THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, I89L
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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, FEB. 22, 1S9L
rilESIDENTAI. rilVE-LAYING.
There is every reason to believe that the
appointment ol Hon. Charles Foster to be
Secretary of the Treasury is made with a
more decided view to Us effect on the Presi
dental nomination of 1892 than to a wise
management of the Treasury.
The ex-Governor's record as an executive
and public man is one of pronounced
mediocrity. His talents have been dis
played chiefly in increasing a large private
fortune which came to him from his father;
but as a statesman fitted to direct the
financial policy of a nation he will enter
the Treasury as an unknown quantity, ex
cept for the antecedent probability that the
patronage of the Treasury will under his di
rection be used to favor private political
ends. A man whose fitness for a place of
this sort is unknown, may, however, de
velop high abilities in actual administra
tion; and the hope that this may be done by
Secretarv Foster will be general.
But it is bevond dispute that the appoint
ment will fit in with some well-known
political desires of the administration. The
rise of JIcKmley in that State, aided as it
has been by the gerrymander which retired
him from Congress, is a rock to the ship
which carries the Presidental fortunes
toward renomination. If McKinley by a
fortunate State campaign should retrieve
Ohio, the possibilities of a solid Ohio dele
gation for him for the Presidency would be
strong. The nomination of Foster to the
Treasury is intPnded to prevent such an
obstacle to Mr. H-irrison's own hopes. By
this appointment a vociferous administra
tion following will be created among the
Ohio Republicans, and with the forces of
the Treasury at his command the new sec
retary can be expected to at least divide the
Ohio delegation, not to speak of decided
services in other states.
Of course the expectation that President
Harrison can secure a renomination by this
or any other means is the merest rainbow
chasing. It seems that the Presidental
threat to retire if the lorce bill was not
passed has been modified. Perhaps it is
thought the silver question will afford an
issue on which General Harrison can bring
the Republican party to support his re
nomination. But the great mass of Repub
licans recognize that Harrisoa in 1892 is an
impossibility. The only thine the Presi
dent can do is to throw obstacles in the way
of other candidates, and in this appoint
ment he has used that power in a manner
that may be effective in depriving McKin
ley of the solid support of his State.
If this political stroke should be success
ful as against McKinley, it will not add
any real strength to the rainbow chase of
the administration for a renomination. The
only effect of such political combinations as
result in factional division is to add strength
to Mr. Maine's position. AVith his usual
acumeu the Secretary of State has held him
self alqof from such complications. His
only collisions with other Republican lead
ers have been on questions of public policy.
On those questions Mr. Biaine's broad aims
and statesmanlike views have given him ad
ditional popular strength. The rival pipe
laying of Harrisoa, JIcKinley and other
Presideutal candidates only emphasizes the
fact that so far as the present situation re
veals the luture, Mr. Blaine is head and
shoulders above every other possible Repub
lican candidate.
BUILDING TKADES TO AKBITKATE.
The building trades have bright pros
pects before them for the coming season and
both masters and men show a commendable
desire to meet on common ground for
arbitration. A few weeks ago there were
unpleasant mutterings of trouble between
the workers in these trades and the con
tractors. Happily much of this fear has
been dispelled and an easier feeling brought
about. Both sides seem disposed to
arbitrate their differences and secure a set
tlement that shall be satisfactory all around.
Such a conclusion means a prosperous year
for Pittsburg and the possibility of
eclipsing the proud building record of last
year.
THE CORONEE'S DErUTT.
The decision of Judge Collier yesterday
in the equity suit between the Controller
and Deputy Coroner, sustaining the Con
troller's position, is a feather in the cap of
the aggressive Controller. As such it is a
step in vindication oi his decided disDosi
tion to prccccd intelligently upon doubtful
points.
"Without criticising the legal determina
tion ot the case, which is sufficiently au
thoritative, it is evident that the practical
result is to work a hardship. The county
lias grown to an extent which makes the
proper discbarge of the duties of Coroner
impossible for a single official. Under an
act which can be fairly taken
on its face to authorize the appointment the
Coroner appointed the deputy. It is true that
the construction of the act opened the way
either to the receipt of fees contrary to the
Constitution or to the multiplication of
salaried positions. But it is pertinent in
he public bearings of the matter that only
one deputy was appointed; and it was not
unreasonable to suppose that the law would
provide some means to pay this deputy for
the services he discharged.
Under the law as now interpreted, the
Coroner can appoint a deputy, but the
deputy must go unpaid. The legal force of
this decision is indisputable; but it will be
generally agreed that, to avoid the practical
hardships of leaving the Coroner's work in
sufficiently done, or causing deputies to
work unpaid, the salary board for which
the Controller is moving should authorize
the employment ot a deputy at a fixed
salary,
PLANS TOR WATER TRAFFIC
"Water transportation, the key which
cheaply unlocks business, continues a lead
ing topic At home we have had the ex
haustive report on the Lake Erie Ship
Canal. The facts and figures sent out by the
Commission must make a profound impres
sion upon the great number of readers who
had given no previous study to the interests
at stake. The inert and the doubting, who
are always to the front when any important
new undertaking is proposed, will of course
make their predictions of difficulty and
non-success. But the great thing is to get
the public to think and judge for itself.
The Commission's report will accomplish
this. Unless it is wholly at fault in its de
ductions, which no one has yet arisen to
contend, we may count confidently that the
business sagacity and energy of the people
will eventually secure the ways and means
to carry out this project, whose value to all
our local interests would be inestimable.
"We have already mentioned that Chicago
is about undertaking just such another ship
canal to connect Lake Michigan with the
Mississippi. Chicago enterprise is swifter
than ours. Its ship canal will doubtless be
completed before the first sod of earth is
turned for our ship canal. But the under
taking at Chicago will fix attention more
strongly upon the Pennsylvania project If
actual demonstration alone can satisfy the
doubting Thomases, the great city to the
"West of us will supply even that.
But while our statesmen even the able
Congressmen and distinguished Senators
from Pennsylvania have not yet been heard
to say a single word in House or Senate on
behalf ot these or other projects for cheap
and easy internal transportation, some of
them are very much taken with the
scheme to put as a starter $100,000,000 of the
taxpayers' money in the swamps of Nicara
gua, for the benefit chiefly of a construction
company which has contracted with itself at
two prices for opening a pathway there for
foreign commerce. When the reverbera
tions of public opinion reach the statesmen
who are engineering this scarcely disguised
raid upon the Treasury, they will drop it
fast enough.
A much worthier measure one indeed
which should not be mentioned in the same
category is the bill providing a subsidy to
help establish steamship communication be
tween the United States and South Ameri
can ports. This is for the development of
our trade in a market which can be
cultivated with profit. The word subsidy
has come to be odious, synonymous almost
with steal, because of its application to such
job as the Pacific Railroads and that
which is now proposed in connection with
the Nicaragua Cana'. But snbsidies can be
used discreetly and honestly; and their use
for the promotion of our trade with South
America is legitimate and opportune, par
ticularly since reciprocity arrangements
have been set afoot, of which large hopes
are entertained.
