THE PITT'SBUKG DISPATCH,' MONDAY, " MAioH 2,' 1891 f j?e Bigpaftg. ESTABUSHED FEBRUARY 8, 1846. Vol. 4, o. IS Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce, November It. issr, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfleld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing' House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street KAVTEKN ANVTKTIMNG OFFICE. ROOM fl, TK1BUNE BUILDING. NEW VflKK, where complete ales nt THK DlbPATCH can always be iound. Forelcn adrertlsers appreciate the con venience. Home advertiser and lrlendsof THE DISPATCH, while In Isew lort, are also made welcome. THE niSPATCB it rrgula-lir on tale at Brcstmtf. S Union Squire. Jfew York, aid IT jte.ae rOpr a. Pa u. F ance, ichere anyone tcJio Aat been duapvointrd at a hotel neict sland cm obaln it. TEOIS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE FKEE Ef THE UNITED STATES. DAILT lIfrTCH. One 1 ear .. f TO DAILY DISPATCH. Per Quarter 2 0 DAILT Dispatch One Month .. 70 DailV DisraTCR. IneltinlnFfcundsy, lyear. 10 00 DAILY DISPTCH, lncludlncSundsy.Sm'ths 1M Daily Dispatch. Including bunday. im'th 90 ECJ.-DAT Dispatch, One Year 150 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 155 Ihk Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at :.' cents per week, or Including Sunday edition, at It cents per week. PITTSBURG. MONDAY, MAE. 2, 1891. NEW FOREIGN LABOR. The discovery brought ont in our local columns that there is a considerable acces sion of Freuch glassworkers to the popula tion of Pittsburg is an interesting one, how ever it-way turn out. TJuder any view it is a proof of the high rate of wages paid to labor in this industry, and the attractions ttms offered to workers from other conntries. As to the call for legal interierence, that depends on facts which are not yet clearly established. If the new glassworkers come over on their own responsibility in the hope of securing a share o. the good wages paid in that industry, they (fiSPonly exercising a right held ont to them by our laws. If they are brought here by agreement or promises from employers, they ought to come under the actiorj of the contract labor law. But, as the strongest allocation in that direction is that they are attracted here by the circulation ol the statistical informa tion that wages are far higher here than in their own country, it is not likely that the courts wili hold the circulation of what is onr national boast to be s contract, in viola tion oi the law. That enactment has already made a record of not keeping any of the labor that is un desirable. It does not seem likely to vary the record in this instance. A NATIONAL AKT EXHIBITION. The proposition to open the Carnegie art gallery in Pittsburg, when it is erected, by a national exhibition of American art is look ing a good way into the fntnre; bnt it is one of these projects that require looking ahead, and the outlines of the idea riven in the art department of The Sukdat Dispatch will command the approval and co-operation of our citizens. Nothing more appropriate could be devised for the opening of a gal lery which is to be distinctively of American art, than a national exhibition of works oi that class. When the artists of this country learn the magnitude of the endowment which Mr. Carnegie is establishing for the purchase of American pictures they will be ready to furnish their works to an opening exhibition to an extent which will make it one o: no slight fame. It will be well to bear this idea in mind; and possibly the prospect which it holds out will be an in centive toward an early and harmonious de termination of the now difficult question of the site. DUDLEY'S PROGRESS. There are constant and gratifying assur ances that the world moves. Howeve rdis couraging the indications to the contrary may be at times, the optimistic view is always justified by some new and unex pected evidence o progress. It has seemed lately to those who recognized the necessity of honest elections as an essential to repub lican institutions, that the progress was in the wrong direction. But that gloomy view is brightened by the appearance, in the role of an apostle of regeneration and re form, of no less a person than Colonel W. W. Dudley, and the frank declaration by him that "the Republican party needs re ceneration. "What we need more than any thing else is honest elections and the assur ance that every mans ballot will be counted." The stunning effect of this deliverance from the exponent of "blocks of five" politics upon a Democratic cotemporary is to evoke the exclamattou: "Colonel Dudley is either a lunatic or a hnmorist of high rank." But this is ill-considered. No one can dispute that be speaks the words of truth and berness. Moreover, even parti san prejudice should uot blind the per ception that in this matter Colonel Dudley speaks of a matter concerning which he has lull information. "While we may suspect ulterior motives in the acts of Satan re butting sin, no one can doubt the expert authority of the Prince of D irknes, or the undesirability of transgressions of the moral law. Not only is Colonel Dudley's testimony conclusive, but having recognized the neces sity cfieform we can fairly expect his co operation. For the regeneration of the Be publican party and the securing of honest elections, we have the right to count on Colonel Dudley's powerful aid to the extent of taking himself out of Republican man agement and keeping clear of elections iu the future. OUR NAVAL PROGRESS. A recent address by Commander Bead, of the United States Nivy, contains some very interesting ideas on the same sulject of the navy. That is a matter which has risen in pub lic importance of late, both becanse a consid erable amount of the public muds has been used in the construction of new vessels, and because one or two international questions have been with questionable wisdom pushed to the point where we were forced to con tent nlate our preparations to prosecute hostil ities with a foreign power. Commander Head lays down the rule which The Dispatch has always urged, that while it is both impossible and unnec essary tor the United States to maintain a navy like that of England or France, it is requisite that what vessels we do have shall be the best. The limited numberof cruisers which we maintain should be second to none either in speed, in power of armament, or in resistance to hostile pro jectiles. Our vessels for the defense of our coasts, if such are maintained, should be impregnable and destructive though they need not necessarily possess first-class sea-going abilities. It is satis factory to learn from an expert of Com mander Head's standing, that these require ments, so far as the cruisers are concerned, have been more than met by the vessels that have been added to the navy of late vtars. This shows that the moner ot the nation has bejn well spent It is lor the sake of keeping up that high standard that The Dispatch has opposed the disposition of the Naval Bureau, in cases where the bids for the construction of new vessels have exceeded the limit set by Congress, to lower be requirements of power and speed for the vessels, rather than wait for Congress to in crease the allowance. It is clear that it we accept poorer vessels for the sake of getting tbem built six months "or a year sooner, the gratifying testimony of Commander Bead to the firt-class standard of our navy cannot be permanently true. Another point iu this connection is well worth considering, and that is the warning against building too many vessels of one class. Simply because we have suc ceeded in building first-class vessels of one description is no reason why we should keep on building them indefinitely, we were satisfied for twenty years with the naval standard reached during the course of our war, and the consequence is that we got twenty years behind the rest of the world To build our entire navy on the accepted type of the present day might leave us in the same pos'tion twenty years hence. Nothing is more fully established than that the ap proved vessels and guns of one era are worth less in the next one, and that fact has sev eral times reduced the navy