THE PITTSBURG' ' DISPATCH,' SUNDAYf " 'DECEMBER " ' ' '20 "1891. """ wiw Bigpaftlj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S. 1S16 Vol. 4 Xn. HG. Entered at Pittsbnrg Posjpffice o ember. lbS7. its second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms. and Publishing House 7S and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EATFI?V ADVEirnSIXO OFFICE. ROOM M. TRIHCXE BUILDING. NEW YORK, wlierccom vlcle flics of THE DISPATCH can always be round. Foreign advertisers appreciate tin- convenience. Home advertisers and friends, or THE DISPATCH. liile In J. ew York, are also made w elcome. THE J3ISPA TCU is re evlnrlii on sale nt Brtitann's, f Union Square. Setc lnrk.awt 17 Ave del'Opera. Ferns, France, where anvme v-lut hot lieen disap pointed at a hotel next stand can Main it. TERMS OF TOE DISrATCH. tost nr. tkef ix Tins united states. DAILY Dispatciu me Year S 00 DULYDirATrn, rerQuarter. -10 Daily Pim-atoii. One Month TO 11AIL1 Dispatch. 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THE SALARY DECISION. .Tudrjc Stowe decides the salary case with an opinion which holds, in brief, that the Lpcisiature had the right to pass the act of 1883, that it passed it in a constitu tional manner, and that the population of the county must be ranked by the census of 1SW) While private opinion is doubt less practically unanimous as to the ques tion whether the Legislature passed a bad law or not, it is easy to sec. that according to iho judicialreasoning thelaw is valid. The talk of taking the case to the Su preme Court points out that tht-re is still a chance for the opposite view to prevail. But Judge istowe's authority indicates that the county officials are likely to get their fat salaries 'While this is mitigated by the fact that the big salaries will last but for the present term, the people will do well to reflect that whatever blame is to lo attached to that extremely rich re muneration must be laid upon the political sys:cm nhich deals with public money in thK lavish manner. Bit out! this, there may le consolation for Allegheny county in the reflection that, compared with some other political hand ling of public funds glossed over or Ignore.! by high -political authority, the smount of money involved in this salary buness is a mere flea-bite. THE STATUTE OF LAMENTATIONS Th political correspondent who has brcn enlightening the world at large thmujrh the columns of the Xew York Svn on the Democratic situation'in this "pti" is cne of those rare geniuses hard to .' fv. In his first letter he dwelt upon the difficulty of accounting for the vote in favor of the Republican party in Pennsyl vania with the Bardsley and State Treas ury disclosures before them. This diffi culty was o great that the correspondent viou'd have deemed it impossible if the fact did not make itself manifest But after several days more deliberation he finds this explanation : Tl. Democrats in Pennsylvania were (VV (od bj "the blunders of our leaders" ai : "the Mugwumpian tendency of the Demo-rats in power now," as in 1884 they were defeated by "an extra session, the re JuM to recognize Stewart and his follow rrs and the abandonment of the State." IMsr-n :s to blame for it all. He toler a' - and even aspires to the "encomiums : apers like tho Philadelphia Ledger, The Pittsburg Dispatch, the New T-'U Evening Post and the New York Tin.ct." Both extra sessions called by liini were "gross political blunders" which cert the Democracy thousands of votes, am1., worse than ali, "he retains Repub lican officials in their places." This view of the political situation" be fom's extremely amusing under analysis. To told that any Democratic leader had it in his power to ruin the Democratic chances for success in this State In 1884 is to challenge our admiration for their ability to spoil addled eggs. But this is not so k'licious as the close conjunction of the assertions that Pattison is too Mugwumpian now in his desire to gain independent sup port, but that he spoiled things in 1884 by "his refusal to recognize Stewart and his followers." The genius that can condemn a man for his friendship to independents in oie breath, and in the next perform the execution on him for having failed to recognize the independents sufficiently, is a rare and delicious spirit The fact is, as everyone knows, that Governor Pattison has been affected by the grumblings of those hide-bound Democrats who are ever afflicted with fears lest his party shall be too large, to the degree of making this ad ministration more rigidly Democratic than his former one. This does not affect the reiianccof the Independent element, whose votehae twice turned the scale in the Governor's favor, in his integrity and ability; but it is a mistake, nevertheless, as it ignores the fact that the one Democrat who for a generation has been elected Governor of Pennsylvania gained that office twice simply because he attracted the independent element This fact ventilates the political eructa tions of complainants like the one re ferred to. The extra session of 1883 was proclaimed to be a blunder much more loudly than is now done for the Senate ses?ion or 18J1; but it is worthwhile to note that the next time the Governor was a candidate the majority of the people showed their confidence in a man who does his constitutional duty and leaves the onus on those who neglect theirs. And Hie fact sufficiently explains the Republi can victories which seem to this writer to ,q so incomprehensible. Pennsylvania is very well known to her own people.to lie a Miliiily Republican State on National issues. On State issues, the merits of a liberal can idate and the vices of Republi can management have soinetimes caused the independent vote to throw the balance on the side of Democratic victory- In the PITTSBTJRG'S PROBLEII. Yesterday morning there was a typical illustration of the problem that has im posed itself upon Pittsburg within the past year. It was nota day of exceptional smoke and darkness. On the contrary the sun and fresh air dissipated the gloom rather effectually shortly after noon. But those who left their homes where bright sunlight and bracing air raised the spirits and invigorated the frame, to descend into the gloom and smoke of the lower city, had an impressive exhibit of the injury which Pittsburg suffers from the return of smoke and gloom. The direct damage done by smoke and gloom, such as that experienced yester day, is clear. The architecture of the city, which has 'of late years begun to show an increased appreciation of the value of attractiveness, was soiled and made dingy. The clothes of the men and women who had to spend the morning in the smoky district were damaged, the stocks of books, pictures, drygoods, laces and decorative goods throughout the city underwent deterioration. The direct damage done In this way could be esti mated by thousands of dollars. But even all this loss Is trivial compared to the de pression, the injury to eyesight and the damage to health and spirits of those who are compelled to pursue theirwork by gas light, when they should have sunshine, and to breathe carbonized atmosphere when they should have oxygen. The worst of it all is that it is unneces sary. There is talk that some of the smoke consumers do not work satisfac torily, which may have a foundation of fact in certain instances. But it is much more indisputable, that appliances are in operation in this city, and have been in operation for months, which have demon strated that the smoke nuisance can be so far abolished as to be effectually abated, and which save their cost by economy of fuel in the first year. When this is the case those who continue to damage the public ami themselves