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Our Month TO Daily DiSPATcn. including irunday, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, lncluciine bunday. 3in'thj. ;50 Daily DisPATc-i Including Sunday, lm'th.. 90 M'nda Dispatch. One Year. :SD 1 eekly Dispatch. One Vear. 3 rs THE Daily Dispatch is delivered by carriers at SEnnls per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at K cents per week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. JANUARY 30. TWELVE PAGES ONLY A PROGRAMME. The action of the majority of Demo crats in the House Ways and Means Com mittee indicates the policy to be pursued by the Democrats in their attack on tiie protective system. The attack is to be made ia detail by bilk putting various raw materials on the free list, as outlined by Mr. Springer some time ago. This policy will, of course, have little effect ou the protective system. If it had been resorted to before the party lines were drawn so clearly between tariff main tenance and tariff reduction, it might have produced a division in Congress sufficient; to have made a possibility for enacting one or two of the bills. But as the issue now stands every such measure will meet with sure death in the Senate, as simply a part of the Democratic programme. Of course, the purpose of this policy is to manufacture campaign ammunition for the national election. But even in that function it is by no means clear that it will change matters materially. The issue be tween protection and free trade is too dearly drawn to be changed by the order of attack. Whatever policy 'commends itsrlt to the goad sense of the American people will be adopted -whether the bills appear singly or in bulk. OUR REPUBLICAN" NEIGHBORS. Speaking of the recent disorders in Brazil, a Xevv York cotemporary says that they "warrant only the most gloomy ap prehensions for the success of the attempt at a Republic," but it adds that "it must be 1 emembered that it took sixty years to es tablish Republican institutions in Mexico on the present stable basis." There is ground for two points of dissent from this view. In the first place, it is not necessary to take a gloomy view of Repub lican government in Brazil. It is to be re membered that the first profession of Re publican principles in Brazil was but a pretense, and that for a year after the deposition of Dom Pedro the government of Brazil was less representative than under the monarchy. But the policy of military dictatorship having declared itself unmistakably, the people of Brazil over threw the Fonseca rule and established a genuine Republic. That in a country where there is so large a proportion of ignorancp there should be attempts to re store tlip Fonseca rule is not astonishing. Bat there i little reason for feariug that the Republican who was able to depose that military dictator when he had tho army and navy at his command will be obliged to succumb to a few scattered riots got up in the interest of the defunct dictatorship. The other point of dissent is in the ques tion whether. the-.Government of Mexico is any lirire truly Republican than the -present one of Brazil. There is no doubf that President Porfirio Diaz is one of the ablest statesmen of the day far-seeing, enterprising and astute; and one of the clearest evidences of his astuteness is in the way in which he maintains an out w?rd respect for the forms of popular government while keeping his grip on the actuality of almost absolute power. He is far wiser that Balmaceda and Fonseca in avoiding the declared character of military dictator; but a ruler who has the constitution of his country amended at jltasure to admit of bis continuance in Mje BiMclj. power -can hardly be upheld as an ideal exponent of Republican institutions! - Both Brazil and Mexico have a good deal to learn in the line of popular gov ernment; but we do not see any reason why Brazil is not more, hopefully in the' path of advancement than Mexico under the rule of Diaz. CHILE'S IMPORTANT SUGGESTION. Although the Chilean reply to the Pres idental ultimatum docs not contain the "abject apology" which the jingo organs declared to be indispensable, and does contain the proposition for arbitration which those dictators of public opinion declared an impossibility, it is accepted by the sober sense of the nation as onding the dangerous phases of the controversy. It is ;i very clever piece of diplomatic work in at once maintaining the dignified position of Chile and meeting the demands of the Government so completely as to take away the grounds of complaint. In no respect does it display the ability to disarm enmity more forcibly than by the proposition to submit the dispute to tue Supreme Court of the United States. While giving full recognition to the master-stroke of appealing to our na tional pride and expressing confidence in the justice of the non-partisan branch of our Government as a means of allaying the war spirit so sedulously cultivated in this country, if we should contemplate the practical acceptance of such a propo sition it would be seen to be inad missible. The functions of the Supremo Court of tho United States ate perhaps more closely and clearly defined than those of any other branch of the Govern ment. It can bear and settle no disputes except such as are brought within its jurisdiction by the provisions of the Con stitution; and the hearing of international disputes is not in that category. It is flat tering and concihatory for Chile to say: "For the present purposes we will consent to the extension of the jurisdiction ot that bodyto take in our Government;" buteven supposing that our Constitution and laws could be so stretched, the fact that the work already imposed on the Supreme Court occupies all of its time would be de cisively against the proposition. While recognizing that the Chilean prop osition is impracticable, as it stands, and may be based on as slight acquaintance with our judicial system as some people in this country have already displayed concerning the Chilean courts, we should not fail to see that it contains a valuable suggestion. In this proposition Chile recognizes the value of taking interna tional disputes out of tho domain of politics, away from the influence of popu lar passion or private interests, and sub mitting them to a calm, impartial and judicial tribunal This directs the attention to the logical conclusion that such a court might be permanently constituted by treaty for the settlement of international disputes by the principles of justice and law instead of by diplomatic chicanery or international bullying. It is not probable that European complications would permit the creation of such a court for the entirp world, but the proposal of Chil-i indicates that the time is nearly if not quite ripe to constitute an international court for the Western Hemisphere. Secretary Blaine should not lose the op portunity thus afforded him to cement the union of the American republics by pro posing the foundation of a court to settle international disputes on all subjects ex cept those which involve the integrity and independence of any Statd. WANT OFTACC. The Toronto Empire gives utterance to the following: Lord Salisbury's famous dictum in the Bering Sea negotiations, that if another Canadian vessel were seized, it would ho taken back again by the British fleet, will, however. Illustrate the statement that there is sometimes an end even to Imperial endur ance and good feeling. A more malapropos remark, at a time when there is every prospect of a satis factory