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Ter Qnarter 2 00 Dailt Dispatch, One Month TO Daily DisrATCH, lnclodlng Sunday, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3 m'ths. 2 50 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday. 1 m'th.. SO fccxDAY DisrATCn, One Year. 150 Weekly Diefatcii, One Year 1 25 The Daily DisrATcn is delivered by carriers at IS cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at SOfentspcrweek. riTTSBUKG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1891. BLAINE'S AVAILABILITY. A story is started of a combination among Western Senators to beat Harrison in the Presidental canvass, for the purpose of nominating Blaine. No "combination", of this sort is needed. Mr. Blaine wouldbe nominated to-morrow almost by acclama tion in the Republican party if that were possible; and a year hence, if he be still alive and willing to take the nomination, there is little doubt he can have it with a like spontaneity. The feeling for Blaine in the Republican party at the present moment is one of enthusiastic admiration for his continuously clear insight Into pub lic affairs, especially those which are linked with the business interests and foreign re lations of the country. It is not Repub licans alone who have this feeling. There arc thousands of Democrats whose busi ness interests might similarly well incline them to regard the success of Blaine with anything but regret Not even the influence of patronage can prevent the nomination of the Secre tary if he consent to run. There is noth ing urged as a bar but his health, and this is really no obstacle. Mr. Blaine was a very sick man fifteen years age when his name was presented to the Convention at Cincinnati, which afterward nominated Rutherford B. Hayes. Again he was re ported utterly broken up four years ago when the honor went to Harrison. But nevertheless the country has seen Blaine good for better service in the interim than anv cotemporary statesman. There has never been a moment in the last four years during which he has not been fully equal to the responsibilities of the most important governmental post. It seems nonsense, therefore, to talk now of ruling Blaine off the track as an invalid, and equally superfluous to plan a "combine" to secure for him the honor which his party, more nearly as a unit than it has ever hitherto felt upon such a question, would be only too glad to bestow. A TTriCAL CORPORATE CLAIM. Perhaps the protest of the North Amer ican Commercial Company against the the closed season for sealing has a founda tion in law, as is alleged. To speak more strictly, it might have foundation in law if the United States Government could be sued. But when the circumstances are all taken into consideration, it must be ac knowledged that it is an illustration of the corporate cheek unsurpassed in its especial line. Everyone knows this company holds an enormously valuable privilege from the Government Its claim of 5400,000 dam ages for a year's suspension of sealing in dicates a profit of that amount from a privilege for which its pays 100,000 a year or less. The effort of the United States has been to protect this privilege. It would be easy for the United States to let indiscriminate sealing exterminate the seals; and while that might make seal skins high the people of the United States could rub along with astrachan and other furs. By preserving the seals the United States renders its income S100, 000 permanent; but it also prevents the 5400,000 annual profit of the North Ameri can Commercial Company from being brought to an early termination. The closed season agreement is evidently the first step toward a permanent treaty for the preservation of the seals. It is there fore more in the interest of the company than of the people of the United States. The North American Commercial Com pany is therefore in the position of de manding damages from its best friend for having guarded its interest There may be a legal foundation for such a claim; but if it were not for the proverbial absence of soul from the corporate nature it could not have been made. A NW WAGE IDEA. . A novel Idea with regard to wages has been suggested by Mr. F. A. Halsey, a Canadian engin, in a paper read before 6 gathering of engineers. It proposes to offer lalwr a share of the profits arising from greater exertion on its part by offer ing the laborer paid by the day a premium for every hour gained in accomplishing a certain amount of work, the premium to be less than the wages for the time gained. "Thus," says the explanation, "if a man usually consumes ten hours in performing a piece of ork, and by extra exertion re duces the time to nine hours, he is to re ceive the wages he would ordinarily have earned for nine hours and a premium be sides for the hour gained." Two objections at once appear to this suggestion. The first is that in nearly all departments of labor in which it is prac ticable to mcasurejthe fixed task labor is already paid by the piece, and, second, that it does not give the laborer all he gains by his own extra exertion. If ten hours s the rate fixed by agree ment for a day's work, and a rapid work man does a day's work in nine hours, he is justly entitled to a full day's pay wherever the tact is demonstrated. If the proposi tion were to give him ten hours' pay when he does the average ten hours' work in nine hours it would accord him neither more nor less than is done when he is paid by the piece. In commenting favorably on this propo sition the Philadelphia Press says: "Piece work has the disadvantage of encouraging careless work. The result of profit-sharing is distant and uncertain." The fact is, however, that this plan encourages careless work just as piece work does; for it is really payment by the piece, with the variation of not giving the workman all lie is entitled to. The distant and uncer tain returns of profit-sharing would be an" objection if the workmen had to depend on them alone. But when he is given a Wlje fixed rate of wages, and-in addition a share in the profits to be swelled by efforts on his part to make his work intelligent, rapid and careful, it affords the best method yet devised for making the laborer a gainer from the gain of his employer. , r AKTISANSniP ON THE FINANCES. Two views concerning the ,condition of the Treasury appeared in two! New York papers on the same day, which ihowthe difficulty partisanship causes of viewing a subject fairly. One appears in a signed article by Mr. Jesse Sellgman, inithe New York Becorder, extolling the financial record of the Republican party. It makes the following declaration: Our Government is able to .pay off the $51,000,000 of four and one-half per cents which became due on September 1, and its creditors, the National hanks, rather than have the money paid, ask the Government to keep on owing it to them with interest at the rate of two por cent a year. But, if Mr. Seligman's statement- is cor rect, the Treasury policy contemplates a direct betrayal of public interest If the Treasury has $31,000,000 available for the payment of the 4 1-3 per cents, to keep on paying 2 per cent for it will be taking Sl.000.000 annuallv out of the pockets of the people and giving it to the National banks. In his efforts to make a glowing statement for the Republican party Mr. Seligman has so far transgressed facts as to practically constitute a severe indict ment Another partisan assertion from the other side of the house is from the New York World, as follows: Mr. Foster may think that his deficiency Is only about $800,000, hut it is really nearer $40,000,000. More than $40,000,000 belonging to the National banks, and held in trust by the Treasury idy the redemption of bant notes, was embezzled by the last Congress and much' of it has been expended. It is still due, however, and the hanks can call for it at any time. Here we see a determination to assert the existence of a big deficiency