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TWELVE PAGES
THE JOINT DEBATE AT ADA.
The debate between the Republican and
Democratic candidates, Major McKinley
and Governor Campbell, at the town of
Ada yesterday, will Ions: be remembered
as one of the most interesting events in
the politics of our period. The necssary
lateness of the hour at which the. full re
port which appears in The Dispatch this
morning is received, prevents, of course,
for this issue such an analysis of the argu
ments as it will be hichly interesting to
make later on; but, what is better still,
the reader is recommended to follow
closely for himself the utterances of the
rial speakers.
Those ho are already convinced by the
unanswerable logic of events and experi
ence that the prosperity of this country is
immeaMireably better served by a protec
tive tariff than it would be by throwing
open our rorts free of duty to foreign
products which would displace those of
home manufacture, will have reason to
feel gratified that this latest exposition of
their cause fell to the lot of so capable and
earnest a champion as Major McKinley.
Pittsburg of course is specially interested
upon the Major's side of the debate.
There was one feature of yesterday's
demonstration in which Republicans and
Democrats, and men of all parties, can
alike rejoice. The friendly personal rela
tions between Governor Campbell and
Major McKinley, exhibited in their asso
ciation before the debate, illustrate the
proper mood and tone for a political can
vas. These two candidates have lifted
Ohio politics this year to the highest
plane that upon which public questions
aie subjected to intellectual tests, in place
of being dragged in the mire of personali
ties or subjected to the misleading in
fluences of the blind and rabid partisan
ship which will hear no word from an
adicrsarv.
SORTn AND SOUTH UNITED.
If any evidence were needed at the
North that the Civil War has ended, ei en
in the hcartsof those living south of Mason
and Dixon's line, the speech of Henry
Watterson at the banquet of the Army of
Tennessee has furnished it Thirty years
and more ha e passed since the first gun
was fired, and it is twenty-five years since
the last bullet sped on its way; and each
of these years has been drawing the North
and South closer and closer together. Mr.
Watteion outlined the real situation at
present w hen he said, referring to the flag:
"The silken folds that twine about us
here, for all their soft and careless grace,
are j et as strong as hooks of steeL They
hold together a united people and a great
nation."
It is pleasing to the pride of Northern
people that such men as Wattersou can
now come forward, forgetting the sting of
a lost cause, and acknowledge that slavery
was wrong and that it was well that the
war did not end differently. With the
eloquent speaker, wc can conceive nothing
worse for our children than what might
have been if the war had ended otherwise,
leaving two exhausted combatants to be
come the prey of foreign intervention and
diplomacy.
DEFENDING OX THE UNITED STATE?.
The feeling that Canada cannot live
without the American market, and that
her future depends upon the fiscal policy
ot the United States, is rapidly gaining
ground in the Dominion. Perhaps nothing
has been so great a factor in producing
tlriS sentiment as the loss of population.
For more than ten j ears the more ambi
tious of the young Canadians have no
sooner received their education than they
have made a break for the United States
to utilize their talents. This country is
reaping the reward and the Dominion has
paid the preparatory expense.
But this is not the only exodus disturb
ing the peace of the Dominion leaders.
The recent census figures show that the
McKinley law has been effective in in
creasing the anxiety of the Canadians to
leaefor a couutrj where there is a hope
for a liberal increase of prosperity. The
crop of Canadians that is being gathered
this j ear bv the United States is unusually
large so large that the Dominion author
ities have become alarmed oier the situa
tion. The problem of kcepingeventhenat
ural increase of the population at home is
a serious question for the Canadian Gov
ernment to consider. That its solution
depends, in a great measure, upon the en
couragement or discouragement of the in
dustries of the United States is a poweiful
argument in favor of our present fiscal
policy. The e idence is conclusive that no
change is necessary for the extension of
our prosperity, however much the popula
tian of Canada may be affected.
A TEST OF METnODI'5'11.
Representatives of upward of 25,000,000
Methodists arc in council at Washington,
with among other purposes the important
one of considering differences which have
arisen in the Church. Methodism has so
far escaped the serious results of the spirit
of questioning unrest which has disturbed
some of the other denominational bodies.
This immunity cannot always exist. The
utterances of George Green, of Glasgow,
representing the Primitive Methodist
Church ot England, at the opening session
indicate that differences of opinion already
exist It remains to be seen whether they
are of a serious nature or whether the'
may be smoothed over by argument At
any moment the Church may be called
upon to answer such questions as have
arisen within the Presbyterian lines.
Methodism, like Presbyterianism, is lia
ble to be confronted with new conditions
and new problems. These will test to the
uttermost its capacity for maintaining its
ecclesiastical organization in full effl-
ciency. Notwithstanding the fact that
English civilization and Christianity owo
Methodism a debt of gratitude, whether
or not it is unecclesiastical enough to tol
erate the methods and conclusions of the
so-called new theology is a question which
lias had no practical answer. The present
council is meeting for tho laudable pur
pose of- promoting Christian fellowship
and discussing the problems and phases of
religion that are more or less common to
Methodism in general Tet it may happen
that the discussion of the "channels of
difference," as suggested by Mr. Green,
might result in their widening. This
seems to be the general tendency in reli
gious bodies at present
THE NECESSITY FOR GOOD KOADS.
Isaac B. Potter, of the League of Amer
ican Wheelmen, has published a long let
ter to the farmers on the subject of good
roads. lie follows the line of thought sug
gested by The Dispatch some time ago,
and proves that as an economic measure
a good road is one of the first things the
farmers should demand. Converts to the
theory that the Trosperity of a section de
pends in large degree upon the condition
of its thoroughfares are becoming numer
ous, and the example set by a few com
munities is likely shortly to be followed
by others. Let it be practically demon
strated that without hard, smooth road
beds a section of country will be left be
hind in the march of progress, and the
realization of Mr. Potter's hopes will fol
low without delay.
farm machinery did not come into gen
eral use until farmers were convinced by
their own eyes that it would lessen mater
ially the cost of production. So it is with
roads. Whenever farmers are convinced
that good roads will cheapen production
they will take steps to create thorough
fares as hard and as smooth as those in
France or England.
The farmers of the West are urging
Congress to build a canal so that they may
secure lower rates of carriage than they
obtain from the railroads. They have not
as yet turned their attention to the roads
leading to the canal or the railroads; but
the "road improvement craze" has begun.