bv pouring smoke out of their chimneys, involuntarily convict themselves of incivism. What is needed is a thoroughly aroused public sentiment, which shall set .every body to intelligently inquiring after the best means for perfect combustion. When this is done such inflictions as that of yes terday morning wjll become a rarity. would take the light traffic and the ( walkers to the upper story of the streets would remove that most likely to suffer Injury from crowning, -would relieve the lower part of the streets from the crowd ing to that extent, wonld leave the heavy traffic on the solid foundation of terra firma, and wonld, by the removal of the sidewalks from the lower street, bo In crease the space available for heavy haul ing that wagons could be unloaded with out difficulty, and yet leave the tracks clear for a higher rate of speed on the traction lines. An attractive elevated structure would raise the show rooms. of the stores away from the din and dust of the heavy traffic It wonld increase the capacity of the por tion devoted to heavy traffic 66 per cent, while relieving it of one-third of its traffic, and it could be built at a fraction of the cost of elevated or underground railways. A ST0Rir OF TWO PRINCES. SETTLED BY WB, SPOFfOBD. MURRAY'S MUSINGS. JUDGE GKESHJl'S COURSE. The report comes that Judge Gresham takes the nomination of Judge Woods as a personal slight to him, and that if the, nomination is confirmed he will, rather than serve with him on the circuit bench, resign. This may be the foundation for a new Gresham boom, which while Interest ing, is hardly promising. The promotion of Woods is one of the most objectionable acts of the Harrison administration; but it is hardly to be con sidered as a personal slight to Gresham. The considerations which led to his nomi nation are too well known to be ignored; and it is even more unfortunate that a Judge should be promoted' for services in suppressing inquiry into alleged electoral corruption than that he should gain the same promotion merely to gratify personal enmities. The circumstances hardly call for Iudge Gresham's resignation. As a matter of public duty he should take into considera tion the WTong of creating another judi cial vacancy, with a possibility of having it filled by another appointment of the Woods level It is asserted that the Board of Fire Underwriters of Chicago has put a stop to the erection of "sky-scraper" buildings in that city by- establishing a rate of $3 15 for insuring , buildings over nine stories high. The complete effectiveness ot the proceed ing may bo doubted. If the new rate is no more than is warranted by the risk owners of high buildings will probably pay it. If it is, as alleged, simply a prohibitive rate, the property owners may find other insurance companies to take the risks at reasonable rates, or they may insure themselves. There is nothing in the charters of insurance companies giving them the authority to regulate the height of buildings. THE X-OTJISIAXA riGHT. The fact that the capture of the Demo cratic Convention in Louisiana does not make the triumph of the lottery gang complete is shown by the open withdrawal from the Democratic organization of a large share of the delegates, their fusion with the Farmers Alliance and the nomi nation of an anti-lottery ticket In addi tion to this some thirty avowed anti-lottery delegates remained In the convention, representing the element that will vote for the regular Democratic nominees but against the lottery amendment This creates a split in the Democratic ranks, which will make the" politics of Louisiana more uncertain than they .have been and leave a chance for the ultimate defeat of the lottery at the polls. The seriousness of the split is shown in the talk already heard of the nomination of a Republican ticket with the hope that in the division of the Democratic fac tions the Republicans might win. If the Louisiana Republicans have any regard either for their reputation or good tactics, they will avoid such a move, as urgently as poison. It there ls anything that would unite the Democrats of Louisiana and in duce them to swallow even the lottery, it would be the presence of a possibility of Republican success. Respectable Louisi ana Republicans ought to be willing to en courage the growth of an independent party, and help to defeat the lottery, by casting their support on the side of the opposing organization. The appearance of a regular Republican ticket in Louisiana would indicate that the lottery owns the Republican organiza tion. Unfortunately there is not much in the character of Louisiana Republicanism to indicate that such a capture could not be made rather more easily than that of the Democratic Convention. "The best advertised woman in the world is Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.," remarks Joseph Howard in the Xew York Recorder, with a little more than his usual petty spite. Perhaps so, but we observe that 3Ir. James G. Bluine, Jr., is getting a good deal more of an advertisement Just now, than he ever asked for. "Was not sugar put upon the free list in the McKiniey bill before the icciproclty clause was added," asks the Xew York World, In an attempt to show that reciprocity docs not reciprocate. It may have been in the McKiniey bill, but it was not in tho McKiniey act. In the statutes of the country, the two provisions were enacted together and made inseparable. If the esteemed World pursues thejo inquiries long enough it may discover the difference between the proposing and shaping of a tariff measure and its final enactment. "We are, year by year," says the New YorE tiiui, "drawing closer to the blooming islands of the We3t Indies." The esteemed Hun in its watchful guardianship over the languaee of its cotemporarios should not for get to warn itselt against tho capital crime of adopting British slang. t REI.1EF OF STREET CROWDING. Street blockades are attracting much at tention m other cities. Boston and New York are much perturbed over the fact that their streets are at times inadequate for the demands on them. Pittsburg so far has been content to accept the crowd ing of its streets as a necessary evil ac companying the gratifying growth of business. But the present tendency can not go on much longer without some measures being taken to mitigate the crowding of vehicles and traction cars. Already the principal crossings require, even with the guardianship of the corner men, a cool head and quick eye to traverse them without danger. On some of the less Important streets laid out in the be ginning of the century, the trouble is ag gravated by the lack of space so that a i coal wagon cannot unload without block ing up a long line of cars. It is evident that our street traffic cannot grow for an other decade as it has grown during the past one, without creating a necessity for remedial measures. What these remedial measures shall be is the problem with which cities must wrestle during the next quarter of a cen tury. The widening of already closely built streets is an immensely costly under taking, slow of achievement, and while its tardy process is going on only aggra vating the difficulty. Arrangements for regulating the hours and kinds of traffic are but a salve, and hardly that when we reflect that they still further limit the use of the streets. The idea of elevating the transit lines or putting them underground, as well as of putting the tracks of steam railway on stilts have been suggested. But the underground road requires an im mense traffic to make It repay the capital invested, whilo the elevated structures are an obstruction and disfigurement of the streets. Nevertheless the latter idea con tains a valuable