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THE SIIUIIIOX CLEARS UP.
Summing up all signs to date, the indi
cations are convincing that Colonel Shep
ard's prophecy is not to come true that
the backers of President Harrison are not
destined to the delight of waking up some
fine morning and reading a letter from
Secretary Blaine declining the Presi
dental nomination'in favor of his official
chief
More than anything else, the events of
the past week have beeg conclusive upon
that point Mr. Blaine knows that with
the opening ot the new year the fight for
delegates to the National Convention
began. Then, if at all, would he have
spoken rather than place himself under
the odium, if lie spoke later on, of having
delayed his letter so as to keep other com
petitors against President Harrison out of
the field.
But the President's own course shows
that he expects no derlinatiorf from Blaine
in his favor. He does not take the risk of
Blaine delegates from Pennsylvania, for
instance, but seeks to make his own call
ing and election sure by getting men who
will surely support himself for second
and where possible for first choice. To
promote this, the Federal officials in
Philadelphia and elsewhere have been
notified that their active help is demanded
for the administration direct There has
een a lively stirring up of the animals.
J Without waiting longer it may now be
set down for about a settled fact that if
Blaine is in right health he will accept the
Prcsidental nomination; and if he is not
he will not put himself too much about to
secure it for President Harrison. He Is
not ready at this stage, anyhow, to abdi
cate for B. IL
A FAT HARVEST OF COSTS.
The nonsensical talk of the few individ
uals who compose the present member
ship of what is known as the Law and
Order Society about stopping railroad
trains, newspapers, iron-mills, telegraph
and other public services on Sunday has
so far been rather more amusing than seri
ous. But the end to vihich it has led, of
inquiry into the manner and results of the
Society's operations during the past few
years, may prove highly interesting before
the investigation promised by the Com
adnvtealth's representative, Mr. Frazer,
s completed. The institution of suits
suppod to number thousands in the ag
gregate: the private hearings and settle
ments; the careful guarding of the names
of the defendants, of the testimony and
of the disposition of the cases, from public
wrutiny,are now followed bytheannounce
ment that though 25 fine was affixed by
the Blue Law to each proved offense, only
a beggarly return has, been made to the
State Treasurer. Leaving out the returns
of Alderman Cassidy, who did but a small
part of the Society's business, it appears
that in the past five years the Society's
Aldermen have returned to the State but
little more than Sl,000, or the fines of
about forty cases!
As a sort of explanation of this the in
teresting new s is volunteered by one of
the Society's agents that in. nine cases out
of ten the cases were "settled" without
fine. They appear to have yielded, how
ever, their full harvest of "costs" to the
people active in the prosecution.
The tall: about prosecution of the
newspapers, the trains, or the employes of
the mills, or others engaged in the ser
vices which have become necessary to the
public by reason of the changed condition
of things since 1791, will, of course, amount
to nothing, as the courts must take cogni
zance of the altered state of affajrs,
and of the conditions which exist
everywhere through the land; and if the
courts did nor, public opinion would
quickly compel legislative remedies. The
newspapers, particularly, can take care of
themselves; those who start in to hunt the
newspapers usually get hunted before the
chase proceeds very far. But the class of
people upon whom the society has hereto
fore levied its tribute has been generally
without means of defense. If in
nine cut of ten of these cases, could not
be proved warranting the fine imposed by
lew, the presumption arises that the ap
petite for "costs" has led to an activity
not unwonhy of the spirit and gcuius of
Jonathan "Wild.
The Law and Order Society rendered a
Tfcd service in its time, when it acted in
spans? to public sentimeri'; in suppress
.g open saloons, disorder and gambling
; Sunday. It ihen had the backing and
nembenLip cf many prominent citizens.
Whw. thfise dropped out, and in the hands
of a Tw fanatics, it began its pieayuniah
cresauo aghinst soda water fountains and
cigaK following this up its quixotic and
silly till: about stopping trains, newspa
pers and other jjiibUc requirements it iost
-M"j sympathy. If its agents are now
to justify their .proeeedingsilegally
.'will have reason to congratulate
themselves. It looks as though they will
have an earlier opportunity for such justi
fication than they expected.
RENTAL VALTJEb THE TUtIL' KASIS.
The assessment season is upon ust and
the radical faults of our tax system will
soon be exploited vociferously by those
citizens who may find valuations in
creased. As the taxes are merely the
product of two factors, namely, values
and millage the increase of either of the
latter will have the effect of calling for
!morc money from the taxpayer.
For the present all that can be done is
to impress Councils with the necessity of
avoiding extravagance, and of closely
j scrutinizing every detail of expense. Even
I conceding that this were faithfully ob
! served, the fact would still remain that
t the present tax system is the most jtupid
1 and inequitable ever devised. The Dis-
tides showing no matter how conscien
tious or hardworking the Assessors might
be, they cannot establish a perfect equity,
under this S3'stem. It may justly be con
ceded that no more intelligent or upright
men than the present Assessors can usu
ally be counted upon for the position.
Yet even these, do the best they can, will
not be able to get through their work
without an immense friction; and care
fully as they may attempt it, the burden
of taxes will in the end be unevenly dis
tributed. The fault of the system is in the absurd
fiction of nominally assessing property
upon cash value, and practically being re
duced to guess work or purely arbitrary
ratings. The impossibility of establishing
cash values is best proved by the fact that
it is hardly ever attempted. For awhile
the theory was held that when one lot in a
block happened to be sold, the selling
price for that lot would be the valuation
for the property around; but the Courts
knocked that plan promptly on the head,
and very righteously, too, since the acci
dent which might bring a purchaser for
one lot by no means necessarily made a
market for those adjoining at the same
rate. Thus "the last recorded sale" ceased
to be the criterion; and the paradox gen
erally results of property being valued for
taxable purposes at prices below sales in
the market, and with a different standard
for each neighborhood.
The Dispatch has always urged as a
substitute for the present uneven and un
satisfactory system one by which property
would be assessed by, its rental value.
The rental value is something easily as
certained; and as it is the real measure of
outcome,no one could object to payingupon
that basis. Here would be a method with
the assurance of something like accuracy.
Sooner or later when the question of tax
laws for cities comes to be intelligently
and capably considered by the Legislature,
the plan of assessing according to the
rental value will inevitably be estab
lished. EETK1ACHMUST BY J.ECESS1TY. .
In his discussion of the National Treas
ury the other day, Mr. Dockery told what
the people have understood generally for
some time. That is that the lavish appro
priations of the last Congress exceeded
the public revenue by a very large amount,
and that the cash balance outside of re
serves has been reduced to the lowest
margin tor nearly two decades. This is
an important though not v holly satis
factory fact; but in his demonstration of it
Mr. Dockery brought out another point,
which is rather favorable to the adminis
tration than otherwise, by showing that it
is doing its best to correct the extravagance
of Congress in omitting to expend all the
money appropriated.
