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FITTSBUBG, FBIDAY, JUNE 36, lfflL
THE GROWING TOWNS AKOEND US.
One of the healthiest signs of the future
for Pittsburg is to be noted these days in
the number of new towns which are
springing up on every side. There are al
most a dozen of these, dating within the
past few years and In various stages of de
velopment, from active, substantial and
populous places like Jeannette or "Wilmer
ding to enterprises of more recent concep
tion, such as Kensington, Zllwood and
others not yet fully out of the paper-plan
period, but promising, nevertheless, to be
come, before the year is over, sites for
manufacturing concerns and for communi
ties incident thereto.
A great part of the resources of Pitts
burg's business life is to be found in the
towns thickly dotting its outskirts. The
census returns have shown that by inclu
sion of territory proportioned to that of
other pretentious cities, Pittsburg would
rank fifth-among those of the United
States in population. While our city is
nominally shorn of this honor, we have
that which is better the close communica
tion and daily trade of theseuburban seats
of industry.
The starting of new towns In and around
Pittsburg has been shown by experience
to be quite different in results from at
tempts which have been made in other lo
calities. It is a fact that this is a healthy
business climate for new towns. We have
seen, at our doors almost, the wonderful
growth of McXeesport, Braddock and
Homestead; and the development of the
hill-boroughs on the Southside, which,
with Wilkinsburg, Sharpsburg and Etna,
may be regarded practically as extensions
of the city proper. The greater part of
this cxtention has occurred within the past
ten years. There is to be noted also the
simultaneous rapid growth of industries and
population in the older but not less tribu
tary towns, such as.taking a few examples
from a long list, Greensburg, TJniontown
Connellsville, Washington, Canonsburg,
Butler, Xew Castle, Toungstown and
East Liverpool. The characteristic ex
perience of all legitimate enterprises In
We3tem Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and
West "Virginia has been, in short, growth
and prosperity. Hence the new era of
town-founding upon which we have re
cently seemed to enter may be looked to
with confidence as indicative of material
additions to Pittsburg's resources in the
future.
While these evidences of substantial de
velopment are presented around us from
day to day, we can look with complacency
e en upon the somen hat surprising ex
hibit which the Southern country has
lately been able to make in the production
of pig iron. It is easy to see that growth
in one section of the country has not, in
this case, preXented equally surprising
progress in another devoted to kindred in
terests. Pittsburg's expansion is gratify
ing in the fullest degree but it is nothing
as yet to what this generation will see
should it be privileged to witness the
building of the proposed ship-canal to the
lakes.
EDUCATION AND BUSINESS.
Now that the colleges are turning grad
uates loose, there is a lively discussion as
to what is to become of young men who
have nothing but such education to recom
mend them to the business world. A New
York paper has interviewed a score or
more of well-known business men on the
prospects of the c'.lege-bred as compared
with men who had not college advantages,
but were compelled to work early in life.
As usual, the majority preferred the latter.
This is an annual "news special" in the
East; but, while the novelty was worn off
several seasons ago, it shows one good
thing: the business men have gotten over
the idea that college education is always a
handicap.
A couple of years ago dozens of good
business men who made their own fortunes
were wont to declare that a college educa
tion spoiled young men for business pur
suits, and the claim was set up that the
man who never went to college had the
advantage and was more liable to become
a success, inat argument comes some
what lrom the vain glory of a "self-made"
man, who believes because he succeeded
without the opportunities of college educa
tion he had an advantage over the college
fellow. The colleges, however.need not
fear that those who disparage their advan
tages are going to bankrupt them by with
drawing their sons from school. Say what
they will to the contrary, they send their
children to school and hardly to be
handicapped.
TROUBLES Or THE FARMERS.
South Carolinians have difficulty in sell
ing their cotton because the market is
overstocked, forcing prices to a very low
ebb. A discussion in the Charleston 2few
and Courier shows that Southern farmers
raise cotton and nothing else, preferring
to purchase other supplies. Thus they are
at the mercy of the West and North for
horses, corn, wheat, etc., when if they
raised what they needed of these products
they would reduce the supply of cotton
and increase its price. As it is they get a
poor price for cotton and pay freight on
other necessities.
But this seems to be the trouble with the
farmers the country over. In the West
one j ear they plant all corn, and the next
year, finding the corn market stagnant
and wheat bringing a good price, they
turn their attention to wheat Thus they
overstock that market, and then the cry Is
raised that luck is against them and the
farmer does not get fair play. A little
jjudgment all along the line would avail
more than all cries of discontent First a
farmer should see that he cultivates
i enough produce of all kinds for his own
m
use, and then raise for market whatever
his land is best suited for. By following
some such sensible rule there will be less
cause for complaint about the inequality
of tax burdens and high tariff duties.
PENNSYXVANIA. AND ALABAMA.
While Alabama has outstripped Penn
sylvania in the volume Aif iron ore output,
In the vastly more important features, the
Keystone State of course will continue to
excel. In the finer arts of iron manufac
ture Alabama is not yet In the race; and it
will take many years for her-to advance to
the point where she can be considered a
competitor at all ' Our State has the im
mense advantage of having more skilled
artisans and established industries, and
thus, while the Southemslsterls struggling
in the Infancy of the art, Pennsylvania will
go on and leave her far behind.
It is easy to see how Alabama has gained
the lead In ore production. While her
natural advantages axe great there is an
other advantage in having cheap labor,
whereas Pennsylvania pays the highest
price. Thus Southern pigiron can be pro
duced and sold very much cheaper than
that of this State, and for rougher work
leaves us far behind. But when the finer
material is wanted Pennsylvania Is looked
upon as the producer.
But there is a more Important step in
this advancement of Alabama in the com
mercial world. It places her alongside
Pennsylvania in interests, and thus links
the North and South in commercial ties
which are stronger than those of State
hood. What is Alabama's interest is
Pennsylvania's also; and these two States
will eventually stand 'together as solidly
in peace as did the States of the Southern
Confederacy in war. The South Is making
rapid strides in manufacture, and Penn
sylvania will be the first tocongratulate
her new rival
PROSPECTIVE YOUNG SOLDIERS.
The examination of civilian candidates
for appointment to second lieutenancies
in the regular army will be held July 13,
and much talk has been caused by the fact
that six of the nineteen applicants are sons
of army officers. Various papers argue
against such appointments because they
create an unpleasant impression that the
appointee is not chosen on" his merits, but
on his father's record or influence.
Why a man should be relegated-to the
rear simply because he has an Illustrious
father does not appear. The Constitution
of the United States declares every man
equal, but In this case a man would be
thrown aside simply because he had
greater advantages than an opponent An
officer's son should have no preference in
an appointment, neither should he be
given a setback simply because he has a
father skilled in the art of war.
It is the tendency of unthinking people to
throw cold water on the ambitions or pros
pects of a son of a great man on the plea
that he is trying to railroad through on his
father's name. This has doubtless ruined
the hopes of many. This idea should not
be allowed to crowd itself into examina
tions for the army. Get the best soldiers,
no matter whether the candidate's father
was a warrior or a laborer.
THE OHIO SENATORSHIP.
The attempts of the Fanners' Alliance
to defeat Senator Sherman will doubtless
receive a proper quietus when the time
comes. No other man in Ohio can fill his
place in the Senate, and surely that State
does not care to lose its prestige in Con
gress. It has been alleged that Ohio
Republicans were unwilling to return Mr.