GOOD BILLS AKE HELD UP.
Ballot reform is slumbering all too peace
fully in committee at Harrisburg. No
movement has yet been made to bring any
of the bills looking to purer elections before
either House of the State Legislature. This
is not as it should be and the suspicion
grows that the reform movement of last fall,
which elected Governor Pattison, might
profitably have been extended a little farther
so as to bring the Legislature more in touch
with the popular will. The Burdick bill
has been negatived by the Corporations
Committee of the House and the bill to re
duce telephone charges is being held back.
At the same time appropriation bills have
been introduced which will cover the prob
able revenues of the State nearly twice over.
All of them cannot pass, and the logrolling
possibilities presented look ominous for
desirable legislation. Up to date the Senate
has a rather better record than the so
called popular branch. The House should
reform itself radically and t&en give the
people ballot reform.
ARNOLD'S LAST EFFORT.
The publication of Sir Edwin Arnold's
new poem, '"The Light of the "World," is re
garded by many as the literary event ol the
close or the century. It is certain that no
poetic eflort in the epic form has rivaled
this one of late years; and it is donbtful if
any since "Paradise Lost" has equaled it
in loftiness of theme or magnitude of the
object which the poem undertakes to de
velop. In connection with "The Light of
Asia," the first work of the same author,
the dual effort is based on the highest con
ception; but the liberal extracts from the
poem which have been published on this
side of the ocean justify a doubt whether
the execution is commensurate to the theme.
"The Light of Asia" was intended to
show the doctrines of self-abnegation taught
bv the founder of the Buddhist religion, and
to indicate the parallels as well as the
divergences ot that system, as compared
with the doctrines of Christianity. Many
readers of the work gained the idea that the
object o f the author was to show that the essen
tial qualities taught in the New Testament
had been prefigured in the life and teachings
of Buddha. If that opinion was general
the latter work will correct it The pur
pose is to follow the development of the re
ligion which cave light to the greater por
tion of the immense populations of Asia
with the demonstration that the religion of
Jesus is the perfect consummation of faith,
unselfishness and the law of love that fur
nishes the light of all mankind.
The plan of the work in bringing out this
idea consists of the return of one of the
"Wise Men of the East who visited Bethle
hem at the Nativity to Lake Tiberias to
learn of the rign of that King to whom
they brought tribute at His birth. There the
pilgrim meets Mary Magdalene, who is
still living by the shore of the lake, and her
narrative of the life, death and resurrection
of the Messiah constitutes the body of the
poem. The pious Buddhist, as, the teach
ings of the Savior are unfolded to him,
draws comparisons with the Buddhist doc
trines and works out the final conclusion
that apart from the miraculous evidences of
divine authority the Christian religion is
the perfect one, fulfilling and completing
the imperfect and partial teachings of all
other religions that the world has ever
known.
The theme lends nobility to the work, but
both the plan of such a religious epic and
its execution provoke a double comparison.
In the first place the comparison with "The
Light of Asia" will not be to the advantage
of the last poem. The poem on the life of
the founder of the Oriental creed was to the
vast majority of civilized readers a revela
tion of the new facts and ideas. The parallel
between Buddhism and Christianity was,
except to a scattered few, unknown before
that publication, and the self-denial and
search after perfection by Prince Siddartha
was to even more anew tale. Whether the
poetic treatment of that theme translated
into Hindustani suffered in the estimation
of cultured Buddhists by comparison with
the sacred books of their religion, is not
known to us; hut to the readers of Chris
tendom its freshness gave force to a poetic
treatment which only occasionally rose to
the loftier heights. But the new work in
evitably brings out the second comparison
from which "The Light of Asia" was ex
empt It tells a story which all Chris
tianity has heard before told in the simplest,
purest and loftiest form. "Whatever opinions
may be held concerning the inspiration of
the Gospels, it is the universal verdict of
mankind that they tell the story of the life,
teachings and death of Jesus, with an im
pressive chasteness that no writings have
ever equaled and that none are ever likely
to. Perhaps the natural predispo
sition of the Christian world in favor
of the sacred writings that have
always had the holiest associations may
subject any literary effort on the same
theme to an adverse prejudice. But it can
not be expecced that the repetition of the
story, an alternation of rather labored
heroic measure, with verses including what
is one of the gem-- of the work an imita
tion of Milton's "Hymn of the Nativity,"
and blank verss that does not often rise far
above mediocrity, will gain a lasting place
besid.; the pure solemnity of the story as
told by the Evangelist and rendered into the
classic English of our Bible.
It is this quality of the subject that places
it above treatment by either the literary or
dramatic arts. Not only the feeling that it
is too sacred to be brought down to human
representation on the stage, but the fact
that the conceptions are too lofty to be re
produced by merely human genius is cer
tain to overburden the effort. There are
many religious subjects which offer a field
for poetic genius; but this is one which lit
erary ambition is not wise to undertake to
the extent of putting itself into competition
with the New Testament
PEACE IN EUROPE.
The news that the International Arbitra
tion and Peace Association has nothing to
do because European countries are not
ready for war, will be received with pleas
ure by all humane persons, though the rea
son given for the idleness of the association
does not seem to be a very good one. It
should be actively engaged in the promulga
tion of peaceful doctrines while the various
Governments have time to listen to tbem,
and no: put the matter off until Russia,
Germany. Italy and Austria, with several
other countries, are engaged in a free fight.
If the association waits until war is de
clared, we are afraid that their appeals for
peace will be drowned by the booming of
cannon and the rattle of musketry.
Tnere is no need for the association to turn
its attention to'the United States, as The
Dispatch cable intimates it has done.
David Dudley Field told nothing but the
cold truth when he said: "You may rest in
peace regarding any serious complication on
the Bering Sea question' but his statement
that the public sentiment of the United
States is in favor of a peaceful settlement of
all international disputes, is only another
way of saying that our people are sensible.
THE FAIR SITE AGATN.
After all the figuring by which the
Chicagoans have attempted to locato a part
oi the "World's Fair on the Lake Front, and
the persistence in carrying this idea to the
extent of dividing up the Fair, it is instruc
tive to learn from that city that their favor
ite scheme will have to be abandoned. An
indication of this is furnished by the
declaration of the Herald that a year's at
tempt to overcome legal obstacles and cor
porate claims have left the directors no
nearer the attainment of their object than
they were when they began.
