THE' PITTSBimFDATOTSUlPTEMER 27, 1891
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PITTtBURG, SUNDAY, SEPT. 27, ISO.
rrtoniXG tiik state scandals.
Governor Pattison's call of the State
Senate to-inquire whether cause exists for
the removal of the Auditor General and
State Treasurer is a very grave step. The
evidence brought out by the joint legisla
tive investigating committee has, how
eer, been serious enough to jus
tify it. Criminal prosecutions have
been blocked by the refusal of
Convict Bardsley to testify. Hints
of the most scandalous nature have been
obtained in black and white from letters
written by one of the officials to be inves
tigated. The public has a right to know
how its affairs have been conducted. Tho
light should be turned on. If McCamaut
and Uoyer are guilty of the charges tho
Governor cites they should be removed.
If they are innocent the quicker their
names are cleared the better.
The Governor's request that the Attor
ney General be allowed to aid the investl
gatinc committee, which sits again to-mor
row, is also commendable. The facts are
not coming out easily. All the witnesses
are not willing. One of them is out of the
State, and fears are expressed he will not
come back The committee needs all tho
assistance it can get
On the face of it the news from
Harrisburg is very pleasing, but, un
fortunately, it cannot be divested of
political significance. A vigorous cam
paign is just beginning and the
party which Governor Pattison leads Is
expected to profit by the inquiry. But its
paitUan purpose is not likely to
be realized. The Senate is Repub
lican, and as sucli will not readily
lend itelt to a measure intended
for that party's discomfiture. In that
event SW.uoo of the State's money will
have been expended for naught Voters
will not be influenced in any case. The
candidates upon the ticket now in the
Held were in no way connected with the
scandals. Like all good citizens they are
, anxious to have dishonesty in public places
punished. They will not suffer for the
sins of others.
AN UNDESIRABLE FLAVOR.
It is by no means a pleasant discovery
that was made in New York last week
That was that a considerable sharo of
the grapes for sale in the markets were
covered by small green spots that did not
look at all attractive and justified the sus
picion that they would digest far worse.
The investigation of the health officials
lias produced a theory that the vine
growers had used the solution of copper
intended to destroy the phylloxera, not as
they should have done, when the grapes
were first f ormcd,but when they were near
ly ripened.
Opinions differ as to the effect of this
solution, some people claiming It is poi
sonous and others that it will hurt no one.
But there is a general agreement on the
part of the public that they do not want
any of that copper. For people with copper-lined
stomachs it is superfluous. For
tlio- without there is a decided doubt
whether it will assimilate. The result
vsillbe that after the grap shippers, who
used this anti-phylloxera preparation so
vigorously, receipt the statements or their
grapes dumped into the North river they
might as well have left their fruit to
the phylloxera.
The moral of this incident is obviously 1
ineuseof discretion in connection with
the employment of dangerous drugs in the
growth of fruits and vegetables. There
is also a manifest moral to the effect that
the public donotwantanycopper-fastened
grapes.
GOULD IS BETTER.
It may be remembered that some days
ago, in -view of the reports that Mr. Jay
Gould's health was seriously impaired and
that he had therefore retired from active
business. The Dispatch suggested that
surh information was calculated to make
the lambs take a fresh grip on their wool.
It is a known fact that when Mr. Gould is
troubled by failing health, the tonic ho
ino-,t needs is an all-round shearing. The
bheniing came off last week, and fully
vindicated the pertinence of the -suggestion.
The leverage used In ridding the incau
tious speculators and investors around
"Wall street of their surplus funds was Sir.
Gould's control of his Western railroads.
For some time Mr. Gould had been talk
ing of the wonderful prosperity of the
West and the golden harvest in view for
his railroads; while it was confidentially
imparted to the public that the Missouri
Pacific dividend would keep right
along. But when the meeting of that
corporation was held, It was found
that there were not funds on
hand to pay a dividend, and that
this is no good time to pursue the old
time Gould policy of borrowing money to
pay dividends. Consequently the market
tumbled about eight points, and them are. -pledge Is concerned it is unexceptionable;
thoe uncharitable enough to hint that ;and there Is no reason to doubt that it -will
Mr. Gould had a larRe line of shortsumt, i be kept One of the effects of thelate ex
and now enjoys a. decided improvement oft f posurea in Philadelphia has been toiforce
health from the contemplation of a con- j'tho nomination of men on both sides
siderable accession to his bank account 1jvhose honesty and integrity is above
from the money of the public.
Of course, this simply illustrates how in'
the combination of railroad management
and speculative manipulation ali things
work together for good to those on the in-
side. Air. Gould's idiosyncrasies have
been public history for nearly a genera
tion, but they are successful as usual, and
manifest themselves with greater or less
eclat about each year. It is tobehoped-
that some time m the next century people
will learn that when a great capitalist
combines the business of railway manage
ment and Wall street operations, the only
way to best him Is to put their money into
good real estate or sound savings banks.
THE RECOIL OF THE ARGUMENT.
Touching the promise of municipal
greatness to be secured by the consolida
tion of Pittsburg and Allegheny, with
outlying suburbs, into a single city of.
450,000 population, there has lately Deen a
great illumination of now light We
would not go so far as to say that the situ
ation is entirely changed. The gains to
be secured bv consolidation aro the same;
but with regard to one of the phases of J
the question made quite prominent Dy
opponents of the proposition in the past
it is certain that the boot is on the other
leg.
One of the objections to consolidation
heard most loudly from the conservative
citizens of Allegheny was the unsatisfac
tory nature of the municipal government
of Pittsburg. The extravagance of tho
larger municipality, the charges of cor
ruption in the past and its susceptibility
to the indictment of management by
rings, formed a stone of stumbling to the
Allegheny citizens. Could they consent
to have their economically managed city
put under the peril of such control, with
the liability of having tho tax rate in
creased 10 or 15 per cent? Never 1
It might not be safe to go so far as to
assert that this argument no longer exists;
but its cogency, if there is any, is trans
ferred to the other bank of the river. Tho
late disclosures in Allegheny of munici
pal officers whose receipts can with dif
ficulty be calculated from their books, and
of Councils struggling to determine which
of two street railway corporations they
are owned by, is calculated to make Pitts
burg pause. The larger city in pondering
recent events may well take into earnest
and thoughtful consideration the question
whether it Is willing to have its compara
tively business-like, though not very
economical methods of administration ex
posed to the peril of admixture with those
of the Norlbside ; or whether Its impar
tial practice of granting street franchises to
nearly every traction company that comes
along shall be marred by tho addition of
populous territory that bids fair to be the
property of a single corporation. The
recent disclosures of Allegheny municipal
politics are calculated to make Pittsburg
just now look upon consolidation with a
wary eye.
Nevertheless, upon thorough study, we
think Pittsburg will take the right view of
it, and be swayed by its duty in a mission
ary point of view. It will recognize its
mission to give Allegheny a "chance to en
joy the benefits of better government, su
perior though rather expensive pavements,
a water supply reasonably free from
bacteria, and city account books In which
the truth is not buried deeper than the
bottom of a well. With its superior popu
lation and the co-operatlorr of the better
part of Allegheny's population, Pittsburg
can hold out the promise of these things to
the consolidated city. Certainly that
proposition will no longer be antagonized
by the fear of sullying the superior purity
of the Northside municipality.
