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" PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1S9L
THE STATE FUND'S INQUIRY.
It i not as Republicans or Democrats
that the people can divide upon "Bards
lejisni" and kindred official abuses but
simply as honest citizens or the reverse.
No party has a monopoly either of the
honest men or of the thieves; and if the
State investigation now in progress show
further offenses in the management of
public funds, the desire for the punish
ment of the offenders will not be confined
within party lines.
Meanwhile it is full time that the hide-and-seek
game, in which Treasury officials
and Mr Fow's committee are the princi
pals, should come to a close. Imputations
of want of intention to get to the bottom
of the questions raised about the public
funds hare been thrown out as against the
majority of the committee. Such inci
dents as the absenco of Cashier Livsey
and State Treasurer Boyer are also inevit
ably commented upon adversely.
It is time for those who have been cited
as witnesses to put in an appearance and
answer upon all points raised. If their
skirts are clear they have nothing to
apprehend, whereas by staying away they
give color to suspicion. If there have
been irregularities the public are entitled
to have them uncovered, and the delin
quents must be called upon to answer.
This is a matter of public justice, not a
party issue.
tarily. It makes, no difference as to the
point under consideration whether Me.
Banta or his superior officers are in the
right. If his charges were unfounded bis,
marching forth makes it plain a fortiori
that he would have marched forth If they
had been w ell founded.
The consequence of going to the peni
tentiary if he does one. thing and of being
fired If he does the other, makes the sub
ordinate in an institution where things are
not all that they ought to be, like that of
the wicked in one respect at least He
stands in slippery places. But the lesson
is unmistakable. Between peaching and
the penitentiary the intelligent sub
ordinate will find no difficulty in prefer
ring to peach. And as the loss of position
is the penalty the subordinate who grasps
all the bearings of his situation will, as
soon as he become cognizant of any crook
edness, unburden his mind, and promptly
get out on his own account instead of
waiting to be fired.
HE MIGHT, HUT WILL HE?
The report that Secretary Foster is con
templating a method of escaping the ex
penditure of all the money appropriated
by the last Congress comes from the not
wholly reliable source of the columns of
that fierce critic of the Secretary, the New
York World. The. statement is that as the
vast bulk of these'appropriations nre made
out of "moneys not otherwise appropri
ated," the Secretary will find a valid ex
cuse from paying a large share of them in
the fact that there are no moneys not
otherwise appropriated.
The columns of an intensely opposition
organ is not the best place to look for
accurate information concerning the
policy of the Treasury. But it is perti
nent to remark that if the Secretary
should develop such a method for legally
removing the extravagance of Congress,
it would be a great stroke of policy, sub
ject to two provisos: The first is that
the Secretary would select the right ap
propriations to cut down; the second that
he would be able to withstand the pres
sure that would at once be put upon him
by Congressmen from all over the country
in behalf of their favorite appropriations.
Both the policy itself and the fulfillment
of these provisos being highly improbable,
we can dismiss the report as one of the
things that might be, rather than will be.
mpndatipn to that effect, however, has.
been heard of In the reports of the Patent
Office. It certainly seems beyond dispute
that when the proceedings of the Patent
Office are turned into a device to prolong
the monopoly of an important invention
beyond the intent of the law, very decided
reformatory legislation is required. This
Is not the only example of the way In
which the patent' laws are perverted to
that purposo; but it affords a very good
illustration of the general class.
It is pleasant to learn that the New York
ana Now Haven Railroad has come down at
last, and announces that it will do what Us
eminent directors previously asserted to be
Impossible namely, heat Us cars by hot
water. But muk'ing such ah announcement
and doing the beating are separate things,
as we have known In this State. It Ls nearly
a year and a half since it was announced
that all the cars on a certain railroad In this
State were to bo heated by steam; and yet
to-day on many trains it is tho unfortunate
fact that the only time when the car stove
goes, is when the train does.
It is reported that the new political party
at Hawaii in its platform "hints at annexa
tion to tho United States." It is to be hoped
that before the Hawalians fully and finally
annex themselves to the United States they
will bo through tho formality of consulting
the United States on the subject.
PLAYS WORTH SEEING.
Joseph HawortU as St. Marc An Artistic
and Popular Success Later On In New
Clothes Fan tasma's Tricks and Drollery
Variety and Curiosities.
The performance of "St. Marc,"at the
Duquesne Theater last night, was a remark
able success, thanks to good acting more
than anything else. The occasion was
notable in the first place because Mr.
Joseph Hawortbmade his first appearance
in Pittsburg as a star of more than ordinary
magnitude; and in tho second place because
mo piay is in a measure new so
long is it since E. L. Davenport acted it.
It is also worth noting that "St. Marc'' is a
lomahtlc drama of the kind for which popu
lar taste is reviving, after a long plague of
farce comedy and other trash. Tlie enthusi
astic welcome which the play and
the actors , received last night shows
that there "are plenty Of people
loft who like real acting 'and drama that
does not depend upon Incidental tanks,
realistic rainstorms or even skirt dances,
for its potency and charm. The verdict of
the audience delivered early in the evening
and confirmed with growing enthusiasm
every time the curtain fell, was clearly
favorablo to Mr. Haworth, his admirable
company and even the play.
AaKing tne piay first, it may not be amiss
particular, they find capital snpport.
The house went out of Us way to make Mr.
McWadc sing his old song, "Comrades," and
cheered every verse to the echo. The bal
lets and incidental 'tableaux were prettily
conpetved, and' many of tho comic vocal
and instrumental effects screamingly funny.
Altogether "Later On" promises to die to
anything but slow music.
"With Colonel Ingersoll running a $14,
000,000 will contest in Montana and Mr.
Choate starting a'$30, 000,000 Job in New York,
it is plain that the arid and arduous pro
fession of the law has its compensations.
SOUND ECONOMIC DOCTRINE.
In his speech at Urbana, Ohio, Major
McKinley announced a broad and com
mendable principle on which correct com
mercial as well as financial doctrines can
be built, in the following language: "Jfo
legerdemain in legislation to enable a man
to get money, except in the old-fashioned
waj of earning it by honest labor, and the
man w ho teaches any other gospel is a
false teacher "
la this declaration there is the basis of a
great deal of economic truth packed in a
single sentence. It was enunciated par
ticularly with reference to the silver prop
ortion, the gist of which is that debtors
shall be enabled to pay their debts by a
measure of values worth twenty per cent
less than that in which the debts were
contracted. But it has an equally forcible
application to a large majority of the
abuses of the present day
It is plain that the perversion or nullifi
cation of our laws to enable men to get
money otherwise than by the old-fashioned
way of honestly earning it, is al
most as bad in one aspect and worse in
another, than the legerdemain of legisla
tion. In one view it is the deliberate
falsification of law, which is worse than if
bad laws are respected, in the other it
shows the weakness of governmental ac
tion which permits its laws to be per
verted, and is therefore little better than
the goernment which permits its laws
to be framed in the interest of dishonesty.
So, when the perversion or nullification of
law permits corporation promoters to
make money by floating fiat securities, or
by manipulating corporate management,
or allows combinations to pile up vast
wealth b creating artificial scarcity and
suppressing competition, all such prac
tices fall under the Major's just and terse
condemnation.