This merely corroborates the position
which The Dispatch has always taken
as to the location of the Fair, or any portion
of it, on that site. The fact is, the Lake
Front should never have received favorable
consideration as a site for any part ot the
Fair. The arguments in its favor were not
directed to the interests of the Exposition as
an industrial or financial success, but to the
local interests of Chicago. It was be
cause the enterprise might be made
the means of furnishing Chicago with a
large addition to its down town territory re
claimed from the lake at the cost of the Ex
position, and would furnish one or two im
portant additions to that city's permanent
public structures, that Chicago opinion
urged the use of the Lake Front This de
termination went to the extent of proposing
to divide the Fair, when it was found that
the site could not be made to afford room
for the whole Exposition. Such a proposi
tion ought to have condemned itself from
the start; but it was tolerated. The back
ing and filling has gone on until, a year
after actual work should be begun, the fact
is beginning to dawn on the Chicago mind
that the effort to benefit the city at the cost
of the Exposition may be a failure itself, as
well as doom the national enterprise.
The recommendation that the Lake Front
project shall be definitely abandoned, and
that the entire Exposition shall be brought
together at Jackson Park, is one that should
be promptly adopted. The 510,000,000
estimated as the cost of the buildings will
go much further if a large share of it does
not have to be expended in making ground
for the Exposition to stand on. An exhibi
tion collected within a single enclosure will
yield a far better impression on visitors and
earn a better reputation than one cut up into
sections two or three miles apart
ENGLISn LABOR SITUATION.
Among the many interesting topics pre
sented in The Dispatch's comprehensive
cable dispatches is the deference paid by
English politicians to the labor vote, pend
ing a general election. In this matter the
English politician is not one whit behind his
American brother. He promises the trades
union almost anything it demands, and, un
less action is taken on the measure
before'' the election, he conveniently
forgets to move for the reform. In many
things, however, the English legislator has
done better by his labpring constituents
than the American Congressman or State
legislator lias., done by his, and there is
steady progress toward bettering the condi
tions surrounding the workingman. But
the English employer does not pay his work
men so much, because, under free trade, he
cannot do it, and jnst now the employing
class is making a gigantic effort to destroy
the labor unions altogether to save the mar
gin of profit still left to it. The struggle is
a bitter one. It has been long under way,
and a settlement of differences appears yet
to be a long way off. The unions are fight
ing for life, with the chances decidedly
against them, were it not that the poli
ticians are just now in a mood to yield to
labor's demands.
Congressman Kennedy has intro
duced a joint resolution providing that mem
bers of the press whose names appear In the
Congressional Directory shall receive bound
copies ot the Record and otber documents.
This provision is susceptible of an onerons con
struction. Ex-Congressman Billy Lawrence
made one of the bits of bis Congressional
career by saying that when it was provided that
a Congressman "shall receive" a certain salary
grab, he had got to take it; and on that ground
Mr. Lawrence resigned himself to an increase
of bis official income. The inference from the
same rule of construction tbat the correspond
ents will have to take tbe balky bound
volumes of tbe Congressional Record is calcu
lated to make those gentlemen plaintively in
quire what tbey ever did to Fighting Bob Ken
nedy. A French painting which recently sold
for $18,000 represented a horse getting up from
the place where he had slept, hind quarters
first, or after the fashion of tbe cows. Tbe
caricaturists of onr own great country who, in
depleting tbe politicians milking tbe public, al
ways place tbe milker on tbe wrong side ot tbe
cow, will welcome this example as a proof that
dull realism is not necessary in art
This city needs a hospital for charity
patients. The public hospitals we have are not
able to meet all the demands made npon tbem
by tbe growing population without attending
to the needs of that class peculiarly belonging
to the municipality.
Referring to Senator Ingalls' proper
and necessary resignation of the Presidency
pro tern of the Senate tbe Philadelphia In
quirer says tbat "if it should make bim a mark
for Fresidental ligbtning neither he nor tbe
country will b e very much surprised." As tbe
Senator's resignation was of tbe proverbial
character, and was caused because tbe people
of Kansas retired him from the Senate, the
foregoing indicates a greater capability for
looking at things through roseate spectacles
than even Senator Brice, of Ohio and New
York, could rival. SenatorUngalls bad to bo
resigned.
Speaking of a much-talked-of but never
realized reform a cotemporary says that 'It is
absurb to retain tbe old custom of making a
ton of coal weigb 2,210 pounds while a ton of
anything else is but 2,000 pounds." The state
ment is eminently true; but the absurdity is not
any greater than the constant attempt to make
1,800 pounds of coal weigh 2,210 pounds.
It is about time for Congressman-elect
Robinson, of this State, and Senator-elect Hill,
of New York, to send in their letters of resig
nation. But perhaps tbe delight of holding
two offices at once may be too much for both of
them.
"With reference to the Bismarck dispute,
the New York World says "the Kaiser has
wisely lecalled the policy of bis great progeni
tor. 'Let tbem say what they please as long as
1 can do what I please.'" There is no doubt
tbat tbe apothegm is a good one; but who was
tbe progenitor of the present Kaiser who said
it? Tbe impression was that Frederick the
Great made tbe remark, and to speak of him
as tbe progenitor of the present Hohenzollern
is a rivalry of tbe effort of these esteemed
coterauoraries who persists In libelling the
Father of His Country, by speaking of "lineal
descendants of George Washington."
It is noticeable that Mr. Jjistice Hogan,
of New York, who recently discharged Mr.
Lally, tbe man with a political pull wbo in
dulged in the harmless eccentricity of shooting
a bartender, was one of Mayor Grant's ap
pointees to tbe municipal bench. Both tbe
Mayor and tbe Justice seem to have very clear
ideas of what they are there for.
When the Floridians hang a white man
and a colored man on the same tree. In pur
suance of "general principles," it is a comfort
ing conclusion tbat tbe color line is fading out
of the South, if lynch law is not
Speaking of the excitement in Brooklyn
over the proposition to appoint a colored
policeman on tbe force there, the Boston
Herald says that it is. something ''to be ex
plained by those who maintain tbat tbe only
section of tbo country where a black man
doesn't have as man; rights as bis white
brother is in tbe feoutb." Tbe excitement is no
doubt a simple production of stupid prejudice;
but since tbe esteemed Herald tries to lug the
matter into color lino politics might It not be
fair to recognize the fact tbat Brooklyn is a
Democratic city?
The assurance given to some visiting
members of tbe Salvation Army, by the Kansas
City Mar, tbat tbe people "will leave no stone
unturned" to give tbem a warm welcome, has a
dubious and equivocal sense, which should bo
corrected by chaining down tbe paving stones.
The extension of the time for exhibiting
the Verestcbagin paintings at the Carnegie
Library, Allegheny, for a week longer than
originally intended, shows tbo appreciation of
the exhibition by our people.
Doctors and surgeons must be classed
among the most enterprising professional men
these days. They are strainlnc every nerve for
tbo advancement of their profession. In New
York and Philadelphia tbe patient suffering
from a peculiar malady is not only not charged
a fee, but is paid for submitting himself to
curative processes. In other cities be. at least
may have the best possiblo treatment free.
