Pittsburg dispatch. (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, April 05, 1891, Page 4, Image 4
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All double mid tiiple number copies ol Tho Dispatch leqiilre a 2-ccnt Manip to insure prompt leliory. FlTTfeBURG. hUNDAY. APR. 6, 1B9L ration of THE DISPATCH who have chanced their residence should famish this office with their new address, either personalis-, by postal card or through Carrier. By prompt compliance with this request in terri'plion in the delivery of THE DIS PATCH vtill bo avoided. thi: citizens meeting. The value of public discussion upon mu nicipal matters was well illustrated at the meeting called by the Mayor yesterday afternoon. The entire debate was interest ing, a great deal of it very warm, and some of it so persqnal in character that it might have been omitted. But th? value of the meeting in tbe public debate of leading mu nicipal topics and the free expression of va rious views was very great, and sets a prece dent which, it is to be hoped, may be fre quently followed in the future. The useful ness of such discussion is apparent from the fact that while the question of indorsing curative legislation evoked a wide variety of discussion, after the effect of the measure had been made clear there was really a very small dissent to that action. This indorsement represents about all that was positively accomplished by the meeting with regard 'to the pending legislation. As The Dispatch said ia advance, there was no doubt as to the vast preponderance of public opinion in favor of the proposition that those benefited by the improvements already made should, if possible, be made to pay for them. The question whether the curative legislation will hold water still remains a doubtful one, only to be de cided by prompt test cases if the law is passed. The question of assessments where property owners were not benefited formed a leading part of the discussion; but when it was pointed out that the pending measure provided for a full trial of such cases in the courts, that objection was practically over come. On the practical issue whether the attempt should be made the indorsement was a decisive one. The other point ou which the meeting took final action was an unexpected and inter esting enlargement of the scop: of the meet ing. Mr. Bruce's speech arraigning past methods in municipal politics, and espe cially attacking the provision in the charter vesting the appointment of heads of departments in Councils, was per haps the leading feature of the meeting, and secured the passage of his res olution calling for an amendment to make those positions elective. There is not much likelihood that this amendment will attain. legislative enactment, and if there were the proposition would be susceptible of much more discussion. The experience of the city has proved that whether officers are elected by the people, appointed by the Mayor, or appointed by Councils, the good or bad influences which prevail over their selection will be rooted at the polls, and it is there that any lasting reform must do its work. There was a large amount ot work left undone bv the meeting. The question of is suing certificates of indebtedness was re ferred to a committee, and is to be acted upon at an adjourned meeting to-morrow. The bill for iuture street improvements was not reached, although there is little proba bility of dispute over it. Bnt singularly enough nothing at all was heard of the bills relating to the wharves, or that legalizing payments for park property. Are these bills abandoned, or has it been concluded that they are not matters on which public discus sion is deserved? TETIJlONY ON KOAD EttPKOVEMENT. A very valuable addition to country road literature is a pamphlet by Mr. Bipley, no ticed editorially by the New York Post. That journal says truly that the necessary thing lor those who agitate in favor of road ininrcveuient outside of localities where good roads are demanded as a luxury is to convince farmers and rural property owners that good roads will actually pay. Mr. Bip ley's pamphlet is the best evidence on that point since it chronicles the results of a sys tematic effort in New Jersey. Mr. Bipley was largely instrumental in securing tbe passage of a law in New Jer sey, by which a board in each coun ty is authorized to designate certain thor oughfares as "country roads" and to bond the county for their improvement. Having secured the passage of the law he led in stirring up his own county to take advantage of it, and a year's work in the construction of Telford roads has demonstrated the value of the improvement. Heal estate along the improved highways Las doubled and even quadrupled in value. The former has dis covered that the ability to haul a ton where he could only haul half a ton before ma terially increases the productive value of his land. Travel increased ten-fold on the im proved highways within a tingle year; and real estate values have increased in the county adopting this policy $1,500,000, ex clusive of the advance within the city of Elizabeth of 5700,000 more. "With such practical demonstration of the gain in rural wealth by systematic road im provement, there should be no doubt about the adoption of a similar policy for mend ing the roads of Pennsylvania. THAT CAPITAL SITE. The Dispatch must beg the pardon of the genius who proposes to remove the capital of the State, as noticed in these columns some days ago. The apology is necessary because we did not gain a com prehension of the full breadth and scope of the scheme of capital removal. It was sup posed the proposition was to remove the capital to -Lock Haven, but a subsequent article demonstrates that no such modified transfer of tbe capital from tbe low grades of transportation will satisfy the author of this scheme. He proposes to plant the center of legislation on the lofty level of the mountain tops, to surround it with a State forest, and there, amid the elevating influences ot nature, to turn out legislation as fresh and pure as the mountain breezes or the proposer of this great idea. The latest argument in favor of this re moval points out that in tbe geographical center of the State a vircm and un polluted spot can be found. From tbe lofty plateaus, expansive and inspiring views can be obtained. A beautiful moun tain lake can be created to supply the needs of the half million people who would gather to form tbe population of the future cap ital. Avenues 150 feet wide and twelve miles long will run np the mountain plateau with intervening avennes of 120 feet as a minor attraction. From the summit a scenic scope of six miles either way is as sured, and here a site of forty square miles will be obtained "for a picture chart of na tional, State and county avenues." But a greater attraction is to be had at the ten acre plateau of Kettle Mountain, whence five counties can be viewed, and "it at harvest time the fatigue of mountain climb ing vanishes in enraptured thought." This description utterly forbids the idea of soiling so pure and lofty a tract with the concentration of State politics. The en raptured thought alleged to be peculiar to tbe harvest time of the agriculturist, should not be mixed with the enraptured thought with which the legislative rooster pursues his harvest, Hoi Whatever may be done with the capital, it must not be permitted to drag down and pollut: this lofty and virgin tract, to the level of ordinary politics. THE LONGEVITY PROBLEJ.I. The advice given elsewhere by certain prominent men who have attained great age, as to the best methods of securing longevity, is interesting rather from the fame of the advisers than from the authority of the ad vice. There is the usual variety in the methods recommended. Von Moltke sug gests lresh air, plenty of sleep, regularity of habits and