-JgJfs '"SfFT 'Mpwrwj" -f-rs? 5WFPfpP9!Cff SV ri THE HTTSFDRGr DISPA.TOH,' THURSDAY. APRIL 30, I89L Jfif i ifyf&fijfa. y ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1SML Vol. -si No. S2. Ent-rcd at Pittsburg Postoflice, 3 ember K. liiT. at cond-clas matter. Business Office Corner Smitlifleld -andfJJiaisoiid Streets. News Roomsfafld Publishing House 75, 77 and 79 Diamond Street EASTERN A1)VEKT19IJ.G orFICE. KOOSI SI, TKIBUSE liUH.UlMJ, EW YOKK. where complete files ot lllEf DISPATCH can always bo fonnd. Foreign advertisers appreciate the con venlence. Home advertiser ami Irlends or THE UlbsPATClL while In Sew York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH it reoulai Zp-on tale at Brentituft. 5 Crito Square. Aeic For, aid 17 Are. de r Opera, Paris, jailer, inhere anyone ulto fun been disappointed at a hotel neivt stand can obtain it. TEKSIS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTAGE mil H THttrKITED STATES. 1'ailt liisrATcn. One Year t C0 Dailt Dispatch, Per Quarter 100 Daily Disr-ATCH. One .Month TO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, lyear. JO 00 Daily Dispatch, lnclndlncSundaT.Sm'thi ISO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, lm'th 00 s-umat LusrATCH. One lear :50 Wtttlt DltrATCU. One iear 113 The Dailt Dispatch 1 delivered by carriers at 15 cents per eel, or including bunday edition, at 2) cents per week. PITTSBURG. THURSDAY. APR. 30, 1891. THE EIGHT.HOUK STRUGGLE. The prospects are Yery strongly to the effect that the eight-hour question will be brought to the test, not of reason but of strength, in the strike to-morrow. The representations of the opposing interests with regard to the prospects of the struggle are decidedly conflicting. If ire accept the statements of one side, the strike is doomed to failure before it begins. If the assertions of the other side are to be relied od, the em ployers will he forced to speedily concede the requirements of the men. The proba bility that both views are simply the prod uct of the wishes of each party respectively is so great that wp can only arait the issue of the straggle to determine what it result will be. There will be a tendency to a similar im partiality with regard to the public sympa thies in the contest outside of the Yery large element whose affiliations join them to one side or the other. There will be s feeling that both are not wholly free from the cuarge or extreme action. The interrup tion to building operations, and the feeling that it is hardly just to concentrate the eight-hour issue upon the city which pays the largest wages for the shortest hours ork, will create a certain degree of senti ment against the strike. On the other hand, it is true that the increase in the cost of building in Pittsburg has not been wholly dne to the high wages. The combination of builders has probably done as much, if not more, in making Pittsburg one of the cost liest places in the country to erect homes as the union among the men. Finally, the last edict that no one can buy building material outside of the combination pre sents an aspect of monopoly which puts the attitude of the employers toward the-pnblic an a decidedly adverse light. It is one of the idiosyncrasies of the wage dispute of the present season that the strike which would have the best claim for public sympathy has been abandoned, while those which have less reasonable foundation are to be prosecuted. The general miners' strike, which had the provocation of a per emptory and unreasonable refusal of the operators to consider the eight-hour proposal, is declared off, while the coke strike, which rests on the fatally defective basis of & strike against a falling market, is waged by means which bring it elose to antagonism against the law. 'Similarly the miners' proposition for eight hours' labor was the one where the men had the most undoubted right to give that system a fairtrial,at their own expense, if it was not successful. It is a singular feature of the chances -which produce such struggles that it should be laid aside while the tight is concentrated in trades where it is much less clearly founded on the equita ble rights of the men. SOCIALISM KAhLTVPLACE. It is rather surprising to find the bright and shining New York Evening Sun mak ing an adverse comment on Yon Moltke's direction that his funeral should be private. Says that journal: "Pray by what valid claim does Yon Moltke or any other man undertake to dispose of what doesn't belong to him? He has left a shell to the necessary care of other rleople; why not let them judge of what it befits them to do7" This view applies equally to the directions General Sherman left on the same snbject, and which men are frequently wont to make by testamentary or ante-mortem provisions. But the most remarkable aspect of the Sun's assertion is that a man has no right to con trol beyond bis lifetime the material things which belonged to him while living. A man's body is as much or more his personal possession in life as his money, his real estate or his chattels. The same logic by which the esteemed Eiening Sun arrives at the conclusion that a man should not dis pose of his body because it does not belong to him would exclude him from directing by will hon the dross and dirt he leaves in the care of other people shall be distributed. If a man cannot logically dispose of his own body, he should have nothing to say as to what shall be done with his money or real estate. It is not necessary to enter into a discus sion of the correctness or incorrectness of this view. The salient point is the outbreak of decidedly Socialistic logicin the columns of the paper. Have we a new Socialist organ in the New York Eiening Sun? If so, the Socialists are to be congratulated. PAST LEGISLATIVE FOLLIES. Commenting on a paragraph from The Dispatch with regard to the value of canals, the Chattanooga Times says: "No two States in the Union have been guilty of such judicial folly as Pennsylvania and Ohio perpetrated, when they allowed the railroads to jigger them out of their canals, that cost in the two States over 556,000,000." With the verbal criticism that the folly Was legislative and political rather than judicial, the above statement contains a larce chunk of solid fjct. Besides the original cost of the canals, it is a denion- strutable fact that if one-fourth the money spent in extending and improving railway transportation had been used in extending and enlarging the canals, they would to-day have presented a larger transportation capacity in proportion to the investment ban the railroads, and would be carrying eavy freights at one-half the present charges. " not worth while to waste tears over milk; but it is important to bear this in mind as a measure of what can be ' by the resuscitation of a system of iter transportation. sollection of the history ot canal m is instructive in another relation. lrmmV r rimrim- -..fawfa The canals were not abandoned because they did not have an economic value. Forty years ago they transported coal at cheaper rates thau the railroads are charging to-day; and the expenditure of capital would have increased their "value and services to an almost infinite decree. They were aban doned because they were under political con trol. The influences which held their fate had neither the enterprise nor the incentive to make theimprovement whjch have .been made in the rsilyrayi and off tneother,liajid, the same, controlling powers we're suscebti ble to the corporate powers which desired to strangle them. In other words, the early example of the Socialist "idea of State con trol showed that the system of transportation owned ,by the State lacked the enterprise and expansive -power necessiry to preserve its existence, while private enterprise had the aggressiveness to strangle the State sys tems of water transportation. Experience testifies against State social ism where it can be avoided. The cure for corporate evils lies in giving competition a wider scope instead oT wiping It out al together in a system ot State control. IMPROVEMENT IN ALLEGHENY. The desire of the Allegheny Department of Public Safety for increased facilities is but