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PITTSBURG, MONDAY, FER 23..1881,
DISARMAMENT OK WAR
According to our cable dispatches, Europe
is on tbe Tergeot new international develop
ments which will change tbe present aspect
of affairs to a radical degree. The exact
result of tbe new changes is in some doubt,
according to rumor, but it is settled by tbat
reliable authority that it will be cither
universal peace and disarmament, or uni
versal war and desolation. More precisely
stated, tbe report is that the fall of Cnspi,
tbe differences between the German Em
peror and Bismarck, tbe visit of tbe dowager
Empress Victoria of Germany to Paris and
the coming conference between the German
and Austrian Emperors are the surface de
velopments of the tendency toward the dis
solution of the Triple Alliance and tbe
formation of new combinations which may
produce either of the above stated results.
There are certain gaps in this theory, the
most important of which is that the over
tures of the German Emperor toward Prance
sre brought into close juxtaposition with an
alliance of the Northern Powers to force the
European Republic into disarmament, even
tif tbeybave to fight for it Tbe tact is
' that the youngest of the Emperors
, has heretofore made tentative efforts
! to conciliate France, which may now be re-
sewed with exceeding vigor, since the fall
. ine away of Italy from the Triple Alliance.
2t is also well known that the same poten
tate has a strong desire to immortalize his
reign by leading in the work of general dis
armament The practicability of that pol
. icy is the subject of much doubt, but it is
unquestionably a higher aim than Bis-
jnarck's stubbsrn devotion to the condition
' of armed truce which be established in
; Europe years ago.
! Tbat the policy of disarmament may have
' the eflect of plunging Europe into war
seems somewhat Hibernian. But if that
! paradox were to be produced in its most de
structive form, it may be questioned whether
it would not be a relief on tbe present state
of affairs. For twenty years the people of
. Europe have suffered under the burden of
j immense and constantly increasing military
establishments, kept on foot solely by inter-
' national jealousies. Every effort to settle
the long-standing disputes has only called
for more onerous taxation, a larger with
drawal of men from productive industry,
and a firmer fixture of tbe military burden
on the populace. If Europe had foucht all
. disputes to a finish in the '70's the condi
tion of the people might have been better
to-day. Certainly a policy which aims at
, the termination of this state of affairs can
i be welcomed on the ground that almost any
! change it may bring will be a relief.
The impartial elements of civilization will
' approve the desire of tbe Emperor "William
to bring about a reduction of tbe military
! burdens of Europe, Eren if his efforts lead
to the incongruous result of war, he will
, have the satisfaction of knowing that he is
fighting in a good cause.
TALMAGK AGAINST GAMBLING.
The sermon on gambling by Eev. Dr. Tal
yaage, which is reported elsewhere in this
, isiue, attacks one of tbe gigantic evils of the
day. It is satisfactory to note that in at
tacking this evil that energetic clergyman
does not restrict bis denunciation to the
forms of gambling which are generally rec
, cgnized as vicious, but places under that
lliead all methods of trying to get the money
I of others without rendering an equivalent
' for it Tbat is the essence of gambling, and
it takes in a great many things besides
cards or horse races. Upon that basis Dr.
Talmage is leveling his pulpit shafts at -a
prevalent wrong, and the most severe at
tacks which he can make on it are none too
J strong. The highest function of the pulpit
is to expose the great immoralities of soci
ety and to rally the forces of Christianity
'for their suppression.
THE BALLOT REFORM BILL.
Some intimations have been recently
''made in the State press that tbe
ballot reform bill is slumbering peacefully
in the committee rooms at Harrisburg, and
that its sleep is not likely to be disturbed.
As the measure is one which received tbe
indorsement of both parties in the last State
campaign, that view of the case is not un
natural. Tbe practice of indorsing measures
like railroad regulation and ballot reform
in the party platforms and then letting them
die a natural death in the Legislature is
well established by the political precedents
of this State.
A circular of the Pennsylvania Ballot Be
iorm Association, issued on Saturday, gives
a rather more hopelul view of the case. The
bill introduced by Mr. Baker in the House
was reported by the Judiciary General Com
mittee on January 23, to give it a place on
the calendar, and it now stands at the head.
It was recommitted on January 23, and
'after argument in its favor before the whole
committee was sent to a special committee.
It is hoped by gentlemen of the Ballot Re
form Association that the special committee
will report it this week. But the bill has
still to run the chances of all the tactics of
delay by tbe practira! politicians.
There can be no doubt tbat if the indorse
ment of ballot reform by the parties were
sincere, this bill would be passed without
further delay than is needed to perfect its pro
vision. It reaches tbe essential needs of
ballot reform by securing legal equality of
party and independent nominations; free
printing of uniform ballots; secret marking
of the ballots in the voting room; a public or
,'aemi-public counting of the ballots; secresy
of the vote except when necessary to identify
'the numbered ballots by judicial authority
to settle contests. Tbe Ballot Reform As
m
sociation also urges a popular Indorsement
of Mr. Baker's restricting election expenses
and requiring statements of them to bailed.
It is to be hoped that the Legislature will
take up these bills and fulfil the party
pledges by passing them promptly. But if
they do not in their course through the two
branches strike some unsuspected rocks a
large number of people will be happily dis
appointed and a smaller but more influential
number of politicians will experience the
unhappy kind of disappointment.
THE HIGHWAY APPROPRIATION.
The proposition in the pending bill be
fore the Legislature, to appropriate $1,000,
000 from tbe State Treasury, seems to have
given the project of road improvement a
temporary pause. Everyone was ready to
give an enthusiastic assent to the desira
bility of better roads in the abstract. There
is no doubt that a system of roads which
would make hauling practicable at all
times of the year and would enable the mo
tive power of the farmers to accomplish
twice as much, would be an immense addi
tion to the wealth of the State. These
things are all conceded; but when it comes
to an appropriation from the State Treasury
to secure the actual improvement of the
roads, objections are at once heard from
numerous quarters.
It is a singular feature of tbe objection,
too, that it comes from the quarters which
would receive the most direct benefit. The
conntry members, in whose districts the
roads will be built and whose constituents
will be most directly benefited,
draw back with a sort of instinc
tive ierror at the idea of a sin
gle appropriation of that size.
Some of the city members have expressed
the same feeling; but public opinion of tbe
large cities which will pay a large share of
the money, as expressed in the newspapers,
is decidedly willing to bear that burden for
the sake of the indirect benefit which they
will secure. This will materialize lor trad
at large in the shape of a more steady move
ment of traffic and a more even distribution
of freight movements when the combined
necessities of bad roads in winter and farm
work in spring, summer and autumn do not
force the farming interests to compress their
trading within on or two brief seasons of a
few weeks each year.
The fact is that the proposed appropria
tion is one tbat manifestly should be made.