temperance; Bismarck prescribes bathinc, athletic exercise and the ability to banish care, and so on. The fact is, exam ples of longevity will furnish arguments for almost any prict'.ce and style oi life. Smokers and non-smokers, drinkers and non-drinkers, those who have led quiet and peaceful lives, and those who have plunged into great conflicts, all have illustrated long lift?. It may be pertinent, though nut com plimentary, to quote the dictum of an emi nent scientific man ;h it the quality which most contributes to longevity it the placid selfishness which enables a man to pass tbrongh all conflicts with a minimum ot ex haustive drafts on his nervous power. "With these views before us we may conclude that the real question is not how a man can live longest, but how he can live best. THAT CERTIFICATE PROPOSITION. The proposition to authorize the issue of certificate: of indebtedness, which has al ready been referred to in these columns, was left in the air, as it were, by tbe citizens' meeting yesterday afternoon. After a dis cussion which did not fully reach the real merits, or, rather, demerits, of the question, it was referred to a committee and will come up again at the adjourned meeting to-morrow. In the meantime, it is proper to re view the proposition as it stands after a little discussion. The proposed measure is framed to meet a special emergency, and, like most general legislation drawn to cover an especial case, it leaves uncovered the vast range of pos sible contingencies outside of that case. The necessity of providing payment for con tractor who have done the work of improv ing streets is admitted; but it is by no means clear that this necessity is so imperative as to call for wiping out the salutary checks and restrictions on the issue ot municipal indebtedness. Yet, so far as can be judged from the study of the proposed measure pos sible at this time, this is what it amounts to. Its only check on the issueof indebtedness is the constitutional limit. It does not even provide that the issue of bonds at any one time shall be no greater than the amount due contractors on the work that has been done. It permits a rate of interest one or two per cent greater than the city ought to pay. Finally, as it is quite possible that the amount of money due on improvements might at a given time exceed the constitu tional limit of indebtedness:, it will in such cases reduce the practical working of such a provision to a matter of fear, favor or in fluence, which will be the reverse of edify ing. The obvious justice ol providing payment for the contractors produced a development of feeling in favor of indorsing this meas ure only as applying to tbe debts already contracted. But even that feeling is based upon a misapprehension of the case. It is not necessary, because the charter as it now stands provides a remedy for the trouble. It is entirely compelent for Councils to prepare an ordinance providing for a short loan on the lines of this proposition and to submit it to a vote of the people. All the features of the loan can be carefully matured and prop erly examined. It, after lull discussion, tbe whole people indorse the proposition, the transaction will be beyond criticism, and the salutary and useful check now existing will have been kept alive. If tbe people vote down the loan, the contractors will be justified in calling upon Councils to increase the tax levy in order that they may be paid. THE LAND-HUNGRY BUT FOOLISH. Reports of great destitution among Okla homa settlers are still received with sadden ing regularity. From the first legalized ocenpation of that territory there has been a continued story of destitution, and, in many cases, of actual starvation. Colored settlers are the unfortunates who furnish the latest installment of the tale of woe. Believing the country was a modern Eden they went in droves from all pans of the South only to find they had been deceived. Poorly prepared for a struggle iu a new country, they are now willingly to leave, but the very circumstance that caused their misery prevents their doing to. These facta do not THE affect the enthusiasm of other men ready to rnsh upon and occupy newly-opened Gov ernment land. On April 17 the Omaha lands will be thrown open, and already over 00 would-be settlers are in Ashland, Wis., ready to swoop down upon them. When opening day arrives their numbers will probably have been trebled. They are as poorly prepared as were those now suffering in Oklahoma. The story that will come from them will be similar to the others. Misery, want and starvation will aid in proving that he who goes unprepared into a country where at best existence is but a continnal round of hardships is foolish, especially if he takes wife and children along. The innocent victims of thought lessness and greed suffer more than he, be cause weaker and younger. There is no practical plan for the preven tion of this suffering. The lands are opened to settlement, and it is desirable that they should be occupied. The Government, in declaring them ready for settlers, has reached the limit of its authority. So long as a man is a citizen, and agrees to perform the duties enumerated in the laws pertain ing to the subject, he cannot be asked to produce proof that he is able to cope with the unknown difficulties that may appear after he has taken out his patent To re quire such proof would close the lands against the very people for whom they are intended. This leaves the matter with the individual alone. He should see, for the good of himself and family, that getting a few acres for almost nothing is not the best thing that could happen him. A little capital and some experience are needed, for if be does not possess both suffering will cer tainly ensue. REJOICING OYER A NECESSITY. The great rejoicing that is said to be going on in Canadian Government circles shows how easy it is for people to be pleased with what they have to take. After the recent elections in the Dominion, the Tories busied themselves over tbe circulation of statements that reciprocity with the United States bad cut no figure in the campaign. Their action in opening up negotiations with'this country on the subject does not agree with their statements, and the un biased mind is forced to tbe conclusion that Mr. Blaine's pet scheme did cut a very im portant figure. The majority by which Sir John Macdouald's government continued iu power was so small that it is thought un wise to tempt fate by neglecting to enter into closer commercial relations with the States. A definite proposition has not yet been submitted, but as it is promised to be based ou mutual concessions which will not sacri fice any vested interests, it will no doubt prove to be very like what would have been proposed had Sir John been defeated. THE PANIC IN ITALY. If anything was needed to banish thoughts of an immediate war between Italy and the United States, it has come iu the news that a financial panic has made its appearance in Leghorn. There is a possibility of the panic's spreading all over the country, and if it does the Italians will he too busy with their intern.il affairs to think of warring with this country over the expatriated brigands. Even if the trouble does not spread tbe chances of war are still materially lessened. Tbe prime necessity for the carry ing on of hostilities is good financial credit, and the present trouble will serionsly im pair that of Italy. Burdened as they are with a heavy national debt, Italians will think twice before trying to add to it, though that they could do so is by no means certain now. It is to be hoped that the Leghorn trouble will not spread. On the poor the miseries of such panics rest most heavily, and tbe Italian peasants are now burdened with enough suffering. The only cause for American satisfaction is that it will dissi