-.'- ?;?&.-'a v - ,;Ky ' .5" ' .&" THE rETSBURG- DISPATCH, ' SATURDAY, MAY' '23, 1891. Wit StStfftf fit ESTABLISHED FEBIHJARY & lilt Vol. s So. ICC. Entered at nttsburg Postoffice, No ember 14, 1SST. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. rAsxrisx advektisino ofi-ice, room a. TKIUrXEBriMHNU. NEW YORK, wlirrccoin-lili-te files urTHE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreifrn advertisers appreciate the oonvenlenec. Homo advertiser- and Wend- of THE DISPATCH, wlille in New York, are al?.o made welcome. THE VISPATCIfit rtTulnrliion frileat lirentano's, ,1 I'ttiim .V7M.rrr, &w Yrk. nnd 17 Are rfe VOiicra, Jtrip, Jvha ithtn t7itjmfi tc'in has been disap 3intnl at a hotel m ics stand w oM.im it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. rosTAGE free ix the uxited states. Daily DisrATCii. One Year $8 CO Daily nisr-ATCH. Per Quarter 2 CO Daily Dii'atch, One Month 70 Daily lir.vrcn. Including Sunday, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Disi'atcii. Including Sunday. : m'tlis. I SO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 la'th.. 90 -L'NIAY IJIsrATCH. One Year 2S0 "Weekly Ms I'atcu, Oue Year 1 35 Tnn Daily' Disr.vTCHidclierod by carriers at lceuls per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at 20 cent, per week. the principle that the strike is a resort of doubtful value to labor under any circum stances, and only to be adopted as a last resort. In this case the bad policy, even from the labor view, of the dispute which led to the suspension of work was that it was a strike against a falling market Labor leaders who will not under such circumstances use every effort to reach a compromise rather than a conflict must fail either in their judgment or in their conception of their duty to labor. The coke strike was based evidently on the conception that the policy of strength could force the wages demanded; and it must be said that the coke companies also adopted the same idea that they could force the reduction of wages. The result has proved the error of judgment to be on the side of the labor leaders, and the error has been a costly one to labor. Months of idleness, the dead loss to toil of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages, sufferings and disorders, all have been inflicted be cause the truth of the principle could not be appreciated that compromise is better mail conuict. It is to be hoped that labor organizations will learn wisdom from such experience, and that in future the costly and semi barbarous tactics of the strike will bo re garded as one to be avoided except at the last extremity. guns was a brilliant success, whilo others prononnco it a dead failure Has tliero been an explosion of dynamite under the practice of telling the exact facts with regard to the results of naval affairs? If the Cincinnati platform does not make a good catch of rotes it is not be cause it does not adopt and swear by enough ideas. of the vote-catching variety. TnE fear that the Duchess of Marl borough was not an American citizen has been allayed by the declaration of Her Grace that she is. Wo can rejoice in the possession of an American Duchess, and the titled lady's heart will he true to tho Stars and Stripes as long as there is valuablo property to be held by maintaining that character. ' Two being company, it will not bo sur prising if the Third Party is regarded as crowding things. PITTsBLRG, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1KI1. TintKK-CKNT C.VlStr: FAKES. The opening of the Duquesne Traction road has been followed by a stroke on the part of the Pittsburg Traction in the shape of the reduction of its fares to three cents. As this gives a saving to each individual who makes daily trips by the Fifth avenue district to the city of about twelve dollars per year, it is evident that the presence of active competition in the street car busi ness amounts to a very material benefit to the city. Of course, there is a drawback to this favorable view in the fact that this is a step intended to produce a warfare that "will eventually force the rival lines to com bine, when the losses will be recuperated by increased charges. These are the reg ulation corporation tactics; but they in clude the fact that a reduction once made Is hard to restore. The reduced rates afford a prima facie demonstration that the lines can be run at those charges. They are likely to include evidence that they can ram dividends on the actual cost of construction. Beyond that it is possible the effect of this reduc tion will be to actually convince the com panies themselves that they can make as much ornioie by the growth of business at three cents as by the old five-cent rate. At all events with this reduction Pitts burg enjoys the ci!apest and best transit servi'-e hi the country. Our people will make the mot of tiie boon while it lasts and hope for its permanent continuance. TOO MVCH LEGISLATION". Ex-Senr.tor "Wilson, of Iowa, contributes a thoughtful article on the public tendency lo rash to legislation for all clashes of sub jects, with . t much regard for the consid eration" whether such legislation will prove the bos', for the nation in the long run. Tiie inspiring motive for such legis lation is the view vs hieb is taken of one particular side of a subject, or the per sistency of a special interest which for bids tiie consideration of the public inter est as a whole. It is also evident that the political theory by whie.U representatives regard themselves as pledged to vote for Mich measures as their constituents advo cate, instead of being bound to regard the interests of th1 whole nation, contributes lamely to the mass of indiscriminate legis lation. The writer is quite justified in appre hending that this tendency is destructive of the individualism of tho people, and destroys reliance on popular intelligence r.nd foresight. Moreover, as he says, it "engenders ahabitof disregard of the duty of the citizen to give his fair share of effort lothe proper enforcement of the law." Every one can see that for some cause or other this evil is alreadv present Ye have in one shape or another laws enough to cure nearly all the ills that the body politic is heir to: but tho great mass of them are inert and useless for lack of en forcement. Certainly, until this fault is remedied it is useless to add to the total of dead letter legislation. We should give less attention to the framing of new laws and more to the enforcement of what we already have. PHILADELPHIA'S MONEY MUDDLE. The disclosures of the Philadelphia finan cial world for the past few days have steadily proceede'd from bad to worse. Starting out with the discovery that the Keystone Bank had been wrecked by the unchecked speculations of its President, the discovery has been made that money has been paid by one bank for securing the city deposits, while the sensation is completed by the disclosure that the City Treasurer is a defaulter to the tune of nearly a million dollars. The disasters which began by the smash ing of the MacFarlane and Work concerns, and hava proceeded up to the present point, furnish convincing proof of the effect which speculation, kite-flying and all the modern financial vices have had upon tho staid and conservative Quaker City. Time has been when the Philadel phia banking system was a synonym for stability and integrity. The craze for getting rich quickly, and without giving a consider ation for it, has made deep inroads on the Philadelphia system, and has produced the appalling instances of recklessness, cor ruption and defalcation now coming to light Only one alleviating detail is brought out bv the present disclosures, and that is the discovery, according to Auditor Gen eral McCamant, that someone it is diffi cult to tell who is half a million dollars better off than he thought he was. Mr. McCamant stated on Wednesday