$pt4 ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY & 1646. Vol. 46, No. 9S. Entered at Pittsburg Postoffice, November 14, lbS7, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Sraithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTERN' ADVERTISING OFFICE, EOOM 3, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where com plete file ofTHE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Mends or THE DISPATCH, while In New York, arc also made welcome. THEDISPATCBit resrulariy on Sale ct BrentanoV, S Union Sevan, New Tort, and 17 Are de VOpera. rant, .Bnn, tclxre anyone tcho hat been disap pointed at a hotel noes stand can obtain it. TEE3IS OF THE DISPATCH. rOSTACE TREE IS THE UNITED STATES. Daily DisrATcn, One Tear t jj 00 Daily Dispatch, rer Quarter - 00 DATLTDisrATCii, OneMonth 70 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 ear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 3 m'flis. 2 50 Daily DisrATCir, including Sunday, lm'th.. 90 Scaday Dispatch, One Year 150 "Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1 25 The Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at Y cents per Meek, or, including Sunday Edition, at SO "euts per m eck. , PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1891. EVIDENTLY WITHOUT rOUXDATIOX. The report that in case of the failure of the charter amendments, the Mayor will proceed against the heads of departments, on the ground that they have no title to the offices they hold, is plainly a sensa tional fabrication. The Mayor is evi dently pushing his campaign with a keen judgment and tolerably accurate knowl edge of what he is about. "Whatever his motives, it may be taken for granted that he is not going to gratuitously put himself in the wrong. It happens to be the fact that among the cloud of uncertainties cast over our munic ipal matters by the last Supreme Court decision, one thing was certainly deter mined, and that is that the heads of de partments hold their positions constitu tionally. It was specifically declared that the sections creating these offices were constitutional, though the court left the definition of their powers in a snarl which it would defy any power short of the Legislature, or the Supreme Court itself, to unravel. There may be a large variety of opinions as to the accurate judgment of the court on various matters, but in this retpect there can be no question that its decision is binding as being the ,last word on the matter. With the whole issue starting from this decision, we give the Mayor credit for too much intelligence to attack a position which in that very ruling the Supreme Court sustained. LAWS AND CORPORATIONS. A very striking illustration of the fact that corporations are like necessity, and the f rarncrs of the last street acts, in that they know no law, was afforded by the action of the superintendent of the New York derated roads the other day. A fire oc curred in a building close to the line of its downtown end. The chief of the fire de partment pronjunced the wall adjoining the elevated road to be dangerous and or dered the running of trains past it to be suspended till the danger was over. But this did not suit the superintendent of the elevated road. The chief of the fire department is the authority designated by law to say whether buildings are dan gerous or not and the police department is the one that is charged with en forcing bis judgment But the ele vated railroad superintendent con ceived himself entitled to overrule the decision of the fire officials and disre gard the orders of the police; in pursuance of which policy he declared that the wall was not dangerous and kept on running his trains in disregard of the orders of the police. This is a new illustration of the modern thcorj that corporations are above the law and need not obej it Any ordinary citizen, who defied the fire and police authorities in this w ay, would have brought up in the station house ery promptly. The New York Telegram calls for the surest of this autocratic superintendent; but the New York police too well under btand the New York principle that laws mut courlesj to great corporations, and thev will not commit any such faux pas as that THE COMING IJErORJI. In a private letter to The Dispatch Mr. Dwight IL Olmstead, of New York, states The Dispatch is correct in suppos ing that his system of block indexing, which is in successful operation in New York City, is only a preliminary step to complete land transfer reform. lie also agrees with The Dispatch that to it should be added the valuable features of the Torrens system. "But inmy opinion," says Mr. Olmstead, "those valuable feat ures arc not the one which chiefly distin guishes that system, namely, State guaran tee founded on preliminary examination. The introduction of a system of indefeasi ble titles has twice been tried in England, and may be said now to be definitely abandoned there." This indicates a practical agreement between the views on the subject of land transfer reform advanced in the.se columns and thoe held 1 3Ir. Olmstead. TnE Dispatch has f ullj recognized that gen tleman as the standard authority for this countrj on that important subject It has also conceded the difficulty which he "urges, in a country of longer settlement than Australia, of basing indefeasible titles solely on preliminary examinations, and said that his suggestion of possessory titles w ith a statute of limitations may be much the safer one. But the point on which it has criticised Mr. Olmstead's attitude is that he seems, in his pamphlet on the subject, to be will ing to rest for the present on his achieve ment in getting the preliminary step taken. It may have been well enough to accept that step simply as an entering wedge in New York, where the attempt was first made. But with the whole country now waking up to the immense gam to bo secured by a com plete land transfer reform, the leader in the movement should be ready to bring forward a matured scheme of legislation to secure all three of the leading purposes of the reform, viz: simplification of the work of examining titles, ease of transfer, and such perfection of titles as is possible. 3Ir. Olmstead is eminently the man whose know ledge and prominence qualify him to perform that work. "Vith his agree ment as to the correctness of combining with his peculiar reform the practicable features of the Torrens system, we shall hope to learn of his having drawn up such a scheme at an early -date. A measure of lijeB that sort will forceitself on the attention of legislators by Its own merits; and Mr. Olmstead's work will be crowned by render ing real estate as negotiable an investment as stocks or bonds, and one that is much more reliable. THE HIGH SCHOOL TROUBLE. That High School case started out by passing judgement before Investiga tion, which was a sufficiently remarkable proceeding; the inves tigation yesterday enriches the record with a declaration that he verdict of suspension by the faculty is sustained, .but that the offending pupil can comeback to the school if she chooses, which strikes the outsider as the most original way on record of confirming a suspension. As regards the investigation, its signifi cance is affected by the fact that the High School Committee which conducted it fell under the censure of the Central Board, almost as much as the faculty. The evi dence falls to sustain the charge that vio lent language was used by an instructorj but as a vindication of the faculty it leaves much to be desired. It seems to have been directed to the issue put in the testimony of one of the teachers, that the pupil under discipline "was wrong." Every impartial person knows she was wTong. There is no material dispute on that point; but the public question is whether the manner adopted of dealing with the ancient