fccSRia WiFMKaPZrtv "PBR TffE ;- PTTTOnTmQ- DISPATCH.' WTNTtSDAY. TONE " " n '1891 - " , -, . . , . - , , Bigpaftfr. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1818. Vol. , No. US. Entered at Pittsburg PostoClce, November 14, 1KS7, as secon-l-class matter. Business Office Corner Stnithneld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. 5- MASTERS ATJVERTTSINO OFFICE. ROO! BOOM a. riniiTviTmr.iiiVfi x rr TrtRK. where com - ptote file of THE DISPATCH oan alwavs be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the Mnvenlenee. Home advertisers and Mends cf THE DISPATCH, while In New York, are also made welsome. f Vnxon Stvo. Jfcw Tone, and 37 j ae I vvm, , Ite-Li. Rom Mjjre awrnne who has been auap- jtotnted at a hotel netes ttand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TESE IX THE CltlTEB STATES. Dailt DisrATCH. One Tear i 8 CO DU1T Dispatch. Pet Qnarter. 2 CO Dailt Dispatch, One Month TO DAII.T DisrATCH, Including Punday. 1 year.. 10 00 Dailt DisrATCn, Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. 2 SO Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 m'th.. SO SCT.-HAT DisrATCn, One Year. 2 SO TrtEDT Dispatch. One Year. 1 55 Tin Dailt Dispatch li fleUvcrod by carriers at IS cent: per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at 2) cents per week. PITTSBUBG. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3, 1B91. CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION. Concemine a project which the manag ing politicians have marked out, butwhich the Governor should veto and the people should, If he does not the Philadelphia Press says: "One of the purposes of a Constitutional Convention if one is to be held should be to change the restrictions 1 regarding judicial apportionment so that the State may be divided for convenience and economy." This presents an example of the kind of changes in the Constitution which may be urged legitimately and on their own mer its. But in order to secure an intelligent expression of popular opinion every such chauge should be presented for the ap proval of the voters oy ltseu. .rreseniea , in that way each proposed amendment can be impartially and fairly settled; but if it ' is tied to a lot of changes in the Constitu tion, such as the abolition of the restric tion on public indebtedness, or the repeal of the restraints on corporate aggressions, they have either got to be defeated with the snakes, or the jobs must be swallowed in order to obtain legitimate improve ments. Constitutional amendment where there Is a demonstrated necessity for it is all right But there is a wide distinction be tween taking up each proposed alteration and settle it on its merits, and the scheme of taring to pieces tho best Constitution Pennsylvania ever had within seventeen years of its adoption, and permittinga new Instrument to be drawn up by a convention packed in the interest of the managing politicians and their allies and owners, the great corporations. The Governor should take his stand In defense of the Constitution from every such insidious method of attack. If he does net the people should settle this matter for themselves at the November election. STATESMEN AND INTERVIEWERS. It is again brought to public attention cither that the statesmen are indiscreet or the reporters exceedingly mendacious. The latest victims of the interviewers are ..Ingalls and Grcsvenor. They havolately been credited in print with remarks not of the most discreet character; and both now come forward and declare they did not maV.e them. It is undoubtedly exceedingly pernicious for-the wicked reporters to put remarks in the mouths cf eminent men without due auttiority. On the other hand, if the emi nent men did in a moment of haste say tilings they might wish unsaid, it is "very small work to get out of it by laying the blame on the bad reporters. The remedy .for the situation seems to be for the pualic men to put a padlock on their mouths, or to insist on having the inter views written out and submitted to them for revision, according to tho style of the Congressional Record. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. The last change in the public debt state ment indicates a further abandonment of the iinancial policy which constituted one of the strongest features of past adminis trations. The statement of total debt, less cash in the Treasury, shows an increase during the past month on account of the reduction of the cash balance. Conse quently the statement contains an addi tional "item representing a decrease of 52,200,000. While this may be a valuable and proper feature iu a public debt statement, its adoption at this especial juncture has a peculiar and unfortunate significance. For nearly a generation the Republican party lias correctly clairapd the credit of a jeductieu if the deduction cf cash in the Treas-ury produced that showing whether there was an actual reduction of bonded debt or not If that proposition was correct, as we think it was, then its con verse must be true that, if the expenditures by depicting the cash balance produce an lncrcaso of net debt, the fact that certain bonds were retired cannot break the force . of the adverse showing. It will hardly do to mako the rule work one way and then when it gives signs of working the other to change it It, is to be conceded that it is legitimate to inform the publie each month how much of the bonded debt ha3 been rotired. But to introduce that as a new feature at this time indicates a conviction that we have reached the period when the statement of "debt less cash in the Treasury" can no louger be relied upon to make a favorable showing. TRINCES AND LAWS. The spectacle of the next hereditary ruler of England in the witness-box testi fying to the particulars of a gambling quarrel, in which ho was a participant, has teen pi esanted to tho English nation. It can hardly fail to inspite profound cogita tions in the minds of that portion of the English publie whp regard morality as a matter of any importance. A striking feature of the Prince of Wales' testimony is that It amounted to a declaration that he had violated the En glish law. The laws tn England arc exceed ingly strict against gambling, and there is an especial enactment against that purely gsinbllns; game which furnished the oppor tunity for the present quarrel. The En glish law, howevr. is as mute when it comes into collision -yxh tho practices of royalty and aristocracy as our law is when lt3 enforcement might interfere with tho 1 ji.ilicj of corporation magnates. Conse quently there is no more idea, when the S utuie King of England testified that ho Jg:icr.d edicts against gambling, of main ta'jiing the laws against him ihan there is vicn-J-eooiaiiouin the United Slates . .-- - announces Its successful nullification of constitutions and judicial decrees. But will it not rive this age an unde-. sirablc rank in future history to "have it re corded that laws ivhich were passed on tho theory that they are to govern all classes become null as against the great and in fluential? THE ARAB rmilGBATION. The latest undesirable Immigration is in the shape of Arabs, who might probably be more correctly classified as Syrians. It seems to have become a matter of common report in that country last year that peddlers and beggars of the Oriental type have a great field of labor in this country. Some hundreds of them came last summer, and this year the immigration has set in with greater force. The Custom House authorities have rather tardily got their eyes open, and are now sending the Arabs back. The experience had with the attempt to check Italian and Slav immigration does not leave us ground for firm faith that the legal barrier will prevent the country from being overrun by Moslem beggars. There is abetter cure for this evil in the return to the old law of making professional mendicancy a misdemeanor and providing the mendi cants with enforced labor. Every com munity has the local authority