In New Jersey land has increased in value
through the influence of good roads, and
the increase alone will pay for the im
provement of six times as many roads as
there are in that State. In Indiana,
Parke county farmers have built 600 miles
of good roads and the result is that they
have created a-demandfor their land that
did not exist before. Neighboring coun
ties have been quick to see the advantage
and are preparing to follow Parke county's
example.
The constant aim of a city is to improve
its streets. In principle, it is no more
necessary to have good streets in a city
than it is to have good roads in the coun
try. The sooner the farmer recognizes
this fact the better chance he will have of
paying off his mortgage and banking his
surplus earnings. The waste in time, in
idle stock and in extra stock required to
haul small loads over muddy roads that is
going on all over the country this fall
should end with the establishment of roads
that are well built, well kept and thor
oughly supervised.
CONSOLIDATION of KAILWATS.
Collis P. Huntington, in the Ifbrth
American Review, advocates the consoli
dation of all railways in the United States.
lie urges if this were done rates for haul
ing could be cheapened because less roll
ing stock would be needed. As crops are
marketed in different sections at variable
times of the year, cars and locomotives
could be transferred from one section to
another and expenses thereby reduced. A
ureat number of agents and agencies could
be cut off, thus effecting another great
saving. The charging of less for a long
thait for a short haul would cease. There
would be no competition, and, Mr. Hun
tington says, the shipper would benefit by
the possibility of flexible rates.
The arguments appear plausible. The
producer will fail to see, however, wherein
the removal of competition between lines
will benefit him. A monopolistic concern,
such as proposed, is not likely to lower
prices. Rates might be made flexible, but
would the flexibility be for the benefit of
the producers? If the whole railroad
system were under one management, is it
not likely that high rates would be charged
in one locality.to make up for a deficiency
elsewhere? What carriers want is a con
tinuing business with a large profit What
the people want is the hauling of their
produce at the lowest possible cost AVith
all competition removed, which of the two
parties would attain its desire? The
answer is easy. The railroad.
NAVAL REORGANIZATION-.
The report of the board appointed to
"report upon the present stagnation of
officers in the line of the navy and recom
mend such measures as may seem desir
able to regulate promotions and increase
the efficiency of the navy," has created a
stir. The board, acting upon the hypothe
sis that there is a great need in the navy
for an abundant supply of young, ener
getic, enthusiastic and efficient command
ing officers, instituted an investigation.
Officers were found at sea who ought to bo
on shore, while the Government bureaux
were swarming with joung subalterns
who should be on board ship master
ing the intricacies of their profession.
They found elderly captains, decrepit
commanders and white-haired admirals
still hanging on, while other officers fast
approaching middle age had grown weary
waiting for the advancement that never
came. They also found lieutenants labor
ing at desks in the shore offices forgetting
the real purpose of their career in
drudgery and losing zeal for their calling
in the demoralizing ease ot land life.
The recommendations of the Board are
that the conditions of life in the naval ser
vice be reversed; that the old men be
brought on shore and that the active duty
be handed over to men with the vigor of
youth still coursing through their veins.
The means for this reoreanization are ex
plicitly indicated, and it only remains for
Congress to place the seal of its approval
upon the measure. In a matter like this,
where the renown and defense of the
nation are at stake.partisanship in Congress
should be replaced by the patriotic feeling
that animates the entire American people.
The general tendency of the age is to give
the young tneir chance while they are still
in the possession of their vigor. Such
being the case, the successful reorganiza
tion of the naval service could well be fol
lowed by similar changes in all depart
ments of the government
At last the Alliance commands to the
fanners to bold their wheat are being
obeyed. Vesselmen on the lakes are com
plaining because thev aro doing no business,
and tho railroads aro beginning to growl.
It makes no differenco what the farmers do,
they cannot please everybody.
Indian Commissioner Mokoan, in his
report to the Secretary of the Interior, says
that "tho time has come for a declaration
by Congress io the effect that hereafter It
trill not recognize the Indians as competent
to make war." Such a declaration may bo
j very satisfactory so far it goes, but if the
1 in(nans take take it into their heads to
Agar, Commissioner 'Morgan will probably
find that they are entirely competent to
mnko war, and a lively ono, too.
The biggest thing the lawyers have had
a whack at for some time is the Searlcs will
case. It Is fat from top to bottom, and the
profession seems to enjoy it immensely.
More relative are coming forward as claim
ants than Mrs. Hopkins-Searles over im
agined F i possessed. Fortunately for the
lawyers ho Is not alive to disclaim rela
tionship. Gold is flowing into the United States
from every direction. Recently a steamer
from Australia brought into San Francisco
$1,453,000. Every steamer from Europe also
adds to our store ot the yellow motal, which
will continue to increase so long as the bal
ance of trade is in our favor.
Young Astor changed his mind about
going to Europe He found ho wonld bo
taxed nearly thrco per cent upon his income
from his $150,000,000 invested in Now York.
Thcso young plutocrats will pay big sums
somotiracs for the privilege of living abroad,
but to pay out a cold three per cent was
more than William Waldorf could stand.
Prince Albert Victor, the oldest son
of the Prince of Wales, seems to be a chip of
tno old block. The attempt of tho London
Coroner to conceal his connection with a
Gaiety chorus girl who committed suicide on
his acconnt was not very successful.
Edison thinks he has discovered a process
by which electric cars may be propelled
without the overhead wires. If be has not
found such a method, someone else ought to
investigate the subject. Citizens along the
route of an electric railroad would be con
tent to do an ay with the wires if the cars
could remain.
According to Surgeon General Suther
land the canteen system in the army has
decreased drunkenness in the ranks. Such
being the case, why have the Frohihltion
leaders been so bitter in their attacks upon
its adoption?
Canada seems to be placed in a position
similar to that of the American farmer. No
sooner do her brightest sons become edu
cated than they break for American citios to
make use of their knowledge. Some plan
will have to be devised by the farmer, as
well as Canada, to keep the bright boys at
borne.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
Musical conductors are the only ones
who can successfully beat time.
The tin can is making more noise than
the tin horn this time.
The price of washing will go up when
the Chinese Janndrymen learn that a rice
trust has been formed.
As fast as pavements go down rents go
np.
The chilly days are here at last,
When we plug chinks in panels,
Pull down the w Indow s snug and fast
And piit on itching flannels.