Criticisms may be offered and amendments
may bemade, to secure additional guaran
tees that all the State funds shall go into
the construction of permanent highways;
but there is no doubt that the sum is one
which the State can well afford to invest in
that form, and on which the return will be
well worth the investment It is worth
while to remember in discussing such
questions that improvements o thjs
class, honestly carried out, are among the
best investments possible far the
funds of the public It is when expendi
tures on public works are dishonestly and
wastefully made that the money is thrown
away. The legislators should make it their
duty to see that the utmost safeguards are
thrown about the granting of this appropri
ation, so tbat the State shall get value re
ceived for its money in the shape of durable
and permanent highways. When that is
done the appropriation is one tberesults of
which will commend themselves to the peo
ple. Even if it should require a decimal addi
tion to the present percentage of State taxa
tion, the State can well afford to do it on a
plan which will secure tbe constrnction of a
thousand miles or more of first-class high
ways within the State.
A BOOK OF BARGAINS.
There is instruction and amusement in
the development of the political fight in.
New Hampshire, that is furnished by the
publication on Senator Chandler's part of
what he calls the "Book of Bargains."
These bargains are represented as between
"Jones, Sinclair & Co., Brewers and Rail
road Jobbers, parties of the first part, and
G. G. & Co., Mercenary Republicans,
parties of tbe second part" They are intro
duced by a couple of specimen acts of choice
railroad and stock watering legislation, and
run through a number of alleged deals on
politics, corporate legislation, repeal of tbe
prohibitory law, to the total of twelve bar
gains. That these bargains may have been
made, without the advice and consent of
Senator Chandler, is quite probable, but
considering that the introductory acts in
which the worst of these jobs are rooted,
were passed by Legislatures in which Sena
tor Chandler's power was undisputed, it is
remarkable that he should tell the world of
it The New Hampshire squabble appears
to be the latest verification of the proverb
that when a certain class falls out, honest
people are likely to gain by it
THE SIOUX COMPLAINT.
There have been hopes that the gentle
savage was learning the arts of civilization.
The display of sharpness in land deals; a
keenness at the great republican diversion
of draw poker, which would permit some of
the noble aborigines to stand pat in the pres
ence of Colonel Bill Brown, of lew York,
or the Hon. Boyd "Winchester, of Ken
tucky, and an earnest appetite for appropri
ations have been the grounds for expecting
that tbe national wards would forsake the
tomahawk and scalping-knife for the arts of
science and civilization. But tbe expres
sions of dissatisfaction to which the Sioux
chiefs have given utterance on their" retnrn
from "Washington destroy the expectation
that they will be able to master the true in
wardness of our democratic system.
These simple savages complain that they
were taken to "Washington only to hear talk,
and that, as they go back with nothing more
than promises, their people will laugh at
them and call them old men. It is true that
if promises would supply the Indian com
missariat, the Sioux tribes would long ago
have suffered the ailments incident on too
high living, and that they might reasonably
wish a variation on that airy diet But
that they shonld esteem themselves entitled
to complain because they are liberally sup
plied with promises, proves that they are
unable or unwilling to perceive that prin
cipal feature of tbe art of civilized politics,
which consists in a profusion of promises
and a paucity of performance. If they had
properly understood this point, we can
hardly believe that the Sioux leaders would
have set ud a claim of superiority to their
white brethren, who have become so accus
tomed to receiving "liberal promises in the
political line that they never think of
grumbling over the minor consideration that
the promises are not fulfilled.
The wide discrepancy between what is
promised and what is done in our politics,
has long been a subject of interest for ab
stract consideration, but is rarely made a
subject for complaint. The practical politi
cian who, alter setting primaries, conven
tions and other things, sees the promised
first-class consulate dwindle into a messen
ger's position at tbe Treasury Department,
considers himself entitled to do some specific
grumbling when he does not get the mes
senger's place. But the average citizen
accept the failure of parties to do what they
promised for the public benefit, as a part of
the common lot of humanity. A party
may pledge itself to enforce and extend
civil service reform or railroad regulation
through a long succession of platforms; and
its failure to do so will only be thought
worthy of mention merely to temper too
sanguine expectations tbat because other
promises are made in tbe platforms, the
promised reforms will be established.
Our Sioux friends should be instructed
that one of the first principles of party gov
ernment is that people can have all the
promises they want, with tbe reserved un
derstanding that this liberality is to com
pensate for the fact that they get nothing
else. The principle may not increase the
savage admiration for civilization; but it
will forestall severe disappointment when
they-learn all about our social system by ex
perience. During the remaining eight working
days oi Congress jobs and appropriations will
hustle each other In the universal effort to
secure passage. If the appropriations are as
skillfully handled as the jobs It will be an 'im
provement on former precedents.
Speaker Reed's retort to Mr. Springer
that while the latter might abuse him from tbe
floor, be wonld never be able to do so from tbe
Speaker's chair, is not especially happy. It is
a new adaptation of the old retort when his an
tagonist said he would rather be right than be
President, and Mr. Reed replied: "You .will
never be either." The last reply is less effect
ive, as it cogently suggests the Speaker's con
viction that he retains a monopoly of using
the Spoaker's chair for abusive purposes.
Toungstown wants to try government
by a non-partisan commission. This wish
seems to be based on tbe opinion that if any
thing could be worse than a partisan municipal
government Youngstown would like to find
it out
Sir John Macdonald and Sir Charles
Tupper warn tbe American Government that
if it "shall lay a linger on Canada" it will have
to deal with Great Britain. Dear, dearl Who
has been contemplating using his lingers in
that unjustifiable way? After this retaliation
for tail-twisting, onr nation will exercise due
care against leaving any finger-marks on the
Dominion.
Dr. Felix Adler says that "the first
for a man to do is to become the owner of bis
own soul." Dr. Adler is another of those med
dling, dreamy mugwumps who would make
practical politics impossible.
An order which recognises the dignity in
the 'title of "American Mechanics" ought not
complain if its members are taken at their
word. Yet they ao say that some of tbe mem
bers of those lodges who attended a sermon
preached to them yesterday are asserting that
the address of the clergyman as if they were
ordinary workingmen did not apply to them
at all.
From the Southside the call now comes
for more policemen. The demand for the
municipal guardians from all quarters of the
city onght to be regarded as testimonial to
the force.
These reports that Cleveland is not a
candidate and tbat Whitney will fall heir to his
boom, together with tbe donials, are alleged by
tbe organs of tbe opposition ro be mere feelers.
But whether they are feelers in the interest of
Cleveland or of Whitney Is a point on which
our cotemporaries leave us in the bonds of
doubt and ignorance.
