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One Year.. ................ .3 8 CO fv Daily DisrATCH, Per Quarter. 2 00 IT- DAILY DISrATCIl, uao uuiuu Daily Disr-ATCU, Including fcunaay. lyea'.. " Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, S m'ths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, Im'th.. 90 EtrxDAT Dispatch, One Year..- 2 SO TVeeklt Dispatch, One Year 1 5 The Daily DisrATcn Is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 20 cents per week. riTTSBtJBG, MONDAY, JUNE 1. 1S9L protection ox the kiyeks. That scene on the river, which is re ported in our local columns, evokes the in quiry -whether we are In the Middle Ages or in a semi-barbarous country. It is cer tainly out of harmony with the claim of a civilized community for universal protec tion of persons and property. The story of a young girl trusting her self to two boatmen to cross the river; tf the attempt of the men to carry her off down the river; of her double effort to escape by leaping into the water; and of her final rescue; all suggest new elements of nineteenth century life The existence of men -n ho are ready to take chance op portunities for abduction, the fact that the rivers afford a field where such crimes can be prosecuted with- little danger of inter ference; and the spectacle of a female vic tim's almost hopeless struggle, offer se rious exception to the claim that the laws extend perfect protection to the weak and humble. It certainly seems that until police or ganization manages to extend its opera tions to a more vigilant patrol of our rivers and their banks, those localities should be clearly characterized as places where the protection of the law does not reach. GOV. BOTD'S EOTLANATION. The interview with Governor Boyd, of -- Nebraska, which is given in this issue, practically amounts to an explanation that he Tas ignorant of the fact that his father was not a naturalized citizen until it was recently brought out In this statement Governor Boj d virtually concedes that he has little expectation of being declared eligible for the Governorship to which he was elected. On this view of the case there does not seem to be much room for partisan dispute. A man innocently supposing himself to be legally a citizen of the United States.is elected to important office. After his election it is found that his supposition is an error. It is a hardship in one view that the choice of the people cannot take his sear, out it is a hardship for which no one is responsible. It is not so great a wrong as it would be to nullify the legal requirements simply because a popular and deserving man was elected under a general mistake as to his eligibility. There is nothing more for Governor Boyd to do, but to accept the situation with . a good grace, asheseemstobc doing, and to take the earliest opportunity for assuming the citizenship of which he has shown himself to bo well worthy. NOVEL P.VKTT SYMPATHIES. It is a true saying that the introduction of new forces in politics makes strange bedfellows. A more striking illustration could hardly be imagined than the indig nation of the-Xcw York Tribune at a re cent assertion of Colonel Livingstone,of the Georgia Farmers' Alliance. Colonel Livingstone is represented as op , posing the immediate formation of a new party. "We are really Third Party men," he is reported as saying, "and want to de stroy the Democratic party; but the time has not yet come to make it known. Tou know we have to use some hypocrisy in politics." At this statement of Colonel Livingstone's private views the Tribune gets into a state of mind and proceeds to accuse him of "using hypocrisy" when he told the Northern men that he wanted to destroy the Democratic party. It is evident that whatever aid Colonel Livingstone gives to the new movement must be in the direction of oversetting Democratic supremacy in the South. It Is his avowal of an ultimate intention of that sort that puts thejesteemed Tribune on the warpatlu Tet that paper has for years poed on the platform that the solidly Democratic South is an awful thing, and that the country will never be safe until the Democratic party is broken up. The spectacle of that rabid Republican organ dancing a war dance on account of Colonel Liviugtone's willingness to destroy the Democratic party is unique. Of course, it is due, not to the fact that the Tribune loves theDemocratic party more, but that It loves the Third Party to an entirely negative degree. NO ENTANGLING ALLIANCE. The outlines of a remarkable, and, what neregardasanincredible,diplomaticpolicy come from the national capital In the shape of an editorial in the Washington Tost. Notwithstanding the authority of that very live journal, we cannot believe that any American administration would commit itself to such a scheme as it out lines. It is intimated that steps cither have been taken or are meditated for reaching an understanding with Russia and France, contemplating their aid to the United States in certain possible emergencies. No formal treaty for offense and defense, it is said, is to be negotiated, for under no cir cumstances now imaginable would the United States take part in.a European war. Such a treaty would not be necessary. One of the points, however.on which an under standing is to be reached is to give us, In case a conflict on our part with any Euro pean nation became unavoidable, the as- MBistance of the armies and navies of France Is not this nice? No one supposes that France and Russia are going to fight our battles and make war on our behalf, simply for love of the great American na tion. Those powers like a quid pro quo as well as any other nation. Whatever it may be, to the extent it goes, the United States are to embroil themselves in the European quarrels for the sake of securing the protection of France and Russia which would be worthless In the event of a general "European war against quarrels we cankeep entirely clear of by a moderate degree ot -faimpss in our-international re lations. The beauty-of this as a national project stands out clearlyin comparison with a re cent event The United States lately failed to agree to the suppression of the trade in whisky and gunpowder in Africa, on the plea that it must "avoid, entangling alliances." That principle would not let it join the decree of civilization against a trade which is depopulating the Dark Conti nent; but when it comes to making a close alliance with the two most ambitious pow ers of Europe it Is notisupposed to stand1 In the way at alL We do not believejanysuch policyis con templated by the annirdstration. Our Government does not need the protection of either .France or Russia. It is perfectly able to take care of itself; and no adminis tration will be un-American enough to put it under thetuielage of those -military pow ers. LUNACY: ON THE TAKIFF. Some of our esteemed cotemporaries, when they-f eel themselves overtaken by a desire to write tariff editorials, should ap ply to the nearest court to take them In charge as non compos meniit and likely to do themselves serious damage. We do not limit the advice to any one party; for nearly as great idiocies have been perpetrated in the name of the tariff as against it But the particular instance to which we draw attention is a joint production of two highly-prized free trade organs, the New Tork Tost and Boston Globe. In drawing up an indictment against the McKinley tariff the latter brings in the authority of the former in the f ollowingimposing man ner: According to a most careful and searching canvass made by the Now York Evening