THE PITTSBURG BISPATCH. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1891. M$ Bigpafolj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 6. 1S46. VoL 4R.No. sw. Tntcrcd at Pittsburg PostoBce, KOttmltrH 18S7, u second-class matter. Business Office Corner Siruthneld and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FATFrtN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM 21, TRIBUNE BUILDING. VEWYORK, where com plc rUoaoriHEDISrvrCHcanalwavs be found, foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Mends ofTlIE DtbPATCH, w hue in N ew York, are also made welcome. THE OISPATCHu rrruhiriyon m arBrentann's, I Vnton Square, Sew rork, and IT Ave tie V Opera, Pa-is. Prance, where anyone who has been disap pointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TKKMS OF THE DISPATCH. rO'TAOE TREE If THE TOOTED STATES. Pailt Disr vtch. One Year f R 06 Daily Dispatch. Per Quarter. 2 00 DULTDisrATCir. 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The courtesy 0 re turning retccted manuscript nill be extended ttAcn stamps for Pint purpose are inclosed, but the Editor vf Ink Dispatch uM tinder nocr cumstances be reiponnble or the care of vnsoltc ved 7Tianuscnpts POVTAGK All pen.ons who mail the 5,:imla3 issue- of Th- Dispatch to friends tliould bear in miml the fact that the post ago thereon is Two (3) Cents. All double anil tuple number copies of The Dispatch require a 2-cent stamp to insure prompt sleli cry. PITTSBURG, SUNDAT, OCT. IS, 1SSL A CHILEAN BOW. The news of the shooting of several marines from the United States essel Baltimore in a street not at Valparaiso is calculated to still further complicate mat ters. Although accounts indicate there was no attack of the Chilean authorities upon our sailors and that it was a murder ou row between our marines and the Chilean mob, it is not calculated to im prove the temper of the two countries toward each other and may increase the alrendt threatening diplomatic difficulties.. Doubtle:s the only ground on which our Got eminent can take action in this mat ter is if fuller accounts, show that the Chilean rabble were the aggressors and that our marines acted in self-defense on a claim for indemnity and the punii.ment of the aggressors. But m the multitude of claims that are piling up ngamt the Chilean Government an in demnity, eien if admitted, may not be worth very much in cash; while the admin istration is liable to be embarrassed by its own logic m another case if it presses lor the punishmert of the offenders. The United States has already gone on record lothe effect that a Got eminent cannot promise punishment in such a matter. "While diplomatic logic does not much trouble itself with the -virtue of consist ency, it is not likely, if this affair should become the subject of coirespondeuce, tint the Chilean representatives will neglect the oppoitunity to put the State DepaLt ment m a corner on the ground the latter chose to take in the Xetv Orleans case. On the whole it may be well to reserve judgment until the details are fully ascer tained. The complications between the United States and Chile are already grave enouJli without jumping to the conclusion tl Jit a fatal row betw een a lot of marines on one side and the Chilean mob on the other necessitates a further international quarreL THE CALL FOR THE SITTING JUDGES. A numerously signed call is published from members of the Allegheny county bar indorsing the candidacy of Judges McClung, Porter and Kennedy. It is ob jected to this call by our esteemed neigh bor the Leader, that it comprises only 236 lawyers, while on the rolls in this county there are over 600. Besides, our cotempo rary has the objection that some of the sign ers have not been practicing long enough to hate weight, that others are retired from practice; that some belong to the patent branch of the calling, and that a number are influenced politically by the party managers whom the "Straight-outs" are antagonizing. It would be as impossible to get up any sort o a call for the sitting judges which would please the "Straight outs" as it was for Governor Pattison to suit etertbodt in his appointments last summer. But, if it be true that there are more lawyers who hate not signed for Judges ilcClung, Porter and Kennedy than have signed, there is a fine oppor tunity for the opposition. All they have to do is to get the unsigned majority on paper for the "Straight-out" candidates. That would be a great stroke a palpable crusher. But, of course, it need scarcely be point ed out that to get even a majority of the bar, or of any profession, to signify a clear preference in a contest in which every member has friends on both sides is not an easy matter. Besides, there is a par ticular difficulty in the present case which would imply no reflection on Judges McClung, Porter and Ken nedy even if the call issued on their behalf had been smaller. There are not a few lawyers who recognize the technical strength of the "Straight-outs' " position, that party usage called for nomi nating conventions in place of indorse ment by the executive committees. These, while willing enough to acquiesce in the proposition that the sitting judges are In every particular capable and honest, may hesitate lest in joining in the call for Judges McCIung, Porter and Kenned? they would seem to abate from the force of party usage. It is in the sense alone of a protest against methods of party management that the Straight-out movement has at any time promised to have weight But, as The Dispatch held before Governor Pattison made his appointments, any fair and competent ticket he might name w ould be likely to get the indorsement of the people at the polls, no matter whether the partisan politicians opposed or approved it The de sirability of non-partisanship in relation to the judiciary appeals more to the reason of a majority of voters than the necessity of settling questions of party discipline. Gov ernor Pattison made an honest effort in his appointments to carry out the non partisan idea. No complaint has been raised of want of integrity, or want of capacity, on the part of any of his nomi nees: and whether the party executive committees indorsed or opposed them The Dispatch believes they would be elected an j how. 1 The call from the bar, therefore, like the indorsement by the committees, is only an incident of a candidacy which rests upon a still broader basis. But it is a numerously signed, strong and effective call none the less; and until the Straight outs produce at least as important a call for their own side, the criticism upon that for Judges McClung, Porter and Kennedy must fall very flat And unprofitable. THE CONVENTION ISSUE. A correspondent writes The Dispatch to take exception to its articles on the Constitutional Convention. He says: ir the public w ere to form their opinion on the necessity of a ConstitutionalConvention by the characterof such as the enclosed edi torials there net er would ba any change or progress in government or law s to meet tho demands of advancing civilization. The pacat masses of the people do demand a change m the Constitution of this State to protect them from corporations and politi cal bosses, but the bosses and monopolies do not want a contention and well do the great industrial classes know it. To this it is easy to reply that progress, or even change, is not at all blocked by voting down the Constitutional Conven tion. On the contrary, intelligent prog lesswillbe certainly secured by submit ting whatever alterations are desired m tne Constitution separately and letfangtlie people decide each on its own merits, in stead of toting to accept or reject the whole in a lump. Furthermore, onr cor respondent should reflect that there will be no real progress in constant tinkering at the fundamental law, such as is in tolved in calling a Constitutional Conven tion within set enteen years of the last one, and before its provisionss-have all been put into enforcement As to the assertion that the people want a coin ention and the monopolies do not, that is