personalities of a class paper was judicious, good-tempered or dignified. Considering the fact that these personal ities were fully corrected by their elision, and that the offense for which the pupil was disciplined was her absence andfailure to read the corrected paper, it becomes pertinent that this absence was in accord ance with her father's orders. After a pupil has apologized for an offense of that sort, to insist on the further humiliation of her reading it in public instead of allowing it to be read for her, is pushing discipline to an undignified, if not vindictive degree. That the action of the Central Board was hasty and too sweeping may be con ceded; but that the kind of discipline in sisted on in this case was such as will benefit a High School, is far from demon strated. PROMISE ANT NON-PEBFOBMA'CE. Here is the policy to which the KepubliJ can party of Pennsylvania pledged itself during the last campaign, and under which the members of the Legislature were elected: We charge the members of the next Gen eral Assembly with the duty to pass such laws for ballot reform, and if necessity should arise to provide for such changes in the Constitution of our State as wiu insure to every voter perfect secrecy and freedom in exercising his right of suffrage. The practical politicians' way of fulfill ing that pledge has been to mutilate a bill that would have redeemed it into a meas ure that destroys independent action, tries to disfranchise independent voters, and provides a way to prevent voters that can be intimidated or corrupted from casting their votes without supervision. The Baker bill showed that it Is practi cable to provide secrecy and freedom in voting without constitutional amendment Therefore its provisions were distorted in order to give a shallow excuse for calling a constitutional convention by which the Constitution can be emasculated to suit the purposes of the politicians and the wishes of the corporations. There could not be a more complete declaration of the political idea that the only value of platform pledges is to fool the people. Nor could there be a more urgent necessity for Eepublican leaders who believe that there is such a thing as principle, to come out in emphatic opposi tion to such dishonesty. irrrriNG the wrong party. A singular example of the loose logic which some of our esteemed free trade cotemporaries indulge in on the sugar tariff is presented by an article in the Providence Telegram. That journal makes various assertions concerning the control of the price of sugar which are intended to bear on party divisions on the tariff question. One cf the salient assertions is that the Sugar Trust "has been able to control the price of sugar in this country even beyond the amount of the protection it has en joyed," and has controlled the English market at the same time as the American. This is brought forward as an indictment of protection ; but if it is true, which we doubt, it is just the opposite. The fact that prices could be put up beyond the amount of the tariff proves that some thing else besides the tariff constituted the power of the Trust Further, the Telegram asserts that at the same time the Trust sold sugar in England for four cents it sold the same article in the United States for eight cents. This being brought forward as an indictment of the Republican "tariff policy, it is needless to inquire into its truth. If the figures are correct it is given a very different ap plication from that made by the Telegram, The following figures show its true bear ing: Duty on refined sugar proposed by Mills bill, 2.8 cents; enacted in McKin ley bill, 1-2 cent With the fact that the Eepublican policy put the duty on sugar 2.2 cents lower than the rate fixed by the Democratic measure, the esteemed Telegram's statements re solve themselves into a decided boom erang. It is Interesting to learn that the fresh man class at Princeton has adopted a reso lution against hazing. We are entirely In sympathy with the resolution; but In view of the praise esteemed cotemporaries are giving the same it seems rather pertinent that the victims of hazing usually find no difllculty in perceiving the wrong of it. When the Princeton freshmen reach the stnire where, bv the barbaric surjerstition of College youth, they are permitted to haze others, their opposition to the practice will show a commendable enlightenment. The school children in New York have voted for the golden rod as their favorite flower. There is a suspicion that this was a part of the fine work of Jones, tho freight-payer, who is determined that New York shall in no way choose any such flower as Roswell P. The action of the Governor in vetoing the emasculated road bill is Indorsed by journals which havo been foremost in sup porting the work of real road reform. The Philadelpia Press sums up the whole subj eot by eaying: "Every measure which is so dis torted fi-ora Its original purpose as to be re pudiated by Its best friends is a proper sub ject for executive veto." This has a hint that the bogus movement to slaughter ballot reform will, If It passes the Legislature, re ceive a i cto with the approval of the press generally. That attempt to assassinate the Czare vitch turns out to be a case in which the Russian heir was out for quiet nocturnal enjoyment, and tho Japanese policemen proved themselves as active with their clubs as the New York kind. The demand of the New York Wine and Spirit Gazette that the liquor dealers In Buffalo should tell why a Senator from that city failed to vote for a wholesale liquor bill which that interest demanded from the New York Legislature, Is a singular Indication of THE New York politics. It gives us the idea that the wholesalo liquor interest has the same power to Issue Its orders In New York politics, that the corporations and practical politi cians havo -with regard to the legislation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The Newark lodge of Elks has voted that JohnL. Sullivan does not drink to ex cess. This ls more Important as an indica tion of what the Newark Elks regard as ex cessive drinking than as a vindication of John L.'s sobriety. Thebe is outspoken wisdom and party sense In the declaration of the Media Ameri: can that the. Republicans who stab ballot re form In the house of its friends "will be held up to public notice by the American, and we trust by every Republican newspaper In the State, We cannot demandjustelectionlaws for the South and refuse them for Pennsyl vania." This is an evidence on the part of the sanguine Cooper that he 13 convinced that honest politics Is the only kind that pays. , Mr. John H. Fow's anxiety to slaughter the trusts Is commendable, but, like his determination to make the corporations obey the Constitution, It Is only active when there is no chance of its becoming effective. The ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia that "the fact that the people of a certain-section had held a mass-meeting and agreed to disregard the 'stock lawldoes not repeal the law," Is undoubtedly true, though it does not seem like any very new princi ple. Nevertheless it oversets the New Or leans theory of government. It might also be pertinent In this section to say that the edict of corporation managers does not re peal the law either. The Stewart -will case is settled once more by the defeat of the Irish heirs. There is every reason to hope that this settlement will last until some enterprising lawyer gets up a new set of heirs or a new case. The Prince of Wales explains that most of his debts were Incurred in buying wed ding presents. This will secure for His Royal Highness the Bympathy of American society generally; but otherwise itrwlll have an unfortunate effect. It will destroy the growing idea In the United States that wed ding presents