suggestion In pointing out the possibility of elevating the lighter traffic of tho streets. It is to start with a self-evident engi neering proposilipu, that the cost of a structure to sustain the traffic of foot pas sengers and light vehicles would be but a fraction of that necessary to carry either the ordinary oT the elevated railway trains. The weight of the latter Is infinite ly greater.and their higher velocity and con sequent greater momentum necessitate multiplied strength. The recent successful compromises' in prominent corporation cases call attention once more to the fact that u very sure way ol making aroundproflt is to annex or "con vey," in EaUtalTs phrase, a round lot of the corporation's assets and then settle by pay ing back from 10 to 60 per cent, keeping tho balance as profit. But it is dangerously close to a criminal procedure to try it on for less than half a million. The Hon. Thomas B. Keed is advertised to address the students of Union Coileze on "Powers of tho Speaker nf tho Houso of Representative Jfot Laid Down 'by the Rules." Mr. Reed should save this in struction for Speaker Crisp, who may have a chance to use it. The Weather Bureau is talking of an effort to predict weather three days in ad vance. This is all very Well: but it should guard against the mistake of predicting the third dayweather for the first day! While it did very well with its cold wave predic tion, it has been forecasting -'warmer weathor" since Thursday and had to await verification until Saturdny. They Were Just Dogs, bat They Made an East Kndor &uoh Trouble A Boy Chase for His Own Tost of Dumb Affec tion A Happy 8-qnl. t A gentleman who resides in the Bast End, and has but one weakness, so far as hit friends have been able to discover, had. an experience one day last week that came near curing him. Tho particular weakness is for hunting dogs, and he has an 'inordinate ad miration of setters. Some time ago a lot of well-bred little fellows of the Iiish variety made their advent at the home of one of his friends, and at tiic first scent of the news lis besieged his friend's office, and would not leave until ho bad been promised one of tho puppies. Time passed, and the promised puppy de veloped into a pretty good chunk of a dog. The ardent admirer mado frequent trips to his friend's offico for reports as to health, etc., and it was finally docided that Frincn, for that was the name chosen, was old encagli to be taken to his new home. Now It happened that a nephew of the owner of the puppies was visiting him last weelc, and be was deputized to catch Sir Prince and take him to the city, where his now proprie tor could assnme charge of him. And it also so happened that a small boy, who lived bat around the corner from the home of the pup pies, had a dog of about the same age a mongrel, it would appear for the ragamuffin owner afterward explained that it was1 part Gordon setter, part -water spaniel and the ret, Just dog. But the boy loved bim in spite of the misfortune of so promiscuous an ancestry. The Wrong Dog In the Bight Place. This puppy had been in the habit of visiting the Irish puppies and was very much in evidence the morning the nephew came out to capture Prince. The mongrel's name was Prince, too, and somehow it was the wrong Prince that got ou to the end of the nephew's rope. Down town came the nephew and the puppy and the latter was duly tied up in a shed back of the office of the owner of tho Irish puppies. Our East End gentleman was prompt, nnd finding his friend busy, volunteered to go back and get the animal himself. Ho went out and found his new property was black. He could not understand how nn Irish setter could bo black, and returned to the offlco to get him self enlightened on the color or Irish, setters. "Well, if you don't like the color of that puppy yoit don't have to take it," remarked Ills friend rathor petulantly. "Plenty of otners want mm." Ashamed of his ignorance, he slunk back to the shea, got out the puppy and by smug gling it through an alley got safely to Fifth avenue to take a cable 'car home. He was sure he had a full-blooded Irish setter, even if it was black, and strode with the strides of a man who ls envied of nil the world. Just opposite tho old postoffice building, where the crowd was thickest and our hero's airs were most extra vacant, his victorious march was interrup't'd by the shrill voice of n dirty ragamuffin behind him, "Here, Prince! Come here, old fellow. Why, Prince!" And Prince stopped short, nnd he wagged hi tail, and he whined and he tusrged at his rope. But tho now master had expected this and tho rope was stronsr. He dragged the, animal at his heels while tho boy kept on railing. Angerea at last ne turned on ins boy nnd ordered him to mind his business. The boy had no other business J ust then and cpntinued to mind that. "WJbat are you interfering with my dog forT" roared the man whilo a crowd gath ered. "Don't you see I want to get him on a car7" "Taint j-er dawg 'at's my dawg and I'm goin' to hov him." A Chase for a Eoved One, Just then a car stopped at the corner and our East End gentleman picked up the d"g bodilv and rushed Into the smoker with it, his face crimson. The ragamuffin mado a desperate effort to get on, but the conduc tor pushed him off, tho man inside heaved a sign of relief, and the c.-owd, open-mouthed, watched the car run np the hill. But the boy was made of good tnff. He hastily borrowed- a dime of one of his nowsboy chums and started after tlie car. It was a long, ljard race up tho hill, but while the car stopped momentarily at Wylle avenue our friend's blood was chilled bv the ap pearance of the samo small boy, pufilng and Blowing, at the door. "Thought yer wnzgoin'to get away with my dawg, didn't yert" yelled the boy be tween his lircaths In a voice so shrill that every man in tho smoker turned abruptly to the man with the dog. "Whv. what do you meant" ho asked. while rod and white played hide-and-seek on his face. "This dog was given to me by a friend of mine not half an hour ago." This latter in atone loud enough ifor the now thoroughly nroustd passengers to hoar. "Yes itwuzIThat dawg got away from onr house last night and I've been huntin' him ever since," still in the exasperatlngly shrill voice that penetrated to every tym panum. "But I was promised this dog the day he was born. 2Iv, friend Mr. owns tho mother nnd this dog's one of the best bred Irish setters in this town" said with a desperate effort to take everybody in the car into his confidence. "'Taint no Irish setter at alL I kin show you tho mother If yu'll git off the car to Marion street." Tho Test of Dumb Affection. -r-The passengers were growing stern. , The Old Librarian Tells How He Came to Chitigfi a Date. WASHtnoToir. Dec. 19. Librarian Bpofford was seen to-day with reference to statement made under oath before Commissioner Shields, in New York, by lawyer Harrison, in a suit over the KncyclopiBdia Brltannlca copyright, to the effeot that the reoeipt from Soribner's Sons of the copyright vol ume required to be deposited with the Librarian of Congress had .been changed from April 7 to April 6, 1338. Mr. Spofford said: "The statement is ex-ijarte, and is made with care to exclude all that would explain the situation. Ttiere is no official record of copyright, such as described by law, and none is koot. The 'record' referred to is a memorandum of copyright kept for the convenience of the office. The only authoritative record the only original rec ordis the record of express receipts. Every package received by express is recorded in this book when-received. In that book it appears that tho package from Scribner's Sons was received April 6, 1888. Tho clerk in making