that the Philadelphia City Treasurer only owes the State S37r,000. The City Treasurer, in his statement of Thursday, says that it is ?9:;o,000. It is evident from these figures that either Mr.Bardsley owes the State 553, 000 less than he thought, he did or that the State has a claim on Mr.JJardslcy for f503,000 more than it supposed. As in neither ease does this represent any especial increase of wealth, the congratu lation may be entirely given to the State on the ground that it does not own a claim against Mr. Bardsley half as great as he acknowledges. That is of course suppos ing that Auditor General McCamant's assertion bears the fierce sunlight of pub licity which is destined to beat on this whole business. Moral reflections on the state of affairs revealed in Philadelphia are futile. The facts speak for themselves. TnE disclosures with regard to the Philadelphia muddle are referred to by ono of the papers of that city under tho head "Getting at the Truth." It is intimated that heretofore the truth about theso matters has been lying at tho bottom of a well, but it is much to bo feared that tho missing money will not bo discovered even there. The rains of the last two days have been worth millions in tho pockct'of tho country at large. New and enlarged possibilities for tho newspaper profession uro openod up when wo leam that the managing editor of tho London Eeview has failed for $1,730,000. Tho utmost efforts of the working newspaper men of the United States have never reached tho point where one of them could fail for over 5 per cent of that amount. WITH THE WOELDLINGS. PltACTTCAL ItALLOT RFFORM. A contributor in our "Mail Pouch" col umn gives some original and pointed sug gestions regarding ballot reform which certainly make iuieresting reading. Our correspondent does not seem to have a very exalted idea of the general ballot re form proposition. That is a quite excusa ble frame of mind in view of some of the measures proposed under that disguise. But, with a mind that aims at his purpose without being trammeled by the bonds of consistency, he presents a scheme of ballot reform that shows him to be really in line with the sincere supporters of that meas ure. It is interesting to note that the ideas presented in this communication adopt two out of the three great purposes of ballot reform, namely, an official ballot nnd perfect freedom of nominations. He does not accept the third purpose of ballot reform secrecy of the ballot because he thinks that "a good cause does not require secrecy." Very true; but a bad cause does, and the purpose of ballot reform is to prevent it from getting what it needs. Our correspondent is very outspoken on the subject of "old political stagers" and "political pulls." Yet every man who has studied political methods knows that the foundation of political pulls is in the prac tice of following to the polls the men who can he influenced or intimidated and see ing that they vote right The proposed secrecy of the ballot rests on the principle that its machinery should not afford the agency for enforcing corrupt or undue in fluence over it: and it is exactly the same principle as the one ihat caused the change to the ballot from the old methods of viva wrc voting. When our correspondent perceives the pertinence of those reflections, and adds the secrecy of the ballot to the other features of his ballot reform proposition, he will be very closely in line with other genuine ballot reformers. LOCAL OPTION TAXATION. The wrestle of the Legislature with the tax question inspires the Philadelphia Ledger to make a suggestion which points the way to a possible compromise. It refers to the authority of City Councils to tax various classes of articles, and to the fact that an intelligent policy in city gov ernment has never taxed the tools of trade, the machinery engaged in manufacturing operations, the stocks of goods in ware houses, and the capital engaged in busi ness. From tins point it claims the right for any county or municipal government to refrain from such taxation if it believes that by so doing it will increase its pros perity. The corollary of this proposition is evi dently as the Ledger states it: Under such a permtssire act every county would be free to tax personal property for local purposes if it should see fit to do so or to decline to tax such property if it should not see lit, or deem it unadvisablo for any reason. In other words, every county would be at liberty to make its tax laws for local purposes suit its own pecnlar circumstances or wishes. And that is tho -nay it ought to he. This idea would naturally include the taxation of all classes of property aimed at in the Taggart hill for State purposes, leav ing it at the discretion of each county whether it would exempt any or alt Such a proposal would be likely to find more ac ceptance among the supporters of the Taggart plan than among its opponents. The most influential among the latter are the great corporations whose property ex tends into all classes of counties, and who would be likely to find themselves under such a rule pretty severely taxed by all" Nevertheless, there might he, if such a proposition could be given a practical ex periment, a very pretty demonstration in pelto of the effects of different sorts of tax ation. The county which tafeed goods and manufacturingmaterialsplacedsidebyside with one which did not would, in the course of time, possess very definite data for deter mining which policy is the best It is not hazardous to predict that the community which placed, heavy burdens of taxation on business and manufacturing would eventually find its business and manufact uring interests reduced to a minimum. COST OP THE COKi: STRIKE. Reports from the coke regions leave little room for doubt that the strike is over, and that after a prolonged struggle, which represents nothing but a dead loss in -wages to the men, they have been driven by the test of strength and endurance to accept just the terms that the companies choose to offer them. With this result registered it is not worth while to discuss the relative merits of the position of the two parties in the conflict But viewed merely in its effect on labor, it is pertinent to consider its illustration of A RErrjnLicAN organ asserts that the speeches of thu President have put the Dem ocratic cartoonists at a loss. Hut nothing can put the cartoonists of the family organ lit a loss, so long ns they can represent jlr. Itlainc ns a chickcn.th.icf in one number and take it back in the next. Lokd Salisbury's ideas are always un popular, but his style of speaking capti- lues iiie cruffu. Rev. Sam Jones, in an interview, esti mates tho number of conversio ns undor his preaching at 150,000 to 200,000. Annie Louise Cakey, at one time con sidered among tho greatest of contraltos, now finds her timo entirely occupied with domestic affairs and charity work. Elxen Terry, describing stage fright, says: "You feel as if a centipede, all of whoso feet had been carefully iced, had begun to run about in tho roots of your hair.