As to the Delaware peach crop, those
prolific orchards are now yielding the regu
lation late winter crop of chestnuts about the
killing of the moie desirable fruit
It is pertinent in connection with the
tunnel horror at New York to note tbat the
train on which people were burned belonged to
a corporation which has refused to obey the
New York law against the car stoves. Tbe liti
gation is still pending; bnt the car stoves con
tinue to burn helpless people to death.
February's cold waves are so iar of
that very mild variety which only freeze out
the weather prophets who predicted a month.
of blizzards.
The ice-dealers oi Toledo have petitioned
Congress for a tariff dnty on ice. This is in the
nature of an assurance that the ice crop is not
a failure. The ice barons mnst have some ice
when they are so anxious to protect against the
panper productions of Jack Frost in other
countries.
THE UPPER CRUST.
TJp to the day of his death Victor Hugo
disdained snectacli s.
Prof. Koch has a cousin in Manchester,
Mich,, who is a brews-.
The King of Spain is a very strong boy,
ugly, but bright and good tempered.
Leo XIIL is no advocate for ventilation,
and will never allow an open window where he is.
The Empress of Austria, who suffers
much from rheumatism, has a lady doctor in
attendance.
Miss Aimee Rapin is an armless Swiss
artist who Is beginning to achieve fame. She
paints with her toes.
Allan Arthur, son of ex-President
Arthur, is cutting a dash in London, where he
can be seen ever? day driving a four-in-hand.
Charles Foster, the new Secretary
of the Treasury, is a millionaire and a stock
holder in the Standard Oil Company. He made
his start as a drygoods merchant.
Senator-elect Hill wants a famous
seat In the Senate. He has applied for the
chair which Wade Hampton will vacate next
month In Washington.
They say that General Sherman and
GeneralJohnston entered into an agreement
soon after the war that tbe survivor of them
should serve as a pallbearer at the other's
funeral.
Mrs. Sarah Paeker, an American,
has gone to Algiers to fonnd a branch of the
Marriage Law Reform Association. When
she has finished her work in Africa she pro
poses to go to France and establish one in
Paris.
Mrs. Kate Smith, "the Queen of the
Census Office," is now an active chief f divi
sion, in charge ot the work of collecting data
on mortgages on homes and farms. She Is the
only woman chief of division In the Govern
ment service, and her salary is 51,600 a year.
General Joseph E. Johnston has a
record as a pallb earer that is unparalleled. Be
sides acting at the funerals of a number of fa
mous Confederate chieftains, he and General
Sherman rode side by side at the funeral ot
General Grant. General Johnston is now 82
years of age, and since the war probably no
other Confederate general has enjoyed tbe
friendship and esteem of so many Union offi
cers of rank.
It is a singular fact that great men sel
dom leave direct descendants Wellington,
Washington and Carlyle all being instances.
Shakespeare left only two danghters. whose
children died without issue. Probably tbe
nearest relative to the great man now living is
Thomas Hart, a resident of Australia, who is
Said to be the eighth in descent from Shakes
peare's sister Joan. Walter Scott's line ended
with the second or third generation.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
Charles W. Rosslter. '
Charles W. Rossiter, who died on Satur
daynlghtof consumption at tbe early age of 33
.years, was one of the best known bookkeepers in
the city. He was 13 years with Jones & McLaugh
lins, and latterly iu the employment of James B.
Scott Co. He was of unnually stej.dy habits,
and highly respected by a wide circle 01'acqnalnt
ances and many friends The services will be
held this arternoon at the Shady Avenue Baptist
Cbnrch.
Eliza J. Nisbet
Eliza J. Nisbet, sister of William "W.
Nisbet. the well-known druggist of Allentown,
died at her residence, No. 77 Washington
avenue. Thirty-flrst ward, yesterday morning.
Services will be held this evening at 7;30p. 5.
The Interment will take place at Freeport tomorrow.
SNAP SrfOTSjN SEASON.
It's the height of folly to drag a poor
man into court for debt. 'He's not wortn a sou,
you know.
"Wild flowers in the woods within the
city limits on Washington's birthday! Verily
they may be said to have been Dorn to celebrate
the birth of the heart-enthroned Father of
their Conntry. Yes. and more than that To
brighten the eyes and gladden the heart of the
finder of the "first wild flowers," and to
similarly thrill, as the first impulse of Spring
always does, every healthful and nature-loving
heart These flowers were found by a friend of
mine yesterday, as be was rambling through
Panther Hollow in Scbeuley Park. It was a
lovely branch of tbe Hepatlca or Liver Leaf.
They were growing on a southern exposure.
Tbe flower stems bad deftly pushed through
their light brown blanketing "of last year's
leaves, and raised their nodding heads fnll
three Inches high in the glad sunshine. How
often it seems as if
"A man's best things are nearest him;
Lie close about his feet. "
May we not glean many a sweet thought from
nature's blossomings? If fortune is to be
found at the ends of the rainbow, what need
to go to the ends of the earth for it? There Is
the old phrase: "Give me the woods and a day
and I will make the pomp of emperors ridicu
lous." These flowers in tho people's park may
be said to grow at nobody's cost and for every
body's comfort and they are a property clean
of tears. Let the emperors parcel out" all ot
Europe. You and I can be happier than they,
I ween. If in a morning In spring we have bnt
a share in the song-sparrow's melody, and to
gether divide the buds and flowers, and carry
home a memory of the landscape which not
even a king can own. There is an old proverb
which says: 'lf you catch a falling leaf you
will have twelve months of continued happi
ness." Ahl there are countless opportunities all
about us for grasping happy chances,, which we
forfeit by running so continuously in life's ruts
instead of afield now and then. The love of
nature and the country is one of
the truest pleasures of childhood.
It is also one of the most mature
expressions of the human mind. Thus, as Sir
Thomas Browne would say: "The tall of the
snake finds the mouth and the circle is com
pleted." By the side of these flowers was an
old stick, along whose mossy length were tbe
marvelonsly brilliant scarlet cups of a fungus
growth. "Within js many Inches away was the
dainty and rare walking-fern, with its living
green. Is the mystery of the Trinity itself any
more wonderfnl than the mystery of the pro
cess by virtue of which from that same soil and
air these organisms extracted and put upon
themselves their various colored vestments of
white and blue, green and scarlet? As surely
as tho soul and body of things harmonizes, as
surely a "blighted spring makes a barren year."
Out in the fields nature Is weaving-a carpet for
the feet of Spring, twining a garland for her
brow, knitting a mantle that will withstand the
whistling winds of March. Soon the sunshiny
April showers will fill the sweet-lipped mouths
of the flowers, whose fragrance will scent tbe
mellow air, through which the birds will whirl
on flashing wing and sing the same songs they
sang before the snow the same songs tbey
sang over the world when tbe Maker said '"Tis
finished."
The uninitiated wonder how stage lovers
ward off painter's colic
This is the day when bank clerks get
paid for sizing up tbe deposits along the river
banks.
