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PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. MAR. 28. 189L
THAT CURATIVE IJSGISIJkTIOX.
Complaint is made by one of our State
Senators that the comments of the Pittsburg
papers are likely to prevent the "curative"
legislation which has been proposed to rem
edy the results of the late Supreme Court
decisions. So far as we have observed the
comments of onr cotemporaries have been
singularly judicious and well timed in the
matter. They are for the most part in line
with those of The Dispatch. For the
curative act providing for future street im
provements they are unanimous. They rec
ognize its necessity and have offered no ob
jection to its provisions. Upon the equity
and justice of the other curative act relating
to assessment for past and unfinished im
provements they are also about of one mind
that the property benefited should pay, but
they recognize the difficulties that will arise
in getting the Supreme Court to affirm retro
active legislation and also the necessity
which will be imposed upon Governor Pat
tison of modifying, if not reversing, his own
record if he has to sign this second bill.
This is certainly within the province of in
telligent criticism of the situation.
It implies no necessary hostility to the
measure in itself if it can be cot through
and made effective. Upon the third bill,
that which allows the city to issue interest
bearing certificates for contractors, there is
a still more unanimous opinion by the pa
pers, and it i? fiat against the measure as
one which should not pass. If the theory of
the advocates and framers of the curative
law putting the cost of the disputed im
provements upon the property benefited is
correct, there is no need for the city to go
into the business of a bauk of issue. Be
sides, what the city wants is to reduce, as
quickly as possible, the interest-bearing
debt it has, in place of running into a fresh
lot of 6 per cent obligations at the will of
Councils before it has been adjudged liable
for a dollar.
The position of the city press is helpful,
cot hurtful, to the iuterests of the city. It
favors the curative bill for future improve
ments. It recognizes the equity and justice
of the curative bill for past improvements,
but doubts whether the latter will pars the
Governor and the courts. The only bill
which it distinctly and almost unanimously
antagonizes is the one allowing the city
authorities to issue certificates of indebted
ness whenever they wish, and to preclude
the city from setting up a defense to these
afterward, even if they were fraudulently
issned, by making them negotiable. The
latter is the most dangerous measure pro
posed in many years. We do not intimate
that it it not offered in perfect good faith,
but it is dangerous none the less, and the
city press wonld be doing less than its duty
if it did not vigoronsly and firmly oppose it.
CLASS PRIVILEGE AT THE CAPITAL.
There is something that wonld be dis
heartening, if it were cot so contemptible,
in the violent efforts reported from 'Wash
ington to have the young man who broke his
way into the White House with the drunken
intention of getting into a fight, escape
with a mere fine. Because he has influential
friends and belongs to a prominent family,
there is a prevalent idea that it would be an
awfnl thing if he were sent to prison like a
common criminal.
But that furnishes exactly the reason why
he should receive the severest punishment
the law provides. If people of influence
and prominence who commit wanton viola
tions of the law are not punished, what
justice is there in punishing the poor and
ignorant who commit similar or even more
excusable offenses. Especially if, at the
capital of the nation, the possession of
political influence is to fnrnish the prom
inent classes with immunity from the conse
quences of outrageous acts, then let us do
away with the fiction that this is a country
where all classes are equal before the law.
It is not because the special outrage in
question was committed, upon the residence
of the President that it shonld be made the
subject of exemplary punishment, bnt be
cause if such acts go unpunished no man's
house is safe. Indeed the most serious as
Ik Bi&raftg.
pect oi the horror expressed in Washington
at the idea of sending the stepson of a Sena
tor to prison is the conviction which it car
ries that if it had been the home of a com
mon citizen into which he forced his way,
there would have been no pretense at pun
ishing him. If that is the case at the capi
tal of the nation, then it is time for the
householders there to learn to be quick on
the trigger and to indulge in accurate pis
tol practice on the gilded youth of the upper
classes when they undertake alcoholic
house-breaking.
Ifyoungmenof high standing are per
mitted to break their way into houses as a
variation of the mere commonplace drnnk,
we onght to elevate the ordinary burglar,
who pursues the same act for gain in a quiet
and unobstrusive way, to the rank of an
honest and inoffensive skilled artfsan.
THE SOUTHERN IRON PROBLEM.
From a Chicago special elsewhere in this
issue it will be seen that the problem of
Southern iron is making itself felt there.
In fact that is where it is making itself
principally felt; for the idea indicated by
our correspondent that the shutdown of the
valley furnaces is caused by large shipments
cf Southern iron into this manufacturing
district is a misapprehension. The amount
of Southern iron that has come to Pittsburg,
for instance, is, in comparison with the total
consumption, hardly worth mentioning.
That iron is useful mainly, if not ex
clusively, in the foundry grades, and it is
in supplying that field in the West and
Northwest that valley furnaces have felt its
competition the most.
Nevertheless, the growing importance of
the South as a factor in the production of
cheap foundry irons is assuming decided
proportions, as may be seen by the estimate
that it supplies one-third of the foundry
consumption in the West and is still grow
ing. If the Sonthern ironmakers can main
tain their present vantage ground of cheap
ness alike of production and transportation,
the Northern interests can only exercise the
choice between reducing the cost of produc
tion and restricting their business. The
need has already been recognized; the cost
of materials has already been materially
lowered in the items of coke and ore, but
the railroads of this section still continue
obstinate in their determination to kill the
interest that furnishes them their largest
revenue by refusing to reduce rates to a
parity with those which the Southern fur
naces enjoy.
The views expressed at Chicago that the
ultimate advance in wages at the South
together with an increase of the consumptive
demand for iron in that section will bring
matters to a more even basis, arc those
which The Dispatch has often set forth.
Both factors will work as the essential re
sult of economic forces. But it is also clear
that while the enlargement of the Southern
market will raise wages and cost, its inroads
npon the Northern market must be met with
a reverse process. The resultant of all the
forces is inevitably that Northern iron must
come down a little in the direction of
Southern prices, while Southern prices will
advance part way to the Northern level.
This makes the movement of reduction in
the cost of manufacture already begun an
imperative oni. An intelligent view should
lead all the interests affiliated with the iron
trade, to do their utmost to readjust the cost
of manufacture on a basis that will enable
the pig iron industry to continue on the
largest scale of operations.
But if railroad policy continues its re
fusal to co-operate in this self-preservative
movement, the blast furnace owners should
not forget a complete and final remedy that
lies within the reach of united effort. This
remedy, which has been before referred to
in these columns, is suggested anew by one
item of news that comes in our Chicago
special. Notwithstanding the competition
of Southern iron, prominent iron capitalists
have determined to start a new furnace
plant near Chicago. Here is a productive
industry taken five hundred miles sway
from the coke supply, and enabled to keep
up the competition with the Southern pro
duct because it has water transportation for
its Lake Superior ore. If the canal project
were realized, which wonld bring lake trans
portation to the doors of Western Pennsyl
vania and Eastern Ohio furnaces, this sec
tion conld defy the competition of the world
in iron manufacture.