to put such a law in force. If the immigration of a character which comes here to beg or sub sist on the publio charities growstoalarge volume, each section could find work for It in making good roads until the immigrants perceived the necessity of finding work for themselves. Moreover, If such a rule were put gen erally In force, It is certain that the fame of It would eventually reach A$ia Minor and put a full stop to the Oriental oisposi tion to come to this country as a first-class field for begging. THE DAT OF DABE HORSES. Present indications give those who have been grooming dark horses for the Presi dental race renewed zest, and Inspire them with tho vigor of hope in their work. The cold fit his setin as regards the booms of favorites, and both parties are consider ing the availability of new men. The Democrats are drawing reluctantly to the conclusion that the Cleveland-Hill divisions are too radical to permit either to pull as strong a vote In the pivotal State of New York as some outside man. Con sequently Uncle Joe McDonald, of Indi ana, bring himself to the front with the complacent remark that the Democrats can win success by nominating "some, good Western man." Other people are unfeel ing enough to say that this bill can be filled by Yilas, of Wisconsin, or Palmer, of Illinois. In New Tork the perennial William C. Whitney boom has been trotted out once more, while Pattison and Camp bell, of Pennsylvania and Ohio, are not saying much, but stick closely to their Gubernatorial wood sawing. In the Republican party the same ten dency toward change has produced some surprising candidacies. The note of con servatism in the Harrison boom indicates that the policy of capturing a renomina tion vi et armis has been abandoned. The preference for and pre-eminent position of Blaine has been disturbed and rendered nugatory for the time being by the dis closures concerning his frail health. The manufacturers of new booms have bent their energies to the task with the result of producing several masterpieces in the line of political grotesques. The people of Pennsylvania have had the large draft made upon their credulity of asking them tc believe that Don Cameron is a sure enough Presidental candidate, instead of a stock-ln-tro for Pennsylvania managers. 'Sev eral Washington correspondent have trotted out Stanford once more as a Farm ers Alliance Republican candidate, while tho Alger adherents hug thomselves with pleasure at the thought of renewed ex penditures in that barrel boom. None of these candidacies can be con templated seriously; but if Blaine is put out of the way by his health, the fight of William McKinley "for victory in Ohio attains increased national significance. If he can win in a close State about equally placed in situation and interests between the agricultural West and the manufacturing East he will be the leader designated by the political' conditions to uphold tho tariff cause next year. All these signs of the times are exceed ingly interesting. But our ambitious friends should bo warned not to over-exert them selves this year. It is still a twelve-month to the nominating conventions, and many booms may perish and new ones rise before that period. "Goveksob Pattisoit never lets up on the enemy. He has appointed an anti-Quay Bepublican to the Pennsylvania Pish Com mission," remarks the Washington Post: By going away from homo we thus obtain a political classification of our esteemed co teniporary, the Hon. George Wclshons, which has tho merit at least of novelty. By a somewhat protracted study of his many sided subject, we had arrived at the con clusion that the broad-reaching geniality and catholic iriendships of "St. Geo" would not permit him tobennti-anythlng.. A close an alysis of his personal views led us to tho con clusion that he is a Jcflersonian Democrat In abstract theory, and the intimate friend and adViser of all parties in actual practice. Nevertheless, the esteemed Post may be right, and this classification will stand until the new Pish Commissioner defines his platform in his first report on the subject of fishes, which may include some side-lights on the complementary subject of loaves. The Hon. Tim Campbell denies that he has Joined the Farmers' Alliance. Timothy's view is decidedly to the effect that his pres ent alliances are good enough to let him har vest the votes and the spoils in the down town w ards of New Tork City. The New Tork Herald thinks that If Mc Kinley "puts a pidlock on his lips he may bo elocted, but if he stump3 the State and J tells the people tnat nigu taxes are 'a con summation devoutly to be wished he will very quickly become a back number." 3Io ICinlcy is not tbo man to put a padlock on his lips, and wo will stand or fall by his principles. The Ohio campaign' will be a square test of the high tariff .policy, If that bothersome Third Party does not knock the calculations, of the politicians all out of gearing. Tirn Rev.. Sara Jones' boast is that he has converted 200,000 sinners; but the statistics cannot bo considered complete until they state how many of the 200,000 converted themselves back again after tho Bev. Sam let go of them. Ararat boxing all around the compass -on the subject of Secretary Blaino and his pros pects, the New York Herald managed to say that "if Mr. Blaine Is in danger of losing his mind, it might be well for some ambitious Bepublican to make a still hunt for It." The performance of this final flip-flap on the vory day when Mr. Blaine's appearanco in Boston showed him to be in a serious state of health, puts tho Herald In tho same cate gory of idiocy as Judge and tho other family orgaus. I The weather this year docs not intend to lenvoany doubt on tho question whether summer begins with the 1st of Juno. A Pnu.ADKL.nnjV cotemporary prom ised on tho day tbo President was there that ho would "notice what too crand system of protection has dono tor Philadelphia." IT tho President kept his eyes open enough to read in the Philadelphia paper what tho grand systom of protection provided by tho National Bank act lias failed to do for Phila delphia depositors it is to bo hoped howlU make a stir -when ho gets back id Washing ton with inquiries why tho law waa not en forced, y The expense of the Charleston in failing to catch tho Itata are stated to be 25,000. This looks like a good deal of money, but It night bavo cost a good deal more if the fugi tive vessel had been caught. Mb. Ikgaixs' latest deliverance, to the effect that "since Jefferson -we have had no civilian President of tho first order, and It is not probable that wo wUl over have an other," is an expression of tho conviction that in the retirement of John James Ingalls the conn try suffered a loss -which Is not com pensated for by the presence In the" roll of Presidents of such names as Lincoln, Gar field, Madison or Adams. Me. Russell. Harrison's assertion that "the President cannot sail about on golden wings," draws a nice distinction between that ideal method of motion and the Pull man excursion train. It is interesting to read iu our esteemed Baltimore cotempornrles the expressions of ecstasy over the starting of the first cable line there. Pittsburg seemed to be slow about adontin that method of transit ten years "lifter It had proved a snecessj but the discov ery of Baltimore that it nas got an improved method of transit in the cable line in this year of grace proves thore are oltios slower than our own. The company Organized out in Ohio to lend money to the farmers at 3 per cent has everything needed to win popularity among the farmers, except the money. The fact that Harvard students have again daubed the statue of John Harvard with paint proves that university to be cursed with soma undergraduates who are persistent hoodlums. Thoy have not origin ality enough to invent new acts of van dalism, but simply stick to the ruts of stupid hoodlnmlsm that some one else has marked out for them. The despondent lover yesterday showed a 'little more sense than is usual with men of his caliber, in shooting himself before he. tried to kill his sweetheart. Owxng to the grief which has overtaken a Philadelphia politician who banted on the prefix "honest" to his name, it is suggested that any tendenoy to use that title hereafter be abbreviated Into "Hon." That abbrevi ation used to signify "honorable," but at present It Is fully understood to mean only that the possessor is a practical politician. The proposed fireboat and water tower protection to business and manufacturing property has not brought down the rates of insurance as ye With Colonel Cockerell taking hold of another Democratic paper In New Tork, Colonel Clarkson will have to Improve his scheme of carrying the election next year by starting more Bepublican organs. It will be necessary to add some means to get peo ple to read them, however. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Gexxrai. Neai. Dow, of Portlrnd, Me., Is 87 years of age and still resides in the house which he built for himself in 1S29. Colosel T. P. Oakes, who Is at the head of the Northern Paciflo system, is 40 years old and began his railroad expolience as a rod man. Pieere lion, the new member of the French Academy, has written most of his books on board ship during the long hours of the night. Last PAUaczroTr, wife of the British Min ister in Washington, is a great pedestrian, and takes her daily "constitutional" regu larly before noon. The Empress ol Russia is a charitable and almsgiving woman,, who Is naturally bright, clever and Joyous, and who, were she not always haunted by the fear of disaster,' would be one of the most cheerful ladies in the world. Bev. Dr. Hakcouet, of Baltimore, urges all politicians, statesmen and publie officials to Btudy the life of Daniel, a man who "stood the test of political Intrigue, Jealousy and hatred," who "made no slips" and "never allowed the Persian ship to drift In the trough of the sea." Oscab Wilde's mother has suffered re versals through loss of rents from her Irish estates, but she is as bright and refreshing as ever, and can rattlo away in seven differ ent languages as if each one was Jierjxatlye tongue and she was bound to make its charm appreciated. PROTECTED HIS LITTLE SISTER. Why an Omaha Boy Was Tried for Tamper ing With the Malls. Omaha, Neb., June 2. A frail-looking lad about 16 years of age has been in jail here several days, and was to-day taken before the .United States grand Jury to answer to the charge of tampering with tho mails. His name is Harry Loxie, and he has lived at Calloway, this State, where his father and mother kept a hotel, another member of the family being a Bister of the boy aged about 12 years. Among the boarders at tho hotel was a man who showed more attention to the handsome landlady than was proper. The husband protested, but in vain, finallv became disgusted and left lor Ivansos. About the same time the boarder went to Laramie. Soon a letter arrived from Laramie, written by the absent lover to 3Irs. Loxie asking hrr to come to him and bring her little girl with her. Harry Intercepted tho missivo nnd opened it. He kept it from his mother, but it was found by his grandmother, and thereupon the old woman lodged a complaint against the boy. When brought before the grand jury Harry said he kept the letter because he was afraid his mother would take his sister with her, and he did not want the little girl subjected to such evil influences. There was no indict ment returned, and one of the grand jury men, a banker, adopted the boy. WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE. President Moffat Announces the Pro gramme for Commencement Week. tSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE niSPATCH. J Washington, Pa., June 2. President J. D. Moffat has announced the order of exercises for commencement -week at the Washington and Jefferson College. On Monday, June 22, the opening address will be preached by the President, add the address to the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation by Eev. D. P. McGill, of Allegheny. On Monday class day exercises will be held! and also the celebration of the quarter-centennial of Washington and Jefferson Col lege. Tuesday the reunion of the classes of U, '51. '56, '68 and '81 will be held. The com menooment of the class of '91, with 33 mem bers, will be the attraction of Wednesday morning, to bo followed by the alumni din ner. Large numbers of the alumni are ex pected to be present during tho week. TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION. It Holds Its Annual Sleeting nnd Finds Itself In Good Shape. Little Rock, June 2. The National Con vention of tho Travelers' Protectivo Asso ciation was called to ordor at 11 o'clock this morning by President J. Hanks, of the Ar kansas division, at tho Capitol Theater, and Bev. S. O. Haines, of Netherwood, N". J., founder of the Commercial Temperance League and chaplain of the association, in voked divine blessing. After Governor Eagle had welcomed tho delegates President McGrew delivered the annual address, which showed the organiza tion to be in a healthy financial condition. An Experienced Mormon. Salt Lake Herald. Some of the newspapers are again talking about tho inability of a woman to throw a hall, and thoy are attributing this failure on her part to the anatomical conformation of the shoulder Joint. A girl may bo -unable to throw a ball, but tho conformation" of her shoulder Joint doesn't interfere with the ex pert handling of a rolling-pin. CURB AND CORRIDOR. A Dear and Damb Hotel ClerkElectricity In a New Field Boasting the'Weather, a City IdylThe Gossip of the Town by tho Topical Talker. "I've met some remarkable hotel clerks In my time," said D. A. Browne, of New Tork, to me yesterday, "but the funniest snap of the sort lever heard of came within my ex perience at a big hotel in the South last winter. It was one of those big cara vanserles that are springing up all over the South, but especially on the seaboard of Florida, and I would give you tho name of the hotel if I were not sure to be going there again next winter. Wen, when rwalked up t5 the desk the day of my arrival a man with Immense whiskers and a voice to match banded me a pen and said, Tou'll want a $58 room,' and we engaged In the regulation scrap over terms and so on. My wife was with me, and for that reason I had to take what I could get and be thankful. The man with the big whiskers, whom I afterward found to he the proprietor, handed us over to the hell-boy. While my wife and the trunks went to the room I tarried behind to attend to several matters. The proprietor had ro tired Into a door behind a high desk, and across the register from me was a young man of middle height, and anywhere from 25 to 30 years of age, whose prominent feat- HrB t-f a nrnman'i avn WAra nlllA tfrrtxa nnrln a JO W M TV lMBU O UJ W w H4MV VJ VO( vuiiv yellow hair, and a fair mustache with twisted ends, anu to a man's a cold, lmpu- dent stare and a sneering ig upper up. a qis Bat be was the only 11Rn Mm ftt flrafc sln-ht. man behind the desk -within reach, so I asked him to look and seo if there were any telegrams or letters for me. He flung out a Silo of mail matter upon the desk, but he idn't say a word. I felt my dislike for that clerk growing. I noticed that ho was dudishly dressed, that two diamonds of large size sparkled on one of his hands, and an odor of cologne emanated from his neighborhood. When I had concluded an unsuccessful search for correspondence, it seemed to me that a susnlcion of a snearincr Bmile hovered about that clerk's npper lip. I didn't want to know very badly, but Just to make the supercilious oeggar talk, I asked him what time dinner was served. He looked calmly through me as if I'd been a sheet of your Pittsburg plate glass and made no reply. I repeated the question. I think I was really glad that I got no answer. It gave me a chance to resent the sneering mouth and glassy eyes of the