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PITTSEL'EIJ. SATPR1MY. IANIIARY 3.
TWELVE PAGES
THE SENATOR'S TWO VKKMCTS.
In the case of the Pittsburg Post, as in
that at Beaver, Senator Quay has got a
verdict From a merely personal point of
view, neither findingshouldbs of profound
consequence. The Senator had already,
befoie the trials in court, made clear that
the Bardsley certificate led the Demo
cratic managers last fall into a mare's
nest He showed satisfactorily that he
did not know Bardsley, and that the cer
tificate of deposit in no wise mixed him
with Bardsley's stealings. Thus Senator
Quay who by no means showed an equal
sensitiveness about libels emanating from
papers outside the State and longer per
sisted in has merely succeeded in getting
formal judgment upon a publication
which w?.s already exploded and whose
effect was already dissipated by sufficient
denial and explanation.
If the Senator has no special need for
exultation over the success of prosecutions
which were practically supererogatory,
it is cqualiy true that the defendants
would seem to have no great reason to ap
prohend severe visitation in sentence from
the Bench. The fact that Attorney Gen
eral Henscl was the person who misled
Jliem, coupled with the other fact that
Ilensel was in a position to do so plausibly
by his official connection with the Bards
icy business and supposed knowledge of
facts and circumstances, weighs strongly
against the imputation of negligence as
things usually go in political organs' pub
lications; while the whole matter being in
terwoven with public questions and public
people in campaign fever abates from the
usual everyday understanding of malice.
But, from a legal point of tow, the case
may be of considerable interest before it,
is finished. The Supreme Court has felt
the necessity in iate years of liberalizing
its views on the definition of libel To
tboee who have read the reports of the
trial, it is evident that there is still lots of
room for fine argument and wise hair
splitting, before the Supreme Court, upon
what constitutes such probable and reason
able cause for publication in good faith of
matters affecting public office-holders and
candidates for office as will adequately
protect reputation without seriously ob
structing the usefulness of the press as a
critic of public interests.
It is in this sense chiefly that the case is
of interest; and it is in this sense that the
end of it will not be known till the Su
preme Court has said its privileged "last
say."
PREFERRING THE DAKKSffi.
Concerning the result of recent prima
ries in Philadelphia the Press of that city
declares: "The political horizon could
hardly be darker in this machine-ridden
city than at present" Tet within a day
of that significant assertion the same
journal indulged in a lenglhy demonstra
tion that the class of voters termed Mug
wumps have been utter, failures in their
determination to disregard party ties in
voting against machine dictation.
There is certainly reason for predi
cating a dark political horizon when a
newspaper with intelligence enough to
recognize it in one breath uses the next
one to berate these who set the only ex-
Up Bigpafto.
ample by' which political corruption can
be oterthrovn. It-isapart of the politi
cal experience of the past ten years, and
especially within the knowledge of the
Press, that the only progress in weaken
in? the grip of political rings in this State,
and in establishing honest' administration,
has been accomplished by independent
voting. Yet it varies its moans over the
bad condition of affairs with prolonged
indictments of those who take the only
course to amend it
When our cotemporary bewails the
dark political horizon and at the same
time opposes the only method to lighten
it, is it not convicting itself of preferring
the darkness to the light?
TnE AFRICAN IN THE LUMCHER.
The colored gentleman in the woodpile
of Senator Stanford's bill to have the Gov
ernment lend some hundreds of millions
on real estate security at 2 per cent,
was brought to light by Senator Mitchell's
pointed juestion on Thursday. To his
inquiry whether under the bill corpora
tions owning large bodies of land, such as
land grant railroads, could not borrow
money of the Government at 2 per cent,
Senator Sanford was compelled to reply
in the affirmative.
The California Senator is one of the
largest stockholders in the corporation
which holds to-day the largest land grant
given by the Government The relations
between the land grant corporation and
the Government are of the most unsatis
factory character; and it is notoriously
managed with the express purpose of es
caping the repayment of the subsidy which
the Government lent it in addition to the
land gift It would be a notable addition
if Senator Stanford and his associates
could get some scores of millions more out
of the Government for an indefinite period
at 2 per cent interest But the people of
the United States may not only fail to see
where they will be benefited thereby, but
may think that Senator Stanford and the
rest of the Central Pacific have already
got rich enough out of the Government
bounty.
The prospect of a haul of this sort, to
gether with the opportunity of cultivating
a little cheap popularity with the Farmers'
Alliance enthusiasts, affords an ample ex
planation for Senator Stanford's remarka
ble bill
A GREAT JURIST GONE
The death of Justice Bradley, of the
United States Supreme Court, removes
from that body one of its oldest and in
his time most vigorous members. Justice
Bradley was appointed by President
Grant in 1870, and his record in that im
portant position gives him rank among
the greatest Constitutional authorities.
INot only by his decisions but by his dis
sent to some famous rulings in which that
body had got itself mixed up on Constitu
tional functions, Justice Bradleymadea
reputation for independent and unerring
logic and close adherence to the Constitu
tional standards.
Perhaps the strongest indication of his
clear-sightedness has been furnished by
his dissent to the hazy decisions on inter
State commerce regulation, by which the
majority of the Supreme Courthas left that
question in an inextricable muddle, and
the error of which, Justice Bradley showed
conclusively in his dissenting opinions.
His casting vote on the Electoral Com
mission unfortunately brought his judicial
position into politics. The rulings which
gave him the nickname of "Aliunde
Joe,' will always remain a matter of poli
tical dispute as long as party divisions re
main as they are now; but outside of that
case his rank as a jurist of eminent abil
ity and unimpeachable integrity is be
yond question.
A rOSSIRLE'"SQUEAI."
The report that Bardsley, the defaulting
Treasurer of Philadelphia, is becoming
extremely weary of imprisonment and is
approaching the point where he will be
ready to do what in a lower class of the
criminal profession is called "squealing,"
indicates a promise that the Treasury
scandals are not over so completely as was
supposed.
The probing of that enormoussteal last
year was halted by Bardsley's refusal to
testify. For a mau practically sentenced
to life imprisonment, the punishment for
refusal to answer questions in court has
no terrors; and the case seemed to be
ended when Bardsley definitely assumed
the character of an acquiescent scapegoat ,1
The public was to be pardoned for leaping
to the conclusion that if there had been no
other reputations to hide, Bardsley would
not have refused to testif y, and that im
pression was strengthened by the prompt
ness with which the political organs of
Philadelphia proceeded to abuse a reliable
journalist for publishing some alleged pri
vate telk of Bardsley's, the force of which
was taken away by that criminal's subse
quent denial.
But if Bardsley has, as is reported,
wearied of the part of sole sufferer, there
is promise of further music. The hint of
the thing would be sufficient to set into
activity all the agencies that have been
suppressing disclosures for the past year.
