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That it survives in twenty-one eounties of this State is not creditable to the charitv or projjressivcness of the peo ple of those counties. It has remained for The Dispatch to show, as is done by the insures of one of our special writers, pub lished elsewhere, that in eliiiftinp; to the antiquated and half-civilized method of disponing of the poor the people are im posing on themselves taxation for nearly to ice the expenses that are necessary. The summary of the figures makes this point clear enough. The care of the pau pers in a population of 1,406,491 under tte almshouse system costs 5385, 350: the rare of the same element in a population of 709,275 people under the oveiseer sjstem costs S3S5.027, or practically the same. In other words, me system makes the people pay twice as Jnuch per capita as the other; and yet In twenty-one counties the people cling to Hint effete and costly method of disposing of their unfortunates who are unable to take care of themselves. Of course, no oup will claim that the almshouse system in all parts of the State fc. a perfect plan of caring for the desti tute. But under the supervision provided by our laws experience hn demonstrated It to lie far superior to the farming-out system, into the details of which no super vision can reach Indeed, the greatest ob jection lo the antiquated method is not so much its increased expense although that is a verj effective argument to the taxpayers as the revolting feature of putting up unfortunate humanity at auc tion to be disposed of to the lowest bid der, who then proceeds to get all he can out of them like the purchaser of so many worn out animals. The Disr-ATcn will publish several pa pers as the result of the investigation into this system. When it is through it will bave shown the indisputable wisdom of a complete abolition of it throughout the State. THE TOLICE REORGANIZATION. The reorganization of the upper ranks of the police force, as announced in our local columns, indicates that a new and presumably more vigorous discipline is to be established in that important depart ment of the city government The changes appear to be in the direction of greater efficiency and the retirement of whatever elements have been detiimental to the activity and spirit of the force. Any improvement of the police system will be warmly indorsed by the people. One of the arguments in favor of the city charter was that under it the police would be brought to the highest degree of effect iveness. The public is fully willing and able to meet all taxation that may be neeessarj to prmide the most thorough police protection; but any failure to fulfill that promise is a public loss. The people will be glad to note an increased activity and vigilance on the part of the police as the result of the new organization of its leading offices. THE CALL rOIi EIVSEY. The report that Governor Pattison will take steps to have ex-Cashier Lhsey brought back from Canada by extradition conveys an intimation that the Governor has a stock of ammunition in reserve of which the public is not aware. While the disclosures so far have been sensational enough, the information made public has not shown the evidence necessary to establish a prima facie case of criminal acts for which the seeming fugitive can be. extradited. Of course, if the Governor lias the evi dence to support a case of extradition it is his duty to take all steps within his power to bring Livsey back aad make him answer before the proper authorities. The matter has reached a stage at which nothing but a full probing will satisfy the public. Every responsible person must make his responsibility good. Every man who ha been concerned in crookedness ranst be exposed and punished. As long as the Governor shapes his aetion on these lines, he places himself far above the level of partisanship as the champion of public honesty and the representative of the people. With reference to the assertion that Mr. Livsey is still in Milwaukee, his friends should take the earliest opportunity to inform him, wherever he is, that if there is any hope of vindicating the Treasury management he should return to Pennsylvania without awaiting any extra dition. His prolonged disappearance at such a juncture as this is tantamount to a confession that there is something about the State finances which must be cove-red up. NO CONVENTION NEEDED. The action of the Allegheny County Bar Association in passing resolutions against the holding of the Constitutional Conven ttoi; is in line with the general trend of public opinion, and is a direct corrobora tion of the position held by The Dis tJTCir ever sime this subject was brought wp. The convention is not only an un necessary and expensive resort, but a damreious one. There is the danger in the first place, as stated by the Uar Association's resolu tions, that the clianges made by such a bqdy would require the entire work of judicial construction that has gone on for the past 20 cars to be commenced de -novo. There is the still greater danger that the convention may fall into hands which will mutilate some of the best provisions of JB the present instrument in the interest of the corporations and politicians. It is not, of course, to be maintained that the Constitution might not in some details be changed for the better. But every such amendment should be sub mitted to the people to be decided on its merits; while the work of a convention would have to be accepted or rejected as a whole. The people will do well in voting down the convention project next month. Wo do not need a new Constitution; but what we do need is the enforcement of the old one FARM LANDS AND PEOpTJCTS. A correspondent in our Mail Pouch column challenges The Dispatch's criti cisms of Governor Campbell's arguments on the depreciation of farming lands in Ohio, by citing some cases of land sold or offered for sale at surprisingly low figures. We will admit that if farmers generally in Ohio and Pennsylvania are ready to sell their land at such figures it shows a re markable cheapness of that class of prop erty. But we may still hold it to be an open question whether the substantial farmers of either State are ready to sell their farms at a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent from the prices they would have brought in 1880. TriE Dispatch has heretofore recog nized the fact that there is a depreciation in agricultural property, and has pointed out its causes. That it is not due to protection is evident from the fact that it is most marked in the vicin ity of the manufacturing sections. What it is due to, is plain enough from a feature of our commercial system which has often been discussed in these columns. When the policy of the railroads in the matter of freight charges is to bring the fertile lands of Illinois or Iowa as near to the Eastern markets as those of Ohio or Pennsylvania, tlie lands of the latterStates must become as cheap as those of the others, and if their productive capacity is less, must be cheaper in proportion. The equality will vary as the factors of fertility and freight charges are changed. For in stance, if a farm in Iowa has to bear a freight rate of 30 cents to get its product shipped to a certain point, and a farm in Pennsylvania with one-third less fertility has to bear a rate of 20 cents, it is plain that the value of the farms is equal. To return to the question of the extent of this depreciation, our correspondent raises a point, which is worth investigating. lie very correctly refers the value of farm lands to the prices paid for products, and says: "Farm products have been so persistently hugging the low-water or cost mark for the past decade