Mr. Dockery stated that ?G5,000,000 of
the appropriations for the first half of the
present fiscal year have gone unpaid, and
the New York Post claims that this is too
small, as the difference between expendi
tures and appropriations- for that period is
?86,O00A9. Which of the two statements
is true makes no difference with regard to
the fact that the administration in de
clining to expend appropriations when the
revenue does not furnish the money
for them is acting wisely and discreetly.
There may be room for criticism as to the
selection of appropriations from vhich
money is expended and of those on which
it is withheld; but with regard to the gen
eral policy, there can be no wiser and
surer way of correcting the extravagance
of Congress, than this. There is no con
stitutional compulsion on the Executive to
expend all the money that Congress may
appropriate; and the compulsion of good
policy in the other is especially strong
when the appropriations as indicated by
these figures exceed the revenues of the
Government by from 5130,000,000 to $150,
000,000. The course of the administration in cut
ting down expenditures below appropria
tions, together with the now undisputed
fact that the once vaunted surplus is a
thing of the past, places that achievement
of the last Congress in anything but an
enviable light It also places the admin
istration and the majority in the House,
in a practical agreement as to the neces
sity of retrenching expenditures.
THE DEMOCRATIC FATALITY.
It has often been remarked by impar
tial and dispassionate observers of this era
of American politics that the Democratic
party cannot stand prosperity. A similar
opinion might perhaps be pertinently
predicated concerning the Republican
party based on the appropriations of the
Billion Dollar Congress. There is an
element of truth in the assertion with
regard to both political organizations.
But the theory with regard to the Dem
ocracy is of older standing; and the
reported trend of affairs in that party at
present is especially designed to prove
that it has as much foundation as ever.
The disposition of the Democracy to
bring its least commendable motives and
its most objectionable characters to the
top when it thinks it has the supremacy,
while not very conclusively demonstrated
at present so far as it is exhibited, has less
provocation than ever before. x After the
reverse of 1888, the landslide of 1890 put it
in control of the House by an over
whelming majority. But the Democratic
joy over that acquisition ignores the fact
that the Senate and the executive branch
of the Government remain in Republican
hands, and that the campaign, which they
must win in order to carry those points
may, if unsuccessful, lose them the House
again.
Under snch circumstances it is natural
to suppose that Democratic policy would
bear in mind the lesson taught by the fact
that since the slavery era the Democracy
have never won a national victory except
by putting forward men and principles
that attracted the independent element of
the country. But the Democratic exuber
ance is so overpowering in the House that
instead of putting its best elements for
ward it is at present busily engaged in
shoving its worst characteristics to the
front
The most signal example of the Demo
cratic disposition to ruin itself when it
rrfta veWti. anntirrli r rln en id .tffrwAnA Tit.
the indications discussed in our 'Washing-
ton dispatches yesterday, that the Demo
cratic control is now fully vested in the
hands of Hill and Gorman.
If the effort were to select the two men
of all the. country who most indisputably
represent the wqrst elements of Dem
ocracy, and whose leadership will most
powerfully repel the support of the men
who believe in honest and pure adminis
tration of public affairs, it would be" im
possible to choose any others -than David
Bennett Hill and Arthur Prue Gorman.
If the same principle of selection were to
prevail in the Republican party it would
be difficult to find two leaders who can
match them in unscrupulousness and
wanton disregard of public principle.
They represent exactly the same .evils as
those which have alienated independents
from the Republican ranks, with the dif
ference that in the case of Hill and Gor
man the abuses of political machinery are
magnified to a high power.
If the result of Democratic victory is to
put public affairs in the hands of these
two men, it will concentrate the decent
and sensible elements of the country in
the support of almost any candidates
whom the Republicans are likely to name.
TARTIES Ilf CITY POLITICS.
The action of the TVilliamsport Board of
Trade, as a representative of the independ
ent citizens of that city in appointing a
Committee of Thirty (three from each
ward of the city) to make non-partisan
nominations for city positions, calls at
tention to the Idiocy of importingnational
politics into city affairs. The AVilliams
port case is a reaction from misgovern
ment resulting from partisanship in its
municipal government. The Board of
Trade is making efforts to correct this,
having gone so far as to request the party
organizations to refrain from making city
nominations. In view of the importance
of bread and butter in the party estima
tion, it is not probable that this request
will be granted by both parties; but if not,
the independent element has taken a step
which -will enable it to draw the lines on
the municipal issue of good or bad gov
ernment There is no respect in which the super
stition of partisanship more clearly re
duces itself to an absurdity than in this
practice of drawing party lines in muni
cipal elections. The use of parties is to
carry out the lines of policy supported by
the party which wins the vote. But a
party formed to advocate a national
policy can by no logic
usefulness claim a control
cipal ' government where
no possible application
of public
of muni
there is
of that
policy. There may be and should
be divisions of municipal parties on ques
tions of municipal policy; but those party
divisions are naturally as distinct from
national parties as the municipal policy
is from the national policy. There is
nothing so utterly devoid of reason as the
idea that certain views of tariff or coin
age, should control the selection of a
municipal body to act on questions of pav
ing, water-works or lighting; nor would
any such idea ever be entertained, if it
were not for the supreme consideration of
party spoils.
Fortunately there is a certain check
placed on this anomaly by the readiness of
the people to disregard party lines, in vot
ing for city candidates. IJut a more de
cided demonstration of its emptiness is
furnished by the fact that rings to control
municipal business do not confine them
selves to party lines. They preach the
party principle to aid them in the control
of the vote; but wherever valuable
services can be obtained in maintaining
supremacy, it is secured without regard to
party allegiance.
There is not the slightest reason why
the interests of the people should not en
joy the same liberty. Wo hope that the
independent element of Williamsport will
be successful in showing how to divide
municipal parties on the issue of faithful
service to the interests of the people. Its
success may stimulate similar independent
movements "in Pittsburg, Allegheny and
otherplaces near home.
EGYPT'S SENSATION.
The reports as to the cause of the Khe
dive's death are the natural resultvof the
condition of Egyptian affairs. The mild
est version of the rumors set afloat is
that Tewfik Pasha died from an overdose
of morphine ignorantly administered by a
native physician, whereas other versions
do not scruple to hint at an assassination
inspired by the interests which hope to
profit by tho accession of Abbas Pasha.
To any one who has watched the polit
ical changes at Cairo or Indeed at Con
stantinople, it will be very easy to under
stand how such reports find ready accept
ance among the people. For it is a fact
that such means of effecting a change of
rulers are among the common incidents of
politics at those capitals. The Sultan or
Khedive who does not obtain power as a
result either of open force or secret assas
sination, is an exceptional individual; and
it would be entirely within the precedents
of those countries if these reports were
well-founded.
