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PITTSBURG. THURSDAY, JULY 23, ISsu.
GOV. CAMPBELL'S RECEPTION.
Tlie animal festival of the Kandall Club
took place yesterday with Gov. Campbell
ati the cuest of honor. There seems to be
a slight inconsistency on the part of an
-organization wliich bears the name of the
I'enn. lvania protection Democrat in pay
ins marked honois to the Democratic can
didate, who is leading the pivotal fight
again-! protection in Ohio. Nevertheless,
politics do not require a nice observance
of the eongruities, and Gov. Campbell's
litsh personal standing and gallant record
in politics attracted a large number of
admirers and elicited the usual marks of
rtpect paid to leading Democrats when
tliej vUit Pittsburg on this Democratic oc
casion. Nevertheless, although Pittsburg gener
ally may join the members of the Randall
Club iu placing a high estimate on Gov
pmor Campbell's outspoken opposition as
an Eecutie to corruption within
Ills own party. and on his
gallant predilection for a fair and
honorable campaign on clearly defined
j.otitiail issues that gentleman should not
jiermit his leception to mislead him into
tie idea that any considerable portion of
tlie people of Pittsburg upholds his stand
as a candidate opposed to protection. He
is clearly and decisively on the wrong side
of the tariff issue for Pittsburg. The re
wpliou he gets here is an evidence of per
sonal appreciation; but if a vote were to be
taken on his candidacy in this city, he
would le completely and permanently
snowed under.
BRING IT TO TRIAL
A suit brought in the courts yesterday
ontains some remarkable allegations
vhich should be promptly submitted to
tae test of sworn evidence. The suit is
lor 5300, which it is alleged by the plaintiff
iis paid to Win. Langhurst, a former
County Detective, by the father of
O'Brien, who was recently sentenced after
leaving forfeited his bail four years ago.
The allegation is further introduced that
when the money was paid to Langhurst, he
stated that half was to go to the then Dis
trict Attorney Porter, who is now on the
Iwntli.
This forcible dragging in of Judge
Poller's name, in connection with the at
torney who brings the suit, evokes the
policial impression that it is biought for
I'.'litical effect to injure the chances of
Judge Porter. Whatever opinion there
iua be on that point, the allegations
having been formally made but one course
i iv"n. The suit should be brought
promptly to trial, and the evidence on
which the allegations are founded
should be fully brought out The act-used
persons, if innocent, cannot too
1011 have an opportunity for establishing
their vindication. The plaintiffs fcannot
justly ask anything better than an early
trial; while the public interest requires a
complete ventilation of the case. The
court before which this suit is brought
t?bould require it to be tried at the earliest
pos-ible date, and that it le made clear
whether thcie has been official blackmail,
or whether the suit is simply for the pur
pose of giving publicity to a political
stander.
It is satisfactory to see that this is the
course to whiehJudgePorterhas challenged
liis accuser. In response to a letter from
the attorney bringing this suit he pointed
out that the proper course was to bring it
& has been done, and thus showed his de
sire for a public investigation. The fur
ther necessities of the case call for a
prompt hearing in order that so grave an
impeachment of official conduct shall not
be permitted to remain on record without
immediate investigation.
A HUMORED SOMERSAULT.
The recent intimations that, though Lord
Paiisbury professes to believe there
. ill be no general election till 1893, the
Conservath es are getting ready a platform
on which to go to the country next year,
if necessary, are confirmed by the last re
port with reference to English Govern
mental measures. The platform an
nounced as that on which the Conserva
tives will appeal for popular support has
the lack common to a good many other
jiolirical professions of agreeing wholly
with the practice of the party. Any such
little discrepancies as these, however, are
to be reduced to insignificance, if we may
trust the reported intimation that at the
next session Mr. Balfour "will bring in a
bill practically conceding home rule for
Ireland.
Considering that the Salisbury Cabinet
won its seven years' lease of power by at
tacking Mr. Gladstone for his support of
home rule, and that they have retained it
by the support of the Liberals who
were opposed to that measure, the flop
of the Government to the plan of local
self-government would be a sufficiently
radical one. But it would be by no means
out of line with Tory precedents. Peel
and Disraeli did the same thing in their
career. The' history of politics in Eng
land has, even more than in the United
States, exhibited the progress effected by
persistent agitation in favor of a reform.
Here the opponents of a reform are con
vinced that it has become an accomplished
fact by their own repeated defeat There
tae opponents of the reform become con
vinced of it and seek to escape defeat by
adopting it
Of course if the Tories adopt the home
rale policy they will do it in the hope
that they may by that means carry the
lection. Whether they are successful or
i.ot depends on whether the English voters
prefer to trust those who fight for a
principle alike through defeat and success
tr those who throw their professed pnnci
pies overooara hj escape ocieat am, L
.whether the game stealing the .Liberal i
policy succeeds in winning the offices or
not, the real victory when it is done will
rest with tljose who have fought the home
rule fight without wavering. There can
be no more complete vindication of their
cause than the facttthat its enemies have
adopted it for the sake of self preserva
tion. THE HEBREW EM3IIGB NTS.
There is a general tendency to object
to the importation of Russian Hebrews to
this country, as to most others. This is
natural, because of the character in which
they present themselves. They are a very
close approach to pauper immigration, be
ing expelled from Russia in a destitute
condition. They are assisted immigrants,
having to rely upon European charity for
their passage to whatever country they
settle in ; and, finally, they are to a great
degree ignorant of our customs and lan
guage. Under these circumstances it is natural
that there should be a general objection to
the receipt of this class of immigrants.
If they are to come here and add to the
swarms already congesting the alleys and
tenements of our cities, the objection is
well founded ; and their own welfare as
well as that of this country will be served
by keeping them out But there are some
aspects of the immigration which put a
different phase on it
In the first place the immigrants are
largely of the agricultural class, and of a
class, too, whose painstaking cultivation
of the land gains them a living in sections
which the rather reckless cultivation of
our native farmers leaves to go to waste.
The Hebrew colony near Vtneland, New
Jersey, is a case in point of how waste
land can, by this careful frugality, be
brought to the support of a considerable
population. There is plenty of room in
this country for farmers of this class as
well as for agricultural labor generally.
It is one of the evidences of the false
tendencies of the times, that the undesira
ble immigration of the past few years,
which might have been made useful and
permanent by fixing it on farms of its own,
has made a floating proletarian element by
employing it in hordes without giving it
a definite and fixed home. It has been in
dustriously kept at the work to which it is
best fitted, where it is least needed, and
where it has least chance to improve,
while the farming lands which might make
it a permanent and improving population
have been left uncultivated.
If Hebrew immigration is conducted on
the plan proposed by Baron Hirsch, of
settling the. immigrants on small farms of
their own, they can be made a very useful
addition to our agricultural population. If
they are to be dumped into the cities and
left there, of course they are not wanted.
Unfortunately our absurd immigration
law does not draw the distinction needed.
The nearest approach that it makes doing
so is drawing the distinction so as to let in
the cheap labor that it was designed to
keep out, and to keep out those brought
here under auspices that will make a pro
vision for them where they can harm no
one.
LAW AND ORDER'S VICTORT.
