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W Weeklt DisrTcnvOncTcar 1 SS- Ttm Dat" Dispatch Is delti ered by csrrlcrl at l cents per week, or, Including Sunday Edition, zt SO rents pr week. PITTcBUBG, TUtTKSDAT, MAY2S.1S91. THE KIGHT POSITION. It is creditable to the Hon. Jesse M. Baker, and' those who backed him In the House yesterdaythat they stood up for the maintenance of good faith and honesty in legislation. If they keep steadfastly to. that attitude they will earn the thanks of people who do not wish the Republican party to be burdened with the betrayal of its own pledges. Through the labors of Mr. Baker the House sent up to tlie Senate a ballot reform bill which sincerely aimed to insure Inde pendence and secrecy in the exercise of the. ballot It may not have been penect in all its details, but it was an honest redemp tion of the Republican pledge. The Sen ate sent back a counterfeit and fraud. The Houe was right in repudiating such a sham. It should stick to that repudiation, and refuse to pass any bill at all unless it is a genuine one. Mr. Baker and his friends are in the right position. Let them stick to the plat form of honest legislation or none at all. THE NEW COMMON PLEAS. While aHirst it seemed there would be a paucity of candidates for the new bench of Allegheny county, an embarrassment of riches was the real difficulty with which Governor Pattison had to contend before the canvass closed. In the appointments the principle of political expediency has been observed to the extent of naming two Republicans to one Democrat This act of partisan self-abnegation by a Demo cratic Executive is expected to lead to reciprocity among the Republican voters and to an indorsement by sufficient of them to elect at least one Democrat to the bench next f alL Whether this will follow depends upon the as yet unsettled ques tion whether the Republicans make two or three nominations If they make tho full number the division of the total vote may sluf t the programme quite materially. Where nearly if indeed not quite all whose names were presented were fully capable and fit the Governor had little room for serious raisWies. Gf his $&inli.s Mr. McClung stands signally high with the bar and the public. Mr. Kennedy's character and capacity are unquestioned. Though it has been urged against Mr. Porter that he has been a v ery acth e partisan, it is not charged that he has ever been other than an honest one. His knowledge of the law is unquestioned. The friends of the disappointed aspir ants will without doubt cheerfully recog nize the merit of the successful ones. At the same time if the Republicans decido to make three nominations there will likely be a race f or them, and again an other in November for the popular vote at the polls. EXPERIENCE THE TEST. It remains to be seen whether the whole sale raising of the liqaor license fee was a wke step or not The criterion by which that issue must be decided is the test of experience. Public opinion will be ready to support the higher license if it is assured that all the liquor traffic will pay it The licensed liquor dealers will not object to the higher license if they are protected against the competition of illicit dealers. But when speak-casies havo flourished under the cheaper license law, is not the expectation that they can bo weeded oijt under a thousand dollar license insecurelyfounded? Ccrcainly the political powers who are credited with this sudden change will, if the bill is appro ed, have the onus of se curing such an enforcement of the law as will make illicit selling unprofitable. Oth erwise the change will he demonstrated by Its own failure to be an error. THE EMFLOVEKS' BOTCOTT. A development of the latest phase of combination and trades disputes in New Toik City evokes the following pertinent comment from .the New York Times It is din.eu:t to discern any substantial differencs in principle between the boycott used as an instrument of cocicion by organ izations cf -n 01 kinsmen nnd the same weapon emplojcabynhsociationsof "dealers." Ifa firm of lumber dealers has a disagreement with its workmen about wages or about any thing else, by what light docs a combination cf lumber dealers "put an embargo upon building operations by refaslng to sell lumbe-, thas intrrfering with tho business nud tho contracts' of bnllderu and the em ployment of carpenters and other workmen who have no sort cf connection with the oiiRinal quarrel? There is pertinence in this, not only because It applies to a similar attitude assumed by the employing interest in this city, but because it involves the general principles of individual rights and social justice. It is a reasonable and natural expectation that employers shall set an example to workingmen of respect for jus tice and reason. Yet at the time when the boycott his come to be recognized as an unwarranted attack on the rights of inno cent parties, and has been abandoned by workingmen, the employers are resorting to sometliing which embodies its worst aspect?. It is hard to imagine any mpro offensive form in which to embody the theories of combination than the declara tion that, becauso the builders cannot agree with the'r men, therefore the public thai! bo denied the right to purchase ma terial a3 it wauls it Butthis unwarranted position shoaldnot be without Instruction to the workingmen in showZag them ihat acts by -which they lme encroached on Individual riuhts re act on their own. There is no more reason ableorlegitimatj way of settling a wagedis pate than the determination of building v-tirkers when they cannot agree with em ployer to secure work for themselves. Hut they find that exercise of their indi Tid'xJ right hampered and encroached Lnponby the reverted application of tho I boycott which tho urionhavebeen teach- Intr for some Tears past We do 'net believe this edUctiorbidding tuo sale oi uimumg mx-vatou wui pruvo lasting. As soon -as de&lerKflndthattiielr refusal will enly lead to the trade 'being turned overtothoso who bntg-aiomaterlal in from other points, they vrill abandon the compact. There Is no mora convinc ing argument in trade than- the dem onstration thotlf one man u1Il not sell,4 "the goodsHhey'canbegotc3se5whcre. ButseriousIy cripple. Hut farmersWill be Apt the employing 'firms should take higher ground thanthat they onlyi object to boy- cotasn sympauietic strtscs wnenne rpezattonioS' such-things isl&g&iust'thsmHj 'beiTes. A' JUDICIAL THEORY. Tho original .package muddle Is ..now? finally disposed of by tho joint efforts oJ Congress andtthev'last Supreme Court de cision. But tho lastammed learned body continues to render ludcments based oui Its constructive and Tecent theory that, because tho Constitution gives Congress' tlwer to regulate commerce between? own inter-State commerce irfbarmony with. and subject to Congressional action. The last decision of trdsisort, as sum marized by the press report,sisa remark able illustration of the lengtnrto which this jtheoiy goes. The report briefly says: '"The court also held that-theVirginia law requiring inspection, for-which fees were charged, of flour manufactured outside the State, when sold within the State, to be1 contrary to the Federal ConstituUon.il This ruling may be basedjon a possible1 discrimination by the '"Virginia law against' the products of other states and in favor of its own. On its face, however, It ap pears to bo a ruling that a State cannot ex ercise anyregulatioa over commerce coming from outside its borders to the extent of establishing inspection, which is inlinei with other recent declarations ofHhe court If this is the ruling its consequences are peculiar. A State cannot inspect cattle coming into its borders to protecWtself against the importation of diseased live stock; it cannot even inspect goods coming from a cholera or yellow fever striken dis trict, nor can it even inspect explosive or inflammable goods on tho highways to provide