Post, the price of roast beef has gone np 15 per cent since the passage of the McKinley bill; sirloin steak, 12 per cent; ham, 13.7 per cent; mutton, 15 per cent; pork, 40 per cent; butter, 1S.5 per cent; potatoes, 20 per cent; flour, 20 per cent, and fresh fish, on the-average, 15 per cent. Is not this terrible? Of nine articles re counted in this list as having advanced In price, exactly one is affected by the tariff, and that, the staple of potatoes, onlywhen there has been such a failure of the home crop as to make it necessary to draw on the foreign supply. Of all the other arti cles except fresh fish, which are not affected by the tariff either way, this country exports a large surplus; and the fearful indictment of the McKinley act Is thus produced by our free trade friends, that it has actually increased the -value of exports of this country. If our cotemporaries had been placed under some kindly restraint until sanity was restored, they would have seen that if an advance in the price of meats, flour and dairy products has any bearing on the tariff question It Is in favor of the tariff. The contention of the protectionists is that their policy in creases the prosperity of the farmer by giving him a home market As far as these changes in the market bear on the tariff issue, they support the theory. The fact is, however, that to claim that these advanced prices are due to the tariff is equally shallow whether the claim is made on one side or the other. There has been no time for any such increase of the home market as to cause these changes. Every one with any knowledge of the markets knows that they are due to causes entirely outside of the tariff. The same is true of the vast list of changes in prices which have been cited on one side and the other of the tariff dis pute. Except the decline in sugar and a few other alterations In the prices of articles directly affected by the tariff changes, all the fluctuations of the mar ket have been produced by independent commercial causes. MONET rOK THE FAIR. A comparison of the appropriations made for the coming Chicago Exposition with those contributed for the Philadel phia Centennial gives a promise of fine dis plays if the money is not wantonly wasted. Ten States which- appropriated nothing in 1876 have made appropriations for the Chicago exhibition amounting to over $700,000, those of California, 300,000', Missouri, 5150,000, and Washington, $100, 000, leading the list Colorado and Ohio also notably increase their appropriations to 100,000. Pennsylvania, which contrib uted $1,125,000 in 1876, as the State where the exhibition was held, decreases her ap propriation to $300,000; but this is more than offset by the increase of Illinois' $10,000 appropriation In 1876 to $1,000,000. Eleven States, among which New Tork is undesirably prominent, have appropriated nothing; but even with this deficiency, which may be partially made up, the State appropriations for Chicago amount to more than double those for the Philadel phia Exposition. With about $10,000,000 raised by Chicago and $1,500,000 contributed by the United States Government, it will be seen that if the money Is properly expended the Chi cago Exposition two years hence should be a brilliant success. The danger is that a large share of this money may go for the benefit of political favorites. " Pennsylvania, in saddling her '$300,000 with the expenses of thirty Commissioners, is an example of this danger. At present, however, the prospects for the Exposition are brilliant If good work is done in the next twenty four months the Columbian Exposition should attract the attention and command ihe attendance of the entire world. Still we fail to hear of a proper explan ation from the high officials of this Govern ment ho w it was that thoy knew of the rot tennoss in the Keystone Bank as long ago as last January, and did nothing. Are thoy pro pared to accept the responsibility of making the national bank law a shamT Trrn police in Eastern cities are becoming cynical on the subject of married felicity. No less than three recent arrests are chron icled, in parVs or the streets, for the display of affection tetween promenading couples kissing In the Boston case, sitting too close together in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and the encircling of the woman's waist by the man's arm In the park at Montreal. The arrested conple In every case bavlngplcaded the privilege of matrimony, the policepower responds that married people do not act that way. It seems Important to learn whether the pessimistic view of matrimo nial affection taken by these guardians of the public peace and morals, is dne to im partial observation or sad personal experi ence. The way recent custodians of money are going to jail in Philadelphia indicates that the Quaker City is at present a very un pleasant place fur those who speculate with the money of other people and lose It Those who win of course retain their posi tions as eminent financiers. That story, made the subject of indignant commentby numerous Eastern papers, about Kansas Alliance people having opposed by force the foreclosure ofamoitgageheldbya school teacher, shows that thoycommltle"da dishonesty ns radical as the plundering of small Investors' savings by the great corpor ate managers If tho story is true. But as exactly the same ale, without the school- teaeuer attachment, was told oneo before and proved to be made out of whole cloth, -l maybeTvell to await further corroboration before passing sentence on the Alliance. CONQRESsarAir Williams, of" Massa chusetts, attacks the clergy of his district for not denouncing the Bin of' vote-selling. Perhaps the clergy are afraid this would necessitate an attack on the vested interest of vote-buying. , Ex-Senator .Ingalls' declaration that he will not talk to newspaper Interviewers because he can write out his views and got $1,000 for the article, permits the Inference that his.plan of making an immense fortune by raising potatoes has not proved satis factory. Perhaps a bettor reason for Mr. Ingalls' refusal Is the recollection that a former famous interview betrayed him Into some indiscreet remarks about the absence of the Ten Commandments from political principles. Well, .although the late Legislature did not make a very great success in any or its attempts at legislation, it la a mitigation to know that its members demonstrated them selves to be experts -in the line of throwing paper balls. It is surprising to learn from New Tork that one of the Park Commissioners thinks the proposition to establish a children's playground in the park Is "very radical In its nature." A public parkofanyslze which did not have a children's playground would be a very useless affair. But it Is one of the examples of the peculiar action of some men's minds that the Commissioner who takes this view thinks It all right to surren der more park space to Jay,Gould's elevated railway. After all the talk about the closed sea son, it seems that the North American Com mercial Company and the seal poachers will kill seals as usual this year. All parties directly interested are thus satisfied except the seals. Tub acquittal of Plenty Horses produces some protests on account of its effect on the Indians In that light, the responsibility must rest with those who brought the In dian to trial under circumstances which ren dered conviction impossible. If the same energy had been directed toward bringing to trial the officials 'whoso inefficiency or dis honesty produced the Sioux outbreak, the effect on both Indians and