man. With studied calm ness I said: 'Is it customary in this hotel to refuse to give the guests information for whioh they politely askl' He never moved hlsllps, anoV worse still, his eyes were fixed upon me In a cold, hard stare. I had a dollar in my hand, a silver dollar, and .knocking with It upon the marble counter, I repeated the question with a few added words of a profane character. It hadn't the slightest effect upon the frozen blonde, but tho noise brought ont the man with the big whiskers. I told him very plainly what I thought of suoh treatment as I had received, andl was about ready to sail In and wipe up as muoh of the floor with the pair of them as I could, for I was red-hot mad, when the proprietor n"u uuuuiyj -iuy dear sir, .air. .manx is dumb, absolutely speechless; and his hear ins is affected also.' " What in thunder do you keep him for- hn' Tool-art r " 'Oh! he Is very useful In his way,' re plied the hotel keeper, and that is all the ex planation he would make. But there is no doubt that the deaf and dumb clerk was a superb Instrument of torture to the guests and when he was on duty 'front' was de serted." Where Is the Electrical Pump? "The steam siphon Is a big Improvement over the old hand-pump, but I wonder that electricity has not been practically applied ere this to the work of pumping out coal barges," said Mr. W. 8. Wolcott, pointing to a fleet of coal boats and barges lying near the Bellevue dam, upon which men were busy at the pumps. "An electrical maohine for this very purpose, a handy and power ful little pump, that could be carried to any pun ui iub ooai aesireu, nas, A Know, Deen patented by a Pittsburger for some time, but I have never heard of its being put to any real use in our river trade, Where, it seems to me, there should be a great de mand, for it. If such an electrical pump could do used there would be an immense savlne of oower. that Is now frittered nrniv in the passage of the stream through the siphon pipes to a remote part, as often hap pens, of a big coal tow." Woman's Way and Man's. Two ladies met in front of the Postofflce not long after noon yesterday The sun was making Fifth avenue a good deal like a fry ing pan at the sizzling point. Both ladies carried parasols, and the younger, hardly more than a school girl in years, though there were indications of matrimony In tho empty market basket she carried callously, began the conversation with the truthful re-i mark: "Isn't It dreadfully hot T" The parasols collided at this juncture and both ladies shut them up, while the elder, a handsome matron dressed in one of the highly fashionable creamy cloth dresses which have a masculine accent In the cut of the miniature coat tails, admitted: "It Is, indeed. ' There was not a feather of shade on the pavement, or within their reach, but the conversation did not languish in the heat. "I think it is the hottest day this year. I don't know how to keep cool," said the younger. "It is too bad to have to stay In the city after the summer sets in," said the other. "It is so warm to-day that I declare I could not keep my gloves on." "Don't say anything about that," was the rejoinder. "I feel sure I'm a perfect fright. I do perspire so dreadfully, you know, -and as for my bang, I know I shan't dare to look at it when I get home." "I've got a lot of things to do this morn ind,"was the next remark from the elder matron, "but it's bo hot that I really don't think I shall Btay downtown much longer. It is awfully warm, Isn't itt" "It is positively very hot 1" "Quite melting I" "Like August 1" "I'm just roasting I" At this Juncture a rude, unmannerly man squeezed between them and they were caught by opposite currents tn the stream of pedestrians, which they had been blocking to some extent, and carried apart, one np the shady side of Smithfleld street, where she raised her parasol, and the other to a came car, wnicn sue encerea. Amomeat later a theatrical manager and a newspaperman met where the twofairvic tims of the heat had roasted the weatfaerand been roasted for ten minutes. Said the thes plan: "Hot, isn't it." "Yes. What do you say to a beert" was the other's reply. "Go you 1" And they went. 4 Hot Weather Hoodoo. "Last week I was afraid to wear a straw hat," said E. D. Wilt yesterday, "because it might have set some of my patrons to think ing It was too hot to go to the theater. I am glad that the theater is closed, and that I can stand out front of the lobby, if I like, in a linen duster and a straw hat without hurting business a bit. Indeed, Blair, who runs the lemonado stand, would be glad to have me pose there as a hot weather adver tisement. It's a fact that a walking sugges tion, like a man in hot spell rig, actually makes other men thirsty. I've noticed ft often." BI. LOTJTS LETTER CARRIERS EXCITED. They Are Suspended for Violating the Civil Service Reform Law. St. Lotus, June 2. Three mall carriers have been suspended by Postmaster Barlow for violating the regulations of tho Postofflco Department. From the talk indulged in by members of the National Letter Carriers' Association there, is no telling where the difficulty may end. Tho three men were getting up an excursion, the proceeds of which were to be donated to the local asso ciation, In direct violation of a rule which forbids the solicitation in person or through others cnntTlhntinns of monev. clfts or nrna. I ents, to sell tickets for fairs, picnics or en tertainments 01 any jtmu. Sam Morton, one of the suspended car riois, made this statement: "Postmaster Barlow had nothing to do with our suspen sion. This flaht comes from Washington, and it is tho oponing gun In n campaign against the National Letter Carriers' Asso ciation of tho United States of America." Postmaster Barlow has referred the matter to Washington. SOU After Ingalls. ZanesTllle Times Bccorder, Ex-Senator Ingalls has been so completely relegated to the limbo of things that are not, that an esteemed cotemporary feels Justi fied in speaking of him us "a mere remin iscence." A Fervent Hope Louisvtllo Courier-Journal. It is to he hoped that the Tack Trust will not put' tacks up so high that the buyer win be unable to get a carpet after he has bought his tacks. HC0S Iff 6ES6T0N, Annual Meeting of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania at Heading. tEPECTAI. TELEOEAlt TO TITB niSrATCHO BEADnro, JUne 2. The forty-first annual meeting of 'the Medical Society of Pennsyl vania convened here to-day, to remain in session four days. Upon the stage when the doctors were called to order were President ' Craig, of Columbia; Dr. S. D. Bell, of Butler county, and Dr. W. 8. Foster, of Allegheny, two of the Vice Presidents; Dr. Atkinson, of Philadelphia; Dr. S. Lv Kurtz, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements; Bishop Howe and Mayor Merrltt. Addresses of wel come were delivered by Mayor Merrltt and Dr. Kurtz, after whioh Dr. Hiram Corson, of Montgomery county, was Invited to a chair on the platform. Mr. Corson Is tho oldest living President of the society, having served 40 years ago. Afterward the ox Presidents were invited on the stage. Dr. Dulles, of Philadelphia, addressed tho society as to the workings of tho Commit tee on Incorporation, whioh had procured the charter of the State Medical Society. He stated that this was the first meeting under the .new cmrrter. A report of the Treasurer, Dr. Dnnmiz, of Philadelphia, shows the assets to be $609 88. The report was received. The report of the Committee on Publication was accepted. It was pre-i sented by Dr. Jackson, of Philadelphia. Dr. Murray- Weidman, of Beading, offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of one member lrom eaoh county to collect funds for tho erection of a monument of tho late Dr. Benjamin Bush, of Philadelphia, at Washington. President Craig appointed Dr. Weidman Chairman of the committee. Dr. Murray presented the society with a copy of the proceedings of tho meeting at which the society was organ ized, held at Lancaster, April lL 1848. Dr. Christian Lange, of Pittsburg, delivered tho address on medicine. His paper was very interesting. This evening the President, Dr. Alexander Craig, delivered the annual aaaress. SOME REMARKABLE TtTrPT.