friendly settlement of the dispute, it is impossible to conceive. The Empire would have done well to be silent if it had no wiser thiug to say. But since no par ticulars are given as to time and place, we may trust that the matter is an error of im agination. Lord Salisbury has been known to let his emotions carry him beyond his reason, he has before now allowed impulse to supplant good taste, but it is extremely doubtful whether he has ever been the fool that the Empire would have us believe him. With all his faults the English Premier is not utterly ignorant of the ele mentary qualifications for statesmanship and diplomacy. There is a party in the Dominion which far out-empires English Tories, and its mouthpiece is the paper quoted above. That party has done more to injure Can ada in every way than the rest of the people all told, and to all those who take an interest in our Northern neighbor's welfare, it is a relief to know that tho party is doomed and that its outlines are already blurred and rapidly fading into the invisible. DOUBLE ENTRT FINAN'CK. There is a singular view of business in the national financial line presented in the scheme attributed to the Alliance members of Congress in the news dis patches of yesterday. The plan is out lined to be to "introduce bills putting on the tree list all articles necessary to farm ers, and so to reduce the revenues as to create a deficit in the Treasury." "This much accomplished," says the report, "the Alliance members would compel Congress to issue legal tender Treasury notes to cover the amount of the deficit, security to be furnished by those receiving the notes in accordance with the sub Treasury plan." This way of putting it discloses in the first place an idea that the revenue can be reduced simply by the introduction of bills. The utter absence of any reflection that it might be necessary (1) for the House to pass the bills; (2) for the Senate to do the same, and (3) for the President to approve them, is sufficiently unique in itself; but it is cast in the shade by the business proposition which follows. The deficit is to be met by the issue of Treas ury notes, and "security is to be furnished by those receiving the notes in accordance with the sub-Treasury plan." This implies on the -face of it that the man who holds a claim against the Government is to be paid by receiving Treasury notes, and is then to convert the payment into a loan for which he deposits agricultural products as security which would leave the creditor of the Treasury rather worse off for the transaction by con verting 1dm into a debtor. But the propo sition discloses a more ambitious attempt to make the same notes perform the double function of discharging a debt to one man and making a loan to another a species of double entry transaction which even legislative power cannot establish. It would be an interesting subject for abstract psychological investigation, whether this remarkable theory of legisla tive and financial policy is really the SCI-' . -fwtwjf -fT Jprouuct-of Alliance minds or the output of some phenomenal correspondent THE GREAT PROBLEM. The recommendation of the State Bank Examiuer of Minnesota,that the American Building and. Loan Association of Minne apolis should be wound up, calls attention to a subject,treated by The Dispatch some rime ago and indicates the correct ness of the views then expressed. When the extension of- the province of building and loan associations beyond the purelyjocal fields in which they had won great success became a prominent feature, The Dispatch pointed out that the diffi culty in the way was that of providing security and conservatism in their man agement. There was no doubt that the -association which could bring the investors of the East in close touch with the bor rowers of the Wpst would have far greater opportunities of profit than one which cannpt go beyond a single city. But the security of the building and loan associa tions of local character lay in the personal supervision which all its members could' give alike to its loans and its expenses. The organizations, whose operations extend all over the country, could not present this security, and so far have offered nothing tangible in its place. One might be carefully and honestly managed, another might find its funds dishonestly or improvldently scat tered, and, as was pointed out in these columns two years ago, the investor would have to choose in the dark as between the two. The Minneapolis case shows that one association which has handled the saviugs of the people to the extent of $11,000,000 illustrates the justice of this criticism. It is to be hoped that the impairment of. its capital will not inflict a total loss on the members. It is also to be noted that the presence of a State official, who is ready to interfere when the capital of such or ganizations becomes impaired,furnishes to a certain extent a check upon bad man agement But still the fact remains that with regard to these associations, as in all other cases of large corporate investments, the problem of the day is to secure a guarantee of scrupulous, wise and con servative management ' An interesting and comparatively unex plored field for psychological research is in dicated in the infatuations of school girls for one another, as instanced by the recent Memphis tragedy. Snch passionate attach ments between girls, in which jealousy plays a conspicuous part, are by no means infre quent, though they generally stop short of so sadly serious a termination. It is satisfactory that at least a tempor ary settlement of the troubles in the glass Industry has been effected. Meanwhile men and masters alikn will do well to remember the old adage that "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." IjATEST reports from the Kongo ascribe the murder ol American missionaries there to the ovil example which Stanley set his Portuguese followers. Both sides of the question should he heard before delivering ajudgment, Dutatpresent considerable dis ci edit attaches to the explorer whose meth ods differed so widely from those of Living stone. If Egan be recalled it is not unlikely that he will be given a responsible position to bring tho Bering Sea dispute to a settle ment. He would be just the man if the de sired result is bitter animosity. Teitxyson's poem on the death of the Duke of Clarence is meeting with a good deal of scathing criticism. But the author is more to be pitied than blamed, for his offi cial position as Poet Laureate necessitates that ho shall write to order. Honest senti ment or poetic inspiration is not to be ex pected under such circumstances. MES3RS. Simpson', Watson and Otis, in splitting fr)m the Alliance, have given another instance of the "shan't-play" policy which Is becoming customary for powerless minorities. The Khedive's wholesale invitation to those who were recently his fellow-students, or professors, at Vienna reads like a story from the "Arabian Nights.'" Those who ac cept the invitation and go to Cairo are likel v to have a "high old time," but hardly of a kind to incline them to return to study with increased vigor. It is a little hard that the inference drawn from the shortness or yesterday's Cabinet meeting was that nothing of im portance had been accomplished. THE present Mayor of ifew York and his immediate official predecessor are indulging in a wordy war as to which of them needed most urging to suppress the "dives." There would be a saving of energy and ill-will if both men would realize that the only standard is that set up by the law. Theodore Childs' remarks on Chile in his "Spanish-American Republics" should find many Interested readers at this time. The frequency of cases in which youthful thieves are figuring is a matter which calls for attention. What cannot always be effected by home influence can often be done by the establishment of social and athletic club's under a healthy supervision. Cigarette smoking probably had as little to do with tho death of the Duke of Clarence as bad water drinking. The hard luck of burglars who had drilled through a safe and were then forced to leave in a hurry calls for almost as much sym pathy as that of a President who sent out a warlike message when a peace-assuring doc ument was already on its way to him. Governor 3IcKisxey's illness suggests that he is a candidate for Presidental hon- Thebe is a good deal in the suggestion that a newspaper training would have taught the President that many fine articles in type, and ready for publication, have to be held for later news and are not uncom monly sacrificed when that arrives. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. The Qncen of Saxony is suffering from a severe attack of influenza. Lord CHinr Justice Coleridge, who was recovering from an attack of influenza, has had a relapse. Captain ScnLEY.of the Baltimore,called on the President yesterday in company with Senator lianderson. Mr. and Mies. Rddvard Kipling and Mrs. Kipling's mother and sister will visit the United States early in the spring. Hon. Thomas W. Palmer, President of the Woild's Fair Columbian Commission, has become a thirty-third degree Mason. A dispatch from Nfentone says that Rev. Jlr. Spurgeon remains a critical condi tion. He is drowsy, though conscious when addressed. Colonel Dan Lamont is confined to his home with an aggravated attack of the grip, complicated with other ailments, and his friends are somewhat alarmed at his condition. Prof. Ceccarelli, the famous surgeon who has been in attendance upon the Pope of late, denies the stories regarding the health of the Pope, and says they are en tirely false. The President garo a special reception yesterday to the members or tho National Board of Trade- and made a neat rrsponso to the address made to him by Mr, lfraley, the venerable Bxcsldeat'of the beard, -- - HOySLNG OP THE POOR. rWBITTEH FOB THE DISPATCH.! The industrial revolution of tho past cen tury has- with extraordinary rapidity built up great aggregations of population within narrow limits, presenting social issues with which the ancient or medieval cities wero altogether unfamiliar. The comploto en franchisement of tho working classes, their superior intelligence, and finally their organ ization have made them a factor in munici pal affairs of primary importance. Tney have become conscious of their power, and in the ndvocacy of their claim to wider recognition by reluctant capital, they appear no longer as suppliants but rather as credi tors. That their claims are measurably Justified seem to ho pretty well acknowl edged. Although there Is a manifest ten dency in many quarters to belittle the un mistakable impiorement in their condition Which this century has witnessed, the In creased longevity of tho race is an unim peachable witness of their favorable pro gress, even if it were not readily possible to demonstrate that in the compensation of labor, in clothing, and in food supplies, they are more happily situated than their fore fathers. Their habitations also have to some degree improved, althougn in this respect the march of progress has sadly lagged De hind the other elements of improved con dition. Capital has here remained in undisputed! possession of the field, and has not hesitated to abuse its opportunity. It is true that in many respects our tenement dwellings com pare favorably with those of foreign cities. We certainly have no blind alleys, like those of Xaplcs, in which at the very hour of high noon the residents must needs dispel tho gloom by the light of an undying lamp. Neither certainly do we possess more un healthy or dangerous slums than those of the Quarticr du Temple and tho Barrieres of Montmartre in Paris, or of the Whitechapel district of London; but in ono respect we outstrip them all, and that is in overcrowd ing. It is well known that certain parts of New York are more densely populated than any section of tho known world, containing more than twice as many inhabitants to the aero as the most thickly populated quarters of London; that is to say, wo house more Individuals under a single roof than any where else. Poverty Not a Great Cause of Crime. The latest study in criminology has satis factorily demonstrated that poverty is Dy no means so great a cause of crime as it i3 popularly supposed to be. The carefully prepaied table of criminal statistics by Mr. Morrison indicate that wo must look else where lor the sources of the lawless spirit. A recent French Parliamentary inquiry, dealing chiefly it is true with prostitution, found the main bource of this vice in the want of a proper home and maternal care. Tho lottery, the gambling house, tho saloon, the house of prostitution must all take rank behind tho tenement as a source of human degradation. It is cer tainly the primary department, graduating the scholars into these higher institutes of vice. That there can still exist and even flourish in our poorer tenements the fair flowers of purity and virtue, is little short of miraculous: but in spite of the tremend ous disadvantages thev continually appear. 1 Yet wo must acknowledge, with a great Ger man economist, that tuo "statement true in Itself, that In every condition of life the vir tues can exist and talent be developed when used, as a weapon against the demand for tho elevation or the material condition of labor ers i perfectly dull." Doubtless this want of home, when prop erty considered, will be found to contain elements of danger to society somewhat startling. But this is a feature of social life over which the workingman has little or no control: he cannot own a home in New York City, for example, without being at once transformed into a landlord, and it does not take him long in that position to develop the worst features of landlordism; moreover in that city the limitation of space places in the hands of tho property owner an extraor dinary power. Tenement House Profits In New York. There are very few kinds of property" that can be made to return a surer and better rate of interest than tenement housos; that is to say, those houses whichare constructed with the most grudging consideration of the requisites of the tenement house law. But no tenement house can to-day be con structed upon the ordinary Now Yolk city lot, in which provision is mado for what may reasonably be called tho essentials of a home, and yet pay 4 per cent interest on the investment. It is true that the Im proved Dwelling Association, owning the fine buildings on First avenue, Seventy-first and Seventy-second streets, in New York, earn nearly 5)4 per cent per annum, but they purchased their land at a timo when sbbb, investments could be made on a large soalo with safety and profit. The Sloane moUel tenements in Mulberry street pay probably a higher rate of interest than this; hut they were also erected upon land fortunately purchased a good many years ago. The large buildings on the corner of Fourteenth street and Avenue C, which are more re cent, pay about i per cent; yet all these structures aro on a large scale, and nobuild ings similarlv equipped could have been erected on a lot 