of England to the value of old junks. The proper course of the United States is to maintain a small navy of first-class vessels, and to direct expenditure to the testing of new ideas in naval warfare. "Whatever can be done in the line of dynamite cruisers, torpedo boats, submarine vessels or coast de fenders should be given a fair chance. One or two vessels of that sort, as much ahead of the general progress of naval construction as tne Merrimac and Monitor were in 1853, will do more lor the protection of our harbors in case of war than an immense fleet of vessels proportionately behind the age. THE CHRONIC TROUBLE. A review of the progress ol Congressional business shows thtt forty-eight hours before the termination of tbe session four of the regular appropriation bills have passed both Houses of Congress; nine are in con erence committees at various stages of progress, and three are yet to pass the Senate. It will thus be seen that in two days' session there must be action in both Honses of Congress on twelve of the appropriation bills, includ ing by far tbe greater share of the expendi tures of the Government, or else the abso lutely necessary work of Congress will re main undone. Of course, it will be utterly impossible in that space of time for Congress to exercise the scrutiny that should be given to the government expenditures, to detect snares, to cut down extravagance in one quarter, or to exert a wise liberality in another. It will be even more impossible to give any atten tion to important measures of non-partisan legislation which have been awaiting tbe pleasure of our lawmakers during the en tire session. This is only a new example of a long-standing and growing Congressional vice. The expiring Congress bat, as was early predicted by The DISPATCH, wasted so much time in partisan squabbles that at the close of the session it is wholly unible to do the work of passing the appropriation bills as it onght to be done, much less to pass such measure for the general interest as the bankruptcy bill. It is obvious that tub evil will continue unchecked until Congressmen learn to eschew rabid partisanship and special legis lation. That reform is a long way off; hut until it is reached it is instructive to know that the controlling influences of Congres sional work are such as to make its proper discharge impossible. THE THUNDERER'S MISTAKE. Concerning tbe assertions of the press of the United States that this country is not seeking the annexation of Canada, the Lon don Times is reported as treating the "pro fessed disinterestedness" of this country with sarcasm, and asserting that "from the American point of view, there is no doubt that if commercial union is secured there need be no hurry for political union. What Canadian annexationists call two bites of a cherry American annexationists regard as two stages of a transaction. They may fiud it more profitable to stop half way." The once-powerful Thunderer shows in this deliverance a singular inability to see that so far as its utterances have any effect on the question its Yankeepbobia leads it to make exactly the assertions which tend to strengthen commercial union in Canada. Nooneol any intelligence in this country has professed disinterestedness in disavow ing the desire to force annexation. Every one knows that it would be an injury to a democratic government to secure an increase of territory at the cost of adding a large population that would be disaffected and attached by sentiment to a foreign power. It is for the interest of the United States to have it clearly understood that Canada cannot be annexed until the vast majority of the Canadians Wish it, and that view is a sufficient explanation of tbe fact that a rec iprocity treaty with Brazil occupies more sDace in the public minds than all the Canadian outcry about annexation. But what does the Times do next? It brings out and insists upon the Tact that all the Uuited States wishes for can be secured by commercial union or reciprocity. This is true, too, but if the 77iuiiderer were not too anxious to launch a thunderbolt it would have perceived that, while this may appeal to the Tory prejudices in England, it cuts the ground entirely out from under the feet of Sir John Macdonald in Canada. Commercial union has no terrors for the Canadians, and this is shown most conclusively by the fact that Sir John discovered that he could aot fight his campaign simply against reciprocity, but had to raise the out cry that reciprocity means annexation. But is the Time has any influence with the Canadians how much will be left of the Canadian Prime Minister's campaign am munition when the British organ comes in with the assertion that the Americans will get all they want from reciprocity and will find it more profitable to stop there? Asa statement of fact the appeal of tbe Times to national prejudices is correct. The United Slates will always recognize it as more profitable to both sides, to stop short of-annexation so long as any' considerable body of the Canadians are opposed to it. But when the only argument against rec iprocity, in Canada, is, that it means an nexation, nf what pertinence is the assertion of the Times save as a corroboration of tbe Liberal view? The Signal Service brought its cold wave or last week to time with brilliant success; bat up to tbe present writing its prediction of tbe coldest weather of tbe season for Sunday has the appearance of a case in which vaultlug am bition hath o'erleapt itself. "When things come to such a pass that the Queen of England and the Prince of Wales have apublic squabble before tbs eyes nt hun dreds it begins to loot as though the prestige of British royalty was in a very bad wav," re marks a cotemporary. It royal families are not to be allowed the occasional diversion nf family tiffs without having tbeir downfall prophesied, it is a case of unjust discrimination against the crowned heads. If we are not mis. taken, the monarchs ot England have enjoyed the luxury of scolding tbeir offspring tbee many centuries: and yet the English republic is still to be established. In addition to the other foolishness what a magnificent chance the French have lost of revenging themselves on 'Germany by selling the Germans pictures of tbe French school at a fabulous price per square inch I The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash thinks that free silver coinage will be tbe coming issues in politics. He thought tbe same of un limited greenbacks ten years ago; and the only reason why he aid not go down witb soft money is that Dani 1 Webster Voorhees is such a picture-quo figure in politics that no one ever thinks of holding him responsible for his mon etary vagaries. That House investigation failed to locate the silver pool by diligently searching in tbe other direction; but intimations are not want ing to tbe effect that It discovered a large pool of whitewash. Nine hundred and ninety millions Is now the estimate of the appropriations during the two sessions of the Kifty.first Congreis. Tbis is S172.000.000 more than tbe appropriations of the Fiftieth Congress and 5241,000,000 In ex cess or those in the Forty-ninth. No wonder tbe surplus is deposed to shrink away and hide its diminished bead, The adjournment of Congress and the end of the Canadian campaign coming In the same week holds out tbe hope that the conti nent will have a quiet time until the baseball reason opens. It is suggested that the Bernhardt and Davenport dispute over tbe rotundity or Cleo patra be settled by getting Ann Odelia Diss De Barrtopaintaspirltpnrtraltof tbelongdefnnct Egyptian queen. But Bernhardt will probably object to Diss DeBar as an impartial medium. That princess ot spiritualism is herself some what prejudiced on tbe avoirdupois side of the question. Canadian politics give the barrels of money from the United States tbe same fab ulous importance tbat British gold bears in the campaigns ot our own free and happy country. The baccarat scandal continues to agitate England, tbe fact tbat cheating at cards bas taken place being not more reprehended tban the more uncomfortable fact that It has been found out. The complete remedy