are going out of fashion. The whole world rejoices to hear that Gladstone Is getting better. No" one ls ready to hear that the career of the Grand Old Han Is ended until be has won at least one more good fight. If those reports of assaulting and beat ing deputy sheriffs In the Fayette county coke regions are true, there is an obvious need for strict enforcement of the law. But some of these reports need Investigation about as much as the one concerning the imprisonment of laborers In the mines. The reason for the low temperature of Tuesday and Wednesday Is explained when we recaU the fact that Devoe prophesied the hottest weather of the season for those two days. Belgium has just informed Boulanger that he must shut up or leave Belgium. This ls so valuable an indication that Boul anger is still In the land of the living that wonder grows how he brought Influence to bear on the Belgian Government to give him this advertisement. The Florida legislative caucus seems to have appropriated all the pugnacity that used to be developed by a Democratic con vention In Allegheny county. The Senate has passed the bill abolish ing the ward school boards of Philadelphia. If the bill extended to second-class cities it might or might not bo a benefit; but recent experience warrants the apprehensions that changes in the teaching corps would be very abrupt, sotto speak. PERSONAL PECTOTIAEriTES. Nelson was only ,13 when he took to the water. NO fewer than seven portraits of the Ger man Emperor are now being painted by three artists in Berlin. The Princess of Wales is" exhibiting a number of her creditable productions In photography at the exhibition in Vienna. Ex-Governoe John Irland, of Texas, says that when Galveston has deep water there will be a new line of railroad between that city and Chicago. In England "Artemus Ward" has scarce ly lost an iota of his popularity as a humor ist. English popular opinion has placed him on a level with Mark Twain. Key. Father Sherman, son of the late General Sherman, will be present at the cele bration of the three hundredth anniversary of the death of St. Aloysius at St. Charles, Mo., and will deliv.er the oration. Mrs. Lease, the Kansas Alliance wom an, recently received a letter fronxBeu But terworth notifying her that Bhe had recently been elected to membership In the "College of Thinkers" of the world. She has also re ceived an offer of $130 and all expenses to make three speeches before the Chautauqua meeting at Atlanta. John Gladstone, the father of the ex Premier of Great Britain, trained his chil dren to give a reason for every opinion they offered. It was in this way that William E. Gladstone was early trained to debate. On one occasion William and his sister Mary disputed as to where a certain picture ought to be hung. An old Scotch servant came in with a ladder, and stood irresolute while tho argument progressed, but as Miss Mary would not yield, William gallantly ceased from speech, though unconvinced, of course. The servant then hung up the picture where the young lady ordered, but when he had done this he crossed the room and ham mered a nail Into the opposite wall. He was asked why ho did this. "Aweel, miss, that will do to hang the picture on when yo'll have to come round to Master Willie's opecnion." STIXL HOPS FOB HTTSBTrfiB, Lima OH to Supply the Aching Yoid Caused by Gas Failure. Lima Republican. Pittsburg's natural gas boom has gone, never to return. The great gas resorvolrs are partly exhausted and the gas men have learned that fuel supply In unlimited quan tity at limited prices, is unprofitable busi ness. The mill supply has been cut off, and the houo supply regulated by the meter system. The drilling necessary to "keep up this supply, and the pipeago system to deliver it, aro becoming more expensive all the time. In short, natural gas ls now a luxury, in Pittsburg, lavishly as it -was wasted a few years ago. At this Junoture, Lima receives ts benefit To avoid the smoke and soot of ante-gas days, the Pittsburg mill men are turning to Lima oil. We can stand it, and think Pittsburg can. DEIFUNCr T9 BAHKBTJPTCY. The Financial State or Portugal Shows Whither Other Powers Aro Drifting. Kansas City Star. Portugal is a small nation, but she Is a type of the greater ones. Thoro Is not In Eu rope the capacity for development that there is on the Western continent. The debts of the bankrupt South American na tions will be paid somo time if they are not increased. But the nations of Europe have already reached tho point where it Is an lmr possibility for them to pay what they owe. Will not private financiers some time get tired of lending money to their debtors to pay interest on what they already owcT Will not Russia some time bo where Portugal is now? Will not Francet Will not Italy! Will not many other or the old and fully developed countries? 'Twould Be Terrible. Baltimore American. The famous bloodhound used to -track the Whitechapel fiend has been kidnaped. What If the Ripper should come back to steal the police. v PITTSBURG1 DISPATCH, TALK OF THE TOWN. A dean Monument How to Scour Sand stone BeaUsm. in Berlin In Defense of Certain Shoppers The Judicial Derby Town Gossip of the Topical Talker. The Soldiers' Monument on Seminary Hill Is actually white again, and the sunshine finds it in a reflective mood. They have been literally digging away at It for weeks and now the only point in the renovation to be completed is the re-cutting of the extract from Lincoln's Gettysburg oration which ornaments tho north panel of the pedestal. The monument will present a clean face to tho old soldiers who visit it on Decoration Day. If the reign of smoke ls to be resumed for good In this valley the monument will he as black as ever In less than five years. On this point Mr. B. McDonald, a very canny old Scot whom I found overseeing the single stonecutter at work on Lincoln's famous words, said yesterday: "We have had to cut off 'the surface of the entire monument to'give it a clean appearance, and then, of course, the Inscriptions have had to be deepened. The only way to keep the monument resnectable in annearance will be to have It scrubbed with water and. steel Drushes every two years." "A little soap with the water?" "Heavens, no! man. You can't use soap on sandstone. If you do you'll never get it to look clean again. I've noticed many a housewife down In the city using Boap when she scrubs her sandstone doorsteps or win dow ledges, and wondering no doubt why the more she scrubs the blacker the stone becomes. You should only use soap on stone that will take a hard polish like mar ble or granite. The fault I have to find with this monument ls Its mottled appear ance now that we've cleaned It. That is be cause the builders of it did not secure a uniform quality of sandstone. You see that panel is dark and this block light, the one of what we call blue sandstone and the other of the pink variety. The man who built it could not have been very proud of his work, for he hasn't put his name or the date of Its erection on the monument," A Plea for Persistent Shoppers. "It Is well enough to sneer at shoppers of my sex," said a lady yesterday, "who pull a store Inside out to Buy a spool of thread, but let me tell you that In some stores a woman can't expect to get a glimpse of the best stock, the new goods and the most desirable unless She asks for things that are not in sight,' and, as men put it, 'look at a hundred dresses before She buys one.' Now, for example, I went Into a first-class dry goods store to-day to buy a dress. First of all, I was shown a score of dresses that had been pawed over and spread on the counter for days and days. The dresses were good enough, bnt I saw that thev were shop-worn, and I declined to buy. I told the saleswoman I wanted to see some other dresses, and my