that the fall in the value of farm land was simply inevitable." This makes it perti nent to compare the values of larm pro ducts at present with those of a decade ago. and to see how far that decline has gone. We have not accessible quotations on farm products in October 1880, but have taken as the nearest date to that the quotations for January 1881, when pro ducts were likely to be a little higher, especially on butter and potatoes. The exact figures are interesting. Oct. IF01. Jan. ISfll. "Wheat (Chicago) Ofljf Corn (fchicago) M3rf Lard (Chicago) 6 Tork (Chicaso) 10 12 Butter (Pittsburg) .2S29 Potatoes (rittsbnrg) 43 Bean (Pitt?burg) 2 40 Cattle (rntburg) 6M6J4 "Wool (New York) 3336 97K 36K 12 50 252S 7075 175 55J K50 It thus appears that on the round of agricultural products, there is no such decline in prices as to justify the extreme depreciation in farming lands alleged to exist Of course there are especial condi tions which vary the comparison some what both for and" against the present situation. Com is artificially high at present and "wheat is advanced by the European scarcity. But wheat in 1881 was also above the average price. A large share of the difference in butter and pota toes is due to the difference in the seasons. Ilog products and wool are 16 to 25 per cent lower than in 1881, while cattle are slightly higher. On the whole the average prices of agricultural staples do not show a reduction of more than 5 or 10 per cent from 1881. But when we balance that with the purchasing power of these products it is seen that the loss is pretty well offset. Sugar is one-half of ifs cost in 1881. Coffee is somewhat higher and salt un changed. Clothing is a little cheaper, and agricultural implements no dearer, except where the price has been artificially ele vated by combinations. Iron and steel are lower. If we compare the whole round of what the farmer has to buy with what he has to sell, the alarmist state ment of our correspondent will be found to have very slight foundation in fact That there are conditions in our trans portation and commercial system which put unfair burdens on farming, as on other productive industries, TnE Dis patch h?s steadily maintained. But the figures quoted leave very little force to our correspondent's method of sustaining Governor Campbell's free trade argument We still claim the liberty of doubting if the farmers, either of Mahoning county, Ohio, or of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, are willing, as a rule, to sell their land at ten, twenty or even twenty-five dollars per acre. But if the tariff should be abolished, there would be no doubt that they would have to sell at those prices. Ked tape is evidently sail mighty. "When it prevents medical attendance from coming to the aid of a sick juror, as in Bos ton the other da-, it indicates that the law is .in danger of putting formality before utility. THE Philadelphia Ledger states that "Mayor Stuart and Governor Pattison are actlu? in entire harmony in the matter of obtaining evidence as to the management of the affairs of tlio offices of Auditor General and State Treasurer. They do not appear to share with party organs the belief that the administration of justice in the way pro vided by law is a partisan matter." This shows that the Philadelphia Mayor has a much cleaicr idea of public duty than the Philadelphia organs. Tublic honesty is not confined to party lines, although some of the politicians seem disponed to give the people reason for believing that it is. It is said that the hostility toward Americans in Chile is incited by Great Biitain. Perhaps so; but we need not look back very far in our diplomatic records to find rood for the belief that it was incited by the blunders of our own Government. another millionaire university was ' opened last week that of Leland Stanford's at Palo Alto, California. Reports bay that the institution opens with an immense at tendance of students. Since the Stanford foi tunc, like most of the other California piles, was made out of tho pcoplo, it is a commendable thing that some of it is com ing back in the shape or a great foundation of learning. Tnc snowstorms continue to give this supeihcated section a decidedly wide berth. The dispute over the exact language of the New Yoifc Democratic plank on the sil er question threathens to stretch out to the crack of doom which will occur about election day. "Which" solemnly asks tho Albany Journal "Is the true TeadSng of the Saratoga silver plank 'any dollar or "a silver dollar "t Also what is the exaot difference betwecmtweedledum and tweed ledoe! The conviction in Wall street that Jay Gould isa very sick man causes ian uneasy feeling in the financial ganglia. "When Jay Gould is sick "Wall street generally has to. take a-dose of physic . TnE'headlinea from Tennessee the other day, -which itemized th news: "The-Cotton-Pickors' Riot Settled Ten Negro Kioters lynched,'" are characteristic. This cer tainly seems to he an effective way of set tling a strike. The Southern method of Heal ing with the labor problem is hasedon the same lines as.the proverbial' ono forrestor- f Ing peace at AVarsaw. With snow flying on the other -side of the Mississippi tt is to be hoped that'none of the rain-makers will be rash enough to se(K up a claim, of making itsno w. Melbourne, of Australia and'Canton, is still nourishing on the wings of the storm out in Kansas. As Melbourne represents private industry, and is opposed to frator nalism in the persons of the Government rain-makers, the people seem to favor Mel bourne. Besides which ho does not maker such a thunderous noise. JjTJT us hope th&t-the activityof the ad ministration inNew York will not produce a repetition of tho experiences of lSsri. Fifteen millions of a debtreductiondn September sounds large. But it should he remembered that the facility of these big debt reductions to happen just before elec tion has not been confined to Republican, administrations. SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON. Grovek Cleveland will have-to meek ly submit to the kidding'ho will get from tho paragraphers now. When Camp-bell unpacks that box of: tin plate he wille rattled. Theatrical people cannot afford to. break the law, as they are sure 'to becaughb in the act. If you keep-your own secrets the secrets J of others will take care ofahemselves. The merry buzz of the husking bee is now beard all over the prosperous land. SoME-very pleasant people live on cross streets. Baby McKee will turn green with envy when he fully realizes what has occurred in. tho Cleveland mansion. A genuine cold wave can be looked forj' in Ohio early in November, Mr. Campbell. No longer by the garden gate Doth Charley linger long with Kate. They hug each other and the flro, And run the awful gas bills higher. What is home-without a newspaper? The singer who cracks his voice is des tined to go broke. Perhaps an ill wind will some day blow through Emperor William's new whiskers. The human sponge is always dry enough to absorb anything. Our baseball club should have been welcomed homo with loaded arms. Uncle Sam takes better care of the mails than he does of the females, and this prob ably accounts for Susan B. Anthony's atti-. tude toward the Government. Letters that are not burned furnish the reading public with crisp news. Girls do not find out what a difference of opinion really means until after mar-, riago. Her hat was red as red could be, Her dress of the same shade; And anyone could plainly seo That both were ready-made. A shocking business Harvesting the corn. Grover can be excused for pleading the baby act now. Is the milk famine due entirely to the prolonged drought? Those who serve their country faith fully during peace can be relied on during war. The jockey manages to live luxuriantly on back pay. TnE woman who cannot keep a secret manages to hold her age all right. PE0MIKEST OE PECULMAB. TnE Shah of Persia is an enthusiastic and fairly skilful photographer. Miss Minnie Palmer desires for the future to make London her headquarters. Louis Kossuth, the ex-Dictator of Hun gary, now living in exile in Italy, is 90 years old. Henrik Ibsen will spend the winter in Christiania, This is his first prolonged visit to Norway since he left home 30 years ago. Mr. Pennington, the tragedian, is about to retire from tho stage. Mr. Pen nington is one of the COO who escaped "out of the jaws of death" at Balaclava. Rev. John McNeill, the Scottish Spurgeon, now traveling m this country, is pastor of the Regent Square Church and is second only to Spurgeon in popularity as a preacher. Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, 111., loves a fast trotter and knows how to handle him, and is sensible enough to like to sit behind a pair of clippers that can make tho dust fly at a 2.-20 gait. Lord Randolph Churchill is not to have a monopoly of aristocratio exploration. A party has recently staited for Mashoua landand tho contiguous countries, includ ing anions its members Lord Ucadley and Major Newitt. Mrs. Ole Bull, the widow of the famous Norw egian violinist, wrote a charming biog raphy or her husband. Mrs. Bull's son, about 22 years of age, inherits his father's genius, and will soon make his debut in Pai is as a solo violinist. All Hohenzollern princes are baptized with water from the Jordan. A large porce lain jug of this water is kept in the shop ot the castle apothecary, and after every barj- tism the water left in the font is carefully returned to this receptacle. Dr. Newman Hall, the noted English Congregationalist divine, is 75 years old. The famous tract. "Como to Jesus," of which he is the author, has had a greater sale than any other religious work except ing tho Bible and "Pilgrim's Progicss." Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, has been located ns sealer in the kitohen of the Sultan ol Tuikey. His peculiar hrsiness is to seal all the dishes for the Sultan's table as soon as they are prepared; and thus secure against poison they are carried into the roynl dining room and the seals broken only in the Sultan's presence. The first time the Emperor of Austria ever donned a frock coat and silk hat as in 1S07, when he went to visit the Paris exhibi tion as Napoleon Ill.'s guest. Littlu pleas ure did he take in these garments, and he has never worn the. like of them since he left Pans. At home or abroad he is always in uniform, except when he goes out shoot ing, and then he wears a Tyrolese costume i with green worsted gaiters, and legs laro at the knees, in the Highland fashion. THINGS IN GENERAL. The,'Largo Number of Visitors Vb.o Attend Criminal Court Some Inside Facts About the Horrors of Russia and Si. beria A Lady's Tales of Terror. IWItlTTEN FOB THE DISPATCH. The Professor of Things in General notices that the Criminal Court always has a good congregation. Good, that is, la point of numbers. Tho listeners in the Criminal Court have not all of them the countenances of saints. Nor would they all be willing to Indorse the sentiment of St. Bernard was itmot St. Bernard? who said that ho loved poverty but not dirt. One would hardly like to invito the congregation of the Criminal Court to dinner at least, not all at once, on the same day. Nobody will deny, however, that there are a great many people of all sorts and condi tions to be found breathing the unfragrant atmosphere of the Criminal Court. Follow the crowd and you will certainly net in at that door. The Criminal Court col umns in the newspapers, the accounts of murders.and prize fights, the revelations of scandal, get no end of readers. Even good Christians, who want to see what the devil did yesterday in this bad world, look on curiously at this disclosure of evil passions. The Criminal Court counters in the book btores, sot out with paper-backed novels in lurid covers, with sensational titles and sen sational contents, murders and scandals worked over into stories, never lack pur chasers. There is probably tho worst lot of poisonous fiction In the book market to-day that has ever been known in this country so much literary garbage rotting on tho book stalls. But there are plenty of roadors who a,ppear to relish Just that sort of thing, 'Enjoying the Troubles ot Others. The truth is that there is something in ns original sin or brute Inheritance which makes us take a certain enjoyment 'in other people's troublos. "Wo do not really desire that any great catas trophe shall overtake our fellowmon. but somehow a good many of us secretly hopo that if there is any great catastrophe we may be there (undamaged) to behold it. There is a curious strain in human nature Which makes most people interested in see ding other people fight. Even in drawing rooms, a certain considerable proportion of the conversation deals with the faults and follies and ill fortunes of the neighborhood. We can all of us understand the small girl who looked with a good deal of pity in her face at the picture of Daniel in tho den of lions, and answered, when her mother told her that tho lions didn't really eat Daniel, that she wasn't sorry about Daniel, she was only afraid that when the big lions in the foreground jumped on Daniel they wouldn't leavrjanyof him for the poor little Hon bo hind them in the corner. The Professor read an account of a prize "flgnt tho other day. Entirely, of course, for tho benefit and moral profit of his Mon day morning congregation; as the fathers and uncles take the youngsters to the circus! And in it the reporter described a young man who had never seen a fight be fore. He took it pretty good for the first five minutes. Bat, after that, nobody in the whole ring yelled louder than he did. Probably the Roman Jadies had moments when the gladiatorial murderings were not altogether delightful to their souls. But for tho most part they enjoyed that exciting, oioody and tragic spectacle immensely. Russia's Regiment of Exiles. The Professor had the privilege of an extended conversation, the other day1, with a lauy who lived for several years in Russia, in tho Imperial household. She said that regiments of exiles used to pass her door every week, bound lor Siberia, and that she used to go out and give them food. She kept a .store of lint and oil on hand to ease the ankles of the poor women, whose heavyfetters ground into the flesh to the bone. But she said, also, that people got used to that sort of sight. Tho tragedy of Russian life does not interfere with the gaiety of the ballrooms of St.Peters burg or Moscow. One at this distance, read ing of the horrors and scandals which we instinctively think of nowadays when we think of Russia, imagines the people, high and low, ground down under that moroliess despotism and afraid to breathe. -But-wo might live a year in Russia andknoifno more about Siberia than most people in Pittsburg know about tho tenement houses on Second avenue. Russia is the criminal court of the whole civilized world. Everything bad that comes out in that division of modern Justice and is reported in the newspapers, and furnishes plots for tho poftonous novels, has to bo multiplied by a hundred thousand to de scribe Russia. It may be partly for that reason that we are all so interested in Russia. The cotem porary history of that remarkable coun try ministers to that trait of our uni versal human nnture which crowds the "chamber of horrors" at Madame Tus saud's and replenishes the company of gazers who stop on their way along Fifth avennetolook at