THE SEPTESIBEB HEAT,
If the persevering though rather opti
mistic predictions of the Weather Bureau
for cooler weather are verified to-day, it
will mark the termination of one of the
most remarkable periods of belated heat
this country has known for many years.
The steady maintenance of July tempera
ture during the last two weeks of Septem
ber has not been rivaled since 1871; and
even the fall heat of that year was less
fierce than it has been this, the more
emphatic feature of the earlier period
being the prolonged drought whioh dried
up the trees and subjected the Northwest
to the destruction of consuming forest
fires.
The last two weeks have exercisedavery
direct influence on two theories. The first
is that the equinox, or passing of the sun
over the equator, is necessarily accompa
nied by storms. The entire freedom of the
equinoctial period this year from anything
approaching a storm later than the first
week in September leaves that idea in a
lame shape. Another less popular theory
is that the hot and dry weather pf 1871, to
gether with similar periods at stated in
tervals, were caused by the passage of the
earth through the tail of a comet This
was demonstrated to be the case twenty
years ago, and the frequency of meteors
iu our nightly firmaments lends a good deal
of strength to the hypothesis that this may
yet be shown to be the case this year.
Whatever the meteorological or astro
nomical cause, there is no doubt that hu
manity is ready for a change. It is to be
hoped that the era of cool weather which
the bureau has been predicting with such
persistence for three days will soon ar
rive, and that an overheated nation will
have a chance to cool off and recuperate.
A FIAT SCARE.
The declaration of the New York Even
ing Post that "$600,000,000 of capital have
been driven out of that State and compelled
to seek protection under the laws of New
Jersey" is an interesting evidence of the
looseness and wildness of statement which
the average Wall street organ can make
in the interest of the combination capital
ists. Capital, as everyone knows, consists
of the property which tho paper repre
sentations of it, in the corporations' shares
represents. Of this property perhaps
6,000 cents' worth has left New York for
New Jersey. The fact is that for the sake
of defying all restraints of law upon their
operations, a large number of monopolistic
concerns have transferred their nominal
quarters to New Jersey, which State
obligingly furnishes them with broad
gauge charters to do what they please.
But the misrepresentation of the Post's
statements is shown from the fact that
none of the actual wealth has changed Its
habitat The assertion that it has is
simply a humbug in the interest of the
Trusts.
A STRIKING PLEDGE.
There is a sentence In the letter of ac
ceptance of George D. McCreary, the Re
publican nominee for Treasurer of Philadel
phia, which cannot but provoke interested
comment t The nominee declares that "if
elected I will not protect or cover up any
thing in or pertaining to the office, past,
present or future."
So far as the personal bearing of this
suspicion. But it Is a remarkable
'illustration of the pass to which poli-
HIjs bus come that a candidate in a let-
tar of acceptance should find it nec-
i essiary to plcdgo himself to be honest and
ito promise that ho will not do what it
jvnuld be Impossible for a man of integrity
todo. What mus,t be the statusof politics
wtena citizen of high standing on accept
ing a nomination deems it Incumbent to
msfca a specific pledge that he will not
ftbe a. participant in unqualified.rascality?
Btiyand that, the pledge is open to criti-
icism-as being somewhat superogatory.
One 'WOHia. suppose that after the events
of the sst six months there wouldnot be
very roach left about tho Philadelphia
-Treasureishlp to cover up, Is impossible.
that theJa is more to-follow?
THE-proposition to establish a permanent
symphony orchestra In Pittsburg 14 tho
principal tojiio under discussion In musical
circles. As yet no definite plan has been
formulated, Uut measures aro being taken
-which trill yiery likely result lusthe forma
tion of such Jin organization. Any move
ment that hosifor its objcot the 'cultivation
of the artistic. abould receive thoHiearty eup-
.port of those wno can afford It,
The presses full of descriptions of the
magnificence, and costliness or the late W.
L Scott's coffin. Yet this is ono of the lux-urics-which
produces no envyln tho public
mlndJ There isrnot n living msoi who hnnkers
after tho occupancy of that silver-laden
casket.
"AKEPUBI,tCA- wool-grower ofTToungs
town, O., announces that he shall vote
against .MoKinleor because of aifall of seven
or oight-centa a.pound In the price of his
wool compared with last year'-says that
free trade organ for this year, theXe w York
World. A Republican wool grower who
holds McKinley responsible fonthe fall in
wool is a unique bird; but a wool grower of
that-thriving city of blast furnaces, rolling
millsandar works is an even more curious
creature. The esteemed World should give
us details as to whether tho wool-grower
pastures his sheep on the asphalt paved ex
pansetof Federal stieet or tho lawns of Wick
avenue After -which it can proceed to tell
us something abont the wheat growors of
Pittsburg; and Ujo farmers of Braddock.
Schools for teaching the Ohio voters
how to cast their ballots on election day
have been established at various points.
Koccnt experimenits show thabtbe new sys
tem is not easilynjnderstood. Every voter
should tako a lesson so as to (preclude all
possibility of mistakes, which might be
costly if tUo-electionis close.
Fifteen- lawyers engaged in the Hop-kins-Searles
will case, in which the estate is
$30,000,000, allows each $2,000,000 if they divide
even. But wotfear same of the biggest legal
fish will insist-on gouting the Iion'sharo of
the spoil.
Sen atok BniCEjfOf Ohio or New York,
when cornered by a lot of interviewers for
a statement of'hls attitude on the silver
question, said: "If anybody can find out
where I stand-on that question, I will ap
prove what he say?." Tho Senator is as
cautious-as the Hibernian who, when asked
whether he was guilty or not guilty of an
assault and battery Aindor spirituous influ
ence, deolincd to say until he had heard the
evidence. The Senator wants more evi
denco as to tho way tho cat will jump bo-
fore he can tell whero'ho stands on silver.
IpMk.,Estee, of California, as rumor
indicates, should be appointed Attorney
General lie would present another illustra
tion of how successfully the corporation
lawyer is coming forward under this admin
istration. The report of the attendance at the public
schools of Pittsburg shows that there has
been a decided movement of residents to the
outlying districts. There is no doubt that
one of the chief causes of this movemont of
the population Is the Increase of soot and
emoke in the center of the city.
IT is pleasant to learn from the New York
Advertiser that Russell Harrison has been
cleared by documentary evidence of com
plicity in that Aransas Pass humbug cor
poration. The young man has been so fre
quently and so prominently put in the light
of a national nuisance that wo are glad to
notice one case In which he is unjustly ac
cused. Bat what was his name on tho list
of officers for?
Staitley declining the Governorship of
the Kongo "ree State "on account of the
wishes of his mother-in-law," furnishes evi
dence of harmony in his family as complete
as the order which reigned In Warsaw.
The New York Prat raises a point on t he
political assessment question by recalling
the faot that President Cleveland gave $10,
000 to the campaign fund of 1SS3. Docs tho
esteemed Frets mean to imply that this was
not a voluntary contribution, but that Sir.