But the weakness of those agencies at
present lies in the fact that this would
open up a stage of the proceedings that
they cannot control If Bardsley wishes
to turn State's evidence in the hope of
securing a mitigation of his punishment
he must deal with the State administra
tion, and whatever casuistry may say as to
the morality of pardoning one criminal m
the hope of bringing down bigger game, it
is not to be expected that the Democratic
leaders will rise so far above human
motives as to refuse the chance of making
some further and startling disclosures.
AH OLD ERROR.
The difficulty in overcoming precon
ceived notions on any subject is strikingly
illustrated by the stereotyped explanation
with regard to boiler explosions. The
New Tork Telegram in commenting upon
a recent locomotive boiler explosion af
fords an example of the sort by saying:
"Iji this instance the explosion which tore
the bodies of engineer and firemen to
shreds and hurled the head of one of them
a quarter of a mile is attributed to the fact
that the water was allowed to get too low.
It is satisfactory to know that it was not
due to any inherent, undiscoverable and
unpreventible defect in the locomotive."
In the statementof the case given above,
it first appears that the only persons who
knew anything about the stage of water in
the boiler" were killed. But the old theory
that explosions are due to that cause sug
gested the stereotyped guess; and con
sequently the explanation is accepted
without dispute. This, too, in the face of
the fact that more than ten years ago
it was demonstrated by the Hunhall
farm experiments in this city, (1)
that boilers could be run empty,
heated to a red heat, and then have the
cold water turned in upon them without
producing an explosion; and, (2 that a
strong and new boiler filled with water
raised under pressure to a superheated
point could be blown into shreds by sim
ply opening the throttle valve.
That newspapers should to-day begnoii
THE
ant of this important refutation of the old
theory of boiler explosions may not be
especially remarkable, but that- practical
builders should neglect the precautions
suggested by the more recent, and fully
demonstrated theory, and should satisfy
themselves when explosions occur with
the old excuse of "low water," is not to
be so lightly passed by. The facts do not
consort with the conclusion of our New
York cotemporary that the fatal explosion
"is not in any. degree an impeachment of
the system of steam boiler inspection."
While the more intelligent experts have
recognized the disproof of the old theory,
the system as a whole cannot be regarded
as adequate until that recognition is put
into actual practice.
REFORMS OVER IN OHIO.
Recent proceedings in the Ohio Legis
lature are well worthy of note. The in
troduction of a bill, providing for an ex
aminer of telegraphers, and making sub
ject to fine and imprisonment the president
or chief manager of railways employing
operators who have not received the ex
aminer's certificate of capability, is a step
in the right direction, as it tends to define
the responsibility of the railroad com
panies. But the measure is incomplete
and fails to get at the root of the matter,
for investigations show that where acci
dents have directly resulted from mis
takes on the part of telegraphers, those
errors have been nearly always due, not to
the intrinsic incompetency of the operator,
but rather to the number of instruments
placed in his charge or the length of time
he was expected to work, without rest
The'' bill introduced into the Senate, pro
hibiting the majority stockholders in com
panies from disposing of their stock with
out giving two weeks' notice to the mi
nority, is a progressive and much needed
measure for the protection of the small
capitalist from the machinations of un
scrupulous financiers.
While the Legislature is to be compli
mented on the high standard of these,
and other measures, under its consider
ation it must be warned that, if any per
manent good is to 'result, the systems em
ployed must be thorough, and the matters
under discussion must be probed to the
core; for a mere gliding over the surface
of things and the remedies likely to result
from such a careless method of procedure
can only hinder the progress of real re
form. Otjk correspondent's remarks on the war
question as given elsewhere should attract
the attention of all thoughtful readers. His
description of the political phase of the situ
ation Is especiallynoteworthy. Politicians
who do not aspire to statesmanship, but are
content to govern their actions merely by
the ebb and flow of party tides, arc, as he
points out, in an awkward predicament. For
the honor and dignity of our country, all
honest people should make strenuous efforts
to publish the lact that they will not allow
party capital to bo made from action in a
question so seriously affecting the integrity
of the entire nation.
Chicago grabbed the World's Fair, now
sho has secured tiie Democratic Convention,
and there are Easterners unkind enough to)
remark on one of the Western city's leading
industries and wonder whether evil commu-
nications have corrupted good manners.
THE Blaine alarmists are progressive.
Not content with making a dangerous ill
ness out of indigestion, a whole eityallowcd
itself by the merest rumor to become con
vinced of the Secretary's death.
Considerable significance attaches to
the promptness with which D. B. Hill has
called a meeting of the Democratic State
Committee of Xcw York to arrange for the
meeting of the Stato Convention, which will
elect delegates for the Democratic National
Convention.. Jle is .evidently anxious to re
ply as soon as possible to the challenge of
fered by the strong preference for Cleveland
shown at the Pennsylvania Democratic Con
vention. A shipment pf flour has just reached;
New Orleans from St. Louis. It is bound lor
Ireland and is the first cargo taken to that
country from New Orleans. The experiment
is watched with interest, as thenewroutei
will be further used if it is successful.
Gorgeous as was the ecclesiastical-dis-d
play at Cardinal Manning's funeral the occa-cj
sion will bo especially memorable lor the
enormous concourse of mourners lrom labor'
organizations.
'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody any
good. The London gas companies are.'reap
ing rich harvests from the all-pervadiug
fogs. It is sad to think of the opportunities
lost to the natural gas companies of tills
city owing to their shortage of fuel during
the cold spell, but, thanks to contracts and
irregular meters, they get there just the
same.
The leading excitement in Hew York at
present is the sensational trial of Harris, a
medical student, accused or murdering his
Bccretly married girl wife. Tho crowd
thronging the Court house are remarkable,!
for their respectability.
One always associates a jewelry store,
with cloct work, hence tho automatic pre
cision with which the Tiffany employes go.
through their preparations lor fire.
The ballots for the city to be favored'by
the Democratic Convention were chieflytre
martable lor the strange fluctuations of tho
votes. The changes from ballot to ballot
were as great as those in the weather from
day to day. Unfortunately the weathert
doesn't arrive at any definite conclusion,
even after 15 trials.
The success of the Tiffany building in re.
listing the attack made on it by the adjoin
ing fire is an unanswerable proof that fire
proof buildings can be had, and that when,
obtained they are the most economic form,
of insurance.
The Queen has appointed son-in-law
Marquis of Lome Constable of Windsor.
The duties are practically nil and the salary
Is of courso proportionately high.
Wheat speculators in Kussia are not to
have things all thelcown way. The Mayor
of Moscow has been ordered to offer a fair
price for 15,000.000 roubles' worth of the
grain, and if the cornerers refuse to sell,
the necessary amount is to be conn sea ted.
Absolutism has its advantages in times of
famine.
The brakeman, Cole, who stood in the
snow to flag tho express for so long that
both his legs had to be amputated, endan
gered his own life to save others, and is
worthy of a pension if ever man was.
The persistence with which some journals
are striving to bring the dogs of war to a
condition of madness is as disgusting as it is
contemptible.
