FJ THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, -JUNE 27, 189L tMje Bi&aftt ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S46. Vol. . No. 140 Entered at Pltt.burg Fpstoflce, November 14, 1SS7, as oor.iJ-cla matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTFRN ADYERTISIJ.R OFFICE. ROOM a. TMltrXETtlJIMJING. XKff YORK. here com plete Ties rfTHK DISPATCH can always be found. Forrijm iultcrtlcn apprcciite the convenience. Jloine adtcruvrs and Alrnds of THE DISPATCH, while In New York, are alio made wclioinc. THE DISPA TC1IU vpitlar'v on Salt at Brentano's, t Union Sovrtre, JHcte Tcrlc, and 17 Ave de V Opera, Pant, IVan't, frAT ttin icho has bten disap yot ntid at a lintel naes stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. postage free nc the dotted states. DAILY DISPATCH, One Year. J 8 CO Daily DisrATcn. Per Quarter 2 00 Dailt DisrATCU, One Month TO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Dailt DisrATCH, Including Sunday. 3 rn'ths. 2 SO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'th.. 90 6CT.DOT Dispatch. One Y'ear ISO Weekly Dispatch, One Y'ear. 1 25 THE Daily Dispatch Is delivered "by carriers at in certs per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at HI cents per west. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1SD1. THE LAWS DELVYS. The resurrection of the Penn Bank fail ure in the courts this week draws renewed attention to the questions involved in that famous case. "While the lawyers are elo quently debating the issues of responsi bility presented by that sensational smash-up, they are in danger of forgetting that the failure in its first shape illustrated faults in the commercial and banking sys tem, but that the case in its present shape exemplifies the delays of the law. The Pcnn Bank failure occurred seven years ago. It involved not only the inter ests of an immense number of depositors and creditors, but in its bearing on the responsibilities of bank management af fected every bank depositor in the State. The question of criminal liability came to adjudication in a comparatively short time, as it did not take over two or three years to decide that no one was liable under the criminal law for the disappearance of a million dollars north of assets. But on the civil aspects of the case it is certainly a telling illustra tion of the law's delays that seven years and one month after the failure the stage has just been reached of discussing the liability of the directors in open court. We may be pardoned for expressing a conviction that it is too late for the decis ion of this question to have any material effect on the settlement of the Penn Bank liabilities. But it may not be too late for the case to inspire an earnest reformation of lrgal practice, so that it will not present Euch an eminent illustration of eternity. A STRAW MAN KXOCKED OCT. Some of our esteemed cotemporaries, in company with Mr. J. M. Swank, of Phil adelphia, need to be warned against the supererogatory habit of taking the trouble this hot weather to deny something that has never been affirmed, and attacking the nccuiacy of statements by attributing to them assertions t hich were not asserted. This is made necessary by the quoting of Mr. Swank, in at least three of our city papers, to the effect that a statemr.t iti a Pittsburg muinicg paper that "Alabama outranked Pennsylvania in Iron and steel production" is ridiculous and untrue. Xo such statement has appeared in any Pittsburg morning paper. The Dispatch published exclusively the other morning a census report to the effect that Alabama now produces more iron ore than any other State; and this is what the alleged correc tion refers to. If Mr. Swank finds an- in accuracy in this statement he will do well to present thr proofs to the Treasury De partment In the meantime we would suggest to our esteemed critics the obvious policy of informing themselves on the difterence between ifon and steel produc tion and tLe production of iron ore. Till; LAW DON'T KEACH THEM. The termination of the prosecution against the President and directors of the New York and New Haven Railroad for violation of the New York law against heating trains by car stoves is not unex pected, but very instructive. In th? lln-t place the Judge cleared the rase of a large number of defendants by ruling that the directors of the road were not responsible for violations of the law committed under their supervision. He held that the President was responsible, and charged strongly against him. But the jury evidently believed that since the fudge has sxppt off o many cf the cases against the railroad magnates they might do tho rest. They consequently acquitted the President without regard either to the charge or the evidence. It is natural that, after such a result, the most olstrcperous of the corporation organs in New York should proceed to jump on the District Attorney for such an assault on prescriptive right as to prose cute a railway President and Board of Directors for violating a statute. A man who does that is '-the criminal really con demned by the court," and it is cosently demonstrated from the corporate point of view that "he is insincere and dishonest" All of which will tend to correct the im pression that there is one law for the rich, and not fir the poor. It will substitute therefor an !da that all law is for the rich and no law holds good agninst the wealthy class. THE TREASURY KESEUYES. Some very sharp comments are made npou the reported intimation of the Secre tary of the Treasury that at a pinch the gold reserve of ?100,tt00,000 held for the re demption of legal tenders can be drawn upon to meet current expenditures of the Treasury. One opposition newspaper fitigmatics this idea as "atapinehfinan ceciing," and declares that "such action would 1)3 a deliberate pulling away of the foundation upon which the Government has rcsjsisil gold payments and restored Its credit." This is a rather extreme statement, and yet it is indisputable that, by the standards already fixed with regard to the Treasury rescn ?. the reserve bold against the legal tenders is h last one that should be drawn upon. The proportion of that re terve to the outstanding legal tendcr.notcs Is about SO per cent; while the proportion held for the redemption of gold and 6ilvcr certificates, as fixed by law, is 100 per cent There Js no more, reason why a larger reserve should he held against the certificates than against tho legal tenders. The credit of the Government would be Just as much damaged If It should suspend payments on the one as on the other. Yet when wo have the statutory declaration that lOu per cent reserve must be held against one class of notes il would look rather queer to deplete tho SO per cent reserve held for the other class whose maintenance h equally important Experience has proved that tho 30 per cent reserve is ample. Indeed, the facts show that a less reserve would meet all demands. This points to the fact that the coin reserve for the gold and silver certifi cates could be reduced if the law were changed. If Congress should authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in United States bonds, as occasion should arise, one-half the coin held for the re demption of certificates, and to keep the bonds as a sinking fund for the payment of those notes, the condition of the Treas ury would actually be stronger than it is to-day. Until then it will be discreet for the Secretary to rely on his subsidiary sil ver assets and the deposits with banks in order to meet the excess of expenditures above income. THE TKETEXT FOR XT. Touching tho discussion of the .press on the Constitutional Convention.proposition, the Philadelphia Timet says: "So far the majority of their expressions are hostile, and if the newspapers accurately repre sent the voters the convention will be voted down." But the Times goes on to say that the labor vote has not been repre sented in the opposition to the convention, and