Cleveland was foroed to glvo that sum by
his superiors? In addition, our cotompomry
should have remembered the cogency of the
fact that aftor paying that $10,000 Jlr. Cleve
land lost his office.
Mk. McOamant is now in-a fair way to
appreciate that old morsel of political wis
dom against writing letters at all, and es
pecially against writing letters with a post-J
script asking to have them burned.
The news that Jay Gould has decided to
set Deacon White on his feet again comes
almost simultaneously with a squeeze in the
Gould stocks. It was no more than fitting
that Gould should remember tljo man who
has done him such yeoman service in Wall
street and elsewhere; but the juxtaposition
of the two events suggests that the unfor
tunate investors in Missouri and Union Pa
cific have to help him rehabilitate White.
The public should be warned to dis
tinguish between Deacon White of specu
lative proclivities and Deacon White of the
ball playing profession. The latter does not
make a habit of failure.
"Afteu all, modern naval development
is not so startling when the Miantonomoh of
1S7Z can be put into commission as a most
formidable vessel in 1691," says a Now York
papor. Perhaps It has been the most start
ling kind of naval development namely,
naval development In which hundreds of
millions havo been industriously expended
the wrong way.
IP we can believe the New York organs
of both sides the contest there this year is
between money bags and money barrel.
Thet are betting two to one on the
abolition of the lottery in Louisiana. As the
election does not come off till next April
tills is gambling a long way ahead. But is
it not a peculiar illustration of the per
sistence of the habit that people should bo
betting their money on the exttnotion of a
big gambling concern?
England Should Take China, Also.
Detroit Free Press.
Tho latest nows Is that Great Britain has.
serious designs of annexing Formosa In the
South China Sea, which is the most import
an lol.nil hnlnnfffnir tfl fMllnn .Tnnan I.aTJT
long been casting hungry eyes on Formosa,
European Peace In Danger.
New York Recorder. J
Out of all tho contradiotions of recent
"news" and the manifestations of jealousy
between sovereign authorities the fact ig
apparent that the harmony of the European
world ha.-" not during recent yours been In
greater peril than it Is at this hour.
BEFOSM IS ENGLAND
Gradually Drifting Toward a Bloodless but
Thorough Revolution.
Washington Po6t.3
Those who giv6 some attention to English
questions nre more and more impressed
with the idea that England, In Its govern
ment and institutions, is gradually drifting
toward a bloodless but thorough revolution,
In which tho political landmarks of to-day
will be swept away ondne w social conditions
will be established, which will be more radi
cal in character than even those which pre
vail In tbo Western world. Tho battle ories
which aro already beginning to be heard as
tho watchwords of new conflicts the re
form or abolition of the House of Lords, the
disestablishment of state churches, the
adoption of tho principle of homo rule, the
right of one man to one vote only, tbo right
of workingmon to make regulations for the
promotion of the Interests of their own
great council a? the nation by men of their
own class, the consequent noocssity for sal
aries to members of Parliament, and other
reforms of a like nature indicate cleatly
the direction of this drift.
Perhaps none of these demands, however,
is so clearly indicative of the coming revo
lution as that to whioh Sir John Gorst refers
in a recent intorvlew the demand of tho
people for tho possession of the land upon
which they live. Sir John Gorst is a Con
servative, and tho political secretary in the
present government of the East Indian
oiiico, du( lie is also one or the most intelli
gent as well ns ono of the most earnest mem
bers of the Royal Labor Commission, and in
this Inst position he has clven much time to
questions affeotlng the condition of work
ingmon, and. Indeed, to the wants and
rights of laboring people in general. He
thinks his own party recreant to its dnty
when it falls to attempt suoh a solution of
tho question of rural want as would stop
emigration and keep the people in the conn
try fi om nocking to the congested districts
of cities. His policy would bo to give nil the
people an Interest in the soil. He has no
definite plan as yet for the accomplishment
of this purpose, but that it will be accom
plished he does not doubt.
WOMAN'S BIGHTS,
An Interesting Experiment Abont to Be
Tried In New Zealand.
Syracuse Journal.
Although Sow Zealand lies within tho ex
treme southwestern boundary of the West
ern Hemisphere, Us relations are almost
purely Oriental, and such are its associa
tions in tho minds of the reading public.
Hence, it Is somewhat of an astonisher to
Occidental minds to learn that Sir George
Gray, tho new Premier of New Zealand, pro
poses that a new legislative chamber shall
be formed, which shall be tho principal of
two legislative bodies, and, most interesting
of all, shall be composed entirely of women.
Uy this plan women would not only bo given
their "rights," but would be placed where
pome of them, perhaps, Imagine they be
long, in authority over the men.
Thero is one other Oriental country where
this rule is practiced in a modified form
tho Kingdom of Corea. in which women not
only choose and divorce their husbands, but
practice a form of polygamy common no
whoro clso in the world, every woman being
entitled to four or five husbands, while fow
of tho mon are fortunate in undisputed pos
session of o.n entire wife. The General Gov
ernment, however, is loft to tho men, the
women being satisfied to rule with iron hand
each in the small community of which she
is tho bond. Women's righters the world
over will wntch tho New Zealand experi
ment with anxious eyes.
DIV0ECE LAWS.
If There Were None Marriage Would Be a
More Serious Affair.
Cincinnati Times-Star.
South Carolina has no divorce laws and
will not reoognlze the laws on that subject
of any other State. In South Carolina to be
once married is to stay married until it Is
I. time to call In the undertaker. It Is recorded
tnat u aoiun wnrounian not many years ago
left the wife of his early manhood,' and, re
moving to Florida, obtained a divorce, and
at once assumed second matrimonial' re
sponsibilities. Later he returned to his native State to
learn from a South Carolina court that the
validity of his second marriage was not
recognized In South -Carolina, and that his
children by that marriage could not, at least
in that State, inherit his property. If the
laws of all the States approached tho per
pendicular attitude of Sonth Carolina on
di voi ce, marriage would bo regarded as a
much more serious contract than men and
women now regard it. Courtship would be
longer drawn out and marriage, therefore,
not as sudden as an electrlo shock.
NAMES FBEaUENILY HEABD.
Empekor William has appointed the
Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt a general
of infantry and Ficldgklarshal of the Em
pire. John E. Milholland, Chief of Immi
gration Inspectors at New York, sailed for
Europe Wednesday. He goes on a special
mission for tho Immigration Department.
Jesse Ghaut has arrived at Chicago
from San Francisco. He Is on his way east
to visit his mother, and bring her bad: to
Chicago to witness the unveiling of the
statuo of her illustrious husband.
Empebor William has subscribed
$5,000 to the fund for thoreliofof the flood
sufferers in Spain. It is reported that the
Qqcon Regent Christina will lay the first
stono of a now town at Consuegra in Octo
ber. Athanasios, the Greek brigand, enjoys
a larger income from the railroad companies
than tho shareholders, in addition to which
he compels the Sultan to pay him trlbuto in
tho shape of ransoms for the foreigners
whom he seizes.
It is reported that the King of Bervla
has been betrothed to the Princess Helena,
of Montenegro. The latter was born in
1873. King Alexander was born in 1876, and
succeeded his father, King Milan, after the
latter's abdication, March 6, 1839.