100x25 feet and have been able to show an income half as large. How Slums Havo Been Purified. What then is to be done if we would have the wageworkers keep pace with the march of civilization and enjoy with us the bene fits of progress? We catch an answering echo from tho other side of the ocean that cannot sound musically in tho ears of prop erty owners. The London Social Union, Mr. John Morley President, not long ago pro posed introducing a bill into Parliament to the effect that buildings in the slums of London should be pulled down and now ones erected upon the site at the expense of the property owners. This is nothing short of expropriation, and though radical is not altogether illogical. Our own building de partment condemns a building that is ad judged unsafe, and it is piomptly leveled to the ground. Shall there be no experts who may decide when a bouse is hygienloally unsafe? We are fortunately noC without one pre cedent In tha directio i Some 15 years ago the city of Glasgow undertook to purify its slums by heroic measures, and proceeded to pull down mine 10,000 dwellings, harboring more than 50,000 ot the very poor, and to re house them in suitable habitations. The gain to tho whole city was enormous, as the death rate, which at one time had reached the unusual flguro of 29.6 per 1,000, fell after the improvements to 25. 1'here was also a marked decrease in crime. Bight of the State to Interfere. Is there any way in which the State can intervene? This question necessitates a brief consideration of the reasons that govern the laborer's choice of residence lo cality. The workingman and his only mar ketable commodity (labor) aro Inseparable, and he must therefore bring it himself to the market. But in this respect he is not a free man; he has no choice of destination. Capital has, for various sound commercial reasons, chosen to concentaate industries in advantageous situations, and thereby con stituted tho modern cities. It thus at onco determines not only the general locality of the lahoier's abode, but also to a degree the definite site of his home; he must freqnently live in badly ventilated houses filled with the germs ot disease. Of courso those cir cumstances spring from puiely economic causes,-and capital does not exercise its autocratic power with anv intentional in humanity. But the dogma of Kant, that no man should be compelled to live simply as a means to an end for others, has not wide consideration in the employer's counsel. If then capital can exercise such a limitpd power over tho laborer's body as to define distinctly the limits of the locality within whicli he must make his homo, should it not be made responsible for the nature and suf ficiency of that home? t Of courts thi part of the subject is too large for discussion here. It is complicated with economic conditions, and may seem to trespass upon the rights of property. But the trend of legislation, both on tho conti nent and in England, i9 so largely in tho direction of the limitation of private privi lege where it conflicts with the interests of the whole body of population, that a recon sideration of the relations existing between tho individual and the State seems Immi nent, Robert Fulton Cdttino. H. D.'S CAK'T FATH0H IT. An Indiana Man's LHe Fluid Slowly Oozes Through the Skin. Wabash, Ind., Jan. 29. Alex Freeman, one of the best known farmers in Wabash county, is afflicted with a peculiar malady. For over a week blood has been slowly oozing from all parts of his body. The blood accumulates under the skin until the skin is as purple as a plum, and then it oozes out like sweat from a harvest haiiU. This has kop- up constantly until Mr. Freeman Is now oompletoly prostrated. A number of physicians have boon called, but they are powerless to stop the flow of blood, and lu all probability tbj vnn jwill die. -' a SOT'S AEEIAL VESSEL. He Is Building a Machine Which Seems to - , Promise Success. Indianapolis, lira, Jan'. 29. A compara tive boy here has probably solved the aerial navigation problem. Ills name is Walter Mercer. The home and workshop of the yonng man was erected by his own hands. A plain board wall, the cracks protected by weather strips, inclose the single room, about 7x12 feet in size. Ho has about com pleted a model of tho mid-air ship, but re fuses to let anyone have a look at it. The ship, when completo, will be in the form of a cylinder, tho ends being cone-shaped. Its entire length will be 21 feet, each conical end being flvo feet long and tho cabin ten feet. It will be made of aluminum, the lightest and strongest metal in the world, and wlllfly not less than 55 miles an hour, and as much faster as the operator may desire. From tho cones aluminnm shafting, run ning to the vertical steam engine of three horse power in the cabin, will oxtend two feet nt each end. On each shaft will bo 3 propellers, having 10, 6 and 5 foot sweeps respectively. They will all be 1 foot wide fashioned not unlike a boat oar, and will re volve 830 times per minute. The blades can bo regulated to increase or decrease the rate of speed that may bo desired before the start Is made. The Journals on the shafting will form the ends of the cones. The raising power will bo obtained by 10 propellers, 4 on each side and 1 on each end, which will revolve at about the same rate as the others. When the ship is at the required height they will continue to revolve, but at a slower rate, to keep the ship up. CHANGES FAITHS EASILY. A Minister Said to Uavo Switched Churches Four Times in a Month. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29 A few months- ago the Rev. Ancil Tull, a Methodist minister, of Wisconsin, camo to Atlanta. The Southern Methodists received him with open arms. It was with sorrow on their part, and to the joy of the Baptists that ho publicly an nounced his adhesion to the latter church three weeks ago. His rcordination as a Bap tist preacher was made a notable event marred only by a remarkable publication In tho Methodise Adiocatc. It was to the effect that but 12 days before the reverend gentle man had applied to the North Georgia Con ference for assignment and that no had asced for a year's freedom in order to get a good one. The inference was that he did not get as good a place as he wanted, and therefore he had changed faiths for' prudential reasons. Tho situation is now complicated by the fur ther announcement that coincident with his negotiations with tho Baptists Mr. Tull had made similar terms with the Presbyter ians, and had been fully accepted by them. He thus present the spectacle of having been, within 30 days, a Northern Methodist, a Southern Methodist , a Presbyterian and a Baptist, The Methodists are no longer mad but simply amused. HEEEDITAET BOSS BSEAKEES. Bemarkable Becord of Disasters in Montana Family. Helena, Jan. 29. Harold Nelson, a lad of 13, broke his left forearm in two places while coasting a few nights ago, and the circum stances brought to light a remarkable record of broken bones in the family of hi3 father, the Hon. A. H. Xelson, for many years chief law clerk of the General Land Office at Washington. Mr. Nelson's father had both arms and legs broken and also suffered a fracture of ono arm before he reached the age of 13. Mr. Nelson has so far come through life with only one broken bone, that being a finger, but in his children the fragility of bone, notable in the father, reappears, Harold is but 13 years old, yet these two breaks in his left forearm represent but a Bortion of the broken bones lie has had set. !e broke his right