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TWELVE PAGES
1.1 II. l'Ol.NT". or DI.rENS!
The answer of 5Ier Bojer and Mc
Camant to the charges of tv rong doing.
lebide a general denial of tin facts as
serted against them. ric attention to the
Je:al aspects of the case. The denial is, of
course a simple plea of not guilt, and as
the evidence alreadj befor the public
consists of their letters and admissions,
it is not of much more weight.
The legal pleas set up in the Auditor
General's ansvv er really amount to the claim
that becaus- the Constitution provides
for impeachment, thereforetho resort to
ihe pro ision of rernova' by ths Got enior
on address, al-o provided bj the Constitu
tion, is unconstitutionil. The claim is a
little more elaborated in the assertion that
the charges amount to misdemeanor,
which require impeachment Thisdenies
ihe alternative clearly furnished by the
Constitution, and, while a law point of
some interest, is not calculated to produce
a fnT untitle public impression.
The Mate Treasurer's reply is more to
the point in citing acts under which it is
claimed there is authority for the pa ment
of the $4JO,000 school warrants in advance
of the date set by the law cited in the
Governor's message. If the position
taken bj Mr. Hover's lawyers is correct
theiemavbea conflict of the different
acts on the subject, but that does not
lessen the gravamen of the charge. In
deed, upon the Treasurer's theory, a
case is provided which makes the pro
ceeding correct under the Auditor Gener
al's construction of the law. It may not
have been a misdemeanor for the Treas
urer to pay this money, but it was cer
tainly not in accordance with the interests
of the State to pay to a man, already more
than a million dollars behind in his pay
ments to the State, $420,000 more in ad
I
vance of the latest date required by the
law.
T.T hue the case might not justify
impeachment, therefore, it goes far in con
nection with other delinquencies in es
tablishing the "reasonable cause" for re
moval proT ided in that section of the Con
stitution under which the present pro
ceedings are instituted.
The answers aie therefore ingenious in
raising law points under which the ac
cused officials may take refuge in the
courts. But they do little in weakening
the force of the Governor's message, or in
mitigating the public lecognition of the
fact that the State's financial affairs hae
been the subject ot gross mismanagement
A defense on technicalities is not what is
needed m such a case as the present one.
TI15 3WXGO COLLISION-.
Ill-fated Mingo comes forward with
another railway disaster, costing two lives
and the injuries This is by no means so
wholesale a slaughter as some of the dis
asters which ha've given that otherwise
obscure point a gloomy fame; but it com
prises featuies worthy of public atten
tion. First, it discloses the fact tha'., at the
fcene of the disaster an alleged double
track is constructed so that one trade laps
over on the other. It is clear that a single
track would be safer than this, as no tram
could enter the switch without due no
tice Then it was immediately befor a
block signal tower, where such a casualty
should have been impossible. The cir
cumstances surrounding the entire affair
indicate :hat remarkable negligence must
Lai e caused it
Finally, the loss of one life by the
bunting of the wrecked cars mdicates
that the Toraewis car stove must have
pot in us wcrk as usual. It seems nearly
time that this supererogatory destroy er of
human life was abolished
POSTAL SVTINO UiMvS.
Forecasts of the Postmaster General's
animal report indicate that he will be less
positive in his recommendations looking to
perm postage, but will quite strongly
urge the establishment of postal savings
banks The letirement of the first reform
max be a natural result of the less
plethoric condition of the Treasury, which
it may be observed might also be alleviated
by postal savings bank deposits.
The pivotal question with regard to the
latter project is how far the Government
is justified in spending monej to furnish
an accommodation to the people which
does not lie within the piovince of regular 1
povern mental action. Even in the form
which the Postmaster General's recom
mendation is expected to take in
tercut one-half per cent lower than the
regular savings it would pay higher in
terest than it does on its bonds. This
would go back to the people, or to that
portion of them able to save money.
But it lemains an interesting question
whether the class that now invests
in Government bonds at two per cent
would not nil up the postal savings banks
at 3' j per cent interest. Bej ond that, if
the Government's functions include the
furnishing of savings banks why should
ihe not also take in the Socialist idea of
universal State insurance" After thst,
there is no telling where the extension of
the GoTcrnment functions would stop.
The last Congress l ejected Mr. Wana
maker's postal project, and it is not likely
that a Democratic House, standing on the
platform of limiting the Government func
tions to the subjects laid down in the Con
stitution, will take it up The postal sav
ings bank may be an issue for the begin
ning of the next century, but it is not
like!, to reach more than a theoretical
prominence at present
v jiai her sigXal-, For. fak-wehs.
The plan of having the weather pre
iBrtTois ri'ii.utncd to the agricultural in-
quirers b3r signals from locomotive whistles
has given place to that of having trains
display signal flags foretelling the weather
that may be immediately expected. The
whistling plan of announcement, besides
the necessity that the farmers who profited
by it should learn to read the Morse code
bj sound, comprised the probability that
the locomotives will make howling nui
sances of themselves. The display of
flags on trains will be rather ornamental
than otherwise, whether the farmers learn
to decipher their meaning or not.
In addition to this method of dissemi-'
nating weather news, the policy is also an
nounced of finding one person m every
tow n and village who will undertake the
task of keeping the weather flags properly
displa ed. As the w cather predictions arc
to he telegraphed for' this purpose, of
course this limits the display to vil
lages having telegraph offices. While
the plan certainly extends the
scope of the w eather news, it is to be ob
served that it has its limitations. Farmers
within sight of the villages and railways
will no doubt profit by it; but a -very large
share of them live a considerable distance
from both. The farmer who lives ten
miles from the point where he can get this
information will be likelj to reflect that in
the time required to find out what the
w eather w ill be he can get an acre or tw o
of grain in shock, or some tons of hay in
the barn. It would not be strange if some
of the farmers, reflecting that the grangers
near towns and railwa3 have the best of
it aujwaj, should demand that the Gov
ernment maintain its signal statioi.s in
regions not readied bj these means.
Another requisite presents itself to make
this plan of use to the farmers, and that is
accuracy. It has happened during the
two past summers that weather changes
of great importance to the agricultural in
terests have been entirely overlooked in
the w eather indications. The farmer who
cuts a large amount of hay on the assur
ance of fn.e weather, or who abstains from
harvesting because rains are predicted and
finds the event to be exactly opposite,
might become exasperated enough to vote
against the administration on this score.
The Secretary of Agriculture will have to
be on his guard against mishaps or the
effort to establish a Government service
for the benefit of the farmers may turn out
to le unpopular among the agricultural
classes.
THE HEIGHT OF H.HILDIXGS.
A new problem in the building line is
presenting itself to Chicago in the regula
tion of the height to which sky-scrapers
raaj go. Heretofore Chicago's lofty build
ings have been her pride, and the attempt
of some ambitious rivals to overtop her
have only evoked demonstrations that the
altituds "to which the ambitious archi
tecture of that city can go was regarded as
limited only by the imagination.
