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PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, OCT. 6, ISO.
PERIIA!"- A DISGUISED 1ILE5SING.
The city officials were much surprised
last evening wh?n informed byTnEDis
Tatch that the Central police station had
been leaded overtheir heads, and that they
mast soon look out for new quarters. The
Ja.'t that some money lias recently heen
expended upon improving the present
luiilding does not lessen the awkwardness
of the situation, and the short time before
the building must be evacuated may cause
embarrassment.
All these features, however, will point
to the necessity of a new and adequate
structure, to be owned by the city. The
location of.the present quarters can hardly
lie much improved npon, but in other re
spects the stations iu the minor districts
ane far superior to the central one. It is
to be hoped that another domicile for the
city's temporary guests can -be secured
with less trouble than has so far attended
the hunt for the new poor farm.
A KKIGN OF RUFFIANISM.
The latest manifestation of White
capism in Dubois county, Ind., exhihits
at once the savagery of that form of mob
law and the weakness of legal government
in some parts of the land. In this case a
pang of ruffians seized a woman by night,
Btripped her. whipped her till she was a
mass of raw flesh, and then left her tied
to a pot and helpless. It is incredible
tbar at the close of the Nineteenth cen
tury American citizens can be such brutes;
Imt th facr is unfortunately indisputable.
The uuspeakable cowardice and ruffian
ism which attacks homes at night and
whips women into gashes is a survival of
the Kuklux spirit of the South, and mani
fests itself in sections of the West where
lie Southern element is numerous.
Of course there is a loud cry from the
decent clement in Indiana for vigorous
steps by the Governor to root out such
crimes: but it is to the discredit of the
State that nothing is done. The fact that
the county in vthich tins outrage, was
committed has a Democratic vote of three
to one, should not be taken as reflecting
upon the Democrats of other sections.
But if the Democratic officials of the
county and the Democratic Governor of
the State maintain their inaction, it will
suggest tlie inexpressibly shameful
thought that politics have something to do
with the immunity of these scoundrels
irom prosecution.
DO TIIK MAJORITY GAMBLE?
Mr. Wm. B. Curtis contributes to the
Jfymm an article on gambling, in which
the assertion is made that all men gamble,
except a small minority whem lie classifies
under four heads, as, those who are de
terred by conscientious scruples; those
tvho fear the effect on their reputations;
those who Lick money, and those who lack
Xwrrc
Willie Mr. Curtis probably includes the last
class andcr hi.sfir.st head, it is to be wished
that he had laid more emphasis on the fact
that a great many men abstain from gam
hllrg because they have a sufficient com
prehension of the foundations of honesty
lo know that money won from others
without any fair consideration is a dis
creditable and dishonest gain. The moral
pe vcptkm of society which regards the
BUWMssful gambler with coldness is cor
rectly founded, although it has become
somewhat blunted, and is strangely blind
in the cases of men who have successfully
cloaked tneir gambling in the shape of
business.
In addition there is undoubtedly a class
of men who abstain from gambling be
cause they know it does not pay unless it
is done with loaded dice. If the verdicts
of chance fall exactly even, a set of men
may gamble together for years and leave
off exactly where they started, with the
waste of time and the expense of the
3lacc where the game is carried on to be
piid for. People who realize that fact
wil sec that, unless they win by cheating,
the possibility of heavy loss at whatever
Same they play, whether speculation or
lm gambling, is enhanced by the cer
tainty of wasted time and expenses.
The spread of this profitless and gener
cllydestructivt' ice is stated by Mr. Cur
tis in a strong way. It is one of the grow
ing evils of the day, and the worst feature
of it is that in one form or another it is
tlWiberatcly nurtured for the piofit of the
interest-, which succeed, by fair means or
foul, in making a gain from it But still
It Ss permisMble to hope it is not true that
the men with honestyand sense enough to
abstain from gambling are in a minority.
rOMinXATION'5 AND THE LAW.
The Philadelphia Ilecord refers to a de
cision by the United States Circuit Court
f Tennessee that an agreement among
coal companies in that State and coal deal
er!, in another State to establish the price
of coal, coal freights, etc, to change the
prices from time to time according to the
tiesire of the parties, and to establish and
enforce penalties for underselling, etc,
w contrary to the act of Congress of
Julys, lcMSO, declaring "every contractor
combination iu the form of a trustor
otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of
trade or commerce among the several
-States, and also the monopolizing or com
bination with another to monopolize trade
?r commerce among the .several States, a
EHaJemeauor." It says very truly that
there are certain "understandings among
gentlemen" in this part of the country, by
which men are made to stand idle in order
that artificial scarcity may be produced,
that are equally obnoxious to the law.
The authority of the court is good, but
the information it imparted to the public
Isold news. Every well-informed person
knew these combinations were violations
of the law. The eminent capitalists who
compose the combinations knew it per
M$ a pattg.
fectly well, which is the reason they dis-
guise them under various devices, such as
' the phrase quoted. But the information
! which they as well as the public need is
, that the officers of the law have set to
work to make the great combinations of
capital respect the law. At present the
! theory of the combinations is that so long
as they can hide behind a mere device or
evasion they are at liberty to ignore the
law; and facts appear to justify that
theory.
Some time ago the administration, -with
a considerable flourish of trumpets, an
nounced that the Attorney General had
ordered the United States District Attor
neys to prosecute all violators of the law.
Although this enm-eved the rather unique
I information that the legal officers of the
j Government have to be instructed in order
I to get them to enforce the law, it was re
assuring as conveying a promise ui a
praiseworthy policy. But the friction of
actual prosecutions is at present a minus
quantity: and it will remain so as long as
those officers feel at liberty to declare, as
j one of them did, that it is not his business
to hunt up evidence of violat'ons oi tnc
law. The peculiar character of this de
cided limitation of the United States pros
ecuting officer's functions is further em
phasized by the fact that in the city where
it was made evidence of the class referred
to had already been produced in the civil
courts.
It still remains an open question whether
the great combinations can be made to re
spect the law, with the odds decidedlyin
iavor of the combinations.
MONETARY EXTREMISTS.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
recently declared that the present policy
of increasing the silver certificates at the
rate of 51,000,000 annually while the pro
portion of gold reserve is steadiy dimin
ishing must eventually bring the country
to a silver basis. TnE Dispatch has here
tofore pointed out this probability, and has
made it clear that the main difference be
tween the free coinage idea and the con
tinuance of the present law is the question
of time But the resolution of the Cham
ber for the entire repeal of the law with
nothing to take its place, is not the pop
ular solution of the question.
Such a stand is the position of the gold
monometallists who wish to confine the
money function to that metal. The reso
lution discloses the division of sentiment
on the silver question. There is the free
coinage clement which would depreciate
the standard of values by putting us on a
gold basis, which is indefensible; the gold
monometallists who would keep us on the
exclusive gold standard with the result of
lengthening the yardstick, which is no
better; and the element represented by the
last legislation, which was to steer a
middle course with the result of satisfying
neither party and only postponing the
evil day.