Sherman to the Senate, but the leaders are
certainly too sensible to retire so able a
servant and place In his stead an untried
man. Ambitious Republicans in Ohio
claim he has spent many years in public
life and should retire in favor of some
younger man. But there is no reason for
such a move. These younger men have
many years before them, and in the coming
Congress there will be weighty questions
to be discussed, and the advice and counsel
of Mr. Sherman will be needed.
The Farmers' Alliance urges Sherman's
coldness as a reason for retirement, and
alleges that he is an enemy to agriculture;
but his record and public utterances will
show that he is the friend of the farmer
and mechanic ai welL Mr. Sherman
should continue to represent Ohio in the
Senate, and the greatest mistake that
could be made by Ohio Republicans would
be to defeat him.
The lawyers of Allegheny county had a
R09CI time at their annual picnic yestorday.
These festive occasions among the Black
stonians make an agreeable break upon the
routine duties of courtroom and office.
In Amherst College it is shown that men
who do not use tobacco increase in their
physical measurements 20 per cent more
rapidly than those who use it. In Yale the
difference is found to bo 30 per cent in
height, 25 per cent in weight and 60 per cent
in lung capacity. These figures cause a man
5leet in height and weighing 125 pounds,
and who never used tobacco at all, to wonder
where be would have been if ho had begun
using the weed when he was a boy.
The New York papers are having a gay
time with Senator Peflcr and his long
flowing beard. It is because his locks are
cut after the style of the starving poets that
they pursue him so relentlessly.
The ideas on ice cream poisoning offered
by Dr. George S. null bring out points that
manufacturers of the luxury should study
and follow. If it is found that the cans now in
use are likely to poison the cream it may be
necessary to try enameled ware as a remedy.
The large number of cases of poisoning from
this cause shows the necessity for reform,
and if dealers do not act the law should take
a hand and compel the use of appliances
that t ill lessen the danger.
The fears of another Indian war cause
us to wonder what treachery has been
practiced on Poor Lo this time. Perhaps it
is too much fire water or a want of cool beer
and fans.
Ohio is having as much trouble with its
military as tho English red-coats had over
the baccarat scandal, all the officers of a
Cincinnati regiment having been requested
to resign. It is alleged that baccarat is
about the only game the regiment's Colonel
could not play, and he was talking of hiring
a tutor to learn that, which caused dUsatis
laction among the other officers and the
climax noted.
Parnelts wooing- was decidedly noisy,
and it was only proper for his wedding to be
quiet and unostentatious.
Making it snow has long been a pastime
in certain circles, but Uncle Jerry 'Rusk is
making it rain successfully through the
medium of exploshe balloons and water
soaked clouds. If success comes the efforts
of tho Agricultural Bureau In the stock of
the litigation companies will go begging.
The saddest thing in connection with
heroism is that it usually robs the" world of
a brave heart and true.
In preparation for the Allegheny chil
dren'sjubileo the old log hut in the park
has been labeled "Lost Children." It follows
that the children must be real good and get
lo'st so nil this labor will not be in' vain.
The Governor detected the mote in the
motor bill and smote it with his veto pen.
The man who issued an execution on
Jenness-&Illler'smaga2lneandstoreprobably
decided that If there were not enough
divided profits to satisfy bis claim he would
take the divided skirts. The new apparel
at assignee's prices will greatly facilitate Its
introduction into general use.
THE signs indicate that- something is,
about to aropun ine vicinity oi uity uau.
It is a burning shame thai the laws of the
State are not broad enough to, embrace the
underground insurance companies. A
EegisHture that perpetuates fraud and ig;
nores the wishes of the people should be
held up to scorn whenever opportunity
offers. '
THE heavy rains, in Kansas may play sad
havoc with Mr. Ingalls' potato patch.
Since "Old Hutch" dropped a large slice
of his fortune he demands that he bo called
Mr. Hutchinson. If he lost the balance of
his cash he would probably demand aero wn,
It is quite a tumble, however, from "Old
Ilntch, the Wheat King," to plain Mr. Hutch-,
inson.
PEOPLE OF BEN0WN.
John Moeley is quite ill-with an attack
of influenza.
Govebnok Fleming, of West Virginia,
has boon made an LL. D. by the regents of
stho State University.
The equestrian statue of Grant for Chi
cago, cast in bronze at Chicopee a few days
ago, is said to be the largest portrait statue
in this country.
Me. Wagstafp, the new president of
Brooklyn's lofty bridge, might have been
measured for the position. He is nearly 6
feet 6 inches in height.
John Stuart Blackie, the famous
Scotch professor of Greok and philosophy,
is a lively old man of 61. He puts in a full
work day, just as he used to, and la described
as being "as lively as a kitten."
Secketaby Foster is both, a fisherman
and a story teller, and they say that If you
start him talking about his adventures m
search of blueflsh at Nantucket he will reel
off some interesting narratives.
Kx-SenAior Tabor, of Colorado, will
build a residence in Denver which is ex
pected to cost over $500,000, and. eclipse any
thing else of the sort in that city. Active
operations will not be begun for months yet.
Mr! Blaine's stay at Bar Harbor has
already done him a vas.t amount of good. He
walks about with firm tread and erect fig
ure, and there Is a trace of color In his white
face. He is able now to cover about two
miles a day without fatigue, and he 'no
longer needs 'the helping arm of a friend in
his walks.
The senior member of the Center party in
Germany, Peter Beichenspergor, recently
celebrated the eighty-first anniversary of
his birth. For many years Beichenspergcr
was almost as powerful in the councils of
his faction as the late Dr. Windthorsfc. He
has been 43 years in parliamentary life.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stokes Mead, Presi
dent of Mount Holyoke College, came from a
family distinguished for intellectual attain-
ments. Her mother was a sister of the father
of Dr. R. S. Storrs, of Brooklyn. Another
sistermarried Prof. B. B. Edwards, who onco
occupied the chair of Hebrew at Andover
Seminary. Mrs. Mead and her own sister
were teachers in Andover for years before,
the former married.
TEE EISE IN BAw" EUGAB.
The'Sngar Trust Says It Is Simply a Usual
Occurrence at This Time of the Tear.
New York, June 25. In relation to the
advance of Jof a cent a pound in the price
of raw sugar, John E. Searles, Jr., Treasurer
of the Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company
said this morning that the rise was not un
expected, as there is always a demand for
more sugar at this time of the year than at J
any other, Between the months of June and
September the output of all refineries Is In
creased by at least 25 per cent, and an ad
vance has been made regularly at this sea
son. A rumor that the Sugar Trust is forcing up
the price of sugar because it had secured
control of most of the Cuban crop, is abso
lutely denied by Mr. Searles.
MACHINERY FOB COAL HIKES.
Electrical Devices Adopted That Will Do
Away With Many Men..
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
McKeespokt, June 25. O'NcIl & Peterson,
who operate large coal works at Bunala, on
the McKecsport and Bellovernon Railroad,
have decided to put machines in the plant,
and the contract has been given to the
Michaels Company, of Pittsburg, for the plac
ing in the mine at once of eight electrical
mining machines.
It is expected the plant will be In readiness
byAmrust 1. Each of tho engines can be
run with one machine man and one Helper,
and the total output of the eight machines
will be 500 tons daily.
STEEL WOBKS SHUT DOWN.
Employes of the Pennsylvania Works at
Harrlsburg Out of Employment.
Harrisbuiio, July 25. Notice has been
served on the employes of the merchant mill
of the Pennsylvania Steel Works' that the
department will close Saturday for an in
definite period, and the employes can get
their money on that day.
It is rumored that other departments will
also shut down, but nothing reliable could
bo learned. There is a report to-night that
tho employes will present the Amalgama
tion scale this week, and it is sure to be re
jected by tho company.