Nevertheless, the story is not worthy of
much credence, because the principal ad
vantage from the accession of Abbas
Pasha seems likely to accrue to the
English; and it was wholly unnecessary
for that Government .to employ such des
perate instrumentalities. When the
English had a much less firm hold on
Egypt than they now have, they found
little difficulty in displacing Ismail Pasha
and putting Tewfik in his place, permit
ting the former Khedive to lead a life of
pleasant retirement for several years in
Europe. It would have been just as easy
for the" English to have pulled down
Tewfik as it was to set him up, if they
had desired.
If Tewfik Pasha was a mere figurehead
for the English control of Egypt he
answered that purpose as well as his son
will. Possibly the death may have been
the result of ignorant treatment; "but the
motive for poisoning a ruler who is
absolutely without power is conspicuously
absent
SATJL A5IONG TnE PKOPHETS.
An outbreak of important truth in an
unexpected place comes from an esteemed
Philadelphia cotemporary. Speaking of
the decision of the Connecticut governor-'
ship suit the Inquirer points out its lesson
to be: "That the constitution must be
obeyed by the Legislature as well as by
the people." And a home application of
this indisputable fact is made by our co
temporary as follows: "There are several
important points in the Constitution of
this State to which the Legislature is per
sistently disobedient"
The fact is very well known to all peo
ple who have urged tho enforcement of
the Constitution. From the time when
the Legislature began its neglect to enforce
tho sixteenth and seventeenth articles of
that instrument, including the declaration
of John B. Robinson that "there were
many things in the Constitution which he
could not indorse" down to the sage con
clusion at the extra session of the Senate
that it would be- unconstitutional to do
what the Constitution specifically author!
zed, the opinion of Legislative circles has
been decidedly of the Old Bill Allen stripe
that it was "a blank barren ideality." No
dispute can arise as to' the fact, but the
statement of it in the editorial columns of
the Inquirer is a pleasant surprise, inas
much as that journal has heretofore had
little blame for" errors of that sort and
was a warm advocate of the Senatorial
theory at the late session that the Consti
tution is unconstitutional."
Now that our cotemporary has recog
nized the fact in general terms, we shall
hope to see its efforts given to urging the
details of constitutional observance and
maintenance by the Legislature. The
Dispatch has for some years earnestly
urged the doctrine that when the people
have adopted constitutional guides for the
action .of the Legislature, it is the duty of
that body to respect and uphold them. It
will welconfb the vigorous aid of the Phil
adelphia Inquirer in preaching the same
principle, and holding up to public disap
proval the men who disregard it
N;OW that the anti-Sims people in Ala
bama have taken to lynching women, they
rank themselves a good deal lower than the
original outlaws, who did not, so far at re
ported, murder women either collectively or
individually.
Two photographs from the Congo region,
are referred to by tho New York Sun as
showing the progress of civilization in that
region. One of them represents a precipi
tous, hillside where to men can scarcely
get a foothold; the other is of the same spot
where a broad and level grade has been
made, for the roadbed of the Congo Railroad.
The promise of tho completion of that work
which will open tip the great Congo region
from its mouth to Stanley Falls, is all tho
more welcome, becauso it is the one Afri
can project that is free from tho schemes of
territorial aggrandisement on tho part of
European power. If tho development of
tho Congo avoids tho dangers of commer
cial monopoly as well, it will be one of the
unalloyed triumphs of civilization.
Slit Edwin Aenold's declaration that
tho most moral people of England are its
aristocracy, reads In the light of recent
events like a crushing negation of the much
vaunted virtues of tho English middle
classes.
CHICAGO manufacturers are reported to
liavo found on full experiment that crude
petroleum is a cheaper fuel than soft coal,
and that it is burned without smoke. It yet
remains to be decided whether its substitu
tion would not be to barter the smoke and
fog of Pittsburg and London for a donble
distillation of the smells of cologne; and
that is a questionable bargain.
The Presidental theory seems to be that
it does not matter whether tho china for the
executive table is made at home or abroad,
so long as the kitchen ware is exclusively of
American tin.
Mr. Asteejiax of this State proposes to
secure uniformity of legislation on the sub
ject of divorce by a constitutional amend
ment for the United States. This, as The
DisrATCH has heretofore pointed out, is the
only sure way to obtain uniformity; but it
has tho drawback to impatient reformers of
being a good deal more slow than suie.
IN THE UPPFK CRUST.
Secretary axd Mrs. Fostee will leave
here this afternoon for a week's visit to
Fortress Monroe.
Secretary and Mrs. Foster left
Washington yesterday for a week's visit to
Fortress Monroo.
Dr. "Vaiento is making a collection of
1,000 photographic views of Central America
for exhibition at the World's Fair.
' John" I. Blair, the railroad magnate, is
quite ill with erysipelas. Much anxiety is
felt for his recovery among bis friends.
Mrs. Bernard Beebe will sail for New
York, from London, on the 29th inst., ac
companied by Herbert Standing and Marius.
The Prince of Wales has begun to sign
himself "Edward," instead of "Albert Ed
ward," indicating that when King he will be
Edward VII.
It is rumored that all the theaters in
London are to be thrown open free to the
public on the, evening of the Duke of Clar
ence's wedding day.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded a life-saving medal of honor to
Moritz Rosenthal, of Riverside, Cat, a lad
of It years, for rescuing a man from drown
ing on the 29th of August, 1S91, at the peril
of his own life.
Actor ScANiiAN is believed to be rapidly
nearing his end. Those who know say tho
indications are that be cannot live many
weeks more, as his physical condition is
grow ing worse, as well as his mental. His
physicians says he may die any time.
The London City Council has decided
that the wedding gift to be presented by that
body to the Duke of Clarence and his bride
shall be a diamond necklace valued at 1,600
guineas for the Princes3, and a magnificent
silver dinner service valued at 900 guineas
for the Duke.
A $30,000,000 EXHIBITION.
Where the Honey Comes From to Be Swal
lowed Up in Jackson Park.
Chicago, Jan. 9. The Department of Pub
licity and Promotion of the World's Fair
has issued a statement showing the scope of
the work in hand. Thirty-nine nations and
21 colonies have made or officially proposed
appropriations for their exhibits, amount
ing in the aggregate to $4,004,563, and the in
dications are that at a low estimate this will
be increased to J5.000.000.' The States and
Territories of the Union have appropriated
$2,695,000, which will be largely increasod.
In nine States where, for constitutional
reasons, no appropriations have been made,
organizations of citizens are raising $1,030,
000. Tho aggregate contribution of the
States is expected to leach $5,000,000. The
United States Government has appropriated
$1,500,000. The Exposition "ComnanV has
raised $5,721,230. Chicago has given a $5,000,
000 loan, and the Government will be asked
to loan or appropriate an equal amount.