Generally speaking there will be no re
gret among respectable American citizens
this morning when they learn that the in
tended glove contest or battle between
the Australians, Hall and Fitzsimmons,
was prevented. That the guardians of
the law at St Paul did right is beyond
question, and we trust that their veto will
be a step toward closing up entirely all
those so-called athletic clubs.
There is an abundance of professional
bruisers in ihe United States to violate our
statutes of law and order without import
ing Australians for that purpose. Of
late Americans have been remarkable for
their generosity in contributing thousands
of dollars to pugilists of any nationality
whatever; and it is worthy of note that
just as often as they have contributed they
have been more or less deluded and
swindled.
But there is another feature of the stop
ping of yesterday's fight It was a rebuff
to one of those so-called clubs. These or
ganizations are without exception frauds.
Thej are merely professional gamblers
banded together with the object of mak
ing money by direct violations of the law.
It is, indeed, very singular that, consider
ing how long prize fighting has been pro
hibited, that these fights, which are in all
respects the most brutal, have been al
lowed to go on. This has been a glaring
inconsistency fora long time, and we trust
that we are about done with it
TOLITICS AND POKER.
The issue which has arisen between the
administration and the United States Col
lector at El Paso, Tex., presents an inter
esting illustration of the wide range of the
standard of morals prevailing in different
parts of the country. Allegations having
been made that the Government official
was entirely too assiduous in his devotion
to the game of draw poker and potations
of whisky, the executive head has taken
into serious consideration his decapitation.
The accused official has come on to Wash
ington, not to deny the charge, but to
maintain the political and social correct
ness of those recreations, ne proposes to
visit the President at Cape Mayin order to
"defend the principle," or to convince Gen
eral Harrison, that whisky drinking and
poker playing are all right Being in
formed that the President's mind would
not be open to conviction on that point, he
took refuge in the answerable allegation:
"Ton must import a Collector at El Paso
if you want one that does not drink whisky
and play poker."
This incident displays the difference
in latitude in a number of ways. In
the first place, it will be rather a sur
prise to many politicians in the North
to learn that whisky drinking and
poker playing are a bar to political pre
ferment Impartial observations at Wash
ington have not heretofore discovered any
such taboo on those diversions as to show
them to be incompatible with political am
bitions. Even among Pennsylvania politi
cians high in favor with the administra
tion the practices of swelling a jack-pot
on two good pair, and enlivening the occa
sion with a little nip, is not wholly un
known. But the frankness of the Texas office
holder in maintaining his fidelity to poker
and potations as a principle marks the
line of distinction. We fear that so bold
an avowal of his faith in the great Amer
ican diversions will make him a martyr to
principle. Apart from the political bear
ing of the question, a general dissent must
be entered to the El Paso idea of an en
thusiastic mixture of poker and whisky.
If the El Paso people unanimously stick to
that practice the fates mark them for a
victim to some cold-blooded stranger who
practices the game of draw poker with an
undivided allegiance and eschews the in
toxicating cup.
The winding up of the last of a number
of co-operative iron foundries organized in
New England shortly after the war is re
ferred to By the New York Post as an un
favorable test of the co-operative idea. It
may be so: although in this case the fact
that the establishment in Question enioved
a fair degree of prosperUy-fortweaty-f our I
years would srggest that there .are two sides
to the expeilment. This suggestion is
strengthened by the collateral fact that
other iron establishments in Now England
operated under the regular system are wind-'
ing up and going out of business. On the
whole, the co-operative system In New Eng
land appears to have done as well as the
rival form of organization.
The talk about Colonel Dan Lamont for-
the Piesldency is merely midsummer silli
ness. Colonel Lamont has demonstrated by
his devotion to corporate manipulation thati
he would rather bo rich than he President.
TnE sad news comes from BayreutU that
Mme. Matema has become too portly for an
operatic heroine. Those who remember
that powerful, but full-Bized, cantatrice
while she was in this country can readily
lend the ear of credulity to this statement.
Ono of tho drawbacks to Wagnerian opera is
that a singer who develops enough lung
power to go through the roles generally has
too much of tho solid flesh to charm tho eye
Avoirdupois is even more destructive of
operatic romance than it is, in the opinion
of the New York Sun, of Presldental avail
ability. Atter the Nicolay controversy the de
mand for female private secretaries will in
crease. Either the girls will refuse to per
mit secrets to accumulate or they will ab
stain from knowing it all.
The paragraphic dagger hurled at the
New York World by the papers under the
management of recent members of its staff
afford tolerably conclusive proof that all
was not lovely in the former editorial force
of the World, and that Sir. Eustace Ballard
Smith is not an object of tender affection on
the part of his recent confreres. Is it possi
ble that Mr. Ballard Smith was guilty of
running the blue pencil through Mr. John
Cockerell's most pointed effusions?
Georgia has recently passed a law mak
ing it a penal offense for a physician to get
drunk. Is this a method for getting rid of a
surplus of the medical profession In the
Southern State?
"With the Attorney General of Texas
suing it to recover 700,000 acres of laud, the
T. & P. R. B, seems to be about nine parts
Texas to a very small one of Pacific," re
marks an esteemed cotemporary. Yet if
the Texas and Paciflo has only 700,000 acres
of land in Texas It ought not to havo it has
been much more modest than most of the
land-grant corporations. Land grabs that
are not counted by the millions of acres are
not worth mentioning.
There is a very decided desire on the
part of Senator-Congressman Robinson and
thoso behind him to be "vindicated" once
more at the State League meeting. Is it
possible that the last vindication did not
stick?
A compromise for the difficulty about
the name for the united cities of St. Paul
and Minneapolis would have been possible
by taking the name of the winner in that
prize light. Fltzsimmonsvillo would do a
stunner of a name for the stunning North
western city. But here again malign fate
steps in and blocks that method of settling
the problem by the announcement that
the fight is off.
IT is reported that while everyone else
is in Europe Warner Miller may take ad
vantage of the dull season in Now York poli
tics to creep insido of the breastworks once
more.
Indications that Hippolyte may have
an opportunity for describing himself as
"a statesman out of nJob"aredlscerned-by
the keen-sighted Washington Post. But the
idiosyncrasies of Haitian politics are such
thatpiobably Hippolyte will not be able to
describe himself as anything. When that
happens ho will be a statesman out of tho
world.
When Uncle Jerry takes his vacation
the need of superintendence over his scheme
of Republican weather becomes apparent in
the excessi e torridity.
The statement that Sir John Macdon
ald's greatest monument will be the debt he
piled up in Canada, which is 59 per capita,
while the war debt of the United States is 17
per capita, shows that when corporations
get a full sway in politics it will cost the
people more dearly tnan a destructive war.
That syndicate "to pipe artificial cool
ness to heated spots" should apply at once
for a franchise to operate on the State
League meeting.
The intended trip of Mr. Ingalls to the"
Holy Land is to be approved. There is hope
that the associations of that land may lead
him to conclude that after all there is some
use for the Decalogue and Golden Rule in
nineteenth century society.
Mr. Robinson is destined to failure in
his attempt to fix np the League contest so
that clubs will not bo trumps.
IK THE 400 AHD OUT.
The Shah of Persia is seriously ill.
Bishop-elect Phillips Brooks will be
ordained in October.
