.THE, PITTSBUftG DISPATCH, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1891. ww Sk V ie m mm ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1SJ6. Vol. AS, No SO -I'nt-rrcnt I'llleMlE.-1" OStoace, November 14, 1557. aucond cl-ss ia.ilter. Business Office Corner Smithileld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street. eatekn ai r!rnsiG ofi-ice. kooji :i, TRIBUNE UL1I DIM.. NFW 'iOKK. where complete files ot THL DlbFATCn can alwavsbc Sound. Joreipn advertisers appreciate the con venience. Ho ue advertiser and lnenrt&ot THE DlsPATCH. while In cw oik, are .ilso made welcome. THE DISPATCH is regulaittr on sale at J7rcntino's. 5 Cmon Squai c. JYet0 1'orA, and IT .Itt.f'e TOpaa, Pa is. Prance, ttherc anyone uho lias been disappointed at a Iio'el ncus stand can obtain tt. TLKMs OF THE DlsI'ATCU. rOTAGE rt EK O. THE CMTED STATES. JiATLT Dispatch. One lear S R TO Daily Disrvrcn, 1'er Quarter - 00 Daily Dispatch, One Month . "" Daily Dispatch, including bundav, 1 Tear. 30 00 Daili DieFATCH, including fcundaT.Jm'ths 150 Daily Di-fitch. including s.inda. lrn'ta so brNCAl lMsrATCK. One lear 150 Weekly Dii'atch, One ear IS TltF DutA Dispatch is delivered bv carriers at Sccnt ier v cek, or including buuday edition, at tl cents per w eek. MTTfeBURG. 5IOSDAV, MAR. 9, 1831. A MlsTAKLX STUBBORNNESS. Trom our Cleveland special correspond ence, it will be seen that the iron ore inter ests have verj generally accepted a reduc tion of a dollar per ton on Lake Superior for the opening season. Ibis is a recogni tion of the necessity for reduction in the cost of picducing iron, which shows that the ore men have a more just conception of the sit uation than the railways. The Dispatch hjs already pointed out the necessity of concessions on ore, coUe and railw.iv freights, in order to keep "Western Pennsylvania in the iront rank of pig iron production. The ore and coke interests show their knowledge of this necessity; but so far the ranroads are tied to the idea that they can continue to overload the industries which furnish them their richest traffic and jet maintain the trade There has been an attempt to represent the reduction in rates uade bv the Central Tra&c Association ist week, as a concession to the iron men; bat so far us can be learned at present, it is nothing more than regular spring reduction in rates on account of the opening of lake navigation. The indisposition of the railroad officials to make the concessions which the ore and coke interests recognize as necessary in order to keep the iron industry on a basis of assured activity, is not fl ltttnug to their in telligence or liberality. Their corporations are deeply interested in keeping up a vol ume of iron traffic that at the reduced rates would yield them large profits; but at pres ent the are stubbornly clincing to the policy o! killing the goose that lays the pol den eggs. HOLDING HIItECTOUS RESPONSIBLE. Charles Lamb's proposition to abolish railway accidents, by hanging a director for every one that occurred, has a modified ap plication in the administration of Kew "York law. There is at least a disposition to o something, thown by the arrest o! the directors of the New York aud IS"ew Haven Itailroad for manslaughter, in connection with the tunnel disaster. As the persons arrested milude such names as the oratorical Chauncev 31. Depew and the niaur-mill-ioned AVilliam Eockafeller, the effort in this case locates the responsibility high enough. The Dispatch has always held that the only way in which the periodical fortuities of industrial manslaughter can be prevented is by placing the responsibility on the per sons who are Highest in the circle where responsibility can be located. So long as subordinates only are punished for criminal negligence the errors or parsimony of management which produce disaster will go on. Fut when those whose word is law with the corporation are made to bear the responsibility there will be strenuous efforts to prevent any more such disasters. If it is shown that the management of the New York and New Haven road is respon sible lor the loss oi life in this case, the prominence of Messrs. Depew, Clarke, Eockafeller and their associates is no reason against their punishment, but rather a reason in favor o it. Their prominence will make the example more impressive, provided the law has the stamina to make them aii example. As to whether their re sponsibility will be clearly proved, that can be left for the trial of the cae. The under standing, however, that the prosecution rests upon the deliberate refusal of tue cotn jiany to comply with the Xew York law abolishing car-stoves, makes the charge too serious to be laughed down, as Mr. Depew appears, by some reports, to be trying to do. But the officer ot justice in New York should understand that the work of enforc ing the law against corporation magnates is not completed by issuing warrants and letting the accused persons give bail. It is a very important question whether a charge against men of such standing and influence will be postponed, or shuffled with until it is an old story, aud then nolled, or whether it can be brought to trial and determined by the facts, as promptly and impartially, as if an engineer or Signal man were the de fendant. THE TEILNMAL ASSESS3IENT. The work of the triennial assessment for city real estate begins to-day as is set forth at length in our local columns. For the next ten months the Board of Assessors will struggle with the valuations of various classes of pronerty all over the city, and with the divergent views of owners, a large share of w horn are al w ays ready to d isplay an unique conviction that their land is worth a good deal less for purposes of taxation than it is for sale or rental. The task of decid ing upon the valuations that will affect some twenty odd thousands of property owners must be finished by the end of the year in order to prepare the new valuation for use in the levy of 1892. Several of tne triennial assessments, pre ceding this one, have been attended with great interest because during a long period of rising values for real estate, each assess ment has rhown a considerable rise in val ues and a large addition to the total valua tion of property witnin the city. It is doubtful whether that feature will be so prominent in the coming assess ment. As a rule property has maintained a steady level of values, and any geneial in crease of valuations would he likely to create the hardship of tax valuations in ex cess of the pr ces that can be realized for real estate. There art, of course, some ex ceptions. Property in the vicinity of Schen Iey Park has undergone a decided advance; and business property centrally located is also higher than two ears ago. But as a whole real estate values have maintained a steady level on a, rather conservative basis; and the absence of anything like a boom in them is one of the most gratifying assurances for the future. These facts make it probable that the new assessment will for the greater part of the city be more of a revision ot the old assess ment than a general advance of valuations. In such cases as those specified.there -will be an addition to valuations; butthe aggregate increase to the total valuation can hardly be expected to be a very large one. An TE THE SMOKE NUIS NCE. A very interesting communication ap pears elsewhere on the subjection -of smoke consumption. It is pointed out there that one .large concern In this city is demonstrat ing by actual use under its boilers, that the smoke from coal can be thoroughly con sumed and the smoke nuisance practically abated. The actual test ehows that in addi tion to a very decided saving by obtaining increased heating power from a given amount of coal, these appliances effect a