The tighter you pull the corset string,
girls, the looser grows your grip on life.
"We are said to be made of clay, and it's
all right to call some of us bricks.
White Caps can't scare our legislators.
They see them on tbe beer every night at Rues'.
It costs less to trim a ship than to trim an
Easter bonnet
Puo Fitzsimmons says alcohol will
harden the face. This accounts for the hard
cheek of the impecunious tippler.
Dyspeptic people have a hungry look
in their eyes, which comes of looking for a lost
appetite.
It does not require a flood to turn a
sewer into a river.
Barnum could make a bit by securing
the North Pole for his big tent
If some aspiring actress should ever essay
the role of Eve she would have to train a snake
to talk.
Speaker Reed will know what "hoist
by his own petard" means when the next Con
gress gets down to play.
You can read a woman's age between the
lines on her face.
Joseph was the first man who ever
played Pharaoh.
Coquettes should remember that age
and lost love transform little witches Into old
bags.
Fruit is Chairman of the Appropriation
Committee at Harrisburg. If he's a pear he
may pare down the donations.
No wonder New York's census is crooked.
Crooks were among the enumerators.
Rhode Island has sent a Page to Con
gress. He'll not do page duty, however.
Contentment is the best form devel
oper, but because it Is not patented the girls
ignore it.
The drum beat always carries a good
rolL
A case of champagne frequently leads to
a cause celebre.
A stage curiosity The pure play of the
long ago.
Congress is continually getting down to
business, but never catches up to it
Beware of the soft-soaper. He depends
on a lie for bis strength.
Judging from the rottenness in some
quarters of the world, this is an' over-ripe age.
Shear nonsense Trying to palm off a
pirated encyclopedia edlted'with the scissors on
a patient public
Sparks as well as sparkers have to be
arrested occasionally.
The Senate has passed 145 private pen
sion bills, but not a single public measure.
Thus is It demonstrated that a pnbllo office is a
private snap.
The high collars on the shoulder capes
worn by women put the back hair out of
sight.
Thanks to cards and Cupid, the English
aristocracy is furnishing some highly-seasoned
scandals.
Whip and gun stocks cannot be success
fully watered at all events.
It's awful hard to tell what the cross-eyed
man with the hammer Is driving at
Perhaps music would not intoxicate if
the bars were removed.
It seems odd tbat foreign born girls should
make tho best domestics.
Newspaper liars are just as mean and
dangerous as tbe common everyday article.
Women persist In violating the laws of
beauty in the vain hope of securing it
The baseball pitcher is frequently a
growler.
The English Lord who turned on thej
light in the dark passage at WestmlnsterstrncK
a love match.
The hardest thing for an inebriated in
dividual to find Is a keyhole.
Why is an artist's model like a hard
conumdruni? Because it's a poser.
The newspaper printed on the heaviest
paper has the lightest circulation.
According to Cleveland,. Grover is in
it Willie .Wbxkle.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Bardlck BUI Hearing.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I have no doubt, from your fair news reports
and editorial treatment tbat yon mean to deal
justly with the Burdickblll and the action of
the Legislature upon it I therefore call yonr
attention to an error into which you have evi
dently been misled. You indicate In your edi
torial of this (Saturday) morning that the ad
vocates of tbe bill were not given a full
chance to reply to tbe arguments of
Mr. Archbold and others against It
This is exactly the contrary of the facts. The
committee not only cave a full hearing to tbe
advocates of the bill before, but on Thursday,
the day of final hearing, tuey bad not only the
first opportunity to speak, without limit as to
time, but after Archbold and all other oppo
nents of the bill bad spoken, the advocates bad
the last word, without limit as to time.
As a matter of fact ex-senators
Lee and Emery did close
tbe argument before the committee, in elab
orate speeches, running through several hours.
That tbey did not sneceed in refuting the
facts advanced by the other side, nor make it
clear that any public Interest was to be served
by the passage of the bill, is certainly not the
fault of the committee, which allowed unlim
ited and open liberty of debate, and acted
promptly, in order to set at rest tho Insinua
tion that the bill was to be postponed to death
in committee. In fairness to the commit
tee, and especially to the four Allegheny
county members of It I would like this pub
lished. One of the Four.
Pittsburg, Feb. 2L
Correcting a Correspondent
Tq the Editor of The Dispatch:
A correspondent under date of Calumet,
February 12, has again referred to examination
of superintendents and managers of mines and
works, alleging that orders are Issued from
such parties to mine bosses, which if carried
out would endanger the lives of miners. When
we consider the great precautions used by
superintendents and those in management of
mines during the constrnction of their work,
not only in the mine but with the machinery,
and all other appliances used in connection
with a mine, and also the caret nl supervision of
all the workings and appliances in the opera
tion of the entire mine and works, we can
readily see the fallacy of the statement "tbat
parties in authority such as these would issue
orders endangering life." And allowing that
this would occur the mine Inspectors have
power to adjust such matters. We can In
stance no case of forfeiture of position under
such conditions; while a misconception of tbe
capacity In which a mine boss is employed, an
abuse of one's proper spere of duty, together
with a false idea tbat one is serving the public
as a life perserving agent rather than an em
ploye of a company have cost many an other
wise good man bis position to the advantage of
both miner and operator. Justice.
Latkobe, Feb. 19.
A Needy Church in Ireland.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
I bee to inform you that I am engaged in the
arduons task of completing'the church begun
by my predecessor. Very Rev. Allen.
The Church of S . Mary's has already cost the
large sum of 15,000, subscribed principally by
tbe Meath portion of the town of Drogneda.
Its completion will entail an additional ex
penditure of 3,000, and to raise this sum 1 am
obliged to appeal, to friends outside tbe pre
cincts of this parish chiefly to those In Amer
ica who retain a deep love for the old creed and
the old country.
As this is the first appeal of the kind coming
from that part of the old historic town under
the jurisdiction of the patriotic prelate of
Meath, I have every confidence that tbe letters
of application already sent to Pennsylvania,
Brooklyn and New York will meet with a
hearty and generous response from tbe Irish
Americans, among whom the name of Bishop
NultjMs a household word. By kindly Insert
ing this notice in yonr widely circulated and
Influential journal you will much oblige. Yours
faithfully. Philip Callart, P. P.
St. Mart's, Drooheda, Feb. 10.
One Feature of the Silver Question.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
There is one vital point in the silver coinage
question that seems to have been strangely
overlooked or ignored. It is embodied in the
question: Will free coinage of silver of pres
ent weight increase the volume of money in
circulation? Will you please give your views
on that point It seems to me that the meas
ure will have a contrary effect, first by driv
ing gold and gold convertible paper out of cir
culation, and secondly, by decolnage, L e., tbe
melting up of silver coin for use in the arts,
which, from motives of convenience, will be
largely done after Its extra bnllidn value dis
appears, as it must necessarily do under free
coinage. And, we may add, thirdly, with the
disappearance of such extra bullion value goes
also the main inducement relied on to stimu
late abundant coinage, so tbat it is quite pos
sible that coinage may not equal decolnage.