husband, whom I hadnersuaded to accom pany mo this far, thereupon declared that he would not Btand by and torture a hardwork ing woman behind the counter just to gratify nvy caprice. Sol went it alone if you'll ex cuse the expression and after my lord had gone the saleswoman, who by the way was just as good natured as she should have been, seeing that she understood my purpose, brought out several dresses in their original boxes, whloh had not been handled at all, and I soon made my choice. The price of the dress was the same as that of the first shown to me, and the saleswoman said: Those dresses you looked at first will be marked down to-morrow' and then I may buy one. For the economy thus effected I know my husband will not give me credit but It Is real as you'll admlt.,r Realism In Berlin. Os Wednesday night a crowd of men who had been to the May Festival were talking about the performance In the Hotel Ander son lobby. A gentleman of German birth who had been especially valiant in defense of Wagner and German art and artists, got into a rather heated controversy with a Plttsburgor over the merits of the rendering of Saint-Sacns' "The Deluge" that evening. "You must confess," saidtho Pittsburger, "that the effect of the flood was most realis tically produced to-night." "Do you call that realism?" contemptu ously nnswered the German. "Why, in Ber lin, when 'The Deluge' was given the audl enoe were up to their necks In water for threo hours!" A Coign for Sight-Seers. Tan new road which Is being cut from Ridge avenue to the brow of Seminary Hill will be finished In a week or two, Judging from the progress so far made, and It will add a very picturesque drive to the large number Allegheny already possesses. The road starts from the corner above the Pres byterian Seminary and winds in an elongated S to the base of the Soldiers' Monument, about which it will circle presumably. As soon as it is completed, no donbMt will be a favorite drivo with those who want to Bhow strangers the two cities, for In spite of tho great cloud of smoke which overhangs Pitts burg, the view to be obtained from the hill top comprehends the most interesting part of the two cities and a general prospect of the Ohio Valley and the surrounding hills of rare beauty. A Gratuitous Gibe. Whks you are fighting for room enough to breathe in one of the overcrowded Pleasant Valley electric- cars, it Is aggravating to read the advertising signs by the fare register and all around the roof, which announco that. "Space in this car may be had on appli cation to ." - An Egg "With Your Beer. Is a certain downtown saloon Just now when a customer orders a glass of beer the bartender with one hand sets down the glass and with the other offers a hard-boiled egg in a neat cup. The competition In the liquor business must be pretty sharp when to catch trade a saloon keeper ls willing to cut his profits like this. There can't bo much margin of profit in the transaction when eggs are retailing at 20 cents a dozen, even if the bartender Is an artist in drawing high collars with the beer. A Derby for Legal Colts. "Eveet man under 40 is a candidate for the Judgeship," a lawyer remarked yester day. "What about the fellows over 40?" asked a brother barrister. "Oh, they're not In it." replied the first speaker with a sigh, as he pushed his hand through his grizzled hair. It's All In the Point of View. "I haven't any old clothes for you," said the lady of the house to a tattered and torn old fellow who had knocked at the door of a house on Center avenue; "my husband wears his clothes out." The old clo' man looked passing sad and he went away muttering: "Don't know what's comln' to the people that lives In fine houses; they don't have any clothes no more." PEOPLE "WHO COME AND GO. Dr. Z. X. Snyder, President of the In diana State Normal school, was in the city yesterday. The Doctor could have been State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but he says there is not a living salary con nected with the office. It ls all honor and no pay. He didn't want it at present, but he might accept somo day when he is wealthier. H. C. Overholt, a manufacturer of ex tracts nt Cleveland, was visiting friends In the city yostcrdey. Mr. Overholt formerly lived at West Overton, and is well-known In the COnnollsville coke region, where he was at one time engaged in the coke business. Judge Campbell, of TJniontown, returned yesterday from Philadelphia. He says in the East the people are complaining about the lack of rain, and the fanners fear their crops will bo injured. The same thing is true of Western Pennsylvania. A party.of 14 people in a special car went East last evening as the guests of T. G. Evans. Phil Knox, .the lawyer, was in the crowd. They were reticent about the ob ject of tho trip. John Schlosser returned yesterday from the Hotel Men's Convention at Cleveland, no said they had a great time, and this was all he could remember of the programme. G. A. Beaver, of Bellefonte, J. K". Pearce, a New Castle banker, and J. F. Hlllman, manager of all the Wanamaker stores, are among the guests at the Anderson. J. G. Camp and wife, of Butler, regis tered at the Schlosser last night. They are a newly-married couple as tho young man's nervousness indicated. James B. Seott returned from Phila delphia yesterday. Ho says many architects ore anxious to prepare plans forthe Carnegie libraries. Colonel T. B. Searight, of TJniontown, and C. Seymour Dutton, of Yonngstown, are stopping at the Monongahela House. Oswald Baynes and W. . Post, main line claim agents for the B. & O. road at Bol tlmore, wore in the city yesterday. George T. 3Iallery and wife, of-Topeka, and A. G.Thomas and wife, of Spilngfleld, are at the Duquesne. Philip Wirschlng, of. Salem, and J.,Mo Donald, of Washington, are at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Dr. F. O. Robinson, of TJniontown, is in- the city visitinc his rt.diter. SATURDAY, -MAT 16, WORLD'S FAR EXHIBITS. Many Persons Want to Go Abroad to Super vise shipments. . FEOSI A BTAIT COBBESrOITOEHT. WASHDraTOjr,Mayl5. The eagerness with which public office is sought is illustrated by the numerous Inquiries that have come to the Treasury Department relative to the character of the duties that would devolve upon persons whom it Is supposed the de partment will appoint to go abroad to super Intend the shipment of articles of exhibit Intended to he sent to the World's Fair. These inquiries resulted from the publica tion of an erroneous statement, to the effect that the department has really decided to nppoint such officers. Congress provided In two separate appropriations $40,000 to defray the expenses or the handling or inspection of Imports from abroad for exhibition at the World's Fair. . , The Director General of the Fair wrote to the Secretary of the Treasury recently and Inquired what action the department had taken In reference to this matter. The Sec retary of the Treasury stated to-day that he has taken no action in this matter and is not likely to do so for some time. THE GOVEBH0B AND THE LEGISIiATTJBE. Pennsylvania Press Opinions Upon the Offi cial Acts of Each. Altooha Tribune: Our Governor displays a fine flowing stylo In bis veto messages. Corby Flyer: Governor Pattison has wisely concluded to knock out the namby-pamby nonsense enaoted into a road law. MEAnvniE Messenger: Pattlson's veto of the road bill causes the Grange to shake each other by the hand and shout, "Hurrah for Pattison." Lajtcasteb Intelligencer: The Governor sur prises us with a veto of the road bill, and the reasons which he assigns, while numerous, do not seem to us to be strong. Uhiostowh Democrat: Governor Pattlson's recommendation that the "direct tax money" be used for tho payment of State bonds is 'an eminently proper one, and will meet with the approval of all