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PITTSRURG, SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1S91.
THE TEST OF EXl'EEIEXCE.
Tlie time seems ripe for remarking that
tlie grand plan of preventing bant fail
ures, by tlie issue of Clearing IJouse bills,
and thus pledging every bank in a given
city to protect any one that may besubject
to a rnu, has not, been exactly vindicated
by recent events in Philadelphia.
When our esteemed Eastern cotempo
raries last fall ere sounding the praises of
this device for drawing the teeth of mone
tary panics The Dispatch took occasion
to remark that its real uselumcss nugnt De
limited. To sustain by the united strength
of banks one that was recklessly or dis
honely managed would be simply io ex
tend its unsoundness to the entire banking
system. Banks that demonstrated their
soundness might be aided in that way; but,
as they rarely need it, the doubt remained
w hether it was wise to put into operation
a plan to relieve incompetent or dishonest
banking of the natural penalty of failure
and extinction.
The Philadelphia case affords an emi
nent illustration of that principle. Here,
the financial system of Pennsylvania was
called into aid an imperiled bank. It
was done on the plea that the bank was
really solvent, and the aid extended suc
ceeded in postponing its failure some
""rnorilhs. But it did not succeed in avert
ing the final calamity, or in preventing the
rottenness of the bank management from
coming out It may have permitted som'o
on the inside to escape loss before the crash;
and, on the other hand, the extended time
permitted other and innocent parties to.be
drawn in. The rtfost tangible result of the
scheme of combination seems to be that
statement of the defaulting City Treasurer
that the State deposits are represented lyy
a lot of clearing-house due bills, which
have mysteriously disappeared, and would
be worth nothing if they could be found.
This experience may convince our finan
cial friends who were so loud in their
plaudits last fall that the wisest plan is to
let each bank stand on its own bottom,
suffer its own penalties for mismanage
ment, and enjoy its own rewards ior good
judgment and honest policy.
SMOKE IS DECKEASrXG.
This morning's contribution to smoke
literature contains some things of great
interest It seems that the cause for com
plaint is disappearing, while the lost ordi
nances have appeared. Both facts are
pleasant to chronicle, as is Chief Bigelow's
btatement that he will take action if the
matter is brought to Ms attention properly.
This is, in a measure, a victory for the la
dies, and should stimulate them to greater
efforts. The Dispatch, which com
menced the crusade, is glad to aid them in.
their work for clearer skies.
The extracts from a Chicago report show
that much benefit has been obtained in
that city by the use of smoke-consumers.
The same and really greater benefits In
proportion can be secured here. Our re
cent acquaintance with the sky's bright
blue has shown it to be preferable to
leaden gray, .and consequently the latter
will not be endured. Let the good work
go on, and to the ladies, all credit
OITK LrjG.lL HOLIDAYS.
A bill has been passed and approved
bringing the enactments with regard to
legal holidays into a single statute. This
Is referred to by the Philadelphia Time as
revising "our patchwork legal holiday
legislation." The legal holidays were all
brought together in one act some fifteen
or sixteen years ago. The only additions
are Labor Day, on the first Monday in
September, and the Saturday half-holiday, '
from June 15 to September IS, which may
be describedas asortof "go-as-you-please"
legal holiday, being available or not for
the presentation or demand for payment
of notes or drafts, while non-presentation
does not constitute neglect or release the
indorscrs.
The enumeration of the legal holidays
under this act presents wi curious feat
ure. The holidays are Xew Year's Day,
AVasbington's Birthday, Good Friday, Me
morial Day, Independence Day, Christmas
Day, Labor Day, "ail days desig
nated by the Governor or President
for thanksgiving, fasting or prayer,"
and the Saturday half holiday. It
will be seen that of what may be desig
nated the religious holidays, Good Friday,
of Catholic origin, is named specifically,
while the Puritan holiday, or Thanks
giving Day, is specified by the words'
quoted.
But. the provision for that day leaves a
wide margin of possibilities. The Gover
nor and President mi",ht omit to issue any
proclamation, and the result would be
that Thanksgiving Day would not be a
legal holiday. Or, what presents greater
scope for imagination, an exceedingly de
vout Governor or President might desig
nate a Ions list of holidays for thanks
giving, fasting and prayer- They would
under the law be legal holidays, and, whihj
theirproclamatidn would not necessarily
create a devout state of "mind' on the part
of the public, the law leaves it -within the
powerof .an executive fb-stop demand and
protest on commercial paper to- an almost
indefinite extent While- the Legislature
was about the work of revision it might
have turned' out an enactment somewhat
less loose in Its language than this.
rOETTJJvVTELY iMPBACTJCABKE.
A new terror in the line of cornering the
money market takes the exact shape of a
gold lock-up. One of the inventive finan
cial waters some time ago suggested the
modus operandi as follows:
With a margin of hut$10,000abord operator
could borrow from banks $3,000,000 at 3 per
cent, leaving the gold of itself, untouchable,
to be sure, hi the vaults of the bants as se
curity Tor itself. The banks couldn't touch
it, the borrower wouldn't -want to touch it,
and that system pursued by a dozen clear
headed men would soon lock up Such quan
tities of the precious metal as to causo a rush
upon the Treasury of the United States for
its Bold, -which, in turn, being locked up,
w ould send the price within a month, to a
premium of 20 to 30 per cent.
As a sequel to this delightful little
theory for convulsing the money market
and paralyzing legitimate business, a para
graph reports that "ten "bankers in Wall
street "had put up 580,000 each to pay the
interest on 5100,000,000 of gold," which
they are going to lock up for 60 days.
Only two comments are necessary on
this proposition. First, the idea of borrow
ing gold and making the bank lock it up
is only possible when the bank is a parry
to the conspiracy. A man may be able to
borrow money for sixty, days at C-10 of 1
per cent on good collateral; but no bank
in the ordinary way of business Is going to
hold the specific money which he borrows.
It simply undertakes to honor his check
for the sum he borrows in current funds.
To suppose that banks will do what is
suggested involves two things. First, the
banks must be especially anxious to re
duce themselves to a condition of suspen
sion. An increase of 25,000,000 in loans
or a decrease of 5,000,000 in reserve sends
the rate of money in New York up toward
the panic line. But this proposition sup
poses that the banks will go pn loaning to
an amount that would wipe out their re
serve. The next supposition is that they
will be so anxious to create a convulsion
as to violate tlie national banking law.
That law forbids a bank to loan more than
one-tenth its capital to any- one bor
rower. This proposition proposes they
shall lend more than their capital to a
single syndicate, without security, for the
beggarly profit of 6-10 of 1 per cent If
the object of keeping out of the hands of
the receiver were not important enough to
prevent such a conspiracy the preserva
tion of their charters might be.
Xo doubt there are men in New York
reckless and ignorant enough to enter on
such a Black Friday sort of speculation
and throw the finances of the country into
convulsions on the desperate hope that
they might make something. But it may
be taken for granted thac the banks are
npt so enamored of panics as to give their
activs participation to such a scheme,
without which, it would be impossible.
TVILL "WITHDRAW THE BILL.
That the authors of the certificate of In
debtedness bUl were not altogether certain
of the measure's merits, was shown by yes
terday's decision to withdraw it After
having been forced through both legisla
tive branches in spite of much opposition
from Pittsburg citizens, its fate will be a
surprise, even to those who knew its de
fects. The chief of these were, as has
been shown in The Dispatch, .its uncon
stitutionality and lack of necessity; and
though they were rather long In making
themselves apparent to the bill's friends,
they showed up in time to prevent a veto.