This short sentence would make a good
platform for an attack on the great abuses
of the day. If thoroughly and honestly
applied to all departments of industry it
would do more toward correcting the evils
of concentrated and overgrown wealth
than any of the will of the wisp schemes
of the Fanners' Alliance craze.
UNEQUAL PROTECTION.
While the act regulating the employ
ment, and providing for the safety of
women and children in mercantile in
dustries and manufacturing establish
ments, is a praiseworthy instrument, it is
faulty to a degree that makes its revision
necessary. It was the idea of those who
originated the bill that it should afford
equal protection to all women and chil
dren, but it does not One little clause is
responsible for the ill treatment of many
who should be covered the protecting
wing of the aet
Section 4 of the act provides that "No
person, firm or corporation, employing
less than ten persons who are women or
children, shall be deemed a factory, man
ufacturing or mercantile establishment
within the meaning of this act" Under
this section it is possible for an employer
to break every other provision of the law
and escape punishment because he em
ploys but nine women or nine children.
There is no question but the intent of the
law, as shown in other sections, should be
carried out, but equal protection cannot
be afforded until this objectionable pro
vision is eliminated.
That Crawfordsville, Ind., vision of
an aerial monster, eighteen feet long and
eight feet wide, seen hovering over that city
for two nights, admits of but one explana
tion. Tho Crawfordsville citizens who have
been out late enough to see this soul-chilling
sight should apply at once to Dr. Keoly, of
Dwight, Ills. The moral of the story Is that
Crawfordsvillo whisky must be oven worse
than lp has been painted.
The report from Paris that a rainstorm
was so severe that men were swept into
sewers and lost, is calculated to provoke an
inquiry as to the species of festivity that
prevailed to the extent of putting the men
to sleep in tho gutters beforo tho rain came.
Tnn Chinese mobs are merely lynchers
in another language. lint when they aro
outlandish foreigners it is easier for us to
see what barbaiuus and uncivilized things
lynchers are.
"When the Boston Advertiser claims Pres
ident Harrison as a civil service reform
President, it is t little calculated to take
away the breath. Perhaps, in view of Fas
sett's refusal of that revenue tug to Mr.
Russell Harrison, the President's appoint
ment of that official may be claimed to be
after the manner of Mollere's "Physician
in Spite of Himself."
There is a brief era in New York of
demanding that ideal and impracticable
effectivenessof public administration which
shall make building inspectors inspect. But
no such mugwump idoa can have any per
manent standing in Now York politics.
Governor Campbell should not be too
certain that malaria is a non-partisan dis
ease. It seems to bo taking sides this year
in a most offensively partisan manner.
SCANT LA1IOB DAY OBSERVANCE.
Labor Bay in Pittsburg yesterday seems
to have been as w idely honored in the
breach as in the observance. There was
no public demonstration of labor organiza
tions, which in a city like Pittsburg is a
singular, if not significant, omission.
Those horny-handed sons of toil, the work
ers in the city banks, faithfully followed
their rule of observing all legal holidays
that permit them to cease their work. A
good many laborers in avocations requir
ing more muscular exertiontook advantage
of the day to rest from toil, and some of
the organized workingmen went to other
points to join in labor demonstrations.
But all over the city the sound of active
and productive labor was to be heard dur
ing the regular working hours. Is this de
parture from the custom of former Labor
Dajs to be taken as signif3ing the belief
of Pittsburg workingmen that Labor Day
costs more than it conies to, or does it
mean that they have gained so much by
labor organizations that they do not con
sider it necessary to keep up further
demonstrations?
A DILEMMA 1'OR SUBORDINATES.
The experience of the cashier of the
Ke3-stone Bank, in Philadelphia, as corre
lated witli the experience of Mr. Cashier
Banta, of New York, indicates that the
position of executive subordinates in a
great fiduciary institution is a parlous
one. The first-mentioned official had the
misfortune to hold his position in the
Kej stone Bank while that institution was
being wrecked, and to say nothing about
it Consequence, he is now in the peni
tentiary. The inference from this summary legal
result is that when a subordinate knows
of crookedness in a financial institution he
should tell of it But tho practical cer
tainty that if he did so he would have to
gain his further knowledge of such affairs
from the outside of the institution, is em
phasized by the case of Mr. Banta. Mr.
Banta made public what he regarded as
irregularities in the conduct of his cor
poration, and the consequence took the
shape of Mr. Banta 's getting out involun-
11BEAD l'EOSI THE GOVERNMENT.
There is an interesting characteristic of
the expression : of popular discontent in
the statement that the poem which that
Russian youth was arrested for writing
and reciting in public was entitled, "Give
us bread, O Emperor." Without comment
ing on the reasonableness of the punish
ment for that offense, it is noticeable that
the primary feature of agitation among an
ignorant people is the call upon the Gov
ernment for bread. Bread riots were al
most an established feature of medieval
times, and they were founded on the firmly
fixed idea in the popular mind that it was
the duty of the reigning powers to furnish
the people with bread, when the latter
could not get it for themselves.
The impetus which that idea gave to the
French Revolution is illustrated by the
demand for bread which called forth
Marie Antoinette's innocent inquiry, why
the people could not eat cake if they did
not have bread; and the firm belief of the
people that the King could furnish them
with bread was testified by the joy with
which they sang, when the court was
brought back from Versailles to Paris,
that they now had "the baker, the baker's
wife and the little baker." The article of
faith that it is the function of the ruler to
furnish food to a starving people, is an ex
ponent at once of popular ignorance and
popular disposition to demand its rights.
In this country the demand of agitators
is much more advanced. They do not call
upon the Government to furnish the peo
ple with bread. They evince a much
clearer comprehension of the machinery
of modern civilization by calling on the
Government to furnish the people with
all the money they want, with the evi
dent belief that when the people get the
money they will not confine themselves to
bread, but can revel In cake, pie, or any
other luxury the recipient of the Govern
ment's liberality may select But the
theory as to the functions of Government
seems to have about the same foundation
as the more archaic one.
Of course Lord Salisbury would have to
take a hand in that Dardanelles business.
Even if the traditional principles of the
Tory party did not constrain him, the neces
sities of tho situation could not lot him
neglect tho opportunity to arouse the jingo
spirit of John Bull for the next general
election.
When the ocean telegraph tells us that
a man has been aricsted for "kodaking" the
fortifications of Maycnce, we have the com
fortable assurance that all the assaults on
the English Innguago are not confined to
this side of the ocean.
Large crops and small borrowing make
a combination which indicate the most de
cided prosperity that the Southern planters
have enjoyed since tho war.
It begins to look as if tho Sultan
was not such a sick man after all. Ho per
mits Russia and England to do all the worry
ing while he enjoys the easy part of the situ
ation by doing whatever cither of the con
tending powers orders and lotting them
fight it out between themselves.
When the Western train robbers follow
the example of tho Turkish brigands by
carrying off millionaires and holding them
for ransom, the railroad corporations may
think it worth while to take some measures
to stop that business.
That Sioux claim of 810,000,000 "for
game destroyed" is calculated to create a
popnlnr feeling in favor of preserving tho
game in future.