The Republican Senators of New York
Jiave been absolved from the nominal con
tempt of which they were found guilty by
an ail powerful majority, -but no steps have
been taken to remove the stigma of real.
contempt which tho public has placed on j
tuc uusuupuiuua wiuxupuant DUllies.
Too Big a Title for This Congress.
New York Press.
Under the Holman resolution the title of a
Nickel Congress is too big for- the .present;
Doay. it is a one uent congress.
Edison Shocking the' Chllo Afialr.
Boston Traveller.
Edison inclines to throw cold water -on
Chilean movements but ho would flll.it,
TTith electricity.-Shocking!
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OUR EARLY SPECULATIONS.
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'A vast speculation had fall'd.
And ever he mntter'd and madden'd."
Tennyson. "Maud." i, 3.
CaptainHenky M. Shreve lived at
Brownsville, on the Jlonongahola, in the
early part of the present century, hut he
was prnctieally.a Pittsburger, for his keel
boats carried on a transportation business
between h'ereand New Orleans. In 1810 ho
determined to open a new business with his
primitive boats. Prior to that period the
British had monopolized the traffic with the
Indians nlong the Upper Mississippi, and
exercised over them a controlling influence
which was subsequently felt in all the hor
rors of an Indian warfare. Only a few set
tlements existed north of St. Ixrais. Shreve
found out that the British traders, in addi
tion to bartering off their ram and whisky
with the savages for fur, got lead trom them.
He resolved to penetrate the wilderness
himself, and win for the Americans a share
of what he guessed to be a mighty valuable
mineral. Building' a "new barge of 35 tons
burthen at Pittsburg, he manned it with 12
men and proceeded down the river. On
May 2 or that year he left St. Louis for the
Fever or Galena river. He had an adven
turesome voyage, hut managed his mission
so adroitly with the prejudiced Indians that
he bought from them CO tons of lead. This was
too much for his barge, so he cajoled the
savages a while longer until his men built
an additional craft, to which he added a
aiaekinaw boat bought from some rene
gades. His little flotillas reached St.-Lonis
in ten days, and proceeding on to Now
Orleans, Shrevo shipped his lead to. Phila
delphia, nnd realized from the single ven
ture $11,000 in cash, which he invested in
and around Pittsburg. It was the com
mencement of the American lead trade on
the Upper Mississippi.
A Dicker In Cannon Bulls.
The "War of 1812 aided in the develop
ment of Pittsburg's manufacturing bii.-.iriess.
As an example of the prices which one Arm
then commanded on our staple product, the
following is given:
Memorandum of agreement between William B.
Foster on account of the United States, of the
one part, aud.7ot.eph McOlurg, of the other part.
Wltnciseth, That the said Jowph. McClurg
hereby agrees witu the said William B. Foster to
furnish him forthe United States with the follow
ing: 1,000 lS-pounl cannon balls, and' 1,000 12
pound cannon balls, at the price of filO per ton;
andalsol,O0O5-lnch shells at $1W per ton; the
amount payable on delivery, which is to be within
the month of October, 1514.
Witncsscth our hands and seals this 2nd day of
August, 181 L
Signed William B. Foster,
Josepu McClukg.
Witness James McClbane.
Colonel William B. Foster was at that time
Deputy Commissary of the United States
army at Pittsburg. He was the father of
Hon. Morrison Foster, of Sewictley. Joseph
McClurg's foundry stood where the old Post
office now is at the corner of Fifth aveuue
and Smithfield street.
Dr. Husey'. Great Spec.
Immediately upon the consumma
tion of the Chippowa Indian treaty, in 1842,
Dr. C. G. Hussey, of Pittsburg, set on foot
-plans for. penetrating the little explored
Lake Superior region in search of copper.
Tho previous year Thomas -W. Howe, of
Pittsbnrg, had made a difficult journey into
the wilderness, and was convinced that the
earth contained untold millions in copper.
lut there were so many obstacles in the
ay, such as no navigable connection be
tween Lake Superior and tho other great
lakes (the canal at Ste. St. Marie not having
yet been conceived) and the unfriendli
ness of the Chippewa tribes, that the matter
remained ferment until 1S13, when Dr.
Hubsey sent John Hays from this city to
the shores of the lake. He purchased for
Dr. Hussey a sixth interest in the first
three permits ever issued by, the govern
ment for mineral research up there. In
September IStt, the doctor himself joined
Hays. On his return, other Pittsburg capi
talists placed funds in the hands of Dr.
Hussey, and together they began to de
velop tho fnmious Cliff mine, in the follow
ing year. They took out of the ground
masses of copper weighing all the way from
one to SO tons eacb The one mino they
opened produced $8,000,000; paid divi
dends to the amount of $2,2S0,0C0, nnd cost
its owners only $110,000. It required nerve"
to'go into such a venture as this, but
Messrs Hussey, Howe, William Pettitt,
Charles Avery, and a few other Pittsburg
ers, possessed that nerve.
Rnllt Ships fur the Ocean.
In 1803 the ship Louisiana, built at
Elizabeth, en the Monongahela, for the ocean
trade, lert Pittsburg for the Gulf of Mexico
ballasted with our bituminous coal. This it
took clear around the coast to Philadelphia,
readily disposing ot it there for 37 cents
per bushel, or $10 50 per ton.
Plttsburgers bought window glass from the
celebrated Hon. Albert Gallatin's factor-, at
NeW Geneva, on the Mcnongahela, in 1797,
paying him for it from $14 to $20 per box.
These big profits were against Mr. Gallatin's
best judgment, however. His financial fore-
tsight, which won him such a reputation as
Secretary of the United States Treasury, was
well displayed here. He reasoned with his
partners in the glass factory, that those high
prices would attract competition very soon,
whereas if it was reduced to $4 50 per box
they would earn a reasonable margin and
prevent temptation to other capitalists at
Pittsburg. His advioo was overruled. Win
dow glass made in 1S01 at Denny & Beelen's
factory, in Pittsburg, sold for $12 per box of
100 feet, but the size is not given.
In 183G the sum of $1,100,000 divided among
nine rolling mills in Pittsburg gives lis an
idea of the volume of business then done in
iron, and the profits accruing. These nine
mills employed 1,000 hands, and used 28,000
tons of pig metal and blooms.
A Busy Mart in Early Days.
Without railroads who would be the
consumers of Pittsburg's iron product?
"Well, in 1836 there were no railroads. But
all over Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
farmers were settling, and farmers, de
manded iron tools. Tho fanners boomed
Pittsburg. In that year, in that part or 'tho
city still called Lawrenceville, Ephrlam
Estep's shop turned out $70,000 worth of
axes, shovels and spales. Lippencott &
Bros a well-known firm in those days and
Kings, and Higby & Anderson, manufac
tured, the same year 8,000 dozen shovels and
spades, 1,600 hoes, and 600 saws.
Two othor lucky turns in the history of
Pittsburg's industry are too recent to need
more than recalling. One was in Connells
ville coke, and tho othor was the original
high prices paid a few manufacturers for
steel rails. In tho former, 1SS0 saw $5 per ton
paid for coke. '
"A View of the Trade of the City of Pitts
bnrg in 1803," mentions one merchant who
had just sold off 2,S0U,fur and wool hats at $5
each, and 90 dozen chip hats at $7-50 per
dozen.
