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Ijtw. 30 00 Daily Dispatcil lncludlncfcunday.Sin'tlis 150 DAILY UlrATCH. Including bunday, lin'th 90 hCMJAY Dispatch. One lear 150 Miakly IHci'atcu, One Year 13 Tlur 1IULY DISPATCH Isdeilvered by carriers at ::ecnts per wecl, or Inducing fcunday edition, at Iiccuts per week. PITTSBURG. FKIDAV. MAR. 13. 1S9L FUtU-PKOOK CONSTRUCTION PAYS. When 500,000 worth of property is prac tically wiped out by fire in tbe business part of the citv it is worth while thinking abont tbe matter. Absolute exemption from liability to fire we can never have, but we can establish conditions which will effectually limit its destructiveuess. That too little has hitherto been done in this direction may be well understood by re membering how far and wide the cinders flew on "Wednesday night, and in what number ot cases these messengers of con flagration lound lodging places well milcd to a further spread of the llames. There is no use blinking the lact that cneap constructioi was tbe cause of the disistrous losses on Wood street. The aim in the new buildings which fell a prey to the flimes, as well as in at least one of the older ones which was lately remodeled, seems to have been to pro cure the Greatest display of rentable space at the least cost. If this concerned merely tbe owners of the buildings aud the insurance c impauies which pot paid for standing the losses, there might be no occasion for public criticism; but no such limitation of damage, much less of risk, exists. Given a brisk wind ami there was no telling where such a confligration would stop. Everybody felt pretty strongly on the subject when the ruins rose up in evidence yesterday on "Wood street against the "penny-wise, pound-foolish" policy of construction. It costs money to make an absolutely fire proo' building, but in the long run every approach to the fire-proot quality will be found to pay. There is a law against wooden buildings in the old part of the city that is to say against wooden exterior walls but we have not yet got to the length of any pro vision as to floors, ceilings cr inner parti tions, which still continue to be built for the most part of iood because of its cheapness. it is alone by arousing the business sense of property owners and merchants to the greater safety, and in the end greater econ omy, of fire-proof or at least slow-burning construction, that a progressive relorm can be brought about. By the use of iron or steel joists and several of the many devices, such as tiling, terra cotta and concrete for tbe floors, buildings can be had which will bid defiance to the flames. If the first expense is heavy, the annual saving of insurance premiums amounts to interest upon part of it. By the immunity from heavy insurance premiums on stocks of merchandise and from that interruption o! business for which no insurance can pay, is of inestimable value. Better rents for fire-proof buildings follow as a consequence; and with a few more lessons like that on Vood street, merchants and office-renters are sure to be sharply taught that fire-proof quarters are worth paying a handsome premium for. TVe are glad to take notice of the fact that this is beginning to be appreciated in Pitts burg. Already a number of handsome and thoroughly fire-proof buildings have gone up. Others are under way, and still more are being planned in tbe architect offices. It will take a long while to rebuild the city on a fire-proof basis; but meanwhile every business of large importance will be found from this on exhibiting a great desire to get into such safe quarters. Cheap flimsiness will gradually become of such disrepute, in at least tbe business section of the city, that it will before long be generally recognized as tbe poorest investment for property owners. SENATOR'S VIEWS ON EOADS. Tbe discussion oi the road bill in the State Senate Yesterday brought out very little that was new. In fact, about all that was obtained from the talk was tho more or less interesting views of some Senators on pauper immigration and foreign labor, though neither have a very close connection with the subject of roads. The idea tbat State aid for public roads is charity is, of course, absurd, and as one Senator said is about as sensible as the idea that State aid for public schools is charity. The making of good roads and the keeping of them in good repair by the State is a public duty and tbe people who do not see the matter are very few. Tiie Dispatch has already pointed out the deficiencies of tbe township system and civen its views at length ou the whole subject. The only thing now to be Seared is that a bill will be passed which will be so emasculated by amendments as to be of little practical use. PATENT OFFICE CENTENNIAL. The approaching centennial celebration of the United States Patent Office at Washing ton is an event worthy of more notice than has been bestowed upon it. On April 10 one hundred years will have elapsed since the first patent to an American inventor was issued by the United States Govern ment, but the great progress since then in all departments oi mechanics and the arts is but poorly appreciated by the people benefited by tbe work of the inventors. This lack of public appreciation can be blamed on the rapidity with which one great invention followed another, the public becoming so accustomed to great achievements in the line of indus trial improvement that really wonderful in ventions or discoveries came to be looked upon quite as a matter of course. This is an entirely natural state of affairs, and one which the inventors probably care little about so long as they receive the proper pecuniary rewards of their genius. The celebration will undoubtedly be pro ductive of much good in calling attention to tbe great changes that have taken place in a hundred years of mechanical activity. Outside of this result, and tbe proper menioralizatiou of a century of American invention, other matters of interest will be advanced. A proposal to organize a per manent national association of inventors will likely be made, with tbe intention of bringing home to many thou&ands of inventors the necessity of enlarging the facilities of the Patent Office. The Com missioner's report for January called atten tion to the lack of office room and the inadequate examining force, together with other matters of importance, and the pro jected association will, if formed, do its first work in striving for what seems to be a much-needed reform. The Patent Office in the past has been conducted on a line of policy generally com mendable, but the rapid growth of its busi ness is such as to render frequent changes necessary. If a way of making these changes economically can be suggested by the contemplated association it will have done good work. Unnecessary change will, however, meet with decided opposition. THE OLD CONSTITUTION WILL DO. Our esteemed cotemporary, the Erie Berald, would apply Pennsylvania's share in the direct tax windfall to defraying the expenses of a new Constitutional Conven tion, and thinks The Dispatch, because of its advocacy of ballot reform, should take a like position. We are unable, however, to agree with the view that a new Constitution is at all necessary, or that it is even desir able to get a body of men together to tinker at the fundamental law as it stands. The fact is that the Constitution of Pennsylvania which was adonted by the people in 1874 is the best product of the brightest minds then existing in the Commonwealth. Not alone did