as tho labor interests want an abso lutely secret ballot, without waiting for the ordinary process of Constitutional amendment, "it will be well for the peo ple of all shades of opinion to regard the convention as at least a possibility, If not a probability." This is equivalent to asserting that the laboring classes are so blind to the inter ests of the whole State that they are will ing to subject its entire fundamental law to emasculation In the interest of privi leged classes, because they have an idea that a single provision can be changed. The superstition for it is nothing more that the ballot numbering clause of the Constitution must be repealed in order to secure a secret bal lot always .has and always will disappear before argument It is a plain proposition that an election board which will violate the law requiring the numbered lists to be sealed before the ballot-box is opened and the number on the ballots to be kept secret by folding them down, will violate the other provisions of a ballot reform law which establish secrecy. The only diff ence will be that the numbered ballots aid detection of fraud, and without them detection of any violations of the law would be difficult , Beyond that what guarantee is there that a Constitutional Convention organ ized as this, one is to be, framed for the es pecial purpose of forestalling independent action in the selection of delegates, would give the people genuine ballot reform if it should take up the subject? The stream is rarely purer than its source; and it is a cogent fact that the same element In the Senate which reduced the ballot reform bill to the rank of a green goods game framed the Constitutional Convention pro ject It is fatuity for any friends of pure politics to expect genuine ballot reform under such auspices. The decision of the whole question turns upon the fact that much greater issues are at stake than ballot reform. We do not believe the working people will vote with their eyes open to clear the way for a mutilation of the Constitution so as to re move its restrictions upon corporations and municipal rings. It is one of the vital points of the controversy that, under the ballot reform pretext, the elements actu ally hostile to ballot reform have got up the convention proposition with the pur pose constantly cropping out of removing the restrictions which check some corpora tions from running things as they choose and restrain some politicians from work ing their sweet will in local administra tion. Ballot reform can be secured when the people elect legislators who will sincerely carry out their pledges The minor amend ments to the Constitution can be decided on theb merits by separate submission to the people. But a good way to prevent the splendid Constitutional provisions that now exist from being wiped out for the benefit of sordid interests is for the people to vote down this Constitutional Conven tion project, conceived and shaped by the representatives of monopoly and practical politicians. THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ARMT. The new law permitting enlisted men to purchase their discharge from the army after a year's service, at certain established rates, is attracting attention. It is said that 700 men have already been discharged under this provision, and applications still continue. AVhile that rate will make a se rious inroad on the total of an already .skeleton army, it is asserted that the new plan is an improvement as the alternative to wholesale desertions going on. That alternative, honorable discharge or desertion, presents a remarkable picture of the discipline in the army. Where there is no better way of maintaining a force than that, it is plain something must be done in the way of reorganization from the ground up. The principle of pur chase in military matters is a false one. It was proved to be so during the war, when the provision allow ing drafted men to purchase substitutes, or to obtain exemption by paying $300, reduced the conscript levies to a worthless mob of bounty jumpers. It is one of the lessons of history that w henevcr any nation has permitted moneyto purchase especial privileges in its army the military organi zation has rapidly become worthless. If, as alleged, the army was already be coming worthless through desertions, the testimony of experience simply proves that this is not the way to make it any better. It may be doubted whether there is any efficient means of doing so unless the pay and treatment is made such as to attract a good class of volunteers, or a system of conscription is resorted to in which the laborer and millionaire shall be treated as exact equals. It is sad to go away from home and learn the news In a Now York paper that the re formed organization of the Pennsylvania Republican party, tho Independents, me to be shut out. If the news were authoritative it would indicate that the Republican poli ticians aro still of opinion that the party is too large for them. But it comes from an organ of the opposition, whose wish is father to the thought. The Independents are at liberty to como back into the Republican party for voting purposes. It is surprising to hear that trouble has begun In Canada from a charge that the now Premier Minister is a Canadian Pacific man. f-overal years of the Macdonald administra tion have Justified a conviction that Canada was far past making trouble over a little thing like that With both France and Mexico demand ing satisfaction from Haiti, the chances that there will bo enough of the supply left for the United States to got Us satisfaction are rapidly vanishing. The Government may havo to content itself with what satisfac tion It can discover in Its recent claims that .it put Hlppolyto in' his present position. The disposition of Honest John Bardsley, the Controller of the Currency, and others, tojmako BankExarninerDrew tho scapegoat may prove altogether, too successful. Tho Bank Examiner may yet make an appear ance In the' character ot th e worm that turns. Oris cotemporary, the Chronicle Telegraph, reviewed yesterday with justifiable pride its 50 years of useful and interesting exist ence, dating ' of course fiom tho estalv llshment of the paper which bore the first part of the compound name. Our neighbor has always deserved success, and at no time has it enjoyed more of this than at present. Br the time that the Philadelphia hat trimmers and the North American Commer cial Company get through the Treasury, it may be even morelifflcult than now for the Treasury exports to determine exactly what the surplus is. It is intimated that the first experiment to bring on rain by dynamite explosions owed "its success to a very manifest judi ciousness in tho selection of the time for an experiment. The experimenters lot off their dynamite in front of a very'black looking cloud, and tho rains followed with decided but suspicious promptness.' People gener ally will reserve their applause -until the ex plosive rain-makers havo produced rain out of a previously cloudless sky. Air improvement on Von Moltke's famous epigram is afforded by the contending poli ticians of Pennsylvania. They aro not say ing much, but theyjire sawing wood in all the languages there are. Thb announcement is made this week of the formation of n, Cotton Dnck Pool. It consists of $3,ODO,000 to $10,000,000 capital, which gives the cotton ducks plenty of water to swim around. Of course, it is ac companied by the declaration that it is not intended to put Tip prices, but is simply to reduce expenses by putting the business un der one management, Which leads to the remark that these cotton ducks are entirely too downy. Philadelphia is at present enjoying several eminent illustrations of the art of making statements that do not state and confessions that do not confess. With the transfer of the Weather Bureau to the Agricultural Department next week the opportunity of Uncle Jerry Rusk's offi cial career is at hand. In the first place it gives his department something to do. In the next place, if he can reform the lawless weather that has triumphed over the admin istration of the Weather Bureau in the War Department, he can have anything this country has in its gift. The veto mill of the Governor did not grind so very slowly, but ground pretty fine for all that. Apropos of the approval of a bill giving the women of Illinois the right to vote in school elections, the Boston Traveller pre dicts that their votes will be cast in favor of instruction in English in the public schools. There is no reason for expecting the women to vote otherwise on questions involving national predispositions than the men do. National pride and prejudices are not limited to one sex. THE TJPPEB TEH". Forakeb has just sold 7,000 acres of land for $10 an acre. Pkof. Charles D. McIver has been elected President of the Girls' Norman Col lege, at Greensboro, N. C. Congressman Belden in a speech de livered at Syracuse urged Republicans to nominate Chauncey M. Depew for Governor. Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, has taken possession of tho house at Manchester-by-the-Sea, near Boston, which he has leased for the summer. Justice Lamar, of the Supreme Court, has given his cordial indorsement to the proposed blue and gray reunion at the Chicago World's Fair. Heinrich Schmilinski, the greatest millionaire of Hamburg, has decided to leave his immense fortune to build an asylum for unmarried women. Ex-Attorney General Btjfus A. Byees, of Virginia, 15 years ago was a page in tho Senate of Virginia. Now it is said he is worth $500,000, and he has just finished a magnificent residence near Big Stone Gap. Tjie Kev. Dr. Breckinridge, who fell dead at the Presbyterian General Assembly in Detroit, had $20,000 Insurance on his life. His policy expired the day before his death and he renewed it by telegraph. Prince Alexander op BATTENnERG, former ruling Prince of Bulgaria, who so gallantly defeated King Milan in the Bulgarian-Servian war of 1855, is dangerously ill. lie is suffering from an ulcor in the stomach. Prince Bismarck's condition is not improving, and, in addition to his old com plaint, lumbago, ho now complains of occa sional pains ip his head. His fac nlties are however, 'perfectly clear, and he is confident of being about-shortly in as good health as ever. All his spare time, 'when he is able, is given to the arrangement of papers that will probably go down to history in his memoirs. ROTHSCHILD IK DISGUISE. How the Passengers Were Rebuked and One Man Gained Fame. San Francisco Call. , "I was the lion oflhe day onco in my life," said Sam Davis last night, as he sat with Judge Beattyand a party of friends at the Palace DTotel. "I was on my way from Og den to San Francisco in tho days when the porter had the run of tho sleeping cars, and we had a lot of Eastern tourists aboard. My berth was near tho rear, and when the por ter reached me he was mad. The largest tip ho had received w as a nickel, and in some cases he had been given 1 and 2-cent Eiece. I had paid for one night, and when o approached me I said: " "By thowny.aioyoutheman who blacked my boots?' " 'Yes, boss.' '"That was a nice Job, and hero is $3 for you. "When he had passed on a Maine man slipped over cautiously and asked me confi dentially if that was the usual tip. " 'Tid?' 1 exclaimed; 'no, sir, I.wos simply paj ing for services rendered.' "The f.ict was I had simply paid for my berth, and had given tho porter nothing. Asa result the information spread througli the car and the porter reaped a harvest. A lew moments later I strolled into tho smok ing room and the porter said: 'That was a good rebuke you administered, boss. It shan't cost you a cent to get to Frisco. I'll just tell 'em you're one of de Rothschilds traveling in disguise.' "Tho word was passed, and in a few min utes I was famous. Every attention was shown me, and when 1 reachad here I was burdened with all sorts of invitations." THE SMOKERS OF PITTSBTJEG. A Gas City Man's Experience With Tobies in the Wild and Woolly West, Walter Lee, of Pittsburg, is quoted in tho St. Louis Globe-Democrat as follows: When I started from home on business, which I knew would keep me in tho West two or three months, I laid in a supply of the hum ble, cheap, though pleasant form of cigars so generally smoked In Pitts burg. I havo seen a millionaire smoke them contentedly, nnd never feel in sulted -when one was offered him, but here a. "stogee" or skogce," whichever is correct, is thought so little of that the offer of one is look on as an insult, and I have offended more than one gentleman by an intended civility. In Pittsburg everyone smokes, presumably in- sympathy with the factory chimneys, but the outlay per head per smoker must bo very much less than it is here, although the difference In tho price is moro on account of tho saving in labor than in the grade of tobacco used. Glass Works Close For the Season. New Castle, Jnne 26. The New Castle window glass factories will -close for tho present season next Wednesday, after a suc cessful run. During the last season these factories havo surpassed all previous records in the amount and quality of their produc-tlon- 3, 1 X!Jt; ROMANCE Second Installment of Jules Vcrno's great story, "Tho CaUfornlaiu," in THE DISPATCH to-morrow- TALK OF THE TOWN. Teaching the Indian Humanity Express Shaving A Confnsed Bridegroom A Youngster's Faith True Stories of Real Life in Street and Country Lane. I'Talkiho about -Indians," said a Callfor nian to me yesterday, "Dave Priest,' an old friend Of mine when I lived in Ohio, played an elegant trick upon one of the red-skinned varmints out in Arizona some years ago. We wero riding along a stretch of sandy road under a summer sunswhen we met an Indian and his squaw. The latter had an Immense pack strapped upon her back, enough for two strong men any day to carry, while her husband, after tho Indian fashion, strode along beneath no greater burden than a ragged blanket and more or less dirt. Davo Priest didn't like the look of this division of labor, and he halted tho procession, and asked the noble savage why he didn't carry at least his share of the baggago. The noble savago pretended not tp understand, waved his hands and was walking away when-Priest took out a re volver from his holster and said: 'Now you sun-baked son of the Sierra, you take that bundle off your squaw's back andhoist it on your 0 wnf And be quick about It, too. for if j-ou don't hurry I'll Dore moro holes in you than '11 be comfortable! Now, get a move on vou!' "The lazy brute kept up the pretense of inability to understand. what was said to him for a jnoment, but the deadly seriousness of Priest and his revolver had their effect finally, and he slowly relieved the wretched'woinan of the tent blankets and neaven knows what sho had been carrying, and with many grunts and groans staggered off under tho unaccustomed load. Priest made it as clear to the Indian brain as possible that if he transferred tho load to his squaw ho ran tho risk of getting shot, nnd wo stood nnd watched them till they were out of sight. Tho woman did not speak, much less thank her deliverer, while Priest was shitting her burdens, and the last I saw of them sho was still shuffling palnrully "behind her lord. I suppose she got the baggage to carry again and a beating as soon us tho hillside hid them from Priest'3 view and the influence of his revolver." A Speedy Shave. A barber who can shave five men in an hour is doing quick work, and a young Pittsburger who has the fortune or misfor tune, as you may choose, to possess a stiff black beard thought ho was seeking the im possible when he asked a barber yesterday to shave him in five minutes in order that he might catch a train. But the barber thus challenged, with the added incentive of a double fee If h6 did tho work In the alotted time, settled down to his best gait, and suc ceeded in shaving his man, without a single cut, but