-' Alma Tadema's popularity is now at its height and London p'icture buyers aro paying liberally for any of his productions. Three of his Italian pieces were in the Snn- turcc collection and at tho recent sale real ized $37,200. "Wayne MacVeagit, who successfully defended tho Pullman Car Company in the snitngainstitof the Central Transportation Company, in a caso involving millions of dollars, is reported to have been rewarded with a $100,000 fee. Ex-President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland will make Tudor Haven their principal placo of rosidenco during the sum mer months, much to tho disappointment of tho residents of Marion, who have been hop ing that they would again spend the season there. King Kalakaua's effects have been sold at auction. The Queen bought his boat house at $1,001, while S. M. Damon', her hus band, bought tho dead King's armchair, paying $10 for it. The King's card table of Koa Mood sold for $1S0. Tho total proceeds of tho sale were only a little more than $2,500. Eugene Kelly, the hanker, is one of the most active men of his age in New York. He is worth $10,000,000 or more, and is, per haps, the wealthiest man of his nationality In the world. Ho began his career in that State as an itinerant peddler, bnt in 1S19 the gold fever attracted him to California. He became a millionaire drygoods morchant in San Francisco, and returned to New York. General Wagee Swayne, of Xew York, who is the law partner of cx-Judgo John F. Dillon, lost a leg while leading a di vision of Shcrman'sarmyinfrontof Atlanta. This, however, does not prevent the General from being one of the busiest men, socially and professionally, in Now York City. Ho and his crutch are a familiar sight around Wall street, where he is known as counsel for a dozen or so big railroad corporations. The Count and Countess of Paris are making great preparations to receive Queen Victoria at Stowe during the last week in Tune. The Queen's last visit to Stowo took place in lSi5, when, with the Prince Consort, she was the guest of tho second Duke of lluckingham for several days, and they were received with a magnificence which rivalled tho celebrated display of the Duke of Devon shire, at Chatsworth, in 143. An Irish Fish Story. Deny Journal. A veteran sportsman, with rod and gan, who resides near Stowartstown, County Tyrone, has had a novel experience whilo fishing on tho Tullywiggan. Ho had occa sion to cross to the opposite bank over a scries of stepping-stones laid in the bed of tho river. He slipped otfa boulder into tho stream. Tho river was low, but ho fell fiat into tho water and was thoroughly drenched. As tho day was hittcrly cold lie had on an overcoat: and when he scrambled out on tho bank ho found something flapping about in tne inner breast pocket. A search revealed a splendid three-pound trout. It was tho only nsn lie caugnt mat uay. A Southern Paper Speaks. Savannah News. In justice to the Republican press of Pennsylvania, however, it must bo admitted that its influenco is in favor of a genuine ballot reform measure. In fact, about all the leading papers of the State, without re gard to party, are urging the enactment of a genuine ballot reform law. FOUR SHORT STORIES. A Dream to No Pnrposo Tho Tragic Talo of Tom, the Bull Dog Majorities aro Stub born Things A Tramp's Dainty Taste Sketches of Iteal Life. I nr-KAMT last night," said a safo salesman yesterday to ajnan who had persistently re fused to put a safo into his new offices, "that I met you on tho Fifth avenue cable car coining down town, and you left your seat and came ovor to me and. said: Joe, you'ro a douce of a nico fellow. I like you, Joe. Shake hands with me, Joe; and, Joe, while I think of it I want youto put in ono of your uesc saics m my omco. i need one, badly, Joe, and I want .one of your very best. Coino over and see me about to-morrow morning.' "And the dream was so realistic that when I waked up this morningl madoup mymind to call and see you tho first thing, I felt so sure, you know, that you wanted a safe, and wanted it badly. Was the dream reliable?" "Yes, Joo, it was, no doubt," said the man with a heart steeled against safes. "Well I'm mighty glad I called, and" began Joo again, but his prey interrupted him. "The dream was straight, no doubt, but don't you know, my boy, that dreams always go by contraries?" Tom An East End Tragedy. As eminently worthy citizen who lives in tho East End, in a moment of confidence, told a bachelor friend of his, who loves ath letics and is a psuedo-sport, that he wanted a dog. He hardly went further than this except to say that the dog that he hungered for must have exemplary domestic habits and lots of good nature. Wednesday of last week tho eminently worthy East Euder was enjoying thp twilight and a cigar in tho bosom of his family on tho porch, when a messenger boy covered with dust, andjfor a mouern mercury, somewhat disturbed in spirit, turned in from tlio street dragging behind him a largo bull dog with cropped ears, a tail that needed continuation in our next, and as much jaw as any People's party man could desire to own. Tho messenger boy introduced himself and tho dog without delay, and thelatter proved to bo a present from tho aforesaid bachelor friend of tho eminently worthy East Endcr. A noto from the donor explained that tho dog's name was "Tom," his character a blending of a lamb's and a lion's, and his breeding such as to entitle him to a front seat among tho canine too. There was noth ing for tho pillar of his church, and the pat tern of propriety to do but to accept tho gilt, for the messenger boy announced with some vehemence that he'd bo blowed or otherwiso maltreated before he'd tako "that thero dawg" back to town. So "that there dawg" was escorted to the stable nnd tem porarily secured with a nooso and a ten-foot ropo. It is to be feared that the new owner of "Tom" was disappointed when ho found noxt morning that the dog hadnot strangled himself during the night, out he hoped for tho best, and meeting his bachelor friend at lunch downtown, ho managed to thank him for the "handsomo dog" without choking, and even to listen to a cataloguo of "Tom's" virtues. Now tho fact is that "Tom" was all that he was pamted and more; as faithful and fearless a dumb brute as ever woro a collar and lunched on boned. Like most bulldogs ho was kindly and even of temper, a friend to children, and in many ways tho superior of the fashionable pug across the way and the snappish Spitz that was always needing a bath noxt door. The eminently worthy East Ender began to realize within 24 hours that in spite of his looks "Tom" was the sort of dog he wanted after all. So a bond of af fection sprang up between "Tom" and his master. On Sunday morning after breakfast Tom's master was putting some finishing touches to his toilet previous to departing for church with his family when ho heard a disturb ance in tho front yard, and look ing out he was just in time to sec Tom spring at the throat of a largo collie dog. Iho dogs were on the pavement of the street, winch was thronged with church-sod's. This was an nnnnllincr sirrht for a pillar of any church, bo it in tho East .cna or ivamscnatKn, ana tne pinnr tnat owned Tom slipped into his frock coat, dropped a hymn-book, upset two vases, Seized a walking cane and plunged down stairs two steps at a time. Tom had a good hold of the collie's neck by this time, and the light promised to be very short. But Tom's owner suddenly catching that vic torious dog by the tail effectod a diversion in tho collie's favor. Tom relaxed his grip for a second, the collio toro loose and bolted, running like the wind with increasing yelns, and a p.iir of spirited horses standing at tho curb, waiting to take Tom's owner to church, scared at the noise, dashed away beyond the coachman's control and beforo they stopped had piety nearly ruined a $1,000 carriage. Over the remainder of tho6cne, tho crowd of astounded follow church members watching their brother holding on to a .hull dog's tail on a Sabbath morn, the wreck of a pillar,in short, and the scandal it occasioned, a veil, as the novelists say when they'vo told tho worst, may bo charitably drawn. Regarding the present whereabouts of Tom all is dark. There is a newly-spaded spot in a certain back yard but what does that prove? no "Wasn't Stubborn, Not He. Jcnv service was the excuse he gavo when he reached homo about midnight. "There wore ten men, ten stubborn men, on that .jury, you see, my dear, and what could we do against ten?" ho said. "You're sure you woren't stubborn?" she asked. "We two woro the only men who under stood the case aud stubborn as they were the other ten