the entry on the memorandum record made the entry no a receipt of April 7, 18S8. Only three weeks ago I made the discovery, and changed the memorandum so as to make it correspond with the record in me receipt dooi;, wiuoit is necessarily cor rect. "So suggestion came to me from anyone to make tlie correction. I mado it because it was right that it should be made. The in correct record Is not official. The entry in the express receipt book is sustained by a letter received by me from Scribner's Sons, written on the 4th or April, In which they stated they were sending the package and described its contents). Mr. Spofford showed tho expi ess receipt book showing the date or April 6 as the date or the receipt of a packnge by th Baltimore and Ohio Railroad irom Scritmor's Sons. It was in the hand-i writing of the Assistant Librarian, Mr. Hutchinson." OOR QUAKER POET. Here's a health to the Quaker poet, Boston Herald. . . ' , At Si John Greenleaf Whtttler, in his own language, "beside the silent sea awaits the muffled oar," iVeu; I'ori Cbmmercial Adver tiser. To wish the venerable poet many happy returns of the day Is almost superfluous; yot the hope comes, nnbidden that he may long linger in the twilight of the nineteenth cen tury. .Borfon Olobe. Yestebdat John Greenleaf Whittierbegan his 85th year. Tho whole nation hopes that December 17, 16i, will find him in the unim paired enjoyment ofasereno and healthful old age. New York Press. It is not too much to say that wherever tho English tongue is spoken friendly thoughts will be turned to the quiet New .England home where the aged poet is pass ing the last peacoful years of a life that has been spent in tba service of purity, of free dom, and truth. Toronto Hail. Is every hamlet and 'city Of his native land his poems are said orsnng by respon sive voices in church or in school or by the family fireside. "Eighty-four years young," his friend and brother poet Holmes would say on tlie 17th of December, in the year.of our Lord 1891, and still a serene and gracious presenco keeping wat'h on the lookouts of time for the city jnst.beyond that lieth four square. Detroit Free 'Press. JONES' LAST HOPE OOKB. Ds. Lekz thinks the condition of the white slaves of Christendom is such as to justify them in envying tho well-fed black slaves of Morocco. We used to hear a good deal of that sort of talk in this country dur ing pro-slavery days, and can j udge j ust how much'it Is worth. "Thus far," remarks a cotemporary with regard to the return of -some Liberlan emi grants, "the attempts to civilize Africa have been as fruitless as the attempts at polar ex plorations." w hat then becomes of Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, tho Trans vaal and Natal? It is well to modify sweep ing statements of this sort by refereuce to the facts. The combination of two messenger com panies ill New York raises the question whether combined messenger boys" can travel twice as slow as the competitive urchin. The Dispatch freely expressed the opinion some time ago that Foraker would not displace Sherman, and when the Cin cinnati Commercial-Oazetlp. burdened tho ex Governor with a slang-whanging boom, his fat,e was sealed. The material change in tho situation since then ls that the Foraker boomers have begun to find it out. The South Carolina Senate has killed prohibition by amendment, and the remark of tho Governor of Jforth Carolina can be followed by tho regulation rejoinders. The action of the corporation of London in voting a present of $12,500 to the royal bridegroom expectant suggests that If tho loyal corporations, and the aristocracy can be induced to put their gifts in the form of cash or negotiable security tlie young couple may be able to worry along without that Parliamentary grant. BABY KTJIH GETS A CHAIB. St. Irfrals Admirers or Her Papa Make Her a Christmas Gift. St. Louis, Dec 19. Tho following letter, signed by a wholesale furniture Him here was sent this evening to Grovcr Cleveland: "Dear Sib TVo forward to your address by express this day a child's rocking chair mado from timber from the door of tho 'Old Log Cabin.' home of General U. S. Grant, in this county, for presentation to your littlo daughter, Itntli. Sincerely hoping that little Huth may pats sniely through the many physical trials to which childhood is invariably subjected, and believing that when she lias hanplly entered tho iratewav .of womanhood she "ill fully appreciate the siiirit of 'Pence on Earth, Good .Will Toward Men' which promnt tlis small gift, we . 7 1 ., , wish tlie ntuo main, her mothor and her A structure which father, a 'Merry Christmas." "Sco if the dog will recognize tho boy," de manded one fierce looking gentleman with a military mnstache and a goateo. Our friend reluctantly pulled the'dog out from under the seat. Every eye was upon it. "Why, Prince, old fellow," said the boy in a subdued voice as he snapped his fingers from the distance prescribed for him by onr East End gentleman. Frinca's eyes fairly danced. His tall went as if he were tonguc ing a fresh trail. He was a changed dog. !Umph" was all the fierce gentleman said, but there was n lot of disgust in it. The other passengers looked nt each other and turned away. I don't understand it," said the dog ad mirer, considerably crestfallen. "How did you know this dog's name was Prince!" "Wouldn't I know his name when I raised him from the time he uz a pup so high?" This in the old shrill voice again, as he in dicated the height of n mite of a puppy with his hands. "You must live near Mr. 'a and got the dos's name that way." The boy beganjo cry nnd the man shoved the dog down ngain. discreetly observing to himself that possession was nine- points of the law. "Why don't you Doth go to Mr. and have him explain."' suggested one of the passengers, who were again inter ested this time by the boy's tears. "I'll go any place," boohooed tho bov. "Well, then come to my office at 2 o'clock this afternoon and wo will go and see Mr. ." This said with the nervous force a drowning man would show catching at a straw. Tnigoin' to stay with tho dawg," groaned the boy. The passengers looked at each other again as much as to say, "You wouldn't expect a man of Disappearance to stoop to so low a trick. We'll leinember "him, etc." Silenco reigned for a long time. The boy dried his eyes but kept ono of them on tho dog. One by one the passengers dropped off. The possessor of the dog wondered where the boy was going to get off. Finally ho asked him. "I'm goin' to stay with you till I get my dawg," said the boy, us he sot his lips firmly Every Avenue of Kscape Cut Oil. This brought matters to a crisis. A scene at his East, End residence was cer tainly not to bo desired and tho boy In tended to make one. What was to be done? "Will vou go back with mo now to Mr. "a?" "l',m goin' tor stay with the dawg," reiter ated tho boy.. J So dog, boy and man got off the car, and they weie by this ttme beyond the Oakland power house, and took the next one back, the man discreetly directing the conversa tion with the boy into channels that would not excite the curiosity, not to say indigna tion, of the new set of passengers'. Tho dog was smuggled back through tho alley to the shed and then man nnd bov appealed before Mr. . The man told his tale of woe. "That's my dawc,"" interposed the boy, "and I'm goin' ter hev him." "Your dog!" yelled Mr. , seizing tho boy by the collar. "You little rascal, didn't I raise that puppy ana don't I own the mothert" "I lrln Ahnw rnn the mother nf that mm ' too, if ye'll only let me," sobbed the boy. Tne anger oi rue two gentlemen uau ocen rising rapidly, but now at sight of tho boy's tears and his earnosc and honest, though dii