for tbe trouble is suggested to be tbat every one shall cut the cards in all senses of tbe term. And now ex-Treasurer Huston realizes that the politician who goes often to the well of resignation is likely to find his tenure of office broken at last. The defense of the so-called "orders" which promisA to pay 100 for 30 amounts to the assertion that they will pay it if they have the money. This is a Iarer "if" tban Touch stone ever dreamed of; but it cannot truthfully be averred that there is much virtue in it. BCDTTILIATIOIIS OF FAME, Julian Hawthorne is spending a week in Philadelphia as the guest ot Joseph 8tod darr, ai LippmcolCs Magazine. Wisconsin's new Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer and Secret try of State are all graduates from editorial desks, Alfred Tenntson has written a poem of nine lines for wbich he is said to have re ceived $2,500. It is entitled "To Sleep." Senator Heaest, who died Saturday, was a common laborer in 1850. He made bis first stake by speculating in mining claims, and be died one of the richest men in tbecountry. It is pathetic to think that Anna Dick inson has of late been struggling with poverty, wbich is said to be the cause ot herptesent Ill ness. It is the more to be deplored when we consider tbat this condition was brougbt about not only by her unfortunate theatrical ventures of a few years ago. but also by ber generous charity, by giving so extensivelv to tbe poor that she became poor herself. Now tbat her condition is known she will doubtless be amply provided for by her many devoted friends. Governor Hill made his first speech alien he was 17 years old, while attending a political meeting at a small hamlet near Wat kins Glen, N. Y. Some prominent man was adverti-ed to address the meeting, but owing to a mishap he was prevented from attending. Not to have people disappointed, the commltte looked around for some sjieaker. Finally re membering the reputation ynunc Hill had made at school, tbe committee asked Hill to take tbe stand. He promptly complied, and really astonished his auditors witb the speech he made. Ct the death ot Admiral Porter, as is generally known. Rear Admiral Kimberly, of Samoan cyclone fame, became tbe highest ranking officer in the United States Navy. It is not, however, well known tbat tbe admiral is now practically one of Boston's citizens. About two years ago be pnrchased a borne at Newton, a suburb of Boston, and there nw reside his wife and bis two children, together with a young scbool-going neice. The admiral bas a magnificent modern bouse on a loftr hill, side by side with the residence of the admiral's life long friend. Commodore Fyffe, ot tbe United States Navy. A Hard Question, LeadvlUe Herald-Democrat. Don't stop to think, lint answer offhand: Who is the Vice President or the Uuited StatesT THE OLDEST PA1B OF TWIHS, Two Venerable Sisters Celebrate Together Their Seventy-Fifth Birthday. MtJNCIE. Ixn., March h Yesterday a novel birthday celebration took place in this city, in which Mrs. Isaac Martz and Mrs. Moses Martz, twin sisters, of Arcadia, Hamilton county, as sisted by a score of relatives, celebrated their 75th birthday Seventy-one years ago yesterday, with tbeir parents, they drove from Bonner vllle, tbis State, to the present site of Indian apolis, it requiring ten days for six men to chop tbe road through the woods, the 'lis. tance of 50 miles, and they claim to be tbe first settlers. The women married brothers, and bave ever since resided near together, f heir likeness is so striking that even ttieir relatives at tunes cannot distinguish tbem apirt. Two of their father's i-isters. Mrs. Jane Kjrkwnod ard Mrs. Catherine Kirkwood, aged 69 and 83 respect ively, were present. Tbe ladtest claim to be the oldest turn sisters iin tbis or any of tbe boun dary States. Wolcott a Civil Service Reformer. Washington Star. J In his short career in "tbe Senate, Senator Wolcott has shown a force of min d and a power of expression that do credit to the young State ot Colorado. Yesterday be saiu in debate in defense ot the merit system tbat under it he was powerless to secure an appointment or a discharge in any executive department, and tbat be was glad of it. For just tbat particular reason some other members of Congress are not in a jovial mood when civil service reform is the topic under coi sideration. DEATHS OF A DAY. James Glover. James Glover, nged 67 vears, died at his late residence. No. 79 South Seventh street last evening, or pleurisy. He was one of the oldest and best known residents ot tne bouthslde, hav ing been engsged In business on that side of the river for a number of years, David R- Breed, Jr. A telegram wns received from Chicago yes terday announcing the death there on Saturday of David It. lirced. Jr.. son or Key. David It. Ureed and wire.iu the 10th year of his age. lie lias many friends In this city. David SI. FlUon. David M. Filson died vesterdav afternoon at tbe age of 33 years. His funeral will occur to morrow afternoon from tbe residence ot' his sister, Mrs. Alary Gunning, on tbe Hutler pike, attua. TALES FOR THE CURIOUS. Famous Men and Their Handicapped Sons O'Reilly's Prison Reminiscences Champion Lazy Men Evolution ot the Pullman Sleeper Brevitiesand Oddities. Tbe sons of distinguished men la a topio dis cussed by the Washington coi respondent of the New York Telegram. Says Mr. Qulnn: Being the son of a famous public man Is rather a trying position to fill, so much is required of him. Ha fs expected to be rally as able as his father, and if be falls in tbt requirement he is pat-down as a failure. There were Demo crats and Republloms who contributed tbeir views upon the subject, and they all agree that if Don Cameron bad not been a son or Simon he would not to-day occupy his present posi tion, and that laot led some of tbem to be too severe on tbe Pennsylvania Senator, Had he been the son of some coal beaver and acquired hi present position many of these gentlemen would have credited tne Senator with greater intellectual qualities than they did, but his father's name overshadows him. When Rob-rt T, Lincoln was elevated to a Cabinet position it was popularly considered tbat there was very Utile to oung Lincoln ex cept tbe fact tbat be was the son of bis father. Now. however, it is generally considered that be possesses a high order of Intellect, and the fact tbat he is a great mill's son from this on is more a disadvantage than otherwise. There have been few sons of ih.Hntrnlshotl fathers who havo been more abused tban Fred Grant. The present Minister to Spain evidently did have the Impression in his younger days that because be was the-sqn of ibe creat General he was entitled to everv consideration that his fellow countrymen rould shouer upon him. This prnbahlv made him unpopular, but those who were well acquainted with Minister Grant say tbat he his developed and Improved wonderfully within tbe last few years. Secretary Blaine has two sons, but neither nf them will ever be his equal. Emmons hlaine la a good railroad man, hut outside of his business be has no ambition,. wlulo ouogJini mubt be classed as a Upiral great man's son. Had Walker Blaine lived he would have had a bril liant future, and oulu prnbabl have been well qualified to fill bis fa her'- shoe-. .Senator Evarts has a son, as everybody In New York undoubtedly knons, for the vonnger Lvars has already make a place for himself at tbe New York bar. Prison Life as O'Reilly Found It, The forthcoming"Lire, Poems and Speeches" of John Bole O'Reilly will contain the sub joined, which was found among bis manu scripts: "I was a convict In an English prison four years ago. and. before the impressions then re ceived are weakened or rubbed out by time. It may be of interest to recall a few reminiscences. 