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PITTSBOBG, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, ISO.
BOTH SHOCT-D BE SATISFIED.
If tho Keformed Presbyterian Synod
held the exclusive keys to future happi
ness, it would be a sad thing for the six
ministers who yesterday felt themselves
compelled to withdraw from that body.
If the Synod even liad a power of ecclesi
astics of the olden time to send to the
stake or place upon the rack" of physical
torture those who entertained ideas differ
ent from their own, the position of the
young ministers and of the others who
propose to follow them would still arouse
profound sympathy at least among the
outside heathen. But, as no claim to
authority in either particular is set up,
and as the withdrawing ministers as soon
as they left the church had the hand
of fellowship and invitations to labor In
other vineyards promptly extended to
them, it will be seen that notwithstanding
the dramatic tension of tho past fortnight,
the breach is not one that threatens pro
found consequences.
If the Synod proceedings of the past
fortnight have any special significance, it
Is that, occurring simultaneously with
other like divisions in other denomina
tions, they help to illustrate a period when
clergy as well as laymen are endeavoring
to interpret revealed religion according to
the best of their own lights In place of ac
cepting implicitly the interpretations
of the fathers of the churches
who went before them. The Briggses,
the Pnrkhursts the Newtons, the
Brookses, and the seceding Reformed Pres
byterians are all generally conceded, even
by their opponents, to be honest in their
convictions, unblemished in their personal
character, and as earnest far what they be
lieve to be trne Christianity as those who
differ from and censure them. The ques
tion is one wholly of difference of belief.
To disinterested observers it would seem
that where such radical differences exist
withdrawal, secession, expulsion, or ami
cable division would be preferable to both
sides rath-r than the maintaining of a
"Kilkenny cat" fight, if we may use anun
dignified, but excellently descriptive meta
phor. Of course, it is natural that public sym
pathy should be strongly with those young
ministers who have been virtually expelled
from the Reformed Presb terian Church
simply because they entertained a belief
that it was not irreligious or anti-Christian
to exercise the civic duties of an American
citizen; and whose "offense" in the matter
Indeed extended no farther than the mod
est assumption for themselves of the right
of free thought and free speech on this
question. But, on the other hand, this is
a country of religious tolerance, and if the
Reformed Synod wishes to set up any line
of belief whatsoever, it is its unbounded
privilege. So, from this point of view, if it
says it has no further use for the sus
, pended ministers, and if the suspended
ministers are received, as they doubtless
will be, with open arms by religious de
nominations having more liberal views,
loth sides are to be congratulated that
there is an end of the matter.
IIIGIIEK LICENSE.
The approval of the new license bill by
the Governor completes the enactment of
the law by which the cost of liquor
licenses next year will be raised to $1,000,
and a large additional revenue will be
given to the city treasury.
The Dispatch has always advocated
imposing the highest license on the liquor
traffic collectable. A dealer who has paid'
such a sum is under the heaviest bonds to
keep his business in the best order. He
knows that every disorder in his saloon,
every sale to a drunken man or to minors,
wil'put him in peril of a serious loss in the
forfeiture of his license. Of course, the
sue 'ess of the law depends on the strict
suppression of illict liquor selling; but with
the city receiving a revenue of nearly $300,
000 from the licensed trade, it will have
the strongest inducement to break up the
Illegal trade.
The change brings a considerable in
crease to the treasury of tho city, although
the statements which put the gain as high
as &400.000 are rather wild. Under the old
law the citj received $120 from each license
granted within its limits; under the new
it receives yoo. On the basis of 325
licenses in the city, or the present number,
this signifies a gain on tho present revenue
of 253,500 for the city and a loss of $G,500
for the countv.
Till: RAPID TRANSIT PROBEEM.
The conclusion to which New York is
strongly tending in favor of underground
rapid transit is undoubtedly the most com
plete solution of the question where large
populations require quick transit' It has
proved so in London, where actual experi
ence with underground railways has
brought fares down to; a two-cent level for
the working masses a charge utterly im
possible unless that method of travel were
adopted by an immense number.
In New York the elevated railroad has
been adopted rather from the- American
habit of taking the most easily attainable
expedient, even if it be temporary, than
from any deliberate preference. That
plan is cumbersome to the streets, and as a
permanent arrangement cannot be re
garded with confidence. An underground
construction once effected will last for all
time; an elevated structure must in course
of time suffer from disintegration, and the
consequences of a break-down or even a
derailment are so awful as to make people
who indulge in looking ahead exceedingly
lotli to regard elevated railways as a final
solution of the rapid transit question.
Those who adopt underground roads at
present have the advantage of tho availa
bility Of electric power, which keeps the
tunnel free from smoke and gas, while the
means, of lighting and ventilation are
obviously at hand. Electric power, while
perhaps .not so economical Jus steam, can 1
be made, to yield any speed required. If
electric lower for the varying gradients, cf,
surface roads is available it should yield
the most favorable results in underground
roads, where-the lowest grades are attain
able. These considerations give-the under
ground project In New York the favor
able consideration of all whose interests
are not tied up with the-clevated roads;
and the strenuous attack of the elevated
interests on the underground proposition
shows that the latter has a strength which
arouses the-former to exert 'itself against
the rise of a successful rival.
The underground, or at least the sunken
way method, of transit, is the coming
solution, for the largest cities. Growing
communities'willlbe wise to.givetbjs fact
due weight.
HUSBANDS WITHOUT CHARACTER,
The termination of , the baccarat scandal
yesterday by the marriage-6f Sir-William
Gordon-Cumming1 to an American heiress
gives strong foundation to th& theory
that the more utterly blasted the
character of a member of the
British aristocracy the more eligible
he is for the uses of the'f atr daughters of
our millionaires who wish to invest their
bank accounts in titles. This is a phase
of the case hardly more flattering to
American pride than the connection
of the Prince of Wales with the
scandal is English respectability; hut
it is the only conclusion permitted by
this climax of the record of international
marriages in which the leading features
were the wealth of the bride and tho com.
plete absence of character on the part of
the titled bridegroom.
In the Gordon-Cumming case this
characteristic is. made the most significant
feature by the result of the late trial. No
impartial person who has followed it could
reach any other conclusion than that the
plaintiff was caught cheating at cards.
The scandal was a disgrace to everyone
connected with it; but so far as the fact at
issue is concerned there is no reasonable
doubt that the verdict was correct It is
also clear that Sir William-Gordon-Cumming
paraded his disgrace simply for the
opportunity it gave of inflicting the scan
dal on his enemies. The marriage follow
ing promptly upon such an expose of his
shame is a remarkable demonstration of
the principle that in the search of Ameri
can heiresses for aristocratic husbands a
decent character is the one thing regarded
as wholly unnecessary.
Perhaps this may be justified on; the
economic principle that every commodity
goes to the quarte-: where it is most needed.
There is certainly no class which needs
the money of our heiresses more urgently
than the members of the English' aris
tocracy who are utterly ruined In both
fortune and character.
WHICH IS THE "NATION?"
The view of one administration organ
that it is the duty of the United States to
uphold the Balmaceda Government in
Chile is thus expressed in the New York
Prm:
That is, every one of the are thousand
rifles or the Itata meant a soldier to carry on
war against a nation with which tho United
States is at peace. This admission shows
how important was tho pursuit and capture
of the Itata.