Much has been accomplished in tbe healing
art and much more will be accomplished with
such enterprise
TnE House Committee on Coinage made
an eminently sensible report on the f reo coinage
bill on behalf of tbe majority. Tbe report
clearly points out tbat if any good can come
from tbe coinage of the 80-cent dollar, tbat
good will be accomplished by the present law.
Foster's appointment to the Treasury
portfolio, permits the pnblic to console itself
with the reflection that tbe important appoint
ment eludes the grasp tf Thomas B. Piatt
The important information from Rich
mond that a colored waiter of tLat city threw a
coffee-pot at John L. Sullivan because tbat
light of tbe stage called bim opprobrious names,
corrects tbe idea tbat the colored people are not
capable of standing up for tbelr rights. The
fact that the pugnacious darky took refuge
nnder a bed after his feat of arms, does not de
tract from the fame ot the coffee-pot hurler.
THIRTEEN At TABLE.
Superstition About the Deaths of Windom
aiid Sherman.
New York San.
Murat Halstead, tbe great field marshal ot
Cincinnati and Brooklyn and the world in gen
eral, is rather superstitious. He was present at
the Board of Trade dinner when Secretary
Windom died so suddenly, and a few evenings
later he was a guest of the Press Club at its
dinner in Delmonico's. AfterSecretary Windom
died at the table of tbe Board of Trade dinner
Mr. Halstead looked aronnd andsaw that ibere
were 13 guests at tbat table. At the Press Club
dinner Mr. Halstead sat near General Sherman,
and looking over tbe table be saw tbat tbcro,
were 13 guests at tbat table also. Mr. Halstead
was fidgety until anotber guest was placed at
his table. Anight or two afterward General
Sherman was stricken down with 'the sickness
that ended in his death,
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Rays of Optimistic Light Shed Over the
"World's Fair Project by Moses F.
Handy Society of New York and the
Facts About Politeness The Bowie
Knife.
T met Mr. Moses P. Handy the otber evening
upon bis arrival with delegates to tbe Pub
lishers' Convention. Mr. Handy as Promoter
General of tbe World's Fair at Chicago has
not changed much from Mr. Handy newspaper
man and President of tbe Clover Club. "I
heard a good deal about this climate of Chi
cago." said he, "but I have never enjoyed
better health for years than I now enjoy, and
have ever since I have been in the great Wes
tern metropolis. It is a fact tbat you will
scarcely believe, tbat I have not bad lo use an
umbrella or overshoes in Chicago thus far all
winter. 1 thought at first that the Chicago
climate would be a little too trying for a
pleasuro seeker even during the brief season
of the Exposition. I have changed my mind in
that respect most radically. The great fair
promises to even exceed in grandeur and
completeness the wildest expectations of
its most enthusiastic originators. So far as
money is concerned we have more nidneynow
in tbe treasury tban was in the treasury at
Philadelphia at any time during tbe existence
of tbe Centennial exhibition. There is no lack
of cash, nor I- there likely to be any. The people
of Cbicago are coming forward to the support
of the exhibition most nobly. Tbe quarrel
wbicb bave found way into tbe press of tbe
country, arose mainly from tbat well-known
Western exuberance wbicb was tbe result of
tbe sharp competition in local interests. In tbe
end it will prove that these local quarrels are of
no account so far as they migbt atfect tbe suc
cess of the World's Fair. The energy and re
serve force of tbe people of Chicago are greatly
underestimated in tbe East. 1 lived in Phila
delphia during tbo Centennial and am pretty
familiar with tbe wnrkincs of that exhibition,
but the enthusiam in tbe Quaker City was noth
ing compared with the unanimity ot hearty sen
timent in this matter to be found in Cbicago."
Mr. Handy is a little reticent about that salary
list
The Best Colored Printing.
YX a recent conversation with tbe editor of
Paper and Press, of Philadelphia a paper
devoted to tbe interests of the typographical
art I was Informed that the firm found It nec
essary to come to New York for all of its ar
tistic work. Tbis is a reflection, it strikes me,
upon the artists and artistic mechanical busi
ness men of the City of Brotherly Love. In tbe
January issue of Paper and Press is about as
superb a specimen of colored printing as was
ever done in this country. It is in nine colors,
and is a representation of a boon of ancient
binding set with gem. It was necessary to set
op two presses In a printing office in New York
specially to do this work. Most of the otber
artistic features of the paper, the editor in
forms me, are executed in New York. Prior to
this I was nnder the impression that this sort
of work could be done quite as well and
cheaply in Philadelphia as lu any other city of
tbe Union. It is, therefore, a matter of sur
prise to me, and will probably surprise other
people under tbe same false impression, to
learn the contrary.
Did Society Kill Sherman?
iJJew YoRKsociety," said a prominent resi
dent of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, "is the
biggest humbug I have run across in a long
and varied life. I have been invited out a great
deal since i. have lived in New York, and I
must say that wbile it interested me somewbat
as a sort ol social problem at first. It very soon
eot to be quite a bore. 1 don't go anywhere
now unless it be to a gentlemen's dinner,
where I meet intelligent and educated men.
The kind or society one meets in New York
does not as a rule, embrace either Intelligence
or education. It is founded upon money upon
bard casb. I cannot understand bow a man
like General Sherman could extract so much
pleasure from social entertainments. He went
everywhere, and bad been going everywhere
ever since I can remember, and yet he was
like a college boy just beginning to bud in the
social garden. Knowing bis habits in this re
spect. I was alarmed upon the first report of
bn serious illness. No man can lead such a
life, especially a man of his years, without
having it tell on him in one way or another."
Floor Space In Big Hotels.
nTHE little stands wbicb occupy tbe corridors
of some of the principal hotels of New
York pay a pretty stiff price for the privilege.
It might be but 6x2 feet of space con
sumed, but every inch is an inch of gold. Tbey
are mostly devoted to the sale of flowers, news
papers, periodicals, cigars and sonvemrs,
though some peddle pictures, spectacles, visit
ing cards written on the spot, gentlemen's
evening ties and such otber small articles as
are supposed to be necessary to a gentleman's
outfit while traveling short of baggage, and
which can be compressed into a small compass.
In two or tbree of these places tbo proprietors
of these stands put up tbe prettiest girls tbey
can get as saleswomen. Tbey attract custom
er. There are two protty girls at the Huffman
House, for instance, relieving each otber for
day and night service alternately. They pre
side over a small stand in tbo main corridor
where gentlemen congregate most, and at al
most any bour in the day and at mgbt ud to 12
o'clock you will see traveling mashers of high
respectability, gentlemen of doubtless family
connections, temporarily away from borne,
soothing their loneliness by cbatting with the
girls, into whose good graces tbey endeavor to
make way by the nurcbase of cheap knlck
nacks. Tho Indianapolis Monument
Tn conversation with a prominent citizen of
Indianapolis, tbo otber day, he referred to
wbat he styled tbe disgraceful fact tbat, with
all her promises. New York Is painfully indif
ferent to tbe demands of tbe old soldiers with
reference to tbe Grant Monument He attrib
utes this to tho comparative absence of senti
ment in a community so wealthy, so populous
and so entirely absorbed In money getting.
