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PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, MAR. 21. 189L
THE CITY'S TTXANCLAL BUDGET.
The most obvious and least agreeablj fact
about the apnrnpriation ordinane? presented
to Councils yesterday is that it shows the
demands for taxes to be growing at abont
the same rate that the Clearing House re
turns since the first of the yar show the
city's business to be declining. For both
one and the other circumstance there is a
special cause. The hulk of the increased
tax is to go to the worthy purpose of paying
ibr and improving tbe parks and starting
the system ot free bridges with the South
side. Tor the decline in the general busi
ness of the city, the Sniithfield street offi
cials also can justly urge that not they, bnt
the money pinic in tbe fall is responsible.
All of this may be true; yet the iacts and
figures are as stated; business goes down a
peg; taxes go up in volume and the con
junction inot agreeable to the pocket or
the mind of the thinking citizen.
The seven fat and the seven lean kine of
Pharaoh's dream, which were significant of
the seven prosperous afld the seven poor
years of Egypt's history, may profitably be
borne in mind in these times of our own,
when prosperity goes in periods, and the
lean streaks intermingle pretty sharply with
the fat. Systems, whether of public or pri
vate xpenditurp, based upon flush times,
need to keep in view the evidences of change,
and to change themselves when the times
reanire it Progression in outgo and con
traction of income do not work very long
together without a sharp strain somewhere.
Yet, so far as the appropriation ordinance
for tnis year goes, the general taxpayer
might be less disposed to kick if it were not
for the more serions shadow which over
hangs, of the debt for street improvements.
The same city officials and the same lawyers
who were satisfied all along that the acts ot
18&7 and 18b9 were all right are now once
more jubilantly satisfied that, while the
Supreme Court has pronounced these acts
all wrong, there is still a way to escape
affirded by the Supreme Court decision in
the case ol the city of Chester. Perhaps this
may be so; but the public, in view of past
experience, will preler to hear the Court
itself say so before taking much stock in the
prospectus of the new "cure-all" legislation.
Governor Pattlson will also have to change
his position before the legislation can get
his signature. That the city authorities
themselves have not such an abiding faith
in the success of the plan for making tbe
abutters pay up seems to be sufficiently in
dicated bv the fact that one of the items of
yesterday's appropriation ordinance is $120,
000, to be levied by general taxes, for com
pleting some of this very work in dispute.
PRACTICAL, TESTS TTAXXED.
The discussion of the Shaw apparatus for
detecting the presence of gas in coal mines,
be'ore the Institute of Mining Engineers,
yesterday was of great interest. The al
legations for and against the apparatus have
already been referred to in these columns,
and they were enlarged and detailed in the
debate. The inventor claims that the ap
paratus will detect the presence of gas under
circumstances where other tests fail ; while
its opponents assert that though the theorv
may be corrert, in practice it will not work,
and that reliance upon it will be dangerous.
"Without any idea of taking sides on this
dUcusMon, Tun Dispatch would urge tbe
great value of such debates, and the im
portance of giving fair consideration
to all devices for the purpose of
guarding against explosions. It has
been demonstrated by the most impressive
proof that the existing methods for de
tecting gas in mines do not fjrnish
complete protection. "With the urgent
necessity of adequate safeguards staring
the public in the face, every device that
promises better protection is entitled to im
partial and careful investigation. No test
of tbe value of such appliances can be bet-
ter than their workings under actual prac
tice. If there is any means of giving them
& chance to demonstrate their practical
value, it should be the first care of mining
operators and engineers to afford them that
opportunity.
This suggestion is not, of course, made in
the interest of any especial appliance or in
vention, hut in the interest of humanity.
OTJR UNWELCOME VISITOR.
Most risitors to Pittsburg are cordially
welcomed, and, on their departure, invited
to call again. Especially is this true in re
gard to foreigners, but la grippe, the vis
itor now with us, would confer a favor by
departing immediately. Nor need it bother
itself to return. Its behavior while here
last year was sooutrageous that all society
good, bad and indifferent determined that
its company was undesirable. Unfortunately
la grippe does not come like an ordinary
visitor. It does not ring the door bell and
send in its card. Such little formalities are
quite unknown to it, and it does not under
stand the meaning of the polite fiction, "Not
at home, to-day." But it comes and makes
those whom it visits painfully aware of its
presence. If either time, place nor character
teem to be of any importance to it, as it is
liable to pay its respects to anyone at any
place and at any hour. Bich and poor,
good and bad, have acted in the capacity of
unwilling hosts to the malignant visitor.
Seriously speaking, this mysterious dis
ease is a great drawback to this city at
present. Even if not always fatal, it causes
much loss to the community, as that great
human machine known as the business
world, is almost at a standstill. Many of
its component parts are temporarily in the
repair shop, and until they are returned to
their accustomed places but little can 'be
done. Employer and employe are unfitted
lor their regular vocations, and as a conse
quence the only places that show anything
like activity are the drugstores. Even in
these establishments all is not happiness,
for the clerk is often as tightly gripped as
his customer. A Chicago physician has a
really terrifying theory about the disease.
He claims to believe that it will come every
spring, with greater fatality at each return
until the earth is depopulated. As this is
only theory, Pittsb nrgerS need not be mnch
aiarmea. bumce it to enow tnat the dis
ease is now bere'and is causing much per
sonal discomfort as well as pecuniary loss
to the citizens.
THE PHILADELPHIA BANK FAILURE.
The closing of the Keystone National
Bank, at Philadelphia, while not an event
that can be regarded with satisfaction, has
features from which at least certain miti
gating conclusions can be drawn. There
are as yet no indications of tbe reckless
practices which have wholly emrjtied other
banks; and till these appear, it is permissi
ble to accept the explanation that tbe draw
ing down of deposits until the reserve was
made inadequate is the sole cause.
It is satisfectory to know that the Comp
troller of the Currency is keeping so close a
watch upon the banks as is indicated by
this case. The knowledge that the banks
are under strict supervision and that they
will be rigidly called to account if they dd
not keep their reserves fully up to require
ments is one of the most powerful safe
guards against careless banking and future
failures. In the meantime we are able, in
connection with this affair, to congratulate
ourselves on the wholly undisturbed solidity
of the Pittsburg banking system.
THE FUTUH.E OF PITTSBURG.
The enterprising newspapers of Phila
delphia are encaged in preaching the move
ment in favor ot "the New Philadelphia."
Tbe new creation and improvement of that
old and staid city is expected to be made on
the basis of smooth pavements, rapid transit,
improved access for transportation to and
from the wharves and an improved harbor.
The energy with which our cotemporaries
there are urging the foundation of a New
Philadelphia on these lines is commendable;
but its most instructive aspect to Pittsburg
is in the suggestion for the greater and more
ambitious work that can be done by con
certed movements among the citizens of
our city for building up the Future Pitts
burg. During the first part of the last deeade
Pittsburg depended for its expansion on the
creation of new railroad facilities and the
improvement of transportation. During the
latter part of the same decade it relied on its
good fortune in obtaining from nature the
cheapness and convenience of natural gas.