leading to the wildest statements. The $40,000,000 referred to as "embezzled" which was over ?50,000,000 was the fund deposited by National banks which have retired cir culation. This fund was transferred by act of Congress. This, as The Dispatch has often said, was a false step and should not have been taken. But as to Its creating a deficiency, the World will probably find that liability on account of the fund ap pears in the Treasury statement to balance the money gained by it Moreover, the deficiency cannot take place until the notes are presented to exhaust the Treasury balance. The World's desire to represent the Treasury on the verge of bankruptcy leads it to assert that the money belongs to the banks and that they can call for it at anytime. The fact Is quite different The money belongs to the holders of bank notes, and they can call for it; but their slowness in doing so is illustrated by the fact that over $50,000,000 of the notes is in general circulation. All of which illustrates the Importance, in discussing financial topics, of steering clear of the partisanship which makes it difficult to abstain from representing the facts as either better or worse than they really are. A CORRECT INSTINCT. An assertion that ought to be truthful, and may be regarded so except when the spirit of jingoism triumphs over the cool ness of American judgment, is made by the New York Tribune that "tie American instinct is against enlargement of the na tional domain by peaceable acquisition in the South." The instinct, whether universal or not, is founded on good government Our form of government depends upon the intelli gence of the people, their capability for self -government and their availability for assimilation. To add to our population the people of Cuba, Haiti or Guatemala, would be simply to incorporate into our government a class utterly incapable of performing the duties of American citizen ship. "We would either have to nullify our principles of popular self-government by holding those populations in a condi tion of disfranchisement, or we would have to admit into citizenship a large number of people wholly foreign to intel ligent democracy. No acquisition of sugar plantations or mahogany forests would compensate for such a weakening of our republican institutions. The case of Canada is somewhai differ ent, because both the territory and the people are closer to us in location and character. But even there we run against a consideration calculated to make us pause when we find that the one element where annexation talk is most heard finds its sole quarrel with the present Govern ment of Canada on account of their desire to preserve the French language and in stitutions and to maintain the union of Church and State. Are we prepared to grant the wishes of the French Canadians in those respects? That price might be found to be too high, even if it purchased the whole of Canada. TOE COMING AVARFARE. Mr. Archibald Forbes has started an in teresting discussion with regard to the effect on warfare of the latest inventions in murderous implements. Mr. Forbes dissents from the general view that the increased destructiveness of the new im plements of warfare will shorten cam paigns. He thinks the increased ability of nations to carry on defensive warfare will be greatly strengthened, and that therefore campaigns will be immensely prolonged. This Is a decided shock to the widely promulgated but rather loose theory that every addition to the destructive energy of warlike implements shortens warfare. Some theorists are rather slow to -accept the idea, and still regard It as doubtful It is most probable that Mr. Forbes is right, although we would assign a different rea son for reaching the conclusion. The abil ity to conduct defensive warfare has been strengthened, but so has the power of offensive warfare. On the other hand the history of the world teaches us that the theory of increased destructiveness does hold good in all cases. There has been a constant progress in the destructiveness of arms, but there have been varying periods in some of which war was a slow and in decisive struggle for long periods of years, while in others it was a matter of prompt, bloody and decisive battles. A study of these. periods will probably reveal the fact that "where wars were waged by costly machinery requiring es pecial training in its use, and making the successful conduct of armies a matter of special engineering, they have been slow and not especially bloody. Where they are waged by weapons which can be placed In the hands of the people and led by men whose genius consists in throwing their forces to the decisive points, they can be 'quickly determined. The latest ideas in warfare, consisting of dynamite guns, 110-ton cannon and immensely costly bat tle ships, indicate that the coming era in war will call for genius of the class of Vanban, Maurice of- Nassau, and De metrius the Town-taker; while the period that is not yet fully ended, will yield its greatest triumphs to the tactics of Vou Moltke, Napoleon, Frederick, Caesar and Alexander. THE PHILADELPHIA THYSTERY. That expectea confession of Bardsley's, concerning which predictions of its taking the lid off were made, turn3 out to be noth ing ita the line that was, expected. In stead of exposing theunknown sharers In the plunder the defaulting treasurer makes a number of rather weak: excuses for himself, and ends by laying all the blame on Marsh, who has conveniently taken himself off, and. Drew, the Bank Ex aminer, who it seems has been selected a supplementary scapegoat As to Drew, it is evident his worst of fense was that he was deceived, and even that responsibility for the failure of the governmental supervision is not so great as the Controller's. But as to the people en gaged in the plunder of the bank itmay be possible that the operations were wholly conducted by Marsh and Lucas, as Mr. Bardsley alleges. But it must be said that ' both the antecedent circumstances and the events since the bankruptcy became inev itable makeit extremely difficult to believe in the completeness of the alleged con fession. It Is worth remembering that there is a large amount of the disappeared money wholly unaccounted for; and, to use the mildest expression, some mysterious fate has Interposed at every turn to prevent effective methods in discovering it It was known to the Government officials in January that the. bank had been plun dered; but it was kept open until March. "With the knowledge that Marsh had been a participant in the illegal acts the Gov ernment officials permitted him to disap pear, just before the bank closed. With Marsh absent Bardsley pleads guilty, and thus obviates a trial; while the confession which was expected to make an earth quake leaves the secret intact With these things to ponder on ,the public cannot be blamed if it retains the belief that there are some powerful per sons in the background who have profited by the plunder, and who have been suc cessful in getting the scapegoats to bear the odium in silence. Commenting- sarcastically over a row produced in Topeka, because a book In one of the Sunday-school libraries held up the Prince of Wales as "an inspiration to every one who knows him," the New York Tribune says: "This is the worst fling at the Prince since a nttsburg police Justice declared that the heir of England couldn't get a saloon license in his court." It is a hitter warning for people to be sure what they are talking about when a learned, able j ndge of our Com mon Pleas Court No. i is described as a "po lice Justice." The reported renewal of the troubles in Samoa produces the prediction that the United States will again send some naval vessels there. Have we any vessels so ut terly useless for purposes of repairs that we can take that method of getting rid of them? The Central European Zollverein is as serted to be a fixed fact with the full an nouncement of it to