The beautiful Prineess Aloys, otiLichten-
stein, who is reported to-hnvo been stricken
with blindness, was one of tho models, her
sister being the other, who posed for the
scantily draped figures in Hans Makart's
celebrated painting or tho entry of Charles
V. Into Antwerp.
LADr Tennyson is known as the com
poser of some charming music, although age
and Ill-health have rendered her unable of
late to do much in that line. At the recent
celebration of the laureate's Sid birthday, at
Freshwater, hls-words were sung sot to his
wife's music.
The Princess Bismarck: is a hypochon
driac, though not of the first water, becauso
she never drinks any, preferring cham
pagne, which sho bolieves is tho one medi
cine that keeps her alive. Sho is tall, angu
lar and parsimonious, and Is always nervous
about her falling health.
Dr. Charcot, the famous hypnotist, has
a beautiful summer homo Just outside of
Paris, on the borders of the Bois de Bou
logne. The villais said tobeutrly wreathed
in flowers and shrubbery, and its eminent
occupant betrays a lovo not only for this'
form of life, but also for animals.
Sayles J. Bowen, who in Grant's time
was Mayor of Washington, and wealthy and
powerful besides, is now a messenger In the
office of the Chief Clerk of the Treasury De
partment, with a salary of $60 a month. His
decline furnishes a striking illustration of
the vicissitudes of public life at the capital.
How the Rothschilds are housed at Fcr
rieres, near Paris, may be Judged by tholr
five establishments, worth $4,000,090, needing
the services of 150 people. The stables con
tain 100 horses. When Louis Napoleon vis
ited Forrieres the Rothschilds gave a grand
breakfast in his honor.the cost of which was
$300,000.
A Hindoo Princess, the Begum Anma
dee, has distinguished herself in London so
clotv as a singer of superior volco. talent
andcultlVattenA,heisadcaeendant'iiffhn
inf niM.rSvr-Bij'a'U.vjs.Jf
l Ajiuiiv.v.u - -ksv-- r.Ti----t'Ji-i tueziso-
goprano voice oi extra.arpjn.ary richness and
powoiv whioh is used witb.very high artistic
irf& i-e'ttsffanarirrarci aerScftW Swi
i ffivMmmm
stabln hcipi:r;nd bartepder In Boston. -Ah
old lady who took pity on tho destitute
6-year old adrift in tho world got him a
place In a grocery. Tho whirligig of time
has so brought things around, us the story
goes, that the daughter of that very old lady
Is now said to owe much of tho comforts of
her life to Waldo Adams, the son of tho
friendless boy.
MURRAY'S MDSISGS.
Bents New York Saloon Blen Pay Two"
, Scenes in tho Jjuiy Metropolis Occupa
tion TeHson tha Eace The ManWho
start. svtiSi&i fcia.sa&aais&u
FROM A STAF COIHUSSrOltBKXT.l
i-Spmefaftttle ftshtjnjola by,OldWM?
loons In New York womaparalyousTnesr
men of other cities. "The amount of rent
and other expenses have little to do with
It," said a man who had just opened a place
on a prominent corner on lower Broadway.
"It's the bnslness a man does."
Ho has a place about big enough for a de
cent cigar store. It Is not more than
twenty feet wide by thirty deep and off of
this must come the bar, the ice chest, the
cigar counter, the cashier's Inclosed spaoe
and desk, the toilet rooms and the usual
private drinking place. For this he pays
$1,000 per month rent, or $13,000 a year. It Is
fitted up in antique oak and gold at an ex
pense oi not less tnan siz,ouo. xnac amount
of money on suoh a small place may seem
extravagant, but it has been expended with
good taste and judgment and the place in
cludes nothing showv of design or gaudy of
material or workmanship.
. There are six barkeepers in spotless
white who must work within arm's length
of each other and are kept busy during the
day, for the evening business down here
amounts to little. The place has been open
but a couple of weeks and takes in an aver
age of $500 per day. What Is a thousand a
month to five hundred a day?
Another snml I plaoe equally well furnished
in one of the new palatial newspaper offices
cost probably as much, or more, to fit up,
and rents for $10,010 a year. Two or three
barkeepers can handle the trade, which runs
a little stiller at night than Is usually the
case with downtown saloons, owing to the
big Park Bow printing establishments. On
upper Broadway, near the leading hotels
ana theaters, aro small, plegantlv fitted up
placos that vleld from $S,00O to $10,000 a year.
In some Instances the annual rental of this
one room is more than the cost of the entire
building of which it is such an important
financial part. Rents on the other side of
Broadway are much lower. It is a curious
fact that all famous streets, at least in this
country, have their fashionable side, and
Broadway's fashionable sido is clearly de
fined by rental values.
Von Must nave a Pnll.
A Philadelphia man sought out apoliti
cal friend and consulted him as to tho re
quirements for starting a "first-class little
place" In New York.
"Twenty-five thousand dollars and a
pull,'" was the reply. "I should havo said,"
hequicklyndded, "a "pull' and $25,000, for
you can squeeze In on less money perhaps,
whilo tho 'pull' Is absolutely essential. You
can't do tho business without It."
A Butterfly's Advent in Town,
One sunny afternoon last week a beau
tiful butterfly fluttered and soared along
Broadwayju&t above Canal street. It was
tho busy hour of the day and the truoks and
delivery wagons and cabs and carrlagos.otc,
formed an unbroken line on either side of
the cable excavations. The noise and con
fusion was at the highest notch. What on
earth could have tempted that golden
winged beauty into tho roaring pando
inonium of a great city would be difficult to
tellj but there it was, airily meandering
Broadway this 'sunny afternoon. And It
brought with It the flavor of the meadows
and stubble-fields, the odor of fence-corner
herbage, the sound of tinkling bells of
browsing cattle.
You could see all this In tho faces of the
Broadway throng. A thousand men, women
and children at once slaokenod pace and
strained their eyes upon tho rlohly-hued
messenger from the countiy. The drivers
forgot to swoar at each other and caught at
the butterfly. Truckmen 3houted like chil
dren andlet their teams run Into each other's
loadx unheeded. One driver's helper reached
too far and fell off tho seat Into the mud. Up
and down, now hero, now there, went
tho fairy of the fields, not much 'higher
than the horses' heads. It once caromed
upon the stalwart breast of a policeman,
who playfully struck at It with his club.
Everybody glanced at him Indignantly. Yet
everybody who had a reasonable chance
caught at it and tho butterfly. Boys rolled
into the gutter hat in hand in the vain effort
to net tho gauzy bird. Young women from
the faotorles and shops lookedMong and
earnestly and breathlessly and sighing went
their way. Still, the bright yellow wings
fluttered and rose and fell and zlg-zagged
hither and thither Just as an Idle butterfly
wonlddoonjustsuoha day among sumao
and golden rod of tho briar-tangled fence
corners still went Its way unharmed. I
turned aside presently, for fear I should see
It come to grief, and noted the expression of
Sleasure on tho face of everyone who had
eheld tbo lovely visitor.
A Horse Overboard.