natural. The reorganization of the po lice, if conducted properly, will'oudoubted ly result in a more efficient force, and conse quenl.y an increasid "number of arrests. This trill necessitate'enlarged station house accommodations, together with the conven iences mentioned in anoiher column this morning, all of which Allegheny, as a city of the second class, should have. Preserva tion of the public peace and safety requires both men and means, and the Councils of our sister city will hardly fail to recognize the fact But there is one thing .to be guarded against. In the past Allegheny has been as unfor tunate as other cities in. having some Conn oilmen whose sole idea of finance was em bodied in the word spend. It mattered little what was received for the cash so long as it was given out in the name of improvement There are standing to-day in the city over the river numerous iron monuments to this sort of councilmanic financiering'. They are called light towers, but they are. light only iu the amonnt of good they do, while their cost is heavy in proportion. . When the Department of Public Safety officials ask for the improvements and con veniences mentioned above it can be ex pected that the requests will be granted. Such action will be right, of course, but it should not be made an -excuse for reckless expenditure. THE WORK OF THE TORPEDO. The destruction of the two Chilean war ships by torpedoes recently is attracting the attention of the naval world to a degree" s'ur-w passed by only one event in naval warfare, namely, the duel between the Monitor and Merrimac That novelty in naval warfare 29 years ago destroyed the value of the wooden fleets of the world as against iron clads. The demonstration of the effective ness of the torpedo has been not quite so decisive, perhaps, but is sufficiently effective to work a greater depreciation, in money value of the worth of thegreat ironclad bat tle ships of the naval powers. - '" Iu commenting on the work of naval constrnction undertaken by this nation, The Dispatch has steadily pointed out that the present is a transition period in naval architecture, aud for that reason, be yond the construction of swift cruisers, the line to be taken by our Government was the tentative construction of various types of war vessels. EspeqiaUy in, regarilta-'tbe7.LlalIfornla 10 learn that some one had thrown a : 1 I l .11- i--tJ?: t - ltEfcilnn bnfitt at tlincintfatt. construction -ol- large ba'tfle ships; each of which costs "millions of dollars, it was pointed out that the vast expense might be made an utter waste by the demon stration of some uew method of destroying those unwieldy vessels. While" many millions have been appropriated for this type of vessel, the demonstration of their uselessness- has, in comparison with their cost, come sooner than was expected, The best Baval minds are already agreed that the work of the torpedo on the coast of Chile is conclnsive in its condemnation of the great and unwieldy battle ships. Against the auick movements of the torpedo boat these heavy and slow-moving monsters will be practically defenseless. Even the cruisers will be confined to'the work of commerce-destroyers; and, unless new inven tions supersede the torpedo boats, they will be the effective force in pitched naval con flicts. It is by no means certain that dynamite guns, or some undeveloped invention, may uot supersede the torpedo. But the new phase ot affairs fully corroborates the idea, which The Dispatch has always urged, that the proper naval'policy for the United States is in the line of developing new in ventions in torpedoes, dynamite cannon and defense of harbors by pipes that will present a barrier of burning petroleum to invading vessels. . A WASTED RESOLUTION. The statement that the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association of Illinois has adopted a esolntion that wheat shall not be sold below SI 25 per bushel this 'year is Vimpl'an'"evi dence of how foolishly some of.the agricult ural class imagine they can put into force, where competition is free, the monopolistic edicts that are successful only where competi tion is strangled. Such a resolution will not be. able to affect by a single cent the price at which wheat will be sold during the coming crop year. So long as tne. natural relations of-demand and supply hold the price at $1 25 per bushel, the order that no wheat shallbesold below that may stand. But whenever sup ply so far exceeds demand as to reduce the price to $1 or SI 06, as at present, or to S5c or 90c, as in an abundant crop year, it sim ply means that those who, respect such an order will simply be unable to sell. It is hardly to be supposed that the Farmers' Mutnal Benefit Association includes all the wheat growers of Illinois, and" the resnlt will inevitably be that after the members discover that their neighbors arc selling wheat while they are not they will speedily tumble head over heels to sell, their own product at market prices. If the associa tion could control the whole wheat product of Illinois it would last only till the dis covery was made that other States were supplying the market If it;could control the whole country it would simply amount to turning over the foieitrn markets to the wheat growers of Russia, India and.'Egypt. It is exactly this inability of the great de partments of popular industry to raise prices by combination that constitutes the hardship and injury of trusts. If every thing could be markedup 50 or 100 per cent by mutual agreement, it would, simply amount to a Tednctioifof the purchasing power of money in the saineproportlon. A resolution io establish a rigid'; mjnimum price for wheat is a pure waste of the agricultural breath. v ong example of the exigencies of a uranism is furnished" by the an- As I Indian 1 nonncemept ot the Mandelay Jleratd, that the Mingoon Prince had left Saigon for the Shan States to bead a rebellion there. Investigation proved the foundation fdr the story to be that the copies of the Herald sent to the Prince have been returned, and this disazreeable inci dent led the Herald to make the announce ment. The evil things that can be said of the vile wretch who does not take the paper have been illustrated In this country by the Arizona Kickir, hat even that gehlus never roseto the height of announcing tnat the recusant is about to plunge into treason, stratagem and spoils. Loud DuffebIn is quoted as saying to the students of an English college that the use of "cribs" and "ponies" is legitimate, We fear his lordship is going into the" next electoral campaign with a deliberate intention of catch ing the studentvote. Majok Casati is said by the New York Sun to have "thought best to take sides with Stanley in the Stanley-Emln controversy," while the same journal says that "the only party who baa had nothing to say is Emin him. self." In that case, how can there be any con. troversyf It seems a rather essential feature to a controversy that one side should contro vert the statements of tne other. As Stanley makes certain assertions with regard te Emln's course which Casati corroborates, the fact that the patient German has nothing to say seems to be entirely explicable. Messes. Edmunds and Beagan seem to cast by their action a doubt oa the popular idea that a seatin the United States Senate is a very soft aud easy one. Still, there are no ap prehensions as yet that their example will be generally followed. Senator Peffeb is accused by the Cin cinnati Commercial Gazette of a bad case of Fresldental itch as a result of wearing official hayseed in his hair. Pernapsan extreme Re publican organ may not be the best authority on the condition of the Farmer's Alliance lead er's mind; but if the accusation is trae.it can be said that Senator Fetter's is by no means the first case of a statesman in whom a sudden rise to fame has engendered that ailment THE young Emperor of Germany, being now his own Chancellor and his own Chief of Staff, is able to demonstrate whether he is as exclusively aud successfully the "war lord" as be announced nlmself to be at the outset The report that a vessel from Brazil with yellow fever on board was allowed