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PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1S9L
DANGER ON THE OTHEK SIDE.
In a recent interview Senator and Con
gressman Eobinson is quoted as saying
that "the danger of numbering ballots far
outweighs the possibility of fraud by elec
tion boards." This is his argument for
urging his Constitutional Convention
project in preference to the Baker ballot
reform bill in its honest shape before the
Senate committee had mutilated it.
The argument of the Congressman-Senator
entirely ignores the fact that under
the law in order to misuse the ballot-numbering
clause of the Constitution election
boards must commit fraud and perpetrate
deliberate and systematic dishonesty. The
law requires the numbered lists to be
tealed up, the numbered ballots to be
folded over, and neither to be disturbed
except in case of judicial inquiry. Under
these provisions for any election board to
disclose the secret of the ballot would re
quire a deliberate violation of
law, and the violation would be estab
lished by the very fact that the contents
of any man's ballot was known. It is
plain that any election board capable of
doing this with the certainty of being
found out would be capable of substituting
ballots, in the absence of a ballot-number
ing clause, which would make detection
Impossible.
There is no danger at all in the ballot
numbering clause, properly maintained,
while the possibilities of fraud without it
are unbounded. The inconsiderate clamor
of some of our Democratic friends has
given the excuse for Jlr. Robinson's argu
ment But when that hollow plea for a
convention comes from a gentleman whose
early prominence in the Legislature was
earned by a speech in which he declared
that he would not maintain the Constitu
tional provisions for the control of the cor
porations, the real aim of the Constitu
tioual Convention movement is easily per
ceived. Ballot reform and several other very im
portant things can be secured under the
present Constitution, when it is enforced.
Any changes proposed in that fundamental
instrument should be submitted separately,
so that each can be decided on its merits.
THE 3IAND7UB BLUE BOOK.
According to our cable dispatches this
morning, the blue book on the Mauipur af
fair confirms the American idea that En
glish duplicity was at the bottom of the
trouble. As this blue Iwok is an official
publication of the British Goi ernment, it
is in the nature of a confession, and must
make interesting reading for all loyal sub
jects of the Queen. But it will hardly ef
fect the overthrow of the present Premier
and his Caliinet,nor is it likely to cause the
impeachment of those directly responsible
for the short but bloody rebellion. The
occurrence is only one of many similar
ones in England's colonial management
and will soon be forgotten.
It would not be without a beneficial
effect if it would make certain Tory papers
chary about sneering at the Indian pol
icy of the United States. This country has
not much to be proud of in its treatment
of the red man, but England in its Indian
policy can find even less at which to point
with pride. And when the reflection
comes that the East Indian is of a race that
has been civilized for centuries, the British
treatment 01 mm appears even more
blamable.
STANDARDS TOR DRUNKENNESS.
The degrees and qualities of drunken
ness are furnishing subjects of some in
tricacy for judicial, artistic and legislative
consideration at present It has hereto
fore been supposed that inebriation, like
some other forms of exaltation, was a
matter of inspiration superior to definition ;
but in two instances at least the attempt is
made both to define and limit the mani
festations of the Bacchanalian spirit
The first case is that presented between
two lights of the dramatic stage, which
turns on the issue whether one whose
business it was to represent a drunken
nobleman did not endow his impersonation
of inebriety with the proper gentlemanly
characteristics. This imposes on the
court the question of deciding not only
whether a lapse into drunkenness can be
considered gentlemanly, but of defining
exactly what a "gentlemanly drunk" is.
If the task's successfully performed lovers
of liquor will have a standard by which
they can conduct their sprees according to
rules of etiquette; but the hope both as to
the accurate definition of the standard and
the strict adherence to it by devotees of .
the cup that inebriates is rather attenu-
ated.
Another case cames irom the West, In
' which the sul iect of inebriety is judicial,
L'&s well as the work of placing limitations j
on' it, which must be done by the Leglsla
ture. It Is presented by the proposed im
peachment of a Kansas judge for habitual
intoxication. The difficulty of deciding
exactly the limits of proper Intoxication
for a judge Is heightened In this case by
the necessity of including a criterion for
the potations of a judge in a prohibition
fatate. The task of the Kansas Legislature
in that line is even less enviable than the
problem set before the New York court
"When it is authoritatively settled what
are the methods to be pursued in drunken
ness of the gentlemanly sort and what are
the limits of judicial intoxication, a large
number of the population will gain new
light on the proper way to pursue their
principal avocation. But that element
will deprecate the danger that an imprac
ticable standard may be set up by cutting
off that dog's tail behind the ears, and pro
hibiting drunkenness altogether for both
gentlemen and judges.
VERY PERTINENT INQUIRIES.
The recent bank failures In Philadelphia,
and particularly the disclosures concern
ing the Keystone National Bank, moves
the Philadelphia Inquirer to some ex
ceedingly plain talk concerning the en
forcement of the national banking law.
It points out that the disclosures with
regard to the Keystone show that it must
have been a mere shell during one or morej
01 the examinations required by law. it
is impossible, except on the theory of in
efficiency, to conceive that the examiner
did not know of the condition of the bank.
Consequently the Inquirer asks the perti
nent question why the looted condition of
the bank was not reported sooner; and
it further wants to know : "Was there
any official of the Government higher in
authority than Bank Examiner Drew, who
shielded the rottenness from the public
and used his Influence to prevent the re
ceivership?"
There is no doubt that these questions
are very cogent, although, of course, the
significance of the last one is an unknown
quantity. But several things are well
known to everyone who has studied the
legitimate operations of the national bank
ing act In the first place, with the pro
visions of the act obeyed by the manage
ment of any bank, such a plunder of its
resources would be impossible. Next, if
the examinations were thorough and ac
tive, as is contemplated by law, they
should have checked any such scheme
early in its stages. Finally, upon any
other theory than monumental inefficiency
in the enforcement of the law, or else col
lusion on the part of some officials, its pro
visions should have put the institution in
the hands of a receiver as soon as a wrecked
condition was disclosed.
These things have a much more serious"
effect than the mere loss of half a million
or a million dollars in a single case. Pub
lic confidence in the national banking sys
tem is based on the belief that these salu
tary provisions of the law are strictly
enforced, and therefore make the
wrecking of national banks, except
by the most hasty schemes of plunder,
practically impossible. When a case
appears in which the enforcement has
notably failed, it is a public duty to find
out whether it was inefficiency or dishon
esty on the part of the Goverment officials
that permits such a failure of these enact
ments. It is necessary to have the respon
sibility located when laws that should pre
vent such disasters are left unenforced and
useless.
The pointed inquiries of the Inquirer
are extremely pertinent They should be
pushed in the interest of the public gener
ally. If there is not an active and efficient
enforcement of the national banking law
it will be worse than useless.
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THE PENSION BUREAU SCANDAL.
When the appointment of Green B.
Baumas Commissioner of Pensions was
announced The Dispatch expressed the
hope that his administration of that im
portant office would be free from scandal
It turns out that the hope was ill-founded,
and the most flagrant case of. trading on
official power since the Star Route business
has been exposed by the enforced resigna
tion of the Commissioner's son from the
position of assistant chief clerk.
