levied for parks or bridges? If so, the necessity of such action as pro posed by Mr. Robertson's ordinance will bo tolerably well demonstrated; and it will be one of the incidental advautagesof the issue that the city sinking fund conld take a considerable share of the loan and hold it until the 7 per cent bonds fall due. But we are strongly of the hope it will be found that the street improvement muddle will cot affect the city millage materially. With the methods of assessment corrected, we have the right to expect that the proper ty benefited will pay for street improve ments, and .that a levy will dc made for whatever sum can be advantageously spent on parks and bridges. In view of the expectation that this phase of the question will be settled at an early day, Mr. Robertson's proposition may well wait If the decision is adverse to the power of the city to assess for local improve ments alreadv made, Mr. Robertson's plan of providing for parks and bridges will ac quire an althost imperative 'force. But if the city can levy taxes for those purposes without making the total millage too bur densome, there will be a good deal of wis dom and conservatism in sticking to the old policy of paying as we go. TOE WASTE OF FERTILITY. Victor Hugo, in that great work of his which earned world-wide recognition as a political and social treatise rather than as a moral, sonuded the first note of an economic reform, which, a third of a century later, is attracting the attention of progressive cities by the declaration that "Paris throws away five million francs every year through its sewers." It is probabb Victor Hugo's powerful statement of the waste of fertility that takes place through permitting a city's sewers to empty into rivers was influential in the result that it is no longer true in Paris; that Berlin has followed tne example of the Parisian capital in utilizing the immense fertilizing power that can be obtained from sewage, and at the same time protecting the streams from pollution; that other cities on both sides of the ocean are awakening to the importance oi preventing, at once, a barbarous waste of an immense food producing power, and the scarcely less uncivilized waste of impregnating pure water with foul and possibly disease bearing germs. Any intelligent mind can recognize the factors of the problem. The restoration of the fertilizing power of the sewage of a city to the soil means the mak ing good of nearly all that is taken from the soil for the sustenance of a city. In other words, to whatever extent the soil is impov erished by raising from it the food for a given city, to nearly the same extent the soil can be enriched, there or elsewhere, by giving back to it the fertility contained in the sewage. It is cot difficult to perceive that the failure to increase the productive power of lands in the vicinity of nicety-nice cities out of one hundred amounts to annual waste that u only to be estimated by tecs or millions. There is hardly less importance in the sanitary aspect of the case presented in the preservation of water courses from pollu tion. Cholera epidemics have been traced by following the course of drainage from the point where the disease originated; and Pittsburg can testify from lis own experi ence that the same method of transmitting typhoid fever has been demonstrated beyond dispute. It is true tbat the precipitation and dilution that take place before the con tents of a sewer are carried fifty miles by a river can be trusted,under ordinary circum stances; but this is cot always the case. A flood may carrv tbo germs of pollution far beyond that limit; and the purity of the water for" that fifty miles, or even a less distance, may be well worth pre serving. It is questionable whether the sums necessary to take the Water supply of Pittsburg and Allegheny from a point above the possibility of pollution if that were done by the- water system of both cities would not exceed the entire cost of utilizing the sewage, leaving the agricultural value as clear profit It is . not so easy for the inexpert mind to see how the object is to be carried out' in all cases. Yet that it can be done it amply demonstrated in the case of tho cities that have attempted it Paris is famous for the productiveness of its sewerage farms, while Berlin obtains a profit of 2 per cent on the, cost of its system, in addition to interest on the cost of the land which is irrigated and enriched by its sewerage. Possibly the plan of purifying sewage by chemical precipita tion, would be the easiest to apply to cities located as Pittsburg and Allegheny are; but this system is regarded by practical expe rience as less satisfactory than the one of tak ing the drainage of city to the nearest avail able lands, and by irrigating them, raising them to a wonderful productive power. The United States is likely to remain, in the rear of civilization in regard, to the re form, both on account of the weaknesses of our municipal politics and from the fact that our resources in the way of food supply have been so abundant as to make the avoid ance of waste the last thing tbat we learn. But the time is approaching when the econ omic value of what we are throwing away and the sanitary vice of polluting oar water will force themselves on the public atten tion. For the proper treatment of this sub ject all that can be learned of what has been done, and how it can be improved upon.will come, sooner or later, to have the most posi tive public value. LESSON OF THE STORM. Happily the storm which did such fearful execution in the East did not take Pittsburg into its territory. Our experience with the clinging snow and breaking wires last month is fresh enough in the memory to make us acutely thankful we were not "in it" this time. The loss reported from the Eastern cities is frightful. Above every thing, the most prominent feature of the calamity is the overhead wire. Dead wires and live wires contributed alike to the dan gers and discomfiture of the people. This nuisance has been so clearly shown up this winter that the demand is almost universal for the overhead wire to disappear under ground. The Navy Department seems to be bound to mate a record for itself. Having repri manded Reiter tor not having known in ad vance that the administration wanted him to spread the American eaglo all over tbeBarrun dia case, it now gives its attention to Lieuten ant Fnllam. This officer had the temerity to recommend certain reforms last summer, which were summarily frowned down. Now the Lieutenant has been given a month's leave