From all of which instances ic would ap
pear that these pioneer Pittsburg specula
tors neither "muttered" nor maddened,"
but they prosperedandgrew wealthy. Their
daring in laying the foundation of not only
this city's industries, but of some of the
United States' most famous Hues of trade,
should command a national admiration.
SToriEL.
rKESIllBXTAIi BOOKLETS.
The Cullom Presidental boom is simply on
paper. It is impracticable. Toledo Blade
The Gray Presidental boom should hasten
to subscribe for some standard chest pro
tector. Washington Post.
The recent cold snap seems to have frozen
the Boies boom stiff, or perhaps it's over
around Peoria, celebrating. Somerset Times.
President Harrison is reported to be
"playing his cards very fine." It is under
stood, however, that Mr. Harrison is no
longer playing on velvet. New York Adver
tiser. Coloitel Morrison has finally deoided to
place his Presidental boom in the hands of
his friends. He should also keep a sharp
watch on the razors in the hands of his
enemies. New York Press.
Grovzr Cleveland has gone to Joe Jeffer
son's plantation at Grande Terrej La., to
hunt, but knowing politicians will recognize
in this maneuver a wily effort to solidify the
ttuVCajian votes. Chicago Times. '
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SATURDAY.' JANUARY
CHABITT BICHIY BEWABDED.
A' Grateful Baron Repays a Email Gift With
nVnloaOle Gem.
Urrrn Sandusky, O., Jan. 23. Dr. A. Bill
hardt, of this place, many years ago while in
Philadelphia one evening, walking through
a well-known quarter of that city, was
stopped by a pale-faced gentleman, who
begged piteously for assistance. His story
of wrongs and misfortune was so plausible
that the doctor handed him the amount
asked for, and was on the point of continu
ing his walk when the" stranger stopped him
again, asked his name and addres, promis
ing that when fortune smiled upon him he
should be well remembered.
Yesterday, upon opening a small package
directed to him from a mining town in
South America, the doctor found glistening
in a downy bit of cotton a brilliant scintil
lating with all the colors of the rainbow.
The following card was inclosed:
"Melmore, S. A., Nov. 6, 1S9L
"Dr. A. Blllhardt:
"Dear Sir Several years ago I met you in
the streets of Philadelphia. I was starving
and asked you for bread; you gave it to me.
For your kindness I return you a stone. It
is of great value, hut nothing, I assure you,
in comparison to the gratitude I feel for the
kindness you extended.
"Baron Ino Ross a."
That the doctor was amazed goes without
saying, and no wonder, ff ho gem weighs
20 karats and Its value is estimated at $8,0W).
THE OWL EXPLODED.
The Cruel Trick Which an Ohio farmer
Played on a Bird.
Defiance, O., Jan. 21 A few, days ago
George Fogle, living about four miles cast
of this city, caught an owl of enormous
dimensions in a steel trap. He found Ills big
eyed captive a lively specimen, and thinking
of having some fun with him, decided on the
queer notionof blowing him up with dyna
mite. So, tying a small piece of the power
ful explosive to the bird's leg, he lit the fuse
and sent tho owl flying through the air. He
flew with some difficulty over the field, and
the bird's apparent distress attracted the at
tention of some neighbor boys who had just
alightefl from an empty wagon in an adjoin
ing field.
The owl flew low and directly townrd
them, the bovs becoming excited at its near
approach. Iiut they knew nothing of the
dangerous load it was carrying or of its pre
vious capture Jnst as the owl got directly
over their heads the dynamite exploded,
blowing the bird to smlthereers. The boys
becamo ,so terribly affrighted that they
sprang into the wagon, put tho whip to the
already frightened horses, went heiter-skel-ter
over the fields, never stopping until they
had arrived safely within the confines of
their father's house. They were entirely at
a loss to account tor the wonderfully mysteri
ous aerial demon.
QUKEB VEGETABLE GS0WXH.
It Springs From' the Bodies of Blexican
narvest Flies.
San Francisco, Jan. 22. Four peculiar
specimens were received at the State Min
ing Bureau's Museum yesterday from Aca
pulco. The specimens are four good-sized
flies, called the chicharras, which are found
only in the suburbs of Acapulco. They are
harvest flies, and dnring the summer they
feast upon the grain. In tho rainy season
they are forced underground, and while im
prisoned a healthy, well-developed sprig
grows from them and appears above the
ground.
Tilt- sprig has every appearance of being
plant lite, but its origin is queer. The sprig
generally grows out from the first articula
tion of the neck, and those on the specimens
at the Mining Bureau are about 1 inches
long and certainly look like plants. The
roots of this curious growth fill the entire
body of the fly, the outer shell of the insects
forming a case for them.
KINDNESS HEAPS A BEWABD.
A Woman Given a Diamond Necklace for
Conrtesy to a Cripple.
Trot, X. Y., Jan. 22. While Miss Stella
Hoyle, of this city, was riding In a crowded
Ftrcet car ih Rondout last summer an elderly
man, crippled, entered. The young lady
rose and gave her seat to the gentleman, who
asked her name and address.
Eecently Miss Hoyle received from the
gentleman, who is a wealthy resident of Bal
timore, a necklace see with diamonds in ac
knowledgment of her kindness.
'KNOWN BT THEIR NAMES.
Mrs. Hodgsos Btjbnett, the American
authoress, has founded a Xewspaper Boys'
Homo in London.
Ex-Mayor Frederick O. Prince, of
Boston, although over 70 years of age,is very
painstaking, almost foppish, in his dress.
EUGEJTE ElCHTER, the leader of the Lib
eral party ot Germany.has tho most remark
able memory of any member of the Reich
stag. Guy de Maupassant, while apprentice
in literature to Flaubert; wrote five years
for the waste basket, nis master religionsly
destroyed all this crude work.
One of the youngest railroad presidents
in the country is George W. Saul, the execu
tive head of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
road. He will not celebrate his 34th birth
day until next October.
The wife of Mr. Justice Brown, of the
United States Supremo Court, has in her
possession a writing table on which Lafay
ette is believed to have indited much of his
correspondence while In America.
William C. Murphy, of Philadelphia,
is a vigorous man of 82. He fought at and
"remembers" the-Alamo. Murphy was one
of the guards who had SantaAnna in charge
after the battle of San Jacinto.
The Duke de Litta has been lionized by
tho people of Charleston, S. C, where he has
recently been visiting. The Duke is an Ital
ian nobleman of the first rank, closely allied
to the reigning family of Italy.
Giovanni Gop.gesso, the blind hermit
of the Island of Zyncinthos, is declared by
a recent visitor to have devised a refleotor
which throws sunlight(enough into his cave
to warm it and comfort its sightless tenant.
DEATUg HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Saiina Lyslp, AIcKeesport.