There is no allegation yet that the Com
missioner of Pensions had any knowledge
of his son's actions in selling positions and
promotions and in securing false imper
sonations in the civil service examinations.
But that does not relievo him of re
sponsibility. An official under whose
management such tilings go on unde
tected is subject to the charge of
carelessness in the performance of
his official duties. When he appoints a
subordinate who proves capable of such
dishonesty he is convicted of the fact of
bad judgment But when the dishonest
subordinate is a member of his own family
the responsibility is increased by an almost
infinite factor. The presumption of ne
potism, which would make such an action
possible to an official with a nice sense of
honor, is the least serious feature of the
case. The father who uses his official
power to place his son in a responsible
office may be justly expected to know the
integrity and capabilities of that son.
Where both fail, as in this case, the respon
sibility of the father is only less than if he
had been a participant in the acts of dis
honesty. The Pension Bureau has been an unfor
tunate part of the present administration;
and in no respect has it been more disas
trous than in the results of placing a spoils
politician like Raum in charge.
AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD.
Vienna is a city with the reputation of
being given over to gayety and even dissi
pation; yet the fact has been brought to.
the attention of civilization that this fast
and frivolous city has carried the work of
charitable organization to a higher degree
than any other metropolis in the land.
The plan adopted there is stated by the
Guardian, an English church paper,
which has been studying the Vienna work,
to be a. modification of Count Rumford's
original idea. It is based on the theory
that every man or woman able to work
must do something according to capacity
to receive relief, while orphan or waif
infants, and the aged and infirm are cared
for at the expense of the State. To this
work" 53,500,000 are devoted annually, of
which only 5500,000 are raised by poor rates,
while the balance comes from charitable
bequests, confiscated church lands and
outside sources. In the care and classifi
cation of the poor a complete system is
provfded by which the able-bodied are
given honest work, the Incapable are cared
for, and only the incorrigible are sent to
prison.
But it is in the matter of providing the
working classes with Inexpensive meals
that the Vienna system shines out above
all the rest of the world. An example of
the treatment of the Infirm classes is
shown by the statement that the aged pen
sioners are given an .allowance of. twelve
cents a day for expenses, while at the res
taurant adjoining their homes "a plate of
soup, a slice of beef, a piece of 'pudding J
and a glass of beer or wine can be obtained
for four cents." The same surnrisincr
cheapness is displayed in the conduct ot j
IjfcHE
the folks' kitchens, In successful operation
for twenty years, where ten thousand per
sons dine daily. "A well-cooked dinner,
consisting of soup, beef, vegetables, fish or
salad, and bread, costs eight cents, the
average supper four cents, and breakfast
three cents. Two of the committee of la
dies and gentlemen are always present in
each kitchen while the dinners are being
served. All classes, from university stu
dents to shoeblacks, flock to these folks'
kitchens, and all receive a friendly wel
come." This indicates results far ahead-of
anything attained by efforts In the .same
line elsewhere.
Of course The Dispatch has no sym
pathy with the idea that the relations of
labor and capital, or the economic ques
tions concerning the distribution of wealth,
are to be settled by giving the laboring j
classes food at a cost of Mteen cents per
diem. 'There is a much truer solution in
an economic condition where labor is so
prosperous that it can afford to waste its
food supplies, as all classes have been do
ing in America for many years. . But as a
relief to poverty the work of cheapening
the cost of prepared food, to which Mr.
Edward Atkinson has been giving his atten
tion in this country.and which the Viennese
have carried to this remarkable degree, is
an important one. It ought to be possible
to furnish food nearly as cheaply in the
United States as Vienna, the original cost
of most of the materials being less. If the
Vienna system could be adapted to our
country the reduction of the cost of life
ought to facilitate that true solution of the
great economic question by making it
easier for the laboring man to lay aside his
wages and become a capitalist on a small,
scale himself.
Tennessee White Caps of the female
sox flogged a -woman to death. The local
Journal commented on the affair In a tone
that offended the White Cap susceptibilities,
and three of that species called upon the
editor to remonstrate -with clubs and re
volvers, whereupon thatwlde-awakejournal-1st
shot the trio dead on the spot. Further
hostilities are threatened; but we are glad
tostate our confidence that the esteemed
and vigorous conductor of the palladium of
popular liberties will show his handiness in
artillery practice, with the result of thinning
out the White Cappopulation of his vicinity.
"When the laws cannot restrain the "White
Caps the press will have to do the work.
The variation of our daily and weekly
weather from hot to cold, and vice versa, is
only exceeded by the contrast between the
persistent wetness of last year and the pro
longed dryness of the present. If the weath
er could do things more in moderation it
would be generally approved.
Again that absurd idea that the swiftest
trains are the safest is brought out by an
Eastern cotemporary because a vestibule
train dashed into another at the rate of fifty
miles an hour and no passenger on the fast
train was injured. This is all right for the
vestibule train; but it does not demonstrate
much safety for the people outside of it.
Perhaps the underlying theory of this idea
is that the people who do not pay the extra
charges to ride In vestibule trains are so un
important that it is not necessary to take
their safety into consideration.
The recent jibes at Mr. Bussell B. Har
rison moves the Helena Journal to remark"
that he is a man of brains, and tho jests at
his expense are misfits. The Helena Journal,
being Mr. Russell B. Harrison's especial or
gan and property, this information can be
accepted as official. '
These seems to be a slight difference
between New York and Pennsylvania legis
lation, after all. New York had a wholesale
liquor bill designed to secure the free sale of
liquor by the wholesalers, and it failed to
pass. Pennsylvania has a wholesale liquor
bill pending" to prevent the sale by wholesale
dealers of retail amounts,- and it seems to
bo shelved by the Senate. The difference is
not exactly to the advantage of Pennsyl
vania. The advice of political organs to the
farmers "to climb down from the drygoods
boxes at the corner stores and go to work"
is susceptible of construction to the effect
that the drygoods box locations are re
garded as the exclusive perquisite of thercg
ular politicians.
The effort to preserve the Adirondack
forests is definitely abandoned in New York
State. So long as lumbermen were the
parties desiring to gobble that domain the
people there thought they could maintain
their property. But it has lately comb out
that the railroad corporations want to
run through that region, and New York
promptly recognizes that what the railroad
kings will has got to be done. .
Mn. Blaine's illness from overwork
should ben warning to the Aikell partner
ship. Itis true that Mr. Blaine's indisposi
tion is due to mental application; but it is no
less true that others who do not work that
way may wear out their jaws.
The report that the King of Greece has
made $0,000,000 in speculation gives him an
unpleasant prominence. It is one of Jay
Gould's especial functions to' take the shine
and tho money out of bumptious young
speculators Tho make rich strikes. After
Mr. Gould has completely polished off Sena.
tor Cal Brlce tho royal speculator had
better put up safety guards against Mr.
Gould's blandishments.
The order to fumigate the House of
Commons after expelling some of its mem
bers would have been more appropriate if
the work of expulsion had been done more
thoroughly.