JUST LIKE THE MEN.
One of the chief claims of those who
advocate giving the franchise to women is
that politics will be purified thereby. It is
also claimed that the Influence of the gen
tler sex will be ennobling, and that the most
dishonest politicians will become honest by
association. These claims are evidently
based on a belief that, politically, a woman
can do no wrong. Chivalrous as the belief
is, recently learned facts do much to dispel
it, and some New Jersey ladies can be
blamed for giving the enemies of woman
suffrage the means with which to do so. In
that State women are entitled to vote for
school trustees at township elections, and at
such an election held the other day, girls 15
and 16 years of age voted along with women
whose years were sufficient, but who were
defective as voters in the matter of residence
and registry. Charges based on the fore
going assertions have been made, and the
officers of election are under arrest. What
the outcome will be does not particularly
concern any but the New Jerseyites, but
the belief that women, politically, can do
co wron has received a severe shock.
It is not pretended that the occurrence
proves any innate dishonesty on the part of
women who wish to vote. The intention is
merely to show that some of the claims
made in their favor are extravagant, and
that neither sex is in itselt above wrong
doing. A COMBINATION EDICT.
It would be impossible to imagine a more
remarkable example of the utter stupidity
presiding over many ol the current attempts
to enforce combinationtactics on trade, than
the edict of the combined patent medicine
mannfactnrers. To proscribe all druggists
enterprising enough to attract trade by sell
ing goods at a moderate profit is the most
singular manifestation yet on record of the
idea that money mnst not be made by offer
ing inducements to the public, but only by
squeezing those who have to buy.
Bat the patent medicine manufacturers,
cot content with that general proclamation
of their own fatuity, add another and finish
ing touch by decreeing punishment to the
retail druggist so lawless as to attempt to
increase the sales of their own preparations.
Even the farmers, who may be led into wild
economic vagaries, are sensible enough to
know that if the wholesale grain merchant
sells at a profit of 2 cents per bushel and the
retailer at a profit of S, much more grain
will be sold than if the wholesaler should
make a profit of Scents and the retailer 10.
A total profit to middlemen of IS cents
will restrict trade; that of 5 cents will
encourage it. Yet the patent medicine men,
in a case where the prices they receive are
cot at all in dispute, come out with an an
nouncement that the retailer who increases
the sale of their goods by taking a decent
profit of from twenty to forty per cent on
the wholesale- price, shall be put under the
ban. With the accompanying fact that the
profit they insist upon for the retailers is
from 60 to 100 per cent, the picture of com
merce conducted on the principles of the
Dark Ages is complete.
As the first effect of such a policy is to
offer the greatest premium on the manufact
ure of competing preparations, by other
formula: just as good as theirs, to be sold at
deeent profits, the patent medicine combina
tion will, if it sticks to this plan, make a
brilliant success at cutting its own throat.
SUPEREROGATORY .LEGISLATION.
The most pertinent criticism on the clause
of Senator Flinn's liquor license bill, giv
ing the police department power to remon
strate against licenses, is the lack of appar
ent reason for it
Everyone has the right to remonstrate
against a license; and if good grounds are
shown for the remonstrance, the court is
bound to tate notice of it It is eminently
proper that a municipal department having
so much knowledge of the sources of crime
and disorder should aid the court by giving
it all the information in its power, and ho
less proper that its work of keeping order
shall be facilitated by the refusal of licenses
wherever they are likely to be productive of
lawlessness.
There is hardly any doubt that if the po
lice department remonstrates against the
grant of any licenses that will be preju
dicial to good order the courts will give full
consideration to the grounds of remonstrance
and, if the case is proved, refuse to license.
If there was any disposition to make a po
lice remonstrance a binding reason on the
court to refuse license, whether it is in the
opinion of the judges sustained by evidence
or not, that would be a very different mat
ter. But no snch enactment appears in the
version of the clause that has reached pub
lication. But that view still leaven the puzzling
question: Why pass a special enactment
that the police should have a power and
duty which they possess already in common
with other citizens?
KOOSETELT ON THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, in an article on
the civil service auestion, published else
where, makes one point clear, which is
often confused by the spoilsmen. The sys
tem of selecting civil officers by a test of
their merit is thoroughly democratic and
republican; the system of distributing the
offices as spoils of a political campaign cre
ates a special privileged class and is wholly
unrepnblican. It is also pertinent that
Mr. Boosevelt definitely disposes of another
stock misrepresentation of the spoilsmen, to
the effect that candidates for mail carriers
are examined in political economy and
fourth-class clerks in the problems of higher
algebra. Mr. Roosevelt's article shows the
direction in which the reform is working
most plainly; bnt the politicians will keep
up the usual misstatements.
If anything could be more unanimous
than the way In which all the Republican
organs Indorsed Ingalls as the greatest and
brightest statesman of the day, just before his
defeat, it is the way In which they are all revil
ing him at present because be has disburdened
bis soul and lndnlgedln a little of the luxnry ot
plain speaking.
A New York reporter has been assaulted
for telling the truth about the Guttenburg
races. It Is violating the rules of racing tn go
against the tips in that way when they affect
the great vested interest of .plucking the
public
Abe not some of onr esteemed free trade
cotemporaries making an unnecessary cackle
orer the veto of the Governor of Texas on that
sugar bounty bill? The fact that the bonnty is
not to be accepted for the sugar grown on a
single farm in the South, is sot likely to change
the economics trend of events. As an expres
sion of public opinion, itis hardly more signifi
cant than that the bill passed the Democratic
Legislature of Texas withsut serious dissent,
until it struck the Governor. There is not the
slightest necessity for uneasiness lest the
Sonthern planters should unanimously refuBe
to take the bounty of 2 cents per pound on
their sugar; and It may be added that it they
should the country at largo could accept the
situation with the greatest equanimity.
Mr. Havemteb's modest confession
that he joined tho Sugar Trust from philan
thropic motives is Intended to show that that
combination can keep even with the open
handed generosity of the Standard Oil Trust
toward the petroleum producers.
Tee passage of that bill to prevent con
tracts for the payment of specific kinds of
money is only important as showing the ignor
ance of the State Senate that it has no power
to pass a law impairing the obligation of a con
tract The New York Recorder is entitled to
take credit to itself for having raised In the
first five weeks of its existence the Sherman
monument f and amounting to 56,000. We are
glad to observe that the last addition to the list
of New York papers has succeeded in reversing
the usual metropolitan practice of leaving mon
ument funds half raised. If it were not that
too ambitious effort invites disaster, we should
hope that our cotemporarv's success In this line
would enconrage it to attack the much greater
task of raising the rest of that long moribund
Grant monument fund.
It is one of the singular features of mu
nicipal finance that in the interviews stating
the danger that curative legislation will be
killed, the sum of the unpaid improvements
stated last week at $1,250,000 suddenly rises to
the neighborhood of 2,000.000.