had to come over to our side. There's a difference between consistent firmness and stubbornness, my dear." SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. ' The two "journalists" who direct Judge lack judgment. SnoriT engagements frequently make quick divorces. A okeat many worthy Scotchmen manage to livo nicely on Ayr. Ose trunk will hold a woman, but it re quires about half a dozen to hold what she weara. TnE Now Philadelphia will have a hard row to hoe if it assumes tho legacy left by tho looters who run the old town. Tne third party now goes fourth. The Legislature .now on its last legs will go down into Stato history as tho body of broken promises. If tight lacing, hair dye, paint and gum carry off the girls the fittest will suroly sur vive. Marsh seems to have nearly swamped Philadelphia. Black aunts are numerous in the Southern States. All's faro in a street car war at all events. Doctors as well as taxpayers are benefited by curative bills. The Itata bids fair to become tho Flying Dutchman of the Pacific Ocean. The People's Party will get along all right if it can only manage to get tho people. BTSTIC GUILELESSNESS. city How tho Farmer Keeps Up the Price of Eggs in Ilatcliing Season. Providence Journal. "Nice eggs, ain't they," said a man at Wood river station the other day, as ho picked np a sample of "hen fruit" from a pail that a fellow passenger carried. "Yes," responded tho owner of tho eggs, "They're pretty good looking." "Blooded stock," ho continued, "but as I onlv paid 25 veins iur incm, i guess tney wont natcil." "Whv. how's that?" said an ignorant cit man who stood near. "V, ell, you see," replied the man with the eggs, "if theso eggs were sold for hatching they would fetch something over$l a baker's dozen, being of blooded stock, but the sup ply being greater than tho demand, they were sold for eating purposes at tho regular rato of 22 cents.' Tho farmer, though, to guard against their uso for 'setting,' has run a flno necdlo through tho butt end of each so as to just pierce tho inner skin, a trick that does away effectually with all hope of hatching it." This little scheme of the guileless farmer to keep up tho price of hatching cgg3 in sea son was new to the city man, but his in formant said it was a practice as old as tho hills. A PAVILIOIT IN SIAM. Tho Wonderful Summer House Owned by the King of That Country. Harpers' Young People. Tho King of Siam. is said to have in one of his country palaces a wonderful pavilion. It was built by a Chinese engineer as a refuge for the King during the extreme heat of tho summer. The walls, ceilings and floors are formed of pieces of plate glass an inch thick. Theso are so perfectlv fitted together with a transparent cement that the joints aro invisible, and no fluid can pene trate. The pavilion is 28 feet long and 17 wide, nnd stands in the middle of a huge ba sin of beautifully colored marbles. When tho King enters the pavilion tho single door is closed and cemented. Then tho sluice-gates are opened, and tho bnsin is filled with water. Higher and higher it rises until the pavilion is covered, and only the ventilators at tho top connect it with tho open air. When tho heat of tho sun is so great that the water almost boils on the surface of the freshest fountains this pavilion is delicionsly cool. And this is the way tho King of Siam cools himself off in hot weather. It sounds very delightful. The Boss Battlesnake. JlEMruis, Tenn., May 22 J. G. Williams, a farmer living near Wynne, Ark., i3 in this city looking for n purchaser for the largest rattlesnake ever seen in this country. Tho reptile is 7 feet 4 inches long.woighs about 25 pounds, and is fully 20 inches in circumfer ence. It has 29 rattles and a button, and is supposed to bo 30 years old. Mr. Williams captured it near his poultry yard last Sat urday morning about daylight. His atten tion was attracted by a commotion among the chickens, nnd on going to tho spot found the snako attempting to swallow a Leghorn hen. Sir. Williams waited until tho fowl was so far down that the serpent Tliis May be True of York. York Dally. If truth lay at tho bottom of a beer barrel instead of at the bottom of a well more of us would got at it. DEATHS HERE AND EXSEWHEEE. The treatment of another measure in the State Senate, moves tho Philadelphia Press to remark: "Wo are unable to see how the com pulsory education bill was improved yester day by striking out the penalty for its viola tion.' Tho esteemed l'rctx does not yet ap preciate the principle on which the Senate is conducting legislation. That body is in favor of numerous reforms, but, like tho position of tho old Western citizen with regard to prohibition, it is "agin their enforcement." Consequently the features which Mould make any reformatory measures effective are promptly stricken out. There Is a significance in the fact that whenever a calaniity occurs in which com mon laborers are victims the proportion in tho list of the lost of Americans or even Milesian names is much less than the Latin or Slavonic sort. A perplexed public will anxiously in quire where it is to turn for reliable informa tion when some of tho newspapers announce that the trial of the Vesuvius' dynamite Edwin C. Bassett, Hypnotist. Edwin C. Bassett, of Hartford, died Wednesday at his summer residence at Madison. Conn. Along In the 50's when hypnotism began to. attract attention, -lie took an active Interest in Its study and so successfully developed Ills power that lie gave local exhibitions which caused astonish ment, it is said that lie had sncll control oicr sumo of his "suliiects" that he could atrcct them at a distance. On one occasion he was known while' SKtnui'ig in ins snop w cause aman walking in the street to rnmc to a stop by the exercise of Tils will Sower. At anotlicr time, to convince a skeptic, ascett is aId to have made a hoy at a distance roll upand throw a snowbaU without calling to lilm or even letting himself be seen by the boy. Iter. John B. T.e Grand. Itcv. John Iiaptisto Le Grand died at Glens Falls Thursday, aged 67. He was born In France, and for tome years tilled philosophical chairs lu French and Roman colleges. He camo to America S rears apro nnd settled at Mnlone. He was assigned to a charge in Keeevllle, Essex rountr. At one time lie had charge of the missions throughout the Adlroudacks. Obituary Notes'. Deloss Root, an Indianapolis merchant, died Wednesday. Thomas JEFrxiisbN ItounKE, apromlncntDem ocratlc fl-ruro in New York State politics, died In New York City last night. ColoxelO. A. Niciiol, one of the most prom inent planters In Arkansas, died suddenly at Pine Bluff Wednesday evening. Silt ItOBERT Nicholas Fowler, Conservative member of Parliament for the University of Lon don, died yesterday from heart disease. General II. S. Sanford, of Sanford, Fla., for merly of Connecticut, and for some time 'United States Consul to lirussels, died at Healing Springs, Va., Thursday. Matthew T.Scott, one of the wealthiest men of Central Illinois, ditilat Bloomington Thursday of the grip, aged G3 years. He owned 10.000 acres or land lu Illinois and Iowa, and wasmn extensive coal mine operator. AVARnEXMORDOCK,aretiredlron merchant, who, 33yearsago, held a foremost place In the iron busi ness of this country, died Wednesday night at Ills home, Iirooklvn. With his brother lie lounded the llontour Iron'Works al Danville, Pa. Georges. Sherman, awell-knownGrandAnny man, died In Annapolis Wednesday night. His death resulted from Injuries received by being thrown out of a wagon on Satnrday. The fall affected his spine and caused paralysis. He was 01 years old and a resident of Newport, K. I., where lie will be burled. But when a inule shows either a club is the best cure!" "What He "Was Looking For. A teajii whoso breath was stronger, and spirituously so, than bis voice begged in a whining way for a cup of