1" as not, in tbe true sense of the word, a crimit.al, although classed lth them and treated pre isely the same as they were. My offense against the law was political. One meets strange characters in prison, char arters which are a" once recognized as being natural to the place, as are bats or ouls to a cave. Prison characters, like all others, are seen by different men In different lights. For instance, a visitor passing along a corridor and glancing through the iron gates or observation holes of the cells sees only the quiet, and, to him, sullen-looking convict, with all the crime suggesting bsnins largely developed on his shaven head. The same" man will bp looked npon by tbe offli er who has charge of him as one of the he-t, most obedient and industrious of tbe prisoners whleh conclusion be comes to bvaclo-er acquaintance tban tbat nf tbe vis itor, although bis observations are still only of extiriors. No min sees tbe true nature of the convic but his fellow convict. He looks at him with a level glance ana sees him in a com mon atmosphere. However convicts deceive tbeir prison fflcers and chaplains, wbich they do in the majority of cases, tbey never deceive tbeir fellows. Remarkable Feats of Laziness. We have heard of tbe man who was so lazy as to negotiate with a neighbor to wind bis eight-dav clock for bim. and of the man wbo was found roasting In tbe sun because he was too lazy to follow around the shady side of a tree, and when told by an observer that he would be given a quarter if he would tndicata any man or an thing lazier than himself, slowly dragged out: "Put the quarter In my pocket." These champion 1 izy Lawrences, says the Cin cinnati Times Star, we have only heard of. Thank the god of work, we cannot name them. We have beard of men so lazy tbat they would sit all day on a log near some P"i d and fish and? enjoy such fishing, because thev never had a bite, thereby necessitating tbe exertion of pull ing in their lines. We have heard of such men, we sav, but we never believed in them until the confession of a man from the busy, active city of Chicago readied us, a confession which makes tbe exertions of fishermen on a log seem by comparison like the twelve labors of Her cules. This self-con'essed champion, this min who should at once be chosen as tbe president of tbe international society (or the suppression of work, has owned up to having -one down to a hotel In the south of Florida where he could actually lie iu bed and fish. The Evolution of the Pullman Car. Speaking of the splendid new sleepers re cently placed upon the Chicago and Alton road led an old railroad man to recall ibe time when George M. Pullman placed tbe "Pioneer" upon tbe same road. "Pullman," said be to a writer in ibe St. Louis Globe-Dcmoe-al, "had acquired tbe right to run sleepers on tbe road during tbe war, but be bad been running two cheap affairs, simply common passenger coaches made over so as to contain beds. He had, however, made considerable money, and conceived the idea of doubling tbe cap icitv of tbe cars by making one berth above another. He set about developing the I 'ea about the time of the close of the war. The difficulty was to get the u per berth and the bedding out nf the way during the day time. At last the thought nf elevating tbe upner berth against the deck, or roof, came t bim, but he found hat the cars were not high enough to permit this-and leave room for passengers to stand erec He determined to make a car that should be not only higher, but wider than those io use. and at the same lime to have the upper berh on binges so it could be closed up against tbe deck. The result was tbe construction of the Pioneer." A Trick of tbe Heathen Chinee. Every Chinaman who leaves Canada takes a certificate which shall serve as his passport wben be returns, says Julian Ralph in Ha per1 Magazine. Be may take out a certificate wben be does not mean to leave the country. He may take one wben he is merely going to smuggle himself over our border, and never means to go back to tbe Dominion. Or he may take a certificate when he bas made all the money he needs, and is on his way to China to end his days there, after years of tbat luxurious idleness which the average laborer counts npon obtaining In China from the judicious invest ment of S2.000 the coolie's plum. Of course it is fair to presume thit in man cases tbe cer tificites are rtemandeil by men who mean to return. A all events, these certificates, which are passports to Canada, and indirectly to the United Stites, have a monev value. Tney are sold in China. Theycinbe purchased openly to-day in the streets of Hung Kong, like ducks or chopsticks. A Remarkable Pension Case. A young woman in Belfast recently received a pension under somewhat peculiar circum stances. Until sbe applied tor a pension sbe did not know who her parents were, says the Bel fast (Mo.) Republican Journal. Sheis22years old, has lived In a Belfast family for five years, and bears a first-class reputation in every par ticular. A number nf years ago a Waldo 'county man held a Government position In Washington. At an orphan asylum In that city n iounci ami atinpiea a u i:e gin oi L' year". Tho child grew op under the instructions of this excellent Mafne family, and is tbe person under notice. She has been 111 for some time. Her foster father learned that h-r own father was a leader in a band In a New York regluent during tbe war, and tbat both parents were dead. Friends have assisted, and last fall the ynnng laoy a granted a pension, with arrear ages amounting to $1,900. We have withheld tbe names at tbe request of the young lady. An Adventure With Whales. Captain Bucklin. of tbe tug Wasp, says tbe Seattle Post-Intelltg-vcer, had a. little scare wben off Ten-Mile p'lint. Friday, when he found his boat In tbe midst of a school of whales -plashing around In every directionand spout ing water all over fhe boat in such a'manner as to make tbe crew wish for a few seconds tbat the boat were In some other part or the sound. Captain Bucklln -ald tbere must bave been about ISO in tbe scbool. He did not think at first that tbere were as many as tbere leally were, and ran into tbem before he n alized it. He did not think that there was any real danger, but wben be saw tbe torrents of water coining down on bis boat be began to feel a little shaky, and felt a creat relief when tbe boai bad passed tbem. He says it is tbe first time be bas ever seen a whale iu the sound. Lord Tennyson's Latest Poem, To sleepl to sleepl tbe long, bright day is done, And darkness rises from the fallen sun. To sleepl to sleep! Wbate'er thy joys, they vanish with the day; WbateVr thy griefs, in sleen tbey fade away. To sleep! to sleep! Sleep, mournful heart, and let tbe past be pastl Sleep, happy soull All life will sleep at last. To sleep! to Bleep! SHE WASTED 10 GO HOME, A Young Lady Talks a Little Too Loud at the Opera. Evening Wisconsin. For one moment, at least, during the per formance of "L'Afrlcalne" at tbe Metropolitan Opera House. Tuesday evening, tbe audience was happy. Things bad not been going very well, either on tbe stage or behind the fence which formed the orchestra's only protection from possibly dangerous attacks on the part of irrascible Wagnorites. Borne or tbe singers bad lost tbe key so often tbat one felt like advising tbem to wear tbe little chains so much in nse of late to pre vent similar misfortune befalling people wbo get home late and don't want to stand nnduly long on the doorstep. Mild gloom bad settled over the parquette. Depression reigned in the upper legions. Even the jleople in the boxes talked about tbe opera, That they talked is a matter of course, but that the music received comment proves a great deal. Jut before the lonesome moment, already mentioned. Selka, while wandering about tbe center nf the stage, encountered a high and defenseless note. Seizing It firmly one is tempted to say, by the throat sbe advanced to the footlights and there held the victim of her prowess for all to wonder at. Suddenly tbe un fortunate note escaped, and In the silence which fillowed there came from one of the baignoir boxes, spoken In a clear, glillsh voice, these words: "What lime does the train leaver' Then everybody laughed, and the. young woman, tbe end of whose suddenly audible conversation bad sounded so much like sar castic criticism, found herself tbe aim for scores of opera glares and hastily withdrew to tbe toyer. German and American War Expenses. Boston Globe.: Tbe amount spent for pensions last year was $100,000,000, and it will be a