Now it is stated that the Italian Govern
ment will retaliate for the New Orleans riot by
forbidding Italian emigration to the United
States. For this retaliation we will be ready to
offer much thanks.
Great Britain has formally accepted
the invitation to participate in the Chicago
World's Fair. It is worth noting that none of
that nonsense about refusing to participate, on
account of the tariff law, was actually heard in
Great Britain. That commercial nation recog
nizes that an opportunity to secure trado by
making an exhibit ot fine goods is not to bo
thrown away out of petty spite. Where Eng
land leads, the rest of the nations will follow
like a flock of sheep.
A Republican cotemporary-alleges that
Senator Felton will raise tbe standard of Sena
torial timber. Whereupon a Chicago reviler
responds that he is more likely to raise the gen
tleman on his right in the Senatorial poker
game clear out of his boots.
Yesterday furnished another answera
ble argument in favor of a vigoronsand univer
sal effort to secure the perfect combnstion of
smoke.
The Providence thief who recently stole
the platinum points from a lightning rod on a
chimney 2S0 feet high, had a more lofty ambi
tion than the Philadelphia politician who got
away with the copper roof of an almshouse.
Bnt tbe latter's plundering propensities were
on a broader scale. Honors are. therefore,
pretty nearly easy, till some genius in robbing
discovers a way to steal tbe sapphire from the
vault of heaven. ,
The Legislature adjourned yesterday to
take a ten daya'.fecess from its heroic labors
In the line of doing nothing in particular.
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After a rest it Is to be coped that It will suc
ceed in doing the same thing In a more ener
getic manner.
If March goes out like a lamb, it has got
to reform decidedly within the next few days.
"It is the Troy papers that most bitterly
assail the speakership boom of Roger Q. amis,
because he does not wear cuds," remarks the
New York Telegram, and further asks: "Is
starch as well as soap to become a factor in
on? politics:" Whether It is or not, the fact
seems to Da made clear that grammar is not
going to be any especial factor in the discus
sion of politics.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
If the choirs would sing "Where Did
Yon Get That Hat r" to-morrow the heart of
the pocketbook wonld Deat in rhythmic
response.
Imagination plays sad havoc with us
occasionally. It's leading many by the nose
now, without a doubt If there were no such
thing as imagination fewer snivelers, grumblers
and wheezers would be going ud and down the
land. There's something opposed to human
health in the winter-washed winds whistling
over the lifelike land now, of course. That
something, too, has been spread as frsely by
the telling of it as by the breezes. And here's
where the imagination plays the part that
puzzles the physician and swells the
sick list Before you consult you
are convinced by this child of
the mind that yon bave the prevailing com
plaint This conviction settles it You bave
the disease in jour mind, and that's as bad
some doctors say worse as if you had it In
your body. Bo the epidemic spreads from
thought to tissue, from brain to bone, from
mind to matter, from lip to ligamont When
your neighbor winces you feel a pain; when he
blows bis nose you sneeze; when he clears bis
throat you cough; when he takes to bis bed
you make up your mind to go and do likewise.
Of conrse there bo exceptions, but the mor
tality lists would be leaner If there were more.
"What can't be cured mnst be endured," wo
jokingly exclaim, and, led on by imagination,
the endurance grows burdensome the joke
becomes a reality, the maxim monstrous. Try
the other plan. If you feel bad don't Imagine
you are worse than yon really are. Mind can
triumph over matter, yon know. The will is
more powerful than the pill in many cases, too.
Air Easter opening Breaking the break
fast egg to-morrow.
s
The girl who captures nn American iron
king or a coal baron fares better than she who
purchases a titled husband abroad.
In the South you can see a cake walk,
a cane brake and a stove draw.
Thanks to the clever doctors a great
many of us are fairly well healed.
It's a pleasant sight to see women at the
poles in tho hop field.
You can stop a street car with your
finger, and without damaging the digit either.
The quinine monopoly and the weather
bureau seem to have formed a trust.
The Easter Lily.
White as foam on wave swift driven,
Pure as holy saint fresh shriven,
Flow'r sanctified.
In scented fields by summer sea
Night dews from heaven nnrtnre thee,
Flow'r purified.
Lift high your heads to greet the day
That tells us death means life alway
Eternity!
Sweet Easter Lily, holiest fl ow'r,
Hope's truest emblem thou In oar
Getsemanel
Birmuda, 18S9.
The Philadelphia prudes who assailed
the nnde in art would undoubtedly refuse to
strip a cow during the process of milking.
The grip is to be congratulated
knocking ont the Legislature for a season.
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Bonnets can be judged by the sighs of
those who do not possess them.
Bailoonatjcs would be a pat name for
some of the air-ship cranks.
It is hard work to persuade some foolish
females that it is wrong to dye.
A nob'easteb
wouldn't it:
would spoil Easter,
Don't judge the .girls by what's on their
heads, but by what's in them, boys.
No Laughing Matter.
When you greet a fellow creatnre nowadays,.
And ask him if he'll have a quiet nip.
Do not chide him if he to the bar man says:
"A little dash of quinine for my gripl"
IF chest protectors could be applied to the
chests of tourists the baggage smashers would
be dumfounded.
The doctors will soon be wearing dia
monds, but many of their patients will bave no
use for them.
A populab nine quinine.
The Fitzsimmons family seems to be full
of fighters.
Girls who lace tightly are the only vic
tims of the power of tbe press.
A DAILT roe in a.restaurant can be taken
now. The shad are swimming northward.
Inspector Bybnes got a decoration from
Italy. Now that country would like to give
Uncle Sam a black eye.
Naivete.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
'To Easter service. Sir," she said.
"I'm at your service, my pretty maid."
"One nave's enough In church," she said.
HAS
flue?
the flying machine gone up the
The tramp occasionally walks on bis
uppers with impunity.
The fellow who has a pull should never
get stuck, even on himself.
The game laws do not prohibit the hunt
ing of dears at any time. Willie Winkle.
Respected Prowess.
'There's one man I won't fight" said a cer
tain champion pugilist "and that's Ben Har
rison, of Washington, D. C. He licked a fel
low with the jim-jams, and I can't even get the
best of the latter."
Tory Ambiguous.
"I'm tired," remarked the artist's model, as
she changed ber position.
"Re-pose!'' cried the artist sharply.
NO CHILDREN NEED APPLY.
W lth a heavy h eart his way he went,
Ihls man with the careworn face;
Full many a weary hour he'd spent
In quest ot a dwelling place:
But where'er be stopped on his cheerless round,
Naught beard he but tbls one cry
That fell on bis ears with a doleful sound
"No children need apply."
Day alter day he had scoured the town,
Tnls father of children three,
Only to meet with a landlord's frown
For ev'ry pitiful plea.
In vain did he sue, 'twas ever the tame.
Be got but the one reply,
For In accents stern from the landlord came,
"No children need apply."