-pfg To Questions Found in Australian Ex. amtnatlon Papers. The dullness of examination papers Is sometimes relieved In "the strong Now England of the Southern pole," as it is in the mother country, by amusing blunders. An Australian paper recently to hand contains some speoimens. One candidate wrote that tho importance of the reign of Alfred "lays" In certain facts, among them (appropri ately) the fact that "England was saved for a hundred years from the Danish yolk." Another candidate stated that Alfred "en couraged literature and established a paper named the Chronicle." Strongbow "crossed over to Ireland and defeated the Irish cairns." Bichard II. declared that at the demand of Parliament "he would not dis miss the .meanest turnpike in his kitchen." The Soman Cathollcs,'reimrded TClltnhnth'n claim as Invalid because her mother was be headed." The attempt of the young pre tender to win the crown was opportune, be cause "time had healed the breeches made by his father." "By the Salic law no woman could sit on tho crown of Prance" a merci ful provision to which even perfervid advo cates of woman's rights could hardly have objected. Thaf'a parliamentary opposition when defeated should resign if in a mi nority" is a constitutional doctrine more dazzling than lucid. Perhaps It is only in a land troubled with the heathen Chinee that we could expect a direct tax to be defined as one "paid by the consumer of the com modity in question, as, for instance, the dog tax." A NORTHWESTERN CENTENARY In Memory of tho First Sunday School Or ganlzed In a Large Territory. tSFECIAL TXLEGBAU TO THE DISPATCH. Marietta, O., June 3. Trains have been crowded with delegates and visitors to the first centennial celebratlpn.of Sunday school work in Ohio, and of the""thirty-second an nual convention of the Ohio Sunday school societies. In 1791 Mary Boyd Lake established the first Sunday school In what was then the Northwest Territory, comprising now the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan nnd Wisconsin. The school was started in Marietta, behind the stockades that wero erected as a defense against the Indians. MILLIONS OF BUSHELS OF COAL Loaded in HIcKeesport River Barges Wait ing for a Rise In the River. - SrXCTAX. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l McKeespoet, June 2-One-half of tho coal works alpng the Monongahela river are idle on account of .the scarcity of empty craft; and will remain so as long as the river will not permit the great stock of coal ready to be shipped to be sent out. There are 15,000,000 bushels of coal ready to be shipped, and all available craft is now In use. If the river would rise it could be shipped, and work at the 3-oent rate would go steadily on. ENDS TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE. Superintendent Maxwell, of the Cincinnati Merchants' Exchange, Resigns. CnrcimtATi, Juno 2. Colonel Sidney p. Maxwell, who for 20 years has filled the re sponsible position of Superintendent of the Merchants' Exchange and Chamber of Com merce of this city, to-day tendered his resig nation. The resignation is wholly unexpected, and In his letter to the Board the Colonel ex plains that it is purely upon personal grounds, not in any way Involving any fric tion or want of harmony, butiimply because the duties are too onerous for his impaired health. M'KEESPORTS NEW THEATER. Work on It Will .Begin as Soon as the Car penters' Strike Ends. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH. McKeespoet, June 2. Hartman Bros., tho wealthy real estate owners of this city, have plans and specifications for a theater build ing to be built as soon as tho carpenters' strike Is over. The theater will be located on tho ground floor, and will be tho largest In the city. Two Nominations for State Senator. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Liha, June 2. The Democrats of the Twenty-third Senatorial District assembled In convention at Van Wert to-day. There was a largo attendance and considerable interest. The order of business was suspended and M. D. Shaw was renominated by acclamation. Besolutions were adopted denouncing the McKinley bill and indorsing Governor Camp bell and the last General Assembly. John L. Geyer was nominated for tho second Sen atorship on the sixth ballot. "An Electric Suit Decided, St. Louis, Juno 2. The Court of Appeals to-day sustained the decision of the lower court in the case of the Westorn Union Tele graph Company against the, St. Louis Power Company. The suit was brought to restrain the elcctrio company from constructing electric currents over their wires, because of the danger of induction. A Temptation Resisted, , Freeport Journal. . n We killed a snalx on Tnesday that jwas 11 feet Inches w e mean long and as thick as a lead pencil. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. B. K. Verbryck. B. K. Verbryck; ex-President of 'the Master Car Builders' Association of the United Btates,"nd for 58 years an employe of thA Bock Island Bailnud Company in' Chicago, died sud denly at noon yesterday. Death was due to the re action following anvattack of the grip. Mr. Ver bryefc was one of the best known master car bulld en, in the country, and next week would have been taking an acUve interest In tho annual session of the association at Cape May. He was 67 years old. Obituary Notes. 8TxnLLSO G. Bbaxcu, aged 73 years, an old Mexican volunteer and former merchant of Peters burg, Vs., died Monday of apoplexy. R. W. ALBO Thompson, of the Philadelphia Ledger, and formerly private secretary of George W Cmlds, died of tuberculosis Monday. Charles Bice, the father of Secretary of State Elce, or New York, died Sunday night at his home In Seneca, OnUrlo county, aged 72 years. Secretary Bice lost bis mother two months ago. Da. Sablik Stocking, one of the most promi nent physicians in Eastern Connecticut, died at his home In East Glastonbury Sunday. He was a son of the Bev. John Meyer blocking, the noted Aboli tionist preacher. Habkt BlakelT, of Shcffer and Blakely, the vaudeville team, died Monday of pneumonia in New York City. Mr. Blakdy's rcalTiame was Blakclock, and he wis born lu Petersburg, Va., about S years ago. After the war he was a pajre In Congress for many years. In 1&30 he went on tho stage. With his partner he took ont several com- antes with varylnH success. About five years ago e married Hilda Thomas, the slujjer. JUNE'S SOCIAJi FANCIES, The Wealth and Beauty of Two Cities At tends the Opening of the Schenley Park Riding Academy Pronounced a Suc cessYesterday's Drift of Society. AscoBEof horses and an equal number of riders, two of which were ladies, entered I tne nng last evening at tne lormal opening of the new Schenley Park Biding Academy in Bellefleld. The academy, which Is very commodious, convenient and handsome, as such buildings go, contains hotel accommo dations for 75 horses, a suite of rooms for tho riding master, dressing, bath, and loung ing rooms, reception roomandgollery besides the riding ring, whioh is 80 by 160 feet. Last evening tho gallery was filled with interest ing and interested spectators anxiously watching every move of the equestrans,and applauding at the slightest opportunity. By tho spectators last evening as well as by those in tho ring the seal of approval was given the now academy and the riding mas ters, Mr. Herbert W. Smith and Mr. Sehoon berger. Tho former Is from Buffalo and the latter from Baltimore. Mr. 8ehoonber ger appeared In a English riding suit. Seated on a handsome horse ho managed the riders wonderfully well, considering it was the horses first pub lio assembly, and they were not all ready to obey either the commands of the rldintr .master or of their own masters. The English stylo or riding Is evidently