Another Broadway scene. It Is the
hour when the greatest crush occurs in the
drygoods district. The narrow temporary
bridges that span the excavations are taxed
to their utmost, and at the Canal street
crossing tho giand tide of industrial
humanity setting in for the Eaststde in
creases the responsibility of the bigpoliee
moh to the last feather. In the midst of this
two wagons attempt to pass upon the bridge
and one horse shies against the other. But
one horse remains, and that is of Norman
blood the other of common clay has disap
peared a case of survival of the fittest. A
loud yell comes from below, and half a
dozpn men scramble up the bank waving
me-ir arms t-a.i;iieuiy in jiuuau. j. wu ur
three hundred people rush in from all sides
and trample each other's toes and crane
their necks In a vain effort to see what the
matter la. Tho big policemen plunge into
this mob, club In hand, and drive It away on
ono sldo while it accumulates on the other.
Then they opon the other Bide. They repeat
this alternately for the next two hours,
greatly assisted by tho satisfactory explana
tion shouted to tho crowd now and then
that "it Is only a horso In a hole."
In the meantime, where Is the horse? Di
rectly beneath the center of the street cross
ing are two large water mains crossing eooh
other at right angles. An excavation has
been made below tlice to permit them to bo
lowered for tho accommodation of Dan La
mont's cable railway. The horso lies at the
bottom of the cross excavation directly un
der the crossed water mains, wedged In as
tight as wax. No human Ingenuity could
havo got him In there In a Hfotlme of effort.
lie lies there unablo to move anvthln-; but
his head and he exercises this prlvllego now
and then to roll one pathetic eye upon the
.gangof workmen who are digging him out.
At last this Is accomplished, tne horse is
drawn up and amid tho cheers of tho new
mob shakes himself and walks stiffly away.
Tlio crowd disperses In good humor and the
policemen mutter unpolntable things. This
is peculiarly Broadway,
His Key Was AH Bight.
A gentleman not wholly unconnected
with the city government attended a clam
bako recently and for some reason or another
didn't get home till S o'clock next morning.
He was considerably embarrassed to find
that his key didn't fit his front door In the
.usually happy manner. Finally his wife
came aown anu let mm in, accompanying
the friendly act with a liberal slice of opin
ion about a man who came home at suoh an
hour unable to open his front door.
"'8h all right, m'dear," he said apologet
ically; "'sh key. C-can open lnshide door,
m'dear, but couldn't open outshlde door."
A Wreck on Newspaper Bow.
Around the corner from the Greeley
statue on Park Bow may be seen almost any
day a poor, old, shambling, ragged creature
leaning against tbo wall among the bums.
There Is anappeallng look in his bluoeyes,
which are usually downcast, and a vigorous
protest in bis threadbare garments. He is
but one of the many wretched human beings
one sees in that neighborhood, and I took no
E articular note of him. "I am ashamed to
and vou this," he said in a hastilv scrawled
noto to mycompanion, in which he solicited
a few cents. The name signed at the bottom
caught my attention. It was that of a man
who was once favorably Identified with
Washington journalism and who alterward
owned a prosperous daily paper in tho
South. Even with the assistance of the
name it 'was difficult to recognize tho man
througn tne aisguise oi unkempt hair and
tangled beard and quavering voice and
filthy rags. No Inquiry was necessary to
toll what made him what he is. Yet I could
not but pity him. And I wondered if tho
dally sight of the bright young reporters,
hurrying along to and from great news
paper offices near at hand, reminded him of
the days when lie, was Just such a young
man, and if it did whether the recollection
was a painful or a pleasurable one.
I --4iM'.i0i Ieflectel In tho Face.
.'iihe-' jinonotony of certain lines of
business imd slight use of the mental facul
ties consequent upon a famlUartv with a
t s;lmjjlejunlr,arying routine," said an ob-
Servant gentleman "soon gives a stolid,
ipathetie, half Idlotio cast to tho human
countenance. Take tho avorago elevated
railway ticket agent or gateman, or a park
official, or theater doorkeeper, or anybody
else who has little or no variety In his daily
life and in a short time his faco is as blank
as a piece of putty. A wooden Impassivity
of features takes the place of what we term
exprcslon and tho Intellectual powers re
lapse Into that dormant state that charac
terizes alike the savage and tho idiot. You
will see the same thing in the idle, listless
man-about town who is too lazy to work or
think and hasn't enough enery or even any
inclination to ba bad. It is irritating to
talk to suoh people. The restless, nervous
manof keen intellectual edge who comes in
,cpntac:wlth them chares -inwardly and
'sotftettnlo outwardly. Half the trouble and
rttwwnirniai arises between individual inem
bjura, ..the great, active, bustling public
land. officials of various lower grades Is from
Jthi-r-Very-fact. Neither the offender nor the
lofltended understand the seat of the difficulty
in dealing with eocn other. TBere are
theatrical officials in the box office and at
the door whom the average man of intelli
gence can scarcely address without tho
ltohlng deslro to club. The hotel clork gen
erally arouses the same animosity."
The Fames of Tar Cars.
A man stood by one of the boiling cal
dron of tar used by the Broadway pavers.
He was thin, cadaverous and of hectlo cheek.
Every now and then ho visibly choked with
the rising fumes of the tar. People look at
him curiously. He finally coughed rather
mate violently than bofore, when a work
man gruffly suggested that be might move
away if he didn't like It. But lie dldn'tmove
for an hour.
"That fellow comes here every day to
smell that tar," said a boss. "He-s got the
consumption and somebody told him tha
inmes or this tar are good for it He has in
haled about SO barrels now, and if he sticks
to it until Broadway is paved he'll be a well
man or dead I don't know whioh.
Itfa a Fight of Gamblers.
The war between Boss Dwyer, of race
track notoriety, and the New York pool
rooms that has occupied pnbllo attention for
some time is interesting to thoso who do not
come within "sporting circles" In this one
particular. It has been a row between gam
blors, In the interest of ono set of gamblers
as against another set of gamblers. They
aro all licensed gamblers and carry on tha
gnmbllng business nndor the protection of
the laws of tho 8tato. Beyond abstract prin
ciple nohody but gamblers are at all con
cerned In the contest of Dwyor vs pool
rooms. The one interesting point developed
In the controversy Is this: While there are
many people who sineoroly admire the
thoroughbred horse for himself alone, the
American turf, so called, is but a system of
legalized gambling, and the race track Is
maintained bv gamblers for gambler", and
the proof of this statement is In the ract that
wherever tho gambling attachment is pro
hibited and supprciBcd no race track has
over been able to exist. An official of the
New Jersey Central Railroad tells me that
the suppression of gambling that ruined
Monmouth Park hnd made Long Branch a
failure this year Mint in his opinion no
great watering place could be successful
without nu associated raco track and ho In
stanced Saratoga and Coney Island. But as
the gamblers and games aro so necessary to
American pleasure why not let in faro,
rough-et-nolr, roulette, chuok-a-luck, sweat
boards and all other forms of gambling?
Tho modern race track, wltU its
telegraphic gambling attachments reach
ing out for the Amej-ican youth in every
city of the Union, is creating a race of gam
blers, and because of the "turf" hypocrisy
and the telegraph It is able to ruin more
households than all tho other forms of ram
bling put together. Nobody need go beyond
tho New York poolroom to learn this. Nor
is it necessary to go there. Read the New
York papers and note tne daily record of
me aowniau or young men. our local crim
inal annals reek with the wrecks of the race
track.