forearm in two places by falling on a sidewalk in Washington, and previous to that broke his right leg while living in New Orleans and also his shoulder blade. Mr. Nelson's first boy, who died at the age of 5, had six of his bones broken. His next child, Argyle. has had four bones broken, and Harold has scored six breaks. A surgeon says it is an hereditary matter which skipped one generation and'then re appeaied. DEATH DONE AWAY WITH. Science Co-Operatlng With Conscience to Accomplish This Remit. Watzrtows, S. Dak., Jan. 29. The Rev. Philip E. Holp. the "Talmage of Dakota," created a sensation Sunday night by substi tuting for his regular Sunday evening lec turo the recitation of a piece of original realistic Action, which ho made the vehicle for a discussion on the subject of longevity. He maintained that disease of every kind is unnatural and unholy, and that science and conscience will soon make disease and death impossible, and that all men will in future days attain the age of the patriarchs, and like his hero, Methuselah, or Enoch, finally be translated. DEATHS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. General Henry A. Barnnm. Henry A. Barnum, Port Warden ot New York, died at 10 o'clock yesterday morning of pneuinonti. At the outbreak of the war General Barnnm enlisted as a private, and was elected captain. He attained tbc rank of major in October, 18S1. He received a bullet wonnd at Malvern Hill, and was left for dead on the field. A body sup posed to have been hi was sent home, and after a funeral oration It was interred. He got well in Confedcrale hands, however, and was sent to Libby Prison. After his exchange he was pro moted to a colonelcr, and led hU regiment at Get tysburg and at Lookout Mountain. He was again wounded in the latter fight, in which his regiment raptured 11 battle flags. In the Atlanta campaign he was again wonuded, but was able to command a brigade during Sherman's famous march to the sea. He was the first officer to enter Savannah. He was brevettcd major general on March 11. 1863, and resigned January 9, 1356, having declined a colonelcy In tho regular army. The last Congress passed a resolution awarding General Barnum a gold medal for bravery in the war. Bnv. S.imnel K. Dawson. Rev. Samuel It Dawson died at his home in Ritchie county. W. Va.. of the grip Thursday. Ilew.K.weII Known all through West Virginia. Rev. Dr. Dav. son through Ills own efforts became a fine scholar In both Jiving and dead languages, and entered the Methodist ministry at the age of IS. He married Miss Kldwell, sister of a famous politician and Secessionist. His wife dying, he married a second time, atthe age of 22, Lavlnia Jackson, who died In 1S56. He, himself, was a sturdy Unionist. He filled pulpits in Wheeling and Tarkersbiirg. After the, war Rev. Mr. Daw son became a member of the first West Virginia Legislature and was're-eleted. He was promi nent In framing the free school law of the Infant State. Among other offices he filled were Provost Marshal. Magistrate, President Judge of his county and Collector of Internal Revenue, from which lat ter office he was removed by President Johnson. One of his sons Is C. T. Dawson, a Plttsbnrg news paper man: another, H. H. Dawson, is a traveling salesman for a St. Lonls firm. One of his daugh ters Is a missionary to India. William Corbett. William Corbett, aged 78 years, died at his home at the entrance of the Allegheny Ceme tery yesterday afternoon. The deceased had been employed by the cemetery company for It years. He constructed all the avenues and walks through the place. He arranged most of the burial lots, looked after the shrubbery and devoted almost a lifetime to working about the place. His wife, Jane Corbett, who was 72 years old, died 45dij-sago. Since then the husband has been tail ing. He was in good health until his wife died, hut rapid decline followed and without any evi dence of disease his end came yesterday. Mrs. Alice Green Iturblde. Mrs. Alice Green Iturbide.'who was mar ried to a eon of Emperor Iturblde, died Thursday at the City of Mexico. She was the mother of Trince Augustln iturblde, who was sentenced to a vear's imprisonment for disrespectfully speaking tif the administration of President Diaz, and con tracted the disease of which she died while nursing her son during his incarceraUou. Mrs. Iturblde was formerly Miss Alice Green, and was one of the belles or Washington during the War of the Re bellion. Obituary Notes. T, J. roETEit, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Sharon, died yesterday morning. He was born December 21. 1800. Bejjamix Kussak, of the fur house of Harris & Russak, of New York, died yesterday morning at his home in that city at an advanced age. He was a member of all the Hebrew charitable and many boclal organizations. Mas. Catherine A. Dean died Thursday at Wheeling, aged 93. She bad seven children, two of whom survive her Mrs. F. McCormick and Mrs. W. K. Eison. the latter the wife of the Martin's Ferry glass manufacturer. George D. Smith, aged 55 years, died at his home near Martlnsburg, Pa., of the grip, lie was the oldest School Director in point of service In Blair county, lie was a Justice of the-Peace for several years, and was twice a candidate lor the State Legislature on the Democratic ticket. William McCosjtell, a highly respected citi zen of Shenango township. Lawrence county, died aged 77 years, yesterday evening. Tho wire of the deceased also passed away, and there was but one day's dlncrencu in their ages, he bslng the older, Tliry weie playmates when children, and married when about 25 years of age, - NURSES DOMICILED In Their New Dormitory Dpnated by Mrs. Henry Fhlpps Formal Opening of the Comfortable Building Beceptlon by the Art Association Midwinter Society. Mrs. Henry Phipps magnificent and thoughtfully planned gift, the nurses' dor mitory, was formally opened yesterday. It Is a two-storied, mansard-roofed and sub 8tautial looking structure, which stands half a hundred feet to the east of tho West Penn Hospital, and is practically an annex to it. Within It are to be fouhd all the comforts which will go to decorate the llfo of a nurse otherwise so barren of adornment. It is nearly two years ago since the-flrst rnmor was heard of a nurses' home in con nection with the West Penn Hospital, which probably more than all others required it. When the magical name of Phipps became connected with the floating story, everyone was as ready to congratulate the West Penn Hospital management in its nurses' home as if the home had then been in actual ex istence. Mr. and Mrs. Phipps being abroad, the work was intrusted to a relative, Mrs. Sawyer, and that she has faithfully and competently fulfilled her trust only requires to be verified by a visit to the now home. It displays as great elegance as many a gentleman's house, and is also commodious. In remembering the creature comforts, feminine liking for prettiness has not been overlooked. The honse within is a perfect establishment, filled with such things as a cultivated woman would desire to surround herself with. The bed chambers are large, well lighted (a merit that can scarcely be avoided in the splendid hospital elevation), irell furnished and those who are fond of art will find several favorite subjects embellishing the walls. A library well stocked with readable books opens off the hall, and across from it is a parlor, where the music-loving nurse can while awaytba much appreciated, though seldom enjojed leisure that falls to her lot. It is said that the building cost