Now the New York Press says that the
Democrats are hinting that tho Speaker of
the next House will rule with the rules of
Reed. "Revolutions don't go backward after
all," remarks the .Prm. Perhaps not; but if
the Republicans get a full taste of the late
Speaker's methods they w ill go back on the
rules of their own devising, with a long and
soulfeltkick.
The weather predictions hit it closer
than usual yesterday. They were only about
twelve hours behind time in their change of
temperature.
The remark is made that President Har
rison's Burchard is likely to be found in his
own kitchen cabinet. Thestatement is unjust.
The characteristic of a Burchard is that he
spoils by indiscretion tho otherwise roseate
chances of a cabinet; and President Hani
son at this stage of the proceeding has no
chances to spoil.
In the production of a comic method of
aiding the Piesidental boom for a renomina
tionMr. W.J. , Aikell can defy competition.
"Edison's latest invention for seeing a
prize flght without being present will Bave
lots of trouble for tho polioe," remarks an
exchange. Which exhibits the unaccounta
ble delusion of thinking it is a police charac
teristic to take lots of trouble to see prize
fights. Where is this species of policeman
to be found?
If is still unsubstantiated that the Itata
has gone to seek the location of the late Mr.
McGinty.
The news this morning that snow is
falling in various parts of England is not
oiearly so startling as it would have been
had not the Queen promised to pay her eld
est son's debts. Such generosity on tho part
of that good old lady makes a May snow
storm appear ordinary by comparison.
, A Hearty Welcome.
North Baltimore Times.
Rumor has It that another newspaper Is
in contempUulon-here. The field for starva
tion Is amnle and not fully taken wo.
PriXTSBtT& DISPATOB;
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Check the Tradesmen Get Women and the
TVaiters A Story of Baby McKee
Chaining Down the Keys Children Lost
In the Street.
FBOM A STAFF" COBBESPONDEST,
New York, May 16. There is scarcely a
tradesman in the city who has not been
swindled by the bogus check manlnsoing
form or another. The result of this and the
daily recorded experiences of other -unfortunates
is to put every dealer on his
guard. Between theprobabillty of offending
a customer and the possibility of getting
swindled the unhappy tradesman has a
ticklish time of it. Some of the dealers dis-.
tinctively and sweepingly refuse "all checks
in payment unless certified," and this is set
prominently forth on their delivery cards
with additional instructions to carrier to
"not deliver the whole or any part of the
goods" until such payment is made. Excep
tions are made, of course, in cases where the
customers are of well-known responsibility.
It' is exceedingly offensive to a man to be
informed that his check will not be accepted
unless it is certified, Just because he hap
pens to go to a new place to purchase, and
the evU must by a crying one that requires
such a drastic remedy. The small buyer is
the one who has the most trouble, as a large
order gives time enough aud makes it worth
while for the dealer to ascertain the stand
ing of his customer. When a single room is
being fitted up carpet, shades, curtains,
decorating, etc. the customer does not like
to be asked for pay in advance of tho work,
and while other goods are being" delivered
day "by day that might be paldfor separately
it is annoying to bo required to settle eveiy
minute, when a check is refused the an
noyance becomes a fancied injury. While
some men do not object seriously to being
treated as a possible thief, very few men
will not resent being set down as a fool
whioh any man would certainly be who gave
a bogus check and risked jail lor work done
on his premises. Perhaps tho tradesmen,
however, who have been bitten every now
and then, are not to be blamed severely for
looking upon a check with suspicion under
any and all circumstances.
He Couldn't Smell Anything.
Theke is a wag about the Fifth Avenue
Hotel who wants to lick somebody. He has
had the grip recently, and was complaining
to friends that he could neither smell nor
taste anything. A few days ago he noticed
that these friends looked at him Somewhat
curiously and, as he fancied, seemed to avoid
him. One man actually sniffed at him and
curtly suggested he send for an undertaker.
From being hurt he finally became angry.
When a dudish young man strolled into the
barroom, therefore, and, having shaken
hands with him and taken a seat, imme
diately jumped up with something like hor
ror depicted on his face, patience fairly
broke her leg.
Good Errfteirnift!1 p-rftlaimed the Tiawcomer.
'catchlng at his nose.
, --.now, wnat's tne matter wnn me t .look
here I'm getting mighty weary of this
monkey business and I won't have it! See J
No, I'm blanked if I'll have any more of it.
What are you up to ? That's what I want to
know. Anything the matter with me V"
"I I beg pardon," stammered the of
fender, somewhat dismayed at the unex
pected explosion, "but, is it possible"
"Is what possible? Out with it! or I'll"
"D don't! My dear boy, don't! I was
going to ask you if it were possible, don't
you know, that you don't s smell anything,
don't you know?" "Eh? GOod gracious!
Really?"
n
"Smell anvthine?
Smell what?"
"What? T that's it. old man what is it?
Something r r wottcn, don't you know.
Like er old r r wotten cheese, and"
A sudden trleam of intelligence rustled
over the face of the innocent victim of his
fellow creatures, and he put his hand in his
pockets. Orie or them was withdrawn bear
ing a small and crumbling section Of 14m
burger that was strong enough to make a
goat faint.
"I can kick the man who did that all over
the place," said he; but, while there were
several intnrfi.qtfld nnd hlMilv fimnHnd indi
viduals in the vicinity, no one acknowledged
the cheese.
Indiana Said to Be Loyal StllL
Mb. Joh Holxa, of Indiana closely
identified with tho late 'Thomas A. Hen
dricks in politics, was in New York a few
days ago and said: "There will be no seri
ous opposition in his party to President
Harrison's renomination, so far as Indiana
is concerned. All of the earlier dissatisfac
tion has blown over. He will go into the
next convention with a more solid following
from his own State than he had; before. Har
rison is, in my Judgment, a mnch stronger
man as a national candidate than he is cred
ited with being. He is especially underrated
here in -the East. A good deal of surprise
has been expressed at his speeches on this
swing around tho circle, but it don't sur
prise anybody of intelligence in Indiana to
hear that Ben Harrison has said the right
thing in the right place in the best manner.
Women Dont Tip the Walters.
"Wombs are not, as a rule, very liberal
toward waiters. They are much more ex
acting than men and will seldom give a
waiter a nickel for the most obsequious at
tention. When women enter a restaurant
unattended by gentlemen, as is a common,
every-meal occurrence in .New York, there
is an amount of bashfulness displayed by
waiters that is quite amusing to those who
understand the secret of it. While they dare
not openly show their reluctance to wait
upon unattended ladies, they aro never seen
breaking their necks to fliid places for such
women. The head waiter, whose duty it is
to seat people, not unfrequently takes this
into consideratiomvhen he has an unpopu
lar man or two on his force. It is an easy
thing for him to throw desirable or un
desirable people (from the waiter's point of
view) one way or another. If the head man
is fair he will make as equitable a dlstribu
tionof prizesas possible. One of the prizes is
the young man with his sweetheart. The
"lad v nnd irfint" flS-e alwavs nrettv fair nick
ing for the waiters, but the young.man and
his sweetheart form a prize worth at least
10 to 20 per cent of the price of the joint
meal.