the style that will be taught at the academy, and,as all the ladies and gentlemen of tho East End are enthusiastio over the innovation, it is safe to predict that Schenley Park will soon abound with gay and graceful equestrians; In fact, Schenley Park and its enticing drives can in reality claim the pleasant responsi bility of tho Inception and successful ma terialization of the academy. The riders last evening did not attempt anything out ol the ordinary single file, double and four abreast riding, except some hurdle Jumping that created the only excitement of the opening. Some of the. horses adapted themselves to tne nurcnes nicely; others declined witn emphasis an Intimate acquaintance and turned their backs upon them with decision.' Atrip to Europe this season without some special object other than health or recrea tion is hardly good form, it appears. In addi tion to the necessary gown and travel wor ries incident to a European trip, one must rack their brain for a particular feature of European life they wish to enjoy or observe, and then must make a really hurried trip, traveling thousands of miles to accomplish one's objective point. If It Is not the social season in London, or the art galleries of some other country that attracts. It may be an Intellectual treat, or a musical Incentive may authorizo-the trip. But something out of the ordinary trip It must be. A gay party will sail on the 11th of July for the express purpose of listening to "Parsifal" On Its na tive heath, as it were, of Bayreuth. The party consists of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Slack. Mrs. George Clapp and MlssXibble Love, all of Edgeworth. Miss Flora 'Hays, of Alle gheny, will accompany them. In the mean time, while the strains of Wacmer are de lighting Mrs. Clapp, the fish and the deer of the Bocky Mountains will suffer from the affection cherished for them by Mr. Clapp. Mr. Jim Todd will Join Mr. Clapp In his ex pedition. They wiH make a tour of the Yel lowstone Park during their Jaunt. The Woman's Club is in need of a tonic, as it has become "listless, fretful, without en ergy, thin and weak," and certainly must have artificial strength given It for the few remaining sessions of the season. The offi cial chairs were all vacant yesterday at the Tegular meeting and formality was entirely dispensed with. The members arranged themselves in chatty little groups and dis cussed affairs generally. Considerable Inter est was displayed regarding the Synod now In animated session, and so glowing were the accounts given by some of the ladles who bad been in regular attendance that several of the ladles adjourned at once to attend the Synod meeting. A semi-sentimental ro mance, or rather a romance with a Judicious amount of sentiment in it, was read by Mrs. House, who had Just returned from a South ern visit, during which she gathered the data for the story. As It was Dasedon the marriage of a white man and a colored wo man the discussion which followed was extremely Interesting, and the opinions ex pressed regarding Intermarriage of the races very unique. The next meeting will be held at tne home of the president, Mrs. C. LWade, at Edgewood. The finishing touch was given to the bridal toilet of Miss Catherine Eccles last evening at S o'clock, and in all the beauty and ele gance of a trained embroidered India silk of pearly whiteness cut low in the neck and elaborately -finished with guimpe and chiffon ruffles, the young lady de scended the stairs and Joined her fiance. Mr. . George L. Cruiksbank. Together they entered tho "prettily dfieonfteddraWmeroomortBeEocles resi dence and In the presence of a large number of Intimates and relatives, were made one by Bev. John McNaugher, D. D., Professor of ureeK in wiu u. x. ocuhuuiv. iueasrs. Samuel and Robert Eccles officiated as mas ters of ceremony, and after the wedding service conducted the company to tho din ing room, where Luther served. At 10.45 tho bridal couple left for Buffalo. The Eastern cities will be visited, and then a trip to the Bermudas will be taken. No Saturday morning nap -for the school teachers next Saturday, as a general meet ine of the Pittsburg Teachers' Institute will be held In the Central High School building on that day at 9:30 a. it., and Superintendent liUCkey nas expresseu u pusiai cum nope "wj see every teacher- in the city 'presont." "System as a Science and Scienco as a Svstem" will be one course of the early in tellectual menu and will be served by E. Leavenworth Elliott, "The Moon" will be dished up by Mr. Breading Speer, and the election of officers will possibly form the dessert for some present and the consomme for others. Easly yesterday morning the quietness of St. Peter's catholic cnuron on tuebouthaldo was Joyously broken by a gay wedding narty. Miss Annie Bauch was the pretty and graceful bride and Mr. Frederick Traut- was the hour ,for the ceremony and a num ber of friends were present to witness it. A wedding breakfast at the home of the bride's parents climaxed the festivity and the newly married departed for theEast. there to visit the seashore and other places of interest. Gardex parties are on the programme. A very pretty nnd enjoyable one was given yesterday from i to 8 30 p. M, on the lawn of Mrs. W. C Stewart, Neville street, East End. Tho little gust of rain about 7 o'clock caused a rather abrupt departure of some for their homes, but others sought shelter In the house, where the sales of fancy wares, ice cream and cake and strawberries were con tinued. The affair was given to benefit the fresh-air fund. Social Chatter. The Moorehead-Verrierchew wedding to day at 12 JO. Mas. House will visit Ocean Grove for the sultry weeks. The Sterrett W. a T. U. held Its regular meeting yesterday. ' Miss EmrA C. Jacxsox, State editor of the Cincinnati Post, is at the Hotel Duquc3ne. Mb. akd Mas. August Flael will celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary to day. 4 Mrs. Irwih Betsolds and mother will spend a portion of the summer at Lake Chau tauqua. . Mas. Emma Buhoaudnzb, of Harrlsburg, will visit Mrs. M. E. Dinwiddle, of Logan street, foraeveral days. Ma. Russell Harrison and Mrs. McKee sail to-day for Europe, where they will be the guests of Ministers Lincoln and Reed at London and Paris. Miss" Belle McIlhkky, of the Woman's Press Club, returned jesterday morning from Washington, D. C where she was en tertained by the Presidental family. Samuel Harper Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., will hold an open meeting of the council and an entertainment in the new Maenner chor Hall, Mount Washington, Friday night. The commencement exercises of the Mount Pleasant Institute will be held from June 12 to June 17- The exercises will be In the Grand Opera House at Mount Pleasant. The Senior class of Western University of Pennsylvania have invitations issued In it3 name for tho commencement exercises nt airneglo Hall, Thursday evening, June 23, at 8 o clock. Bev. A. A. Fulton, of China, will address a mass meeting of the Christian Endeavor Societies of Allegheny county In the First Presbyterian Church, Wood street, to-morrow evening. The anniversary of the Home for the Friendless, which was to have been held on Juue 4, will be indefinitely postponcd,.as measles 'were brought to the Home by a child admitted from Pittsburg. The Industrial School connected with the Young Women's Christian Association of the East End will glvo a lawn fete and strawberry festival on Tuesday, June IB, in tho grounds adjoining their building on Collins avenue. Another Grim Joke. Philadelphia Times, Whether Marsh has gone abroad or not tho detectives aio at sea. XXI8HX8 0T MClTSOOTTTi First Annual Meeting of a Blaine InstlraMo Out la Kansas. CSnCTAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. TorxKA, Kai., Jnne 2, The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Reciprocity began its first annual convention in this city to-day. The order was founded by ex-Congressman