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JWu york, and 17 jtrc. tie VOpeia, Paris, Fiance, where anyone trfto hat teen disappointed at a hotel news it and ean obtain it TERMS OF TELE DISPATCH. postage ntiE nc the vtuu statx. IMnvr UlfPATCqb One Year I W l)AtLT Disr-ATCH, Ver Quarter . -00 Daily Dispatch, one Month ... n Daily Dispatch. including bunday, 1 Tew. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Inclndlncbunday.Sm'ttn 1M Daily Dispatch. Including bundav. im'th SO mjjtoat Dispatch, One lear. ISO Vmjclt Dispatch. One ear. ....... IS Ini Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or Inducing Sunday edition, at 10 cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. MAY. 2. 1S9L BALLOT EEFOBM AND POLITICS. The statement that the ballot reform bill was to be amended in the interest of prac tical politics did not sound very promising for a genuine reform. Practical politics, in the modern acceptation of the term, com prlsesVnuch of what is to be prevented by ballot reform. It the practical politicians recast the bill it would contain little that would effect the pnrposes for which the re form is agitated. Nevertheless the statement of the amend ments to be made in the bill does not show any serious infringement of its essential provisions. An increase in the nnmber of signers to justify putting independent can didates on the official ticket is not a serious blow at independent nominations. The re tirement that all nominations, regular or otherwise, shall be made sixty days before the election is cot quite so innocuous. Cir cumstances might arise undw which it would be absolutely necessary to make nominations nearer the election. Suppose, for instance, the Republican candidate lor an important office should die six weeks be fore the election. It would not be very gratifying for the Republicans to re flect that their own practical politicians had so soaped the law tbat a successor could not be placed on the official ballots. The provision that independent nomina tions can have no shorter time than the ree ls rs is, of course, a weak attempt to abolish the functions of independence in politics. But if bad nominations are held back until sixty days before elections, for the purpose ot defeating independent actton, it will crystallize that element to a degree that will insure the constant presence in the field of independent candidates. If there ure no worse amendments than these the bill will not be much harmed. Beyond tbe legislative tendency to let vital amendments in which the political classes are interested slip through without the public ever hearing of them, there is the fact that other amendments are more need ed. According to reports of the bill, the form ot official ticket provided could be much improved, while the provisions for keeping the nnmbers of tbe ballots secret until to be revealed by a conrt investigation could be simplified and made more effective. Since the practical politicians are shap ing the bill to suit themselves in the respect named, the ballot reformers shonld show an equal activity. Reports sriosf they are do ing so to some extent, but there is still room for making the measure simpler and there tore more efficacious. . WEATHER EXPLOSIONS. The "rain-maker," who in Central Africa is one of tbe most necessary ministers to any savage and superstitious potentate, is rising to importance in this country. The latest person to appear in tbat capacity is Kobert G. Dryenfortb, of tbe District of Columbia, ubo has been appointed special agent to ex pend the (9,000 appropriated by Congress for experiments on tbe production of rain storms by explosions. This theory is founded on tbe observation o: frequent rain storms following prolonged firing of artillery during battles, or great ex plosions of the accidental sort. It is pro posed to carry out these experiments by send ing up balloons filled with,oxy-bydrogen gas aLd exploding them with an electric wire. The experiments should certainly enable a definite determination of tbe. capacity of such explosions to produce rain. A tolera bly well-founded view will exist in advance that when there is a fair degree of humidity in the atmosphere the explosions will cause precipitation; while when tbe atmosphere is dry it is very doubtful if any material re sults will be secured. If the experiment should prove success ful :in advance wonld be established in tbe iil.ihtv to produce rain Wben it is wanted; but we would still be as far off from com plete control of tbe elements with regard to tbe ability to stop rain when we bave too much of it. During the past two years tbe need of a large part of the country has been for tbe stoppage of superfluous rain. It looks at present as if it would be an ira lortint step to be able to command rain vlirn winted; but it we should start tbe r-iins some, time and they should refuse to stop, we might find tbat invention had pro duced a very Frankenstein of xnoisture precipitators. One further possibility of the meteorolog- j&jLimi: ical explosives -U-of-interest. It4-oe-of the old tales of the seas that Teasels falling in with water spouts have broken np aud ictimidated those threatening complication of wlud and water by firing chain shot at them. Perhaps these explosive engines, set off in'the teeth of a Tornado, might discour age and overpower those destructive storms. If ther succeed in producing rain and breaking up Of clones we can trust to the future to find some means of stopping the rain and producing the cyclones, if we ever wish, the latter. THE VALUE OF TBE CANAL. . The article on the feasibility and profita bleness of tbe Late Erie 6hip Canal (nan other column affords a clear "demonstration of the value of tbat project. It shows that tbe engineering practicability of the canal has been fully demonstrated by careful surreys; tbat contractors are ready to under take its construction at tbe estimates of the Commission, and that there is nothing to prevent the waterway from being put into actual operation except tbe difficulty of convincing the skeptical and overcoming the opposition of interested parties. Tbe communication is in reply to remarks by a journal of the class unable to assimi late the importance of the project. It very effectively shows that, on the ore freights of pig iron alone, this project would insure a saving on the product of Allegheny county and the valleys of 52,063.000, while the economy on coke and pig iron shipped would make the total over $3,000,000. But it is well known tbat .such an economy would in a very short time triple the output. Even with a toll sufficient to make tbe ore ton nage pay interest on the whole cost of con struction, this would effect an annnal econ omy in tbe iron trade alcne of nearly fire million dollars. But this is only half the story. The canal would make an economy on coal "shipments nearly equal in amount per ton & the iron trade and exceeding it in gross tonnage. It would, by infinitely widening the market, practically giTe Western Pennsylvania an addition of CO cents per ton on its coal ship ments. In other words, this route would effect a saving on the Iron and coal traffic sufficient to bulla the canal anew every three years, and wonld distribute'that sav ing in the price of iron and fuel all the way from Staten Island to Dulutb. These are important facts to anyone who has the fairness to consider tbem. Of course, there are journals so bound up by corporate affiliations tbat they cannot give a decent bearing to projects designed exclusively for tbe public bearing. One Democratic organ in 3ew York, wbieh is notorious for swear ing to everything the railroad manipulators want, answers the complaint that the Kan sas City Commercial Convention was a Democratic body with tbe sneer that, as that gathering indorsed the canal projects, it was swayed by Republican ideas. It is doing tbe Bepublican party a little too much honor to credit it srlth a polioy tbat would break