A Wonder He Wasn't Hnng.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
John Quesada, of San Antonio, Tex., did a
stroke of business last week which brought
him large return with remarkable quickness.
On Tuesday night he walked into tho office
of an ice factory and compelled the solitary
clerk In charge to yield up his worldly
wealth, amounting to $17, nt the point of a
pistol. On Saturday he was sentenced to
prison for 15 years. The moral seems to be
that oft tho railroad of justice, as on 'some
other lines, the shortest way to prison is the
one that involves tho leastmoney.
Tho Light or the World. .
Boston Globe.
Lyman Abbott, Beecher's successor, thus
puts the case in tho Christian Union: "There
is a growth going on in men's souls, and the
contests, whether in Congregational church
or Episcopal church, orPresby tcrian church,
orSwedenborgian church, or Friends' meet
ing, are the incidents of a great growth out
of the past into the future."
Local Pastors Made D. D.'s.
Eastok, Pa., Juno 25. The 53th annual com
mencement of Lafayette College closed to
day. Degrees were conferred upon 81 grad
uates. Among the honorary degrees con
ferred were D.-D.'s for Eov. John Fox, pas
tor of the North Presbyterian "Church, of
Allegheny, and Itev. Georgo W. Chalfant,
Bastor of the Park Avenue Presbyterian
hurch, Pittsburg.
A White Catfish.
tSPECIAL TELEGKAJI TO THP DISPATCH.
Lancaster, Juno 25. In the window of
Joseph Itoyer there is on exhibition a great
curiosity a .perfectly white catfish, nine
inches long nmi weighing ovqr a pound. It
was caught in the Susquehanna river by B.
Frank Campbeir, proprietor of the Railroad
Hotel. It looks more like a chicken than a
fish. l
A Liberal Platform.
Atlanta Constitution,
A Georgia editor, who says that the
weather is too warm to write editorials,
places the following at the head of his col
umns: Free Schools.
Free Ballot.
Free Silver.
v Free Whisky.
The Kaiser's Anti-Slavery Plan.
Berlin, June 25. Emperor, William, while
presiding at u Ministerial Council to-day, an
nounced that he had devised a scheme for a
lottery by which he hoped to obtain ,COO,000
marka to be used in. the work of combatting
slavery in Africa.
CURB AND CORRIDOR.
Three Ex-Officeholders Who Have Found
PriTste Life Comfortable The Hot
Weather Deadness in Humor Some In-
N snrance Notes The Talk About Town.
The man who has held political office a
good long while is usually not happy when
retired to private llfo, but J have found
three exceptions to the rule within the last
day or two. Number one was ex-Controller
Spcer, whose sunburnt face and clear eye
proclaimed the health that comes from out
door.life and lots of exercise. But for his
natty dress he might have passed for a
farmer, and" I asked him to explain how be
came by the callosities on his hands.
"Knocking nround on my farm near Eliza
beth. It is my father's old placs, and since I
went out to live there I've found plenty of
work getting it into order. That and a little
attention to a brick field give me employ
ment onough, and I'm enjoying the fresh air
and freedom from anxiety. Politics don't
bother me much now, but I am not prepared
to say that I've retired from the field per
manently." Hurrying along the sunny side of Wood
street, with Just as busy an air as ever, came
ex-Sheriff McCandless, who has been out of
office such a little while that he hardly real
izes it yet. Bucolic Joys and the handle of a
hoe have no attractions for him, though no
body enjoys riding or driving mor6 than Dr.
Alexander -ffisoulaplus, and it Is a singu
larly cold day when he has not a fast trotter
or two in his stable. But he lives a hustling,
active life in the city, with half a dozen
irons in the fire a few political ones among
them, including the Important work or or
ganizing Congressman Dalzell's adherents
in the State club fight. He said he felt
very comfortable out of office, and he
looked it.
At a slower gait, befitting his larger girth
and the heat of the day, ox-Postmaster Lar
kin was trudging up Diamond street when I
met him. His face has a healthier color
than it had in the dim light of the back
room in the, postofflce a year or so ago, and
Mr. Larkin admitted that the ontdoor exer
cise he got in prosecuting bis real estate
business was helping him to reoover from
the attack of la grippe, which played the
mischief with him last winter. "My purse
is much fatter, too," ho remarked, while the
secietive smile that Democrats know so
well nlaved about his eves, "than ever it
had a chance to be while I served Uncle
Sam I've doubled my income since I got
out of office." No wonder he is content.
Jokes Scarce in Summer.
"At this time of tho year," said George Ori
son, a representative of a New York publish
ing house, "It must be dreadfully hard to
keep the comic papers alive. You can see
evidences of the desperate character of the
struggle in their pages. All the dear old
jokes we buried years and years ago, and
many that our grandparents knew in their
tender days revisit the earth, and the new
Jokes, a small and ghostly band, run the risk
of being squeezed to death by the crowd of
antiquities. Soon after June begins you
may note the resurrection of the world's
dead Jocularities, and it continues with
more or less monotony till the cool
breath of October fans the humorist
back to life and awakes the sleeping editor.
For a week or two on the cars I have been
forced to fall back upon the comlo papers
for mental amusement, and I rejoice that I
have not felt any decided symptoms of
paresis yet. I must confess the shock was
trying when I encountered in the second
page of .Pucfc last week that venerable story
of the man who was puzzled to know how to
order a dozen tailors' gooses, and finally
wrote, "Please send me one tailor's goose
and eleven others.' When n jest becomes an
heirloom in a million families and counts as
a friend almost every English-speaking man,
woman and child in the world, it should be
safe from the rude hands of the rapacious
space-filler in the comlo Journals. But in
every one of the humorous papers the same
symptoms of tho summer siesta are to he
soen, and we must bear it without grins."
Recent Insurance Lessons.
"The lesson of the disclosures in New
York insurance business ought not to bo
lost upon the public," said ono of the ablest
insurance agents in Pittsburg yesterday.
"The three enormous insurance companies
which alone do business in South America,
. and apparently care not where they insure
lives so long as they swell the amount of in
surance written, cannot regard the exposi
tion of the riskiness and uncertainty of their
foreign transactions with any comfort. The
fact is that it is not safe, and never can be
safe, for an American insurance company to
guarantee what is practically a for
eign company's business In another
country, under entirely different conditions,
climatic, racial and financial, The foreign
departments are practically separate com
panies whose liabilities the parent company
assumes withoutufflctent security, as the
scandal now being investigated bv the in
surance commissioners in New York has
plainly shown. The magnitude of an in
surance company's business beyond a cer
tain point is not necessarily a factor of
strength, and when policies written in South
America, Egypt, Africa and heavens knows
what unhealthy regions, from which mortu
ary tables and other vital statistics essential
to the safe conduct of insurance business aie
not obtainable, are used to swell the returns
of business, the picture of monumental sol
idity is decidedly misleading. After a com
pany has written insurance upon 1,000 lives
fairly distributed throughout a country of
which the conditions ot life are thoroughly
understood, it is as strong financially as it
will be when it has 10,000 lives insured under
like conditions."
WOBKING OUT SALVATION.
One Way in Which Suburban" Roads May
Yet He Improved.
Chartiers township is havinglts hands full
of tho road question theso times nnd may
possibly evolve something out of the chaos
before it is through. The people who live
,in the Panhandle villages are not at all
satisfied with tho payment of road taxes
which aro spent in the primitivd style of
how not to do it, and this is the reason of
the move to make a borough of Crafton. It
was expected that the matter would come
before the grand Jury at the present term
of the Quarter Sessions Court, but that body
adjourned before the petitioners got the
matter in shape.