sav ins: on the labor in handling coal of 25 per cent on the cost of the applicances. "With this demonstration bv actual ex perience the continuance of the smoke nui sance in Pittsburg can only be attributed to a degree of unprogressive stupidity which amounts to criminal wastefulness. Y e have presented to us the fact that the smoke by damaging costly buildings, injuring valuable goods kept in stock, soiling the clothes of the people, and dark ening the atmosphere inflicts a loss upon the community to be reckoned by millions of dollars annually. In addition to that indefinite loss there is a definite and direct one in the waste of heat ing power that might be utilized. All this waste can be avoided, aud the proof that it can be avoided is to be se.en dailv within the community. "With these points established the production of smoke from the. ola-fash- ioned and ignorant methods oi burning takes the character of wanton aggression on the welfare and rights of the public No owner of a plant in which coal is used to any extent can afford to ignore these facts. The principles of economy should induce a general reform. But in view of the fact that there always will be some people behind the age, public authority should intervene to compel the use of appliances to abate the smoke nuisance wherever it appears. NOT A STATE INSTITUTION. A striding instance of the indefinite lines between local and State expenditure is fur nished by the introduction of a bill in the Legislature to appropriate 50,000 for the improvement of the Zoological Garden in Fairinount Park, Philadelphia, and its en thusiastic indorsement by the Philadelphia newspapers. Every one will agree that the Zoological Garden at Philadelphia should be maintained by the propel" autnonty; but it is no less indisputable that it is entirely a local institution, and peculiarly of local benefit. The city of Philadelphia would do well to appropriate the proposed 50,000, and as it is a tolerably wealthy city it can well afford to do so. But for Philadelphia to propose that the farmers of "Washington county and the taxpayers of Erie shall be taxed to improve its Zoological Garden is a remarkable proposition. Cities must fur Lish their own zoological gardens or go without as numerous cities are doing at present. NOT SLEEP BUT HYPNOTISM. 4 The indisposition of the Legislature to make any material progress with the ballot reform bill provokes very sharp comment from the Philadelphia Press. That journal notes the fact that the bill, having been in troduced on January 21, was reported favor ably on January 22, printed and recom mitted, when arguments were heard in its favor and the measure carefully scrutinized, and reported, with amendments, on Feb ruary 27. Finally, the bill being on the calendar, the second reading was postponed the other day until March 11, on the plea that members of the House had not had time to familiarize themselves with its pro visions! Considering that this plea is advanced with regard to a measure that was intro duced in the Legislature of two years ago; that it was discussed during the State cam paign, and that it has occupied a prominent position while going through the stages re counted above during the past seven weeks, this plea that the members have not had time to familiarize themselves with it, is not complimentary to the members. The Press makes it the basis of the inquiry: "Is the Legislature asleep?" The inquiry might be pertinent if modern scientific development had not furnished a more per tinent hypothesis and given us reason to believe that the Legislature is not asleep but hypnotized. The apathy of ordinary slumber could hardly have resisted the awakening influ ences of party pledges on both sides, and the loud calls of the press, to wake up and act. But scientific inquiry has shown that an external will can hold a subject in forced slumber. Thus the condition of the Legis lature is fully explained. The practical politicians whose interests would be injured by the adoption of ballot reform, have ex erted their hypnotic power, and that body is now powerless to act. Mere slumber might explain the I-iilure of a body to enact anti-discrimination laws, in ac cordance with the Constitution, or to pass a ballot re'orm act, under ordinary circum stances. But when the parties have been pledged themselves to these measures, and the remarkable failure to fulfill the pledges is accompanied by activity in killing off measures that the Standard Oil Company does not like, a more positive influence must be found to account for its active in activity. Ko, esteemed Press, the Legislature is not asleep. But if you wish to locate the pos sessors of extraordinary hypnotic power where the Legislature is concerned, search out the interests opposed to the public meas ures which the Legislature is smothering and strangling with such fidelity. The value of advertising is often com mented upon; but there are few cases where it is more strongly illustrated than in the one that happened within the past few days. The Dispatch the other day gave the story of the search for the boy who ran away from bis Ger man home, some jears ago, and who is now wanted for the settlement of an estate there. To-day it publishes the tact that through that publication the missing youth has been located and the searchers have gone to identify him. Manifold are tbe uses of publicit). That legislative refusal to pass a bill enforcing tbo antl discrimination clauses of the Constitution is another remarkable declaration of tbe idea brought out in the State campaign, that the Constitution docs not count against the politicians and corporations. TnE bill restricting the charges of tele phone companies to S3 per month, pending In the Legislature, is based on what is generally objectionable m principle the legislative pre scription of prices and charges. But when corporations create, monopolies, so that such lepislAtlon f nlnilip tliA nnl v rplipf !ir-nlnct t- tortionato charges, they hare no one bnt them- j selves to blame when each measures become a necessity. "Who says that the old spirit is dying out -when the Chicago Times compared Benjamin Harrison tolNero: and makes his going on on a ducK-hunting expedition the equivalent of fid dling when Home was burning. Hill, of New York, ana Bobinson, of Pennsylvania, are not disposed to place much faith in the proverbial remark about the in ability of making the offices go around; but by filling two apiece at the same time they show their determination to prevent the calamity that migh t ensue if enough people could not be found to fill the offices. Chicago's public building bill did not get through Congress. The statesmen evi dently thought that to give a piece of the pork to Chicago would belike shipping coals to New castle. TnAT Minnesota bill to prevent "any female- person" from exposing "her nether limb or limbs" on the stage would raise a very interesting discussion of tho strict code of mod esty in the Northwest if it were not for the awful idea which it conjures up of ballet dancers and barlesquo actresses with but one nether limb apiece. Sexatok Staxfoed is the unique Sena torial figure who keeps a racing staDlo and a literary bureau at the same time. The racing stable has a very decent reputation. Ex-Speaker Heed at the consolation banquet in New York tho other night opened his remarks with the statement that "half the trouble in lire is to get a hearing." In Mr. Heed's caso the other half of the trouble is that after ho sot a hearing be also got a ver dict, and it was against him. The smoke nuisance is more than a nuisance. It is an economic waste and should be stopped. The South Dakota Legislature has de feated a bill to prohibit prize figh ting on the ground that it would interfere