clean, smooth and complete, in some seconds less than five minutes. More than this the barber brushed hi3 customer's hair and put in all the little extras of bay rum and the rest, handed him his hat, and re marked the beat of the day before tho five minutes had elapsed. A Tlnstered Bridegroom. On Wednesday evening a young man with a pretty woman on his arm entered the Hotel Boyer. At the door they parted, she re maining in the vestibule, where her rustic beauty caused a sensation, while he went up to the desk and registered. Ho was evi dently nervous, for he nearly put the wrong end of the pen in the ink, and finally wrote: Mr. and Mrs. Blank and wife, and forgot to set down the place he came from. Tho clerk, however, was used to such vagaries, and as signed the newly-married couple to a room. The bridegroom taking tho key, still in a state of flusterment, forgot all about the brido ho had left upon the threshold and hurried off upstairs. When he reached the room of course he remembered his lifo partner, nnd returned headlong to the office to find her. But in tho meanwhile the clerk had observed Mrs. Blank's plight and sent a Lell-bov to take her to her room. So when tho bridearoom landed in the lobby he found no trace of his better half, and his consterna tion was indescribable By this time a good many people about tho lobby had got wind ot the singular comedy that was being played, and bets were being offered as to whether tho bridegroom would throw himself into tho Allegheny or call for the police. Before.nny such tragic ending to the drama could take place, however, the clerk informed the husband where his wife was, and a leunion of a most affecting na ture was soon brought about in the corridor above. Big Bows in Order. "Tnn growth of the dress tie," said an ex pert salesman of this city, "is one of tho phe. nomcnal features of tho time. The xsorrect thing for evening dress now is simply and literally immense. Under certain limita tions I should say that the larger tho tic, bo it lawn or cambric, the moro fashionable; and I should not be surprised to seo tho bow finally overwhelm every vostige of the col lar and a big section of tho shirt bosom be fore tho present tendency toward bulk is checked. For a good many years this little item In evening attire has stayed at a happy middlo point, being neither very large nor very small at any time, though changes in tho shirt itself, and in other particulars, such as the introduc tion of tho dress sack coat, knee-breeches and substitutes for broadcloth in the ma terial, have been plenty. Before that, ten years ago or more, tho dress necktie was at IIS SUlUUCai b UUrt Ui llll? SlllUilCSb U11U plainest design. It was in striking contrast to the tic of to-day, with its broad ends and occasional embroidery, but it is u matter of tasto chiefly as to which is tho most gener ally becoming. The patterns of this and almost every article of attire that conies under the head of gents' furnishing goods goods are originated in New Y'ork and set the tashion for the continent, but antece dent fashions in London and Paris still havo considerable influence upon those of this country." A Child's Faith. DtjRnro the heavy thunderstorm last Mon day night a party of Sewickleyans were caught nt the top of the precipitous hill where the Dairy Farm used to be, and had an experience driving down hill in a road that had turnedto a mountain torrent, with no light but the intermittent flashes of lightning, that they will be likely to remem ber for a good while. It was a trying time for the grown folks, but still moie so, one would havo thought, for three little mites of children huddlccT together in a cart behind a Lilliputian Shetland pony. But it was in this group that a remarkable instance of that firm, strong faith in Divine Providence, which is all too seldom found these days, was made manifest. As the three tots clung to each other and tried to keep off some of tho deluge descending upon them, and as the pony slipped and scrambled down hill, whllo tho thunder roared and the lightning flashed with blinding brilliancy, tho 5-yeai-oldboy who held the reins sat Dravely upright and kept saying to his companions: "Don't ba afraid! God will take'earo of us!" KOT WELL IKF0EMED. A Massachusetts Youngster Who Knew That Ills Father Was Governor. Rochester Union Advertiser. A youngster in school at Cambridge was asked the other day, by a teacher who wanted to give some instructions in modern khistory. who was tho Governor of Massa- I nViimfltfi "My father," was the answer. "But what is his name?" inquired the teacher. This question was a puzzler. The little fellow stared at the teacher as if seeming not to comprehend the significance of tho query. Finally he said: "I ilunno; but he's my father." And, sure enough, tho boy -was right; his own hamo was William Eustis Russell. It Would Cure Any Inebriate. Chicago Herald A physician in Racine, Wis., undertook to cure a drunkard after the manner of Dr. Keely, of Dnight.and tho patient died on his hands. His remedy, like that of the Illi nois man, was in some respects a secret, but he is likely to havo an opportunity to tell all about it in tho presenco of a C01 oner's jury. Drunkaids will be interested in knoning something about a cure that is woise than the disease. Somebody Badly Mistaken. Detroit Free Press. Colonel Cockerlll, late of tho New York World, now of the Commercial Advertiser, says no paper in New York has a circulation of more than 250,000 copies. Tho scales havo evidently fallen from the Colonel's eyes since he changed his quarters. Eyeing the Great Northwest. Boston Herald. Tho fact that the Chicago papers indorse the scheme to consolidate the rival cities of St, Paul and Minneapolis naturally Inspires tbe hope that Chicago and St. Louis may Join hands some day and give the balance of mankind a rest. LOW-NECK DLAMS. How Ex-Governor Hoaro, of Wisconsin, Startled People at the Seashore. Chicago Tribune. Ex-Governor Hoard Is one of the best story-tellers in the country. I was in tho party with him on the recent trip to Galena when the Grant monument was unveiled, and he entertained crowds in the smoking room going and coming. His fund of stories seemed inexhaustible. One of them that made a great hit with the crowd was this: I will reproduce his words as nearly as I can remember them: "I -was down at a little clambake in New Jersey last summer and after dinner was called on to make a speech. I started oil by sayipg that I had eaten so many of their low-neck clams that I wasn't in tho best sort of condition to make a speech. When I used the expression 'low neck' clams an old chap sitting directly across the table from jme, whose face was long enough to enable him to eat oats out of a churn, scowled at me and then said in a stago whisper: 'Little neck clams, little necks not low-necks.' I paid no attention to the interruption, and finished my speech. When dinner was over he trailed me out into the hall and said: 'You are from Wis consin, ain't yon?' "'Yes,' IrepllecU "'You don't havo many clams up there, I reckon?' "'Well,' I said, 'we have some, but It's a good ways to water, and in driving tbem across the country their feet get sore, and thoy don't thrive very well.' "He gave mo a look that -was worth $1 50, and in a tone of the utmost disgust said: 'Lord! clams ain't got no feet!' "Ho turned away, and approaching one of my friends inquired: 'Is thatfeUow Governor of Wisconsin?' " Yes,' replied my friend. "'W-a-1-1 drawled the old man, with a good deal of feeling, 'hemay bo a smart man in Wisconsin, out he Is a fool on the seashore.' " HAEY AH AHMY WOEM. The Old Farmer Was No Hair Recruit If t Ho Was Home Grown. New Y'ork Evening World. Ho was a gay young officer and Uncle Sam was in great luck to havesuch a nice hired man. The car was crowded and he had to set his bright, new uniform right d6wn beside a dingy, old, armer looking chap. "Well, my avuncular relative," said he, speaking up so that