be made public here after. Its bearing on the United States' is shown by intimations that it will shut out American products from the territory cov ered by the agreement. But after the Zoll verein has made food dearer for the masses a few years, the people may conclude that they have no further use for the oppressive Zollverein or the Governments which estab lished it. The "1 and My People" of the German Emperor evokes a good manyv sarcasms; but it must be said in credit to tho Hohenzoll ern war lord that it shows a distinct advance over the "I am tho Stato" which Louis XIV. enunciated and the Bonapartes practiced. The glittering intelligence is heralded abroad concerning a fashionable authoress that she posed in "a conspicuous position" on "an impromptu throne" which was "guarded by two courtiers," while the dan cers did homage by laying their favors at her feet. All of which strung to the length of a column bears testimony to the triumph of Jenkinsism and the self-advertising ge nius of the latest star in the firmament of fashionable authorship. PerhAps the jury that acquitted the fe nmlo murderess in New York would bo will ing to adopt the English idea, and acknowl edge that she committed an error of Judg ment; hut the public is remarking quite ex tensively that the jury did that. The young orator at the Grand Opera House lost night who took for his subject "Tho Diplomatic Pen," proved his ability to skilfully handle that weapon by mention ing tho name of James G. Blaine at a critical moment in his address. Thus he captured the house. Tumultuous applause greeted his efforts and ho carried off the palm. Mr. Blaine will have to stand by his colors or that youth will ono day outgeneral him. The number of "strong combinations" of Senators to defeat Harrison, Just at pres ent indicates the quiet example of Matthew Stanley Quay has produced a crowd of base imitators who are overworking his neat and effective system. The widely spread report that the mem bers of tho Clover Club, of Philadelphia, who visited Chicago were thunder-stricken at being nabbed by a patrol wagon is gener ally regarded with inciedulity. To assert that the Clovcritcs arc not able to look upon a ride in patrol wagons as a commonplace result of their disdrderly conduct is equiva lent to an impoachment of the Philadelphia police. Maryland claims to possess a citizen who has been reading the Baltimore papers for fifty years; but tho case is not remarka ble. Keeping the mind placid and freeJrom any sensatiftns, is notably conducive to long life. The question whether pugilists are artists is boing ponderously discussed under tho contract labor law. The assertion is made that John L. is notably in the municipal decoration llnew He and other artists of the same class are also noted for producing stunning effects of the impressionist school. Mns. French-Sheldon is now adver tised as safely back from the alleged Kilman jairo journey. But it is not stated whether she will write a book or go on the stnge. Ap palling thought! perhaps it will be both. The careful announcement bytmble that young Mr. Wilson did secure his election to the Marlborough Club through the kindly ofllces of the Prince of Wales, is important; but it is not complete until it relieves the doubt as to whether it is intended for a vin dication of the Prince or the parvenu. The pleasant announcement is published that Mr. Blaine is free from organic troubre. It had, however, been previously noticed that tho Harrison family organs were very strenuously ceasing from troubling him. Ir that hat trimmings' jury had been com posed of men. with extravagant wives and daughters, it is suggested by the Washing ton Post, it might have let Uncle Sam off easier. Perhaps not, dear Post, considering that those jurors would have to help pay the bill if Uncle Sam didnot. Yesterday gave rise to a new though possibly rash hope that the rdiny season has taken a summer vacation. It might be well for the State Depart ment to inquire whether Hippolyte actually did beard the Douglass to the extent of making him turn pale. If so the. United States navy should interfere., No such vio lent bleaching or our diplomatic represen tatives can be permitted. UNEQUAL DIVISION. - The Governor Thinks That an Attempt Was Made to Gerrymander the State in Ap portioning It Into Representative Dis tricts Not Countenanced by the Consti tution. SPECIAL TELECBAM TO THE DISPATCH. HARRisBimo, June 23, The legislative and Congressional apportionment bills were ve toed this evening by Governor Pattison. The Governor says the apportionment of the Stato into Renresentativo districts, ac cording to the Constitution, is not a difficult matter; nor is it one in the execution of which any partisan ingenuity needs to be exercised to secure for the political majority of the people of the Stato their full and en tire rights of representation. He explains the manner in which the ratio Is found by dividing the whole population of the State, according to the last census, by 200, which is 26,290. Continuing the Governor states that: "Every intendment of the sys tem is to protect and preserve the rights of the smaller districts, and the manifest sin gle representative districts. These explicit directions have been followed, in the main, in this apportionment, and where they are departed from in any degree, had the Gen eral Assembly followed any consistent prin cipal of division and allotment, doubts would certainly have been felt in tho execu tive mind as to tho propriety of disturbing the conclusions reached. But it is all too plain that in the bartitionlng of a number of tho larger counties of tho State considera tions have been allowed to govern which have no place in the constitutional idea of a fair and proper apportionment. These blemishes and incongruities in the bill ren der it intolerable and I have been the read ier to veto It on that account, becauso, within two years, another General Assem bly will have an opportunity to apportion the Stato into legislative districts, and to provide a consistent and uniform system of representation for this decade. The coun ties of Lackawanna, Luzerne and Schuyl kill will abundantly servo to illustrate what I conceive to be a deliberate purpose to ap ply a principal to one political division of the State, which is ignored or reversed in another. Different Systems Are Objectionable. "Tho representation in these three coun ties is largely grouped in boroughs. Yet it is to be seen that the 'Single District' sys tem is applied to two of them. Lackawanna is put into five single and separate districts, and Luzerne into seven, while Schuylkill's six members are apportioned among only four districts. The 'Single District' system is not applied to Lancaster, with four members, outside of Lancaster City; to Berks with three members outside of Bead ing; to Montgomery with five members; to Westmoreland with four members though all of these have over 100,000 population, and could practicably have been divided into single districts if the principle of representa tion applied to Luzerne and Lackawanna nau oeen consistently aanerea to. "In the division of Montgomery county, if it were for any reason expedient to 'divide the five members, othorwise than among sin gle and separate districts, it was altogether practicauie tonavemaae two districts, one for three, and the other for two members. The bill under review, however, cuts the county into two wholly unequal districts, one with four members and tho Other with one. It is no more chance that the heavy majorities of one political party are all grouped together and crowded into this one single district. The executive is not dis posed to make partisan advantage tho test of approval of an apportionment bill, yet when one presented to him contains such an outrageous gerrymander as this, so mani festly in tne interest of a political organiza tion opposed to that of which ho is a mem ber, he feels