Notwithstanding the action of the New
York Chamber The Dispatch believes
silver should be restored to its monetary
function. This should be done to en
large the available supply of bullion,
which when confined to gold is, as the sil
ver men claim, too limited for the business
needs of the world. But it must be done
on the honest and conservative principle
of preventing cither a raising or lowering
of the standard of values. To restore sil
ver without changing the value of the
dollar is possible only by one or two
methods. They are:
1 To secure an international agree
ment for the remonetization of silver on
the old ratio of 16 to 1.
2 To abandon the old ratio and coin
for the United States a silver dollar of
equal bullion value to the gold dollar.
The experience of the past thirteen
years shows that it is futile to hope for an
international agreement on the old ratio.
Without it to re-establish the same ratio in
free coinage here would be simply reduc
ing the dollar to the bullion value of the
silver dollar at present The only other
resort is to establish silver on its bullion
value. If a man deposit a million dollars'
worth of silver give him certificates for a
million dollars, redeemable in a milion
dollars' worth of silver bullion. This
would make a new silver dollar of equal
bullion value with gold, and utilize silver
as money without depreciating the stand
ard of values.
That course would be practical bi
metallism. The gold extremists who want
nothing coined except gold, and the ex
treme silver men who would bring the
country to an exclusive silver basis, are
equally monometallists in their respective
ways.
STREET RAILWAYS AND PAVING.
The decision of the Supreme Court
against the Ridge Avenue Railway in
Hiiladelphia has an indirect local bear
ing. It may not be generally remembered
that suit was begun over a year ago, m a
similar dispute between one of the city
railways and the city over the liability of
the former corporation for paving between
the tracks. That suit evidently got lost
in the wreck of the old street acts, as
nothing has been heard from it since.
But with the decision of the Philadelphia
case and the proceedings nndcr the cura
tive acts we may expect the suit to be
revived, as it involves, we believe, a con
siderable sum of money. The circum
stances of the case are not identical with
those of the Philadelphia case decided
yesterday, so that the decision cannot be
foretold with certainty. But the amount
involved and the principle are both of im
portance enough to have the question
pushed to an early settlement
TilEr.n is a rather peculiar position taken
in the demand upon the Attorney General
of Ohio that he shall institute quo warranto
proceedings against the ballet reform law.
It is generally understood that the duty of
State Attorneys fs not to attack the legisla
tion of the State but to maintain it. To be
sure, the idea of some United States Attor
neys that it is not their business to enforce
the anti-trust act, may yet blossom into a
theory on their part that they can attack its
constitutionality. But the Ohio Attorney
General will hardly like to lead a legal de
parture of that kind.
The meeting of the Supreme Court pro
duces the usual batch of final decisions.
But owing to the unredeemable fondness of
the profession for the law's delays there does
not seem to be any probability oftho Pitts
burg public finding out this term how it
stands on the curative act.
The Republicans of Colorado are accused
of straddling on the silver question; but
they make it very plain that they want $1 29
an ounce for their silver which is worth 93
cents.'
The information that the Constitutional
Convention will bo carried becauseno tickets
will be provided "against the convention,"
indicates a very pretty possibility of jug
gling a convention into existence. But it
will network. Thcro arc enough peosle who
will write their votes against the conven
tion, if tickets are not furnished, to beat
any such scheme as that. Besides which, if
a convention wore brought inti existence
bj- such means it would doom any Constitu
tional changes it might make to certain de
feat. The news that one-half the mortgage in
debtedness in the State pf Illinois, or $192,-
000,000, is on Cook county property, conveys
the intimation that the farmers of Chicago
do not find that great act or consolidation so
lull of prosperity for them as they supposed.
Hetween Baby Cleveland and Baby Mc
Koe the next campaign may develop a now
and exciting feature of interest over thedc
velopment of infant industry.
A wild Texas steer sauntered down
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and made
things lively there until he received his
quietus from the policemen's revolvers.
Tho Philadelphia papers editorially de
nounce the steer's proceedings, which, as
the owner has not appeared to claim his de
funct property, is the only object that can
be reached. Your true Quaker City citizen
hates to have his serenity disturbed; and
when it is done by the horns of a perni
ciously active Texas steer, we cannot blame.
Knox, of Kew York, oilers to make a
large bet that Flower will be elected Gov
ernor This may be an evidence of bis faith
in the Democratic candidate, and it may be
an indication of a desire to stimulate thehat
trade by starting up the betting.
Reciprocity with Canada will not come
this year. Next year, perhaps; or more like
ly some other year.
The charge is made by a New York paper
that the admiral of tho United States squad
ron at Chile kept himself posted of the
movements of the Congressional troops
during the late conflict in order that he
might inform Balmacedn. This is a serious
assertion, and can hardly be accepted ex
cept upon conclusive evidence. At all events
the information docs not seem to have been
accurate enough to enable Balmacedaito
save himself, much less his own causo.
The news that John L. Sullivan's dra
matic company is stranded iu Australia in
dicates that the Antipodes are sadly dead to
the exposition of dramatic art. It is to bo
feared that nothing will draw in Australia
but a real slugging match.
Light frosts last night were sharp
enough to kill off any further yield of Octo
ber hot waves.
The latest proceedings of Jay Goidd in
Wall street have produced tho usual protest
from the New York papers against discourag
ing English investors from buying American
railway stocks. The deal appears calculated
to discourage the foreign purchaser; but
could not our New York cotemporary also
find some words of reprehension for the
fleecing of tho commonplace and familiar
American lamb!
The Republicans in New York call Ta .
many "tho tiger," while tho Democrats in
sist that it is only a bugbear. If they keep
on they will civc tho public tho naturally
Justifiable idea that it is the whole menag
erie. The cool wave is refreshing, though per-'
haps superfluously sudden.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
TnE first squall has at last disturbed the
happy Cleveland home.
The cheapest shoes always squeak the
loudest.
Mbs. Frank Leslie will now be com
pelled to do a little curtain lecturing, as her'
new husband is Wilde.
The young man who is called a regular
brick is frequently out of plnmb.
Jay Gottld only appearsbefore the pub
lic in his stocking feat.
Youth can be preserved, but not in
jars.
And now 'tis said
The Dcms are blue,
'Cause sugar's cheap,
And tin plate, too.
Almost any woman can successfully fill
the bill.
The joke that galls That on the ill
fitting dress. ,
You can look into a wine glass until you
cannot recognize yourself. But the trick Is
expensive and painful.
Flower's coat-of-arms bears four crows.
They are emblematic of his lost caws.
Loving husbands who scan big quarterly
bills must wish they lived in Bylo Land.
The nice young man who's on the mash
Sees with dismay that Summer's gone,
Because he cannot cut a dash
While his light top-coat is in pawn.
Some American hogs will soon be re
turning from Europe in a Hamburg sausage,
and some in the first cabin.
The mosquito will soon retire from
buzziness.
English bands in the Dardanelles are
now performing the Turkish Patrol.
When the teething period arrives Gro ver
will not be such a happvfather as he is now.
llns. McKinley is a little lady. If she
wasn't eho would not permit her husband to
go to Ada.
HAMES 0PTEN IN PBINT.
Henry George, of New York, has just
returned from a long sojourn in tho north
ern part of tho State, and hasn't quite made
up his mind yet whether to vote for Fassett
or Flower.
