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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, NOV. 13. 1891.
lllb' GRADE CROSSING PROBLEM.
The decision of Judge Stowe that the
courts have not, under the act of 1889, the
power to prevent street railways from
cross'me the tracks of steam railways at
crade. but that they have the power to see
that the crossings watched and regulated
so as to reduce- the danger to a minimum,
is a common tense solution. No one will
be likely to object to such precautions as
will satisfy the Court that the safety of
the public is properly guarded.
Tet the case presents one curious feat
ure which, while it may not have any bear
ing on the legal aspects, has certainly some
relation to public policy. The electric, or
cable, or street railway is a feature of the
street. It is res adjudicata that these
tracks are to be placed on streets or public
highways. The grade crossing at Wilkins
burg. like most other grade crossings of
steam railroads, was due to the railroad
having been built across the road at grade.
Is not the real source of tho difficulty to
be traced back to the time when the rail
road placed its tracks on the road at
grade? Further than that, if an increase
In traffic on the road or street in the shape
of an electric or cable road increases
the danger, would not the effort
to preent that public accommo
dation be similar in principle
to declaring that the growth in the ordi
nary traffic of Liberty street, Sixth street
or Federal street in Allegheny must be
prohibited for the same reason? As against
the growth of the traffic properly belong
ing to a street or road, is not the railroad
wjiich has put its tracks across the road at
grade, the original interloper?
Judge Stowe's order provides the best
that can be done for public safety at pres
ent. But with reference to the future
solution of the grade-crossing problem it
may be well to remember that the diffi
culty dates back to the lack of foresight on
the part of both the corporations and the
public, which permitted those crossings to
be located at grade years ago.
THE CITY FARM BUSINESS.
Chief Elliot is understood to say that,
when he recommended the Alexander
tract to Councils for a Poor Farm at $350
an acre, he was not aware that, but a few
days before, the Court upon the testimony
of the parties in interest appraised the
same tract at but $200 an acre and ordered
a sale to a private purchaser at the latter
price.
But the Chief is certainly aware of this
fact now. The records of the Court have
been published and are not disputed. We
should judge about the best disposition to
make ot a predicament which cannot be
agreeable is to withdraw as soon as possible
a recommendation which, if adopted, would
subject the taxpayers to a plain extortion
of about 75 per cent upon the sworn value.
Should this course not be taken Councils
can only reject the recommendations.
When they do, it is to be hoped they will
bring to an end a business which so far re
flects anything but credit upon the city
officials. They should order specifically
just what is needed, and no more, viz: the
purchase of a farm not exceeding 100
acres at the usual price of Allegheny
county farming lands, that is to say from
S100 to .'00 per acre.
Public attention has now been aroused
to the extent of complete assurance that no
extortionate prices will be allowed, nor
any big profit for a middleman out of the
taxpayers' money.
THIS POLL TAX QUALIFICATION.
Judge Finletter, of Philadelphia, in
what partakes largely of the character of
an obiter dictum, speaks plain language
on the practice of party organizations to
buy tax receipts in large blocks and dis
tribute them among the voters He co
gently makes the point that if no one else
can qualify a voter he must qualify him
self. "Tho law Is," says the Judre," " 'he
shall have paid a State or county tax.'
Has he paid such a tax to whom tlis tax
receipt was given? The right to vote is
not a gift It is a right earned by the
voter by age, by citizenship, by residence
for a fixed period, and by having paid a
Statu or county tax duly assessed. Each
and all of these things must be done by
the voter and cannot be done by any one
else."
This view if it were placed In the form
cf an effective judicial ruling would make
a great difference with one of the most
universal practices of our State politics.
It is rather hard to classifythe distribution
of poll tax receipts. It is not petty
bribery, because the voter who is given
a leceipt does not get any tiling of
value to hirn. Yet, on the other hand,
it is a contribution of money intended
to M-care votes by the expenditure which
would not of herwise be obtained. Judge
Finletter takes advantjge of his discursive
deliverance to esprt'js his opinion of tho
poll tax. "The right to vote should not
depend upon the payment of a tax," he
says. "Ko matter how small, it is still a
property qualification and a restriction
upon the right of a citizen to choose his
servants." It is true that while we in
Pennsylvania turn up our nose at other
localities which have a property restric
tion to the right of suffrage, wc have ex
actly that restriction in this law, which
we proceed to nullify by having political
committees make a present to the voter of
his property qualification.
Two reforms are therefore necessary.
One is to abolish the practice of political
committees in sowing tax receipts broad
cast among tho voters; the other, when
that is done, of repealing the qualification,
which makes a'tax payment necessary be
fore a man can vote.
rrrrsBURG and the convention.
Like a good many other communities,
the people of Pittsburg have probably been
so much occupied in watching the efforts
of Chicago -to advance its interests as
shown in the World's Fair business that
they have not givey, quite enough thought
to what might be done for their own town.
We are glad occasion has arisen to make
our people bestir themselves. The dis
covery has been made that as Pittsburg
more than thirty vears ago was a
good enough place for the Bepublican
party to be born in, it 'ought to be of suffi
cient size and importance now to answer
as a meeting place for the next National
Convention. With the changes of years
upon record with the old issues which
brought the party into being permanently
adjusted, and new conditions involving
new issues to be dealt with it is onco in a
while well for political parties, like indi
viduals, to be born again; and certainly
nowhere could the Republican party hold
its national council in 1892 that would in
vest the occasion with such historic inter
est and moral weight as would attach to
that gathering in Pittsburg.
The only question in the case is whether
our people have enough interest to pre
sent the opportunity to the National Com
mittee with convincing force. There are
signs of awakening interest equal to the
occasion. Chicago is out of tho race,
having politely and considerately with
drawn becausp of the consideration shown
in the location of the World's Fair. This
leaves St Louis and Cincinnati as the only
inland competitors of Pittsburg. Neither
St Louis nor Cincinnati is so convenient
The only objection to Pittsburg will be
the stereotyped one that our hotel accom
modations are inadequate. This will not
bear examination. Pittsburg to-day has
as much hotel accommodation as either
St Louis or Cincinnati; but it is a fact
that special great occasions are provided
for always by extraordinary efforts outside
of the regular hotels. In almost every
city there Is an ordinary every-day de
mand upon the hotels fully or nearly equal
to their capacity. The arrangements for
the crowds of visitors in Convention times
have to be made independent of the reg
ular caravansaries.
