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One Month D Dailt Dispatch. includlnc Sunday, lyear. 10 00 DATLT Dispatch, lncludlnsSunday,3m'ths 260 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, Xm'th 90 fcUKDAT Dispatch, One Year 250 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 125 The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at j.'eents per wee!., or inducing feunday edition, at ICcents per week. PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, FE& 4, 1891. DELATING THE PIPE BILL. Apparently the new pipe line bill is to be worried by postponements much as the old one was four years ago. The bill of four years ago was in the hands of the General Judiciary Committee while the present bill, for some reason, has been referred to the Committee on Corporations. The effect of the delay will be to compel a straight fight on the bill as it stands, without the privi lege of amendment The committee having set another hearing for next week, the bill cannot be reported before the 13th. Then if it comes out of committee with amendments, the producers will have little chance to get it in different shape and still hare time to put it through. Every amendment means delay for a week. The opposition, if there is any opposition, does not appear to have put in an appear ance before the committee. Ex-Senator Lee, of Franklin, attorney for the Pro ducers' Protective Association, was before the committee and cave it positive assurance that the bill was satisfactory to all the mem bers of that organization and independent producers, generally. Iu the absence of any protests this should have been enough. The provisions of the bill are familiar to every man in any way connected with the produc tion, transportation or manufacture of oil in this State and all have had ample time to be on hand to present their arguments. This would eeem to be ample ground for re porting the bill favorably, as having no op position. It may be presumed, however, that the committee was appealed to for a stay of pro ceedings by some one, probably by a tele gram from Kew York, possibly by some of the silent, but ever present, corporate agents at the capital. Certain it is that delay has been granted in the interest of the opposi tion to the bill, whether by request or not This is trifling with the popular will. And it will surely be learned, in time, who is re sponsible for it Though every member may eventually go on record as having voted for the bill, if it fails of passage be cause it lacks time, the committee will be held to answer for its death. This should be a significant fact to the statesmen at Harrisburg when viewed in the light of last November's elections. The defeat of this same bill, four years ago, played aa im portant part in that Waterloo. ALLEGHENY TEACHERS' SALARIES. Our sister city, Allegheny, has put her self in the line of advancement by increas ing the salaries of her public school teach ers. It is only a short time since attention was called to the fact that Allegheny teach ers were woefully underpaid, and The DIS PATCH pointed the necessity for a readjust ment It is with pleasure The Dispatch learns the Board of Controllers has ordered an increase in salaries to a point that makes favorable comparison with the salaries paid in this city. Its pleasure is only marred by the reflection that there was opposition to the move and that the vote for this tardy recognition of devoted talent was not unan imous. AN IRRELEVANT PLEA. The lailroad freight agents who object to the application of the iron manufacturers of the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys, for reduced freight rates, because if it is granted a similar reduction must be made on Pittsburg traffic leave a remarkable hiatus in their logic Until that gap is closed their argument is an extremely weak one. Why should they not make the reduction on both the Pittsburg and valley shipments? They know very well that the iron interests of those two sections iurnish them with more freight than any other interests in the country. They ought to know that this traffic now bears a larger rate per ton per mile than any other traffic of like class and equal volume. The backbone of the pros perity of the railways serving this section is furnished by the iron industry; and if that is weakened the profits of the railways will sooner or later be discovered to rest on an insecure foundation. The railways have enjoyed a long period of extremely rumunerative business fur nished by Pittsburg and the valley mills and furnaces. The mere principle of en lightened selfishness should teach them that any concessions necessary to keep the iron trade on a steady basis is for their own in terest RESTRAINING EACH OTHER. It is generally regarded by clear-sighted and independent thinkers as a fortunate thing when each of the two parties control one of the two branches of Congress. If there is a Democratic Honseand a Republican Senate, as will be the case in the next Congress, the two branches keep watch npon each other. Partisan legislation in favor of one party will certainly be squelched by the other one, and tbe result is that only measures of a tlass to commend themselves to the non partisan sense of both parties can pass both branches. The recent abandonment of all business, except tbe appropriation bills in both branches of the present Congress, reveals the working of a similar principle in an un expected way. Both branches were Repub lican, and the result of th'at has not been wholly creditable to the foresight or good sense of Republican control. But especially in this session a divergence has been noted between tbe two branches. The Senate was the birthplace of free coinage measures; the llouse was the hotbed of election bills and closure legislation. Tbe two characteristics have neutralized each other. The Senate after a long struggle abandoned the House policy to a natural death; the Souse more promptly, but with equal effectiveness, shelved free coinage. The two ends of the Capitol have practically vetoed each other; and the nation can express a modified grati tude for this accidental and negative virtue. The next Congress will present the for tunate restraint upon the parties of each of them controlling one branch of Congress. When it shall again be the case that all branches of the Government are controlled by a sinele party the country will be fortu nate if some such unforseen check as that just developed is found to restrain hasty and nnwise legislation. MINING PRECAUTIONS. The discussion naturally following upon the recent mining fatality bids fair to have some value in bringing out facts of general importance. Without attempting to settle the grave question of individual responsi bility, before the investigation now going on is completed, it is already possible to point ont certain particulars in which a greater degree of care could be exercised. The deficiencies are those of the entire sys tem of mining, not of any one mine. Their relation to the Mammoth mine disaster is only as an illustration of the need of a gen eral reform. The most important is with regard to the amount of work to be done by the "fire boss" in inspecting the mine for gas before the men go to work. This point was touched upon the other day when it was shown that hours are required to thoroughly inspect forty contiguous workings, while the fire bosses in our mines often have to inspect many more than that, up to between one and two hun dred, as in the Mammoth, mine. Under such circumstances the inspection must often be hurried and perfunctory. The fault of the American system is shown by a com parison with English regulations. There the depnty overman who in some of his duties corresponds to our fire boss generally inspects about