great mental perspicacity distinguish the Convention which framed that instru ment, but there was also a high moral pur pose. The delegates were for the most part men of the highest character, and as a class they essentially bad no partisan or personal axes to grind. The chief evil which the Constitution of 1874 was intended to remedy was the abuse of power by the Legislature, which had become a bunting ground for private interests. It set such restrictions upon the Legislature as to abolish totally the evils of special legislatio i which were a constant menace to the rights of the citizen. It also issued mandate for the purity of tbe ballot and for the regulation of corporate powers, whose value is not the less because of the neglect of the Legislature afterward to enforce them by adequate penalties. The Constitution of 1874 was not in favor among tbe politicians. Some of its excel lent provisions have lain inoperative because of the indisposition in political quarters to enforce them. Others have been successfully overridden by quibbles in the courts. But there is no guarantee that any new Consti tution would be better treated, while there is a very decided liability that much which is good in the old onemight be materially modi fied. What is needed is tb3 public interest which will compel enforcement of the Con stitution as it stands. As for ballot reform, the association which is specially urging that very proper depart ure insists it can be effected under the pres ent Constitution. It is clearly best to try this idea before going in for a general sub version of the fundamental law of the State. OHIO SUPREME COURT DECISION. The interest excited by the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court tbat the law ousting the old Board of Public Works at Cincin nati is unconstitutional, is interest of a purely political kind, and seems to have no reference whatever to the cause of pure gov ernment. The Democrats are reported to be in a flurry as to what course is best to pur sue, but no intimation is conveyed that they are at all anxious about the moral aspect of the case. If the decision can be made to work to their benefit at the next election they will be satisfied, and Cincinnati can struggle along under any or no government so long as political henchmen are allowed to get their rewards in the shape of salaries from the city treasury. To an outsider, the decision is interesting because of the opposite deductions made from it. Governor Campbell's enemies say that it kills him politically, while his friends claim that it will only strengthen his chances of succeeding himself, or of taking a richer morsel from the political least peri odically spread by the people. Either of these deductions may be correct. Time alone will tell, bnt much good to Cincinnati cannot come until tbe affairs of tbat city are run on an honest business basis instead of for political profit SMOKE CAN BE CONQUERED. Andrew Carnegie is engaged in a good natured controversy with the New York Sun regarding the length of future ocean voyages. While the honors of the discus sion seem to be abont even, however, Mr. Carnegie improves the opportunity to get in a few interesting remarks about a sublect of prime importance to Pittsburgers. Speak ing of his last European excursion, he says: "One great improvement is the forced draught and proper firing which reader the Teutonic almost smokeless. Passengers continually inquired if she was -.not using anthracite." Pittsburgers generally may not care very much whether the Teutonic is almost smokeless or not, but they certainly will be interested in any ideas Mr. Carnegie has regarding the control of smoke; aud his statement that forced draught and proper firing have done much to mitigate the nuisance on an ocean steamship is entitled to respect as coming from one who knows whereof he speaks. It is admitted that the majority of appliances now in use for burning coal are constructed with but one end in view regarding smoke. So long as it can escape into the atmosphere without causing too much inconvenience to the person around the fire, they seem to be satisfied. The introduction of smoke con sumers has been greatly retarded by this carelessness of the rights of others, but now that Mr. Carnegiehas pointed out acheap and effective means of escape from excessive smoke, it is hoped that his words will be productive of good to this city at least. While manufacturers of smoke-consumers have always claimed that their appliances saved luel, many persons have never ad mitted the fact These persons will now have no excuse for not making an attempt at Improvements in the matter, because tbe means mentioned by the great iron master are without or almost without cost To in crease the draught of an ordinary furnace is an easy matter, and no one who works at a fire needs be told that increased draught means better consumption of fuel, with con sequent better results in the matters of heat and steam. The improved results in heat and steam mean the getting of more value for the money expended for fuel, and for this reason alone Mr. Carnegie's words are worthy of attention. Exactly the same reasons hold good with regard to the second part of Mr. Carnegie's statement, with tbe exception that tbe change from improper firing to proper firing will cost absolutely nothing. Mr, Carnegie, in effect, says that fuel improperly placed in a furnace will cause more smoke than THE when properly placed, and his long experi ence as an owner of furnaces induces us to believe he is right There is no reason, then, why onr local manufacturers should not make a trial of both means. Their own in terests will be helped, and the general pub lic will be saved much annoyance and prob able pecuniary loss. THE JUNKETING 6CANDAL. If the outcome of the Hearst funeral scandal will be the abolition of the practice of makings disgraceful farce out of what was originally intended to be a solemn honor to a dead statesman, the people of the nation will hare cause for self-congratulations. Al most every time that a lot of Congressmen and Senators have accompanied the body of one of their number on a railroad journey home, there has been a scandal. These scandals have been suppressed as much as possible, but the stories that have leaked out in every case told of actions more befitting the lowest in the land than supposed-to-be respectable lawmakers. The present scandal is no worse than those that have preceded it in the public's attention, but there is a hope that it will be the last of its kind, and that the custom of junketing parties over the dead body of a prominent man will, with that of interrupt ing business of the Government at his death by Congressional adjournment, be relegated to the realm of things that do not exist A self-feeding cigarette machine has been invented. It Is incomplete, and will re main so until a self-smoking attachment is added. New Yobk aldermen want the city to provide gold badges for them at a cost of $20 each. There always has been a suspicion that .New York aldermen could be so easily distinguished from the common herd, that badges seem to be nnnecessary. Those ot them who are wearing peculiarly striped clothes in a well-known institution certainly would, no doubt, be glad to doff their decorations. The Forestry Association asks for $6,000 from the Legislature. Six thousand in the .Treasury is worth twice that amount in the bush. Wild Western ways have been introduced into the Italian Cnamber of Deputies. Crispi threatened