It to be a public service, as well as a political duty, to protect his fellow-citizens of his own faith from tho unjust conse quences of it. Not Countenanced by the Constitution. :'The constitutional direction for the di vision of evorv county having over 100,000 in habitants, while it does not expressly pro hibit such division of counties of less than 100,000, has always been regarded as practi cally making such prohibition by implica tion, and until this bill no attempt has ever been made to divide a county of less popula tion, unless it contained a city with a full ratio. In this bill an exception is made of York county, a circumstance that is not without political significance. Not onlv is this county, with less than 100,000 papulation, divided, but a glance at the geographical lines of division discloses nn utter disregard of tho constitutional consideration of com pactness and contiguity. "The division of counties containing less than 100.0CO population ends with York county. Chester, with 89,377; Erie, with 80,074; Payette, with 80,000, and Northampton, with 81,220, not to mention others of considerable population, are left out in the act. This dis crimination was not made without a design that is not countenanced by the constitu tion. "I might notice in detail other objection able features of this bill, such, for instance, as the putting of the Twenty-fifth and xnirty-tinra wards or Pbiladelplila in a double district, with two uieinbeis, whereas they are of nearly equal population; and in other parts of the city the system has been almost uniformly followed ot making single districts out of single wards where tho con ditions would permit: So too, there is a wide variance between the system applied to the city of Philadelphia, of making many single districts with separate reprebentatiou, and that upon which Pittsburg is comprised, chiefly 111 large districts with four members each. Enough illustrations have been fur nished to demonstrate that this bill is not such an apportionment ns the Constitution contemplated, or as fairness and common J ustice demand. In vie w of this I would not be Justified in giving it my approval." The Congressional Apportionment BUI. The Governor refers to the Congressional apportionment bill as follows: "This bill ought to be a fair division of tho State, without regard to partisan advan tages, into Congressional districts, based on tho census of 18S0, and upon tho representa tion to which Pennsylvania is entitled un der the act of thcFedoral Congress. The number of Representatives thus assigned to tho Stato is 30, and tho contemplation of the act of Congress, as well as tho spirit of our apportionment laws, is that the Congres sional districts of tho Stato should hosingle, composed of contiguous territory, conven ient of arrangement, and containing, as nearly as practicable, an equal number of inhabitants. "The present bill is objectionable. It is not nn apportionment based on the census of ISOO. It is an re-enactment of tho apportion ment of lfc87, which was based on the census or IbBO; w ith tho modification, that instead of two additional mombers allotted to Penn sylvania, ono is assigned to Philadelphia and tho other to Allegheny county. With this exception and tho excision from the piesent district consisting of tho counties of Pay ette, Washington, Greene, of that portion of Allegheny county now connected with them, this bill Is a re-enactment of the act to or ganize and define the Congressional dis tricts, under tne census of ten years ago. The apportionment of 1887 was highly objec tionable in many features and abounded in glaring violations of the spirit of a fair as signment of Representatives. An Utter Disregard of Equality. "Dividing the entire population of the State by the number of Congressmen allotted to it, the Congressional ratio is ascertained to be 175,287. In the districts made by the bill before the variation from this the ratio ranges from 129,201, which is 46.30J less than a ratio, to 215,7.i6, which is 70,479 more than a ratio, the diflerence between these two dis tricts aggregating 116,812. In Philadelphia two ot the districts show a difference in population of 77,600. The Tner.ty-third dis trict in Allegheny county contains 163 909 population, being 11,263 less than a ratio, while the Twenty-second district, adjoining it, and extending over four counties, witn w idely diversified interests, contains 243,716 population. There are six districts in the state, in which the average population is 211,770, whllo there are six other districts in tlie State in which tho average population is only 110,732. It is idle to contend that such disparities are unavoidable; tho startling comparisons sorve to suggest with what utter disregard of the principle of equality of Sopuiatlon tho bill was framed. Of the 30 istricts provided for in this bill, 14 of them hnve more than a ratio of population, and these 11 contain 2,775,828 of the people of the State, an average of 193,278; 16 districts con tarn only 2,472,186, more than 300 000 less than tuo nuuioer representee vy lower itepre- sontatives, and the average population of each of these districts is only 131,all. He Is Willing to Postpone the Marten -"There is an average surplus of over 23,000 in It districts in tho State, and there is an average deficiency of about 21,000 in 16 dis tricts. I am fully persuaded that such dis crepancies nnd flagrant inequalities could have been avoided, had tho Legislature un dertaken, in a spirit of fairness nnd freedom from the spirit of partisanship, to frame dls trlcts as nearly equal in population as prac ticable. While it is true thatin the arrange ment of the Congressional districts the Gen eral Assembly exhibits no such disposition asappears In the judicial apportionment, to wholly disregard contiguity of territory, yet a glance at too maps of Pennsylvania and a cursory examination of tho manner in which tho Congressional districts have been carved out, are enough to Justify any impar tial mind that no serious or sincere attempt has been made to form the districts compact nndVconvenient arrangement.' "The Executive is willing to postpone tho Congressional reapportionment of the Stata to a Legislature which shall bo, elected by the people, thoroughly awakened to a sense of how their Representatives have failed to meet this duty." DAKQEB IN BAKE BILLS. A Hanf Once an Involuntary Cannibal, Talk t to a Chicago Reporter. Chicago Herald. Intherostaurantofthe Richelieu yester day a comparatively young man -with light hair and whiskers sat at a jtable, which was coverod with dainty morsels of game, pictur esque salads and other delicacies. Just two years ago he was differently situated. Squatting on tho sand he was trying to look pleasant while eating tough portions of a dead negro. The guest was Carl Lumholtz, the Sweedlsh soientist and explorer, whose tales of life among the cannibals of Australia aro well known. He lived with the man eating tribes many months, and was forced to eat flesh of a human boing time and time again. Daring the last year he haB been ex ploring the unknown parts of the Sierra Madre, and he is preparing a book on this subject now. "If I wore in American politics," ho re marked, "I'd fight to have no bank bills of a lowor denoniinatioh than $23. This two-dollar billhas often carried tho germs of a fever or other infectious disease in passing through thousands of hands. Atl bank notes of smull denominations fall to tho poorer classes. They are kept in over-crowded houses that have poor sanitary conditions nnd can't help but absorb dangerous germs. I have examined soveral old bills and found some that were In excellent condition for conveying diseases. The bills of highor de nomination aro usually safe, for tho poorer classes do not have them long in their pos session. It is the notes under $10 that should be disinfected. But there is no practical way to do that. Tho best plan fe to use silver and gold money and to make no bank notes of small denominations." A BEV0LUTI05IZED INDTJSTBY. Pipes Made Directly From Iron and Steel Bars Instead of by Boiling. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB PISPATC1I.1 Stecbenviem, June 23 Experiments have been going on at the Allkanna mill here for some time on making pipe direct from bar iron. This plant is owned and run by tho National Tube Works, of McKeesport, and tho machinery used in the new process was bought in separate pieces, so that their in tention might remain a secret. Mr. Jackson, of tho tube works, was down here viewing the -vyork, and on that occasion a lead bar was promptly turned into a lead pipe. Later on the man made a test with steel bar, which was completely successful, the pipe being easily turned out of the plain steel bars. This new departure in making pipe directly from steel bars will practically revolutionize pipe making, and the old way of rolling the Iron into a sheet than curving and welding it, will be entirely superseded. Tho managers say machinery has been ordered to be placed in the tube works at McKeesport, where the new process will be used. JOY AT OLD JEFFEBSOK. Many Prominent Ex-Graduates Present at the Closing Exercises. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DITPATCH. Cansossbcbo, Juno 23. The closing exer cises of Jefferson Academy were held last evening before a large audience, Rev.Dr.Des Islets, principal, presiding. Gold prizes for excellence in scholarship were awarded to W. W. Balrd, J. F. Cheesman and Miss Kate McDowell. There was a large attendance of former students. This has been the most'successful year the school has ever had. The prospects for the coming year are very brignt. The town is full of old stndents back again to take a look at "Old Jefferson," among whom we notice ex-Governor Beaver, Dr.Keady, of Alabama, Rev. J. M. Smith, President Wilson, of Iowa, Rev. J. M. SJones, Revs. Wilson and Hanna, of Kansas, and many others. At the close of tho exercises last evening Dr. Des Islets held a reception which was largely attended. MICROSCOPICAL EXPERTS. They Will Examine Each Hog Slaughtered for Market Hereafter. Chicago, June 23. Secretary of Agricul ture Rusk to-day put in working order his new bureau for tho microscopic examination of hog products for export. He selected a corps of 30 microscopists, 13 men and as many womon, and they were set to work un der the direction of "Drs. John 'Michels, of New York, and P. II. Bernard, of Pittsburg, microscopical experts. The force will be in creasd until it is large enough to oxamino under the magnifying lens a piece of the diaphragm and of tho tenderloin of each hog killed. Those found to be diseased will bo condemned. BODIES BROUGHT BACK. The Wreckage From Samoa Arrives on the Pacific Coast. San Fbascisco, June 23. Tho schooner Sea Waif arrived from Apia, Samoa, this after noon, bringing a cargo of wreckage from the United States men-of-war Trenton and Van dalla, wrecked at Apia In the hurricane of March, 1SS9. It also brought tho remains of 20 seamen belonging to these vessels who woi e drownod at the time. The remains will be burled at Mare Island Navy "Yard. The Light of Truth. Washington Post. The Pittsburg Dispatch is, like tho Post, in bad odor with the party organs. The editors of tho party organs can't understand why such journals as The Dispatch afid the Post print the news and comment on it in a fearless manner. But tho people do, and they appreciate It. DEATHS HEBE AND E1SEWHEBE. Prof, George W. Mowbray. Prof. George W. Mowbray, the well known scientist and Inventor, died at Ills residence on Union street. North Adams, Mass., bunday In his 77th year.. He was closely Identified with tho construction oftholloosac Tunnel and as the im prover of nltro-glyccrlne, rendering its manufac ture a commercial suecesi, and as the Inventor of smokeless powder he is known throughout Europe and America. Prof. Mowbray was born in Lewes, England, and received his education as a chemist in England and France. He came to this country in 1853 and spent Ave years In the gold districts of California. He w as employed as chemist In the oil regions of.Pennsylvanla for ten years and went to North Adams In 1668. He subsequently patented an Improvement ror the Insulation of electric wires, and for the past six years has been the cnemist of tne zyionuc concern at yioniie. ms last inven tlon was smokeless powder, which he patented a ts powuer, wuicii iiu paieniea a He has since held the position of few months ago consulting chemist for the Maxim and Nordenfeld Albert Itamm, Sculler. Albert Hamm died at his home in Sara bria, N. 8., Monday, of hemorrhage of the lungs, after a prolonged Illness. He was 31 years old. The deceased was one of the best known scullers In America. He has been for the past seven years a prominent figure In American aquatics, and was will liked by the profession. Perhaps the best race of his nfe n as In the Hulton regatta, held here about eight years ago, when he rowed second to John Teenier. Hamm rowed a magnificent race that dav, and was only defeated 30 yards from the finish line. Hamni's last appearance here was when Jake Gaudaur rowed Tcemer at McKeesport about a Tear ago. On that occasion Hamm was accused by Teemer with fouling him, and the pair subsequently came to blows, although they were quickly separated. Tho Earl of Clonmell. A cable dispatch from London announces the death of John Henry Reginald Scott, fifth Earl of Clonmell, Viscount Clonmell and Baron Earls fort, Bounty Tlpperary, In Ireland. The Earl suc ceeded his father In the earldom at the death of the latter In 1806. He was a representative peer for Ireland and late Lieutenant First Life Uuards. He was born March 2, 1830. The family dates from plain John Beott, Esq., of Urllngs, County Kil kenny, who was created Baron Earlsfortln 1784. raised to the Viscounty of Clonmsll In 1788 and made Earl of Clonmell In 1783. Obituary Notes. Bishop Howell B. PhIce, of the Nazareth M. E. Church, Camden, N. J., Is dead, Bbojjsabt vox SciiELLEXponF, formerly Ger man Minister of War, died la Berlin yesterday. TnE friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Schwanb will learn with regret of the death of their Infant daugh ter, which occurred yesterday. Jokatuak Olipuant, the oldest bank cashier In New Jersey, died at bis residence at Mt. Holly Monday morning at an advanced age. Ho was cashier ofthc Burlington County National Bank of Medford from the time of Us organization down to a year or two ago, when ill health obliged blm to resign. Elizabeth Fancher lias Just died at Carrollton, Ark., aged 82 years, fche is believed to have liecn the oldest white woman in Arkansas. She was born In Tennessee and removed to Arkansas In 1828 with her husband. Mrs. Fancher was tio mother of 14 children. 4)fthel2 llUng children nearly aU have terved the people In an ontclal capacity. TALES OP THE TOWN. s Deacon Elliot and a Wicked Reporter Dan Voorhees Swamped Rapid Transit in Excess A Theological Point and Other Small Talk of the Day. Ah aged trick saved a newspaper reporter ?10 on Monday. The reporter in question had been, making the hot weather moro unbearable for his brethren these many days bv delndlmr them with tho thread trick. This trick consists in tho performer procuring a reel of thread, and with a needle passing the thread through the seam of his coat above the pockot where the ball of thread is concealed. Good-natured friends who try to remove tho bit of thread aro variously affected, as yard after yard of the thread come? away when it is pulled. It is an antique Jest, but it has potency yet. Well, tho young man who had 0 reel of thread in his pocket and a tempting tag showing on his shoulder went down to the wharf to report the trial of the Amos lceag onglno. He encounterod tho pervasive genius of tho occasion. Deacon Bob Elliot, early in the proceeding, and fell to banter ing that official about the qualities of the Amoskeag. "I don't believe the old thing can pump more than 1,000 gallons a minute," said the Acjjunei, wxfcii uairuigiii; lace. "Great ScottI man, tho Amoskeag can beat 1,309 gallons easy," replied Mr. Elliot posi tively. 