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If the Supreme Court has a hard time of it trying to reconcile the laws passed for the Government of Pittsburg, it might, if it were not superior to that feeling, enjoy gentle revenge in witnessing the mental struggles of the ofiicials, the press, and it might even be said, the lawyers of the city to determine just where things stand at present Thus yesterday it was tolerably clear to many, perhaps indeed to most peo ple, by quotation from Justice "Williams' decision, that the city would have to pay from general taxes for the work wholly or partially done under the unconstitutional street acts. Yet at the same lime the Con troller, the Cnief of Public "Works, the City Attorney, and still others were congratulat ing themselves and the public upon the idea that the same decision clearly enables the city to go to the Legislature and get a law by which not; the city but the abutters would have to foot the bill. The point is that one way of reading the decision seems to make "curative legislation" apply to lut ure improvements; while another way of reading makes it apply to the improvements now in dispute. Which is the correct inter pretation will remain, in all likelihood, to be decided later on by the Court itself. If this thing is continued much longer the lay mind must give up in despair all attempts to grapple with the refinements of reasoning and intricacies of expression in which the legal status and ultimate outcome of the case are so elaborately embalmed. Between the Constitution, the Legislature, the court, and the late lamented Board of Viewers, the average taxpayer is privileged to feel about as certain upon the whole sub ject as if with a view to clearing his mind lie were, expressly for the purpose, hit on the head with a bludgeon. However, it is a consolation to know that all the great minds will continue to grapple with the problem until something definite is reached. "When the city ofiicials, the judges, the leg islators and the lawyers all put on steam .together, as they now seem to be doing in earnest, a final and thoroughly intelligible conclusion cannot be far delayed. Meanwhile, the hnmor of the situation which finds expression in the strange mix ture of views, and the suppression by most people o! their opinions lor want ot cer tainty, serves-one useful purpose. It afiords temporary relief irom painful contemplation of the increase of millage which appears covering unpleasantly in the foreground this year, as the only sure thing in connec tion with the business. DErEWS SING CL Alt DELIVERANCES. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew's efforts at the vindication of the car stove by attacking steam heating have reached the point where they result in impeaching the accuracy of Mr. Depew's statements. His first effort to prove the immense danger to passengers from a possible break in the steam-pipes which beat a car although experiments have already proved- that a person must be within three feet of the break to be even slightlyj scalded was coupled with an ad mission that no such case had ever yet oc curred. A later edition of his argument, however, produced an alleged horror on the Lehigh Valley road, where, according to Mr. Depew, an entire carload of passengers was found dead from the steam escaping from the heating pipes. It was very startling to hear of this, and still more so to learn that such a wholesale disaster could occur and the news be suppressed, i Inquiry developed that the accident referred to occurred on the Lehigh Valley road last October, when the cars were not heated by steam; that a locomotive! telescoped into the passenger car and the passengers were suffocated by steam directly from the engine as in the Twenty-eighth street disaster in this city; and that the deaths in flicted by that calamity had not the slightest relation to steam heating. Mr. Depew's reli ance on his imagination for his facts is lead inn him into disaster. BISMARCK AS AN ARBITRATOR. The report that Bismarck has been asked to act as arbitrator iu the Serine; Sea dis pute between this country and England is evidently premature. At present matters are not in condition for arbitration, and liardly will be for some time. There are formalities before the appointment of an ar bitrator is possible, even after arbitration lias finally been decided upon, and, in the Bering Sea disputes, this latter stage is not yet reached. But when the agreement to arbitrate is made, there will-be doubts of Bismarck's fitness for judge. An arbitra tor, to give perfect satisfaction, must be a friend of both parties to the dispute. He must have no supposed 'grievances to avenge upon either, and he must not be interested in currying favor with either. All these conditions are lacking in Bis marck. He is not a friend of Eogland or of the United States. He has, or supposes that be has, grievances against both countries, and, if he acted as arbitrator between them, might think himself justified in their ex pression. This he could easily do by settling the matter in a way unsatisfactory to both countries and rendering necessary the doing of the' whole work over again. He is also interested in currying favor with England, snd might let bis hopes of political advance ment overcome his dislike to that country, la the latter case he would, of course, not do justice to the United States. The foregoing does not make Bismarck ont to be a man of judicial temperament He is not His whole career has shown Jim to be a man of one idea, aud men of one idea can- sot make satisfactory arbitrators. There are plenty of other statesmen in Europe who woufd have nothing to sain by. acting as arbitrator, and, when the time comes, the appointment of any one of them will give more satisfaction to both parties than trill the appointment of the ex-Chancellor. PRESIDENT ELIOT ON FINANCE. Considerable comment has been provoked by the fact that President Eliot, of Har vard, took occasion in an address to the busi ness men of St Louis to urge the inculca tion of sound economic views, especially on the subject of finance. "While come of the "Western expressions of opinion find fault with the President for urging views sup posed to be antagonistic to toe trend of popular opinion. Eastern journals unite in saying he was quite right iu seizing the opportunity to create opinion in favor of a staple and sound currency. This is indisputably correct; but it over looks the point that President Eliot should be impartial in his maintenance of economic truth, and that he might find a field for com batting economic heresy nearer home than St. Louis. To make education of value, educators should be prompt to improve all opportunities to apply its principles to mat ters affecting the public. This is especially true with regard to matters of political economy; and an, educator of high reputa tion and wide influence would be untrue to his function if he did not exert that influ ence against the tendency to alter the stand ard of values, and to juggle with the me dium of exchange in order to favor debtors at the cost of creditors. But economic vagaries are not confined to J the "West, and it may be pertinently urged that a field more especially belonging to President Eliot is to be found in the finan cial centers of the East If the Harvard President would take an early opportunity to address the financial magnates of "Wall street, and to tell them that the idea of re fusing an inflation of the currency as aske'd by the West, while demanding one for the exnress benefit of "Wall street speculators, is a logical contradiction, he would demon strate his impartiality. If he would tell them that the theory of suspending competi tion for the benefit of the