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THE BALLOT TKAUD.
The Pennylaaia Ballot BeformAsso
cifttienlias issued another address hich
clearly defines the issue between the
frieiws of genuine ballot reform and the
supportas of that counterfeit and sham
pending in the Senate. While there has
been tame pretense of modifying the
original distortion of the bill by the Sen
ate" Committee, it continues to be a cheat,
and if it should by any cv ll chance become
r a law it Aould be an actual aid to the
-work of conupting or intimidating
voters.
The action of the Legislaluie in regard
to this reform is the same as in the case of
road improvement, except that the disuir
tion and perversion of the measure is more
aggnnated. The load bill was simply
so emasculated that friends of
rod reform did not care 'whether it was
enacted or not The ballot reform bill has
leen so distorted and falsified that it be
comes a bill for the corruption and con
trol of the ballot The road bill was
spoiled simply as a result of ordinary leg
islate e stupidity: the ballot reform bill
1ms been butchered by active determina
tion of the managing politicians that their
hold on the electoral machinery shall not
be weakened.
This was made plain enough by the pro
ceedings of the Senate last week. Senators
dkl not hesitate to openly avow their hos
tility to ballot reform, and consequently
the Republican majority almost solidly
oted down amendments which "would
liave imparted some slight mixture of
genuineness to the measuie. With this
declaration that the Republican platform
was a fraud to gull voters, there is no use
in wasting any effort with the Senate. It
is only peitinent to bear in mind this un
disguised avowal that Republican pledges
iarcnnsjlvauia arc not intended for ful
fillment A COSILY SYSTE3L,
- While Parnell may be very justly
criticised for many tilings he has done
lately, we can hardly feci that the attacks
on him for voting in favor of Balfour's
amended laud purchase bill are well
founded. That measure appropriates
99,80,000 to be loaned to aid the transfer
of tend to the actual cultivators, its opera
tion being confined to holdings of 50 or
under. If Parnell has made an alliance with
Balfour which he denies he is justly to
be criticised. But when a bill is presented
"which he believes to sohe the land ques
tion for Ireland, he is light in voting for
it even though it comes from an inimical
source.
Aside from that the passage of a bill by
which 5150,000,000 is devoted to distribut
ing Irish lands among the people is the
source of pregnant leflection. England
has spent centuries in trying to main
tain the sjstem of great landed estates
in Ireland. The puzzle has gone on from
generation to generation until finally it
reaches such a stage that even the Tories
are convinced of the wisdom of using a
vast amount of the public funds in getting
rid of the landed sjstem which that party
has maintained for centuries.
The example ought to be pregnant with
instruction to this country. We are free
from inheriting great landed estates from
a feudal age; but we are rapidly creating
even greater and more permanent estates
in our corporate system. We might learn
from the English example that the day
may come w lien the natiorwill have to
pay hundreds of millions to get rid of such
incumbrances. Would it not be cheaper
to check their growth in their inception?
rOK riTTsIJEKG'S rOTUKE.
Of the three important points which
should be aimed at to make the future of
Pittsburg surpass the promises of the past,
good progress is being made on one, slow
progress on the other, and the third re
mains as yet untouched.
The first is the abolition of smoke. An
evil so costly, and wliich detracts so much
from the pleasures of life, w ill be a great
burden if permitted to resume its sway.
But the acti e campaign which the ladies
of Pittsburg liae undertaken promises
w. ell for the suppression of this nuisance.
3one are better entitled to wage war
against the aggravation of dirt than our
wives and mothers. The possibilities of
smoke consumption hae already been
demonstrated. The agitation has induced
many to adopt improved stoking apparatus
w ithout delaj . The same w ork vigorously
kept up should give Pittsburg a compara
tively clear atmosphere by next winter.
The second great object is the extension
of lake navigation to the doors of our mills
and furnaces. The ship canal project
moves slowly, and the difficulty of educat
ing the puohc mind up to its importance
appears in the slowness of the Legislature
fo order the publication of additional
copies of the Commission's report Yet
in this project is involved the future of
Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania.
When lake vessels can discharge ore and
load coal at our river fronts, Western Penn
sylvania will be the greatest manufactur
ing center of the world. With that prize
before us the work in favor of the canal
cannot be relaxed until its completion has
been secured.
The third point to be aimed at the con
solidation of the manufacturing and busi
ness community in a city that shall
really represent the magnitude and im
portance of Pittsburg is being left to the
future. If we cancomplish the two pur
poses already named, wc can safely leave
the final organization of the great city
yet to be built up, to the logic of
events. But one consideration is perti
nent at this especial time. The discussion
recently had as to the faulty of organiza
L tioa of
tion ol citxs 01 tie second 'elassnas tale
bearing on the question: Cities of the
first class have a charter such as is aimed
at by the critics of our own. Only a little
growth, if any, is needed in the com
munity to make it possible to organize a
city of the first class. Intelligent enter
prise on the part of such a community
might make greater strides in building up
a great and homogeneous city in the next
twenty years than in the past fifty.
These are the aims to he kept in mind as
securing in their fulfillment the greatness
of our city's future. If their attainment
is properly aimed at all the details of mu
nicipal improvement will be secured with
them.
A POST-MOKTEai CONVERSION.
There is something instructive in the
profuse assurances which are found stick
ing out all over the Philadelphia papers,
as coming from the political classes, that
the new City Treasurer shall bo all that
the most fastidious could ask for. The
commissioners who are to make the ap-"
poiutment declare that he must be "one of
the very best men in the community;"
while Collector of Internal Revenue Mar
tin, who has no official connection with
the matter but is nevertheless understood
to have something to say on that point, as.
well as ballot reform, asserts: "The very
best man who can be found will have to he
selected."
This high standard as a result of the fact
that this City Treasurer will be chosen to
succeed a man who has closed, his career
with a shortage of a million, is suggestive.
The fact that it is adopted under extraor
dinary circumstances carries with it the in
ference that it would not have been
deemed so essential to select the "very
T)est man" ifthe circumstances had not
been quite so imperative for goodness. In
that view of the case, the Philadelphia
public should reflect with due gratitude
that there is no million-dollar loss without
some slight gain. Nevertheless, the readi
ness of the politicians to hunt up the best
men, when the outlook is stormy, renders
it pertinent for some one to ask them
whether it would not have been better
Jto have selected, the very best men
before the defalcation of a million dollars
than after.
THE HEBREWS OF CORFU.
Advices from Berlin, published this
morning, confirm the reports of cruelties
to the Hebrews on the Island of Corfu.
These reports have shocked the civilized
world for some weeks past, and, though an
attempt at denial was made by the Grecian
authorities, a belief in their truth existed.
Placed now beyond doubt it can be said
that the actions of the persecutors have
made afoul blot on the page of cotem
poraiy history. The mistreatment of the
Hebrews in Russiais no greater than that in
Corfu, while it might be expected that the
people of the milder climate would be of
milder nature.
Be that as it may, the Hebrews In Europe
are, as a class, to be pitied. The move
ment against them is the outcome of a
prejudice without the least foundation in
reason, and it speaks unfavorably for the
real civilization of their enemies. There
may be objectionable persons among the
children of Israel, but there are the same
kind among those who torment them. No
people nor religion is without its wrong
doers, and the punishment of a class for
the misdeeds Of an individual is wrong in.
its first principles.
A LONGER MEDICAL COURSE.