a dozen rooms, while twenty or thirty is an almost unheard of number. As an additional precaution no man is allowed to enter the workings, until they are personally passed by the deputy over man at tbe entrance; and if he is detained in his examination they must wait till he comes. Penalties are placed by law on any miner who goes into bis room without this guarantee that the inspection is completed. Our precautions also fall below the En glish standard in the inspection of air passages. If these passages, on which the ventilation of a mine depends, are not fully inspected they may easily be choked, par tially or wholly, by a tall of slate. A regu lation which might profitably be followed is the English one of authorizing the miners in each mine to elect inspectors of air passages, with authority to stop all work whenever they become obstructed. Another point is suggested by the theory that tbe Mammoth mine explosion was caused by the liberation of gaB through the fall of the roof where ribs or the petitions between works were taken out This is a class of mining that in Eng land is always surrounded by special pre cautions. Such provisions as these have been shown effective in reducing? the danger of explosions to a minimum. The failure to come up to the full require ments of the English standard of safety at taches to'the whole system in this country. Indeed, we hear it stated the actual practice ii worse in the Monongahela river mines than in the Connellsville region. In all of them investigation develops the fatal tend ency ot miners and bosses alike, to regard the use of naked lamps as safe enough, until some wholesaledisastet emphasizes the safety lamp was necessary. AFTER PITTSBURG MANUFACTURES. Some good fruit is likely to be borne by the Pan-American Congress. A request has reached here for the names of manufact urers interested in promoting reciprocal trade with the Central and South American States and a long list will be returned. Tbe delegates to that Congress were much im pressed by the wonderful industries of the United Statei,and of Pittsburg in particular, and are more than willing to give us a share of their trade ii we can make it advantageous for them to do so. The manufacturers of this city, who are interested in the matter, think they can demonstrate the advantage. TOO LARGE AND TOO COSTLY. The Board of Awards has recommended four sites to Councils for poor farm pur poses, leaving the City Fathers to make a selection. We think the public will be best satisfied if all four ere refused. They are farms running from 200 acres and over, and the prices put upon them range from about $250 to $600 per acre. For what the city needs, the tracts are unnecessarily large and tbe prices for the most part too high. A farm of from 50 to 100 acres would answer all the purposes. The point is well raised that it is only for market gardening, not for ordinary farming, $600 per acre land can be tilled with profit. As for general farm work it cannot be profitably rendered by the inmates of the institution, else they would have no need of the assistance of the city. A small, compact place, well situated, is more in line with the city's actual needs than an expensive ranche. A decided degree of progress is shown by the fact that in the Philadelphia municipal campaign the papers of that city, Democratic and Republican, are opposing the election ot Councllmen who stand In tbe way of progress and reform In city affairs, without regard to politics. The keynote of the newspaper cam paign is expressed in the language ot the IZecord that "one portion of these unworthy candfdates are labeled 'Democrat' and another Republican,' " but it makes no difference in their real character. Philadelphia is getting very close to the ground which The Dispatch has long held, that national party lines have no real place in mnnloipal elections. If Chief Two Strikes can accomplish nothing else by his trip to tbe East, be might make a good engagement with the baseball managers. Tbe man wbo never gets beyond two strikes ought to be worth a small fortune to the gentlemen who are frantically searching for attractions on tbe diamond. "In Kansas, 1888, Harrison's majority. 80,000: 1891, lngalls defeated, 1 to L" Such is tbe summing up of a Democratic newspaper. Another summing up is given by tbe Chicago Journal as follows: "In Kansas, 1888, Demo cratlcpopular vote 102.70J. In 1891, Democratic candidate for United States Senator gets three votes ont of 165 total; defeated, 28 to L" Tbns do the organs ol both parties succeed In mak ing plain the salutary fact that both Repub lican and -Democratic parties, for their sins of partisanship, got an exceedingly black eye in Kansas. . A tashion authority states that the daz zling blazer and the gorgeons girth, otherwise known as sash, are not to be worn by tbe fash oinable male in tbe coming summer. Are our young men no longer to be things of beauty, or has the eclipse of Speaker Reed engulfed with it the raiment which he made tamousf The "Prophet of Bear Mountain," who evet ho may be, joins the ground hog, Devoe and the Signal Service in predicting cold weather, and surpasses tbem by assorting that the blizzard will drift snow as high as church steeples, and be accompanied by wind swifter than electricity. Perhaps the unanimity of the -"weather prophets onthesubjectbf cold weather may explain the persistence of the soft and muddy warmth. , Of course, Governor Pattison came down on that joint resolution as to tbe force bill with crushing force. But be omitted to score one point in his failure to comment on the utter absence of any constitutional authority for State Legislatures to tell national legislators bow they must vote. "Febrtjaet treats the days of the week impartially this year. There will be four and no more of each In this shortest of tbe months an unusually square" arrancement," remarks the New York World. But inasmuch as February contains 28 days, and therefore exactly foqr weeks, In three years out of every four, the phe nomenon noted by tbe esteemed World Is not so unusual as that perspicacious journal imagines. The energetio woman who tied up her hnsband while drunk and then gave him a beating to repay former thrashings on bis part, is entitled to tbe plaudits of society. More power to the arms of the wives of wife-beatersl The intimation is made by the New York World that James G. Blaine is cast for the part of Jlfojej in the great Republican tragedy comedy, "Getting Out of the Wilderness." Hut it Is evident from recent developments that Thomas B, Reed and William McKinley have no idea of takinetbe parts of those who hold up the bands of that particular Moses. A loss of $1,560,000 to the farmers of Pennsylvania by reason of bad roads, solely on the cost of hauling tbeir hay to market, ought to solidify the agricultural interests in support of road reform. The ability of that House committee in vestigating the silver pool to escape finding ont anything about it was severely strained yes terday, when witness Owenby offered to give names; bnt by timely objections the untimely disclosure was choked off. The committee is bound to present an example of tbe art of How Not to Do It if such a thing is in tbe pins. By dint of long perseverance in predict ing that cold wave, it is to be hoped the Signal Service will get it here at last, rather belated but still with a perceptible degree ot frigidity. The Indian census just published shows a decrease in the number of Indians, classified as civilized and those on reservations, from 256, 127 in 1880. to 219,273 last year. But the Indians have already put themselves on record to the effect that they do not regard the census of tbeir number as any more accurate than that of the cities of tbe East.