TIMELY TBIFLES.
Fisn stories are reeled off by the
and should be measured by the line.
rod
The baseball player is forced to take an
inning n M!o others take an outing.
"It's a Mistake" to imagine that Eva
Mann is elevating tho stage.
PERVERSION OF THE PATENT LAWS.
One of the cases which illustrate the
need for reform in the patent system is
asserted by the Boston Commercial Bulle
tin to be presented by the proceeding
called the "interference" between the
Berliner and the Edison claims for an in
vention essential to the use of the tele
phone. This interference is alleged to be
kept pending in the Patent Office in order
to postpone the date of the patent until
shortly before the expiration of the Bell
patents. Both claims arc owned by the
Bell company, and by means of prolong
ing this sham contest it expects to extend
the term of its monopoly for nearly seven
teen years beyond the legitimate duration
of the telephone patents.
The assertion affords not only an illus
tration of the manner in which the patent
laws can be perverted; but it also makes a
serious charge against the management of
the Patent Office. It is clear that a sham
proceeding of that sort cannot be pro
longed over a series of years without at
least the passive collusion of tho manage
ment of that office. The Commercial Bul
letin says that "the heads of that honora
ble office should be called upon to explain
how it seems possible for the American
Bell Telephone Company not only to dis
honor the majesty of the law. but also to
inflict for a long term of years severe in
justice upon the people."
But the New York Times appends tlie
remark that they have been frequently
called upon to do so, with no further re
sult than the admission of one of the offi
cials some years ago, Oiat legislation Is
needed to prevent suchjobi No recoin-
The sweets
family jar now.
of life are found in the
You can declare it an outrage,
And rngo if you will,
But the man takes the meter
And swears to its bill.
Civil service should be observed in all
well regulated hotels and restaurants.
Balmaceda is dead politically, at all
events.
In days of old, when knights were bold,
And ladies passing fair.
They captured every common scold
And doused her in a chair.
When Emperor William talks about
letting loose the war dogs he muzzles tho
press.
Son Russell tried to play a lone hand in
New York, but was euchered.
The Ohio Democrats are to conduct a
fireside campaign. McKinley will turn on
tho light.
Tiie leaves turn about the time those
who left return.
A check dress might bo of great bene
fit to the impulsive girl.
The peculiarities of the speculative
markets aro frequently hard to bear.
ON THE SICE USL
Several of Wanainaker'a Assistants Laid
Up Through Illness.
Washinotox, Sepi. 7. Special. In the
absence ot Postmaster General Wanna
makcr, who went over to Philadelphia on
Friday to upend Sunday, and during tho
sickness of the First Assistant, Colonel
Whitfield, Mr. J. Lowrie Bell, the Second
Assistant, is acting Postmaster Gcnu-al. He
was, however, taken sick yesterday, but to
day is sufficiently well to be able to siirn the
Department mail, which is taken to his
apartments. Third Assistant Hazen is away
from the city, which leaves the Fourtli As
sistant, Colonel Uathbonc, the onlv nble
bodled assistant about the Postoffice De
partment to-day.
Mr. Wannamafcer, however, wllf be back
to-morrow and then he and Colonel Rath
bone enn i:ian:tge between them to cany on
the huIne itiitit the sick nud tho absent
kro'rcsturud again to their ofllcial duties.
to suetcn tho plot lightly. St. Marc is a
blunt soldier, blessed, if you sq consider it,
with a beautiful wife? The reigning Prince
of Modena, with characteristic Italian mor
ality, covets the lovely Dianora; nnd with
unusual mildness for an Italian Prince in
the middle npA stpplrp In nnrsufidn her tn
free herself from her soldier-husband by di
vorce. She declines to fail in with this con
venient plan, and tho Princo tries force;
bnt his 'attempt to carry her off is
foiled by St. Mure, who is warned In time.
Then the princo tries craft again, and with
more subtlety tries to prove to St. Mare that
his wife is false to him. Tho only person
w ho suffers directly from this plot is the
courtier who at the prince's suggestion
secretes himself in Dianora' chanlBer. St.
Mare kills him; and then at the point of tho
sword extorts from the prince a confession
of his dastardly plot. St Marc after strik
ing the.prince insultingly with the fiat of
his sword, flees for his life. Six years or
more elapse and St. Marc returns, ana amia
tho ruins of home, in moonllc melancholy,
he finds that JHanora believing that her hus
band is dead, has listened to the renewed
suit of the prince nnd the next day wjl wed
mm. a. timely acciucnt to lfianora' car
riage brings that woful ladv upon tho scene
at this moment, and St. Marc, secure in his
disguise of a shaven face and ' grizzed
hair, tells his wife that St. Marc still
lives, but ere she recognizes him
the prince enters. In the interview which
succeeds the prince's eyes prove sharper
than Dtanora's and the set closes with SU
Marc recognized and in custody. He is
borno off to' prison and tho wedding of
Prince Lorenzo and Dianora takes place. The
prince, as men too often do, reveals his
innate baseness after the nuptial knot is
tied, and is actually bullyragging Dianora
when St. Marc comes to the rescue, and
witlKjut more explanation or npology than
is necessary and to the great relief of the
audience kills Prince Lorenzo and takes
Dianora to his bosom once more.
This is merely a skeleton of tho story, of
course, but, although thore is much else in
tho way of sido issues, wo may be pardoned
if we protest" that we cannot see the perti
nence of nine-tenths of it. Tho play has
sufficient directness, however, to keep the
Interest alive; and if the insane man Qis
mondo's relation to the plot is somewhat
hazy, it can bo pai coned, for tho
character is strongly drawn and acted
by such a master as Atkins
Lawrence becomes one of the most promi
nent figures in the play. The dialogue is
for tho most part of the pattern which all
romantic plays of this school boast: The
langnage is often stilted, the rhetoric mere
tricious, and too-obviously built toward a
climax. Theie is not much humor, of course;
there never is in plays where swords aio
everlastingly leaping from their sheaths:
but there are several bits of rare wit
and apt illustration. The sentiments
that fall from the hero's and heioine's
lips are invariably of the most correct kind,
and generally fetch a round of applause,
but theV are often in defiance of nature.
There's tho chief fault of the play, the un
true picture of human nature it often paints.
For instance, imagine a wife consoling a
doubting, but dearly-beloved and loving,
husband with a minute and passionate re
cital of her early love for another
man, and that man her pursuer at
that moment! Why does St. Marc allow
Theresa nnd liosario to approach His wiie,
without so much as n protest, after be has
discovered thelrtreachery? But what is the
use of asking the lomantic dramatist ques
tions like these? Mr. Davenport Duilf'St.
Marc" to tickle the public ear and eye, and
now acitiy ne iaia too mortar oi sentiment
between tho bricks of heroism the raptur
ous applause last night testified.