This is equivalent to the declaration that
the President of a country who, by his own.
statement, undertook to usurp legislative
power, or, in his words, "to assume all the
powers of the Government," constitutes
the whole nation. That is an exceedingly
questionable and dangerous position for
the leading Republlo of the world to take.
It is not the duty of the United States to
tako sides in the Chilean quarrel It is the
duty of our Government to prevent the
use of our ports as a base of supplies for
either party. But when it comes to basing
that action on the claim that the repre
sentatives of the people defending the
rights of the legislative branch of the Gov
ernment against usurpation are rebels and
outlaws, It Is time to ask whether there Is
nothing more than a theoretical respect in
our midst for the fundamental principles
of Constitutional Government
The United States should keep out of the
domestic quarrels of other countries. The
need for this injunction becomes very clear
when we find ourselves "coming perilously
close to the role of placing in power such
unmitigated dictators as Balmaceda in
Chile and Hippolyte in Haiti.
THE MMIGBATION QUESTION.
Mr. McAdoo, who in the early stages of
the tariff controversy ranked himself
with the Randall wing of the Democracy,
comes out with an article on the immigra
tion of foreign labor as related to the pro
tective tariff. The Dispatch long ago
recogn'zed the force of Sir. McAdoo's
argument, that the tariff which undertakes
to protect wages but actually brings in
cheap labor from abroad does not fulfill
its purpose. At the same time the dis
tinction between artisans who come here
to settle and become a permanent factor
of American industry, and those who are
simply cheap labor, and some of them not
even labor at all, but paupers and mendi
cants, should not be lost sight of. The
increase of population by the transfer of
foreign artisans to these shores is a legiti
mate part of the protective tariff. The at
tractien of the criminal or pauper classes
has no part in the purposes of protection.
Nevertheless, Mr. McAdoo's article is ac
centuated by such items of news as the re
port that four hundred Syrians recently
landed at New York. This calls attention
to the fact that the immigration Jaws as at
present framed are worth less than noth
ing. The Syrian or Arabian infmigrants
come hero to pursue a scarcely disguised
medicancy under the form of peddling;
and yet the laws as revised by the last
Congress afford no sufficient barrier
against such wholly undesirable immigra
tion. They may shut out a fat English
coachman imported by an Anglomaniac
four-in-hand proprietor; but as long as
thousands of Italians, Arabs and like
classes pour In with scarcely a check it is
plain that the present legislation Is inef
fective. The final reduction of this law to
utter futility is the recent decision of a
Cincinnati Judge that a contract laborer
from a foreign country is not within the
statute unless he comes under an enforci
ble contract As no contracts are enforci
ble by this ruling no contract laborers can
be excluded.
Experience is rapidly making the con
clusion plain that the present mode of reg
ulating immigration is useless. We must,
In its stead, adopt the plan of exclud
ing all Immigration except such as has
been shown by the investigation of the
consular agents of the Government at the
homes of the immigrants to be of the class
that will make desirable citizens.
The rare days of June have suddenly
passed from the row condition of last Sun
day to theoverdono state of yesterday.
In- connection with an undergraduate
row in a Western college, tho Now York
Evening Sun hints at a moral in the alleged
absence of such outbreaks at Southern col
leges. It is doubtful whether the Southern
colleges, as far as they have an existenco,
are any oetter In this respeot than the North
ern. The feet ia that they appear In col
leges whlob have attained the asbionable
rank, and attract students who hare the not
unfounded idea that tho possession of money
will condone any disorder. Find a collego
mainly attended by poor students, or where
the faculty is not afraid to send the sons of
rich and influential men packing when they
misbehave themselves, and yon will And a
collego w here go od order is maintained.
The chance which the Liberals In Canada
now have of obtaining control of the Gov
ernment is not regarded with enthusiasm by
some of them. The role of critic is the mora
free and untrnmmoled one. Nevertheless,
we will hazard the prophecy that enough
Canadian Liberals will be fonnd ready to fill
the offices If they get the chance.
"No CARDS" would hardly be appropriate
in the announcement of the Camming
Garner wedding at London yesterday.
These Is some satisfaction in learning
' that a decision by Judge Key, of the United
States District Court at Chattanooga, holds
that the nnti-trust law passed by the last
Congress means something, and that it for
bids a coga combination formed in that re
gion. Consequently, that combination Is en
joined. It remains to be seen whether it
has power enough, like some great corporate
Interests further North, to ignore both the in
Jnnctlon and the law, and keep on as if
.neither-existed, '
The stories of the butcheries of Hippo-
'lyte, iniHaltl. taken In connection with the
recent claim that the bovcrnment of tho
United... ta tea gavo him the power to commit
those butcheries with the expectation of
getting the Mole St. Nicholas coaling station
from him as a consideration, is enough to
rnoko evsjry thinking American tingle with
shame.
If all' the bounced ministers are, to be
offered churches, there will hardly be eon-
.grcgnlions enough to go around.
The discovery of Prof, Garner that mon
'koys have a language,-and of his ability to
communicate with them, lends force to the
superstition of the Brazilian negroes that
monkeys can talk, bnt are too smart to do so
forTear they shall be forced to work. The
step would seem to be the appearance of
monkey cheap labor, nnless the quadrumane
are smart enough to form a non-labor union.
Ex-Senatob Inpaels denies that he
has any connection with Truth. This, it
should be remarked in order, to save any
misapprehensions as to the Senntor's frank
ness, is the name of a newspaper, and as a
newspaper name Truth has always been
principally useful In Illustrating the wide
gulf between nominal and actual qualities.
. "Veto Bon" will be a pet nickname for
pur respected Governor if he does not stop
swinging that veto ax.
"Barnum's estate amounts to ?4,379,533.
It pays to-run a truly moral show. Tho Mug
wump party, however, isn't able to earn
such trig dividends," says the Baltimore
American. No, tho Mugwumps will havo to
confess they cannot do it. But is not this re
mark from a political organ a rather unique
nvowal of the principle that the regular par
tisans areiin politics for the money?
The Fennsylvanian who Is laughing him
self to death is not as the Washington Post
remarks, a depositor In the Philadelphia
banks; but he-may havo given some consid
eration to the claim that Government super
visor protects national bank depositors. If
he has a sense of humor tho result is ob
vious. TilEimarriage that startled English aris
tocracy yesterday was hardly made in
heaven.
A "iiAROE, luminous extended hand" is
reported by numerous esteemed cotempo
raiiestohavebeen visible, in the sky over
some portions of this State one night Jast
week; but we think there is a mistake in
the locality. After reading the views of Jay
Gould with regard to the relations of his el
evated railroads and New York City, the
New Yorkers must havo seen the hand In
their dreams.
JifUHCiE,)lND.,.on whose outskirts a prize
fight took place openly on Sunday last,
seems to represent tho idea that the time
has passed when, there is any necessity for
any class to payHhe least respect for law
and order.
Hioh license is bound- to elevate the
liquor traffic. ?.
Auditor General McOajiant's dis
couraging views as to State revenue for tho
next two years do not find general accep
tance The Auditor General can, however,
take an Impregnable stand that if tho 'prac
tice continues of letting State funds disap
pear by million dollar lumps la", ,banlc
smashes the revenue will no wnolly insuffi
cient to stand It.
Mr FlA-Moan, of Texas, predicts that
the Republican nominee for President will
carry Toxas. Mr. Flantgan Is evidently try
ing to revive his old fame for making on ex
hibition of himself.