Wiles of the Managers.
Manager J. M. Hill recently engaged
an actor, who had been particularly persis
tent, for a part In one of his out-of-town
combinations. Before leaving the aotor in
sisted upon a written contraot, saying that
It might prove necessary in order to get his
pav.
"I made a verbal contract with you, didn't
I?" Inquired Mr. Hill, caressing his flowing
side whiskers. "Very good I'll pay you the
same way."
I called upon the actor at his usual place
of business, Broadway, between the St.
James and Thirty-third street, but be
wasn't In, ana I am therefore unable to
state whether the usual mode of settling
with out-of-town companies was satisfac
tory or not.
Woes of the New Boniface.
The man who builds or opens a new
hotel In New York has a heap of trouble on
his mind. He not only must steer clear of
the local contests between the various trade
unions and K. of L., but must faoe a perfect
army of agents and drummers for houses
dealing in a variety of supplies. These come
from all over the country. The electrlo mon,
the brass fixtures men, the plnmbers' men,
the carpet mon. the unholstervmen. the pat
ent fire escapes and extinguisher men, the
crockery men, the cut 'cry mon, the decor
ator ana finisher men, tho hotel supply men,
and every tlilng-elso men, come down upon
him in droves. They are waiting for him
when he awakes in tho morning, thej He in
wait for him everywhere at all hours in the
day and escort him. to bed every night. The
aggregated blandishments of the combined
trades of the earth are launched upon his
devoted head. If he lives through it all ho
will know more about art and trade and "10
per cent off," etc, than anv other man in tho
community. Ask the Chicago Kinsley, of
the new Holland House, on Fifth avenue.
Charles Theodore Mubiult.
New York, September 20.
Tho Bnst Field for Investment.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
European Investors, after considerable
costly experience in SoutbJAmorican enter
prises, find that the United States offers the
safest and best field for the employment of
their money. This accounts for the renewal
of tho heavy purchases of this country's se
curities on foreign account. Undoubtedly
immense sums or foreign cash win De ex
pended in the United States in the next year
or two. These investments will be wel
comed. There was no sense in tho old cry
that tha British syndicates which were
operating here extensively in 1883 and 1889
wero hurting the country. JTho more money
that is sent here, whether from England,
Germany, Franco or any other locality, for
active employment tho better.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Charles B. Paulson, Jr.
It was with deep regret that a large circle
of sincere friends learned yesterday of the death of
Charles H. Paulson, Jr., the unexpected result of
a comparatively brief Illness. Mr. Paulson was
not only one of tho brightest and most active of the
young business men of Pittsburg, and connected
with one of the city's oldest mercantile houses,
that of Paulson Bros., but he was pcrsonany held
in the highest estimation ; and the life which was cut
short at 81 gave the highest promise of utility and of
good Influence In the community. To the respected
family to which deceased belonged there goes out
at this time the deepest sympathy from all quarters
in their bereavement. There was no flner specimen
of physical manhood than deceased. Ills manners
and conversation gave evidence of a gentle, affec
tionate disposition, coupled with a normally line
mind. A sail domestic affliction, the loss of a loved
sister. Miss Jennie Paulson, In the Johnstown flood
tiro years ago, cast a shadow upon the spirits of
the deceased. Though he temporarily recovered,
the effects of the shock were never entirely re
moved. Mr. Paulson, however, was seemingly
never In better health than berore leaving on a trip
to Europe this summer, oon after his return ho
became illjand a week ago went under medical
treatment. He sank rapldlr. and yesterday morn
ing death ensued. The funeral services will take
Slaee Mondav afternoon at 3 o'clock from the reil
ence of the hrotlier-ln-law of the deceased, 51r.ll.
W. Ulckell, Rebecca street. East End.
Bon. John B. Howard.
Hon. John D. Howard, a pioneer State
Senator and millionaire, died yesterday at Dulnth,
Minn. He was a native of Connecticut, and came
o Minnesota in 185A. Five sons and one daughter
s rvlve him. Uls wife died two years ago. His
ebiaie is variously estimated at Deiwcenci,uuu,uo3
and92.0OO.0CO. a large shar? of which is In cash. It
Is umlerbtood that the bulk of this property Is left
to the youngest son. J. L. Howard, who Is a deaf
mute, and Is now at school at Washington, D. C.
. ODltuary Wotes.
ADOLF S. Frecnd, a member of the diamond
Importing firm of Mark Freund 3b Co., of New
York, died at the Windsor Hotel in Denver Friday
of typhoid pneumonia.
Word was received In the city last night that
Martha S. Nixon, of ChambersDurg, had died
yesterday after an illness of one day. Mrs. Nixon
was well known In Pittsburg. She had a number
of relatives and irlends In tluj city, and her death
will be a severe shock to them
Otto Wite, a trustee of the Brooklyn bridge
died Friday nt his home. No. 412 Herkimer street,
Brooklyn. He was horn In Dcinmln, Prussia, In
1831. He edited a literary imp-r In Kermany, was
a partner In the music publishing Arm of Julius
Lohnberth & Co.. and In the brokerage Arm uf
Hogen. Billings Sc Co.. of Wall street.
Ex-Repbesentativb F. B. Smith, of Mans
field, Conn., a prominent manufacturer, died
Friday, aged 81. He was widely known at home
and abroad. He was a sonin-law of James Koyce,
a silk pioneer of Connecticut, and father of Charles
Emory Smith, Minister to Buss'a. Ho ws a
native of Albany.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCaclkt, died Friday, at
her home, 2J3 Washington avenue, Allegheny, at
the advanced age of 91 years, ilrs. McC'auley had
been a resident of Allegheny for about CO years, and
nosesed the love and respect of a very large circle
of trlendt who wilt be deeply grieved to hear of her
death. She was born In England. Four daughters
and ono son arc the surviug members of the
family.
KEEK AND HTJMBLS PBI80NEBS
In the Lawrence County Jail Petition for
Their Freedom.
Nsw Castle, Sept 27. Special. Prison
ers in the Lawrence county Jail have be
come exceedingly repentant lately, and
Mayor Brown has received numerous notes
from them asking for clemenoy for various
causes. He is now convinced that there is a
letter writer in jail who is using bU talents
to secure the liberty of Uis fellow prisoners.
A day or two ago he received a letter from
William Handle, who not only lias been In
jail at least 40 times, but who has also been
incarcerated in the Allegheny workhouse.
The letter was so meek and bumble that His
Honor lost no time in discharging the pris
oner. Following Is a copy:
Ta the Mayor:
Hoxorable Sra Upon seriously reviewing my
past career, of which I am heartily ashamed, 1 have
resolved to shun whisky and all temptations which,
in my way. lead to It, and to go to work and be
came a man. I am now sure of a good Job. and
humbly ask yon to give me my liberty that I may
make a start to do aU thai Is honorable and chris
tian like, while my enthusiasm in that direction 1
at Its proper heat. Hoping this will meet with
your earnest consideration, 1 remain, sir. humbly
y- WILLIAM HAXDLC
The same day William was released. Tho
next day the Mayor received a letter from
an old umbrella mender stating that he was
tired of his sinful life, and promising great
reformation if he was released. Since then
Mayor Brown has received at least a dozen
letters from prisoners, and he now is certain
that they are endeavoring ta work a scheme
on him.