whites would havebeen unexceptionable. Russell Harrison's nolo eptscoparl may apply to the filial duty of partnership In the family organs. Mator Shakespeare, of New Orleans, In his last outbreak, says if Consul Corte comes back "we will drive him from the city." Tho Shakespearean Idea that mob law is able to attack the representatives of foreign governments Indicates the degree of savagery which rules Now Orleans. No more civilized people than the Soudanese Mahdists have heretofore threatened consuls. Now the sunshine lets us hope that we will have some real summer weather. The information that Cockerell and Turner, late of the World, have bought tho New Tork Commercial Advertiser has a doubly gratifying promise. It permits the hope that the Advertiser will become a live political paper, and that the World will now work out of its recent rut and be Something more, than a Hill organ. SNAP BHOTS IN SEASON. As A rambler, the Prince of Wales is all that could be desired. Harrison will undoubtedly welcome the. hour when his son Bhall set. Love finds the way either to the altar or the divorce court. The hard-headed sinners nowadays are satisfied to let the preachers wrestle with faith while they hunt for faots. If health was only appreciated like beauty, tho plain girl wouia captivate. If water cost as much as beer, more of It would bomsed to quench thirst. Potato culture is uphill work, but it pays. After a candidate is slaved he is fre quently wiped out. Scratch a saint and you will probahlyi find a heretic. Moles are frequently found on necks of land. The faith of the past is-the most annoy ing doubt of the present. Bread cast upon the waters now will, probably be deposited on a sand bar. Excursionists will soon be picking cin ders out of their eyes and sand out of their teeth. Political secrets are not worth much until they are put In circulation. The position of Governor would be very nice were be not compelled to lira in Har risburg. FEBS0HS OP PE01HNENCE. Senator Peffer is a protectionist. GeorgeKxnnan's "Siberia" will shortly bo published In London. Ko Shirt has been elected Chief of the Umatilla Indians In Oregon. Sol Smith Hussell, the actor, is fish ing for bass In Berrien county, Mich. Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, re turned recently from a pleasure trip to Can ada. Miss Ethel Ingalls, daughter of the ex-Senator, is a brilliant and versatile writer. The Czar and Czarina, accompanied by their family, visited the French exhibition at Moscow Saturday. Eev. Dr. Hart, Dean of Denver, is oc cupying the pulpit of tho Episcopal Church in Berlin during the temporary illness of the regular minister. The only woman on record who was the wife of a Governor, the sister of a Governor, tho nicco of a Governor and tho aunt and foster-mother of a Governor was a Southern woman. ' Sir Henry Parkes, the leading Aus tralian statesman, and to whom Is due the fact that Australasia Is now virtually a fed eral republic, began life as a farm laboror In England. William Walter Phelps, the United States Minister to Germany, has obtained for Frank Vincent, an American traveler, a let ter from the German Minister of Foreign Af fairs, instructing German officials in Africa to assist him In every possible way. Mrs. Bayard Tayloh has returned from Germany, and will henoeforth make her homo In this country. Her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Killaui, a German In spite of his name, accompanied her from the other 6lde and propose to remain here also. On June 5 the Prince and Princess of Wales and other royalties will patronize a performance at the London Opera Comigne In aid of the distressed IriBh ladies' fund. A new comedietta, "The Highwayman," by Justin Huntley McCarthy, if. P., will then be given. The Duke of Sutherland, who is some thing of a musical enthusiast, has erected a large organ in the grand hall at Stafford House, London. The Instrument, which Is the largest and most complete of any In private residences In England, Is blown by a hydraulic engine, and cost 8,000. 3Irs. James T. Field, of Boston, the widow of the publisher, is said to possess one of the largest private literary collections in the world. In tho library are 'quantities of valuable original MSS. and autograph let ters, and in the garden at tho rear of the houso grow trees thai were planted by many famous authors and public men. , THINGS IN GENERAL. v A New Society Known M the Christian So cial Union The Anticipated Work of the Organization Opening for aBrancn In Pittsburg. rwnrrraif fob tub ispatch.i Prof. Richard T. Ely, of the Johns Hop kins University, has sent mo a statement of the purposes and an outline of the antici pated work Of the Christian Social Union. "Our prbnaryalm," the directors of this new society say, "Is educational. We begin with no elaborate programme, bnt with the intention of striving earnestly to know what are all theaotual economlo and social facts which confront us to-day In our own country, to ascertain the nature of tho un derlying principles, and to seek to discover the methods which must be followed to bring about improved social conditions. Our desire is not tf stir up strife, but to promote peace amqng all men. TVe come hoforethe public, not as tnosewno ciaim that they have the truth, but rather as those who are earnestly seeking for the truth. But this is not all. Wo wish to urge and help all members of the church to put Into their actual life such truth as maybe known On social and economlo topics. Our ultimate purpose Is the establishment of righteous sooiol relations." The Christian Boclal Union was organized not long ago In England, whore Dr. West cott,Biihop of Durham, Is the President. Its most active branch In England Is at Ox rord University, where It has a leadership of energetlo and progressive professors and a membership ot enthusiastic students. It came over to this country-on the 8d day of April, at which time a meeting-was held in New York, and an organization was ef fected, with Bishop Huntington for Presi dent, and Prof. Ely for Secretary. What it wants now Is Interested men. Education Is the Watchword. Tho alms of the Union are formulated in its constitution under these three heads: L To claim for the Christian law the ulti mate authority to rule social practice. 2. To study in common how to apply themoral truths and principles of Christianity to the social and economlo difficulties of the pres ent time. 3. To present Christ in practical life as the Living Master and King, the enemy of wrong and selfishness, the power or righTWousness and love, 'xne jxonomw Review has been adopted as the organ of the association. The first book recommended for reading and study is Prof. Ely's "Social Aspects of Christianity." What the organisers of this society desire is to get thoughtful men together all over the country for qniet study. They would have branches formed in towns and vil lages, at which a coarse of reading should be carried on, such as the directors shall fiomtlmeto time commend. They would have occasional general meetings, which would attract general attention. They would have lectures given and leaflets printed. Educate, educate! Is the watchword of this society. The Need of the Hour. Nobody, I think, can dispute the good which such a campaign of education should effect. What we w&nt more than anything else is to be informed. For the most part our hearts are right; but our heads aro puzzled. We don't understand the situa tion. "We know In a vagua way that there are labor troubles, and that a good many people are living In a very