Is not Pittsburg with its energy and
money, its unequaled systems of rapid
transit and. its railroad situation, as well
fitted Ko undertake this task as any of the
other places mentioned? This is a ques
tion which our business men who are be
stirring themselves will have to answer to
the National Committee. It will take de
termined co-operation, generous subscrip
tions, and a lively support of interest
among all classes to bring theTesult
The presence of probably not fewer
than 50,000 strangers from all parts of the
country, and the consequent advertise
ment of the city, not to speak at all of the
money expended here, will be of inestima
ble value. Wc hope there is pride enough
and sufficient public spirit In the town to
make a really earnest effort Success
should await Pittsburg in this matter, if
our people will just put their shoulders to
the wheel within the next, few weeks with
all the faith and pluck which the occasion
warrants.
AN INDUSTRIAL LfijTDEK.
It is unusual for a man to be honored
with a monument in his life-time, and the
case is still more exceptional when the
honor is paid to an employer by his em
ployes. Nevertheless the monument to
Captain J. B. Ford, unveiled at Ford City
yesterday, has a peculiar appropriateness.
If he who causes two blades of grass to
grow where one grew before is a public
benefactor, how much greater is the claim
to public gratitude of the man who has
founded two great industrial establish
"ments, and caused an industry to expand
from small proportions to a mammoth
volume. The plate glass works at Ford
City, Creighton and Tarentum are monu
ments to Captain Ford's enterprise; but
the personal recognition of his wbrkin
building up those communities is most
fitly rendered in the statue which the
people of the first place unveiled yester
day. It is a satisfactory -evidence of good
feeling between employers and" employed
that this testimonial comes from Captain
Ford's employes as a spontaneous offer
ing of their esteem and appreciation of his
successful efforts in building up a great
industry.
SILVER COINAGE LITERATURE.
The meeting of the American Bankers
Association at New Orleans has been pro
lific of silver literature. Two papers es
pecially attract notice that of Secretary
Foster on the silver act of July 14, 1890,
and that of Mr. William P. St John, of
the Mercantile National Bank of New
York, on the free coinage question. The
first gains importance from the official
standing of the writer. The second Is
noticeable for the radical and bold style
in which this exceptional New York
banker argues tor free silver coinage.
Secretary Foster argues in favor of the
act, with a statement of its provisions and
the operations under it As to the notes
or certificates under it, he says, first, that
they are "redeemable in gold or silver
coin at the option of the Secretary of the
Treasury." But in a subsequent para
graph he speaks of exactly the samo notes
as "based dollar for dollar on the cost
value, of silver bullion, redeemable on de
mand in gold coin and with the pledge of the
Government to maintain it at par." Here
are two statements which in a matter of
the utmost importance do not agree. In
one breath the Secretary of the Treasury
declares it is at his option to redeem the
notes in either silver or gold coin. We be
lieve this is the best construction that can
be given to the law; but it may at some
future time make a vast difference to the
holders of the notes if the Secretary of the
Treasury should take it into his head or be
forced by necessity to make his payments
in silver. But in another breath he asserts
that the notes are redeemable in gold, and
that the Government is under "pledge to
maintain it at par." How does this state
ment cohere with the first, and what au
thority h therein the law for it? If it were
true v hat would the issue of these notes be
but putting out promises to pay in gold and
heaping up a lot of silver bars to make the
promise good? If the Secretary should
administer tho affairs of the Treasury as
loosely as he makes statements concerning
the law Ills administration would very
quickly come to grief.
Mr. St John's radical advocacy of free
coinage has a better basis of logic and
fact than the Secretary's letter. We have
not time to follow the details of Ms argu
ment, much of which is true and much of
which is specious. But two points- will
serve to bring out the vital issue. 3fr. St
John combats the talk about the sevonty-five-cent
dollar with the assertion that "the
intrinsic worth of the dollar is always a
thousand mills." Very true, for the suf
ficient reason that the cent must always
be the hundredth part of the dollar. In
1804 when the dollar was about 30 percent
gold it contained 100 pents, but the cents
were worth less than one-third of the hun
dredth part of a gold dollar. So in the
future, if the country reduces itself to the
silver basis at its present bullion value,
tho silver dollar will contain 100 cents, but
its value will be about seventy-five cents
expressed by the present gold standard.
With this point cleared up Mr. St John
goes on to combat the idea that in case of
free coinage we should have an influx of
silver from Europe. It is remarkable that
one oi the most effective sateguaras ue
finds against this influx is the quotation of
Secretary Windom's declaration that "be
fore the swiftest ocean greyhound could
land her silver cargo in New York, the last
gold dollar within reach would be hidden
safely away to be brought out only
by a high premium on gold." And
Mr. St John caps the cimax of
this remarkable argument by as
serting that 10 per cent would be a
moderate premium. We can agree
with that estimate and even omit to join
issue with Mr. St John's assertion that
this would not injure us in foreign trade.
We might even suggest to Mr. St John
that if gold is to disappear and go to a
premium the Importation of some of
Europe's silver would be a benefit But
that does not present the act itself, which
would demonetize gold, in the light of a
blessing. The real gist of the question is
that the creation of the premium on gold
or the reduction of the unit of value in
the same proportion be it ten, fifteen or
twenty-five per cent, means taking away
exactly that percentage from the existing
creditors of the country, including savings
banks, depositors, small investors in rail
way mortgages, and giving it to the debt
ors including the railway corporations
with their So,000,000,000 of debts.
We can hardly think that very much
light is thrown on the silver question by
either of these eminent pamphleteers.
Neither of them is able to recognize the
vital truth that there is bnt one way to
make gold and silver circulate side by side
each on its own merits; and that is to coin
dollars of each, which arc equal in bullion
value.
A PROMISED FUEL.
Interesting news with regard to the use
of oil for fuel is contained in the statement
that a process has been in successful oper
ation for some months by which it can bo
successfully used in factories and dwell
ing bouses; that natural gas pipes can be
utilized for its consumption; that it is
equal to natural gas in freedom from
smoke and dust, and superior to it in
safety, and, finally, that Its cost is one
half that of natural gas If these claims
are substantiated in real practice it will bo
a boon for both domestic and industrial
consumers in Pittsburg. The oil process
that can be safely, economically and suc
cessfully substituted for natural gas will
meet with an enthusiastic reception.
But demonstration of these claims is
what is wanted. That should include the
guarantee that can be given to consumers
against a repetition of the experience with
natural gas, that after the people have in
vested their money in appliances they will
not find the rate of charges for the fuel
multiplied at intervals by two or three.
NEITHER CLEVELAND NOR HILL,
Our staff correspondence from New
York indicates that what was sorae time
ago suggested in these columns as a politi
cal possibility is now forcing itself upon
the attention of impartial observers in
New York. That is that the factional
difference between the Cleveland and Hill
wings of the New York Democracy has
reached a stage which renders defeat prac
tically certain, if either were nominated.