Miss Blaine, daughter of the Secretary,
arrived in New York yesterday from Europe
on the steamer Teutonic
O'Brien and Dillon will be released
from Jail at the end of this month, and will
then pick up the bits of the home rule jug
and try to make it hold water.
President JDiaz, of Mexico, who has
been suffering from an attack of influenza,
accompanied by insomnia, is better. He was
able to leave his bed yesterday.
The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph
Savory, has been created a baronet as a re
ward for the hospitality which he recently
extended to the Emperor of Germany.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, is ac
counted the best parliamentarian in Con
gress. He is the oldest living Congressman,
and is likely to stay in the Senate as long as
he desires.
Sir William Gordon Ctjmming has
been unanimously elected honorary chief of
their association to succeed tho late Sir John
A. Macdonald by the Highland Association
of Illinois.
Miss Olive Buchanan, United States
Deputy Marshal at St. Louis, and the only
person of her sex now holding a position of
that kind, is attending the Chautauqua at
Perte Springs, Warrensbnrg, Mo.
Augustus Harris, manager of the
Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, has
been knighted as a reward for the brilliant
entertainment on July 8 at Covent Garden,
which he organized in honor of the visit of
.the Emperor of Germany to England.
George A. Pillsburt, of Minneapolis,
has endowed the Pillsbury Academy of
Minneapolis with $5,000 for five freo scholar
ships at the new University of Chicago, to be
awarded to Ave students of the Academy
who have attained the highest grade in
scholarship. Charles L. Colby has endowed
the Beaver Dam Academy of Wisconsin with
five similar scholarships.
The story is told that while the young"
German Kaiser was watching a sham battle
between some Russian cavalry he asked tho
Czar for permission to take charge of one
side. It was granted, and the Kaiser pro
posed to show the Russians what a real sol
dier who was not a shopkeeper nor a tailor
could do. While he .was following Rule 33 in
his book on tactics tho Russians surrounded
his supposed army'and he was captured. It
is said he went to his tent and would not
come out for tho rest of tho day.
Temperate Only in Drink.
Chicago Times.
A Prohibition meeting in the neighbor
hood of New York had for speakers Joseph
Cook, of Boston; Joe Hess, a converted
prize-fighter; Mrs. iease and 8am Small.
It is unnecessary to add that the speeohes
were more ntemperate than the most awful
example of intemperance that the orators
could cite.
A CURIOUS MEDLEY
Of Interesting Short Sketches Picked TJp
Here and There Animals In Hot
Weather A Dear Man's Door Bell
Bashfnl Bob Burdette.
While tho citizens of New York were all
suffering from tho recent hot wave it was
interesting to observe its effect on the dif
ferent animals in and about the Central
Park Menagerie, says tho Sun.
The heat affects many of thorn Jnst about
as it docs us. For instance, yesterday the
lioness, as well as the leopards and Jaguars,
looked at their keepor each with an eye half
opened as ho came around with their food,
but they positively refused to eat.
The big Bengal tiger, out of sheer force of
habit and love of gore, Jumped and roared,
as he smelled the fumes that arose from the
20 pounds of meat thatfall to his share every
day; but after ne Jiatt pounced upon it with
claws and teeth, discovered to his disgust
that he wasn't hungry, after all, and simply
licked the blood, just like an overindulged
youngster would leave thp pudding and eat
the sanco.
The hyenas are the best all round eaters in
the menagerie. No rise or fall of the mer
cury interferes with their livers, and they
gobble dewn their meat, bone and all, with
out even leaving a vestige behind.
All tho carnivorous animals seem much
quicker tempered and easier irritated in
these hot days than nsual, so much so that
male and female havo to be separated during
mealtime to pjevent their tearing each other
to pieces.
Among tho happy families in the park is
that of tho hippopotamuses. The same can
vas that was put over their big outdoor
dwelling to protect little Fatima from the
cold blasts w hen sho left the mammal house
now serves to keep off the sun. Miss Fatima,
for she is now 9 months old. is American and
used to American ways. Sho makes no pre
tense of over having swum up the Nile, or
down it for that matter, and her little steam
ing face yesterday showed no desire to over
do so.
In this Fatima differs from her proud old
father. Caliph, who has probably swum both
up and down the Nile, as well as feasted on
the tender herbs that grow way down on the
very bottom.
The last few davs have been bat one lonsr
stretch of uninterrupted bliss for him. As
he floated around his tank yesterday his
keeper would throw cabbages, loaves of
bread and bits of other delicacies into the
mouth cheerfully opened to receive them,
and the twinkle of delight that shone ont of
Caliph's little eyes wns n true confession
that he was having a better time than he
ever dared to dream of.
The big American bisons, shining in their
new light coats, showed their good horse
sense by retiring into their sheds away from
the gaze of the sun and visitors.
Tho elephants are no enemies of hot
weather, but all concluded unanimously yes
terday that the line should bo drawn some
where. Poor Tip, the ever chained up and fretful
one, seemed sad at heart and tired of life.
Without interrupting his perpetual back
ward and forward swaying, he would grab a
trunkful of freshly cut grass and toss it over
his big back; he would then stick his trunk
down his throat and pull it out full of water,
which he would blow out in spray all over
himself.
There have been four little fallow deer
born in tho park in the last few days.
They are progressing nicely in the shade
of the big trees out in the deer park.
Probably the most interesting sight to be
seen in the park now is tho feeding of the
sealions, which takes place at 2:30 every
afternoon. There aro about 25 of them there
at present. They are fed on small fish.
Their wild efforts to sec who can get the
most fish, and the way they send tho water
splashing up in foam are very exciting.
They will, however, only bo hore for a few
days longer, as thoy are to be sent to
Europe.
A Georgia Snake Story.
There is a story going the rounds down in
Georgia that the other day one of three
ladies, while crossing a road, accidentally
stepped on a snako. The serpent coiled it
self tightly around tho lady's ankle, says tho
Nashville American, and tho effect was elec
trical. His snakeship bad hopped on a dyn
amo without knowing it. The lady turned
on the power, and after describing two or
three sharply elongated circuits with her
heel in mid air the snake, unable to stand
the pressure, relaxed his grip and sailed
baok to earth and fell near lady No. 2. Ho
rather liked the fun and immediately
hitched on to No. 2 in tho same manner.
The curtain was rung up and the fun began
without delay. Sizz went the lightning
pedal violently, with an engine lever motion,
and swash went his snakeship through the
air. Unable to hold on he turned loose, and
dropped at tho feet of No. 3. Quick as
thought he tackled the next dynamo with
the same result. Hero it occurred for tho
first time to the gallant little snako that he
was in Georgia, and that Georgia girls were
electrical, and that Georgia people are never
so happy as when they can tell a lie on a
snake, and that about the best thing ho oould
do just then was to escape to the woods he
fore ho was sized un and examined carefully
for rattles. After thanking the ladles for
the entertainment he made his bow and
sought the timber. This is the gist of this
Georgia story with many of the details
omitted.
Bashful Bob Bnrdette.
I heard a good and altogether new story
of Bob Burdetto and the late Thomas A.
Hendrioks, says a writer in the Kansas City
Times. Several years ago, while the la
mented Indlanian was touring tho West,
Burdetto was tho funny man of the Burling
ton Hawkeye. In that capacity he wrote a
great many satirical verses concerning Mr.