The widow of Wirt Dexter, the famous
Chicago lawyer, is soon to marry the aged
millionaire, Gordon JIcKay, who was some
years ago unhappily married to Miss Minnie
Treat, of Cambridge, Mass.
Mns. George B. McClellan, widow
of General McClellan, and Miss McClellan
have arrived in Paris on their way back to
this country. They will, in all probability,
spend the winter in New York.
The Empress Elizabeth's gorgeous new
palace at Corlu will have a high lighthouse
near it, shining with electric lights of 12,000
candle power. In tho grounds about tho
palaco there will bo 25,000 rosebushes and
many fine cactus plants.
Senator Sherman, in his library at
Mansfield, has a large fireproof vault con
taining his enormous private correspond
ence with prominent men and women.
There is material for a magnificent auto
graph collection in this mass of letters.
Prince Christian Victor, ofSchles-wig-Iiolstein,
is gaining military experience
and finding pretty bits of fighting as an at
tache of the Black Mountain expedition in
India, whore General Ellis nnd his army are
engagod inbringing the hill tribes into sub
jugation. Dr. Arthur T. Pierson, formerly with
the Second Presbyterian Church at Indian
apolis, and now preaching in the Fourth
Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York,
has been invited to occupy Mr. Spurgeon's
pulpit in London during tho convalescence
of the pastor.
The King of Wurtemberg has been sick
for some time, but it is believed that he will
recover. Baron Mason Jackson, the Ameri
can favorite of the King, who was born in
Steubenville, O., still retains the friendship
of His Majesty, despite the intrigues of en
vious courtiers.
Sophie Gunsbekg, the beautiful Nihil
ist privately executed some weeks ago in a
liussian prison, is said to have been the
original of the boroino of Colonel Savage's
novel, 'My Official Wife." Colonel Savage is
said to have met the fascinating intriguante
in Paris once and to have been completely
tamed by her charms.
THE THEATERS CROWDED.
TYardo In a New Plsy, the Lion's Month A
Straight Tip The Little Tycoon Min
strels and Lesser Amusements All AVell
Patronized.
"The Lion's Mouth," a romantic drama
in prologue and four acts, by Henry Guy
Carleton, was given last night for tho first
time in Pittsburg at tho Grand Opera
IIouso by Frederick Warde. It is al
together a novelty in these degen
erate days to find a diamatist
daring to use blank verse, and
more than that showing good grounds for
his audacitv. "The Lion's Mouth" is almost
wholly in blank verse, and Mr. Carleton uses
it without timidity. A single hearing is not
enough to warrant a judgment of the merits
of the play as literature, but at least it may bo
said that there are in it passages of singular
beauty, that a great deal of theveiseisnmsi
cal, and that neithor humor nor dignity nor
pathos have been sacrificed inkceping the
lines within tho closo limits of meter. About
the drama there is no doubt at all. It is a
play of power and real human interest;
romantic, of course, and, therefore, at times
improbable to a degree; and tho stiain
inc for effect upsets oven possibilities
at times. Tho plot is not exactly like dozens
of other plots, but it has a strong family re
semblance to what romantic dramas, whose
locale is in Italy and time the Middle Ages,
are wont to have. There is an assassination
to start with and the pursuit of the
assassin is tho strongest motivo of
tho play, although love tempers the blood
thirtiness and nicely entangles tho conspir
ators. Taking everything iifto considera
tion "Tho Lion's Mouth" is a good play, with
more plot than character in it, and ex
pressed generally in English far be
yond the common. To have written
such a play at 35, makes Mr. Carleton, who is
a journalist, now of California, a factor of
large size in tho evolution of the American
drama. It must bo noted, however, that
Mr. Carleton has been a student of Shakes
peare to some purpose. Perhaps tho
Venetian atmosphere with which Mr. Carle
ton endows "Tho Lion's Mouth" inspired
him in the same way that it did
Shakespeare though tho former probably
actually has breathed the air of
Venice and seen the lions of St. Mark,
which the immortal bard cortainly did not.
In this way the close resemblance of some
passages to Shakespeare, tho closer likeness
of the characters, and the general fashioning
of "The Lion's Mouth" upon Shakespearean
lines, may bo accounted for. In the first act
Mr. Ward as Itinaldo recalls more than onco
Jlercutio, by his words, his manner, and his
actions. The monkish imposter who is the
villain of the piece, in fact is tho only char
acter that does not remind one ot some
liirure in "Romeo and Juliet," in "Twelfth
Night" or some other Shakespearean
romance. This is not evidence against
Mr. Carleton, for it cannot be denied
that he could hardly have taken a
better model, or borrowed, if he has
actually borrowed, from a better source.
Onco in a while the language is involved
una the meaning ooscure, ana then a
likeness to Shakospeare with due rever
ence be it sold arises again. The jailer
DionysiofoY instance, drops into archaic
humor jnst as Shakespeare is so fond of
making his Dogberrys and Gobbos and other
lowly people do. Wo do not see the
fun of making small personages in a drama
antique humorists, hut perhaps Mr. Carleton
is rignc m sucjung wnoiiy to me ouaKes
pearean method. The real trouble is that
some of tho comedy in "The Lion's Mouth" is
so aged in form and snbjeot that it falls flat.
But it is a small trouble after all, for the
comedy whore it is important is extremely
well conceived, essentially new, or at least
in treatment, and tho wit of the dialogue is
often sparkling.
In the Lion's Mouth
There is no question at all of 'She fitness
of Mr. AVardo and his assistants lor such
work as falls to them in Mr. Carleton's play.
The play suits them splendidly. Mr. Warde
plays the hero.PauJ dlA'ovara, with more grace
and tresh enthusiasm than anything he has
undertaken for years. It is not an immense
part, but it is large enough to carry the cen
tral interest of the play. Paul's father is
murdered in the prologue. Tho assas
sins flee in the guise of officers of
the Holy Inquisition to Venice, where
In the language of a later day they
raise particular Cain. Paul pursues them,
and he and they pierce each other's dis
cuise at the same moment. Paul also falls
in love with a beautiful unknown, who
later turns out to be tho daughter of
tho Doge of Venice. It takes four
acts to bring Paul and his sweetheart
to happiness, but they get there finally, and
the wicked Friar Angeto, alias Francesco,
has his head chopped off. The story is told
with much dramatic power, the acts closing
each with a strong situation, that of the
Third act especially so.
Mr. Warde made a very picturesque and
manly soldier of Venice, and some of the
best lines in the play gained by his careful
and artistic delivery. There is an artistic
thoroughness about Mr. Warde that
is all too rare. To t make even mimic
love to such a charming girl as Linora, the
daughter of the Doge, cannot he considered
an arduous work, but Mr. Warde made a
very hearty lover. Linora had tho grace,
beauty anil charming personality of Miss
Victory Bateman as an endowment, and, of
course, the character was luminously
sweet. Nothing prettier than the
scene at the church door, where
Itinaldo makes fierce and rapid love
to I.inora, could be imagined, albeit it recalls
a similar passage in "Romeo and Juliet"
very strongly. Iu the pathetic episodes
Mhs Bateman was also strong. Tho villain
ous Francesco was played with raro repres
sion and subtlety by Mr. Charles
Herman. The character is a good
one, but Mr. Herman made the most of it,
and his assumption of sancity and authority
in priest's garb was cleverly outraged.