great deal more for tbe present year. That Is more than tbe whole cost of the enormous standing army of Germany, with the German pension Ht thrown in. We had better not say anything about the "impoverishment of tbe German people by a great standing army." If Uncle Sam can stand his pension list, Germany can stand her army. UNJ?rCE3SARY ALABH. Pennsylvania Iron Men Have Nothing to Fear From the South. New York Journal of Finance, l Tbe loud lament of certain Pennsylvania iron makers tnat S mtbern competition Is pushing them toward ruin not to be escaped unless Northern railroads cut down freight rates, doesn't seem to be joined in very earnestly by some of tbe chief pro mcers ic Pennsylvania, though the announcement of the demand for railway concecslons bas gone forth as though every pig iron and steel maker of the whole North were vitally involved. One of the leading iron works in the Pitts burg district said yesterday to a representative of tbe Journal q Finance that the outcry bad been raised largoly by furnace companies wbich couldn't make money even it they got freights for nothing. "It isn't a matter of locality at all. tbis of making money in Iron manufacture," be Slid. "There is more in tbe man tban there is in tho land. The difference between iron making in the S'iutb." he continued, "Is that we run our fur naces to make iron. I he Southern crowd run furnaces or make an effort to run furnaces to boom land schemes. They can afford to lose something on iron making in order to make a good deal on selling town lots iu boom towns," Our Slighted President, Chicago Times. First Eminent Statesman Walt and pres ently you will hear something drop. Second Eminent Statesman What's upj First Eminent Statesman Tbe g. o. p. is going to drop Harrison. Why, what's your burryT Second Eminent Statesman I'm going to bny one of Edison's new-tangled ear-trumpets. THE F1BST WATCH OT KE5TTJCKT. It Is Now in the Possession of a Lineal Descendant of the First Owner. SPKCIAL TXXXORAH TO THE DISP ITCH.! Lexington, March 1 Probably the first watch ever on Kentti cky soil is In possession of a lineal descendant of its first owner, who was tbe early companion of Daniel Boone and tbe man for whom Harrodsburg is named, James Harrod, and tbe watch is In tbe possession of Dr. F. L. Harrod, a prominent pbysician of Harrodsbnrg. Tbe watch, a large-sized one, is nf silver and what is commonly called an open-faced "bulls. eye." Ontheinsbte of the case Is its former owner's name. "James Harrod," witb the date, "1775." The mechanlm is peculiar. Tbe mam spring is a solid stee chain, and tbe wheels are of unique workmanship. The dial Is mounted witb 12 small rubies. The doctor says the watch bas been in good and almost constant running order until a few years since, wben by accident some one let it fall and broke one of tbe smaller wheels. His desire to keep It intact has kept bim from trying to get it repaired. Many private citizens and historical societies have attempted to buy the watch, but be has no desire to part with it. Well-Meaning hut Bungling. Chicago Inter-Ocean Tbe trouble with Colonel Watterson is that when be undertakes "to settle a family jar" he knocks the bottom all nut. The Lamented Colonel McKlbben. Cincinnati Comm rctal Gazette.i Colonel Chambers McKlbben, wbo died in Chamberburp, Pa., a few days ago, aged 93, was In some respects a remarkable man. He bad passed ont of public notice, as though be had died, a quarter ot a century ago, yet in his active days was quite a prominent citizen. Fifty years ago he was postmaster of Pittsburg, and before tbat ranked among tbe leading politicians of tbe State. He was on familiar terms with Andrew Jackson. James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln. Governor Curtln, Jere Black, and other men of national fame. He filled tbe Naval office nnder Buchanan, and tbe last public office be beld was as Assistant United States Treasurer under President John son. He was a man of fine abilities and high integrity. A VALUABLE BECBTJIT. Tho New Gnnboat Bennington Beats the Record In Stopping at Full Speed. New York, March I. The new gnnboat Ben nington had a second official trial yesterday, and made a record which exceeds tbat required by tbe specifications, and places ber in the front rank among boats of her class. The Bennington was required to show an average of 3.400 horse poer. for four consecutive bours, and exceeded it by 71 horse power hich entitles her contractors to a premium of $7,100. After the test for horse pouer was finished, two hours were spent in putting tbe vessel tbrougb a serious of evolutions to test the steering apparatus, the quick starting and stopping of the engines and the working of tbe twin screws against each other. The Benning ton did tbe best on record in stopping at full speed and reaching full speed backwird, using both engines. Sbe stopped in one minute and six seconds while at full speed, while going a lengtb and a bait. A Graceful Compliment. Chicago Inter-Ocean.l Anna Dickinson bas been taken to an asylum because sbe canoot sleep. Certain It Is that sbe never gave her audiences a cbance to go to sleep when sbe was on the lecture platform. A 20-YEAB-0LD BATTLES.. A Texas Cowboy Wins Local JFamo by ' Killing a Huge Snake. Denison, Tex., March L Lewis Watson, of Armstrong Academy, L T., while crossing a ledge of rocks, saw an enormous rattlesnake, which lay torpid from the effects of the cold. Tbe snake was dispatched with a Winchester ball through tbe beau. Tbe monsier was 7 feet in length, and 20 fnches in circumference. The head was as large as the flat of a man's band, the fangs 3 Inches in lengtb. while it had 19 rattles. Fullblnods who bave lived In the section for tbe past 30 years declare that It was tbe largest snake ever seen in the country, and it is be lieved to be tbe largest ever killed in the In dian Territory. The rattles, witb buttons, in." dicated an age of over 20 years. Watson, wno is a c'owboy, brougbt the rattles to this city to day. Senator Pefferand the Tariff; Kansas City Star. An Interview, with Judge Peffer. published in tbe Utar yesterday, shows that the now Senator-elect from Kansas is disposed to wobble a bit on tho tariff. In fact, he seems to be a pretty fair protectionist yet, and still shows tbe influence of bis Republican training. At all events, it wouldn't be a bad scheme for the Alliance Congressmen from Kansas toorganlze themselves Into a "herding committee" to look after Peffer when he gets to Washington. THINGS IN GENERAL. Tolstoi's Attempt to Teach the Value of Personality Only One Regulation in a School He Has Founded and That Is for the Teachers. Tolstoi has given an account ot a school for boyswhlcn is conducted upon his estates, and under his direction. The purpose of tbe school is to train up intelligent and independent citi zens. Tolstoi realizes that in a country, gov erned as Rasia K there is great danger tbat individuality will be repressed. Men will he quick at obeying, but slow at thinking. Such men, indeed, are tbe necessary consequence of an absolute monarchy, and. at tbe same time, the necessary condition ot its existence. Let people begin to think, and tbe walls of tbe Czars palace begin to tumble. Toltot wants to teach tbe value of person ality. He purposes, like tbe rather of Samuel Hahnemann, to give bis boys lessons in think ing. Tbey ought to send bim to S.beria. In deed, it is a wonder why they bave not, long before this, set upon bim the iron leg-cnatns with which Russia is wont to decorate her men oftters. ner Intellectual nobilitr, and made him a Knight of the Order ot the North Pole. Aman who preaches the Christian go-pel. and deliberately sets out to persuade people to think, is a dangerous citizen for Russia. This queer school has for Its guiding principle tbe singnlar notion that education means more than tbe training of tbe memory. It sets no tasks in the rules of grammar. It pronoses no geographical statistics. It does not pile tbe boys' backs witb-burdens of useless Information, the symbol upon tbe seal of this school is not a bucket and pump. The One Regulation of tho School. There Is only one regulation in tbis school, and