Public men should remember that
scrubbing alone will not keep their office
clean.
Even the poorest leather has lasting
qualities.
Ambition often leads men to such a
dizzy height that they fall.
The language we speak: When
shoes tore he went to the shoe store.
his
In ancient times lyres were fingered,
but nowadays liars are thumped.
Oil men are progressive, as they are al
ways laboring in advance of developments.
The saloon keeper who fell into the
Sheriff's hands the other day evidently
neglected to water his stock.
The man who goes too often to tho
broker will some day go broke.
When weather suits all here below,
When airships arc a real go,
When we converse with those in Mars,
When messages are sent to stars.
When public trusts are not a snap.
When no one thrives off public pap,
When fires freeze and icebergs burn,
When girls in passing never turn:
When these things happen, then perchance
Man will let woman wear tho pants.
The debater who loses the thread of his
argument gets tangled up.
MiLLiNEns are responsible for the low
ering of the stage and the elevation of ad
missions. Swell archery girls are compelled by
fashion to feather their boa as well as their
arrows.
The tanner is certainly a man of hide
degree.
The fellow who is full of -wise saws is
apt to buzz others beyond endurance
A watch will keep time even while it's
in soak.
PEOPLE OF PE0MIHENCE.
Monte Cablo seems to possess potent at
tractions for Mr. W. K. Vanderbllt.
The Artist Bierstadt is in New York once
more, hard at work on his "Landing of Co
lumbus." Mrs. Harbison has had a white pink
named for her by a Vermont florist, with tho
permission of the Piesldent.
Pere Hyacinthe is reported to be one
of the latest converts to the Theosophic be
lief of Mines. Blavatsky and Bcsant.
Miss Mary Mates Dodoe, editor of
St. 2si&tolat is the owner of a charming sum
mer cottage at Onteora in the Catskills.
Miss Breckinridge, daughter of W. C.
;P. Breckinridge, of Lexington, Ky., is study
ing law with tho view of becoming her
father's partner.
William McM. S peek the private sec-
rotary of Mayor Grant, of New York, has
tendered his resignation and wi1 return to
newspaper work.
It is an open secret that Sir. Ward Mc
Allister is making overtures to certain news,
papers witli a view to supplying them with
society news. Fauncy.
Eleven years ago Nellie Harden was a
salesgirl in a drvgoods store in Boston, and
now sho is tho wealthiest woman in Denver,
thanks to lucky speculation in real estate.
Germany, as well as France, has its
famous woman artist. Vilmar l'ariaghy,
one of the distinguished portrait painters of
Germany, is a woman. For some time be
fore her death she was engaged in painting
Count Moltke in full regimentals.
A party, composed of Governor Hovey,
of Indiana, Senator Voorheos, General Lew
Wallace and others, will leave Indianapolis
next month for Mexico, in which conntry
they will spend several weeks. On their
way home they w 111 visit some of the famous
Southern battlefields.
Prof. Ferruccio Busoni, the Russian
pianist, who left the Imperial Conservatory
at Moscow to join tho faculty of the New
England Conservatory of Music at Boston,
is but 23 years old, but has been before the
public for 18 years. He made his first ap
pearance as an Infant prodigy.
When Justice Field was a student at
Williams College he displayed a fondness
for languages, and after his graduation ho
continued their stndy. lie has a good knowl
ofat least seven different languages, includ
ing modern Greek and Tuikish, and is un
doubtedly the- linguist of the Supreme
Benou.
A UNITED COUNTRY.
Henry Waterson's Speech at the Banquet
of the Army of the Tennessee Senti
ment of a Southerner Talking to North
ern Soldiers.
Chicago, Oct. 8. Tho annual banquet of
the Army tif too Tennessee was held at the
Palmer Houso this evening. In response to
the toast "Tho War Is Over Lot ns Have
Feace" Mr. Henry Watterson spoko substan
tially as follows:
"I believe that, at this moment, tho people
of the United States are nearer together, in
all that constitutes kindred feeling and in
terest, than they have been at any time slnco
the adoption of the Federal Constitution. If
it were not so, I should hardly venturo to
come here and talk to you as I am going to
talk to-nisht. As it is, surrounded though I
he by Union soldiers, my bridges burned,
nnd ovcry avenue of escape cut off, 1 am not
in the least discouraged, or alarmed. On the
contrary, I never felt saler, or hnppler, or
moro at home. Indeed, I think that, sup
ported by your presence, and sustained by
these commissary stores, I could stand a
siege of several months and hold out against
incredible odds. It is wonderful how cir
cnnistnnces alter Vases; for it was not always
so.
"I am ono of many witnesses who llvo to
tell the story of a Journey to tho moon, and
back! It may not be that I have any mar
vels of personal adventure or any prodigies
of individual valor to relate; but I do not
owe mv survival to the precaution taken by
a piember of the Confederate battery com
manded bv the brave Captain Howolls, of
ueorgia. it was the nauitoi tins person io
go to tho rear whenever the battery got well
under fire. At lust Captain Howells called
him up and admonished him that, if tho
bicach or duty was repeated, he would shoot
him dow n as he went' without a word. Tue
reply came on the instant: "That's nil right,
Captain; that's all right; yon can shoot me,
but I'll be dadburned if I'm going to let
them darn'd Yankees do it !" I nt least gave
you the opportunity to try, nnd J ain much
your debtor tint, in my case, yonr marks
manship was so defective.
Roses Sweeter Than Gunpowder.
"Yon have been told that the war is over.
I think that I, myself, have heard that ob
servation. I am glad of it. Roses smell
sweeter than gunpowder; for evoryday uses,
the curving knife is preferable to the bayo
net, or the saber; and, in a contest for first
choice betwern cannon balls and winocorks,
I have a decided prejudice in favor of the
latter!
"The war Is over; and it is well over. God
refers, and the Government at Washington
still lives. I am glad of that. I can con
ceive nothing worse for ourselves, nothing
norse for our childien, than what might
havo been if tho war had endod otherwise,
leaving two exhausted combatants to be
come the prey of foreign intervention and
diplomacy, setting the clock ot civilization
back a century, and splitting the noblest of
tho continents into five or six weak nnd
warring Republics, like those of South
America, to repeat in the New World the
mistakes of the Old.