pate the remnants of the war cloud. SOUTHERN REPUBLICS AT CHICAGO. The news that several Central and South American Bepublics have taken steps toward representation at tbe World's Fair is a stinging rebuke to the unpatriotic policy of certain sovereign States in this country. That sectional differences or a penny-wise financial policy would prevent anj State from making a creditable dis play at the fair was not contem plated when the subject was first broached, and if any countries were not expected to participate, those conntries were some of tbe smaller and poorer Bepublics south of us. The unexpected, however, has, as usual, happened, and it has become pain fully evident that tbe hitherto backward Bepublics are more alive to the benefits to be derived from proper representation at Chicago than are portions of this country. There is no excuse for the States that have refused to appropriate money for representa tion at the Fair, for while there is good ground for criticism on the way things are done in Chicago, there is a growing belief that the enterprise will be successful. If it is, the States that are not represented will be the only sufferers from their folly. Wide approval is given to the remark of the Minneapolis Tribune that "if we cannot prove that the victims of tbe New Orleans mob were assassins, then we owe their families and tbe nation of which they were snbjects ever; reparation in onr power. If we do prove it Italy must abide by the terms which this Gov ernment, always generous, chooses to extend." Bnt what puts this country in a hole is tho fact that tbe chosen and Constitutional method of determining the guilt of those Italians has already acquitted a majority of them. It will be hard for this Government to go behind the return of a jury, even it it is of the New Orleans kind. The London Times calls Chauncey M. Depew a "professional conversationalist,'' and thereby makes another display of Its ignor ance. A conversation is familiar discourse par ticipated in by two or more parsons, but Chauncey does all the talking himself. In California now, a man convicted of train-wrecking is liable to capital punishment, while the man who wrecks a whole railroad is liable to have to purchase a seat In the United States Senate. Since Italy has a great navy and no money to send it to sea, and the United States no navy by comparison, but lots of credit, it is suggested that they pool their issues, divide up their assets on an equal footing, and then proceed to have a deuce of a time. In view of the prevalence of combination principles, it is difficult to see why this course should not be taken on tbe same philanthropic motives as those which inspire tbe trusts. The Jersey City genius who has invented a locomotive that will travel at the rate of eighty miles an hour should lend hit machine to Baron Fava, as that gentleman must be anxious to leave a country In which be made such a monkey of himself. The only thing that Uncle Sam can guarantee other nations is that he will not stand much abuse over the killing of men who left their country for their country's good. Op all the crazy contests ever gotten up to draw tbe dollars from the pockets of the public, the to-called sleep-fasting contest iu J ITTTSBimG DISPATCH, Detroit was the craziest. The onlytatlsfactlon that a sensible person can gain from it Is the knowledge that- those who became insane through their own foolisbcess will not long rema'ln a public burden, as their physical con dition is such that death must soon ensue. With James G. Blaine. Jr., in Madrid, to attend to that reciprocity treaty with Spain, tbe country can rest quietly in the confidence that if it becomes necessary he can rnn over and adjust that little trouble with the Italian Government. Pennsylvania claims the unique dis tinction of havine a lisherman'who went after Osh and returned with the acknowledgement that he had caught none. The regular Democratic papers of Chi cago are now engaged in telling the public what a bad citizen Carter Harrison is for run ning as an Independent Democratic candidate for Mayor. If half what they say is true, it amounts to a severe indictment of tbe Demo cratic parly of Chicago, for havine, in the past, raised such a bad man to a position of power and prominence in their city politics. The rumors of a deal between tbe Have meyers and tbe Spreckels are not to be taken as pointing to an advance in tbe price of sugar, though it is pertinent to Inquire if the recent drop has anything to do with the proposed con solidation. Public dircussion of municipal measures as developed at yesterday's meeting was ex ceedingly interesting if not instructive. The press of this country is finding some solace in the prediction of English experts that tbe monster guns with which the Italian warships are armed will be likely to provo a failure. That may bo true; but before they fail It might be very unpleasant to have the cities or fortifications of this country used as targets for the demonstration of their inability to last a long time. Some of the representatives of the Jingo element among tbe press are taking a bitter revenge on Baron Fava for the scare he bas given them, by the conventional efforts of the wood working artisan in the line ot portraiture. Healy got a black eye in the early part of the Sligo contest; but tbe permanent black eye seems to have rested with FarnelL Australia's new form of government is very good, so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. As things have been arranged, the Governor General will prove an irritant because he will only favor England to whom he will look for support. The Australians let slip a good chance to make themselves inde pendent. The ethereal mildness ot gentle spring may still be counted among the pleasures of hope. But a much-enduring public will soon move for an inquiry whether tbe groundhog is responsible for this weather. The pleassntest news received by Pitts burgers for some time is that La Grippe is losing its grip. Signor D'Abco'S radical declaration that Italy does not propose to let the Constitu tion of this country stand In the way of what she wants, looks as if Signor D'Arco has been studying American politics at tbe same school as the corporations and politicians of Pennsyl vania. PERSONAL PEHCILINGS. Peop. Tyndall is reported to be in a greatly improved condition. De. Talmage pleads guilty to a weak ness for playing blind man's bluff. Coenelius Vanderbilt has a thor oughly good face, full of character and radiant with geniality. Miss Gabbielle Greeley is a hand some woman, and possesses all the sweet, gen tle characteristics of her father. JoiinL. Waller, of Kansas City, Kan., tbe new Consul of the United States at Mada gascar, is a colored man. He was born a slave in Missouri and is 11 years old. Lander, who furnishes dance music for the New YorkFour Hundred, is a tine-looking, powerlul man, with iron-gray hair and mus tache and a dark, lastrons eye. The Princess of Wales will set an inter esting example to amateur photographers by having some views taken of herself employed in decorating a tea-set of Wedgwood ware. King Oscar, of Sweden, is every inch a king. He is tali and well built, with broad shoulders, a handsome, florid face and gray hair and beard. Age seems only to add grace to his person. The Hon. William Heywood, a lawyer of Lancaster, N. H., recently attended the 119th consecutive term of tbe Vermont Supreme Court at Guildhall, covering a period of 69 years of practice. DB. Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's comparatively unknowD husband, was a physician in a small Tennessee village when he met and won his future wife. He is now a specialist is diseases ot tbe eye. The Marquis Imperiali, now acting as Charge d' Affaires at Washington for Italy, is an accomplished mnsician, and played tbe first violin in the orchestra at a fashionable operatic performance at the capital this sea son. Silas G. Pbatt, the American com poser, who will give his "Allegory of tho War in Song" for tbe Grant Monument Association, is a fine-looking gentleman, with hair and mus tache just beginning to turn gray, and is in his 15th year. Queen Victoria puts in her spare time in plying tbe crochet needle, and at an exhibi tion of women's industries lately held at Glas gow a 'pair ot wristlets in gray stripes and a blue and scarlet hood worked by the Queen were on view. HAD TO HAVE AN0THEB. Why a White Woman Refused Her Change in a Street Car. Chicago Trlbune.l She was a well-dressed woman not flashily dressed, "6ut handsomely and in perfect taste. She sat in the rear end of tbe street car and eyed the other passengers not boldly, but curiously. A quiet, demure little woman sua appeared to be. Near tbe middle of the car sat a colored woman, poorly dressed, but not looking in any way slovenly. These were tbe only two in tho car who had not previously paid their fares. The colored woman was tbe first tbe conductor approached and she gave blm a nickel. He gave It to the other when she banded blm a dime, blio held it between the tips of her gloved hands and asked sweetly: "Can't you give me another!" 'Another?" he asked. "Why?" She shrugged her stfoulders slightly, glanced at the colored women, and said: "I'd rather have another, please." She got it, but tbe conductor looked at her pretty hard while he was ilshing up the other nickel. "Speaking of snobbery," said the conductor when he reached the platform; "but, then, why speak of snobbery Chestnut street!" TO FILTEB LONDON TOG. How Air In the House of Commons Is Made Clear for Members. Gallenacl Messenger. Far down in the recesses of tho House of Commons, beneath tbe feet of unsuspecting senators, is a spectacle wbioh, if it could be exhibited in a public place in London, would send a thrill of horror tbrongh the com munity. It is a va-t layer of what at first sight looks like cotton wool that bas been first dragged through the Thames mud and finally sprinkled over with ink. Originally it was a mass of virgin white cotton wool. For many years tbe resident engineers have been battling with the fog. Tber have modified its effects wltbln'tbs House, but never till now havo they succeeded In absolutely con quering it. A layer of cotton wool is prepared and tbe air. drawn from tho outside, is simply driven through it by force of a steam fan. The bed of cotton wool is six inches thick, and the area in use this week bat extended over oOO feet. The effect of the process is simply start ling. Jf this filth had not been arresto.i by the layer of cotton wool it would have passed into the House and into the lungs of the honorable members, SUNDAY, APRIL v 5, MURRAY'S MUSINGS. Thoughts Apropos of a Cloakmaker Riot Assassin Gulteau's Head Women In Theaters and Street Cars Without Escort Color Line With the Police. One ot tbe greatest evils with which New York has to conteud Is the large body of for eigners with socialistic ideas, who do not un derstand the language of tbe country of their adoption nor appreciate tbe privileges granted under its laws. A case in point has recently been attracting considerable attention even outside of New York. This Is a turbulent crowd of Poles, who have been kicking up a rumpus among their own kind for years. The last outrage perpetrated bj the ringleaders of this sot was that over in Jamaica, L. L, in which tbe employing cloakmaker was mobbed, his stock In trade destroyed, and his child's eyes put out by vitriol. The chief of this cloak making gang is named Barondess, who is a very intelligent man, and may be said to be a born leader in a small way. This Barondess bas cut quite a figure in all of the strikes in which the Poles have been concerned, and there have been agreat many. He seems to have a great Influence over them. His utterances havo been exploited in tbe newspapers, and these show that he is in all respects superior to tho men whom be dominates. He has been getting bis foot in it lately by tbe determina tion ot the legal authorities, backed by certain complaints, tu teach these people that thero are certain laxvs or personal liberty in the United States that cannot be violated with impunity. It seems that Barondess has been in the habit of going to an employing cloakmaker and demanding i50 or 1100 or more on tbe threat that he would declare a strike in their ahnns. Not unfrequently this money was paid, though it was always done under protest. It is not be cause of this that the subject is worthy of at tention, but because of the general ignorance which teems to prevail among these people as to tbeir rights and privileges under the laws of the United States. It has seemed a curious thing that these foreigners who are driven out of their native countries by acts of oppression, real or alleged, on the part ot the ruling classes, are more intolerant and tyrannical toward their fellow laborers than any other class of the American people. A Scene In a Street Car. From the front platform of a Broadway car one can see a good many interesting sights. This is especially so on pleasant days in the shopping district. The swarms on the sidewalk and tbe jam in the cars of fashionable Goth amites afford no end of amusement and in struction. Tbe other day, while on the front platform with a friend, I was strnck by the re markable beauty of one of those. She was a lovely blonde, dressed in tbe prevailing quiet stjle, and just the sort of a woman that every body turns around to admire. In fact, my friend admired her so mucb that ho imme diately threw away his unfinished cigar and passed within. Thero were about three gentle men inside, who were seated, and these three simultaneously arose and offered her a seat. Sho only occupied two of them the seats, not the gentlemen. She drew a nickel from her apparently well-filled pocketbook and held it daintily between her fingers. The conductor walked Into the car, stood around in a confused sort of way and tben walked out, leaving her still clinging to tbe coin. When she got out of the car, six blocks farther np, she still bad the nickel between her fingers, and looked quite pleased with the idea that she bad beaten Dan Lamont's corporation out of 5 cents. Verily tb ways of a woman are past finding out. "No gentleman on earth would have done such a thing as that," said my friend, as the mercury of bis admiration slowly sank to the bottom of its tube. Tho Head of Charles Guiteau. In a Sixth avenue museum tbe other day I saw displayed in a large jar in tbe center of the show room, a human head, poised midway be tween tbe top and bottom. Round tbe neck were tbe marks of a rope. Across the scalp wore the stitches of the surgeon. There was a small crowd continually around this horrible sight, gazing upon it with morbid curiosity. From the placards and certificates displayed it would appear that tbe ghastly exhibition was the head of the late unlatnented Charles Gui tcau, who at one timo cut such a conspicuous figure in tbe public press. It recalled the time when I saw tbe man In the flesh dragged lrom the Sixth street station in Washington, after he had fired the fatal shot into the body of President James A. Garfield. It reminded me of the long and anxious season of waiting, watching and praying that followed upon that great event. Also of tbe long and sensational trial, and lastly of the satisfaction with which I stood at tbe foot of tbe scaffold that this con temptible wretch expiated bis criminal act against humanity and his country upon. The last time 1 had looked upon that repulsive lace was as it lay in its coffin in tbe chapel of tbe Wash ington jail the day atter the execution. I saw it lowered Into tbe basement like a dead cat, and buried