SNAP SHOTS IK BEASOff.
It is now in order for the English people
to discard Bis Boyal Highness. '
The veto of the smoke ordinance is the
only black spot on Governor Patttson's
record so far.
Vice is more talked abont than virtue,
more's the pity.
MisEKVloves company, and perhaps that's
why the Jails and poorhouses are so full.
The Prince of Wales is his own game
keeper. Only the rich are troubled by wondering
what they are going to do with themselves
summer or winter.
The prayer for the Boyal Family in the
book used by tho Established Church in
England and the colonies wUl .have to be
changed materially if It is Intended to fit
Albert Edward's case.
Good steel, like good men, always holds
Its temper.
If people kicked for pure water as Tumi
as they do for pure beer tho doctors would
not be quite so busy in hot weather.
If Camming visits America he will find
good hunting and fishing along Cheat river.
Philadelphia will be a barren field for
the campaign fund collector for some time
to come.
The English freeman can stand a good
deal, but a few more deals by the Prtnco of
Wales 'Hill spoil the combination.
The Summer girl will soon he in the
swim or In tears.
It's too hot to fight now, even at City
Halt
Vinegar, Vintage or '60.
Chicago Tribune.
Ouida writes of Enddy Kipling in tho Lon-i
don Timet that "he has neither knowledge of
style nor common acquaintance with gram
mar, and should be whipped and pat In a
corner like a naughty child for his Impu
dence in touching pen and ink without
knowing bow to use thorn." Chicago could
hug Ouida for this wero she j oungor and
less peppavy.
Never'Too Late to Wed.
ISrXCIAI. TXLEOUAX TO THE DISrATCtt.1
Nkw Castle, Juno 10, Jonathan Scott,
aged 81 years, and Mrs. Clementlno Goodwin,
aged CO years, were' united in marriage this
afternoon by Alderman Bowman, of this
city.
TALK OFTHEDAY. .
The Exposition's Picture Gallery Beprd
" sentativo Americans Will Contribute
Great Painters In Plenty -The Loan Ex
hibit Swelling Gambling In Great
Britain,
Director Johsstojt, of the Exposition, has
Jnst returned from New York, where for ten
days he has been rounding up, or corralling,
as ho puts ifln Western, phrase, the metro
politan contributors to the art gallery In
the coming Exposition. Mr. Johnston is
well pleased with the results of his cam
paign, as well ho may be, and in describing
them to mo yesterday be said: "If the col
lection of pictures which will be shown
next September in the Exposition is not tho
finest ever seen In this part of the world I
shall be very much disappointed. There
will be tho loan collection from private gal
leriesln Pittsburg and the neighborhood,
the plctnres of local artists, and an
exhibit which will include good ex
amples of representative American artists
now living. The pictures will be arranged
In groups, the work of each artist by Itself.
The gallery will be handsomely draped, and
ithe groups will bo divided by curtains ar
ranged alter the fashion you see here," and
Mr. Johnston produced a rough 'plan of the
draperies and upholstered panels which
looked handsome enough and calculated to
ihnnr nfT tim nalntlnirs to creat advantage.
"The nnmbor of plctnres I cannot as yet
state with certainty, bnt the liberal re
sponse or the loeai art patrons ana me en
gagement of American artists to send be
tween two hundred and three hundred piot
nres assures a very large as well as nigh
class exhibition."
Bepresentattve American Painters.
"I visited the studios of thirty or more of
the leading artists in Now York," continued
Mr. Johnston, "and everywhere found great
willingness to ielp Pittsburg to a proper
comprehension pf American art as it stands
to-day. Between 35 and 30 artists In all will
contribute paintings; from five to ten or more
apiece, which will enable us to carry out the
plan of grouping each man's work. I will
give you a few names to prove the high
standard tho exhibition will attain.
William Sartaln, a recognized leader in New
York, who has won a high reputation In tho
treatment of oriental subjects; F. M. H. De
Haas, the noted marine painter; J.
Wells Cbampney, whose figure and
kindred work has won him fame;
C Y. Tomer, whose 'Pnrltan Daughter'
and otner pioturcs of New England life
in Mayflower times are known all over the
land. Charles Stanley Rcinhart, who does
not need any introduction to his own homo,
or the world for that matter, will send seven
or eight of his latest and best pictures.
Thomas Mornn, the great marine painter,
assured mo that be would send the best col
lection of his works he has ever exhibited.
'Frederick De Luce's handling of varied sub
jects will be admired. J. H. Dolph, a num
ber of whose pictures of animal life, gener
ally of an amusing character, nre owned
here, will add to his present reputation. C.
Harry Eaton, tho President of the Wator
Color Society, is another exhibitor. Land
scape and still life will be illustrated by
works from such strong men as Arthur and
Ernest Pnrton, C C. Chapman, Walter Sat
terlce, George Smllie, J. C Nlcoll, Krus
man Van Eltcn and Hamilton Hamil
ton. 3. G. Brown, whose genre pictures have
attracted so much attention, will be well
represented. So will tho varied talentspf
W. 1L Chase. Iythink the contributions of
F. H. Zogbanm and Frederick Remington,
whose names 1 and genius Harpers' publi
cations nave made - familiar, will be par
ticularly Interesting. Mr. Zogbnum, who is
a most charming man by tho way, may give
us a peon at some of the scenes he caught
wnenwitntne unuea states troops mine
last Indian campaign, and anyhojv his
pictures of Western and military life will be
very attractive. This list Is not complete,
for there are several notable artists who
have promised to exhibit, whom I am un
able to see, and from whom I am sure to
hear, I know."
Tne Loan Exhibitors.
"The loan exhibition promises to be of
very great beauty," added Mr. Johnston,
"and the alacrity and heartiness of the local
owners of pictures in their response to the
Exposition Society's invitation has assured
the success of this important part of tho gal
lery. It is a good deal to ask men to lend
pictures of almost priceless value for a pub
lic exhibition, but lhave yet to find a Pitts
burger who is not willing to accede to our
reauest without a moment's hesitation.
From wnat is niroady promised I feel sure It
is safe to predict that the loan exhibit will
be the greatest collection of masterpieces
Pittsburg has ever seen, and the public will
have good reason to be grateful to the gen
erous owners who make such a display of
the world's painting possible
Who May Gamble in England.
A balv dozen law books, of forbidding as
pect, which Librarian Percy Dlgby pulled
yesterday from the shelves In tho Law LI
brary, were en6ugh to convince anyone that
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge stated tho ex
act facts when he instructed tho Jury In tho
Gordon-Cumming case- that, the Prince
of Wales broke no law In playing baccarat
under the conditions prevailing at Tranby
Croft. A careful reading of tho English
statutes applicable to the case, beginning
with those of the 3d and 3d Vict, and on
mrd. shows clearlv. howovcr. that tho
police, upon sworn Information of the game
those memorable nights after the Doncaster
Traces, might hnvo nuaea tne nouse.
nrresteu 1110 pinycrs, auu scizcu
tho gambling Implements. Then 'upon
S root of the charge of keeping a gambling
ouse, or permitting people to resort thereto
for the purpose of gambling, the banker, His
Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince
of Wales, might' have .been fined 50
or imprisoned for not more than six months
without hatd labor a merciful fate for;
H.B.H. and all the other gammers mignt
have been mulcted In similar amounts or
sent to Jail. It would have been a prottler
incident tban the picturesque trial just con
cluded. Apreecdont ror such a raid exists,
too, in the proceedings instituted a year or
two ago against certain aristocratic West
Kmlrlnhsin London, where hhth nlav at
cards, especially over baccarat, by the way.