thinking peo ple. PHnxiTSBuao Wage-Earner: 'The natural and proper disposition of the tax returned is to use it toward the extinguishment of the debt which it caused. In this way it goes to pay the expenses of the generation which raised the money now restored to the State. YortK Gazette: The butchery of the .Baker bill by the Republican bosses compels pro vision for a Constitutional Convention for ballot reform, or else the abandonment of all pretense of redeeming the guarded and qualified pledge of the Republican State Convention. Whxsbobo Agitator: If the Senators sup pose that the passage of such a law (tho amended Baker bill) will satisfy the people they are badly mistaken. It will be safer forthe responsible Republican majority to defeat tho bill utterly rather than pass it as amended by tho committee. HoLLTDATSBinto Standard: The return of the direct tax money is much the same to the people of Pennsylvania as If they had found It; and tho Governor, In devising the only appropriate use for It, was doubtless mind ful of the adage that found treasure is more often attended with a enrse than with a blessing. Dubois Courier: Governor. Pattison Is truly a politician of anew order. He slips Into office at times when an every-day Democrat would not have a particle of show to do like wise, and when he gets there he puts aside tho Mugwump pretensions that captivate certain elements and takes on nothing unbe coming to dyed-hvthe-wool Democracy. Ears Times: The locaLautbprities are tho best judges of what should bo done to Im prove the roads of their respective districts, and it must have been apparent to most peo ple that the proposed appropriation, although a liberal one, when spread out over the thousands of miles of country road In this largo State, would 'not have been suf ficient to bring about a noticeable Improve ment anywhere. Reading Times: The Legislature has done considerable tinkering at the license law at this session, but thus far without material result. The present license law might be modified in various particulars to advan tage, but It is doubtful whether such modifi cations could be effected as yet, though this Is no reason why Impracticable and nonsen sical alterations should tfo made, merely for tho sake of change. SoJtEBSET Standard: Should the Baker bill as amended become a law, secrecy in voting, which Is so much desired, would be de stroyed and the unscrupulous heeler would be permitted to ply his infamous calling with even greater effect than under the present system. Had the most degraded of ballot thieves been permitted to operate on the Baker bill it could not have been given a more corrupt appearance. IlAimiSBURa Patriot: A law equalizing taxa tion and shifting a fair part of the heavy burden from overweighted farmers to en riched corporations is as badly needed as a measure to Insure some security to the voter that not only will his ballot be countcd-as cast, but that his ballot will bo. an expres sion of his own instead of his employer's convlotions. Both' reforms are allko de manded, and upon his pledge to use every effort to effect these reforms Governor Pat tison was elected. The issues were sharply defined at the polls. The Grand Mistake of Columbus. York Age. The Italian Government thinks the dis covery of America by Columbus was a blunder of the first magnitude, and to em phasize that opinion it has decided that it will take no part in the celebration at Genoa next year or In our Columbian Exposition In 83. DEATHS HEBE AND EXSEWHEBE. Oliver "Wljeeler, Oliver Wheeler died ou Wednesday in- Ashley, Mass., at the age of 90 yearsf Mr. Wheeler was a member of Captain Oliver Kendall's company in that town, which served with the militia who were called out during the War of 1812 to resist the expected Invasion of the British at the time of the bombardment of CasUne. His father, John Wheeler, and his uncle, Amos Wheeler, were memuers 01 ynran's compan j , wmen lougni in the redoubt at Bunker Hill. Sir. Wheeler was the oldest member of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Obituary Notes. Hon. ELUAn Leonard, member of tho Cana dian Senate, is dead. IxonAM Sunn, the oldest man In Dovlestown, was found dead in bed Wednesday. He was 91 years old. REV. B. E. FIELD, One of the most successful clergymen In the West, and pastor of a church lu Chcjcnne, Wyo., dropped dead Wednesday bight. William Walked, colored, the oldest Inhab itant of Lancaster county, died of old age, Wed nesday evening. In Lancaster. Deceased was In tho I02d year of his age. JOHN B. CHAMbeks, one of the most prominent of Allegheny citizens, died j esterday morning at his home on Beaver avenne, aged 73 years. He was formerly a well-known contractor. JlAJOH GEORGE B. EkatII, a pioneer Texan, and the man who surveyed the site for the city of Waco, died in that Citv Thursday. Major Erath was born in Vienna, Austria, January 1, 1815. Robebt Bbcce, Jr., the merchandise broker, died yertcrday morning at his home on Amberson avenue. East End, at the age of 73 years. His funeral will occur to-morrow afternoon from Cal vary Church. j, p, WlKOVEit, President of the Lancaster School Board, died Wednesday In his 43d year. He was a leading member of the Eights of Pythias and Junior Order of American Mechanics. He was" a large owner of Lancaster real estate. Jat S. Butler, a newspaper writer of considera ble ablUty. died In Ashevllie, N. C, of consump tion. Wednesday night. He has been connected with newspapers In Eric, Elmlra, Buffalo, New York City and other places. rev. Db. Francis Nicoll Zabbiske, a Dutch Reformed Church clergyman in New York, and a prominent theologian, died of heart trouble Wed nesday. Ho was known as the author of many re ligious pamphlets and as a correspondent of several religious Journals. LTEUTEXAST COLOXEL EUGENE K. COOBTNEV, clerk at division headquarters of the Soldlers'Home in Bath, died Wednesday evening from heartr trouble, aged about 40 years. He had n wide ac nuatntance with military men of this and other countries, and was an acknowledged authority on army affairs. Rev. Walter L. Huffman, one of the oldest and best known Methodist ministers in the Country, died at Pent, Ind.. yesterday, aged 75 jcars. Ho hasoccunied many Important ecclesiastical posi tions. He had, during iUsministrj oro-ljears, per- I formed 1,800 marriage ceremonies and. presided at 1 1,600 funerals. .Tow Walton, the oldest railroad man In New 'Jersey, died Thursday at his home la Elizabeth, aired W. Mr, waivon euiereu ui employ oi me W.Vt..inTtallrfia(lIn lis lnfanev. In lfcu. n,1 hemed to construct the road between New Brans- I Pennsylvania Company for S3 years and was retired on a pension some years ago. 189L fci. S0CIE1T m CHUECH, History of the Building of the Eighth Street Covenanter Building Coming ' Anni versary of the Colored Orphans' Home Social Chatter of a Day. 