PETBOLETm FOB IHE KAVY.
The Advantages Claimed Are to Be Given a
Practical Trial Soon.
Chicago Tribune.
The Navy Dopartmen t of the United States
is about to make experiments with petro
leum as a substitute for coal as fuel, along
the same lines ns are now m progress under
the direction of the English and Italian
'Governments. The modern man-of-war is
not constructed for rapid coaling.and her car
rying capacity Is limited to a supply of such
fuel necessary to the consumption of a few
days. Hence the fuel question Is an import
ant one, especially in the case of long voy
ages and blockades. The English expen-
ments on the torpedo boat Sunderland are
described as being highly successful. The
petroleum is fed In Jets which are disinte
grated as they leave the burners by air
compressed to 10 pounds to the square inch.
Ench jet gives a clear, bright flame about
6K feet long and 0 inches in diameter. The
flame from all of them fills the whole space
from the mouth of the furnace to the tube
plate of tho boiler, and it gives forth neither
smoke, smell, nor sparks. Not only can the
oil be transferred from ship to ship at sea
more easily than coal, and has a much
greater efficiency for equal weights, but it
can be carried in double it cellular bottoms,
thus giving greater stability to the vessel.
Also an important advantage is gained by
the fact that the heat can be regulated al
most instantaneously bv simply shutting off
a number of tho burners, whioh is an im
portant item in maneuvering. It needs bnt
a small force or firemen, and of course gives
freedom from ashes and other refuse
HAWAnoJSS WANT TO JOIN.
Qneen Lllluokalani's Subjects Would Like
to Annex to Uncle Sam.
Sax Fiuxcisco, Sept. 26. Ex-AttorneyGen-eral
Thurston, of Hawaii, speaking to-day of
the projects for the annexation of the
islands to this country, said: "There Is a
deep underlying sentiment In Hawaii in
favor of annexation to the United States.
Eyen the native Hawaiian paper JCa-Seois
pronounced In its favor. It would
be going too far to say that the
sentiment as a whole is in favor of
annexation, bnt there is a very strong
undercurrent, and it is growing. It Is be
lieved that so far as the sugar business is
concemod annexation would bring the
islands under benoflt of the bounty law. Our
sugar interests have been so demoralized by
the MoKinley bill, involving as It also does
our labor problem, that there Is a' feeling
that something tnust be done.
"It is not thought that annexation of the
Islands would be In any way an in
fringement of the Monroe doctrine. Hawaii
is directly in the path from San Francisco
to the Occident and a straight line
drawn from the end of the proposed route
of the Nicaragua Canal to Hong Kong
strikes the island square In the center. I
seo by papers I have received and have
learned from correspondence from the
islands, together with conversations with
persons Just arrived from there that the
sentiment for annexation Is growing and
;nere seems to do a iionmte opinion tnat it is
certain to come. The statement that the
Queen Ltllnokalani is favoring the English
in any way Is an error.
FAILURE 0? FAL8EH00D.
The People Will Not Be Misled on the
Facts During the Present Year.
Chicago Inter Ocein.l
The difference between the campaigns of
1890 and 1S91 in Ohio, chiefly, is this, that in
1890 Democratic falsehood helped tho free
trade cause, while in 1S91 it is doing it lnj ury
This Is due to Republican preparation for
prompt refutation of Democratic untrnths.
In 1830 the Republicans were wholly unpre
pared to resist the torrents of lies that
flowed from Democratic sluices. The wild
est stories of "high prices on account of the
tariff" were put Into circulation, ai.d very
frequently Illustrated by object lessons.
This was the case with the tin plato false
hood, which not only was circulated by
word of mouth and through tho columns of
the press, but was exemplified by hired
tramps who attended the county fairs and
made noisy speeches concorning their stock
of tinware, which they freely admitted was
40 per cent higher than last year; that the
advance was all on account of tho McKlnley
bill, which has made everything higher.
"You had better buy now," said thev, "for
in a month it will bo still higher. It's bound
to go up; on account of tho now tariff, you
know. Thus theso hired rogues fooled the
people. This kind of thing won in 1SS0, but
it will not win in 1891.
TEBBOBITE AND CtVILIZATION.
The Preparations of the United States for
War Attracts Considerable Attention.
Toronto Empire.
So far as Terrorlte can be utilized In shat
tering rocks and tearing up tho mountains
and compelling them to yield up their hid
den treasures for the use of man we give It a
hearty welcome; but the genius of humanity
can scarcely rejoice over It when contem
plated ns an instrument for the destruction
of human life. And, without meaning any
disrespect to the peopleof the United States,
who are only following In the footsteps of
the older nations, we cannot but look upon
tho exhaustion of what are sometimes
euphemistically called "the resources of
civilization" in the production of such
terribly destructive agents as a terrible
satiro on our boasted civilization.
And that thoro should be Just as much
activity displayed in the New World, where
the necessity of war can only be regarded as
among the remote possibilities, as in the old
World, where fends that have descended to
the present generation from barbaric times
have turned the nations into so many hostile
camps. Is certainly one of tho saddest pres
ages of tho future. The warlike prepara
tions of the United States, whether they are
on so extensive a scale or not as those of
Germany and France, oconpy quite as much,
if not more, space in the public mind.
THE SNEERS OF ME. MILLS
Caused by the Establishment of the Tin
Plate Industry.
Springfield Republic-Times.
Mr. Mills sneers nt the tin plate Industry.
Do, workingmen know why? Becanse the
establishment of anew industry that will
give employment to American workmen In
making $30,000,000 worth of tin plate per year
is a trophy of protection that will strike a
death blow to frco trade doctrines suoh as
Mr. Mills deal in.
Major McKlnlcy doesn't sneer at any
American industry now or old. Every Board
of Trade In tho country if trying to secure
new Industries. McKlnley li on the side of
all Boards of Trade and all the cities that
want new factories or the enlargement of
old ones. You can repeal tho McKlnley law
and send thousands of the concerns w now
have over to Enghind. But Major MoKinley
and the Republican party are in favor of
keeping them In tha United States. Tho
moving Is all this way, now. That's the war
it ought to be.
It Is Better Than Greenbacks.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The farmers are making $1,000,000 a day
now by the shipment of wheat to Europe.
We have $75.0.0,000 of gold to get back from
that country, and at this rate it should all
be home long before Christmas.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Rosewood comes from Sonth Amer
ica. The fireworks of the future will ba
electrical.
A great deal of "California fruit" has
been exported from Missouri this year.
Seven .acres of laud under cultivation
sold at Riverside, Cat,, the other day for
$13,O0V
A London jnumal is trying to increase
Its popularity by publishing Itself on
scented paper.
A mischievous Camden, N. J., boy ij
in Jailf or painting whiskers on the figure of
an angel on a gravestone.
By a recent legislative enactment.
Georgia physicians who indulge in intoxi
cants are disqualified from practice.