within the stone foundations of the prison. To be suddenly confronted here in New York with such a sight certainly recalled some painful reminiscences. The bead, as it is exhibited in this dime museum, has nothing in it to remind me of the man as be was In life. It might have been the bead ot any dead man but lor the certificates which are displayed in oonneotion with It. Ages Vary With Circumstances. Speaking of the curious foibles of woman kind reminds me of another incident of the street cars. A lady and a little girl sat by my side. The conductor eyed the woman sharply as she tendered him the customary nickel, and requested another coin for the child. "Why, you don't charge for such a little child as this, do you ?'" "How old is the child, madam 7 ' "She isn't four years of age yet," was the reply. The conductor looked incredulous hut mur muring something to the effect that it was all right went gloomily to bis post looking as if nis unspoken thought was that the woman had unmistakably lied. Then tbe little child had her inning. "Mamma I" "What, dear f" "Ain't I more than four years old to-day J" "Hush I" She tried to quiet her. But the scheme didn't work, fortbeobild came back to the subject in the next block. "Mamma I" "What, dear ?" "You knpw you told Aunt Sally yesterday that I was six years old next May ?" This was said in a piping voice that went througn everybody in tbe car, failing only to reach the conductor who was on the platform. The mother mounted a faint blush but it was very taint indeed to tbe one which crept over the child's face when it got slapped on the DacK ana nusuea out oi tno car. He Was a Judge ot Sparklers. Tbe jolly one-armed gentleman who presides over tho cigar case in the bar of the Filth Avenuo Hotel displays a rather fine diamond stud upon his manly bosom. The other day some of his intimates played a joko on him by extracting the diamond from its customary poking place without his knowledge. Then they submitted lttobima few minutes later, asking his judg ment on tbe quality of the stone. He looked at it very critically and said he didn't think it was worth much. It had a flaw; it was off color; it was probably paste. At each succes sive criticism the crotul roared with laughter, somewhat to his confusion. Vv hen the denoue ment came it cost huu a quart bottle fur tbe , rigidly exacted promise tbat tbe joke shouldn't get out. It dldu't get out. At the Theater Without Escort On Wednesday and Saturday afternoons tbe stranger to New York enstoms might wonder at the nnmber of young girls to be seen on Broadway. These are the matinee girls. It has come to bo a great custom of these young adies to attend tbe matinees together and go about without any reference to male escorts; in fact, indulging in this sort ot pleasure they prefer to be by themselves. They generally load UP with bonbons and all sorts of truck, ex cepting peanuts, before they enter the theater, and then during the play, not privileged like their masculine friends to go ont between the acts to see a man,' they munch these dainties in their seats. Very often thev Co out into the foyer and promenade up and down, gossiping like a regular tea party. When the play is over they go trooping home in couples and clusters, as merry and independent a sot of maidens as can be lound in any city of the Union. There is some delightful freedom about this which U rarely to be found in great cities, and which is more rarely expected to bo found. These young people not only have a good lime, hut they have it without any of tbe compromis ing features that are often associated with fe male independence in other cities. It is not an uncommon thing to see ladles attend tbe various places of amusement even at night without male cscorts.though this is not so common as to attract attention. Women are just as safe, for that matter, at night as they would be in tbe daytime in tbat section of New York covered by the theater-goers. It is hardly the correct thing for ladies to attend public places alone at night, but there Is no other than the fashiona ble reason to prevent it or make it in any de gree perilous. A Woman In Man's Sphere. A woman engaged in roan's outdoor work would perhaps not attract attention In conti nental countries, but Is rather a singular sight here. At the corner of Sixt)-lltlh street and the Boulevard extensive blasting operations are in progress, preliminary to the erection of more flats tho coming season. Among thu men who are breaking stonas in the vicinity to bo used as concrete is employed a brawny woman, 189L who seems to be making her way in the world with a hammer. Among the other workmen she attracts no attention, bnt It is a strange aigbt for those who happen to pass tbat way. Tbis woman squata on the stone heap all day long, through tbe different changes of tempera ture, snow, rain, cold or sunshine, with her long-handled hammer, patiently breaking rocks into walnut bits and cording up the pieces. She is unable to speak tbe English language, but she can break rocks lust the same this ac complishment being a foreign one. Tho Color Line In the Force. In a certain precinct in Brooklyn tbe white policemen aro on a strike because of the ap pointment of a black man on the force. Tbe wblte "men feel tbat tbeir dignity has been affronted. They refnse to sleep in the dormi tory of the station honse with a black man. It is not because the black man is not a very de cent fellow. There would be no objections on their part to bim If be slept there in tbe capac ity of a porter or station keener; but as a policeman, drawing tbe same pay with them selves and doing the same duty this is horrid I It is a curious thine tbat just about tbe time when the color line is being obliterated in all of tbe recently slave States it should be revived by that equivocally respectable body, tho Brooklyn police foice. The Sale of Bad Tailor Debts. Tbe Merchant Tailors' Association that car ried out its threats to sell the judgments against tbe delinqnent customers of its membership did not realize mucb money by tbe transaction. The tailors and delinquent debtors, however, got any amount of free advertising. There aro at least a dozen swells and would-be swells of New York now who will not be able to pur chase a snlt of clothes unless tbey have the ready money. There was one of them at least who was surprised that was tbe man whose judgment was sold for something like 70 cents on a dollar. The other fellows were sized np on tbe average of $2 eacb. It is unnecessary to say tbat tbe tailor who offered the judgment was very much surprised also. Perhaps be Is sorry now that he disposed of so good a cus tomer at auction. Charles T. Murray. New York. April 4. P0WEB OP IMAGINATION. A Story That Slakes a Point Against Doc tors Medicine. "The power of imagination." said an nptown druggist to a New York limes reporter, "is past comprehension. Not long since a domes tic in tbe employ of a prominent family came into the store in great baste with a prescrip tion which called for two grains of morphine in two ounces of aqua pura, tbat is, distilled water, the accompanying direotion reading: 'A teaspoontul every hour until the pain is allayed.' Tho patient for whom it was Intend ed was the bead of tbe family, wbo was suffer ing from a severe attack of nervous neuralgia. "Now, it so happened tbat tbe identical fam ily physician who had written the prescription was behind the counter when tbe messenger arrived, having dropped in, as was his wont, en tbe way to his office. While I was putting np the prescription we chatted and laughed and joked and passed the time of day as only pro fessional men are capable of doing. I filled tbe bottle, corked it carefully and labeled it prop erly, and, when tbe retreating form of tbe do mestic had disappeared ont of the store door, returned to my companionable physician vis itor. As I did so 1 saw to my amazement the two grains of morphine reposing upon tbe pre scription scales. 