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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY. MAY. 10. I89L THE MXT PRESIDENT. The results of a poll of the State Legisla ture as to Presidental preferences, printed in another column, trill no doubt prove a sur prise to the majority of readers. That Re publican sentiment has been gradually drift ing toward the Plumed Knigbtbas been gen erally recognized, but that it has gone so far as to give him such au overwhelming ma jority atnonc: the lawmakers of the Keystone State was not anticipated. Mr. Blaine's friends can thank his lucky stars for hav ing brought to him more matters of great importance than usually fall to the premier of an administration, for his masterly manner ot disposing of them has confirmed the belief of the Republic in his surpassing ability, and brought him nearer than ever to the people. Blaine and protection ex cite more enthusiasm than ever before, but there are many who believe iu the efficacy of twinging around the circle, and it is by no means certain that when the sentiment of the Republican party has fully crystal lized it will be in the form indicated by the poll at Harrisbnrg. Another surprise is that the prestige of a freshly won victory and local pride have not won over Irom Cleveland and Hill more of a following for Paltlion, esnecially since the former have not yet settled their differ ences. On the whole, the poll it very in structive at this stage of affairs In both the great parties. That tho sentiment of tho people of tho State Is pretty correctly re flected by the preferences of their repre sentatives nt Unrrisburg can bo fairly taken for granted. Tin: iiit WAV to un IT. Tlio Gcriior'a recommendation, tint the money i ccritcd from tliti Uultod Btatci for tlio irtuui nl the direct tux shall be applied, together with the uninvested portion of tho sinking fund, in llin payment of the debt maturing nvxt February, meets with almost universal approval. Tills will leave undis turbed tlio Invested portion of tho sinking fund. 'I I. ure U no mora business-like disposition ol surplus funds tliiui to apply thorn to the payment of duut. No honest individual or organization witb money to Invest can In vest it more securely than in his or its own obligations. Resides this business propriety this comas would bo appropriate from the fact that a part of the State debt is the re sult of war expenditures, which would have been lessened except for the payment of the dir-ct tax to the General Government. Governor Pattisou's recommendation has vle.n endorsed without regard to party lines, and a bill has been introduced by Mr. Taggart for the same purpose. It is to be hoped that the Legislature will direct this lain, business-like disposition of the money without permitting politics to creep into the matter. A DELATED DISCUSSION. Some of our esteemed cotemporaries have exhibited a good deal of activity in discuss ing the site of the Carnegie main building after the question has been settled. This is, perhaps, excusable, in view of the idea that the fire the other night vacated a site which would be eligible don ntown. But if those urging it were to inquire the price at which properties iu that section are held, esti mate the amount needed to buy a plot the size needed, and then add the extra cost re quired to raite, not only the floors of the building, but the basement, above flood line, to protect the heating arrangements from being flooded, new light might be shed on the subject. This discussion is well enough, although a little ex poitfacto, but some of tbe state ments are of the mischevious sort only par donable through extreme ignorance. Thus -when it has been said that the working peo ple "have been told again and again" that the chief library is not for their use. it is necessary to remark that no one with any authority has said anything of the sort; and for any outsider to do so is idiocy of tbe most noxious variety. The only excuse either tor the library or for the park is that they are for the use of the working people. It is almost equally stupid to assert that the flimsiest of pretexts, "inability to se cure a cheap enough site," was the excuse for locating the main library meaning the reference library at Schenley Park. The supporters of a downtown site on. the Board of Trustees sought to find one for over a year. The basis for the desire to have the main buildings in the business part of the city is the idea that thereby they will be closer to the masses. But when this in actual practice would take away from the people the one feature that brings the free circulating libraries home to them, that jtrr desire must impel those who hold it to J preserve the most popular feature of the project. The continued inability to comprehend this most important and characteristic part of the project is evinced by a journalistic remark that it is proposed "at some time in the future" to establish district libraries in various parts of tbe oity. It is one of the condition of the plan that the district libra ries shall be completed and turned over to the city as soon as the main buildings are. It is not necessary to start work on them first, because it will only take two seasons at most to construct them, while four sea sons at least will elapse before tbe main buildings will be ready. The district libra ries might be completed two years before tbe main buildings if it is determined that the city wishes to appropriate the money to operate them. When our esteemed cotemporaries fully master the fact that the mp-st important teature of the Carnegie donation, both in popular use and In the amount of expendi ture, will be ample circulating libraries in all the residence districts, their comments will acquire the additional value of intelli gence. THE FIRST COST OF GAS. The statement that manufactured fuel gat can be placed in the pipes at a primary cost of ljc per thousand has lately been made as conveying an assurance that the supply of gas will be permanent and ample in future. If true, tbe fact that fuel gas-is scarce at 15 cents per thousand when needed, and that the mills are burning coal in a way to waste millions annually in soot and smoke, indi cates a radical deficiency somewhere in the social and personal make-up of this great industrial community. A great deal has been heard in the past of the cheapness at which manufactured gas can be placed in tbe pipes. Tbe figure has been stated all the way from nothing which the cost named above closely approx imates to 17 per thousand, the figure named by a gas expert of this city some years ago. The wide gap between the highest of these figures and the charge of $1 00 per thousand for illuminating gas, and that between tne lowest and the charge of 15 cents per thou sand for fuel gas with the expectation iu reserve of a raise to 0 cents will strike the average householder. But there is another feature even more impressive. A thousand feet of gas is, by a rough approx imation, the fuel equivalent of a bushel of coal. If manufacturers are burning coal at 6f7c when they could get gas at lc, and save enough on the cost of handling the coal and ashes, and the perfect regulation of the heat, to pay interest on the gas plant, they must be willing to psy a long price for the privilege of darkening the atmosphere and soiling the city. The hiatus between the asserted cost of producing gas and tbe rising prices of fuel gas is calculated to arouse doubts as to the accuracy of the first named figures. Bnt there is enough corroboration to be certain that there are remarkabe compensations in the making of coal gas. One alone of the by products, coal tar, has increased sixfold In price during the last fifteen years, while in a more recent period coke has doubled in price. It is well worth time to direct authoritative inquiries as to tbe figure which would afford, on a large consumption, a fair profit above the first cost of manufac turing either fuel or illuminating gas. ALOAK EXHIBITION. It will be seen from an announcement in our loool columns, that