"The war is over, truly; and let me repeat,
it is w ell over. If anything was wanting to
proclaim Its termirution from every house
top and door post in the land, that little
brush wo had last spring with Signor Maca
roni furnished it. As to tho touch of an
electric bell, the whole people rallied to tho
brave words of the Secretary of State, and,
for the moment, sections and parties sunk
out of sight and thought in ono over-mastering
sentiment of racehood, manhood and
nationality.
"I shall not stop to Inquire whether tho
war made us better than we were. It cer
tainly made us better acquainted, and, on
the whole, it seems to me that we aro none
tho worse for that better acquaintance. The
truth is, the trouble between us was never
more than skin deep; and the curious thing
about it is that it was not our skin, anyhow!
It was a black skin, not a white skin, that
brought it about.
Only a Gradual Evolution.
"As I see it, our great sectional contro
versy was, from first to last, the gradual
evolution of a peoplo from darkhess to light,
with no charts or maps to guide them, and
no experience to lead tho way. The framers
of our Constitution found themselves unablo
to fix decisively and to define accurately tho
exact relation of the States to the Federal
Government. On that point they left what
may be described as an "open olauee," and
through that open clause, as through an open
door, the grim spectre of disunion stalked.
It was attended on one hand by African
slavery, on the other hand by sectional Jeal
ousy, and between this trio of evil spirits
the household flower of peace was torn from
the lintel and tossed into the flames of war.
"In the beginning, all of ns were guiltv,
and equally guilty, for African slavery. It
was the good fortune of the North first to
find out that slave labor was not profitable.
So, very sensibly, it sold its slaves to the
South, which, i ery disastrously, pursued the
delusion. Time at last has done its perfect
work; tho South sees now, as tho North saw
before it, that the system of slavery, as it
was maintained by us.was the clumsiest and
costliest labor system on earth, and that
when we took the field to fight for it, we set
out upon a fool's errand. Under slave labor,
tho yield of cotton never reached 5,003 009
bales. Under free labor it has icver fallen
below that figure, gradually ascending to six
and seven, until, this year, it is about to
reaoh nearly 9,000,000 bales.
"This tells the whole story. I am not hero
to talk politics, of course. But I put it to
you whether that is not a pretty good show
ing for free black labor, and whether, with
such a showing, the Southern whites can af
ford any other than j ust and kind ti eatmen t
to the blacks, without whom, indeed, the
South would beabiiar patch, and half our
national gold incomo a gaping hole in the
ground!
Not a Time for Political Economy.
"Gentlemen, I beg that you will not be
apprehensive. I know full well that this Is
neither a time, nor place, for abstract econo
mics; and I am not going to afflict you with
a dissertation upon fiee trade, or free silver.
I came, piimarlly, to bow my head and to
pay my measure of homage to tho statue
that was unveiled to-dny. The career and
the name which that statue commemorates
belone to mo no Ic9S than to you. When I
followed him to the grave piond to appear
in tho obsequies, though as the obscureist of
those who bore any official part theiein I
felt that I was helping to burv, not only a
great man; but a true friend. From that day
to this, the stoiy of tho life and death of
General Grant has moie and more impressed
and toucned me.
"I necr allowed myself to make his ac
quaintance until bo had quitted the White
House. The period of his political activity
was full of uncouth nnd nnsparing partisan
contention. ItwasR'kind of civil war. I
had my duty to do, and I did not dare trnst
myself to tho subduing influence of what I
was sure must follow friondly relations be
tween such a man as ho was ana such a man
as I knowmyt-olf to be. In this I was not
mistaken, as the sequel ptoved. I met him
for the first time beneath my own vine and
fig tree, and a happy series of accidents,
thereaiter, gave me the opportunity to meet
him ofton nnd to know him well. He was
tho embodiment of simplicity, integrity and
courage;every inch a general, a soldior and
a man; bnt in tho circumstances ot his last
Illness, a figure of heroic proportions forthe
contemplation of the ages. I recall nothing
in history so sublime as the spectacle of that
brave spirit.broken in fortune and in health,
with the diead hand of tho dark nncol
clutched about his throat, struggling with
eery breath to hold tho clumsy, unfamiliar
weapon wnn wnicn ne sougnt to wrest from
the jaws of death a little something for tho
support of wife ana children when he was
gone! If he had done nothing elso, that
would have made his exit from the world
an Immortal epic!
The War Indeed Is Over.
"A little while after I came home from
the last sceno ofall, I found that a woman's
hand had collected the insignia I hnd worn
in the magnificent, melancholy pageant
the orders assigning me to duty and the
funeral scarfs aud badges nnd had giouped
and framed them; unbidden, silently, ten
derly; and wlien I reflected that the hands
that did this were those of a lovely Southern
woman, whoso father had fallen on tho
Confederate side in the battle, I said: "The
war Indeed Is over; let us have peace!' Gen
tlemeuisoldleis; comrades, tho silken folds
that twino about us heie, for all theii soft
nnd careless grace, aro yet as stiong as
hooks of steel! They hold together a united
people and a grtat nation; for realizing the
trutli at last; with no wounds to be healed
and no stings or defeat to remember tho
South says to the North, as simply and as
truly as was said 3,000 j-ears ago in that far
away meadow upon the margin of the mys
tic sea: nimiiunnou goes t, i win go; ami
where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy peoplo
shall be my people, and thy God my God.' "
The Next Placo at Meeting.
The committee on next place of meeting
named St. Louis, and tho President was
empowered to name the day; the orator of
that occasion was announced to bo General
William Rusk, and General Richard M.
Oglesby was named as altornate. These
names elicited greit cheers. Both reports
weie adopted. Thg Committee on Officers,
by General Andress, made the fhllowing
presentation of nomiuees for the official po
sitions. The repoit was adopted: Pi est-
dent. General J. M. Dodire, of Iowa: Record
ing Secretary, Colonel C. Cadle, of Cincin
nati; Corresponding Secretary, General
Andrew II. lllckenlooper; Treasurer, John
M. Force. San dnsky.
General Dodge accepted his election to tho
Trcsldcncy of tho association in a graceful
speech, and then presented a resolution of
the Committee on tho Erection of n Monu
ment to General Sherman, which would be a
permanent expression or the respect, admir
ation and gratitude felt bv the Amorican
peoplo for the noblo character, loftv patriot
ism and invnluable services of the dead
General, and recommending that the society
appoint a committee of five persons, to be
known as tho "General Sherman Statuo
Committee,' and that this committee bo
directed to proceed In tho name of the soci
ety to obtain subscriptions from Its own
memhers, to secure the cooperation of the
society in general and other societies and
organizations lor the purpose of raising
funds, and that the committee memorialize
Congress requesting the selection of a suita
ble site for tlie statue and an appropriation
of money as an aid to tho work.