What next will be done in the matter
cannot be foreseen; but if it should be dd
cided that extraordinary means must be
taken to pay for tlie street improvements
already made, it will now probably strike
the gentlemen in charge that the people
should be allowed to declare by vote their
confidence in the certificate of indebted
ness scheme. And if still another plan is
proposed, the hope is that it will have
more to.commend it than the one just de
ceased.'' "WHICH ABE INSURGENTS?
The right of the United States Govern
ment to capture the Itata on the high seas
is being discussed by our New York co
temporaries with a zeal that leads them to
refer to each other as "Juvenile Putten
dorfs" and "Dogberrys." In view of the
rapidly vanishing chances of the United
States vessels doing anything of the sort,
we can relegate that knotty international
abstraction to the hair-splitters. But a
word as to the national attitude toward
the Chilean party that controls the Itata
and Esmeralda is pertinent
The general assumption is that we must
treat this party in the struggle as "insur
gents," at once ."denying them the rights
of belligerents and preventing them from
using any ports. But that classification
ought to rest on unquestioned facts. The
only statement'of the issue involved in the
civil war that has reached this country is
that it is a struggle between the President
and the Congress. According to the state
ment the issue between them is whether
the President has the right to arbitrarily
collect .taxes without the" authority of
Congress. If this is true and it is as yet
undisputed the Congressional party in
Chile is' fighting tho same cause as the
Parliamentary party fought for in Eng
land against Charles L and our revolu
tionary predecessors against England
when this nation was founded.
Can the United States afford to take the
ground that the legislative branch of a
nation, fighting against the unconstitu
tional encroachments of the executive, are
"insurgents?" We think not It is not
the business of the United States to take
sides in the matter at all; but to assert that
either party is Insurgent is virtually tak
ing the side of the other.
A ritEFEKEXCE FOR LAW-BKEAKrXG.
There is food for reflection in the formal
announcement in Philadelphia that ttie
fight of Coxe Bros, against the Lehigh
Valley road has produced a contract be
tween that firm and the Reading. This
mining firm gives the latter railroad
1,500,000 tons, of additional shipments an
nually, and the Lehigh Valley loses that
amount of business.
The most salient feature of this new -development
Is the persistent preference of
the corporate methods for violating the
law. The case of Coxe Bros, against the
Lehigh Valley disclosed a device to enforce
a material discrimination; and the com
mission ordered it rectified by a reduction
of rates. The anthracite roads were re
ported by all their organs to present an
unbrokeji front of defiance to the order of
the commission. But tho mining firm
found relief by this contract with another
road;and the contract-in Itself constitutes
anothercase of violation of law.
It is possible "for a railroad to make a
contractjry which an increase of tariff can
be secured Illegally," If the Beading road
W'PVVTTi!"
the
had made a contract -giving Coxe -Bros, a
I public rate, the same as that enjoyed by
other shippers, it would be legal. But the
preference of the corporate methods for
placing themselves in defiance of law is so
marked that the road 'which furnishes the
relief makes the contract rate a secret one,
and commits a violation of the Inter-State
Commerce act beyondlall question.
It would have been difficult to find a more
varied expression of the conviction of vari
ous great railroad corporations that it is not
necessary for them ta-obey the law. It
remains to be seen whether those charged
with enforcing it share the conviction.
A BCSTNESS BASIS.
The movement of the striking workmen
to organize and contract for building work
should command public approval,. except
for one consideration. Any effort as that
should be based on business calculations.
purely and simply; while co-operative
movements, started in the middle of a
strike are likely to be. inspired by enmity.
We believe there is a good field open in
Pittsburg for skilled workmen, either car
penters, stonemasons, "bricklayers, or all
three combined, to undertake the business
of taking contracts for jerforming the
labor of building, or for furnishing ma
terial as well Every such enterprise has
got to be conducted with skill and intelli-'
gence or fail. But if the right kind of men
take hold it will work a reform in the
building trade, and illustrate how labor
disputes may be avoided by making men
their own employers.
But if men go into an enterprise of that
sort simply to punish employers for a wage
dispute, they will start ona wrong prin
ciple. They should only do so after care
fully looking over the ground and con
vincing themselves that they can do good
work at reasonable prices and make a fair
profit
It is necessary to remark that subsequent
examination by Auditor General' McCamant
shows that the State is the creditor of the
Philadelphia City Treasurer to a. much
larger amount than was stated in his inter-
view of Wednesday. The statement pub
lished in yesterday"s Dispatch snows that
the amount figured out by tho State official
comes to $925,000, which practically "bal
ances the $930,000 acknowledged by the City
Treasurer, and which is represented by
clearing-house due bills that have disap
peared. "Whether the State is richer or
poorer for the revised figures is a matter of
individual opinion.
The Florida House of Representatives
has started to discipline the newspaper
correspondents by voting to turn out all who
criticise members severely or impugn their
motives. Florida legislators are evidently
more ambitious of being criticised as cham
pion donkeys than for the misdeeds which
tho obnoxious correspondents first pitched
upon. ,
State railways in enterprising Australia
are not working out a very satilactory show
ing. The service is declared to be poor and
and returns inadequate. In Xew South
Wales they paid 3 per cent on money bor--rowed
at 3.91 per cent to build them with; in
Victoria they paid 3.8 per cent on. money
borrowed at 4.21 per cent. The remedy of
State ownership as a solution of our corpor
ate evils Is not a promising one. It will be
much better to try the plan of making the
corporations accept tho rule of statute and
economic laws before jumping from the frying-pan
into the fire.
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard is now
giving dinners to Chinese diplomatists. This
is very different on the surface from the ex
pectation that the righteous Colonel would
declare war on the Chinese empire for its
rejection of Blair. But the Colonel has no
doubt reflected that the dinners will be the
most deadly.
"Ix the face of the batch of vetoes that
Governor Pattison has sent to the Legisla
ture in the past month, it cannot be denied
that he is working hard enough to earn the
salary of a first-class clerk." No; and, in the
fact that the vetoes are sustained without
regard to party, and have inspired a laud
able caution on the part of the Legislature
to turn out bills that -will stand scrutiny, it
cannot be denied that lie is working effect
ively enough to cam the salary of a first
class Governor.
The report that the smoke of our burned
forests has reached Cuba, is published; but
there is a doubt whether after all it is not
the scent of those American-made, cigars
that has most offended the Cuban nostrils.
The Boston policeman who arrested a
citizen for kissing his wife has evidently
been studying tho assertion that the old
Blue Laws forbade that sort of thing, and
was determined to put a stop to it. -His
action, however, is not more unique than
the- comments of the police Judge, who
remarked that the. arrest was not an out
rage because the kissing was "an unusual
act," though not. criminal, which does not
speak well for the judicial idea of marital
felicity in Boston.
The Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
treasuries bid fair to be in a position whence
they can tender to the United States Treas
ury their sincere sympathy in regard to that
matter of a past surplus.
The presence in one of our hospitals of a
case like that famous one in Xew York,
where a foreign substance has been inad
vertently swallowed and lodged in the wind
pipe, enforces the lesson against making the
mouth a temporary receptacle for all sorts
of things. In this case, as the sufferer is a
little boy, he represents the class most
prone, to that habit and least to be blamed.
It is to be hoped that the surgical efforts to
remove the obstacle will prove successful.
Axd now it is cruelly explained that the
young Kaisdr deomeditnecessary to declaio,
"I alone am master" on account of a report
that the Hon. Thomas B. Eee'd intended to
visit Germany.