Hendricks. Ono day Burdetto was at a rail
road hotel at Iowa City when tho proprietor
called him.
"See here, Bob," said the Bonifaoe, "there's
a man in the dining room whom you're just
dying to meet. Como along."
"Who is it?" asked the humorist, hanging
"O, come on; it's all right," said the hotel
man, and with that Burdetto was hustled
into the eating room.
"Mr. Hendricks Mr. Burdetto," said tho
proprietor, whereupon a handsome, smiling
man arose from a table, and, extending his
hand to the man from Burlington, said:
"And so this is Mr. Burdetto, is it?"
"Y yes," returned the now quaking hu
morist. "You're the man who wrote 'The Bad Man
From Injianny' are you?"
"I did, but that was only in"
"Let me see," went oirthe statesman.smil
ing. "It ran like this, didn't it?"
And Mr. Hendricks proceeded to reeuethe
whole poem. Then he recalled another and
another, reciting, befoio ho was through,
half a dozen of tho satirical outbursts in
rhyme that had been directed against him.
"I never felt really bashfnl before," said
the genial humorist, now of Brooklyn, "but
that was tho time when I would havo wel
comed an earthquake that would nave swal
lowed me up."
How a Deaf Man Hears His Boor BelL
"Did it ever occur to you how a deaf and
dumb man knows when his front door bell
rings,"' asked a Northside young man of a
Chicago Tribune reporter. "I found out
while making a call with a friend last Sun
day. He invited me to go with him to visit a
young married couple, both of whom were
deaf and dumb. We made our way to a
pleasant little flat building and my friend
pushed the upper electrio button. I asked
him if they kept a servant and when he said
they didn't I Inquired how they heard the
bell. He said: 'They don't.' While I was won
dering how they knew there was somebody
at the door my friend's friend appeared,
there was a littlo finger talk between them
and then he led the way up stairs. We
talked awhile on pads of paper and then I
told the young man that I was curious to
find out how he knew there was somebody
at the door. He wrote: 'Como and look at
our door bell,' and led the way to the
kitchen, nere I found a queer contrivance
screwed against the wall about tour feet
from the floor. There was an electro-magnet
whose armature was connected with a
pair of lovers so that when the armature
was attracted a catch was released and the
hook tipped over. Hanging upon this hook
was a section of cedar post about eight
inches in diameter and two feet and a half
or so long. He pushed the armature toward
the magnet and the log dropped to the floor
with a reverberating bang.
"You cant hear that, can you?' I in
quired. "'No; I can't hear it; but we feel the Jar
when it falls.'
"That was a new idea to me, but I felt
sorry lor tho people down stairs."
Any Seat Would Do.
"An amusing thing happened while I was
in Cincinnati last week," said Burt Wood,
the jolly salesman for a large electrical es
tablishment, to a Chicago Globe man. "I
was riding on one of the bob-tall cars, whioh
was well filled, every seat being taken,
when a fancifully dressed and rather flno-
I looking woman got on board. Adhe en-
toredho door sho called out in a loud voioe:
" 'Any seat at all will do, no matter where
it is.'
fThere were half a dozen men occupying
seats, but not one of them stirred. The lady
passed up to the front of the car, looking
lrom fldo to sido, until the front door wns
reachtd. Here the driver arose from bis
stool And tendered her the use of that,
which she rejected with scorn. Then turn
ing around, sho looked at the men sitting
down, nd, I wasn't one of them, and cried
out:
" 'I have always heard there were no gen
tlemen in Cincinnati; now I know it.'
"With this she pulled the bell strap and
gettinr off stalked majestically to the side
walk, -vhere I suppSse she waited for an
other ear."
TRADE AND MONEY.
The Signs of Bnslness Now Construed as the
Most Encouraging.
New Yerk Press.
It is hard f o imagine that tho signs of the
business times can fail to be construed as
encouraging. Gold, of whioh we havo ox
ported over $72,000,000 this year, is aotually
beginning to como back, though the $170,000
that cime by the Umbria last week did not
go far to neutralize the $300,000 shipped by
the Salle. Tne latter, however, was foreign
money which had been lying here idle, and
was cabled for from Berlin, with an offer of
a premium, tho rate there being Z per cent
for discounts. Then, for the week ending
July 11, the bank clearings in the country
at large showed an increase over the cor
responding week of 1S90, for the first time
since January 17 last, the average gain being
0.5 per cent. Thirty-three clearing houses
gained and 25 lost. The largest gains, too,
are at rather widely separated and repre
sentative points: Galveston, Des Moines,
Los Angeles and St. Paul.
Iron production is increasing; there were
297 furnaces in blast July 1, producing 1G7,
424 tona weekly, as against 2(37 on Juno 1, pro
ducing 147,799 tons. And yet, so far is the.
market from sagging under this increased
supply, that it is reported in a generally
healthy condition. There is an improved de
mand for finished iron; the railroads are
urging the steel rail mills for quicker deliv
eries of orders placed in May and June. Ag
ricultural implement makers in the Chicago
maiket are asking for deliveries of iron
on contracts which do not go into effect till
August, the crops having been so good that
men- biuuks ui imisneu goous aro largely
cleaned up. Blooms and billets are consid
erably more active, and consumers are
more liberal in keeping up their stocks for
fear of being caught by a rise. Very few
foundries are running short time. Alabama
has made Its first shipment of large cast iron
pipe to this part of the country. Apparently
the South is beginning to understand the
importanco of specializing its iron indus
tries, instead of regarding a pig iron furnace
as necessarily a mint for tho coining of gold
dollars.
It is vacation season in the drygoods dis
trict, but there are plenty of buyers in town,
and tho vacation rule seems to be working
both ways. The buyers do not leavo big or
ders, but there aro a great many small or
ders. There wns a decided improvement in
the store trade last week, and orders re
ceived through salesmen are putting mer
chants in a good humor.
Money is coming from tho West a little
less freely, andgoing out alittle morefreely.
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle's fig
ures for tho week ending last Friday were
$3,300,000 received and $2,421,000 shipped, as
against $5,224,000 received and $1,519,000
shipped in the previous week. This looks as
though the tide would turn westward this
week, and although, as the bank statement
of Saturday showed, there is accumulation
of idlo money in tho banks the surolus re
serve being $18,500,000 and although call
money is very easy, time loans are being
marked up again, and tho city banks are
not in the market for commercial paper.
The sub-Treasury operations are largely in
favor or tho banks. The Trow Company's
saloofstook shows that there is plenty of
money looking for investment, only it does
not seek railroad bonds and stocks while
London is selling them on account of the
failure of another bank, crippled by an over
dose of Argentines. Money Is higher in Lon
don, but no further serious trouble is antici
pated from Europe, though a little more
gold may go out this week.
PICTSBTJBGEBS AT SAEGEBTOWN.
Visitors Prom the Iron Metropolis Overflow
That Summer Resort.
rSrKCTAL TILEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Meadville, July 22. Reports from Saoger
tonn, noar here, say that that popular re
sort is being rapidly filled with prominent
Pittsburgers, who form the bulk of visitors
there and have done so for many seasons.
Among the latest arrivals from tho Smoky
City are Mrs. Mary Irwin, D. P. Corwin and
wife, H. T. Morris and child, George Rutter
and wile, A. T. Easton, Miss Madge Easton,
Mrs. J. W. Hubbard, Thomas A. Parke,
Henry Mover, W. H. Bennett, C. L. Bryant
and B. H. Leslie. To-night tho rooms at tho
Eureka Hotel are filled with the visitors.