The expansion of our business and increase
of our population, the enhancement of real
estate values, and the notable improvement
of business and domestic architecture, and
finally the almost uninterrupted prosperity
of both capital and labor, in all branches
of business, have shown what vast ad
vantages can be reaped from summoning to
our aid the influences of increased transpor
tation facilities, economio fuel and local
improvements.
Bnt having reached the point where we
can estimate the immense increase of
wealth and population from these influences,
we are also compelled to recognize that the
era of rapid grov th from these causes is very
nearly at an end. The policy of railroad
combination has reduced the effect of com
petition in favor of Pittsburg to a minimum.
The profusion of the natural gas supply has
been curtailed, and that fuel, from hav
ing been a staple, is rapidly changing to an
srticle of luxury. If Pittsburg rests with
out effort to remedy matters, she must not
onlv expect to enjoy no more than a slow
growth lor the future, but mutt also be sub
jected to tbe old drawback of smoke, dark
ness, grimy buildings and universal dirt.
This is what -we must look to if public
action is not united to prevent that compara
tive stagnation. But it should be no less
clearly recognized that there is another
more enlightened and more enterprising
choice. United action cannot only main
tain but increase the manufactur
ing advantages of "Western Pennsylvania by
an improvement of transportation far sur
passing anything gained in past times; and
to this end Pittsburg should act, not only as
a single community, but as tbe center and
leader ol all "Western Pennsylvania. Vigor
ous local action can also prevent the return
of the smoke, and preserve the attractive
ness of the city. It is plain that those two
factors are needed to keep up and stimulate
the rate cf growth enjoyed in the past dec
ade; and for the sake of securing cheaper
transportation of onr heavy freights, and
the attractiveness of our city, organized
public effort should be directed to the reali
zation of the following aims:
First The Pittsburg-and Lake Erie ship
canal, widening the possible market for our
coal, and adding 30 to SO cents per ton to the
value of every ton of coal in "Western Penn
sylvania; cheapening tbe freight on ma
terials for iron manufacture and practically
economizing from ?2 GO to 4 00 per ton on
finished iron and steel.
Second The improvement or river trans
portation completing our connection by
water routes with all sections of tbe North
west, "West and Southwest.
Third The prevention of coal smoke and
the economizing at coal fuel wherever its
nie is necessary, preserving the city from
THE
smoke and soot and maintaining the at
tractive features which have been developed
within the past year
Edurth llie" development of mannfact
ured fuel gas, which by the systems of pipe
lines already existing should be the most
economic afld convenient fuel tot domestic
and manf other purposes, and the mainte
nance of competitive influences that will fur
nish fuel gas to consumers at the lowest pos
sible cost.
Fifth The realization of schemes for the
embellishment and improvement of the city,
including parks, libraries, improved pave
ments, boulevards and greater speed in
transit.
Sixth The union of the entire commu
nity in a single municipality which shall
properly represent its population, wealth
and industrial greatness.
Every one Of these objects is within the
reach of concerted action on the part of the
people of Pittsburg. Some of them will
require large capital; but the largest sum
needed is a bagatelle in comparison with
the wealth it will confer. It is a telling ex
ponent of the value of such projects that an
enhancement of 30 cents per ton on the coal
in "Western Pennsylvania, by the opening
of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie canal, will
amount to more than ten times the cost of
the canal.
If Pittsburg will set to work to unite her
capital, enterprise and intelligence in the
work of carrying out .the policy just out
lined, she can secure for the future an era of
growth beside which the past ten years will
seem an ordinary period, and can create a
city for the early part of the next century
which will make our present growth appear
provincial and restricted.
PKOGEES3 ON THE ROAD BILL.
It. is satisfactory to observe that public
sentiment in the agricultural class is devel
oping quite strongly in favor of the bill for
road improvement The early expressions
of farming opinion against it were founded
on the misapprehension that the increased
cost of making permanent highways would
be imposed on the agricultural counties.
"With that error corrected the farmers of
Pennsylvania are sufficiently awake to
their own interests to be quick to accept aid
from the cities in giving them durable
roads.
The bill involves little, if any, increase of
taxation on agricultural property. The re
form it endeavors to establish is to turn the
expenditure of taxatidn into making per
manent roadways, instead df relying on the
present plan ot annual patchwork, and to
offer a premium in the form of State aid for
the construction of durable roads. "William
G. Moore, the President of the Berks Co&nty
Agricultural Bociety, has recently pub
lished a letter , showing that the
tax levy will be no greater under
the proposed law than under
the present one, and that the plan of the law
is similar to that for State aid to cbmmon
schools, to which similar objections were
made at the time of its passage; but which
has been fully vindicated by expeiience.
The direct benefit of improved roads to
farmers is illustrated by the same gentle
man with the assertion that he has seen
during the past winter eight horses drawing
loads that two horses could have drawn on
good roads. The cities will have to pay a
great share of the State aid for good roads;
but enlightened opinion in the cities per
ceives" clearly that this will fee more than
compensated for by the indirect benefits of
better communication with the country, the
distribution of shipments of produce which
are now jammed into certain short periods,
and the consequent econdmy both in trade
movements and the cost of domestic sup
plies. There is everv prospect that the hew road
measure will go through, and that next year
will see a decided progress in the work of
making roadways that wilt be good at all
seasons of the year.
The wild rumor that the Cincinnati
Commercial Gattlle has fallen into Democratic
control is a baseless attempt to create a belief
in Democratio misfortune. That journal In
any other hands than solid Republicanism
would be a white elephant
A'S inquisitive member of the Legisla
ture on receiving the information tbat the new
edition of the "Bird Book" will cost the round
sum of $75,000 took pains to inquire of other
printer what they would charge for the work.
Having discovered tbat it ban be dons for
abont one-fifth that price, he sent the in
formation to tbe State Printer and thereby
arouses the indignation of that functionary.
Tbe idea that the State Printer exists for tbe
-purpose of doing work Cheaply exhibits a re
markable ignorance of our political system.
It is now discovered that the loss of the
Galena is-more serious tban was at first sup
posed. It involves the loss of the new mate
rial for "repairs" at the Portsmouth navy yard,
with a view to repairing political fortunes in
that vicinity.
In order to prevent Americans buying up
Anne Hathaway's cottage, and moving it to
this country as a curiosity, the corporation of
Stratford-on-Avon has been authorized to bay
it as trustees for Shakespeare memorials. This
blocks Yankee enterprise in that direction
until some American genius coneeives the idea
of buying up the little island entirely and
moving it over to this country for a popular
resort
The city of Pittsburg is now in a position
to extend its sincere condolence and sympathy
to the cities of lower classes throughout the
btate. on the work of the Supreme Court in
smashing street legislation. Misery does love
company.
THE Brooklyn woman who sent out 20,000
circulars asking the women of New York not
to wear birds or their plumage, did not display
the wisdom of the serpent, although she may
have had a view to the protection of the dove.
If she had spent the money in inducing tnillin.
ers and fashion magazines to declare that birds
are ont of fashion, she wonld hate done much
more to secure the desired change.