The frost and droughts may be regarded
as happily ended, and the hope may now be
entertained of steady growth for the crops.
It is possible of course that the vagaries of
the season may now give tho country a doso
of excessive weather; bnt the hope is for
abundant yields. Even the Dolaw ore peach
crop liar is constrained to admit that tho
crop is not destroyed, and tho yield this sea
son is estimated by the millions of baskets.
Ex-Sexatok Blatk regards ex-Consul
Corte with mild disapproval as ho wonders
how these foreign diplomatists can bo so fool
ish as to disqualify themselves by talking too
much.
Jersey justice is reported to have demon
strated itself for arresting nnd fining a
young man who committed the offense of
wearing hish rubber boots "on tho public
highw ay. Xo doubt the Justice who admin
istered the law in this summary fashion did
so under the deep-seated snspieion that
the prisoner was contemplating some gum
game.
APOLOGIA MEA.
To the icift of his bosom, who chideth his too amatory
rxrset.
Chide not yonr spouse because he sings
Of half a hundred loTes,
Of Daphne's lialr, and eyes, andTingi,
Of Chloe's fans and gloves;
This is a mercenary time,
. And tlic&e degenerate, days,
And so our spouse mntt sling his rhyme,
Kccanse because It luy.i
Think hiin not flcUo b the wind,
Xur deem Ida heart untrue,
SecaiibC he rhymes a thousand times.
And not oneverse to you;
Leave him to turn tncni as he wlU
A wife such homage spurns;'
You have hla heart, and, better still,
'" The juln'eaj that terras.
Ttmplt$aT,
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-EcraSBTJKia-- v -HispAtch,
OUR DETECTIVES PERIL.
Dangers, of Detecting Crime and Arresting
Criminals ISoger O-Mara' Knighta In
spector McAleese's 'Good Work Lucky
ntzgorald' Close Call-SIcTighe's De
liveranceDetective Kobinson's Little
Picnic . - t
A day or two ago I asked Tolice Inspector
JfcAleeso, as he sat at hta-desk in the Public
SAterv Dnnartment at City Hall, with a great
heap of correspondence on police matters
before him, if he naa nos some siory or per
sonal peril to tell me. Ho shrugged his broad
shoulders, and said with a laugh; "Why,
bless youf I never take ony ' desperate
chances; you must go to my men for that
sort of thing. There are lots of them Who've
got adventures to tell of, I'm a tyro still m
police business. Fighting fire was my call
ing till the last year or two, and 1 told Mr.
Brown when he asked me to enter the police
service that I didn't Snow how to arrest a
man, never had arrested a man, and
didn't know that I could learn. Ho
insisted on my coming all the same, and
here I am doing my best to serve the city."
There is no mistake about it, Inspector Mc
Aleese has done tho city good service al
ready, and is likely to do more. The evil-,
doers of the First police district know what
ho has done, nnd respecta,blecitizens, if they
will look about them and compare to-day
with yesterday, must realize the.change for
the better. If the malefactors fear him, a
good . many who perforce como in contact
with the police have cause to like Inspector
.QLCAieese. 1 saw a iictio.womu.ji, -wim a wan,
haggard -face and draggled black dress, ap
proach the desk in Central station last night
where tho- Inspector was sitting. Just as the
night force or policemen were assembling.
The woman edged up timidly botween tho
detectives, and choking back tho tears told
Inspector McAleese tho old, old story of a
drunken husband arrested on a Saturday
night. The Inspector listened patiently, al
though it -was a chronic case, I know,nnd said
gently, -when the story was told: "You come
back in a couple of hours and you can take
the old man 'home. lie's too dcunk to go
now; he's better locked up," and tho woman,
with a tearful "Thank you!" crept away.
And though he disclaims any share in the
perils of policing, tho detectives tell me that
whenever men aro short and. work is plenty
Inspector McAleese isn't Slow to jump in and.
hustle. His broad shoulders, strong arms and
sharp eyes are as powerful in their way as
his brains and moral vigor.
Iloger O'JIara's Kecord.
Eveiit man on the detective force lias had '
a ticklish experience or two, a narrow shave
of sudden.dcatb, and most of them from the
veteran cSief, Boger O'Mara, to tho rawest
recruit have known what it is to lay bands
on men' who regard murder as nothing more
than a necessity that their calling imposes.
Roger O'Jlnra probably knows" more desper
ate criminals by actual acquaintance, and
has bad the nippers on a large percentage of
them, than any other detective in the State.
His hair-breadth escapes would fill a book,
and they have filled innumerable pages of
newspapers, court records and police his
tories already. The stories. below are taken
at random from a big -sheaf gathered from
the actors' lips:
Fitzgerald Under Eire.
"When I was a police lioutenant in. the
Fifth ward, about Christmas time 18S5-6,"
said Detective Pat Fitzgerald, commonly
"called Lucky Fitzgerald, "Ihadsomeof the
toughest experiences I "have ever known.
The closest call of my lifo, I guess, came
about that time. The. liquor store of Mrs.
Xichols at 2890 Pcnn avenue was broken into
and a lotof Jewelry, and money stolen be
tween 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning. The
news of the burglary reachedthe Twelfth
ward station very soon after, ana Officers
Fat Pender, George Wagner and I started
out at once to find tho men we suspected.
We found two of them about I o'clock in a
saloon at Thirty-third street andFenn. It
was one of tho .benefits of the all-night
saloons that we could often, find
thieves there; every burglar drinks al
most, and I could "rely' upon a good
many saloonkeepers and bartenders to keep
mo posted on the movements of professional
thieves and thugs. The man I was after,
Dan Young, and his pal McCaffrey, were
taken by surprise and offered no resistance.
I took Dan loung, and as wo were about to
leave the saloon Dan asked me to let upon his
left arm, saying: 'I want ter get a chew er
cut an' dry!' I loosened my hold on his left
arm and he reached down into his pocket
for the tobacco. If I hadn't been watchlng
him closely I should not have seen him
draw a gun with his right hand and aim at
me under his arm, for lie meant to attract
my attention to Mis left hand and tho to
bacco. I grabbed for tho pistol, and got it
Justin time to send the bullet into the floor
instead of my body. It was no time for half
measures, and I struck out for my life, and
succeeded in flooring Dan before he
,could fire anothor shot at me. By that
time Juccanrey had got away from Pender
and Wagnerand he had a revolverleveled at
my head. Ho fired but 'missed me, and then
running to tho bar he began to throw beer
glasses at Us. There we had it about as hot
as I ever saw it for ten minutes, but Young
and McCaffrey got the worst of it; and we
dragged them off to the station. They had
some of the plunder in their pocketastill.
"After we d locked them up, I went out to
find the third man of the gang, Campbell.
He was in Giles' saloon -when I entered,
combing his hair before tho glass. I didn't
caro about taking any more chances that
night, so when I said: 'I want you, Camp
bell,' and he started back and lifted his
hands in a threatening wav. I Just let him
have one for luck in the middle of the fore
head with my billy, and he fell liko an ox.
When wo searched nim wo found his share
of the swag from Mrs. Xichols' place: some
diamond jewelry and $200 in bills in his
clothes. That ended tho toughest night's
work I'd had for many a year. It w as a
quick job, too, that arrest, nnd trial and
conviction followed without delay. When
Dah Young was asked by District Attorney
Porter if he was a professional, thief, he
answered: "Xo, a professional burglar."