mrre assertion. TJie people will hate an opportunity to express their wishes two weeks from next Tuesday, w hen the accuracy of our friend's rather dogmatic assertion will be tested. As to the corporations and politicians, it is true some of them profess to be opposed to the com ention. But that is not the most in fallible sign of their real purposes. It is certain that some of the most effective restraints to these classes are fou;.J in the present Constitution, if it was enforced. Oui correspondent may not know that a complete remedy fop corpor ate abuses, and very strict restraints of mu nicipal politicians in the management of public funds, exist in the existing Consti tution. Some have been nullified by the re fusal of the Legislature to pass the enforc ing laws, and some are exceedingly incon venient restraints on these classes at pres ent The convention as organized furnishes averypracticablemethodforthe politicians and corporations to get rid both of present lestraints and of the possibility of future enforcement of the others. It does not furnish a good method for intelligently amending any provision in the interest of the people. In this connection it is pertinent to no tice the news from llarrisburg that the Republican managers are sending out or ders for the support of the convention. Th alliance between tnese managers and the corporations is close and notori ous. The interests of both can be greatly adtanced by mutilating the Constitution" in their interest There is more likelihood of foundation for this rcpo-t than for the assumption that tiiey are injuring the chalices of their own advantage by the emasculation of the characteristic pro visions of the Constitution of 1874. But their movement is too late. The public mind on that question is already made up. It is clearly understood that the popular interest lies in the maintenance and enforcement of the present Constitu tion and not in opening the doors-for tink ering with and weakening it. A VEKY WEAK PLEA. A queer view of the case was taken by an official at Harrisburg the other day. He asserted the loss to the State would not be any such sum as named in the Governor's message because bondsmen would make up some of it and there are errors in the figures, is a peculiar illus tration of the demoralization which ap pears to make the political mind unable to comprehend the plain principles of honesty. It is pertinent to note, in order to establish this claim, that the same methods of juggling with figures are em ployed as are exemplified by Bardsley, and that the Philadelphia Ledger says: The Governor is right when he says that "?1,786,378 59 of money belonging to the Commons ealth of Pennsylvania has been misapplied, misappropriated, embezzled and stolen." But even supposing the loss is not as large as the Got ernor asserts, what differ ence does that make in the abuses dis closed? The State is abundantly able to stand a loss greater than the sum named if that loss comes honestly and without negligence or corruption. But it should not stand a loss of a thousand dollars through official incompetence, dishonesty or favoritism. "Whether the loss is 51,700, 000 or one-tenth the sum, it has disclosed the fact that an official in charge of State funds, whose duty it was, under the law, to pay them over at stated intervals, has been permitted to retain immense sums long past the day of payment This is ad mitted by the officials whose duty it was to enforce the payment The document ary evidence points strongly to the con clusion that these extraordinary favors were purchased; and the only excuse for this neglect of the law is that the practice has been going on for years before the present officials came into office. It would be interesting for the politi cians to inform the public exactly how many hundreds of thousands it is neces sary for the State to lose by such abuses before it is proper to resort to very sharp correctit e measures. THE LOGIC OF SUICIDE. The suicide of a man in New Tork who was confronted with the certainty of a lingering death by consumption, moves a journal there to comment on it in a way that goes a long distance toward approval. The argument is that death by consump tion is painful not only to the sufferer but to his friends; that he was certain his life work was over, and that death was inevita ble. On these grounds our cotemporary thinks there are "very few who wouldqse verely condemn" the man who chooses to make short work of the business of dying. The vast majority of humanity will ex ercise a charitable judgment toward a man confronted with such dread certainties in whatever he may do. But charity for the individual should not be mistaken for con donation of the act Beside the paradox which because a man's life is certain to be short justifies him in cutting it still shoit er, the fault with the logic which justifies it is two-fold. It assumes that a man can do no good in the world because he is certain or a slow death, which is al together wrong; and itf asserts these are grounds for destroying life, which proves altogether too much. If the sacred ness of human life can be set aside for such reasons why may one man not kill others on the same, grounds. The man who takes human life offends against the canon "Thou shalt not kill," whether he takes his own life or that of another. So that if infirmity, inability to do useful work, the certainty of suffering and care to f amily or friends are reasons for a man to take his own life, they are equally reasons for people to give the surcease or sorrow to those of their friends who are so much afflicted. One of Trollope's latest and dreariest novels imagines a country a century hence which has gone to the degiee of advance ment comprised in passing a law that old people at a fixed age shall first be placed in retirement and then quietly put out of the way. The logic of this justification of suicide leads up to that remarkably ad vanced stage of society. It opens the way for a dutiful son to put his father out of the way when the parent is ot erburdened by the decrepitude of age, and permits the eradication of disease by the simple method of killing all afflicted by it. But this proves altogether too much. Life is life whether it is infirm or vigorous. Those who take either their own or the lives of others take the awful responsibility of extinguishing the Divine spark kindled by a power superior to our own, and which should not be extinguished except by the same authority. NOT ENOUGH TOR AN ISSUE. There is a disposition on the part of some Democratic organs to elevate Porter and his census to the dignity of a political issue. The New Tork World does so by comparing the tenth census with the eleventh to the inevitable disadvantage of the latter. Of course, the Administration must suffer by the shortcomings of a census which, carries its own proofs of inaccuracy and weakness. But the World's attempt to make political capital out ot it loses force by the fact that the tenth census was also taken under a Republican administration. It seems to be a fatality that every other decennial census shall be so inaccurate as to be practically worthless. As to Porter, it will be difficult to make an issue of him. He is simply an indi vidual who has had the misfortune to undertake a task set eral sizes too large for him under the mistaken impression that he is a statistician. There is not enough of Porter for an issue. THE EXPOSITIONS CLOSE. The Exposition closed yesterday after a season which, while not equal in receipts to some of its predecessors, is to be count ed as a success. The enterprise had pe culiar difficulties to contend with. In pre vious years the drawback most feared was cold and rainy weather; but this year, dur ing considerable portion of the time the Exposition was open, the extreme heat kept people away and materially dimin ished receipts. During the latter part of the Exposition its patronage and the at traction of people from out of town equaled its most successful work of former 3 ears. This enterprise has fully