coffeo yesterday morning at the door of a house inSewickley. "I wonder a strong able-bodied man liko you doesn't look for work instead of beg ging?" said the man who had answered tho tramp's summons. "I'm not lookin' fer work now, I'm lookin' fer coffee!" was the independent reply, and a door slammed in his lace permitted tho tramp to kecponlookingforwhathewanted. THE WHITENESS OF SHOW Scientifically explained by an English Paper for May Benders. London TId-Blts. The puro white lustre of snow is due to the fac that all tho elementary colors of light arc blended together in tiie radiance that is thrown off from the surface of the crystals. It is quito possible to examine the indi vidual snow crystals in such a way as to de tect theso several colors beforo they aro mingled together to constitute tho compound impression of whiteness upon the eye. Tho snow is then clothed with all tho varied hues of the rainbow. Tho soft white ness of the snow is also in somo degree referable to tho large .quantity of air which is entangled amid the frozen particles. Snow is composed of a great number of minute crystals. More than a thousand dis tinct forms of snow crystals havo been enumerated by the various observers. One hundred and fifty-one were noticed during eight clays in February aud March, 1S35, by Mr. Glashicr, which wero carefnllv drawn, engraved, and printed in a paper attached to tho report of tho British Meteorological Sociotv for that year. These minute crystals and prisms reflect all tho compoundmys of which white light con sists. Sheets of snow on the ground aro known to reflect beautiful pink and bluo tints under certain angles ot sunshine, nnd to fling back so much light as to bo painful lo tho eves byday, nndto guide the traveler, in tho absence ot moonshine, by night. could not disgorge it, then he hoisted him into a wiro cage with n pitchfork and closed tho door. Rattlesnakes alwavs cro in nairs in the spring, and Mr. Williams expects to capture or kUl tho mate of this ono beforo long. Stung to Death by Bees. Uvalde, Tex, May 22. Yesterday Mr. George Mimms, a stockman, met with a singular and fatal accident. Ho was driving past a party where they wero extracting honey. Tho angry bees covered the two horses to tho depth of an inch, and hid his face and hands like in a helmet. Tho two horses died within an hour, and Mr. Mimms is dying. Thousands of tho bees in their anger stung each other to death. A "Warning to Legislators. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Hep. Pennsylvania's ballot reform bill has not been half so badly deformed as the responsi ble Republican bosses will bo when they present themselves for re-election. The masses of the Republican party in that as in other States want real and not bogus elec toral reform. IN SOCIETY'S REALM. Interesting literary Society Programme Rendered at tho Allegheny High School Work of Charity In the Two Cities The Social Gossip of a Day. "Sapero Audo." And .with that motto as watchword tho Cosmian Literary Society of the Allegheny High School did "dare to bo wise" last evening. That is to say, theirs was boy and girl wisdom frequently the truest and best of all knowledge. Surely boys and girls know themselves nnd each other with a keen and unerring intuition that discovers tho shortcomings and defects of character and at the samo time does not fall to npplaud excellence and worth. Any ono doubting that would havo found conviction by attond &., nipbt's display of budding talent. While all the performers did splendidly and, without a doubt, won credit for themselves, their society and their teachers, there woro two efforts worthy of especial mention. They were the parts taken by Miss Jessie tYqlsh, whose artistic artlessness as a de- Claimer SefiTn in nninft linpn vn-rv tirnmfslnf? future, and by Charlie Locke, editor of the Oosrmaii Review, which was a little bit tho best, brightest and most elegantly written paper of Its kind read so far at any of the society cntertainmentsin this vicinity. The contributions wero from members of tho organization. They woro written in poetic jingles, many of which would bear more ex tended Dublicatlon. Tho vnrsps on the Jani tor and the High School building sinking because it was built that way were very c'qyer. The oration on "Play Ball," by C. 1C Williams, was well done, ho championing the national game after the fashion of Greek orators who praised the games of Olympus. Miss May Foley, as "Master of Ceremonies," made a graceful.opening address, and the essay of the evening on "Trials of a School Girl," by Miss McMillen, was a- model of style, and English. The musical numbers wero "Marionettcn" aud other selections by the Philharmonic Club; piano solos, "Le Revoil du Lion," by "William K. Steiner, nnd "Song of the Sirens," by Miss Adalaido Har rington; the "Sailors' Chorus," by Jlisses Hmma Lindsay, Grace McGrew, Anna Wad doll and Minerva Degleman and C. K. Vfill iams William Degleman and Harry M. L. Hunter, and "Sobro Las Olas," by Miss Allie S. Graham, 'SS, Mr. E. R. Kopp, 'SS, Mr. K. M. Ivopp, '69, on mandolins, and Miss Kate Christy and Mr. E. C. Gerwig. "S8. The con cluding numberwas alaughable farce, trans lated from tho German by Prof. T. C. Blais dell, entitled, "Obstinacy." The cast was U3 follows: Alfred, Charles F. Sarver; Emma, his wife, Estella, S.Oxley; AusOor and Cath erine, Emma's varents, Frank E. Diem and Anna B. Waddell; Henry and Elizabeth, serv ants of Alfred and lovers. Will M. Alexander uuu uiancn uourtney. Miss Duhn, of Chicago, cno of tho Inter national Secretaries of tho Y. W. C. A., ad dressed quite a large gathering of Christian peoploat tho Second Presbyterian Church last evening in the interest of the proposed organization in this city. Miss' Dunn is an exceedingly clever little woman, a blonde of pleasing address, with a thorough under standing of her subject and a skillful man ner of presenting it. In her talk she outlined first, the necessity for a young woman's Christian organiza tion in every city. Tho higher standard placed for"young women of the prescnt'uay socially, mentally, physically and morally, with, but in few cases, tho opportunities for attaining it at colleges and seminaries, made the demand for the organization. The en tering of woman into tho business arena compelled her to have more knowledge of n more thorongh and systematic order than the homo life of tho past required. Business life also made perfect health and the more perfect development of the physical organ ization of womankind absolutely necessary. Society and tho demands of the church wero more exhausting and of a higher nature. All those demands could be met by a favored few throngh education, but the majority of young women must get their knowledge as best they could. The temptations for young women have multiplied greatly with tho progression of tho world and the search for amusement and recreation are dangerous unless properly directed. AH theso things are properly provided for in tho Y. W. C. A., the samo as they aro in the Y. 31. C. A. Miss Dunn concluded her talk by giv ing a brief outline of the organization some 15 years ago and of the genoral history and result of the movement which embraces a large number of the States, Canada and some foreign countries. II. Kirk Porter, tho active Sunday school worker and promoter of Y. M. C. A. inter ests, was next heard, and expressed himself in favor of the idea conditionally, if it was fully decided that such an organization would meet the requirements nnd could be successfully carried on. He referred to va rious reading Moms and societies that had been organized and fallen bv the wavside. and in his effort to -rive an illustration men tioned the Young Woman's Boarding Home of Allegheny, when ho was interrupted vcry sweetlybya modest little woman in black, who informed him that tho home was in a gratifyingly