Samuel RPoters, of this State, and its object Is-to associate Republicans la a secret or ganization to do effective work In the States where the Farmers' Alliance has strength, and more than one hundred delegates, rep resenting 160 lodges, are in the city and many Bepublican leaders who have refused to Join are here for the purpose of watching the organization. The membership of the order is now 20,000 in Kansas, while lodges have been established in Iowa. Nebraska and South Dakota. The Knights are finding their bitterest Op position from the members of their own party, who oppose secrot society work In politics as un-American. With the contin ued growth of the order, It will soon be In a position to dictate party nominations in the State. It Is essentially a Blaine Institution, which gives it a greater strength with the rank and file of the party. Initiation Into J;he order was fixed at 28 Cents, and the monthly dues are the same. The obligations, publicly announced, are an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and work for reciprocity among nations, between labor and capital and among men. Organizers will be sent first through the Western States and the Republican leaders will be asked to assist In establishing lodges. The plan for organiz ing lodges Is practically the same as the Citizens' and Farmers' Alliance and there will be a corps of lecturers and a reciprocity songster. The socret work is said to be suf ficiently interesting to preserve the organi zation in off years. A 670-POUND CORPSE. It Was Enclosed In a 310-Pound Coffin and Attracted Large Crowds. tSPEClAL TELEOBAM- TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, June 2-The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Cleary to-day attracted an Im mense crowd at the residence of the de ceased and at St. Maiachl's Roman Cathollo Church, as well as along the streets over which the procession passed between the house and church. The main cause of such Interest was the Immense size of the deceased, whose corpse weighed 670 pounds, while the coffin in which the body reposed weighed 310 pounds additional. Twelve stalwart men acted as pallbearers, and a hugo plank, two feet wide, was laid from the entrance of the second story front room to the front stoop, along which the huge casket was slid to the sidewalk. The coffin had to stand on end twice be fore it could be got out of the room. The men had as much as they could do to lift it into the hearse, which was a large one, pro cured in New York, and was drawn by four horses. The same hearse had been used on the occasion of the burial of Daniel Cleary, the late husband of the dead woman, who also was of an Immense size, although not quite so large as his wife ELECTRIC-CAR MEN'S DEMAND, Toungstown Employes May Strike Against Working 18 Hours Dally. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.) Touh 08TOWK, Juno 2. The motor men and conductors on the Electric Street Railroad to-day serveaVnotlco on the company de manding that 12 hours constitute a day with out any reduction of wages. The employes claim that now they are compelledto work from 16 to 18 hours a day for Jl 65 a day; Until two weeks ago their wages were $1 50, the company advancing them 15 cents. In case the demand Is not conceded next Saturday It Is probable a strike will "be ordered. A BIG BLAST ENGINE. The Edgar Thomson Works Has the Larg est One of Its Kind In the World. CSFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. McKxxsfobt, June 2. An Immense new blast enginelias been successfully tested at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. It is to be used to make a blast for the converters erected during the recent suspension. The engine is the largest one of Its kind ever erected, and has cost over $60,000. The engine occupies a building 30x30 feet and it la Itself 30 feet high. FURNACE EMPLOYES' WAGES REDUCED. L-Tho Action Taken Because the Operators! Lost Their Recent Fight. tSFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l YousosTowif, June 2. As was predicted some time ago in case the furnace operators did not win the fight for lower rates, notices are being posted at the blast furnaces noti fying employes of a reduction In wages equal to 10 per cent. No action has been taken by the men, who, it is expected, will for the-present, ac cept the reduced wages. Horrible, If True I SU Louis Republic In undertaking to tench American farmers to eat mushrooms Uncle Busk has published a number of strikingly colored pictures of the edible and of the poisonous varieties. Now that he has sent the pictures out in 60,000 copies of his report, his attention Is called to the fact that he has put the "edible" label under the poisonous pictures, and vice versa. Both Are Bad for Henry. Milwaukee News. Henry Watterson has declared against newspaper interviews. He regards the In terview as an abomination. A curious pub lic would like to know which Mr. Watterson regards as the worse evil for a public man to engago in letter writing or newspaper in terviews? Kansas for Dr. Brooks. Lawrxhcx, Kax., June 2. The standing committee of tho diocese of Kansas, in ses sion hero today, voted unanimously in favor of confirming Bev. Phillips Brooks as Bishop of Massachusetts. SOME PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL. Thomas M. Marshall and C. I". McKenna returned from Philadelphia last evening, where they had been attending the Supreme Court. Mr. MoKenna renresented some of (the creditors who oppose a change of venue A ai,a Ttn1iia tnr tttaam TTa rTan1ln1 in AUs7 tUO JJPiUMJIII W VUBV9. .uw awv&4-u frV talk about It. Ex-Congressman A. G. Cochran, of St. Louis, passed through the city last evening bound for Washington. He said the South western crops are looking welL He was pleased with the selection of the new Judges. Mrs. A. Kountze, wife of a Xew Tork banker, and Miss Smith, an adopted daugh ter, were among the guests at the Seventh Avenue yesterday. They had been visiting friends In Ohio and were returning home. Among those who went East last night wero C. L. Magee, Harry Oliver, Jr.: H. Sellers McKee; Mr. Bakewell, the patent lawver, and James H. Willock, President of the Second National Bank. F. Von der Stucken, who will train the local German singing societies for the Eaengerfest at Newark, arrived from Cin cinnati last evening and registered at the Schlosser. Bishop "Whitehead and Rev. Mr. Brag don willleave for Meadville to-day to at tend the consecration services of Christ's Episcopal Church. Frank Ives, the billiard player, went to Chicago last evening and Jake Schaefer left for Now York, where he will soon be married. W. J. Lawler and son, an Australian planter, and Samuel Fergus, a Washington oil man, are stopping at the Anderson. T. H. Gilbert, a Liverpool Member of Parliament, was in the city for a short time yesterday. Ho Is taking in the earth. Ex-Collector E. A. Bigler, of Clearfield, took breakfast at the 8eventh Avenue Hotel yosterday. He was on bis way home. W. M. Kennedy, George Shiras HX, H. S. A. Stewart and Henry Chalfant have gone fishing In the Cheat river. George R. "Woodward, Sheriff of ilk' county, was In the city yesterday. Ho called on Sheriff McCIeary, E. S. McKinley, of Newark, and David Tidball, of New Castle, are at the Mononga hela House. J. F. and J. E. Sinnott. hcaw stock holders in the Gibson distillery, ate at .the Duquesne. George Rice, of the Duquesne Traction road, left for Chicago last evening- J. "W. Paul got back from Europe yesterday. CUH0US CONDENSATIONS. Light through the new Inck telescope is nearly 2,000 times as bright as that sees by the naked eye. AnOibome county, Kan., man with a pack' of hounds is bagging from 10 to IS wolf scalps a day, on which he realizes $3 apiece. r At a burial in a Rutland, Vi., cemetery the other day the body apparently showed signs of life and a cannon was fired over It. The attempt to awaken the dead failed. Last October nine women were ap pointed station agents