'had prevailed. The' English statutes and
tho police who enforce tnem do not, as a
rule, look above what is called the
lower classes for .criminal gambling.
Hardly a day passes but yon .may -read
in the London -newspapers or dfvers seedy
looking bookmakers In a Binall way being
fined by the worshipful magistrate at Bow
Street Police Court for making bets on a
street corner; or or a couple 01 caoDies wno
tossed pennies 'Against the Queen's most
excellent majesty, " laid by tho heels for ten
Ua s by like authority. The English law is
a s uy liKe autnoniy. xne jsng
ery clear and plain, about the inl
rim Inal ttv of mimbline outside of
very
or
the aristo-
cr.itic pale, but tne prince or waics can con
tinue to cart about the country his baccarat
layout, chips and all, and even a suitable
table (tho lack of which. at Tranby Croft
may have tempted a baronet to doable his
stakes surreptitiously when ho had won),
'Without fear of police interference.
PEOPLE 07 INTEREST.
Count D'AbbAZ, the French Consul at
New York, has a neat little salary of $11,000 a
year.
QuEEJt Victoria, having completed her
72d year, has exceeded In age all other En
glish sovereigns except two George II. and
III. ,
The poet "Whittler begins to feel that the
labors of life are virtually over. His fast
railing sight is shutting him offrrom literary
work. -
The Eev. Thomas F. Gailor has formally
declined the Episcopal Bishopric? of Georgia,
and will remain at the head of Sewunee
(Tenn.) University.
DK. OLIVKB "WKNDELIi Holmes likes to
see a good sparring matchj but he never
called upon John L. Sullivan, even when
they were neighbors.
Koch Is at work" again ta' the tuberou
line, and hopes to Improve It during tho
next few months, after which ho will pub
lish his own report upon it.
Dom Pedro, who has retuimed to his
residence at. Versailles after a sojourn of
several months at Cannes, is going to Eng
land about the middle of June for two
months.
The Baroness Burdette-Coutti has just
returned from tho Continent after cele
brating her 77th birthday. She was in ex
cellent health and is now acting as nurse for
her young husband.
Jitdob Dwiorrr Loomis; iwho -is about
to retire from the Supreme' Court bench of
Connecticut, having attained the ago of 70,
wUi be honored with a banquet' by tho Tol
lahd county barnext week, Friday.
-"ITouTttlght Get Wct-
PblUdelphU Times, '
and wise is that given bv tho white cap
nrefticerg to tne eary soaanoro rower not to
go too far.
LAST HONORS TO HACDOKAUJ.
?
The Remains of the Dead Premier Taken
From' Ottawa to Kingston.
Ottawa, June 10. The remains of the late
Premier, Sir John A.'Macdonald, wereborno
this afternoon from the Senate Chamber,
where they bad lain In state since yesterday
morning, to St. Albans Church, where the
funeral services were held, nnd thence to
the depot, where they wore placed on board
a special train to bear them to Kingston for
Interment. From an early hour this morn
ing a great crowd thronged the approaohes
to the Parliament buildings and lined the
thoroughfares through which the funeral
cortene would pass. In the Senate Chamber
'rested the casket in which reposed tho illus-
trions dead, arrayed m the glittering unl-.
form of an Imporial Privy Councillor,
Around about, Bnd banked high against the
casket wero tho floral tributes, whllo to the
east of tho oatafalque stood a 12-foot shield
in black cloth, bearing on Its center a por
trait of Her Majesty, draped with ensigns.
The rails behind the throne were heavily
draped in black and the throne itself was
covered with Canadian ensigns.
Shortly after noon the officers of state and
othor high dignitaries who were to take part
in the funeral began to arrive. Outside the
military and civic bodies took up tho posi
tions assigned to them. Tho doVernor Gen
eral and staff reached tho Parliament build
ings Just prior to 1 o'clock, nnd nil was soon
in readiness. Tho casket. Wag lifted from its
resting place by six members of the Domin
ion police, nnd borne out to tho hearse. The
cortege then formed and, amid the booming
of five-minute guns and tho solemn tolling
of funeral bells, the march to the church be
gan. St. Albans Church was crowded with
distinguished men and delegations from all
parts of the Dominion. Tho services were
very impressive, and at their conclusion the
procession again fell Into line and escorted
the remains of tho Premier to the depot,
where they were placed aboard the funeral
train, which proceeded to Kingston.
THE THIBD PARTY PBEPABIrTG.
An Opinion That Senator Stanford Is the
Coming Candidate fof President.
St. Louis, June 10. Tho advance guard of
the Executive Committee of the People's
party, which will meet here Saturday to
select a place of meeting for the National
Convention, has put in appearance E.L.
Saxton, one of the secretaries of tho Cincin
nati Convention, said to a Teporter that
there are a number of people who wish to go
faster than is deemed wise by tho majority.
Many advocate placing State tickets in' tho
field in a number of States, while othors
'think that such a course would bo unwise
and have a tendency to. divldo the party's
strength.
Tho Kansas men, however, think that the
fight should be made in tho State, and their
advice is naturally of great weight; but the
mass of opinion is against it. As to tho
candidates to be placed before tho National
Convention, Mr. tiaxton said that a variety
of names had been suggested, bnt so far
Senator Leland Stanford, of California, soems
to bo the favorite. Pfelfer, of Kansas, is In
eligible, he being n native of Canada. Mr.
Saxton is also of the opinion that the Cincin
nati platform will be modified by giving less
prominence to tho farmer element.
"ONLY A LITTLE LETT.
Henry George Will Get 8318 Ont of a
" 813,000 Legacy.
" Philadelphia, June 10. If George Hutch
ins, the Ancora Spiritualist and admirer of
Henry George, had known when, he left the
bulk of his estate to the apostle of single-tax
theory that hungry lawyers and ever-growing
court charges would eat up his hard
earned dollars,- he probably would never
have bequeathed his property as ho did.
Originally the value of tho legacy left by
Fanner Hutchlns to disseminate the Henry
Gcorgo literature was $13,000. On Saturday
noxt an application will be mado in the Cam
den Orphans' Court for a rule to show cause
why William F. Braddock, -executor of
George Hutchlns' will, shouldnot pay Henry
George f 318 25, all there Is left of the $12,000.
The rest of tho monoy, with tho exception of
$260 previously paid to the legatee, has bcou
swallowed up in lawyers' fees and court
charges.
DEATHS HEBE AND ' ELSEWHERE.