If Cleveland were nominated he would
have the Hill and Tammany faction ready
to stab him in the back. If Hill were
nominated he must not only overcome the
lukewannness of the Cleveland wing in
New York, but must carry the burden of
Tammany politics throughout the whole
country. The result of this dilemma
points to the unavailability of either lead
ing candidate. A New York man of
such inconspicuous position as to hold no
relations with either wing must be nom
inated or the Democrats must find their
candidate in some other State.
This is good news for Governors Boies,
Russell or Gray, and may not be with
out interest to Pattison, if the Democratic
convention should disregard political su
perstitions sufficiently to nominate a man
who cannot carry his own State. But its
most emphatic feature is the grim warning
conveyed by the intricacies of New York
politics against the nomination of either
Hill or Cleveland.
Now we hear that Brice's election ia to
bo contested on the additional ground of the
corrupt use of money. Does any one with
tho memory of the Payne business in his
mind regard such a contest as practicable in
the Senate?
Speaking of the fact that the census re
port shows an increase of 100 per cent in the
output of iron ore, a decrease in tho 'cost of
mining of 50 per cent, and of the value of the
ore at tho the mines of 93 per cent, with an
increase of 32 per cent in the wages
of the ore diggers, the Philadelphia
.Record says that the increase of 32 per cent
in wages and the decrease of 53 cent in tho
coat ot mining do not tally well. "Such a
result," says the Record, "might possibly be
explained by the use of improved machin
ery or by the opening up or mines more
cheaply workable; but the Porter census is
so thoroughly .discredited that no part of it
can bo accepted without a questioning hesi
tation." It is pretty well known to be the
fact that the recently opened mines have
such heavy veins that a large increase in the
output is possible at the same or greater
wages. But as the decrease of 03 per cent in
the value of ore at the mines means that the
ore is now worth Just one-twentieth of what
it was in 1879, it is nlain that cither tho typo
graphical or arithmetical error has been
gotting in its deadly work.
The winning of the Liberals in the South
Malton division or Devonshiio is a signifi
cant indication of the growing .strength of
tho Liberal party in England, ,The division
which was carried by a Liberal Unionist at
the last election with a majority of over 1 COO
is carried by a Liberal now with a majority
of L30O. , The handwriting on tho wall war
rants the course of the Salisbury Cabinet in
hanging on to tho office until Its last gasp.
PossiHLY the Democratic leaders in Ohio
will do well to stop at the present time ana
give a little consideration to tho question
whether that gerrymander paid them all
that it has cost tbem.
Two iinxDKEO thousand voters at the
lato election failed to cast any vote either
for or against the Constitutional Conven.
j tlon. It -was one of the most Important ia , I
; sues, but they did .not have enough interest-
In It to cast a ballot. If they had wished the
convention held it Is to be presumed they
would have voted for it;,but if they had all
done so, the convention would have failed
of a majority.
Ox the 'theory that the tariff is a stimu
lant of invention the man, who Invented tho
artificial eggs, most owe a debt of gratitude
to the McKiirley duty of five cents per
dozen on eggs. .
The Philadelphia Inquirer, organ ot the
'fConstitutionnlist-unconstitutionnl" poli
ticians, continues to enlarge on the expendi
tures of the session of the Senate, placing
the costat $50,000. liut it omits to mention
tho fact that the Senate wasted $40,000
ontof that $50,000, by going on and taking
testimony on a subject which it subse
quently declares to bo beyond Its jurisdic
tion. -
The public can only be thankful that the
Senate got adjourned without a resolution
vindicating Bardslcy and declaring that it
was all Pattison's fault for having been
elected.
"Buikeley, of Connecticut, will go down
into history as tho great American hold
over," says the Boston Globe. Why any
more so than tho Democratic Governor of
A Vest Virginia, who did exactly the same
thing two or three years ago? The organ
which can see only the mote in tho opposing
party's eye, is in need of an optical opera-
tion.
Reciprocity with Brazil does not in
volve any duty on the part of tho United
States to swear that a military dictatorship
is a true Republican Government.
A LETTEK reported to have come from the
Emperor of Germany to a gentleman in the
United States announcing that war will
break out in the spring has not yet been
given to the public. But it makes no differ
ence. The watched pot never boilesand tho
preannounced war rarely comes off.
Mb. Fassett might send a warning to
Dictator Fonseca that the bitterness of the
thing comes when he has to make affidavit
of his campaign expenses.
Yellow fever is reported to have
reached New York on a vessel from Brazil.
Fortunately it comes at a season of the year
when tho frosts will rob it of all its terrors
for tho people of this country. Yellow Jack
in the North in November is not so danger
ous a visitant as tho grippe. '
Now Dakota proposes to resume busi
ness nt tho old stand as tho manufacturer
of blizzards for the United States during the
next three months.
Brazilian officials are vigorously deny
ing the existence of nny trouble in Brazil.
With the memory of tho Chilean roports be
fore us, this leads us to tho conclusion that
tho i razilian officials are doing thoir best to
earn their salaries in the service, not of Bra
zil, but of Fonseca.
Guadv's appointment conveys to Mr.
Cleveland the comforting aimininco that he
will not be burdened by Tammany's sup
port. Valparaiso, Ind., was the scene of the
explosion of twenty tons of powder which
let go unexpectedly and hurt no one. It is
to bo hoped that the talk of exploding con
siderably more powder at Valparaiso, Chile,
will prove equally innocuous.
When Foraker begins to pitch into the
Administration wo think Foraker, as a party
candidate, confesses that he is beaten.
PEG'S. IE OF PK0MINENCE.
Colonel Alexander McClotse is six
feet three Inches in height, and lias a
physique in keeping with his height.
The fame of some men is preserved by
their cast-off olothes. An old hat of Dillon,
the Irish leader, recently sold in Australia
for $25.
Mr. Hxnrv Watterson is in a state of
unsuppressed excitement because by subdu
ing and annexing Chile we would acquire 23
volcanoes. .
Clarence Bowen, upon whom much of
the glory of the Washington Centennial was
reflected, is engaged to be married to Miss
Wentworth, of Chicago.
Mrs. Gideon W. Marsh, the wife of the
fugitive Keystone Bank president, and fam
ily have moved from the Ridley Park resi
dence to New York. The old residence Is
now for rent.
Ex-Senator Ingalls did not fancy
Major McKinley's speeches, because they
were not versatile enough. The vicissitudes
of fortune show that they were versatile
enough to carry the day.
Ten years ago Bernard Forst was a clerk
in a men's furnishing goods store in Brad
ford, Pa. He dabbled in oil speculations,
gave himself up to it, threw aside his legiti
mate business and is to-day a millionaire.
It is dangerous to acquire prominence in
South America. Dr. Rafael Nnnez, a lawyer,
was made President of Columbia in 1871.