Musio and elocution form the events of the
evening, with some clever conjuring feats
by Milton Lyons, of Pittsburg.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE.
Kose Lisle-Yerance.
Hose Lisle-Yerance, who has been well
known to lovers of comedy for the last ten years,
died at St, Mark's Hospital, New York. Monday
afternoon after an operation had been performed
for tbe remorll of a tumor. She first began her
theatrical career In France, the place of her birth,
under the stage name of Rose Lisle, but soon went
to London, where she took part in several come
dies presented at Mr. Wyndham's house and at
other theaters. She came to this country about ten
years ago to fill an engagement with Wallack's
Stock Company. Her next engagement was at
Nlblo's Garden, where she acted as leading
soubrctte In 'The Foundlings," "Gascon" and
other plays. She was then associated with George
Fawcctt ltowe In two comedies entitled "Brass"
and "Baby." She was also at one time a member
of Abbey and Schocfel's companv, and played with
T. W. Keene, the tragedian. Rose Lisle began her
starring career under Manager Hill at the Third
Avenue Theater In this city In "Seaoflce." Short
ly after this she was married to Frank L. Yerance,
of New York, and since that time had been star
ring, under the management of her husband. In
dlllercnt parts of tbe country.
Sirs. Wilhelmina, Scharff.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Scharff, one of the old
est residents of the Southside. died yesterday
morning at ber home. No. 1S6 Fifteenth street.
01' whom Is WlllUm Scharff, tbe well known
Champion oarsman.
Ex-Governor David S. Walker.
Ex-Govemor David S. Walker died at
his residence late Monday night, aged 76 years. He
was born In Logan county, coming to Florida
about SO years ago. ne was the first State Senator
from Leon and Wakulla counties after Florida be
came a State. At tbe time of his death he was
Judge of the Second Judicial-Circuit Court.
Obituary Notes.
Baldwin Dahl, the famous Danish mi'sical di
rector and composer, is dead.
J. C. Elrod, the pioneer photographer of Ken
tucky, died in Louisville Tuesday morning, aged
65 ears.
Nathan J. Hatzfield, the wealthiest man in
Hamburg, Pa., died Monday night la bis ruth year.
He grew rich in the coal bublness.
Eugene Leach, an acrobat who achieved fame
a quarter of a century ago, died in Elmlra recently, .
lie had been off tbe stage since 1381.
Walkeb Haetwell, of Cincinnati, aged 34
years, died of heartfallure on the steamer Teutonic,
v hicb arrived yesterday morning at New York.
Walter H. Giles, a prominent colored Mason,
died at Camden Tuesday, in his 48th year. He was
Deputy Grand Slaster of the Grand Lodge of the
btate.
Jacob Bitter, who died at Allentown on Mon
day was In his SSth 5 ear, and had lived there all
hia life. He took an active part in politics lor
many years.
Allan Mode, brother of President William
Mode, of the National Bank of Chester Valley,
dropped dead at his home In Medina, Pa., Monday.
He was 61 years old.
RLV. ANDREW TuOMAS, of Louisville, formerly
of New York City, died In Denver yesterday morn
ing after a three weeks' illness caused by the grip.
The remains will be shipped to Louisville.
WILLIA3I H. LAMBEKT, of Canandalgua. N.Y.,
died Tuesday of cancer, aged 80 years. He was
formerly a prominent figure in Western New York
politics. lie was 11 member of the Forty-second
and Forty-third Congrcss-es.
Henry Zimmerman, who was the only living
member of a family of five who settled In Brad
dock when tbe town was scarcely settled, died
Tuesday night or consumption, aged 33 years.
His father was one of the first settlers.
Robert Reece, one of the most DroUficof Eng
lish burlesque and libretto writers, is dead at the
aee of 52. He was the cotemporary and compeerof
H n Farnle and wrote many pieces for the Lon
don Gaiety under John HoIIIngshead's manage
ment. He died In comparative povert) .
Prop. E. H. STANLEY, of Oberlln College,
formerly Professor of Mathematics at Mt. Union
College, died at Oberlln. O., yesterday after a brief
illness of malignant dlptberla. He was a classical
graduate of Mt. Union College, a close student, and
a conscientious and successiul teacher. He leaves
a wife and two small children. Though tbe au
thorities deny it, there is no doubt this last death
it only one of the several that have occurred there
vvdagto On Over that prevailed some Umeago.
THE GAY WORLD GOSSIP.'
What Kose Coghlan Thinks of Pittsburg
How She Rides at Night Shakespearean
Itehearsal at the Kenmawr Amuse
ment and Social Gossip.
Rose Coghlan is not a beauty in the ordi
nary accentation or the word, nevertheless
she made a most graceful, pleasing picture
yesterday afternoon, as, with her manager,
she examined the temporary forest of Arden
on the beautiful lawn of the Hotel Kenmawr.
She was gowned in a lovely creation of India
silk exactly the color of the leaves that
waved above her head and the grass that
bent beneath her feet. Sho woro half-high
shoes of decided tan, fastened with pretty
sllverbuckles, and tho finishings of her dress
were tan also. Her hair auburn was coiled
high on her head.
But someway it seems entirely out of place
to tell how Rose Coghlan dresses her hair or
herself, for when seen on the piazzn, after
she had decided Just where Rosalind's tree
should bo, and Orlando's stump, or Rosalind's
stump and Orlando's tree, her commanding
presence, engaging manners, delightful con
versation and brilliant intellect made snb
jects such as dre?s seem decidedly trivial.
Miss Coghlan speaks rapidly with the perfect
onunciatlon that comos from lone training,
makes use of the purest of English marked,
however, with a strong foreign accent. In
speaking of Pittsburg sho said:
"This is in reality my first visit to the city.
I have been here twice before, but under
such disadvantageous circumstances that I
remain almost a stranger to tho Pittsburg
public The first time, four years ago, I
came with a blizzard, and my audience
what there was of one wore ear muffs dur
ing tho performances. I carried away, as a
souvenir, the grip, and was not anxious to
return, as you may imagine. The next time
I was unfortnnato in the play I presented,
which did not take at all here, and the cold
weather again served as a beto noir. So you
see I was glad of tho opportunity to visit
Pittsburg in the summer time and meet the
people under these splendid trees, where I
will become acquainted v, ith them and they
with me before I appear at the Duquesno
next season in my new comedy.
"I am quite delighted with tho city," she
continued. "I hadn't an idea that Pittsburg
had sucli really beautiful suburbs. I was
greatly surprised yesterday when I went
down to the Bttou for rehearsal to see so
many magnificent residences. I took an
open car on the cable line and Just smothered
exclamations of delight all the way down.
There was the most delicious brcoze blow
ing, and tho trip was such a genuine pleasure
in every particular that I mentally congratu
lated the Pittsburg business man, notoniy
forthe beautiful resident portion of tho city,
but for the rapid transit as well, that makes
tbe suburbs so accessible.