down tbe power of the rail roads. There is no dohbt that tbe policy of insur ing cheap water transportation all over the country by canal connections between rivers and lakes is a most thorough provision for the future of this country. The ignorant and interested may oppose it; but it is bound to come as one of the greatest changes of the next ten or twenty years, , - A WEAK CONCLUSION. The fatality which too often presides over legislati?e dealings with great combinations appears in tbe report of tbe Kew York Sen ate Committee on theSngarTrcsLThesame disposition to a lame and impotent conclu sion was manifest in the dealings of the .courts with the Trust, and It still seems to be in force. The report of the committee points out that one of the chief purpose of tbe Trust was to provide for tbe issue of certificates obviously for the advantagt ot the persons managing it, together with other of tbe well known purposes for concentrating wealth in the bands of tbe few at the cost of the many. Having brought out these indisputable facts, the committee, according to the report, rec ommends "that trusts either be restrained or placed under the control of a State bureau." " This is a terrible anti-climax both to the facts stated in the report and to other well known points in the history of the legal dealing with trusts. The report takes into consideration' a combination which has al ready been declared illegal and forbidden by the highest judicial authority of New York. It is true tbe judicial decree was ignored and nullified by tbe Trust mag nates, while the officers of the law stood with hands iu pockets and permitted the device for unconcealed t evasion to go on unchecked. It wonld seem that a capital istic aggregation defyieg the laws and courts of New 'York, alter being declared illegal and contrary to public policy, might inspire a legislative committee to more rad ical recommendations than that trusts "be restrained or placed under the control of a State bureau." Legislators who hare spent months in trying to extract information from the de fiant magnates shonld by this time bare learned tbe lesson of the old man in the primer, and be ready to do something more effective than throwing grass at the 'xtalli fiers of tbe law. A BOOTH POB PAKE TBATEL. The suggestion made by leading citizens that the Junction Bailroad provides the readiest route tor transportation to and from Scbenley Park, is ah excellent one. It is to be hoped that it may bear fruit in early steps by tbat company to run accommoda tion trains to and from the Park at the hours when the people wish to reaeh that resort. Heretofore tbe function of this railroad hasbeen exclusively that of a freight transfer. But its use in that way would not interfere with tbe new and ereu more profitable func tion. . By running its freight trains at hours when there is- no demand for park travel it can keep tbe'track comparatively clear for the accommodation traffic which tbe park will furnish at certain hours of the day. As a line for transferring passengers from all parts of the city to tbe park it could hardly have been planned better than it is. It con nects Allegheny and Lawrenceville on one side, and tbe down-town section, the Second avenue district, and by means of tbe Jones & Laughlins bridge, the Sonthside.Vith the park by the shortest and quickest routes. There is no doubt tbat when tbe park travel is fully developed this lino can by freauent trains in both directions do a large and profitable business, increasing tne pop ularity of the park, and when the Carnegie buildings are completed, affording the readi est access to them from parts of the eity which bave heretofore seemed remote from that locality. Such a line would not take away traffic from the street lines, but would develop a business of its own, by affording accommodations for' travel that'would riot otherwise exist. Tee labor conflict open with interest everywhere, but In a very quiet and orderly ! i. -..--. t-1 nwrr , , , mii iaagnisij A' ,ai -' . mj fc i ll JUi ii jJtCTwiWj jHB -wariotWseoaijtry.vTaere'Saay'be-foU 'con fldence that the, workmen engaged in-this stras&le will conduct themselves wlthascrn pulons respect for law and order. """' 1 "Wht not christen Cruiser No. 9 Pitts burg?" aaks TEX DISPATCH. Such a name wonld enable tbe people of any country to recog nize her owner without bolsttag national bunt leg." Why not? That's what tbe Chronic U TtUgraptoxtled two weeks ago, and no one baa yet told as why the name woald not be an excel lent one. ittUrdag't O. T. Ot course you did. And !n doing so yon merely endorsed an editorial suggestion of The Dispatch, now over three months old, and which In tarn drew out a petition from' well-known cltixens about two months ago, calling upon tbe powers that be to carry ont The Dispatch's idea. Through tbe Waahlng ton correspondent of Tbs Dispatch tbe matter was latd before tbe proper authorities, and may some day be acted npon. Look over the files and you will .find proof for this state ment. CHICAGO, New York and Baltimore are disputing as to which Is tbe Ideal summer resort city. All three may be peaceful and quiet snots, though none are cool. If any pne wishes to find a business city let him come to Pittsburg. Mb. Maurice Thompson, baring been called to account for making the' hollyhock, tbe dahlia and tbe tulip bloom at tbe same time in one of his poems, excuses himself on the ground tbat poetry cannot be tied to such doll details of accuracy as the correct season for flowers to blow. Mr. Thompson Is disposed to defend the right of tbe inspired poet to have a skating party in August, or to locate tbe maple sugar season In Indian summer, as Thackeray did, when tbe afflatus moves him. The discorery of Senator Blair that he does not care a snap whether he goes to China or not Is gratifying. This conveys tbe assur ance tbat be will be quite willing to accept any other first-class mission that may be offered him. It is interesting to learn .of tbe announce ment by Sidney Dillon, at the Union Pacific meeting, tbat wherever there was a rotten limb tbe Gould management would cut It off. After which it is stated tbat new bond tunes to tbe extent of thirty or forty millions are to be plied on that heavily-watered system. If the programme announced by Mr. Dillon is to be carried ont, there is danger tbat tbe Union Pacific system will be decapitated. BlSMABCK's final triumph in the contest for tbe Reichstag was not a walk-ovars bnt tbat is no reason why the old Chancellor in his new role of opposition leader may not 'walk all over his opponents ot the ministry. The suggestion that; all the tin torches and helmets used by Bepublican campaign clubs in future shall be made of American tin is more enthusiastic than discreet. Considering wbat a useless bumbng the tin torch and hel mets are anyhow, the Idea tbat the tariff will perpetuate them is likely to call for a prohib itory duty oo the domestic as well as foreign articles, wben used for those purposes. David Bennett Hill and John B. Robinson are reflecting tbat John H. Beagan conld not have been much of a statesman if he could not bold on to the Senatorship and run a State office' at the same time. The assertion of the census tbat while the population ot Pennsylvania has increased 23 per cant in tbe last ten years the school en rollment ha increased.bat LSV per -cent, is unpleasant. The portion of tbe popnlation which does not get tbe benefit of free educa tion will in tbe next generation be tbe weak point ot republicanism. A campaign cry of "Tin, Tin, American Tin,' gives tbe opposition a chance to remark tbat the politicians are howling for the same old campaign supplies under a new name. The New York Tribune think tbat a good subject for a light opera wonld be a non partisan Canal Commission to be named by Hill. It doesjook rather light and airy in that shape, but the companion piece wonld be an opera bouffe investigation To h" e conducted