for the security of .the public. This is the more remarkable, notonly be cause the idea that the Constitution forbids State legislation affecting inter-State com merce is entirely a creation of the judicial mind, but because it is earned to the length, of ruling out something close to what the Constitution specifically names as allow able. Inter-State commerce Is put by the Constitution and the courts in the same category as foreign commerce as re gards State regulation. Yet in the second clause of section X article I of the ConstJtutLyn wo find that "No State shall with out the consent of the Congress lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, gecept wTiat may be abtolutdy necessary for executing it inspection laws." Here we have a specific contemplation olregulation by States of goods coming from beyond their borders, and a sanction of their doing so by inspection, for which a fee is charge! In the light df'this clause if the newspaper report does not do the Su preme Court injustlce its decision that1 State inspection of inter-State commerce is contrary to the Constitution looks very queerly. It will be a very singular illustration of the progress of court-made law if it has led to a decision that the United States Constitution is unconstitutional. POSTPONED FOR POLITICS. It is calculated to evoke a comparison to the "perseverance of tho saints" to learn that the friends of the Torrey bankruptcy bill are still at work to bring influence to bear on the next Congress for its passage Since adjournment three important com mercial bodies have indorsed that measure. Prior thereto about forty indorsements of the leading commercial bodies of the country had been given it Yet Congress left the much-needed act in the category of shelved legislation. This might discourage further effort as indicating Congressional enmity to the measure; but it only Indicates the inability of our statesmen to attend to public busi ness when there is a political fight on hand. Tho Torrey bill passed-the House in the first session of the last Congress. It was favorably reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and would withqut doubt ha've passed that body if the con flict over the Federal elections bill had not broken out With a partisan fight on hand of course the Senators could not be expected to give attention to so subsidiary a matter as the commercial interests of the country, and the bankruptcy bill was crowded out It is evidently hoped by its supporters that the political fights of the next Congress will not be as engrossing as to forbid a little legislation for the honest settlement of business debts. ADVICE rOE SOUTHERN FARMERS. Tho advice Is being urgently pressed upon Southern farmers- that they should take especial steps to diversify their crops. The Atlanta Constitution says their troubles are due to their practice of overstocking the cotton market and sending their money to distant States to buy food staples, and that they must use their opportunity to raise cattle and cereal crops instead of cotton. This is prac tically tho advice Governor Bragg gave some years ago, when he told them that they should "raise more corn and less cot ton;" and ou delving into the past it is discovered to have an even more ancient date. A copy of th3 Niles Register of 1828 cited the advice of a North Carolina paper of the same date to exactly the same effect, and'ln adding its indorsement quoted the remark made eight or ten years before by "a distingulsned cotton planter, then a Senator of the United States," that "the time was close at hand when cotton, because of its overproduction, would bo a bad business, and that it became him and others to look out in due season for the cultivation of new products to employ their capital and labor." Yet the fact remains that for sixty or seventy years the agricultural districts of the South gave almost exclusive attention to the cotton crop, and will likely do so for generations to come The theory of diversification is a good one; but the prac tice will always be ruled by this criterion: whether on a given number of acres on which the planter might raise com he can raise cotton that will In the market pur chase him more corn than if he raised the corn himself. If he can he will continue to raise cotton; if not he will proceed to plant corn next year. No professional man who buys clothes instead of spending his evenings making them for himself can say that this policy is wrong; and the idea that the South his languished because of this policy is far from well grounded. There have been plenty of other reasons why the South has lagged behind the North; and when wc reflect tliat within the past twenty year that section has built up magnificent prosperity out of utter ruin by giving especial attention to cotton, it la THE fair to -attribute that recovery to the specialized policy just as much as to attribute-the-growth of Minnesota and the Dakota to their exclusive attention to spring wheat The diversification of crops has one pur- pose, the same for which fire insurance companies distribute their'policies over a wide stretchiof territory, namely, the dia tribution of risks. If a farmer has but one cropjitstfailure is a calamity; if he has half a.clozen the failure of hut one cannot to see that diversification of crops also brines diversification of risks. Tf nut nf 'nalt a -dozen crops he loses one a year swhile-ouirof-the single crop he loses it once In six years; and the single crop 13 the mostfprofitable, -he will be the better off by giving exclusiveattenOon to it It is-prob-able, therefore, thatnotwithstandinc all this good advice, the Southern farmer, like Rfarmers everywhere else, 'will continue to araise-the crop that pays the best The bill providing for a $500,000 asylum jfor the chronic insane has passed bom branches of the Legislature, and is now in tho hands of the Governor. Its purpose Is tto relievo the overcrowded institutions .of HholState, and those who have examined the 1 matter are hopeful that the measure will be-' como a law. A IiAjbge number of people are reported ias boiiur "viiroronslv nressed" for the (Vm. imisslon&rshlp of Pensions; "but Batfm is still more vigorously pressed by himself to stick. If staying power would always win a race Baum-would take first money everyx nunc. It isdnterestinsr to observe -the effect on, rtbefpoHtical organs of the declarations out in -iKnnsas thafJeny Simpson has lolled him sen Dy nis opposition to tne Tjjird Party. Only a short time ago the organs, without, regarcno parry, were jumping on tne Book less one with rongh shod feet. K ow that he. TS out offavor with the Third Party people,, the Toliicfll nanera nrefcbnffinninff tn flnri out thatt'the Socrates of-' Medicine Lodge is. ntfuixignc" Out West a man is reported to have been shotbyla hunter in mistake, under the im pression that he was a bear. If that hunter will come East and hunt in the street cars,, he-can find otroortunitieg for shoo tine- under- (tho impression, and-mako no mistake. The commencement of work on the Trans Siberian railways is to bo signalized by the granting of numerous pardons to prisoners in Siberia. No mention is made, however, of including political prisoners fn the clem ency of the autocrat. The Czar maybe able to forgive robbers and murderers, but tho crime of trying to ameliorate the political conditionof the Bussian people is something. no does not seem able to pardon. Since January 1 thlsicouhtry has burned. tip $50,000,000worth of property. It may be 1 rioh enough toiatrard this sort of thing, but it is well worth considering whether it would not be richer if it-stopped it. "It is only another proof of the utility of plenty of air and ventilation that a good many-useful measures are likely enough to die atSarrisburg frombeing kept too much in the House," remarks the Philadelphia Timet. But the force of the esteemed Times' view on this point is-sadly