The Liberal party in England will have
no more to do with Parnell. But the Parnell
ing hopes to discover a liberal party in this
country that will' demonstrate the quality by
liberal contributions to the Parnell campaign
fund.
THE enrolling clerk of tbe late Congress
Is still potting himself in evidence. His latest
stroke Is to secure in one of the appropriation
bills a round sum for tbe "marine corpse."
Political opinion is divided on the question
whether this is sarcasm on the 'condition 'of
American shipping, or a prophetic glance at
tbe tendency of the navy to go on to tbe rocks
of the Massachusetts coast
In the election of Felton to the United
States Senate, from California, tbe congratu
lations over the fact that Stanford's check
book was defeated are somewhat dampened by
the inquiry, whose Checkbook won the victory T
Mr. Harrison is quoted in a recent in
terview as saying tbat it is "abont time to
abolish the chairmanship of apologetics In the
Republican party." It Is true; but the only
way to do so is to abolish tbe acts and policy
which make apologetics necessary. In the
present status of his party that is liable to re
quire a very severe surgical operation.
If curative legislation will cure, that
fifteen-mill tax levy will be accepted as a de
cided mitigation on wbat might have been.
CbNCfinNlNO the dead 'Bonaparte, wnose
PITTSBTTJ&Gr DISPATCH, '
demise practically terminates that line, the
most that conid be said of him was that be
looked like tne great fcapdleoh. This was the
only respect in which he resembled thBioriridef
ot the lidnapArtist botise' a. fact more1 fortu
nate for France than the Bonapaiies.
"With the grip and the Supreme Court
raging simultaneously, Pittsburg Has no need
for any further disciplinary afflletidns.
CoNGfcES&kAN Bitt Ma3on 14 credited
with saying that the tnah who will have most
to do with tbe next Republican nomination for
the Presidency is J. S. Ciarkson. This invests
ClarksSb'S recent attempt to have .fames G.
Blaine excluded from the Republican party
With a wild abd Infill Significance.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON,
The goose that lays the golden egg is th8
fowl to be nursed at Eastertide.
Abb we la touch? 1 mean are the lead
ers, guides, tbe teachers, the advisers close
enough to the hearts of the followers, on suffi
ciently Intimate terras with the masses Tile
caste and class lines are pretty closely drawn
even in this free land now. Onr fathers were
more sociable, more biosely knit by fellowship
than we of to-day. With the unequal distri
bution of the fruits came purse-pfoud prejtti
dices. When all wore homespun, master
brushed against man. In these days of silk
threaded, easily soiled suitings the grime
on the coat of the toiler makes
a gulf too broad for arms to
throw the span that should rest bn the pier
formed by the palms. We see each other'1 faces,
but we do not leel each other's beartl. We pass
on tbe same pathway, bnt We do hot sit nnder
the same fig tree. We live in the same city, bat
we have built up social barriets that divide us
into flocks, and we browse in ftfmty fenced
fields, some cbeWing clorer-scented ends, Soma
nibbling wiry Irost-blpped stubble, some pall
ing stunted grasses nri by the rbots from tbe
snn-cracked, drnusbt-blighted sod. But such Is
life, and so it ever will be if tbe dreams' do not
come true and the prophecies are not fulfilled.
Bnt the teachers, the guides, and the advisers
should surely ha In touch with the masses in
order to teach and lead and advise wisely.
safely, discreetly. .Class divisions havd
bred class customs. The social laws that rule
the manslbn cannot be applied td the cot) nut
the teacher of to-day is too apt to confine1 his
studies to those select measures, Ignoring the
customs born of less fortunate circumstance.
Tjien when he undertakes to formulate a rule
for tbe whole be draws his materials solely
from the source he studied, and the result is a
misfit The customs of the lowly Bbould be as
sacred as those of thd lofty. Rules to fit all
must partake ot all. What Is a nuisance td
one may be a pleasure for the other, and to
please both tbe teghlatiog medicine must be
compounded from eafcb. Those who cannot
play on a harp with golden strings should be
allowed to pipe on a penny whistle if it please
them. Get in touch. You cannot jndge tbe
heart of the tree by its bark. You cannot feel
the pulse of the people without rubbing up
against them.
Silence is
minted it talks.
silver, but after silver Is
The gas meter toils not, but as a spiuuer
it is a splendid Success.
To-mokeotv is Palm Sunday. Don't try
to palm off hypocrisy for religion on this ac
count, however.
StingUNO remarks are very apt to nettle
a person.
EsolAkD will some Say be looking for &
sovereign remedy.
A book without a moral Generally has a
snake concealed between the cotrS.
The grangers are in the saddlej and unless
someone cuts the girtn the kid-gloved denizens
of the cities will be taxed out of sight
PocketbookS spring dben at tpring
openings, don't they.
"The Bioux feel ugly again" is
York Sun headline. Well, if they feel
as they look, a bloody war is inevitable.
a New
as ugly
TiPPob Tib is paralyzed. Poor Tipl He
has probably been reading the account of the
"rear guard."
The New York papers show to mueh
earnestness In proclaiming that Evans; the As
ter House suicide, is Wright, that wd ire al
most ready to believe that the papers 'them
selves are tight
If yon. worry over the gray hairs you will
cnltivateftell tale wrinkles.
Italy has" a good navy, but she lacks the
sinews of war.
THE bump of posittveness is h6t fully de
veloped in the man who is all the while Sup
posing. .Advertisers seldom complain about ad
versity. Even vinegar has to work in Order to be
worth anything.
A modeeit Proteui The printer,
can change his form at will, you know.
He
"Wheh the sun
hatched.
sets plots are generally
Dressed hogs occupy parlor as well as
freight cars.
The winds of adversity fill the sales of
the tradesmen who do not believe in printer's
ink.
Yotr do not have to understand music in
order to play upon words.
If we had not cultivated emigration
New Orleans wonld not have raised a disturb
ance. Bltje jays Tbe rural fellows who try
to pick out the shell that conCeaJs tbe little
joker.
When the sun shines the dog will change
bis spots.
Newspaper compositors frequently go
from "bad" to "worse' while following copy.
Jay Gould must be a gambler, for he's
all the while making deals.
Nets' Yqrk has forgotten all abottt the
monuments since the Walking match started.
The thoughts of a great many worshipers
never go higher tban tbe decorations on a cell
ing.
iHNew York society the choicest flower
is the Astor.
Judging from the reports of the meetings
held by Italians in various parts of tbe country
there are more sunny sons here than in Italy.
Some
ducats.
ducks ot bonnets cost losts of
Seasonable diet
on Friday.
Spring lamb, except
ThE girl' of the period now warbles "buy
the style" instead of "by the stile."
The man who invented the type-writer
certainly secured- a patent write.
The patient cow will stand any amount
of bossing. Willie Winkle.
IVOSIBft will find tlie best home literature
goins In THB DISPATCH. Tbe contributors
to-morrow are Shirley Dare, Bessie Bram
ble, Mist Grnndy, Tr.,Elllco Serena and
others. Three columns of fashion and deoo-J
riitlve notes besides.
SATUEDAT, MAKCH
THE MAIL'S MISCELLANY.