ex clusively by tbe Bepublican Senators. "Boons coffee" is regarded as a novelty In this day, but people of moderate or strait ened circumstances were tolerably familiar with it during tbe first half of.tha'OO's. Philadelphia is now urging a canal straight across New Jersey, in order tbat ves sels can have the advantage of tbe harbor to be created by moving an island or two from the water rront. This is a laudable ambition; but canlls connecting tbe existing.internal water ways will naturally come first. THE last New York bank disclosure not only repeats the old question, wbetber bank directors direct, bnt raises a new One, whether bank examiners examine. These Is a testimony to tbe educational value of building societies tbat very few ot their members hare been caught by tbe 'feet ricb.quick" humbugs. In other words, the training ef the legitimate associations In busi ness matters is so thorough tbat none of their members are fools. PEOPLE PAKAGBAPHED. Ex-Ejlpeess Eugenie, while in Paris a few weeks ago, attracted attention by her pallor and feebleness. She Is not expected to live much longer. Hon. William Scott refuses to discuss ex-President Cleveland's standing' with Penn sylvania Democrats, claiming to be out 'of pol itics aud glad of It. Queen "Victoria's favorite dogs, about 40 in nnmber. are being photographed at tbe royal kennels, near Windsor Castle. Tbe ani mals consist ot Pomeranians, collies, fox ter riers and dachshunds. Bet. Bobekt McInxtbe, the Chicago divine, declares tbat "profanity ispecullarly an American sin." No other natiun in tho world can, upon occasion, approach this in the heat of its language. De. John 8. Billings, surgeon mu the United States Army, has prepared a series of lectures npon "Methods of Vital Statistics," which be is delivering at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore. Mb. Cakteb, of Montana, the new JGaird Commissioner, is still a victim of the gossips. who seem bound to make him a Cabinet officer even though they have to take Secretary Noble's bead off to do so. Miss Obmebod, entomologist of tbe Royal Agricultural Society, thinks sbe has dis covered that a solution of parts green, mixed with water, may be safely applied ' a flne spray with excellent effects 'in clearing cater pillars from fruit trees. Colonel H. J, lEBr, of Alabama, .thinks he has. finally solved tbe problem, of fperpetual motion. He uses tbe principle ot tbe overshot wheel, all tbe weight at every revolu tion being on tbe descending line, the weight on the ascending being drawn to the descend--tng by each revolution. Db. WrNSTnOBST, the late leader of the Center party of Germany, was too poor to bur a house in tbe German Capital, or even to sup port bis family In the comparatively expensive city. Dnring tbe sessions of tbe Beicbstag, therefore, he occupied two small rooms of a -modest house, and bis family remained in Han over. Theodore tje Banville, the poet, conld not be persuaded, according to Figaro, to seek a place in tbe French Academy. One day Francois Coppee vainly tried all bis arts to .overcome the prejudice of De Banville. "But," be cried at last, what will you do if we bring you the notification of your election ana silver , plater" De Banville answered quickly: "Then I shall certainly accept the silver pla.te.n The King and Queen of Denmark gave tbeir granddaughter, the Princess Louise,when she was confirmed, white enamel fnrniture with pale bine Persian rugs and hangings for ber boudoir; 'Her mother, tbe Crown Princess, rave ber a gold mounted Bible; 'ber father a watch set with diamonds; tbe Emperor and Empress of Russia, ermine and emeralds, and tbe Princess ofWales. a dlamoBd-etadded fan nd i ruby-mounted bouquet bolder,'' . SOME' SHORT STORIES. Character (Studies "and Comical Conceit The Wisdom of a Pup KoyaRy ta Kxlie and Gestae Xn Undress Are Both, Men tioned How a Bride Was! Wok. A story comes to me from Athens which is almost too good to be true, says a writer la Canity Fair, but quite too good to be with held. The Privy Council had a meeting In the room set apart for them in the glaring, white, stuccoed palace. It was' evening, and tbe President had just risen to address his col leagues, laying, according to custom, his gold watch on the table in front of him, so (hat he might mark time. Suddenly tbe electric tight went out, bat after a short Interval returned. Then tbe President discovered that his watch, which was a present from his royal blaster, was missing. He lamen ted and Invited his colleagues to replace his watch, but there was no response. He reminded tbem that tbe door was locked and tho watch must be in possession -of one of tbem. He next pot each member on bis word of honor to say tbat be had not it: which UttleWjerf ormance was promptly got through. Tbe President then remarked that tbe situation had become nmbaraaslng: bnt as be Wished to makethtng easy for tbe culprit, who bad doubtloss yielded to temotation in a moment of weakness, he wonld order the ltt-hts to ba airaln extincnished in order to give him an opportunity of restitu tion. This was done: and wben the lights .were turned on the President found that not only bad be no watch, but that he had also lost bis silver inkstand. ! The Cumulative Story. Ifotetand Queries tells tbe following from tbe Persian: A hunter finds some honey In tbe fissure of a rock, fills a Jar with it, and takes it to a grocer. While it is being weighed a drop falls to tbe ground, and Is swallowed np by tbe grocer's weasel. Thereupon the huntsman's dog rushes upon tbe weasel and kills ir. The grocer throws a stone at the dog. and kills him. The huntsman draws bis sword and outs off tbe grocer's arm. after which he is cat down by the Infuriated mob of tbe bazaar. The Gover nor of tbe town, informed of the facr, sent messangers'to arrest tbe mnrderer. Wben the crowd resisted troops were dispatched to the scene of the conflict, whereupon tbe townspeo- file mixed themselves ud in tbe riot, which asted three dart and three nights, with the re sult that 70,000 men . were slain. All vthls through a drop of honey. , A Wise Spaniel Pup. A writer in tbe Boston JPott was recently In the stable yard belonging to a friend who bad a considerable collection of dogs, among which are a fierce terrier and a spaniel pf tender age. The terrier had ill-treated tbeanp on sereral occasions, so that the latter wal very wary of him. and disposed to concilia his enemy if possible. Tbe terrier is fond of playmg'wlih small sticks, nblcb tbe grooms are in tbe habit of throwing for biro, and tbe pnp seems to bave understood this fancy, and to bave acted npon it. I saw bim take up a small stick in his mouth and advance toward tbe terrier with it, arching his neck and wagcing bis tail, as much as to sar, "Pray accept this slight token of my regard." Tho terrier did accept It; be rushed up to tbe little dog, took the stick and went on his way rejoicing, and the pnp was J us titled in bis wisdom. Bomance of an Odd Coin. JndgeJ. D. Hammack, of Crawfordsvilte, Ga., is tbe owner ota $5 gold piece which has a peculiar and touching history, says the At lanta Conttitution. It was made of Carolina gold, and as it bears no date it is impossible to tell In what year It was made. But other cir cumstances connected witb its history lead us to believe tbat it has been more than 100 years since it was coined. This coin is wbat is known as an "A. Becbtler Carolina gold coin." On one side it bears the name of "Rutherford." The face of this coin shows no evidence as to wbat portion of Carolina it was made in. Forty years ago an old negro woman was sold as a slave in South Carolina and brought to this section of Georgia. Wben the day ar rived for her departure from ber native land and all tbose whom she loved, her son gave her this $S Carolina gold piece as a token ot bis faithful devotion. After she was 'brought to Georgia she served very faithfully until tbe close of tbe late Civil War. Then ber freedom