Some of the taxpayers have been having a
row with George Evans, one of the road
supervisors, insisting that he should give a
larger bond for ecurity to fulfill the duties
of Ills office. Mr. Evans lefused to do so
and tendered his resignation of the office
Judge Slagle appointed Mr. Evans' suocessor
and now the appointment docs not suit some
oi me unartiers townsuip people. They
have no pitch hot, however, and cdnldn't
use it effectively if thev had, as there is no
way of getting around a Court appointment
except for cause shown.
The subject of road repair is growing in
the minds of ruralists. Stowe township in
creased its road-tax levy this season, and
there has been more dono on the old Middle
town road this season than in several com
bined previously, though it is still of the
temporary character to a great extent the
patching system that puts new cloth upon
old garments. One improvement is noted
with satisfaction. An effort is being made
to round the roadbed and get the gutters to
the side instead of in the middle of the road.
Would He a First Bate Artist.
Boston Herald.
The Emperor William is tho kind of a man
to put on a picture-hanging committee. A
female artist lately painted a portrait of
Moltkeand sent it to the art exhibition in
Beilin, where itnas promptly rejected by
the jury. William liked the picture, how
ever, and so, as loon us the decision of the
committee was announced, ho bought tho
picture and sent it back to the exhibition
with a brief intimation that he wanted It
hung In a plaoe of honor in the principal
gallery. There it Hangs:
A Good Cause for War.
Portland Oregonlan.
The young men in Mountain Valley
amused themselves a few days ago, says the
Pendleton Mist Oregonian, by lassoing an In
dian womam drugging her from her horse'
and otherwise maltreating her. The result
reached tho ears of" two other Indians, who
are now scouring the valley In a scarchfor the
'offendors, Whom they Intend having arrested
if identified. It is such little pleasantries as
the foregoing that occasionally cause Indian
outbreaks. '
But Walt Till It Flies.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The chief difference between the ancient
balloon and the modern flying machino
seems to be that the one does ascend and the
other does not. However, the balloon man
ages to kill off its quota in evdry country
every year, while, so far, nobody appears to
have been hurt by a fall from the aeroplane
that is always going up in Chicago and never
does. On the hole, the new machine Is an
improvement on the balloon; it is aaioj at all
i events.
ICE TJBEAM POISONING.
An Interesting Article on the Subject by
Dr. George 8. Hull.
There is much food for reflection in the
suggestion made by Dr, George 8. Hull in the
Medical Neut of June 27 that the modern ice
cream freefcer, when filled with cream, is in
reality a galvanic cell or battery. The
cream, especially If saline, 'or if mixed with
fruits, eggs, etc., becomes the corrosive elec
trolyte, and the zinc and tin, zinc and cop
per, or any other two metals of the paddles
and freezer, become the positive and nega
tive elements of the battery. The Ingenious
suggestion is made by the editor that of two
persons eating cream from the same freezer
one may be killed by the poison in the cream
and the other unharmed, by reason of the
fact that the stiff nnd'pasty cream would not
Sennit thorough mixture and dissemination
f the poison throughout tne whole mass,
except oy prolonged stirring and mixing.
The conclusions of Dr. Hull's study are
thus summarized: l"Flst, if we desire the
smallest quantity of metallic poison in our
ice cream and still keep In use our modern
freezer, we should see that the ingredients
are pure, that the mixture is frozen quickly
and the paddle at once removed. Second,
the quantity of poisonous salts is Increased
bv acid mixtures, esneciallv bv the addition
i of eggs, cornstarch, etc. The addition of
salt lor navoring purposes, as mauo Dysome
manufacturers, becomes criminal, and it Is
grossly careless to allow any ot the salt
water from the outside to get into the can.
If, as a result 'of fermentation, ice cream
should contain tyrotoxicon, then it must be
acid, and, on this account, will dissolve still
more zinc or copper."
GE0VE CITY'S COMMENCEMENT.
Seven Honorary and 27 Graduating Degrees
Bestowed by the College.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Grove Citt, June 25. Commencement
week at Grove City College opened with the
baccalaureate sermon by the President, Rev.
Dr. 1. 0. Ketter, Sunday evening, on "The In
spiration of tho Bible." The class day exer
cises took place Wednesday. The alumni
hold a business meeting the same day. The
annual reunion and banquet were held to
day, and the Speedwell Literary Society
gave its closing entertainment to-night.
The year jnst closed was the most success
ful in the history of the college. Degrees
were conferred upon 27 graduates, including
four of the musical department. Honorary
degrees were conferred upon the following
Sersons: D. D., Key. J. V. Stockton. Mercer:
ev. W. J. McConkey, Grove City: Bev. O, J.
Thatcher, Allegheny, and Bev. w. P. John
ston, Beaver Falls. A. M., Prof. H. J. Rose,
Sewlckley; Lemuel Eckles, Fredonia, and
Prof. Lord, Franklin.
TEE HEB0ES OF APIA.
i
Nineteen Victims of the Samoa Disaster to
Be Burled in One Grave.
Vallejo, Cal., June 25. The funeral of 19
of the drowned seamen who lost their lives
in the Samoa disaster, March 16, 1889, and
whose oodles arrived at the Navy Yard
Tuesday from Apia, will take place Satur
day afternoon next. Farragut Post G. A. B.,
of this city, will be invited to participate
with the naval authorities In tho cere
monies. The remains will be buried in the naval
cemetery on Mare Island. They will be laid
side by side in one row, and one stone will
mark the last resting places. Of the 19 bodies
ten are unknown.
Settled at Last.
Fblladelplila News.
"Baccaraw" is the way Mr. Chauncey De
pew pronounces the name of the game that
has given Tranby Croft immortality. As
our Chauncey has dined with the Prince of
Baccarat he may fairly claim to be an au
thority on this momentous question.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE,
Admiral Montaignac.
The death is announced in Paris of Louis
Raymond de Chauvance, Marquis of Moutaignac,
Admiral of the nary of France and Life Senator.
He was born In Paris March 14, 1311. In 1SW he
was a lieutenant and commanded the dispatch
boat Napoleon, wherein the helix as a propeller
was used, under his direction, for the first time In
France. He was captain of a frigate in 1S43,
captain of a vessel In 1855, and commanded the
floating battery Devastation, which played the
declsh e part in the taking of Klnburn. In 1805 he
was Vice Admiral and Major General of the navy
at Cherbourg; in 1869, a member of the Advisory
Board at the Ecole Polytechnlqne. When the
uennans mvaaea rans ne was in command or the
seventh sector, and he ably defended the forts of
Issy, Vanves and Montrouge. In 1S71 he was
elected to the National Assembly. In 1872 he was
appointed Inspector of the fleet and ports of the
Channel, and the following year was placed on the
retired list. In 1874 he was Minister of the Marine
In the CIssey Cabinet, and In 1875 he was elected a
Life Senator.
Pror. Wllhelm E. Weber.
A cable dispatch from Berlin announces
the death ofDr. Wllhelm Ednard Weber, Professor
of Physics at Gottlngcn, and one of the most em
inent German ph) slclsts of the time. He was a
brother of the late Prof. Ernst Helnrlch Weber, the
dlntlngutshed anatomist, and of the late Eduard
Freldrlch Weber. Professor of Medicine at Lelnsle.