Since then ho has been banished, recalled,
disgraced, and is now restored to honor and
the presidency.
WOMAN IS ABB0AD.
The Vanguard Carrying Bauners for Fall
and Free Enfranchisement.
Toronto Empire.
It is high time to seriously investigate the
character and standing in the community
of those who bemoan the feminine tendency
of the day. We are constantly being minded
of impending calamity from the growing in
fluence of the opposite sex; it is the woman's
century, and so no good can come of it.
Thero are women's clubs, women's debating
socioties, spinsters' halls, political petticoat
leagues, a "ladies' entrance" to the harum
scarum life of the student and other dan
gers too numerous to mention. Woman is
everywhere abroad through the land, in
fact, and we are gloomily informed that she
positively will not eome home asking her
proud and ancient protector to pardon her
temporary waywardness.
The rebellion, however, is not organized,
nor is it inspired with but one spirit. The
majority of the women will stick to their
homes and all that pertains to the discipline
or home life. The'moro enthusiastic spirits
are in tho vanguard carrying tho banners of
full and free enfranchisement. It is unfair
to accuse these women of desire forstiife,
pure and simple. Whether in the temper
ance field, in missionary work or social re
form they aro clearly actuated by enthusiasm
to accomplish victory for womanly pufity
ana dignity, which men have neglected in
the past. It is the woman's century, and
more's the pity that a better understanding
does not exist regarding its possibilities and
its accomplishments.
Women as Hank Depositors.
Boston Herald.
Illustrating how savings bank depositors
frequently lose their heads in times like
these, the story is told of a young woman
employed in a family in the Back Bay who
had $100 deposited in tho Flvo Cents Savings
Bank. When tho run on tho bank began she
asked for permission tp go and draw out hor
money, and was informed by her employer
tlint her deposit was perfectly safe whore it
was. In order to allay her anxiety her em
ployer told hor that he would bo responsible
for the safety or hor money, so that she
would not lose anything, whatever hap
pened. Nevertheless, the woman persisted
in her purpose, and after standing three
days in the line she drew out hor savings,
and they are now deposited in her bosom,
which a' great many women regard as the
safest bank in the world.
gome Seals "Will Be Lett.
Mlnnca polls Tribune.
Great Bijtain and tho United States have
agreed to submit the .Behring Sea question
to arbitration. By the time the arbitrators
got tbrougu thero will be Just about enough
seals left to furnish stuffed specimens for
the Smithsonian Institute and the British
Museum.
ECHOES OF THE EXTRA.
Stories O aught at the Capital While the Leg
iilatnre Was There Finances of the
Law-Makers A Sitting at Cinch A Tale
of Two Halls.
ITKOM A STAFF COBBESFONDBWT.1
Harbisbdro, Nov. 14. The Senators of
Pennsylvania as a rale are well-to-Qo ana
not a few of them are wealthy. Allegheny's
substantial 'representative, William Flinn,
is probably the richest in the body, unless it
be Charles A. Porter, of Philadelphia. Both
these gentlemen aro contractors and both
havo been generously treated by the Coun
cils of thoir cities. Both are rated on tho
sunny sldo of a million, and both nre com
paratively young men. Both received their
education in the common schools, and both
nre industrious, untiring workers. Thevaro
politicians of the samo grade, but their poll
tics has been but incidental to thoir money
making.
With the single exception of Senator
Osbourn, all tho Philadelphia f enators are
rich. George Handy Smith, who has had
both his hand) in State legislation sinco
1S71, and who has been a member or tho
Senate without interruption since 1S76, has
grown fat, physically and financially, with
his expedience. He has devoted his energies
to his office, and, as Sraull's Hand Book very
tersely puts it, "be is now engaged in agri
cultural pursuits." In other words, he has
accumulated enough money to buv a small
bat valuable larmjnst outside of Philadel
phia. His city home on Broad street is a
dream of "beauty, and cost probably the
legitimate salary of a Senator for a centnrv.
Senator John C. Grady, of Philadelphia, is
also a city farmer. Ue raises f&noy stock,
and his poultry yards and stables aio steam
heated and are finished with an utter dlsre
naid for cost. SenatorGrody 1b an attornoy,
but he hns devoted himself pretty generally
to being Senator since 187G, when he was
first elected. Boies Penrose, another Sena
tor, is rich by inheritance, and he has
a wealth of information, more extended
than that ot any of his colleagues. Senator
Crouse is a rich carpet dealer of Philadel
phia. Senator Becker, also of Philadelphia,
has made a fortune in real estate, and Sena
tor C. Wesly Thomas, of the same city,
mado most of his mnnnr in real estate, but
he has hold several nood paying appoint
ments and is now privoto secretary to
Thomas V. Cooper, collector of tho Phila
delphia port. Osbonrn. tno only Philadel
phia Senator who is not rich, seems to have
been losing money by being a plain, ordinary
lawyer and not mncn of a politician.
Why Gobin Quit the Cards.
Senator Gobin is well-to-do. He is not
reckless with his mouey, but he lives well.
Tho other day he entertained a number of
his friends in the smoking room of tho Sen
ate telling "how, why and when he quit
gambling." It was in New Orleans in 1SG5.
Gobin was with General Butler. Ho was a
Lieutenant Colonel and bo and several or his
fellow officers visited a gambling house ono
night. They broke the faro bank and tho
proprietors of tho place turned off the
fights and started a fight to recover their
money. A desperate strugglo followed,
and Colonel Gobin and ono of the gam
blers linked arms in a desperate battle.
They rolled down a long stairway,
both being badly bruised. Gobin
was cut in the back with a dirk and was
confined to a hospital forn time, but his
Commander novcr knew how nor where ho
had been Injured.
"I havo never touched a card since then,"
the General said. "I had not won much of
tho money that night, but ono of my closest
friends did, and before I left tho hospital the
winner had come North. A year later
when I brought my commond to Now York
to bo mustorod ont, and when our dingy
looking soldiers wore marching up Broad
way, a pollco officer, handsome in bis bright
uniform, yelled at me calling me bv name.
I found it was tho winner at New Orleans.
He had spent his money and he was happy
as a clam at high tide with his brass buttons
and hickory mace."
An All-Night Seance at Cinch.
Few of the Senators play cards. The
Philadelphia and Allegheny Senators all
know the difference botwoen a straight flush
and a stack of hay, bnt many of the country
statesmen don't know whether poker is
taught in the public schools or bought in the
regular way at colloge. There aro a few of
the Senators who can beat a Chinaman at
fan tan, however, and thero are a few of
them rrhn would take chances with the
man who made the cards at a game of
"cinch.'
Tho last night of the recent session a party
of Senators played "cinch" until morning.