flourishing condition. Mr. Por ter then concluded his remarks by grace fully wishing the enterprise success. Rev. Dr. Sutherland, pastor of the church, made the third address of tho evening, and, after reviewing and emphasizing, as ho called it, tho points made by tho preceding speakers, he concluded by saying if the young men had mado a success of their organization the young women would, ho knew. So earnestly, encouragingly and un derstanding did he talk, and with such force did ho hit tho nail on tho head, that a vigorous applause accompanied him to his seat. Tho ushers for tho meeting wero young ladies, tho Misses Josephine Mc Henry, Nellie Schoyer. Ida Hanlon, Anna Pritebard, Elizabeth McXeil and Mary F. Patterson officiating. Several solos and a closing duet were rendered bv Misses Ella Graham and Cnrrio M. Angeli. Mrs. Rev. McMillan presided. Altoona to Have More Water. Altooxa, May 22. The special election for tho purpose of increasing the city's indebted ness to the amount of $220,000 for an ad ditional water supply, was decided to-day in favor of the loan. The majority will prob ably reach 1,500. A Voice From the Metropolis. New York Telegram. Tho Country Gentleman is wisely giving its 1 attention to various methods of construct ing good country roads. No plan, wo can tell it, will amount to anything that does not take as a foundation for concrete the head of every old farmer, whethor in tho Legisla ture or out of it, who has not sense enough to sco that fanners aro more interested in good country road3 than anybody eloo. Tho Editor's Gentlo Reminder. Barnesvllle (O.) Euterprlsc. There i$ a littlo matter that $omc of our $ubfcriber$ havo $eemingly forgotten en tirely. Somo of them have mado n$ many promi$e$, but havo never kept them. To u$ it i$ a very important matter. It i$ nece$ $ary in our bu$ine$$. We are very modeft and don't liko to Speak about it. The Sooner tho Better. Altoona Tribune. Give us an honest ballot reform law and then adjourn. PEOPLE WHO COME AHD GO. If We Catch -Her. Philadelphia Record. Tho Itata would make another fine nauti cal training ship for.us. And a-Full Ticket, Too. Sunlmry Daily". Just to think of it, Kentucky has -a Stato Prohibition ticket In the field. Iilrs. John M. "Ward, Helen Dauvray, arrived in the city yesterday from Denver. She joined her husband, tho Brooklyn cap tain and shortstop, at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Mrs. Ward has given up all idea of the stage, and, liko sensible people, husband and wife have settled all personal differ ences, and aro once moro living happily to gether. Mrs. Ward occupied a box at tho Duquesno Theater last evening. George Wallace Dclamater passed through tho city yesterday bound for Phila delphia. Ho is hopeful that the affairs of his bank will bo amicably arranged. At present ho is wrestling with the Supremo Court for a change of venue in the suit now pending against him in Crawford county. 0. T. IJenncr, General Superintendent of the Saegertown Eureka Mineral Springs Company, was in this eity several days the past week in the interest of tho springs. Ho reports nattering prospects for the comiug season. Congressman Hermann, of Oregon, was in tho citv for a short timo yesterday going homo. He says the Pacific coast peo pio want Blaine. Mr. Hermann thinks there is no State liko Oregon. Division Freight Agent Gallagher, of the Baltimore and Ohio, with Mrs. Galiairhor. is in the mountains alpng the road. Mrs, Gal lagher is slowly recovering from a sevore attack of sickness. A. Dolbecr, Superintendent of Motive Power on the Buffalo, Rochester aud Pitts burg road, and Dr. C. M. Coulter, of Oil City, aro at tho Anderson, v "W! Hyde, of Warren, and Captain J. L. .McClelland, of New Castle, aro stoppiugit the Seventh Avenue Hotel. j7 T. R, HcKay, General Freight Agent of tho Lake Shore road, paid a visit to the local ortlce yesterday. J. W. Collins, of Martin's Ferry,, and J. D. Coleman and wife, of Somerset, are at the Monongahela House. Levi DeWolf returned yesterday from tho convention of Elks at Louisville. ' H. K. Barnum, of St. Paul, is registered at the Duquesne. . ALL the news of Europe in Bright Cablo Letters in TUB DISPATCH to-morrow. From 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon until late last evening the Edwards mansion in tho East-End was a scene of brilliant social activity, of which the lovely bride, Lillian Thaw Edwards, was tho central figure. Tho hostess, Mrs. George B. Edwards, was as sisted in receiving by hor daughter, Miss Ed wards, her now daughter-in-law, the bride, and by Mrs. William Thaw, Mrs. Mary Thaw Thompson, Mrs. Dr.. Fleming and Mrs. "Wharton McKnight. The guests represented the social circles, not only of tho East End, but of Pittsburg proper and Alle gheny. The floral decorations of the home were beautiful in the extreme, mantels were blooming with fragrant roses and deli cate lilies; chandeliers, pictures and marblo pieces were garlanded with luxuriant green, dotted hero and there with pretty blossoms, tables and cabinets were utilized as flower stands and the stairwav was trimmed with tho ivy vine. Toergo's Orchestra discoursed music appropriate to the surroundings, and Kuhn dispensed dainties in a riianncr befit ting the elegance of tho other appointments. The younger guests, friends of the bride more particularly, were received last even ing. Tiie annual business meeting of the Wom en's General Missionary Society of the V. P. Church cd? North America, was held" yesterday in the Second U. P. Church. Many ladies were present from other cities. Tho annual meeting is always held after tho convention, and is but to approve tho work done by the convention. OUE MIL POUCH. Sir. Corey Has a Ballot Plan. To the Edltorof The Dispatch: As tho time and expense of tho present Legislature has been frittered away in good part in wrestling with ballot reform, a word npon this pretended reform might bo in place. Why a secret ballot at all ir integrity In public affairs is desired? "Men love dark ness rather than light, because their deeds aro evil," said the great Teacher. "A good cause does not require secreoy, and a bad one should not haveadvantagoof it." Tho citizen, with the American freeman's ballot in his hand, is put in charge of so sacred a trust as to challcngo artgels and men to wit ness him. A man who has not tho intelli gence, integrity and courage to faithfully discharge this trust should not bo intrusted with it. Tho evils resulting from the exer cise of the ballot is not as great as has been tho lack of integrity on tho part of tho men receiving tho votes of tho people. It's a qlear case of like people like priest. A reform that will purify tho body politic must begin with the people themselves. Educate a people to rely upon tho State for their support, and the result will bcvcniality in public office. Our Government franchises aro regarded ns legitimate Spoils rather than tho object of the highest type of patriotism. Our Congress men and legislators are held in esteem in proportion to their ability to secure Government appropriations upon tho rule of addition, division and silence. What a bitrlcsqno upon- common senso to read the proceedings of our legis lative bodies as they Wrangle over professed reforms of protection againt themselves: Such a traveftyupon legislation, truth and common decency should make every intelli gent man nnd woman in our Stato blush to therootsof their hair. But if it's ballot reform we need, lot U3 havo it, and let it begin "with our Legisla ture. Let thoso old political stagers who for half a century have been voting to loot the public treasurvwhoso every vote has represented a "pull'' of one kind or another, cast their first vote in the interest of honest legislation. Let these wonld-bo reformers got tho beam ont of their own eye, and a real reform will take placo. If protection