to "draw a gun" instead of a stiletto on a member yesterday. Buffalo Bill's show visited Italy last year, however, and this proba bly accounts for the new methods of Parlia mentary procedure there. Life has been made sweeter by the Mo Kinley bill, at all events. Twenty pounds of sugar for a dollar is also too cheap to call for eand. Canada wants a reciprocity conference. Before Uncle Sam consents to a chat Sir John's Ministers should be informed that reciprocity moans equal rights and mutual benefits. So far Canada has wanted the hog and offered tho United States the bristles. The funeral casket manufacturers have decided to adhere to ruling prices,in spite of the demand created by the suicidal epidemic. When children fight they sometimes spit at each other. When Arkansas legislators fight they throw cuspidors at each other, probably under the assumption that what they lack in quality of sense should be made up in quantity of filth. What a pity that the flames should lick up tbe new instead of the old. Fire, like death, seems to show a preference for shining marks. Pibe-peoof dresses or.closer fitting gar tit, fnr fATn&la cooks and domestics who come in contact with stoves and grates would be a step in the life-saving airecuon. mo pre vailing fashi-ns sent two unfortunates to a city hospital yesterday. England will soon have to devise some thing to defend her coasts from the attacks ot the American blizzard. The State Legislatures are making fair World's Fair appropriations, and the big show will nndonbtedly be a success if the managers say nothing but 6aw wood and square tbe umbers. While President Harrison is after ducks, every effort"will be made to prevent his getting a ducking. The Ladies' Health Protective Associa tion ot New York will present a bill to the Leg islature providing tor a better system of clean ing tbe streets. What's the matter with long dresses! Pittsburg is gone on the dogs, which is very different from gone to tbe dogs. Ikon buildings with shell-like wooden trimmings on their upper stories are an easy prey tor hot flames. Fire-proof roofs are safer than fire-proof basements during a conflagration. The museum faster no doubt thinks that time moves mighty slowly. The latest quarrel between Parisians is not to be settled by a dnel, but by a libel suit. This leads us to hope that tbe Parisians are be coming civilized. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Some of the bills framed at Harrisbnrg should be placed in guilt frames. We are a race of advisers and critic, aren't we? No matter how peculiar tbe calam ity some, nay many, will be found who believe that they could have partially averted it When tbe elements tear down.sweep off or devoursome there be among the lookers on who firmly insist that bad this or that been done the rnin wrought would have been lessened, the lives lost saved, tbe terrible blow lightened. True, tbanks to man's foresight and genius, much can be done in a precautionary way. With each lesson from tbe forces from tbe unex pected and tbe seemingly uncontrollable some of us are taught something that can bo turned to good profit in tbe future. Bnt when the flood comes, and the wind blows, and the fire burns many who mingle in the crowds have suggestions on their tongues and advice on their lips which is whispered or shouted in tbe ears of their fellows. They point tbe finger of scorn at the woikera. criti cize the plans laid to check the destroyer, jeer at heroic effort and laugh at daring. If, they bad tbe doing of it they would do differently, to be sure. But they haven't, bence all they can do Is turn aside In disgust and go up and down the land peddling tbeir plans and seeking praise therefor. They amuse, however, even if they do not instruct. When the flames crackle again tbey will bo there with the same recepts for staying tbe sparks and smothering the smoke. Others, however, read the ruins like a book and learn a lesson tbat can be treasured against the future. They are tbe silent ones tbe ones who note the obstacles and see a way to overcome them; who detest delays and plan quicker action; who ptofit by errors and devise means to prevent them; who see imperfections and plot toward perfection; who talk not but think a great deal. Tbey are neither croakers, critics, advisers nor suggesters, but are tbe workers and the help ers who, fortunate for all now galloping to ward tbe silent cities, make the running easier by keeping the track clear and the weights properly adj asted. Gibls to be even a little chic must have fine feathers; Well Connected MeqThose in the chain gang. If humanity would abide by what has been decided the courts would not be so crowded. Tenntso'n must have been only half awake when be wrote his potm on sleip, fwbe a The Memphis tragedy turns out PITTSBTJEGr ' DISPATCH,' Pillow case. General Pillow's widow is at the bottom of the tragedy. The wool bat trust promises to make it self lelt. It the anti-tight wearing bills pass "stock" companies will be with us again. While singing the songs of the past we sbonldnot forget to learn tbe songs of the present. , In that golden ate, when we are equal, what will become ofthe walking delegate! Okiektal countries are full of bazaar men. When you open a letter "by mistake" don't follow up the mistake by reading it Crossed wires make cross telegraph op erators. Monet is your best friend, hence you should strive to keep it Harrison handles a gun about as well as he handles a party. The accountant is a calculating individ ual, at all events. Jebbt Simpson has at last effectually disposed of tbat sock yarn. It is nowno longer a feature of controversy. The California legislators are now hold ing out for tbe stuff. Senatorshlps cost some thing else besides trouble. t:, -- .... ...-;-,,. -.- .t.;u t-.:iv ti'.' il 13 UU U3Q UflUg VIU QfJAA Wlim . o nearly all water. The game of naval .etiquette is hardly worth the povder. The death rattle follows a dose of rat poison. It should be placed beyond the reach of the weary ones. Bridle robes A riding habit The homes provided for newly married couples are, or should be, lovely, of course. Search the Sunday school scholars. The tragedy bere the other day shows that some of them carry guns instead of tracts in tbeir tronser's pockets. The check raiser is said to be of a retiring disposition. He has retired out of sight, at all events. The Wisconsin Legislature -.roposes to reduce the price of prayers. Tho devil must have sneaked in there on the November tidal wave. Churches tbat forbid sinners a seat in the mourner's bench are not religiously in clined. The bather always has to carry his own trunks. Bowand turned the switch that side tracked Mr. Westinghouse. Besebve township should be a good place for bothered bankers. A BRILLIANT strike A flash of light ning. If would-be suicides were committed so many suicides would not be committed. The latest Legislative farce is tbe pro posed bill against tbe bewitching ballet A SURE sign of spring The circus tum bler running np tbe incline leading to the mat tress. The fire machines should grow with the buildings, and the sooner the fact is realized the better for policy holders and policy payers. A COTEMPOBABY wants to know when a maiden becomes ait old maid. When she fails to marry, of course. " " While America is wrestling with ballot reform, Europe is worried over bullet reform. The baud that sows tbe seed from which tbe wild flowers spring feeds tbe birds and teaches them bow to build nests. The milk of human never be condensed. kindness should Sharp-toned people can make catting remarks. The family tree will flourish even after tbe roots die. The Indians are not dead, but sleeping. Willie Whikle, PE0M1HE1JT PEOPLE. Durr.EZ, tbe .French tenor, still lives, at the age of S5. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, is seriously ill. Mrs. Ole Bull, widow of the famous violinist is visiting friends in New York. William Dudley Eoulke has re signed tbe Presidency of Swartbmore College. General O. O. Howard denies that he is the author of a biography of General Sher man. The Duchess d'Uzes, who spent a fortune in the cause of Boulanger, is ill in Paris with fever and ague. Miss Lillian B. Pebby, of Covington, Tenn., has won a prize for the best description of a man to marry. Colonel Donn Piatt, according to latest reports, will not return to tbe editorship of Belfora's Magazine. ' August Belmont, Jr., is the new Chairman of the Lonisville and Nashville Rail road Board of Directors. George Francis Train is as agile aud muscular as he was 20 years ago, and walks with the same brisk energy. Kossi is acting in Vienna in Tolstoi's "Ivan tbe Terrible," with immense success. After one act ho was recalled IS times. Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth's fall name is Emma Dorothy Eliza Neuette South worth. She is over 75 jearsofageand very feeble. Mb. Edmund Clarence Stedman, the bsuker-poet, is engaged in delivering his long-deferred course of lectures on poetry, at John Hopkins University. Edwin Webster Sanbobn, "the New York lawyer, is a nephew of Daniel Webster, and has a high forehead and deep-set eyes like the distinguished statesman. Leonaed Jebome, who died last week In England, was an old-time newspaper man. Ho edited the Rochester Jfative American for some time, and later owned a large Interest in tho New York Times. Stephen Sanford, of Amsterdam, N. Y an ex-Congressman and a millionaire, found fault with the way tbe street repairs were being made, and bas been appointed Street Commis sioner and told to go ahead and do better If he can. He has his dander up and will accept V. T. Mezhoff, the well-known Russian biblograpber, is preparing a work in which all tbe books and journalistic articles treating on Siberia will be catalogued, Tbe work will em brace also tbe books and articles on this Inter esting subject which have been published in foreign countries. M. Mezhoff bas been ordered to compile bis book by a Siberian millionaire. The first volume ottho work Is in print; two more volumes will follow. THE KESCTJED MHJEBS IMPEOYCf Q. Serious Kesnlts of Their Terrible Fast Will Probably Remain With Thorn. Hazeiton. Pa , March 12. The condition of the four rescued miners at Jeanesrille Hospital was such that Dr. Mears allowed tbem all to get out of bed for the first time. It is more than likely that tbeir terrible fast and experience wilt leave serious results with some. If not with all of tbem. FRIDAY, ' MABOH" '13: THE HEUt-ATLdW. Performance of tbe Jefferson-Florence Company Last Night. A Pittsburg audience has rarely witnessed as finished a performance as tbat of "The Heir-at-Law" by the Jefferson-Florence company at the Duquesno Theater last night Tbe comedy Is one of the old, old English ones. It was written by Coleman, who was perhaps cotemporary with Sheridan, author of "Tbe Rivals." The comedy has cot been seen in Pittsburg for many a year 25, the older'tbeater-goers say and has never been taken up with the cars that is now being ing bestowed unon it. Mr. Jefferson always liked it, and as he grows older his liking tor it Increases, and the public has reason to be glad tbat itis so. The stage setting, especially tbat upon which the curtain rises, is magnificent, and, like the costumes, historically accurate. Tbe acting was on tbe bighe'st plane and every part was carried with tho most cbarmlng effect Mr. Jefferson as tbe erndite, aged and dignified Dr. fangloss, LL. D. and A, S. &. had every opportunity to bring out tbe quaint humor of which be is master. In constructing tbe part the author did not leave so much to the discernment of tbe audience as modern comedy writers do, and tbe jokes were frequently anticipated, but the inimitable and always unexpected man ner of ' their presentation made this very fire-knowledge a pleasure. Tbat nimbleness of limb has not departed from the popular comedian was made apparent by a lively step at the close of the fourth act to the song. Over the hills aud far away, ir I don't dance 1 get no pay. Mr. Florence in tbe character of ekiel Homespun brings nut both humor and pathos. As Sir Lucius O'Tiiggerhe is superb, and be is so, too, as tbe honest country boy, though the two characters are altogether different. But Mr. Florence is versatile, and every char acter he assumes is better than any other we could tblnk of until we have seen him in that other. The parting scenes with his boyhood friend in the second and third acts are master pieces. Of course, Mrs. John Drew was missed, but line. Ponisi, who was of tbe original Wallack Stock company, and has seen so much of the stage that criticism is disarmed, was an admir able Lady Ouberly, and would doubtless sur prise Coleman himself, could be see her, by what she gets ont of the char acter. Viola Allen, as Cicely Homespun, gave a very praiseworthy interpretation of her lines and her dialect, with tbat ot Mr. Florence, was pleasing in tbe extreme. Mr. Paulding appeared to good advantage as tbe dazzled lover and won hearty applause. Jlr. Bangs as Lord Dubci ly has the Mrs. Malaprop character of the comedy, and got bis words delightfully tangled In spite of the expostula tions of Dr. JPanglosi. The epilogue is more extensive than tbe average of these old English plays and as ren dered last night raises a question as to tbe wisdom of tbe moderns m doing away with the rhymes that were wont to "point a moral or adore a tale." DODGING THE LAW. Two Condemned Murderers Who May Not Die In the Electric Chair. I SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISFATCH.l New York, March 12. Smiler and Slocum, the murderers who are in Sing Sing under sen tence to die in the electric chair. next week, will not be put to death according to tbat sen tence. Tbe discovery that, as tbe United States statutes now read executions can be postponed indefinitely by a series of appeals to the United States Courts, based on refusals of Circuit Court judges to grant on trivial grounds writs of habeas corpus, will be util ized by tho conniel for both murderers. Lawyer Hooper, who is SJocum's oounsel, will probably base his demand lor a writ on the ground that Slocum was not represented by connsel. Hein zleman, tbe Aiwyemho defonded Jneiro, and who is said never to bare been admitted to the bar, defended Slocum. Hooper was Heinzle man's law partner. Ambrose H. Pnrdy, Smller's counsel, may base his demand for a writ on any one of a dozen no-account grounds. The demand will ot course be denied, and then will come the appeal from the decision, which is a matter of right. Tbe appeal will, of course, act as a stay. Wben this appeal is denied, which may be in three or fonr months, another one can be taken, and so on until the prisoners die of old age. The Statein the meantime' supports tbem In idle ness and furnishes tbem with much better food than any other class of criminals gets. .NATIONAL BANK DEPOSITS. The Government "Will Only Draw Them Oat In Installments. Washington, March 11 Acting Secretary Nettleton, of the Treasury Department made the following statement