strongest and greatest concentrations of capital, while maintaining it against the common people, is a greater offense against true political economy than any of the Western vagaries, he would show that his desire for economic truth is not limited by sectional prejudices or hampered by respect for monetary great ness. We shall hope to see the President of Harvard take an early opportunity of com batting in Wall street the economic vices of stock inflation, manipulation of the market in the interest of the money kings, aud monopolistic devices for concentrating wealth in the hands of favored classes. By so doing he will place the economic position of Harvard above suspicion, AN' UNABASHED AGENT. One of the vices of our political system is illustrated by the report that the Indian agent whose inefficiency caused the outbreak at Pine Ridge, and who was removed on that account, is now being pressed for reap pointment with good prospects of succeeding. It is manifest that if he is reappointed it will be solely to satisfy the political exigen cies of the two South Dakota Senators. Senatorial needs which call for starving the Indians, and provoking costly Indian wars, are very expensive; but they are entirely in harmony with the political theories that place practical politics above integrity and efficiency in the administration of pub lic affair". Nevertheless the practical poli tics which cause such troubles as that with Sioux Indians may prove the worst politics in the world. LOOKS LIKE A PRIZE PUZZLE. Now that we have got the decisions which were to make the way clear for the city, it becomes necessary to retain a large corps of Philadelphia lawyers, including the Su preme Court Justices, to construe the de cisions. Besides the wide divergence of opinion as to whether curative legislation can enable the city to do otherwise than what the language of the decision says it has got to do, namely, pay 'for ''all work done and to be done as the law now stands," another puzzle is presented with regard to the effect of the decision, on heads of depart ment and police magistrates. The popular construction of the latest annex to the judicial deliverances, an nounced yesterday, about City Hall was that it affirms the validity of the official powers of 'heads of departments and knocks out the police justices. Yet this conclusion can only be reached by construing the Su preme Court decisions by tbe rule of contraries. For the text of the de cision declares that tbe fifth, sixth and seventh sections, creating beads of departments and police justices, adopt a method "of defining the power ot a newly created officer" which "is in violation of the letter and spirit of the Constitution and cannot be sustained." But the seventh sec tion, creating police jnstices, "is not as ob jectionable as the fifth and sixth," creating heads of departments. The latter are saved in a measure by the grant of general powers in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth sections, but tbe police justices are also saved by the fact that the grant of police power is a common law power, and they are therefore permitted to exercise police pow ers which have not been conferred on the Mayor by statute. With the additional fact that tbe court wipes out the power of Councils to create departments by ordi nance, this decision leaves the heads of de partments in a much more parlous state than the police justices. If we are to take the decision to mean what it says, it is that the heads of depart ments cannot exert any powers established by statute before tbe'ereation of their offices, and police justices cannot exercise judicial powers vested in the Mayor by similar en actments. But this constrnction only leaves us in confusion worse confounded. The opinion itself points out that we cannot know what powers of these municipal departr :nts arc barred and what are lecal, until we get a digest of all the stat utes involved, codified and indexed, with marginal references on the construction of each. Until we get this important work done, we cannot tell, when the Department of Public Works orders a park fence built, whether it is done under statutory authority or by general power. The same uncertainty extends over tbe act of the police justice iu sending a man for thirty days for a highly ornate drunk, whether the judicial power exercised is conferred on the Mayor by statute, and therefore confined to that functionary, or whether it comes within the range of common law police power, and is legal. The irony of this position is increased by the fact that the work of codification and di gesting necessary before the departments can know where they stand must be a collection of laws which by the decision of the court have become invalid. The idea of codify ing dead-letter legislation, in order that, by the process of finding out what the depart ments and police justices cannot do, we may be able to determine what they can do, is so distasteful to the well-regulated munici pal mind, thai we turn with relief to the remarks of the court on the eighteenth sec tion of the act, and rejoice to find that it saves further trouble by sponging out all departments created under the authority of that section. ' The unanimous choice yesterday by the Trustees of the Western University of Dr. Hoi land as the new Chancellor of that Institution gives excellent ground for expecting a brilliant future for it Dr. Holland Is not only an able, but an ambitious man. His scholarship, which is itself of a high order, particularly iu the im portant line of scientific research, is supple mented by extraordinary personal energy. He knows the cities of Pittsbnre and Allegheny and the surrounding territory thoroughly in every phase of their needs and development. He realizes the magnificent opportunities which are at hs hand for building up such an tnstltntion of learning as will bo honorably known over the whole country. With the co operation and encouragement which will be cheerfully accorded the new Chancellor from all quarters, success is sure to follow his administration. The complaint is made by Minister Eeifi that people in France are unable to secure official documents concerning the World's Fair. This suggests the possibility of Promoter General Handy doing some promoting In a way to demonstrate that he is useful as well as ornamental. Hos. A. S. Hewitt is urging the adop tion by all the States of a system of uniform taxation on personal property, because the present system makes It so easy to transfer per sonal property from States where it is heavily taxea to those where it is not But as this very fact would make it an inducement for some State to hold out a sanctuary to the fugacious property of the millionaires, the hope of getting 42 different States to adopt identical tax laws is futile. The only way to secure uniform legislation on any subject for the whole Union is to put the subject into the hands of Con gress. Mr. Hewitt's Democratic soul would recoil in horror from the centralization involved in doinc that on the tax question. .Notwithstanding the general an nouncement that artificial eggs can be pro duced for six cents a dozen, the demand for the legitimate hen product has not been di verted to any such degree as tolower the lofty prices of that article at the groceries. Illustrations of the high water in Pittsburg last month, although belated, are in teresting. Bat the determination, of our es teemed cotemporary, Jtarper1 Weekt, to name the largest avenue of our city "Pennsyl vania avenue," warrants tho remark that the name of the founder of this Commonwealth was William Penn, and in naming a street after him it has not been deemed necessary to add the "sylvania" as applying to one of tho least sylvan streets