is needed agitinst abuse of the American citi zen's ballot, take away this veil of secrecy, or at least so much as w ill canso the man to feel that the eyes of the nation is upon him. If thero are men so base as to attempt to intimidate, corrupt orprostitnto tho Amer ican ballot, then pass a law disfranchi-ing the man who buys or sells his vote from ever holding office or voting again. Make it a criminal offense for any man to ask another citizen on election "day to vote hia ticket, punishable by a fine and tho for feiture of his own vote. This will stop all pernicious interference with voting at tho polls. Lot tho Stato or county furni3h all tickets, placing the names of all the candidates npon ono ticket for Stato offices; tho samo for county and township offices. Let each and every candidato pay his pro rata share of cost of printing the tickets, these to bo given ont to tho voters on the day of election, who shall take tho samo and erase the names of all candidates except tho man he wants to vote for, any ticket with more names upon it than the voter is entitled to to be thrown out. Any voter who cannot read should be allowed to Tcqucst tho judges of election to prepare his ticket. Then, with head erect and firm step, let him deposit his lallot, leaving the polls feeling, as said Ben Butler, "that a freeman's ballot does his will as lightning does the will of God." Let the voters voto in the same manner for Presi- .dnt and Vice President, and for all the onices in tne nation in tno samo way. Aitopc a system of this kind, and if tho people want reform they can havo it. Instead o"f caucus candidates being pnt on tho ticket let it contain the namo of every man who wants to rnn and is willing to pay his share of election expenses. Let tho can didates for Prcident aud Vice President in each State receiving tho highest vote be pat up and voted for by the whole people a second time, the candidates with most voto3 being the voters' choice. This willsecnro honesty in public affairs. Citizens whose only desire is good and pnre government will discriminate and vote for men of known integrity, while tho office seekers and spoils men will all vote for themselves, thus insur ing tho election of honest men. Let the reform cry of the people take on a practical turn until the salaries in public office will offer no greater inducement than tho same services would command in other persuits. This, I am aware, will be set down as an Utopian idea. I grant it. A great deal of this hue and cry for ballot reform and re form in public service is at best tho ravings of visionnry enthusiasts and hypocritical office seekers, intended as a blind to cover up somo deep-laid scheme to loot tho public treasury. "Who can bring a clean "thing out of unclean?" No one. Mr. Editor, please give this litile screed a placo in the people's column and oblige one of your old fogy readers. J. B. Coeey. PrrMBur.o, May 21. ' Social Chatter. As entertainment was given in the Fourth rresbyterian Church last evening by Miss Alico Gardner's Circle of King's Daughters. Some notable talent appeared. The Misses Gerdes, of the East End, gavo a "4 o'clock" vesterday afternoon, at which the Misses Fliesse, of New York, were the honored guests. Rev. DeWitt Bexham lectured last even ing in tho Sixth United Prcsbvtcrian Church on the Oberammergau "Passion Play." Donations of money will bo received all over the city to-day for the Hospital fundi Muny of the schools contributed yesterday. TfiEvassar College Aid Society meets this afternoon at tho McCreery residence, Alle gheny. A musical was given last evening in the Westminster Church. , When the Earth Was Young. Irish Times. When the earth was young, pays Dr. Ball, astronomer royal for Ireland, it went around so fast that tho day was only three hours long. The earth was liquid then, and it spun around aud around at that fearful speed, and as the sun causes ever increasing tnlts upon its surface, it at last burst in two. Tho smaller part became tho moon, which has been going around tho earth ever since at an increasing distance. Tho influence of the moon now rises tides on the earth, aud while tliere was any liquid to opcrnto onln the moon the earth returned tho com pliment. A Dead Shot. South Chester News. When you meet a man who says there Is nothing in ballot reform, put him down as n boodler, and you will bit tho bull's eye every time. Thanks for a Promise. Reading World. Tho honorable gentlemen convened at Httrrisbunr nromisa a bnllnt Tpfnvrri In w rw. fore adjournment". Thanks. Itev. Mr. Sutherland's Ilejoinder. To the Editor of The Dispatch : Tho criticism which appeared in The Dis rATCit on my use of John 3:39 in my sermon Sunday evening on "Dr. Briggs on tho Biblo or Christ WTiiclf?" is but another example of how easily a man's mind may bo drawn off tho main point in an argument by a merely secondary or incidental matter. As suming tho change from tho imperative to the indicative modd to be justifiable, (al though the Revised Version still retains the imperative form on tho margin), what ma terial effect can it have on tho integrity of the argument I was making. "Ye search the Scriptures because yo think that in them yo have eternal life," or, in other words, be cause yon accept them as your authoritative guide. "And these aro they that testify of me" or these selfsame Scriptures are my. witnesses. They point to me as tho coining Deliverer. And then He says: "For if ye believed Moses ye would have believed me; for ho wrote of me. Bnt if ye believe not his writings (my witnesses) how shall ye believe mv words." Would C. W. n. pretend to sav that be cause Christ's speech was in thu indicative mood (doubtful) it therefore implies that he would have them stop searching tho Scriptures Rather would not his whole utterance imply that ho would have them search the'same Scriptures witli a new pur pose and spirit to find Himself there. Was not Ho himsclfasearcherof thosoScriptures, and, as I said in the course of my sermon, did He not uso them in tho hour of his agon' and distress as well as indorse and commend them? He did not sav, "Ye search the Scriptures, but ve do not find mo there because they are fitll of errors." No. On the contrary He said "These aro they that testify of me." Joux R.Sutherlaxd. I'lTTSBirEO, jiay2L . Fishing Camps and Canada Customs. To the Editor of The Dispatch : Will yon kindly answer tho following questions: 1. Can a.privato fishing club go to Canada to fish without obtaining permis sion? 2. Will it cost any dutv on tents that havo been used? 3. What duties will be to pav, if any? c. i W. Parker, Pa., May 20. Privato fishing clubs are taxed a small sum (say about $1) for the privilege. Thero is no duty on camp equipage nnless it is sold in Canada. As a general rnlo customs offi cers require a deposit to cover tho dnty, which is refunded if all material taken into tho country is bronght back. After the Indian Qneen of Tliat Name. To the Editor of the Dispatch : Please inform mo how and why Allennhma received its name? Sl7i:srHinr:i' Alleohexy, May 22. SCKSCRIBER. Don't Go Tills Time. Klttannlng Democrat and Sentinel. It used to bo as goes Pennsylvania so goes the union, but when it comes to ballot re form, while tho rest of the country' Is cither there or on the way, Pennsylvania doesn't go at all. SOCIAL EVENTS IN GEOHGIA. A YOUXQ man called on a young lady hero the other night, and he was so drunk ho could not entertain her, so he went out and ', crawled under tho house. This is a bad naoit, Doys, and you should quit it. Canies vitte Enterprise. Mr. P. W. Pooser says he can save 41 SO be cause they don't rcquiro any license there. Ho will therefore go to South Carolina to get her. He has recently returned, and looks as bappyasa speckled hen with a sweet morsel berore her. JIilledgeril!e Chronicle. R. B. Searcy represented Baldwinville