this alternoon in re gard to a report tbat that department has de cided to call in the Government deposits In national banks: "The Government has no present or imme diate need to use any part of the funds now in depository banks. Doubtless during the next eight months a part of snch deposits will bo required: but they will in such case be called in installments and only on reasonable notice, as heretofore. Inasmuch as these de posits, when so called, will doubtless be dis bursed to meeteurrent requirements of tbe Government the funds so used will be almost immediately returned to the channels of busi ness." A C0NTBACT0K EMPLOYING ALIENS. It Is Against the Illinois Law, and He Is Warned to Stop. Chicago, March 12. An investigation bas developed tbe fact that R. R. Herzog, a con tractor doing work for tbe city, has employed a number of aliens. A recently-passed statute forbids tbe employment in this State ot any persons who aro not citizens upon any work Eald for In whole or in part with money raised y taxation. Accordingly, Herzog was notified by the Mayor to-day tbat bo mnst strictly comply with tbe law on penalty of forfeiture of his con tract TJSUBY LEGISLATION IN MINNESOTA. The Senate Votes to Itetaln the Present Law as a Feature to the New Bill. St. Paul, March li By a vote of 25 to 21 the Senate to-day voted to retain the present usury law as a feature of tbe interest bill, which tbe Democratic-Alliance combine, under the lead ot Ignatius Donnelly, is pushing. The law thus retained is the one with regard to the forfeiture of tbe principal. A Copy of an Old Aristotle Manuscript. BoSTON.March 12. Mr.Goodwin, Profefsorof Greek at Harvard, has received a copy of tbe new manuscript of Aristotle, the treatise on the constitution of Athens recently discovered and sent to tbe British Museum. This is the first copy sent to this country. DEATHS OP A DAy. General John W. Fuller. TOLEDO, March 12. Tbe death here to day of General John W. Fuller is announced. General Fuller had a brilliant record durinit the War of the Rebellion. Hewas the first Colonel of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Infantry. He dis tinguished himself by a defeat of Forest at Par ker's Cross Roads, lenn.. In lS62,and again In the battle of corlnth In 1863. It was his division that met the heavy shock ora large portion or Hood's arniv at the battle of Atlanta, Jnlyz; 1881. and at tnat'tlme General Fuller performed an act of per sonal Vflor not often equaled during the war. He was subsequently made Brevet Major General and commanded a division. General Fuller re tired from business some years ago on account of ill health. lion. John Edwards, Madison, Wis., March 12. Assembly man John Edwards, of Port Edwards, died yes terday at the Park Hotel of pneumonia. Ho was sick when be came here at tbe opening of the ses sion, but occupied his seat in the Assembly till February 13. Mr. Edwards was one of the wealth, lest men in Northern Wisconsin. He was a nftivc of tngland, and came to Wisconsin In 1833 with his parents, who settled In Grant county. He was a minbcrmau, and had extensive land interests In the northern part of the State, was a delet-atc to the National Democratic Convention In 1SSS, and to the Democratic State Convention in 1590. Daniel Itudahaugh. ..pHriAtTttlOBAMTO Till DISPATCH.'. McKKSsrBT, March It This afternoon at 3 o'clock, when the funeral .services were belnjr con m ted over the remains of tbe lata Captain Thumbs MeClure. tbe old rlverman, the death of Daniel itudahauKh, another rlverman resident, occurred. Deceased was 63 years of aee, and lived bere nearly to years, John Grant John Grant, the well-known hotel keeper of the East End, died at bis lata residence, 6314 Penn avenue. Tuesday afternoon. He was well known throughout tbe two cities, and the news of bis death, while not unexpected, was received with regret by a host or friends. Mr. Grant leaves wile aud two daughters. David Muslc'u. GBEENSBUKG, March 12. D.ivld Mu stek, brother of Darwin Musics, editor of the Record, fell dead at bis home bere this morning while dressing. He bad been In his usual bcalttu He leaves a wife. 891" STEERING SOUTH. Observations In and Ont of the Cars by the Topical Talker Tho Chicago Man Al ways to the Front. irnou a ETArr coRSMroKDiaT.j Hot Springs, ark., March 10. Even when one is fleeing from tbe awfnl mixture of weather tbat Pittsburg bas of late enjoyed it is a piquant pleasure to hear the old home's born exalted within the gates of tbe stranger. We were almost within tbe city limits of Chicago, which but for 'the accidental Interposition of Indiana and Ohio would doubtless,before long touch Allegheny county, when the Chicago man you may be sure of finding him on every train bound for the Windy City began to sing, not sot to voce in the least, tbe praises of bis birthplace. It was not nnpleasant or un profitable to bear this Chlcagoan's laudatory canticle, for it was couched in good language, and adorned with Illustrations tbat were unique as well as ricb. One assertion of ,hisl remember was followed by a palpable silence, ana yet it was merely to the effect that by the time that the Exposition was opened there would be more lofty buildings, aud espe cially more over ten stories or more in height in Chicago than in all the cities of America put together. That occasioned a chilly entr'acte of silence, but a very brief stay in Chicago convinced me forty-eight hours later tbat after all the Chlcogan was not exaggerat ing a ereat deal. Not only are there now a very large number of office buildings of extraordinary height in Chicago, a dozen of which have been erected in the last two years, and not one less than 12 and several over 20 stories high, the Audi torium Hotel and several similar unique structures, but even more are in process of con struction, or are planned for completion before the Exposition begins. The day I reached Chi cago tho papers contained a description of yet another sky-scraping office building, which, when finished, will have 21 storiesl So tho Chicagoan was justified to some extent in his assertion. A sick man is a poor band at praising any thing or anybody, and for the honor of Pitts burg it rejoiced me greatly when a fellow-traveler, whose lace is familiar to thousands of Pittsburgers, said, wben tbe Chicagoan was at last out of breath: "Chicago is a fine city, no doubt, but Pittsburg la the Greatest City In the United States, and I have traveled from Tacoma to N ew Orleans and from Boston to tbe Golden Gate, and lived in almost every city of the first, second or third class In the country. It's money tbat talks, and Pittsburg is tbe place for money. Tbe workiegmen of Pittsburg would be the rich men of most other cities; they live better than you can realize, un lessyouhave lived with tbem, gone with them to market, eaten their dinners, worn their clothes and enjoyed tbe comfort of tkeir homes. It's not in immense buildings, nor in palatial mansions for millionaire occupants, nor monu ments nor even in superb cburcbes tbac the greatness of a city consists. It is in tbe well being of her citizens, and I contend that in Pittsburg 'the greatest good to tbe greatest number' has been attained by many means natural and of man's making, and that f orchis reason Pittsburg is the greatest city In the country, perhaps in tbe worldf ' Wherever two or more Chicagoans are gath ered together real estate is certain in these days to bob up as an exciting topic. Main and female after tbeir kind seem to have caught tbe speculative