lessened by the suspicion that a good many more measures might have died, -if -they had been fully ven-. mated. The refusal of the Third Party to adopt the prohibition plank ought to alienate the support of -Senator McBale, of Minnesota. He cannot uphold a party that does nottl antagonizeuights. The latest Chicago eeronauts are a couple of enterprising inventors who adver tised the start of a flying machine from Omaha to-Chicagp. After Inducing 8.000 peo ple to pay fifty cents a head to see the great event they took wing with the. money. The Orcshans have arrived at the -deliberate conclusion that this Is one of the most profitable and successful flights yet on record. The acquittal of that Kansas-Judge who was accused of too much fidelity to the flow ing bowl still leaves large but indefinite limits to the Judicial 'jag in a prohibition, state. "Iir lucky Pittsburg there are two Trac tion companies, and passengers ride for 3 cent fares," remarks tho Philadelphia Record. Our esteemed cotemporary needs to be in formed that there are five traction com panies in opera tion.and two getting ready lo start. One has got down to the three-cent, basis and the others are still sweating. The imperial idea of nationalizing the German railways ought to make that Empire a paradise for the Socialists; but -singularly enough It does not. There is pertinence ,as well .as poetic Justice in the severe remark of Corporal Tanner that to permit jobbery to go on in the JPcnsion Bureau is all wrong. The Hon. James Tanner is nowinji position to sug gest to the administration that the move from the frying-pan into tho fire is not an, improvement. SNAP SHOTS JS SEASON. In the good old days the churches hunted sinners, but now they are hunting heretics. . The Harrisons will hardly not be heard from again until theyleave Washington for the Cape May cottage. , At last accounts the Itata was still ahead of the Charleston in tne naval game of tag. A long felt want Poverty. Save your choicest flowers for the graves of thoso who fought tho goodflght andfound rest in the silent cities on the hillsides. How is 51,000 for high licence? Cai.Ii seems to have the call in Florida, owing to the fact that many who oppose him are beyond call. The butchers' convention will get down to business when it goes into joint session. The Mayor is on his muscle as well as .on his ear. r Wixdwood would be a splendid site for a Hebrew colony, as it is holy land. Ceooked races can be won in straight heats. The Mayor's letters evidently bear special delivery stamps, as they reach their destination promptly every time. ' Actions speak louder than words in a pantomime. Also in somo of the drawing dramas. The Senatorial ballot deformers evi dently imagine that the people are easily satisfied. The dressed beef men and the butchers have a great deal at steak. Happiness brightens the eye and paints the cheek, but, unfortunately, It cannot be manufactured. G0BED BY THE COW. A Tanner Near Erie Meete His Death In ft Peculiar Way. CSrECIAL TEtEOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! Ebik, May 27. Jacob Schumacher, a farmer living in Mill Creek, near this city, was fa tally gored to-day by tho family milk cow. Tho animal objected to being milked, and tho old gentleman took her by the hoins while his son did tho milking, when the bo vine becamo infuriated and drove her horns through the old gentleman's abdomen. HTTSBTJEQ- DISPATCH, FROM CURB AND CORRIDOR, TheNowJndges'Patronage BaseballBuUes tins by Pigeon Service Tried by Tobyi- Tho Straw Hat Season Is Beginning Gossip of the Town. ARflnAw ia nTmnlntment of tbn 1nrtaa 'for the new Common Pleas Court No. 8 were announoed yesterday the candidates for the Various positions In the court below the bench began to hustle with renewed vigor. These minor offlees are filled by the Judges themselves, and Messrs. Kennedy, Porter and McClung found out yesterday, if they did not realize them before, what .the re sponsibilities of patronage are. The candi dates for the clerkship, court crier, court stenographer and the rest are many, and the average lawyer was in look yesterday if he didn't get his name on more than one candidate's roll of indorsements. In the filling of all the offices it is probable that the desires of the maj ori ty of lawTflrs. r far as thev can be learned. will be respected by the new 'Judges, and?; mis makes tne canvassing extremely nvery. For the place of court stenographer Edward J. Donnelly, who has been in. court practise for many years. Is favorably mentioned in legal circles here, and his chief rival Is Mr. Minor, of Uniontown, who has had large experience in court work also. Eo far no other names are mentioned. The place is worth $3,000 a year rn straight salary and a cood deal more for transcripts. Ball News by Pigeon. VTbes Miller stepped to the plate at the be ginning of th first game- in the Boston series on Monday last a man in the grand stand loosed a pigeon. Ihe bird flew out over the diamond for a minute and then wheeled in a long curve toward the east. Tno crowd on the bleaohers' howled at the omen of good luck, as the bird's flight was interpreted to be. At the end of the eighth inning, when the Boptonians had slightly the best or the argument; another pigeon arose from the same part of the grand stand as the first, and sailed away across the river toward Pittsburg. The spec tators with commendable caution were not quite so sure that pigeons could pull Pitts- 1 burg out of the hole duir bv tho oblizintr Mr. BelOy, and they did not cheer the bird. They were right la doubting the augury, for two Innings later Boston knocked out the winning run. It would be very urettv to believe that euperscmous cramc carrieu iuesu pigeons to the ball grounds to influence the fates or to encourage the home players, but it is not precisely the truth. I am informed that the pigeons belong to -a McEeesport man who takes a deep interest in baseball. He has friends in McEeesport who cannot share with him the pleasure of attending tho ball games, but to compensate them in a measure he takes with him to Exposition Park a couple of pigeons homers of great speed and reliability. Before the game be gins he lets loose one of the birds with a note containing the batting order and the prospects as tuey may appear for victory. By the eighth inning's close the result of the gamo is usually in sight, and bird number two fa sent off with a bulletin of the score up to that moment. The birds reach the home loft quicker tnan a telegram could.be sent over the wires and delivered, and McEees port gets its earliest news of the game by this means. " Better Than a Five-Center! "WirEir David Henderson was here the-other day a benevolent Pittsburger thrust upon nun a very rich specimen of the toby; one of those dark, juicy wrappings of a biting leaf that make the strongest cigars and the rankest of pipes seem mild and harmless by comparison. He took it and lit it, too; and smiled a Spartan smile after a half dozen draws of the full-bodied smoke. It was a novel sensation, no doubt, to him, for ho has the reputation in Chicago of smoking the very best cigars that can be bought, and never walks abroad without a pocketful of perfectos. The man who had given the toby to Henderson stood by and watched him with the pleased expression of a person who has increased the knowledge and the joys of a fellow being. Fortunately for Mr. Henderson tho toby went out before he had to; and he had sufficient nerve left to say to his benefactor: "These tobies are quite a novelty to me really something now, you know!" "You'd irflt fcn lilra tTifim if rrrm ooTitiTiiiprt 'to smoke them," said the hardened Pitts- bnrger. "Perhaps you'll notbeliove me but I didn't care for them at first, but now I'd rather smoke one of these," and he held out a black twin brother to the toby that had nearly finished the Chlcagoan, "than most anything. Why I like 'em better than a Ave cent