But he should be careful of his pro
nunciation. At times he slipped
in. such words as "guard" which
ho called "g yard.' Tho shouting
of "yo-e-ho"' in mariner stylo in Act III. as a
signal to close the gates, in Justice to
Mr. Herman should bo cut out; it
is comic at a tragic moment. Mr.
Harry Loighton made a very attract
ive 'iTarco, and Ins love passages with
Marcella, Miss Fannie Bowman, who is a
merry little soul with lots ot good looks,
wore very charming, thanks to both.
The play is staged well. First act and sec
ond especially present pretty views of Ven
ice. The costumes are also beautiful in keep
ing, and the whole production is worthy
of the highest praise, as a big step in tho
rifht direction. The bis audience seemed
to think so, too, for they applauded vigor
ously and the recalls were numerous.
The Daqnesno Theater.
Something new in minstrelsy is hard to
find, yet Messrs. Primrose and West claim
to have found it, and judging from the per
formance at the Duquesno Theater this
week, their claim has considerable founda
tion. The show they present has many
novel and unique features, the principal
one being the floral first part, a beautiful
picture of the kingdom of flowers. Over
each chair bung flowers and foliage and tho
stage was enclosed by vino-covered walls.
.Tnsnnh Natus in his solo "Always Together"
was encored time and again, and divided
the vocal honors with Frank Cushmnn and
F. W. Oakland. G. H. Primrose has been
seen so often that nothing new can be said
about hislwork; it speaks for itself.
In the second part of the programme the
members of the company showed what fun
can be had with a long-distance telephone,
in an amusing negro comedy entitled "Log
Cabin Neighbors." Drummond and Stnhlev
as "the musical and dancing blacksmiths''
did some very clever work producing music
from anvils. The transformation fiom n
blacksmith shop to a drawing room in full
evening dress was a clever piece of
work. The March of the Kcd Hussars
as directed Uy W. II. West cannot but be
appreciated by lovers of military move
ments. A suggestion might be made to Mr.
West to appear in black lace to conform to
the rest of the company. The marchers
appeared with silver mounted drum
majors' staffs, in tho bulb of which were
concealed different colored electric lamps,
which were lighted and put out at command.
The Bornai Brothers as the disappearing
demons gave tho most wonderful
acrobatic and contortion performance
ever seen in this city. The original
"Big Four" have been here before
and como about as near breaking their
necks as they ever did. The show has con
siderable new business, nnd the "gags" are
catchy nnd not offensive. The interest does
not abate from beginning to end and the en
tertainment never grows wearisome. If a
good minstrel performance is desired peo
ple who visit the Duquesne this week will
not be disappointed.
Dijon Theater.
It seems that age cannot wither this
most popular of operas, "The Little Ty
coon;" whistled and sung as it has heen for
years its power to please remains the same.
The plot is the old, old story, thecoursoof
true love never did run smooth, stern papa,
pretty, rebellious daughter, a cruel fate and
a grand finale in all's well that ends well.
The present "company includes many and
the most popular of those performerswho
took parfm the first rendering or the opera
at the Temple Theater, Philadelphia, where
it had at lihei omenal run lor nearly three
years. H. E. Jraham, the original General
Knickerbocker, ftrows better, if possible, with
every season, and the audience did not
ea-sily tire of hearing of ye good old times
when he "was a) boy."
tVi Mcalev. as Teddy. Lord Dolnhtn't
valet, "pit, bo and gall'ry in convulsions J
hurled." Again and again was demanded
Miss Potter, as Violet, did well, her solos
showing a very sweet voico. Lovelansbs
nt locks as fiH also Dolly Dimple; -Miss
Cerbi's usual sprightly manner was a
charming part of the production. There
is no denying that Miss Hurricane,
from a fair maid's standpoint, makes
an ideal chaperono. Her voice was in good
condition and her rendering of "I have
waited" was ofsufheient merit to make glad
the heart of ono and all that sho had much
longer to wait in vain.
'.ii ine wunu loves a lover, anu num
.repeated encores one could see that tho
nuuieucu "" i.ouert uunimr i siu-m
Barry. J. II. Adams and J. F. McGovern
were both quite clever, and even the wee
babv Jap, although ho did look as
though lie preferred the Mikado's
land to a sea of upturned faces,
was delightfully funny. Tho house was
crowded, and a thoroughly pleased audience
gave Wlllard Spencer's work and the actors
all the applause desirable or deserved. Tho
costumes are naturally as strong a point as
over, nnd the staging of the piece as a whole
is nerter muii iiuy previous prouuunun ji..a
shown us here.
The Alvin Theater.
"Standing Room Only" was tacked up
in front of the box office at trie Alvin last
night before the orchestra commonced its
overture and by the time the
curtain was rung up there was very
little standing room loft. James T.
Powers was iu Pittsburg last season with
"A Straight Tip." hut notwithstanding tho
fact that everybody saw it then, it seems to
have caught on n second time. Those who
laughed atits absurdities last year are going
again - this year to laugh once moro.
"A Straight Tip" is ono of thoso
noisy farces which keep the audience
in a "constant uproar, and after tho curtain
drops, the people wonder what there wa3 to
laugh at. The fact is, the farce comedies of
the present day are extremely silly, but so
long as the public demands tho ridiculous it
will bo given to them in doses of which "A
Straizht Tip" is among the most palatable.
Mr. Jiras T. Powers is a host in himself.
Hts appearance on tho stage was tho signal
for broad smiles from tho parquet to the
gallery, and his songs, which are new, wero
appiaudod to tho echo. In the third act his
travesty burlesque on Spanish dancing a la
Carmencita was demanded over and over
again. It is needless to say that Peter F.
Daly's picture of a sport is a work of art,
and that ho kept tho house in roars.
Emma Hanloy sang very nicely. Nono
of tho young women have more than
average voices, but they are all pretty, and
their twilight dance in the second net was
demanded n second time. The erote3que
ness of F. T. Ward as the tramp "was most
laughable, and Albert Hart as the actor in
hard luck in tho first act was strik
ing in appearance, to say the
least. John Sparks as Dennis Dolan,
Eichard Gorman as Abner Hawkins,
and Potor F. Daly as Jack Potsand Poole
wero a notable trio. Bella, the winning
hoi se, deserves especial notice. This year
the management took the precaution to
procure an animal which will not have to be
condemned by the Humane Sociory to die
an ignominious death after its first ap-
Searance on the stage. Mary Bird as
'edelia Dolan spoko her lines with rich
brogue that seemed to come naturally to her
lips. Tho music throushout, though not
particularly new, is bright and pleasing to
the ear, and the costuming in general is pict
uresauo. Altosrether. there is a decided im
provement all around, as compared with
last year.
larrls' Theater.
Good scenery, a good company and a
clean play are the elements which enter into
the presentation of "The Faries' Well,"
which was seen for the first time in this city
yesterday at Harris' Theater. The audiences
at both the afternoon and evening perform
ances were large ones, and W. II. Power's
company made a favorable impression. "The
Faries' Well" is based ou the legend
of a well inhabited by faries, who
once each year lcveal to mortal maids their
future husbands, and there is sufficient vil
lainy and distressed virtue in the play to
make it interesting. Among the company is
an old Pittsburger, John F. Vard, who is the
ludicrous old gamekeeper, and hnd the audi
ence in a roar with his comic ditties, while
George F. Timmons' harp specialties were
much admired. The part or Mark Condon
was assumed by W. II. Power, Jr., a young
man just out of his teens, who gave the
part in an acceptable manner.