that is meant, not for the boys, but for tbe teachers: tbe pupils must be Interested. Tbatls the beginning and the outline nf this remark able experiment in education. The pupils mut be interested. That is tbe -nly exercise of disci pline whieb is allowed m tbe management of this scbool. The school begins when the boys get there iu the morning, and the day's session is over as soon as the boys get tired in the afternoon. Tbe hour arrives for tbe lesson, say. In history. Enter the teacher. The boys are all in a heap in the middle ot the floor, engaged in a grand romp, heedless of history, intent only upon bead punching. Tbe teacher must smile serenely, scold not at all, sit down composedly and begin to talk about history. The teacher must wax so eloquent, tell such faclnating stories, and awaken such interest in tbe subject that one bv one, bov after boy. will extricate himself from tbis tangle of arms and legs, brush off the the dust of tbe floor and seat himself beside tbe teacher. Bv-and-by, the whole class is in a state of rapt attention. The lesson continues until tbe more restless spirits begin to climb out of the window. There is some sense in such a school as that. Tre first step in rational education is to inter eat the pupils. Whatever is learned without interest Is but tiresome drudgery, which does not really exercise the mi'd and is forgotten as soon aa possible afterward. If it cannot be marie interesting, either discharge the teacher as Incompetent, or dl-mlss tbe subject as of no consequence, or find out what the scholar is really interested in. Tbe truth is that every subject which is worth teaching can be made of interest by a fit teacher. And the first thing which a teacher, wbo really desires to teach, should himself be taught, Is tbat the open door into knowledge lies along the path of interest. How can I make ihis lesson Interest ing? is equivalent to tbe question. How can I get tbis l.'ssin learned? James Freeman Clarke said of bis schoo' days that "the first year was wholly occupied in committing to memory the most abstract formulas of Adam's Latin Grammar, There might be a dull kind of discipline In this, be says, but It was an lnjnrio"s one. It was a dls ciplinenf the power of crai..ining the memory with indigestible facts and sounds. It tangbt us to make a strenuous effort to accomplish a disagreeable taik. It bad a benumbing effect on tbe mind. It stupefied our faculties. It gave a distaste fur study. Latin, Greek and mathematics taught In this way inspired only U1911KB. Spelllns Damaging to the Mind. Somebody wrote an article some time ago in tbe Popular Bciencs Monthly, tbe title of whleh, I think, was "How Spelling Damages the Mind." Ibe purpose of it was to show bow the spelling-book teacbes tbe pernicious prln- I dole of aroitrary autborlty rather tban reason as tne guide or lire. Tbe spelling book forbids thinking. It Inculcates tbe maxim of tbe Sal vation Army: "Do as you are Mid, and don't argufy" a good enough regulation for an army, but a foolish one for a school. It dis courages personalitv. Tbere is no spelling bonk in the curriculum of Count Tolstoi's "School. The robust, though sometimes narrow, minded, fa'tb nf the English-speaking race is attributed bv tbis writer to tbe early Influence of tbe spelling book. Anybody. b says, who will believe tbit c-o-u-g-b spells coff, and b-o-u-g-h spells bow. and t-o-u-g-b spells tuff, and n-o-u-g-n spells hok, will believe anything. The Czar ought to enforce the spelling book In all tbe Ru-slan schools. He ought to forbid anv office of trust to everybodv wno cannot spell all tbe barbarous wirds of the Rnssiiu, language. The Pope ought to emphasize the study of Ir In all tbe parochial schools. "tiow ripening Damages toe .n ma;" yes, and nra anfl urnrso than thai "Rom VAnnni tn Damages the Mind." Tbere Is a .subject for the faehfrs' lntitutes. Our system of education is queer. Dr. Way. land says tbat if we still believed, like the old Pagans, that there are "malevolent divinities, one of whom sent cholera, another famine, an other measles, another fever, one might well believe that one of the most active and ingen ious and inexhaustible or the malevolents man aged at the stirt to get bold of our svstetn nf education." He instances, as an example of the unreasonableness of our teaching, the defi nition of a mile. How long Is a mile? "Well, tbat depends; if it is a statute mile it is 1.760 yards. If It Is a geographical mile it is 2.015 yards. If it is measured In Norway It is 1Z182 yards. If in Sweden. 11.660; ir In Germany it may be the short mile, 6.859 yards or tbe long mile. 10,126 yards, or tbe geographical mile, 8.237 yards." Opinion of Dr. Wayland. This, Dr. Wayland says, is as absurd as If it were taught that what is wrong iu winter is right In summer; and tbat children ougnt to obey their parents in Pennsylvania, but not in New York; and that two and two make four in tbe case nt potatoes, but tbat two and two make seven in tbe case of onions, and eight In tbe case of carrots. Prof. Huxley says that one day In Belfast be was in a great hurry to get to a certain place at a certain time. So he rnsbed Into a cab and called to the driver: "Now, drive fast; 1 am in a hurry." Whereupon the driver brought down bis wbip witb a fine flourish upon tbe backs of the horses, and started tbem off like tbe team that pulls the fire engine at a full gallop. "Hullo!" shouted the Professor, "do you know where I want to go?" "Why.no." answered the driver, "but anyway I am driving fatl ' Tbere is a parable. Where do we want to go? Where shall tbis fierce and furious Jehu of common hchool iducation take tbe bos and girls? All this unceasing reci.ation, ail these long hours, and these buudles ot books taken home io study at night hat are tbey for? Wbat is the ideal toaard which these teachers are shaping these boys and girls? They are to live in tbe United States of Amer ica and in tbe nlneteeuth and twentieth cen turies. Wbat good will dead languagis do them? Absolutely no good at all. Discipline of tbe mind? 1 bey can ge: tbat just as well in tbe i-tudy ot English, Acquaintance witb great tbugbta anil great tbinkeis? Ibese thoughts are all in English, these thinkers bave learned to speak in our own speech. Em nou said tbat be would as soon tbli k of swimming over tbe Charles river every time he went I mm Boston to Cambridge as of reading In tbe d ffi cult original book hicb had been adequately translated. Lowell's Plato is as near to Plato's Plato as we can ever gel wltn all our lexicoi s, and a good deal nearer. In these day.-, wben so .uucb Is to be read which Is worth reading. let us use a bridge wherever tbere 13 one into new fields of ihimgbt, over all rivers of d fa culty, and save time. English first, anyway. Shakespeare before Socraue; Teunysou before Horace; Freeman and Green before Plutarch and Herodotus. Teach English literature ahead of all o'her literature of all other Ian guagis. Ibat is tbe literature fur English speaking people. The Presidents Instead of Caesars. Put aside the ancient histories. Set the Presidents in place of the LaMars Teach the boys and girls about their own country, its story, its institutions, its geography. Teach tbem about tbe sky over their own beads, aud tbe earth beneatb tbeir own feet. Instruct them in wbat Dr. Jillson calls "Home Geology." Make tbem to know tbe names and babits of tbe trees tbat grow along the Plttsburtf streets, and tbe stones which jut np In Allegheny county fields. Inform them about the in dustries wbich are In operation about us, whose mokes settles on tbe children's faces as tbey go to xcbool. Tell them sometbing about busi ness, and the life tbat lies before them. Let the principal give tbe whole school a half-hour instruction every morning upon modern history as ttls recorded in tha morning's Issne of tbe dally papers. Everyday, loranotberhaif hour, let a competent instructor, one of Tolstoi's kind, give tbe wh le school a lesson iu tbe Engll-b Bible, the text-book of tbe religion of this land and generation, allowing the children of agnostic or Invincibly prejudiced parents to go home But tbat would leave out tbe whole