ty, face, doubts boson to flltor into their mlmls. Could a boy Of a dozen yeais net so well? Or, if his tears were renntne. could a boy who loved a dumb brute so well be bl3ck r.t heart? And so it en me about that all three visited tho little shed wlion light for tliofiint tinio dawned on thnuentleuinn from the E.ist End. The boy Eddie Devlin they learned was his name took home life precious Prince, and now our East Endgen tlemanhasa young Irish setter that isn't black. He Will Not Be Allowed to Govern New York Eren for a Week. New Yobk, Dec. 19. There are tears in the voice of Lieutenant Governor Jones and fountains of w oo clouding his big spectacles. Dewy brine saturates his mustache through out its famous length anbTbreadtb. Tlie old man has been down on his hands and knees to Hill, and he hasbegrimmed his trousers without affecting the stony heart of his gu bernatorial chief. Jones sees the coveted prize the one over which ho has ruminated in the day and dreamed in the night rapid ly vanishing from his straining sight. Ho has made one last appeal, so the story goes, to Governor Hill. He was willing to do any thing if Hill would permit him to become Governor only from Christmas to New Year's Day. Ho would act precisely as if Hill himself were in the chair and carry out any policy dictated by the Governor-Senator. He would go so far, so rumor has it, as to make an affidavit to inako no appoint ments in the interim. He pleaded hard with Governor Hill, urg ing that it had been the ambition of his life to be Governor of the State, ana that it was sore indeed to bo shut out from the place which the election of Hill to the Senate made legitimately his risrht. Hill's answer was a point blank refusal. He informed thoa venerable aspirant that it would be impos sible to yield the Executive chair to a man who had acted with the Republicans in the last campaign nnd had done all in his powor to defeat tlie Democratic candidate for Gov ernor. It was not- necessary to have an affidavit. He, Hill, would take care that his own policy would be carried out by handing the governorship to Mr. Flower himself. Thus the last hope of Jones is gone, and he will retnrn on Jnnnary 1 to the exclusive work of rqanufapturing scales and selling them to his beloved farmers. Millionaires Now Hare Body Guards Methods of the Deadbontu Can't Judge a Man by His Clothes Music nnd Horses A Christmas Kplnode. N rraoM staff- cORBaspoKDitr.i Nbw York, Dec. 19. No man can be said to bo enjoying a Merry Christmas, when he is apprehensive of waking up and find ing a dynamite bomb in 1) stocking. There are a lot of millionaires in New York who have been in that state ever since the at tempt on Russell Sage. Indeed, the extent of this terror of the unknown and tho ir- : resistible can scarcely be imagined. The houses of most of these people are alwavs pretty well guarded, bat "the moro timid have been running a small detective and police forco oj their own recently. There is one old hard-faced five-million dollar man who never walks out without an armed guard ahead of him and another armed gnard behind him. He looks furtively down every lane and avoids tlie dark cor ners. His body guard goes with him down town nnd lounges outside his office door. It goes with him oat tp lunch and returns home with himat night. There is is relieved by the regular house guard. I wonder if the ghosts of ruined men over haunt these peo ple ! Do they see In their dreams the spec- ters of the broken homes upon which they' have trampled to secure their wealth? Do the faces or men and women driven to pov erty and suffering and to suicidal graves by financial manipulations ever rise between them and their children? If so, no wonder the armed gnard. The Cockroach as an Editor. He was going through the matter that had slopped over from the editorial waste (basket upon the Herald office floor this cockroach. Inspecting a bit of reprint, semtinizingbad manuscript, divingbetween typewritten sheets, rolling over cigarette stubs and disappearing and reappearing among the newspaper fragments, bits- of torn letters and crumpled manifold, he seemed, to be Infected with the general air of snap that pervaded the managerial stuff at that hour in the afternoon. There was a lean and a hungry look in the long, lank fig ure, yet a chirrupy, Christmas vim of move ment that fit the place and the season. It is true, tnjKeep irom ueing troaaen upon Dy the office boys and messengers and reporters, and visitors, he would naturally take on a lively disposition, but thero was evidently something weighing more heavily on hfs mind than No. 8 shoes. What could it be? I wondered as I watched his roachship's operations. At first be sei-med to bo making a general survey of the debris. As an acute critio be could tell about what kind of a paper that particular morning's issue was by seeing what was kept out. He would pause a moment over some fragmentary writing; as if he couldn't qulto make it our, th:n suddenly turn to another piece, cock his head knowingly on one side and pall bis long mustache; then, passing on to something else fairly dance with rage or mirth. I don't know which. Once he seemed to be actually shedding tears. I picked np that piece afterward. It was some ''Merry Christinas" poetry that had fallen outside the forms. Another thing that had kept him in a brown study for sev eral moments proved to be French manu script. It apparently stacgered him. Those who have not stndied the ordinary cock roach can scarcely imagine the intensely knowing look, the solemn shake of the head, the quizical humor, tho occasionally aston ished stare, the suddenly affected derision, the affable nod of recognition, with which the Herald cockroach went over the waste basket matter on the editprial floor. It was human. Babies Dragged to Theaters, "Children in arms not admitted" used to decorate the old-time tneater pro grammes. In New York, however, it is not an uncommon sight to see women carrying babies into theaters. This is chiefly on matinee occasions. I have seen a woman, with an infant not more than 6 weeks old in a Broadway theater at night. It is not an uncommon thing for mothers to drag small children around at all hours of the nhrht,' as anyone can testify who uses the elevated trains, but this theatrical habit seems about thn TTinat. Tflnrnhan.lhla A h.hv1 tn ,ma going homo at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning is an exhilarating sight compared to a baby next to you at the theater. thieves and everything else for a moment, and then gently lifting the youth by tho collar led him down nnd ont. On the stoop ho wound up with, "Now I'm going to kick you." "Oh. dear, don't!" cried tho now terrified voung man. "It's about your Christmas present that Mrs. Davla is having mado down at the store. They told me not to let vou know. sir. I was to tee Mrs. Davis. That's all." If Manager Davis gets a Christmas present this year he will think he is playing In great luck. Effect of Musle on Animals. Do animal understand music? The learned scientist who hag been trying tlie Central Fark monkeys with a phonograph, thinks they do to a certain extent and I do not donbt that some four-footed animals wonld understand and appreciate Wagner about as well as half of those who filled the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House last winter. I have seen cavalry horses that knew every bugle call, ami the effect upon them, whether in battle or drill, was pre cisely the same as upon a human being who understood the significance of tho calls. The other day a gentleman drove a spirited team alonsr Thirty-sixth street. There was an Italian orxnn grinder on the corner playing a rattling ulr. wnen tne