uncomfortable sort of fashion. We read about Strikes, and shootings, and eviotlons, and difficulties be tween unions and operators. But exactly where to put our sympathy we know not. And yet we ought to know, and we really "want to know. But how to knowt That is the question. For between us and a right Judgment in these matters there seems to be a big wall of political economy, exceedingly hard to climb and thickly strewn along the top with broken glass. We despair of getting Over it. Truth and the right of things are on the other side, but here 'are we on this side, and this big wall between. The Christian Social Union proposes to help us oyer. Here are two men who have a national reputation for understanding the times, especially on the social and economlo side. One is a Bishop, the Other is a profes sor. And the Bishop and the professor say, to us by means of this society, If there Is any man who honestly wants to get as near as he can to the heart of this matter we stand ready to do our part to help him. We will tell him what we know. W will direot his reading. We will bo his counselors. Not a Sectarian Society. It seems to me that hero is an oppor tunity. It is open to anybody who will put himself in communication with Professor Ely, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. I suppose that I ought to say just hero that this Christian Social Union is mainly made up of members of the Episcopal Church. It seemed best to tho managers to secure themselves that sort of backing. But that need not hinder anybody. There are no lines nor limits; nor anything sectarian about the Christian Social Union. I was speaking last week in this Monday Meditation about tho three elements of the new era, as outlined by that Dean of tho Faculty of Professors of Things in General, Mr. Stead. The three characteristics of the new age inta which we are advancing nro, (1) The universal dominion of the English speaking race, (2) the reorganization of Society on a socialist basis, and (3) the recognition of the equality of women with men. Tho discus sion of the second of these great matters has been greatly increased during the past few months, not only by the need shown on the part of worklngmen of abetter understand ing of their position, but by a recognition of that need on the part of people in authority. There are not many greater men engaged at present in addressing the inhabitants of this planet than the Prime Minister of England and the Holy Father at Rome. And the Pope has just published an encyclical deal ing solely, as we are Informed, with the labor question; while Lord Salisbury has ap pointed a Labor Commission to investigate the labor question. Ihe labor question cer tainly needs discussion and Investigation. We have got to know more about It than we do. The Christian Social Union is timely. ThiS, or something like It, is what wo want. A local branch of such an organization, If there should be one In Pittsburg, would do well to provide during Its first year for at least three public lectures, one at the begin ning, one at the middle and one at the end of the session. These lectures might be given by Prof. Ely, by Bishop Huntington and by Mr. Carnegie. An Ideal Programme Sketched. At tho monthly or semi-monthly meetings there might be some such programme as this: The meetings might begin with the reading of a paper on a subject -preyiously announced. The text or topic for such a pa per might wisely be taken from the current number of tho Economic Review. Threo mem bers might bo assigned to follow the .paper with comments. At each meeting there might be discussed a section from the book commended for study. This seotion mijsht be read aloud and tho reading followed by I analysis of the chapter, another a review of previous chapters and others brief comnlents upon points of importance suggested. The Professor of Things In General would give a good deal, to hear sueh high mattors as "Public Philanthropy," "The Alienations of Wage Workers from the Church" and "Ethics and Economies" honestly discussed by 20 or SO Pittsburg Christians and. capital ists. "A great deal has been said," remarks tho Boston .Herald in this connection, "about Christian Socialism. It Is held that the Church ought to give tone and character $0 industrial society. That it ought to have enough power to compel right relations be tween capital and labor, that it ought to re strain both parties from preying upon each other, and that until tills sort of influence is" exerted the Christian Church has not ful filled its mission in modern Bociety. This Christian Social Union is Intended to make such a beginning among Christian people In each denomination that there shall be a large number of men and women who are prepared as educated experts to teach oth ers and Influence opinion. This Is the be. "ginning of a right method. It represents a popular movement ror tne .training of Chris tians to take their proper place In all the current movements of our time, and for ex erting an Influence ln-fayor of what Is right wherever thlnits are likely to go wrone." .. The new society Is attracting? attention In I a good many plages. It deserves attention here. ' k TACT OK FANCY1 The Nice Little Story That Comes From the Gay City or Paris. A few years ago a man of a certain age, very well dressed and gentlemanly In ap pearance, frequented a celebrated cafe in Paris, and every morning asked for a enp of coffee and a roll, says Fi garo. Ono day he went out without pay ing; the same circumstance occurred the second and even the third day. The garcon informed the proprietor. "Cost Men," re plied the latter: "serve the gentleman as usual, and do not pay the least attention to the hhl." . , For one year thjs went on, when, suddenly, the customer disappeared. The proprietor had almost forgotten him, when, to his sur prise, he received, freight paid, 13 chests of coffee and 12 bales of sugar. A let ter accompanied these singular pack ages stating that the writer was a rloh planter of Martinique, who for some time had been In difficulties, and thus begged to acknowledge the polite kindness of his host, Who for one whole year had allowed him to run into debt at his cafe. A BLAVATBKY "MntACLE." Tory Clever Trick Flayed by the Deceased . Theosophlst. Pan Han Gazette. An ex-official of the Theosophlcal Society an apostate told me of one of Madam Blavatsky's miracles performed in London. She was entertaining a dinner party, and suddenly said: "I feel like working a miracle," adding, laughingly, "Doei any one wahtnnythlngt" A young malo gnest answered that he would like an Indian silver filigree card case. "Very well," said H. P. B., concentrating herself!. After half a minute had passed Madam told her visitor to go into the hall, and he would find what he wanted in his greatcoat pocket. And ho did so. The card-case was of unusnal kind, and the young man declared that his desire for such a one bad only entered his head a mo ment before he gave it utterance. The one possible explanation, under tho circum stances, was that Madam Blavatskv had first had the card-case put in her guest's ooat,J ttuu iiien luiu wiiieu 111m w uuuk uith Campaign Liars in Training. Minneapolis Tribune. Next year's contest is not likely to be a dull one for lack of preliminary praotlce on the part of tho campaign liars. In the lan guage of the ringside, they went to work early, and there won't be an ounce of super fluous truth about them when time is called,, Discussing the Subjects. Lancaster Examiner. ) The loons t blossoms and putting off tho heavy underwear problem