the Exposition Society will this iall present the valuable feature in Its art department of a loan ex hibition of the fine works of art in tho possession of private owners In this city. This will be an addition of no slight merit to tbe attractions of the Exposition. The former loan exhibition was an example of what can be offered by assembling the artlstlo possessions of private owners. The acquisitions of art by tbe. picture owners of Pittsburg have bein large slnco that time. A representative exhibition of tho paint logs of private owners in this city will ht of great value, both as affording tbe public an opportunity to enjoy works of art, And ai showing tho value and character of the prlvato collections of Pittsburg. Tho plans of the Exposition management lor tho proper display ol tho paintings are com plete, and tho feature will tio ono of tho most attractive that tho Socloty hss ever preitnted. CnAIlQES OV LAWLESSNESS. It Is stated that tho Governor lias ordered an investigation of tho oliarge that foreign ers are compelled lo work against their will in the coke regions. At tbe same time tho report comes from that district that tho houses from which the strikers hare beou evicted are being set fire to. All suoh statements should be thoroughly and impartially investigated, and if either act has been committed tbe law should apply tho prompt remady. It seems incredible that in this country anyone can be forced to work against his will. It ought to be in credible that workingmen can be so lost to every consideration of law and good sense as to try to support their cause by incendi arism. Nevertheless, when a conflict has got to the pass where charges are rife on both sides that law, property and liberty are set at naught, it is time to have a thorough inves tigation. The parties found guilty, if there are any, should be given a severe lesson that the law is supreme. "The ballot reform meeting at the Acad emy of Music, on Wednesday evening, brought a speedv response from tbe Chairman of the Senate Elections Committee, who telecrapbed, while the meeting was in progress, that the committee had decided to report tbe bill favor ably," says the Philadelphia Frets, in prema ture jubilation. . Yes,and the promise was kept to the extent oreportlngihe bill favorably after mutilating it so badly that Its authors are now denying tbe paternity of the measure. The favorable report was on a fraudulent bill. Framing constitutional, convention and and ballot reform bills so as to boom the Inter ests of one politician or another for Governor furnishes a striking example of the inability of our legislators to pass genuine measures. The statement is made that "persons have been arrested for smuggling Chinamen into this State from Canada, and into Illinois from Mexico, and Into the Slate of Washington from British Columbia." This is calculated to create a wonder how the smugglers succeeded in smuggling Chinamen from Mexico into Illinois without first smuggling them into other States. The sudden change of position by the politicians on tbe subject of ballot reform in dicates that the former enemies of the measure are so thoroughly converted that they are now ready to smother it witb tbelr embraces. Psof. TOTTEN'a idea that the m illennium will arrive in 1899, predicts a comparatively short lease qf lite for monopolies and political rings. Bat If the Pennsylvania legislature continues to mutUato reform meainres in tbe present style tbe people may take it iu'.o their heads to wipe out that sort of politics -before tbe millennium comes. "Govjsbnob Pattison," Myi co tem porary, "is proceeding on tho theory that tho THE' I -M. .." V man who saws the most wood will have the call in 1S92." Possibly the Governor will also take o.ccaslon to show what an upright Executive can do in the shape ot splitting nn some very rotten political timber in the shape of thatfalti fled ballot reform bill. The post period has passed if we except that with which the Governor will blast 'that ballot reform fraud If it ever reaches him. WHILE the dairy interests are making a perfectly justifiable war on oleomargarine, it is worth their while to notlos that rirst-class but ter is always In demand at top prices. Farmers who devote their time in sending pure and gilt edged butter to market need not fear the com petition of the bogus kinds. Tns editorial activity of Colonel Elliott F. Bbepard, Russell Harrison, and the local commentator on tbe library site, shows that the fool-killer Is making a grievous blunder In re garding his offlco as a sinecure The stoppage of seal catching would have been au exceedingly unpopular measure with tbe men. It would have put up the prlco of sealskin jackets, and every one knows that would be tbe time wben every man's wife and daughter would have wantod a now one. Was there not, at some remote time, men tion madoot a certain Baron de-Favar The quickness with which llttlo people can drop out of sight and hearing Is really remarkable. New York's determination not to have any exhibit at the World's Fair is about the plainest declaration yet mado by tbe metropo lis and the State appurtenant thereto that they have no interest In tbe prosperity or trade of tbe country at large. Mr. Blaine's letter absolutely forbid ding his friends to think of blm still remains se creted in tbe depths of young Mr. Harrison's inner Consciousness. PEOPLE PABAOBAPHED. Eli ATLSWOBinof Providence, a ban ker, 90 years of age. Is said to be au active and keen business man yet. Rose Fawiuobhe says that Emerson's memory became so weak at last that be used to go out looking for himself in the streets of Concord. Mark Twain is going to Europe with his family in June and may stay several years. J When he returns the "Fakir Abroad ' may be expected from his pen. Dr. Gallinoeb, tbe new Senator from New Hampshire, boasts that he has set type in nearly every newspaper office north of Mason and Dixon's line and between Maine and the Mississippi. EX-COXQBESSMAX FBANK LAWXEE, who is contemplating tbe establishment of a daily paper in Chicago, as the organ of Carter Harrison, is not a member of tbe Italian Mafia, as might bo supposed. Mes. Locke, mother of David B, Locke, (Petroleum V. Nasb), who has been livine in poverty near Wheeling, W. Va., has received a pension on account, ot her late husband, Na thaniel Locke, having served in tbe war of 1812. Mes. McShane, the wife of the new Mayor of Montreal, is said to bo the most beautiful and popular woman in Canada. She is a native of the United Statea and it was largely dne to her that her husband was elected to theMayoralty. Genebal Nelson A. Miles, who has just returned from an extended trip through Mexico.says tbe Apaches of the extreme South west are now devoting themselves to agricul ture. They will probably raise wheat instead of Cain hereafter. Senator Hoar's beardless face, black suit, white tie and eyeglasses often ca,nse him to be taken for a minister, but the man who makes tbe mistake soon finds out that he Is Off his base if ne begins to say a word in favor of Grorer Cleveland's chances tor re-election. Hauid Bet, Director of tbe Imperial Museum In Constantinople, has sent examples of paintings by himself to the Berlin Art Ex hibition. Tbe tact is a notable one. owing to the well-known disfavor In which Islamlsm holds the art of painting. Hamld Is the first Turkish painter to become known to tho west ern world. ' Lotris Kossuth, now 89 yean old, fools tbe Infirmities of age greatly, especially his slowly falling sight. He writes to a friend: "There Is something abnormal In tho organism of my ejes wbioli opticians cannot explain, It seems. I am obliged to read and write, there fore, without glasses. Tho effort, howevir, often exhausts mo. Dn. Kaiil OuszEftLny, who died recent ly in Hanover, was, In all probability, tlio old est art protonor In tho world, Oostorley was born In 1S0J In Uoottlngon, whoro ho bioamo a professor of art In 1829, He retained his pro fessorship, with tlio directorship of tlio art gallery, until 1801. Among his host workt aro "Wltteklnd's Conversion," "The Daughter of Joptba," "Christ Waning the Children" and "llucreor1! Leonora." , Lady Alicxandick LEvusoN-Gownrt, a beautiful and gently-nurtured young woman, was so affected by tlio death ot her mother, tho lato Ducbeil of fclutberland.lhat she renouuotd tbe world of fashion, In which sba was a sool etyqueon, and Decmuea working narse In a London hospital. Hut the work was too muoh for her, and the sorubblng and drudging to which all nurses are sabject undermined her boalth and brought on a consumption from which she roeently died, Fly tho Flag, Watertown, N. V Times. 