- Thbee hundred and fifty new medicines were patented last year. And tbe people are able to breatbe a devout thanksgiv ing that they are still alive. The retirement of Count Waldersee, who was supposed to have succeeded Bismarck in his influence on tbe Emperor Williams' policy. Indicates that the favor of the Emperor toward his ministers is short lived. The statesmen of Germany are in a fair way to learn the force of the admonition, "Put not your trust in Princes." Senators who are investigating that mine exposlon should adopt dne precautions to prevent explosions of their own temper. There is cause for congratulation that the House and Senate got through with their par tisan squabbles before tbe Indian delegation arrived in Washington. If the chiefs bad visit ed Congiess during a fight over a point of order, they would have been justified in wondering why the Government objects to ghost danceSi PEBS0NAL PABAGBAPHS. Rev. Joseph Parkek, of tbe London City Temple, has denounced Mr. Gladstone's re ligious disabilities bill. Mns. SonLiEMAuir, it is said, intends soon to resume and bring ton close her husband's excavations at Hissarllk. Dr. Schllemann himself had fixed March 1 as the day on which he would again begin work. . Mns. Frances Hodgson Burnett is said to have tried the "mind cure" in Boston with happy results, although Miss Alcott, who also experimented with that treatment, received no appreciable benefit from it The late Irma Mane, tbe Paris opera singer, was once a woman of marvelous beauty, with flashing blact eyes and a superb figure, but be fore she retired from tbe stage she had become thin and haggard, a mere wreck of her former ' self. Ten Eyck, tbe Albany artist, has painted a full-length portrait of tne late ftocoe Conk ling, which is an admirable likeness, preserving, as his own daughter, Mrs. Oakman, thinks, al most exactly the expression of her father's face. Miss Edith Brown is one of the most suc cesslul of the younger artists in Boston. She is a designer for stained glass, and has taken prizes in competition with Some ot the famous workers of this department She is only 21 years of age. James Lane Allen, the Kentucky novel ist, is a professor of Latin in Bethany College. He lives at Lexington, and has a house in Cin cinnati also, dividing his time between the two cities. He began his career with a desire to be come eminent in comparative philology. Chief Engineer Sewkll, of the White Star fleet, considers himself the greatest trav eler that ever lived, because, during his con nection with the company, he has sailed 818.400 nautical miles, or 911,000 standard miles, nearly four times the distance between the earth and the moon. Prof. Brooks, director of the Smith Ob servatory, haB been elected a member of the British Astronomical Association of London, England. He has for several years been a fel low ot the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain. The professor has also gained much renown as a comet discoverer. Rodtard Kipling came by his very un conventional Christian name in a rather roman tic way. Tne future parents ol the brilliant novelist plighted their troth on the shores of the well-known English lake, Rudyard. and commemorated the occurrence later in life by tbe novel method of christening their son with the name of the place. Ward McAllister's1 overcoat has become as well known to New Yorkers as Seward's statue. Mr. McAllister, who has many odd fancies and prejudices, has twined bis pure affections fast and firm around this particular Garment. It is a brown overcoat with' a velvet collar, and it must be admitted that it has rath era rusty look. Mrs. John W. Mackats house-warming in her new London residence was one of the most brilliant events of the West End Beason. Min ister Lincoln, a crowd of distinguished diplo mats and a big slice of Debrett and Burke were in attendance, admiring tbo magnificent man sion and its appointments, discussing society scandals and sipping tea which had cost $120 a pound. DEATHS OP A DAY. Thomas Sinclair. tEPKCIAL TZLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l MANSFIELD YALLET, Feb. 3.-Tbomas Sinclair, who died at 2 o'clock this morning at his late home on Chartlers avenue, Chartlers, Pittsburg and Lake Krle ttailroad, was IS years ago a wealthy Pittsburg clothing .maker, and owned a valuable block of houses on the thorougblare that be-rs Ills name. Sinclair street. About 1875 he met with business reverses by indorsing for Irre sponsible parties, the dcathoriils flrstwlfe.and bv other tribulations. Then he took to the Intox icating cup, wbicb caused his business ruin. Ten years ago he moved to Mansflela Valley, and en gaged in tailoring In a small way. He has been troubled with diabetes for several years. Two years ago he built a house from his small earnings at Chartlers, where be died this morning after an operation had been performed on him for dia betes. He leaves two daughters, two sons and bis second wife, Joel Grlest. Joel Grlest, a well-known resident of Wllklns burg, died at an early hour yesterday morning at his borne on l'enn avenne. His death was the re sult or a lengthv Illness, and was hastened by a stroke of paralysis suffered abonttbree weeks ago. Mr. Urieet was In hls'Slh year and had resided In Wllklusburg since 1837. His wire has been dead some years and lour children survive him. Thev are Mrs. hamuel Buzzard and Stewart driest, of Wllklnsburg; John W., of Torrens, and Mrs. Uenrgo W. Hunter, of liraldwood, HI. The funeral services will be Held to-morrow arternoon at 2 o'clock and will be in charge or Wllklnsburg Lodge No. 76, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which the deceased was a charter member. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. If preachers would devote more time to ar guing the existence of a Devil instead of the existence of a Deity religion might be bene fited. Have you noticed the new element in the pushing, pleasant-faced, brawny throngs that go about by day and by night In this fast growing cityf Some have, of course, but many tbe borne buggers have not. Well, there is a new element, and a good, healthy one. mixing itself quietly in the business body the power house of this nature-blessed section of the devel oped world. You see it on tbe streets, in tbe resorts where smiles are liquified, in the thea ters, in the cable cars, and iu the churches, too. It is not a kid-sloved, addle-pated, slim shanked, long-necked species, either; but a broad-shouldered, deep-chested, sun-burned, hard-fisted, lond-lnnged race. It gathered strength on tbe pine and balsam-tufted hills, fattened on the oil-scented air, developed Its muscles hauling huge cables, dressing drills, tramping hills, laying pipes, building tanks, leveling forests, rearine "slab" cities, and sharpened its wits driving queer bargains with Queer nennlo. Vns. the men who have Tinnehpd 'a goodly section of Western Pennsylvania full of holes, wbo have turned grease into gold, who have illuminated the byways of the world, are with us and of ns now. You can see them every where. Of the oil though they be they are not oily. No, indeed. Frank, strong-gripped, plain-spoken, whole-souled are they. They play with fortune, coquette with chance, and, win or loose, never chance. They know that grief should be carried in secret and joy handed around with a liberality that Is prodi gal. They seem to be bnilt on loyal lines, ilvinz for to-day instead of to-morrow, elvmg and taking without grumbling or wincing. They have Injected a lymph in the body of business which cannot but prove beneficial. They are working bees in the great hive, and there' not a drone in tbe swarm, either. They will add millions to the city's wealtb, will add thousands to tho city's population, will add another page to