1 "Oh! come off! I'd like to wager it can't," rejoined tho jester. "Well, I'll bet $100 to $10 it does better than 1,300!" cried the enthusiastic Deacon. "Done!" said his tormenter. The trial took place and as everybody knows the engine pumped 1,350 gallons on the first test, and 1,400 gallons the second. Mr. Elliot was in raptures. He clapped the reporter on the shoulder, exclaiming: "Well, myboy, you seo what the engine can do!" and then ho added, "Excuse me, yon've got a thread on your coat. Guess a seam's going," and as he tugged out a yard or two of thread his face fell, and then with a shout of laugh ter, he said: "Woll, that other bet's off-the drinks are on me!" Fare but Not Fair. "The fascination of rapid transit is too much for some people," said a Pittsburger yesterday to me. "I employed a carpenter the other day to make some trifling repairs upon a house of mine in Allegheny, and in his bill just rendered he charges 20 cents for car-fare (he spells it care-rair), although It isn't halfamllo from bis shop to tho house. If tho electric cars and cable linos keep up and the fares keep down, nobody will walk inayearortwol'' A Submerged Sapling. "I oy ce saw Dan Voorhees in a very undig nified position," said an old Hoosler to mo yesterday. "It must havo been somewhere about thirty oad years ago when the Wabash and Erie canal had been completed to At tica. The people of Covington were very mad becauso the lock at Attica was kept Closed, making it the terminus for a time for navigation from Lake Erie. Failing in their endeavor to have the lock opened and tho water let through to Covington the hot heads of the latter place came up to Attica in force, nnd there was something very like a riot on tho banks of tho canaL Dan Voor hees was one of the firelest of Covington's champions, and although then but a sapling Sycamore of tho Wabash he knew how to harrangue a mob with telling effect. But his eloquence was cut short by a burly At tlcan, who seized him around the middle and threw him into the canal. It was a damper on the ardor of the Covington party, and they retired with their drenched and sputtering leader, who had swallowed a great deal more muddy water than he had a mind to." A Woman Is Not a Thing. "Here's a little tributo to our muoh-abused sex." said a Pittsburg woman at the break fast table to her husband, and proceeded to read from the morning paper this quotation from the Atchison Globe: "An Atchison man told a secret to three women and three men. In a week he discovered that each man had blabbed, but not a woman had told a thing!" "A woman didn't tell a thing?" the misera ble man replied; "of course she didn't she told another woman!" A New Turn to an Old Story. Some one told that old story attributed to a Scotch Presbyterian which runs: "That the devil is bad you can tell by his very name; for, if you take away the d it is evil; take away the de and it is vile, and take away tne uev it is 111, so mat no is an ill, vile, evil devil." "That's so," remarked an unorthodox per son, "but after you've got through the devil and look back you will find that he's lived sor spelt backwards devil is lived." A HEW COLLEGE TOE W0HEH. It Confers Its First Degree During Last Week's Commencement. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Clevelasd, June 23. The Cleveland Col lege lor Women of tho Western Reserve University, founded three yenrs ago, held its first commencement exercises last week. The baccalaureato sermon was preached Sunday evening by President Thwlng in tho presence of an audlenco that completely filled the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian church. Commencement was held Friday afternoon, at which time President Thwing conferred the college's first degree upon Miss Mary L. French. A masterly address was delivered by Prof. Georgo Herbert Pal mer, of Harvard University. In the evening the college reception was tendered by Mr. and Mrs. James J, Tracy in their home on Euclid avenue, and drew to gether a brilliant company. At tho annual meeting of the Advisory Council, Dean Lord presented a tabulated report, satisfactorily illustrating the status or Cleveland's cur riculum as compared with Smith, Vassar and Wcllesley. The coming year will be fraught with interest to the college, as it will witness the orection of the two leauti ful halls, Clark and Mather. MBS. HARRISON'S MOVEMENTS. Sho and Her Guests Aro Enjoying Them selves at the Seaside. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. Cape Mat, N. J Juno 23. Since tho de parture of President Harrison nnd Mrs. Dimmick on the early train this morning tho family have passed the day quietly. Mrs. Harrison, accompanied by hor guests, Mrs. General Williams and Miss Ella War field, took their first drive over to Cape May in the new carriage this afternoon. While at Cape May some toys and stationery was purchasod. THE WOBLD'S TOPEE TEH. Sol Smith Busaex.ii has been keeping Joseph Jefferson company at his Buzzard's Bay home. General Grant's sister, Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, of Orange, N. J., is lecturing to ox-soldiers in Central New York. Goddard Clarke, the juryman who created a sensation by questioning tho Prince of Wales, is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. General Lew "Wallace is fishing on the banks of his favorite Kankakee, where the ordinary mosquito bites harder than a throe-pound trout. General Hancock's daughter will be married to-morrow to Mr. Dow, of Boston.. As the family Is yet in mourning the wed ding will necessarily be very quiet. The Australians like Bernhardt. At Mel bourne, after "La Dame aux Camellias," the seata for which were sold at auction a la Boston, the audience sang the Marseillaise. President Diaz, of Mexico, has a strain of Indian blood in his veins, as had his pred ecessors, Juarez and Hidalgo. Tho Congress of Mexico is largely composed of the an cient Aztecs. King Milan recently won ?X5,000 at baccarat at one sitting, ne scooped in tho Parisian gamblers of tho Ccrcle de la Royalo in a kingly manner and would havo had no scruples about clearing out a Tranby Croft company. The Emperor of China doesn't permit any lawyers to fool away tho time around hlsconrts. He simply orders the beheading of "all persons concerned in the recent riots and massacres," without bothering too much about the share they had In the trouble.' Bolfe S. Milar, of Heidelberg, Ger many, who was in the consular service dur ing Mr. Cleveland's administration, arid is now a student at the University of Virginia, 'is delivering a series of lectures at the re quest of tho faculty, tho first of which was on "The German Workingman." THE EEALM OP SOCIETY. Items of Interest to Those Who Kclgn In the Local Social Kingdom. The lawn fete of St. Stephen's Episcopal Chnrch, Wilklnsburg, last evening was one of tho most delightful occasions of the kind of tho present season. The ladies of the con gregation have been busy for weeks making extraordinary preparations for the event. The result last evening must bavo repaid them for all their labor. The beautiful grounds qf the chapel were at their loveliest, the foliage showing deep shadows and glanc ing white, ns the electric light was bidden and revealed by the waving bronchos. Chinese lanterns were tastefully disposed among the trees, and the warm rays of can dles through the tinted paper cast queer flickering shadows and changed the -white dresses of the ladles to fancy-colored cos tumes that the wearers would not havo rec ognized. The weather was perfect. Soft, still at mosphere, with a promiso of the moonlight that was to come later in the evening, to give the crowning glory to a scene