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PITTSBURG. MONDAY. MAY. 11, 189L
THE CELEBRATION AT THE PAKE.
The idea of an old-fashioned Pourtb of
July celebration at Schenley Park, which
The Dispatch set in motion last year, is
starting off with a rigor this year that
promises to give the occasion the grandest
proportions. The idea is one which con
tains such popular and attractive features
that it is likely to grow into a characteristic
Pittsburg institution for the future.
In a proclamation, elsewhere, full to
overflowing of the patriotio thoughts in
spired by a contemplation of the national
holiday. Mayor Gourley summons all the
elements of the community to join in the
celebration. He eloquently calls upon the
press to advocate the enterprise, the mon
.eyed interests to support it, and the .people
to enjoy it. The Dispatch, having the
especial interest of authorship in the
project, is glad to respond to the Mayor's
summons. It is certain that all other inter
ests will be quick to do their share to make
the occasion one of the greatest pleasure to
the entire population.
In many respects this year's celebration
will present many Advantages over lastjyear's.
The opening of the Porbes street entrance
will make access easier for the tbousands who
will flock to the park, while the completion
of nearly seven miles of roadway through
out that beautiful stretch of hill and dale
will make the enjoyment of that publio pos
session far greater to the people. The
doubling, and, if the steam railroad connec
tion is properly utilized, the quadrupling
of transit accommodations to the park will
swell the attendance. In all respects the
occasion bids fair to be one of the greatest
scenes of popular enjoyment that this sec
tion has ever known.
Every one will gladly join in the work
necessary to make the celebration at the
park a grand success.
SEMI-BARBAROUS WIFE-MURDER,
The tragedy at Mansfield, yesterday, gave
,a fearful illustration of the lengths to which
brutality and jealousy can carry a man.
It was hoped that this nation had got be
yond the half-civilized stage in which a
' man, even when crazed with drink, could
throw a lamp at his wife and, by setting her
on Are. destroy her life. But this terrible
occurrence shows that there are still cases of
Eemi-barbarous treatment of wives by
drunken husbands which it was hoped had
been relegated to the bad memories of
another age. Indeed there are increasing
indications that either the influx of ignor-
ance from abroad or the growth ot reckless
ness and crime in our own nationality is
v taking us back toward the brutishness of
the past, rather than, as should be the case,
workiDg toward a higher civilization and
morality.
A DISPROVED CHARGE.
A declaration of facts with regard to the
attitude of the State Department on the
proposition for a closed season for seal fish
ing is made by authority in the Sew York
Tribune. It furnishes very nearly a de
cisive answer to the charges of undue favor
toward the North American Commercial
Company made by the opposition press.
The statement is in brief that the propo
sition to preserve the seals by a closed
season, in which both England and the
United States should prohibit all scaling in
Bering Sea, was made by the United
States; that the British Government re--rfused
the proposition at first, but lately,
after Canadian sealers had set sail for
theVaeene of operations, came forward with
an acceptance, and that notwithstanding
the protests of the sealing company, and the
fact that the Canadian sealers are on the
nunt for seals, the proposition will probably
be adopted as a modus vivendi.
If these statements are substantiated they
will disprove the attacks on the integrity of
the Department of State in conducting" the
negotiations. It is a matter of alight im
portance whether the seals are preserved or
not, in comparison to the importance of
having the administration of our side of the
dispute kept above the suspicion of interest
or favoritism.
RUSSIA AND THE ROTHSCHILDS.
The duel which is reported to be going on
In Europe between the most absolute em--'
pire in the world and the kings of the finan
cial realm is an interesting but as yet an
indecisive one.
The Bussian statement of the trial cf
strength between that empire andtheBoths
'$ childs is that when Russia was negotiating
j, for a new loau the Bothschilds tried to get
some guarantee for improved treatment of
the Hebrews in Bussia. Failing in this,
'" the great bankers rejected the loan. Asa
-tetaIiation Bussia is reported to have made
sudden drafts on the balances held for her
v by European bankers, causing stringency
" and even panic; while the Ifovoe Vremya,
' from which the above statement of the
dispute comes, claims that Bussia has
means enough en hand to secure the con
version of her debt.
According to this statement of the dis
pute, from the Bussian side, the attitude of
I the Bothschilds will command the sym
pathy of civilization; while the Bussian
;". Government seems to have ranged itself
obstinately on the side of medieval and
semi-barbarous ideas. As to the results of
P the conflict so far, the fact appears to be
that while the Bussian Government may
l' have been able to disturb the money mar
;? ket, it has not disturbed the Bothschilds.
0, Its policy of attack by drawing on its bal
ances will inevitably be the severest pun
ishment to the bankers which remain
iriendlr.to it; and will hate the effect of
making financier exceedingly chary of
dealing! with to perilous a customer.
Ic it consistent for a power which clings
to iti privilege of race oppression, to imagine
that it can improve its position as a bor
rower by attacking the reserves of the
bankers from whom it must borrow.
NOT A GOOD RECORD.
tip to the present time the record of the
Legislature of this State has been a far from
creditable one. There was reason for hope
that the lesson of last tali's election would
teach our Legislative leaders the necessity
of sincere and honest action; but the course
of that body has shown that its controlling
influences are incapable of learning any
thing from expressions of the popular disap
proval. The record of the Legislature when it
comes before the people will contain some
spots that can neither be explained nor con
doned. A measure to enforce the Constitu
tion of the State and protect the people
against railway discriminations, to which the
members were bound by their oaths, and
which the Bepublican party pledged itself
to pass in its platform four .years ago, has
been absolutely stifled. This gives a meas
ure of the relative power of the corporate
and the popular interests in the Legislature
which classifies the body beyond dispute.
Another measure to afford some relief to
the petroleum producing interests of the
State against the exorbitant charges of the
pipe-line monopoly met the same fate early
in the season, and disclosed the same condi
tions of legislative allegiance to corporate
dictation.
The bill intended to offer State aid to the
construction of permanent and durable
highways has, after much deliberation, been
emasculated so that it does nothing of the
sort; and the public which ardently desired
tne era oi Better roads contemplates the im
pending veto by the Govern with in
difference if not with satisfaction.
The earnest disposition of this body to
do the things it ought not to do, and
leave undone the things which it ought to
do, has reached its climax in the conversion
of the ballot reform bill into a measure -to
strengthen the control of political manipu
lation, iind to turn over the electoral ma
chinery to the unscrupulous element. The
list of the members of the Senate committee
which stands oyer this legislative changling
shows that none of them were capable of
originating so bold a stroke in favor of the
political machines. The measure in its
present shape affords the best corroboration
of the reports that the action of this body is
shaped and dictated by unscrupulous poli
ticians outside of legislative walls,
ft All of which discloses the prevailing idea
among our legislators that neither common
honesty nor respect for the interests of the
people are matters with which the law-making
body need concern itself. Past events
may tend to justify such a theory of action,
but such bold assertions of the supremacy
of politicians and corporations .may bring
its remedy in future.
A MIXED-UP AFFAIR.
The escape of the insurgent Chilean
steamer Itata from the custody of United
States officers last week was followed by an
nouncements that the unmanageable craft
would be promptly pursued. But subse
quent proceedings hardly carried out that
pledge. It was nearly four days after the
escape that the cruiser- San Prancisco left
the port after which she is named, and even
now it is considered doubtful whether she
has been sent on a chase of which the quarry
has such a long start.