A very commendableeffortisbeingmade
by the medical department of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania in-the line of higher
medical education. In accordance with the
terms of an agreement, under which Mr. H.
C. Lea built a laboratory for theTJniversity,
an effort is now being made to establish an
endowment of $250,000 to "maintain an
obligator- four years' medical course. For
this endowment Mr. William Pepper heads
the list with a subscription of 50,000. The
determination to establish a course of
longer and more thorough medical study is
an exceedingly commendable one. The
enterprise and progress shown by the
Board of that institution in taking that
step deserves public aid and support
Xow it is stated that the 3,000 feet of
altitude -which some time ago were rudely
subtracted from Mt. St."Elias are to be put
back again. An error in calculation has
been found which restores thatjieak to the
list of first-class mountains. This is doing
no more than justice to a mountain which
has suffered from unfounded detraction.
Hereafter iconoclastic topographers should
understand that they must not detract from
the reputations and height of mountains
w ithout being certain that their figures are
right.
The weight of financial opinion is that the
outflow of golAfroin this country has ended
and that the tide Mill set the other way be
fore long. Let us hope it will prove so, but
it is pertinent to remark that tho times are
not auspicious for the inflation of specula
tive bubbles.
A tkayelxr in far-off Persia sends back
a story that tho American cocktail has
demonstrated its usefulness by knocking
out and demoralizing some bogus diamonds
which had been Eold to the Shah, and which
were accidentally dropped into tho great
American beverage. This is regarded as a
vindication for the cocktail; but it .conveys
a warning that its potency, especially as
sen ed up in Tersia, is such as to make it
demoralizing to all except those fortunate
topers w ho rejoice in copper-liucd stomachs.
"The Philadelphia hankers are carrying
on at a rate calculated to make the gold
brick and green-goods men extremely jeal
ous?' remarks an exchange. Yesunless the
gold brick and green goods men of a larger
grow th got all the missing money, which is
probable.
Oxe of the beauties of the grand moral
crusade of the New "York race-track pro
prietors against tho pool-rooms, for the pur
pose of monopolizing all the profits of the
gambling privileges themselves, takes the
shape of an edict that "no ono shall bo per
mitted to leave Taco-tracks till tho races are
over. There is a very ell-defined convic
tion back of this remarkable stand that peo
ple m ho go to races have just one right the
right to bo fleeced.
Cokgressman- SrKtKGER is of opin
ion that the next Speaker of the House will
be from the West. Which Western states
man the voice of wisdom will designate is
something on wliich modesty compels .Mr.
Springer to be silent.
The rush to the suburbs yesterday was a
good indication of the average citizen's
desire to get away from narrow streets oc
casionally. Tho'day was by no means one of
the finest possible; but those who ignored
the threatening skies undoubtedly enjoyed
themselves. Tired they wero, of course,
when they returned, but their weariness
will, by this morning, have left them, while
.they will bo in better condition for their
usual work on account of their outing.
The leading municipal minds of the city
are to be congratulated on the final conclu
sion that if it is necessary to issne any new,
city debt it is best to do so in accordance
n ith tho provisions of tho law and the Con
stitution. The "best race-track tip" is stated by the
.Brooklyn Standard- Union to be advice to wear
lieavy clothing in going- to races In that
vicinity. This may be a good pointer; but
recent Ta'ce-track experience about the
.metropolis makes the follo-ofiie Uie.rea.llv
- -- , '-iL-.aa i .. V -1 --irf
uvenavw-! wyi v 13 1, put an jour money
In tho savings bank before going to the
races; second, don't go at all.
The urgent and unanimous inquiry of the
Philadelphia newsiTai'e-s, without regard to
party, as to what has bixoine of.thatmissing'.
million, is all tho more pathetic because it is
post-mortem.
Pkof. Wiggins has been indulging in
prdphecy concerning tho kind of people
who will be here tw enty million years hence,
and Prof. Totten has been indulging In
prophecy to the effect" that there will not
be any here twenty years hence. A general
average of these prophetic souls leaves them
about hero they were before they started.
THE report that the Charleston was or
dered not to catch the Itata is denied. .Both
the denial and the order were needless,
owing to the absence of any danger in that
direction.
The Secretary of Agriculture is praising
the Pacific slope, as a result of the lato tour,
in an enthusiastic way, which raises a sus
picion that the Hoil Jeremiah Busk is
secretly cherishing a Presidental boom. If
this effort to create solidity with tho bound
less West keeps up the j oungoc Harrison will
be compelled to discipline Uncle Jerry.
As a center of manufacture for news about
the Itata muddle, Paris is gaining the .repu
tation of turning out an article which is
pleasant to the ej e but will not wash.
The women of Jersey City are personally
conducting operations to ' clean, the streets.
This is closely related to the WQik or the
women of Pittsburg in abolishing smoke.
This interference of the better half jn pub
lic affairs is ono that every chivalrous man
-will wisli to see crowned with success.
SNAP SHOTS IK SEASON.
A jiilitia captain is frequently known
by the company he keeps.
Ko matter what occurs the Itata snarl
is bound to be a Pacific affair.
Before the 2few Philadelphia replaces
tho old its Marshes will liave to be le
claimed. The ladies who are suppressing the smoke
will be perfectly satisfied with a non-soot in
all cases brought against stubborn coal
burners.
Ax honorable enemy is far better than a
deceitful friend.
Modestv draws the dead line beyond
which Fashion cannot go without getting
hurt.
Bar bills worry the legislators more than
ballot reform bills.
The bathing suit will now take the place
of tho ballet dress.
IiOXG standing accounts " make business
men tired.
It is one of the blessings of life that we
cannot hear ourselves snore.
The specie shipped from America to
Europe is far superior to the species shipped
from Europe to America.
"MILL workers who wish to gain their
point should strike while the iron is hot.
IT sounds natural to hearabout mosquitoes
infesting Buzzard's Bay.
The tired city folk will soon be aching
with the pains of travel in crowded cars and.
dragging weary limbs over rough roads and
soggy sands. Still they w ill call this rest
The snake came very near causing as
much trouble in the Tiesbyterian Assembly
as it did in Eden.
NOTES ON ROTABLES.
David Blalock, .Decatur, I1L, claims
to be the only living son of a Revolutionary
soldier.
Johx Henry Shoktiiouse, the author
of "John Inglesant," has.nearly completed a
new novel which willbe published in the
autumn.
Leslie Stephen, owing to ill health,
,has been obliged to resign the editorship of
'"The Dictionary of Xationaf Biography,"
but he will contubuto valuable work.
D wight M. Collier, of New York, who
passed the winter at Dresden, has completed
his inquiry into the methods of manufactur
ing pressed coal from coal dust and has
started for homo.
Ole Bull, -Jr., is a violinist, as was his
father, and it is claimed that he has wonder
ful execution. . Anyhow he is coming to this
country to let American musicians have a
taste of his quality.
The. Grand Dnke Nicholas, of Eussia,
who died recently, received nt various times
in his career 110 less than 13,000,000 rubles as
part of the piocceds of military "jobs."
This story Is openly circulated in Russia.
Eev. Flavius J. Broijst, of Chicago,
follows this original line of reasoning: Mr.
Ingersoli believes in Shakespeare. Shake
speare believed in the God of the 3ible. Mr.
Ingersoli should follow his teacher and also
believe.
