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A XK1V SPECIE. OF CKANKIS3I.
Wall street was the scene of a novel
and s-ensational flurry yesterday. It was
treated to its first real speculative tragedy,
and those who are wont to moralize on
t!ie methods of business there now have a
new lesson in cause and effect to ponder
over. The lunatic who requested Russell
Kige to hand over a cool million dollars
and then hurled a bomb at the manipu
lator's head evidently belongs to that class
nf cranks who believe in a division of
wealth, and a quick division at that He
is a new species of crank, doubtless the
first germ of the seed of Anarchy which
lias been sown in spots in this country of
late, but which until yesterday's startling
episode has been satisfied with wild words
instead of trasic acts in its demands upon
the bondholders.
The attempted assassination of Russell
Saee is on a par with the attempted black
mailing of Jay Gould, which the detect
ives were able to frustrate. Both episodes
show the' dangers to which men of vast
wealth as well as society are exposed hy
allr.winc the expounders of monarchy
bred doctrines too much tether. Neither
can such acts be discussed without con
sidering how lar such men, by accumu
lating vast fortunes through shrewd
scheming, corporate control, manipulation
and Mock jobbery, are responsible. The
mar. wiio wrecked Itussell Sage's oifice
and murdered its innocent occupants is
undoubtedly ciazy. The law will deal
charitably with him. But it should lay a
heavy hand upon those who are turning
the heads and guiding the hands of others,
whether by the preaching of Anarchy or
the practice of speculative chicanery.
' THE TORY POLICY.
The convention of the English Conser
vatives iasi week was principally notice
abb; for its refusal to adopt either the pro
gramme which lias been outlined by the
Salisbury ministry or the further meas
ures which are suspected to be held in
reserve as a last resort. I lie convention
llatly refused to pass a resolution endors
ing the schTiie of local government for
Ireland, which Lord Salisbury declares
Jo be, cssenti-ii Jo preserve the alliance
hetween the Government and the Liberal
Unionists, ami in addition it adopted a
resolution looking toward the levying of
tentative protective tariffs, which to the
Liberal Un-onitts is little more than the
red rag to the bull.
If such a positive dissent from the
avowed policy of the ministry had been
pronounced by a vote of Parliament it
would have amounted to a vote of want of
confidence, and necessitated the resigna
tion of the Cabinet. The spectacle is
therefore presented of a party voting its
disapproval of the ministry in a party con
vention, which it would not do in Parlia
ment, and expressing a dissent for which
It would antagonize the opposition if the
laltersiiouldattempt it. The utmost signifi
cance that can be given to the action is that
it is a notification from the rank and file of
the party to the ministers that they prefer
the other policy to that which the ministry
Jias adopted. There is no sign in Lord
Salisbury's speeches that he intends to
give any attention to the protests of his
supporters. He cannot do so without re
moving the I?st excuse of the Liberal
tDje BiMftlj.
Unionists for acting with him, as they arc
pledged to a measure of Irish local gov
ernment and bound by every tradition
against the theory of discriminating
tariffs.
Nor is the necessity of his respecting
the wishes of the Tory ranks at all indi
cated by the precedents of the party. It
was among the striking characteristics of
the means by which Peel and Disraeli re
tained power, that they adopted policies
repugnant to every fiber of Tory nature
and relied on the party discipline to carry
the bewildered Tory members through the
duty of voting for what they contemned
with all their private judgment. It would
not be at all singular if Lord Salisbury
should make a similar demonstration of
the Tory discipline by forcing his sup
porters to the task of maintaining through
a session the policy which they have repu
diated in their parly convention.
But if the rank and file are not to dic
tate the policy, why should they have met
in convention? AVe think that was where
the mistake was made. It was neither
good senso to suggest that the work of
outlining party policy might be left to the
gentlemen of the October Club, nor to
opeji the way to the point where it would
be necessary to demonstrate to those gen
tlemen that their wishes have nothing to
do with policy and that their sole duty is
to vote as the Government directs.
THE BALLOT ACTS WEAKNESS.
A telegram from Lancaster, Pa., states,
on the authority of the Chairman of the
Prohibition onranization, that the Baker
ballot law will be brought into the courts
by them on the question of the constitu
tionality of the restrictions imposed by
the measure on parties polling less than a
stated percentage of the total vote.
If the provisions of the Baker ballot
bill amount to a prevention of any voter
from voting for the persons he prefers, or
of the disfranchisement of any party as
such, there is the gravest reason for
doubting its constitutionality. At the
time of the passage of the bill The Dis
patch pointed out that it was likely to
have that effect. Now "that an election
has intervened we are confronted with
the fact that the Prohibition party is ex
cluded from having its nominations in
cluded on the official ballot as regular
nominations, and that the members of
that party or any other new party can
only get its nominees before the peopls by
"nomination papers" to which an imprac
ticably large number of signers are re
quired. It will, of course, be for the courts to
decide whether such restrictions as these
amount to disfranchisement; but it is not
too much to say that it will require an ex
tremely favorable view of the law to re
gard them in any other light The right
of small parties or new parties to flock by
themselves is indisputable, and while it
may be an open question whether an act
that subjects them to practical discrimina
tion is unconstitutional or not, there is
enough foundation for the claim to make
the contest an extremely interesting one.
If the law should be declared unconsti
tutional, the further very pointed question
may arise, whether legislative wisdom of
Pennsylvania inserted that provision with
a view of passing a ballot reform act
which would thus either disfranchise a
minority party or else wipe the whole act
out of existence.
UNDEMOCK ATI u PAKTIS 1 NSHIP.
It would be taken as a principle beyond
dispute in the abstract that both political
parties should agree, in spite of the ideas of
cither, that this Government is to be
carried on by representatives of the ma
jority of the people. Tet It is the case, as
Tiie Dispatch has pointed out heretofore,
that partisan spirit often goes to the ex
treme of denying in practice what it would
not dare dispute in theory.
In other words, the powibility of punish
ing partisanship to the destruction of
popular government is illustrated by the
vice of securing the seating of candidates
because party interests demand it, irre
spective of the question whether they are
honestly elected or not. This has been
done bj- Republicans, as pointed out at the
time in these .columns. It has been done
by Democrats, and a peculiarly wanton
example of it is now presented in New
Tork by the means taken, under the di
rection of David Bennett Hill, for the
seizure of legislative seats for the Demo
crats, which the evidence plainly shows
were by the vote of the people honestly
given to Republicans.
To deny or defeat the right
of the people to be represented
by their fairly elected representatives is
more than ordinary political dishonesty.