This gives rise to two theories. One is
that the San Prancisco could not get ready
for sea sooner. That is so grave an impeach
ment of the promptness of our naval vessels
when in commission that the mind prefers
the other theory, namely, that the adminis
tration has doubts as to its right to recap
ture a vessel on the high seas after it has
escaped from custody. The precedent of
putting a single man on a captured vessel
and then letting the vessel go wherever it
chooses was fully established in the captures
of sealing schooners. No claim has been
made of the right of the United States to
seize those insubordinate sealing vessels
wherever they are to be found; but it is true
that diplomatic laws are liable to very
different interpretation in dealing -with a
belligerent of very weak standing, as com-,
pared with vessels sailing under the British
flag.
On the whole there is nearly as much
doubt as to where the Government stands as
there is to the whereabouts of the missing
steamer. It is to be hoped that an early
discovery may be made on both points; but
the prospects are doubtful.
Yottno Mr. Harrison's assertions that
the paternal head of the Government is en
titled to the credit both of the McKinley brand
of protection and the Blaine policy of recipro
city is plainly built on the principle of that old
Ohio Democrat. John G. Thompson, namely, to
claim everything with confidence.
An account of the power and effective
ness of Chicago's fire-boat machinery, pub
lished elsewhere, shows what an amount of
fire extinguishing force can be attained by that
means. Pittsburg had the proposition for a
fire-boat under consideration some time ago;
bnt economy, or perhaps a diversion ot expend
itures into other directions, prevented its reali
zation. It is evident from the work of Chica
go's fire-boats that -our miles of waterfront
can be given efficient fire protection by such
means more thoroughly than In any other way
yet suggested.
Mr. "W. J. ARKELL'stonnouncementthat
he and not Russell Harnson is the wloked
partner in Frank Leslie's who has been kicking
up the row, evidently betrays a' disposition on
the part of Mr. Arkell to take both himself
and Russell seriously.
In some parts of the State people are not
waiting for a State law to make good roads.
One township in Delaware oonnty has author
ised a loan of 150,000 for that purpose by a
vote of 75 to 2L The people can have good
roads now if they want them; which makes it
important that the State funds shall not be
appropriated to the purpose without some
guarantee that they shall not be squandered in
the old method.
Now it is reported that John J. Ingalls
will take the lecture platform at 500 per night.
Is it possible that the ex-Senator has harvested
that potato crop already, or is the lecture tour
necessary to f ornish the sinews of war for rais
ing the potatoes?
"An admiring republic reads that Germany
has appropriated $240,000 for the exhibition of
that empire at the Chicago Fair. And one
American State has appropriated 350,000.
Borne republics admire easily," remarks the
New York Hun, It also might bo added that
another State, namely, the one in which onr
shining cotemporary is published has appro
priated just 1240,000 less than Germany is cred
ited, with. ,
The Delaware ballot reform measure was
the first to prooeed on the theory that only two
parties should be permitted at the polls; but
the Senate Committee of the 'State promptly
adopted and improved upon the idea.
A grain operator at Chicago has gath
ered together some few millions at the game of
speculation and announces that he intends to
swear oil from that pursuit aad devote himself
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to the task ot enjoying his'money. This should
convince the people from whom Mr. Bloom got
these millions that there fs no use trying to get
the money back again, and that their only
course is to torn In and hustle tor a living.
Now it is reported from New York that
QoTernor Hill has Deen intimidated by a threat
of Lieutenant Governor Jones to the effec
that if the former does not keep quiet the
latter "will 'writs him a letter." The report Is
evidently a baseless fabrication. Hill knows
how to protect himself against any such
assaults by simply omitting to receive the
letter.
It is Intimated that the "white squadron"
might be sent to look after those Insurgent
Chilean cruisers, if it could be spared from ser
vice at the seaside resorts this season.
ROTES ABOUT ROTABLES.
Soi. Smith Russell will sail for Eng
land this week.
Lord Salisbury's ancestors were mem
bers of the English cabinet 300 years ago.
To Mme. Modjeska is due the credit of
overcoming the prejudice of English society to
syrnp sweetened cigarettes.
New Yorkers say Inspector Byrnes has
a superstition. The number of his house was
once 13, but be has changed It.
E. G. GiLMORE, the band master, will go
to Saratoga about the middle of July, to spend
a month at the Grand union Hotel.
The resignation of President Warfield, of
the Miami University at Oxford, O., has been
accepted, and he will assume the presidency of
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.
The Emperor of China is anxious to visit
the united States, and Is said to be Impatient
because the Chinese Minister in Washington
urges him to wait until the World's Fair.
Bill Nye has just closed a season of
brilliant entertainments at the Detroit Opera
House. Mr. Nye has ,'gone to Asherllle, K. C,
to join bis family there and take a much need
ed rest.
Stewart Dlffendkbfek has just
dosed a transaction by cable whereby he be
comes the owner of Hepsy, one of the most re
markable dogs of the St. Bernard breed in the
world. She was purchased of H. Chapman, oi
Bath, England. The price paid was 51,000. .
Senator Platt, of Connecticut, is one
of the most earnest defenders of the American
patent law in the United States Senate. He de
livered what is conceded to be the most able
speech in the history of the United States
Patent Office on the floor of the Benate ever
made in Congress. He is also a sincere f riond
of women inventors as well as industrial
women.
' Yidal, the blind sculptor, is one of the
wonders of the French capital. He has been
blind since his 21st year. To be a sculptor it Is
generally supposed that one must have the
"mechanic's eye" and the artist's taste and
perspicuity. The latter faculties Vidal has to
a n exceptional degree even more' acute, he
believes, than if the former were not lost to
him forever.
Mrs. Nancy M. Johnson is the in
ventor of the first ice cream frlgerator in this
country. Before Iter invention ice cream was
made by a spoon constantly kept stirring up
the cream. She devised the crank, and got
out a paten: for her invention In the year 1843.
Sue afterwards sold the right of her patent lor
$1,500. She lived In Washington all her life,
and died in 1890 at the ripe old age of 95 years.
WESTEBN COMMERCIAL COKGBESS.
Closer Trade Relations to Be Cultivated
With the South.
Denver, May 10. Olney Newell, secretary
ot the Commercial Congress, on being asked
about the Congress to-day said: "As the time
approaches for the meeting of the Commercial
Coneress in this city the interest in its proceed
ings is becoming more marked. Letters re
ceived from all parts of the country by me
show that the feeling is rapidly growing that
the people west of the Mississippi need to culti
vate closer relations and stand by.eaCh other
for the things that especially concern them
The people ot America hate allowed them
selves to be lad into a great many things that
were not for the general good through the
prejudices and animosities, engendered by a
strife that ended a generation ago. The first
emphatic and significant revolt against this un
reasonable and unnecessary partisan and sec
tional bondage was given a short time ago when
Senators Teller and Wolcott threw off the yoke
and gave their aid to the South for a victory in
the interest of justice.
"The people of the great West and North
west were made to realize the power that was
within their grasp. They were made to see
that they bad been for years playing the part
of bottle holders for a section ot the country
that bad no general Interest In common with
them beyond that unity that exists between
mortcagee and mortgager. The West has been
thinking. It sees more in building up com
mercial relations with the South. They pro
pose to get together at Denver fin the 19th of
this month and talk it all over."
THE EIGHI-HOTJB OAT.