with the amuse ment of the common people. This is amusing. The short-haired fraternity will now proceed to emigrato to bouth Dakota and grow up with tho country, SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. The sharp mercantile man knows when to cut prices. This is about sugar time in the land where the sweet maple flourishes best. Were you ever In a sugar busbT Way back in the wildflower-gath'eringdajs perhaps you were. And what a sweet holiday you had in the snow carpeted, sap yielding grove, to be sure. Wasn't tho sip sweet, too, and couldn't j ou drink, and drink, and drink I From trough to trough you wandered, blowing tho brown leaves off tho honeyed water and sticking your red, little nose into it until you reached tho bursting point. Then to tho "sugaring off" spot, whero the red tongues of flame licked tho bulging sides of tho big black kettles which held tho svrnp bubbling, hissinc, boiling sugarward. Then with a bent twig yon flung some of the sticky, sweet stuff on the pure, white snow ot tho woodland and secured your sharo of the "taffy" pure, unadulterated, wholesome. How sweet the "hunk" of salted meat between the thick cuts of home-made bread tasted, too. The very memory of it brings back the flavor, doesn't ltT But tho "sugar bush" lies way back on the road, beyond the bluo lakes, swift rivers and high hills The sweet saps that drip from the cedar spiles surely fall into new troughs now, and are carried to the kettles with yokes borno on the shoulders of those you played with then. But when the sun starts tho blood in the veins of the maples, and the hickories, and the. beeches, and the birches, and the oaks of that hardwood land tho drip, drip, drip of the sap, and the dancing fires under the huge kettles push aside tho curtain that bangs between then and now, while memory leaps the waters and the hills. Then you close your eyes and see it all again. In the backward flight sorrow sinks out of sight, lea' -ing the picture undimmed, the view unob structed, the sweets sweet, though many bitter draughts have intervened. And after the maples stopped dripping, the sun grew warmer and the birds came nearer. You knew spring was closer then. And it's just as close now.U Hens are handy things to have laying around the house just at present. The cream that rises first is the richest, and well the wily dairyman knows it. People who expect monuments after they depart, should see that their wills provide for burial outside of New York. The approach of the maple sugar season has sent glucose upward. Jerry Simpson savs he proposes to live in Washington for 55 a month. If the free lunch bars are closed and the benches removed from the parks Jerry will go hungry and be compelled to sleep standing. Mosquito nets will be as fashionable as ever at the Jersey resorts next season. A great many Pittsburgers will go to the dogs this week. If you have a jewel of a wife see that she is provided with an appropriate setting. A yAltjable seal Commercial Company. ring The Alaska In the drama of life too many seem anx ious to assume the role of Satan. The hire classes Those who work for a living. The girl who waits too long for the right man will surely get left. The preacher who aims at the heads in stead of tho hearts of his hearers seldom goes bejond the stars for bis text. Speaker Keed attended a Carmencita seance in New York. He didn't try to apply the closure there, either. The last Congress was a cipher, away with Sl.000.00u.000. It got If Allegheny Councils would only ad journ line dis lifo would not be such a "burden on the Northside. Conscience takes the place of judgment in the land of dreams. If a city's progress is to be ganged by the number of Its theaters Pittsburg is on the high road to prosperity. The Philadelphia women who have raised such a row about nude art will probably compel butchers to dress legs of mutton here after. The internal revenue Sam's spiritual advisor. officer is Uncle The President evidently shut his eves when he signed the Philadelphia mint bilk A square race course would suit bettors better than either a round or kite-shaped one. Flying machine stock shows no upward signs as yet. A safe with 160,000 cipher combinations has been patented. Uncle Sam should buy one for the next sutplus, and keep tbe cipher from Congressmen. The race horse is one of time's four run ners. The "coiker" is tho fellow who easily on tho sea of life. floats An inoice of doubtediy a dew bill. Irish whisky is nn- The President leates for a shooting trip J to Maryland to-day. The farmers along the coast are driving their live stock out of range. The doctor is making more out of the winter weather than the plumber. The best jokes in the almanac are its weather forecasts. Men of letters Sign painters. The murderer who picks out a prominent man for a target usually hits his mark, even if be is not a good shot. When opera companies visit blind asylums the ballet divertisementls omitted. Willie Wimcle. ALL SOETS OF PEOPLE. Von Molike attributes his old age to God's grace and moderate habits. Ann Eliza, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, is now tho wife of Representative Denning, of Manistee, Mich. 3Iiss Eastlake leaves for the United States in bepteniber, for a tour of 25 weeks, opening in Philadelphia, October 5. Mrs Francis Hodgson Burnett, it is announced, will shortly leave England for her homo in Washington, and will resume work on two new stories and a play which have been long postponed, owing to the illness and death of her sou. The first great name in electrical science in America is one of the first and greatest in electrical science everywhere. Benjamin Franklin began to devote himself to electrical studies at a time when scarcely more than half a dozen investigators had contributed anything of permanent value to the science. Sockless Jerry SiMrsON nas shed his rusty suit he first appeared in, and is clad in a new aark colored store made suit that fits his slender well-knit figure well. About the only thing left of hfsgrut, state is the soft felt hat be carries. At tho rate ho is going be will soon discard that for a "Derby," or perhaps even a silk bat, aud gloves, patent leathers and a cane will come next. Senator "Wolcott's brother Henry is, in the Senator's opinion, the prince of men. Senator Wolcott is, in Brother Henry's opinion, tho smartest and most eloquent in this or any other legislative body. When Brother Henry wants to havo a real good timo he comes down to Washington and takes a seat in the gallery where ho can see Brother Ed as a Senator. When Brother Ed wants a friend, a favor or a check for 10,000 bo applies to Brother Henry. TAKEN HJ AND DONE F0H. An Unscrupulous Youth Teaches His Friend a Lesson. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.! I hare a friend who is one of the most tal ented young men in tho West. Tho other day ho came into my office and made a cold-blooded bluff about taking mo ont to lunch, at tho same time flashing a S1D0 bill before my aston ished ejes. I took him up, right then and there, of course. We went to the Richelieu and oruered in the neighborhood of $16 worth of fond aud drink, and pitched into it as if we hadn't had anything before for 20 years. It was a safe bet that this remarkable exhibition of generosity meant that I was to be called upon to give up something, and, sure enough, I was. 9 "By the way," he remarked, as he was light ing his cigar, "by tho way, old man, I w ant to get you to do something for me." "All right." I replied promptly. A friend who Dlows you off to a SIC dinner is entitled to a soft answer. "What is it?" "I hate, to ask you," ho went on. pufllnc slowly at the cigar. "I'm devilish diffident about asking favors nf my friends, but you can do this, and I don't think that it will give jou very much trouble. You know 1 havo never struck you for any kindness, long as wo haro known each other." "1 hat's so," I answered. "Uo ahead. I'll do an) thing I can lor you." "Well, you see," he went on, "it's like this. I am no," ho broke off suddenly, "I can't bear to ask it of you." There were real tears in his oyes ! I cued, very much affected. ' Remember. I'm 1 our friend." "No, I can't do it," ho said, when ho had re covered his composure. "1 ran't bring in) self to ask you right to your face." By this time I was very curious to know what the tronblo was. and so I prored a soft mark. Ue bad counted on that. ' No," he continued, "I can't tell you to your face. Perhaps I might be able to write it down and go out of thp i oom while you read it. Will you promise not to look at it until I have got clear outside?" Of course I promised. What else could I do? So he wrote foui or fire words on the back of the wino card.folded it up and handed it to me. Then he shook my hand effusirely, said I would nerer know how grateful he was to me for my kindness and went out dissolved in tears. When he had shut the door behind him, and not till then, I unfolded the card. And this was what be had written : "Pleaso pay for tho lunch." HE HELL THE BABY While His Wife Testified Against Him in a Suit for Support. New YorK Recorder.! One sees odd sights in a police conrt, but tew more curious than that of tbe woman who testi fies to her husband's cruelty or urges that be be made to support her. and who, before begin ning to make her points against biro, turns to him and bids him hold tho baby. The couple have not lived together perhaps for months, their domestic lelations are worse than strained, but when tho wife must have her arms free to impress the Judge by the eloquence of her ges tures, she fall3 back at once upon the accus tomed and natural baby-holder. "Take her," she says; and ho takes her and sits tending her while her mother describes his iniquities "Give her to me," she says when she has finished, and he stolidly surrenders the infant, for these little scenes do not often end as they would in a novel in reconciliation, Threo dol lars a week for the mother is tbe more usual conclusion. Aud how is the sum of S3 arrived at? It seems to be half the surplus from the man's wages after his own expenses have been provided for. Suppose he earns 12 per week. "What does it cost you to live?" the judge may ask him. "Well. 45 for my board and say $1 for inci dentals." Halve the J6 remaining and there you have tbe S3. But one must beg the judge's pardon. This woman had a babj. Very likely, then, he would have gireu her St Little enough to maintain her and her infant; but there's a shrewd common sense aud a rough kindliness about these things oiten that doe not ala;s appear from the outside. The woman is far more likely to get her S3 or her St regularly and to be able to count on some definite assistance from them in the battle of life than would be the case if the judge had awarded her any larger sum. FOETUNE HUNTEBS' WILL 0' THE WISP. No Chance lor the tV ild Gooso Chaso After the Anneke Jans Kstato. Toledo Blade.: The wild-goose chase of the alleged heirs of Anneke Jans after tho property of Trinity church in New Yoik City has been started up again. There are two very sufficient reasons why these fortune-hunters will not realize their expectations: First, thero is no legal proof that Anneke Jans ever owned tbe property in question; second, tho statute of limitations in New York gnes tho present holders of the property a clear title in feo simple. It may interest some of these deluded people to know that no suit has been entered against the Trinity Church coiporation to obtain the prop erty, nor any negotiations entered into or offered to come to a settlement. Trinity's title is perfect m law, disagreeable as the truth may be to fortune hunters. DEATHS OP A DAY. William II. Garrison. "William H. Garrison, ,i member of Union Veteran Legion Lncampment No 1, died Satur day after an illness or several weeks. He served during the Kebullion in Company (j, Fiftwonnh Massachusetts Volunteers. He had no relatlvts In this city and Encampment No. 1 will have charge of the funeral. The services will beheld to-morrw arternoon- at Z o'clock at I)e ore's undertaking rooms, 512 Grant street The En campment will assemble In Veteran LeRlon Hail, 77 blxtb avenue, at 1 r. M., and members or other encampments hav e betn invited to participate. Samuel W. Wilson. Samuel "W. Wilson, oi'Fairview, W. Va.,'j aged to years, oieu ai ms imc resiuence on I rluay. Mr. Wlfson was born In Hancock ccunty, V. Va.. and lived there all bis Hie. He was well known through Eastern Ohio and Western lcnnslanla. Ho was bherlff of Hancock county for 12 years He leaves a wife and fix children, one of whom b, Doneheo, resides in this city. ODD TALES WELL TOLD. A Race Dy Sea From Liverpool to Astoria Itndyard Kipling Jn Society Second Memories Seeming Human Instincts of Locomotives Saved by a Slow Mes senger. Tho British ship Cockcrmoutli camo in to day, just 48 hours behind tho Lorton. which left Liverpool tho same day, according to a recent dispatch from Astoria, Wash, The two vessels came down tho English channel side by side and went into the Atlantic together. The second day out they lost sight of each other and did not como together again until the evening ot the day they crossed tho equator. The following morning the Cockermouth was out of sight aud was not seen again until lati tude 22 south was reached. Here the two vessels drew in together and be gan a 40-days' neck-and-neck race. They went through the "roaring forties" round the Horn and up into tho Pacific side by side, and for 40 days were never farther than ono mile apart. On bunday Captain Steele and family would go aboard the Cockermouth. spend tho clay, aud tho following Sunday the visit would be returned by Captain McAdatn and wife, of the Cockermouth. For nearly six weeks this novel and pleasant excursion was carried on, each vessel steadily holding its own and the officers watching overy more of their friendly rival. If the Lortun let out a reef in the topsail the Cockeimouth followed suit; if the Cockennouth's varcls wcro hauled round to the wind the Lorton's were in the same posi tion an instant later, and so it went through all the time they were in company. Kipling as a Social Lion. Dr. Charles Pressmgliam, of Melbourne.Aus tralia, spent the better part of last week in Chicago, and while hero a reporter for the Hei aid had a conrersation with him about Rudyard Kipling, whom he had seen at a din ner party. "Inasmuch as this young man has been rery tree in his criticisms of your city," said the Australian, "it may perhaps interest Chlcagoans to know that he disgusted tho en tiro party by his sickening egotistical remarks. A very bright young lady sat next him, whose admiration for tho East Indian romancer up to this tmio had been unbounded. But that dinner killed all her enthusiasm for Kipling. He not only paid no at tention to the wants of his fair neighoor, but throughout the entire meal talked so incessantly of himself that he niuseatcd crerrbody withiu hearing. His egoism wis positively sublime in its intensity, and as tho dinner was given in his honor the clever hostess was mortally chagrined orer the lion's behavior. Kipling is undoubtedly a re mirkaulr bright storr writer," added the doctor, "but personally ho is what the English call a cad, and you Americans would term an insufferable bore I enjoy bis stories, but detest the author. Howorer, he is young yet, and as he sees moro of tho world he may erentually find moro interesting topics for discussion than bis own personality." A Strango Instanco of Second Memory. Three