cigar!" Now for Straw Hats! A few straw hats on men's heads are tell ing of summer's approach. There is no law as yet on the statute book prescribing the date for the commencement of the straw hat season, but usually Decoration Dayfurnishes the first excuse for discarding the winter derby or the less frequent silk hat in the favor of the lighter straw. "The straw hat season is Just beginning," said William Lyons yesterday, "and as yet nobody can say exactly what sort of a season it will be, for the demand for straw hats is more than anything else dependent upon the weather. A few hot days wul set every man crazy for a straw hat. Last summer was one of the best in the straw hat business, and it was the scorching days in late June and? July that did the business. The first breath of really hot weather makes a derby feel awfully heavy and hot, and I have often known a man to buy a straw hat in the early days of summer and then come back again in a few weeks and buy a black hat to wear during Augnst. English Chip and Maokinaw wul be tho fashionable hats this summer, with low crowns and wide brims. We look upon Decoration Day as the opening of the straw hat season, and this year I shall be surprised if the weather doesn't play into our hands for once by scorching men out of the notion of wearing any but the very lightest of hats." A Difficult Overture. The venerable Mr. Henriol, the patriarch of Economy, was traveling in a Ft. Wayne train towaid the city the other day when a man of plump proportions and ruddy face, good-natured and cheerful in expression, turned around in his seat and addressed the old Economltewith, "How d'ye do, Mr. Hen ricit" Mr. Henriol had been dozing, but this ad dress waked him and he said, somewhat querulously, "isnT" "How are you, Mr. Henrici?" repeated the good-natured man, with a friendly smile; "wlo gehts, mein herrt" Mr. Henrici didn't appear td catch the drift of tho courteous query, and leant for ward, putting his right hand to his ear. "You don't remember me, Mr. Henrici," the stout man said raising his voice and be ginning to blush, "I'm Mr. Hinkelsteln!" This assertion was audible in the opposite end of tho car, but Mr. Henrici did not catch the name, and he must havo murmured: "Eh?" again, for the other said in louder tones still, while the blood steadily mounted into his face: "I'm Mr. Hinkefstein, the butcher!" Mr. Henrici let goof his black bag for a moment and stretched his neck in the effort to gather what was being said to him, but without success for he safdoncemorei "Eh?" By this time the other travelers in the car were interested in the struggle, and some of them laughed when again in stentorian tones the declaration rang out: "I'm Mr. Hinkel steinl" Tho owner of the name was very red in the face, and Mr. Henrici seemed a triflo scared. Fortunately for all parties another traveler, a little man with alarge bandana handkerchief in his hand which he waved as a flag of truce porhaps stopped into the breach and told Mr. Henrici in German, and very quietly at thaf, what the other fellow had been shouting for ten minutes. Mr. Hinkclsteiu of course the muno is ficti tiousrecovered his oauanimltv and m. parted much information besides his name to the venerable Economito whose ears seemed unsealed by the salutation in the Gorman tongue. NOTES FOB BUUJON. Attorney General Miller Slakes an Import ant Decision Regarding Treasury Notes. Washimitok, May 27. Attorney , General Miller has decided the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority under the act of July 17,1890, to issue Treasurynotes provided for by that act except in payment of the bullion purchased each month under its pro visions, but that tho gain Or seinorage arising from the colnago of bullion under tho act, when" paid into the Treasury, becomes n- part of tho general cash and as such may bo used under existing law like any other standaid silver dollars', and that silver certificates may be issued against such dollars as may bo offered at the Treasury for oxohango, whether such sllvor dollars represent profit or seignorage or otherwise. The seignorage fund now amounts to ?4,000,000, and under tills decision tho issno of silver certificates may be in creased to that extent. The Secretary of Treasury is also considering a proposition to issun silver certificates against tho $20,000,000 silver Half dollars in the Treasury. Very Probable. Hurrlsburg Patriot. Probably it was called tho Keystone Bank because supported by the Keystone State's uionoy. THDESDAT, MAT THE KNIGHTS TEKPIAE. Officers Chosen at the Sleeting of the Grand Commandcry at Erie. CSFXCTAI) TJO.KOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH, w Ems, May 27. The matter of greatest in terest in to-day's session of the Grand Com mandery of tho Enight Templars of Penn sylvania, was the election of officers. Tho Interest, as usual, centered in the ohoice of Junior Warden. The following officers were chosen: Grand Commander, Joseph 8. Wright, Philadelphia: Deputy Grand Com mander, James H. Codding, Towanda; Grand Goneralissimo, Charles C. Bear, Pittsburg; Grand Captain, General Irwing P. Wanger, Norristown; Grand Prelate, Bev. Albertw. Byan, Warren, Pa.; Grand Senior Warden, Edward B.. Spencer, Philadelphia; Grand Junior Warden, Samuel S. Yohe, Easton, Pa.; Treasurer and Becorder, W. Biohard Marclo and Charles E. Myer respectively, of Phila delphia. At the installation of officers, at which Past Commander Lee Smith, of Pittsburg, presided, Grand Commander Wright np- Solnted the following staff; Standard Bearer, ohn A. Vanderslice, of BhCBnixville: War den, Harry M. Yanzant, Harrlsburg: Sword Bearer, Arthur M. Wwodward, Philadelphia; Captain qf the Guard,W. H. Linderling,Phll adelphla; Marshal, Honry H. Euhn, Johns town; Herald, T. S. Williamson. The in stallation took place in the Opera Houso, at whioh time St. Albans Commandery, of Phil adelphia, presented to the Grand Com mander a very costly diamond mounted outfit and uniform. During the closing deliberations of the Grand Commanderylt was decided to hold the next annual conclave in Philadelphia, on the fourth Tuesday of May, 1892. The ex citing event of the session was thepetition of the Kensington Commanderv of Philadel. phio, wblcn seeKs to cnange its quarters to a' ounaing not usea oy otner masonic Doaies. The matter was finally referred to the Grand Commander. A parade of the Nobles of the Mystio Shrine this morning ended a week of unalloyed enjoyment. THE TJPPEE CBUST. The Czar receives from his Siberian gold mines about $18,000 annually. Mrs. James G. Blaine, Je., will be a guest of Colonel and Mrs. Bobert Ingersoli for a portion of the summer. The Shah of Persia has recently been grossly swindled by persons who sold him yellow diamonds that had been artificially whitened. Although he has given up a Senator shipforaState office, Senator Beagan has not eschewed politics. He is still vigorous, despite his 73 years. The Prince of Wales is a direct descend ant of King Alfred, being the 33d great grand-" son. Thus the English throne has remained in the same family for over 1,000 years. The oldest female tramp in America is Catharine Warren, who has seen 84 winters. She carries the regulation stick and bundle. from Hartford to New Haven, a distance of 40 miles. Congressman Cannon says that Mr. Blaine emerged from the campaign of 1881 impoverished, and at one time was obliged to borrow money from his friends. After that he netted $400,000 on his book, "Twenty Tears in Congress," alone. The City of Paris, which sailed yesterday, had a large cargo of theatrical people. Among them were' Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Sanger, Miss Agnes Huntington and her mother; Mr. Canby, manager for Francis Wilson, with his wife; Marous B. Mayer, Charles Shroedor, Miss Nettie Lyford and. Miss Kay Douglass. Among the visitors to the Smithsonian Institution tho other day were Dr. Gatllng and Mr. Maxim, both of whom are celebrated as the inventors of rapid firing and de structive ordnance. Mr. Maxim has been de voting himself recently to experimenting in the field of aerial navigation, and went to the Smithsonian to see Prof. Langley. When John Brown went to conquer the South with 23 men, he believed that the less ho trusted the arms of flesh the more Jehovah might be depended on to unsheath his sword. The only other sword Brown considered worthy to be used by the Al mighty was that which Washington was said to have received from Frederick the Great. .