Harry Williams' Academy.
Harry Kernell is indeed "the man you
all know," nnd his appearance at Williams'
last night was a signal foe an outburst of
cheerssuchas any actor might be proud to
receive. He is as full of jests and quaintness
as ever, and he has a good company
behind him. Among tho names to be noted
are Gallagher and Griffin, the Irish com
edians, Adalino Devere, the skipping rope
wonder; Bertha Stead, the serio-comic;
Blockson and Burns, Lottie Hyde, the High
leys, Fisher and Clark, and Thomas OBrlen
surelv a bie band of first-class specialists.
"The Half-Way House," a roaring farce,
winds up the entertainment.
Minor Theatrical Matters.
Tab rooster orchestra is the puzzling and
amusing sensation at Harry Davis'.Hundreds
saw and marveled at the apparent success
of barnyard fowls as musicians yesterday.
Among the other attractions worth noting
is the statue act of William and Ida Evans.
They pose as bronze statues with success.
The McEvoys and Clayton & Gray are
clever.
Ando Mitikiki. who juggles iu a Japanese
way at the World's Museum-Theater, docs
some tricks that are simply marvelous, and
they are done by skill of eye and hand
without assistance or paraphrenalia. Prof.
Lafayette's sleigh-of-hand, though old
fashioned, is amusing, and he makes the
yokels laugh every time he takes a baby's
outfit from a gentleman's high silk
hat. In the theater tho International Spec
ialty Company would get along better with
out the vulgarity and stupidity of Parker
and Itetardo. A clever bulldog named Grip
saved Loraine and Howell's act. But Jennie
Earle and Charles Girard, especially the
former did n lair turn, and Belle Emerson
and Baby Erma, a child dancer were com
petent. PE0PU! WHO C0JIE AHD GO.
I. Ross Thompson, a cotton buyer from
Manchester, England, wns among the lim
ited passengers hist eveninir. He was going
to Chicago and then South'on business. He
said it was unquestioned that the woolen
trade in tho west of England was injured by
the restrictive tariff. The cotton goods in
dustry wns not so much affected, and the ox
tent of the crop this year would assist buy
ers both in price and quality.
E. K. Fassett, of New York, a brother
of J. Sloat Fassett, the Republican nomineo
for Governor of tho Empire State, was at
the Seventh Avenue yesterday for a fow
hours. He said that he and his party had
unlimited conuut'iice 111 ma mutiier s elec
tion, and that though Boswell Flower might
have more money the Republicans would
have more votes.
Vice President W.J.Swan.of the Manhattan
Athletic Club, was a passenger on the East
ern express last evening. He was returning
from the St. Louis meeting. He intended to
be present at the aff.iir hero to-day, but
could not make tho time. He said that
athletics has only now obtaiued a foothold
in this country. Ten years ago there were
onlv 5,000 men interested in them, now there
are'over 100,0i0.
Ex-State Senator Lee, of Franklin, went
to New York last night. He read with inter
est, he said, a recent article in The Dis
patch on the question of nil as a luol. Ho
said that much interest wns taken In the
question by the country people. He could
not see why such an abundant fluid could
not be successfully used and more generally
than at present.
H. .7. Murdock, Editor of the United Pres
bvterian, went to New York last evening. He
said that as far as his paper was concernod
they would withhold publication indefinite
ly rather than concede the job printers' de
mauds, which, he said, were outrageous.
The urices now being paid for job work in
Pittsburg were higher than in most other
cities.
Mrs. A. H. Rice and Miss Bonnell, of
Youngstown; Miss Page, of Painsville, O.;
Mi"s Bunts, of Cleveland, O., and Messrs.
W. J. Hitchcock, Jr., G. B. Booth and Tortcr
Pollock.of Youngstown.formed a party at the
Duquesne, yesterday, which arrived to see
the new Alvin theater.
Captain John Leithead, of the Philadel
phia Fire Department, and Joseph Revel,
Joseph Fowler, J. Voen and Joseph Geo. of
Chicago, are visiting different points of in
terest in Pittsburg.
E. E. Merrill, of Boston, Insurance Com
missioner for Massachusetts, is one of the
delegates to the convention of the order of
United Friends.
Marshall White, of the Allegheny City
Clerk's office, returned yesterday after a
two weeks' hunt in the northwestern part of
the State.
J. E. Umbstaetter, Secretary of the Pitts
burg Railroad Coal Association, returned
from the East yesterday.
Clinton Hess and wife, of "Wheeling, are
tho guests ot Joseph A. Glesenkanip. o Col
tart square, Oakland.
W. Thaw, Jr., went eastward last even
tail. .
A CABINET DISAGREEMENT.
Eumors of a Breach Between the President
Hnd Secretary Blaine on Canadian Reci
procity The Indian Commissioner
Makes Some Interesting; Suggestions in
IIi Report.
fFEOJI A STAFF COUnESPOSPEXT.l
Washington, Oct. 5. Gossip anent the
further postponement of negotiations for a
Canadian reciprocity treaty has grown into
positive statements of a disagreement be
tween tho President and Secrotary Blaine
which may lead, or which has already led to
a determination by Mr. Blaine to retire from
the'Cabinet. There is absolutely no ground
for such statements, except mere inferences
from the peculiar condition of things
There was a very good reason for tho post
ponement of negotiations at this time. Tho
States bordering ou Canada, or those Im
mediately across any of the great lakes
from Canada, would bo most affected by a
reciprocal arrangement.
At least thoy think they would be, and
there is the strongest fooling against what
it is supposed would be the terms of any
treaty negotiated. In Ohio and New York
any discussion of the matter at Washington
would give opportunity to thrust new ques
tions into the campaigns now raging at
their height, and in which the issues are
clearly defined and the line of argument in
eacli party worked out. Any action or dis
cussion on the part of tho administration
wonld afford tho Democrats a chanco to
assail the Republican official leaders, and
through them the candidates in the States
named. This, it is asserted by the friends of
tho President and Mr. Blaine, is the solo
reason for the postponement of the negotia
tions. Harrison Not Enthusiastic on Reciprocity.
At the same time it is pretty well
known that the President is not as enthusi
astic as Mr. Blaine in regard to reciprocity
with Canada, and it is not impossible that
the latter has himself cooled a little iu that
diiection, as it is quite a different thing to
make liberal reciprocity treaties with
South American countries with which we
might establish anew and valuable trade
from planning reciprocity with an old and
nearby country which might possibly send
more to us than we to it.
Mr. Blaine's continued absence after the
time when It was positively announced ho
would return to his Washington home is cu
rious enough, perhaps, to give a color of tan
gibility to reports of a disagreement with
tho President. A month ago word was sent
to the caretakers of the old Seward house
on Lafa3-ette square, which Blaine has pur
chased and in which ho lives, to prepare for
the coming of the master. There was a
flurry of opening and airing and fresh deco
ration for a brief time, and then all became
silent. The shutters are yet closed, and
there is not a sign of a spider being expelled
or a cobweb being brushed down.