SALEM, O., Feb. 19. J. W. T,
Sunday Is the First Day.
TdMie Editor of The DIspatcht
Please decide which is the day generally con
sidered as tbe first day of the week; by so do
ing you will decide a long-standing bet
A Constant Reader.
Pittsburg, Feb. 22.
The Distance Is 17 Miles.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please let me k now through your columns the
distance between Killyleagh and Bellan
church, County Down, to settle a bet
J. M. COXAUOHEY,
MANSFIELD, PA, Feb. 19.
No Exact Figures Are Obtainable,
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Please inform a subscriber the number of col
ored Republican voters In Pennsylvania,
AXLEOHENT, Feb. 21.
MIKD-EEADER AND MONARCH.
Kalakn.ua Almost Killed Himself to Fool the
Performer.
Bt. Louis Republic
J. Randall Brown, the mind-reader, once vis
ited King Kalakaua in the Sandwich Islands.
His Majesty during the interview, which was
arranged in order to cive Brown a chance to ex
hibit his powers, tried to foil tbe expert by do
ing his thinking in the native language, but
Brown quickly translated tbe thoughts Into
English and explained the matters to the King.
Kalakaua was .then invitea to secrete a button
anywhere in the room. Instead of hiding it in
the room he concealed it in his mouth. Brown
was puzzled tor a moment, but finally told the
King tbat tbe bntton was in his mouth.
Determined not to let the mind reader get
ahead of him. King Kalakaua attempted to
swallow tbe button. It was a task more dint
cult than His Majesty had anticipated, and he
narrowly escaped choking to death. His physi
cians and attendants were angry and indignant
and blamed Brown, but the King recovering,
the mind reader was allowed to leave tbe isl
ands. Had King Kalakaua cboked to death on
the button, Brown would have been fortunate
in making his escape As it was, the King sent
him a number of presents and complimented
him on his triumphs.
Senator Plumb's Oratory.
'.From a Washington Letter.:
Aplctnre ot Senator Plumb, taken" while he
was in the act of addressing the Senate, is not
very flattering to the Kansas orator. His neck
tie was awry, bis Anted shirt was rumpled, and
his clothes hung loosely about his big frame.
In the beat of bis oratory be plunges one hand
and then tbe other into his pockets, shakes his
clinched fists at bis foes, and once In a while
hits the stack of books he has piled upon bis
desk and knocks it to the floor.
Haven't Yon Heard? Indecratl
Minneapolis Tribune.
Senator Elect Kyle has been a statesman
ever since the Fourth of July last and yet
there Is not a newspaper in South; Dakota that
can tell positively whether he is an Independ
ent with Democratic leanings, a Republican
with Independent leanings, or merely a lean
ing with no politics at alL
A Call to Wanamaker.
Savannah News. 3
- Those! pending Senatorial contests in the
West ought to be stopped under tbe provisions
of the anti-lottery Jaw.
THINGS IN GENERAL.
Senator Hawleys Quotation In Referring to
the Death of General Sherman an Apt
One Some Features, of the Dead War
rior Life.
"After this, it was noised about tbat Mr.
Vallant-for-Truth was taken with a summons.
When be understood it be oiled for bis
friends and told them of it Then said he, 'I
am going to my fathers, and thougbjwith great
difficulty I got hither, yet now I do not repent
me of all the trouble I have been at to arrive
where I am. My sword I give to him that shall
succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage
and skill to him that can get them. My marks
and scars 1 carry with me to be a witness for
me that 1 have fought His battles who will now
be a rewarder.' When the day that he
must go hence was come many accompanied
blm to the riverside, into which as be went be
said: 'Death, where is thy sting?' And as he
went down deeper he said: 'Grave, where is
thy victory?' So be passed over, and all tbe
trumpets sounded for him on tbe other fide"
Mr. Hawley quoted these sentences in the
Senate the other day, when be presented the
memorial resolutions at the announcement of
the death of General Sherman. Tbat was a
good quotation. It fitted the time and tbe man.
It was better than a whole waste-basketful of
Congressional orations. '
Thomas Ewing, lawyer, statesman. Secretary
of the Interior, who provided for the education
of young Tecumseh Sherman, and presently
cave him his daughter in marriage, said after
Sherman had won fame that as a boy there
was nothing specially remarkable, about him,
except tbat be never knew so young a boy who
wonld do an errand so correctly and promptly
as be did.
General Sherman, like Cardinal Wolsey,
made his first Impression upon those who were
in authority over him. and first won approba
tion by bis ability to run errands. This lact is
commended to the attention of the boys. Every
body knows bow Wolsey, being entrusted by
the King with a message to somebody in
France, started so speedily, and made such
baste, and so diligently quickened his return
that the King meeting blm a day or two later,
asked bim wby he had not set ont yet upon
'that business with which be bad been charged,
to which question the young man was
able to make answer that be had gone and come
back again. Tbat was the first round in
Thomas Wolsey's ladder. Tecumseh Sberman
was a boy who could be depended on. His
mother knew tbac be wonld not play by the
way. That sort of boy is pretty sure to grow up
into a good man.
Beading of His Youthful Days.
It is not anywhere recorded, that I know of,
that Tecumseh Sherman got heroic inspiration
out of dime novels. Mr. Henry Adams, in his
History of the Second Administration of James
Madison has a chapter upon American litera-,
ture in the days when Sherman was born, but
'be makes no mention of any such text-books in
the art of war. At the time when Sherman was
learning to read, everybody was reading Walter
Scott tbe dime novel was not yet This great
fighter did not getjhls inspiration there. You
might as well expect a burdock to grow into an
oak. Sherman began bis splendid career by
running errands for bis mother.
An honest, straight-forward, plain-spoken
man. "You msy abuse me as much as you
please," he said once, "but I'd prefer, of tbe
two, to be accused of telling a direct falsehood
than of stating anytblnc evasively or under
hand." Fond of society of late years, when
the labors of bis life were over, going out
every evening, weather or no weather, he de
tested it while he was at West Point, during
his cadet days, when be wore the "gray bob
tall," and kept as far away from it as be could.
Not so much because he bated play as because
he loved work. His aspirations -were not in
the social direction. He bad other purposes
before him.. Give him a piece of practical
work to do and he was more than content Tbe
other fellows were interested in dancing
parties; Sherman's mind was taken up with
"long twenty-fours and thirty-twos." The only
balls that he cared mucb for were cannon balls.