3 President Harrison was ashamed that, In tho bay of Han Francisco, tbe ocean ships boro the colors of foreign nations and none ot them tbe American flag. It is a matter for this nation to be ashamed of. DEATHS OP A DAY. Mrs. Charles Ott, The 'death of Mrs. Charles Ott, of the Boutbstde will be a sadden shock to ber many friends on tbat tide oftbe river. Mrs. Ott was tbe wife of tbe ei-Strcet Commissioner, who is a well-known contractor of the Soutuslde. Mrs. Ott was 43 years old. and was a sister of Itobert Well, another prominent citizen of tbat section of tbe city. Tbe funeral will takevplaee from the late home of tbe deceased, 1309 Bluff street, to-morrow. Mrs. Ott was known and recognized as one of the most charitable of women, bhe was a member of bt. Peter's Church, bnt the funeral services will be held at St. Michael's Church, on tbe Southslde, from which interment will be made. The deceased bad spent SI years of married life, and through he death one of tbe happiest homes In tbe city baa been broken up. Obituary Notes. tB. William W. Dow, one of the oldest and most esteemed physicians of gomerrllle, Mass., died Friday, aged 57. HetbtH. Gbidhy, a noted mas'er mechanic and Inventor of sawmill and pulp mill machinery, died at Fulton, N. Y.. Saturday, axed 63 Tears. Genebal John J. Milhan. who won his title as Medical Director of the Third Armv Corps dur ing the Civil War. is dead at New York. He was a prominent physician. H. r. Haumett died Friday at Greenville, S.O. He was President or the Piedmont and Camper down Cotton Mills and one of tbe most enterpris ing manufacturers In the State. Kev. S. P. Ubat, a well-known Metbodlst Episcopal minister, of the Northern New 5fork Conference, died at Watertown Wednesday, ated 61 He was a radical Prohibitionist. ' A. W. KINEAltsOX, aged 73, the father of W. O. ltlnearson. General 1'assencer Agent of the New York. 1-aLe Erie and Western Railroad, died at Hamilton, O., yesterday moraine of paralysis. CAPTAIX LODOWICK It. FOEDBAM, who died suddenly In bis borne, Brooklyn, Thursday, was one of the last of the sea captains Identified witb the prosperous days of bag Harbor when whalers crowded ber port. ADOLra WooLitEB, the Vlee President of tbe Whisky Trust, died at bis residence In Peoria, 111., yesterday morning, after an Illness of about xen aayswuninnammation or tne -joweis. His death was very sudden and unexpected. J AMIS W. Biiadlkt, proprietor of the Tontine Hotel, New Haven, and one of the oldest hotel men In Connecticut, died Friday evening- He was 76 years of age and daring his early manhood drove a suite between Bridgeport and Woodbnry. In 1859 he went to New Haven and kept a hostelry on State street, which was known to state drivers all through New England. CAFTAWJonNJ. Mxllab. of the New Orleans drug house of I. L. Lyons A Co.. died Friday morning. He was one of the most popularmen in New Orleans. Ho was born iu Delaware, and was a classmate at college with Secretary liayard. He was for years one or the ruling spirits or the Boyal Host, tbe manager of the annnal Mardl Oris pa- Seants, a member of tbe Howard Association and ed Cross Society, Vice President of tbe Irlih AmerlcinClub of New Orleans a member of sev eral Catholic societies, and a former member of the Legislature. PITTSETIRG DISPATCH.' 0UE UEWEST IHTEBKATIOSAL MIX Some Interesting Press Comment! Upon IU Various Phases. New York Herald, lnd.1 The escape of the Itata from San Blego Is a curious comment on the Inefficiency ot our Federal officials. Is was well Known that she had been chartered by the Chilean insurgents, who are running short of ammunition and other material of war. In the mean time, sp far as we are conoerned, Balmaeeda represents Chile and if we propose to maintain onr fixed policy we should avoid sneb stupid blunders as that turnnzh which tne Itata went to sea with a United States marshal on board. New Tork Press, Sep. The defiant action of tbe Chilean insurgent stoamer Itata in leaving San Diego while under arrest by United States authorities needs punishment. The vessel was plainly engaged in defying tho neutrality laws of the United States. There was no other course for the Government than to order ber seizure under the circumstances. There Is no other course for It now than to order our warsblps In the Pacific to capture tho Itata if possible. Philadelphia Press, Jlep.J The escape of tbe Itata, requires o( the United States every effort for nor capture. She can bo seized nhorever found and broueht back to Ban Diego, and we believe she will be. The obllgatlono of a neutral nation march with Its privileges. The United Btates has alwuys claimed for a neutral flag protection from search for and the capture ot an enemy's goods. This claim ran only be made good if neutrals coustniB rigorously and exercise vigorously tbelr dnty to prevent the use of their ports as a base of operation or a sonrce ot warlike sup plies. Philadelphia Times, Bern. For this defiance of onr anthorlty the United Btates oould hardly domand satisfaction with out recognizing the Insurgents as belligerents, and small satisfaction would be got out of tnem. But even if the Itata has rendered her soil a pirate, tbe quostlon of our liability to Chile for her departure remains for settlement. Apparently It la a novel point how great a de eree of caution must be exercised by a neutral to Btop a belligerent vessel. Its discussion be tween Chile and tho United States is rather possible than probable, the present barbario struggle having so exhausted Balmaeeda that be is little likely to care for foreign complica tions. But, harassed as he Is, we certainly owe him an apology. New York Times, Mug. J There seems to be np donbt that our Govern ment was acting in the line ot its duty toward a friendly power in causing the seizure of the ItatA in the port of San Diego. We have not recogmzea the so-called Congressional party in Chile as a belligerent, but we may do so In tbe very act of dealing with this case. If we were not obliged to put a force on board the' vessel sufficient to hold her at all hazards, and cannot thereforelbe held responslblejfor her escape, it is not our absolute duty to exert our selves to recapture her. Nevertheless such an exertion seems to be demanded as a vindication of our own autbority, which has been insulted and defied, and as a friendly act to the Chilean Government, which might be disposed to ques tion our vigilance in Its behalf. At all events, if we recapture tbe vessel or -do our utmost to tbat end, it will clear us of all responsibility in tbe premises. TEE FLAG HAVE CAKE I A War Incident That Those Interested Should Bemembor. New York Press.! Forming one of a circle around the campflre at the Tenderloin Club a few nights ago was General Dustan, the genial Chairman of the Committee of Epicures. When tbe General's torn came he related the following episode as having occurred during tbe late unpleasant ness, which was apropos ot tbe conversation, which bad turned on tba convalescence of Gen eral Bosecrana, Begister of the Treasury. "I am delighted to bear." said General Dustan, "that Rosy, as he is affectionately called, is well again. 