on the elevated rail, ways of Brooklyn. They have been so suc cessful that the managers will appoint more. A number of Parisian ladies recently applied hair bleach to their locks with the intention of turning them red, but only succeeded In producing a beautiful shade of green. " A woman who was killed in a runaway accident at WaterrUle, Me., In life had red hair, but when her body was taken up it waa found that her hair had turned to a, very dark brown, probably through fright. One of the recent inventions for life saving apparatus Is the pneumatic gun for throwing a line to ships in distress or to per sons In a burning house. The air is admitted from a reservoir to the chamber behind the projectile at a pressure of 2,100 pounds on the square inch. There is a man who lives entirely on a Georgia train. He goes every night to tha sleeper, pays his $1 50 and gets In the berth and sleeps through to Augusta. Next night he goes back to Atlanta. He has plenty of money and never has anything to say to the conduotor or anybody else. APorkston, Pa woman has applied for a divorce because she Is compelled to fight wildcats too often. The part of the country where she and her husband live Is Infested with these animals, and as he re fuses to move, she wants to leave him. She says that In the last three years she has killed cats. A workman of Elizabethport was hit ia the neck by a steel splinter from a machine at the Now Jersey Copper Works recently. The chip penetrated the flesh and lodged in the windpipe. The next day he was seized with a violent fit of coughing, which loosened the steel and he ejected it. The wound bled freely after being Inflicted, but the man la now well. Plans proposed for irrigation both in Upper and Lower Egypt during tho period of low Nile Include the building of a high barrage across the river at the first cataract. Great opposition has been excited against this proposition, as It involves the submer sion of the beautiful Island of Phllca and Its magnificent monuments for several months each year. Two hunters near Reading, Pa., stole a bear's cub the other day and were pursued by the mother. After running unto they were almost exhausted they stopped, and the man with, the cub, taking It by the hind legs, attacked the mother. He beat her across the nose with her offspring so hard that she finally fled, leaving the hunters with the cub, which was dead. Some of the peculiar customs of the East Indian coolies, called Lascars, are very amusing to Americans. For instance, they always eat their food in the open air, with their faces toward the west; ana tho greatest Insult a white man or "Giaour" can offer them. Is to walk between them and the sun while they are eating, causing his shadow to fall on their food, which Immediately be comes unclean. The first account we have of an armored ship is in 153a It was one of the fleet of the Knights of St. John, entirely sheathed with lead, and is said to have successfully resisted all the shot of that day. At the siege of Gibraltar In 1782 the French and Spaniards employed light Iron bomb-proofing over their decks. The first practical use of wrought Iron plates as a defense for the sides of vessels was by the French In the Crimean war in 1853, to be used against the Russian forts in the Baltic. Ringgold, Ga., was visited by a wonder ful phenomenon recently. Millions upon millions of fireflies issued from neighboring mountain ridges and took down the course of the Cklckamauga river, which skirts that city on its southern border. The pyrotechnic display was grand. Trunks of trees skirting the river were plainly visible a quarter of a mile distant, and the entire mountain side was Illuminated. The horde of fireflies was ruiiy 40 reet nigh, and it took a quarter of an hour tp pass down the stream, extending' over a mile along Its course. T-Most persons who use the incadeseent electric lr&ht prefer a new lamp, becausa tho light is whiter and more brilliant than after the light has been In use two or three weeks. This is wrong. It is this dazzling white light that harms the eye. An old lamp Is the best; for in it the light has become changed to a pale yellow which is the ideal color. Just as in noonday brightness human sight Is not so clear and far-reaching as at the yel low sunset, so a new incandescent burner is not as good for the eye as the old one. An old burner, so adjusted that the light from It does not shine in the face, is the Ideal arti ficial light. There was" found in Florida near Lake TohopekoUga, a day or two ago, a perfect specimen of Indian pottery in the shape of what might be termed a jug, though without a handle. It was found about two feet under ground, and evidently had in time past been washed up from the lake, where it had per haps been lost by tho Indians. The piece Is 22 inches in height and 11 Inches wide, with a three-inch opening at the top. It is made of red clay and very thin. The Indians evi dently used it as a vessel in which to carry water. It is probably the largest perfect specimen of Indian pottery ever unearthed in the State, and will prove a valuable relic A San Francisco man has a cat and a dog which are remarkable. The latter Is a small fox terrier, and some six months ago gave birth to a llttor of pups, which are now well grown. Puss some five days ago gave birth to threo kittens. All went well the first day, but on the second the dog seemed to take an unaccountable fancy to the kit tens and very calmly took possession of them, driving puss away. The dog watches over the kittens with jealous care and snaps and snarls at their mother whenever she ap proaches. The dog is taken away from the kittens in the evening to give puss a chance to become acquainted with her offspring. The dog keeps up a constant howling during the night, and when released in the morning is with the kittens In an instant and puss Is obliged to vacate the cherished post of wet nurse and betake herself to a chair, which she occupies all day with the air of a police man off duty. FOOLISH NOTIONS. QUEES. True to some deep, mysterious law TJnfathomed by the student. The furnace, now begins to draw That all the winter wouldn't. Xeio Tork Pnss. Relatlve And so you have graduated? Did you take any of the prizes? Fair Student No, but I got the biggest bouquet. Good Xnes. Grandmother (severely to little Johnny, who Is calling for a second plate of pudding) You ought to know better than to call for pudding twice at the dinner table; you dldn'thear me doing It. Little Johnny No, ma'am, and you won't'bear me doing it either when I get to be as old as you are. .Praia's Xagaitne. Mike Are yez comin to my Maggie's weddln'. Pat? Pat-I can't come, Mike. I've had me arm broke ' at two woddla's this winter, me eyes blacked at an other, anrwuz knocked downtiu' Jumped on at an other. If I had a chance to lick some one, Mike, I'd come. But fate's agin me. Uarpefs Bazar. "Kowj my dear pastor, I do hope you will pardon me for bothering you so long with my own little family cares and anxieties!" 'My dear madam, don't metlon itl It bas not bothered me lu tho least. While you were talking I was thinking out my next Sunday's sermon." FlttgendeBlaetter. Farmer's "Wife Just fancy, Hofbauer, our neighbor has been to-day making me an offer of marriage In case you don't get betterl SlckHusband-Whatl tjiatfcllow? it would serre him right If I died to-morrow.-ifionorisUcAs Mutter. , Effie Wouldn't yott like to ride on my bicycle. Amy? .... . .. Amy No, thank you; I'm afraid I'm too heavy. Effle-Why, I heard Jack tell you In the parlor last night that you were as light as a feather. .tew Ifcrt Continent. Each has his own, his favored month, Wherein his soul finds purest light; Some see a heaven In budding May. While some in leafy Jnne delight; But worthless all are Nature's charms, , , . The necey sky, or goraen rays. Beside that month that brings to me Fire -atiorortJ&raa, "J i. tf. ii---t
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