Short Extracts From Some of Our Ex-
chnnfres-Petiple. tnio Don' Sleep in
Bed The Glory of Vfc-man-afoUii itfes-
ley'sPuherdi-the Throat's Independent
Drain.
Several persons, from some cause or other,
have resolved at various pdrlods hot to sleep in
bed. Perhaps tEe individual who kdpt lb his
resolution the" lohgest, sajs Spare Moments,
was Christopher Pavltt, of Yoffc, whb died in
1796. aged 61 He was a carver and guilder by
trade, bnt during the earlier part ot his life
served In tlie army. His hous6 at York, after
be had settled dortn, was accidentally burned
down, and he therefore formed the singular
resolution of never again sleeping id a bed, lest
he sbonld be burnt to iScdth While asleep, of
not have time, should such a misfortune again
befall bim, to remove his property. The reso
lution he rigidly kept for the last 40 years of
his life, his practice being to repose on the
floor, or on two dhaifs. or sitting ih & chair, but
always with his clothed on. He lived entirely
alone and was his own housekeeper, and Sel
dom admitted anyone into bis habitation.
Among other articles Whidh 6orapdsed hiShomS
was a hhmdn skull, fchich he left strict in
junctions should be interred with him.
A pedesfrlaji naftied4 Ernest Wensefi, whb
flourlsned in the third decade of this centurv,
and Who once ran frdhi ILllrnfta tn t.'ntistnnti.
nople in SD days', when employed as a courier,
took very little rest and never slept In a bed
when on his travels. He cot iliflrt naps of only
10 or IS minutes at a time each Uay as and when
be could, and took thdm Standing Or leaning
against a tree, with a handkerchief over his
face. Only the other day a man. on oeihg
charged with begeidg. declared that he had not
slept in a bed for 13 yearJ, but took his night's
rest id doorwavs and passages.
The Japanese never sleep in a bed. bht the
same spotless floor that answers for fable,
chairs and dancing stage is utilized also for
slefpirig tiuri)05es. They sleep in a great
wadded coat, and puttlrig their arms into the
long sleeves, fold it ovar tbem and go to sleep
Upon the floor, with a block of wood placed un
der the neck for a pillow. Perhaps the strang
est sleeping place was one discovered a few
years ago, wheh tbe bollce1 at Budapest found
30 persons of both Sexes Iring in a dirty but
warm stream Of water that flowed ont of a mill.
Tbe water was shallow, and the vagrants had
got into it for warmth, taking stones for pil
lows. Tlie Glory of a 'Woman.
"Th6 glory of a woman is her hairi1' we are
told, says the New York Ledgeri but that de
pends in some measure upon the way in which
she wears it. If, as is the Custom of sumo
women, she brushes it backnard from her fore
head, and then, after Stretching the fibers to
the tension of fiddle strings at concert pitch,
belays the tightened mass behind her ears, we
must say tbat the appearance" her bead presents
is anything bnt glorious. Bf what technical
name tbis frightful arrangement is known we
do not know,but it misbt appropriately enough
be called the cometry style. The "hbtrid
hair" of a comet is always drawn back at a
right angle from its facial linn by reason of the
speed It which it travels bnt why any female
star of fashion shonld emulate that erratic
specimen of fast life in the upper circles, in
this particular, is beyoha our ken. The only
wonder is that tbe hair, under tbe tremendous
pdll necessary to impart the requisite tension,
does not give way at the roots' like the tail bf
Tarn O'Shanter's mare in the fierce grasp of
Cuttle Bark.
Seriously, ladies, this high-pressure methoa
of dressing vour "clorv" is. in every sense of
tbe word, a serious drawback to your comeli
ness. Po3?ibly you may thidk that it prevents
your fair brows from wnnklincbnt the reverse
is ine fact Tbe skin of the forehead is un
naturally stretched in the process, abd. when
the pressure is removed, it i? apt to become
corrugated. If you wish to attract admiration
and not ndieule, don't dress youthairfn that
manner.
He" Was Too Sure.
The Hew York Sun evidently does not believe
that women are infallible, aS a recent issue of
that paper contains the following little story:
"Pooh!" said bne man in the horse car as a
group of business men were on their way down
town1, ''my wife' is tbe mostmetfaodical, careful,
neat woman you ever saw. It 13 all nonsense
for a woman to let a honse run into disorderly
wayii. You ought to see how my wile does
things."
"Well, of course that is all very well In
thdory," responded Another) "bnt the best
housekeeber gets behind, br something, some
times." "My wife never does. She is always the same.
She keeps everything in first-class Shape."
"She must ba a remarkable person," said
another man. "How long have you been mar
ried" Teh years. And she never disappointed me.
Why, gentlemen, she always puts everything in
tbe same place, and, jou know inst where to
find what you are after. For instance, I went
to lnv hahrlkrnfllAf flfntvpf tlnq tHnl-nlnn- ha.
fore daylight and took out a handterchlet and
put it in my pocket beforS Starting out, and
know just as well as I kno my oitn name ibat
tbat handkerchief is just Such a size and has
my initials worked in Mlk In one Corner."
And the boastfdl mad bnt bis hind in his
pocket ahd pulled out and unfolded a White
nightcap with longstrlngs dangling from It.
Shark ana Alligator Fight
A surveying corps at the mouth of the St.
Sebastian river related to ft reporter on the
Polatka, Fla., Rttatd the particulars of a
most desperate encounter between an alligator
and a shark at tbe first mentioned place. The
engineers had pitched their tents near the river
and just above its mouth, and were eating
their dinner udder a clump of palms.
Aii at once theif attention wag attracted to a
violent commotion in ihe water near the shore.
At first the bodies were so active and made the
spray, intermingled with bloed, so heavy that
they conid not make out wbat tbe two objects
were. Finally, after half an hour bf such
work, the monsters Seemed td be growing
weak and weary. It was then discovered to be
a fight to the death between a large alligator
and a man-eating sbatt. The former seemed
to be trying to get to shallow water, while the
shark was equally as determined not to go.
The fight was still going on, although less vig
orous all the time, when one of the parties got
his Winchester and shot them both.
On puliing them ashore the alligator was
found minus a foreleg, bit off as smooth as if
cut off with a surgeon's hbife. The shark haa
numerous ugly gashes on his body which wodld
probaoly hare killed him Soon. The party
skinned the alligator and baved soma of the
teeth of tbe shark as mementoes of this singu
lar and sanguinary encounter.
John Wesley's Funeral.