tho passengers might have a chance to Join in the laugh, "'what promise does he of whom one touch makes us all akin hold forth touching tho particular of farinaceous cereals?" The passengers those who understood him and those who didn't snickered. "How's thexheat crop.eb?" replied tho dingy personage. .:'Fust rate, fust rate." "Is that which fell alike by tho wayside, into barren places and npongood ground completely siibterraneart?" . The passengers laughed. "Is tho seed all under ground, eh?" said the countryman. "Sure; all the secdin's done and thmgs are sproutin'." "Has your retina been impressed by any members of the advance guard of the can tharis vittata?" The passengers giggled. "Seen any potato bugs,eh?" said the rustic "You bet; seen lots of potato bugs, but nary an army worm." "No?" said tho gay young officer hastily, heading off an incipient laugh, "and why is the army worm no longer with you?" "Well," said the old professor from tho Po dunk Agricultural College, "I heard that most of 'em had been jugged for duplicating thoir pay accounts." The passengers roared. EICHAED EEDGEAVE'S DIAEY. Interesting Stories of How the Point Was Inquired Into Too Deeply. Toronto Empire. The following story of Eogers is told by Mr. Eedgrave: Among other stories of. Rogers, (he poet, ho told us one of him when in Paris with a very old friend, a triflo vague in his mind. Rogers said to him, "I have been walking to-day in the Champs Elysees, and I was met by an old lady, who stopped, and, looking fixedly at mer said, 'Sir, isn't your name Rogers?' Pausing a moment, he was interrupted by his friend, who said, 'Well, and was it?'" This re minded Charles Landscer of a like Incident. "A few nights ago," he said. "I was in the pit of the theater, and the Duke and Duchess of Wellington came into a box. Some per sonsevidently country sightseers in town for a few davs only wore sitting next to me, so I said to them, 'Thattis the Dnko of Wel lington who has Just entered the box.' 'In deed, sir?' they simultaneously said 'the present Duke?'" Lastly we will quoto a capital story taken from Mr. Redgrave's official experience. "Wo were all much amused by a case which came before us at tho board to-day. It was an Irish recommendation of persons to bo rewarded with medals, and one of tho cases ran thus: 'I should also recommend Marga ret for a reward. Being very young, she naturally missed the point ot nil the questions in the papers, bnt her answers were so ladylike that I think the medal should be given to her.' " An Exemplary Constitution. Chicago Intcr-Occan. Tho new constitution of Kentucky pro vides that the Governor shall be elected in the odd-numbered years, the Representa tives in the even-numbered years, and that tho Governor shall bo elected at the-samo time and placo as tho Representatives. Since the constitution tinkers have become sober they have been wondering whether they have any provision at all for the elec tion of a Governor. DEATHS HEEE AND ELSEWHEEE. Edmund Leathes, Actor. Edmund Leathes, an actor of repute in Eugland, and who had also traveled in this country, died recently in London, aged 41. He was the son of a clergyman, tho Kev. Dr. Donaldson. In 1369 he went on the stage, at the Theater Royal, Dublin, and thereafter lie was very successfnl, playing en gagements in all the leading cities, in Australia, New Y'ork and Boston. He was 200 nights the Laertes to Henry Irving's Hamlet, during the un precedented run of "Hamlet" at the London Ly-eeurr-. In 1S70 he married a Miss Entlcknapp. Mr. Leathes was the author of a blank verse play, "For King and Country," which was produced at the London Galetv. and he also wrote two novels, The Actor's Wife" and "An Actor Abroad." Hattle Irving, Actress. Hattie Irving, who died in New York at St. Vincent's Hospital recently, was born in 1SC3, and had been nn actress since she was six weeks old. She was the daughter of the old comedians, Ted and Lizzie Irving, and the wife of Thomas Peasley. also an actor. Hattle Irving had played In the support of Booth, McCnllougb. Mrs. Bowers and other of note, and had also starred, about 1883, In "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab." Obituary Notes. SlMtox FEnnY, one of the largest land owners in Indiana, died at Columbus Thursday, aged 82 years. JOSEPn Woods, the florist, and old citizen of Mc Kcesport, died yesterday morning In his 70th year, of pneumonia. HexutL. ScnBAM. ex-Register of Wills, died at Lebanon, Pa., Wednesday night. He was a promi nent Grand Army man r n Mas. Maine Hill, the woman supposed to be afflicted with Ieproy, died yesterday at her home In Buttalo county, Wis., at the age 01CI. HABEY Cboueste, .a onco celebrated English clown, died recently, aged 76.- He was one of the last to proclaim himself "Jester to the Queen." Pbzsidest M. G. HuauES. of the Catawissa (Pa.) First NaUonal Bank, died Wednesday In his 64th year. He was the leading capitalist of his town. Db. Jonx L. Nobtueup, instructor at Columbia College, who was so terribly burned by an cxplosson of alcohol In the college laboratory Thurs day morning, died at the hospital yesterday morn ing. Hom. Lewis Bcrchfikld. of Mllford township, Pa.,'dled Wednesday In his 84th year. In 183) he was appointed l'rotlionotary of Juniata county, and in lafil he was elected Associate Judge. He was a Democrat. Rev. Fbedebick Tidmer, pastor of Grace M. E. Clnircli, Troy, died Thursday" morning at Salem from cancer. The disease as due to tho straining of his throat while preaching at the Lcbauou bprlng3 camp meeting sc cral ears ago . HelEX Hortox. an actress, who had been In retirement since 1S33, died several days ago at her home In 0 recce, N. Y She was born 5D years ago, and was the mother. of Jessie Bonstelle, tho soii brettestar. The comedy drama, iTblstledown," was written by Mrs. Morton for her daughter, who had starred In it. Colonel Albert Gallatin Browne, formerly a well-known New York Journalist, and private secretary to Governor Andrew daring the war, died In Boston Wednesday, aged SI. He was the son of Albert G. Browne, of Salem, who was a leading Abolitionist, Intimately ' associated with WhlttTer and Farrlson In the anil-slavery cause. Mrs. MAby A. Gilli. nee Kellbach, wife of Prof. G. Gilll, the well-known vocal artist of this city, died at her late residence at 6 o'clock yester day morning. The cause of death was consump tion. Deceased had been 1U for nearly two years, yignor G11U has a host of friends in this city who sympathize with him In his loss. Mrs.-01111 was married Just two .years on the day of her death. The funeral wllltake place to-morrow from her lata residence, 853 Ueavcr avenoe, Allegheny, SWEETS OF SOCIETY. Prettiest Class Night Exercises of the Season The Pittsburg Academy Does Itself Frond Another Big Fresh Air Excur sion Social Chatter. The prettiest class njght exercises of the season were given last evening in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church by the Pittsburg Academy. The chorus singing of the graduating class was an especially en joyable feature, as tho voices were clear and sweet, and gave evidence of very careful training. "Como to the Mountains" was tho opening song, and the masterly address of welcome by William Scott followed. An ablo essay on "Success" by Margaret Johnston was the next number, and Jesse P. Martin gave a very cleverly written sketch of the class history. "The Blacksmith's Story," recited by Grace Williams, was a pretty piece of character painting. "On Blooming Meadows," a piano duet, by Misses Lizzio Beck nnd Kate Rodenbaugh, was thoroughly enjoyed, as was also the class poem by John Blackadorc. Miss Fannio Barr read a very thoughtful essay on the "Cultivation of Life," and "A Georgia Sermon" was recited by Chan. Kirk. Mr. Ed Chalfant sang acceptablv a solo, "A Mariner's Home's the Sea," and Mr. Charles Burkett was the class prophet. "A Tale of the Tenth Hussars" was tho tragic recitation of Elizabeth Johnston. The seniors