His professional pride cost him dear, lor he
got five years In the pen, while his pals
escaped with 18 months. It's kind of singu
lar, too, that ho wasn't 'out of the pen any
time before he fell into my hands again. A
short time ago he went into Heck's saloon
and demanded a glass of beer. He was
pretty drunk and tho bartender declined to
serve him. 'You won't give me a glass of
beer,' said Dan, 'then take that!' and he
blazed away at the bartender with his gnn.
The bartender 'Juked' and tho shot hit a
clock. That w as Dan's idea of killing time.
He won't have a chance to be playful for
some time, as I and Dotectlvo Robinson ar
rested him, and he's now serving three nnd
a half years in the pen."
Clial Dick to the Rescue.
"Tub Ugliest place I ever was in was up at
Johnstown after the flood," said Detective
John P. McTighe. "Bob Robinson and I had
arrested a great big hulking Westerner, the
toughest-looking wretch 1 ever saw, as a
suspicious character. Our prisoner was one
of those desperate ruffians who flocked into
Johnstown that May looking for plunder,
nnd quite equal to committing murder to get
it. We first took him down to the Cambria
City lockup, but theio woro three or four
feet of oozy mud in tho cells so -we couldn't
secure him there. Then -we started back
with him toward the Cambria City depot
where we meant to cage him in a freight car.
As we went a crowd gathered about us and a
lot of toughs began to swear at us. Tho
crow d was swelled by tho people who were
waiting to be fed at the Commisariat depart
ment at the railroad" depot, and by the
time we neared tho track there
were several hundred men around us,
threatening violence if wo did not
let our man go. The toughs understood
what w e ere doingand wanted the prisoner
released, and tho decent people didn't
understand what the noise was about and
pushed into the cron d to find out. Conse
quently there was tots of confusion and
things began to look ugly, when a man on a
gray horse came down the hill, to whore wo
stood, at a gallop. The crowd davo way and
the horseman rode up to us and proved to be
Chal Dick, tho Cambria county Sheriff, who
was such a terror to evil doers in Johnstown
in those days. He carried a carbine, and as
soon ns ho'd discovered- from us who our
prisoner was ho raised the weap6n to his
bhoulder, and would have shot tho man had
not Robinson and I interfcrrd.
" 'Then, I'll give tho wretch two minutes
to leave town!' wild Chal Dick, still keeping
tho gun to his shoulder. We let onr prisoner
loose, and you ought to havo teen tho gait
he stiuck down the track toward Sang
Hollow. You could havo played checkers on
tho tail of his coat, and 1 w ns never more re
lieved to be rid of a prisoner, for the crowd
that cheered Chal Dick would have Just as
lief jumped on us."
Bob Kobinson's Hard Knocks.
"I hkveb hit a man so hard with so little
effect," said Detective Bob Robinson in his
quiet way, as he sympathetically rubbed his
head, "as I did that day hist summer when
Fitzgerald and I were bringing back that
negro who killed a man at a picnic out on tho
Castle Shannon road. Forawhile in that car
it looked ns if wo were bound togot done up.
I had tho alleged murderer in tile seat bc
sideuiuwith tlienippcison. Ilukcpt quiet
enough, but thcio were a score ol colored
toughs in tho car, fioui Washington, D. c.,
Baltimore and other placcsaf u 'distance,
w ho didn't care what they did since tbey
were aware they -weren't known here and
could easily make their escape. There were
four of us offlcirs, but what wero
we against two or three car
loads of drunken.' negroes armed- with
-.
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TWV
rf.
rsuKDAx, tm&y -figrim.'
guns, razors andclubst, ,They .could. Jiave
Lsniasueu " " "j..w!V n luKomer.
Luckily, we were able to 1 keen'emeplit-np.
The fellow who gave most trouble was a big
darkey who cai won "- uuuut ayara long
n4j-allbe.rliaW revolver. Whie.ll lm-flnnn.
I ished over his head, shouting all the while:
I 'Pso out in ther woodsr Nobody can touch
mo.- lie poKisu "" ; " uico, ana alter
I'd cautioned him to quit fooling I hit him
with a billy. Imightaswell have struck a
lamp-post; he shook his betid and went on.
shouting, though I hit him twice again.
From then till we reached the depot it was a
Tnnh ftTlri tumble njfutr the Worst TTvIlflPin
j. In, Tor you see I'm a new hand at this work.
lnereuow wun mu uik ivoiver sneaked on
behind a freight car when the train stopped,
but I had the satisfaction of nabbing film,
and hfl gotTO days at the works to sober Mm
next morning." ,
08S OH TZE .HUSBAND.'
How His TTlfa Tested His Knowledge of
Dress and the Test's Result.
Youth's Companion,
The seminary where Mrs. Langham's
daughter was a pupil ono night gave a recep
tion) at which that lady was unable to bo
present. Her husband, however, was there,
and solemnly promised before he left home
to bring back information regarding the
prettiest dresses worn by the girls.
"Xow," snld Mrs. Langham, when he re
turned, having left tho daughter to spend
tho night with a schoolmate, "what.was the
handsomest dress there? Sid Edith look as
well as any of the'girlst"
"Oh yes, yes; better than most," said Mr.
Langham briskly.
"What did Jenny Sears wear?"
"Well, I should think Jenny had on a
green sack, or something, and a kind of &
blue cape over her shoulders."
"A cape and a sack, and at a reception! My
dear, do think again!"
"Oh, I'm quite sure of it! I noticed her
particularly. And there was Belle Smith.
She had a light blue dress, if I remember
rightly, trimmed with purple."
Mrs. Langham regarded her husband In
some scorn. Then she deliberately set a
trap for him.
."My dear," said she, gently, "what did
Edith wear?"
"Oh, Edith? That black and white check,
to bo sure, that she wears to school."
"That proves it," said she. ."After this I
shall know exactly how much to depend on
your knowledge of dress. Edith woio a new
white muslin. Xever mind, dear! Go to
sleep. "We can't all.be clever in every direc
tion!" IT IS A POSITIVE CTJBSZ.
Tlie Contact "With Christian Nations Has
Injured Japan.
DetroltXews.J
' The contact of tho Christian nations
with Japan has been a positive cure," said
the Rev. J. R. Porter, delegate to the As
sembly from tho Iand'of the rising run. "It
is generally conceded that the morals of
Japan are much worse than 30 years ago.
Japan has taken up tho vices, if not the
virtues, of the Occident. This is due to tho
commercialism of the Yankee and his Euro
pean neighbors."
"How about tho new Constitution of
Japan?"
"It is still an exDeriment. But it is re-
bearded ns a success for the people. Tho Diet
has had but one session, and that was very
lempesiuous. cut ine .met won in every
contest save one, the estimates, which was
compromised. Standing army? Japan has
30,000 regulars and a militia of 100,000. The
military system it after the French.
"Sunday is a legal holiday and 'is given to
amusements. Tho great religious demand of
Japan is autonomy. The missionaries must
be.helpers. The natives, in brains nnd zeal,
do not need tho direction of American or
European boards. It is fast coming to this:
The. missionary must sten Into the back
ground. He must work in tho rural districts.
leaving the centers of population to the,
eaguuiiy una uunpumon ot ine nauvo worK
ers." Dr. Porter and wife are home on a
year's furlpugh.
AN0THEB CATEEPILLAbTsTOEY.
Millions of Them Blockade Trains on the
Milwaukee Railroad.