Tho tipping- rule uptown runs about ten
cents on a dollar. If a bottle of champagne
is served the -n alter will look coldly on any
thing less than a quartor. Should the dinner
be an claborato one for two or more, the ex
pected tip will be fiom 60 cents to a couple
of dollars but it doesn't invariably come up
to expectations. Tho dissatisfaction of a
waiter issometimes expressed by hisabruptly
going away leaving the scorned coin lyhjg
on me luuie. xuu proper tuing in sucn a
case is for the customer to restore it to his
pocket, whioh might be supplemented by
his going thence forward to another restau
rant. Abhor tipping as you may it is a
pretty nervy, thing to coolly ignore the joint
blank, waiting, wistful, surprised, contempt
ous, astonished, injured look of the man
who has Just served you cold potatoes.
A Bad Habit From Europe.
Speaeisq of tips, it is noticeable that the
very reprehensible foreign custom of tip
ping all kinds of people for any service what
ever is finding a strong foothold here. A
few years, ago a -workman, a carpenter,
bricklayer, paper hanger, clerk or any other
person not a servant would have been in
sulted at being offered a gratuity. Now you
can safely tip anybody who does anything
for you in New York. The mechanic cheer
fully accepts the stigma of menial servi
tude. Nor is it confined to meohanics or
tiorkinc-men. I have been trvincr someex-
I periments in this line in several directions,
rln stores you will rarely make a mistake by
aeiicatciy tendering a up w me uiuu, woman
or cash girl who has just waited upon you.
They do not always like to have this done
openly,;biit I have offended in this particular
several times ni me wrKBaii uuu most
crowded places in town and have never had
the gratuity declined. Skilled workmen
earning from $3 to $4 per day will take 10
cents or a quarter and thank you.
How long this has been going on and by
what processes we have arrived at the Eu-
mnejin Rtiinriftrrl of ireneral sorvilitv I rin
not know. I have just made these dis
coveries at some expense. If this thing is
to becomo general here it is to be hoped that
the Continental rates will be speedily
adopted, though this would necessitate the
return to tho coinage of the old half-cent.
Ulacs for tho Working Girls.
Behold the lilacs of the country, how they
sell! On the Sixth avenue corners in the
early evening, Just as tho shop girls come
home, tho lilac venders enjoy thorichest
harvest. Tho lilac Is tho flower of the mill
ion, and at 5 cents a bunch it blooms on tho
bosom of tho rosy-cheeked maidens from
shop and counter, altogether lovely and(
sweet to look upon. It is typical, in Jts way,
ofjyonth and health and innocence.) I It
breathes the spirit Of country lanes and'old
fashloned gardenslnd humble f rontporches
and neat village yards of clambering Juno
roses and honeysuckles. In the streets of
the. great city the big hampers of the flower
peddlers, covered with damaged oilcloth,
are brought out to be finally and rapidly
emptied between 5 and 7 o'clock by tho
ttroops of young women who have been con
fined nil day at the office, the store nnd the
factory in the. hot competition foe daily;,
bread and butter. .
At thp.t liniii-nnf thecveninff the flood-
tide of vouns Uborinz womanhood flows,
t7 ??"$
SOTDAY,
MAir'.lT,
homewardand beats up "against the Itinerant
flower-seller, carrying ills stock of pinks and
lilacs along with ft in every direction. It is
an interesting and a charming sight, for it
tells of tho Innato love Of the pure and
beautiful in every feminine heart, and
throws a gentle ray of spring sunshine into
as many cheerful homes.
Had Fun With Baby McKee.
"When I laid the linen In the big East
Room of the White House," said the man
with a mouthful of carpet tacks, "I added to
my former experience considerably. I was
examined by thedoorkeepers, passed along
to a brace of detectives, my 'kit' opened and
Investigated, and I had to wait for Colonel
Somebodv. Perhaps I looked as if I had
come down to assassinate the President, but
I had only been sent over by a New York
carpet house to cover tne .tasc noom carpet
witnnnenrorthe summer, anu.i.was anxious
to do the Job and get back by a certain train.
When I finally got to work I made things
hustle, and by timing my progress I-saw I
would be able to make the train after all.
"Just about then, however, I heard the
Bhuttllng of little feet behind me, and a sec
ond later 'Baby' McKoo sprang on my back
and began to kick his little heels into my
ribs 'and cluck at me horseback fashion. I
I don't know whether Grandpp. Harrison,
taught him this or not; he mistook me for
somebodv. for when he discovered a stranee
animal under him he fell off and yelled for
the nurse. We made friends right away,
however, and he was on my back half the
time tho rest or the J ob. I missed the train,
but-"Baby' McKee and I had so much fun
that I didn't think of that."
Keeping tho Keys Chained.
If you wish to do as many shrewd Gotham
ites do you must wear two chains one that
connects with the time o'day in your vest,
the other with a bunch of keys In your right
trousers pocket. Just why a man should find
It necessary to have his keys chained down
is stated by a gentleman who affects this
widely prevailing style of security: "It takes
a load on ofa man's mind, you know, Now
you have a lot of keys; your latch key, your
office key, your desk keys, your trunk keys,
and halt a dozen other keys on a ring. Every
now and then you will leave them at one
place perhaps in your office, perhaps at
nome,you may lose them in tho cars or street.
When you do there's .the very mischief to
pay. If you should lose them it entails not
only an expense all 'round, but twenty times
more time and vexation of spirit than the
loss'of a collar button. The amount of brain
tissue wasted on looking after the je keys to
be sure you have them would, could it be
condensed upon business,make a man's fort
une in tne couise 01 a iiietime. v nen tney
are attached to you by this.ohain you cease
to eive them a thoncrht. Thev are alwavtf on
hand. In case of a reporter the chain might
be applied to a lead pencil as being the most
necessary and elusive bit of personal prop
erty. Recovery of the Lost Child.
A Z.OST child on Sixth avenue during the
shopping hours of the day will attract more
sympbathetio people than almost anything
that can bo seen in the streets of the Metrop
olis and will cause more excitement than a
dog-fight. If the little one is frightened half
ontof its wits at becoming detached from
the guardian apron string, the babel of sym
pathizing voices and the clustering crowd
of zealous rescuers, pretty effectually finish
the case. Then the blue-coat breaks in and
takes a hand.
When the anxious mother, breaking away
from the fascinations of the bargain counter,
suddenly bounds into the arena and pounces
upon her terror stricken offspring, there is
a violent revulsion or leenng all 'round.,
Everbody but she is again measurably
happy and the procession of- humanity
moves on as before, but for some reason
she is usually the maddest woman on the
streets. ,
A Dutch Woman's Headgear.
Considebablii attention was recently at
tracted by a Dutch woman coming up Broad
way from the Barge Office wearing a shining
metal headgear under her bonnet. She had
just arrived from her native land. It was
considered worth a column description.
Those who have been in Holland would
notice nothing particularly remarkable.
aDouttnis style of female ornamentation.