1 was with him in Ten nessee during the war. I never saw blm fazed but once, and on tbat occasion be bad great dif ficulty in keeping a straight face, although pre paring for a funeral. He had on his staff a mil itary dude, who got there no one knew how. Ho was one ot thosef ellows, resplendent in uni form, who make tbelr horses prance sideways on parade. He was certainly beautiful to look at, hut he never opened his mouth without fa tal results. General Plummer had been killed and the preparations (or the funeral In proper military style were nearly com plete. A flag was required tn cover the caisson on which tbo coffin rested, and Roseorans dispatched his dudlsh aid to procure one. Beturned with tbe nag In hi" hand, tho resplendent creature caused bis sbowy horse to pranco up to tbo General, and, aftor saluting, be said: 'General tho flag have came I' A broad grin appeared upon the faces of tbo rest of tbo staff, hut Iloieorans, with admirable composure, orderol the dnde to take tbo flag to the caisson, and, as that worthy nranced oft In groat magnlQoeiioo, Hurgoon Thralo atepood up to tho Goneral, and saluting with inook solemnity, remarked) 'General, tho flag have wentl' This was too much for Bosy, whoso dignity vanlsbod undor tho Influence of tbo hearty laughter tbat fol lowed." THE DEADLY OPEN CAB. Homo Iteinurks by n Physician Tbat the' l'nbllo Might (Veil Heed, Now York Herald. 3 "A very frequent cause ot Illness and death In tbls olty," said a prominent physician to me the othsr night, "aro tho upon street cars. In tho ralddlooftbosummerttioyaroftll very well dur ing tbo daytime, but at nlgbt they are more dan gerous to Jlfo than a mild smallpox epidemic, Tba man who can rldo In an open oar at nlgbt, nornattorliow he is areiiea or how robust h mav be. and not take cold Is a very rare lm vldual. This year, owing to tbe early sprlrij me open oars wero inuicieu on us inu.cn aoei oi tne usual time, ui course, com nays s ceeaea aim tne cars were sun Kepi on ana in- fortunately won patronized. "To this tact i traco a great many of toe grip cases about which thore has been so much complaint during tbe past month. Tbe vfirst featnre of tbe case is that, no matter bowfcold the day or bnw raw tbe night air, the pubuo In sist on riding in tbo open cars If there arl any on tbe road. New Yorkers seem to have an unconquerable weakness for them. 1 "In my opinion," be concluded. "It Is almost criminal to allow the useot open cars ifl this city, where tbe atmosnberio changes re so marKCU anu so suaaen. And then he snuffed, took a quinine said: "I rode In one myself last night. very pleasant." THOUGHT IT WA8 A BLIZZAl A Surprised Parrot In Philadelphia Remark. Ices a Philadelphia Inquirer. There was great excitement in Bro street station yesterday afternoon while be depot was crowded with pedple at the soum I of a ter- rifle crash. Hundreds rushed out to Itho train gates expecting to see a runaway train smash. up. But it was only a truck tnll of trnjiks piled up as high as an ordinary bouse thai lost bal ance and came toppling down like hnjge blocks. It was a sight to sea tbe various truntks rolling over ana over anasjD note mo neipiais expres- Bion on me poor iruc&uau a jii;e. Curiously enough, a birdcage co! talnlng a the venr poll parrot, whicn was percnea on lioiirht of the pile, lit eauarely and eotly on the right side of a big trunk without atra to bird or cacre. ny dam- Poll ruffled his awry feathers and s "Great guml Did HIsmarcK win?" METHODIST GENEBAL C0I No Change Will Be Made In tho P: Holding the Meeting. Cincinnati, May 9. Tho committee of seven in charge of arrangements for the place of tbe next General Conference of tbelMeth odist Episcopal Church, to be held la May, 1892, met hero to-day. The arrangements made in Ohio werTjs re ported to the committee. The requirement of $25,000 has been exceeded by securing 131,(000. Boyd's Opera House has been engaged for the conference sessions, and ample arrangements made ror the entertainment ot delegatei. of whom there maybe 600. Tbe reports wfore, satisfactory, ana give ni reason lor cnangnng tbe place of meeting. . 1 ENOUGH CHUECHES HOW. Kev. Howard HacQaeary Says He WIH Not Organize Another. rSMCIAL TXLXOBA TO THX CISrATCH.1 Canton, May 9. Rev. Howard MacQueary was asked aa to the report to the effect that he had received a proposition to start an inde pendent Episcopal Church at Cleveland. Kev. Mr. MacQueary says the report is without foundation, and tbat thsre are enough churches In tbe world now. Ha thought be could flsd , pljMO te preach with out organizing one. SUKDA. MAY fly few . J T nnll MURRAY'S MUSINGS. An Amethyst rrcml tool XIV.-An ArtUt's Work Marked Counterfeit Buttermilk on the Streets Kissing In a Darkened Theater Kule of the Chafing Dish. There was a modest and retiring looking gentleman sitting on one of the plush sofas at the Flftb Avenue tbe other day. It was Mr. JS. H. Patterson, of Plneville, Ky. On the little finger of his left hand be displayed a curiously set amethyst ring. It was not an ex pensive bit of Jewelry.bat odd enough to attract the attention of a close observer. "That ring ha an hlstorlo value," said Mr. Patterson. "It was a present to a member of my family from Louis XIV. My wife Is a grand daughter of Owens, of Mb Sterling, Ky., with whom tbe exiled -monarch stopped while in this country Incognito in the time of the First Napoleou. While at her grandfather's house tbe King ono evening Just before parting took a glass of wine and dropped- halt a dozon Joweis In it; then, after drinking the wine from off tbe precious stones, dlstribitiod them among the various members of the family as a mark of his personal estoeni. , This particular stone finally fell to my wife's sister who died in Ash Tllle, N. C recently, and by her it was pre sented to me. It has been all through the war and has boen considered a lucky stone. At any rate nothing would Induce me to part with it." Habit and tbe Restaurants, Does it cost any more to cook and sorvea boefsteak or roast properly than it does to do so improperly f That Is a qu estlon tbat bothers a good many people who take their meals at restaurants about town. There Is no ruling price, apparently, for a single article of food in New York. A slice of roast beef In a good restaurant is usually charged at 85 cents, al though It can bo bad fairly good at 80 cents. Thore Is about 6 cents worth of meat given In such a cub When 10 and 60 cents Is charged the customer he generally gets a little bigger. If not a little better slice, but not necessarily. In many cases potatoes are thrown in with an ardor of beef or anv other meat, sometimes nob This will make 10 or 15 cants difference. If yod know the town well you will know where to get tbe best roast beef for tbe least money. But tbls is a long and expensive schooling. And wben you strike it with one particular dish it must be learned all over again in other particulars. There are places where the cooking and prices are fair, but where the service is abominable, and vice versa. If a proprietor was smart b,e would understand tbat dirty tablecloths and untidy waiters take away tbe appetite of sensitive people, and in this way be loses much monoy. Thore Is a curious pnase of human nature, upon which the restaurateur exists, and this Is toroe of hablb Wben a man has created a habit of eating at a certain place he thinks of that particular place whenever be gets hungry. He may have begun by accident, secured a good seat, a good waiter, or got acquainted with tbe proprietor, or got some favorite dish to his taste, or met agreeable people some in significant thing struck him favorably. In a few (lays be goes there by habit. He gets angry and dissatisfied : every now and then and tries another place, but be finds drawbacks everywhere, and goes back again. Habit Is stronger than the attractions of superior food and cookery stronger than money considera tions. Even dirt is a habit with some people. It it were not for habll the good will of a hotel or a newspaper would be wortbless and scores of restaurants around town would be closed in a month. An Artist's Peculiar Predicament Mr. Charles E. Proctor is an artist who works at his profession for love, not because he has particular need for money. His father is Vice President and his grandfather President ot the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Mr. Proc