Mankato, Miuif., May 23. All trains on the
Milwaukee-Railroad-this morning were de
layed at a point seven miles out of this city
by millions of caterpillars, which had
crawled upon the rails to sun themselves.
Sand boxes wero soon exhausted, and two
engines were hardly sufficient to move the
tram. The morning freight was an hour and
ten minutes in going two miles.
The caterpillars wero ground. into masses
of grease, over which the wheels slipped
lfke so much butter. Tho caterpillars have
been a pest in that locality. -
PEESOffAL POINTS.
L. O. Koehbio, lately Professor of San
scrit and the living Oriental languages in
the Cornell University, is master of bo less
than 30 languages.
Catherine "Weed Barxes, a niece of
Thurlow Tweecl, resides at Albany, X.
Y., and is recognized as tho leading woman
amateur in this country in the art of photog
raphy. Duffield Osboexe, the novelist and
author, is young and rather delicate in ap
pearance. His hair and mustache are be
coming tinged with gray. He' is a member
of the Authors' Club and lives in Brooklyn.
Dr. IiObimee meditates starting an. en
terprise in or near Boston as a rival to the
Chautauqua movement. It is to be called
the Temple Educational Union. Bible study,
literature, science and social and political
economy will be included in his system.
Yvette-Goilbert, the reigning concert
hall favorite of Paris, is said to earn $S00 an
evening, and for a couple of songs in a
drawing room she receives $100. Her father
and mother are concierges, and a few years
ago she was poor and obscure.
Johx "W. Thompson, of the Ballston Spa
National Bank, of Ballston Spa, X. Y., who
assumed the Presidency of the predecessor
of that' institution (the old Ballston Spa
Bank) in 1815, and has uninterruptedly held
the same position to tho present time, is un
doubtedly the oldest bank President in the
country.
Antoine ClLA.ru, the French sculptor
who recently died from influenza, executed
u bust of President Caraotlast year, making
his model in Bonnat's tstudio, where that
painter was at work simultaneously on a
portrait. He was a bright, vigorous gentle
man of S3 years, and was-often seen at re
ceptions and fetes with a lovely daughter,
who completely tyrannized over him.
Mrs. IiELAND Stanford has decided to
turn the Lathrop Memorial in Albany over
to the trustees of the local orphan asylum,
and endow it with $3,000 a year, s"o as to se
cuie relief from personal attention to this
charity, which she founded in memory of
her parents several years ago. Xew cares in
connection with the Leland Stanford Uni
versity will prevent her visiting Albany as
frequently as hitherto.
Emperor "William, to the surprise of
many people, has appointed Prince Albrecht
of Prussia, at present Regent of Brunswick,
the successor of Count Von Moltko as Presi
dent of tho National Commission of Defense.
The Prince is a cousin of tho lato Emperor
Frederick. Ho is tho handsomest living
member of the Hohenzollern family. He is
one of tho tallest officers in the army, being
almost six feet six inches in height.
Pbixcess Louise, of Denmark, daughter
of the Crown Prince of that country, and
Prince Eugene, third living son of the King
of Sweden, aro engaged to be married. The
bride is a descendant of Queen Louise, of
Prussia, mother of the lato Emperor Will
iam. Prince Eugene, who was born in 1863;
and is a cousin of 'the bride, spent several
ycar3 in Taris in tho studios of celebrated
painters and became an artist of some pic
tensions. General Ekanz Sigel does not look
well, and it is evident that the hard experi
ences of life have told upon him. He is but
CO years of age, yet it is half a century sinco
ho was a student of the military school at
Carlsrnhe, in Germany, 43 years-since he
hold command in the Baden Revolution, 40
years since he came to New York, and 30
years since he entered upon services in the
war for the American Union, in which ho
won renown.
Admiral "Worden, who commanded the
original Monitor in its historic fight with
tho Mcrrinmc, still shows in his lace the
heavy peppering ii ith guupow dor which ho
rocciNcd hi that engagement by t'.lo explo
sion of 11 rebel shell at the peephole to w bich
his eyo was applied. He isllvlng unostcnta.
tlously In Washington, and it is difficult to
get him to say anything about himself o
about the battlo in whioh-he won distinc
tion. He esohews all articles of dresa which
;would Indicate his profession.
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MURRAY'S" SUSINGS:T '""
i J ' a.
A "Woman In atf Office Building "What tho
Stamp Man la tho- Postoffice Has "to En..
dure .Restaurant Prices for &ie Sexes
Sprlns'Loafers. ' ' "
trnost a stape conazsPosjjEST.J
Xkw-York, May 23 The utter helplessness
of most women when brought mto contact
with tho active business world is often
amus'ng and always interesting. AVen a
woman goes intd ono of the great offlca.
buildings down town in search of somebody
or somethlng'she is. usually at once'deprlved
of what common sense she may ordlnarlty
keep In stock. Tho probability- is that she
will Inquire of the first person slid meets'
whether Mr. Somebodyhas-an office there.
This person may be an utter .stranger to the
city. If ho isn't he vill refer her to. tle bul-
leuu or mo junnqr or ine elevator man.
Xow this bulletin may possibly contain 100
or 200 names and may be spread" all over the
walls of the corridor, or postedup alphabetl-"
cally in the dark elevator. In any case It is
confusing to a woman" not familiar with the
scheme. She may see half a dozen uniformed
men and boys rushing about but can't tell an
elevator man or assistant Janitor from a dis
trict messenger or telegraph boy. hbe will
get off at tho wrong floor, get lost in the
halls, get into ever so many wrong offices'
and finally arrive at her destination in a
white heat of worn-. What strikes .her as
the most remarkable thing about It all is
that nobody seems to know anything about
anybody else. Men may occupy an office in
one of these buildings for years and know
nothing whatever of their next door neigh
bors. And what strikes the office men and
everybody connected with an office building
as most remarkable is the fact that' women,
as a rule, are utterly oblivious to signs.
They will go directly past tho plain gold let
tering that announces men and business
and inquire In the very next room. A wo
man can find anything in a bureau drawer
or at tno oottoni 01 a trunK ny insiinci,
which is more than a man can do. But she
soars above signs.
The Price of Flats.
A bctldkb and large flat owner on tho
Westside says that rents are stiffening up in
that neighborhood in spite of the recent;
erection of numerous flat houses. He owns
four large, double, brownstone fiat houses
west of the Boulevard, and four or five
blocks from the Seventy-second street ele
vated station. Last year this time about
three out of every ten fiats were vacant.
Xow tbero is about one in ten empty, and
tho rents have been increased in some of the
more desirable. Several large flat houses
have gone up in the vicinity during tho last
year, and suites of eight rooms and bath in
tb ese range from $1,200 to $1,800 per annum.
The high priced are probably no better
than can be had elsewhere for half the
money; but they are all on the Grand Boule
vard and are said to be quite swell. TheXew
York of the future where is It to be when
there is no more ground to build upon this
side of Harlem? And where are the myriads
of decent people on small salaries going to
live?
The Great American Game.
The other day a couple of gentlemen were
lunching rather elaborately at a promi
nent cafe. One of them sighed frequently
and looked at his watch and inveighed
against the necessity for work. "Bahl" ex
claimed his companion, "you would not
know what to do with yourself. You thrive
upon an active life. Besides, you have been
everywhere and seen everything, and if you
had $5,000,000 to-morrow you couldn't enjoy
it. Xo, sir now, look here, old man, what is
your Idea of pleasure? What would you do
right now if you had $1,000,000? Right off
hand, now what would you do?"