Harry Edwards, Comedian,
Harry Edwards, the well-known actor,
died suddenly at his home in New York Tuesday
morning of dropsy of tho heart, caused by B right's
disease, from which Mr. Edwards had bcn suffer
lns; for several weeks. He was bora in Boss, Hert
fordshire, Enfclaud, near Bristol, In 1824. He was
educated to be a lawyer, bat spent a fswyears In
'inercantlle' life, Abont this tlnrt Edwards made
the acquaintance of 3. L. Toole, the comedian, and
they acted together in amateur performances. In
1853 Edwards decided to make the stage his profes
sion, and went to Australia He acted in a rew
pla s and managed for a while the Theater Itoyal
In Melbourne for U, V Brooke, tho tragedian, and
Liter with dcorgc Fawcett Rowe managed the
Princess Theater. Previous to going to San Frau
dsco In 1887 Harry Edwards made a tour of Peru
andPanima. In San Francisco he found a large
Beld lor his abilities, and his reputation grew rap
Mlw Ha rAnmrpd for spvpral tears John Mcfliil.
lough's Theater. Alter remaining In the West ten'
years OC neiu iu jjubvuii, niiurciusurBfc appear
ance was to Mattrr Walter to Mary Anderson's
Juliala 'The Hunchback," In 1879 he became a
member of WaUack's stock company, and remained
with It until tlie company disbanded. He tru act
ing stage manager, and played many Important
part In the old comedies. After W'aUack'a com
pany disbanded he acted with Mrs, Potter on her
first starring tour. Subsequently he went to Aus
tralia as manager or A. M. Palmer's '.'Little Lord
Fauntlcroy" company. On his return a short time
ago Mr. Edwards became a member of Angusthr
Daly's company, with whom he plared Str vtmer
Surface in ' The School for Scandal, " and made Ills
last appearance as Molaernes In "Love's Labor
Lost.'' Mr. Edwards was also a well-cnown ento
mologist and an agnostic.
Edward YVhelalian.
Edward "Whelahan, who died Tuesday,
was nearer to the head of the Union Army for a
longertlme than any other man. Ho Was detailed
u the personal orderly of General Grant. When
Grant rode ont the cavalryman rode 15 paces behind
to personally guard Ills commander. Wherever
Grant walked, there Whelahan lbllowed. If Grant
remained in his tent, he stayed near. For days the
New Haven soldier Went without taking off his
clothes while he guarded Grant. He was a tall,
powerfully built man. ofplcndld military bearing,
Kbold and skillful rider, a soldier or recognized
bravery, and a faithful man. Whelahan never tired
of defending the General's character, and he stout
ly maintained that Grant was not a drinking man
uuring the war. "If you had chased Grant around
as much as I have, "he used to say to anybody who
referred to the charges made against the Did Com
mander, "you would not say there was anything
the matter with his habits. "
Edward Spelman.
Edward Spelman, the millionaire distiller,
died at Peoria ) esterday afternoon from the effects
of injuries received In a fall from a ladder at Prkln
a week ago. Spelman was prominent In local poli
tics and a noted ngure in the Cronln trial. He was
"District Oflicer" of the Clan-na-Gacl, the head
man of that organization In Illinois, and was put
upon the stand to testify In regard to the alleged
'conspiracy la that organization to assassinate Dr.
Cronln, Hla testimony was Irrelevant.
Nicholas Kunzler.
Nicholas Kunzler, an old resident of the
Southslde, died yesterday at his residence, Z329
Carson street, after a lingering Illness or 11 years.
He was at one time proprietor of the Washington
Hotel, South Diamond. His wife was ttrii-kcn
"with paralysis a few days ago and is In such a criti
cal condition that she has not as 1 ct been notified
of her husband's death,.
Obituary Notes.
John Noble, one of the organizers of Hie Whig
party In New York State, died In Albany Monday,
agetfM years.
lUNRT Edwards, an old and much esteemed
actor. Is dead at New York. He was In the old
WaUack stock company...
THE Most Rev. John Egan, Boman Catholic
Bishop of Waterford. Ireland, died yesterday of
lnflue&za after eight hours' sickness.
Sia aHpbew 6rrur.T, Chler Justice or the
fiuncrlor Court, died Tuesday night in Montreal,
after i few honrs' illness. He was 79 years bid.
MRS. FbAncis James, widow otthe late George
Payne llalnsfbrd Jatnes, the English novelist and
historian, .died Tuesday at Kau Clair, WIS., aged
90. Her distinguished husband died at Venice Jl
years ago.
Da. FiusnEMCK BHESbfcdKE, one of the best
known German physicians la this country, died at
Milwaukee Tuesday at the age of 81 years. He was
for tears the senior-member of the Wisconsin
Turner Societies, and was the Nestor of Wisconsin
physicians.
John BosASn, Tor many years a well-known
trapper and guide, died at his homo In Farmlngtota,
He., Jnne 4, of cancer In the stomach, aged 71
Siars. Bobash was considered the best-Informed
an In Blaine regarding the great northern wilder
ness and the various game resorts.
John W Sadsdebs, Professor of Ancient Lan
guages at Bockland College, died at Nyack, N. Y.,
yesterday of pneumonia and heart disease. Mr.
Sauhders was a native or Virginia, where he lived
11. un Kimiinndnati Vatlev. Ills father was a meiii-
,11 in. 1,"v . 1 - 1 .1. . ..,..! .,- .. 1
was a mem
ber of emigre's brfore the wnr( and Of the tuu-
federate Congress during the war,
BtillmA B. AtLSN, H lending lawyer bf Boston
iUd partner or ex-aoternqr Long, "died Tuesday.
He was ft native of Wa.trboro, Me, aud ill jbars
of age, Mt. Allen had been largely engaged In
Jurr trials, and enjoyed the reputation ofwihntnit
tor his clients the largest Verdicts Uaiflst rail
roads aud other corporaUoiis fcrer rendered in this
country. Ho hod serrtdla the Legislature, and Wis
prominent la Masonry and Odd Fellowship.
WARM WEATHgfr SOCIEYr
Daughters of the Itevolatlon In a Hemlnls
cent Mood Weddings at High Noon
A Number of Sunday School Picnics
Social Gossip of a Day
Instead of a gentle breeze, as was ex
pected, a veritable blowhas been occasioned
by the organization of the Daughters of the
Revolution, and everyone who has tho least
show of eligibility Is busy tracing her an
cestry and securing aoooptablo proofs. At
f ho moeting hold yesterday morning, at the
residence of Mrs. Nathaniel B. Hogg, liegent
of tlje society, enthusiasm know no bounds,
and remlnlscenscs and relics of Revolution
ary times Inspired quite a patriotic spirit.
The meeting was opened by Mrs.
Hogg with a delightful address in
which sho clearly stated the
objects of the organization. Following
was a happily worded letter of congratu
lation from Mrs. Flora Adams Darlington",
the Vice President or tho national ordor,
nnd addressed to "The Regent of Pittsburg
nnd Keystone Daughters of the American
Revolution." ,
The Regent then, by tho authority ot ber
position, appointed officers and committees:
Mrs. Albert Child, Miss Annie Phillips nnd
Mrs. Remsen Messier a Committee on Cor
respondence: Mrs. Park Painter, Miss Julia
Harding and Miss Edith Darlington. Com
mittee on Safety; Miss Kate MoKnight,
Treasurer: Miss Mary Somple, Historian,
and Miss Denny, Mrs. James B. Oliver and
Mrs. Nelson Clark, Advisory Board. Two
honorary life members were appointed by
Mrs. Hogg, Mrs. Robert McKnlght, Alle
gheny, and Mrs. Judge McCandless, of Pitts
burg. About 100 Indies were present, all descend
ants of lamous officers, and thoroughly
posted on genaology and revolutionary his
tory, consequently the informal reception
wliloli followed the business meeting was
full of interest. Among relics shown were
sevoral very valuable letters, and one from
George Washington himself.
Family reminiscenses will bo a special fea
ture of the new society that has made, un
der its charming regent, such a prosperous
beginning. The next meeting will be held
the 10th of October or thereabouts.