in tho State. Sin John Macdonald is understood to remark in a confidential tone that the an nexation scare was good enough till after elec tion, but there is no need of overworking it after he has cot his majority. A STATESMAN of the Second ward, Phil adelphia, has been studying tbe ballot reform bill, ana exclaims in tones of deepest indigna tion: "No one can go near the booth." If this were strictly accurate it would be a valid ob jection, as no one cait vote without going near the booth. But what arouses the Philadelphia politician's wrath is that none of the line worKe-s will be permitted to go near the booth; which will not strike the impartial public in the light of a serious dra wback. By the way, the query suggests itself whether the present Pennsylvania Legislature will in Its wisdom think it worth nhilo to do anything about tbe car stove. The attempt of two Detroit men to go without sleep for an entire week is thought by the Washington Post to arouse the contempt of the Philadelphia' people The remark might be annexed that It is permissible for Detroit men to make the attempt because the restful customs of that city will enable them to repose undisturbed for the remainder of the year. If March will continue iu yesterday's lamb-like mood both the ground hog and the Signal Service may jet be torgiven. The statement that $145,000,000 was the gross valuo of tbe sugar sold in this country last year, the saving by cutting down the price two-fifths promises to be worth something in the pockets of the people. Consequently the Sugar Trust does not like It, and asserts thatit will be "for the disadvantage of the public" "The Wearing of the Green" was tbe musical motive out of doors yesterday. Colonel Wattekson may have been laboring under excitement when be asserted that "New York politics stink in the nostrils of good people everywhere," but he relieved him self of one of those chunks of solid truth which will not increase his popularity in Tam many circles. PERSONAL PABAGBaPHS. President Eliot, of Harvard, is said to have "breathed an academic atmosphere so long that be has become intellectually asphyxi ated." Congressman Holman, of Indiana, who is famous as the great objector, declares that the height of his ambition is to own a horse and busgy. Herb Windthorst, who died the other day, was cenerally accounted the homeliest man in European politics. And yet ho was the most popular man among the German women. M. Kenan says that the dead Prince Jerome could have written a better history of the Second Empire than any one else, and that If he bad eschewed politics be would have made a great place for himself in France. John D. Rockefellkis's bequest of $100,000 to tbe American Baptist Education Society, notice of which has just been received by tho Executive Board, makes 300,000 in all that he has given to the same fund. . t MissVvett Guilbert is the present rage in Paris. She is slim, has green eyes and au burn hair. She cannot sing and does not try to, but chants. Miss Guilbert is a novelty, and the town Is correspondingly mad over her. Sir Edward Clark, assistant counsel for Sir Gordon Cumming, has been learning to play baccarat as a preparation for the ap proaching trial and is reported to be able to give experts a good tussle at the game already. Marion Crawford, the novelist, has served a legal notice upon the managers of tbe opera against the production in Paris of "La Mage" on the ground that the story Is taken bodily from his "Zoroaster." M. Richepln de nies the contention. Ned Bdntline, one of the most fapid writers of novels and sketches (of which he was tbe author of between 300 and 400), is said to have once. earned $11,500 m six weeks by bard writing. Sir Walter Scott received $40,000 for "Woodstock," the work of three months. Queen Victoria is mortally afraid that the Shah of Persia will extend bis proposed tour to England. She has a lively remem brance of his last visit, when she bad to stand the expense of a regular house cleaning after the Persian monarch had becn'got out of Buck ingham Palace. Mrs. Fletcher, who died lately in Eo gland, was tbe collateral descendant ot Shake speare, being in a direct line from Joan Hart, the poet's sister. Sho was the proud owner of bis Jog and stick. She carried on an unusual trade for a woman that b"f gunmaker and niado It prosper greatly. A New Political Organ ization. Bloomincton, III.. March 17. A move ment is on foot to organize a political associa.. tion of the railwav employes ot this vicinity as k branch of tbe National Railway Employes' Protective Association. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. The painters who want a scale hould visit some of the bouses they painted last spring. AVE are fad followers for a fact. A craze spreads as speedily as a contagion, and some become epidemic Off in an obscure corner nl the country, sometimes in a quiet nook of the noisy world, a spark Is fanned by fashion, fanaticism, frivolity or fancy, and lot a flame flares up and the fire spreads until the red tongue canopy the ball, and the heat is felt by alt We spurn the innovation with the foot while holding It In our arms, reject the idea with our voice while nur turing it in silence, criticize while we caress, revile while we recommend. One individual decides that a custom is a curse, that a fashion is a folly, that a right is a wrong, and supple ments something novel perhaps, new cer tainly and inaugurates the innovation under difficulties, or with ease, as the case may be, and away it goes. Tongues wag, beads nod, fingers shake, but it secures right of way and whirls on. Derision fails to derail it, prejudice cannot turn tbe switch, scoffing increases the pressure in tbe steam gauge, and it gets there on sched ule time. And how soon It becomes a fixture, grows prematurely aged, too. Yesterday you heard about it and talked about it, to-day you see it and fondle it, to-morrow you feel that it's like an old friend snd cannot be dis pensed with. In the quickness of its coming lies the fascinating power that leads to its adoption, of course. Anything that comes to us with a rush causes the craving for stopping it. The waif placed on the doorstep quickly and surreptitiously is coddled sooner than the little orphan who has been crying for comfort under our window for days, we pluck the straw that the gale flings in onr face quicker than we pull the grain In tbe field on the other side of the beaten path. Noveltyand newness; oddity and grotesqueness, tickle our fancy, and tbey must needs be short-lived, as iu tbe .rush to supply tbe demand the new is ever old. the novel ever pi ain, the quaintj ever common place. So the fad fashioners are kept busy preparing dishes to feed the fancy. The feast is unending, the appetite unsatisfied, the thirst unquenched. But there are no gonty pains in tbe portions, no dyspeptic depression in the preparations, and we hare stomach for them all. In Tuscany it islucky for love to find a key. In Amenca it is very lucky for love to find a keyhole. In olden times witches rode on broom sticks. Now little witches propel them. A good many saloonists would feel easier If Justice would keep her eyes bandaged while they are facing her. Alwats at the head The phrenologist In the apple of discord is frequently found the diplomatic corps. Insurance assurance. men have any amount of Custom hardens life's roadway, but new ideas should furnish tillers when It becomes rutty and full ot sink-holes. Tennyson Tinkered. To rest! to rest! To know that work Is done. And labor ceases with the sinking sun. To rest! to rest! Whate'er our tasks, they finished aro some day; Whate'er tbe pains, they, too, will pass away. To rest I torestl Rest, patient onel and dream not of the past