Sherman meant to be a soldier. The highest
position which, in his opinion, a man could
bold was tbat of an-officer In the United States
Army, and the worthiest service in which a
man could engage was the service of his conn
try. Tbat ideal he set before himself at the
start and he never lost sight of it
It is remarkable how many things be tried
and failed at. For at first there seemed to be
no particular use for soldiers. He essayed the
banking business; he experimented with a
farm; be went into law; he became a teacher of
engineering, architecture and drawing; he was
president of a St. Louis street car company.
But be did not belong in any ot these places.
He did not fit them, nor they bim. At last
came the war.
A Deep Affection for His Conntry.
Sberman was blessed with a good measure of
tbat old-fashioned virtue, patriotism. Just
now tbe politicians make it somewhat difficult
for a decent man to love bis conntry very de
votedly. Sberman had a deep affection tor the
United States of America. That patriotic
spirit inspired his desire to be a soldier. He
bad no great ambition to kill somebody, to
breathe smoke and get bis face black with
powder and his bands red with blood, to
win military fame. He wanted to serve
his country. He put himself qnlte in the back
ground. To gallop down a line of soldiers after
a battle, between the living and tbe dead, wav
ing his plumed bat like General Skobeleff in
Verestchagin's picture, making a fine dramatic
spectacle, and winning cheers from a thousand
throats tbat Sherman liked not at all. He
cared more for doing good service than for be
ing praised for it afterward.
I think that tbat ought to be emphasized in
our thoughts about Sherman that excellent
way he had of setting his country first, and
keeping himself back.
Down there In Louisiana, teaching in a mili
tary academy, sympathizing with slaveholders,
be stopped at once when the State seceded.
Money, public opinion, personal considerations
mattered not at all when the Union was endan
gered. "If Louisiana withdraws from the
Federal Union," he wrote to the Governor of
tbat State, "I prefer to maintain my allegiance
to the old Constitution as long as a
fragment of it survives, and my longer
stay here would be wrong in every sense of
tbe word. I beg you to take immediate steps to
relieve me as superintendent tbe moment the
State determines to secede, for on no earthly
account will I do any act or think any thought
hostile to or in defiance of the old Government
of tbe United States."
Becognlzed the Force of the Storm.
Then the storm broke. Sherman, more than
anybody else, recognized what a storm it was.
He derided the call for 'MeO volunteers for
three months." He said that 'that was like try
ing to pnt out a conflagration with a squirt-gun.
Pretty soon, people found that out Sherman's
time had come Bull Run, Shiloh, Corinth,
Vicksburg, Atlanta, and the March to the Sea
followed. Everybody knows the story. Sher
man began in unpopularity. He was obscure;
he wal plain of speech; he had a pernicious
habit of telling the truth. But he won his way.
The boy who was good at running errand3 was
grown into a man who was just as good at fight
ing battles.
He desired work, any amonnt of It but wished
no conspicuous position. Presently.being placed
in an eminent posi tion.be "remonstrated against
being placed in thief command, and considering
the President pledged not to put him in any
prominent commanu, 110 urgeu it wuir earnest-
neSs." He meant it. it nas a sound of eccen
tricity in these days when the chief pnrpose of
victory is accounted to be the seizure of the
spoils. It is not the doctrine of very many of
tbe men who are at present engaged In serving
their country. Conspicuous position, and a
good salary, and no work is patriotic orthodoxy
In this generation.
It was a wise and good thing to have the
school bells tolled when this man's body was
carried through the city. Let all tbe boys and
girls be made aware what sort of soldier and
citizen be was, a man who honestly loved his
country, an excellent example. I like that
better than the march through Georgia, this
march through Pennsylvania and Ohio to the
music of tolling school bells.
William Tecumseh Sberman was an unselfish
citizen. "He bad that essential characteristic of
a man worthy of high position and esteem and
of value to the State, tbat he wa3 not intent
upon filling his own pockets, nor was he occu
pied in painting his own name in letters eight
feetbigb. It is a good thing to have a whole
great nation thinking about that sort of man.
Politicians and Religion.
A good man. No discounting of the Ten
Commandments and of the Sermon on the
Monntin his case After all, people have con
sciences and appreciate goodness in men of ex
alted station." Even professional politicians are
discovering tbat Religion we want actual,
downright, honest religion. Anyhow, that is
what we need. Mr. Parnell, your time Is up.
Mr. or Lord Whatever-your-name-is. found
cheating at cards,we disapprove of ynu. Senator
Ingalls, we forget all your fine speeches, except
that one In which you deny that righteousness
has any part In politics. And to-day we esteem
this above all elso In General Sherman, above
Shiloh even and the march to the sea, that he
was a good man, pure In ,his life. Unselfish In
bis noble public service, honest In his devotion
to the State, a patriotic citizen.
The Deadly Car Stove Goes Again.
Boston Globe.
The railroad accident in New York will lead
the journals of that city to cry out again that
"the deadly car stove mnst go." And it Is
going every day, in almost every car that runs.
Holidays Too Close Together.
Rochester Union.
We hope Philadelphia is not in such a state
of coma after the Astor-Wllllog nuptials that
tit cannot celebrate tbe 22d.
i"
A WELL-KNOWN WBTTEB 1XL,
Why a Signature Has Been Omltted-j-Hon.
Henry Hall In Harness Again.
The tens of thousands of readers of TUB
Dispatch have doubtless missed, for the past
ten days, a well-known signature from its Har
risburg correspondence "Stoflel" Is surely
familiar to alL For several years Mr. L. E.
Stoflel bas executed faithfully, conscientiously,
discreetly, honorably and satisfactorily im
portant commissions for The Dispatch.
Notable assignments were the Country Road
Expedition, the Chesapeake and' Ohio Canal
expose whicht by the way, saved tbat water
way from destruction and bis tour of the State
previous to the vote on the prohibition amend
ment. Through these well executed missions
Li tr. Stoflel became familiar to all readers of
Ihe Dispatch, and the sudden disappearance
Of his signature from our columns has,
no doubt been noted. Previous to
the opening of the session Mr. Stoflel
had been under medical treatment. It was
with misgivings and against the advice ot
friends tbat he undertook the onerous dntles
of the session, bnt be hoped tbat mind wonld
triumph over matter and tbat pluck and will
power would pull blm through. But bis health,
began falling, the badly ventilated Capitol
hastened a hemorrhage, and Mr. Stoflel wa3
f dreed to lay aside his pen. Should bis illness
prove temporary, he will take it up again, pre
sumably in newer fields. None will miss Mr.
Stoflel more than the Dispatch. May dis
ease touch bim lightly and health restore him
speedily is a sincere wish which we know wllf
be seconded by all readers.
The Dispatch has secured Hon. Henry
Hall, of Mercer, to take charge of its Harris
burg Bureau during tbe remainder of the ses
sion. Mr. Hall's legislative and newspaper
experience especially fits him for this important
field of newspaper work. Both as a writer and
a speaker Mr. Hall has won high honors. The
Dispatch takes pleasure in introducing him
once more to the pnblic of Pennsylvania, It
feels confident that be will win fresh laurels in
fresh pastures.