Deleoatiox after delegation of pretty
maidens traversed the portion ofPenn ave
nue between Eighth and Ninth street yes
terday morning, attracting no end of ad
miration by their bright faces and spring
gowns, and considerable curiosity as to their
identity and their objective point. Those
posted on the affairs of the city, however,
and blest with leisure, lost no time specu
lating, but followed the dainty jnisses to the
Smlthnold M. E. Church, where the "eiass
day" of the Pittsburg Female College
was being observed with a programme on
which appeared numerous or the fair dele
gations. President Norcross introduced the
young ladies; in fact, officiated as master of
ceremony in a felicitous manner, warranted
by his intimate acquaintance with tho stu
dents. The entire graduating class, which was
last evening resting ana trying on its new
frocks preparatory to the regular com
mencement exercises this evening in tho
North Avenue M. E. Church, was repre
sented on the programme, and very credi
tably rounded out the morning.
The programme was a varied one and con
sisted of vocal and Instrumental music
essays and recitations. Those who partici
pated, wore Misses Kerr, Orcutt, Ballard,
Lazarus, Harris, Zlrckel, Jack, Hemphill,
Montgomery, Snyder, Bcott, Dick, Fuller,
Haler, Newborn, Day and Brown.
Ice wator and fans will be furnished to all
who attend the elocution contest at Uni
versity Hall, Sixth street, this evening, and
tho ushers will be instructed to keep con
tinual watch for Individuals overcome by
the extreme length of tho programme and
furnish them with prompt and speedy reme
dies. Every precaution has been taken for
tho health nnd safety of the audience, and
the performers wilf remain tranquil and
take short naps whllo awaiting their turn on
the programme, which is decided by "draw
ings." Fifteen yonng ladies will contest for
the D. B. King gold medal, and they havo
all rather lengthy selections. Tragedy,
comedy, pathos and humor will all havo a
fair showing and three judges will render
tho deolsion.
Bcsisess men of social bent are protesting
vory vigorously against the innovation In
tho city of the London wedding hours, 12 or
12:30 o'clock. They claim it precludes even
a possibility of their attending the nuptials
of their friends, though many of them will1
make an effort to be present at Trinity
Church to-day at noon for the Shea-Morgan
wedding, which is to be very elegant, and
has the advantage of being in tho center of
tho city. A nnmbor of bridemalds,a maid
of honor, a half a dozen of ushers, elaborate
church decorations, a lovely bride and
handsome groom aro attraction! not to be
ignored by even busy men. The feminine
social world will bo well represented.
The young ladles of tho First United
Presbyterian Church, on Seventh ave-'
nue, have preparod a treat for their'
friends in the shape of an entertain
ment they will give at tho church to-morrow
evening. As is Befitting forthe season there
will bo strawberries and cream, but the
promoters promise to lntroduoe features
that are entirely novel in the entertainments
at the First Church.
0 omr II. BoBB,the Fourth avenne attorney,
was married yesterday afternoon. The
bride was Miss Josephine Shaefer Tanner, a
Sopular young society lady of Moorhend,
linn., where the ceremony was performed
ut the residence of the bride's mother. Mr.
and Mrs.Hobb will travel until July H,
after which they expect to be at homo to
their friends at the Hotel Kenmawr, East.
End.
Poon Lo will 'receive attention this after
noon at the regular monthly meeting of tha
Indian Association, which is to be held at Id
Stockton avenue, Allegheny. This will be
the last meeting until foil. The great-granddaughter
of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mo
hawks, is to bo present. She Is expected to
deliver an address.
Social Chatter,
A Jess Rose festival will be given this
evening, under tho aunpiclgsHof the Lndios'
Working Band, of the Second M. P. Church,
corner Fifth avenue and Marion.
Mas. Nathahiel B. Hogg will depart the
first of tho week for a short visit with her
sister in Philadelphia and for a sojourn at
Atlantie City.
A STDAWBEnRT and ico cream social will be
given by the Ladies' Aid Society of the New
Westminster Church, to-night and to-morrow
evening.
Miss Johksoit, of Cincinnati, a young lady
of great beauty and wonderfully engaging
manneis, is a guest of Miss Minnie Becker.
The second annual picnic of the Hebrew
Children's Aid Socioty will be held at Wind
sor Park, Bellevue, Thursday, July L
Mn, Euokxe Vaw Deonipr Poattn and Miss
Martha Yegeley McDonald will be wedded
to-day on Duqueshe Heights.
The Sunday school of the First Presbyte
rian Church, Southslde, will hold a picnic at
Idlewood June 30.
The German Lutheran Sunday school, of
the West End, held its picnic atMcKee'S
Bocks yesterday.
MiuASD ilns. MiLto-r KiBKzr, of Esplen
station, arc East, where they will remain
lor some time.
Mas. W. N. Fhew, of Beechwood, East End,
gives a lawn fote of largo proportions this
afternoon.
. Miss Sahgeot entertains Hot pupils of
former years at her home In Allegheny this
evening.
Mas. JAMEs'CnAtAHT returned home from
Cleveland yesterday.
The Woman's Press Dub meets next Sat
urday.
airs, uvu asai.t is visiting irienas in tne
East.
The Irwln-Hamllton nuptials this evening.
Tiie Dawson-Bryant wedding to-day.
WISCONSIN'S FABKESS' AILlArTCfc. a
Consolidation With tlib Sistionat Alliance
Urtred by Delegates.
La CnossE, June lO.-Inihe Farmers' Alli
ance convention this morning, committees
wero appointed to investigate the insurance
and newspaper plans heretofore laid before
the convention. The Committee on Consoli
dation reported as follows:
"We recommend that the Wisconsin Alli
ance consolidate and become a part of the
National Alliance and Industrial Union.
We fuither recommend that the question of
consolidation be submitted to' ail the alli
ances of the State."
THB PItlNCK AND THE TIGER.
CWIutte: foh TitE blsrATCti.)
The Prince of Wales oil the motrow Baila
All up tho River Niger;
With bitccarat and a game of draw
HO will buck the tiger.
Tlien to Htndostatt oh an Indiamahi
With a high caste and a mongrel,
With a club and gull his game hVil fun,
And beat all in. thB jungle.
Homestead, Pa., June' M. . S.
-.PACKED 077 TO CHINA.
Admiral 'Harmony Ordered to Proceed to
the Asiatic Station at Once.
rsrxciAt. txleobam to tux disfatcIi.I
WxsnraoTox, June 10. Among the naval
orders to-day was a significant one authoriz
ing Renr Admiral David B. Harmony to-
hoist bis fiag on the Lancaster on tho !3U
Inst .and to proceed'to tho Asiatic station to
relfeve Bear Admiral George E. Belknap,
now in command. Lieutenant J. R. Self ridge,
a son of Admiral Self ridge, is also ordored to
the Lancaster as fiag lieutenant. Rear Ad
miral Harmony had also been notified to
hold himself in readiness to go to China when
he wassosnddenlydotached from the Chair
manship of the Lighthouse 'Board, but sum
mary orders to-day, nevertheless, created
gome surprise and no little gossip among
naval officers.