. The cost to the Exposition Company of
constructing and holding the Exposition is
estimated at $13,500,000. of which $8,000,000 is
to be put into the General Department
buildings alone, exclusive of the National
and State buildings of all sorts. To meet
this, it is figured that the company has $23,
750,000 of prospective resources, inoludlng
in addition to the sums already given and
exclusive of tho proposed sum from the
Government, $10,000,000 from gate receipts
and $3,030,000 from the sale of privileges and
from salvage. The company has paid out
to date $2,779,707; and the current expendi
tures are about $1,000,0:0 a mouth. The ag
gregate amount to be spent on the Fair by
the Exposition Company, tho various States
and foreign nations and the Federal Gov
ernment is approximately $30,000,000.
II TOOK SEVEN YEAKS.
A Postal Card on Its Travels From Louis
ville to Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 9. Louisville is a city in
Kentucky, about a pleasant daylight jour
ney from Chicago. At 5 o'clock on the aft
ernoon of September IS, 1881, an Innocent,
unassuming 1-cent postal caid was stamped
in tho Louisville ppstofflce. Across its
placid front was written, "Western Leather
Co., 76 and 78 Wabash Avenue, Chicago,
IlL," and the script o'n the reverse side was
subscribed "Chilton Guthrie & Co." There
was nothing else about the appearance of
the card that was radically distinctive. It
was a plain, ordinary card of regulation
Government standard and make, but it was
lazv.
There was an indecision about its move
ments, a lack of energy; a species of abject
slowness attached to it that distinguished
it from its fellows, for It reached Chicago at
6 o'clock p. it., December 31, 1891, just soven
years, two months and fifteen days from the
time it was dropped in the Louisville post
office slot. During that time the firm to
w hich it was sent has changed its location
four times and its makeup threo times. From
the dirty, muddy and woebegone appear
anco of the laggard it is presumed that it
walked to Chicago. The question is: "Where
has that postal card 'been for seven years
anaoyeii-
TRUE TALES OP TO-DAY.
The talk turned upon personal courage
in a conversation I had tho other day with
an aide-de-camp of Genoial Alexander
Hays. The veteran, who had the name of
boin'r the most during aide on Hays' staff,
said: "You ask me how I felt when I first
smelt powder, so to speak-woll, after the
lapse of all these years I'm almost ashamed
to tell you I was panic-stricken, scared out
of my senses, my courage oozed out of me
in an Instant, and a small boy could have
captured me without trouble. This awful
experience onmo after I had been auout a
year in the army. The regiment of infantry
in whjch I was, was preparing to go into
camp. Wo wei e a few miles outside of York
town, which was in the possession of tho
Confederatps, but none of ns, not even our
omcers.realized the proximity of the euomy.
There" weie soma cattle with the army, and
somehow or other some of my comrades and
I were pait of the crowd that drove the
booves to the place where they wero to be
slaughtered. We formed a circle, a vort of
bull ring, and fell to skylarking and firing
our pistols at tho cattle as they ran hither
and thither. It was all laughter and shout
ing. Suddenly, without the slightest warn
ing, a sound that we had never heard before
rose above tho clamor. If was a sort of
whirring howl, lasting a few seconds only,
but long enough to striKe terror into our
hearts. Tho men who had been as gay and
noisy as schoolboys a minute before-were
dumb. I don't remember how they bc
havod. My own affairs kept me busy. I
felt as if my boots wore nailed to the ground.
They wouldn't move, noithcr would my legs
in fact I had Iost contiol of my body. I
was perfectly limp, and my knees sagged
out. That was at the first strange sound, as
of some hideous, deadly bird flying over
"head. I hardly realized, mind you, that the
enemy was shelling us. All I knew for sure
was that somehow my life, which I had en
Joyed so much a minute before, was in dan
ger. I wanted to run, but my legs, wouldn't
obey me. Two shells passed over me, be
fore I could shake off the paralysis. Then I
ran as I never ran before or since, with a
professional sprinter's speed, to the shelter
of the woods from which our regiment had
only Just emerged. A second terror seized
mo as I reached the first scattering trees.
I had selected one, a big fellow, as my
refuge, and when I reached it, three other
men who were crouched behind it pushed
mo violently away, saying there wasn't
room for more. Shells wero still in tho air,
and with terror I pursued my flight. When
at last I fell exhausted upon tho ground be
yond the range of the enemy's artillery, I
almost lost consciousness for a while.
"Nobody was killed by those shells, but the
'Rebs' must havo laughed to see us run, and
laughed louder yet when our cattle ran into
their lines as they did. I felt more or less
uncomfortable always in going into battle
afterward, but never again lost my nerve
as I did at my fire-baptism before York
town." A Fatal Resemblance.
Somebody called Robert Layton, the
Immigration Inspector, Alexander the
'Great the other day, whether because of his
dissatisfaction with the limited-number of
worlds to be conquered, or because all na
tionalities stand in awe of him, is not known.
Mr. Layton resented tho insinuation and de
clined to wear tho name. He also told this
story: "At one time something or other
that I did, what it was is neither here nor
there, endeared mo to the German social
istic element in Now York, and tho editor of
a leading Socialistic paper published thero
wrote to me, making a very flattering pro
posal. Ho said he would like to present mo
to his readers and to that end begged me to
send him my photograph, that ho might
have a picturo made of me. There were so
miany pretty thing in tho letter about my
services to the cause of liberty, etc., that I
hadn't the heart to disappoint the editor. I
sent him a photograph. When I had forgot
ten all about my German friends in the
East and tho project to immortalize my
features, the photograph came back, witn a
brief letter to this effect:
Respected Sib I am overcome with sorrow.
Your picture cannot appear id iny paper. After
the engraving was made from the photograph my
attention was called to the striking resemblance of
your face to Bismarck's. It would ruin us with
our readers here if we published such a picture.
Accept my apologies and regrets, also your ph oto
grapu. Yours, etc..
The Press Clnb's-iJelegates.
The train bearing the Eastern delegates
to the Press Club Convention must be near
ing its destination, and any unusual glow
that may be noticed in the Western sky
these nights may safely be credited to the
hospitable efforts of San Francisco's news
paper men, who are sure to play the host in
grand style. Everyone who has visited San
Francisco talks of the generous warmth of
tho welcome its people give to the stran
ger. Fortunately Pittsburg has sent a del
egation this time that will appreciate kindly
treatment, and at tho same time reflect it.
The delegation represents the Press Club of
this city uncommonly well. Tom Keenan,
George H. Welshons, Will H. Davis and
L. D. Bancroft are the four lucky dogs. Mr.
Keenan has had so much to do with the
creation of the International League of
Press Clubs that he could ill be spared from
this the second convention. The brilliant
"St. Geo' is sure to make Welshons a
synonym "for good company on tho Coast,
and if he doesn't add a new piquancy to,,
the great Institution of poker the Call-'
fornians will have cause for complaint. For
the further illustration of the capability of
Pittsburg's Journalists in this and oaier
directions the impetuous Hilly Davi3 and
the indefatigable Ban may be relied upon.