Mrs. Phipps $12,000, and there isn't a dollar of it foolishly spent. The only regret Is that Mrs. Phipps could not be present to see what pleasure her generosity has brought to those directlv intended to benefit by it, to the West Penn management and to all public spirited people of Pittsburg. Tho following invitation was sent out for the formal-opening yesterday: The Executive Committee of the Western Penn sylvania Hospital requests the pleasure or your company at the opening of the Dormitory for Women Nurses, at Twentv-eiehlb street Pitts burg, erected and furnished br Mrs. Henry Phipps. Jr.. Friday, January 21), 1332, 4 to 9 P. M. J. T. ucnmsion, secretary; josepn Aioree, unairxnan. Aiding the Executive Committee was the following committee of ladies: Mrs. F. N. Hoffstot, a sister of Mrs. Phipps; Mrs. John H. Sawver and Mrs. James G. Hunter, nieces of Mr. Phipps: Mrs. Mellon, Mrs. Ewing, Mrs. Stowe, Mrs. William McCreery, Mrs. Samuel Hamilton. Mrs. John Walker, Mrs. Joseph Albree, Mrs. J. A, Harper, Mrs. W. A. Cowen, Miss Minnie Darlington, Miss Elizabeth Tindle and Miss Olive Jones. Mrs. Samuel McKee, one of the best friends the West Penn Hospital ever had, and to whose kindness it owes more than the world will ever hear of, was also a memDer of this committee. A representative body of peo ple were present and expressed them selves delighted with tho gift of their good townswoman, and many expressions of good feeling were heard for her who was then miles away in far off London. The directors of the Art Society have issued Invitations for the. one hundred and seventy-first reception in their rooms in the Academy of Science and Arts building, Fifth street, next Thursday evening, when the Rev. Dr. George Hodges, of Calvary Church, will give his lecture on "Life in a Mediaeval Monastery." Mr. Secretary Scovel issues with the invitations a circular which gives interesting promise for future re ceptions. The Secretary says: The directors hope to be able to carry out an attractive schedule of receptions for the rest of the season. On Monday evening, February 8. at the Pittsburg Club Theater, Mr. Frederick Keppel, of New Yoik, wiU talk about some famous etchers, and show examples of their works. On February IS there will be opened an exhibition of the recent pictures and sketches of Pittsburg's own arti3ts which promises to be quite rep resentative in its scope. On March 3, at the Club Theater, some of our foremost musical artists will be heard in a fine programme. The last few receptions cannot as yet be so definitely announced, though It Is quite cer tain that they will include a novel series of lecture recitals upon Wagner's musical com edy, "Die Melsterslnger," given by Mrs. Con stance Howard, of New York, on three suc cessive afternoons in ApriL This afternoon Madame Del Sarte gives the second of her afternoon causeries at Mrs. Schoonmaker's house, when it is expected she will outdo even the success of Thursday. Any friend of the French Mission to whom the Secretary neglected to send an Invita tion will be cordially received, without'one, upon arriving at the house. Madame Dol Sarte will continue the illustrations of ex pression by the hutran body, dealing mostly with those that emanate from the various postures assumed from the waist downward. Yesterday afternoon Madame spoke at Bishop Bowman Institute, receving almost an ovation from teachers and pupils. A SMALL quota of the fashionable world was present at a leap year ball given last night in Mrs. Henry W. Oliver's temporary residence, the former Fawcott .house, on Forbes avenue, Oakland. The house was very beautifully decorated, and, being a roomy old place, answered the purposes of gayety very well, indeed. The fact that 1892 is divisible by four gave the young ladies the privilege of Decoming for the nonce the beaus of tho evening, and accordindy they invited, danced with and waited upon some 40 of the down-trodden, though still superior sex. The affair, which was cleverly ar ranged and carried out. was given by Mrs. Oliver, her daughter, Mrs. Harry Rca, and Mrs. John S. Hays. TnE tea given by Mrs. Charles T. Neale and Mrs. George Heard at the Hotel Ken mawr yesterday was one of the most numer ously attended and successful of tho social events at the East End this season. The event was in honor of Mrs. James Neale, who, with her mother, Mrs. Adams, of Erie, assisted in receiving. The woIe lower floor of the Kenuiawr, elegantly decorated, was devoted to the guests, of whom there were several hundred present. Among those who also aided Mrs. Ncale and Mrs. Heard were Mrs. Omar Decker, Mrs. A. J. Logan, Mrs. M. A. JVoodward and Mrs. Thomas Liggett and Mrs. Scully. Mn3. E. C. Schmebtz gave a dinner yester day it her Westminster place home. JTBEE DELIVERY A FAILTJBE. Too Many Foreigner in Nanticoke Live in Unnumbered House. WiLKESBABar, Pa., Jan. 29. Special. J A cuiiousastate of affairs prevails in Nanticoke a mining town of 11,000 inhabitants. Two thirds or the population are foreigners, mostly Huns, Poles and Italians. -Three months ago the free mail delivery system was inangurntedin the town. It has proven a failure A great deal of foreign mail mat ter was received at the postoffice daily, but no streets or numbers are given. The letter carriers simply take a bag of mail and march through the town blowing a whistle. The people turn ontand the carrier allows them toexamine the letters. In this way he delivers letters to the owners. The people are honest enough and will not take a letter that does not belong to them. The postoffice authorities at Washington, however, don't like this mode of delivery, and It is likely that the free delivery system will be discontinued at the end of the mouth. Soldiers at tho World's Fair. WA8HIHGTOS, D. C, Jan. 29. Special. Chairman Outhwaite has been authorized by the House Committee on Military Affairs to report favorably to the House the bill in troduced by Mr. Newberry, authorizing the Secretary or Warat his discretion to detail for special duty, in connection with the World's Columbian Exposition, such officers of the army as may be required, the officers detailed to be subject to no loss of pay or rank. Short Session of the Cabinet. Washikoton, D. C, Jan. 29. The Cabinet meeting to-day was unusually brief, lasting about 45 minutes. Secretaries Elkins and Rusk remained with the President for a short time alter the meeting adjourned. Secretary Foster, who is still at Fortress Monroe, wai the only absentee. The brevity of the session is taken to mean that nothing important was done. Hill on a Sure Boad to Glory. Washington Star. Mr; Hill is on a sure road to glory. The banquet route never fall. In Sympathy With Fltllbarft Boston Traveller, Winter is atlait getting in noma solid work. AMEBICAN UK' PLATE. The First Great Bright-Tin Factory It I Also Made Near Pittsburg. Ell Perkins in New York Sun.l Elwood, Ikd., Jan. 29. Some time ago I vouched for the richness of the tin mines near Rapid City, "South Dakota. I said they occupied a section of Harney's Peak, about 12 miles square, and that the scientists there assayed the ore and found it from 2.5 to 9.5 per cent. The article was printed 25 to 95 per cent, and a Mugwump journal in New York used up two columus in editorials showing that 25 and 95 per cent tin ore was ridicu lous, a self-evident fact that any average man could see. The fact that we had in the United State3 large sections of rock-bearing ore richer "in tin than the mines of Malacca is what I said. Such fact is not doubted in Dakota. Yesterday I visited