At first glanco It was takon as an indica--tion
that Admirni Hnrmony was to bo al
lowed no further meditation as to the ad
visability of retiring under the 45-year
service rule. He is entitled to retire with
his present rank, and It was presumed that
lie would gladly avail himself of this oppor
tunity in preferenco to a sail around the
world in such nn insignificant flagship as
the Lancaster. .In fact, it was generally said
when ho was removed from the Lighthouse
Board that it ws the wish of the depart
ment to force hlg retirement. His friends
to-day. howovor, think he will stick in the
navy, If only to spitetho3e whoseemanxious
to got rid of him, and that he will very soon
appear at the Brooklyn Navy Yard prepared
for duty. The Lancaster is in a good state
of repair, and has been waiting for a crew
at Brooklyn for some time. If she gets away
by tho end Of this month sho could not reach
China, proceeding direct, in less than six
months. If Admiral Harmony, decides to
go by way of the Mediterranean, It will take
him over a year and will be altogether a de
lightful trip.
SECTJBED THE IIZZABS.
How a Medical Student Cnred an Aged Be
witched Colored Man.
New York Tlmes.l
A young medical student from the South
attending lectures in this city tells how he
cured a patient who was suffering with a
curious ailment. The patient .was an old
negro, who for many weeks hid been gradu
ally wasting away from no apparent cause.
When questioned by his family as to the
nature of his trouble, the old fellow would
sadly shake his head and beg them not to
press the question. The young man noticed
the old man's emaciated condition one day
and, becoming Interested in the matter,
made it his business to find out what the ail
ment was. It was a difficnlt job to extort
any information from the aged patient, but
finally he broke down ana confessed that he
had been bewitched and. had a lizzard in his
arm.
The student gravely assured the negro
that taking reptiles from bewitched people
was his specialty and that he had stocked
several menageries in that way. He finally
succeeded in gaining the patient's confidence
and dismissed him with a supply of bread
pills and Instructions to call the following
week. When the negro put in his appear
ance the noxt time the student bad a dead
lizard in readiness and convinced hispa
tiont that it was the identical one that for
mally abided in his arm. He straightaway
began to Improve, and is now vigorous and
hearty.
ILLINOIS' NEW ELECTION LAW,
Many Important Bills Shelved by the Lower
Legislative House.
SrRWGrELD, III., June 10. The House thU
mprntng ordered all bills except approprla I
tion bills stricken from the rolls, as there 1
iwas not time to enaet them into laws.
Among the bills thus killed were measures
to regulate stockyard companies and tele
graphs, telephones and. express companies.
The Committee on Elections reported that
in conference with the Senate committee an
agreement had been reached on the ballot
Teform bUl.- Tho bill provides that tho bal
lots shall not be numbered, but shall be
preserved for six months: that the polls
shall be open from 7 a. it. till 5 p.m., and that
all employes BhaU be given two hours on
each election day for luncheon and voting
without loss In wages. The report was
adopted and the Dill passed.
B&JXWAY EMPLOYES TO MEET.
Secret Sessions for the Consideration of Im
portant Questions.
Tr. Watxe, Ikd., June Id The railway em
ployes hold a seoro't ' session last evening,
which lasted until after midnight. A meet
ing of tho grand offlconof the variousordefb
has been nrrangedfor this evening, at.whfch
Eugene Y..,Deb, of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers, and Prank Sweoney, of
tne ewitcnmen's Aiutuai Aia Association,
will attend.
The session will be secret, bnt It Is under
stood that It is called to consider some grave
questions that may result in calling a gen
eral meeting of the organization to-morrow.
To-day the delegates with their families and
friends went to Rome City on an excursion,
three special trains being required for their
accommodation.
WOBLD'S FALB LKTEBESTS ABB0AD.
A Commission of Prominent Men to He
Sent to Europe,
Washington, June 10.-DIrootr General
Davis, of the Chicago World's Fair, said to
night that the following named persons
would go abroad as members of the commis
sion in the Interest of foreign exhibits:
Hon. Thomas H. WaUer, who will be Presi
dent! Mr M. P. Handy, Hon. Carl Schurz, ex
Senator Eustls, and probably Hon. Benjamin
Bntterworth. A sixth person a Chicago
man-wlll also, ho said, be appointed on the
commission. Mr. Davis said that Mr. Ives.
or St. Louis, Chief of the Art Bureau, would
also be sent abroad in the Interest of the
Exposition.
Boston Players Attend Church.
Boston Herald.
It served the St Louis nine jnst right that
the Boston Reds walloped them in tbelr
own City on Sunday. If Boston's baseball
representatives aro obliged to play ball on
the seventh day of the week in the wicked
Western cities it is well that they vanquish
the local talent.
PEOPLE COMING AHlToOINO.
"W. Ij. Elklns, the Philadelphia traction
magnate, was on the limited last evening go
ing to Chicago, tie said 3-cent fares have
come to stay in Pittsburg, President George
Elklns was on band to see him, and the pair
talked while the engines were changed.
Judge f ortcr went to New York for a few
das. He remarked that it would hot be
proper for him to talk about the Judgeship
fights. Ho refused to say anything about
the Magee-Cooper combination to down
Quay.
General Passenger Agent ll A. Ford, of
the Pennsylvania Company, Went to Chi
cago last evening to assist in adjusting the
differentials between New York and St.
Louis. It does not concern this territory.
A large party of ladles and gentlemen
passed through tho city yesterday going to
Now York. Tho have Invested $4,000,000 In
the red lands Of C.llifdrnin, and Were out on
the coast inspecting the property.
Miss ifary I Cort. a missionary at J?el
ohnlbtirl, Slain, was in the- city for a short
time yesterday. She was on her way to Mo
nongahela City to see friends.
J?. J, Henrne. manager of the Riverside
Iron Works, at Wheeling, and Francis A.
Lyte, of Knine, registered at the Mononga
hela House last evening.
Ex-iMayor Bramish, of Scranton, was vis
iting Democratic friends In Pittsburg yester
day. Me stopped at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel.
A. .T. Sinckhouse, formerly of Allegheny,
nnd Josohh Stophen, hr Flmllay, O , hie
ruglstefed nt the Hotel Blattner, Allegheny.-
C At Egley, of the Queen nml Crescent,.
Mid W. L. Bowltts, of the Wabash, are
hustling for freight in this territory.
Captain Sam Brown left for Cincinnati
last evening to see his coal fleet sweep tri
umphantly into-tho harbor. .
D. E. Hill, the Akron sewer pipe maker,
and W. A. Gorby, of TIndlay, registered at
the Anderson yesterday.
Isaac Ash and son, of Oil City, and George
M. Brisbln, a California lawyer, aro stopping
at the Dtlquesne.
General Freight Agent Frank Dean, of
the Lake Erie road, retarned from Chicago
yesterday.
E. tf. Burrows, of Ffftnklin, had J. ,
Stair, of Sh-armi, ui-o at the Seventh Avenue
otel.
J. Hi Kerr, of Clarion, and John C. Ken
dall, of Toronto, are stoppldg at the Sohlos
ser. State Senator K. B. Scott, of Vheeling,
if as at the Monpngahela House yesterday.
- Ex-rngreismarf-KoBnan Hall, of Sharon,
3 in tb city yMtorday.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.?
A State official of Maine is wearing a
straw hat that he bought in 1S59.
Ex-Bepresentative "W. H. Swett, of
York, now In his 82d year, bas plan tod' with
his own hands 8,000 hills of corn and potatoes
this spring.
Light through the new Lick telescope
is nearly 2,000 times as bright as that seen by
the naked eye.
Santa Barbara, Cat, boasts of a hotel
waiter who can tako an order for dinner in
seven different languages.