have appointed a conference committee, but have arrived at no conclusion yet. Take It to the Dime Museums. Albany Evening Journal. . Out In Illinois they have discovered and photographed tho bacillus of the grip. Now the question 1st What are they going to do Wlthttt j The Cool Corporal. Washington Tost, It Is not ont of plaee to remark that Cor poral Tanner comes out of the latest Pension Office flurry without turning a hair. A Koason Discovered. Baltimore American. Perhaps some people nro so anxious about joining new parties because they cannot get nominations in the old ones. A Peaceful Pursuit. Philadelphia Record. History will award a high plaee among peaceful pursuits to the pursuit of the Itata. Go Out and Hustle. York Age. There is just now a great dearth In local news.' DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE. Mt Dublan. M. Dublan, Finance Minister of Mexico, died at 12 o'clocfcdFrldajr night at Tacribnya. Presi dent Diaz, In an lnterrleir, said tuat the Minister's death would make absolutely no change in the financial policy of the Government, Assistant Secretary Gambora will remain at the head Of the Department of Finance for the preient. Obituary Notes. OAED1HAL A1AMONDA, Archblz hop of Turin, is dead. He was bom In 1818 and was created a Car dialmlS79. Frederick 0. BaukkT, the oldest shoo manu facturer in Petersburg, Va died Friday afternoon, sgtd 80 years. Sins. MABOABBrMcCAGtrBdledyesterdayather home, in ewlssrale, aged 82 years. The funeral will occur to-morrow, CotOHiL William h. purroit, one of the most widely known and popular public men in Ylrglnla, died at his home In Greenville Friday night. Davtd BboOCS, tho electrician and Inventor of electrical appliances, died at his residence lnOer mantown Saturday night, of pneumonia, aged 72 years. BSWAM1W CtBABT died yesterday forenoon at the age of 81 years. The funeral will occur to. morrow from the residence of his son-in-law, John Gow, In BcUrue. Cuief ENGi-EEn J. F. BtsouAM, of the United States Steamer Alliance died at the United States Consulate at Yokohama. The remains were burled at Urakame, Japan. "W. H. LsoAM), formerly a Justice of the Su preme Court of New Tork, and a member of the Commission of Appeals, died on his farm near Mount KIeco, Friday afternoon. M. JCIES-Gabkiei, AYHE, Senator of France, is dead. M. Ayine was born in 1800, was a lawyer by profession, a Conservative in politics and was a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Mns. MABT O'Bnrrw. died early yesterday morning at the residence of her son-in-law, Thomas A. Pender, No. 63 Wylle arenue, in her SOthyear. The funeral will take place to-morrow at 9 a.m. Hon. W. H. MOOS died at New Orleans Friday. Be was a native of Wilmington, Del?, and was 53 years old. Mr. Moon served as a member of the Louisiana Legislature, and was alto in the last City Council. Sin AxTonniA DORtoif, Chief Justice of the Que bec Queen's Bench Court, and formerly leader of the Quebec Liberal party. Is dead. He was for many years one of the most prominent figures In Canadian pubUb life. Alexander Coraon died Friday at Kearney, Neb, He UTed almost oil his live in Indiana and was one of Oliver P. Jtorton's right-hand men. He was postmaster of IudlanapoUs and part proprietor of the Indianapolis Journal. Major David IX. coins, of the United States Marine Corps, died at his home In New York City, Friday night. A small steamer on which he was a passenger during the Civil War Was captured by the Confederate privateer Alabama, and he was held as a prisoner for several months. These old people have died along the Schuylkill Valley recently t Mrs. Mary Islaub and JohnMobr lnir. of Readme, ated resnectlvely 92 and 88 -rears; Peter Egolb, Sr., Puttstown, 94, the tame as that7 at which His nuicraiea oerore nim Sarah Richard ton, Chatham, 05: Conrad Herman,Shenandoah,90; Ramuel FrltJ, Earlrille. 94; Dr. I. . Coffman. PhcDnlxvIllc, 88, one of the six oldest graduates of the University of Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Sarah Delancy, ofMahouoy City, 92, one or tho pioneers of SchuylkUl County. IN A SWING, Here's a picture of the spring (Happy spring): It is beauty in a swing ' (Such a swing) I Made of vines from garden bowers Where the blossoms rail In showers. With embroidery of flowers Pretty thing She is Beauty. Up the goes In tho air, And there tumbles down a rose Fiom her hair. I can catch I wlU not miss It Tumble, tumble ah, this Is It, And with lips of love I kiss it For my dear. 'Swlngme, swingmel" It is clear I am caught In a fairy, silken snare, AU for naught; For her tweet commands are ringing. And she will not atop theswlnglog, Thongh the birds of love are singing Happy lot I "Swing me, swing mel" How her tones' Ring and ring, 'Till the bean within me groans Tired thing! But her heart i like a feather: - Would to heaven, in Just.such weather. We could go through lira together ' In a a wing I " - " Atlanta Constitution. EXCHANGE EXTRACTS. Little Things Clipped I"rom tho Other Papers The Gravity and Gayety of Llf e Pathos and Pan In the Same Colnmn With Science and History. The loving devotion of av mother to her chua is almost as enduring as the heavens above and is not to bo compared with earthly things. This fact has many times been exemplified, end the extreme hardships un- aergone last wceK bj Mrs. Nancy BJxkiller, mother of tho two Dunnawas boys who were banged at this place Friday, says the Fort Worth Gazette, was onlyanothorsubstantiat tng instance of this assertion. After learn ing that the principal chief had refused to pardon her boys or commute the death sentence the old lady was wild with grief and determined to go to the ohicf In person and make a last appeal to him for their Uvfes. The distance from Mrs. Sixkiller's home in Going Snake district to Chief Mayes' resi dence on Grand river is not less than SO miles. Although an aged and feeble woman of 70 years she made this long Journey afoot and alone. And all In vain! Her pleadings with the stern old chief came to naught, and tho heart-broken mother was back at this place theday before the hanging, so that sho might be with her doomed hoys during their last hours on earth. When she left her home Mrs. Stxklller had on an old pair of shoes, but when Bhe ar rived In Tahlequah, her feet were bare, torn and bleeding, and she was in an utterly ex hausted condition, caused by her grief, hun ger and fatigue. She bad waded creeks and climbed moan tains until her Shoos were worn completely from her feet. Hard to Believe, Walking down one of the long stone plat forms in the Grand Central Btatlon to take a Hudson Elver train, an elderly gentleman picked up a $3 bill last Monday afternoon, says the New York Times. He was' appar ently a conscientious man, and as there were several persons ahead of him, he hastened forward and accosted them one after the other men, women and children with the query, "Did you drop this $5 toilll" 8tranpe to say, he neither lonnd the owner of the bill nor a dishonest person disposed to take advantage of his own frank honesty. A Btuslan Story. Tho Caucasus Is full of highwaymen, who make the roads unsafe. But there are also knights of good order there, of whom the highwaymen are in terror. The listok of Tiflta reports an Interesting- Illustration: A merchant of Tlflls made his way to a neigh boring olty to purchase horses; he had a large sum of money with him. In the district of Bortchallnsk he waa assailed by three Tar tars, who tied him to a tree. One of them held a dagger over his head, while the other two unbuttoned his garments and made