the picture of Fitz slmmons' room. The descriptions of Russian pribons give us a "creepy" reeling. And we rather enjoy experiencing that "creepy" feeling. At all events, wo are interested in Russia. Partly from love of sensation, partly fiom love of "humanity, we listen with attention to Mr. George Kennan, or to "Mr. E. B. Lanin," or to anybody else who can bring us news of Russia. gome News From tho Inside. The Professor, accordingly, welcomed the opportunity of talking with one who had seen Russian life from the inside, and know it, not as a tonrist, but as an actual and uriv iloged resident. One who stood at the pres ent Emperor's elbow, and heard htm swear as ho stumbled over his sword at the begin ning of his wedding Journey, conld hardly fail to bo an instructive companion In a con versation. Tho Russians, looked at from this vantage point, and described by an observer prolu diccd in their favor by sincere friendship, are the most polite, the most religious, the rnost immoral and the most benighted peo ple to be found In all Christendom. They aro so religions that every one of them has a re ligions picture an icon tho representation of a saint, 'just beside the front door in tho hallway of his house, and neverthinks of ad vancing three steps from the entrance or of saluting bis host or hostoss, if he is making a call, without crossing hlmsolf nine times, pr at least, n good many times: it may be less than nine. Anyhow, he crosses himself with great devotion, both here and at nearly eveiv other turn of his way. The Russians all go to church and stand up during the whole length of a lone and most elaborate service. Ther account it as a great hard ship, however, if a priest in his zeal ventures to supplement the service with a sermon. Nevertheless, all this ecclesiastical cor rectness seems to make but slight impres sion upon moral character. The lower and middle classes appear to be a little better oj account of tho Church, but the aristocracy cheerfully play tennis with all the ten com mandments. They all He, and theyall steal and they all misbehave themselves in other ways which are even more unpleasant to think about. The chief of police in the city of St. Petersburg gets a salary of forty roubles a month, somewhat less than forty dollars. He lives, however, at tho rate of several hundred thousands of dollars every year. The thought ful citizens kindly make additions to his stipend, additions which are fine for his pocket, but very bad indeed for his eyes! The Chief of Police is remarkably near sighted. He is only ablo to recognize im pecunious offenders and Nihilists. Not a Good Place For Newspapers. Everybody knows, of course, that the .press in Russia is subject to official censor ship, that all tho proofs aie read everyday by people in the employ of the Government. The newspaper business does not pay very well in Russia. We aro all pretty well en lightened, also, by this time, about the horrors of Russian prisons, though if any one would like to get a Worse look at them than Mr. Ivennan gives, let him read tho chapter on that subject in "Russian Traits and Terrors' absolute undiluted hades. .Dante never imagined anything more in credibly infernal. Just now, what we want most to know about is this business of the Hebrews. Vb- pccially, what is it fort Just why Is it that they want to rid Russia of these several millions of industrious citizens? E. B. Lanin, In the Contemporary, is unable to an swer this question. It is not, he thinks, on account of the Hebrew religion, for even the orthodox confess that Judaism bettor than Mohammedanism; and they treat Mo hammedans quite decently. Neither is it on aocountoftheHebrewrace.foraHebrewwho turns Christian gets at once into good sooiety. What is it, then? The Professor's informant maintains that it is on account of the Hebrew pocketbook; or rather, the Hebrew thrift, shrewdness and hard work which fill that pocketbook with Russian monev. The working classes over there hate the Hebrews, as some of our working people hate tho Chinese. As lor tho idle classes, they owe the Hebrews their souls and bodies. The Hobrews aro forbidden by law to hold property, at least outside tho Palo of Settlement. Never theless they really own all Russia. Tho great estates are mortgaged to the narrow est Inch. The great nobles are boundlessly indebted to the merchants of the three halls. Everybody who has any position in the em pire owes a big bill to a Hebrew. Away then with tho Hebrews! Perish the bills! That is what one who has had a good chance to know says abont this bad bnsiness In that medieval country. It has a likely sound. No doubt but it Is ever so much easier, even for Russians, to forgive their debtors than it is to forgive their creditors. Even in civilized nations men have been known to throw importunate suitors down precipitous flights of stairs. Russia is only repeating that discreditable performance on a large scale. THE WAGES OF W0MEK. Smaller Fay Is Due to the Temporary Character of Their Employment. New Orleans Times-Democrat. The economic section of the British Asso ciation at its recent meeting took under consideration tho relative wages of men and' women, and discussed the matter thor oughly in the hope that some conclusion could be reached, some basis of fixing the pay that women ought to get where they do the same kind of work as men. As might have been expected, no definite conclusion was reaohed, although the matter was very thoroughly discussed, and a groat deal of in teresting information obtained. In the first place, it was shown that the popular belief that women do not get the same pay as men for the same quality of work is a mistake. They aro paid quite as well in many branches. In art and literature they receive the samo compensation, and among the greater singers the women have probably received more. Jn the trades or professions they get the same pay when thev organize and Insist upon it. For years the Lancashire cotton mills paid female labor less than the males, until tho women organized and struck. Since then the mill own ers have not considered the sex of their employes, but the work done. A similar strike was tnat of the women teachers in Wyoming, and It was similarly successful. Indeed, within the last few years the salaries paid female teachers have approximated closer and closer to those paid the men. until now in a majority of tho States no difference between them is recognized. When, however, it comes to factory work the women get less, generally because they do less. Their work is usually differ ent from that done by the men, simpler, lighter and easier. Again, in regard to typewriters, clerks, telceraph operators and the like, the smaller pay is due to Inferior work. This is especially the case with typo writers and clerks, due to the fact that when the women go into these branches they do so temporarily, expecting to leave them soon for something else, whereas the men adopt them generally as a permanency. It is this temporariness which makes much of women's work especially where they enter into competition with men in feiior, and is the cause of their receiving lower pay. "Whenever they go into any trade which they intend to keep up perma nently they get the samo pay, and they do so, moreover, when they are thoroughly organized and insist upon their rights. But when it is a mere makeshift, something to bo followed a year or so until thoy aro mar ried, the work is inferior and tho pay small. Theso are the conclusions reached by tho British Association, after having discussed the matter for several days. lilalne Gets There. New York "World. Harrison does the Journeying, but Blaino gets there when the convention meets. SOME PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL. H. S. Cornish, D. Long and P. J. Tin neran, of the Boston Athletic Association, and W. H. Barnes, Jr., sporting editor of the Boston Post, arrived at the Anderson last evening. Tho party is here for the "Three As" meeting to-morrow. Mr. Barnes says that E. E. Barnes and G. Casey, of the New Jersey Athletic ciud, win arrive to-uay. Barnes is a good man, he savs, and tho race between him and Tinneran should be a good one if they are brought together by the handlcappers. John O. McCalmont, Bryon H. Osborne and A. Mathews, of Franklin, Pa., and Will iam McNair, H. D. Hancock and W. J. Breene, of Oil City, are a party of lawyers registered at the Mononcahela, who are here to attend the Supreme Court sittings. President L. H. Eaton, of the Humane Society, has gone to Denver to attend the fifteenth annual mooting of the American Humane Association. Sam F. O'Brien will act in his absence. F. L. Bodine, the window glass manu facturer, of Cohansey, was at the Duquesno yesterday. John N. Birch, of Wheeling, ex-Minister to Japan, v, as at the Monongahela yester day. Adjutant General McClelland is in town for a few days on business. George II. Johnson and wife, of Boston, are at the Monongahela. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Hon. Jacob Turney. Hon. Jacob Turney, one of the ablest members of the Westmoreland county bar, died at his home In Greensburg at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Turney had receiyed an injury to his foot sev eral weeks ago, and despite the effort of physi cians gangrene set in, resulting In his death. The member was amputated, but lfe never rallied from tlie shock. Mr. Turney was born in Greensburjr February 18. 1825. and soon after reaching his ma jority learned the minting trade. He then studied law. and after being admitted to the bar -n as made District Attorney, being the first under the then new law. Mr. Turney was a pronounced Democrat. and in 1S74 lie was elected to Congress, and In 1876 was returned. During his terms be served upon the Committees of Elections and Privileges, Mines and Mining and Territories. A f ter leaving Con gress Air, law, which he profitable pursued until a few weeks ago. lie was a mem Dor or the ueological Survey of Pennsylvania, appointed by Governor Beaver, and held other positions of trust and public recognition. Mr. Turney leaves a wife, three sons and four daughters. James Uutterworth, U. S. N. Chief Engineer James Butterworth, XT. 8. N., died In North Cambridge, Mass., on Friday, aged 57. He was well known in naval circles as a man of high professional attainments. Mr. Bnt terworth entered the navy In 1861 as third asslstaut engineer, and in the course of his professional ca reer served with distinction In the blockading squadrons dunnfrtlle war.'and afterward on the Meditterrancan, Asiatic and home stations. He was promoted to the rank of chief engineer in 1881. and In that cap"iclt.v6ered on board the Alert at the time she was cut down to the water's edge by the Mikado's yacht off Yokohama. Onthatocca sion the coolness and energy of Mr. Butterworth contributed to the salvation of the Alert, which was brought Into Yokohama on her side, hav ing been listed to prevent the sea breaking Into the engine room. "From Ills position at the engine Mr. Butterworth could look un into the. midnight sky. He was a most indefatigable student of the advance in improvements of steam and eleetneif i- and to Ms close application his death is partially a trlbuted. r ' J. IS. Werner, Traveler. J. R. Werner, who has led a most event ful life la Africa, Is dead. He was ioug in the tervlcc of the Kongo Free State, and controlled the entire engineering department of the steamers plying on the Kongo. His traels on the nicr enabled him to write a very entertaining book, entitled "River Life on the Kongo." in ulilch he more frankly described things as they appeared to lilm than most Kongo writers. His hnok w.i nnh llshed In this country. He has recently been In tlie service of the British West African Association. Tlio cause of his death is not yet known. He was 6tlll a young man. Obituary Notes. George J. Spkaoce, for Myears Deputy Sheriff of Indiana county, Pennsylvania, died Friday in bis 58 th j car. NELSON ASHFOKTH, who died at Carhondalc Friday in his 47th year, was for four 3 ears head assistant In the Prothonotary's office in the county. He vi as a well-known Democrat. MRS. NETTIE D0NNA.V died at her home In New Gittle last evening, aged about 28 years. She was the wire of Dr. E. A. Dnnnan, oue of the leading pin sicians of that city, and the ) oungest daughter ofthelateDr M. P. Barker. She was very promi nent In society. GENERAL ALFIIEUS Baker died at Louisville Friday. He was a native of Abbeville, S. C, He served in the Confederate Army, being made Brigadier General at Dallas. Ga., In 1864. After Hie Var he practised law at EufauU till 1878, when he went to Louisville. l'zv. R. H. Oliver, a well-known Methodist lo:ai preacher and .writer Tor the agricultural pipers, diedatMUford, Pn.. Wednesday, aged 60. For ir-iuy years he was a resident of Brooklyn, but of :ale J ears, and until recently, he bad cultivated a fai m near Minora. PROTESTANT EDUCATION. Methodist Plans For Founding a Eival of the Catholic University at the National Capital The Needs and Prospects, of the Proposed SchooL (TBOM A STAFF COEBKSrOSDEXT.l "Washington, Oot, 4. The ""Word's Con eress of Methodism," which will meet in this city next Wednesday and continue in session until the 20th of the month, will be the greatest gathering of Methodists over held in this country, and it will undoubt edly give a great impetus to the project for an American University to be established at Washington which was originated sev eral years ago by Bishop Hurst, now resi dent here. This congress will attract Methodist di vines from every country where Methodism has a foothold, and will also arouso the in terest of all other Trotestant people. The Catholics will look upon it with concern to see its effect upon tho movement to estab lish a Protestant rival ot the great Cathollo institutions, which are attended by so largo a portion of the youth bent upon gaining the higher academic education here, and whose patrons exercise so vast an influence on the thought and society of the National Capital. The Need of Protestant Competition. While the expressions of the Protestants to ward the Catholics have been In the main generous, it Is hardly concealed that the movement to establish this Protestant school, to be called "The American Uni versity," is to equalize the situation by offering fair and open opposition to the tre mendous inroads made here in the educa tional field and in society by tho Catholics. This was frankly avowed by Dr. Newman in a speech made at a meeting held about two years ago to further the university project. Ills remarks, which were loudly applauded, wero reported by me for The Dispatch at the time. The most conspicuous pile in ancient Georgetown is the old Jesuit University, al ways attended bv youth of the most influen tial Catholic families of the country. Around it and in other parts of the city are acres upon acres of buildings, convent and other schools, for the education or the young women of the church, though they always have a numerous attendance from outside of the membership, thus constantly extend ing the church influence. Near the northeast entrance to the Sol diers' Home and connected with the city Dy electric cars is the new Catholic University, initiated by a gift of $300,000 from Miss Gwendolen Caldwell. At present there is but one great building, but the sito is spa cious and buildings will bo added as needed. Non-Cathpllc Schools in "Washington. Opposed to theso great schools, or rathor outside of them, there is only the Columbian University, wholly secular, and tho colored higher schools, Howard University and Wayland Seminary. Iti3 little wonder the Protestant people of tho country became aroused when they saw tho thorough man ner in whioh tho Catholics wero providing for the education of all comers. While it is Bishop Hurst's idea that tho "American University" shall be controlled by representatives of the Methodist Church, in its spirit it will be broadly Protestant and not denominational. In an address just written by him on thesubjoct, he names $10,000,000 as the sum needed to carry out the project. The sito is already purchased. It 13 a beautiful one of 100 acres, on tho lino of Massachusetts avenue extension, near electric cars, and already worth much moro than was paid for it. Doubtless few of the readers of The Dis patch have seen any part of this address of the Bishop, and as the project Is really one of nbsorbrasr Interest to the whole country, I am imDClled to quote from its most practical portions. In regard to the reasons for selecting Washington as the place, the Bishop says: The Reasons for Its Location. "Why in Washington? Because of the un, eqaled facilities of tho national capital as a distributing center for great intellectual and moral fbrces, and because of the incom parable advantages for scientific and liter ary investigation presented by the general government. American university life Is destined to center here. The Congressional departmental and technical libraries, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Mu beum, the Army and Navy Medical Museum, tho great naval observatory, the Depart ments oi Agriculture ana iuuor, tue patent office, the geological survey, the bureau or ethnology, the botanical garden, the mu- Benin of hygiene, tho department of educa- non unu. mo many suuuivisiong ui sciemiuc investigation, under the direct patrouaire oi too uovernment, aro gratuitously tar nished and constantly multiplying. Monoy given for education hero must go farther than anywhere else in the country, becanse of these priceless accessories. A student in the American University will find outside its walls another university and constantly within rench. After explaining that the institution pro poses to receivo young men and women as students who have completed academical studies at other colleges, and to afford them opportunity for the broadest cultuie in post gradiijite and professional studies, the Bishop proceeds: "The institution we propose is of no ordi nary magnitude. It is designed to represent tne uignest iorm oi unristian euueatton. to bean exponent of the best forces of Chris tian thought and activity, and to express, at this center of our civil and political influ ence, the firm faith of our people and their dovotion to Christ and His kingdom. We ennnot afford to make it inferior to the strongest in tho Union. That which we offer Him should be the best. What Will De Required. "In addition to tho money for tlie endow ment of professorships, lecture rshlps, fellow ships and stndontships, funds will bo re quired for halls of science, philosophy, lan guages and literature, history, law and med icine, besides dormitories and professors' houses. For this purpose wo estimate thnt $10,000,000 must bo dedicated to God and hu manity. "For this sum," tho bishop goes on, "wo appeal to the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch. w ith its 2,225,000 communlcants.with its 15,000 ministers and with its Epworth Leaenes ot 350,000 members, soon to become 500 000. In one montn, it tne sympathy anu win are equal to the providential occasion and ne cessity, this entire sum can bo given. By such an act the Methodist Episcopal Church can add another rich benefaction to tho American people for all time to come. We must do our part to enforce and porpetuato the example of our immortal foundeis. "To all the Methodist bodies in America, numbering 4,887,000 members, we appeal for help in aiding to establish the American University, which, we hopo, shall prove a cementing bond for onr Methodist churches in every part of the country, and shall pro ject into the future the piety of our com mon Epworth and the learning of our com mon Oxford. "To all friends of Christian education, un der whatever denominational banner, and to all lovers of Protestant America, we ap peal for co-operation In the great work of establishing a central institution, which shall conserve and promote all tho Interests of our country and our common Christian ity." The Demand Will Be Met. Ten million dollars is, of course, moro easily asked for than gotten, but thero is great enthusiasm in regard to tho project, both within and without the Methodist Church, and there is hardly a doubt that there will be a grand response. The site was bought by the Protestants of Washington. That was suggested as their share of the buidcn and thev aoumod it promptly and raised the monoy with little trouble. It is probable that nt the Pan Methodist Conference which will begin next week the foreign leptesentatlvcs mav bo in duced to pledge foielgn help for the great work, and it will certainly bo given a mighty and general boom in America. E. W. L. BBICE ON THE ISSUES. He Is "Willing to Have Ills Ideas Published If They Can Be Found. Crawford's New Y'ork Letter. Senator Calvin S. Brice, from the Ohio battlefield, stood in the corridor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel the othorevcnlng. Anumbor of newspaper men surrounded him expect ing to be entertained with an account or tho progioss of tho campaign in the Buckeye State. The result was slightly disappointing. Colonel Btlce said in lesponso to several leading questions: "My head is full of an other subject, and I cannot tell yon any thing about Ohio." "How is the light going? Did you not tafco soinb observations?" v ere some of the ques tions fired back at him. "Oh, yes," said Senator Brice, facetiously. "Get some Of Mr. Fasett's speeches or inter views on tlie situation and substitute my name for his name, and Ohio for New Yoi k, nnd I guess you will lilt it about right. That will be as accurate as most predictions mndo in advance of an election." "What about til vet?" "If you can find out what my views are on that subject you have full permission to wiite tliemout inextonsoaua'slgnmynamo to them." Colonel Brice's manner did not indicate that he was deeply concerned in Governor Campbell's fight in Ohio. OUfi MAIL POOCH. The Census Bureau Defended. To the Editor of The Dispatch: It has been my privilege to read In one of the issues of your paper an attack npon tho Census Office at Washington, setting forth certain irregularities which your corre spondent seems to think exist within that bureau. Now, I have no ax to grind nor spleen to vent, but plain, simple facts to place before your readers, and being an ex employe of the Eleventh Census, and for more than 12 months located in the Inter Ocean building, on Ninth street the place to which your correspondent alludes I think I know somothing of the working of that portion of the census force. I cannot agree with your correspondent in his statement that "the appointments were made in a hurry." True, there was a large force employed in a short time. The necessity of tho work demanded this. But in all cases of those who constituted the force they were obliged to pass through an examination similar to that, of the Civil Service Commission, besides being properly certified as to character, standing, etc., so that, if men and women were employed not posessing the necessary qualifications as to s2holarship or moral standing, the Superin tendent was imposed