of absence, with intimations that at the end of that time he will find himself transferred to another post, as a hint to restrain his reforma tory ardor. Sir Joseph Porter appears to he rampant in naval affairs. New York's rapid transit schemes are moving along with much the same velocity as the Grant monument Both of these are de veloping a quality of speed which makes the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Commission feel giddy. The Southern Legislatures are trying to sit down on the force bill, and their attempv presents a new version of tbo "no scat, no Fair" platform. WHETHER there has been a session of the Legislature at which the proposition to pnut a new edition of that coFtly "Bird Boot" did not make its appearance we do not quite remember, but if there was it was an excep tion. The function of the State in printing a vastly expensire ornithological work is a very questionable one, and it will certainly be more honored in the breach than in the observance. In short there is ground for the opinion that there is a good deal of job about this "Bird Book." Senator Cameron cast his vote, if he has not used his voice, on the right side in the elections bill matter, and he takes the wise course, under the circumstances, of telling all he knows about silver speculation, Pittsburg has an air ship that goes. In this respect it is liko the city where it Is horn. If the similarity continues it will surprise the world. We were in hopes that Senator Farwell would keep that pledge not to do any more talking, bnt the case seems to be hopeless. Here he has been saying: "I will vote for any thing proposed by our side. I am not very en thusiastic over the elections bill, but I will vote for it" This picture of the Senator, drawn by himself, who cannot exercise his own judgment on public measures, is principally valuable as an awful example ot partisanship. While it maybe a satisfactory character istic for both Pennsylvania Senators to say nothing, there is room for the suspicion tbat Cameron and Quay have been sawing more wood than is good for tbem. The report last week tbat a faro bank bad been broken on the Northslde seems to haVebad a disturbing effect on public confi dence. The intimation that Robert Ray Hamil ton's death was a bogus death, seems entirely consistent with the bogus marriage that pre ceded it, and the bogus child that figured prominently in the affair. On the whole, tho Hamilton pair may be set down as a bogus couple, even if one of them involunta rily committed a genuine act in dying. Among the efforts of crank legislators is a bill introduced by a Missouri statesman to re strain geese from wandering at large. This legislator evidently realizes the need of having himself put under restraint JONES, of Bingharaton, has formally an nounced bis willingness to pay the freight on the. New York gubernatorial campaign this year. The fact tbat the Maryland peach crop liar has cot yet begun bis Industry of destroying thatlnaous crop, through the press dispatches, fills the public mind with gloomy forebodings. If we could only learn from Maryland that the peaches are all killed we could hope for an abundant supply next year. If the rest ot the country keeps on with storms at the present rate, wo shall soon bo obliged to set forth the advantages ot Pitts burg as a winter resort Perhaps wehad better be certain whether the city has a charter or not before it issues a million dollar loan for parks and bridges. There is nothing particularly new in the message sent by tho Farmers' Alliance Legis lature of Kansas to the farmers in the Illinois Legislature. The words are familiar. The new thine abont it is the granger infiaence in this year's Legislatures. If the elections bill comes up again, after its setback of yesterday. Senator Hoar will feel that it is a welt-authenticated case of the per severance of the saints. Some strange things happen in real life, viz: the reunion ot two long separated brotheis yesterday. The gentle granger in various Legisla tures is mildly but firmly convincing the poli ticians that he has bis hand on the throttle. The politicians find it hard to realize the fact but they will do so when the machine runs over them. Ho Can Afford to Ride. Yonngstown Telegram. J The Society of Mechanics has enrolled Andrew Carnegie as a member. But he will ref nse to act as walking delegate, in case of a strike DEATHS OP A DAY. John Henri. John Ueun, a well-known Allcghenlan, died yesterday morning attbe age of 59 years. He was prominently connected with secret societies, be ing a member of the K. of I, and K. and L. of H. Ills funeral will occnr Thursday, at 10 a. h. Sirs. John Crea. Mrs. JincCre- died yestcraay afternoon at her residence on JanUta street Allegheny, at the age of 60 years. She was the wife of John Crea, of the well-known Arm of Ores, Uraham & Co. The funeral will occur to-morrow. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. A law enacted by force to be applied by force would surely I ead to lawlessness. Of course you, nbw you hardly realize yet that the world was out of joint between 1 A. H. Sunday and about high noon yesterday. It was, though. Eastward of tho AUeghenles the snow canio in a sleety state, the wind blew, the wires died. The bub around which the gossip of the conntry re volves was mired in the slush, tho news heart of the nation was stilled. The gateway through which fact and rumor, thought and brain, enter from under the sea was closed. Really and truly for about 48 hours one half the world over one-half, in reality did not know anything at all about tbo other half, except in a fragmentary. jerky, unsatisfactory way. This demon strates by what a slender thread, by what a weair. chain, the world is held together. A wire no larger than a lead pencil snaps, another swings against the bare limbs in tbe forest an other sags under tho weight of the wet snow, another crosses the path of another, and the world ceases to commnne. Tbe sender sends, hut the receiver hoars naught bat the wob blings of the wires, the language of disturbed nature, sounds not in the electric alphabet And there the thought of the world lies a big giant bound by a soppy, soulless iron cord, liv ing yet dead, awake yet sloepine. Of course, you missed something when you ran your eyes over tbe pages and chased the words across the lines that led you a merry dance up and down the columns yesterday morning. The world yon lived in was smaller, of course. It was bounded on tbe east by the Allegbemes, on the west by the Pacific, on tbe north by the