Mrs. Saiina Lysle, widow of the late
Robert Lysle.and one of the most prominent ladles
in McKccsport, died there yesteraay morning after
a long illness resulting from heart trouble. The
deceased was very wealthy. She was a member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. She gave
freely to the deserving. She was 52 years of age
and is survived bv one child, George II. Lysic.
She was a sister of Hiram Wlilgham, of Camden,
nnd he is now the sole surviving member of the
family of the late W.-Whigham. who was one of
tlis earlier pioneer river and coal operators of that
vicinity and died very wealthy. Mrs. Lysle never
fully recovered from the shock caused by the death
of her beantlful daughter Mazle, who died fire
years ago at the age or 17 years.
Colonel K. S. Blair, Harrisville.
Colonel K. S. Blair died Thursday ni?ht
at Harrisville, W. Vs., ofthe grip, aged 57 years.
The day before his wife had died In the adjoining
room, and both will be buried to-morrow. Colonel
Bla'r was one of themost prominent lawyers in the
State. ex-Prosecuting Attorney, e mnsel for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ex-member of the
Legislature. He was the most p-ominelit candidate
for Attorney General at the coming election on the
Democratic ticket.
Charles II. Peabody, Journalist.
Charles Henry Peabody, once a well
Inwn newspaper man, died at New Bedford,
Tuesday, aged 2. Ke b'ganiwork on the Boston
Fust. Afterward he went to London as corres
pondent of the largest lrimberof American nevrs-pap-r
at that time rep .ented by any one person,
llisllterar-ventures in this country included tho
Knickerbocker Magazine, the Yankee MlKcUanrf,
J'eabody's American Chronicle, and othsr periodi
cals. Major Waldemar-Hyllested.
Major Waldemar-Hyllested, a veteran of
the Mexican and Civil War, died. Thursday at New
Orleans, from an attack of apoplexy caused by the
receiptor the Intelligence that his only sister had
died. He was 70 years old and was a uatlve of Co
penhagen. Ho served In the Danish and French
armies before coming to America. At the time of
his death he was bergvapt at Arms ofthe Louisiana
Historical Society. ,
Obltcary Notes.
Captaik Abner Haines, Second Inrantry U. S.
A., died yestcrdav at the Gibson House in Cincin
nati from pneumonia.
Yeatman Bickman. a Justice or the Tcace In
Flndley and brother or Jfajor TV. D. Bickman, or
the Dayton Journal, died yesterday after a short
illness from nervous prostration. .Instlce Blckham
was an old newsntrjer man. havlnr worked in Cln-
rlnnn&ti. Davton and Columbus, and held the rank
of Major in the Union army-la the War ofthe Be-.
vcwvur
1S92L
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Setting Mercer Right.
To the Editor orThe Dispatch:
In yours, as well as the issues ol all of the
Pittsburg morning papers of Tuesday last
circulating here, appeared an article evi
dently contributed by the same corre
spondent, entirely confined to the license
question. In that part of the article refer
ring to Mercer, in -which it is stated that
"this year the' excitement is greater than
over, husband being arrayed against wife,
brother against sister and children against
parents," I remark, that if it is intended
that enmity has thereby been created be
tween them, that I know of no such case at
all, and I think I am as familiar with the
manner In which the proceedings were con
"ducted as the writer of the article referred
to. The wife, sister, parent or child may
have signed the remonstrance to protect
the happiness and prosperity ot their
homes, but in no instance has it been done
with any other motive than this.
Again he says: "All this has caused several
eruptions in the churches of this city''
whlch is untrue. The writer does not know
of a scintilla of evidence to warrant such a
statement.
Again he says: "On the application there
are 211 signers, which includes a large num
ber of leading business men and influential
citizens." Again his statement of facts is
false. The anpHcant on his original and ad
ditional netitions combined has only 3"6 peti
tioners, 71 being women and 255 men. Of this
last number there are only about 60 of the
business men, leading and otherwise, and
these include employers and employes, and
inpointof numbers and character 'in this
line they do not exceed the numbers of re
monstrants: while nearly 1C0 of the business
men or the place refused to sign either way
on tho ground that they thought it was the
court's duty to decide- this, as it does all
other legal points, without asking their ad
vice or vote, and almost three-fourths ofthe
owners ol the real estate and the wealth of
the town are opposed to tho granting of
license, and so expressed themselves, either
by signing the remonstrance or orally
to the writer of this when approached upon
the subject.
Again your correspondent says: "On tbo
remonstrance it was found there were many
names of persons not of age, many non-residents
and strange names signed in the same
handwriting." Every statement in tnis sen
tence is laise, and the petitioner and his
counsel, after raking the remonstrance from
ueginniug to end as with a fine-tooth comb,
weroableto find but,three, and these were
withdrawn lrom the remonstrance by coun
sel for the remonstrants before the case
came up before the court lor argument.
It is true that the petitioner and his at
torneys, not understanding the world-wide
use of the ditto sign, did file something like
200 objections, because the sign appeared
alter writing the name of the street on which
one of a number of the signers of the same
street lived, and of course, alter the court
renders it decision, they will learn some
thing new to them, but as old almost to the
business world as business itself.
On the other hand, the remonstrance as
filed contained tho names of 425 remon
strants; exceptions were filed by them to 36
names on additional petitions sustained by
affidavit, and exceptions filed to 61 names on
additional petition as improperly and im
prcvidently signed when tested by the rule
of court.
It conclusion I simply desire to state,
that if there has been any. feeling engen
dered upon this subject in our town, the
fault lies with the people asking for license,
for the reason that they, in the face or the
lact that the court lor the past four or five
years has refused to grant license on the
ground that a large majority of tho citizens
were opposed to the granting of the same,
still persist in agitating tho subject in ask
ing the court for license.
J. J. Alexander.
Mekceb, Pa., January 2L
Rev. Ivan Panin's TSeJoinder.
To the Editor ofthe Dispatch:
In your issue of January 18 there is an
article entitled "Conflict in Belief" which
contains the substance of an interview with
me, and also a few brief comments concern
ing poor me by Sister Moorhead and "a well
known manufacturer.' '
Will yon kindly allow me a few words con
cerning these comments? I had hoped not
to have my name dragged into the Bethamy
affair; tho interview was therefore not
sought by me. But when the reporter did
seek me out on tho train, I saw no reason
whatever for not answering questions. The
word of God saith: "Give unto him that
asketh of thee," and in my Bible I find no
note "unless tho asker bea reporter." Speak,
therefore, I had to. And when it came' to
speaking, I. thought that the truth and the
full truth is "best, especially as it was plain
that the trnth will be known anyhow sooner
or later, it was not .-.''vindictivencss" that
dictated my replies. Your reporter and tho
train attendant, who heard tho interview,
are the best witnesses of tho temper in
which mv information was imparted. The
word of God commands us to love even our
enemies: and on the Judgment day alone it
will he known, as now It is known to Him
alone who seeth in secret, just what my feel
ings are to those who new charge me with
"vindictiveness.','
As to being "strong-willed," I plead guilty.