horses got near they began to prance, keeping exact time to the ransic. The musician suddenly changed the tune and the horses were thrown into temporary confusion, then stopped and refused to pass. In vain the driver coaxed and chirruped. They wouldn't budge. Tne swarthy son of Italy grinned. Then he struck up the other tune again a regular quick-step nnd the horses started as if by electricity, prancing along, to the great delight of the street ur chins and the amusement of all who wit nessed it. CBABLE3 TlIEODORE'MURRAY. CUBIOUS CONDENSATIONS. the HOPED TO DIE AT HIS DESK. fast Serrlee of the Oldest Man in the Km- ploy of New York City. New Yokk, Dec. 19. Special. About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a closed carriage stopped in front of the Stewart building. A few minutes later some men came from the building and helped nn old man out of the carriage. He was extremely infirm and bent almost double. His smooth-shaven face was colorless and he looked extremely ill. The men practically carried him, for ho was too weak to walk. Passers-by stopped to look at the old man, whose face and dress seemed to belong to a past generation. He was taken unstairs to the Controller's office. where he remained for a half hour, and then was carried back to his.carriage again. That was tho last public appearance of Jonathan Dayton narris, nearly 92 years old, ono of New York's oldest citizens and roost faithful employes. Mr. Harris was tlie oldest man-in the city's employ, nnd had been constantly in harness since 1810. He was a picturesque figure, and the story of his latter days is pathetic because of his anxiety to remain at work when he was physically droken down. He died last night, five hours after his visit to bis office. Some of Mr. Harris' associates believe he went to the office yesterday hoping to die at his desk. FEAYKD HEBSELF TO DEATH. The Remarkable End of a Centenarian In the Capital of Maine. ACGfSTA, Me., Dec 19. Mrs. Nancy Britt Kennedy, the oldest woman in this city, died this morning. At an early hour she began praying that she might die, and con tinued her prayers for nearly three-quarters of an hour, when she fell to the floor dead. The deceased is the woman whqse age has been extensively reported as 113. Her exact age, however, i3 not known. ELKINS IN THE CABINET. KH0WN BY EVEEYB0DY. Judge Toubgee, who has been ill at Pcnver for some time, is considerably bet ter, and it is believed he will recover in a short time. Anton Kubenstein, the Bussian pianist, has accepted an offer of $125,000 for a series of 50 concerts to be given in the United States. Senator, Colquoit, of Atlanta, Go.,, is said to be considering the advisability of withdrawing because be does not feel ablo to stand, the climate. . Db. Keeley, the gold-cure man, says the reason he does not mnke his formula known is because he is afraid it will soon become a Sobering up process instead of a cure. Mn. Hrascn, the United States Minister to Turkey, is at the Savoy Hotel, London. He will proceed on Sunday to Paris, and on Wednesday ha will take th$ Oriental ex press for Constantinople. Thomas K. Hughes, who alwava has the last word in matters pertaining to Dick ens, has recently written a work on Pick wick, which does not have to be taken in a purely Pickwickian sense. Caeteb Harrison, who saw much of the late Lord Lyttou while he was in India, was chiefly impressed by tho fact that he rolled his own cigarettes and smoked them between each course at dinner. Samuel H. Rotiierweia, of Philadel phia, and Peter EUmaker, of Lancaster, Pn., are solo survivors of tho committee or 100 who received Daniel Webster in Philadel phia during the Whig campaign of 1843 Senator and Mrs. McMillan gave a dinner Friday night at Washington in honor of President and Mrs. Harrison. The other guests wero General Schofield, Justice and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Phil Sheridan, Senatorand Mrs. Manderson, and Hon. and Mrs. John D. Foster. The Duke of Marlborongh has obtained the assent of the Court of Chancery to sell part of the Blenheim estates, which wcro granted to the first Duke by Parliament. The Duke's heir, the Marquis of Blandford, ineffectually opposed the alienation of the property. TO WINTER. rwnjTTEN FOB THE blSPATCn.J Winter, cruel Winter, let your white tears fall Lightly on the Cabin, gentl.r on the Hall; Do not bar tlio pathway chastened ones must tread. Thinly clad and hungry, worklug hard for bread. Winter, chilly Winter, bathe In Sonthern breeze WlnBs that enter home nests where the fledglings freeze: 'Warm your icy lingers where the angels play So they win not deaden rag-wrapped lumps or clay. Winter, cheerless Winter, songless, dreary, sere. On your snowy pillow sighs the lab'rlng year; When It lays the Infant on your icy breast Linger longer, sunbeam. In the blue-red West. Wlnter.sonitlejs Winter, liaite to greet the Spring, When the buds arc burstlujt.when the freed brooks sing; Linger here no longer than the tired carta Asks of j ou the nurture for maturcr birth. Winter. Ifc-crowned Winter, season full of woe, Wf. 6lgh to bee you coming, we smile to see you go. Gently blow, ye coldwInds, over hiU and moor. May lie breathe upon you ere you touch the poor. PITTIBCBO, Dec. U. GIO. A. UADDUr. Ways of the Deadbeat. "There are some of the very worst deadhoats to be seen about a place liko this," said Manager Williamson, of Brown's ohop houso. "They try to work us in all sorts of ways. I have becomeprotty expert on char acter, and eight times ont of ten can sizo a man up about riht. One day a slick-looking follow came in here and got his break fast. When he got through he calmly pushed the CO-cent check back and said he was broke. The waiter came to me and 1 asked the man why he came there if he had no money. He said it was all right, ho'd pay it somo time. 'There's my watch,' said he, suddenly unhitching it from a heavy chain 'take my watch. I guess tha't will secure you.' This was done impetuous! and with a show of indignation. In most instances this offer would have made things good. I would probably have told him to keep his watch, but there was something In this fel low's face that made a disagreeable impres sion on me. 1 reached out and took the watch. It looked like an ordinary hunting case gold watch and I pressed the opening spring. Don't you know that there wasn't a sign of works in itl Fact nothing but the empty oreldo case. I was as mad as n hornet, and I told him he would pay that CO centsnoworgo tojall. That fellow just de liberately pulled out a $5 note and settled. "For downright impudence that beat any thing within my experience except one other case, which is a fair standoff. This was where a man drove np in a cab and asked me if I had rooms. I showed him some rooms and he selected the best, hur ried down and got hia dinner pint bottle of wino witn ii, coo anu gave eiaDorato In structions about his trunk which was to eomo. He was a nice-looking fellow, nnd said he was an actor playlDg at a prominent theater nearby. I happened to know the stage manager there, and casually asked my new tenant what tho stage manager's name was. He gave an entirely different one. When the trunk came my suspicions grew. It was an ordinary $1 50 packing trunk, Just out of the store. I went upstairs later and investigated. It contained nothing but old rubbish. That fellow came in inte in the evening and almost took my breath awav by asking for a loan of 5 till next day. 'Not much!' says I. 