tor, the artist, is, therefore, of rich bnt honest parents. He ij also very clever with pencil and brusb. A abort time ago be painted a portrait of the late lamented Fessenden tbat has at tracted considerable attention. Tbe familiar background of tbe picture, tbe face of a 810 bill, was also reproduced with true artistic skill. The wbole was placed in a jeweler's win dow on Broadway, and was very much admired. A couple of these admirers shortly afterwards called on the youthful artist and inquired if the picture was really and truly his work, you know. "I'm the man," said Mr. Proctor, scenting an important order. "Then, sir, will yon kindly come along with us?" said one of the gentlemen. "Yes, you'll hare to come along with us," said the other gentleman, a little more peremp torily. "Where: Whatr I don't exactly under stand," stammered the artist. "Wo aro United states detectives," replied tbo first speaker,very blandly, "and I fear your picture is a violation of the law. It U a 3uestlon for the Secretary of the Treasury to ecide." And they marched tbe talented artist to that dingy old building down town tbat files a non descript flag, the stripes of which run up and down instead of tbe good old way. Tho pict ure went along. A consultation was held. It was sent to Washington, wbero another con sultation wa held, Id which tho artist's talents formod tho rrlnclpal subjeot of discussion. It oamo back a.taln and another consultation was held. In whlLh tbo artist was an Interested llstoncr. Finally, both ploturo and artist wero releuen. tbolormor Druiisrly stamped "coon. tt rfelt," tho latter excessively Mattored by this offlolal trlbuto to hit genius, lie will hereafter carefully dlroot that gunlus In a dlfforont direc tion when Jio wants to make monoy. tTlio Vendors of Ilnttormlik, Tin .buttermilk man's shadow Is nowoait acrostbe curb In various parts of town. Tho buttermilk man may haro but a slnglo osn sunk In f kind of push-cart, tbo outfit not unlike a parfint tiro extinguisher, or ho may haro a stylish four-wheelor with mulo attachment, a okload of osns and a relay of white-aproned awers. Ho mar sou buttermilk only, and matlines. to the nnhannr encouragement of ho liquor traffic, bo It said, a very poor quality if buttermilk.. Then, again, ho may include west milk, cream and half-and-half (two pans of milk to ono part of cream) and even toed tea. And how tlio nickels and dimes merrily chink and chirrup at him about noonday! In tlio lower orooked and crowded streets of tho metropolis there is a oonstant and steady cunent of coin, Ho Is not allowed to stop long In ono spot, but there bo is, somewhere, at mid day in a llttlo thirsty crowd nt messenger boys, clerks, office lads, curbstone brokers and what not, doing a lively trade, Uptown tbo butter milk man Is usually a woman behind a white marble bar ajid in front of a line of battered cans In coolers. There Is usually a glass case containing snowy balls of cottage cbeese, other cases of fresh Orange county butter and drip ping glasses galore. Tbe dairymaid, wno never saw a cow In her life, at least with the skin on, plunges a long-bandied tin concetn down Into the northeast corner of tbe buttermilk can, and by a quick and clever twist of tbe wrist empties It Into a glassjust as you expect to see it go up her sleeve. Having extracted 8 cents from you for this mechanical office, she tnrns to anotber customer with an air that Indicates tbat the life of such a dairymaid is not worth living. Buttermilk drlnklne In New York is a popular summer fashion. The beverage can be had at any of tbe fasbtonable bars about town. Vichy and milk Is another common drink. In fact, nice sweet milk can be bad at any New York bar tbe year around, Realism In Front of the Stage. In changing scenery In the second act of the new melodrama called "The Power of tho Press," now running at the Star Theater, the lights are turned down very low. In fact they are practically put.out, and the audience Is left for a few seconds In Egyptian darkness. A sub dued feminine titter usually runs through the auditorium wben this occurs. This titter be came a roar of laughter the other night when distinct sounds of kissing arose in varions parts of tbe bouse. It was first a modest osculatory vibration from a remote section of tbe orches tra circle. It sent a thrill up every spinal col umn in tbe immense audience. A second later a pronounced smack was beard In tbe balcony, whicu created a great sensation. Then followed a snccesslon of base imitations in tbe gallery, sprinkled with loud cries of "Come off I" "Now you Jes leave me alonel" 'Take yonr arm aWay, Charley!" etc The beginning was attributed to tbe presence of some ventriloquist, but tbo hilarious end seemed to justify the means. When the lights were turned on there were a good many rosy faces in that crowd, but no body seemed to be unhappy. It was a great bib The Law on Collections. ' "New Y ork references are no good." said Mr. Mullally, attorney for R. G. Dun dt Co.'s col lection agency, Broadtvay. "We never take them. When a note is due, we just crack ahead and bring suit. Then the man must pay costs besides. Tbat is tbe way we get our living. Wo rarely ever counsel extensions. Nino rases out ot ten if a man wants four or fire days and gets it he'll never pay at all, aud the advan tage arising from Immediate Bait Is losb All a notary has to do in case ot a note is to call at a mau's residence or place of business. He don't have to present the note tor payment If the man lsn lsn t mere a suit can ue oegun at 4 once without further notloe. It is a legal refusal to pay II tne man isn't mere so receive me notary. That is the way we do business. Our business Is to get the money for our clients. The cred itor must look out for himself. I wouldn't give the snap of my finger for tbe best reference in ew a era. 1 1 What Downtown Postmen See. rYes, we see a good many funny things," saM a postman, -une ion u not au reserved forVtbe carriers In the residence districts. There is akood deal more novelty in the downtown ". wv - i89i; frtr business deliveries. You see, we .deliver to tbe man, woman or firm personally, and not to' the servant girts and brass boxes in a vestibule. We deliver to big office buildings on all the floors. It the office door Is unlocked we walk right in. As we are usually In a hurry.we often tumble on to some mighty interesting things. I've caught men hugging their pretty type writers, quarreling with their wives, having dainty champagne lunches served in tbelr offices to rapid-looking young women, and seen all sorts ol slgbts unexpectedly. Officially, we see nothing; and in any event never give any body away. It Is none of oar business. Butwe get many a good laugh, Just the same." Calisthenics for Fonr-Year-OWs. "The growth ot the kindergarten system of starting off young children in tbe race for knowledge is not astonishing," said a lady who has devoted considerable attention to the sub ject. "It Is the school of praotlcal common sense aud is vory popular with both parents and chlldron. I have little 4-year-old tots in my school who not only know their letters and aro otherwise mentally smart, but who can do almost anything with their bands and feeb We pay more attention to the physical training of these little ones now than we ever did before. You should see some ot ray 4-year-olds putting up their wee llttIe:tnmb-bclls,tnrn!ngout tbelr toes and going through thoregnlar calisthenics. And they love It so, and think everything i"uch great fun. We don't put tbem into books. They have nothing to do with books. Letters and numerals are merely Incidental." The Bachelor and His Chafing Dish, There is a widely popular tad among Now York baobelors for domestic cookery. It is quite Eugllsb, you know. There are more men about town experimenting with a chafing dish than most people Imagine. Tbey get their own simplo breakfasts at first, then carefully and gradually branch ont in tbe broader fields of tbo culinary art. "There Is more amusement in tbls thing." said one of