A chief engineer at a five must, in the midt
of confusion, be very Arm, even at the risk
of being charged with strone-willedness.
And when it comes to tho cleaning out of a
cesspool pardon me for the strong illustra
tion a certain deci3ivenecss and dispatch
are needful which on temporizers and
patchers-up is apt to Jar. I love peace, like
all true children of God. But with the devil
there is peaco only after his head has been
cut off and not nntil them.
Affairs at Bethany have needed, and still
need, an uncompromising warfare with the
adversary. This mean? an unsparing
change. For this the stufled-pocketbook
managers are at present not ready. The
Lord bless them, they sometime will know
better. But meanwhile neither the Lord's
cause nor that of Bethany, is served by ac
cusing poor me of vindictiveness.
I venture to write this note to you not to
justify myself. To be misunderstood and
misrepresented, yea even to be spoken
falsely against, is just what our Lord told us
His disciples must expect. So that not for
any defense is this writ. But no one will
surely profit by believing what is not true,
while some may be saved from error by these
few wbrds of mine. Ivax Txum.
P. S. The appellation, stuffed-pocketbook
managers, is used not as a reproach, but
simply as best describing tho true cause of
difference. A full pocketbook and an empty
heart very seldom go together, and it was
here that the radical change was deemed by
mo needful. Our Lord has all manner of
olessinzs for tho jpoor, bnt next to none for
111U 1 IUII.
Gbaftojt, Mass., January 21.
I. P.
Tho Hose Problem.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
Your editorial remark regarding the fre
quent bursting of hose during the recent
fires in the central part of the city has
caused considerable comment on this sub-'
Ject, and, no doubt, will have a tendency to
remedy the evil. But your strictures on the
quality of the hose are entirely wrong, as
they are as good an article as is manufact
ured and in good condition when delivered;
but the treatment they receive is not calcu
lated to prolong their usefulness. In tho
-first place, three-Inch linen hoso is not the
proper article for a fire' department such as
ours is. Three-inch hoso is entirely too
heavy to be handled with anything like ex
pediency. To drag a three-inch line full of
water requires unlimited men, and to lake
one up a ladder is almost out of the ques
tion. Linen hose requires careful handling-after
being-used, and should be thoroughly dried
before spooling, but frequently the liose is
spooled before being dried, which, of course,
causes them to become rotten. Again they
are'put to a severe strain every time a shut
off nozzle is used, as our engines are not
supplied with relief valves. Something has
to give with all the strain 170 pounds of
water pressure has. TUe hose, being weak
from not being treated properly, suffers.
Again, the icrew couplings are not treated
properly. When spooling up after a fire the
"mare end" or tho coupling drags over the
cobble stones, thereby ruining the thread so
the next time a coupling is made it leaks,
and a heavy pressure causes the coupling to
blow out. Ens J. Root.
Pittsburg, January 22.
More Light on the Silver Question.
To the Editor or The Dispatch:
Your Mail Pouch correspondent, J. H.
Stevenson, In your issue of the 18th inst.
fails to bring out that provision of the act
of February 12, 1873, that by Implication re
peals the free coinage of silver as provided
for in the act-of 1837. The part or the 1873
act quoted by him is not the part of said act
that has tho repealing power. Tho act is a
long one containing .67.ssctions, regulating
all the details of the Mint. It does not de
monetize the old silver dollar. In fact, the
silver dollar is not mentioned in the act.
The act simply authorlzcd'the coinage of
silver half-dollars, quarter-dollars and
dimes, below standard weight, and a new
silver coin for Asiatic commerce, to be
grains troy, and -to prohibit these particu-
iiai' coins aescnoeu as -saiu coins irom
being a. legal tender for mora than five, dol
lars -in'any one payment. The -act 'also
28.
enumerates in addition, the gold coin, and
the minor coins of base metal which are
authorized. The act referred to did not, by
naming the old silver dollar, prohibit its
continued colnnge. It was prohibited by
the seventeenth section in the following
general prohibitory words:
"Xo coins, either of gold, silver or minor
coinage, shall hereafter be issued from the
Mint, other than those or the denomina
tions, standards and weights herein set
forth." . , N
The act of 1873 did Tiot demonetize or af
fect in any manner the legal tender func
tions of the full-weighted silver coins mint
ed prior to the passage ofthe act, but the
seventeenth section deprived silver bullion
of its right of being coined into full legal
tender money on either Government or pri
vate acconnt. Tho demonetizing of silver
was not affirmatively completed until Jauo,
1874, more than a year after the passage of
tho memorable act of 1873. It crept into the
Revised Statutes of 1871 as section 3585. and
reads'as follows: "The silver coins of the
United States shall be a legal tender at their
nominal value for any amount not exceed
ing $5 in any one payment."
It will be seen that the ancient money of
the country was not legislated out of exist
ence by Concress, but was revised out of
existence. The act of 1S37 provided for free
and unlimited coinage of gold and sliver on
private account. The act of February 12,
1873, repealed the actof 1S37 in so far as it
provided for the coinage of the old silver
dollar ot 412 grains. The acts of 1878 and
1890 provide for a limited coinage ofthe old
silver dollar on Government account.
Silas C. Parkeb.
Masspield, O., January 2L
FIVE DAYS OF CHARITY.
At Old City Hall for the Allegheny Day
Nursery An Interestlns Letter and a
List or Names Fruit 'and Flower Mis
sion Plentifully Patronized.
The Secretary of the Day Nursery re
quests the publication in The Dispatch of
tho following:
"The Day Nursery management regrets
exceedingly that, owing to uncontrolable
circumstances, the invitation to all churches
to assist in the coming entertainment has
not been so general as the management had
intended it should be. The management
was kindly informed to-day of several
churches that wonld like to help were their
services desired, and in response desires to
say that it will receive gratefnlly any and
all proffered services. For those chnrches
notified too late to be able to serve on tho
day set apart for the denomination to which
they belong, Friday and Saturdavhavo been
set apart as a sort of days of universal
brotherhood." .
To this is appended tho address of Mrs. S.
R. Sloan, 1512 Penn Avenue, who is Chair
man of the .Executive Committee, and to
whom all inquiries may be addressed. After
Monday tho official headquarteis will be
Old City Hall. These are tho committees for
the coming entertainment beginning on
Tuesday:
Executive Committee Mrs. S. It. Sloan. Chair
man: llrs. T. M. Morrow, Mrs. L. D. Haziett.Mrs.
J. Allison, Mrs. J. T. Morton.
Supnlr Committee Mrs. 3i. D. Hazlett, Chair
man :Mr. Morton. 3Irs. Uultz, Mrs. TrimblOIrs.
Sodden, 3Irs. Boyle, Mrs. 3Iannlng, Mrs. Brown,
Mrs. Armstrong.
Reception Committee, first day 3Irs. Rhodes as
sisted by 3Ilss Grace Rhodes and 3Iiss Jessie
Bracken.