I
Sadly he mused on his hapless state
And that of his offspring three;
Poor victims all of a bitter fate
By this antl-chlld decree;
And he thought, perchance, on the ltst great day,
When they should appear on hbrh,
A'Volce lrom the judgment seat would say
'So landlords need apply."
FlTTSBUBG, AlalCU27r THOMAS MEMOIR
SATURDAY SCISS0R1NGS,
Eastertide Eggletaire Shaving In India
Learning to Walk The Resurrection
Bone Buddha in Paris A Timely Story
Corea's Seven Wonders.
It is the enstom of many benevolent societies
to give an entertainment at Easter, or possibly
a few days previous to Easter Sunday. The
eggletaire will prove an attractive, novel affair
for sneb an occasion, says a contributor to the
Chicago Herald. A charitable organization,
under whose auspices it was given last yearand
with which the novel idea originated, reports it
as a greater financial success than many more
elaborate and expensive entertainments.
On entering the hall one noticed that the sup
per tables were all oval, while the menu cards
at each place were egg-shaped also. Conspicu
ously placed in the center of the room was a
gorgeous egg tree, which proved to be a very
profitable as well as attractive feature of the
entertainment Decorated eggs of every de
scription hung from its manifold branches.
There were plain colored eggs which sold for a
qlckol, andlovolv hand-decorated ones ranging
in price from 25 cents to 81. All ot these
sold rapidly for Easter souvenirs. The
eggs had, of course, been blown
and were suspended from the tree by narrow
ribbons passed through the openings at the
ends. A-few of tho eggs painted and dressea
in Imitation of dolls' beads were in especial
favor with the little folks. Some of these
found their way to the breakfast tables Easter
morning, making glad the hearts of the little
maidens who bad looked npon them with long
ing eyes the evening ot the eggletaire. Rut
one small sale table was allowed. Here were
displayed a bewildering assortment of egg
beaters and utensils for cooking eggs, which,
being sold on commission, yielded a handsome
profit.
The most novel feature ot the entertain
ment was the eupper itself, nearly every item
upon the bill ot fare being a concoction of
eggs.
MEJJTJ FOR THE EQOLKTAIBE.
Egg Biscuit. Egg Sandwiches.
JCscalloped Egcs. Kgg Turcot.
Boiled Eggs, soft or hard.
(Scrambled Eggs. Poached Eggs.
Ham and Eggs.
Pressed Chicken, garnished with Eggs.
Muffed Eggs. ' Klg Salad.
Egg Syllabub. Floating Island.
Egg Cake. Sponge Cake.
Egg-Settled Coffee. Tea.
Those who tested the novel supper testified
that ltB novelty was not its only charm, and
manifested surprise that so palatable a feast
conld be prepared from so limited a variety of
materials.
Shaving in tho East Indies.
The natives of India are very ingenious work
men, but their tools are of the most primitive
kind. Strange to say, a sword made by the
native workman will not rust under ordinary
circumstances, and the material is infinitely
superior to the best that Sheffield or Birming
ham can turn out. I have often been shaved
by an East Indian In Jamaica, says a writer In
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, to which
place they are brought to work the sugar plan
tations, and have never had It so well or com
fortably done either in America or in England;
yet his razor, to look at, seemed like one pur
chased at a 10-cent store. These barbers carry
with theni a little brass cup or mlniaturo basin
filled with plain cold water. Dipping one fin
ger In tho water from time to time, be gently
rubs in the water all over the part to bo shaved
no soap or substitute is used; then he applies
his razor, and it glides over your skin evenly
and smoothly, and though he goes over each
part but onco he leaves vour skiu smooth as an
infant's cheek. Each batch that comes over to
Jamaica has its own barber, as none but one of
their caste may cut their hair.
Learning to Walk.
People sometimes ask at what age can we
seat a child in a chair; when cut him on his
legs; how old must he be before we teach him
to walk. The answers are easy, says the Popu
lar Science Monthly. He must not be mado to
sit till he has spontaneously sat up in his boi
and nas been able to hold bis scat This some
times happens in the sixth or seventh month,
sometimes later. The sitting posture Is not
withont danger, even when he takes lthimsolf.
Imposed prematurely upon him, it tires the
backbone and may interfere with the growth;
so the child should never be taught to stand or
to walk. That is his affair, not ours. Place
him on a carpet in a healthy room or In the open
air, and let him play in freedom, roll, try to go
ahead on his bands or feet, or go backward,
which be will do more successfully at first It
all gradually strengthens and hardens him.
Some day he will manage to get upon his knees,
another day to go forward upon them, and then
to raise himself up against the chairs. He thus
learns to do all ho can as fast as he can, and no
more.
The Besnrrectlon Bone.
Commenting upon the cremation of Emma
Abbott In this city, a contributor to the Detroit
Free Press says:
.Now, itis well known that a two, or even
four hours' incineration does not totally con
sume the bones, and there is always a mass of
these left, which are thrown away as refnse.
Among these human bones is one which is
believed to be Impervious to death or decay.
It Is a smill bone, part of the backbone, and is
called "Luz." It is said that a learned rabbi
demonstrated to the Emperor Adrian that
water would not steep it, fire would not burn
it a mill could not grind It nor could any ham
mer nreaK it.
The resurrection bone is supposed by many to
be the nucleus of the immortal body. Hudl
bras wrote:
"All th' other members shall, thev say.
Spring out of this as from a seed."
This question arises, would not It be more in
keeping with tbe importance of mortuary rites
to bave the bones buried la the cemetery lot,
while tbe ashes find tbeir ropose In the silver
urn, and may be retained In the honseboIaT
Even a superstition has weight in favor of an
Idea.
Buddha Worship In Far Is.
Buddha Is worshiped in Paris, says the New
York Sun. Buddhists meet regularly at certain
halls and private rooms in tho French capital
and pay their tribute of adoration to tbe light
of Asia. Most of them are Japanese, a few of
them are Frenchmen, and three are English
men. On February 22 the first formal service
of worship was conducted by two Buddhist
priests in the large salon of tbe Museum for
Comparative Religions History. It consisted
in a kind of , mass to the honor of the great
master, Ken-sin, fonnder of tbe sect Sin-Sin,
whicb possesses to-day 19,000 temples. Before
the little Buddhist chapel stood vases full of
flowers and many burning tapers. Two Buddh
ist priests from Ceylon, enveloped in magnifi
cent robes, prayed before a statue of Buddha,
offered incense, and prostrated themselves
nine times. Then one of them struck a gong
three times to frighten off wicked spirits and
conciliate the gods. Amid frequent'interrup
tlons from gong and bell they sang the hymns
"Gatha" and the "Sukawati-Uznha-Sutra."
The ceremony was observed by Jules Simon,
Jules Ferry, tbe English, Swedish and Japan
ese Ambassadors and all the believers in Paris.
It lasted just one hour. The two priests, who
came to Franco on a Japanese man-of-war, will
travel all over Europe and will hold services
for the refreshing of believers in the large
capital cities. They will eventually return to
Japan and establish in Kioto a school for Sans
krit, Pall and Buddhist theology.