'Good God, doctor,' I ejaculated, 'I've given that girl nothing but distilled water. The morphine is here, look at it. What shall I dot' " 'Do?' be replied, with admirable sang frold, dot Why, nothing at all. I'll wager you a bottle that tbe aqua pura will work as well witbout the opiate as with it' " 'Agreed,' said L 'And do you know,' con cluded tbe pharmacist, 'the doctor was right and the patient with tho nervous neuralgia an exceptionally Intelligent and college-bred man was sleeping as peacefully as a babe after the second dose ot tbe mixture.' " THE VALUE OF LABOR. Suggestions on It In a Theoretical and Prac tical Sense. i According to tbe New York Times, tbe man wbo carries a watch In his pocket seldom stops to think of the labor required to make one of the tiny hairsprings tbat form one of its com ponent parts. And yet tbat innocent speck of mechanism f urnlsbes food for thought on an elaborate scale. Tbe value of a handful of raw pig Iron, say five pounds, is 10 051. Convert into steel rails and tbe five pounds become worth $0 073. If the same weight of steel be made Into table knives, such as one ordinarily uses at dinner, 09 blades are turned out, worth $15 at jobbing rates. Thus it is seen tbat the various evolu tionary processes through which the material goes in its transition from raw pig iron to table cutlery has increased its cost from 6 cents to 815. But the comparison might be continued with even more interesting results. Suppose the five pounds of material be converted into watch hairsprings, one of which and by no means tbe smallest weighs one-quarter of one grain Troy. In five pounds there would be 110.200 of these little coll?, which, at the rate of SI 75 a dozen, would be worth 818,070 25. In tbis way tbe man who stops to think about it is furnished with an interesting comparison, sug gesting tbe value of labor in both its practical and theoretical sense. DEATHS OP A DAY. Captain Thomas H. Lapsly. Bbaddock, April i. Captain Thomas H. Lapsly died at 8 o'clock at his home on Brad dock avenue. He had been ill for the past three months with paralysis or the brain. This left him several days ago, but bis constitution was such tbat he could not recover. All hl3 family were around blm at the time of his death except his son John, who Is in Chicago. Captain Lapsly was in his 72d year. He was born at fine CreeE, this county, 1319. He was identified with the Edgar Thomson Steel Works when It was started 20 years ago, anil has been connected with It ever 6lnce as Sunerlntendent. He was quite a wealthy man and prominent in all social and political af fairs. Captain James D. Touhey. ERIE, April 4. Captain James D. Tou hey, a well known character throughout Western Pennsylvania, died to-day at tbe age of 60 years. Captain Touhey was a native of Cork. It was soon after tbe time of his arrival here that the .Mexican war began. In that conflict Mr. Touhey, then a mere lad, served as a drummer boy. Cap tain Touhey was among the first to respond at President Lincoln's call. He entered the navy and was assigned to the gnnboat service In the Mississippi river. Captain 'I ouhoy was qnltewell Known as a contractor. He leaves, besides his wife, four children. non. Peter M. Dox. Huntsville, April 4. Hon. Peter M. Dox died in this city last night in the 78th year of hisage. Judge Doxwas born at Geneva. '. Y. He was in the Legislature ana a Judge of County Court there. He moved to Alabama In 1SS3. In 1865 he represented .Madison county In the re vision of the Constitutional Convention, aud he represented the Kigbtli Alabama district In the I'orty-flratand Forty-second Congresses. Rey. John Martin. Bev. John Martin, pastor of St. Luke's Church. Mansfield, Allegheny county, died at the pastoral residence in that place yesterday. He contracted a severe cold some time ago, which later on developed Into pneumonia. He was formerly a resident or Philadelphia. The funeral will take place to-morrow morning at St. Luke's Church, and the interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Clifton Bell. DENVER, April 4. Clifton Bell, the lead IngtDortingmanorthe West, died here last night. Ills name Is known to the members or the class to which he belonged from one ocean to the other. Hell was an Illinois man, but left that State In 18W and went to California. He at one tlmo owned Harry Ollinore, who won the Long Branch Omni bus in 182. He also owned Lily It, dam or Chaos, winner or the Futurity in 1889. Joseph 0. Gregg. Joseph C. Gregg died at his residence, No. 1K Bluff street, yesterday mornIng."He was 62 years old, and had suffered for some time from brain cancer and lung disease. The funeral serv ices will beheld to-morrow morning at No. 333 Fllthavenue. the interment taking placelaterln the day at West Newton. Pa. M. T. JcwelL ' YOUNGSTOWN, April 4. M. T. Jewell, a leading druggist and pioneer resldont or this city, died at the Tod House this morning of pneumonia, superinduced by la grtpne. Deco.icd was 64 ears old, aud was prominent In politics. He leaves a wife. Henry J. Hrubach. One of tbe best-known residents of Bloom Held was Henry J. Brubach. who died at bis resi dence on Cedar street yesterday morning. He was 82 years old, and his funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon. Wilson Forter. Wilson Porter died at 2 o'clock yesterday morning from heart lallure at his home In Pleas ant Valley. Allegheny. He was a c!l-known painter. He leaves a wife slid small family. Annuel Cooper. McKeesPORT, April 4. Samuel Cooper, - i 7t -,, riliut at Uuena Vista to-dar of the grip, lie was very well known la this vlcloltr.- J TALES FROM ARKANSAS, BUIs of Fare Are Not Always What They Seem Wealth ia the Mortar and Pestle Males and Rapid Transit Facts About Church Debts. There was antelope on our bill of fare yester day at dinner. A Minneapolis man wbo sat next to me smiled when he saw tbe antelope. "Some weeks aeo," he said, "when I was traveling on tbe C, M. & St. Paul Ballroad I chanced to take dinner with tbe Superintend ent of tbe (fining car service. He Is an old friend of mine. As soon as we were seated in the dining car and tbe waiter bad handed ns tbe bill of fare 1 noticed the Supcrintendent'a face grow cloudy. He called tbe tteward to hint and addressed him with: 'You're over doing it, are'nt you? Here yon have mountain sheep, venison, antelopo and bear on tbis bill of fare surely, there's no call for four wild meats at one meal, and there can't be any money in such extravagant catering for this company.' ' 'Well, sir,' replied tbe steward, "it isn't to bad as it looks. Yon see we've an overstock of mutton and we're working it off tbe best way we can.' " The Drag Business Fays. A drugstore pays better than a saloon in Hot Springs. Tbe water of tbe Springs contains about a score of more or less potent drugs, ac cording to tbe analysis printed in tbe guide books, and in the neighborhood of this place other springs supplement the supply of rnedi. cine with such things as sulphur and potash and iron in all sorts of mixtures. Yet the drug stores do a splendid business. The doctors sel dom allow a patient to take the waters without fortification of some kind in tbe shape of pill, powder or potion. And the druggist has to fill the prescriptions of conrse. You may be sure he knows how to make ont his bill, too, and be has so much practice tbat he it expert to .a wonderful degree. You can pay as much here for three or four ounces of water and a pennyweight of drugs as anywhere else on this globe. After yon have been here a week or two it will cease to surprise you tbat every rich man in tbis region at some time or other bas been in tbe drug business. With you it is common to rate a man as rich if he is con