MUNICIPAL BEF0HJL
An Association for "Purifying Philadelphia
City Affairs.
Philadelphia Press.
A new association has been formed to se
secure municipal reform in Philadelphia,
nnd we give it a cordial welcome. We can
not havo too much of this thing, no matter
how good it is, and there is room for a new
society to secure decent nnd honest admin
istration in Fhiladelphla. This object will
meet the approval of about every taxpayer
outsldo of the nanow circle of beneficiaries
of corrupt local administration. The only
chance for difference of opinion is in tho
choice of men and methods with whioh to
administer the affairs of Philadelphia and
secure honest government. Honost John
may seem at one time to be the very man
ofall men to whom to entrust the manage
ment of Philadelphia's finances, and Honest
John may turn out to be a wholesale thief.
This would not prove that Ills supporters
wero dishonost or negligent. It would show,
however, that they made a bad mistake In
their man, and until men, collectively or ln
dividually,are endowed with infallible judg
ment, no organization can prevent the pub
lic from getting occasionally Dadly bitten.
In associating citizens for the purpose of
securing decent and honest government In
Philadelphia the promoters of this organi
sation will naturally n ish to include in it
District Attorney Graham, who haspiovcd
himself a terror to evil doers, and has done
more towaid securing the very ends sought
by this society than pcrbaDS any other one
man City Solicitor Warwick and Mayor
Stuart should certainly be Invited to become
members of tho society, and our Judges
made honorary members, at least, for their
labors, especially while in the Criminal
Court aro directly in harmony with the so
ciety's endeavor." Wo regret that tho pro
moters of the society think: it Is too late to
take a part in the present city campaign,
otherwise wc aro persuaded they would see
that the support and election of the excel
lent city ticket put in nomination by the
Republicans is In the direct line or the pri
mary object of the society, viz., municipal
reform.
P0WEES OF THE MAHATMAB.
They Will Not Be Fat to a Test In London
at Present.
London Spectator.3
The powers of the Mahatmas are not to bo
put to the test in London. Colonel Des
mond has been Informed, on behalf of his
spiritual superiors, that his acceptance of
Mr. Stuart Cumberland's challenge cannot
be allowed, and has accordingly withdrawn
his offer to stake 1,000. The withdrawal
does not, of course, provo anything, as any
religious teacher would refuse to produce
sample miracles, or to allow 'faith in his
claims to be affected by the result pf a bet.
As, ho over, the very existence of Mahat
mas Is questioned, It would seem expedient
for one of those highly venerated porsons of
his own accord to prove it in some unmis
trkable way.
Otherwise, the discredit falling on his dis
ciples for bringing no evidence of so card
inal a fact must be reflected also on his
creed, which cannot on any theory be his
desire. The credulity of the Theosophists
is amazing, but brings on them an obloquy
whice they do not quite deserve, for, after
all. It Is less absurd to believe in the spirit
ual greatness of an invisible teacher than in
the spiritual greatness of a visible man like
Harris. Tho readiness to believe in any
thing, visible or Invisible, provided only it
be not Christianity, is a curious sign of the
times. A clergyman of the Church of Eng
land, we see, has Just professed himself a
Mahommedan in Liverpool.
Mr. Reed as a Club Friend.
There is a good reason to believe that in
"Tho Clnb Friend" air. Roland Reed hns
found a better play than any ho has yet ap
peared in. Tho play is by Sydney Roscn
feld, whoso "Possible Case" was greatly en
Joyed in Pittsburg. "Tho Club Friend-
pleased New York, and this week it is pleas
ing Boston, and when It comes to the Grand
Opera House next week there is no reason
whv tho witty dialogue, ingenious plot and
deft character-drawing, which tho play is
said to contain, should not be highly ap
preciated. Mr. Reed is a clever comedian,
but hitherto his work has lacked a worthy
medium, and this objection his now play
bids fair to remove.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Hon. A. F. Hole.
The funeral of the late Hon. A. F. Bole
wis held at the family residence la Corry at noon
yesterday, and was attended by a Urge gathering
of friends. Out of respect for the deceased all the
places of business In Corry were closed from 12
o'clock until 2. The remains were taken to Union
City for burial, the Mayor and Councils attending
In a body. Councils met yesterday morning and
drafted resolutions of sympathy, as did the mem
bers of the C5rry Bar. The procession from the
train to the grave at Union City was very Impos
ing, consisting of a lodge of the Masonic order, of
wtucn aeceasen was a memoer.ivnigntsori'jtntas.
Odd Fellows and a large numberof clUzens. A
dclegatlou of members
li
rom the Erie City Bat was
also present.
Dr. Isaac St. Clair.
Dr. Isaac St. Clair, one of the well-known
physicians of W stern l'ennsjlvanla, died at his
residence In Franklin, Wednesday, alter a con
tinued illness of several months. He was a mem
ber of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Pennsyl
vania Votuntters, and at the battle of Fredericks
burg he was wounded In the stomach and arm,
which occasioned his honorable discharge with the
rank of Captain. ETerilnte the war lie had prac
ticed medicine. He was a member In good stand
ing of the A. O. U. W., I. O. O. F., Myrtle Lodtre
A. Y. M. and Mays Post, G. A. R.
John Harper, a Heclnse.
John Harper, a queer recluse of Taren-
tum. died Wednesday and was buned In Prospect
Cemetery vestcrdar. He was 75 years old, and for
Tears had lived alone, refusing the friendship ofall
and rarely leaTing his own home. He was pos
sessed of considerable money, bnt hardly spent
enough to make himself comfortable. Wednesday
some people in passing his doorway 6aw him In an
attitude as lr sleeping, but Investigation proved he
had been dead some hours.
ISIshop William J.
Boone.
A cnblegram received in Korwalk, Conn.,
Wtdnesdaj by Rev. C. M. Selieek announces the
death In Amoy, China, of lllshop William J.