"There is no sentiment," said be, "in bard cash.
Out in our town," he continued, "we are build
ing a monument in no way inferior to the one
projected in New York imaginations to mark
the last resting place o( General Grant Our
monument is in memory of tbe Indiana soldiers
and sailors who took part in tbe great straggle
011861-1865. When completed It will take rank
with similar works of art in the world. We
have proceeded in tbe worK without any horn
blowing such as characterized the promises in
regard to tbe Grant Monument here in New
York, but with tbe honest desire and Intention
of producing a grand result. Our Legislature
has been quite liberal, and public contribu
tions, in tbe aggregate, not small. About $225.
000 bave been appropriated, and we are a-king
the Legislature tbis winter for an additional
appropriation of 150,000 for tbe completion of
the monument. It will probably be finished by
1892, and when it is finished it will be an artistic
attraction wbicb will draw thousands of vis
itors to tbe city of Indianapolis. In my opinion
it will not fall far short of tbe Column of Vic
tory in Berlin,"
Folltencss in the Metropolis.
A great deal of adverse criticism bos been
indulged in as to the politeness of New
Yorkers in street cars. Anybody who gives
much attention to tho matter can readily see
tbat tbe censure is unjust Constantly using
tbe surface and elevated railways myself I
bave bad abundant occasion to observe, tbat in
matters of politeness, tbe modern male New
Yorker is equal to the best of bis sex, and
superior to the average in these matters. Take
a boulevard car almost any afternoon or even
ing and ride np on the Westslde, and on almost
any trip you will see evidences to confirm this
opinion. You will rarely see such a thing as a
lady standing up while a gentleman remains
seated. I bave even witnessed tbe extraor
dinary spectacle of a younger lady rising grace
fully and offering ber seat to one of ber elders.
If any other city in tbe world can name such a
case as tbat, let them trot it out
Tho Originator of the Bowie Knife.
CPBAKINO of the famous Colonel Bowie, the
originator of that terrible weapon known
as tbe bowie knife, Mrs. Kelzetto Donley, a
niece of his, said to me: "My uncle was a pa
triot and died fighting for the independence of
Texas. He was chivalric and fair to his foes.
Much has been written about his invention of
the knife which bears bis name. I do1
not think justice is done to bis memory by
those wbo think his Invention was for cruel
purposes. He lived in a time when he had to
defend himself often, and in some of bis per
sonal eucounters he used a large knife. It
proved to be a bandy weapon of dof enso and he
improved upon it until now a regular knife is
made and called a bowie knife. Dr. Guillotine,
when be invented the guillotine, bad no Idea
tbat tbat instrument of quick decapitation
would forever bear his name, and my uncle
never imagined his name would be perpetuated
as It has been." Charles T. Murray.
New York, Feb. 21.
The Books Wo Borrow.
Harper's Baiar.
There is much negligence sbown in the mat
ter of returning borrowed books, and this often
by persons of whom one would expect better
things. For months af :er a book is read, it is
allowed to lie a"bout the bouse, and no especial
effort is made to return It to its owner. That a
book should bo returned as soon as read, just
as particularly as one would return a tool after
uslne It, or a garment after wearing it, wonlfl
appear to go without saying. Yet It is not al
ways the case.
LETTEBS FBOM BHEBHAIT.
Tho Old Warrior's Ideas on Beconstruc
tlon and "West Point
During the last 25 years of General Sherman's
life he was in regular communication witn Edi
tor William C. Church, of the Army and Navy
Journal, giving in bis letters free expression of
opinions on various subjects. Many of bis let
ters wero confidential at tbe time of writing,
and are now first published in Mr. Church's pa
per, from which we clip a couple that are of
special interest
Of reconstruction. General Sherman spoke
pretty freely in the following :
LANCASTER, O., Julys, ISM.
To the Editor of tbe Army and Navy Journal. 1
Mr. Editor: In military movements 1 bave
alwavs kept in mind to undertake 'greatthlngs, "
leaving little nes to adjust themselves to results.
I believe It would be better to adopt the same
principle In Mate matters and the faults now com
mitted are In our .National Government bothering
Itself In little, dirty, pettv matters, which if left
alone would adjust themselves, or be taken care
of by local authorities. 1 want to put tbe machin
ery of Government at work again, for 1 know tbat
nine-tenths ot the parties lately at war are now
as anxious to get to work as we are Tbey will
never again rebel the one-tenth "mischievous"
cannot be touched by any process yet Indicated,
but will be punished by their own qniet
neighbors In time. "The negroes are free
and must be treated as such." and tho United
States Government must guarantee and assure
that freedom. Hut the negroes are not qualified
to vote, and It will be time enough to make that a
subject of political strife when they do so become.
Mexico and South America will forever be kept In
a species of anarchy by reason of the mixture of
races, and we should aim for the sake of the future
to keep power and Influence In the hands of tbe
most energetic and stable race, white.
Of course, we of ih military must stand by the
constituted authorities, but when called on for
opinions we should zlve them. I wish you well
and hope tbat you will maintain a good paper,
which 1 shall encourage by all means.
Yours truly,
W. T. SHERMAN, M. G.
Regarding West Point Military Academy, his
opinions and beliefs, though now nearly 20years
old. are still pertinent. The fact that he was a
graduate of the academv, makes his criticism
all the more pointed. He wrote:
IIDQRS ARMY OP THE US TED STATES, 1
"Washington, d. C, March 1. 1971. (
W. C. Church, so.., A. and N. Journal:
Dsab Ciickcu I think the time Is op
portune for a strong article on West l'olnt. Con
gress has long struck at the army tbrougb West
Point
Now It seems to me as things actually stand.
West Point is fast becoming, lrnot already so. In
fact, a Congressional academy Instead of a mili
tary academy. The appointments of cadets are
made by members of Congress. The officers
and professors In charge are suoject to
Congressional confirmation the laws, rules,
etc., are of tbelr making. Committees of
the Senate and House attend the exami
nations, and, though the form of government Is
military, the army does not have any control or
Influence there till the cadet graduates and is ap
pointed to tbe army. Then be bas to unlearn
much tbat has been taught him there, for the
classification of the graduates tends to make
staff duty the highest aim, and the real army Is
putlOTrest
I believe In education for the army, but If West
l'olnt 13 to be tortured by absurd laws, 1 fear we
will have to look for tbe officers In tbe ranks of
the army or In civil appointments. 1 merely
throw out these Ideas for your thoughts.
Truly, tc, W. T. Sherman;
In other letters be complains tbat he is not
allowed to rest, though retired from the army.