Hon, Oscar. S. Straus, our ex-Minis-ter
to Turkey, w ho is a literary man as well
as a diplomat, is- soon to publish the life of
Roger Williams, the founder of religious lib
erty, npon which ho has been engaged for
some years.
Jean Jacques Weiss had an observant
cyo nnd sarcastic smile which made Napo
leon III uneasy when they were together.
Tho Empei-or, however, probably suspeoted
that he wasan object of contempt to the
eminentjournahsU '
JIiss 5LG. McClelland, the Virginia
novelist, is of middle age, tall and slender,
with iron-gray hair that sho wears parted
over her forehead. She Is a genuine South
ern woman, cordial and kindly ol manner,
and a rapid and prolific writer.
Colonel J. C. Bundv, the spiritualist
editor, tells tho women of Chicago that as a
class they are the worst enemies that woman
suffrage lias. They aro swayed too.easily by
emotion and misled by sentiment, nnd to ad
vance the cause should cultivate courage and
backbone.
D2. EEPPEB'S UBEEAinT.
How,His Generosity Will Lead toll Higher
Medical Education.
Philadelphia, May 21. At aecent meet
ing of the Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity of Pennsj lvania Dr. Pepper made an
offer of $50,000 toward an endowment fund of
$250,000, and of $1,000 annually toward a guar
antee fund of $20,000 annually, for five years,
conditioned upon the establishment of an
obligatory graded four-year course of medi- I
caistuuy. xnis-oas accompaniea,Dy a com
munication from the medical faculty, pledg
ing themselves to carry out this proposal,
and to enter upon tho four-year eourse in
September, 1803. It was also "reported that
tho members of the medical laculty had
themselves subscribed $10,000 annuallyfor
five years to the endowment fund. The
JJoard of Trustees expressed warm approval
,of the proposed advance in medical educa
tion, but postponed their assent until the
success of both funds has been demonstrated.
It is to be hoped that tho necessarypledges
will bo secured promptly, as the interests of
the entire community are "'deeply involved
"in the success of this great advance, which
-will enable -medical students to obtain a
thorough, practical education in every
branch of their profession.
A MHIION D01LAE Will.
The Entire Estate Turned Overto the Widow
for Distribntlon.
Evassvillb, Isd., May St The will of tho
late John A Reitz was filed for probate yes
terday. Ho bequeaths his entiro estate,
valued at more than $2)00,000, to "his wife in
fee simple, to be distributed at her death as
she may desire.
IUm wifft nnd son. V. X Ttaitx. President nf
the -Evansville Gas and Electric Light Com
SyVare5gl m We.WWtfckSii
THINGS IN GENERAL
The Conquering Progress, by Peace orWar,
of the Anglo-Saxon Race The Present
Troubles in South America toResultJhe
Saino Way The Situation InClUle.
'WRITTEN TOR TUB DISPATCH.l
When .Mr. Stead went down to Borne to in
terview the Pope, thore were three points
npon which he desired information. ne
wanted toknow how the Pope stood in re
lation to the present condition of things, -to
modem society, to -the new enj. And the
three most notable characteristics of tho
new era, In liis estimation are these: (1) Tho
woild is passing into the hands fit the English-speaking
peoples. (2) Society; is being
reorganized on a Socialistio basis. (3)
Woman is at last being recognized as a being
with a right to equal privileges and oppor
tunities with man.
Mr. Stead is the pre-eminent Professor of
Things in General. There is no instructor to
day in all the immense faculty of the uni
versity of the universe who keeps such a
wide and observant outloofcover the -world
welivoin. 'Nothing escapes him. '
The interviewer did not get complete satis
faction from the Holy Father on these sub
jects. Although, I believe, he went away
somewhat encouraged. Home was not so
obstinately and irretrievably behind tho
times as some people imagined. He told the
Pope. I remember, that what he heeded.
more than anything else was a good, live
newspaper. What you want, ho said, is an
"prgan." "Put out 20 cardinals, and in their
.place sot 20 progressive editors, and you will
quadruple your hold upon the world."
The Itelgn of the AngJo-Saxon.
Bead this: "The Norsemonilrst discovered
the American continent, the Italians gave it
its name, nnd showed tho Old Woild the
way to the Xow. The Dutch colonized 7ew
York, the French occupied tho mouths of
the Mississippi nnd the Sts Lawrence, and
tho Spaniards held the Pacific coast, whilo
the Bussians annexed Alaska. To-day,,
from Xova Scotia to San rmncisco, from
Bering's Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, the English-speaking
man is supreme. Mexico and
South America nrp lioney-combed with
Anglo-American agencies. Australasia has
fallen as the golden fruit of Hesperides Into
the -lap of the Briton. In India, 800,000,000
Asiatics, whose civilization andculturewere
hoary when our ancestors stained them
selyes with' wood and offered human sacri
fices in the recesses of tho forests, acknowl
edge tho supreme authority of the English
man. And in South Africa, black and bocr
alike, admit that the sovereignty of tho
continent will ultimately be vested inhose
who speak tho tongue of Shakespeare and
of Milton. Everyw here, therefore, there are
the manifest nnd unmistakable signs of the
ascendency of our imperial race."
Yes; the people of the future will speak
English. Tho institutions of the future w ill
be English institutions. The conquest of the
Latins, which our forefathers, tho Goths,
began, IS stni going"bn, Ilaly and America,
standing up together before the woild, lep
resent the past and the future.
The Victory of the 'ew.
Tho old and the new have had a fair fight
of it in North America. The northern half
of this continent will never be anything clso
than English. "It will never permanently
sustain any other than Anglo-Saxon Institn-.
tions. In speech, in religion, in politics, in
manners, -wo belong to the new era.' "
Now tho battle is being' fought in South
America. It seemed at the beginning, when
the two divisions of this gieat continent
were being colonized, as if the old and the
new, tho Latin and tho English races, had
agreed to partition this vast territory be
tween them; in the South tho Latins, in the
North tho-English. That partition still con
tinues. But the North is moving the South.
Pittsburg sends .locomotives to Brazil. Year
by year this whole country sends new Ideas
from tho Gulf of Mexico to Terra del Fucgo.
And the pew ideas arp beginning .more and
more to get hold.
We really kno;wvery little about South
America. Europe is over so much more
familiar to us. Even Africa nnd Asia are
better known. News from South America is
glanced over like news from the moon. The
reader has a sense of obscure, remoteness
which hlndere Ills interest.
Ono of tho benefits of war Is that it serves
as an introduction. Tho nntions Qf the
world, almost the whole planet over, began
their acquaintance one with another by a
series of hard fights. People are always
inier.ested.ln a fight. Just, now there is a
good deal of fight going on.in South America,
nnd w5 aro accordingly more interested in
that direction than wo havobeon before.
The Transition in South America.
Tho Latins seem to bo having a hard time
of -it down. in-Sontli. America. Thcwhofe
land, accustomed to earthquakes, is now
being shaken by a notable series of political
and financial convulsions. The Argentine
is mortgaged up to the chin to English capi
talists. Urugnay.whero the Repnblic stands
shi ering on tho brink- of financial difflcul
ti6s,1S not less immersed. Peru is littlo bet
ter than a bankrupt estate," which ought to
bo in tCo hands of English liquidators. If
gold really comes to be worked in Vene
zuela, that country also w ill pass under the
sway of those who speak the language of
Drake and Cromwell. Brazil, having got
rid of its Emperor, who wits an amiable, ceri-
tlemanly .King Log, has fallen -prey to King
Stork, in the shape of Military-Dictator-President
Marshal do Fonseca, whoso Minis
try has resigned, and who now rules Brazil
by his troops. . ,
Now the center of trouble and of interest
is Chile.