- In addition to her duties as her husband's private secretary, which include tho hand ling of several hundred invitations a week, Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew personally super vises the education, reading and" recreations of her son and of her two little orphan nieces; is her own housekeeper; and yet finds opportunity to continue her studies in Ger man and fTench and to practice daily. There is not now living a single descend ant in the male line of Chaucer, Shakes peare, Spencer, Milton, Cowley, Butler, Dry den, Pope, Cowper, Goldsmith, Byron or Moore; not one of Sir Philip Sidney, nor of Sir Walter Raleigh; not one of Drake, Crom well, Hampden, Monk, Marlborough, Peters borough or Nelson; not one of Bolingbroke, Walpole, Chatham, Pitt, Fox, Burke, Grat tan, or Canning; not one of Bacon, Locke, Newton, or Davyjnot one of Hume, Gibbon, or Macaulay; not one of Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, or Sir Thomas Lawsence; not one of David Garrick, John Eemble, or Ed ward Kean. " DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Colonel Franklin A. Bartlett. Colonel Franklin A. Bartlett died sud denly Tuesday at New Orleans, aged 61 years. His father was a newspaper man, and raised him at the casa while he educated two other sons for tbe law. 'The oldest, Washington, became Governor of 6ali- ifornia, dying In office a few years ago. Frank wennoNew uneans Deiore ine war, ana was at tached to the Crescent under the late Colonel J. O. Nixon. Daring the war he became a Colonel In the Confederate army under Dick Taylor and Kirby Smith, and commanded the rebels In several engagements with the Federal troops aronnd Vicksburg. After the war he resumed his connec tion with the press. He retired from acuve news paper life some years ago. Rear Admiral S. P. Carter. Rear Admiral S. P. Carter, retired, died in Washlnjrton Tuesday. He entered the naval service as a midshipman In ISM from Tennessee, becamo a Commodore In, 1873, and retired with that rank In 1SS1. In 1S32, by special act of Congress, he was promoted to tbe rank of Bear Admiral on the retired list. His record of service was peculiar In that during the late war, because of his famili arity with the Tennessee country, he was detailed from the naw to the army, and as a result of good service became a Brigadier General. He thus won the sobriquet of 'The Horse Marine." Rev. Jacob Mills. . -Rev. Jacob Mills, probably the oldest negro preacher in the United States, died in Charleston Monday. He was 01 years old, and was an extorter In slavery times. Since the close of tbe war he has been connected with the Centenary Church. Mills was made free when quite young. His former master died soon after, and Mills' wife and live children were put np on the auctton block to be sold to settle the estate. He bought them aU and paid for them out of his savings. Major W. H. Botts. Major W. H. Botts, ex-Secretary of the State of Kentucky, was found dead Tuesday at his home at Glasgow. Ky. His death is supposed to have been caused by heart disease. Major Botts was an ex-Confederate soldier, a prominent lawyer and had amassed considerable wealth. He was a leading Democratic politician, and had twice been a candidate for Congress. Obituary Notes. Joseph Rochahiville, the Provencal poet, died recently. rr.or. cuables William Naegeli, the Ger man botanist. Is dead. TnoiiAS E. DaOHAX, the well-known club swinger and teacher of boxing, died at Boston of consumption, alter a long Illness. Captain Thomas Lovell, a Boston mariner, who once rescued Charlotte Cushman from drown ing, died Tuesday In his 86th year, . Elliott Evans, recently Professor of Law and Political Economy at Hamilton, died In Ann Arbor, Mich., Tuesday. He was educated at Harvard. 'JIEV. Otto Meebwein, pastor of the Lutheran Church in rariersburg, died Tuesday, aged Si. lie was born in Berlin, and was a graduate of Heidel berg. He had just inherited a large fortune. John M. Hale, the oldest citizen of Ellsworth, Me., died Monday, aged 94. He was Collector of Customs during the administration of Harriwn and Tyler, and had held other places of public trnst. Captain1 John A. Patterson, whose home Is at Newport, and who is well known to tho river fra ternity, died Tuesday evening at tho homo of his son-in-law, Alvln Bamum, at Dover, Ky. He was late of the steamboat Buckeye State. AchilleKalki ski. chief of the fire patrolservlce of New Orleans, died Tuesday nlght-or pneumonia. fin lml a wldo renutatlon for skill and braverr. Mr served Jn the United States navy during the war. He was a Belgian, 49 years old, and had lived In New Orleans since lniancy. Bev. Fletcher J. Hawlet, a well-known Episcopal clergyman, died at his home In Lake rark, Minn., Mondiy. His first charge was In the West Indies, and while thero he became a member of tbe Danish Colonial Council. Thence he went to New Orleans, and n hen the war broke out to Vermont. HewasDeaaof tbe Northern Conven tion of Minnesota. , 1891 " CHARITY AND SOCIETY. - Second Anniversary of the Woman's Board ing Home of Allegheny Celebrated Yesterday-Several Weddings Solemnized Interesting 'Events to Come Social Chatter. Ever so many people paid their respects to the Young Women's Boarding Home on Stockton avenue, Allegheny, yesterday, con gratulated it upon its second anniversary, and wished it many happy returns of the day. Tho Home had assumed its brightest smile and most enchanting aspect for the occasion, and the officers and man agers wno constituted the reception com mittee were in thoii- most charming mood. The entire Home was thrown open for inspection and the privilege of taking a fleetfhg glimpse into tho nicely furnished rooms and sleeping auartments and other ) tno nicely furnished apartments and other rooms was availed of by the majority. donble parlors were used as reception rooms, and from 3 to 6 they wore thronged. Light refreshments, coffee, cake and sandwiches were servea py tne ainlng room committee. Of the Home Mrs. Brunot is President. The other officers and members of tho board who assisted in dispensing the lunch are; Miss Mary Herron, Vice President: Mrs. Judge Braden, Treasurer; Miss Julia Nelson, Secretary; members Mrs. J. B. Herron, Miss Orr, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Gorman, Miss Jane Smith, Mrs- Hayworth and Miss Pres3ly. 1 A vest pretty Edcewood weddlnir last evening resulted In the union of Miss Jennie May Deeds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Deeds,-andDr. E. B. Borland. The bride was attended by her 10-year-old sister, and Dr. J. E. I Martin officiated as bost man. The 1 wedding was celebrated at the home of the bride's parents, and was witnessed by a large gathering of friends, among them many of the medical fraternity and mem bers of the medical college of which the groom is a prominent member. The bride was charmingly clad in a white wedding toilet, and carried roses. The reception and banquet which followed continued until 12 o'clock, when the newly-married couple left for Cleveland, They will reside in the future at 3164 Penn avenue. "ADreak op Fair Women" will become a reality this evening at the East End Gym nasium. The "Mistletoe Bough" will also be given. Tho entertainment ,has for partic ipants Miss Killikelly's Circle of King's Daughters. Mrs. Maurice. Caster will sing the ancient ditty and the storv will be en acted