and the Juniors, in the presentation and acceptance, were represented by Gro3 venor Cramp and George nerbert Lytle respectively. J.3. Townsendwastheorator and valedictorian. Tho entertainment was closed with a good-night song. Of the 12 State Normal Schools in Pennsyl vania, one of the most flourishing and best known is the school at California, Pa., in the heart of tho picturesque Monongahela Val ley. The y ear j ust closing has been the most prosperous in tho school's history. Over 700 students have been in attendance. A new building is in course of erection and will be ready for use at tho opening of the fall term. This building, to be known as "Science Hall," will accommodate the natural science de partment, tho model school, the Sloyd shop and the gymnasium. The final examination of the senior and junior classes by the State board was begun on Tuesday and completed on Thursday. The Examining Board con sisted of State Superintendent Waller, Prin cipal J. P. Welsh, of the Eloomsburg Normal School: Superintendent L. M. Herrington, of Unlontownt Superintendent J. W. lams, of Waynesburg, and Principal Theodore B. Noss, of tho California Normal. The classes had been caiefully pruned bv the faculty and but six candidates out of 60 in the Junior class were rejected by the committee, and none in the senior class. Grakd Abmy people were out In full force yesterday in honor of the first anniversary of the "Homo for Soldiers' Widows,.Mothers and Daughters", at .Hawkins .Station. Num erous ladles' auxiliary circles attended in a body and every arrangement was made for the comfort and convenience of the guests, who began to arrive early in the morning The formal exercises of tho day began at 11 o'clock with a prayer by Chaplain McGuire. Several addresses were'delivered by gentle men prominent in Grand Army circles, in which the necessity for and success of the home were frequently referred to. Musical selections, both vocal and instrumental, were a feature of the programme.- Several bands were in attendance. Dinner and supper were served by the ladies, and of such a high grade of excellence as will give future en terprises of the same nature great prestige. The ten dear old ladies.inmates of the Home, enjoyed the day immensely and by their happy, peaceful expressions and general nir of dependency and helplessness were alike a strong plea for the Home and a proof of its efficacy. The results of the affair will be quite satisfactory. Pittsbubo will have a large delegation at the National Convention of the Young Peo ple's Christian Endeavor Societies which will convene in Minneapolis July 9. Beside being a matter of great interest in itself the convention has tho. additional drawing powers of lakes, fishing, sailing and all tho attractions of a first-class summer resort.f or such, indeed, Minneapolis is. The Pittsburg company will leave the city in a special day coach and arriving in Chicago in the even ing will take a PnTman for Minneapolis, ar riving there the following morning. The schools of Mt. Washington are the proud possessors of two very handsome na tional flags of the new pattern. They wore presented yesterday by the Samuel Harper Council No. 503, Jr. O. U. A. M. Dr. J. P. McCord made the presentation speech in a 1 happy manner and Superintendent Luckey receiveu muuowa loucituus vein ui spend ing, with a dash of patriotism thrown in. The committee on whose heads rested tbe purchase and presentation of the flags con sisted of Messrs. Thomas S. Ashford, Jr., Emll Becker nnd James A. Benton. Cabds are out for tho wedding of Miss Eunice Isabel McElree and Mr. Lawrence Johnston, to take place Tuesday evening, July 7, at 8 o'clock, In the Fourth United Presbyterian church, Montgomery avenue and Arch street, Allegheny. Miss McElree is a charming young lady of winning man ners, and a great favorite in social circles. Mr. Johnston is well known as arising young attorney. "At home" cards for Tuesdays after September accompany the invitations. The young couple will reside at Rodgers and Bayne avenues, Bellcvue. Union station was an animated scene yes terday morning when 150 children, ranging from 1 to 8 years, assembled, accompanied by their mothers, to enjoy a fresh air fund excursion. Tho little folks went to the Oak montHome, a few miles out on the Alle gheny Valley road, where they will remain for two weeks drinking in the pure air and enjoying country delights of all kinds. Social Chatter. The graduating exercises of tho Allegheny General Hospital Training School will take place at the Second U. P. Church, Stockton avenue, Monday evening. The class to fraduatb consists of Misses Julia A. Deneen, lay A Donaldson, Phcobe S. Lafferty, Cor nelia S. Miller, Mary McFate, Jessie B. Kel ser, Lydia Frabel Ferguson and Mrs. Hattie C. Fonner. Miss Doba Marshall, tho young lady from Kansas who has been in the city lor the past year studying elocution, and who has cap tured so many hearts by her sunshiny dis Sosltion nnd engaging manners, departs onday for her V estern home, much to the legret of a host of friends. Paul C. Blum, of Hongkong, registered at tho Seventh Avenue yesterday. He Is an old circus man, and at one timo piloted a liippodromo through China. The Mongolians took kindly to the show, and when ho re turned to America a party of Chinese Jug glers came with him. Rev. Dr. Sutherland, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, returned yesterday from Niagara Falls, where he has removed his family for tho summer. Dr. Sutherland wUl return later and take a run up into Canada. Mb. Herbert Walker, one of the principal members of the Microscopical Society, will spend his vacation in Chicago at tho home of his father, who is an eminent oculist of tho Windy City. Miss Eleanor Lapslet. who has been verv ill at the home of her uncle, Mr. Brooks, on Locust street, Allegheny, has recovered sufficiently to return to her Washington home. T. M. Orr, commercial agent of the Santa Fe road, left for Harrisbura last evening to look after- tho traffic in. that section. He states that business is slowly improving. Captain Thomas Kerr, President of the Homewood Driving Park, went East last evening. He says the meeting in July will be first class. Mrs. Bradley, of the East End, gave a re ception last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Scott, who returned from their wedding trip yesterday. Mas. Byron W. Kino, with Misses Olive and Beatrico,. her two littlo daughters, will spend tho summer in New Y'ork at the home of her parents. Mb. G. Hamilton Vanderslict, tho hand some yonng Philadelphia electrician, will spend his vacation at Meadville and Con neaut lake. Tue young people of the Shady avenuo Baptist Church gavo an enjoyable lawn fcto and open air concert on Hartman's lawn, East End. Db. Charles Conwav, a former resident physician of Mercy Hospital, is ill beyond recovery at his home in Livermore, Pa. ' Db. John Dickson will go to Mackinac the first the mOnto, here he will bo hotel phy sician for the season at the Grand. "W. E. Sproull, of Philadelphia, freight agent for the Cambria Iron Company, was in tho city yesterday. Father Wall, of the Cathedral, and sister, will sail to-day from New York for Europe. D. T. "Watson and wife went to New York last evening. The cooking school graduates a class to day. ' Wai It a Fat One? Chicago Mall. A leech over a foot long has been dis covered in Kansas and has been presented to a Farmers' Alliance lodge In a glass bottle labeled "John J. lagans." ODE MAIL POUCH. Queries for Mr. Carnegie. To the Editor of The Dispatch : A few weeks ago I was a strong advocate of bimetallism, but after reading a splendid article on "Money" by Mr. Andrew Carnegie my mind has been wavering on tho money question, so much so that if Mr. Andrew Carnegie answers the following questions satisfactorily, I with many others will here after vote for monometallism, which means scarce money: " First Why is it that France, with her square miles 70,000 