One may see hundreds of robust-looking
women in the streets of Amsterdam wear
ing tnis metal helmet. On holidays and
Sundays In the great zoological gardens and
other public places these are on every hand
conspicuous.
Sometimes it is of silver, or nickel, ornate
with filagree work, partially- concealed by'
lace; sometimes the whole is surmounted by
a cute little, close-fitting bqnnet, whion
leaves the glittering metal displayed all
around, especially at the nape ofthe neck.
It is the distinguishing mark of the old
fashioned, well-to-do Holland, woman, very
few of whom come to this country.
Charles Theodore Mcreat.
A LIQUOR DEALER'S CAED.
He States His Principles and Desires to All
"Who May Be Concerned.
Greenville, Ta., has a liquor dealer who
places himself in his truolight by publishing
the following "card" in the last issue of the
Progress:
To All Whom it May Concern:
Know ye that by the payment of 30, 1 am per
mitted to retail intoxicating liquors at mv hotel In
this city. To the wife who has a' drunkard for a
husband, or a friend who Is unfortunately dissi
pated, I say emphatically, give me notice in person
of such case or caes, la which yon are interested,
and all such sliall be excluded from - my
place. Let mothers, fathers, sisters ana
brothers do likewise and their request will be re
garded. I pay a heavy tax for the purpose of sell
ing liquors, and I want it distinctly understood
that I nave no desire to sell to drnnkards or minors,
or to the poor or destitute. I much prefer that they
Save their money, and put It where It will do the
most good to their families. There arc gentlemen
of honor, and men of money who can afford it, and
it is with these that I desire to trade.
WHISTLING C0BSETS.
An American Idea That Tickles the Fickle
Parisian Fancy.
All Paris is laughing over the Joke about
an American inventor who is said to "have
patented a oorset that is to bring about the
reign of morality at once. If one of these
articles is pressed by a lover's arm it at once
emits a shriek like the whistle of a railway
engine; and the inventor claims that ho has
already married three of his daughters,
owing to the publicity'thus thrust upon a
backward lover.
But the wits of Paris, carrying out the
joke to its utmost, profess to fear that soon
the parlors will become unbearable, owing
to the simultaneous and continued whistling
ofall tho corsets.
An Editorial Appeal.
Glbsonbnrg Derrick.
Tho Derrick's item box has been removed
from the postofflee, and hereafter will be
found at the foot pf tho stairway leading to
our editorial room. . While you are dropping
in sticks, chromos, scraps of paper, cigar
stubs, rocks and other valuable articles drop
In an item or a suit of clothes occasionally.
A Crushing Bebuke.
Springfield Republican.
When nearing Anna, Ills., a conductor un
consciously looked straight at a lady passen
ger and called out, "An-na!" Her parasol
descended on his head with a crash. "Take
that for your impertinent -familiarity. I'll
have you understand that I allow only one
man to address me by niy first name and he
dassn't holler it."
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
Bev. James P. Balrd.
Eev. James P. Balrd, of Eice'j Landing,
one ofthe oldest ministers ofthe Cumberland Pres
byterian Synod, died at the residence of Ills son-in-law
at 4 o'clock' this morning, of paralysis. De
ceased was 71 years of age,, and was born at
Fayette, Ta.
Obituary Notes,
CllEVAtlEB GCSTAVE M. Finotte, a former
well-known banker of Florence, Italy. .Boston and
New York, and once an Italian Consul, is dead at
the age of 78 years. He was a member of a titled
Italian family.
Chaeles W. Welsh, for many years the private
secretary of the historian Bancroft, died of Bright's
disease In New York on Thursdav night. He has
held many importaut offices In the Government
civil service.
Habbiet Emmet, tho woman reported to have
been 120 years old, died at Philadelphia Friday.
Although the exact age cannot be ascertained, it is
known she had long passed the century mark.
1 HenkvH. BUNNELL, of Bunnell; Scfanton,
New Haven, died jesterday morniujr. He had
been a member of the New York Stock Exchange
since 1832.
Wells W. Leogett, the patent lawcr, and at
'onetime President of the Brush Electric Light
Company, died in Detroit Friday.
H. BAiirsox, proprietor of the Biftree, a Sunday
paper In London, devoted to sport and drama, died
.yesterday from influenza.
" Edwis LosO, the London artist, is dead. His
'death was the result of pneumonia, following an
.attack of Influenza.
' CHARLES G. Ellis, President of tho Schehec
'tady Locomotive Works, died Friday morning at
the age or -43 j ears.
J Mb. Jean Bbatiako, the distinguished Kou
nuoian ata'uman. is dead.
1891
TAIK OF THE TOWN. '
Anion Seldl Does Not Like Oat Pavements
Duquesne Way to Be Improved: Cour
tesy on the Cars A Nurse-Girl Millionaire
Novel Message Cigarette gauce The
Topical Talker's Gossip,
ArTEBthe performance the other evening
at the Festival, Anton Scidl pitched into
Pittsburg's street .pavements- in fine style,
np said they were a disgrace to a city of
Pittsburg's standing, and refused to take
back a word when Director Johnston, of the
Exposition, told him that Pittsburg had
plenty of well-paved streets in the East End
ftnd elsewhere. Mr. Seidl insisted upon re
ferring to the streets adjacent to Mechanical
Hall, which he declared were- in a shameful
condition, as a good many of tho9e Who-
drove or walked to the Festival will be in
clined to admit.
Afterward Director Johnson said to me:
"I have every reason to believe that the
present condition of Duquesne way and
other streets near the Exposition v, ill soon
be remedied. Before the fall season opens I
believe that the greater portion of Duquesne
way, and at least that in front of the Expo
sition grounds wiU have been put into first
class order. An appropriation was made by
Councils some time ago to the extent of
$10,000 for the improvement of Duquesne
way." Chief Bigelow has already advertised
for iron pipe for a larger water supply, and
I understand that there will be no delay in
laying the pipe as soon as the contract is
let. The re-paving of Duquesne way will
follow the laying of the pipe, and I know
that Mr. BigelowTs disposed to do all he can
to improve the approaches to the Exposi
tion, and that he will push matters, now
that Councils have given him the money.
"Everyone must admit that the improve
ment ofthe paving in the streets named is
one of the most important that could be
made in the entire city. Just think of it
durins the 40 days the Exposition is open
hearly half a million people travel overthese
streets. There are in addition the thou
sands who attend the entertainments take
tne i estival for instance given in the Ex-
position buildings, to Bay nothing of those
who have to walk and ride over these streets
in the course of their hnsfneaa each d.iv.
Visitors from other cities and the country
are unfavorably impressed with Pittsburg
as a city when they see a thoroughfare so
much in use in such bad shape. I am glad
that Mr. Bigelow is now in a position to take
tho matter in hand, and I know that it is no
fault of his, but simply for lack of funds
um 110 nus not uone so sooner. Jir. jtsigeiow
sees the need for the improvement, and
has done his best to forward them."
A Street Car Autocrat.
Bubb McIstosh, the actor, said the other
day: "There is a big difference between the
street car conductors of Pittsburg and someJ
you meet on tne suriace cars in New York.