The following cotemporary record of the
death 6f John Wesley, who died 10U years ago,
will be read with interest It is taken verb et
lit from the Northampton Meicury of March 6,
1791, by the aK Mall Budget:
"Wednesday morning died, at his own house
in the City road, in the 88th year of bis age,
that well-known and celebrated minister and
reformer, the Rev. John Wesley, whose emi
nent abilities in every branch of polite and
sacred literature, being directed by the grace of
God to the most Important and Valuable ends,
not only rendered him the ornament of his own
ago anu uuuuuj, uuii win maw unueur niname
to the latest posterity. Of his writings
it is impossible for rs to speak. Few men have
written so voluminously; divinity, devotional
and controversial! history, philosophy, medi
cine, politics, poetry, etc. etc., all Were at dif
ferent times tbe Subjects of his pen. What
ever tnay ba (Ue opinions held of Mr. Wesley's
divinity, it is impossible to deny him tbe merit
of having done infinite good to the lower class
of people. His history would certainly
be. important, for irt every respect, as tbe
founder of tbe most numerous sect In the king
dom, as d man, and as a writer, be must be con
sidered as one of the most extraordinary char--itpr4
tills or anv other aa evr nrnritlneri.
Jir. Wesley's income Was .prodigious, not loss'
than iu,uvu a year, out out ot tnat ne appropri
ated MO more to his own use than Was sufficient
to sunDly the necessaries of life."
The funeral took place on the 9th. Under
date Marcn 10, 1791, the Northampton Mertury
said:
'yesterday morning the remaini of Mr. John
Wesley were deposited in a piece of ground
near his chapel, at tbe Foundry, Moorfields.
Mr. Wesley was interred, as Whitefield was, In
bis gown and cassock, band, etc His charity
was unbounded; in fact, the trustees were
obliged to be guarded in bat money they
gate him, as it generally went among tbe first
poor objects he met with."
Whatever else Wesley was' or was not, he
was certainly a grand old man in point
of physique. He was S3 when ho died, and he
was preaching in the City road only eight days
before his death.
1
Clapping Hands as a Salute.
Among tbe Tvinza, writes a contributor to
the .Popular Science Monthly, when two '-grandees"
meet, tbe junior leans forward, bendS his
knees and places the palms ot bis hands on the
gronnd on each aide of his feet while the
senior clasps biS own bands six or seven times.
They then change round, aqd the junior slaps
himself first Under the left armpit and then
under the right. Butwhena '"swell" meets an
inferior tbe superior only clasps his bauds, and
does not fully return ihe salutation by follow
ing tbe motions of tbe one who first salutes.
On two commonorS meeting they pat their
siomachs, then Clap hands at each other, afld
finally shake habds. These greetings are ob
served to an unlimited extent, and tbe sound
of nattinl!: abd clapping is almost unceasing.
Serpa Pinto found this ceremonial clapping J
2i, 1891
in violent exercise among the Ambuellas. Paul
du Chailln reports the salute ot tbejshogos to
be clapping hands toetf. titt and stretching tbem
out alternately several .times. Among the
Waldnea. tn the mof riids, bh every side a con
tinuous clapbiug of hinds grfes on, with tbe ac
companiment ill "kwl-tata. kwl-tata?" which iS
their, mode 6f Saying, "How d'ye" dor' If a
chief passes they drop on their knees, bow
their heads to tlie ground, clap vigorously and
humbly muttSr, "Kwl-tata, kiii-tatar" The
clapping distingtilshes tbecerembiiy frdm tbat
of mere prosttatlon, ,
The Throat's Independent Brain.
A writer oil the Philadelphia Prist troubled
with a sore throat, sought relief, ahd incident
ally leaf lied the following:
"Did ydtt ever knpw," said a weli-kriown
specialist, as bo deftly inserted a lboklng glass
into tbe rottf of the suitcrer's mouth, "that tbe
throat his a braid of its Attb ? Nd T I Suppose
few of the laity do know it, bht it's 3 fact
There is a small gahglla Which exercised direct
control over tbe muscles of ilia" throat and lets
as its brain. Of course, it is subservient to the
gennlne brain, bnt at the Same time1 does a good
deal of independent thinking for itself. 1c is
very timid and snspicidns of any strange ob
iects that com6 ue'ar the threat For tnis rna.
boh it is very difficult for a ptiTSician to operate
on the thrbat Uefoe anything can be done in
thli direction it is necessary for tbe operator
tn gain the confidence ot the little Hr.iin that
ddnlinates it It Irednedtly takes wee"ks before
this Confidence can be secured, and until It is
secured it is impossible td operate. When tbe
little brain is finally made to understand that
no barm is intended it but tbat the physician 13
actuated by friendly motives, it will submit to
almost any treatment, however painful,
"But Woe to the man who attempts rough
treatment to the throat before gaining the lit
tle brain's confidence, and in spite of its pro
tests. His operations will be tesented with vio
lent paroxysms, first of tbe throat, then of tbe
iltapbracm, and, if the operator still persists,
the patient will be thrown into convulsions.
Still more cm-inns is the fart that this little
brain has a memory, and If oncft frightened in
this way, it is almost impossible to ever gain its
confidence, no matter how gentle the operator
may be.
"I don't know whether its distrust would ex
tend to other operators than the one who
frightened it or not. I think I will try the ex
periment some time of seeing whether it can
remember faces.'
lOVE-MAKENTr id Japan Is the subject
of a very fine letter from Henry T. Plnck
hlcb. -will appfcir Itt THE UISPATCH to
morrow with suitable Illustrations.
Mummified Peas.
New xork Tribune.
A parcel which Seemed to contain dutiable
goods was taken out of the mail brought from
Liverpool on Tuesday and detained by tbe Cus
toms officials in the postofflce. Word was sent
to the person to whom the parcel was ad
dressed, and he calied at thb Customs Bureau
in the postoffice. Accordingtothe regulations,
be was required to open tbe package on the
spbt He carefully undid the wrappings, and
disclosed to view a number of peas ot a pecu
liar purplish color. In his anxiety to examine
tbem he dropped the whole parcel dn the floor.
In a Second he? Was groping on the floor, look
ing for tbe peas as eagerly as it they were
pearls and diamonds. After a diligent search
of half an hour tbe man found 23 of the peas,
thus leaving one unaccounted for.' He said
thev had been sent to him by a friend ih Eng
land, Who, a tew years ago. had fotind two or
three peas in a cloth which was wrapped
around a mummy. He had planted these peas,
which were undoubtedly 3,000 or 4,000 years
old, and hid Sent 24 of their product to bis
New York friend. Tbe man said that he in
tended.to plant tbem oh Ills Long M and farm
and raise Egyptian peas in great numbers. Tbe
pels were not snbject to dnty.
The Point of Sympathy.
Botton Transetlpt.
On6 of the first and longest steps bf progress
toward Intimate acquaintance is made by the
discovery bf some point of agreement No. mat
ter how small it may be, it Serves to a certain
extent Jones, who does not like butter, may
find ibat Brown has a similar distaste for it. Im
mediately a gleam of friendly recognition
shodts from the eyes of each. However Slight
and weak, there Is a link of bnman sympathy
between them. They may even remember each
other, altbbugh they never meet again, Simply
becanse neither likes butter. Tijen, if it should
transpire that there ate other points bf agree
ment, the delizbted Surprise and confidence
deepeds; Hrowu and Jones ate cronies lor life.
Or it-may not be Brotvtt and JoneS, it maf be
John abd Arabella; then more mav come of it,
as in thft case df a pair in the Story of an Alri
fcan Farm, wherein the lady KSkS the Swain.
"Hid you ever have convulsions when you were
a babyf" "Yes." said the young man.