SOME WILD RUMORS SET AFLOAT.
This has led not oniy to rumors of a
disagreement with the President, hut to
more alarming assertions ahbut Mr. Blaine's
continued ill health being sufficient to unfit
him for duty, or a relapse which leads his
friends to despair. This is met by the in
formation that the great Secretary is con
stantly gainiug in health; that he desires to
remain out of Washington durintr the
height of the malarial season (though Wash
ington's malarial season is really a thing of
the past, and no more to bo dreaded than
that of any city of tho country), and that he
will therefore not return before tho first of
November.
There will really be so little requiring his
attention until the elections are passed that
the very dullness of things would justify
his absonce. Many high officials will be ab
sent from now till the election. Politics and
diplomacy are stagnant here. Members of
Congress and other politicians of note and
Influence will not be known here till the
fate of the fall battles is decided. This and
his increasing health and strength are
probably the only reasons for Mr. Blaino's
delayed return, and there i3 not probably a
word of truth in any other.
The Indian Commissioner's Report.
The sixth annual report of the Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs has Just been sub
mitted to the Secretary of the Interior.
After alluding to the increased public inter
est in the subject of Indian administration,
the commissioner outlines what he regards
as the settled policy of the Government in
its dealings with the Indians, emphasizing
comprehensiveness, deflniteness of aim,
clearness of outline, adaptation of means to
ends, justice, firmness, humanity, rndical
ness, stability and time as the essential ele
ments of such a policy.
He thinks that the great forces now at
work land in severalty, with its accom
panying dissolution of the tribal relations
and breaking up of the reservation, the de
struction of the agency system, citizenship
and all that belongs thereto, of manhood, in
dependence, privilege and duty and educa
tion which seeks to bring the rising genera
tion of Indians into right relationship with
the age in which they live, and to put into
their hands the tools by which they may
gain for themselves food and clothing and
build for themselves homes will, if allowed
to continue undisturbed a reasonable length
of time, accomplish their beneficient ends.
The Practical Conclusions Drawn.
v The report discusses at considerable
length the political status of tho In
dians, tracing the revolution of the present
policy of dealing with the Indians as wards.
As the result of the historical survey the
commissioner draws the following practi
cal conclusions:
That the fiction as rogarUing the Indians
as independent peoples has been displaced
by the theory of regarding and treating
them as wards of the general Government.
That the purpose of the Government, as
has been made more and more evident is to
change their status from that of wardship
to that of citizenship.
That the time has come for a declaration
by Congress to tho effect that hereafter it
will not recognize the Indians as competent
to make war, but that in our dealings with
them they shall be treated not as belliger
ents, but as subject and dependent people'
capable, of course, of insurrection, rioting,
or disturbance of the peace, but not of wag
ing war.
That the general Government- has tho
right, both for its own protection, for the
piotection oftho public welfare and lor the
good of the Indians, not only to establish
schools in which their children may be pre
pared for citizenship, hut also to use wliat
everforco may be necessary to secure to.the
Indian children the benefit of theso insti
tutions. Indian Representation in Congress.
I venture also to suggest whether the
time is not at hand for the passage of an en
abling act whereby the five civilized tribes
mav form either a Territorial or State gov
ernment and be represented on the floors of
Congress. That the time has come when the
Pueblo Indians should be admitted by
special act of Congress "To the enjoyment
of all the rights of citizens of the United
States according to the principles of the
Constitution," as contemplated by the treaty
of Guadeloupe Hidalgo.
The definite determination by the highest
authority of tho actual policy status of the
Indian is necessary as a basis of wise legis
lation and to the satisfuctoryadniinistratiou
of Indian affairs."
After giving an account of tho progress
made in the allotment of lands to the In
dians during the past year, the Commis
sioner says that "This radical and far-reaching
revolution in the social status of the In
dians is making satisfactory progress. Land
in severalty lias in it the 'promise and po
tency' of great things, but onlythe promise
and the potency. In many cases it brings
unuttcrablo woe and in all it is liable to
leave the Indians ii orse off than before." Ho
further says:
Practical Results of the Allotment Policy.
"I am not in receipt of enough infor
mation, nor indeed has sufficient time
elapsed to enable me to judge of the prac
tical results of the allotment policy. I have
seen nothing during tho year, however, to
lead me to change my views as to its ulti
mate success."
Regarding tho reduction of tho reserva
tions, which has proceeded with great rap
idity during tho year, the report says: While
it is possible to push this work too rapidly,
perhaps l do not hesitate to say that the ul
timate destruction of the entire system of
reservations is inevitable. There is no place
for it in our present condition of life. The
millions or acres of Indian hinds now lying
absolutely unused are needed homes for our
rapidly increasing population, andnust be
so utilized.
"Whatever right and title tho Indians
have in them is subject to and must yield
to the demands of civilization. Thoy should
bo protected in the possession of all tho
laud that is necessary lor their own support,
and whatever is ceded by them should
bo paid for at its full market value. But it
cannot be expected under any circumstan
ces that these reservations can remain in
tact, hindering the progress of civilization,
requiring mi army to piotect them from the
encroachments oi home seekers, and main-
tninintrn nArntt,ai nhnrln nf RAVflcrerv and
animalism'
Indian Fchoo! and Missions.
The report discusses quite at length the
subject or Indian education. The enroll
mentof Indian pupils for the year ended
June 30 lias been 17,923, an increase over last
year of 1,510. The amount of Congresional
appropriations for Indian education avail
able for the year to come is nearly 2,25,003.
The Commissioner wards the education of
the Indian as tho only solution of the Indian
problem.
Regarding contract schools the Commis
sioner recommends the maintenance of the
status quo for the present, but urges that
tho appropriation of public funds forsec
tarian education is contrary to tho spirit of
the Constitution, opposed to public policy
nnd ought at an early date to be discon
tinued. He expresses a strong appreciation
of the missionary work done among tho
Indians by the churches, nnd thinks the
present time Is peculiarly favorable for the
increase of such work.
The icport discus-es a great variety of
topics, and continues full statistical tables
and other Information regarding all matters
that have heen under consideration during
the past year.
CHARITY AND SOCIETY.
An Entertainment for the Benefit of Day
Wnrserles Tim Social Gossip.
Among the excellent beneficent societies
in Allegheny, special praise shonld bo given
to tho "Day Nurseries." of which, there are
three in the clt3-. They have been estab
lished by ladies In Allogheny and Pittsburg
for the benefit of mothers who have to
leave their children while they work by the
day, nnd who have to trust them to the ten
der mercies of neighbors, to young children,
or without any caro at all, but for these
nurseries. The charge for caring for the
little ones is nominal only 10 cents per day,
with 5 cents for each additional child of the
same family. For this, three meals are
given, and the children are washed and
given as much attention as thev would re
ceive from their mothers more, in some in
stances. Children under 6 years of nge re
ceive one hour's instruction in the morning
and one in the afternoon. When they are
over C they are sent to the public schools.