snows, on tbe south by circumstances and the temper of tho guardians of the wires. It was a lop-sided, sectional world a world with a mountain on one side and a sea on the other, a world which turned its back when you offered it your hand. But the isolation was not of long duration, aud tbat portion of tho earth above ground had tongue enough for alL It was only a broken link in the chain, a cracked cup, a wreck on the life line that doralled the train of thought for a few hours. We will soon catch up, be running on schedule time, and girdle tbe globe between tho ups and downs ot the steady old sun as usual. Still the cord tbat binds the world is slender, weak and wobbly. If weshould forget our cunning, if the instruments would not work, if the sounds should stubbornly re fuse to travel, if Here could not be linked to There, what a wee little, slow little, poky little world it would be. And how it would grow in girth after being placed beyond earshot too. Religion and medicine should be taken ac cording to directions. In politics the fellow who has a pull seems to get there quicker than he who has push, Wht Is a tree in spring like a raw recruit in a ballroom? Because its boughs are green. The artists who will paint the battle scenes of the future will not have to put smoke on their canvases. A pauper is not a criminal, but some alms house managers evidently believe poverty is a crime. The granger statesmen do not wear corpora tion collars. When Ton Miss It When on the sea you rock and roll. While Neptune levies frightful toll. How sweet to finger memory's leaves, And view the gables, and the naves Of home, sweet home. When in a mansion where you pay Ten dollars daily while you stay. How oft you see In candle gloom A shadowy Dicture of the room At home, sweet home. When with a gun and fishing rod You thro" the bogs and brambles plod. Backward you turn your eyes and sign, And wish that you had wings to fly To home, sweet home. Speculators can balance "corners" in a ball room. Eyert increase of speed added to the loco motive and the marine engine decreases the size of the world. In the parks of Santa Cruz signs bid you walk on the grass and pick the flowers. If you don't understand Spanish, however, you will observe the American custom. A Russian chemist has been offered millions for a gunpowder secret It's a high explosive. The days crow longer daily, but tbe length of the Senatorial day is still an unknown quan tity. What is the difference between a good farmer and a poor paper hangorT One plasters the soil and the other soils the plaster. Don Cameron's cloud has a very silvery lining just now. When tbe mind grows rusty it will not re flect thoughts. Future generatlo s will take an under ground electric car at the Battery in New York to visit Grant's monument at Riverside. After the Opera. When the play is o'er, and the curtain falls. She'll sweetly smile on you. And afterward, when the waiter calls. She'll say, "Give mo a stew." Burlesque actresses who are in a stew are probably poured into their costumes. A helping hand Three aces and a pair of kings. The American tin plate syndicate should boom the movement to preserve the forests. An elk can change his horns every ten weeks. For some Elks this means a long timo between lemonades. HUMAN beings hare two oars and only one tongue. We could get along with less tongue and still have use for more ears. General Miles believes soldiers fight bet ter on a I nil stomach than when suffering from the pungs of hunger. The Indians think differ ently, doubtless because they have to. It's the Diet in Austria tbat keeps so many people poor. Tats on the Tariff. Love makes strong men grow weak, It makes wise men act queer, And likewise, so to speak, Makes women very dearv An Illinois woman has slept for nine months. She will be kept busy for nine more catching up to the fashions and the gossip. In the Pacific islands the banana leaf is a symbol of friendship. Here the skin is used to break bones instead of bind hearts. The skirt-dancer's costume contains about 100 yarns of stuff, but most of it goes to waist. A great many students do not learn wisdom until after they leave college, i IE the Indians were taught to raise wool they would not raise any more hair. The Mr- Carmel air ship will probably col lapse on account of a defective flew. Works by Wind. Tbe gas may fail, the wells go dry, Grates be without a flame. But be who reads the meter's dial Gives you the usual bill to file, Ana gets there just the same, A popular hum bug The busy bee. "iou only make one visit to this world, and you snould strive to make it a pleasant one.. One half the world doesn't know how the other half lives when a blizzard knocks out tbe wires. ' The higher your aim the better your game. Prohibition will never make much head way among sailors, because they cannot be pre vented from touching port IN the procession marching along life's high way the rear guard lays the dust with their tears and makes the discordant sound. The Kansas Alliance statesmen are saying nothing, but are sawing apile of wood. Willie Winkle. FALIAR HAMES. Ouisa perfnmes her hair with stuff that costs $30 an ounce. General Uoulanger's wife has begun a suit against him lor judicial separation. Senator Hearst, of California, is a native of Missouri, and is probably the only man which this State ever produced who has been ab'le to accumulate 20,000,000. Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, Is destined to be known as the Governor on horse back, since he rides to and from tho State House every day on a prancing steed. State Senator W.G. Peter, of Maryland, a descendant of a collateral branch of tbe Washington family, possesses a Masonic jewel worn by George Washington at his death. Lord Salisbury is said to work li hours a dav, writing and reading dispatehes. Add to this the time consumed in social duties and he rarely gets moro than fonr or fire hours' sleep. Lord Randolph Churchill holds the opinion tbat a man has learned a whole ency clopedia of political information when ho is able to discriminate between a statesman and a politician. Dr. John C. Branner, tbe Stato geologist of Arkansas, announces the dicovery in Saline and Pulaski counties of large quantities of bauxite, a mineral used in the manufacture of aluminium, and quite rare in this country. James Jeffret Roach is described as a poet of deep feeling, In whopa there are many rinples of deep humor and satire. Magazine editors are always glad to print his compo sitions, which are scarce in the market, as he writes