'No going asleep under the Influence of the sermon" was anlnj unction, the effective ness of which entered largely Into the plans for and construction of the Eighth Street Covenanter Chnroh. At least that ls what was as much as said by Dr. William R. Hamilton last evening, when he read his "History of the Building of the Church" to a well-filled auditorium. In announcing this topic Rev. McAllister said that two men of the same professions, Dr. Hamilton and the late Dr. Sterrett, were most active of the Building Committee; that they apparently gave all of their spare time to superintend ing, the erection of the present noble structure. The eminent snrgeon, as expe ditious dissecting his last-might's subject as he is professionally, used few but pointed sentences. According to him the congrega tion having decided to build the present site was purchased in 18C6" and possession ob tained April 1, 18C7. Nearness to Allegheny was a weighty Influence in the selection of the Eighth street lot and then tho price demanded suited the funds in hand. The consideration raid was 420.000. and at the meeting of November 5, 18G6, the congregation subscribed $17,000. The property was rented during 1863 and part of 18C9 for what about paid expenses. In the meantime Architect James Balph was at work on the plans and specifications, offering to do all the work for only 1 per cent of the contract price of the edifice, which was $27,750. One commenda ble and remarkable fact about the subscrip tions to the fund Is that not one of the con tributors failed to make good his or her promise. Other Items of expense, such as plumbing, gas fitting, heating and furbish ing and other Incidentals increased the out lay to $53,000. Tho doctor took occasionto say that the church was the best lighted in the twocitles,nnd the reflectors were the flist In, successful use put up here. The ventilation was especially attended to and in early days the registers were kept open, allowing a better nlr supply and greatly contributing to the warmth of the auditorium. "Besides that," he said, am satisfied It did not tax the preacher's energy so greatly to combat the effects of the carbon dioxyde breathed out by the congregation and to keep tho audi ence awake. That gas produces somno lence." The church building, when finished, had 64 feet frontage and extended back 90 feet on a lot that measured 80 feet front by 90 feet back. According to his diagnoses "It was the best Covenanter Church building In the world," and when the general meeting of the church was held its magnificence fairly dmnfounded the delegates from the West. xnai was in xsi, anu irom tnai on went, uu impetus In the direction of better and hand somer houses for worship. "The Financial Reoord of the Church," treated by T.H.Boyd and J. 8. Arthur, was a detailedstatement of matters already touched upon by previous speakers. The same was true of the topics, "Mission Work Outside the City," by Mrs. S. MeNaugher, Mrs. J.S.Arthur and Mrs. John Gibson; and "Mission Work In the City" by Miss Ella Martin and Miss S. Wood side. Tiro Ladles' Auxiliary of the Gusky Or phan Asylum Is up to its very eara In work preparing for the dedication of the building on the 2Sth. At a meeting held yesterday some important decisions were made re garding the style of'furnlshment for the different dormitories and infirmaries. The furnishing of the home is memorial almost entirely. The parlors will be furnished by Mr. Jacobs, the dining room by Mrs. Guck enhelmer, the culinary department by Mrs. S. Hert, ther girls' dormitory by Mrs. M. Op penhelmer, the boys' dormitory by Mrs. William Frank, the girls' Infirmary by Mrs. Dr. Blumberg and the hoys' by Miss De Hope. Mr. E. Werthelmer will provide for and maintain the library. The rooms for tho aged will be fitted up by Mrs. I. Lehman, Mrs. M. Lehman, Mrs. H. Raugh, Mrs. S. Frank, Mrs. L. Lippman, Mrs. IT Wlldberg and Mrs. M. Herzog. Twelve little orphans are waiting the opening of the home and are being cared for by the society. A vebt enjoyable social, with strawberry festival and" supper attachment, attracted a large gathering at the Bellefield Presby terian Church yesterday afternoon and last evening. The ladles and children flocked to the church during tho afternoon, and there welcomed the gentlemen at 6 o'clock or thereabouts in tho evening. Ico cream, strawberries, and candy were for sale during the afternoon and for supper was to be found aU sorts of spring delicacies. Mrs. Jack was chairman of the supper table com mittees, and the tables were presided over bv Mesdames Zug, Nimlck, Hagan, MoDow eU, Mnnson, Sheppard and Holland. ' The Unitarian congregation that has as sembled for somo time past in the Mellon building to listen to the gospel ns expounded by Rev. Dr. Townsend are mourning hia Intended departure from this city. The gentlenian is an elo quent Bpeaker and possessed of a very pleasing personality. He has firmly estab lished himself In the affections of his people during his pastorate, and his leaving ls re gretted by aarge number. Ho will return to a former charge. Rev. Charles Doles, of Boston, has accepted an invitation to preach several times for tho congregation, with n view of coming here permanently, A box that will cany Joy and sunshine into a destitute family down In Tennessee was dispatched yesterday from the Third Presbjteiian Church of this city. Itwns sent to a minister whom fire hnd robbed of everything he owned excepting his wife and a half a dozen children: and it contained groceries, shoes, hose, underclothing, out erclothlng and bedclothing, and amounted to over $200 In value. Somo money was also sent by mall. With the departure of this box the missionary ladies heave a sigh of relief and closo their winter's work, which has been unusually heavy. The little curly pates of the Colored Or phans' Home,AUegheny,on next Wednesday afternoon, will show their glistening teeth with smiles of pleasure or drop their heads in diffidence as the case may be, for the home will bo Invaded with any number of guests In honor of the eleventh anniversary. A programmo of recitations and songs will be given by the little folks, commencing at 2 JO and an address will be given by Chan cellor W. J. Holland. A luncheon will be served later by Luther. The lady managers will constituto the reception committee. The King's Children of the Emory M. E. Church gave a strawberry festival id the church rooms, Penn 'avenue, East -End, last evening. An lee cream festival and a doU bazaar were given In connection with it. The band claims as Its president Miss Flora Holmes, and her efficient management did much to make the event a success. The doll bazaar was under tho care of Mrs. D. M. Watt, and Mrs. Charles Woolslair and Mrs. F. W. McKee presided over the candy and fancy tables, respectively. Social Chatter. Rev. Db. A. L. Pettt lectured Inst evening for the Epworth League of the Arch Street M. E. Church. Subject, "Oliver Cromwell." A boat excursion will be given by the Southside Medical Society next Tuesday. Mb. Fred Mills and Miss Annie Smith were married last evening. A BESABXABLE PATB. Burglary Was Their Occupation, and They . Did a Big Business. SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Bridoetort, May 15. Henry Luddington and Dora Conroy are now in the Bridgeport Jail awaiting trial for a series of remaikuble burglaries. Tho house where the Luddhig tons lived was found to be packed from cel lar to garret with valuable household goods, clothing, silver and a, thousand and one things which had been stolen during the past two years, and ever since the arrest persons who have been robbed have been driving to the place to recognize booty as theirs. Over COO keys used by burglars, two Jimmies, dark lanterns, an ingeniously con- tnvcu uuuseye mmj,, uiulo uuu uu, saws 10 be used ou metal und a burglar's stove and blow-pipo used to burn out lock3 were found on the premises. Fully 50 burglaries have been traced to Luddington. Dora Conroy is a very pretty gill, baiely 25 years old, and she has borne Luddingtou flvo child! en. She is not married to him, she says. She claims to be the daughter or respectaDio flow York people, and formcily lived lu Harlem, -w hero she be came infatuated with the good-looking bur glar, and run aw ay to follow-hls fortunes. To Be bure It Is. WlUlamsportSnnJ It is always safest and cheapest to'do your advertising in tho newspapors, whore the people will seo'what you have to offer for sale: , It's a Way We Have, Altoona Tlmcs.J We are never satisfied.' Last spring it was wet and cold, and we didn't like it. This spring it ls dry and warm", arid we are stilt kicking. -ate OUR MAIL POUCH, Mine Law Criticised. TotheEditorofthe Dispatch : I have read the report of the commission appointed to