by Edith Bamsey, bride". Miss Doug lass, housekeener. nnd other vonnsr ladies. ,The minuet will be an attractive feature. in ino "iiream" icacuei Larnmer mil do Fair Rosalind; Annie Jenkinson, Cleopatra; Marion Schoyer, Margaret More; Bessie Barnes, Jeanne (TArc. Helen, JepMha't Daugh ter, Eleanor and Iphigenia will also be imper sonated, and the poet laureate will appear in the person of Theodore McConnell. A double wedding occured last evening at Trinity Church, Twenty-fifth street, tho happy people being Miss Cora B. Harmon and Georee B. Lomr and Miss Dalsv L. Har- ,mon and William E. Georgo. The ceremony was penormed at 8 o'clock and subsequently the young couples departodforan extended Eastern trip The young people are well known socially and have the best wishes of numerous friends. The Apollo Club will be seen andheard this evening at the Second IT. P. Churoh in Alle gheny. It will be assisted by Miss Grace Miller, whose farewell appearance it is be fore departing for Europe, and by Messrs. .TnriTI -T Toanaaa Vnosn mnA Ilmmii TTan1 violinist. The programme is attractive, and has an appearanco of freshness. Social Chatter. Bev. S. W. McCorxxi, of the First Congre gational Church, Allegheny, is delivering a course of Sunday evening lectures, in which' he is treating Martin Luther, Charles G. Fin ney, John B. Gough and John Wesley. An entertainment will bo given this even ing at the Fifth V. P. Church for the benefit of the Sabbath school. Byron W. King, Miss Carrie Tarrant and the A nine Quartet are booked as attractions.- ' Pittsbtoo Lodge of the Shield will give a complimentary entertainment in Sailer's Hall, Smithfield and Diamond streets, to night. Miss Lillian Burkhart will read sev eral selections. The reception to-day at the Home -for the Aged Protestants, in Wllklnsburg, will take quite a larged-sized fractional part of the populace or ladies out that way. Mas. Tatman, of Union avenue, Allegheny, will give a reception in honor of her sister- in-law, airs. j. vt. -xnompson, or Helena, Mont., this afternoon. The fourth annual plcnio of Smoky City Lodge No. 217, Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen, will be celebrated at Bock Point, Wednesday, June 17. The numerous classes of Christy's Dancing ... . VUMIUJJ edby Guen- 'thftr'R firrrisfrra The Botanical Society of Western Penn sylvania will meet this evening in the Academy of science and Art Building. A programme of German song was given 'last evening at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of Lysle Post 128, G. A. B. i This evening Post 3 will be well repre sented at the flag presentation to the Sons oi v eterans at -aiansneio. The United States receive and give a tea this evening at the Sandusky Street Baptist Church, Allegheny. The Macrum-Wood wedding occurs in Sewickley this evening at the First Presby terian Church. The Thursday Night Club will hold a re ception at Braun's Dancing Academy this evening. Miss Nanot B. Snodorass received yester day from 2 to S at her lovely Edgewood home. The Ninth ward school, in Allegheny, will have a reception this afternoon and even ing. J. J. Holmes Commandery, Company C. will picnic at Lake Grove to-day. . PEOPLE COMING ADD GOING. G. W. Pillock, of Portland, Ore., withhis wife and son are at the Duquesne. Mr. Pil lock was a former Pittsburger, and he said it was 20 years since he was here. T. A. Sny dor, of Cincinnati, who wa3 here to attend the meeting of the American Prp.Hrvn Trust held yesterday, is at the same hotel. Paul Graf, a banker and coal man of Blalrsvlllc, was at the Seventh Avenue Ho tel yesterday. Mr. Graff, in company with several Pittsburgers, was on his way to in spect the ranches of the Pittsburg Cattle Company in Utah and South Dakota. H. H. Hornbrook, of 'the Wheeling Iron and Nail Company, J. D. DuBols, Secretary of the Belmont Nail Company, and F. J. Hearne, general manager-of the Blverslde Iron Works of Wheeling, were at the Mo nongahcla yesterday. C. H. McKibbin, of Washington, a cousin of Colonel Chambers McKibbin; C. P. Gar vey, a wine man of Cincinnati; ex-Senator J. W. Lee, of Franklin, and M. C. Acheson, the Washington, Pa., lawyer, are guests at the Duquesne. Carl G. Nielson, the sturgeon shipper of Sandusky, O , is in town to inquire into the sturgeon poisoning cases, and Is stopping at the Monongahela. E. 8. McKinlay, a former Pittsburger, but now of Denver, is at the sameuotel. T. Ahern, of Ottawa, a Canadian capital ist, and the Westinghouse agent in that country, was at the Schlosser yesterday. He wont East on the fast line. G. B. Anderson, of the Central Hotel, and Chris Trautman left for Cincinnati last night on a trip to tho Queen City and Southern points. Dr. J. W. Coles, of Scottdale, was in the city yesterday to attend the races. Dandy, being a coke region horse, was his favoiite. James M. Lambing, of Corry, and James Wilson, an iron man from Bellaire, are guests at the Seventh Avenue. Bobert Kamsey, manager of the Standard Coke Works, at Mt. Pleasant, was in the city a few hours yesterday. John P. Logan, of Philadelphia, a brother of N. P. Logan of this pity, Is at tho Monon gahela. Ex-Judge It. D. .Newell, of Connellsville, and his son were at the St. James last night. J. A. Hunter, a B. &. O. official, is at the Monongahela. SOME PEOPLE WONDEB Wht the club seems to bo more attractive than tho home. Wht brick sidewalks are not abolished on business streets. Wht some folks voto secretly for them thoy denounce publicly. Wur tho striking carpenters and themas ter builders do not arbitrate. War strangers seek directory information from citizens instead of policemen. Wht stores and pavements are not swept and windows washed earllerin the morning7. Wht girls giggle when they pass a crowd and look around when thoy hear ungentle manly remarks. Wht travelers stand In hotel doors instead of occupying the comfortablo seats in lob bies and reading rooms. ;WT BMIGRATIO, TO AMEEICA. Some Points Hade by Catholic Authorities on the Other Side. Berlin, May 27. It is learned hero that Herr Cahensly has been the principal mover in the efforts of the European Catholio emi gration' societies to Induce the Pope to fol low distinct national lines In fostering the Church work among Catholic immigrants to America. The dispatcnes from Bome will already have given American readers somo information touching this movement. Herr Cahensly only rocently,rctnmed from the Eternal City, where he hadltone to lay before Leo XlILthe memorial formu lated last December at Lucerne by the con ference of representatives of Catholic emi gration societies of different countries. It was Herr Cahensly who called the confer ence, as he had previously in September called a similar conference at Liege. Cahensly is- a member of the Prussian Diet, where he has long shown much Interest in the question of Catholic emigration. He is also the General Secretary and controlling spirit of the Society of Saint Raphael. His championship of the interests of Ger man Catholics in America has borne fruits in frequent instructions to Herr "von Schloe zer, the German representative at tbe Vat ican, to use his Influence in their behalf whenever occasion arose. The Lucerne Conference, which was made up of the Pres idents of the National Emigration Commit tees, commissioned 9err Cahensly to bear the memorial to thn Vatlenn. On bis wav thither he stopped at Genoa for conference1 wiui me itaiian emigration committees, ana from there he was accompanied to Bome by the President of the Italian Association, Signor Valppllandi. Herr Cahensly was also armed with letters from many influential Catholio leaders expressing approval of the movement ho represented. At Bome Herr Cahensly put himself in communication not only with the Propa ganda and the Vatican, but also with Cardi nals Masella, Ledochowskl and Melchers, who approved of the project and memorial submitted to the Holy See. Herr Cahensly visited Herr Von Scbloezerand