but little. Henry C. Hansbrouoh, tho Representa tive of North Dakota in the present Congress, elected United States Senator by the Legisla ture of that State to succeed Mr. Pierce, is a native of Illinois, 43 years old, a printer by trade, and is now publisher of the Devil's Lake Inter-Ocean, Coeonel T. P. Safi-old Is dead at Madison, Ga., at the age of 70. He was a member of tbe Secession Convention in 1SG0, but became a Re- puoncan after the war and was a member of tbe reconstruction Constitutional Convention of 1868. He served nnder President Grant on the Board of Visitors to the Annapolis Naval Academy. Notwithstanding his political belief, ho was an intimate friend of Robert Toombs. Miss Mattie Mitchell, daughter of the Oregon Senator, is one of tbe prettiest of the unmarried Washington society ladles. She is a petite brunette, with a finely chiseled nose and beantiful eyes and teeth. She was educated at Fontainebleau, and speaks French and Italian with ease and fluency. One of her greatest gifts is a remarkable memory, which enables her to carry a face and a name in her mind for years. A MODEL NEWSPAPER. One of the Few in the World Which Are Complete. Springfield, O., Republic-Times. The Pittsburo Dispatch, one of the few complete newspapers in the world, announces to its readers that it will give tbem many sur prises during 1891. When it is remembered that it is already the leading authority of the country on oil news, equal to any in its finan cial, commercial, produce, live stock, and iron markets, has a special daily cable report from all European news centers, bas leased lines of telegraph connecting its office with all the lead, ing cities ot this country, bas many colnmns of special features, original with it and most ablv conducted, beside tboronghiy covering all local news, and discussing from an independ ent Republican standpoint with a professed regard to absolute truth and public interest as a first and only consideration, it is hard for tbe average reader to Imagine bow any improve ment can be made. But The Dispatch prom ises it and that means it will be done. It is by fulfilling its promises tbat it bas attained a bona fide circulation daily of over 30,000, with 60,000 on Sunday, and an enormous weekly edi tion. And it Is by fulfilling its promises that it has gained tbe confidence of tbe people with such financial success that the early spring will find it occupying its own new granite fire-proof building, on tbe corner of Diamond and Smith field streets, supplied with the latest printing machinery n the famous bouse of Hoe & Co., and a complete new outfit in all depart ments. Nothing succeeds like success, and success only comes to those who work for and earn it. as The Dispatch has done. Farmer Taggart Fears Flinn. Philadelphia Times. Farmer Taggart does not like the looks' of Farmer Flinn, the Pittsburg granger, and swaps House committees to get away from him. Farmer Taggart realizes early in life that a mule rarely kicks the second time in the same place. The first kick generally paralyzes the spot the leg reached for. POOR JOAN I0SE FOB. The Heroine of France Goes to Join the Other Idols of Romance. Indianapolis Sentinel. 1 And now tbey say that, instead of being a heroine, Joan of Arc belonged to that peculiar class known at the present time as cranks; that tbe voices she beard in the woods of Doraremy were the hallucinations of a disordered intel lect Her visit to Governor Boudricourt so an-, noyed bim that he passed her on to the court of the dauphin for the mere purpose of getting rid of her where in turn the dauphin dressed her ud in armor for tho amusement of tbe court Then iconoclasts even go so far as to assert that the consecrated svord which was .found, per Joan's direction, buried in the church of St Catharine at Flerbois, and which was presented to her by tbo dauphin, had been planted there by hands cf ordinary flesh and blood. They further assert that she did not lead ihe army to the relief of Orleans, but merely went along like a vivaudiere. They scoff at tbe story tbat the soldiers who tied this abused lady to a stake in the market place at Rnuon were struck dead. So tbe indications are tbat the great French heroine will have to tret down off nf her pedestal and follow William Tell, Quindus Curtius, et al. Medieval history Is rapidly los ing its brightest stars throuzh tbe irreverent it vestleations nf the modern quidnunc. It now looks like it was a mere matter of time un til American history is attacked in the same way, and tbese individuals will be prepared to prove that Patrick Henry never made a speech, that no cherries grew on the Washing ton homestead, and tbat the John Smith Pocahontas story was due to the fertile imagin ation of some special correspondent. Quicker Action Wanted. New York World. I Congress should meet on thelst of December or January after its election. We should tben escape tbe scandal and the menace of a discred ited and cast out party seeking to force its pol-Icy-.upon the people in tbe face of their protest A SPLENDn) OPPORTUNITY. Mr. A J. Cassatt Candidate for Road Super visor In Montgomery Conntj-. Philadelphia Record. In Montgomery county, just beyond tne city line, are to be found some of tbe most perfect roadways in the State. The reason is that the wealthy gentlemen of that section have taken tbe matter in charge, and by going to work scientifically have accomplished beantiful re sults. But the noblest objects and most un selfish ambitions are often misjudged. With a view of Improving the roads of his section Mr. A J. Cassatt became a candidate some time ago for Road Supervisor. At that time a Philadelphia gentleman looking for a suburban residence hired a carriage and driver in Lower Merlon township, which Is Mr.Cas satt's bailiwick. He was being driven over one of the inferior highways when a great portion of tbe muddy road splashed up into his face. "The roads are bad," he remarked. "Yes, but there's a fellow running for Super visor now tbat says he will make them better. His name's Cas-set I think, and bo lives over there among tbo big bugs. We poor people would rather eltcc some poor man who would look nrer tho taxes, but tbe rich fellows over there will elect huu." "What does a man like him want an office of tbat kind for? There can't bo any money in it for him." said tbe stranger. "Can't, eh!" said the driver.contemptuously. "Why. be can make SI 50 a day, and can work Jn bis own teams." THE KENDALS. The Ironmaster a Great Success The U. S. Mall Again Later On and Other Lighter Amusements. So