revise the mine laws mentioned several times In your paper. There Is one feature of the hill that I have not seen, to which I would like to call yonr attention. Article X requires that the Inspectors Ex amining Board shall "immediately after the examination furnish each person who comes beforo said Examining Board to be examined a copy of all questions, whether oral or written, which were given nt the examina tion on printed slips of paper and to be marked solved right, imperfect or wrong, as the case may be."Also,"the manuscript and other papers of all applicants, together with all tally sheets and the solution of each question as given by the Examining Board, shall be filed with tho Secretary of Internal Affairs," etc. This Is right. The applicant knows how his answers were rated and the correct solution of each question. Now let ns look at article XV (Examina tion of Mine Foremen and Superintendents). The members must have "passed an exam ination and obtained a certificate of com petency," etc. No need of this to sit on In spectors' Examination Board! No need of returning answers and correct solution to mine foreman and superintendent! They should not be allowed to even know why they are granted or refused a certificate. The superintendent must have had "at least five years' practical experlenpe In and about bituminous coal mines of ' the Common wealth." It has been openly asserted by the friends of this bill that this Is Intended to "knock out" the civil engineers acting as superintendents. The superintendent Is not even allowed a "time certificate." The bill is presented as one for the miner, yet he and the operator are practically "shut out" from all influenco with the board giving tho cer tificate to mine foreman and superinten dent. If a careful reading of the tenth and fif teenth articles of this act (House bill 81 8does not dlscloso some abnormally developed reptiles I do not know where they are to be found. G, GnEEssBuao, May 15. The Hole to Crawl Out At, ' To the Editor of The Dispatch: I see by The Dispatch of the 13th that the Elections Committee are looking for a "hole to crawl out at." After a few more suoh bad breaks as the present Legislature has made on the Baker reform ballot bill and the Taggart tax bill they will be looking for a "hole to crawl into." It Is Jnst such political shysterlng as this Legislature has been guilty of this session that caused the people of Kansas to make them hnnt their holes last fall, and it is Just what the great industrial people of the State of Pennsylvania are go ing to do with them. There Is but one "hole for them to crawl out at," and that is to pass the Australian ballot law pure and simple. It is the law that all honest, patriotic people want, and the law they will have. The days of the political lords are numbered. It is folly to expect that "history will reverse itself ' by expecting any honest sympathy or relief from a class of men that have been so long In power that they have arrogated to them selves the sole right to rule. The history of no natlpn on earth records a single instance where rulers have honestly sought to correct their wrong acts. Nothing but a cleaning out of the whole herd of political muckerors that now constitute our law-making bodies will give the relief the people de mand. Civilization is progressing rapidly. The great common people are thinking as they never thought before. The rapid accu mulation of the wealth of the masses Into possession of the few is causing them to In vestigate the economic questions of the day for the purpose of finding out the causes that nie making a few enormously rich and 60,000,000 people hopelessly poor and home less. The people will make a hole for them to crawl out at and kick them out. T B.B.FRY. Finletville, Pa., May 11. Another Allegheny Kicker. To the Editor of The Dispatch : The parties who havo done nothing but talk, and whose business it is to see that we have some improvements made In way of streets In the Tenth ward and out the Per rysville rdad, will find themselves taking a trip up Salt river rhen election comes around again, unless they bestir themselves, for we who own property and Uve out that way have stood trifling about long enough. Tho unpaved streets have been impassable all winter. Perrysvillo road, with broken planks lying in all directions, has been very dangerous to horses and wagons. The plank walk Is dangerous to life and limb, at least that portion Which has not been monopo lized by the telegraph and electric poles. Many people have moved off the hill on ac count of the city's negligence, and we who have to remain will either have some of our rights respected or know the reason why. Allegheny, May 15. Yoo Bet. Too Much Dirt in Allegheny. Tojthe Editor of The Dispatch : I have been reading an article In yonr valuable paper headed, "Smoke Can be Con sumed." The Ladles' Health Protective As sociation has been doing a good work in in vestigating the practicability of smoke con sumption. Dear Mr. Editor, don't you think it would be well while they are at It to sug gest that our alleys and streets be cleaned of last winter's dirt and filth, and let us have less dust filling our eyes and lungsT Some of our Allegheny streets have not been cleaned for almost one year. In driving up Federal street to the Perrysville road you can scarcely see yonr horses for dust. If something is not done before hot weather sets in we will have an epidemic. Of the two. evils tho smoke is preieraDie to tne dust and fllth that wo have to breathe. I hopo the ladies will give this their attention. Allegheny, May 15. A Sujttekib. Mr. Rowbottom's DenlaL To the Editor of the Dispatch : In your paper this morning you state that I broke faith by promising to support Mc Kirdy for Chief of tho Department of Public Works. 1 wish to state that I havo never promised to support McKIrdy, and defy any one to produco evidence of the same. Yonrs, G. W. RowBorrojr. Allegheny, May 15, The Dispatch only chronicled the gossip incident to the election, and did not make the statement positively. . Why IngersoU Was Barred. To the Editor of the Dispatch: . I have learned lately that Colonel R. G. IngersoU was refused permission to lecture at Pittsburg on Sunday. Would you please inform me where I can procure a copy Of the law preventing such lectures, etc Canonsbubg, May 15. W. B, M. , He is prevented by a city ordinance. Write to the City Clerk, Pittsburg, Pa., for a copy. It Puzzles Foreigners. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Which is the most difficult language to learn, German or English, and which has the most wordst J. H. East Livekpool, May 14. Linguists claim that English is far more difnonlt than the German. The English lan guage certainly contains the largest number of words. Write to One Who Advertises. To the Editor of The Dispatch ; Can you Inform me what the prices of the conbulting chemists of the city are, or where I could get a schedule of prices? A. A. C PiTTSBuno, May 15. Who Can Oblige Him? To tho Editor of the Dispatch: Would j ou please inform me where an or ganization meets' In this city by the name of Washington orNntional Cadets. PrrTSBm;a, May 15. Subscbibeb. He Never Was. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Was Roscoe Conkling over President of the United States for anv length of timet Woods' Run, May 15. Subscbibeb. THE ST0B7 TOLD IN FIGURES. Record of Coke Shipments- by Weeks Since the Strike Began. Conncllsvllle Courier. Tho strike began February 10. The follow ing is tho record of shipments front that date to the present: Week ending February 14 1,709 Week ending February a S Week ending February 3... "192 Week ending ilarelt 7 SO Week ending Mirch 14 -. 5S4 Week ending March Zl 30 Week ending March C8 814 Week ending April 4 093 Week ending April 11...". 