was given. By this time old aze bad steadily crept oo. All these years she kept this piece ot money as a remembrance of the by-gone days. It matters not bow depressed she be came in money matters she would nerer suffer it to be used. Rome years before her death she decided that this money should be used for the purpose of paying for ber coffin. About three years ago the death message came, anaier friends car ried out her last wishes by nstng this money to pnrcase tbe coffin which was bought of Jndge J. D. Hammack. ' . This is bow he came in possession of this curious piece ot money, and we doubt If there is another coin like It in tbe United State. A. Becbtler bad a permit from the United States Government shortly after the Revolu tionary War to coin this Carolina gold. An Ex-King's Story. , "You think." said the King In exile, 'that it is a glorious thing to be a king Listen, I will tell you what happened once to me. You will then see how delightful a thing a crown can be sometimes." It was midnight, and In the smok ing room of a West End clnb, and his ex majesty was alone with 'one man. ''1 was giv ing a dinner party to my ministers and my offi cers. At tbe moment of sitting down an 'aide de camp' came hurriedly into tbe room. 'Sire,' be said, there Is a dispatch wblcb must be signed at once. Pardon my disturbing yon.' I saw tbat tbere was something more than a dis patch, and I Iett tbe room, with an apology. What is it r I asked. .'Drink no wine.' he whispered. it is poisoned.' 'Who is the chief conspirator V 'Yonr Prime Minister.' I re turned to tbe table, and duilng dinner I drank nothing. After dinner the Premier proposed the prosperity ot the country. I rose to drink itt my glass in my hand, my poisoned glass. I said that so deeply did 1 apnreciate tbe rentl ment of His Excellency that in drinking tbe toast I would honor him by exchanging glasses. He turned white, he turned creen, bnt be could notretuse. I drank bis glass, be drank mine. I assure you tbat it took 20 minutes at least be fore his writhines In bis chair wore over. Then tbey carried bim ont. And yet yon think it is a fine thing to be a king I" Philadelphia Vandals. It is a fact not- generally known, says tbe Philadelphia Heeord, tbat Independence Hall Is closely watcbed on tbe outside night and day. It is said tbat if this precaution was not taken tbe historical old pile would soon be defaced, if not totally wrecked, by relic hunters. Despite tbe close watch kept, the vandals once in a wbile mar age to carry off a piece. One woman has a beautiful gold-mounted brooch made from a bit of one nf the foundation stones, which sbe prizes hlchly. Another person, jho lives on .North Broad street, bas a model of In dependence Hall carved, from "a. brick stolen from the structure. The sculptor who did the work was paid S300 for his trouble. In tbe old tower is-a tiny clock, which strikes tbe hours on a wee silver belt Tbe ornament is mounted on anickel pedestal, and tbe owner would not part with it for lore or money. The Lady and the Foet, According to tbo Chicago Timet, tbere Is fn Delphi, Ind., a genial doctor by the name of bmitb. who, besides his other claims to popu larity, is a warm friend of James Whitcomb Biley, the Hoosjer poet. Mr. Biley always makes Dr. Smith's house his borne whenever be goes to Delphi. On one occasion when Biley bad given an entertainment there, house cleaning being In progress, be was given a bed in a room just off tbd doctor's office, and sep arated from it by a partition which extended np only a few feet; leaving an opening at the top. Mr. "Biley Is not an early riser, and tbe good physicainwas about bis office tbe next morning, mixing pills and stuff, when In came a lady patient. Tbe doctor was not sure whether bis guest was awake or not, but be determined to take tbe chances and roast bim gently If he was. After tbe physician had attended pro fessionally to the lady.be said: "By the way, MrsBennett, did you go to hear Biley last evenlngl" "Yes. I did," replied the lady in a tone that suggested a cue to tbe joking doctor. "Well, do youtblnkyou ever wasted money so recklessly beforeT" he asked. 1 don't believe I ever did." was tbe answer. '1 don't know of any half-dollar 1 ever spent tbat I regret more than tbe one I gave last night to bear that fool show; it I had it back I shonld just be hapDy, I can tell you' The disappointed woman bad hardly finished speaking wnen flip, over the partition, came a silver half-dollar and landed on tbeflooralmost at ber feet. The doctor handed it to her, and In her astonishment she put it in her pocket, wondering as she left tbe office where it bad come from. Not long after out came Riley, half laughing and half ill-humored. But the doctor was wholly good-natured and with abroad grin he said to tbe poet: "Why, Biley, I did not know tbat you were up." "Well. I wasn't np," replied.RUey, "but you can bet I conld reach my pants and X did,, too, pretty quick.'' Vnlclied rennies for a Bride'. Aueddlugls announced fur this spring'be tweeu two well-known young .people ot Des Moines, says theXadr of that place. There Is an Interesting story connected with the event, and If would Bemnfalt to;calI nam, . t Four yean ago the prospective bride than quite young, was receiving the atten tions of throe gentlemen. Tbey, too, were young, little more than boys, aad just entering ujfon the different lines ofwork which they had adopted tor life. I r Two of them, indeed, wera still oetsSfents. Matters ran along without much change with tbe four for soma time. They each understood tbe situation. Nothing in tbe girl's manner Indicated any oref erence. Tbe three boys were tbe best ot friends, altbongb the situation was sneb as to strain thnlr relations a little. Finally the three met onedar by accident In some way the young lady's name was brougbt up. and after consideration itwas de cided to match pennies to see wboihouid with draw from the contest. It was stipulated tbat tbe winner should be in honor, bound to devote himself exclusively to tbe young lady in tbe future, and to win her hand if possible. Tbo losers from tnat moment were to with draw from the race completely. Tbe losers were further pledged to act as guardian brothers to the yonng lady and see tbat the winner carried on no flirtations with other girls. r The contracts were carried outto tbe letter; and tbe girl was never tpldwby two- of ber ad mirers so suddenly retired. And so, after these years, she Is at last to be come the wife of bim wbom luck favored in a game of chance. Both are still young, and tbe gentleman is prospering in bis business. Of tbe losers in tbe contest, one adonted a trade and is married. The other entered npon a professional career. He is nnmarrUd, and bis name wonld be recognized, were it men tioned, all over tbe lyestern city. HOT nfTT.K AHD VICHY. A Good Thing to Take for Quick Luncheon Instead of Whisky. "There are a great many men who are over worked and underfed," said an uptown physi cian to a New York Sun man. "Ihey think tney are too busy to eat Inncb at midday. and resort to stimulants as a substitute for food. It only takes a minute to step into a barroom and take a drink. Tbls makes tbem feel better for the time, but tbe effect soon passes away, and another Is taken to get 'rid 'of tbe empty feeling. The habit grows until It takes eight or ten or more drinks a day to keep them going. Alcoholic stimulants are tbe worst thing in the world for empty stomach, finally causing catarrh ot the stomach. Interfering with the secretions of the liver, and destroying tbe ability to assimilate food. Wben a man comes to me in this condition the first thing l do is to cnt off bis whisky or whatever form of stimulant be is addicted to. and substi tute food for It. I can't substitute solid food, because bis stomach won't retain It, I must get him to take something that it will. This is where hot milk and vlcbyscomes in. Cold milk is too harsh. It shocks his weakened