ready to eteal What he had. But suddenly a man on horseback appeared from' behind a hilL As soon as the robbers sighted him they Called out "Shaltsn haltrl" (Satan comes), andmounting their horses disappeared in a moment. The man on horseback freed the unfortu nate merchant and told him to mount and resume his Journey. The merchant offered a hundred-ruble bill to his liberator, but the latter disdainfully declined to accept It. "If thou hast many of these things," he said, "endow the poor and hide the rest. Shatro does not want thy money. Go thy way and inolude Bhatro lu thy prayers to Allah." Feasts In the Past. In 1633, the opening Of Inlgo Jones' new theater was celebrated by an elaborate banquet, says the Gentleman's Magazine, at tended by the Lords of the Council, and the bill amounted to 84 5s id, exclusive of wine. Glass and plate were hired, and some of the former was broken and had to be paid for. We have the details of three dinners In 1678. A leg of mutton costs 3s id, a sirloin of beef Cs, three chickens and three rabbits 6s od, eight artiohokes Is, and four cauliflowers Is 3d. For buttered Ble, the Ingredients of which were 100 eggs, eight gallons of ale, two pounds of butter; eight ponnds of sugar, and one ounce of nutmegs, the charge was In March, 1678, a Whole cod cost Ms, but 13 teal and three ducks only 18s and 9d, while ousters were 2s a quart. AVestphalla hams were 6s or 8a each, geese 8s and 6d, and tur keys 2s and 2d. A brace of bucks cost 8 13s; they werelput Into eight pasties, at a furthre expense of L Green peas appear In thd bill of fare for the first time In 1693, and then at an October dinner. Some of the. members) of tho oompnny were allowed to take away the remains of these feasts, and there is an entry In one of the books that after an entertainment in July, 1729. Mersrs. True love and Fradln, who both subsequently filled tho offleoof master, carried off "four dozen quarts of wine, One whole venison pasty, one whole goose, one whole foul, and several lemons ana sugar." White Men In Liberia. According to tho New Tork Bun, when col ored colonists from America established a little Bepublio of their own in Liberia- they adopted a Constitution which provided that white men should never be permitted to own real estate In their country. They thought they and their fathers had suffered sufficiently through their contact with the White race in America, and thoy proposed to five tho-'whltes no opportunity of getting he upper hand In Liberia. For years there were no white traders In that country, but finally the citizens of the new ropubfio permitted agents of foreign firms to establish themselves at Monrovia, and other points along tho coast. Commerce with Liberia has greatly augmented In re cent years, and foreign traders have been greatly hampered by tho fact that they could not acquire any real estate. They have appealed again and again to the Llbe rlanB to amend their Constitution, and the Statesmen of tho Republic finally determined to do so. The Constitution has been amended, and hereafter white traders will be permitted to own a certain amount of Llberian soil. The Iron Horse's Breathing. The "breathing" of a locomotive that Is to say, the number of puffs given by a railway engine during its Journey depends, says iron, upon tho circumference of its driving wheels and their speed. No matter what the rato of speed may be, for every one round of tho driving wheels a locomotive will give four puffs two out of each cylinder, tho cylinders being double. The sizes of driving wheels vary, some be ing 18, 19,20, and even 22 feet in circumfer ence, although they are generally made of about 20 feet. The express speed varies from M to 68 miles an hour. Taking the circumference of the driving wheel to be 20 feet, and the speed an hour.60 miles, a locomotive will give, going at ex press Bpeed, 880 puffs per minute, or E.800 fmffs per hour, the wheel revolving 13,200 lines in CO minutes, giving 1,056 puffs per mile. Thercrore, an express going rromLonoon to Liverpool, a distance of 20iji miles, will throw out 213,048 puffs before arriving at its destination. During the tourist Benson of 1886 the Journey from London to Edinburgh was accomplished In less than eight hours, the distance being 401 miles, giving a speed throughout of 60 miles an hour. A locomotive of an express train from London to Edinburgh, subject to the above Conditions, will give 423,436 puffs. When Gladstone Was Young. John Gladstone, the father or tho ex-Pre-mlerof Great Britain, trained bis children to give a reason for every opinion they offered. It was In this way that William E. Gladstone was early trained to debate. On ono occasion William and his slstor Marr diSDUted as to where a certain nlcture vought to be hung. An old Scotch servant came in wim u muuer, aau seooo irresolute while tho argument progressed, hut as Miss Mary would not yield, William gallantly ceased from speech, though unconvinced, of course. The servant then hung up tho picture whore tho young lady ordered, but when he had done this he crossed the room and ham mered a nail Into the opposite wall. Ho was asked why hi did this. "Aweel, miss, that will do to hang the picture on when ye'll have to come round to Master Willie's opeenlon." The Holers of Muscat. A European traveler, who was. visiting the court of the Imam of Muscat not long ago, relates in Touth's Qmpanion the following: T Tinrl heard that M rillnr nf Mnarlf. fur tho last hundred years had died a natural dcatu, and was interested wncn, in our con versation, the,Imam. himself introduced tho matter of this extraordinary fatality among the sovereigns of hid country. "Is it true," I ventured to ask, "that no Imam for 100 years has died In his bed?" "Certainly not," Bald ho, with a perfectly grave face. "Lot me see four of them havo died in bed." "And they were not assassinated, then?" "Well," he said, "it Is true that they were found under tho mattress instead of on top of it, but they unquestionably died in bed." Thoy had been smothered by their heirs apparent. Life and the Truly Good Editor. Life, says the editor of the Reading Times, is fuUof the sweet flowers' of thespirit.- Mosey U only to make us comfortable, to give happiness to others, and thus transmit happiness by the spirit's telegraph us. Kindness, gentleness, faith, generosity, brotherly love these will transform mortals at last into angels of beauty and light and fill life with odors of paradise. Butno snow white dove of heaven will ever come to rest Invisible upon the shoulder of that being whose soul has been hardened and narrowed by the dark current of sordldncss, whoso only blind, stupid, selfish care seems to be the hoarding of money. To such come none of the delightful messages of peace 'and health. Queer Funeral Preparations. The Carnesville, Ga Enterprist publishes the following story of an old negro of that place: "Lindsay Drew, a colored centenar ian of this county, was In town on Monday afternoon. He Is perhaps tho oldest colored citizen In the State, and la In good health for one so old, and has only one defect, that of being very deaf. He has concluded his days are few on this earth, and was In town to fcee Hon. IV. B. Llttlo, his life-long friend and legal adviser, as to his pecuniary mat ters. He also made suggestions as to his burial after death. Ho wants to be buried at the old homestead about six miles above town, and wants Mr. Crawford to take the affair in hand as master of ceremonies. He does not want to bo buried in the new fangled Btyle, but prefers thoold union style, and wants the members of tho bar at this place and the officers of court to attend his burial In a body and fire gun9 around his grave and bury him with the honors of musketry. "Ho requested the following persons to be resent with tho firearms named: J. S. ortch, blunderbuss: W.K. Little, flint and steel deer rifle: B. F. Camp, blacksmith's anvil: 3. B. Parks, revolutionary mnsket; A. N. King, horse pistol; Sheriff McCarter, Bwell-mnzzled shotgun; Ordinary MoKenzle, Joe Brown pike, ms request will no doubt be complied with, and when the day of Lindeav's burial comes there will be a large crowd present to pay their respects to the old man. Lindsay Is well known to many of our citizens, and had a nice property before the war. Ho was always ireeL and never knew what It was to boa slave." OUR MAIL POUCH. Bishop Xittlejohn and Divorces. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Tour Issue of to-day contains a "special telegram" from New Tork with this heading, "A Bishop Denounces Divorces, but Never theless Assists His Daughter to Secure a legal Decree." The body of the telegram then discusses the action of the Et. Bev. Abrain Newklrk Littlejohn, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Long Island, in reference to the divorce- of h5 daughter, and divorce In general, so far as the Bishop teaches. Tou are not at all responsible for the peculiar light which your correspondent throws over the case, to which I refer, and It id for this reason that I beg the privilege of saying a word In a Pittsburg paper In favor of a very learned and great prelate who has certainly been misrepresented. I can Bpealc from personal knowledge for ho ordained me to the diaconato and priesthood, and besides the early part of my ministry was spent In his diocese. There Is not a more consistent man or Bishop in the United States than Bishop Littlejohn, neither is there a more success; ful administrator. I am nosltlvo that what ever he has said or done in reference to his daughter's divorce has been both honorable and consistent. He Is a very cautious man. The Protestant Episcopal Church holds and teaohes the indissolubility of holymatri mony; but she says that If either party to the sacred contract bns deceived the other prior to the ceremony, their marring has been "null and void from the beirinning." This is the ohurch's language to "the per sons Who are to bo married:" "I require and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of Judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either or you know any impediment why ye may not be lawfully Joined together in matrimony, ?e do now confess 1C For be ye well assured hat if any persons are Joined together other wise than as God's word doth allow, their marriage is not lawful." Surely this Is clear language. It means, first, this, viz: If either of you have been untrue to the virtue of purity, if either of you have been married and have a husband or wife still living from whom you have not been scripturally freed, if either of you by physical causes are im peded from being what you represent your Bolf to bo and what you know you are not, then your marriage is not lawful. Now under this point, and for one of the above Sven reasons, the marriage of Bishop Llttle hn's daughter was "null and void from the yginnlng." But we have a State law as well as an ecclesiastical one, in reference to holy mat rimony. Marriage is both a civil Contract and a sacramental rite. The church in the case of Bishop Littlejohn's daughter did her part when she, through the mouth of four Bishops selected for the consideration of the subject, declared that tho marriage was "null and void from the beginning." And the Bishop of Long Island did only hla duty, when, in obedience to a summons from a Btato court, he bore testimony that his daughter "was deceived, if she had been, by Mr. Jenks. Bishop Littlejohn was placed in a most delicate position. He was and is a defender Of the sacrednees of the marriage vow. Ho was and is a father of a beautiful daughter who was, we are told, both deceived and thrown upon a eruel world without support by a man who represented himself to her as an Ideal suppliant for her heart and hand. What was the Bishop and father to dot Take her home and yet leave her chained to a matrimonial corpse? Assist her In getting a State divorce without an ecclesiastical foun dation, or Just cause? No. He did first the churchman's part, viz: show that their mar- riage was "null and void from tho begin ning." Then he did the Citizen's duty obey tne taws 01 tne scaie. 1 am aware of tho fact that I have tres passed upon your precious space, but you will pardon me for the reason that you are as willing as the writer to clear away the eloud which some would. If they only could, lower down Upon a great moral teacher as woll as Christian Bishop. Respectfully, Isqrax N. W. iRvnrz. All SAEtTs' Chtmcu, Braddock, Fa., May 20., Information for C. D. C. To the Editor of The Dispatch: C D. C. can in all probability secure the Information he desires by addressing Hon. FhUip Rieord, New Jersey Historical Sooiety, Newark, N. J. B. Fbaxkuh, M. D. PrrrsBUBO, May 50. PEOPLE WHO COUS AND GO. George Mathesou, the iron man, returned to New Tork last evenlne. He was on hl way home from California, where he spent a gooa pare 01 tuu wuncr. juu wus coarmoa with the climate and raved about the trnnlfiil trees nnd nlhnts. He tlilnkn thn Iron trade will pick up Bhortly. The Indica tions are tnat a gooa Dusiness win do aone in the fall and next winter. General Superintendent C. E. Bowe and Superintendent of Construction Thomas Itemard. of the Western Union Teletmnh Company, will start to-day to inspect the lines ana offices along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad system. Franz Cazin, a Denver mining engineer, Is at the Schlosser. He came hero to buy boilora from the Stirling Company for a Mexican silver mine. Among those who went to New X6rk last evonlng were S. S. Marvin and hi son, O. P. Scaifo and wife, and Edward Groetzlnger, tho carpet man. S. W. JJlsk, the head of a neckwear house in New Tork, and Charles Gnenard, of Fort-de-France, are b topping at the Anderson. J. L. Colbert, of Brownsville, and Judge W. M. Orr, of Orrvlllo, are among the gucsta at tho Seventh Avenue Hotol. John M. Thompson, of Butler, and 'Will lam Faschcn and wire, of Milwaukee, are at the Monongahela House. Samulel J. Pipen, a London clothier, and James Kawle, or Bryn Mawr, are registered at the Duquesno. David Longeneoker, ex-County Treasurer of Dauphin, was in the olty yesterday. W. L. Burdick, of the TJnited States Navy, is at the Duquesne. WE'LL HAVE A GBa.iT0Wff, When creeds combine. Wnxs cranks disappear. Witex tho Hump Is leveled. When tho'wlres nro buried. Wuzx the Ship Canal Is cut. Wuks Allegheny Is annexed. Wuex river navigation is free. Whek all the smoke is consumed. WnES the Allegheny Is slaokwatored. Whet the Carnegie Library Is finished. WirKTwebavea publio hall worthy of tho name. Wusif Schenley Park Is pronounced, fin ished. Warn the Mayor and the Chiefs kiss and makeup. Wnst wo are not discriminated against by the railroads. - Wbzk larger fire engines are aided by fire )joats and water .towers. ... Wircr Cobble stones' and bricks ara not used for paving purposes. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A boy in Atchison catches English spar rows In a rat trap. 0nly4 about JiO per cent of English clergymen are teetotallers; The most turbulent member of the To peka City Council is named LulL A hoy in Washington State caught 5t wild pigeons with one swoop of his net. London proposes to build astmcture that will throw the Eiffel tower In the shade. Lake "vessels exceed in size and number aU coasting and river craft of this country. The largest forest fires in Michigan have occurred a decade apart in 1S7L 1881 and 1S9L An adult laboring man wastes five ounces of muscle In the course of his doily labor. In proportion to its population, Austra lia Is the largest tea-consuming country. England comes next. Military experiments in Eussia prove that the strongest walls are snow walls. No cannon can batter th,em down. , A Grand Baplds lover was mean and nngallant enough while courting his fiance one evening to steal her watch. Evangelist Wills, of Detroit, is adver tising the World's Fair by predicting that it will wind up all earthly affairs. A new occupation for women in London Is that of "conversation crammer," whose business la to coach up ladies for dinner par ties. Gold Beech, with Its river warehouses and wharves, 13 now high nnd dry, an inland town. A recent flood completely changed the course of the Coqullle river. Montana is larger than the Empire of Turkey. Texas Is larger than tho whole Austrian Empire by 30,000 square miles, and New Mexico Is larger than Great Britain and Ireland together. A large and curious fish, recently caught at Calhoun, Ga., had a head that resembled that of a snake, and had teeth like a human being. It Is of a variety unknown to the oldest fishermen of the place. The latest novelty in ferns used in Lon don Is one simulating a rose. When closed, It looks like a bud. When opened it resem bles a full-blownotise: and, as it Is scented with theporfumd of that flower, the Illusion is complete. Black anta are crowding the guests out ofaLudington(Mlch.) hotel, and the pro prietor advertises for an exterminator. One guest watched a solid procession of them a foot wide crawl up the side of his room for Six consecutive hours. Chocolate should be taken at early morn, with no more solid accompaniment than a piece of bread; It should be so thick 4 that a spoon might stand upright in it, and immediately after its degnstatioh a glass of Cold water should be drunk. The tallest trees in the world are the gum trees of Victoria. Australia. In somo districts they average 300 feet high. The longest prostrated one measured 470 feet, and 31 feet in girth near the root. The big frees of California must take a back Beat. Wilder, the Western humorist, says that in appreciating good Jokes a crowdof news boys Is the quickest and most Intelligent he ever met.. No point, gesture or shade of In. flection escapes these alert little nomnds, while on the other hand many fashionable assemblages are chilly and unresponsive un til you break the crust of reserve or indiffer ence as if with a sledge hammer. A whirlwind which occurred at Shell Bluff, Ga recently was so severe and of such a dry, parching nature that it destroyed be tween four and five acres of cotton. After the wind passed the cotton weed, which be fore was growing vigorously, would crumblo to powder In the hand whsn touched. The Immense cloud of sand and dust raised frightened a good many persons. A new method of ventilating railway carriages and preventing dust from enter ing With the air has appeared in France. The more quickly the train moves the more rapidly the ftpparatns works. The air Is made to traverse a receptacle containing water, which cools it and relieves it of dust, after which it goes through another filter ing before entering the carriage. The currant bushes near Bloomington tlL, are infected by a peculiar parasite, which covers almost completely the gTeen ' fruit, and whose poisonous qualities have Odcnsloneda good deal of excitement. A child died, as the doctors assert, from eating the parasite-Infected green currants. The lad died In the most intense and horrible agony, Buffering as If afflicted with rabies. A lobster recently caught in Belfast Bay, Me., weighed 23 pounds and measured 37 inches from the end of his tail to the end of the longest claw, 20 Inches around the body, andl7 inches around the large claw. Barnacles adhered to the claws and body. The monster was too large to enter the trap, but as the trap was drawn up became en tangled In the heading and was safely landed In the boat. Two of the German Emperor's favorite dogs recently ran away from the stables at Potsdam without leave and without their muzzles, which la a necessary article of a dog's attire In Berlin and its neighborhood. 'Fix" and "flchnurchen," after a day's en joyment, were taken up by the police, but were eventually restored to the royal stables after payment of a fine of 3 marks each by the Emperor. A Jury at Spokane, Wash., after beipg Out 24 hours, could not agree, when the Judge ordered them back Into the Jury room to remain until they reached a verdict. He also Instructed the bailiff not to give them anything to eat until they had found a ver dict of guilty or not guilty in a highway rob bery case. In ten minutes thereafter tho Jury returned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty as charged. An inunigraht girl arrived at the Barge Office at New- Tork the other day, suffering from that terrible scourge of poorly-fed people In hot countries, elephantiasis. Thl3 girl's case, however, would be a peculiar one" even in countries where elephantiasis is at Its worst, for tho disease has attacked her hose, and has enlarged it to such an extent that the Barge Office carpenter was called up to measure It. lie found It to tio $ Inches long. . JOKES AND JINGLES. OOTID IB CLOTHBS. - lis sad that Cupid thus should hide, His grace of form and limb; But he must dona tftthlng salt If he'd be la the swim. Texas Sillngl. Miss Conesbreigh Oh, papal I never taw such a love of a bonnet I" Papa (feeling for his wealth)-! hare or, rather, forone. Rank LeslieU illustrated Sews. v Didyouever strike a boarding house, No matter when or where, Bnt what you found them running on Some dish or other there? Tou'dgetltmornlng4, evenings, too. If home, you'd get it noons And I'll bet a dollar to a cent If Hwasn'thash 'twas prunes. -' Puet. . Retribution When a man slips on his own banana peel. Savannah. Times. Her cloak in camphor should wrap, And laid it on the shelf awar ,,' Alas 1 Tor springtime's chill mishap. " In camphor she is wrapped to-day. - wS f Sea Tork BeraUL'i 'Cssr "I trust, young man," said the preacherj dminghU can on the family, the other evening, "p" "that yon are pursuing the eTen tenor of your' &f way?" i .. 'I'm pursuing the even tenor in our chnrch that's. 10 my way." replied the youth hotly. Vir he doesn'tstop flirting with my girl ruiammhlm." Buffalo Cornier. -l' Go down to the country sanctum WlUlo the fishing is good ror tront, And yoa'U find that the JoUy editor, T" Llke the seat of his pants. Is out. . Augusta (Ca.) Corontels. Brine Well, Jawleigh, after a year's -trial would you say marriage was a fallnre? J -Jawleigh-pr course not. My wife Is an orphan, -Washington $tar. -"' Once I really thought it true, ! "Man proposes, gods dispose;" Now the adage I construe, jj, - "Gods, dispose man to proposel'3i E. A. ltoyt in Jew England Jftgnttne. Mrs. Fornndred Count, lei aae latro- dnca you to Mr. Scadds, the owner of oar greatest I Count do Vcrd Ah I I am glad to have seTptefelr or meeting so aisungutsucu dombwi spa. ror Telegram. a5j&9Wfl Though "make hay while the saTsafaMti Is a proverb neglected. '"SiS MaltelOTS while the moan shtoestt , S! IsrorcTerrespectea. , -. cp-7 IWWftWffiPf J ' -. . ": 3 ?&rj 1 ., .&,
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