extraordinary instances of what doc tors call "periodic amnesia" were related to me last night by a prominent physician attached to the New York Hospital, says a writer in the Now York Telegram. The first was that of a young American woman who on awaking from a protracted sleep lost memory of all she bad before learned. Her memory had been capa cious and well stored with a copious stock of ideas. Unexpectedly she fell into a profound sleep, which continued sercral hours beyond tho ordinary term. On waking sho was discorercd to haro lost erery trace of acquired knowledge. All vostigcs, both of; words and things, were obliterated. By new efforts sho again ac quired tho art of spelling, reading, writing and calculating, and gradually became ac quainted with persons and objects likoa being lor the first timo brought into tho world. In these exercises she made considerable pro ficiency. Afte-a few months another fit of somnolency possessed her. On rousing from it she found herself restored to the state she was in before the first paroxysm, bu twas wholly ig norant oi every event tnat nail oetanen ncr afterward. The former condition of her ex istence she used to call the old state and the latter the new state In the old state she pos sessed fino powers of penmanship. In the new she wrote a poor, awkward hand, baring had neither the time uur the means to become an expert. Human Perversities of the Iron Horse. "Just like human beings." The remarKwas made by an old engineer in tho hearing of a writer in tho Detroit Free Pi ess, and referred to the difference between locomotives. There had been some talk of tho road, and some wild stories had been told of the bravery of the man who stands beside the throttle. "As 1 said, an engine has its peculiarities, just the same as human beings. No two engines are alike. To know an engine one has to be right on her all the time. It is truo that they are all made the same but there are small mechanical differ ences that cause them to run very differently the one from the other. It is bard to explain the idea I have in mind, bnt I guess you grasp my thought. For instance, some engines will run along all right for a month or so, and then suddenly, apparently for no cause, they will becamo cranky and begin to act badly. They will start and stop with a jerk, sway violently from side to side, and altogether behave in a strange and nvjsterious fashion. As I said, there is no explaining it. but any old engineer will vouch for the truth of my story." Slow Messengers Sometimes a Blessing. Addison Cammack is one of the few men who admire the speed with which district telegraph boys deliver mesages in this city. The canse of tbis raro admiration is unique Bays the New York Journal : Two monthsago Mr. Cammack was confined to his room up town by a cold. He thought he knew a good thing in a certain railroad stock aud atl o'clock wrote out an order to his broker to buy 5,000 shares of tbo stock. A messenger boy was then called and Mr. Cammack gave the boy explicit directions about reaching the broker's office Tne boy started off and three hours after Mr. Cammack received a long telegram fiom his broker stating that tbe order bad not reached bis office until alter the Exchange had closed for tbe day. The broker also wired that in the afternoon the whole bottom drop ped out oi tne siock causing it to iau several points Mr. Cammack figured that if the boy bad delivered the message in good time it would hare cost him something orer 15,000. The next dav the big speculator went to the messenger office and made the boy a handsome present for his slowness. Old Age in the Torest, Take the linden trees, lor instance, says tbe New York Ledge), speaking of long-lived trees. One of these is still standing at the vil lage of Villars cn-Momg, near tho town of Morat. This was a noted tree at the time of the battle between tbe Swiss and Charles tbe Bold, in 117b, and the measurements made by experts show that it was even then 500 rears old. Another linden tree at Neustadt, in Wnr temberg, can be prored by extant documents to have been considered noteworthy in A. D. 1220, but botanists are able to prove that its age exceeds eight centuries. There is a chestnut tree at Tamworth, in England, which was known as a landmark when King btephen ascended the throne. In .1133. It is 52 feet in circumference, five feet from the ground, and it must, so it is computed, long since hare celebiated its thousandth anm vcrain. There is a still older oak near Samtes. in Trance, for this has a girth near the ground of nearl) 01 feet. I ram the center of this tree to tho circumference haro beon counted some 2,0011 concentric annual rings, which makes it about 2 000 years old. This is, perhaps, the pa triarch of the forest of all Europe. There is, howcrer, a cypress at Sonuna, in Lombardy, as to which botanists of high authority are in clined to credit tne local tradition that it was in existence in the time of Julius Cssar. A Man Who Prizes Trunk Labels. The labels on a trunk that has seen strrice would not generally be regarded as thines of much ralue, yet there are' plenty of persons who regard them among their most highly prized assets. One day last week, says tho New York Times, a man who was going on a short journey sought the loan of a trunk: from a gen tleman who bad just returned from a European trip. The owner was rery glad to let him hare it, stipulating, however, that none of tbe ex press labels should be removed. "You see," said be, "it cost me a good deal of money to get those Paris. London, Ber lin. Vienna, and Rome Ubels on that trunk, and they furnish mo not onlj a pleasant recol lection of my trip abroad, but tbey also furnish absolute proof to all who may seo this runk that 1 have done Europe and nave seen some thing of the world. You can take the trunk with pleasure, but I will bold you responsible for those labels." In many cases where trunks are sent to tbe shops for repairs instructions are sent with them that none of the labels shall bo removed. Not an Unmixed Victory. Syracuse Herald. J bir John Macd maid is still on top. but tbe top appears to be spinning round with him. But It's Not a Pivotal State. Chicago Tribune J Blaino will carry Canada by a big majority .next time, i i JAPANESE BOYAL OUTING. Bales for the Peqple When the Emperor and Empress Travel. "It Is a great day for Kyoto." writes a con- ributor In the English Illustrated Magazine, describing the former capital of Japan; "for the descendant of the gods has brought bis wife and himself to the neglected capital of bis ancestors, at which infinite condescension a faithful Tokyo newspaper sajs: 'It Is, indeed. no wonder that the rains are so heavy tbis spring when a descendant of tbe sun leaves his pedestal and travels through his realm as an ordinary man.' " However, ho is making himself popular in Kyoto, and his consort is to day to pass through the streets on her way to shed the light of her countenance on two other ancient capitals of Dii-Nippon Osaka and Nara. And our demoiselles, if they will conform strictly to tho regulations posted ererywhere, are to bo allowed a passing glimpse of Her Majesty. Her Majesty will visit Osaka about the 23d. She will stay at Nara two days, at Sakurai two days, at Taharamoto one day. and Yosbino ono dav. Tho following regulations are proclaimed for tho guidance of the people while Her Majesty is passing through this city: 1 irst When Her Majesty shall pass alone, no one is allowed to look at her from the frame built on houses for tho drying of clothes, or through the craens in doors, or from any posi tion in the upper parts of their houses. Second If anyone wishes to see Her Majesty, be or she must sit down at tbe sldo ot tne roau along which Her Majesty will