fever since Chicago got the Fair. By the way, tho pbrase "since we gotthe Fair" promises to be very popnlar for a long while to come in Chicago. It is on everyone's lips there just now, as "since the fire" used to bo, and as "since tbe postoffice was completed" may some day be in Pittsbuig. In the boudoir-like smoking car the other day a very pretty girl, ot say 20 Chicago summers, occupied one corner. She was talk ing to a ro3y-faced youth immersed in clouds of blue cigar smoke. Neither of them re garded my presence, and from tbe fact that he disagreed with most of her remarks and stated bis reasons, not always exactly polite, for so doing in clear and caustic style it seemed prob able tbat they were brother and sister. Romance and Real Estate. Still tbeir conversation sounded odd. Even a brother and sister whoso combined ages hardly 07ersteppel 40 might be expected to talk of something more romantic than real es tate. But that was their topic for an hour at least Tbe train was passing through the last of Chicago's suburbs, wnere there was far more prairie tban population in sight and a section of the conversation I give here as a sample. "You can buy lots out there for fifty dollars," said be, pointing to some level land barren of all improvement except a clean coat of snow, "that four years bonce will be selling at five hundred." "Ohl you're 'way off," she replied, shifting a quid of chewing gum from one cheek to the other, thereby throwing two very neat dimples Into temporary disorder, "you'd lose money on those lots, surel" "Guess not Darlow bongbt two acres half a mile back last fall and bas refused double tho price be paid already." "Well, I'll bet you anything yon like tbat those lots won't sell for five hundred betore 1895," said sbe. shaking a gloved fingor at bim. "I'll bet you a dime." be began with a mock ing laugb, but sbe Hushed and said with a bus,-ness-llke snap: "I'll bet you a diamond pin to a diamond ring, Tom." Aud tbe bet was made and recorded by tbe fair challenger in a tiny memorandum book. There is no denying tbe alertness and shrewd business faculty of tbe Chicago girl. Sbe shocks a tenderfoot a trifle at first, bnt there's anew charm about our Chicago sister. He Waited, and Wealth Came. Fortunes are being made in Chicago real es tate, and lost, too, very quickly in tbe ups and downs incidental to the Exposition boom. A. Chicago railroad man said to me: "The specu lators in laud are not all men of large capital, by any means, A clerk in my office made 5,000 last year by skillful investment in company with other small capitalists. But the most re maritable case of this sort I ran across last week. I had a conpls of lots in Hyde Park to sell, and my agent wrote asking me to coma over to bis office on Monday, as he bad found a purchaser for my property. I went and found a middle-aged man waiting to talk business with me. His face seemed familiar to me, bnt his name was not and I did not discover bis identity until we bad struck a bargain and he had departed. Then I asked the real estate agent who tbe man was I bad been talking to. I was certain I had seen him before. I said. "'Very likely,' said tho ageut. If you have lunched often at Kingslej's.' " 'Does be go there often ?' I asked. '"He used to until lately be was a waiter there for ever so long, and only dropped tbe napkin and tray a few months ago. when his Southside deal went through, and the syndi cate he belonged to struck it ricb. The location of the fair at Jackson Park netted him a quar ter of a million, they say.' " The erstwhile waiter at Klngsley's is likely to make others do the waiting for the rest of his life. Homely and Handicapped. "Come here. Dimple!" A ricb, fruity voice, with a maternal twang, broke tbe silence early one morning in a sleeper on tbe Iron Mountain road, and waked me from tbe first solid sleep I had secured in a long night. It was the cry of a parent and I was tempted to peep out from my airy fastness in an upper berth to see what manner of child Dimple might be. You would expect a cherubic chubby little infant with soft golden carls and the bluest of blue eyes to answer to sucb a name.- To call acbtld Dimple is decidedly dangerous, vou see. I was impressed with tbat fact wben I beheld this partic ular "Dimple." She was a chunky, red-brown-balred, freckled and rather frowsy little girl, with no eyebrows to boast of and mllky.blue eyes. By tbe name of Betsy sbe would have done well enough, but as Dimple sbe was dis appointing to a dismal degree. And upon closer examination I fonnd tbat the child had not tbe smallest pretense tn a dimple in her face; per haps her selfish parents su christened her that tbey might have a dimple in tbe family. Any how, it was a mighty mean thing to do, A Warm Corner. Thn weather bere is simply divine to-day. A cloudless blue sky? a breeze bracing yet warm and rich with tbe breath of tbe pine woods, birds singing odes to spring such as you can't find even in the best magazines with yellow covers, and not a blessed sign ot anything like such rude things as blizzards or floods. Bnt tbe Hot Springs bare not been blessed with beauti ful weather until tbe last few aays. The ex treme fringe of ibe cold wave which enveloped you on Uundaylaal touched tbe Springs and bad atonic effect on tbe skies which cleared up, tbe sun came out and now it was as warm as late May is upNorth. For several weeks it had been rainy, chilly, gloomy weather, with a big thunderstorm last week to complete tbe un pleasantness, so the change is mightily appre ciated by tbe invalids and convalescents Mho fill the great hotels here. Tbere is a cosmopolitan crowd hero, and all the h'ftels aro nearly full and filling up rapidly. Howmanviiaitnrs tbere are is bard to say probably over 5,000, although estimates vary In the must absurd lasliiob me man iusistiug tbat tbe figure should be 15.00U, another tbat 3,000 would cover every stranger in the town. Of coune, Pittsburg bas a contingent here and agoodmanyPlttsburgtra hare been residents here all winter. Hefbubn Jonaa. IN SOCIETY'S DOMAIN. Graduates of the School or Design Eeceived Their Diplomas and Medals Yesterday A New Studio to Be Opened Weddings and Receptions. Incidental to the School of Design session yesterday was the presentation of diplomas to the graduating class of this year and of the medals awarded at the recent exbiblr. Tbe diplomas were handsomely illuminated in col ors and beautifully framed, and those receiving tbem were Misses Mary D. Watson, Bessie Young, Mary Boyd, bailie Keenan and Mrs. Mary T. P. Seaver. Ot tbe class three received medals. Miss Young silver. Miss Keenan bronza and Miss Watson gold. Miss Francis McCreerv also received a gold medal for life class work and Miss Bessie Biggs a bronze medal for crayon ornamentation. Tbe medals are all from Tiffany A Co.. New York, and are exquisite in design and finish. They are handsomely encased in velvet, and inscribed with the school motto, the name of tbe receiver, the name of tbe school and tbe work for which tbe honor was given. A new studio will be a sequel to this year's graduation, as Mrs. beaver and Miss Watson have completed arrange ments for a suite of rooms in tbe Woman's Exchange building and will forthwith furnish according to tbe most approved Eastern studio ideas. Both of tbe ladies have just returned from a trip to New York, where various pil grimages were made to famons and reuowed studios. They will have everything in thor oughly artistic order by the firs: of tbe month. AN OLD ENGLISH