nected with tbe Standard Oil Company, for in stance, but here it means far more It it be said tbat so-and-so has a drug store. Humorous Rapid Transit. As I have remarked ere this, rapid transit m the South is humorous all the time. Time being of no earthly importance in this latitnde, tbe joke is always cheap and agreeable. Yes terday, having no thought of anything bejond a ride in the sunshine, I boarded one of the open cars which are now running through the town. At tbe next corner the car stopped, and remained at a standstill long enough for the little mules to go to sleep. I was sitting just behind tbe driver, and tbinklng perhaps tbat somerule of the road entailed a long wait at this point, which was outside tbe town proper, and I asked him if he intended to start again soon. "Wal, I dunno, suh," he replied politely. "Yon see, that ole lady wants to get on this heab kyar but I can't tell how long it'll take her to get heab," and he pointed up a road at right angles to the track leading to three or four cottages perched on a hill a quarter ot a mile away. Half way between ns and the cot tages an old lady was walking toward us. She did not seem to be in a hurry; neither did she wave her hands frantically or scream as a Northern woman would have done under sim ilar circumstances. She took her time, and the driver of the street car recognized her sacred right to go slow. When she had taken her seat, he unwouod the brake In a leisurely way, woke the mules and wa went on. Stopped for Fop Corn. Btill further South at Dallas, Tex, the other day, some friends of mine were riding on a street car when a lady in tbe party saw some pop corn on tbe sidewalk. "Oh I what lovely pop corn," she said, "I wish I had some!" "I suppose you'd like me to stop the car and get some for yon," was her husband's ironical remark. Tbe driver of the car overheard it and stopped the car at once and said he'd wait while the poncorn was bought for the lady. Tbis act of courtesy astounded the Northern ers. They Go to Church, Too. Nobody bas ever accused Hot Springs of be ing too godly, but there Is no lack of churches. Every denomination of any importance has its place of worship. The molt pretentious church and 1 presume the most prosperous belongs to tbe Episcopalians. It is a handsome building ot brick, finished in oak within. Tbe incum bent, tbe Bev. Mr. Miller, it -evidently a high churchman, and to his and the congregation's credit it mnst be said that tbe altar and cluneal filled with creat Kasterand calia lilies. looked very beautiful on Easter Sunday morn ing, however questionable the authority for placing a triple-pointed crown outlined with small gas jets in the center of the reredos may have appeared to some Episcopalians in the church on that occasion. Tbe church wat crowded with fashionable visitors, and tbe cos tumes of the ladies showed tbat even in tbis health resort the Caster bonnet blooms fre quently. Before tbe collection was taken up tbe priest announced that there was 51.000 debt on the church wblch be hoped would be materially reduced by that morning's offerings. I don't know how much was collected, but I should say a large sum. As we were returning from church a gentleman who bas visited the Springs every year for a decade past remarked to me: "It is a singular fact that church debts down here are most obstinate things. Last year I went to this very church on Easter Sunday and tbe debt was stated to be 4,000, to which we were invited to contribute liber ally. And we did, for 81,3)0 was collected. But the HU0O debt bobs up all serene again this year." Uonnd to Get Eight Dollars. Tbe colored population mostly attend the Methodist church, the pastor of which is a very ablo man of their own race. On a recent Sunday three or four white folks from one of tbe hotel3 attended this church and enjoyed the heartiness of the worship very mucb. The collection amused them greatly. Tbe pastor announced that the sum needed was J8, and tbat everybody was expected to contribute something. "To avoid discommodln' anypusson,"be con tinued, "who ain't got change, tbe congrega tion will pass np and leave their offerin's with Br'er Smith, who will furnish change as de sired." So everybody, but the little band of whites at the back of tbe cburcb, stepped up and settled with Br'er Smith. Than the preacher said : "If there's any people too bashful to come np heah, l'se pot too proud to go to dem," and ac cordingly he trotted down and gathered in the ducats of the Caucasians. The counting of the money took some time, and when it was con cluded tbe preacher antiounced tbat!l75was still lacking of the desired sum J3. "Br'erSmitb will now pass aroun' der basket, while we sing dat beautiful hymn, 'Hark 1 1 Hear Da t Angel Sing.'" So tbe basket went around and tbe white people alone gave SI more. The preacher again announced tbe result, and, strange to say, he Insisted tbat the sum now lacking was J2 25. Again the basket went around, and this time tbe preaoher was satisfied. Tbe way the preacher's arithmetic is ex plained by tbe African aristocrat wbo waits at our table is that in "our church, snh, dey alius bus' hab even money and dat's howl" Hepburn Johss. Hot Springs, Abe., April a A HUNGKY CAT. It Tries to Steal the Bird From a Fraying Woman's Hat. Chicago Herald. I The family was composed of the mother, three children and a cat. They were very poor, and when tbeir circumstances were reported bad nothing in tbe bouse to eat, but the cat bad remained loyal, and was an honored mem ber of tbe household. The ladv. who was from some "mission," knelt down to pray with the mother and her little ones. Tbe cat was on the window-sill looking on and blinking ber eyes respectlully. sbe appeared rather curious, but did not appear to have any objection to tbe prayer. All at once sho was on the alert. Intense interest bad taken the place of indifference. She stealthily jumped down from her perch and crept carefully along the floor nearer and nearer to the lady who was making an earnest prayer. She did not ttop when she reached her, but as caref allyor more so, commenced to creep up tbe lady's back. She was nearly up to the fur boa around the nck when tbe xad-faced mother spied her. Tbe mother, without r.ilalng her head, wblch was bowed in devotion, reached over anil clutched Miss Kitty bv the back of her neck. The cat refused t glv up her position and fastened Ler claws lu tbe lady's cloak. Her cyts glared and never unco moved from a bird, us natural as life, that was poised upon my lady's bonnet. Strength finally loosened tbe clutch ot the claws. Tno prayer went on and was finished. There bad not been a falter In the voice through the whole of it. Tbe cat bad not been noticed before tbsfeirayercommenced, and wat not mentioned afterward. Always at frimethlnp; TTorse. St. l'anl rioncer-lrcs.l It it entirely unnecessary for any journal or individual to deny that Talleyrand, during his stay in Amorlca, "sold buttons in a little store 1.. Tlhiluilulnhfa 11 Tn 11 aw vn ,wl vi nrtVffrfln- gaeed in so innocent a calling (or one moment fit hit life, CUKIODS CONDENSATIONS. A woman's agricultural school it one of the new English projects. There are said to be over 50,000 Ameri can visitors now In Mexico. An Atchison street car has been painted black for funeral purposes. Feathery snowflakes as large as silver dollars fell in New York the other day. Texas is to Have "the biggest soap fact ory in the world," with a capital of J15,000,00a. There are within the present city limits of Milwaukee 30,000 lots which are unoccupied. The very unusual sight of two blind men fighting on the public street was teen In New York recently. A philologist estimates tbat the coinage of new words goes on the rate of 100 annually in the English language. Two acres of land adjacent to the Lon don Hocsss of Parliament