"I'd knock off this lunch and go out and
seethe ball game for the first thing." In
about a minute: "1 don't see anything so
awfully funny about that!"
How to Get Good Rates.
If you want to deal with Xew York truck
men, cabmen, street venders and many
small tradesmen at bottom figures wear poor
clothes or send somebody else. The well
dressed man who carries about in his per
sonal appearance the. signs of prosperity
will often bo compelled to pay. double. He
will frequently be made the victim of
various kinds of extortion, and will get no
sympathy from any quarter. On the other
hand, the poor have a soft heart for each
other, and the appearance of poverty insures
the lowest cash price for goods or service.
If you don't believe this, try it on some
favorable occasion and you will be both
amused and instructed.
"What the Stamp Man Endures.
"There are a good many absent-mindod
men among the business men of Xew York,
as the records of the postoffice will show.
Those who mall letters without any address
and those who mail addressed letters with
out any stamp, are on hand in force every
day. The man who incloses money in snch
letters is not wanting. I went over from the
Astor House one day and talked to a clerk
through a six-inch window about it, buying
a dollar's worth of stamps at tlie close, as
an evidence of good faith. When I arrived
home, some six miles away, I discovered
that I had given a $5 bill to the stamp man
and had come away without the change.
The next morning I was somewhat nervous
concerning that $4, and hastened to the
postoffice. The stamp clerk was serving a
long line of customers, but, as soon as I
approached and uttered the first word, im
mediately and silently handed out four $1
bills.
"I didn't know but what 'among so many
fools," said I, "you might easily forget one."
"Possibly," he drily retorted, "but you
were the most conspicuous one yesterday.
Twos, did you say, sir?"
Sunday Afternoon In Gotham.
Oxz of the wonderful sights to be seen in
Xew York at this season of the year is the
throng of variegated humanity that flows'
into the city in the early evening of Sunday.
This crowd is composed of the middle and
lower classes, chiefly, who flee to the coun
try north of Harlem, to the ferries, to the
railway stations, to the boats on the river
and bay, during Sunday forenoon to enjoy
flie only holiday they havo in the week.
Men, women and children of all ages and
every nationality are to bo seen, and num
bered by tens and hundreds of thousands.
Tho ele- ated trains from Harlem between
the hours offiandO o'clock in the evening
swarm with these flushed pleasure seekers.
And tho fun and flowers! There is noth
ing like it elsewhere upon, top of earth.
Xcarly everv other woman and child comes
in literally 'laden with flowers and grasses
and the usually stuffy air of the cars Is
redolent with the delicious perfume of field
and farm. They tell the story of a delight
ful day spent beyond the oppression of
brick nnd mortar and blazing stone. Separ
ating here and there along the route the
atoms of tiieso countless human swarms
bear tho evidences of their day's pleasure in
their browned faces and buoyant steps to
their homes. It Is a charming sight and ono
never to be forgotten by the beholder. It
testifies with Irresistible eloquence of the
future grandeur of tho American metropolis
that has so much variety within easy reach
and at so small a price that the poorest
laborer can enjoy it.
"Why Bachelors Should Rejoice.
TnEobservantandfrugaleaterwillnotethe
difference in price between the same articles
served in the gentlemen's cafe and the ladies
department of thesamo establishment. But
he will never understand why there should
be such a uifference. Articles of food sen ed
in tho ladies' restaurant are usually from
10 to 23 per cent higher in price than the
same in the gentlemen's cafe- Tho reason
niay bo that gentlemen w III not bo imposed
on when alone. When accompanied by
ladles they expect and take It as a matter of
course. Men naturally prefer to dine where
they can read, chat and smoke withont
restraint, and it seems a little odd that this
fact is not seized upon to compel them to
pay the same price for their food as they
would have to pay for it if in nnother room
accompanied by ladles. In many restaurants
even the wines, malt liquors, etc., are
marked up on the bills of faro in tbol.ulles'
department. The coffeo that costs 10 cents
a cup inthecafe, is25 u hen associated with
skirts.
Xor is this differenco confined to what you
cat. A gentleman uloue can get n room lor
Irom$lto$2. Irlio ii accompanied by his
wife tlie sumo kind" of accommodations will
cost him $3 to $5 per day. This exactly re
verses the ordinary methods of business
life. The stores and every class of trade
that appeals to women for their custom cut
prices down to tho last cent and a split
nickel Is the rule of every sale. Gentlemen
who buy their underclothing and fancv arti
cles at the women stores can always get
things cheaper than at the mcn'suralshing
stores. The plain Inference or this incon
gruity Is that the increased price of food in
the ladies' restaurant is an imposition that
is tolerable and tolerated only through the
w eakncsj of human nature. ,
Seats on the Steamers.
The steamer chain, that lino tho curbing
in frout of tho shops where a spcci.tltj- Is
nuido of travelers' outfits indicate tho ap
proaching exodus- of the "more" restless
Americans. The names and addresses
painted pn these show a.largeo proportion of
peopleiof other cities.- "f. Henry Jones,"
"Mrs. Henry Jones," 'JU Jones,!,..MUa 8a-
'f7
"mantM Jones," "Bill Jones." or their equiv-
I nlents Show how the foreign ragernnsjn
some' jamiues.as Uio. chairs mentlonea not
nnfreqnently demonstrate. When the .ex
perienced traveler sees these things he men
tally figures up tho tips and tronbletbey
roprpsent, and the recollection of it all quite
reconciles himio remaining in New York.
"Wo haVo orders for'moresteamez chairs,!'
said a dealer, "than" we ever had before at
this season of the year. "J do not know
whether this means more travel abiX'Ad-or
whether it is bccause-people are learning
that a dock chair i necessary for comfort
in a trip across the Atlantic1. If I were the
executive authority of a line of ocean-going
steamers I should favor'supplylng rny ves
sels with deck chairs for (he accommodation
(if first-class passengers. There is no mora
sense In making passengers pay for a scaton
deck than there is in compelling them,, to
buy Jhelr own blankets.
Loafers of the Spring Time.
1 The first balmy days of spring hrJngtont
the Broadway loumrer In force. "It is oiie
, of 'the most trying things, don't you know,1''
remarked a lady, "to walk down uroauway
from Thirty-third street to the Fifth avenue
corner on account of the coarse-featured and
ill-bred men who loaf along the store fronts,
theater and hotel entrances and barrooms.
They daro not speak to a lady, but they im
pudently stare at her and make sneering re
marks sometimes to each other about her.
Very often this is done within her hearing.
nat. is sue to uo? 11 she so mncu as iooks
up indignantly they nil gaze at her point
blank and perhaps laugh. Of course nothing
can be done with them. The Coleman House
iront, the Brower House corner and tne
theater entrances and hotel steps are the
worst. I know tlie police have tried to break
it up, and succeeded in a measure last sum
mer, but it is a greater nuisance than ever
lately. If I complain at home my brother
says. Then why don't you keep off of Broad
way?' Just as if nobody hud any right3
there but tho actors and the loafers."
A Newspaper and a Newpaper Man.
The retirement of Colonel John A. Cock
eriU from the TTorW will not surprise those
who are conversant with the recentmanage
ment of that paper. Colonel Cockerill Is the
man who made the World possible. Ho conr
tributedto its success more than anybody
else, not excepting Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, and
while Cockerill was invested, with tho
supreme authority that great journal reach
ed its highest efficiency and public popular
ity. The management, having become an
irresponsible, hydra-headed concern, always
at sixes nnd sevens with itself, the decline
was certain and only a matter of time. Xo
great newspaper was ever built up or main
tained any length of time that was not con
trolled in Its practical workings by a single
dominant, master mind. And even a poor
sort of master, in such a case, is better than
half a dozen good ones. The history of
American Journalism abundantly illustrates
this.