But a sudden change has struck the
public mind. It has been discovered that
the indefinite increase of these towering
structures, shutting out light and air from
the deep ravises known as streets and
packing one lajer of population on top of
another may after all be injurious. At a
recent meeting of the real estate board on
the subject strong medical testimony de
clared that the exclusion of sunlight and
the scant supply of ozone permitted to
reach the lower strata were favorable
to the generation of scrofula, con
sumption, diphtheria and the aggrava
tion of nervous diseases. The medical
experts recommended that no buildings
be allowed to a greater height than one
and a half times the width of the street
Others pointed out that the height of the
buildings already put up was equivalent to
putting 5,000.000 persons on a square mile
of ground, which, if anything should call
them all to the streets, would not give
each person one foot square on the side
walks. The real estate board came to the
conclusion that twice the width of the
street, with an absolute limit of 135 feet
high, was what it would recommend.
Resolutions have already been introduced
in Councils looking to various methods of
regulation; but all these considerations are
met by the crushing argument that prop
erty in the vicinity of these high buildings
is worth 510,000 a foot If the buildmg3
are limited to half the popularheight the
ground will be worth only half as much.
A singular feature of this modern busi
ness architecture is that the towering
buildings are the distinguishing charac
teristics of the cities where the site seems
to establish the least natural necessity for
them. In Chicago and Minneapolis, where
there is room for the city to spread in al
most ev ery direction, it might bethought
that they are needless. But with the
ability of elevators to move as fast
as cable cars people prefer to go up into
the air 20!) feet rather than along the
street a couple of squares Therefore
Chicago has been piling one story on top
of another until this protest is produced.
Pittsburg, on the other hand, though
her business territory is limited by the
hills and rivers, has never m any case that
we recall exceeded the nine-story stage of
development Still, as the time will
come when twelve or fifteen stories will
present their attractions to builders, it
maj be well to lay toffieart the discovery
which Chicago is making.
SOCIALISTI IX GERMANY.
The programme announced as that of
the German Socialists about to meet in
congress at Erf urt giv es an idea of what
appears to be a moderate Socialist plat
form To the citizens of the United
States a large share of the Socialist plat
form will seem like essential principles of
democratic government The secretballot;
thepajmentof representatives; popular
control of the State provmcal and criminal
administrations; an elective judiciary:
free education; separation of Church and
State and the secularization of the schools;
the formation of labor buieaus; the pro
hibition of the truck system, and the right
of workingmen to organize are all fully
established in this country without any
idea that vv e are approximating Socialism.
Similarly there is no serious conflict
between our republican ideas and the de
mand for proportional representation;
voting on Sundays or holidays (election
day being a legal holiday in most States);
universal suffrage without regard to sex;
and annual votes on taxation; while uni
versal military instruction and the re
placing of the standing army, by militia
are theoretically accepted here with the
practical result that w e have no standing
army worth mentioning.
What we understand in this country as
Socialism crops out mildly in the demand
for gratuitous medicine; State supported
doctors; unbroken repose for thirty-six
hours weekly for every workingman;
eight hours for a day's labor, and univer
sal State insurance. With the exception
of th" last item there would not be much
difficulty in the acceptance of these de
mands. It is the theory of this nation
that those who cannot -afford to pay for
doctors and medicine should have them
furnished at the public cost: but we leae
enough freedom to the individual to let
him select and pay his own doctor and
druggist, if he is able. The eight-hour
movement here Ins enmr much nearer
realization than in Germany, and the
thirty-sit hours of repose, or from Satur
day night until Monday morning, is the
almost universal practice by common con
sent If this is the utmost to be expected
from Socialism it will have slight terrors
for the United States. Ko doubt the ex
treme Socialists would call for a great
deal more, as Indeed the State Socialist
school does in this country. But, if Ger
man Socialists are content with tliis pro
gramme, the people of the United States
can give them a hearty sympathy in the
attempt to secure its realization.
Govxnxor. Fattisox may njt be bother
ing himself much nbout his rrcsidental
boom; but lie is making the dry bones rattle
in a way that makes a lot of people Irish he
would give his exclusive attention, to na
tional politics.
The latest collision in the East wasarear
enrt collision into a V.inderbilt palace car. It
is rare that lailroad otvneis get as close to
calamity as this and the expcuence will
doubtless lead to stringent ptecautions on
11 the Vnnderbilt loads. The adoption of
.Pimcft' old suggestion about putting the
railroad directors in the pUco of danger,
though accidental, may inoi c profitable.
Tun efforts of the majority of theLegisla
tive Investigating Committee not to investi
gate having proved a failuie, they took
leluge in the refusal to recognize the evi
dence that they could not shut out.
If it is held that extra sessions cannot be
held to investigate and coriect official mis
conduct, we shall hai e to choose between
the dread ulteinatic of a meeting of tho
Legislature ev ei j year and letting the State
government run along without any correc
tion of such proceedings as aro disclosed In
the Uardsley scandal.
Ikstead of that demonstration against
China tho Oriental kaleidoscope now pre
sents tho prospect of a demonstration of
Ingland with China against the Russian
grab game.
The intimations are very clear that it is
a barrel camuaigu in Xe w York and j ust the
reersein Ohio. Consequently the -candidates
are appealing to the leason of the
vomers in the lattoi State, and the election
will be a valuable expression of the popular
judgment. The barrel In politics decides no
issues.
September did not count for much in
the line of autumn weather, hut October is
making a splendid record as representative
of the real fall season.
Kextuckv fines a railroad for running a
construction train on Sunday when the w oik
could as well have been done on another
da) ; and Illinois permits a railroad to run
eight carloads of pasbengers to see a prize
flht. Kentucky law m this instance has
more backbone "than the Illinois article.
The people who get up a bogus report of
the loss of an ocean steamer, like that about
the City of Home, should be kicked out of
decent society.
The statement that the United States
mint at Xow Orleans is turning out ten cent
coins so poorly executed that they have
been pionounced spurious by experts is a
black eye for the mint. It may be that the
mint itself is something of a counterfeit in
the coinage business.
If we may believe the defenss of the
accused officials, there is a decided doubt in
their minds whether the Constitution is
Constitutional.
The United States Supreme Court is
again asked to consider the Xew York elec
trocution law. Some Xew Yorkers are evi
dently laboring under the eroneous impres
sion that the national court of last resort has
nothing with which to occupy its time.
Suxoi, now modestly gives up trying to
beat Maud s's l ecord, and ill make her nexi
etfort to beat Iter own time. She may suc
ceed in that.
MlXGO conies to the front again with an
other railway fatality. It seems that lll
otnened corner of Ohio cannot let more than
a stated numb jr of years roll aiound with
out offering up a stated number ot lives at
the altar of industrial manslaughter.
Kussia is now wooing Italy to desert the
Triple Alliance, and cast her lot with the
Muscovite policy. But w hat will France say
to that T
It is a mistake for Senator Sherman to
dignify by his notice the charges of a book
n hichstarts out lth the assei tion that the
ar was gotten up by the capitalists to enable
them to ruin the public. Some things are too
unutterably silly to speak of.
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
THE girl who carries the most paint and
feathei s expects to secure the greatest num
ber of t-calps.
The man without snap is as noiseless as
the whip without a snapper.
Deek
cheap.
meat will soon be reasonably
False hair is preferable to a false hood,
girls.