that nad already seemed like a glimpse of fairyland. There were three booths, devoted respec tively to the sale of candy, flowers and lem onade. Then there were a number of ice cream tables, cosily situated among the trees, at which the gallant youth found plenty of opportunity to treat the niaidens lair to the popular dainty. The candy booth, festooned in Nile green and caught here and there with bunches of ferns and grasses, was In charge of the Misses Isla Hays, Margaret Stewart, Lida Hays and Daisy Stephenson. Tho boys of St. Stephen's Guild dispensed the lemonade, while the flowers were taken care of by the Misses Jennie Hubley, Daisy Wells, Katie Hubley and Katie Anshutz., Mrs. Dr. Pershing and the Misses Bailey, Smith and Etie Stephenson presided over the fancy" table. Calces were thereon a well arranged table, and were cut up and sold in slices (save when they Were disposed of whole), by Mrs. Captain Stewart, Mrs. Nich olson and Miss Stephenson. Among the amusements of the evening were fortupe-te'llng, a postofllce, and a fish pond in charge of Mr. James Anshutz. A great many of the beautiful flowers In the booths on the lawn were brought specially from Cresson. There was a large attend ance, tho guests coming from Allegheny, Pittsburg, East End, Braddock and other places far and near. The proceeds will be devoted to the needs of the parish house. Miss Mabt McTioue was married last evening to Mr. Edward McCaffrey. Tho bride is a sister of Detective MoTlgbe, and the groom is a member of No. 4 Engine Com- Sany. Tho ceremony was performed by ev. Fatner McDermitt at St. Paul's Cathe dral, at 6 o'clock. Later in the evening a re ception was tendered the bride and groom at the home of the latter, on Ann street, near Van Braam street. Several hundred guests, including members of the police and fire bureaus, attended the reception. The couple will settle down to housekeeping on Fifth avenue, near Van Braam street. Sidney Tottex, the affable and popular bookkeeper of the Department of Public Safety, will be married to-morrow evening to Miss Olive Ewalt, an estimable young lady, at the residence of the latter's parents, near Bakerstown. Miss Ewalt is the daugh ter of one of the oldest and most prosperous farmers in that portion of the county. After the ceremony the couple will start for Wash ington and other Eastern cities an a wedding tour of several weeks' duration. The parsonage of the Homestead M. E. Church will be the scene, at 9 o'clock this morning of a ceremony that will unite in mar riage the lives and interests of Mr. William F. Bottand Miss Annie Willardine-Corlett. The clergyman who will officiate will be Rev. J. J. Mclntyre. The plans of the interested participants comprehend an Eastern trip, as soon after the commencement of their honeymoon as railroad schedules will permit. At last posltlvo arrangements have been made for the produotion of that magnificent spectacle, "The Fall of Pompeii," in Alle gheny at Recreation Park, next month. The expensive affair will be managed by a syn dicate of local gentlemen that promises to give all due attention to details and make it an event that wiU long bo remembered. Social Chatter. The teachersjand directors of Homowood School "receive" next Wednesday after noon. The board of managers will consist of the directors and teachers as follows: Di rectors J. A. Tyson, W. It. McFall, J. K. Mc Creery, George Bradley, T. W. Briton, C, Brewneller. Teachers Miss Jennie Tref finger. Miss Bluncho Mulbolland, Miss Jen nie Davis, Miss Annie Bostwick, Miss Jennie Park, Miss Ethel Evans, Mls3 Kate Black, Miss' Mnnraret Lowrv. Miss Arena Snowdon. and E. D. Hickman, principal. "The Sisters of Mercy request the honor of your presence at the forty-seventh annual distribution of prizes at 8t.Xavier'sAcademy, Westmoreland county; Thursday, June 25 191, at 2:30 p. M. Dinner at 1 o'clock," read the invitations received by many in the city. Pittsburg will be well represented at the er ercles, as so many Pittsburg maidens are there gaining wisdom and learning. A very acceptable and greatly enjoyed free concert was given last evening by tho Shadyside Musical and Lltorary Association on the grounds of the Twentieth Ward School, Ellsworth avenue. The Great West ern Band furnished the music. The Church Homo Festival to-morrow aft ernoon promises to be ono of great satlsfac-tion-to the Episcopal ladies having the affair in cnarge. The Beaver Musical Institute's commence ment yesterday w as largely attended. The programme published in this paper was car ried out. About 100 children will go in a special to the Oakland Home of the Society for tho Im provement of the Poor next Friday morn ing. The marriage of Miss Mary Reed, of the East End, and Mr. Jack king, will take place this evening. To-iionnow night tho class of '91 will en large upon itself at-ttie High School. The Emory M. E. Church Sunday school will picnic July 1 at Rock Point. Fbidat is "Jubilee Day" for Allegheny school children in West Park. The Botanical Society to-night at tho Academy of Science and Art. High School1 commencement, Bijou Thea ter, to-morrow night. FE0FLE COMING AND G0INO. Among those who went to Xew York last evening were James McDovitt, James A. Chambers, Captain J. J. Vandergrift and Joshua Rhodes. Mr. Chambers denied that he is trying to form a combination of East ern window glass men. Colonel James E, Meyers, of Harper's Ferry, Is in tho city to try a case before Judge Reed. He says the old town where John Brown met his Waterloo Is booming. It is certainly one of the most picturesque places in America. Abides, Pedro and Edelberto de Marcs, three Brazilian students, passed through the city vesterday to spend their vacation at tho Western resorts. They are going to school at the Chester Military Academy. D. J. Waller, Jr., Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction. and P. J. WelshjOf Blooms burg, were at the Monongahela House Mon day night. They left early yesterday morn ing. Henry B. Shields, a Girard furnaceman, and H. M. Priest, President of the Junction Iron Works, of Steubcnville, registered at the Monongahela House last evening. T. Harper, of Bedditch, England, is at the Anderson. He is traveling for pleasure, and states that a number of Welsh tin plate men ore thinking of locating in America. Eudolnh Ziofel, Inspector of Light houses lor Uncle Sam, is registered at the Schlosscr. He came here to look after some of the lights along the Ohio river. Mrs. Annie E. Williams, wife of Bev. James E. Williams, pastor of tho Denny Church, is visiting friends in Greene county and West Virginia. J. C. Edwards, of Buffalo, is at the An derson. Ho is the agent of the syndicate that tried. to control all tho window glass factories. S. L. Mestrezat, a well known TJnion town lawyer, and ex-Congressman Norman Hall, of Sharon, weie in tho city yesterday. David C. Bryan, Manager of the Indian apolis Car Works, and J. Morgan Coleman, of Youngstown, are at the Duquesne. Judge John IC Ewlng and J. A. Sea right, of Unlontowu, took dinner at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday. Harry Davis left for Cincinnati last even ing. His summer picnlo business will be formally opened to-uay. Ex-Governor Beaver left for Washington early yesterday morning to attend the com mencement exercises. Controller Morrow retnrned yesterday morning from Atlantic City, where" ho spent several days. A. Leo Weil, the trust lawyer, and Bar ney Forst left for Chicago. John F. Atchison came in from Chi cago. Alex Demns ter went to Buffalo last even J I CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Sardou, the great French playwright, writes a hand so fine that it almost requires a magnifying glass to read it. Every workingman in Japan wears on his cap and on his back an inscription giv ing his business and his employer's name. A wealthy German has offered a prizo of $25,000 to any astronomer who will satis factorily demonstrate to