the city's history. May they multiply ana prosper, live long and be happy, and never strike a "duster." THE old saying that the- ruling passion is strong in death applies particularly to apolit ical party on its last legs. Vilas, Vest, Vance, Voorhees and Veto. The Vsare undoubtedly in it. Wht are shippers like lecturersf Because they have to pay for hauls. One of the Crow Chiefs is named His Breath. Agency whisky is doubtless responsi ble for this cognomen. Incompetent men who undertake to do work which they cannot perform are criminals; but, unfortunately, tbe law cannot reach them. Love of dress has made marriage a luxury except in darkest Africa and the South Sea Islands, The wholesale druggists want medicine to go up, bnt it is bound to go down. It's about time for the sensible Congressman to snout, "What are we here for?" Pianos are both square and upright, hut when abused they utter false notes. When is a poker player like a waiterT When ho holds a pair of trays. Wealth breeds luxury, luxury breeds laziness, laziness breeds loafers, and loafers are too tired to breed anything. The dramas of the present day develop the muscles and not the minds of tbe players. Br.TCE will bo forced to have his washing done in Ohio in order to retain his seat in the Sen ate. The man who is correct in his dress may not be correct In his habits. A good watch is known by its works, Sullivan would still be an Elk jf he bad not insisted on swallowing tbe horns. Chile bites but the Peruvians furnish the bark. One swallow does not make a summer, but it frequently indicates a fall. In Franc? criminals generally lose their hearts before they lose their heads. Patti has had a tight grip on the public for a long while, but the grip bas her now. Per haps the last was her farewell tour, after all. Those wbo have a skeleton in their closets do not have to be told to shut the door. The present Congress Is determined to die in disgrace. A bonnet is sometimes called a duck, pre sumably because of the size of the bill. Tombstone makers who sell shafts on time should cut beneath the inscription these hope ful words: "In God we trust." Owenby was the bait-cutter for the silver pool fishermen, hence he is not saying much. "Spoof" and "wide" are the latest London slang words. To "spoof a man is to ridicule him. To call him "wide" is to compliment bis range of knowledge and Bhrewdness. To illus trate: Harrison, oh, he's spoof; Blaine, ob, he's wide. See. J The depth of a man's piety cannot he meas ured by the length ot his prayers. Strange though it seems, first love is the blindest. The London Galties must be short of skirt dancers, judging from the material furnished lately. The tongue bas to be bridled before passion can be curbed. FAITH places nothing but dust in the grave and sees the son instead of the shadow hover ing over it. Shahs are' realities in every well appointed bed chamber. Prejudice is too often a polite word for bull headedness. Don Cameron now realizes what It means to have greatness thrust upon him. If you want to find the plot of the farce comedy you must get in on tbe ground floor when the plotters put their heads together to select a name for the company. THE best co-operative housekeeping Is se cured by marriage and a dissolution of the partnership existing between the families of the contracting parties. When is a caller like a gnn f When he's a smooth-bore. IF the cloture could be applied to Allegheny life might be wortn tne living oyer there. AGE .OK bas fattened the Hernhardt's form and has fattened her pocketbook. art . The clouds hanging over Pittsburg have a golden lining, and every person not blinded by sectional prejudice can plainly see it. A great many people who patronize rural race tracks are broken on the wheel. Peffer's whiskers reach to bis waist. What a beautitul plaything Kansas has furnished the Potomac breezes. The female colleges are turning out whistlers, banjo players, Venuses and elocu. tionists, and tbe male colleges are graduating oarsmen, athletes, football players and Adonises. And still we wonder at crime. Ministers are not light-fingered, but they will take texts and donations. Why is glass like the goutf Because it pro duces panes. Only the light-headed folk use hair dye. WttLDJ Wihkle. PLEASURES0F SOCIETY. Beautiful Wedding Ceremony In the Quaint Borough of Sewickley Lectures, Con certs and Other Entertainments A Number of Dinners and Beceptlons Yes terday. The sun rbone through the tall windows of the Methodist Episcopal Chnrchin Sewickley yesterday afternoon and threw a cheery flood of color over tbe bridal procession wbich moved up the long aisle while choir and organ united in the melodious march from "Lohengrin." Tbe bride was Miss Lidle M. Murray, daughter of Dr. R. J. Murray, of Sewickley, and tbe bridegroom Mr. Stanley Hall Anderson, ot Beaver. The wedding party entered the church, which was crowded, at a few minutes after 5. Previous to this tne organist, Mr. Charles Ger nert, and tbe specially organized choir, com prising Miss Marion Gaston, Miss Marge Irwin, Miss Bessie Cunningham and Messrs. R. J. Cun ningham. Theodore Nevin, John Wbite, W. W. Whitesell and Dr. Naylor, rendered, under tbe direction of Mrs. J. Sharpe McDonald, tbe "Rosemaiden's Bridal Chorus," and. as tbe pro cession entered the church, sang the march from "Lohengrin." Tbe music and tbe sun shine and tbe bride's beauty made the scene a very pretty one. The party proceeded to the altar, the ushers, Messrs. Dr. Heustls. Thomas Woods, W. Col viile. J. C. White, James Anderson and J. Mc Waters, in front, followed by tbe maid of honor, Miis Mamie Anderson, and the best man. Mr. Ed. Weand, and then the bride and groom. The bride's dress was of heavy corded silk, en train, with pearl and lace trimmings, and a long veil beld back by white lilacs, of which flowers and roses her bouquet .also was formed. The simple service was performed by' tbe Rev. James Murray, of Irwin, tbe bride's uncle, assisted by Rev. Dr. Bracken, of Se wickley. Mendelssohn's "WeddingMarch" was played as the party left the church. The reception at Dr. Murray's residence which followed the wedding was very largely attended, and In everyway brilliant, Tbe house was beautifully decorated. The bride and groom made an early departure amid showers of rice and old sboes, tbeir destination being Buffalo and tbence Eastward. The presents were exceedingly handsome and numerous, in cluding, as tbey did, a pretty home in Sewick ley, Dr. Murray's gift to his daughter, and much beautiful and usetul silver, class, furni ture, statuary and pictures. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Anderson will, after a short stay at Df. Murray's, enter their own home. AS SHOET AS SWEET. Very Brief Session of the Woman's Club Yesterday Afternoon. If brevity is really tbe soul of wit, the session of the Woman's Club yesterday imust bave been an exceedingly witty one. Late comers, detained by business or other appointments, found the library deserted, and only a trace of what had been In the clubby arrangement of table and chairs. The only paper read was one on the "Cossacks," by Mrs. Dinwiddle, wblch was full of information, and a subject of gen eral interest, as the many recent magazine articles treating of the same testify. Animated discussion followed the reading of tbe paper, inspired partly by Mrs. Dinwiddle's adoption ot tbe latest pronounciation of the words Cossack and Russia. Mrs. Wade, by a unanimous request of the members of the club, gave a pleasing and In teresting account of tbe doings of the recent Press Club Convention, or rather, tbe feminine portion of it. Adjournment was then in order, and an Informal reception given Miss Kyle, the first President of the club, wbo was present at the meeting. THEIB LAST