a tin factory in Elwood, Ind., that would bring Joy to any American. It is situated in the gas belt, at the jnnction of Senator Calvin Brice's Lake Erie and Western Rail road and President Roberts' Panhandle. This tin plate plant is tho first million dollar plant bnilt up from the ground in this coun try by Welch skill and money. Money to build this :rrcat factory is furnished from Wales and by Colonel A. L. Conger, who has great plate glass works here, and W. B. Leeds, and other Pennsylvania magnates. xne Mchaniey Dill made tnis iactory. I rode over and inspected the building yesterday with Superintendent E. Stanford, or the Jersey Tin Plato Companv of Britton Ferry, Wales. Mr. Stanford has been mak ing bright tin for 25 years in Wales. After showing me through three mammoth brick buildings covering several acres, I asked him ir he conld make tho Dest bright tin In America as well as in AVales. "Certainlv." he raid. "I have made it Tor 25 years in Wales, and we can make it more profitably here, with the tariff as it is, than in Wales. That is what brought me here. Wo shall turn out 2,510 boxes of American tin nlate a dav by the flret of May. "Is bright Vn being made in other places in the United States?" I asked. "I don't mean terne plate, but bright tin." "Yes. The Demler Tin Plate Company, of Demler. Pa., is making 1.000 boxes a week; the Britton Tin Plato Works in Cleveland are turning out 1,000. boxes a week: the works at Apollo, Ind., are turning out 809 boxes a week; Anderson, Ind., is making SCO boxes a week: Neidrlnghaus, of St. Louis, is turning out LO0O boxes a week, and Somers.of Brook lyn, N. Y., is turning out large qnautitie3, 1 don't know how mnch."' "Now. you know this.Mr.Stanford," Isaid, eyeing the Welshman steadily. "You know that these quantities of bright tin aro being made in this country. You know the New York Times denies it." "Yes, sir: I know It. And why not? Until American tin ore can bo gotten out of the rocks in sufficient quantities we can do jnst what 1 did in Wales use block tin from the Straits of Malacca. That comes free of duty. The McKlnley bill will bring many tin fac tories to this country in time. With natural gas here as fuel, we expect to make more money than In Wales." "How about your iron?" '.'We shall roll that from bar iron in these Elwood mills." Elwood had about 1,000 people two years ago. To-day, with her plate glass factorie, natural gas and tin factory, she has 5,000 people. 2,000 SKIN GEAFIS. After Suffering 260 Days a Burn;d Woman Leave a Hospital. Philadelphia, Jan, 29. After suffering for 260 days .Mrs. Mary Reilly, of Port Rich mond, was discharged from the Episcopal Hospital recently a perfectly well woman. In the early part of last May, while lighting a firo at hor home, Mrs. Beilly was badly burned. Finally Dr. J. P. Tunis, who had charge of her case, determined to try a new process of skin grafting. Instead of the large grafts, therefore, Dr, Tunis used small specks of skin, which he carefully lifted on the point of a needle from the arm of a healthy person and then with a sharp knife clipped off and immediately transferred to the patient's wounds. He was greatly assisted m his work by a con valescent female patient who willingly bared her arm to the knife to assist her sister sufferer. Dr. Hazeltine, who was then on duty at the hospital, also allowed numerous grafts to be taken from his arm. The husband of the woman, who wa3 unceasing in his atten tion to his wife, was also a willing subject for the surgeon's scalpel. In all about 2,000 grafts were taken, and the physician were highly ratified to find that the minute particles of skin were ad herring to the wound, thereby forming healthycenters for a new growth. Finally the wound became covered and Mrs. Reilly was as well as ever. She undoubtedly owes ber life to the skill of the surgeons and to the careful nursing which she received. OPPOSED TO DOCTBSSSES. A Fight Over a Bill Concerning Them in the Virginia Legislature. Richmond, Va., Jan. 29. A remarkable con test is being made in the Virginia Senate over the appointment of a female physician In the female wards of the insane asylum of the State. The bill passed the House almost unanimously, but physicians have bitterly lobbied against it in the Senate. Within re cent years there have been shnmefn! scan dals in some of the Virginia asylums, and one of the male physicians was found guilty of j;tos3 conduct toward some of tho un fortunate women in his charge. This was a potent fact in the introduction of this measure. The indications now aro that It will be defeated. The arguments against it are the stock ones against women physicians, with the addition that is would mean the importation of "short-haired Yankee" women, doctors to Virginia, and that no first-class female medical talent can be secured in the United States. One promi nent physician of the city argupd that female doctors in the asylum might flirt with male doctors. A PEBFUME FACT0BY. What the 3IcKinl?y Bill Has Done for Fruitful California. Saw Fbascisco, Jan. 29. J. P. Cavalller, of Cavnlller & Freers, French manufact urers or perfumes, has perfected arrange ments for establishing a large perfume factory on E. J.Baldwin's Santa Anita ranche near Los Angeles. Fifteen French flower gardeners are now on the way to this coun try. The cost of the distillation apparatus will ho S60,000and thebottling works will cost $55,000. It is proposed to plant several thou sand acres in choice flowers and to increase the acreage every year. Women and girls will be employed to pick the flowers. The McKlnley bill helps the enterprise, in which Baldwin and other wealthy Californians have taken stock. 1 BOOM FOE BATTLE SHIPS. Abilitt to wage war successfully often averts war. Let the work of naval construc tion be pushed vigorously. St. Zmas Globe Democrat. I guess there ain't a-going to be any f urss. But I think I'll go ahead and fix up them warships of mine, all the same. Uxcle Sam. Chiccgo Tribune. A 8TCOKO navy makes for economy because it makes for peace, while enabling the Gov ernment to assert effectively its dignity and protect its citizens abroad. Philadelphia Press. Whateveb the naval preparations of this country have cost, they are at least worth vastly more, since tbey have averted a war which would have imposed upon the country a very heavy burden. Sew York Tribune. No matter how peaceful the solution of the Chilian muddle may be, the demand for war ships and coast defenses has received a stim ulus that will tax the poweis of, all the Hoi mans in Congress to hold in check. 6";. Louis BepubUc. Because there is no probability of war with Chile, it is no reason why the navy should not be brought up to recognizablo strength. More battle ships should be completed. A strong arm is as necessary to the public weal as a welLfllled purse. Toledo Commercial. Oar Trade With Cuba Doubled. Washington, D. C, Jan. 29. The official returns have been received for December, 1831, of the trade with Cuba and Porto Eico, showing an increase in tho exports from the United States of 100 per cent, as compared with the exports of December, 1SS0. Walt Till Hill' Corn Is Popped. Chicago Inter-Ocean.J Just wait until Cleveland and the common Democrats begin to pop Senator Hill's corn. There will be a commotion in the political skillet. Intruded Merely for Publication, Washington Fsit.j TammSny's pllt on the Preildontal ques tion is not Intended a good faith, but 8"Qi9lr for pnbllcatloa. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. ..itr.a One company has a monopoly ofPi funerals. , (j The United States has formally decla war but once. The best sapphires come from Cey and they are of all colors. , - There are 230,000 singers inthechc of the Church of England. On the prairies of oar northwest) borderlands, as well as in Fern and' Scar navia, the crow is considered & bird of omen. There are 14 great gates to the Escuri the palace of Spanish kings, and the but ingis lighted by 1,110 outer and 1,573 im windows. By an act passed in the 38th yi of Henry IIL.all persons possessing a yea income of 10 were compeUed to knighted or pay a fine. A man in Prospect, Me., has a roos: that is 03 good as any barometer. When storm is approaching the rooster crows di ing the entire preceding night. In Vienna they have a single word an occurrence very common with them winter the bursting of a water pips. Tl is the word: "HochquellenwaSseriieferun; rohrenfatalltaten." A very extensive domestic 'industry Russia consists of the manufacture wooden spoons, which are made-, to t amonnt of 30,000,000 annually. They a nearly all made of birch. Conch shells, when ground, enter in the manufacture of porcelain. The ro: colored pearls of the pink conchJare ve valuable, and havo a beautiful -wavy she like that of watered silk. Diamond dust, which has the appez anceofgraymud, is made by pnlverizii chips in an iron mortar and grinding U particles with an agate mortar and pester various degrees of fineness. There are more baby girls than bi babies. Tho proportion of female births male births is as 1C0 to 90- Sothathetwei 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 more girls are bom the world each year than boys. The bark of the Australian mimosa ( magnosa" tree) is now employed as tann in France and also in England, especial for hided intended to make "Morocct leather. It gives the skin a slightly'reddi. tint, which is a novelty. The Salton Sea has been almost dropp out of sight lately, but it Is still there, ar from appearances is beginning to- assun larger proportions again. From some the higher hills north of Banning it can 1 seen distinctly every morning at sunrise. Among the queerest crustaceans aj lady crabs or 'sand crabs,'" which ai abundant on sandy shores from Cape Cod I Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico. The bodies are roughly six-sided, white in coli and marked with specks of red and purp: on the back. The brain of the tortoise was once juj posed to contain a wonderful stone, whit wa efficacious in extinguishing fire, an when placed under the tongue would pr duced prophetic inspiration. Another ston possessing the latter property was found t be in the eye of the hyena, One of the most highly prized t crustaceans Is tho so-called "stone crab" the South Atlantic coast, which i3 found a the way from South Carolina to Key Wes and in the Gulf of Moxico also. It lives i holes in the mud along creeks and estuarie or in crevices among rocks. A camel of the largest size has bee known to drink from 30 to 50 gallons an then travel without water for 20 days. Th water remains pure, and numerous ir stances aro on record in which human llf has been saved in the desert by killing : camel and using the water from its stomach A hotel recently built on the top o Pike's Peak, at a height of 14,147 feet abov the sea level, has been frequently referrec to lately as being the hlgiest point in th world, but there are mining camps at Galen in the Andes 16,153 feet high, connected b. telephone llnes,probably the highest lines ii the world. Vampires revisit the glimpses of th moon in the northern Alleghenies as on th banks of the Danube, and botn the Bulgariai rustics and the Cherokees believe that th migratory propensities of the gboul can bi cured by impaling the corpse. They more over agree upon the characteristic symp toms of the prodigy blood-red lips and pro trading canine teeth. The Queen's courier, who attends he: on ail her foreign trips, ha to" write ou every night a kind of vade mecum to all th places Her Majesty proposes to visit, or wil have to pass through on the followine day AH items of interest in connection with the country to be traversed have to be noted, sc that the Queen may be well posted up In al that may be worth seeing or noticing during her travels. According to a recent estimate of the glass bottle production or the world, the average daily output amounts to about 45,3C( gross. Germany, Belgium and Austria-Hun gary turn out about 37,000 gross, or about four-fifths of the product of the world France so small an output as 100 gross. Britain turnn out about 6,000 gross daily. Of the other producing countries, Sweden makes the highest with 1,516 gross daily. The sea yields many precious things coral, amber and pearls but it is not gen erally known that, in certain parts of the Mediterranean, a species of mussel is found, of which the Aheils contain one of the most beautiful textile materials known. These shells are about seven lnche3 long and three inches broad, and each of them contains a piece of the fiber, weighing half a drachm, lront which spun and woven good3 are made. In some parts of Australia the native dispose of corpses by placing them on plat forms and in trees, so as to protect them from wild dogs; but the fact that ravens and other carrion-eating devour them does noc seem to trouble the survivors in the least. It often happens that the traveler In thai country Is informed bv the croaking, of dis turbed ravens that the body of a defnncc Australian is lying in the branches over his head. Such aerial sepulchers are mostly erected for the bodies of old men. The brick wall of an old well at Olya pia, Washington, between SOand 30 feet deep has for some time been gradually protrud ing through the ground, until now it sticks up into the air like a funnel to the height of 10 or 15 feet. The bricks have not been dis turbed, and but for the clay that adheres to them they present as fine a piece of work manship as the day they were laid. The bottom of the well has risen with the briclc. wall, for the depth of the water has nos materially changed. By U3ing a ladder a bucket can be let down and filled with, water. JOKELETS FBOM JUDG2: "This squirrel must be quite old," said Jliude. "Why. no: he's not more than a year old." 1 "How does It happen he Is so gray?" Two gentle women talked one day I overheard each word And forthwith knelt me down to pray For the poor absent third. Visitor What's this man here for. Museum Man-He was se-n at a matinee with till wife. In Paris : "ShaU we go to the Wagner, orera this even ing?" "No: Ihave been inspecting a big boiler factory on the Seine this afternoon." She gave me a simple no And blushing hung her head. It was by the wave's sad flow She gav me a simple no. When I asted her should I uo And send my rival instead. She gave me a simple no - And blushing hnng her head. . Totling When I hear a hen cackle I am always reminded ofa one-sided story. Dimllng I wonder why? Totling I suppose It Is because. It Is an eggs party statement. "What did you think of et book, Maw son?" 'Best thing you ever did." "Best? It' the only thing I ever did." "I know it. Don't do it again." They say 'tis dyed, hergold-brown hair; But she denies It: . And truthfully. Did she but dare She easily could teU you where i r She buys It. - i Hojack The boss scolded the bookkeeper s while ago. '- " Toaidlk-Dld you hear him? b ai Hojack No. nf Tomdlk Then how do you know? lf ,'a: . HoJ ack Beddlnk Is giving the odea boy fits. fvrl V "
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