stomach. Hence I give it to bim hot. Vicby lightens and livens it; make it more easily digested. I tell bim to take a glass, two-thirds milk, one-third vlchy. twice a day; to order it over a bar, anywhere be can get ir, and to let whisky and all stimulants severely alone. If he obeys tbe orders I will enre him and save his life. "A good many men among my own patients, fast growing prematurely old, and bringing . upon themselves a multitude of ills by tbe suady and excessive use of alcoholic, stimu lants. Instead of tbe nutritions food whscb tbey should take, bave been reclaimed by tbe use of bot milk and vicby. If yon find you are losing yonr appetite for food and correspondingly gaining tbat for alconolic stimulants, try It- It will do you good." RELICT FB0K BHETTMATISM. A Metropolitan Physician Recommends a Very Simple Remedy. New 1 ork Herald, "This information," said a well-known phy sician to me, "may save many lives; at any rate it will prove an Invaluable boon to people suf fering from rheumatism in any shape or form. Rheumatism, as probably nearly everybody knows. Is caused by acidity of the blood. It should never be neglected. This remedy, as I Know by long practice, is very efficacious and it is as simple as it Is powerful. "Here it h" be added. "Wben a rheumatic twinge is experienced tbe patient should pro ceed to a drugstore and buy 15 or 35 cents worth of oU of ganlteria (oil of wlntergreen), put ten drops' on a lump of sugar; place It in the month, permit It to dissolve slowly and swallow it. This shonld be .repeated at Inter vals of two hours until tbe last vestige of the malady bas disappeared. In tbe meantime take a dose or two of Kocbelle salts. "That," said the physician, "is all there Is to it, but if taken as I bave prescribed it will save suffering humanity many dollars in doctors' bills, to say nothing of pains, aches and swell ings. No. I charge nothing for this advie. It is simply given for the benefit of mankind." TO HELP THE TELEPHONE GIRL, A Contrivance That May Slake the Snappish Creatare Mora Tractable A neat index has been devised, which has the merit of Increasing the ease of telephone ma nipulations. Tbe list of subscribers, arranged in a portfolio, are fixed against tbe wall, back of tbe instrument. A heavy cover, which holds tbe leaves in place, can be dropped down ir sprung back with a single movement of the hand. In looking for a telephone number a metal guide, which slides along a bar across tbe top, and controls tbe index leaves. Is placed at the letter required, and the cover and the leaves fall themselves, revealing tbe page wanted. Wben the index ts no longer required the cover, on being lifted, carries back the leaves automatically, and. holds tbem firmly In place. A Pointer for FattL Chicago Times. 1 Paul Complains of being "pestered" by re porters. Tbe diva should beware. Tbey tbat give can also take away, and if she enjoys ber great fame sbe should treat the demigods of tbe mighty press with more civility. v Electrically Speaking. Philadelphia Kecord.l Clarkson thinks tbat Harrison lacks electrical power. Bnt look out for a coruscation in case a live Blaine wire should drop-across the'Presi dent's circuit. DEATHS OP A DAY. Archibald AndrewfCentenarian. Archibald Andrews, the oldest man io North Carolina, died near BlUsboro Wednes day, aged 107 years. He leaves a brother, Henry, now over 100 years old. Ihey wire born near IllllJboro. werefarraersamtemnervte, and were great hunters. Henry, alter he was 90 years old. caught habitually in the winter season over DO posmins by nlg-lit hunting. Archibald walked seven miles to vote lor Cleveland. Obituary Notes. Mrs. Jasb McCBACKEir,-the oldest resident of eadrllle, died Thursday night, sgedM years, JUcon Wai-d. Sn.. died yesterday at his home. 5) Twenty-seventh street, at the advanced age of 8V rears. Hisiiof Mclmiair, the venerable Catholic Bishop of I'rincc EiUird Island, died Thursday hi.i.i .r i...iIvi.. W. F. Mles, inventor or a number of machines used In the Vulcanite Button Facloty atBreslau, died at his borne at Babylon, N. Y.. tbls week. HXNRT Wabbixca. the wealthiest man In Brldaeton, N. J., died Thursday. He made his money In tbe mllllng-buslness and was worth 1 30, TOO. He was 53 years old. CuESTinG. Nelson; of the firm of Kelson Brothers, box manufacturers, died yesterday at his mother's residence. 181 Bluff street. The funeral will take place this afternood. GxOBQC D. NAGLE. a Forty-niner aad contrac tor, died in San Francisco Thursday of paralysis. He was tho builder or tbe Nevada block and of Millionaire riood'smanslonat NobHHL. Charles HUIE, a well-known blacksmith at Hartford, Conn., is daad, aeed 63 years. He was theshoerof Goldsmith Maid, the famous trotter, durlnir her seasons on the turf II. A. Smith, of New lork, her owner, pa'.dilule an annual sal ary for looking after the Maid's hoors. G. Gobcok 'I'OSET, a nromlnent lawyer of Sliver City. X. M.. dled there Wednesday. He went to New Mexico from Mississippi, bis native State, In 1880. He was prominent in the affairs of bis town and county, and for four years was the Heir Mexico member of ho national Democratic Committee. Joiix M. llnMAK. Jr., a prominent young business man of FasadeniL Cal.. dled.cn Wednes day aflec a very brief (lllnes. He was nvpll known In I'ittsburr. having spent alloriils lliuln .or Castle to within fire years ago. when no went to California. He was ES years old, was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Miller, and brother of Mrs.-1. Depuy, of this city. Hxsxax VOK KAPT. senior member of the well-known tobscco firm of Von Kapf & Ah rens, died Thursday at bis home in Baltimore Mn the 73d year of bis age. He had lonu been lden- tised witb Baltimore's commercial Interest, and was at one time .President or llie German Society ot Maryland, a director of the Savings Bank of Baltimore, a director also ur the IHltlmoru i'iro Insursnro Company and a in tin her of the Corn anu f lour ijuuanee. VaMEKICAK merchants) and manufact urer are looking to t lie Laflii'TtrfjuulicVfor new trade. An iustrilcll vs letter bb iha nh- Jeet of Reciprocity in THE DISPATCH 'to morrow, AUtbenevf. V HIGHWAY iHD BYWAY. Lots of Headers at the Carnegie ITree library The Popular Books aad" Taste of Readers The City Seea Troax lie Street Can An Caasaal Military Order 3oIp of f hoTpwn. , - Tnj Carnegie Library In Allegheny baa been running long' enough now for some idea of Its usefulness to be obtained. .Librarian7 Steven son said yesterday: "We are moving along nicely, with somo 16.000 volumes on tbe shelves, and about 000 reader! enrolled. The library has been open six weeks, and up to noon yestert uyA.pruoo exactly e,o volumes nave seen taker out of tbe library. This is a greater number than I expected would take ad vantage of tbe library in so short a thae after tbe opening; and" it compares very favorably with tha experlenceof other public libraries. Tbe circulation is steadily lncreas ingall the time. In the free nnblic library at Newark, N. J., the yearly circulation of books is found to be 1J volumes per inhabitant; at Baltimore, 1 volumes; at Bnffalo, Jf volume; Paterson, N. J., 1 volume; Milwaukee, 2 vol ume, and Detroit, Ji volume. A satisfactory rate Is one volume per Inhabitant, or tor Alle gheny 100,000 volumes say, in a year. You see tbe present rate ot 8,473 volumes for six weeks would make a total in round numbers of 75,000 volumes for tbe year a very fair record for a starter. Tbe ratio of circulation as compared with the number of books on tbe shelves is oven more satisfactory, for it amounts to 81 per cent. The Tastes of the Headers. "AS TAB a we have gone," continued Mr. Stevenson, "the better books bave been chiefly in demand, and the call for infenor works has been very slight. The fair-sex is of course in tbe majority among our readers. Juvenile books and fiction have the lead in popularity, and it is pleasant to observe that the standard novelists, Thackeray, Bcott, George Elior; Dickens and so on, are the favorites. I am sur prised to notice tbat Bnlwer Lytton's novels are seldom read, and stranger still. Hardly any one asks for 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and 'Bobin son Crusoe,' hooks I supposed" to be eternally popular with our youth. 