Not much has been heard from the party
since the solid train of Wagner palaco cars
swallowed it and rolled away westward.
Two telegrams that have been received
indicate that there is nothing funereal
about the procession. One dispatched be
fore the train reached Chicago adverts to
"a splendid time;" and curiously enough
the other telegram after Chicago had bcon
left behind alluded also to "a splendid
time."
A January Thaw.
Last month my Julia frozen seemed.
And quite beyond my reach I deemed,
bbe was so coldly kind.
Her jeweled words were all of ice;
Now ice in summer's very nice.
But now not to my mind.
Still when the snow came down apace,
I inortgaged all I had with grace.
And asked her out to sleigh.
We rode together many a mile;
'Twascold.butshe was not Dou'tsmlle,
Waitjust another dayl
Next day the sleigh's again in line;
I whisper wildly: "Wilt be mine?"
Saysshe: "Please 6cemy Pawl"
No ice clung 'round that muffled "yes;"
And ne'er so welcome was, I guess,
A January thaw.
Hkpeuks Jonxs.
The Demand of Stern Justice.
Chicago Tribune.
yf hen a robber holds up a train in the out
skirts of Pittsburg stern justice decrees that
he shall bo sent to the woikhousefor 30
days.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Akchbishop THEBAUDIEE, of Cambria, France,
died yesterday of the grip.
James Goodwix, the only millionaire farmer in
Indiana, died at his home in Lebanon yesterday.
HOWABD- BtJSSEIX JOHK602J. author, play
wright and son of ex-Lieutenant Governor Johnson,-
(lied yesterday at Sansailto of heart failure.
GEOHGE Fowleb, the head of the great Kansis
City packing firm of George Fowler & bona, died at
Liverpool. England, Friday. He was a multi
inlUlonalre. Hon. S. W. Wheelocx died Friday afternoon
at Mollne, III., aged 7s years. He founded the
Mollne paper mills, wa. President of the Mollne
NaUoual Bank, and had been Mayor, several
times.
Fr.EDEiucK Staul, ex-Mayor of Galena, 111., is
deadattbe age of 83 years. In the Black Hawk
war he served as a Sergeant in ColonelStephenson's
company, receiving distinction at the decisive
battle of Bad Axe. He was a Democrat and was
prominent in State politics 39 years ago.'
John W. Nelson, grandson of Thomas Nelson,
one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, died In Nyack, Thursday. t the age of
US. Ho participated In the Seminole War in
Florida, and was one of the scouts who went In
search of the famous Indian chief. Black Hawk.
Julia AM) Mart Howard, twin sisters, died
at their home in Wilkesbarre, Thursday, almost
at the same time. Their deaths occurred on the
same day of the year ana at the same hour that
they were born. They were CO years of age. Oaa
was a llctlm of pneumonia and the other of
dropsy. They had lived with each other always.
BLOTJEI'S BELATED WIT.
He Arrives Late, Finds Everybody in Good
Humor and Puts Them in Better.
Monsieur Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) evi
dently pi ofeis taxing his memory to taxing
his mind; for, borrowing an O'Rellism, his
eauserie litei aire et humoristique in Carnegio
Hull last night was exactly the samo as was
hi discourse in Sewickley several weeks
since, and, tit the same time is said to be
either un epitome of or extracts from his
"Frenchman in America." An andlence
splendid In sizo and evincing the
best characteristics of I'ittsbuig's best peo
ple awaited the distinguished Frenchman
for three-quaitcrs or an hour after the ad
vertised hour, Mr. Blouet in the meantime
having the misfortune or learning that cable
cars are as uncertain and coy as Sir Walter
Scott's Udies, and that boarding one in East
Liberty at 7 o'clock is no criterion that you
will arrive In the city by 8. To obtain good
seat.", since none were ie-crved, or rather
since all were leserveu.many peoplenrrived
at 7 o,clock. Everyone was seated by
8:30.
Until then there was no impatience
but some turbulent boy shnuled hi leet in
Siotest against this strain on his endurance,
very body followed suit and gave free vent
to his feelings by an earnest stamping and
clapping. This brought Mr. Blouet's Cliair
man, the Chancellor of the West
em University, on the platlorm look
ing a bit flurried by reason as ho said,
' of having an audience but no lecturer
on his h.inds."' Dr. Holland commiserated
with himself nnd with his hearers, and said
that since he was suie Mr. Blouet was
as anxious tn jpeak as they were to hear
him, lie, Dr. Holland, did not doubt that In a
case of cable cars versus Blouet, Mr.
Blouet would triumph. Dr. Holland disap
peared amid a storm of applause, which
died away nnd then revived again, as the
delinquent Mr. Blouet walked up the aisle,
headed by Prof. Henri RolUn Parke. Mr.
Blouet's face was hidden in an immense
coat collar, but s"nce Mr. Parke's counten
ance wore a smile of triumph, it is natural
to suppose that the lecturer's was engaged
in a similar manner.
Dr. Holland's brief introduction was
a gracefully worded speech, and then
Mr. Blouet, in evening dress, in
which, by the way, he looks extremOly well,
diverted his audience for the following
two hours. Preceding the subject proper,
tho lecturer gave a brief disserta
tion on the pliilosophv or traveling.
The cognomen "Jonathan" was explained
as not referring to the cosmopolitan and
might be a Frenchman only ror hia lan
guage or an Englishman excepting that ho
was not born there; Jonathan represented
the type of the American: tho man of tho
masses; tho man who saved his verbs, etc.
Then followed philosophical observations,
illumined by anccdates, and anecdotes
pointed by observations; a thoroughly
O'Rell eauserie, always witty, though, tor
tue reason stated neretoiore, not as novel
as could be wished.
The leception given to Mr. Blouet by the
audience was all that could be desired. Mr.
Blouet came to Pittsburg last night for the
benefit of the French Mission, established
here a year ago by his countryman. Prof.
Henri Rollin Parker. It is patronized by
the society and intellectual world of Pitts
burg, as well as by the French residents of
the city.
BEWABDED BY A BEGGEB.
A Baker Left a Fortune by One Whom He
Had Once Befriended.
St. Louis, Jan. 9. Christian Boyerlein Is
as old German baker who lives in East St.
Louis. He has received news from New
York of his falling heir to $50,000. The
strangest part of the story is that his bene
factor is his nephew, a professional beggar,
who for a score of years has been a familiar
figure on the streets of New York. Christian
Beverlein says his nephew, August Beyer
lein, committed a misdemeanor in Germany
and his parents drove him from home and
caused him to come to America. After land
ing on this side the boy began begging on
the streets of New York and profited so well
that be became a professional beggar.