It is a blow at the foundation of popular
government. So long as such things are
possible the verdict of the people does not
govern, but the schemes of unscruplous
politicians do. The men who engage in
the seizure of seats b3- such means may
profess democratic principles; but actions
speak louder than words, andby their acts
they proclaim themselves enemies of
popular government
Tet such is the degree of partisan blind
ness that such acts of enmity
to the principles of republican institu
tions have been committed by both par
ties. It is an evidence that some politi
cians can place the integrity of our insti
tutions above party, that one Democratic
paper in New York State has been found
to denounce the act, as the Poughkeepsie
Enterprise does, as "a blow at the founda
tion of our free institutions." But what a
commentary on theslavishness of partisan
ship is presented by the fact that only one
Democratic paper in New Tork has de
veloped sufficient regard for the principles
of honest representation to speak out
TAXES AND CITIZENSHIP.
What is left of that question to challenge
Senator-elect Calvin S. Brice's eligibility
to the Senate will turn on the question
whether a man's residence in a given
locality is to be determined by his voting
there or by his paying taxes there, or
omitting to pay them altogether.
There is little dispute that Mr. Brice has
been voting in Ohio without question.
The vote may be regarded as something
for which it is necessary to demonstrate a
man's residence rather than as a proof of
it Unfortunately in Air. Brice's cases that
archaic test of a man's residence so often
cited, viz., "the place where he gets his
washing done," does not apply. Not, let
us hasten to assert, that there is any
deficiency in the purification of his soiled
linen; but because he has his washing
done in so many States that if the
test were accepted ho might be
Senator at once from Ohio, New Tork
and numerous otlier States to which
his railroad interests extend. But op
posed to the prima facie inference of resi
dence lurnisnea ny 111s voting in umo is
the inference to the opposite degree,
already referred to in these columns, pre
sented by his decided indisposition to pay
taxes as a citizen of the State. His plat
form up to date appears to have been that
he resides in Lima, Ohio, for the purpose
of voting, but he does not reside there for
the purpose of paying taxes.
The question thus presents itself: Can
the refusal or evasion of a man to pay
taxes be taken as a disavowal of residence
or a proof of non-residence? As a matter
of legislative policy such a principle pre
sents decided attractions. There is a good
deal of practical justice in the idea that if
a man does not accept the position of a
resident in paying taxes he thereby re
nounces the privilege of citizenship in
voting and holding offices. But candor
compels, the recognition of the fact
that as a matter of fact this
has never been a decisive test. If
it had been the principle accepted and
enforced in the past, it would have dis
franchised a large number of eminent and
wealthy citizens. The fact is that the
practice of tax dodging by any means that
could be made available has been pursued
in various States without a hint that it in
volved a forfeiture of any political privi
leges, or even any derogation of the social
character of the tax evader. The further
fact that tho wealthier a man is, and there
fore the better able to pay his taxes, he
can generally evade them the more suc
cessfully, maybe an argument in favor of
setting up such a rule in the future, but it
only emphasizes the fact that no such rule
exists up to the present time.
It thus looks as if Mr. Brice is entitled
to his seat But the spectacle presented
of a man who is citizen of Ohio enough to
be elected Senator, but not citizen enough
to pay taxes, according to his own view,
may suggest to the Ohio people the pro
priety of giving to the renunciation of the
tax paying character the significance of a
renunciation of political privileges.
now TO KNFOECETHE PENALTY.
As a means of suppressing the train
robberies the Philadelphia Ledger thinks
that "the holding up of a train, no matter
what its result, should be punishable with
death. " But will such a punishment have
any deterring effect so long as the train
robbers are not caught Hanging has few
terrors to the criminal who gets away.
On the other hand, there is no doubt that
if all men who attempt train robbery were
promptly caught and sent to the peni
tentiary, the train-robbing would cease.
The point at which the law should aim is to
make its penalties swift and sure. Failing
that, the only way to make the death
penalty useful in suppressing train robbers
would he to educate trainmen and passen
gers up to the point of inflicting it on the
robbers when the robbery is attempted.
A striking illustration of a good in
tention cone astray is presented by the fact
that a Chicago street railway company not
very Ions ago distributed prizes among its
conductors for the best records of courtesy
to patrons, nnditnmediately following there
upon one conductor has been knocked off
his car for insolence and another has been
nearly mobbed for brutality to an old man.
There would seem to be a crank loose some
where in the machinery; but an explanation
is afforded by the fact that tho prizes con
sisted in giving the conductors leaves of ab
sence or vacation. Rejecting the malevo
lent suggestion with regard to the effect of
promptly sending the courteous conductor
on a vacation as soon as bis courtesy is
found, tho charitable thooiy is that while
the commendable conductors are enjoying
the reward of their courtesy the public has
either to suffer or rebel.
As to the Treasury surplus, when the
organs of both parties claim that It corrob
orates their previous views, whether of ex
tinction or plenitude, it can only impress
the average mind with the belief that there
is a great deal of elasticity eithf-r iu the sur
plus or in the political veracity.
The placing of contracts for over 200,000
tons of steel rails within the past few days
indicates that the leading railways of the
country are making a commendable effort
to keep their tracks in good shape for the
big business of the next two years, and that
the steel rail industry is assured of steady
activity for a proportionate length of time.
But with the example of the leading rail
ways thus set before the country, will there
riot be the usual rush of other corporations
who wilt want all their steel rails at once
when they find that it is impossible to get
them.
The Czar of Russia's refusal to receive a
deputation of noblemen who wish to get a
constitution for Russia, should not awaken
jeers in Pennsylvania. The Czar has a better
excuse than tho State Senators of Pennsyl
vania for believing that constitutions are
unconstitutional. y
It is noticeable that the price of coal in
England, which was very high, has recently
declined, and the extraordinary result has
followed in the city of Newcastle, of a re
duction of the price of illuminating gas
from 44 cents per thousand to 40 cents. Con
sidering that coal is still higher in England
than in Pennsylvania, our domestic gas
companies should at once address a re
monstrance to their English brethren about
this demoralizing example of cheapness.
Dynamiting the Wall street operators
is altogether too vigorous and insane a
remedy. Tne explosion of their own bub
bles is the utmost that can be properly
wished for on the docorino of similia simili
bus. The New York Court of Appeals has pro
nounced that little provision on the back of
railway passes that the cpmpany "will not
be responsible for injuries," etc., to be in
valid in law. This will add potency to the
railwav determination to abolish the free
pass abuse always excepting the passes for
whicli the railway gets value received sev
eral times over in legislative or official
services.
As to the discussion whether the German
Emperor is insane or not, a final opinion
may judiciously be reserved; but it is perti
nent that if he is insane he has occasionally
displayed brilliant flashes of sanity.