pass. All children must be taken particular care of, lest they pliy in tho road andsoobstiuctthe passage of Her Majesty through the street. Third No one must look at Her Majesty without taking off his hat, neckcloth, or tur ban, or whatever else he may be wearing on or about bis head; moreover, no ono must be smoking while he or she is looking at Her Majesty, nor must anyone carry a stick or cane. Only women wearing foreign clothes will be allowed to retain their head covering. Fourth Although it may rain, no person will be allowed to put up an umbrella whilo Her M-vjesty is passing. Jiftb Dogs must not be allowed to winder on to the road by which Her Majestv will pass. Sixth Until the passage of Her Majesty the route by which she will come will be kept free of all carriages and jinrickshas. The roads which she will tako must be completely free of all traffic. Seventh As Her Majesty passes no one must raise bis voice, nor must anyone be beard. When Her Majesty reaches the station there will be a discharge of fireworks. STUDENTS IN PARIS. They Must Have Plenty of Money to See Them Through. Evening Wiscsnsln.J The Parisian trades people who hare to do with the students are not lenient. The lower French classes, everyono knows, are grasping. In Pans they are spurred on by what Alphonso Daudet so graphically calls "la peurdeue pos arriver" tho fear of not "getting there." In tho Quartier a student is allowed, 150 francs credit; in other words, $30. If any expenditure is run up above that limit, or rent permitted to stand beyond that sum, tho hussler appears and the student is literally turned out on the pave ment. I have recently heard of several cases where this limit had been reached within a franc or two, and where the student, a man or woman, had been reduced to keeping the vital spark alive by ono or two cups of coffee a day. In one instance the person was a New England girl from a small village, who, entirely without talent, had come orer. as I bare described, with about S200, out of which her passage being de ducted, sfie bad been able to lire, after a fash ion, for a tune. The last cent was now gone; she was friendless, without means to get home and probably too proud to make her destitution and failure known to her family, against whose instincts of common sonso she bad probably undertaken this venture, lured by all manner of wild and unfounded bopos. And this case is really one of many. FEABLESS AND PBOGBESSIVE. The Dispatch's Enterprise Is Recognized on All Sides. Butler Eaglt.J The FiiTsnnito Dispatch is recognized as one of the most enterprising newspapers of the country. Its management propose to occupy its new granite fireproof bnlldingon the corner of Diamond and Smithfield streets, with an en tire new outfit of the latest printing machinery from the famous house of R. Hoe & Co. The Dispatch is a booming success. Its daily cir culation is over 30.000 copies, whilo its Sunday edition reaches over 60,000 copies. The financial, commercial, produce, lire stock and iron markets are accurate and exhausttve. Its oil reports are full, fresh and reliable. It is the only newspaper in Western Pennsylvania which carries a special cablo report, covering all European news centers. Its borne news getting facilities are first-class. It controls leased wires connecting its news rooms with leading cities of tbe country. It continnes to be an Independent Republican paper, fear lessly expressing its opinions upon subjects of public interest. It is aggressively progressive, and is determined to lead in everything that goes to make up a first-class newspaper. A BEARD OVEE FOUE FEET LONG. The Hirsute Appendage of "Which Samuel Fries Allentown Boasts. rsriciAi. Tixiouu to the dispatcii.i Aixentown. March 8. Samuel Fries, resid ing at Stinesville, In the upper end of Lehigh, county, boasts of tbe largest beard in tbe State. It is 4 feet 9 inches in length, extending below tbe knees. V Tbo growing of this remarkable beard is tbe result of a vow made in I860. Fries was a strong Democrat in tbe campaign of that year, and when be beard that the Republican party bad succeeded and that Abraham Lincoln- would occupy the chair. Fries swore that he would not shave or cut bis hair until a Dem ocrat President was elected. In 24 years that beard grew nntll it bad reached way below tbe knees and his balr be low his shoulders, giving the man a very stranze look. Upon the olection of Cleveland in lbSt. he was tempted to cut his beard off. but he became so attacbed to it that he decided not to part with it. He is a butcher by trade, but does not carry tbe beard fully exposed, baving only a little of it exposed and tbe bal ance under bis clothes. He feels very proud of it. Before he grew tbe beard be was not as strong and healthy as he is now, and-he has often been asked to appear in public, but has refused every offer to do so. r EDMUND RUSSELL'S AST LECTUBE At Miss KilllUcIly's Residence Attended by a Brilliant Assembly. Tbe residence of Miss S. H. Killikelly, 303 South Highland avenue. East End, was the scene ot a brilliant and select gathering Satur day afternoon, and the "Art Lecture" deliv ered by Edmund Russell was highly appre ciated. The subject Included reminiscences of English artists and their studios, with readings from pre Raphaelite poets. Among the celebri ties ot whom he spoke were: William Morn", Holman Hunt, W alter Crane, Alma Tadema, Hubert Herkormer. Felix Moscbeles and Sir I- redenck Leighton. Tbe readings were from Rosetti. Swinburne and Morris' rare epic, "Sizurd, the Volsung." The entertainment, slightly varied, was re peated In the evening. It was given for the benefit of Miss Killikellv's tourist and literary clas. and was an artistic and financial succe-. Mr. Russell was athiSDest, in spite or a hurried trip from New York. "The Blessed Damosel," b Rosetti. was wonderfully well read, and tbe weird dramatic effect of "Sister Helen." br tho same author, surpassed an otner selections. A SUBSTITUTE FOE THE CAE STOVE. Electricity, as Well as Steam, Can Be Used for Heating Purposes. Modern Light and Heat J In many places where electric railways are in operation the temperature falls so low in winter as to render the cars qnite uncomforta ble. Why not, undef this condition of affairs, derote a portion or the current used to propel the cars to heatine them as well? Tbe ordinary car store is open to so many objections that its use is practically precluded from tho majority of roads. Electric heaters, however, can be placed un derneath the seats so that a uniform tempera ture can te given to the entire car. Electric heaters have been made and havo met with some adoption. Whether they would prove too expensive for the purpose is a question yet to be solred. Tbey certainly, howerer, offer ad vantages 07er any method of car heating yet employed. HIS HIND AFFECTED. A Young Lawyer of Grcensburg Sent to a Private Asylum. HFECIAT. TSLIO&AM TO THE DISPATCn.t Greensburg. March 8. W. H. Yonng, one of the bri?htest members or tbe Greensburg bar, is ill, and his friends hare grare fears of his recovery. His mind has been affected, and he has been tiken to a pnrate asjluin in the ncinitv of Pbii idelphla for treatment. Mr. Young had a wide acquaintance and en joyed a large practice. He was recently ad mitted to the practice of thofiiinreuio Court Of the United States. He was a man of great lit erary attainments and a sound rcasoner. He about 88 .years old, OUR MAIL POUCH. That Leak In the Law. To tbe Editor of The Dispatch: 'A leak in the law was only a suggestion for general consideration, not a personal matter. To do myself justice Iwill say here that I never bave;filled any position with any coal or coke company; my note was prompted by the read ing of more able writers on the revision