Several years ago Christian Boyerlein left
East St. Louis on a journey to tho old coun
try, and met his nephew by clian co in New
York. Beyerlein surmised that his nephew
was in poverty, and resolved to help him,
and gave him a bill 'of largo denomination,
promising to give him further financial as
sistance upon his return from Gctmany.
Trno to his word, tho hard-working old
baker did so. Tho action.of his parents in
turning him away from homo was made to
seem, if possible, more uncharitable than
ever before, and he resolved to reward the
man who had befriended him with all his
belongings in case of death. He made a
will In favor of Christian Beyerlein before
he died. Mr. Beyerlein is inlormed that his
nephew's estate is mostly in New York
property, and that it is worth not less than
$50,009.
MOUNDS 07 ALUMINUM.
1
A Comedian Who Says He Has the Mineral
in Plenty.
" SrBixGPiELD, O., Jan. 9. J. C Stewart, the
comeditfn at the head of the "Fat Men's
Club," who is immensely wealthy, says that
among his possessions is an island of 150
acres near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay,
unon which is an enormous pile of white
clay.
This clay was recently analyzed by a Phil
adelphia chemist, and shows from 10 to 65
per cent of alumina. By a new process dis
covered by a German chemist of Philadel
phia be claims he can produce pure alumi
num in commercial quantities at a cost of
not more than 16 cents per pound. He is not
ready to divulge the chemist's namd. He
says that in three weeks he finishes the the
atrical season; then he and his associates
will begin the manufacture of aluminum at
once.
,
MES. HABBIS0N BECEIVES.
The
First Entertainment of the Kind for
the Season Yesterday.
Washihqtok, D. C, Jan. 9. Mrs. Harrison
held her first public reception for tho season
this afternoon, from 3 to 5' o'clock, and there
was a constant stream of callers during
those hours. She was assisted by the wives
of Justice Gray and Justice Brewer.
The ladies invited to tho Bliieroom wero
Misses Brice, Chandlpr, Morgan, Voorhees,
WashDurn, Teller, Friess, Lodge, Herbert,
Bou telle, Lowery, Matlngly, Williams, Scid
moro, Liebor, Amy Lieber, Breckinridge,
EdieandEdithPatten.Helen Patten, Paunce
lote, Sybil Pauncefote, Parker and Carroll.
The Marine Band supplied the music.
Perhaps Dr. Keeley Would Suit.
Chicago Times. 1 " .
John P. St. John has regretfully declined
to run for President on the Prohioition
ticket. How would Dr. Keeley suit the drys
for second choico?
Free Speecn a Terrible Evil.
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Lease, of Kansas, will make no charge
for her speeches hereafter. Thus, you per
ceive, tree speech may become a terrible
evil.
' BELTA IN THE FIELD.
If reports can be relied upon, we have one
Presidental candldato in the field Belva
Lockwood. But this statement may need
confirmation. Boston Traveller. ,
Cohsidebiso that this is leap year the
declaration of Belva Lockwood that she
will not accept the Presidental nomination
unless it is freely offered her is certainly
very handsome. Chicago Times.
Belva A. Lockwood Is once again on the
Presidental race track, nntt proposes to stay
there until the votes are counted On election
night. It is believed that not even a two
ounce mouio could scare her away. St. Paul
Globe. ,
Mrs. Belva Lockwood has announced
openly that she will again be a candidate for
the Presidency. She does not propose to
take any advantage of Messis. Cleveland,
Boies, Blaine and Harrison. Memphis Appeal-Avalanche.
Belva Lockwood has announced her in
tention to again oppose both the old parties
for the Pre3ideucy. Strange that Belva can;
not reconcile herself to one or the other of
the old parties since she' is such an elderly
party herself. Sew York Advertiser.
Belva Lockwood modestly says: "Mr.
Blaine and I stand in the same position, for
both of us, if nominated for the Presidonoy
next year, will bo forced to accept" So a
repetition ot the terrible struggle between
Mrs. Lockwood and other fellows who wear
ahem! is inevitable. Boston Record.
Belva Lockwood says she is not a candi
date for Prcsidental honors, but will accept
a nomination if it is forced upon her. Belva
seems to have taken a leaf from Mr. Blaine's
book, and indeed it may be admitted that
she stands about as close to the Presidency
us the tattooed statesman. Clticago Times,
1) '
MURRAY'S MUSINGS.
A Fhlladelphlnn Think HUTown,Is Awful
ly Ring-Ridden What Fin de Steele
Women Demand The Brnte In the Aris
tocratic Poodle Odds and Ends.
fFHOM A STAFF COEBESrOXDEXT.
"You New Yorkers are eternally growl
ing about the encroachments or yourcorpor
ntions upon tho rUht3 of the public," rc
maiked a Philadelphia man( "but in our
city the evil i much greater. The street
Iranchiscs of Phil-idelphia have fallen into
tho hands of a set of cormorants who recog
nize no public rights whatever. They prac
tically own the local newspapers and shut
the avenues ofieinonstrunce and complaint.
The heelers of both parties stand in witli
the street grabbers to rob the city and tram
ple upon tho people. Corruption in city
affairs is rampant nnd has maile our munici
pality the synonym for all that U dl-grace-ful
in city government. Where this will
eventually lead is a problem.
There is one corporation alone the trac
tion railway that in Now York would cause
a revolution. It kills and m-ilm9 citizens
right and lert and is the most forcible ex
ponent of the 'public-be-liaiigud' principle
in the United States to-day. By the sldo of
It your most recklessand lawless crowds are
not in It. If this thing goes much further,
I tell you there will be an uprising of the
indignant citizens of the Quaker City somo
or these days that will throw the vigilance
committees and scenes of violence that
characterized the earlier times of California
completely in the shade."
Women Forging to the Front.
Woman's rights, as they prevail In the
metropolis the right to stand up and hang
on a car strap, to earn her own living, to
compete with men in nearly every avenue
of life have produced a generation of self
assertive women sometimesbeantifnl to see.
Sometimes not. Nowhere is this more con
spicuous than on the elevated trains and
stations. During tho hours of heaviest travel
thero is usually a line of ticket buyers in
front of the ticket windows. The rule of
take-your-turn. generally recognized among
men. rarely influence women on uch occa
jions. She calmly walks along thcline until
uircctiy at tne montn oi tne iron cnuw, ana
then plants her elbow in the short ribs of
the nearest male creature, squeezing into
the gap mnde by the opening wedge, passes
in her nickel, and sails serenolv out upon
the platform. It is trne all women do not
do this, but a good many do it, and it Is done
every day and every hour in the day.