Senator Hale is authority for the
statement that Secretary Blaine is halo and
heartj , which will be bad news for the Har
risomtes. "This is bracing weather," said the beer
buidened joungman as he leaned against
the telegraph pole.
She gave me a lock of her golden hair,
A led, led bud fiom her sweet bouquet;
And I placed the relics awav w lth care
Fond tokens of lo e prized like Jewels rare.
Xow the lose leafs dust ana the tress is
gray.
It now turns out that the Pattison baby
is a campaign lie.
Answers that hae been filed should be
sharp and to the point.
The Sabbatarians who nrefer somnolence
to wakefulness should remember that the
world cannot and will not turn a back som
meisault. The uncaged tiger can change its sleep
ing spots if It w an ts to
The reader who gets his news in a nut
shell frequently finds that the kernel has
been abstiacted.
Jon had patience, and so have the striking
job printers.
History chronicles bad as well as good
deeds, hence if you do not wish to leave an
ink stain as a heritage don't make a wrong
play.
"We want broad acres, building- lots,
For portions here below,
But, after all, giecn little plots
VV ill get us all, you know.
It is easier to preach reform than to prac
tice it.
This is decidedly an off year. All the
big place seekers have their coats off.
Truth Is stranger than fiction, but, un
foitunately, it is scarcer, too.
Heius frequently claw each other over
the clause in the old m m's v 111.
The principal trouble with our naval
navig itors is that thev dn not tike kindly
FOREIGN FEATURES.
Interesting Xotes Concernlne VariougParts
of the Old World The Power or Indian
and Persian Magicians to Simulate Death
How Queen Victoria Travels.
London Times.
The powers of the fakirs, or faqueers, of
Indiaand Persia of simulating death are mar
velous, and almost incredible. Several sects
in these countries regard the art of appar
ent death as a part of their religious ritual,
and practice it assiduously. In their an
cient books it is described as puranayam, or
stopping the death. Many cases in which
theso Indian fakiis have allowed themselves
to bo bulled alive lor long periods have
been i erified by British officials in India,
and attested by evidence which dispels all
doubt of their truth. This impersonation of
death continues for as long as six, and even
ten months. The wny the fakirs go to work
to produce this condition is to have the
little ligature underthe tongue cut, whereby
they are enabled to stretch this organ out to
a great length. Then they turn it back, in
serting the end in the. troat, and closing up
at the same time tho inner nasal apertures.
The external apertures of the nose and eirs
aro closed with wax, and the eyes covered
to exclude the light.
Lonsrpreliminarvnracticeis,nowever.need
ed in holding the breath, and a long conrso
of fasting hefoie burial. The fakir then
sinks into a condition resembling death,
and the body is wrapped In linen, placed in
a box and buried. When the box is taken
up, at the expiration of the long continued
death-like sleep, and opened, the fakir is
found cold and stiff: no pulsation can be felt;
the heart, the wrist, the temples aro still;
the body is not cold as a coipso would be,
hut is1 elder than that of othei living men,
except ov er the seat of the brain. All the
secietions are fully stopped, the nails, hair
and beai d ha-ve ceased giowth. Aftei being
Resuscitated the fakir feels great dizziness,
and for a few hours cinnot stand up with
out support, but gradually he recovers
strength, and enjoj s amazing the wonder
he has excited.
Hardships of Cabinet Life.
Sparc "Viomcnts.
Among the hardships of the life of a Cabi
net Minister is the necessity which annually
aiises for making a journey to Balmoral in
wintry weather in the cap icity of Minister
in attendance on the Queert. It is not only
that the journey is long and the time of the
year often inclement. Tiiere are certain re
strictions for visitors at Balmoral not entiie
ly compensated for by the pn ilege of living
under the same roof as the Queen. One
thing forbidden is smoking, and there are
somepiettv stoiies about the devices to
which Ministers who love their cigar have
been put m order to enjoy their after break
fast or post prandiil w eed There are, how
ever, compensations, and the Duke of Rut
land found one in March. Itowas appointed
to he the Minister in attendance upon the
Queen during her Easter holiday at Grasse.
Xothine could be more delighttul than this.
The Duke got away from London at a season
of the year when town had not begun to be
endurable, and reached the Riviera in its
spring nrimo. The Duchess accompanied
him, and all his traveling expenses were
paid by a grateful nation. He had the ad
ditional and accidental good fortune of find
ing that there was no loom for him in tho
hotel that had been hired at Grasse for tho
accommodation of Her Majesty. Accord
ingly a villa was taken for him, where he en
joyed much of the privacy of anordinary
visitor to tho Eiviera at tho country's ex
pense. An Accommodating Husband.
Xewcastle Xews.
Last November a Xewcastlo man went to
America to endeavor to improve his por
tion in life. In January he was reported to
have been killed. Ho returned, however,
last week, to find tnat his wife had turned
over a new leaf in tho marrlago service, and
that another man occupied his seat in tho
chimney-corner. Did he go to work to
slaughter the false wife and new husband?
Xot much He walked in and xiid:
"Well, old gal, how is things?"
"Putty good, Bill," siid the doubl '-married
woman, not taken aback greatly.
"Wnich do j ou prefer the old or tho new
love?"
She hesitated for an instant,and then said:
"I don't like to hurt jour feelings but
bnt "
"Oh, spit it out! Don't mind my feelings
or tho othei chap's. I won't be angry if
you come down a little rough on my vanity.
Count on me being amiable. I won't cut up
rnstv If von should go hack on me "
"I'm glad you're so thoughtful. Bill; and I
acknowledge that I do liko mypiesent hus
band best: out if anything should happen to
him, I know nobodv else I would as soon
join fortunes with again as 3 ou."
"That's the wav to talk. "I'll now bid you
goodby, hoping that no accident will happen
to the other fellow, and that he will live
long to enjoy your delightful society. So,
good day."
And the husband traveled off with his
knapsack on his back, whistling in cheery,
clear tones, "The Girl I Lett Behind Me."
How Queen Victoria Travels.
Toronto Globe.
An official of the Midland Railway recent
ly took me into the Queen's carriage as it
stood in Paneras stition. The walls of the
saloon are of satin-wood highly polished.
The cnsions are of white silk embroideicd
in gold thicad. A garter containing her
motto, "Honi soit qui mal v pense," sur
lounds her initials, "V. It." Ilerlaigo chair
and it takes a large one, too is at the back
of the cairiage and faces the engine. At
her hand is a sil er plate in which are elec
tric bells, picssmg which she can call all her
different attendants who occupy another
compartment. Tin eo other easy chairs are
in herconipaitincnt, besides a satin-wood
table about six feet long and three feet
wide, upon which are piled the latest
English, French, Geiman and Ameri
can ponodicals Tho carpet is
of velvet, and in a good stato of preserva
tion, considering it has been in use 15yenrs
The curtains at the windows and a portiere
are hunt on silver poles. The door handles
are solid silvei.and the whole saloon has
the appearance of solid luxury. The Queen
herself selected tho furnishings, which aro
said to pattern after the white drawing
room at Windsor Castle. The whole saloon
with fittings is said to hae cost between
XB.000 and 7,000 At first sight the carriage
impressed me as being gaudj, but this idea
wore awav in a few moments.