One day last winter I was riding In a Sixth
avenue car and two ladles got in at a down
town crossing. They were both anxious as
women often are lest they should be carried
beyond their destination, and as the car
sped uptown, first one and then the other
reminded the conductor to set them off at
Fourteenth street and Sixteenth street re
spectively. The conductor had all the
characteristics of a Bowery tough, a
receding forehead, a prominent lower
jaw, buttony eyes and a rolling swag
ger in his walk, and he showed
Impatience when the ladies repeated their
directions. Finally one of them said again:
'.Remember! Fourteenth street,' and the
conductor glared at her and replied: Yez
got on that ther same place an' yez'll get off
at ther same place.'
1 "The, ladies were so badly scared that
when the car stopped at Fourteenth street
both got out of the car as fast as they could."
Some Transformations.
"The growth of value in real estate makes
some strange transformations," said a banker
to me recently. "Not more than a dozen
years ago a young woman was employed In
my house as nurse. She was a good nurse,
and the only thing my wife disliked about
her was that she affected great secresy about
her antecedents, and practically gave no ref
erence for character, saying that she had
never Deen in domes tie, service before, and
that her family lived in or near New York
City. But she stayed with us two years, and
then one day left suddenly without any ex-
Slanation further than that her father had
led and her presence was required at home.
Last winter my wife went South, and in the
sleeping car going down she saw a
woman of 35 or so whose face
seemed strangely familiar. She could not
place .hen however, and it was not until
after leaving Memphis that the woman, who
was handsomely and correctly dressed, and
was accompanied her maid, came up to my
wife and introduced herself as the quondam
nurse. The story the woman told to account
for the change in her circumstances was
somewhat extraordinary, but I have since
verified the mostimportant part of it.namely,
the fact that she is at present a very wealthy
woman. It appears that she was the
daughter ofa well-to-do tradesman in New
York, and after a violent quarrel with her
father left home and sought to make a living
as a servant. Her father was never recon
ciled to hei but her mother, who survived
him, made her sole heir to the estate he left.
Thus when hermother died, six years ago,-
my nurse gin iouno. nerseu in posses
sion of real estate and other prop
erty worth in the -neighborhood of
half a million dollars. But tho point
in the story, singular as it all was, which in
terested me most related to the increase in
value of real estate in the business part of
New York in the course of less than half a
century. About 4Q years ago the father of
this woman bought three houses on Sixth
avenue, somewhere between Fourteenth nnd
Twentv-third streets, for $27,000. or $9,000
apiece. To-day each of these houses, now
stores with dwelling rooms above them,
rents for its original price, $9,000 a yean and
recently the present owner wisely refused
$250,000 for them. The woman, who was
willing to look after my youngsters for $3 a
week fen or twelve years ago, had the kind
ness to tell my wife that she was happier
then than she is now with money accumu
lating faster than she can find investments
for it."
Lost More Than They Found.
Manager Jenks tells me a singular story
about two lost festival tickets. One morn
ing last week a lady came to him and said
to him that she had lost a couple of tickets,
droppod them in a down-town store she
thought. She could point out and she did
subsequently thb exact location of the seat
on tho box office plan. Manager Jenks felt
he could rely upon the veracity of the lady,
for he knew her to be of excellent social
standing and her manner of telling the story
carried conviction with It, so he gave her
a special card of admission, and instructed
the doorkeeper and ushers to give her the
seats indicated on the card. Then to prevent
any possible trouble he told the ushers that
if the lost tickets were presented to give the
holders seats in a box.
Vcli, luu Uiguti wiuci auu atuo cuuugu a
couple'of people came In with the lost tick
ets, and when the usher obeyed his instruc
tions and told them courteously that owing
to a mistakea generous term to use he
would have to ask them to take seats in a
box, they were prodigiously indignant nnd
demanded the seats In the box which they
had bought!
They didn't get the seats and well, there
is no use in moralizing over it, but some re
spectable people and the finders of tho lost
tickets looked lespectable have a singular
conception of honesty, have they not?
The Cook Smoked Cigarettes.
"I dids't enjoy my dinner to-day," said a
Plttsburger yesterday.
"Whafrwas wrong with it?" asked a friend.
"Oh, a trifle an incident of French cook
ing. I ordered some green peas and whon
thev came I liked the looks of them uncom
monly. The second mouthful I took of them
contained a surprise. My teeth.encountercd
something tough, but I chewed away at it
thinking It was only a bit of tho pea pod.
The next second my palate told mc some
thiuff was wrong and. I determined to
swallow etiquette rather than the tough
morsel, and what do you think I removed
from my mouth? A half-burned cigarette!
My confidonco in the cook disappeared, and
I couldrt't cat another mouthful.'1
Very Muscular Massage,
A little nephew of Robert Layton, the
Immigration Inspector, was looking out of
tho window the other day watching with
deep interest the operation of some pavers
whnwMc laving Belgtnu blocks. The child
kept 'up u rtfuning fire of comments upon
the woik for the benefit of his grand
mother, who was sitting near by. "When the
man with tho rammor came along to pound
tho stones into place the child cried in high
glee: "Here, grun'mnl Look! Hero's a man
going to g(vo the,road massage treatmentl".
Six Yean In Jail for Debt,
Doveii, "Vt., May 16. William Worcester
was released from jail last night aftet being
incarcerated six years for debt. The cred
itors finally th ed of paying hit board, and he
camb out of jail an old and homeless man.
Hard on "Me lud."
London Statesman.
' Tennyson is said to make $30,000 out of his
poetry. He make dollars out of It 'when
nthes can't make sense.
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THE TALLOW TBEE.
It Grows In China and Produces a Cood
Illuminating Oil.
New York Recorder.
A consular report upon the trade of Wen
chow,. China, contains some details regard
ing the tallow tree. This curious tree
(Stilllngla sebifera Eoxh.) is largely' culti
vated near Wenchow, and still more widely
within the Ch'u-chou prefecture to the west.
It is not generally known that the fruit of
this tree produces oil ns well as tallow. The
berries, which resemble coffee beans in ap
pearance and size, are first steamed and
then pounded In an ordinary rice trough.
By pounding, the soft, mealy, mesocarp is
nartiallv separated from the kernels. The
-n hole is then placed in a bamboo sieve, the
meshes of which are Jusc large enough to
allow the mealy matter to be scrubbed
through, and small enough to Jieep back the
kernels, which are hard, mack ami about the
size 01 peas.
From the mealy matter the tallow Is ex--pressed
in primitive wooden presses. The
oil is derived from the kernels In the follow
ing manner. They are dried and passed be
tween two millstones held at such a distanoe
apart by means of a bamboo pivot as to
crush the hard shells of the kernels without
Injuring the white interiors.
The whole is then passed through a win
nower, which separates the broken shells
from the solid matter. The latter is there
after placed in a deep iron pan, and roasted
until It begins to assume a Drownish color,
the process being accompanied by continual
stirring to prevent burning.