these amateurs, "than anything I've strnck for a long time. I have a little alcohol lamp tbat youconldput in your pocket, and with this little lamp and a chafing dish I can turn ont a good many pala table tbldns. A friend of mine In tbe same house took breakfast with me one Sunday morning. Now he's got It. It Isn't much trouble. It lends tbe needed variety to every day life. It saves & right good bit of money, too. Though I took it up originally as an amusement. It Is a sensible and highly satisfac tory way to live." Chablxs Tbeodobs Mcbsat. NEW Yobk. May 8. COWS HAVE AN EAB P0E -MUSIC. They Follow a German Band and Bellow for More Harmony. An English wiiter on the "Effects ot Musical Sounds on Animals" has published some curi ous observations on tbls subjecb A few of those relating to oxen and cows will be of In terest. Opposite to onr house was a large field in which some 12 or 13 cows were put during tbe summer months. One day a German band be gan to play on the road which divided tbe house from tbe field. The cons were quietly grazing at the other end of the field, but no sooner did tbey bear the music than they at once ad vanced toward it and stood with their heads over the wall attentively listening. This might have passed unnoticed, but npon the musicians going away, the animals fol lowed tbem as well as they could on the other Bide of the wall, and wben they could get no further stood lowing plteonsly. So excited did the cows become that some of tbem ran ronnd the field to try and get out; bub finding no out let, returned to tbe same corner where they had Inst sight of the band, and It was some time belore they seemed satisfied that the sweet sonnds were really gone. I have often noticed tbe power mnslc has over oxen. The other day we had a brass hand playing In our garden. In a field adjoining were four Scotch oxen. When the band struck up tbey were at the far end of a nine-acre field, quite ont of sight, the field being very uneven. Tbey set oft fall trot to tho garaen wall, put their necks over and remained so till the tune was finished, when tbey went back to graze; bnt as soon as tbe music struck up again tbey came and put tbelr heads once more over the wall. This went on till tbe band lefb after which they ate little all day and were continually lowing. There are many anecdotes that show tbat tbe ox or cow has a musical ear. Tbe carts in Corunna, in Spain, make so loud and disagree able a creaking sound with their wheels, for the want of oil, tbat tbe Governor once issued an order to have the wheels greased, but tbe carters petitioned that this might not be done, as tbe oxen liked tbe sound, and would not draw so well wltbout tbelr accustomed music. BE WAS HIS UNCLE. A Country Merchant Makos a Rather Start ling Declaration. Tbls Is a lawyer's story, says the blcago News l "I think he was a country merchanb Any how, he was one of those pleasant persons who pass their lives in one spot, read notbing but tho local weekly paper, sea nobody but tholr nolchbors, except when, about once in 10 years, tboy visit undo Ulldobdown In Indiana, vet who know morn about everything than any body, and know It mors positively. "Jio never spoke at second-hand about any. thing his Information was right from tho fountain-head," "I onoountorod him in tbo smoking oar ho was on tho decennial visit to Unole Ulluob, Ho sat facing mo and smoking a bad cigar, Ho Introduced himself to mo by blandly oontra dlotlug a statement that 1 made to my com panion concerning a matter In Cbloago about which J had ratnsr Intlmato knowledge. A llttlo later I remarked that tho law In Now York was so and so. Ho observed that I was mistaken. Of oourso tlio oonvorsatlon did not aonoornhlm, but I was so foolish as tn reply, 1 mentioned a certain case In tbi Court of Oyer and Terminer. Ho repllea severely that I quoted It luoorrectly, 'Then mora foolishly I got a llttlo nettled, and offered to bet and show him tbo report, "'if the books her it that way the books lo wrong,' bo answered, blandly, "'Indeed,' said I. 'You seem to have a rather Intlmato aoqualntance with Over and Terminer.' I thought tbat would oriub blm, 'Hub well, I should say so,' he answered triumphantly, That staggered mo a little, but I ventured to ask blm how he got lb and what do you think he saldr Without changing amusclobe retorted: 'Mr. Oyer Is my uncle.' " A TOT?' BETWEEN EEVEBENDS. One of Them Tries to Tako the Wind Ont of the Other's Balls, Bnt Don't A story Is told of the late Prof. Rogers and Dr. It. W, Dale, of Birmingham, says London Tid-BUs. These two gentlemen were giving a series of lectures in Lancashire, and at every town which tbey visited Dr. Dais noticed tbar bis colleague, wbo always spoke first, made tbe same speech. In fact, so otten did the Pro fessor give that speech tbat the worthy Doctor knew It off by heart, and this fact led the latter to think of a way ot taking the wind ont ot his friend's sails. On their arrival at a town In South Lan cashire, Dr. Dale asked Dr. Rogers to allow him to speak flrsb an arrangement to which tbe latter readily agreed; so Dr. Dale rose and pro ceeded to deliver tbe speech of Dr. Rogers, looking every now and then with tbe comer. ot his eye to see how tbat worthy gentleman was taking this practical joke. Dr. Rogers sat calm and composed, and. when at lenzth bis turn came to speak, be Inst as calmly rose and delivered, to Dr. Dale's 'utter astonishment, quite a new speech. At the conclnsion ot the meeting. Dr. Dale said to his colleagne: "I thouzhtl had taken tbe wind out of your sails to-night." Dr. Rogers replied: "Oh. no; I delivered that speech when I was here a month ago." WOMEN TUBN 0UZ Tired of Sending in Petitions They Clean the Streets Themselves. Cincinnati, May U.--PetitIons having been in vain. Wade street's women all turned out on that thoroughfare in this city to-day and pro ceeded themselves to clean tbe street which officials had ignored for a year. For squares women and children with brooms, rakes and hoes not onlydng till they cleaned the paving stones, bnt also cleared out the sewer inlets. The officials of tbe Public Works conldn't stand this practical ridicule. Later in the day they appropriated 110,000 more for street clean ing. Jim, the Penman. Tho superb series of performances by -the Madison Square Theater Company was brought fittingly to a close with "Jim, the Penman" last night at the Dnqnesne Theater.' The play was splendidly cast. Miss Ada Dyas, of course, with Mr. Frederick Robinson carrying off tbe honors. Miss Dyas once more enthralled her audience witb that wonderfnl picture of tbo emotions In the seere in which she makes the discovery ot her husband's perfidy. Nothing better has ever been seen on tbe stage. It is perfect arr. Mr. Robinson's acting of tbe complex character ot tbe lieroo villain was also remarkably fine. Mr. Holland as tbe sleepy detective was as powerful as he was in tbe original creation of tbe .character. Mr. Barrymore made a natural and agreeable Xouu Firefvat, and the rest of the company was en tirely equal to the demands mado npon lb ON BALLOT SEE0SM. A Few State Papers Give Their Opinion on the Subjecb Philadelphia Times, Dem.J The machine ballot-tblef has mastered tbe Senate Committee and transformed the Baker ballot bill Into a monstrous mockery of ballot reform. Let it be declared and known that every Senator and Representative wbo sustains tbls unblushing fraud shall be hissed from public trust by tbe aggressive vengeanco of the people. Philadelphia Press, Rep. J. It will hardly be claimed by anv one that tbe bill reported by the Berate Commltteo fulfills tho promise made by tbe party In Its last State platform. It wonld be dishonest to mako such a claim, and people would not be) deceived by It It It were made. The Republican Legisla ture cannot afford to take tbe responsibility for such a measure as this, and hare it turned out to tbe people as the Republican Idea of ballot reform. It Is not what was expected; It Is not what was promised. As Republicans, let us be fair and honest both with ourselves and