Tells the Time by His Beard.
"Inever carried a watch in my life," said
a Xew Yorker of SO. '.'A watch is a habit,
not a necessary article. XO man who carries
a watch can be any more regular in his
habits than I am. I can get up at a certain
minute, and do so every morning. I can tell
the time of day by reeling my face. The
beard grows exactly so much, and you can
come within a reasonable time of the hour
bypassing the hand over your chin. Xot
that it is often necessary, because regular
habits soon become second nature ana you
never think of wondering about the hour.
Of course, the man who lives on trains and
boats a good deal has to wear a timepiece
and a time table."
Charles Theodore M curat.
THE SEDUCTIVE POLKA.
Jt "Was Invented in the Tear 1830 by an
Austrian Female Cook.
Paris GaUgnanl.
The origin of the polka is being discussed
in some of the Parisian journals. The uni
versally popular dance is said to have been
inventedin 1830 by an Austrian kitchen cook,
who, finding herself dull in her kitchen,
sang and danced to the well-known measure.
The cook's mistress having surprised her
during the performance she was requested
to dance and sing in the presence of the
composer, Joseph Xeruda, who took notes of
the performance. The polka passed into
Prague, then to Vienna, and was danced for
the first time before the Parisian pnblicby a
Hungarian artist at theOdeon Theater in
1810. Plenty of animated polka music was
written successively by Lanner.trauss and
FranciB Hunai.
Bat the real polka mania did not break
ont in Paris till the year 1514, when it was
danced with great success Dy a select iew as
the Salle Vallentlno, in Rue Saint-Honore,
the premises now occupied by tho Xouveau
Cirque. Crowds used to assemble round the
dancers to admiro tho " different pretty
figures which composed the true polka,
wnich -was then acquired with great diffi
culty, and was not the simple close of the
rushing dance at present known by that
name. So popular w as, the polka in Paris
not half a century ago that the dancing
masters bad for clients ladies and gentlemen
of all classes, and even judges, lawyers and
doctors did not disdain to take lessons in
what was then considered as ono of the
greatest acquirements ot a ballroom dancer.
JEWEL m A SERPENT'S HEAD.
A TVeU-Known East Indian Belief Appar
ently Confirmed.
Jewelers' Review. J
There is a belief current in all parts of
India that a certain vajiety of snake called
shesh nag, when it attains the age of 1,000
years, has a precious jewel formed in its
head. The Jewel, it is affirmed, possesses the
quality of sucking up tho poison or the dead
liest snake if applied to the wounded part.
Strangely enough a Paris gentleman is re
puted to possess this invaluable Jewel, ac
cording to a correspondent of- a Gujarat!
weekly, published at Wadhwan, in GujaratL
The correspondent says that when the pres
ent owner who, by the way, is now 63 was
23 years old, he lighted upon a snake of the
above-mentioned variety, which he killed.
Then he found the Jewel in his head. It has
already saved several lives. When "Mr.
Vidal, the collector of the district, was
there, it was shown to him, too. Tho Jewel
is said to contain a thin, crescent-like fiber,
which uaceasingly. oscillates in the center.
Tho Galkwar of Raroda, the Maharajah of
Kolhapnrandsoveralof her native princes
arq said to havo offered several bundled
thousand rupees for this unique Jewel. Tho
name of the owner is Mr. FramJl Dadabbai
Govekar, Tarspur, Bombay presidency.
An Editorial Announcement.
East Palestine, (0.) BevelIle.J
It's a girl, and not likely ever to kick a job
press. " "
DEATHS HEEE AND ELSEWHEEE.
" Harry Dean.
A telegram was received at Newark, O.,
to-day by Marshal Griffith from Undertaker Fred
Klaucr, of Chicago, stating tliat there had been
placed In his charge the remains of Harry Dean,
who hail died uddenlyin that city. Harry was
at the time on hU war home from the Hot
borings, where he hail lx.cn clerking in the
Eastern Hotel. Mi body will be taken home.
Obituary Notes.
Ebsst Junes Hahsel, the famous sculptor,
born in 1811, died In Dresden Friday.
Emmob Haikes, a prominent lumber merchant
of Buffalo, X. Y., died suddenly Friday, In his 73d
year.
TnADDZCS Coojies, said to be 107 years old, died
at his home, near West LonlsTllIe, DaTlcs eounty,
Ky., Friday.
Hox. James II, Lutiiek. M-)or of OlAn, X.
T.. died yotenlay mnrulug. afced 63. after 1cm
tlun a week's illness with the grip.
Seth S. Cook, of btamford. Conn., widely
Vnnn-n In the shoe trade ai a manufacturer, died
Friday of paraljsls, in ills 63th year.
Joseph FkOCdmajt, of London, who for nearly
53 years had been a director of 'ragged school"
concerts and of other musical charities. Is dead.
Isaac J. MEBBiTT.Conenl at Xassan.X.P.. under
FresldcntPleree, died at Charleston. 8. C, Thurs
day, aged 83. The body was taken to Xew York.
(iKor.GF. G. McWhobtkb. at one time Chief
Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, but recently
a member of the State Railroad Commission, died
at Ids country home near Mllto'i, Fla., Thursday
nlRlit.
Cabmes I'abse. for 17 years past Cashier of tlie
First National llank of Pialnaeld, X. .1., died at
his home In N'orth I'lalntkld Friday, after a long
illness from consumption.
Count Jouax ALXXAxnxa Fedbo, the rollsh
patriot and poet, died Friday at SIcnnawlce, Posen,
aged G2 years. Besides5' being renowned among his
countrymen as a soldier and poet, the Count was a
playwright of ability.
Moxtkm SMITH, a ballad singer, glee composer
and musical tutor. Is dead, at the age of 73, In Lon
don. His prize glee, "sweet Zephyr," hxs been
sung in eTery "civilized conntry since 1868. Mr.
tnuliliwas onrcaleadlug tenor in grand opera at
tRellruryLauc.
VMUEL Lom:, once a rircus clown of note, died
In Philadelphia recently, ngal TO. He was bom In
Vlrglul.i. About TO years ago lie was a ennilr
sluger at 15arnimi Macuni. Tlun lie berame a
churn, and up t eight year s he had traveled
wttli l)i Rlcr, 1'on.paugu, Barnaul, John Robin
bun and others.
A. C. PlUM-irs, founder of Slonx FalK S. D.,
and a prominent attorney and capitalist of that
city, died Thursday olgtit -In Dubuque, where lie
hart Keen visiting for sumo months. Mr. Phillips
was-for inanV jell United Stales Consul at Fort
Erie, opposite Buffalo. ' The reraaucf have been
taken to Sioux Falls for Interment,
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
"Lord, make u verr stylish'
was the
prayerof a little Xew York girl.
Hole-in-His-Pants-is the name of an In
dian buck who is attending court at Atchi
son.. "The Murdered "Woman Likely to
I.lve,'"i3' the atartling-headllne in a Buffalo
I-paper.
A cow at Itennett, Pa., ate a stick of
dynamite, and her -owner-is-now afraid to
milkjier.