Best, weary one! all tired, rest at last. To restl to rest! The street muddle- means mud, and lots of it. Wanted An interpreter for Supreme Court decisions. Apply at City Hall, Pitts burg. A knowledge of tbe law not so neces sary as ability to grasp tbe meaning of the opinions, and show why a contradiction docs not necessarily contradict Pittsburo is meeting with reverses, but when we go to law we must expect them. Personal feeling is sinking religious feeling out ot sight iu soma of the churches. Charity as well as creed must be practiced, brethren. If you owe anyone an apology settle the debt like a little man. A capital ofiense The State Legisla ture. If you want a free liquor license court 'smile" go to the It takes a clever artist to draw attention nowadays. In some legislative bodies discussion is opened with a club. The character of glass is improved after it is stained, and this is where glass differs from its makers. Chinamen write differently than we do, but many of them cross their teas. Too many marriageable girls estimate a man's wealth instead ot his character. Auctioneers are forced to do other peo ple's bidding. According to the New York court Cupid must ever be an undressed kid. 'A dressmaker says nearly every society woman in Philadelphia wears tights. They'll have a fit over the Seyf ert bill pending at Har risburg. Evert dog has its day, and every cat has its night A designing woman The modern modiste. It was written, "Printers who do fancy work easily cut a dash' The comp. who made it read "painters" knocked the point out of the paragraph most effectually. Ingalls is nowt posing as a prophet oi disaster. According to John the country Is going in the direction of the bow-wows with a velocity that will throw it off its center b efore many moons. Strange how disappointed am bition makes some of us sing doleful songs, isn't itf The policeman does not need a license to carry on a jugJmsiness. The difference between a saloon and a cafe is about 500 miles, according to a license applicant He says cafe in New York for bar, you know. There should be a good deal of go in a play that assigns the leading role to a loco motive. If you contemplate visiting Italy, don't register from New Orleans. etEgu Willie Winkle. PRESIDENT HARBISON. Pleased With Congress, and Believes In tho Election Bill' Principle. New Yoek, March 17. A correspondent of the Tribune at Washington had an interview with President Harrison yesterday. The Pres ident said that he was pleased with the work of the Fifty-first Congress. The result was one which would stand well in history and .one which the country will approve. ' In speaking of the elections bill he said that whether the lssnes involved therein shall be come a dominant issue in the immediate cam paign, or in the n ear future, is a question of whether tbe Northern part of the country will consent to such Inequality of representation Id the administration of national affairs. It was pot a question of sectionalism, but a question Of principle and business honesty. As to the tariff, he thought tlieiesboutl be no further agitation of tho subject until the McKlnlcy bill bad been tried. The President said that there was already a strong reaction in favor of tha Reonblican Dartv. and that the fntnrA 'would show tbat it was apon the side of good " gOYeruuieub iiuu uiiiuciu inuie, ttaa WC11 merited the Confidence of tbe country. AMONG THE LEGISLATURES. Their Proceedings in the Various States of the Union The Cincinnati Charter Fight in Ohio Statu of the California Sena torial Contest Fair Appropriations. pyM'tAL TILEGBAlt TO Till DISPATCH.! COLUMBUS, March 17. M. K Ingalls, Presi dent of tho Big Four Railroad, who has been taking an interest and delivered a nnmber ot addresses before the legislative committees in the interest of the new charter bill for Cincin nati, came to the city this evening to renew tbe fight He is accompanied by some of tbe most substantial citizens of Cincinnati who demand the measure. On the opposite side is a large number of politicians and enemies of Governor Campbell, who have discovered In the past two days that tho bill is'not exactly what they want, unless it can be amended so as to retain the present Board of Improvement which was de posed by tho Governor, and afterward rein stated by a decision of tbe Supreme Court that tbe law was unconstitutional, which was passed at the special session of the Legislature last summer, and by means of which Campbell got rid of the board for alleged corruption in office. At a cancus of the Democratic membors ot the Legislature at noon to-day it was decided the bill should be postponed to next Thursday and another caucus held to-morrow night when the political phases of tbe measure will be considered. It is believed the Republicans will join with tbe Campbell Democrats in tbe Legislature and pass tbe bill. Itmay, however, be amended so as to permit the present Board of Improvement to remain with Louis Reemelin at tbe head, and require him to stand for an election this spring before the people. Tbe bill for a new form of government at Springfield became a law to-day. It is similar to tbe system at Youngstown and consists of a number of boards. An amendment was made to tbe Cleveland reorganization bill so that it cannot bo tested in tbe Supreme Court as to its constitutionality, as has been threatened. The bill was presented by a member and passed to-day under suspension of the rules. The county salary bill for officers has claimed tbe attention ot the Houso all day in committee of the whole. It is a big snbject with a big lobby, and several days will be required to get the measure on passage. ESTEE STILL AHEAD. DeToung Withdrawn in Favor or Fclton In the California Senatorial Fight. Saceasiento, March 17. After a confer ence held last evening DeYuung's friends de cided to withdraw his name in favor of Felton. Tbe joint ballot this morning resulted as fol lows: Estee. 45; Felton, 38: Blanchard, 2: Johnston. 4: Perkins, 1; White, 24; necessary to choice, 58. Adjournment was taken till to imorrow. W. S. Leake, Assistant State Librarian, is 'quoted as saying that at 9 o'clock this morning two Assemblymen who had been supporting DoYoung, but who to-day voted for Felton, came into tho Stale Librarian's private office and made some figures on a manilla pad, which they afterward tore up, and which he collected and turned over to some of the lieutenants of Estee. From these papers the inference is given out that tbey definitely disclose that 21,600 was drawn from the Fresno Bank, and the list of names of tbe Assemblymen against whose names the amounts are written have received money! Attorney General Hart ac knowledged that he has the papers in bis pos session, but declines for public reasons to make ail the facts known at this time. FAIE C0MMISSI0H AT W0BK Messrs. Butterworth and Handy Labor With the Minnesota Legislature. St. Paul, March 17. Solicitor General But terworth and Promoter General Moses P. Handy, of the World's Fair Commission, ar rived in tbe city this morning, and when tbe Legislature met at 10 o'clock tbe two Houses met in joint session to allow tbem an oppor tunity to speak to tbe legislators on behalf of the Minnesota appropriation for an exhibition at the World's Fair. Both gentlemen made speeches in behalf of the Fair. At tbe conclusion of the addresses tbe joint session adjourned, and tho guests held an informal reception. This afternoon they will call on Governor Merriam and be driven about the city, retuminc to Chicago to-morrow. Tbe Minnesota World's Fair exhibit bill was cut down to $100,000 by the World's Fair Commit, tee, and is now in tho bands of the committee of the whole, and many are inclined to reduce the amount still further. There K