A Story With a Moral.
Here is an old story well worthy of perusal in
these days of "La Grippe."
A peasant on his way to bis village, passing
through a forest met an old woman who
begged him to take her behind him on his
horse.
'Weo are you 7" asked the peasant
"I am the plague," answered the old woman.
Terrified, tbe peasant lashed his horse and
started off at a furious pace.
Tho crone caught np to him. "Why run
away?" asked she. "Do yon think I cannot
reach yonr village without your help? I should
only get there a little later, that is all. Be wise
and give me a lift; In exchange I promise to
molest neither yourseu nur your lamny.
'Jump on then," said the peasant, 'so they
started
After W paces the man stopped his horse.
"To make me quite happy." said he, "you
must also spare such and snch a one of my
friends."
"1 will spare them," answered the crone.
Twenty paces farther now requests of a simi
lar nature from the man were granted onco
more by the dame, and so it went on, until hav
ing reached the village tbe old woman bad only
ten people left to strike.
That same day 30 persons were killed by the
disease.
Tbe peasant, furious, ran to tbe plague.
"You wretch," cried he. "Is this the way you
keep your promises? Thirty people already ate
dead!
"I have kept my word," answered tbe crone:
"tf ue, SO persons bave died, bnt ten died from
the disease and tbe other 20 from fright"
Corean Wonders.
Corea, says the St Louis Republic, like the
world of tbe ancients, has its "seven wonders."
Briefly stated they are as follows: First a hot
mineral spring near Kin-Sbantao, the healing
properties of which are believed tq be miracu
lous. No matter what disease may afii.ct the
patient a dip in tbe water proves efficacious.
The second wonder is two springs situated at a
considerable distance from each other; in-fact,
tbey bave the brealltb of the entire peninsula
between them. Tbey have two peculiarities.
When one is full the other is always empty;
and notwithstanding tbe obvions fact that tbey
are connected by a vaubterranean passage cue
is of the bitterest bitter, and the other pure
and sweet
The third wonder is Cold Wave cave, a cav
ern from which a wintry wind perpetually
blows. The force of the wind from the cave is
snch that a strong man cannot stand before it
A forest that cannot be eradicated Is the fourth
wonder. No matter what injury is done to the
roots of the trees, which are large pines, they
will sprout up again directly like the pucenlx
from her ashes. The fifth Is the mostrdnder
ful of all. It is the famous "floating stone."
I: stands, or seems to stand, in front of the
palace erected in its honor. Itis an irregular
cube of great bulk. It apnears to be resting
nn the ground, free from supports on all sides,
but, strange to say, two men at opposite ends
of a rope may pass it under the stone without
encountering anv obstacle whatever.
The sixth wonder is the "hot stone," which
from remote ages has lain glowing with heat
on the top of a high hill. The seventh and last
Corean wonder is a drop of the sweat ot
Buddha. For 30 paces around tho large temple
In which it Is enshrined not a blade of grass
will grow. There are no trees or flowers Inside
the sacred square. Even the animals decline
to profane a spot so holy.
PABAGEAPHIC PERSONALS.
Stepniak, the Bussian Nihilist, having
completed his lecture tour in the United States,
will spend a few weeks in Boston, quietly, be
fore returning to Europe.
Feat; Cosima Wagner is making ex
tensive preparations for this year's Wagner
festival at Eayreuth. A large number of the
singers from the London opera bave been en
gaged. Teed Remington, the artist of the
Sioux campaign, is going to Mexico for a sea
son of rest and to get the frost bite out of bis
pencil. He has had all the winter wanderings
in the wild West that his soul hungered for.
Mme. Adelina Path has a god-child
who bears her name the daughter of Mr.
Baird, the wealthy iron founder. Miss Adellna
is the fortunate possessor of a string of un
rivaled pearls, to which Mme. Pattl has her
self contributed several.
Ann Eliza Young, the once rauch-heard-of
nineteenth wife of Brigham Young,
has got over her share of mourning for her sec
tion of a lost spouse, and has now a husband
all to herself. She is now Mrs. Denning, and
her liege lord is a Michigan State Legislator.
Mb. Gladstone was leaving a church
in a town where he was visiting a few Sundays
ago and happened to get Into the wrong carri
age. "Oh, I've made a mistake," said the
venerable statesman. "Yes," remarked an un
sympathetic voice in the crowd, "that's what
you've been doing all your life!"
Edwin Knowles, a Brooklyn theatrical
manager, recalls an incident in connection with
Lawrence Barrett's appearance in Paterson, N.
J., his native town. Whenever he played there,
bis aged father donned his best clothes and oc
cupied a conspicuous seat in the audience. On
one occasion, after the actor had scored un
usual applause, the old man, carried away by
enthusiasm, jumped to bis feet and exclaimed:
"That is my son Larry!"
DEATHS OP A DAY.
General James A Ekln.
Louisville, March 27. General James
A. Ekln died at 12:20 o'clock this morning. He
had been sinking rapidly for three or four days.
A little before 10 o'clock yesterday morning he
nttcrcd his last word. He said: "Lord, teach me
to pray." He spoke those words In a low voice
and then lapsed Into a state of .unconsciousness.
General Ekln had been In very poor health since
last fall and lately removed from the (lault House,
where he had lived for some years, to the resi
dence or his son-in-law, A. E. Wilson. About
four weeks ago he became confined to his bed by
a complication of troubles, and 6lnce that time
had not left his room. General Ekln lived In this
city for the past nine years. He was Assistant
Quartermaster General of the United States army
at Jeflersonville for many years, but was retired
at the age of 63 as Major General, wuen became
to Louisville, where he resided ever since. Gen
eral Ekln discussed his funeral arrangements with
his son before he died, saying that he wanted to
be burled by tbe side of his wire In Cave Hill:
that he wished to have the same kind of stone
erected over his grave as that which marks the
frave of hie wile, and to be placed in tbe same
lnd of a casket. His wishes will be carried out
to the letter. The funeral will take place to-morrow
afternoon lrom the Central Presbyterian
Church.
John M. Douglas,
Chicago, March 27. John M. Douglas,
one or Chlcaco's pioneer citizens, and for a num
ber of years Vice President of the Illinois Central
Kallroad, died at his Home last nlgbt of pneu
monia, the outgrowth of an attack of tbe grip.
Mr. Douglas was born la Plattsbnrg. N. Y., In
1819. On coming West Mr. Uouglas entered the
practice of law at Galena, ill., and afterward re
moved to Chicago, In 1857. to accept tbe position
or General Solicitor for the Illinois Central Hall
way. He was elected President of the company
in IMS. In 1871, he retired from the service of tho
company, but was re-elected in 1873, and served
until 1876. In IE8l.be was appointed receiver of
tbe Ohio and Mississippi Kallway.
Henry Holland, the Actor.