'You got dinner hero and a bottlo of wino nnd dinn't pay for it, but you can't get anything moro. And I told htm what a fraud ho was. He assumed a high and mighty air, but when I let the trunk down on him he sneaked off. Hia scheme didn't work. I've got that trunk np thero yet." Betting on a Man's Appetite. Appearances are not only deceitful, but reputation often crumbles away under the test of practical facts. Don't you put too much trnst in your eyesight, and don't be lieve everything you hear at least, don't bet money on it. A prominent railroad matrnate walked through a barroom near the Equitable tho otner day and sat down to lunch. He looked rather miserly, not to say seedy. "That fellow pinches the eagle off every quarter before he lets It go," observed a gen tleman. "That's what they say but then 'they sav' lots of thini-s that are not so," said his' com panion. "He comes here to eat eyry day." "Eat? I'll bet $1 his lunch will not run Over 50 cents." "I'll go you," said the other. The money was put up. Meanwhile tho innocent object of this financial interest was sitting at a table in the far end of tho room calmly sip ping a glass of beer. The gamblers on his appetite turned their attention to the bar for half an hour. Still, tho miser magnate sat in the same place slowly sipping beer and eating. "ItV the same beer," said tho cynic. "A dollar that it isn't," said his friend. The bnt wns nroinntlv taken, and thn fcwn fell to smoking and politics for another half hour. At tho end of which time tho magnate camo out, paid ins cnccKanuuepartea. xno sporting gentlemen prevailed upon the cashier to tell the amonnt. "Two dollars and sixty cents," was the reDly. When order had been restored and $1 handed ovr, it was found that the supposed miserly magnate had eaten two plates of ovsters, three soups and two entrees and drank six glasses of beer. This Might Happen to Any Man. A-half-grown boy called at an uptown fiat the other morning and unexpectedly met the man of the house. Theatrical Mana ger Torif Davis. "I want to to see to see Mrs. Davis,'' stammered the boy. "What do you want to see her about?" queried Tom. "I'm Mr. Davis it will do Just ii3 well." ' 'Oh, no it won't," said the boy. "I must Bee Mrs. Davis particularly." "Who sent you? What's yonr name? What's your business? If you can't" "But I'm not to tell you, see? I I I " amd the boy brnke down under the strain. Tom thought ol dynamiters and flat ELKras and Foster in the Cabinet are a great team of able national politicians. New York Press. Sicbetabt oif Wab Elkiss is a mighty warrior, bnt most of his battles have been fought for James G. Blaine Boston Herald, (Sep). With Stove Elklns in the Cabinet, all that will be needed to make it an artistic whole are places for Quay and Dudley. St.' Louis Republic, (Dem). Than Stephen B. Elklns President Harri son could have mado no better choice In this wide land for Secretary of War. Brook lyn Standard Union. ' Wtti. Secretary Elklns help Secretary Bialno to elect Harrison? Will President Harrison help Secretary Elkins to elect Blaine? Or will Blaine and Harrison com bine on Elklns against the field? There is no doubt that the leading candidates have strengthened their hold for the benefit of one. But which one? New York Commercial Advertiser. Grant's Statno for the Capitol. WASmiroTOX, D. C, Dec. '19. The Grant Memorial Committee of the G. A. R. has de cided to employ F. S. Simmons, of Maine, the sculptor, to complete the statue of General Grant, to be placed in the United States Capitol building. The work is to be flrT ished and the statue placed in position by June 1. 1834. It ls to be of fine Italian marble and will cost $10,000. The statue is the gift of the Grand Army. New Coins Sonn to Be Made. Washihotox, Dec. 19. Mr. Leech, Director of tlie Mint, who has jnst returned from a visit to the mint at Philadelphia, says that arrangements have been perfected for the striking of half dollars, quarter dollars, and 10-eent silver pieces of the new designs ut Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Or leans, beginning on the 2nd prdximo. The Tariff Reformer's Brand. Washington Post.1 In tho future the official brand of tariff" re form will wear a red flower in his button hole. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Joseph Addison Thompson. Joseph Addison Thompson, Postmaster of Media, and a well-known Journalist, died yester day morning after a two weeks' i'lnesg. He was born at White Horse, Chester county. In 1K7, and was consequently In his 64th year. He started his career as a pnbllc school tcaener, and was princi pal of various schools In Chester and Delaware counties. In 1361 tie was apnolnted bv President Lincoln to a position in the Treasury I'etiartment at Washington as Comptroller or the Currency, which ofQce he held lor IS years. During his resi dence at Washington he began his Journalistic career as a writer of news .letters to the 31cdia American under the noin deplume "Steelcpcn." and nv which he gained considerable distinction. In 184 he became editor of the Chester Beenina .Vifi, and contributed editorial to some of the Philadelphia papers, beside wrttlngror the maga zines. He was n stanch Republican, and, being a good speaker, his services were always lu demand daring the State and national campaigns. He was noted lor his ready wit. A little over a year ago he was appointed Potmaster at Media. Miss Jennie B, Young. A telegram received in the city last even ing from lllalrsvllle. Pa., announces the death there of Jennie B.. youngest daughter of Mrs. Sarah A. and the late Robert Young, aged 14. The young lady was well known In Oakland, this city, where the famllvrcsldeilfor many years on Ward street, having removed but recently to lllalrsvllle. Jennie was a pupil for several years In the Belle field Sehnol. and l.cr late classmates will hear of her demise with genuine sorrow. Her widowed mother has the warm sympathy of many friends In her great loss. General TatrlcU E. Connor. General Patrick Edward Connor, a vet eran of the Florida and Mexican wars and of the War of the Rebellion, and alio a noted Indian fighter, died i.n Salt Lake CHy Friday evening. fTeneral Connor fought the great Indian battle of Beaver river, Jnuuarr2i. 18t3. and exterminated a hngtlle band. He waslanrelv Instrumental In nnen- ing the mines of Utali. established Fort lionglas In October. last, and is spolen or by local historians as "tbenrstGeutlleofUtah." Obituary Notes. REABADMIRM. THOMAS l'ATTZBSOX, U.S. N.. died suddenly at his home. New Brighton, btaten Island. Thursday night. His death was entirely uuexiivtiiu. Tnr. Dowaoeb L DT Draos Is dead in London. She daiic-il at the famous lull given iu Brussels on the ere orthenattlf of Waterloo, and was the last survivor or that ball. Biiotiier Gostiiax, fur IS years Director or D'.EvreuxI3all Asylum. Natihz. Ml.. and lately Superintendent of the Industrial Gardens Mobile, Ala.. died at St. Joseph's Institute in Indianapolis. Friday. He was taken sick there two months ago on his way back from a visit to his relatives in France. W. S. JlEHK, a well-known printer, labor lea ler and politician of Wheeling, who had lieen in the Philadelphia llrmrd office for two months, died In a hospital iu that eltv yesterdar. and his remains will rrtnrn to Wheeling to-dav.' He wa lonncrlv editor or the Seat-Letter, and tuTjre golug to Wheeling was prominent In l'ltt.bnrg. Edwabd KciSKLi. died at Minneapolis yester 'ay morning. ag:i yrars. He was editor of the Daveui ort Gautte for more than 19 vears, and post master or Davenport Tor 17 venrs. his enmmlsilons having been signed by Presidents Lincoln. Grant. Hayes and Uarfleld. During Johnson's term he resigned, but was reappointed, llcwa Secretary of the Henneplu Canal Commission for years. A New Haven man has worn coat for 35 years. "Aged fat mules" are quoted in somo of the Missouri market reports. There are 82 national cemeteries