few actors in tbe real, as It is tbe highest sense of tbe word, are to be found on our stage to-day, that we are liable to forget what they are. The Kendals will serve to remind us very forcibly that the art of acting is not lost, and that in tbem it bas two ot tbe most talented and sincerely earnest exponents that the En glish stage has known. Last night tbe Kendals made tholr first ap pearance here at the Bijou Theater in one of tbe numerous versions of George Ohnet's drama "Le Maltre des Forges." This version is by A W. Plnero, and it Is called "The Iron master," an unmeaning name, that does cot give the slightest clew to tbo intensity of the drama. The story may be briefly condensed thus: Claire de Beaupre, a rich French aristocrat is engaged to marry tbe Jhn de JJligny, but by soino chance, loses lien fortune. With it too, she loses her lover, who at once asks tbe hand of a rich parvenu. Then Claire, to avenge the affront accepts the offer of marriage of Philippe Derblay, the Ironmaster though she cares nothing for him. On their wedding night Claire reveals her lack of love to PhMippe, and he, in anger, decrees that they shall live apart. The action of the play then revolves about the gradual recognition by Claire ot the sterling excellence of her husband. The Due de Sllffny in tbe meanwhile marries tbe rich man's daughter, wno has a deep hatred for Claire, which she indulges by trying to com promise Philhppe. At last tbe efforts of tbe Duchesse de BUgny to make trouble are. success ful, and Claire orders her to leave the house. Thereupon the Due challenges Phillippe to a duel. Before the duel is fought Claire makes confession of the passionate love tbat bas grown in her breast for her husband, and tries to induce him not to fight without success. As a last resort she runs between tho-combatants as the word fire is given and receives the bullet meant for her husband. The wound is slight, but it is enough to bring the husband and wife together, and the play therefore ends pleas antly. It is on the whole a good play but not as well built in tbe concluding scenes as it micbt be. Mrs. Kendal as Claire gave a wonderful pic ture of the heroine's sorrow-torn soul. That is the truth; she bared the very soul of a mis guided yet noble woman, striving to do, right, to atone for a crime. The quiet repose of Mrs. Kendal In the subjective stages of the play was as admirable as the dramatic force and in tensity she lent to the situations requiring them. Such acting as hers cannot be analyzed in tbe brief time afforded for this notice; it must suffice to say that Mrs Kendal conquered her audience with her art, moving tbem to tears or to anger with the greatest ease. In Mr. Kendal Phillippe became a very attractive, good-looking, stout-hearted gentlemen, worth half a dozen of tbe average duke, one wonld say without hesitation. Man liness and the appearance of sincerity in all he does are Mr. Kendal's chief good qualities, at least as revealed in this play. The rest of the company 13 not wonderful, but a very respecta ble, well-trained organization. Tbe programme did not make it clear who played the Duchesse de BUgny, the villainess of the piece, but who ever she mar be she made considerable use of her chances in the third act and gave a pretty clear-cut rendering of a powerful part in its entirety. Mr. Barnes in a very small part was, of course, an artist as be alwayn Is. The play was given a rich setting by tbe Bijou management Mrs. Kendal's dresses were also notable for their beauty. The audi ence was very cordial and there were from two to four recalls at the end of each act Dnquesno Theater. "Later On," a three-act musical farce comedy, already seen here, was presented to awell-filled bouse at tbe Duquesne last night There is but the pretext of a plot in the play, and the draw ing power of tbe piece is dependent mainly on tbe fun which Hallen and Hart ably supported by a strong company, succeed in evolving from a series of comical, if slightly Improbable situa tions. . The play is mane up of a great deal of purely variety business, and as such will no doubt prove acceptable as a chanze from tbe more soriouj performances which have gone before. The musical end of the play engrosses a large share of tbe time, and may claim to be a more attractive feature than tbe farce enmeoy part of tho entertainment. Messrs. Hallen and Hart are well known here, and recognized as legitimate exponential their line of business. The former as Jack Plunger, and the latter as Jolly Todd, and subsequently as Lord Caventsh and Sir Arthur Hartley, added another success to those al ready achieved here. None too good a word could ba said for Miss Ada Homers' singing of "Love's Golden Dream" and '"Love's Match Test" in both of which sbe was encored. A peculiar accompaniment to the latter was af forded by the striking of matches and beating time to the refrain by the ' company on the darkened stage. Mils Annie Lewis, as Pansey WeecL, both played and sang very charmingly; ber wing dancing was exceptionally good. Mr. John E. McWade played the part of the retired officer very ac ceptably, and was deservedly applauded for bi good singing. Mr. Mark Murohy, as Sheriff Clutch, was an amusing, if very stage-like Irish mac, and was received with roars of laughter on his every appearance. As a whole, "Later On" can be said to be a very complete variety show, with tbe surrounding of a farce comedy. In this connection can be mentioned tbe danc ing of Miss Farrington and ber two compan ions and the song and dance business of the principals. The part singing was particularly good and frequently encored. Grand Opera House. Mr. George C. Jenks' "U. S. Mail" has come back to the city of its birth with a great many qew postmarks. The rollicking little piece bas traveled quite a great deal since a Pittsburg audience bad last the pleasure of applauding it. As presented on the Grand Opera House boards last nigbt it certainly appeared to far more advantage than when first produced here lnlSSO. At that time tbe single Important de fect of the play was its heaviness in tbe third act. A judicious pruning and the introduction of a vast amount of musical and humorous lymph bas completely changed tbe character of tbe final scenes. Tbey are now tbe best portions of tbe whole production. The present "U. S. Mall" Company is competent to make a success of it anywhere. Frank Davids as Hi Hand Is the samedelightfullytrampish printer as of old. and Arthur Ricketts makes a re markably good John Moneymaker. Much of the vim and go of tbe piece