The suggestion of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat that the Republican National Con
vention shall be composed only of Republi
cans who have received no favors from the
Administration, may be taken as lofty
ground in the abstract. But in the practical,
vulgar concrete, it can only be accepted as
a hitter attempt to let the life-blood out
of the Harrison boom.
Tun second instalment of rainy weather
lets all the coal out of the harbor, and it may
not be too much optimism to express the
hope that it will also sweep all of tho oil out
of tho city water.
Ir New York people are as long raising
money for a service of silver plate to the
vessel New York as in raising tho Grant
Monument, it is to be feared that the gal
lant officers of that vessel will have to eat
off stone china long after that vessel has be
come serviceable as an object for political
navy yard repairs.
If dynamite is to remain as an agent of
civilization tho manufacturers of it should
devise stronger means for keeping it out of
the hands of lunatics and Anarchists.
Mn. John C. Exo is now.reported to be
coming back from Canada with another for
tune. This will of course rehabilitate him
in New York: but what lias Canada to say to
it, and how much do the unfortunate Cana
dians suffer in the acquisition of these for
tunes by our emigrating boodlers?
If highwaymen can rob the common peo
ple on tiie streets of Pittsburg, is it any less
dangerous than tho incursions of crazy
dvnamiters in Wall street offices?
So Colonel Dan Lament was not put on
the National Democratic Committee from
New Yptk,and Lieutenant GovcrnorSheehan
was. Well, this removes any harassing
doubts about a po3Sllilo dicker between the
nrbauo ex-Private, Secretary and the Governor-Senator
bos of New York.
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Winters Are Not What They Used to Be
Sir Edwin Arnold's Mild VocalUin a
Drawback Authors as lecturers Even
Beggars Use Typewriters Now Odd
Scraps ot Conversation in City Precincts.
" "The winters in America have changed
wonderfully since I was aboy," saidEdward
O'Ncil, the insurance man, yesterday, "ana
while Plttsburgers complain with greater
cause of tho changeable, now warm now
cold, weather they not in the winter months,
they nro not alone In the enjoyment of the
discomforts of a treacherous, shifty climate.
When I was a boy and lived on the banks of
tho Hudson in New York State the river
used to freeze solid by Thanksgiving, and
from then till ia,te in March we had
all the sleighing wo wanted; the snow
accumulated till nothing on wheels was
to he thought of as a vehicle .for
months together. I remember going to
school in weather that wa simply arctic,
with the thermometer at 20 below zero.
They have no such lone periods of very cold
weather there now: thero are cold snaps,
and they still have somo slefcrhiug and skat
ing, hut tho kind of winter I remember as
tho normal one of my school days the Hud
son River Valley knows no more. Pitts
burgers enjoyed such winters 20 years ago,
too. The theory that the destruction of
forests and the clearing and cultivating of
tho land has had this effect upon the climate
may explain the mild, uncertain winters In
some seotions, but it will hardly hold good
in regard to the Hudson Vallov, which is
still dominated by the forest -clad sides of
the Catskills."
Sir Edwin's Small Voice Wag lost,
A very large number of those who went to
hearSir Edwin Arnold only saw him, or at
best heard but two of his selections, namely,
"A Pair of Shoes" and "He and She," in de
livering which he let out all of his voice. A
gentleman who sat in the eighth row from
the stage said yesterday that he did not bear
a complete sentence of the first reading
from "The Light or Asia," and, indeed, for a
minute or so at a time could not distinguish
a solitary word. It speaks well for tho
patience and courtesy of the audience that
only one protest against Sir Edwin's man
ner of speech was voiced during the lecture,
and that was near the conclusion and came
from 11 man in the gallery who probably was
better off than his fellows on tho floor of tho
hall. By the way, a remark in The Dis
patch's report of the lecture on this feature
neeas interpretation. The remark was that
"his words were inaudible twenty rods from
the stage" a correct statement, no doubt,
but not what the reporter wrote. By a typo
graphical error the word "rows" was
changed into "rods."
Authors Who Figure an Lecturers.
"Have you noticed." said E. J. McCullough
yesterday, "that the authors who have come
from England to lecture to us of late years
have not been stupendous successes? Nobody
recognizes more readily than I the beauty of
Edwin Arnold's poetry, but it is very clear
that hejias neither the gifts nor the train
ing to make a successful platform orator.
There were' men in the audience at Carnegie
Hall, who could read his poems with better
expression. The author is not necessarily a
speaker, or even a good reader. Even men
of greater versatility than Arnold in letters
have failed upon the platform. Mathew
Arnold when I first heard him did not make
himself heard beyond the people in the front
seats; and when he improved in this respect
after being told to speak louder by half
a dozen audiences, he did not do
justice to his written work. Another
distinguished man who was a disappoint
ment as a lecturer was Stanley, for great ex
plorer and graphic as are his descriptive
powers.when it came to talking to a hall full
orpeople he was plainly 111 at ease and out of
his element. You will generally find that
the men Mho can read their own works with
good effect have more or less histrionic
ability. Dickens' readings made as deep an
impression upon those who heard him a3
his books did upon his readers, and the
secret of this was undoubtedly his Protean
ability. He acted his books, and made the
characters stand out as if in a play
and interpreted by good actors.
Dickens would have made a good
actor beyond a doubt, and his cleverness
as an amateur was a source of much pride
to him. James Whitcomb Riley is success
ful because he can embody his own creations;
Max O'Rell has something histrionic in his
make-up, and nlmost every lecturer I am
speaking of those who are also authors who
is popular, has considerable qualification
for tne stage. It is interesting, nevertheless,
to hear an author of Sir Edwin Arnold's
standing read his own works, and there is
much in them that it would be very good to
have him explain."
Touching Use -of the Typewriter.
"Beggars are sharing in the refinement of
the age," said a Plttsburger.who has an office
on Diamond street, yesterday. "This after
noon a little girl with a tear-stained, grimy
face came into my office and handing out a
dirty, much-creased note, asked me to read
it. Though I knew what I should find, I
opened the note, and to my surprise the old,
old petition for help from the bed-ridden
lady with three sick children crying for
bread loomed up before me in clear type
written letters. The words were spelt cor
rectly, the spacing was all right, and even
the punctuation marks were properly dis
tributed, but tho fact that a poor woman in
such dire distress should have invoked the
aid of a typewriter astounded me most of
all. As an editor the type-written copy
touched me and the little girl touched me,
too for 10 cents.
Pittsburt; Air and the Eyes.