to lapd passengers in New i ork the other day, indi cates the need of stricter quarantine. Probably the frosty weather will prevent the disease from spreading iu this case. But such loose practices with regard to quarantine do not promise very.well for the exclusion of disease at times when it may result in epidemic Now the Northwest is reported as vary ing its usual habits by starting out a hot wave of 92 degrees power. A section which snips inch radical invoices of weather is a proper ob ject for reform. Helen Datjvbay says that if an actress marries a man who is not Interested in theatri cal matters she cannot be bappy unless she retires from the stage. Possibly John M. Ward may remark to himself that if a baseball player marries a woman who is not in the Players' League he might as well tbandoo the hope of making a bit with a new baseball organization. It is announced that American steel pro jectiles are successful in smashing heavy armor plate, but they are not making such a whole sale record in that respect as the South Ameri can torpedoes. fc Notwithstanding tne talk about the exhaustion of the Treasury surplus, the an nouncement that the asinmption of office by Treasurer Nebeker will necessitate the count ing of some $00,000,000, suggests that Uncle Bam still has a few dollars to fall back on as a last resort. ' It was "hot a very pleasant variation -for the President from being pelted with flowers iu Mb. Chauncey M. Depew thinks that the President's character for statesmanship ta establls bed by his ability to make neat little speeches on occasions. But Ubauncey is not quite unbiased In his judgment on the ability to mako off-hand speeches as a sign of greatness- NAMES THAT ABE FAMILIAB." Queen Victobia has left Grasse home ward bound. "Walt Whitman likes to talk to editors, reporters and theatrical folk. Jebby Simpson, the Kansas Congress man, owns a farm of 600 acres and has 80 acres In wheat Joseph Pulitzeb has a fad. It is to commence whatever he has to do of Importance on the tentb day of the month. Feanklin Moore Singer, son of the senlngmachlne man, has just married Mile. Blanche YanderblltMorcelaln, of Paris. Mb. TaTling, a British Member of Parliament who died recently, was supposed to have the largest collection of foreign stamps any man ever possessed. General Francis E. Spinnee's will provides that on one side ot his monument shall be put in raised letters a fac-simile of bis signature, with the date of his birth and death. BiCHABD Yaux,' ex-Congressman, now says he is not sore whether he danced with Queen Victoria or not as he was only 21 years of age when the event is said to have hap pened.? Mbs. Elizabeth B. Custer is always the center of attraction at "teas" and other social gatherings, bur that Is because she has a very gracious manner and Bays just the right thing to everybody. President Habpeb, of the new Chi- ctfgo University, hopes to pick np some of his faculty in New Haven, but it is possible that he will secure one or more professors in Ger many while be is abroad this summer. Bey. John Jasper, of Bichmond, whose sermon, entitled. "De Ban Do Move," gained him wide celebrity, has declined an invitation to go to Boston, determined,' as he says, that they shall "play none of der Ibsen and Kipling business" on him.' Mbs. Kinne Eeno, the Nashville auth oress, is tbe wife or Robert Ross Reno, who comes from tbe Rosses of Pennsylvauia, and who, with the Haldemans nnd Camerons, claims a shato In the estate of old Philippe Francois Renault, valued at $200,000,000, Mbs. Annie Besanx does not like to talk to people after her lectures.so her intimate friends say. It is-not that her evening task has been jjuch an arduous one, but because it is the' last of the many laborshat she has carried on daring tbe day, and she is ready to go home and go to bed. Mbs. Ignatius Geossmann (Edwina Booth) is the only woman permitted to enter the Players' Club. When her father is in town and staring at the club,ue goes there fre quently, passing through to tbe elevator and up to 'his room, almost without being seen. Sbe is a very sedate little woman, and passionately fond of her two children. It Is Singular. ( New V ort Tribune.' It is certainly a singular coincidence that the two countries in Spanish-America which have fallen most directly under English influence should be overwhelmed together with misfort unes. Tbe Argentina Confederation is virtu ally bankrupt and Cnue is rent asunder with civil war. That'WWhat. New tork Press. .. There is a great deal f enthusiasm in poli tics just now over the election, ot tbe next President at basqnets ard conventions, but it Is votes, not talk, that elect a President and tbey must be corraled iu November, 15:92, or tbcyt'o not count ' . - .. , The Newfoundland Arrangement London, April" 39. Lord Knutsford promises an arrangement of tbe Newfoundland matter at an early date. - RUSSIAN WOLF HOUNDS. Two Slonstor Specimen Presented to the Smithsonian Institution Secretary Fos ter Talks on the Country's Finances. Chief Two Strikes' Pacific Protestations to Captain Pratt. I FROM ASTATF'CORRESrONDEXT.l Washington, April 29. The small loolog. ical collection at the Smithsonian Institution Is about to be enriched by tbe addition" of two real Russian wolves, the largest and savagest of their race, and two monster wolf hound-, from a pack of the most famous hounds in Russia, aud are worth over Jl.TOOeacn. Their size Is tremendous, as they stand Si inches at the shoulder, and are therefore S Inches taller than tbe largest wolf hounds of Brittany. They have also stronger jaws and are more tenacious In their bite than any other hounds. YYr.a .l.-l... r1rnt I..1.1 .. ...Jlit.i..1. J.u. i.lk and very long, muscular quarters, they stand firm on capital legs and leer. A soft, silky coat, of which the individual hairs are some what far apart, covers them from stem to stern, and their mission is to run their four legced quarry down In the course of a mile or les; nnd then to seize him under tbe ear and tnnoldon like grim deatb. If tbey relaxed their grip for half a seoond the wolf, whlcn is as quick as lightning and bites like a steel trap, would bare them by tbe leg. and one such bite is more then enough to disable any dog. So tenacious is the hold of the bound that cases have been known in which he has al lowed himself to be suffocated rather than re lax bis grip. They are ready to figr with each other on the slicbtest pretext. tn the lodging bonses of tbe kennels there is a room at each end for a man, as it is necessary to baye watchmen jn attendance at all times, as these wolf hounds are extremely quarrelsome and terrible fighters. The animals are the Eif t of a Russian gentleman, through Consul Daniels, at Hull. England, and tbey have been formally accepted by Professor Langley Secretary Foster on Finance. A reporter lfad a talk with Secretary Foster relating to the statement made by Direetor ot the Mint Leach that tbe Government bad a sur plus or available cash balance of some 250.009.