the people. Philadelphia Telegraph, Ind.j Tbo cause of ballot reform has been made to do dnty as a vote catcher, and now it will be thrown aside until such a time as the publlo mind has recovered from Its disappointment and dltgnst, and then It will be brought out again, brushed np, pnt in attractive shape, re labelled and toted around for tbe admiration once more ot the unthinking and guileless mul titude. For ways tbat are dark and tricks that are, vain the average Pennsylvania polltiolan who goes to Harrisbnrg cannot be excelled. Altoona Times, Ind. By the action of the Senate Committee on Elections the Baker bill has been radically amended, and we fear not in tbe right way. We trnst that tbe measure can yet be put In better sbape and then passed finally. THE ODDCOaUINA BOOK. A Peculiar Conglomerate Composed Almost Entirely of Shells. Nature's Realm. In many Instances these- shells are in a nearly perfect condition, but generally the conglomer ation Is a mass of disintegrated substance; sand, gravel, and crushed shells, held together by nature's cement of the long ago, and which is not now manufactured. In many parts of Florida this rock is to bo. found olentifully about tbe coast and, to an extenb inland. The building of tbe early settlements were com posed of the coquina and about Sb Augustine many still remain as evidence of Spanish enterprise. Old Ft. Marlon which was begun as early as 1563. is a massive structure, made entirely of this rock. At Ean Gallle, on Indian river, a condition exists which baa not as yet been satisfactorily explained. The bottom near tbe shore is of coquina rock, and for a long distance perfora tions may be seen beneath tbe snrface of tbe water, and at times tbe water forms in little ed dies over these miniature wells. They vary In diameter from 6 to 18 Inches, and extend down to quite a distance Much speculation has resulted from the find ing of these singular shafts, but the most rea sonable theory is that tbey are plapes left va cant by decomposed palmettos which were once growine on dry ground. Tbe land sunk and was finally encroached upon by the sea: tn due time the sand, gravel and disintegrated shell sub stance was borne in by the action of tbe waves, filling tbe apace between tbe trees, and to a deoth differing in various localities. It is well known that tbe cabbage palmetto is very ser viceable used as a pile, being employed almost universally for tbat purpose in'FIorida, as it will withstand salt water actions for a long time. After a certain time Nature completed the work of solidification by means of ber cement, and at last tbe decomposed trunks were en tirely removed by tbe action of tbe waves, thus giving tbe singular appearance of these cylindrical spaces. Tbat this theory Is correct seems more probable from tbe fact that, in some sections, evidently formed by the action of Nature, tbe same holes are observed above the water line as are seen beneath the surface. The coast ot tbe State has bad several upheavals and sub sidences and some scientists have demonstrated as many as five. JUST LIKE HUMANS. Mr. and Mrs. Seal Have a Misunderstanding and Fan Ensues. New York Times. There was trouble in the seal family at the Central Park "Zoo" tbe other day. Papa Seal ohastlssd tbe baby leal for playing mischievous pranks, whereat Mamma Seal waxed exceed ing wroth and attacked her lord and master with such fury that he beat a basty retreat and olambered up on tbe cement banks of tbo tank. There, greatly to bis surprlso and sorrow, he found more trouble. A surly pelican was strutting along the edge ot the tank, and the presence of tbe big wet seal was to her unwel come. She pocked viciously at blm with her sharp beak, and with a sqaoat of pain ho slid back Into tho water. Mamma Seal, however, had not got over her anger, and she thrashed tbo luokless bead of the family with her tall so energetically tbat ho again sought the dry Bank. lint the pelican was waiting for blm, and sbo proneedod to tap him on tbo head with her knlfellke beak, Tbe seal oouM not stand that, and onco nioro ho rolled bank Into tho water. Again and again bo was driven out of tbo tank by his spouee.ana again and again bo was driven back by tbo pelican. This domostlo comedy lasted for fully 20 minutes, and It was watched by half a hundred Eersons. Finally, tbe Irate spouse took pity on er "worser" half and permitted blm to remain unmolested la the tank. ATHIEVINOrOWL, Discovery of a Valuable. Diamond In the Craw of a Qnlet Old Hon. f 8t. 1'aulOIobe. Some time ago tbe household of a gentleman, well known In commercial circles of Graven bursb Ont,, was very much upiet by tho lots of a valuable diamond ring belonging to a guest a lady from New York. Suspicion at once fell on a servant, who was employed as housemate, butupon ber continued and earnest denial of the theft she wasrotalned, as tbe gentleman, from a sense of justice, did not wish to discbarge ber on mere suspicion. A few days alter tbe ring disappeared It was found under tbe lady's window, with, tbe soli taire stone, however, missing, having beon pried ont of tbe setting. It was supposed that tbe thief had removed the diamond to keep It trnm being Identified. Tbe mystery was solved, however, recently, in a most unexpected manner, for id cleaning a chicken tor dinner the cook discovered a small round object In its craw, wblcb, on being cleaned, was found to be tbe missing diamond. Tne supposition now is tbat the ring fell from tbe lady's hand while sbe was In bed. and, the elotbes being shaken next morning. It fell from them into tbe yard, wbere it was f onnd by tbe hen, whlcb, pecking the stono from the setting, swallowed ib A LIONESS CLUTCH. Two Blows From the Animal's Paw That Tore a Trainer's Arm. New York, May 9. Patrick Miller, em ployed by Herman Reich, the animal importer, whose stables are at Fourteenth and Bloom field streets, Hoboken, is in a hospital with a frightfully lacerated arm. Among the 60 ani mals there is a younc lioness. According to tbe story of tbe employes. Mil ler was feeding the usually tame lioness. While the animal was eating he put his hand through the bars and touched ber on tbe neck. She turned and strnck his shoulder with ber paw and tore his arm clear down to tbe points of bis fingers. He almost fainted from tbe pain wben the animal struck blm again, and ber claws held blm as in a vise. The other employes beat her off, and Miller dropped to tbe floor almost un conscious. Tae bone of Miller's arm Is broken, and the hospital authorities say It will probably be necessary to amputate the arm,. CLAIM A PIECE OP HABLEM. Residents of Yoangstown Will Fash Their Suit for Big Property. rsrrciAi. hlipkim to tub DijrATon.i Yoitnostown, May 9. Tbe Covert and Park families, living here, have employed counsel to push a claim through the courts to tbe title to wbat is known as Harlem Com mons, in New York. General Henry Burnett, connsel in New York, has been at work on tbe case, and through attorneys engaged here it is claimed evidence has been obtained that will vest the title to a large portion ot Harlem in the families named. ' Yes, Chicago Doe. Boston Traveller. 