WEDDING Celebrated Lat.t Evening; In St. Andrew' Episcopal Church. An old English wedding was solemnized last evening at 6 o'clock in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Tbe bride. Miss Mary Lulu Cavirt, wos attired in a magnificent toilet of white satin, high necked and long sleeved, and in stead of flowers carried a beautifully bound prayer book beneath the folds of the bridal veil tbat enveloped her graceful form. Miss Cavitt, at all times a pretty girl, was unusually so in her bridal robes as sbe promenaded tbe aisle on tbe arm of ber father, A. M. Cavitt, to the altar, where the groom, Ralph Holden Blnns, was in waiting with the surpliced clergy man. Tbe only attendants otber than the ushers wereMiss Carrie Cavitt, sister of the bride, as bridemaid, and Edward Blnns, brother of the groom, as best man. Tbe ushers were Messrs. E. and W. L. Rodgers, R. H. McClaran, H. G. Veeder, C G. Hussey and J. H: Grubo, tbe latter of Philadelphia. Tbe wedding was wit nessed by a large and fashionable audience. Rev. Dr. White officiated, andBeveridge Webs ter presided at tbe organ. A reception was subsequently beld at the Cavitt mansion in tbe East End for tbe rela tives and ushers. A wedding trip will be en joyed by the young couple among Eastern cities. NATIVE INDIA LITE s Illustrated Last Night by an Entertainment at Emswortb School. Native life in India was aptly illustrated last evening at Emswortb school hall by living pictures. The entertainment consisted of six tableaus Interspersed with music of India, vocal and instrnmental, and America as well. Tbe various occupations of tbe country and methods adopted for performingallduties,from eating and drinking up to idol worship, were well represented. The curiosity room was quite a feature of the evening, as it contained idols, musical instruments, ornaments, fans, models of bonsebold utensils, native servants, spears and swords. Tbe refreshment room was Invested with a great deal of interest, as ice cream and cake was served by young ladies in Indian costumes. Tbe entertainment will be repeated this even ing. STEBNBERCS MUSICALS. A Splendid Programme of Classics at Penn sylvania College. Constantin Sternberg believes in correct musical discipline for girls. At least tbe pro gramme he presented at Dllworth Hall, Penn sylvania College, yesterday afternoon would so suggest In it classical selections took pre cedence, after that tbe romantic was indulged in slightly, cotemporary more profusely, but popular very sparingly. Tbe performance em braced works from Gluck-Saint Saens, Dome niev Scarlatti Chopin, Jensen, Schumann, Rbineberger. Nicode, Blumenschein, Stern berg and Liszt The celebrated pianist held bis audience en raptured dunng tbe performance. He will ap pear this evening at Old City Hall. BEVEBLDGE WEBSTEE'S LECTTJKE- Before the Art Society at the Academy of Science and Art. Beveridge Webster lectured last nlgbt before the Art Society in the Academy of Science and Art on tbe subject of "Musical Matters and Their Manipulation." It is needless to say that bis lecture was instructive, and as it was inter spersed with piano music as illustrations it was made intensely interesting. Tbere was also quite a pleasurable musical programme, fur nished by Mrs. Kate Morgan Smith, Miss Eliz abeth Webster and Mr. Webster. Tbere was quite a large attendance, and Mr. Webster was voted a most entertaining talker. SOCIAL BASSET MEETING Held Last Night at the Green Street Baptist Church. A social basket meeting of tbe Women's Bap tist Missionary Society was held yesterday from 2 to 9 f. M. in the Green Street Baptist Church, of Allegheny. Mrs. L. F. Carey and Mrs. D. C. Williams, Directors of the Pittsburg Baptist Association, were present. Mrs. Sallle Rogers presided, Mrs. Natie Jackson acted as secretary and Mrs. Shelton as treasurer. Addresses were made by the Revs. W. W. Calley and William Troy, of Virginia, and J. C. Tavlor and R. S. Laws, D. D. Mr. Taylor read an 'interesting paper on tbe Foreign Mission Training School. Order of Solon Reunion. At tbe Order of Scion reunion last evening at Old City Hall an elaborate literary aud musical programme was presented, including addresses relative to tbe order by tbe Supreme President Jobn M, Ball. Supreme Treasurer Robert J. Godfrey and J. B. Koehne. The musical per formers were Misses Emma Woelful. Hattla Nichols, Alice M. Godfrey, and Messrs. Emille Konrad and A. Scbafer. Those who recited were Byron W. King, Edgar Langner. G. Krone and Al Guehleo. An East End Reception. An enjoyable reception was given last even ing at the residence of Mrs. Walter Anderson, on Craft avenne. for Mr. J. Greer Roak and bride, wbose recent marriage in Coboes, N. Y., was a society event of prominence. The guests were representative East End society people who warmly welcomed tbe stranger and bride. Floral decorations, music and supper were of such a nature tbat much pleasure was added to tbe evening by tbem. A Castle Shannon Wedding. Ata quiet borne wedding, celebrated yester day morning at Castle Shannon, Miss Mary Ubr was married to Alcinous D.Beck, formerly of New Lisbon, Ohio, and who for some time bas resided in Wilklnsburg. where he is super intendent of St. Stephen's Sunday school. After the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. George Hodges, of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church, East End, Mr. and Mrs. Beck departed for a brief visit to Ohio. Social Chatter. Tasty little cards havo been issued by Miss Edna Morrow, of Oakland street; for a 5 o'clock tea on the afternoon of Friday, March 20. It is to be given in honor of Miss Nill B. Wagenbals, a charming young lady of Columbus. The First Christian Church of Allegheny is to have anew carpet for its .Sunday school, and a supper given In the church last evening by tbe ladies helped materially to swell tbe sum with which to purchase It Rkv. T. J. Leak, D. D., lectured last evening at tbe Union M. E. Church, Allegheny, on the subject, "A Horseback Journey Through Pales tine." Tbe proceeds benefit tbe YoungLadies' Missionary Society. - Lectures on Greece by Prof. M. Lv D'Ooge, of tbe University of Michigan, will be delivered on March 16, 17 and 19, in tbe Pittsburg Club Theater. A piano recital will be given at Dllworth Hall, Pennsylvania College, next Thursday aft ernoon by Edward Baxter Perry, THE Carnegie Musical and Literary Society, of Curry University, will give an entertainment this evening at Curry HalL The Misses Dougherty, of Federal street, will give a euchre party Friday evening. AN "Orange tea" was given last evening'in tbe Presbyterian Church, Bellevue. Mrs. Brace, of North Highland avenue, gives a reception this evening. Sleeping Car Companies to lie Taxed. Kansas City., March 12. The Lower House of tbe Missouri Legislature baa passed a bill taxing sleeping car companies 2 on each (1C0 ot gross' receipts and providing for a fine of $1,000 a day for each failure to comply with tbe law. CORIOUS CONDENSATIONS. There are no mules in tbe New England States. A French professor announces tbat ha can photograph tbe entire spectrum. At Phcenix, Ariz. T., during tbe recent storm, 90 bouses fell, bnt no live ware lost Iu 35 parishes of Louisiana the colored people outnumber tbe whites in some cases ia proportion of 15 to L Atchison sets up a claim to the smallest calf ever born in Kansas. It weighs only eight pounds, including tbe tail. Texas has appropriated ?50,000 for the destruction of wolves, coyotes and other wild animals within ber borders. A resident