Strange," said She; "I had convulsions, too;
wonderful tbat we should be so mnch alikel"
And agreement progresses to matrimony.
THE Brown-Seqaard iymph is now used
to core scurvy. A report from Bossia In
THE DISPATCH to-mdrrb.
Lbhg Distance Measures.
Kxcbahee.j
The measures for ions distances have varied
widely at different times and with different na
tions, to say nothing of- the comparisons used
in different sections of our country. For in
stance: The Jews said "from Dan to Beersheba."
The Persians say "from Medina td Mecca."
The English say "from Land's End to John
O'Groat's."
The Yankee Says ''from Maine to Texas."
The Southerner says ''from Florida to
Alaska."
The Sucker and Hoosier say "from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf."
The South American says "from the Isthmus
to the Horn."
In Louisiana they say "from New Orleans to
Pittsburg.'
Xn California the common expression Is "from
Altavilie to Pilot Knob."
PEEB0HAL PARAGRAPHS.
David Dudley Field is by far the
youngest man of his age in New York.
Rev. Dr Paxton is perhaps the best
known of all living preachers who participated
in the War of the Rebellion.
Mes. Leslie CAeter is in New York.
Her health is much impaired, but she denies
that she has retired from the stage.
Eev, Eobebt Colltek is a man of pow
erful physique, with a smooth, benign face, a
quick, discerning eye and a wealth of sadvr
whlte hair.
aftLE. La Duse is known in Italy as
the Italian Sarah Bernhardt. She has just ap
peared In Rome in "Camllle" with immense
success, and will next go to Russia.
Henev "Watterson will deliver the
oration before the Washington and Jefferson
Library Societies of the University of Virginia
at the annual joint celebration Of June SO.
GeneKal J. M. Schoeield has arrived
at the Ponce de Leon, St. AguStlne. Fla., ahd
iolned Secretary Proctor, Attorney General
Miller and Adjutant General Bachelor, who
are guests of H. M. Flagler.
AecHbishop "Walsh has arrived in
Rome, Ills visit is made at the request of the
Pope, who desires to confer with him In regard
ti tbe attitude of tbe Irish Catholic bishops in
connection With political affairs' in Ireland,
Jlns, Amelia Kives-Chanleb is now
at San Remo, where her health is sufficiently
improved to allow her td disport In bicturesqno
get-nps. Her favorite costame is a tan-colored
guwn, low siloes to match, and brilliant cardi
nal ted.
Thomas Baking, of Baring Brothers,
Loildon, is now In Boston, to assist in comple
ting the arrngements for tbe separation of the
Boston and New York branches of Kidder,
Fabody & Co., with whom his firm has been
connected.
Mrs. Feances Hodgson Burnett is
expected in Washington in June. She Is now
at San Remo, fl here she has beeD for ber health
since tbe death of Lionel. As soon as she Is
sufficiently Improved she Will go to Paris and
make arrangements for having the body con
veyed to America,
LENT.
I've seen her In reception dress
And yachting suit most cunning;
Hal-masque and opera as well,
And walking toilet stniinlng;
lint never have I seen my love
l.oolc one-half so bewltcblitg
As when, In lenten robes of gray,
She b,U demurely stitching.
"Where's all ydtif style, my bonny maid?"
'it's lent" the whlbjiertd, smiling
"And all your little fnrbeiorfsl"
-Still lent." she said, beiulllnc
Add When at last to my adieu,
bile murmured, "Mmtydtige, sir?"
1 plead one kisi. She murmured "ho,
I'm fasting now, you know,, lit."
Chicago Graphic
IN SOClEtS DOMAIN. -
An Interesting Lecture by Hon. Henry
Sail Amateur Theatricals' on Mt
Washington The Phi Kuppa PI So
ciety's AnnuAl Entertainment Social
Chatter mid Gossip.
Mdri. Henry Hall, tile HafrisBUrg corre
spondent bl The Dispatch", delivered bis in
teresting lecture, '-The Gopel of Get There,"
before in appreciative andlence in tha. Third
U. P. Church last nlgltf. Mr. Hall is a pleas
ant Speaker, with a firm, cleat voice, and bis
address bubbled over with mlrtn, He said
that money was the cause" bf more trouble
than anything else. The evil 6! the age is
mdheyi Everybody' wants' to get rich, and
ery lne'tebant aims to become a millionaire.
Whdt is the nse of monev that you cannot
spend A man is better off wfib earns his
dollar and take hij girl bdt for afl evening's
amusement at the theater, or wbat not Labor
is bouorabld. We all Knoiy that In this coun
try, and contfeHtiue ht Is better than riches.
Tb speaker paid I1H resffects td the sons of
rich fathers the yottbg nlen known as
dudes," wuo pnt On airs because their fathers
had money.. He siid they "consisted of names
and neckties" ahd nothing elsej They are the
Then tfhn snmt Ih.l. f-,i.a.fn .. 'p,.
fL ,4 t , ... ..huct a iuvucj. Alio
speaker said that the gold Key that opens every
dodf in fbe bouses- or the 400 is money.
Even in the churches th boar had. to Stand Up
or take hack seats. It iS as well to remember
that we may be poor In everything but money,
and "eh In everything bat poverty.
Mr. Hall dealt with politics in a curt and by
no means complimentary manner. Although
he handled his subject 'with gloved, be did It
good-naturedly, ahd bis remarks were punctn
ated with frequent outbursts of lauehtCr a3
ell as applause.
The twentv-flrst annual entertaliiment of.tbe
Phi Kappi Pi jullefary Society waj held at the
High School last evening. After a selectidb by
the otcllealra. Rev. William Passavant Jr.,
offered a prayer. Then George M. Byall de
livered ijh address, followed by an ovation by
James McClitre, "Rise of Democracy." and a
rrcltal, "The Defe"Hse of the Bride," by Rooert
D. Altieb. Other etcrclSES were as follows;
gssav. "Clas Rnom, Winners," Winifred
Thomas; recital, '-Tobe's Wrtnutneht." Esteile1
McCloskty; debate. "Are We a Frivolous Peo
ple?" Marlon H.Jlhrphv and Fred P. Glasser;
recital. '-Jack Hall's Boat Race." Pier Dan
nalsi society paper, "Tenth Muse," BtanleyC.
Reese.
The forty-fifth free orfran recital at Carnesrie
Hall this afternoon will be of great interest to
the numerous attendants', embracing, as it
does, a programme of tare excellence. Miss
Marguerite Wilson, pupil of Prof. Ad Foerster.
will sing several Charming songs, among thera
EthelbertNevin's three song' from "A Child's
Garden of VerSes." never before shng here in
public. Organist Wales' numbers will be care
fully selected and played: a potnourri from
"Dorothy." tbe fandango from -'Paul Jones,"'
and a medley of popular airs being on his list
The performance of the' cdmedy, "A Box
of Monkeys." in the Mt Washington Reading
Room last night was enjoyed by a very large
audience. The comedv was preceded by a
number of well-rendered musical selections
and recitations. The entertainment was under
the direction of Prof. Byron W. King, and the
performers were hispnnils at Cnrry University,
Mr. G. Boyd. Mr. H. Larnev, Miss Rnth
ReUck. Mis3 Hannah Baxter and Miss Nina
Milllaan deservd especial credit for good
dramatic Work.