Indiana's Supreme Court Says Pay May Be
Demanded for Overtime.
Indianapolis, May 10. The Supreme
Court of Indiana has sustained the new law
limiting a day's work to eight hours. The com
plainant in the case, John Griswell, testified
that he had worked 'for the Noel Flour and
Feed Company ten months for the agreed sum
of $125 a day? and that during that time he
was kept busy H hours a day. When he was
discharged he demanded pay for extra hours,
and, under the conn's decision, he recovered
the amount claimed.
The court holds that " unless there is an ex
pressed agreement to the contrary employes
who are required to work more than eight
hours a day must be paid extra.
On Mme. Blavatsky.
Baltimore American. J
The death of Mme. Blavatsky closed one of
the most curious and romantic careers of this
century. She was the high priestess of Theos
ophy, and whether her occult professions be
regarded as truth or humbug, all will admit
her remarkable mental vigor and ingenuity.
The "science" she taught has not made much
progress, but it will always be a source ot cur
iosity and speculation, and her death will re
vive public interest in her peculiar teachings.
DEATHS OP A DAY.
Krv. Thomas F. Coxlxx, pastor of St. John's
Church at Utlca, N.Y., died Saturday,
Tttkpin Moobe, or Laurel, Del., long a leader
of the Delaware Democracy, died Saturday of
heart failure.
Jeremiah Okorge Habbis, for many years
'purser in the Dinted states navy, died Saturday
at Ills home in Nashville.
A. W. ltlNEAf on, aged 79 years, the father of
W. A. Rlneason, general passenger agent of the
Hew York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad,
died Baturday at Cincinnati. i
abham o. Condit, a well known master me
chanic of Newark, N. J died Friday, in tne 63ih
year of his age. He was at one tune an engineer
onthepeusylranla Railroad,
Fbahk G. Bailey, a son of the late Francis G,
Bailey, and a brother of John D, Bailey, of tills
city, died at Columbus yesterday. He was SI
years old, and well known in Pittsburg.
Augustus H. JoHxsoir, for ten ydsrs a clerk In
the American House; died from the grip yester
day, at Mercy Hospital. Ho was 62 years old, and
was enaged in the hotel business for the greater
part ofhls life.
Hbs. Ebxxst Beckett, only daughter of the
late W. P. Lee, of New York City, died In London
Saturday. Airs. Beckett was the wife of Ernest
Beckett (Conservative), member of Parliament
for W bit by division of the North Elding of York
shire. Rev. William Humbebqib, who died at
Chambersburg Friday, was a prominent minister
of the United Brethern denomination. He bad
served many charges in York, Lancaster and
Cumberland counties. He was 73 years old. He
was a great writer of hymns, some of which are
translated into German and French.
Db. William c Rodexak', a prominent
yonng physician of Newark, N. J., died there
Saturday, at the are of 26 years. He was Inocu
lated with the first Eoch lymph that was prepared
for use. Dr. Kodeman was stimulated by the
treatment, but be afterward became so weak
that his parents sent for him a few weeks ago and
ha returned to .Newark.
The funeral services over the remains of the
late Jchn F. Swift, United States Minister to
Japan, were held at Trinity Church, Ban Fran
cisco, yesterday. The services were conducted
by Kev.J. Sanders Beed. and were attended by
the Army and Navy officers. Regents, State Uni
versity. -Governor's staff and Masonic lodges.
After the reading of the luneral services or the
plscopal Church the remains were escorted to
the Masonic cemetery by the Second Brldade. N.
bercf the, California Lodge, F. and A, At,, who I
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CTBraCTSBtrRG. DISPATCH;
THINGS if. general;
The Two Classes for Which An Feel a Sort
of Responsibility How the Uquor
Traffio Conld Be Elevated and Even
Made a Power for Good.
IWIUTTEK FOB THf ISPAICH.I
There are two classes of the community for
whom somehow the rest of us feel ourselves
responsible, and to whom we consider it our
duty to give good advice. And they need it
badly enough. They are the rich and the poor.
What shall the rioh man do with his big bank
accountt What shall th poor man do with
his houseful of hungry mouths? How best to
get this great supply and this deplorable de
mand together?
The tronble is that nobody really knows.
There is abundance of advice, of one sort and
another, good, bad and indifferent, but much
less of the good than of the other. Nobody
knows what to advise.
I have lust been reading Dr. Ralnsford's arti
cle in the Forum about "How to Help the
Poor." It Is the New York poor that he is
talking about. The conditions are qultedit
ferentfrom those which confront us herein
Pittsburg. The great churches here have not
followed the rich up-town, and forsaken the
poor, and become great religious club houses.
They are stilhon duty, down along the business
streets, within the reach of the worst districts
of the clty.set where tbey can do the most good.
They are only thinking, as yet about moving
away. And the tenement-house evil has not
assumed great proportions here. Nor Is the
liquor interest, in Its worst phases, supreme as
it is in other places. Fittsburg has a good many
things to be thankful for.
Ot coarse there is no lack! of poverty. The
agents of the Society for the Improvement of
the Poor have plenty of sad tales to telL But
it is not London poverty, nor New York pov
erty. We read "In Darkest England" and
"How the Other Half Lives" two books that
every thoughtful man and woman ought to
read, and read carefully, and we find a state
of things pictured in those pages which has no
counterpart in this town. What we want is
that these wretched conditions shall never
have any counterpart here.
The Great Gain Which Has Been Made.
One great gain bis been made in the facttbat
nowadays everybody is interested la these
things. That is a gain, indeed. General
Booth's book showed that, Jf It showed nothing
else. If offered a plan for the uplifting of
those that afe down, and everybody read it. and
of those who read hundreds'put their hands in
their pockets. Men said, if this man can an
swer these bard questions and Settle these per
nicious conditions into peace and justice, here
is money.
Dives no longer leaves Lazarus wholly un
heeded. The priest and the Leyite do not any
longer pass by on the other side. Everybody
is interested.
Except perhaps, the saloonkeepers and the
men who own the tenement houses. There are
no two classes of men whom it is more impor
tant to have Interested than these. These men
are more responsible for the lives ot the poor
than any others. They represent institu
tions which are permanent, which are here to
stay. There is no use in thinking about setting
fire to all the saloons, or hanging all the men
who own mismanaged tenement houses. One
is sometimes tempted to consider such steps as
within the bounds ot advisability. But the
saloon and the tenement house would go on.
The poor man Is going to live in a cheap bouse,
and be Is going to have something to drink.
These two facts we may as well take into ac
count. He is welcome to live in the city If he
wants to, even though that means llvibg in a
tenement. And he has a right to nnnkcis
mug of beer. But there are two other facts
which we have to set down on the other side.
'The poor man must not be overcrowded, and
so must not get arunt uvercrowaing ana
drunkenness are the two worst factors in tbe
condition of the poor. Tbe tenement house
owner is responsible for the overcrowding, and
the saloonkeeper is resposible for the drunken
ness. Bnt who are these peopler Who are these
owners of tenements and keepers of saloonsf I
suppose that some of tbem ire devils, man
wbose being compels us even against our will
to believe in the certainty of hell. But 1 can't
think that of most ot them. They are evi
dently after tbe dollar. Overcrowding and
drunkenness mean money in their pockets.
That is plain. But they don't realize what over
crowding and drunkenness mean. They don't
understand bow what means money to them
means agony to men, and women, and children;
turns earth into a place infernal; poisons the
air which we all breathe.