"Pittsburg atmosphere may not be clear
enough to suit a great many people," said
Dr. E. SI. Griffith to a few of his friends re
cently, "but it is better for eyes than if it
contained no smoke. I am not a specialist
in the eye line, but I come in contect with
those who are, and they tell me that they
have a bard time to get along. It is a well
known fact that the rays of the sun are par
ticularly hard on tho eyes, and they are
especially so when reflected from pave
ments and sidewalks. The smoke in the
air, while it may bo hard on clothes, un
healthy to breathe and unpleasant to gaze
upon, is useful in darkening the atmos
phere and deadening the effect of the sun's
rays. It is hard on tho specialists, but it is
beneficial to the people in one way. I am
free to confess, though, that this is the only
benefit derived from its existence, so far as
I have been able to discover."
A Bnried City of the Future.
"Some day tho supposed ruins of an
ancient city will be found down there,'"said
a Solio hill resident, pointing toward the
flats below. "It is only a year or so ago,
that a brick yard was in existence down
there, fully SO feet below the present sur
face. Then tho filling commenced and the
owners of the brick yard did not think it
necessary to remove any of their buildings
or utensils. The consequence is that they
were covered by tho filling and are now at
least 20 feet underground. In future ages,
someone may dig down there and discover
these buildings and bricks and who knows
but there may be asenation created by tho
reported discovery of an ancient city. " The
filling is still going on at Solio, and other
builaings are likely to be covered during
the course of the next few mouths.
A Divining Bod for OH Fields.
Edmund Vance, who resides near Troy
Hill, is a firm believer in rhabdomaney, and
thinks be has discovereda divining rod that
will point out tho location of oil fields. He
exhibited his discovery to a party of gentle
men at the market one day during the week.
The divining rod was an ordinary looking
black f'y" shaped twig. "I discovered its
properties by accident," he said. "It
dropped into a chemical mixture and when
I wu holding It In myjband, after taking it
out, I found that it persistently pointed to a
coal oil can that was in the room. Since
then I have tried it a number of times and it
has always acted the same way." Ashe
said this ho took the twig between his thumb
and forefinger and holding his elbows out at
an angle, stepped along the aisle In the mar
ket. Suddenly the twig pointed toward a
spot on a counter and upon examination a
can or coal oil was found beneath and in a
location that prevented the holder of the rod
from seeing It from where he stood. "I am
going out prospecting soon," he said, "and
this is all that I snail take with me."
One Democrat Easy to Please.
Boston Globe
The pretense that Mr. Mills represents
free'trado and Mr. Crisp protection is all
stuff and nonsense. Neither of them repre-.
sents anything. They are both sound tariff
reformers, good Democrats "and able men.
The same is true of McMillln, Springer and
Wilson. There Is no principle at stake in
this contest. Any one of, the five will do
very well Indeed for speaker of the inicom
ing Democratic House.
STBAY STATE TOPICS.
Death of "Panther Jim," In -McKean
County.
"Panther Jim," or James Spearllng, or
Custer Camp, McKean county, has been
killed, says a Bradford dispatch, at the age
or 65, after having aoharmed life as a trap
per. When only a babo in arms Jim was
carried off by a huge panther from a maple
sap trough, wherein his mother had nlaced
him, near her Kettle Creek cabin. He" was a
heavy load for the panther, and the mother
of the screaming babe actually overtook
and crushed the beast's bead with her
clothes pounder. Hence the sobriquet of
"Panthor Jim." Jim grow to be a trapper.
Ho was on his way to a bear trap a few days
ago when a stone fence he was climbing fell
and threw him fatally headforemost upon a
cobblestone.
The Shortest Will.
Pnnxsutawncy Spirit.
"1 read in a New York paper the other
day," said a former member of the bar of
Luzerne county, Pa., "an item about a will
recently admitted to probate in McKeesport,
which only contained 24 words, and which,
the item stated, was unique among wills be
cause of its brevity. I was reminded by this
that tho shortest will on record is one on
file in the office' of the Register of Luzerne
county. That will, including the signature.
r contains but nine words. It was written
with a lead pencil on a half sheet of note pa
per, and is ns follows:
" 'Emily E, Miner is my heir.
" 'Sabak K. Miser.'
"The will when found was enclosed in an
envelope, which was Indorsed: 'Read this
when I am dead.' The maker of this was a
blind woman, and was famous in her day as
the 'Blind Poetess of tho Wyoming." She
was a daughter of Hon. Charles Miner, whose
'History of the Wyoming Valley' is among
the rarest and most valuable local histories
ever written. Ho was alo the ablest and
best known journalist in Pennsylvania half
a century ago. He founded the Village
Record of Westchester, Pa., and subse
quently the Miner's Record in Wilkesbarre.
Wants the Prohibition Convention.
Uniontown Genius of Liberty.
We didn't want the Republican National
Convention to meet in Uniontown, and
couldn't get the Democratic, but we might
bustle about and get the Prohibitionists to
meet with us. We have a pop works and
several soda fountains to commence with,
together with au abundant supply of moun
tain water.
The Monongahela Coal Industry.
McKeesport News.
There has been a marked change in the
coal industry in this valley in the past year.
Nearly all tho large Arms since natural gas
has played out haveeecured large coal fields
of their own which they will operate to
supply fnel to their works, believing they
can do this at a much less cost than by pur
chasing the fuel from private companies.
The coal land in No. 5 pool is being pur
chased. The business is extending much
farther up the valley.
Sir. Speaker.
Philadelphia Press.
A-through tho valleys, o'er the hills,
The voices rango from shout to lisp;
Will it be Don Quixote Mills,
Or ultra Sancho Panza Crisp?
If neither ono should raise the latch,
Will memory ever fondly linger
About the name of Speaker Hatch,
Or else, per contra, Speaker Springer?
Whoe'er it be; of all the lot.
Let him who runs and wins take heed,
That there is one who'll make It hot
For him throughout the session Reed.
Though "burly autocrat" he be
As they are fond of styling him
Another House his star will see
So bright 'twill "douse" the previous
"glim."
nnntlng Notes From Clearfield.
Raftsman's Journal.
The returns from Governor Pattison's
party, on Trout run, are very meager.
Will Hinkle brought a four-pronged buck
to town on Saturday, which he bad shot
somewhere on the mountains.
W. C. Cardon, who spent all of last week
in the woods, says he saw a deer that would
weigh 275 pounds and a pheasant as big as a
wild turkey.
Richard Shaffer, of Mt. Joy, brought a
very fine deer to town on Saturday.
Frank Scott killed a very pretty fawn on
Sa'turday .last on Missionary Ridge, which
weighed 45 pounds.
Hunting stories will not be ready until
the marksmen all get iu from the woods
ready to roast their shins around the fire
place and recito the great events of the
season.
Thomas Price, of West Cleavfleld, shot a
buck on Sandv Kidge on Friday that tipped
the beam at 175 pounds. He shot it at a
range of 200 5-urds with a Marlin-Ruffer 38
rifle, and he has corroborative testimony to
all ho says.