Kew Yobk, March 27. Henry Holland,
the actor, who took the part of the Earl In tbe
play, "Mr. Potter, of Texas," which was being
produced at the Star Theater, died In Bellevue
Hospital last night. On Tuesday last he walked lnlo
Hellevue Hosmtal juflerlnjt from alcoholism. He
was accompanied bv a friend, who said that he
had been on a drunk for some time. Holland was
assigned to the "alcoholic pavllllon," but he did
not improve, ana aeain louowea. tiewasanne
looklm: man and well developed, and the officials
of the morgue say that his body Is one of the finest
specimens of humanity ever admitted there.
Sirs. Catherine Holmes.
Mrs. Catherine Holmes died suddenly
yesterday morning at the residence of her son-in-law,
John Paul, on Boggs avenue. Thirty-second
ward, in her 89th year. bbe had been In feeble
health for some time, owing to her advanced age.
V hen efforts were made to arouse her yesterday
morning no answer was received. Upon Investi
gation It was discovered that she had peacefully
uasjed away during the nlzht.
jrunerai services
p. Jr. at the resi
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win oe iicm lo-murroir at 4
dence of John Paul, on Boggs avenue.
Mr. Mary B. Cashing.
St. Joseph, Mo., March 27. Mrs. Mary
B. Cushlng, widow of tbe late Milton Buckingham
Cusblng, died here yesterday aged 84 years. She
was the mother of Milton B. Cushlng, at one time
Paymaster of the United States navy; of Luther
Ward Cushlng, who was killed by Indians In Ari
zona in lbi; ol Colonel Alonzo Cusblng, killed at
the battle of Gettysburg, and of Commander V.
IS. Cushlng. ot Albemarle fame. The body will
be s ent to Fredonla, N, i ., for Interment.
Mary A. Klein.
Mary A. Klein died yesterday at the resi
dence cf her son, James S. Klein, No. 9 Ilurgess
street Allegheny, In her 77tb year. Mrs. Klein
was the widow of Francis A. Klein, a life-long
resident of tiharpsburg, he having served four
terms as postmaster of that borough, and also as
keeper of the locks on the canal at that point be
fore the days of railroads. Tbe funeral will take
place to-morrow at 10 A.M. Interment at Sharps
burg. Rev, James W. Bishop.
rSrZCT.lL TZLXGBAU 10 IBS DISPATCH.!
Chambeksburo, March 27. Rev.
James W. Bishop, a prominent minister or the
United Brethren Church, died at home near here
this mornlne. aged 70 years. He was born In
Llttlestown, Adams countv, and bad been In tbe
active ministry for 43 years. He owned several
farms and leaves a large estate.
Colonel Samuel Tonng.
rSrZCIAI, TELSORAM TO THI DISPATCH.1
ELtENOFLE, March 27. Colonel Samuel Young,
editor ot the Connoqucsslng Valley Seici, died
this morning after a long and severe Illness and
great suffering. He was born In Pittsburg In
1821. and at an early ase he went Into tbe news
natier buslness.and had been In it ever since with
varying success until his death.
Joseph Frow.
New Castle, March 27. Joseph Frew
dIcd at hls home ln PrIn:eton. five miles from
nere. tnis morinuK, mu oo years, ne was rosi-
master at that place for 15 years, and kept a large
general siore. xie was ncii-anovrn in mis section,
and leaves a wile and several children.
George L. Geremyer.
rSPXCIAL TELXOBAMTO THB DISPAICK.I
Oaelisle, March 27. George L. Gere
myer. a leading merchant of the Cumberland Val
ley, died suddenly to-day ln tbls city of conges
tion of the braln He was aged 40 years.
Hon. Itnfus Prince.
LEWISTOir, Me., March 27. Hon. Bufus
Prince died this morning. He was Worthy Mas
ter of the Maine State Grange and President of
the Maine btate Agricultural Society.
George Schulters.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO IHX DISPATCn.l
Lima, March 27. George Schulters, a
prominent young business man, died to-day of
pneumonia, superinduced by an attack of the
grip.
Bev. Father Nolan.
Butleb, March 27. Bev. Father Nolan,
for ten years pastor ofbt Paul's Catholic Church,
of this place, died this morning of la grippe.
William Wasmuth.
rSrXCIAL TILIBllAM TO TUBS CISrATCH.!
McKeespoet, March 26. William Was
muth. one of the best-known German citizens of
this place, died here to-day of dropsy.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Sonthern Colored Population.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In Monday's issue of your paper appeared
the report ot a sermon on "The Southern
Problem." delivered at the Central-Presbyterian
Chnrcb. Allegheny, by Bev. S. B. Mc
cormick, in which be is made to say, referring
to tho colored population at the South: 'They
are an ignorant superstitious and immoral
race" whose presence"injures the home, family
and business, and lowers the standard of tbe
community." Such a wholesale condemnation
of a people, even when coming from one who
wears the badge of friecdsblp, takes on the
character of a wanton and gratuitous insult,
and is not borne out by tbe facts in the case.
Ignorant tbey may be, tested by the gauge of
hook knowledge, but it they cannot decline
Greek verbs, solve a problem mgeomstry, or
write a thesis on "The wbichness ot tbe what"
they know enough to know bow to raise tbe
cotton, tobacco, sugar, rice and hemp without
which the balance of trade would be wholly
against this country. Tbey are the laborers,
mechanics and artisans of tbe section of coun
try their presence is said to injure. The bome
builders and home-getters, tbeir sweat and
blood and energy nave made the Southland all
that it is. Wherever a score or more of them
abide there is found the literary society, the
school and the cbnrcb. They are as good, and
in many instances nmcli better, than their
white environment The ambition to be and
do, common to all the human race, but which
centuries of vassalage have endeavored to
stamp out, like Banquo's ghost, "will
not down." It goes without saying that in
communities at the South where the white
population is intelligent and progressive, tbe
colored people of that vicinity are trending In
tbe same direction and vice versa. Their mo
rality is largely regulated by the same influ
ences.and wnilo their superstition may be more
patent to tbe casual observer, no resident of
the South is free from the taint It is not
claimed that tbe negro is a beau ideal among
men, but what be is, tn any and every regard,
is chargeable to other causes than inherent
enssedness. "A friend should bear a friend's
infirmities, but Brutus makes mine greater
than they are." Education, time and oppor
tunity will solve the problem to the satisfac
tion of those most concerned, or there Is do
virtue in the signs which be who runs may
read. ABRAil T. Hall, Jb.
Pittsbubo, March 27.
The French Spoliation Claims.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Now that the appropriations made by the last
Congress are so much under discussion, will
you allow me to say a word in regard to one,
and thereby thank that august body for per
forming one grand act of justice. Over SO years
ago vessels containing valuable cargoes of tea,
coffee, sugar, tobacco, etc.. were seized by the
French Government, and their cargoes con
fiscated, to the great loss of their merchant
owners. Tbe United States Government was
particnlar in having tbe French Government
indemnify but never paid, the real owners 1
cent They accordingly proposed a bill, and
bave bad it before Congress off and on ever
since, sometimes getting it through one House
of Congress sometimes two then having it
vetoed by the President We thank this Con
gress for justice. A Subscriber.