- 000. The Secretary said in substance: "I saw Mr. Leach's first statement and said he might rive It out. I did not see- the second before it was printed." "Do you agree with hlmT" "I guess he is about right in the main. I think It is a matter that may well be discussed. I should have stated it a little differently bad I been writing it myself. I should have said that some of tbe 250,000,000 of available cash might be recanjled as trust fund) might be. It would be correct to say tnat about S70 000,000 is un questionably available cash; that is about 82S, 000,000 in the banks. $21,000,000 of subsidiary coin, HOOO.000 In trade dollar bullion, 812.000.0u0 of curientcash and 85,000,000 in silver against which no certificates have been issued." . "Do you regard tbe silver purchased under tbe new act against which certificates baye been Issued, as available cash that may be used by the Government at any timer" "No, I don't agree with Mr. Leach there. The certificates are issued again, and that Is in the nature of a trust, but the profits on the silver purchases, which amount now to soine 4,000, 000, may be used. I am in a different position from that of my predecessors, who have had a large surplus. I presume that during May and Jane there will be an extraordinary expendi ture for pensions. Extraordinary in that it will be probably $4,000,000 larger than last year. -now, as to tne redemption oi 01 per cent bonds, I am thinking of trying to substitute 2 per cent for them, as Mr. Wlndom proposed. If it can be done there will be two advantages in it over the redemption. To be able to float 2 per cent bonds will demonstrate tbe extraor dinary soundness of the Government credit and the money that would be required to re deem tbe IK'S may be used for tbe purchase of 1's at a saving ot 2 per cent of tbe interest that would be paid on tbem up to the time of ma turity. I talk about i hese matters freely, be cause I believe it to be a good thing to bavo them discussed well and, well understood be fore they are tried." Two Strikes Talks Peace. Captain R. H. Piatt, Tenth Cavalry, Super intendent of the Carlisle Indian fachool, recently received and forwarded to Secretary Proctor an interesting letter from the old chief, Two Strikes, who figured very prominently in last winter's campaign in South Dakota. The letter is dated April 11, at Rosebud Agency, and is as follows, having, been dictated to an army officer: "Friend Captain You wrote me about the Indians here making more troublf. There is no Intention here of having trouble. It we were going to make tronble why would we en list our youog . men as soldiers for the Great Father, as we are doing? We see that this Is a very good chance for our young men to do something for themselves and make men of themselves and we let tbem enlist. There was a young man from Standing Rock came here and asked me the same questton as you did and I told htm that we have no thought of making any more tronble: that we have bad one trouble at Wounded Knee: that we our selves did not bave.anything to do- wltb It, but that it cave -us a lesson. , We did uotwantto figbt in the first place, bat somebody called for troops. All we tbink about now is to farm. I read a letter about the same thing from Lower Brule Agency, and I told them that we were not going to make anymore tronble and that tbey must not pay attention to such talk. This talk elves me much trouble andl did not like it I do not want to tell mv officer friends any lie, for I know tbey are here from the Great Father. His 'TWO X STKIKE8." mark. ' Lieutenant Dravo, who wrote the letter from dictation, adds: "Two Strikes had me write this letter to you from him. He appears much worried by these false rumors going about con cerning bis intentions. I believe the old man Is sincere. To-day he brought in bis son and nephew to enlist ana to-day tbey are both soldiers in Troop L, Sixth Cavalry,'' Two Model Indian Troops, General Schofield was very well pleased with the progress that has been made in the work of enlisting Indians in the army. He said: "If we can get two well drilled and contented troops of Indians we shall be doing all that can be ex pected at this time. These troops will be the cause of many more Indians enlisting and I think I can see the day ahead when there will be no more difficulty in getting good soldiers from tbe Indian reservations -than there is to day in enlisting white men. The example of a bappy Indian soldier upon his fellow-aborigines will be very wboleome, and we are doing to day what is needed to mate the experiment a success, namely, concentrating our efforts on tbe formation of two model troops. "It is my hope that these troops may be organized and sufficiently well disciplined in time lot tbem to be stationed at Chicago during tho Exposition." No Plenro-Pneumonia There. Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief ot the Bureau of Animal Industry, was seen to-day in reference to tbe reiterated assertion of Mr. Chaplin, the British Minhter ot Agriculture, that American cattle recoutly landed at Department Ford were fonnd to be suffering from contagious pleuro-pneumonta. "It will be found," said tbe doctor, "that the two cases referred to by Mr. Chaplin are noth ing more than cases of catarrhal pneumonia, as maintained by our inspector. One of tbem was shipped from Ohio, in which State there has not been a single case of pleuro-pneumnota for the past six years. In the case of tbe other animal, which was originally shipped from Frederick county, Md., our reports show that thqre has not beeu a single case of contagious plenro-pneumonla in that connty for years." SUGAB FOB GEEHAHY. Tho Policy of the Government Does Not Admit of Bonn ties. Berlin, April 29. Tbe new bill in relation to the sugar industry was under discussion in the Reichstag yesterday. Herr von Maltzabn, Secretary of the Treasury, in ibe course of bis speech, said that, from a financial point of view, the complete elimination of the bounty clause from tbe bill would be altogether ad vantageous, but he said, such a step would not in the least accord with the policy of tbe Gov ernment at this time. He expressed tho belief tbat the German sugar industry would be able to compete suc cessfully with the industry of foreign conn tries, even if the bounties were entirely cnt off. but in matters of such grave Importance tbe Government believed that tbe proper policy was to proceod cautiously. MEET AT CEESS0N BEXT YEAB, The American Pharmaceutical Association Favor the Metric System. v" New Orleans, April 29. The second day's session of tbe American Pharmaceutical Asso ciation was held at Washington Artillery Hall, and much routine business was transacted. A majority of tbe committee reported in favot of tbe metric system as a basis of weights and measures, and were authorized to present a memorial to Congress favoring its adoption. All officers were unanimously elected, includ ing President A. E. Finlay, ol Louisiana, and Permanent Secretary John M. Maisch, of Penn sylvania. The next meeting of tbe association will be neld at Cresson. Pa on tbe second Monday in September, 1892.. w But When They Knd; Shippers Suffer. E.iltlmore American. A fnight rate war is one ofthe possibilities of the coming summer. While these wars are annoying and unnecessary, they aro bloodless, as the guns used along tho lines are loaded only with charges of bad faith and counter charges of cut rites. - i TTKIOH PACIFIC "WILL BETBEHCH. Only One Change In the Board of Directors Made at the Election. Boston, April Id). President Dillon called tbe Union Pacific stockholders to order at 123, and at 1-2(5 the polls were declared opened for two honrs lor the choice of IS directors. It was immediately voted to approve the company's acquisition of tho $13,250,000 Union Pacific Denver and Gulf Railroad Company stock, $7,180,000 consolidated mortgage bonds of tbis company, tho 53,265,000 Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern 5 per cent bonds and collateral trust bonds of the same company for $44,759,000 and minor securities. The 'stockholders then voted to approve all the directors' acts, and to annul and declare ultra vires tbe famous Rock Island and BL, Paul bridge contract with ho Union Pacific, which It was declared bad never been submitted to the Board of Directois of the company, or to tbe government directors. President Dillon said that Mr. Gould, Mr. Ames and himself would make an inspection of tho road about May 15 or 20, "and if there is a rotten limb thore 1 will-cut It off. .If there aro supernumeraries or high wages, we will cut them off. There has been," he continued, "a natural tendency the past few years to go np, up, op. Now we must come down to the bottom." The only change in theboardwas the election of S. H. Clark In place of Mr. Holcombe, whom be succeeded as General Manager. The directors organized to-day as follows: President Sidney Dillon: Vice' President, a' H.Clark; Second Vice Presiaent C. M. Lane; Controller, Oliver W. Mlnkl: Treasurer, G. Harris; Seer, tary, Alexander Miller. HEIB 10 A rOBTOTE. . The Death of a Brother Makes a Servant Girl Yery Wealthy. mrxciAi! TzLioitAM to tu dispatch.: Pobt Jabvis, April 29. Sarah Cassidy, a hard working and respectable Irish domestic here, has unexpectedly fallen heir to a band some fortune, and sbe started to-night for far off Portland on tbe Pacific coast to claim it Sbe and her only.brothor, Robert Cassidy. wore born in Montrotb, Queens county, Ireland. Robert who was many years bcr senior, emi grated to tbe United States early in the fifties He never wfata. home and wasHost sight of. Sarah, when grown to womanhood, set out in seachof her brother iu America. Failing to find tra'ce of him, she settled down in domestic service in this town. After some years sbe so far renewed tbe quest as to advertise for her lost brotber. Sbe got a response from him dated at Portland, Ore. He had gone there soon after his arrival in this country, aud when tbe now prosperous city was only a hamlet He was an Industrious and frugal man, and invested the money which be saved to advantage in real estate. Now sbe is lc receipt of letters from William Foley, at torney at law, Scotland. Ore, annonncing that her brother died at Vancouver. Wash., Sep tember 22 last, after having executed a will leaving her all bis estate, comprising valuable city property in Portland and large cash assets. FABMEE8 OUT $2,000,000. 