Offers tn star him asalacturer, and of a salary
of $10,000 a year for the use of his name as
editor, were alternated with propositions to run
him for the Presidency and almost every other
office In tbe peoplo's gift
THE PBEVENTI0K OF FI00D3.
The Claims of Fittshnrs to National Atten
tion in This Direction.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Reports from Pittsburg indicate that there
will be great money losses from the floods tbat
have swept over th lowlands in that cltv and
Allegheny, and lndirectlv there may be loss of
life, for snch floods usually carry with them
colds and other ills to the inhabitants of tbe
submerged bouses. It bas frequently been
proposed tbat State or nation should bring tbe
waters nnder control by tbe construction of
great impounding reservoirs, to be filled during
tbe time of floods and let out during periods
when the cities along tbe rivers might other
wise suffer from drought Pittsburg and Alle
gheny are especially in need of some such
system. Business Is just as often suspended
for want of water as because tbere Is too much,
yet It would be possible to so distribute tbe
flow as to bave the right quantity at all times.
But the work would require a great deal of
money, which individuals wonld hardly be
justified In expending for tbe sake of the re
turns to be made to them.
OBIGIIi- OF THE VIOIIli.
Something of the Early History of the King
of Instruments.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The origin of tbe violin is traced by recent
writers to a remote antiquity, though it is a
curious fact tbat instruments of tbis kind
were unknown tn the Hebrews, Egyptians
and Assyrians. The viol mentioned by Isaiah
in bis prophecy as played in tbo feasts of
Israel was tbe Hebrew "riebel," an Instrument
of the guitar or lute kind. Nor were bowed
instruments known to the Greeks or Romans.
Tbe stringed instruments of the Eastern
nations were of tbo lute or guitar class. Those
with bows wero generally made of a cylinder
of sycamore or other suitable wood. Of this
species is tbo famous "ravanastron," which,
according to Hindoo tradition, was invented by
Ravanen, King of Ceylon, about 6,000 years
before Christ and is still played by Buddhist
monks who go begging from door to door.
A PECTJLIAS CUSTOM.
How the Natives of tho Isle of Man Re
ceive Their Laws.
"There is one very peculiar thing about the
laws of tbe Isle of Man," 'sajs a writer in the
Louisville Cornier-Journal. "It is the only
country In the world, so far as I know, except
Iceland, which clings to the ancient customs of
hundreds of years ago. of promulgating tbem
from the top of tbe Tblngwald Hill, a moun
tain in the very center of the island. Tbey must
be road to the whole people from the Thing
wald Mountain, on 'the 5th day of July, before
tbey are binding. Of course, there are some
special occasions, but tbe 5th day of July is the
lawful day, and on this occasion, each yoar, 15.
000 or 20.C00 people assemble to bear the news
read. This is something that is not generally
known. I think, and is peculiar to tbe Isle of
Man. The laws mnst be read in both the Manx
and English languages.
A Folnter for Foots, Etc
Mobile Keglster.l
The New York Morld was lately sued by a
young man who bad left a manuscript at the
office of that paper for the consideration of
tbe editor. 1 he manuscript was lost and its
owner endeavored to recover its value, but the
Court nonsuited bim for tbe reason that news
papers are not to be considered the custodians
of all tbe effusions tbat are sent to tbem for
publication. Tbe life of an editor wonld in
deed be a hard one if this were the case.
TOO I, ATE.
IWBITTES TOO THE DISFATC1I.1
Never a spray of blossoms to make bright tbe sick
man's room.
But banks of costly flowers In bis sepulchre's
deep gloom;
Never a word of praise for bim In life he was a
slave
But sculptured eulogies upon the stone above bis
grave.
Never an aid or ravor wblto bis nostrils felt bis
breath.
But ghastly pomp and trumpery for that lertus
by death:
Never a sorrow borne for him to make his burden
light
But bitter tears of sorrow o'er bis weary spirit's
flight.
Thus life itself bas nothing but the hopes by woe
Instilled,
While death seems rich for mortals with the hopes
aUastfulfllled
bweetrcst for those aweary, and bright loy for
those who mourn.
Calm peace for those who battle on tbis side tho
mUty bourne.
And sclll-hly contented lfottrfr'cnd stiyswltb
i s here.
Wevaluonot hl3 presence while ho Is within our
sphere:
But when he puts bis burden down and seeks his
narrow bed.
Ihelovu denied him living we will lavish on bim
desd, ttoxa Owjur KOCH.
GEMS FROM KIPLING.
A Few Short Sentences Into Which a
Good Deal, of Thought Is Crowded
Great Literary Genius Occasionally
Gets Out of Harmony With Nature.
TJere are a few Kjplinglanx. Of coarse
much Is lost by tak'ng tbem from their set
tings, bnt tbey are gems nevertheless:
"N ever praise a sister to a sister In the hope l
of your compliments reaching tho proper ears
and so preparing the way for you later on.
bisters are women first and sisters afterward;
and you will find that you do yourself harm."
"There never was any scandal about Mb.
Roiver. She had not generons impulses
enough for that"
"This creed of skepticism was made up In
town where there is nothing bnt machinery
and asphalt and buildings all sbut tn by fog.
Naturally, a man grows to think tbere is no
one higher than himself, and that the Metro
politan Board of Public Works made every
thing. In India the climate and the work are
against playing bricks with words."
"Tbat season tbere camenp to Simla one of
those crazy people with only a single idea.
These are tbe men wbo make things move, but
tbey are not nice to tlk to."
"How can a man wbo bas never married, wbo
cannot be trusted to pick up at sight a moder
ately sound burse, whose head is hot and upset
with visions of domestic fellcity.go about chous
inga wife, and the -arne Disadvantage exist In
tbe case of the girl's fancies. Properly
speakintr. Government should establish a matri
monial department, efficiently officered, with a
jury of matrons, a judce of tbe chief court, and
an awful warning in tbe shape of a love-match
that bas gone wrong, chained; to the trees in the
court yard. All marriages should be made
tbrougb tbe department."
"Miss Castries said she would have no breach
of promise suit. She said that if she was not a
lady she was refined enough to know tbat ladies
kept their broken hearts to themselves."
Some Errors of Great "Writers.
VyHEN Milton spoke of "impalpable darkness
that night be felt," he was deep into the
ridiculous, and was scarcely out of the depths
when be wrote
"Adam the goodliest man of men since born,
His sons; tbe fairest of ber dangbters Eve."
he was not so fortunate. Modern writers have
not been free from these errors of a vivid Im
agination. Let the reader cast his eye over the
following from Joaquin Miller headed "Do
totaf "Against tbe clear, cold sky a smoke
Curli like some column to Its dome,
An ax with far faint boyish stroke
Rings feebly from a snowy borne;
'O father come. Tbe fianio burns low.
Wo freeze in this vast field ot snow.'
But far away, and long and vain
Two horses plunge with snow to breast,
Tbe weary father drnpi the rein
Ho rests in tbe eternal rest.