Tabentum, Pa., March 26.
These Two Are Easy.
To the Editor of The Dispatch!
To settle a dispute, how many pounds will
make a ton, and when and where can a for
eigner apply for naturalization papers?
Idlkwood, March 23. A. G.
Two thousand pounds make a standard ton,
and vou Can apply for naturalization papers at
the Court House.!
Other Queries Briefly Answered.
A Subscmiskb, Toronto, O. Edgar F. Nye
writes under the name of "Bill Nye."
J. IIalone, Pittsburg It all depends on how
you read the figures. Sixteen would seem the
preferred answer.
W. S. Watees, Union City Adjutant Gen
eral McClelland is one of the Pennsylvania
World's Fair Commissioners. Address him at
Harrlsburg.
A. F., Johnstown It wonld all depend on the
discretion of the Sheriff or jailor.
M. K. N.. Reldsburg Massachusetts. Kansas
and Wyoming are among the States permitting
partial woman suffrage.
Mrs. M. H.. Washington, Pa, We do not
know the firm you refer to.
SOCIETY 05 A CHTJECH HOLIDAY.
The Elks' Benefit a Success, and Attended
by a Large Crowd,
The thirteenth annual benefit of Pittsburg
Lodge No. 11, a. P. O. Elks, was tendered to the
Boclety yesterday afternoon ln the Duquesne
Theater. A big house gathered to witness the
entertainment which was unusually excellent.
"Old Jed Prouty" was given in its en
tirety, and with all its attractiveness
and qualntness, and the specialties
introduced included Harry Williams'
leading performers, the Acme Fonr. whose
sketch was very clever, tbe Smiths. Palles, and
Cuslck and Dagmar. Miss Bertha Galentin
sang an aria from "Gil Ugenoti," Sieuor Gilll
a song by Poncblelli, and Franklin Ammon
Denza's "Come to Me." The entertainment
concluded with a scene from tbe "School for
Scandal" and "Auld Lang Syne" by tho Elks'
gathering.
Dr. Simon Qnlnlan, of Chicago, had been
misinformed regarding the time of the per
formance, and arrived at 4:30 o'clock, supposing
it wonld occur at 8. Dr. Quinlan. who Is the
Grand Exalted Ruler of the United States, was
tendered a reception later In the parlors of the
Anderson.
Social Chatter.
Mb. and Mrs. D. M. CnMMmos. of Dallas
avenue. East End. bave gone to Buffalo.
A social reunion will be held by the Social
Sexaine, April 16, at Patterson's Hall, Butler
street
The West End School children will give a
concert in Metropolitan Hall this afternoon
and evening.
R.Ij. Cumnock, of the Northwestern Uni
versity, will give a reading at Curry University
Hail, Sixth street, this evening.
Arrangements have been completed by
Prof. William Gunther for a series of summer
night concerts and hops to be given at Silver
Lake Park during the summer.
THE Delta Tau Delta Fraternity held Its sec
ond annual banquet at the Seventh Avenue
last evening. There were 35 people present
and the excellent catering of the hotel was
done fall justice to.
Miss Zillah H. Bunk, a returned Burmah
missionary, will be tendered a reception this
evening at the residence of Bev. B. F. Wood
burn. Allegheny. Miss Bunn has labored in
British Burmah two years.
A VERY fair audience gathered at Old City
Hall last evening, tbe occasion being tbe last of
tbe winter entertainments given by tbe Young
Men's Christian Association. Marshall P.
Wilder, of New York, was as entertaining as
ever in his lecture, and tbe OUIe Torbett Con
cert Company rendered some charming selec
tions that were well received.
AT the forty-sixth free organ recital in Car
negie Hall to-day Organist Leonard Wales will
be assisted by the" charming soprano singer,
Miss Carrie Terranr, a pupil of Simeon Blssell.
A programme having the nsnal features of ex
cellence has been prepared for the occasion.
Among the author represented are Goldmark,
Gluck, Czibulka. Strauss, Suppe, Planquette,
Thomas, Moor, Bolldleu and Wollenhaupt
The coming of Mr. E. H. Sntbern to tne
Duquesne Theater next week bids fair to be a
post-Lenten event. Tbe advance sale opened
Thursday, and most of tile boxes for the week
bave beer? reserved. Several theater parties
are forming for Thursday and Friday evening.
Tbe notable one will be that of the legislative
committee, for whom two boxes have been re
served. Mr. Sothern has always been a favorite
in Pittsburg and tbe honors won in "Lord
Chnmley" and "The Highest Bidder" will evl
dently be greatly added to in bis impersonation
of the "Maister of Woodbarrow."
He Was a Vet
Slowly the door of a downtown pension at
torney's office was pushed open yesterday, and
a frowsy, bedraggled-looking man entered. "I
see by your sign," said he to tbe attorney, "that
you procure pensions for all who served 90
days. Can you get one for me?"
"Certainly," replied the attorney; "where did
you serve?"
"In the workhonse. and''
Tbe surgeon who set the broken bones re
marked that the attorney would be a good
match for Sullivan.
Entirely Unexpected.
Teacher (showing off her pupils to visitors)
What is the capital of Brazil?
Pet scholar bolds up a band.
Teacher Ab, my brightest boy! What la
It, Johnny?
Johnny Plewe, ma'am, may I go out?
Teacher faints.
A Pointer for Wives.
Chicago News.
Mrs. Rider Haggard Is worrying herself un
necessarily over the fact that American women
keep their homes too warm. When an Ameri
can's home gets too hot lor him be can always
go to bis club.
Shonld Be Cat Out
The paragraph in the school histories of the
United States telling of Washington visiting
bis home but once daring the Revolutionary
War should be eliminated, as it tends to glyt
.too scholars a bad opinion, of Martha,
CURIOUS C0NDEHSATI0K8.
Beebee Beebee is tbe name of a resident
of Beerllle, Bee county, Tex.
It has been discovered that almanacs
date back to the year 100 A. D.
Statistics prove that only one man in a
million lives to be 103 years old.
Del Pardo, Mexico, has a Frenchman
with three arms and six toes on each foot
It is reported that large quantities of
diamonds bave been discovered in North Lap
land. A new business has been started in
Florida of hatching alligators' eggs ln an incu
bator. The production of phosphorus by elee
tricity Is said to be both profitable an d satis
factory. The annual report of Chicago's Chief of
Poll ce shows that 62,230 arrests were made dur
ing th e year.
The astonishing statement is made that
tbe pnblic library of Plymouth, Mass., does
not contain a copy of tbe Bible.
A resident of Decatur, III., proposed
marriage to a woman to whom be bad never
been introduced, and became insane when he
was refused.
A -bride in Montreal appeared at the
altar with her pet canary fastened to ber
shoulder by a golden chain. During the mar
riage ceremony the bird broke into song.