4's AJJKansas Railroad Foreclosed and Sold Under the Auctioneer's Hammer. Topeka, April 29. Tbe Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad was sold this morning by the United States Marshal to satisfy the $2S.000,C00-mortgage against the company in favor nf the United States Trust Company, of New York. Tbe road was bought by Edwin W. Sheldon, of New York, acting for tbe Trust Company, for $25,232,000, the appraised value of the road. By this foreclosure and sale the farmers of the State claim to have lost (2,000,000 in bonds voted to tbe road in tbe various counties through which the road passed. A fund was raised by the citizens of these counties, and the foreclosure proceeding was bitterly con tested. AN OCEAN BACEB BEDEEHED, The Inman Lino Steamer City of Paris Again Beady for Business. London, April 29. The Inman line steamer City of Paris, which about a year 'ago broke down in mid-ocean, and after a long period of suspense to her owners and to those having friends onboard, was towed to Queenstown, and which some time ago was taken to Glasgow to be repaired, has bad her machinery replaced. She arrived at the mouth of tbe River Clyde to-day, and ber official trial will take placb on Friday. It Is expected that she will arrive at Liverpool Saturday and that she will sail thence for New York May 13. HOKOBED BY A MOHUMEHT. ,1 Statue for the Founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty. Milwaukee, April 29. A fountain aud statue to the memory of Henry Bergb, founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was, unveiled to-day in the presence of several thousand people. The statue cost about 515,000, and is located In City Hall Square. Addresses were made by Governor Peck, Kdwln Lee Brown, President of the American Humane Society, and others. This is tbe only Bergb statue In tbe country. CLAMOBIHG FOB A BEPUBLIC. The Queen of Hawaii in Danger of Losing Her Crown and Her Life. San Fbancisco, April 29. Advices from Honolulu report tbat Minister Porter has re signed .from tbe Cabinet, and tbe people aro clamoring for a republic. It Is said tbat the life of the Queen Is in dan ger. Truthful and Modest Bradford Era. If the reading publlo only knew what a vast amonnt of mental tire tbey were saved by the blue pencil and the waste basket, tbe editor would be looted upon as one of tbe greatest benefactors of his race. DEATHS OF A DAY. Daniel Rowe. Daniel Bowe, the regular nominee of the Downing party for assistant principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, died Tuesday of grip at bis home In the Sallna district. He was 10 years otd. and very prominent among his people, having served as assistant chief, deienate to Washington, and District Judge of tbe Cherokee Nation. Obituary Notes. William H. Webb, a wealthy tobacco broker, died Tuesday at Louisville, aged 73. William MovrooTH, the well-known erocer of Butler street eltcuilon, died yesterday, aged4 years. GENERAL YGSAClO MEJIa, ex-Mlnlster of War and a member of tbe ,1'an-Auierlcsn Congress from Mexico, Is dead. Euke Betnolds, a prominent contractor and politician, died Tuesday at Loolsvllle. aged 91 ycirs. lie was a native of Ireland. James gamble, surviving partner of the old firm of Proctor t. Gamble, soap manufacturers at tlnclnnati, aicayesieruay. asrasiican. Kisocn Moobe, one or the oldest Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania, died Monday in Ills 81th year at Pine Grove, where bo bad lived all bis Hie. Mns. FANHir K. Cbiswell. aged 43 years, wife otT. E. Cr Is well, ol Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday at 11:25 T. M. from a severe attack or grip. The funeral will be on Friday at 2 r. M. Miis Elizabeth adaib Jobdan, aged 19 years, daughterpf Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Jordan, ortho United Mates Army, died suddenly at the Uolumhus barracks yesterday of heart lallure. Kiolloy IT. EEC, who died at Fottsvllle Mon day, bad been President of the Pennsylvania N attonal Bank of that place for 20 years. He was 59 years old, and made a fortune in the coal busi ness. , FBEDEBlCKltlKDEBXEOnr expired Tuesday at Erie at the age of 73. For half a century he was a bank Dresldent. manufacturer and merchant, and was also a strong Whig and Republican. Be leaves his neplicira a lance I ortane. Stephen Kunt of Washington, Pa., died Tuesday night from a stroke of apoplevy. He had been visiting bis brother, and sat down for a moment neir ilryson's hardware store, when he fell to the eronnd. He-was picked up aud takeubome, where hedled lntriborttlnie. NATHANS FiSE, a centenarian, died Tuesday at Bt. Croix, Wis. Mr. Flsk was born In Hills borough, N. JL, August 501791. He moved to Ht. Croix Falls in 1839. Hewaaa schoolmate or Franklin Pierce, Sir. FIsk has been In remarka bly good health, with a retentive memory, until within the last two or three years. KEV. D. P. Tiiayee, aged 41 years, a promi nent minister In Trumbull connty, O., or the Disciples' Church, died yesterday at his hone In North Bristol, of larvnglal phthfsls. He wan a brother of Dr. I. A. Thayer, ptstor or the Church or Disciples. In Mew Caitle. He was educated In Hiram College and entered the ministry la 1871. Daniel BeCkleT died In Banbury laeiday, aged 90. He was appointed Postmaster at MIffllns burg by President Jackson In 1828. where he served Z2 year. He was Prothonotary of bis connty from 18J7 to 1S63. and Sheriff from 1800 to 1S69. In 1S7J be was appointed court crier, and held that office when be died. He was a Democrat and was irfomce for 80 years. li Paul. ll. Kketzsciimak, an eminent Brooklyn phjslclan. ai-d Monday night. Hnwns a member or lho New Vork Actrtcmy ofiicdiUnc. censor of tho German Medical bocicty. a member of the Kings Ionntv Pharmaceutic li Society, and consulting physician, uf the J,uiher.in German Hospital, He was a proline writer on medical subjects, ana at inoreceiimiiernauonai jucami Congress in Berlin he read a paper on consump- uou wnicn auracrcu uuuve, i I -$'V Gt . CURIOS, OF THE TOWN. Chief Murphy's Cheery Quarters Mechan ics Getting the Mastery of Music The Way to Rise Early Florence's Consul Detained The First Muxzle of tho Sea sonWork of the Frost. The room where the chief guardian of Alle gheny City's safety keeps tab on his blue-coated minions and directs their energies against all rascals and unruly roosters, is a big Improve ment over the old dark den where the chief used to be at home on tbe ground floor of tbe City Hall. The new quarters are on the third floor and convenient to tbe electrical depart ment. It seems to'be tbe usual thing to make the office of a higb police magnate as gloomy as possible, and surely no more awful apartment was ever planned than the sanctum sanctorum of Superintendent Byrnes, at police headquar ters, New York. But Chief Murphy's room is as cheery and bright as the big man who sits there. It is lit by three big windows tbat look ont over the tops of the trees, now splendid with their new foliage, toward the hill at the rear ot City Hall. The room is fairly well tur nished, and ihe chief sits at a big desk behind a railing where be can see every one who en ters. Two statuettes of firemen iu old-time rig represent tbe artistic side of tbe department on toDOf the desk, snd tbe pfnk pages of the Police Uazetti furnish a bit of color on an ad joining table. Chief Mnrpby is not a bit less good-natured and hearty since he obtained a new title in an bid line of work, but be has spruced up a good deal, the boys think, in his attire'and he carries hlmse,.'