Tho crushed shells make an excellent fuel
for the purpose. It is then ground byahuge
stone roller in a circular stone welhsteamed,
made into circular cakes with bamboo and
straw casings, and passed through the wood
en press. A good lighting oil, called "ch'ing
yu," ofa brownish yellow color, is thus ob
tained. The tallow is called "p'i yu," that Is,
skin, or external oil.
VESSE FOB SWEETMEATS.
An Old New Tork Gentleman Gets Bich
By Writing Couplets.
On the top floor of one of the tallest build
ings in upper New York, says a correspond
ent of the Boston Journal, toils an old man
who has probably written more poetry than
any other single man living. His business
13 that of writing the "poetic" mottoes
which one finds in the cheap candies ofthe
day- Poetry which could neversee the light
of day in any other way is hidden in these
tissue-papered "party" candies.
I had an interesting talk with this man a
few days ago. He has been 20 years in the
business, is over 60 years of age, and hasac
cumnlated a fortune, although he still keeps
up the same monotonous poetical grind.
"It is a curious trade, you know, I suppose,"
said the old man, "yet some one must do it,
and it is very profitable. I have built 14
city and country houses out or it, and in a
year or two I shall lay down the pen for
good, and let some one else take npthe
work. How do I write so much? Why,
it has become second nature to n
These "mottoes' are simple, anything
will do, and the more silly tho
are the better. I know it is perfect
trash, and it is preposterous to dignify the
things with the word 'poetry.' I spend three
days every week here, and. resl off, I sup
pose, a hundred of these things every day.
Why, I often eat my lunch" with one hand
and write with the other. Yet, as I say, it is
profitable, much better than writing bad
novels, for, after all, my verses never do any
harm. They are sUly, I grant you, but per
fectly harmless, and young lads and girls
like to be merry over them. Dear me, 1 sup
pose I've married many a couple with this
pen, and if you'll excuse me I'll lust write a
score or so more before we go out to lunch,"
and in about 15 minutes the old man was
ready to go with me, carrying in his pocket
an envelope full as the result of an hour's
work.
OLD HUSSEHTOTJCHIT.
The Part Played by a Queer Word In the
life ofa Girl Baby.
Union Signal.
There was one word the little girl heard
many times a day. The word was Mussen
touchit. Baby wondered who Mussentouchit could
bo. The stranger lived in the bureau draw
ers. It lived in the sewing machine.
It lived in the tall jar that stood on the
little round table.
It certainly lived in the glass globe where
the gold fishes swam.
This went on till baby was 9 years old.
There was rio word she heard so often as the
long, queer word, Mussentouchit.
Mussentouchit was everywhere-in the
shining books on the parlor table; In the
flower beds; among the roses; even in
mamma's work-basket the strange thing
lived; and if baby but took up a reel of Bilk
or cotton, there was Mussentouohit.
One day baby found herself by the glass
globe all alone. The family were.very busy,
and for a few minutes forgot the little, pry
ing, restless darling. This was her. chance.
Up went the chubby leg3 Into the chair that
stood near the gold-fish globe. Poised on the
rounding cushion, baby reached far over to
touch the gold-flsh. In reaching 'she lost
her balance and fell, dragging the globe to
the floor. There was a crash, a scream, a
rush, and mamma was on the spot. Baby
was picked up, kissed and scolded.
"I dess I tilled olej Mussentouohit 'S
time!" she said, shaking herself and walk
ing off.
A QUEEB BONE GROWTH.
It Puzzles the Ohio Physicians Who Re
moved It With the Knife.
Akeoit, May 16. For the past few weeks
Mr. F. M. Ranney, No. 811 Carroll street, has
been suffering with what he took to be
grip in the right leg. Some time ago he dis
covered in that leg a small loose bunch,
which would slip along the muscles above
the knee and pass from one side to the other,
traveling a distance of 12 inohes. A. physi
cian was called, and, placing the patient
under the influence of chloroform, removed
the bunch, which proved to be bone, about
the size and shape of a common peach stone,
Incased in a membranous sackhaving no ap
parent connection with any tissues. On It
were four or five little growing knobs the
size of bird shot. The case is one that puz
zles local physicians, who are unable to ao
count for the growth of the bone in Its
strange pathway.
Congressmen Are Too Tough.
Albany Argus.
Not less than 43 Englishmemberspf Parlia
ment aro down with the grip. Yet'flie epi
demic failed to do its work in Washington
when the billion dollar Congress was in ses
sion.
Short, But Not Sweet,
Topeka State Journal.
When a. Kansas Alliance man wants to
show how unaffected the Alliance Is, he re
fers to the two noted leaders 0 the organi
zation as "Pen"" and "Simp."
PEOPLE WHO VISIT PlITSBUHG.
H. E. Passavant, Secretary of the Ma
honing and Shcnango Iron Association, was
visiting local freight agents yesterday. The
valloy manufacturers still want a reduction
in rates on iron and coke. Mr. Passavant
said they couldn't start if they wanted to,
nnd tho agents think the furnace men are
making a great bluff when they say they
won't resume operations until tho freight
rates are reduced.
Assistant Postmaster A. J. Edwards went
to New York last evening to see about ft now
style of suit for the postoffico employes.
They are intended to be introduced when
the new office is opened. Mr. Edwards
thought the cap would bo navy blue. The
suit3 will be made in Pittsburg.
Henry P. Bruce and Smith Mowry, two
nmotlreil nloctricians. from. Boston, are in
the city to get the Birmingham road in shape
to begin operating. They aro stopping at
the Duquesne. It is expected the new road
will be rnuning snortiy.
John Thomas, of Youngstown, and Charles
A. McCready, of New Castle, arc Stopping at
tho"Soventh Avenue Hotel.
John T. Harrigan, of Detroit, and Charles
More and wile, of Butler, are among the
guests at the Anderson.
B. T. Townsend, of1 New Brighton, and J.
It, Ilarblitzoil, of Meyersdale, are stopping
at the Duquesne.
President J. P. Hughart, of the Grand
Rapids nnd Indiana loud, was in the city
yesterday.
J. H..Wible, of Canton, O., and 'W.'P.
Reese, of Johnstown, are registered ,at tho
Anderson.
H. C. Frick left for-New York last even
ing to spend Sunday with Iris family.
Lewis Jones, a "Wheeling iron man, is at
the Central Hotel. '"
Dr. Passavant left for Philadelphia lasL
i renln!?.
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'- CCBIOUS CONDENSATIONS.-
'-There is a man in New Tork who
makes a handsome living regulating self
regulating docks.
A New Tork man has just taken his
first mouthfni of food in seven months. Ho
was nourished by mechanical meana.
There is a sign on one ofthe side streets
of Atlanta, Go., that is at least expressive.
Itjrends: "Going out to do ' whitewashing
doneliere."
A jeweler has invented a device for nse
In sleeping cars that promises to become
popular. It is a ladder composed of tubes of
leather that provides easy access to nppex
berths.
- The prisoners in the Ohio Penitentiary
were searched a few days ago and about two
bushel baskets of knives were found con
cealed on their persons.
An inventor living in Black Bock, N.