He was born at Wittenberg, October 24,1804, studied
natural science at Halle, and aided his elder brother
In some of his earlier physiological researches and
publications. He became Proiessor of Physics at
Gottlngen In 1831, but was dismissed In 1837, along
with live other professors, forpolltlcal reasons. He
accepted a chair of physics at Lepslc In 1S43, but re
turned to Gottlngen In 18W and spent the rest of his
life there. lie was associated with the celebrated
Fcchner In the discovery of the Important mathe
matical taw ox me rano Deiween impulse ana sen
sation, variously known as ''Fechner's" oi
''"'Tr1''1.!!: of,wyclTlsomucl,U8? h"8 been
wpnpm jaw ." orwnicn nnmn
made by Hartman, G. H. Lewes and other recent
physlco-psychologists.
Lillian Conway.
Keports from England announce the death
there of Lillian Conway, the actress. Miss Con
way was born In Brooklyn about 23 ) ears ago, and
in that'clty she made her first appearance. Her
marriage to Banker Gamblos, and their separation
after a few years of wedded life, are of too recent
occurrence to have been forgotten by the public.
After the separation Miss Conway started out at
the head of the Lillian Conway Opera Company,
but she was attacked with inflammatory rheuma
tism and forced to leave the stage. Since that time
she has lived in Englund with ncr sister, Minnie,
who Is the wife of Osmond Tearle,
Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald.
Colonel Thomas Fitzgerald, of the Phila
delphia Item, who has been traveling in Europe,
died very suddenly In London Thursday morn
ing from an attack of the grip, His son. Writer,
was with hlm,-and every effort was made to save
his life, but without effect. Colonel Fltigcrald
founded the Item In 1847, and It Is now one of the
most prosperous newspaper properties In Phlladel-
Shla. He was the oldest newspaper man In Plilla
elphla, being 72 years of age.
t Obituary "Notes.
Auouste Bosse, Vice Admiral of the navy or
France and Marine Prefect of Brest, is dead in
Paris.
Dr. JosEpnW. Alsop, the Democratic candi
date for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut In the
last campaign. Is dead at New Haven.
Captain George W. Hale, a retired sea cap
tain of Newbnryport, and an officer of the Marine
Society, died sudeenly at the age of o7.
EUGENE D'AURIAC, a writer of the "Capltole,"
the "Rcnommce" and the "Slecle, " and author of
several works of greatmerlt. Is dead lu Paris.
TnoMAS Gregory WiLnMAir, one of the first
settlers of Denver, and a former Journalist of note,
died at his home in Danbury, Conn., Wednesday
night, aged 54) ears.
Captain Lewis Pierce, a wealthy retired
banker and merchant, formerly in business In Mars
vllle. Ky., and at Cincinnati, died yesterday in
Covington, Ky., ofparalysls.
MRS. JANE DUFtf, the oldest Inhabitant of Law
rence county,.dled Sunday night aged 09. She was
born In Beaver county in 1792, and resided all her
long life wltbln 30 miles of New Castle.
Dr. G. Talmaoe, brother of the noted Brooklyn
divine. Is dead at Somervllle. N. J. Deceased was
one of four brothers who entered the mlulstry.
Only two are now living the Brooklyn pastor and
Dr. John V. Talmage.
Alexander McEwen, of Nottingham Lodge.
Eltham. Kent, England, a once prominent and
wealthy speculator on the London markets and In
American ttocks, died at the Brevoort House, New
York, Wednesday, of heart failure.
T. Carroll Jenkins, a well-known business
man of Baltimore, died at the home of his father,
litar Mt. Washington, Md., Tuesday night. He
was 2) j ears old, a member Ar the firm or D.J.
Foley fi Co., and also a member of the Elk Ridge
Hunting Club.
Rollin Manville, Superintendent of the Penn
sylvania Division of the Dclawaro'and Hudson
Canal Company, died Wednesday morning at his
summer cottage at Falrvlew, Pa. Mr. Manville
was one of thbest known railroad managers in
the Eastern and Middle States.
Count Nicola Gabrielll, the Italian musleal
composer. Is dead In Paris. He was born In Na
ples February 31, 1814, and was a pupil of Zlnga
relllandofContl. He led for 14 years the dance
music at San Carlo. In that period he produced 11
operas and about 40 ballets. Afterward he pro
duced a number of operas.
Jerome Morrison, one of, the most promising
young men in Erie, was found dead In his bed yes
terday, having died from heart disease. The de
ceased was a native of Chautauqua couuty, N. Y.,
and was a member of one of the large number of
wealthy families which came to Erie In the slxtlia.
.He was a brother-in-law of Hon. C. M, Seed and
was oioenvise srommenuy connected.
CHARITY AND SOCIETY.
Any Number of Sweet Jnne Brides Some
Brilliant Weddings Yesterday The
Episcopal Fair a Great Success Event
to Come Social Chatter of a Day.
All good Episcopal Church members and
their friends were out at the Chnrch Home
fair yesterday afternoon and last evenine.
The festivities began abont 4 o'clock and
continued until near midnight. The day
was perfect as could be desired, and the ar
rangements for tho garden fete could not be
Improved upon. Tho chapel was devoted to
the fanoy tables of the various churches, the
dining hall to the supper tables, the recep
tlon'room to Ice cream and cake. Upstairs
a doll loan exhibition and a fish pond
attracted the visitors. On the lawn
were erected booths for popcorn,
flowers, candy and lemonade, and also
a tea booth. A merry-go-round was kept In
motion farther out; Bands of music were
stationed at different places in the grounds
and the whole in the evening was brilliantly
illuminated. The ladles presiding over the
supper tables were the officers ana directors
of the Home, including Mrs. L. M. Harding,
.rresiuent; jurs. jteuoen Miller, vice iresi
dent, and Mrs. James H. Childs, Calvary
Church; Mrs. Boss Johnston, St. Peter's;
Mrs. Algernon Sydney M. Morgan, Trinity;
Mrs. Gorman, St. Andrew's; Miss Martha
Bakewell, St. Andrew's; Mrs. W. H. House,
St. Peter's; Miss Louise Speer, Church of the
Ascension; Mrs. D.G. Stewart, Church of the
Ascension: Miss Dorman, Mrs. Smith, Em
manuel Church; Mrs. Kimberlaln, Christ'
Episcopal Church: Miss Hancock, St. John's,
and Mrs. Oliver Phillips- The other ladies
In charge were:
Calrary Church Fancy table: Mrs. Agnew, Mrs.
George Heard, Mrs. Harry Sellers, Mrs. George
Taylor, Mrs. Harry McCombs, Mrs. Crelgbton,
Mrs. Garner, Mrs. wolf and Miss Sellers.
St. Andrew's Church Fancy table: Mrs. Crosby
and Mrs. Campbell. , -
Emmanuel Church Fancy table: Miss Mary Guth
rie and Miss Christian Ihmsen.
Doll loan. Calvary church Sisterhood Mrs. Tay
lor, Mrs. John Dllworth. Mm. J. M. Wilkinson,
Miss Florence Holmes, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Morton,
,Mrs. John Woodwell, Miss Ward and 3Irs. Curry.
Fishingpond, Miss Bessie Barns, Miss Grace Tay
lor ana Miss Lucy Rowand.
Christ Church Lemonade, candv, flowers: Miss
Mary McCandless, Miss Mary Hamilton; aids,
Lucy Miller, Estelle Thomas, Fannie and Clara
Moose.
Trinity Church Tea room: Miss Harding, Miss
Hegeman, Miss Morgan.