One may grumble at the play a little, for
there is not much chance when
it comes to tho players. Mr. Haworth lent
St. Mare last night all the weight of his won
derfully magnetic personality, the brilliancy
of his real and diverse genius, and nil tho
physical attributes a soldlerof lortune could
desire, an erect, manly figure, nervous and
quick in action. Hashing eyes, and a ringing
voice sucn as no otner actor on cue stage to
day possesses. In searching for points for
comparison, Mr. Ha worth's voice is the
first" thing that reminds ono of Edwin
Booth: this resemblance other things come
to confirm, notably the easy transition fiom
the heroic heights to valley of commonplaco
and easy badinage as in tho conversation
St. Marc has withJ77ivja in Act III and that
w onderful exaltation which seems to add a
foot or two to a man's stature, and brings
down the cods with a storm of applause.
The defiance of his foes at the close of Acts
II and III bi ought out this remark
able faculty in Mr. Haworth to
tho full, nnd again comparing him
with the highest modem exemplar
suggested Booth as Richelieu. It was a stiong
performance all through, Mr Haw orth's, not
faultless, not what Mr.Uaworth can and will
do if he lives. He has a bad habit of talking
a great aeai too iast, so mac worus run into
each other, and sense is lost as well as mere
effect. Tho nervousness natural to a- first
night doubtless increased this tendency. His
voice was pitched too high on several occa
sions in the approach to a climax, so
that when the supreme effort came
there was no higher note to be
reached. Other small imperfections miirlit
be noted, but they wou'd not destroy or dis
turb the fact that Mr. Haworth is an actor
of high ability, an actor who will rank with
the greatest liall goes well.
Mr. Ha worth's company is unusually good.
Mr. Atkins Lawrence as GUmondo, a man
crazed by injustice, was simply superb. The
intensity of this portrayal of a noble mind
unhinged has not been equaled often. Tho
pathos and grotesque humor of the maniac's
ravinzs after he is cast into prison are
really the best things in the play from a
literary as well as a dramatic standpoint,
Mr. Lawrence deserved the applause he got,
but he should not have spoiled the illusion
of a great scene by returning to bow his
thanks.
Miss Kathryn Kidder, although an actress
of high reputation, is comparatively a new
comer here, but she stepped into a high
place In the public's esteem last night, with
not much help cither fiom an illogical and
often unnatural part. Added to personal
charms of no mean order, Miss Kid
der possesses great histrionic talents, and
emotional power. The limitations of the
character of Dianora prevented a full dis
play of Miss Kidder's abilities, we can well
believe, but her embodiment of that pecul
iar woman had great charm, and at times
pathetic power. Mis Louise Rial's Therein
was a finished niece of work, with nn odd
iionical vein running through it. Mr.
Dronet's Prince Lorenzo lacked positive
color, and Mr. Daly's delivery was
slovenly and awkward, although his
comedy lines mostly caught the audience.
The smaller parts were all in good
Grand Opera House.
The value of "Fantasma" as a play
may not be grpat, but very few things on
this earth have given healthier
or heartier cause for langbter
to this generation. The Hanlon
Brothers are public'benefactors in giving
the children such an entertainment, and al
though tbev are no longer in tho cast tho
fun and fantastic drollery of the pieco aro
still kept np. There are a good many
new tricks, and variations pf old
ones in this year's "Fantasma," and a great
andlence laughed nnd marveled at the fea
tures of the spectacle and pnntomino last
nigbtjust as readily ns ever. The company
is a large one and as good as ifeed be: and
the scenory Js of course a strong point.
'Williams Academy.
Mr. Sam T. Jack's brilliant idea, the
Creole Company, proves a bigger success
every day. Duilng the sumnior Mr. Jack
has dpne gieat things with his companv,
nnd when the dnskv beauties made
their bows pn Harry Williams' stazo
last evening, mnnv new and attractive
laces woro noticeable. But the faces of tho
company were simply "not in it" with the
features of the show-'. Tho Creoles cavo an
exceptiqnally good entertainment: anfl
mere was a reiresuuig anseuco or ancient
gags and hoary melodies, nearly all the
songs, danres, and Jokes having an air
closely resembling novelty. The Tropical
Revelries proved only another name for the
good old minstrel business, with lady con
veisatlonalists and ladies in the places of
honor. Maud Tazewell, Rboda Brookes,
May Bohee, Mrs. Sam Lucas, Jones and
Norris and the Inimitable Sam Lucas
himself won their laurels in thU
part of tho production. Dancing, gymnastic
acts, nnrt'a grand Amazonian march intro
ducing the female portion of the company
In dazzling costumes, weie among the re
maining fcatuies of the performance.
Harry Davis' Museum.
The skeleton dude js literally the spoilt
darling of nature. As he stood upon his
platform at Harry Davis' Fifth Avenue
Museum yesterday. In tight-fitting but irre
proachably tailored garments, and tile hat
to match, be looked llko a very long bonnet
pin, with a Very large head. He
chatted with tho visitors, and smiled
captivatlngly at his neighbor. Bliss
Delia Beck, a young person whoso avoir
dupois aggregates 500 pounds. Other feat
ures of the museum aro the Golden Temple
ot Art and Music and Prof. Wallace's really
interesting silk industry. Tho vaudeville
entertainment in the theater, included tho
comic musicians, Winstanley and Howley,
the clever little maiden, "Petite Kittle,"
Aldrich and Kennedy, the comedians, and
several others. Mauaccr Davis' "zoo" ap
pears to beat Schenlcy Park hollow, in point
of popularity.
s
Harris Theater.
"The Inside Track" is a rattling good
play of the sensational typo. Its produc
tion in Harris' yesterday left little to be de
sired. The company was eood nnd tho staff
ing quite up to the mark. Tho five acts
were followed with breathless interest,
from tho point where John Poster, the sturdy
miller, is ruined bv millionaire Slade. down
to the time when pretty Vinnie is rescued by
her lover from tho plutocrat's clutches.
Willis B. Akers played Harry Denbeigh.
the black sheep and hero, rather
tamely, while Frank O. Ireson made
a villain, whose acquaintance seemed any
thing but desirable. As- the heroine Vinnie
Ibster, Miss ITarle Delano, was very fair; and
the minor parts were well filled, particularly
those at Jerry Txvaddlehy Miss I ennie Calef,
and Jim by Andrew Waldron tho last
named being the best actor in the company.
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Something That Should Be Done.
To tlie Editor of Tho Dispatch:
Within plain view of the llttio city of
Titusvltle, on tho little valley of Oil creek,
is a spot on which (.here should be erected
an enduring monument. There it is that an
act was done which, in the train of conse
quences that followed it, has no parallel in
any line of human endeavor on the Western
Hemisphere. This was the drilling of the
historic Colonel Drako oil well in 1?5S. To
hut few men has It been given to uo a sim
ple act in a humble way from which should
now such vast commercial results as came
to that man that drilled into the earth to
give petroleum and natural gas to mankind.
Only 33 years have passed and the indus
tries resulting from that simple drill-hole,
in tho amazing magnitude and varied char
acter of their volume, have actually ex
panded beyontl the grasp of the statistician,
-p.? aggregate of holes from that initial
drilling to the present time would extend
tlnee times through our earth and "again to
ifs center.