is dne to Miss Georgie Parker, who laughs and dances her self into tbe audience's affections as the post master's pretty daughter. Maggie Fielding bas a much better part than formerly, and her brogue is positively realistic an unusuI thing on tbo American stage. Tbe new songs and Darodies which have been introduced into tbe "U. S. Mail" were last nigbt loitdly applauded, aud the play appears to have gained largely by those interpolations. Harris' Theater. Tho two week s engagement of the Wilbur Opera Compiny opened auspiciously at this house yesterday, tbe "standing room only" sign appearing at tbe door long before tbe curtain rang up, both afternoon and evening. The fa vorite opera, "Erminie," was given at both per formances, and quite creditably, the principal roles being in competent hands,and tbe chorus, as the Wilbur cborus always is. consisting? of a ) bevy of bright young girls with pretty faces and graceiui lorms. uue ui ue strong points of Mr. Wilbur's management and Susie Kir win'ji good taste lies In the selection of their cborns girls. "Back numbers" are noTer found in their ranks. Tbe costumes are nearly all new and bright To-night "Erminie" will be repeated, and "Olivette" is tbe bill for to-morrow aud Thursday. Harry Williams' Academy. The ladies of the Howard Burlesque Com pany showed off their pretty forma and neat costumes with few trimmings at Harry Will lams' Academy of Music last nigbt and will continue to do so for the balance of tbe week. That they are popular damsels waa evidenced by tbe large crowd of men who wiped the per spiration from their bicb and wide-spreading "foreheads" andlaugbed at the jokes. The specialties are good, especially the Sbeerans, who bave a jollygood time and end up with a light and J. C. Harrington, who is Irish, Ger man and negro comedian all in one. Miss Lizzie B. Raymond's want of voice for singing is more than made up by ber dancing, which is certainly of the finest. The Fifth Avenue Museum. Manager Davis, of the Fifth Avenue Mu seum, claims this week to bave the most ex pensive entertainment presented in a museum, and ho certainly bas two cards tbat yesterday's f;rcat crowds demonstrated had immense draw ag powers. Jonathan Bass, tbe ossified man, was, nf course, a great maimer, and the bills this time tell the truth when they say be Is the only one of his kind In the world. Ho is cer tainly a roan of bone. From tbe crown of bis head to the end of his toes he is solid, bard, in flexible, and were it not tbat be spoke, be might havo been taken for a man of stone. In deed, many people In tbe audience refused to believe tbat be was alive, aud asserted it waa ,a wax figure worked by a ventriloquist The World's Museum. At tbe World's Musenm this week the won derful spotted family holds forth and Barney Baldwin continues to tell bow he likes life with a broken neck. They also have tbe hand some little Admiral Dot, who Is a great man for tbe ladies, aud James Maurice, the elastic-skin man. In the theater Emery & Russell's Star I uuciamj wviujMUj uwu.o m fiw-- dlucu mu euwMiuiuouM. Au-it Duvir coobism. ok musical and comedy sketches and fine acro batic work. Tbe World's programme this wees: is one of the beat of the seaion. PLEASURES0F SOCIETY. A Novel Entertain. .ent in the East End Theater Parties GettlnffVery Numerous Last Linden Club Concert of the Series A Characteristic Church Supper. An entertainment of unusual Interest and for a very worthy object in aid ot establishing; a home for tbe blind, aged antyaflrm deaf mutes, was given last evening in the chapel of Calvary Church, East End. The introductory remarks were made by Rer. George Hodges, who briefly outlined the aim and object for which tbe en tertainment was givec, and the necessity that prompted it A soprano solo by Miss Clara Smith followed, and "Yon," by Robin, waa next rendered by Miss Tillle George, a contralto singer. "Rock ol Ages" was tben given, by Miss Tillie George, in tbe sign language. A soprano solo by Mrs. Frank a. Hatlage pre ceded a duet by Mises Smith and Georee. "Nearer. My Goa, to Thee." was given by Misses Belle Winch. Annie Fritscher. Maggie Davis, Bessie Richards and Sadie Griffis in the sign language, and Mrs. Haslage appeared a second time in a soprano sole. A pantomine. "From tbe Street to the Pul pit,'' concluded tbe programme, and was given by six dots, members of the Gallaudet Literary Society of the Western Pennsylvania Institute for tbe Deaf and Dumb, under whose auspices it was given. ENJOYABLE DECEPTIONS Given by a Bride at Her Elegant Home In the East End. Mrs. Augustus Murdoch, the bride, is just as popular as Miss Lyon was, judging from her "at homes," tbat call together the ladies of the East End, and are such altogether charming affairs. The one given yesterday was un usually enjoyable, as the pretty weather tempted so many of the fair maids and matrons our. Tbe handsome South Highland avenue residence was fragrant with flowers that nodded their pretty heads from exquisite vases,aud tbe other appointments were in accordance. Mrs. J. B. Murdoch, the bride's mother-in-law, assisted in receiving, and several other society ladles also. LAST OF THE SEASON. A Fitting Climax to the Series of Concerts at tho Linden Club House, The Linden Club concert, last evening, was the concluding one for this season, and natur ally tbe programme was a fitting climax to the series ot delightful concerts given previously. Miss Grace Miller was the soloist of tbe occa sion, and won many laurels for ber very acceptable numbers Frank Clements, with a zither solo, assisted materially in the evening's pleasure, and Gernert's orchestra never ap peared to better advantage than in the admir ably arranged programme selected for the performance. An Interesting Conrso of Lectures. Tbe Mission League, of Grace Lutheran Church, on Sheridan avenue, has arranged for its third annnal lecture course, beginning with a lecture this evening Dy Rev. J. Q. Waters, on "How to Get Along in the World." Rev. C.V. Wilson, D. D., follows, February 1Q, on "Woman's Ricbts and Woman's Wrong." "Hidden Foes" will be the snbjcct of an ad dress by Rev. William J.Miller February 24. and "Agnosticism; or. tbe Trail of tbe Ser pent" will conclude tbe course March 10, with Rev. S. L. Harkey, D. D., as speaker. Wliiteomb Is Here. Tames Wbitcomb Riley, who is to give one of his inimitable entertainments at Old City Hall to-morrow evening, is at the Hotel Anderson. This will be one of tbe first entertainments he has given this season, and be has arranged a specially attractive programme. The