Fancy and VaHetv Booth Mrs. -Tolin Gibson,
Chairman; Mrs, B. t. Dake. 3Irs. William Patter
son, 3Irs. J. A. 3IcAteer, Mrs. W. 31. Hire, the
3tisses Alma Croskv; D. 3Iusser. Emma Eckert.
3IargaretEcltert. Edith Hlce. Slaud Geore, Sadie
Smllie. 3Iary Mchaffer.
Candy Booth 3Irs. John Arthur and 31rs. H. C.
Howard, Chairmen; Mrs. R. Shaw. 3Ir. Alexan
der Knox. 3Irs. J. K. 3IcKee. 3!rs. Urling. the
Misses Jennie Tlhbey, Sarah liamill. Carrie Hlce.
Grace Crlder. Jean Dnnlevy, Eleanor Arthur.
Jlarv Jtoflatt. Anna Trimble. Lvrthi Davis. Bird
Saint. Vida McAllister, Margaret 'Hill. Kelle Lore.
T.illie Ooahoru, Annie Wadacll, Isibel Henry ana
Hartje.
Ice Cream Booth Mrs. Allison and 3lrs. H. D.
William!, Chairmen: the 31lses Marv Trimlile.
Josephine 3IcHenrv, Sadie West, Emily Fetter
man, Cora Flaliaveu. Nida Filsou. Anaetta Trim
ble. Jennie Thompson. Clara Armstrong, Jessie
McDonald. 3Iargaret McMillan. Birdie Burehlicld,
Valeria 3IcKee and Sirs. GlUelaud.
Common Sense Booth 31rs. James Bichev.Chair
man; Sirs. 'J. D. Frazer, Mrs. Thomas Rodgers.
Mrs. James Wilson. 3Irs. Eishelman, 31rs. AhU
Mrs. W. C. Hodge. Jlrs. H. McKc. 3Irs. Airnes
Mitchell. Mrs. Clara Martin, -Mrs. Scddcn and Mbs
Ella Thompson.
Cocoa Booth 3lrs. McConneU. Chairman.
Dining Room 3Irs. Sloan and 3Ir. Morrow,
Chairmen.
The days are In this order: Tnesdav. I'resoy
terlan day; Wednesdav. United PresbTteriau day;
Thursday, Methodist; Friday, all churches.
Here is something! A correspondent
writing on tho subject of mothers with
young children attending service suggests
the formation of a baby brigade, consisting
of young women, who like to take care of
children and who wonld be willing to give a
rnnrninr or eveninsr once a week for that
purpose. "There are many young Iadie."
he says, "who would' be delighted to take!
care of babies for an hour or so. They
should go to the homes of the mothers nnd
not have all the babiesAt a creche. They
shonld, in fact, take the mother's part, and
each church should have a brigade or each
group of churches, supplied with officers.
As nearly as could be ascertained yester
day, through the courteous assistance of
MissTindlo and' Miss McKnight, the pro
ceeds of the afternoon tea for the Fruit and
Flower Mission mounted well np to $200.
The weather, as it h as been doing all winter,
interfered with the attendance, though not
so much as was expected. Though given in
the afternoon , by having the h nge windows
in Miss Tindle's house all carefully shut
tered and chandeliers and candelabra blaz
ing, the affair partook of an evening as
pect. The furniture has all been re
moved and the carpets crashed.
The thoughtful hostess also had
carefully disposed of numerons screens, so
that a hosof private little places existed,
beautifully suited for charming little chats
or cups of tea, solus. Many of the visitors
were in afternoon toilette, st6nping in for
a aandwich and chocolate on their way from
some afternoon tea. Tho names of those
presiding at the various booths were given
In yesterday's papers, so that it is scarcely
necessary to repeat them. Praise is due to
them for a carefully planned, anttmalgre
the weather, entirely successful event.
Social Chatter.
It is heini arranged to give a concert for
the purpose of raising fnnds for the founda
tion of a scholarship in the Pennsylvania
College for Women. The scheme is to have
Mme. Decka as tho chief attraction, and her
remarkable ballad singing has been so sne
cessful elsewhere, that it is hoped the con
cert will attract plenty of patronage. It
will be given on February 11, as now ar
ranged, at Carnegie Hall.
Is spite of all doubts, 3Ir. George Kcnnan,
the eminent Siberian explorer, will asMircd
Iv give the next lecture in the Sewicklcy
Valley course, next Tuesday evening, at the
Presbyterian Church. The subject of Jlr.
Kennan's lecture will be "Exile Life in Si
beria," and during the evening 3Ir. Kennan
will appear in the peculiar prison garb o' a
Siberian convict.
The "Marion" waltz, written and arranged
forthe guitar bv Mr. Charles W. Fleming, is
praisedby musicians as a daintily conceived
thing very, prettily carried out. Sir. Hom
ing composes rapidly and has a vast deal of
creative force to draw from. His pieces are
played and admired all over the country.
The invitations were issued yesterday for
Madame Geraldy Del Sarte's lectures in
this city. Two had been planned for and
will bo given on Thursday and Saturday
afternoons at Mrs. J. M. Schoonmaker's
house at 3 o'clock.
Mks. William P. De Armitt, of Ridge ave
nue, has issued invitation for February 4, in
honor of a yonngmarriedand' very charming
friend, Mrs. Updegraff, of llagarstown, Md.
Mrs. Charles A. O'Briex, of Mt. Washing
ton.ohaperones a large theater party on Mon
day evening at the -Opera House.
It is rather less that three weeks to Lent.
WATTERS0YS ASPIRATIONS.
As a strong man Colonel AVatterson 'has
few peers. He has survived one of the Xew
York Herald's circus booms. Chicago 2'ews.
Pebhats Colonel Watterson is training
down to his fighting weight in order to do
Justice to that declaration for Hill. Wash
ington Post.
The Xew York Herald is running Colonel
Watterson for President. As a companion
piece to the late Dana Senatorial boom it is
a double-leaded success. Washington Post.
The Xew York Herald nominates Henry
Watterson for President. This is genuine"
Journalistic courtesy and yet th3 sugges
tion is worthy consideration. Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Hekrv Watterson has been suggested by a
western admirer for President. He knows
all about Whlto House life during some por
tions of one Democratic administration, and
he could have a cage built on the grounds to
exhibit the Star Eyed Goddess of Reform.
The suggestion is excellent. Xew YorkPress.
The Xew York Herald nominates Henry
Watterson as Democratic candidato for tho
Presidency. Xow if the Louisville Coto-ier
Journal will nominate James Gordon Ben
nett honors will bo easy. It will be difficult,
however, for Mr. Watterson to decide on
what ticket Mr. Bennett is to be placed.
Detroit Frte Press
curious coxdeMtions.
In Japan there is no proper translation
of tho word "God,"' " .
Indian fakirs are able to impersonate
death as long as six and even ten months.
Deer are very thick near Hope, Idaho.
One party np there killed 25'in a single day
last week.
There are 4G6 sawmills running in ths
State of Washington, with a .total daily cut
ting capacity of 8,421,000 feet.