Who can count the derricks and compute
tho cost of all tho oil well paraphernalia, the
tens of thousands or miles of tubing, cihles,
ropes, rods, the Wheels, posts, beams, tanks
and tank cars, the lamps, pipe lines, refin
eries, etc., etc.T
And yet the man to whom al this is due,
the pioneer from whose inquiring brain all
this came rorth, sleeps in an almost un
known and unmarked grave, nnd from the
mansions and the millions that his mind
created for others, not so much is a stono
has simple justice and common gratitude to
bestowl
AH this is the more remarkable when It is
cuusuuoreu mat on men, as a class, are large
hearted, eeuerous and unstinted in worthy
giving. Let something be done at the old
Drake well to appropriately mark tho his
toric spot and comniemprata the deed of a
most deserving man. N.
Wampum, Pa., September 7.
NAMES OF NOTABLE PEES0N&
Annie Besant makes her name rhyme
with "peasant," but Walter Besant pro
nounces his name, according to late informa
tion, as Bessant.
GeokoeE. Lokino, ex-Minister to Port
ugal, who has been critically ill at his home
in Salem, was slightly better last night, and
bis physicians say he will recover.
The divine Patti is human, after all. An
Atlanta man who visited her in Wales not
long ago says thattamong the sheets of
music that lay on the diva's piano in the
drawing room was a copy of "Annie Rooney.'
The Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks will preach
at tho opening service in Appleton Chapel,
Harvaid University, this fall. It will prob
ably bo his last service in his ofllcial capac
ity as one of the preachers to the university.
Michael Davitt has been living in
Oakland, Cat, for a few months, and be is
going to return to Ireland to his life work.
Jn ajvlnteryiewyestciday he said: ''Ireland
is on the brink of her freedom. Homo-rule
is only a matter of a few years."
Miss LEONI Baebett, a Washington
lady just from a two years' trip in China,
says the Chinese lost no chance to insult her
party. She repoitsHong Kong the only city
without question safe. This is supposed to
be due to the presence of a British fleet and
garrison.
The United States Minister to France,
non. Whitelaw Reid, arrived in Paris on
Saturday last from Bouibolc, in the Depart
ment of Puy de Dome, and almost imme
diately left tor Havre in qrdor to meet Mrs.
Bold, who was expected to arrive there yes
terday from New York.
Some German friends of General Franz
Sigel are considering a plan to raise a fund
for the old soldier by popular subscription.
The General hos been very unfortunate dur
ing the past few years, and at present he is
living on a pension of $109 per month, which
was awaided him by Congress a few months
ago.
Chancellor von CArniviand Count
Kalnoky, except for a brief visit to tho field,
spent Sunday together at Castle Meirs, where
Emperor William received their reports and
conferred with them. Since Saturday Em
peror William has been using a carriage in
going about, owing to fatigue resulting from
his long continuance in the saddle.
The Earl of Warwick, father-in-law of
Lady Brooke, of baccarat scandal fame, is
very ill. He is periodically subject to faint
ing fits, and is expected to die in one before
long. He is over 73 years of ago and has been
in feeble health for some time. Lady Brooke
has of late kept in the background, and
shown a disposition to avoid tho social
glare.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The writer or a letter from Mexico, quoted
lately in the San Francisco papers and again
in The Dispatch last week, would buve us
think Insurrection imminent in that coun
try. Few who know anything of Mexico
win snare his fears. Men of all classes, con
ditions and opinions in tho neighboring Re
public acknowledge tho unprecedented ma
terial development of their country under
tho administration of President Diaz; and
tho great majority are fully alive to the
vital necessity of maintaining that general
condition of good order, with its accom
panying secuiity for life and property,
Whloh has made such development possible.
It is safe to say that no party in Mexico
looks on insurrection as a probable solution
of any public question.
alio country is veiy efficiently policed,
and the reported crimes of violence are far
less numerous than in the United States.
But it is not so much tho prcsenco of a large
armed force that makes levolution well
niRh impossible, as it is the general appreci
ation among both Liberals and Clericals of
tho service, great beyond estimate, now
rendered to Mexico by President Diaz' ad
ministration. I have been living for 15
months in the State of Durango, which is
said to be one of the chief Btronsholds of
tho Clerical party, and there Is nodoubt that
the general feeling there Is as I have de
scribed it. The letteralluded to is certainly
very wide of the mark In its estimate of
General Diaz' hold on the Mexican people.
His great services to his country, both in
his military and civic life, have established
between himself and his countrymen a re
lation strongly resembling that sustained
toward the people of the United States by
General Grant to whose character.'indeed,
that of General Diaz bears manv points of
likeness. B. II. Fitzhcqh.
firrsBcno, September 7.
ELZ0IBICAL DISPLAY.
Opening at Montreil of One or the Most
Notable Exhibitions Ever Held.
MoxTKEAt, Sept. 7. 8pecial. The elec
tric exhibition which opened here to-day
will be one or the most notable yet held on
this continent. Tho exhibits already in po
sition show that every important firm in (he
United 9 fa e-! and Canada will be repre
sented. Delegates to the National Electric
LUht Association. whteh onened its sessions
this miming, are arriving from all parts of
the continent, and it is expected that be
tween 3M and 100 members will be in attend
ance.. The exhibition was opened in the
Victoria Rink this morning undor the pat-
ronngo of the Governor Gener il.
Among the exhibitors are the Excelsior
Electric Light Company, the Ball Electric
Light Company, the Ft. Wayne Electric
Light Company, the McGill University, the
newly organized firm of II. Ward Leonard &
uo., oiew ioik; cue intcrnntlor.nl Ukonite
Company, of New York; the Russell Elec
tric Company, ofBoston; the Interior Con
duit and Insulation Company, ofNaw York;
the Sew York Insulated Wire Company, thet
-Electrical Epglneering and Supply Com
pany, of Syracuse, N". Y.; the Norwich Insu
lated Wire Company: the Enreka Tempered
Company, of North East, Pa.; the Western
Electric Institute Company, of Newark, N.
J.; E. S. Greeley & Co.. New York; the Stand
aid Paint Company, New York; the Johnson
Pratt Company, of Hartrord, Conn.: the
Standard Underzround Cable Company: the
Laboiteans Electric Motor and Fun Com
pany, or Cincinnati; the Phono xrapii. Com
pany; the Edison and the Thomson Houston
Companies.
IIFE-SAVINQ DBUL
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Gone Through With for the Uenefit or the
President and Family.
Cape Mav, Sept. 7. Special The Presi
dent's timo on ofllcial 'business was given to
exercises of his authority in cases of execu
tive clemency and in naming five postmas
ters. In the case of Joseph F. Smith, of
Utah, who was charged with bigamy, am
nesty was granted. Thomas J. Walker, of
Kentucky, who was sentenced to two years
for making lalse oath in a pension case, was
granted a pardon, to takeeffect at the ex
piration of nine months of his sentence.
Julius Street, of the Southern district of
Mississippi, sentenced to one year forvio
alating the pension law, was granted a par
don, and Jasper Smith, of the same district,
sentenced to one year for perjury, was de
nied a pardon. Secretary Noble arrived to
night, and is a guest of the President, with
whom he will stay to-morrow afternoon.
The crew of lire-saving station No. 40 were
drilled this morning before the President
and bis entire family and ahnnt ICO others.