St. Andrew's Church Ice cream: Lydla Mc
Knteht, Kuth Bailer. Annie Rhodes, Fannie Hay,
Jeanette Walker, NeUle Metcalf. Carrie Haves,
the Misses BakewelL MIsa Fhllllns. Dora Price.
Emma Price, Nora Oliver, Mardle glebeneck.
Mary Gnthrle. Anna Rohtnson. Iter sle Stevenson.
Christ Church Fancy table: Mrs. McBrlde and
Miss Wood.
St. Peter's Church-Fancy table: Mrt.W. H.
House. Mrs. W. J. McMasters and Mrs. utterson.
St. Peter's Altar Society Fancv table: Mrs.
Ross Johnson, Miss Thompson, Miss Tlndle, Miss
Patterson and Miss Slack.
Church of the Ascension Fancy table: Mrs.
Joseph Dllworth and Miss Mary Speer; aids, Miss
McCallam, Mrs. Charles L. Clapp.
Trinity Church-Fancy table: Mrs. A. E. W.
Painter. Miss Margaret Darlington, Mrs. WiUlam
Ross Proctor, Miss Marguerite Singer. .
Iw tho chapel of the First Presbyterian
Church last evening an entertainment fnll
of interest was given. It was tho first an
nual entertainment of the Western Pennsyl
vania Institution for the Blind, which has
only been in existence eight months. It
was opened, according to a statement made
by Superintendent Jacobs, on October 15,
with an enrollment of six punils. It now
claims 21, and 18 wore present last evening,
among them Tommy Little, the prodigy who
states correotly the day of the week upon
which any future date will fall of this year
or any year to come.
The students, ranging in ages from 5 to IS,
were seated on the platform, and by their
united and individual efforts presented a
very doligbtful programme. The "Saluta
tory" was a poem recited by Jean Cowan and
written bv Mrs. H. B. Jacobs. Those who
took part in the programme were Jean Cow
an, Frank C. Gaston, Charles Irving, Miss
Benson, Tommy Little, Joseph C. Frelton, S.
Wilbur Anderson, Charles Arnd. Will H.
Long, Grace Marker, Blanche D. Bay, Maud
Hays, John H. Jennings, Emma H. Crevan
.and Maggie Stivanson.
Tho performance throughout was really
quite wonderful considering the short time
the pupils were in training.
A brilliant wedding, and one prominent
socially, was solemnized last evening in
the Third Presbyterian Church, Allegheny,
when Miss Mary Moorhead Riddle, , with
Bev. Herman Page, assumed the matri
monial vows. The time for the ceremony
was 7:10 and long before that the sanctuary
was filled with a representative gathering.
To the strains of the wedding march tho
bridal procession entered, the ushers,
Messrs. John Page, the groom's brother,
John Clark, Thomas Ewing, Harley Mc
Knlght, Martin Coster and Charles Davis,
leading the way, and followed by the bride
maids Misses Sue Kiddie, Louise Patrick,
Jennie Boss, Jennie Blssell, MayCBwing and
Miss Mary Olive Emmons, of Boston, the
groom's cousin. The bride, on the arm of her
brother, Mr. Walter Riddle, came last, and
at the altar met tho groom and his best man,
Mr. Foster McCleary, of Boston. A trio of
clergymen awaited them, and the ceremony
was performed by Bev. Dr. Riddle, tho bride's
father, assisted by Drs. White and Cowan.
A reception followed at the Biddleihome,
on Ridge avenue, which was of elegance and
beauty befitting tho important event. Bev.
Dr. Page and his bride will remain some few
days in Allegheny before departing for
Idaho, their future home.
Pittsburg will be deprived of one of its
charming East End maidens by a wedding
which was celebrated last evening. Mr.
John Kuhns a prominent young gentleman
of Greensburg must plead guilty to having
wco d and won andoarried away Mfcs
Catherine Young Black, a daughter of Mr.
Thomas J. Black, and sister of Mr. John II.
Black. The ceremony took place in the
spacious parlors of the Black residence on
favflnwnr Atrppt.Fn.st Knrt.In thftnnqpnnft nf
n limited nnmber of the personal friends of
the voune neoDle and the relatives of the
two families. Bev. William F. Braden officia
ted, assisted by Bev. W. A. Stanton, D.D. Miss
Minnie Morgan Black as brldemaid, at
tended her Bister to the altar and Mr. W.
11. Noll, of Greensburg, performed a similar
service for the groom In the role of grooms
man. A wedding supper, servedby Kuhn,
and an informal reception preceded the de
parture for Eastern icities where the honey
moon will be spent.
A oraceecl bride was Miss Anna Mar
guerite Hasbach, on Mt. Washington, last
evening, and a handsome groom was Mr.
Oliver Halpin Stinson. They were married
in Grace Episcopal Church uy the impres
sive church ceremony. A number of guests
witnessed the service and in an informal
way tendered congratulations to tho young
couple at the close. The bride is a very
Sopular young lady at Mt. Washington, the
aughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Husbaclu Mr.
and Sirs. Stinson will reside with the bride's
mother on Bailey avenue, and have issued
cards for a reception Thursday evening,
July 16, after they return from their wed
ding trip.
At 11 o'clock to-day services of the first an
niversary of the Ladies of the Grand Army
Homo for the mothers, wives, widows, sis
ters and daughters of tlm soldiers, sailors
and marines of the rebellion will begin with
prayer. Speeches and music. The president
of the Home, Mrs. Charles W. Gorwig, with
her able assistants, has left nothing uncom
pleted to make the day one long to be re
membered by those who visit there to-day.
Dinner and tea will be served in the open
air, and refreshment tables for those who
prefer.
Mr. John Boberts Barker's wedding was
announced for last evening, the bride being
Miss Atta Stratton. Mr. Barker is the son of
a well-known business man, who has been
connected with tho firm of E. P. Boberts &
Co. for some years, and the young gentle
man himself occupies a responsible position
with J. Bernd & Co . with which house he
has been identified since he was 12 years of
ago. jiiss oiraiwraB miner owns one or tne
largest stock farms in the State, on Lake
conneaut. r
The scholars of the Grant school gave an
old-fashioned school exhibition yesterday
afternoon, in which nearly all the scholars,
from the youngest to the eldest, partici
pated to the gratification of their friends
and parents, who were present in force.
This Is probably the only school In tho city
which adheres to the olu-timo style of exhi
bition. To-day the school will have a picnic
at Schenley Park, where tho Soho school
will also spend the day.
PMiss Elin Esseliss, tho teacher of tho in
dustrial classes to commence in tho Forbes
school building, is superintending tho fit
ting up of the room and arranging the
course of study. Tho Central Board will
spend about $250 in lurnishlng the room and
the teacher's salary will be $000. If the ex
periment is a success the system will bo in
troduced into all thd schools of the city.
So successful was the Highland Park con
cert of Wednesday evening that tho Du
quesno Traction Company has decided to
give a series of concerts during the summer
season. The Great Western Band has been
engaged, 'and will give two concerts next
Satuiday afternoon and evening respective
ly. The first one will commence nt 3 o'clock
and the other at 8 promptly.'
THwmPmbprft of the BetA Thpta PI Alumni
.Association of Pitftsburg dined last evening
(.at the Hotel Duquesne,. the occasion being
the regular quarterly meeting of the asso
ciation. The following were presentr Bev.
W. A. Stanton, D. D., Bar. J. Hi Piugh, 1. 6.
Van Voorhis, Esq., Thomas 8. Brown, Esq.,
F. H. EdsaU, M. D., T. L. Hazzard. M. D;, B.
C. Bankln, Esq., Charles W.Addy, W.E.
Stevenson, James D. Jack, Esq., Thomas D.