Social Chatter.
A CASfpriEE was held at the1 new hall of
Post 155. G. A. R. on Mount Washington last
night Thfjte wisp large attendance and plenty
of fun. The installment of officers of the
Woman's Relief Corps took placd.
Next Thursday evening, March 27. the an
nual literary contest fof the Elkin gold medal
will take place. An iatereitibg muMcal pro
gramme has been prepared, which will consist
bf vocal and planb duos.
Mrs. McGormick, wife of the pastor df the
Central Presbyterian Church, of Allegheny. Is
expected to return home next week. She has
been in Colorado for the past month, for tha
benefit of her health.
ABAZtAi and entertainment by the King's
Daughters is to be given at the Shadyside
Chnrcb. Prof. Tony White, with his Punch
and Jndy. and parlor magic will be features or
the affair.
'Gems and PBEoiotra Stone" was the
title of a lecture delivered before the Art Soci
ety last night by George F. Kuni, of New
York. It was attentively listened to.
REY. Qeoroe T. PtJRVtS delivered an in
teresting lecture last evening in St Pater's
Episcopal Chnrcb, on Grant street His snb
ject was "Conscience and Christ'1
The W. C. T U. of Pennsylvania will hold
Its fifth InStitttti od scientific temperance in
structions in the Smithfleld Street M. E.
Chdfcb, Tuesday, April 11.
The annual meeting oftbe Y. W. C. A, of
the East End, is to be held in the East Liberty
Presbyteh&n Church to-morrow evening.
T'hb thlf d anniversary of Acme Council, No.
219. Jr. O. U. A.H., will be held In Odd Fellows'
Hall, Southside, on tbe 31st of March.
Lee S. Smitu'5) illustrated lecture at the
Arch Street M. E. Church, last night was a
marked success.
The Euchre Cidb of the Linden Club held a
reunion last night There were 13 tables in
operation.
The Mendelssohn is hard at work on some
new music to be rehdeted at its concert next
week.
Joseph Hobnx is convalescing.
ACCIDENT Insurance companies are be
ing defrauded by deliberate maiming. In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow a prominent
insurance man will tell some startling facts.
PEOPLE "WHO ABE TUBED
Of the Grinding of Political Organs Eagerly
Read The Dispatch.
Bellalre (O.) IndecendentJ
The Pittsburg Dispatch has grown so
rapidly In ravot with the reading people that
new offices and faiter presses have become a
necessity. The Dispatch will soon be housed
In a new and substantial grabite building, and
be printed on presses with all of tbe latest im
provements in speed and niechanical execution.
Over 60,000 of tbo Sunday and over SO, 000 of the
daily edition are how sold ahd read by the
people, and the growth IS constant and rapid.
The Dispatch is one of the best papers in tbe
country, aba well deservts the apflrdtal It gets
from the pnblic. The independent spirit of the
editorial department meets with high favor
from readers who have tired of the grinding of
the organs, and in the matter of news it is not
excelled by any paper id the country. The
Sunday paper is a great favorite with the people,
and is read by tbem within a bnndred mites of
Pittsburg in preference to any other.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
A, M. Uow, Sr.
ISPICIAt, TELIQEJUt TO TUB DtSFJLTCH.t
Washington, Pa March 20. The
news was received here to-day that A. it. Gow,
Sr., died yesterday at his residence at Fontanelle,
la., of heart failure. 3Ir, tiow was born In this
city in 1X3, and was a son or John L. Gow, one of
the most'famons laWrers who ever practiced at
tt0 Y ashlngton bar. A. M. tiow graduated at
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IIIO CUlllt: UC 111 IOII, UttllJJg BUUJ U0V1UU'3UCU
r.lnssmlteS ns Hon. James- G. Elaine. Hon. John
II. Hampton, Jtlehnrd Henry I.ce, Hon. J. Y.
LeMciyiie, e-Congrein4n Fussey. of If., Alex
ander Wilson, the late Hun. W . In Jloorr, and
the late Dr. (Ifrorge li.ilrd. of Hheellne. Mr.
tiownrRanlzcd the public school system or Wash
ington, which are still conducted under bis
rules. While engaged in these duties he
also read law with his father, and wis
admitted to tbe Washington bar in 1SS7. In 1S77
.Moore, in thd JlepaHtt, wblcb he held for several
years, and then sold to his partner. Major Christ
man. Upon leaving here he removed to Fonta
nelle, la., wbere h- engaged in the banking bul
nes. borne time ajro he hid a severe attack or the
srlp, whltb Anally caused his death.
William P. Jones.
FriCIAt. TBLSOnAK TO IBS DISPATClt.J
YotJKGMOwN, Match 20. The funeral
services of tbe late William Palmer Jones, son of
Generjl A. W, Jones, were largely attended,
many friends being-present from Cleveland and
Pittsburg. Many eleicant floral tributes sur
mounted the casket. At the request of the family
the l.ojcatt Kiflei, of which deceased was a mem
ber, dispelled with a military funeral.
Mrs. P. VT. Lowry.
TPItCIAL ELKOUAJI TO TH DISFATC7I.I
Butler, JMrch 20. The death of Mrs.
Lowry occurred here this morning at tlie residence
ot her lather, Jutljtc A, L. Hazen. bb was an
onlv daughter, and the list or several children of
tbe'Jndiie- She had been married to V. u. I.owry
for not quite two Hears, 'lim runslns will be
taken to ittw Castle for burial Monday.
Rev. Frederick Upton.
NhW BEDJOHD, MASS., March 20. Rev.
Fredirlck Upton, probably the oldest Method lit
elerjtymah In America, died at his hm In Fair
Haven this morning.
nepurcnasea mo interest or nis classmate, sir,
OUH10OS fJ0tfDEN3ATiON&
A man at Athens., Ga., owns an an
tiauity in the form of a water bucketiewn out
of the solid rbek.
Another Universal language, after Tola
pule, has been invented in Chile bv a navy sur
geon. It it entitled "La Lengua Catolica."
While a jeweler of Trenton, N. J., was
cleaning a watch the other day fie found in the
works a lively specimen ot the cimex lectu
larius. One hundred, tons of black sand from
the beach at Coos bay was sent recently to As
toria, Ore., to be worked for gold. It assays $3
per ton.
The Chinese at Marysville, Cai., had a
Celebration a few days ago, in which tha big
dragon was carried by 4U men. The procession
was three blocks in length.
The obHrmsr at rjt. Paul, on theKodiak
Islands, Alaska, reports that a volcano has re
cently appeared at sea about 20 miles away.
Sometimes it discharges steam and Sometimes
smoke.
The administrator of the Cathedral at
Milan has foand it necessary to contradict the
statement of an English clergyman that the
bones' ol Judas' Uearlot Were preserved as relics
in the Cathedral.