founda tion of education! Tbat would be like found- I ing a university upon the sand! Perhaps It J would. The real truth, however, aoout most ot this foundation laying Is tbat it is like tbe S reparation .which the Dutchman made, in Knickerbocker's history, wbo was Intendlncto jump over a good st ep bill. He ran a mile and a half to get a sufficient start, and. having arrived at the toot of tbe hill sat down to restl The Criminal's Opportunity. New York Evening Telezram. Farmers are now Dusy witb tbeir seeding. It Is also a pretty seasonable time for perpetrat ing burslary in Connecticut and then skipping across tbe line Into New York. BICH OT 0HE-SZ0BT EHANTES. A Good Chance for an Enterprising Photog rapher to Secure a Picture. New Trork Correspondence.! On Broadway, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, is a half block ot one-story frame and brick shanties. An enterprising photographer might have caught qnlte an in. teresting picture of one of tbe peculiarities of New York if be conld bave drawn a focus upon tbe repairs tbat were going on during the week at tbe first sbanty south of Daly's Theater. Tbe blgf lumbering old signs bad been tikendown and a wooden gable facing Broadway, witb Its curious little cubby bole of a window and weather-beaten boards, was exposed. Work, men were engaged in inserting a new frame work tor tbe f rttnt, and tbe elegantly finished interior made a strong contrast. A small crowd of curious people occupied tho sidewalk daring tbe day, and many were tbe humorous com ments made by observers upon tbe improve ments ging on. Now, tbat particular block is one of tbe most valnableof the upper part of the town, but it belongs to an estate and before any improvements worthy of tbe place will ever be entered upon, must be purchased in bulk. Tbe one- lorso shanties, in tbe mean time, stand as an old landmark, a disgrace to Broadway and the entire city. In fact it would be a disgrace to see such buildings In a one horse town, it centrally located. They wilr probably remain until some ten times million, aire comes along and wants the ground for a business block. One of tbe first things wbich strike a strancer to New York is tbe presence of these little fiame buildings here and tbere alongside the eight and ten-story office build ings of modern architecture. It gives tu Broad way, which otherwise is one of tbe most mag nificent thoroughfares in tbe world, a ragged appearance, and brings a blush of shame to every New Yorker with local pride. A Ghastly Pleasantry. Savannah News j Kalakana didn't cut a very imposing figure as a mundane monarch. But as a cold Sand, wich he certainly bad a bang-up funeral. HOW SOME MK DBINK, The Peculiarities of Those Fond of the - Flowing BowL St. Louis Chronicle.'! "You can tell a man's character at a glance by the way be drinks a glass of liquor," said the man behind tbe bar. "There's tbe man of refinement and sesthetie culture, tbat gentleman standing orar tbere for instance. See how daintily he holds the glass poised between bis thumb and forefinger, the next finger barely touching, while the little finger sails behind like the titt of a comet or a kite as tbe fluid is swept in a graceful sweep upward to bis lips. "Now, look at this man wbo drinks liquor, though he doesn't like it. because he wants tbe bojs to think be Is a blooming good fellow. He is a man without character of bis own, wbo moulds bis life according, to tbe dictation of others. His irresolute fingers flutter about the glass for a moment like a fascinated bird be fore the eye of a serpent, tbeu tbey clasp it witb tbe firmness of putty and tbe owner with a horrible grimace swallows tbe stuff and gasps after choking a moment. That's the best in tbe market, boys, bave another." 'Theatbere's the hoe's method. Tbe man who grips tbe glass like a vice, pours out four fingers and tosses it off like water. , 'Tho deadbeat also has a peculiar way of fin gering a glass by which I can always tell him. "Put it on tbe slate, did you say? Ab, cer tainly. Good day, sir." Two Medical Ghosts. Chicago Tribune. Somewherein desolate, wind-swept space. In bygoneland, in Dennis land. Two homeless ghosts met face to face And bade each other stand. "Now, who are you? Say quick, sir! Whof So moldy-looking, lean and poorf "I'm Brown-3equard's elixir. Your' Tm Koch's consumption cure," TELEPHONE PATEDT3. The Spring of 1893 Will Witness Their Termination. Respecting tbe question of the early expira tion of tbe Bell and Blake patents in the United States, the Blake patents, Nns. 250,lftl. 250.127, 250.228 and 250,129. dated Novembers, 1SS1, in tbe United States, were taken out in Great Britain on Jannary 0, IS79. and will con sequently expire January 20, 1893, in Great Britain, and on the camo day will also lapse in the United States. The Bell patent of ?'-rch7, 1876. No. 174.165, will also expire In the United Rtates on March 7, 1893. Hence, the spring of 1893 will open tbe entire telephone field to tbe public, so far as the private use of telephones! and tbe trans mission and receiving of 'the human voice by means of electricity is concerned. ONLY CTJBIOT3 SPECTATOBS. Canadians Should Not Be Too Puffed Up With Their Importance. Toronto Mall. If anyone in Canada supposes that the people of tbe neighboring Republic are In a state of wild excitement over our political contest be is greatly mistaken. Canadian affairs, it is true, are given much more space iu American newspapers than ever before, aud among the readers of the latter there is doubtless some curiosity as to tbe ontcome of the battle be tween tbe National policy and unrestricted reciprocity, just as there might be with regard to a prize fight between a JoePoppand some American slugger. But for tbe great mass of tbe people ot tbe United States, and for their politicians gener ally, tbe Canadian campaign apparently has little more interest than a general election in the.Tonga Islands wonld have. BLBD3 OP A PEATHEB. An Incident of Politeness Jo a Metropolitan Street Car. New York Sun.l It was on a Madison avenue car. Three wo men were standlnc up. while tbe six men who had seats were reading their papers or looking into vacancy and pretending not to see tbe state of affairs. Suddenly the man next to the door looked lntortbe face of one of the females and n iir rose and said: Permit me. mad im." "By ni mean-, sir." "But I insist." "But I bad .rather stand. Indeed. I am stron erthan von are. I am the museum girl who lifts 400 pom ds with her toes." "Indeed I But Lam tne sideshow man wao lifts three fat men aud a chair." "ndyou insist?". I do." Sbe dropped into the seat with a bow of ac knowledgement, and he grandly waved his hand and felt for a strap. TJHWiLCOME PEOPLE, Human Frailties Pertinently Described by The Ram's Horn. Those who point out to us our own faults. Those wbo always take tbeir troubles along and leave their joys behind. Those wbo neglect their own business to at tend to tbat of other people. Those wbo stay too long when we are busy. Those wbo have a Hobby tbat they ride to death. Those wbo always want to talk about things in which wo lake no interest. Those wbo erne to dinner when not expected. Those who never bave anything to talk about bnt themselves and the weather. Those who bave a chronlo desire to borrow money. Fussy people who bave a large idea of their own Importance. Those wbo talc too loud. Those who do not talk loud enougb. Those whoask us so many questions tbat tbey discover our ignorance. Those who are overly positive about things of small importance. Those wbo come at the very time when we wlh tbey bad stayed at home. -Tbose who embarrass us with too much politeness. Those wbo agree to everything we say. and never have any opinions of their own on any subject. Those who always say, "I do 10 and so," "I think so and so." CURI00S CONDENSATIONS There are 50 saw.mills within a radius of, PaUtka, Fla. The Indians of Alaska are reported to be fond ot strawberries soaked in sealoiL Iquique, the Chilean port recently cap. tnred by the insurgents, is, pronounced E-kee- A Liwrence seed house shipped 12,000 pounds of sorghum seed to Melbourne, Aus tralia, last week. Atchison sets