Boone, tlie Episcopal Bishop of China. He was 06
years of age and leaves a wife In ( hlna. lit has a
son attending school In Nnnvalk and a daughter
auenuinr cuooiiu i-uujciiHci'iisiu. uc wai Durn in
China ot missionary p-irints.
Obltnary Notes.
Mr.s. O. I.. Pal'DEV, slfc of the President's as
sistant private eecretarv, died Wednesday after
noon hi Washington after a protracted illness.
CHARLES B. Desms. general agent of the
Travelers' Life Insurance Company for Northern
New England, died suddenly of heart disease Tues
day at Boston.
Mns. Henrietta Lamah. widow of General
Mln-beaii II. Lamar, who succeeded General Sam
Houston as President of the Texas Republic In IBM,
died lu Texas Wednesday morning.
M. F. ConnETT, Aldermon-at-Large o( Galves
ton, died at his resl lencc late Tuesday night. He
was a native- of Virginia, a Confederate Colonel
during the late Civli War and a prisoner for two
j cars In Fortress Monroe.
Iews was receleved In this city yesterday of the
death at Washington Court (louse, O., of Willie
Ramsey, -only chHdof Rev. W. W. Ramsey, D. 1).,
former pastor of Christ 31. E. Church. They havo
tlie sympathy of many friends lu this city.
Lokenzo M. Wilson died In Mobile. Ala.,
Wednesday, aged 82 years. He was a native of
Maryland, anil went to Mobile In )S3. He was,
until the consolidation with the Louisville and
.Nashtlllc Railroad, Vice President and jrenerat
manager of the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad.
Miss Aune JoilNSTOhE Kixo. daughter of the
late Charles King, once President of Columbia
College, died Snnday cicntng in Paris, at the age
of CI ears. Dr. King was President of Columbia
from 1840 to 18 4. Tho family moved to Rome,
Ital), where Dr. King died. Sirs. King and her
daughters then mo cd to Paris, iv here they have
slmo lued. One daughter marrlecLM. Waddlng
ton, and another married Mr. Eugtne Schuyler.tCe
American Minister to Ureece,
SOCIETY AND CHARITY.
A Large Number of Notable Weddings
Some More Soon to Take Place Details
lor tho goathsido Hospital Entertain
mentSocial Chatter of a Day.
A business meeting of the Ladies' Aid
Society ot the Southsido Hospital was held
yesterday afternoon In the First U. P.
Church, Seventh avenue. It was definitely
arranged that tho entertainment shall com
mence on the 2J of November, in the Audi
torium, Fcnn avenne, and that it shall con
tinue five dnys. The dining committee dls
enssed the bill of fare, and decided on the
dishes to be provided. There will be oys
ters, turkey, roast meats, vegetables in sea
son, fruits, and, in faet.all that goes to make
up a satisfactory dinner for business men
or any other class. It is expected that gen
tlemen will avail themselves of the oppor
tunity thus afforded to procure a good din
ner nt n rca? onablo rate, and at the same
time to help a ucsarvlng caue.
There will be another meeting next Tues
day.at 3 r. sr in tho Guild House, Eighteenth
and Sidney streets, Southside. An Invita
tion is extended to all tho ladies of Pittsburg
and Allegheny to bo proent to offer sug
gestions and to take an active part In tho
work. Ludtes who have had experience in
getting up entertainments for tho benefit of
hospitals and charitable Institutions are es
pecially requested to lend their countenance
and assistance.
Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washing
ton, was tho scene of a brilliant wedding yes
terday. It was just noon when the words
that Joined two young hearts for life were
pronounced by Hev. R. J. Custer, the rector.
The brido was Miss Hattie Berry, daughter
of Mr. Daniel Berry, an old nnd respected
resident of the Mount, and Mr. Thomas F.
Ashford, a well-known young business man
of Pittsburg. Miss Florence Stocker was the
bridemaid and Mr. George L. King the
groomsman. Messrs. J. P. Mahan, W. D.
Mollroy, J. R. Miller and E. A. Dowes were
the ushers. Af tern l cception at the home of
'the bride's parents they left for a tour of
Western cities. At tho end of a fortnight
they will return to settle in their new home
on Mt. Washiugton.
There was a great deal of pleasurable ex
citement in the East End last night over the
wedding of Miss Nellie Bertha Abel, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Abel, at their
residence, corner of Bond and Highland
avenues. The groom was Mr. Elmer David
Miller. The ceremony was pact rmedintho
presence of a large numberof friends of tho
couple, and it is not likely that many newly
marriod pairs villi start" on the voyage of
matrimony with more good wishes than at
tend Mr. and Mrs. Miller.
One of the notable weddings of this winter
will be that of Miss Edith Darlington and
Mr. Sam Ammon, on the 22d Inst. The cere
mony is to be performed in tho library of
her late father's residence, Guyasuta.Sharps
burg, in the presence)! a number of friends.
Over 700 invitations havo been sent out, and
it is expected that a large proportion of them
Will he accepted personally. The following
ladles will he in the train of the bride: Miss
Lou Hemphill, of Allegheny: Miss Fanny
Collier, daughter of Judge Collier, and Miss
Carrie Lang. The groomsmen will be:
Jndge Porter, MiJor Montooth and Mr.
Frank Osborne. Tho ushers will be Messrs.
Frank Ammon, Harry Ewlng, John Marron,
David Kirk, Jos. Kelly, Dr. Pettit, Dr. Small
and Henry McKnizht.
The floral decorations will be magnlflcejit.
The house isn very large one, and flowers
will be used profusely In all parts of it. The
bride is a very popular younir lady, and has
long been an ornament to the circle in which
she moves. She inherits considerable liter
ary ability from her father, and has pub
lished several brochures on botany, besides
contributing articles to the daily press, In
the East as well as Pittsburg.
Miss Sarah Blanche McKnight and Mr.
Robert S. MoAuley wore married at thehome
of the bride, Penn avenue, last night. Rev.
Geoige T. Putvos performed the ceremony
lu the piesence of the intimate friends of
the couple. Mr. and Mrs. McAuley will
spend their honevmoon in Canada, and will
reside permanently in Allegheny City.
A select and pretty gathering witnessed
the csremony which yesterday mndo Mr.