Chile is one of the most remarkable of all
countries in its geographical jiosltion. It
lies along the PacificOccan from Peru to the
cape, thus including just about half of the
sea coast of Western South America. On
onesldois tho ocean, on the other side are
the mountains; and the distanco between
the Pacific and the Andes is 200 miles in the
widest part and 40 miles in the nanowest.
Think of a country 2,500 miles long and 150
miles wide!
A History of Invasion and Bo volution.
The history of Chile is a history of in
vasion and of revolution. The first invader
was ono of the Jnens of Peru before the
Spanish Conquest. Then came the Span
iards, and along series and alternations of
conquests and rebellions followed. While
wo wereghtingEnglandinlSlithe Chileans
weie fighting Spain. Bdt the patriots were
defeated. .Finally, in 1&17 the national cause
triumphed and Chile became a Republic. A
long course Qf dissension and anarchy fol
low ed, during which various triumvirates
tried vainly to rule the countrjv In 18231.
constitution was adopted. In 1&S3 it w as ic
vised. Sinco that time the'eountry has en
joyed a fairmeasuro of peace and prosperity.
Whatr is the trouble nowr -runt is the
question to which we want nn answer, and a
patticulaily hard question itappears to "be.
The whole mattecis inextricahlytangled up.
This, however, Is plain, thatboth sides claim
to be contending forRepubiican institutions.
Anglo-Saxon ideas aie evidently at the bot
tom of it:
Chile has a President, as" wo have, and a
Cabinet, and two Houses of Congress. The
present contention began with a dispute be
tneen the President andCongress'about the
Cabinet. Tho Presidont, heretofore, has ap
pointed his Cabinet at his own pleasure
The. Congress now demauds that he shall
appoint a Cabinet acceptable to them. But
the President is a liberal, represents tho
masses, is dead set against the church and
tho aristocracy, while tho Congress is Cori
servative, represents the classes, and is made
upentircly or members of tho arjstoeratlo
and wealthy families of the country. T.)0
Cabinet, consisting of five officers. Is in
charge of tho great departments of adminis
tration. The Eternal Political Question.
Shall these departments bo administered
in tho interests, of tho masses or of the
classes? That seems to bo whatthoy are
fighting about. The Liberal President re
fused to appoint a Conservative Cabinet.
The Conservative Congress refused to vote
the appropriations for the Xlbcral Govern,
ment The President then dissolved Con
'gress, "depending uponafeoriesofprecedents
as grounds for prolonging for sfcMnpnths the
supplies required for carrying on the Gov
ernment."' The Conserf ntive party did not
dare appeal to the people in .a new election.
They appealed to tho navy. And that appeal
was successful.
ThttS matters standj at present; .The Con.'
KervfLtitrna Tinvfl tne naw. me x.ioerais
w &Se
."WrWlWJVT WI(4!fflBS'W':
i.a .. ..... .vmi.i.'irfnfanAAivfflnwvaf
iiif , r ' r in 1
strongest position and tho most money. The
war ha now continued for three months.
Four considerable battles have, been fought
at Pisagua, San Francisco, Iquique, and
Pozo Almonte the advantage lying with
tho Conservatives. Imagine our Congiess
demanding that President Harrison.shoUId
appoint a'Demojiratic Cabinet, and, -npon his
refusal, withholding applopriatipns' fpr
tho -'supply of tho Government. Im
agine tho .President dissolving Con
.gress, the Democrats seizing tho navy
and the Republicans the army, and war 'en
suing. And you have an idea of tho situa
tion in Chile. Suppose on the onQ side, that
the" Democrats repipscnted the classes a
ugalnst the musses, capital as against labor.
Suppose, on tho other sidp, that the Presi
dent was nibitrarj' in his use of power, and
a demagogncrad his supporters men of ques
tionable character. And you get a glimpse
at the difficulty of determining which of the
two paities ought to win.
As for the Itata, she is""one of tho Conserv
ative navy1. She has attempted" to " convert
one of our ports into a base of supplies, and
so Involve us in tho struggle. Wo do not
proposo to be involved in tho struggle. And
wo sent the Charleston in pursuit in order to
make our protest plain. And here is the
sum of tho whole matter: Whether tho
President wjns or loses tho Latin power in
Chilp is bound to suffer. The Latins urn
fighting among themselves as tho Britons.
iougnt 111 tngland. And the English wait.
WHO BUTCHEBED THE BALLOT!
The Senate Committee, Says .the Indignant
State Keform Association.
The Executive Committee of tho Pennsyl
vania Ballot Reform Association has issued
tne following:.
To the Voters of Pennsylvania:
The issue between the supporters of ballot
reform in Pennsylvania and its enemies Is
clearly defined, and should be thoroughly
understood by every citizen. TheBaker bill
as leported by the Senate Committee on
Elections (Senators Crouse, Porter, Keefer,
Mylin and Steel, Republicans, and McDonald
nnd Monaghan, Democrats) on May 29, is
but little better than as. first reported on
May 7. It does not provide for proper free
dom of nominations, nor for equality of can
didates on thoTmllot, nor for secret voting, '
nor for an open count. It Is not n ballot re
form measure, and, if passed,' would tend.to
greatly increase all the evils of our.presend
'system.
Besides many minor points in which the
bill has been injured, the essential features
of ballot reform, as originally contained In
,the bill, have been destroyed in the follow
ing respects:
5iret-(Secs. 3, 5 and 33). The number ;of
signatures required for all nominations but
those of the existing Republican and Demo
cratic organizations; is based-on such high
percentage of the entire vote cast as to
make such nominations practically impossi
ble except in the smallest townships and
boroughs. It would bo impossible td secure
5,000 signatures for a State nomination or
6,000 for a Philadelphia nomination, the gen
uineness of tho signatures and the qualifica
tion of the signers to he sworn to absolutely
by ten persons, GO days before election in the
ono case an d 40 in the other, when the slight
est error is latal to the validity of the whole
paper, and tho signing by persons not strict
ly qualified is made a crime. All but the
"regular" Democratic and Republican nom
inations are barred out by such a system as
this, and tho free Tight to vote is denied.
Second (Sees. 14 and 23). The arrango-
uicui ut jiumes on 1110 oaiiot in partygroups
places all indenendent candidates, if thnr
could be any, at a great disadvantage, and
ma provision mat a voter may iwmcn
would often mean must) vote the whole
party tickethy making one single mark, de
stroys the freedom and secrecy of the ballot,
for the party watchers would always see
whether a man who was told to make one
mark for the whole ticket did so or not.
Thhd (Sees. 23 and27J. The seerecy of
tho ballot is made voluntary, and therefore
destroyed, by not requiring the voter to
mark his ballot alone, and specifically per
mitting him to take another man Into the
voting compartment with him imill cases.
Fourth (see. 29). The Secret'count of our
present system is retained, but with greater
riskof fraud T-he-votes are to be counted
by tho Judgo alone, nnd the party watchers
aie allowed to bo present.
Fifth (Sees. 16, 17, 21, 26 and 36). "Sample
ballots" are lequlred to be printed in large
numbers, tp bo given to any voter at his re
quest, all check on the destruction of the
ballots provided is Temoved, and, by the
omission of section 36, it is not unlawful for
any one to have ballots m his possession
outside the voting room, although the abso
lute prevention of such an occureenee is es
sential to the-secret ballot system?