upon by the Examin ing Board and those certifying as to the character of the applicant. True, within the bounds of such an army of employes there might be a development of character that was not infallible, but Superintendent Porter, with the multiplicity of claims de manding his time and attention, could not personally examine into each division or section and ferret out those wtoso character n as not strictly immaculate. Your correspondent claims that many chiefs of divisions are "totally unfit to have charge of their work; that they are persons of bad character; that their presence is an insult and disgrace to the UnltedStatcs Gov ernment." This, I think, Is overdrawn, nnd savors much of that spirit which quite often afflicted clerks when re-rated or dis charged. If these people are so bankrupt of character why is it they have continued to exercise nuthority as chiefs of divisions these many months, and only at this late date it becomes apparent that their execu tive and clerical ability, as well as their moral character, need renovation? It is asserted that In the dismissal of large numbers of clerks, no division chiefs have been discharged. I don't know why they should be discharged, unless the work of that special division was finished and the division eliminated by the discharge or transfer of its clerks into other divisions. This was done in the case of the enumer ators' pav branch, under the direct charge of the late Colonel Seligson, who, as soon as his work was completed, was asked to resign, which ho did, while the few remaining clerks were transferred to other divisions. Would it not be unwise to discharge the head of a division, if ne was at all conversant with his work, and put in his stead some uninitiated person? Tlie only thing we never could un derstand was why the re-rating of salaries was not applied to all grades of clerks in the Census Oflice. Your correspondent has evidently been one of the rank and file of the census em ployes, for he finds exceptions to tho fact tnat, as ue terms it, "respectable cierKs, elderly women, young girls and yonng men wore under tho charge of others." This was necessary. There had to be an organization, a systematic arrangement of forces, and it was impossible to favor every clerk whose hair was tinged with gray or who was of a ministerial type, with the charge of a sec tion or a subsection. Young and old, fair and homely, all had work assigned to them and whero merit showed itself it was gen erally recognized. Relative to compelling clerks to do so much work, it was never so ordered by tho Superintendent. The fact that much of the work was competitive as to quality and quantity led many of the clerks to compete with each otbor. This extended to sections and from sections to the different floors. This rivalry originated with the clerks at the desks, and the extra work was all their own creation. I know nothing of the cli max of indecency and abnse SDOken of, the importation of notorious women, the at tempt to discharge deserving clerks. Per haps this, like many other charges, might be dissolved into the thin air of imagina tion. Lastly, relative to tho inaccuracies of the census reports, I have this to say, and my experience for 15 months in the Census Bureau warrants me in this declaration that great caro has at all times been observed in preparing data, facts, figures, and every thing conducive to a careful and correct report, which I believe has always been I sent out by Superintendent Porter, and I those who know him will say that he is not i tne man wno would wins at anytning lrreg- ular in the conduct of his clerks or tho character of his reports. Ketstoxe. Masob Statios, October 2. Pittsburg's First Glass Works. To the Editor of The Dispatch: The first glass question is still unsettled. Theflrst factory in nttsburg was that of James O'Hara and Isaac Craig, who engaged William Eichbaum in 1795 to erect and oper ate a glass factory. This was erected in 1705 on the flat, in what is now Allegheny, oppo site Glasshouse rifile. Coal was found on tho lower end of Coal Hill, and this factory was moved to about tho location of Thomas AVightman's factory, near Sawmill Kun, in H9G. Mr. Eichbaum was at Philadelphia, near tho falls ol tho Schuylkill. He had been previously in Burgundy, France. Ho settled in Philadelphia in 1793, and tho factory of which he was superintendent wasneailv opposite tho sito of the present Falrmount waterworks. The property was purchased from Ephraim Jones, consLstinsr of a house and lot near the spring, for X100, and two adjoining lots from Ephrnim Blaine. These lots woie owned in 1851 byFrederickLorenz. James Irwin did tho carpenter work, and tho lime and building stone were quarried on the lots. This enterprise was suspended bv the withdrawal of Major Craig in 1S03 or 1S04. The second venture was made by Beelen & Denny about 1800. They employed a man named la FJcur as superintendent. They failed on account of not being able to use wood for fuel. In 1808, tho Arm of Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, afterward Bakewell, Pears & Co., was established. After this A. & D. II. Chambers. In 1841: Cunningham & Ibm sen, F. .t J. McKce, 1M.;: McKee & Bros., 1857; Bryce, Walker & Co., 1S50: James B. Lyon & Co.. 1848: fchepard & Co., 1853, succeeded by Campbell, Jones x Co., isoj; cuamDers, Agnew & Co , KJ42. succeeded by Agnew A Co., 1854: O'Hnni A Craig, 17iW, sneceeded by Frederick Loienz, Sr., succeeded by William McCuIlvA Co., succeeded by Fabnestock, Albree'A Co., succeeded by Lorenz A Wight- man, 1SU3, succeeded by xnomas y igntman 1SJ1. i'lTTSBCEO, October 3. W. If the Governor Had Asked. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In an editorial in your issue of last Satur day you give expression to a fear that Gov ernor Campbell may be "shallow in his sta tistics from the assessment lists." You then proceed to say, "If ho had asked the farmers of Mahoniig county, for example, to whom he had made the astonishing disclosure that they bad lost one-third the value of their farms since 18S0, if they would sell at that reduction, he might have got new light on the snbject." Y'esso he might He might have learned that within two years farms in Jackson township, in the county named, have sold, oratleafthavebeen put on the market, as low as $25, $22 and $18 an acre. Jackson is a good agricultural township, undulating but not hilly, and has only one townshlp.Aiistin town, lying between it and Youngstown. These statements can be verified by 11. F. Phillips, a real estate dealer of North Jack son, Mahoning county. Here, within ten miles of Beaver Falls, a 40-acre tract of fair, tillable land Jms been sold within a few years nt $8 90 an ncre, and another at $10 50 an acre, Thomas Patterson, of New Galilee, being the purchaser of the former tract. Now, since the real value of anything must bo determined by the por cent made on the money investod, has The Dispatch ever floured what land must be worth to re tm u 6"per cent on tho money If it produces fO-cent wheat and 2s-eent wool ? Even at tho figures quoted, to which land has fallen.lt is doubtful if 6 per cent can be realized over nnd above labor and exponses. Farm prod ucts have been so persistently hugging the low water or cost mark for tho greater part nf thn last decade that the fall in the value of land was simply inevitauie. Wampum, Pa., October 4. X. A CycJIng Tragedy. The day was one of perfect weathor For devotees of tho wheel, As Madge and I set out together Upon our swift steeds of steel. Though she was brightly blithe and gay, As beflt the occasion nnd hour; I could not find a word to say, But in silence remained dumb and soar "You do not talk," site said, "at all; Aro yon musing upon your sins?" For she knew not that her brother small Hjd filled my saddle with plus. XrviianapolU Journal. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The oldest reigning dynasty is that of Japan. Indian mummies have been found on art island in the Columbia river. Baltimore has a donkey only 30 inches htah, but It seems to bave tho strength of an ox. It takes about three seconds for a mes sage to go from one end of the Atlantic cabla to the other. Bussia admits women into her civil service, while the rest of Europe still ex cludes them. Two States have a population less than the new Territory of Oklahoma Nevada and Wyoming. Westfield, Mass., which has been suf fering from a water famine, is now threat ened with a milk famine- Salmon have been so plenty this year that 20-pounders have sold for a cent apiece at Ft. Townsend, Washington. A snake cucumber has been on exhibi tion at Sheboygan Falls, Wis., which lacked but an inch of being 12 feet long. The little Bepublic of Uruguay has more newspapers in proportion to its popu lation than any other country in the world A Californian sojourning at Angusta, Ga., has muscles like Iron. He can pulver ize a stpno on an anvil with a Dlow of tho fist. A fanner near Holden, Mo., who lost a porcelain nest egsr, found it six weeks after in the stomach of a black snako which he had killed. A human voice speaking in the open air, when it is calm, can bo heard at a dis tance of 460 feet: the report of a musket, 16,000, and heavy guns, 47o,00J tect An eccentric old bachelor who died in Michigan the other day left a trunk in which were found $4,700 In gold, $10,000 greenbacks and $10,000 in mortgages. Yuma county, Arizona, will soon have a fine irrigating system in operation. Two irrigating canals will be taken ontbelow tho town of Yuma to irrigate the thousands of acres of rich bottom lands. An adder was recently killed near Dahlonega, Ga., which had two distinct and perfect heads and four eyes. When inter rupted its two tongues would dart out sim ultaneously and its fonr eyes glitter. According to on Australian paper 500 Chinamen make an excellent living in Sidney as professional gamblers, their gains being so considerate that they are able reg ularly to remit largo sums to China. Terre Haute reports a haunted house, in which the police have found a sknli with a hole bored through as If by a pistol ball. All the tenants were disturbed by ghostly apparitions, with the exception of ono woman, who is aged 90. An Egyptian pagoda is a new building at Mt. Clemens, the famous mineral springs resort of Michigan. The water will refresh the people in the center of tho stractnre. where it is inclosed by marble walls, and tho water flows through silver faucets. In sinking plumb lines down shafts tho accuracy of the work is often seriously Im paired by spiders attaching their webs to the lines and drawing them toward the wall, often with sufficient tension to introduce material errors in the position of the plumb bobs. In investigating the symptoms of a sick, sheep, with a view to determining whether McKinley had anything to do with Its indis position, a farmer in Sanilac connty, Mich., found a live frog roosting in the animal's throat. The sheep recovered after its re moval. A veritable curiosity has been captured in Africa. It is an elephant, larger than the late lamented Jumbo, pea green in color, trunkless, and has tusks that branch out something like tho horns of a deer. It is in possession of a native King, who will noC part with it. Now they're going to have some fun at Cadillac. The Common Council has issued a ukase forbidding the Salvation Army to appear on the streets of that town on Sunday with drums, horns or infernal machines of any description, and it's going to be a picnic enforcing the order. The Chinese railroad running from Tongshan to tbelCalping mines is to be ex tended from Lin Hal, its present terminus, to Shan Hal Kuan, an imperial decree to that effect having been issued. United States bridge builders are invited to tender bids for a 2,100-foot bridge over the Lan river. A North Carolina clergyman has under his charge 13 churches, is president of two cotton mills, secretary and treasurer of an other, secretary and treasurer of a knitting mill and secretary and treasurer of a build ing and loan association. Last week heap plied to his vestry for an assistant in hu church. A Nebraska farmer received among his mail a few days ago a letter from an old sweetheart of his, which was dated at Port Byron. 111., May 8, 1875, ISyears and 4 months ago. Where the letter has been all this time cannot be ascertained, butstamps on itsbow that it was in the Dead Letter Office a part of the time. The last Indian census shows that in the past ten years the natural growth of India's population has been 27,500,00'J. The population now number 2SC,0OO,0i)O. One can hardly appreciate what these fig ures mean except by compari-on. India contains mure people than all Europe ex clusive of Russia. A ''glacial rock furrow," 30 feet Ions, 1 foot wide and 3 inches deep, was recently discovered by the Rev. George Lansing Tay lor, of Taylor's Island, "in a smoothly gla ciated bed of compact gneiss," in I'olham Bav Park. Tho discovery is considered an Important one, and tne Park Board has or dered tho rock located and the furrow marked, and made a prominent feature of the park. All sounds, whether high or low, loud or soft, travel nt precisely the same rato, i. e., about 1,100 feet a second. Wore this not so the different notes of music would reach the ear at different times, and tho resnlt would bo confusion instead of melody. If tho sun gave forth sounds loud enough to reach the earth, such sounds, instead of reaching us in the space of about eight min utes as light does, would only arrive after a period ofncarly U years. A revival of the famous Tichborne case is threatened. It Is alleged that tho verita ble Arthur Orton has turned up in the lunatic asylum at Paramatta, Australia. Warder Carroll, of Ballarat, who sorved in the Carabineers in which Sir Roger Tich borne was an officer, and who was an im portant witness in the original trial at Westminster, has been sent to interview the alleged Orton, and it is possible there ma be some interesting developments soon. GEMS FROM TUB WITS. A FAIR EXCHANGE. The perfume vending slot machine Is the fairest one out yet, Forevcry penny dropped within Another scent you'll get. Zero York San. When a man has lost his opportunity he does not know where to look for it again. New Or leans Picayune. These be the days ot double play For him who getteth tight: He drinks cool lager through the day, And whiskies hot at night. IiuttanapoUt Journal. You seldom see a man so honest that he says to his wife: "Where did I leave my hatl" He usually says, "Where did you put It?" AteUton Globe. If there's ever a time, "When the weather seems drear. And a m&n realizes That winter Is near. It's about that sad moment When your tailor says "no," And you think, holy smoke! summer suit winter snow! Oil VUv Blizzard. Inebriated Party 'Sense me, officer, but can you tell me hlc whlch's 'tothcrsldeof the street? Policeman Mnlchahy(polntlng-Over there, av , course, Inebriated Party-S' what I thought. Every body told me It was on this hie sldoi Keut Tort Telegram. Kescner Here's a rope! Grab it!" Drowning Man Not that one! It's from a scab shop! Throw mo another one!-l'Afea?o Tribune. "Pat, were you in the war?". 'Dade an' o was, sor?'' "Did you light till the last armed foe x- Begorra. oi did that same, aaaIongwhoUa - artherinUl the barjaia."iaMton Courier. - I" .i&yyj&ftr-.L .. - bfLV)&f"C .J- :-. .frWJw-SM -. .lM-l'fgJ 1--.
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