demon strated its public usefulness and impor tance. While receipts this year may not furnish a sufficient surplus to make the extensions required, the money neces sary to enlarge its scope should be raised. The vice of the Wall street method of estimating t ilues is displayed in tho esti mate of the Journal of Finance that in addi tion to their crops the iirmors of Minnesota and the Dakotss aie $200,000,000 richer this year through the appreciation of their hold ings. It is plain thit-the fanners thus en riched (on jj iper) hat e exactly the same real property as before. Tho value of that piopertyis determined by its average pro dnctit encs. not for a single a ear, but for one j eir after another. Tet because one big crop has been gathered tho Wallstrcet idea marks up values $200,000,000 and bids the farmers roll in. this imaginary wealth. The Dakotans may be a little wild in some of their financial notions, hut they are not so silly as to be carried away by the flat liohes produced on the Wall street plan. The assertion of the esteemed Philadel phia 2uBetot,that "every papei whichprmted the message with the Governor's headlines might fairly he sued for libel by Boyei and McCnmant," shows 11 faihue to comprehend the state of the case. In the case of charges involving official action evidenco to show their truth can be introduced in libel suits. While England is getting a tremendous storm the United States is enjoying tho finest autumn weather. There seems to be exceptions to that rulo about the storms com ing alike to the unjust and the Just. Concerning the reported fall of the level of water in the great lakes, tho Brook lyn Standard- Union makes tho Drilhant sug gestion: "It might be the bettei way to blow out the rocks with abundant dynamite, and let the lakes run off, leaving a vast area of valuable land. Tho towns could be moved to tho river that would lesult, and started anew with all the modern improvements." This great idea will be received with en thusiasm by the lake cities which will thus be left inland, and by the lake marine, which on the same programme will be shut offby the shallow ness of the Detioit an,d St. Clair rivers. The Standard- Union, as a candi date for the gua.-dianship of the lake inter ests, would not get many t otea in tho lake basin. It is again declared in Boston that tha dress reformers are only waiting for tho first rainy Saturday of October to appear with tho new street dress and convince the w orld of its superiority for stormy w eather. But the obstinate elemonts leiuse to furnish the occasion for the dress reform demonstration. If the majority report of the Legislative Investigating Committee reaches Mr.Livsey in his retirement it may convince him that there is no longer any reason for his remain ing away from Pennsylvania. It is asserted that in addition to his other qualifications Jeiry Simpson is a pugilist of no mean talents. Ho took the task of lick ing a blacksmith who disturbed one of his meetings the other night, and did it up with neatness and dispatch. Jciry's misfortune is that he is not a professionaljm which case he might have counted on the enthusiastic support of tho ward heelers and shoulder hitters who run practical politics in the large cities. Now the Canadian roads are complaining of the United States railways foi beguiling settlers away from Ontario by "mendacious pamphlets and fly sheets " If wo believe the statements of the railway people about each other, we must come to the conclusion that they are a rather bad lot. The American hog in Prance may get along all right; but he must adopt rules of procedure and conduct himself stiictly ac cording to the laws of the game in order to make a brilliant success. ' With the German Chancellor, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs arili tho jjussian representative in Italy all using pacific language, it looks as ir the powers woio try ing their best to keep out of fight. But tho experience of the past two decades raises the doubt whether there is not more real probability of war when theynie talking peace than when they are giving each other the bellicose bluff. The thick hickory nut is now joining its prognostication to thopiophccioa of u haid n inter. The harmony of all thesp indica- tions in the dnection.or cold weather will dispose tho skeptical mind to tho expecta tion ofa very mild season. SxiLL.the Ohio campaign fails to be en livened by a great speech from Senator Bnce in favor of free silver and a progres sive incomeitax. THEeports of the severe damage done wheat In stack in the Northwest indicate a misfortune to the owners of the wheat; but it cannot much affect the magnificent total of the yearns production. "When we aie counting our crops by the hundred million bubhels, tho damaging of a few million bushels morej or less will be like a drop in the bucket. PERHArs aftT his experience of acci dents on mountain sides and railway colli sions Jlr. St inley feels like tho sailor who pitied the dingers of "tnem poor folks ashore," and desires to set back to the safely of tho Kongo. With the stormy outlcok of things in China the Hon. Henry W. Blair can reflect that he was not in such nard lucka3 he seemed. Tim combination of the two corporations organised to build railroad bridges from Jtrsey City tojfew Yoik, with $15,000,000 of capital and an authouzed bonded indebted ness of $75,000,000, attords another example of the excellent opportunities of the com bination plan for injecting fresn water to an unlimited degree in the transportation sj s tcm. NAMES FEEQ7ENTLT MENTIONED. Jane Hading, the actress, always wears slippers and hose to match tho color of her eyes Me. Spurgeon has returned to London in better health. He intends starting for Mentone on Tuesday next. In spite of all rumors to the contrary, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has con cluded to return to this countiy within afew weeks. Mil. Robert T. Lincoln, the United Slates Jlimstor, has returned to the Ameri can Embassy in London, leaving his w ife at Tours, m France. Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, who has been 111 poor health tor some time, has so far recovered that ho expects to xe turn to tho Bench this month. The lunacy of George S. Knight, the once popular and promising actoi, is said to hat e assumed a hopeless form of insanity. He has been in a Philadelphia asylum for the last lour yeais. Judge of Appeals Francis M. Fii. ch, who has just been elected dean of Cornell University Law School, is a Bepublican and author of the pathetic and popular poem entitled "The Blue and the Gray." When 3Ir. W. K. Vanderbilt passed through Chicago the other day the nativoa w eie much surprised to find that ho wore a loose suit of gray flannel. They piobably expected to see him in a dress suit. Herman Celman, the South American millionaire, ow ns a $l,000,OCOyacht, the South ern Cioss, is only 2S years of ago and has an income ol $500,000 a year. He is the only son of ex-President Cclman, of tho Argentine liepublic. Mr. Charles S. Isham, of New York, who 1 ecently married the daughter of United States Minister Lincoln, has icturned to London with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Isham intend staitmg for America at tho end of tho month. One of the prominent guests at Saratoga this season has been D. O. Mills, the banker. He is a small and wiry man of about C5, w ith a bnght laco and clear blue ej es. Ho dresses most modestly and does not look as if-ia had an income of $l,000,00b. According to gossip, Lord Dudley a few weeks before his marriage disoavered a quantity of. leputed paste diamonds in a neglected corner. Admiring the graceful designs, betook them to tho Jeweler to see w hat might be made of them. The expert immediately pronounced them real stones of the finest size and w atcr. They had, wo are told, been considered and treated as paste from time immeuioiial, so it was an agieeable surprise. This fairy-like story is founded on fact. THEIItTOOR APPETITE, Movement for Temperance People Look Into Carefully. .0 