Lewis Rott, of the firm of .Macbeth & Co., of
Pittsburg, and Miss Thrresa Malvina Grimm,
of Fnrkersburg, W. Va.. man and wife at
the latter place. Rev. Henry Homnr, or the
Presbyterian Church-, offlpiated. The bride
is the second daughter of John Grimm, and
has been a social favorite at Parkersburg.
Congratulatory telegrams were received
from Pittsburg, Columbus. Cincinnati nnd
other points. The couple left for Tittsburg
in tho afternoon.
Social Chatter.
TnE following members of the Young
Men's Christian Association of Wilklnsburg
left yesterday to attend the State Conven
tion of tho association In session at Frank
lin: State Secretary, K B. Buckalew, T. F.
Batley, Al. Steel, Perry Johnston, Edward
Fiatkowski, Jr., and John EvaDS.
Mibs Mama. Pahloa, the advanced ex
ponent of high-clas.-i cooking, was tendered
n reception at Braddock last night. The
Reception Committee consisted of 30 prom
inent officials of the Edgar Thomson Steel
Works and their wives. The affair took
place in St. Thomas' Hall.
Api-easaxt occasion was the bazaar and
oyster supper given by the W. C. T. U., of
the East End, last evening. It was held in
Smith's Hall, nnd was wellattended. A neat
sum was ' ealized which will be added to the
fund or tho association.
Miss HAitnirr J. Berbt nnd Thomas F.
Ashfoid, Jr.. were married at hl2h noon yes
terday in Grace Episcopal Church, Jit.
Washington, by Rev. Mr. Coster. The happy
couple left for Chicago on the fast line at
midnight.
A Bazaaii or Days will be held under the
auspices of the Ewing Mission Church,
Sixth U, P. Cliuich, corner Collins avenue
and station street. East End, to-night. The
Bamba Citcle will serve lunch from 5 to 7
r. M.
WALTKit OsziotD, a Shakespearian actor
ell and favorably known in Fittsburz, has
establisheda school of elocution nndoratory
in connection with Curry University.
Mtss Mahy Fisiiek, of Lawrenceville, yes
tctday became tho wife of Mr. Gray, of
Dixmont, Mr. and Mis. Gray will resident
Dixmont. '
The marriage of Miss Fanny Taylor and
Mr. Herbert Aeuew tooc pince in tno r.nst
End lust night.
Miss Jennie Abotle has returned from a
short vacation.
SOME PEOPLE WHO TBAVEL.
Itev. Morgan M. Sheedy returned from
attending the seventeenth nnnual conven
tion of tlie Catholic Young Men's National
Union of America, at Philadelphia. He said
that much practical wprk was done and the
Chautauqua educational courses indorsed.
Ilev. W. E. Oldham, pastor of the Butler
Street M. E. Church, left for an Eastern trip
Idst night. He will visit Wnhington and
call on delec.ites to tho Ecumenical Coun
cil now In progress there.
Gardiner Tufts and his wife and daughter,
of Concord. Mass.: John C. Wheton and wife
and daughter, or Boston: and Fred. G. Petti
grcw. or Boston, arc at the Monongahela for
the Prisons Convention.
H. S. Huidekopcr, ex-postmaster of Phil
adelphia: J. Levaring Jones, the well-known
lawyer, and J. Merrihcad, of Philadelphia,
weie at the Anderson yesterday.
J. Wilkinson, a commercial man from
Manchester, Eug., and W. J. Rainey, tho
Clc eland coko operator, were at the
Andeison yesteiday.
Messrs! Fat Foley, George Riley and
Hassen, of Oil City, returned last night from
attending a World's Fair Commission meet
ing at ILirrisburg-
K. .1. Beatty, the glass manufacturer of
TIffln, O., and 'President W. J. Smith, ot tho
flints, dined together at the Anderson yes-terdaj-.
Georee Matheson, of New York, Presi
dent of the American Iron Tnbe Company,
nrrived at the 3IononguhcIa last night.
Samuel Diston, the Philadelphia saw
manufacturer.and Mrs. and Miss Diston were
at tho Monongahela yesterday.
Dr. S. H. Ethridge, Professor of Gyne
cology in tlie Rush Medical College, of Chi
cago, is visiting Dr. Sutton.
,T. AVilkinson, of Manchester Eneland,
and W. J. Rainey. of Cleveland, were at the
Anderson yesteiday.
Philip Hes3, a man from Baltimore with
a now idea for an elevator, Is at the Ander
son. W. H. Barnes nnd wife, of New Eliza
beth, O., are Duqnono guests.
B. V. Metzger, of Allceheny, has gone to
Cumberland for a few weeks.
Congressman-elect Stone returned yester
day fiom Westinghouse.
Frederick E. West, of New York," was at
the Duquesne yesterday.
Hon. H, H.- Potter, of Monmouth, III.,
Is at the Duquesne.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Saxony taxes cats.
The price of shoes has been reduced 30
per cent in25years.
Census statist'es show that there are
over 4 000,000 red-headed peoplo in the United
States.
The screw in the fourth jewel wheel of
a watch is so small that a lady's thimble
would bold 1,000,000 of them.
A colored preacher in Kentucky has
made a big sensation by declaring that the
"forbidden fruit" spoken of In the Bible Is
meant for watermelons.
The fall crop of agricultural stories has
been started by the announcement that a
Brewer, Me., farmer bas raised a turnip
which weighs 23 pounds.
Fortv-two Hehrews who were induced
to go to Brazil four months ago havo re
turned through the efforts of an American
Consul. The highest wages they could get
was 17 cents a day.
Finding a meeting house in Hebron,
Me., to their liking, a swarm of hornets took
possession some three weeks ago. Notice of
eviction has not been served by the congre
gation, who have been compelled to worship
in a public hall.
An interesting relic of the past at old
Pemaquld, Mass., is a street 30 feet wide,
paved with medium-sized flat stones, raised
in the middle and having good gutters and
curbs of large stones, besides a flne side
walk UK feet wide. The street was built in
1630, it is snid.
Greywell, a horse of notorious non
staying power, having been given, just be
fore starting, a whole bottlo of port wine,
won the Beaufort handicap at Kempton
Park easily. Let the cause of temperance,
however, consolo itsolf with the reflection
that tho first race of the day was won by
Sobriety, tho worthy son of Blue Ribbon.
Daily showers of rain, which aw report
ed to fall at San Jacinto, are believed to be
tho result of evaporation from Salton Lake.