Wood, E. P. Douglass, Esq., Major B. E.
Stewart, Dr. B. H. Grube, James Clark, Esq.,
Hon. B.P. Nevln, H. W. Mitchell. Alex. A.
Patterson, M. W. Stewart' G. G. Burns and
A. B. Harrison, all of Pittsburg, and B. L.
Warner, of Portland, Ore. Letters of regret
and congratulation were received from
Betas in all parts of the Union.
Social Chatter.
The Botanical Society has not entered
npon its summer vacation yet; it held a regu
lar meeting last evening at the Academy
building. Dr. A. E. Zlegler read an Interest
ing paper on "Weeds." .
At the residence of the bride's .parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Kress, of Greenville,
last evening, the words were spoken that
united Miss Alberta Kress and James Q.
Waters, son of Bev. J. Q. Waters, of Char
tiers. A lawx party and open air concert will bo
given this evening at Hallman's lawn, Shady
avenue, adjoining Hotel Kenmawr grounds,
under the auspices of the young people of
Shady Avenue Church.
Mrs W. J. nAraoxi, of Bellevue, gave an
"at homo" yesterday afternoon in honor of
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. James Hammond.
Mrs. Charles B. Seaman, the bride's mother,
assisted In receiving.
The engagement is announced of Miss May
D, Halliday, daughter of W. H. Halliday, of
South Boston, and Mr. C. A. Anderson, of
Boston, son of S. B. Anderson, of this city.
A musical was given yesterday afternoon
by the pupils or Prof. Otto Thorbabn at the
South school, commencing at 1:30 o'clock.
The closing exercises of St. Agnes' schools
were given In the Bono public school haU
last evening.
A second delegation of about 100 Children
will depart this morning for the Oakmont
home.
Miss Nas P. Bhoeocs: and Mr. J. D. Curran
were married in this City last evening.
Chtldbes's jubilee to-day In. Allegheny
parks.
IK THE NATIONAL COLOESt
Bodges for the Fourth of July Celebration
to Be Bed, White and Bine.
The Fourth of July Committee yesterday
selected badges for the day. The general
managers wl 1 wear red, the Grand Stand
Committee will wear blue, and the Press
Committee white. A neat bow, appropri
ately printed, will be used for the occasion.
The Mayor will name the various commit
tees in a few days. The grand stand Is
being built to accommodate BOO or 600 peo
ple, and the tlokots will be supplied to those
entitled to them. The 'May Festival chorus
will require 300 seats on the stand, the
Great Western Band 30, and the balance will
be reserved for the honorary committees,
the speakers, the press and the guests from
other cities.
Contributions came in yesterday as fol
lows: Magistrate Leslie, $10: ff. B. Ford, J20;
John P. Berlin, $5. Total, $35.
TEE WAYNESBtraa COMMENCEMENT.
An Allusion to Blaine In an Oration Calls
Out a Storm of Applause.
SPECIAL TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH.!
Wattjesbueg, June 25. The commence
ment exercises of Wayneshurg College were
held in Alumni Hall this morning. There
were 11 membersrof the graduating class.
The degree of Ph. D. was conferred upon A.
J. Meek, and that of B. A. npon the other
members of the class.
The degree of A. SI. was conferred npon
Miss Virginia Kerr, of Pittsburg, and three
others. . One D. D. degree was conferred.
Mr. Horton, a member of the graduating
class, In his oration, the subject of which
was ''The Power of Mind Over Mind," paid a
glowing tribute to James G. Blaine, which
brought a storm of applause from an au
dience of over 1,000 people.
A STBANGELY C0L0BED COLT.
It Has WhlteTeet, Mane and Tail, With a
Jet Black Body.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Youngbtown, June 25 George Myers, of
South New Mlddletown, this county, is the
owner of a colt that is a decided freak. The
colt is a yearling, has four glossy white feet,
, white mane and tail, while the rest of it is a
Jet black.
Both sire and dam are Jefblack. Mr.
Myers has received several lucrative offers
from parties who desire to purchase the
animal for exhibition.
STONEWALL JACKSON'S EEMAIN3.
They
Will Be Exhumed To-Day and
Placed in the New Vault.
Lexington, Va., June 25. A press corre
spondent has learned from the keeper of the
cemetery this evening, that at 4 o'clock to
morrowmorning thebody of Stonewall Jack
son will be quietly removed from the grave in
which it has lain since its burial, and
placed In the new vault built for the pur
pose and over which will be erected the
monument subscribed for by the entire
Southern people,, which will be unveiled
July 21.
If It Was Only to Be Longer.
Cleveland Plaln-Dcaler.l
After a few more one-year terms in prison
Hcrr Johann Most, the Anarchist, may con
clude that a person holding his peculiar
views and practicing his peculiar beliefs has
as great freedom in bis native land as here.
Though he maybe missed, his temporary
absence will not be mourned.
A Good Time Coming.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Europe has not become Bepnblican or Cos
sack yet, despite Bonaparte's prediction
long ago that it would within SO years from
his time, but the Prince of Wales, the Kaiser
and a few other sprigs of royalty are giving
a big boom to republicanism these days.
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
f. telegram received at Max Schamberg &
Co.'s Steamship Agency says that the
steamer Fulda passed Scllly Islands at 7
o'clock last evening with the following Pitts
burgers on board: "Mrs. Helen Hirsch, Mrs.
Margaret Hirscb, Joseph Einstein, James
Spandau, Andrew Bohal, Luke Jasur and
John Mayer.
The sweet girl graduate was very prom
inent at the Union depot last evening. She
arrived and departed on every through
train, and her unconventional demeanor
and air of newly found freedom made some
of the firm-visaged old station hands smile
again in sympathy.
S. E." Noble, President of the Anniston
Pipe Works, and J. Keith, both or Anniston,
Ala., are guests at the Duquesne. Mr. No
ble's visit here Is to interest local capitalists
in his business. He predicts a brilliant fu
ture xor tne aoutn.
Eev. Fathers "Wall, of St. Peter's, Alle
ghenv, and O. P. Gallagher, of St. John's,
Southside, left for New York yesterday
morning and will sail for Ireland to-morron .
A number of clergymen and friends saw
them off.
Prof. W. S. Wall, Mr. Frederick and Mrs.
Wall, of New York City, and a large party
occupied a private Pennsylvania coaoh last
evening on the Eastern express. They were
returning from an extended trip through the
v esc.
General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford, of
the Pennsylvania lines, was at the Union
Depot last night for a few minutes. He re
marked that the business of the road in all
departments was picking up.
F. C. White, professor of theology at the
University of West Virginia; John Dick, the
Meadville, lawyer, and General George
Owens, of Mobile, Ala., are sojourning attho
Monongagcla.
Vice President James McCrea, of the
Pennsylvania Company, returned yesterday
with Mrs. McCrea from Columbus, where
thoy attended the wedding of Mr. E. B.
Wall.
Commodore Joseph "Walton went to Louis
ville last night to keep an eve on his boats
through the canal. Captain I. N. Bnnton was
at the depot to see the veteran coal man off.
C. J. Garvey, the well-known oil opera
tor, returned last night on the limited from
a trip to New York. He said the ontlook for
trade in the metropolis was pretty rosy.
E. B. Pace and wife, of Boston, are at the
Anderson Hotel. They are hero to attend
tho wedding festivities of friends in Alle
gheny. Bishop Phelan and Father Cosgrave were
at Lutrobe yesterday attending the com
mencement exercises at St. Xavler's Acad
emy. Southern Hotel, St. Louis, is at the Da-
jquesne.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are five prosperous colonies ot
Mormons In Mexico.