1 Chicago wants to purchase Hawthorne's birthplace. There is nothing mean or small about Chicago. .Don't she. want Faneull Hall, and Bunker Hill, and the bridge at Concord, and the green at Lexington T CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Italy produced 621,562,000 gallons of wine last year. A farmernearMooresville7lnd., has a six-legged calf. It uses all its legs In walking. The United States has 637.000,000 gold coins, and only ill.OCO.OOQ of these are in circa latlon. A 6-weeks-old baby has beed 'sentenced to SO oar's Imprisonment at Boston became Its mother was intoxicated. An Effingham, Kan., woman avoids the expense of keeping a nurse girl by lariating tier children out, after tbe manner ot cattle. A plow that was lost in tbe Cheboygan river. Mich- by the upsetting of a canoe more than 40years age, was fished up tbe other day. A foundling asylum on Lexington avenue, New York, recently received two Chlneso babies, wbo were Subsequently adopted by respectable families. '. Tbere Ms a large lake in Hutchinson county, S. D.,well filled with corn-fed fish (bullheads). They got away with seven acres of corn wbtch was left in tbe field, shocked but not buiked. An Irish-American In Newark, N. J., was let oft from punishment In court recently for thrashing a foreigner who disputed bis assertion tbat the United Btates was the best country on earth. Two Japanese mining engineers are traveling among the ooal mines in this State and tbe West, studying American mining methods, which they desire to apply to the development ot the coal deposits of Japan. There are in Illinois 67 connties in which coal has been mined; number of nines and openings of all kinds, 936; number of ton (2,000 pounds) ot lump coal mined, I2.63S.8Mj number of emploves of all kinds, 28,571; num ber of miners, 20,108. The Island of Hawaii, tbe largest la the Sandwich group. Is constantly Increasing lo size, owing to the ever-flowlne streams of lava, which run out to the sea and flow over, and make tbe shores of tbe island overhang the mam stem of the formation. It has been calculated that tbe electro motive force of a bolt of lightning is about 3,500,000 volts, the current about 14.000,000 amperes, and the time to be about 1-20,000 part of a second. In such a volt tbere is an energy of 2,450,000,000 watts, or 3,234,182 horse power, While an Indianapolis citizen was rid ing on a street car in tbat city the brake handle slipped from the driver's grasD and struck a pistol in the driver's breast pockeb A bullet from tbe weapon killed the passenger instantly. His wife has recovered 15,000 damages from tho car company. Chester, Pa., has a baby which is now 3 months old. and his exact weight is 82 onnees avoirdupois. The baby has never worn any clothes, but Is kept carefully wrapped up ra cotton. It blinks its wee ees and crows; and wben it gets angry Its cry i3 no louder than the weak wail of a kitten. There is not a mile of railway in Brown county, Ind., nor within six miles of lb Nash ville, the county seat, baa 400 inhabitants, and but one brick structure, the Court House. Tbe jail is built of logs. Tbe county has not sent anyone to tbe penitentiary for several years, and there is not a saloon within its limits. Au old lady at Troy, Kan., met with a peculiar accident the other day. She cams to the city to meet her son who bad just arrived from Germany. When sbe saw him approach ing her great joy and hasto to meet blm led ber to jump down a long flight of stairs. Both arms were broken and her back was injured. A breeder of Shetland and Welsh ponies near Jamaica, L. L, has a pony mare called Fairy, wbo has beaten all records. Although but 1 year, 11 montbs and 4 days old at tbe time, sbe, on May 4, foaled a filly, and botb are doing well. Tbe mother is but 37 inches in belch t. and ber foal, which weighs IS pounds, is 11 Inches in heigh bf An attempt the other morning to wreck a train on the Connecticut Valley road at Rocky Hill, near Mlddletown, ContL, was frustrated by a little girl of 10. She discovered a pile of ties on the track just around a sharp curve, and, with rare presence of mind for a child, rushed down the track toward tbe train and wared a red shawl at the engineer. In spite of the lack of faith in certain jnries In New Orleans, tbe people there keep np a custom which is Indicative of deepest re spoetforthe courts. Visitors to tbe city are apt to encounter chains stretebed across lm Jortant streets and traffic suspended thereon nqulry brings tbe answer tbat the streets. are elosed because they lead by tbo courts and tbo courts are In session, when the courts ad journ tbe chains are tossed aside and trafflo goes on again. An orange tree in the Robert Packer Hospital greonbouso, at Bayre, has shown a queer freak. In December last a blossom ap peared, and from tbat has grown a very fins orange, now as large ai a ben's egg. In March tho tree blossomed as fully as itwssthoucbt possible, and from this the young oranges, as large as marbles, are found In largo numbers: and now, asldo from tbs fruit already set, tbe treo Is loaded with buds tbat will burst Into blossom In a few days. A young lady of Jaoksoa, Miss., read ing an account ot a violin silo In Now fork, was struck by the high prices brought by some Htradlvsrlus violins, and romembermg that her father had an old flddlo stowed away somo wliore about tlio bouse, proceeded to bunt It np. To her dollalned snrprlia she found on tho Inslilo of the instrument the inscription "rttrad Ivariue, 1727," bhe Is persuaded that sbe has found a fortune, and Is diligently investigating tbo value of tbo ancient violin. Several anolent bird tracks have been found In a stone quarry about a mils and a bait north of Holyoke, Mass. They are each 11 Inohes In lengtn, throe claws to each font. Tne tracks are t onr feet and ten Incbes aparb Tbere are II tracks in consecutive order. lead ing up tba hill. Each track Is Imbedded In tbe stono ten Inches. They are iry perfect! even tbe toe nails are distinct. Baveral Eastbamp ton man have tried to buy tbem. Tbo owner has offered to get them out In good sbape and deliver tbem for 11.000. Otber tracks were lound near by, bnt tbey are not as perfect as theso 1L Years ago it was supposed that SIrfns was nearer the earth than any other star, and its light requires over three years to reach us. Now, however. Alpha Centauri, a compara tively insignificant star of tbe soutbern heavens, is known to be onr nearest neighbor, and Slrius Is so far removed tbat tbe human mind falls to grasp tne distance when expressed in miles. Tbo fact that light requires from IT to 20 years tocross tbe space between our little earth and this giant orb is scarcely more easy to comprehend. If one would appreciate the magnificence of this moat brilliant of suns, ha should not think of it as near, but rather let bis mind mate the vain attempt to follow a ra v of licbt thither, as It travels on, unwearied, day and? night, at the rate ot 186,000 miles a second for 20 years. CAN YOU SJIILET Foggs There's nothing so delicious In the world as to reach out of bed In tbe morning to ring for yonr valet to come and dress you. Brown-Have you a valet? yojfgg No, but I have a belt. Brown But what good does it do you t o ring it No valet will come In response. Foggs That Is Jnstthe most delectable part of ib As the valet doesn't come, you don't have to get va. Boston Tranteript. Miss Kajones was doing her best to enter tain the two young men. 'By the way, Mr. Ferguson, " sbe asked, do yon take any Interest In politics? 1 don't take any active part in political mat ters, but I am strongly In favor a third parly movemenb'! answered Mr. Ferguson, glaring at young Hantlnsou. Chicago Tribune. HEAD AND HEABT. With the under dog in the canine scrap 'Ti well to svmpathlze. But place your bets on the other pnp Therein discretion lies. lndianapolt Journal. Wool Old Scrocgs seems to want to- get all he can for bis money. VauPelt-Doesn'the? Why, tbat man wouldn't take an ounce ot prevention jrbe eonld get a pound of cure at the same price. Sew Xor Herald. "Yon mustn't associate with chickens," said Mother Dnek to her ducklings. 'Why nob mamma"' Because tbey aro not in the swim-" Brootly Lift. It is told that one day during the war a squad of Confederates, wearing captured over coats, rode up to a bouse In Tennessee and greeted the owner with: "Welt, old man, what are you, reb or yank?" Pnzaledbytbe blue coats and gray pants, and not Knowing to which army bis visitors belonged. Old Caution answered: "Well, gentlemen, I'm nothln', and very Utile of that." Ooisip. Johnnie Wbat do yon suppose, Billy, tbpy do at the lodge where father goes? Billy ltead. I guess, must of the time. .Johnnie U bat makes you think so? .Billy Because onr copybook says that "read ing makes a full man." and pop generally comes borne from the lodge with all he can aold.-.8ooi .CouHtr. f- o.- Ieisfbsktiffiiate i.ur: HHiJ-'Jui sssasK'JOsI
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