less than the State of Texas, with her population of 40,000,000, with her money volume (gold and silver) or $40 per capita, is now the most prosperous na tion on tho face of the globe? Second Why is it that France, desolated by war In 1871, has brought about this pros perity afterpaying in fullher wardebt, after paying to Germany two of hor most fertile provinces and an indemnity fund of 5 0C0.000,- 000 francs (1,000 000,000 about), is now the hap py possessor of a reserve fund of $650,000,00? Third Whv I it that the United States, with her 3,604,000 of square mllos, with her population of 05,000 000. with her actual money volume of only $15 per capita, with no indemnity fund to pay and her war debt un paid, is so distressed financially outside of the Rockefeller, Gould, Carnegie et id omne genus? Fourth Why is scarce dear money, such as we have now, good only for the.patricians? Fifth Why is plenty cheap money, such as we want to get and will get, good alike for the patrician and the plebeian? Sixth Why did the demonetization of sil ver in IS73 lead to tho enriching or the few and the impoverishing of the manv? Seventh Why conld I have easily sold my farm in 1372 for $100 per acre, and now, after 1 have Improved and.fertilized it all these years, why can I not sell it for as much as $10 per acre? ' It Mr. Carnegie fails to answer these ques tions it will be for two reasons: Firstly, he may be above answering the questions of the "common people," and, secondly, because he can't. If, however, he should condescend to answer, I would-be pleased if he add a foot note explaining why thousands of farmers and hundreds of his own workingmen would not dress a little better and eat a little more if they could get tho money, and also why there is a clond of 9,0CO,00O individual mort gages hanging over the land of Uncle Sam. John A. Johnston. New Derby, Westmoreland Co., June 23. An Almshouse Defended. To the Editor of The Dispatch: We desire to state that tho story published to the effect that Jennie Stuckey was ill treated at the almshouse was not true. The girl had been an inmate of the almshouse for a number of years off and on, and had been at different times placed in homes from which she returned to the almshouse. She was a girl difficult. td control and pos sessed of many bad habits, but she was never cruelly treated by anyone at the alms house, nor shut up with the insane, nor fed on 'bread and water. Sbct.was placed in a small building for safety, as sho threatened several times to Jump from tho fourth story of tho main building. Her mother is at the almshouse and she wilt confirm our state ment that her daughter was not ill treated in any manner. R. C. Hademan, Burton Edsall, , J. S. Barefoot. Bedford, Pa., June 28. Voting and Litigation. To the Editor of Tbe Dispatch: Please inform mo on two subjects: First, can a man whose occupation calls him from home, as a river boatman, for instance, vote whero he may happen to be on the day of a Federal election, or must he vote only In the precinct of which he is a resident? Second, do Federal courts have Jurisdiction in cases relating wholly to State law? That Is, if a case has proceeded to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania under the laws of the State can the defeated litigant make an appeal to the United States Court. Two Who Differ. Jeannette, Pa., June 26. L He must vote where he resided. 3. They do not, except in cases provided for by tho Constitution of the United States. The Wife Not Responsible. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Is the law such that a wife is liable for h er husband's bebts, the wife having property, the husband none? By debts I mean butch ers' and grocers' bills. Wiyz. Pittsbubo, June 26. If tho wife is the bona fide owner of the property, and it was not transferred to her to dcfraud-credltors, she is not responsible. If necessaries for family use, husband's property is first liable, and then, the wife's, in case tho husband hnsnoihlng.j AHegheny County Statistics. To the Editor of The Dispatch: What is the population of and value of taxable property in Allegheny county? Pittsbubo, Jnne 28. W. C. Davis. According to the last census the popula tion of Allegheny county is 551,959. The aggregate value of all property taxable for county purposes is $232,737,460. New Tork the Nearest State. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will you inform mo through your paper where the nearest place is to get mnrried without a license? S. W. B. Pittsburg, June 25. The Price Will Be 81,000. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Will yon inform mo what the cost of a re tall liquor license or a wholesale liquor license will be in Pittsburg In 1892? Boucher, Pa., June 21. T. H M. BEH ALWAYS WOK. How General Butler Stopped the Erection of a Low Bridge. Brunswick Times. During the reign of General B. F. Bntler in New Orleans, it seems that tho people living on the Merrimao river In Louisiana got Into a controversy with a railroad corporation In regard to a bridge built across the river by said corporation. Tho people claimed that the bridgo obstructed river navigation, while therailroad people contended that it was impossible for boats to ply on tho river above the bridge. In their extremity tho people appealed to General Butler to help them solve tho difficulty. General Butler went to work and had a sternwheel steamer constructed several miles above the bridge, and named it the Merrimac. When the vessel was com pleted ho had it heavily loaded with rock, and steaming down to tho bridge demanded of the railroad authorities that they remove the obstruction placed across the river, so that he could pass with bis boat. The rail road men saw that they were cornered, and so constrncted a drawbridge at once, paying the steamer for the time lost in tho delay. After the war the Merrimao was sent to TV.TT,.,TirHTin wherft It was rmrehflsed bv Mr. Alfred Fntman, of this city. After plying for some time in tins port a was Dougns Dy Captain W. M. Tupper, who, finding that the vessel didn't pay as a steamer, stripped it of its machinoryand converted itintoa lighter. Captain Tapper still has in his office the gong, binnacle and several other articles once nscd on the steamer Merrimac PEOPLE C0MIKO AND G0IHO. "W. P. Coaley, General Eastern Agent of the Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City road, was in the citv yesterday on one of h& regu lar rounds. He reported business through out the country as fair. Chief Engineer H. F. Douglass, of the Baltimore and Ohlo.isinspectingthebridges on the Pittsburgh division. Iron structures will replace, the wooden ones during the summer. A telegram announces the arrival of the steamer Fulda at Southampton. Joseph Einstein, James Spandnn. Mrs. Helen nnd Margaret E. Hirsch, of Pittsburg, were on board George C. "Jenks left for New York last evening to cngago a leading lady for Rosalind in "As You Like It," which ho in tends to produce on the Kenmawr lawn next month. William Henry Smith, the Deacon, was in the city yesterday attending to the affairs or tho Associated Press. He says McKinley will havo a big majority for Governor in Ohio. Samuel W. Hawley and wife, of Media, and A.J. Ricks, of Massillon, are stopping at the Monongahela Houso. J. M. Eoberts, a Baltimore drummer, is stopping at tho Central Uotol. Hs is selling Angostura bitters. J. P.. Kramer, Secretary of the Johns town Flood Commission, returned to Car lisle last evening. Kev. P. S. Mesny, Archbishop of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Diocese, will soil for Europe in July. Philip Hiss, of Baltimore, who is intro ducing a new elevator, is at- the Anderson. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The Italian Government lost 13,000,000 Hres last year. A discharged chorister in an Ohio town took revenge on the congregation by sitting in a pew and purposely singing out of tune. A 5-year-old child at Eugene, Ore., grows faster on one side than the other, and. tho doctors are puzzled by tbe circumstance. Belfast, Me,, has a unique claim to notoriety. The Age says that not a single hand-organ man nas visited the city this year. In Tehama county, California, grass hoppers have appeared. "Three men re cently caught 500 pounds of grasshoppers iu two hours. In the city of St. Petersburg it begins to freeze at tho end of October, and a gen eral thaw rarely takes placo before the be ginning of ApriL A. shower from a hose nozzle placed in side the shirt collar, is proving an effective treatmont for drunkards, instead, of the lockup, at Houlton, Me. An educated, accomplished young lady of Petosky, Mich., has split 20 cords of wood with her own hands, and has it piled neatly to season for summer use. At Dunedin, Flo., a day or two ago, James Barnes and Billy Marston succeeded in landing a fish called the nurse, which was estimated to weigh over 300 pounds. Switzerland, the little mountain democ racy, or Federal Republic of Europe, will be 600 years old on the 1st of next August. The Swiss propose to celebrate the event. Of the 7,680,156 gold coin issued last year by the British Mint, X1U,160 wore in half sovereigns, the coinage of which has since 1SS3 been practically suspended. A very large turtle laid 175 eggs just at the foot of Hotel Coqnlna's front steps on Ormond beach, Fla., Monday. A crowd of 30 or 40 people were standing near at the time. Charles Mover, of Stouchsburg, Pa., having found a nest fall of quail's eggs, placed them under a bantam hen and now has the bantam and ten quails roaming over his farm. m The latest fad in Seattle, Wash., is paper hats for ladies. They are made in various styles, and, being usually pretty and showy and costing only a few cents each, are apt to become quite popular. A notice npon the window of a Horth Georgia postofflce: "When you Kum for Yore Male havo Pashnns Know Shootln around the Post-offise duren busneU ours by onrdur of the Postmaster his sine and Seal Chikcns bot on Kommission." Prof. "Van Benschoten, of Middletown, Conn., has discovered a new insect, which attacks and kills currant worms. ,He pro poses to cultivate this useful insect exten sively, with tbe hope of exterminating the currant pest, which all other means have failed to accomplish. The Congo State's only newspaper, the Congo Mirror, made its first appearance a few weeks ago. It is a four-page weekly, printed with a lithographic machine. The editor, proprietor, printer and newsboy are incor porated in ono Englishman. The iKrror is a fighter, and in its. first issue accused a Congo official of murder and scoffed at tho king of Belgium. Not far from Columbia, in Boone county, Mo., is a little church in the middle of n graveyard. A few years ago, after a severe storm, a man was found dead in the churchyard, directly beneath one of the windows. On a pane in the window was as accurate a photograph of the dead man's facens an artist could have taken. The picture seemed to be permanently fixed in tho glass. It is said to be beyond doubt that Cape Cod is being gradually eatjc away by the hungry ocean. Not a centun' ago the Gov ernment placed a lighthouse on the head land of the cape. The deed to the property calls for ten acres o i land, but at the presen t timo the enclosure measures scant six acres. On n point just north of the marine stations at Highland light tho face of the bluff has moved in nearly 250 feet in the last seven years. At this rate it is only a question of time when Cape Cod will be a thing of the past. The will of General Pike, the late Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite Masons, Southern Division, was somowhat peculiar. The moneys in the Treasury of the United States, arising from the sale under process of confiscation of his property in Little Rock, he wills to the United States, "'that It may have an honest title thereto, and no longer hold them as the proceeds of plundering under the form of law; and also the indebtedness of the United States to me for four horses lost by me in the military ser vice of the United States in Mexico." Beethoven's Flemish ancestry has been proved by the discovery in Bonn of a history of the Beethovens since 230 years ago. The composer's great-grandfather lived in Ant werp in 1760. His son Louis, in consequence of a family quarrel, left Antwerp at about that time and got a position as tenor in the royal choir in Bonn. His sou Jean, Beeth oven's father, was a singer in the same choir. The last member of the Antwerp branch of the family was the mother of Jacob Jacob. a marine painter, who several years ago en joyed a European reputation. She was Maria. Theresia van Beethoven, and she died in January, 1824. The largest vessel on record in the old times was one built by Ptolemy Philopater. King of Egypt. She is said to have been 420 feet long, 56 feet broad, 72 feet high from the keel to the top of the prow, and SO feet to the top of the poop. She had four helms of 60 feet; her largest oars were 53 feet long, with leaden handles, so as to be more easily worked; she had two prows, two sterns and seven rostra or beaks. On both poop and prow sho had figures of men and animals that were fully 18 feet high. She had 4,000 rowers, 400 cabin boys or servants, 2,820 ma rines to do duty on deck, besides being pro vided with immense stores of arms and am munition. Mrs. John Raymond, who lives near St. Paul. Ind., was recently left a widow. An old cord-and-weight clock in the house stopped when her husband died. Nothing was thought of this, and Mrs. Raymond after the funeral closed up her home and went with her son-in-law to stay a month. When she returned home she was surprised one evening to hear the old clock, which she knew had not struck the hour since her hus band's death, strike. This time she was startled, but after a few days paid little at tention to it. Now at certain hours of the night it is heard to striko the hour of 3, and, as it has not run or has not been .wound up for weeks, It Is very mysterious. LIGHT AND AIRY. Miss Fuzz Susie, have you seen the latest designs in bonnets? Susie I have not. MI33 Fum They're too cute for anything: why, I beUcve thcy'U male an ugly woman real hand some. Snsie, sweetly Why don't you get one as an ex periment? t&znta Constitution. First Pickpocket Bill was over to Phila delphia the other day. Second Pickpocket Did he do any business? ' 'Got his hand Into a banker's pocket.;' "What luck did he have?" "Fustratc; got his hand back." Detroit Trtt Press. "I say," said Gus de Jay, as he -laid' the paper across his knees, "this ahtlde says that a flood of lnteUlgenee Is going to sweep the country." "Well, deah boy, don't let it worry you," re plied Willie Washington. "You're not likely to bfl any flood sufferer, yon know." Washington Post, "And she rej'ccted you?" "She did." "By Jupiter: And yet they say that wome have no sense." .Veto Tork Press. All truth is calm, they say, And yet, with some surprise. We learn, at night or day. Truth never lies. Detroit Dree Press. Editor Yes, sir! Our circulation is ris ing rapidly that we can use It Instead of au ele vator. Awc-strnck Subscriber But how do you get down? Walk? . Editor Not much. We utilize the rapidly de creasing circulation of "The Earth" for that pur pose. Did yon say one year!" Seto Tork Telegram. Elder Berry It is no use to try to get Jobson Into the church. Deacon Quickset-Why nor? Elder Berry He says that when the world wm created some one must havo worked over nlna hours. Keto'Tork Herald. "I have a dark secret is my mind," tald a romanUe girl to an acquaintance. "Dear, dear!" was the reply. "Ihopeyoadont mean your complexlonl" Washington Post. j "So your son has been graduated?" V ' "Yes." "What do you Intend to do with hrmr "I'm going to send blm to Greece: he must know all about that country, for Greek' U the only study in which he took flnt place," Stw TorkPoit. ) - " 2&t.l
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