A doctor in Trenton N. J., who refused
to tell how many ribs there were In the human
body unless hi should be paid to answer as an
expert, is to have a hearing on titi Charge of
contempt of court
An engineer on a Texas railroad found
a big flock of sheep huddled together in a cnt
to get bdt of the storm, and in driving through
tbem killed 78. Pieces of mutton wets found
on the platforms of the last car.
A man living in Talbot county, Georgia,
it is reported, has never attended services at a
church, has never ridden, on a train and never
been to a city. Recently a gentleman offered
to pay his fare to Columbus, but he refused
to go.
A letter addressed to "Our Ben" and
received In 'Washington IS claimed by both the
President and a colored porter at a hotel, and
tbe boftmaster feels obliged tobold it until tha
two can get together and agree upon some line
of action.
An Oswego mad felt funny the other
morning, and he said to a lady who was going
to the" grocery, "Trot along after ydnt coal oil,
sissy." She bad bim arrested, and the court
decided that "sissy" was slander and gave her
a verdict for $50.
Texas has a Hoe for Governor, a Pig
for Jndge, a Lamb for Senator, a Dnrham for
Representative, and a Buffalo for Sheriff. It
wonld seem as If tbe Lone Star State proposes
to rnn her political machinery on a regular
"stock" combination.
They construct tricycles in Berlin with
a wlckerwork seat in front which serves as a
baby carriage. One or two Infants can be placed
there. It is the common bnsiness tricycle,
used for carrying parcels, with the receptacle in
front suitably altered.
An Auburn, Cai., resident whd dreamed
that be found a nugget of gold In Auburn
ravine, on awaking was so impressed that he
went at once to tbe spot indicated In his slum
bers,, and. to his Surprise, found 3 piece of gnld
of the value of about JW.
In the stronghold for isolated prisoners
of St Petersburg a printing office, the first of
its kind in Russia, has been established, where
tbe prisoners will have to do the Government's
printing, nnder the direct supervision ol their
nateharnik and his assistants.
The lightning bolt which destroyed tha
life saving station at Ditch Plain, Montauk, re
cently, in its descent went directly to the floor
inside tbe old station, and in a twinkling turned
into a molten mass a pile of old cannon balls
which had been lying there fot years.
Thetlltee or four French artists who
started out two or three years ago to introduce
men ana-els in their pictures ot heaven have
bad to give It np and return to all females. It
there is any heaven for men tbe public won't
admit it, at lease in the angel business.
A woman of Jasper, Ala., has secured a
verdict of 14,500 against the Kansas City; Mem
phis and Birmingham Railroad for the daath
of her husband, who wis killed in a collision on
tbat read at Ensley City last October. It is
Said tb be tbe largest damages for personal in
jury ever awarded in tbe btate of Alabama.
Through a matrimonial agency Louis
A Monroe, axed 63, and Mts. Lucmda Rowe,
aged C2, were married tbe other day. This was
tbe groom's first plunge into matrimony, and
he secured his bride entirely through corre
spondence. When tbe ceremony was ended be
threw np his hands and cried,
amen."
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A deposit was recently discovered in
Citrus, Fix, which is believed to be very rich
in potash. If the analyse of the chemist con
firms the belief of this information the dis
covery Will be a boom excelling in value that
of any phosphate deposit, on account of the
scarcity of the article and the magnitude of this
deposit.
The people of Japan evidently can't
get enough of a good thing. They are so
hugely pleased with their new Parliament that
a number of citizens in Tokio have established
a mimic Legislature of their owb. The. pro
ceedings of the real Parliament are followed
minutely, and the members discuss the same
subjects.
Twenty-nine thirtieths of all the dia
mond mines In tbe world are controlled by one
company, wbose capitalization is 518,000,000. In
the' mines nt Kmiberly. South Africa, eight
tenths of one carat is found in every 1,600
pounds of dirt taken out. To light these mines,
ten electric circuits, burning lights of W.000
candle power, are employed.
In China soapstone is largely used in
preserving structures built of sandstone and
other stones liable to crumble from the effect
of tbe atmosphere; and the coveting with pow
dered soapstone in the form of paint oh some of
the obelisks In that country, composed of stone
liable to atmospheric deterioration has been
tbe mean of preserving them intact for hun
dreds of years.
A resident of Walker county, 6a., is the
proud owner of a double-barrel shot-gnn 70
yeatS old. It was owned atone time by Peter
Forney. United States Senator from Alabama.
It was in bis hands ono day when he li on a
deer stand. FivedeercamoUashihgby. When
73 vards off be fired one barrel and killed two
ofihem. A second or two later he fired again
and tha other three were slain.
High tip the Rouge River valley, al
most directly north of Montreal. Canada, Is sit
uated that singular pile of rocks known all over
the Dominion as "Trembling," and locally as
'Devil's Mountain." It is the highest point in
the entire Laurentian range of mountains in
Canada. Years ago tbe late Sir William E.
Logan and company camped near tbe base of
Trembling Mountain, and on referring to it in
bis report bir William mentions remarkable
stories told him by the Indians of tbe vicinity
touching on the noises and quakes said to issas
from the peak at certain seasons of the year.
Indian tradition says that tbe thunder goa used
to sit on this beak for three days in the spring,
seven In the Summer, five in autumn and two
in winter. That during the time he was pres
ent great chasms Wonld open in it) side, from
which frlzhtf ul noises wete emitted, and from
which fire wonld steam on midsummer nights
for hours without ceasing. Geologists think
that tbis mountain, like several others in tbe
world, is slowly Sinking into tbe earth's crust
the '-quaking" and the "groans" reported as
having been heard and felt there being the re
sult of that phenomenon.
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SIX SATURDAY SMTLES.
"To come to business at once," said tha
spokesman," we will give you fSfllf yon will vote
as we desire on this measure."
"Gentlemen," replied the Alderman from the
'Steenth ward, bis eye ablaze and his whole frame
awelllnn with indignation, "yoa lmult ms b;
yond the power of words to express by presuming
to think I wonld sell my vote-for 501 Chicago
Tribune.
Professor (to class in eeology) Now,,
gems are peculiarly crystallized. -What la the
form or the diamond?"
Bright Pupll-They are generally diamond
haped-wete''' Meekly.
"i see." said a very pretty and bright
school girl, '-I see that the Italian Government is
going to send a war vessel over to pnnlsh the New
Orleans folks." x
"Well, what do yon think of it, dearie?"
"I hope they'll flend her. I'm sure she'd never
get back. We are too much in need of a navy to
let a thing like that escape." AltantaJournol.
He was always an artist of patience and
worth.
Clean np to tbe day or his death
III? biographers speak of tbe Disco of bis birth
A3 the spot where he first drew his breath.
Washington Post.
"Do you think that tailors are on tha
whole a deserving class of men?"
Well. It can't be denied that we owe them a
great deal." Aeto Xork Utralii.
Henry Do you ever write for the press?
Ueorge I've made a modest beginning In that
direction tbat Is all.
Henry Ahl
George-Yes; bought a blank writing pad sad a
box of large envelopes, 'When I get time, thlaJt
I'll spring something on the ibrum, P. f
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