When! the bill In this worse than useless
shape was before the Senate on second read
ing on May 22, every attempt tpcorrect these
glaring evils was voted down. Jf it passes
thiid reading, it must go to a conference
committee. If that committee do not vir
tually restore the original provisions of the
hill in all tho abevp particulars, or if they do
this and the Senate refuses to pass tliebill
with these restorations, it ought-to.be voted
down.
Should the bill finally pass both branches
of the Legislatuie without change In all
these- points, it would be the Governor's
duty to voto it, for If it became a law it
would bo a fraud upon the rights of the
voters of Pennsylvania.
In any event, every voter should recognize
that a genuine, honest, constitutional ballot
reform bill was changed by the Senate Com
mittee into a measure fulf of danger to tho
freedom and purity of the ballot, and that
the majority of the Senate has so far sus
tained this change. "Ballot reform" means
'Itroe ballot reform," and itthis bp not now
granted to tho voters of Pennsylvania every
Senator who voted with the "majority must
bo held answerable.
Has This Man Eyes?
Evening Wisconsin.
JA newspaper article giving directions as
to the arrangement of Greek drapery kjndly
hints that "only a woman with fine arms
nnd shoulders should attempt such dress
ing." Women who have nothing of that
sort to exhibit never tjjink of getting intoi
Greek drapery.
A Valuable Lesson.
St. Louis Tost-Dispatch.
The reflection that City Treasurer Bards
ley might have prevented the loss of nearly
a million dollars if he had not been under
the influence of a gang of speculators af-J
ioros siumi eumiorcTO citizens 01 xnuauei
phla, but it carries a valuablo losson which
they may profit by in the .future.
A Western Prophet
Denver Republican, Rep.
The thlrd party organized, by tho mass.
meeting 01 cranita ana political outcasts at
Cincinnati will hardly be heard ol wfien the
returns corho in from the nest presidental
election. It is practically dead now, and it
will be buried long before Novcmbcr,',lS92'.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSE.WHEEE.
William Milholland, Sr.
William Milholland, Sr., died very sud
denly last evening at the residence of his son,
James JUllbollaud, Center avenue. East- End, of
paraljsis of the heart, -wdtli which he has been
'troubled for some years. His death, while very
sudden, was not unexpected owinfc to his extreme
are. The deceased was well kiiujni throughout
tho city. He lPftYe three sons toinourn his loos, J.
auil J. B. Mllliollaiul, tbe engine builders, and
Oeorgc B. Mllliollaud. He w as a, brother of Joseph
Slllhollaud, of Etna, Pa.
v Alexander Swift
Alexander Swift, a widely-knowp busi
nessman of Cincinnati, died suddenly at his home
there Saturday eienlng. Hewas7?carsold. He
was the founder of Swift's Iron and Steel Worts,
in Newport Ky.. from irblth he retired several
vcirsogo. His ttret wife and also the second were
Ii.fersorthe distinguished Uterarvwomen. Alice
,aud rbffibe Carey.
Q bltuary Notes.
Dk. Huco V. AULEit, President of the School
JJoard ind Coroner of St. Louis fpr six jears, died
suddenly Saturday morning yt heart disease.
LoGAJf D. CAMEUOir, publisher of the St. Louis
ChrUtian Advocate, organ of the I. E. Church
South, died of heart disease at Lexington, Mo.,
Saturday.
S. C. CLirroN, Superintendent or Carnegie,
Phlpps & Co.'s wire mill, and member of City
Council, died at his residence In Beaver Falls yes
terday of lung disease, brought on by the grip.
George T. Foote, a noted politician Jn New
Yotk Mate, one of the original band of Abolition
ists, and later an active memoer of -thu Republican
and Labor parties, died at tho old Footo homestead
at stainrord, Delaware county. New York, re
centl. Mks. Grace Wells, wife of Hon. Thomas II.
Vclls, of Youugstown, died very suddenly yesler
tta) morning of congestion of the brain. The rura
lly recently rttuiried froiii'a trlplhronith Euron,
Mrs. Wells bcingin exrelleutlieaUli nntll suddenly.
LattUlvMa Grewvilif.ji.irpaW.lWtwMrgeM:
VERY 3J UCH MIXED.
Some Short Storlesand Sketches Wit, "Wis
dom and Pathos Gathered Prom the
Press Human Nature in Old and Young
SometlUn'g for Everyone.
New York Tribune.
Tlierpis a, dapper young feljowwrho stands,
up behind a high desk in a big, insurance
office for a few hours every day and then
takes a horse, car to Washington Square.
Then hp walk's up Fifth avenne liefeto din
ner to the handsome home-of his papa, who
believes in the young fellow working for his
money, but gives his son a generous salary
forir. This jpuhg fellow pays a good deal
of attention to his clothes generally, but his
especial pride is in his gaiters, tinted a deli
cate shade pf French gray, and neatly
strapped under his narrpw feet with straps
lonV enough to allow of their ends being
doubled back through: the buckle, inakinga
little bowt in a trnly delightful English
manner, you know.
lie arwavs gets ins aainty snocs nicely pol
ished before he starts uptown hv an Italian
who has a comfortable chair, protected by
an awning, doo to a news stand In l'arlc
Row. The Italian knows that if he expects
tp get nn extra 5 cents from his customer he,
must unbuckle these Ijttle straps, ford the
dainty gaiters back out of harm's way, pol
ish thesboes, fold the gaiters down again
neatly an,d w ithout a spot or smudge on tho
immaculate surface, anu men dockic up tne
straps dgaiu.
The Job jvas carefully completed tho other
afternoon and the yonne fellow rose to step
down' from the chair. -ITis feet refused to
budge, however. They were rooted to the
spot by' some mysterious pow?i hut his
"body continued on with the impulse he" had
given it, and over he went on I11S fioso.-with
his feet still on tho rests.
Tho bootblack was enual to the occasion.
He saw ntnglanco what was the matter.
Raising the young feJ16w by the shoulders
ho swung Jus body up in a semicircle until
he rested in the chair again, and then pro
ceeded to undo those gaiter strapS.wHIeh he
liad unwittingly buckled underthe thin Jron
foot-rest. The vonpg man had been strapped
to the chair, lie gatheredhis rudely shaken
little body together, picked up the chango
and keys that had tumbled oat of Ills in
verted pockets, and renounced that shoo
blapkfoieven. At the Italian seemed sorry,
but net surprised.
Tricks of the Memory.
New YorkTeltKram.
"Celebipted authors sometimes forget
their own work," said an eminent physician
the other day. "This is usually one of the
effects of disease fir old age. As Walter Scott
grew old he became a vietimto this kind of
forgetfulness. Frequently1 when one of his
own poems was read to him he would ask
who-was the author. 'Ivanhoe' was dictated
during a painful illness and publisheibeiore
its author had quit his bed.
"When Scott had become convalescent ho
had np roeellectfon pf the story. Townrd tho
close of liis life Linne found great pleasure
in leading his own works. Forgetful that he
wras .himself flienutnorjlie would Irequently
exclaim as he read: 'Beautiful!' 'Magnificent!
'I wish I had written that!"
"Macualay, tho historian, had a friend
whoso memory had once been exceedingly
stiong. Qldage made Itexceedingly' weak.