The crew, under command of the captain,
went through the process of resucltatlun,
using Surfman ThonmS L. Van Winkle for a
drowned man. The next drill .was with the
breeches buoy and tho firing of the line over
a temporary mast and spars erected for
practice. From the time or shooting tho
lipe it was only six minute before Surlman
Battersall was brought from the topmast,
representing that of a wreck. After the
surrboat and bar drill the exercises were
over for the day.
MINNEAPOLIS HOT TOR UNION.
Nationalities qf Soldiers.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
How many men were there of different na
tionalities in the civil war? N. S.
Sewicklet, September 7.
According to the muster rolls the enlist
ments numbered 2,018,800. Of these 1,528,000,
or 75.48 per cent were native Americans:
177,800, or 8.76 per cent were Germans; 1,200,
or 7.H per cent wore Irish; 53,500, or 2.60 per
cent British American; 45 500, or 2.2G por cent
English, and 74,800, or 3.75 per cent other
foreigners. This record, however, is mis
leading, as it takes no account of deserters
and bonutyjumpers. In deserters the Irish
were particularly prolific" This nationality
f umUhed but 7.11 per cent of tho troons and
li por cent of the deserters. Sixteen per
cent of the deserters came from the Ger
mans, and but 5 per cent from the Ameri
cans. Estimates mado by the War Depart
ment place the fighting foroe of foreigners
at but 2 per cent ot the whole.
Reciprocity and Population.
To the Editor of Tlie Dispatch:
Please inform mo what States were last
admitted. What are the territories? Give me
in order of size six of the principal United
States cities. What is reciprocity?
Pittsburg, September 7. Subscriber.
Idaho and Wyoming were the last States
admitted. The territories are, Arizona, New
Mexico, Utab.'Indian Territory, and Okla
homa. The six largest cities are. New York.
Chicago, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston
and St. Louis. Reciprocity is the granting
by one nation of certain commercial privi
leges to another, whereby the citizens of the
latter nre put on an equal basis with citizens
of the fotmer in certain branches of com
merce. The term was familiarly used chiefly
withrefcience to shipping, but is now ap
plied also to privileges concerning imports.
People in the World.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
To decide a question, will you please state
what is the population of the earth, the
population of China and the population of
the British Empire. . Daily.
jiAST .end, septoniDcr 7.
The estimated population of the earth is
1,400,000,000; of China, 400,000,000; of the British
Empire, 250,000,000.
St. Paul, However, Is In Favor or Consolida
tion With Her Big Sister.
MiaEArotis, Sept. 7. Minneapolis sat
down hard to-day on St. Paul's appeals for
union of the two cities. The St. Paul Cham
ber of Commerce appointeda committee and
asked the Minneapolis Board of Trade to
appoint a committee, to confer on the union.
St. Paul's request was referred to a commit
tee which reported to the Minneapolis board
to-day that the appointment of a committee
would b j or no benefit to Minneapolis: that
the territory which separates the two cities
proper by a spacn of five miles is compara
tively open country, making consolidation
undor one government practically impossi
ble, etc.
The report states that at no timo in the
history or Minneapolis baa tho city ex
perienced such growth and prosperitv as
during the past year; that Minneapolis is
doing very well as she is, and is persuaded
,that she can, by building wholly on her own
territory, make a still better record in the
future than could be made under any union
now possible with St. Paul. The report was
unanimously adopted.
THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Quito
nanas, among mum juiss noun ns a paRi
levcaled an Interesting personality. The
costumes were very handsome; the special
scenery adequate, and the whole-production
artistic. The audience called Mr. Haworth
and his principal assistants before the
curtain after every act, and finally at the end
of the play.
Bijou Theater.
Great is fun, and Ilallen and Hart aro
its prophets. So, at least, thought the im
mense audience which last night greeted
the revival or "Later on." The play at the
Bijou is a beauty among farce come
dies, but it is a beauty in its
third season. Nevertheless, by a Judi
cious use of tho necessary cosmetics,
the piece has been made as good as new, and
in soino parts has oven gained piquancy
from its improvements. Several of the songs,
and nearly all the dances nnd dialogues tiro
new; while the dresses and general staging
of the production are,wlthout exaggeration,
far superior to those of last
year. The Bijou's seating capacity
was soiely taxed last evening,
and this unusual patronage extended to
boxes, parquet and gallery alike. Evidently
the audience had come to bo amused, and it
the3-railed to gain their point the effector
the "Later On" Company were not atrault.
The cast of "Later On" is much the same as
when it was last produced in Pittsburg. Miss
Clara-Thiopp makes n very vivacious Pansy
anil looks like a Dresden china shepherdess
with whom Mr. Edison has been tampering
MlssMollto Fuller makes a charming Hose
and Miss Sadie McDonald, in an old gold
wig and triste smile, dances nnd sings effect
ively. Or course Mr. Hart, ruddy of whisker
and ready of repartee, und the engaging Mr
Ilallen, whom comedy purloined from the
ranks of Jeunes premiers, are the leading
spirits of the entire piece; but in their male
support, und in Air. J. F. McWade in
George G. Roberts.
George G. Roberts, who died Saturday at
Cumberland, Sid., was the fourth son oT the lite
W. Mllnor Roberts. C. K.. who died Id Brazil.
South America, In 1831. The remaining members
of the family are W. Mllnor and J. B. a. Roberts,
of Cumberland, am) Colonel Thomas I!. and Klchard
A. JtolMTte, or this city, and Mrs. Annie G. Yates,
'of Carlisle. Under Ills father, and with his broth
ers, J. B. G. and Thomas P., George had many
years' experience on railroad surveys In various
fans oi ine couiurj , nau was a irequeni visitor to
'lttshurg, where he had many frU-niN who -will
regret to hear of his death. He had not been en
JoUng cry good health for some time past, bnt
fln.Ul) succumbed to a sudden and violent attack
ofdvsentery, George never married and at the
time of his death was 4S years old.
Obituary Notes.
ColoselT. B. Husj, U. S. A., retired, died at
Fort Monroe, Va., suddenly yesterday morning.
The remains were taken to Washington last night.
CnANO Jay, the Governor of the Chinese Prov
ince of Shang Tung, Is dead. Had he lived he
would probably have become Viceroy of the Empire.
Itox. BESJAMix Hall, a prominent politician
ofAuburn, N. Y died Snnday morning. Under
President Lincoln he was Chief Justice of Colorado
Territory.
Mas. Henrietta Moroak, mother or the
famous raider. General John II. Morgan, died
yesterday afternoon at Lexington, Ky., or in
anition, aged S8 years.
Dr. JosEi-n C. Ciiinit, the oldest man in Lex
ington, Ky., died there yesterday afternoon, aged
97 years. His wire died a year ago at the age or 102
years. They were married about ten years ago.
The doctor was one or the best known men in Cen
tral Kentucky.
William W. A. Spotswood died in Mobile last
night. He was born In Virginia in 1800, and was a
veteran or three wars Seminole, Mexican and the
Rebellion. In January, 1861. he resigned as sur
geon in the navy and was appointed rull surgeon In
the Confederate service and stationed at Itlclimond
where he remained with distinction throughout
the war.
Ex-Mayor P. L. Weimer, pf Lebanon, died on
Saturday ofBrlghfs disease. He was 61 years old.