And high against the bine profound
A dark bird circles round and round."
Beautiful and graphic, isn't it? A prairio
home in blizzard-swept Dakota but the boy
cbopning wood, with no timber in nine coun
ties, seems a little incongruous. If he bad bad
tbe boy twistiug prairie bay or carrying in tbe
last bit of coal it might have been less poetic
but more real. Glance at tbat last couplet, and
(P n..,...,.. mm., en ... n ,,. Iri... Ii....it n hi A
that emigrates at tbe first touch of frost sail-)
ins around in such a temperature as tbat be?
snouui communicate witn tne American urni4
tboli gical Association at once. This was pub
imieu in Oi it is not Known wnetuer tue jioei
bad seen tbe Verestcbagin paintings then
or not; but If tbese things may happen in Rus
sia tbe poet ought to know that tbey should not
be imported without paying duty.
Octave Thanet's Wonderful Quails.
QctaveThanet, in her story of expiation
that ran through tbo 'S9 Scribner, after
quoting an elaborate French sentence, speaks
of the "quails hopping in the brush." Whether
sbo is accurate in her French I cannotsay, but
her most Ignorant rustic reader must smile at
the idea of a healthy quail hopping. These
may have bad one leg broken.
Again in tbe same story, a man some distance
away in the woods, tires a gun and nearly kills
an old parson, and the poor hero near by sup
poses tbat a pistol in bis own band had gone off
and shot tbe preacher. Not only that, bnt ho
thinks tbat he intentional!-' pulled it off. Yet
sbe says nothing about any form of hypnotism,
and bas those immediately around believing
tbe same thing as tbe young man. as though
men's ears would not appreciate tbe difference
of a sound of a gun sbot underthe nose and one
SO yards away. If Octave should fire such a pis
tol as the one described, she wonld And tbat
tbe recoil to her delicate wrist would indicate
whether it bad gone off or not.
A ailrage Right Side Up.
Julian Hawthorne bas a story in which the
hero saw a murder by means of a mirage
many miles away. The illustrations in a first
class weekly had the figures all drawn upright,
when it is a well known fact that images of
actual things seen by mirage are alwavs in
verted. A little knowledge ot the law of optics
might bave prevented the blunder, bnt then It
might have spoiled a good story.
One of our weeklies published for young
people prides itself upon tbe accuracy of its
natural history notes. Manuscripts are sub
mitted tn tbe examination of "a naturalist
whose name ynu would recognize at once were
it mentioned," tbey say. Yet a recent con
tributor, describing tbe orgies of a Kentuck
cornshuckinc among the negroes, says, "and
sleeping bats awoke from midnight slumbers."
Tbe naturalist with a name perhaps bad not
awakened from bis midday slumbers when
tbat was passed.
Of course Robert Louis Stevenson bas so
much company in the rbincnew moon tbat it is
needless to mention them. When a writer
turns bis imagination loose in description. It is
apt, not only to "gambol on tbo green" a little,
but to enter irto some speculation tbat can
scarcely be materialized.
Jaiies Newton Baskett,
Mexico, Mo., Feb. 20.
KILL HOPELESS INVALIDS.
Bogle Ettraordlnary of a Texan About the
Incurable Sick.
Dallas Tex., News.
It would appear shockingly inhuman to sug
gest tbat it might be more bnmane to end tbe
lives and sufferings of hopeless Invalids or
victims just as other animals are killed to re
lieve tbem of intense and prolonged suffering.
Physicians sometimes accomplish such merci
ful euthanasia incidentally with suitable drugs.
It may not be long before some reformer sug
gests methods by wbicb tbe lives of mortally
wounded soldiers or others, and of utterly
hopeless invalids, may be taken legally and
much suffering and resultant sorrow pre
vented. But in case of diseases morn or less
contagions or transmissible there is an addi
tional reason for a speedy disposition o( tbe
lingering Invalid. Of course, this suggestion
may never be carried into practical use, but
there can be no harm in regretting that pre
ventive trcatmet't for certain constitutional
and heredltaHe diseases was not begun several
ccmuries ago, and In asking ourselves ab
stractly as it were, why vo deny to sufferers
In extremis of our own species the considerate
kindness which leads us to relieve a pet horse
from unnecessary pain by a single well-directed
blow.
rKOaHHEHT PEESOHS.
JIks. Burnett's income from her boots
and plays is placed at S22.C00.
Senator-elect Vilas is a good French
and German scholar, and reads Virgil in the
original for entertainment
Meissonier, the artist, was not liked on
account of his vile temper, insufferable vanity
and total lack of politeness.
Atjbrey Boucicatjlt, son of the late
Dion Boucicault. is said to bave written a play
in which his mother, bis sister and himself will
appear.
Count se Lorgues, an Italian noble
man, has an ancient wood-engraving of
Christopher Columbus. He will send it to
America for exhibition at tho World's Fair.
The Sultan of Turkey, like the Czar of
Russia, lives jn constant fear of assassination,
and never leaves the grounds of his palace, ex
cept to go once a week to a nearby mosque.
Mrs. Riddell, tbe English novelist,
leads the lifo of a recluse. Sbo is fond of the
country and docs most of her writing there,
coming up to London only on rare occasions.
General Israel Putnam's grand
daughter, Mrs. Lillle Pntnam Norman, who
died recently, was tbe owner of tbe sword tbat
the impetuous old patriot carried in bis famous
ride down the stone steps.
Mrs. Campbell Psaed is probably the
prettiest of English literary women. She is
above ordinary stature, with a queenly figure.
Sbe Is a charming hostess and her home is
much frequented by clover people.
THE ex-Queen of Naples is an interesting
figure in Parisian society. Sbo is fond of
riding on horseback.but avoids tho Bois during
tbo fashionable bonrs. Tbe air of melancholy
tbat bas been noticeable about ber since ber
husband lost his throne has deepened since the
death of tbe Archduke Rudolph, of Austria,
her fayorite nephew.
CDEIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are in the world 1,500.000 coal
miners and 4.000.000 metal miners.
Maria Chattoway, formerly custodian
of Shakespeare's birthplace, is dead.
On January 1 the total savings bank
deposits in Prussia were 1775,000,000.
All the pages and bell boys of tbe pres
ent Kansas Legislature are sons of farmers.
The Egyptian revenue during the past
year was the largest ever collected, reaching
tbe sum of 33,750,000.
While skating on Lake Mokoma a resi
dent of Laporte killed a mink by skating over
it before he could stop.
The ancient Cathedral of Durham,
England, Is to be lighted with electricity; power
will be obtained from the river Wear.
Near the mouth of Pistol river, in Curry
county. Ore., there recently fell a meteor which
when weighed tipped tbe beam at 4,000 pounds.
In Southern California is a mysterious
canon which is called the Valley of Deatb. It
is so called because no one that enters comes
back alive.
Two rabbits floated down the Ohio river
on a pile of fodder during the recent flood and
landed on Wheeling Island, where tbey were
caotnred.