Where Are the Daughters at Home.
Steubenville Ohio Press.
We now havo 32 secret societies in the
city, and the women are taking the lead in
many organizations. We have the W. C. T.
U., the W. R. C, the Y'3 and the W. F. M. So
ciety; tho W. H. M. S., sewing societies, mis
sionary societies, singing socloties and sew
ing schools: Daughters of Liberty, Daughters
of America, Daughters of Rebecca, Daugh
ters of the Star Council until that old-fashioned
circle of daughters at home has almost
become obsolete.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Thomas A. Edison's fortune is esti
mated at $3,000,000.
Phil Armour's pork packing business
in Chicago is said to amount to $63,000,000 an
nually. Representative Mills has been 19
years In Congress, and his interest in it has
never been greater than it is at present.
John Bright once spoke of "Cyrus "W.
Field as "the Columbus of modern times,"
who by his cable had moored the new world
alongside the old.
The Brazilian Government has decided to
retain its legation at the City of Mexico, and
President Peixotto has ordered Scnor
Alvin to remain at his post.
John Fitzgerald, ex-President of the
Irish National League in America, is the
richest man In Lincoln, Neb., having a for
tune of $1,500,000. He began his career as a
laborer with pick and shovel on a Western
road.
Thaddeus Stevens died in 1868, but
his estate has not yet been settled. Last
week a woman who claims to be the widow
of his nephew filed a large claim against the
estate. It is believed that she was never
married to him.
Christine Nilsson has finally attained
her wish to reside in Stockholm ana has ob
tained from the Queen Regent of Spain the
appointment of her titled husband as
Spanish Minister to tho Swedish court, at
which are doubtless yet veteran grandees
who heard her sing, the ballads of her bour
geoise childhood.
Lord Mayor Evans, of London, will
have about $r.,uuu to spend in entertain
ments during the year apart from tho re
sources of a. great fortune. Or this sum close
to $75,000 comes from a fund set apart for
the purposo by his father many years ago In
anticipation of his son's honor and $50,000
was voted by tho Corporation.
Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, says the
New York Telegram, besides being one of
the most eloquent is one of the bravest men
of his time. There are precious few men in
the world who would dare, while nolding a
high position in a monopoly, to denounce
the selfishness of millionaires. Mr. Depew
has the courage of his Inconsistency.
Akchuishop Kenrick, of St. Louis,
whose jubilee was celebrated with great
pomp in St. Louis on last Monday, Is
the oldest Catholic Bishop in America. He
was born in 180(i, ordained in 1832, came to
America in 1833, was made Vicar General of
Philadelphia soon after, became Coadjutor
Bishop of St. Louis in 1841, was consecrated
an Archbishop in 1848 and ' opposed the
dogma of Papal infallibility at the Vatican
Council in 1809. But for this last act be
would have undeniably have received a Car
dinal's bat.
MRS. GRUNDY'S WORLD.
The Social Whirl Moves Along Philanthro
pic and Polite Circles Each Find Some
thing io Suit Its Taste and Occupy Its
Time.
Interest is still rife over the coming
National Pageant, in which the most Inter
esting tableau probably is that of the recep
tion given to George Washington and the
Marquis de Lafayette. A minuet is intro
duced, in which the guests take part, while a
pretty song is sung. There aro a number of
stanzas, of whicli these two are the most
characteristic:
Grandma savs our modern Jumping.
Hopping, whirling, rushing, humping.
vr uuiu nave snocsea me gemie ioib.
Long ago.
No, they moved with stately grace,
Evcrvthing in proper place.
Gliding siowly forward, then
Slowly courtesylng back again
Long ago.
The annual bazaar and entertainment at
St. Mark's Guild House, Eighteenth street,
Southside, will he opened next Monday even
ing and continue for the entire week. Pleas
ing programmes have been arranged for
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
evenings, in charge of some of tho promi
nent musical and literary people of the
Southside. Among the performers are tho
Misses Grace Cready, Annie Prosser, Mamie
Burnett, Ella Ott, Agnes McClure, Messrs.
E. W. Brvce, Wm. Reynolds, Robt. Blaze,
Cbas. A. Schwann, S. A. Brycc, L. C. Greaves
and Mandolin Club. On Thursday evening
the- King's Daughters will serve a turkey
sunper, and an English tea pnrtv is ar
ranged for another evening. Tho managers
are energetically pursuing preparations and
promise a successful affair.
A pleasant and most enjoyable reception
was the "observation" party held at the
residence of Mrs. Samuel Moody, in Beaver,
on Thursday evening. Amongthosepresent
were Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McKallip, Mr. and
Mrs. W. K. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Stone,
Miss Dravo, Mrs. J. F. Dravo, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Wilson. Miss Lida Patterson. Miss Eva
Patterson, Mrs. J. J. Wickham, Mr. Jas. P.
Anderson, Miss Mary Anderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Mar
shall. Miss Weyand, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Kurtz, Miss Kate French, Miss Alice French,
Mrs. J. J. Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Mans
field, Mr. aud Mrs. Edw. Hum, Dr. and Mrs.
J. II. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dravo, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Wilson, Mr. T. M. Henry, Mr.
David Cooper. Mr. L. E. Gnin. The head
prizes were awarded to Miss Eva Patterson
and Mr. Jas. P. Anderson and the booby
Srizes were carried off by Mr. and Mrs. Mc
allip. Mrs. G.'B. Sweeney, the Secretary of
the Ladies' Aid Society of the Southside
Hospital, has couched the thanks of the so
ciety to the public which patronized the
benefit fair, as follows: "The sincere thanks
of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Southside
Hospital, are hereby extended to the citizens
of Pittsburg, Allegheny and suburbs lor
their kind interest in, and substantial pa
tronage of, the fair, held recently with so
encouraging a result. Particularly are
thanks due to the ladies of the different
churches for their valuablo services: also to
those talented and generous ladies and gen
tlemen whoso evening entertainments
formed a pleasing feature of the fair, and the
many contributors of money, who gave at
least one-half of the net receipts."
Social Chatter.
Mn. xyv Mas. Robert Pitcairn, of Calrn
carque, are in New York.
The next dance by the Alhambra Cotillion
takes place on Christmas eve.
Last night the second of the Orinda series
of dances was given at tho Linden Club
house. Miss Bessie Boal. of Baden, gave a dinner
Sarty on Wednesday evening In honor of
uss Sweatnam, of Baltimore. A few Pitts
burgers were among the guests.