OYSTEB DUfNEE To Be Given by the Moorhead Union Ladies in Their Present Home. The oyster dinner to be given to-day by tbe Woman's Christian Temperance "Union, at Moorhead Hall, will perhaps be tbe last of tbe delightful dinners and entertainments given in the present quarters by the Union, hitherto known as the Moorbead Union. For five years the organization bas had its headquarters in tbe Moorhead building, and by earnest, indus trious and persistent effort has succeeded in clearing the neighborhood of many an objec tionable feature and establishing a work of al most boundless proportions. But the order bas come for the Union to vacate its home-like, comfortable quarters on April 1, and unless in tercession effects a repeal' of tbat order, the Union will be compelled to seek new quarters. A project to establish an "Inebriate Home'1 in the building is being agitated, but tbe ladies of tbe union think, in the matter of Intemper ance, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Tbe hours for tbe dinner to-day are from 12 to 2 oclock. EQUAL TO THE XTBST -J Was tho Second Subscription Dance, Given Last Evening. The second subscription dance under the patronage of Mrs. A. E. W. Painter, Mrs. M. W. Watson, Mrs. W. R. Sewell and Mrs. W. G. Park, was given last evening at the Pittsburg Club Assembly room, and was as much of a social success as was tbe previous one given at the Duquesne Club House. Flowers bloomed everywhere, shedding tbeir perfume upon the air, through wbicb reverberated the entrancing strains of Toerge's Orchestra, that inspired the dancing with more than tbe usual zest and ex citement. The dining ball was an enchanting place, and the supper was delicious. Tbe display of some wonderfully pretty gowns made the ball room a dazzling vision, as the company was not so large, bnt each individual toilet was effective. AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE Greets the Royal Edinburgh Concert Com pany's Entertainment. Enthusiasm was great at Carnegie Hall last evening. Tbe Scottish people of the two cities were ont in full force, to hear familiar melodies rendered by tbe Royal Edinburgh Concert Company, composed of Miss Alice Steel, soprano; Miss Edith Ross, contralto; Alexander Finlayson, tenor; James Fleming, basso; Jules Gnilton, violinist; Charles F. Ferguson, humor ist and vocalist; James Blaikie, organist, and William MacLenuau, solo dancer and pipe player. Tbe selections, both mnsical and recitative, were of Scottish significance and all were heart ily enjoyed. ' A Gratifying Success. The entertainment given last evening by the King's Sons of St. Peter's Church was a grati fying success, and the large audience it drew forth was a marked I sign of encouragement. Miss Helen Grimes, the Misses Mattern, Frank W. Bearl, Thomas J. Smith, H. M. Reed and J. D. Bratton, Jr., were the vocalists of tbe evening, and their selections were especially pleasing. R. A. Crawford. W. G. Taggart and Charles Fundenberg were acceptable and en joyable Instrumentalists, and Miss Ruth Reuck and James U. Bennett gave excellent assistance by their very clever recitations. His Third Prize in a Tear. Will W. Youngson, of this city, carried off tho honors and the nrize at tbe declamation .contest, Monday evening, of tbe Allegheny Literary Society of Allegheny Collece at Mead vllle. This is the third prize won by the young man in the past year, and his friends are naturally predicting great things for him in tbo future. Social Chatter. The sale of seats for tho lecture to be given by Sergius Stepnlak. the noted Russian, in Old City Hall Friday night, will begin this morning. Stepniak is the foremost representative of the most advanced thought in Russia. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Evallne avenue, East End, celebrated the anniversary of tbe Christian Endeavor movement last evening with an interesting meeting. Messrs. John Satjeks, of Sauors Brothers, and John Saners, of Federal street, gave a re ception and a 'ball last 'evening at Cyclorama Hall. It was a full dress affair and largely at tended. The Theatrical Club gave its first annual re ception and ball at tbe Grand Central Rink last evening. Musiowas furnished by the Great Eastern Italian Band. THE attendance at the Verestcbagln exhibi tion grows larger. Yesterday tbo dtate Normal School, of Indiana, Pa., visited the galleries in a body. The Amateur Photographers' Society will hold its annual.exhtbition to-morrow and Fri day evenings in the Academy ot .Science and Art. , Dinners on Thursday and Friday will be served by the ladles of the First M. P. Church. Miss Sallie Lloyd, of Ellsworth avenue, gives a card party this evening. The Paragon Club holds a dance at Cyclo rama Hall to-nlebt. i The Kurtz-Fink wedding to-day. The Situation Concisely Stated. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat, Bep.l Tom" Piatt's desire to'becotne bead of the Treasury, whether real or merely alleged, is not bait so strong as everybody else's desire that he be kept out of that position. 4, 1891: THE TOPICAL TALKER. Death in Double Fixtures. "There is a good deal ot danger In these gas and electric light fixtures." said a practical electrician to me the other day: "I mean in tbe kind which are used for gas and electric light in combination. Of course it is convenient to have the gas all ready for use if the electric apparatus gets out of order, and in theaters andpublioinstitntions the joint fixtures are particularly useful, no doubt But I think where tbe double fixtures are nsed in hotels or private houses the taps ought to be made con spicuously distinct In fact, it would be well to bave tbe gas tap screwed up, while the electric light is being nsed. Tbe otber day two actresses came mighty near being suffocated in a Pitts burg hotel through tbe double fixture trap. When they went to bed one ot them tried to turn out the electric light. She did turn a tap, but it didn't shut off Ibe light. Then her com panion got up and tnrned off the electric light. But tbe first girl bad turned on the gas when she thought she was turning off the electric lizht. Result, two yonng women in a state of asphyxiation next morning; would bave been dead had not tbeir room been very large. It is a mlBtake always likely to occur and those who have double fixtures should take care lu time." Authors aa Their Own Interpreters. Comparatively few authors bave been suc cessful as public readers of their own books or as lecturers. The gift of writing is not often linked with the gift of speaking. James Whit-. comb Riley is peculiarly fortunate in being able to give a perfect interpretation to his own poetry. What other poet of his rank, which everybody seems to be realizing now is the very first, has been able, or at all events willing as well as able, to act as their own interpreter? Not one occurs in my memory just now. Nov elists who have given readings from their own works are more numerous. The man who heard Dickens and saw him act "Tbe Christ mas Carol," lor example, bas an advantage over the mere reader of the printed pages that we can hardly realize. Thackeray must bave been in a very different way a delightful reader. Dickens was a capital actor, who might have shone on the boards if he had not preferred to win Immortality with his pen. The tradition is well authenticated that sup ports Byron's fame as a reader as well as a writer. Of course so sensitive and proud a man never could be induced to read in public, but tbe favored few to whom he revealed the melody of bis voice and his power of expression have recorded in glowing terms their admira tion of both. None of tbe modern English or American poets have been public readers of tbeir own works. Mr. Riley perhaps stands more in need of a resort to reading of his own