The Fir3t Allegheny Day Nursery, 203
North avenue, was established five years
ago. The president is Mrs. Samuel Sloan,
and tho matron Mrs. Palmer. During the
months of July and Augu9t tho average
daily attendance was 4. No. 1 Dorcas Day
Nursery, and No. 2 Dorcas aro under the
same management. Tho president is Mrs.
II. C. Hammcll, and the matron Mrs. Mary
Everett.
On the fifth of November the Dorcas
Society is to give an entertainment for the
benefit of the nurseries, that is expected
to bo unique as well as entertaining. Tho
children will wear colonial costumes, and
adults will be attired also in the dress that
obtained when George Washington was
fighting for American liberty. Prepara
tions have already commenced, and the
ladies anticipate a successful occasion,
financially as well as artistically.
TnE ladies' committee of the Hospital
Saturday and Sunday Association met yes
terday to ascertain the total amount of col
lections from different sources. The sums
received from the public schools netted $S00.
The amount from tho seven extra churches
this year is $200. The total sum cannot be
estimated yet, as all the churches have not
sent in their reports. Last year tho street
collection was $218; this year it netted 9765.
The general meeting for the election of
officers will bo held next Monday, in the
general office, at 3 o'clock. The annual
meeting of tho gentlemen's branch will bo
held October 19, nt the Homeopathic Hos-
Jrital, for the election of officers. Both
ndies and gentlemen will be present, and a
fall representation of members is expected.
Social Chater.
Mas". J. B. Apams, of Wilkinsburg, gives a
tea this afternoon.
A. M. Murdoch:, of the firm of A. M. & J. B.
Murdock, the florists, has gone East.
The inter-collcgiate tennis tournament at
New Haven to-day closes the official season
of 1S91.
The Bijou Club, of Allentown, will hold its
third annual reception this evening in Tur
ner Hull.
The engagement of Miss Sallie Ward and
Mr. Charles E. Childcrs, of the East End, is
announced.
The Minerva Club, of Allegheny, gavo an
enjoyable entertainment last evening in
Masonic Hall.
Ax opening concert and ball was given
last evening by the Allentown Tnrnverein
in Turner Hall, Allentown.
Tns'Ladies' Aid Society of the Sonthside
Hospital meets this afternoon in St. Marks'
Guild House, Eighteenth and Sidney streets,
Southsido.
A dramatic entertainment will be given
Thursday evening by Iron City Council
Royal Arcanum. It will be under the man
agement of J. C. Kober.
A BECEPTiojf will be tendered Cappa and
his band this evening in Turner Hall, Forbes
street, by the Pittsburg Musicians' Mutual
Protective Association.
This evening a reception will be given by
the Order of United Friends, in Carnegie
Hall, and a banquet and a ball in Turner
Hall, Pittsburg, to-morrow eveniug.
A Shakespearian reading under the aus
pices of the Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor is to bo given by Mr.
John Sturgeon in the Second U. P. Church,
Allegheny, Thursday evening, October 8, at
which he will be assisted bv some line mu
sical talent, including II. II. Hetzel.the well
known violinist, and James Weeden, the
popular singer. The entertainment prom
ises to be something above the average.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Captain Eli Foster.
Captain Ell Foster died at his home in Chicago
Sunday morning. During the war he was for a
time a prisoner In I.llihy Prison, and was one of
the 103 officers whoescapeil from that place through
the famous tunnel. He wa3 born in Pennsylvania
in 1VJ7, and aerelasa Lieutenant lu the Mexican
War. He organized Company I. or the Thirtieth
Indiana Inrantry.aud went Into the late war with it
as First Lieutenant. He was captured at Cblcka
lnauga and taken to Llbhv Prison. His lire there
and the hardships attending his escape shattered
his health, and notes in his manuscripts Indicate
that death was not unwelcome. He had been for
some time preparing a stetch or his prison life,
hut failing health lorceU him to aliandon it. Cap
tain Foster was CI jears of age and leaves a widow.
VInccnzo Vela, Sculptor.
A'inccnzo Vela, the Italian sculptor, is
dead. Vela was born at Llgnrnetto. in the Swiss
Canton of Tessin, In 1822. While a boy he worked
in the quarries, but at Ihe age of 14 went to Milan
where he was employed in the restoration of the
cathedral. He afterward studied in the studio of
t'acclatorl. Often he worked at night to preTent
starvation, in 1847 he went to Rome, but was
called away to join the army. Vela's earlier works
are prayer." and Spartacas," which brought
him a medal. In ISM lie executed "Harmony la
Tears " and In 18(3 "France and Italy." His
"Last Davs of Napoleon" was purchased by
Napoleon HI. In the name of the French people.
A renlira brought ?S, 1C0 at the Johnston eale In this
city. Vela was an ollicer of the Legion of Honor.
Obltnary Notes.
Geneum. Patrick Kiunr. aged 61. dropped
dead yesterday iu the hall of his residence in New
York.
Samuel Aldexdekfer, a prominent druggist
of Greenville, died yesterday, after a lingering ill
ness, of consumption.
Daxiei. Rfa'chahd, a pioneer or Mahony coun
ty, O.. lcsidlng at Milton, died yesterday morning,
while feeding his chickens. He leaves a large
estate.
SANFORD Dowl. an old settler of Iowa, is dead
t Eldon, la., at the age or 87 years. lie was the
father of 5 children by a first wile. 10 by a second
and IS bv a third, making 31 iu all.
General J. 11. Goodman-. 83 years old, at one
time State Auditor, and member of the House and
Colonel of the Fourth Ohio, died at Columbus
Sunday night. He was wounded at Fredericks
burg. John" Brooks Witherbee, President of the
North National Rank of Boston, died in that city
of heart failure early Sunday morning. He was 75
Tears old and hart been in the banking business la
Boston since his loth year.
Caitaix Hiram Newcomo. a prominent trans
Atlantic sea c ptain or Boston, died there Satur
daynight. He commanded one of the two vessel!
which reached Ireland with provisions during the
famine. His sou is First Lieutenant of the revenue
cutter Rush.
Frank A. Lee. a well-known banker of New
Orleans, died unexpectedly from heart failure
early Sunday morning nt a New York hotel. He
had been 111 lor a few mouths, and had spent the
summer at Poland Springs in company with his
wire aim mree. ciumri;iw
KEV. Lewis Mekcoitu, formerly a noted
preacher of the Northern New York Conference or
the Mrthudlst Episcopal Church, died at Chicago
Tuesday. He was IK years old. He was bom and
educate'dand ordalued to the ministry in Wales,
and came to this couutry In 18o8.
Bernard Powell, Tor years a prominent law
yer and wealthy resident of Parkersburg. died yes
terdav morning at Chattanooga, where he hai
gone for his health. He had at one time occupied
prominent oiacial positions, being at the time of
his death United States Commissioner.
Dr. J. Edwin- WILSOX, brother or Congress
man William L. AVilson, died Sunday night at
Parkersbnrg, He was of a nervous temperament,
and. while trying to handle a ferocious norse, be
came so excited that he died from the effects He
wns one or the most prominent physicians in the
State.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
The mstal vanadium is quoted at 511,265
a pound. '
Fresno styles itself "the Chicago of
California."-
Rosewood costs about $750 per 1,000
feet board measure.