The College of Hew Jersey has received,
as gifts during the past year more than $100,
000. The sale of fami machinery In Kansas
this season is about double what it was last
year.
The coast line of Alaska Is longer by
3.020 miles than that of all the rest of the
United States.
There is a caraiverous cow in liandolph
county, Ma, which devours young chickens
and goslings.
The product of goldln the United States
the last 18 yea rhas aggregated the enormous
output Of 572,800,000.
The hailstones which recently fell at
Arkansas City were about the shape of a
common soda biscuit and nearly as big.
Mrs. John Singleton, living Z miles
northeast of Avalon, Mo., while eating sup
per last Sunday evening swallowed her falsa
teeth.
A negro, while plowing in the field oa
Mr. W. L. McElmurray's farm, about six
miles from Waynesboro, Ga., turned up an,
old Indian tomahawk.
Emperor William has given out orders
that no person shall ride free on the rail
roads unless they are actually engaged in
service of the Government.
Mr. Millard Boyett, of the Grover
neighborhood, in Suwannee county, Fla.,
has tho brag little girl in the State. She is 4
years old and weighs 63 pounds.
Time thins down the number. The re
turns of the pensioned veterans who fought
nnder the great Napoleon, who now receive
50 a year, put their number at Hi instead of
180. as in 1888.
The United States lead? the world ia
the number aud extent of its libraries. Tha
publio libraries of all Europe put together
contain about 21,000,000 volumes; those of this)
country contain abont 60,000,000.
A Camden, Me., lady who pledged her
self to earn a dollar in some nnusual way for
church carpets, carried ont her contract by
digging worm for her brother-in-law to usa
for bait on his fishing expeditions.
The women of England are not afraid to
pick up the trade of men. A London womaa
announces that she is about to open a barber
shop where all the barbers shall be women,
and the newspapers speak favorably of the
scheme.
Joseph Patton, who lives near Clifton
Hill in Kandolph county. Mo., still has tho
pony he rode in the Confederate army. It is
now 38 years old and is as fat as a mole, not
having been used any, or very little, for
some years.
A lady in the waiting-room on tha
steamboat wharf in Kichmond, Me., was pet-,
ting Long's goat, when the creature snatched
a veil off her face and swallowed it without
winking. It was the coolest performance of
the season.
A society has been organized in Califor
nia "to purchase song birds in Europe." Ia
the autumn the society will commission a
practical dealer to select and purchase as
many song birds in Europe as the money at
its command will permit.
There was a man on the jury last week
in Osborne county, Kan., who had formerly
been in the insane asylum, and the strain of
being compelled to sit on the Jnry again un
balanced his mind and he went home and
tried to murder his family.
Foolscap is derived from a corruption of
the Italian "foliocapo," which is a folio
sheet, sizo generally 17 inches by It. From
the thirteenth century till the seventeenth
the water-mark of that sized paper was a
fool's head, with cap and bells.
A gargle of vinegar will dissolve small
bones quickly. Where a large bone happens
to lie across the windpipe or throat, a dex
terous use of the finger will dislodge it when
other means are lacking, provided both tha
operator and patient keep calm.
A Horthport, Me., man received notice
a few days ago that he had won a diamond
ring in a great rebus solving contest adver
tised by a certain paper, but as he was re
quired to send 11 cents to cover postage, ha
"concluded it would not be worth while."
History says the ancient Greeks used
olive leaves for ballots, and the Australian
voting system is a revival of the practice in
.Home 2,000 years ago. History repeats
itself. Modem Improvements are often
only the revival of an ancient vogue of soma
sort.
The majority of people die sooner than
they should. George E. Waring. Jr., sayss
"Disease is not a consequence of life; it is
due to unnatural conditions of living to
neglect -rinse and want." And Dr. Stephen
Smith .". j: "Man is born to health and
longevity; disease is abnormal and death,
except from old age. Is accidental, and both
are preventable by human agencies."
On a tombstone in the cemetery at
Attica, Kan., the following peculiar inscrip
tion is found: "Through this incription I
enter my dying protest again st what is called
tho Democratic narty. I have watched it
closely since the days of Jackson and know
that all the misortunes of our nation havo
come to it through this so-called party.
Therefore, beware of this party of treason."
A Portland, Me., gentleman is the for
tunate recipient from the poet of the desk:
on which John G. Whittler wrote his earli
est verses. It Is a very old piece of furni
ture, being an heirloom in the Whitticr
family andT having seen, possibly, 200 years
of service. Of course, the fact that the ear
liest poems of one of America's greatest
poets were written on this desk gives it a
value that antiquity could not confer. For
perhaps 40 years past the old desk has been
out of service, a newer piece of furniture
taking its placo in the "garden room" at
Amesbury. A Portland artisan hns reno
vated the ancient desk without changing'
any of lis characteristic features.
Talk about a 590 gown as a wonder oa
graduation day in the city ! What will you
think when you are told that n lady np in
Oxford county, Me., protects her house
plants while out of doors from frost with a
$300 coat. Early in the month during tho
frosty nights a woman residing in a beauti
ful village in Oxford county took her hus
bands old coats to cover up her plants. Sev
eral days later he Inquired for his coat and
when told the purpose for which it had been
used, and that probably it was left in tho
flower garden.sald he guessed it had better be
brought inas there was a $300 roll of bilU in
the inside pocket, which he had carried there)
for some time.
WEiri'EN TOE FOX
Mephisto Bring me a fan.
Imp Yes, sir.
Mephisto I have been up doing some work In av
New York tenement house, and I almost go
roasted. Seta Tork Herald.
"What would you do, John, if I got up
In the middle of the night, as some enthusiasm do,
to play the violin "
"1 would get up ana play the nose." Fuck,
Tom It always strikes me that your
fiancee Is a Terr cold girl.
Jack My dear fellow. If you paid for the lea
cream she eats, you'd thlnL she bad every reason
to be cold. Puck.
With money plenty, and no care,
He apends a life thtt's heedless;
And in two senses we declare
He is a man who's needless. Puck.
"I don't know what Smith does with .his
money?"
"No?"
"No, I don't. Yesterday he was short and he is '
short again to-day."
"Did he want to borrowTrom yon f"
"No, hang It, I wanted to borrow from aim."
&w Tork Press. ,
Miss Phcebe Couzins I repeat it, fellow
cltlrent one moment, please! It Is not going to
bo much ofa shower-I repeat it, I war abused, in
tuited, trampled upon by the Indolent manage
ment of that World's Columbian Exposition, and
I'm going to carry this case
The Anitcl Gabriel-Toot! Toot! Too-o-o-ootS
Chicago Tribune.
Wile (timidly) Charlie dear, won't you
let me look at your paper a moment?
Husband (lrrltablyjCertalnly. Walt tillwegeS
under the tunnel, can't you? Sea Tork lilegram.
"And you say you would die for me?"
I'm afraid yon are not as brave as that."
'Am I not? Why, I show my fearlessness ot
death every Ume I come into jour presence."
"How U that?"
"Because you always look so killing."
That settled the business. .Veta Tork Press.
"I hear they are talking of putting up a
monument to Johnson, the advertising; agent."
"What's it to be brass, like Johnson?"
"No; a plain want column." Seio Tork Herald.
Attorney for prosecution (to prisoner)
What object did you have in view when you com
mitted the brutal murder of your mother-in-law?
Prisoner (stolidly) An ax; Sew Tork Telegram,
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