One of the Allegheny county delegation won
nil the money, and after buying a cigar
niece for his fellows he had $1 20 left. That
is true, absolutely, and Senator- Upperman
might be an Important witness to call on the
case.
A Senator's Wire's Constituency.
As good fellows go there are many
princes among the Senators, and Harry Al
vin Halt of lk county, is at tho head of
them. Among other things concerning that
Senator's life, Smull's handbook says: "He
married on June 10, 1886, Miss Currin 11c
Nairy, of Nashville, Tenn." His wedding, of
course, has nothing to do with his being a
good rellow, but his union with a Southern
ladv got him into a peck of trouble recently.
Senator Hall was elected In 1890. Tho Demo
cratic papers of his wife's home congratu
lated the handsome young Senator. The
Northern Democratic husband and his
Southern Democratic wife were applauded
by all the publicationsof Tennessee. At the
last Eepublican State Convention Hon.
Harry Hall, lie or Mercer county, presided
temporarily over the convention. The
SapersorTennessoe Knew or but one Harry
:all, and in language louder and more em
phatic than that in which their original ap
plause was couched they denounced the elo
quent young Senator as a traitor to his
party and as a di-grace to both Pennsyl
vania and Tennessee.
It required a personal visit or the Senator
from Elk to convince his wiro's constituency
that the bold, bad Bepublican Harry Hall
was the brainy little ex-member from Mer
cer county. Herbert.
Maybe We Are Too Good.
Boiton Traveller.
In the past Pittsburg has been regarded
as a disorderly and immoral city. A great
change has come, and this is credited to the
efficiency of the police. The members of
that force have been made to realize that
they are held responsible for the proper dis
charge of their duties, and have been made
to understand that they must enforce tho
law. The licensed saloons are kept closed
on Sundays, the gambling bouses are shut,
and the unlicensed saloons and low dives,
the resorts of thieves, have been done away
with. The Sundays wero never so quiet,
and never was there so little crime. This
shows what can be dono when the authori
ties have courage and put efficient men in
places of responsibility. The disorder, the
disregard of law and the prevalence of
crime are often due quite as mnch to the in
efficiency of city officials as to the character
of the citizens.
Dimensions of the Boom.
St. LonlsGlobe-Democrat.3
The boom which the Republic is now en
Joying is of dimensions which make any
previous boom seem but a shadowy penum
bra. KEYSTONE 0PINI0NETTES.
The Senate whitewash was well made, but
there is n great deal of dirt in it. Connclls
ville Courier (Dem.)
The tariff was not an issue in Pennsylva
nia this year, and the Bepublican papers
which claim it was are very wide or the
mark. WtUiamsport Sun (Dem).
American diplomacy in Europe never was
in bettor condition, in caring for our trado.
interests in that part or the world, than it is
at present. Ilarrisbnrg Star Independent).
An exchargo rightly says, tlint "Recon
ciliation, Beciprocity and Republicanism
are' the three it's that will unito the North'
'and South America. Leieisbxtrg Clironicle
(Rep.)
Livksv can now come to the surface and
declare he was n-nshing. Republicans are
anxious to believe any declaiation he may
ninke concerning his absence. Lancaster In
telligencer (Dem).
Scvpressiok of newspapers is usually one
or the first acts or a ruler who aspires to es
tablish any form or despotism. Newspapers
are natural enemies to oppression and are
one of tho safeguards to civil liberty. .Bracf
fordStar. Tin: fog has somewhat cleared away from
tho tin subject, jsinco Tuosday lust: there is
very little doubt now, but that tho ore exists
in this country and that it can bo made into
good merchantable sheets about asgood
and a Utile cheaper than the imported.
N cxt. Vpitrg Herald.
THE IHLUSTHIAL SOUTH.
The Days of Free Trade An Beginning; to
Show Signs of Waning.
Chicago Inter Ocean.l
The dictatorship of King Cotton Is past in
the South and thp das-s of free trade are bo
ginning to wane. While cotton is still a
great product there, it no longer rules and
drives out every otiier proouos u -try.
Manufacturing is rapidly taking a
prominent place in the South, and lr the
movement is properly enoonraged that sec
tion will toon take respectable rank with
tho North in the number and wealth or its
homo industries.
Tho Manufacturers'' Record, Baltimore, In
reviewing tho business situation in tho
South, notes in ono week, ending November
7tho organization or new industrial enter
prises which represent tho investment or
more than sixand one-halfmillions of capi
tal. The industrial enterprises represented
by this capital aro scattered through all
parts of tno Southern States, even into
Texas. ' , , ..
The day may come, and not very far in tno
future, when that eloquentfree trader, Con
gressman Mills, will have the opportunity to
receive an industrial education at homo.
When that takes place he will bo much bet
ter fitted to give advice in regnrd to the In
dustrial policy or tho nation. When Texas
becomesn manufacturing State Mr. Mills will
not be u ireo trador, or, if ho is, he will not
bo in Congress. C. J. O.
TALK OP THE TIMES.
England is now pleading at tho barofonr
Suprome Court. St. Louis Repttblic. Is this
not a sign that a chango has tomo.over the
spirit of Johnny Bull?
There will be a whiskers famine in Kansas
when Senator Peffer goes to Washington.
Kansas City Times. W hat will the whistling
wild Western winds do then? Poor tbingl
Now York is a bad State to make any pre
election estimates upon. St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat. Those who placed wagers on the
wrong man are sure to coincide with this
view of the case.
Progressive Democracy should be on its
mettle at Washington this winter. A great
record is expected or it. Boston PosU What
is "Progressive Democracy?" Will the Post
kindly explain what it means by tho term?
Uncle Sam hasn't been engaged in a scrap
for so long that aomo of the youngsters seem
to think he can't fight. Ishpeming Press.
Uncle Sam is not anxious for a "scrap," hut
If ho does get into one he .can hold his own.
A New York paper says it is conceded on
all hands that Jay Gould isvin need or rest.
Tho lambs or Wall street have thought so
for years. Buffalo Courier. Shorn lambs
could not bo expected to have any other
opinion,
Mr. Kendal has been so foolish as to sue a
New York (newspaper for calling him a cad.
Ho ought to undergo treatmeut for toughen
ing his epidermis. Boston Herald. Mr Ken
dal ought to know that "cad" is a compli
mentary term when applied by a New York
paper.
Experts have made an exhaustive analy
sis of the Croton drinking water used by
New York City and have declared it to be
unfit for human beings. The only New
Yorkers who now drink Croton water are
tho very poor. Chicago News. Here's n
chance for tho Prohibitionist, if the insinua
tions of the News are to be believed.
IT IS ALL TALK.
Germany Will Not Dare to Go Far in War
like Endeavors.