The nine winds of the writers are the
Etesian. Harmattab, Khamsian, Mistral,
Pamopero, Puma, Samicl. Sirocco and So
land. Birmingham, Ala., has passed a resole
tion taxing and licensing almost every
trade, occupation and profession in. that city
for municipal revenue.
Cranes, storks and wild geese fly fast
enough to mako the trip from Xorthern
Europe to Africa In a week, hut -most ol
them rest north of the Mediterranean.
In the southwestern districts'of Africa
larse red beads, either of oval or cylindrical
form, are still the favorites; also small beads
of' indigo hue, small black ones and others
with red dots.
The water chase fn canoes', a marriagt
ceremonial of Singapore, is very similar tc
tho foot race, and both are unusually ol
short duration, for the fair quarry is only
too willing to bo caught.
Several species of rhinoceroses, now ex
tinct and only found in a fossil state, used tc
exist which had no horns at all. The name
meaning as it does the 'horned, nose,' if
rather a misnomer in their case.
The color of amber is of all sbade3,
from pale straw to deep orange. A species
called the Falernian, from its similarity ir
color to the celebrated rich, golden wine o:
that name, was the most prized by the
Bomans.
1'rom the evidence adduced Tiy botanist!
of high standing it seems highly improbable
that wheat has ever been found growinf
persistently in a wild state, although it has
often been asserted by poets, travelers anc
historians.
The largest amount of ground 'in th
world devoted to tho culture of gladiolus is
at Floral Park, X. Y., where J. L. Childs has
50 acres planted in that flower. At this
place 150 acres are devoted to floral culture
iii tut; spring anu summer.
Humming birds must miscalculate thi
best time for their yearly migration, sinc
theyliave been found dead in hollow trees
and outhouses. As a rule, however, thej
must contrive to travel a considerable dis
tance in spite of their short wings.
The Fangs of the Congo have a sayin;
that "the Fang is he who kills the elephant
tho white man is an elephant," which i
their way of saying that the white 'man ii
rather stupid. This expresses their opinioi
of many of the traders and missionaries the;
meet.
Knotted strings were employed by the
ancient people of Pern for messages. Thej
had no written characters to express Singh
sounds, and so they put words together fo:
purposes of communication and also fo'
records by the dexterious tying of knots oi
cords.
Poodle is derived from the'Gennai
pndel, a puddle or pool. This dog wa
originally German, and the name was prob
ably given it because orbeing very closelj
allied to what is known as tho water-dog
They aro withqut doubt the mostintolligen
of all canines.
An industry which is probably not catt
logued in the list of trades is that of gra
hair pulling, but a few women in Xew Yor:
make their living in this way. Evidentl;
the old tradition that "for every gray hai
pulled out three will come to the funeral.'
does not obtain among the employers o
these artists.
It is said that in China there is a cat tha
has drooping ears. The Mombas cat of thi
west coast of Africa is covered with stiff
' bristly hair. A Paraguay cat is only one
part of the world. It lias a long body am
short shiny hair. In South America there i
a race of cats which do not Know how t
miauow.
It is a tradition in Austria that has mor
than the force of law, that "if an nnmarrie
man destroy the eyeofan unmarried womai
he must within two twelve months msk
that woman his bride," or "mourn where'e
he go, his days full of woe: in life or death h
shall know no-rest, his bpdy accurst, his son
unblest;woetohimoncarthor'air; woe t
him fore'er and e'er."
In midsummer some humming bird
stray as far Xorth as Canada, but after Xc
vember they are hardly ever seen anywher
in the United States east of tho Californi
Sierra, and .probably pass tho winter r
Xorthern Mexico, in the evergreen forest
of Tamaulipas, for instance, where tho wil
oranges and musk-lianas are covered witl
their finest flowers at Xew Year.
The Kurds, among whom 3Iis3 Greer
field has cast her lot. have a very curiou
and somewhat dangerous marriage custoir
which one would think would bo more hor
ored in the breach than in the observance
The husband, surrounded by a body guar
of 20 or 30 young men, carries his wife hom
on his back in li'scarlet cloth, and is despe:
atcly assaulted the whole way by a numbe
of girls.
Least attractive among the' insect
which give light are the so-called "electri
centipedes" black crawlers with many leg
which have been likened to serpents' skeli
tons in miniature. They move in a snake
like fashion, forward or backward, lea vin
behind them a bright track of pho6phori
light. However, they are most accustome
to appear in the daytime, when tha illumine
Hon they afford is not visible.
The earliest notice of amber we fin
occurs in the Odyssey of Homer, where "th
gold necklace hung with bits of amber" i
mentioned in the list of jewels offered b
the Phoenician traders to the Queen orSyru
In one of the Greek fables accounting fc
tho origin of amber it is related that th
sisters ot HelidaJ, on seeing thoir brothe
hurled by tho lighting of Jove into th
T5Hdanus were transformed by the pityin
gods into poplar trees and tne tears the
shed were dropped as amber on the shore
of tho river.
One of the most persistent beggars i
Portland, Me., is a collie dog which is ver
fond ofdoughnuts. Tho collie, in compan
with his mistress, visited a bakery one da
last fall and, perceiving some doughnuts i
a showcase, he sat down and pleaded, b
means of short, sharp barks, for a treat. Th
clerk generously fed the smart dog, but no
he 'wishes that he hadn't, for every da
since the collie has appeared toegiormor
doughnuts. If the shop door i3 closed h
will wait outside nntil some one opens!
and then dodge in to get his regular fre
lunch.
PICKINGS ETtOM PUCS.
"I am thinking of opening a . branc
Keeley Institute- Where do you think would be
good place?"
Have you thought of Iowa? That's a P
bisaion State. I believe."
I hold a maiden beautiful
Whose eyes beam forth her pure latent.
Whose words unconsciously reveal
A heart as sweet as Innocent,
l hose helping hands oft Seek and Had
Some kindly ct of love to do
I hold this maiden beautiful
To be sincere, I like to, too.
"Surprise parties are always 'cut an
dried beforehand."
"Xot always. We found him in the bath tnl
and his wife in the back parlor,- reading Lam
Jean Libbey."
Miranda I wouldn't marry that man .
every hair was strung with gold. t
3Iaud Why not?
Miranda He Is bald-headed.
The Czar A horrible thought strikes mi
The Lord High Executloner-What is. that. Yoi
3IaJesty!
The Ciar-If that dentist was a Nihilist he ml
have filled my teeth with dynamite. 'Then, tl
arsttime I bite hard I shaU blow the top or n
head off t !
Oh, for the thought that never was.thongl
By the man who bad never a brain V " 3
Ana oh. for the pleasure that never was caught
By the man who bad never known pain J
And oh. for the actor who never denied
That he never had made a success'!
And oh ! for the athlete who never has tried
To render the record still less ! . . r jj
And oh. for the dollarthat never was spent
By. the man who was sever dead broke !
And oh, for the maid who would neyef repent
Of the word that she never yet spoketi -First
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