! with a trifle more dignity than of yore. . Music by Machinery. "The improvement in automatic musical in struments has been so great in the last two or three years," said a musical expert yesterday. "that I think their effect will be felt in a way not yet dreamt of, before very long. The per fection of the automatic organ, for instance, makes It no longer necessary for a man to learn to play the lnstrnment itself to enjoy all or nearly all it can give. I mean to say tbat when it is possible for a man with good taste and some musical bent to extract tbe same result from an automatic organ as he could as a per former only after long years of arduous toil, tbe number of musical students who will take the pains and the time to learn to play the organ is likely to dwindle. I contemplate cheerfully the approach ot a time when only the man of musical eenlus will attempt tb master such a difficult instrument as tbe church organ, for example, for the reason that the man who is fond of music can get what he wants with but a trifling expenditure of 'energy from the wonderful machine now within tbe reach ot us alL It is only within the . last year that mechanical music has come fairly across the horizon of art but seeing what has been done already by ingenious Americans there is ho telling what lofty heights inmuslo maybe scaled by tbe, machines. You would be sur prised to know bow many of Pittsburg's wealth lest and molt cultured citizens have brought some one of the many musical automata Into their homes." Rushing tho Muzzle Season. A low, rakish terrier that trotted'down Mar ket street yesterday afternoon attracted more attention than bis points deserved, because his sharp nose was caged within a ponderous muz zle. The muzzle was several sizes too large for the dog, and almost big enough, in fact' to make a baseball mask. Tbe terrier seemed to think the thing becoming, at least he kept on the even tenor of bis way unmoved by other dogs' sniffs or snarls and tbe laugblngcomments of mankind. But ic is rushing the season, surely. Dogs to be fashionable wait till July at least before they don the muzzle. A Study in Red Paint. A Youxa Plttsburger, who has consider able skill with the brush, kept painting away at tho town the other morning till tbe jewelers' clock on Fifth avenne showed it to be nearly 530. A cable car noisily stopped at the Market street corner as the red paint dispensers came up, and our hero burst away from his companions wltb: "Sense me there goes the las' car, muscatcbltf" and boarded the ear. He went to sleep comfortably-in a corner aftes the conductor had taken his fare, and didn't wakeup till the car ran into the shed at East Liberty. It was broad daylight then and the economical youth decided that he might as well stay in the car and go down to work. So he rode back to town again. A good deal of "tbat tired feeling," from which our youth suffer, may be acconnted for in the light of this true story, Ha Grippe Floors Diplomacy. One ot the victims of tbe grip, whose plans have been turned topsy-turvy by the fell com plaint, is the Consul to Florence, James Verner Long. He came back from Washington a few days ago, and says he is feeling a good deal better, but he does not look strung yet The grip laid hold of him a week or two after his appointment to tbe diplomatic post and has up to date made him postpone his sailing thrice. At present he is not counting for certain npon getting away before July, and will not take his passage till be feels positive tbat poor health will not entail another postponement r Mr. Long says that Waahington in Its first spring dress Is looking lovlier than ever; flow ers in bloom, trees in fall leaf, and fairer than all, women-everywhere in gay light dresses as if summer were really here. Jack Frost Still About. The fruit crop Is still in doubt hereabout. In some parts of Allegheny county there was a slight frost early yesterday morning; In the Ohio Valley orchards at all events not severe enough to do any material damage to the fruit trees. Farther West tbe morning air was freezing at a lower point, and the conductor of a Fort Wayne train remarked to me: 'The frost played the mischief with lots of peach and cherry trees in tbe neighborhood of Alli ance, and I noticed a paten of wild strawber ries beside tbe track as we came up this morn-' ing In which half tbe pretty white blossoms bad been blackened by the frost" H. J. THE BABLNGS IN BOSTON. The Style aud Personnel of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Bankers,-Changed. Boston, April 29. Official announcement is made of tbe dissolution of tbe firm of Kidder. Peabody & Co. April 3a Tbe New ITork mem bers organize as Baring, Magonn A Co., with the addition of Cecil Baring. Tbe roiident partners in Boston continue business as Kid- att, i-eaDouy a ,o, - FLATS TO COME. The most notable comedy engagement of the season is that of Mr. A. M. Palmer's superb organization, the Madison Square Theater Stock Company, at the Dnqnesne next week. The artists and successes of this representa tive American company are too well-known to theater-goers to require more than mere an nouncement All the successes of two seasons, seven plays, six of which are new to Pittsburg, will be presented, and by such clever people as Maurice Barrymore, Ada Dyas, Mr. Stoddarr, Mrs. Phillips, E. M. Holland, Miss Maudo Har rison, Mr. Frederic Robinson and Miss Nannie Craddock. Every play will be staged and pre sented with that perfection of detail whlcb has made 'the Madison Square Theater of New York such a great reputation. Tke bill for the week has been arranged as follows: Monday, "Captain Hwlfti" Tuesday evening and Satur day matinee, "A Pair of Spectacles" and "A Man of tbe World;" Wednesday and Friday, "Saints and Sinners;" Thursday, "Sunlight and fabadow," and "One Touch of Nature," and Saturday evening "Jim tba Penman." Tbe ad vance sale ol seats and boxes begins this morn ing. THE sale of seats for the May Festival fa pro gressing very fast There .has been a steady stream of people at the ticket-seller! counter all tbe week; The management announce tbat they have a few private boxes left that will be disposed nf either entire or by tbe single seat. .Mr. Carl Retter say the Wednesday evening programme of the Festival Is one of the bur. rUs own exprrs-ion, eviuentlycomtng from the bottom of bis musician's soui, is that it is "mag nificent." The Bijou Theater will present "A Pair of Jacks" to its patrons next week. It is a fares comedy of good repute, by Happy Gratton Donnelly, and will certainly afford plenty of food for laughter. It Q. Knowles and George A. Booker are tbe most responsible comedians, and several young women of good looks, and cleverna-s in dancing, singing aud fun-making are also in the cast. A lot of new songs are promised. A dramatization of the somewhat notor ious novel, -Xliou bbalt Not," is promised at the Grand Opera Houso next week. The pro duction, It is said, will be In competent hands. Tbe1 sals of seats for the Marine Rand coo .'.. ,,,. ,. ,. w..,rt. .. ,-. certa at Old Llty Mail, next Saturday, is pro- j,.."tJ " -- . A WEDNESDAY-IN SOCnErZ. Whlmt, Fancies and Work That Stirred the Social World. Those who attended the lectnre of H. E. Erehbiel last evening at Old City Hall may not bare exactly longed for a Carnegie building at Schenley Park entrance in which such dis courses might1 be delivered in peace and quiet ness, yet all there must have formed opinions averse to further attempts at giving entertain ments worth listening to in the hall above tbe market "Die Melsteringer."one of tbe most perfect In romance and coloring of tbe poet-composer's lyric dramas, was the, speaker's theme. Wag ner has a lover and enthusiastic student In ilr. Krehbiel, but strive as"powerf oily as be would last night tbe lecturer was but indifferently able to make bis words heard by his small bat earnest audience. ,. "Phrases" would appear to he the enthusiasm in Wagnerian opera according to tbe manner of their treatment by Sir. Krehbiel. and Indeed from the way he has bandied them here, many In this vicinity will remember tbe gentleman with gratitude for tbe entertaining and in structive manner in whlcb he has spoken of Germany's greatest composer and perpetuater in undying music the legends and folk-lore of his native country. At 6 o'clock last evening, or a very few mo ments after.