Thornilwav official informed me that the
Queen paid about 7s. 6 per mile tor travel
ing, besides first class taies foi every one in
herpartv. As ihe official from whom I le
ceived mv information was in a position to
know, this explodes otner reports that tho
Queen and her suite always travel free.
Owned tv the Crown.
Lancaster (Eng.) News.
Ill China all the land belongs to the State;
and a trifling sum per acie, never altered
through long centuries, is paid for it by the
occupier as lent. The soil in China is so rich
that tho holdings aie generally very small,
and it has been estimated that a' square mile
is capable of supporting 3,810 persons. In
this countrv, nominally, owners of the land
hold it of the Crown Although, however,
as admitted bv Lord Bramwell in letters to
the Ttmes, this is technically true,
yet it is most misleading, as own
ers of a fee simple estate in land in
this country have for nil piactical purposes
an absolute ownership in the land thev hold.
If an owner dies intestate without heirs his
land l evens to the Clown, though the owner
had the pow er of disposal had he so wished.
Under similar circumstances a man's per
sonal piopertyas-nell as his land, if ho dies
intestate w lth no next of kin, goes to the
Cionn.
J0HH BULL'S WAY.
He Intends to Tut Both Feet on the Chilean
Xltrato Beds.
Wellington Tost.
It is not surprising to learn that England
heads the list of foieign claimants against
tho new Chilean Government for damages
incurred by tho late war. Over $50,000,000
indemnity will be asked for losses on nitrate
works, and thcie are individual English
claims amounting to $10,000 000 or $20,003,000
moie. The Spanish and Italian claims
amount to $3,000,003 each, while the United
State", notwithstanding tho fact that Min
Istei Egan was insulted, the American Lega
tion policed and the warship Baltimore
mobbed, only puts in a modest bill of $25,000.
English interests predominate, however,
and Lnphsh cupidity always has its way.
John Bull evidently intends to put both feet
on the nitrate beds and foreclose his Hen at
tlie.earlies,t opportunity. Between a big war
debt and its foieign creditors, Chile will
have a heavy load to c irry. She may sooner
or later lealize that the United States, of all
the poweis, took least advantages of her nec
essities and w ill pi ovo her staunchest rriend
and ally in the work of her ommei cial
restoration.
Jloney to Move Crops.
St Lonis Globe-Democrat. i
The Ticasury has been shipping large
sums of money to the V"estto aid in "mov
ing the ciops." Moie also will be needed
soon, but nobody doubts that it can he hnd
i en l equip d
THE AHHEXATI0N IDEA.
Further Details of the Radical Meeting
Held Thursday In Ontario.
The following dispatch to the Xew Tort
JPress contains fuithor details of the annex
ation meeting at Belle River, Ont.: This
(Essex) county Is the hotbed of annexation
sentiment in Cannda. The inhabitants are
mostly French, or or French-Canadian de
scent, nnd, viewing the prosperity of their
cousins ncross tho river, thev have come to
firmly believe that only In political union
can they ever hope to equal the Americans
In prosperity.
Thus it is that there are frequent expres
sions of annexation sentiment in Windsor
and other towns in the vicinity of the
American border. The meeting at 'Windsor
last week, when the question of political
union was discussed, was the forerunner of
a largo and enthusiastic meeting which oc
curcd here last nieht. on behalf of political
union with the United States. The town
hall was crowded to tne doors with villagers
and farmers from the surrounding country,
notwithstanding that rain had fallen dur
ing the day and the night was very
unfavorable. The chair was occupied by
Patrick Strong, ex-reeve of the township of
Rochester and a lifelong Conscrv ative.
Ronsing speeches in behalf of the movement
were made in English by Solomon White, M.
P., Dr. Brion, ex-M. P. for South Essex, and
F. P. Boutailler, warden ot the county, and
in Fiench by D. Bodette. This was the first
appearance of the last named gentleman in
support or political union and ho is well
known throughout Western Ontario as a
Conservative warhorse.
The speeches were all received with en
thusiasm, and at the end of the meeting a
resolution was passed in favor of political
union, every person rising to his feet to show
his sj mpathy with the movement. A Con
tinental Union Club wns foimed with avery
large membership, and with Dr. Beachard as
President; E. St. Pierre, Vice President, and
F. P. Boutailler, Secretary. Tho meeting
broke up with rousingcheers for political
union.
THEIE HAMES IN PBIHT.
, Mrs. Julia "Ward Howe began Greek
at 70, and now at 72 she has just read the play
of Sophocles in the original.
Dickens' favorite daughter, Mamie, is
soon to contribute a series of papers on her
father to one of the magazines.
Emily Htntixgton Miller has been
made the Superintendent of the Xorth
western University at Evanston.
Eev. Dr. Jenckes, of Indianapolis, has
70 proofs that the world will end in ten
years, and he gets 69 of them from the Bible.
Her Majesty "Lily of the Sky,"
Queen or the Sandwich Islands, is 50 vcars
of age. She has an income of 15,000 per
annum.
Vice President Levi P. Morton
comes down froni his country place at
Rhinebeck to his banking office in Xassau
street about once a week.
Mr. Spurgeon signed the abstinence
pledge in 1S6G. Unfermented wine has been
used at the communion service at tho Metro
politan Tablenacle Tor several years.
The Dnke of Portland has a necktie for
every hour or the day, and he never wears
his gloves twice. His hosier's bill is about
$1,200 a year. The Duke or Fire spends about
the same amount.
It is said that Queen Christina of Spain
has been strnck with a spasm of reform and
is trying to remodel her household on a
plainer and more sober basis, cutting off
many extra vagauces.
N. A. Parker, who is reported to be the
oldest living college graduate of the United
States, having left tho University or Ver
mont in 1S15, celebrated his 100th birthday at
Fitzwilliam, X. H , on Tuesday.
Charles Gaylor, now critically ill at
St. Vincent's Hospital, Xew York has pro
duced 233 plays since 1H9, besides in his
earlier y eai s doing a great deal or theatrical
w litmg for Greeley and the elder Bennett,
THE INDIAN PBOBLEM.
The Solution to Be Found in Education and
Segregation.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Tho Commissioner of Indinn Affairs in his
annual report, discusses at some length the
political status of the Indians, and says that
the time has come for a declaration by Con
gress to the effect that hereafter
it will not recognize Indians as com
petent; to make War: that they shall
be treated, not as belligerents, but as sub
jects, and that the time is at hand for the ex
tension o er the Indians of the protection
and privileges of our courts. The definite
determination, he sajs, by the -highest
authority of the political status or the In
dians is necessary as a basis or wise legisla
sion and to the satisfactory administration
of Indian affairs.
There can be no well-founded dissent
from the views or the Commissioner. It has
long been seen to he a complete anomaly
that an Indinn, a ward or the Government,
could go off the reserv ation, steal a horse or
commit a murder, enlist his tribe in his be
half, and thoreupon cause a state or war to
ensuo. It would be quite as reasonable to
concede belligerent rights to the inmates or
an almshouse or a penitentiary as to a tribe
or Indnns w ho occupy what are known as
tne tiiuai relations ion am tne united
States.