1 New York Snu.1 Of recent years a tomperance movement which proceeds on moio philosophic princi ples has been started. It doos not under take to get rid of drunkenness by restrict ing the liberty of the temperate majority for tho benefit of tho intemperate minority. It recognizes the fntihtj of all attempts to prohibit the use of alcoholic liquors by leg islation, and it has discovered from experi ence that even if tliey wejo successful, the morbid craving for stimulation would seek other means more dangerous than alcohol. It the liquor saloons aio shut up, the drunk ards will be driven to the countless stimu lants of tho apothecary shops, with far worse consequences to themselves and soci ety. It therefore makes noeflort to prevent drunkenness by foibidding the sale of liquor, but legards the uncontrollable appe tite for It as a specific disease requiring spe cific medical treatment. It does not bo liet e that the self-sacrifice of absttnence on the pait of the well will produce the benefit of the sick which the old-fashioned temper ance leformers expect. It gives up the notion that drunkenness can bo cured by such altruism, but turns over the insatiable thirst for stimulants to tho doctors for treatment as a disease, and not as a vice pieventable by law and by the example of those who are not afflicted with the malady. This is the temperance move ment to which the Christian women would do well to give their attention ns the mast sensime ana most piomismg or an tne many and long continued effoits to destroy the evil of diunkenucss. Is thoro a cure for tho diseased appetjte for stimulants or is such a cuie discot erable? Is tho method of treat ment pursued at Dwight in Illinois, for in stance, as efficacious as it is believed to bo by the thousands who have submitted them selves to it? The Women's Christian Tem perance Union might succeed in shutting up et ery biewery and every distitlery, and yet the disease w onld remain, and its cravings w ould find gratification in other stimulants, so that new temperance movements against those would become necessary. They must euro the disease to bring about real and thoiough reform. WASHINGTON'S BEGINNING. Yesterday Wan tho Hundredth Anniversary of the First Sale of Lots. WAsnrvQTOx, Oct. 17. Special. This was a red-letter day lor -Washington, though no formal notice was taken of it. One hundred j ears ago to-day, the first sale of lots took place in the city. Congress had fixed on the place and name for the city, but the com missioners appointed to tieat with the land holders found the piominent ones veiv obstinate At last Davy Burns, the most obstinate of all, was brought to terms. It was agieed that the land taken for the citv should he sold in lots at public action, and that laud taken for public buildings should bepaid foi at the rate of 25 per acre. The first sale occurred October 7, 1791, and speculatois came bv stage coach and rode on horseback from ew Yoik, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other places to attend the sale. About 1,200 lots were sold, at an avei age of about $500 for a lot 30 feet front by 130 01 HO deep. The first new spaper account of the sale appeared two weeks after in Dun lap's American Dady Advertiser, published at Philadelphia. Flttsburgors In the Metropolis. Kkw Yobk, Oct. 17. Special. The follow ing Pittsburgeis are regis teied to-day at the leading hotels: Mrs. VT. I. Brown, Conti. nentnl: G. F. Denntston, Westminster; W. 31. Habbeston, Xew York; J. Janvir, New York Hotel; F. H. Richards, Sturtevant: VV. J. Kichards, Sturtevant; M. K. Salsbury, Metropolitan: S A. Taegart, Belvidere House: A. F. Allen, Eailes Hotel; T. K. Hackett, Hoffman House; J. B. Jackson, Windsor Hotel; A. Lawton, Grand Central; D. K. Morrison, Gilsey House. Trained Men for the Census. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Theie is a good deal to ho said in favor of the establishment of a peimanent Census Euiean. The onlv way to got complete and rell Mo statistics is to have men trained for the tv oik, ana give them sufficient time to do it, THE OIVIL PEKSI0N MOVEMENT. No Reason Why the Government Should Insure Its Employes. Louisville Courier-Journal. It appears that the movement in favor of pensions to postal clerks is not confined to the clerks themselves. It is given out that tho Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service is about to recommend pensions to railway poatnl clerks, esuecially to those who are disabled m the servioe. The sug gestion aa to clerks disabled in the service is an excellent one to serve as an entering wedge. To the superficial thinker the analogy bet ween a soldier disabled in tho seiviceof his country and a postal clerk disabled in. the lino of duty may appear complete Tho capital distinction, which must not be oteifooked, is that military ser vice is comvmlsoiy, w hilo sei vice as a postal clerk is t olnntary. It is true that tho army Is largely made up of volunteers, even in time ot war, but everybody understands that failing a sufficient number of -volunteers, a draft will be ordered, and this knowledge foiins a gieat inducement to volunteoiincr. The comDCnsation offered by the Government to employes in the civil sen ice is not only amply sufficient to secure all tho' volunteers needed, but it causes a great and ombarrassmu pressuio for place. "Every gate is thronged with suitois" Every door leadni"-to the office of one hav ing appointments at his disposal, or et en to that of any ono supposed to have Influence with the appointing power, is besieged with eager apphc mts for nlace. There aie 20 office teekers to every office. If all the applicants could be sunplied with places wo should soon be compelled to diaft men into private employments. Men en gaged in oulinary occupations feel under obliaation to make somo piovisionfor the disability that must come w ith old age, and which mav come from accident ormisfoi tune. Theielsnoieaonwhy theemplojes ot the Government should be taught that similar foiesight and self denial aie not in cumbent upon them Their salaries aver ago higher than the amount they can earn in private business, and thoy have at least as good an opportunity as otheisto save a portion ot thoir earnings and tomakepio vision for tho futnic. There is no moie reaspnwhy the Government should bean insurer to its emploes than to all other citizens. If the people are wise they will nip this civil pension project In the bud. w, o have seen in the p 1st 15 J eai s how dema gogues l.at e 1 un up pensions to ex soldiers to an outrageous figure, simply because the "soldier vote" was huge enough to consti- I ties. Wo do not desire to s e a lepetition of this In the mattei of civil pensions. The public service is already attiactite enough to our citizens. There is no reason whv anv further steps should be taken to render office holdeis a pnvilleged class, to be en vied by all the lest of the people. Let us wait till we are obliged occasionally to dratt men into the civil service before we begin pay ing them pensions. DEATHS HEBE AHD ELSEWHEEE. James Parton, Author. James Parton, the well-known author, died yesterdiv morning after several "weeks' ill ness at Newbun port, Mass. He was born at Canterbury, Finland, February 9, 1822, but was brought bj lib parents to this country when was a child. He retell cd an ordinary academical educa tion, and at the age of 19 was teacher in an acad emy. He afterward became a journalist and maga zine writer, and wrote m my books, mostly of a historical character. Of thcs.e the principal are: "Humorous Poetrv of the English Language," IBM; "Life and Times of Aaron Burr," 1858: "Life of Andrew Jackson, " I860. "'General Butler in Is ew Orlein" 1G3: "Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin," ISM; "life of John Jacob Astor," lSf3: "ramous tmcrlcans." 1SG7 ' The People's Book of Bloitnpln." 