up a claim to the smallest calf ever born in Kansas. It weighs only eight pounds, including tbe tail. .. The Nicaragua CamI is mora likely to snffer from an eruption tban from tbe miasms. Tbere are volcanoes all around it. An 1 stern doctor experimented with a lot of monkeys "To sea bow they would stand tight lacing, and every one of them died in short meter. One of tbe burning questions now in the colleges for tbe higher education of women is whether tbe undergraduates shall wear the cap and gown. The auctioneer is a great personage iu the Argentine Republic. An ancrinn is tbn be ginning, tbe end. and the intermediary period ot almost every transaction. A novel design 'or a pocket corkscrew appeared in a jeweler's window lately. When closed the Instrument presentedtheapoearancs of a crab's claw, which opened on both sides, disclosing the essential part of the article. The census shows tbat Kentucky has only 29 Chinamen, which is an increase of 19 in ten rears. The negro population increased only L.530 m the decade, while tbe whites num ber 2US.347 more tban they mustered ten years ago. While Germany loses only 110 persons yearly from smallpox, France loses 14,000 In tbs same time. Thi astounding difference is at tributed to the rigid enforcement of vaccina tion in Germany, and to carelessness about the matter in France. The public dinner was never such an "institution" as It is now in the United States. OnrAmerican feasts are more frequent and more sumptuous, and if we may trust our Brif isli brethren, more brilliant in the speech making tban their own. Therere 14.0o6.750 horses in the United f States. 2,296.532 mnles, 16.019,591 milch cows. ou.e4iH6 oxn and other cattle. 43. 431.138 hep. and 50.625.106 hogs and all thee animals are 00 tbe farms of the country, not counting those In the cities, towns, ana villages. Recent inventions in ilectricial appli ances for the use or dentists are said to make the operation of filling teetb so pleasant and painless that dentists now furnish their pa tients with looking glasses and thev watch the operation with pleasuie and amusement. Henry Strgr, a rich farmer iu Brax ton county, W. Va., says the Lord appeared to him In person and commanded bim to sell all be bad and give to tbe poor. He then disposed of his property to bis neighbors, wno succeeded in getting bis farm equipments at a ridiculously low figure. Alabama owns Jbnnt four squire miles of oyster beds, and these beds are amongst tho most valuablo in the United States. Every barrel of nvsters taken out of the State Is to pay a tax of 10 cents,wbicb will pay tbe expense of inspection and put into the State treasury about S15.000 a year. A n-veity in cane heads has just been produced by a New York jeweler. It is a per fectly plain knob, which, on being opened, dis closes the surface of a half dollar. The coin, however, is onlv tbe outer cover of a series of leaves, on which photograph') may be placed. There are spaces for eight portraits. The man who subscribes ou Sunday must pay In Indiana whether he wants to or not. An Indianapolis church member who subscribed to a church building fund at tempted to wriggle ut of it by claiming that the contract was illegal as it was made on Sun dav. but the court bas decided that be must pay up. Prof. Lingley has detected in the sun's rays a long range nf ether-waves before un known. Llghtlscompnsedof minute "waves" or pulsations of extreme rapiditv. transmitted to us from the sun, not bv air. as the sonnd waves are, but by the "other." the subtle sub stance which seems to fill all space, ana consti tutes the only medium of communication be tween tbe worlds. The ttain shed of the new Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey City is claimed to be tbe largest structure of Its kind in this country. There is a clear area of ZSS feet wide by 600 feet long, which will be covered by a roof of metal and glass providing room for 12 tracks, with wide platform between. The roof will be car. Tied bv 22 arched trusses arranged in pairs and rising 90 feet from tbe ground at tbe center. The thrifty citizens of Bussellville, Ky., get rid of carcasses by tying tbem to the rear of Pullman sleepers on night trains. At first a suckling calf was hitched on by a stout rope, and only a few nights ago it was a large bog. A porter on the sleeper was frightened out of bis wits on tbe latter occasion when be stepped out on the platform and saw a large black ob ject sailing along in tbe air about 20 feet in the rear. The telephone was suggested as early as 1834 by the Pidatkalia, newspaper, of Frankfort-nn-the-Maln. Said the editor: "The number of miracles with wbich electricity has astonished us lately is said to have been in. crpasetl bv ono which would not only cause a revolution in electrical telegraphy, but would add considerably to its utility. The invention in question Is nothing less tban the electrlcil transmission of tbe "spoken word.'" A lunatic arrested in Brooklyn gives the following account of himself: "I am tbe Emperor of Japan and I have given full in structions to my lord high executioner to hasz 400 prominent people in Brooklyn, beginning with Saloon Keeper Rotbenback.of Hrnaiw3y, and winding up with Mayor Chanln, D2W1U C. Talmageand Boss McLaughlin." After that I will have a regiment of amazons composed of all the tailor girls of Dutrhtown. Their uni forms are already ordered." Over 100 tools and processes have been invented by safe burglars which are marvels of ingenuity and scientific knowledge. A recent burglar's outfit, captured by the police, con sisted of a little giant knob-breaker, a diamond drill and a high explosive of tbe nature of dy namite, but put up in the form of a powder. It would open tbe strongest bank safe In a bait hour, and without noise enough to disturb peo ple In the next house, whilo the entire outfit could be carried iu the pockets of an ordinary coat. Tbe visitor's first experience of tbe hotels in Buenos Ayres Is his first disappoint ment Witb the excep ion of the Grand Hotel, which would rank with third and even fourth class booses in Europe, all tbe SO or 40 hotels of Bueno. Ayres oecupr Inadequate buildings, anil tbey are badlv fnmisbed, badlv managed, and altogether wretched, dirty and comfort less. Nevertheless, tbe proprietors make good profits. They charge from $2 60 to fjla gold a day for each person, and tbeir bouses are al ways full. SOME QUEER NOTIONS. There once was a gallant knight-errant Whose ladv-love had a stern parent. He wore steel shirts and pants. And a sword and a lance. Bat tbe young folks afraid of bim weren't. Drakt's Magattns. A cnunleof Frenrhmen are soon to make an effort to jret to the ortb Pole in a balloon, "What stranire thlnzs men will do when they are not happy at home Ham's Horn. First Vassar StU'lent Papa writes me never to lay my watch on Its back. What am I to doat nUht. Second r. s. I'd lay it on Its -that Is. er. in, abeml Ithtnt. dear, that It should be hang on tbe mlU-Jtaeler s W:Hcly. "The face of the returns." said the chair man or the meeting, "shows 47 ayes and no noes." "What a queer looking face thatmustbe," re marfcedan old lady in the back row. Washington Star. There is a demand for baseball players in Chlcaro. Eellable men wno will uot go oat on strikes are wanted. Aeto Orleans Fieayune. Young Hankinson (taking his seat in the chair) -Don't sbave that mole, please. It's tender. Karber (after a careful examination of the rest of tbe face) All right, sir. htit'.CUeago Tribune. "I maintaln.V asserted young Mr. Gon goslln In tbe course of an argument, "tbat tbs facebLnotaa Infallible guide to determine the mind." , 1 think yon must be right." assented Miss Ophelia, "for anyone who did not knew yon would think from a ylance at yoor face thif yon were rather intelligent." CMcago-IaterOetan. "WUy'are there so many keyholes, ffitiia. door, officer?" he asked, leaning hhmeUijRaaut the Jam. 'ST They're to accommodate all the keys you've got. of course." ( Thsn what's tbe good of 'em all when .yea bave to search to find the only one that'll ota the door. " PAttadefpAfa JfmM. ", . V - i wi.siiL losl
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