works because he is the apostle of a new gospel in poetry. Nothing like his realism in far more than the mere shell of dialect has been revealed to tbe American people by any poet. His realism is radical and his ability as an actor enables him to demonstrate its trutb. In this city I know of scores who have become worshipers of Mr. Riley since tbey have heard him read his own poems. It is curious to note how gradual is tbe growth of fame even when genius commands it. Let Go Everything! "I remember, a good many years ago," said Captain Steele last night, "being asbore one Sunday in New Bedford, in Massachusetts. Tbe village had a Bethel, and above the pulpit was a Bounding board which didn't at all give satisfaction. Some how the parson's voice did not reach his hearers with the desired distinct ness, and accordingly tbe deacons were experi menting with the sounding board to ascertain just at what height above his head it would throw forth his voice with due distinctness. A block and tackle was rigged to it, with the in tention of raising and lowering it from Sunday to Sunday until the proper position was ob tained, and the fall made fast to a clete in the deacon's pew. "6n tbe Sunday I chanced in. and while the minister was holding forth from the fourteenth Epistle of St. Paul to the Epheiian. a half drunken sailor looked in at the door. The deacon, actuated by a desire to snatch one brand from the burning, went to the sailor and sat him down in his pew, where, overcome by tbe heat of the church, he presently fell asleep with bis head resting on the clete to wbich the sounding board halliards were made fast. "Tbe parson proceeded with his discourse nntil, looking over at Jack, he paused and said: 'Let us digress, my friends, for a moment, to consider the life tho" sailor leads when afloat. Consider the sailor's life on board ship. Many of you have brothers and sons on tbe water. You are here doing your duty; what are they doing the night of this Christian Sabbath T Let me draw you aplcture. The ship is in the tropics. She lies becalmed, with flapping sail, and scarce moving except as tbe slow current carries her along. And the sailors bow do they occupy the spare timer In praying and reading the Bible; in reflecting on the uncertainty of life and the certainty of its termination? Little reck: tbey, my friends, of danger, either here or in the world to come. The grog can flies round; the merry feet are tripping over tbe deck, and the sailor is dancing and singing, and fiddling away his souL. Bnt retribution is In store for tbem. A little clond appears on tbe horizon; at first no bigger than a man's hand, it grows larger and larger, till at length It spreads like a mighty black pall over tbe whole face of natnre. The wind rushes with mighty force through the rigging, straining the shrouds, tearing .at tbe sails, rattling tbo blocks and careening tbe ship.- The squall strikes the vessel with giant strength, and threatens to broach to. All is contusion, and too late tbey recognize tbeir danger, when the captain jumps to the bridge and, seizing his trumpet, roars out in a voice that is beard far above tbe shriek of the elements: "Let go the halliards fore and aft; let go everything" " 'Aye, aye, sir,' is the prompt answer from the deacon's pew, down came the sounding board and boxed in tbe parson. He was lifted out, but was so much injured that he was sent as a missionary to tbe Flathead Indians, where he immediately became a great medicine man, owing to the shape of his head." Shakespeare's Queer Fist. Wasn't that a rather unkind cut at Shakes peare in The Dispatch tbe otber day? The allusion to his signature especially. It is true that the great dramatist nsed to sign bis name in an '-irregular, lop-sided, misshapen" style, and "William Shakespeare," as it bas come down to us on all too few documents, is not 'an autograph to be proud of, judged by tbe standard to-day, but are tbe autographs of his cotemporanes any better? Aren't Llizabetban antograpbs mostly of tbe spider-escaped-from-the-ink-pot style? The great soldiers and sailors not only, bnt the liter ary "fellers," who made Eliza's reign glorious, were not easy and accomplished penmen ap parently. Tbe art of writing until less than a hundred years before Shakespeare's birth had been practiced almost exclusively by monks and clerks employed by them. Monarchs who could only make their mark were reigmns; when Sbakespeare wrote, and the new learnine had really got little more than a foothold. Shakespeare's father could not write his name, and probably bis mother, though of gentle birth, also signed herself X. There was no in fluence of heredity to help out the immortal William when he took the pen between his fin ger, and what he learned of writing at the Stafford grammar school could not have been very much. So that it is reasonable to accept his signature late in life as a fair specimen of tbat day's chirography, and no more crooked or crazy than most men's. Jt Is a question that could be settled by the comparison of Shakes-' peare'a signature with the penmanship of a dozen other writers of the sixteenth century. If memory does not betray me, the handwriting of most of Elizabeth's subjects hid Shakes peare's queer characteristics. A Plain Definition. Dallas, Tex., News.3 "Party responsibility" probably means tbe weighty obligation which officials feet under to party manipulators, and which leads so often to a well regulated compromise with closely organized criminal votes. They All Want Him. Indianapolis Journal.3 r i A recent poll of the editors and proprietors of Republican daily papers in Ohio on choice for Governor shows all but one in favor of Major MoKinley. He can have the nomination and office if be wants It. And WUd Steers. Chicago Inter-Ocean. J Texas now has a law making prize-fighting with or without gloves punishable by imprison ment. But she dotes on a Congressman that Can kick down a door, or lift the lilts' ofl the I. roof with his roar.; OUR MAIL.POUCH. Concerning: the Belter Case. To tbe .Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Quite apropos in tbe matter of the censure of Commander Reiter in the Barrundia case is that mentioned by J. T. Headly in his book, "Farragut and Oar Naval Commanders," pub lished In 1S67, two years after the war. After the news of the destruction by Captain Wins low, of the Kearsarge, of tbe privateer Alabama off the harbor of Cherburg, France, Secretary Welles addressed Wlnslow as follows: "I notice by tbe last mail from England tbat It is reported that you have paroled tbe foreign pirates captured on board the 'Alabama. I trust you have not committed this error of judgment," and again : "In paroling tbe prison ers, however, you committed a crave error." Then Headly proceeds to remark, and wbicb, in the light of recent events, appears to be al most prophetic : "How did the Secretary of the .Navy know this, for he bad not yet received Winslow's report nf his proceedings ? What right had be to censure a gallant officer on mere rumor? It never occurred to him tbat tbis brave commander, wbose whole life bad been spent in tbe naval service, knew vastly better what was proper and right nnder the circum stances than he conld. who bad been but three years or so in tbe Navv Department. It always ha3 been a source' of annoyance to our naval commanders tbat tbey are under the orders of an officer wholly ignorant of tbe naval profession. A lawyer or editor or politi cian is placed at the head ot tbe navy, and seemingly thinking that all necessary qualifi cations come with tbe office, conveys or gives orders, or proposes measures tbat a naval officer would never tblnk of doing. That tbe War and Navy Departments of this great coun try shonld every four years be put under a new