1,086 Week ending April 18.............. 1,350 Week ending April 23 1.S71 Week ending May 5 1.S65 j Week ending May s .....AIM CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS, ' -Paris has no private gardens. The oldest building in Freeport has jusi been torn down. The largest arsenal in the world is at Woolwich, England. A Cheese Exchange has been organized at Jamestown, N. Y. Wood gasrit is claimed, is the most healthful gas produced. Scottish sporting- estates are not in ai great a demand as formerly. Manchester is the nnhealthiest large town In the United Kingdom. The best speed of a railroad train U only half that of a golden eagle. Double-decked street cars have lately been Introduced In Washington. The Kansas State University will cele brate Its quarter-centenary In June. The petrified foot of a monkey has beea taken from a Florida phospate mine; A cow in Phillips, Me., drank five gal lons of maple syrup one day recently. Museum managers complain of a grow lag scarcity of women snake-charmers. The English are fond of a, dish of crow or something nearly the same, rooks. A Topeka man cut his mule's tongue) out because it hung out of the animal's mouth. Floors of rubber, claimed to be as dur able a3 asphalt, and cheaper, are being tried in Germany. "Scent farming" the growing of plants that yield perfumery is a growing industry in Victoria, Australia. A Kittanning man has invented a type writing machine which he hopes will drive its rivals out of the market. Seven hundred love letters were pro duced In an English breach of promise suit. The fair plaintiff won her suit. Fish frozen alive have remarkable vital ity. Carps frozen 36 hours have been known to hop about lively after being thawed out. New Jersey importers have been dodg ing tho tariff by receiving pearl buttons complete In every detail except the drilling of the holes. An English County Court judge gives It as his experience that "more untruthful evidence Is given by women ten times over than by men." There was a time when, in Paris and Yienna, young dandies wore colored shirts with the faces of favorite dancers displayed all over the garment. Texas has a Hogg for Governor, a Pig for Judge, a Lamb for Senator, a Durham for representative and a Buffalo for Sheriff; Texas ls a great stock State. The saltest piece of water upon earth is Lake TJrumla, in Persia, more than 1,000 feet above the sea level. It Is very shallow and no living thing can exlstln It. The earth is gradually growing larger from the fall of meteoric matter. An astron omer estimates that the globe ls annually pelted with 116,000,000 projectiles. Professor Siesegang, a German inventor, has constructed an electric phonograph, which ls said to reproduce the Inflections of the voice with wonderful fidelity. Another expedition to Sit. St. Elias will he sent out this summer by the National Geographic Society. The prime object is to ascertain the true height of the peak. The first Mohammedan marriage ia England was celebrated a few days ago, when a Moslem lawyer was wedded accord ing to tho rites of his religion tothednughter of a Lord Justice. One of the customs of a few savage) peoples Is falling into desnetude In parts of the Pacific that is the custom of building houses In the branches of trees. Firearms wrought the change. The South Carolina town of Pineossolis has been infested by many mad foxes, which probably contractedhydrophobia from some rabies-stricken dog. Many persons have been bitten, but thus far without fatal results. In Japan the act of flirting is a penal offense. Serious complications arise under the law, but the young people of both sexes know, that they cannot wink and blink and giggle at each other unless they mean business. A Port Allegheny fisherman hooked up from a small stream a watch, two chains, thirty-two rings and many otber articles of jewelry; which have beenldenttflod as good3 stolen from a store In that town about a month ago. "Woodbridge, N. J., is undergoing a reign of terror on account of snakes. Women are afraid to venture in the streets. The clay dumps and sand heaps, overgrown with bushes and brambles surrounding the town, are fairly alive with the crawling creatures. There is a pocket telephone stretched acfoss from the houso of a young man in Waterloo to the window of his sweetheart Just opposite. They are to be married soon, and it is a touching sight to watch the little sparrows perch on the string and peck at) tne taffy as It slides along. " A Baltimore mulatto girl is turning pink in spots, and has gone to a hospital for treatment. The spots Increase In size in the spring and fall, at which time the girl sayst slie feels very languid. At these periods she also loses her appetite. Her hair is also un dergoing a change, but hero the colors, which appear In spots, are pure white. A great unexplored cave was recently found near Clarion, which emits a sort of blue fog, chill as from a powerful refrigera tor. A pail of water suspended at a depth or 10 feet was drawn up after I hours and found to be almost a solid cake of ice. As far as known no living animal could remain in the opening for more than a few minutes. Most persons who use the incandescent electric light like a new lamp because tho light is whiter and more brilliant than after the lamp has been used for two or three weeks. Tills is wrong. It is this dazzling whlto light that harms tho eye. An old lamp is tho best, for in it the light has become changed to a pale yellow, which is the Ideal color. It is not generally known that an entirely distinct school of cathedral glass working- , has sprung up in this country which is ac complishing the most wonderful results. It combines all that is best in the other schools, and has added Improvements of its own by which all the possibilities of colored glass have been apparently exhausted. To such a, high stato. has this artistic taste been de veloped that prices are paid for single win dows to-day in private houses which would have seemed fabulous ten years ago. JUST IN FUN. WHY THIS change? "Why does she smile no more on me, And why affect that mannish air? She asks mc not to stay to tea. She does not even seem to care Whether I come, or go. or stay, Or even if I ceaso to call. Alas) I learned the other day She's Interested In baseball. "Why should telephone girls not all of them, of course, but some or them be so deaf to the subscriber's dialect and kindly spoken 'Hello, and so competent to report his little Impatient awear words. Washington Pott. Philadelphia Girl Dear me! My watch la nearlr an hour slow. New York Girl Well, dear, that Isn't much for Pblladelphla.-fe!i-M' Weeklv. ,.m. Endyard Kipling must have been himself, j., sj The Light that Failed." He ls not heard of',--now. Seto Orleans Picayvme. ( -bT ,. Angelina (with a scream and a shudder) ' Oh, Georgol Isn't that a mad dog? v, ' George I should think he ought to be. Some, . wretch has tied a totnato can to his tall. Cican' " Timet. ' Jayway I ran across a white donkey do wnr near WlUow Grove, and r j , Hayway When was this? ... Jayway Let's see oh, yes the day I met you down there. v , And to-this day Jayway can't understand Hay- .' 'way's coolness. Sum York Telegram. J- "Wife "Why is it dudes wear only one glass, dearest? Husband Yon seem to forget that they have to have one eye to see with. Brooklyn Life. ' Freshly (to Miss Autumn, who las just; maae a sarcasuc rcmar ion srowiuienng, Jllsl Autumn. "- v. Miss A.-Slr-r-r-rJl!!-Tmmt Lampoon. "" The Nice Niece Do you think he is a real1? "-. count, uncw hick sv 1. A ah.1 fTn.1 Tit ArMM. - - . fc.. j that direction. He speaks bad English. gainM -Uand borrows money from every one who wH lzua,stumty-3 treeuy, . jv -X ari J, r JEiawi-'iaSsyL. feT&fc JWJi .-. -iV sVRCVBa HSEcTSB SSKSSK!
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