Not a Budyard Kipling.
Kansas City Star.
Mrs. Stanley hastens to deny the charge that
she has spoken slightingly of American ladies
and gentlemen. She wishes lt'dlstlnctly under
stood that there Is at least one native of En
gland who didn't leave her manners off Sandy
Hook.
HE WATCHED OVER HIS SOLDIERS.
An Army Incident Illustrating a Trait of
General Sherman's.
St. Louis 0 lobe-Democrat J
"I have a story about the late General Sher
man which I do not believe has ever yet been
published," said Charles H.Erklns, of Sedalla,
at the Lindell yesterday. "An old soldier told
it to me to-day. The army was encamped one
night in anticipation of a battle the next day,
and tbe tired soldiers bad thrown themselves on
the ground to sleep. The night was cold, and
there was a scarcity of blankets, which warned
the men to look out tbat no one should take
advantage of their weariness to take possession
of a loose blanket My informant was snoring
away, when suddenly he was awakened by
feeling some one tugging away at his blanket,
which had fallen partially off him. He clutched
the blanket, and with the choicest of army epi
thets called the unseen person a thief for trying
to steal his blanket
"A voice which he recognized as that of Gen
eral Sherman replied that be was merely cover
ing him up, as the night was cold. Thus, on
the eve of battle, the brave old soldier watched
over his sleeping men and tncced them np in
their blankets to keep thetn. from suffering
from the cold."
An Explanation at Last
Brooklyn Eagle 1
Maybe Colonel Watterson's letter was with
held by Wjnamaker's department for non
payment of postage.
A UNIQUE PENANCE.
Two Young Women Will Not Burn Gas
While Courting In Lent
New Tork Snn.l
Tbe most unique penance'yet heard of for
the Lenten season Is that put upon themselves
by two young, beautifnl, and vivacious Brook
lyn ladles. These young ladies, it Is claimed by
their friends, are nothing if not original. Tbey
have decided that during the Lenten season
they will swear off having the gas lighted when
their very best beaux call. This In a measure
will save dear papa tbe expense of the gas, and
they insist tbat this In itself is a true sacrifice
Of course they would like to see the young men
in the light, and they would also like to Bhow
their pretty gowns, but above all consideration
for their personal predilections they say tbat
dear papa must be thought of, and that this
Lenten sacrifice on their part should be follow
ed by other young ladies. Some of the skeptics
say that this penance Is like unto some of the
chaps who swear off drinking water with their
hisky during Lent
Bismarck Is Old and Querulous.
St. Lonls Globe-Democrat.
Bismarck is not winning any laurels by his
carping criticism of the Emperor's advisers and
policy. This course reveals a pettishness and
malevolence which the world had not looked
for in tbe ex-Chancellor.
THE NEW CABINET OFFICES.
Syracuse Courier: Foster is a genial man
and bas many friends. While not a brilliant
man he has a large stock of common sense
Toledo Slade: Perhaps it may turn ont a
good thing after all that the Hon. Charles Fos
ter Was not elected to Congress last fall.
New York World: Mr. Foster Is known to the
country almostwholly as a politician of some
thing less than the first rank. He is not known
at all as a master of finance.
Boston Herald: Foster of Fostorla Is ex
pected to foster confidence in financial circles.
He will have to greatly amend bis legislative
record If tbe expectation is to be met
Philadelphia Inquirer: A New York man
would have raised a rumpus in the West while
a free silverlte would have created a panic in
the East Foster will be accepted as a good
compromise Secretary.
Cleveland Leader: He gave to Ohio as Gov
ernor two administrations which stand among
the best this State has ever had. He refunded
the State debt at a lower interest rate than
Ohio bonds were ever sold at before
Philadelphia Times: The nomination of Ex
Governor Foster, of Ohio, to be Secretary of
the Treasury, is entirely political. It means
that a strong effort is to be made to recover
Ohio to the Republican party next fall as an
Important condition of snecess In 1S92.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: Ohio has
again been called upon to fill an Important
place and it is gratifying .that it has been able
to respond most satisfactorily and that, too,
without exhausting its supply of men capable
of filling any position In tbe Government
New York Tribune: Geographically, this se
lection of a Secretary of the Treasury is for
tunate Ohio stands midway between the
fanaticism of the silver-producing States and
the conservatism of the East But Mr. Foster
bas not been a ball-way man In finance or any
thing else
New York Times: From the point of view of
expediency, Mr. Foster's nomination has much
to recommend it. It is in some ways even bet
ter to have a sound Secretary of the Treasury
from a region where public opinion is not fully
settled than to have one of even more pro
nounced views from a section entirely in sym
pathy with him.
Philadelphia Press: Governor Foster's
training, business experience and strong com
mon sense 'ought to make tbe very kind of a
Finance Minister needed at this crisis. His
tastes and talent as displayed In the House of
Representatives led to his selection there for
such business committees as Appropriations
and Ways and Means, and his vote was given
Uniformly on the side of sound money.
Springfield Republican:- It is a question
whether Foster is eligible. He is largely in
terested In the Standard Oil Trust and this
monopoly is aot only a heavy exporter but an
mporter opun plate and an extensive claimant
for rebate's of dnty on the tin of the cans In
which its oil is exported. Section 213 of the
Revisdd Statutes provides that "no person ap
noinlbd to the office of Secretary of tbe
I Trtlsury shall directly or indirectly be con
I orned or interested in carrying on the busl-
LSess of trade or commerce'
unatpiainiy nars
out Foster as It did A. T. Stewart, whom Grant
onca named for the office
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
The bodyguard of Queen Victoria ara
called Beefeaters.
.
The New Tork Commission wishes to
utilize Castle Garden as an aquarium.
French statesmen have offered a reward
of 1,000 francs for the best athletic game.
The death roll of the present Congress it
the largest since the organization of the Gov
ernment. In one year the cost to the Government
of twine to tie np mail packages reaches
$72,000.
New' York now has a larger area and
mileage of asphalt pavements than bas either
London or Paris.
It is estimated that in England one
man in EOO 'gets a college education, audio,
America one in every 200.
A Michigan jury was locked up a whole
week before tbev could determine whether or
not two men set Are to a haystack.
Tbe Japanese Naval Minister urges
that 75 vessels be added to bis country's arma
ment almost doubling its strength.
A Rochester teacher having occasion to
use a portrait of George Washington at school
exercises, was unable to find it on sale any
where In the city.
In the Kongo State a superstition
flourishes which seems to characterize all
negro populations. It Is the belief in witch
craft and the evil eye
East summer's excursionists to Iceland
say the geysers, which have been among the
greatest attractions of the island, are gradu
ally losing their force.