"Their origin and drift have been watched
from the summit of San Jacinto Peak, and
there is no further room for doubt as to tha
effect the lake is having npon tho rainfall."
News is beginning to come of hard times
last winter among the Indians of the far
North, in British America. The people at
York Factory, on the west coast of nudson
Bay, could not procure deer, and Indian chil
dren at the Factory itself starved to 'death.
It was not nntil spring brought plenty of
geeso and ducks that the suffering was re
moved. The riches of the "far Northwest" de
velop suddenly and abundantly. Within 43
hours in Oregon a soda water deposit ha3
been discovered In the Nehalem Valley, near
Vornonia; a soap mino has been found near
Chadwell, on Lewis and Clarke's: crystal
springs of tho purest water are bubbling op
on the hillside in Astoria, gold is being dug
out on Genevieve street and coal on West
Eighth street in the same city.
The long-contemplated demolition of
Clement's Inn, London, has at last com
menced, and shortly this retreat from tho
roar and bustle of the Strand In which
Justice Shallow, unless Shakespeare libelled
him. gained tho reputation of "Mad Shal
low" will cease to exist. Recently tho
workmen were busily enzaged In stripping
the noble old dining hall, dated 1715, of its
flne oak panelling.
A Tulare candy seller agreed the other
evening to sell a stranger "all the candy he
could eat" for 10 cents. To the amazement
and consternation of the dealer, the man ate
three ponnds of candy nnd then stopped,
not because he had enough, but because the
dealer would not let him take a drink of
water and goon asain. The candy fiend's
throat was so sticky he could no longer
swallow.
The wooden nutmeg of fraud fame has
been eclipsed by Dutch ingenuity. Accord
cording tor-word sent from Utrecht, the Hol
landers are making artificial almonds in
large quantities from pasta composed of
glucose. They are shaped and colored to
nature, and steeped in nltro-benzole to jrivo
the necessary odor. Hundreds of bushels
have been sold to unscrupulous dealers, who
mix them with the genulno article. The
same peoplo are at w ork on a varnished
coffee bean.
"The bull moose up river are becoming
very pugnacious," reports tho Bangor (Me.)
Commercial, "and seem determined to pro
tect their precincts from invasion. One
day last week a Boston sportsman with his
fnide wers on their way down the East
ranch in a canoe, and, upon nearing Mid
way, they were alongside the shore when a
bull moose sailed out of the adjacent forest
and proceeded to mako himselt obnoxious.
He drovo them into tho stream, but that did
not satisfy him, and they were obliged to
paddle down rivtrat top speed in order to
escape. The average bull moose is a pretty
good match for two or threo men under cer
tain circumstnnces."
A disciple of Tom Sawyer a pro
fessional gentleman noticed that the
grass aronnd his house needed cutting, so,
investing In a scythe, he approached the Job
and prepared to conquer or die. In about
threo minutes his back gave out, and he sat
down to ponder. Tom Sawyer and tho
whitewash job came to his mind. "I'll do
It," he exclaimed, under his breath. And
from that timo onward ho sat there, and
every man or boy that camo along was
invited to try his now scythe and "see bow
easy it works." Inside of two hours the
Job was finished, and our friend hadn't re
moved his coat-tails from his easy perch.
Brains nre what most peoplo need; musclo
doesn't amount to much in the battle for
supremacy.
An interesting decision has just been
rendered at the Mansion House by the sit
ting Magistrate that no more oysters may
be sold in London during the months of
May, June, July and Angust, unless actually
imported. Hitherto, says a London dispatch
to the Boston Tramcript, it has been tho
custom to plant Dutch. Belgian and Fiencli
oysters in English beds, and to sell them
during the months whoso lack of the letter
"r" should mark them as sacred; for be it
known that oysters, like physicians' pre
scriptions, must always be signed with that
letter the time-honored astrological sign of
Jupiter. This now regulation will make a
erent difference with tho oyster-eating pub
lic, as English natives have now reached
the prohibitory price, $6 per hundred whole
sale. PICKING3 FK03I FUCK.
Customer (in Kansas drug store) I
should like a small vial of sporotrlchum gobnli
ferum. Druggist (In hissing whlsper)-Sb-h-h-h! That's
old Waters, the 1'rnlilbitlonlst, back there by the
prescription case. Yon can't fool him.
Customer What do you mean? I merely asked
for some of the fungus used to kill chinch bugs.
DruggUt-Oh! I thought jou were trying to ask
forwhlsky In a round-about way!
In the morning's breeze it comes to him,
That Voice. In Sleep's last mazes
"If you ain't up In Ave ndjiutes. Jim,
Dad'U lam tou Just like blazes!"
"There was a fight down the street a little
while ago, but they couldn't And a detective."
'hit use did they have for a deU'Ctlvc!"
They wanted him to And a policeman."
Mr. McFlini3ey I don't understand why
you should take so many Turkish baths. . 3J3
Flora McFllmsey-TIiafs the only place I know
of where a girl can go who hasn't anything to
wear.
Ghost of Josh Billings And did you
reallv once write tor the London Punch?
Ghost of W. H. Thacieiay (apnlogetlcally)-I
did; but that was In the good old times.
My heart was broken years ago,
I nicely saved the piece:
I give a chunk toeviry girl.
And so my Joy increases.
Old Stock X. Change. My daughter's
hand, eh? Well, I don't know mnch about you.
youni man, except that you seem a pretty decent
sort of ftllow. How Is yonr business?
Young Morrison Essex (modestly). Pretty fair,
sir; my broker tells me I made J25.CC0 ont of you
on 'the last X., V. & Z. deal.
Young Myzer is quite liberal with his newly
wedded wife.
He supplies her with the loveliest steam-printed
cheqnes In blank.
The only little drawback to their happy married
life
Is his failure to deposit any money In the bank.
"What has become of Kobinson?"
"He has gone out to Salt Lake City to live. He
spent two months of last summer at a summer
resort, and when lie came back home It was too
time for him."
Croker When I was abroad I saw only
one city where the pavemenU are swept less fre
quentlv than In New York.
Brennan And what city was that?
Croker Venice.
"Deah me," said Chappie, as he donned
his sixth costume for the day; "l'e been working
like a horse."
"Ya-as," returned Doody.-who Is brighter than
he looks; "like a clothes horse."
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