The effort to make tobacco a staple crop
in Florida is being continued on a larger
acreage nnd "with apparent success."
A large fat woodchuek made his way
into tho dining room of Mrs. Foster on Front
street, Richmond, Me., the other day, where
he was captured, and he is now in a cage.
-A tornado at Trenton, Go., carried off
the roof of a house, leaving a sick man in his
bed, unharmed but shelterless. The neigh
Dors at once built a temporary shelter of er
him.
It is said that of 101 men who left
Skowhegan for the war in Company F, Third
Maine infantry, only two are left in the
town to greet the old Third at its reunion in
Skowhegan next August.
A woman ivho was killed in a runaway
accident at Waterville, Me., in life had red
hair, but when her body was taken up It was
found that her hair had turned to a very
dark brown, probably through fright.
George Phillips, aged 80 years, a farmer
of Columbus, S. C, had gray hair and beard
for JO years. About ten days ago It began to
turn black, and is now as dark as when he
was a young man. He has been confined to
his home several years on account of par
alysis. An engineer on the B. F. & B. the
other day, while leaning out the cab window,
near Canton, Me., sneezed his teeth out. The
run was completed without delay, and after
a return to the scene of the accident and a
search of several hours the lost teeth were
recovered.
Famine prices are said to be prevailing
at Iqnique, the seat of the insurgent gov
ernment in Chile. Meat is selling at 70
cents a pound, potatoes and flour at 20 and
$30 a bag respectively. With food supplies
at that price square meals must be few and
far between.
The sloop Lou has left for a three-'
months' fishing trip on the Pacific. An
electric plant was put on board and the fish
ing is to be done by the aid of Incandescent
lights and a net. The fish nre attracted by
the glare and thousands can be taken with
little trouble.
In the town of Kallies, Pomerania, a
great potato country, the entire population,
of between 3,000 and 4,000, shut up their
houses, leave the keys with the Mayor, and
scatter all ovor Pomerania to the potato
harvest, leaving tho Mayor and hcllringer
alone In charge of the town.
Thomas B. Allen recently celebrated
his 100th birthday at Clarksburg, W.Va. Ho
was a soldier under Wellington and was
present at the burial of Sir John More.
Allen's grandfather died at 133. and his
father was living 20 years ago at the age of
HO. Since then ne has not been beard from.
A controversy upon the cruelty of firing
horses has received an interesting contribu
tion from Bombay. Horses and bullocks aro
fired there, It seems, but the practice is ex
tended to the firing of babies as a euro for
stomach ache. In a certain village, the
writer says, it was difficult to find man,
woman or child whose stomach, was not
scarred with fire marks.
When the grave of Miss Alice "Wood,
ward, at Douds, la., was opened, for the pur
pose of removing tho body to another ceme
tery, friends of the dead girl had the coffin
openecLand to their horror It was discovered
that the girl had been buried alive. The
tranco when she was burled.
The Agent General forthe Cape of Good
Hope is officially informed that the results
of the recent census, expressed in thousands,
are as follows: European, or white, 377,000;
aboriginal (blacks), 619,000; all other colored
races. 299,000; total, 1,524,000. Total census of
1873, 720,000 (exclusive of the Transkel dis
tricts, the population of which in 1S71 was
137,000, and which now numbers 10,000 Eu
ropeans and 176,000 natives); lnorease, 804,000.
Father Von der Heyden, of the Catholic
Church of Bols City, took a bag of gold to tho
assay office with a view of obtaining tha
cash, it- "wasi valued at joai wa as---"-''-'
Bayed 13 years ago, and the stamp with the
dato was legibly to be seen thereon. It had
belonged to a party in Idaho City, wno had
kept It all of tho long years. Mr. Cunning
ham, the assayer in charge, paid the cash on
the bar yesterday. The interest on its valno
at 10 per cent for 13 years would have
amounted to $1,3JU 30, or if placed at com-
Sonnd interest 'at 1 per cent a month to ft
ttle more than (4,000.
The widow of a church beadle died in a
village in tho Government of Penze, Russia,
having expressed tho desire that her re
mains be put by those of hor husband. When
the grave of the latter was opened the coffin
Was hot found. On Investigation It was dis
covered that the peasants of tho village had,
stolen the body of tho dead beadle and sunk'
it in a swamp. There had been a drought In
that district last year, and the peasants be
lieved that if they sunk the body of a.
righteous man in water rain would come.
The superstition is prevalent among tha
common people In that region,
Mary Ann Grier disappeared from her
father's home, two miles south of Kavatak,
Ind., nearly 40 years ago. A few days ago
her body was recovered In an abandoned
bog Iron-ore pit, without one vestige of
change from tho appearance It had known
in life. Not only is the contour of the form
perfect as in health, but even the color has
remained unchanged. The arms and shoul
ders are as white as marble, the hands aro
brown, and one of them still bears the stains
of the berries with which she was working
the afternoon of her disappearance. Tho
cheeks are slightly brown, but suffused with
a ruddy flush which old settlers remember
as one of the girl's chief charms.
Wellsville, O., has a wonderful mon
stroclty. It is a female pig, about eight
inches in length, entirely devoid of hair, has
a double set of eyes, feet like the hands of a
human, distinct finger nails, large ears and -the
lower part of the face like a human. Tho -
most peculiar part of the freak is the upper
part of the face, which looks likenn elephant.
It has a long trunk projecting from tho
middle or the Head, which turns backward
and lays between the two ears, nnd in the
end of which are two large holes, -through
which the air or breathing take place. Tho
nose proper has no holes on either side, and
resembles a human nose. The chin is as -perfect
as a child at birth possesses.
TE MEBUY JEST.
'Tapa, you were in consultation with
your lawjrer this morning, were you not?"
"Yes, little one; I made my will, and I have
amply provided for you ami your mother with a
thousand or two each. The rest of my money goea
to the poor and needy colleges Yale and Har
vard." (Hugglnir him) "Oh, you darling old maniac
what fun there will be breaking ltl"-T.
"So," said Mrs. Enpeck, "Mr. Marry -
much is In J all at last. Serves him right for having
one wife too many r '
"Oh, see here, now!" Mr. E. ventured to remon
strate. "If that's to be made a test-"
"Well?" (very severely).
"Nothing: only I was wondering how yon'U pus
the time while I'm serving my sentence." tV.
"lit is not a bean of yours, is he?" ,.' .a
"Yes." -
"He calls on me ortencr thin on yon."
"Yes: I told him too days you were not at . ,
home." Life. ,,.
He used to play the races,
That's why he looks so grunt --
lie finds, now he retraces.
That they were playing him.
Iitdgt,
"What are you doing for a living thesa
days. Dosha?" asked Dolley.
"I bweatae," replied Goalln, with a wesry "Iga,
Judge. -
Lady of the house No; you don't answer
the reqnirements of my advertisement. Aren't yon
a tramp?
Tramp No'm.
Lady of the lioue Not a tramp, eh?
Trauip-NVm. On the contrary, I lend a Very
sedentary lire in the park.-wbe.
Cousin Jack (of New York) I .under
stand, consln, yon intend moving to New Torkt Is
there any troth In It? .3 ;
Consln Maud (of Chicago) Well, you see, nearly j
ftil 01 OUr rCia-IT -3 uiom lien -.via. Miu UICAU v
come to the World's Fair, ind papa thought It
would be much better to live in sew York
VM Chicago during the fair jvu.Jwigt,
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