The Saloon as a Power for Good. t
The saloon is the worklngman's club, and if
tbe saloon keeper would be could make the
saloon respectable, uplifting and a power for
good in the oommnnity. Tbe saloon conld be
as strong a factor in religion as it is in politics.
I agree with Mr. Stead that the church of the
future will run a saloon. A good, earnest and
thoroughly Christian saloon keeper selling
drinks across a bar conld do more for the moral
elevation ot the poor than 10 parsons. Let
him say, "The men who come to this saloon
shall be better, not worse, because they come,"
and he needn't hold any prayer meetings, and
he needn't stop selling liauor, either.
I haven't much confidence in temperance sa
loons. I don't believe that tea can ever com
pete successfully with beer. .Hut there is a
pretty good attempt at such competition in a
plan tbey are trying now in London, called the
"teetotnm."
Tbe "teetotums" grew ont of the need of
having some strong financial backing for the
temperance saloon. The other kind of saloon,
as everybody knows, finds its capital, when it
starts out, from the wholesale dealers, from
the big breweries and distilleries. In New
York a vast majority of all the saloons are
nnder heavy mortgages which are held by the
wholesale dealers. Now, who will support tho
temnerance saloon? Why, said Mr. Buchanan,
of Oxford House, tbe tea-dealers! Why not?
The wholesale tea and coffee honses will find
the capital to start these retail establishments.
And that plan was tried. The tea-dealers were
discovered to be as ready as the brewers to
make money. There are four ot these tee
totums in London to-day, paying their own
way, making a handsome return to Invested
capital, always full of decent people. Down
stairs one may order whatever refreshments he
requires. There are tea, coffee cocoa, soups,
meats, vegetables, etc., with the . ordi
nary buns. The only difference being that in
addition to the supply of beverages, tea and
sugar are sold as In an ordinary depot. The
place Is bright, clean, well warmed and lighted,
but does not differ materially from the ordinary
cafe excepting in tbe addition of the tea-shop.
Features That Are Distinctive.
The distinctive features of tho institution
are only visible when you leave th ground
floor and go upstairs. You cannot; however,
enter these precincts unless you are a member
of tbe club, paying 2 pence a week, or intro
duced by a member who buys you a ticket,
costing a penny every day excepting Saturdays,
when it is, 2 pence, and when there is an enter
talnmept.1 Upstairs are rooms where mem
bers of the club 600 ot them at one of the tee
totums can lounge and smoke, and eat and
drlnk,and read, and play at billiards and study.
There is a hall, too, where theatrical exhibi
tions are given every Saturday sight, with de
cent farces, and corrjlo songs which are neither
unclean nor idiotic. Tbe people who come are
never preached tanor lectured at. They are
simply supplied with a clean, respectable club
room, and are catered to with food and drink
and amusement which they want, but which
are uplifting, too.
There is some sense in such a scheme as that.
Now they are going to have a big one in New
York on the Bowery, a combination of club,
coffee room and lounging place, starting with
2.000 stfares at 5 each. The defect In most of
the coffee-room experiments has been that
they bare not been attractive. Tbey have not
been what tbe worklngman wants. Tbey hare
not studied his desires as men do who want to
make money out of him. They haven't fitted
the men they were intended for any better
than mittens fit a cat. But there is some sense
in teetotum.
Still, I maintain that we want saloonkeepers
who shall be at the same time members of the
Young Men's Christian Association. We want
men who have enough faith in their brother
men, even though tbey may be poor men, to
believe that they care more for decent than for
indecent amusements, and are able to appre
ciate better things than they are used to, and
will look up and not down, if tbey have but
half a chance.
Suggestions for Tenement Owners.
As for the owners of tenement-houses the
only advice 1 bare for them is that once a quar
ter tbey collect their rents themselves. If they
see with their eyes that more families are living
in their honses than ought to be living there,
and are consequently living abominably; if they
smell the foul odors with their own nosed, and
hear with their own ears the complaints ot their
tenants; and then, for the sake of making
money, go on cerpetuatingacondition ot things
which degrades their brother men, poisons the
purity bf .their families, and threatens the well
being of the whble community, why, they de
serve all the maledictions which" are written
down in Ernulphus' mighty digest of curses.
That is all I have to say.
Except this. Why not bave free kinder
gartens? It Is the very smallest children who
r.cedThe greatest care. If they get a bad start,
how will they get righted again? That is Dr.
Rains ford's snggestion. Take in the little ones
who are learning their first lessons in rascality.
and teach them something better, while there is
Atime-
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THE PASSESGEEB' MISTAKE:
They All Smiled, hut Nevertheless They
Wer All Wronff.
Chicago Tribune. 1
You can't most always telll In tact, a whole'
earful of as bright people S lire at Austin
were almost unanimously mistaken the other
evening. A young couple took a front seat in
the car. The girl was a strikingly handsome
blonde, 'faultlessly dressed. The young man
had dark-brown hair ana was not so carefully
attired. From tbe worshipful way in which he
seated her; placed her packages in the rack,
and kept his admiring eyes qpon her blushing
face the other passengers immediately sensed
,thelr newly marfiedness and settled back
in thefr seats to enjoy the pantomime ot "Love's
Young JDream." His arms dropped care
lessly along the back of the sear. Her head
leaned caressingly against it. His fingers
lightly drummed a tune upon her shoulder. It
was "Home. Sweet Home." They didn't say
mucb, bnt kept casting devouring glances into
each other's eyes. Finally his fingers began to
toy with the golden lovelocks that curled
temptingly up from her white neck over tbe
edge of ber jacket collar. The passengers all
smiled, and! remarked to the elderly gentle
man who shared the seat with me that they
seemed to be very fond of each other.
"Ab.yesl" ha replied- "I've known them
ever ilnoe they were 8 and 9 years old. Never
saw brother aad sister so fond of each otherl
Never! Their father and mother died when
tbey were little more than children, an' Ben's
taken care of her and himself ever since. You
see she's just come home to-night from the
school some Eastern college, I believe where
he Is sending her. You can see he's as happy
as a bridegroom over her.
"I like to see it," the old man added dreami
ly. "A little sentiment between brother and
sister Isn't a bad thing to bave In the family.
Notabadthlngl I like to see 1M"
BETOBMtHCr A HUIsAHCE.
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Sage Hints to Ladles Whose Street Car Sig
nals Are Unnoticed.
New York Saturday dlobe.1
A lady acqalntance bas a grievance that she
wants to air; it is tbe calm and serene indiffer
ence of tbe average conductors to her signals ot
distress at a corner when she wants to board a
car. She avers that she signaled four cars in
succession to which no attention whatever was
paid, and it seemed to do the conductors so
much good.f.0 leave ber frantically waving her
parasol, they smiled smiles of satisfaction and
-great joy. The probabilities are that those
men were victims of home tyranny, tbe silent
henpecked partners of strong-minded and
strong-armed women, and had no voices in the
domestle proceedings, hence were taking it out
of our lady friend, having the satisfaction of
triumphing over one woman anyhow, even If
It was not tbe one they would hare preferred to
humiliate.
We suggested to our lady friend that she
hereafter tie a red rag on tbe point of her para
sol, stand boldly forth on the crossing and wave
it at tbe driver who will be likely to put on the
brakes and stop, under the impression that a
manhole has blown up.