at the picnic at Scay's bridge on last Saturday. Bob says ho had a good time, and bow could ho have done otherwise, looking into the depths of Miss Ruby Raj-'s brown eyes? Ho says she is charming, and we believe him quite. .There are scores of others, too, who say he is right. Talbollom Xeics. The boys say that "Uncle"' Henry Benton was the saddest young lpan at the High Falls picnic. He expected to meet a dashing widow thero on that day, but, to his utter surprise and astonishment, she had gone and married the "other fellow." Wo do not sympathize with "ITnclo" Henry, for ng man should think of going out of Jackson to find a pretty widow. Jackson Argus. CURIOUS CONDENSATION! Radnor, Pa., is troubled by the of a bear. Baltimore claims to have a boy who can speak II lauguages. A deaf and dumb book agent i latest successful novelty in New York. In Amsterdam now it is said to 1 fashion to announce a broken cngag of marriage. It is proposed, if permitted, to duce into tho London streets the stear riages which have proved a success in The Humane Society, of Greeni Ind., has served notice on the fireme no moro useless runs of horses will be atcd. A Jersey City magistrate on Tu fined a young man SlOand costs simp cause the "culprit" was wearing r boots. A bill sticking machine, which without ladder or paste pot, has made pcarance in the streets of Paris, and dc work well. An astonishing cae goes on rccon Chicago surgeon who actually touchc heart of a man' through an opening diaphragm. A tramp stole a hive of bees at Gen Mich., tho other day, and after carryin. quarter of a mile dropped it. The bees him sobadly that themerc mention of makes him sick. The colonist3 of Topolobanipo, a ing to the statement of a member c community, are troubled .with taran centipedes, scorpions, mosquitoes, buffalo flies, Ileus and bedbugs. A Eethlchem, Pa., policeman who an unsuccessful attempt at suicide time ago, celebrated his recovery by h the bullet which failed to do its mounted as a watch charm. He we every day. The Xew Jersey State Prison rec received a deaf mute convict who is 1 years old. He is dressed in conven stripes, and has to do tho lock-step hartlened sinners: Forsyth connty, in Georgia, ha velopcd an infantile prodigy, who at 4 of age can read difficult music corrcc sight. His voice is soft .and tuneful, a bids fair to become famous. An 18-months-old Mississippi chi sing "Annie Roonoy," "Sweet By and and several other popular melodic rectly. He knows the songs by nam will sing them, either when accompan the piano or alone, when asked to do A young man recently met w peculiar accident on Park street, Ala Ho was walking down the street wi hands in his pockets, and when he re Central avenue a couple of dogs ra him and threw him on the sidewalk, " ing his right elbow. A Hebrew girl and a Chinaman married in Chicago tlw other day. Celestial's busiriejs associates to the m of 30 were present andstruggled fora C to salute the bride. A feast was spreai the ceremony, in which Chinese and i can dishes wero about equally divided A meteor was seen passing over D Conn., at 11:30 the other evening, sembled a huge ball of fire and moved ly from west and east, making a 1. noise. When passing from vi.w ove tant hills the aerolite burst, throwing iada of blazing fragments In every din Daffodils numbering 2,000,000 a hibited at famous gardens near I.f Among the daffodils tho iuot historic men is the quaint double Queen Anne fodil, which has pnzzlcd botanists tin years, because it destroyed their thcor of every double flower thero is a singl Last Sunday the friction of the t an iron guard over one of the wheels s to a load of hay in Liberty, Pa., at progress of the flames were sorapid th driver barely had timo to detacli the I and escape with his life. Tho wagon, s bags of potatoes and two robes wci consumed. A li'-year-old girl of Indepcn Mo., has been ill nearly a year, and two months ago she lay down, clo- eyes and was perfectly helpless, th evidence of life being a gentle resph For 52 days she neither moved noi nourishment of any kind, bhoihs.nna- rccovering. Corfu, where 15 Hebrews have killed by rioters recently, is the a Corcyra, in the Ionian Sea, off tho c. Epirus. The city has about 25,01)0 i tants, and the population of the whole is noted for its indolence, the chief m snpport being tho olive trees wine found everywhere. What is the most curious mate which a pack of cards was ever made? bones. The governor of a penitenti the Far West has a pack of cards whii mado by one of the convicts out of th bones collected from the convict's son split to a delicate thinness. The pi scratched with a pin and aro quite i cally executed. From the results obtained by the i cal analysis of numerous specimens i dredged np on the Challenger expo and on the west coast of Scotland the conclusion that marine animals pt the same work in tho comminution mineral matter fonnd at tho bottom sea that earthworms do in the rene terrestrial soil. There are nidnerous caves aloa banks of Flatrock river, near St. Pani and last week a party of young men e.i one of them, remaining underneat earth's surface for several hours, found three large caverns, the rock ot stone formation, and the floor of one i polished as smooth as marble. The es tions will bo continued. A Mobile, Ala., man who was trit a piece of seasoned hickory, was siir on splitting it open to find a hickoi snngly imbedded in the heart of the tr It wassevcral inches from the outsi' just above where the tree was cut fro stump, or about two feet from tho gt How it came there will always be a wj as iho wood was solid all around it. The following peculiar notice ap in a Green Cove, Fla., paper: "The 1 Committee takes pleasure in annot that it has virtually bought a carria; tho dead. It also announces that 1 money sufficient to pay lor tho vehicl $25, and for which amount it now upp thoo of our citizens who have not scribed, and to those who did subscrit who are willing to render farther ui(i sure the speedy purchase of a hearse." A remarkable case of fright is re from Cincinnati, A man from Coh Pike, O., was to testify in a certain cas it was his first appearance in court, he reached tho entrance to tho big bit and the great stairway loomed up befc startled gaze, his teeth rattled like cast As he ascended on the elevator seven tons dropped from his clothes, so ha ho shiver and shake. As he tmvele long corridor leading to tho courtroo poor man was completely rattled i series of shrill shrieks issued from hi In order to prevent the man going i from fright he wasexcuscd,but was so he had to be assisted a.wiy. PLEASANT PARAGRAPHS. It's "a mighty cowardly man wh the courage tu aiUke aimtlwr with tiie tooth have it yantctl out.-'"'" Iranstript. "You don't like that picture," rsu artist to the critic. "Well, von paint Ane th ?ood. Tlicretciliwli rooUTitlcismgohiCi to suit me." Af w lr Iletonltr. "Talk 'about your spoon fad," rai hrakeman. as lie waritl Ills cap to irlrl at I station. "I'd llc to sec a dalsier collec spoons tlian mine." Washington Post. The office boy wants to know if a be U a quadruped, when It has four lejcs and op foot- Watliuia to a Star. It is remarkable; but the unfair n wasnevcrjet known to decide for oursid diuapli Juurmil. If yon are playing poker with an e enced d.-aler yon need nut get scared until yo pood hand. Daltiu Sines. . The hen-pecked Ihisband, who mi train he !a3 promised hi; -wlfit,- retu catches It" when he gets home. bosian t Did yon ever notiee'hoy fashion re' sort of a tnrnstyle, as It were.' Binjtiand pn'lican. ' ' .ir. The clergyman wastes. jJysL breath talks of the happiness of the .world to",con youth who Ins just received hU first ioVe K Cape tW Item. ' ' " ' It is peculiar that the faster a3inan, sooner age win overtake hira. Jew Toriim i i& Mti'S jesm-. , . j , -
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