180S "and "Life of Thomas Jefferson " 1871. In 183t tlr. Parton was married tn Sarah Pa son Willis, known under the nom de plume of "Faiim 1 cm, " who died in 1872. He re sided in Newt ork until ls-73, when he removed to Newburvport, residing there until his death One of Mr. Parton's famous remarks was made afttr a visit to Pittsburg some Tears ago. He passed through the citv at night, and said it "looked like hell with the lid off." Ex-Governor S. W. Ifalc. Ex-Governor Samuel Whitney Hale, of New Hampshire, died of Brigiit's disease, at the home of his brother, John M. Haic, In Brookh n, Friday morning. Ex-ttov ernor Hale was a fine tjne of tho best product of ew England character and enternris". He was the son rf Samuel and Salome Whitnev llalo and a grandson of Moaes II lie. He came of Puritan stock and was born in Fitehburg, Mass., inl823. HewenttoDublin.N.H., when 22 years old and opened a general store. While there he married AmellaI. Hay, daughter of the late Joseph Haywho with two children sur vive him. He went toKeane. N. H., In lSo and embarked extensively in the manufacture of chairs and the purchase and sale of hoe pegs,andwas also Interested in the woolen mills at Lebanon. Ex Got ernor Hale was a director of the Citizens' Bant, or Keene, N. II., the Wachusett Bank, of Fitehburg, and a stockholder in several Eastern rail roads. He was a free soil advocate until the Repub lican paru was orgaulyed.when he became an earn est advocate of that party. He held his first office In 1866, when he was elected a member of the State cegisiaiure. iie was a raerantir ui me governor's of New Hampshire, which office he filled in 1883 andlSS-i. Charles Gephart. Charles W. Gephart, aged 81 years, died at his homo in Uniontown j esterday of old age. The deceased was an old soldier and did service In theMaxicanWar, besides serv ing valiantly In the late war. He has been a Republican ever since the organisation of that narH . and for 20 1 ears prior to the Clei eland administration was In the Custom Houe at Baltimore under General Searight. He w as a brother-in-law ol Hon John L. Thomas, ex-Collector of the Port at Baltimore, and was an uncleof Hon F. s. Hohlllrel, or Baltimore, Dem ocratic Congressman. The remains will be laid to rest at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md., to daj . Tho funeral arrangements arc in charge of the old soldiers, who will accomnanv the remains of their late respected comrade and friend to Cum-. Deriana. Father Donovan. Bev. Father Donovan, a former assistant to Rev. James Nolan, pastor of St. Peter's Cath olic Church, McEeesport, died at Huntingdon Friday morning, where, he had been suffering for somo weeks with an attack of typhoid fever. Father Donovan was assistant to Rev. Father Nolan for about a year and a half, or up until last May, when he was promoted to the charge of Huntingdon in tne Pittsburg dlocee. He was a young priest stronglv deoted to the Christian work which ho had chosen, possessed of a kind disposition and had a pleasant word for all with whom he came in contact. The deceased was 27 years of age. Miss Maggie Mulvehlll. Hiss Maggie 3Iulvehill, daughter of James Mulvehlll, Sr., died at her father's home, Juliet street. Fourteenth ward, at 4 30 o' clock Fri day afternoon. ShewTJ22 years of age. During last winter liss uueniusuuerea irom a severe attack of the grip. The effects or this disease, from which she ne er f ullj recovered, caused her di ath The deceased was a sister of James Mulvehlll, Jr., formerlv a Pittsburg policeman, but now operat ing the Kensington Hotel. The luneral has been arranged for to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock, bervices at St. Agnes' Church. Kev. Andiew G. Chnmbers. Kev. Andrew Gordon Chhamber3 died at home In Freehold, N. J., Friday. Mr. Chambers was a graduate of Miami University and of the Princeton Theological Seminar . After his gradu tion he became professor or belles letters In Miami University. In 18C8 he took the Freehold Institute, an old school which had not recovered from the evil effects of the war, and made it one of the most successful collegiate preparatorj schools in the countn . He remained at the head of the institu tion until a ear ago, when he retired on account ot tailing health. Dr. Moses Blackburn. Dr. Moses Blackburn, who died late Fri day night at the home of his son. No. 3313 l'enn uenue, was widelv known in Lawrencevllle. He was born In Columbiana countv. V.. in 1812, and graduated at Canonsburg in 18.1). Afterward he took a course in Jefferson Medical Colh go at Phila delphia. Inls&he settled In Law renceville, and practiced there until 1831. At that tlme,he was sunstruck. and for ten years has been an invalid. He was a member of tho Butler Street Methodist Church. Prof. John Laikln Lincoln. Prof. John Larkin Lincoln died at 2 o'clock yesterday morning at Providence, in the 75th year or hl age. lle'h.v! been seriously ill ror several wieks and his death was almost d illv ex pected. He was lor 52 tears, with slight inter ruption, instructor In Brown University, and ror 41 1 e irs Proressor or Latin there. He was a native or Boston. Obituary Notes. JtnwiE Edwin- Glint died at his home in Mason Citv. la , Thursday. He went there in IS79. 'on tlnutdthe practice of law nntll 1336, since which time lie has been living a quiet lite. BHOTHiR ANDHiAS Divdek, the first and oldest member or the Benedictine Order or the Roman Catholic Chun h in the United Mates, died Fndaj at St. Vincent's Monastery, near Latrobe. He was 7U 3 ears old. MBS. KcfusStoby, orBayo'nnc N. J. died Fri da) at her homo in that city alter a protracted ill ness, fahewas 75 tears old. She was the second witeof the late Rufus Story, who left an estate worth upward of S,UOO,00 . Colonel Waltkr STEiLE, President or the Pee Pee Manufacturing Company, or Rockingham, N. C , died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Irlday morning aged tiSytars. Ho was a member of Cou giess Irom North Carolina a few 3 ears ago and w as ono of the most Influential men in the btate. LVHAN STKVkN s who w as M n or or Syracuse in 18 w, died there Frldav aged 73 1 ears. Mr. stev lus wasfor-W teusa hic)iuindnufictureror saltin sjneuse. lie was f minus throughout the United I an layman In his erudition upon the doctrines and I UlSlOr fcw.siimuH.j MURRAY'S MUSINGS, Sights Along New York Water Fronts Why Ear Maids Are Not Popular in America A New Drinking Scheme Society on tho Stage. Two tvhite-haired, bright blue-eyed old gentlemen were trudging- along the North River wharves the other day viewing the shipping. One was Judge Robert Lowry, long a distinguished occupant of the Ju dicial bench ot Indiana and subseqnently a member of Congress fiom Fort Wayne; tho other wns Judge Beckwith, of Buffalo, a fucud of Grover Cleveland's. These two Judges hadniet at the Democratic banquet ofthe evening before, and were thuspntting in the day seeing the sights or Now York. "And t.hat gieater sight," said tVe amia ble Judge from Buffalo, "can bo presented to visitors or Xew Yoik than that which 13 to bo seen along tins waterfront. I never come beie," ho continued, "without taking a trip down the bay and running about the wharves. I never get tiled of inspecting steamships and noting along this water front tho evidences of the gieatress of New York. Judge Lowry and I hate keen tawing tue customary trip down to otaieii Island and back and are winding up by tho inspection of one of the latest ocean gray hounds. Along the Hudson river whan cs one can see the products or tho civilized tvoild. Yes, and n great many products or that pottion or the world winch is not civil ized. You can tell at a glance by tho goods piled upon the w harves and heaped upon the trucks just what part or the w orld the vessel lying at that particular point hails nom. I suppose in the course or time these wharves will present a more substantial as pect than they do at present. The citv of New Yoik has expended vast sums upon her waterfionts, but nothing, however, in com parison -w ith the monay spent in many con tinental seaports. The American commer cial growth appears to be so rapid that we aie never able to keep up with it in the mat ter of accommodation. In the attempt to to do so, w e seem