in which ;2,115 soldiers are buried. One of the smallest coins in size is the new cuatroreal gold piece of Guatemala. Two beds of pearl oysters have been discovered on tho Caribbean Sea above Colon. Before the Iiefonnation 50 per cent of the land iu the United Kingdom belonged to tho Chnrch. A Citizen of Paris, Ky., was fined S7 U recently for allowing his own cat on his own premises to kill his own chickens. Fishermen recently captured a devil fish at Isle an Haut, Me., which measured 4J feet in length and weighed 100 poands. It is predicted in several of the "West ern centers of civilization that there will b Mfeetofnndrifted 'snow in the mountains in February. Among the curiosities of game shown in Bangor recently was a jet black hare, whieh is so rare that even the Smithsonian Institute lacks one. The American people are snbject in their domestic relations to 40 odd codes of law, an anomalous condition not to be found, in any other civilized country. The Hindoos have a cocoannt festival every year at the end of August to mark the beginning of the end of the monsoon. During the festival athletic contests taka place and wandering minstrels recite their tales and poems. A chain shot was dug up the other day in a street in Seattle, Wash. It is supposed to be one of the missiles thrown from the guns of the United States sloop Decatur at the time of the Indian engagement that oc curred there In December, 1855. Old-fashion hunting matches have been revived In Connecticut. Fifty men, some times twice that number, elect captains and hnnt for. a day and a night, the side bagging the most game winning a game supper at tba expense of the defeated hunters. At the conclusion of a mock marriage ceremony in Pattison, N. J., last week, the girl declared that sho did not regard the matter as a Joke and stated her determina tion' to compel the man to carry out to the letter the provisions of the marriage. Living near the Tennessee city of Mem phis are seven sisters whose names rhyme beautifully, but do not scan. The names are Nancy Emetine, Lucinda Caroline, Mary Uaseltine. Jane Palestine, Lulu Paradine, Yirgie Yalontine and Manila Adna Adeline. The proportion of travelers killed in railroad accidents in the different countries is as follows: In France, one to every 24,000, 000; England, one to every 21,000,000; Ger many, one to every 9,00,000; Belgium, one to every 6,830.000: United States, one to every 2,800,000. Old Queen Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle, after whom the city of Seattle was named, Is now supported by the county, though allowed toillve outside the poor house. Ono item of a grocery bill for her re cently received by the Board of Commission ers was cigarettes, 10 cents. Several English medical journals have recently called attention to a fact, sustained by common observation, that the young women of the present day are better de veloped physically, taller, plumper.stronger nnd healthier than the young women of 50, 100, 150 or 200 years ago. The Turkish Government has a desire to encouraire longevity, and recently Musta pha Raba, an old gentleman, who has feted his 152d birth-day. has been granted a hand some pension. If he should be asked to prove his age this centenarian and a half could prodnce a grandchild aged 90 years. Between two small lakes near Boras, Sweden, a strip of land has interrupted traffic, but engineers have overcome the difficulty by constructing a ship railway across it and building a small steamboat that can run Itself across from one lake to the other. The vessel has accommodations for 60 persons. A key for the decipherment of fjentral American hieroglyphs is constantly being found. Actnal cave-dwellers are frequently being discovered; graves of Indian giants clad in complete armor are not unusual, while sculptured tablets and inscribed pot tery are reported every year Irom many States in the Union. There has been discovered in Pompeii a small domestic chapel of graceful architec tural proportions, and adorned with still vlvia and unspoiled frescoes. At the end of the chamber there was a well-preserved painting of Hercnles with his enp and lion's skin; on one of the side? was a boar, and on tho other was a sacrificial altar. Down to the time ot Homer, who flour ished 207 B. C, as little was known of the snrfaceof the earth as ls now known of the interior. Greece was then regarded as the center of the earth, which was surrounded at the distance of 500 miles, by the ocean river. Later the land was extended farther and a limited form given to the old conti nent. Virginia City, Xev., has a female ghost. Unlike tho orthodox prowler from spirit land, sho dresses in deep black and her fav orite pastime is in hovering about the Di vide about midnight and throwing a mouldy shroud that retains an odor of the tomb over the head of any , belated pedestrian. Reno has also seen lief, and she seems to di vide the time between the two cities. Corn bread has varions names in differ ent localities. The general name of the articlo is Indian bread In Delaware griddle cakes mado of Indian meal are called corn cakes. In Maryland they are called cookies. Pono is the name for Indian bread an inch or more in thickness- anil baked to a crisp crust top and bottom. In parts of New En gland corn meal, baked into a thick, crisp cake, is called Indian bannock. The Puri tan", it i supposed, learned the art of making that bread irom the Bannock In dians. The pine thrush of British Columbia passes the winter in Mendocino county.Cal., and has been seen as far south as Lake Mnjella, in the redwoods of Monterey, but most of the California woodblrds manage to dispense with lengthy winter migration. Thrushes stick to tho tlmberzoneund wood peckers rarely stray beyond the hills of Napa county. California bluebirds, how ever, love sunshine too much to enjoy the winters of the "timber counties," and are apt to get rather numerous on Monterey Bay after the end of October. KHYNBXED ItHTMELETS. Cholly. Yon seem all broken up, ol'chap. Chappie Yaas. Cholly What Is the mattah? Chappie I don't know. Iamsuah; bat my man says he thinks I am in love. Life. The youth was most prudent and careful In making a choice of a wire. So lie married "Tlie Foweror the Family" And she Is the thorn of his Ufe. A'ew Turk Press. Jinks How do know that Von Pedalowski has mastered a symphony In A flat? Fllklns-Because his flat ls next to mine. Sew tark Herald. Mr. K. Peck I shonld think yon would be ashamed to wear the hair of another woman oo your head. Mrs. N. Peck Shame yourself, for you wear th skin of another calf on your feet. Brooklyn Eajls. "I wouldn't wad a Brooklyn man,". She said, ''for all the money It took to build the Brooklyn firldge. Now. don'tyou think that's fannyf "I don't," he answered her: "because" Ills smile was really sunny 'I wouldn't wed a New York girl For twice that sum of money." Pudt. Shokeasy I am astonished to see that oar new miuiter's wire has such poortaste as to bang her hair. Pcnnlpunn What of that! Her husband banjts the Bible. llostan Courier. Gnmmcy I left ray gun standing in this - corner a half-hour ago, anil not It tra't here. Gargoyle-Was It loaded? Guramey "N'o." Gargoyle Then It's gone off. Unloaded guns always ao.Judje. Christmas soon will come and pass. 'Twill bring to me no Joy, I fear; Forln tlicconntrr we've no gas. And hence, alas, no chandelier: So where can bang, I want to know. The dear ptarl-bcrried mistletoe? Mirjrrs' Bazar. Briggs 1 see that Granby had to send back tlie marble statue of hit wire that he ordered. Griggs Why? Didn't shellke it? Brlggs No: she wanted one made wearing a sealskin cloak. 4 i -fa: .. j(i
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