however, a strong feeling in favor of at least $100,000. THE MEASURE DIES HABD. A Bill for the lienefit of Sliners Defeated itr tlie Missouri Senate. St. Louis, March 17. The bill providing for semi-monthly payment of miners' wages and the establishment of the time-check method of paying employes, which also had in view the extermination of tbe "pluck-mo-stores," was defeated in tbe Upper Ronseof the Legislature last evening. The measure bad passed tbe House, and it is believed a strong effort will be made to resurrect it in tbe Senate. Both Houses have passed a bill extending the Australian ballot law to all voting precincts in the State. Tbe law previously applied only to cities of the first and second classes. k A SIHGLE TAX SCHEME DEFEATE! The Illinois Legislature Refuses to Submit an Amendment to the People. Springfield, III., March 17. In the House to-day a resolution for the appointment of a special committee to investigate and report on the advisability of submitting to a voto of the people tbe constitutional amendment for the adoption of the Henry George theory of a sin cle tax, in accordance with a resolution of tbe Illinois Federation of Labor, was defeated, and the matter was referred to tbe common revenue. Resolutions of sympathy with the persecuted Hebrews in Russia were adopted by acclama tion. HOW DEMOCRATS ARRANGE IT. The Congressional Re-Districting BUI Intro duced at Trenton. Trenton, N. J., March 17. The Congres sional re-dlstricting bill was introduced in tbe Assembly to-day. It provides for one addi tional district under the census, making eight districts in all. The districts have been so planned by the Democrats as to leavo the First and Second as at present. hich ensures Republican Congress men in both, while the oflier six districts are drawn so as to give Democratic majorities of from 500 to several thousand. BOYD-THAYEE CONTEST POSTPONED. The Supreme Court of Nebraska Divided on the Gubernatorial Dispute. Lincoln, March 17. The decision in the Boyd-Thayer Gubernatorial contest is in. definitely postponed. It Is claimed tbat Jus tices Cobb and Maxwell favor Boyd, while Norval favors Thayer's side It is also rumor ed that a scheme to remove Cobb by giving bim a Federal position has been unearthed. There is talk of prolonsing the Legislature until the Court renders a decision. The air is full of rumors of plots aud counter plots. To Settle the Connecticut Difficulty. Hartford, March 17. The House passed tboJudson bill, providing for a settlement of the present election difficulty, this afternoon by a voto of 121 to 103. KING KALAKAUA'5 WILL. It Provides Minutely tho Sacccsslon to tho Island Kingdom's Throne. San Francisco, March 17. The will of the deceased King Kalakaua uas admitted to pro bate in the Hawaiian Supreme Court March G. By tho terms of the will. Princess Liliuoka lanl is declared successor to the throne. Fail ing heirs, she shall cm: so Princess Victoria Kailaunl to be declared her successor. In the event of tho latter attaining the throne boforo tho age of majority, tho Queen consort, Kapiolani, sli all I bo regent until the Princess arrives at her majority. In case the latter has no heir. and tbo royal line becomes extinct, Queen Kapiolani then becomes next successor to the throne, which descends from her to Princess Poomalkelani. sister of the deceased King, and. her heirs or failing sucbj to Prince David Kawanakoa, a cousin of Ivalakana. All the deceased mon arch's property is bequeathed to Queon Kapi olani and her beir. On the 9th Instant Queen Liliuokalani publicly proclaimed Princess Victoria Kaweiku Kailuani heiress apparent to tbo throne. GRAND ARMY 25 YEABS OLD. Tho Silver Anniversary to Be Celebrated by Every Post April C Rutland. Vt., March 17. Commander in Chief Vcazey has issued a general ordor for the observance of the silver anniversary of the Grand Army April 6. It is ordered tbat all posts will hold on the evening of that day a public coiuuicinorativo meeting, notice of which must be given every comrade and xpecial invitation extended to the Sons of Veterans, the Woman's Relief Corps and kindred organizations, as well as tu the clergy, press, school ciiiidren and citizens generally. AH EVEHIHO OJ? MTJSI& Franz Rummel, at Old City Hull, Plays for an Appreciative Audience. Franz Rummel gave tbe first of bis piano re citals at Old City Hall last evening before a large audience. His programme included a fugue by Bach, rendered with mnch delicacy and feeling; a scberzoso by Von Balow, which was warmly applauded; Chopin's op. 42, a waltz, a nocturne and scherzo, and selections by Liszt Schumann, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. The Dianlst has arranged an attractive nro- gramme for this evening, including selections from Schubert, Raff, Liszt, Ramean and Cou perin. THE GOSPEL OF GET THESE. Subject of Hon. Henry Hall's Lecture for Friday Evening. Hon. Henry Hall, of Mercer county, Har riurg correspondent of The Dispatcii, will lecture Friday nigbt in the Third U. P. Church, Diamond street above Grant street. Tbe sub ject of bis lecture is "The Gospel of Get There." Mr. Hall is well-known in Pittsburg, having many friends here, while his services in the State Legislature have given him an ex tended reputation. He has never spoken in pnblic here, but the people of other cities where he has occupied tbe platform are loud In their praise of his work. The proceeds ot tbe lecture will be given to the Missionary society of tno church. The ad mission is 25 cents. Married in Fittsbnrg. R. M. Fritz, of Eden Ridge, registered at the Seventh Avenue yesterday, and asked for two rooms. Several honrs later he returned, and wrote the word "wife" after his name. He had been married in the meantime, and .the extra room was assigned to bis mother-in-law. Social Chatter. The annual meeting of tbe Home and For eign Presbyterian Missionary Societies of Pitts burg and Allegheny Presbyteries will beheld on March 26 and 27, in the North Church, corner Lincoln and Grant avenne, Allegheny. The sessions will commence at 10 a. it, and last until 6 P. M. The wedding of Miss Alma L. Kanty, of Green Tree borough, and Mr. Edward W. Ger berding, of the East End, is announced to take place Tuesday next in the United Presbyte rian Church, Mansfield Valley. A FLEA8ING entertainment was held In C. M. B. A. Hall last evening, inhonor of St. Patrick. Father Lambing delivered a lecture on the SainttThere were some good musical selections as well. lee S. Smith will give an illustrated lecture Friday evening at tbe Arch Street M. E. Church, under the auspices of the Epworth League. An open meeting of the Father Mathew As sociation was held at Duquesne Hall last even ing. A good programme was well rendered. The last assembly ball in Sewickley bas been announced to tako place Tuesday, March3L It was postponed from February 10. The marriage ot Miss Kate Cochrane and John Callahan took place at St John's Church, Soutbside, yesterday. A HIGH tea was civen last evening, at the residence of Mrs. M. L Duff, Seventeenth street, Soutbside. THE EXP0BT OF GOLD. A New Rule Adopted by the Treasury Ap plied in New York. rsrr.ciAL teleobak to Tits dispatch:.! New York, March 17. The Treasury De partment bas placed this country on aneqnality with the principal commercial nations of Europe in the matter of settling trade balances. Heretofore we have been at a disadvantage, sufficient in tho course of a year to make a dif ference of many millions of dollars in tbe shifting of gold from here to tbe principal financial centers of Europe. The last Congress was made to appreciate that this was unjust because the principal government banks of Europe treat their gold bars as merchandise, and as such charge what ever price they please for them, or