A farmer near Americus, Ga., has a
turnip in bis garden measuring seven feet
across and with a top so high and strong that
the small boys climb It A pair of mules will
have to be used to pull it up.
The smallest of all the States, Bhoda
Island, has the largest population per square
mile, or 318.14 persons. The figures of the last
census show that If tbe whole Union were as
densely populated it would contain 913,76S,S00
inhabitants.
The works of watches are now plated
with palladium, which is a whiter, lighter and
more fusible metal than platinum. About one
seventeenth of a grain of palladium wilt by
electrical deposition, coat the works of an or
dinary watch.
A colored man carrying a whisky jug
was struck by a locomotive the other day a
Fort Val ley, Ga., caught np by tbe pilot and
flung 20 yards into a ditch, from which he
emerged perfectly nnharmed, bnt bewailing
the loss of the jug.
A woman with Catholic parents and a
Hebrew husband and daughter, died the other
day in Grand Rapids, Jlich., and as her rela
tives could not agree on eitberaCathololcor
Hebrew funeral, they compromised on a Spir
itualist, who conducted the funeral.
A young colt, somewhere near the Ohio
and Indiana line, bad a novel ride somewhere
on tho cowcatcher ot an engine yesterday,
while the frantic mother chased along, over
fences and bridges, until her offspring rolled
off somewhere, without a scratch or a hair
awry.
Mica is now extensively used as a non
conductor for all sorts of electrical appliances,
but, curiously enough, the demand for it has
been stimulated not for the North Carolina
article, which has been found to be not tough
enough, but for Canadian and other foreign
mica,
According to the statistics just pub
lished by the Ministry of Finance at Paris
there has been an enormous Increase ln the con-,
sumption ot tobacco during the last two or I
tnree years, it is estimated mat eacn neaa oil
tbe population consumes two pounds weight of '
we weed per annum.
Tbe Texas Legislature a short time ago
set apart a day for memorial services in honor
of Jeff Davis. During tbe delivery of a lauda
tory speech on tbe late lamented chieftain
somebody indiscreetly giggled; and the next
day a bill was introdnced and passed "Increas
ing the penalty for disturbing public worship."
The disinfection of passenger cars is re
ceiving the serions attention of foreign railway
companies, and action in a similar direction
would not b'S amiss in this country. Owing to
tbe tenacity of disease germs, it is wholly un
known as to how much they are disseminated
Dy our luxurious upholstered sleepers and
coaches.
Mention is made of a Englishman who
is a monomaniac on tho subject of seeing fatal
accidents. He has been traveling for seven
years in tbe hope of gratifying this ambition.
A few days ago be arrived at Mosbach. ln
Baden, an hour after a railway accident bad
killed and injured a number of people. Ha
immediately bnrst into tears, declaring that ill ,
lack constantly pursued him.
A new ore concentrator operates by
crushing the material to about a quarter of an
inch in size, which exposed to the action of
powerful magnets separates the particles of
Iron ore. The particles of ore are again crushed
to a finer state, and again exposed to magnetic
action, resulting ln a highly concentrated con
dition of the iron. The machine 13 said to give
uniform and economic results.
A flute that was discovered lately in an
Egyptian tomb was in so good a state of preser
vation that It conld be played upon as well as If
it bad been made this centnry, instead of 3.0CO
years ago. What Is equally Interesting is that,
while the sound differs lrom the' flutes of this
day, its notes are said to be based npon the
rules of tbe modern scale, if this shonld be
verified it wonld, to some extent revolutionize
existing notions about Egyptian music.
The largest firm in England is Bolckow,
Vanghan & Co.. and the report ot its opera
tions last year is ot Interest as exhibiting the
extent of a business under one management
There were employed in the various depart
ments 13,075 workmen, receiving over H50O.00O.
Tbe chief products were 1.877,694 tons ot coal,
697.05S tons of coke, L713.6S6 tons ot iron ore,
473,749 tons of pig iron and 194,077 tons of fin
ished steel. The net profits tor the year were
11,500,000.
Edinburgh people are looking anx
iously for the day when tbe electrio light will
relieve them of the troubles caused by gas,
which, while being high in price. Is poor in
quality. The gas every evening about 10 o'clock
Indicates Its displeasure of late hours by grow
lngweakerand weaker in some parts of tbe
town, and finally dying away entirely. Those
who do not take the hint and retire are com
pelled to depend on the penny dip for light
during the remainder ot tbe evening.
A family Bible, which was buried under
tbe bead of Susanna Randall, who died in 1SB3, -has
been dug up and removed. It was not seri
ously decayed. Tbe family records in It estab
lished the right of Lewis Randall to the prop
erty ot Isaac Phillips, who died ln 1S34, leaving
a large fortune, most of which Is still on de
posit in the Mannattan Bank, New York City.
Phillips bad no immediate family, and Randall
and other relatives now lay claim to bis prop
erty in tbe Manhattan Bank and in St Ste
phens, Ala.
A groom's right to wear a mustache
has been tried ln England, with the court's de
cision in his favor. When a groom was en
gaged he was smooth shaven, but after a cold
he grew a mustache by bis doctor's advice,
whereupon his employer ordered blm to shave
or go withont notice. Tbe Judge held that the
demand was unreasonable. If he bad been a
house servant, wearing powder and white silk
stockings, be might have been required to'
shave; bnt a groom was an outdoor servant and
a mustache was a natnral protection against
the weather. The plaintiff got 525 damages.
SM1XES AND SATHJE.
"The difference," said the compositor,
whose face wore a haggard, Irresponsible ex-
pression, "between the man who dances and an
awkward boy. Is that one pays the piper and the
other pi's the paper." HatMngtonPott.
"Befused Mr. Von Haarlem? I'm sur
prised. Just think who his grandfather was?"
"I have thought of It mamma, bnt I haven't
been asked to marry his grandfather, you know.H
Sew Xork Becordir,
A Cleveland maid of pious bent
Such great abhorrence shows
For things profane, that all through Leni
She will not darn her hose.
CUxtland Ban.
Jack "Kiss rhymes with bliss," says the .
poet.
Tom-Yes, and tints rhyme with Kru-Sera
Tort Btrald,
The father of the family, disturbed by ths
noise, entered suddenly.
Who U'doingaU this loud talking?" he In
quired. Master Tommy, who was standing on the center
table, took off the pair of bis grandmother's spec
tacles he bad on, looked solemnly at the congre
gation of neighbors children seated In front of
him. glanced at the dumb watch be carried, ana '
said;
"My bearers, 1 leave this subject with you. .
Services this evening at the usual hour. We will
now take up our regular collection. A consider
able sum Is needed for Incidentals, and friends
will please respond liberally."
It cost Tommy's father 1 75 to get out of the
room gracefully. Chicago tribune.
"Have you seen the new trousers and
necktie that Archie Atkinson bought ytster-',
day?"
Don't need to see them; beard them tire.
piocu away last night"