Y., has attached an automatic musical in.
strument to a bicycle, and applied for a
patent. The instrument will play so long as
the wheel is in motion.
A Philadelphia woman complained the
other day against being detained by the
local Coroner to testify regarding the sudden
death of her mother, on the ground that she
she wanted to go shopping.
A town in Michigan has an art museum
which has met with some discouragements.
but hopes to get along better since putting
up inis notice: "A'lease aa not e
the pictures out of their frames."
) this notice: "Please do not cut any 01
A 2-year old girl fell from the fourth
story window, ofa house in Newburg, N. Y.,
the other day. Strange to say, she was not
killed, and an hour after the fail was playing
as though nothing had happened.
Since 1800 there have been retired in
France CO Ministers of Justice, 87 Ministers
of the Interior, 73 Ministers of Foreign Af
fairs, 54 Ministers Of Finance, 71 Ministers of
War, and 68 Ministers of the Navy.
In the East women and men are refusing
to take parcels from the store where they
are wrapped in papers containing the mer
chant's advertisements. Public opinion
seems to justify them in their refusal.
A Louisville couple were to have been
married In the church and great prepara
tions to that end had been made, but when
the time came their timiditv so overcama
them that they stole awayfrom their friends
and were quietly married in aminister's par
lor. Upon learning about the sale of the
famous whipping-post of that city to a
speculator who had meant to exhibit it at tho
World's Fair, the people of Willmington,
Del., went in a body to the yard where it was
kept and with axes and saws reduced it to a
mass of kindling wood.
Travelers from California, Arizona and
New Mexico say that the regiments of tour
ists that follow each other through those
Tegions are all armed with kodaks, and that
the Indians are mortally afraid of them and
make vigorous protest against being aimed
at by the amateur photographers.
A working girls' club at Jersey City"
has disbanded. It was a sort of Adamlesd
Eden for two years, but a proposition to
have a reception once a month to which,
young men could be invited, caused a divi
sion of sentiment and two new clubs have
been formed out ofthe ruins ofthe old. One.
is Adamless, while the other is not.
A preacher at Fernandina, Ha., was
forced to sue his church for nearly $200 oweojj
him ever since -February J, 1887, when the
church clerk gave him a due bill for the"
amount, $13 69. The church set up thai
singular defense that the debt was barred,
by the statute of limitations and the tSary
was, therefore, nncollectable.
We are now producing six timfiea
much native wines as we export. The nnm
ber of gallons of foreign wines imported lastt
year was only 5,060,873, whereas the number?
of gallons of home production was over 30,
000,000. The importations, moreover, are!
only 300,000 gallons more than in 181P, whea
we produced only 125,000 gallons of wine.
Two fashionable young ladies in New"
York are making a great deal of money In su
novel way. In thelryouththeirfathertaughfii
them to play chess, and now they teach the!
mysteries of the game and. earn between
$10,000 and $15,000 a year apiece. They tutor!
classes, and these are generally formed of
six persons, whopay never less than $15 eacli)
ior a course or a uozen lessons.
An Atchison woman has been infbrme6!j
that she cannot live two years. She hast
therefore; resolved on making the most off
her time, and has entered on a career on
merrymaking and gayety. Another doctor1
informs her that if she will saw off on high,
living and go slow in her merrymaking she)
can recover her former good health. The
?ay life strikes her fancy and she accepts
he death warrant of doctor No L
France in 1889 had a debt per capita 0$
$116 33, and It Is understood that this does"'
not include certain annuities of an unstated
bnt great amount. Great Britain, though
slowly decreasing her debt, had a burden of
$87 89 per capita; Russia, $30 79; A-hstro
Hungary, $70 84; Belgium, $63 10: tha Nether-'
lands, $& 56, while that of the United States
was but $14 63, and of its indebtedness nearly
one-half was made np of non-interest bear
ing "notes;
Several young women of Crawfordsville,
Ind., gave a select danco the other evening.
The feature of the event was that the young
women went after the young men and es
corted them to the hall. They secured three
large drays, and, after stretching a ropo on
the pins around the sides, the young women
got on the drays and went after their es
corts. After securing all their gallants, ths
drays paraded through town to the hall
where the dance was held. The parade was
a novel sight, and was the cause of much,
amusement.
An enterprising young jproceryman of
Buffalo, N. Y., read a few days ago in a news
paper that radishes are good for grip. Heats
oncejmade out a conspicuous placard to the
effeot that "A celebrated physician declares
that radishes are a preventive and cure of
the grip." - This he placed outside his store;
on the green grocery shelf and piledbunches
of glowing radishes high about it. By noon;
so fast had they disappeared, that ha
doubled the price of them, and still pur
chasers came, and before 5 o'clock in tie
afternoon he hadn't a radish in the place.
Two Frenchmen appeared at a liien
factory in Jaroslav, In the Volga, four weeks
ago and told the manufacturer that they
were French Government Commissioners
with an order for a cloth case In which to
wrap theEiffel Tower In winter. Ther pre
sented so many sealed documents and letters
with the signatures of celebrated French
men that the manufacturer swallowrjl their
marvelous story and agreed to take the
huge contract. The "Commissioners" re
quired from him $1,200 as an earnest of his
intention to turn out the tofcfr's new
clothes, and left him with directions that ha
should go to Paris at 6nce to communicate
further with the city officials and th measure
the tower. He went, with severalassistants
who were to help him determine tne details
of the undertaking, and thereby spent $300
more-to learn that he had been swindled.
TICBXEK'S TAUT TA1
"What are you studying?'1
"Metaphysics."
"And what Is that!"
"I don't know anv better than roo.
I only study
It for pleasure. ' 'Iileaende M
Edith You can't imagine how 3Ir. Bui.
ilnch complimented your slngli
Ethel-Did he. tbongh?
Edith Yes; he said 'twas sihiplr heaTenly.
TIthel-Bcallv?
Edith Well, J nst tne same tning; ne saia 'twas
simply unearthly. Bostonkourier.
John Brougham, who had something of
the genjns and characterof his gifted countryman,
Sheridan, once made k brilliant remark, which
rivaled Sheridan's beitbon mot.
On the occasion of a benefit accorded him, some
one hroMrnpon the stage, at the elose of the per
formance, a purse of gold, which lie picked up,
and, after examining it, said:
"Ladles and gentlemen, circumstances compel
mc to pocket the lasnlt; but (looking grim) I should
like to see the man who would repeat It!" Outlet
Home Journa I.
The good die young. The others become
oldest inhiMtants and lie abont the weather, thclr
ages and everything else. Sao York Herald.
LittleIugley Do you admire handsome '
men. Miss Amy?
Amy-Indccd I do. Mr. Mugley.
L!tUs'JIngley-0!i, thank yott.
HarprU Sasar.
'Judge What trade do you follow?
Vgrant-I am a builder.
"What do you buildj"
VCastles In the air." Enhance.
a mau ornof jitr.
His moral standard is so high,
So high his worthiness riittttbe.
That In thctnen who-pasj him by
tt- -s
NO Jot of virtue, tan be tt,-Fuct.
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