to be perpetually torn up and doing things over and over again. This is to be seen not only in tho citv wharfage but in tho leading thoroughfares in tho heait of the city itself." Like Tobies in Pittsburg. Quite a number of cigar stores about town leave a Email cigar box with nickel cigars 1 ing exposed on tho showcase. When a customer wants a nickel cigar ho comes in and deposits his nickel and takes out a cigar, lights it and leaves tho store without distuibiug the clerk or proprietor. Some times he sees nobody. It 13 noticeable, how etei, that none of the lmuorted stock that sell lor 15 cents straight up to $1 is thus left lying about, subject to the honesty of tho customer. Perhaps the dealers have come to the conclusion that the man who would have the courage to smoke a 3-ccnt cigar may be Telied upon as always ablo and wdl ing to pay for it, whether watched or not. Brains in tho Mall Service. "The present postal service of the United States i3 by no means as stupidly conducted as is often represented." The speakei hailed from Boston. "To illustrate what T mean," said he, "I leceived a letter tho other day addressed to me 211 Beacon street, New York. Tho letter had lost no time on tho road so far as I could tell from the post and delivery mark, but had bepn sent straight to my number in Boston. It ued to be so that such misdirected letters went straight to the Dead Letter Office at Washington, much to the annoyanoo of those who sent and those who should have received them. Of course, it was easily seen that the letter in question was intended for Boston because there is only one Beacon stieet in tho woild as there is also but one Bawston.' " Statistics on Fies and Sandwiches. The amount of food consumed in some of tho downtown lunchrooms every day is something enormous. It seems all tho more incredible fiom the fact that it goes up in small lunches. Colonel Hayward informs me that his place opposite the postofflcs consumes on an average for the mid day lunch to business men 1,500 sandwiches, 13 cans of milk. 40 dozen nastry of various kinds, 85 pios and 1,500 to 2,000 oysters served in every stylo. Besides these, some 800 per sons get hot dishes of almost every descrip tion at the lunch counter. Gracious heavens! Eighty-five mes 1 epresonts 310 pie caters in ono resort among hundreds of the kind. This is not considered a great place for pies, eithei. What a pity that Superintendent of tho Census Porter did not include in his stu pendous conglomeration otfacts andfancies somo statistics about pics. A carefully ar ranged tabular statement of Dies and pie eaters of the United States wonld be of moie use to the health authorities and more interesting to the general readeis than a monologue on swamp lands. Bar Maids la America. The experiment of barmaids has been tried several times in Now York with un satisfactory results that is no far as tho ex ponmenters aro concerned. Notwithstand ing these repeated failures it is shortly to bo tried again in a Broadway establishment down town. Tho difficulty in the way of suc cess in previous attempts of this kind was in the character of the material from which local barmaids were selected. It is easy to find m Now York pretty young ladies of or dinary intelligence willing to do almost any thing thnt ib honest in order to make a liv ing. When one eomes fresh from London after seeing the results obtained from bar maids there, it is quite natural to imagine that tho samo thing could be made easily to work here. A pretty barmaid in a black dress and white apion is a very attractive feature of anv place. Tho barmaid theory is all right, but there are a numbor of reasons why it cannot be successfully 1 educed to daily practice in New York. Tho mixed drink is the great est bar to the employment of women in this capacity. Very few women are ever ablo to acquire the art of shaking a drink together. Being served by the prettiest girl in the worldw onld never compensate an old drinker for the misery of a wretched cock tail or brandy smash. At the London bar very little is sold except straight drinks. Every American who goes abroad knows how difficult it is to get a decent mixed drink. Few barmaids will ever attempt it, and those who do in London get together a fearful compound of liquors quite too dread ful to tbink of, once tasted. For this reason the London, barmaids that were once brought to New York to serve in a promi nent establishment made a great failure. It will be hard to find Intelligent American girls to stand behind a public barandjladle out dnnks to men, although, for that mat ter, it may be quite as respectable as stand ing behind a lunch counter in the same es tablishment and dishing up pies, "ham and," "ono in the dark," "threa brawn" and other appetite destroyers. Why Pho Tolerated Him. Heard on a Broadway car Madge, why do you drag that stupid DeSmith around with you everywhere 3 ou go? Aiauge wnj, unouy is stupid, to do sure, dear, but he always wears his clothes to match my dress. The Dog as a Luxury. There is a great deal of money, consid erable time and any amount of patience ex pended on dogs in the city of New York. Why a man wants to keep a dog in a great, big, hot, close city the year around, is enough to stagger the reasoning faculties. But men do keep them and go to any amount of tiouble and expense to do so. According to the city statistics there are now about 7,000 licensed dogs in New York and accord ing to general impressions, there are some 10,000 unlicensed. There are dog refuges, dog hospitals, dog iloctors, dog fancieis, dog peddleis, dog catchers and do,; stoies all or which lepresents a good deal of money. Outsidooftho usual ladies' pots, it always seemed to me to be cruelty to animals to keep a dog in the city. Thero are fine hun ters ovorth considerable money kept in flats tho ycai aiound all over. town. They don't see the country five days out ofthe year possibly and some of them neversee it. The inconvenience and nnnoynnco of these dogs to other people greatly increase the wear and tear ot et ery day existence. Dogsaieuete noir of the New York land loid's life. Take whatever precaution he mav against the inti oduction of animals to his fiats, thev w ill be sneaked in and will often diitot!-e other tenants out. All the scaie about ht drophobia in the w orld will not frighten the lovei or dogs, but it greatly aggravates the nuisance to other people. An Experiment in Stage Work. The entire amusement-going public is naturally intexester) in any new aspirant for histrionic honors that is pushed from the ranks or socioty to ilo the work or expe rienced and distinguished professionals. It isno wonder, theiefore, that tho New York public ws sot agog by the introduction of MisS Elsie de Wolfe to the theater-going woildln the leading character of such a play as Sardou's "Thermidor." It la true Miss do Wolfe had somo reputation in so ciety as an aniate.Ui. Wo all know what that means, and it is usually vory little. It cer tainly meant voiv little in this case. The advent of Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. Potter upon the professional boards was preceded bv considerable experience as a sooial ama teur, but both of these latter ladies bad something to recommend them beyond their mere social connections and amateur suc cesses. One was a noted beauty all the world over; tho other a young, pretty and highlv graceful woman, by some esteemed evcnbeantitpl. MissdeWolf is a spinster of uncertain age who habitually wears her dark hair in the traditional ringlets of Now England old maldhood. She has a long, bony face, irregular teeth with a decided break ononosldo in them, thin lips, small beady eyes and angular figure. Her hones "fern to protrude everywhere. She im presses one as a sort of an animated hat rack. lier features beir tho stamp ofa strong intellectuality. To do her justice, she seems to be quite as intelligent and cul tured a woman as sho is repiesented to bo by those w ho know her. That theselriends are powerful is evident from the fact that ono of them puts up $35,000 to sive her this opportunits she en joys in "Themndor." This gentleman is said to be Pierre Lorillard.thegieattohiicco man, who was a friend of her father''. With this amount of moner, one of the strongest plays that Sardon has over written, the best theatrical manager known to tho business, and the approval of "society" scorosof even second rate actresses would be sure to suc ceed. So pow erful were these combined in fluences that not 1 singlo newspaper in New York, so rar as I have been able? to ascertain, has ventured to tell the tiuth about it. In the language of the first nighters they "let her dow n easy." Certain it is that ir monoj , the friendship or the press and tho approval ot good socictv could Insure a snecessrni career on the stage, Miss de Wolfe would achieve it. Unfortunately for her aspira tions and for the aspirations of those who would follow in her footsteps, there is a greater now erthatfixesand bestows thi3 re ward. That pow er is the amusement going public itself. With proper allowance for any .crudities which mav be reasonably looked for in the beginning, it is my Judgment that Miss de Wolfe's stage career will be a brier one. Not even the poweiftil play, otherwise excellent cast and magnificent stage setting or "Thermidor" can cany such a lead as Miss de Wolfe. A Postofllce for LIqaors. A well-known upper Broadway resort is putting in a sort or a local postofflce. This postofflco will consist of private boxes. Thero will bo no letters in these boxes, al though a special delivery system will pre vail. In shoit the boxes will each hold a bottle of whisky and a box of cigars, and possibly a flask or two of other liquors. The boxes villi bo rented out to bottle holdors who purchase their rum in that particular establishment. When a man has a friend he wishes to treat ho can take him into the place, prodnce his private key, open tho box and extract the liquid comfort from his bottle without being obliged to liqnldate the usual check. This is quite practical, but it destroys tho delightful sensation experi enced in receiving a 5-cent beer check over the bar on a silver salvor, at may now be enjoyed in a place downtown. Stage People in Flats. "I have been looking for a flat recent ly," said a friend of mine, "and I was aston ished at the number or actresses or people connected with the stage one meets every where. I havo been in about 20 houses in various parts or the Westside, and rarely ever finished looking at a flat without meet ing an actress, chorus girl or some woman of the stage about the hall. I inquired of the janitor whether actresses made a specialty ofa certain neighborhood, and was informed that every one of tha four double houses of which he bad charge contained men or women connected with the stage. My curiosity was aroused, and I made in quiries on this head everywhere I went. I have come to the conclusion, sir, that there are at least 20 000 actresses and 50,000 chorus girls crowded away in flats on the Westside between Thirty-third street and Harlem. Perhaps my ostimate wag a little too large, but odor of tho stage is so all pervading and the woman in short curly hair and the wrapper is so omnipresent that it really seems as if the principal part of the popula tion were made up of that profession." Chables Theodore Mnr.iurr.0 New Tork, October 17. CHINESE TC.AG WOBSHTj?. A Military Ceremony Before Starting on a- WarUke expedition. Overland Monthly. Tho Viceroy, or Generalissimo of the Chinese army, whenever he is about to start on a warlike expedition, must worship his fla. Whenever he sends away with a de tachment or soldiers any high military offi cer as his deputy to fight the enemy, and generally, whenever any high military officer is about to proceed into battle-, the flag of his division or brigade must be worshiped. Thoworsblp is often performed on the public parade ground. The Viceroy sometimes chooses to sacrifice to the flag on bis own parade ground connected with his yamun. The time selected is often about daylight or a little later. Oftentimes the high officials, both civil and military, con nected with the Government, are present. It is necessary that all of the officers who are to accompany the expedition should not only witness the ceremony, but take a part in it. The same remark is true of the soldiers who are to be sent away or engage in the fight. In the center of the arena is placed a table having upon it two candle, one censer, and several cops of wine. The candles are lighted at the proner time. Some officer, kneeling down.holds the large flag bv means of its staff near tho table. The viceroy, or the officer who 13 to command the expedi tion, standing before the table and the flag, receives thiee sticks of lighted incense from a professor of ceremony, which ho rever ently places in the censer arranged between the candles. He now kneels on the ground, and bows his head down thrco times. Some of the wine taken from tho table is handed to him while on his knees, which he pours out on the ground. Then a cup of wine is dashed upon the flag, the professor of cere mony crying out, "Unfurling the flag, victory is obtained; tho cavalry advancing, merit is perfected." The Whole company of officers and soldiers.w ho had previously knelt down and bowed their heads in tho prescribed manner, now simultaneously rise up with a shout, and commenco their march at once for the scene of action or the appointed rendezvous. A HOME TOE TYPOS. Work 17111 Soon Begin on the New Building for Washington Printers. WASmi.aTOX, Oct. 17. Special. In the course ofa few months tho Columbia Typo graphical Union No. 101, of th's city, will have a hom or their own. The union pur chased a building site somo timeago and are ready to begin the election or a muldmg, which, it is estimated, will cqst $",0,000. Tho union has a largo membership, standine third in this respect among the nnions or tho country. There aro now between 1,400 and 1,500 nrinters who will pnjoy the advantages or the new quaiters. The location Is on G street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and opposlto tho Pension Office. The building has been planned with special reference to its use as a headquarters of tho craft in this city and nt the samo time pro vision has been made for office looms, which in that locality will be specially convenient for pension attornejs. The new building will fiat o a frontage of 44 feet and will ex tend back a depth of lOGfeet toa twelve-foot alley. That portion of the building used by tho union will hate the usual assembly, ante and other loomsanda large hall for Dan quets.with the kitchen and accessories com plete. THE ST. ANDREW'S BEOTHEEH0OD. Its Sixth Annual Convention to Be Held in St. Loals. St. Loris, Oct. 17. The sixth annual con vention or the St. Andrew's Brotherhood will be held in St. Louis October 22 to 25. About GCO delegates will be present, and some or the most piominent among the clergy or the Episcopal Church in tho United Statos have signified their intention to at tend. The Brotherhood is composed, for the most part, ol the younger laymen of the Episcopal Church, and now numbers about 8,000 members. It is proving to be ono of the most effectite arms of the church for the special work to which it is pledged personal w ork among j oung men. TO IHK LIVING BE FORGIVING. IWRITTCK FOK T1U5 DISPATCH. To the living be forgiving. When the firf shall He between. Naught availing, then, bewaUlug, To recall one vanished scene. To the living bo forgiving To love's crj the dead are dur-.b; Vain, relenting late, repenting. From the grave no voice can come. To the living b forgiving Never coldly turn away, la thy blindness hiding kindness. Lest but weakness it betray. To the living be forgiving And thy bitter spirit queU, Spirits tender, incense render, That will discord's gloom dispel. To the living be forgoing Love will triumph over death. Comfort grieving, hearts relieving. E'en when comes the parting breath. J. SHSBWOOD CIIASE. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A man in Missouri has 27 pet rattle snakes which como when ho calls them. A woman of 1'arkersburg, W. "W, has her eighth husband. She is 50 and he is 61. Governor Knapp estimates the produc tion of gold and sUvcr in Alaska at $1,000, 0C0. The Michigan copper mines are said to be yielding a larger amount of silter the deeper they go. There arc said to be more widows in New York than in anv other city of the world ontsido of London. Paris comes next to New York. The wettest place in the world is at Chern Tonjee, m the Khasi Hills of Assam. The fall or ram for a single month has ringed from 100 to 200 inches. Stcwartsvillc, Mo., reports a pumpkin weighing 108 pounds. By a little Tcitohen calculation this -mil make at least 200 pies, and these cut into great big quarters will make 500 people happj . An English lady is reported to have re cently killed in a river in Scotland five sal mon, which averaged over 20 pounds each. Tho ii-li were all captured, it i3 said, v ith an artificial llv and unassisted. A flat and clean piece of yellow leaf gold, so bright and perfectly etched and scalloped bv nature that old miners could hardlv believe that it came from a mine in that shape, wis round in Columbia Hill. It is abont the sire, shape and half the thick ness or a woman's hand, and is worth $130. The Mikado of Japan has ajpalace called Hakme which is situated on tho borders of a second Lake Washington in size, but up in the monntains 500 feet above the sea. Tha Mikado's summer palace is bnilt upon an island like Mercer Island in Lake Washing ton. He seldom visits it, the jonrney over the mountains being too rough for hi3 health. A German doctor has been publishing the results of a long course of visual ex aminations. He finds that in only 1 case of 15 are both eyes in good condition. In 7 cases out of every 10 people possess one eye which is stronger than the other. In 2 case3 out of 5 patients are affected with astigma tism. Nearly 50 per cent possess an im perfect appreciation of colors. "Dotty" is used in England as a synonym for crazy, while ,rbo3ky" signifies tipsy. "You must be bosky or dotty" 19 therefore the modern English, or at any rate Londonese, for- "You must be drunk or crazy." "Oh, I say'" with a rising inflection, is an exclamation of astonishment combined with unbelief. It is an equivalent of the elegant "What are you giving usf'ofthis country. If things were divided equally tha exact share of some of the commodities yearly consumed in England, would come out as follows: 30 oranges. 420 pounds of iron SO bricks. 10 pounds of soap. A gallon of spirits. 68 pounds or sugar. 23 ounces of tobacco. 13 pounds of butter. eggs. 01 pounas 01 Dee 1. uo pounus 01 cneese. The average Atlantic steamer is manned by about 130 men, as follows: Thirty-two deck hands, 4 officers, 9 petty officers, 33 fire men, etc., 8 engineers, and 03 stewards. Tho master and chief officials that is, mates engineers are chosen by the owners or man agers, whilo the reraaindorof thecreware chosen by the captain. First-class ships muster from 12 to 15 men in each watch, and all of these are shipped as seamen. A Georgia Judge believes in upholding' tho dignity of his position by his personal powers. The other day he fined a lawyer for being late in court, for which the latter characterized him as no gentleman. Where upon the Jndge stepped down from, tho bench and knocked the lawyer down. He then Tesumed his seat, had the lawyer brought before the bar and put him under heavy bonds to answer for disorderly con duct. The Xewiston Teller, Idaho, speaking of the many disadvantages of not having & railroad into the Camas Prairie country, says: "Freight wagons are now busy haul ing supplies hack into tho interior towns, to the sonth of Lewioton. Tons of freight aro needed there, and tons of prodnce from that section havo to be marketed by the same slow and laborious process. It would seem that a railroad would Und abundant trans portation here la openinc un-a sew line to Camas prairie. An interesting cxhjbit recently on view at the German exhibition, was that of the German Imperial Printing Press. There were to be seen reproductions of the most noteworthy prints that have appeared from the time of Guttenbergto the begininngof this century: a series of 100 sheets, each sheet S3 nearly as possible of the same size as the original print. Besides pages of text and alphabets, title pages, headings of chap tors, etc., were reproduced, as well as some xylcgraphio impressions of the 15th and IBth centuries, and somo exceUent reproductions of copper plate and wood engravings by old masters. In Japan dwarf trees are grown ranging from 8 to 24 inches in height. Though theso trees aro so small, thev are perfectly propor tioned, some of them being 100 nnd 150 yearn old. They aro the results of careful culture and training At an early age they are planted in small pots; the upward growth is interrupted continually, and the tree forced to grow horizontally, spirally and even downwards, beufg secured in these un natural positions by strings and sticks, the care or them being handed down from father to son. Among some to ho seen in Tokio may bo mentioned an 80-year old maple 20 inches high, and soma pines 150 years old and 24 inches in hoight. A widow of Oswego went to Indian apolis, Ind.overa year agoto have a very important operation performed. For sev eral years Mrs. Longecker was without a nose, having lost that important member by disease. Receiving the glorious intelligence that a certain medical institute, located ate Indianapolis, Ind., could produce for her a real, genuine, flesh and-Dlood nasal append age by taking the flesh from certain por tions of her body and attaching the same to the vacancy made by disease: sho went and passed successfully through the ordeal, and after a j ear of untiring grit 3nd nerve, returned home with a fine, well developed nose, changing her appearance to such aa extent that inanj' of her most intimate friends hardly knew her. KHYNKLETS ASI KHY.MELETS. Stranger (pointing to Palmer House, Chicago) Will yon kindly teUmewhat building that is'" Chicago man Why. man. that is the largest hotel and this is tho greatest city In the world I Why. where did vou come from thatvou don't know these things?" Stranger London. England Iwiae. If an S and an I and an O and a TJ, With an X at the end, spell Sn; And an E and a Y and an E spell I, Pray, what is a speller to do.' Then. If also an S and I and a t And an H E D spell cide. There's nothing much left for a speller to do But to go and commit siouxe) eslghed. Iarson's Wetkly, Her father I don't want you to think, Nellie, that yon mother and I are at ail anxious to have vou leave home, or anything like that; but you know that vou have younger sister-and. really, it looks as though you ought to be looking ont fora habaad. Nellle-Certalnlv. Papa. (To herself)- And now the time has come at last when what I say in this family goes.-fuck ;Sow wintry clouds do sweep the sky. And damp, "nw breezes blow. The pawn-shop man's cold, steely eya Doth now witn business glow; For lo upon hi groaning shelves Lie many a coat and cloak Whose owners now must hump themselves To get them oJt of soak. Chicago Times. "Isn't it rather cool?" he hinted, the log fire having gone out Yes." she said. "itis. I think some one of the theaters would be much wanner." Harper's Bazar. He Whv do you move away from me? She I thought you were going to kiss me. He I wasn't. Illess you, I wouldn't kiss you for the world. Sew lurk. Press. I dare not propose, for don't yon see The old man belongs torn club. And, tin relore. i dead on to me. And there's the rub. Sao Tirk Herald Father Come, Johnny, do as I bade you! Take off your coat this Instant. Youtli You ain't goln' to 11 k me. are yon? latiier-Certainlv I am. D'dn'tl teU you this morning I would pay you off for yoar behavior? Jo'mii) Yts, but I didn't think you'd do it. You toll the grorerand the butcher you'd pay 'era off Lyt week and I know you 1st upon them. Boston Courier.
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