man, to whom tbe duties ot both are wholly un known, is an error that has cost us, and will cost us in tbe future, millions of treasure and oceans of blood." (Page 317.) I lit is true, however, in the case of Reiter, tbat Secretary Tracy reserved his pnblic censure until after an Interview with tbat officer, but still tho public to whom tbe 'censure was im parted, were entitled to know tbe grounds upon wbich it was based, and tbis could only be fully laid bare by a court of inquiry or by a court martial. If a naval officer is deserving of a censure from the Secretary of War, pub licly given, tbe case is ot importance enougb to justify the proper legal proceeding; Any other view must concede dictatorial powers to our Cabinet officers foreign to tbe spirit ot nur in stitutions. T. P. R. Pittsburg, Feb. Z In a Critical Vein. To the .Editor or The Dispatch: Will you kindly allow one who is not a resi dent of your tbrlfty city though he has tar ried within your gates but who nevertheless is a constant reader of your valuable paper be cause he considers it the ablest journal pub lished east of tbe Pacific Ocean admittance into your columns to criticise tbe writer of tbat very readable article. "Difference in Coat." as publisbed by you in Saturday's edition of yonr paper. Theautbor ot tbe article is snch an able writer, and evidently sees so clearly the need of reform of some kind, tbat I cannot help speak ing out when he mars an otherwise laultless article with sucb a bad break as tbe one which immediately follows the beautiful selection from Goldsmith. His attack on Henry Georgo was not called for, nor is there a particle of truth in it. Tbe single tax can stand has stood all tbe honest criticism Its opponents choose to urge against it, and still it will not down. On the contrary, It is gaining new ad herents every day. We can go into a dozen State Legislatures and find men wbose opinions are favorably known regarding it, and when tbe next Congress meets we can count a dozen at least of its members wbo are ready, if need be, to stand up and defend them. If the writer knew as much of the "Henry George theory" as be does of the transportation prdblem, be wonld know that not until tbat theory la ac cepted, at least In part, wonld It be possible to carry out. In the manner that it should be. the great problem be bas in hand, wlthont f nrtber increasing the Incomes of those already "dan gerously wealthy," or of still further impover ishing tbe many wbo are landless. The American people are thinking as never they thought before, and we are all striving, througb varions paths, to reach the same end. The position ot the single tax men In thl3 fight is well known. They know just what they want and they know just how to get it. They make no concessions, for their position is im pregnable, and the time is coming rapidly when the American people will cry with one accord, This is what we want." W. H. STAREET. CLEVELAND, Feb. L Simon Cameron Was So Appointed. To tbe Editor df The Dispatcb: Please inform me If Simon Cameron was ap pointed Minister to Russia after his resigna tion as Secretary of War under A. Lincoln's first administration. G. W. K. Pittsburg, Feb. 3. ,It Is Representative D. R. Jones. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Please give me tbe initials of Assemblyman Jones, Representative, I believe, from Alle gheny, as I desire to address him a communi cation to Harrisburg. J. P. Cowan. TARENTUM, Pa.. Feb. 2. IT IS A NEWSPAPEB. Strong Emphasis in the Real Meaning of That Enterprising Term. Mew Lisbon, O., Journal. We place the emphasis where it evidently be longs, when we say that The Pittsburo Dispatch Is a newspaper. It is sucb in every sense of the term as applied to the modern means of disseminating intelligence. As a news-gatherer and dispenser it is world-wide In its scope. The writer remembers The Dis patch when it did not excel the average county daily of to-day. It bas been a marvel in growth and prosperity within the past 30 years, and we can only guess at the progress it will make in years to come. Its further improve ments may be possibilities, but how tbey will be accomplished no one now knows. The pub lishers keep abreast with the times in appliances and facilities and will not be slow to seize upon whatever may transpire to promote tbe future growth and popularity of The Dispatch. Its Sunday issue is mammoth in proportions and has an immense circulation. You can find everything in The Dispatch that you should expect In any popular newspaper, literary, financial or commercial. THE DisrATCH is an independent Republican journal, discussing events only along the line of truth and public interest. KOBE STOBMS COMBO. Predictions That February, Though. Short, Will Be Rough. Weather Prophet Foster, writing from St. Joseph, Mo., nnder date of January 31. has this to say of February weather : The storm wave due to leave the Pacific coast about tbe 31st, to pass the Rocky-Allegheny valley from February 1 to 3 and reach the Eastern States about the 4th, was calcu lated to be most severe on tne Pacific coast. The next storm wave will be due to leave tbe Pacific coast about the 5th or February, pass the great Rocky-Allegheny Valley from tbe 6th to 8tb, and reach the Eastern States about the 9tb. It will probably pass across tbe country along tbe fortletb degree of north latitude, and tbe weather following it will be colder than the average of cold waves of this winter. This storm wave will reach the Eastern States about tbe time tbe 52-day rain period will be due, but the heaviest rain and snowfalls may not occur till the next storm wave passes over tbe coun tryafter February 16 which will be of great force, and will cause a large amount of snow in many parts of tbe country. TWO ILLU8TBI0US GBAVE3. The Remains of Bradlaugh and Melssonler Consigned to the Tomb. London, Feb. 3. The funeral of Charles Bradlaugh took place to-day at Wokinr, Surrey. Over 1,500 people traveled from London by special trains, in order to ne present at tbe inneral. Many of those present, as if to em phasize Mr. Bradlaugh's last wishes, to the effect that no signs of mournine were to be dis played at his funeral, wore colored ribbons around tbeir hats. A dispatcb from Paris says: Tbe body of Moissonier was laid to rest to-day at Foissy-on-tbio'Seine, ten miles from Versailles. Tbe funeral sorvices tooK place In tbis city at tbe Church of la .Madeleine, tbat sacred edifice being thronged with tbe leaders in tbe world of art and letters. An imposing military cortege escorted the remains to and from the Madeleine. Inattention to Details, t. Paul PIoneer-Kress.j If, in addition to his great speech, John J. lngalls had oiled bis hair with axlegrease and bis boots with guano before going back to Kansas, be would not now be rubbing his abrasions and protesting "against tbe deep damnation of his taking off." Inattention to the minor details olten proves disastrous in delicate operations. Always Singular. New Vork Dally Continent.: A correspondent Wants to know whether "politics" 1 singular or plural. Politics may always be set down as singular not to say ex- . ceuively curious. CURIOUS C0NDENSATI0HS. JTbere were 836 cremations in the capital of Japan during the month of November. Cigarette smoking has become alarm ingly prevalent among Boston's fashionable women. There are 377.77 grains of pure silver in a Mexican dollar, and 371 grains in an American dollar. In Lake county, Tenn., a short time since a yonng man of 27 married a widow of 19, who has niivlng children. Several of Hart county, ITla's., sub Alliances have organized a joint stock com pany for the purpose of erecting a guano ware house. Within 62 years Mexico has had M Presidents, one Regency and one Empire, and nearly every change