At one time he was a railroad engineer. In 1830 he
estabUshed the Weimer Machine Worls, of which
he was President at the time of ids death. Ills
Eaten ts In connection with blast furnaces and
lowing engines, 48 or which were granted to
him, arc In general use throughout the. United-
states.
Mast Renonnce Allegiance.
To the Kiltor of The Dispatch:
In order to become an American citizen,
Is an Irishman required to swear against
Ireland or against the British Government?
PiTTSBUno, September 7. A. C. R.
An Irishman is required to renounce al
legiance to the sovereign of Great Britain.
A Tribute to Judge Schoflsld's Memory.
Warres, 6ept. 7. Special. The Warren
county bar paid a tribute to the late Judge
Schofleld to-day. Appropriate remarks
were made by Congressman Stone, ex-Judge
Johnson, Brown and Wetmore, D. I. Ball
nnd Judge Noyes. Resolutions suitable to
the occasion were read and made a part or
the records or the court, and as a further
mark of respect the court adjourned.
The March of Civilization.
Chicago Mail'.
This is thq age of progress. Two Tennes
see legislators passed the lie yesterday and
both of them are alive to-day.
GEEMANY AND 0UB HOG.
The severe winters of Germany cause a
good deal of sore-throat; but a wrapping; of
American pork wUI now relieve all tho pa
tients. LovisviUe CovrierTournal.
Tho farmers are getting McKinley prices
for their produce this year and are reeling
pretty comfortable. It Is the calamity
criors whaare doing the kicking. Ohio State
Journal.
Germany has removed her embargo on
American pork, and France will undoubt
edly do tho same soon. This Is a glorious
year for the Republicans. St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Some of tho claimants are disposed to act
the least bit hoggish over their victory of
American porK. secretary Rusk is the one
livrauii n uu uuu uuuru tu remain quiet ana
allow the people to pick the winner. Wash
ington Post.
Germany has made a treaty with the United
States by which American pork will be ad
mitted to that country, and our agricultural
products also, on the same basis as those of
Russia. This Is another great trimnpb for
Secretary Blaine's grand reciprocity scheme.
Troy Budget.
The American pig rooting in peace about
the German homestead will add to tho com
forts of Fatherland. Broiling ham or bacon
smoking in tho pan touches the olfactories
of a hungry man in a tender spot, and is
wonderfully satisfying. The wonder is that
the German people have not resented its ex
pulsion sooner. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Whatever policy it bo tlie result of, di
rectly or romote, the admission of American
pork to the German markets is a good thing
for tho industries of this country. For sev
eral years our farmers hre been complain
ing of an agricultural depression. This year
everything encouraging seems to be, .turn
ing their way. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
a Number of Events of Interest,
Past or Yet to Come.
A wxDDijto of a great deal of interest to
Pittsburgers is to take place this 'evening at
Saginaw, Mich. Miss Kate Morse, a society
belle or that place, will become the wife or
Mr. Grant Swartz, or this city, who is;con
nected with the Pennsylvania Foundry and
Machine Comnany, or Allegheny. Mrs.
Swartz, the groom's mother, and his brother
and sister will be present at the ceremonv.
and there will be friends from New York
and Philadelphia present. The young
couple will take an Eastern trin andafter
waid reside on Ivy street, this cfty.
At a meeting of the Welsh singing socie
ties at St. David's Hall last night, Prof. W.
Apmadoc. who will be in charge of the
choral contests at the World's Fair, met a
numoer oi local singers ana taiKeu over
plans for the event. A strong party will go
irom Pittsburg to sing at the fair.
There was a general rehearsal of the chil
dren who are to tako part in the Fairies'
Carnival at Old City Hall yesterday after
noon. On account of its being Labor Hay
theiewas no .school in the afternoon, and
the children had an excellent opportunity
to rehearse.
A meetixo will be held this evening by the
Ladies' Aid Society, of the Southside, at the
residence or Mrs. W. E. Hamilton, Bingham
street. All the ladies are requested to be
present, as some very important business is
to be discussed.
The lady managers or the Ridge Avenue
Orphans' Home will decide at their meeting
xiiursuny wnen me uuio ones suau return
from their outing at Bellevue.
The public schools or Wilkinsburg, and St.
James parochial school, -or which Father
Lambing is at the bead in that borough, will
open to-day.
Messrs. Ed. Chalfant, Joe Grieves and
Stanley Mnlholland. of the East End, leave
to-day for Easton College.
The W. C. T. U. of Allegheny county will
meet to-day at the Buena Vista M. E. Church
for regular business.
The Bishop Bowman Institute is to open
to-morrow. The graduating class or '92 is a
large one.
A coachiso party will be given to-morrow
evening by Mr. and Mrs. Wainwright, or the
East End.
The Autumn Leaf Social picnicked at Hul-
ton yesteraay.
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.
Juan Sanchez Y. XiJnenes, of Vera Cruz,
Mex., passed through tho city yesterday on
his way homeward from Washington. lie is
a stiong supporter of Diaz. He made a
strenuous denial of the reports of possible
trouble in Mexico, and regretted that the
United States should have so readily glvon
ear to the canards. He said the country was
never better governed nor the peoplo bettor
satisfied. He said tho money to bnild a rail
road from ttie city or .Mexico through the
Southern States had all been subscribed.
He said the cotton crop was extraordinary,
as was also the crop in this count y.
Captain John "W. Morrison, the Republi
can nominee for State Treasurer, was a pas
senger on the fast line, last night. He said
ho was going to a Grand Army celebration
at Mt. Carmcl, to attend which ho had a
standing engagement for some time. Ex
State Senator Lee was on the san-e train
and both gentlemen chatted together In the
same section.
George L. Rhodes, of Chicago; Henry E.
Morse, or Wilmington. Del.; Augustus E.
Wilson nnd Mrs. Wilson, or Louisville, and
E. G. Dunlap, a tobacco manufacturer or
Philadelphia, aro guests at the Duquesne.
Fred A. Fable, a Philadelphia tin im
porter, has been visiling Attorney J. A.
Wakefield. Mr. Fablo doesn't take much
stock in the McKinley bill.
J. Webb, J. D. Jones, E. H. Bumry and
James Askew, delegates to the State Col
ored Convention of Odd Fellows, went to
Carlisle yesterday.
Charles M. McJTally, of Liberty street,
returned rrom a vacation and has taken nn
bis residence at the Monongahela.
Bev. C V. "Wilson, pastor of the Emory
li. E. Church, has returned from his vaca
tion. E. F. Jackman has returned from the
xjisc anu registereu at me Anderson.
"W. J. Ilainey, the Cleveland coke opera
tor, was at the Anderson yesterday. '
Abraham Garrison nnd Miss Garrison re
turned last night from Cresson.
Major E. A. Montooth returned from
Philadelphia yesterday.
H. Kollmorger, a Chicago brewer, is at
the Schlosser.
There are taid to be about 50 buffaloes
left In Wyoming.
Over Madison avenue, New York City,
pass monthly about 61,000 horses.
There are more ducks in the Chinese
Empire than in all the world outs.de,of it.