of mining laws, and by close observation of the entire management of works. I hope tbatl maybe able herein to correct tbe Latrobe correspondent, who has made an effort to prove tbe above suggestion a fallacy. First, he used the word "again." February 12 was tbe first time I made the suggestion. A little further along he says: '-The mine inspec tors have power to adjust such mat ters." Please recall Inspector Bllck's let ter of February 9 on that subject Still further he says: "While a misconception of the capacity in which the mine boss Is em ployed." Here I can say; the law is very plainly stated concerning tbo capacity and responsi bility of the mine boss. While we know there are efficient superintendents, we know too, there are exceptions: it Is the latter class who bv presumption and misconception of their sphere and duty to tho advantage of the com pany, causp mine bosses to forfeit their positions. Closing, he savs: "With a false idea that one is a lifr preserving acpnt, rather than an employe of the company." The main object of a mine boss should be, that he can preserve both life and property which is of a very im portant advantage to both miner and operator especially at this time. Operators hare suffered from tbe leaks in the law and the proper exe cution nf tbe same. In order 'o know whether tbe men are quali fied or not to fill positions in or about works , they should pass such examinations as the posi tion requires. It is not necessary for operators who do not superintend their own works to burden themselves with such when they pay salaries sufficient to secure efficient men to fill the positions, and such men will not dread an examination. Allow me to repeat tho last sentence of O. B. Harden's lettei: "Legislate by all mean', but tho eril will only bo com pletely remedied by education."' A FltlESD TO THE MBf EB. CATyrrMET, March 4. Money Saved by Smoke Consumers. To the tditor or Tho Dispatch : I noticed in your editorial columns Wednes day a strong protest against the smoke nui sance of onr larpe steam plants where coal is used. Let me refer you to tho Pleasant Valley car station as an illustration not only of the possibility of preventing it, but to the great saving of fnel when the waste of smoke is pre vented. By the use there of a "modern stoker" (there aro quito a number now in use of various makes) the success is complete. Tbe equivalent of 22 miles of line, made up of high grades and sharp curves, is run by an electric plant of about 1,200 horse power with the unprecedented small amount of 22 tons of dirtv slack per day. absolutely clean. Experts sar that this result is most wonder ful. The cost of the appliance is about (4 per horse power, or H000 for 1,000-borse power. Tbis once paid has not to be paid again. And tbe labor saved In hauling the coal will amount to 23 per rent per annnm on cost of these stokers, as they are automatically fed. No concern can afford to make smoke. I cite the above case because all can seo it. Tbe com pany hive always welcomed discreet visitors. If the stoker companies could get one-half of what is saved they would be glad to supply these appliances. Wm. McCREEBT. AiLEauEsy, March 7. Ho Drops Into roetry. To the Editor of The Dispatch: I wish to add something to the following: It is pertinent in connection with, the tunnel horror at Mew York to note that the train on which people were burned belonged to a corpora tion which has refused to obey the New York law ajralnst the car stoves. The litigation is still pend ing, but the car stoves still continue to burn help less people to death. 1'ittsbui.g Uisi'ATCu. Allow me. Tho reason why the New Yotk Hjilway refused to obey the law was because the several Legislatures which have been con vened at Albany forlo, these many years, are the creatures of those corporations. We are reminded that This Is tbe enelue from Tarrytown, 'that, in the dark, came thundering down. And rushed with .all Us mlzlit and main straight Into the waiting train. 'lhat was stopped by the man that palled the bell Who drank so free of tbe fires of hell. mat was in the battles that there and then ilelonged to the representative men Y ho went in the parliamentary train, Down to bpurten llnyvli town. That lies by tne cut that hides the curve, lhat's in the road that Vandcrbllt While tbe accident at Hagerstown, Ind., re cently, indicates a steel car to be an imperative necessity. W. L. S. B. Chicago, March 6. Anxious About Venezuela. To the Editor or The Dispatch: What is theaveraee temperature of Vene zuela? Is tbe climate healthful? What are the principal industries? What is the cost of Iinng? what chance would a younz American have of getting a situation tbere? Reader. Welxsville, O., March 6. Tbe average annual temperature in tbe coast region is 80 degree', thougn ranging higher in spots. In tbe more elevated lands the tempera ture is of course lower. The country is not supposed to De remarkable bealtby. Agricul ture and cattle raising were until recently tbe chief occupations. Experiences and circum stances alone could answer ths last two queries Hard to Tell the Richest. To the Editor of The Dispatch. Dear Sir To settle a bet, pleise answer In The Dispatch who Is or who was the richest man in the United butes, and what was the amount of his wealth, and what was W. H. vanueroiit worm at tne time oi ins death. Sutjs ckiber. Tbe Vandcrbilts, Astors, Goulds and Rocke fellers are supposed to be tbe richest persons in America, but which leads it is impossible to state Pattlson and Delamater. To the Editor or The Dispatch: To settle a dispute will you kindly give me through tbe columns of The Dispatch the majority that Governor Pattison had orer Delamater at the last election in your State. ' Alliance, O.. March 6. K. Delamater reccired 447,655 and Pattison 461, 2G9 rotes, a difference of 16.551 A Successful Hunter. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Since I first started tbis season, from tbe 1st of October, I hare killed IS coons, 64 skunks, 4 opossums and 1 wildcat. I intend to double this number before the season Is out. James Chi3i,et. Mt, savage, Md, The Gretna Greens. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What are the three nearest States to Penn sylvania which do not require a marriage license? Ionorant. CANOHSBUB.G, March 7. New York, Wisconsin and Missouri. Cannot Decide This Bet. B hots that new whisky, or what; some people call rotyut would be more detrimental to yonr system than old whisky. A claims while old whisky as a stimulant would Bo more beneficial, but taken toexces would bo more detrimental to your system than new whisky. Which wins? PiTTSBur.o, March 7 x. It Has Not. To the Editor or Tbe Dlspatcn: Has a gold coin tho full value of gold In it, or does a 10 or $20 piece contain 810 or 20 in gold. Yours respectfully. Ay Old Reader. Wilmekdisg. March 6. Judges Whlto and Ewlng. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you inform me what Judge or Judges in Pittsburg granted tho liquor licenses tbo xlrit year under the Brooks law. Reader. Lewtsbtjeg, March 5. Queries and Answers. CONSTA2.T Reader. Salem, O The "Mon key in the Tree" puzzle is merely a catch, and is an old nursery puzzle. We cannot decide bets of tbis sort. Warwick, Pittsburg Address some class papers at the Easr.'Sonth or West. Asvou are familiar with tbe subject you surely know tho journals in need of the matter you refer to. A Reader, New Brighton The issue of Thb Dispatch yon refer to would be of no use. The copy is on file at this office. Crisp Nornlnated for Speaker. Bolton Herald, Ind. it will be a long timo before the Speaker of the present national llouo of Representatives is chosen, but we are strongly Inclined to look upon Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, as destined for the place. He was named in Massachusetts for it last autumn, and by sagacious politicians. Mr. Crisp has a cool head and a well-balanced brain. These aro the most Important attributes for a LSpeaker,. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A clock owned by a resident of Trappe( Fa., has ticked since 1766. A 20-acre pond bnbbled op out of tbo earth in Center county. Pa., recently in 20 min utes. The Indian boys and girls at the Indian school have !11,000 on deposit in Carlisle. Pa-, banks. A game called "progressive potato pick ing" is all the rage in North Platte, Neb., social circles. A Toronto paper figures out that tho drunkards of that city lost (191,633 in wages last year. A man recently arrested at "Williams port. Pa., for larceny gave his occupation at that ot a dude. California seems to be a lucky State. Natural gas has been disco vered three miles from Vallejo. France spends nearly 1,000,000 francs a year in providing warm meals for the poor school children. Bavaria, bv a recent census, numbers 5,589.382 inhabitants, tbe female exceeding tho male population by 131,396. Norway is wealthier in nicfcle ores than any other European country, but only two mines are now working. The Academy is the only French insti tution which has come down unchanged from the times before the Revolution. The "old slave market" which is pointed ont to every Northern visitor in St. Augustina never saw the salo of a singe slave. Internal revenue receipts in the North west show tbat the production of oleo margarine 13 rapidly gaining upon that of but ter. A French daily paper has been started in Lowell, Mass. It is the only French daily in tbo United States, and is Democratic m poli tics. . The earth's fifteen hundred millions of human inhabitants speak 3,034 different lan guages, and possess about 1,000 different re ligious beliefs. A belief is, or used to be, current among tbe Mormons, who suffered grievously from the pest, that a locust was a cross between tho spider and tbe buffalo. The man who hauled the first load of sand used in building the Polk county, la.. . penltentiarr. has just been sentenced to tbat institution for six months. A large body of antimony has been found in Inyo county, California. The owner says ho has in sight boulders of tho metal weicbing from 200 to 300 pounds. It is a val uable find. It has always been supposed that there were no coal veins in California, the geograph ical formation not being favorable, but soft coal and lignita has been found, and 13 now mined in large quantities. Oscar "Wilde says that the chief advan tages of socialism is that it would relieve us from the sordid necessity of living for others, which in the present condition of things, presses so hardly upon everybody. A man living in Talbot county, Ga., has never attended services at a chuxcb, has never ridden on a train or ever been to a city. Recently a gentleman offered to pay his fare to Columbus, but he refused to go. An instance in enormous rise in valnes in Butto City is commented on. A month or two ago a certain minincproperty was recorded as transferred for 1150. Only a few weeks thereafter tho same property was bonded for 57.500,000. The heat produced from the light of a firefly is only 1 per cent of an equal amount of candle light. The bug's light is produced by a chemical action, as It is increased by putting the fir in oxjgeu and diminished in an atnio pbere of nitrogen. German engineers are said to be adopt ing a new lino for bearings, composed of com pressed vegetablo parchment. When lubri cated with an emulsion of mineral oil and water the parchment becomes .impregnated with the oil, and will last for a considerable time. In Columbia, Mo., the girls attending college hare organized an engagement and marriage club. Erery time one of them has a gentleman escort to whom she is not enzaged she pays 25 cent3 into the treasury. When a member becomes engaged she pays in 55. When a member cets married the ninh nn-sAnto ha ilOO. An old directory of Philadelphia, pub lished in 1785, has been brought to light. Among the notable names found in it are these: "Franklin Benjamin. His Excellency. 1 Franklin court; Morns Robert, merchant. 101 Market treet; Rittenhouse David. 109 Arch street; Hamilton Alexander. 855 Second street." It is commonly believed in England that a good way to get rid of cockroaches Is to address to them a written letter, sayine: "Ob, roaches, you have troubled me long enough; go now and worry my neighbors." The letter must be put whero ther most swarm, properly sealed. It should be written eligibly and prop, erly punctuated. If cloth can be made out of fine spun glass, it would seem a simple matter to make it out of wood, and this is done by boiling strips of fins grained timber, crushing them between rolls, carding tbe filaments into parallel lines, a3 with ordinary textile material, and spinning them into threads, from which cloth can ba woren in the usual way. An intoxicated Atlanta, Ga., negro went to church and because tho preacher did not bappen to suit him, threw the reverend gentleman down and sat on him. The negro was arrested and held, not on a charge of as sault, but on a charge oi having brought liquor into a house of worship, though all tbo liquor about him was in his stomach. Aaron Andrews, a colored man hvinjr four or Are miles from Halycondale. presents a phenomenon in human nature. He is so deaf that he cannot hear the report of a gun dis charged near bim. Tne londest thunder Is not even faintly neard by biin. but he can be com municated with by the agency of the human voice. He can't understand any one except those with whom he Is intimately acquainted. A workman at the Davenport, la., gas works concluded the other day that he would electrocute a troublesome cat. He placed tbe feline in a tub of water and turned on the cur rent. It was found that tbe tub had to be moved sllzbtly, and while moving it the execu tioner got bis finger in tbe water and nearly electrocuted himself. After he was brought to. with a desire for vengeance, be renewed tba experiment. Tbere was no hitch in tbe pro ceedings this time, for justas the cat opened its month for tbe forty-ninth yell after it had been placed in the tub. the current was turned on and it died with its mouth open. HA, HA! HE, HE! HOO, HOO! "To church, to church," the parson cries; To church each fair one ftoes; The old they ko to close their eres. The younsto eye their clothes. New England Magazine. Closer, junior Fader, a shentleman in da shop rants to snow If dot all-rool, non-sbrlnkable iblrtvlll shrink' Moses, senior Does It fid him' Moses, jnnlor So; id Is too Big. Moses, senior Yah, Id rill shrink! A'eio fork Ledger. Men can be found who are willing to go to Africa S3 missionaries, who are not willing to take care or a cros baby for the tired wife for a half an honr. Ham's Horn. "Did Ffiilpot marrv well?" "Yes, indeed. He made ?ta.0cO by ths trans action " "Was his bride so rich? I heard sbe was poor, bat pretty." Trnc. bnt she had sued him for ,10.000 for a breach of promise and he compromised on mar riage. I'Chirago Times. The dying Congress sang the doxolojjy; but it did not hare tbe gall to sing "Hesrer, My God, to Thee." Aeto Orleans Picayune. Mr. A. Is Mrs. C. giving any balls or parties? Mrs. B.-Balls in Lent! Why. my dear sir. Mis. C is so strict an observer of Lent that llsa bain are the only kind she will tolerate.1-Texat bilings. In the park He and she; ' On a lark Watch and see. ' In Disarms Hopes and fears; False alarms Many tears. Love is old. After years. Grown so cold (borne more tears.) AT? ' 4 Tornasnnder ' , Sweetest pain Well, by thunder Ditched again. r-EmXtTBwnt- V ?? -j&Jfc
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