If anything brilliant w as said or read to him
in the evehinghe would imagine nextfmorn
ing that the brilliant ideas 'heard the night
before were his own. It was his custom to
write them out and show them to his friends
as original matter."
Greek and Itoinan Chestnuts.
Home Journal.
Wendell Phillips declares that there aro
not 25 original witty stories In existence, and
all.tho others are founded upon or borrow ed
from these.
Hq tells us that tho man who was writing a
letter as follows: "My dear friend, I should
tell you moro if there was" not an impudent
fellow looking over my shoulder and read
ing every word" "You lie;, sir, I have not
read a word you have written" comes from
Egypt, and is 250 years older than tho Nw
Testament. So with the story of the man
who said, "I Would have been a very hand
some fellow if they had not changed me in
the cradle-"
"Take the Irishman," said Mr. Phillips,
"who carried around a bripk" as a specimen
of the house Jie had.to sell; take tho Irish
man who shut Jiis eyes and looked. Into the
glass to see how he would lookvwhen he was
dead: take1 thelrishmau who bought a crow,
alleging that crows were reported: to live 200
j earsr and he was going to set out and try it;
take the Irishman who met a friend who
saidtolihn, 'Why, sir, I heard you were
dead.' 'Well,' says tho man, 'I suppose on
see I am not. 'Oh, no,' says her 'I would
rather believe the man who told me than
you any day.' Well, all these are Greek; a
score ormore of-them of a parallel character
come from Athens."
Australian Women.
New York Recorder.
Women appear to bo making great prog
ress in ninny directions in Australia, and It
is not to be wondered at, seeing that the
tact, tho nicety and thp social discretion
which aro tho distinguishing characteristics
of the sex find there such a field for exer
cise. Lady Martiii, the widow of a Judge in
Sydney, Is the daughter of the late "Billy
, Dong," a cpnvict who in his day was cele
brated,,and who, long after he had become
rich and respectable, could not upbraid his
coachman without the latter's turning on
him with, "Why, sir, I once went to see yon
hanged. You were reprioved only Just in
time."
A highly respected Australian, Mr. Dally,
a memorial to whom was recently unveiled
in the crypt of St. Paul's, London, was a con
vict's son ftnd married a convict's daughter,
and one of Sydney's leading lawyers is the
son of a lady, now dead, w ho went out as a
Red Rover girl. Tho 'ladies," by the way,
who were shipped in the Red Rover, mur
dered the ship s doctor on tho way out So
that taking. onethlng with another, consid
ering how careful ono has to be in one's talk
and what blundering spcechos men must be
always making, it's not surprising women
como to the front in Australia. 1
- lie Was Not a Nice Man.
Chicago Post!
Billy .Florence, the actor, when last in
Chicago, related with no little unction tho
following tale, which he declaied had never
been in print:
"It occurred to mo a number of years ago,"
he said. "I was on my, way with my com
pany from ;Ncw York. On the train I had
struck up an acquaintance with a protty
littlo nrlss Just entering her teens, nnd It was
not long-before we became fast friends, al
though neither of Ms knew the other's name.
"Just before wo rolled into Chicago I
caught her looking very Intently at me, and
I asked her what she was thinking about.
She blushed as if detected in a guilty act,
but upon my repeating the question she said
hesitatingly:
"Nothing very much, sir. I was only
.thinking how much you looked like some-'
body.'
'WhP is it?' I Asked.
'"Oh, Idpn'tllkP to tclljrpu,' she replied.
I again asked her to tell mo the leason.
" 'Because,' she roplled,"ho'is not a nice
man- lie is only an actor, and his name is
Billy .Florence.'"
Japanese English.
All the Year Ronnd."
A firm dealing In fishing" fackle, having
sent a circular t& a merchant in Tokip,
Japan, received tho following communica
tion: "Dear Sin nrYouns We should present to
j our company tho bamboo fishing rod, a,n'et
basket and a reel, as w o have just conven
ience; all those weio very rough and simple
to you laughing for vonr kindieply which
you sent" us the catalogue of fishing tackles
Just, etc. "Wishing wo that now at Japan
there it was not m-prevailing fish gaming,
but flsheinicn, in scarcely there now, but w e
do not measure how tho.progessionofthe
germ of the flsh,ingrgame beforehand. Tliere
loie, wo may yield-of feeling to restock in
my store, your countrio's fishing tackle, 'etc.
'Should yotrliave.thekindness to send a such
further conntrie's oven a few partake when
'we send the money In ordering of them,
should yon. I am yours, yours truly ."
Teleplioned-to'Heavpn.
Arkansaw Traveller.
This Incident is related as a faot:
Ono day Mamie Knowles, aged B years, was
all dressed for a walk in tho park, when the
rain began coming down. " .
Mamie natclieditin silence for several
minutes and then asked her .mamma if she
might use tho. telephone, ilamma jcopsent
ing, Sho rang and said:
ello, central!"
. "GIveine heaven'" was Mamie's order.
1 ,, . ,. t . .. .. .. I.uillll) .,-,.1, nil ah A.l , (-
Mamie then said:
"Please, God, make tho rain stop and the
sun shine, or else have mamma send for mo
a-nowparabclkt-ngjit nway."
TljgiPralrfo Mirage.
Detroit Free PreesO '"
A biirnfne' summer sun hatkbeaten down
m'tto'fBMrie, forildays.,Fnraee-MkVt
south winds came racing out of the pulsing'
haze at the far horizon. The sky seemed of
copper, and tho flpor-like plain's once em
erald disk was tinged bv the heat with. gray-,
ish brown. '
But one object broke tho "monotonous
snineness of tho scene n. -nrhltt covered
wagdni its "flapping canvns" top giving allgnf
shelter to tne emigrant ana; jus who
crouched lythin. Their Journey has, been
long and feyer'throbs in the wpman s Veins.
Suddenly thcnian lpoks up, startled: Their
search fora home js oveif.
"SeQ!"hociiesinjoy. ,
They have come ont on tho edge of n wide
reaching Valley. Lines eC densc-leavcd bil
lowy forest bend and swav in, a gentle
breeze." A lake, with licreun'd there n tOuclL
nffnarn to relir.vft tlio ivirlrHn?r-Tjlue of tllo
waves, restlessly tosges and wrinkles if -I
waters, Jiroau meadows, suggesting cioyev
and golden rod, arc nearby, and the undnla
lions 01 1110 grass are iiko mose oi.njcjno.
Yonder, along the beach, they catch a
glimpse of dwellings seeming phlaces,
whose bold frontage was their simple minds.
"See!" calls ont again the glad husband,
and his strong arm lifts tho fainting wife
tuat sue may get a better view.
Rest is there, and liope and Joy. The bur
dens of the past have been so great! In tho
fierce race of life they have been left sofAr
behind, but now'the jonrneyover thfe thin
grassed prairie Is almost ended the haven
lis in sight They can almest taste the fruits
of the deep foliaged trees, and catch a scent
of the clover and of tho sea.
Hungrily; earnestly they feast their eyo3
as they gaze through the opening in tho
flapping canvns. '
A passing clpud drafts suddenly before tho
sun.
A cry of pain and disappointment surges
to tho woman's lips as sho sees again a
dreary length of ptam, whose level lines had
so long fajigued her eyes. The torrid wind
flpds not a leaf, to stir. She falls baclf on
her hcat-fllledpillow.
The mirage Tins lifted. The emigrant is
alone in tho midst of the prairie with "his
dead.