Several astonished people recently wit
nessed an episode on Sixth avenue line that
carries with it an alarming suggestion. One
of the self-assertive kind stepped into the
crowded car, and glancing about with a busi
ness air settled her eyes upon a nice-look
ing young man wno was just unioiomg ms
evening paper.
"Beg pardon, sir," she said, confidently,
"but will yon please give me that seat?"
The nice young man started up as if he
had unexpectedly sat upon a car heater,
and with a pained look murmured confused
ly that he was delighted, wbilo everybody
else looked at him and grinned. The lady
said, "Thank you," in a perfunctory way
but she said it and sank back with a smile
that was chilk-Uke and bland. If this should
become a custom In New York there would
be a panic on 'Change.
A Kicker at Liberty.
One day last week the wind came Doom
ing in from'the sea and sweeping around the
ancient corners kito .upper Broadway,
depositing the surplus sand in the eyes of
the soubrettes and walking gentlemen who
frequent that region nnd raising Merry
Christmas with everything that was loose.
Two Tammany politicians were gallantly
breasting the breeze, which violently
changed dlrcctiou three or four times to the
block, each time leaving a dread uncertainty
as to what particular point of the compass it
might come from next. These two are
known as "gents" on the East side
and exhibited the outward visible
signs of a belated Christmas making
a combination with a happy New Year. The
wind did not even respect their "pull" with
the city government, but blinded them with
the cast off material of departed street com
missioners, and tangled their legs with the
coat-tails and flying skirts and umbrellas
and canes of the common people around
them in a disgraceful way, finally whisking
off a Brown derby and sending It scudding
along the western walk.
A mnn never appears quite so ridiculous
to his fellow man as when he is chasing his
hat. It was natural, therefore, that a mid
dle-aged "gent," with seven long hairs
swishing over a moth-eaten head, on a
turkey trot onJ3roadwar after his rolling
tile should provoke the shouts and laughter
of the thoughtless mob. A kicking and
singing sonbrette "at liberty" stood on the
corner talking to a "ladifriond." The
derby rolled gently against her dress and
quietly reposed there, as if satisfied with
having Blown up against the remains of
what is known in the theatrical world as "a
snap." Its owner blew along after it and
made a dive for it.
Here is where he made a mistake. Ho
V should have sent a polite note to the lady no
tifying her or nis temporary misioriune ana
honorable Intentions. As it was he was dis
covered just as he was about to recover his
property. The "ladifriend" screamed. Not
so the soubrette. She just turned around,
shook her curly head.saw.coraprehended and
kicked! Not tjie "gent" the hat. Her
dainty toe swung nnerrintr with a quick up
ward lilt tnat sons 10.11 Jjat soaring say naru
for a moment, to fall oh, horror into the
stagnant pool of water that usually decor
ates that particular side street. The crowd
almost went wild with delight. The Tam
many "gent" was dazed for a moment and
looked at the kicker with amazement. Per
haps he thonghtit a shame that such an ar
tiste should be "at liberty." Then he silent
ly waded out for his hat and whacked it
against his knee.
The Veneering of Civilization.
Civilization with all its refining 'in
fluences of education, culture and minutely
formulated and universally accepted social
obligations, is but a thin veneering that
peels off under various conditions and leaves
exposed the real raw material of barbarism.
While in the park I saw a well-bred dog
being led by a boy. Tne dog bad never been
outsido the city limits, nor had his ances
tors for several generations. He was a prize
dog of 'tho dog-show, the petted of the
ladies, the trick dog of the parlor and the
genial favorite or the nursery a fln de
siecle dog of fin do slecle dogdom. As he
bounded along the serpentine paths at .the
end of a string his young attendant was the
envied of promenaders. When he got op
posite the deer enclosure of the Zoo his
gentie uuj;suij uauKui, sigut ui uic intiun
deer. He had never seen a deer before and
it would not have been strange if he had
fallen into a not uncommon error of ama
teur sporting mankind and been unable to
distinguish it from a calf.
But there was no doubt about his judg
ment. His eyes blazed. He tugged at his
keeper with frantic efforts for freedom. He
never barked he was too earnest for that.
He j umped and snarled and lashed his culti
vated tall. His hair stood on ends. So did
the boy's. It was something he hadn't
bargained for. The dog was worth a cool
thousand and the possibility of his getting
away caused melting icicles to drip down,
that boy's back,'but he finally, with volun
teer assistance, got the animal away.
1 have seen the greatest men our mod
em civilization has produced who on occa
sion shed the veneering quite as quickly and
thoroughly as this aristocratic dog in the
park. Thov would suddenly become as ig
norant and uncivilized brutes, wallowing
lovingly in their own besotted bestiality.
Then quite as suddenly resume their cus
tomary shell of culture and exalted states
manship. It is altogether wonderful. It
is unfathomable.
This Happens Every Time.
When a man slips on a banana peel or
anything' elso his face lights up with aston
ishment rarely shown on any other occasion.
He invariably stops, turns and mentally
marks thelocation of tho article, as if lie
migut come that way again some day and it
would be Just as well to be posted then
looks at his foot quite as curiously.probably
dropping a casual observation or two con
cerning a possible future state of existence
None of these things tend to modify the fact
that he slipped, and that he is no more
likely to slip again on the same thing than
he is to be struck by lightning.
Holiday Rush With the Jewelers.
"I'm glad the holidays are over," re
marked a jobbing jeweler. "Of course, we
make money, but thero is a limit In human
endurance even in money making. We
have had such a nish of work that 18 hours
a day has been too short to doitic. It be
can on the first of December and reached its
greatest flood two days before Christmas.
Why people want their jewelry repaired
any moro-earnestly just about tho holidays
is incomprehensible. It is a fact, however.
We don't make articles of Jevyelry very
often. It is about all n the way of cleaning,
alteringandrepairing. I think this embraces
everything from a $3 watch to a $5,000 dia
mond necklace. Onr regular customers are
the retail jewelers. They sell a ring. It
must be cut or made larger or smaller, per
haps or It is a setting to be changed, or an
old piece that Is to be reset, or something.
The job Is sent to us. Everybody wants his
work at once. Hence this terrible rush of
business this time or the year,
Charles Theodore Mtobat.
Sew Yobs, January 9.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS;
" . '
Two thousand women became artists
in 1391.
IJeturnsfor India will show a decrease)
in leprosy.
The Chinese are beginning to be notice
able In Africa.
A New Mexico man has three well
defined tongues.
At a Missouri wolf hunt 13 dogs wero
killed in mistake.
A Xew York boiler maker has been
working with his heart exposed to view.
Orange county, X. Y., is overrun with
foxc. The farmers are hunting them with
fox hound?.
The posterity of one female sparrow
in ten cars is ometning like two hundred
and seventy-six billion bird.