sale of tickets opened very encouragingly yesterday, and there is every indication tbat there will be one of tbe finest audiences ever seen in this halL The musical programme is one of pecul iar interest, and specially suited to this par ticular occasion. Characteristic Church Snpper. The supper given last evening, in the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, was a characteristic Fourth Avenue Church affair. It consisted of everything delicious and appetizing in the eat able line, and was served in tbe most charming and dainty fashion. The hostesses of tbe occa sion were tbe members of the Young Ladies' Missionary Band, and the hours from 6:30 to 7.30. Layman's League Entertainment. Tbe Layman's Missionary League bas Invita tions out for an entertainment at tbe Academy cf Science and Art next Thursday evening from 8 to lL Addresses, music and refresh ments will constitute the pleasure of the even ing. The committee having the matter in charge consists of Messrs. W.Howard Falkner, R. C. Cornelius, J. O. Slemmons and Charles S. Shoemaker. Social Chatter. Prof. Albert D. Leieelt, teacher of man dolin, will entertain about 80 of his friends with a literary and musical and a hop at Cyclorama Hall, February 10. Several vocalists have been engaged. Misses Margaret Wies and Mary Byron among tbem, and Albert Christy will give recitations. The lecture on "Westminster Abbey," which was to bave been delivered Thursday evening by Rev. George Hodees, at tbe rooms of the East Liberty branch of the Young Men's Chris tian Association, has been postponed for two weeks. At tbe residence ot Mrs. Adam Jacobs, Brownsville, to-morrow evening, at, 7 o'clock, will occnr the wedding of her daughter. Miss Jacobs, and Mr. Lenhart. Mr. and Mrs. Mask Watson, who are en. tertainiag so extensively this season, gave a dinner and a Kendal party last evening to a number of friends. Russell H. Conwell delivered a lecture on "The Silver Crown, or Born of a King." last evening; at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Sewlckley. The Mayer-Goldsmlt wedding at Cyclorama Hall to-night will be witnessed by the ultra fashionable of Hebrew circle. The East End Mendelssohn Club gives its first concert of theseason in the new Masonic Hall, Collins avenne, to-night Seven tab'es will be utilized at tbe Colum bus Wilson Ben Venue residence this evening for progressive euchre. Mrs. W. G.Park will give a "Dutch treat" theater party Thursday, with dinner at tbe Duquesne Clubhouse. About 0peoplo will banquet at the Fisher House, Greensbnrg. Thursday evening, with J. M. Ncwbauer as host Mrs. CnARLES J. Clark gave a midday lnncbeon to 12 lady friends yesterday at the Duquesne Clubhouse. Miss South will give a dancing party Thurs day evening at the Slack-Davis parlors t? about 40 of her friends. ' THE Minerva Club gave its first annual mas querade reception, last evening, at Masonic Halt Allegheny. Miss Stewart, of Ridge avenue, was host ess last evening to a Kendal theater party. Mrs. George Dean, of Arch street gives a progressive euchre this evening. Mrs. George W. Guthrie, ot Marehana street East Eqd, receives to-day. Mrs. Joseph 8. Brown will give a charm ing luncheon on Thursday. Mrs. William Scott will give a theater party Thursday evening. Ml3 Maud Bters gave a theater party at the Bijou last evening. TnE Mendelssohn Quintet Club at Old City Hall tojnlght Mrs. A. E. W. Painter gave a theater party last evening. The Linden Club reception. A LITE BY COPAETNEESHIP. Rider Haggard and W. H. Ballon. Looking Oat for the Main Chance. NEW Orleans, Jan. 26. Papers were signed to-diy effecting a literary alliance between H. Rider Haggard and W. Husea Ballon. The eon- 1 tract provides that in event ot a failure to pass tho proposed international copyright law, tbe two autbors agree to Bbare each other's literary labors, to have their names jointly on their future novcis, tn copyright for each other in England aud tbe United States and to share eacb other's royalties. Messrs. Haggard and Ballon will join each other in San Francisco on March 1 preparatory to starting on a joint continental tour. Sbould tbe copyright law be passed and other necessi ties be obviated, tbey propose to write a novel jointly. Looking Another Way. Chicago Mall. Tbe Evanston disciples of Bellamy who were "Looking Backward" a few weeks ago are now looking forward to something better than co-operative starvation at exorbitant rates. ' CUKIOUS CONDENSATIOHS. Mrs. Mary Ruane died at Jessup, Pa., on Thursday, at tbe respectable ' age of 108 years. A man who can eat six quart-bowls of oyster stew at a sitting. Is one of the heroes of Canaan. Me. Nancy Churchwell, colored, who died In Norfolk. Va.. a few days ago, was reputed to be 103 years old. The authorities of Cologne have resolved to furnish employment to 13,000 idle men in that city at 18 pence per day. Mrs. L. D. Byers, of Bacta, led., haf a clock "made entirely of wood," which bas been keeping excellent time for 60 years. The new Servian loan of 10,000,000, which is abont to be raised, is wanted for armv meats and tbe purchase of repeating rifles, Berlin usually spends about (25,000 in celebrating tag Emperor's birthday. Emperor William bas forbidden the expenditure this year. Mrs. Mary Darden, of Hampton, Va., claims to be 103 years old. and ber word is be lieved. Her mother died in 1861 at tbe reputed age ot 1C0 years. According to an official return which has just been issued, there are 400,000 milch cows in tbe colony of Victoria, and the annual value nf their milk, butter and cheese is about 3.000.000. Jasper Morley claimed 510,000 dam ages for being put off" a West Michigan train, near Newaygo, and a Grand Rapids jury gives him $1,000 for tbe loss of time aud his incon venience. The San Diego, Cal., tm tells of a monster black bass, taken with hook and line. recently.at Cedros Island. It weighed 318 pounds, and tbe catcher was 43 minutes in get ting the fish alongside tbe steamer Kaluk. According to an official report recently published the number of students at tbe 3) universities of Germanv amounts to 28,711: Ber lin comes first with 5,527; Rostock last with S71: Leipsic, with 3,458, and Munich, with 3,382; each maintains a good position. A monstrosity in the shape of a child resembling a groundhog was on exhibition at Dal ton, Ga-. Monday. It has double joints and bones, a double row of teeth and other pecu liarities of tbe groundhog. It was born on Sand Mountain and Is IS years of age. Tbe preachers in Manistique, Mich., announco tbat dogs will no longer be