"Thisplaceis perfectly entrancing.andthe
lawn is excellent for the presentation. Of
course the Castle Point lawn of the Stevens'
could not be equaled elsewhere in the
United States. But this is ever so much bet
ter than was the lawn at Manchestor-by-the-Sea,
where the first open-air perform
ance was givon in this country by Agnes
Booth. I as Rosalind then as I have been
at both tbe other performances, or rather
will have been after to-morrow night if it
doesn't rain. It is my favorite character,
and I do so enjoy the play, but it is very
difficult to get a regular Shakespearean
company at the present time. Every actor
or actress nowadays w ants to star, and if
they show any decided talent or peculiar
style, in fact if thoy make a hit as
they say, there are always plenty of mana
gers to take them for parts especially so
suited to them. And n3 they receive twice
the salary and a great deal more attention
from the public, it is no wonder that they
forsake minor parts in Shakespeare for
individual parts of their own. Neverthe
less it Is hard on Shakespeare. I shall como
out next season in legitimate comedy, in
fact I have already commenced my rehears
als and havo surrounded myself with a
splendid company. At the termination of
the performance hore I shall return to the
suburbs of New Yotk,where I am spending
the summer with my mother, and renew my
rehearsals. I enjoy country life and havo
been having such a royal good tinio this
summer. I like to hunt and fish and drive
and ride sideways In tbe daytime and the
other way after dark. Tho other way is
decidedly the more comfortable, but I had
quito a time getting the hang of it.
In my new play I shall mount a horse and
leave the stago on a regular English trot, but
at one time 1 had my doubts as to whether I
would or not. I had just about given up in
despair and concluded that I was an actress
and not a circus rider, when, as if by magic,
I became at home, evenly divided in the
saddle. And now I much prefer riding that
way. I spend all my spare time in out door
sports to the neglect of everything else. I
don't care for society and I don't like literary
work it is too laborious, so I just amuae
myself In.the time left from my profession.
I attempted a literary side issue once, but it
w as only as a safety valve for increasing in
dignation over some features of the modern
stage, and after the one outburst 1 was re
lieved and didn't try It again, though I haye
a, brother who is an author."
Since tho Garrow Opera Company arrived
from New York they have been rehearsing
day and night at the Dnquesne Theater
prior to their opening Saturday evening.
The advance sale of seats opened yesterday
morning, and so far has surpassed the expec
tations of the management. In the opening
opora, Lecocq's tuneful "Glrofle-Girofla,"
Miss Laura Clement will be seen in tho dual
role of Oxrofla and Oirofle, the twin sisters.
Mr. Charles H. Drew will be the Don Bolero,
Mr. Henry Hallam the Marasquin, Mr. John
E. Brand the Mourzouk, Miss Augusta Roche
tho Donna Bolero, Miss Lillian Swain Pedro,
Miss Ada Bernard Piquita and Mr. Jesse
Jenkins the Pirate Chief. An enlarged or
chestra and a chorus of 30 picked voices will
render assistance.
The moonlight excursion given last night
by the Detroit Club of the General Alexan
der Hays Post No. 3, G. A. R., on the steamer
Mayflower was one of the most enjoyable
affairs of the season. Under the manage
ment of J. B. Eaton there was nothing want
ing to make it a success. A charming pro
gram was rendered. Solos were given by
Miss Leah Dickinson, Leon J. Long. A con
cert was also given by the G. A. R. Band.
Social Chattor.
The Allegheny High School Alumni will
hold their picnic at Idiewild August 29.
The Pittsburg lodge No. 54, P. B. O., will
give a moonlight reception on Gould's now
pleasure ooat next j. nursaay evening.
The Odd Fellows' Widows and Orphans
Home, at Laurel Station, on tho Ft. Wayne
road, will be dedicated to-day.
Mr. H. K. Mdijord, the youngest whole
sale druggist and manufacturing chemist In
Philadelphia, is stopping with his wife at
the Hotel Schlosser. They will remain a.
week in the city and then proceed on an ex
tended Western trip.
Miss Charlotta Stewart and Mr. Curtis
Noss, both of Freedom, were married at sun
set hist evening at that beautiful Beaver
county suburb. Rev. J. H. Bausman offici
ated. The bride and groom departed for tho
East later in the evening.
Miss Emma Cbaio, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Craig, of East street, Allegheny,
was married to Mr. Charles Reithal, the
tailor, last evening, the ceromony having
been performed at the brides' home by the
Rev. Mr. Shaffer, of the East Street German
Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Reithal left
last ovening for an Eastern trip.
SHE WAS A XAFLANDEB.
A Gentleman Has an Unpleasant Adventure
in a Cable Car.
The Irrepressible small boy from East
Liberty came into the city yesterday via the
Fifth avenue lino, accompanied by his
fathor, who frowned upon any attempts for
him to become inquisite. This was very
bard on the boy and he sat In misery for ten
minutes not saying a word, while his father
was Interested in a copy of The DisrATCH.
At Soho street tho car stopped to take on a
lady attired In a very lond red dress with
cheeks painted to match. The gripman
started with his usual disregard lor the
equilibrium of the passengers and as a re
sult the Irrepressible's father suddenly
found himself holding the new passenger on
his lap.
"Oh, ain't it funny," screamed the boy,
dancing with delight. "But ain't yon glad
mama isn't here. You remember what hap
pened when she saw you holding Aunt
Fanny on your lap the other day."
Tho boy and his father alighted from the
car at the next street with an energy that
made the youngster smell the shingle in the
woodhouse two miles away.
Tho West Virginia Jr. O. U. A. M.
SPECIAL TELXOBAU TO THE DisrATCH.)
Gratton, W. Va., July 22. Tho first official
meeting of the State convention of the Jr.
O. U. A. M. was held hore to-day, when tho
following officers were elected: A. Lesky,
6tate Councilor, and John D. Hall, Record
ing Secretary. This evening a banquet was
?lven to tho prominent visiting officers by
he local committee.
Orangemen in Council.
Toronto, July 22. Tho triennial meeting
of the Imperial Council of the Orange Grand
Lodge opened here to-day witn 140 delegates
in attendance, among them being seven
from the United States and several from
V.ncrlftnri fl.n1 Ir1aTirt I
PACIFIC COAST PB0DTCTS.
Surprising Figures on What Seven States
Have Become in a Short Time.
San Francisco Call.
The columns of Thursday's Call, concern
ing the resources andproducts of the Paciflo
coast, will attract attention not unmixed
with surprise. The first thought of readers
will bo that the country under consideration
was practically unknown forty years ago.
Tho seven States and Territories which com
pose tho group known as tho Pacific Coast
states had, in 1850, but 181,611 acres of Im
proved land; in 1880 the acreage had ex
tended to 14,366,695 acres. The'e States con
stitute the mineral belt of the United States,
bnt the wheat crop for tho five years from
lSJS to 1SS9 inclusive was nearly equal to the
total value of tho product of gold and silver
for the same period. The exact figures aro
$213,536,01 for gold and silver, to $211,3,S8C
for wheat. Forty years ngo tho people of the
United States had but a vague Idea of tho
value of the region which now shows such
grand results. California, Which is asso
ciated in the Eastern mind with its produc
tion of gold, now gives the world more than
$2 In wheat to $1 In gold and silver.