solicited his support. The latter already received infor mation and instruction from Berlin prom ised his intervention. Speaking of the nom ination of Manager Katzow in America, Herr Von Sohloezer said to Herr Cahensly: "This is an important act that will interest all Prussia, whether Catholic orXutheran." He added that he would warmly congratu late and thank the Cardinal Secretary of State for this choice so favorable to German interests. Requests of the Petitioners. It has been impossible to secure a list of the signatures of the memorials. The docu ment Itself, which has never before been published and which was presented to the Pope along with aU the letters and recom mendations in its favor that Herr Cahensly could get, is given herewith that it maybe seen exactly what the petitioners ask for: "Most Holt Father Tho presidents, gen eral secretaries and delegates of the Arch angel Baphael Societies for the protection of emigrants are encouraged by the blessing which Your Holiness condescendedto bestow upon them in the International Congress at Lucerne on the 9th of last December In order to consider the best means of procuring tho spiritual and temporal welfare of their Cath olic fellow countrymen who aremigratlng to the Americas at the rate of upward of 400,000 a year. "Humbly prostrate at the feet of Your Holiness, they most respectfully take the liberty of representing to you that these numerous emigrants could constitute a great power and a mighty factor in the develop ment of Catholicity in the different Sarts of America, thus contribut lg to the moral greatness of their new country, and. moreover, bv a reflex action which would soon become appparent, giving life to the religious spirit of old Europe. The true church, of which Your Holiness is tho supreme head, can alone bring about these happy results. Inasmuch as she is the source of all progress and civilization. But in order that European Catholics in the country of their adoption may preserve and may hand down to their offspring the faith and the benefits which it bestows, the un dersigned have the honor to submit to Your Holiness those conditions which, as is shown by experience and the nature of things, must essentially be established in every country toward which emigration is being directed. The losses which the church has sustained in the United States of North America amount to more than 10,000,000. "First of all it would be necessary to form into separate parishes, congregations or mis sions the different groups of Immigrants of ainerent nationalities in an cases wnerein their respective numbers and resources al io w of so doing. -Priests of the Same Nationality. "Secondly The direction of these parishes should be confided to priests of the same na tionality as the faithful. Thus the sweetest and most cherished recollections of the Fatherland would constantly be brought back to the Immigrants who would love the church' all the more for procuring them these benefits. "Thirdly In those parts of the country where Immigrants of different nationalities nave settiea, dui in too iimiiea numoers form themselves into separate parishes ac cording to nationality, it is highly desirable that the priest selected for the direction of such groups should be conversant with their respective languages. This priest should be strictly obliged to teach the catechism and to give instructions to all such different groups of emigrants in the language peculiar 'to each. "Fourthly Wherever there are no Chris tian publlo schools, parochial schools are to be established, ana, as far as possible, a sep arate school should be provided for every nationality. The list of studies for these schools should always comprise the national language of the different races of immigrants as well as the language and history or their adopted country. . "Fifthly The priests who devote them selves to the service of the immigrants should be given all tbe rights, privileges, favors and the like which are enjoved bvthe priests of tbe country. This equitable pro vision would have the effect of attracting to tho immigrants priests Of every nationality, imbued with piety and zeal and the desire of sanctifying souls. "Sixthly It would be desirable to found and encourage Catholio associations of different kinds, such as confraternities, mutual aid and protection sooietics, etc By theso means Catholics would be kept to gether and preserved from the -wicked societies of Free Masons and others of kindred nature. "Seventhly It would be most desirable that as often cs mizht be Judged feas ible Catholics of every nationality should have the episcopate of tbe country to which thoy have emigrated some bishops of their own race. It seems that such an organiza tion of the church would be perfect. Every different nationality of emigrants would be represented and their respective Interests and needs protected or cared for at the meet ing of the bishops in councils, etc. Steps That Should Be Taken. "Eightly Finally the undersigned set forth that in order to contribute to the real ization of the means they have above enum erated, it is very much desired, and they themselves ardently hope, that in all Catho lio countries from whioh emigration is tak ing place the Holy Sec will favor and shelter under its particular good will the special seminaries and apostolic schools which have been instituted for the education of missionaries for emigrants, and the Archangel Raphael societies -tor the protection of emigrants. They moreover hope that the Holy See will recommend to their lordships, the bishops, the founda tion of these societies in all emigration coun tries where they do not as yet exist, and the placing of the said societies under the guardianship of a cardinal protector. From this organization and theso measures the undersigned hope for most fortunate and most speedy results. A number of mis sionaries, trained under tho guidance of an eminent Italian bishop, have already gone to America. Others of nationB which are neighbors of Italy, before setting out to un dertake their important and saintly minis try, are awaiting for the supreme pastor of the universal church to guarantee them the untrammeled exercise of that ministry by a decree of his infallible wisdom. "Thus, provided, the Holy See will lend its indispensable co-operation marvelous re sults will be obtained. In this wise the nnnr emigrants will find again upon tho soli of America their own parishes, schools, their own societies, their own language and they will prove the means of extending the limits of Jesus Christ's kingdom upon earth. For the greater good of souls auditor the glorifi cation of our Holy Mother, the Cnurch, among tho different nations of America the undersigned, pro testing their faithful attach ment to the noly Apostollo See, do suppli cate your Holiness to bestow your paternal approval upon the measure which they have herein proposed. "With the most profound, most respect ful veneration they profess themselves, most Holy Father, your submissive, humble and obedient sons." Then follow the Signatures. Gassaway Is Now Hunting Love. Druggist Gassaway, to whom the famous Mrs. Lane letters were addressed, totally de nies Constable Love?s theory that that lady exists only In fiction, and has declared his intention of ferreting out the facts in tha murder of Thomas Tilirman. in Staubenvllle. inlSTl. Gassaway declares that Love was I impucaiea in tno crime. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The "Notorious"tea store is a Philadel phia institution. The rabbit excels all other animals iq enduring cold. The catalogue of theMichlgan TJniversi ty includes 20,000 names. A Chester street car conductor recently made 17 stops in five squares. Dense smoke from the far-off Michigan; fires spread over a part of Georgia last week, An Atchison girl who is soon to be mar. ried-will pay the expenses of the wedding tour. . There is a church building in New York, every inch of the front of which is concealed by a luxurious growth of Ivy. Kochery" is the name coined by a St, Louis medical paper for the German pro fessor's system of treatment, The boldest band of thieves inlTe York City consists of three little girls, whor operated in the large flats of the wealthy. The third party organized at Cincinnati has been nicknamed the "Cravatless," front the general dress of the delegates who at' tended It. A Tennessee country newspaper has dis covered that roaches can fly like grasshop pers, and can be seen late at night coming noma to roost. A Georgia woodman has cut a tree from) which he got two saw logs, each 43 feet long, and 40 feet of the top of the tree waslefa after removing this section of 90 feet, mak ing the tree 130 feet high. A farmer near Bloomfield, Conn., awoke one morning last week to find that sv hill 12 feet high on his land had sunken dnrW ing the night several inches. Since then the) mound has entirely disappeared. A little boy from Northeast, Md., whilg visiting his grandmother in Chester, fell asleep on the floor and rolled under the bed. Before ie reappeared the police were scour ing the town for a missing boy. New York drug clerks contemplate ory ganlzing a labor union. They claim thafl they have to work about 16 hours a day, Sum days included, not to mention the possibility that they may have to be called up in thd middle of the night. Harvard University has 365,000 bound volumes in her library; Yale has 200,000; Cor. nell 150,000; Columbia, 90,000: Syracuse, 75,O0Oi Dartmouth, 68,500r Lehigh, 67,000; Brown, 66.J 000; Princeton, 65,000; Bowdoin, 84,000; Uni versity of Virginia, 40,000. The highest place in the world regularw ly inhabited is said to be the Buddhist mon astery. Halne, Thibet, which is about 16,000) feet above sea level. Tho next highest ia Galera, a railway station in Peru, which 13) located at a height of 15,633 feet. Pulaski county) Ga., rejoices in the pos session of a gosling with three well-developed legs and feet. The extra leg is usee! by the gosling in walking. The curiosity is in good health and gives promise of grow, ing to be a fine specimen of the goose family, A contract has been drawn up byawellt known lawyer and signed and sworn to ty some 20 odd of the leading business and pro. fessional men of Wellsville, agreeing in the future to neither "treat" nor be "treated.' The badge Of the order is a small copperf cent worn as a pin. Goodvoice, a prophet of some notoriety among the Sioux, near Chamberlain, S. D , predicts that for three seasons, beginning with tho present one, we shall havo abun' aant moisture, ana lie bocks nn his faith hi putting in 100 acres of crop seed bein 4U1U1BUQI 'urnlshed by the Government. A floating rock is one of the wonders of Corea. It stands, or seems to stand, In front) of the palace erected in its honor. It is an irregular cube of great bulk. It appears to be resting on the ground free from support; on all sides, but strange to say two men on opposite ends of a rope may pass it nndetf the stone without encountering any obsta cle whatever. By including territory SO miles square around the center of each city that is, Its legitimate suburbs it will be found that ir population Pittsburg ranks fifth amon American cities, or next after Chicago. New Tork, Philadelphia and Boston are the only other towns that surpass us. We outrank: Baltimore, Cincinnati and St. Louis, not to mention Cleveland and Boffalo. , A, man in Seneca, 3fo., invented s steam catapult which would throw a five pound missile a mile. He got together a pilar Of 800 missiles, put one of them into tho sloe and touched the thing off. It landed on tho roof of a hotehand the guests thereof looked, out of the windows in dismay. They thought) for a moment that the clouds were pelting them with huge hailstones. Then came an. other shot which struck a poor fellow in tha abdomen and doubled him np instanter, and a moment later another. The excited peo- plo armed themselves with pistols, shot guns and various other "weepins" and started for the old mill. The man was ha v.' ing quite a picnic, but was at last captured, extinguished and exterminated. The inventor of the game of chess, on being promised by tho King, whom he first!, taugiit the game, that he should have any" reward he might ask for, meekly replied that he would be content if the King would giva him one kernel of wheat on the first square, two on the second, four on the third, elgnt on the fourth, and so on, doubling ud to the sixty-fourth square. The King gladly ac ceded to this seemingly modest request, and: ordered hi3 attendants to bring in tho wheat, which they began to do: but, to tho astonishment of the monarch, it was found that there was not wheat enouzh in tha whole dominion to pay off the cmftv in ventor. It would require 9.627.208.786.934,775,163 kernels, equivalenttoS0,027,097,184,485 bushels. With the exception of the Chinese rail ways, with their prejudice-crazed wrecking mobs, the unsafest roads in tha world are those of Spain, whose landslides and inunda tions wreck a train every few weeks, not tor mention the risk from bandits and insur gents. The safest are those of Northern Germany and England. Statistics prove that in 1889 and 1890 only three out 62,000,000 North German passengers lost their livqs by causes which could in any way be ascribed to ne glect of precautions on tho part of the rail way officials. In Great Britain during tho same period the ratio was one fatal accident to 19,000,000 safe trips. In America three out of ten fatal casualties can be traced to tho disadvantages of tbe one-track system. Some idea of the magnitude of the pos tal service maybe gathered from the fact) that the combined length of the railway postal routes of the country is 144,557 miles, while the transportations of malls on those routes In 1890 reached the enormous total of 186,575,384 miles. Germany, which comes next, only hai 24,522 miles and a total trans portation of 89,267,000 miles per annum. Bud while the railway service is one of great magnitude, there are the star route and steamboat services, which extend over 251, 792 miles, with a total annual transportation, of over 12,000,000,000 miles. To carry on sue cessfully this Immense service requires tha work of over 90,000 persons. Tho postal cor respondence of thi9 country with foreign lands foils a little below that of Germany. Of tho 90,000,000 pieces- sent abroad last year 70,000,000 were carried by vessels of foreign register. WITTY RHYMES AND IXNES. THE CRANK'S LAMENT. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, Tbe caddest are these we've lost again. WcuMngton Ptet. "X should think: that Jones would hava more sense than to wear that flaming red cravat. It makes him terribly conspicuous. He's got such an awful red nose, yon know." "ThaVB the reason. He wears that tie to divert attention from his nose."Jfiw Tork Recorder. Hail I Gentle Spring ! Hall, yes, and snow, blow, rain and Freeze, thaw and be infernally hot Alt within twehre hours. WaknoWyou, Gentlo Spring-(ff. He (suddenly) Do you think the minis ter wiU want to kis your She plcadlngIy-Let him. ir he wants to.Harry. He's Just grown a beautiful mustache. Seu Tork Continent. We live in a singular age, it is clear, And the end may not be far away. For everywhere politics steps to tbe rear, And theology stars it to-day. Sew Tork Press. Miss Gotham What do you think of tha theory of the Theosophists that people return to earth W live new Uves? Miss LoweU-Emerson I rather like It-that is to say. If one could return to Boston. Caps Cod Hem. The maiden.had a silvery laugh, A wealth of golden hair. But hadn't a nickel wherewith she -f Could pay her street car fare j ea TortfBemlifT- One who has traveled says: the costing season all railways leading IntaAB toga will be great trunk lines." Aw Vr yum. tuj
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