of Government na3 been effected by violence. Georgia pine is becoming immensely popular in tbe West Indies, where much build ing is being done. Every fruiter that goes to Brunswick loads a big return cargo ot Georgia pine. W. E. Gregory was sent to jail in Kan sas City, Mo., tbe other day for stealing a "red hot stove," the oven of which waa filled with biscuits. He sold It at a second-bond store, biscuits and all, for S3. Eev. Benjamin Herndon, aged 77 years, and his wife Hnlda, aged 75 years, died near Shorterville, Ala-, within a few moments of each otber last week. Tbey were burled in Shorterville Cemetery in the same grave. The Hancock County Mutual Wind Storm Insurance Company, of Carthage, BL, was organized by farmers, and a charter will be applied for. Twenty-five farmers have agreed to insure to the extent of 350,000, and tbe list is increasing. Tba new irrigation canal company, for supplying water to tbe El Paso Valley, Tex, has constructed laterals to water 15.000 acres, of wbicb 7,000 acres bave been opened for con struction. The canal la 81 miles long and bas a capacity for Irrigating 50,000 acres. M. Ia Levi, near Uewtonville, Ind., has an apple tree which bore three crops in one season. This led to newspaper comment, a paragraph fell under tho eye of Mrs. Lou Clif ford, of McCordsviile. bjs sister, whom he had not seen or heard of for 30 years, and they were reunited. Mr. John Blank, of Prescott, Ark., hss just reached Brunswick, Ga. He left Prescott one year ago In a buggy, determined to see the South and settle there. He took his own time about it and, witb his busgy in a somewhat dilapidated conditlon.be arrived at bis destina tion on Sunday last. A steady flow of gas at a pressure of 70 pounds to the square inch, is obtained from the well of Mr. A-Scbolz, of San Antonio, Tex. Tbe gas Is being ntilized for beating tbe boiler of tbe steam engine employed In sinking an other well about 2U teet distant, where a stronger flow is expected. The Supreme Court of Illinois recently decided, in the case of the people against Mor gan, tbat it is not the privilege of a defendant charged with felony to waive trial by jury. Notwithstanding the distinctly expressed wish of tbe felon to be tried by the court and not by a jury, his conviction is set aside and be is to have a new trial. A letter from the family of the Eev. T. D. Christie, wbo left Belott recently to resume missionary .work at Marasb, Turkey in Asia, tells of tbe terrible cholera scourge in Turkey. At Marasb, a town of 10,000 people, 1.500 deaths occurred In six weeks. Tbere was much less fatality among tbe converted Turks than amone tbe natives, tbeir Christianity and civil ization helping tbem in their sanitary affairs. A cattle dealer from the Indian Terri tory purchased last week of Mrs. King, of Cor pus Christ!, the Texas cattle queen, 15,000 Z-year-oId steers for $82,000. Tbis is probably the lareest order tilled in Texas at any one time for cattle, and the Klne ranche is said to be the second, largest in the world. It Is taxed at 900 000, includlne 130.000 horses and cattle. Mrs. King owns several others in other por tions of Texas. Mr. Martin Sumpter, of Shiloh town ship, lives within six miles of Statesville, S. C. hut bas not been to town in 27 years. Daring these 27 years be bas rarely been further from hometban Watt's mill, which is about two miles distant. Mr. Sumpter Is a man of char acter and Intelligence. He is a Republican In politics, but has not been to tbe polls but once since tbe war. In 1872, and then he voted tho Democratic ticket. This is the way the people who live la the Isle of Skye are said to describe tbeir weather: 'Dirty days bath September, April, Jane and November; From January up to May Tbe rain it raloetb every day; All the rest have 3L Without a blessed gleam ot sun; And if any of them bad 2 and 30 They'd be just as wet, and twice as dirty." Mr. W. P. Whelples, of Waycross, Go., bas a genuine Cremona violin. He bought it from a turpentine negro going throueh there. It was old and somewbat dilapidated. He saw in it the words "Antonius Stradivarius, Cre mona, faciebat anno 1690." He asked the negro what be would take for it. Tbe necro did not appreciate the value of it and he fixed a small price npon it. It has a sweet sound and when ltisworkedon somewhat it will be a very valu able instrument. About 100 society women of Memphis, Tenn., have organized a company and will build a free hospital for women and children, to be known as tbe Woman's Hospital of Mem phis. Tbey propose to raise tbe money by sub scription, and the expenses of the institution and a dispensary will be defiayed by dues. Membership in tbe association costs S3 a year, and tbe indications are tbat every girl and woman in Memphis who tries to keep In tho swim will be a member. Farmer Bartmess was seized with an ambition recently to get on the police force of Springfield, III. Some friends, for a joke, brought him before a bogus board, wbich put him tbrougba physical examination, both tedi ous and ridiculous. He was then sent borne to await his commission, but the letter tbat he longed for never came. Tbe story leaked out, ereatly to tbe farmer's discomfiture. He brought suit against tbe jokers for S3.000 dam ages, and was awarded t3o and costs. "Dred" Cook, Clayton county's noted moonshiner and burglar, is in jail at Summer ville, Ala. Cook Is the same man who, for sev eral years, ran an Illicit distillery in a cave un der a mill-dam, in the northern part of tbe county, where be was successful in evading tho officers of Uncle Sam until about two years ago, when he was arrested and fined. A few days ago be returned to Alabama to visit old friends, and proceeded to ply his old trade, burglarizing several residences In the vicinity of Poplar Springs, wblch led to his arrest. WISPS OF WIT. It appears that the criminal has on the average Jury entirely too many of his peers. Dallas, Tex., Sews. Tbe attraction of gravitation is a great drawback to tbe balloonist and parachute Jumper. i'eio Orleans Hew Helta. "Brace up. Don't be so glum. Don't yon remember what the old song says, 'Life is a joke?'" "You don't finish the quotation. Tbe Uneli. Life Is a Joke that's Just begun.' That's tbe trouble. I doh't see the point or the loke." Seta Xork Evening Sun. Wife ot Magazine Editor Cyrus, I have Just got a letter from mamma. bb sends you her love. Husband (absorbed In his manuscript) Any stamps for return postage?" CMcago Tribune. Biddy There's a couple o' ladies called, Missus De Vere. Mrs. De Vere-Ob. dear, I can't see any one now. Excuse me, Biddy. Tell them I'm asleep. Blddy-Mlssns De Vere presents her compli ments, an' sez she's very sorry, bat she's asleep, Texas Sitings. The Modern Youth "Lord of bimself-that heritage of won" A wealthy, reckless Gallagher, who loved to let her no. Washington Star. She Oh, have you brought tha ring to night? He-Yes, and the bond. The bondV" "Yes. It binds you to return tbe ring, or the price of It,lf the engagement be broken.-indbux apotis Journal. Patient (wofully) Oh, doctor! I'm all twisted up with tbe rheumatism and neuralgia, -Ob, do you think, doctor, you can get the pala out of me? Doctor (klndly)-TVell, lwlll try to get all oat of yon lean. (irtentbwrg Sparks. "I aw-say," said Gns Gillinton, as he dropped blmselt emotionally upon a settee. "I aw have discovered something." " Whawt?" Inquired bis friend, after a pease spent lu the effort of comprehension. & 'Ibeah Is a consplrwacy against us letfows. don't yon know. Somebody has invented a saotto Tblnk before you speak, and Jack Quljrley tells methatifthe Idea grows popular, you know, we won't have a blessed thing to say about anything. don't you know," Washington rest.
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