London theaters issue something like
50,000 free passes every year.
The paid-up capital of all the railroads
in Great Britain amounts to about $4,5.0,
C03,0.A. The entire railway mileage of Great
Britain is now 20,073 miles, or less than one
eighth or that of the United States.
The King of Siam is attended by a body
guard composed exclusively of 4.C0J of the
prettiest yonng women in bis realm.
The Temple of Hom-mon-ji, at Ifcega
mln, begun in 1282 and finished in 1307, is ono
of the most lamous religious structures in
Japan.
More than 15,000,000 feet of lumber
will be used in the construction of the huge
building for Manufactures and Liberal Arts
at tho Chicago Exposition.
A Highland Park, Team, minister hai
been huuled over the coals by his congrega
tion for painting a fence on Sunday. His
defense is that he thought it was Saturday.
Four counties in Illinois Douglas,
Moultrie, Coles and Edgar supply a large
proportion of the world's stock of broom
corn namely, about 12,000 tons, valued at
$1,000,000.
Dr. Pinel, of Paris, has found that hyp
notic patients obey tho phonograph as
readily as they do a living speaker. He,
therelore, discards the wholu theory of ani
mal magnetism.
A Chicago merchant is said to have
obtained a number of specimens of the Ana
mesoloof (probably the largest gold coin in
circulation, rated at $220 each,) lor presenta
tion to his friends as curios.
Several years ago suit was begun by a
young man named Elsenlord forau estate in
New York worth $100,000. Tho casa has
finally been decided in his lavor, but be
tween $3,000 and t.000 is all that is left.
"Convent hair" is an article well known
to tho trade and highly prized. When a
young woman takes the veil in the Roman
Catholic Church, her hair is cut off and tho
tresses are sold for the benefit of the con
vent. There are more women workers in tho
United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ire
land, in proportion to the population, than
in any other country in the world. Twelve
percent of the working classes there are
women.
The State Board of Trade is authority for
the statement that California shipped East
during the year 1890 498,314,753 pounds of veg,
etables alone. This includes potatoes, onions
peas, beans, etc. This is 2.492 car loads of
ten tons each. The vegetable trade has only
just commenced.
For nearly 300 years straw plaiting has
been a leading industry in tho hamlets of
Bedfordshire, England, and vicinity. Al
though tho industry is much less extensive
than it was, there are still over 20,000 per
sons engaged in it. Tuey are chiefly old men,
women and children.
The hugest articles in the culinary line
are to be found in tho kitchen of the Bon
Marche in Paris. Among the articles enu
merated are "kettles," the smallest holding
75 qnarts and the largest 375. Even the fry
ing pans nre so large as to be able to cook
300 cutlets in each, and to fry 223 pounds of
potatoes.
The Portland Oregonian says: A regi
ment of turkey buzzards, numbering hun
dreds, was seen the other morning between
Pendleton ana tho Agency. These ill-favored
birds were never seen before in that
locality, and their presence in such largo
numbers is puzzling those who witnessed
the spectacle.
A Chicago business firm's manager the
other day exhibited to a Government official
a canvas sack, filled with counterfeit bills,
bad dollars, 51-ccnt pieces, quarters and
dimes. There were several thousand pieces
In the lot, and the bogus money weighed
from eight to ten pounds. The manager
stated that the coin was the result of years
of accumulation.
A certain Georgia Judge is so strict
about the observance of good order, decorum
and the personal appearance of those in at
tendance at his court that few venture to of
fend. One juryman last week, on his way to
court, had got half a mile before he remem
bered that he had not co ubed his hair. Tho
juryman at once returned home and com
pleted bis toilet.
The people along the Columbia river
were greatly surprised the other day when
four whales crossed the bar and swam away
np the stream. They were big fellows, and
disported themselves in a lively manner,
owning the river for the time being, as tho
steamboats were very careful to give them
all the sea room they wanted. After having
all the fun and making all the excitement
they desired, the whales swam back to sea
again.
An Indian, in JJorth Dakota, who re
cently received a large sum of money, de
termined to put on a style befitting his
changed condition of life, With this idea ne
invested $300 or $400 ot his money in a hearse,
which some livery stable keeper made hira
believe was just tho thing ior a family car
riage. With a pair of big-bellied ponies to
draw it, he is perfectly nappy driving ahont
perched on the seat and his squaw and pap
ooses squatting inside.
An underground lake has been discov
ered three miles from Genesse, Idaho. It
was found by a well digger. At a depth of IS
feet clear pure lake water ran out over the
surface for a time, then settled back to tho
earth's level. The most curious part of it,
says the Boise Statesman, is that fish were
brought to the surface on tho overflow.
"They have a peculiar appearance and are
sightless, indicating that they are under
ground fish. The spring has attracted much
attention and many farmers in the vicin
ity fear that their larins will drop into the
lake."
The telephone has been put to many
uses, but it has remained for tho Chicago
telephone to reunite a family after a sepa
ration of 25 years. While carelessly looking
over a telephone directory late at night one
day last week, Miss Helen Wheeler happened
to run across the name of W. W. Wheeler.
Tbatieing the name ot a brother whom she
bad neither seen nor heard of for many
years, she determined to call upon tho tele
phone as soon as the first opportunity pre
sented Itself. The next day she rang upo094,
and, after asking several questions, found to
her utter surprise, that she was really talk
ing to her brother, who hnd been lost sight
of by the family for over 25 years. The tele
phone has been unjustly cursed by many
impatient business men, but there will bo
one family in the world that will always
think kindly of it.
BHYNKIVEO RYMELETS.
Mrs. Bean Monde (at the play) Am I
attractlnz much attention, Marie?
Her Maid Half the theater is looking at yon.
madame.
Mrs. Beau Monde-Only half the theater? Pshaw!
those wretched actorsare so provoking I -V10 York
Telegram.
A dumpy girl mayn't suit the taste,
Of the man who is courting a stately belle;
But remember the girl with the waspish waist,
A waspish temper may have as well.
Sew York Press.
Quester Do you see that colored gentle
man over there? pointing to a massive, bushy
headed Ethiopian standing on a street corner.
Jester I do.
Quester-You'd hardly take him to be a "gentle
man of the cloth." would you?
Jester Yes, I would, and pretty good material at
that, for he comes pretty near being "all wool
and ayard wide. "-." Courier Journal.
The shoemaker sang, as he hammered away
So merrily on his old lapstone,
'My life is work, with but little play.
But I always can call my sole my own."
Notalways." his wife remarked In glee.
As she gave his witty remark a flout;
For the iron oft pierces yonr sole, you see,
A nd what cau you do when your sole pegs out?"
jnaiunapoiis Journal.
"He orders me around as if I had nothing
-else to do," complained Bronson.
"He Isn't as bad as my boss," said Hicks.
"Mine orders me around as if he had nothing else
to do."-Varj"' JUiar.
First love will in the heart remain, f
When Its hopes are aU gone by.
As frail old maidens still retain
Their wrinkles when they dye.
Detroit Sree Press. .
Briggs Well, I must call upon my tailor
(rjgg-Yon are fortunate.
Briggs If0 u?
Grlggs-My tailor usually calls upon m. CfcM
ier and Furnisher,
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