A SHI2 CAHAL STjaGESTipiS'. .
The Direct Tax Money MlghtBe JJsed to
Help the Ditch. Along.
Corry Herald.
GpvernerPattispn has received from the
United, States $1,631,71113 oh account 'of.
money expended by th.e State in the equip
ment of troops early in the latp. war. Hp
lecommends" that the Legislature immedi
ately pass a "bill appropriating- that amount
to tho sinking Tufid ifoi? payment of the
State debt. This recommendation is worthy
of. consideration and it would be a wise dis
position of the money under, sonio circum
stances. But the State debt of Pennsyl
vania, is very small, and not the least op
pressive. It seems to us that tbe State can
put the money to much het'er use by ap
propriating it to the purpose of constructing
a canal from the Ohio river to Lake Erie nt
Erie harbor. Such an enterprise would en
hance the value of 'property in Western
Pennsylvania to an extent that would moro
than pay the entire State debt in five years
after tho completion of thp work. The
money should he set apart for that work. If
this wore done probably influence enough
could be brought to liear upon Congress to
aid in the work.
We cannot lielp thinking that the State
might well begin to consider the needs and
Tights of this large section. Had a liberal
policy been! pursued toward this section by
the State the natural advantages of Western
Pennsylvania wopld notliaye lain dormant
while the great city of Cleveland 'on tho
west and the great city of Buffnlo pn tlip
east grew up, neither of them having any
thing like the adv antages which Erie pos
sesses. JJoth pf them have been liberally
treated by 'their States and by the General
Government Thirteen great counties pf
the northwest, full and overflowing with
mineral and agricultural wealth have been
for years totally ignored in their rights by
,tho State whilo hearing much of tho burdens
which have given the asylums, workhouses,
public charities and pnblic'imnroVeincnis fo
tho East. "On tho ground pf 'Ipcal rights we
might plac'p our claim to-this money: bnton
ground of sound, broad public policy Of
'general improvement the claim cannot be
'denied. It would be better, far better for
'the entire State tif the money coujd' be, set
apart for use In building, that canaL
THE BEIXLTAHT BALLET.
An .Interesting Historical Sketch of the
Modern Mazy Wldrl.
Tho roodorn ballet was born in Portugal,
1189, and spread to Italy. Ifis related that
Bergonzio dl Botta gave a feast -in honor of
Galeas, Dnko of Milan, and Isabella" of
Aragon, at wliich a ballet was danced with
mythological characters. It ended with a
Sas de deux most appropriately performed
y Bacchus nnd Silenus. CntherlnodeMedici
introduced tho ballet into .France, where it
wa3 danced at the court by members ot tho
roval family and their attendants. Lodis
Xv.mn.de nearly the first of his publio ap
pearances as King before his lojal subjects
in a ballet, wliich in those dajs consisted of
singing as well ns dancing.
In 1671, when "Pomone" was produced, the
male dancers wore recruited among the
dancing masters and their schools. The
youngest and plumpest of these, all wearing
masks, passedQffasgoddc3ses, shepherdesses
and nymphs.
Ten years later Lnlli, tho great danclng
rraster of Ills day, and quite a power at
court, introduced four real dahseuses In
"Le Triomphe d'Amour," and they became
the talk of tho town. Theo young Women
their names wer5 Miles. La Fonta'ne, Ro
land, Lapuntre and Fel-non also wore
masks, and even during the licentious days
of the regency the dansenseS Continued to
do so. It required n man posess!ns the
monumental nssnranco of GmotaU Vestrli,
the great male dancer-and ballet master of
his day, to breakthrough this custom, says
the Jlliutrated American. It was he who
said: "There aro but three great men qltve
npon the face of tho' earth myself, tho
King of Prussia (Frederick the Great) and
,31. do Yoltaire." Xulll not onlyintrodnced
women dancers on the stage, but ho quick
ened the action of tho ballet. Hitherto tkey
had been slow and stately, as befitted the
dignity of an entertainment in which such
men as "le grand monarque" nnd Sully;
Henri IV.'s grave minister, could take part
without causing scandaL Henri IV. was
very fond of tha ballet. Sully aided .lUra in
tho preparations, and was considered a, very
skillfnl dancer.
Fava Can Get a Job.
Boston Glflbe.
Baron Fava missed his calling. He would
have mado a cood reporter. There is a
'grapliic'and conversational pioturesqueness
aboutrhis official report 6f his talks with Mr.
maine wnicn is geiuom iounu in vne tiry
have a
place on the GUMi staff when the cruel
place
war
is over.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
.Manager David Henderson returned fo
Chicago lastcvpnlug. He had intended to
give several operatic performances in the
Duqneshp Theater this summer1, Tint he
couldn't get the singers ho wanted. It is ex
pected that Harry Fulton will bo put on the
road next year to manage ".SinBad, the
Sailor,4' Company. JJusiness Manager 31c
Cullough will look after the local house.
Assistant Treasucr Berg will spend hiS vaca
tion in N,ew Y,orJ&
Among the legislators goini; to Bnrris
burg last evening wero Dick Quay, Samuel
Stewart, C. A. Muehlbrenner and Senator
Mehard, of New Castle. Tho session "will
begin at 11 o'cleck this morning. They
thought this week would wind up the worlf,
and they were looking for-some lively and
acrimonious debate.
feri Newcomb, Treasurer of the Ghar
lerql .Elate qiass Company, and Captain
Henry H. Kuhn, af Johnstown, are stopping
'at the Dnquesne. The Charlcrol plant is
now turning out an excellent quality of
glass1.'
Morris Obcrmeyer, qf Chicago, Sam Eng
lish. Philadelphia,' and Lorn Ulmnn, New
Yorkr well-known pool sellers, are at tho
Mouongahcla House.- They are on hand
early for the Homcwood races.
Morris Wertheimer and Br. Maver left
.for" Now York last evening. Mr. Wertheimer
wilt bo married to Miss Selma Kahn,.of that
city, to-moirow afternoon. Dr. Mayer will
perform tho ceremony.
John Uhlerkin, a .New York literary
man, and John H. Probasco, of Wheeling,
are stopping nt tho Monongahela House!
2Jick rTinzer, the Louisville tobacco
man, and his wjie, and W. GT Steven'soii, of
Wefisvilld, are at the Anderson.
General Freight Agent C. S. iVxigR
of the "Baltimore and Ohio road, went to
Philadelphia lastevenhlgv
H. H. Snvder. of Leetonia, and Edgar K.
JMnou, of Blalrsville, nro at tho Seventh
Avenue Hotel.
Colonel Willis J. Hulings, of Oil City,
andhls daughter worp in the city yesterday.
C- "Ju. .Magee and Jlecorder Yon Jionn
Ihorst If ft-for New York last evening.
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CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS;. ,
The original oak. shingles are still on
tbe roof of a Reading, ra., house bnilt in
1750 "'''' ' t- - '.- t-.w.
It takes about three seconds fpr a mes
sage to go fiom one end of the Atlantic
cable to the other.
A woman at gapinsville. Pa., counted
the sfltcheshs she knitted' a qnilt-J There
were nearly 000,000,
-'-A.thief with x mania. fotstealiuJoco
m6tiv'es 'Is under arrest nt Sacramento,
Cal., after having stolen three.
On dark nights a white light can be seen
farther than anv other eolor; on bright
nights red takes the first place.