AVhlle the United States must continue to
keep watch and ward over the Indiaus and
to support them, it is by no means necessary
that the tribal formation should be main
tained. In fact, it has been shown that to
divide Indian lands in severalty produces
much better results than to keep im
mense tracts in block for the joint
benefit of a tribe. The solution of the Indian
problem must be found in segregation and
education, in refusing to concede belliger
ent rights to tribes or septs, and in ti eating
Indian malefactors just as other lawbreak
ers aie treated This, and this only, will
bring tho Indian to a realizing sense'or his
real position and convince him or the neces
sity of adopting the habits of civilization.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEBE.
Commodore D. X. Ingraham,
Commodore Duncan Xatlianiel Ingraham,
who was the only survli ing naval officer who par
ticipated in the War of 1812. and the hero of
lamou naval incident in TurVlsh waters, died at
Charleston, t,. C-. earl jestcrdaj. Ills father was
wllh John Paul Jones in the famous fight with the
Serapis during the American Revolution. Young
Duncan entered the narv as a midshipman in 1812.
AV hen the Civil War began he resigned his commis-
slo" to enter the Confederate navy. In 185S he was
appointed Chlif of the Bureau ot Ordnance and
llydrojrraphj. He served In cerj war s nee the
Jtevoiuiion. innone epii?tie nireaay mentioned
which Immortalized his nime occurred atSmrna
in I8o3 during Htingarj's unsuccessful war for in
dependence. He was then commanding the sloop-of-wir
St. Louis in the Mediterranean. He inter
fered with the Austrian consul's detention of Mar
tin Kos7ta, who had resided two jcars in the
United States, and had declared Ins Intention of be
coming an American citizen. Kos7ta hid been
seized bj a party of Greeks In Austrian pav and
confined on hoard the Husar. Captain Iiiffraham
notlnd the- United states Charge d' Affairs at Con
stantinople, who replied that the surrender of the
prisoner should be demanded. Ihe eaptalu duly
made the demand, which was refused, whereupon
he made known his Intention of rescuing Koszta by
force. Notwithstanding the superior size and
armament of the Austrian vessel, the decks
of the St. Louis were cleared for action. Seeing
inis ueicriniueu uiiuuue mc .Austrian ionsm lien
eral proposed to deliver his prisoner to the French
Consul until the matter be settled which proposi
tion was accepted bj the doufchtr American com
mander. Koszta was subsequently released and
the course of Captain Ingraham was sustained by
his Government.
Senator Thomas 31. Mellaril.
Senator Thomas M. Mehard, of the
Forty-seventh district, died at 10.15 Thursday
nlght, at his home in Wampum. Mr. Mehard had
been sick for three weeks, suffering from typhoid
lever, and until yestcrda) it was thought that he
would recover. Ilclcatesa wife and lour chil
dren. Thomas M. Meeard was born July 2). 1841.
at Wnrtcmbcrg. He was educated at AV estuiiuster
College, and then read medicine with John Ben
nett, of Cleveland, o., after which he studied at
the Western Reserve College, Cleveland, and grad
uated In February, 1870. Since then he has been
engaged in the practice of his profession at Wam
pum. He was elceted to the State Senate as a Re
publican in i ov ember, 1838.
Obituary Xotes.
Mas. Kitty Stanley, formerly of note as a
pianist and violinist, died recentlv in Watertown,
X. J. She was for scv eral years associated with
SpauldliiK's Bellrlugers, and was the wile or W. J.
Stanley, of atertown,
Hov. William Johnston, an old member of
the Hamilton county bar, died at Lov elaad, O., at
the age of 84. He was a man of mark In his time,
one of the early Judges of the Superior Court of
Cincinnati, and during the war was an Intimate
friend of Secretary Stanton.
Mak Clarke, a voung actress who once srave
promise of brilliant achievements. Is dead at her
mother's home In Meriden, Colin. She was 31 veers
old. In 189 she made her debut on the stage at a
Detroit theater. Afterward she was In the support
of Rhea and of Lawrence Barrett. Since I8& she
hid ! i tin i!th tu art.
THE SOCIAL MELANGE.
A "Fashionable Throne Attends the Open
ing of the Mozart Club's New Home
Arrangements for the Sonthslde Hos
pital Benefit Social Chat.
The Mozart Club made a memorable re
moval last night. Formal possession was
taken of the new clubroomsin thenostettor
bnilding on Fourth avenue. These occupy
the rourth, upper, floor and have been ar
ranged with a view to the greatest comibrt
that also combines elegance and practical
purpose. One side or the floor is devoted to
a large rehearsal roo- it one end or which
hangs an oil pai. tl ig of Mozart, the
patron saint, a era) on picture of
Dr. English, e-t-DIrector. the founder
of the club, Director McCoIlnm. Other ex
officers and officers are in appropriate
places. The pictuies of one or two singers
have also found a place Patti's face may be
seen there, and tl at of tne oratorio singer of
Chicago, Mrs. Johnstone Bishop. The lower
part or the eastoin wall is devoted to the
music libraiy, caiefully covered from the
dust. The room is spacious, airy, daintily
carpeted, well lighted by day and well sup
plied with cliaudelieis'to light It at night.
At the reception it was full of charmingly
dressed women of men noted in the differ
ent walks of life. Flowers and plants were
scattered about in profusion, and in the
center ot the room an orchestra played de
lightful raus e for a promenade concert.
Tnisioom will he used by the club for re
hearsals and chamber concerts.
Across the hall are four or five smaller
apartments to be used by music teachers
during the day and Tor parlors and meeting
purposes in the evening. In one of the par
lors hangs a painting by Georgo Hetzel. It
is one ot the piottiest or his scenes or bab
bling brooks rocks, and trees, and deserves
the place or honor which has been accorded
it It might he mentioned here that the
life-size picture or Mozait, which hangs in
the reception rooms, was painted by Charles
Walz, one ot Pittsburg's cleverest portrait
painters. It is considered the happiest
effort he has yet made. Mozart wears tho
well-known green velvet coat, and leans
in an easy attitude against a music cabinet.
It is a most interesting picture, and is not
the less so when we remember that Walz
had a small tintype and an inrerior photo
graph only to aid him in his work. Busts or
musicians are placed against the delicately
tinted walls, nnd in every room there Is a
head or Mozart. A painting by Freder
ick Bussman in the ladies' parlor is
quite an example or his best vein,
and truly adorns the pretty room.
Louis Hlmmelnch contributed two jardin
ieres or tropical plants, which were placed
in a position or prominence and evoked ad
miration from every visitor. There was
only one regret last night, and that wns
caused by the enforced absence or II. C.
Frick, the generous President or the Mozai t
Club. Mr. Frick has relieved the club or all
its indebtedness and assumed tho expense
or furnishing the clubhouse to the extent,
probably, of $3,000.
Alight went ont or Mr. Frick's lire and
home when his little daughter died last sum
mer, andlt is this sore trouble which made
him beg release rrom a pressing invitation
to be present His name was mentioned on
all sides and his absence noted with regret.
Among those observed there were: Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Mellor, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mc
Collum. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Dermltt, Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Scnllv, Judge nnd Mrs. Slagle,
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Woire, Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Reinecke,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J.