New York Advertiser.
Germany, with h8r great army, is in no
condition to go to war with any first-class
power, least of all with Russia. lr she ad
vanced in that direction, she would find
Franoe pressing severely In her rear, and
possibly Austria would "pitch in" and help
to humble Germany. It is natural enough
for army officers who. In the dull times of
peace, have but little to do, except to
lounge in barracks and drink and play
cards, to vary the monotony by "talking
war." But it is "all talk." If Germany
really wants to-go to war, she must piok out
some power that she can whip, and in the
whipping of which she will not be Interfered
with.
The war story Is much weakened by the
declaration that Emperor William, In an
ticipation of war, has made arrangements
for arms and military stores with New York
houses "through the efforts of a United
States Federal offlcerl" This is possible. bu,t
hardly probable. There have been rumors
that eome of the "officials" were interested
in nitrates down in Chile, but there is no
evidence as yet that thoy have gone into
the gun contract business.
Canadian Annexation.
New York Press.l
It is significant that Prof. Goldwin Smith
has openly asserted in a paper read, to a re
form club in Toronto that be is In favor of
the annexation of Canada to the United
States because of the reasons he gave for his
opinion. Annexation, he declares, is tho
inevitable destiny of the Dominion, regard
less of the desires or her people as to politi
cal relations with Great Britian or to the
United States. Canadians must share this
continent with Amoricans, and, in order to
possess security and prosperity, must be
bound up with them in hundreds or ways
that are inconsistent with remaining an En
glish colony.
Art on American Money.
Philadelphia Times.
Americans are supposed to have more re
spect for money than for anything else in
the world, and yet they show scant consid
eration for its appearance. Our bank and
Treasury bills, while admirable as specimons
of engaving and printingaro perfectly com
monplace and stupid in design, and as for
our gold and silver coinage it is simply a
disgrace from every artistio point of view.
The now iKsue of small silver appears from
tho description and pictures given to be no
advance on what we now possess. When the
Goddess orLlbcrty and the American eagle
get on a silver dollar they seem to lose their
breeding and to become subdued to the
worst uses to which that dollar can be put.
Monroe's Doctrine Still Lives.
Toledo Commercial.
Groat Britain has been so remarkably
active in stirring up disturbances in this
continent or late that it may become neces
sary to call her attention to the Monroe
doctrine.
DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHEEE.
Hon. Simpson Harmount.
Hon. Simpson Harmount, for the past six
years Snperlntendent of the Tuscarawas County
Children's Home. New Philadelphia, O., died at
that Institute at 7 o'clock yesterday evening of
hemorrhage of the bowels, after a brief illness,
aged 68 years. Mr. Harmount was well and favor
ably known throughout Eastern Ohio. He repre
sented his district with distinction in the State
Senate from 1869 to 1870. He leaves a widow and
five children, fou" daughters and one son. 11U
widow is a sister of W. W. Card, a prominent
citizen of Pittsburg.
M. 91. Wilson, Railroad Man.
M. M. Wilson, died of consumption yes
terday niorntn; at Blalrsvllle. He was on tho
street Friday. Sir. Wllaon was a young man. yet
for some 5 ears he was chief clerS of the West
Penn Railroad nnder Superintendents Taylor and
Kirnann and was prosperous in business. He
leaves a wire and three children. Ex-Collertor D.
O. Ban- Is.a brother-in-law. He climbed the lad
der being the son of a poor widow, and his kind
ness to his mother and others and generous nature
made him many friends.
. Obituary Notes.
TllEfuneralorRcv. Martin Zertel took place at
Freedom yesterday.
lKUnKf C. Fnicr, a prominent attorney of
MeadvUle. died yesterdsy from paralysis.
MISS MABY IEay. a centenarian, died at the
Home for Aged Women, In Wilkinsburg yester
day. Jons Alexander, father of John Alexander,
Jr.. of the People's Insurance Company, died yes
terday In Ms Suli year. He was one or tlio oldest
residents of the county.
Madm Bartholdi, mother or the famous
Freiicti sculptor who gave to New York City her
statue of "Liberty Knllglitenlng the World." died
a Tew days ago at the .ige or 00 ) ears, hue stood as
the model lor that work or art.
Bakoxk'S vox Wai.deiisee, tho morgan.Kle
wife of LuuU, Duke or Bavaria. Is dead. The
Uarones-s was formerly Fniileln Memlal. ami until
lier mamase u one f the best known artists on
the Munich comic stage. To marry her the Duke
renounced his right to the succfSiluu to the duchy
in faror of his brother Charles.
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
Somebody's Always Late An Amusing
Form of Hysterics Why the Air of
lxle Is So Popular Stray Bits of New
York Goislp.
c fFKOM A STAFF COBBESrONDEVT.l
New York, Nov. 14. Perhaps it will be
little consolation to tho political candidate
who has been beaten by a few votes to re
flect that there is always somebody who is
Just a trifle too late. It is certainly interest
ing, if not instructive, to the other fellow.
Yet it is an incident of every minute In tho
metropolis, where lifo is a dally and mo
mentary scramble. You see it illustrated
more or less humorously every ilmo yen
take an elevated train, every "me a ferry
boat leaves its slip, every time a limited ex
press or nny other train pulls out of a sta
tion, every time an ocean steamerleavesher
pier. Thero is always somebody rushing pp
or down at the last moment frnntically
waving hands or yelling Justin timo to bo
left behind.
Ask the scornful but vigilant official.
scarcely an elevated train leaves a platrorm
but one or more persons, malo or female,
dash up the stair, fly past the ticket
window and nt the rise of life or limb
attempt to board it. And how lueridously
angry and disappointed they look! Another
train is within sight, due in one or two
mtnnres, bnt that doesn't alter the matter
it aggravates it. Just ns your ferryboat
leaves the slip there is always somebody who
runs the gauntlet or the main gates, comes
tearing down tho drivi-wny with or withont
a ticket, and with a wild whoop tries to leap
tho rapidly vawning gulf between the
bridge and the" deck. There is another boat
in five or ten minutes, but what or that?
Tho bitterness orbeing too late warrants the
risk. An express train slowly pulls out to
the sound or tho gong. Immediately
from various quarter, as ir they pooped
ont or the earth, some people with wildly
swinging grips and parcels in hand rush at
breakneck speed along the planking to get
on board and nre left panting and shouting
and swearing Just too late.
Rarely an ocean steamer, booked for days
to leave at a certain hour, begins to churn
the salt water into foam, bat a cab or car
riage bearing a steamer trunk and display
ing a disheveled head at the open window
comes rattling down upon tho crowded pier
just too lato. The company has tho pas
sage money, the name is on the printed pas
senger list, but the berth is empty this trip.