him that the sun, moon or stars are inhabited. Two. men in Clyde, Mich., have been paying taxes on the same piece of land for the past seven years. The wrong man is now trying to find out how to get bis money back; At Mansfield, La., a farmer shot a mother fox and took the young ones, four in number, home. He gave them to an old cat, and she- is now taking the best of care of them. The painting of the cruiser Charleston cost abont 20,0C0. Of course the finest paints had to bo used, but part of the heavy ex pense was due to the fact that the work was mnch delayed. Two Frenchmen recently swindled a German merchant by representing to him they wanted a cloth made to cover the Eiffel tower in winter, and as a guarantee of good faith had him to pay them 41,200. The smallest screws in the world are used in the manufacture of watches. The screw in the fourth Jewel wheol, that looks to the naked eye like a bit of dust, is so small that a lady's thimble would hold 1,000,000 of them. A steamer which arrived in London from Auckland brought a cargo consisting 40,000 sheep and 2,003 beeves, all dressed and frozen. This Is the largest single cargo of dressed meat that has ever been brought to England. The Japanese language is said to eon tain 00,000 words, every one of which requires a different symbol. It Is oulte imnosslbla I-for one man to learn the entire language, uuu u -weu-euucuicu uapunesu la ituauiar with only about 10,000 words. Keid Marshall shot quite a large bird on Glade run, near Dayton, last Friday. It measured six and one-half feet from tip to tip of wings and four and one-half feet from point of bill to toes. Some say the bird was a blue heron, others say it was a crane. A new safety match has been patented in England by a Belgian, who places on different parts of the same match two com positions, which, in ordinary safety matches, are generally placed respectively on the box and on the end of the match. In obtaining a light the match is broken across the middle, and the ends rubbed together. Thomas Marshall and Fred Grace, of New Castle, Pa., were out hunting frogs the other day and captured a creature not de scribed in the books. It is a frog with wings and a tall something like a fantail pigeon. It weighs exactly nine ounces. The wings are composed ol elastic-like skin, and when stretched out measured 9 inches from tip to tip. When the frog-bird is in the water the wings and tall fit closely to the body andara hardly noticeable. One of the most remarkable home comings in the world's history is that of Lucas Hegrelras Paez, who returned to Barcelona, Spain, the other day. SenorPaez, now 93 years of age, has been in business at Boston for 70 years, and is very wealthy. When he sailed for his native land, on ono of his own ships, commanded by one of his grandsons, he took with him his entire fam ily of 279 persons. Paez was married threo times and is the father of 39 children. Prof. Harvard, of Vienna, Ga., cannot bear the sight ot an egg, so John McDonald says. It makes him sick to look at one. A small piece of egg placed in his hand will cause the flesh to turn blue. If a plate has been used for eating eggs atbreakfast he can detect it at supper, even if the dish has been washed, A few years ago, while on a visit to Macon, he was induced to eat some Ice cream, and the small amount of egg in the cream made him so sick that a physician had to be sent for at once. About three weeks ago two cows and several hogS of A. J. Todd, who live3 near Fort Valley, Go., were bitten by a mad dog, and on last Thursday they were foaming at tho mouth and went about snapping at each other and otherwise showed unmistakable signs of hydrophobia. Mr. Todd killed them all at once, but in doing so he got some foam, on his right hand, which was sore, and which has since swollen considerably. The family used the milk from the cows until the time they were killed, and more serious results are feared. One of the curious results of the finan cial success of the Eiffel tower in Paris has : been the institution of a Portable Captive Balloon Society. The projectors argue that there Is evidently a latent passion in the human breast to ascend to high elevations and gaze upon extended views, and they propose to travel throughout the country with captive balloons capable of lifting spectators to a height one-third greater than that of theParis tower. They calculate that eacn balloon will be able to make 36 assents a day, and that great profits will accrue from a tariff of 10 francs a bead. The largest gold coin now in circulation Is said to bo the gold ingot, or "loof,"of Anam.a French colony in Eastern Asia. It is a flat round gold piece, and on it is written in India ink its value, which is about $220. The next sized coin to this valuable bnt ex tremely awkward ono is the "obang" of Japan, which is worth, about $53; and the next comes the "benda" of Ashantee, which represents a value of abont $19. The Cali fornia tM gold piece is worth abont the same as the "benda." The heaviest silver coin in the world also Dolongs to Anam, where the silver ingot is worth about $15. Miss Margaret Smith's lately determined claim for 20,000 against the estate of tho deceased Mr. Park, of London, almost rivaled the baccarat case. Miss Smith was described as "an Irish lady of gentle birth, good education and considerable attain ments." Mr. Park died four years ago, aged 82, leaving jE100,000. Thereupon Miss Smith produced a contract which bound Mr. Park to pay her X30.000 if sho succeeded in marry ing his son John. Twenty thousand pounds were guaranteed to her in case of lailuro. The trial showed that Miss Smith wa3 possessed of a passion for litigations. Sho had had 15 of them for all sorts of purposes. In this case she swore that young Park had asked her to marry hiin and had given her a ring, all of which the young man denied, and at last Miss Smith lost her caso. COMPRESSED SMILES. Friend How's real estate in the suburbs to-day?" Real estate agent (emptying the muddy water from his boots)-Out of sight, slr-lmply out of lightl-CMcaao Tribune, Judge You are charged with being drunk and disorderly. Are you Prisoner at the bar Not irnilty, Ter Anner. Ol was toodhrnnk to he disorderly, anyway. Aha York Telegram. "Did you sell on credit?" "No, I sold for cash." "How did yoa happen to fall then?" "Well, I failed for cash, loo." Keio York Press. He What a pretty girl! Haven't I seen that face somewhere? She I think not. I don't think she pat it oa more than an hour since. Indiannpoli Journal. It isn't because he is tired of his wife That to-night he's In tenderness lacking. And looking as If he were sick of his life; In short, the wrong horse he's been luckinjr. Sea York J'ress. Boggs I understand that Gobbins will hardly speak to hH friends since he was elected Al derman. He Is talking already of being a candidate for the Presidency. Knoggs Yes, and his barber is already charging him double price for shampooing htm. Detroit Free Press. Jasper I think Brown is in the habit of blowing his own horn a great deal. Jnmpnppe Perhaps so, but it seems to me thatha is more in the habit of drinking it. Sew York Herald. There was a crooked man Who walked a crooked mile And found a crooked sixpence Up against a crooked stllc. Then he wcnUto Philadelphia And played a crooked prank. For the currency controUer Let bun open np a bank. - Detroit Fm Press. Mrs. Bullfinch What in the world are you giving that child to drink? Mrs. Grayncck Oh. this Usage tea;. I gtre It to blm four times a day. Mrs. Bullnnch-What for? Mrs. Grayncck Why. he Is going to Tlslt his aunt In Boston, and I am getting him ready. Bos ton Courier. Mrl Townly I got a letter from our coun try cousins to-day. Mrs. Townly Inviting us out to spend the sum mer, of course Mr. Townly No: stating that they do not In tend to run a charity hospital this tewoxu-Seia York Herald. -V- 1 .
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