The fruit product in 1883 was greater than
gold and sllvcrcombined. The figures given
are: Wheat, $30.64S,834; gold and silver, $14,
034,313; fruit, $16 000,000. The value of cattlo
and sheep slaughtered in tho samo year was
$32,003,000. California also ranks second as a
wool-producing State. Texas being the first
and Oregon tho third. Texas is credited
with 4,752,640 sheep, California with 4,C35,120,
the number for Oregon not being given.
Alaska seems to bo worth having. Tho
exports -of that Territory during the year
1S89 were valued at $9,840,730, of whichsalmon
wns $3,355,000, fur-seal, $2,000,000, and gold
bullion and dust about $A0UO,00O. The pro
ducts included in this report are of land and
water. Tho value of our manufactured pro
ducts will be given later on. We know from
o'her sources that tho mnnufaotnred pro
ducts of this cltv rle above the $100,000,000
markln value. With such avenues to wealth
open, the complaint of bard times seems
somewhat unreasonable.
THE STJGAB TBTJST MAT DISSOLVE.
The Opposition of Stockholder Tayler to the
Proceeding Is Unavailing.
New York, July 22. In the proceedings in
stituted in the Supremo Court in Brooklyn
by the Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company for
its voluntary dissolution, which was op
posed by James A. Taylor, a former stock
holder in the company, Judgo Cullen this
morning decided that there was no evidence
of a scheme to defraud Mr. Taylor, and that
formal evidence required for the purpose of
a dissolution should be taken. Judge Cullen
decided, lion ever, that Mr. Taylor might be
regarded ns an interesting party in tho pro
ceeding. Tbe examination of witnesses was
begun and will be continued to-morrow.
The decision this morning is understood
virtually to permit the dissolution of the
company, the tacts alleged in itspctltion re
maining to bo proved. Mr. Taylor con
tended that tho proporty of the Brooklyn
Sugar Refining Company, worth moro than
$2,000,000, had been sold to the American
Sugar Refining Company for $300,000 in bonds
of that company, and that its capital stock
was sold to that company for $300,000 in the
stock of the American Company in fraud of
the rights of James A Taylor as a stock
holder of tho Brooklyn Company. He
further alleged that Claud Doscfier, nenry
O (Toman and Julius A. Stursburg.ns trustees,
held 195 shares of stock of the sugar Redn
erles Company belonging to Mr. Taylor,
which he had received for stock In the
Brooklyn Company. They had refused to
roturnit to him upon bis offer to pay for it,
and If the voluntary dissolution wcro per
mitted to go on ho would have no redress.
The Attorney Goneral was the proper per
son, he claimed, to instltuto the dissolution
proceedings.
FATHEB TIKE'S JEST.
Grandma's Sassafrllla and Grandpa's
Ancient Hat Go Well Together.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
A curious individual is "Old Father Time,"
who with his leathern bag full of "sassafrilla
sticks, a dollar's worth for a nickel," has
been familiar to racegoers for years. He is
old, shrivelled and bent, and wears a long,
pointed beard that adds to his odd appear
ance. Somehow he has become possessed of a
tall, light-colored hat, which is remarkable
for Its resemblanco to that which, in the
cartoons of tho wicked Democratic periodi
cals, is supposed to bo the headgear of the
first President Harrison. Ho has added to
his monologue the following:
"Remember, friends, that Grandpa's hat
and grandma's sassalrilla make a strong
team. You can't buy the hat, but tho sassa
frilla is for sale in blocks of five. All good
Republicans need sassafrilla to cleanse their
blood, and Democrats must have it fora
tonic. The loser and winner can have ono
for dinner for a nickel."
This speech, uttered by the quaint old
man s snriu voice, is maKing mm an nonest
living, and many a man who can sit through
a comedy in a theater without a smile
langhs heartily at "Father Time's" Jests as
he travels about selling sticks of candy.
MEMOKIZING A EBAVE DEED.
An Arch to Be Erected In Honor of Gallant
Frederick Brokaw.
An effort is being made to pay a tribute
to the memory of Frederick Brokaw, tho
Princeton student who lost his life at
Elberon while trying to save a drowning
servant girl. A letter has been sent to his
friends, stating that at tho meeting of the
students ofPrlnccton recently held, it was
decided to take a largo field next to the
Piesident of the Princeton Club's house and
thoroughly equip it as a general athletio
field. At the entrance a memorial gate and
tablet will be erected.
The total expense of these memorial
grounds is estimated to bo about $15,000, of
which $5,0C0 will bo expended on the ground
and the remainder on the erection ofa dig
nified memorial ornament to the campus.
John Lyman Faxon, of Boston, tho architect
of the Dod & Brown Halls, has offered his
services free in designing the gate, which
will probably bo in the form ofa memorial
arch. It Is not tho intention of tho Prince
ton Committee to mako this exclusively a
Princeton affair, and all friends of the de
ceased are requested to contribute to the
fund and aid in perpetuating the memory of
a brave man.
No Calams in That State.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Montana is telling somo big stories about
the potatoos growing this year so large
that they have to be pried up with hand
spikes. The now Flathead Reservation, just
opening up, Is Mttracting multitudes of
people. It is reported as tho best agricul
tural land in the West.
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.
Thomas G. Stoddard, postoffice inspector,
connected witn tho office or tho First Assist
ant Postmaster General's office, came to tho
city yesterday and closed tho lense for the
property at present occupied by the Alle
ghenv Fostotllce. He will to-dnyinspect the
new Pittsburg postoffice and report to his
chief some recommendations Postmaster
McKean desires to make in reference to the
furnishing of the new building.
F. E. Sheldon, Chief Engineer of the Co
lumbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Rail
way, and W. E. C. Coxe, of tho same road,
w ent to New York last night. Mr. Sheldon's
opinions of tho Elliott murder trial, which
has been engaging the attention of the Co
lumbus people, is that the defense was very
weak.
AV. H. McGunnigle, of Brockton, Mass.,
is at the Seventh Avenae. From tho in
quiries he made for Palmer O'Neil and other
baseball people tbe supposition went forth
that his Interests He in the same direction.
Charles Brcuning, of the well-known firm
ofC. & F. H. Breuning, "loft yesterday for
Mt, Clemens, Mich, He will take the waters
there foi a month or so In the hope of re
gaining his old-time vigor.
The Hon. Samuel B. Dick, of Meadville,
arrived at the Monougabela yesterday, leav
ing for Youngstown to meet his daughter,
Miss Harriet A. Dick. The party returned
last night.
W. P. Logan, of Philadelphia, President
of tho Ragal Gas Company, is at the Monon
gahela. He visited tho company's wells at
McDonald yesterday.
John C. Slocum, Mechanical Engineer,
connected with the World's Fair, lett last
night for Cleveland and Eastern points in
connection with hlsbnsiness.
Max Schamberg returned last night from
attendance of a German reunion at Johns
town and a visit to Cresson.
Colonel W. H. Owen, of Washington, is
here inspecting armor plates. He is a guest
at the Dnquesne.
Lindley Smith, of Philadelphia, is at the
Dnquesne.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
It has been calculated that the actual
amount of salt contained in the ocean would
cover an area of 5,000,000 square miles with a
layer one mile thick.
A young man who was .barely able to
read and write when he went to tho Kansas
penitentiary some years ago now teaches
the highest class in that institution.
The latest improvements in the long dis
tance telephones have raised the question of
the probability of their beingpnt into opera
tion between this country and Europe.