Hardly a ship leaves port bnt somebody is
left by a hair's breadth. It seems odd,
doesn't it? But it is nevertheless trne. This
great business world stops-for nobody. A
man must get up and come down on
timo or gt left. And there is always some
body getting left.
How Hysterics Affected Him.
The other day a couple of well-dressed
gentlemen entered a downtown lunch room
where four pretty barmaids wait upon those
requiring liquid refreshment. Ono of tho
newcomers had an uncertain falsetto voice,
which ran itself down and up grade in the
most reckless manner Imaginable. Ho
laughed as ho confronted the barmaids
something like this:
ha! ha!"
ha!
ho!
"he!, ho!
Everybody in the place stired, and a
luncher tell off his stool in tho rear with a
crash. The little white caps of the four bar
maids rose simultaneously about an inch.
The pretty cash girl rang up a 75 cent check
for a scared sandw ich young man and gig
gled. Two stalwart waiters came forward
to throw tho humorous gentleman out, but
wore intercepted by his companion with a
whisper.
"Can you mako me a turf cocktail?" seri
onsly inquired the hilarious gentleman or
the nearest white-aproned divinity behind
tho bar. "ir so, ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha,
ha, ha,
hoi"
The young woman, who seemed to be nn
der the temporary impression that her cus
tomer was making fun at her expense,
grabbed a glass and bottle ot bitters, her
face red as a woman's face am get on short
notice, and proceeded sternly to business.
The other man took his plain, and both
smiled. His friend paid the check, and the
place rairly rang to his parting laushter
Ha, hat"
ha,
ha ha, ha. ha
As the door ciocd behind him the giggles
and grins down the long room broke into li
ripple or louder mirth, and a dozen people
went by the cash girl forgetting to call for
tneircnocts. jno, it was not a conspiracy.
The laughing young man Iiad the hysterics,
and he could no more control his voice than
you can control your hiccups.
There used to he a young lady in Washing
ton, who was afflicted the same way. One
evening she occupied a central orchestra
chair at the National Theater during a per
formance of a rather funny farce comedy,
and enjoyed, the thinn amazingly. So dld
the audience. For she would every now and
then get into a fit of laughter that would
terminate invariably in a well defined
shriek. Before tho nlay was half over she
had the whole house in an rrproar. The per
formers looked serious at first, then smiled,
and finally broke down. One actor lost his
lines completely, and bad to leave the stage.
It was nip and tuck from that moment be
tween that one girl in the orchestra chair
and the comedy company. Tho more the
girl laughed the worse the company played,
bnt the audience inirly shed tears in spots
all the i evening, and went home literally
tickled to death.
She Sat Up for the Ghost.
"I was up all last niht washing for the
theater folks," saidmy old colored laund
ress, "and now I've got to set up all night to
get my money. You see the opera company
goes away. This is their last night here and
if I don't watch 'em, they'll go 'way and
leave mo without a cent. Don't you tell me,
honey 1 know them. They've done fooled
me lots of times. Its the ghost I want to see
right now, I tell 'em, and nice big words
don't buy no potatoes."
Late that night I saw her sitting patiently
at the stago door contemplating the John
nies and the scenery wagons and waiting fdr
the "ghost." What a world this is!
The Grandest National Air.
It has often been remarked that the
familiar air of "Dixie" will elicit more ap
plause here than any other piece of music
that may bo performed. A medley or na
tional or patriotic airs will usually contain
"Dixie" and that particular tnne will be
greeted with a degree or applause that quite
throws everything else in the shade. This
fact is attributed to Southern sentiment,
but it is far from correct. The Northern
soldiers sang "Dixie" and marched to
"Dixie" In the great campaigns. Every
Union band used te play it and every Union
soldier has lightened the knapsack and ac
coutrements by joining in the lively tnne
with his comrades. Besides this "Dixie" is
a lovely bit of music and in the opinion or
eminent composers is superior to almost all
the national airs or the world conspicu
ously to those or this country. Don't let
anybody mako yon believe that only South
erners and Southern sympathizers love
"Dixie."
Coming Out on Election Nights.
"You'll see men out on election nights,"
said John Chamberlain, tho club and hotel
man, "you never meet any other time nnless
you go to their place or business. Perhaps
yon fellows who are always prowling around
and see each other constantly don't think
about this, but it is a curious thing. I meot
people eloction nights I never see at any
other time. That is why I como out on those
nights particularly myself. I have known
men for 30 years whom I've never met at
any othor time. They know all about me
and I know all about them, hut our lines or
life llo apart somehow, touching only on
election nights. Funny, isn't it? And yot,
your hotel crowd is but a very small part or
the world. It is the same crowd almost, year
in and year ont, and you'll find somebody
who has a lire membership In it in any hotel
in the world where yon may happen to stop.
I know it pretty thoroughly, and it numbers
mnny good fellows who seem to worry along
in this homeless fashion with no apprecia
tion of the domesticity of tho man who
turns up in the lobby only on election
nights, and then retires for another year or
two."
Tho Musician's Head of Hair.
"Why docs a musician's hair stand on
end? Perhaps to encourage tho bild
headedrow. Perhaps it is because of some
subtle mesmeric Influence, of rosin nnd cat
gut. It is affectation, says a friend. It is
from listening to his on n horrible early dis
cord, says another. (Whatever tho cause it
is, generally speaking, a fact that tho hair
of the orchestra has a decided upward and
bristling tendency. "Thero isrio reason why
a shoe-brush head should attract more at
tention in n musician than in a wnitor, ob
serves a literary gentleman who frequents
tho French cafe. "You will see it in one as
often as in the other. It is purely loreign.
I am not certain, however, that the shoe
brush head is not a tuneful one. I'll investi
gate that. I rear; a right clever Southern
story once about tho evolution of tho banjo
and you ma- discover some 'coronation of
t'.io boe-br'usli head, the horse hair, tho
1 mer feline and polished sheep and brass."
Charles Theodore Mcerat.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Africa has 700 languages.
Consuls'were first appointed in 1485.
The average height of clouds above the
earth Is between one and two miles.
Chess is an old game. It was played
by the Chinese 174 years before Christ.
November fm the ninthimonth ot the
year at one time.
Water sells for 10 cents a bucketful in
some Missouri counties.
Berlin has 1,315,C00 people who live in
only 26,800 bnildiogs, an average of 49 to each
house.
Taurus "is a fortunate country. Its
women are said to be models of physical
beauty.
Carp that have been frozen solid for 36
hours have been known to hop about in a
lively manner after being thawed out.
At a recent auction sale of odds and
ends in Paris a woman bouzht an old mat
tress in which she found 14,000 francs in gold.