In Minneapolis yesterday Rev. Neville
Fanning, Congregational, had just finished a
sermon on "Is Life Worth Living?" when he
fell down and died apoplexy.
One of the interesting facts of physi
ology, is thai tbe bnman body generates enough
beat during the day to melt U pounds of Ice
and raise it to the boiling point
There is nothing which will squelch an
oil-fed fire in its inclplency more quickly and
effectually than sand and there are no alter
claps in the way of water damage either.
A crocodile which had "taken the
pledge" was recently eiot on the Daintree
river. Queensland. Tjt creature's stomach
contained a Father Matbew temperance medal,
dated 1880.
The alligators of the Orinoco, previous
to going in seareh of prey, always swallow
large stones, that they may acquire additiona
weight to aid them in dragging their prey un
der water.
The ancestral home of the Washington
family Is Snlgrave, an insignificant village in
Northamptonshire. England. The family
lineage has been traced back as far as Sir
William de Hertfurn, a knight of the twelfth
century.
A woman boarded a Grand Rapids and
Indiana train at Reed City and rode to Big
Rapids, where she alighted. She left a basket
in the seat. The conductor didn't notice It
particularly until the train reached Rockford,
when be found it contained a week-old Daby
boy.
King Kalakaua's coffin is made of koa
and kou wood of about 600 pieces; even the
handles are made of wood. No metal of
any kind is to be seen, except the Inscription
plato upon which tbe crown and tbe Hawaiian
coat-of arms are engraved, with other suitable
Inscriptions.
A suggestive incident of the recent
railway strikes In Scotland was the suit for
damages brought against some of their men by
tbe Caledonian Company for a "desertion of
Service." The Sheriff before whom the action
was heard ordered tbe defendants to pay W0
each in monthly installments of $8.
The Finn belongs to a race which was
active and civilized before the Greek or tbe
Indian, the Hebrew or the Persian was heard
of; a race, one of tbe branches of which worked
in metals, built Babylon, practised the arts of
magic there and enacted laws In favor nf
women's rights long before the first Semitic
King took his seat
The theaters in Japan have a novel
method of pass checks which are positively
non-transferable When a person withes to
leave the theater before the close of the per
formance, with the intention of returning, he
goes to the doorkeeper and holds out bis right
hand. The doorkeeper then, with a rubber
stamp. Imprints on the palm the mark of the
establishment
The power of endurance of the Chinese
coolie Is marvellous. A missionary from
China tells of an instance that came under his
own observation of men voluntarily traveling
43 miles before breakfast bearing a heavy load
most of tbe time Innother case be met with
some men who. after having gone 27 hours
without food, and having carried a heavy bur
den In the meantime.et had still strength
enough left to carry a man 15 miles further.
The announcement of the finding of
several gold nuggets in Bucks county. Pa., has
created a sensation in the Eastern part of the
State It is probable there are no great
fortunes to be had there for the seeking.
Seven or eight years ago Joseph Fish tne
owner of the Haviland farm, near Lizette sta
tion, on the Bound Brook road, discovered gold
in the bed of Brook Creek, and an assayer to
whom It was taken said tbat the bed of the
creek would probably yield $7 or $8 worth of
gold to tbe ton a sum. by the way, insufficient
to make mining profitable.
" Two Westerners, pioneer railroad men,
entertaining themselves and an appreciative
audience by telling stories of the wild and
woolly West "One of the funniest things I
ever heard was the story a Swede told of his
experience down in Oklahoma," said one of tbe
pioneers! "He had saved about S130. and went
down into the land of promise expecting to
make a fortune He hadn't been there many
hours, however, before some smooth fellow se
cured his cash, and tbe poor Swede had to beat
his way home. Some one asked him how be
liked Guthrie 'No good at alt' he said.
Whole town tents. Stores all tents, hotel
tent, postoffice tent. Goat eat up tbe post
office and Injun get on tear and make pair of
breeches out of hotel. Oklahoma no good.' "
In the tropics men sleep in hammocks
or upon mats of grass. The East Indian
unrolls his light, portable charpoy
or mattress, which In tbe morning
Is again rolled together and earned
away by him. Tbe Japanese lie upon matting
with a stiff, uncomfortable wooden neck rest
The Chinese nse low bedsteads, often elabo
rately carved, and supporting only mats or
coverlids. A peculiarity of tbe German bed is
its shortness; besides tbat it often consists In
part of a large down pillow or upper mattress,
which spreads over tbe person, aniusually
answers tbe purpose of all the other ordinary
bedclothing combined. In England the old
four-posted bedstead is still tbe pride of the
nation, but the iron or brass bedstead is fast
becoming universal. The English beds are the
largest beds In the world. The ancient Greeks
and Romans hid their, beds supported on
frames, but not flat like ours. The Egyptians
had a couch of a peculiar shape more like an
old-fashioned easy-chair with hollow back and
seat '
THE TEE-USE'S NEST.
I sat down because tbe sleeper reeled
Like a skiff on the top of a billow.
And waited and longed for the bed to get peeled.
When the colored boy swallowed the plllew.
Ashland Press.
Although a quadruped, the pie can have
his fore feet in the trough and have two on the
ground. Few York Herald.
"The operation," said the surgeon, gent
ly., to a man who had just met with an accident,
will be very painful. I strongly advise you to
take an anesthetic." 'No," said the sufferer,
1 think I can bear It. 1 have been used to shav
ing tnyself."-Si. Joseph Sews.
Belle Why didn't you marry Mr. Wat
son, Nell. We all know he asked you to.
Nell-Oh, I couldn't be happy with such a man
as Mr. Watson.
Belle With such a man as llr. Watsont Why,
Nell, what do you mean? They say he has abso
lutely no faults.
Nell Yes. so I understand. That's Just why I
couldn't De happy with him. Somervttle Journal.
Dryson Well, Dock, I hear you opened
a drugstore at Des Moines, Iowa.
Doctor Yes, and I am making It pay, too. My
receipts one day last week amounted to over 1100,
and that didn't Include the 7S cents' worth of
drugs I toi.-Xtaaara Spray.
Ryson Colonel Bourbon, I presume, sab,
you are observing Lent, sah?
Colonel Uousbon Yes,sah, I've made a sacrifice
I take my whisky straight, sah, now and gtve
np the sugar, sah. Cincinnati Commercial Oa
tette. John Jjcob Astor was arrested the other
day at Wichita for stealing chickens, and In spite
of his name dldn' t have enough money to pay his
tne Kansas City Star.
Wife Yon don't tell me that Prof. A. has
been struck dumb?
Husband-Yes, last night. And he was master,
of seven languages.
Wire Is It possible? Andw she struck domS
la all stvtn? Suut, in Ttxat 8fHng$
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