A.n excellent remedy for this won't-notlce-you
nuisance on tbe part of the conductor, is to take
tbe number of his car, time and place, and drop
a note to tbe superintendent of tbe road. That
gentleman is a most potent element in tbe
reformatory line, having a playful way ot mak
ing it very lively for delinquent conductors who
are far from enjoying his pleasantries. This
will be the best remedy for Inattention to ladies,
of whom we say, "lopg may they wave," but
not for a car when they are in a hurry to get
home in time for dinner. It is not that kind of
a wave that we mean.
BISHAECK A COUBTEB-IBBITAKT.
Recent Events Show That Germany's Mon
arch Needs a Lesson or Two.
There is a propensity in the newspapers to
scold Bismarck because he does not keep si
lence, and he is chlded for his folly and lack of
dignity, and all that. It Is not impossible to
imagine that great statesman acting under a
sense of duty In going to 'the Reichstag. He
has had a great experience, and knows tbe
young Emperor, if he becomes a. wise man, will
know several things not yet Imparted to his
understanding. Tbe egotism of the Emperor Is
felt by Intelligent Germans to be alarming. It
is boundless. When he says he alone is master
the judicious grieve, for they know it is not so
that there are many things more potential
than be.
It is a good thing for him that he cannot si
lence Bismarck. The mighty structure of tbe
German Empire needs something more than
army corps and imperial effusion. Already the
alllanes have been weakened, and there are
elements bf disintegration that must be vigi
lantly regarded. It does not please the Em
Seror to bave a citizen greater than himself,
ut while Bismarck lives there is no avoiding
that.
HEED I0 A EAIXBOAD COACH,
Narrow Escape of a Yonng Lady on the Lake
Shore Limited.
Toledo, May 10. Shortly after leaving Elk
hart last night passengers on the Lake Shore
limited, eastbound, were startled by tbree
sharp reports in rapid succession. One of the
windows in the New York oar had been shat
tered by a rifle or pistol shot. Another ball was
Imbedded in tbe frame work above the window.
A third shot seems to have missed tbe train en
tirely. The occupants of tbe section where the
shots struck were F. H. Winston, of Chicago,
and Miss Winston. The glass felt in pieces in
M lss Winston's lap. Tbe fact that three shots
were fired almost simultaneously, and that two
of them struck tbe car In abouttbe same place,
seems to indicate that two or more persons did
tbe shooting.
Tbey also go to show that there was a delib
erate Intention to shoot at the train, and that
the shots did not come from a stray hunting
party nor from a target shot. All on board
agree that Miss Winston was in great peril.
Had the ball struck a few inches lower it
would hare resulted in great bodily harm to
her,
TEE EPWOETH LEAGUE.
A New Methodist Organization With a
Tory Large Membership.
Cincinnati, May 10. A district convention
of the Epworth League, comprising the con
ferences of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church in
Ohio and Kentucky, is to meet here June 9, 10
and 1L Arrangements are mado to entertain
too delegates.
The Epworth League is the young people's,
society of that church, and, though only two
years old, now numbers nearly 6.500 chapters,
enrolling over 350,000 members. Tbe organiza
tion is grouped into 14 districts, following the
lines of the General Conference districts.
. One Bother the Less.
Chicago Times:
Assurance comes from Italy that tbe Amerl'
can injured at Florence was not mobbed, and
that the affair was without political signifi
cance. This will relieve Uncle Sam from the
painful necessity of jerking the boot off from
Europe, and timid people may breathe freely.
Pennsylvania's Direct Tax Rero.nct.
Wllllamsport Sun.
Governor Pattison is right in belloring that
the money refnnded to the State by the Na
tional Government should be used ou the pay
ment of the Btato debt. This is the only just
way to dispose ot the money, as it cannot be
paid back to the individuals from whom it was
collected. -
PEOPLE WHO OOKB AHD GO.
John B.Bichard, of Brooklyn, and W. L,
Home, a Boston Iron man, are stopping at tbe
Duquesne.
P. C. Smith, of Omaha, and C. L. Wilson,
of Philadelphia, are among the guests at the
Schlosser.
Madame Janauschek is at the Mononga
hela House for a week. vSho occupies the finest
room in the hotel.
The New York Baseball Club, with 16
people, arrived in the city at midnight. They
pnt up at the Monongahela.
Mrs. John Brew will spend thevweek at
the Anderson. Louis Freedman, ot London,
registered at tbe hotel yesterday.
O. King, a Chicago detectiye and James
H. Nutt, City Commissioner of Yonngstown,
Stopped at tbe Central Hotel yesterday.
8. Bernstein, business manager for the
orchestra tbat will play for the Mav Festival, is
registered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
O. A. Preeman, of Stenbenyille, and E.
W. Smith, of Franklin, are among tbe arrivals
yesterday at tbe Seventh Avenue Hotel.
Mrs. H. Maud, Miss Beeler, of Hagers
ton. were in the el tr yesterday attending the
funeral ot a near relative. They stopped at the I
lfM.nMMh.1, TTnnaA
John McDowell, of 'Washington, Presi
dent ot the-State Wool Growers' Association,
was in the city for a short time yesterday. He
Is strongly in favor of a steep tariff ou woo).
Mr.'Pritch, of Ba"nkin & Fritch, builders
of plate glass machinery at tit. Louis, inspected
iii. f ttiAriaroi nlant veaterdav. .The factor will
be started this week. Mr.Fr!toa predicts a
a 4nnA fAP th tr4.Ajh Its A vnt1a
JtONDA
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
One Hundred Bull Fights at Meadvllle A
Modern Methuselah Taxidermy Doesn't
Pay A Trick With Pennies A Wonder
ful Nova Scotia Clock.
I The antics of a large herd of fat bulls was an
entertainment which attracted a good many
people 'to the Vallonla distillery yesterday
alternoon, says the Meadnlle Republican. The
bulls. 110 of tbem, have been kept In stalls and.
fed on distillery slops until they are considered
fat enough to ship to England as American
beef for their Johnny namesakes. Tbe bulls,
be it remembered, bad not been loose for sev
eral weeks, and when an animal first emerged
from the gloomy stable and got a good sniff of
pure free air, about the first move was to trans,
form his tail into a flagstaff, snort a couple of
times and then, with a terrific bellow, look up
and shake his head as though to challenge
somebody or something, no matter what or
how bie, to a fight
Occasionally one. wiser than his neighbors,
would walk quietly to a corner and behave
himself, but the most of tbem were in for a
fight at the start, and generally had little
trouble in finding plenty of what they sought.
Most of the fights were square head-to-bead
pushing matches, although occasionally a com
batant would get a side smash at his adversary,
generally knocking him over. In some of the
mora stubborn contests horns were locked for
fully ten minutes without a single break, the
animals alternately backing each other and
straining every nerve to win, finally quitting
from sheer exhaustion.
Strange as it may seem, the animals seldom
hurt each other.