Miss Yotrao's marriage to Lieutenant
Pierce was almost a wedding in camp, as a
tent was erected in tho parlor, prettily
draped with pink roses. The bride Is a
really beautiful girl, of whom It is bard to
say if her pretty ways or her pretty face be
the most charming.
Tuis afternoon and evening the ladies of
Grace Episcopal Church. Mt. 'Washington,
will hold a fair and supper for the benefit of
the bnilding fund and the payment of recent
street improvements. The fair will take
place in Library Hall, Grandview avenue, at
the head of the Monongahela Incline.
Miss Jordas and Miss Semple, of Cincin
nati, at present the guests ol Mrs. J. M.
Schoonmaker, of Ellsworth avenue, will re
main with their liostass for another fort
night. These young ladies, who have just
come out in Cincinnati, have attached to
them many warm friends in Pittsburg.
REED'S RULINGS
Sustained Both by aTJonsensns or European
legislative Practice and Common Sense.
Philadelphia North American.
A writer in the Korth American Review has
examined the p'actlce in foreign legislative
bodies as respects the quorum, and tho con
sensus of practice is that ex-Speaker Reed
is sustained in his rule to count all members
present, whether voting or not, if it be nec
essary to a quorum. It was hardly neces
sary to go abroad to learn this, because the
structure of parliamentary rulings is com
mon sense, and Mr. Keed's rule is in strict
accord wjth common sense. If a man nec
essary to constitute a quorum can escape
being counted by refusing to vote when
called upon, and so put an end to bnsiness,
then parliamentary law is a farce, and the
men who hold to such shallow views aro
farce actors.
There has never been an instant of doubt
touching the right and the duty of a presid
ing officer to regard every member present
as on duty. If not on duty ho has'no busi
ness in the body. The Government pavs
every Congressman a salary, and It has al
ways been held that a salaried officer, or
servant, must obey every summons to his
post when he can be present. A member of
Congress has no more right to refuse to act
than a clerk In any department. The doc
trine that a Congressman is superior to the
laws that govern in any otlier branch of the
service as regards duty is simply absurd,
and tho man who teaches sucli rot is too
shallow or too dishonest to be trusted any
where. The kittiwake politicians and otlier
gentlemen who cried out so lustily against
Speaker Reed because he counted a man
present when he was present only exposed
their ignorance.
Kev York Compliments Chicago.
New York IJerald.
Jinks The Bible says that a city that isn't
founded on a rock cannot Itand. That's
what makes me think Chicago is doomed.
Filkins The Bible Is right, but the doom
doesn't follow. Chicago doesn't stand; it
gets there.
BLAINE.
Some Democratic editors will sleep a great
deal better now that their anxiety concern
ing Secretary Blaine's health is set at rest.
PhiladelphiK JPras.
Usdeu the circumstances surrounding
Blaine, among the other planks of next
year's platform they might put iu a board of
health. Philadelphia nines.
The first Blaine club of the 1892 campaign
has been organized at Muncie, Ind. It is
perhaps not without significance that Pres
ident Harrison's own State should furnish
the first spectacular boom for tho Plumed
Knight. Chicago Aoo.
Too many cooks spoil any broth. Toomany
doctors would bury a Hercules. But an
army of editors has not been able to slay the
magnetic man from Maine. Again he comes
up smiling. He is sound as a dollar onco
more. iVeio York Commercial-Advertiser.
The burning questions as to the appetite
muscles and physical condition of Secre
tary Blaine seem now to be dellnltely
settled. But the not less burning question
whether be will take a Prcsidental nomina
tion is still causing .vgood many of his coun
trymen to Ho awake every night. Philadel
phia Bulletin. ,
The strength of his (Blaine's) inflnenco
and his party popularity are recognized
from Maine to California. The onlyquestion
has been as to whether ho would permit his
naino to come before the Republican
National Convention. If he would do so he
would be nominated without any qnestion.
These aro simply the facts in the case.
Cincinnatijsommcrcial..
The South is beginning to appreciate the
present Republican Administration's ellort
to open now markets for its products. Pres
ident Hickman, of the Southern Manufact
urers' Association, at the recent meeting
held In Augusta said: "We will in the near,
future have an outlet for our goods that will
take all we can make at fair prices. Reci
procity is the stepplngstono to an outlet for
all our productions." SanFrandsco Call.
LITEEAEY NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Pbop. Jonw Fiske is writing a biography of
Theodore Parker.
Bddyabd Kiplixo is said to bo engaged to
be but that is another story.
Washington Irving's rambling little cot
tage at Tarrytown, on the Hudson, is stilt
occupied by his nieces, tho Misses Irving.
Bret Harte is in London and will probably
never return to this country. His hair is
cnovy white, but he still retains all his old
fire.
KESNAJr says ho has great hopes that bis
disclosures of Knsia's convict system have
killed the extradition treaty with Russia
which is to come before Congress this
month.
Thomas Nelson Page is as well known at
the bar in Virginia as in ftie bookstores, and
he is said to have a very sound knowledge of
the law. Ho looks like a gentleman of the
old school.
Oscar Wilde is writing a now story which
is intended to be a study of Christianity from
the point of view of a man who "regards It
as a great world-force, and independently of
any doctrinal bias."
The late Governor Ilovcy, of Indiana, was
a poet, and the verse he wrote may some day
be printed in book form. Moat of this verso
is imitative of the Scotehand Spanish ballad
poetry, of which he was extravagantly fond.
KonEET Locis Stevenson's ability to make
use of his powers of observation in his Ac
tion, is well illustrated in "The Wrecker,"
the novel from his pen now appearing in
Scribner's Magazine. This is in a different
vein from anything ho has yet written.
Study three months at Intervals to find the
meaning of a Browning or a Whitman poem,
nnd when found, if it happens to have any
thing of that kind, the qnestion is inevit
able, "Wasn't this good enough to be ex
pressed in reasonably plain language?"
That tho love of literature is growing in
Texas is shown by the starting of a new
magazine in San Antonio, nearly all tho
pieces in which are written by native
Texans. There is surprise among the Texas
literati that the first number of the magazino
does not contain a complete and blood
curdling narrative of tho "Fall of the
Alamo."
Does literature pay has been answered by
the husband of a well-known literary light,
wbo has himself accomplished some fair
work in that line, says the Boston Herald.
He says it does not pay, and. to prove the
trntn of his assertion, he abandons the pen
for a real estate business. Poor literature,
how many crimes are committed in your
name! But be thankful thero is one honest
man brave enough to throw you over, before
it is too late!