McD. Bryce. Andrew Bryce, Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Briggs. Edward and John BIndlev, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Boyd Duff, Harry Ringwalt, Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
B. Brockett, Mrs. Mary J. Bowman, John
Muir, Miss ' Jennie Xeeley, Miss Mc
Creery, C. M. Fans, Harvey
Penn, Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, Miss
Margaret Frazier, the Misses Leonard, Carl
Better, Miss Keighard, the Misses Luella and
B'anche Ash, Miss Florence McLain, Mrs.
Wylie, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Brown, Mrs,
Adah S Tnomas, Dr. and Mr?. J. R. Horner,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Harry Mays, Mr. and Mrs. R.
M. Scandrett and Miss Scandrett, W. W. and
Mrs. Blanche Fullerton Yeatman, Roanoke,
Va.; Miss Rosy Weber and George Hetzel.
Ox November 16, when the chrysanthe
mum show is over tho Southside Hospital
managers will take possession of the Audi
torium and its beautiful floral decorations.
Their fair will make a more prolonged stay
than fairs usually do for it will open on
Monday evening and continue until Satur
daynlght. It is promised to include every
thing that the imaginations orcleverwomen
can suggest to realize money for a noble
charitv. Dinner will be seived every day,
after Monday. On Tuesday and Wednesday
the Soutlnde women will be the hosts in
the dining room. On Thursday it
will be under the regime of Pittsburg
proper. Allegheny ladles will dispense hos
pitality on Friday, and on Saturday those
who dine will b3 wnited upon by resielents
of the East End. The Association of the
Southside, nnder whose patronage the fair
will be, is putting that right foot forward
which always does good woik. Shopkeepers
in town are giving liberally. Regardless of
denomination, churches are working sldeby
side. Everybody considers its success a
foregone conclusion, and all the money
that is made is to roll into the big
emptv coffers of the Southside Hospital.
Tho General Executive Committee consists
or Mrs. McD. Bryce, Mrs. Redman. Mrs. Mc
Millen, Mrs. Percy F. Smith, Mrs. Sweeny,
Mrs. Spandau, Mrs. M. Patterson, Mrs. G. B.
Hill, Mis. Creadv, Mrs. J. M. Riddle, Mrs.
Cotton, Mrs. Aldred, Mrs. Taylor and the
Misses Kunzler and Wallace. The other
committees formed are: Fancy work, dinner,
basket, ice cream, lemonade, candy, fruit
tree, Mt. Washington table, country store,
glass stand, common sense and apron booth,
doll booth, flowers. Xew England table.
chocolate stand, fruit stand and fish pond.
The Pittsburg Harvard Club lately lost
two of its members, Mr. Santler and Mr.
Soute, whose business removed them perma
nently out of town. Owing to the small
membership of the club, this, which other
wisewouldbca matter of regret alone, is in
addition a downright calamity. The club,
though small, stands on a firm foundation,
and, or course, every year adds to its mem
bership. There w as talk some time ago that
quarterly dinners chatty, informal and
altogether comfortable affairs, were to be
held during tho year, in addition to the
stiff as staich event in January. There will
be lour small dinners for the purpose or re
taining about them the hospitable atmos
phere, civen at the houses or the member-.
The first one doubtless will be at tho
house of the Piesident, John H. Ricketson,
Ridge avenue, Allegheny.
Social Chatter.
One can hear a little sigh of satisfaction,
and imagine an accompanying prayer of
thankfulness, amid the blare in which the
Exposition closes. The torment of the
housekeeper, who doesn't like to be taken
unawares and what housekeeper does? Is
the string of country cousins w ho drop in
unexpectedly to "do" the big show at the
Point. The cousins insist they alwavs do
that every engagement for unlimited time
to come must be sacrificed, for they haven't
the -slightest idea how sacred an engagc
mei is tota pair of town eyes. So rrom one
!oiS.nrView the closiugof the Exposition
is not wholly a matter of regret.
Thk new Episcopal Orphans' Home, in
Lawrcnceville, to be built a little in front of
the present building, on Penn avenue, is bc
ina delayed. Tne managers are busy at
present trying to cut the coat according to
the cloth by sacrificing hero a tower and
there a piazza. They wish to keep the build
ing as large as the plans originally called
for, and at the same time by making it
plain l educe the cost. It is now uncertnin
when the flrt-t shovelful will be taken out
toward building a foundation.
Xot much has been heard of late or tho
University Club, though it is said to be en
Joying a vigorous existence. It is believed
that the Intention finally is to build a club
house similar m scope to either the Pitts
burg or Duquesne Clubs. Howev er, as there
is scarcely a member of tho Univ ersity Club
who is not a member or either or the other
clubs or or both, the possibility is dubious
for the success or.i third. But tho sut vival
of the fittest refers to clubhouses as well as
to theaters and people.
Miss Cabbie Paisley, who is a popular arfil
as w ell as a popular school niistres, will be
married in Januaiy to Mr. Henrv Graff. The
jounglady le turned to her school duties
a short time ago after s-ome months or re
tiiement since her mother's death. Mr.
Grains mother expects to return this winter
to live in one or the houses on Highland av e
nue which belong to the Graffestate.
A tea will be given at Mrs. John Ferrinz's
house on Butler stieet, for the benefit or St.
John's Episcopal Church, on next Thursday
evening. Mrs. Peiring's house and giounds
are charmingly suited for the hospitality
which this church invariably dispenses on
such occasions.
Mb- amd Mrs. David Collisowood gave a
piogiessive euclnelast night at Mrs. Kirlc
patrick's house in Braddock. Mrs. Kirkpat
rick is the mother of Mrs. Colliugwootl, who,
it will he remenibeied, is a bride of last win
ter. Eveby Thursday afternoon the Linden
Clubhouse is surrounded by empty car
liages. Their tiny occupants, accompanied
by their bonnes, are busy within taking
dancing lessons.
The marriage of Rev. Samuel Maxwell, late
rector of Trinity Church, and Miss McKnight
will be this winter, bnt the exact time, prob
ably known to a fow, has not yet been m ide
public.
Tin- Coraopolis Progressive Euchre Club
will hold a meeting for reorganization on
Tuesday evening, at the residence of J. K.
Jolly. There are now 28 in the club.
A very charming afternoon tea wns given
yesterday bv Mrs. George TV. Blair, or Firth
avenue and Putnam street. It was a repre
sentative East End gathering.
A party or ladies and menlAve arranged
to meet at the Linden Clnb every Monday
evening and exercise their skill at bowling.
OUR MAIL POUCH".
Excursionists Dl-saHifled.
To the Editor oftlie Dispatch:
The "Beaver Falls Express," leaving Alle
gheny at 5 10 r. M., is the handsomest and
fastest of the Ft. Wayne suburban trains,
and residents or t h e Beaver Valley Invariably
nse this train. Yesterday's special rates
were taken advantage of by quite a number
rrom Beaver Falls and Xew Brighton, but
judge of their surprise when the eateman
refused to let them take this train In return
ing home. A number or men simply crowded
pas t the gateman. but the unatten ded women,
ot whom the writer was one. could not well
do this, but were forced to take the slow and
dingy "Alliance," getting home to dark
streets and cold suppers. Dilligent inquiry
railed to elicit any explanation or the gate
man's action, till aby-standerremarkedthat
"Sewicklej ownod that train," and intimated
that Mr. Starr oblccted to e-ccursionists
using "his train." Now ir the Beaver Falls
express Is .only for the accommodation or
tne superintendent and residents orSewick
ley it should not he scheduled to Beaver
Falls, iritis intended for the pnblic, then
we would suggest that the Superintendent
ride in a separate car, where ho will he free
from contact with any straggling hayseeds
from the great wilderness beyond Sewickley.