The 5 and 2 pieces struck in the
Jubilee year have evidently not taken the
public fancy, as no application was received
lor them during the wliole of last year.
The celebrated military balloon works
in Paris has produced an aerial "torpedo
boat," of which one ias been bought by the
Russian Government. Tho trials will be
secret.
The people of the duchy of Gotha are
happy over tho flourishing state Of their
public finance. So plethoric has tho treas
ury become that a bill has been introduced
in the Houso of Representatives suspending
all taxation for three months.
A French provincial newspaper has been
condemned to pay 200 francs damage for
calling several residents of its town Free
Masons. To call a man a Free Mason in
France is to bring him into hatred, ridicnlo
and contempt of his Roman Catholic towns
men. Washington is the only city of its size
in the United States which has no factory
girls. Women who earn their living there
are principally in politics, though there aro
a few employed in retail stores.photogmphio
stndios and private offices. In Washington
tenement house life is unknown.
Joseph Adams, of Kennebunkport,
who is 90 years of ago, has never been in a
steam or horse car, never was on board of a
steamboat, and never traveled farther Ease
than Portland nor farther West than York
in his life, having always lived upon the
farm where ho was born.
An unknown animal is killing the dogs
near Danville, Ky., by cutting a hole in tho
throat and sucking tbo blood out of the
body. It is said to be an immense white ani
mal, unlike anything ever before seen. It Is
of tho greyhound pattern, but larger in
every way, being about 4 feet high and 6
long.
Many years 'ago an ocean steamship
made only 10 or 13 revolutions of tho engine.
"using only five pounds of steam pressure.
With this she averaged about eight knots.
High-powered ships of the present day use
38 times this pressure and make 7 times the
revolutions. Their speed is only 2 time3 as
great.
A vase, which it ha3 taken four years
to complete, has just been sent to London
from the Minton China JIannfaotory. It was
made by M. Tolon, is valued at 1,500, and la
considered the handsomest thing of tho
kind that has ever been made. Venus, Bac
chus and a group of Cupids are represented
in tho design.
A recent departure in obtaining extra
draught for furnaces on steamships without
the use ol blowers or other devices has been
successfully tried on the Scot, of the Capo
Mall line. This vessel has been furnished
with smokestacks 120 feet high above the
grates. The increased draught is equivalent
to a water pressure of three-fourths of an
inch. The vessel's speed is 19 knots.
Mr. Bomanes, of London, has an ope
that he has taught to count not very far
up, indeed, but as high as five. He know
tho numbers and the words that Indicate
them. His method is to take straws ono by
one into his mouth until one less thnn tho
reqnlred number have been collected: then,
taking up an additional straw, be hands it
over, together with those in his mouth.
An Alabama girl actually laughed her
self to death. After the laughing.which was
provoked by a funny happening to her
brother.had lasted for some time.her parents
advised her to stop, but she couldn't. They
then threw cold water on her, but, as this
had no effect, they sent for a physician. Ho
arrived to find tho girl unconscious, and in a
few minutes sho died from exhaustion.
It has been demonstrated that, while
the greatest velocity imparted to a cannon
ball scarcely exceeds 600 metres a second
about 1,500 miles an hour meteors from
spaco penetrate the air with a velocity, it Is
claimed, of 40,000, sometimes 60,000, metres
pcr'sccond. This tremendous speed raises
the temperature of the air at once to 4 000 or
6,000 centigrade, causing in many cases tho
complete destruction of tho meteorite by
combustion.
Some of the most prominent iron found
ers are introducing a new and simple prac
tice in order to secure stronger castings, tho
method in question consisting in placing
thin sheets of wrought iron in tho center of
tne mold previous to the operation of cast
ing. This method was first resorted to. it ap
pears, in tho casting of thin plates for the
ovens of cooking stoves, it being found that
a sheet of thin iron in the center ofa quar-
tor-incn oven piato renuerca it practically
unbreakablo by fire.
According to the latest official Japan
ese census the population of that country on
January 31, last, was 40,072,020, of which 20,
245,330 were males and 19,825,684 females. The
number of inhabited houses was 7,810,872,
giving about five to each family. Thero
were 3,825 nobles.of whom 593 wcro the heads
of families: 1,993,637 shizoka. or members of
tho old military class, of whom 430,411 wero
tho heads of families, and 3S,074,5"8 "common
?eople," 7,736,7C4 being heads of families,
here were 7,445,119 married conples.
In the National Cemetery at Pittsburg
Landing there are 3,590 Union soldiers and
four women burled in the cemetery. Tho
latter were nurses In the army, who con
tracted diseases while at work in the hos
pitals, died and wero buried in the ceme
tery. Every other grave Is marked with a
headstone, but the graves of the women
were entirely Ignored. Someone had planted
an evergreen or so over their graves, but
otherwise they are unmarked. No one
seems to know why the graves had been
neglected, savo that the War Department
directed that no tombstones should bo
erected. There must be an Interesting bit
of history connected with the matter, if one
had time and opportunity to look it up, and
some women's society might start an inves
tigation. A strange bird, which has attracted the
attention of hundreds of people, is on exhi
bition on the farm of John Rodabaugh, a
farmer living six miles east of St. Mary's, O.
Tho bird resembles an owl very much in
form, has a head shaped like a heart, the
face of a monkey, a snowy white f nr adorn
ing its face, while the feathers are ofa beau
tiful and delicate yellowish gray, with tho
tail ofa turkey. The bird was caught a few
weeks ago, while the family were returning
home from church, and not until it bad re
ceived a load ofshotdidit allow itself to bo
taken captive, and then its captor was fear
fully lacerated In the fight that ensued. It
utters a noise similar to that of the squeal of
a pig, and Is fed wholly on small birds,
which it takes into its beak alive, throwing
out tbe bones and feathers afterward.
LIFE'S LAUGHING LOTION.
"He'll never get over my jilting him."
'Why, was he so in love with you? "
"Oh. no. ne'was so in love with himself."
I love to hear Clarissa talk;
It always makes me glad;
Though entre nons, I must confess.
Her grammar's very bad.
But there's one way she speaks to me.
That none can criticise;
She never makes the least mistake.
When talking with her eyes,
lawyer Why don't yon ask your friend
Harding to act as trustee of this fund?
Young Client I have no confidence in his dis
crimination. He has often loaned money to me.
"How would you like to be a little bare
footed shepherdess, and have a prince come along
and make love to you?"
"I think I'll be quite as interesting at the
beach."
Bronson Do yon ever read your work to
any one before you send it out?
Funniman No, not now. I used to read it all to
my friend Banks, but he is dead.
Bronson Poor fellow! No wonder.
"She may have a temper, but she is in
teresting. Did the ever get over the death of ber
husband?
"Yes; but her second hnsband is Inconsolable."
Hobson Wilkes, you remember that ZO
I loaned yoa two years ago
Wilkes You are not going to press a friend for
payment, are you?
Hobson Certainly not. Take your time. I only
wish to borrow it for awhile.
Tom Barry Sorry, old man, but I learned
to-day that her mother objects to "you? fX,
Jack Dashing-Goodl From what I knowiof.S
human nature, that will prejudice both the girl &"
her father In my favor. I'm a lucky dog. u
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