Brains is a new semi-monthly hailing from
Boston. It is devoted to literary matters and
the literary side of journalism, presenting
a line of matter fresh, original and entirely
outside of the beaten path in which so many
literary papers have traveled. Photogravure
portraits of authors form a feature of the
journal, and the leading literary contribu
tion, "Glimpses of Authors," a continued
series, is by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Other writers who will apper in Brains are
Colonel John A. Cockerill,, Edward W. Bok
and B. O. Flower, editor of the Arena.
There has been no publication especially
devoted to the interests of American clubs
and club men, but the place is now taken
and in a manner that indicates it will be per
manently held by 7Ac C?io, jnst issued in New
York, an illustrated, handsomely printed,
orisply written little monthly. News, com
ment, humorous paragraphs and light phi
losoliipzing are Its features, and its editors,
EdwardU. Phelps and Joe Kerr, are, judg
ing by the initial number of The Club, well
qualified to furnish tho best of things in this
line and to do the work in a taking style.
Famous rides have formed a favorite topic
with poets and prose writers. Here is a list
of productions which a St. Louis Republic
compiler believes to be the fullest yet
brought together on this subject: Sheridan's
Ride, Thomas B. Read; Tarn O'Shauter's
Ride, Robert Burns: Black Valley R. R.
Ride, I. N. Tarbox, D. D.; John Gilpin's Ride,
William Cowper; Charlotto Churchman's
Ride, A. A. Preston; Collins Graves' Ride,
John Boyle O'Reilly: Erl King's Ride, Wil
helm von Goethe; Ichabod Crane's Ride,
Washington Irving; King of Denmark's
Ride, C. E. Norton: Kit Carson's Ride,
Joaquin Sillier; Lady Godlva's Ride, Alfred
Tennyson: Mary Butler's Ride, B. F. Taylor;
Parson Allen's Ride. Wallace Bruce: Paul
Eevere's Ride, H. W. Longfellow; Ride to
Aix, Robert Browning; Sltipper Ireson's
Ride, J. G. Whittier; The Radical Ride, A. J.
Walker; Warren's Ride, E.H. Weston: Young
Lochinvar's Ride, Walter Scott. To the
above may be added Grayson McArthur's
Ride, Israel Putnam's Ride, Wilhelm's Ride
with Lenore, News from FlodJen Field,
Pythias' Homeward Race, Ride of the Light
Brigade, Ride ot Comnicndatore, The Ride
for Life and Dick Turpin's Ride.
TWO HEW PLAYS.
Mr.
Mantell Presents a Graceful Little
Drama and a Tiresome Long One.
Mr. Mantell gave a large audienco couple
of new plays at the Bijou Theater last night.
The first was a one act drama by Nugent
Robinson and John Ernest JlcCann, "A
Lesson in Acting." The stoiy or this little
play too plainly shows straining for effect,
but it has some delicate pathos in it, and in
the chief character Mr. Mantell's art is
powerfully shown. A great French nctoris
the hero, and the tragic interruption of his
love and life forms the involuntary leson in
acting. Miss Jessie D. Biisley played the
light wife very prettily but the character is
unsympathetic. Mr. Mantell was dignified
and tenaerat onco, and the audience, which
persisted in seeing the humorous side or the
affair chiefly, was finally moved tolondap
plauie. Tho five acts of the second plav. "Tho
Louisianian," by Edward M. Alfriend, con
tain not u tithe of the dramatic force and in
terest of the trifle that preceded the former
on the programme. Mr. Mantell is well
advised to prefer the reliable attractions of
"The Corsicnn Brothers" to this tame arid
tedious reflection of a dozen old nlays.
"The Louisianian" does not afford much
chance for acting; and even Mr. Mantell's
chiefiopportnnities were in the wearing of
gorgeous clothes. The acting was not so
bad as the play and that is all thai need be
said now.
THE SPEAKERSHIP EACE.
"MR. Speaker." but, now that we think of
it, there appears to he doubt as to what is
his other name. Cincinnati Enquirer.
One good result of making Mills Speaker
would bo to prevent tho possibility ot a
"Mills bill" being brought In. Philadelphia
Press.
Mills' Platform Absolnto free trade, an
income tax, Cleveland at any cost, and Tam
many, of course, at any price. yew York
Herald.
Mr. Holman, for once In his life, does not
object when his name is mentioned in con
nection with tho speakership, but ho hasn't
theghost of a show for the position. Neither
has Mr. Springer. Cincinnati Gazette.
As between Crisp or Mills getting tho
speakership, there is no lack of dark Dorses
in tho running, but, unfortunately for them,
they aro mostly of the unsubstantial char
acter of nightmares only. Ph.ladetphia
limes.
There is no issue of principle in this ypeak-
crship contest, as there was when Carlisle
and Randall were candidates. Since that
day the Democratic attitude on the tariff
question has been definitely settled. iVcu
York World.
Mr. McMillix, of Tennessee, makes an ex.
cellent third inthe race ror Speaker. If it
should happen that neither Mr. Mills nor
Mr. Crisp can secure a majority in caucus,
we should think Mr. McMiilin would come
next, offering an admirable compromise.
ZouUvMe Courier-Journtd.
Mr. Crisp claims :i slight lead over Mr.
Mills.-and in all probability is a little nearer
the goal. Whether ho will make a home run
is by no means certain yet. The first ballot
in the caucus to-morrow will disclosca good
deal; the later ones will bo still more Inter
esting. 2'ew York Tribune.
The Speakership belongs to Mr. Mgls by
reason of gallant nnd'determincd service in
support of his party's principal doctrine
free trade, to-wit. The election of Crisp
Over Mills would reduce Cleveland's chances
Jor the Democratic nomination at least 25
per cent. Therefore, means will bo found to
prevent such a result. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.;
Glass has been made ic the United
States since 1720.
A sweet potato was recently dn; up in
Fresno that weighed 44JJ pounds.
A farmer at Mission r.ottom, Ore., dug
up a turnip in his patch the other day that
weighed 15 pounds.
A key for the unlocking of the most
intricate lock exists in every watch, says a
Rochester lockmaker.
A hawk shot recently near Rolph's
Wharf, Md., had a brass band around one of
its legs marked "1SC2."
The skeletons of what ar supposed to
have been nine Indians were dug up a few
days ago near Easton, McL
The population of London is now 4,
421.66L That of Paris, whicli comes next in
the list of large cities, 2,344,350.
The famine in Russia involves 40,000,
000 human beings nearly two-thirds of tho
population or the United States.
Great Britain poured nearly 150,000 emi
grants into the United States during the first
seven months of the present year.
The hour of four is usually marked on
clock dials by four "Ve," or straight "lines,
instead of the Arabic numerals, IV.
December was with the Dutch the
winter month, with the Saxons, tho mid
winter month, and with the French, Fri
maire, the month of hoar frost.