A Modern Methuselah t
The oldest man in the world is a citizen of
Bogota, in Salvador. This Methuselah de
clares that he is 180 years old, and It would
seem he flatters himself; for his neighbors give
the assurance that he is older than be says be
is, says an Englisn literary paper. He is a
balf-breed named Michael Soils, whose exist
ence was levealed to Dr. Louis Hernandez by
one of the oldest planters in that locality, who
as a child knew Soils as a centenarian. Tbey
bave found in tbe year 1712 bis signature
among those persons who contributed to the
building of a Franciscan convent which exists
near San Sebastian. His skin is like parch
ment, his long hair, ot the whiteness of snow,
envelops his head like a turban, and his look is
so keen that it ma'de a disagreeable impression
on the doctor. "1 never eat but once a day,"
said he, "but 1 never use any but tbe strongest
and most nourishing foods. My meals last a
half hour, for I believe it is impossible to eat
more in that time than tbe body can digest in
24 hours. I fast the first and fifteenth day of
each month, and on those days I drink: as much
water as 1 can bear. lalwSyslat my food
become cold before I touch It. It is to these
things that I attribute my great age."
Taxidermy a Decaying Art.
"There isn't the money in taxidermy that
there used to be," said a well-known taxiderm
ist yesterday to a writer in the New York Tele
gram. "1 don't think that there are more than
two taxidermists in New York city to-day who
make a living without having some other iron
in tbe fire. Fifteen years ago there was money
in tbe business. We used to get f 10 apiece for
stuffing pef cats and dogs, and could run off
two and three a day. There isn't any call to
day for that sort of thing. Our principal sales
now are stuffed doves tor funeral purposes. We
sell about 7,000 a year. In tbe lower part of
the city tbey bring fl 25 or 11 60 apiece and up
town S3 apiece. A dove, you know, is really no
larger than a robin, and these so-called doves
are in fact, pigeons. Genuine doves would be
worth f 10 a pair. Moat of these pigeons are
bred by fanciers on tbe outskirts of Baltimore
and marketed in New York. We were the first
to introduce pigeons in New York to be used
for funeral purposes. That was in 1872, and at
the start we got $3 50 for each one. We used
to turn out 500 a week. There are so many
now In tbe business, however, that the price
has been cut down one-half.
"Nearly every taxidermist does his own shoot
ing. He usually takes a run out to Long
Island in the season and shoots snipe and any
other game he comes across. Bometimes be
can sell a case ot stuffed birds to a private
family at a good figure, but unless he has some
big business house to work for he will have a
hard time making both ends meet".
A TrlckJVllh Coppers.
Here is a very sfflple little trick with perc
ales that will catch the sharpest of your friends,
and la divulged by tbe New York Strata.
Place six pennies on the table and arrange
tbem in the form of a Roman cross that if,
four pennies in a perpendicular row for the
upright, and one on each side of the second
penny for tbe cross piece. Yon will then havo
two rows, the up and down row with four pen
nies and the horizontal row with tbree in It.
Ask your friends to place 'them' in two rows
with four in a row by only changing the posi
tion of one penny. They will try, but they
won't succeed.
Then crush tbem and win the drinks, if you
happen to be of that nature, by placing the
lower penny of tbe perpendicular row on the
center penny. Of course you did not stipulate
tbat tbe coins were not to be placed on top
of one another, and yon have done the trick
fairly. But it always leads to a dispute.
A Clock aa a Gunner.
At Halifax, Nova Scotia, a signal gun is fired
from tbe citadel each day at noon and at 9:30 P.
jr. Twenty years ago, says the Age of Steel, the
gunner in cbarge regulated his watch at a
famous jewelry establishment. A flag signal
system was subsequently adopted, and that in
turn was succeeded by a time ball signal sys
tem. The interference with tbe signals by fogs
made a now and more reliable arrangement
necossary. A cable has been laid from a clock
maker's establishment to the citadel, and Is
connected with a clock which automatically
fires the gun. Tbe dial of the astronomical
clock lias two small receptacles containing mer
cury. One of these is so placed that the re
verse end of the record hand will touch the
mercury when the index end points to tbe six
tieth second. When the minute hand toucbes
the mercury in one recentacle and the second
band toncbes it la the other, lhe circuit is com
pleted, and the big gun at the citadel is dis
charged by an electric circuit passing through
the clock.
A Slight Misunderstanding.
President W. N. Hobart, of the May Festival
Association, tells a good story on himself in
connection with Santley, tbe great baritone.
Thursday, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, Mr.
Hobart called at the Burnet House to see tbe
famous English singer, he having just arrived.
Mr. Hobart sent np bis card at the hotel. It
bore his name and the legend tbat be was
"Pres. May Festival Association." Imme
diately word came back in reply that if the
gentleman desired anything special of Mr.
Santley to send him a note. This rather sur
prised Mr. Hobart, and he said to a friend ac
companying him: "There mnst be some mis
take about this. At any rate 1 will write him
saying tbat I merely wanted to talk to him
about tbe rehearsal." The second missive
brought tbe answer, "Come up at once." On
reaching tbe room and after acquaintance had
been completed, tne noted Briton said: "Mr.
Hobart. yon will excuse me, I read tbis 'Press'
and thought yon were a newspaper man, and
could not see you just then."
A Fine Michigan Fish.
Tbey are catching fresh water whales at
Holland muskallonge that weigh from 15 to
25 pounds, says tbe Detroit Journal. A gamier
fish than tbese are rarely found, and it takes
an ex'pert to land him. He no sooner feels the
barbed steel in his gnlletthau be commences a
series of writbings and contortions. He makes
a semicircle of himself, springs back to a
normal position as suddenly as a tense bow
when the string is cut. He zigzags horizon
tally, darts upward, darts downward, spins
around, turns somersaults, and finally, if all
tbese dodges tall, launches his lithe body, with
a quiver, fully six feet into the air, and coming
down head foremost, darts off at a right angle
like a streak of lightning. It this lastmanenver
does not break the tackle, the muskallonge
gives in and suffers himself to be lifted out of
the water withont more ado.
A HUT 70S D0CT0B8 TO CBACE.
Miss Tolleson Has a Remarkable Rise In
Temperature.
Memphis, May 10. Ono of the most extra
ordinary cases in medical annals is that of Miss
Tolleson, a student at a leading institution in
this city- She was attacked with tonsllltls a
few days ago, her temperature rising to 108 and
then to 108, ber death being momentarily ex
pected. But. to tbe utter consternation of tbe
attending physicians, her temperature con
tinned to rise steadily to 153 Fahrenheit.
Strangest of alln the faot that tbe young
lady is improving and may recover. There is
but one parallel case on record, that of a victim
of perotlnltfs at Omaha, Neb., whose tempera
ture reached 152 degrees. '
If Greek Would Meet Greek
Atlanta Journal.
What a pity Beed is not to preside over the
Reichstag when Bismarck gets therel It would
be rare fun to see tbem lock horns.
A Seasonable Reminder.
Meadvllle Tribune-Republican.
The ordinance forbidding snow on tbe side
walks sbould.be rigidly enforced, particularly.
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OUR MATT, POTJOH.
Hot Shot for Ballot Reform Mangier.
To the Editor of Tbe DIs natch:
There could not have been a much greater
sensation produced among tbe people If the
Legislature bad passed a law disfrancbising,un
conditionally, a certain percentage of the vot
ers of this State than what has been caused by
tha Baker reform bill in its present condition.
The people will not stand It, A more cunningly
contrived scheme- to rob a people of their polit
ical rights, and enslave tbem, never was con
ceived by the worst set of villains known to
mankind. How far the political hippodrome
at Harrisbnrg will go toward taking from the
people tbe rights guaranteed tbem under the
Constitution ot the United States will be de
termined by the passage or defeat of the treas
onable measure now beforo them. In the event
ot the passage and becoming a law of the pres
ent proposed measure, I would advise all men
who desire nothing but honesty and patriotism
in governmental affairs, to combine in
one vast uprising and put an entire
Independent ticket Id tbe field and
sweep those political buccaneers out of
existence. The issue is placed before the peo
ple by this act whether they, the people, or a
lot of political tyrants shall rule. B. B. FsY. ,
Finleyville, May 9.