A Patron of the Strk Route.
Xew Brighton, October Hi.
Xight Cars in Demand.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Ihe project of running ciis to the East
End at Intervals dining the night seems to
have dropped entirely out or sight recently.
We who live there would like to see it come
to lire again. We expect to have a rathe'r
lively winter in our end or the city. There
will be parties and balls to which we shall
probably invite rriends from Allegheny and
other points, irthe cars do not run we shall
be forced to print on our caid rrom 9 to 12,
and three hours is entirely too short a time
for these events. There is another class of
men who would patronize these night cars.
These are business men who are detained
down town or who have to be at their place
of business at a very early hour in the morn
ing. Cannot some means'be found to Induce
one or the traction companies to give us hair
hourly cars during the night after 13
o'clock. EastEkdeb.
Pittsbctbo, October IB.
IMMIGKATION BBSTBICTCOSS.
Will the Commission Favor the Eiclnslon
or Laboring People?
Xew York nerald.J
The reasons why the working classes of
Europe are eager to settle in this country
are many and obvious. They feel about us
very much as we felt about California in
1849. We were told that ir wo could once
work our passage to the Pacific coast we
should find huge chunks of gold as thick as
stones on a Xew Hampshire farm. Our
imaginations became excited and we took
tremendous risks in order to get to the
Western El Dorado. The European work
man hears the same stories, and they pro
duce the same result. The dream of his life
is to save money enough to pay for a passage
across the Atlantic. In many cases they
bring with them nothing but their poverty,
and verysoon become a burden on the pub
lic charity.
Such people are very undesirable. We
don't want men or women oT that 'sort. At
present there isn't work enough to employ
tho willing laborers who were born on our
soil. More than a million men are always in
enforced idleness, searching in vain for
something to do and living on the
edge or hunger. It is therefore a very
serious question whether we onght not
to enact such restrictive measures as will
stop this tidal influx or foreigners who cut
down wages and literally take the food out
of our own citizens' m'ouths. In our Judg
ment our duty is plain. We ought, in tho
name or seir-protection, to make immigra
tion raiIess easy than it is, and we have
strong hopes that the commission in its
forthcoming report will emphasize the
necessity lor that course on the part of
Congress.
FOB SUNDAY CLOSING.
The American Missionary Board Adds Its
Voice Through Joseph Cook.
Fittsfield, Mass., Oct. 16. At the meeting
or the American Missionary Board this fore
noon two more members were, by request or
Dr. Storrs, added to his committee to
memorial-ze the Government upon Spanish
outrages at Ponape. Dr. Xoble, of Chicago,
read the report on Japan, recom
mending a reference to the Pru
dential Committee of the paper of
native Christians or Kumai, Japan, read yes
terday, with full power to act. The Commit
tee on Xext Place or Sleeting and Preacher
recommended Chicago as the place, and Dr.
Lewis F. Stearns, D. D., ot Bangor, Me., as
preacher, with John K. McLean, D. D., of
Oakland, Cal., as alternate.
Rev. Joseph Cook presented a resolution
asking the Columbian Exposition to close
its doors on Sunday. This was adopted, and
Rev. Josenh Cook. Dr. Behrends and TV. E.
Hale were appointed on the Sunday Closing
Committee. Mr. Hale, or th committee
on raising the extra $100,000, reported
that $2.U00 was already raised and
asked the privilege of passing around in the
audience to get $25,000 more. The privilege
was granted, and later the committee said
it was able to guarantee $50,000 rrom pledges
already. The anniversary of the American
Boaid came to a close. Its keynote has
been, "A new departure" in the consecrated
use or money.
Fittsburgers In the Metropolis.
Xew York, Oct. 16 Special. The fol
lowing PittsOurgers are registered at the
leading hotels: S. A. Taggart, Belvidore; T.
L. White, Continental Hotel; J. P Withe
row, Astor House: J. A. Alnich, Westmin
ster: Mrs. G. Hallman, Westminster; A. E.
Hunt and wife, Glenham; II. A. Lapoe, Cos
mopolitan; Mrs. Parcclls, Metropolitan; A.
F. Allen. Earle's Hotel; S. Colin, Union
Square Hotel: A. B. Cath, Grand Hotel: II.
Fell, Astor House: A. M. Guthrie and wiie,
Brunswick; T. R. Hostetter, St. James; A. C.
Knox, St. Denis Hotel.
The Findings Will Be Reviewed.
Chicago Times.
Dealers in whitewash will learn with
interest that tne extraordinary session of
the Republican Senate or Pennsylvania,
called to consider the scandals in the offices
of the State Treasurer and Auditor, is novf
convened. It may be remarked in passing,
however, that the findings or this legislative
body will be subject to a certain review by
the voters of the State in about three weeks.
An Exchange of Sugar.
Boston Traveler. 2
In giving Germany the privilege of ex
porting beet-root sugar to this country free
of duty in leturn for reduced duties in Ger
many on American agricultural products
the United States secures the advantage in
that the German sugirisnot likely to come
into serious competition with cane sugar.
Walt Till Tammany Gets If old.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It costs the gi cat State or Xew York to
run Its machinery $13,003000 annually. It
costs Xew York City ill one "4,000 0CK). But
just wait until Tammany gets a good hold
on the State.
SOME P20PLE WHO TBAVEL,
Joseph I- Lewis, chief clerk in the
Delinquent Tax Collector's office, returned
last evening rrom n hunting trip in West
moreland county. He said game was rather
scarce, but he had gathered nbout a bushel
or hickory nuts and walnuts, which were
very plentirul.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. "Wade, of North
avenue, Allegheny, have- returned from a
summer tour. Thoy left early in July, and
have visited all the principal summer re
sorts in both the Eat and West during tho
tour.
Chief Ehlcrs, of the Department of Pnb
lic Works, Allegheny, left lor Philadelphia
and Xew York ou the fast line last night on
a short business trip.
Judge y. D. Porter went to Philadelphia
last evening on a short business trip." He
will return on Monday.
Detective P. J. Jlurphv returned from
Harrisburg last evening, where he had been
on hu-ini--4A.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Lake Michigan has fallen 18 inchei
since June. t
Two hundred births occur in Londor
every day.
The Talue of land in Berlin has in
creased 65 per cent in the last ten years.
Salmon are being frozen in "Washington,
nnd will be kept for table use next season.
Asbury Part, X. J., policemen havi
been ordered to shoot all cats prowling ai
large at night.
Twenty-one Indian skeletons were re
cently taken from an Indian mound a
Woodstock, Va.
A dinner to 28 people was recentlj
given in a trunk of a tree growing on a Ta
comn, Wash , farm.