decline to sell them except for use in the arts. Our Government has at last followed tbelrexample. An opportunity to put the new law into full operation was presented to-day, when applica tions were made to the Treasury Department for $1,000,000 in gold bars for shipment to-morrow. Up fo the present time tbe Treasury De partment has been content to charge a premium of 40 cents a S1.0CO for its bars. To-day it refused to sell them for export Two bank ing houses had completed their arrangements for snippinc $300,000 apiece by to-morrow's steamer, but were compelled to defer the ship ment until tbey can determine whether double eagles can be exported at a profit. DEATHS OP A DAY. Prince Jerome Napoleon, Rome, March 17. The lone illness of Prince Jerome Napoleon terminated In death this afternoon. He was the son of Jerome Bonaparte, who married Miss Patterson, of Baltimore. Madam Bonaparte, as she was generally called, died in Baltimore in 1S79. After her marriage was dissolved liy order of the Emperor Napoleon, thoujrh it has been contended she was never legally divorced. Jerome married the Princess Catharine, of Wurtcmhurg, and Prince Napoleon was their son. He was born about 63 years aro. and his career has been remarkable chiefly for wasted ODDortuulties. When his cousin. NaDO- Ieon III,, mounted the throne of France. Prince Kanoleon had already made himself conspicuous in Paris as a radical Republican and friend of Victor Hugo. This did not prevent him from accepting the situation when nc was declared a French Prince of the reigning fanflly anil heir presumptive tot the imperial crown. After the death of thePrincc Imperial he became the recog nized leader of the lionnpartlsts. or rather a part of them, a faction declaring in favor of his son. Prince Victor. In 1SS5 he was expelled from France with other princes. Colonel James Rody Snccd.- CniCAGO, March 17. Colonel James ltody Sneed, aged 7-1. died at the residence of his son, Perclval Sneed, in this city, this afternoon, of pneumonia. Colonel Sneed was widely known In national politics, aud especially in the South, for many years. For a number of years he. was publisher of a daily paper at Atlanta. Ho was postmaster or tbe United Spates Senate from 1882 to 1&S5. After Cleveland's election to the Presi dency he was appointed Fourth Auditor ot the United states Treasury, which office he held dur ing Cleveland's incumbency. The remains of Colonel bneed will be taken to Savannah for in terment Thursday. James Slocnm. rSFKCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THB DISPATCH. I Brownsville, March 17. James Slocum, one of the oldest citizens of this place, lied yesterday In his 80th year after a brief ill ness. For manv years lie was In the hardware business here, as well as being largelv engaged in stock raiding, and since the organization of the Second National Bank he had been a director. He had accumulated considerable wealth. Frank I. Frayne, Actor. Chicago, March 17. Frank I. Frayne, the well-known actor, died at his apartment In the Criterion Theater building last nigbt of neu ralgia of the heart. Although Mr. Frayne had been 111 for about three weeks, his death was un expected. He was born in Danville. Boyle county. Ky., Marcli 2). 1339. He was married twice, lie accidentally shot his first wire while acting lu Cincinnati In 1S30. and In 1S8I he married Miss Margaret Thompson, who survives him. John W. McQulddy. Indianapolis, Ind., March 17. John V. McQulddy, Urand Instructor of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows of this State, died at his home In this city last evening or hardening of the brain. He was one of the most prominent Odd Fellows in the United btates, having been Identified with the active management of the or der for many years. Sergeant Harry Davis. Second Serceant Harry Davis, or the Washington Infantry, died yesterday morning from pneumonia at Ms residence. No. 51 Hazel street, after a week's illness. The body will be taken to Itavcnna, o.. for Interment. Serceant lMvls lias been a member of the company for the past 17 years. James II. Black. IFrECIAI. TELEOBAK TO TILS DtBPATCB. . GkoVe City, March 17. James H. Black died at his home, in this place, Sunday night, of erysipelas, after a brief illness, aged 65 years. He had been engjged in the furniture and undertaking business (or about 40 years. L. P. Hitchcock. L. P. Hitchcock, formerly of Washington, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. J.I). Han cock. In Franklin, yesterday. Mr. Hitchcock was 73 years old. He lived for a long time In Pitts burg, and was well known here. James W McDowell. Grove City, March 17. James W. Mc Dowell died at his home last night after a short Illness ot Urizht's disease. He was a man of nullity and Integrity, and was the father or llev. J. 6. A. McDowell, or New Castle, and Rev. O. U. XlcDoncll, ofew lictlilchciu. ' Captain John W, Carroll. St. Louis, March 17. After a lingeing Illness, Captain John V Carroll, one of the old est and best known rlrermen on the Mlssls,lppl and Ol'lo rivers, died last evening at Unlianphy at the age of 6S years. PAYING CARPET-BAGGERS. One Feature of the Deficiency Appropria tion Which Has Just Come to Light Two Southern Ex-Senators Get a Nice Sunt In a Time of Need. srrciAi. tilicbab to tbb ntsrATcn.1 Washington, March 17. A little clause in the big deficiency appropriation of tbe recent liberal Congress reads as follows: "To pay cx Senator F. A. Sawyer, under Senate resolution of February 27, 1S91, 6,513 35; to pay ex-Senator George E. Spencer, under Senate resolution of February 2S. 1891, $6,513 38." Congressmen read tbe clause with some interest, because it was an explanation of the presence of the two old- time carpet-baggers in Washington. The ob ject of their return to publicity has been some thing of a mystery. Mr. Sawyer was a Senator of the United States 18 years ago. Mr. Spencer went into re tirement 13 years ago. For years, however, the robust, red-faced, curly-baired, ex-carpet-bagger has been In Washington a great many times. He rarely found it congenial or neces sary to visit the Senate chamber, but many of his colleagues knew that be was an active man of affairs. They did not know, however, that Mr. Sawyer was in the land of the living, and bis suddeirpopptag into publicity and an ap propriation was like a vision from the dead. It recalled the good old Republican days just after tbe war, and brought again into public notice a man who long ago passed off the stage. Mistaken for a New Member. .As Mr. Sawyer sat on a sofa in tbe Senate Chamber during tbe last few days of tbe session not more than half a dozen in tbe entire body recognized him. In fact, it was generally sup posed tbat he was Senator-elect Claggett, of Idaho.and many an entertaining paragraph was printed about the quiet, white-headed old gen tleman from the new Western State who looked like Senator Edmunds. It turns out, however, that Mr. Claggett is not bald headed and be ba3 no whiskers, and he is as much un like Mr. Edmunds' double as he possibly could be. Dr. Sawyer's little windfall of more than $6,000 having broueht him for a moment into prominence recalls the facts of his political ca reer. He was born nearly 70 years ago in a little town of Massachusetts. He graduated at Harvard with bigh honors in tbe class of UU, and for 15 years he was a professor in soma of smaller schools and colleges of the old Com monwealth. In 1S39 he removed to Charleston, S. C, where be was placed at the head of the State Normal School. He was an intensely loyal man, and with many other people of this class in tbe Soutb, he was allowed to go North on the breaking out of hostilities in 1S61. When the War was over he conld not snbdue his love for tbe South and