'Ben Hut has not a remarkable circulation, either. Among juvenile I authors Miss Alcott and Miss Cary bave most friends with the girls surely evidence of a healthy taste and with the boys Ellis, Castle man, Oliver. Opt! o and Hen ty are favorites. One thing is clearly established 'by our experi ence already, and that is Mark Twain's strong hold npon tbe reading public. Polite literature has a good many students iu Alle gheny, and we find that essaya and the great poets- are widely read. Scott, Longfellow, Tennyson and Olfver Wendell Holmes are per haps most frequently called for. There is a considerable demand also for hooks on scien tific subjects, especially in tho departmental electricity and architecture, and for works on drawing generally. Very few books not upon our shelves bave been called for as yet, but we ,are adding new books all the time." Street Car Tour the Best. . "Whbn a guest tells me be wan.ts to Seethe city," said a bote? clerk of a good many years' experience, "I advise him to stick to tbe street cars. He can see far more by taking the cable cars, and travel with a heap more comfort than If he took a hack and bumped and banged over the remarkable pavements of our beloved city. , The Fifth avenue cable line, and, indeed, all the cable and electric lines are a revelation to the average stranger, anyhow. Take a Chlcage man, for Instance, who bas got his idea of a cable car from the thunderous dust carta of Mr. Terkes in tbe Windy City, what more charming by contrast could be contrived for bis delectation than a ride in one of our clean, swift and compara tively noiseless cars which bind down-town to the East End. Guests tell me constantly that Pittsburg bas tbe best system of rapid transit in tbe country, despite ber hills and narrow streets." ' May 1 In Paris. "The Paris Salon opened to-day," said she. "Freash artists never have trouble about license," said be. Oidered to Dinner. Colonel Noeman M. Smith and Lieuten ant Colonel Frank Butledge were somewbat surprised, but not displeased, wben tbey re ceived tbe following somewbat unusual order: BEADQUABTXnS KlGItTEENTH LXTiHTKT, HTlOiTAI. GDABDOT PHNNSYLVAOTA. rinSBuao, April 29. Very Special orders. No. is I. Hy direction of tbe officers of this rrgiment. Colonel Norman M. timtth wilt assemble himself and Lieutenant Colonel Frank 'L Untied ji, at the Monongabela House Monday, May 4, to partici pate in the dinner tendered tliem at 8:33 p. v. II. Tbe Quartermaster's department will fur nish the necessary-transportation far the troops; one diT's cooked rations will be Issued at the hotel. " " HI. The troops will appear in fall uniform or tbe National Guard of 1'ennsvlrania. Bezlmentai and battalion commanders will report dis mounted. , IT. Detailed arrangements of tbe troops will be made In the hotel ordinary. Hy command of the oScers of the Eighteenth Hejiment. Hahkt f. Davis. William, h. wasskIl. I Committee. The banquet is to take place on Monday evening at the Monongabela House, and tbe officers of tbe Eighteenth Raglment will be lucky indeed it every campaign. winds up witb as pleasant an affair as tbls promises to be. Imagination Won't Strike. "I SHAZX keep on building right along," said a sanguine voung, man yesterday, "no matter who strikes." "WbatT" asked Achates. "Castles in tbe air." SCHHLEE'S 803 KABI A Sketch of the Great Poet's Offspring Who Was a Forester. From the German. Schiller's son Karl was born in 1792. He was a boy of splendid physique and not mentally deficient, bnt he never took to books. Wben m bis 12th year bis father died, and he devoted himself to forestry. Later he entered tbo service ot the King of Wurtemburg as forest officer, and was for many years bead forester 'at Lorchin Gmnnd. Here be very ungraciously quarreled with tbe young lads who gathered under the linden and sang national songs. Wben he complained of tbe "immoral" songs which the boys sang, it waidlscovered lhat they had sung the "Reiter. lied" and "Bobber song" of the great poet, Schiller, and that the forester haa never read his father's poetry. Karl von Schiller was over six feetbigb, broad-shouldered, and looked like a conntry nobleman. Almost daily be drove to Gmund. never witbous a servant in livery. At -the coffee bouse of L. Kohler. at Hofstatt, he played billiards for hours. He never conld enter into choice conversation, as he was averse to read ing and was deficient In tho higher branches of education. It was in June of US42. when in the so-called Stahl's garden, at the Benwbrldge, several dig nitaries met: Here von Schiller was also present. Schiller's life and works were ehosen as a theme, for this would certainly please his son, who, was present. Prof. F spoke enthusi astically or the great poet and bis works. Everyone was carried away and broke ont into applause; only tbe poet's son remained indiffer ent. He sat alone at a table and smoked witb apparent comfort. He was asked his opinion of ibe theme and whether be bad any reason for not taking part in theapplanse which was dne chiefly to his father. Tbe forester remarked that be did not like a longsermon; Ills father may have been a great poet, hut be did not know anything about for estry. Karl von Schiller died In 1S57. BOLDNESS OF A SWINDLES. He Ban a Hotel Three Hours and Walked Off With the Cash. KBOKtnr. IA., 31ay L A. IV Stein walked into tbo City Hotel here yesterday and coolly told tbe clerk be had purchased tbe business and was on band to run it. He demanded the keys to the money drawer. These were turned over by the unsuspecting clerk. Mr. Ktclu made himself at home behind the desk and at tbe bar of tbe hotel, treating all the guests to free drinks. After remaining about three bonra be suddenly disappeared with all tbe loose cash in the house. " A special from Hamilton, 111., says he ap peared tbere iu tbe guise of a paitoffice la spector. lie made an elimination and de clared the postoffice S6,XX short, borrowed various sums of money and left. He is wanted by the police. t. Why Dlalr Uep:. n 'cw-Yorfc Word. J Mr.JiUir it.no doubt sublimely indifferent regarding the small matter ot his going to China, but tbere la a rumor out that tbe solemn, thought ot the 12,060 salary which will not be his movea him to salt and silent tears. KaX.MTM XT mCA." - Z i If Toss Are OtuiwI a Gift ta That Cooatry- " ' -' "Tom Ket Not Take It. Jewelers1 Weekly, r A description of tbe custom at one of the petty courts wiH serve to Illustrate those of all the State. Wbea either a British oflclal or a. physician called upon tbe'Bajah of TJlwar he was shown into the reception or throne room, where aat (he Bajafi, surrounded hy the great Stale officers. After the exchange ot the usual salutations one et the officials brought ina tray. on which were displayed jewels and golden' ornaments, studded with valuable stones, per haps worth 1250,080 or more. Tbe traytol of valuable was supposed to be a present from tbe Bajab to his visitor, and It waa offered -first to tbe gentleman, and he. Inclining bis bead, tonohed the edgeotthe'trar with tbe tins of his Augers, audit was then passed over to bis lailv. who invariably accompanies .the British ftcr, it hels married, on such occa sions. 