allowed in church, as in davs gone by. The dogs Drought this ukaso upon themselves, because the other Sunday two deacons' dogs fought right in meeting and delayed the sermon. It is said to be a whole day's task for two men to fell a mahogany tree. On account ot tbe spurs which project from the base of tbe trunk a scaffold bas to be erected and the tree cut off above tbe spurs, which leaves a stamp ot the very best wood 10 to 15 feet high. George Carson, ol Farmington, Oconee county, Ga In his attempt to lift five silver dollars with bis tonzue recentlr was so un fortunate as to have the top dollar slip down bis throat Failing to extract It at supper, after a few moutbf uls, down went the dollar. While grading on a road nearLodi, CaL. a workman unearthed tbe skeleton of six human beings As tbey were found on the line nf the old emicrant road between Stock ton and Sacramento, it has been suggested tbat tbey are tbe bones of some of the early emi grants. Mr. Bath Phelps, of Venice, Mich., tried "every rheumatism cure known to the world," and still her arm refused to be com fortable. The other day a doctor cat out a big darning needle and now tbe arm is all right. Sbe does not remember how the needle became imbedded. Euchretown, Ind., is exercised over the striking of a large gong, wbicn can be heard every morning at 1 o'clock, and the supersti tious people are greatly alarmed. The sounds issne from the basement of an old and aban doned distillery, and "every effort to fathom the cause bas proved Unsuccessful." There is an enormous tree in the Ocmulgea river swamp, near Abbeville. Ga., tbat rivals tbe famous giants of tbe California forests. Tbe tree is of tbe tnpelo gum variety, and towers above tbe surrounding forest of immense oaks. It is evidently of great age. and doubtless was inhabited by the Indians in the prehistoric age of this country. The tree is hollow at the base with an aperture large enough to admit a tall man. The hollow ex tends upward for a distance of IS feet affording space enough for two stories. The hollow at the base is 12 feet in diameter. France has in her territorial army a unihue body of troops for the protection of ber railways in war. Most of them are men living near the eastern boundary among them 7,000 forests and customs officials able to get in the field at a few hours' notice. Two weeks ago this railway contingent was mobilized, so tbat its efficiency might be teted. The mobiliza tion was not very success! nl. Half of the men could get no overcoats, because there were none for tbem. The Ministry of War is now planning a thorough overhauling ot this service. "I bave," says a Maine pension agent, "what I consider a funny pension case on hand. Several years ago I secured a pension for a soldier of a certain regiment and company, and then, after bis death, I secured a pension for his widow. Now she comes to me to hrlp her secuie another pension as the widow of another member of tbe same regiment You see that since I secured her first widow's pecsion sbo had married a comrade-in-arms.uf ber first husband, and now that he. too, is dead, with a frugality aud economy that is commendable and accord ing tn Scripture, sbe is applying for the second pension. 1 bave never known exactly a similar case." Near Ayersville,Ga.,Wednesday night, James Hamilton, an old and maimed ex-Confederate soldier, was knocked in the bead and tben thrown In the fire Dy a negro. Hamilton is a tinker, and bad a small leather sacbel and box with him. Ono and a half miles from Ayers ville he bnllt a fire and camped for tbe ntjthr. About 9 o'clock a negro man, who said his name was Johnson, came to bis camp, and. after telling Hamilton be lived clne by, Ham ilton turned over to go asleep. When asleep, the negro struck Dim on tbe head, cutting his cheek open, also striking bim nn the back of tbe bead with a scantline. knocking him in tbe fire. Tbe netrro took tbe sachel and went away, leaving Hamilton in the fire. A bale of Baker county, Ga., cotton has been traced to Moscow. Russsa. It was made by T. H. Pollen, of MUford, and in tbe bale he daced a note, addressed to the party who might use it giving name and postoffice, and requesting tbat be be informed nf the manu facturer and place manufactured and the price paid for tbe cotton. He recently received a fetter from Moscow, from wbich it appears tbat the cotton was sold to a manufacturer at that place on December 28, and ho wrote Mr. Pullen on December 30. The letter was re ceived in New York on January 7, and reached Mr. Pullen on January 9. Mr. Pullen regrets very much that tbe party failed to give the price be paid for tbe cotton, ana will write him again for that information. FLASHES OF FON. "Is this place healthy?" "Healthy? This air would bring a dead man to life." "Tbat being so. how do you account for the great array of gravestones up in tills conntry." Them? Oh, them's to keep the corpses what's burled there from comln' np and overpopalatia the town.-' (irtensburg Sports. When a man goes into anything be sbould always eo into It with his whole soul, hat it does seem a little absurd for a sprint runner to shave himself clean in order to remove the obstruction caused when he rnns by the wind blowing through his whiskers.-6'omtrcfW Journal. Depravity and ungodly levity are fast rrannllnrthe Congressional Jteeard. It recently printed the familiar word "chestnut." It has printed words of a strong- chestnut" Savor many a time, many a time. Savannah Sews. In what place is time most pre-eminently money? in a recorder's court-f3 or 3u days. Sea Orleans Hew Delta. "That Senator who just sat down is awfully prosy. He tills like a book." 'That Is only his natural development He be gan his career as a pane." Sew Xork Evening Sun. Grin See a dog fight? Earlt-Xo: the dogs only stood off and yelped at eacb other. Grln-Ab, a bark mill, as you might say. Buffalo Express. Gushley Did you ever, like tbe poet, "stand on the bridge at mldnlnht?" Rounder No. bat I've often stood on a bobtail flash at about tbat time of the evening. Sew lorle Herald. There is complaint at Wasbingtou balls or the scarcity or younz men who dance. Bat there is no scarcity of old men who dance and dance wlldly-on Capitol IHll..Vcia York Prus. Kind Old Xady And so you are blindj my poor man? Poor Man Yeasum. I was born blind. Kind Old lady (shocked)-Born hUndt Is It, possible? How you must feel the loss of your eye mat Texas Slllngs. 3 k ,-jiAfciS ' Jtr.,.. r .. , rm L fc...l fxdktLj?-. ..fLi i4rtJ w.'s&rmzFm'x
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