An Atlantic City colored woman was so
frightened by a thunder storm the other day
tliat she died before it was over.
Xew York has a professional rag picker
wlfh gold bowed glasses, which he dons when,
he wants fd investigate the contents of an.
ash barrel.
A Buyallup, CaL, cow was seen to cross
a stream the other dav with her young calf
on, hpr horns- The calf was safely deposited,
on dry ground.
The first theater in America was bnilt
In Annanolis, and was opened June 13, 1732,
with "The Beggars' Opera" and a farce,
called "The Lying" Volet"
A shipment of sea island cotton-seed
has been sent from Savannah to the island
or Borneo for planting, at tbe request of Ola
Governor of British North Borneo and.
lebnan. '
A Chicago barber charged a Scotch im
migrant $3 50 fpr a shavo and a hair-cut. The.
man told a policeman, w"ho succeeded in get
ting back; 1220, leaving the barber! 30 for
his services.
Spearfish, S. Dak., has a barber doing
active business in that city whoe youngest
granddaughter is 37 years old. His age is 82,
and he handles the razor with a "skill and.
dexterity of a man of 25.
Colored men 'digging the foundations for
a hotej at Canton, Miss., the other day, dis
covered a largo jar containing over $10,000 in.
fold. The treasnreis supposed to have been,
dried during the war.
A New "York, paper, in a premature nu
ment, Inst week published a picture of tho
Charleston blowing the Itata- out of' tho
water. The claim wad made that the picture)
was" sent by a ne wtrlcgraphlo process.
A ialf-breed Shoshone Indian who.
passed through Chattanooga., Tenn., the
other day had features the exact counter
part of tlioso of a bear. Otherwise he ia
human, his hands and feet are-shaped like
those ot a man', and his body is not hairy
ltko that or an animal.
A Mississippi boy sent to Louisville for
medical treatment" is abnormally fond of
water, although previous to an accidental
shooting he had as strong an aversion to It.
For the past two months he has been sittinjr
in atub of water, and screams as if in tha
greatest agony when out of his tub.
'To show how deadly nicotine is, it is
told that two men fonnd an adder in a,
Wilkesbarre cemetery one day last week.
One held tlie reptile fo the ground with a
stick, while hht companion ran a timothy
stalk through the jiteni of his clay pipe and
deposited the nicotino in the snake's mouth.
In three minutes.thc snake was dead.
The Kaffirs ef South Africa'have very
queernames. They are baptized pn their
arrival nt Somo town by their first employer.
He gives them whatever name may first
enter his head- some are as follows: Six
pence, -ShUlfng, Dollar, .January, February,
Jlell and, Blazes, Two For Sixpence, etc
Sixpence is the favdrite, .however.
The existence of a cholera demon is still
firmly credited'in certain-districts In India.
A native Inn village near Allahabadrccently
assured an Inspector of Police that the pre
v Ions night Ills homo had been visited by tho
cholera monster, with a head like a largo
earthern jiot lie and his brother drove
away the spirit with bamboo clubs and fired
a gun to complctejts defeat, as the creature
fears noise.
The London Board of Education has
appointed six women at a salary of $400 each,
to visit school. Heretofore Jady visitors
have been "regularly employed! but without?'
remuneration, the position being honorary.
The visitors win. bp expected to- put in aa
many hours' work as the teachers and to
furnish weekly reports to the board ac
counting for every hour of service duringr
the sps9ion. m
A Kansas paper announces tliat it has
in its possession ad Alliance dollar bill which,
bears npon its face the following declara
tion: "This is to certify that the"bcrrer has
produced to the amount of $L nnd Is, there
fore, entitled to an equivalent." It fnrther
states that the- bill is copyrighted, wliich
leads ene to infer that the author does not
piopose to allow anyone to borrow "his. idea
witnout .paying ior it.
Three doctors recently joined a secret
order in Omaha. At the door of the lodge
room, they were met by three fellow physi
cians. The outside sentinel was a life insur
ance agent; the inner doorkeeper was a.
druggist; the oath was administered by a
minuter. The escort was an undertaker
and tombstone dealer, nnd the treasurer was
a city bill collector. Tho wholo affair was
excepticnallynpfcropriateandappropriately
lugubrious. It was tho Omaha way of doing
things right
The condition of the public teachers in
Spa,in is not to be envied. The payment of
their salaries 13 almost always far in arrears,
and a. case came up tho other day of a man
who had not receiv ed a cent of money from
the Government for 17 years. The total
amount of back .salary at present duo to
teachers is about 1700,000. In some cases tho
sufferers are-sustained by charity, and ia
others are compelled to send their children
out as servants. Many schools have been
clpsed altogether.
While the Moerlein brewery -was burn
ing in Cincinnati tho other day the specta
tors stared in open-eyed wonder when En
gine No. 8 bustled npon the scene. Each
member of this company was resplendent in
spotless linen, white necktie, polished shoes
and button-hole bouquet. 3Iud, smoke, water
and flying cinders disfigured their finery in
snort oruer. -wu " ..,.,. ..-. -r
the evening began.
Along the north fork of the Bhukwaler
river,in Tucker county, W.Ya., half a mila
from Hcndrick's station, on the West Vir
ginia Central and Pennsylvania Bailroad,
there is a cavo one mile long, which has, as
3 et, only been partially explored. An arched.
channel,.varyingfrom6fo 30 feet in height,
leads throughout tho entire cavern, thae has
a subterranean stream of pure water con.
stantiyflowing through tho -main way and
all the recesses so far discovered. Half a
mile from the entrance there Is an opening;
where mkny snow-white pillars almost blind
the oves, and throughout the cave is fascin
atingly beautiful and well worth further ex
plpration; SCINTILLATING SCBAPS.
"Curious thing. I'm not superstitipus at
all, hut It looks as If that old crone's prophecy about
the Prince of Wales would cometue.,,
"What was that?"
Sho'prophesled that he would never be Queen of
England." Jury.
itt. Gilliard presents himself at the fire in
surance company's office with his policy.
"I wish to draw my indemnity."
"MonsleurS property has been devoured by
flames?" t !"
"No; not that. But I have just moved to a new
flat for the second time, and you Snow that moving
twice Is equivalent to being ouce burned out,"
FutU Figaro.
SOT MADE TS WIS.
Ko matter if she pretty be,
Orplaincstofthe plain ;
There scarcely U a girl aUve
That feels she's maiden Vain.
PMlmUlpMaJTimet.
"There's no rest for the wicked."
"Oil. yes. there Is. There's arrest for th
wicked." Kaa Turk Continent. ' f
"Don't you think you dress more loudly
than U consistent with yourclrcumstanees?" katd
the Irifluentlal church member to the deacon. "r
-"I don't see hart that can be," wai'the Indlg-nantly-spoken
answer, "Myhatls black,' my coat
Isblack, jnj cravat Is black " 1
"I Knowtt, brother;but you wear squeak shoes."
VuhlhgtanFo4t. ' ' -,-,-
.Friend (previous to initiation ceremonies
In the Goat Bunting Brotherhood) I am- sorry
there are so many candidates ahead. It JrUl be
very late, S A. at. at least, before we get through.
NoTltlatc-My! Myl -
Friend Keep up your courage, my friend. I
admit that the trlato ofour initiation are many and
appalling, but don'tlose yoar sclf-eomtrol. Don '
'becomfe terror-stricken if why, yoo'are'aH'fa
tovntfeltralreadr. '' '
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