The Vienna Prefect of Police has or
dered an investigation of whether the long,
sweeping skirts of ladies, tend to spread con
tagious diseases.
The accommodations of the Vatican
may be imagined when tho Pope put 2 200
beds in at the disposal of the French pil
grims, free of charge.
The locust appears to have met his
match In Afghanistan, where a bird, called
by the Afghans "Sanch," has appeared In
vast numbers and eaten np the Insects.
In the Chicago city directory many
names wero omitted owing to a refusal of
tho. members of labor organizations to give
their names and addresses because it was
printed at a scab printing house.
An Englishman who has been traveling
in Siberia says that the life of tho Russian
exiles there is not so hard as has been de
pleted. They enjoy society, indulge in fancy
dress balls and have a good time generally
but with limitations.
The Eiffel tower is evidently a financial
success. Over 17,000 lias been paid for ad
mission to itby visitors since March -a lnt,
when this year's seajon commenced. Dur
ing August, when Paris is always crowded
with tourists, the receipts exceed X4.O0O.
A wind storm whicb swept over New
Orleans on Monday, says a dispatch, "rid
that city entirgly'of English sparrows, which,
were swept by the thousands into Lake
Pontcburtrain and the Gnlf and drowned.
Many wero also killed by being driven
against Douses."
According to Edward Everett Hale the
beautiful name California" was the crea
tion of Senor Don Ordonez de Montalvo, in
his Spanish romance entitled "Lergas da
Esplandian'publishedin 1510. in which ho
mentioned the "Island of California on tho
right hand of the Indies, very near the ter
restrial paradise."
The blackened teeth of the Malays and
Siamese are not produced, as has been sup
posed heretofore, by coating them with a
mixture of betel and lime, but by rubbing
the teeth with a paste made from charred
cocoanut kernels. This Is carefully applied
to the teeth again and again, until a black
varnish hides the natural white.
A huge toad-stool has appeared every
fall forthe .astten years on a low branch of
an elm tree, near Woldeck Park, Berlin. 16
stands about 2$ inches high and has a cap
almost 2 feet in diameter. Two years ago a
policeman picked it, cooked it, and ate, and
suffered no bad results from the meal. On
September 3 the big toad-stool sprouted for
the eleventh time.
OffieerMusgrove ascended to the dome of
the granite capitol at Austin, Tex., to in
spect the swarm of bees which had settled,
in the nostrils of the statue of the Goddess
of Liberty. The figure is 17 feet high and
surmounts the dome, which is over 300 feet
high. Over Musgrove says there are prob
ably several barrels of honey in the bronze
head of the goddess.
A Georgia doctor has a different method
of dealing with burglars from locking them
up or shooting them. The other night ha
caught one in a closet in an upstairs room,
and, seizing him, bore him to the yard,
where be fastened him to a post and pro
ceeded to flog him. The man begged for
mercy, but the doctor did not stop until ha
bad administered 150 lashes.
The Arlington (Wash.) Timet pnts it
abont right when it says: Chinese wishing
to get into this country go over to Victoria
and take out naturalization papers, swearing
allegiance to the Queen of England. Then,
ns naturalized British subjects, they Jauntily
step across tho line into the United States,
whistling, "What are you going to do,
brothor, what are 3-ou going to do?" as they
pass sue customs ouicers.
A remarkable weather change is re
ported to have occurred at Orenburg, Rus
sia, on November 19, 1890. After a tempera
ture of 3S degrees with heavy rain there waa
a fall to 16 decrees below zero In 20 minutes.
Some 30 Kirghizes who were returning to
Orenburg, were drenched with tho rain, then
frozen on their horses. Ton of them had
been found and the others werebclngsought
for. Many horses and other animals suc--cumbed
to the cold.
The conditions of warfare have been so
radically changed by smokeles-i powder and
mngazlno rlfles.eflcctlveata mileand a half,
that European Governments are seeking for
devices that will afford protection to sol
diers. Austria and France are experiment
ing with shields for this purpo-o. V com
mittee of the French War Office have re
ported in favorof a buckler of aluminum
and copper. They think that a shield can
be made out of this combination light
enongh to be carried without serious diffi
culty, and strong enough to stop even the
moderate rifle bullet, except at very close
quarters.
An English syndicate recently sent an
expert mining engineer to look up the old
gold mines In Portugal- He struck ono of
the old Roman mines worked In the days of
Ca;snr Augustus. In those days they cut
down tho vein, and this vein wns 500 feet
deep beforo pay rock was reached. Tho
mine was open for an area of ten ac.-es or
more nn to the surface, every foot of ground
having been taken off. The debris u round
the90 old mines could be worked over at a
Firoflt wcTe they In America, but in Portugal
t would cost too much for the transporta
tion of machinery.
Alettcr nine years on its travels is a rare
occurrence nowadays. On Septembers, lSs
HerrL., living In Prcnzlau, sent a letter to
bis brother at the Wellington Hotol, Christ
church, New Zealand. Tho letter arrived
safely, but never reached tho hands of the
person to whom it was addrc-od: and now,
aftcrnlne years' straying, has been, through
the postofflce in Berlin, returned to the
sender. Numerous German, English and
French postmarks and remarks cover tho
envelope, and apparently it was for a long
time unnoticed iu the letter box at the
Wellington Hotel. Tho envelope bears the
English postmark October 3, 1SS2, the date of
its arrival at the hotel. Another date is
June 8, 1891, with the Inscription, "Nan re
clame" and "Not called for." It then went
back to Germany. On August 18 it fell into
the bands of the sender at Prenxlau. His
brother, to whom it was sent, died long
since.
BHYNBXEJ KHYMELUTS.
"My, how that breaker roared!" said
Jennie, on the seashore.
"Yes. That fat man In bathing. itepped on Its
undertow," answered Harry. Harper's Jlaiar.
I cannot love my fellowmen,
To me they can't be dear,
Becanse my love Is all used up
On girls from year to yea,-.
.v T.Ueraia,
.Magistrate Name, please?
Prisoner-John Swayback. YourOnor.
Magistrate Is that your real name
Prisoner-No. Your Honor, I'm traveling In
cognito. Judge.
Her eyes the diamond's brilliance own,
Her rnby month the cherry's redness mocki.
Her heart, I'm sad to say. Is one of stone.
Yet loved Is she because she has therocks.
Indianapolis Journal.
"That's a pretty old alligator, -I guess,"
r marked one tourist to another as a huge cayman
opened his cavernous Jaws and took In a young
darkey that bad recklessly ventured into the river.
"He may be oil." remarked the other, "but
lie's evidently got a good deal of the boy la him
yet." Boston Uourter-Journal.
Lady of the House It seems f o me your
bill Is very large. The other Iceman we had didn't
charge ns half as much.
Iceman He didn't? Well. er. yon see. lady, ray
Ice Is a good deal colder than his. X T. Press.
TWO WISHES.
Winkle I wish I could devise gome way
of hanging up my clothes.
Nodd I wish I could devise some way of getting
them out artcr I have hnng them up. Clothier and
Furnisher.
Teacher Can any of you boys tell ma
where Ma lerla Is to be found?
Jack (the son of a wine merchant! Tes sir-in
1 ray father's ceUar. Cincinnati Timit,
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