the Southern peo ple, and in 1865 be returned to Charleston. Being prominent In tbe Republican party, he became Johnson's Collector of Internal Reve nue and held tne place two s eari when, taking advantage of tbe flood-tide of Republicanism in. the good old days of tbe reconstruction, he threw himself on its bosom and floated into the United States Senate. He was not a bril liant Senator, but he was far abovo tbe average of carpet bag statesmen, and the records of Congress during bis term show that he took part in many of the debates and acquitted him self with credit Left Out In tbe Cold. Shortly after his term expired, in 1ST?, when the South came into its owncontrol.and be was made Assistant Secretary of tbe Treasury by President Urant. t ortune. which had thus for years been smiling upon bim, began to frown, aud the turn of the political wheel soon made bim a private citizen. He could not go back to the Houth, and there wa3 no place for him In the North. His political lriends had slipped away, and he was without fortUDe.or business experience. His financial matters' went from bad to worse nntil he was glad to accept an ap- E ointment in the department of which be bad een the assistant chief. He was assigned to a desk in tbe Coast Survey Bureau, and all tho men with whom he had been associated In public life dropped him from their memories. After a few years ot work as a department clerk Mr. Sawyer slipped out of Washington, and with his wife and family lived in retire ment and quietude iu a small Eastern village. Some time ago bis name was again brought to public notice by tbe publication of a so called political nuvel written by his daughter, the subject being the experience of the daughter of a politician. When even his closest friends supposed him to be in his grave Mr. Sawyer bobbed np in tbe Senate Chamber as a beneficiary of one of tbe anpropriation bills. Six thousand dollars is a fortune to the ex-Senator now, and, having secured it, he will no doubt pass again into obscurity a shining example of the possibility of an American citi zen as well as a warning to all men who sigh for a political life. The success of the ex-Senators, Spencer and Sawyer, in pocketing 6.000 was dne not to any inventive genius of their own, but to tbe in spiration of an impecunious lawyer of Wash ington who a few years ago conceived the idea of collecting the money constructively due to these old carpet bag Senators and rewarding himself with a fat fee. The Basis of the Claims. The ground on which the claims wero based is that many of the Senators who came to Washington in the reconstruction days were not paid their salaries for the time that inter vened between tbe date when they presented their credentials and the date when their con tested seats were finally passed unon and tbey were sworn in. Last session this Ingonlou3l!mb of the law, whose relative had been one of tbe long suffering, but finally victorious Southern Senators, took his relative's claim, on a con tingent fee and succeeded in securing favorable action on it. This established a precedent, and as everybody knows, there is no lever in exist ence so powerfnl for moving United States Senators as a precedent. Almost any legislation conceivable can be enacted If there is a precedent. Tbe Washing ton lawyer made it very easy sailing for all the old-time Senators who were as unfortunate as to be kept waiting several months in tbe ante room of tbe Senate chamber before being ad mitted to membership. Several of these ex Statesmen besides Messrs. Spencer and Sawyer have collected their back pay and more are to he heard from. One thing seems to have been omitted when these appropriations were agreed to. No provision was made for the payment of interest on the money during all the years it had been kept out of tbe pockets of the ex Senators and this omission will probably be made the basis for other claims in a future Congress. i "" AH DireXPZCTED D0WHP0TJS. A Mischievous Boy Causes Great Excite ment In a Revival Meeting. 'SPECIAL TEL EG it All TO THE DISPATCH.! Huntingdon. Pa., March 17. Tbe Brush Kidge rschoolhouse. in Miler township, has been tbe scene of a successful religious re vival. An unusual event occurred at last night's meeting, which threw tbe congregation into ungovernable excitement and gave a tem porary check to the services. Rev. Mr. Eberly bas shown in all bis prayers a decided preference for tbe phrase, "Oh, Lord, shower down thy blessings upon us." Last night, after nearly a score of penitents bad as sembled at tbe imorovised altar railings, and when tbe venerable minister bad arrived at tbe period of his opening prayer where be invoked a downpour of divine blessings, an ominous shower ot water came from the trapdoor of the attic just above tbe kneeling minister ana penitents. Tbe prayer was interrupted and the sen ices camo to a sudden stop. After consid erable trouble the portly janitor suc ceeded in pushing his body through tho little trap door, where bo found Master John L. Smith, Jr.. a 15-year-old lad, hiding in the further comer. The young practical joker was lowered to the meeting-rooui, surrendered to tbe custody of bis mother and subjected to severe corporal pumsnmeni. TEOPICAL FETJIT SCARE. The Orange and Lemon Crops In Italy Dam aged to an Enormous Extent, New Yokk, March 17. Some excitement has been caused In tbe foreign f rnit trade in this city by reports from Italy to tho effect tbat the orango and lemon crops have been de stroyed by tbe recent storms. President Con tencin, of the Italian Chamber of Commerce, who at present is at Sorrento, Italy, has written a letter in which be says that the damage to the orange and lemon crops has been enormous, and was caused by a gale of wind which swept all the leaves off the trees, leaving the oranges and lemons without protectlou. The crop, be estimates, will be reduced about 75 per cent. Tbere are from 60,000 to 70.000 boxes ofvinter cnt fruits stored tbere, leaving about an equal amount on tbe trees fit Tor shipment. The lemon crop suffered chiefly from the hail, which chilled the fruit. EHF0ECINO THE EIOHT-H0TJE LAW. A Hoosler Laborer Sues His Employers for OO Days' Extra Pay. Indianapolis, March 17. A novel suit under the eight-hour law bas been brought by John Grissell in Justice Alford's court. Ho says that be was engaged by a flour and feed company May 27. JS30, to work at SI 25 a day. and that hr remained with tbe company nntil March li 1891, during all this time workingll bouts a ilny.. He sued fur nay for extra work each day, making in' all 720 hours. The arts ot 1SS9 de clare that eight hours shaU constitute a legal day's work for all classes of mechanics, work ingmen and laborers, except in agricultural and domestic labor. CURIOUS CONDESSATlOIiS. v A convict in tbe Missouri State Pen! tentiary has donated SI to be sent to the destl tute people In Northwestern Kansas. Over 260,000 miners, metal workers and other organized workmen will strike in Belgium on May 1 to gain tbe eight-hour workday. For the first time in ther history of the State, white men are now doing bouse plaster ing in Georgia. Heretofore tbe. work has been done by negroes. A Yale student, while walking along Court street. New Haven, recently, was at tacked by thirty shopgirls and kissed until ha screamed for help. For every five miles of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad a murder has been committed, with which the gangs at work on the road have been connected, It has been .suggested that the phono-' graph shall be used as a cash register. Every sum the cashier receives might be called in the phonograph and there recorded as a check on tbe accounts. An English officer whose health breaks down in India must pay his successor's passage