of Washington, D. a, has just received from his ranch at La Mesa, San Diego county, CaL, an orange weighing 16J4 ounces. , Kentucky is coming ont For the first time in the history of the State a colored man has been drawn on the grand jury in Adair county. A Frenchman has recently discovered, near Thebes, In Egypt, a large grave containing 40 sarcophagi, tbe oldest of which dates back 2,500 years B. C. During the past year 14 Alpine Mount ain climbers met death by accident or by freez ing. In no previous season have tbere been to many disasters in tbe Alps. In the Tombs Police Court, New York, a few days ago, a prisoner, who gave a Bowery lodging bouse as his residence, said his occupa tion was "a one-legged man." Boston is so much exercised over the reported injurious properties of wall paper containing arsenic that, it is said, persons are making a business of testing papers for nervous householders. A resolution has been offered in the Ne vada Legislature doing away with the Ironclad duel oath heretofore taken by all officers in Ne vada. If this is repealed a duelist will be eligi ble to hold office in tbat State. A Glendora, CaL, young man took to Los Angeles a California condor tbat measured 9 feet and 11 inches from tip to tip. It was fonnd in a path with thick brush on each side, and, being unable to fly, was caught A suit about a calf in Texas has re sulted in wiping out all the parties involved ex cept the calf. One of the litigants shot the other, and tbe Sheriff shot the survivor in try ing to arrest him. The calf was valued at 36. The Jackson, Kv., Council, at the last meeting ordained tbat tbe playing at ball and marbles be forever probibited in Main street and the Court House yard, and tbat upon Sun day neither of these games should be played witbin the town limits. The other day the town of Auburn, Ala., was entirely enveloped in darkness at 9 o'clock A. ir. Negroes and ignorant whites ran out of tbeir homes screaming aud frighten ed, thinking tbe day of judgment bad come. The phenomenon was purely local. A rabbit fled from a dog at Rich Hill, Neb., and took shelter under a ben with a brood ot chickens. When tbe dog strove to get at the frightened raobit tbe ben scared him off by picking at his eyes. Now the rabbit and tbe hen are warm companions. A peculiar accident happened to a rail road train near St. Paul, Minn. The passenger and smoking cars left tbe track, owing to a broken rail, ran some distance on tbe ties, struck a switch and regained the rails. Tte engine and tender bad not left the rails. The value of the horses and mules, milch cons and otber cattle, sheep and bogs on the farms of our country, according. to tbe De partment of Agriculture for January and Feb ruary, 1891, is fi 230,000. 000. being enough to pay .the national debt and leave a surplus of $1,000,000,000 of money. " There are spiders in Ceylon that spin webs so strong as to prove a painful check to anyone moving quickly against them. Hats havo been knocked off the beads of travelers by a single thread, and a cane thrown into one of these webs will remain suspended. Some of tho spiders are eight Inches across, and spin silk as thick as ordinary sewing cotton. An English naturalist who has been ont to see the whale in bis natlva pastures esti mates that a full-grown whale, driving ahead at full speed, could break down any bieak water ever built, and tbat the sweep of his lower jaw Is equal to the force of a 30 horse power engine working at full speed. If you meet a whale while out in your canoe, giro 'em the road, A young woman of Athens, Ga., de tects tbe presence instantly of any feline tbat enters tbe room where she is. She need not see or bear the animal when it enters, but bas intimation of its disagreeable presence by strange sensations tbat sbe invariably experi ences wben sbe is brought into contact with a cat, and she entertains an unconquerable re pugnance to these animals. Olfactory sensations are probably re celvod from material emanations from the odoriferous substance, tbe emanations being absorbed by tbe fluid in which the microscopic ends of tbe olfactory nerves are constantly balbed. This moisture is so essential to tbe proper action or the nerves that its absence, as in certain stages of a cold, may for the time quite destroy the sense of smell. The report of the London Fire Depart ment states tbat the number of calls for fires, or supposed fires, received during the last year lias been 3,518. Of these 767 were false alarms. 223 proved to be only chimney alarms, and 2,533 were calls of fires of whicn 15J resulted la serions damage, and 2,402 in slight damage. These figures only refer to regular call for fires. or supposed fires, involving tbe turning out of firemen. A singular discovery, it is said, has been made in Central Asia by a distinguished Russian traveler and 'bis companions. Tbey claim to have discovered a large tract of land which is several hundred meters under tbe level of tbe sea. They are expected to arrive in St. Petersburg some time this month. Their arrival is eagerly awaited, as tbe discovery has created very considerable wonderment among students of physical geography. In DeKalb county, Ala., lives a IS-year-old boy whose every bone and muscle. even to baviug two rows of teeth, is doable and his head is an elongated mass with littlo sunken eyes in it and no cheek bones at all. Tbe boy can utter no sound at all save tbat peculiar to the groundhog, and thongh he bas a mouth witbin a month, be bas never chewed a morsel of food, his mother chewing every particle of food tbat be eats, and puts it In his month with ber finger. A would-be literary contributor im periled bis chances of success by sending a manuscript to a journal, written upon tbe re verse side of printed sheets, each of which bore tbe legend: "The editor returns the accom panying manuscript with tbanks aud regrets his inability to use it" Whether the aspiring nriter was economical or ironical or merely thoughtless, tbe coincidence caused a smile in tbe sanctum as the editor regretfully added one. more slip to tbe writer's collection. SCISSORED SMILES. THE FBISIDEST GOES SHOOTINO. Ye President goes forth to shoot 1' c blithesome canvasbaeks. As home ye Congressman doth scoot Who re-election lacks. Now we opine, ye sporting Ben Will find ye birds he kills Hot unlike sundry Congressmen All quackery and bills. .Veto Xork Continent. Professor We must change our marking system. Tutor-Why? rrofessor So many students get 100 per cent I tblnk there should be something higher and 1 arder to attain-say 1M per cent r Tutor-But no man could get more than 100 per cent ,. . Professor-Ob, yes, they could. I know several studenU who know a great deal more than there Is to tan.-ewXort Utrald. A history oy crams. Fail. WaU. Finis. , - Wastongtan Post. Euele How do you like my new engage ment rlns:? Emmi-I never liked it; It was too Urge for me wben I used to wear It. And Eugle and Emma walk on different sides of tbe street now. Brooklyn KagU. "I see accounts in the papers every day of doctors who ante-dated Koch in bis discovery . Ho great discoverer comes before the nubile with out a huideof men rising altar blin, and claim lug they were there before him." Oh. you are mistaken." lllK.tu.mt "Yea. Noons claims to have ante-dated Ale- -X Altlster In his discovery of fj . "-rucK. The egotist takes it as a personal affront . v whea told to shut his Ds. -Droit' Hagasln. ;3K- ,K & A SrJ &&LH&fcifeib t . EtS
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