8tae follows 'the example of ber hus band, and tbe tray and its contents were, tben returned to the jowel room. ThoRajabot Ulwaris tbe owner of jewels and golden ornaments tbat are valued at $30, 000,00a In lieu -of tbe unaccepted jewels a long necklace ot tinsel, of little value, is placed around the neck of eacb, where ifcremalns dur ing their stay within the palace. There is a very strict law against any British, official accepting a glttimm a native prince. Even wben a doctor may have performed some serious operation npon a rajah, who, being grateful, wishes to give exclusive ot a money fee varying from 11,000 to SSOOO, according to the Operation performed a. present 0f a shawl, golden eop or some similar valuable, tbe doctor must obtain a; leclal permission from tbe Vice roy before beluarea accept the present. If any official accepts a. gilt of any valne witbontsnchpermission.be may have to re sign. In tbe old days, when tbe East India Company governed India, an officer's picking and tbe presents,, often extorted from the rajahs, were worth more to him than bis salary It is not rash to calculate Warren Hastings' pickings, it I may call tbem such, dnring bis loegrefgn as Governor General, at fully S5, 000,000. ' ' ' GZXXIHCr SEC0HO SIGHT. Crawfish' Eyes are Replaced by Nature After- Amputation. Tbat tbe eommou'crawfisb has the power of reproducing an eye, which it may happen to lose, Is a fact quite familiar to naturalists; but we are Indebted to M. S. Chantran, tbe eminent scientist, for the discovery that this power of reproduction varies with age. M. Chantran gives 3be resnlts'of his observations in the Comptet Bendva, from which it appears tbat a crawfish 1 year old quickly and effectually re pair such injuries, wbile in animals 2 and more years old reproduction Is uncertain in it oper ations and never perfect. His first experiments were witb a nnmber of 1-year-old animals. In October. 1881. after tbe close ot tbeir moulti-T: season, be clipped on tbeir eye. Moulting commenced in it ay of the year following, and In September, after Tour months bad elapsed, toe eyes naa Deen periecuy reproauceu. Tbe next experiment was witb a collection ot the creatures' that were two years -old past These be deprived of their eyes, either imme diately before moulting set in in the fall or dnring the winter months, between tbe two moults. The result of these cases werevari--us. In some of the animals after 'three or four months the eye were reproduced bnt the pupils were so disfigured as to leave it extremely doubtful whether tbev could serve for tbe pur pose ot vision; in others one pupil wonld be considerably smaller than tbe one in the otber eye ot tbe same individual. Finally, in tbe case of full-grown animals, which moult less frequently tbe females but once a year and tbe males twice tbe experi menter's results did not show any reproduction of the eye, bnt only tbe growth of eye-buds marked witb a black point, and. in ono case, of opaque bifid buds in place of eyes. M. Chantran promises at an early date to add more to the curious and interesting summary given above, end also to give us bis observations on the remarkable concretions found in tbe stomachs of crabs and crawfishes, called crab's eye In old pharmacopoeias. OUR MAIL POUOH. Both Lose Their Bets. ' To tbe Editor pf Tbe Dispatch: A bets that tbe names of the President and Vice President are on the tickets used for voting at tbe Presidental election In tbis State. B bets their names are not printed on tbe tickets in tbis State nor any State in the Union, and tbat only the names of the electors aro on tbe tickets. Who wlnsT A SOBSCEIBEB, PrrrSBUBO, April 27, 1891. ' Tbe names of the candidates are not printed in tbis State, lot theyare so printed in Ohio, and some otber States. Consequently both A and B are wrong. Informatlon'Abont South America. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will yon tell mehere lean get some in formation about South America, tbe mineral resources, the people and the industries, Venezuela in particular. Rbaseb. WELXSVTI.I.E, O., April 29. Probably tbe best plan to secure late infor mation would be to write to your Congressman for Consular reports. Chance for OH Statisticians. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Would you. or any of yonr readers who Is acquainted with thi subject mentioned below, kindly Inform me bow many barrels of neiro loum bare been exported to foreign countries from the United States since 1S83, and greatly oblige Fojuaajr COBBESPOiTDEitT. MDJSHIPMA1T SPEHCEE'3 FOLLY. A Bit of Old History Abont an IB-Starred Yonng Man. , A correspondent of the Washington Star, writing from the Naval Academy. Annapolis, says -that several ladles well known, in Wash ington are interesting themselves to have tbe records in the case of Midshipman Spencer so indorsed a to show his innocence, and that a movement is on foot to provide a monument tor Spencer. Tbe story of tbe ill-starred middy, with wbicb the older generation is quite familiar, is thus givea to tbe Star: "In J8U the brig Horn ets was returning to tbe United States from a foreign practice cruise witb a crew mostly of midshipmen, as naval cadets were tben desig nated. One of them, Midshipman Spencer, a son ot the Secretary of War at the time, sought to amuse himself by making a fanciful list of a pirate's gang from tbe Somers' crew. In bis leisure hours he mads a list of these names in Greek and placed it in a razor oasel During a long, tedious nlgbtwatcb be tried to fricbten a paymaster's clerk hy telling him of a fanciful scheme, bus tbe latter took it more seriously than the young joker bad ever dreamed of and reported it with a magni fied account to the riptaln. Tbis courageous officer was so frighten I that be conld scarcely call bis soul bis own, and im mediately secured tbe chief offender and sev eral of his friends by putting them in donble irons and tying tbem in bags. A summary court martial, that-was a mockery of justice, passed a sentence nf death on the midship man and four of his friends among tbe sea men for mutiny, supported only by a list of names in. a razor case and a boy's midnight ioKing, and tbis was within a hundred miles of the United States, where, from the very natnre of tblnc.a mutiny womu De almost impossible. Spencer's classmates were forced to bang bim, and the Captain, who countenanced and caused such a horrible injustice, went unpunished. This event more than anything elsq. it is said, caused the late Hon. George Bancroft, then Secretary ot the Navy, to found the IS aval Academy. Studying. to Music. " CAMBWDOB, May L It is not very of ton that Harvard student acquire knowledge to the music of a brass band, but so It happened to day. The members of one of Prof, Shaler's geological classes Were out on their usual daily exploring exenrsion and meeting a street band or some ten; pieces hired it and were pre ceded by the band during tbe ,tript. Prof. Slialer himself entered Into the humor of tbe affair and whenever anyone asked bim abont .his lore for music bis answer is always a good humored laugh. May the Boast Prove True. New York Fress.1 - , Baseball bas resumed its old proud position ot -befo' the war"o the Brotherhood and the League, and is so much tbe national game that tbe man wbn cannot talk baseball this, summer had better emigrate forlhe season. Determination on Wheels. Indlanapplls Journal. J Noman knows how desperate a woman-can look until he has seen her undertake to ride a Ab!cycle. , A NEW HOPE. v I tcoffed at the "silver lining;" "i Itnecrcijat Hoper Tliee.ire" ' lint l I about my every hour Cast shiilow everywhere. - - -r Mr llitlcdaurlitcr listened-' ' I' And, snUilnjcmadereplyr4. f.iithongbt that shadows never fell ' Unless the sun were nigh I" -r. 4. Whiting, in XovtVt CvnpaMan. CU&IOUS CONDESSAT10I&T s? "Clean towel a specialty' is a cosr splenoma sign In an Allegheny barber shop. j " A thunderbolt from clear sky killed ' yonng farmer1 near Emporia, Ka.; Thardays. Montreal, Canada, will celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary ot ita foundation oa tholStb inst, ' In the Crystal Palace, London, there is ahappy famlly.oI21 fu one cage. It Include liens; bear, tigers, panthers,' ponies, ffeataa4 boar hounds. Germany employs 5,800,000 women in Industrial pursuits: "England. 