- Rev. Bishop Whitehead pro nounced Miss Bertha Horton and Mr. William Meade Orr "man and wife." The wedding was celebrated at tbe residence of Mrs. William Singer, the bride's sister, on Western avenue, and was a very brilliant affair. A large number of guests. including family con nections, relatives and friends were present. The young couple wore unattended. Mr. and Mrs. Orr, after the wedding feast departed for an extended trip. On their return tbey will reside on Western avenue. Tb,e Mozart Club, in the concerts to-night and to-morrow night, will fittingly close a brilliant season. The soloists to appearare Mrs. Arthur Niklseb, Mrs. Genevra Johnston-Bishop, Miss Liena Little, Mr. Pans Zimmerman and Dr. Carl Martin. An additional attraction is tbe Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Arthur Nlkiscb con ductor. The concerts will be given at Old City HalL The Western University Glee Club, encour aged by the wonderlul success or its Pittsburg Club Theater appearance, will give an enter tainment in the Allegheny Third United Pres byterian Church this evening. The club will he assisted by Misses Mary-B. Kier, Birdie Home, Grace Miller and H. C, Rae. Tbe welcome cablegram that Miss Harris Patterson, who has been dangerously ill in Paris, is gradually recovering was received in tbe city yesterday. It was sent bv Mrs. J. T. Patterson, tbe young lady's mother, who re sponded to an urgent cablegram and left this city soma days ago. Social Chatter. The Phllllps-Ladley wedding to-night The Willing Workers will meet in the North Avenue M. E. Church to-night The wedding of Dr. Will King, of the East End. and Miss Nancy Trepp, of Aiken, 8. C, will be celebrated to-day. The annual meeting for tbe election of offi cers forme Academy of Science and Art will take place to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. The Women's Missionary Society of the Pittsburg Presbytery will meet for tbe sixth annual time to-day. In the New Castle K. P. Church the meeting will be bela. Mb. and Mes. Andy axxstbono, with their interesting family, will arrive next Satur day from California, where tbey have been so journing since the middle of January. Some tiny tots of tbe Arch Street M. E. Sunday school, under the leadership of their teacher. Miss Annie Hyland, will give an enter tainment in the lecture room of the church to night. TH'Emembers of Adelaide Nicholson, Daugh ters of Rebekab. Lodge No. 186 gave a musical and literary entertainment at Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankstown avenue, last evening. The Enter and Andrews Orchestra was in attend, ance. An enjoyable musical evening was the re sult of tbe efforts of tbe friends of Mrs. 8. D. Warmcastle last night, at her home on North Highland aveuue. Among the lovers of mnsio present were: Dr. and Mrs. Robertson. Dr. PerclvalJ.Eaton and Mr. and Mrs. Leoaard WalM. MBS. BEACH BET FBEE. A Jury Will Consider the Question of Sanity on Friday Next, arciAi. txxxoram to tux disfatcii.i New York:, Aprils In obedience to Justice O'Brien's order, Alfred E. Beach, editor of the Sclenttfla Amtrican, brought bis wife down to court sbortly after 19 o'clock this morning. Albert Bach, the Anti-Kldnaping League's lawyer, and William F. Howe, hovered around while Justice O'Brien took Mrs. Beach into bis private room to qnestlon her alone, in order to find out whether She Is under restraint, as some of her friends and tbe Antl-KignaplDg League claim. Mrs: Beach's conference with tbe Judge was a long one, and when it was over Justice O'Brien announced to botb sides that in ac cordance with Mrs. Beach's request he would order a jury trial to determine tue qnestlon of her sanity. She had no objection, he said, to remaining at her own home, and would prefer to stay there. Tbe Judge said there appeared to bo nu indication tbat sbe was under re straint but as sbe was deslrons of having her mental condition passed upon by a jury, he would order a jury trial for Friday next. "Well, now am I free to go where I wlshf" asked Mrs. Beacb. "No one will hinder you." replied tbe Jndge. "You are at perfect liberty to go where you wilt" Spiritualist Murray stepped up at this and offered bis arm, Mr. Murray and Mrs. Beach started off In one direction and her husband in another. "Mrs. Beach has no money." said Mr. Beach's lawyer, "of her own, and it Is all nonsense to say that sbe was going to give thousands to establish a home for indigent mediums." LAYING IK COAL. The German Government Preparing for the Coming Big Strike. rST DUXLAF'S CABLE COMFAXT.l Berlin, April a The Government's antlcf- pation of a general strike among the working men has prompted it to make enormous pur chases of coal from England and tbe United States. Tbe Marine Office has received orders to place at tbe disposal of the Minister of Com merce 25 vessels of great tonnage, for the pur pose of bringing tbe coal to tbis country. Large American consignments are expected to arrive at Hamburg within the next eight days. Connt Ton Moltke at Best Kkeisatt. April 29. The remains of Count Von Moltke reached here to-day and were con veyed from the railroad station to the mauso leum by officers of tbe Cuirasseurj. A Hint From Qaakerdom. Philadelphia Press.J If there aro as many farmers in tbe Pennsyl vania Legislature as it Is said there are tbey must be anxious to get home to their plowing by this time. No May Day Parade for Paris. PAE13, April 29. It is officially announced that no labor demonstration will be allowed in the streets of this city on May Day. PEOPLE WHO COMB AND 00. Mrs. David Lauber left for New Tork last evening to study art in the metropolitan studios. Mrs. Lauber has considerable talent, and Is destined to become a gifted artist, Henry King, of Boanoke, formerly of the Girard Iron Company,and A. W. Crawford, of Kmlenton. px-Minister to Belgium, are stop ping at tbe Monongaheta House. Mrs. J. H. Lindsay, of Trinidad. Col., is among tbe guests at the Monongabela House. She has been visiting friends in tbe East and is about to return home. John Clirk, teller of the Fanners' De posit Bank, will leave for Earopo to-day. He has been ill wltb the grip and was granted a leave of absence. Commercial Agent Dimraoct, of the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St Paul road, and Mr. Ward, of Home & Ward, went to New York last evening. . Chief Clerk Hall to Superintendent of Transportation Provost, of the Pennsylvania road, was In tho city yesterday. J. Donnelly, of Hbllidavsburg. and ex KenatorJ. W. Lee, of Franklin, are at tbe Dnquesnp. E. M. Hukill. W. W. Scott and J. B. Donan, of Washington, left for New York last evening. Thomas B. Simpson, wife and two daughters, of OH City, awe at the Schlosser. Mrs. F. W. Torrance, Of Montreal, is registered at the Seventh Avenne Hotel. Prnf. J. O. White, of Morgantown, is at tbe Monnngabel.i House. 3udg Theodore S. Wilson, of Clarion, wu in the city yesterday. Edward O. Waters, of Boston, is putting Upat the Anderson. 