Only Second Papers Are Required.
To the Editor of lhe Dlspatcn:
Does one need to take out naturalization
payers if be has come to the United States being
lour years unuer ager .
Pxttsbubo, May 7.
CAD.
It Is Now a Law.
To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch:
Please state in your next issue whether the
international copyright bill bas become a law.
several Readies.
Habmont. Pa, May 9.
AHD OP COURSE HE KISSED HEB.
Practical Joking in the Steerage of an
Ocean Steamship,
Mew York Recorder.
An American recently returned from Europe
tells tbe following incident of his experience
on board the Etrnrla: "It was my custom on
sunshiny days to go down ou the deck where
tbe emigrants were, in order tbat I might study
tbe manners and customs ot these aliens.
"Many of the emigrants had no knowledge of
the English language, and tbis lack tbey tried
to supply by studying from text books. A
very pretty young Swedish woman was seated
on a, hatchway while we were off the banks of
Newfoundland. I seated myself beside her
and In a few minutes I taught ber to utter the
sentence 'Kiss me' in very fair English.
"As the lesson was completed, a sturdy
young Irishman sauntered in tbe direction of
the hatchway. By means of signs I made the
girl understand tbat she was to try her English
sentence on him. With an ingenious smile on
ber face she approached him and uttered tbe
magical sentence. The appeal startled the
Irishman fora moment
"Then his quick wit grasped the humor of
tbe situation, and throwing his arms like
great, rough bear around the maiden, be
saluted ber with two hearty smacks upon her
rosy cheeks. With a qolck movement she tore
herself from his embrace- and ran to hide her
blushes in the steerage."
GBESHAH AS A CAHDIDATE.
An Acquaintance of Harrison on the Presi
dents! Situation.
Sew York Telegram.!
"Some people outJn Indiana have been boom
ing Gresham tor tbe Bepublican nomination
for President In 1892." said William K. Ross, of
Indianapolis, at the Everett House, "but they
are just wasting their powder. Gresham will
never be permitted to make even a run for the
office as long as Harrison holds the reins. I
will go further than that and say that even if by
chance Gresham should Denominated Harrison
would knife him. Now, I want you to under
stand me. I do not say that Harrison Is going
to try to cut the throat of aby man who may be
nominated. Of course be will work for the
nomination, and I hope he may get It but what
I do say and reseat is that if Gresham tries to
run Harrison would prefer bis party's defeat to
Gresham's success. Strong words? Yes, I
know it; but it is my opinion. As you know,
Harrison can bear a grudge for an awful long
time and put the knife in wben tbe time comes.
"Harrison could not carry Indiana, and I
don't believe be is as strong as his friends
would have us believe. I bave not been about
the country much the past tbree months,so can
not say what I believe the choice of the whole
country to be, except as it concerns Blaine. I
tell you Blaine can be elected by an overwhelm
ing majority over every competitor. He is the
man ot my choice."-
WHY BUSIHE8S MEH DIE YOTJHG.
A Fair Sample of the Dally Puzzles They
Have to Untangle.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Here is a sample of tbe puzzles In the way of
orders tor goods business men of the city bave
to solve. It was received by a prominent book
firm from a gentleman in tbe South, who
wanted to replenish his literary assets or
something:
C ten Aprol 91
Yures 15 reed contents noted Inclosed yew
will find money order pleas snd me the Life
bistryof Laranzns Dow 300 apocarify of the
bible 100 apocarafy of tbe new testamytlOO
allso please inform me what Sweden Bnrgers
boocksis worth allso tbe Hstry of Joe Sepbis
prise seperatly mey the peas of god bee with you
all.
COMPLIHEHTS THE C0MMISSI0H.
An
Engineering Publication Has
Good
Words for the Canal Folic
The Engineering News, of New York, pub
lishes a flattering endorsement ot tbe report of
tbe Lake Erie and Ohio Blver Ship Canal
Commission, which concludes thus:
"Tbe report of 173 pages 8 vo., includes a
large amount of statistical matter concerning
tbe probable commerce on such a canal, ana
tbe manufacturing, commercial and national
interests involved. Tbe Commission has cer
tainly done its work well, and it only remains
for the legislators of Pennsylvania to properly
digest the valuable material there presented."
BAIN SATED TEE WHEAT.
If Chancellor Snow's Prediction About the
Kansas Chinch Bus; Proves Trne.
Kansas city, May 10. Dispatches from
points all over Kansas state tbat cold rains,
which Chancellor Snow in his report yester
day on wheat pests in Kansas said would rid
tbe fields of the chinch bug, fell to-day. The
rain began falling about 4 o'clock this morn
ing and for about 12 hours came down in
torrents and during the rest of the uaylt
rained gently.
Tbo storm came directly from the North and
the thermometer dropped to 40 degrees. If
Chancellors Snow's prediction is fulfilled
Kansas wheat will suffer no more tbis season
from the deadly chinch bug.
Yonngstown Catholic Church Dedication.
ISrXCIAL TELXOKAM TO THX SISrATCH.I
Youhgstows, May 10. The Church of tbe
Immaculate, costing 30,000, was dedicated to
day with appropriate ceremonies. Large dele
gations, including civic societies, came in ou
speeial trains from New Castle, Sharon, Nlles,
Warren and other points and gave a parade.
The formal dedication of tbe church was by
Mgr. Bolt, of Cleveland, executor of the late
Bishop Gilmour. Tbe address to tbe people
was delivered by Father Carroll, of Cleveland,
and the celebrant of tbe mass was Rev. A. E.
Manning, ot Fremont brotber ot Father Man
ning, pastor of the church.
The Case Strongly Stated.
There are boys in Oil City who should be
soundly thrashed about tbree times a day for
303 days and their parents should be killed.
Something She Forgot
Boston Herald
Mrs. Besant doesn't quite understand all the
tricks of her trade. She bas sailed awar for
home without making ber positively last fare
well appearance.
GHOSTS.
A turn of the bead, a gesture allzbt
Of that girl, unknown, in tbe window there,
Recall In a flash to my mind tbe night
The fateful night, of our parting where
We stood opposed ber angry lance
He small hand elencbed in passionate rage.
Abt tbat was the end of our romance.
And we both wrote "Flnlsl" upon the page.
y h.
And yet was it ended, wben here to-night
A girl's sllzht movement as It appears.
Can call up memories, dear and bright
That 1 tnouxht wvru Jcud for all the years
Of life for me? Aad the thought comes now-
irshe, byajchance, some man should see
Wbose face or whose ways were mine, somehow
1 Just what and how would abe think of me?
. 4j demcroueveunKu,
CURIOUS CONDESSAIWS,
Smokeless powder increases in use.
Wool is made from wood tree fiber.
A Hessian watchman gets 1 cent a day.
Americans are the greatest -meat-eaten.
-Vermont claims the first electrio motor.
Pennsylvania contains four castor-oil
mills.
Cannon projectiles have been photo
graphed. Sanguinite, a new mineral, contains
silver, arsenic and sulphur.
Detroit undertakers must wear rubber
coats when they handle diphtheria corpses.