During heavy gales the waves of the
Atlantic are from 24 to3C feet inheight half
above and hair below the mean level of tho
sea.
The loss of life on board British vessels
at sea or in rivers and harbors in 1389-00
amounted to 4,207, of whom nearfyone-third
were drowned.
Papier mache oilcans, which are now
being made, are vtfry endurablo and imper
vious to any spirit or oil likely to bcused in
a machino room.
The Bussian Hebrew must serve in the
army, but can never be more than a private.
He must pay taxes,bnt can never be a Mayor
or "elder" of his town.
About 30 years ago there were upward
of 60,000 Irishmen in the British array.
Twenty years ago there were 44,000. Now
the number is only 27,786.
In 1815 a skeleton was dug up near
Mazrino, Sicily, the skull of which was as
large as a common wino cask. Each of tho
teeth weighed seven ounces.
Lake Kenosha. Conn., has a wonderful
serpent. It has a dog's face and is from 15
to 20 feet long. It lives entirelyin the water
and has been seen several times lately.
The negroes in Louisiana believe that a
frisly chicken will eat np evil charms that
may put abont their houses, and frequently
keep one among their fowls for this pur
pose. Pencil tracings cannot be affected by
acids. There is no solution or agent known
to science which can dissolve pine carbon or
its equivalent, plumbago of which lead
pencils are composed.
There are now 120 women in the Berlin
telepnonc exchanges. It has been decided
to employ only women In the future, as
thoir voices are much more audible than
men's, owing to tho higher pitch.
A new element, named "damaria," is
said to have been discovereddn the crater of
an extinct volcano in Damarland. It is
reported to have an atomic weight of only
0.5, or half that of hydrogen; and, therefore,
it is the lightest known substance.
The Sacred Standard at-Constantinopla
Is bellovcd to be formed of the nether gar
ment of Mohammed, and a pair or his pyja
mas, which aro reverentially preserved at
Lahore, are held bv the faithful to have mir
aculously extinguished a fire at that place
no longer ago than 1S49.
New Jersey has developed an unheard
or boy of 5 years, who is already girted with
a moustache, and, as If in verification of the
common superstition that hair is a sign of
strength, it it stated that tho infant Samson
can strike a powerful blow, as well as lift a
barrel of flour and set It on end.
Eight years ago B. "3. Bowles, of
Cherrylleld. Me., planted in his garden a
small flowering shrub. Near the shrub grew
a greengage and a cherry tree. Last year
the shrub put forth cherry blossoms, but
borono trait. This year it produced lusci
ous fruit of tho greengage variety.
The British museum was visited last
year by 530,172 persons, about one-seventh or
whom came dnring the evening. This total
is greatex than that for any of tho preceding
fouryearo. during each of which rather less
than sno.000 passed the doors, but it Is more
than 54,000 less than the figures oriSsB.
Observation stepladders are the latest
innovation in tho Belgian field artillery.
They are intended to enable the commander
of a concealed battcrv to better direct the
Are of the gunners. Every ladder is about
seven and a-hnlf feet high, or lroil, and
weighs about 65 pounds. All ammunition
wagons will carry the ladders.
Judging from the number of children
who attend school tho United States is the
best educational country in the world. The
number of children per 1,000 population who
attend In the United States is 197: in Switzer
land, 179: Austria Hungry, 172; Norway, 154;
United Kingdom, 143: Sweden, 112; Nether
lands, 125: Denmark, 123; Spain, 106; Italy, 87;
Greece, 72; Russia, 1.
The number of newspapers published in
all countries is estimated at 41,000. of which
number about 24,000 appear in Europe. Gee
many heads the listwith 5,000, then comes
France with 4,100, Ensland with 4,000, Austria-Hungary
with 3,500, Italy with L400.
Spain with 50. Russia with 800, Switzerland
with 450, Belgium and Holland with S00 each,
and the rest are published in Portugal, tho
Scandinavian and the Balkan countries.
The United States have 12,500 newpapers,
Canada has 700,, and .Australia also 700.
Certain stones, from their magic prop
erties, have long been used as amulets in
different parts ot tho world. In India tho
"salagrama" stone Is supposed to possess ex
traordinary qnalltles. It is apont the size of
a billiard ball, and is believed to be found
onlv in the Gandaki, a river in NepauL The
lucky possessor of this enchanted stone
preserves it in a clean cloth, from which it
is frequently taken and bathed and per
fumed. Tno water in which it has been
nioeeri Kcnnires a sin-expelling potency.
and is therefore drunk and greatly prized.
We should be greatly surprised to see
our everyday bread come to our tables tied
with yellow and green ribbons or decorated
with golden stars, hut there was a time in
England when so simple a thing as ginger-
Sread was treated in a much more extraor
inary way. In its earlier form gingerbread
was simply a bread paste, with ginger and
sweetening added. A very crude imagina
tion went to work at it, and the market
places were crowded with gingerbread
kings and qneens, saints and roosters,
adorned with gilt crown3 and scepters, with
halos, wings and tails.
HUMORESQUE HITS.
"Amy, what do you think of my voice?"
"WcU, Sue. I think If yon'd break it Into proper
lengths you would have qnlte a lot ormerchantable
flies to sen." Judge.
Van Jay You promised to write to me
while I was away, but you did not keep your prom
ise. Miss Tomax I certainly meant to keep my word.
Van Jay That's the reason, I suppose, you
never sent it. Brooklyn Eagle.
The maid was very, very green,
But free from anything Uke guile:
And when I asked bar why, her keen
Lips said, "I'm from the Emerald Isle."
Philadelphia Press.
"Wife Poor Mr. Zaneighl I hear that
his family tronbles are preying upon his mtnd.
,Husband-Oh, if that's so. they'll soon be at an
end.
Wire How?
Husband-They'U starve to deith.-florpsr I
Bazar.
Mary had a little hat,
With modest crown and low.
And everywhere that Mary went
That hat was sure to go.
She wore It to the theater
One night amid a Jam,
And when the people saw the hat
They made a glad salaam.
Xeu Tork Press.
Guest (at seaside hotel)-Are you a guest
Haughty Person (much offended)-No, sir; I am
the clerk. V Turk Herald.
"I am no particular friend of the Ital
ians, but I do draw the line at one thing."
AmtwhatlsthaH" ......
"Wbv this report or the railroad accident. It
savs: Three Men Killed I and Twenty-seven Ital
ians."' "-Puck.
I do not love my fellow man,
By no means as I oagbt'er.
But great Jemima Goose-grease Jane,
How I do love his daughterl
Dttroil Ires Press.
"That young lawyer Blackstone ia a very
impertinent rellow."
What maVes yoo think that?"
I used him to come over to oar play next
Tuesday evening and he waatta retainer."
Judge,
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