A Beading;, Pa., man has1 just received
a letter mailed to him. by hliLSOldler brother
37 years ago.
b -Aresident of Xast Liverpool voted a
1 one-dollar bill at the primaries by mistake
, the other day.
i A Meetztown, Pa., .man ate 150 oysters
in three minutes on a wagr which he did
not live to collect.
ATbee-sting on the temple has entirely
eradicated the rheumatism from the system
of a Fallsington, Pa., man.
A London tradesman recently received
an order for 61 pairs of shoes for a royal
Russian child only a year old.
There are spiders no bigger than a grain
of sand, which spin threads so fine that it
takes 4,000 of them to equal in magnitude-a
single hair.
A woman at Bury HillO., now In tha
99th year of her age, is recovering from the
grip, the first sickness that ever confined her
to her bed. t
The mineral production of Canada la
1890 reached the value of fia.OOO.OOO. Of the)
metals, nickel was the most valuable, yield
ing $1,230,000.
The first steamship to fire a gun in ac
tion was the Royal William, a sidc-wheeler,
which crossed the Atlantic in 1S33. She was
built at Quebec.
An irrigation canal is in course of con
struction at Gila Bend, Ariz., to be com-
Sleted in six months, from which 200,000 to
10,000 acres will be irrigated.
The oldest college in Xorth America
was founded in 1531 the College of St. Ude.
fonso, in the City of Mexico. The next)
oldest is Laval College, Quebec.
A2Tew York fakir has been arrested
for sticking tulip blossoms into perforated
Mexican beans and selling- them to unsuspecting-housewives
as Chinese lilies.
TheY". 2L C. A-'s of the conntry now
own property worth $13,350,000. One thous
and and eightv-three persons arc engaged as
paid officials, and there are 225,000 members.
The smallest republic in the world is
said to bo Franccville, one of the islands of
the Xew Hebrides. The inhabitants consist
of 10 Europeans and 500 black workmen, em
ployed by a French company.
An Abilene man who has made a study
of the qualities of Sand Springs, Kan., water
claims that it possesses great fattening qual
ities, and that in three years no grown per
son in town will weigh less than 300 pounds.
The latest investigations show that bac
teria aro spheroidal, rod-like, or spiral.
Under the most powerful microscopes they
are found to have a granular mass in tha
center, surrounded by a thin, structureless
membrane.
The amount of coloring matter stored in
coal is such that one pound of the mineral
yields magenta sufficient to color 500 yards
of flannel, aurine for 120 yards, vermilion for
2,560 yards, and alizarino for 255 yard3 of
1 turkey red cloth.
A well known Providence, B. L, cler
gyman, believing that other things thai
charity should begin at home, made his
wife's low-necked dresses tho subject of re
cent exhortations, bhe became so indignant
that she has sued for a divorce.
The Chinese paper currency is in red,
white and yellow paper, with gilt lettering
and gorgeous hand-drawn devices. Thebills,
to the ordinary finnnciem, might pass for
Washing bills, "but they are worth good
money in the Flowery Kingdom.
Tho total number of pupils enrolled ia
the publio schools in Canada is 468,025; aver
age attendance, 235,790; percentage of aver
age attendance. 5L In 1S79 the average at
tendance was 45 per cent of tho registered
attendance, in 1S83 it was 50 per cent, and in
1SS9 it was 51 per cent.
A farmer near Akron, O., claims to
have a turkey gobbler setting on 25 hen eggs.
and two roosters setting on turkcy-ggs.
The roosters have been setting four weeks
last Sunday and the gobbler two; the gob
bler having hen eggs under hlm,.they will
all three hatch next Sunday.
Bccent developments in chemical
science promote belief in the existence of
elementary forms of matter not yet actually
observed. Certain peculiarities In the spec
trum of tho sun are thought to Indicate that
much of its matter is still In such elementary
forms owing to its intense heat.
Two cases of pneumonia as a result of
concussion of the lungs have been reported.
A boy of n, who was forcibly struck on tha
left side of tho chest -with a hatchet, began
to cough about two hours later, and soon de
veloped the symptoms of plenro-pneumonia,
at the base of both lungs. A man of 22, -who
strained his right side by trying; suddenly to
stop the fall ot a sack or malt, developed all
the signs of pneumonia in both Irmgs and
died.
. The mercurial'pTe3sure gange extending
from tho bottom to" the top of Eiffel Tower
has been completed. This is considered a
notable achievement, jis it enables pressures
to tie measured up to 400 atmospheres by a
mercury column. The tube is of mild steel,
something more than one-eighth inch inside
diameter. In order to note tho height of tha
mercury in the steel tube, glass tubes are
located at intervals beside it, and are pro
vided with, cocks communicating with the
steel tube.
A Baltimore freak'is a frog of good size
and a trifle light in color, but apparently not
different from any otherfrog. Thefreakish
ncss developed when his f rogship was wor
ried, when, instead of hopping off or giving
utterance to the deep, sonorous note usually
heard from frogs, ho simply opened his
mouth and cried. Tho cry is nothing if not
human, and suggests, both in tone and vol
ume, a bad, peevish child. The cry is not a
single, note, but several, and i continued
even after the annoyance ceases.
It is remarkable that nearly 30-per cent
of the total female population. Is employed
in remunerative occupations. In the last
decade tho percentage was only 2L33 per
cent of the whole. Out of the 11 classes of
occupations women have increased com
paratively in nine, viz.: Government
service, professional and domestic service,
trade, agriculture, fisheries, manufactures
nnd as apprentices; while they have de
creased comparatively a laborers and in
personal service. In 1875 thero were 19
branches of industry in which women were
notemyloyed; inlSSS tho number -was re
duced to seven.
SOME STJXDAY SMILES.
First Passenger They say that every
body is more or less superstitious. How is It with
you? Do you bcUeve In signs?
Second Passenger Believe in signs? You bet
your Ufel do! I make myllrlng painting 'em.
tSomertiUe Journal,
"What is the differenco between the two
dudes who Just passed andapalrof trnelorers?"
I give up conundrums."
"A pair of true loTersare two souls with but a
single thought. 'While the dudes. Judging from
their -vacuous faces, are two souls without aslngla
thought." Sao Tork Press. '
airs. "Wickstaff My dear, this ribbon yoa
have brought home for Fldo Is a shade too light.
Wlckstaff-AU right. I'D. try It over.
Mrs. Wlckstaff (the next day-My dear. I'm
sorry, but the ribbon you have brought home to
day. Is a shade too dark.
Wlckstaff (wcarlly)-Then wait nntll to-morrow,
and I'll change, the dog. Cloak Xeneur.
Eminent Advocate (to Possible Juror)
Do tou entertain any conscientious scruples against
thc'lnfllctloii of capital punishment?
Possible Juror (conndeatlyj - John Smith, 83
years old last grass, thank yc.
Advocate (wrathfuUy)-I did not ask your name.
Possible Juror (checrfully)-Xo. sir; hain't read
nntbin' about the case. .
Advocate (roarlng)-Are you dear, or a fool?
Possible Juror-You'U haf to speak a little louder,
I'm kinder hard o1 hcarln'.
Advocate Accepted '.-Buck,
W00I30.
You who would woo
This cour-e pursue:
Dc boldl
bo Is a woman won. .
Rat hold' '
You must Iks humble, too:
sa lw the two In ono
Then Is- jour sweet, task done.
Judge.
If the Alliance member orders soup
prlntanlera simply because It looks nice on tha bill
of fare he must not kick if he gets .carrots and
turnips cut ia slices and simmered with beaas aad
peas In beef trottt. .vo Orlmns Flcaunti " '