out before be can return home. It is asserted tbat every year men die In India because they cannot afford to comply with this rule. At Habelsehwerdt, Silesia, linen weavers earn 10 and 12 centsper day. Tbe food of Silesian weavers consists of oatmeal, bread and potatoes. Tbere are thousands of families eating meat hardly once in a whole year. The Government expenses in 1802, when Thomas Jefferson was President, exclusive of pavments on tbe public debt, amounted to 3.737,000. By tbe same ratio tbe Government expenses should now be about 10,000,000 per year. The average temperature of weave rooms Is from 80 to 100. In one mill In Fall River tbe temperature is kept so high tbatit is known as "Little Hell." Even In mills of mod ern build the only provisions for fresh air are the crevices under the doors. The process ofmaking soap from corn bas just been discovered by a Chinese chemist. This discovery promises to prodnce an entire change in tbe art of soap making. His produc tion is said to be absolutely pure, and better than tbe finest soap now made. A strange coincidence happened re cently In Clayton connty, Ga. As one of Its oldest residents expired tbe old clock stopped, which for 40 years bad faithfully kept time in the house. Two days after bis demise the clock mysteriously disappeared. There is a law on the statute books of Massachusetts requiring that any person find ing property to the value of 3 or more shall have the same recorded at the office of tbe town or city cierk. It is an old colonial law, and, almost needless to say, Is not observed at present. More than 100 female teachers in the pnblic schools of Boston are officially recog nized by the Boston School Board by their pet .names, wbich has led a member of the board, who is a woman, by the way, to offer a resolu tion that hereafter the baptismal names only of teachers be recognized. The census estimate of the lumber, shingles and other forest products of the Southern States for tbe census year 1880 was 16,979,000. Bntic 1890 the annual value of the samo prodnct has expanded to 103,122,100. In the same time tbe average value of Southern pine land rose from 1 25 to tlO per sere. A Eussian statistician and scientist recently published a book from which it ap pears that from 1S07 to 1SS1 over 612.000 men, women and children have been sent to Siberia bv the different Czars of Russia. About 60,000 of these exiles have died upon tbe roads during their transportation to the mines and deserts of Siberia. Not long ago a ship laden with oil was sunk off the coast of Folkestone, England. This has produced a strange effect upon tbe wild fowl duck, teal and other wild game are easily caught, as they seem to be nnable to fly because of their plumage being saturated with the oil which covers the water in the vicinity of the ship. An Atchison man took his girl to the show the other night. Tbey wanted to get tbere early and went about 7 o'clock. The girl had never been in the opera house before. Af lor looking at the picture on tbe curtain for half an hour she saldt "Say. Bill, let's go. I've seen enongb of this show." She thought tbe picture was all tbere was of It. The locality 11 miles above Hawkins ville, Ga., was visited by a strange phenomenon last Saturday night. Between 7 and it o'clock something having every appearance of small sparks of fire was observed to be falling from the cloud.. It came down and drifted about like snowfiakes. and when caught in tbe band was found to be a phosphorescent substance of some kind. People who are fond of taking medicine may gratify their taste and put money in their pockets at tbe same time. A homeopathic college pays persons to take drugs and keep a record of their effect. These drug takers must be sound in health and not habitual users of tobacco, tea. coffee or alcoholic stimulants. For converting their stomachs into laboratories the "provers," as tbey are called, receive S5 a week. Among the arrivals at the Barge Office recently was a little old woman of wood. It was an automaton Scare of an old lady knit ting, and the most curious part of it was that it was actually a knitting machine. It ran by clockwork, and to all appearances had every movement of life. The machine attracted a great deal of attention, and one man offered a round price f nr it, but its owner, a French im migrant, refused to part with it. A man in England can vote in whatever locality be may bave vested interests. In tba good old Whig and Democratic days in Vir ginia most of tbe voting was done on land, and zealous members ot either party would fre quently buy land in several counties which could be reached in one day by hard traveling, and tbey would vote all the law allowed at every election, even if horseflesh did suffer in tbe attempt to get around to the polls. There is a little machine which turns out fish books in six strokes. Stroke number one bites off a morsel of steel wire; number two makes the loop where you fasten your line; number three backs the other end; num ber four flattens and benas back tbe barb; number Are makes tbo point; nnmber six bends tbe wire; and your fish hook drops into a little bucket, ready to be finished. Then it is either japanned these are 'the common black fish hooks or tbey are tempered to the deli cate blue you sometimes see in cutlery. For this finish they are heated red hot and then cooled in oil. There is an old man in Manchester? .England, who goes by tho name of Gagadi GIgadab. His original name was John Smith, bnt many years ago ho began to brood over the possibilities of a mistaken Identity involved in sucb a commortname. Tbe name figured fre quently In tbe criminal records, and he became abnormally apprehensive lest he might be con fused with some of these bad John Smiths. At last what be feared so mnch actually happened. One day the papers recorded tbe capture ot an . accountant In a bank for embezzlement, and tbrouzb some blunder Df tbe reporter tbe iden tity of the embezzler was confused with the subject of this paragrapb. who was also a bank accountant. Then and there he determined to assume a name like unto no other name ever borne by mortal man; and in Gagadig GIgadab most people will agree that he ha3doneso. Dickens, in bis most erratic flights of nomen clature, never invented anything like it. SMILES AND SATIRE. Recruiting Officer Brave Stump-Tailed Dog. wouldn't yon lite to enlist In the United btates army? Illustrious Warrior-Ugh! How much pay In jun? Thirteen dollars a month." "Hean plenty. TVhat Injun have to do?" Nothing but drill a little occasionally, put up or tale down a tent once In a while, and do your own cooking now and then." "Ugh! Heap too plenty work. Injnn got squaws to do that. Injun stay right here and draw rations." CMcago Tribune. Dirtleigh Real estate is the only invest ment after all that a man can depend upon. Sodlelzb-That's so, old man. I'Ve Just bought a lot In the cemetery. -Washington Star. "So you've lost the lovely Miss Bullion?" "Yes, sir. It was a cold day for me when her father discovered I was paving her attention." "A cold day. Why, I heard that he fired you." StuXorkl'ttst. "How many cigars do you smoke in a day?" asked the physician. About)." 'That will never do." "But why not, doctor? 'lam on the police force, so you see they do not cost me anythinr." In dianapolls Journal. It is a mere impudent vagary to talk of "taVinic time by the fore lock." In reality, we are lucky if we can clutch him by tbe back hair. Puct. PIOUS. Her levity aside is thrown, The world she deems a sham: In fact she has so pious grown hhe won't Mt ri-vlltri h&m. Origin Seat and Suni ;T SrV : -T'lftj 1 . 'J J ,ife l- ::JZ:kMki -s l&s.)bi&:. t& &, riiitrf. - x 4-.-&S -1
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