A Topeka schoolboy, 12 years old, has
composed a play, which U to be presented
by his classmates.
Harvard College is 225 years old and
has graduated 17.000 students! A littla more
than hairor them tire living.
Cheapside street, London, is traversed
bv KOTO, nnd Mansion House street, by
about 23,000 ehlcles dally. '
Rains have been so incessant in Switzer
land that tourists have abandoned the coun
try ror other parts of Europe.
A mahogany tree lately cut in Hon
duras made three logs, which, it is reported,
were sold in Europe and brought $U,t0O.
Wyoming's wealth, as determined by
the State Board or Equalization, is fB53V
C7i an Increase or$I,583 12S over last year.
Quite a number of fragments have been
recovered of the large meteor which fell,
recently, about five miles west of Visalia,
CaL
"When the National Constitution was
adopted Charles Carroll, ofCarroIlton.was
th richest man in America. He was worth
$X0 OjO.
The lowest temperature ever recorded
anywhere was noted by Gorochow, De em
ber30.1871, at Werchojansk, Siberia 81 F.,
or 113' below freezing.
There are an even dozen States in the
Union that have a million acres or more in
corn this year. Missouri stands third In tho
list with an acreage or 6,72i,0C0.
The Pike's Peak railroad is now in suc
cessful operation. The lower terminus of
the line is c,810 feot above sea level and the
upper 14,447. The distance is nine miles.
In eastern New Mexico nearly 600,000
acres of fruit and farmlands have been re
claimed ' by the construction of storage
reservoirs and irrigating canals during the
past two years.
M. Tisserand ha3 said that there are in
France 6,913 500 cultivators, who are divided
into 3,463,6"0 proprietors, farmers and metay
er, and 3,432,903 ordinary laborers, bailiffs
and lann servants.
A philological statistician calculates
that the year 200J there will be 1,700,000,003
people who speak English, and that the
other European languages will be spoken
by only 5W.000 000 people.
The Portland Oregonian says: A school
of whales have been making themselves at
homq closo along. the beach between Rogue
River and Hunter's Cove during the week,
performing their frisky and amusing antics.
From Oregon comes the queer story
that a 5-year-old cnild at Eugene grows
faster on one side than on the other, with
out any apparent cause. Physicians there
are reported to be highly Interested in the
case.
An Indian woman of 300 pounds'
weight visited Bath, Me., and broke through
the sidewalk. The Street Commissioners
thereupon gave her notice that in her fut
ure Visits she must keen in the middle of tha
road.
Parties who are drilling a well at Foun
tain Park, Geneva, struck a solid log of oak
at a depth of CO feet. Another, even larger,
was encountered at a depth of 90 feet. Both
are well preserved, although much darker In
color than the freshly cut wood.
Discovering vessels of Commodore
Perry's flotilla Is a flourishing industry on
the lakes. The latest announcement is that
the hull ot the Porcupine, one of the nine
small gunboats built by him on Lake Erie, Is
sunk offFerrysburg1, and will be raised.
-Belgian railway officials, after hrea
years or investigation, report that under or
dinary circumstances the average railway
train in passing Over one mile or track wears
Irom it 2 1-5 pounds. This natural destruc
tion of track amounts for the whole world to
about 1,330,000 pounds daily.
The United States Consul at Antigua,
West Indies, calls attention to the total ab
sence in that colony of many articles of
American hardware, such as kitchen uten
sil, which would be very acceptable to the
people, and he suggests that American man
ufacturers send samplet or such articles to
the merchants of that place.
If it is trne, as recently reported, that
the great railway line, soon to be built
across Siberia by the Russian Government
is to be operated by electricity, it will be the
work of the greatest magnitude yet under
taken in connection with electric power,
ana, if successful, it will flrmly establish
electricity as the motor of the immediate
future.
The demand for fruit cans this year
will be unusually great, owing to the large
fruit crop. In Michigan alone it is believed
that 5,000,000 bushels of peaches will bo
gathered. The crops of pear3 and plums
promise also to be bountiful in various parts
of the country. Economical housewives
would better buy their fruit cans, therefore,
ns soon as possible, because in all probabil
ity they will bo dearer than usual.
It is reported from Panama that a mon
ster shark was captured in the harbor there
recently. It measured nearly 24 feet in
longth and was four feet In diameter at tha
greatest width. The skin was about a half
inch thick. It was captured by a narooon
thrown by a fireman on the steamer Bolivar,
while in the vicinity of Toboga Island, and
the steamer was completely turned round
by the powerful fish when it was first made
fast.
Joseph Stevens, an Oxford farmer, has
a sow and four well-grown pigs, which run
in an orchard where the limbs of the trees
are quite low and laden with apples. The
old sow springs up and catches a limb and
stakes It, thus bringing down the apples,
which she and her family quickly devour.
After getting in this way all she can reach,
one pig climbs on tne mother's back and
reaches a higher limb, which she shakes
vigorously, bringing down a fresh supply of
fruit.
In Siam the milling and export of- rice
gives a larger return of profit for the capital
Invested than any other industry. At
present there are in Bangkok 23 steam rice
mills, or which 13 nre in the hands or Chi
nese. Many of the mills are lighted by elec
tricity, and employ two sets of men, Deta"
thus enabled to run day and night. The
most modern machinery is in use. and. al
though the majority or the owners are Chi
nese, and very close in business makiers,
yet they hire the very, best European engineers.
RHYNKLED RHYJIELETS.
Wibble I asked Lushforth if he had
been out of town for the last ten days, and be said
"he had and he hadn't." and walked away. I dp
not see what he was driving at.
Wabble He is Just out of Jail. Indianapolis
Journal.
'Clericus Why do the heathen rage and
imagine a vain thing ?
Cynlcus Because they get stuck on so many
3-ccnt pieces taken np in the collections, probably.
A. r. Hernia.
'Tis very well, that olden rule,
To look on the bright side or things;
And one that tends to lessen much
Tlie sorrow that existence briars.
And yet ltalways did present
Some difficulties to my mind.
How those could view the brighter side.
Who chanced to be entirely bdnd.
Boston Courier.
"Waiter," ha said, "bring me some crab
a la Beelzebub."
"Yes, sir."
The crabs were brought In due time, devoured,
and the bill was 73 cents.
'How's this ?" he inquired. "It's only ID cents
on Tonr bill or fare."
"Yea, sir," replied the waiter. "That's our fig
ure for deviled crabs, but when a gent wanti crabs
a la Beelxebub we charire him like le dlable. J
Chicago Tribune. j5,
The swarthy son of Italy - -,i
Who vengeance on ns swore.
Now grinds each day in fiendish glee.
"Sweet Violets" at our door.
Detroit Tru Press.
"Ah, my little boy," said the conde
scending gentleman, "and what might Tour
aeebe?"
"It might be going on 40, returned the polits
UtUe boy, "but it ain't." Harper's Baiar.
"What makes them call this train 'tha
limited ?' " asked a passenger.
"I don't know," replied another passenger,
"unless the remark rcfcri to 1U speed." HoA
ineton Star.
She Yes, I am very fond of pets.
He-Indced 1 What, may I ask, U your favorite
animal?
She (frankly) Man. MimscyU Weekly,
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