Two sides of a face arc never alike. Th
eves and ears are invariably out of line and
other features are dissimilar.
The greatest number of Parliaments thai
have met in any one reign wis 27, which as
sembled in that of Edward III.
Leeds finds employment for 500 womer
and girls as rag sorters. The earn 8 shilling!
a week, and sing momly in chorus during
their work.
Coins of low denominations circnlat
very rapidly; thus it is calculated that everj
penny in circulation changes hands a dozen
times a week.
The first steamship to fire a gun in actior
was the Royal William, a side-wheeler
which crossed the Atlantic in 1833. She was
built at Quebec.
Polar bears are reported to be nnusuallv
plentiful in Alaska this season. They are
found inrther south, which is said to be a
sign that the winter will be very cold.
Enterprising people in San Diego, CaL
are building up a profitable bnsines on the
sale or wild-flower seed, rrom which there i
an extensive demand rrom tourists and it
the East.
Austria, the principal match maker ov
the Old World, produces no less than 2,50
tons of them every yeir for exportatior
merely. In England the individual average
is about eight per day.
The railways of India at the commence
ment of tho present year atrgregated 16,275
miles in operation, with 2.273 miles nndei
construction. The increase dunnr the
previous year was 5IS miles.
To prevent accidents from theLaufien
Frankfort cable, which transmits a deadlv
current of 25 000 volts, all the polos for HI
miles are adorned with sknlls and cross
bones surmounted with a warning notice.
Happy are the ratepayers of Denies
helm, in Rhenish Bavaria. The Government
has discovered th-it the inhabitants htv
paid higher tr.xes than their strict due dnr
ing the past few years, so the excess will b
refunded rrom the State coffers.
The importation of oranges into Eng
land is close upon $1.5fl0,0O0,000 j earlv Italj
has over 5,000,000 trees, which give I 600,000 CXX
oranges yearly. The island or St. Michael's
with an acreage of only 210 000 acres, send'
to this countrv alone every year about 300.
OCO 000 oranges.
The question ot a united German natior
was settled In a memorable sitting of the
Bavarian Houses at Munich in Jnly. 1870
when, nfter a prolonged debate, the Chiei
Tower or Southern Germany consented tr
take its stand with the Xorthern Federatior
in defense or the Fatherland.
In Germany nnrsing is one of the dead
Best occupations known to man, orrathei
to woman; a healthy girl or 17 devoting her
seir to hospital nursing dies onanaveragt
24 VW1 sooner than a girl of the sons agf
in the general population This is duo tc
their liability to tnbcrculosis.
At Elbcrfeld, the wives of the mann
fhcturers each take a factory girl fora yeai
and teach her the work of a servant. Thesi
poor girls before could not light a fire oi
thread a needle. 'Sor they cin marry. Be
fore i young girl thinks of marriage she
must pass through this couro of instructor
for a year.
The pineapple grows upon the uppei
partof astern which rises two or three feel
high from the center or a cluster or leaves
growing close to the ground The uppei
part of this stem becomes covered with the
flowers or the plant, the flower cluster be
comes enlarged, its parts uniting and form
ing the pineapple.
A gang of strikers in Queensland in
sisted on a hotel keeper discharging his Chi
nese cook, who was excellent When ha
was turned out the local police engaged
him. The leading striker wa3 soon arrested
for sedition, and the first thing he was set tc
work at in the prison was chopping wood for
the Chinese cook.
The Japanese young lady now learns;
fine manners, the etiquette or society, and,
above all, the arrangement of flowers. The
mistress of a house who was unable to ar
range them would be regarded as absolutely
Incompetent to take her place in the world;
and not only must she have the artistic
sense of color and form, she must be learned
In the deeper science or their allegorical
significance. Flower langahage is one or the
tongues in which she must be able to con
verse. Western Australia is producing a wood
which is destined to be mnch in favor with
church builders. This is the Jarrab. wood,
which is as hard and durable as oak,but pos
sesses a rich, deep color like mahogany or
very old oak, an d is well adapted for panel
ing and carving. Old Heme Church, la
Kent where tho Te Denm was first sung in
the English language hns just been reroofecl
with Jarrah, nnd theeffert is said to be start
llnglvflne. The church is now completely
restored.
One singular fact is that the grip ofaa
nnt'g Jaw is retained after the body has
been bitton off, and nothing but the head re
mains. This knowledge is possessed by
certain tribe or Indians in Brazil, who put
the ants to a very pecular use When an
Indian gets a gash cut in Ills hand, instead of
having it sewed together, as physicians
do in this conntrv, he procures five or 8ii
ants nnd holding their heads near the gash
they bring their jaws together in biting the
flesh and thns pull the two sides of the gash
together. Then the Indian pinches off the
bodies of the ants and leaves their heids
clinging to the gash, which is held together
until the wound Is perfectly healed.
JOKELETS FROM JUDGE.
"Have you seen the marriaie notice of
Miss Moneta Dlmmond to Count Rakestaft?"
"Xo. my dear: but Moneta sjiowed me the bill of
sale something the minister called a certiflcate "
Bagley I wish you would go into that
air ship scheme with me
Bailey Xo; that's entirely too risky. Besides,
I'm In another deal Juet now.
Bagley Anv risk ahout it
Bailey Xone whatever. I'm trying to get up a
corner In corn.
Snooper Before yon go, doctor, I want ta
ask you one question.
Dr. Earesls Welt, sir?
Snooper re grass widows particularly suscepti
ble to hay fever
Since my beard's a-gittin' grizzled an' ray
hair's a growln' thin
Lotso' tlmeslwiilit'at I could be a Booster once
agin.
A-raIsln' corn an' 'titers on them InJIiny Snobs
Ef the 'titers wuz all Wosvjms an' the corn wni
mostly cobs
Fer I love the smell o' sassafras, the slghin o' the
pines.
The puclerln' persimmons whir the tender
'possum twine".
3Ir. Qldboy Do you believe matches
are made In heaven
Mr. "sewlrnnrried I do. indeed.
3Ir. OldlMiv Then how the deuce can they ship
them all the wav to St. Louis and sell them Ave
boxes for a dime?
Nervous Old Lady My land! "What ha3
theTtnln stopped for? Thev ain't train robbers, be
thev
Conductor Worse than that, mum. They're put
ting off a man who tried to take a political straw la
the smoker.
Gazzam (looking up from the newspaper)
That's the longest sentence 1 ever heard of.
Mrs. Gazzun What?
Gazzam t ifty rears.
.Mrs Gazz nn (who was once a school teacher) It
isn't a sentence at all. It has no verb.
"I wonder why fliat widow, M,rs. Hitter
by. paints the edges of her eyelids black'
'In memory oflllttcrby. It's -i mourning border
Just like that on her stationery."
L'ncle Mose .ledge, Yoah Honah, I falls
back on man previous tooil rep'tatlon. II ib yo
ehber seed me up befo de coht liefof
Justice Clover Xevcr, Muse
Uncle iloseXo, sah; ncbb;r. I takes pains to
keep 'way from such dlsrep'tthle places, sah. An'
yet. sah. heah yo't givlnc to tike ie;ln. me de word
of a shiriess Iiwyer who's been hauntin' de 'coats
all hers life."
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