'Squire Barney McKeon'a tits returned lromtunisDurg. CUEI0US CONDENSATION. St. .Tames' Church, of Bristol, Pa., k 180 years old. Tbe people of Australia have begun ic discourage immigration. A yellow hen with a bine tail is the sub ject of an interesting lawsuit in an Alabama court -. Of all the Southern States, it is said Kentucky aldne has made no provision for her ex-Confederates. A qneer fish has been caught off tba South Carolina coast. It has a large horn on the top of its head, and weighs over SCO pounds. A Maryland railroad not long ago car ried a female passenger half a mile out of her way. and has lately had to pay $3,500 for so doing. An Irish Judge was presented with white gloves the other day to mark tbe entire absence of criminal cases from the calendar id his riding. A resident of Carroll county, 6a., killed a white oak snake Sunday which measured 9 feet in length and 7 inches in diameter. This U one of tbe largest snakes ever killed in tha State. A woman of Peach Bloom, in Conecuh county, Ala., has a Cochin ben that has laid 167 eggs since the 1st of October. This hen has never shown any disposition to set and is still laying. Recently a farmer of St George, Me., put away in a canvas purse money to , pay a mortgage dne this month. Upon going after the purse be found that mice had totally de stroyed every bill. A large swarm of wild bees is now dom iciled in the-boxing of tbe courthouse. Quit man, Ga. They are located In the southeast corner, and are busily engaged manufacturing; honey for the connty officials. There is a girl in Junction City, Mo., who commenced going to school ten years ago this spring, since which time she has answered, to roll-call every morning. Sbe has neither absence nor tardiness charged against her. A well-ripened plantain, sliced and fried, Is a dish to be relished, but the natives of the South American coast prefer them green, boiled wltb the flesh of a young monkey or tbat of an inagna, the whole highly seasoned with garlic and cayenne pepper. A white woman of Hull county, Ga., is 114 years of age. has 12 children, 103 grand children, 636 great-grandchildren, 372 great-great-grandchildren, in all L273L Her father lived to be 110 years old. She has been a mem ber of the church for 103 years. What is claimed to be a mastodon's tooth has been picked up at the Sea Tack Ufa Saving Station. Virginia. It is shiny jet black in color, measures 3 inches in width. 6 inches in length and 2H inches in height The) teoth weighs two pounds and ulna ounces. A hunter of Jefferson, "W. Vs., while) hunting a few days ago shot a bird of beautiful blue-gray color, whlcb measured 5 feet 3 inches In height and 6 feet 1 inches from tip to tip of Its wings. It bill was eight inches long, and iu legs and the tips of its wings were of a dull salmon color. "No bird like it was ever sees in that section before." A queer combination of "twos" is pre sented in tbe case of a prisoner sent to the Ohio Penitentiary recently. He was arrested February 22, lay In jail 2 months, was convicted and sentenced for 2 years for stealing 2 horses, being received at tbe penitentiary April 22. and his serial number is 22,222, and be bad 2 fits on the second night after bis arrival. A certain famous fisherman of Chester, Pa., when he goes after a shad usually gets it His latest success puts all other fishermen quite out of sight Off Chester Island he got a four-pound, shad in bis net but the fish got back into the water. In a twinkling he dived after it, and for several yards It was a go-as you-please, but when be cams to the surface ha had the fish by tbe gills. A citizen of Flows, K. C, has a goose that is just 89 years old: Sbe was a gosling the same year tbat ber owner's mother was mar ried, whlcb Is now nearly i0 years ago. The old goose Is picked regularly every spring, and al ways famishes her quota of feathers. Several years ago she was washed away in a big freshes and was gone for months, and tben returned, She is as spry as a last year's gosling. One of the assessors relates an odd ex perience in Bucktown, near Indianapolis. Ha called at tbe house of an old woman whose fur nlture was valued at 0 cents. Under the lav be had fo place tbe value at Jl, which would make her tax a fraction over a cent. As b was about to lear tbe house ho discovered tbat tbe old woman was tbe happy owner ot six dogs, on which she was assessed SlL A newly married couple from the coun try created considerable merriment in Buena Vista. Ga., a few days ago. They had married tbe day before at Cordele and were on their way to where the man works. Tbey prome naded the town hand in hand, and when tba noon bour arrived tbey repaired to a store, both occupied the same chair, tbe man sitting down first and dined on cheese and crackers, spiced with kisses. An East Liverpool, O., preacher be lieves he has hit upon a plan that will allow a mother fo go to chnrch without leaving her baby at borne, or without the child disturbing tbe entire congregation. Ha proposes to have an infant room, heated and properly furnished, andhayea score of competent women to take charge of tba babies during the service, thus allowing everybody to enjoy the preaching. An old bachelor wants the ;sams idea applied to theaters. Some two months ago the engineer oa engine 203 of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas road, on tho Jackson division. Missis sippi, ran over a goose. Since tben its mate runs around the engine and expresses, to tbe best of its ability, great animosity for the en gine. Tbe engineer says tbat whenever engine 203 whistles for the station tbe old gander knows the whistle, and in spite of attempts to scare It off flies at tbe engine as though it were ita dead liest foe. The poor creature is evidently trying to revenge the death of its mate. Anna keeps two railroad restaurants, one in Charlotte and ono in Central, In tha Carolinas. Ha gives a better meal than any one ever ate In such a place before, with game and native claret thrown in. But the queerest thing about him Is tbe way be orders his waiters to treat the people. "Take another quail, please." they say: "Do have soma mora wine, please. Takea piece of each kind of pla as well as tbe pnddlng, please," and when tbe meal is over these waiters begtbe people please to take tbe fl oral decorations to tha ladles on tbe train, and please to carry off the fruit for tbe children. The difference between a girl's throwing and a boy's is substantially this: Tha bay crooks his elbow and reaches back with" tha upper part of his arm abont at right angles with his body and tbe forearm at 45 degrees. Tbe direct of throwing is accomplished by bringing tbe arm back with a sort ot snap, working every joint from shoulder to wrist. The girl throws with her whole arm rigid, the boy wltb his wbolu arm relaxed. Why this marked and unmistakable difference exists may be explained by tha fact that tba clavicle sr collarbone in tba female anatomy Is soma inch longer and set some degrees lower down than in the masculine frame. The long, crooked, ' awkward hone interferes with the full and free use of the arm. This is the reason why a girl cannot throw a stone. THE SPICE OF LIFE. Lord Koodleby Tes, Miss Astorbilt, I love yon, but 1 never could marry a girt who "guesses" so much. 1 do not like that Amer- -tnniim Ton all adoot. Instead of saying "I fancy." . M T,Jjfe S Miss A. (bent on matrimony) Bat my lord, 11' renounce It for your sake. ' Lord Moodleby-Then I'll ask yon-will you ba my wife? Miss A. (eanfed away with Joj) Well, I guess. Epocn. Irate Father I never gave my fsthe impudence when 1 was a boy. Don-Maybe your father didn't needlt Lift, , De Bank (reading cable disp'atch from Italy)-If I were that man Humbert I think J should feel pretty small by this time. ' De Crank (reading sporting column) If I was Anson I'd fire him. Tbey knocked him clear out -of the box at Plttsbnrr last Friday.-CAteajo Tribune. "No," he said, rising from the piano, "I have not been able to give mnch time to my matin ' lately. "And the time yotf do give It. " cheerfully re- 3V tponded his rival, "Is slmplyatrocloas."-Aotoa.r-rort. ja-t "When a woman wants to drira anything $? out of the ususe sbe "shoos" it A man njaally boots It, Tankers Statesman, j .. Landlord I'm going to raise your rent,1? v Mr-Clark. Clark Why. rents haven't gone op, havetheyT Landlord No, bnt I see you've been making some improvements on tbe house. ' That, of coarse, ought to make It bring more rent. Tan ttt blade. A PLAJiE PON. When carpenters hew chips away To make things quite exact It Is remarkable, tbey say. ' ' To sea his adze subtract. , Washington Tat W, i
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