A gold nugget weighing six and a half
pounds was round in the BrandvFlat ce
ment mine, near Washington, Nov., last
week.
The first theatrical cora--iiy to play in
this country, it is said, came from England
in 173A and rradc their first public appear
ance at York, Va.
The latest location for a watch is in a
dnor handle. There Is one in a shop in Bond
street and another in the handle of a doc
tor's brougham.
Europe signi6es a country of white
complexion; so named because the Inhabi
tants there were of a fairer complexion than
those of Asia and Africa.
An old record of the Civil Warhascome
to light in Xew York. It contains some im
jiortan.t official documents and was brought;
at auction many years ago.
Yacaville, Cal., has a haunted house.
It is situated on the rond to Vanden, and it
is said even the hnnters In that vicinity will
make a wide detour to avoid passing the
place at night.
A company making aluminum in Nen
hauserrliavo again lowered tho price of that
metal from S to 5 marks a kllozramme. This
price is one-third that of nickel and only 20
per cent higher than copper.
In ancient Egypt the cat was an object
of religious worship, and was even an in
mate of the temples. Thero was actually a,
cat zoddess named Bubastis, whowas always
depicted as having a cats neau.
The American Bell Telephone Company
has so forwardPd its experiments in the
telephone field that it has perfected a tele
phone hr which whispers can be trans
mitted 500 miles with perfect distinctness.
Dr. Bide reports before the Eoyal Geo
graphical Society In Madrid the discovery
of a strange people in C'acere. living in
caves and inaccessible retreats, speaking a.
curious language and possessed of a hairy
skin.
PatersoD, X. J., has adopted a new seal.
It has in place of the American eagle, which.
was in the old seal, the representation of a
man planting a mulberry tree. This was se
lected as being the most appropriate for a
city so famed for its silk industry.
A four-pronged buck was killed a few
days ago near Orlando, Ga., in the left hind
foot of which, just above the hoof, a circular
bone or some portion of a cow's skeleton
was found flrmlv clasped. It had worn
through tbp flesh and into the bone of the
.limb, and disabled the animal.
An orange tree in a yard in Yuba City
Cal., has a full yield of large ripe oranges of
this season's crop, and hanging among them
are a number of oranges of the previous
year in a good state of preservation. On tba
same tree is a lemon branch in full bearing,
Titli ripe fruit nnd also beautiful blossoms.
The tree presents a very striking appear
ance. The instinctive fear which cats have of
dogs is illustrated very amusingly by strok
ine a dog and then caressing a blind and
new-born kitten with the same hand that
has touched the dog. At once the kitten will
spit and fluff itself up in the most absnrd
war, distinguishing the smell of the beast
which experience for thousands of genera
tions has taught it most to dread.
Two cannon balls have been found at
the Glen Mills stone qnarries. near Philadel
phia, embedded in rock about 20 feet below
the surface of the earth. About eight feec
of this covering was solid rock, on which
earth and underbrush had grown. It is sup
posed tne Dans nave oeen tnere since tna
Revolutionary War, and probably from tha
time the battle of Brandywine was fought.
Fraulein Susanne Morgenroth, 83 years
old, died recently in abject squalor at Mois
ling, near Lubeck. For many years she had
gathered all her firewood on the highway
and had drawn monthly upon the poormas
ter. Eventually she starved to death. In
her mattress were found bank books and
secnritlcs showing that she had more than
$10 000 Invested, and stockings full of gold
and silver coin were discovered in dirt heapa
and under the floor.
During the Mozart centenary at the)
Imperial Opera House at Vienna an old gen
tleman applied to the Court Counsellor for a
stall at tne "Magic Flute," the booking office
having told him that the house was sold.
Upon being a'kecf whv ho was so anxious to
see the "Magic Flute," he said that he had
seen it first performed at tho Vienna Opera,
House, and Tie wanted to see it azain. Is
was first plaved in Vienna lust SO years ago,
when the old man was 11. He got a seat.
Many of the giant reptiles of long ago
had enormous horns. The great lizard
known as tho triceratops had a big horn
over each eye and a little ono on it4 nose.
Thedinoceras and the tinoceras, gigantla
mammals of the tertiary epoch, had threo
pairs of prominence on their heads which
are believed to have supported horns. How
ever, the material of which horn is com
posed quickly decays, being largely com
posed of gelatine and other animal matter,
so that theso appendages are apt to be found
abent when the fossil bones of beasts which
had them are found.
The adult Fangs, of the Congo, decline
to learn any other language. If tbey engage
in trade they speak Fang. If they have any
controversy with another tribe they will
discuss the merits or the case only In tha
Fang tongue. It is absolutely necessary for
missionaries and merchants, and even other
nesrro tribes, if they are to make headway
and get on with the Fangs, to loam their
language. Tho commerce of Gaboon is in
their hands. They alone snpply ivory to
white traders. If a merchant understands
their language business is speedily trans
acted. If he talks through an interpreter IB
sometimes takes days to complete a sale.
RHXNKLES AND RHYMELETS.
"Is Mike a good worker?"
'Oh, yes: fair."
"Regular?"
"Regularas clock work. Strikes every hour."
Jiutae.
They're now made one, who once were two,
So more till death to part:
He matched a shade for her and that
Was how he won her heart. teio Tork Press.
At different times "Willie had been told
of the man in the moon, and that the moon Is a
green cheese. Futtlngthe two statements together,
he exclaimed one evening, "The man In the.mooa
must be vcy hungry these nights."
"Why, dear?"
"tie has eaten almost all the cheese." Barpeft
Bazar.
"Have you heard of Howell Gibbon's lat
est Infatuation?"
"No; what Is It?"
"He has become addicted to the chrysanthemum,
habit." Puck.
He knelt in front of the furnace,
In the morning cold and gray.
And wondered with growing ferver
If the fire wonld barn that day.
He knelt and he blew upon It
Till his back, grew limp and lame.
And he tells his friends of the sorrow
That comes from an old, old Him;.
Washington Star.
Stage Manager Here! Here! Who rang
up that curtain? The act can't go on without me.
First Heavy I'm blest If it seems to get on with
you. Brooklyn Eagle.
Sunday School Teacher Why did David
use a sling to kill Gollab?
Little Jloy 'Cause he. hadn't any glaat powder
for gun! Texas Sifting .
Mix the fruit and mince the meat;
Add rum for strength and sugar for sweet,
And let the crust be rich and thin;
And then to have aU complete.
Just cram a lively nightmare In.
Judge,
Mrs. Spotcash (entering her husband's
counting room In great agltatlon)-Oh. Wlttlaml
Who is that rough-looking man Just outside your
door with a queer valbe In his harm? Is he Is ha
one of those terrible dynamite cranks?"
3Ir. Spotcash (pale as a sheet) Worse, Caroline I
He'aapiumberl" Chicago Tribune.
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