Chicago has the biggest lime kiln. Six
thousand barrels ot stone and lithe ara crushed
in a day.
It Is no unusnal thing for a yeel'ply-st
ing between Japan and San Francisco to bring
1,000,000 fans as asingle item of Its cargo.
Houston county, 6a., claims the young
est Confederate soldier in tbe person Augustus
L. Dixonwho enlisted in 1S63 under 13 years of
age.
The word "prefacfe," used in the begin
ning of boots, was originally a word ot wel
come to a meal, and was equivalent to "Much
good may it do you."
The Springfield Republican says:
"Wachusett, the only decent mountain down
East, is about to be sold like any parcel ot level
mead and woodland."
Diamonds have appeared in greater
profusion in London society this year than ever
before. Tbey have been worn in profusion at
morning entertainments.
The Michigan penitentiary has a class
of 15 in telegraphy, originated by one of the
prisoners. Each convict purchased his own
Instrument by working overtime.
Australia has now 4,750,000 of people,
1500,000 more than the population of the Amer
ican Colonies wben tbey declared their inde
pendence, and the same as Ireland at the
present tune.
Every year a layer of the sea, 14 feet
thick, is taken np Into the clouds. The winds
bear their burden into tbe land and the water
comes down in rain upon the field, to flow
back through rivers. '
The commerce of New South 'Wales,
one of the Australian provinces, in proportion
to its numbers is three times that of Canada,
fire times tbat nt France, and etgnt times
greater than the trade of the United States.
A brown rat with a blue tail was killed
at the Cincinnati Court House Friday. It was
not a new species, bnt a plain, everyday Nor
way rodent that had been quietly fishing with
its caudal appendage In a bucket ot blue paint
A boot sole, the bottom covered with
iron. was found imbedded in a chunk of coal
at Aienton Aiaroor tne otneraay. lauoosj
was made several years B. C and the sols
must bave been an old iron one ot capital, left
in the footprint ot the march of time.
It is said there is a traot of forest trees
in Southern Oregon embracing about 18,000
square miles, which, cut and sold, at 110 per
L000 feet, would pay our National debt twice
over. It is estimated tbat the amount of mer
chantable timber standing will reach 400,000,
000,000 feet
A few years ago s gentleman bought 100
acres several miles below Macon. Ga., on tbe
East Tennessee road, for which he paid J10 an
acre. He improved the property at a cost of
only S7 an acre, and within fourysars from tbe
date of the purchase cleared $27,CCO from the
sales of fruit grown on this land.
Two thousand pairs of woolen socks are
knitted at the prison at Jackson, Mica., each
year. The man who bosses the tailoring de
partment says: "It a convict sees some other
convict bave a new pair ot socks he will not rest
satisfied until be gets a pair, or knows wby he
doesn't They tear the toe of a sock or the
heel, and then try to make me believe it's a
legitimate wear-out"
There are hopes of introducing the
magio lantern as a means of signalling at sea.
Wben so used, the lantern will be called
tbe "Luclgraph." It will bave slides in the
shape of stencil plates, each with a letter or
figure cut in it The screen is a flag stretched
in a conspicuous part of the ship, on which the
letter ot the slldeis projected. By the help of
glasses, the distant ship reads the letters.
One of the most frequent complaints
among canaries is asthma. Tbis disease is
easily cured if taken hold ot at once. The bird
dealers sail a powder that is mixed in the water
tbe birds are given to drink, and there is also
a bird tonic which is good for all the Ills tbat
bird flesh is heir to. When a bird has the asthma
the symptoms ara a heaviness of breathing at
night Canaries with this complaint have been
known to breathe like human beings.
By careful experiments made at the
United States Mint it has been shown that 13
are lost br abrasion every time 51.000,000 in
gold coin are handled. The experiments were
conducted with bags containing $5,000 each,
and it was shown tbat tbe mere lilting of the
200 bags making up JI.000.000 to a truck to be
removed to another vault, resulted in tbe loss
stated, and that their transfer from tbe truck
again made a second similar loss.
Prance has in her army a unique body
of troops for tbe -protection of her railways in
war. Most of tbem are men living near the
eastern boundary among them 7,000 foresters
and customs officials able to get in the field at
a few hours' notice. Recently this railway
contingent was mobilized, so that its efficiency
might be tested. Tbe mobilization was not
very successful. Halt of the men could get no
overcoats because there were none for them.
The zone system of passenger fares,
which started in Hungary, and has also been
successfully applied in Austria, was adopted on
May 1 by the Cork, Blackrock and Passage
Hallway Company, in Ireland, for service be
tween Cork and Crossbaven and Afgbada, two
popular pleasure resorts in tbe harbor. In
stead of 150 kinds of tickets formerly required,
there are now only 8. and the new rates of fare
are about 30 per cent lower than the former
tariff.
The death of a young man in Lyon
county, Kan., by a stroke ot lightning from an
almost cloudless sky was certainly very re
markable,but a caseof the same kind occurred in
I860 on tbe prairie midway between Clinton and
Bloomingtoor in tbe same State. A young man
was riding on a gallop, wben a bolt was seen by
residents near by to dart straight uownward
from a cloudless sky. The horse, with his rider,
were found very shortly after with a small
round hole passing throngh the head and body
of the man, and thence throngh the horse Into
the ground.
WISDOM IN WIT.
A SOLEMN WABSTWO.
. Charley Marston, of Chicago,
Learned to smote tbe cigarette.
And lie puffed 'em late and early
As though at It on a bet;
But tbe plien -ot to working
Something Charley ne'er would do
How he's in a private 'sylum,
Down at lovely Kalamaioo.
From this gemlet take a warning,
iryoabain'tbegunlt yet
Don't upset your daisy bralnlet
"With the festive cigarette.
Detroit Journal.
If you want to help the devil to make
backsliders, get up church entertainments.
Sam's Morn.
Walker There are great possibilities In
that fsllow. Weeks.
Went (dryly) Yes, but very few probabilities.
New Xork Telegram.
Ethel Why are yon always kicking be.
cause I have other admirers?
George Ob, if yon want to biake a syndicate ot
yourself, I don't object. Sew Xork Sun.
Mrs. Bellows I caught you kissing the
hired girl, sir. What does it mean?
Mr. Brown It means we havo lost enough girls
on accountof my coolness. Chicago Qloie.
Crostcutt (the 'manufacturer) If more
men strUe, Mr. Penman. I fear they will be
ruined. . ......
Penman (the bookkeeper, with his mind on the
last ball game) Yes, this going out in one-two-three
order has nearly broken me already. CM
cago Timet.
Debtor You can't collect that from me,
sir. .
Collector-No?
Debtor Jfo; yon can't get blood out of a
turnip.
Collector (In dIgust)-ApparenUy not: neither
can I get money out of a beet-Team Siflingi.
Johnny My father said it in sober earn
est ma'am.
Teacher Wouldn't my father said it la earn
est" mean Just aimuoh, Johnny? t
Johnny Ko. ma'am; not if you know my father.
Xlmira Qasette.
Bjones What will yon take for that
horse of yours. B'enklns!
BJenktns Two hundred and fifty dollars.
Bjones Two hundred and fifty dollars: Why,11'
man, 7u told me last week that you were dU- -gtuted
with him and would sell him for SSQ. l
Bltnklns Yea, 1 know I did: T have found
ljnaa'nowwho wants lm.8omenU Jovraat,'
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