Near Jlehama, Ore., a few days ago a
little girl was followed home from pasture by
a 2-year-old deer, which is readily submitting
to domestication.
The Canada militia hold what are
called smoking concerts, at which every man
must smoke from the time he enters the room
until be leaves it
According to a Boston dentist a Cali
fornia railroad milliona ire bas fonr large dia
monds set in tbe crown of one of his teeth.
Tbe dentist got S1.500 for tbe work.
Glucose is produced in the United
States at the rate of 1,000.000 pounds per day.
principally in the Western States. The bulk
of it enters into home consumption.
The hair from which wigs are made for
thajudges, lawyer? and clergymen of England
comes from China, where It is cut from the
heads of beggars, criminals and tbe dead.
A Hew Salem man put a cartridge be
tween bis teeth and accidentally bit bard upon
it It exploded, and tbe bullet buried Itself In
an opposite wall, wbile tbe man was uninjured.
A steam phaeton, resembling an ordi
nary phaeton, has made its appearance on tha
streets of Paris. Its "boiler cannot explode,
and Its smoks funnel discharges under tha
bacK seat
Dr. Goropins, of the French Academv,
once made a professional examination of a 13-year-old
girl who was 10 feet i inches in height
She was probably the tallest woman of her ago
tbat ever lived.
At an examination of candidates for
positions on the Brooklyn police force, one of
them was rejected because he said tbat James
' and Grover Hill Governor of New York.
A colored woman of Trigg countr, Ky.,
aged 105 years, bas just cut a full set of new
teetb. the old ones having decayed over 40
years ago. After many years of blindness her
sight bas also returned, and sbe can now see as
well as when a young woman.
In Southern Oregon there is a forest
16,000 square miles in extent and if tha timber
were cut and put on the market at 10 per 1,000
feet the proceeds would pay our national debt
twice over. The estimated amonnt of mer
chantable timber on the tract is 400,000,000,000
feet
A Brooklyn grocer, James Iiidgerwood,
who died recently, was one of tbe very few men
in tbe United States who ever refused a public
place because there was a salary attached. He
was offered an office during Cleveland's ad
ministration, bnt refused it for tbe reason
given.
From the returns for 1890, the Depart
ment ot Agriculture estimates the number of
farm animals as follows: Milch com, 16,019,591;
otber cattle. 38.875.848: sheep. 43,431,136; bogs.
50.E25.10tt. In tbe latter tbere was a decrease oC
2 per cent, while the value has decreased 57
cents per bead.
In China, by a recent imperial decree,
members of tbe royal family and mandarins of
the first rank will hereafter be permitted to
approach tbe Emperor without knocking their
heads upon tbo ground, etiquette being satis
fied if tbey quietly crawl into the august pres
ence on all fours.
Horrible reports of depredations by
wolves have been received from Szan'dn. Hun
gary. On one estate alone 20 peasants have been
devoured by ravenous beasts. The Govern
ment authorities are organizing a pirty of
bunters wbicb will undertake tbe extermina
tion of tbe wolves.
A process of increasing the "keeping"
qualities of wine by electric treatment to de
stroy tbe ferment bis been successfully tested
in France. Tbe wine is passed througb a tnbe
containing a series of silver disks connected to
tbe pole of a25-vnltalternatingmachlne having
a frequency of 118.
A German engineer has devised a new
method for fixing a foundation under water.
By means of a powerful blast of compressed air
be drives powdered cement down into tbe sand
or mud at the bottom ot a stream. The action
of tbe water immediately fixes tha cement and
It becomes like solid rock.
A belle of Dawson county, Tex., after
waiting half ac bour in the offlco of a Justice
of the Feaco for the man sbe was to marry, got
impatient borrowed tbo Justice's revolver and
started to look for her Intended. At tbe end of
20 minutes she returned, driving tbe lagzard
before her and tbe ceremony was performed.
A huge squip or cuttlefish stranded
itself on tbe beach at Island Cove. Newfound
land, a few days ago. Its extreme length was
32 feet the tentacles alone measuring 21 feett
the body was much larger tban tbat of an or
dinary horse, and the pelt tbree Inches in
thickness. It was cut up before being removed.
Circassian women, it is said, who are
noted for tbe velvety softness of their com
plexions and rosy bloom, never use ointments
ol any kind. Tbey apply to their faces half an
hour before their batb a tborougb cotting of
white of eg:. When tbis bas completely dried
tbey nash it off with tepid water, ana then pro
ceed to bathe as usual in soap and water.
Paper maybe securely gummed to metal
by tbe aid of onion juice. The dials of cheap
clocks used to be printed on paper and then
glued to a zinc foundation, but after a short
time the paper came off the metal. Now the
zinc is dipped into a strong solution of washing
soda, and afterward is washed overwith onion
juice. Tbe paper is then pasted on, and it is
almost impossiblo to separate it from tho
metal.
The broad-tired wagons of 40 years aeo
are coming into fasbion again. Tbey save roads
greatly, and in some places tbere is a rebate on
the toll a very proper thing where tbey are
used. About the only drawback to tbem Is
tbat on slippery mud roads, such as occur after
a light shower, tbey slide around too much
when tbe surface Is not level. On fields and
meadows tbey are much to be preferred to the
common narrow tires, which cut up tha soil.
SOKE SUNDAY 52HLES.
"Papa" said Johnny, "didn't Georges
Washington everjtell a lie.'"
Never, mysjn."
Then how did be get his cinch on politics?"
Harper's Bazar.
Head of Firm 3Ir. Perambulator, what
! tbe meaning of this item. "Funeral expenses
524." In your expense account.
Traveling Man-That was the cost or buryln
my sorrow wben I learned that Thin. Skin St Co.
bad tho day before itivena heavy order to one of
our competltors.-ewt Weekly.
"Von told me a day or two ago that you
I had received a written proposal of marriage from
young Mr. Trlvver, " saiu m i-ongressman to nu
daughter.
Yes, papa."
"Have you come to any conclusion on the sub
ject?" "Yes, paps, I have written my letter of accept
ance. "-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
He had been out all day with hi gun.
"Old you till anything?" asked bis wife when
be returned.
vNolhluf but time." be said, and went Into
dinner. HasMngton Star.
Teacher Willie, spell felt
Willie F-e-t-t
Teacher-Bight Jlmmle, wbat Is felt?
Jlmmle A lickln'. The Epoch.
"We all respect those who know mora than
we do: but we don't wish tbem to run our bust
ness. PucK. ,
THE -WAT OT MIX.
A man will walk a doz:n blocks
To take a man a dun.
Then walk six to.it before be stops
To get away from one.
-Veto York UtraUX.
McCorkle Noah's family was not art
aristocratic one.
Mcfrackle (tentatively) No?
McCorkle-No; they were not la the Jirlm,-Ct.
4t cago A'eici,