4,000,000; Prance, K,750.oe0; Italy, 3.500,0001 aad Austro-Hungary nearly the same number. Croswell, Mich., people go heavy oa secret societies ind'tee entire male population belong to soma one or other of the societies having branched in tbe place. Corn is selling at 90 cents a bushel la West Tennessee towns, and may go to SL' Meanwhile cotton Is only S cents, and tending; -downward. This ia extraordinary. A Kewaygo, Micb., girl wasl given $1S by her lever to purchase a trosseau. 8be evi dently had never beard tbe word beforsvfor sbe Invested the money in a pair ot trousers. -A guide in tbe Hoosehead region, em ployed ia carrying the United .States mail, swam quite a distance under tbe ice Monday to save hfi life, which be risked fn making mail connections. , A schoolmistress in Chillicothe, III,, ha been dismissed for tying the hands of two of ber pupils against tbe stovepipe and tbea bnrning paper in the store till tbe bands were severely bnrned. A resident of luncie, Ind., applied to the Township Trustees for money with which to purchase a license that his IS-year-old boy might marry. The trnttaes refused, and the wedding was: Indefinitely postponed. A Topeka, Kan., man received a $1,500 windfall tbe otber day in tbe way of damages allowed him by the Government for an Ice cream saloon which was destroyed by the Quantreli raiders at Lawrence in 1S63. Austria pensions ballet girls of the Vienna opera. Before tbey secure a pension, however, they must be pronounced by examin ers as neither vounc enough, beautiful enough' nor graceful enough to take even the most la (Igniflcantpart. Tbe custom prevailing in the German army of attaching to the clothing ot each man on active servicea card giving his rank, name and regimont, is to bo adopted in tbe British army. Dead and wounded men are by thia meaos readily identified. "Hardf time parties" are given in soma parts of .Nebraska. The, Invitations are sent out In funny rhyme, written on coarse browa paper and inclosed in brilliant yellow envelopes. Tbey Invite tbe receiver to be present in "rag and Litters, and tavtters-and rags." Kear Wishkovaj in Prussian Poland, an engineer discovered a long furniture wagon across tbe track, witb the gates closed on either side. Too late to stop, be pot onfnll steam and cnt tbe wagon in two, passing along safely with his engine and traln Tbe horses and driver were uninjured, the wagon and furniture in splinters. In the Third ward of Yincenues, Ind., last spring a Bepublican tied a Democrat for Councilman. Upon a new election being held, tbe Democrat was declared to have won by three majority. A contest followed and the court bas just decided tbat the Bepublican was entitled to three more votes, making the result again arte. In tbe Crimea the IransCaspian and' tbe Central Asiatic Governments of Bussia. quicksands make large inroads every year, coyering thousands of acres of the best arable soil. The most skilled engineers, under tbe direction of the Ministries of tbe Interior and ot Imperial Property hare for many years tried to stop the eril. but with little or no suc cess. Considerable interest bas been created over the discovery of an alligator six-feet long; in the waters of the Little Cuyahoga river at L. Akron, O. Tbat tbe reptile bad lived in the water tor some time was evidenced oy sue vari ous substances found In it stomach. When cut open several small flsb. pieces of river grass and a partly digested turtle were brought to light. There bas been quarried in Mains a solid shaft of granite that win be much larger than the obelisk in Central Park and will be the largest monolith in the world. It Is without a crack or flaw and is 115 feet long and 10 feet square at tbe base. The largest Egyptian obelisk, which is now at Borne, is 103 reet high. so tbat the Maine stone exceeds it by 10 feat. It Is computed to weigh not far from 860 tons. Tbe Russian pbotographers have a peculiar way of punishing customers who do not pay their bills. They hang out tbe pictures of sneb customers upside-down. One ot the Odessa dailies thinks that tbe photographers may be right in treating tbeir delinquent adult customers in such a manner, but regards it as wrong to expose to scorn the nlctares ot chil dren ordered by parents who would not pay their bills. A. St. Petersburg lady of fashion has Invented an improvement iu her turnout which, tbe local papers say, is likely to become popular with all the ladies of her rank. Sbe has a mirror fastened to the girdle ot her driver wben she takes a drive. This enable her not only to see whether ber headgear and dres3 are in perfect order, but even to notice tbe carriages and the people who are coming up behind ber Vehicle. A considerable partrjf all the gold tbat goes to India never returns Having been ob tained in tbe Wear by the sale of exported pro ductions, it is retained in the East as realised, profits, wealth stored up. and. to a moderate extent, toruse in tbe arts; for the rest, as a representative ot value, on tbe credit ot which traders buy and Sell witb tbe bills of exchange tbev issue and the book credits tbey open, and settle np tbe differences with tbe silver money or tne country. Valley City, K". D., haa a curiosity in horse flesh tbat is 'simply astonishing. He is a sorrel, stands fully 19 bands, or 6 feet i inches. from floor to withers: his legs are 3 feet 8 inches before touching tbe body, and a small broncho can easily walk under him. A man 8 feet la height can't see over his back, even wben standing on tiptoe. In length he Is fully. IS feet, or 17 feet from tip of nose to tip ot tail. When standing witfl his bead as ordinarily checked np a 6-foot man. by standing on tiptoe, can just touch tbe base of tbe ear. The finest of all lace is the Brussels, and one-fortieth -of tbe whole population of tho city is cngazed in making ir. The Government sup ports 900 lace schools, to which children are sent as young as five years. By tbe time they are ten tbey are self-supporting. The thread la hand-spnn from tbe best Brabant flax ia damp, dark cellars, whose one ray of light falls on the spinner's hand. Naturally, spinning is very unhealthy and expert get high wages. The best yarn from a single pound of flax fetches over'SVCO. The Japanese waters are frequented by many species of the crab family, and bave the honor of enveloping the largest of all tbe crabs, the leaches Kempferi or spider crab. These grow to an enormous size, and from the point nf nnn lart-A daw to the other, with a well- grown crab, the distance Is fully ten feet, while -the front legs are quite five feet long- The body is triangular in inapo sua ussuii cuhj parison wifh the length ot the leg. At the end of trie creat" long spider-like legs are sharp, i.-nif..liL.a protuberances and tbe front legs nave powerful plncer-llke claws, armed with sharp teeiu. xusy jwk. jui ijp sikuwu spiders and are eaten by the Japanese, JOCOSE JOTTINGS. MOBE TB.TJTH THAJT POXTST. Worth makes tbe man. The want of lttbe chumo: He who -rould succeed la life . Unit get on a move and hump ? Soiton Tranteript, Teacher Tommy.. cia ytt Kre ma a sentence In hlch bat is a conjunction! Tommy-Seethe goat butt the boy. Butt Is, conjanctlou and connects the boy witb the goat, Brooklyn Eagle, Tommy What doe Colonel stand Urt Mr. BJones Any gentleman south of the Ohio, Harvard Lampoon. Tencber Why does Great Britain sup.. -port royaltyf , . iropu jjecansc royalty cunut ,kv - -.--, poeA. J The really wise man is the one trho seize a good thing when he knows It. WalMngtoi Pott, , Arch Imp These nineteenth, century in novations tares tea to rnln our business! j Ornlnary Devll-Wbat is going wtookT - , Arch Imn What novelties have we to show a' i man who comes to us irom a creumurji i.y , I Tnir.n 11. fiSitT iill von that takes are evolved. Ilka everything else. " C. -McoU Sneer Well, they dent obey tho same laws asjBiber evolved tbluas. Laffau B. ratt-lndeedt .. ., , C. lcoH Bneer-They dAn't seem to- be affected I by tjp law of tho 'luxTlral ot tbe ," Piwt nl ' c
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