have been advertised for sale at 1,000,000 sterling. There is living in Centerville, Ky., a blacksmith wbo has just learned bis correct name, though he Is over 50 years old. An Atchison woman recently refused tbe present of a handsome set of books because tbey did not match the color of her front room furniture. A Douglas county, Kan., farmer wat compelled to use four horses the otber day to haul 20 busbels of corn to Lawrence, but be got Si a bushel for it. As a guess at the census taken yester day, the Registrar General estimates that the popnlation of the United Kingdom Is about 9,000,009 of sonls. The day after the last of the whaling fleet bad departed from San Francisco a large school of whales appeared in the bay and "cavorted" audaciously. The Commissioners of tbe District of Colombia have been asked to recall all permits issued to Italian organ grinders, as it is alleged tbat tbe music may cause trouble. A needle, altera devious experience ot 38 years in the body of a Springfield, Ma, woman, came out tbrongh her side tbe otber day. The needle bad lost its temper and wa) at pliable at a piece ot wire. A veritable curiosity has been captured in Africa. It is an elephant, larger than the late lamented Jumbo, pea-greenin color, trunk less, and bas tusks tbat branch out something like the horns of a deer. It is in possession of a native King, wbo will not part with it. A Salina, Kan., family is eating fretb, ripe tomatoes from a vine which was taken into the house last tall and carefully nurtured during the winter. At the prevailing price of coal in Kansas the tomatoes are supposed to represent a value of about SI apiece. Largely because of the electric light, the average time of transit through the Sues Canal goes on diminishing steaaily from year to year. Last year it was 3-t hours 6 minutes, whereas in 18S9 it was 25 hours 50 minutes; in 1SS3, 31 hours 15 minutes; in 1887, 33 hours 58 minutes and in 18S8 not less than 36 hours. A dog belonging to a resident of Cordell, Ga., got his head wedged in a hollow tree one day while chasing a rabbit, and, falling to re lease himself, remained in that position lor 11 days without food or drink, when tbe master found bim and got him out. He was alive, but it is not known what became of the rabbit. A physician who died in Philadelphia on Wednesday, aged 72, was a very eceentrio citizen, so much so that be regularly paid hit board at a high-priced hotel but very rarely lived there. Although himself a dootor. he would never allow a doctor to be called in when he was ill and would not take medicine ot bis own. A man in Vermont who neglected his wife finds himself confronted by a petition signed by over 100 qf the best known women in the town and addressed to tbe Court, asking for bi3 dismissal from the office of County Clerk. This kind of female suffrage made him sick, and tbe judges have postponed action until he gets welLJ Tapping a telegraph pole to get maple sap is a rather uninviting occupation, but a certain gentleman did tbat identical thing last Thursday on tbe New Hartford road, near Winstead, Conn. The pole stands in a Una wltb maple trees, and when he came to the tree be bored it and bung his tap-pall on the pole and started for the next tree. Happening to look up after he had passed on he went back and recovered his pail, but failed to plug up the hole. A collector of relics at Tampa, 7Ja., has received a halberd head which was lately unearthed at Memphis. There can be no doubt of the origin of this interesting relic Tbe form, with the battle ax on one side, tbe hook opposite and the spike termination, mark it as a relic ot the fifteenth century. Throe hun dred and fifty years ago it was placed in the grave with the remains of tbe bold cavalier wbo bore it, and he was unqnestionably one of De Soto's men. Rust has sadly defaced tbis reminder ot an age long passed, bnt enough re mains to identify it with the first white man who ever walked where Tampa stands. One of the San Francisco Custom House inspectors on tbe Oceanic dock discovered two suspicious looking cylinders near tbe entranoe yesterday afternoon wbich bore tbe appear ance of infernal machines. They were con nected together by wires, and were filled with a greenish liquid. After reflecting on the ter rible consequences tbat would happen in case tbey were exDloded, he deftly poised them on tbe point of his cane and threw them into the slip. A moment afterward a telegraph lineman made bis appearance, evidently on the lookout for something which eluded his vision. On making inquiry be learned of tbe inspector's action, and instantly tbe air was filled with thunderous execrations. The supposed in fernal machines were nothing more or less than the innocent jars of an electric battery, In the proceedings of the Boyal Geo graphical Society for January, 1891. it is esti mated that the popnlation of tba world In 1880 was 1,487,600,000, representing an average of 31 to tbe square mile, and an Increase of 8 per cent during the decade. Of tbe continents, Asia has the largest population, 850.000,000. and the lowest percentage of Increase. 8 per cent. Australia bas the smallest population, 4.730,000. aud tho smallest average per square mile. 1.4, but tbe highest rate ot Increase during the de cade, 30 per cent. Europe is the most thickly settled continent, with a population of 330,200, 000, wbich is 101 to the sqnare mile. The popu lation of North America is estimated at 89.2o0, 000, which is an average of 14 to tbe square mile and represents an increase of 20 per cent during tbe past decade. Our Saxon forefathers had many methods of rebuking liars and boasters, and three object lessons in reproof have come down in proverb to our time. One was the presenta tion of a cake to a confirmed prevaricator, whence the proverb, "He takes tbe cake." At feasts a large wooden knife was sometimes provided by the host, to bo presented to the most outrageous boaster of tbe company, and by bim to be retained until be found a braggart more Intolerable tban himself. Tbe third wat the presentation of a whetstone to a man noted for his lack of regard for tbe truth, as a hint that he would need to sharpen his Invention If be intended to continue in the business. A slanderer was sometimes set in tbe pillory with a whetstone hnng. about bis neck, tbe whet stones of three centuries ago being provided with a bole, and by means of a cord were hung from tbe belts of butchers and other person! who were ooliged frequently to use them. FANCIFUL AND FUNNY. When two girls meet tbey kiss. When two men meet thev don't This shows plainly who want kissing the moiU-Pottsville Bepu. tican. She Wasn't that Bavarian lullaby w heard in the new opera Just perfect? He-Yes. I lay awake all night thinking about it. The Epoch. OOIXO TO DURY THE HATCHET. The news lrom the West is encouraging1, very, Wblch the vigilant scissors man colls; Tbe Indians again are preparing to bury The hatchet in palefaces' skulls. Ssvs Xork Prist. "Mamma." taid a precocious youngster at the tea tablethe otber evening, after a long and yearning gaze toward a plate of doughnuts, Mamma. I think I could stand another one of those tried holes." Drake's Magazine. Mr. Newbridge Fligh's rich wife in tends to sue blm for obtaining money on false pretenses, ilrs. Newbridge Why. how is tbat? Air. 2 ewbrldge He told her he loved her before she married him. Whetting Pen Pteturit. "Did yon ever know that Harry Simp kins wrote poetry?" said one matinee girl to an other. (o; 1 don't believe he can." "Oh. 1 saw some that he wrote." responded the first matinee girl, as a dath of color came Into her ' Uei: " "Wattt good?" - -vj3 Well, the rhymes apd meter may not havelSr-. been so awlully stylish, but (and ber there wa a I little burt o( empuiJlj) the leatlweat wMjatt IJoTelT." Washington pott. St t-.LJj ligy mm mammmmm