The last of NewEngland's historic elms
was cat down a few days ago, the tree being
the famous Winchester elm, in Boston. 16
was standing fnll grown when the whita
man first came, in 16G0. Under it was signed,
the last treaty with the Indians, and under
it stood Captain Brooks, when in 1775, ho
was summoned to arm against the British
by the flying courier.
An arc lamp that combines the princi
ples of the incandescent and arc lamps had
been invented. One carbon is a tube and
tho other a round rod, the rod fitting into
tube and being insulated from it by a layer
ofasbestos. When the flanged head or tho
inner carbon is in contact with tho cylinder
an arc is formed. The carbons are consumed,
slowly in a vacuum.
Two boys near Boston Island, Booth
Bay harbor, last week, saw two big eagles
fighting in the air 200 feet above the water.
The talons of one bird became entangled in
a wing of the other, and both fell Into the
sea. When the boys rowed out to them ono
of the eagles showed fight and they wero
obliged to kill it, but the other was captured
alive, and measures six feet from tip to tip.
Least attractive among the insects which
give fight are the socalled "electric centi
pedes" black crawlers with many- legs,
which have been likened to serpents' skele
tons in miniature They move in a snake
like fashion, forward or backward, leaving"
behind them a bright track of phosphoric
light, nowever, they are most accustomed
to appear in the day time, when the illumi
nation they afford is not visible.
Near Horn Head. County Donegal, Ire
land, there Is a hole In the rocks called Mc
Swiney'sgun. It is on the seacoast and is
said to have connection with a cavern.
When tho north wind blows, and the sea is
at half flood the wind and tho waves enter
the cavern and sond up jets of water from,
the "gun" to a height of more than 103 feet.
The Jets of water are accompanied byex
plosions which may be heard for miles.
It has been demonstrated that all per
sons ordinarily read a clock dial by the
position of the figures and disregard tho
figures themselves. One of the best known,
public dials in Boston has no mark save a
straight lino at each of the places usually oc
cupied bv the Roman numerals, and tha
maker of the great clock of the London Par
liament Houses made another great dial,
unon which he indicated each hour by a
single straight line. ,
Differences in character between tho
peopleof "the various sections of Brazil, a
country about as big as the United States,
are very marked. The States south of tho
equator are industrious and enterprising,
but tho northern States, in which tho heat
is oppressive and the meansof life-can easily
be got, arc languid and indolent. The nat
ural resources of tho northern section of
Brazil surpass those of tho southern section,
and yet tho Southerners are more prosper
ous than the Northerners.
A manufactory at Springfield, O., has
been seriously endangered by the burrowing;
of a small insect into tho woodwork, tho
floor, Joists, frames and posts. All of tho
wotfctwork'is full of holes, and the support
ing posts are rendered very weak. The mat
ter has grown so serious that a number of
the insects were sent to the State Entomolo
gist to be investigated to ascertain whether
there is any way of getting rid of them. Un
less this can be dono soon tho entire wood
work of the manufactory will 'have to be re
placed by new material.
Eminent men in some cases had the
benefit of early start. Webster was in col
lege at 15, and at 30 he was the peer of the
ablest man in Congress. Martin Luther had,
becomo distinguished at 21, and at 5S had.
reached tho topmost round of fame- Napo
leon at 25 commanded the Army of Italy. AS
SO ho was not only the most lllnstrious Gen
eral of the time, but one of the great law
givers of the world. William Pitt entered
the ministry nt 14. was Chancellor of tho
Exchequer at 22. Prime Minister at 24, and as
35 was the most powerful uncrowned head
in Europe.
The total coal product list year was
111,129,513 tons. Of this quantity' 45,600,487
tons were anthracite all from Pennsyl
vania, except 2,000 tons from New England
and 53,517 tons from Colorado and New
Jlexico. The bituminous product yearly is
about 9o,025,000, or more than twice that of
anthracite. The annual output has nearly
doubled in ten years. Theoutrmt of differ
ent States is as follows: Pennsylvania,
nearly 82,000,000 tons; Illinois, J3.000.000; Ohio,
I0.CUO.C0O; West Virginia. 7,000,000; Iowa,
4.500,000; Alabama, 4.000,000: Maryland. Indi
ana, Kentucky and Missouri, 3,O0O,OC0, and
Tennessee, 2.0JO.C0O.
Canadians are making an exodus from
their country to tho United States. During
last August 15 families left tho vicinity of
Hamilton, Ont., for the United States, ac
cording to the Hamilton Times, and from
January 1 to October 1 this year 91 families,
an estimated total of 150 persons, emigrated
from that region to this side of tho line. The
exodus from Windsor has been fully as re
markable. In four months of last year 42
more persons had emigrated from Windsor
to Dttroit than in the corresponding months
of the entire preceding nine years.' Besides
these families, many young persons left tho
country while tho heads of tho families re
mained. SMART SAYINGS SCISSORED.
"Have you got a copy of 'Milton's Para
disc Lost? " asked Gllhoolyof HostetterMcGin
nls, who is not one of tha most educated men in tho
world.
"What in the world Is that?" replied McGinnfs.
"It'sa book," responded Gllliooly.
"No. sir. I have not got such a book. Whenever
I find anything that is lost I return It to tne. owner.
When did Mr. Milton lose his book? What re
ward is lie offering for Its return? -Terns Sif tings,
THE GRADUATE.
He knows a score or two of isms,
About a dozen oiogles.
And all the other mighty things
Thev teacli about in colleges.
And nowr he's ied. this graduate.
In an o'tflce as a pajierweight.
Site York Herald.
Old Mr. Dadkins Yon've licen calling on
my daughter for sK months without saying a
word to me; now I want to know your intention').
Young Mr. Kislng-TliaPs all right; I'm willing
to lo the Miuare thing. If you arc. What aro your
intentions? Christmas Peck.
George Is your father a banker?
Maud-N :why?
George Nothing, only your brother sccras to bo
a teller. Cliristmnt Puck.
In the latest Chicago scheme of goat
mnlton from Texas, the wits hare found au ap
propriate butt. Baltimore American.
A siMrLE tale.
He wore one night a flannel robe,
Which brought on perspiration.
Which caused the robe to shrink so much
He dicil from strangulation.
C'edhiT ant Fttrnisher.
"Two years ago." said the editor, "before
we struck the newspaper business, all our wealth
consisted of a nve-dollar bill."
And now?"
Weare trying to remember how that live-dollar
bill looked." Atlanta Constitution.
Twitter Do you believe in trade unions?
Mr. HeTyrok No, I don't. My daughter traded
my money lor a count's title and in future you can
count me out of such unions as those. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The parrot is not a linguist, but it has a
leaning toward "polly"-glot. Boston Courier.
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